Before you go into this Fanfiction, I just want to let you guys know this is my first story so there will probably be errors, so I apologize in advance for them. The largest will probably be commas, so good luck!
The main reason I wanted to write this type of story was because of the character development that Izuku could have had if he had a person close to him accept his dreams of wanting to be a hero. I know other stories have done this, but I also wanted to create an OC that was slightly reasonable to make and who could help Izuku without it becoming forced on as other stories have done. In the beginning, Tadashi will be the focal point, but as the story develops you will be hearing from him less and Izuku will take center stage, with Tadashi in the background. I hope you like it!
Prologue-
Tadashi Midoriya, at the tender age of 6, came to the sudden realization that not all people were created equally. He only wished that it hadn't been his younger brother that had opened his eyes to this new belief. Izuku Midoriya, his 4-year-old brother, was quirkless…
Tadashi couldn't comprehend anything else that was being said by the doctor, or his mother for that matter. The only thing that he was able to notice in this state was the complete emptiness in his brother's eyes after hearing that one statement, "you are quirkless." Every so often he would feel a slight pain in his right hand where his and Inko's hands were clasped. After every movement of the doctor's lips, she would squeeze a bit harder until his hand was almost numb. In this state, Tadashi could barely feel it, but even if he could, he wouldn't let go, his mother needed someone to help her get through the news, even if he lost all feeling in his hand for a while. Tadashi wanted to extend his other hand to his brother, to try and comfort him in any way he could, but because of the distance between the two that was divided by their mother and with her vice-like grip on his hand, Tadashi wasn't going anywhere.
Ever so slowly, Tadashi's mind was becoming clearer and clearer until he was finally able to comprehend what the doctor was saying, "… Because he has two joints in his pinky toe", which he then pointed to an x-ray photo of Izuku's foot, "he will never manifest a quirk."
he could think of was 'what does an extra toe joint have anything to do with not having a Quirk!' Before he could put his thoughts into words, Inko beat him to the punch. "But that can't be possible! Each member of our family has a quirk, how come Izuku is the only one without one!?" She said with a hint of desperation in her voice.
The doctor only gave her a brief look before looking down onto his clipboard. "From your records, it shows that you are a fourth-generation Quirk holder along with your husband. It shows here that you can attract small objects towards yourself, while your husband, Hisashi Midoryia can breathe small flames. It could be that your quirks weren't compatible with each other, or that each of your quirks is fairly weak, thus stopping them from being implemented onto your son." The doctor finalized in a monotone voice.
Again, before Tadashi was able to comment on the rude statement made on their parent's quirks, his mother responded, in an almost pleading tone, completely missing the small jab about hers and their father's quirk. "Again, that's impossible! Our oldest son" she then feverishly pointed to Tadashi with her unoccupied hand, "only takes after my quirk and his quirk is much stronger than my own. There has to be another reason why Izuku is quirkless!" After Inko's comment, the doctor looked over to Tadashi and looked him up and down, almost like he is was trying to figure out if Inko was lying to him or not. After his observation that can't have provided any results on Inko's statement, the doctor finally asks Tadashi the question, "well son, what is your quirk?" he says with a hint of curiosity behind his question.
Tadashi looked over to Izuku and he was still motionless on his chair, with the same expression of shock and despair as before. 'Maybe if I use my quirk on the doctor, Izuku might snap out of it. He always enjoyed watching my quirk, it also gives me the excuse to get back at the doctor for causing this pain onto Izuku and for the rude comment about his mom and dad's quirks being weak,' Tadashi thought as he silently raised his left arm in front of him, with his open hand position towards the doctor. A slight green glow encompassed the doctor as the man started to gradually float in the air. The movement was not fast or precise as the doctor seemed to wobble throughout the air, but Tadashi was able to get the doctor a couple of feet of the ground, even as sweat started pouring down his face and his outstretched arm began shaking. Tadashi let out a small grin on his face as he saw the nervous and shocked expression on the doctor as he floated in his office. Wanting to continue making the doctor uncomfortable, Tadashi started to slowly spin the doctor, making him look like some bizarre human top.
Tadashi slowly looked towards Izuku, hoping to have gotten some kind of positive reaction out of his brother with the actions of the doctor and his quirk. Luckily for him, it did, but not the amount that Tadashi had hoped for. Izuku's expression of devastation was gone, replaced by a small smile and a few giggles here and there, but Tadashi could still see the sadness in his brother's eyes.
