A/N: First ever posted fan fiction. Took me awhile to publish this bc I don't really know what I'm doing, and I wanted another female Izuku bc I couldn't get enough of that crack (lol). So please enjoy!

[I, Izuku Midoriya, always wanted to become a hero, but I understood my quirk wasn't suited for becoming one from a very young age…]

"Bakugou Hero Squad! Here we come!" yelled enthusiastically by the star of the show, Katsuki Bakugou. He's a fun, little, dirty blonde boy who is loved by his three lackeys: Lanky Fingers, Chubby Wings, and the most pathetic lackey of them – Deku. Like always, she's the last one to follow behind Katsuki as they march onwards into the forest.

"Kacchan! Wait up!" she cried. As she continued to cry from the forest background, the main group continued their journey onto a log, over the creek passing until…

Slips! And there goes the main character, Kacchan! He slipped off the log and is already dead this early on…Dead from head trauma in the impact against the creek floor…that's what dumb Deku thought. She dreaded the worst outcome and ran towards the edge of the creek as fast as she could.

"Oh no! Katsuki fell down onto the creek!" Chubby Wings panicked a bit.

"But he's Katsuki, our very strong leader! He'll be fine!" comforted Lanky Fingers to Chubby Wings. He then leans over the log a bit and shouts out to the fallen hero, "Oi, Katsuki! Yoou thereee?"

"Yeah! That fall was no biggie! I'll be right ther –" Immediately, the hero is swept upwards behind his lackeys like a doll up to the slope of the creek. His body bumps right into Deku who's leaning over the slope. She couldn't catch him, and they fall down the creek.

Thud! He lands right on his back with Deku on top of him. Realizing what she has done, she knew very well to immediately get off and apologize. Her green eyes began to gloss over as she backed away from him.

"Kacchan! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to do that! I wanted to make sure that-"

"Shut up, Deku!" Katsuki roared as he got up. Deku did as she was told. However, her annoying emerald eyes continued to peer worryingly into his red ones. Plain freckles. Plain, short messy green hair. Plain yellow shirt. Plain red shorts. Everything plain. How did such a plain character like her end up trying help him?

"Are you okay, Kacchan?" Her hand was reached out towards him, and his instant response was to violently slap it away. She gave a little yelp and fell back into the waters.

Sending death glares to her direction, he growled, "Don't touch me, Deku. I don't need your pathetic quirk's help."

Bakugou looked up to his loyal lackeys on the log above him, and shouts, "I'm going to become the best pro hero one day! Ya hear me?!"

"We hear ya! Of course, you'll become the best hero! After all, you're the best at everything!" chimed his two fellow lackeys back to him.

Katsuki smiles in satisfaction from their responses, and he then turns towards the double drenched girl to glare once more. "And you will always be beneath me like the blockhead you always are, Deku."

Deku bites her lips to stop her eyes from glossing even further, and she silently continued to follow the group further into the forest despite how they kept teasing her.

Boom! Right before her eyes, Izuku's small sketchbook was blown into smithereens as Katsuki used his quirk on it. The loose pages of hero figure drawings and additional notes began to fall out as Katsuki's lackey group laughs at the spectacle. He then continued to throw the remainder of the sketchbook through the third-floor window, inciting more cheers. It was her 31st sketchbook. She even made sure to purchase a smaller and more inconspicuous looking one to avoid this happening again; however, that plan didn't work at all as displayed here. Tightening her grip on her black uniformed skirt was all she could do as she looked down to avoid the death glare of Katsuki's – and them seeing her teary face.

"It's another of those damned Hero Technique sketchbooks! Deku…Do you really think with your lame ass quirk of attracting objects and puffing out little fire that you can become a top hero like me, hah?" Katsuki scoffs as he inches closer to her. He then forcefully grabs her freckled cheeks with his hand to face him. Through the unkempt, long green hair that covered her eyes, she finds herself in eye contact with Katsuki's crimson eyes that were smirking with contempt. Izuku can only look back at them in fear and frustration as she begins to heat up. Katsuki continues, "I mean, look at you. You're the crappiest looking girl I've ever seen. You may be able to pass the written portion of UA's exam, but you're definitely gonna fail the practical with such a useless quirk!"

