Not all are created equal.
This was a well-known and accepted ideal of this world; a world where 80% of the planet's populace was born with superpowers, or Quirks. The remaining 20% lacked these Quirks, hence their 'Quirkless' status. These people are seen as helpless and looked down upon, although most of those with Quirks were little better off than them, as the laws prevent most from using said Quirks.
People with Quirks took their powers to the logical level and became real-life superheroes and supervillains. These individuals tended to battle each other, the heroes protecting the people while the villains fought for their own self-interests.
Some things start out big, And some things start out small. Very small. But sometimes, just sometimes? The smallest things can mean the biggest changes.
It all began when Inko Midoriya gave birth to three beautiful children. She and her husband, Hisashi, loved all of them with their whole hearts. However, the doctors noticed strange energy readings and took some DNA from the newborns to study the strange anomalies.
A Quirk would tend to manifest at around age 4, and most could be picked up with a standard medical examination. Aiding in this process were the Wayne Foundation, Stark Enterprises, and even SHIELD. They sought out youths with Quirks and tried to steer them on the path to becoming superheroes or scouted notable individuals to give them a chance to follow their dreams.
When Izuku, Verde, and Haru came of age, they went to see what Quirks they got, which was on the day of their birthday, funnily enough. Inko and Hisashi were worried, recalling the energy readings their children gave off when they were born.
"Well, you're kids are pretty lucky. I'd say they've hit the Superpower Lottery for sure." The portly doctor told the Midoriya Family.
"What do you mean, Doctor?" Inko asked as Inko, Verde, and Haru leaned in expectantly.
"The tests from the energy readings we got at their birth have finally come in. Talk about coincidence, huh?" The doctor chuckled before continuing. "Anyway, the readings we got revealed that all three of your children are getting four Quirks...EACH."
A hush fell over the room.
Four.
Hisashi's jaw dropped and some smoke spilled out from his Quirk, [Fire Breath].
Four Quirks.
Inko wordlessly used her Quirk, [Object Attraction], to pick up Izuku's All-Might action figure and plop it on his lap.
How?
Izuku, Verde, and Haru were silent, their eyes wide and bugged out and staring in disbelief at what they had heard.
"The problem is..." The doctor brought them back to reality. "...that it's currently impossible to determine just what they are. I imagine these might be the type of Quirk that requires a certain stimulus or an event to activate."
It was quiet. So quiet that one could hear a pin dropping in the distance. Then, the silence was shattered.
"WE'RE GONNA GET FOUR QUIRKS! ALL THREE OF US!" Izuku cried.
"That's like...TWELVE QUIRKS IN TOTAL!" Verde squealed like the little girl she was.
"THIS IS SO COOOOOOOOL!" Haru shouted.
The triplets were screaming loudly, so loud that it echoed through time and space.
"What the devil is that noise?" A short but unbelievably powerful reptilian intergalactic tyrant from another universe asked.
In the year 2099, Miguel O'Hara, the Spider-Man of the future, finished some paperwork when a faint noise stole his attention away.
"What the heck?"
And somewhere in-between time and space themselves, a blue Police box that was much larger on the inside than out picked up the same noise.
"I get the feeling that may be something important in the future..." The well-dressed gentleman at the controls mused.
It was honestly a miracle that no one suffered hearing damage from the squealing and shouting of excitement from the three children that day.
Izuku, Verde, and Haru would soon discover their highly anticipated Quirks a few months later. Or at the very least, one of each.
For Izuku, he had seen the teacher at the daycare leave a copy of the first volume of Naruto on the desk and read it, having picked up his dad's otaku habits on top of being a nerd for heroes. For fun, he wanted to see if he could try Naruto's Shadow Clone Jutsu and when he did, he was shocked to find he had summoned another Izuku!
Verde had wanted to get a drink from the nearby vending machine but had no money on her. Frustrated, she kicked it and ended up releasing an electrical burst from her foot that hacked the vending machine and caused it to dispense a drink for her, much to her delight.
