Izuku is kinda OOC, but that's just cuz I'm trying to meld Ink's and Izuku's personalities.
And Katsuki is generally nicer.
But just to his green bean bro.
Cuz fuck the canon.
Anyway, I don't own Ink Sans and his AU or My Hero Academia.
On with the train wreck.
At fourteen, Izuku was sitting in class and sketching in his notebook when he knew for a fact that he should be paying attention to the lesson. But he couldn't help it. His imagination was a big part of his Quirk so he was almost always drawing or painting. It would occasionally get him in trouble, but he didn't really care.
"Alright, student! I'm going to pass out your career evaluations today!" the teacher announced, looking serious before breaking out into a wide smile.
"What am I talking about? You're all applying to be Heroes, aren't you?" he announced proudly, tossing the papers up in the air. The rest of the class exploded into cheese and activated their many Quirks.
"Hey! Don't lump me in with these losers!" a certain blonde called out from the front, his legs kicked up on the table and leaning back in his chair, looking arrogant. Izuku looked up and rolled his eyes. Even after all these years, Katsuki was still Katsuki and there was no changing that. The class then complained at the use of the words, shouting at the blonde, but he just shook it off. The teacher gathered up his papers and quieted the class down.
"Ah, yes, Bakugo. You were going to apply for UA, isn't that right?" the teacher asked and Katsuki nodded proudly, grinning.
"Wow! Really? Isn't that school really hard to get into?" one of the students asked and another nodded.
"Yeah! Only about ten percent of the applicants actually manage to get in!" they replied.
"That's amazing! He's a shoe in to get in!" another student exclaimed. The class chattered amongst themselves about where they would all apply to until a student suddenly turned to Izuku.
"So where are you going to apply, Midoriya?" Izuku blinked in surprise at the unexpected question before opening his mouth to reply, but before he could, Katsuki exploded from across the room.
"Like hell he's gonna go anywhere else! He's gonna apply to UA with me and none of you losers and extras are allowed to go too!" the class sighed at the explosive boy while Izuku just beamed.
"Yupp! I'm gonna go with Kacchan!" he smiled happily and Katsuki nodded in pride, relaxing in his seat again.
"Aww, come on! We can apply if we want to, Bakugo!" a student yelled out, rolling their eyes.
"I still don't understand how those two are friends." a girl commented to her friend and she nodded. The two boys were as opposite as day and night, yet they were the best of friends since they were toddlers. The students gave up trying to understand the two a while ago, but the thought occasionally puzzled them at times.
"Alright, alright. Settle down. We still have class to do." The teacher suddenly called out and calmed the students down before resuming class.
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After class, Izuku was packing his things when he was tapped on the shoulder. Upon turning around, he saw his blonde-haired friend smirking at him.
"Hey, nerd. Ready to go?" he asked and Izuku looked outside, contemplating.
"Hmmm….not sure. That's a nice sunset and I might stay and paint it. It could take hours. Maybe a day…. Wanna wait for me? I have snacks." Izuku offered, smiling obliviously at his now annoyed friend.
"Never mind. I'm leaving your ass here." Katsuki said, turning to leave. Izuku laughed and jumped up to join him.
"Nooo! I was kidding! It was a joke! Don't leave me!" Izuku whined sheepishly, clinging to the back of his friend and being dragged along the floor as Katsuki continued walking forward. Sadly for Izuku, he had inherited many traits from his mother, including her height. He was a full head shorter than the blonde and then some. That paired with his petite body and wide eyes made most people, male and female alike, coo about his cuteness. He wasn't short or cute, dammit! He would one day be a Hero that would make the Villains tremble in fear! Or, so his illusions of grandeur went…
"Hurry the fuck up, nerd! I'm not gonna wait around all day for you to get your shit together!" Katsuki barked at him and Izuku immediately brightened up and gathered his things to follow his friend out. As they walked home, they shattered about what their plans would be at home and what they planned for the weekend. Or, at least, Izuku chattered. Katsuki listened and occasionally interjected with his own comments. His babbling was suddenly cut off when he felt himself bump into Katsuki. He looked up in confusion to see Katsuki looking down seriously.
