A Man in a Woman's World
Chapter 1: genetic anomaly
Izuku Midoriya, by all accounts something like him shouldn't fucking exist. Two hundred years ago women developed crazy things called quirks, they were essentially comic book superpowers but fucked beyond belief, the ground zero for quirks were China and Japan, the rest of the world followed suit because sheeple. For seventy years war was waged on the people with quirks even as their numbers were slowly rising, everything was in so much chaos that they didn't even realise that only women were developing quirks until fifty years after they appeared, the fucking bellends. Ten years after the war ended scientists found the root cause of quirks, an extra gene that only activated if two X chromosomes were present explaining two things, first what caused quirks, and second why only women were getting them, you heard me genes are sexist! The gene was named the X+ gene. And the rest is history, slowly the male population became smaller and smaller… after one hundred and fifty years only thirty percent of the global population was male, which just… Jesus that's low… in Japan and China that number was twenty percent…oof. Now fifty years later the male population in Japan is a measly five percent whereas, globally it sits at fifteen percent, because that's much better isn't it, now sperm donations are sent across the world and are much more common than actual marriage. Izuku Midoriya should not exist… why? You ask, it's simple, Izuku Midoriya has a quirk. I-i-I just don't fucking understand this, just h-h-how, just fucking how, that should be…y-you know what I'll just end it here.
"Izuku Midoriya!" the doctor yelled from the door to his room in the clinic, a small boy stood up with his mother and walked to the door, all of the small girls in the room whispered to their mothers about why their was a boy here. But the mothers knew why, for twenty years now, the Chinese and Japanese governments had been checking males for a variation of the X+ gene, Izuku was the only boy of his age in their prefecture so why he was here was simple, they were searching for the first male with a quirk.
"So Izuku we're going to be doing some routine check-ups, is that okay with you?" the doctor who was, surprisingly a male, asked. Izuku nodded in response. "good I'll leave you to the nurses for now while I discuss some things with your mother, okay?" the doctor asked again, and again Izuku nodded "if you do well I'll give you a lollipop at the end" the doctor fake whispered
Izuku perked up and looked the man dead in the eyes "really" Izuku asked excitedly, the doctor nodded while putting a finger to his pursed lips, tell Izuku to be quiet, Izuku immediately did so while copying the gesture back towards the man while making a 'shhh' sound. Izuku went to the nurses happily afterwards.
"so, Mrs. Midoriya, I'm going to have to ask a few questions about you and the fathers mothers quirks, is that all right?" the doctor inquired
"why, of course sensei" Inko said
"good now what is your quirk?"
"my quirk is called pull it allows me to pull objects towards me, as long as they're within a certain size and weight range" Inko explained while pulling one of Izuku's All Might toys towards her hand
"hmmm, so a weak form of psychokinesis? And the grandmother?"
"Hisashi's mother could breath and manipulate her green fire, she was actually a hero, green dragon was her name"
"ah, yes green dragon, she was in the top fifty, no?"
"yes, she was" Inko said wistfully
"was Izuku's dad from japan?"
"yes, he's actually nearby… but I just don't have what it takes to go and talk to him in person"
"hmmm. Okay"
"now considering the information about the quirks, if Izuku does have a variation of the X+ gene he will probably have some form of pyrokinesis" the doctor said/explained it wasn't clear which "now, Izuku should be finishing up by now" the doctor said this just as Izuku walked through the doors practically vibrating with excitement, and behind him were two shellshocked nurses.
"mummy, hey guess what mummy I have it, a var- vario a vari-"
"variation" the doctor inserted helpfully
"yeah, that! Aren't you excited mum!" Izuku said excitedly, meanwhile Inko was contemplating what it would be like to have a tiny flamethrower with arms, legs and puppy dog eyes will be like…Inko shuddered.
"now… ah crap what do we do now?" the doctor asked "I mean… I guess we could wait for something to happen… but… shouldn't we try testing for what his quirk is… i-w-we were never told what to do if something like this actually happened… well… we're doomed" the doctor mumbled to himself
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"we'll just have to wait and see what happens" the doctor said hesitantly, Inko glares at him thinking about her house being burned down by the cutest flamethrower ever. "I'm sorry but it's all we can do" the man whimpered out, Inko sighed
"of course, sensei. I'm sorry"
"nah, don't worry about it" the doctor said while waving his hand "it's a natural response to knowing you have a ticking time bomb in your house at all times" he shook himself off then walked towards Inko "come back to me when his quirk manifests"
"yes, sensei" Inko sighed "I'll do that" and with that they were out of the room.
When they got home Izuku immediately rushed to his room to play with his hero figurines like any normal child… except Izuku wasn't normal; he was the first of his kind. 'oh Izuku, this world was not made for someone such as you… be careful' Inko thought while sending her prayers to her son.
