Chapter 1: Gifted A Curse
"L-Leave her alone!" Spoke a young boy, face filled with a mix of fear and conviction.
"Or what Deku?! You'll stop me like you're some kind of hero?! Give me a break!" The ash-blonde child stared down at his trembling classmate, ruby red eyes meeting a shimmering sky blue.
"I-If that's w-what I have to do!" The smaller boy took a look behind him, taking note of the frightened look on the purple-haired girl's face, and steeled himself.
His first act of heroism started today.
"You'll remember your place Deku!" The ash-blonde tike screamed, igniting his palms and propelling himself toward the smaller boy. The greenette dove toward his right, narrowly avoiding the blow as the white tips of his hair lightly singed. Growling, the taller boy pivoted and threw a sloppy right hook that tagged Izuku in the jaw, sending him sprawling to the ground.
"DIE!" Katsuki attempted to mount the boy who responded by rolling onto his back and bucking his hips out, slamming his legs into the taller boy's chest. Scampering up, Izuku spat out a glob of blood before narrowing his eyes.
"Focus!" The smaller boy commanded himself, staring at his adversary for a few moments before the familiar dark blue hue enveloped Katsuki.
"USING THAT SHITTY QUIRK OF YOURS AREN'T YOU DEKU?!" The blonde growled before rushing in once more. The larger boy threw an explosive left hook that Izuku narrowly leaned to avoid. Using the momentum from his own dodge, Izuku snapped his right leg out, kicking Katsuki in the stomach. The blonde doubled over, painfully clutching his stomach as he desperately attempted to withhold today's lunch.
"I'm….going…TO KILL YOU!" The blonde lashed out with a left that Izuku moved to avoid.
"I GOT YOU!" The blonde growled, using an explosion to propel his right hand into Izuku's jaw. The greenette saw the fist heading towards him as though it had been captured by a high-quality camera and moved his left arm to block it as he'd seen All Might do a million times. Dropping his hips, Izuku sent his right fist barreling into the larger boy's sternum with everything he had, sending the boy sprawling to the ground, wheezing.
"You can see what now Izu?" Inko looked at her son as he eagerly bounced around the house.
"I can see the flow of energy whenever you use your quirk!" The small boy motioned to a syrup bottle on the dining table, silently instructing his mom to activate her quirk. Inko complied and slowly attracted the condiment toward her open palm.
"So what do you see Izu?" The green-eyed woman asked her son, a hint of excitement to her tone. Izuku's sky-blue eyes shimmered as his snow-white lashes fluttered with every blink.
"It's like you're covered in green stuff and when you pull the syrup to you that green stuff reaches out!" The greenette explained, eyes following the trail of energy only he could see.
"Is that all you can see?" His mother asked, releasing her quirk and setting the syrup bottle on the counter beside her.
"Kinda; if I concentrate super hard I can see really far away! And I can even see with my eyes closed but that makes my head hurt" Izuku gushed as he gave the overview of his quirk to his mother.
"That's quite the quirk Izu! I'm confident you'll use it to be a great hero!" Inko gave her son a genuine smile before scooping him up and wrapping him in a bear hug.
That was the only time someone had believed in his quirk.
Izuku jerked up, baby-blue eyes fluttering open and shut as he attempted to wipe the sleep out of his eyes.
"Pretty ironic that I'd dream about that right before committing to UA," The greenette thought to himself with a dry chuckle. Focusing his vision, Izuku stared out the window, watching people several kilometers away engage in their day-to-day activities.
"As useless as this quirk is it's great for people watching," The teen thought to himself.
"The peeping tom is back to perving again, can't say I'm surprised!" Izuku immediately recognized the gruff voice as his former friend and current tormentor and turned to meet his gaze, shimmering baby blue meeting fierce ruby red.
"I-I'm not perving!" Izuku winced at his slight stutter.
"That's the only thing that sorry excuse for a quirk is good for!" The ash-blonde teen narrowed his gaze at the smaller teen, beads of sweat forming on his face.
"I don't know what it is, but something about those god-forsaken eyes gives me the creeps!" With that thought passing through his mind the blonde only seemed to get angry, setting his palm on the smaller boy's shoulder.
"N-Not n-necessarily. I can be a rescue hero, s-spotting endangered civilians other people can't s-see!" Izuku cast a glance at the palm on his shoulder, before turning his gaze back to his bully.
"His energy is starting to flow towards his hands. He plans to spark the sweat in his palm!" Acting on instinct, Izuku grabbed the taller boy's left hand with his own and threw it to the side, said hand popping an explosion off fractions of a second later.
"He predicted my explosion?!" The blonde growled as he stared the boy down who, despite his actions seconds prior, looked back at the blonde nervously.
"No. It's those fucking eyes! He said he can see some sort of energy; I thought he just meant how strong a quirk is but I guess he can see when someone's gonna use it" Katsuki furrowed his brow in frustration, glancing at his palms before returning his gaze to the seated boy.
"If I catch you using that disgusting quirk again I'll blow your pathetic body to bits and feed it to the Koi outside" His tone was even as he let out a few small explosions for extra emphasis before taking a seat.
Meanwhile, Izuku was internally geeking out.
"My eyes are able to see the activation of the technique now. Before I could only see the flow after activation. If I pair this with my enhanced vision I'll be able to counter a quirk before its activation. Will it be enough to become a hero? No, no matter how good my eyes are if my body doesn't keep up it'll be worthless. I need to train my body to better be able to react to the activation of a quirk. WAIT! If I can see the energy associated with quirks could I manipulate it? Could I manipulate my own energy?"
"Midoriya, shut up." Izuku's eyes shot open before a blush spread across his face.
"S-Sorry…" The boy mumbled, shielding his face from his giggling classmates.
"Anyways, today we'll be doing a career exercise. Write down your reach, target & safety high schools alongside your top 3 career choices" The elder man instructed before passing out worksheets. Izuku stared at the sheet of paper in contemplation, his brow furrowing in concentration as he read over the instructions.
