Summary: Midoriya Izuka's journey to becoming the Number One Hero somehow led to her being the unofficial (?) ruler of the world. Hey, she's not complaining about the peace, she's just extremely confused as to how she got here. (Bakugou Katsuki would like to add that he knows exactly how they got here, Deku is just in extreme denial.)

Tags: BakuDeku, Quirk!Deku, Fem!Deku, Romance/Crack, a series of snapshots

AN: Hey guys! I'm back with another chapter lol. I'm very sorry for what this ended up as… Honestly, this is the end of my pre-written prompts, so updates are probably going to come a lot slower from now on, if they even come at all… Feel free to list any prompts you guys want to see in a review or pm or whatever, and I'll see if I can write something with them. I have other stories floating around in my head right now, so I might get to uploading them later… Who knows how long this sudden burst of motivation to write is going to last haha. I guess we can get on with it now?

(Oh and I don't remember when the Battle Trials happened in the timeline. I know it doesn't occur on the first day, but that's about it. For the purposes of this story, it occurs the week after their first day. If I'm wrong, please tell me so! I might not change it but I'd like to know for future reference or whatever.)

On Class 1-A's first impressions of Midoriya

There was Bakugou, with his explosion quirk that he literally wouldn't let you forget about. (Seriously if he wasn't threatening to blow you up then there were constant explosion noises around him. And if either weren't occurring then his explosive personality was enough to remind one of his quirk.) There was Shoji, whose multiple beefy arms and crazy and unforgettable strength left no doubt as to his… well… strength.

But Midoriya?

She was a pipsqueak who seemed to mutter to herself near constantly, and when she wasn't muttering she was quiet enough for one to forget she was even there. She was cute, but a forgettable sort of cute, and her bland looks were only exacerbated by her timid personality. Her physical test results were average, only beating out Mineta by a tiny bit, allowing her to barely scrape by, while Mineta was kicked out. Her only hero-like score had been due to the ball-toss, but even then she had injured herself. Those who had been witness to her incredible feat of strength against the zero-pointer doubted themselves. It was just so hard to connect their image of this amazing hero with Midoriya. Who was probably as far from remarkable as possible, as cold as it might sound.

Honestly, the only thing that really made her stick out at all would be her inexplicable friendship with Bakugou, probably the person whose personality was most opposite to Midoriya's. With her, though, his rather dynamic personality softened to something almost gentle. Over the course of the first week, the odd pair could be found having hushed conversations with each other, but none could really hear what they were talking about, other than Bakugou's occasional outbursts. From what they could gather, they were childhood friends, which explained Bakugou's personality change around her.

Their opinion of the quiet girl only began to change after the Battle Trials. Most of the class weren't really even sure of what had happened, as other than a little fighting between Bakugou and Midoriya at the beginning, it seemed to be an easy victory for the hero team. Midoriya had done something that made Bakugou hesitate for a second, face dusted with a tinge of red. Midoriya was able to take advantage of that second to use the capture tape, much to Bakugou's ire. The cameras hadn't been able to catch whatever she did, but it certainly seemed effective seeing as Iida and Uraraka were both affected.

"I thought her quirk was some kind of body enhancement," Kaminari questioned, caught off guard by the easy match.

"Perhaps she has a secondary quirk that freezes her opponents," Yaoyorozu analyzed, brows furrowed in confusion. "Bakugou seems to have some kind of resistance to it, which makes sense considering that they have grown up together."

With all the attention on Yaoyorozu, they nearly missed the arrival of the four. Bakugou seemed slightly pissed, but not much more than the usual. The real difference was the doting way that Uraraka and Iida treated Midoriya. It was as if she were some precious treasure that they had to protect. In other words, the same way that Bakugou treated Midoriya, if one translated his actions and words to a normal person's actions and words.

"Midoriya! You were real manly out there!" Kirishima waved at them, the first to react to their reappearance. "What exactly did you do to them, though? Some kind of freezing quirk?"

"Oh, I uh," Midoriya rubbed the back of her head embarrassedly. "I smiled."

There was a period of silence. Other than All Might and the four people in question, none could believe their ears.

"You… smiled?" Sero asked, bewildered. His disbelief matched that of those around him.

"Yeah." Midoriya confirmed, somewhat hesitant. After a moment of thought, she took a deep breath as if to steady herself. "Like this."

It was then that Class 1-A was blinded by the glowing radiance that was Midoriya Izuka smiling. Some raised their arms in an attempt to block out the light, not entirely sure if that light was imagined. Jirou would later swear she heard Aoyama screech about someone sparkling brighter than him.

After the initial burst of light, everyone turned back to stare at the beaming face of one Midoriya Izuka. The light from before had diminished to a mere halo around her, but somehow it felt no less blinding than before. A second period of silence enveloped the group, and Midoriya's smile faltered a little.

"I'm sorry, I know it's kind of a ridiculous quirk-" She was interrupted by Ashido and Uraraka tackling her to the ground. Bakugou snapped out of his daze to shout at them to "get off Deku!" The rest of the group was flushed red. Some were bent over, clutching at their chest. Kirishima was crying - "manly tears, damnit!" - from where he laid, pounding a hardened fist against the floor. Todoroki seemed almost unaffected other than the bright red blush, until one walked closer to hear his mutterings of "we are unworthy" and "never going to let her near my blasted father."

-a-

All Might sweatdropped even as he cleaned up the remnants of his spray of blood. He hoped against hope that his eyes and ears were deceiving him and young Tokoyami was not attempting to summon a demon in the corner to protect Izuka.

-a-

After safely protecting Izuka from the clutches of that pink bitch and round face, Katsuki surveyed the chaos in the room as everyone lost their goddamn minds over Izuka's cuteness. He sighed, smacking himself in the face in exasperation, before doing a double-take. Was that a demon in the - nope. I'm out. He picked Izuka up and slung her over his shoulder, before moving to exit the room.

"E-eh? Kacchan?!" All Might, hearing Izuka's startled yelp, looked up and attempted to protest.

"Young Bakugou! There is still much of class left!"

Katsuki glanced back at the continued chaos. "Fuck that." He snorted, his free hand coming up to form a rude gesture. "I ain't dealing with no demon bullshit."

Needless to say, they had to resume the Battle Trials another day.

In which the Battle Trials become a trial of Katsuki's fucking patience and Class 1-A start a cult

AN: I'm not sorry. Also, if you're confused about the switching between the use of Bakugou and Katsuki or Midoriya and Izuka it's because the perspective switches. I felt kind of hesitant about the use of dashes to indicate a perspective change since I felt it was already pretty clear and using the dashes kind of interrupted the flow of the story but… oh well lul story's already trash what to do