Chapter 1 - Helping Hands

Not all people are born great...but everyone has the potential to be great.

The sun was setting over the horizon, painting the sky and all the surroundings underneath it in an orange glow and Izuku knew she had to go home now.

Izuku Midoriya, a thirteen-year-old girl standing at 5'5", her dark green hair was curly and stopped at the middle of her back, which was pulled up into a ponytail. Her eyes were just as green as her hair with freckles on her cheeks. Her skin was fair with her skinny frame, in her usual junior high uniform with long black socks and her favorite clunky red sneakers.

She had been out long enough, walking off the troubles her day always brought her. Days at school were tiring, as usual, people not giving two quips about her due to her not obtaining a quirk. Avoiding her as if she had some horrible disease and any friendly contact would make it rub off on them.

Katsuki Bakugo, affectionately nicknamed Kacchan was one of the few who bullied her relentlessly, calling for her to give up her dream, the teachers were of no help either and the thought of her situation just made her slightly depressed.

She just clutched the straps of her back tight in her grip as she shook her head clear of all those negative thoughts.

'They don't know anything, there are many ways a person can be a hero. Quirk or no quirk.'

She then made to go home, but as she passed by an alleyway, she stopped and felt every muscle in her body grow tense as goosebumps blossomed across her skin as her nose caught the salty scent of blood.

Izuku covered her mouth as she silently made her way through the alley before she saw blood on the ground and the trail it made leading out of the alley on the other side of the street. She followed it only to find herself staring at what looked to be a man lying face down on the concrete, a small pool of his own blood surrounding him. She looked around to find nobody, no hero, no villain, nor civilian, only herself.

She called out to him, "Sir? Sir?"

No response. Not even a twitch to signify that he heard her.

Izuku bit into her lower lip as she made her way closer to him and whispered, "Pardon me."

She made her way up to him, gasping as she saw his clothes were all bloody and torn. Izuku then turned him around and swallowed the scream that threatened to tear its' way out of her throat. His face was scarred and covered in blood like someone tried to playfully peel off his skin through a set of different weapons. She could only wince in sympathy over what the poor man must have experienced while he was still conscious.

She then leaned down and heard the sound of him just barely breathing, allowing her to give a sigh of relief, 'He's alive. That's good, but I can't just leave him here.'

She looked around once again, once again finding no one before she switched her backpack to rest on her chest and took the man on her back and made to find a place so they could at least be under a little bit of light.

However, she could only take him a few meters before getting worn out.

Before she could collapse, she managed to find a bench under a streetlamp and set him down gently. Making sure his back was learning properly against the bench and took off her backpack, set it down beside him and fished out several rolls of bandages. She grew into the habit of keeping them on her person whenever Katsuki and the rest of her bullies grew a bit too forceful with their tactics and she didn't want her mom to notice.

She took out a handkerchief and grimace at the bloody mess of the poor man's face as she muttered, "Who could do such a terrible thing?"

Izuku made to clean his face as gently as she could, focusing on the least damaged parts first before making her way over to clean off the ones that looked the worse. As she turned to put the soiled handkerchief away she saw that the man had no open wounds, only now fading bruises and jagged scars.

'Maybe the blood he was lying in just made his scars worse?'

She shook her head, "No matter. We managed to get a bit away so hopefully whatever did this to him doesn't catch up to us."

Izuku then made to bandage as much of the wounds the man had across his limbs before covering him with her jacket so he wouldn't get too cold as the sky was quickly turning dark. A sigh left her lips as she took a seat beside him, she fished for her phone in her backpack before she spotted a taxi coming near them and managed to flag it down.

A man in a gruff tone, "For two?"

She clutched the arm of the unconscious man and nodded, "Yes! Can you please take us to the nearest hospital? I found him unconscious a bit away from here."

He stared at her for a moment before he got out and helped her get the man in the backseat, "Get in, kid. You shouldn't out at this hour, it's getting late."

"Yes. I'm sorry. I was just on my way home when this happened and I just couldn't leave him there."

He let the corner of his lips tug upwards, "The hospital isn't too far away from here. Just keep him upright."

She felt more of the tension for the situation she found herself in melt away when she could hear the man give a light groan as the taxi made their way towards the hospital in a rather tense, but peaceful silence.

[Hospital]

Once they arrived, Izuku said, "Thank you, sir."

He waved off her thank you, "No problem."

She opened the door and made to take the man out with her only for the driver to shut off the car and help her get him through the emergency entrance.

