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Our story begins in an apartment that holds two people, a mother and a child. The protagonist, a small green-haired child, sat in a large desk chair in a room lined with posters, action figures, and plushies. The boy was watching a computer screen closely, clutching a figurine of the smiling man on the posters, and on the screen appeared the same man, quoting his famous catchphrase:
"NEVER FEAR! FOR I AM HERE!"
A giant smile spread across the boy's face as his eyes gleamed, throwing his hand that held the action figure in the air. "All Might is so cool! And when I get my Quirk, I'll be just like him!" He announced, letting out a laugh imitating his idol.
The original timeline you remember has already been altered, this moment a mere reflection on what had once been.
In the child's excitement, he awoke his ability, his 'Quirk', in a jolt of lightning. The computer and the lightbulb sparked and released a burst of electricity, which the boy absorbed.
"IZUKU?!" A feminine voice called out, quickly running into the now dark room. A green-haired woman, named Inko Midoriya, approached her son, grabbing him and pulling him into a better lit area. "Izuku? Are you okay?" Inko fussed, looking over the small boy in search of any electrical burns. Izuku, however, was vibrating with excitement.
"I got my Quirk!" He cheered, unbothered by the effects of the electricity, even letting off small green sparks from his hands and arms.
The green lightning arced from his fingertips to his mother, eliciting a small shock, but nothing stronger than a static shock. Though it did get a high-pitched "Eep!" From the woman. "Izuku!" She scolded, but a smile stretched across her face when she saw the stars in her baby boy's eyes.
Izuku had already dissolved into muttering as he stared excitedly at the lightning emanating from his arms and hands.
"Congratulations, Young man, you have an electricity-based Quirk!" A short, fat doctor announced as he looked down at his clipboard, itching at his bushy moustache.
"But, how? Neither I nor my husband have an electricity Quirk?" Inko asked, running her fingers through her son's hair. It was standing on end and looked twice as long as it used to.
"Well, your husband has a fire-based Quirk, mix that with your telekinetic based Quirk and tada! His plasma base mixes with your telekinesis to create lightning manipulation, " the doctor drawled, though it sounded a little rehearsed.
"But Izuku absorbed the electricity... neither of us can do something like that..." Inko began but was cut off by the doctor.
"Most likely a mutation, something unique to his Quirk." The pudgy man waved off. "I find this Quirk very interesting. Do you think we can set up extra appointments to allow me to get a better understanding of his Quirk?" He requested, his mouth twisting into a toothful grin.
Inko paused for a moment, the idea of helping her son learn more about his Quirk, almost making her agree, but something about this whole meeting wasn't sitting right with her. Luckily, Izuku came to her rescue.
"Nah, I want to learn about it by myself like Kacchan did!" The small boy cheered, throwing up one hand.
Inko didn't miss the flash of anger on the doctor's face before it disappeared. "Well, that's understandable, I wish you luck on learning about your Quirk,"
Inko collected her son and walked out of the office, keeping an eye behind her on the doctor.
In a few weeks, that Doctor would disappear without a trace, and no one would even notice.
No one but Inko.
Izuku excitedly showed off his Quirk at kindergarten, a lot of the kids awing over his green lightning. Though Kacchan wasn't entirely impressed. "What else can you do with it?"
Izuku blinked up at his best friend, his hair cut a lot shorter to prevent it from standing on end by his natural static electrical output. The greenette's eye's tracked down to the blond's hands, remembering the explosive output they had.
'Maybe I can do something like that!'
Izuku raised his right hand and aimed at a nearby tree, closing his eyes in concentration he tried to recreate what Kacchan could do. After a couple of seconds of focus, something clicked into place, and a bolt of green lightning burst from his hand, scorching the tree he had aimed at.
Izuku turned to Kacchan with a wide smile and was greeted by his best friend, a slightly manic smile. "Not so bad, Izuku, you could become my sidekick with a Quirk like that!"
The electromancer pouted as he crossed his arms. "No, we're gonna be a Hero team, right Kacchan?" the smaller boy almost ordered.
The explosive boy rolled his eyes as he turned away from Izuku. "Whatever, you better catch up to me then! Can't have you making me look weak!"
Years pass as Izuku grows used to his Quirk, learning how to drain electricity from batteries and slide around on power lines, he also learnt that he should avoid water, as his natural static production spreads through the water and electrifies it.
He now carries a compact solar battery that apparently contains thirty megawatts and recharges over time, though he has never needed to drain it completely.
Izuku and Kacchan developed some special moves, mostly revolving around traps, Kacchan would spread his sweat in the desired location, and then Izuku would launch a blast of lightning to detonate nitro-glycerin-like sweat.
The electromancer had also learned he loved thunderstorms and would feel naturally stronger during them. Though he had a natural aversion to water, the raindrops were nothing more than an inconvenience. Though it did make for an intimidating visage, green lightning arcing into the nearby air, as his eyes glowed a venomous green.
