"EVERYTHING IS FINE! WHY? BECAUSE I AM HERE!"

The deep, booming voice of All Might bellowed throughout the computer room as the shelves shook from the reverberation from the speakers. This must've been the thousandth time that Izuku has watched this video, at least that's what his mother said. But one could hardly blame a young boy for wanting to see such an amazing video over and over again.

All Might was the coolest hero ever, and this particular video, depicting him saving hundreds of civilians at once with that signature shining smile on his face, was by far Izuku's favourite.

"All Might is so cool! I wanna be just like him, I'm gonna be a great hero someday! Right, Kacchan?"

"Fuck yeah! But you are gonna have to fight me for the top spot, Deku! Don't think you can surpass me!"

Bakugo Katsuki had to be the only person that Izuku knew that was as big of a fan of All Might as he was. The two boys met on the first day of kindergarten, and their mutual desire to be amazing heroes along with their idolization for the #1 hero helped them become fast friends.

Izuku referred to Bakugo as "Kacchan" simply because Katsuki was a little too hard for him to say. Bakugo had a similar instance where he saw Izuku's name in writing and misread the kanji. There was a debate between the two over Katuski referring to Izuku as "Deku" due to the reading that Katsuki interpreted meaning "One that is useless or cannot do anything", but ultimately Izuku was convinced that it was just a nickname like "Kacchan" was.

"Just you wait, Deku! Once we get our quirks there will be nothing to stop me from being the greatest hero ever! Better than All Might, even! And don't worry, you can be my sidekick!" Bakugo was a confident kid who never shied away from speaking his mind in his signature loudmouthed style.

"Whaa, come on Kacchan~! I don't wanna be a sidekick, I wanna be a hero too!" Some would say that Izuku and Katsuki's opposing personalities were part of the reason they were good friends. One was brash and expressive, the other timid and reserved. They sort of balanced each other out in a way and affected how the other acted at times.

Katsuki crossed his arms and looked away with a pout, but after a few seconds, he turned back to his friend with a smirk. "I'll think about it."

The two boys shared a smile and turned back to the computer screen that they were previously looking at. "Wanna watch it again, Kacchan?"

"Fuck yeah! Rewind that shit, Deku!"

Just as the two boys were about to restart the video, the door to the room burst open to reveal Katsuki's mother Mitsuki glaring at her son.

"Katsuki! What the fuck did I tell you about swearing, you little shit?!" She grabbed her son by the ear and began dragging him across the floor and out into the hallway, with Katsuki kicking and screaming the whole way.

"Arrghhh, let go of me you old bat! Deku, save yourself!" Izuku stood petrified with fear as Mitsuki yanked her son out of the room and around the corner out of sight. Moments later, Izuku's mother Inko peeked her head into the room and gave her son a nervous smile.

"M-Maybe it's time to take a break from the computer for today...Come to the kitchen for a snack?"

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Izuku was sitting under a tree in the playground, writing away in his notebook about heroes that his mother had gotten him. Ever since she and Kacchan had helped him learn how to read and write, he found the perfect outlet for his countless thoughts and ideas about all his favourite heroes.

The rest of the kids in class preferred to run around and play all break and usually left Izuku alone, which was fine by him. Izuku liked to play as much as any kid, but sometimes it was nice for him to just unwind and fill some pages out of Hero Analysis for the Future. By his sides, several squirrels had scampered down from the treetops and stood near him, eyeing his activity curiously.

Izuku always wondered what it was about him that animals were so drawn to. Everywhere he went, if he stayed outside anywhere for long enough, wildlife would eventually come towards him. He didn't mind much, though. Animals were so interesting to him and were probably his favourite thing after heroes. The case with animal-themed heroes was a whole other conversation in of itself.

"Deku!" Izuku was shaken out of his train of thought when he heard his best friend call out to him. He looked up to see Katsuki sprinting towards him and skidded to a halt in front of where he was sitting.

"Oh hey, Kacchan. What's up that has you so excited?"

