AN: Sorry for the wait guys! last few days have been a little hectic with planning for vacation and whatnot. I'll try to be consistent in uploading at least once every week, week and a half or so-ish. Also, I'll try to write longer chapters for yall to enjoy. On with the story!

Streaks of light broke through the window, the sound of birds chirping resounded, people starting their cars, ready to begin the day. You know, the usual stuff.

Except this specific morning I wasn't feeling as usual as I normally do.

I sat up from my bed stretching, 'Why do I feel so tired? When did I get in my bed?'

Blearily I blinked my eyes as my brain started booting up. I rubbed my eyes and got out of bed to start the day. I shuffled out of my room towards the bathroom and turned on the sink. The grogginess was all but washed away as I splashed my face with some water. I dried my face, squeezed some toothpaste, and started brushing my teeth.

'Yesterday was pretty fun. We should get together more often, maybe once a week. Sumi's face was priceless too. She's probably pretty pissed I got my…quirk…before…her,' slowly everything rushed back and hit me full force.

'HOLY SHIT I HAVE MY QUIRK!'

With speeds that could rival the flash, I finished brushing my teeth and zoomed into the common area/kitchen where Miyu and Samuel were. "Mom! Dad! I have my quirk!" I exclaimed to them.

"Easy, Easy, we know Randell-kun. We saw it yesterday, in a quite spectacular fashion to boot," Samuel said to me smiling before adopting a more concerned look, "Are you sure you're ok though? You gave us quite the fright, falling over all of a sudden yesterday."

"Sorry about that," I said a little apologetically. I moved over to the kitchen table and sat down with him, "It was just so sudden and I'm not sure why I passed out like that." That actually is kind of strange. I'm no expert, but I don't think initial quirk awakenings should be strong enough to knock someone out.

"It's not your fault Randell-kun," Miyu said gently as she came over from the kitchen to sit with us, "We just weren't expecting it is all and were worried if you were sick or something like that."

"Well I don't feel sick, really. I do feel a little tired, but that's the most of it honestly. Do you guys think you might know why I passed out yesterday?" I asked them curiously.

They both paused for a moment in thought before Samuel turned to me, "I might be wrong, but I believe your quirk may be energy based. When you awakened your quirk there must have been a large influx of power, so much so that your body wasn't able to handle it. It's a good thing your power shut off or else you could've gotten more physical ailments than just exhaustion."

I looked at him owlishly, not saying a thing. He shifted a bit looking uncomfortable, "What is it? Did I say something wrong?"

"I don't think Randell-kun has seen you on one of your spiels before honey. He might not have understood what you're saying," Miyu said while stifling a giggle with her hand.

"Um, I didn't get all of it but I think I get it," I said. Man, I didn't know Dad was smart. You'd think after all his antics he'd turn out not to be the smartest cookie.

The two of them turned to each other looking surprised and turned back to me. "Alright, do you think you can explain it to us then Randell-kun?" Miyu asked.

I put a hand to my chin and looked at the table, "Some quirks are stronger than others right? My quirk happens to be pretty strong too, but it's too strong for me right now so I can't control it and it was too much for me so I passed out. Is that right?" I said looking up at them near the end.

Before I even knew what was going on they both practically teleported to my sides and crushed me in a tight hug. "Oooooh our baby boy is so smart, right honey?" Miyu gushed. Samuel smiled in agreement, "Yes, yes! And he also seems to have a strong quirk! You're gonna make such a strong he-" he stops himself short of finishing. Both of them slowly let go of me and held me at arms length.

"Son," oh this is serious, he didn't call me Randell-kun, "what do you want to be when you grow up? I know you told Izuku and Katsumi that you'd be a hero with them but is that what you really want?" Samuel started.

Miyu led on, "Whatever your answer is, we just want you to know that we support the choice you make."

I looked at them a little wide-eyed and touched by their words. With a smile and my eyes a little misty I said, "Thank you for considering what I want to do. You guys are the best."

"Of course, we'll always stand by you, as such is our duty as parents," Miyu said.

"I know I haven't been around as much as your mother, but I want you to know Randell-kun, I love you so very much and I am proud that you're my son," Samuel said with warmth in his voice.