Finally, Haru ended up creating a golem made of stone from the ground while playing by themself one day. The golem could be de-summoned at will and Haru found they could create more than one at a time but too many would expend their energy.
These Quirks were classified as [Anime Manifestation] for Izuku when he found out he could also fly like Goku from Dragon Ball after watching said anime, [Electromaster] for Verde due to having surprisingly good control of the electricity she now produced, and [Golem Creation] for Haru, for obvious reasons
The triplets were happy to see they had gained the first of their individual four Quirks and were looking forward greatly to what their other Quirks were. One day, after they had turned six, they would get their first taste of being heroes.
In the middle of a playground, a group of bullies was attacking another kid. Their fun, however, would soon be stopped by three certain youths.
"Oh snap, it's the Midoriyas!"
All three siblings had viridian hair, equally green eyes, and adorable freckles dotting their faces. Despite these features, there were noticeable differences between them.
The first sibling was a boy, his hair was done in a fluffy style and his eyes were round. Despite this, he had a fiercely determined expression. His name was Izuku Midoriya.
The second sibling was a girl, her hair was a lighter shade of green and was done in a long thick braid. Her eyes were slanted and she had a very prim and proper appearance. Her name was Verde Midoriya.
The third and final sibling had an androgynous appearance. Their hair was dark green with tints of silver in it. Their eyes were angular and lightning bolt marks were in their irises. Their name was Haru Midoriya.
"Big deal, they won't be so tough against my Quirk!" The leader of the bullies said dismissively as his nerves started popping out of his arms and sparking with electricity. "My [Shock System] Quirk can make anyone paralyzed!"
He ran forward and struck Verde, who was the closest of the three siblings, but nothing happened.
"Sorry, that doesn't work on me," Verde said with a teasing smile before putting her hand on the bully leader's shoulder and much to the other bullies' collective shock, released a powerful electrical shock that sent the bully leader flying into a tree.
A chuckle was heard as a boy with ashen blonde hair done in a spikey style and with crimson red eyes looked up, leaning against a tree. He was the best friend of the Midoriya Triplets, Katsuki Bakugou.
"Dumbasses, don't you know their Quirks? They all have more than enough to screw you all over."
Izuku smiled and glowed before growing to the size of a house, transforming into a smaller version of Eren Yeager's Titan Form from Attack on Titan while Haru snapped their fingers, and a golem of mud and grass formed beside them.
"Now, are you gonna say you're sorry?" Izuku boomed out, his jaws stretched into a menacing grin while Haru smirked deviously. Verde stood beside her siblings, her hands on her hips as sparks of electricity danced around her.
The bullies all did the most logical thing and screamed, pissed themselves, and ran off to cry for their mommies. They then approached the boy they had been harassing. He had tanned skin and blonde hair with streaks of black. He was wearing a shirt with a large 'E' on it and he wore black shorts.
"Thanks, you guys. Those guys were bullying another kid so I had to get them off their back. I may be Quirkless, but I can't just stand and watch others get pushed around."
"You have some serious brass balls, kid," Katsuki said with his arms folded. "Good thing we were in the area to save your hide."
"Kaachan, you didn't do shit," Haru said flatly as Katsuki, despite only being 8-years old, flipped them off.
"I'm Izuku Midoriya, these are my siblings Verde and Haru and our best friend, Katsuki Bakugou," Izuku said, having transformed back to normal.
"I'm Bobby Walker." The boy said with a smile as he got up.
"Still, to be able to stand up to those bullies despite being Quirkless, that's a truly admirable heroic trait," Verde noted to Bobby, who shyly chuckled and scractehd the back of his head.
"Yeah, my parents kind of drilled it into my head that even though I don't have any power to call my own, I shouldn't just let other people push me around."
"You don't need to have powers like we do to be a hero. Sometimes, just being able to help others is enough." Izuku said.
On that day, the Midoriya Siblings made a new friend, as did their parents, who came to pick them up and happily allowed Bobby to come over to wash up.