"I want desperately to be a hero…but what if Kacchan is right? What if my eyes won't be enough in a disaster scenario? What if I'm forced to combat someone with a strong quirk? Will I be able to save lives then? I can't let my own dreams end lives!" Izuku ground his teeth while squeezing his pen, eyes locked on the assignment.
Ignorant to the blue flame-like whisps of energy encompassing his fist.
"So you're aiming to apply to UA's hero course?"The teacher pointed toward the ash-blonde firecracker who stood on his desk in response, popping off explosions in his palm.
"Damn straight! Out of all the extras in this shitty fucking school, I'm the one who'll make it to UA!" Katsuki exclaimed. While the classroom cheered/jeered at their classmate, the blonde shot a glance toward his former best friend.
"I'll become the best. I'll surpass All Might. And you…you'll forever be a pebble in my path to greatness." With a pointed glare and a final explosion, Katsuki returned to his seat, the unease after seeing Izuku's eyes never leaving him.
"Midoriya, you wanted to attend UA as well right?"
The class immediately fell silent.
Izuku panicked as he felt a plethora of eyes settle on his frame, the feeling of judgment washing over him.
"Do you think he can do it?"
"Probably not, his quirk isn't combat-oriented or flashy"
"What Tomoko said. He'd probably be better as a police sniper or something with those eyes"
Izuku set his head on the desk, trying his hardest to disappear from the classroom, until he felt the familiar hum of flowing energy approaching him. The greenette quickly threw his head back, narrowly avoiding the explosion that splintered his desk.
"Is he insane?! That blast would've killed me…and he knew that!" Izuku focused his sky-blue eyes on the taller boy, keeping a careful note of his energy flow.
"How many times do I have to tell you that you will neverbe a hero? Your quirk is nothing. You are nothing."
"I can still try." Izuku's tone lacked its usual stutter and his eyes held none of the fear they usually did. Determined sky blue met rageful ruby red as the two sprung their quirks to life.
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"DIE!"
Katsuki made the first move, launching an explosive left hook at the smaller boy whose sharp eyes allowed him to catch the activation of his opponent's quirk. Raising his right arm, Izuku managed to block the hook before slamming his knees upwards, driving what was left of his desk into Katsuki's stomach. Sliding his chair back, Izuku quickly stood up and threw a sloppy right straight that Katsuki caught with ease.
"Your cheap trick may have worked that once but you're still weak" With a flick of his wrist, Katsuki bent the smaller boy's wrist at an unnatural angle, Snapping it.
Izuku's pained scream nearly obscured the bell signaling the end of class.
As students began filing outside of the classroom, Katsuki gave the crumpled and crying form of Izuku one last look before sauntering toward the boy, kneeling to meet his eyes.
"You still want to be a hero. Izuku?" The greenette vigorously nodded, tears streaming down his face while sobs wracked his body. Upon hearing the boy's answer, a wicked grin washed over the boy's face.
"Then as a former friend, I'll give you some advice. Go to the roof, pray you'll get a stronger quirk in your next life, then jump."
Izuku could see very well, it was one of the core functions of his quirk. However, he hadn't seen his current position coming in the slightest.
Izuku stood on the ledge of Aldera Jr High, blue eyes tracking a variety of bugs, birds, and other animals as his left leg dangled over the edge.
"He's right. No matter how much I try and convince myself, my quirk just isn't suited for hero work. It can be useful for police work but anything more than that…" Izuku trailed off. Focusing on his eyes further, the greenette expanded his vision to its max allowing him a 360-degree view of a large chunk of the city.
"I don't kn- no. I can't live and not be a hero…maybe I should take his advice" The teen contemplated his decision, running over each and every possibility, considering every way his quirk might be useful to someone.
But it all came back to the same conclusion.
"Whoever's up there…please give me a stronger quirk when I reincarnate"
With a slight shift of his weight, Izuku plummeted from the roof.
Chapter 2: A New Beginning
First things first I just wanna say this story blew up way faster than I thought. There's only one chapter and I got like 50 favs and follows nutty Icl. With that being said I'm gonna address the reviews same way I do for Heavenly Restricted.
Raye23: So is his quirk the Byakugan?
Ant: Nuh uh
KayBiJay: No way Izuku wouldn't analyze the shit out of his quirk.
Ant: He DID analyze his quirk, he was able to figure out his range limit, drawbacks, and other sub-abilities he has a few days after getting it. But after being constantly told that it won't get him far in hero work he believes that it's all his quirk will ever be and aside from police and minor rescue work it has limited function when it comes to saving lives.
GamerLadJohn:So, maybe I'm just reading this wrong, but he could predict Bakugo's movements and fight him off as a little kid with help of his quirk, see the "Energy" of quirks when they're being used or about to be used, and also has a psuedo-xray vision, and supposedly a fourth or fifth thing he doesn't realize judging by the blue flames... and he thinks his quirk is completely useless and hasn't tried to experiment and study his quirk ONCE since he got it? And seemed to just forget what all his quirk could do outside the ray vision by his time in middle school? I'm so confused..
Ant: He couldn't predict his movements. Katsuki corrected himself and said Izuku wasn't predicting him, merely recognizing when he activated his quirk and dodging before he could actually finish activating it. And the reason he he thinks his quirk is useless is because the person he associates with strength, with being a hero (aside from All Might) is constantly saying he won't become one. It doesn't matter if Izuku is super smart, that much mental and physical abuse at his age will leave ANYONE feeling as if they aren't worth much.
DustYetDusty:Ok so people are way too used to Izuku being some sort of analytical mastermind. The fact is, he's creative. He works off what he knows and tries to apply different way of using a quirk, a method he isn't sure would even work. However, he had not done the same thing for himself until, he was put on the spot in the Quirk Apprehension Test. He had a couple weeks to figure more about it but he didn't.
