"Stop it, Kacchan! You're hurting him!" a young four-year-old boy with green hair and eyes named Midoriya shouted, tears in his eyes as he began to lift his fists up, his body shaking like hell.

The blonde before him, a bully named Katsuki Bakugou with red eyes looked confused for a moment, before smirking and punching his hands together, creating an explosion that made the greenette wince. "Don't tell me you're gonna play hero. You don't stand a chance without a quirk, Deku!"

The two other boys beside him also grinned cruelly as they began to activate their own quirks and Midoriya looked back for a moment, knowing he couldn't run while the kid was still there. So he stood his ground, as his body filled with fear and phantom pains already.

It was clear he was in no way a fighter, and so he knew he was only going to be beaten to a pulp. He closed his eyes and waited…

His beating never came however, as suddenly a pink blur appeared in front of him, causing all the boy's eyes to widen in confusion as a little girl with curly hair and bubble gum coloured skin glared at the bully.

"Hey, why don't you jerks just leave them alone!"

"…Ha, you really need some stupid girl to defend you, Deku?" One of the cronies leered, before suddenly another girl's voice spoke up.

"Defend him? More like put a bunch of wannabe villains in their place." A girl with a fire in her brown eyes, brunette hair and pink pads on her fingers said as she glared at the bullies. "Stopping the only decent person of you from getting hurt is just a bonus."

"Ok so two girls." The other crony said, as he looked around, seeming to get slightly nervous.

"Dang it you two." Yet another girl, this once much lankier than the others with raven hair and onyx eyes said as she hopped over the fence, followed by three more girls.

Well presumably the invisible one was a girl, judging by her blue sundress. There was also a girl with hair a darker shade of green than Midoriya's own that reached down quite far, who had equally darker eyes and a wide mouth and beside her was the last girl.

"Make that six." Said the last girl with a frown, who had bored looking black eyes, and vibrant but short purple hair. Her earlobes continued much longer than a normal human's, turning into wires similar to headphones, with the kind of jacks one would expect to find on such devices.

"Who the fuck?" Kacchan pondered, growling which was only met with an equal growl from the pink skinned girl, who threw her hand out and a glob of liquid flew out, hitting the ground and starting to melt it in part.

The two cronies' eyes widened massively.

"Leave him alone!" She said simply, and the two boys at the back seemed to have decided they suddenly didn't want any part in this if they could be hit with that, turning and bolting, leaving the blonde who didn't know how to give up to fend for himself.

This was the first time Midoriya ever met his best friends and with how sudden and surprising their arrival was, with their desire to protect him…

One could hardly blame him for thinking they were angels coming to his aid.

Bakugou hadn't backed down. He growled and rushed for the pink skinned girl, or rather, he tried to completely bypass her.

"DEKU! WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS-"

He was suddenly smacked out the air by an incredibly long tongue, and so it begun.

The first time Tsuyu, Kyoka, Ochaco, Momo, Tooru and Mina had saved him.

Mina Ashido had always been something of a social butterfly, always flitting from one person to the next, happily including whoever she could and talking to them all.

Still, just because she was friends with a lot of people, even briefly, didn't mean she really connected with every single one. There were always those select few people she just gelled with in a way that left her scrambling to do everything she could to stay in touch.

Not easy for a four-year-old, but she tried nevertheless. Unfortunately for the girl, it rarely worked out that she'd ever connect with people who she was in constant contact with so it could be easy to lose these special people.

Fortunately for her though, there was five girls who she managed to stay in contact with fairly often, partially in thanks to one of them (A girl by the name of Momo Yaoyorouzu) being much more well-off than the rest of them. Her best friends.

She'd met the rich girl along with another of her friends, Asui, at around the same time. The pink skinned girl had always been something of an explored and tended to get herself into silly misadventures usually involving her getting caked in mud.

After the third time she'd nearly drowned herself in a lake, her parents had driven down to the local swimming centre and signed the girl up for their swimming classes they held for children.

She'd been super excited when she'd went down that day, bouncing in the car the whole time as she pretended to swim through her blanket that her mother always through over her to accommodate for the lack of heating.

When they'd finally gotten in, they'd met their strict but kind swimming instructor who had eventually instructed them to form groups of three each. They'd all complied as the pink skinned girl tugged at her blue and yellow polka dot swimsuit, hurrying over to the only other two girls in the place.

