Chapter 2

Hey fellow fanfiction users! Sorry for the wait for Chapter 2, but I've been busy with college applications and high-school stuff: it's now that I slightly regret choosing to take 4 AP classes. Nonetheless I hope you all enjoy this next chapter!

I do not own BNHA

*Beep**Beep* "Five more minutes" Despite having woken up for the past 7 years at five every day for training, Izuku Midoriya could still not help the everyday dread of waking up. Sighing Izuku got out of bed and changed into a cyan track-suit, he still had much to learn about his quirk after all. 'Remember Izuku if you want to be just like All Might, you have train, and train like hell.'

Not wanting to wake his mother up, Izuku silently headed to the kitchen for a simple breakfast consisting of fruits and a glass of orange juice, eying the pastries on the kitchen counter in envy. 'I should tell mom to stop buying those. They're too tempting… she's also been gaining some wait, but I'd rather leave that to myself if I want to live to see myself becoming a hero.' Izuku very much so loved his mother, but during his slightly rowdier moments, his mom had been… well not pleasant to say the least.

'Well time to head out!'. Izuku grabbed his backpack, remembering to grab his keys and water bottle, before heading out. 'The dogs should be asleep right now. I'll take them for another run later.' Izuku loved the dogs, their relationship may have been rocky at first, but they've been great ever since. 'Honestly, ever since I got those dogs mom thinks I've turned into some health freak. Well at least it's a good cover story for my training. I'm not strong enough to tell mom about my quirk yet. If I want to be a hero without her worrying about my safety, I need to be stronger.'

Ever since finding about his quirk Izuku realized that he did not just want to be a hero, he wanted to be the greatest hero. He wanted people to look a him and feel their worries wash away, he wanted to be just like his idol All Might. He had realized though, that his mom wouldn't support him due to her worry for him, and why wouldn't she, she was his mom… although he also believed some of her worries came when thinking about his dad. Izuku's dad had gone away a few years ago to work overseas, sending money back to support his family. He was around three years old when his father left… he still remembered how his mother had cried.

If Izuku wanted to be the hero he envisioned, he would have to train until his mom could see that it wasn't some phase, a hero is who he is. He wouldn't make her sad because she was worried for her baby, he would show her his strength.

Locking the door behind him Izuku was getting ready to head out when he heard a familiar voice. "Hey Deku!" He turned around only to spot his most recent friend Ochako Uraraka looking at him. She was wearing a black tank top and some fluffy pink pajama bottoms. Her hair was messy, and she was smiling at him, he also noticed that she still seemed kind of tired. "What are you doing up so early? Oh, and good morning!"

Her face was inquisitive, almost confused about what could have possibly driven the boy to be up so early in what looked to be a… workout uniform? Was he really going to work out so early in the morning?

There were still many things she did not know about the green haired boy. She had only met him around a week back after all. Since then they have had simple conversations over the phone and gone to the park once or twice. She had even met his mother the day before, she was such a sweet woman.

"Good Morning Uraraka! I'm just going out to… ". 'Is it fine if I tell her I'm going training. She seems too tired to really care about anything at the moment honestly. Hopefully she just leaves the subject alone.' "… training. I'm off to do some training." The words came out more rushed than Izuku would have preferred,

Ochako started narrowing her eyes when Izuku paused in the middle of his statement, even more so at his rushed ending. 'Crap! She's on to me!' Izuku started feeling some sweat forming on the back of his neck… that is until Ochako sneezed and fully opened her eyes, 'Was she really just holding a sneeze in that entire time!' Izuku felt a sweat drop form at the sneeze, and felt his face flush, embarrassed at having over-analyzed the situation.

"Bless you!"

"Thanks Deku!"

"I'm up for training… but what are you doing up so early Uraraka? This is the first time I've seen you up so early" Izuku wanted to move the conversation away from himself, but was also curious as to what reason his new friend could have for being up so early.

