Hey everyone, I'm Tobias and this is my first fanfic! I just wanted to say that I enjoy writing this story a lot and have many plans in store for it, feel free to review I will appreciate constructive criticism and even story ideas that I could implement somewhere down the road. Thank you ahead of time for any favorites/reviews and I hope you enjoy

Chapter 1: 8 Years Ago

A young girl whimpered as a group of boys and girls surround her with sneers on their faces. She was back here again being bullied because of her quirk by the other kids again, kids she used to call her friends. "Aww it's poor Momo and her useless ass quirk" one of the girls spat at her, one of the boys grab her by the collar and roughly pulled her to her feet.

These kids had been bullying her for years, they had been jealous of Momo's family and status. Momo had always stood out as the top dog in all of her classes, the teachers dared call her a prodigy.

Today was one of those bad days, ever since her quirk developed their bullying only got worse. She was eventually dubbed the "Useless Prodigy" due to her quirk being the way it was. Momo had no clue how to use it making her weak in the eyes of her peers.

Momo tried isolating herself but, that only made matters worse. She became singled out and easier for her bullies to find and berate her. She began losing faith in people until she saw him. The symbol of peace All Might on T.V. one day.

Momo then aspired to become a hero and save people, to make her quirk known. Her parents blew off Momo's dreams for becoming a hero, telling her that she needed to focus on her studies. Her peers continued relentlessly harassing her, revealing her dream of becoming a hero had sparked an outrage in her fellow classmates.

That lead to this day.

Her bullies must have been really sick of her, tracking her down and harassing her in an alleyway. It was secluded. It was dark. It was perfect for them to have their way with her. A hot and partly cloudy Saturday was the day that Momo thought she was finally going to give up.

"You think you are better than all of us just because your all rich and stuff? Ha! With a quirk like yours, how can you even dream to be a hero?" The older boy of the says with venom in his voice

Momo speaks softly "I can be a hero if I try" the boy then throws her on the ground. "You can't do that if you can't even fight us!" the boy yells before he starts kicking her, the rest of the kids join in beating Momo while she is on the ground.

"All men aren't created equal." Momo thinks to herself cynically as the kids kick her "We live in a world where you are either strong or hopelessly weak" Momo thinks cynically as the kids "Maybe they're right" Momo begins to cry "...Maybe I can't be a hero after all" Momo shuts her eyes and waits for them to stop. "All I ever wanted was to be strong like my heroes..." Momo thinks as she begins to succumb to the kids hitting her

"Oi!" a voice calls out. Momo's eyes snap open as the kids stop hitting her, they all turn their attention to where the voice is coming from. It's a boy around their age with spiky blond hair and piercing red eyes with a confident smile on his face. "...What?" Momo thinks as the boy runs over and shoves the other kids away.

"That's not fair at all, beating up a girl who can't defend herself. Why don't you shitheads pick on somebody your own size?" the boy says as he puts his fists up. Momo gasps at his use of language and stares at his back before speaking "Why are you here? ...this is none of your business" Momo says to the boy cynically the boy looks at her and grins "Don't you know it's a hero's job to stick his nose in other people's business?" the boy says as he helps her to her feet. Momo looks at the boy awestruck as he continues to grin at her

"Hey don't ignore us!" the bully says as his group gets ready for a fight. The boy looks back at them "I'll get to you losers in a second!" the boy yells at them. Momo continues to watch the boy as he turns back to her "Hey are you able to move?" the boy asks. Momo is taken aback for a moment before answering "Y-yes"

"Good, cause now I need you to run. It's about to get messy" the boy says grinning wider "And I don't want you getting caught in the crossfire" Momo starts to say something but stops before beginning to run off "He came here to save me, it'd be a waste if I got in his way" Momo thinks to herself as she runs off. Momo looks back only to see the boy giving her a thumbs up she stops and continues to watch from afar, The boy turns his attention to back to the bullies. "Alright twinkle toes, I'm all yours I'll try not to hurt you shits too badly," the boys says cockily "Who do you think you are?!" one of the bullies yells at the boy.

