Disclaimer: I don't own Boku no Hero Academia, nor I own the concepts of any other anime I use in this story. Enjoy!

Chapter 1: the biginings

"I know that that no one is born equal…" muttered a four-year-old Izuku Midoriya shakily as he stood in front of the injured boy that was being bullied before he intervened. His small body trembled as he held up his shaking fists, green eyes wide in terror as he stood his ground. "But that doesn't give you the right to use your Quirk to harm others, Kacchan!" He shouted vehemently, his body language betraying his fear.

"Stop this kacchan! you're hurting him!" said the small boy with bushy green hair and green eyes in a loud voice looking at the group in front of him but he was still trembling in fear.

"Oi, Deku…" said an ash blond haired kid with red eyes as he started to grin evilly. "Who the hell do you think you are telling me what I can or can't do, huh?!" He smacked one first into his other palm and the sound of a small firework resounded in the curiously deserted park as a small explosion resulted from the actions of the red-eyed kid.

Izuku shook his head in disbelief as he stared at his former friend. While Katsuki Bakugo had never been what you would call a nice kid, he never used to go out of his way to hurt and belittle others before his Quirk manifested. After that happened a few months ago Katsuki changed for the worst and now he never let any chance to bully anyone with a weaker quirk than him or with no quirk at all.

And while Izuku fell on the second category, as his own Quirk has yet to manifest, he was not about to stand aside and do nothing while Katsuki used his gift to hurt others. If there was one thing Izuku hated above all was when those with power preyed on those weaker than him. Being so young, he couldn't put into words but Izuku knew that with certainty. Those with the gifts of a Quirk should only use them to help others or humanity progress in general.

That was the reason why he stood in front of the defenseless kid, even though he was defenseless himself. Intellectually, Izuku knew that he didn't have a chance standing up to Katsuki and attempting to stop him from doing what he wanted to do. His heart and his sense of what was wrong and right, however, prevented him from listening to the recommendations of his brain to just run away and leave the situation be since it had nothing to do with him.

His morals told his heart to help the kid and his hear responded in the affirmative, forcing his brain to move his body in order to do what was right.

"You are worthless!" Yelled the chubby kid from his position on the air, his red bat wings being the reason why he could fly.

"Actually, he is quirkless. But it's basically the same!" Shouted the other kid, whose fingers on the left hand were stretched until they were lager than he was tall many times over.

Izuku grit his teeth as he shakily stood his ground. "My quirk has yet to manifest, that's true. But if you use your quirks to harm others then you don't deserve them!"

The two boys flanking Katsuki glared at him and the ashen blond-haired boy twitched, and his face contorted into an ugly scowl of anger and scorn. "You are overreaching, Deku!" He shouted before he shot himself forward, followed by his lackeys, and they began to hit Deku all over his body, making him cry in pain as tears leaked form the corner of his eyes. While this happened, the kid that Izuku was trying to protect quickly stood up and ran away without looking back.

Izuku saw this and while it saddened him that the kid ran away without hesitating to see if he could help him, he was still glad that he managed to help him. In the end, that was what mattered the most to him. To be able to help others. That was why he couldn't help for his quirk to manifest so he could become a hero. Even though he was the only kid his age in town whose quirk has yet to manifest, he was still hopeful.

Izuku suddenly covered his face and he shouted in pain as his arms were burned due to the small explosion caused by Katsuki's fist smacking against his forearms instead of his face which apparently was what he had been intending. Through the pain and his tears, Izuku lowered his arms a bit and he glared at Katsuki in defiance. Now that he was hurting too much to be afraid, Izuku could find the courage to consciously stand up to Katsuki.

his green eyes like steel as he grunted and cried due to the pain caused by the continuing strikes of the other two kids. A particularly nasty shot to Izuku's flank, however, maze Izuku close his eyes as he shouted in pain.

Now in a world of pain after being hit in the liver, Izuku wished for it to go away. As much as he wanted to help, like any other sane kid his age he disliked pain of any kind and when pain that was above of what could be endured the first instinct was to stop interacting with the cause of that pain. Since Izuku was being pinned down from all sides as he was punched all over, he couldn't get up an escape.

As the desire for the pain to stop grew stronger the more he was hit. That was unnoticed by everyone but Izuku as it was covered by his burnt and ruffled clothes.

For a moment, Katsuki faltered as he felt… something… that made the hairs of the back of his neck stand up as a shiver went down the length of his spine. He looked down at Izuku to see him glaring up at him from behind burned arms, and after a strong hit to the face from the boy with long fingers Izuku had enough.

