Izuku was sitting at Dagobah Beach by himself with a shadowed look on his face as raindrops hit his body. He didn't care for it after what had happened today, he didn't care for almost anything anymore. He was just done with it all, after school, after his childhood friend turned bully, after almost killing him, after the sludge incident… he was just done.

He didn't bother going home, what was the point… he's sure his mother is disappointed in him right now so… what was the point of going home.

'If you really want to become a hero, then go jump off a roof and pray for a quirk in the next life.'

Izuku growled at the thought of his former childhood friend's words. He hated Katsuki, for years all he wanted was to follow his dream and become a hero like his idol All Might.

Former Idol.

Just like his friend, just like his fellow peers and teachers, and his mother even though she never said it directly, he told him he couldn't be one.

What the hell was wrong with this society?

Were quirks really that more important in becoming a hero than the aspects of the person? It just made him sick.

Izuku was brought out of his thoughts when he heard his name being called. Turning his head around, he saw a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes wearing red frame glasses, gazing at him with a sad look on her face.

"Melissa." Izuku called out to her before turning his head back to the ocean.

"Izuku." She called out to him as she walked up to him and held the umbrella over their heads, bending her knees as she talked to him. "You shouldn't be out here in this weather… you'll catch a cold." She spoke but was met with nothing but silence.

Melissa let out a soft sigh as she stood up from her position. Knowing that he wouldn't move, she grabbed his arm and pulled him up to his feet. Silently, she reached for his hand and grasped it with her own.

"Come on, let's go home." She said and started walking not letting him speak, then again she knew that he wouldn't refuse or speak about it. She knew that what was wrong with him, after everything that happened today, it's only fair that he has every right to be angry, to be sad… to feel useless…

She refused to let him be alone however, he wanted to be but that's not what he needs right now. He needs to somebody but he wouldn't say it. He won't ask thinking himself as a burden and will take his problems on his own. That was not happening.

Both teens made their way to the metro where two others were waiting for them as they were the only ones that were there. One was a boy with messy purple hair and purple eyes, he was sitting with his hands interlocked together as he gazed at the ground with worry.

His companion was a girl that had pink hair in the form of dreadlocks with a pair of goggles on top of her head and yellow eyes that looked like crosshairs. She was gazing around the area as if she was scanning for something or in her case someone.

It wasn't before long when she spotted her target as Melissa came up to them with Izuku in tow, the latter with his head down and drenched wet while the former was walking beside him with her holding his.

Seeing them, both teens immediately stood up and rushed over to the two, Melissa came to a stop as she moved to the side to let Izuku go as Mei came crashing on him, holding him tightly with Hitoshi far behind.

"You're okay." Mei muttered into his shoulder as the latter slowly wrapped his arms around her to return the hug.

"Seriously kid," Hitoshi started as he placed a hand in Izuku's head ruffling his hair. "You worried us to death. First the bullying, then the slime accident, and then running off. Hehehe, keep this up we all may have to put you in a straightjacket to just to keep you safe." He joked trying to lighten the mood.

Mei giggled into the boy's shoulder before releasing herself from Izuku but still had her arms around him.

"I'm sorry…" All teens looked at Izuku as he apologized with blank eyes but they could hear the slight sorrow in his voice and how hollow his tone was. It made all of their hearts ache.

As raindrops continued to hit the roof over their heads, Melissa wrapped her arms around him and planted her chin atop of the boy's head.

"Don't' worry about it… all that matters is that you're okay." The blonde spoke but the unspoken words rang through the air.

Are you really ok?

Before Izuku could speak, he felt Mei and Hitoshi wrap their arms around him forming a group hug. It was then he felt tears pricking his eyes as he shuddered at the warmth around him before letting out hitched breaths as he tried not to cry.

It wasn't until they all softly tightened their hold on him that made him breakdown and cry. He buried himself into their embrace let out his tears, his tears full of frustration, anger, pain, sadness, all of it. He couldn't hold it in anymore.

He just kept muttering 'I'm sorry' like a mantra to them as if he was sorry for everything. The three could only do nothing but stay silent and comfort their friend the best they could as he broke down and cried.

There was nothing but dreading silence as they were riding the metro on their way home, Izuku was passed out as his head was laying on Melissa's lap. The latter was running her fingers through as she stared at him. Mei and Hitoshi were sitting across from them both also with sorrow expressions as the former stared at the window while the latter gazed at the ground gritting his teeth every now and then.

"Mei, Hitoshi." Melissa called out to them as they both gazed at their blonde friend. She had a somewhat angered look on her face as she gazed at them but they both knew that it wasn't directed at them. "Before I ask you both something important, I want you to tell me what do you think on our society as of right now..." she paused as she tried to find the right words to say. "…to you, what is the definition of being a hero?"

Melissa stared at the two as they thought about the question she asked them. Hitoshi decided to go first as he raised his finger as Melissa gave him the motion to continue.

"A definition of a hero is someone doing what's right and not asking for anything in return. They don't do it for fame or money or whatever else the heroes we see nowadays do, but that's going off topic. My point is, a hero is someone that saves people from danger, not because they want to but because it's the right thing to do."

