Izuku Quirk
04
Morning
SCAN: It is 7:00. 2062 April 2nd. Your phone's alarm clock rings across your bedroom. Your body is waking up, muscles mostly recovered from yesterday's exercises, your blood pressure is increasing steadily, nerve cells fire, and brain activity spikes up as you activate your quirk first thing in the morning. You expand your SCAN range and notice that your dad is asleep in his bedroom, your mother is cooking eggs downstairs in the kitchen, and the smell of eggs and coffee wakes you up immediately as you wish to consume them soon.
I wake up.
Before I even realize I woke up, my Scan quirk fires up and gives me a quick overview of information around my house as well as a brief overview of my bodily condition.
This is what my morning has been like recently. I'm in a really good mood as well.
SCAN: Your blood is flowing throughout your body, and the stretch routine is effective in waking you up and keeping you limber. Your mother finished cooking the eggs downstairs. The Miso soup and fried fish smell delicious as well.
"Izuku come grab your breakfast if you're awake"
says Mother downstairs in the kitchen, despite being far away she doesn't raise her volume at all. As she's aware of how my quirk is capable of picking up any whisper in the house now.
Since the encounter with Angel-sama that night, my Quirk has awakened.
SCAN: You focus on the edges of your SCAN range, expanding and shrinking it as an exercise of range control. The max expansion has been 100 meters, information processing drops down to approximately 8% barely useful, you only manage to feel that there are birds sitting on trees, and there are three people passing by your house, unable to identify them. You shrink back the SCAN range to only cover within your house and information processing rises up to more useful levels of 42%.
My Quirk, previously thought of as Enhanced Interoception (超自覚 Chou-Ji-Kaku) the ability to scan inside my body, was actually more of an Extrasensory Perception (超感覚 Chou-Kan-Kaku) or simply named Scan.
Growing up, for the longest time I thought I could only scan inside. But I realized I just never expanded my range, due to a lack of interest in understanding my surroundings, I only focused inside myself in search of a strong Quirk, making me self-obsessed and limiting my Quirk to just myself.
What changed me was the encounter with that nameless Angel. Angel-sama changed my life, and I shall be forever grateful. I followed her teachings and became a fan of Ai-sama for starters, and now love Idol culture.
SCAN: You shrink your range to your room to look at your growing collection of B-Komachi and Ai merch, as well as your existing extensive collection of All Might collection. Appreciating all of the details, you notice three All Might plushies require cleaning, so you make a mental note to get to it later. You expand your range once again.
The Quirk awakening was a miracle I've been waiting my whole life, waiting and preparing. It only appeared once my heart was opened by Angel-sama, a miracle provided by the power of Idols I decided.
I'm glad I kept believing and kept training, but it's thanks to Angel-sama for giving me the miracle of Quirk Awakening.
*I can finally stop being called Quirkless by everyone.*
After some experimentation, I learned that my Quirk was comprised of two components.
Range and Information processing.
Before the awakening, I was limiting my range to just inside my body and my information processing was set at constant 100%. Hence, it only gave me excessive self-awareness and nothing more.
SCAN: You finish performing your morning calisthenics routine to an optimal number of reps based on the condition of your muscles. You have become sweaty and smell worse, shower is required.
Now, after some testing, I realized that my Quirk was like a second brain. Or rather it was like a small extra part of my brain that picked up and processed information according to my settings. I might be wrong but it's like my brain CPU has extra powerful cores that process information for me.
Nowadays, I set my range at some distance away from me, so it picks up useful information, and set information processing at low to medium levels to not overwhelm myself as I go about my day. My excessive self consciousness going down to manageable levels.
SCAN: You finish showering, and the effects are satisfactory. Mother finished making breakfast and father has woken up and is now heading downstairs. On TV there's the weather forecast for today, father's favorite weather woman is on, today will be 22 celsius and sunny.
Now my Quirk is extremely useful, it not only helps me become hyper-aware of my body conditions, but it also gives me processed information about my surroundings.
SCAN: The Midoriya household has now turned into a surveillance state, constantly observed by your watchful eyes. You find a twisted sense of pride in it. Father just sneezed and Mother told him "Bless you".
