Hello there! I just wanted to say that this is my first fanfic so, as you probably will be able to tell, I am not a very experienced writter but this idea was roaming inside my mind for so long that I had to write it down, also, english is not my main language but I wanted to write this story like this to challenge myslef and try to further improve my skills (which are not that great...), so if you are readinfg this and found any mistake, please tell me via a review and say what you thought of my story so, without any more hesitation...

Enjoy the read! =D

People are not born equal... I learned this the hard way.

In this world about eighty percent of the planet population have some sort of unique ability, a 'quirk' as people call it, a power that differentiates a person from another one, some can breathe fire, others can fly, there are so many different types of quirks that is virtually impossible to name every single one... but there are some exceptions.

His name is Izuku Midoriya, a boy with green hair, green eyes and freckled cheeks, he is part of the twenty percent that doen't have a special power, he's 'quirkless'. He carried this hard thruth since he was five years old, when he and his mother went to the doctor to find out if he would develop a power or not and, thanks to an extra joint on his pinky finger, he'll never have one. This changed every thing in his life, before, he had friends, he hwas happy... he had a dream.

His entire life he wished to become a hero, a person that put it's life on the line to protect others, he wanted to be like his idol, he wanted to be like All Might, the No.1 hero, but how can a normal person stop someone with a quirk? After that visit to the doctor, everything he had was broken into pieces right before his eyes, but even if all odds were against him. He kept moving forward. Even if it was broken into pieces, he carried this shattered dream with him and never let it go, even if this dream was impossible, he at least had to try, and his life would change once again when he met a special hero…

But our story doesn't start here…

It starts a long ago, when Izuku was seven years old, he and his 'friends' were on a nearby woods, in front of a fence that blocked the entrance to a restricted area of the place. All of the kids, except for Izuku, were happy and excited to cross the fence and 'invade' the area.

"C'mon, let's hunt some bad guys!" yelled a blonde with spiky hair named Katsuki Bakugo, the leader of the group and terror of Izuku's childhood.

Izuku and Katsuki were neighbors and childhood friends, they hanged out together since they were three years old to the point where they were almost inseparable, until Katsuki's quirk manifested. The blond sweated a liquid similar to nitroglycerin from his hand and could detonate it at will to release powerful explosions, it was very strong quirk to say the least. Thanks to this amazing power and the constant praises he received because of it, he began to change.

The sweet and caring kid became arrogant and prideful, treated anyone he deemed weaker than him like trash and once he discovered that his best friend was quirkless things only got worse. He started to bully the green haired kid, started to call him names and even created a nickname: 'Deku, the useless' and he never stopped.

But even with the constant beat ups and the insults that he threw at him, Izuku always trailed behind him. No one knew why but no matter what Katsuki did, the freckled boy would always follow him in his adventures.

As the blond called every one followed him into the prohibited zone with Izuku right behind them. Once they crossed the fence the group of kids encounter a small ladder that leads to the banks of a river and a large fallen log connecting both sides of the passage.

''Follow my lead!'' Katsuki said as he walked through the passage standing on top of the log.

Doing as the blond said, the group followed he's movements and started to cross, as they were half way through it, everyone gasped seeing the explosive kid slip and fall on the river.

"Kacchan, are you alright?" yelled a chubby boy with a pair of red wings on his back.

"Don't worry, I'm okay" Katsuki replied as he got up and massaged the back of his head. "Come on, let's ke-" he said as he was interrupted by a hand that was extended towards him.

"Are you okay?" Izuku said as he offered a hand to the blond. "It could be bad if you hit you head".

That moment surprised everyone watching the scene as Izuku tried to help the person that made his life a living hell but as the green haired offered help with kindness in his eyes, Katsuki grew angrier at the gesture.

"Go away Deku, I don't need your help!" Katsuki shouted as he slapped Izuku hand creating an explosion in the process and making the freckled kid fall on his back. "Let's keep moving!" he shouted once again as he climbed the ladder and leaving Izuku behind.

