Chapter 2: How it all got to this point.
"Can I…be a hero too?"
This question may sound childish or irrelevant to some or some may even not care but for a certain someone this question was the biggest tormentor of their life and its answer can be the only hope of light that they will ever get or it will make their world even dark with the hope of never escaping the endless darkness that surrounds them.
Izuku Midoriya had a dream that he wanted to became a hero but all his dreams or to be exact his life came crashing down on him, the day he gets to know that he was quirkless. He was shocked, he was sad, but he was not hopeless.
In his world of total darkness, he still had a last ray of hope and he wants to cling to it for the motivation he needed to move forward, no matter how much people abused him beat him up didn't even let him dream but he still moves forward ignoring them, but somewhere deep inside he knew they were right he knew that he can't be a hero who can save people and he was slowly breaking apart not even knowing himself.
But the fake hope that he had given himself was more than enough for him. But things can't last as they are and that day he understood that how wrong he was, how blinded he was with the ideology of heroes, following them until he can't move on and what did he got in the end none of the heroes he believed in, the one who he preached like a 'God' none of them came not when he needed them not even when he just one step away from ending his misery.
Not even a single glance was spared at him his entire life, who wanted to waste their time on quirkless nobody like him these were his thoughts from the day everybody found that he is born without a quirk till his last moments his life.
Standing on the building he met All might, the only thing he wanted was the pain to go away. He knows what he can do but was he brave enough to do so, from his childhood he wanted to prove all those people wrong who treated him like garbage, but one step and everything he wanted to do, everything he can or might do will come to an end.
Maybe he will get a powerful quirk when he reborn just like his best friend Kaachan or his like his sister. He always thought what if he never wanted to become a hero would things have turned out differently for him.
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Four-year-old Izuku was sitting on his bead in his room trying to cover his ears with the pillow to avoid the voices from outside, but for some reason, he was crying, he was scared, well enough he knew what was going on but he tried to ignore it but he head his Mom scream and he didn't know what came over him he got down from his bead and ran to the living room as fast as he can.
There he saw his father with blood on his fist and his Mom was lying on the ground no matter how much he wanted to go and check on his mother he can't move he was scared to see his father's bloodshot eyes staring at him, he wanted to go and check on his mom but he was so scared that not even his feet won't move.
"I…zuku." Inuuk heard a voice and he turned towards his mom and he saw her mom's face, her nose and the side of the mouth was bleeding and tears were falling down her face but still, she had a smile on her face.
"Izuku, dear. What are you doing here." She stood up and walk up to Izuku "Let's get you to bed."
"WAIT!!!" Izuku dad shouted from behind, Izuku was scared but his mom ignored his dad and continued to walk away.
Izuku's dad walked up to them and grabbed Inko's shoulder and turn her around and slapped her on the face so hard that she dropped to the ground. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU CAN IGNORE ME LIKE THAT. I AM NOT DONE TALKING TO YOU."
"He had nothing to do with this," Inko said in a low voice.
"HE IS THE ONLY REASON ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING."
"But it's not his fault," Inko said as tears fell down her eyes
"OH!!! SO IT'S MY FAULT NOW." He grabbed her neck and lift her from the ground.
"SO, you are saying that it's my fault or maybe… You hooked up with some secret lover of yours." He said in an angry tone and threw her at the wall. Izuku ran to his mom, he was crying his eyes out and he didn't know what to do, what should he do, his mind was a mess no clear thought was coming to his mind he was just looking at his dad with desperation hoping that he would stop.
His dad pushed him out of the way and was about to punch his mom in the face but Izuku got in his way and instead of his mom he got a straight punch to his face and he rolled on the floor till his body hit the wall and was knocked out.
Inko when saw this she ran to Izuku as fast as she can and picked him up and put his head on her lap and shaking him trying to wake him up.