They'd quickly shaken hands, introducing each other. "Heya! I'm Mina Ashido, it's nice to meet ya!"

Mina had been a little intimated but still found it cool how Momo towered over the others even as such a young age, clearly wearing some kind of black swimsuit meant for seven years old at a guess. "Oh, hello, my name is Momo Yaoyorouzu. It's nice to meet you too."

The other girl who had introduced herself with a croak had been Tsuyu Asui, wearing some kind of striped sailor like uniform as she talked to them. She also had an adorable lisp. "My name ith tsuyu athui. Ribbit. It'th nive to meet you both ath well!"

It had taken the pink girl a moment to translate the lisp mentally but as soon as she did, she clapped her hands together happily and had been happy to make new friends. She'd been curious as to why they had been in the class even though there weren't many answers one could give but she still got some surprisingly unique ones.

Asui wasn't here so much for learning how to swim as she was learning to swim properly, as he her quirk gave her the abilities of a frog. This meant she was already good at swimming, but she had a few bad habits her parents wanted her to break to be better, especially as the little girl expressed a desire for heroics which had quickly captured the other two's attention.

As it turned out, all three of them had an interest in heroics, Ashido found out when she interrogated the tallest of the three next. As well as looking unique, it turned out the girl was actually from a super-rich and famous family which Mina thought sounded so cool.

Apparently because Momo wanted to try her hands at something more down to earth than running a business though, her parents had decided that she would of course need a lot of training and they had decided to take her to a few public learning centres' so she could get used to interacting with more normal people.

It had been a small connection but they had found themselves quickly conversing over it until they had been called on by their new instructor.

Later, they had all had to leave but the next time they had come here, they had gone back into the same group and this time even ended up getting Momo's phone number, the only one who had a personal phone.

Mina had called her later that day from her house phone, and they had ended up convincing their parents to set up a play date of sorts. Momo had even managed to get a hold of Asui and invite her along as well, which Mina had been more than happy about.

She wasn't ever sure how to describe it really, this connection but as soon as it formed, she just knew it was there. It never let her down so she always did whatever she could to hold onto it when it showed up, and she was glad she'd managed to find a way to stay in touch with the two girls.

Because the connection was there.

Mina and Momo walked along the pavement, holding hands so as too not lose each other while they hurried along to the concert. It was rare kids could ever get into a place like this, but Momo's parents had pulled a few strings because of their daughters love of the band and gotten the girl two child's tickets.

This meant she'd had to choose between Asui and Ashido (She didn't have many close friends) which had been tearing at her, but ended up being a non-issue when it turned out Asui would be out the country for a week on holiday with her parents.

So now the two little girl's were right near the back, sitting on top of a support after being lifted up by one mister Yaoyorouzu to watch as a woman stepped out with long purple hair onto the stage, twirling her elongated earlobe around her finger.

It was similar to a headphone jack, and the girl's attentions were captured immediately. "Alright everyone, before we get onto the main event, we have a cover of a song to get us all in the mood. Are you ready to hear it?"

The crowd cheered, Mina included while her taller friend just smiled happily. Music began to play, filling the room as she pulled the microphone off it's stand."

"Then let's get into it. This song, is called 'Special' by an old band called Shinedown."

She began to sing, a lovely angelic voice that fitted the song perfectly coming from her and the two girls swayed in time to the music, leaning against one another for support.

Suddenly, a grunting noise caught their attention and their gazes shifted over to see a girl with a heavy resemblance quietly leaning against the wall near them.

"Oh, HI!" Mina said, trying to shout over the overpowering music to the girl. She looked up, and just nodded a greeting before wincing. "UH, IS SOMETHING THE MATTER? OH, ARE YOU RELATED TO THE SINGER?!"

She again nodded, before wincing once. Again. Mina looked back to her friend concerned, who tilted her head in though before suddenly her eye lit up. Her arm glowed and she reached over, tapping the girl.

Mina only saw them for a moment, but it was long enough for her to know that what the raven haired girl had made was a pair of earplugs which the other girl quickly stuffed in.

"T-THANKS. I LOVE MY MOM BUT THESE CONCERTS ALWAYS HURT MY EARS." She explained, and Mina frowned.