Following the explosive kid orders, the group started moving forward leaving the green haired alone in the river as he got up and rubbed his hand trying to make the pain go away. Once he stood on his feet he climbed the ladder and saw no one around and started to worry.

"Oh no, they left me behind, I need to catch up!" he said to himself as he followed the path, but no matter how much he walked, he couldn't find the group of boys that had left him behind. Seeing that no one was around, he started to think.

'Maybe the left the trail and entered the woods' he thought as he looked around once more trying to find one of his friends. 'I won't know if I just stay here.' As he collected his thoughts, he turned to his right and entered the woods, hoping to find and rejoin the group of mini explorers. While he walked around, he found himself in front of a ditch, it was a lot bigger than the ladder by the river, to the point where it was kind of hard to see the bottom of it. Once he finished observing the fall and turned around to continue his search he heard a something coming from it.

"Someone, help!" a feminine voice yelled from the bottom of the ditch, it appeared to be in pain because of something but he didn't know why.

He then turned and look into the ditch again, this time paying more attention. Looking carefully into the darkness, he noticed a small silhouette in the bottom of the hole, once he connected the dots and understood what happened he took action.

"H-hello, are you alright?!" Izuku yelled.

"Y-yeah, I'm alright but I can't walk, I fell here and sprained my ankle, can you help me?!" the voice answered, happy that someone appeared.

"Don't worry, I'll see what I can do!" he yelled, looking around trying to find a way to help the person in need.

As he searched for something that could help him in his situation, he found a small rocky path that led to the bottom of the ditch, happy with his discovery, he yelled to the person:

"I found a way to go down, wait for me!"

"Okay!" the person answered.

After receiving the confirmation, he started to come down the ditch with careful steps, and with each one, he noticed how deep this ditch really was and that made him wonder, 'How did she manage to survive this fall? Maybe it is because of her quirk?'. Once he reached the bottom of the hole he saw, in the distance, a girl sitting down, massaging her feet with a painful expression in her face, 'It must be her!' he thought as he ran toward her as fast as he could and, once he was right in front of her he looked at her calmly, she seemed to be a bit taller than him, had sky blue hair that reached her waist, eyes of the same color, she was wearing blue overalls with a purple shirt underneath and white shoes, but as he payed more attention to the girl, he noticed that her right feet was indeed sprained by the red tone that it had.

"Are you the person from earlier?" the bluenette asked.

"Yes, I am! My name is Izuku Midoriya!" he answered as he came closer to take a look at her foot.

"My name is Nejire, Nejire Hado." She answered as a small smile formed in her face.

The green haired boy approached and knelt down so he could observe the wound, it didn't seem to be so bad but if she said that she couldn't walk because of it he would believe her.

"This hole is really deep, how did you survive the fall with only a sprained ankle?" he questioned her, trying to understand how everything happened.

"I used my quirk to ease the fall, you see, I can use my energy to release shockwaves, but as you can notice, it didn't save me completely." She answered while massaging her foot once again.

"But what were you doing here by yourself?" Izuku asked.

"I normally come to these woods and explore a little bit but today a found an area I never seen before and while I was looking around I found this ditch, I came closer to look at it but the ground collapsed and I fell here." She explained herself trying not to get embarrassed from her mistake.

"For how long have you been stuck here?" the boy asked as he worried about her.

"I don't know, maybe twenty minutes…" she answered being a bit curious herself.

"Then let's get you out of here before someone gets worried!" The boy said as he got up and extended his hand towards her

She gladly accepted the offer and, with his help, stood on her feet while holding herself on the boy's shoulder. Even with the difference of heights, he seemed to be able to carry her with no apparent difficulties. As now both of them were standing up, she looked at him and asked:

"How are we getting out of here?"

"There is a small path right around the corner, I can carry you to the top if we go there" he said as he pointed to the path he used to get to the bottom of the ditch.

"But it is safe to do this?" she questioned as she seemed to be a little worried about the idea.

"Don't worry, the path is sturdy enough, we can go through it easily!" he answered while forming a small smile in his face.

"Ok then… I trust you!" she agreed.