"IZUKU!!!.....IZUKU!!!...." She shouted but he didn't wake up him left eye was bleeding and Inko was crying her eyes out she wanted her son to wake up. His dad was not even the slightest bit worried instead he was disgusted more than worried, but someone was watching this whole ordeal, she was a small figure with black hair and red eyes. Nobody paid any attention to her, she was Izuku's twin sister, Haruka Midoriya.
Before leaving his father took a quick park behind and saw her and the words of the doctor echoed in his mind, that because of them being twins it is a 90-10 chance that she will have a quirk, so he just continued walking.
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A/N:- I just want to increase domestic violence
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The next day when Izuku woke up he realized that the left side of his vision was quite blurry so he got a little worried he stood up from his bed and looked at the clock in his room it was 5:30 in the morning which was quite early in the morning he so he got a little worried he walked up to the living room, where he saw his mom and dad sitting on the couch facing each other. Suddenly he was happy that his mom and dad made up, he was about to call out to them but he realized that there was someone else sitting beside his dad he was a man in a black suit and he had a muscular appearance and had brown hair and was wearing thin frame glasses.
Izuku quietly stood there peaking on them from behind the wall, they were not talking to each other. The man in the suit was passing papers to his mom and dad and they were signing on them and handing them back. He didn't know what was happening but this was clear to him that whatever was happening was not good because his mom's face looked like she was about to but in tears any second. After few minutes the man in the black suit and his dad lest and that was the last time he ever saw his dad.
"Mom." He said in a low and sad voice. Before turning back his mom quickly wiped tears off her face and turned around with a smile on her face
"I see someone is awake early. So…." She was about to say something but she quickly stood up and walked up to him.
"Izuku, your eye. Does it hurt?" She said in a worried tone.
"My eye? What's wrong with it?" He said while making the most innocent face he could, he didn't tell his mom about his vision because he didn't want to make her worry because he knows that something had happened and he just wanted to help her by not putting any other burden on her. Inko hugged him and tears started flowing down her face and Izuku just stood there without saying anything.
Slowly all the kids Izuku know started awakening their quirk and after few months Haruka also awakened her quirk, her quirk was fire manipulation just as the name suggests she could use her quirk to manipulate fire but she can't produce fire she needs a source of fire to do so. All the kids ask Izuku about his quirk but he always avoids this topic but this was a thing that can't be hidden from them soon all the kids knew that he was quirkless and after that, all his day were like living a real nightmare he was beaten up by his self-proclaimed friends and they never miss an opportunity to embarrass him in front of everybody at first he took it as a joke but as he grew up the level of beating also increased even his sister hates his very guts because from her point of view he was the reason that their dad left and cause their mom so much pain.
He had no friends to share his feeling with even his mom was no different, every time he saw her mother's face only pity could be seen on it. She cared for him from the bottom of her heart but knowing that she couldn't do anything to help him pained her. He wanted to be a hero just like every other kid but this was like wearing a sign that says hit me, when he told everyone that he also wants to be a hero nobody supported him. Everybody just thought that he had gone insane or something.
He was not just ignored by everybody but his existence was not even recognized by many he used to get beaten up in front of teaches many times but they all turn a blind eye to it. The only time his name was heard in the class was during the role call and their school nurse that he has to visit at least tens of times in a weak.
Izuku prefers to spend his time alone because then he won't be badmouthed and beaten up for no reason. Despite being bullied by all he still wants to be a hero because of his idol All-Might, he was the number one hero he was the most powerful hero the world has ever seen and every kid wants to be a hero like him but his strength was not the thing that Izuku liked the most it was that he always has a smile on his face no matter what happens.
The first time when he saw All Might he wanted to be a hero like him but unfortunate as he was he didn't get a quirk, but still he tried his hardest no matter what the other saw or did to him he always smile and because of that other thought that he was mentally retarded or something but what If he was none of it matter to them. He was just a toy to them that they will use until it can be used and then throw it away.
