Midnight sat in silence with Izuku crying his eyes out into her shoulder at home. They just got back from him being diagnosed as quirkless. Apparently the x-ray was a bit blurry, but the doctor concluded from the burry screen that he will be quirkless. Izuku has been sad ever since, so she called up some friends to help him cheer up.
The door bell rings and Nemuri goes to answer it, gently coaxing Izuku to lay back down. She opens to door to Hizashi and Aizawa in their normal clothes.
"Is the little listener okay?" Hizashi questioned in a worried quiver to his voice.
"Those doctors don't really know how to do their jobs correctly. I never liked them. Where is he?" Aizawa asked politely but with a tense tone.
"He has been crying ever since the appointment. I think he is really disappointed that he was told he couldn't be a hero by that doctor. He hasn't talked since we left even when we got home. He is in his room, right now. Hopefully he will cheer up with you guys here." Nemuri responded guiding them to Izuku's room
Izuku's room was right across from her own bedroom. His ceiling adorned with glow-in-the-dark stars. He had basic light wood furniture like a writing desk, a clothing dresser, and bookshelves that filled the wall next to his bed. His bed was a simple light red comforter covering a dark blue sheet. There Izuku was crying his eyes out into a teddy bear that she gifted him a few weeks after she adopted him. The giant elephant plush from the zoo visit laid above his head of curls.
"Hey, buddy. We heard about what happened. You can talk to us if you need to." Hizashi said resting his hand on Izuku's back. He rubbed it as Izuku sniffled back his tears.
"Listen, kid, I'm not good with words. But I just want you to know what that doctor said was complete crap." Aizawa piped up next to Izuku's side. He heard a giggle from the child amongst the tearful gasps. "It's true. You know, how my quirk works right?" Aizawa asked gaining a slow nod from the sad boy.
Aizawa continued, "My quirk isn't flashy and it doesn't really help with combat. That means I fight my battles mostly quirkless. So does Hizashi. His quirk is meant for long distance, but when he encounters a villain short distance, he will resort to martial arts. Do you see where I'm getting at?"
Izuku looked a bit confused with his tear filled eyes turned to look at him from where he laid.
"It means that you can be a hero. No matter if you have a quirk or not, you can become a hero. You might need a little training, and the three of us are all ready to help you achieve it." Aizawa explained.
Izuku smiled despite his red face and said. "Thank you, Uncle Zawa."
Aizawa cheeks reddened before Nemuri and Hizashi dived bomb Izuku into a hug, forcing him to fall into it. Izuku's giggles were accompanied by attempts to make him smile, no matter what they talked about. But the end of the day, Izuku was back to his usual self again.
And he knew that he would become a hero. So he could save people just like his momma.
*
Bakugo was kind of happy for Deku.
He was worried that he wouldn't get to see him again when he went to the foster home, but he got adopted by a pro hero that helped apprehend the villain. He felt bad that not only did he lose his awesome Auntie, but also Izuku lost his mom in that attack. So seeing him again, made him want to be a bit nicer.
If he wanted to be a hero, he would have to stop acting like a villain. A type of villain that killed his mother, he never wanted to become like that. So when a Izuku came back to the daycare, Bakugo made sure that Izuku was okay and stuff. It had only been less than a year since the accident. And Bakugo was excited to see what quirk Izuku had. That way they could be heroes together!
"I'm quirkless," Izuku replied to him when he came in that day.
"What? No! That crap doesn't make sense." Bakugo responded in disbelief. "Does that mean you don't want to be heroes with me, Deku?"
"Of course I do!" Izuku said, furrowing his brow at his friend.
Bakugo blinked then nodded, "Okay, then we become hero's simple as that."
"Do you really mean it?" Izuku asked with a grateful smile.
Katsuki shrugged, "Yeah. Sure. Why? You playing heroes with me or not?"
"Yes, Kacchan!" Izuku agreed with a grin which Kacchan returned with a smirk.
The two began to play heroes before Bakugo's fake friends sauntered up to them.
"Hey Bakugo! Why are you hanging out with the loser?" The first one said stopping right in front of Bakugo with a mocking pout.
"Yeah come play with us!" The second mentioned right from behind the first
"Screw you guys! Can't you see we're playing here?! Get your own spot!" Katsuki yelled out in anger and annoyance to the extras.
A third appeared from behind Bakugo and pushed Izuku to the ground.
Katsuki turned back to see his friend on the ground. He saw red and called on his explosive quirk. "Don't mess with me, extra!"
Izuku weakly opened his eyes from the ground to see a blurry version of Kacchan going to attack the boy who pushed him. Everything seemed to happen in slow motion. Izuku reached out his hand toward Kacchan and whispered, "Wait. Stop, Kacchan!"
The explosion that was aimed toward the bullies face was bent toward the sky at the last second. The flame shot out and set a small ember sailing to a blade of grass in front of Izuku's face. Several things happened at once. The friends ran away from the heated Bakugou. Katsuki looked at his hands and back toward where the explosion was aimed. He realized where he aimed wasn't where it shot, and was wondering what the hell just happened.
Meanwhile, Izuku freaked out at the sight of the burning blade of grass. The heat of it felt like the heat that night that he dreaded. The sight of it reminded him of when his father...
His father. The villain.
The villain who killed his mother.
His home. Fire ablaze
Fire breathing quirk
Fire
Fire!
'MOM? MOMMA!'
Fire caused it to happen.
Fire was the reason his mom perished.
Fire is bad
FIRE IS BAD
GET AWAY!
BAD!
DON'T HURT ME!!
STAY AWAY!!!
Izuku's mind faded to blackness as his quirk began to unleash around him.
*
Bakugo looked from his hands back up to see the bench a few feet away from him floating in the air. Then the rocks. Then the giant trees. After that, a giant boulder that he used to climb on as a kid. The screams of people finally registered in his mind when he saw multiple people running out of the park. 'A villain must be nearby!' He thought, turning to Izuku to get him out of there.
Only to see his friend floating in mid air with his hair turned white and his eyes glowing a radioactive green.
"Oh, crap," Katsuki said at the state his friend was in.
*
"We have a major situation call. All pro hero's near sight report in!"
Midnight picked up the phone as soon as the message came through. Present Mic and Eraserhead did the same. They all nodded to each other and started heading in the direction of the incident.
Eraserhead asked into the intercom, silently cursing whatever it was that caused an interruption between a coffee break. "What is the situation?"
"A boy seems to be about 4 or 5 just activated their quirk."
"What is the big problem?" Hizashi asked staring down at his intercom before getting nudged by Nemuri.
"That!" She exclaimed while pointing at the area of the park, or what used to be. The trees were all uprooted from their spots, rocks and boulders were floating and bumping into each other. Benches were sailing over the heads of civilians while parked cars hovered sideways around the mess.
"What is causing this?" Eraserhead asked getting agitated by the amount of work he had to do. This kid has got one serious quirk to deal with.
"Not what. Who." Hizashi asked getting a good look at which child was at the center of it all.
Aizawa furrowed his brow at him before focusing more clearly on what troublemaker was causing this. His face paled at the realization, "No..."
Nemuri stared right at the floating boy and yelled out in anguish the name she knew him by. The name she got so used to saying. The title of a person she grew to care deeply about. A boy she loved with all her heart.
Her son suspended amongst the wreckage that looked to be in utter pain at the amount of weight he is putting his newly found quirk under.
"Izuku!"