"AAAAAAHHHHHH" Izuku yelled at the top of his lungs and the 3 bullies were startled by the sudden noise causing them to stop their assault for a second and back off, Izuku used this time to stand up at shaky legs his hair covering his eyes, the green boy stood up in front of his bullies panting, but not from exhaustion but anger, he was feeling anger at his best friend for becoming a bully, angry that this 2 idiots followed him like lost puppies, angry that he was easily beaten at like a punching bag, he was so angry to the point he was seeing red.

Izuku took a step ahead, his dark and green hair covering his face, "You're pathetic" Izuku spoke in cold voice making the kids flinch "You use your gifts to pray on the weak and defenseless" Izuku lifted his head and a his eyes were cold and had no light in them only darkness and it scared bakugo, Izuku took another step and roared "GET LOST!!!" a wave of dark mist exploded from Izuku's body freezing the kids, and a they looked they saw a monster in the form of Izuku.

After few seconds the wave stopped and the 2 goons that follows katsuki ran off while screaming about a monster, Katsuki on the other hand was frozen in place not prossesing what happened, until he saw Izuku still glaring with the same intensity and determination and his instincts screamed for him to run so he did but not before shooting Izuku a glare.

Izuku watched in confusion as Katsuki ran away, 'What happened? was this my quirk?' thought Izuku confused.

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"You better give up. It is impossible for you to develop a Quirk," said the doctor almost uncaringly as he stared, seemingly bored, at the young kid and his mother.

Inko Midoriya's eyebrow twitched in irritation at the way the doctor had so crassly said something that could possibly crush her dear son's spirit. Her eye flicked towards him and she gave a sigh of relief when she saw that he was more confused than anything else, though he was also speechless. She had taken him to the doctor to treat the injuries he sustained at the park for falling to the ground, that was he told her at least, while he was playing, and they had taken the opportunity to check why his quirk has yet to manifest.

"Is there something wrong with him, doctor? Other kids his age have already manifested their quirks and my Izuku is the only one in his kindergarten that hasn't yet…" she said, her voice sharp when she asked the question but turning worried as she continued speaking.

"Hmm," the Doctor hummed in though for a second. "You are a fourth generation, if I'm not mistaken, right Madam? I am, of course, speaking in terms of 'Quirk'."

Inko nodded and she wiggled her fingers and the All Might figurine that had been resting in her son's lap came floating towards her. "Yes. I can attract small objects to me and manipulate them a bit," she explained. Her countenance darkened a bit and her eyebrow twitched in irritation again. "And my 'dear' husband can breathe fire." As much as she loved Hisashi, Izuku's father, his penchant for getting jobs abroad and only being home for a total of maybe two months per year was a source of anger for Inko.

The doctor nodded, and he motioned towards an X-Ray of Izuku's left foot. "The norm for a Quirk to manifest is four years old at the most. Your son has already reached that age a few months ago and he has yet to manifest his quirk. If you take a look at this, you can see that your son has two joints on his pinky toe. As Quirks began to manifest in people, the presence of a second joint in the pinky toe has been proven to be absent in those who have developed Quirks. This means that the chance for your son to develop a Quirk even as a late bloomer, of which there have been a few cases throughout history, is less than zero," he explained bluntly.

Inko resisted the urge to hurl the All Might figurine at him and she settled for glaring at him for the ungentle manner in which he was crushing her son's dreams. She turned towards her Izuku to assure him that everything was going to be alright and that she loved him with all her heart despite him not having a Quirk. Her eyes widened, however, when saw her gentle and polite son glaring heatedly at the doctor too. Huh, it seemed like he had inherited something more than her looks from her.

"You are lying!" He shouted with vehemence she had not witnessing from him. "I… I…" He hesitated for a moment."I lied about these injuries, I didn't fall it's kachan and his goons who did this to me!! when they were beating me I felt like I sent a wave of power that scared them off!"

The doctor stared at him for a moment before he shook his head. "That's impossible I assure you," he said uncaringly.

Already fed up with his attitude, Inko sharply stood up before she grabbed Izuku's hand and gently pulled him off his own chair. "That's quite enough, doctor. Thank you for time. I will leave your payment with your secretary at the front door," she said stiffly before bowing slightly. Pulling her son along with her, she left the doctor's office.

As he was being dragged away, Izuku turned around and glared at the doctor. Said doctor locked eyes with Izuku for a moment and he shuddered as he felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up and he froze in fear at the child's cold glare. Everything went back to normal when the mother and son duo disappeared behind the door that was closed with more strength that was strictly necessary. Shaking his head at the odd occurrence, the doctor turned back to his work.

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"Izuku… why did you lie to me about how you got hurt in the park?" Asked Inko not unkindly but with a certain sternness that told Izuku that should he lie to her again he was going to regret it the moment they got home.

Izuku faltered for a second before he looked down to his feet. "I… I didn't want for Kacchan and the other to get in trouble," said Izuku honestly. As much as he hated what Katsuki Bakugo had turned into after getting his quirk, he was still friends with the Katsuki Bakugo that didn't have a quirk. It was because of those fond memories that he didn't want to get his former friend in trouble.