Katsuki stood there for a moment, hands on his knees and hunched over to catch his breath. "Huff...Huff...Deku! I just came back from the doctor's! Check this shit out!" Izuku raised an eyebrow for a moment before the gears clicked in his brain and he immediately leaped to his feet in anticipation.

Katsuki held his hands out, palms facing towards the sky, and made a face of pure concentration. Slowly his palms began to emit smoke before they suddenly ignited into small orange sparks. "I got my quirk! Isn't it badass?"

Izuku's eyes were gleaming with excitement as he watched his best friend showcase his newly developed quirk. "That's so cool! Kacchan you have a super awesome quirk! How does it work?"

Katsuki smirked victoriously, "The doctor said my sweat is explosive, like some chemical called nitroglycerin. I can make explosions in my palms and blast bitches to bits!"

Izuku had his notebook out to a fresh page and began furiously writing. "Well, that actually makes a whole lot of sense considering your parents' quirks. With Auntie Mitsuki's Glycerin quirk and Uncle Masaru's Oxidizing Sweat quirk, it makes perfect sense that when combined, you could make sweat that could explode. It really is cool how your quirk is like a perfect combination of your parent's quirk like some kind of perfect recipe. Just think about all the different things you could do with your quirk…" Katsuki stood with a throbbing vein, impatiently seeing Izuku fall into another one of his incoherent muttering spells. He and Izuku were both fairly smart for their age, but the green-haired nerd had way too much shit packed into that egghead of his. A light bulb went off in Katsuki's head and a sadistic smile stretched across his face. He put his palms on either side of Izuku's ears and activated his quirk.

*POP POP*

"AHHHHHH" Izuku leapt about 20 feet in the air and landed unceremoniously on the ground, leaving Katsuki rolling on the floor with laughter and the rest of the kids in the playground looking their way, wondering what was going on.

As both boys got up from the ground, Katsuki wiping a few tears from his eyes and Izuku rubbing his behind with a pout, a crowd of other kids formed around them.

"Hey, Katsuki you got your quirk?" One girl asked. He nodded and showed the rest of the class in the same way he had demonstrated to Izuku earlier.

Many oooh's and aaah's were had at the revelation of such a powerful quirk. "Wow, so that makes Katsuki the 4th kid in class with a quirk now." As more and more kids praised Katsuki's quirk and swarmed him with questions, he felt something very warm welling up within himself. He slowly formed a wide grin and faraway look in his eyes as the compliments and questions poured in.

"I'm amazing…" This was it. The moment that Katsuki knew would come eventually. This was the moment that he knew it would be clear that he was cut from a different cloth from everyone else. With this quirk, nothing could stop him from reaching the top and being the strongest hero of all time. Out of the corner of his eye, Katsuki noticed Izuku behind the crowd, returning to his seat under the tree and begin to write in his notebook with a barely noticeable frown on his face. Katsuki stared at Izuku for a few moments, now completely ignoring all of the kids around him. "That nerd…"

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Izuku and Katsuki were walking through the forest, knee deep in another one of their wonderful adventures into the great unknown. It had been two weeks since Katsuki had manifested his quirk, and the ash-blond hothead was finally getting the hang of controlling his explosions. In fact, it had been almost 3 days since he accidentally blew something up and got scolded by his mom.

With his hands crossed behind his head, Katsuki stopped walking, causing Izuku to bump into his back.

"Oof— Kacchan why'd you stop like that?" Izuku held his butterfly net in his hands, tilting his head to the side in confusion as to why his friend decided to just stop in the middle of nowhere.

"Deku…" Katsuki stared down Izuku with his arms crossed, a frown on his face. "What the hell is wrong with you, huh?"

Izuku gulped, "I-I don't know what you're talking about, Kacchan. W-What do you mean?"

Katsuki smacked his hands together, creating an explosion powerful enough to startle Izuku onto his butt. "Don't give me that bullshit, you fucking nerd! Why the fuck have you been acting so off lately? And don't give me some garbage excuse, or I'm gonna blast your face to the moon, got it?!"

