Disclaimer: I don't own My Hero Academia or Yu Yu Hakusho. If I did, then Bakugo wouldn't have suicide baited Midoriya in the first damn chapter. Seriously, not good for first impressions.

Chapter 1: Death and an Ordeal

"It's time for my story to begin, but there's one problem with that. About 15 minutes from now, I'll be hit by a passing car and die."

"A pro hero should always understand that his life is at risk whenever he goes out to fight. Without any sort of quirk, I can't say it's possible to become a hero."

When he was four, Izuku Midoriya learned the very harsh truth that humans are not born equal. 80% of the worlds population are now born with a strange superpower that awakens around four years of age called a quirk, but he was unfortunately one of the 20% born without one. In spite of this and constant bullying and harassment from those around him, he still desired to become a professional superhero.

However, he was currently being confronted with harsh reality once again by his idol, the No.1 hero All Might; the man's usual smile was gone from his face though, as he had been reduced to a smaller, skinnier form due to a past injury "I think your intentions are noble, and it's a good dream to have. But you've gotta be realistic. Want my advice, become a police officer. They don't pay very well and they're the butt of a lot of jokes, but if you want to help people it's the next best thing."

Taking the Sludge Villain he'd just defeated with him, All Might left the quirkless boy alone to think. After about 10 minutes of blankly staring at his burn hero notebook, Izuku managed to find the energy to walk down from the roof and too a nearby elevator.

"You really think you can be a hero Deku? You don't even have a quirk!"

"Good grades alone can't get you into the program."

"What makes him think he can do it?"

"Even as a third year, that moron still just can't face reality."

"Sorry kid, not gonna happen."

"I'm so sorry Izuku."

"If you really want a quirk so bad, take a swan dive off the roof and hope you get a quirk in your next life!"

"Without any sort of quirk, I can't say it's possible to become a hero."

Before Izuku knew it, he had already made his way out of the building and into the street, walking with all the enthusiasm of a death row prisoner on his way to execution. Still looking at the notebook that his former friend and current bully, Katsuki Bakugo had tossed out earlier, Izuku felt himself begin to cry 'Even the greatest hero of all time said it. Why are you crying? You always knew this was going to happen! Maybe that's just why you were trying so hard.'

The quirkless boy was quickly broken from his self-loathing thoughts when he was suddenly hit in the face with a small foam soccer ball. This was due to an accident from a small boy, who seemed to have a pair of bull like horns growing from his head "Sorry about that mister! Can I have my ball back please?"

"It's fine, but you really shouldn't play with this ball so close to the street. If it rolls in traffic, you could get seriously hurt, understand?" Izuku tried to explain to the boy, who did seem to be a bit scared by the explanation. Seeing the fear on the child's face, Izuku decided to cheer him up a bit by using the ball to make funny faces. Eventually, he pulled his junior high uniform onto his head and did a silly dance which made the boy laugh his little heart out.

"You're really weird mister!" The boy said cheerfully as he laughed, not noticing the weird looks they were getting from passersby.

One of these folks happened to be Toshinori Yagi, the secret identity of All Might in his skinny form, who had just finished handing over the Sludge Villain to police custody 'It's that boy from earlier! He seems to be in a good mood; good, that means he'll be able to move from his lost dream quicker. I didn't want to hurt his feelings, but hero work is too dangerous for anyone not cut out for it.'

'Huh, I feel a bit better! Maybe I should change my career plans to become a rakugo performer!' Izuku thought to himself as he handed the child the soccer ball "Now listen up, play with it where you can't get hurt okay?"

"Okay!"

Izuku then walked off and began to make his way across the sidewalk, still trying to keep his mind off of his shattered dream, only to realize the child was still playing with the ball in spite of his advice. He merely sighed in resignation, only for the ball to go rolling into the street. Because he didn't know any better, the child ran into the street after the ball; to make matters even worse, a car going over the speed limit was on a collision course with the boy.

And the only ones who noticed the car heading towards the horned boy, were All Might and Izuku. The former immediately began to panic 'What do I do?! I would normally be able to use One for All to stop the car, but I've already reached my limit. Do I have time to warn either of-' Before the hero could decide what to do, Izuku had already ran from the crosswalk and pushed the boy out of the way. The driver of the car had finally noticed the people in front of them and hit the breaks, but it was far too late.