That being said, this version of Izuku is more in line with Izuku's canon tendencies aside from the wanting to die part, as he'd still want to try to get to UA. He geeks out when he finds out something new about his quirk but still has yet to actually expand on it, just like how he learned how to break his limbs in canon by making the area e uses it smallet but never tries spreading it until much much later.
Now onto the actual story. I see what you did with the title btw lol.
Izuku has a visionary quirk that lets him see more.
That's the super dumbed down jist of it. But it's SO very useful its ridiculous. Heck, I could see All For One wanting a quirk THIS insanely useful and easy to use. However, due to its nature it makes sense he wouldn't immediately think to se it in a way that could help him, and he probably wouldn't need to anyway. As it is, if Izuku was to fight against an emitter type quirk, it would look like he's either prediciting or seeing the future given how he can see when someone's going to use their quirk. Though, just like he pointed out, that means NOTHING if his body can't keep up.
Overall, this is a very solid start. I'd like to see more soon!
Ant: Thank you, like actually. You said basically everything I was thinking especially in regards to Izuku v Katsuki. It doesn't matter if Izuku can recognize whenever Katsuki uses his quirk, he's 5'5 and light as a feather meanwhile Katsuki towers over him and has been training himself into the ground in preparation for UA. This doesn't mean Izuku won't cook up later, my Goat gon put up numbers trust.
Izuku had expected the impact to be filled with cold, unbearable pain.
What he was met with, however, was anything but.
"I AM HERE!" A booming voice bellowed as Izuku felt the wind race beside him.
"All Might?! Did I die and go to hero heaven?!" The greenette cracked his blue eyes open and was greeted with the sight of pearly whites smiling down at his lithe frame.
"ARE YOU ALRIGHT YOUNG MAN?!" His heart raced as he took note of the genuine concern in his idol's voice.
"I-I'm alright" From his position on All Might's shoulder, Izuku was able to make out the number one hero's destination.
"The mental hospital…" Izuku frowned deeply. In his excitement at being saved by his idol, he'd forgotten why he was getting saved in the first place.
"I-I'm a-alright. You don't have to take me t-there…" The greenettes tone was low, nearly a mutter, but All Might heard it nonetheless.
"Look…"
"Midoriya"
"Look, Young Midoriya, you attempted to end your life today. I'm no professional but I do know you need to talk to someone" The man's voice was hearty as ever but lost its booming volume and playful tone.
As the two rushed through the air, Izuku realized something.
"I can ask All Might if I can be a hero. If he believes me it won't matter what Kacchan says" and so he asked.
"I'm sorry Young Midoriya, without a proper offensive quirk you'd have little to no success in the hero business…it'd be best you use that power for something akin to police work, if you're interested I have a contact in the force who you can shadow until you're finished with school!"
Izuku truly wished he hadn't been saved.
The greenette shot his gaze elsewhere, focusing his vision so as to pay attention to anything but the mental health clinic they were rapidly approaching.
"Can you tell me when these thoughts started?" He'd been in the clinic for all of 7 minutes and hated every second of it.
"I-I've thought about it in p-passing, but I never p-planned to actually do it…not until today." The dark-skinned man ran a finger through his jaw-length locs, eyes shifting down towards his clipboard before refocusing on his client.
"Can you tell me when exactly they started?" A thoughtful look washed over Izuku's face as he attempted to pinpoint when exactly he started to feel this way.
"When I revealed my quirk to my former friend." There was no stutter, no nervousness, no anything. Izuku looked tired, as he watched the therapist scribble even more notes onto his clipboard.
"I assume that friend began to bully you severely?"
"Yes."
"Can you give me an example?"
"Are any students here interested in learning an instrument?" The class remained silent as they stared at the cocoa-colored woman, silence filling the classroom as neither party refused to break it.
Until Izuku raised his hand.
"I-I w-would " Almost immediately a warm smile washed over the taller woman's face as she softly clapped her hands together.
"That's wonderful Midoriya! Do you know what you'd like to play by chance? It's ok if you don't." The greenette briefly thought of all the instruments he knew of and wondered if he'd be good at any of them before coming to the conclusion that he had no clue.
"I-I don't…" His tone trailed off as he attempted to avert his gaze to the termite eating away at a construction site three kilometers away. Stella smiled knowingly before speaking to the boy once more.
"That's completely okay! I shuffled through a myriad of instruments before I landed on the piano. Trying new things is, in my opinion, one of the best things about music. Would you like me to recommend you an instrument to start with?" Izuku refocused his eyes on his teacher, surprised at her kindness and eagerness to help him succeed.
"Y-Yes p-please"
"Wonderful! I've seen you write for extremely long periods without breaks or cramping so I was thinking of guitar; that way you have a fair amount of finger strength and flexibility to start you off."
"O-Ok" The greenette would be lying if he said he wasn't excited to begin learning to play an instrument. He'd heard from a myriad of interviews that a plethora of his favorite heroes all had some sort of hidden talent, most of said talents being music-related.
"Maybe if I become a hero they'd interview me about my talents…if" The positive train of thought soon soured causing the lithe boy to shake it out of his head.
"Perfect! I'll lend you a Fender Telecaster and an amp to start but do know that it belongs to the school so if you break it you buy it as we say in America!" The chocolate-skinned woman chuckled at her own joke as she handed the boy the sunburst-colored guitar and chunky Ibanez amplifier.
"T-Thank you!" For the first time in his life, Izuku felt believed in, even if it wasn't in regards to hero work. He'd decided to pick up an instrument on what was basically a whim and this woman had utter faith in him.
It felt nice.
"So you play guitar?" The dark-skinned man sported a small smile on his face as he tossed a glance back to his Les Paul and Jaguar, both guitars proudly on display in his office.
"A-And Cello…It started a-as a way to have s-something interesting f-for i-interviews but now I enjoy playing" The therapist nodded before jotting what he said onto his clipboard.
