Izuku Midoriya was an only child.

His mother had him 4 years ago with his father, Hisashi, before he vanished, and even Inko didn't know where he went. Izuku didn't mind much. Even before he vanished, his dad had never been around much, so he didn't really mind that his dad was now never around.

His mum was good to him, the best, but even she felt that he was lonely sometimes. She tried her best to keep his socialised, but he was a shy boy, only really letting himself out around Katsuki, or if someone wanted to talk about either All Might or any of the top 10.

Katsuki was his best friend, but Inko still worried it wasn't enough. Especially after… the incident. One of the worst, most stressful days of her life.

He was in class with Katsuki when an explosion went off. The teachers did a few basic tests and found that Katsuki could make explosions from his hands. He was ecstatic, second only to Izuku.

Izuku had been a hero fan ever since he was able to understand what they were. He was smart and looked at ways heroes could use their Quirks better. While sometimes they were silly, like him suggesting endeavour could cook his own food, allowing him to save on electricity bills [admittedly, his fan-site seemed to like the idea], some were actually quite helpful.

He had started to analyse Katsuki's Quirk almost as soon as the explosion went off. He poked and prodded, writing down 'notes' [scribbles that only he could understand] and muttering constantly.

Katsuki snapped him out of it. "Cmon Deku, leave me alone! I wanna go outside and blow something up!" he had a manic grin on his face, imagining himself blowing up a tree. Izuku pouted, before snapping his 'notes' shut and letting Katsuki up.

They ran outside, Katsuki releasing smaller explosion every few seconds, before he smacked the ground, putting as much energy into it as he could. He and Izuku were flung back, and teachers started rushing out to check on what had happened.

They were both unconscious. And were sent straight to the general hospital. Izuku woke up first, panicking. "Kachaan! Is Kachaan okay Mr Doctor sir!?" The doctor put his hand on Izuku's shoulder to make sure he didn't get up.

"Don't worry young man, Katsuki will be fine. He has a concussion, and some cuts and bruises, as do you, but he will be fine after a while". Izuku smiled at this, before promptly falling back to sleep.

The doctor checked to make sure he was alright, but he had fallen asleep due to exhaustion, not injury. The smiled at the boy, he was hurt, and the first thing he could think of was if his friend was alright? 'This kid is a diamond in the rough'.

He flinched as the door to the 2 boys shared room was practically kicked off its hinges, revealing a pissed off Mitsuki, and an extremely worried Inko. "What in gods name happened!" again he flinched at the venom in the blonde's voice.

The doctor straightened himself. "I have good news and I have bad news. Bad news first. Your son, Mrs Bakugou, has a few cuts and bruises, as well as a concussion, but he will be fine after a few days".

Ms Midoriya, your son avoided a concussion but has a rather nasty cut running down from his left shoulder, to his right hip. It was superficial and very shallow, but it will scar". He steeled himself for the reaction of the parents. Mitsuki was placated, slightly, but still wanted to know what happened. Inko looked even more worried than angry.

"The good news is, Mrs Bakugou, congratulations, your sons Quirk has manifested. From what the teachers told me, he can release explosions of varying size and power from his palms, and possibly his feet". Mitsuki's face softened a bit. He had gotten a super-cool Quirk. She was glad, it was all Katsuki ever talked about.

Inko spoke up. "So they will be fine? What about the damages to the school grounds?" The doctor didn't answer, he didn't know. There was a knock at the door and the principal walked into the room.

"While I will be asking for some compensation of course, as it was his first time experimenting with a, how shall I put this, volatile Quirk, we have insurance that should cover the rest". He nodded as he spoke.

"A small fee of around 8000 yen total should be enough for the hole in the playground". Inko and Mitsuki nodded as well, they knew they had to, but Inko worried that Izuku might not be getting a figurine this month.

"Thank you, Now, I will take my leave and allow the two little ones to rest. Goodbye". The man walked out, and the mothers headed to their sons. They didn't leave until the boys were ready to go home, and as they walked to the car, Mitsuki spoke up.

"Katsuki, I think you have something to say to Izuku here". Katsuki dropped his head, quietly mumbling. "Sorry Deku I didn't mean to hurt you". Mitsuki nodded as Izuku teared up at the apology.

