Bab 3: Chapter 3 - How to save a life
Edited A/N: Sorry it took so long to update. My keyboard decided to say "Fuck you" and stopped working. I have bought a new one and hope this slightly longer chapter can make up for it.
It has only been day since we went to the doctor, but mom and I could clearly see how broken Izuku was. I can say with certainty that seeing it on the show and seeing in real life is very different. But this is where my knowledge of this world comes into play. I always had an idea that could help him in the future when he meets All Might. It was worth a shot a least.
It was saturday and Izuku in his grief had already asked mom `THE´ question that he would come to remember for many years to come. She, of course answered the same way, breaking him a bit more. She felt bad about it, but couldnt find any comforting words at that time.
It was around lunchtime when I walked in the room where he sat watching his video. He didnt even register that I came in. I just walked in and stood next to him. After standig there for a while, watching the same video on repeat, he slowly turned to me and spoke.
"Ne, Izumi, can I be a hero too?"
As I had grown attached to this green ball of fluff it broke my heart a bit hearing his words. I just looked at him seriously and said with conviction.
"A hero to me is the one that stands up to the bad guys, a hero to me is the one that works the hardest to do the right thing even if it could cost them their life while looking back at the people they saved with a smile and with only two thoughts in the moment it happens."
He looked at me in surprise and asked.
"And what are they? The thoughts."
I smiled and hugged him when I started to speak.
"I dont regret saving you and I love those Im leaving behind."
We kept hugging until I spoke again.
"But there is one more thing that I think can make a good hero."
He pulled back a bit to look at me.
"Yes, its a heros job to give their life to save others. But I also think that those that know when to stop and retreat to save another life another day is true hero. It doesnt help anyone if you die without a reason. But to answer your question nii-san, yes I think you can be a hero. No I know you can if you work hard for it. There is a hero named Eraserhead. His quirk only erases others quirk as long as he doesnt blink. He fights quirkless you know."
I told him this and could see the light returning to his eyes and could almost feel the heat from his determination.
I turned around and started to walk out, but I stopped at the door when I saw mom standing there smiling while crying. With no hesitation she scooped me up in her arms and brought us into a group hug. We all smiled at this family moment.
This was the birth of two legends...
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Its been eleven years since that night and you could clearly see the changes it brought.
First of all, since Inko no longer felt bad about crushing Izukus dreams, she didnt stress-eat and let her figure go. Instead she frequents a gym with Mitsuki every couple of days.
Second change was Izuku. He started to join me for those classes I took for weapons and martial arts. We always went to the gym together where he used a lot of time to train his strength and stamina. He still had that babyface we all knew him for and he was still shy, but now he had a good muscle foundation for the time when he will meet All Might. At the age of fifteen, he was the same height as Katsuki which is around 172 cm and pretty muscular. Not bulky but lean.
And then there is me. As I said,me and Izuku went to the gym, martial arts and weapon classes together. I trained harder than him though since I had two quirks to master. Izuku wasnt short anymore, I took that role at 161 cm. I still had pale green hair and dark green eyes. My hair was cut casually short with a tuft of hair tied up on both sides of my forehead.
We were now fifteen and in middle-school. While Izuku was still bullied like in the original, it wasnt as bad since I usually hung around him.
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We arrived in the classroom and took our seats amidst people talking loudly. We just sat there and listened to some of them. Some were talking about the program for the day or even what they had planned later in life. I turned to Izuku and spoke.
"Hey Izu. What do you think we will do today?" I asked him.
"Hmmm, I dont know but I feel like Bakugo will blow someone up one way or the other." He said.
I smirked a bit at that statement. "Doesnt he always?" I replied sarcastically. We both laughed a bit at that as the door opened up to reveal our homeroom teacher Mr. Sawamura.
"Everyone to your seats." He said as he took his spot at the front of the class.
Everyone returned to their seats as our teacher prepared the papers on his desk.
"Okay, this wont be a long day since its our last, so lets get started." We all had our attention on him.
"So for today you will have to complete this job compatibility sheet to see what jobs you all would want to do in the future." He said as he looked out over a sea of students. He suddenly grinned.
