Here we are.
Chapter Two.
I got some awesomely nice comments and decided it was worth continuing.
Thank you very much!
I don't own Ink Sans or My Hero Academia
On with the cute feels!
Ink and Izuku sat in the doctor's office with Izuku's mother fidgeting nervously in her chair. Izuku was sitting on the examination bed and swinging his feet happily. They were there to get checked out by the doctor since Izuku's Quirk didn't resemble either of his parents and to assess the general abilities of his Quirk. So far, they had given him a general checkup along with running some bloodwork and scans. To their surprise, along with the star on his eye, they had discovered black tattoo like markings that started at the base of Izuku's spine and traveled down his arms and chest, ending just above the bottom of his ribs.
"Hello Izuku. I have your results." The doctor said gently, coming into the room and taking a seat across from the Midoriyas.
"What are the results, Doctor? Is my Izuku alright?" Ink asked nervously, holding on to her son's hand.
"We have run many tests, Midoriya-san, and everything indicates that Izuku is just fine. His eye and tattoos on his skin are simply an effect of his Quirk." The doctor reassured the mother. "Although I am curious. Before I reveal anything else, would it be possible for me to know yours and your husband's Quirks?" the asked and Inko nodded.
"Of course! My Quirk isn't very special. I can attract small objects to myself, but it's not very strong. At most, I can attract a small bad of apples to myself. My husband, Hisashi, can breathe fire." She explained quickly and the doctor nodded.
"Yes, well, as you know, most children develop a mutation from both parent's Quirks. In Izuku's case, he has developed something completely different from either of your Quirks. Not only that, this particular type of Quirk has not been seen since Quirks first started to appear. It was first called Celestial Brushes, but it seemed to work more in what we would call magic symbols than drawings. Either way, I shall give you what we have recorded on the Quirk so that it may give you a better understanding about what all that Izuku's Quirk may entail." The doctor said, handing a folder in his hand to Inko before gently ruffling Izuku's hair.
"You have a great Quirk there, kid. I have no doubt that you'll make a great hero like that." he smiled at the boy before walking out. Inko stood up and bowed in thanks before gently setting him down and grabbing his hand, leading him out. Internally, Izuku was trying not to scream in happiness at what the doctor had said. He was definitely going to go home and researching everything that he could about Celestial Brushes! And Kacchan! He would want to celebrate with him!
"Mom! Can we go and visit Kacchan! I wanna tell him about my Quirk!" Izuku cheered. Ink giggled but shook her head.
"No, no, dear. It's already late and I need to make dinner. You can talk to Katsuki tomorrow at school, ok?" She said. Izuku pouted but nodded. He would tell his friend tomorrow after school.
"Ok mom!" he smiled. Ink smiled and scooped him up, hugging him tightly to her chest. All her little boy had ever wanted was to have a Quirk and become a Hero. Now he had the means to become one and that was all she had ever wanted for her baby. Izuku could achieve his dreams!
"I'm gonna be a hero, Mom!" the boy cheered.
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The next day, Izuku was humming happily to himself as he walked to school, clutching his lunch pail closely. He couldn't wait to find Kacchan and tell him about his Quirk! He had also looked up Celestial Brushes last night, just like he had promised himself, and it had only made him more excited, to say the least! Since Celestial Brushes had come into existence at the beginning of Quirk Development, it was more varied in its abilities. It did have its limitations as all Quirks had, but they were less restricting than to those Quirks now. He would experiment with his Quirk later. Celestial Brushes gave him so many ideas as to what he could do with his own!
"Hey! Izu! Over here!" Katsuki called out, standing in front of the school and waving his arms around frantically to get his attention. Izuku smiled and ran over, waving back at him.
"Kacchan!" He smiled and hugged his friend. His explosive friend smiled and hugged back briefly before pushing away.
"So, what did the doctor say, Izu? It better be a cool one after all that yesterday! I didn't even get to eat auntie's cake!" Katsuki pouted, crossing his arms. His expression softened slightly, however, at the look on the smaller boy's face.
"Yeah! The doctor said that I have a Mutation Quirk cuz it's not like my mom or dad's!" He laughed. Katsuki rolled his eyes at his friend who was starting to physically bounce in place out of excitement.
"Ok, well what is your Quirk, nerd?" Katsuki asked again, trying to settle him down. At the question, Izuku calmed down.