If my eyes were moist before, they were positively flowing now. "I want… to be a hero! But not just any hero. I want to be a hero that helps others no matter what. It's ok if I'm not number one, that's more for Katsumi, but I want to be known as a hero that makes others feel safe, protected. Whenever they feel despair, I want to be there to give them hope, hope for a better day, hope for a brighter tomorrow. That's my dream!" I said with a teary smile.

They both smiled at me even wider and held me close again. "Even if you don't want to be at the top Randell-kun, I know in my heart you'll be one of the greatest of us all," Miyu said.

We all sat together for a little bit longer until Samuel suddenly shot up in a panic. "Oh no! I'm gonna be late to the agency, and I didn't even have breakfast!" he exclaimed.

Miyu went into the kitchen and came back with two bentos, "Calm down honey. Here, I packed some meals for you so you can go over to the agency and have your food there," Miyu said, handing him the bentos.

Samuel perked up and hurriedly grabbed the bentos, dashing over to the door, "Thanks a million Miyu! You're a lifesaver!"

Miyu and I laughed, "Have a good day!" we both said.

"I will!" he said trailing off.

Miyu turned to me, "He wasn't actually going to be late, he just thinks he is."

"What? Why is that?" I looked at her confused.

She giggled and pointed at the clock, "I thought I'd prank him and set the clock an hour ahead."

I deadpanned at her, "That's evil."

We looked at each other before both laughing.

After we ate, Mom went to her computer to do some paperwork for the agency, albeit with very much reluctance.

That left me resting on the couch in the common area, pondering about my quirk. 'Ok, so I have my quirk now and it seems that being from before made good on his promise and gave me the boosted gear's powers. But what was that blue energy surrounding me? Actually, scratch that, how do I access any of my powers?'

I sat up and called out to Miyu, "Mom I'm gonna go play in the backyard for a bit!"

"Ok! Be safe and don't go in the pool by yourself!" I heard back.

"I won't!" I replied. Seriously, I only went in one time, and it was in the shallow part too! I opened the sliding door to the backyard and closed behind me. I walked to the middle of the grass and sat down. 'Alright, so I'm going in blind here. How do most characters put it? Focus your mind and search yourself? Well it's better than nothing I guess. Here goes.' I closed my eyes, shutting out the rest of the world. I sat there for around 30 minutes meditating and trying to feel for any sensation that might help me activate my power.

'I feel stupid.' I sighed, 'Why couldn't have this been simple? I'm pretty sure you're just supposed to know how it wo-'

I paused feeling something in my core. A minute inkling of warmth flickering in and out, as if a gentle breeze could put it out. 'There!' I focused on my core and tensed, pulling on the energy to come out. Just like on my birthday, sky blue energy was brought forth, writhing around for a second and slowly calming down to a slight wisping aura emanating from my body. I stood up looking at my hands and arms in wonder.

'I feel…strong. Like I can do anything.' I thought, feeling the underlying strength resting within my muscles, ready to be unleashed, 'Although, it doesn't feel as powerful as it did yesterday.'

I took a quick run around the yard to try to get a feel for how much this energy was really enhancing me. If I had to take a guess, it put me at the fitness level of an athletic 6, maybe 7 year old. 'I feel strong, but this doesn't feel like a double in power, more like a medium augmentation. I tried to focus more, but that just brought my energy to flare out again. I stopped focusing on it and it shut off, except now I can feel my energy in my core waiting to be used.

'Ok, so that's one thing down, I'll have to experiment with that more later. Now how do I use the boosting ability?' I thought.

In the anime and manga, it was never really explained how Issei used boosting ability, or any of the other past users for that matter. It only ever really showed Issei or Ddraig calling out boost! to activate it. Maybe it responds to mental commands or emotional feelings, perhaps intent? Might as well give it a shot, no harm in trying.

Ok, concentrate. Think of doubling, think of being stronger, think of boosting everything I have!

'Boost!'

For a moment, nothing happened and I thought it was a bust until I felt a surge of power even greater than before. My strength, speed, senses, mental capacity, even my energy pool grew larger. It was different from my other energy. This one felt more pure, its only purpose to strengthen and enhance.