As the jeering and steady rise in body temperature continued, she could only remain silent in response. His lackeys continued to give him the cheering responses he strived for, and he clutches her face even tighter to sneer a final message, "Lemme give you some good advice: marry a hero with powerful quirk and pray that his quirk erases your pathetic one in the disgusting children you'll breed in the future."

Finally, he releases his grasp on her cheeks to leave two burning red marks on her face and walks out the classroom. But before walking out of the classroom completely, he pauses a bit to deliver the final nail to the coffin of insults to the silent girl, "But now that I think about it…who'll even want a useless blockhead like you?! You might as cut yourself to death at this point for a better quirk in your next life!"

At that moment, it was really unbearable for Izuku as the laughter soared to a louder volume. Her whole body was heating up so much, and she began to puff out small fires through her nostrils. She had to do something in response…something! Right when she glances determinately like she ready to snarl some fireball towards him, she also had to cool down immediately from one look at his scowl.

"You've got something to say?" He cracked his fingers as tiny explosions emerged from the palms of his hand. The trembling girl only stood frozen silent in response to his question. Disappointed, Katsuki left the room with a tch sound. With the closing of the classroom door, she was once again left alone and the last one to leave the class like every afternoon.

After gathering the sketchbook's loose pages on the classroom floor, Izuku proceeds to small pond outside of the school to retrieve the main body of the sketchbook. While crossing the school's courtyard, she realized a few pages were scattered across the yard. She picks them off the ground before they could be blown away to a farther place. Upon her arrival at the pond, the koi fishes were suddenly startled when the soaked sketchbook clumsily bounces out of the waters and into her hands. She squeezes water out of the book as much as she could with her strength, and then fished out the remaining loose pages in the pond with her quirk. Thankfully enough, the drawings inside Izuku's main sketchbook were still intact and comprehensible, but the fished pages weren't so lucky to be in that condition as well. However, she kept those pages anyways after squeezing them dry as well.

With her wet sketchbook in front of her, Izuku puffs out a small flame from her mouth to dry it as she walks the longer way home. She chose the route because she wanted to avoid suspicious looks from other passersby in the streets due to using her quirk in such a bizarre manner. While she crossed the underpass, she continues to blow the tiny flame until it became too dangerous or cold for her body to make any more of it. The fire went out right when she noticed the loud, gurgling slime sound that came from beneath her.

Her whole body was caught up in the slimy mud before she even knew it was just that. She drops her sketchbook amidst the chaos and tries to claw herself out from the goop that's entering her throat and nostrils. Struggling to call for nearby help, she can only cough in more ooze inside. The slime monster gurgles joyfully, "Ah man…I'm such a lucky dude to borrow such a young girl's body! Although you're really lacking in some areas like busty boobs and stuff…I think I'll still have fun with it!"

Stop it. Stop it. Why me? Am I dying? Tears began to flood out as she continues to struggle against the tortuous process the villain is taking to possess her body. She tried to puff out some flame, but only a tiny one flew out through the sludge to turn into smog. The sludge villain beams, "What a cute quirk you have! I can't wait to have you all to myself in a few more seconds!"

After the villain said that, Izuku's vision and hearing begin to fade out as more and more of the ooze enter her limp body. This is it. It's been such a short life. I hope I'll be able to get a better quirk in the next life and –

"TEXAS SMASH!" A familiar, booming yell shocked Izuku's conscious back to place to only disappear again as some of the villain got out of her.

Coughs! Coughs! Izuku suddenly woke up to a burly man pressing her chest and began coughing her life out. A bunch of slime was expelled from her throat.

"Oh. Good! You're finally awake, girl! I'm sorry for such -"

BLERRRRGHGHHH. To have sludge coming out of her the first thing she wakes up to, Izuku clumsily flops to her sides to vomit even more of that residue. This vomiting obviously discomforted her savior in the corner, but she didn't even care at this point; she wanted as much sludge out of her as possible. When the coughs become fewer, she looks up towards her – it's ALL MIGHT!