"That's alright Kachaan! Now we know what your Quirk can do, we can train it to be even better!" Izuku accentuated his enthusiasm with a skyward punch. Making the two mothers laugh. Only around 16 hours after their first real injuries, and things were already going back to normal.

"CMON DEKU! You gotta be strong for when you get your Quirk!" This was a few months after the incident, and Izuku was getting impatient. He still hadn't manifested his Quirk, why hasn't he manifested his Quirk yet?!

He was jogging alongside Kachaan when they came to the river. Usually, it was quite shallow, but with the rain that had been going for the last few weeks, it was higher than either of them could swim in. They decided that walking along the fallen tree would be easier.

As they were walking over it, Kachaan slipped slightly but righted himself with his explosions after a second. Izuku had jumped forward to grab him, not realising he was fine, and he slipped.

He could feel himself falling, and all he could think of was "I need someone to catch me!" and that's when he jolted to a stop, Kachaan yelping in fright. 'Wait, fright?! Kachaan is fearless!" Izuku looked up…

And saw himself. He wasn't exactly like him, he didn't have green eyes, but they were just as brilliant, if blue. The boy pulled Izuku up onto the log with a smile, before smacking into Izuku's chest and vanishing.

The 2 remaining boys ran to the other side of the river and sat down. Izuku was hyperventilating, and felt really tired."Kachaan". He looked up towards the boy. "Do you think that was my Quirk?"

Kachaan scoffed. "Of course, it was you nerd! Wasn't mine, and there's no-one else around!" he smirked at Izuku. "Now, let's get home quick so we can tell Auntie Inko about this!" The boy started to run back towards the house, and Izuku followed him, super-excited.

They arrived home and Kachaan had to stop himself from blowing the front door of its hinges in excitement. Auntie Inko would be mad at him if he did that. So would his mum.

"Auntie Inko!"

"Mum!"

She came running out to the front room when she heard them yelling, but slowed down once she saw they were OK. "What is it, sweety? What happened?" she was crossing her fingers behind her back.

"I got my Quirk mum! I got my Quirk!" Izuku was practically vibrating in excitement. Inko was as well. She was hoping this day would come soon. "Well, Izuku! What is your Quirk?!" she asked in a loud enough voice for Mitsuki to hear from the other room.

"Yo! Did the brat get his Quirk as well!?" Mitsuki came running in from the other room almost as fast as Inko had, smiling widely. "Yes, I did Auntie Mitsu! Watch this!" He closed his eyes as he focused. He focused on that feeling of needing someone. 'I need to show mum and Auntie'.

He heard their surprised shouts as he felt the energy leave him. Standing next to him, was a near-perfect copy of Izuku, the only difference being his bright red hair. The red-zuku looked over towards the two adults and waved.

"Hi mum!, Hi Auntie! I'm a clone!" he was beaming broadly, as was the main Izuku. They both turned at the same time, arms raised for high fives. They did a perfect high five, perfectly synced.

"So is this like a hive mind deal like in those horror movies or are you straight up clones?" Kachaan asked before he got smacked on the head by Mitsuki. "Katsuki Bakugou you know you're not allowed to watch those movies".

Izuku [both Izuku's] giggled at this and looked at each other curiously. The regular Izuku spoke up. "I don't think its a hive mind. I don't feel like I'm controlling the other me". Red-zuku laughed and banged on his chest.

"I remember the conversation before I was created, but I don't think regular clone problems will be a big deal here. I have this feeling... It's like I have this hard-wired knowledge that I'm a clone".

Regular Izuku laughed. "That's so cool! If I can figure out how to make more of us we all be friends with each other! Imagine that mum, any number of exact copies of me!" Inko put on a smile for her son, but inside she was preparing herself. 1 Izuku was already quite a handful. Now she had 2, possibly even more?

Lord help her.

Izuku and Red-zuku ran to his (their?) room and grabbed for the notebook. Red-zuku stopped and let Izuku grab it, before stepping back. Izuku snapped the book open to the page that held his self-portrait.

He wrote down 'Cloning' above his portrait, before Red-zuku stopped him. 'While that's a good name, shouldn't we think of a cooler name?" Izuku nodded. That did sound like a good idea. All the best heroes had cool Quirk names [except All-Might of course, but he didn't even have a boring name for it, he never told anyone.]

Kachaan had reached his door and was still staring at Red-Zuku with awe and confusion. He walked up to red-zuku and tapped his shoulder. "So are you like, just another Deku?" Red-zuku laughed.

