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Childhood Arc #2
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Deku
3 weeks later
Izuku and Itsuki were outside, playing with each other once more in the sandbox at the park. Today, Itsuki found a robot toy half buried in the sand when they got their, letting Izuku make up a whole new adventure for their All Might action figure vs a giant robot.
The twins built up a little city using their sand pail and shovel, using twigs and leaves to represent people in the streets. After building the last sandy building, they smiled at each other and placed the robot toy in the middle.
However, before they could get started on their adventure, a foot stepped on one of the sand buildings, forcing it to crumble under the shoe that smashed it. The twins looked up to see Katsuki smiling alongside his three friends. "Oi, Midoriyas, what are you doing playing in the sand? That's for babies." Katsuki and his friends all laughed at insult, making Izuku blush in embarrassment and look down at the ground. He suddenly didn't feel like playing in the sand anymore. Itsuki to look at his brother in concern.
"Oi!" Katsuki yelled out, getting the brothers' attention once more. "We're going to play with Omoiryu's (1) ball, wanna come?" Izuku nodded immediately, liking the idea of hanging out with the popular blond. Izuku gave his brother a pleading look and Itsuki sighed. He supposed they could play in the sand later.
Itsuki and Izuku got up from the sand, Itsuki making sure to hide their All Might toy so it wouldn't be broken or lost.
Izuku picked up the little sand shovel, but before he could grab the pail, Katsuki snatched off the ground.
"Oi look, it has your guy's names on it!" He said with a cruel smile. He pointed to Izuku's name on the little yellow pail "You can read the characters of 'Izuku' as 'Deku', you know." All his friends looked at his in surprise.
"Kacchan, you can read?" The long fingered boy asked.
"You can't?" He replied cockily. Katsuki turned around with his back facing his friends, his red eyes peering over his shoulder at Izuku once more. "And Deku means someone that can't do anything!" He said with a smile, causing the three friends to laugh. Izuku blushed shyly. "Kacchan!" He yelled out, only making the other boys laugh harder.
Itsuki frowned as they playfully made fun of his brother. While it didn't look like Izuku minded too much, joining into the laughter a second later, Itsuki certainly did.
After giving his little brother such a mean nickname, Itsuki wasn't so sure that he liked Kacchan that much.
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Explode
5 weeks later
The Midoriya twins have only been going to preschool for a few months now, but they made their names known to most in class. Scoring highest in almost every test, the duo wanted nothing more than to do well so they could become heroes. While neither of them had a quirk yet, they were alright with that, as both of them were sure that they would get a quirk soon, so they focused on getting good grades so they could become just like All Might.
Apparently their intellect was seen not only by the teachers, who commended them for their hard work, but by other classmates too. One in particular.
Katsuki was also in the run to be the best, also scoring highest in the class along with them. Itsuki could tell that the blond didn't like to lose, even in school. Despite that, the boy was an alright friend to the Midoriya brothers.
Though sometimes, Katsuki, or as Izuku called him, Kacchan, would try to mess with or make fun of them. Izuku would brush it off easily, simply happy to have the blond as a friend, but not so much when it came to Itsuki. It wasn't that the older twin minded the insults, he could take them without much of a problem. It's that he didn't like how Katsuki made fun of his brother. He loved his brother and didn't want him to be hurt in any way.
On the other hand, Izuku loved spending time with Kacchan, so Itsuki never said anything, as Kacchan was still their friend... sort of.
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The Midoriyas' relationship with Bakugo was fine..., until today at least.
Izuku and Itsuki were side by side, studying in class and trying to go over their hiragana once more before the test they had. The test was all about memorizing the forms of the hiragana, so they wanted to make sure they did perfectly and make their mom proud.
They were comparing notes when someone with long fingers pointed yelled about Katsuki. The brothers looked up to see a crowd of preschoolers had formed, with something going on in the middle. Due to their child curiosity, the brothers forewent the studying to see what was going on.
"Amazing"
"Super cool!"
"You-re so lucky Katsuki!"
These comments from the middle only made Izuku and Itsuki more curious. Izuku pushed past with his brother and saw Katsuki in the middle... with sparks coming out of his hands!
Everyone was around Katsuki, trying to get a better look at his new quirk, which allowed him to make little explosions in his hands. Even the teachers were impressed, giving the young boy plenty of praise for the flashy ability, talking about him becoming a great hero. Katsuki took it all in with an ever-growing smile on his face.