In terms of intimidation, the two boys agree Izuku's Quirk was more frightening to appose.
"The start of his journey, the first week of his final year at Aldera"
Izuku Midoriya, now seventeen, stood at 5" 9' and a small hair bun of his messy hair tied up in an attempt to prevent its static qualities, he was adorned in a black school uniform, standing him out against the more casual clothed spectators. He held a notebook open as his pencil flew across the page, writing down everything he saw before him.
"Everyone, get back!" Backdraft called back, sending out a stream of water and manipulating it into a barrier. A rescue Hero that majored in fire fighting and whose costume reflected the regular uniform of that job.
Izuku instinctively stepped back at the sight of the water Quirk and almost bumped into a short, chubby man with stars on the sides of his head, even though he was a fair distance away and was busy etching down the spectacle of the fight going on overhead. The Combat focused Hero Death Arms helping protect civilians, Backdraft keeping people safe while Kamui Woods battled the rampaging shark-faced purse snatcher.
"Aw man, this just had to happen during rush hour!" Said a man with a hyena head wearing a suit.
"Sorry Hun, there's a villain at Aldera station, so It'll take me a bit to get home." Apologized a man with green skin and leaves for hair.
"We love you, Kamui Woods!" Shouted a crowd of school girls, each with varying appearances.
Along with these people, Izuku stared starry-eyed at the people he hoped to be like:
Heroes...
"C'mon dumbass! Or we'll be late!" Kacchan reprimanded, grabbing the greenette by the shirt and dragging him towards school. His blond friend had grown to a height of 5"8', and he wore the same uniform Izuku had, but his shirt was untucked and his pants overly baggy.
"But- Heroes!" Izuku tried to reason, stumbling back and clutching the notebook containing his newest sketch.
Kacchan didn't acknowledge the boy, resulting in the greenette delivering a small shock to the blond. "Son of a- You dumbass, what if you detonated my Quirk, you idiot?! And when are you getting that mop cut off?!"
"Then don't tug on my shirt. You'll stretch it!" Izuku retorted, getting his feet under him and looking back to the heroes as a gargantuan woman dropkicked the villain. "And I'm getting a haircut this afternoon, after school." The electromancer flipped open his notebook and quickly sketched down the appearance of the new hero.
"I'm not ruining my perfect attendance just so you can nerd out over some D-Listers, outta our way, Old Man!" Kacchan grumbled to himself, shoving past an old man in a tattered brown coat and scars along the right side of his face.
But as Izuku followed behind, he clapped his hands together and gave a quick apology. "Sorry, sir,"
Izuku added the finishing touches onto his drawing, adding the smaller details of colour when his teacher's voice rose in volume. "But I bet you all want to go into the hero track?!" The man shouted as he threw the paper into the air.
Izuku frowned, ignoring how everyone cheered in excitement to pick up some of the stray papers that flew near his desk.
"Don't lump me and Deku in with the rest of these chumps, you'd all only get to sidekick status, while we two are shooting for the top" Kacchan proclaimed, a shit-eating grin spreading across his face.
"Ah, that's right, you two are going for U.A. University, correct?" The teacher asked, leaning up against his desk. Izuku didn't like this teacher. He always sucked up to those with flashy Quirks.
As the students began to murmur about the acceptance rate and trivial things like that, Kacchan stood tall on his desk. "That's right! We're gonna demolish the entrance exams and give a better rivalry than even All Might and Endeavour!"
Izuku ignored the insane laughter emanating from his friend in exchange for continuing his little clean-up.
"Oi, Deku, you coming over to my place after your haircut?" Kacchan asked in his version of an inside voice as he tossed his school supplies into his bag and stood by the students whose presence he tolerated.
"Yeah, I'll be taking the underpass as a shortcut, so expect me in about half an hour" Izuku replied as he finished charging the class' "Deku Station" by pumping some electricity into a special charging port for his classmates and leaving the classroom with an intact notebook.
Izuku hummed a small tune to himself as he fiddled with his phone, producing a little electricity to refill to 100% and get some music for his ear-pods. As he entered the underpass, he turned his phone off and was unable to hear the sewer cover moving.
He heard something that vaguely sounded like talking before he was encased in some type of fluid. These series of events have the corresponding thoughts:
'What's that?'
'WHAT THE HELL!'
'Is this liquid?!'
'Uh, oh'
Within a second, his body discharged electricity involuntarily, causing whatever had grabbed him to scream in agony before releasing him.
Izuku stumbled forward and ripped his earphones out, his body burning from the forceful drain of electricity. On the ground was a puddle of bubbling, green liquid with giant yellow teeth and eyes floating in it.
'Oh god, did I kill someone?!' The greenette panicked, kneeling before the liquid person, knowing that if he touched it, it would just hurt both of them.
"NEVER FEAR, FOR I AM-...Here?" A thunderous and familiar voice rang out from in front of Izuku, as the number one hero leapt out of the sewers. The hero paused at seeing the greenette kneeling above the villain he was chasing and stared for a moment.