"Indeed, it is!" boomed the cheerful, number one hero. Izuku clapped her cheeks and blushed embarrassingly. She couldn't believe that she barfed so much in front of him. He wasn't in his hero suit, but it was clearly him with his sparkling smile, loud voice, and bright yellow hair. All Might continue, "Anyways, I must apologize that-"

"Wa-wa-wait! I need a signature!" Izuku flailed her arms around, looking for her sketch book.

"– Already done that! Here's your sketchbook. By the way, you're a talented artist!" All Might swiftly hand her sketchbook to her and bows down. Izuku jolted in confusion to his behavior, and he finally continues, "I'm sorry, young lady, for all that trouble that has happened to you! I couldn't capture the villain on sight first! But I must-"

"It's okay. You can say, I helped the Symbol of Peace a bit by becoming flesh bait for his target. Haha... " Izuku smiles weakly, and All Might look at her worryingly for a split second to smile along later.

"Well, girl. That's what I was about to say. Thank you, my girl! I'll be on my way with this villain here!" All Might swish around the sludge in a soda liter bottle and puts it in one of his cargo pockets. He stretches in preparation to launch off the ground. Izuku was still in a daze, but for some reason, she had to reach out to him again. Then, she did what she knew very well not to do. Just as he jumps up a few hundred meters in an instant, he hits the ground near the underpass's exit as well.

Cracks! Some bone crushing sensation was felt underneath him, and his muscular form is about to disappear from the impact...Wait. It already has?!

The deflated All Might have hopped off immediately to find a raspy voice beneath him came out, "Al-all Might…I thought you were about 600 pounds…Why do you…feel so…much…lighter…and look so…skeletony.…"

Blood drained from the skeleton man's face even more than the blood he was coughing up. The girl he landed on was a mess to begin with after her run with the sludge villain…and now, she's in a bigger mess with broken bones all over her whole body! He had to take her somewhere to be treated, immediately! Bulking up back to his muscular form, he goes to pick up the girl's body, but he almost drops her due to how burning hot her body was.

What the hell? That was like touching a hot grill… He continues to dash to a nearby clinic - or rather, somewhere he's quite familiar with as fast as he could.

"-ou idiot! Just because you did CPR, you shouldn't have left her alone in the first place!"

Izuku wearily opens her eyes. She could barely move her body on its side to hear the heated conversation of someone even clearly. Finding herself in wrapped in bandages pretty much all over the place and unable to move her arms, Izuku sweats at the realization of what she had done: she used her quirk on All Might who was leaving.

"And you had to run here because you're scared of the public discovering your secret? Oh. She's awake much earlier than I expected." The yelling female voice stopped, and an old lady with a short stature approached Izuku in the medical bed. Then, the lady was followed by a lanky man who looked like the skeleton All Might deflated into before she passed out…wait. How did All Might even deflate to a skeleton?

"This is my real form." The unexpected answer came from the skeleton man jolted Izuku. Disapproving looks came glowering towards him from the old lady, who looks familiar as well. "About five years ago, I was gravely injured, and I've been reduced to this form for a while."

"What are you doing by telling her the truth?!" berated the old lady to All Might.

"I might as well say the truth to the person who almost died due to my part."

Izuku wanted to flail her arms in opposition to what he just said, but she couldn't even move them. "It's-It's not your fault, All Might! I just wanted to ask…I mean...I just used my quirk on you for no good reason, really!"

"For no good reason, really?" All Might echo back.

"Ye..yes, sir. It was the spur of the moment kinda thing..."

"And that spur of the moment thing almost cost you your life, young lady!" The short lady pouted. "It's a goddamn miracle, you've made it here in time and survived! I had to do surgery in your arms and upper body. Also, I used my Recovery quirk on your ribs, spine, and internal organs, so you shouldn't even be awake now!"

Izuku's eyes popped out. Surgery?! Recovery quirk…was I just healed by Recovery Girl? How was she going to explain to mom about this?

"Yes, you were just healed by me, and don't worry about your mom. Izuku Midoriya, correct?"