"I see. What happened after that?"
After class had been dismissed Izuku gathered his newly acquired gear and began to walk out of the classroom.
Only to be blocked by one Katsuki Bakugou.
Focusing his vision, Izuku scanned the classroom and adjacent hallways searching for any semblance of staff only to find that nothing of the such was nearby.
"I heard you mutter about why you wanted to pick up an instrument."
Shit
"I-It w-wasn't anything s-serious I pro-" The greenette cut himself off as he leaned backward to narrowly avoid an explosion, causing him to fall on his back.
"In case you've forgotten, your cursed quirk is nothing compared to mine. So what if that cursed quirk can see some shitty cursed energy, it will never be enough to become even the shittiest of a hero." With every word, the blonde took another step closer to the cowering form of his classmate, menacing explosions popping off in his palms.
Izuku stared at the larger boy with nothing but fear in his eyes. A screaming Katsuki was horrifying enough, but a calm one was even scarier.
Because when he was calm was when he would hurt Izuku the worst.
Leaning down to grab the smaller boy's collar, Katsuki raised the trembling form of Izuku up with his left hand before sending an explosive right fist into his victim's jaw, shattering it. Izuku's eyes widened as he began to claw at the larger boy's arm in hopes of freeing himself while spitting out chunks of blood between screams. Katsuki's grip remained strong as he used his free arm to strip the boy of his school jacket, exposing pail, scarred skin.
"Every time you even THINK of becoming a hero, remember this pain." Izuku didn't need to use his quirk to know what was coming next yet no matter how hard he struggled.
He couldn't break free.
With a flash of his palm, Katsuki sent a scalding explosion into the boy's chest, burning hunks of skin and flesh of the boy, slightly exposing the underlying bone.
The scream that followed was horrific.
"…oh my god" The therapist had long since abandoned his clipboard as he ran his fingers through his locs, glasses discarded on the floor.
"Yeah… b-but at least Cursed Energy s-sounds c-cool" As he spoke, Izuku could feel the familiar burning pain in the wound that arose whenever he thought of the incident two years ago. The therapist inhaled deeply for a while before rushing toward his cell phone and dialing a number.
"Hello? Yes, this is , I'd like to report a case of attempted mur-" Izuku quickly rushed to the taller man and wrangled the phone from him, ending the call.
"P-Please don't!" The therapist wore a shocked expression as he stared his client down, incapable of believing the boy wouldn't want to press charges.
"Look I know he was your friend at one point but had that explosion been even SLIGHTLY more powerful you would be six feet deep!" As the man continued to speak, Izuku noticed his American accent becoming more and more prominent and briefly wondered if he knew Ms. Stella.
"B-But I-Im ok…besides I don't wanna r-ruin his future hero career…" Blue eyes turned elsewhere as he refused to meet the older man's hazel brown. With a sigh, Dr. McKnight turned the boy's head towards himself before speaking.
"Look, I can't force you to do anything but I implore you to, at the very least, stop hanging around the Kacchan kid. Because of him, you nearly died…twice" Izuku took note of the man's hardened expression before dumbly nodding.
"HE WHAT?!"
"Mom…"
"I don't want to hear it Izu, not now at least." Her tone was stern but throughout all his years as her son, Izuku knew she was seconds away from cracking.
"I-I just wanted to a-apologize. What I did was d-dumb-" Inko pivoted on her heel and grabbed Izuku by the shoulders.
"DUMB?! IZUKU IT WAS MORE THAN DUMB YOU TRIED TO KILL YOURSELF!" Tears flowed freely from her eyes as she stared her son dead in the eyes, the use of his full name not escaping him.
"I know…" The greenette cast his eyes to the pavement below, staring at the colonies of ants in the minuscule cracks rather than meeting his mother's gaze.
Until she spoke again.
"Am…am I a bad mom Izu? Is that why you tried to take your own life?" The aforementioned child shot his head up before wrapping his mother in a hug, his own tears staining the pavement.
"No! Not at all! You've been the best mom ever and I wouldn't trade you for the world" The teen hugged his mom even tighter, barely noticing his lack of a usual stutter.
"Then why Izu? Please tell me" His mother was pleading, desperately clutching her son as though he might try again if she let go.
Try and succeed.
A conflicted look fell upon the boy's face as he urgently searched for a way to avoid the question.
An explosion provided it for him.
"Izu slow down! We need to avoid the fight as much as possible!" The woman's voice fell on deaf ears as her son continued to rush towards the sound of chaos.
"All Might is nearby. Despite what he said I still want to see him fight!" A small smile found its home on his face as he rushed towards the sound of the battle.
Coming across a crowd of bystanders, Izuku managed to push his way to the front allowing him to get an unobstructed view of the villain.
What he saw killed that smile dead.
"K-Kacchan?!"
The ash-blonde teen struggled desperately against what appeared to be a monster made of sewer sludge, letting off indiscriminate explosions in hopes of blasting the villain off of himself.
It wasn't working.
He didn't know if it was the desperate look in his tormentor's eyes, the desperate need to be a hero, or a mix of the two, but Izuku found himself running headfirst toward the villain in hopes of saving his classmate.
The sludge villain took note of the scrawny boy and chuckled mirthfully.
"FREE TARGET PRACTICE?! YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE!" With minor strain, the sludge villain aimed Katsuki's arm toward the approaching boy and fired an explosion. Izuku, catching the blonde's cursed energy flowing toward his palm, dove to the left, narrowly avoiding the potentially lethal blow.
"What the hell?! Is your quirk foresight or some bullshit like that?!" The sludge villain stared down the boy, a mix of shock and annoyance in his tone. Capitalizing on the distraction, Katsuki managed to peel some of the sludge away from his mouth allowing him to speak a single sentence to his former friend.
"YOU AREN'T A HERO!" As soon as the words left his mouth a mass of green sludge found its home back over it.