"Oh… uhmm… well…". Izuku could see her already blushed cheeks going a shade darker. She was fiddling with the hem of her shirt.

"If it embarrasses you Uraraka, you don't have to say anything". Ochako seemed to half-heartedly smile at him. He was so nice! Not many people would usually take her feelings into consideration like that, they'd usually be pushier.

"No, it's alright I don't mind talking about it… plus you told me why you're out here, so let me return the favor. It may surprise you, but I'm usually up at this time. My parents leave for work really early, and I like to see them off since I don't really see them until they come back at night. It's just I thought the sunrise looked really nice this morning, so I decided to stay out for a bit longer hehe."

'She seems sad' Izuku noticed that as she spoke her eyes became more downcast and her smile wavered. 'Wait, when I walked her back yesterday after she met mom her parents weren't back home. And now that I think about it I haven't seen her parents once! Does… does that mean that she spends the entire time alone?' This thought upset Izuku. Uraraka and himself had spent at most an hour or two with each other every day this week, but t think that the rest of the time she was by herself… well it bothered him.

"Hey Uraraka." Ochako looked back up at Izuku. "How about when I come back from my training, we can… uhmm… we can walk my dogs?" Even if blushing and embarrassed Izuku would not let his friend be lonely all day. Plus, he had found himself enjoying her company the past week, so more time with Uraraka was alright in his book.

"I'd love to Deku!"

"Great! I should be back at around 9. Although you may have to wait a bit, so I can shower. I don't want you having to deal with my smelly sweat"

Ochako remembered when she first saw Izuku. Clothes matted to his body, sweat dripping onto his tight white, the liquid making his white shirt almost see through, showing off his toned body. Blushing she averted her gaze from Izuku and put one hand behind her hand "Y-yeah, now that would be bad, hehe!"

Blinking in confusion at Ochako's sudden demure state, Izuku decided he'd best start heading to training. "Well I'll see you later Uraraka!" Izuku smiled as she returned his farewell.

"See ya' Deku!"

30 minutes later

For the past seven years Izuku had been training in the same spot. His thoughts were along the lines of 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it'. The spot had been fairly secluded, the only time he could remember encountering someone is when he caught a few younger grade-schoolers splashing each other in the stream. He had pretended to be a monster and crystalized some coal, turning the diamonds into large crystalline bugs, which he had proceeded to send after the kids. He would still laugh remembering how they sounded as they ran away screaming. He didn't like to be mean, but he had to train.

'Alright! Time to get to it' Placing his bag down, Izuku began to sift through until he found what he was looking for. A small bag of charcoal. This charcoal was special, for it was pure carbon. Through studying and analyzing his quirk Izuku found that he could make the hardest diamond out of charcoal and coal, and his second hardest diamond… well now that was complicated. Carbon dioxide, what a hell of a thing.

The CO2 that came from his own exhales was easiest to crystalize, probably a side effect of his father's fire-breathing quirk, but unless an area was particularly full of smog, he would find it difficult to crystalize the air around him. It wasn't that it would tire him, in fact his quirk almost never exhausted him when actually forming diamond, the only thing that would tax his body much anymore was shape manipulation. Forming complex shapes was tiring, but depending on the material, only concentration really mattered.

For the last two years Izuku had been working on converting CO2 into diamond faster, as well as manipulating shape faster. Izuku knew that were he to find a way to convert CO2 instantaneously into diamond, he would be more than just a force to be reckoned with. With this power he would basically be taking away the opponent's ability to breathe. Every breath his weapon, the air around him his weapon. No matter where Izuku went, there was always something to use at his disposal. Izuku's potential was astounding.

And despite coal and CO2 making his hardest diamonds, Izuku's curiosity had led him to studying what he could and couldn't turn into diamond. He found smoke easy to use, but impractical, he wasn't about to start carrying a burning log everywhere he went, that would be… well it would be weird. He still kept it at the back of his mind however, it would come in handy against Kacchan's explosions. He couldn't wait to see the look on Bakugo's face when he realized that he couldn't attack Izuku without adding to Izuku's arsenal.

