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To say that Izuku Midoriya was having a bad day would be the understatement of the century. His notebook was nearly destroyed, he was told to dive off the school roof, he was attacked and nearly died via villain attack as he was walking home, and to top it all off, his idol told him that it was impossible for a quirkless person to become a hero. And here he stood at the top of his school roof as he recalled the events that led up to this.
"Even though you're Quirkless you're pretending to be a hero, Deku?"
"You're below the rejects! You're Quirkless! How can you even stand in the same ring as me?"
"Pathetic!"
"If you wanna be a hero that badly, there's a quick way to do it. Believe that you'll be born with a Quirk in your next life and take a last chance swan dive off the roof!"
"I'm sorry, Izuku! I'm sorry."
"It's not bad to dream. But you also have to consider what's realistic, young man."
"I'm so sorry, but you cannot be a hero."
Izuku set his backpack and burned notebook to the side as he walked to the edge of the roof, unaware of the bubbling black goop making its way towards him. The boy listened to the traffic down below as he hugged himself as tears started to silently run down his face. He started to run to the edge now. Izuku held his breath, squeezed his eyes shut, and dove off the school roof. He cracked his skull and snapped his neck on impact.
Midoriya gasped and violently coughed as he woke up at Dagobah Beach with his bag and notebook, but other than his lungs trying to leap out of his body, it looked as if no injuries had ever happened that day. He couldn't say the same for his burned school uniform, though. He felt his neck and head, in confusion. His head hurt, but not a bruise or stretch mark could be seen.
"What on earth?" He whispered to himself as he stood up and looked around nervously.
"What on earth indeed."
Izuku shrieked as he whipped his head around frantically to find the source of the voice.
"Calm down, you humans are so annoying." The rough voice made the terrified boy quiet down.
Midoriya stared in shock as black liquid protruded from his arm until a face was vaguely visible. Large eyes and many razor-sharp teeth looked at Izuku.
"Allow me to explain," The creature said. "My name is Venom. I am a symbiote who survives by bonding with a host, usually human. For now, you are my host."
"W-why me?" Midoriya stuttered as he tried to wrap his head around the situation. "And how did you save me? I thought I died on impact."
"You almost died, but I got to you before you did, thankfully." Venom hissed. "For your first question, the simple answer is that a host and the symbiote must have a certain match up to form a relationship. If they don't have a match, both the host and symbiote will die. You were my match, and I didn't want to die after having so fun with my last host."
"Who was your last host?" Izuku cocked his head to the side, grabbing another notebook from his bag and opening to a blank page. "What happened to him?"
"Ah, my last host," Venom had a freakishly large smile on his face. "Eddie was a good host. He got killed while we were taking out a villain. He was so much fun!"
"Sounds like an okay guy," Midoriya was writing at top speeds in his notebook.
"Brock was amazing." Venom turned his attention back to Izuku. "Now then, enough about me. You don't have a quirk do you, Izuku?"
"How-"
"I am connected to your entire body and brain. I know almost everything about you, boy. But I do have a few questions." Venom tilted his head. "Why did you jump? Your brain is jumping around too much for me to process, probably from the shock."
"Oh, I jumped because I gave up," Midoriya stopped writing to face Venom, still uneased by the face staring him down. "I wanted to be a hero, but as you said before, I'm quirkless. Everyone around me said that a nobody like me can ever become a hero."
"I can see why." Venom shook his head.
"Wh-" Izuku was cut off once more as Venom got up in his face, letting Izuku see his eyes and mouth close up.
"You're a noodle of a human, just skin and bones." Venom said. "No host of mine is going to be so weak. Get up and go home, we will continue tomorrow. I'll leave you alone until then."
"Okay?" Izuku grabbed his belongings and started to head to his home. "But what am I going to tell my mom and everyone else?"
"I didn't think about that," The symbiote said after a few moments of silence. "Just explain that you got your quirk after the villain run in. Quirks can come from traumatic experiences, don't they?"
"They can." Izuku watched as Venom sunk back into his skin.
'Also, just talk inside your head from now on. I can't get you arrested for 'illegal quirk usage', now can I?' Venom's voice echoed through Izuku's head as he walked down the street. 'Also, tomorrow morning, don't go to school. Your body needs time to get used to me.'
'What's gonna happen?' Izuku thought.
'You'll be very hot, almost unbearably so. And hungry, you're going to eat like a monster. The transformation only lasts a few hours, but I'd like to save you the embarrassment.'
'Alright,' Izuku had a small grin on his face.
'Don't you worry, Izuku. We're gonna change you into a hero.' Venom hissed as they arrived at the Midoriya residence.