As if responding to his feelings of dissatisfaction, Tadashi's quirk began to flicker on the doctor as he slowly stopped spinning and started to descend back onto his stool on the floor. As the doctor sat onto his chair, the small green glow vanished and a sudden wave of exhaustion hit Tadashi like a truck, forcing him to take large gasps of air as he tried to stave away the sudden fatigue and exhaustion.
Tadashi gently wiped away the sweat on his face with his shirt while the doctor collected himself from the experience. Tadashi's mother looked to Tadashi with a worried expression on her face, but Tadashi merely smiled at his mother, silently expressing that he was okay. With that wordless answer, Inko gave Tadashi a small nod and a forced smile before returning to Izuku and trying again to comfort him.
After both the doctor and Tadashi reoriented themselves, Tadashi began to describe his quirk to the doctor, feeling slightly irked that the doctor was now paying more attention to him and his quirk than his brother.
"My quirk, from what I understand so far, is a broad form of telekinesis. I can control objects with my mind, I just need to think about what I want to happen, and my quirk will do the rest. I have to use my hands to focus on my powers if the object is too heavy or if the task is to complicated. When I go above my limit, a green glow will appear around the object and my eyes. I think it's a way of showing that I am going above my limit and that I need to stop. As of right now, I can lift objects that are around 50 pounds, my body weight, without the use of my hands. From what I can tell, my quirk is like a muscle, the more I practice with it, the easier it is for me to control and lift objects. Lately, Izuku has been helping me train my quirk by letting me lift him in the air and flying him around the house. Since then, it has been easier to use my quirk, and as of right now, my max weight is around 120 pounds, and controlling around 3 different objects at a time." Tadashi finishes, with a small bit of pride in his voice, not only because of the power of his quirk but also because of the help that Izuku has had on his quirk.
Before Izuku started helping Tadashi, he could only lift small objects one at a time, and only for a limited amount of time. Because of this, Tadashi had believed that he had the same quirk as his mother, so he never tried pushing his quirk farther than what his mother could do. For two years he continued to believe this idea until a three-year-old Izuku had asked him a few simple questions.
'Why can't you lift more? Why only one thing? Can you lift me Tadashi!? While they were innocent questions from a curious toddler, they made him truly think about his quirk's capabilities. 'Is my quirk just like moms? Can I possibly do more with it?' and many other similar questions raced through Tadashi's mind before he realized that he had no idea. He had no idea about his own quirk, other than the misconceptions that he made himself. After that day, Tadashi started practicing his quirk as much as possible, discovering new possibilities of his quirk almost every other day. At first, it was difficult for Tadashi, as he could only practice for a small time after school, but slowly his quirk got stronger and more creative as he practiced more.
During one of his practice sessions, Inko nearly fainted when she had walked in on him floating Izuku around his room for the first time. Hell, Tadashi had nearly fainted himself from the straining of his quirk, but the thought of Izuku falling had stopped him from losing focus. After Tadashi had floated down Izuku and both he and Izuku had calmed down their mother, Inko admitted that she was very proud of Tadashi and his dedication to practicing his quirk and with his closeness with his younger brother. At that moment, the famous Midoriya waterworks appeared, with all of them crying on the spot and hugging each other in a vice-like grip. They were also able to get in contact with Hiashi in American and he also joined in the family cryfest.
After that day, Tadashi had become even more dedicated to his quirk, spending almost every waking moment working on his quirk. From lifting small objects while he ate, orbiting small objects around himself while he walked around the house and pretty much started using telekinesis for basic things throughout the day. Tadashi could tell that Izuku was slightly jealous of his quirk and what he could do with it, be he believed that he would also get a powerful quirk just like his brother and that they would train their quirks together. But now, Tadashi did not even want to think about what they were going to do now.
Before he could delve deeper into those depressing thoughts, the doctor broke him away from his musings, "That is a pretty impressive quirk you have their boy, even if you were having a bit of fun on my expense, I can see you going far in life with that quirk of yours." Tadashi almost physically recoiled at the response. How could he have said such a thing in front of his brother, he was sitting right next to him! It isn't bad enough that he is crushing Izuku's dream of having a quirk, but now he is actively ignoring Izuku for him, while also complimenting on his quirk! 'bastard' Tadashi thought, while he looked over to Izuku, only for his heart to clench at the new expression on Izuku, complete despair.
Before Tadashi could yell at the doctor for causing even more pain onto Izuku, Inko stopped him by suddenly standing up and excusing themselves from the office, as there didn't seem to be anything else the doctor could tell them about the situation. Inko was just as mad as Tadashi was, but being the adult stopped her from truly expressing her anger on the doctor, as it would not fix anything the doctor said. Although, she did make a mental note to never come to this specific doctor again.