Other than smoke he found he could turn plants, peanut butter, paper, and even his own hair into diamond. There was only thing he knew that he could turn into diamond that he wished he never found out. One day when training Izuku had been startled by a field mouse. In his fright Izuku had accidentally activated his quirk and turned the poor creature into diamond. Believing he had killed the animal, Izuku had wailed. Using the reversal process of his quirk he had thankfully reverted the mouse's crystalline form into flesh and bone, and the mouse had not died.

Thinking about what he had done and the aspects of his quirk, Izuku realized that were he to have manipulated the mouse's shape, the mouse would have certainly died, and that without him to reverse the process, the mouse would have stayed frozen forever, a crystalline figure, never to walk again. He hoped there would never come a time when he had to use this power, he shuddered thinking about the enemy that would require such force, he also trembled remembering how fast he crystalized the rodent, it was even faster than he could crystalize coal. Other than the self-set limitation Izuku had set on himself, there was not much he couldn't do with his quirk.

Izuku knew the only true limitation he had was material. After saving the dogs and having come back to train, he had noticed the bars of his diamond cage were hollow. Soon after having started playing around with shape manipulation, Izuku realized that he was limited to how much diamond he had available. It made sense, matter wasn't just going to appear out of nowhere. While he could make diamonds out of the air around him, that was only because mater was already there.

Izuku did find out however that with his diamonds he could stretch them out until they were paper-thin, but that affected the stability of the diamond. Were one to hit the right spot, the diamond would shatter. Although the force necessary to break the thinnest layer did require above average strength. But still this information had led to Izuku's new motto "The thicker the better" (AN: lol) when working with his diamonds.

That was one of the other reasons he wanted to work on his CO2 crystallization, where he to perfect it, he would never have to worry abut running out of material. It didn't tire him out to make the diamond, but in what it would take to crystalize 5 similar-sized pieces of coal, he could only crystalize a diamond around the size of one of those coal pieces. Although his breath could be crystalized at what he believed to be 4 times the speed of CO2 already in the air. Not as fast as his coal crystallization, but handy nonetheless.

Well CO2 training would have to wait for the next day, today he would work on shape manipulation, and for that, he would use his good old pal coal.

One other thing Izuku had noted was that the harder the diamond, the harder it was to manipulate its shape, but the better he got with his hardest diamonds, the easier his other diamonds were to morph. "Alright time to do this!" Izuku placed the coal on the ground and stepped a few meters back. His hands began to glow a bright white and after 2 seconds the coal turned into diamond. "Hehe, still got it."

Izuku began imagining the shape he wanted, a rose. He imagined the thorns, the individual petals, the leaves, the stem, and everything in between, trying to work from memory. His hands began to glow brighter and after 10 seconds, the shape was complete.

One of the first things Izuku had discovered about his quirk was of course, how to use it. Izuku learned he could only turn things into diamond that were in a 20-meter radius of himself, he had also worked only slowly expanding his area of effect, but for now he was happy with what he could do. Izuku considered that the area effect must be thanks to his mom's quirk, along with the fact that he could make anything he created float, man would it suck if every time he made diamond it just sunk dead to the ground.

To use his quirk, all Izuku had to do was make his hands do the "weird-glowy-thingy" as he put it, and think about what he wanted to do. He also figured he could wear gloves to hide his quirk, as it didn't impede is ability to use it, and would come in handy to hide what he was doing when fighting villains.

"Well the shape is complete, only one second faster than last time, but at least I'm improving." Izuku muttered to himself and made his hand glow again, turning the rose back into its original shape. He made the diamond back into charcoal, only to return it into its diamond state, this time transforming the diamond into a frog.

