Author's Note: Hi everyone, Fire Slash here welcoming you to my newest story, Hajime Hinata: Ultimate Hero. As you all know, this will be a story depicting what if Hinata gained the feats he had as Izuru via a supernatural means. For those of you wondering about romance, I do plan on having Hinata book up with one of the DR girls. Though Tsumiki immediately came to mind, I already have a Hinamiki story, so I've decided to let you guys choose who Hinata ends up with. The options include any of the girls in classes 77 and 78 (I haven't played V3 yet) and harem ships are allowed. Lastly, some characters (*cough* Hinata obviously *cough* Nanami* cough* cough*) will have some supernatural elements added to their back stories. Anyways, review and enjoy :-).

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Hi there! I guess I should introduce myself seeing as you'll be stuck with me for awhile. I'm Hajime Hinata, a fifteen year old boy. Hmm…I live in Japan and I'm a freshman in high school, and that's the gist of what my life is like. I'm unbelievably normal, so yeah, sorry for those who were expecting a more interesting backstory.

I'm not the strongest, smartest, or the best looking person around. The man living next door to you is probably more interesting than I am. I'm nothing like the ultimates, individuals recognized for their immense talents.

At least, all of this was true before that day. The day where I gained the ability to help others. You're probably wondering what the hell I'm talking about. Well…read on! This story doesn't exist for nothing. It'll tell you about how an average joe like me become Izuru, the defender of hope

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"Guys c'mon!" A short teenage boy excitedly shouted at two individuals as he jogged ahead. The action would shock most individuals, seeing as his razor sharp teeth, jumpsuit, and pink hair made him look like a serious individual. Behind him, two individuals walked at a steady pace. One of them was a female with red hair, pale skin, and green eyes. The girl looked far more normal than her pink haired companion, the only two things which stood out about her were the amount of freckles she had on her face and that there was a camera hanging on a strap she wore over her arm. The person next to her was a boy with green eyes and brownish grey hair. On the center of his head was a large ahoge, which measured to be about an inch tall. He was clearly taller than his companions by a decent amount and was wearing a white shirt, black pants, and a green tie.

"Souda, you're walking too fast!" the girl shouted, clearly annoyed by her friend's antics. "I've known you for five years now and you have yet to show me that you know what patience means."

"But Koizumi, I just can't sit still," Souda exclaimed, jogging in place as he waited for Koizumi and his other friend. "Today's going to be a good day, I know it!"

"What told you that? Was it a fortune cookie?" The other boy asked Souda, only to receive a confident 'huff' in response.

"As a matter of fact Hinata, it was! And fortune cookies never lie. After all, the last one said I'll find the perfect girl one day and it really did happen!"

"Sonia doesn't count," Koizumi told him. "She doesn't even know you exist."

"WHAT!? Of course she does! We've been in the same class for a whole month now."

"I know…I'm unfortunately there when you try to flirt with her," Koizumi signed.

"Man, your class sounds interesting," Hinata said before drifting into dreamland. Though the three childhood friends attended the same school together, they weren't in the same class. After all, Koizumi and Souda were gifted while he wasn't. The three of them attended Hopes Peak Academy, a government funded school for those with special talents. There were two requirements which must be achieved to gain entrance to the school's main program; you must already be in high school and you must be the best at what you do. Koizumi and Souda met both requirements, them being the ultimate photographer and mechanic respectively. As for Hinata, he was in the school's lesser known program called the reserve course. All an individual had to do to get in was take an exam and pay a monthly fee. It made Hinata feel inferior to his friends, despite the fact they (well, mostly Koizumi) argued otherwise.

"That's a light way of putting it…" Koizumi told him before giving Souda a stern look. "As for you, don't think about annoying her today. She may not know who you are, but she's seen some of the stupid things you do, and let's just say it certainly left an impression on her."

"Really?! So I do have a chance! That's it! I've decided that I'm going to confess my feelings to her today! With my good fortune, I won't fail! Today really is going to be a good day!"