"Uhh, it doesn't have a name yet, but I can make stuff come to life out of ink! Like I did with that birdy last night!" Izuku beamed, Bakugo blinked and nodded.
"Huh? Really? So, what about all the black stuff you threw up?" Katsuki asked curiously, slightly disturbed at the memory of his friend throwing up a black substance out of nowhere.
"The doctors said it was ink and that they didn't know why it happened." Izuku shrugged.
"Well, either way, It's a good Quirk! Still not as good as mine, but still good! Now we can both be Heroes!" Katsuki cheered, hugging his best friend. Izuku laughed and hugged back.
"Now lets got to class, ya nerd!" Katsuki smiled, dragging his friend to class. The day flew by without an incident, but the teachers were warned beforehand by Inko and the doctor to not let Izuku handle ink yet until he had some control of his Quirk. Later while they were playing, Katsuki stopped and stared down at his hands. Izuku looked at him curiously, holding his ball.
"Kacchan?" he asked curiously but was met with silence. After a brief pause, Katsuki broke the silence.
"Hey, Izu? We both have Quirks and are gonna be Heroes, right?" the blonde asked his friend and Izuku raised his eyebrow in confusion but nodded.
"Yeah! We're gonna be the best Heroes!" he replied. Why was the blonde asking this? They had been talking about becoming Heroes ever since they had first discovered what a Hero was. Was he rethinking his decision?
"Yeah, but how are we gonna be Heroes? All the Pros have awesome moves and stuff with their Quirks! So that means we gotta learn how to fight too!" the explosive boy said enthusiastically. Izuku's eyes lit up and he nodded just as enthusiastically.
"Yeah! All the Pros had to learn how to fight! Maybe we can find a teacher! We can learn martial arts with super cool moves too!" he shouted, jumping up and down in excitement, clutching his ball as he started mumbling to himself about all the moves he'd heard the heroes call out and how they may be able to incorporate those moves into their Quirk uses. Katsuki rolled his eyes before shaking his friend.
"Izu! Shut up! You're doing that weird mumble thing again!" he shouted, glaring slightly before stopping his assault on his friend. Izuku blinked the dizziness away before smiling again.
"Sorry, Kacchan!" the boy said sheepishly and scratched the back of his head. Katsuki rolled his eyes but smiled at his friend.
"Its ok. But finding a teacher is a good idea!" the boy smiled widely, feeling his Quirk bubbling up under his skin in excitement. Izuku's eyes sparkled again.
"Really?! Then maybe we can ask our mom if they'll find us a teacher! That way, we can be great Heroes!" he giggled, zooming around eagerly. Katsuki followed after, just as enthused at the prospect of finding a teacher to learn how to fight.
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Later that night, the two boys had come to their respective parents about their idea. The Bakugos had been thrilled at the idea of their son getting proper training on how to use his Quirk. It would be a wonderful outlet for his explosive personality and would help him to achieve his dream and become a Hero. Inko, on the other hand, was a different story. She was very reluctant to let her little boy learn martial arts. She didn't want to let him go and be a Hero and get hurt but…but this was his dream, wasn't it? It was all that he and Katsuki had talked about since they first discovered and Quirks and Heroes. He wanted to be a Hero and help people.
"Please, mom?! I want to be a Hero! Just like All Might!" the boy looked up at her and her resolve broke. How could she say no to that? Kneeling down, she pulled the small boy into a hug.
"Ok, Izuku. Just…be careful when you become a Hero, ok? Your mother worries for you." She said softly, tears leaking out of her eyes. Izuku hugged his mother back tightly, smiling widely and tears leaking out as will.
"I will, mom! I promise! I'll be a Hero and make you proud of me!" he cheered kissed his mother's cheek before running off to his room, fully intent on getting a full night's sleep. Inko looked out after her son and sighed. There was nothing more that she could do now but support her son. She was so proud and scared for him, but he would have Katsuki there with him. And so help any villain that dared to even try hurt her son.
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The next day was a weekend, so with their son's best wishes in mind, Mitsuki and Inko got together and researched nearby martial arts studios. With Izuku and Katsuki's help, of course.
"Mom! That one looks cool!"
"No, you hag! Not that one!"
"That's fake!"
"No!"
The boys either rejected the choices or found something inherently wrong with the studios. The mothers were slowly getting more and more frustrated or tired as the search went on.
"Wait!" the boys suddenly shouted, causing Inko to pause in her scrolling.