Later

"I need to shower" Izuku groaned as he slowly trudged up the stairs to his apartment. For two hours he had repeated the process of transforming, shaping, reverting to the original shape, and reverting back into coal, and boy was he tired. He would slowly make his shapes more complex as he trained, up until he made a small crystalline figure of All Might. Some might find it creepy how well Izuku had All Might's shape memorized, but to Izuku those people did not deserve his attention. Well by the time he made the figurine he had exhausted most of his stamina, leaving just enough to turn the figure back and get home and take a shower to reenergize.

Finally getting to his floor he noticed someone familiar outside his door. 'Uraraka? What is she doing waiting outside my door?' Hoping he hadn't been gone for too long Izuku took out his phone to look at its clock, the time reading 9:27 'Shit! I'm nearly half an hour late!'

Panicking Izuku began running towards his friend "Uraraka I'm so sorry I'm late! I lost track of time while training!"

Upon hearing Izuku's voice, Uraraka turned around to face him, only for her face to immediately turn red. "Oh h-hey Deku!" Her voice was more high-pitched than she was comfortable with and she couldn't help but avert her gaze from her friend, but what else was she supposed to do when Izuku was in the smallest shirt possible and glistening with sweat. You see while not a particularly hot day, Izuku had pushed himself hard in his shape manipulation breaking quite the sweat, and had thus taken off his track jacket, leaving him in a tight black tank-top. 'I thought he was cute, but I didn't know he was this hot!'. Ochako began to sweat in nervousness. "I-it's f-fine Deku. I haven't been w-waiting long. I only came out l-like five minutes ago!" In truth Ochako had been there since 8:45 hoping to catch her friend on the way back home growing more depressed over time at his lateness.

Unaware of the effect Izuku was having on his friend, he replied hurriedly "Oh thank god, I thought you may have been waiting for long. Here we'll walk the dogs in a bit! Just let me take a shower, and I'm sorry again for being late!"

"Yeah you look like you need it, you're all hot and sweaty!" 'Hot indeed' "Where did that voice come from?"

"What voice?" Izuku looked at Ochako in confusion, as she violently tossed her head looking around her.

'Crap I asked that aloud' "Uhh n-nothing I didn't say anything about a voice! Just knock on my door when you're ready to go!" Ochako quickly entered her apartment, further perplexing Izuku on her actions.

"Girls are weird."

30 minutes later

No longer expecting anything strenuous to happen Izuku stood outside Uraraka's door in an All Might t-shirt and black jeans, along with his favorite pair of red high-tops. Leashes in hand, he knocked hearing the bubbly voice he had been getting to know the past week "Coming!"

Opening the door Uraraka smiled at seeing her friend and his dogs. "Hey Deku! You look uhmm…cleaner." She was dressed in a pink t-shirt, black shorts with white stripes along the sides, and a pair of white sneakers; a simple outfit that would allow her to move comfortably. (AN: Bonus points to whoever can name what part of the anime I got this outfit from.)

"Well I do prefer not being grimy and sweaty" Izuku teased. "You ready to go?"

"Heck yeah I'm ready! I'm just going to lock up and we can head out." She was happy to be able to spend the day with Deku, if not for him she'd be locked up in her room all alone until her parents came back home. She was worried this summer would be spent alone, not that she would tell Deku that, she barely knew the guy. While he may be her friend (I mean hey why wouldn't she let the guy be her friend, he was so sweet and earnest looking) they were still practically strangers. She had been getting to know the guy over the week after their first meeting, and she hoped to learn more about him on their outing: the fact that she could play with his three awesome dogs was a bonus.

"Well I usually head to the park to jog with these guys right here, but I don't feel like getting all sweaty again. Hopefully you're okay with just a casual stroll."

"Yeah wouldn't want you pouring all over the place!" 'That's a lie and you know it' 'Oh quiet you.'