While the child was pushed out of the way in a nick of time due to Izuku's interference, the latter wasn't nearly as lucky. The quirkless fanboy was struck head on by the car, killing him almost instantly as it came to a screeching halt. A small crowd formed around the scene of the accident as the child began to cry; after overcoming his shock, Toshinori managed to find the words to speak "Quickly, call an ambulance!"

"I didn't mean too...I swear I didn't mean..." The man driving the car said as he stumbled out, horrified by what he'd just done.

People from nearby buildings ran to the scene and tried to resuscitate the dead Izuku in vain, not knowing that he was watching from the air above. However, he was currently separate from his body and extremely confused "w-Wait a minute! What's going on?"

"Why do I have to pay? Food at that place isn't exactly cheap!"

"You lost rock paper scissors fair and square stretchy hands. Now get to it before I keel over from starvation!" Bakugo yelled at one of his goons while angrily causing an explosion to appear in his hands. This managed to scare him off and cause him to going running off to the Beard Papa's stand.

After he'd made hid frightened dash, Bakugo's other goon spoke up "You know Bakugo, I think you were a bit hard on Midoriya earlier."

"Who cares, it's his fault looking down on me. Seeing him acting like when we were kids really pisses me off." Bakugo growled before focusing on their path to downtown where their food grabber had gone, before running down there"What's taking that idiot so long? It's a Friday so that damn pastry shop shouldn't have any real wait this time of afternoon."

"Maybe it was a longer line than we thought or something." The smoking teen suggested, only for them to come across their friend standing in horrified shock at what appeared to be the scene of an accident, A car was swerved off the road with heavy skid marks, and a crowd was formed around an ambulance treating those involved. A horned young boy who only seemed to have a small scratch on his forehead, and a green haired fanboy from their class.

"It's okay, this kid's only got a few scratches!"

"Wish I kid say the same for the other one." The paramedic said as he pulled a stretcher out from the ambulance and placed Izuku's corpse on it "I really hate clean up. Find out who he was and notify his parents as quickly as possible! Write down the time of death too!"

Those who were there to witness the accident were horrified when they mentioned the time of death, especially a tall, ghastly looking man in the crowd "Bakugo, Midoriya...he's"

"SHUT UP!" Bakugo created a large explosion by slamming his hand together "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE!"

"It's okay, this kid's only got a few scratches!"

"Wish I kid say the same for the other one." The paramedic said as he pulled a stretcher out from the ambulance and placed Izuku's corpse on it "I really hate clean up. Find out who he is and notify his parents as quickly as possible! Write down the time of death too!"

Meanwhile, Midoriya was currently floating in the air in confusion from his out of body experience, trying to figure out what was going on as he saw his body get loaded into an ambulance and driven off to an unknown fate "Wait, when I got hit by that car, did I die? Then that means, since I'm up here...I'M A GHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSST!"

"Bingo!" A female voice said directed at Izuku. The ghost then turned around and saw a pretty young woman with blue hair tied back into a long ponytail and brown eyes, wearing a pink kimono and riding a rowing oar like a witch would a broom "I didn't expect you to figure it out so quickly."

"w-What do you mean? And did I just talk to a girl?!" Izuku began to panic as the full gravity of his situation hit him like a ton of bricks.

"It's a regular occurrence that when people die, they don't accept it right away and become ghosts. Much like you have Izu-kun!" The girl on the oar said before introducing herself "I'm Botan, I ferry the souls from the World of the Living to the Spirit World. Though I suppose you think of me as the Shinigami or the Grim Reaper."

"Wait, how can a pretty girl like you be the Shinigami? Aren't you supposed to be a cloaked skeleton with a scythe and..." Izuku muttered to himself while trying to piece together situation, causing Botan to laugh at his reaction.

"Wow, your profile fit you to a T! Izuku Midoriya, Age 14, Quirkless, has a shy and skittish personality with low self esteem, no social skills, and a tendency to mumble your words. A pretty ordinary profile for an introvert, but since you were quirkless things didn't exactly look up for you did they Izu-kun?"

"This isn't happening! This isn't happening!" Izuku hyperventilated a bit before remembering something "Wait, what happened to that boy with the horns?"