"I have all of Izuku's memories, but don't worry Kachaan, I'm not gonna try to replace him". Red-zuku chuckled at this. "At least, not yet…" he had put on his best villain voice, but the 4-year-old had a super squeaky voice, voiding any scariness he was able to muster up.

Kachaan just laughed at this waving his hand at red-zuku. "Good, no red-head could ever take my broccoli-based best friend from me". Before smacking his hand over his mouth and growling.

Izuku's eyes started to water. It had been a while since Kachaan had called him 'his best friend' and Izuku had to fight back tears. He saw the tissues on the other side of the room and thought about how he needed them right now.

Almost instantly as he had the thought, another figure appeared into the room, this time with green hair, and pure green skin. The 2nd clone walked over to the tissues, throwing them to the regular Izuku.

He caught them and wiped his eyes, before completely crashing. He had been drained of energy already, from his exercise, his shock from the fall, and apparently, his creation of clones.

Just before he fell unconscious, he felt 2 pairs of hands holding him up, dragging him towards his bed. He was placed on the bed, and he saw Kachaan cover him in his blankets.

Kachaan and the Super-Greenie, as well as Red-zuku, walked out into the lounge room, where Inko and Mitsuki were talking about Izuku's Quirk. Inko looked up and smiled at the 3 of them, before noticing Super-Greenie's eyes.

"Izuku! What happened to your skin!" Super-Greenie held up his arms. "Don't worry mum! I'm a clone! #1's skin is fine! He's just sleeping!" Inko was surprised to hear this, but both red-zuku and Katsuki were nodding in agreement.

"You know what, I'm pretty tired as well. Maybe we should all go to bed?" Red-zuku piped up, and Super-Greenie nodded. They both started to walk towards #1's room, before stopping. "Do we sleep in there?" or do we sleep on the couch?" Inko spoke up.

"How about this. You two sleep on the couch tonight, and we'll go to the doctor tomorrow, see what exactly is happening". The two clones nodded, before Inko said goodbye to the Bakugous, and grabbed some spare blankets, spreading them out the couch.

"Well then, goodnight, Izuku #2 & 3" Inko turned off the lights and smiled, her baby had everything she wanted. A Quirk and a way to [literally] make new friends.

Red-zuku and Super-Greenie both woke up early in the morning, running towards Izuku's room. They knocked on the door and Izuku quickly opened it. He was already holding two different outfits for the clones to change into. They already had their own shoes.

All three of them got dressed, before basically ambushing Inko in her sleep. With all three of them attempting to wake her up, she stood no chance of sleeping in today. She groaned, and rolled over, hearing one of the Izuku's giggle as they were rolled over with her.

She opened her eyes and saw the three boys staring at her smiling. All three of them were practically bursting with excitement, and she knew she had to get up. She stood up and the three of them ran into the lounge room.

They started to draw and write down notes on Izuku's Quirk, doing 'tests' on the clones [which always devolved into tickle fights] and getting Izuku to try and make another one. Inko stopped them though.

"Izuku Midoriya no more clones until we see the doctor, okay? I don't want you accidentally hurting yourself". Izuku [All three Izuku's] looked down in disappointment. They all agreed to make no more clones until the doctor said it was safe.

Inko made breakfast, enough for 4 people, and turned on the hero news channel. It wasn't time to go for their appointment yet, and hero news was always a reliable distraction that Inko could use.

All three Izuku's ran towards the couch, watching in awe as a relatively new pro-hero to go solo, Present Mic, took out a villain that had been terrorising people outside of a mall. Izuku asked Super-greenie nicely to go get the notebook, and he complied, running off to get it. He came back a second later holding the book and 3 pens, and they got to work noting down all the stuff that had happened in the fight.

Inko smiled as she readied herself for the appointment. She loved her son, and she was both over the moon to have more of his energy and excitement around the house, but also completely terrified. What would having 2 more, possibly even more than that, Izuku's around the house be like? They couldn't keep sleeping on the couch, but she liked to have the spare room as storage and for the occasional guest.

She also wondered at the food costs. Did the clones need to eat? Could Izuku take the clones back? Was she stuck with 3 Izuku's forever? These questions and more swirled through her head as she sat down with her 3 boys to watch the aftermath of the fight.