A strange new development is my Quirk developing its own inner voice as it reports back to me. This is likely a very interesting adaptation by my brain, as all of this processing and thinking is still done by me, it's still all my own thoughts, and the voice still sounds like mine as well, but when I'm not actively focusing on the Quirk's information processing, it almost feels like it has its own consciousness, even though it's still me. It is weird sometimes.
Before, as it was limited to my own body, and I had to activate it at 100% or nothing, I never experienced this. But now, having it constantly running at an expanded range and lower information processing, the quirk is always picking up information and processing it for me, making me understand.
"Good morning Mom! Dad!"
I say as I finally get seated at the breakfast table.
SCAN: The eggs are a delicious source of protein and other nutrients, your muscles thank you for this nourishment. The coffee is making your brain feel funny as multiple hormonal effects take place at the same time. Your taste buds very much enjoy this breakfast, the miso soup, rice, and fish are done nicely. Mother is looking at you for today's score. Your taste buds and muscles have come to an agreement on points.
"Hmm, it was delicious mom, today is 77 points!"
"Ah! 3 points higher than yesterday! I'm improving!"
Mother smiles happily. She has been taking cooking classes since we moved to Musutafu, with the awakening of my Quirk, I have become much better at grading food and analyzing tastes. Although recently, she stopped asking for tips as she learned enough in her classes to know what she needs to do to improve, she only asks for feedback in points now.
SCAN: Mother smiles, she's in a good mood now. Father is reading the newspaper, today's newspaper contents have two hero debuts, one news of All Might saving people from landslides, three sponsor deals for top 100 ranking heroes, five more news of villain activities, some business news, some political news of japan America and Europe, an interesting advertisement of a new MMA Gym that opened in Musutafu. Skimming through everything, you don't find the articles interesting, but the skimmed version of the interesting ones has been added to your brain regardless.
"Oh, this new Hero sounds promising. Yoroi Musha's daughter, fights with dual katanas wow." I say to my father
"Alright no spoilers Izuku, I haven't gotten there yet," Father replies while smiling, he's currently reading about the news of a pyramid scheme that was backed by multiple heroes.
"Alright, I'll leave you to it. Hope you enjoy today's All Might news." I say
He's the only person I know that complains about spoilers regarding any media, even newspapers.
SCAN: There's nothing particularly interesting on the social media sites you scroll through on your phone. You find 6 anti comments on B-Komachi Twitter, you find no need to reply as the replies defending B-Komachi are good enough to like them and move on. More importantly, your body is almost ready to go for a jog and then continue today's training. Going through your mental to-do list, you decide to check the MMA Gym you saw being advertised, the address is on your jogging route anyway.
"Alright, Mom I'll be heading out for training!" I say as I finish changing into my tracksuit and my running shoes.
"Okay Izuku, be careful when crossing the road. Don't over-rely on your scan and get hit by a car alright" Mother warns as she continues watching the TV.
"Will do!"
05
SCAN: You expand your range to 30 meters around you, and set information processing at 20%. You have a good grasp on the movement of cars and people. You can make out the rough shapes of people, the colors of their clothing, and facial expressions. The shape of the street is clear as you have a clear minimap in your mind. With this being the third time you pass through this street, it's less taxing.
Morning jogs are a great way for me to both train my endurance and practice using my quirk while being physically active.
Currently, I'm jogging while listening to the latest B-Komachi album Love-co-Motive, to get used to listening to my surroundings purely with my Quirk without relying on my ears. I have gotten the hang of it and want to move on to the next stage. But jogging outside with my eyes closed or wearing a blindfold will probably get me arrested for public Quirk use or endangerment of myself and others.
On top of Quirk training and physical training, this is a great way to familiarize me with my new neighborhood on the outskirts of Musutafu.
I am slowly expanding my jogging route, I plan on exploring everything around my house first, then gradually expanding outwards.
If I run North East for an hour then I can reach UA Academy... But not yet, just showing up like a tourist is something I don't want to do.
I'll apply to UA now that my Quirk is more useful, I have a real shot at it. Or at least it's not impossible now, I can give it my best shot and live my life regardless of the outcome.
If I don't get accepted into UA, then I'll try for other hero schools, and if I still don't get accepted, then I'll move on with my life knowing I gave it my all.