Izuku wrung his hands around the handle of his net nervously. "W-W-Well...It's just that...You already got your quirk and it's so strong and everything...What if I get mine and it's not good enough for me to be a hero like All Might...A-And I can't keep up with you...I mean my mom's quirk is only attracting small objects, and she never told me anything about dad's…"

"Shut the fuck up, Deku!" Katsuki got right in Izuku's face, a furious scowl on his own. "What kinda pussy ass talking is that huh?! Who cares about your mom's quirk or about your deadbeat fucking dad?! You don't even have your quirk yet and you are already acting like a pathetic little chode!"

Katsuki grabbed Izuku by the collar and bore a hole through his face with his intense stare, "You think All Might never had to do stuff that was hard? You think he was crying like you or did he say 'Fuck it' and keep going?! Of course you'll never be as good as me, I'm awesome! But if you keep acting like a little bitch before you even know what your quirk is, you'll never be shit. I'm not gonna waste my time carrying around a useless little bitch, Deku!" Katsuki let Izuku go and turned away from him with his arms crossed.

The two stood silent for a few moments, the only sounds being the wind whistling through the trees and the faint babbling of a brook somewhere past the treeline.

Izuku sat on the ground, staring at the ground with his hair shadowing his bright emerald eyes. 'Would a hero feel like this? My story hasn't even started yet...I need to get to the start line before anything else! That's what a hero would do...That's what All Might would do, right? Kacchan is not gonna stop for me, no one is. I need to think like a hero and stay strong!'

Katsuki tapped his foot impatiently. If the damn nerd was not gonna shape up soon, he was gonna blast the shit out of him and ditch his ass. Just as Katsuki's patience was about to run out, he felt a hand grip tightly on his shoulder. He turned to see Izuku with a look he had never seen before in his life. There was a gleam in his green eyes that was undeniably defiant and full of fire.

"Kacchan…" Izuku kept his expression steady, "Thank you."

Katsuki scoffed and smacked Izuku's hand off of his shoulder. "Shut up. I don't need your shitty thanks. You still ain't shown that you are anything but a pebble." Despite the harsh words, Izuku knew Katsuki well enough to read between the lines and nodded with a smile.

"Just you wait."

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Izuku felt as satisfied could be. His mom had just taken him out for a super special dinner for his 6th birthday where he had the chance to eat his weight in katsudon before sharing a delicious ice-cream sundae with his lovely mother.

He had received wonderful gifts from both his mother and the Bakugo family, but what Izuku really wanted more than anything was for his quirk to finally manifest. Most of his class had gotten their quirks already, and Izuku was starting to get worried about why his was taking so long. To be fair, quirks manifested anywhere between birth and about 6 or 7 years old, so he was still within that window, but that didn't make it any easier for him to wait.

A visit to the doctor had revealed that he may be a late bloomer, as his physical growth was slightly behind some kids his age as well, meaning that it was entirely possible for his quirk to be just as behind.

So all Izuku could really do was wait and see. Kacchan had yelled at him for not doing more to prepare for heroics besides researching, so he tried to be more active and trained with his blonde companion. He also asked his mom to let him learn some sort of martial arts, but he wouldn't start until later in the year.

As he and his mother were turning the corner onto the street of their apartment building, Izuku noticed movement out of the corner of his eye. Curiously, the young boy peered into an alleyway to see something rustling between a few bags of trash.

"Izuku, come on honey don't go playing in the trash, it's dirty." Inko tried her best to scold her son, but the young mind was too curious to be stopped at times. She followed Izuku towards the source of the rustling to see her son kneeling before a small Rottweiler puppy.

"Hey there little one, where'd you come from?" Izuku stuck his hand out, and the puppy tentatively moved towards him. Izuku closed the rest of the distance, petting the dog on its head. The puppy slowly warmed up to the affection and began panting happily. Inko moved towards the two, but that startled the dog and it hid behind Izuku's leg.

