A.N.

Edit 5/8/2020

Okay so i've got some reviews stating about how the start up is bad, and seeing as how when i reread it i realized they were true I have taken it upon myself to rewrite these earlier chapters. So enjoy the rewrites.

Special thanks to RedFalcon3654 who assisted in helping me rewrite this.

This world abounds with tales of aspiring heroes facing down all sorts of events, joining forces with allies to take on foes and save the world from danger. And yet there are those who play minor roles in these accounts or failed to appear altogether. Once I'd reach a certain age I started to consider that I may not be this world's hero type, that I am just a background character in this world, and I appear in none of its stories. Still someday I dream that I can be a hero. This is me and this is my story.

Izuku was running through the streets of Mustafa one morning. He was trying his best to make it on time for school. Unfortunately for him things didn't work out that way. He felt the ground shake as he saw a large man with shark like features appear in his path. The man was seemingly battling several other individuals. It was then that he recognized the man was a villain and the individuals he was battling were none other than some pro heroes.

The police had already barricaded the area to prevent any civilians from getting too close, but that didn't stop Izuku.

He pushed himself all the way to the front of the barricade with his hero analysis notebook in hand. He began scribbling down notes for the various heroes that appeared as well the villain, even commenting on the rising star Kamui Woods.

"I recognized that look. You're a fan boy aren't you?" The man exclaimed.

"He must have noticed me documenting." Izuku thought.

Izuku merely nodded as the man continued.

"I take it you want to be a hero as well?" The man asked.

"Yes more than anything." Izuku answered, with a big smile.

"Well I'm sure if you work hard you'll get there eventually." The man laughed. Izuku was about to comment when another hero entered the fray. This hero was Mt. Lady, who was actually debuting for the first time.

"Rooooargh." The bellow which screamed with pain blasted into Izuku's ears. It made him jolt, widen his eyes and tense his arms.

"Did you hear that?" Izuku asked the man.

"Hear what?" The man replied confused?

"That roar." Izuku explained.

"Sorry kid. Didn't hear anything. Maybe it was just the crowd cheering." The man explained to Izuku.

'I'm sure I heard something, but none of the crowd seemed phased in the slightest. Must be the villain or the crowd.' Izuku thought, still in denial that it was just his imagination.

Elsewhere on the top one of the buildings a figure was observing the fight.

What made this figure different from the others was that she seemed to be glitching in and out of the world. They too had heard the roar as well. They would have left to find it had she not noticed that Izuku had also heard it. A small smile crept upon her lips.

"How interesting." The figure said to herself before she faded from sight completely.

Megidramon howled in pain as he was slammed into the floor. He felt his rage build as the power within him began to grow. The hazard symbol on his chest began to glow. He forced himself back up and turned to his opponent. A humanoid lion with sickly purple skin and hollow eyes, the lion's claws and fangs were blood red with a tattered black cape hung over its shoulders.

No words were spoken, there was no need for any. MadBanchoLeomon was intending to kill. Megidramon was inclined to do the same, remnants of his sane mind contradicted the murderous impulse.

The lion lunged for him with a fist that radiated in purple energy. The punch connected straight into Megidramon's bony chest right on his hazard symbol. The dragon recoiled as the impact reverberated through its body.

However.

The dragon wasn't done. He gripped the lion with his own claws and coiled its serpentine lower body around its target. Megidramon exerted the accumulation of its power.

Megidramon's body flashed white. MadBancholeomon could only stare with wide eyes as he realized what would proceed.

A light and heat were emitted from the eruption, which caused a spherical blast that vaporised the ground and was followed by a chorus of rumbles rampaged through the world.

Space warped around the epicenter of the suicidal attack, as the ground tore into a distorted portal. Debris along with what little remained of the two fighters gravitated toward the portal. Both of their bodies were disassembled as they seemingly shrank as they fell into a portal.

Elsewhere the fight between the two was being overlooked by a small red dinosaur like creature with a staff that resembled a giant microphone. Next to him was a giant humanoid butterfly of sorts. The butterfly human turned to the red dinosaur.

"Those two...they seemed to have torn a bigger hole in reality than I thought"

"I've already booted up a repair program to try and minimize the damage." She informed the dinosaur.

"That's good. We need to keep any rogue ones from slipping through. Marcus can handle anything thrown at him, but he's way past his prime now. Whether he will acknowledge it or not." The dinosaur added. Butterfly looked at him for a second pondering something but never speaking.

"If you have something to say then say it. Silence equals consent right? That was Hudie's motto correct." The dinosaur prompted.