"Sometimes I do feel like I am a failure like there is no hope for me but even so I am not gonna give up ever…
Is it possible to become a hero even if I don't have a quirk?
I'm a normal kid without any power, COULD I EVER HOPE TO BE SOMEONE LIKE YOU." Izuku stands there his eye was closed and his heart was founding like crazy this was the best day of his life he was standing in front of the hero he idolized for most of his life. He waiting for an answer some words of encouragement from his number one idol but what he heard was not the thing he wanted to hear.
He opened his eyes and saw a man who looked like All might but he looked like a skeleton and coughed blood a few times when he spoke but he was All Might and what he said to Izuku that finally broke his heart completely
"Can you be a hero? Not without a quirk." All Might said with a serious tone and Izuku stood there his eyes and mouth open in shock. This was not the thing that he wanted to hear, he wanted to say something but no words came out of his mouth.
"You wanna help people there are plenty other ways to do it like become a police officer, you get crap because the heroes capture most of the villains but it's a fine profession." All Might started to walk away and before leaving he said something.
"It's not bad to have a dream young man just make sure your dreams are… attainable… realistic." And he left, but he could have never imagined that how deep his words have hurt Izuku. It was just like throwing a stone in the ocean, you never know how deep it goes.
Izuku stood there like a corpse his mind had gone completely blank and he could see himself his fast self as to how much he adores All Might how much he believed he was the only reason Izuku was trying so hard even though he knew that he couldn't do it but still why did everything have to end up bad for him. Why?
Izuku was walking back to his home and he heard some loud noises of explosions could be heard and without even noticing he walked to where the noises were coming from, old habits die hard.
When Izuku reached the place where the pro heroes were fighting the Jillian he realized that it's the same sludge villain that attacked him. He was watching as the villain was beating the pro heroes and none of them were able to restrain the villain in the slightest bit, he saw that the villain has taken someone as a hostage and when the eyes of the hostage met his eyes he instantly recognized him he was his childhood friend Kaachan.
He ran toward the villain as fast as he can and opened the chain of his bag and threw his bag towards that villain some of the stuff hit the villain's eye and he couldn't hit him.
He tried his hardest to pull his friend out of the sludge villain's grip, he was afraid and confused he, himself didn't know what came over him that he was willing to risk his life for something like that.
Suddenly he realized that he was standing in a place that looked like a void before he can react to what happened he heard a voice from behind him.
"H-e-y" He turns back and saw the beaten version of himself. For a moment he was speechless, he couldn't understand what suddenly happened but the other figure speaks up.
"What are you... Doing." His voice was weak but still, it felt like someone was echoing directly into his head and strike fear in his heart.
Izuku didn't speak up because he didn't understand what the thing was talking about, he just stood quietly, and the figure pointed in a random direction. Izuku looked towards where the figure was pointing and he saw himself getting beaten by Bakugo and his friends.
Izuku was starting at the scene in front of him and the more he watches the more his heart was crushed from the inside. He saw himself getting beaten up to the point he can't walk countless times.
"Why are... You trying to save someone like... Him."
Without even taking a second he answered "Because Kaachan is my friend."
When the other figure heard what he said he started to laugh but his laugh sounded less like a laugh and more like someone was trying to inhale/gasp for air and it was creeping Izuku out.
The other figure stopped laughing and lifted both of his arms so that Izuku could also see them he was wearing the middle school uniform of their school but his clothes were torn and burned up safe goes for his skin from which blood was dripping.
"Would a friend... Do something... Like this." He said as he had a big smile on his face which send chills down Izuku's back.
"You are... The only one... Who... Can make the right choice. Or things will... never change.
Wouldn't it be better...if he was never here. He is the one responsible for everything... If you don't do something only more pain and suffering is there for...you."
All the time when Izuku was beaten or abused flashed before his eyes again and again until he can't take it and his vision changed back to normal where he saw that he was still trying to pull Bakugo out of the sludge villain's grip but he let go of his hand. Bakugo can't make out that Izuku intentionally let go or not.