'So this is the power of the boosted gear. This is even better than my energy cloak!' I thought giddily. With that thought, a feeling of fatigue washed over me, as if I had just run a mile nonstop. I got on my hands and knees panting, sweat pooling on my forehead. 'Ok, so maybe this is gonna be harder than I thought.'

Even so, this is a step in the right direction. I could feel myself smiling giddily, 'I have powers! Actual, honest to God, superpowers!' I gave a triumphant laugh to the sky.

Slowly, I got back up and walked back inside. I grabbed a glass of water and chugged the whole cup down all at once. 'That feels better,' I thought feeling more refreshed. After putting the cup in the sink, I went over to the shower and washed off all the sweat that I'd accumulated. Drying myself, I went into my room and changed into a plain white shirt and black basketball shorts. I hobbled over into the living room and slumped onto the couch, sinking into the soft cushions.

I grabbed the tv remote and started lazily flicking through channels.

'That took a lot more out of me than I thought. Gonna have to train more in order to sustain boosts. The energy didn't really take a lot out of me so I guess I'll be training that more in the meantime.' I contemplated.

I stopped on a news channel about heroes and put the remote down. 'Suppose I'll watch this for a while. I could get some inspiration for my powers from some fights.' I thought, 'Even if I don't, it's still pretty entertaining to watch, I get why Izuku never got tired of this.'

I continued watching until Samuel came home and we all ate dinner. I talked to them both about training my quirk, which turned out to be the wrong thing to say. They were both understandably upset that I did it on my own without any supervision, asserting all the things that could've gone wrong very vocally. Made me actually feel bad and nervous to think of what might've happened if things actually did go wrong. Eventually, they calmed down and told me that if I was gonna train my quirk, I had to let them know and if I was gonna try something new, one of them had to be outside to supervise.

We all said goodnight and headed to bed. I pulled my blanket up to my neck, slowly but surely drifting off into the realm of sleep.

I sat in the back of the car feeling dread at what was about to come. The more buildings we passed by, the closer I was to my impending doom. This is where the true battle would begin, my journey looking darker and darker as time went by. Here, everything would be challenged. My mind, my body, my spirit! All would be tested in this perilous path of mine!

"Stop looking so glum back there would ya! You're only going to school. Even Izuku and Katsumi will be there so you can all hang out and play with each other. Not to mention you'll be able to learn a bunch of new stuff, make new friends, create new experi-" Miyu ranted on.

It's been a couple weeks since I started training my quirk. There's been some progress with the boosting aspect, I can now hold the first boost for a minute without feeling too fatigued. As for my mana, I didn't really wanna keep referring to it as 'my energy', I could now sustain my cloak decently well and I could expel small blasts from anywhere on my body, kinda like ki bullets from dragonball.

I also found out that my mana pool is actually larger than you'd expect for a child and there seems to be no drawbacks to it besides running out. I'm honestly relieved that I have a more reliable power for now since I don't think I'll be able to acclimate to the boosting power until I hit adolescence.

Finally, I was able to get some training going, until disaster struck.

I sighed in bleakly, resigning myself to this torturous fate. Ok, so maybe I was exaggerating just a teensy little bit. But still! You can see where I'm coming from. When I was reborn, I might've had a little oversight and completely forgot about school. Look, I despise it and everything it stands for, sue me.

It's not even the typical 'it's too hard' or 'I don't like the people' reasonings you may have heard. It's the goddamn homework. I have no issues doing classwork or projects, even tests are pretty ok in my book. It's just that having to do homework on my own time feels like such a chore.

I know, I know, it's supposed to help foster responsibility and simulate what working as an adult may feel like, but c'mon! At least give us engaging assignments or don't make an average assignment a long ass packet.

My grades weren't even that bad if that's what you're thinking. Sure, maybe I have twenty missing homework assignments and not a single other one turned in early, but I at least aced all my tests! I'm not stupid, menial work is stupid.

I gave another sigh as we rolled up to the school and stopped. 'Udola Primary huh. The place where I'll be dying alive for the next seven years. At least there's not as much work in elementary.' I thought trying and failing to stay positive.