"Well, I'll just have to take you over for a visit now won't I?" Botan snapped her fingers and allowed them to change locations suddenly to the hospital where the boy was being treated. Luckily for the boy, the doctor found no problems from the incident "See, nothing happened to him. The child came out perfectly fine."

"That's good. I'm not sure if I'm ready for this, but I guess you've gotta take me to Heaven or Hell now." Izuku said in resignation with his fate, causing Botan to blanch a little.

"Actually Izu-kun, there's a bit of a problem. No death was actually planned from that accident, as if you hadn't intervened the ball would have acted as a buffer from the car's impact. The boy would have been hit, but he would have made it out all right." Botan explained the situation to the quirkless ghost, causing his jaw to drop "That means we don't have any reservation in Heaven or Hell for you."

"Huh? Then, what's going to happen to me?" Izuku asked, fearful of what her answer would be.

"Simple, there's a way you can regain your life, but you'll have to go through an ordeal first before you can return to your body. You should feel special, cases like this only happen once in a century!" Botan said with a big grin on her face, though Izuku seemed less than enthusiastic.

"And what if I refuse?"

"Then you'd be a wandering ghost for all eternity. But why would you chose that?" Botan said, not noticing the sad look on the ghost's face.

"In case you haven't noticed I'm a quirkless good for nothing. Even the greatest hero of all time said that I wasn't cut out for my dream. At least if I'm a ghost everyone will be better off; mom will have more money and she won't have to worry about a son who can't contribute to society, and Kacchan will get into UA without me interfering. I honestly think it would be better for everyone if I stayed dead." Izuku said somberly as he looked down at the city below.

"How is it that the personification of death is getting bummed out by you Izu-kun? You really have been through a lot." Botan groaned from Midoriya's severe lack of self-worth, before flying off and magically setting the time to a few nights from that point "Maybe you should see if you're right and spend a bit of time at your wake."

Just like that, Botan was gone and Izuku was suddenly levitating over his apartment where his wake seemed to be taking place. From what he could tell, there was a large line of his neighbors and classmates in attendance. A select few of them didn't really seem to care all that much about his death, and seemed to more interested in other things "My classmates are here? Hn, they're probably just here because the principal is giving them extra credit or something."

"DEKU YOU LITTLE BASTARD!"

"Bakugo, we shouldn't be doing this!"

"PISS OFF SIDE CHARACTER!" Bakugo angrily made his presence known at the wake by blasting his way through the crowds, his friends trying to calm him down and hold him back "GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE RIGHT NOW!"

"This is for mourning man!"

"Wait, Kacchan?" Izuku whispered, shocked that his tormentor appeared at his wake and that he seemed so distraught.

"SHOW YOURSELF YOU QUIRKLESS DEKU! YOU'RE JUST GIVING UP BECAUSE YOU'RE SCARED!" Bakugo said as he tried to literally blow his goons off of him with his quirk, crawling his way through the door of the apartment "ARE YOU REALLY SUCH A WEAKLING THAT YOU TOOK WHAT I SAID SERIOUSLY! YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOW I DIDN'T MEAN IT!"

"He's gone Bakugo!"

"NO! I REFUSE TO LET HIM DIE LIKE HE DID! I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA APPLY FOR UA DEKU? WAS THAT JUST TALK?!" Bakugo screamed in rage as he got closer to Izuku's mourning picture, now beginning to cry a little "YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE...FOR ME! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!"

With Bakugo's resolve weakening, his friends were able to drag him off "Come on man, let's go."

"Sorry about that!" The blacked haired one said while dragging Bakugo away from the wake, who was now sobbing in a mix of anger and despair.

"NOOOOOOOOO! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Hearing his childhood friend's cries of misery as he was dragged off into the night, Izuku felt his heart drop into his stomach "Kacchan..."

"Can you believe that Bakugo is so beaten up by that loser's death? Not like he was going to be worth anything." Izuku's attentions were brought to a less upset exchange by two of his other classmates who were very unsympathetic.

"I still can't believe that quirkless shit actually thought he could go to UA." The boy said to his friend, the girl nodding in agreement "This is exactly what would have happened if he'd tried, so I guess you could call it divine retribution."