"All Might?! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to do this to him. He just grabbed me and- wait was he a villain - was he trying to use me as a hostage- Mum's gonna be so worried- but, HAH! You picked the wrong hostage!" The boy dissolved into mutters before taunting the unconscious villain.
Izuku quickly realised he should probably recharge, so he is still full on reserve. He fished out his battery from his backpack, and with a gesture of his hand, blue lightning arced out of the battery and connected with his fingers, turning green as it interacted with the conduit.
The greenette's thoughts were a little jumbled over the shock and adrenaline of his sudden attack, even if he didn't actually fight, that he momentarily forgot All Might was here.
"Young Man? What happened here?" The Hero asked, slightly sheepish as he retrieved two plastic bottles and poured them out.
Izuku explained what happened while the Hero scooped up the liquid villain, letting some sparks emanate from his palms to show off his Quirk. The boy idly poked at the teeth and eyes floating in the sludge with a pencil, concerned if he had accidentally killed the person. The eyes and teeth, while gelatinous, didn't seem to conduct his electricity, so he didn't have to worry about causing any permanent damage.
"Well, I must thank you and apologise for getting you caught up in my Heroing, Young..." All Might began, pausing to let Izuku fill in the blank.
"Izuku Midoriya," He dutifully answered.
"Well, Young Midoriya, I hope to see you in the ranks of U.A. next year, but I must be off!" All Might finished, screwing on the caps to the bottles now containing the sludge man. The mountain of muscle flexed and then launched himself into the sky with a leap.
'Huh, wonder why he specified U.A...' Izuku thought before realization set in.
"I didn't get an autograph!"
Toshinori, or as he's regularly called, All Might landed on a nearby building to hide his transformation, mentally admonishing himself for hinting at his newest employment at U.A.
The hero's muscular physique collapsed into steam, giving way for a skeletal looking man in his place. "All right, time to get you..." Toshinori began but stopped as he realised his pockets were empty.
"...Shit"
Izuku continued towards the barbershop, slightly miffed at the fact he missed his chance for All Might's autograph. When he heard an explosion.
'I'm already running late for my haircut.... buuuut... Heroes' Izuku reasoned, changing direction to head for the action. 'If I'm lucky, All Might will show up again'
With that thought, Izuku gained a little pep in his step, skipping happily over to the fight. But when he arrived, all he felt was confusion and horror.
The slime villain that had attacked him was now wrapped around someone, ice crept across the concrete road and up the walls of the buildings, the slime creature would momentarily get covered with a little ice, before pulsating to clear it away.
An ice Quirk would be incredibly strong against a liquid opponent, but if the user was panicking and likely suffocating, it could be almost impossible for the user to escape.
Izuku scanned the situation, trying to find any way to help the pros. But they weren't doing anything, just standing around and yelling about needing someone with a better Quirk to handle it. Then Izuku saw a pair of mismatched grey and blue eyes, the uniqueness of their appearance alone would captivate him...
But they were so afraid.
The conduit didn't think, just ran, uttering out an apology to anyone he bumped past and the heroes as he passed Backdrafts barrier. "Sorry about this!" Izuku yelled at the villain as he took aim, his right hand pointed at the eyes of the villain.
The sludge man's eyes fell on Izuku, giving him the opening he hoped for. "YOU!" The villain yelled before a bolt of green electricity shot through its eye. "FUCK!"
The sludge receded into itself, releasing the hostage. "Move!" He yelled, and the hostage dove to the side, allowing the greenette to let out a torrent of electricity at the villain.
The living slime seized as green lightning travelled through its liquid body, soon reaching its limit and bursting. The walls and road of the street were coated in the green liquid and stunk of burnt garbage. Izuku manoeuvred across the sludge, trying to touch as little as possible to reach the hostage. As he got closer, he noticed the waist-length red and white hair, and the... ahem... mature physique the person held.
"H-Hey, are you a-alright?" The conduit asked, feeling a little drained, his hands hovered over the girl's shoulders, unsure if touching her would discharge electricity.
The woman coughed a couple more times, before looking up at him, an almost blank look on her face. "Thank you... for the assistance" The bi-coloured girl panted, standing up and ignoring Izuku's worried mumbles to stay down. "I'm fine, don't worry" She assured coolly.
"If you say so" Izuku conceded, stepping back from the girl. Lightning arced from his foot to the sludge beneath his shoe.
Izuku didn't really pay attention to what happened next, just pro's ushering him around and telling him he was reckless, but he couldn't bring himself to listen. His body was an odd mix of exhausted and energized since he had discharged quite a lot of electricity and was running off an adrenaline high.
He remembers blankly that the red and white girl, who introduced herself as Yukina, had approached him and given him her number with a parting message of "You're strong, we should train together"
Izuku wasn't sure how this day could get any better!
"I AM HERE!"