"Heh… that's my favorite question" the boy says before pounding a fist to his chest "I am Katsuki Bakugou, Explosion Hero! And I am about to wipe the floor with you nerds!" Katsuki yells at the bullies as little explosions come out of his palms then the fight begins. Momo watches as Katsuki takes on his 6 opponents, he fights gracefully for a 7-year-old matching his opponents moves and counters them hitting them back. Katsuki dodges most of their punches while delivering his own, putting everything he had into each one

Momo usually despises watching fights but with this kid, she couldn't help but cheer silently for him, "Katsuki Bakugou Explosion Hero, he's so… cool" Momo thinks to herself as Katsuki continues to fight.

Katsuki puts up a good match before he begins to get overwhelmed, Momo clenches the light pole she is hiding behind tightly as Katsuki gets knocked down again and again but continues to get back up a fight some more. Katsuki gets slammed to the ground by one of the older kids. Momo slaps a hand to her mouth to prevent herself from crying out to Katsuki.

"Why do you keep fighting? You can't win like this" Momo says quietly from her hiding place. "Just quit fighting already you idiot!" Momo screams internally

Katsuki stands in front of the bullies with his fists up "What's wrong? Is that all you extras got!" Katsuki yells at them "Why do you keeping fighting for a useless girl like her" one of the bullies yell at him. Katsuki just smirks "Fighting for those who can't fight for themselves is what it means to be a hero and heroes never lose!" Momo gasps at his words as Katsuki jumps back into the fray fighting them once again.

"She may be a bit useless now, but in time I bet she'll outshine you damn extras!" Katsuki says while fighting

Momo is taken aback by his words "I can… outshine them?" Momo repeats in her head "No I can't outshine them, they all have better quirks then I do." Momo silently berates herself "They can be useful one day"

"I... " Momo looks at Katsuki and she spots the tears in his eyes, she can see that he is in pain but he is still there. Still fighting for her.

"Fighting for those who can't is what it means to be a hero…" Momo says to herself while clenching her fist, tears swell up in her eyes as she watches Katsuki give it his all.

"Maybe... just for right now" Momo grits her teeth

"I can be a hero too!"

Momo finally snaps and starts running toward the fighting group full charge while manifesting a wooden staff, she screams as she swings and hits one of the bullies rendering them unconscious. Katsuki and the other bullies look at her in surprise as she runs to Katsuki's side and prepares to fight.

"I thought I told you to run away?!" Katsuki exclaims at Momo who looks at him with a fierce intensity in her eyes "Heroes don't run away from fights, besides you look like you could use the help" Momo says teasingly at Katsuki who snorts "Idiot!" Momo just smiles at him before retorting "right back at you"

Katsuki smiles at her

The two of them lunge toward their opponents and fight until the sun goes down "You suck!" one of the bullies yell at Momo and Katsuki as they retreat running the opposite direction. Momo and Katsuki lay on the ground bruised and battered breathing heavily from exhaustion before Katsuki starts to laugh Momo joins him as she gets up and offers her hand to him he takes it and she pulls him up. Katsuki looks at Momo while laughing

"You are so dumb!" Momo pouts pretending to be offended "for your information I am super smart, I go to private school" Momo snaps back "Private School Schmivate Mhool, you are still dumb. I could have totally handled those damn extras on my own" Katsuki says as he shoves his hands in his pockets Momo smirks before looking at him.

"Keep telling yourself that," Momo says to Katsuki with a skip in her step "Why I oughta-" Katsuki stops midway before he puts his hand out "I'm Katsuki, what's your name?" Momo's face tints red before she shakes his hand and smiles "I-I'm Momo Yaoyorozu from the Yaoyorozu family it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance" Momo says to him "Ehh, that's a bit too long to remember, I think I'll call you Princess instead" Katsuki says to Momo

"Princess? Well, how about I call you… um… Explodo-kun?!" Momo tries to retort only for Katsuki to laugh her off "Nice try Princess, It's still pretty early you wanna go hang out somewhere?"