"How'd you know-"

"It's your ID in your wallet, young Midoriya." answered All Might.

Recovery Girl rolled her eyes as she was cut off, and continued, "I just called Mrs. Midoriya a while ago and told her you were staying in this clinic for the night."

"Oh. Okay. Um. All Might, I got a-" Izuku was promptly cut off by the old lady when All Might wanted to answer back.

"Anyways, it looks like you still have a lot of energy left to burn since you're up and running your mouth! I'll recover your dominant arm and leave the other one to heal by itself." Her lips protrude outwards to Izuku's right arm to kiss it.

As the drowsiness hits Izuku once more, the last thing she could hear properly before her conscious went into the oblivion was "I hope her scars serve as a reminder to how to not use her quirk in a reckless manner!"

Thud! Izuku Midoriya jerked up like she was late for school. She looks outside to see it's not as bright as she thought it would be. The medical room she's in also seemed a bit different from yesterday's room.

"Oh. Wow. You woke up way earlier than expected." An old man with glasses emerges from the curtains to check up on her. "Someone dropped you off here late at night because this place is closer to your house. Since your uniform is pretty much all torn, I've left some new clothes right here, so come out when you're ready."

He closed the curtains, and Izuku gets dressing. She pokes her head out first from the shirt, then her usable arm, and later attempted to stretch the casted arm through the short sleeve. It may have seemed like a simple process, but it definitely took her awhile to out on the shirt. In addition to why she took so long to put up her shirt, she also stared quite a bit at the surgery scars. Many small incision marks ran through her arm, and some larger ones were on her stomach, chest, and back. Izuku wondered how it was possible for her to survive with all these injuries. To finish it up and leave the vicinity, she pulled up her shorts and opened the curtains.

"Here's your backpack with your doctor's note inside. Don't worry too much about the surgery and recovery fee. Someone already covered that for you."

Someone already did? Izuku was a little bit perplexed at first, but she then understood All Might or Recovery Girl probably paid for it. She made a mental note to thank them later if she ever sees them again.

"Yup, and don't go to school today. Make sure to rest up and eat a lot today." The doctor waves goodbye to her, and she bows in gratitude, then leaves.

Carrying her yellow backpack to one side, she attempts to grab her phone out one of the small pockets. Succeeding in doing so, Izuku calls her mom as she continues to walk to a small market to satiate her growling stomach.

"Izuuuukkuuuuuu!" Izuku almost dropped her phone to the intense wailing of her own mom.

"Mom. I'm heading to the small market for some food. Is there anything you want me to buy from there?"

"But shouldn't you come home directly to rest up, dear?"

"I will after some food, mom." Izuku paused in her tracks as she found herself in a crowd blocking the way to the market. "Umm. Mom. I'll call you right back, I promise."

"Wait. Izuku, what's going on?! It's so loud where you are! Izu-"

"I love you." Izuku hangs up. For some reason, her heart was beating so loudly as she pushed through the crowd. There was fire and local heroes everywhere. The marketplace she's passing over is near the underpass from yesterday…No. No. No!

When she manages to push through the front of the crowd what she saw was really the sludge villain, again! And he possesses some struggling hostage, blonde hair and red eyes - Kacchan! Her heart immediately tightened and whole body was pulsing in heat. Before she could even think a thing, Izuku began dashing towards the villain.

"Holy shit! That girl's injured! Stop her!" One of the heroes shouted.

"Ohhhhh. It's you, again!" The sludge squealed in delight. Grabbing her backpack with one hand, she twists her whole body to throw it towards the villain's face. Content came spilling out of the bag: books, pencils, and erasers. Fortunately, one of the content hits the hideous monster directly in the eye. Kacchan manages to cough out for some air while the sludge yelps in pain.

"What the- What are you doing here?! Leave me alone!" Katsuki yelled.

"No! Can't you see that I came to save you, Kacchan?! " Izuku ignored his wish and attracted him out of the monster at full force. He bumps into her, and they both tumble to the ground. Her body burned up even more. This is bad. It's way too hot, and I feel so nauseous and dizzy. I can barely see anything.