His classmates were quickly alerted to the presence of their teacher once he placed his hands on their shoulder, but he didn't seem angry with what they said. If anything, he seemed to agree "Well, look at it this way. After a whole lifetime of being worthless, Midoriya did something to give our school a good reputation."

"That's true sensei! Maybe if I bring I came from the same junior high as he did I can get into a good high school no problem! Looks like Midoriya's finally being good for something!"

Izuku was expecting these sort of reactions, but it still hurt that his classmates took his death in such stride. However, his emotions quickly turned to that of shock again once he saw All Might in his skinny for shove them out of the way "For a teacher, you should really teach your students not to say such insensitive and idiotic things in the middle of a wake!" After growling at them, Toshinori made his way to Inko, who had been silent with a distant look in her eye since the start of the wake.

While Izuku was speechless at the fact that his idol was making an appearance at his wake, albeit undercover, the No.1 hero got in front of his coffin and whispered low enough that no one else could hear him "There are stories about every hero, that their bodies move before they had a chance to think. I suppose that's the same thing that happened to you back when you saved that boy. Even though you were just a quirkless fanboy, you proved to be a greater hero than anyone else on that day, while I was just a bystander. It's too late to say this now, but you could have been a hero. A hero worthy of my power."

It was at this point that his mother, who had been silent the entire time, began to break down sobbing into her knees "Izuku...Izuku..." It was by this point that the quirkless ghost was on the verge of breaking down himself, with the waterworks beginning to flow when he saw his mother in tears at his death. His attentions were quickly grabbed by something else though, as he saw the boy he'd tried to save and his older sister, who seemed to be about Izuku's age with pink skin, pink hair, and horns coming out of her own head, with bizarre black and yellow eyes.

This girl's name was Mina Ashido, and was there on account of her parents having been called into work that night "Yuuto-kun, I think you should say something to honor him." Mina said after they paid their respects to the coffin.

The child, being too innocent to fully understand what had happened, gave his respects "Thank you for saving me mister. And for the funny dance you did."

"I'm so sorry for what happened." Mina walked over to the distraught Inko, before leaving with her younger brother.

"Neechan, do you think that I can play with that boy again tomorrow?" Yuuto asked, which only got a sad shake of the head from Mina "Oh. You know, a lot of people in their didn't like him, but he seemed nice. Maybe if he wants to become a hero too you can meet him at UA. I don't know everyone seemed so sad, maybe they just wanted to play with him too!"

"Oh Yuuto-kun." Mina hugged her brother, knowing that in spite of her brother's enthusiasm, his savior wouldn't be coming back.

"So are you ready now?" Botan brought Izuku back to reality after having witnessed his own wake. Not having to heart to walk at the moment, Izuku nodded for a yes; with this, Botan grabbed ahold of him by the arm "Well, then there's no time to lose! You've got an important meeting Izu-kun!"

"A meeting? With who?" Izuku asked as he was flown off by Botan into the heavens above them, to go learn of the ordeal that would gain him his life back.

A few hours into their journey, Izuku was still very confused as his life had taken one sharp turn after another with very little time to adjust to the situation. Eventually he worked up the nerve to ask Botan some important questions "So where exactly are we going?"

"The Spirit World, the medium between what you see as humans and what you don't see. Basically it's like a bureaucratic office that focuses on matters of transferring souls to the afterlife or dealing with the supernatural. In fact, the origin of human quirks can actually be tied back to the Spirit World." Botan said with a smile, only for that smile to go down a bit once she saw Izuku wilt at the mention of quirks. She then decided to change the subject "The person who will explain your ordeal is the King of the Spirit World, King Enma!"

"Wait, we're going to meet a king?"

"Yep. He's a rather intimidating figure though, so try not to keel over and die a second time when you meet him. Now hold on tightly Izu-kun, we're about to enter the Spirit World." Botan continued to tease the ghost boy over his neurotic tendencies, before they came to a glowing portal which proceeded to spit them out into the Spirit World after a bit of g-force.

After regaining a sense of his surroundings, Izuku looked around the the Spirit World in awe; though it didn't appear to be that different from Earth, the skies were a bright shade of pink a long green river known as the River Styx to mortals stretched across the entire horizon line. Once they arrived at the police, Botan parked her oar over a path of land before approaching the gates to the castle "This is Botan! I've got the unscheduled death with me!" After she had made their presence known, the gates opened to reveal a throat like hallway inside.