"H-hangout?" Momo stutters out while Katsuki puts his hands in his pockets "Hell Yeah, you look like you could use it"

Momo looks at Katsuki for a second "Y-yeah, I'd like that" Momo says as she smiles a bit. "First we need to pick up some stuff to fix us up". Katsuki starts walking forward Momo follows after him.

"Katsuki is a bit brash and swears a lot but he is a joy to be around," Momo thinks as she conversates with him, the pair talk until they reach a convenience store. They enter the small building and are instantly hit by a refreshing wave of cool air. Momo looks around the building with awe

She had never been in a convenience store before she had only passed by them on the way to school. Momo was amazed at everything they had in there

The pair tread down the linoleum aisles as Katsuki grabs what he needs, Momo's eyes trail the different items, she revels in the sight of so many different things in the one little place from Ice Cream to Construction Tools.

Momo and Katsuki eventually make it to the cashier, he looks friendly and apparently knows Katsuki pretty well as they cracked a few jokes as he made the purchase. Katsuki and Momo walk outside with their stuff

"I'll pay you back for this" Momo says feeling a little guilty "Eh don't worry about it- speaking of!" Katsuki jumps a little "Wait right here I'll be right back" Katsuki runs back into the store. Momo sits there confused for a few moments before Katsuki comes back out of the store with two styrofoam cups

Momo looks at his puzzled scanning the cups in his hands "What are these?" Momo asks innocently "These are slushies. Spicy food is the shit but nothing beats a good slushie from time to time" Katsuki says as he passes her one of the cups

"I got you passionfruit since I didn't know exactly what you wanted but, you are going to love it!" Katsuki exclaims as he takes a long sip. Momo looks at the drink for a moment before taking a sip, her taste buds explode with flavor. "This is amazing!" Momo exclaims as she takes an even longer sip before she is hit by a sudden pain in her head

"Eep" Momo squeals out as she holds her head, Katsuki laughs "Brain-Freeze, that's the best part!" Momo looks at Katsuki with a little glare before laughing with him

The pair enjoys their slushies on a bench nearby. Katsuki pulls out the medical supplies he bought from the store. "Alright hold still, now it's time for a fix-up," Katsuki says as he puts some rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball, he dabs one of Momo's wounds on her face and she flinches before relaxing

"Katsuki is so gentle," Momo thinks to herself as the heat rushes to her face. Katsuki finishes cleaning her wounds and starts to bandage them. Katsuki goes red in the face as grey eyes meet red ones "She's really cute" Katsuki thinks out loud as he finishes bandaging her up

Momo's face bursts with heat as she becomes cherry red, Katsuki also becomes super red-faced "F-forget what I said damn it!" Momo laughs at Katsuki while he kicks a trash can. Momo looks at the rest of the supplies.

"Alright, your turn," Momo says while patting the seat next to hers Katsuki sits down next to her "I-I can do it myself!" Katsuki says turning his face away from Momo, Momo smirks at him "So could I and you don't see me complaining"

Katsuki looks at her "Fine do whatever you want" Momo claps her hands together "Alright!" Momo then begins to fix up Katsuki. When she finishes she throws away the trash and turns to look at Katsuki with a big smile on her face and a cute pose "You're cute too Katsuki" Momo says knocking Katsuki off guard

Katsuki blushes before he sticks his hands in his pockets and walks ahead "L-let's just get to the damn arcade already!" Momo laughs at him as she follows him.

When they reach the arcade Momo looks at the place in amazement. It was huge. Way bigger than the convenience store. There were flashing lights and games everywhere, she looked at Katsuki who looked like he was in heaven. Katsuki grabs her hand and starts dragging her around everywhere through the arcade.