After a twenty-minute walk they arrived at the park talking about insignificant things such as school and hobbies, laughing at small jokes they would both make. Arriving at the park Ochako decided to ask Izuku a question regarding his t-shirt, "Hey Deku what's up with the shirt?". Ochako knew about All Might, hell, you'd be hard-pressed to find a person who didn't, but not many people around her and Izuku's age wore any shirts like that.

"W-well it's a little embarrassing to talk about, but I don't think you'd make fun of me because of it."

"Of course not! You look like you have a good reason." Ochako smiled at him hoping to give him some sort of reassurance. She silently waited, even the dogs sat and looked towards the owner, almost as is they too were curious about what the freckled boy had to say.

"W-well ever since I was really little I've been a fan of All Might. I w-want to be a hero just like him. I want to be someone who when faced with danger smiles and laughs off the opposition. All Might is the symbol of peace, and I hope to one day be just that, the symbol of peace. When people are in danger I want them to think of me, believing that they are safe. All Might is my goal, and I hold nothing but respect for the man. I want to be a hero, and to be the hero I want to be, I look towards him." At first Izuku seemed nervous, but as he went on his voice became steadier and more defined. His eyes burning with determination.

Ochako couldn't help but look on in admiration. Here was this boy whom she had thought was simply going to go on some nerd spiel, and completely went against her expectations. In her eyes Deku was now of the coolest people she knew. Never had she heard anyone sound so determined or passionate about what they wanted, with his words, she truly did believe he could one day be a great hero. No one that determined could fail.

"W-well that's the gist of it anyway" And boom! Deku is back. Ochako couldn't help but giggle a little she found this transition from shy to determined, only to go back to shy quite cute.

"Honestly Deku… that was one of the most amazing things I've ever heard anyone say." Ochako smiled, truly believing what she said. She chuckled when he ducked his head in embarrassment, a sight she was growing accustomed too. Even the dogs seemed to happily wag their tails at Ochako's proclamation.

"Well t-thanks Uraraka, but enough about me, what do you want to do?" Ochako blinked surprised, not thinking Deku would ask her about her own life.

"Well honestly I want to be a hero too, but after hearing your reasons for wanting to be a hero I feel kind of guilty." She put a hand on the back of her hand, a nervous smile forming on her face.

"Why do you feel guilty Uraraka?" 'Why would she feel embarrassed about wanting to be a hero?"

"Well I want to be a hero for the money honestly. I know pretty scummy right? It's just that… well my family hasn't been doing too well financially these past years. That's why I'm here for the summer, works been slow, and this job is a big opportunity for my parents to have something more stable for a few years. The company is also providing us with the apartment for my family this summer, we'd never be able to afford anywhere so nice on our own. It's not as noble as your cause, but it's why I want to be a hero, so that they won't have to worry about money anymore."

Ochako didn't know why she told him all this, it was a private matter that Deku didn't need to involve himself in, but for some reason she felt she could trust him with this. In her heart she knew Deku wouldn't make her feel like the scum of the Earth for this. Ochako had been looking down the entire time but looked up when she heard a sniffle.

"D-Deku, why are you crying?"

"Honestly Ochako… you have to be the kindest person I have ever met." Ochako blushed at being called by her first name, but even more so at Izuku's compliment. She hadn't been expecting this sort of reaction from him.

"How so?" She was curious as to why he would say this.

"Well you want to be a hero to help your parents right." Ochako nodded at this. "Well I think you're a hero already then!"

"Huh?"

"You said you want to be a hero because of the money, but it's because of what you want to do with the money that makes you a hero in my eyes. Most people become heroes for far more selfish reasons. You could have chosen to pursue whatever other career, a doctor, a lawyer, but you're choosing to one day be a hero, and I respect that."

Izuku hoped his words were uplifting for Uraraka, as he truly did believe Uraraka to be selfless and kind. They may not have known each other for long, but Izuku could a feel a connection forming between the two, deeper than anything he has had with anyone else, was this friendship?

