Ch.1 The Real Hero
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Izuku POV (5 years old)
I woke up from my All Might themed bead recalling the events from last night. "I still can't believe what happened, I still can't believe it... I'm quirkless."
I then looked up and saw my All Might poster that said "YOU CAN BE A HERO!"
Without me realizing it I started tearing up, "It's easy for you to say, you actually have a quirk. How could I ever have hope of being a hero now?" I thought.
I then realized I was tearing up so I wiped them away, "Welp, no point crying about it." I thought before getting changed and having breakfast. My mom came in with her usual cheery smile asking "Good morning Izuku! How are you doing, are you okay?"
How could I be okay?
How could she think I was okay?
Of course, she doesn't understand.
She has a quirk.
She wouldn't understand.
How could she understand?
I really am just a Deku.
All these thoughts kept popping up in my mind, but I just decided to push them to the side and put on a fake smile. "Yea! I'm doing great, I just can't wait to go to school!" I said while my mom was tearing up from joy seeing me not devastated from last night's trip to the quirk doctor.
But it wasn't great.
I was the opposite.
Why can't she see that?
Why can't she see through my fake smile?
I'm her son.
Isn't she supposed to see through my lies?
After I got done eating I started making my way to school.
"At least I'll be able to see Kacchan!" I thought to myself.
"Yea! He'll understand! He'll be able to see I'm not okay and that I'm sad!" I said out loud with a big smile on my face that wasn't a fake one, it was a real one.
If only I knew how wrong I was.
Kacchan wasn't supportive, he just found more ways to bully me. And it wasn't just verbally, he started bullying me physically as well. He used his quirk to burn me while calling me a weak, useless, Deku.
"Please Kacchan! P-please s-s-stop!" I said while Kacchan was firing up another punch. "YOU LITTLE SHITTY DEKU! ARE YOU TELLING ME WHAT TO DO!?!" Bakugo said with pure anger and disgust in his voice.
"N-no! No, I wa-" I was cut off by a burning hot fist coming down onto my face. "ARE YOU CALLING ME A LAIR! THAT'S IT! I'M GOING TO BRAKE YOU SO BAD YOU WILL NOT THINK OF COMING NEAR ME!"
I saw the pure rage in his eyes and I knew I was going to die now. But I didn't really care, I didn't care if I did. Some part of me wanted to live, to prove everyone wrong and become the #1 hero. But the other part of me... knew it was pointless. I knew that even if I tried my hardest, I would just be rejected without a quirk.
So there I was on the side of the road, some would think I was scared but... no.
I was happy.
And with that, I put on my last smile and closed my eyes.
"Wha-what are you doing?"
"Who was that?" I thought to myself. It was the voice of a girl, around my age. I opened my eyes to see Kacchan and his buddy's looking at someone that I could not see because they were blocking my view of vision.
"GET LOST! OR ELSE IM GOING TO HAVE TO PUT YOU DOWN JUST LIKE SHITTY DEKU HERE!" He turned to point at my bruised and burned body. He turned just enough for me to get a good look at the girl.
She was a skinny pale girl around my age, she had blonde hair fixed up with 2 messy hair buns. Her canines were weirdly sharp, but I didn't find them weird. I found them cute, everything about her was cute from her pale skin to her yellow eyes.
"Wait! What am I thinking!? Your better than this Izuku!" I thought while turning my eyes away from her with a small blush on my face.
Unknown girl POV
I looked at the burned and bruised boy on the ground in front of me and I immediately blushed. "He's so cute!" I thought the boy had long curly green hair and 2 green eyes to complete the set. He also had some bruises and burns on his body while his shirt had some holes and tears in it.
"W-why are y-you h-h-hurting h-him?"I tried to ask in a brave voice but failed.
"NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS! NOW MOVE ALONG BEFORE I KILL YOU!" The mean blonde hair boy said while setting off fireworks in his hands.
"N-no stop! Don't hurt him! Can't you see h-he's in pain?" I asked. As much as I love blood, there was something about seeing this boy in pain I didn't like, I just couldn't put my finger on it. I was cut off from my thoughts when a big explosion was sent right into my chest.
"DID YOU JUST TELL ME WHAT TO DO!?! DON'T WORRY YOU SHITTY DEKU! YOU WILL GET WHAT'S COMING TO YOU AFTER ME AND MY FRIENDS BEAT UP YOUR GIRLFRIEND!" The bully said while making his way towards me.
My chest hurt so much, and I was also bleeding a lot from what looks like a flesh wound. I then started to cough a little blood, "That can't be good" I thought. I looked up to see the bully in front of me charging up his quirk.
Izuku POV
Why? Why is she doing this? Why is she standing up for me?
I then saw her bleeding on the hard cold ground, and coughing up small amounts of blood.
"I can't let him hurt her anymore! She saved me for no reason! She's a hero! Now it's my turn to do the same."
Without thinking I got up and forgot the burning pain in my body. But I didn't care about that, all I cared about is saving her. I pushed Kacchan's friends out of the way as their shocked faces meet mine.
I charged for the girl using my body as a shield against the blast. I got to her just in the nick of time and blocked the explosion with my back taking all the damage. I screamed out in pain, but I still had enough strength to protect the girl who saved me.
My entire body was now on the girl, even though I was in a lot of pain I still managed to blush like a red tomato. I've never been this close to a girl in my life! She wore the same shocked face as me and was also very red in the face, but not as much as me.
Still on top and protecting her I yelled in a weak and painful voice "S-stop! D-don't h-hurt her! Y-y-your a-acting like a-a v-v-villain!"
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME!?!?" Kacchan said before kicking me right in the stomach. I wanted to yell in pain. But I held it back so I wouldn't scream into the girl's face.
I didn't say anything, I was more focused on not letting Kacchan and in friends hurt her. Kacchan ordered his friends to come over and start kicking me and the girl. As I was taking the kicks, whenever someone was about to hit her I blocked it with my body.
Every time I did this I looked down in her yellow eyes and saw them staring at me with a confused and sad look. After 3 minutes Kacchan said "All right guys I'm bored, let's go get some pizza and ice cream! I think we deserve it!" They took off laughing and after a little while, I realized I was still on top of her and clinging on tight. I blushed like a tomato and apologized while getting up, "I-I-I'm s-so s-s-sorry!
I then looked at her eyes witch were staring right through me. Before I could react she came flying towards me crying with her head in my chest and arms around me with some red on her face, "T-thank you! Y-y-your m-my h-h-hero! A-are you o-okay!?"She said looking up at me. Somehow my blush grew even bigger thanks to her. "Y-yea I'm o-o-okay! A-and besides y-your my h-hero! Y-you stood up for m-me even though you knew you would be in harm's way! You are my hero!" I said with a nervous smile. She only hugged and cried harder because of this, "Y-you r-really think s-so?" She said while trying to hold back tears.
"Y-Yes" I said with a warm smile.
After that, she pushed her face into my chest while sobbing. After some hesitation, I put my arms around her and hugged her tight while looking down at her.
"What's this feeling? Why do I feel so good, so warm, why do I feel so...safe." I thought to myself.
After what felt like hours we broke the hug and looked at each other's faces witch were bright red. After I wiped the dirt off me and the girl wiped the tears off her face I began to talk.
"S-s-so m-my n-n-name i-is I-Izuku Midoriya, what's y-your n-name? I said with a smile and a huge blush.
"Hi, Izuku! My name is Himiko Toga!" She said with a bright smile and a small blush.
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