"Mr. All Might?" Izuku asked, the flames of the attack drawing more of his attention than his all time favorite hero. His mom and dad were in there. They were still in there. But they weren't coming out. Ever.

All Might looked down at him, his face was covered in soot and even the tips of his hair had been burned slightly. The man's smile was forced, hollow, and filled with sadness and regret. The greatest hero of his time leaned down onto a single knee and placed a hand on his back. "What is it, my boy?"

The softness in his voice was just barely louder than the flickering flames, and the screams of the dead.

"Do you think I can be a hero like you one day?" He asked looking back towards the flames. They were gone. He was all alone now.

"Of course, my boy!" All Might's laughter was filled with sorrow. "If you dedicate yourself to it and train hard with your quirk, you can become a fine hero one day."

"Even if I don't have a quirk?"

All Might's hand left his back and turned his face from him. He stood like a mountain crumbling. The single word that followed somehow, hurt more than anything else that had happened that day.

"No."

XXXX

"Wake up Deku!" Katsuki shouted, his hands sparking and exploding to show off his quirk. "You quirkless loser!"

"Katsuki!" Mitsuki came running through the door to smack her son on the head. Hard. "What part about nicely did you not understand!?"

"But it's true!" Another hit.

Mitsuki ran a hand through her blond hair and looked at Izuku. "Sorry about this, Izuku. You know how Katsuki is. He's just, well, he's-"

Izuku rolled out of bed. Another dream about All Might. Why did he remember that moment so clearly but everything was a blur? His body twice as sore as it had been last night. A pulse of pain echoed through his mind and he glared at the early morning light. Train hard. That advice had stuck with him.

His dad said that he could be a hero without a quirk. His dad was never wrong. He was going to show All Might that he could be a hero.

"It's fine," He sat up and looked at Mitsuki, she was his, what was the word again? God-mother? It was just a nice way to say back up mom. He didn't need a new mom. Or a new dad. And he really didn't need a new brother. He glared at Katsuki, the annoying kid that was two years younger than him. Katsuki had teased him ever since he found out that he was quirkless. "I'm used to it."

Mitsuki sighed, she was wearing a suit of sorts, the kind she always wore when they were going to talk to someone about him. School, counselor, therapist. She placed both hands on Katsuki's shoulders held her son firmly in place. "I know Izuku. I know."

"Katsuki, go with your dad, he's taking you to school today."

"Okay. Later loser-Ow!"

She looked at him again, with those same sad eyes. "Do you need help getting dressed? We're going to see your case handler today."

"Is it because I got in another fight?"

She laughed and shook her head. "Not really. You've still gotten in less fights than my little brat has, but it's not a bonus or anything. He just wants to talk to us about a few things."

His best clothes were a pair of black pants and a white button up shirt. He had worn it six months ago. To his parents funeral. And any number of times since. He hated it. It was to small now. He hated it.

"How are you liking school?" Mitsuki asked as they boarded the train. It was a short ride to child service building, and somehow seem to drag on for hours. He'd rather walk. "I mean, aside from the fighting. Like with your teachers and stuff."

She asked the same question everyday. Just like his mom used to.

"Fine," He answered the same way everyday. He wasn't the strongest kid in his grade not by a long shot. So he never tried to get into fights. Besides, they used quirks. He didn't have a quirk. They teased him because he wanted to be a hero. Even before his parents died. Izuku had always been a loser.

Why should they feel sorry that a loser lost his parents? A few even called him a liar. They didn't believe that All Might could fail to save them. That because All Might was there that everybody was saved. Those were the ones he punched.

But they punched back harder.

"Your teacher says that you're doing good in math." Mitsuki scratched her cheek. "Do you like math?"

"Its fine," He answered. Again.

"Well, maybe you could become a banker or some other kind of mathematician? You're in middle school now so it's probably a good idea if you start thinking about what you want to do, so you can get into the right schools and-"

"I'm going to get into U.A." That part of his dream hadn't changed. It wouldn't ever change. U.A. was the school that heroes went to, it was the school that All Might went to. It was the school that he would go to to prove them all wrong.

Just because he was quirkless, didn't mean he couldn't be a hero.

"I see, well," Mitsuki let the words die in her throat. Their stop was soon.

His case holder was a bear. A giant bear stuffed into a too tight suit that had to wear glasses. He was even bigger than All Might was.

"The boy is doing as well as could be expected." The Bear groaned tapping a bunch of papers so they were even. His great shoulders rolling as he attempted to get comfortable in the too small chair of the interview room. "It's a shame he's expressing his anger by getting into fights, but from the reports he's been bullied all his life. So long as you continue to prove a loving home for him I don't see why-"

"Actually, sir, I know why." Mitsuki grabbed his hand tightly and frowned, a few tears staining her eyes. "As much as I want to be the one to give Izuku a loving home where he can feel safe and grow as a person. I'm afraid that's just not possible. Not because of him. But because of my own son."