He looked into Bakugo's eyes which were full of desperation and asking for help but what Izuku said made him tremble in fear.
"What's the point in trying so hard you should rest for a while." Bakugo looked into his eyes which looked like the same as a dead fish and he had a psychopathic smile on his face and Izuku started punching him on the face.
All the people and pro heroes who saw what he was doing were shocked and terrified because both of them could die at any moment if nothing is done. All the pros rushed towards them as fast as they can but before the other heroes could make a move suddenly All Might showed up out of nowhere and grabbed Izuku and Bakugo and did a 'Detroid Smash' on the sludge villain and blow him away somewhere.
Both Izuku and Bakugo was laying on the ground Bakugo was almost knocked out and Izuku had a weird smile on his face, it was not because he got to beat up Bakugo it was just a face he put up in a tough situation, but now no matter how hard he tried he can't make that a mile go away from his face.
All might turn around and his eyes meet with Izuku's when Izuku saw his face his heart start to beat fast not because he was excited he was scared. From his childhood, the hero who he has seen only smiling has a frown on his face and the biggest shock for him was that it was because of him.
He didn't know what to say or do but before Izuku or the other heroes could saw anything All might started talking.
"Young man, I don't know what relation you have with that boy but you should be ashamed of yourself. The ones you hurt others for their benefits are nothing more than a villain." He said in a deadly serious voice and tears started to fall from his eyes but he still had that smile on his face, he was moving his mouth like he wanted to say something but no words came out of his mouth.
After an hour air was pouring down from the sky and he was the only one left there, he was picking up his stuff from the ground, and the only thing that was in his mind was all the faces that were looking at him with so much disgust like he was the worst thing in the world. All the pro heroes scolded him people in the crowd threw stuff at him but the one thing that now someone will go to his house and it will only cause his mom more trouble.
He knew once he reaches home his mom will be there to welcome him no matter how bad he messed up his mom was always there to support him, but this time he was not sure. All might said to leave Izumi alone for now but he knew that doesn't mean that he was off the hook. Today was a horrible day for him but he knew that whatever comes ahead will be even worse than this.
So he started walking towards the building he met All might, tears were still falling from his eyes but for some reason, that smile was still on his face maybe it was natural for him to smile whenever he was sad this is how it has been his entire life he just smiled and worked his hardest ignoring the other even though he knew that he can never match them.
He just wanted someone with who he can share his pain and feeling but till this day he can't find anyone like that and now that All might himself hated him what worse there can be so maybe he was just better off ending his godforsaken miserable life here and now.
Izuku opened his eyes and looked below he had a very sad expression on his face.
"Guess there was nothing worth remembering." He said in a sad voice which sounded like he will start crying any second.
He takes a step forward and he started to drop down but to him, it felt like time itself had slowed, and he closes his eyes but suddenly the smiling face of his mom came to his mind calling him.
He didn't know what made him change his mind, was it the fact that if he died he won't be able to prove them wrong or the fact that his mom will be as good as dead knowing that his son committed suicide. He quickly turned around as fast as he can in the hope of grabbing the fence or the edge of the wall, luckily for him he didn't jump far just took a step, or else he won't be able to make a final struggle.
He put all of his energy into his upper body and was able to end the fence but he heard a cracking voice from his shoulder and his hand also hit the edge of the wall but somehow he managed to survive and that was more than enough for him. He climbed up the bench and was now crying his eye out his whole body was shaking and his chest hurt every time his heart beat.
He laid on the floor for a while and he fell asleep after a few hours when he opened his eyes to the sound of his phone ringing, he checked his phone and checked the time it was 2:46 in the morning and there were at least a hundred miss calls from his mom so he stood up picked up all the things lying on the rooftop. At first, he hesitated to pick up the torn-up hero notes but in the end, he picked them up to put them in his bag and started to walk towards his home preparing himself for another hellish day to come.
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