"This is it, Izuku." Katsuki said softly. Izuku raised his eyebrow.
"What do you mean, Kaachan?" he asked and Katsuki turned to look at him.
"We only have ten months until the UA entrance exam. We've spent so long training with the old man and now we're almost there." He said, uncharacteristically soft. Izuku blinked in surprise, then smiled warmly.
"Yeah. It's exciting, isn't it?" he said. "But it's also kinda scary, isn't it?" he murmured. Izuku chuckled and patted his friend's back. Katsuki nodded and sighed.
"Yeah…" Izuku laughed and patted his back.
"No getting mushy on me, are you Kacchan?" he teased and the soft look in Katsuki's eyes disappeared to be replaced by his regular fiery personality.
"Shut the hell up!" he shouted before stomping away down the street. Izuku laughed and followed after, doing his best to dodge the occasional small explosions sent his way. Izuku suddenly felt something wrap around his leg and he stopped in his tracks, looking down to see a grey green slime glowing up from the drain and wrapping around his ankle.
"Uhh…Kaachan? Did I create any slime monsters lately?" he asked, curious. At the question, Katsuki looked confused.
"Slime monster?" he murmured before the area around the two suddenly went dark as the slime completely surrounded them.
"Stay still, kids! All I need is one of you as a body suit, but just in case one doesn't work out, I'll have a spare!" a distorted voice said and rushed toward the two boys. The boys shared a look and immediately shifted into a defensive stance, activating their Quirks. The two dodged the slimy arms and Katsuki immediately retaliated with an explosion to the tentacle closest to him.
"Get those away from me, you freaky pedo piece of shit!" he snarled. Izuku jumped out of the way of another tentacle and raised his eyebrow.
"Kaachan, you still didn't answer my question." He called out, much to the annoyance of his friend who blew up another limb.
"What the hell do you think, nerd?! If you can't make it fade, then it isn't!" he yelled and Izuku's eyes turned from red and purple question marks and circles to yellow and green stars in understanding.
"Oh! Alright!" he smiled and pulled out his paintbrush to spread ink out. Quickly, he splashed the monster with ink and tried to form chains around the monster only to have them phase through him. Furrowing his brow, he tried to think of what could defeat the monster.
"Ok, this isn't working." He said.
"Yeah, no fucking shit!" Katsuki yelled, setting off more of his explosions. Izuku sighed before suddenly having an idea.
"Kaachan! Keep him in one place! I have an idea!" he yelled and concentrated on the ink, dodging around as Katsuki held the slime in one place.
"Hurry up, nerd! He's a slippery bastard!" Katsuki yelled, dodging another limb before blasting it away.
"Hold still, damn it!" The slime Villain yelled, trying his best to pin down the boys, but they had always managed to dodge or use their Quirks against them, even thought he thought it was impossible. Izuku finished placing ink around the Villain and he smiled.
"Katsuki! Get back now!" he yelled and the boy did as he was told immediately at the use of his actual name. Just as he did, what looked like glass rose up from the ink and formed around the Villain, making a glass jar with a lid. The villain looked at the jar in horror and launched himself at glass in an attempt to break it, but he only fell back. Then the jar slowly started to shrink and the Villain let out a scream of terror!
"Come on! Don't do this! Small spaces scare me!" the villains complained and tried to wiggle away, only to have the jar grow smaller until it was the size of a liter bottle of soda.
"There we go!" Izuku chuckled. Katsuki rolled his eyes and proceeded to punch his friend in the arm.
"What took you so long?!" he growled and Izuku just laughed in reply.
"Sorry, sorry! It took a bit of time since sometimes the slime would wipe it away!" the green-haired boy said apologizingly. The blond rolled his eyes and picked up the jar.
"So what the hell are we gonna do with this?" he asked.