"Ugh, men..." Koizumi groaned as she rolled her eyes. Those that know her would know she doesn't seem to like the opposite gender so much, a hated stemmed from her lazy father, which was odd seeing as she hung around with Hinata and Souda a lot. However, it was Hinata who first approached her ten years ago and asked to hang out with her. Though she originally saw him as unreliable, her view quickly changed as Hinata continued to beat her expectations as if they were nothing. He immediately proved himself to be the most dependable person she knew, at times even more so than her other best friend Sato. As such, the two became close friends with Souda coming into the picture later. "I swear, all of you have a one-track mind. Well, Hinata's fine."

"Hey! Why are you nicer to him than me?" Souda asked the girl as Hinata gave her a quick smile showing that he appreciated the 'compliment.' Koizumi just rolled her eyes as she passed the mechanic.

"Because he's earned my respect, something you have yet to do."

"Oh come on!" Souda whined. "What about that time I fixed your radio. That's gotta earn me some points."

"Wasn't that the radio you broke?" Hinata innocently asked. Though Koizumi thought otherwise, Hinata believed Souda to be responsible enough, to an extent. While he was a master of machinery, he was quite clumsy in all other areas. Either way, Souda was a loyal friend who Hinata was glad to have.

"Damnit! Well, what about the time I made you both steak at that barbecue last year? You did say they were the best things you've tasted…at least until you tried Hanamura's cooking."

"Oh yeah, I remember those," Koizumi said with a smile that immediately dropped into a frown. "They gave us food poisoning. I was throwing up for three days and Hinata was out for a week."

"Well crap," Souda said in defeat. "One day I'll totally get your respect, you hear me?"

"Yeah, yeah. You can start by not waking away from the school."

"Huh? Oh!" Souda exclaimed, realizing that he indeed passed the school. This was surprising, seeing as how huge the building was. Koizumi once told him that it was only four stories tall, but Hinata found it hard to believe at first, seeing as the building looked to be about ten stores tall. Speaking of which, it should be noted that Hinata didn't even attend school in the same building as his friends. No, he attended a much smaller building on campus as did all the other reserve course students.

"So, are we still going to walk home together today or do you guys have other plans?" Hinata asked them. Another thing the main course had over the reserve course was the students seemed a lot more friendly with one another. As such, Koizumi and Souda would occasionally not be able to walk home with him after school, having made plans with their other friends instead. It didn't really bother Hinata, he was happy they made other friends, but it made him feel lonely. Those who attended the reserve course weren't the most sociable people in the world. As such, Hinata tended to avoid his peers.

"Nah, I'm free today," Souda responded.

"The same goes for me," Koizumi told him.

"Alright. I'll meet you guys right here after school. I'll see you later." Waving goodbye to his friends and receiving some in return, Hinata made his way towards the reserve course building, where a long and boring day awaited him.

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"And as such, in 660…" the teacher began rambling on, despite the fact none of her students were listening. As class continued, Hinata was fight a devastating battle against his worst enemy, the succubus known as sleep. It had targeted him, using its magic to lure him into a sense of comfort, only to wreak havoc later. In normal speech, if he fell asleep now, he was going to get detention, which would cause Koizumi to chew him out afterwards. Yeah, nasty stuff. As such, the boy refused to succumb to his desire to sleep through this boring lessen about history or something. Hinata couldn't really tell, school never interested him, especially since the teachers also act as if they don't want to be at work. This is why he does all of his learning at home…

"WHAT IS IT YOU WISH MOST IN THIS LIFE?" Peeking up, Hinata glanced at his surroundings, curious as to there that voice originated from. It was faint, yet it held such authority which made it seem louder than it actually was. Eventually, Hinata gave up on his search, not able to find the source of such a voice.