Inko observed the physical state of the animal and could tell that it had been out on its own for quite some time. And from the look that Izuku was giving it, she had a feeling where this day would be going. Even so, she had to at least pretend to put up some sort of fight so Izuku wouldn't become too spoiled.

"Mom, she's all alone. Can we keep her?" Izuku was a master of the puppy-dog look, and it did not help at all that Inko was a sucker for all things Izuku. She did her best to put up a strong front and crossed her arms.

"Now, Izuku. Having a pet is a big responsibility—"

"I can do it, I promise! I'm gonna be the best hero ever, right? I can save her and take care of her! Please, mom!" Izuku was bowing before his mother, and the dark-coated puppy was curiously mirroring his actions causing Inko to be almost overloaded at the cute display.

'How can I say no to this? LIke I could have said no, anyway…' Inko sighed. "Okay, Izuku. We can keep her."

"Hooray!" Izuku cheered as he scooped up the puppy into his arms.

"But you are giving her a bath as soon as we get home!"

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Izuku sat on the floor of his room, playing with the newest addition to his little family. Luckily, one of their downstairs neighbours was giving away some old dog stuff, so they didn't have to buy as much as they would've otherwise.

As he tossed a rubber ball across the room for the umpteenth time, his mind ran rampant with what having a dog would change for him.

"Hmm, I can take you for walks before school, and then after dinner. Oh, you can go on adventures with me and Kacchan! He seems kinda mean at first, but he is my best friend in the whole wide world! Oh, wait...What should I name you?" Izuku reached down and scratched his puppy behind the ears, eliciting contented growling as she leaned into her new owner's ministrations. "What would you like to be named, huh? What would you like to be named~" Izuku affectionately scratched the pup's exposed belly, smiling at her happy reactions. Suddenly, the dog rolled over onto its feet and began looking around Izuku's room. Understable, being in a new environment and all.

The puppy slowly padded her way around, sniffing every now and then, and stopped under Izuku's bed, where she sniffed several more times before ducking under the overhanging blanket and pulling out one of Izuku's All Might action figures that must've fell off of the shelf and gotten pushed under there.

"Hey, hey, hey! Be careful with the teeth!" Izuku carefully took the figure from the dog and inspected it for any scratches or noticeable imperfections. He was relieved to see his figure still in mint condition, the smiling face of All Might smiling back at him. Izuku was particularly proud of this figure, it was ultra rare and there were only 100 in existence. He wiped it off and carefully placed it back onto the shelf above his bed. Eyeing the special "Hero of Hope" costume the figure donned, Izuku's eyes lingered on the large "HOPE" written across the plastic All Might's chest. He turned to his puppy, who was sitting and looking up at him with a head tilted in curiosity. "Hope, huh…"

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Deku was really pushing his damn luck. He always took his sweet ass time, and Katsuki almost always found himself waiting for the nerd to show up. The blonde sat impatiently on top of a large rock just outside of the forest that he and Izuku frequently explored. "That stupid fucking fuck…He better have a good fucking reason for this shit."

Just as Katsuki was about to dive further into an anger fueled rant about punctuality and making people wait, he saw Izuku running towards him with some kind of dog or some shit running behind him.

"Hey Kacchan! Sorry for taking so long!"

"Shut up, Deku! About time you fucking showed up! And what's with the dog?" Katsuki bent down to inspect the puppy, who carefully edged towards the stranger in front of her.

"Oh, I found her last week all on her own. She had no one else, so I couldn't just leave her there." Izuku bent down and gesture towards Katsuki. "Go ahead, girl. Don't be shy, this is Kacchan."

The dog turned from her owner towards Katsuki, and began sniffing him out. After a few moments, she yipped happily and lept into the boy's arms, licking his face repeatedly.

"Argh, get off ya damn mutt! Stop l—Ha ha stop licking me!" Katsuki could barely contain his laughter as the animal assaulted his face with affection. After a few hilarious moments of witnessing the adorable scene, Izuku stepped in and pulled his dog of off his best friend's face.