"Listen to the brat, kid. YOU CAN'T BEAT ME!" A tendril of sludge shot out toward the boy, ready to drive its way through his throat and end his life.
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Until a pair of large dogs, one pitch black, one snow white, sunk their teeth into it.
"The hell?!" The villain retracted what was left of the tendril and with a shift of his body, sent a number of explosions at the lithe boy. The two dogs quickly rushed to Izuku and protected his form, shrugging off the explosions as if they were nothing.
The aforementioned boy was currently in disbelief.
"Is this my quirk? But I thought I only had a visionary quirk. Is this an extension of that quirk? Was I right when I said I could manipulate my own cursed energy?" Shaking his thoughts away, Izuku stood to his feet with a massive grin painting his face.
"I'll worry about the specifics later, right now all that matters…IS SAVING MY CLASSMATE!"
With a wave of his hand, the twin dogs made a mad dash at the now-terrified sludge villain.
Chapter 3: Brothers
Psy-Kick:Ok so Izuku has the Six-Eyes, and on top of that he also has the 10 Shadow technique? Sounds cool, but does he have Limitless too?
Great chapter!
Ant: Yup and no spoilers!
Zaysden StormVoid:Interesting. Very interesting. So, Deku with the powers of Gojo, or at least that's what I assume, but will he have more Curse techniques like Limitless?
Also, no offense to you, but this has to be one of Dumbest versions of All Might I have ever seen. He said to Deku with a straight face that he couldn't become a Hero because his Quirk is not offensive in nature? Did he wipe Sir Nighteye from mind? A guy who's Foresight Quirk is not only not offensively gifted but was also a Pro and his Sidekick?
I hope this is like the start of some All Might bashing or something because with this I don't see Deku ever treating All Might the same after this or accept One For All. Like I'd imagine All Might will later find Deku and say he finds Deku worthy of One for All for what he did saving Bakugo, which I assume he will, but Deku finally grows a spine and rejects All Night's offer.
Also, Will Bakugo finally suffer some consequences for his actions? That therapist really seemed keen on reporting Bakugo and, if Midoriya is below 16, which I believe is the age of legality in Japan currently, then Izuku's input or permission might not be needed for charges to be brought up against Bakugo, especially if Inko learns of this.
But overall, an interesting start and I'm hooked.
Hope to see more of this soon!
Ant: I actually don't think All Mights choice was a dumb one. Regardless of Izuku's quirk he still attempted suicide and is clearly not right mentally which even slightly affects his enrollment conditions at UA. If I was in his shoes I'd dissuade Izuku from going into hero work as well, not in his mental state anyway. Bakugo gets his don't worry
MODdenial:Okay so, either you're trying to set up Katsuki for the redemption are to end all redemption arcs, or you're making it all the more satisfying for us when he gets his comeuppance.
I don't know how you redeem him, but please don't take it a challenge. I'd rather not have him redeemed considering how personal he's making this.
Ant: Katsuki is a plot device in this tbh. I don't hate the guy I actually kinda fw him in the recent material but I needed a POS for stuff I have planned for later and Katsuki just fit the bill. I don't think he'll get a redemption ark tbh but if he does it'll go from Izuku saying "I hate Katsuki" to "Katsuki is a classmate I have a dislike for" and that's IF I do it.
Zekuran:Highly unrealistic. Medical professionals have a legal obligation to report incidents like what you described regardless of the individuals feelings. In point of fact, as a minor Izuku doesn't even get to decide whether charges will be pressed. Honestly, it's bad enough that as bad as he is in Canon Bakugo is never paired with consequences, why do so many fanfic authors feel a need to write him as being worse?
Ant: "Highly unrealistic" Dawg they shoot lasers from their tum tums it already isn't the most realistic. And regardless in a society with powers and a profession based on these powers, I don't find it "Highly unrealistic" for the authorities to not care about one of the area's top hero prospects (with a spotless record mind you) getting into a scuffle with a student and going a bit overboard. Shit like that exists in the REAL world. If you don't like how I handle authoritative figures in this fic then womp womp I'm not holding a gun to your head and telling you to read.
3headed-dragon:Another problem in Izuku doing this is that it kinda tanks Izuku's hero career before it even starts as I can't see a real therapist allowing Izuku to attend ANY Hero School in fear of Izuku getting himself killed due to his current mindset. Which is basically Izuku having ZERO sense of self preservation, because let's be honest there is a difference between risking your life and throwing it away.
Ant: Your entire review was amazingly written and insightful keep it up twin but I really wanted to focus on this chunk here because you literally predicted a plot point chapters before it really stands out. Izuku has no sense of self preservation in this fic(the start at least). The incident with his attempted suicide DOES reach UA and they DO react to it but that's for next chapter.
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Besides that I just wanna let y'all know the pairing is alr decided (no harem cuz ion like writing em) and if y'all think Bakugo suck now?….mannnn
WORD IS BOND!
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?! YOU COULD'VE BEEN HURT, OR WORSE, KILLED!" The greenette cowered under the gaze of the larger hero chewing him out, eyes shifting toward his blonde tormentor before returning to his own hands.
"Back there, it felt as though those two dogs were a part of me, an extension of myself. They listened to me when I commanded them to attack and once the fight was over they dispelled back into me. Is it my cursed energy? Am I able to make other animals? How would I even go about summoning them again?"
"ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME?!" The voice shook Izuku out of his internal ramblings, causing the boy to retreat further into himself.
"Y-Yes sir! S-Sorry sir!" He managed to stutter out, his all-seeing blues desperately trying to avoid the hero. With a sigh, the man rested one of his hulking arms onto the boy's lithe frame, causing the teen to shift his nervous gaze to meet the hero's worried, but still scolding, one.
"Look kid, it might not seem like it but we are thankful for your help. If it wasn't for you the hostage would've ended up dead long before All Might could've saved him but regardless what you did was irresponsible and very easily could have gotten you killed alongside your classmate." Death Arms scanned the smaller boy, noticing the mix of happiness and disappointment flashing over his features.