Now to make that shot more plausible and not just possible, is training. Close-quarter combat training, not just muscle training as I have been doing so far. I have to make up for my Quirk's lack of combat power with martial arts alone, even if I aim to become a support hero, if I'm incapable of self-defence I wouldn't even be considered a student.
Support Hero. That's the realistic aim I have shifted to. My previous impossible dreams of becoming the next All Might has finally died down. As it happens to most kids as they find heroes with similar Quirks to them and start aiming for more realistic heroes, it just took longer for me as my Quirk has basically kicked in a week ago.
With my quirk Scan, I can be a pretty decent Support Hero I imagine. Finding people stuck under rubble, help with information gathering on the scene and keep other heroes well informed by being a communication tower. Notice whether suspects are carrying weapons or illegal items, notice crimes before they get committed, and such.
I could become a useful minor hero like that, not the type of Hero that people call successful, never mentioned on the news, no kid would really dream of being like them. But it's still a Hero that helps people. That's good enough for me.
Now, to become a Support Hero, I need to learn martial arts at least to a self-defense level. The details of the UA Academy entrance exams aren't well known, it changes every year and the information regarding upcoming tests never leaks. But combat power is tested in some way every year, so I have to train to prepare.
Now to find a martial arts gym-
SCAN: There, Uphill, there's a very pretty girl with cat ears, she seems to be in her early twenties, wearing her very comfortable-looking hoodie and joggers, squatting down in front of a vending machine to buy herself a soft drink. Again, she's very pretty.
Wait why is my scan notifying me of this? Wow she's pretty, I understand why this stood out from the low-level information processing, but this is irrelevant, I should get better at controlling the settings on my quirk.
SCAN: No, wait that's not the point. You notice the pretty cat Onee-san has her mountain bike behind her, it has a basket and her bag in it, the bike is not parked correctly and is about to start rolling down. The cat lady hasn't noticed yet as she's mulling over which drink to buy, she already has two types of soft drinks on her hands, and this is her third one.
Huh?
SCAN: Start running there immediately! There's a granny who seems to be about 65 years old, she is walking slowly uphill in the path of the bike that will mostly likely roll down. Unless you stop the bike, it's going to hit the granny.
Oh?... Oh! I pick up my pace and start heading there immediately.
Sprinting, I realize my muscles are still not as developed for speed, so I should do more sprinting training.
"Onee-san your bike!"
SCAN: You scream as loud as you can to the cat lady. Your voice clearly reaches the cat lady. But oh no! She's wearing wireless earbuds on her catears, it's the latest model from Detnerat made for animal ear mutants, you thought it was just an accessory until you got closer and raised your information processing percentage. The granny who's about to get hit is also wearing wireless earbuds, she also didn't hear you, you have 4 seconds until impact.
Damn you Detnerat! Making the design slick enough to be mistaken as a fashion accessory!
I pick up my pace further, I have to stop the mountain bike.
SCAN: Yes you have to, the impact could break the brittle aged bones of this granny. You are two steps away from the bike, the granny hasn't noticed you. The cat lady finally noticed her bike rolling down, the pamphlets that were in her bag now fluttering in the wind, now she's looking at it with panic.
SCAN: The distance between you and granny is two steps away, the bike is 4 steps away. Judging from this distance, if you take one step and dive forward you can reach the bike. Do it!
I dive past the granny, hands aimed at the handlebars of the bike. I grip the handlebars and fall down to the ground, my right cheek hitting the ground hard. The Bike falls down with me, and the granny behind me is uninjured.
SCAN: Success, you have prevented the Bike from ending a life. The pretty cat lady is no longer involved in accidental granny slaughter, she won't be a villainess thanks to the pain you're experiencing right now. By the way, the skin on your right cheek is ripped pretty badly, you fell down and slid across the concrete slightly so your All Might T-shirt is ripped.
SCAN: Your brain experienced a small concussion, thankfully SCAN is still functioning despite it. Another answer to an experiment eh? Also, the pain is only about 3/10, stop thinking it's 10/10 you're not dying.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! My chest! face! It hurts! and why am I so mean to myself when I'm talking to myself with my Quirk?
