Chapter 2: The Wish Punished

Izuku stood up from bed slowly. That dream was unlike any he ever had before. If it could even be called that. He couldn't remember anything except for vague details: a figure in red, a floating man, and a name. Biometal Model O. "O" for Omega. Somehow Izuku knew this was the name of the device he used yesterday.

Focusing on it's name, Izuku tried calling it to his hands. In a flash of light Model O appeared, it's metallic face staring back at him with empty eyes. Just what kind of technology could create something so similar to a quirk? Is this a secret government project? Izuku mulled. Even the greatest support tech can't accomplish anything like this! Izuku had heard of many great support items, but nothing like turning someone into a humanoid tank! If this is really a government project I'm in huge trouble!

"Wait! I can't believe I didn't think of this stuff yesterday! Was it because shock?" Izuku mumbled to himself. "I should have went to the police, even if it was in self defense I attacked someone! Although All Might didn't tell me too…" The boy stared down at Model O in his hands. "Would going to the police even be a wise thing to do now?"

He shook his head and willed Model O to disappear… to wherever it disappears to. He began thinking while putting his school clothes on. No! I can't let anyone see this thing! From now on this will be my own "quirk"! This is my only chance of becoming a hero, if some government does go after me I'll just give it up without a fight. They can't fault me for using something I found laying on the ground right?

By the end of that thought he had finished putting his clothes on and walked to the kitchen, getting something to eat. It was still early so his mom wasn't awake yet, he'd just eat some toast and leave early. He needed to examine his new power in more detail. He put some bread in the toaster and started writing a note for his mother when she woke up.

Dagobah Municipal Beach Park

Alright, I have about an hour before I need to leave for school. This place should be completely abandoned during the morning, let's see what I can do.

Izuku walked down to the beach, the sand covered in heaps of trash. With a quick thought, he used the power of his biometal and transformed. Immediately the sand he was on sunk and Izuku was once again encased in a massive suit of armor. He twisted his body around, getting used to the movement as he tightened and released different muscles in his body. He noticed the normally salty air of the seaside had been replaced by clean air. Hopefully that will be useful against gas-based quirks. Before I can move onto combat moves I need to fix the biggest issue I had yesterday: my balance!

The armored boy tried many exercises to improve his sense of balance in this new form. It wasn't until after a couple dozen falls and crashes did he realize something. I'm… floating? I have thrusters on my feet! Wait, no. I'm just hovering in air. Nothing is coming out from my feet to lift me. It didn't make sense to Izuku, but it was yet another thing to master later on.

Finally, the boy felt he was ready to try out some combat moves. For this first punch, let's keep my gauntlets locked to my body. Izuku spotted a large fridge nearby and charged forward rapidly and punched it. The fridge crumpled like a can. The boy wobbled a bit from the momentum before transforming back into his normal form. He touched the flattened metal with the same hand he punched it with. With just a single hit I did this to a fridge. I need to be careful if I fight in that form. Although that was with a enormous buildup behind it.

Pulling out his phone, Izuku saw he had to leave for school. He quickly ran to school, his head teeming with new ideas.

Between classes, between writing notes, and whenever he had time Izuku wrote in a new notebook, outlining a simple plan to get into U.A. At the end of school Izuku reviewed what he had written. Practice: Improving my physical health could make a big difference. More importantly I have to train new techniques and get used to them. His eyes moved over to the next item on the list. Education: U.A. also has a written portion to their entrance exam. I can't fall behind on my studies or it won't even matter how I do on the practical portion! He looked at the final part of the list. Practical Exam Prep: I can look into what the practical exam might cover. Not all the details will be out there, but I can definitely find out more from research. Someone has to have mentioned what the past exams were like!

Izuku nodded to himself. It wasn't exactly a long list, but he was busy studying and also thinking of different things Model O might be able to do. Izuku already did well in academics and researching about the exam shouldn't take too long, his main focus would have to be on training. On the way back home he'll stop by the beach park again.

"Deku."

Izuku whipped around, suddenly face to face with Bakugo. "Kacchan! Wh-what is it!"

Bakugo suddenly snatched the notebook out of the terrified boy's hands. He pointed to the cover of the notebook: My Plan to Get Into U.A. Izuku gulped. "What did I say about applying to U.A. you damn nerd?" Bakugo sneered at him.

"I, uh- it's not really!"

"More lame excuses huh. Maybe last time wasn't personal enough for you!" Bakugo grabbed Izuku by the collar of his shirt and pulled him down the hallway. Some people stopped to look, but nobody tried stopping it. Halfway through the green haired boy got sick of it and knocked the bully's arm away.

"That's enough! I'm different now! I'm-" Izuku suddenly burst out. Bakugo stared back in shock for a moment, then his face twisted into a seriously pissed glare. The explosive teen suddenly rushed him and grabbed his collar again, lifting him up a wall.

"Different? You're exactly the same as you were yesterday! Quirkless trash!" Spittle flew out and hit Izuku's face. Izuku balled his hand into a fist and began lifting it up- What are you going to do? Hit him!? -before the image of a flattened fridge entered his mind. His hand fell loose.

"That's what I thought. Follow me to the rooftop."

Izuku stared at his feet, lifelessly following Bakugo. It was supposed to different this time. I'm supposed to be different! Will my next ten months of school still be filled with the same suffering? They finally reached the rooftop, idly Izuku noticed that Bakugo's lackeys were there too. I didn't even notice until now.

Izuku suddenly heard the sound of a firecracker. Pop-pop-pop-pop. Having lived near Bakugo he knew that it wasn't really a firecracker. He stared at the blond haired teen holding his notebook. This time he let it catch fire and slowly burn away, Izuku just silently watching. Eventually only the corner he was holding was left and he dropped it to the ground. "Don't piss me off like this again, Deku." Bakugo and his lackeys left the rooftop, Izuku stayed behind, watching the ashes blow away in the wind.

It was supposed to be different.

Izuku was lying in bed early again. He skipped the extra training he was going to do after school and went straight home. Erasing any signs of his earlier distress, he ate dinner with his mom after coming back, making small chat. As usual he didn't say anything about the bullying. He sighed and rolled over in bed. He couldn't change that quickly. At least not publicly. If he had transformed and punched Bakugo in school… He shuddered. It's not like he could prove to Bakugo that he had a power now either, the teen would sooner blow Izuku up before letting him show anything to him. Using it at school would be even more troublesome. While the other students don't get in trouble for using their quirks in class, Izuku wouldn't be given the same leeway with how massive his transformation is.

He turned over in bed again. Izuku would just have to pretend that nothing changed while he's at school. He'll talk to his mother tomorrow about how he discovered his "quirk". He hoped there was an official way to update your quirk information.

AN: Wow, I ended up writing this even faster than the last chapter. Thanks everyone for all the favorites, follows, and especially reviews! First I'll answer Staid's question about whether I'll have villains or mavericks from the Mega Man series in this story. I probably won't, but if I do decide to it'll be the four guardian models and probably much later in the story. I've been thinking about changing the Overhaul arc a whole bunch. Speaking of that arc, Mirio will be getting One For All instead of Izuku. I think writing Mirio with two quirks will be very interesting. Thank you all for the support! Next chapter will probably skip ahead to the entrance exams!

P.S. I've been using Mega Man Zero song titles for the chapters so far, I'll run out at some point but I want to see how far I can go with this.