And with that, Izuku carried Nejire to the top of the hole and back to safety. It was a bit harder to do because of the extra weight but he didn't care, he would help this girl even if it was the last thing he would do. Once they were out of the hole, they distanced themselves from the ditch and sat in a nearby rock to relax a little before they began to walk out of the wood and look for more qualified help. As they both sighed in relief she turned to him and began to talk...

"Thank you for taking me out of there!" she thanked him for his act of kindness as bowed toward him.

"There is no need to thank me, I did what anyone would do!" he answered while scratching the back of his head in embarrassment.

"But even so, you were the one that helped me and I can't thank you enough for what you did but, if it is not too much, may I ask you a question?"

"Sure, ask me anything!" he replied.

"How did you find me?" she asked.

"Oh, I-I was exploring with my friends too but I got lost, I was looking for them until I found you!" The boy was caught off guard with that question but answered her anyway.

"I see… but do you know where they are now?"

"No, they're probably deeper in the woods searching for adventures." he answered and lowered his head, felling a little sad.

"I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you sad!" she apologized as she saw the boy's reaction.

"N-no, it's fine, it's not like they care anyway!" he said, wiping the sad look out of his face and replacing it with a smile, standing up and offering his hand. "C'mon, your ankle isn't going to treat itself!".

The girl took a moment but, once again, accepted his offer happily and clung to the boy's shoulder. They looked at each other and nodded, taking a step forward and walking their way out of the deep woods. The air between them was a little tense as both of them were concentrated on getting out of there but once they managed to get back onto the main trail, Nejire decided to break the ice…

"So... what do you want to be?" she asked, not knowing how to properly start the conversation.

"What do you mean?" he asked her, confused by the question.

"What do you wanna be when you grow up?"

"Oh, that's easy, I want to be a cool hero, just like All Might!" Izuku exclaimed, lifting his fist up in the air.

"Really? That's so cool! I'm sure You'll be a great hero once you grow up!"

"You think so?"

"But of course! After all, you just saved me!" she said with a bright smile on her face.

The boy didn't know how to react to this. Aside from his mother, no one had ever shown this type of affection to him, it was just heartwarming.

"So, if you want to be a hero you must have a very cool quirk don't you? Could you show it to me?" Nejire asked excited.

Her words hit Izuku like a truck. He didn't have a quirk, what was he going to say, he was starting to get desperate, he needed to answer the girl quickly.

"I-It's not l-like that…" he said letting his nervousness get the best of him.

"What do you mean 'it's not like that', we're friends right, you can tell me, I'm not gonna judge!" she said getting even more excited.

'Friend', that is a word Izuku hadn't heard in a long time. Someone he just met wanted to be friends with him. He didn't know how to react, should he be happy, should he be nervous, he didn't know… at that moment, all he did was let his tongue run loose…

"I'm quirkless." he had said it.

"What…" The bluenette froze hearing his word, she had never seen this before, a person that didn't have a quirk of its own, she didn't know how to do, she didn't know what to say, all she could do was stand there and stare at the poor boy and imagine all that he had gone through because of that.

"I discovered this two years ago, and because I'm quirkless no one wants to play with me, no one ever believes in me, no one ever wants to be my friend and the boys in my class hit me. Because I'm quirkless I'm always alone, I can never do anything right but, even so, I want to become a hero, I want to become someone that can save anyone with a bright smile in his face! Do you really think I can become a hero?"

And there he was, he had told her the truth, he didn't know why he did it but it all just came out, he couldn't hold back those words anymore, they hurt too much. At this point, both were just standing in the middle of the trail, waiting for one of them to say something. Izuku was just staring at the ground, trying to gather enough courage to keep going but his attempt was interrupted by a sob.

He turned to girl and was surprised by what he saw… the girl was crying her eyes out, her tears were flowing down her cheeks and her smile was now all wobbly as she looked at the green haired kid, trying to speak in between sobs.

"Y-Yes! Y-Yes you-u can!" she said with difficulty while trying to make a straight face. She just couldn't believe in this, this sweet boy had gone through so much and never gave up, never turned back, even with all odds against him, he kept moving forward and followed his conviction. This story had really touched her.

