Izuku Midoriya groaned as his eyes began to open. Vaguely, he was aware of a voice somewhere nearby but he didn't recognize it at all. Whether that was because it was muffled and he was out of it or because he just didn't know who it belonged to he could only guess.

What happened? He had been walking home, there had been a bang….

Something about Kacchan finding out Izuku had recently signed up for fighting classes? He couldn't remember the beat down from his long time bully but he assumed it happened based on every other experience he'd had with Katsuki Bakugou.

They must have knocked him out…

Yet the ground was too soft, it was… a bed? His eyes opened full and though blurry, he saw the sterile and clean room he was, far too clean to be a normal bedroom.

Wait, wasn't this a….

He suddenly shot up in his bed as he gasped, looking around. He was in a hospital.

"Oh uh… hang on, please try to be calm." An uncertain voice spoke up and he turned confused, coming face to face with a black haired girl around his age who was wearing a blue blouse and black leggings. Her face was seemingly devoid of any emotion as she stared blankly at him, though if he had paid closer attention he may have noticed how her eyes had widened a tad when he looked at her.

"W-Where am I?" He asked, supremely confused and worried. Had Kacchan hurt him worse than he realized? And who was this girl?

"In a hospital." The girl answered in a monotone voice, that betrayed nothing about her thoughts or feelings as she stood up and put a hand out, which he barely noticed paused in the air for a moment before landing on his shoulder. "You should lie back down for the moment. I will get a doctor."

Confused though he was, Izuku nodded and did as he was told, lying back down. Before the girl left though, he spoke up. "U-Uh, who a-are you?"

"Oh… Yui Kodai. I found you." She explained simply. So that must be why she was with him?

"O-Oh… t-thank you f-for taking me in then." He voiced his gratitude despite his confusion. He'd never needed a hospital for Kacchan's attacks before, did he really need one now?

"Mm." The black haired girl hummed, betraying nothing of her thoughts once again and disappeared with an impressive speed for someone only walking.

About a moment later, a lanky male doctor with a kind face, curly red hair and rounded spectacles walked in with a soft smile.

"Ah, mister Midoriya. Good to see you're finally awake." The doctor smiled, stepping in and walking to his bed, picking up a clipboard at the bottom of it. "You've only just come to."

"Yes sir. W-What's going on?" He asked, tilting his head. He knew he'd been attacked but… well he felt absolutely fine. In fact, he felt better than fine, he felt refreshed for once in a way he never had before!

"Well, do try not to stress yourself out Midoriya, just remain calm as best you can." The doctor instructed first and Izuku nodded his head in understanding. "Alright. In that case, I am doctor Horikoshi and I have been in charge of you since you were admitted into the hospital two months ago."

Izuku's brain froze and his jaw dropped. Two months?!

"You have been in a coma, I am afraid, and that is why you are here." Horikoshi summarized. He looked up, walking over to take a seat beside his patient. "Do you remember what caused this coma?"

"U-Uh… W-Well there w-were these other s-students…" He felt like he was being a coward, like he was doing something wrong by admitting the truth but the doctors needed to know for the sake of him recovering, right? "A-And they never r-really liked me c-cause I'm quirkless. S-So they attacked me f-for something I can't quite remember b-but I don't remember any of the actual 'fight' a-at all. I must have been k-knocked out by them then?"

"Knocked out, certainly but they were not the cause of your coma." Horikoshi explained, and he smiled softly at Izuku's confused looks. "You see-"

"IZUKU!" There was a sudden shout mixed with so much panic and relief and Izuku looked up to see his mother, the portly Inko Midoriya rushing in the door, green hair frayed with worry as she came in. "Oh thank goodness!"

"Miss Midoriya, please." Horikoshi chastised, standing up. "He's only just woke up, please do not go frightening him like that."

