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" Wow Kacchan you're so cool!!!" Izuku exclaimed.
"I know. It's not like you'll ever get a quirk as cool as mine." Katsuki retaliated with a large smirk on his face.
Months passed and Izuku still never got his quirk.
"I cant wait to get a quirk like you Kacchan" Izuku said, his eyes still full of hope.
Katsuki turned to Izuku and said "Even if you do get your quirk, it won't be as cool as mine."
As always, Izuku just brushed him off and kept hoping. After months of waiting, Izuku started to lose hope.
"Quirkless Izuku, you'll never get a quirk. You can't be a hero without a quirk" Katsuki said, shoving Izuku to the ground. When Izuku fell, he let out a loud gasp.
After some time, Izuku began to get these thoughts, maybe Kacchan is right, I can't become a hero, but no one said I couldn't be a villain.
Every time Katsuki said things like 'you cant become a hero without a quirk', Izuku just got more and more pessimistic.
It began to show too.
"Izuku, is everything alright? You look sad." Izuku's mom asks one day.
"I'm fine" Izuku said walking up to his room, curling up on his bed and crying.
This would go on like a routine for a couple years, Katsuki would hit and make fun of Izuku, than Inko would ask if he was okay, and finally Izuku would go up to his room and cry. That was his daily routine.
Now in junior high, Izuku's hopes of being a hero have been crushed. He planned to be a villain the day he got out of school.
No longer wanting to go to U.A, everyone was amazed that Katsuki saw this as his chance to stand out and be the only student going to U.A. Izuku, on the other hand, planned to be the most feared and well known villain.
His love for all might was long gone and he began to obsess over villains, even unpopular ones. When he heard about a villains victory against a hero, he would rejoice in private.
Of course Katsuki had no regret for what he said or is still saying, he has absolutely no idea what he had done. Only Inko has picked up on Izuku's change in behavior.
Somethings up, and Izuku's not telling me about it Inko thought watching her drained looking son walk in and up to his room. Inko wasn't about to let him brush her off anymore. Inko made her way up to Izuku's room and slammed open the door to his room.
There she saw her son sitting on his bed. He didn't even notice she was there, he just sat there watching a video of Shigaraki Tomura, Izuku's favorite villain, take down a unidentifiable hero.
Watching the hero crumble Izuku began to softly celebrate Shigaraki's win. Inko stood in Izuku's door frame in absolute shock.
" I-Izuku?" Inko questioned, not sure if she was still looking at her son. "Why are you cheering on that villain?" Inko asked with wide eyes filling with tears.
"Oh mom, didn't see you there, did you hear, Shigaraki won the battle? " Izuku asked with a smile.
"Why are you so happy about that villain winning? How do you know that villains name?" Inko questions, fear welling up inside her.
"Shigaraki is only the best villain ever. He can beat anyone and anything in a heart beat." Izuku said with a very large smile. "I want to be just like him. I want to fight along side him."
Inko, however, didn't know how to react.
Thud
Inko fainted, hitting her head on the floor. Her head got busted open from the impact, causing blood to seep out.
"MOM! MOM PLEASE WAKE UP! MOM!" Izuku yelled in a panic.
I gotta do something. I wont just let my mom bleed out... PHONE 911
Izuku runs to the phone, calling 911, telling the operator about his mom.
He was told an ambulance would be there soon. After the call ended, he crouched next to his mothers side knowing he shouldn't move her.
He holds her hand and begins to cry.
"I'm sorry mom. I'm so sorry. This is my fault." Izuku said while crying.
What feels like an eternity later, the ambulance finally arrives to help Izuku's mother out.
They allowed Izuku to go in with her. He just kept holding on to Inko's hand while explaining what happened to the paramedics.
Once at the hospital Izuku stayed at his moms side, not leaving until she woke up. It took her 2 days to wake up.
"Izuku? What happend?" she asked her crying son once she finds herself.
"You fainted. You fell and hit your head." Izuku explains, trying to stifle the oncoming sobs.
"Why did I pass out?" she asked.
She.....She doesn't remember why she passed out ? That's great! Izuku thought.
"I'm not sure. I heard a thud downstairs, so I went to check on you and you were on the floor in a pool of blood." He explained, calming down a little.
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Even though she woke up, Izuku never left his moms side. Not even to go to school. From now on he promised he would never let her find out how much he wanted to be a villain. Even when he becomes a villain he wont let her find out.
Ever.
The day came when Inko could go home. Izuku made another promise to himself, he wouldn't shut his mom out anymore. He was gonna help her, even if it meant he had to risk his own life.
He refused to let his mom get hurt anymore. "Mom, what do you remember from the day you passed out?" Izuku questioned, worried that his mom might remember him celebrating Shigaraki's win.
"I only remember you walking into your room" Inko responded. "Why do you ask? " she asks, looking at Izuku.