"What the fuck, Deku?! Control your damn dog!" Despite trying his best to be angry, Katsuki couldn't wipe the gleeful grin plastered on his face. He wiped his wet face with the bottom of his t-shirt and tried his best to regain his composure. "So...what's her name?

Izuku smiled and ruffled his pet's head. "Nozomi. I feel like taking her in off of the streets gave her hope for a proper life, so she should represent the kind of hero that I want to be. One that stands as a pillar of hope that everyone can look up to and rely on."

"Pfftt, that's pretty lame, Deku." Katsuki turned his nose up at Izuku with his arms crossed. Hesitantly, he turned his head towards Nozomi and stuck his hand out. Nozomi waddled up to him and licked his hand affectionately, causing Katsuki to smirk in approval. "Heh, at least she knows I'm awesome. Alright, we've wasted enough damn time. C'mon Deku!" Katsuki broke into a run and disappeared into the woods.

"See, Nozomi? Kacchan is a good guy once you get to know him." Nozomi barked in approval before the two ran off after their friend.

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Izuku, Katsuki, and Nozomi had made their way to a clearing overlooking a small pond where they sat to relax for a few minutes. The pair of boys took turns tossing a stick into the distance for Nozomi to fetch.

"Hey, losers!" They turned to see a group of kids from their class standing a few feet away from them, a mix of cocky smirks and angry frowns among the crowd. The apparent leader of the group was Honeshi, one of the kids in their class with a 'powerful' quirk, and was the self-proclaimed king of their grade until Katsuki manifested his and quickly showed him up.

Never one to be talked down to, Katsuki immediately leapt to his feet with a scowl own his face and stepped towards his opposition, as Izuku and Nozomi trailed slightly behind him. "The fuck did you say, you little bitch?! You think I can't take you, Skellington?" A vein formed on Honeshi's forehead at the nickname regarding his quirk and he had to be held back by a few of his cronies before he sprouted any bones from his arms.

"C'mon Kacchan, it's not worth it. Just leave them, let's just get outta here." Izuku put a shoulder on his friend to try and reason with him, but it was quickly jerked off.

"Shut up, Deku! How the hell you gonna be a hero if you keep letting fuckers like them talk shit about you?!"

"You should listen to your boyfriend, Katsuki. There's no way you can take on all of us by yourself. What is Izuku gonna do, huh? He doesn't even have a quirk yet!" Every one of Honeshi's lackeys began laughing along with him, deeply angering Katsuki and even slightly miffing Izuku.

Honeshi's laughter was interrupted when a combusting palm impacted squarely in his face with a ferocious BOOM.

"Arghhhhh!" Honeshi fell backwards like a ton of bricks holding his smoldering face, his group of hooligans too stunned to move.

"Don't fucking talk about shit you ain't know nothing about! Deku is ten times what you plebs could ever be!" Katsuki growled. He instinctively turned his head and glared at Izuku so that he wouldn't mention what was just said or try and say some corny shit.

"Let's get the hell outta here!"

"You're gonna pay for this, Katsuki!"

The group of boys picked up their sobbing leader and ran away into the woods, leaving Katsuki with a victorious smirk on his face and Izuku walking up to his side shaking his head.

"Sheesh, you got him pretty hard Kacchan...Was that really necessary? Who cares what they say? I know I'm not as weak as everyone thinks."

"Shut up, Deku! Let's get the fuck outta here, I'm hungry." Katsuki shoved his hands into his pockets and trudged off.

Izuku nodded and turned to call his dog. "Nozomi!" He looked around, a bit confused. "Nozomi! Where did you go?" Izuku was starting to panic a bit, "Kacchan, she's gone! You must have scared her off with your explosion! Come on, hurry! We have to find her!" He wasted no time before breaking off into a sprint into the trees.

"Damn it, Deku! This isn't my damn fault!" Katsuki gritted his teeth before sprinting off after Izuku. "Nozomi you little fucker, you better not be lost!"