Izuku was amazed. He always thought that Kacchan was cool, but that just went up a whole new level. The pale blond was already super strong, so having such a flashy quirk only meant he was gonna be stronger. Katsuki would become an amazing hero!
Itsuki had similar thought about Katsuki, but less admiration for him. He liked Katsuki, but not near as much as Izuku did. He just hoped Katsuki didn't hurt Izuku with his new flashy power.
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Under Control
4 weeks later
Izuku and Itsuki have been trying to unlock their powers for weeks now. After seeing Katsuki make sparks in his hands, they wanted nothing more than to have a flashy quirk of their own.
The Midoriya twins were currently trying to pull objects over to themselves like their mom. They put coins on tables and would watch the coin for one another to see if it moved at all. They focused with all their heart, but the coins didn't move, that wouldn't stop them though.
They must have been trying for a while, as their mother came back from the grocery store to see her boys still trying to do the same thing. She had left an hour and a half ago and they had yet to get any results. The brothers got teary eyed at not having a quirk, but their mother calmed them down, telling them not to give up hope.
Despite their defeat when it came to pulling things, the two tried again the next day, but not on pulling things. They kept trying to blow fire like their father. While neither of them knew their father, other than from some pictures, they found out he could breath fire and thought they might have his quirk.
Itsuki and Izuku placed paper towels in front of their faces and would blow, hoping to see it do something like catch on fire or get singed. They sat their doing that for what felt like forever, blowing and yelling at the stupid towels. They refused to give up. They wanted to be heroes so badly, wanting to have a quirk so they could be just like their hero. Just like All Might.
The paper towels didn't catch on fire, didn't spark, didn't singe, didn't do anything other than get hit with powerless air. After looking at the clock and seeing that they had been doing it for two hours, Itsuki felt hot tears run down his cheeks. He didn't want to give up, but he and his brother have had yet to have quirks, unlike the rest of their classmates. They would turn four soon, meaning that they should have one around now if they already didn't.
Izuku looked at his crying brother with sadness. He felt like crying too, but he withheld them and gave him a smile. "O-Oi, Itsuchan!" Said brother looked up from his tears, looking at his brother curiously. "Maybe we can light our breath on fire! That could be why its not working!" Izuku watched with glee as his brother's depressed look was replaced with hope. "Y-You're right! That's genius Izuchan!" Izuku blushed and smiled at his brother.
"I can grab a candle from Kaa-san's room. She might still have some lit in their!" Itsuki said with excitement, getting a nod from his younger brother. The older twin ran into their mother's room and came out a second later with a lit candle in both hands. "I found ooonneee!"
Sadly, he was only wearing socks, and his excited running caused him to trip over his own feet. The little candle went flying at his brother, moving through the air with the fire still alive. Itsuki's eyes widened in horror. The flame was gonna his brother and burn him!
Time moved slowly for Itsuki as he stuck his arm out towards the flying candle. His inner hope pleaded for him to have his mom's quirk, hoping to save his brother from the fire. The still lit candle continued to fly in the air in slow motion, not being slowed at all, which only made Itsuki want to stop it more.
"Ow!" Sadly, it didn't stop.
The candle hit Izuku in the chest, wax getting all over his shirt. Luckily, none of it looked like it got on his skin, probably due to the small amount. The green haired boy quickly took his shirt as the wax dried on it, not wanting to take a chance to get hurt.
Itsuki was frozen on the floor, his. He failed. He thought he might be able to save his brother from getting hit, but he couldn't even do that. He didn't have a quirk to save his brother. If he couldn't help his own twin, how could he help people?!
"Itsuchan! Look up!" The young child looked up at his brothers words, wondering what was going on. He stared up to see the ceiling, as normal looking as it usually was. Was his brother imagining things?
Then he saw it. A little flash of light hiding in plain view.
It was the flame from the candle!
Itsuki finally took notice of his own position and saw his arm was still outstretched to where the flame was. He stared in shock at the little flame un-moving in the air. He looked at his extended arm and wondered.
Pulling his arm in and thinking about the flame, he watched with amazement as the flame came closer to him, not dying out at all. He didn't see it but Izuku was looking in amazement at his brother's quirk.