"Somebody, go grab the guy and her!" As Izuku got up and slowly dragged Katsuki away from the monster, the green blob quickly got back up and began to run towards them. She had to do something, something! Immediately, large scale flames burst out of her mouth towards the sludge that got too close to her.

Everything began to tumble down even more as the flames engulfed her surroundings. There was rubble everywhere, and the sludge villain was nowhere to be seen in sight. Izuku couldn't even move properly anymore and kept shivering in the ground. As her vision blurred, she could only see a faint shape of Katsuki over her as he yells things her mind couldn't process very well. He grabs her shirt pulling her closer, and shouts, "ARE YOU FUCKING DEAF?! ANSWER ME! Why'd you jump in?! Are you mocking me?!"

"Imm not dead," slurred Deku back to him. After her irrelevant reply to his question, her unfocused eyes were closing. That dumb expression of hers irritated Katsuki even more from her ignoring him initially. Just as he was about to pop explosions to her face, he then notices the little frost on her cheeks. How the hell is she freezing in this hellfire surrounding us?

"DETROIT SMASH!" A booming voice once again rang through Izuku's ears, and the shockwave was felt by both kids. Rain began to pour down and extinguish the fire surrounding them. A familiar figure pulled her and Kacchan out of the rubble...It was All Might again! Loud cheers were coming through from the crowd.

"That's so sick! Did ja see that?"

"Heck yeah! He blew away the sludge, fire, and rubble with one arm swing!"

"You're missing the point. He fucking altered the weather!"

Many similar comments and cheers were heard, and the hero cleanup of the area began.

Gurrggle. Gurrggle. Izuku, wrapped in a heated blanket, was extremely exhausted and starving.

"Next time, don't go running to a villain with injuries and using your quirk like that! That quirk is dangerous to you and the people around you! It's a good thing everyone was evacuated before you even used it!" The construction worker-like big hero known as Deseutegoro berated her. Other heroes were impressed with how long Kacchan held out, and they showered him with compliments instead of doing their proper jobs. The heroes soon finished cleaning up the area and gathering the remains of the sludge villain. Izuku attempts to gather the remains of her things at the site, but only manages to get her dirty, yellow backpack and some school books. However, her sketchbook was nowhere to be found. Catching a glimpse of that blonde hair leaving the plaza, Izuku dashes towards Katsuki and taps his shoulder to ask, "Kacchan, have you seen my sketchbo-"

"GIVE IT UP ALREADY!" He brushes her hand off and went on a tangent. "You're still trying to go to UA, ya dumb bitch?! You were fucking pathetic running in with shitty injuries like that! Don't even think once that you're on the same level as me! I never asked for your help, so I don't owe you shit! You caused more trouble than help by burning most of the buildings and having to be rescued yourself!"

Bystanders began to gather and observe the commotion they've caused around the marketplace entrance. Like yesterday, Izuku looks down once more to the ground with floodgates ready to open. Unlike yesterday, Izuku quietly replied to Kacchan. "Yes. You're right."

A small smirk formed at the corner of his mouth. She finally gets it. She's nothing more but a grain of sand now. I don't have to think about her ever again; finally, I can focus on my hero studies. "Good. Take that loss of your beloved sketchbook as a sign and stay out of my way."

And then, they both went separate ways to their own homes.

For some reason, Izuku's heart felt so heavy while she walked home. Was it what she said herself? Possibly. Looking back at her scars and cast, she pondered out loud, "Perhaps, I'm really not suited for hero work…I'm not." Gurgggle.

"Even my stomach agrees." She chuckled at her own lame joke and continued the neighborhood path until All Might swiftly popped out from the corner to stop her.

"FOR I AM HERE- Kaughk!" All Might instantly cough some blood and deflates back to his skeleton form.

"Sir, are you alright?!" Izuku instantly approached him as he continued to cough even more blood.

"Yeah. I'm alright. I want to return something." All Might held onto her hand to straighten up.

"Return something?" Izuku was confused. What is there to return? From his back pocket, All Might pulled out a small tattered sketchbook to hand it to her. Her heart squeezed. "Ah! It's my sketchbook! Thank you so much!"

