Yay! A new Arc! This is the beginning of canon, where Izuku wants to attend U.A. I hope everyone likes it. PS, Itsuki is still overprotective, so watch out.
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Entrance Arc #1
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Start of Canon
Aldera Junior High
Inside a normal looking classroom sat a group of young students, all looking lazily at their teacher who was giving them another speech.
"Since you're all third years, it's time for you to think seriously about your future. I'll pass out handouts for your future plans now, but you're all..." The teacher gave them all an angered look as he picked up the stack of papers on his desk, watching all of them as a few of his students start to activate their quirks. The teacher's look quickly diminished and was replaced by a smile.
"pretty much planning to go into the hero course, right?" He flung the stack of papers into the air as everyone cheered and activated their quirks at the same time.
"Yes, yes you all have wonderful quirks. But using your quirks at school is against the rules!" The class didn't listen, still waving around their abilities as if they were all the best heroes in the world.
"Sensei. Don't lump us all into the same group. I'm not gonna be stuck at the bottom with all these rejects!" Ah yes, the voice of the ever 'amazing' Bakugou Katsuki made it's presence known, cockiness practically flowing out of his mouth as he spoke. The blond boy even had his feet up on the desk in front of him, not caring for the school rules at all.
The class erupted into complaints all directed at their bomb using classmate. Yelling at him about how such comments were uncalled for or how he was underestimating them.
"You should all shut up like the extras you are!" He yelled with a smirk.
"Oh." The teacher exclaimed. "if I remember correctly, you want to go to U.A. High, right Bakugou?" Completely ignoring the boys attitude and lack of following the rules.
Everyone's eyes, except for one, widened as they looked at the blond, who had closed his eyes and smiled at his predicament.
"UA, the national school?"
"It was in the top 0.2%, you know!"
"There acceptance rate is always really low, too!" Katsuki simply continued to smile.
"That's why you're all extras!" He effortlessly jumped up onto his desk. "I aced the mock test! I'm the one one at this school who could possible get into U.A.. I will surpass All Might and become the top hero! My name'll be inscribed in the list of top earners!"
"Oh yeah, Midoriya also wanted to go to U.A., right?" Katsuki froze, his victory speech totally cut off by the new information.
Everyone turned around to stare at the boy in question, who was writing in a little blue notebook while muttering about the abilities of heroes.
The quirkless student of Aldera, Midoriya Izuku.
The Midoriya was a mystery to most of the class. He was one of the top scorers of the class, the whole school even, often placing above everyone else, including Bakugou.
He was usually pretty friendly and was confident most of them time, but he could get embarrassed pretty easily by those close to him. He was a kind soul, liking to help anyone who needed it, even if they had been mean to him in the past because of his lack of a quirk. It definitely made many people go through a change of heart after seeing how forgiving he is.
To top it all off, he was strong. Despite his disadvantage, the green haired boy was able to stand up with the best of them at Aldera. He was strong, fast, and was very skilled in self defense. His lean but well sculpted body reminded many of an athletic swimmer, which got the boy plenty of attention from many classmates. It wasn't uncommon for the boy to be asked out at least once a week, not that he ever accepted. Even some boys had asked him out in the past, though with an equal amount of success as anyone else.
But to hear that the quirkless boy was shooting for U.A. had many different reactions from his peers. Some looked at him with respect, while other gave him confused or glaring stares. Katsuki simply looked at the Deku like he was a fly, and himself the exterminator.
The green haired boy didn't falter when he received the scathing looks, but did wish that the teacher wouldn't say it out loud in front of the whole class when he knew what would happen.
"Deku!" Katsuki jumped down from his desk and got close to the freckled boy. "You think a quirkless piece of trash like you can get into U.A.? You're even lower than the rest of these rejects." Izuku saw the blonds hands ignite with small explosions. "Or are fucking you trying to get into U.A just to piss me off?!"
Izuku's confidence didn't break from the blond's look. In fact, he got up and glared back at the blond, who was surprised by the action. "I'm going to get into U.A.. I don't care if I don't have a quirk, that won't stop me from achieving the dream I've had since I was a little kid. I will be a hero, and you don't decide that, Katsuki!" Katsuki gave the smaller boy a death glare, but Izuku clenched his fists and stood firm.
He had dealt with Katsuki since he was a kid, and while it took him awhile to realize it, along with some help, he learned that Katsuki was a bully. One that preyed on fear to win. A bully that he shouldn't be afraid of.
"Bakugou, please sit in your seat and don't use your quirk. You've already gotten into several fights with the other Midoriya these past few weeks, all of them provoked by you. If you start another, I will have to suspend you." Bakugou stared at Izuku for another moment before 'tch'ing and walking back to his seat, his hands clenched with anger.