Izuku felt like crying in happiness. Itsuki could control fire! That was a super cool power! Itsuki could be a hero! Maybe he had a quirk like that and they could work together!
The flame finally made it to his hand and floated their, distilled in the air. "Itsuchan, that's amazing!" With those words, his concentration died along with the flame. He shook himself from the shock and turned his head from looking up to see his brother, who had the biggest smile on his face. Itsuki smiled too, not at all mad by the loss of the flame.
He had an awesome quirk now! He could become a hero! Now all they had to do was get Izuku's quirk and they could be just like All Might.
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Stealing Isn't Right
1 week later
Izuku and Itsuki sat in the cafeteria and pulled out their lunches. The young twins slid their bento boxes out from the paper bags they were in and looked at the white boxes happily. Izuku blushed and Itsuki smiled at the cute message on each of their boxes.
I love you, my little super hero! Love Kaa-san To Izuku
Eat well and you'll be big and strong like All Might! Love Kaa-san To Itsuki
Itsuki opened his box up and saw sticky rice, diced veggies, fruit in cubes, and a piece of spiced tuna. He felt his mouth water and grabbed his chopsticks, ready to dig in to his mother's cooking.
As Izuku went to open his own, it disappeared the next second. The green hair boy looked up to see Katsuki looking down at him, bento box in hand. "Ah, Izuku, I was just looking for you. I was gonna ask you something, but then my question was answered when I saw your brother's bento. See ya!" The blond them walked away, Izuku's bento in hand.
Itsuki stood up, ready to tackle the jerk to the ground, but Izuku was quick to stop him, putting his hands on his shoulders. Itsuki turned to his little twin with anger and confusion on his face. "Izuchan! You can't let him get away with that. He stole your lunch!" Izuku's looked down at the floor in shame but his hands remained on his brother, not wanting him to run off. "I-It's okay. I was gonna give it to him today." He looked at Itsuki with pleading eyes. "B-But Please! Please don't go after him or tell on him. He's my, no , our friend!"
Itsuki looked past his brother to see the blond sitting with his friends and eating Izuku's bento with a smile. He wasn't so sure, but he didn't really like Katsuki all that much. He didn't like how the blond took advantage of his brother and how he messed with Izuku and him. He didn't like it at all. But he didn't want to hurt Izuku's feelings.
He bit his lip and relented to his brother's begging.
"Okay. I won't do anything to him." Izuku smiled at his brother and gave him hug. "Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!" Itsuki and Izuku broke off the hug and sat back down, now only one bento on the table.
"But..." Izuku looked at his brother curiously. "You'll be sharing my bento with me. I don't want you going hungry during school." Izuku found a pair of chopsticks put in his hand and saw Itsuki giving him a grin. The green haired boy beamed with joy.
He really had the best brother ever!
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Birthday
2 weeks later
The twins strolled home together, side by side once again. They had done well on another test yesterday and were at the top of the class. Their mom had been super proud of them when they told her, telling them how smart they were and how they would be super smart heroes.
Of course, Kacchan wasn't very happy with only being third. He tried to convince Izuku that his grades weren't a big deal, but Itsuki always butted in, making sure the blond didn't ruin his brother's high scores. He would call the teacher over and complain about what Katsuki was doing, getting the blond a scolding from their teacher.
Not only was the number one obsessed kid mad, but so was Izuku, not liking how his brother would get his friend in trouble. Itsuki would tell his brother that he wouldn't get 'Kacchan' in trouble, only if the blond wouldn't pester them about their grades being higher than his. Izuku was still kind of mad, but agreed to the terms.
Score one for the protective brother.
The twins looked at each other with smiles and started running. They wanted to get home quick and see their mom. Today was going to be great!
Itsuki had the lead, but his green haired little bro was right behind him, wanting to be the one to open the door to their apartment. Their little legs bolted them forward, passing by buildings and people alike. Izuku wouldn't usually, but he decided to play a little dirty.
"Oi! Itsuchan, look it's All Might!" Itsuki turned to look where his brother was pointing, hoping to get a glance of his hero. What he got was only a poster of the blond hero lazily hanging off the side of a building. Izuku took the chance and passed his brother by. Itsuki frowned at the deceit and took notice of his position as second. He gave his brother a glare from behind. "Izuchan, that's cheating!" Izuku simply turned his head and stuck his tongue out playfully.
