1 1- It Begins Here...

¨I'll be handing out printouts on your desired life course! You all want to be heroes, don't you..?¨

The class was ecstatic, banging on the desks and activating some of their quirks..

¨Yes, yes. All your quirks are wonderful. But it's against the rules to use them at school!¨

¨SENSEI, DON'T LUMP ME IN WITH EVERYBODY ELSE!!¨

Oh, don't start now Kacchan.

¨You can't compare me to these losers weak-ass quirks! Mines a whole other ballgame!!¨

¨Cmon, man.¨

His classmates complained.

¨You've got a big mouth Katsuki!¨

¨QUIET, YA GODDAMN RABBLE!¨

¨Oh yeah, I've forgotten.... Bakugou´s shooting for Yuuei High, isn't he?¨

Deku: ¨…!¨ Oh no. The hot headed blonde would probably say something about him now.

¨You mean that national level academy?! Isn't its entrance exam's difficulty rating as high as 79?!¨

For Midoriya, this conversation was not leading anywhere good.

¨Yeah! And its hyper-competitive to get in, right?¨

¨YOU DONE RUNNING YOUR MOUTHS, PEONS?! I GOT AN ´A´ ON THE MOCK TEST AND I'M THE ONLY ONE AT THIS SCHOOL WHO HAS A CHANCE!¨"

Oh no, Kacchan let's use our inside voice, please!!

¨I'M GONNA SURPASS EVEN THAT ALL MIGHT BASTARD AS TOP HERO!¨

Lets not get ahead of ourselves there, Kacchan. Deku twiddled his thumbs nervously.

Here we go again.

¨--AND I'M GONNA CARVE MY NAME INTO THE RANKS OF THE HIGHER BRACKET TAXPAYERS!!¨

Ah.

¨Now that you mention it, didn't Midoriya want to go to Yuuei as well?¨

The room went silent. Even Katsuki was quiet.

Come on fellow classmate, give the green broccoli a break! Why push all the attention on to one helpless person?

The room erupted with laughter.

¨HAAAAHH?! MIDORIYA?! THERE'S NO WAY!¨

¨IF THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO IS STUDY, THAN HEROICS IS A PIPE DREAM!!¨

Oh come on. Really? Izuku hated all these people.

Yet he would never utter it out loud.

¨Th-there's no rule against it or anything! Sure theres no precedent, but...¨

The poor child couldn't even fight back as Kacchan lunged toward him and blasted him with his explosion quirk and yelled, ¨EAT SHIT, DEKU!!¨

¨WaHHh!¨

His classmates were used to this by now, yet they couldn't help cackling in laughter at his circumstance. Bastards.

¨FORGET HAVING A WEAK-ASS QUIRK!! YOU DONT EVEN HAVE A FUCKING QUIRK!!¨

Kacchan, inside voice please.

¨SO WHERE DO YOU GET OFF PUTTING YOURSELF ON THE SAME LEVEL AS ME?!!¨

¨H-hold on...That's not it..! Hold on Kacchan…!"

Deku trembled under Katsuki´s murderous glare, as he sat on the floor where he had been thrown upon.

¨Its not as though I'm trying to compete with you.., I wouldn't dream of it! I mean it!! It's just… I've looked to be a hero since I was super young and..¨ He was rambling again.

¨… you never know til you try…" He uttered with the weakest voice.

¨What can a dweeb like you accomplish?!¨ Many snickered and glared at him as if he was a piece of gum stuck to a sidewalk.

Izuku felt as if he was at his worst. As everyone settled down, class began. All that went through his mind was that if he had a quirk he wouldn't hesitate to torture all of these fuckers and make them suffer.

Woah Deku, that's not very heroic.

-+-somewhere else-+-

¨KYAA!!! THERE'S A ROBBER ON THE LOSE!!! WHO IS THAT?!¨ Random citizens ran, scattering in the panic as the slime monster rampaged through the streets. A frail man with blonde hair scampered into an alley as some criminals watched the scene from the shadows.

¨gO oN, tRy aNd cAtCh mE, iF yoU cAn tHaT iS..!¨ The monster yelled, as he was avoided as much as possible by innocent bystanders.

¨Don't fret, someone will come.¨

¨He's probably taking advantage of that commotion from earlier this morning.¨

¨Guess there's tons of people who don't know what to do with their quirks, huh.¨

¨No end to them.¨

People began to crowd around, watching the scene with the eyes of those being entertained.

¨YES THERE IS! WHY, YOU ASK?! FOR I AM HERE!¨ All Might had made his big entrance as he headed toward the slime monster, a large smile on his face.

+-Classes are finished, everyone getting ready to leave.-+

¨Lets go karaoke!¨

¨Can´t, I have plans.¨

The class chatted while Deku got the stink eye from Kacchan and his gang.

Deku pulled out his phone, checking for notifications about any villain attacks and news he might not have heard of.

¨I got to get my notes in order.¨ He muttered to himself. Before he could check his phone, Katsuki had started making his way towards him.

What does he want now?

¨We´re not done yet, Deku.¨ Kacchan had a scary look in his eye as he snatched Deku´s notebook from him.

