Multiverse found: Compared Child
Edited: 21/5/22
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"Compared child? Who was Mido compared to?" Mina asked
"Possibly the majority of children his age, since he seems to be bullied so much." Momo stated frustratingly, frowning at the sad reality.
"But why was Problem Child bullied is what we need to know. And from relying on the universes we've seen, I think it's safe to say that it was because Izuku Midoriya was...
quirkless." Aizawa states
"B-but I don't understand? Midoriya clearly has a quirk so... so how?" Sero starts.
"Perhaps he was a late bloomer?" Uraraka suggested, tears still glistening in her eyes.
"No, the latest ever report of age for being a late bloomer is 7-8. It seems he was bullied all throughout Middle School." Cementoss says.
"This.. is a difficult case.." Present Mic admits, "what if he just couldn't control his quirk, so he didn't use it, building the impression that the little listener didn't have a quirk?"
"It's terribly confusing!" Midnight exclaims.
"What if I were to suggest that... somehow, someone could transfer their quirk, and they transferred it to Problem Child?" Aizawa grunts.
"But Sensei-! That is simply... simply tomfoolery!" Iida protests.
"But what other explanation is there?" Aizawa states. He was not at all mad at Iida; he knew just how ridiculous it seemed.
"Well." Nezu says, suspiciously smirking with a haunting glee, "We will just have to see, I assume."
Chills racked the theatre. Unphased, Nezu takes another sip of his blood-like crimson tea.
Oh compared child, compared child, I already know
Izuku in the midst of silhouettes of peers, all of them with a sneer
You don't have to tell me, I know I'll never be as good as her (him)
Tears rolling down his face
"Who is 'him?" Kaminari asks.
"Well, we'll find out soon enough so shut up!" Aizawa grunts, making Kaminari pale, and comply.
So please don't compare, no don't compare
Just leave me alone!
Midoriya seems to shout but is then revealed that he just trembles and does not speak
My left side hurts and it troubles me.
"Left side...?" Todoroki questions.
I always felt the gap between us
I was alive but I was aiming too high
Izuku looks to be reaching for someone, until he tumbles back into an abyss of black
"He shouldn't think like that!" All Might exclaims, although he painfully remembers himself telling Izuku that he should dream more realistically.
A B C D E F G
No matter what I chose
I failed much more than I succeeded
and I only got hurt some more
"He doesn't believe in himself." Monoma murmurs
'Is that why he has such low self-esteem?' Shinso thinks 'I feel like sh*t for saying all that to him...'
Pain, oh pain, go flying away
Or so I keep wishing even though I know it's pointless
"He can't help but dream, even if he suffers from it. He thinks he's delusional, when really, he has the potential." Toru interpretates
No one liked seeing their inspiring friend think and feel like this- but they all simultaneously thought it was so much better that they knew about these feelings compared to not knowing about them.
And before I know it, I start to cry
How easy would it be if all this was put to an end
"The lyrics are brutally dark, but this song is actually really nice.." Jirou says, not even hiding her attachment to the tune.
Just throw me away
Compared child, compared child
I know that already
"No one should have to accept and get used to being less than another..." Uraraka mutters.
It's just fate that people mock what I love the most
That's how I gave up, yes I gave up already
"No don't you dare you nerd! You still have to beat me with your own quirk!" Bakugou yells, though if you were searching for it, you could detect worry.
'Problem Child's own quirk? Well of course it's his own quirk, who else would it be?' Aizawa thought to himself, 'This only adds to my theory. I'm dead sure Bakugou knows something to do with this.'
Just leave me alone
But I keep dreaming about something, ridiculous, isn't it?
"It's not ridiculous Midoriya-kun..." Ojirou mutters.
It was only for a bit, just a short while
but I was facing it as my real true self
"So he wasn't before? He was wearing a mask to hide his true self?" Shoji remarked. No one would've ever known someone as determined, caring and kind could ever in a million years, have experienced something like this.
V W & X Y Z
No matter which side I'm on
It seems that my failures keep standing out
"That's....true... failures do seem to stand out more than succession..." Sato frowns.
I think it just got worse
So dark, so dark, I got so scared
and before I knew it my body would not budge
"What's he paralysed from though? Fear perhaps?" Shoji suggests, getting a nod of agreement from a few.
I can't even see what I love
"That's very concerning; in fact, all of this is concerning, kero!" Tsu exclaims, huffing from her anger.
She couldn't do anything.
As heroes in training, their urge to do something was thrumming violently in them, but the truth was that they were helpless.
The girl right next to me had raised a flag
It's too bright
"I think people were comparing Midoriya too much." Mineta says
'Aren't me, Chiyo and Sir Nighteye still doing that too though..?' Gran Torino thought to himself. 'The legacy of One for All...why should a child need to live up to such a high pedestral. Isn't that how Toshinori came to defeat in the end?'
Compared child, compared child
I'm alive in spite of it all
"He doesn't seem too happy about that...which is really traumatising.." Kirishima says, sadly.
I can't bring home any good results, but I am still alive
"Good results aren't everything!" Iida says.
'But who am I to think so?' Tenya wonders, closing his eyes, 'He strives for good grades and he gets them, so what does it feel to be judged for something he hasn't experienced?'
So I let go of my breath and closed my mouth
Just leave me alone
Then I will close my eyes, finally it's the end
"Please Midoriya... don't give up..." Todoroki whispers.
From parallel lines we cross our paths
Hey, let's put it all aside for now
I can't!
"He's held it in-growl- for so long, it's only r-awr-easonable he would burst like this. In a way, that's good-huff-, he does need to -gr-release some stress." Hound Dog says, snarling several times.
Oh compared child, compared child! I know it already
I know that my efforts won't go rewarded even 'til the end
"We need to reward him some more." Nezu says, "Everyone, really."
So don't mind me and don't talk to me
Just leave me alone
"Trust issues, perhaps?" Aizawa questions, "Hound Dog, note that too."
If only I knew right from the start that I'd come to hate you
Compared child, compared child
I know she's (he's) talking to me
She's(he's) making assumptions because she can't see anything
"I think he's referring to his suffering. No one seems to see it." Momo says.
So remember this and don't you forget it anymore
I actually love you so much
"That's a good twist!"
You stopped breathing
As I embraced you.
The two of them linking hands.
"That's exceptionally cute!" Nemuri exclaims, many nodding (and crying) in unison.
"Next then!!" Hatsume says.
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