Izuku Midoriya learned an important lesson at age 4: in a world filled with superpowers, all men were not created equal. Some people were born stronger than others, while others were born weaker. Izuku was the weakest out of them all since he was one of the only people in the world who wasn't born with a quirk. He was weak. A quirkless, useless Deku.

At least, that's how it seemed on the surface. In reality, fate had a very different plan. A plan much more dangerous and much more bizarre than anyone could predict.

"Now, it's time to start thinking about your futures. I would hand out these career forms, but you all want to be heroes don't you!"

The class erupted in excitement at this, most of them showing off their quirks.

"I know, you all have great quirks, but you know the rules! no quirk usage in School!" It was at this moment that one of the students let his voice be heard.

"Don't lump me in with these extras, teach! I'm way stronger than these weaklings!" Izuku sighed at the statement made by his friend Katsuki Bakugou. well, friend was a bit of a stretch. they used to be friends before Izuku was revealed to be quirkless. Katsuki had received a quirk before that point that let him create explosions from his hands. When Izuku didn't receive a quirk, Katsuki started to bully him. Izuku put his head on his desk. he knew what was coming, he had seen it happen hundreds of times before.

The entire class shouted out to protest Katsuki's insult, but he didn't let them. he immediately jumped onto his desk to give a speech.

"Do you all seriously think you can stand against me!? I'm way stronger than all of you assholes! I'm gonna be the best hero in the world, and my first step to getting there is UA High!"

"UA!? isn't the acceptance rate super low?"

"It was only 3% last time I checked!"

Izuku tried his best to drown out the other student's mumblings, but it was no use. Ever since he was little he wanted to be a hero. seeing heroes like All Might save people with a smile left Izuku wanting to be a hero too. This didn't change when he became quirkless. It certainly became harder due to all the bullies, but nothing they said would stop him.

"Oh yeah, you wanted to go to UA too, right Midoriya?"

All of the mumblings immediately stopped, being replaced with laughter at Izuku's expense. Izuku desperately tried to explain himself but was immediately stopped by Katsuki exploding his desk, causing Izuku to fall back

"You think you can stand up to me Deku!? your quirkless! you're way worse than all of these-"

"Will you shut your damn mouth Bakugou? some of us are trying to learn here."

Everyone stopped to stare at the person who spoke. The boy in question was sitting in the very back of the room, leaning forward while also glaring up a Katsuki, giving a menacing aura. He was wearing a traditional school uniform, with the jacket opened revealing a bright blue shirt with the words "Ricochet" written on it. His black hair was combed back, and he wore a pair of glasses.

"What did you say to me, you bitch?"

"Are you deaf or something? I told you to shut your mouth!" many of the students gasped, Katsuki was the strongest in the school, no one ever dared to challenge him!

"Are you sure you want to be a hero Bakugou? cuz I'm pretty sure heroes don't bully people who can't defend themselves. You would be a great villain in that regard."

"It's Deku's fault for thinking he can be a hero, he's useless! the only thing-" But Katsuki never got to finish his sentence. The boy sat up slightly as a transparent blue and black arm came out of his shoulder and punched Katsuki straight in the face! the sheer force of the punch caused Katsuki to fly back and land right on his own desk. the entire class started screaming in fear of what happened. The boy left in the confusion, leaving the class to wonder what happened.

"Did you see what happened?"

"From what I could tell, he has some sort of telekinesis quirk, he didn't even touch him!"

Telekinesis? Izuku saw an arm come out of the boy and punch Katsuki, it definitely wasn't a telekinesis quirk. did the other students not notice the arm?

At this point Izuku noticed the boy had left, so he started to follow the boy.

Izuku found the boy outside the school, it looked like he was about to leave.

"Hey, wait!" Izuku shouted out, trying to catch up to the boy. by the time Izuku got there, the boy turned around to look at him.

"You're Midoriya, right?" the boy asked.

"Uh, y-yeah! What's your n-name?" The boy waited a few seconds before replying:

"Call me Jonah."

"Your quirk w-was really cool Jonah! what was it? Every one in c-class thought it was a telekinesis quirk-"

"That's none of your business," Jonah said, before turning around to leave.

"Oh, I'm s-sorry! it's just that I like to document quirks and yours seemed really interesting-"

"Midoriya, I'm only going to say this once." Jonah then turned around again to look Izuku in the eyes.

"If you think I stopped Bakugou because I wanted to help you, you wrong. I only stopped him because he was annoying. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going home."

Jonah, then left, leaving a dazed Midoriya behind him.

Bakugou left the school in a daze. although he flew a good few meters, the damage done to his face was somehow limited to a bruised nose. Right now he was walking home through a shortcut. It was a dark alleyway, but Katsuki didn't care since it got him home faster. while he was walking, he was contemplating what happened in class.

He couldn't believe that kid had managed to get a hit on him! he was Katsuki Bakugou, future number 1 hero! he should have been better than anyone at the school!

"Do you know that guy's name?"

"I think his name was Jonah or something."

It certainly didn't help that his two lackeys couldn't shut up about it. the constant discussion about Jonah was not appreciated.

"Who cares what his name is!? there is no way that asshole is stronger than me!" Katsuki then picked up an empty soda can from the side of the alleyay."If that moron thinks he's better than me-" He then used his quirk to explode the can in his hand. "Then I'm gonna knock him down a peg." tossing the can away he started to resume his walk home.

Except, right as he turned around, there was suddenly a massive man standing right in front of him.

"That's a nice quirk you got there kid."

Katsuki stared up at the man's face to see it slowly turn into sludge.

"Mind if I borrow it for a bit?"