Several nurses sprung into action, getting a bed for him to rest on and several others checking on Izuku due to the fact that she was covered in blood.

"Are you sure that you are alright?" One of them said

"Yes! The blood isn't mine. It was his. Will he be okay?"

A nurse just gave her a simple smile, "He is in capable hands, why don't you take a seat over there to relax. I'll bring you a cup of water."

Izuku nodded but stopped herself and turned towards the driver and said, "Thank you for helping me."

"Not a problem, kid."

"But before you go, how much for the taxi fare?"

He chuckled, "Consider it on the house."

"B-but-"

He just raised a finger to his lips as the universal symbol of silence, "Consider it a reward for a good deed that you did today."

"O-okay. Thank you so much, sir."

He then waved her goodbye as he made to complete his nightly rounds as Izuku took a seat and made to fish for her phone that found its' way to the bottom of her backpack. Her phone had twenty missed calls and multiple frantic text messages.

Then the phone went off and she quickly accepted it and heard Inko was blubbering on the other line, "I-Izu~"

"Mom, please calm down. I'm alright!"

"W-where were you? I-I-"

"Please don't freak out! I'm not hurt or anything. I'm just at the hospital, but I'm not hurt! Really!"

Multiple sniffles were heard on the other line as Inko tried to get her breathing under control, "Okay...but, why?"

"I was on way back from a walk before I felt something was wrong. I-I went to go check it out to find a guy older than me, lying face down in a pool of his own blood. I couldn't just leave him there and there was no hero close by and it was getting dark. But, I made sure I was easily seen by being under a light and I was able to flag down a taxi."

Inko could only give a weary sigh, "What you did was very dangerous, Izuku."

"I know..."

"But, you did the right thing. I'm proud of you."

Izuku bit her lower lip, "T-thank you, mom."

"Now, you told me that you are in a hospital right?"

"Yeah, it's called Hosu General Hospital."

"I will be there immediately. Just be safe, Izuku."

"I will, I'm sorry for making you worry so much mom."

"I know, sweetie. I love you."

"I love you too..."

She then cut the call and looked up to find the nurse from before waiting, making her squeak, "Oh, I'm sorry. Did you wait too long?"

The older woman waved her off, "No, no, dear. You were calming your mother's worries. I wouldn't have minded. Here's your water."

Izuku took it, "Thank you."

The nurse took a seat beside her as she finished her water before she turned towards the nurse, "How is he?"

She took in a deep breath, "The young man you brought is still unconscious and he will be under observation. When your mom comes we will allow you to see him."

She nodded in thanks as they waited in peace before Inko rushed in and embraced her into a tight hug before pecking her on the forehead.

"My baby, I'm so glad you're safe."

Izuku gave her a hug back, the familiar perfume she wore just made her smile before a doctor coughed into his hand, getting their attention.

"My apologies, but you were the one who brought in that young man, correct?"

Izuku nodded, "Yes."

"Please follow me."

Inko, Izuku, the nurse and the doctor made their way to Room 312, where through the window Izuku saw that the young man she saved looked better out of his bloody clothes and after getting a bath. He had snow-white hair and looked a bit older than her, around 16-17 years old. He was wrapped in bandages, he was strong-looking but malnourished.

The doctor smiled at her, "What's your name, miss?"

"Izuku Midoriya, sir."

"Can you please explain where you found this young man?"

"I was heading back home from my walk after school. I smelled something that was off and I went to check it out. I know I should have called the police first, but I just moved of my own accord and I found him lying facedown in a pool of his own blood."

"What else, dear? Take your time."

"I tried to call out to him at first, but he didn't respond. So I turned him over and his face was covered in blood and it looked like someone forced his head into a meat grinder. I couldn't believe it, but I had to get him to safety. I couldn't carry him very far so I just took him a bit away from where I found him and placed him on a bench and bandaged him as much as I could. I made to wipe off most of the blood off his face to asset the damage, but I couldn't find anything that looked too serious. It must have been all the blood that made his injuries seem worse than what I first saw."

The doctor and nurse glanced at each other before the nurse asked, "Um, Izuku, do you have a quirk?"

Izuku deflated a bit, "No. No, I don't. I've been diagnosed as quirkless since I was four."

The nurse lowered her head, "I see...My apologies."

She nodded, "It's fine, I'm used to it. But, will he be okay?"

The doctor just smiled, "He will be fine. He will probably wake up after a few days of rest, but you were very brave to save this young man in danger."