"You are correct, your majesty." The butterfly said before bringing up an image. The image was none other than Izuku Midoriya.

"So you've found another one." The king answered. "That's good. Where is he?" The dinosaur asked.

"He's in the human world." The butterfly answered. The king seemed to be silent for a minute taking in exactly what was said by his adviser.

"The human world...been a long time since I heard of anybody worthwhile originating from there. How is it?"

"Well as far as I can tell super powers have suddenly manifested over the past few centuries allowing for humans to become heroes and villains. These quirks as they are called have a huge variation in capabilities. Some are purely cosmetic with appearances while others can be more subtle like making some a lie detector." She explained.

"Quirks...so humans have actually gotten stronger and more resistant...that's good I suppose. Although now I'm even more worried about having any rogue digimon enter their world. Digimon already caused problems before when they were just influenced by regular humans with a lot of raw emotional energy but now that humans have powers of their own." The king shuddered.

He then turned his attention back to the boy at large.

"And what about him. What is his quirk?" The king asked.

"Interesting story about that." The butterfly smiled.

"Deku you quirkless loser." Izuku flinched as he saw Bakugo slam his fist down on the desk, an explosion erupted from his palms. Nervously Izuku looked up at his childhood friend turned bully.

"Kaachan." Izuku said weakly.

"I told you don't call me that." The blonde haired explosion user reminded.

He snatched the book Izuku was writing his notes in. An explosion erupted from the hand holding the book, leaving scorch marks on it. Izuku winced as he saw his burnt book get tossed out the window.

He should have known this would happen. Should have kept the book in his bag and have something else out. Moments earlier the teacher had been discussing about their options for careers in the future, or at least he was supposed to…

The man merely stated how he knew everyone would try for the hero course to which the entire class had erupted in cheers except Izuku. However, Bakugo was quick to boast his dominance explaining he had applied to U.A. high as it was the only place worthy of him. One could argue that he might have been in over his head...unfortunately said argument was null and void. Bakugo had it all...he aced the mock exams and was gifted with an amazing quirk. So off course no one was going to doubt him getting in.

Then the teacher mentioned how Izuku wanted to apply as well.

Most people laughed and jeered at him. How could he make it into the most prestigious hero school if he didn't even have a quirk? Bakugo took the chance to mock to be personally offended that Izuku was trying to steal the spotlight of being the only student from their school to enter U.A. He didn't try to attack him but the teacher stopped the fight mid-way...telling of Bakugo for using his powers during class and also telling off Izuku was instigating a fight...how had he reached that conclusion Izuku would never know but he had unpleasant theories.

Now that class was over and the teachers were gone though. Izuku winced as he felt himself get slammed into the wall by Katsuki. His bully grabbed him by the collar and stared him down.

"Listen you pathetic loser. Most people can tell greatness just by looking at someone. When I make my debut as the greatest hero if all time everyone will talk about how I rose above this dump of a school as the only one to make it into U.A. and I'm not going to let some quirkless wimp ruin my origin story." Bakugo growled.

"After all I am a perfectionist." He finished.

Safe to say the point was made by Bakugo. Bakugo was about to leave, he came up with a parting sentence.

"You know if you want to get a quirk so bad there might be an easy way. Wish really hard for one in your next life and then take a swan dive off the roof." He laughed as he walked away with his lackeys.

Izuku clenched his fist and was about to comment when Bakugo turned around and glanced at him, a mini explosion emitting from his hand.

"Did you say something." He asked, provoking Izuku to try.

Izuku lost whatever anger he had then and there.

Outside the school an old man who was waiting for his charge noticed the burnt book land in the nearby fish pond.

"Kids these days." He muttered as he went and fished the book out. He opened the book checking the pages to make sure it was dry. Considering it fell from a class room it was probably best to assume it was an accident or bullying. Either way the old man would wait to see if anyone came to reclaim it.

He glanced through the book noticing the details made about the heroes and villains.

He also noted the book was labelled as volume 13 meaning there were at least 12 other books. The old man whistled to him, the analysis was pretty impressive as well the suggestions that were written about the quirks. Reminded him of an old comrade: from back in his youth. He heard footsteps and turned his attention to a young boy approaching. The young boy seemed to glance at the book but he seemed nervous and his clothes seemed a bit...burnt.

"Excuse me young man. Is this yours?" Said the elderly man.

He asked as he offered the book. The boy's eyes seemed to widen as he reached out and gently took the book explaining that it was.