Izuku walked home feeling rejected. He never let the other kids get under his skin, but it was days like these that seriously tested him. UA removed a rule that said you needed a quirk to sign up, surely he had a chance to be a hero!

The other kids just didn't see it that way. in their eyes, the only thing that made a hero was a powerful quirk. those who didn't have a quirk were left to watch from the sidelines.

While he was considering this, he ended up walking past what seemed to be a villain attack taking place in a small street surrounded by large buildings. hoping to get some good notes, Izuku pushed his way through the crowd that had gathered.

"I can't do anything! we need to wait for a suitable hero!" That sounded like Death Arms! Izuku had wanted to get notes on him for a long time.

a large shadow passing overheard momentarily stopped him. It was Mt. Lady! Izuku wanted to get more notes on her too.

"I'm sorry kid, you're going to have to wait a bit longer!"

Izuku's spirits started to drop. A kid was taken hostage? I hope whoever it is makes it out! Izuku thought.

when he finally got through the crowd, he noticed a few things. first, Death Arms and Mt. Lady weren't the only heroes here. Backdraft and Kamui Woods were also there, seemingly doing there best to save civilians from the villain.

Second, the villain himself seemed to have a quirk that let him turn his body into sludge. his green body was surrounded by fire. from what Izuku could see, there was a person stuck inside the sludge.

Izuku felt sick. There is no way that the person could breathe in the sludge, right? If Izuku was stuck in there, he probably wouldn't last long.

Izuku jumped back in surprise when an explosion came from the sludge villain.

That's weird, if his quirk is to turn his body into sludge, then how is he-It was then Izuku noticed who the villain kidnapped. trapped in the body of the sludge villain was none other-

than Katsuki Bakugou.

Izuku felt a chill up his spine. It looked like Katsuki was suffocating in there, how long had he been trapped? Izuku desperately hoped that a hero would come.

The more he looked at Katsuki's scared face, the more and more he felt for Katsuki. Every insult that Katsuki had thrown at him came to the surface.

You can't stand next to me!

You're a quirkless nobody.

A weak and useless Deku!

with a spur of a moment decision, Izuku ran past the police barrier to the sludge villain, questioning every step he took.

What am I doing, what am I doing, WHAT AM I DOING!? Wait, I remember! Page 25!

Remembering one of his notes from his hero notebook, Izuku threw his backpack at one of the Sludge Villain's eyes, temporarily blinding him. Izuku frantically scrapes at the sludge, giving Katsuki a chance to beath, and a chance to yell at Izuku.

"What the hell are you doing!? you'll get yourself killed!"

"I don't know! I just saw your face, and I thought you needed help."

Katsuki couldn't help be flabbergasted at Izuku until the Sludge Villain regained its sight.

"You damn brat, I'll kill you!" The Sludge Villain raised it's hand to attack Izuku, with various heroes rushing to save Izuku.

Izuku closed his eyes, expecting to be killed by the Sludge villain...

Only to be pulled back at the last second.

"I gotta admit Midoriya, I took you as a guy with all talk and no action. I was dead wrong."

Izuku looked up to see Jonah standing above him. apparently he was the one that pulled Izuku back at the last second. He looked tired, seemingly from running from the police barrier. The other heroes were standing behind him, surprised he was able to surpass the heroes in running after Izuku.

"You don't have to worry Izuku, I'll save him," Jonah said before walking to the Sludge Villain. It was while he was walking that the hand Izuku saw earlier, except he saw a lot more than just a hand.

The being that emerged from Jonah was 6 feet tall, with a slim frame and a blue body. In the center of its chest was a mass of swarming blue energy, with veins running from the core along the arms. It had no nose, no ears, and black holes for eyes.

"Let's show him what we can do, Ricochet!" As Jonah said this, two marbles appeared from both of his hands and flew over to Ricochet's hands. Ricochet then threw them at the walls of the building. The 2 marbles bounced off the walls into the Sludge Villains eyes. The shock and pain from the high-speed projectiles hitting his eyes caused the villain to revert to his normal human form. Katsuki was left to the side to wonder what was happening in confusion. the Villain himself was overweight and hideous. He looked terrified over what Jonah was going to do to him.

"Wow. As a normal person, you're not nearly as scary. Well, it doesn't matter what you look like." Jonah leaned forward and looked into the man's eyes.

"Cuz I'm gonna beat you senseless! Ricochet!" Ricochet then jumped in front of Jonah and started rapidly punching the villain while crying out:

DORARARARARARARARARARARARARARARA!

The villain flew back landed on his head, leaving Jonah to admire his handiwork. Jonah was snapped out of his enjoyment by Izuku interjecting with a question:

"What was that!? What was that being you summoned!? Was that your quirk?" Jonah looked incredibly surprised.

"Wait, you can see Ricochet!?" Izuku simply nodded.

"Then I guess I have a lot of explaining to do," Jonah said as the heroes ran over to them to see if they were alright.

Stand name: Ricochet (after Ricochet by David Bowie)

Stand master: Jonah

Stand Stats

Power: B Range: C(5 Meters) Speed: B

Persistence: A Development Potential: B Precision: A

Ability: Ricochet has two main abilities. It's first and prominent ability is to make any object it throws rebound against objects in any way the user wants. The objects must be as big or smaller than a baseball in order for the rebounding effect to work properly, but larger objects can be rebounded with concentration. The objects can travel as far as the user can see, and must rebound every 20 meters for the rebounding effect to stay. The objects will keep rebounding and will only stop if the object is destroyed, or the user wills the object to stop.

Ricochet's second ability allows it to trade the destructive power of its punches for a much higher knockback in an inverse relationship. The same can be done the other way, trading knockback for higher damage.