I got out of the car with Miyu and walked over to my assigned classroom. We went through a complex of buildings surrounding a courtyard and headed over to class 4-A. The buildings were lettered A-G with A being the first and second year building, B being the third and fourth year building, C being the fifth and sixth year building, D being the faculty office, E being the library, F being the cafeteria, and G being the gym. There was also a gate near the cafeteria leading to a playground and medium field for recess time.

A couple minutes passed and we made it to my classroom, which was already half packed with kids. Miyu crouched down to my level, "Now I'll be back later to pick you alright? Be good, be safe, and have a good time ok?"

I mustered up a small smile for her, "Ok Mom, I promise."

"Thanks baby, I'll see you later! Bye!" she said walking off.

I waved my hand to her before loosely letting it down. Might as well find Izuku and Katsumi. I scanned the classroom before locating them and made my way over. I waved and called out to them, "Zuku! Sumi!"

They both turned to me and grinned. "What took you so long?" Katsumi snarked.

I looked down gloomily, "I didn't really want to come and tried to stay home…"

"What, why would you want to do that? We'll be able to learn new things and play together! Isn't that fun!" Izuku said.

"I guess, " I said still a little disheartened, "I was just hoping to train some more with my quirk."

"Oh that's right! You got your quirk on your birthday didn't you! Are you alright though? You kinda flopped over and scared Kaachan and I." Izuku said looking a bit worried.

"I wasn't scared!" Katsumi barked back. Yeah right, your cheeks are turning pink. "And don't think you're better than me just because you got your quirk first Ran! I'll definitely get my quirk soon and it'll be way stronger than yours!" she said with bluster.

"Thanks Zuku, I'm doing alright now. Dad said I couldn't handle my quirk's power when it first awakened so I ended up getting so tired that I fell asleep. And Sumi, I promise I never have and never will think I'm better than you, and I'm hoping to see what your quirk is too," I said genuinely.

Katsumi was taken aback at the honesty in my words before recovering, "Yeah, when I get my quirk, I'll be able to beat anyone!"

"Uhh, sure," I said sweatdropping. She really is full of herself, even at four years old.

"Actually, what is your quirk Ran-kun?" Izuku asked

Katsumi locked in on me, "Yeah, tell us!"

"Oh, it's called…" I trailed off. Guess neither my parents or I gave it a name huh. Hmm let's see. Booster? It's kinda unoriginal, but I've never really been one for naming and it seems fitting enough. "Booster," I said firmly, "It's called booster and I'm not sure of its full power yet but right now I can use it to double my power and use some sort of energy that I call mana."

I let some mana flow from my body before shutting it off, "The energy is kinda easy to use, but the boosting power makes me feel really tired still and I can only use it for a minute."

They both looked at me in awe, their eyes shining brightly. Katsumi caught herself and schooled her look, "Seems kinda sucky to me. What good is it if you can barely use it," she said more than asked.

"Well that's why I'm gonna train, so it's not so 'sucky' as you put it. Maybe it's not that reliable right now, but if I work hard then it'll turn out strong," I explained.

The teacher finally came in at the end of my statement and had us all stand in a circle. We went through all the typical routine activities a school has you do on your first day: say your name, something about yourself, what you're looking forward to, stuff like that. Afterwards she assigned us seats, with me being sat in the back corner of the classroom. Personally, this is the best spot I could've gotten since I'll be more likely to have less interaction and more time to think about training and other thoughts stewing in my head.

I'm kinda disappointed I won't be near Izuku and Katsumi but at least we'll be able to talk during lunch and recess. After a couple hours, the bell rang for recess and lunch time. We all lined up and walked on over to the school's playground field. A subsequent discussion was held to figure out what to do, finally settling on the sandbox in a couple minutes. There were plastic buckets and shovels already in the pit provided by the school. The three of us took to building a simple triangle tower of sand lumps. A few other kids were running around and one tripped into our sand structure, flattening it with his body.

Katsumi marched over to the fallen boy with boiling anger, "Hey! We just built that idiot!"

The boy stood up waving his hand in front of him, "Sorry, didn't really see where I was going and tripped, honest!"