"Would you mind explaining why it was being used as fish food?" The man asked the boy.

"Oh well you see I..."

"Tripped." The old man interrupted.

"That's the oldest excuse in the book for random injuries. I've seen a lot of people say they trip only to later learn that there was someone else involved." The old man then chuckled a bit to himself.

"Why don't you tell me what really happened..."

"Izuku, Izuku Midoriya." Izuku stated his name.

"Izuku. Tell me what happened." The man had a slightly sterner tone.

Izuku pondered about it, examining the old man. He didn't really seem like much but he knew looks could be deceiving. Nonetheless it was actually kind of nice to finally have someone other than his mom listen to him and even then this man seems to see right through him.

So he explained the situation, choosing to omit some crucial details like names of some individuals just to be careful. The old man was paying attention and he did not seem to like what he was hearing.

"Hmmph. What has this world come to. If people like him can become heroes then there really isn't a difference between heroes and villains anymore." The man grumbled.

"Back in my day the measure of a hero was someone who didn't need any incentive. They would do whatever they could to save or help people regardless of what limited them. The person you're talking about is just a villain who hides behind a hero's mask." The man explained.

"That's not true. Kaachan is going to be an amazing hero someday especially with his quirk." Izuku added.

"And that's another issue. A quirk does not make a hero. A hero makes himself." The man added.

However, he didn't let Izuku respond as he quickly changed the topic.

"You're a bright boy." The man said as he motioned to the notebook.

"But sometimes you just need to listen to your gut instead of overthinking things. You'll become a great hero even if you are quirkless." With that the man walked away.

"Wait what's your name?" Izuku asked.

"I'll tell you my name when you become a hero." The man said as he walked away. "But if it helps...I'm quirkless as well." The man added. The last part seemed to shock Izuku. "Remember don't overthink things."

Izuku looked at the book as he let the man's words register. He could be a hero without a quirk. He could be a hero. The old man had walked off to another part of the school as he saw a group of students leaving. One student in particular, a young girl, approached him.

"Marcus? What are you doing here?" She asked.

"His royal loudness has assigned me another student." The man laughed. "I figured I'd scout him out."

"You're scouting another student, here?" The girl asked.

"Yes." Marcus said. "Tell me is anyone bothering you about not having a quirk?" The man asked.

"No. I've mostly just kept to myself like usual. Why?" The girl responded.

"Good...I heard some things earlier, very unpleasant things from a quirkless kid being bullied." He muttered.

"Izuku Midoriya?" The girl asked. "Wait a minute. Is he the new student?"

"You know him?"

"Everyone knows him." She answered. This made the man even more furious. If everyone knew the boy and his bullying why did the teachers let it continue; the man grinded his teeth; he knew why, the bully had such an impressive quirk and it would have been a real shame to ruin the promising career of such a gifted young elder didn't get to voice his anger though as a beeping sound distracted both him and the girl from their thoughts. The girl took out her phone.

"Looks like I've got a job to do." She told the old man.

"Mind if I tagged along. I want to evaluate your progress " the elder said.

"You just want an excuse to punch someone." The girl answered. "It's pretty obvious."

"Fine. You got me but I still wanna come." The old man told her.

Izuku was walking home thinking about the words the old man had said. He could be a hero even without a quirk. He sincerely wondered how much the man wanted those words affected him. It was something he had always told himself that he needed to hear. Thinking back to his all-time favourite hero, All might. Izuku lifted his head up, muttering to himself about becoming a hero.

Unbeknownst to him what little remained if Megidramon after his fight was still around the area but that wasn't the only thing. Another villain, one made of slime was also in the area. The villain revealed himself to Izuku making himself as big and intimidating as possible before grabbing Izuku.

"What do we have here? A medium sized invisibility cloak." The villain said with a sadistic grin as he forced the slime into Izuku's mouth. "Don't struggle kid. I'm just taking over your body. It will be over in 45 seconds." The villain grinned.

Izuku wanted to scream for help. He felt his body become weak as he had no strength to fight back. He kept struggling as he felt the fear flood through his body as he desperately tried to escape. The former Megidramon's eyes snapped open as he felt a surge of raw emotion flood his system. He felt the pain and despair of an individual and that triggered something within him. The once great dragon was now reduced to a human sized lizard but that didn't reduce his ferocity. The former dragon arrived at the tunnel entrance where Izuku was being held.