As it turns out, Bobby was the son of two prominent American Heroes: the Underground Detective Soldier Hero John Doe and #3 America Hero Maid Marion, the later of whom had actually helped train the promising Super-Rookie Stars & Stripes.
The couple had moved to Japan to escape the paparazzi and in hopes of beginning to slow down so that they could be there for their youngest, Bobby. The boy's older septuplet sisters were a hero team called 'The Walker Seven', who also performed concerts on the side.
Bobby aspired to be a Hero just like the rest of his family, Quirk or no Quirk and his friendship with the Midoriyas motivated him to keep at this goal. Katsuki would never admit it, but he respected the Walker boy for never giving up and managing to knock down Quirked bullies with little more than bruises.
Sadly for the budding group, Bobby would often leave for periods of the summer to attend a camp for promising American youth. He did however, stay in contact with his friends no matter what.
One day, while out exploring in the woods, Katsuki fell into a deep ravine. Luckily there was water at the bottom to cushion his fall but he badly sprained his leg from the landing. Izuku had quickly climbed down to make sure he was alright and that was when he awoke his second Quirk.
A green glow emitted from Izuku's hands, washing over Katsuki and healing his injured arm as if it had never been damaged in the first place. When this was reported to their parents, they got it checked out by the doctors, who dubbed the Quirk [Vital Medication].
Verde awakened her own second Quirk when she rescued a cat from being hit by a truck. A strange invisible force surrounded her and caused the truck to impact against her, only for the impact to be redirected onto it. Thankfully, the driver didn't press charges for the damages as the truck was insured. Upon studying what happened, Verde's second Quirk was dubbed [Accelerator], due to how it manipulated vectors to act as both a powerful offensive and defensive tool.
Haru got his second Quirk when one day, they woke up to find they could summon a paintbrush and paint bucket. Trying them out, they found out they could create characters from video games, anime, and cartoons to fight for them as well as clones of themself. The only drawback was that if they made too many in quick succession, they would be faulty and weird. They also had the consistency of Shadow Clones so one good hit and they would be done. The Quirk was since dubbed [Magic Brush].
Then one day, when they were nine years old, they would not only end up awakening their third Quirks but also make a brand new friend who turned out to be just like them...
It was quite surprising to the triplets to know that Nemuri Kayama, the R-Rated Heroine: Midnight, was a close friend and former underclassman of their mother. They had effectively dubbed her their 'Auntie Nem' and always loved hanging out with her when she had time.
Izuku was quite excited, as were Verde and Haru as they walked with their unofficial aunt through the streets to getlLunch since their parents wanted to have a private date night. Izuku was especially happy because he found his third Quirk, [Perfect Copy], which allowed him to mimic any Quirk he saw in action if he understood it and saw how it worked. The drawback was that the Quirks he copied had all the same drawbacks as the original when he used them.
Verde had also discovered her third Quirk, having manifested a glowing light green ball of energy. A study showed that it was made of unstable electrons that were in a form that was neither particle nor wave. When she fired a laser beam that burned a hole through the roof, she dubbed it [Meltdowner].
Haru had yet to discover their own third Quirk, but they had a feeling they would be getting it very soon.
"So, where do you kids want to eat?" Nemuri cooed to the children.
"That restaurant that serves deluxe Katsudon!" Izuku cheered.
"Boring! I love Katsudon as much as you do, Izu, but why don't we go to that nice Italian restaurant?" Verde argued.
"I was thinking maybe we could try that American-Style Diner..." Haru admitted.
Nemuri giggled as the triplets began arguing amongst themselves but it was then her highly-trained ears picked up something that made her pause in her step:
Whimpering.
"Auntie Nem?" Verde asked, noticing that the older woman was frozen before noticing her running into a nearby alley. Confused, the triplets followed her and were shocked when they saw her looking at a boy no older than them, clutching newspapers for warmth.
"Who's he? Where's his family?" Izuku asked sadly, though his intelligent mind could already guess this poor boy had no family to go home to.
Nemuri steeled herself and gently, slowly, walked over to him, being careful not to spook him. She was successful, as he didn't realize she was there until she knelt in front of him.