"Next time watch where you're going!" she said gruffly, giving him a shove. As she made contact with him, a light bang of force flashed out followed by small wisps of smoke. The kid looked bewildered at her, "What was that?"

Katsumi stared at her hands astonished, "I got my quirk…" She looked up with a giant grin, "I GOT MY QUIRK!"

"Woah, that's amazing Kaachan!" Izuku gushed at her. More and more kids came over to the sight of Katsumi making light explosions from her palms. A few more minutes passed and the bell rang signifying lunch. Throughout the whole eating period, an increasingly large number of children flocked to Katsumi and her newly admired quirk. Even kids from upper grade levels were enthused over her quirk. Lunch quickly came to an end and we were all sent back to our respective classes. Still up to now, people wouldn't stop giving her praises.

"Wow, that quirk looks so cool!"

"I wish my quirk was as cool as that!"

"Why can't my quirk be that bright…"

A couple teachers walked on over, "Yes, a strong and flashy quirk, one fit for a top hero!" one said.

"Make sure to remember us when you get famous, alright!" the other spoke up.

Right before my eyes I could see Katsumi slowly change as praise after praise hit her, her arrogance bloating. I frowned in dismay, 'I know watching it is one thing, but actually seeing everyone congregate around her is another thing altogether. She was always confident, but when literally everyone is applauding a child, you'd see how easily that can influence.' I turned over to Izuku to see him smiling brightly at her as well. 'I can't really blame him either since she's always been his best friend and he just wants to be happy for her.'

The day went on and seeing this reminds me of the future, of what Katsumi could come to be like, and that worries me.

"... Aaaand that's five laps," I said huffing slightly after finishing a run around my yard.

"Why aren't you practicing your quirk Ran? Didn't you say you need to practice with it more?" Katsumi asked while shooting off small explosions in the middle.

I gulped down a bottle of water and sighed, "Well, yeah that is something else I need to do, but at the same time bettering my foundation helps my quirk without training it too."

"Huh? What're you talking about?"

"Hmm, look at it this way," I walked over to the tree near the corner and sat in its shade, "One of the main aspects of my quirk is doubling my power, so if I increase my base, the more use I'll get out of my quirk. Another thing is that my quirk makes me tired fast so endurance training would help me keep up my boosts."

"That makes sense, but what about that blue power you have?"

"My mana? I trained that in the morning before you came, but that one's both easier and harder to train too."

She paused in her explosions to take a break and walked over to sit next to me, "You lost me again."

"Sorry, it's kinda hard to explain. In terms of physical weaknesses, it seems to have practically none. I don't feel strain from using it and I don't get any more tired than taking a walk. However, there is a limit to my mana so it's not infinite. I can do different kinds of things with it too. I can use it to increase my physical capabilities by running it through my body, I can project light impact blasts, and recently this morning I found out I can create shields as well."

"That's awesome! But I still don't know why it'd be harder than your boosting power."

"I was just about to say that. While my boosting is straightforward and physical, my mana seems to be connected mentally, if that makes sense. I can use my mana, but that's just it. Anytime I try to increase my power with it, nothing changes. Whenever I pump more mana into my blasts or shields, they kind of fizzle out with no effect. Yesterday after school, I wanted to see if I could make myself stronger by using more mana in my mana cloak. When I tried, my mana just flared from my body more, not really helping me at all. My idea is that I don't have enough concentration or control over it so I lose power when I put in more. I'm not really sure how to improve it besides time and practice."

"Well when you put it like that, it does sound pretty tough. Don't worry about it too much, I'm sure you'll figure it out," Katsumi reassured me.

"Thanks Sumi," I gave her a light grin, "What about you? How's your training going?"

"I've practiced how long I can keep making explosions and how big I can make them. I can keep making explosions for a pretty long time, but I can't make really big explosions yet," she said glaring with a pout.

I laughed a little at her face. She tries to be fierce all the time, but right now she looks adorable. "What are you laughing about this time?" Katsumi asked.

"Your face," I replied. I spoke before she could answer back, "It looks cute. Y'know, you should really loosen up more Sumi. Being aggressive all the time can't be good for you."