Izuku dropped his gaze once more, repeatedly flexing his palms while studying the minuscule cracks in the pavement below.
A small smile weaseled its way onto the pro hero's face before he spoke once more.
"That being said, your quirk has immense potential. I know you're eager to save lives with it, which is admirable, but wait until you at least have your provisional license" Izuku's eyes instantly shot up to meet the pros, tears welling within them as he held back a sob.
"Y-You t-think I I can become a h-hero?" He was barely able to get the question out without sobbing as the hulking hero's smile widened.
"Without a doubt."
"A new quirk development? I'm surprised you didn't follow your energy manipulation theory earlier" Dr. McKnight flashed the boy a warm smile as he watched the teen eagerly vibrate in his seat.
"I thought about it but for so long I've been told that my quirk is restricted to solely vision that I'd given up on trying to expand into areas outside of my eyes. I knew I could see cursed energy but I had little faith I could actually use it" The therapist nodded his head, taking note of how the boy's nervous stutter seemingly disappeared whenever he spoke of topics that interested him.
"I see. So have you been able to summon your hounds again?" A look of disappointment briefly appeared on the greenettes face before his previous elation made itself known once more.
"I haven't, not since I s-saved K-Kacchan" Upon mention of his ash blonde classmate, the nervous shutter returned, and his gaze shifted toward the hardwood floor.
Dr. McKnight ran his fingers through his locs as he sighed. He'd meant to steer today's session away from the boy and focus on the things that Izuku enjoyed but clearly, the universe had other plans.
"Have you been taking my advice, Izuku?" The older man's hazel eyes withheld nothing but concern for the hero hopeful who began to fidget in his seat.
"I-I have. I a-asked for a new schedule and I a-avoid him as much as I c-can" The therapist hummed in approval before copying what his patient said onto his clipboard.
"That's great to hear, Izuku; although I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little upset that he got off with less than a slap on the wrist" Frustration made itself apparent on the older man's brow as his fingers combed through his locs.
"T-Thank you for not r-reporting him"
"You're out your damn mind if you think I didn't" Izuku couldn't understand the man's native tongue but the frustration on his therapist's face allowed him a good idea as to what was said.
"Y-You reported K-Kacchan?" Fear. Pure unbridled fearovertook the lithe boy causing him to shake in his chair, the wound on his chest stinging angrily. Dr. McKnight sighed as he leveled his gaze at his patient.
"Look, Izuku, even if I didn't want to file a report I legally have to, especially after your mom motioned to file one as well." What was meant to calm the boy down only intensified his fear tenfold as he began to hyperventilate.
"W-What d-does this mean for his h-hero c-career? Will he get in t-trouble?" The American man sighed deeply once more, annoyed not at his own slip-up,
But by how concerned the boy sounded.
"Unfortunately as you were both minors at the time, and his record had been spotless prior to the event, they labeled it as an accidental quirk misfire so as to, and I quote 'Protect the future of a bright young man from being snuffed due to a single, unprecedented accident'" The doctor combed his fingers through his locs once more, humming a small tune to himself to keep his anger towards the situation from spilling out in front of his patient.
Izuku didn't know whether to be relieved, or disappointed.
"Ready to go home, Izu?" Inko received a nod from her son, the boy still shocked at his therapist's revelation to properly articulate sentences. The duo began walking, passing under a plethora of blossoming flowers on their way home.
"Excuse me, would you be Izuku Midoriya by chance?" A strong voice interjected the comfortable silence the two had established, causing the mother and son to turn on their heels, hoping to put a face to the voice.
"And you might be?" Inko's tone was wary as she eyed the man in front of her, quirk flaring to life just in case she needed to attract a weapon to defend the two. For what seemed like hours the two adults stared each other down, emerald green eyes matching charcoal black.
Eventually, the man spoke.
"The name's Aoi Todo" His tone of voice was relaxed while his eyes lost the intensity they had during his staring match.
Inko however, was still wary.
"And what business do you have with my son?" Her tone hardened as her brow furrowed further at the muscular man before her and her son.
Aoi scrunched his brow slightly while stroking his chin, as if in deep thought, before answering the question.
"Izuku Midoriya, what kind of women do you like?"
He barely registered the small, but fast, steel pipe that collided with the back of his skull.
Inko stood with her fist raised, a slight green glow encompassing both the appendage and the, now-dented, steel pipe.
"I-I don't know who you are or what you want with my son but I think it's best you leave before I have to call the authorities!" As if to emphasize her point, Inko began to levitate a number of small objects around her while simultaneously dialing 110.
With blinding speed, Aoi dropped to his knees and began apologizing rapidly to the shorter, but shockingly frightening, woman.
"W-Wait! I wanted to speak to Midoriya about his quirk! It'sscarily similar to the quirk of someone I considered a dear friend!" Immediately, Izuku's eyes widened as the teen began to vibrate excitedly at the revelation.
Upon seeing her son's excitement, Inko hesitatingly released her control of the makeshift weapons before pocketing her phone and lightening her glare at the man.
"Let's speak elsewhere."
"You want to train Izu?" Inko dried her hands off with a dry rag before settling herself at the table, watching the two teens(?), Inko was unsure of the taller boy's age, eat the Shogayaki she'd prepared after they'd arrived.
The older teen(?) nodded in affirmation before stuffing another piece of pork into his mouth.
"Mmmhmphh!" His poor attempt at speech was punctuated with a firm nod before he added another piece of pork into his mouth, barely finishing the previous one.
Inko couldn't help but smile at the stranger's antics. He was almost a complete parallel to Izuku. While her son was lithe and pale, this teen was muscular and tan. Even the way they ate was in complete opposition to one another. Izuku ate rather slowly, enjoying the flavor of the pork mixed with the onion and ginger while Aoi focused on getting as much food into his stomach in as little time as possible. Shaking away her thoughts, she waited for the larger boy to swallow before asking her follow-up question.