"But who cares about that? I know all of you want to be a hero!" He threw the papers in the air as the class became chaos and they started using their quirks at the same time.
"Now now. You all know that youre not allowed to use your quirks like this." He said, and they started to calm down.
"Now then, I see we have three people who has applied for the U.A exams." The class started murmuring about this until the teacher spoke again.
"Katsuki Bakugo. With your grades and strong quirk, I believe you have a decent chance at entering."
"Yeah, he is one of the strongest in class." One of the students spoke. "Yeah, but with his attitude he wont be very popular."
Bakugo hearing this got ticked off. He stood up on his chair with one foot on his table. "HAH? Dont lump me in with these extras. They would be lucky just to end up as sidekicks to a busted D-lister."
They all were outraged at this. "Dont act so high and mighty!" "Yeah, you barely act like a hero." They all shouted at him except two people.
Before Bakugo could yell at them, a voice spoke out. "Can you all shut up? Bakugo has always been an arrogant person, so dont waste your breath on him."
They all looked back to see me sitting quietly with my arms crossed over my chest while still focusing on the front of the class.
"DONT YOU DARE ORDER M....." Before he could finish a black tendril wrapped around his mouth.
"As I said. Could you all please be silent so the teacher can finish his speech?"
They all sat back down since they knew what would happen if they didnt. After all, there is a reason why they called me the `Ice queen of Aldera´.
I got this title after ignoring multiple students confessions to me, wether it was a male or female student. There was also multiple times that I got violent with those that wished to bully Izuku.
The teacher coughed into his hands, signalling me to let Bakugo go. After letting him go, the teacher continued.
"Well now that thats done with.... The Midoriya twins has also applied for U.A." The class was silent for a bit after that as they wanted to ridicule Izuku, but couldnt since I was there.
"Well, Izumi has a good chance, but De-, I mean Izuku, Im not sure about."
Multiple people sat and discussed quietly. Bakugo however sat fuming.
He jumped up as if wanting to attack. "HAH? AS IF THEY WOULD EVER ACCEPT A USELESS DEKU LIKE YOU." But before he could continue his ranting I glared at him with a deadly stare as if saying `Try me. I dare you to say one more word´. Seeing how he froze and slowly backed off, I could see that he got my message.
"Now now, no fighting. There isnt anything else on the agenda for today, so you are all free to go home." He said and walked out.
Izuku and I started packing up and walked out of the door, but was bumped into by Bakugo.
"Watch where youre going extras. And Deku, forget about applying for the exams. Just take a swan dive and hope for a quirk in your next life if you want to be a hero so badly." And with those words he walked away.
Izuku looked down a bit shocked at those words. While Bakugo may have been his bully, he was still our friend when we were kids, so hearing him say that really shocked Izuku. I put my arms around my brothers shoulders and said:
"Remember what I have always told you? Remember those words and remember that if you want to prove him wrong, then work hard. Work harder than anyone else and become the first quirkless hero." Saying this seemed to have woken him up as we started to head home.
While on the way I remembered the events of today and said to Izuku:
"Hey, I have to get something I ordered, so I will be a bit late. Is it okay if you go by yourself today?"
"Yeah dont worry Zumi. I will be fine." He answered witha smile.
"Then, see you at home." I waved as I walked off. Though I never left. I followed him to make sure that everything went as it should.
We walked for a bit, and finally reached that famous underpass. I stayed hidden, though with a lot of effort as I wanted to keep him safe. I watched as the sludge villain attacked, how All-Might came to the rescue, and how he jumped away with Izuku hanging to his leg.
I sighed as I watched them go, but followed them with the help of Blackwhip. We landed on the roof where Izuku spoke to All-Might. I stayed behind the wall as I listened in.
"I-I wanted to ask you a question All-Might. Since your my idol and all." He said while looking away shyly.
All-Might looked at this kid in front of him and said: "Ask, young man." Izuku took a deep breath before speaking.
"I wanted to ask if you think a quirkless nobody like me could be a hero like you. A hero who can smile while saying to the people `Everything is fine, just smile and everything will be okay´."
