Chapter 2

Staring at his phone, and seeing the worried text, Izuku realized something, "Oh crap, I totally forgot!" Izuku yelled in a panic, as he frantically rushed to take a shower and get dressed, rushing out the house as fast as possible.

Half an hour earlier

'Where is he?' A girl, dressed in what appeared to be high quality clothing, wore a simple white blouse and a red skirt, looked anxiously out the window, as she waited for her best friend- whom, despite what her mom teases her about, she does not have a crush on- to appear for their usual weekly meet ups, however, he was already ten minutes late and she was beginning to get worried, as she knows he's rarely late for anything.

Trying to distract herself from worrying, she began staring out the window with a wistful expression, recalling how the two of them became close.

It was around 7 years ago, when she was 7 years old. She was excited to go to a summer camp made to help children gain control of their quirks and help them to understand what can be possible, as well as to teach quirk responsibility, and how to use it properly. Having problems controlling her quirk, her parents told her it would be a great idea for her to spend a summer at camp learning about quirks, as well as for her to experience the outdoors. Having been home schooled all her young life, she thought it would be a great way for her to meet people her own age. She eagerly waited in the car to see what adventures waited for her there and to finally make friends her own age.

She daintily took a sip of her tea.

Three days had passed, and she wanted to go home. Everyone around her only wanted to be friends with her because of her quirk. All the boys wanted her to make the coolest new toy for them to play with, and all the girls wanted her to make them cute clothes for them to wear. No one wanted to be friends for her, and so she walked away from the crowd, ready to call her butler to pick her up and take her home. She was about to phone home when she heard the sound of yelling, curious, she went to go and check it out.

"Why'd you come back this year, Midoriya?" a boy her age with a red cap and his fingers extended far beyond a normal length, raised threatingly to the boy, said.

"I-I just wanted to learn about my quirk." a cute boy her age with green hair and adorable freckles stuttered his reply.

"Save it!" another boy with red wings protruding from his back interjected, "You're lucky Bakugo was too sick to come this year! Or he'd show a quirkless loser like you his place!"

She gasped at this, even though she was young, she was aware of the stigma of being labeled quirkless, immediately emerging from her hiding spot, using her quirk to create a bat, "Hey, leave him alone!" she yelled, as she raised her bat towards the two boys in front of the boy.

The two boys' eyes widened at recognizing the girl, and, being aware of how strong of a quirk she had, left the area, although not before the one with the red cap said over his shoulder, "Maker chick... you should stay away from quirkless Midoriya, he's no good."

"Those jerks!" she cutely exclaimed as she placed down her bat, looking at the boy before her with her arm stretched out, with tears in his eyes, the unnamed boy looked confusedly at her, almost like no one has ever helped him before, he tentatively smiled as he, clasped his hand in hers as she pulled him up.

"My name is Yaoyorozu Momo." she said smiling cheerfully at the boy.

"I-I'm M-Midoriya Izuku." He chocked out, still unsure of what she was doing.

"Will you be my friend?" she asked giving him the biggest smile he's ever seen.

Having just called him a few times, the now named Momo Yaoyorozu sent him a text, and anxiously ordered another cup of tea. After sipping her tea for a while, she received an alert. Immediately thinking it was Izuku, she hurriedly picked up her phone, only to realize it was from an app she had, that notified her of any All Might related news. Knowing full well how much of a huge fan Izuku was, she decided to read the article in order to understand what her best friend will inevitably gush about in what she likes to call his fanboy moments.

Four weeks had passed since meeting Izuku and Momo has never been happier. The two have been nearly inseparable since that day she found him being bullied, despite all the warnings she received and despite how everyone avoided the two, due to other kids her age considering Izuku's quirklessness to be a disease and contagious, she was having the time of her young life, her Izu-kun was absolutely adorable with his shyness and cute stutter, and was in complete awe of her quirk, yet never asked for anything, nor try to get her to abuse her quirk for his own benefit. It was the first time she could call someone her age a friend, not for her money or quirk, but because he genuinely enjoyed her for being herself.

Over the course of her friendship with Izu-kun she experienced emotions she rarely, if ever experience before, such as how upset she was to find out that he's been bullied for years, due to being quirkless. She recalled how badly it affected her Izu-kun's view on himself and his own worth.

"U-um Yaoyorozu-san...Why would you be friends with a quirkless nobody like me?" Izu-kun asked her after quirk training day, with him failing to activate his quirk yet again.

"Because Izu-kun is Izu-kun." She said firmly as she looked him in the eyes, seeing the utter confusion at her wanting to be his friend, tinged with slight weariness if she had any ulterior motives, "It doesn't matter to me if you have a quirk or not, because you're still you no matter what"

The look of pure shock and absolute joy would stay with her for the rest of her life, as Izu-kun's face morphed into a beautiful genuine smile, and was the brightest thing she has ever seen.