She stayed quiet looking down. I continued talking, "Also, I believe in you too. If you need any help, not that I'm saying you need it, you can rely on me."

"...Thanks," she said quietly. I wonder why she's always out of character with me?

A sound came from the sliding food opening and Miyu popped her head out, "Kids! Izuku's here!"

Izuku came running over to us with a smile, but something about it felt off. It looked fake, like it was being forced. He drew to a stop and sat down with us under the tree, "Hey Kaachan! Ran-kun! How are you guys doing!"

Katsumi looked at Izuku, her eyes narrowed in suspicion, "What's up with you?"

"Wh-what do you mean Kaachan? E-Everything's fine," Izuku stammered back.

"Don't lie to me. We all know you suck at lying so fess up. What's going on?"

"I…I…" Izuku wringed his hands together looking like a nervous wreck.

I reached over to put a hand on his shoulder, "Zuku, as forward as Sumi is, she's right. We can tell something's wrong and we want to help. It's obviously disturbing you, so please, tell us," I said to him gently.

He looked to the both of us and took a deep breath, "Mom and I went to the doctor yesterday. It's been awhile since I turned four so we wanted to go check for my quirk and…" he trailed off.

"Well? Speak up!" Katsumi barked at him.

He squeezed his eyes shut and exclaimed, "I'm quirkless!"

We were all stunned to silence by his exclamation, sitting quietly as a breeze blew by.

"I'm…quirkless," he repeated once more, opening his eyes. "Do you guys think…that I can still be a hero?"

Katsumi broke out of her stupor, "Of course not you idiot! Everyone knows heroes need quirks! Even then, you're not good at anything, you can't beat me in anything, and you're weak, useless. Just like the last part of your name, Deku, useless."

Izuku seemed to crumble on himself with every word, tears forming in his eyes. Just as he looked about ready to burst crying, I spoke up, "...I do."

Both of them looked at me confused, "I believe you can be a hero," I said with certainty.

Katsumi looked at me in disbelief, "What are you even saying right now? Of course he can't become a hero! What is he gonna do?! He's weak, he doesn't have a quirk!" she yelled at me.

"So you're admitting you were weak?" I said calmly.

"HUH?!"

"You're saying he's weak because he doesn't have a quirk right? You didn't have a quirk before, I didn't have a quirk before, even All Might may not have had a quirk before. Your quirk shouldn't define your strength, define you as a person. You make your own strength, your own path in life. Sure, he doesn't have a quirk and Zuku's not the best physically, but that's fine. Why? Because we can improve, we can be better. Zuku's got the drive, and he sure isn't dumb either. As long as he works for it, he can overcome whatever challenge he has. So yes, I do, I do think you can become a hero Zuku."

By the end of my speech Izuku was full blown sobbing, relieved to have one person believe in him, in his dream.

Katsumi tched and looked at Izuku, "Fine, maybe he can become a hero, but that doesn't mean I think you're strong!" she pointed a finger at him, "I'm not gonna believe you're strong until I see it with my own eyes, Deku! This is the only time I'll say it, prove me wrong! Prove to me that you're not weak, not useless! Then maybe I'll change my answer."

Both Izuku and I looked at her with smiles, "I will! I'll train, I'll become strong, I'll be a hero, just like we promised!" Izuku said, his eyes only slightly moist now.

"Right!" I said. I turned over to Katsumi, "You know I don't actually think you're weak right? I was just trying to give an example-not that it's true!" I said to her a little nervous.

She smirked at me, "Yeah, yeah, don't worry about it," she put a hand on my shoulder with small pops of heat coming out, "but don't say it again. Ever. Got it?"

I rapidly nodded my head, "Got it! No problems here! I swear!"

Izuku giggled a little at us, I started giggling along with him, and before we knew it we were all laughing together, the sun smiling brightly down brightly on us.

AN: So the story goes on! If you guys couldn't tell I'm trying to go for a more progressive route with this story. Don't worry, I'll try not to take way too much time in getting to UA but that will be a little further down the road. Remember to rate and review so I can improve for you guys, any criticism is appreciated. Until next time! I OWN NOTHING BUT THIS STORY AND MY OCS