"THAT SUCKS. I'M MINA, AND THIS IS MOMO! IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU!"

"KYOKA JIROU."

They had lapsed into a silence after that for a while, until the other two girls needed to take breaks themselves from the loud noises and bright lights. They'd stepped outside and the purple haired girl had nervously followed them.

She'd seemed ready to run once their eyes had landed on her, but Mina had quickly waved her over happily and they'd began to talk. Apparently every now and again, the girl would have to travel around to concerts with her parents, but their combined quirks greatly focused the intensity of the noise

She never told them because she didn't want to hurt their feeling thinking their music was hurting her but it really wasn't fun for the girl. She made a comment about not really having any friends to hang out with during these times, so she had no choice but to go with and instantly Mina had met Yaoyorouzu's eyes, sharing a nod.

"We'll be your friends!"

It had been impulsive really, but Mina didn't care.

Because she could feel that little niggling sensation again. The one that separated her friends from her 'besties'. Jirou was one of those people she knew she could connect with if she just tried and so try she would!

After Asui had gotten back from Holiday, the other two girls had set up another meet up where the frog girl and rocker girl had met, and Ashido was excited to see she herself was finally getting proper friends she didn't have to worry about disappearing.

"And becauthe my tongue ith thtill growing, that'th why I thpeak funny. Ribbit." Asui explained to the pink skinned girl as the two walked around the model solar system in the space museum the frog girl's parents were taking them to visit.

They'd known each other for two months now and Ashido would argue she'd become something of a pro at understanding the frog girl. A part of her was almost sad to learn it would be disappearing though, it was an adorable and quintessential part of her and it was hard to imagine her without it.

It had been dirt cheap, so there had really been no reason not to go for them as a fun day out. The frog girl's parents were perhaps the second most relaxed of their families, beaten out only by Jirou's parents mainly because they literally couldn't focus on it half the time, being swamped by a mob of people trying to get autographs no matter how many times they were told 'no, not right now.'

"-Oh, and mom says if I really focus, one day it might be able to outshine the sun with my quirk!" They overheard a feminine voice say excitedly, drawing their attention to a pair of girls who seemed to be having fun. The one who was talking seemed to be completely invisible, only her clothes even indicating she was there.

She was talking to a girl with short brown hair who was listening intently as if her life depended on it, nodding along to the girl's explanations with a beaming smile. "That's so cool, Hagakure! That's better than my floating quirk…"

"No! Your quirk is so much cooler, and much more fitting for a place like this." The invisible girl deflected, moving in way so animated it made her movements surprisingly easy to follow as she shook her head. "You'll be like some super cool space hero and I'm just a flash light no one notices otherwise…"

"Well we certainly noticed you!" Mina interrupted, almost instinctively as she hurried over, forcing Asui to catch up. She beamed at them both with a little wave. "Sorry, I know it's rude to interrupt but I overheard you and I have to say my piece because they both sound like amazing powers! Mina Ashido, by the way!"

"Oh, uh, Tooru Hagakure!"

"Ochaco Uraraka!"

"It's nice to meet you both." The pink haired girl giggled, clapping her hands together happily. "This is my friend Tsu and-"

SNAP!

All their eyes widened suddenly as they looked up to see one of the fake star orbs in dangling from the roof began plummeting, heading right for the acid girl. Before she knew what was happening, Hagakure dived forward and pulled her out the way and Urarka jumped, floating the object just in time to stop it breaking and hurting anyone before letting it go.

"Oh my god, Asui, Mina!" A woman called, running over to check on them. Mina, being the maiden of misadventure that she was just started to laugh while Asui fretted over her right alongside her mother.

"See!" She said, pointing at Uraraka with a grin before then looking to the invisible girl still atop her. "And you didn't even need to use your power! Your both awesome already!"

"Mina, maybe we thhould go home now. thith plathe doethn't theem thafe anymore. Ribbit." Tsuyu said with a worried gaze, her mother nodding in agreement.

"Aww. Ok…" She nodded, knowing there was no way to argue otherwise. Still, she didn't feel like she'd done quite enough yet for the two girls she'd just met, so she did the first thing she could think of.

Momo later got on her case for giving out her number without asking, but it had seemed halfhearted. In fact if anything, she sounded more giddy than annoyed at the prospect of more friends.