"And you want to train Izu because he has your friend's quirk?" The skepticism in her tone wasn't missed by Aoi who sighed and set down his chopsticks.
"Yes; well more specifically he has the quirks of two of my friends, both deceased." The hulking man's voice was nearly as heavy as its speaker, a cold expression replacing the playful one they'd seen seconds prior.
Inko's eyes widened as she nearly choked on the air entering her lungs.
"A-Are you serious? I'm so sorry for your loss!" The woman reached across the table and gently grasped the larger teen's calloused hands in an attempt to comfort him.
"It's alright Mrs. Midoriya. And yes I'm deadly serious, Izuku possesses the quirks Six Eyes from my former teacher, Satoru Gojo, and Ten Shadows from my friend Megumi Fushiguro." The two Midoriya looked over towards one another, Izuki far too stunned to speak.
"I-I have the quirks of two dead people?! How is that possible? Did they die and then I got their quirks or did they die because I got their quirks? It can't be the former because, despite his muscular structure, Todo looks about two or so years older than me which means it's the latter…Did I…did I kill his friends by gaining a quirk? No! That's unlikely, it's probably a coincidence! More likely than not they were alive up until recently, especially judging by Todo's reaction. He probably contacted me not because I may have a possible link to their deaths but because our quirks were just too similar to ignore!"
"Izu, sweetie, you're mumbling again" A blush crept its way onto the greenettes face as he mumbled an apology. The two green heads turned toward a shocked Aoi Todo who was currently opening and closing his mouth as though he was a fish.
"He deciphered all of that with little to no context?! Kid's got one helluva brain on him!" With that Aoi's resolve steeled.
He was so gonna train this kid to become the #1 hero.
After a solid week of begging his mother, Inko allowed Izuku to be trained by Aoi Todo in preparation for the UA entrance exams.
And Izuku really wished she hadn't.
"ONE MORE LAP YA WIMP!" The greenette almost groaned upon hearing the voice of his trainer.
Upon being allowed to begin training, he immediately dragged Izuku to a nearby beach-turned-illegal dumping site to start his physical conditioning.
And Izuku really didn't like physical conditioning.
"Your second quirk, Ten Shadows, allows you to summon a variety of shikigami using shadow puppets. You start out with the two Divine Dogs you used against the slime thingie but the rest of the animals you have to exorcise to use." The two currently sat criss-cross apple sauce as Aoi gave Izuku the rundown of his new quirk.
The greenette eagerly wrote down every word Aoi spoke in his notebook, a smile touching each corner of his mouth.
"So that's why we're starting with physical conditioning rather than quirk control! If my body isn't strong enough I won't be able to exorcise the rest of the Shikigami. It also has the added benefit of getting me into proper shape!" Izuku's grin grew even wider.
His dream was becoming a reality.
"You want me to exorcise Nue?" Izuku asked for clarification. The teen was currently holding a plank while staring down at his notebook, pouring over Aoi Todo's patented Fastrack to Special Grade: Ten-Month Workout Plan for Reaching The Top for the umpteenth time.
The older teen nodded while mindlessly scrolling on his phone from his position on Izuku's back.
"It's been six months already and you've made huge strides in that short amount of time, I think you're more than ready to tame your next Shikigami" Izuku couldn't help but grin at the compliment.
In just six short months, Izuku had made a jump in weight while conversely losing most of his baby fat, leaving his jawline more defined. He'd also begun growing out his hair, the black and green strands pulled back into a bun to avoid obstructing his vision.
Steeling his resolve, Izuku nodded in affirmation.
"If you think I'm ready then I'll do it Todo-Sensei!" Aoi grinned at the boy's new-found confidence. Over the course of the six months, he'd noticed that Izuku's nervousness all but disappeared when doing things remotely hero-related.
Removing himself from the boy's back, Aoi allowed his protege to stretch and gain his breath.
"So how do I exorcise Nue?"
"I dunno"
"You dunno?"
"Nope" Popping his p, Aoi watched as the boy sunk to his knees in despair, saddened by the thought of using only one of the many Shikigami included in his new quirk.
"But I do have an idea" Izuku's expression brightened immediately as he shot up to his feet, ready to climb the next step of his new power.
"What's the idea?" Aoi stroked his chin for a few seconds before answering, as if a lightbulb had gone off in his head.
"Whenever Megumi tried to summon Mahoraga it would start the exorcism ritual as he hadn't tamed the beast prior. So I'm thinkin' all you have to do is make the shadow puppet, call out the Shikigami's name and it'll start on its own!" Aoi wiped the bottom of his nose smugly at his theory while Izuku thought it over, coming to his conclusion pretty quickly.
"Let's do it!"
As soon as he shouted the Shikigami's name, the bird materialized behind him before swiping one of its razor-sharp claws at Izuku, the teen narrowly dodging. Using the momentum from the dodge, Izuku put distance between himself and his opponent via back handspring before brandishing a three-section staff.
"Playful Cloud?" Izuku stared at the red three-section staff Aoi had put into his hands before looking back toward his mentor.
Said mentor began to stretch his legs and back before answering the boy's question.
"It's a special weapon imbued with a hardening quirk, you'd be hard-pressed to find something even half as tough at that staff."
"A-And you're just giving it to me?" Aoi's face fell slightly before a small returned to his face.
"Of course not. It belonged to a good friend of mine" Izuku's face slightly fell but, nonetheless, he was happy Aoi wasn't just giving him something so po-
"You have to earn it!"
"…wha?" The greenette was in shock at potentially receiving something so powerful two months into his training.
"As a Shikigami user, your opponents will expect you to stay behind and let them do all the work, you'll do the exact opposite, however, and use that expectation to lure them into a false state of security. When they least expect it you can rush in and finish them with your hand-to-hand. Once you can show me proficiency with not just that basic tactic but also Playful Cloud I'll officially pass this weapon onto you." Aoi looked toward his student, said student's face filled with determination and pride rather than shock and confusion as it had been prior.