"FEAR NOT, BOYS, FOR I AM HERE!" a voice suddenly boomed, starling the two boys, but sudden excitement made its way into their hearts. They would know that voice in their sleep.
"All Might!" the boys shouted and turned to face their heroic idol. Said man was posing proudly behind him with his trademark smile and the boys felt themselves smile back at him. All Might was here now. He would take care of everything.
"THAT'S RIGHT! I REGRET NOT ARRIVING EARLIER, BUT YOU BOYS HAVE DONE WELL IN CAPTURING THIS VILLAIN!" the Hero announced proudly, and it took every fiber of control Izuku had in his body to not scream in his little fanboy heart. Katsuki maintained his cool but was just as excited as his friend to see his Hero standing in front of him.
"Here. take him." the blonde said and handed the jar over to the Hero. Smiling, All Might took the jar and looked at the Villain inside before smiling proudly at them again.
"GREAT JOB, BOYS! YOU WILL SURELY BECOME GREAT HEROES, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO BE!" the man boomed, and both boys grinned.
"Thank you very much!" they shouted and bowed to show their respect to the Hero.
"IT WAS WONDERFUL TO MEET YOU BOYS! FAREWELL!" The Hero said and took off, still smiling his trademark smile. There was silence between the boys before they suddenly both looked at each other and screamed.
"HOLY SHIT! THAT WAS ALL MIGHT!" Katsuki screamed and Izuku was practically vibrating in place with pure excitement. He then glanced on the ground to where he had found a piece of paper, grabbing it, he gave a loud squeal.
"HE GAVE US HIS AUTOGRAPH!" he screamed and Katsuki practically launched himself at the other to take a look at it. seeing that it was, in fact, All Might's signature, he had to control himself to not let out explosions in his excitement and handed the paper back to Izuku before he could get sweat over it and accidentally burn it to a crisp.
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Afterwards, the two continued walking, on their way to meet their teacher, but the buzz of excitement still crackled under their skin.
"Hi Sensei!" Izuku greeted the man as he walked into the studio, smiling brightly. Gin nodded in acknowledgement as he sat on his mat, meditating.
"Izuku." He greeted softly.
"Hey, ya old coot. We're here." Katsuki greeted and flung his bag to the side. Gin felt a tick of his usual annoyance towards Katsuki's "fond nicknames" and sent his usual glare back.
"Brat. Glad to see you're as impertinent as always." He growly and looked up at the now growling blonde. He smirked and stood up, chuckling at the boy. He raised is eyebrow as he Izuku practically bouncing in place and a huge smile plastered on his face. Now the smiling in itself wasn't strange, but there was also a sort of manic glee in his eyes as he did so.
"What's making you so excited today, Izuku?" he asked.
"We saw All Might today!" Izuku replied excitedly, which then sent him into a flurry of excited babbling. Gin turned to Katsuki to get the full account as it didn't look like Izuku would snap out of it any time soon.
"Yeah. A Villain attacked us after school, so we had to fight back. After, All Might showed up and took the Villain way." He said calmly, although just remembering the event made him want to gush about the Hero as well. Not that he would ever admit it. Gin nodded.
"It was good that you defended yourself, boys. But it is best to leave it to the professionals. You both will get there soon. Speaking of which…" he said and turned serious, getting the attention of the two boys.
"It's only ten months until the UA test. You are in the final stretch and you will be facing kids from everywhere who want to get in just as badly as you do. You two have come so far over the years and I can honestly say that I'm proud of you two brats. This is the starting point to the goal you've been running towards and I'm honored to have helped you two to get there." He man said softly. Izuku and Katsuki stayed quiet, but each felt warmth toward their teacher and their respect grew even more for him.
"That being said, in these last ten months, I'm going to teach you with everything I've got and it will be nothing short of Hell." He growled and the warmth that the boys felt snuffed out and was replaced with the icy feeling of dread.
"Let's get started." He chuckled evilly.
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And here we are.
The chapter was just a bit longer than usual, so yay.
I hope y'all liked it.
Anyway, till next time, stay true.