For the next few months, they'd all meet up every now in again in random mixes of groups, just trying to see who could see who. Mina and Momo usually accompanying the others almost all the time.

Then eventually, the day came. One none of them expected, and one none of them would ever change for anything in the future.

"Tag, you're it!" Ashido, wearing a black T-shirt and jeans laughed as she tapped Uraraka, who had a simple grey NASA hoodie that reached past her knees, on the back before bolting as fast as she could from the girl, heading near the edges of Musutafu's general park.

For the first time in a while, the whole group had managed to get together, as Momo's parents had decided to throw a party for their daughter getting into a well-respected private elementary school.

Initially the raven haired girl (Who currently donned a red dress) hadn't wanted a party at all and really she wasn't thinking of it as one but she hadn't stopped it once she'd seen the opportunity to turn it to her advantage.

When her parents asked how she wanted the party she'd made it very clear she didn't want any big extravaganza or formal ball (They would if she asked, she was fully aware.) she just wanted to run around a park for a few hours with her friends, having fun.

The biggest expense had been getting everyone to Musutafu, the centre most point between them all. Jirou actually lived right on the fringe of the city, and the rest of the girls around it so they'd decided it was the perfect place for everyone to spend some time together.

"Come on, Uraraka!" Hagakure, wearing a frilly blue sundress complete with a hat, laughed manically as she ran circles around the poor brunette. "Can't catch me."

She always had been the fastest. While her invisibility was certainly useful, when it came to her physical abilities Hagakure was practically quirkless, so she always seemed to think she had a lot to prove.

If they could see her, she'd probably be the most jacked little girl one could be.

Mina giggled as she watched the floating girl desperately try to catch her, before then turning her attention to Momo who laughed as she dived under the girl's hand.

"You can do it Othaco! i believe in you!" Asui, wearing a frog themed shirt and shorts called while bouncing away, Jirou who wore torn jeans and a black skull shirt clinging tightly to her back and giggling.

The brunette let out a determined huff, before turning to Mina and launching at her again. Mina had been planning to dodge as a massive grin took over her face…

But very quickly, it disappeared as the distant sound of crying reached her ears. She felt Uraraka tag her but she looked away, as a voice reached her ears and she saw a green haired boy with a blue shirt shaking as he held his fists up.

He was quite clearly terrified, as he faced down three much crueller looking boys and behind him, an injured boy sat crying on the ground.

"Stop it Kacchan! You're hurting him."

One of the boy's set off an explosion with a cruel grin, and that's when Mina's brain stopped processing everything properly. She just knew those three were bullies…

And there was nothing Mina Ashido hated more than bullies.

"Wait, Mina don't-"

Too late, the pink skinned girl was bolting to the play park they were in, hopping the fence as the greenette's eyes screwed tight clearly expecting to be beaten.

A part of Mina registered that meant he was used to being attacked, which just brought more anger to the surface as she glared at the suddenly very confused boy's.

"Who…" The greenette muttered, in something of quiet awe as she stared them down.

"Leave them alone, you jerks!"

At first, they had been amused at her inference. That amusement and cockiness had quickly faded faster and faster as her friends rushed to back her up, knowing they couldn't just leave her alone even if they might get in trouble.

Her display of her acid had been the last nail in the coffin that had sent the two followers running for the hills, not wanting any part now they didn't expect to win, leaving only the leader, the blonde bastard as he'd later be referred to by the girl to face them alone.

He didn't back down like the other two. Whether it was because he was brave or stupid would depend on who you asked. Either way he'd practically refused to acknowledge the sudden small armada around him as a threat, launching for his target anyways.

Mina had lifted her hand to attack but before she could even get a hit in, Asui's tongue (Which had finally started to sort itself out, her lisp becoming much less noticeable and as a result her tongue becoming much stronger) which knocked him off course and suddenly he let out an explosion from his hand, flying at the girls this time.

"AH, YOU BITCH!" He screamed, rocketing towards the pink skinned girl.

"Kacchan, no!"

"FUCK YOU DEKU!"

The following 'battle' that ensued was hardly the legendary stuff of… well legend or even held the gravitas of a usual pro hero outing but the girls still though they handled themselves well for an incredibly unexpected fight, all while their opponent screamed abuse and obscenities at them.