¨Ah-¨ No! He needed those notes for his future as a hero!

¨What's that, Katsuki?¨ A classmate looked over Kacchans shoulder to see.

¨ ´For my Future´ HaHa! Forreal?! Goddamn, Midoriya!¨

¨Give that back! It's mine!¨ He tried desperately grabbing at the notebook. Knowing his childhood friend, he might do something bad to it!

As soon as those thoughts went through Deku´s head, Kacchan clapped his hands together and exploded the journal.

¨AAH!!¨ All his work, gone!

¨Y-you!¨ Deku blurted as he wavered under Kacchans neutral gaze.

¨You know what they say about all top heroes?¨ Katsuki began as he got closer to an open window. ¨What they had in common?¨ He continued.

¨They could all say this about their school years,¨ Without any more hesitation he threw Deku´s notebook out the window. He didn´t even finish his evil monologue!

¨I came from an average municipal middle school, and I was the first, the ONLY!¨ He quoted, feeling no remorse, as he saw Deku´s eyes begin to tear up. ¨--and I want to make sure the term ´Yuuei Graduate´ maintains the same level of gravitas.¨ He cocked his head with a smirk. ¨I'm a perfectionist by nature you see.¨

´So petty,´ thought Midoriya, holding back his tears in anger.

¨So what I'm saying is,¨ Closing in on Deku with a glare, ¨Forget about Yuuei, little nerd.¨ Kacchans hand burned as he pressed his palm tightly onto Izuku's shoulder, activating a little of his quirk for effect.

Deku was scared.

¨Oh man… as usual he cant talk back.¨

Deku, in his mind: ´I'll kill you all. Just you wait.´

He was seething mad but without a quirk, what could he do?

¨Lets just leave him, he's such a sad sack even now as a senior about to enter high school.¨

¨He still can't face reality.¨

Kacchan, who had been quiet for a while, said ¨If you want to be a hero so bad, there's actually a way,¨ He turned to make sure Deku was listening. ¨If you believe their holding your quirk over in the next world..¨

¨You should just dive off the rooftop.¨ At this Izuku jerked his head around.

He immediately shrinked back when he met Bakugou in the eye.

¨Got something to say?¨ Bakugou's hands crackled as he angrily let out some small explosions.

Deku stayed silent.

You bastard.., he thought.

+-+-+

Midoriya had found his notebook in the fish fountain at the entrance of the school.

¨Its not food dumb fish. It's my notebook. Idiot.¨ He said it more to Kacchan than the fish.

The fish- (╯⩿╭╮⪀）╯︵ ┻━┻

He began walking home, thinking about how as a kid, he had always wanted to be a hero.

As a child his mother had always supported him. He would play, not hide´n´seek, but as Mini-Might. His mother would be a victim in distress and he would be the amazing All Might, saving her from danger. He thought of this without shame, for he was a fanboy. He knew everything about All Might. It was kind of scary.

Everything was okay until he went to see a doctor for a check up.

+-flashback-+

¨It's best to give up.¨ Deku had frozen at the doctor's words.

¨Doctor…! You mean there's something wrong? Every other child at his kindergarten has manifested but Izuku still hasn't...¨ It was clear who he got his rambling from.

¨ I'm sorry ma´am but, your part of the fourth generation, correct?¨

Inko looked at him, puzzled about his question.

¨Your quirk, I mean.¨

¨Yes, naturally… But I just dabble with attracting small objects from time to time.¨

She used her weak telekinesis to catch Deku´s All Might action figure before it fell on the floor.

¨-And my husband breathes some fire here and there.¨ She hastily continued.

¨By all rights, if you have a quirk it will manifest by age four as one of your parents´-- or possibly it´ll be a hybrid quirk of both parents´.¨ He explained.

¨-but take a look here. According to research done on the Dawning of the Great Phenomenon, it's all in the joints of the pinky toe.¨

¨Parts of the human body we don't really use are called vestigial. People without the extra joint change from ´the standard mold´.¨

Both Deku and Inko both listened attentively.

¨Little Izuku here has two joints. In this era that is quite rare.¨

A cold feeling passed through Dekus body.

¨It indicates he is a ´standard mold´ without a quirk.¨

When they got home that night, Midoriya had a scary look on his face. He went to his room, followed by a worried Inko. He went to his computer, unpausing a video of All Might.

¨Mommy,¨ He said, in barely a whisper, ¨-he laughing!¨

¨No matter where people in trouble are… he goes and saves them with a smile...¨

¨..cuz he's a super awesome hero.¨ He turned to face Inko, a smiling face full of tears.

¨Do you think I could be one too?¨ There was a touch of hope in his voice.

Inko, who had been keeping hold of her emotions the entire time, broke down and ran to Deku, repeating ¨Im sorry, Izuku¨ again and again.

The child felt conflicted.

It wasn't her fault. Why was she apologizing? That's not what you were supposed to say Inko… what he wanted you to say was…

-+-end of flashback-+-

He held in all his emotions as he walked into the dark tunnel that led to a street closer to his house.

An ominous voice spoke in the darkness,

¨weLL.. wHat dO wE hAvE hErE?¨