She flushed as she nodded as Inko squeezed her from behind.

"Can we visit him when he wakes up?"

"Of course. Come back on Thursday and you will be allowed to visit him if he is awake by then."

"Thank you, have a good night."

After waving both the nurse and doctor goodbye, the pair went home, after eating and completing her homework. She took a shower and tried to go sleep, but she was still a bit high over the good deed she performed.

Soon, the high faded enough to the point that she could fall asleep, 'I hope that guy wakes up happy and healthy.'

[September 10th]

Izuku woke up with a yawn as she made her way out of bed, scratching her head as she made to take a shower and brush her teeth. After that, she got dressed and pulled her hair into a ponytail and made her way into the kitchen to find her mother cooking.

"Good morning, Izuku."

"Good morning, mom."

"Do you have everything you need?"

"Yes, I made sure to pack them after I finished my homework yesterday."

"Good," She said as she turned off the stove.

After grabbing a plate, the two had breakfast before Izuku kissed her mom on the cheek and made to leave with a wave and simple goodbye. The walk to school was the same as always, although this time she decided to treat herself by buying a snack that she could eat for lunch later.

As she made her way into the school building and her homeroom, she decided to relax as she waited for the day to start. However, she found herself subconsciously going through the motions of school. The semi-loud whispers of people talking behind her back always cut through the dull rumble of conservations that constantly filled the school's hallways.

But she already found herself numb to such talk, having been subjected to it for years, but it didn't make her heart hurt like before.

'Probably just my good mood.'

She then yawned and made her way to lunch as she ate on the school rooftop, away from most of the school populace looking up at the sky, chewing on her snack that she bought. However, as she pulled out her hero analysis book, she was startled by an explosion that made her stand at attention. Her entire body tensed as a choked squeak spat out of her throat as she looked around like a startled cat only to find the source of what caused it.

"Kacchan?" She coughed

His amused look was quickly replaced with an annoyed one, "Don't call me that you damned nerd."

She stepped back and clutched her notebook, "R-right, sorry."

He stared at her for a moment before he snorted and left without a second glance. She could only sigh when she was sure he was gone.

"Why? Why does he always do that?"

She sighed as she slumped back down and put away her snack to finish it later as she focused on her sketching, not noticing that Bakugo was still there, watching her from the shadows.

Soon, she had to go back to class and made her way to her next class, going through the motions like normal until school was over. She slowly put away her supplies, her mind still a bit in the clouds. Once she finished, she put on her backpack and made her way out of the classroom and make her way home holding back a yawn that threatened to spill out of her mouth.

'Looks like I need more sleep tonight.'

She decided to skip her daily walk, quickly stepping into her apartment, surprising her mother, who just finished washing her hands, "You came home early today."

"I felt it would be best. I'm still a bit tired from yesterday."

She smiled, "Right, well, you gave me quite a scare."

"Sorry."

She shook her head, "Doesn't matter. I'm just happy that you are safe. Just try your best to send me a message or call to still my worries, please."

"Of course."

Izuku made her way to her bedroom and stripped off her uniform and got changed into more comfortable clothes and decided to kill time with sketching random ideas that came into her head.

Then her mind wandered back when she was around five or six and she dressed a zombie bunny with all the make-up and fake stitches. She just started on the outline when Inko made her way towards her, "Izuku, dinner is ready."

"Alright, coming," She smiled as she placed the sketchbook on the living room table and joined her mother.

The dinner was peaceful and quiet, then after washing up, Izuku went back to sketching before falling asleep halfway through her sketching. When Inko went to check on her, she smiled at seeing her sleeping form before fixing her position to a much more comfortable position. Then she removed the sketchbook and pencil from the bed and placed it on the bedside table.

She pecked her daughter on the forehead before turning in herself, "Goodnight, Izuku."

[September 11th]

Izuku woke up with a yawn before she got out her bed and looked at her bedside table, seeing her sketchbook open to where she left it before she shut it and stuffed it into her backpack.

After that, she made her way through her morning routine and got dressed in her uniform and made breakfast for both herself and her mother.

Inko smiled, "Oh, you already finished, Izuku."

"Yeah, enjoy it. I need to get going."

"Okay, have a good day."

"You too, mom."

After making her way to school, she made her way through the school day with ease, her head still held a bit up high from the other day. Which each class, she made her way through the teacher's lectures, a bit distracted but not enough to be noticed.