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Izuku looked around frantically as he called out Nozomi's name over and over again. He could feel his composure begin to plummet as he saw no signs of his beloved dog anywhere. Stopping to take a breath, Izuku bent over with his arm holding himself up against a tree.

"Huff...huff...huff...Okay, calm down. I won't find her if I am just running around like crazy. I need to think about this. Heroes find missing people all the time! I just have to be like a hero. Okay…" Izuku caught his breath and did his best to calm himself. "If I were Nozomi, what would I do? I need to put myself in the mindset of a dog, think like a dog, think like a dog…"

Izuku slowly opened his eyes and felt...different. Had he always been this low the ground? What was wrong with his eyes, everything looked weird and grey. He tried to look down at his hands but he...he couldn't see them! He could feel his arms and legs, but no fingers or toes! What was going on? Why was he on all fours?

Izuku stepped out of the pile of fabric he was somehow buried in...Wait...That was his clothes! Why was he naked?! Why did his clothes get so big, or did he shrink? The poor boy was thoroughly confused, but his inner freakout stopped when he caught the scent of something very familiar. "Nozomi? *Sniff sniff* That way!" Without another thought, he ran off in the direction of his rottweiler puppy.

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Katsuki was getting more and more irritated by the second. First, that damn Skellington bastard comes and starts talking shit, then Deku's dumb cute dumb dog runs away and they have to find it! Now, Katsuki can't even find Deku! "Gahhhh!" Katsuki pulled at his spiky blonde hair in frustration.

He then noticed something odd several feet ahead of him. "What the hell…" Katsuki trailed off as he came upon a pile of clothes...The same clothes that Izuku was wearing...He then say paw prints in the dirt, and sighed in relief. "Finally!" Katsuki broke off into a run, following the trail of prints towards what had to be Nozomi and a naked Deku for some reason. Katsuki chose not to question it, he was too hungry to care.

Reaching the end of the trail of footprints, Katsuki looked around for any sign of the nerd or his dog, when he heard barking nearby. Heading in that direction, Katsuki stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Nozomi playing with another rottweiler, except green instead of black and brown. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the scene again, confused that he still saw the same thing.

"What the hell?" Both puppies turned their heads towards him and made a mad dash in his direction. Nozomi leapt into Katsuki's torso and nestled herself comfortably inside his shirt with her head poking out of his collar, while the green dog jumped around yipping frantically. Katsuki unconsciously rubbed Nozomi's head while he eyed the weird green dog suspiciously. He looked down at Nozomi's happy expression with a raised eyebrow, "Where did the nerd go?" Nozomi barked and pointed her small paw towards the green dog before them. "Hehhhh?! Whaddya mean 'That's Deku'? That's a damn dog, you damn dog!"

The green dog barked several more times at Katsuki before, before his very eyes, it started to transform!

Katsuki stood slack-jawed as the form of rottweiler began to disappear as the parts of a human began to take shape. The form slowly stood up to reveal a slightly confused looking, and very naked Izuku.

"Uh...hehe...I can explain?"

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"So your quirk...is that you can turn into a dog?"

"Well when you say it like that, it doesn't sound cool, Kacchan!"

"That's because it isn't cool!" Katsuki exclaimed, "What the hell kinda hero could you be if you can only turn into a dog?!"

"Actually, Kacchan, there are plenty of canine related quirks among heroes...I think even—"

"God damn it, Deku! You know what I'm trying to say! Couldn't you have a quirk to at least turn into a cool animal, like a lion or something?!"

Izuku, still sitting naked on the ground, sighed wistfully, "Heh, yeah...that would be pretty cool, huh? Imagine me, turning into a lion…"

Katsuki turned to face Izuku, "Well anyway, let's get the hell outta here, I'm fuckin' starving—"

...He was now facing a green-furred mountain lion staring at him inquisitively.

"AHHH It happened again?!" This came out as a series of low growls, mind you.