They made it to the apartment complex climbed the steps to their second floor abode, now neck and neck, both wanting to make it to the door first. Itsuki reach out for it, but Izuku stretched his arm out, managing to grab the door handle by his fingers and turning it.
"I win!" He yelled victoriously as he opened the door. Itsuki pouted at his brother cutely ."You only won because you tricked me." His twin huffed. The two peered in to see their homey apartment now filled with paper ornaments. A large banner was now hanging over the living room.
Happy Birthday Itsuki and Izuku
The twins smiled and ran in, happy that their mother remembered the special day. They entered the living room in a dash, only to trip over their own feet when their mom popped out from behind the wall to give them a loud "Surprise!" The two fell back, now tangled up in on another with their mother putting her hand on her mouth to stop from giggling.
After getting over their shock, the family of three laughed at the twin's reaction, savoring the moment. This birthday was already off to a good start.
There was still so much daylight left to celebrate Itsuki and Izuku turning four. Inko had so many pictures to take.
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Quirkless
2 months later
"You should probably give it up."
Izuku dropped his All Might toy in shock, obviously not expecting or prepared for what the aged doctor told him. Itsuki looked at his brother in horror and sadness, not liking how his brother was looking. Inko wasn't fairing much better. She gave the doctor a very nasty look. "What do you mean 'He should probably just give it up'?" She leaned closer to the doctor. "Yes, I understand that he hasn't gotten his quirk yet. I understand that most of the other kindergartners and his brother have gotten theirs already, but are you telling me he can never get a quirk?" If the doctor was intimidated by the mother, he wasn't showing it much by his tired expression. As if tired by the conversation.
It reminded Inko too much of her husband.
"Excuse me, you're from the fourth generation, right ma'am? May I ask about yours and your other son's quirks?" The doctor inquired, ignoring her questions. Itsuki jumped into Izuku's chair and hugged his brother tight, feeling terrible about what was going on.
Inko sighed and used her power to pull the fallen All Might toy into her hand. "I can pull small objects to me and my son can move fire. He received his quirk less than four months ago. My...husband can breath fire." The doctor nodded lazily.
"Normally, by four years old, he would have manifested one of those quirks or some combination of the two like your other the past, when super powers first started showing up, the results of an early research study were published. It became common practice to see if the pinky toe was missing a toe or not. When parts of the body aren't used, they're deemed unnecessary. People who didn't have the joint were thought to be a newly evolved form." The doctor pointed over to the X-Ray hanging on the wall. "You can see by looking at this X-Ray that Izuku has two joints." Inko's eyes widened in horror and confusion. "It's unusual to see that these days, but that means he has no quirk." Inko looked at her unmoving baby boy, wrapped up in a hug by his older brother.
She gave the doctor a scathing look. "And what about his twin. If they are almost identical, doesn't that mean that he might have the two joints as well, despite having a quirk?" The doctor sighed. "You didn't come in for your other son, so I didn't give him an X-Ray. Just be happy that one of your sons has a quirk. If you want, I will get an X-Ray of your other son so you can see that he only has one joint." Inko was disgusted by the doctor. Be happy with one of her sons having a quirk? The man had already given up before more evidence came into the picture. It was just plain negligence.
She would go to a different doctor. One that actually cared, and then she would find out the truth. She wasn't ready to give up on her son's dream.
She stood from her chair, turned to her boys, and scooped up Izuku. The distraught child was still in shock and didn't even flinch at the process of being lifted up and carried towards the door. Itsuki held onto his brother's hand as he was being carried, not wanting to stop comforting his twin.
Before exiting the room, the mother and older son gave the doctor a murderous look, one that promised pain in the future for trying to ruin Izuku's future. The old bald man started to sweat nervously, not liking the glares from either of them.
The family of three strolled out of the doctor's office, two of them not prepared to give up on the Izuku's hopes of becoming a hero.
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Izuku stared at his favorite video once again. Ever since he got home, he had been watching it on replay, not going out to eat dinner or play with Itsuki, who tried everything to cheer his brother up.
Inko entered the room to see him still staring at the computer screen, watching the same thing.
"Can you see that! He's already saved a hundred people! "
"That's crazy! it hasn't even been ten minutes! That's crazy!"
"Heh heh heh heh heh!"
"He's laughing!"
"It's fine now. Why? Because I am here!"