'I must be imagining things,' Hinata mentally told himself before holding his head in pain as a terrible pounding sensation traveled across his brain. 'But I'm certainly not imagining this headache. Damn, what type of daydream hurts someone?'

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The entire day went by excruciatingly slow to Hinata, but in the end, he had managed to survive another day without sleeping in class. Dashing out of the reserve course's building, the talentless boy made his way to the front of the campus, where his two friends were supposed to waiting for him. However, when he arrived, he only saw Koizumi.

"Hey Koizumi, sorry if I'm late," Hinata told her, out of breath. Why did the reserve course have to located in the back of the campus?

Hearing the voice of her friend, the ultimate photographer turned her head and gave him a small smile. "Don't worry, you're fine."

"Uh, where's Souda?"

"Remember how he said he was going to confess to some girl this morning?"

"You mean the ultimate princess, Sonia Nevermind right?" Hinata asked, tilting his head. "He's actually going through with it this time?"

"Surprising huh? Well, he's actually on his way to her now so don't expect him to be in a good mood when he arrives. Souda's alright and all, but he's got no chance with Sonia."

"Eh, you'd be surprised by his determination," Hinata informed her. "One of Souda's best traits is that if he wants something, he won't give up unless he knows it's a battle he can't win. While he's probably going to get rejected today, he'll continue trying until the princess snaps at him."

"You call that admirable?" Koizumi asked before scoffing.

"In a way, it is. Though I ask that you make sure that he doesn't harass her."

"What do you think I've been doing since we've been here?"

"DO YOU DESIRE TO BECOME SOMEONE ELSE? SOMEONE WITH A MORE NOTICEABLE PRESENCE IN THIS WORLD? IT SEEMS YOU DO…HUMANS ARE TOO PREDICTABLE. HOW BORING..."

"Aaah!" Hinata shouted as he clenched his head. Having collapsed on his knees, the boy continued to hold his head as he scanned the surrounding area for the source of the voice. It was the same one he heard in class, yet this time he heard it more clearly. Along with the authority surrounding the voice, it also sounded monotonous, as if the person contacting him was extremely bored. Was this voice coming from someone else? Or was it a figment of his imagination? The only thing Hinata knew was that he was hearing the voice in his head, but telepathy was fictional wasn't it?

'Yeah, it certainly is,' the boy thought to himself as his female friend ran over to him. 'It doesn't exist. I have to be imagining things.'

"Hinata! Are you alright?" Koizumi asked as she helped him up. As Hinata stood up, he felt his body wobble for a bit before he eventually regained his composure.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just a bit sick," Hinata told her, not wanting to embarrass her by claiming he was hearing imaginary voices. "Sorry for worrying you."

"It's fine, but geez! You have no idea how scary it is to see someone collapse in front of you, especially when it's someone you've known for your entire life. If you're really that sick, then you shouldn't overexert yourself. Stay home tomorrow if you continue feeling like this."

"I won't make any promises," Hinata told her. "How else will I know what to study when I get home?"

Koizumi opened her mouth as an attempt to argue against her friend's logic, but a cheery voice stopped her from speaking.

"Hey guys!" Souda said, giving Hinata a handshake and waving at Koizumi.

"So how did it go?" The ultimate photographer asked.

"Oh…that. Well, I kinda chickened out at the last minute. I realized that I actually haven't thought about how I was going to approach her."

Koizumi rolled her eyes at the mechanic. "Why did I know this was going to happen?"

"But don't you worry! Next time, Sonia will be my girlfriend for sure!" Souda shouted enthusiastically.

"Good luck," Hinata told his friend, earning a glare from the ultimate photographer.

"Don't encourage him!"

"So are we going to walk home now or what?" Souda asked. Realizing how long they've been standing around, the three friends began their walk together.

"Oh, I completely forgot about something," Koizumi said. "Hinata, some of my friends want to meet you soon."

"Uh, why me?"

"Well, I did tell them a bit about you after they saw me and Souda talking to you yesterday. They're curious about you I guess."

