It had been a few weeks since Izuku found out he didn't have a quirk, in that time Izuku slowly if not completely drifted away from his mother and the small group of friends he used to have. He secluded himself to his barren room, where he would rigorously work his body until he was at the peak of exhaustion; he refused to be a burden and wanted to be a hero no matter what anybody said.

HUFF...

HUFF...

HUFF...

Izuku panted, his five year old body weakened due to the stress in was enduring. Though his body was suffering his mind was in overdrive on the possible ways he could strengthen his body to become the first hero without a quirk. After a few minutes he continued on with his physical training, the only thing pushing him being his drive to become the strongest hero...

Inko couldn't understand how her son had transformed from his once extroverted self into a recluse over night, and suddenly realized she should have said something when he asked that life altering question; it dawned on her that what if she would have said yes instead of responded in silence. She was brought out of her thoughts when she heard bumping coming from her son's room and made her way to his door. She knocked then came in to find Izuku on the floor doing sit-ups.

"W-what are you doing?" she asked trying to figure out why on earth was her son working out.

Izuku slowly brought his gaze to his mother with a glare before stating hatefully, "I am working out to become stronger so I can prove to you and everyone that I can become a hero..." He then focused back on his sit-ups going faster than before.

"What have I done... to discourage my child in one of the most important times of his life," Inko thought begrudgingly before leaving Izuku and closing his door. She then made her way into the kitchen preparing a meal for both her and Izuku, thinking that could be the least she could do.

Two days had passed before Inko decided that she needed to enroll Izuku into his first year of school, since he would be turning six soon.

I was a dreary first day of school, Katsuki had noticed that he hadn't seen the Deku around recently, which was weird in itself. Deku was always fawning over his quirk, hoping that his would come soon so that they could use their quirks together or something like that, but Katsuki hadn't seen him all day- wait, he just saw a glimpse of dark green hair that could belong to one person, Deku...

"This is so stupid, I need to get back to my training, I don't want to deal with people right now," Izuku thought snidely though his face didn't show his disgust only a stoic dull expression.

"Well I will see you after school, have a great day today," Inko stated lovingly, giving Izuku a quick hug before making her way to her car.

"Yeah, sure," Izuku mumbled before walking to his homeroom. "Like I would actually enjoy school." He then made his way through the maze of the hallways before finally reaching his class and sitting at a random empty desk and setting his book bag on the ground.

Around ten minutes later Katsuki finally found his homeroom, A-5.

"Geez, this class took forever to find in this maze of a school," Katsuki muttered before walking into the room, then sighing when realized he was still a bit early though gasping when he saw Deku sitting in the back. "What's up Deku, haven't seen you in a while..."

"O-oh... Kacchan, sorry I have been busy lately," Izuku mumbled before heavily sighing then asked, "So what's up with you and your quirk, anything cool you figured out that you didn't know before?"

"Oh yeah, I was meaning to tell you that I found out more on my quirk and how exactly it works," Katsuki grumbled before continuing, "It works by my sweat glands igniting which creates the KABOOM effect, if you know what I mean."

"Yeah, that's great," Izuku said depressingly looking down at his feet.

"How did it go with your doctor's visit, did you find out your quirk," Katsuki asked quizzically judging Izuku's body language as he answered the question.

"He said I won't ever have a quirk, I am quirkless," Izuku stated looking down waiting for the expected teasing and aggression that Katsuki usually portrays against him. Though after a few seconds of silence he glanced up to see Kacchan looking at him in surprise and confusion.

"How can you not have a quirk...?" Katsuki asked, really astonished as to how this was even possible. But then after asking the question Katsuki looked at Izuku's body language and realized that it was as if he was expecting to be admonished or berated by him. "This doesn't change anything whether you have a quirk or not you know."

Izuku gazed back up to Kacchan in disbelief, not expecting the usually crude and aggressive boy to respond in the understanding way that he just did.

Katsuki realizing that Izuku was still gazing at him, started blushing then stated, "That doesn't mean that I will go easy on you, because that doesn't mean you can't be stronger, I will be waiting for you when I get accepted in U.A."

"Hai," Izuku said quietly yet strongly with a determined expression.

It was then those two became thicker than thieves, and watched each others backs from then on.

Katsuki after establishing that they were still friends had noticed something, Izuku had cultivated some muscle mass over the course of weeks that he lost saw him, however with the new strength came along a dreadful silence. Throughout the school day Izuku only talked to him, and no one else, even when called on in class by teachers he feigned ignorance and refused to acknowledge anyone. The teachers started to stop calling on him when they noticed that he was getting perfect scores on every assignment and test given to him. It was a surreal change though he honestly didn't mind at least he was still talking to him.

"Honestly, having Kacchan on my side and believing that I can still become a hero has made me feel all the more better," Izuku thought glad that he had at least one person that believes in him, "Maybe I can convince others that I can still be the strongest hero even without a quirk..."