"Just wanted to make sure you didn't forget anything important." Izuku said
"Important? Like what? " she questions, looking at her son.
"I-I...I was talking about the unidentifiable hero getting killed" Izuku said shaking nervously.
"I'm sorry, I know how much you like hero's, that must have hurt you a lot to find out." Inko said looking at her son with pity.
"Yeaaaahhhh, It sure did." Izuku said internally cringing.
He still couldn't help but feel regret for making his mom faint. His eyes began to fill with tears. But Inko, thankfully, didn't notice.
Izuku tried to hold back his tears as he opened the door to his house. He told his mom to rest and walked up to his room.
"Why did this have to happen to me, maybe I should talk to Kacchan, but if i tell him I want to be a villain, he'll out me to everyone and they'll put me away and-" Izuku continued to ramble about wanting to 'come out' as being a villain.
"Maybe I should just talk back against Kacchan next time he bullies me." Izuku said to himself as he began to fall asleep.
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Shake
SHAKE
Izuku woke up to his mom shaking his bed with a wide smile. "Guess who's going to school today!" she exclaims, very enthusiastically.
"Yaaay" Izuku said sarcastically. "I guess I'll go and get ready."
Izuku got up and put on his uniform. He looked up and noticed his reflection in the mirror, which is something he hasn't done in quite some time. He looked like a train wreck. He was extremely pale, he had bags under his eyes, his hair looked messier than normal.
What had happend to him? He brushed it off and continued on his way down stairs.
"Izuku, want anything for breakfast? You shouldn't go to school hungry." Inko stated looking at Izuku cheerfully.
"No thank you. I'm just not hungry right now." Izuku replied.
"Are you sure?" she asked him looking very concerned.
"It's fine. Thanks for the offer though" Izuku said. "Bye mom, see you soon." Izuku waved with a smile.
"Bye Izuku, love you." Inko said waving to her son as he walked away. "Love you too." Izuku said as he continued walking to school.
Izuku's head hung low as he walked. He thought about what had happend, he still remembered he said he wasn't gonna take Katsuki's bullying anymore.
Once at school, he greeted his teacher and started explaining why he was out for almost a week, not saying why his mom fainted. He almost cried while talking about his mom fainting.
"It's okay Izuku, you didn't have to explain why you were out." Izuku's teacher said smiling.
Izuku only nodded and walked to his seat putting his head down. Once his head made contact with his arms he heard something not so pleasant to the ears.
"HAAH? That nerd's back? Shame, I hoped I never had to see him again." a voice said in a very harsh tone.
That voice...ITS KACCHAN!
Izuku's head flew up with the recognition. There he saw Katsuki, looking very angry at him.
"Hi Kacchan" Izuku manages to say.
"Why were you out for so long Hah?" Katsuki said glaring at Izuku.
"Well. My mom fainted unexpectedly and hit her head. Then when her head made contact with the floor, it began to seep blood. So I called an ambulance and I stayed with her while she was in the hospital." Izuku explained.
"Oh." Katsuki said just sitting down, not saying anything more. Izuku only ignored everything that happend in class, he could only think of the bullying afterwards.
Izuku spaced out and his mind went blank. The only thing that broke his thoughts was the class bell.
Izuku stood up, gathered his stuff and walked out. He began to walk home, no one said anything to him, like normal. He just walked and got lost in his brain. Than he heard something from behind him.
Pat Pat Pat
Izuku recognized the noise as footsteps and continued walking.
He arrived at home. Not long after he walked in, he heard several knocks at the door. Izuku reluctantly turned and opened the door to.... Katsuki?
Katsuki had a bouquet of flowers in his hand. " Give this to your mom an-"
"Izuku who is it? " Inko asked, cutting Katsuki off and running down stairs. "Oh Katsuki, it's nice to see you." Inko said looking up at him.
"Mrs. Midoriya," Katsuki said handing her the flowers. "I heard what happend, and I wanted to give these to you and make sure you were okay." Katsuki said looking at Izuku's mom.
"O-Oh. Thank you Katsuki, I'm fine." Inko said with a blush. "Hey Katsuki why don't you stay for dinner." Inko said with a smile.
"Sure." Katsuki said with a fake, twitchy smile. "Why don't you boys go up stairs and talk while I make dinner." Inko said clapping her hands together.
"Are you sure?" Izuku said uneasily, glancing at Katsuki. "Yeah, you guys haven't hung out in a while." Inko said smiling.
Izuku looked at Inko and than back at Katsuki. Than smiled and nodded. Izuku and Katsuki walked up to Izuku's room. Opening his room door, he sat on his bed wanting to disappear.
"Well nerd, are you going to just sit there or are we gonna talk." Katsuki asked after a long bout of silence.
Izuku was unsure if he should talk to him or if he should stay quiet and ride out the storm. "We'll talk." Izuku said wishing he could just disappear so he wouldn't be in this situation.