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It hadn't been such a horrible day.
He'd learned Kacchan and his lackey's routines, knew what rooms to stay away from, knew where to hide, and was even able to make it out of the cafeteria without most of his lunch ending up on the floor! He was trying to get out before anyone else and was usually great at packing quickly to get out before Kacchan and his lackey's caught up, today he was not so lucky...Seeing as how Bakugou was now holding his notebook
"What's this? 'Hero analyst for the future'?" Kacchan mocked him, holding the notebook while his lackey's stood behind him snickering at Izuku "As if you could actually be a hero."
Kacchan said before blowing up his notebook and throwing it out of a window, Izuku kept quiet, he'd learned they usually went easy on him if he just whimpered and curled into himself like a pathetic Deku"Here's a bit of advice." Kacchan began, placing a hand on Izuku's shoulder and activating his quirk, leaving a burn in the shape of a handprint on his school uniform "Don't even think about applying to UA, or else."
Kacchan threatened he and his lackeys began leaving the room and the blonde stopped at the door "You know if you really want to be a hero there may be another way, pray for a quirk in your next life, and take a swan dive off the roof of the school!" He said with a laugh at the end as they left, and Izuku stood there shocked.
Yeah, he assumed Kacchan and him weren't the best of friends anymore...but this was the first time he realized...they weren't friends anymore at all...were they? He felt his eyes begin to tear up as he packed up slower than before, walking out of school and paused when he saw his notebook floating in the water being snacked on by Koi fish "My hard work has become fish food.." He murmured to no one in particular as he reached for his notebook pulled it out of the fountain, scanning the burnt and soaked notebook, he'd have to copy all his notes and drawings onto a new notebook as quickly as possible if he wanted to save the analyses and time spent on it.
On his way home he went the long way to avoid Kacchan- no, Bakugou and his lackeys, as he passed under the bridge, he heard something under the sewage gate, something felt wrong and as he turned around, he saw...a body made of sludge?
"Oh Perfect, a skin suit all alone right here for me!" The body of sludge said menacingly with a hint of sadistic joy lacing his tone before it engulfed him, wrapping him in it's sewage smelling sludge as he struggled, fruitlessly clawing at his face as he struggled to breathe as it suffocated him. He tried to escape but it was stuffing it's sludge down his throat "Nothing personal, but All Might's in town and I gotta hide!" The villain chuckled cruelly before something bursted out of the sewage gate.
He heard "Do not fear! For I Am Here!" Before losing consciousness. He awoke a bit later on the ground to a hand lightly slapping his cheek to see...All might?! "There you are my boy! Lost you for a moment there!" The towering figure with a giant smile across his face said.
"A-All Might?!" Izuku sputtered out in shock, grabbing his notebook and holding it out in excitement, it was almost like a dream, to see his idol there infront of him after saving him, he couldn't believe he'd been saved by All Might, his favorite hero! "C-Can you sign-"
Izuku began before he saw that his notebook was already signed "Already did my boy!" The blonde man said
Izuku gave a 90 degree bow "T-Thank you- I-I have a question though-" Izuku began before the hero cut him off
"Sorry but I have to get going to get this guy in a cell!" All Might gestured to the sludge villain now safely sealed in two soda bottles and prepared to jump, Izuku in a split second decision grabbed onto his leg to stop him from leaving just before All Might jumped
"A-All Might!" Izuku called out in panic as they began flowing through the air
"Wha- Boy let go!" All Might said in shock and began trying to pry the boy off his leg
"I can't do that! We're several stories off the ground!" Izuku had to shout back over the rush of air to which All might responded "Oh yeah...Just hold on then." He could feel his time limit reaching it's end
They landed on the top of a building to which Izuku let go and almost wanted to kiss the ground, he never wanted to fly again...Oh right he had a question!
"A-All might! I have a question! It's just....I've wanted to be a hero all my life, but I don't have a quirk...no one believes in me...so-so I need to know! Can someone quirkless like me be a hero like you?!" Izuku grew a bit louder with desperation and hope at the end of his sentence as he closed his eyes desperate to hear the answer.
The steam began engulfing All Might's body as he reached his time limit, Izuku looked up when All Might hadn't responded to him and saw a skeletal figure where All Might had been mere moments ago
Izuku was walking home, slower with what felt like the weight of his crushed dreams on his shoulders, he heard an explosion in the distance and his hand twitched like he wanted to take out his notebook and go to the sound of the noise as a chance to analyze what would be a hero fight, but remembered the words of All Might "No, I don't believe you can be a hero, it's good to dream, just make sure those dreams are attainable."
His heart hurt as he hung his head and continued walking home, only to find himself at the scene, his feet must've carried him here on instinct, he pushed through the crowd to see...the sludge villain?! But how?! All Might had taken him down when he attacked him didn't he? Wait...when he clutched onto the heroes leg...he must've lost the villain in the excitement without noticing...and now All Might's time limit was up, and the villain had a new hostage...It was all his fault!