He'd aimed a strike at Mina, who had her careful acid movements she'd been practicing to dodge it clumsily. He'd shot right past her and been stabbed in the leg by an earphone jack, causing him to let out a howl of pain.

He stumbled back, before suddenly a strong strike to the back of his neck caused him to collapse and all eyes turned to the floating sundress that was Hagakure.

"…T…thank you…" Midoriya said, eyes wide in awe and shock. What they didn't know at the time was that his thoughts were a tornado of chaos, because these six angels had come out of nowhere and defeated the strongest person he knew, almost seeming to do it without effort. "Thank you so much."

A rustling noise, grabbed all their attention and they turned to the other crying boy. Izuku's eyes widened and he tentatively reached out, looking almost afraid. "H-hey, are you o-ok?"

The girls had been expecting an answer, whether to yes or no, what none of them had expected was for the boy to take one look at who was asking and slap the greenette to the ground while standing up. "GET AWAY FROM ME YOU USELESS FREAK!"

With that, the girl's jaws dropped as the greenette twitched on the floor and the 'victim' ran away.

Mina was absolutely disgusted with the boy, but he left him to run as she quickly hurried to the green haired boy's side as he shivered and whimpered, and she frowned gently setting her hand on his shoulder. "Hey, hey are you ok?"

"'M fine…" He muttered sadly, pushing himself up and holding his cheek as he forced himself into a seating position. "I'm use' to I'"

"That's horrible." Momo frowned, walking over herself and gently taking his hand down. If it weren't for the red mark from the slap helping hid it, she'd be seeing him blushing at the contact. "That will bruise."

"Talk about a jerk! You were defending him and he does that?" Uraraka asked, clearly not impressed. Her tone then turned softer as she tilted her head. "Who are you anyways?"

"Izuku Midoriya." He said with a sad sigh. "But might a' well call m' Deku. Eve'yone else does."

Yeah no. none of them were having that.

"Wh' are you?" He pondered, tilting his own head in a manner similar to Uraraka. She always made it look cute but this boy made it down right adorable, even with a swelling cheek.

"I'm Mina Ashido."

"Thuyu Asui."

"Ochaco Uraraka."

"Momo Yaoyorouzu."

"Tooru Hagakure."

"Kyoka Jirou."

"n-nice t' mee' you." He nodded, doing his best to remember his manners. Mina frowned, gently settling a hand on his shoulders.

"Why did he attack you? Why would they do that to you?" She asked confused, before pointing to the kid they knocked out. "And what's up with blondie?"

"Kacchan Is…. Complicated." He sighed, looking up to the sky. "He's… really st'ong. His quirk is amazing but… no one really told him what not t' do. The teachers are sacred of him and someone useless like me isn't worth listening to-"

Suddenly, Mina (lightly) slapped her hands onto his cheeks staring deep into his green eyes with a fire. "Hey! Don't say that, you are not useless!"

"…" Izuku just looked away.

"Come on, what's your quirk? I bet it's something amazing?"

He whimpered. Having someone care, even for a moment was nice while it lasted, but he couldn't stretch it out forever.

"I'm quirkless…" he said quietly, and the girls' all shared shocked and understanding looks at that. He flinched, looking at them as if expecting to be attacked again but instead they all just held looks of sympathy.

A moment of silence passed between them all, and when they didn't leave Izuku's gaze turned confused. "You… aren't leaving?"

"Why would we leave?"

"Do you want me to leave?"

"No."

"Are… are you going to hit me?"

Mina let out a small growl, pointing at the blonde. "You: no. Him: maybe. Do you really think you're useless?"

"Even the teachers say it…"

"Then those teachers are idiots." Hagakure suddenly cut in, sitting in front of him. "They don't know anything if they think being quirkless is the same as being useless."

"She's right." Jirou said lazily, twirling her earphone jack in her fingers. "Quirkless people literally built our whole world, right Yaomomo?"

"Oh! Yes, they did. Even the park we're in was completely down to quirkless people from centuries ago." The raven haired girl assured, giving a him a bright grin. "In fact, as far as I know, the only line of work that wasn't once dominated by quirkless people was…."

Their spirits fell as the boy shifted, and Momo finished quietly as the realization hit her. "Hero work. That's what you want to do isn't it?"