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Izuku packed up his bag, thinking about practice with Inoshi-sensei and what comic Itsuki had picked up today. He went to put away his 'Hero Analysis for the Future' book, but it was snatched out of his hands by a familiar blond bully. "We're not done talking yet, Deku." Katsuki waved the little notebook around carelessly, irritating the creator.
"Bakugou, please give that back." He said respectfully. "I don't care what your reasoning is for stopping me and taking my stuff, but I won't tolerate it." Katsuki's friends looked at the book he waved around. "Huh, Hero Analysis for the Future? Seriously?" Izuku narrowed his eyes at Katsuki's friend. It was one thing to make fun of him , but another to attack something that he had worked so hard on.
Katsuki looked at the little notebook and an idea popped into his head.
He smirk as he balled his fist and had it charge at his other hand, which was occupied by the 'Hero' book.
The little explosion sounded through the classroom, smoke emanating from Katsuki's hands. "You know, when you went to blow up my book, you adjusted your fingers. It made it to where you wouldn't hit yourself, but also weakened the grip on your target." Izuku said as he packed his bag and slung it over his shoulders.
When the smoke cleared, there was nothing in Katsuki's hands, making the bomb user and his friends go wide eyed. He turned to Deku, who was walking out of the classroom and charged at him, wanting to make the boy regret fooling him.
"Oi! Bakugou, I wouldn't do that if I were you." Katsuki stopped his advance and watched with hatred as Itsuki Midoriya, the bane of his existance came around the corner of the classroom door. "I could feel your nitroglycerin building up from a kilometer away."
Itsuki leaned up against the door beam as his brother came up to him. "I wouldn't try to make another fight in school. You wouldn't want to be suspended and ruin your perfect record, eh?" The green haired twins walked out of the classroom, leaving Katsuki seething in anger, his hands giving off small explosions at a dangerous rate.
Oh, how he hated those two.
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"Do you really have to egg him on? I still have to be in class with him all year, ya know!" Itsuki laughed as his brother pouted at him cutely.
"It's fine. He knows that he can't hurt anyone now. His record is already shaky as is, due to all the times he tried to fight me. He might be violent, but he doesn't want to damage his reputation, as it might cost him U.A." Izuku nodded. Katsuki was obsessed with U.A.. The blond wanted to be the only one to make it into U.A from this school.
Sadly, he and his twin had other plans.
They had been training for years. They had moved junk, lifted weights, ran, sprinted, and exercised everyday. On top of that, they also attended their Yoseikan Budo class four times a week.
Itsuki and Izuku were both proud owners of their own third tier blue belts. The scale or tiers went by the colors of the rainbow, with exceptions to white being first and black being last. After reaching the last three color besides black, which were green, blue and purple, there were tiers, meaning you couldn't move to the next belt until you had passed the three tiers of the the previous one.
Should they continue their training, they would both be first tier purple belts in a few more months.
They made it outside the building and strolled into a shaded region with a small koi fish pond nearby. "Hey, I'll see you at home! I have to go pick up a new edition of the firestorm comic." Izuku gave his brother as smirk. "You know those aren't really new."
"I know, years and years old. But the fact that Tetsu-ojisan goes out of his way to get them for us makes them feel new. " Izuku couldn't argue with his brother on that.
"Alright, I'll see you at home Itsuchan!" Izuku yelled as his brother.
"Bye Izuchan!" His brother yelled back, waving his arm good bye as he ran off.
Izuku sighed and made his way under a small tunnel, thinking about U.A.
He had wanted to be a hero for so many years, and now the moment of truth was starting to feel oh so real. In only a few months he would fight for his life to be what he always wanted, despite his lack of a powerful quirk.
He continued down the tunnel path in thought, but his hearing caught a sound of liquid behind him.
Izuku turned around to see a massive ball of sludge building up from a drainage hole in the ground. His eyes widened in shock at the massive monster that built up. Suddenly, the slime sprouted eyes and a mouth full of teeth which gave him a menacing smile. "A medium sized invisibility cloak..."
Had it not been for training and his build up of instincts over the years, he would not have avoid the massive ball of sludge that landed where he previously was.
He jumped out of the way, but the sludge monster wasn't ready to stop, sending out tentacles to try to grab him. Izuku dipped and dived around the attacks, but before he could recover from a roll, one snagged him by the foot and held onto him as the rest of the creature pounced on him.
He felt sludge run over his mouth and nose, covering any ways for him to breath and more of it wrapped around his body, holding him tight as it tried to suffocated him.