"O-Oh…" The older woman had the sense to look guilty as she flushed. "Sorry doctor…"

"I understand, it's good news he's awake. As I was just explaining to him, despite the injuries he suffered, assumedly from classmates, none of them were the cause of his prolonged unconsciousness." Horikoshi hummed, turning back to Izuku and tapping the clipboard in his hand with a thoughtful expression. "But you see, according to several tests taken when you were admitted, it was determined that these injuries would have only caused you to lose a few hours at most, had they even remained."

"Remained?" Izuku asked, curious, sitting up. What did the doctor mean by remained?

"You see, according to miss Kodai and the two paramedics who came out to pick you up, when they took you in, your injuries had healed at an incredible rate unseen in anything but powerful healing quirks before now. You wouldn't happen to know anything about why this is?" Doctor Horikoshi asked and Izuku shaked his head confused but for a brief moment a small spark of hope ignited inside him.

Did he have a self-healing quirk that just needs an extreme circumstance to come out maybe?!

"Hm. Well, before I continue, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but if you are hopeful for a quirk I would say you should drop that hope." He sighed. "I'm afraid it's far more likely a side effect of the assumed quirk that did knock you out for these past few months."

Izuku felt his soul get crushed and the light in his eyes died a little but with a heavy sigh he pushed past it to focus on what was important at the moment. "A quirk p-put me in a c-coma, sir?"

"An assumed quirk." The doctor corrected. "Despite our best efforts, we couldn't confirm anything in regards to quirks beyond the fact that your body has been behaving irregularly for someone who is quirkless. We are confident a quirk must be involved though with miss Kodai's story… You see, the reason you've been in a coma for the past two months, mister Midoriya, is because you were struck by lightning."

Izuku felt his mouth dry as he sat up straighter and his eyes widened. He could have sworn his heart skipped a beat out of pure shock… actually speaking of, his heartbeat had been feeling pretty fast this whole time…

As if hearing his thoughts, Horikoshi hummed and continued on.

"And that lightning has caused odd effects such as an alteration to the rate of your heartbeat. That, and the fact miss Kodai insists the lightning was green and changed course in the area specifically to strike you, along with the healing means that it must be some kind of quirk as far as we can figure out." Doctor Horikoshi sighed. Then the redhead managed a dry chuckle as he met his patient's eye. "You certainly gave us a fair few frights in the early days. Your heartbeat would get so fast that it would seem like you were flat lining. Were it not for the fact we've seen our fair share of quirk based heart problems here, we probably wouldn't have figured out the issue nearly quick enough."

"S-So I didn't flat line?" Izuku asked, relieve flooding him despite not remembering the incidents at all for obvious reasons.

"Not at all, though you caused a few black outs which fortunately were mitigated by the hospital using specialized power systems to account for those with electricity based quirks." The bespectacled doctor smiled kindly, putting down the clipboard. "Despite these irregularities however, you're fit as a fiddle and based on the fact you seem completely coherent, while I still need to run several tests to ensure you're mentally all there, if you pass them you can be going home as early as tomorrow morning."

Izuku clearly wasn't the only one surprised by this as Inko's eyes widened as well before she let out a loud sigh of relief.

"In the meantime, I will go let the nurses know of your awakening and ask them to bring some food. Feel free to catch up with your mother. As for you, mister Midoriya, I would recommend taking it slow for a while so you can recover fully." Horikoshi smiled kindly as he left, leaving the mother and son alone. A moment of silence passed as Izuku processed everything that he'd been told before finally looking at his mother.

"Struck by lightning…" He repeated, still shocked.

"You gave me the worst fright of my life when I got the phone call." Inko frowned, clearly emotional from even thinking about it. "They were talking about you as if you only had hours to live for a while. I was so worried…"

"I'm sorry." Izuku flinched, only for Inko to shake her head and get up, coming over to hug him.