Katsuki's arms fell lifeless at his side, "Did you just—"

Izuku transformed back to his human form and sat on the ground with a sheepish grin on his face. "Hehehe...Guess my quirk is pretty cool after all, huh?"

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After a long-awaited meal, Katsuki and Izuku spent the rest of their afternoon experimenting with the latter's quirk to try and see just what it was capable of.

As it turned out, Izuku's quirk allowed him to transform into any known animal that he could think of. Reptiles, birds, Izuku could do it all. For some reason, Katsuki particularly enjoyed it when Izuku tried to turn into different insects, but he spent the majority of his time trying out more battle-ready animals. He felt particularly cool transforming into a giant Eastern lowland gorilla, towering over his 6 year old friend.

Izuku spent hours testing out his quirk, long after Bakugo got tired of it and went home, and was barely able to trudge home with Nozomi energetically bouncing by his side.

"I'm home…" Izuku drawled out as he dragged his feet through the doorway.

"Oh, Izuku! You're back later than usual, did you have fun on your adventures today with Katsuki-kun and Nozomi?" Inko said, wiping her hands on her apron.

Izuku was suddenly full of energy again, shooting to his feet with a wide smile on his face, "Mom, mom, guess what? I got my quirk today!" Inko's jaw hit the ground before she scooped her son up into the air and twirled him around in circles.

"Oh, honey I'm so happy to hear that! I'm sure you must be so excited to learn all about it and be the best you can be!" The Midoriya matriarch wiped a few stray tears from her eyes as she led her son into the living room. "Honey, show me your quirk! I want to know exactly what to expect from my little hero-in-the-making!"

Izuku nodded vigorously before running to the centre of the living room. He scrunched his eyes in a state of focus before transforming into a green rottweiler puppy and leaping onto his mother's lap, panting happily up at her.

"Ahhhhhh! So cute!" Inko grabbed puppy-zuku and began rubbing their cheeks together affectionately. Izuku squirmed in her grasp and back onto the ground before transforming back to normal.

"Cool, huh? I can transform into any animal I can think of!"

"It is amazing, sweetie! But...why are you naked?" Inko asked with a sweatdrop.

"Oh, well my clothes don't change when I transform, mom. Actually, I had to take my clothes off so they wouldn't rip when I turned into bigger animals. When I get my hero costumes, I'm gonna have to get some kind of material that can stretch and shrink so I'm not naked all the time. I can't be a hero if my pee pee is out all the time…"

"Izuku."

"...I bet there are heroes that have transformations that can mess up their costumes unless they are made from special materials…"

"Izuku."

"I wonder if I can get that kinda stuff too? Then I'd always have to have it on or else I could not use my quirk as much as I want. I wonder if I will wanna eat what my animal eats after I transform. Oh, what else might happen after I become a certain animal…"

"Izuku!"

Inko finally shook her son from his ramblings and held his shoulders square so that they were facing each other.

"Izuku, I just want to let you know. You're gonna be a wonderful hero someday!" She pulled her son into a loving embrace, which he immediately returned with as much strength as his little arms could muster.

Both Midoriya's had steady tears forming down their faces as they enjoyed the tender moment,

"Thanks mom. I'll make you proud and be the best hero ever."

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Izuku and Katsuki rounded the corner on their way towards the park a few block away from their school. They found that this park was perfect for training, as it had a large jungle gym that they could maneuver through, and a swing set because well...swings are the best.

"Hey!"

The two turned around to see the group of boys from a while back, as angry and douchey looking as usual. Honeshi was once again leading the pack, but he was now sporting a large burn spreading across his face, courtesy of Bakugo's attack. This time, he was much more prepared, already having activated his quirk to produce dull bone rods from his arms.

"You asswipes aren't gonna get away so easily this time!" Honeshi shouted, as his cronies activated their various quirks and surrounded the two friends. "You're gonna pay for this." He spat out, pointing to the mark on his face.