"I guess I'll meet them soon," Hinata told her, feeling honored that he caught the attention of the ultimates in some sort of way. As Hinata continued to walk with his friends, he noticed how his headache seemed to be increasing. Not wanting to worry his friends again, Hinata chose to ignore the pain until he got home.

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Remember how Hinata chose to tank the pain of his headache? Well, the reserve course student was now regretting his decision. Koizumi did say she knew the ultimate nurse, so maybe he could have gotten some sort of medication for his headache from her? Unfortunately, Hinata just HAD to act strong as an attempt to convince himself that he deserved to stand next to two ultimates, and now he was paying the price.

The headache's intensity has certainly increased since its appearance during class. After entering his house, Hinata found it extremely hard to stand upwards without support. Utilizing several pieces of furniture such as tables, chairs, and stair-railings, Hinata carefully navigated himself to his room. While doing so, he looked around his house for pain relievers, but was upset to find none. He would have to wait until his parents got home from work until he could get more.

Dropping his bag into his room, Hinata only had the energy to take off his tie before collapsing onto his bed. A nap should help his body fight the strong pain inside his head…

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For a few seconds, all he could see was emptiness. Eventually, his eyes adjusted to the light, allowing his to notice that he was in some sort of room painted completely white.

"Is this a dream?" Hinata asked himself as he looked around the room. There were only three noticeable objects in the room; a small white table with two chairs, one on each side, and a door. Hinata began to walk towards the door, wanting to get this dream over with already, but was stopped when the door swung open, a boy his age entering the room. Taking a good look at the boy, Hinata easily noticed that he was just as tall as the reserve course student. The boy had long black hair and light skin. He was also wearing a tuxedo, but what really interested Hinata was his sharp red eyes. Target shapes seemed to be engraved in them, giving the boy an intimidating appearance. Lastly, the boy looked bored, extremely bored in fact.

"Sit down," the boy told Hinata as he sat down. Doing as he was told, Hinata took a seat on the chair opposite of the one the boy sat on. Having no idea what was going on in this dream of his, Hinata decided to get some answers.

"Who are you?" He asked the boy.

"You can call me Izuru," the boy responded. "I've contacted you through a process you humans call telepathy. You see, I've been watching you…let me guess, you think I'm just a figment of your imagination right?"

Hinata, having taken everything Izuru said with a grain of salt, nodded. "Of course I do, this is a dream. Telepathy doesn't exist. You've got to be dumb to believe in such a thing."

"You humans are all the same, denying the existence of something you don't understand," Izuru said before signing. "How boring. Unfortunately, it seems that we won't get anywhere until you accept my presence. Very well then."

"Uh, what are you doing?" Hinata asked him as the boy suddenly closed his eyes and hummed a small tune. A few seconds later, Hinata jolted up as a large burning sensation began to travel through Hinata's body. As the pain grew, Hinata let out a sharp cry before falling off his chair, holding his body in a feeble attempt to reduce the amount of pain he was feeling.

"Alright alright! You win!" Hinata shouted at Izuru, causing the other boy to stop humming, releasing Hinata from his torture. Feeling pain for extended periods of time in a dream wasn't possible and if he did get hurt while sleeping, he would've woken up by now. As such, Hinata was forced to believe the mysterious person, which promptly caused him to panic. After all, telepaths weren't supposed to exist, they were only in works of fiction, right?

"I can see that you're scared, but I come in peace," Izuru told the boy, slightly relieving Hinata. "So I ask that you calm down."

"It's kind of hard to do so when someone is inside your mind," Hinata responded.

"If that's what's worrying you, then you'll be glad to know that I won't be staying around for long. It's outstandingly boring in here."

"Well, what do you expect? You said you've been watch me, which is really creepy by the way, so you should know that I'm not anything special."