The heroes weren't doing anything...all of them were shouting, saying they didn't have the right quirk for this, it always came down to quirks didn't it? He couldn't help but feel a bitter feeling rise.
He looked up as the explosions sounded....and saw Kacchan Bakugou! He was the villain's hostage..! Izuku felt his legs move before he had a chance to think, past the heroes trying to keep the civilian's back and the useless heroes not doing anything to save Bakugou, he threw his backpack at the villain, his notebook hitting it's eye and the sludge loosened on Bakugou for a second allowing him to take a deep breath and clear the black spots in his vision from the suffocation.
"W-What the hell are you doing Deku?!" Bakugou spat out
"I-I'm not sure, my legs just started moving!" Izuku replied as he desperately tried clawing Bakugou out of the goop, but he didn't need to, in a split second All Might appeared, punching the villain yelling a familiar "Texas Smash!" Alongside it. The force of his punch changing the weather to a steady rain as he held both Izuku and Katsuki in one hand to make sure they wouldn't fly off from the force of his punch.
Bakugou was pulled aside to be praised by the heroes, for both his quirk and bravery while in the villain's clutches, meanwhile Izuku was pulled aside by other heroes to be scolded for running into a situation where he was distracting the heroes from doing their job job at what? They weren't doing anything waiting for a hero with a better suited quirk to arrive.
After he was scolded he was allowed to go home, and he didn't need to be told twice before running off.
All Might looked around but didn't see where the boy went, he ran into a dangerous situation to save a classmate! He was perfect as a successor, he had the heart for it, he hoped he could find the boy around...and went to go find him
Inko stared at the screen as she saw Katsuki wrapped in sludge while her sweet Baby Izuku ran in to save him, she was in the hospitals break room having lunch, when it happened and immediately clocked out, she had to leave!
Her Boss saw her getting ready to leave "What do you think you're doing? Your shift isn't over yet." He scowled at her.
"My baby was just attacked by a villain, I have to go!" Inko explained to her boss, the quirkist piece of shit that he is responded with a scoff "If you leave now you're fired."
Inko didn't even turn around, nothing mattered more to her than her baby.
When Izuku got home he saw the eviction notice on the front door and paused.
What? They were getting evicted? When? Why? What was going on? He got home around the time his Mom did, and she threw her arms around him hugging and crying those famous Midoriya tears and worrying over him
"Izuku! My Baby, are you okay?! I saw the news!"
"I-I'm okay Mom!" Izuku tried to comfort his mother as he felt his own famous Midoriya tears start up "B-But..." Izuku stuttered staring at the door, to which Inko looked over at and paused, reading it herself, the rent she paid was as twice as much as the other tenants because the landlord was quirkist...but the payment hadn't gone through? Why? She should have more than enough in her bank account...
Inko sat on the couch, ringing Hisashi's cell over and over again but he wasn't picking up, when she checked her account it seemed Hisashi's payment hadn't gone through for months, she didn't have enough money to pay the usual rent, after failing to contact him, she contacted the proper authorities that he wasn't paying child support but they declared he was over sea's and couldn't do anything...after all her son is 'quirkless' how much could he need?
"Mom...?" Izuku questioned, seeing her expression fall, and Inko felt like a failure as she had to explain that they were losing the apartment without the child support.
None of the homeless shelters around accepted boys over twelve...and there was several more quirkist people running the shelters that did accept boys over the age of twelve, Inko at first thought about going to the Bakugou's house, but then saw the burnt clothes on Izuku's shoulder in the shape of a handprint and immediately connected the dots with Izuku's face at the thought of living at the Bakugou's house, which is why they were visiting homeless shelters, they'd be out of the apartment by tomorrow morning at the latest...but they couldn't find one that wasn't overstuffed that allowed boys above the age of twelve.
Which is why they were here, having gotten the portable stove, all the food in the cabinets the blankets pillows and Inko's mattress in a van they found on Dagobah beach, it was slightly broken down and rusty, one door rusted and having water damage, leaving some spots in the door jagged, it wasn't much...but it'd keep the rain out and a roof over their heads, Inko had thought about leaving Izuku in a foster home until she could get back on her feet...but knowing how the world treated quirkless people...she couldn't bear to think of what would happen to him.
"I'm so sorry Izuku Baby..." Inko cried while Izuku comforted her
"It's okay Mom! We're together after all, and we have a place to sleep, that's all we need, each other!" Izuku smiled, but he felt like a failure himself...if only he had a quirk...then Mom wouldn't be living like this...she'd still be married, rent would be normal, she wouldn't have lost her job...everything was his fault.
Today was a horrible day.