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Inko Midoriya

As per the orders of her boss, and many urgings of her friend Mitsuki Bakugo, Inko was having a day off to rest. The reason. Because she had been out late so many nights searching for her missing son and they were beginning to take a toll on her health, both physically and mentally. She had been at it since his disappearance ten months ago.

"Izuku baby, please come home. I miss you," she sobbed.

Inko spent most of her days crying. Each night she looked for him by going around the city and asking random people if they had seen him, to which she always received a no.

Additionally, she made regular visits to the police station at least once a week to see if they had made any progress, but the answer was always the same.

Another action she took was placing posters around the city with Mitsuki's help.

The result ended was the same. Izuku was still missing.

"It's all my fault," she whispered. "I should have done something sooner."

Her son was in pain, and she did nothing. Every day he would come with bruises and burn marks (likely from Katsuki) which he tried to hide. Inko however had a sharp eye and could see them from the edges of his sleeves. Other times she could tell from the way he walked that he was limping.

Izuku usually gave the excuse "I fell over", but Inko knew he was lying. The only reason she didn't press the issue before was that she knew it would upset him, and because she knew he would deny it.

She tried talking with Mitsuki about it, who in turn was furious with Katsuki but nothing she did seemed to get through to him. The last time she was with Izuku was the last straw. She decided to visit the school the next day to inform the principal of her son's situation. She made another phone call to Mitsuki about Katsuki.

"I can come in with you tomorrow if you'd like," she told her. "Honestly, we should have done this sooner. His behaviour, well, it's gone on long enough."

It seemed Miitsuki had finally reached her limit with Katsuki. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned.

The next day when she got up, she noticed Izuku wasn't in bed or at home, so she assumed he'd gone to school early. It was when she arrived at the school with Mitsuki that the trouble started. According to the principal and the teacher, Izuku did not turn up that day. It was then Inko got worried.

As she wondered where he could be she recalled her last conversation with him. "Thanks, Mom, for everything really. I really love you for it," he had told her while hugging her.

"No," she murmured horrified. "He wouldn't."

She called the police afterwards and they started investigating his disappearance but found nothing. Shortly afterwards Inko began her current routine of searching.

"Please don't let it have been that" she begged. "Anything but that."

Inko had an idea of what Izuku meant when he said those words to her, but she didn't want to believe it.

Whatever her son had been going through, he had clearly reached his limit.

"Your body hasn't been found so I know you are still out there," Inko said to herself.

Regardless of the situation or the progress, she was not going to give up.

"Izuku. Despite what you've done I still love you. No matter what happens I will find you. I will bring you home," she swore.

Ochaco Uraraka

'Well, this is it,' Ochaco thought.

She stared at the large building in front of her. UA Highschool, the best hero school in Japan, if not the world, where anyone could become a hero. Though it did offer other opportunities in other departments known as General Education, Support, and Business. Ochaco was aiming for the Hero course.

'Mom, Dad, I will become a hero,' she promised herself. 'And when I do, I'll earn enough money so that you never have to work again.'

While walking to the entrance she saw a girl running straight past her. However, one of her shoelaces was open, causing her to trip. Before she could hit the ground. Ochaco poked her elbow activated her quirk to make the girl float.

"Easy there," Ochaco cautioned the girl. "It would be bad if you injured yourself before the exam."

Ochaco deactivated her quirk and the girl landed softly on her feet. The girl then turned to face her.

From her perspective, the girl was rather pretty. She had long blonde hair and grass green eyes. Her figure was rather thin, and she was roughly the same height as Ochaco.

"Thank you," the girl replied with a Russian accent. She then raised her eyes slightly. "And you are?" she asked politely.

"I'm Ochaco Uraraka," she replied cheerfully. "What's your name?"

"Elena Belikov," she stated simply. "Are you here for the entrance exam?"

Ochaco nodded in response.

"I see. What course are you applying for?" Elena asked.

"Hero. You?" she replied.

"General Education," she admitted. "My quirk isn't exactly useful in the field of heroics."

Her answer surprised Ochaco because Gen Ed was usually where the applicants who didn't get the hero course ended up. It was rare for someone to apply for it directly.

"What's your quirk?" Ochaco asked curiously.