"Hey!" Katsuki gets Momo's attention before sticking a hat on her head, he looks at her before turning it backward "There!" Momo looks at Katsuki puzzled as he put another hat on backward "We look like delinquents now!" Katsuki laughs as he makes an evil face. Momo laughs at him and makes her own evil face.

The two of them put the hats and make their way to a dancing game. Momo was curious on what it was as Katsuki walks up to it popping his knuckles, he steps up to the machine before turning to Momo

"You playing?" Katsuki asks Momo looks at him for a moment "I don't know how to play" Momo says as Katsuki grabs her hand and pulls her up "That's why I'll teach you, you'll be awesome at this by the time I'm done!" Katsuki exclaims as he puts in some tokens

The pair play at the arcade for hours it was sunset by the time they walked out

"Now that was fun!" Katsuki exclaims as they continue walking, Momo smiles at him. She has never had this much fun in her life whether she was stuck with her nose in a book or taking etiquette classes

She doesn't want today to end with Katsuki

"So, which way is your house?" Katsuki says as Momo pauses and turns fully red-faced "M-my h-house? Why do y-you want to know w-where I live?" Momo stutters out

Katsuki looks at her densely "To walk you home, why else would I want to know?" Momo looks at him and relaxes "Of course, well my house is in that direction" Momo points left "Sweet, my house is in the same direction, less hassle for me" Momo smiles at him "Well come on let's go" Katsuki says as he begins to walk left "Right!" Momo says as she follows.

The walk back was relatively peaceful with Momo and Katsuki talking and cracking jokes the whole way back, they eventually make it to Momo's House. "Holy shit, your place is huge!" Katsuki exclaims as Momo laughs at him "I told you it was big" Momo says to a wide-eyed Katsuki

"I guess I wasn't too far off with your nickname, Princess" Katsuki teases Momo blushes at her nickname "Well that makes you my knight in shining armour" Momo says back to him Katsuki laughs "Screw knights, heroes are way cooler" Katsuki says Momo looks down with her hair covering her face "Yeah, you would make a pretty good hero Katsuki" Momo says sadly Katsuki looks at her "You are going to be an amazing hero probably the best… while I have this useless quirk that can't save anyone" Momo begins to tear up.

"Your quirk isn't useless, it's pretty badass in my opinion," Katsuki says as he puts his hands in his pockets once more "They way you came charging in ready to fight despite being scared was also super badass" Katsuki looks up at the sky

"I know I'm going to be the number 1 hero one day, I don't need any reminders there." Momo looks at Katsuki as he looks back and grins at her "I know… You can be a hero too!" Momo begins crying before tackling Katsuki into a hug "Thank you for believing in me Katsuki!" Momo says while crying into his shoulder.

"Don't thank me, people believing in you doesn't mean shit if you don't surpass their expectations" Momo looks at Katsuki who is still grinning "Fight to become a hero then you can thank me" Katsuki says as Momo lets go. "See Ya"

Katsuki says as he begins to walk away "Wait!" Momo yells "Will I ever see you again?" Momo calls out to Katsuki. Katsuki turns around "Of course you will, you'll know where to find me. Striving for number 1!" he yells as he turns back around and walks off. "See ya around, Princess!" Katsuki yells back as he disappears from Momo's vision Momo continues to stare at his back the red-orange light from the setting sun adding a gleam to her grey eyes. She looks down and spots a pin and picks it up.

Momo inspects the item, it's a badge with All Might on it and a signature on it. "Bakugou?" Momo thinks to herself as she clutches the pin. "I have to return this to him, so of course we will see each other again" Momo smiles as she sticks the pin in her pocket

"I promise that I will find you again, Katsuki Bakugou: Explosion Hero" Momo thinks to herself as she enters her home

Momo's Mother grabs her face "What happened to you? Are you ok?" Momo smiles at her mother "I'm fine Mommy" Momo hugs her mother "I am going to be a hero!" Momo exclaims while hugging her mom who just looks at her and smiles.