SCAN: More importantly the Cat lady is running down to reach you. You should probably get up, your pants are down and your underwear is peeking along with your asscrack, her eyes are directed at the bike currently, she hasn't noticed your pathetic state and your All Might printed underwear yet, get up before she does.
I get up and fix my pants as soon as I realize the social danger I put myself in, pain forgotten.
Scan is truly a superpower I realize, thanking the Quirk that I cursed my whole life as if I received this Quirk from All Might himself like I'm a protagonist of one of those online stories I love reading.
SCAN: The cat lady pocketed her earbuds and is looking worried at you.
"Are you okay boy?"
SCAN: Despite her nervous condition, her voice sounds calm and soothing, her volume is even, it's almost jarring. But you can tell from her breathing that she's nervous and worried about you.
"I-I'm alright cat lady!"
SCAN: You just called her cat lady, she raised her eyebrow at that, you shouldn't call people that out loud, it might be rude. Also, her bike seems damaged. You should probably raise it up for her and apologize.
"M-More importantly, I'm sorry about your Bike!" I pick up the bike and set it right.
"Don't worry about the bike. I'm sorry for not noticing it rolling down, you really saved me and this lady by stopping it. Thank you" She bows her head
"P-Please raise you're head, I just noticed it thanks to my Quirk is all."
SCAN: She's bowing her head to you, this never happens. I can't process what to do about this alien information. Shifting focus, the granny behind you is still moving forward as if nothing happened. She still hasn't noticed what has transpired.
"Oh and Umm, Oba-san are you okay?" I ask as I step closer to enter the granny's field of vision.
SCAN: The granny notices you from the corner of her eyes and turns to you. Finally noticing. She takes off her earbuds and addresses you.
"Oh, this? I'm listening to Heart Train by B-Komachi." The granny grins and puts her earbuds back on and walks away.
"Well, at least she seems okay." the cat lady replies.
SCAN: Wait, did she think we were filming a video where we ask people what song they're listening to? That has to be it right? That's why she was smooth with her reply. Also, great taste to listen to B-Komachi.
"I agree, this granny has good taste," the cat lady says
Oh no, I've been talking out loud, haven't I? My damn muttering habit is still present!
"Yeah for a while now," the cat lady says, then starts laughing.
"And you're still doing it!"
SCAN: The pretty Cat Lady keeps laughing, her lavender color hair and eyes look very pretty now that you finally get a clear look with your eyes directly. She's wearing mainly purple-colored sportswear that looks comfortable, her earbuds are playing a Kenshi Yonezu song.
SCAN: Around you are pamphlets still floating around in the air, the ones that fell from her bag earlier as her bike was rolling down. The light reflected from the pamphlets illuminate her face in a magical way, you make a mental note to start carrying a high-quality camera around so you don't miss any future shots that might look this nice when you're outside.
SCAN: Also, you should probably stop staring and start being normal.
Wait, how do I normal?
"You don't need to be 'normal' you can just be yourself. Thanks for covering for my mistake. I would've hated seeing a granny with good musical taste get hurt due to my mistake. I'm Okayu by the way. Nekomata Okayu, cat lady works too."
The ca- Nekomata-san smiles as she introduces herself.
SCAN: You should lower your information processing to normal levels now, and increase your output of normal. Introduce yourself and talk normal. Talking to a pretty cat lady who's older than you is a high hurdle but you have an experience talking to a literal angel before. You got this.
"Nice to meet you Nekomata-san. I'm Midoriya Izuku, first year at Aldera Middle School, well once school starts."
SCAN: Nailed it, didn't even stutter, also the bow is a perfect 90 degree bow. You just succeeded at politeness. It's done, you've won. There's no better bow than this. See, she's smiling, she's clearly impressed by your politeness, she must think politeness is your Quirk.
"Nice to meet you Midori-kun. Now, can you come with me to my friend's bakery? We gotta patch you up, you're hurt pretty badly on your cheek, and your shirt is ripped badly, so please allow me to pay for it."
SCAN: She's not wrong, also your chest and knees hurt from falling on it strongly, luckily there's no real injury, just pain. Now stop paying attention to the pain and do something productive. Like picking up all the pamphlets scattered around.
Ouch, and Ouch at my harshness from my Quirk. Also, she says she wants to pay for my shirt?