She recalled how angry she was, on his behalf that people could hate such an adorably sweet child, as well as the protective outrage when seeing others try to hurt her Izu-kun for being close to her and being quirkless.

She also recalled the utter sadness she felt, when he told her one day that she was the first person, besides his mother, to accept him for being quirkless, as everyone else, either bullied him or thought him beneath them, as, in their eyes, he was less than human.

Being Izu-kun's friend was the best thing that happened to her and she wouldn't trade it for anything. Knowing that tomorrow would be the last day of the camping trip, and may be the last time she'll get to spend with her best friend she made plans to enjoy tomorrow.

"Hey Izu-kun" the boy in question attempted to hide his blush at being called something so affectionate by a girl his age, "Wanna go to the lake tomorrow?" She stopped walking to turn around and faced him, "Even though there will be a lot of people there, the councilors will bring s'mores and music and allow us to play games. Do you still wanna come?" She asked again, even though she really wanted to have fun at the end of camp celebration, she wanted to make sure if such a big crowd was ok with her Izu-kun, because without him, it would be boring.

"S-Sure, Yaoyorozu-san" he nervously replied as he tried to avoid looking at her pleading eyes.

"Bad Izu-kun" She playfully glared at him, " I told you to call me Momo-chan!" she exclaimed,as she childishly stomped her foot with an adorable pout.

'All Might saves school boy!' Momo nearly chocked on her tea, reading the article and seeing the school boy mentioned in the article was someone wearing Izu-kun's school uniform, someone she was sadly acquainted with, Bakugo Katsuki, her best friend's, long time bully. Upon reading the article she found out that a villain with a strange slime quirk, allowed him to hold a person hostage, as he tried to take over their body, but was luckily saved by All Might just in time. Her heart sank as she read a section in the article about another boy from that school, attempting to help the captured Bakugo, ignoring the warnings of all the heroes present and nearly died in the process.

'Please, don't be him' She thought, heart sinking in her chest and eyes going wide with worry as she clicked on a link posted by someone in the crowd of the earlier event, who recorded the entire thing.

It was the last day at camp and everyone was having fun by the lake side. It was a great lunch party, as some of the councilors grilled burgers and hot dogs for the kids as well as brought s'mores for everyone. Having eaten, the councilors allowed us to play some games, and the majority decided on Heroes vs villains, which is essentially a game where there are two teams, and the hero team must chase down the villains, while the villain team must make it past the hero team and back into the camp to win, with both sides using their quirks to help in their task. The game started a little deep in the forest and with the two being on the villain team they ran away from the crowd and thought to hide nearby in the shrubbery until the coast was clear and them run by and win.

"So you didn't take my advice, to stay away from quirkless Midoriya, huh?" The same rude boy with the red cap, who tried to bully Izu-kun a few weeks back said to her, as he and his friend stepped out the bush, accompanied by four other guys.

"You've escaped a beating long enough, you useless brat!" one of the other kids said as he angrily glared at Izu-kun, and Izu-kun visibly closing in on himself.

She hated that, absolutely hated her Izu-kun's face being anything but happy. "You jerks! Leave him alone, there's nothing wrong with Izu-kun and you should all leave him alone!" she exclaimed, protectively stepping in front of her best friend, with her fiercest glare on her face.

A few of the guys momentarily stepped back at seeing her glare, but immediately regained themselves as they all smirked activating their quirks, with the main bully extending his fingers, the other guy released his wings, one guy looked to be able to levitate rocks, one enlarged his arm, one had sparks emanating from his hair, and the final one's eyes started to glow.

She gulped as she realized how badly the situation was and tried using her quirk to create a shield, but was a little too panicked, causing her shield to be visibly weak and brittle.

"J-just run Momo-chan!" she heard Izu-kun yell out, "They want me, you don't have to do all this." he frantically said.

"What kind of best friend would I be if I didn't stay by your side?" She said with a smile, trying her best to reassure her friend.

"Cute..." the guy in a red cap mockingly said "If she wants to fight so bad, then fight her!" he exclaimed with a nasty smirk as they all charged.

The chase went on for a while, with her using her quirk to make random distractions and obstacles, and Izu-kun, using his prior experience from running from bullies, and his good eyesight to find a route and to dodge the branches and other vegetation as they ran through the forest. They kept on running, with the six bullies getting closer, and ended up being trapped on top a small ledge with the lake being below them a bit, and the other campers, who either lost the game or were tired sitting across the lake.

In a desperate attempt at protecting her friend she held up another shield she made, but was critically low on energy, having used it up in the chase, and by making random things with her quirk.