"Kaa-san..." Inko stayed absolutely still, wanting to here Izuku's first words since coming home from the doctor's "...He saves everyone with a smile, no matter what trouble their in... He's such a cool hero." The chair turned slowly towards Inko, letting her see how heartbroken her little Izuku really was. His eyes screamed desperation and sadness, tears built up in them and waiting to fall down his cheeks. Inko was ready to cry at the look her little hero had on his face.
Izuku pointed with a shaky finger to the screen with All Might on it. "Can I... be a hero too?" The mother let a tear fall from her cheek. She had never seen her son so upset in his whole life. This was a first for her.
"Of course you can Izuchan!" Inko turned around to see that Itsuki had opened the door. Most likely when she was watching Izuku not paying attention to much else. "We'll both become heroes together. You're my little brother, and I refuse to give up on our dreams!" Itsuki had his own tears, wanting desperately for his brother to hear and understand him. Izuku was unmoving, still looking at his mother with want, waiting for her answer.
She ran forward and enveloped him in a loving hug. "Yes...Yes Izuku! You can still be a hero! You'll be the greatest hero ever, and I be here to help you the whole way! Please! Please don't give up on your dream!" Itsuki ran forward and also joined the hug, letting Izuku know that he loved him.
The recipient of this almighty hug broke down, tears running down his face as he hugged his family back, still saddened by his lack of quirk, but happy that his family wanted him to be the hero he always drove to be.
Just because he didn't have a quirk didn't mean he couldn't be like All Might. He wasn't ready to give up, and neither was his family.
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The River
9 days later
Izuku and Itsuki walked side by side as they followed Katsuki and his friends. The blond boy carried a stick in one hand and kept on popping sparks from his other, impressing his friends with the wings, the one with long fingers, and the other kid who could bounce (2).
They made their way through a lush and green forest, looking around at the sights around them. The place was really pretty to the Midoriya twins, liking how the flowers were blooming in several spots already.
So caught up by their sightseeing, Itsuki almost ran into the back of the big winged kid, Izuku did though. The fat boy turned around and gave Izuku a dirty look. "Oi! Watch where your going Deku!" Itsuki stepped forward, ready to fight for his twin. He didn't care if this guy was bigger than him, he wouldn't let that insult go. "Oi, you better-"
"Itsuchan, it's alright." Itsuku looked to see his brother's hand on his shoulder. Izuku then looked to the fat boy. "I'm sorry for running into you." The fat boy looked at the twins for a bit before 'tch' ing and turning forward. Itsuki gave his brother an angry and confused look, but Izuku only smiled. It helped calm the protective brother down, but he was still mad at fat boy.
Looking back, they saw a low river, and that Katsuki and the rest of his friends had moved. The twins saw they were going around on a big tree trunk that stretch across to the other side and ran to catch up.
They came up to the trunk to see that the group was going one by one, getting across to the other side slowly. Katsuki was leading the gang in the front, and Izuku didn't want to fall behind. Itsuki followed after his brother.
As the twins made it to the river, they watch in horror as the blond leader fell into the low river, his friends looking down at him in worry and calling out to him.
Katsuki reemerged from the waters laughing it off. His friends, Itsuki included, thought that he was safe and that there was no need to worry. Izuku had other ideas.
Before his brother could stop him, Izuku ran down into the river, hoping to help the fallen child.
Katsuki still had a smile on his face when Izuku offered his hand to him. "Are you okay? Can you stand?" Katsuki's expression was unreadable to the young green haired boy, but he didn't care, he just wanted to help his friend. "I would have been bad if you hit your head." Izuku was unprepared for when his friend got up and pushed him into the water. Izuku coughed and tried to get up, wondering what just happened. "Like I need help from a quirkless Deku (3) like you!" He looked up in fear as Katsuki stared down at him menacingly. His hands were popping with tiny explosions at his sides, making Izuku wonder if Kacchan was going to use them on him.
Before anything else could happen though, Itsuki came down as well, running over to his brother to make sure he was alright. Katsuki looked the two for a moment before walking away and up the other side of the river, ignoring the twins and getting back to his friends. While getting his brother up, Itsuki gave Katsuki an angered look as the blond strolled away.
No, he didn't like Katsuki at all.
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(End Chapter)
(1) Omuiryu: It translate to 'fat dragon' in Japanese. I thought it was fitting for the chubby bully.
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