After paying and leaving the doctor's office, the Midoriya family walked back home in silence, with the only sounds being the ambient noises of the town around them. Through the process of walking home. Tadashi grabbed on to Izuku's hand, to somewhat alleviate some of the sadness going through his younger brother in the only way he knew how at the moment, but all he got back was a gentle squeeze of his hand and the same expression of sadness he had had in the doctor's office.
Ten minutes later, the Midoryia's finally arrived home just as the sun dropped below the horizon. Before either Tadashi or Inko could day a work, Izuku quickly took his shoes off and ran upstairs without as much as a single word. Apprehensively Inko followed her son upstairs, hoping she could do something for her youngest son.
Seeing that his mother was going after Izuku, Tadashi slowly took off his shoes and started walking into his room upstairs. As he passed his dad's office he could see a slightly blue light coming from the crack underneath the door, as well as far off voices. Tadashi realized that Izuku was probably watching the All Might video again, and just as he thought that, he heard the telltale catchphrase of All Might yelling, "It's fine now, why? Because I am here!" After a few seconds of listening to the video and not hearing anything else, Tadashi went into his and Izuku's room, putting on his pajamas and laying on his bed, wanting today to end before anything else could happen. As if tempting fate, before Tadashi could contemplate going to bed early, he heard the swinging of a door suddenly opening and the sobs of his mother as she ran down the stairs. Tadashi jerked up in bed and started rushing downstairs to try and comfort his crying mother. Before he went down the stairs he heard crying coming from the office that his mother had left. Tadashi decided to try and comfort his brother first, as he seemed to be the more in need of comfort in Tadashi's mind.
Tadashi walked into the office to see a crying Izuku sitting on the office chair, with a paused image of All Might smiling on the computer screen in front of him. Tadashi rushed to Izuku and grabbed on to him for dear life, trying his best to soothe his brother. The crying only seemed to increase with the physical contact, and Tadashi had to struggle to not cry with his brother as well. During the crying, a few words could be heard through the sobbing, words like, "Mom… Hero… Quirkless." Tadashi, not able to fully understand his crying brother, continued to hug his brother and to gently rub his back as he continued to cry and mutter. After around five minutes the sobbing turned into whimpering as Izuku started to calm down. Tadashi could finally understand what Izuku had been muttering and felt a small stab of pain in his heart at the words. "I can't be a hero… I'm Quirkless and I can't be a hero… Even mom thinks so."
As if without thinking, Tadashi quickly responded, "Who says you can't be a hero! Who says you can't be a hero if your quirkless!"
Izuku gently looks up to Tadashi, and with a slight sniffle in his voice, b-b-but m-mom said I c-c-can't."
Tadashi gently pulls his arms away, and as he does so, looks directly into Izuku's eyes as he responds, "Well mom is wrong! You have wanted to be a hero since you could talk and it's not going to stop now because you were told you are quirkless! Who is to say that there can't be a quirkless hero's?"
As Tadashi continued, Izuku had stopped whimpering and his full focus was now on Tadashi, hope starting to return to his eyes. "Even if there have never been any quirkless heroes, you can be the very first one! Heck, you could be the first of a lone line of quirkless heroes, the only thing that is stopping you from being a hero is you. So, I as you this, do you still want to be a hero Izuku?" Izuku responded with a slight and hesitant nod.
"Are you willing to work hard to become the hero you have dreamed of becoming?" Tadashi asked, his voice rising with every word.
"Y-y-yes," Izuku responds, determination seeping from his answer.
"Are you willing to work harder than anyone else before to become a hero, because I can't lie and say this will be easy for you Izuku. You are going to have to train in mind, body, and soul to become a hero without a quirk. You are going to need to be the best of the best so you can stand amongst other heroes. So, you can stand alongside All-Might as a true hero. Can you do that Izuku, can YOU become a hero!?" As Tadashi finish's his questions, he stands up, holding his hand to his Izuku to grab.
Izuku tentatively grabbed onto Tadashi's outstretched hand and with a gentle tug from Tadashi, Izuku stood in front of him. Tears again started falling from Izuku's eyes, but instead of tears of sadness, they were tears of joy, of hope as Izuku said, "Y-y-es, I w-will become a h-hero! I w-w-will make you p-proud Tadashi!"
Tadashi only smiled down at Izuku as he said, "I know you will Izuku, I know you will."
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