They watched another 3 interview's before Inko decided they should be leaving, and told all 3 of them to get up. "C'mon boys, we have to get to the doctors now, we don't wanna be late!" The 3 Izuku's nodded, scurrying out the door.

They raced each other to the car, before playing rock-paper-scissors to see who got to sit in the front. It was a frustrating game to watch. They all picked the same thinge every time. Inko got sick of it quickly and said that Super-Greenie could sit in the front on the way there, with Red-zuku on the way back. Izuku seemed to understand her reasoning.

They drove to the doctors and the receptionist greeted them as they entered. "Welcome to our clinic! How can I help you today?" Inko smiled at her and pointed to the 3 boys standing around her legs. "I have an appointment with Dr Yashimo for a Quirk assessment".

"Of course, ms Midoriya, right this way" She walked Inko and the 3 Izuku-teers over to an office and herded the boys inside. Inko shuddered at the sight of how unruly they were being. How is she gonna take care of three Izuku's?

"Ah Ms Midoriya! Welcome, welcome!" The doctor stood up and shook Inko's hand. "How may I help you today? I'm assuming it's about the boys of course?" Inko nodded, pointing to the [now-sitting] boys.

"Well sir, My son got his Quirk. The one with green hair, but not green skin, that one is my son. The other two are… Clones". The doctor's eyes opened wide as he stroked his beard. This was interesting.

"Clones? That's quite a rare type of Quirk. Are you sure?" Inko poked Izuku prime and whispered something in his ear. Izuku got up, as did the other 2 Izuku's. "Yes, Mr doctor sir! These two are my clones, mum said I could make another one guys!" the other 2 boys cheered.

Izuku shut his eyes and focused. 'I wanna show mum and the doctor that I can do this. I need to show mum and the doctor I can do this. Maybe blue hair this time? That would be cool!"

He opened his eyes and saw another Izuku staring at him, with bright blue hair. "MUM I DID IT". Dr Yashimo was surprised but excited when he saw the clone appear. "Mum I did it! And I think I chose his hair colour!" Inko couldn't help but smile. That was pretty cool.

Blueberry looked around and waved at the doctor. "Hi there! I'm another clone!" The doctor nodded as he wrote down notes on his computer. 'Can create copies, can edit cosmetic, possibly genetic, factors in the clones when focused, random variations when unfocused'. It was already a powerful Quirk, as Dr Yashimo noted that the clone was wearing the same outfit Izuku prime was.

'Duplication of clothing points to duplication of anything he holds or wears, more tests are needed'. He finished writing his notes and printed out copies of his early observations. He handed one to Inko, who put it in her purse, and put the other into a new folder for Izuku.

"Well Ms Midoriya, I'll have to take some blood, as well as some other tests, but for now the only downside I can see is fatigue when creating the clones. You said he went to sleep and the clones stayed, and he wasn't tired when he woke up, so they don't seem to sap his energy permanently, just at creation".

He opened his cupboard and searched around a bit, before pulling a card out of his drawer. He handed it to Inko, and she raised her eyebrow as she read it. "Clone Identity therapy?" why does Izuku need this?"

"Well Ms Midoriya, we have had a few people in recent years with cloning Quirks that lead to conditions to Imposter syndrome and existential crises. We hope to get Izuku into the program early so that he can avoid these conditions entirely".

Inko nodded, understanding the reasoning. She looked over to the 4 boys and sighed. Now there were 4. If this kept up, she would have to get a new job.

When they got home, the 4 Izukus ran into his room, and she could hear the giggling and clanking from the kitchen, concerned. She wondered if he could take back the clones. They couldn't just be around forever now could they?

She started cooking Katsudon. She made a whole lot of it, now that she had to feed 5 people. They ate, and Inko had to split the 4 Izuku's up. It was late, and he, no… they, had school tomorrow.

They eventually fell asleep, and Inko sat down on the couch, exhausted. She was woken back up right before she fell asleep by a knock on the door. She sighed and made her way to the door.

"What's up Mitsuki? How can I help you?" she tried to keep her friendly demeanour, but she was freaking exhausted, and it came out in her tone. Mitsuki noticed this, wincing slightly. She was an aggressive woman, but even she knew not to fuck with Inko in a bad mood.

"Sorry if I woke you but Inko, just wanted to see how our 2 new friends were settling". Inko nodded, waving her inside. Mitsuki laughed as she saw the Izuku with blue hair sleeping on a bean bag.