"What is it?" Mitsuki asked, raising her eyebrow. The boys crowded around the computer excitedly, looking at the page that was pulled up.
"Do you really think-?"
"I think so!"
"Looks just like him!"
"Yeah!"
The boys whispered conspiratorially with each other, only getting louder and louder as the boys get more excited. The mothers looked at each other in confusion and just shrugged. Inko finally decided to break the boys out of their unintelligible excited frenzy.
"Why are you so excited, boys?" she asked and the two turned towards her, identical looks of exuberance in their eyes.
"It's the Bladed Hero, Sheathed Dagger!" Katsuki yelled.
"He was a great Hero in his time and knew all sorts of martial arts! He retired years ago but people say that he's still one of the best at fighting!" Izuku squealed, jumping up and down happily.
"Yeah! I didn't know he taught martial arts here! We have to learn from him!" Katsuki screamed, hugging Izuku in his excitement. Izuku nodded and hugged back with equal enthusiasm. The women smiled and chuckled at their sons' antics.
"Well, kiddos. If you really want to try and learn from this guy, we'll take you to him and ask. But just so you know, there's no guarantee that he'll agree. If its like you said, he may not want to teach little kids, do don't get your hopes up." Mitsuki said, crossing her arms over her chest. Her words brought the boy's enthusiasm down and Katsuki pouted at his mother.
"Really, mom? Such a buzzkill!" Katsuki pouted and both women blanched slightly at the word usage before Mitsuki snaps out of it and slaps the back of her son's head.
"What have I told you about language, brat?" she growled.
"That I should watch my damn language." He replied, smirking at the answer. In turn, the older Bakugo was caught in between snapping at him for his use of language and general smartassetry and being a bit impressed at his guts. The former won out.
"You little shit! You are in so much trouble when we get home!" She yelled, the glycerin slightly pooling on her skin. In tun, Katsuki was letting little explosions pop from his palms. Both of the Midoriyas smiled sheepishly at the other family before Izuku turned to face his mother.
"When can we go, mom?" he asked eagerly, eyes shining and his star seeming to twirl in excitement. Inko giggled and ruffled her son's hair.
"Soon, Izuku. We probably need to set up an appointment with him first." She said reassuringly. "That way we'll know if he is currently taking on any students." Izuku sighed but nodded in agreement. He was so excited at the possibility of meeting such a respected Pro Hero, that it was a little bit of a letdown that they didn't get to meet him today.
"Now, boys, go off and play while Mitsuki and I call him, alright?" Inko said, shooing the boys off to go and play in Izuku's room. The boys went off reluctantly, but before they actually left the room, they hid around the corner to listen to the phone call. Katsuki held Izuku by the arm and held a finger to his mouth, telling in to be quiet. Izuku nodded, a look of determination on his face as the boys listened in. They heard their mothers dial the number and silence followed as they heard a faint voice answer them.
"Yes, hello, sir." Inko answered pleasantly.
"…"
"Yes we…" she was cut off by the other person on the line and looked upset.
"…"
"Wait, what?"
"…"
"Please, sir, we just-!" she called out then pulled the phone away, looking confused and disappointed. The person on the other end had hung up on her. Mitsuki frowned and took the phone from her friend gently.
"Here. Let me try." Inko nodded and let her friend have the phone. Maybe with her more abrasive personality, she would have more luck at getting a clearer answer. Mitsuki then dialed the same number and waited for an answer. When the line picked up again and before she could say anything, the person hung up again. she glared at the phone.
"Asshole! I didn't even say anything!" she growled and threw the phone onto the couch. Sighing as she calmed down, she turned to her friend.
"What did he say to you?" she asked and Inko looked down at her lap.
"He said that he wasn't taking students." Mitsuki frowned again, shaking her head.
"Katsuki isn't gonna like this." She murmured and Inko nodded.
"What will we tell the boys? They'll be so disappointed." She whispered softly and Mitsuki nodded. Meanwhile, with the two boys, both felt their little hearts break at the news. Katsuki was the first to snap out of the shock and felt the explosions on his palms pop up.
"Come on, Izu!" he grabbed his friend's wrist and dragged him to Izuku's room, shutting the door behind him. Izuku looked down sadly and followed mutely till they were in the room.
"What are we gonna do now, Kacchan? Look for another teacher, I guess…" he mumbled, sitting on his bed dejectedly. A sudden small explosion suddenly brought his attention up to Katsuki again.