Letting out a loud ear splitting roar it gained the attention of both the villain and his victim. The slime villain didn't know what to expect when he saw the dragon-like creature appear. He certainly didn't expect it to charge at him with its razor sharp claws. He tried to fend it off but the beast knocked away its tentacles and blasted some apart with a fire blast from its mouth. The creature lunged at him forcing the slime villain to use the boy as a meat shield.

Izuku winced as he felt the creature bite him but oddly enough he didn't feel the teeth sink into him like how he was expecting it to feel. The creature had simply gripped him with its mouth and was now pulling him away from the slime. It pulled hard as it stamped its feet into the ground until finally Izuku was sent flying to the far side of the tunnel.

Izuku looked up at his saviour, a red and white dragon-like creature with an open wound in its chest. Unfortunately the villain was not out. He quickly wrapped himself around the creature immobilizing him.

"Well I suppose you'll do instead." He grinned as he forced himself into the dragon. Izuku watched as now the same horror he had witnessed was now inflicted onto someone else. Only this time it was worse seeing as how the slime was also being forced into the wound on the chest.

Before he even realized what was going on Izuku's feet began to move as he rushed the slime villain this time.

"You really don't give up. Dont you kid?" The villain said as he launched his tentacles at Izuku. The boy barely managed to dodge the attack and tossed his bag at the villain as a means of distracting him.

"Why you!" The villain cursed as he tried to get his bearing back. Izuku reaches for the creature trying to pull the slime off him. He stared into the creature's eyes and for a second he saw them dilate before they turned back into slits.

"You didn't think I was just going to leave you." Izuku told the creature trying to make light of the hopeless situation. The creature...smiled...before it began thrashing more violently than ever unfortunately the slime villain had recovered and had once again gripped Izuku.

"If you are so keen on being together then you can die together." The slime villain said.

"Have no fear." A voice boomed in the tunnel. "For I am here." The slime villain and Izuku's eyes widened as they saw All might appear.

"Texas Smash." All might said as he rushed forward. He delivered a powerful blow that separated Izuku and the creature from the slime villain. The last thing Izuku saw was All Might's silhouette and the creature landing in his discarded phone before bursting into a flash of light.

All might look around trying to figure out what to do in this situation. The slime villain had been defeated and the hostage saved, however both were unconscious. Reaching into his bag he got two large bottles of soda which he promptly emptied and then sealed the slime villain inside them. He looked around for the strange creature he had seen. It had just disappeared. He would need to look into that later. That creature despite its appearance had tried to help the child. It was obviously wounded and the least All might could do was get it checked on.

Looking back at the boy, All might quickly gather the scattered contents from the boy's bag. He checked the boy's phone to ensure it was alright, which it was. Strangely enough All might have noticed a strange hazard like watermark that appeared over the boy's wallpaper which so happened to be All might himself.

"Must be a new program." The hero mused as he realized the boy was a fan. Looking over the boy's notebook All might have looked through finding a name. "Izuku Midoriya." He noted. Taking a pen he signed his name on one of the blank pages.

"Hey wake up. Wake up." All Might repeated as he...gently slapped Midoroya's cheek.

Izuku's eyes opened slowly. The first thing to fill his vision was the sight of All might towering over him. Being the fanboy that he was Izuku's reaction was as silent and as calm as you can imagine. He screamed and freaked out from sheer enthusiasm. He went over to his notebook quickly to get the hero to sign it only to realize it was already signed, causing him to fanboy even harder.

All Might merely laughed at his enthusiasm. He showed Izuku the captured remains of the villain. Then it crossed Izuku's mind about one important thing that he forgot.

"The monster that saved me. Where is it?" Izuku asked.

All might wanted to frown but did his best not. He didn't know where the creature was and it had seemingly just disappeared. The boy's reaction clearly showed that he was not associated with the creature. He would need to sugar coat this somehow.

"It ran off somewhere. It looked injured but don't worry. I'll look around the area later and see if it's still around." He told Izuku as he prepared to jump. Izuku tried to convince him to stay to ask him some questions but All might insist he didn't have time and he took a mighty leap soaring across the city.

It was only when he was in mid-flight did he realize that he had stowaway. He tried to pursue Izuku to let go, forgetting momentarily that they were mid-air and very far away from the ground, luckily Izuku reminded him of the situation.

Blood trickled from All might's mouth, he had to land soon. He needed to get away from the boy as soon as possible. He had found a suitable spot and landed. He told the boy to knock and that someone would answer the door. However Izuku continued to pursue his chance of getting an answer from All Might.

"Do you think I could be a hero?" Izuku asked. "Even without a quirk?"

And done.