"I k-know it's never h-happened before but there's nothing I w-want more." He said, and suddenly Mina began to laugh. He flinched, thinking she was finally seeing him for the idiot he was. "I know it's not-"

"Oh come on, enough of that." She said patiently. "You tried to protect someone who wasn't even grateful from a person you were clearly terrified of. It doesn't get more heroic than that, plus it's just funny cause all of us want to be heroes too!"

He looked up surprised at that, and they all gave him nods with soft patient smiles to try to help him feel better.

Some of them seemed like they were thinking of moving on by now, assuming their duty was done but Mina picked up on the fact that even beyond what they saw, things must be so bad for this kid.

So one couldn't blame her for doing the smallest thing she could.

"Want to play with us?" She asked, and the boy looked surprised, before looking to the other girls to check if it was ok. Some were a little surprised by it, not really sure how they felt about playing with a boy but one look at his hopeful gaze and they all nodded their own agreement.

"I… can I really?"

"Uh-huh!" Mina nodded, pulling him up onto his feet as she bounced on the heels of her own, slinging an arm around his neck and meeting the other girls gaze. "We can play heroes, so you can see what it's like to be the hero!"

"Really? I mean Kacchan never let me actually be the…"

"Well we're better than him!" She said determinedly, ignoring the conflicted look that statement sent through the greenette's eyes. She turned to her friends with a smile. "What do you all say?"

"Dibs on sidekick!" Jirou blurted out quickly, Uraraka falling her up a moment later.

"Same!"

"Then I shall play a villain!" Momo decided, grabbing Hagakure. "And I've got my hostage!"

"Dang it, every time we play?"

"Oh, I'll join you as hostage so you aren't alone." Mina said, happy to take the more boring role for her friend's sake. "So Izuku, you're the hero! Let's go over to the main park though!"

"Oh, well okay!" He said, following them with the first genuinely happy smile he'd had on his face in a long time. He briefly spared a glance to the unconscious Kacchan but he knew the boy would be fine on his own, and the greenette felt like he'd be safer from his wrath with the girls.

Or at least delay it.

"Noo!" Momo let out a fake fading wail as she pretended to drift unconscious from Izuku's 'beam' attack (they'd decided to pretend he could shoot invisible beams, to give him the feeling of having a quirk to an extent) and he ran over unable to suppress a giggle as he 'untied ' the girls playing hostage.

"I've got you, your safe now." He declared happily, the girls sharing smiles now that they could see the boy with a much happier grin. Hell, all of them were smiling, something about his attitude and aura was just infectious and he'd made this whole day go from fun to unforgettable.

And Mina could feel that connection again. For the moment however, she focused on standing up and congratulating the boy with Hagakure. The invisible girl then cocked her head to the side however, a habit many of them had picked up from one of the girls.

"Wait, what do we do to thank a boy hero?" she asked, as if uncertain. Mina shrugged taking a guess. She'd watched plenty of movies so she just did what she thought was normal, leaning and planting a kiss on the boy's cheek, causing him to blush bright red as he stood stock still. "oh right, that! Mwah!"

And the invisible girl followed it up with a kiss of her own, making Izuku look like he was going to faint. Once he calmed down hwoever, he found himself laughing alongside the girls over it all, as they just talked and relaxed for a couple of minutes.

Eventually though, all good things come to and end and this was no exception.

"Girls, it's time to go!" A woman shouted, walking over before looking up and stopping. "Oh, hello. I see you all made a friend."

"Ah, mom. This is Midoriya."

"Nice to meet you miss!" Midoriya said with a polite bow, and the woman smiled.

"Nice to meet you too." 'well at least he has good manners' "Anyways, your parents will be wondering where you are by now, so it's time to take you all home."

"Aww, ok." Was the main thing that came from most to their mouths, though Mina quickly whirled on the spot and met Izuku's eyes. This play session had initially just been meant as a kind of one time thing, but now she'd be damned if she lost him.

Cause the connection was one of the strongest she'd ever had.

"Do you have a phone number, Midoriya? We can all stay in touch if you do!"

"Oh! Uh, yeah, hang on just a moment." He'd said, before pulling a phone out of his pocket and showing them. "My mom wants to be sure I always have a way of reaching her."

He quickly gave the girl's his numbers and what none of them realized was at that moment, it had begun.

A bond that would never be broken no matter who tested it in the years to come.