Once it was lunchtime, she packed up her stuff and made her way down the hall only to be bumped into her usual group of bullies. The leader of said group bumping or rather shoving into her with a condensing oops.

Izuku kept her mouth shut, she knew better than to respond as it would lead to her missing her lunchtime. As she made her way to the rooftop, she ate and made to finish her sketch, before she pulled out her hero analysis notebook and decided to add more details to her page dedicated to Kamui Woods. After refining her sketch of him, she was about to start on Mt. Lady before she needed to go back to her next class.

At the end of the day, Katsuki gave her a single look before leaving with a hard slam of the door. She sighed before she packed up her stuff and made her way home. After dinner and watching some TV, she did her homework before turning in and made a promise to herself that she would walk tomorrow.

[September 12th]

Izuku woke up with a stretch as she jumped out of bed to perform her usual morning routine and after that, she made to eat breakfast.

Inko came down in the middle of her eating and said, "Good morning."

"Good morning, mom."

"What do you want for dinner tonight?"

"Can we have soba?"

"I don't see why not. Are you going to walk today?"

"Maybe, but it won't be too long. Possibly just a good ten to fifteen-minute walk."

"Well, if you are just let me know through a message."

"I will and I will be careful, I promise."

Inko gave her a crushing hug before she made to leave with a wave and a smile.

Izuku fast-walked to school and quickly entered her homeroom and allowed her mind to wander.

It settled on the young man that laid still in his hospital bed.

'I hope he's okay. Hopefully, he wakes up soon. Does he have a family and friends? Do they even know he's missing? It has been two days since he's been there, he's probably resting all he can. I hope I can see him soon.'

"Ms. Midoriya!" The teacher snapped

"Yes!" She squeaked, sitting up straight

The teacher glared at her with annoyance, "Is there something you would like to share with the class?"

"N-no, sir."

"Well, I hope you can keep your head out of the clouds for the rest of my class."

She wanted to slide down in her seat, "I'm sorry, sir."

Her classmates chuckled at her misfortune before they turned their attention back to the lecture.

Katsuki's glare was boring into the back of her skull, he knew something was up with Izuku, well more than her obsession with heroes.

'What's distracting her?'

Then the class was over and she made her way through the rest of her classes and lunch in relative peace, although her mind was still a bit away from reality. When the school day was finally over and after everyone left, leaving only her and Katsuki.

He activated his quirk with a loud bang, making her squeak as he stood before her, towering over her by several inches, "What's wrong with you, nerd?"

She shook her head, "It's nothing. Trust me!"

He stared at her for a moment before he sighed, "Of course, it was nothing. Damn nerd."

She looked down, "Sorry..."

He snapped, "Don't apologize, dammit!"

She squeaked before she sucked in her lips to stop herself from apologizing as she kept her head down.

He looked at her for a moment longer before he made his way out of the room and slammed the door shut.

She sighed as she took a moment to let her heart calm down.

'Why does he always do that?'

She fished out her phone from her backpack and sent a text to her mom, 'Hey mom. I'm going to go on my walk. I'll be home soon.'

As she exited her classroom and then the school entirely, she got a message back, 'Okay, sweetheart. See you soon.'

With each step, she allowed herself to clear her head of all cluttering thoughts before it was time to go home and she listened to her mother's day as they ate dinner before she got changed and went to bed, sleep coming to her rather easily.

[September 13th]

Izuku woke up and made her way through her morning routine before she made her way to school, in another light mood. Which sent people into a low discussion over Izuku's weird mood over the last few days which has been nothing but pleasant and spacy. Her bullies bumping into her or talking behind her back didn't make her lower her head like usual. Katsuki's annoyance could be felt through the air over Izuku's change and he wanted to know what caused it.

The school day continued like always and all too soon it was over, Izuku was packing up her items as her mind was wondering who should she start with when she broke in her new journal for her Hero Analysis.

As she still had her head in the clouds, lightly muttering under her breath, her usual group of bullies made to confront her about her weird behavior while Katsuki was observing the scene from the back of the classroom, before she got a phone call which startled her out of her light muttering fit.

She fished out her phone and saw it was her mom calling after she accepted it. The one-sided overheard conversation goes as follows:

Hello, mom.

She then stiffened, He woke up a couple of hours ago? Really?

Yes, of course.

You're outside? Yeah. Okay.

Okay, I'm coming.

Yeah. Got it.

Love you too.

