A goggle wearing, pink-haired girl was fiddling with what appeared to be an earpiece of some sort at a workbench that was stationed in her room. The goggles that covered her eyes had a very steampunk aesthetic to them; the girl then removed them, revealing a very unique set of eyes. It seemed her pupils were crosshairs in the center of her yellow-colored iris. The girl then let out an excited yelp as she held up the earpiece, "Time to test this baby out!"

She then proceeded to connect a wire from the earpiece into the goggles that she just recently set on the workbench. The girl had a quirk known as Zoom; a power that let her eyes zoom in when focusing on something. This earpiece was designed to increase her hearing based on the degree to which she focused, using an eye scanner in her goggles. With this invention she hoped to not only see but hear from a greater distance. After connecting both devices, she got up from the work bench and proceeded to exit her room.

As she made her way to exit the house from the kitchen, the girl could hear someone call her name. "Mei, is that you? I hope you're not testing anything dangerous again!" Her mother must have heard her coming down the steps of her room.

"I'm just getting some air mom. I promise I'm not going to blow anything up... again," Mei replied to her mother. She wasn't lying either, the earpiece was completely safe... probably.

Mei could practically hear her mother roll her eyes from where she stood in front of the front-door. As she twisted the knob to leave, she heard her mother say one last thing, "Well, don't be out too long, and be back before dinner Mei."

"Sure thing, Mom," the inventor said loudly enough so that her mom could hear her as she exited the home and made her way down her suburban street. Mei excitedly hummed to herself as she randomly walked around town ready to test out her latest baby. 'Now, what to try and listen too?' she thought to herself as she continued walking.

Mei was still walking when out of the corner of her eye she saw something out of the ordinary; some green sludge creature appeared to be coming out of a manhole in the middle of a tunnel. Mei's quirk must have instinctively activated, because the sludge was visible about a mile away. Sloshy sounds carried over from her earpieces. 'Well, the earpieces work.' she thought to herself as she slowly began walking toward the unknown entity. 'Now, what the heck is going on over there?'

The girl then heard a menacing voice say, "Medium-sized invisibility cloak." Now that her eyes were a bit more focused, she was able to see a disgusting sludge monster towering over a green-haired boy in a black school uniform. Not even a second later, Mei heard a scream as the sludge monster attacked the boy.

Muffled screams echoed out as the boy desperately struggled, pulling on the sludge and powerless to stop the monster. Mei could almost feel the boy's helplessness. She felt powerless as all she could do was watch and listen from a mile away. But, just a moment later a loud clang could be heard as the manhole suddenly went flying. Then a loud, familiar voice could be heard, "It's alright now, FOR I AM HERE!"

The pink-haired inventor wasn't much of a hero fangirl, she was way too busy building her babies to really care. Still, even this gear head knew the voice of the number one hero in the country, All Might. Then, before Mei even had a chance to processes what she was seeing, she heard a shout, " TEXAS SMASH!" Following that, Mei heard what sounded like a tornado as air pressure exploded throughout the tunnel. She became slack-jawed as she watched the sludge monster disappear before her very eyes.

'The power of the number one hero sure is something.' Mei thought to herself as she watched the boy fall unconscious to the ground. A few moments later, All Might made his way to the green-haired boy. Now that Mei could see him better, he appeared to be about her age. After a few slaps in the face from All Might, the boy slowly opened his eyes, before suddenly springing to life.

From what Mei could hear, he was a stuttering mess at the sight of All Might. 'Must be a crazy fanboy,' she chuckled as she thought to herself, watching the boy bow his head at super speed.

All Might held up two soda bottles with a green liquid in both, a giant grin on his face letting the boy know the job was done. As he turned around to leave the boy yelled out, "Wait, All Might sir, do you... do you think I can be a hero too?" He lowered his head before continuing, "Even though I'm quirkless?"

'Wow, quirkless? That's really rare these days.' Mei thought to herself realizing that she didn't know anyone that was quirkless. It was then that she began fidgeting around uncomfortably. She didn't really do well with awkward situations, and this felt like she was eavesdropping on a love confession.

All Might's smile faded as a more serious expression replaced it, "I can't in good faith tell you that you can be a hero without power. If you want to help people, perhaps you can become a police officer? It's not the most glamorous job, but it's an honest living." The green-haired boy's head never stopped staring at the ground, you could almost see his soul leave his body.

Mei gulped loudly enough that she wouldn't be surprised if they both heard it from the mile between them and where she was standing. "Absolutely brutal," she whispered to herself, "He sure didn't mince words, huh?"

All Might then simply jumped away to extreme heights, leaving the boy standing there motionless. Mei then unfocused her eyes and slowly started walking away thinking she really didn't need to see something that depressing.