"Yes, Sensei!"
Connecting the sections to create a full staff, Izuku swung Playful Cloud in a tight, swift motion, knocking the attacking claw to his left. Quickly switching stances, the greenette sent a right leg switch kick into the torso of the avian creature sending it flying to his left.
"This honestly isn't so bad"
An arc of green lightning struck the boy sending him barreling to the ground, convulsing in pain. Seizing the opportunity, Nue sunk its razor-sharp claws into Izuku's flesh, tearing out a chunk of the greenette's mouth before tossing it up,
And eating it right in front of the boy.
Izuku scampered to regain his footing as fear and pain wracked his body. However, no matter how much pain he felt, no matter how much fear he felt in his very being, Izuku refused to give up.
With a flick of his wrist, Playful Cloud separated into three sections once more allowing it a greater degree of flexibility than its fully formed counterpart at the cost of range.
"Nue isn't dumb, it knows to either avoid or disarm me to put me back on essentially uneven footing. I'll use that, just like sensei taught me!" With a fierce look of determination on his face, the greenette awaited for Nue to dive in and claw at him.
And once it did, Izuku struck.
Tossing the staff into the air, Nue flew right into it, wrapping the weapon around her wings and sending her to the ground. Capitalizing on her weakened state, Izuku quickly coated his fist in cursed energy before slamming it into the skull of the Shikigami
Exorcising it.
Just like that, his ten months were over and greenette found himself standing in front of UA, standing in front of his dream.
"Are you excited Izuku?" He heard his sensei ask from beside him. The greenette eagerly nodded as his hands grazed over the comforting feeling of Playful Cloud's carrying case that was strapped to his back.
Turning to Aoi, Izuku gave the older teen a deep how of gratitude, long green hair touching the asphalt.
"I-I owe this a-all to you sensei! Thank you!" Izuku all but shouted. Aoi looked down at his bowing protege for what seemed like hours.
Before releasing a hearty chuckle.
"Look, Izuku, over the last ten months I've rejected you as a student"
Izuku's face fell as tears welled in his eyes.
"And I've embraced you as a brother!" With a flex of his muscles, Aoi's shirt shredded to pieces as he embraced his brother tightly.
Izuku's tears now flowed freely, his newly muscled arms returning his sen- no, brother's embrace. The two stayed locked in their embrace for a while, ignoring the onlookers and their comments, before separating so as to allow Izuku to continue his path as a hero.
"One more thing, little brother" Aoi rested a hand on his younger brother's shoulder as a hardened look fell over the man's features.
"Y-Yes? What is it?" The teen began to sweat, internally panicking at what got Aoi so worked up.
"What kind of women do you like?"
Izuku nearly fell face-first onto the pavement.
"W-Why a-are you a-aski-"
"Just answer the question, little brother" The larger man's face steeled itself even further as his eyes bore into Izuku's soul.
The greenette just gave in.
"I-If I I had to s-say it'd be a h-headstrong girl…with a n-nice a-ass…" He attempted to mutter the last part to himself as a blush crept its way onto his face.
Keyword attempted.
"Not a big boob guy are you?! It's ok little brother I completely understand, now to CRUSH that exam!"
He wished he could disappear into the shadows and hide away.
"To be fair with Ten Shadows I guess I can disappear into the shadows…"
Unbeknownst to him, a lavender-haired girl had heard the entire exchange and was almost as, if not more, red than Izuku's boots.
Izuku was not having a good exam so far. From almost falling to being sat next to Kacc- Katsuki, to being chewed out in front of the entire exam hall, he really just wanted to get the practical portion over with as fast as possible.
And that's exactly what he did.
As soon as the greenette heard the word go, he steeled himself and made a mad dash into the exam grounds, searching for any robot he could gain points by defeating.
Meanwhile, the rest of the examinees just stared as though entrapped in glue.
Present Mic sought to rectify that.
"WHEN YOU'RE A HERO VILLAINS WON'T GIVE YOU A COUNTDOWN NOW GO!" His rousing speech seemed to snap the contestants out of their stupor as they rushed into the exam grounds, desperate to catch up with the greenette.
There was no way they were catching up with him.
Using a mix of Playful Cloud and Nue, Izuku was able to take down a variety of robots with relative ease, especially once he figured out that Nue could strip their plating with her claws and fry them from the inside out.
After taking down a sizeable number of robots, Izuku sat on the ledge of a building with Nue, scratching right behind her right ear, causing the bird to coo
"So with that 2 pointer that I destroyed, that leaves me with…" Izuku attempted to count on his fingers but couldn't for the life of him figure out the number of points he had acquired.
"I'll go get more, just to be on the safe side" Standing from his spot on the ledge, Izuku stretched his body, ready to make a safe, controlled descent from the building.
Until an earthquake collapsed the building in on itself.
Thinking quickly, Izuku grabbed his staff and leaped from the building, the familiar talons of Nue snagging onto his clothes before carrying him away from the wreckage.
"What was that?"
"IT'S THE ZERO POINTER!"
"EVERYONE RUN!"
"I REFUSE TO DIE IN A SCHOOL, EVEN IF IT'S UA!"
The greenette turned his head towards the direction the crowd was running from, spotting the abomination that caused his building to implode.
"Holy shi-" The greenette turned to run away from the behemoth just as his testmates did,
Until he heard a voice.
"Please…help" The voice was familiar.
"It's the girl who stopped me from falling!" The girl was trapped under rubble that was presumably too heavy to lift without her quirk. Without a single thought flowing through his head, Izuku rushed the behemoth and jumped, pouring cursed energy into his legs, fueling his ascent.
"I'll show you why my big brother put so much trust in me!"Cocking his arm back, Izuku sent out a devastating blow that tore a hole into the Zero Pointers head.
"Divergent Fist"