Katsuki growled with anger and his palms started sparking, "You talk a lot, but all I see is a bunch of bitches who are about to get their asses kicked!"

"Come on guys, why do we have to fight? We aren't supposed to be using our quirks in public either, we could get in trouble! Kacchan don't let them make you ma—" Izuku was interrupted by a sucker punch to the back of the head, knocking him down to the ground as he clutched his head in pain. That strike served as enough distraction for the group of almost a dozen to get the jump on Katsuki, overwhelming his quirk and strength via sheer force of numbers.

Katsuki managed to get a few solid explosions in on the mob, but there were simply too many of them for him to handle at once. He quickly found himself on the ground, trying his best to shield his face and sternum from the barrage of fists and feet raining down on him from above. However, he knew he could only keep his shell of defense up for so long, feeling the brunt of more and more hits as time went on.

Just outside of the circle of boys' beating down on Katsuki's fetal form, Izuku lay on his stomach, trying his best to make sense of what had just happened to him.

His head was spinning, and could barely hear muffled grunting and yelling over the ringing in his ears. Beginning to shake the cobwebs off, his vision cleared and he made out the group kicking the crap out of Katsuki. Seeing his best friend in such a state made Izuku's blood boil, and as he shakily rose to his feet, the green-headed boy could feel his anger coursing through his body.

"S-stop it…" He mumbled, clutching the back of his head. "Stop…" Izuku found his bearings and felt a rage well within him that he had never felt before, "GET OFFFFFFFF HIM!"

The guttural cry of pure rage shook the playground to its very core, causing every one of the group to turn around and widen their eyes in fear.

Katsuki let out a shaky breath and was barely able to keep his non-swollen eye open as he took on the form of Izuku. Despite the pain he was feeling all over his body, Katsuki let out a pained chuckle, "Heh...Damn nerd...You bitches are fucked..."

Honeshi and his gang were frozen in fear, staring face to face with a literal beast, Izuku in the form of an enormous green Siberian tiger staring them down. Izuku bared his sharp fangs and slowly edged towards them, a low growl rumbling out of his throat.

"W-W-W-W-What the hell is that?!"

"He's a monster!"

Honeshi barely had time to shriek in fear before Izuku pounced forward and knocked all of his cronies out with a single swipe of his massive front paw. He landed and snarled at the terrified boy, who was now on his behind, shuffling back as fast as he could.

"G-G-Get back! Stay a-away!" Honeshi swiped his arms wildly in front of him, trying his best to fend off the ferocious Izuku stalking towards him angrily. Izuku came to a stop mere inches away from the boy, growling quietly but staring him dead in the face.

Izuku then let out a vicious roar, causing Honeshi to scream in utter terror and scramble to his feet in attempt of escape. However, Izuku managed to grab onto his pant leg, yanking the boy's trousers down before tearing them to shreds.

Honeshi was left to run home crying, pantsless and in dire need of a new pair of underwear.

Immediately after being left alone, Izuku, still in his tiger form, made his way over to Katsuki and began licking his face, trying to rouse him and clean off the blood caking him.

"D-D-Deku…" Katsuki slowly came to, spitting out a few gob-fulls of blood as he reached his hand towards Izuku's nose and let off a small explosion. Izuku jolted backwards, whining and rubbing the spot of impact. He transformed back to normal and sniffled as he held his nose.

"Kacchan, that hurt~!" He cried.

"That's what you get, nerd...Don't ever lick me again." Katsuki rose to a sitting position and wiped a forearm across his mouth, "It really take me getting my ass kicked for you to finally grow a pair, you stupid fuck?"

Izuku sheepishly rubbed the back of his head, "S-Sorry, Kacchan...I don't think they are gonna bother us anymore, at least."

"I would fucking hope not. You made that bitch piss his pants. Oh and you know how your ass couldn't figure out what the hell your hero name was gonna be? I'm pretty sure I got the perfect one." Izuku leaned forward expectantly.

"But put some clothes on first, you freak!"

Izuku fell flat on his face. "Kacchan~!"