Izuku finished packing up her items and rushed passed the group of girls, who started to gossip, while Katsuki felt his mind spin with multiple ideas, 'He? Who the fuck is he?'

She rushed out of the school and met her mom as she got in the care and they made their way to the hospital. Under ten minutes, they stood in front of Room 312 with the nurse leading them.

He knocked, "You have two visitors."

"Tell them to come in, please."

The nurse opened the door with Inko holding her daughter's hand as they stepped inside, "Visiting hours are over in two hours, but you will have a ten-minute warning."

"Of course."

The nurse than nodded at their acceptance and left to give them the group their privacy.

The young man was wearing blue patient scrubs, he was looking out the window, but Izuku saw his snow-white hair was curly and when he turned around, his eyes were a deep bluish-lavender color. His skin was fair and he had a soft smile on his lips.

It was a stark contrast to his previous bloody state, she first saw him three days ago.

He softly called out, "Hello."

"Hello to you sir," Inko smiled

"Are you feeling better?" Izuku asked

He raised his hand, clenching and unclenching his fist, "A lot better. The doctor told me that a young girl saved me the other day, that must have been you."

She gave a hesitant nod, making him give her a beautiful smile, "Thank you. You have no idea how much I want to hug you right now."

Izuku blushed so much it nearly caused her face to steam, before she took in several deep breaths, "T-the doctors did good work. I'm glad you weren't as injured as I thought you were when I found you."

The smile slowly melted off his face, "But I was."

Slowly building tension began to mount inside the room as he looked away from her as Inko and Izuku glanced at each other as he spoke, "I was running away from a madman. That b-monster did nothing but toy with me for months, I just barely escaped him that night. I just ran as fast as I could and I just stopped when I could see the night sky for the first time before I collapsed. I thought I was going to die, but it was better than being that monster's plaything."

Inko looked sick, "That's horrible."

He let out a shudder as Izuku spoke, "But, you escaped them. You're safe now."

A small smile fluttered across his face, "Yeah. And it's all thanks to you."

"I just did what any normal person would do."

"But one thing confuses me, I know I shouldn't be even awake or even look the way that I do."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, that...madman nearly carved off my face when I escaped him that night. I lost a lot of blood but when I woke up they gave me a mirror, I had no traces of such marks. Only on my chest and back, but even those marks are faded to the point that they are barely noticeable."

'No way...'

Izuku stiffened, "So it wasn't just my mind playing tricks on me. When I was wiping most of the blood off your face, so I could check for damage, nothing was there. I thought it was the amount of blood you were lying in that made you look worse than you actually did."

He grinned, "Then I guess you did heal me that night."

The two women fainted, making him curse before he rushed to press the call button where a nurse came by called for several other nurses to take both Inko and Izuku into another room, where they woke twenty minutes later.

After apologizing repeatedly, they all laughed to break the ice before Izuku turned towards Inko and asked, "Could it be possible?"

She had no words, "I don't want you to get hurt like last time."

"Please?"

She held her stance for a moment before relenting and allowed a doctor to give her a check-up which took place over the course of forty-five minutes as Inko made small talk with the young man resting in his bed whose name is Junta Watanabe.

After the time passed, Izuku slowly stepped into the room as Inko softly asked, "Izuku?"

She gave her mother a grin that was so wide and bright that it could match the horizon at sunrise. She quickly rushed over and gave her a crushing hug as she showed her the paper, making Inko smile as she kissed her daughter on the cheek.

"You do have a quirk, Izuku."

"I guess I was a really late bloomer, I can't believe I have a quirk!"

Junta just smiled at the girl who looked as if she received the greatest gift on the planet and nothing could top it.

On the paper clutched tightly in her grip, the first sentence was written as such:

Izuku Midoriya - Quirk: Restoration

Rewritten and added several parts - 7/29/2019

Oh, I couldn't help myself. My mind is a fucking cesspool of ideas and damned if they aren't put into work and published. I fell in love with a healing quirk Izuku comic, the helpful nature mixed with the inner strength and willpower is something just makes me anxious for more stories like this. You can say her quirk is based on Orihime's healing power from Bleach but in a variety of different ways that will be explored later. Remember that all quirks mature through manipulation and time so she can be very OP, especially with a certain bunny-haired man's quirk added to it. Not that cannon Izuku isn't OP of course. Moving on, to the next chapter. After all, she's thirteen, she has all the time she needs to prepare for UA and nobody is going to stop her, not even dear Katsuki.

~Kourtney Uzu Yato