"No." he growled, a frown on his face. Izuku gave him a curious look.
"Kacchan? H-he said no. we can't make him say yes." He whimpered, feeling the tears welling up in his eyes.
"The hell we can't!" Katsuki yelled, crawling under Izuku's bed and puling out a map of the area. Pouting, he grabbed some red crayons as well and a ruler.
"He probably gets a lot of people asking if they can be his students, right?" he looked up and Izuku nodded slowly, not really understanding.
"Ummm, yeah. H-he's a famous Pro Hero and lots of people probably wanna learn from him." Izuku murmurs, seeing Katsuki nodding in agreement, spreading out the map and looking at it searchingly before circling something in red.
"Yeah. So he's probably tired of people asking him. Lots of competition to be his students and stuff. Even if they suck as students, they think that cuz he's a Pro, they'll get to be Heroes too with him as a teacher." Katsuki mumbled, focused on the map. Izuku's eyes widened, getting what the other boy was saying.
"Oh! And since he was tired of them, he doesn't want students! We gotta prove ourselves to him! We're definitely worthy of being Heros!" Izuku cheered, determined in his plan.
"Hell yeah!" Katsuki cheered. "No way he's gonna turn us away if we prove that we can be Heroes!" he smiled and the two jumped around in excitement. Izuku suddenly stopped.
"Wait, Kacchan, how are we gonna prove ourselves to him?" At that, Katsuki just smiled.
"We're gonna find him and show him our Quirks! They're both great so there's no way he can turn us down!" Katsuki smiled proudly, but Izuku wasn't very convinced.
"But, didn't you say that lots of people did that too? Maybe we should do something else?" at that, Katsuki's smile slipped, but he didn't outright reject the idea. His face screwed up in concentration.
"Hmmm, maybe you're right…. But what do we do? Our Quirks are cool." Katsuki complained. Izuku fidgeted with his shirt and mumbled something. Katsuki's head snapped up and he fixed his intense gaze on his friend.
"What? What did you say? And no mumbling!" he demanded, which just made Izuku flush cherry red. Katsuki snorted at his appearance but didn't say anything.
"U-h, um, I-I s-said that m-maybe…w-we could…show him through what we do?" he said softly and ducked his head in embarrassment and only flushed an even more impossible shade of red at Katsuki's embarrassed "huh?"
"You mean like in movies and stuff? Where you gotta prove yourself to your Master?" he asked in disbelief. Izuku nodded in embarrassment, trembling.
"S-s-sorry! I-i-it was a dumb idea! Forget wh-what I said!" Izuku yelped, waving his arms frantically but was stopped when wrists grabbed his hands, stopping his movements.
"Izu! You're a genius!" he shouted and hugged the smaller boy.
"Wh-wha? Really? You think it's a good idea?" he squeaked and Katsuki nodded happily and set his friend down.
"Yes! We'll find him and convince him that we're worthy of being his students! Even if we gotta cling to him!" Katsuki shouted, getting more determined at the thought.
"Yeah!" Izuku cheered. With that, the two boys planned their course of action. An hour or so later, the mothers walked into the room guiltily. They had tried for the past few hours to get any sort of response to their calls, but they had been hung up on or ignored for at least in hour. They walked into the room, prepared to let their boys down gently from disappointment only to find them mumbling up a storm from excitement as they looked intently over a map on the ground.
"Umm, boys?" Inko said quietly, bringing the boys out of their thoughts. They looked up and seeing their mothers with the look on their faces, they felt their previous enthusiasm fade.
"Boys…we…" Mitsuki sighed before looking at the ground. "Look, boys, we tried our best to contact that teacher you wanted, but I don't think he's taking any students right now." She said and Inko nodded. the boys looked down but didn't say anything.
"We're really sorry, boys." Inko said gently, kneeling down and hugging the two. "We can try to get you a different teacher, ok?" she said and rubbed their backs soothingly.
"But not today. We can start to talk more about this tomorrow. Let's go, Katsuki. It's getting late. The two boys nodded and said their goodbyes, but otherwise kept silent. The mothers took this at sadness over the news, but as the mothers said goodbye at the door, neither caught the shared look of determination in their kid's eyes.
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Here it is!
I'm here for the good feels in this fic.
That's it.
I'm already writing the 3rd chapter if anyone wants it. along with snippets of later chapters.
Not sure if anyone will want it, but let me know.
Stay true.
