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Maam, as of right now young Midoriya appears quirkless. While it is possible a mental or dormant one exists, an older, while slightly unreliable test, would suggest he will not manifest one” The doctor, Sachihiro, says, a grim expression covering his face.
“While I am not saying you are wrong sir, I cannot believe that Izuku doesn’t have some form of quirk. Just look at these notebooks, I don’t think a child could write this much. Is there anything else you can check for? I really don’t want this to affect him at school. You should know how cruel children can be” she begs as she bounces Izuku on her lap, hoping to distract him from tears.
“If you’d like to come back in a few weeks we can certainly test for a mental based quirk, but mutations are rare and to be born to two emmiter types means it unlikely” the doctor replies before eyeing Izuku who is muttering something. “What are you thinking about there kiddo?” he asks and then Izuku smiles at him brightly.
“Is your quirk an empathic one? It's bright purple, so it must be mental and most people with purple are emotional, is it? Is it? I bet it is, do you mind if I write about it in my notebook sir?” He jumps off his mom's lap to grab his latest notebook. The man looks at Inko before smiling brightly at the young boy.
“So you can see my quirk? Sorry that I didn’t realize till now, but that must be your quirk! Seeing quirks can be very helpful if you choose to get a job as a counselor, but I’m sure that it has many applications! Can you draw the quirk for me? Is there anything else you can tell me about it?” He sets down a pad of paper and Izuku quickly got to work drawing it. Mid drawing the boys eyes flashed as he stopped moving.
“Your quirk seems to have ears mister, it's like they reach out and listen for everyone else's emotions. It could be very helpful if you were a hero! You could listen to see if anyone wanted to hurt someone, or you could search for fear from hostages! I would love a quirk like that, imagine how many people you could help-” The boy's eyes flashed again and he suddenly stilled. “Mom you seem so happy, and the doctor does too, I’m glad you guys are happy” he says, but for a moment he winces “Is the girl next door okay, she seems to be sad.”
“She is sad, but how did you know that?” Sachihiro asks, confusion written on his face.
“Well I was drawing your quirk and I realized that it might be easier to build it so you can see every bit, did you not see that? It was right there, but maybe it’s just my imagination, but then I used it like your quirk and it let me listen for emotion too! Isn’t that cool sir, sorry I should have asked first” He looks at his feet before he hears his mom laugh.
“Darling I am sure he doesn’t mind, we all just learned even more about your quirk! Do you still have the quirk you built?” She says, excitement growing and spreading to the other two whose quirks accept the emotion.
“Of course, I keep them to look at, they’re so pretty! I also have this green one, can’t you see it?” He says as he holds up what he perceives as a green bubble with a glowing core. But when Inko shakes her head and asks what this one does he says it's like a bubble. For a second his eyes glow and then suddenly a light green shield surrounds him.
“That's one heck of a quirk kid, can’t believe we almost diagnosed you as quirkless” Sachihiro says as he claps. “I know we just figured it out but do you think you’d like to name it? Maybe if we talk about what it does a name will come to you” as Izuku nods the doctor continues “ Okay so you can see quirks, and you can analyze them. From this you can remake them and use this, does anything come to mind when you think about this?”
“Recon! Like I can gather information on the quirks, reconnaissance is kind of like that, and I can remake the quirks! So that’s like reconstructing! So, recon is the start of both words, if that makes sense? Mommy does that make sense?” He looks up to her as she smiles and nods. “Recon it is then” She says as the doctor writes it down.