She didn't even care anymore, she just wanted to help the freckled kid, she wanted to make him happy, no matter what. As she moved, she wrapped her arms around the green haired child and pulled him into a tight hug.

Izuku was stunned by her act of affection, he couldn't understand. All people that discovered about him being quirkless always distanced themselves from him, but this girl did the opposite, she wanted to get closer, he did not understand, all he did was accept the hug and cry on her shoulder.

The two stayed like this for a while, letting all the tears fall and tightening the hug they gave each other. When they ran out of breath, they separated from the tigh embrace and looked at each other's faces, red and swollen eyes, humid cheeks and wobbly smiles was all they saw. After a brief moment of staring, a soft laugh came from Nejire followed by Izuku laughing as well, there was no more tension between them.

"We should probably get going, our parents must be worried!" Izuku started as he supported the bluenette on his shoulders once again. "Are you ready?" he asked her with a proper smile in his face this time.

"Whenever you are!" she replied.

And so they began to walk once again, with a smile on their faces the whole time. It took a while, but they managed to out of the woods and, as they reached the city, found the girl's parents looking for her in the entrance of the forest. Once the two adults noticed their presence, they rushed towards the kids.

"Nejire!" the parents yelled in unison.

Once they were close enough Izuku let go of the girl and watched as she was hugged by her worried parents, they seemed so happy together that he did not interrupt the scene and just observed.

"I'm so glad you're okay, we were worried sick!" the father said as he wrapped his arm around the girl and rubbed the back of her head.

"Please, tell us what happened!" the mother said as she got closer and hugged her daughter too.

"I was exploring the woods like I usually do when I fell into a ditch and hurt my foot, if it wasn't for this boy I would still be there!" she said as she pointed toward Izuku.

The parents calmed down a little and looked to the boy. The father suddenly left the girl with her mother, who held the girl in her arms, and approached the freckled kid with a serious aura around him.

"What is your name kid?" he asked.

"I-Izuku, Izuku Midoriya." he answered being a little scared by the man's tone.

Without any hesitation, the adult got on his knees and bowed before the child with his forehead now touching the ground.

"Thank you Izuku! Thank you for saving my daughter!" he said as the seriousness was replaced with pure happiness and gratitude.

Izuku was a bit surprised by the man's action and looked to the women in front of him, Nejire was giggling seeing her father bow like that and her mother only held a soft smile on her lips. With a bit of hesitation, he approached the man and touched his shoulder.

"There is no need to thank me, I only did what a thought was right!" the green haired said as the man stood up and looked at him with a warm smile in his face.

"And for that we can't thank you enough kid, we own you one!" he replied as he went back to his wife and grabbed Nejire to hold her in his arms.

"Say Izuku, would you like if we took you home? It's the least we can do to thank you!" the mother asked as she looked to the boy.

Izuku was surprised once again, he never met them before, was this really a good idea? He then looked at Nejire one last time, she just smiled to him, practically begging with her eyes that he accepted the offer. The green haired took a deep breath and said:

"It would be great!"

With his confirmation they guided Izuku towards the family car and let him seat on the back with Nejire by his side. Once everyone was ready, they hit the road back to the city. The boy was a little tense, he never had been with them especially in their car, even if he trusted Nejire, he couldn't help but get a little worried. As he gave directions to the man at the wheel, he felt a little pat on his shoulder, he turned around and saw the bluenette gesturing for him to get closer, after he had answered the request, the girl approached and gave him a small kiss on the cheek.

The boy just looked at her, completely stunned, his cheeks were turning into a shade of red no one had ever seen before as he stuttered with every attempt to speak, the girl however just stared at him with a big smile in her face and a slight blush on her cheeks.

"Thank you for helping me!" she said as her smile got even bigger and prettier.

"Y-Y-You're w-welcome!" Izuku said trying to recompose himself.

The pair of adults could only watch through the rearview mirror and smile at the scene.

"Ah young love, this does bring back some memories!" the father said, keeping his eyes on the road.

"It sure does" the mother replied looking to the road as well.