"So, don't feel bad Uraraka, be prou- oof!" Izuku was interrupted by Ochako suddenly launching herself and she was… hugging him? 'Ah! A girl is h-hugging me! What do I do! What do I do!' The sudden contact put Izuku in a panic, the only times he had physical-contact with other people was with his mom, and even then, it was rare; only happening in times of extreme stress for Inko. Confused, Izuku was about to push her off of him… that is, until he felt a wet spot growing on his shoulder.

Tentatively Izuku also wrapped his arms around her, furiously blushing as he did so. As he began rubbing circles on her back, Ochako turned her head up to look him in the eyes "Look who's crying now, hehe. And, thanks for telling me that Deku I… I really needed to hear those words."

"It-It's no big deal! You're my friend now, so I want you to trust me. And whether that trust takes a while for me to earn, or you're willing to give it to me now, I'll listen to whatever you have to say. And I'll help you anyway I can." Both pre-teens smiled, and would have continued their hug, had Ochako's stomach not decided to scream. Embarrassed Ochako left the hug, suddenly finding a pebble on the ground more interesting than what she had been doing before.

"Hehe, someone is a little hungry." Izuku laughed at her embarrassment, both amused by her hunger, and disappointed at no longer feeling the brown-haired girl's arms surround him, though he could not say why.

"It's fine, I just haven't eaten breakfast yet. I'll just wait for my parents to get back."

"But, aren't your parents not going to be back until really late?" Izuku was confused at why she would hold off for so long to eat. His eyes slightly widened as he remembered her financial situation. 'Has she been starving herself just to help her family save money.' At first glance one wouldn't think Ochako had been starving herself, she wasn't super skinny, but she wasn't fat. Overall Ochako had a slightly plump figure that would suggest a healthy appetite and overall average lifestyle.

"It's fine I can wai-."

"No, you can't!" While coming out more forceful than Izuku would prefer, he wasn't about to let his friend starve. "There is a small restaurant nearby. Let's drop my dogs off at my home, and we'll head on over. Don't worry about paying it'll be my treat."

"Deku please don't do this." Ochako's eyes were pleading, telling him that everything really was alright.

"Don't do what? Worry about you? Uraraka, you're my friend, and while we may have not known each other for long I… I can't help but feel like this friendship is different. I've never put so much into a relationship with someone else. I want us to be more than just some summer friends, I want us to be true friends, I want to care for you… so please just accept my help." Izuku was passionate, but he did feel his voice dying down in volume near the end, fearful on how she would react to the pressure he was putting on her, he really did want her friendship. 'I hope I didn't say too much.'

"Honestly Deku… I'm a little shocked you feel that way." Ochako didn't know what else to say. The only other people who have ever exhibited this much care for her were her parents. She was amazed at how Deku viewed their friendship, were she to be frank with herself, she felt the same way. Without having known Izuku for long she had already trusted him with more than any friends she had before, maybe it was his shy nature, or overall kind demeanor, but he had earned her trust, a trust deeper than she had with her friends back home.

"Yeah… I'm probably coming on too strongly?" Izuku looked up smiling, for once not embarrassed.

"No, you're not. I… I feel the same to tell you the truth." Ochako looked up smiling just as much. "Sooooo, you were saying something about food?"

1 and a half hours later

"Man, I am stuffed!" Ochako felt like she was taking advantage of Izuku, but he had kept on insisting that she have all she wanted.

"Well I'm glad you liked the food." Izuku had been really surprised by the brown-haired girl, how was he supposed to know that she could finish 15 red-bean buns, it shouldn't be humanly possible! While he may have been lower in funds than he had been before, Izuku really didn't care. Frankly Izuku had more money than he knew what to do with, so treating his friend to a meal… well more than just a meal, was fine with him.

With his diamond quirk Izuku had limited himself to only selling a single carat's worth whenever he began to run out of funds. With how well cut he could form the jewel he could sell his diamonds for around 1,000,000 yen (AN Like a little less than $9000). With that money he could buy all the katsu don he wants! Still he feels… he feels wrong making money that way. That's why he set a limit for himself, too much money just made him feel dirty: hero's duty and what not.