The bear blinked, his black soulless eyes blinked in some kind of shock. "I'm afraid I'm not following, are you saying you no longer wish to care for young Midoriya?"

"Yes. My son, though I do love him. Is an asshole. He constantly picks on Izuku, teases him, and tries to get in fights with him. I've tried to have them get along, but my boy, he's stubborn. And well. I. I don't think that my home is what Izuku needs to grow." She was really crying now. Really and truly crying now.

Izuku looked between the two adults, they started talking about what they could do with him, where they could place him, any other options. What about school, friends, places. And they didn't ask him at all. Not that the answer would change, he didn't want to live with Katsuki or Mitsuki. But he didn't want to live with anybody.

He didn't want a new family. He didn't want new friends, he didn't have any friends. He didn't want a new school. He didn't need a school that told him he couldn't be a hero. He just wanted to be left alone.

They decided that he would spend a few more days with the Bakugos.

He decided he wouldn't.

XXXX

Mei hummed to herself as she stomped along the muddy trail to her home. She had gotten lots of cool parts this time! A fan, those were always fun, a boy, those were sometimes fun, a motor! This one worked! She knew it would it still had all the bits to it! And even just some scrap. She was going to make a robot to clean her room today or her name wasn't Mei Hatsume!

Or she could get the boy to do it!

She found him, that made him hers right?

Wait, were slaves legal? They said something about them in school but she wasn't paying attention. Well she was, just not to the teacher. The teacher was boring. She could learn more from her brother, books, and the internet than her old teachers. That was why she was homeschooled now.

That and she exploded three boilers, a radiator and a swingset.

That last one was especially fun.

She looked up at the sign, it was written in english "Otto's Auto Bikes" Her brother's name flashed in pink while there was a slowly turning gear for the last letter in 'auto,' she made that. With her brothers help which was why it hadn't exploded yet!

"Hey! Big bro!" She shouted as she entered the garage, a few custom bikes were scattered about, some hanging, in welding stations, waiting to be shipped off and a few were waiting for their turn to be on display in the front. "I got some super cool stuff today!"

Otto, lifted up his welding mask and smiled at her. He was the biggest guy she'd ever met! Well aside from a scary looking bearman, but he didn't count. They both had the same pink hair, but her brother pulled his back into a ponytail, mostly to stop it from getting in the way. And their eyes were the same! But his did different stuff!

"Mei-Mei! Did you have a good scavenging run?" He asked grabbing her head and messing up her hair. Well messing it up more.

"I just said I got some super cool stuff!" She stomped her red rubber boot and reached into the wagon to pull out the motor. She had to move the boy over slightly. He made a noise! That was good! If it made noise that meant it was working. Or about to stop working.

Ehh, it was 50/50.

"Like look at this super cool motor I found! I think it used to go to a. A. well I'm not really sure, something that had a motor in it?" She placed it back on top of the boy and grabbed a fan. "Oh! And this fan! I think if I get the RPMs high enough I should be able to get it to lift! Maybe I can make a drone that'll shoot chips in your mouth!"

"Ooh, that sounds delicious!" Her brother laughed with his whole body. Then he stopped and looked into the wagon. "Uh, hey Mei-Mei, who you got there?"

"Huh? Oh!" He was talking about the boy! "I have no idea!"

"Mei" He said slowly and didn't say her name twice! That meant she was in trouble! Wait that wasn't a good thing. "Did you kidnap that kid?"

"What? No! I don't think so! I found him asleep in a pipe! And he looked like he'd been staying there for a while so I figured I could use a boy! He could be my test subject." She moved over to grab his arm and he made more noise. "I tried to wake him up, but he sleeps harder than you do!"

She let his arm drop. "I think he might be broken."

Otto stood tossing his gloves to the side as he looked at the boy, his eyes doing the shifting thing when he used his quirk. It allowed him to determine the a bunch of stuff about objects he was looking at, mass, weight, speed, acceleration, temperature, and, well, a bunch of other useful stuff.

"He's alive," He grabbed the boy and began to carry him up to the stairs that lead into their home. Did that mean she could keep him? "But he has a fever, and his blood sugar is low, probably."

"Can you fix him?"

"Probably!"

"Can we keep him?"

"Mei, he's not a pet!"

"That wasn't a no!"

"No! He's a person!"