And so the day had come to an end, Izuku was brought home safely and back into his mother's arms, who apparently was about to call the police, the group of parents had exchanged numbers in order to keep in contact and Nejire was taken to the hospital to get her foot treated but all this time, the only thing Izuku could think off was…

'I WAS KISSED BY A GIRL!'

After a couple of days, the families had decided to visit the local park in order to see each other again and so reuniting the pair of kid one more time, but this time around, Nejire wasn't so cheerful…

"What, you're moving away?!" Izuku said, caught off guard with the news.

"Yeah we are, my parents found a cheaper apartment for us but it is far away from here, so we won't be able to see each other again." She replied, getting sad with the news herself.

"That's so sad, we just met and have to be separated!"

"It's not so bad, my mother said there are lots of cool places to visit and since it is cheaper we'll be able to do a lot more than we could here!" Nejire said with a small smile in her lips.

"But that means we won't be able to see each other, even if it is for the better, it makes me a little sad!" The boy exclaimed, staring at the ground.

The bluenette stop for a moment and started thinking, she was the only friend he had and she already had to leave him behind, she really didn't want to but it was necessary, what could she do to make him happy? With hundreds of ideas crossing her mind, she finally decided…

"How about we make a promise then?"

"What do you mean?" Izuku asked.

"You said you wanted to be a hero, didn't you?"

"Yes, I want to be just like All Might!"

"Then how about we promise this: Once we both become cool heroes, we find each other and stating working together! What do you say?" she said as she extended her pinky finger toward him.

"Wait, you want to be a hero too?" Izuku asked, confused by the girl's proposal.

"But of course, I want to be just like my hero!" the bluenette answered with the biggest smile she could make.

The green haired stopped and thought a little, the journey to become a hero is not so easy, it would take years before they could keep this promise, was this really a god idea? He looked at her one more time and saw Nejire, with her pinky still pointed toward him and one of the softest smiles he had ever seen, waiting for his answer so, without hesitation, he interlaced his pinky with hers and said…

"It's a promise, once we become cool heroes, we will meet each other once again!"

"Then it's done!" she said as she pulled him into a tight hug, so tight that Izuku was having a hard time breathing.

After a moment, they separated from the embrace and stared at each other, both were blushing lightly but their happiness had completely covered their embarrassment until they were interrupted by a deep voice calling them.

"Nejire and Izuku, get back here, we're going back home!" Nejire's father called them as he waved with the pair of mothers right behind him.

"Let's go?" the bluenette asked to the shy boy.

"Sure, let's get back!" he replied as both of them runned toward their families.

And with that they parted ways, one week later the Hado family had moved to a far place and Izuku was left alone once again, but this time he had a promise to keep, he would give his hardest to become a hero everyone would respect, so one day, they could meet each other again. With time, his memories were getting blurrier, it was hard for him to remember how the girl looked like, all he could remember was the pretty color of her hair and that memory he would never let go

The years flied before his eyes and the world wasn't holding back, always trying to make him give up and search for another dream but he kept going, no matter how hard the world hit him, he would always get up and keep following his dream, quirkless or not, he would keep his promise and nothing was going to stop him, even when his own idol told him to stop he kept going and now we are here…

Izuku was now fourteen years old and was lying on his knees with teary as he stood in front of the No.1 hero, his idol, All Might, who had offered him something people would kill to have…

"So, what do you say, will you inherit my quirk?" All Might said, staring at the teen with determined eyes.

"Yes… I accept!"

"A quick answer… I expected nothing less!"

And so, his first step on the journey to become a hero was taken!

So... what did you think of it? If you're reading this you probably enjoyed it... I think... but anyway, please review so I can use your opnion to improve and if you liked it and want to see more, I'll tell you right of the bat, I'm not sure if I'll continue this fanfic. As I said before, I whote this because this idea was not leaving my head and, being honest right now, I'm very lazy, so even if I continue this may drop it at some moment, but if it gets a good repercussion I'll try my hardest to do so but that is not on my control.

Anyway... Thank you for reading...

See ya!