"Oh wow, are you sure this is safe Botan-san?" Izuku asked, a bit intimidated by the design.

"Calm down Izu-kun, you're supposed to be resting in peace right now." Botan told her guest as she walked down the hallway, with Izuku following closely behind her. After some time, they made it to the actual entrance to the palace which was connected to a P.A. system "We're inside now. Would you let him know that I've taken custody of Izuku Midoriya."

"The gate's opening now. Come on in."

Just as the voice on the other side said, the gate opened with seconds of the message revealing a busy office filled with ogres running around trying to file paperwork and make reports. Needless to say, it was nothing like Izuku was expecting "You've gotta be kidding me, there's no way this really the afterlife. I must have been knocked out by that car and this is all some crazy dream."

Ignoring Izuku's muttering, Botan approached what appeared to be the front desk "Excuse me sir, I've got the soul you wanted to speak with!"

"Marvelous. Hello there young man, how are you doing? Well, not very good I suppose, being dead and all." Hearing the voice of an older man, Izuku looked around the room for its source but found no one there "Look down child." Following the voice's instructions, Izuku looked down and saw a young child about 2 years old with a pacifier in his mouth speaking to him "That's it!"

"Wait, you're King Enma?!" Izuku screeched in disbelief at the sight before him.

"No, not exactly. I'm Koenma, the son of King Enma and substitute ruler of the Spirit World whenever my father goes out for business." Koenma introduced himself to the quirkless ghost "You are Izuku Midoriya, age 14 correct?"

"Yes sir, Koenma-sama!" Izuku stuttered as he tried to wrap his head around the fact the ruler of the Spirit World was essentially a baby 'There's no way this guy can possibly be the boss around here, he doesn't even look old enough to be potty trained yet!'

"Watch it Midoriya-san, I may appear to be a child but in reality I've lived over 50 times longer than you have. Also, in addition to knowing the secrets of the universe and beyond, I am quite potty trained." Koenma said as he stepped down from his office chair.

"dDid you read my mind or something?"

"I didn't need to it was written all over your face. Now then, I think we should get down to the business of why you're here Midoriya-san." Koenma hopped up onto his desk and presented Izuku with a small golden egg "This will be your ordeal, hatching a spirit beast that shall feed off the energy from your soul. If the energy you emit is good and true, you will hatch a noble spirit that shall carry you back to your body. However, if you are wicked and cruel the beast that hatches will be the same, and will devour you."

Noticing the fear on Izuku's face when the second option came up, Botan informed him "You know, if it sounds to risky you can always opt out and remain a ghost."

"But one more thing before you decide! You wanted to be a pro-hero in your world, but had this dream stepped upon due to a condition your kind calls quirklessness, correct? In the event you succeed in this ordeal, we may be able to work something out that could help you achieve your dream. You see, humans with heightened spiritual awareness have a greater range of power than those without, to the point that it could be considered comparable to a quirk. If you return to your living body after spending time as a ghost, your spiritual awareness should increase tenfold. So what do you say Midoriya-san, are you in or out?"

Despite the growing pit in his stomach from what had been a long, exhausting, and suspenseful day, Izuku reached out and took the egg.

"I forgot to mention something earlier. The story that starts with my death, is the tale of how I became the greatest hero."

(A/N): PLUS ULTRA! I'm a masochist because I now have 5 running stories out on this account. Don't expect a sixth until one of these finishes though, just for the record. Just like the rest of the anime community, I fell in love from My Hero Academia from my first viewing of it at AnimeFest. It may not be in my Top 5 favorites, but it's somewhere in Top 10. I have no clue how often I'll be able to update this thing due to work restrictions plus my other stories, and college once summer vacation ends. But I'll try to make my updates somewhat frequent. Now then, as for the pairings...as much as I love Izuku x Mina with a burning passion, I'll be going with the semi-canon Izuku x Ochako for this one.

However, Mina is one of my best girls in the anime, so you can damn well bet I've got a good pairing in store for her. For those of you wondering, I will be using both the arcs from YuYu Hakusho and My Hero Academia, but I'll be alternating between them carefully. Like, you won't see the Dark Tournament and Sports Festival back to back. I'll try to make my updates semi-frequent on this, but I make no promises.

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