She followed her brother, leaving behind her wed wagon, and the shop in the hands of her brothers assistant. Their home was basically a large open room with only really the washroom separated from everything else. The kitchen was in one corner, the T.V. couch, cot, hammocks, and clothes were in another, and that was about it! Well there was another corner that had a table for studying and the computer. It was a lot better than the other homes.

"Mei!" Her brother shouted as he moved the boy over to the couch. "Can you go get the first aid kit? And umm, like a juice box and some like yogurt or something? I'm going to try and feed the kid and see if that helps."

"Roger!"

XXXX

"Alright, easy now, take it slow big guy." A deep bubbly voice greeted him as he felt food slide into his mouth and then down his throat. Food. Food at last. Izuku opened his eyes and saw a large round face that was covered in oil feeding him some kind of Yogurt. "That's it, hey there buddy, glad you came too."

This wasn't where he had fallen asleep. Not at all. But it was just as dirty.

"Where am I?" He asked, well he tried to, but by the time he got to the 'h' his entire body went into a coughing fit over how dry his throat was.

"Woah, woah, easy now. Mei, juice!" The man held out his hand and a girl with the same pink hair and yellow eyes handed him a juice box. A few seconds later, the refreshing liquid was slowly pushed into his mouth. "You're in our home. My little sister Mei found you while she was looking for parts and brought you here. I'm Otto. And when you can, can you tell me who you are?"

Izuku swallowed and blinked, the headache was back. But at least he didn't have that dream again. His whole body felt ever so slightly off, probably from sleeping on the ground again. And his back also hurt. "I'm Izuku. Thanks, for uhh, saving me."

"You're welcome!" The girl Mei chirped, her yellow sundress was covered in oil stains and she had on a pair of red boots and a red band kept her hair out of her face. "You can repay me by becoming my assistant."

"Huh?"

"You can ignore her for the most part." Otto laughed and grabbed Mei's head, shaking it slightly. "My sister's got gears for brains and has no social skills aside from when she's trying to sell you something."

"Hey!" Mei whined.

"But, Izuku, can you tell me why you were asleep in a junk yard? And what about your parents? Do you have a number to call? I'm sure they must be worried about you." Otto placed one hand on his knee and smiled, he was almost as big as the bear at the child service place. He was the kind of guy that made smiling easy.

Or at least he would.

"My parents died months ago." He bit his lip feeling his body shake, the hunger, the thirst, the headache, it was all too much. He felt faint. "They were going to send me to an orphanage. So I ran away instead."

Otto's smile fell but his yellow eyes still held some kindness in them. "That's rough buddy. I remember what it was like in the orphanage. It sucked. I can't blame you for wanting out of there, I know I couldn't get Mei out of there fast enough."

"So you're not going to turn me in?"

"Nah, I should, but I won't." Otto scratched at the scruff on his chin and shrugged finally letting go of Mei's head. "But I do want to know what you're planning on doing. Trying to be your own man and living to your own rules, its great and all, but its rough. Ya need to have a plan. Wait, how old are you?"

"Twelve."

"Two years older than Mei-Mei huh? That's a bit young. But it can be done." Otto crossed his arms and sighed.

Izuku swallowed and looked at the man, more closely this time. He wore a tank top and grease and oil seemed to cover every inch of his body. Somehow Otto was the first person to really talk to him since his parents died. The first to say he could do it. "I want to get into U.A. I want to show them that I can become a hero even if I don't have a quirk!"

Otto let out a whistle and a smile grew on his face. "You don't dream small, do you Izuku? I like that."

He didn't want to tell him that it was to make All Might eat his words.

"And that fire in your eyes, I like that too. You're more than serious about all this." Otto rocked from side to side until the momentum was enough to have him bounce onto his feet. "Alright, I'm going to make you a deal."

"A deal?" Izuku asked the large man.

"Yep! You help me around the shop, I'll give you a place to stay and put some food in your belly, and I'll even homeschool you like I do Mei-mei. She's planning on getting into U.A. too just like I did, though she's aiming for the support course." Otto flexed, a giant smile on his face now.

"Yea! I'm going to make a ton of cute babies and sell them to companies so we won't ever have to worry about money again!" Mei mirrored her brother's pose and had the same giant smile. Then her eye twitched. "Hey, I thought you said we couldn't keep him!"

"We're not keeping him, he's staying with us there's a difference." Otto ruffled Mei's hair again. "Well, that is if you're down for it Izuku."

He nodded. "Thank you. I won't let you down."

"Awesome! We get to keep him!"

"He's not a pet!"

AN: Okay, last new story for a while. This is basically a Re-Imagining of my IzuMomo fic. And technically my first attempt at a harem fic. (It's Nejire's harem Izuku is just the only guy.) I hope you all enjoy this fic though. It's going to hopefully the right amount of angst, humor, and romance to make things better.