"Empathetic Vision. When I touch someone, I receive glimpses of their past related to what they are feeling. If someone feels a certain emotion very strongly, like despair or love, I can see all memories that are associated with that emotion. However, if the emotion is too powerful it will overwhelm me and I will lose consciousness," she explained.

Uraraka was amazed. She had never heard of a quirk like that before. Though, she could see why it wouldn't work for the hero course.

"My quirk will be useful in the field of psychology," she stated. "When I finish high school, I'm planning to move on to college and study to get a degree."

She then turned and resumed walking.

"Hey, wait," Uraraka called out while running after her.

"You were wondering why I didn't ask about your quirk, right," Elena mentioned. Ochaco nodded in agreement. "Well since you just used it on me it's obvious that it's an anti-gravity quirk. Also, I don't mean to be rude, but we've got an exam to do so, can we maybe resume this conversation later?"

Realizing she was right, Ochaco started walking faster to the exam.

Katsuki Bakugo

Katsuki could hardly contain his excitement. The test laid out before him to get into UA was a combat course, his speciality. All he had to do was destroy whatever robots got in his way and earn as many points as possible.

'Easy,' he thought. 'Like taking candy from a fucking baby!'

This was the ticket into UA, his first step to becoming a hero greater than All Might.

"Say, that reminds me. Midoriya, you wanted to go to UA too right."

The words he'd heard ten months ago echoed in his head. A boy he bullied also came into his mind.

'The fuck,' he thought annoyed. 'Why the fuck am I thinking about that quirkless piece of shit now?'

In truth, he had avoided thinking about Deku ever since his disappearance.

The day after the incident with the sludge villain, Deku had disappeared. At first, he thought Deku was being a coward and avoiding him.

He was hoping that after their little 'talk', the nerd had finally given up on trying to become a hero. A quirkless freak like him had no right to be one in the first place, so it was just better for everyone. However, that was not the case.

Later that day the police came to the class and questioned everyone on Deku's disappearance. They asked questions about what he had been doing that day and his regular school life. Most denied any knowledge as they were not friends with Deku, which was completely true.

When it was his turn, he told the police, "That quirkless moron isn't my problem. Don't say he's my friend because he isn't. He's just an obstacle in my way. Now if that's all can I go back to class? I've got more important things I need to do."

The police were shocked at Katsuki 's attitude but relented since they could not get any useful information out of him.

'That fucking nerd isn't my problem. He can go and die for all I care,' he thought aggressively.

What happened to Deku was not nor would it ever be his problem.

It wasn't as if he had done anything wrong. Nobody at school ever spoke against him for the way he treated Deku. Other students treated him the same way and even the teachers were ok with it.

In fact, a few days after his disappearance everyone seemed to have completely forgotten about Deku because his existence was never brought up again.

"Applicants please make your way to your selected field," announced Present Mic.

Katsuki snapped back to reality.

"Shit," he growled. "Even when he's not around he's still a pain in my ass. Well, fuck him. Just focus on the exam."

Katsuki arrived at the entrance of his selected field. As soon as the doors opened, he started running.

"Time to kick some ass," he said grinning as sparks went off in his palms.

All Might

All Might watched with the other teachers as the applicants made their way through the exam. Since he was not an official teacher at UA yet, he wasn't a judge.

He was there for a more important reason. Scouting out possible successors to his quirk, One for All.

Since he was only able to take part in hero action for three hours a day locating a suitable successor to being the next symbol of peace was crucial. Though there were other students to look at.

"From the way points are gathering it looks as though we'll have an interesting bunch this year," Principal Nezu stated.

He was an animal (appearance mixed with a dog, bear, and mouse) with a quirk that made him highly intelligent. The teachers nodded in agreement.

"With their quirks, it looks as though they'll become fine heroes," All Might said.

"Can someone without a quirk become a hero?"

"I don't think it's possible kid."

All Might gasped but no one seemed to notice, they were all too preoccupied with the exam.

'Why am I thinking about that now?' he wondered.

Ever since his encounter with that boy All Might had been recalling that memory every now and then.

He was not proud of what he did. He had destroyed another person's dream after all. But at the same time, it needed to be done.

Personally, All Might had nothing against quirkless people, however, he did believe that they were disadvantaged against those with quirks. He should know better than anyone, after all, he used to be quirkless.