"Believe me, I know," Izuru said before changing the topic. "Now, back to why I've summoned you here, you see…ever since I was born, I've been bored. I've traveled through galaxies and galaxies as an attempt to cure my boredom, but have not received any luck. Eventually, I arrived at your galaxy and have been watching the inhabitants of Earth to see if they were any different from those in other worlds. Unfortunately, all living things seem to live the same way; starting off as a unintelligent beast before slowly developing, stopping occasionally to fight some sort of battle."

"And what does this have to do with me?"

"I'm getting to that," Izuru calmly told him before continuing his story. "In the end, I've concluded that power drives most civilizations to act the same, each and every living thing eager to gain some sort of power such as having the authority to tell others who and who will not be fed on a certain day and how land will be distributed. As you can tell, all the driving factors for these actions are the same, which made me think; what if an individual was given some sort of power which couldn't be taken away? With gifts unable to be taken away, there should be no reason for the individual to continue fighting others for power. Nothing else will come out of it. But will they still do so anyways? Or would they use it for something else? As my latest attempt to entertain myself, I've decided to grant one individual a small portion of my power and see what they would do with it. Your kind has already created similar scenarios in the various forms of entertainment you call television, novels, comics, and manga. However, most of the fictional characters conceived tend to have their paths displayed to the audience before the character gains their abilities. You on the other hand, do not."

"Wait, what do you mean by that?" Hinata asked him. "Are you saying that I'm not a good person?"

"Believe me when I say you are," Izuru answered him. "You are willing to help others without some sort of payment. But at the same time, there's envy and hatred boiling up inside you. You hate yourself for who you are, an ordinary person who wants a talent. You despise how the talented look down at you for not being special. You desperately want to show them that you matter to the world just as much as they do. These feelings inside of you severely wish to be released, which in turn may completely affect how you use my gifts. This is why you're the perfect specimen for my test, you have the potential to swing both ways of the justice scale. Will you still attempt to nab at power despite being at the top of the food chain? Or perhaps you make use your gifts to help others. There is also the possibility that you may switch sides at some point in your life."

"So what you're telling me is that your going to give me powers just so I can entertain you for a little bit?"

"Yes."

"And what if I refuse?"

"You don't have a choice," Izuru said. "No matter what you say, I will be giving them to you. I believe you've already asked all the questions you could think of. Are you ready? I'd rather not wait much longer, I'm getting very bored talking to you."

"Yeah, one last thing. So when I wake up, I'll no longer be an ordinary person?"

"Have you not listened to anything I've said?" Izuru asked him. "You will be more powerful than any other member of your species. Your looks will stay the same though, unfortunately."

"Hey! I know I'm not the best eye candy around, but I'm not hideous, I think…"

"Anyways, it is time for us to say farewell. When you wake up, you will become a new person. I can't wait to see what will happen in the future..."

"Wait, you're not going to teach me how to use my gifts?" Hinata asked Izuru, earning a curious look from the boy.

"And why would I do that?"

"Well, wouldn't it suck if your toy got himself killed before doing anything significant?" Hinata asked. "I don't even know what abilities I have, so I'm prone to doing something extremely stupid."

"…You will have a higher level of strength, speed, and endurance compared to your fellow humans. In addition, your brain will be able to operate more efficiently, allowing you to pick up a variety of skills which would normally take someone months to learn. As for your training, you will be brought back here everyday when you sleep at night. I'm only going to teach you the basics of exerting control over your abilities, finding out other ways to increase the effectiveness of your abilities will be up to you. Happy now?"

"Uh, l guess so," Hinata said before secretly doing a fist pump, having just realized his dream of becoming someone extraordinary was coming true. The only reason he didn't notice this earlier was because he was still getting used to all the supernatural stuff Izuru had just shared with him.

"Good, because the boredom you've exposed me to was starting to bother me. I am departing now. I will see you an Earth day from now…"

Standing up from his seat, Izuru calmly walked out of the door. When he closed it, the room started to fade as Hinata began to wake up...