Hey! It's me again. I took some liberties since I don't know the actual story of how All Might came to be in USA and if he worked in other countries. Hope you enjoy this one.
(Izuki at age 10)
Today has been a tough day. Tsukishima-sensei was mad at me because, in her eyes, I was the troublemaker that forced her oh so precious Mei-chan to use her quirk on me. It was getting pretty tiring to see everyone not getting on my side. I'm a quirkless girl, it's not my fault I was dealt a shitty hand. Out of all the possibilities, I was in the 20% of the population that didn't have a quirk. I didn't have friends, nor allies; the teachers weren't really going to help me, I had to do everything by myself. It wouldn't have been that bad if Kacchan was still on my side; but I've become invisible ever since my quirkless condition came into the light.
And now, I'm sitting quietly at the principal's office, waiting for my mom to get here so I can receive my punishment. Mei-chan was the daughter of a member of the school board after all; there must have been a good reason for which she had to break the rules and use her quirk on me. Really, I had done nothing to earn this punishment but alas, my quirklessness didn't help at all.
I was sitting by myself, as usual. The teacher was explaining the homework we would have to do for tomorrow. It was almost the end of the day, I was wondering what I would be doing once I got back home. All Might's newest interview was going to be released today, I was looking forward to that. Mom would be making my favorite, katsudon.
I took out my freshly bought journal. This was going to be the 3rd edition. I prepared All Might's page; it never gets old. There must always be at least two pages talking about All Might in the journals; somehow his enormous power seemed to grow even more after each fight. Today's special would be about his fresh start after returning to Japan.
He had spent the last five years becoming more popular around the world; he had managed to be 'on tour' almost all over the world. Starting first in China, and all the way to the USA. There, he had become even more famous, American heroes were more renowned than any others. He was the first Japanese hero to become popular in the USA. He had come back last month but the interview was scheduled until today because he had too many responsibilities waiting for him at his return.
I was minding my own business, cleaning up some mistakes I made while drawing All Might's newest costume. This one was the latest David Shield had designed for him. I couldn't wait for him to make a formal appearance wearing it. I couldn't wait to get back home and watch his interview. I was grabbing some color crayons from my backpack when it happened.
"What do you have there, Deku-chan?" Mei-chan asked.
Everyone started using that nickname just because Kacchan couldn't stop saying it. Apparently, not being in the same class as him for once didn't exempt me from hearing it. The teacher was still talking about tomorrow's homework; it was either that or she just didn't care if one of her students was talking out of turn. I decided not to answer to Mei-chan's insult; after all, Mama said some children just didn't get enough love and attention from their own home and they seeked it through other means.
"I asked you a question, useless" she was getting mad, I could tell.
"I'm getting ready to capture all of All Might's newest adventures" I replied as cheerfully as I could.
Mama said smiling and being nice to people would get me some friends; I knew it wasn't going to work on Mei-chan, but I had to try. Surely, she wouldn't dare hurt me in front of a teacher. One thing was getting hurt during lunch and with no teacher around and another was blatantly hurting someone in front of a teacher while said teacher was still commanding the class.
"You're still the same stupid fangirl as ever, Deku" she laughed at me.
I was getting used to her looking down on me ever since we became seatmates at the start of the year; but it still hurt whenever she did.
Sneakily, she grabbed my journal and started tampering with it. I tried to take it back quietly with no success; she kept moving it further away from me. How was the teacher not seeing this? Suddenly, from the corner of my eye, I could see she was about to rip the page I had just made, I couldn't let it happen; anyways, the teacher didn't care, right? I managed to grab my journal just in time before she could rip the page apart. I didn't get to catch my breath because I felt Mei-chan's quirk working on me.
"Midoriya Izuki!" Tsukishima-sensei decided to take notice of our little quarrel just then. "You're disturbing class, please get down this moment"
I was floating upside down, my skirt was hanging and if it weren't for the black boxers I wore under my skirt all the time, my panties would be showing.
"Sensei, I can't do that, you know I don't have a quirk" I tried to reason with her "It's not my fault Mei-chan is using her quirk on me"
Mei-chan decided it was time to let me down, and though the height wasn't too high, it still hurt being dropped on the floor. I stood up and glared at my assailant. Tsukishima-sensei stood between us but I felt her anger being targeted towards me. Before I even tried to excuse myself, she made her own assumptions.
"Midoriya" she tried to reign in her anger, but I still felt it. "Go to the principal's office, now"
"But..." I looked at Mei-chan, she was smirking at my predicament. "She..."
"No excuses Midoriya" she interrupted me "Mei-chan is one of the best students in the class, there must be a good reason for her using her quirk on you"
"That's not fair, you're not even questioning her" I managed to reply "She was taking my journal without my permission"
"I don't want to hear it young lady" she seemed to be getting angrier by the second. Well, almost the whole class was laughing at my expense. I was upside down, floating in the air and the class got to see that before she noticed. "You can explain yourself to principal" she opened the door for me and I grabbed my bag and my journal. "You'll have enough time to make up an excuse while your mother gets in here"
I sighed again, so now I'm here waiting for my fate and my mother. I knew the principal was more reasonable: but after hearing a call being redirected to the principal's office, where I'm pretty sure Mei-chan's mother threatened the principal's position, I wasn't so sure of my chances anymore. Good thing Mei-chan didn't have to wait in the principal's office.
"Hello useless" I spoke too soon.
"Haven't you had enough?" I asked. "You got what you wanted, you've ruined my day, can't you leave me alone now?"
"Oh, this is far from over useless" she came in closer and I saw her smirking right as I felt her quirk being manifested again. "Look at that, I didn't even notice there was a little All Might on them" she was referring to my boxers. I can't help it, whenever I see his merchandise, I've got to have it.
"What's going on here, Deku?" that wasn't the teacher, nor the principal; the nickname could only come from him. "Still the number one fangirl, huh?"
"Even Bakugou-kun knows you're stupid fangirl, Deku" Mei-chan made fun of me again. This was getting worse, I didn't want to appear as weak in front of Kacchan, he would never acknowledge me as a future rival when we become heroes if I continue to be this weak.
"What did you call her?" Kacchan gave me goosebumps at the way he talked to Mei-chan.
"Deku?" she answered him "You call her that, what's wrong with me saying it too?"
"Only I get to call her that" he replied "Let her down, now!"
She complied and I could see she was shaking, Kacchan probably scared her.
"Why are you protecting such a useless girl" her hands became fists and I could see she was holding herself back "She's Deku, what's wrong with that?"
"Deku is Deku" he said "only I can call her that, only I can bully her and..." the rest was a quiet whisper so I couldn't hear him.
"But..."
"Now leave before I really get angry" he threatened her.
She ran away, the coward.
"Kacchan, why are you here?" I couldn't help my curiosity.
"I yelled at the teacher" he said "Not that it's any of your business"
"You came just in time, thank you Kacchan"
"Whatever, now, don't speak to me again, Deku" he sat on the farthest chair from me, he folded his arms and refused to look at me.
Thanks for being my hero today Kacchan.
I just picture Katsuki as a tsundere, that's canon, right? It should be, his anger management issues can't hide his good heart; even if he is a really bad bully and should be taught better than that by Aizawa and All Might (especially him). I'll leave to your imagination what he said and Deku didn't get to hear.
