When I learned that I could never be a hero because I was quirkless, I was devastated. Being a hero like All-Might was my dream, and that dream was simply decimated when the doctor nonchalantly dismissed my ability to ever acquire a quirk. It took some time and encouragement from my mom (and ignoring Kacchan's statement that he would "protect me") but after a while, I came to terms with my quirklessness. While I would never have a quirk to help others, there are other ways to save lives. 'I could be a doctor' i contemplated, 'or maybe a police officer'. There were so many possibilities that my talent for analysis could help me achieve. Then my father showed up. I had never met my father previous to my sixth birthday; my mom and I never spoke of him either. Yet, there he was, on the doorstep, right as I was about to blow-out the six little candles my mom put on a cookie cake for me. She was obviously startled, but hesitantly let him in. When he saw me, hiding around the corner looking at him, he smiled, "Hello Izuku" he said soothingly, "my name is Hisashi Midoriya and I am your dad." He was a lean, handsomely dressed man of about six feet. His face, while not ugly, was simple and plain and covered in freckles. He had large circular glasses encasing his jade green eyes, which were looking at me intently as if studying my features. His green thin hair was styled with a clean slicked-back style. He was the ideal image of professional working man. My mom squatted down next to me, "I-Izuku, I'm sorry that I never explained who or where your father was...but" she hesitated, "I-I wanted to explain everything when you were older. Now that he's here though, I guess I'll just have to explain our relationship as best as I can." So she and Hisashi took my into our modest living room, placing me on the couch and began telling their story. My mom met my dad, who was around twenty when she was a senior in high school. They were introduced to one another when he showed up in her senior classes sports festival cafe where his little sister was in the same class. Instantly there was a connection. He was quiet and serious, yet had a charming personality that drew her in. She was kind and funny, a thoughtful person whom he couldn't leave alone. They kept their relationship a secret until she graduated and they moved in together. He pleased her and pampered her and she loved him unconditionally. Then she got pregnant with Izuku. They were not married, and Inko's parents were outraged. They took Hisashi aside and talked to him. Hisashi was never allowed to see Inko again. So, he left, claiming that he didn't want to get between Inko and there unborn child's chances of having an accepting family since he already cut him off when they heard the news.

Now here he was, almost seven years later, out of the blue. "I never got the chance to be there for you," he said forlornly, "but I wanted to at least see him once." After that Inko and he slowly rekindled their relationship for a few months while he lived nearby until he was finally allowed to move in with her and Izuku. Izuku loved having a dad. He excitingly told Kacchan all about his new father who showed up like a fairy tale character. Hisashi cared for Izuku and they quickly became very close. Inko and Hisashi got married when Izuku was seven, a year after Hisashi showed up. Things were great for the Midoriya's. They moved into a big house out in the country, and while it was away from all his friends, he and Kacchan had started fighting recently so he was a little happy to get the distance. Their new house was a two-story manor that Hisashi found for a steal since it had been abandoned years ago. While fixing up the house, Hisashi inquired if Izuku could help with his quirk. It was then he learned about Izuku's state of quirklessness. Previously, it had never come up into the conversation, and he never questioned what it was. Upon hearing about his son's quirklessness he looked at Izuku with an expressionless face for a while, then turned back to the wall he was painting and spoke with a flat, even tone "That's okay son, your perfect and just the kind of person I have always dreamt of, just the way you are." Izuku would learn later he should have wept tears of trepidation instead of gratitude for being accepted so easily. They finished the house and Izuku began homeschooling with his dad. Before studying under Hisashi, Izuku as already a very intelligent child, but blossomed under Hisashi's strict tutelage. Math, Chemistry, Finance, Strategy, and Quirks were all subjects Hisashi favored teaching. When questioned by Inko about the unorthodox curriculum, he simply stated: " I am teaching him things that actually matter." Izuku would be allowed to go back into town to see all his old classmates and Kacchan on occasion; but, when they started bullying him he stopped wanting to go. Instead, he spent his time in the woods with all the wildlife and his parents. When Izuku was eight, Inko began to get very sick, until she died a few months later.

This isn't the story of a family reunited, living happily, facing tragedy then overcoming it. This is the story of a man, who was pretending to love when he was only satisfying his own goals, who held secrets as black as night, and instead of nurturing, he was slowly poisoning. Doctors couldn't find why Inko...mom died. But I, Izuku Midoriya know, the man who claimed to be my father was a monster with a smile and a genius who would twist me into the heroes greatest enemy. All I can do now is to try and atone what I have done, not just to heroes, but to Kacchan as well.