SCAN: Considering the damage, it can't be fixed with simple sewing, you'll have to buy a new one. Declining her offer would mean financially bothering mother and father as they won't just take it from your pocket money. Also, getting your wounds cleaned early is good, take her offer.
"Umm if that won't bother you." I bow
"Great, now please wait a minute, I just gotta pick up the pamphlets quickly."
"Oh allow me to help."
SCAN: There are 26 copies in total, it's scattered in the 5-meter area, there's one that flew pretty far, 7 meters away from you right behind that stack of manga put out for disposal. Here's the optimal route for picking up the pamphlets. Also, please decrease the information processing now that the emergency is over, it's consuming calories rapidly.
I did as Scan told and started gathering the pamphlets. Nekomata-san is also pretty fast at collecting. Maybe her mutant quirk gives her enhanced motor skills. Or she could have a different quirk and her mutant traits could be the result of having a mutant parent, so far I only see cat ear and tail after all.
SCAN: Nekomata Okayu is looking around to find the last piece of pamphlet, the one that flew far. Luckily you already found it, just go pick it up now.
"I got it Nekomata-san, don't worry."
I go and pick up the last piece. Thankfully it's not stained, it's still usable, just a bit of dust from falling.
SCAN: Looking closer at the contents of the pamphlets, you realize it's the same MMA Gym that was advertised in the small corner of today's news. Inugami MMA, you were going to visit this place anyway, there's the same weirdly cute dog? logo drawing on the pamphlet as well.
SCAN: It reads "Train with Inugami Korone, become top dog, eat yummy bread after training. First lesson free." In a very big font, there's no address or contact information, the reader would have no idea how to find or contact the Gym...
What is this pamphlet? Advertisement? Or is it some kind of genius ARG that I don't comprehend yet?
"Interesting..."
"Right? Koro-chan drew the logo herself."
"Here you go Nekomata-san. That should be all of it."
"Thanks, I'm impressed you found it all so quickly. Your Quirk must be some type of detection Quirk right?"
SCAN: Damn right it is, omni-directional detection of all types of information.
"Yeah sort of, I call it scan, it picks up information in a certain range. I'm still learning how to use it better."
"Wow, sounds like it's great for combat then. Koro-san would love to train you."
SCAN: What?
"What?"
"Did I say something strange?"
"My Quirk is non-combat support Quirk?"
"It picks up positional information around you right?"
"Yes, along with other information, such as sight, sound, smell, shape, movement, speed, distance, size, and so on."
"Even better, it's a great combat Quirk then right?"
SCAN: Huh? This cat lady is saying something interesting. Also, what was up with that pamphlet? Is it some kind of high-level ARG mystery after all? Wait, is this encounter with the bike and granny part of the ARG? Are we getting involved in some secret recruitment? Or is this some over-engineered marketing scheme? Because it's working on you, you're very interested in whatever Inugami MMA is, if not a simple gym.
"I guess so?" I tried agreeing with her without fully understanding.
"I guess Midori-kun is confused. I'm sure Koro-chan will explain how to use detection Quirks for combat. She's a UA graduate after all. Speaking of, let's go shall we, we gotta get your wound treated."
SCAN: Pain just returned, you should follow the pretty cat lady.
Wait UA graduate? If what she says is true then this Gym might be a hidden gem. Hidden G(y)em?
SCAN: You have no comedic talent.
"Sure let's go Nekomata-san"
"Just Okayu is okay."
First name basis already?!
"O-Okay Okayu-san!"
"Koro-san is gonna be happy we found our first Gym member."
06
SCAN: Your brain is bouncing within your skull. The memories of what happened in the last few minutes... hours are unclear, they might never return, your body is unresponsive, and you only have these present thoughts and your SCAN quirk to rely on. Speaking of SCAN, whatever information your Quirk had an instance ago, you don't have it anymore. The range seems to have shrunk instinctually.
*Am I... am I dying?...*
SCAN: You increase the range again, 5 meters outside your body. You seem to be lying down. Your bodily senses are returning, your body is numb all over, exhausted, your muscles are overworked, like one big bruise, it seems like you burned through most of the calories available, there's adrenaline present across your body, and the pain senses are numbed thanks to it. Otherwise, you would be in a lot more hurt.