The reason he had said those things to that boy was that he believed he would be safer, that he would be less likely to die. It wasn't out of prejudice. Aside from that even if he applied for a hero school there was a high chance he would be rejected. There were very few hero schools that allowed quirkless people to apply, and even then, hardly anyone ever got in, so there was really no point.

To his own knowledge, All Might had never even heard of a quirkless hero before.

"Only five minutes left," Nezu announced.

All Might snapped back to reality and looked at the exam.

'Focus,' he thought. 'You'll be teaching these kids this year so pay attention.'

Later that day at Nezu's office

All Might sat alone in front of the principal. "Quite a selective bunch we've got this year," Nezu said with enthusiasm. "Did anyone catch your eye All Might? Any possible successors?"

All Might shook his head and said "It's too soon to be sure. But I can see there are a bunch of gifted youngsters so maybe in due time."

Nezu seemed happy at this statement.

"Now on a side note, what were you gasping at during the exam?" Nezu asked. "It wasn't one of the children that's for sure."

All Might froze.

'He noticed,' All Might thought.

He mentally berated himself.

"If something is on your mind you should tell someone. Don't hold it all in," Nezu told him with a concerned voice.

All Might contemplated his answer for a moment. After a minute's silence, All Might took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. Nezu was a friend so there was no problem telling him.

"About ten months ago, there was an incident," he started explaining.

And so, All Might told Nezu all about his encounter with the quirkless boy and everything that had transpired between them. He even told him about how the boy saw him in his weakened state, though he didn't know about his powers.

Nezu just listened silently, never making a move to interrupt him. When he'd finished speaking Nezu said "I see."

All Might was surprised at his calm demeanour.

"Don't you think it was wrong for me to say that, to ruin that boy's dream?" he asked confused.

Nezu gazed at him with an unreadable expression.

"Why would I say that?" he asked. "You were just speaking your opinion, as well as from personal experience. I don't think I can begrudge you for that."

All Might was relieved that Nezu was so understanding. However, he had another question.

"Principal what is your view on what the boy asked me?" All Might asked.

Nezu got up from his seat and gazed out the window.

"Honestly," he said. "I see no reason why it can't happen."

All Might remained silent.

"I can understand why you would think the way you do about them. When facing a villain or trying to save someone from an accident quirkless people would be at a disadvantage. However, quirks are not everything. They don't define someone as a hero or a villain, their actions and capabilities do. Take Aizawa for example, his quirk may be useful for stopping other quirks but that's all it's good for, most of the time when fighting against villains he would need to rely on hand-to-hand combat," Nezu explained.

All Might stared at the floor; he had never thought of it that way before.

"Now a quirkless person," he continued. "They could be a hero through excessive training in martial arts and reliance on gadgets and weapons. With these, it would be quite possible for them to be on equal par with other heroes and villains."

All Might considered it for a moment.

"When he says it like that it does sound possible," he thought.

"Here at UA, we believe that anyone can become a hero, even someone quirkless. It's why we allow them to apply," he continued. "Although I must admit we've never actually had a quirkless student before, in any department."

All Might could tell from the way Nezu was speaking that he was disappointed at that last statement.

"Anyway, enough of what I think," Nezu said changing the subject. "I'm afraid you will have to leave now Toshinori. I have a lot of paperwork to attend to and you must get some rest. You're going to be quite busy over the coming days with all the holographic recording you will be making."

He was referring of course to the messages that would be sent to the students who successfully passed the entrance exam. All Might sighed knowing that he was right, it was going to be a long couple of days. With that, he got up and proceeded to leave the room while waving goodbye to Nezu.

As he walked towards the exit All Might thought very hard about what Nezu had told him. He wanted to believe that it was possible, he really did. However, he still had his doubts. Whenever he tried being a hero while he was quirkless it always ended up backfiring. It was only after he had received his quirk One for All that he was able to do something meaningful.

As he came to the exit he halted. With the thought of quirkless people being heroes, the image of that boy came into his head again.

"Wonder what he's doing now," he said softly.

Hi there. Sorry, it took so long. I had a couple of events on. I hope you enjoyed it. I thought it would be best to show the situation with other characters around the events of Deku's disappearance. If you are wondering why I included Uraraka and a new OC it's because they will be playing certain roles later in the story. Please review.