"It's not your fault. You can't control the weather or whatever the heck it was. If I find out who did though…" She growled that last part and Izuku did not envy whoever was responsible. If Inko did find them, may god have mercy on their soul because Inko Midoriya sure as hell wouldn't. "But now you're safe, and alive, and that's all that matters. We'll get you home, we'll get you relaxed and rested and then we'll figure everything out from there."

"W-What about my schoolwork?" Izuku asked with a frown, the thought suddenly hitting him. "I missed two whole months…."

"Kodai's been collecting it for you." Inko smiled and gently stroked the back of his head, a gentle action which he leaned into with a sigh. "She goes to Aldera as well."

"Oh? I c-can't remember seeing her…" He hums, though that wasn't really saying anything. He did his best to block out everything about Aldera. He flinched for a moment worried she was one of his bullies before realizing it wouldn't make much sense for her to be bringing his work and for her to not berate him when he woke up and even take him to hospital in the first place if she was.

His mother muttered something about seeing her more in the future but Izuku didn't quite catch it as he blanked out for a moment, just enjoying the embrace. He could deal with the schoolwork later, and other people and all that.

A few minutes later, a nurse had walked in and gave him a small bowl of rice and some bread rolls, declaring they were not giving him much food while his body adjusted to being awake again.

Izuku thanked him as he left and he and his mother just sat and enjoyed both being around for a few moments while Izuku ate, Inko occasionally making a few comments about how he clearly hadn't lost his appetite and how she was going to make a feast of Katsudon when they got home. (And that latter promise had certainly gotten Izuku drooling in anticipation.)

Following that, Izuku had briefly managed to get his mother to go to the cafeteria to go eat something for herself while Izuku got to freshen up, the nurse from before briefly coming back in to give him a new dressing gown.

He didn't do much, just run some water over his face and under his arms, got some… needs out the way then turned to get dressed and that was when he noticed it for the first time.

Noticed a serious change. Right as he was bending over to pick up his gown, his eyes had caught himself in the mirror and he'd noticed the way his usual skinny body didn't look so skinny anymore.

Nor did it look fat per se. As he stood and walked to the mirror his eyes widened as he took in his midsection. It wasn't the most defined thing ever but…. He had a small six pack now.

That definitely hadn't been on his body before. As he poked it, feeling how they were mostly solid, his brain rushed to figure out what the heck was going on and only one phrase seemed to reach his mind, encapsulating his confusion.

'Lightning gave me abs?!'

Now that was just bizarre… Shaking his head, he recalled what the doctor had said about the changes from the lightning and supposed he'd just have to accept it. Besides, it was hardly a bad change, maybe it might even help him out a bit in future?

He still didn't look much more intimidating at all or anything, (he only got abs and from the looks of it stronger legs and thighs, not necessarily bigger or muscular overall) but he knew a lot of people picked him as a target because he looked completely helpless. Maybe if his shirt was to slip off by accident in P.E. at one point it might put some people off of attacking him in the future…

Shaking his head, he decided he'd bring it up with his mother later as he pulled on his hospital gown and headed out. It had completely slipped his mind by an hour later when he had another incident.

And this one was far more confusing and worrying. As his mother was talking about how she was considering the practicalities of getting a carpool for Izuku after school for his own sake, he turned to pick up the glass of water she had brought him from the cafeteria as Inko turned to dive into her bag to look up if her suggestion was possible, and then…

He missed the green spark on his body but he certainly didn't miss how all of a sudden, the water seemed to lose its gravity as it all rose out the plastic cup. His eyes widened as he took it in, the liquid moving slowly in the air…

Then it suddenly dropped and his mother continued on. "It should be possible with my company's job plan if I explain the circumstances. Maybe I could… Izuku? Are you okay?"

He was shaken out of his shock by her voice and looked over, where his mother was looking at him and his plastic cup confused. Either she missed it or… no, he was probably just seeing things from having just woken up from a long coma. There was nothing to worry about.