"Drowsy eyes is right." Mei started earning a tic mark from Hitoshi at his pet name. "Heroes are those who protect others that can't protect themselves, but there's only a few heroes out there that actually follow that rule. It's like me making my inventions."

"Don't you mean your babies?" Melissa teased her as Mei turned away with a blush on her cheeks.

"I can be sane too you know," She said as she turned back to the blonde with a frown. "Plus this is a serious conversation so I think using my phrase is not a good idea right now." She spoke before going back on topic. "Anyway, I make inventions and look for tech companies so I help support people. And not just heroes, but everyone that would use them to help others, including those that are quirkless."

Hitoshi gazed at Melissa and saw that she was calm despite hearing the word quirkless. It wasn't like it was a forbidden word to her or something plus she knew that if her or Hitoshi said it, it was because they said without venom dripping in their voices or make it sound like they were an ignorance to others

"It's just frustrating at how society is right now, quirks is like the most important to them and depending on what type of quirk and how strong it is, that basically places their rank among others." Mei explained.

"It sucks, but it's true." Hitoshi added with a groan.

Melissa stared at them and nodded her head at their answers.

"Now I got one more question, do you believe someone quirkless can become a hero?" She asked them with a somewhat glare.

"It ain't easy but that doesn't mean its impossible." Hitoshi spoke as he rubbed the back of his head. "I mean not everyone needs a quirk to become a pro hero, I mean look at Eraserhead. He has a quirk that allows him to negate others quirks but other than that he's basically quirkless. Which is why he's knows hand to hand combat, so he can to fight criminals and only use his quirk when necessary."

"Which is why you have the same hairstyle as the Eraserhead whenever he uses his quirk." Mei pointed out as she placed her hands into his hair as started tracing her fingers through them. "However, unlike his, your hair stays afloat as if electricity was running through it and Izuku's hair is fluffy like a small kitten."

"Please stop that." Hitoshi said as he removed her fingers from his head earning a soft smile from Melissa. She then turned to Mei who nodded her head and started speaking.

"Everyone has a choice to become whatever they want to quirkless or not, yes there are a lot more obstacles to deal with and you have to go through a lot of training but yes even someone with no quirk can become a hero." Mei said as she gazed back out the window as she watched the rain falling down through the city's rooftops. "If you treat someone as if they were something different, you're basically robbing them of the choices and inflicting negative opinions into their minds making them think they are a burden to a society."

"I see." Melissa said as she looked out the window as well. "I'm glad you two were able to be around Izuku when I couldn't. I bet he's really grateful to having wonderful friends like you." She spoke with a smile on her face.

She turned back to look at them only for her smile to disappear as she saw the expressions on their faces. Hitoshi had a look of frustration while Mei had a sad look on her face.

"For all the good it did, we didn't really do anything other than watch. And when we called him out on it, he acted like it wasn't a big deal and then ran off without a second thought."

"We knew he was hurting. We knew that he was lying about the bullying, his state of mind and how he acts. We knew that he would never involve others into his problems and take them on by himself but we saw how much it was hurting him and how further he was drifting away from us and yet… we did nothing but let it happen."

"How bad was it?" Melissa asked, already thinking that it was bad as she had it but was so wrong when she heard them answer.

"It was so messed up. This blonde haired kid picked on him all the time and hell even hurt him with his quirk. It wasn't any better when the school pitched in on him and just basically downright labeled him as the school pariah." Hitoshi spoke with anger in his voice.

"Labeled him?"

"This was right after we found out, we didn't trust Izuku enough to tell us about eveyrhting that was happening so I took the time to go to his school one night plant cameras all over the building."

"What kind of school has no cameras to help them advise students?"

"That's what I asked but didn't care at the time. Anyway after helping Mei, we recorded both audio and visual log of Izuku's life at school and it was horrible. He's bullied on a daily basis by the blonde-haired kid and is hurt both physically and mentally, and no teachers there are helping them at all."

"…What!?" Melissa said as Mei gripped the edge of her seat as if she was trying to crush an apple.

"He was treated as he was a virus that needed to be taken care of. We told him what we were doing but he didn't approve of it and was stubborn. He said that he didn't want us reporting this to the police or his mother and no matter we wanted to we couldn't he removed all the cameras from the school and gave them back to me, worried that we would get in trouble for trying to help him." Mei explained with sadness.

"It was today that Mei decided to place a hidden camera in his bag because she felt something terrible would happen." Hitoshi sighed as he pinched his eyebrows. "And something did."

"What happened?" Melissa asked, as Hitoshi and Mei went silent and gazed at each other not sure if they wanted to tell her or not. Hitoshi can't say it without thinking back to the bastard that caused their friend to even consider doing something dangerous.

'His mental state is bad enough already, he doesn't need any more factors to help him make think about something so dangerous and harmful.' Hitoshi thought mentally as his eyes were narrowed in anger as Mei placed a hand on his shoulder allowing him to calm down and take a breather.

Mei then decided to be the one to tell her, as much as it hurt her to even say it, the blonde girl deserved to know what had happened. Melissa knew that Izuku had it bad, she just wish she was prepared for how bad it was when the next words that came out of Mei's sent her body and mind into a frozen state.

"Melissa, have you ever been told by anyone to commit suicide?" Mei spoke slowly as the air around suddenly became tense and filled with dreaded silence.