"You know, you put up a lot more fight than I expected. That must mean you've got a pretty strong body. I'm glad, because I'll be taking it from you." Izuku struggled against the liquid, trying to grab it and pull it away from his face, but no avail. He was being choked out by a villain and nobody was there to help him.
'Izuku, don't give up now! Remember Inoshi-sensei's lessons. Relax and stay calm, the more you freak out, the faster you pass out.' Izuku let himself relax, despite his position of being surrounded by sludge. The villain took notice and narrowed his giant eyes at the boy.
"Oi, Oi, Oi! You know the longer it take for you the die the more it'll hurt. And I'm on a timer here, so please be a hero and give in!" Izuku wasn't listening, just trying to stay calm.
'Think about Kaa-san, Itsuchan, Inoshi-sensei, and Tetsu-ojisan, and how much they mean to you. Hold onto that and don't give in. Live for as long as you can!' Despite his internal encouragement, he felt his lungs beginning to squeeze and ache for the need of air, his body growing a little weaker and his vision growing the slightest bit blurry.
Izuku didn't want to die, but he couldn't really tell his body not to at the moment, his lungs starting to give out and black spots starting to appear in his vision.
Suddenly, the manhole the villain came out of blew open, a familiar man with a head of shiny blond hair stepping out. "It's alright now, young man...I Am Here!"
Even with his vision growing blurrier, Izuku looked in shock. His hero, All Might had come to save him?
The sludge's eyes widened. He sent out a hand of sludge, but All Might dodged it and charged forward. The sludge sent a second arm out, but All Might reared his arm back before it could make contact with him.
"Texas... Smash!" The incoming sludge was blown to bits, a hurricane of winds blasting forward at the villain who looked in shock. "Wind Pressure." It said in shock as it was blown away from the winds, sludge flying everywhere and away from his hostage/invisibility cloak.
Izuku breathed in a breath of fresh air as soon as as his mouth was able too, enjoying the oxygen in his lungs now more than ever.
After he shook his head regained full control of his senses, he turned to his hero, who was dumping out soda bottles and was refilling them with the sludge villain, which was apparently knocked out and down for the count.
'It's him.. It's really him! I can't believe it, it's the number one hero, All Might!'
All Might finished putting the last of the villain in the bottle and turned the boy who had been caught up in his fight. "Oh, good, you're awake! I'm so glad that you weren't hurt too badly. I usually don't make mistakes like this, but I was a bit excited about moving into a new city. But thank you, young man, as you were a big help in capturing the villain!" As All Might spoke to the young man who looked at him with admiration, he couldn't help but feel like he had met him before.
"You're...really him...All Might..." Izuku got up from his downed position. "You're All Might!" Izuku said with excitement and amazement. Itsuki was never gonna believe this.
All Might smiled. "That's right. Now, I must get going, as I must deliver this villain to the police as soon as possible." Gesturing to the bottles of sludge that he had placed in his pants.
"Wait!" Izuku yelled, getting All Might's attention before the man jumped away. "I have a question for you." Izuku cleared his throat and calmed himself, wanting to know what his hero thought.
"Even without a quirk, do you think someone could become a hero?"
All Might's eyes widened in realization. 'This boy... now I remember!' He's one of those boys from the beach, the one that didn't have a quirk and still wanted to be a hero.
He could tell that the boy was serious about his dream, as his muscles were apparent and peaking out from under his wet uniform. Judging by the way his body was built, All Might could safely say that the boy had been training for years in many different ways.
'He really hasn't given up, after all this time.' All Might thought with a laugh in his head.
"No, someone can't become a hero without a quirk." Izuku looked in horror at his hero, his dream since he was a child slowly falling and breaking inside him. "However, you're not just someone. I can tell there is something special about you. Something that makes you different." All Might turned around, his body now steaming the slightest bit. "I have no doubt that you'll become a hero, Midoriya Izuku-kun."
The man then rocketed into the air, leaving young Izuku to look at where the man had launched off from.
His hero believed in him! All Might, the greatest hero in all of Japan, maybe even the world! And he believed in him. Izuku jumped in joy he went and grabbed his backpack, which had been blown against a wall from All Might's attack.
He happily picked it up and made his way home, his dreams of being a hero never looking brighter.
'Wait...how did he know my name?'
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Yagi Toshinori passed through a thicket of trees, thinking about what transcribed today. As he took the sludge villain to the police to put him on ice, he thought back to some old memories.
Midoriya Izuku, the little boy he had met all those years ago. He could still remember when the kid gave him a determined look and talked about being a hero. The boy was driven, and he still hadn't given up on that dream, despite having no quirk.
If anything, All Might could safely say that he said the right words to the boy before blasting off into the sky.