"Young Midoriya, do you want to become a hero?"

Izuku softly smiles and replied, "No. Not anymore after these past few days, sir."

His black eyes peered into her glossy, green ones, and he asks the question that she was unsure on how to answer, "Why?"

A tear escaped one of her eyes. That one tear started a chain reaction of multiple tears. It happened so fast, Izuku couldn't stop crying as she choked on her response to All Might's. She drops to the ground and begins to pound her fist against it. "I-I'm so useless! I couldn't save my best friend...I caused today's incident…made it worse by destroying everything like a villain...I could've killed people! In the end, I had to be rescued…I did nothing, NOTHING!"

She cried out emptily, "I'm so useless…What's the point of me having a quirk to cause this much trouble…"

"Don't say that…when you're born with such a nice quirk, Young Midoriya. I was never born with a quirk – I was quirkless."

What? Confused, Izuku looked up towards All Might standing above her.

"HAHAHA. I like that face!" All Might immediately went through his split second transformation to only cough more blood in his skeleton form. That bothered Izuku ever since she knew his true form.

"The reason why I'm not quirkless now is because my quirk One For All is able to transfer itself to other people. It builds up power through generations and passes that strength onto the next. I'm currently the 8th successor of that power."

A quirk to pass on power to other people? That's such a strange quirk! Is that even possible?! Why is he telling me this? Why is he so… "Why are you so honest with me, All Might?" She managed to squeak out through her tears.

"My quirk is real, Midoriya." Izuku covers her mouth in realization she mumbled her thoughts out loud, and All Might smile a bit. "And I want to help you achieve your goal of becoming a great hero. In fact, I find you worthy of becoming my quirk's successor."

Worthy of All Might's successor? Why her out of all the better candidates he could've chosen? Izuku's floodgates was ready to crack open again. "Why me, sir? I haven't done anything redeemable!"

"Midoriya…You know that's not true. The most redeemable trait you have is that you…you acted out instantly to save your friend out of the many who just stood there."

The similar tightening feeling around her heart when she saved Kacchan began to tighten further. Her whole body began to boil. For some reason, she still pushed her position against All Might. "But that thinking caused nothing, but more trouble!"

All Might gave her an incredulous look. "You bought more time for me to come to the scene with that kind of thinking! Why are you so convinced that you've cause nothing but trouble!" Izuku looks at the ground again. All Might grabs Izuku up by the arm for her to look at him and continued, "You know. That kind of thing is a trait all the top pro-heros have: sticking their nose into other people's business…That kind of trait is what will make you a great hero!"

At that moment, she couldn't stop crying again. "Why…why are you doing this…and like this? I was about to give up…"

"It's precisely because you're a person with such great potential to be the best hero that I have to do this!"

"Great potential…?" Izuku choked on her words.

"Yes, Young Midoriya. With that potential, you will become a great hero."

Those words reverberated in her heart and shattered the cloud of doubt within her mind. The number one hero was saying she will become a great hero. She clutches his shirt as she cries harder. It was the first time someone ever said that she had potential to be a hero.

The amount that Izuku cries obviously disturbed the hero to the point he had to cough a bit. "Ah hem. So, what's your answer going to be?"

She looks up to him as she tried to wipe her tears away. "What?"

"Will you strive to become the top hero as my successor, Midoriya?"

Tears kept streaming down her flushed cheeks. Her number one hero was offering his help to make her become a hero. He strongly believes that she has the potential to become one of the best and succeed him. With so much belief in her...how can she possibly refuse?

"Yes, please!" Izuku grins after accepting his offer.

"I like that immediate answer!" All Might then looks at her swollen raccoon eyes from all the crying; the tears still kept coming. "We're also have to work on your tendency to cry while you train. I'll make a request to Recovery Girl to patch up your other arm, so make sure to rest up today and I'll contact you later."

Then, they exchanged their numbers and began to part ways. Izuku looks up to the orange sky, realizing how much time today's event took up. Mom's going to be very worried. I should've called her earlier…wait. Where's my phone?!