"Yeah…I'm glad you actually convinced me to do this." Both pre-teens fell into a comfortable silence, happy to simply revel in the company of one another.

"Let's do this again." Izuku looked towards Ochako. "I didn't want to bring it up earlier… but I don't like the idea of you being lonely. As your friend I-I want you to hang out with me and… and I-"

"Stop Deku." Ochako stopped and began to look Izuku in the eyes. "I know what you mean and I…I…yes. I do want to hang out more…. and thanks. Thank you for being such a kind friend." Smiling, Ochako began walking again, a blushing Izuku not far behind.

"Well let's have fun toget- "

"DEKU!"

Many things in this world happen purely by chance: people fall in love, people win lotteries, people get struck by lightning, yadda yadda. Izuku and Ochako were unfortunately forced to experience one of Lady Luck's bad moods, as not even 20 minutes prior to the start of the two-pre-teen's conversation, did a villain decide to rob a bank. The villain had screwed up on a proportion that was truly comical, as the bank happened to be neighboring a super-hero agency. The villain realizing his mistake more than a little late, ran as fast as he could. The villain had no trouble getting away as his quirk was one that allowed for instant teleportation at a distance of at least 50 feet away. The villain was aware that he could not run forever, so spotting the two youths, he teleported to Izuku, grabbed him, only to instantly teleport again, holding a knife against the boy's throat.

"Hold still kid! I'd rather not have to hurt ya', but if you squirm I'll have no choice." Izuku was in shock one second he was talking with Ochako, only for the next second to be on a rooftop with a sharp knife flat against his jugular. He felt sweat sliding down the back of his neck. He was nervous, he could die if he didn't listen to the villain.

To speak of the villains that inhabit Izuku's world, there needs to be a little exposition. You see Izuku wants to be a hero to stop those like the man who is currently holding him hostage. When quirks first appeared nothing major really happened: bank robberies, muggings, the occasional militia in underdeveloped nations, etcetera, simple generic ne'er-do-well activities that had existed for countless years, but quirks began spreading to the general population, tempting some to do more than they could with a normal human power. Drunk on power many sought to harm the general populace, spreading death and destruction.

That was when heroes started to arrive. At first heroes were vigilantes seeking to use their quirks to protect instead of harm, soon the world's governments hoping to combat the growing villain menace began hiring quirk-users to battle villains. This proved to be a blessing and a curse. Heroes became more organized, more powerful; and villains became more organized, more dangerous. Both helped with the apparent increase in potency of quirks.

Unfortunately for our hero all the training he did could not prepare him for his first villain encounter. The system he had been training to be a part of was still years away! He could seriously get hurt! He needed to wait, if the villain was this desperate to take a hostage the heroes must be close by. He just needed to be patient, this was a real villain, this was not a situation he could just use his quirk to plow through. He would wait, that would be his plan… that is until he looked down from the roof, spotting at Uraraka, he could see the worry on her face, tears forming on her eyes. Crap! He couldn't worry her like that, now he really had to escape on his own. And is the villain really did kill him, what was to stop the villain from killing Uraraka: he would protect her at all costs.

"You Jerk! Leave Deku alone!"

"You stay quiet too little girl! You wouldn't want your boyfriend here getting hurt now, would ya?" Ochako was too worry and scared for her friend to respond to the boyfriend remark.

Izuku's mind went into overdrive, he needed to think this situation through. 'Okay this guy can move fast, but there has to be more to hiss quirk than that. If his quirk was purely speed he could have just run away by now. When he grabbed me, I didn't feel any air displacement either, almost like he telep-. That's it, his quirk is some form of teleportation. But if the villain can teleport… why hasn't he teleported away yet. Maybe it's limited by distance, that would explain why he was still running from the heroes. The intervals between teleports doesn't seem to be limited by time either, but it seems that instantaneous teleportation has tired him out a bit. That must be another reason he took me hostage, he knows he can't go on forever, he probably needs to wait a bit between teleportation intervals to not get tired.