Seeing the conflict in her son's eyes and knowing that kind of relationship he used to have with Katsuki, Inko sighed with fond exasperation as she knelt down in front of him and wrapped her arms around him. "Being so noble is something worth admiring, Izuku, but if you don't let Bakugo-kun learn that his bad actions have bad consequences then he is never going to learn that what he is doing is wrong. And if he doesn't learn that soon then he will eventually mess with someone that is not going to take his bullying, someone that will strike back harder than even he could handle."

Izuku looked up at his mother as she told him this and as he analyzed her words he nodded in understanding and acceptance. Izuku was smart enough, even at his age, to understand what she was saying. For a moment, he wished he could be the one to teach Katsuki the wrongness of his ways, but the fact that he couldn't control his own quirk and his surprising lack of interest of renewing his friendship with him lead up to his decision of just letting him be. If his mother was right, Katsuki would learn eventually. He just hoped that when that time came it wouldn't be with dire and permanent consequences for him.

Seeing that she managed make her son understand, Inko smiled, though if one looked closely enough one could see how strained it was. While Izuku was unwilling to let Katsuki be punished for his bullying, Inko had a very different opinion on the matter. It seemed like she was going to have a talk with Mitsuki very soon…

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Hours after they got home? Inko was on the phone with Hisashi, telling him what she just learned while Midoriya was watching a video on her computer.

"So, Izuku is... quirkless." Hisashi replied, letting it sink in.

"What do I tell him? You know how much he wants to be a hero, and yet... and then part of me is..." Inko asked, barely keeping it together.

Hisashi didn't immediately respond, taking time to think of his reply.

"Dear, what you should or shouldn't say isn't something I can tell you. Be honest with him? Keeping his dream alive? That's up to you, since right now, you have to give him the support that I can't from here. You know that quirkless heroes haven't been a thing since the second half of the Fifth Generation... though if saying he can't be one is right or not depends on both you and him, so... all I can say is do what you believe is right. After all, neither of us can truly understand how he must be feeling right now." Hisashi said, trusting her judgment on this matter.

Inko let out a sigh, nodding her head.

"Alright, I love you." She replied.

"I love you too, and good luck." He replied.

Inko hung up the phone, and then walked into her room as he began replaying the video for the dozenth time that night.

"Hey, Izuku-" She began.

that mom?" He unintentionally interjected, his voice shaking.

Inko paused as that.

"There's always a smile on his face, no matter how bad things get. Even when things seem impossible... he never gives up!"

Midoriya turned around, and then the tears she had been trying to hold back started to spill. Then, he said what she feared.

"Do you think... I can be a hero too?" He asked.

Half of his eyes were filled with tears, threatening to pour out at the right moment. Inko had decided it was better to tell him the truth and wish that things had been different to spare him the pain, but those eyes. Once she saw those eyes...

"Izuku..."

She slowly walked over to him, before collapsing on her knees as she gave him a hug.

"Please... don't give up on yourself." She begged.

It hadn't been what he wanted to hear, but it wasn't the words he dreaded either. So, he kept believing that his dreams weren't dead, kept believing that there had to be some small flicker of hope that he could become a hero.

Alright this concludes first chapter! Well what did you think of it? So to make it clear Izuku is going to be a quirkless hero so no OFA I'm afraid but he'll be a great character without it.

I won't spoil he surprise but he'll get a cool gear and learn fighting to keep up, in this story other characters will be different too and There will be some unexpected ships too!!.

Disclaimer: I don't own Boku no Hero Academia, nor I own the concepts of any other anime I use in this story. If I did, I wouldn't have made Izuku such a crybaby nor would have I turned him into the graphic description of a glass cannon. Obvious plot devices to not have the main character curbstomping the competition, I tell you. At the very least, it makes it so Izuku looks cool and badass when he pulls epic shit out of nowhere while still getting hurt, I guess.

Chapter 2: Plans for the futur and inspiration

Izuku was sitting across from his mother on he table in the living room, he was eating the katsudon she made to cheer him up and he was enjoying it as much as possible, he looked at his mom and frowned, it's been a year since his diagnosis and it wasn't a very nice one, kids were mean to him and teachers never cared to stop it, he got into a scuffle today with a bunch of kids, Katsuki wasn't one of them which was weird, ever since the day he was diagnosed katsuki never talked or even looked at him -not that he minds- which was out of character but it made things easier for Izuku since other kids weren't as hard to fight, yes he got hurt but so did the other kids he fought with.

"Izu, we need to talk" said Inko with a frown and Izuku followed her example, she looked upset and he couldn't blame her since he got hurt realy badly, he had a split lip, cuts bruises and some burns but nothing to serious so nothing to worry about.