Clicks! Clicks! When Inko Midoriya heard these sounds, she immediately dashes to the apartment door from the couch. The door swings open, and it's her baby, Izuku! She instantly hugs her as she walks in.

"Uwwouh! Mom!" Izuku shouts as her mother's heavy body collided with hers. she kept rubbing her tears on her daughter's shirt.

"Izukuuuu, my babbbyy! I was so worried about you! I called you about 100 times since the last call! Then 200 times more since I saw the news! But you never called back!"

Izuku gives a weary smile as she holds up her teary mom. "Mom. I'm sorry, but I think I lost my phone…"

"It's okay! I'm just so glad that you're safe!"

GURRGGGGLEEE. Her crying pauses a bit. Izuku then slumps to the side of the doorway wall when her mother releases her grip on her. "Ummm. Mom. Got any food? I've been starving all day…"

[…]

"So how did you get those injuries?" Izuku's mom points at her scars and the cast.

Izuku froze as she held a piece of fried pork in her chopsticks. She began to sweat profusely – as much as she could, internally. Crap! I haven't even thought of how to answer this question because I was too hungry!

"So…?" Her mom takes a sip of her tea as she waited for Izuku's answer. Her similar dark green eyes stared back at Izuku for a response. A sweat has escaped from the internal sweating onto Izuku's forehead as she bits down the pork.

Izuku smiles nervously after chewing and stuttered, "I did something…er…really stupid, mom…I used my quirk to attract…s-something really big and moving…to myself…and someone took me to Recovery Girl to heal me..." Crap! Crap! She's not gonna buy that!

"Izuku, my dear, you're lying." Her mother sighed deeply and looks at her with that face! "I guess I'll have to stop the questioning because you won't say anything…but please know, I'm constantly worried about you…and you're making me worried more about you by being silent…It's scary for me to think about what has happened to you…"

Nggghhhh! A sudden weight fell on top of Izuku's heart. She couldn't help but tear up a bit. Her mom was hurting so much, she really deserves to know the truth. "Mom! I'm so sorry! I-I actually attracted All Might while he was- uh- flying up the sky to go somewhere because I wanted to ask him some things, and that's pretty much how I almost – I mean, injured myself pretty badly!"

Suddenly, Izuku's mother hits the table and began to choke her. Izuku drops her chopsticks as her own crying mother kept shaking her head back and forth.

"Goddammit, Izuku! Did you honestly want to die that badly?! Your All Might fangirling went too far this time! I'm gonna burn all your fan art and merch of him!"

"Not…my fan art…and merch…" croaks Izuku while being choked. After a few minutes, her mother was able to calm down, and Izuku narrowly escaped death. They continued their meal with small talks like what's her plan from now on and how she's going to visit Recovery Girl again for her other arm tomorrow.

That night, Izuku couldn't sleep well. She was kicking all over the place on her bed. So excited to start on her path to become a hero. Excited to get recover her other arm. Excited to train with All Might...What if I failed his expectations?

The pause in her excitement caused Izuku to pull up her shirt and look at the incision marks and rupture scars on her upper body and abdomen. A shiver went down her spine. More negative thoughts consumed her in contrast to the positive thoughts she had moments ago. Why did I agree to his offer in the first place? I can't even control my own quirk…What would happen if I take his, too...He could be wrong about me having potential…

Izuku shakes her head as if to shake negative thoughts out of it.

"You will become a great hero."

The man said it himself: she will become a great hero. She can't let anxiety cloud her mind again before she could even try to become one. The sentence from afternoon kept playing on repeat in her head for thousands of time more until it finally lulled her to sleep for the next morning.

[After my special encounter with All Might, I began my 10 months of hellish training to become one of the greatest heros…]

Next day

"No." said Recovery Girl flatly. "I refuse to heal a person who can't control their own quirk well."

[…]

endnote: There's already plenty of differences from the canon plot, and even more original plot to come in the next chapter I'll post. huehuehue
Izuku's quirk will be explained a bit more in the next chapter, but for now, just know that she has a dual-like quirk similar to Todoroki's of attracting objects and breathing fire.