"S-Sorry, got distracted. I'm fine." He assured, immediately. He could tell her about the hallucination but… it had been two months, and he didn't want his mother to keep stressing. She probably would feel better with him home as soon as possible and they would probably pass soon anyways, right?

So he kept quiet, even when later doctor Horikoshi came back to do the tests he mentioned, which fortunately only took about an hour and a half overall.

Following that, and some final conversations with his mother before she had no choice but to go home for the night, Izuku had finally gone to bed, fortunately without any more incidents.

'Definitely just a hallucination…' He'd thought to himself as he drifted off into the land of sleep, surprised by how easy it was despite his long rest to pass out again.

He didn't remember much about his dreams when he woke up, other than that there had been a lot of purple lightning.

Finally, a few hours into the day, after a few final check-ups from doctor Horikoshi, Izuku's mother had arrived with actual clothes for him which he'd happily changed into and they'd finally set off on their way as he was discharged from the hospital.

He was smiling despite himself the whole way, happy to be getting out as they got near to the reception area, and that's when the third incident happened…

As they'd been halfway through reception, Inko ranting away quietly about a villain who had held her many others up on the way to the hospital, there had been a buzzing in Izuku's ear.

"And honestly, what kind of name is Smashy?! I meeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn-"

Izuku blinked as his mother's voice became completely slurred and the world slowed. The people in the chairs seemed to freeze completely, the people walking were barely inching forward trying to take a single step forward.

His eyes darted towards a woman pouring coffee into a mug, the liquid practically frozen in mid-air, hanging there as Izuku looked around confused. Everything was so slow and yet…

He was still the same speed as before?

Then just as suddenly as it had started it stopped it and everything went back to normal.

"-It's like you're just begging for people to not take you seriously." Inko tutted, before noticing the look on Izuku's face. "Son? Are you alright?"

"Y-Yeah, I'm f-fine." He nodded, shaking his head. It was just a hallucination. Just a hallucination… "C-Can we w-walk home instead of g-getting a taxi? I f-feel like I could do w-with some fresh air…"

"Oh, well of course!" His mother nodded with a sweet smile. "Whatever you need sweetie."

Izuku muttered a thanks and they walked out into the street, the cold air hitting Izuku's face and making him let out a quiet sigh of relief as he sucked it in.

Yeah, this was exactly what he needed! He'd feel better soon now.

And for most of the walk, he did, he really believed he'd gotten past it near the end.

And then while crossing the street there'd been a blaring horn that made him jump and the buzzing had come back as he whirled around, seeing the world moving in slow motion again it seemed like.

There was a massive truck incoming, and behind him and his mother was a mother who had accidentally let go of the stroller that her child was in. The pram was barely moving in Izuku's current vision while the truck was closing in very slowly and the mother was practically frozen with a look of horror on her face and Izuku quickly grabbed the pram and pulled it to him just in time for the world to turn back to normal and the truck to zoom off ahead.

"Oh my god! Thank you!" The mother cried in worry as she hurried over, dropping down to check on her child while Izuku's own mother stared in shock. Izuku nodded absently as his mouth dried and then… he walked away as quick as he could, staring at his hands as his breathing became ragged and uneven.

What the hell?! It… it was just a coincidence! It was just a hallucination! The doctor said he didn't have a quirk, he couldn't have a quirk, there was no way-

His hands started vibrating wildly as his own body shook with panic, but his hands… his hands were moving far too fast, they were just blurry shapes and Izuku's eyes widened

"What the hell?!" he muttered as his breathing got worse, not even realizing as he stumbled into his apartment building's parking lot, his mother running for him and shouting after him.

Then, finally, the straw that broke the camel's back came along in the form of a worried cry.

"HONEY WATCH OUT!" A woman cried out, causing Izuku to look up just in time to see a short black haired man at the balcony his apartment was on.

"Wh-AHHH!"