"Hi there, little guy?" She cooed softly. "What are you doing out here so late? Where are your parents?"
The boy looked upwards, his eyes dry and red and his face stained with tears. His black hair was wavy, and he wore glasses that made the female Pro smile at their cuteness.
"Awww, he's kinda like Harry Potter mixed with Akira Kurusu from Persona 5." Verde giggled, finding the boy cute.
"I-I ran away...Daddy was trying to hurt me..." The boy whimpered.
"Where is your Daddy right now?" Nemuri asked, trying to sound as helpful and caring as possible so as not to give away how angry she was feeling. As much as she would love nothing less than to pummel the person responsible for this, she knew she had to help the boy first.
"I-I don't know...I-I ran away..."
"...I see. Well, can you tell me if you have any other family?"
The boy shook his head sadly. Izuku, Verde, and Haru decided to introduce themselves to him, hoping that children his age would help open him out of his shell.
"Hi, I'm Izuku Midoriya, this is my sibling Haru and our sister Verde. Don't worry, we're friends." Izuku said warmly as he offered a hand to the boy.
"I-I'm Benio...Benio Shigaraki...But I like to be called Ben..."
"Well, Benny, can I call you that?" Nemuri asked as Ben nodded "You look like you could use something warm to eat. You want to come with us?"
The boy's stomach rumbled, making him blush as he shyly nodded his head.
Along the way, Izuku, Verde, and Haru were having a little race when Haru glowed cyan and dashed ahead of their siblings in the form of a laser. When they resurfaced, they were dazed but also rather energized from the experience.
After treating Ben to dinner, they brought him home and explained his situation to Inko and Hisashi. Nemuri took it upon herself to adopt Ben as her own son while Haru got their third Quirk classified as [Hyper Color] because they realized they could use powers akin to the Wisps from Sonic Colors.
After Ben had grown accustomed to his new life, he revealed information about himself that he had initially been too scared to tell before; He was also a Four-Quirk User just like the Midoriya Triplets and he already knew all four of his Quirks.
The first was [Game Boy], which was like Izuku's [Anime Manifestation] in that Ben could manifest any powers and weapons from video games and even shapeshift into video game characters. The second was [Alchemy], which allowed him to manipulate and transmute non-living matter with the touch of his hands. The third was [Regeneration], which allowed him to heal from practically anything. His fourth and final Quirk was [Reactive Adaption], which allowed his body to adapt to any situation or superpower he was exposed to, allowing him to use new powers on the fly when it called for it.
He had also managed to give a statement to the police about his situation and a group of heroes, led by All-Might himself, raided the home of Ben's father. Turns out the father was a powerful villain that managed to deal an injury to All-Might and put him in the hospital but thankfully, he was confirmed to be able to make a quick recovery.
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Since then, life had been good for the Midoriya Triplets and their friends. However, things would soon be changing for them and it would begin on their last days of Junior High...
Next Time: Dawn of Heroes Pt. 1!
Devil Dragon Stand Knight A/N:
Well, I wanted to help revive an old passion project me and Mrotrax worked together on a long time ago but center it on the story-telling style of My Hero SCP by mtnetsurfer on AO3. I hope this was satisfactory for you all and we'd like to hear your feedback. However, Flames and Hate Comments will be ignored and sent into the abyss.
Also, the Midoriya Triplets and Ben aren't the only Four-Quirk Users. There are still two more unaccounted for that we might meet soon in a chapter or two...
Okay, Mrotrax, your turn!
Mrotrax A/N
A fantastic start to what we hope will be a fun and entertaining story.
Bobby Walker is the primary lead of my 'My Hero Pen Pal' series (give those a read if you can), fulfilling the role of 'Badass Normal/Quirkless', although in this universe, his backstory is much happier. Thanks to DDSK, I am finding the will and words to continue the Pen-Pal series, with the first new update hopefully on Saturday. Not entirely certain if other Pen-Pal characters will show up yet, but still looking forward to this.
Hope you enjoy this! Until we meet again!