A/N: This chapter is a bit short because it's basically the prologue, the other chapters are a lot longer.

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Chapter 1: Fated Origin

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The Kit Is Born

In this bizarre world of quirks, anything is possible. Whether it's the destruction of mankind or the creation of a peaceful utopia, all have the possibility of happening based on one small decision. Words couldn't even describe how jarring it was that the world could be shaped in such a way where millions if not billions of choices are made a day and many of them have little significance in making the world turn, but every once in a while, a decision is made that may at first seem small, but actually changed the wheels of history forever.

Who would've thought one of those moments would happen because of a pair of fox ears.

Izuku Midoriya was a strange case. The day he was born was eventful. It began when his mom went into labor much sooner than doctors expected, sending everyone into a panic. To make things stranger, during labor the unborn boy was flailing the entire time. It was as if a wild beast was fighting to be free from the cage that had imprisoned him for so long, or, as Inko Midoriya described it, "Who the fuck put a headless chicken in my womb!" The doctors rushed to get her situated both out of worry of the baby's strange behavior and because Inko, in her labor pains, threatened the doctors with such a wide variety of words that would surprise even linguists. Despite not being born yet, the boy kept up this amount of ferocity until he was delivered, whereafter he immediately calmed.

Beside the green hair that he had inherited from his mother, he was also born with unnaturally sharp canines, nails, and thin marks that looked like whiskers on the very side of his face. At the time, it was passed off as a part of his quirk, since it wasn't unusual for some children to have their quirk manifest or partially manifest at birth, seeing as the first official quirk-bearing person was a baby that was barely a few hours old. As a precaution, the head doctor requested that Inko and her newly born son stay at the hospital for a few extra days, just to make sure everything was okay. Midoriya's dad, despite frequent travel for work, stayed with his family the entire time they were there.

Once the hospital released the mother and her baby, they continued to live a considerably normal life. Hisashi Midoriya went back to his business travels and Inko raised their son. There was little concern about their baby's body, as they expected it was going to be connected to his quirk once he grew up, most likely taking traits from his father. Lo and behold, one day a few months after Izuku turned three, something happened.

POOF!

"MOOOOOOOOOOOOM!" a young Izuku yelled from his room.

The surprise in his voice triggered any mother's intuition. Her breath came in ragged gasps and her eyes were wide as she came rushing into the room. "WHAT? What, Izuku?"

"I have four ears!"

He wasn't exaggerating either. He really did have four ears, two on each side of his head like any regular person and two more ears on top that didn't look human. They resembled the fox ears his father had, except they were still furless and were really small, meaning they probably weren't done growing out yet.

With the relief of knowing her baby was alright, Inko passed out and fell to the ground, having drained herself from worrying about her baby. Unfortunately, Izuku at the time thought his fox ears were the reason his mom lost consciousness because they freaked her out, and felt ashamed of his ears. Despite his mom's constant apologies and explanation, he kept his ears hidden from everyone with a hat he refused to take off for the next nine weeks. That was the day his dad came home from his travels to visit, fully dressed with a hat and everything. After a quick talk with his wife, he knew he needed to have a chat with his son.

"Izuku, I'm back!"

The sound of rushing little feet echoed throughout the hall before the small child ran his way in front of his father to happily greet him.

"Daddy, you're back! Did you bring me any souvenirs?

"Of course, but we can save that for later—"

"Awww."

"—but I think you might have a surprise to show me."

"I do?"

"Mhm, something that popped up on your head one day?"

It took a second for Izuku to get what he was referring to before the excited young boy quickly turned more shy and introverted, turning his head slightly away to avoid eye contact. There was uncertainty in his voice.

"I don't think you'll want to see them."

"Why not?"

"Because you might faint like mommy!"

Hisashi chuckled a bit to himself before telling his son, "Well, you know your mom, her heart is weak and it takes more effort to not scare than any person I've ever met—"

"H-hey!" Inko exclaimed, blushing, feeling embarrassed that her presence was made out to look so frail despite how accurate it was.

"—but she's strong-willed," he continued, "At least strong enough to have given birth to you, and you were a strong rascal when you were being born."

"I was?" Izuku asked, tilting his head.

"She practically went ballistic on everyone to get you out, that's how powerful you were. I've never seen your mom say such things that day. My favorite line was 'I don't care if you need to use a ladle to scoop that little f—'"

"Let's stay on topic!" Inko shouted again, her face became redder than a tomato. That day will forever haunt her because of her actions.

Clearing his throat, Hisashi told his son, "Point is, I'll be fine."

Still, the boy was hesitant. "I'm not sure, you promise you won't pass out? It was really scary when mommy did it."

"Only if you don't faint seeing mine."

Removing his hat, Hisashi showed his son his fully grown fur-covered fox ears, wiggling them around a bit to show him that they were real. Such adorable things will awe any child who saw them, and Izuku was no exception. His dad was even kind enough to let him touch them for fun, only if Izuku promised to show him his own right after. Finally building the confidence to do so, Izuku lowered his head toward his dad so he could get a better look, removing his own small hat to reveal his small, furless, still-maturing ears.