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… "so, they're finally catching up" said one of the many officials at the table
"it appears so" doctor Tsubasa said
"are you sure you tested him correctly?" one of the other officials said
"of course, do you doubt my medical expertise?"
"no, of course not" said a sly and evil sounding voice, from the head of the table, the woman then frowned "however, if word of this were to get out… we would have a real problem on our hands"
"what do you suggest we do then sensei"
"it is rather simple… we eliminate him, and everyone involved, well… everyone except doctor Tsubasa" the evil woman said "say 'aye' if you agree" a chorus of 'Aye's' rung out throughout the room
"well then everyone seems to be in agreement, tomorrow, the termination of Izuku and Inko Midoriya will be carried out" the evil woman said voice layered with approval. "now leave I have business to attend to"
"yes, All for One" everyone in the room chorused, it was amusing. Even after one hundred and seventy years she still ran the government behind the scenes.
"finally, the last of my brother's family wiped out" All for One whispered to herself, reminiscing over her name Shigaraki Midoriya Izuku's great, great, great aunt, and Yuuko Midoriya Izuku's great, great, great grandfather… her brother… All for One smiled, this was going to be fun. "One for All can wait; I'm going to enjoy this"
Inko sighed it had been a day since the appointment nothing had happened, except the house felt hotter, but that could just be the stress… but the doctor did say pyrokinesis. Suddenly there was a knock at the front door, Inko jumped before she started to walk while brushing herself off. She got to the door and opened it "yes who's there?" Inko asked
"I'm from the quirk regulation and health department, I'd like to speak with you"
"oh, of course, yes please come in make yourself comfortable. Would you like some tea?" Inko asked
"yes, please" Inko bustled into the kitchen and got started on two cups of tea
"so, Ms. …"
"oh, sorry I didn't introduce myself. I'm Ms. Riko Tsugaya"
"Ms. Tsugaya, I assume you're here to talk about my son?" Inko asked not looking away from the tea she was making.
"yes, of course. What else would there be to discuss?" Tsugaya asked as she reached for a knife in her jumper pulling it out slowly. Fun fact! As a part of Inko's quirk she can 'see' the surrounding are for about five meters, she 'saw' Tsugaya pull the knife and was trying not to react
"Ms. Tsugaya, may you please put the knife away?" Inko said in faux calm, Tsugaya froze
"w-what are y-you talking ab-bout" Tsugaya said stumbling over her own words
"I can sense all objects in the near vicinity as a part of my quirk, I could tell exactly when you drew the knife. So, please put the knife down, Ms. Tsugaya." Inko said calmly
"so, you knew from the start huh?" Tsugaya said the sneer evident in her voice
"yes, yes I did"
"what're ya' gonna' do about it?" Tsugaya spoke in a taunting voice
"I already threatened you with the police, what more do you want?" Inko said in that infuriatingly calm voice. At that moment, the worst possible moment Izuku ran into the room yelling 'mummy! Mummy! Look! Look!' while raising his right-hand green fire dancing along his fingertips.
"look Mummy! It's my quirk! My quirk! It's so-…"
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"… mummy who is that?" Izuku asked Inko while pointing at Ms. Tsugaya
"nobody sweetie, right Ms. Tsugaya, you were leaving right now weren't you" fake asked in a fake innocent voice. Tsugaya was still standing there frozen, knife in hand, she looked between her two targets, obviously deciding Izuku was obviously weaker, therefore an easier target, she spun on her heel and threw the knife at Izuku who just stared at it. Pull would've done nothing, the knife was moving to fast, so, Inko jumped.
It all happened so fast, Ms. Tsugaya turned and threw her knife at him, it all happened so fast, yet he saw it in slow motion. When Tsugaya threw the knife, he saw as his mums eyes widened, he saw as she realised her quirk wouldn't work in this situation, and… he saw as Inko jumped in front of him and the knife dug into her spinal cord.
"I love you Izuku" were her last words, her hand was caressing his cheek, and tears were spilling down her face. The world resumed normal speed and Inko slumped to the floor dead, but Izuku felt no sadness, he felt no emptiness as one would expect a four year old would, no he felt none of this, all he felt was rage, a primal, fiery rage. Izuku roared and green flames erupted around him, he felt a sizzling against his skin, but he didn't care. The only things he perceived were his dead mother and the bitch who killed her, green fire jumped at the woman in the shape of a wolf burying her in a sea of green fire, not once did the fire touch his mother.
A/N 1849 words
Soooo… I swear there isn't going to be a harem, I hate harems unless well executed. This is going to be a serious story, no if's and' or butt's…
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I'm so sorry. But for real this chapter was hard to write. I really didn't want to do this to Inko, I really didn't, it's not my fault I thought of this and how it would really fit the narrative and just went with it. And for those of you wondering, NO! Izuku is not technically the first man with a quirk All for One's brother was.
Well see ya when I see ya
Chao!
-dekuforall