*What happened? Why am I lying down like this?*
SCAN: Your vision is returning, you see parts of an unfamiliar ceiling, but it's mostly covered by a person looking down on you. A girl with a calm goofy smile on her face, medium-length brown hair styled in two braided pigtails, her big pretty brown eyes are looking at you, she's saying something to you right now but you're not registering yet, you notice her fangs in her mouth and it fills you with fear for an unknown reason. You notice she has dog ears, and it looks very cute whenever it moves.
*Who is she? My nurse? Am I in a hospital? Am I dying of old age and life is flashing by? Was I simply watching a flashback this whole time on my deathbed?*
SCAN: Range further increases and your bodily functions are restored further. You realize you're wearing boxing gloves, protective headgear, and unfamiliar clothing. The girl in front of you is actually squatting on your chest while she looks down on you, you know this is referred to as Slav squat. She's wearing similar yellow boxing gloves and clothes as you.
*Wait, this isn't the hospital, I'm not in a bed. *
SCAN: You realize you're lying down in a boxing ring, with the girl squatting on top of you. Your hearing is returning, SCAN function is returning to normal levels as well.
"Izu-kuuun? Izu-kun? Izu-Izu-kuun? You awake? You ready for round 8?"
SCAN: Izu-kun? Why is she calling you that? Also, round 8?
"Have we been... boxing for 7 rounds?"
"Kyahaaa! Izu-kun is awake!"
SCAN: She finally stops Slav squatting on your chest, you finally breathe normally. Your body responds by trying to get back up on your feet and moving away as fast as possible before your brain even understands what the hell is going on. Within your scan range, you notice the familiar face of Nekomata Okayu. She holds towels and water bottles.
"Okayuuuu Thanks for the towel! Should we take a break now?"
"You're welcome Koro-chan, I think Midori-kun can use some break. Why don't we go back up and eat some onigiri?"
SCAN: The two girls hug as they smile, this Koro-chan is a girl with assumedly Dog Mutant Quirk, judging by her ears and her dog tail that are swinging at an electric fan speed while she hugs Okayu-san. She takes off her boxing gloves, and you feel relief and safety, strange. Your body feels relief before your Scan quirk or your brain as a whole understands it. Whatever she did, it has been deeply ingrained in your body.
SCAN: With relief settling in, your memories start returning as your body exits emergency mode.
*What happened?*
Author Notes:
Feel free to ignore this part, thanks for reading!
Well here's OkaKoro introduced. Hope they sounded like themselves.
I hope how SCAN is written is satisfactory. I thought this was the best way to show how Quirk forcefully present processed information to Izuku. Oh and just in case what I meant by "Processesed information" was confusing, imagine this: Izuku looks at an apple with his eyes, there's an almost infinite amount of visual information available in reality, and depending on the viewer how much information is understood by the brain changes. A trained artist would have a better idea of where the colors would be placed on a color wheel, and understand how the light and shadows work. The artist could close their eyes, and imagine the apple in a clear detail, Izuku's SCAN presents Izuku with that image. Even further, at higher information processing Scan could give Izuku how the apple feels to touch, how it tastes, how heavy it is to hold, and how large it is. All by feel, so a lot of it is hard to convert to words in Izuku's brain unless he focuses on finding the words to describe it to someone else SCAN skips the wording of small details, as it's conveyed by feel. Also, SCAN's personality is still Izuku's personality, it's his analytical side combined with his self-critical side given a weapon in the form of semi-superpower that produces this inner voice.
So Izuku's Quirk could be classified as a mental enhancement Quirk, if not then a detection Quirk. Due to that, his thoughts have developed in a weird matter, it's how I'm imagining it anyway. After I decided to give Izuku this Quirk, I realized how I could fall into the trap of trying to write a smart character when I'm not smart myself... This will be a challenge, but I'll try to get around it as much as possible. But hopefully, it comes across that Izuku isn't that much of a genius, he just studied extra hard growing up due to desperation. He still has much to learn.
Oh and one last maybe unnecessary information that might not have come across in the story. Izuku is still 12, in this story he was born in 2050, it's 2062. His overthinking might make him come across as older (I'm trying to keep him feeling 12) but he's still just a cute kid trying hard in the eyes of Okayu and Korone.