He passed through the thicket, making it to his destination and wondering if it has changed at all over the years.
He looked in shock at the beach.
It was clean! There wasn't a speck of garbage anywhere! The sunlight gleamed off the sand, the ocean never looking so beautiful next to its neighbor. Who did this?
Had those boys done this?! He remembered how they were moving garbage when he saw them all those years ago, but he couldn't believe that they were able to do all this on their own.
He heard screamed and grunts down on the sandy floor. Turning head towards the commotion, he saw a two people fighting on the sands. His curiosity got the better of him and he got closer.
Both boys had green hair, one curly and the other straight that went to the base of his neck. Both were shirtless and shoe-less, only wearing training sweats as they fought each other on the sandy region. He could tell who these two were, after all, he just saved one of them a few hours ago.
Toshinori continued to watch as the two sparred, neither one backing down in combat.
They were both skilled, he could tell that much. Both showed off their six packs and strong bodies as the dipped and weaved around one another. The fight went on for quite a while until the curly haired one, Izuku Toshinori remembered, managed to catch the other boy's foot and take him off balance. He then pinned the boy to the ground and forced him to concede.
When he saw the raw power of the curly haired boy, he couldn't help but think about his current predicament. One that had been on his mind for years. The reason he came to U.A. to teach this year.
A Successor.
The boy was skilled. He fought was passion and strength, never backing down. All Might could tell with a little more bulking up, the child could handle his quirk. The boy had a good heart, as was evident by wanting to be a hero.
A quirkless hero.
The quirkless community was often scrutinized as being weak and inferior to everyone else. It led to many feeling resentful or jealous of the quirk majority.
However, this boy didn't let that stop him from following his dreams. It definitely reminded Toshinori of his own youth.
Maybe his answer was right here, and it had been for four years.
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"Man, you managed to get me this time, but you won't be so lucky tomorrow!" Itsuki said with a smile as Izuku pulled him up from the sand.
"That's what you think, but you told me that last time too!" Izuku said cheekily. His brother huffed and picked up his shirt off the sand.
"It's unfair. You have more time to practice and maintain your strength than I do."
"Well, when you're working on your quirk, I have to do something to keep up with you!"
"Yeah, I suppose." Itsuki tossed his brother a water bottle, who gratefully accepted it and popped it open.
The twins grabbed their shoes and started walking back home. "Man..." Itsuki started. "I can't believe you got to meet All Might today." Izuku smiled and looked at his feet.
"Yeah, I'm really happy I did, not because of who he is, but because of what he said." Itsuki smiled and ruffled his brother's hair.
"Hey! I've been telling you that you can become a hero without a quirk since we were four." Izuku pouted. Itsuki always treated him like a little brother, even if they were the same age and the same height. Stupid twenty minutes. (Itsuki was born twenty minutes before Izuku.)
"I know, but hearing it from your hero gives me the confidence to go all out and try to be a hero." Itsuki nodded, not finding anything wrong with that statement.
Both made it to the top where the beach met the forest and noticed something, or rather someone.
"Itsuchan! Look, it's the old guy!" Izuku said as he pointed at Toshinori. The skinny man bristled at the comment. He wasn't old!
"Oh yeah, it is him! Wasn't his name like Toshironi."
"It's Toshinori!" The man in question yelled out with blood, walking up to the boys. Both boys recoiled, having forgot the old timer spewed blood quite often. "To be honest, I didn't think you boys would remember me at all." The twins gave him a smile.
"Well, you did give Izuku and I some much needed advice." Toshinori nodded. "Yes, I was watching your spar down there, quite the fight you two had!"
Izuku and Itsuki blushed a little at the praise. "Well, we have been working really hard." Itsuki nodded at his brother's comment. "We're both shooting to be heroes. We want to go to U.A. and prove ourselves." Toshinori looked to Izuku. Last time I remembered, you had no quirk, right?" Izuku nodded, not at all ashamed of his disadvantage.
"That's right, it'll be hard, but I've worked very hard to get where I am. I will be a hero, and nothing will stop me from making my dream come true."
"And what is you dream, young Midoriyas?" The twins looked at each other and gave the All for One User a look of confidence.
"To be just like All Might, and protect those who need it!" The said in unison.
"To save people!' Izuku stated determinedly.
"To stop villains." Itsuki called out.
"And to be a Symbol of Peace!" Toshinori looked at the two boys with excitement. It's been such a long time since he's seen a hero, let alone two, who have this much drive to protect others. He could tell these two were very special.
He peered to Izuku, who was looking at him with confidence in his own words. Yes, very special indeed.
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(End Chapter)
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