"Another one? How many can he make?" Mitsuki was genuinely curious about this, she hadn't seen a Quirk like this before. Inko shrugged. "At the moment the doctor can't tell. The doctor said it drained him of energy to make them, not to sustain them. What if he doesn't have a limit in number, but energy? What if he is able to make a new one every morning, what if-?!"

Mitsuki was worried for Inko. she was starting to have a panic attack at the prospects of trying to take care of increasing numbers of Izuku's. Mitsuki had seen this kind of panic attack before, back when Hisashi left being the prime example.

She wrapped her arms around Inko and patted her hair, just like she had done almost 5 years ago. She hummed a soft tune, one that Inko's mum used to sing to her as a child. She could almost feel the difference it made in Inko. she almost immediately felt her straighten up, breathing deeply.

"Sorry Mitsu, just got a bit wrapped up in the possibilities". And now she was apologising? Mitsuki giggled. She couldn't believe that. "Don't worry Ink-stain, it's completely fine. Your right to worry about that, but Izuku is a smart boy, he will realise that he either has to get rid of them, or not make more".

She thought about that for a second. "Wait, can he get rid of them?" Inko shrugged. "The doctor had said it was impossible to know for now, at least until he got better control of his Quirk".

Mitsuki nodded, understanding her concern. She still didn't allow Katsuki to practise his Quirk within a 50m radius of other people after the accident when it manifested. "Well then, how about after the boys get back from school tomorrow, we look around for a Quirk training facility that can help?"

Inko nodded, smiling. "Yea, that sounds like a great ide-" and she was out. The brat, no the 4 brats, must have been quite a handful if Inko passed out like this. She made a mental note to scold Izuku for causing his mum so much trouble.

The next day at school was odd for the Izuku's. The others in his class didn't comment much about Izuku's 'new friends' as Kachaan had called them, and Izuku started to think that he had scared people into not overwhelming him.

The 4 boys looked funny to the other kids, and Kachaan laughed as they walked in behind Izuku like ducklings. All 4 of them were in all Might hoodies, and they seemed to have planned which clones wore which, to Kachaan's amusement.

You had Izuku prime, in his Young Age hoodie, Red-zuku in a Bronze Age hoodie, Super-greenie in a Silver Age hoodie, and Blueberry in a Golden Age hoodie. The kids started to whisper about how similar they looked to each other, wondering if Izuku had secret siblings.

"Now everyone, please allow me to introduce some temporary new classmates of yours, Izuku's clones!" the kids were silent for a second before the classroom erupted into shouting and questions. There was a shout and a bang that was louder than anything else, and the class shut up.

"Alright, you damn Extras! You wanna ask Deku questions? Hands up, just like for the teacher!" Izuku smiled at him. In his own weird, aggressive way, Kachaan cared. Hands shot up all over the classroom as everyone was curious. The clones just stood at the front of the room, laughing.

Izuku picked out a boy from the crown, a large boy who's Quirk allowed him to turn into a cat at will. "So Deku, is this your Quirk? Or did you get hit with someone else's?" Kachaan growled at the boy. He knew that he was partially to blame for making people think Izuku was Quirkless, but he did feel bad about it sometimes, not that he would ever show it to anyone.

"Uh yes, this is my Quirk now, I can create clones of myself!" he pointed to the 3 Izuku's. "This is Red-zuku, Super-Greenie, and Blueberry. Since they all call themselves Izuku, I gave them nicknames!" He smiled at the class.

He pointed to the next person, a girl that could control her hair colour. "How do we know your the real one? Blueberry could be the actual Izuku with hair-dye." Blueberry laughed. "Nope! I know I'm a clone, I just have this feeling in the back of my mind". The girl nodded, still a little suspicious.

Izuku chose another person, a girl who could make a noise-cancelling field. She grinned as he chose her, jumping up from her seat. "Can you make another one for us now?" Izuku grinned at this, he had hoped someone would ask him to do that!

He closed his eyes, focusing on creating another clone, and felt the air shift beside him, he felt the now-familiar pull on his stamina, and broke out into a smile, opening his eyes. Stood in front of him was a clone very different to the rest.

The class started freaking out, Kachaan especially. Standing in front of him, wearing exact copies of his clothing, with long green hair and bright green eyes, was a girl.

The clone was a Girl.