Summary: Izuku Midoriya was found to be quirkless. What happens when he unlocks one of the most powerful quirks ever seen in the world? Will he be able to achieve his dream of being a hero? Join Izuku on an epic adventure where he has massive power as well as potential waiting to be released. Who knows, maybe he'll find something along the way that he couldn't have possibly imagined. So without further ado, let's get into the story.
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Disclaimer: I don't own My Hero Academia
Chapter 1: Origins
"All men are not created equal. This was the truth about society that I was forced to learn at the young age of 4."
In today's world, nearly everyone was born with some kind of power, named as a quirk. 80% of the world's population was blessed with such quirks. The appearance of these quirks made the profession that everyone had ever dreamed of to become true: Being a Hero. But the other 20% of the population...
"What are you doing, Kacchan? Can't you see that he's crying. If you don't stop now, I'll never forgive you!", yelled a kid with curly green hair while trembling.
Izuku Midoriya, at the age of four was standing between a kid who was crying, and his childhood friend or bully as of now, Katsuki Bakugou.
"Deku, even though you're quirkless, you still wanna play the hero?", Bakugou said while hitting his palm with a fist, which set off an explosion on his palm.
Izuku grew more terrified as Bakugou and his two lackeys leapt at him to "put him in his place" as they mentioned beforehand. As Bakugou's fist neared Izuku's face, only one thought was circling in his head, "Stop, please. STOP!"
Suddenly the surroundings grew so hot that Bakugou and his lackeys stopped midway to hit Izuku. What they saw in front of them scared them to a great extent. Izuku had red flames swirling around him, which didn't seem to harm the boy behind him. His hair, while still green now had streaks of red forming on it. The most terrifying thing was the glare set on Izuku's face, where his eyes, both of which had been green, were now mismatched in colour. One eye was the original emerald green, but the other eye had changed to a vibrant ruby red. The flames dancing around Izuku seemed to be affected by the emotional state of the boy before them as his glare intensified to a point that his flames threatened to wash over Bakugou and his lackeys.
"H-how is this possible? Deku was supposed to be quirkless. A pebble on my path that I could kick around whenever I wanted!", Bakugou thought while taking a few steps back.
"Leave the boy alone, Bakugou. And I don't want to see your face ever again."
While the hostility in his voice surprised even himself, Izuku refused to back down now. He had to stand up to Bakugou. At that point, he decided that no longer would he be the shy and afraid Deku. It was time to grow up.
"I'll remember this, Deku. Next time we'll show you your place!", Bakugou screamed while turning and running away, with his two lackeys scrambling after him.
Seeing that Bakugou and his lackeys were no longer around, Izuku took a deep breath while his flames subsided and the temperature around them dropped to normal. The boy behind him was looking at him with a sense of awe.
"T-thank you for saving me from them", he said while bowing to show his gratitude.
"Hey now, it wasn't that big a deal", Izuku said while scratching the back of his head and grinning. He waved to the boy as he exited the park, all the while thinking about his power and how he was able to stand up to Bakugou.
"This power is amazing. I have to find out what else I can do", he thought to himself while looking down at his hands.
For the next few years, Izuku devoted his time to train himself both physically and mentally so as to control his powers properly. He found out that his quirk was a higher degree of flame manipulation. He can not only manipulate any flames around him, but also produce flames himself, breath fire from his mouth and eat any flames around to restore his energy. He also realized that his senses have been heightened to a great degree. So much that he had to wear noise-cancelling headphones all the time to not get overwhelmed by the sounds around him. The flames can also be used to further augment his physical strength to make his blows more powerful and can also be used to increase his speed.
When he came home that day and told his mother about what happened in the park, while showing her his powers, she broke down in tears as she was so overwhelmed with joy for her kid. When the doctor had deemed Izuku as quirkless, Inko Midoriya had blamed herself because her son could no longer be able to achieve his dream. Seeing him now, made her proud that Izuku had decided to change himself and keep working towards his dream. Inko Midoriya now believed that her boy would be the best hero the world has ever seen.
Back in his room, Izuku looked towards a poster of All Might, the world's greatest hero and his role model. He lighted his fist on fire while pointing it towards the poster to show his determination of achieving his dream.
(Time skip: 10 years later)
A boy with green hair having red steaks and wearing a headphone, rushed past people who were going to their respective workplaces. His hair came down to cover one eye while the other eye, a vibrant emerald green shone brightly in the morning sunlight. A grin blossomed on his face when he saw a villain attack happening a distance ahead as he rushed to join the mass of people that was present to see which hero would come. His freckles were dabbed by a reddish hue as his joy bubbled forth in a laugh while he took out his notebook for another day of quirk documentation. Izuku Midoriya was a fanboy with a big dream, which he might just achieve with his powers. But that's a story for another day.
To be continued...