1 Chapter 01: Opening eyes

I learned a hard true at the little age of four. People are not born equal.

Hi, I'm Izuku Midoriya, a unlucky nobody who is hoping of becoming the greatest hero beside being quirkless. Meaning in this society for most people, useless, weak, stupid. Even if we are 20% like that, no one ever rose enough to be a hero to prouve anybody our worth. I will be the first one.

I'm taking notes like always when the teacher starts talking "you guys are all third years now. It's time to start thinking seriously about your futures! I would hand out these future career forms but... I assume you ALL want to be heroes! Yes, you all have wonderful quirks. But you know that it's..".

I stop listening when a echoing voices shout "SENSEI! DON'T LUMP ME IN WITH THESE LOSERS! As if I had anything like their crappy quirks.". That was from Katsuki Bakugou, my former friend from childhood, until we discover my position of "no quirk". He is aiming for the greatest hero school in all Japan, UA!! And I'm secretly wanting to try and got in. There's none problem with that, no?

The teacher then cut Kacchan from is hysterical blabbing to throw "You're also going for UA, aren't you, Midoriya.". Well not that secretly now...

"PFFFFT HAHAHAAHA!!! HUH?! MIDORIYA?! NO WAY, HAHAHA!! Good grades alone can't get you into the hero program!" came from all the class until *BOOOM*.

Kacchan turn to face me and destroy my desk with one of his own explosion sending me backward. "COME ON DEKU!! Forget the crappy quirks. You're totally QUIRKLESS. And you think you can rub shoulders with me?!"did he shout me.

I respond trying to explain myself "wa... wait, no Kacchan. I wasn't saying I could compete with you! Not at all! I mean it. It's just... been my dream since I was little and well, there's no harm trying..."

"Try?! Try WHAT?! The entrance exam?! You're taking the exam just to 'try'?! What can you even do?!"

*Later that day*

*BOOM*

That was the sound of my hero analysis notebook being blow out by my own bully for many years now before he trows it by the window for it to fall in with the fish. Thinking back of the last words he told me while I was getting back my now burn and wet notebook made me wanting to cry.

"You wanna be a hero so bad? I've got a timesaving idea for you. If you think you'll have a quirk in your next life... go take a swan dive off the roof!!"

He told that with so much casualty. What was he thinking?!? What if I really jump?! Idiot... I-I want to continue believing in my dream, thinking that it's possible even for me! Yeah, that's it! I will keep my chin up moving forward!!

While entering a tunnel, a sludge mass claps around my body wanting to take possession of me making me suffocating. Being fluid, I can't do anything against him else than standing there feeling weaker by the second.

A big voice appears shouting "Fear not kid!! I AM HERE! TEXAAAS SMASH!!"

Right before I fell I managed to perceived my saviour, All Might! The number 1 hero from all Japan right before me, saving me from the vilain. I began to look for my notebook to ask for a autograph which he already had signed in it.

What happen after that goes really fast. He tried to leave in the sky by jumping right after being sure I was fine, but I had so much questions for him that without thinking, I grabbed him by the legs forcing him to descending us on a rooftop. There, I asked him the question that burned my lips since my 4th springs, hoping that my idol, the one I looked up so much, would told me the answer that everybody else wouldn't believe in. But before he could answer me, he started metamorphosing in a people skeleton-like and told me he secret about his fight 5 years ago against his nemesis. He also told me the reason being his fearless smile. To stave off the overwhelming pressure and fear he fell. That a hero should always be ready to risk his life and that without power, he should not think that possible... That being a police officer is always a option to help. Dreaming is fine, but I needed to be realistic. After that, he left.

I don't know which between his words or Kacchan hurt the worst. I approached the edge of the rooftop, watching the passengers doing their things. Everything up there seem so calm, so relaxing with the wind blowing. Closing my eyes, I took in a deep breath. This was the last time. The last time I will let people thought get to me, even if they only wanted good for me. I will try my best to achieve my longest dream, even if that means running face with a train.

I stayed there for some other good breaths and started to go downstairs, gaining ground soon enough. While walking to get home, I saw a advertising for helping gears for daily duties. That's when the brightest thought hit my brain. If I could get my hand on gears, I could do something, not be useless, just enough for a police officer. But how? Maybe I could... make them myself?

Izuku rushs to the nearest library, find some books of mechanical engineering, some of informations on gear that some specific hero use and other ones take could contain the informations he was looking for. Having accumulated a stack of books, he stepped back only to fall on someone. Quickly getting up and turning back to present his excuses and helping the person that felt on their back because of him and all the book, he discovers a girl with pink hair and looking around his age.

"Ow" was the only sound drifting out of her mouth.

"Ah! Urg... hum! I-I am really-y sorry! I didn't want to bump into you" did he said with flushing cheeks.

"I'm fine, haha. Hum~" she responds looking around her at all the books that felt circling her. "Oh god!! These are what you wanted to read right?! I always come seek in them for new ideas for my babies!!" Her smile was so bright, Izuku didn't even how to respond, his words blocked in his throat, maybe too surprise that someone was even taking interest in what he was doing. "Do you do some babies too?!" she said with suck bright eyes that they looked like their could glow into the dark.

"Hum... babys..? No?" he responds really not sure what she was talking about.

"I'm talking about gears!! Items to help mostly heroes but normal people too"

Ah! It's was clearer now. Wait. What?! "WAIT! You are able to do gears? Like only you, you don't need help?"

"Yesss! That's why I call them my babies because they are only custom by me."

"Would y- would you please teach me how doing my own so I could enter the hero course at UA in the next 10 months, please? You see, I'm... I'm quirkless and that would be the only road valuable for me." does he finish to said looking at the ground.

Getting up, the girl gives a hand before her, turn her head to one side and said while smiling "We will do great babies together. Name's Mei Hatsume. Happy to meet you.".

Getting red "AHHH?? Babies? I- ah yes, right. Name's is Izuku Midoriya. Hope we become great friends."