And if he is in this much of a hurry who can be chasing him? With his teleportation he should be easily able to get away from most heroes, even speed types like Ingenium. Still what to do, what to do…' After thinking a bit longer Izuku had a plan.

"Hey mister."

"What ya' want boy!"

"I was just wondering why you look so ugly."

"Hehe cracking joke now are we."

"Oh no! I don't joke, you are truly one of the ugliest people I have ever seen."

"You brat!"

Despite Uraraka's worried and confused countenance, Izuku continued his banter, I mean what the hell was Izuku was doing! All he was doing was further angering the villain! What neither Uraraka or the villain noticed was a diamond hammer forming behind the villain's head. The more Izuku angered the villain the more ragged the villain's breath grew, providing him with the perfect material to knock the villain out, add to that his own breathing and he was close to forming the hammer. Thankfully, in his anger, the villain did notice Izuku stick his hands in his pocket earlier to hide their glowing. 'Just five more seconds… come on!'

"Yeah, it's just I've seen cat's assholes prettier than you. I'd even say their shit is prettier than that mug on you."

"You really want to die don't ya'!"

"No, it's just I started thinking about my mom earlier and how thankful I am that I look like her. If I looked like you I would never consider going out in public!"

"That's it kid! You're dead!" Just as the villain was about to bring down onto Izuku's neck he stopped and seeing… was that a smirk.

"Too late asshole!" Before the villain could respond, he felt a heavy pressure in the back of his head. Darkness beginning to cloud his vision, blacking out soon after.

Izuku freed himself of the villain's grasp, took his hands out of his pocket and manipulated the hammer's shape, cuffing the villain in diamond cuffs.

"*Sigh* Man that was rough. But I- I did it! I beat a villain, awesome… although it was kind of easy But, I really can be a-"

"Deku!"

"Huh! AHHH!" Izuku in his moment had forgotten about Uraraka turning around only to be met with a crying girl tackling him… on the roof? How had she gotten up there? Well it probably had something to do with her quirk, he'd ask her later what it was. For now, he had to assure his friend that he was alright.

Well! That was chapter two my favorite cunts. I wanted to use this chapter to further explain Izuku's quirk, and provide some IzuOcha growth, ya know what happens before the kiss and sex. Don't worry if I decide to write a lemon (don't get your hopes up) they'll be at least 16, no twelve-year old kids having sex here my dudes. But yeah, I should be able to write more regularly soon: college apps are almost complete and finals are near and soon to be over. Also, OMAKE time my dudes! These will be 100-300 words.

Omake

10-year-old Izuku was having the time of his life. His quirk training was slow-going, but he was making progress, and that was all that mattered.

Today was the day Izuku decided he would practice with other items, to see what he could 'diamondfy' as he would put it. He had run out of coal by the riverbed the day prior, apparently flammable object couldn't be near fireworks no matter how small they are.

Nevertheless, with money he had been saving Izuku went to the supermarket and purchased materials he could probably transform into diamond.

So far, the peanut butter and fruits he brought stood to the side in crystal form. He was currently focusing on a piece of celery, a lot harder to transform than one would think.

Scratching his head, Izuku was unaware of his hand glowing, only for seconds later to have his face smack hard against the floor. His head weighing a lot more than he remembered. Opening his eyes Izuku noticed strands of… diamond, and were they… coming from his head.

Reaching up Izuku felt his hair, and he screamed. An ash-blonde boy in the distance exploded a watermelon in his face, surprised by what he thought were ghost's wails.

On that day Izuku swore to be more careful with his quirk, as his nearly bald head had unfortunately been the victim of his malpractice. Bakugo also decided to never get a haircut, bald Deku scaring him into threatening his parents if they even got near with a pair of scissors.