" Haha, finally, this has gone on long enough." one of the boys said, as they realized the two were trapped.

"That damned bastard" the kid who once had the red cap, but it was lost in the chase, "That was my favorite hat, get him!" he yelled as they ran passed her, ignoring her and started beating her Izu-kun.

"Izu-kun!" she yelled in worry and tried to help, but was too weak to make anything else with her quirk.

"Got you know, you plague rat!" one of the boys viciously snarled as he launched rocks with his quirk towards, the bloody and bruised Izuku.

'No' She thought frantically as she jumped in front of her friend, taking a hit from one of the rocks, causing her to lose her footing and be launched off the ledge,into the deep part of the lake.

"Momo-Chan!" she heard Izu-kun's panicked yell, as he reached out for her, and the bullies eyes all widened as they realized what happened and fled the area.

"Help!" her shrill voice rang out from the lake, garnering the attention from those across the lake. "I can't swim!" she fearfully yelled, proclaiming one of her biggest secrets, having been too proud beforehand to admit her lack of knowledge on how to swim, but realizing now's no time for pride. Everyone's eyes widened at that declaration, realizing the seriousness, as some of the other campers, screamed in panic, while the others remained stock still.

'Is this the end...' she thought petrified with fear, as she began to sink. 'Izu-kun, I'm so sorry..' she thought mournfully as her eyes started to close.

She heard a splash, and saw her Izu-kun, swimming despite his injuries towards her, reaching her before she ran out of air and brought her to the surface, with her gasping for air. She turned to face him and he gave her a watery smile, visibly traumatized from almost losing her, covered with cuts and bruises from his recent injuries, but gave her the biggest smile that he could muster and said to her "I'll never let go, Momo-Chan, I'll always be there for you!" as he desperately tried to swim to shore with her in one arm, and as she passed out from exhaustion and mental fatigue from the days events, she closed her eyes, etching the words he said to her that day, forever into her mind.

After she awoke later in the evening, in the medical cabin of the camp. She explained the situation to the councilors and watched them leave, muttering about how sever the consequences those boys punishments would be. Waiting a few minutes, she snuck out the infirmary towards, to a familiar cabin belonging to her friend. Inside she saw her best friend worriedly pacing back and forth, lost in his own world, muttering gibberish.

"I'm back" she said softly to gain his attention.

"Momo-chan!" He exclaimed as he hurriedly ran to her side and began looking all over her to see if anything was still wrong.

"I'm fine now, Izu-kun" she smiled warmly at him.

"I-I'm so sorry Momo-chan, It's all my fault!" he exclaimed as he took a step back from her. "If you weren't friends with a quirkless nobody like me, the none of this would've happen and you wouldn't have been hurt." he rambled on worriedly in guilt and shame.

"Hey now." she bopped him on the nose to break him from his mumbling rambles "This wasn't your fault" she explained, as she took a step closer to him. "Besides..." she softly said, as she brought him into a tight hug, completely startling him as he expected her to be mad and blame him, "Thank you for saving my life..." she whispered softly into his ear, as she pulled back and stared deep into his eyes, " Thank you, you saved my life, Izu-kun, even though everyone was there, everyone was watching, you were the one to save me, even though you're quirkless and have no power, you dived in while injured... You're my hero, Izu-kun." she explained to the boy, with her hands trembling at the memory, hugging him even tighter as a few tears escaped her eyes.

Her face went blank after watching the video, as she digested all that she saw. Her eyes widened slightly at seeing Izuku running into the coffee shop, looking disheveled and visibly exhausted.

"Your late." she simply said with an unreadable expression on her face as she sipped her now cold tea, mentally wincing at her slightly cold tone, but was curious to see if Izuku, would actually tell her why he was late and not lie in a foollish attempt to not get her to worry like the many other times he's done something stupid.

"Y-Yeah..." he stuttered as he awkwardly scratched the back of his head, looking away from her, a clear sign of him vainly attempting to lie to her. "I-I had to help Mom with something.

"I see." she calmly stated as she put down her tea, " So it had nothing to do with this?" she said as she showed him the article from earlier, and played the video of him running from the crowd, ignoring the heroes yell to returned to safety as he sprinted towards the villain.

"I-I can explain!" he frantically yelled as she glared at him.

Author's note-

So...I've done some backstory on how they became friends, as well as, putting Izuku in the doghouse apparently... Didn't expect Momo's p.o.v to be a chapter on it's own, but, It is what it is, hopefully I can get to the training montage soon without getting too distracted... also... what are your thoughts on kid Izuku and Momo and their interactions, not sure if you guys liked the summer camp flashbacks. I didn't want them to just randomly meet on the street as I wanted a way for them to have a solid connection beforehand, and I could use some ideas on how to get them together, within the next ten months before U.A. entrance exams.