All-Might was shocked hearing this, but it wasnt the first time hearing it. Many had asked him `Can I be a hero like you?´ though none of them had been quirkless. He was at a loss for words for a minute before answering:
"No, you cant be a hero. Without a quirk, you would just get in the way. Maybe try out as a police officer. They still help people even though they arent heroes. Sorry, but this is the reality." After saying this he left while Izuku just stood there, heartbroken by his idol. Even though I expected it, it still pained me to watch.
Izuku started to leave the roof while I still followed him. We were heading towards our home when an explosion went off not far from us. Izuku looked up shocked.
"That explosion... I can recognise it anywhere." Saying this he started running at full speed. I kept following from rooftop to rooftop.
We reached the place. Many people were standing in front of the alley. There were also a few heroes among them such as, Backdraft, Death arms and Kamui woods. I stood on top of a building across the streets as Izuku tried to get to the front of the crowd to see what the situation was.
As he arrived at the front of the crowd, he looked in front where he noticed a familiar green sludge. He froze in place and thought to himself. `Is this my fault? Was this because I clung onto All-Might?´ As he kept thinking, he noticed a familiar head of ash blonde hair in the sludge. `Katsuki? Oh my god, did he get captured because of me?´
Before he knew it, he was running forward to save him.
"Hey get back here!" The heroes yelled at him.
In the back of the crowd you could see a familiar blonde man. He was looking at the scene in shock. `Isnt that the kid from before? Why is he running into danger like that? He has no power´. Thinking this, he couldnt stand back watching this scene unfold.
As Izuku reached the sludge villain, he threw his backpack in its eyes and started to try and free Bakugo. He managed to free him enough to take that precious breath of air that he was missing.
"Deku, why are you here? I dont need help from someone useless like you!" He yelled at Izuku as he was still struggling to free himself.
"Because even though we havent been friends for years, I still hope you can become a great hero in the future." He said to him.
Before anything else could happen, they heard a voice.
"Have no fear. Why? Because I AM HERE! DETROIT SMASH!"
A huge air pressure was shot towards the sludge villain, causing it to disperse. The pressure continued upwards and hit the sky. This caused the weather to change, and it started to rain shortly after.
Seeing this, the civillians started to cheer. All-Might was there and saved the day after all.
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After this the heroes came in and started to get everything under control.
While Bakugo was being praised for his strong quirk and bravery for hanging on for so long, Izuku was being scolded for running in and potentially causing more harm.
All-Might on the other hand was standing on the side thinking. `Cant they see it? That boy ran in with no concern for his own life, only thinking of saving that boy.´
As the heroes stopped scolding Izuku, he started to head home.
Not far from that alleyway where it happened, Izuku was walking with his head down. He suddenly heard someone yell at him from behind, causing him to turn around.
Behind him came Bakugo, still scowling at him.
"I didnt need your help you damn nerd. Just remember that I could handle myself, so I dont owe you anything." Before Izuku could reply, he turned around and started walking again.
I still stood on a roof as Izuku started to walk home again. He came to the place that I remember as where he met All-Might. Now the question was if he would show up.
Just like the original story, he came around the corner and performed his speech to him. But there was a simple change. It came when All-Might asked him to inherit One For All.
"Do you accept this power?" All-Might asked while holding his hand out to Izuku.
"But why me? Im quirkless. If you want to pass it on, then why not choose someone like my sister. She at least have power to become a strong hero."
But before he could respond a voice came from behind All-Might.
"Take the opportunity Izu. This way you could make your dream into reality."
They quickly spun towards my voice as I jumped down next to them.
All-Might got on guard.
"Who are you? How much did you hear?" All-Might asked me.
"Calm down Small-Might. Im the sister of this idiot."
All-Might relaxed his muscles just a bit.
"Then why were you eavesdropping?"
"I had a bad feeling earlier, and arrived back at that incident earlier and saw the whole thing. Before I could step in to help, I saw you transform and jump in."
To say they were shocked was an understatement.
"So Im going to say it again Izuku, take the damn power so you can become the hero you want to be. Not All-Might or anyone else. But the hero YOU want to be." I said while pointing at him.
Status Power Mingguan
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Power 
-- Power
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