Silence filled the room as Izuku braced himself for his father's reaction, he feared that he would have the same reaction as his mother. Would his father faint or be frightened by his ears as well? Was he actually a freak of nature with his appearance? These were the questions that plagued such a little mind.

But those chilling thoughts melted away when he felt a warm hand settle on his head and heard his father's voice.

"They're fine."

Letting out a gasp of relief, Izuku felt secure about himself.

"Oh hey, I see a bit of fur on one of them; that's pretty cute!" his father said as he began softly rubbing the ear he mentioned, causing the young child to begin squirming.

"Stoooooop!" the boy begged. His ears were still too sensitive.

Having had enough fun messing with his son and seeing as the results made his mother smile, the father patted him once more before giving him some words of advice.

"You are both a kind soul and a powerful person, Izuku Midoriya; never forget that and never be ashamed of your body, especially of those ears of yours!"

Hisashi's inspiring message, one that would spark Izuku's ambition to become a hero, was quickly followed by Izuku turning around and pulling down his pants to show a tiny hairless tail he had as well.

"What about this?" Izuku asked, "This popped out like a week ago."

Hisashi had nothing to say. He hadn't been prepared for that as he had only been told about the ears and assumed if a tail showed up he would've been told so, as it would be pretty hard to miss. Inko wasn't expecting that either and fainted again from the shock and suddenness of it all.

"Honey!"

"Oh no, mom! I did it again!"

"D-don't worry son, she'll be fine. She fainted when she first saw mine as well!"

A heartwarming little family moment together.

That was the last time Izuku would physically see his father.

As usual, he would be gone for long periods of time, with Izuku's only chance of seeing him being by phone and video calls.

When Izuku was a few weeks away from turning five, Inko began to grow concerned about his growth. Izuku's tail and ears had barely grown at all since that day almost two years ago. They were still in the same unmatured state and had only grown just enough fur to cover them even then, the fur hadn't molted yet to the proper color. Only his whiskers kept their very thin shape. It was passable at first since he was young, but after some research on fox growth she found out that this was pretty abnormal. Usually, it took four weeks for just about everything to set in, not over two years. Even his father, who was a self-proclaimed 'late bloomer' only took five-and-a-half-weeks to grow his mature coat.

After some debate, she finally took him to the hospital to have him checked out. It was good timing, as she had a second concern she was worried about.

"Nope, not happening. The kid is quirkless."

Shocking news to a kid who wanted to become a hero.

"But how can that be?" Inko asked the doctor with a concerned face, "His ears, his claws, the whiskers, and the tail!"

"I don't know what to tell you, but all I know is that his biology says he's quirkless."

The doctor took the time to explain to them medically how a hospital can determine whether someone has a quirk or not.

"My guess is, your son's fox-like features are a result of some recessive genes in his DNA that have been mutated because of the quirks of the parents. It has happened before, it's how we got people with unique body features and hair colors without it being related to their quirks, and in some cases they were quirkless. Though I've never encountered an occurrence this rare, I assume he got it from his father. How have they been functioning for him."

The doctor shifted in his chair as he got a bit more interested in the subject.

"That's actually the other reason why I came. He's been displaying little-to-no signs of activity in either of those parts. He can barely hear through his fox ears, and any sound he does hear through them usually ends up as incomprehensible sounds that hurt his head, so I had to get him earplugs. He can't even wriggle them. He has no control over his claws, can't wag his tail, and his sense of smell didn't get better."

"Were these all traits your husband had?"

"Yes! He had all those things on top of his ability to spit fire. Combined with my ability to bring small objects toward me, I always thought his fox traits would only be secondary, much less this. Is there anything we can do?"

"That's the thing ma'am; there are still many things we don't know about how quirk will affect the human body. From what I can see, your son has a bunch of fox body parts that he can't use because of how neurology works. In simple terms, his brain is unable to properly send messages to the nerves in those parts. I'm still unsure why, but him being born early the way he was could've probably had something to do with it. We can do something about his claws, but everything else we can't do much about without strapping him to a test table."

Just like that, any dream of him being a hero, much less a normal person, was crushed in one cruel twist of fate.

His father stopped calling the family completely a few months later.

Izuku stopped being proud of his ears and began to hide them again soon after.

By age six, the stress was causing his mom to gain weight and strangely decrease in size.

At age eight, Izuku's mother began having health problems.

And at age ten he found out what was the cause and it shook him to his core.

It's tragic how quickly a life can be seen as cursed. One moment the day is as bright as the shining heavens above, and then the next it's a neverending nightmare, a kind of nightmare where anyone would be willing to do anything to help them escape their hardships. That wasn't an option for Izuku as his curse was something he could never escape, especially with the neverending reminder that was Izuku's fox ears.

In situations like these, it seems almost certain that destiny had chosen the boy's path and there was nothing he could do about it.

With no hope, he can only look up at the moon floating in the sky, still shining brightly throughout the vastness of the night, and pray for good fortune.

Only the saving grace of a miracle can save the boy from his fate, a stroke of good luck to change the wheels of fate.

THE END

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