Mei continued to walk around aimlessly when off in the distance she saw an explosion rock a shopping district. Thinking her baby hadn't gotten enough testing yet, she started making her way there. Upon reaching the shopping district, it seemed a very problematic situation was under way. Using Zoom, she saw a surprisingly familiar troublemaker. For some reason, the sludge villain was wreaking havoc yet again. 'Didn't All Might take care of this guy already?' She decided to not give it too much thought.

The situation was quickly becoming dire as the sludge villain took another hostage. Mei could make out another black school uniform, in fact, it was exactly like the other kid's uniform. That school must have had the worst luck ever if two students got attacked on the same day. Mei took note that this student was blonde and extremely explodey; he was struggling vigorously while explosions could be seen going off around the sludge villain to no effect. 'What are the heroes doing?' It seemed like they were all frozen in place, like statues or something.

Suddenly, as everyone else was watching with bated breath, a green-haired mop-headed boy started sprinting towards the villain. Even if no one else knew, Mei knew just how absolutely insane that emerald-eyed student was. Her heart metaphorically froze as she couldn't believe a quirkless boy would rush into danger without a second thought. As all the heroes were standing still, a quirkless student was the one to break the standoff.

Mei couldn't believe her eyes, her quirk was useless in combat, so she figured she might as well be quirkless in a fight. That's why she had her babies, besides loving the feeling of creating and the high of thinking up a new idea. She always thought she would strive to be a supporter of heroes, making great babies to help them. She considered it a win-win, she got to do what she loved, and it helped people. But what was this feeling she was feeling as she watched the boy with no power risk his life like it was nothing?

The boy then threw his bag, hitting the villain in the eye. Getting closer, he started scratching at the sludge near the blonde's face. What Mei then heard from the earpiece made her feel like she had just been struck by lightning, "It just looked like you needed help." The boy's reason for risking his life was as simple as that.

With those words her mind started functioning again, she figured that he must have just moved on instinct. The instinct of a true hero, as all the pro-heroes just stared unmoving, only this quirkless boy was able to show the heart of a true hero. Her next thought was, 'How could the world be so cruel? Putting the heart of a hero in a powerless body.' Just as that thought passed, inspiration struck the inventor. 'What if instead of making babies that just supported quirks, I made babies that were just as good as quirks? With someone like him, maybe my babies could be used just as effectively as a quirk.'

As Mei was in her own head, she didn't notice the giant commotion of All Might saving the day and literally changing the weather. When the gearhead got like this, she blocked out the world. By the time she came back to reality, she saw the green haired boy getting an earful from some of the pros, while the blonde was getting praised for his powerful quirk. She kind of expected this outcome, that's just how the world worked. What good was heart without power to back it up?

As everything started calming down, Mei caught All Might looking at the emerald-eyed boy like he wanted to say something to him, but the look vanished just as quickly as it appeared. Then the two students started heading their separate ways, and Mei started stalking the student that her crosshaired pupils had become infatuated with. When she had an idea, Mei just had to see it through to the end.

After following her prey for about ten minutes, he was finally in an unpopulated suburb. This was her chance, with someone like him her babies might even become every inventor's holy grail, ideal machines! She started laughing to herself as she thought. 'Yes, I'm going to turn this guy into my ideal machine, the perfect machine where power and energy are not lost, the perfect baby!'

Mei then shouted, "Hey, you!" The boy turned around pointing at himself in surprise. "YOU CAN BE A HERO!" Mei yelled as she pointed her finger up in the sky as she made a bizarre pose with her feet spread wide apart. The look of confusion on the boy's face couldn't be any clearer. "Probably!" Mei finished, looking the boy dead in the face.

"Huh?!"

And that is how the story began for the future number one hero team.

A/N Well this is my first MHA story and my first story back in years... needless to say I might be a little rusty. First off sorry this chapter is on the shorter side. It kinda sets up the whole story, if I could have done it in a sentence I would have though. Lol

There isn't ever enough Mei/Izuku in the world so I decided to make my own. I just love their nerdy interactions in my head. Will this Gear-head get her mind off making robotic babies and maybe on making real babies with Izuku? Will a certain gravity girl make the inventor jealous? We will find out... SOON! Hopefully.

I planned on following along the major events of the manga when it comes to the entrance exam. But after that I would like to get some feedback from the readers if you don't mind. Would you like the story to follow major manga events in its own unique way? (Like Stain, sports festival, field trip, things of that sort.) Or would you rather I make up things as I go along. Either way works for me though honestly borrowing major events from the manga would be way easier.

As stated in the synopsis Deku will remain quirkless. I kinda want to go for a Batman kind of feel. I also am playing with the idea of OFA not being able to get passed down by choice it just finds worthy people like a lantern ring. Also Deku will be getting a different mentor besides All Might so look forward to that.

As always feel free to Review or shoot me a DM! And before I forget a beta reader would help tremendously! So if you are interested please let me know.