And the man backed up too far, some kind of wire in his hands he must have been to loosen or something as he ended up toppling over the edge. There was a scream from his mother who saw it and whoever was up above…

And as the world slowed once more with the man having already fallen one floor down, Izuku, despite having the opportunity to, didn't think at all. Not even for a second did he consider his actions before he started running.

Flights of stairs passed in a blur, he was on the balcony and his hand was outstretched. It grabbed the man by his shirt and quickly pulled him onto the balcony, both falling to the ground and groaning.

The man because of the sudden crash and Izuku because he ran into the wall pulling the man back in. He barely noticed the few little crackles of green electricity fading from his body.

He slid down the wall with a sigh and looked to the man. Despite how much his brain was freaking out, he managed to ignore his immense confusion for the moment. "Hey, a-are you okay?"

"Y-Yeah…" The man breathed, his wide eyes betraying his shock. "Thank you."

Izuku just nodded as he leaned back against the wall and let out a shaky breath. He barely registered thundering footsteps, looking up to his mother's worried and stunned face.

Neither did he register the man beside him's resemblance to the girl who had been there when he'd woken up the night before, but that was far from his mind at the moment as he met his mother's eye.

The lightning had changed more than any of them realized…

Inko stared at Izuku, who stared back and blinked.

"You… ran at super speed." She muttered, disbelievingly as she digested the information. About an hour had passed and after everyone had made sure they weren't injured they were all back in their own houses. Izuku hadn't realized the man he had saved was his next door neighbour. "You turned into lightning and ran at super speed…"

Apparently, according to his mother, all she saw when he'd run off had been a trail of green lightning taking off that she'd only seen for a second. A second incidentally was how long it took for Izuku to get to the man and pull him back in.

So he had definitely moved at super speed, there was no doubt about that much. He couldn't help smiling for a moment. He had super speed… he really had a super ability.

And he had just thought he was going crazy before but he wasn't!

However, his smile dropped with his mother's next words.

"Right, I'm calling the doctor-"

"N-No!" He immediately stood up, surprising his mother. "I m-mean you s-shouldn't bother them s-so soon…"

"Bother? Izuku, it's their job! And this is important!" She pointed out, reaching for the phone again and before Izuku knew what he was doing he ran at it, grabbing it and running head first into the wall making him yelp out in pain as he stumbled back. "Izuku! Are you alright?!"

"I'm f-fine but please d-don't call the doctors!" He practically pleaded, looking into her confused eyes.

"…Izuku, I need to call them! It's important-"

"Please!" He begged, only to see his mother scowl a tad.

"Izuku! You already got hurt once, I'm not letting you get hurt again-"

"But they haven't hurt me! The powers haven't hurt me yet a-and if y-you call the doctors t-then they might d-decide its because of the l-lightning and t-take it away and-and-and-" his voice choked as it turned shaky. "A-And p-please! Don't t-take t-this away f-from me when I've only j-just got it! T-This is w-what I've w-wanted! P-Please don't…. please…"

Inko softened as her son let out a choked sob and she grit her teeth before silently walking forward and hugging him tight. "I don't like this…"

"B-But-"

"But, I can't stand seeing you get hurt either. Emotionally as much as physically. So… fine, I won't call the doctors for now." She declared and Izuku sighed in relief, until seeing her hardened gaze. "But if I think for even a second they are going to hurt you, I'm taking you right to the doctors. No ifs, ands or buts. Understood?"

"Yes m-mom." He sighed and nodded, before smiling with a disbelieving look in his eyes as he tried to let it settle in.

He'd run at super speed. Hell he'd just run at super speed again.

He had a power! An actual power!

And though neither knew it, Inko's decision in that moment wasn't just the best decision she could have made for Izuku, but all of Musutafu.

Because it would be only a short two weeks before the first mention of the Bolt saving people in Musutafu. Before that though, Izuku's eyes sparkled as he realized something he never thought he'd get to do.

It was time to train his very own quirk!