The Path of Grace

Summary: A Young Izumi's heart is broken when she finds out she's quirkless. But after stumbling on a TV interview of a quirkless but successful actress, she thinks she found her path to greatness. Fem!Deku

Warning: Fem!Izuku

Disclaimer: I don't own Boku no Hero Academia

Author's Note: I am so irresponsible. Honestly. I have other fanfictions I have not updated for years! And yet, here is another one! I hope I can actually update this more regularly than all my other would-be stories.

When I was young, I learned that all men are not created equal. This was the reality I learned about society at the young age of four.

From then on, that had been my first and last setback.

It all began in China, in Qingqing City. There was news that a baby that gave off light was born. Ever since then, super powers were discovered in various places, and time passed without the cause being identified. Before we knew it, the supernatural became normal, and dreams became reality. The world has become a superhuman society; about 80% of the world's population now has some kind of special trait. In this world swirling with chaos, the profession that everyone once dreamed about and admired came into the limelight. That profession is...

A young middle school girl ran across the pavement in an early spring morning. As she ran with a skip to her step and wide beaming smile she noticed a crowd gathering near the train station. She took a look at her wrist watch and seeing that it was still early, decided to squeeze in between the crowd. On the train platform was a giant with a shark head.

"Whoa, that's a huge villain." The greenette murmured as she pushed to the front to see the altercation easier. Around her she can hear people talking about the gigantic petty thief or calling to their office to inform them they would be late. As the girl finally got to the front she exclaimed happily seeing he local heroes. "Death Arms, Backdraft and Kamui Woods! The girls would be so jealous!" Izumi quickly took out her phone and started recording the heroes. She'll make her notes later but she wanted to record Kamui Woods for her classmates. As Izumi mouthed Kamui's signature attack 'Pre-Emptive Binding Lacquered Chain Prison' while the hero prepared the attack; the middle-schooler had to blink back the dust that threatened to get into her eyes as another hero kicked the petty thief down.

"Canyon Cannon!" shouted a heroine with another gigantification quirk. Izumi sighed as she stopped recording and hid her phone as she took out her notebook so-named "Hero Analysis of the Future #13". She muttered to herself as she started to walk away from the scene. "Looks like another heroine who's going for the sexy look to advertise herself." Izumi had to sigh but smiled brightly as she put away her notebook and started sprinting towards her school, Orudera Middle School. As she entered her school she was greeted loudly by different students. She smiled widely and gracefully nodded her head towards those who greeted her. A couple of girls crowded near her. "Midoriya Kaicho, you were almost late!" She was a fellow 3rd year who had long black hair tied to a pony tail. Her make-up, though light was a bit of a mess though.

Izumi smiled sheepishly. "Oh, you all know me. I'm a hero otaku. There was a villain making a mess of the station downtown. I had to take a look." Opening her bag she took out her small make-up kit and got out wet wipes. "Akugatawa-san, your make-up is a mess. Here, let me." She started fussing over the older girl's make up and cleaned her up. After a minute or two, the 3rd year student had a simple but pretty make-up on her face. It wasn't overtly obvious but it brought out her best features. The other girls tittered and asked Izumi to teach them to do the same but the first warning bell chimed so they all went in to go to their classes. Izumi promised to be outside for lunch if the other girls wanted to talk to her.

As she came into her class, she was greeted enthusiastically by those already there. Some boys clambered over to offer if she needed anything that morning. Izumi just smiled gently and shook her head no. Walking up to her best friend who had his feet on his desk she nudged his leg and raised an eyebrow. The boy, Bakugou Katsuki just scoffed and took down his feet from the table. She grinned and placed a bento on his table before going to her seat. Her other classmates were already there clamouring to talk to her.

"Izumi-Kaicho! We heard you were at that villain attack at the station. Please, you have to be more careful!" One of the girls spoke up. A boy near them quipped up after hearing the girls. "Izumi-chan! You're quirkless, you shouldn't be near such violence!" A lot of the boys and girls near them agreed and Izumi felt Kacchan's gaze on her after hearing the news. Izumi sighed, "Everyone, I'm not that fragile, you know."

The girls around her nodded their head vigorously; "We know that Izumi-sama. But you're our graceful school idol and student body president! You can't stay near brutes! Even if they're heroes! We know you're a hero otaku and that you're a great fighter but you have to stay away from scenes like that! Isn't that right Bakugou-kun?!" The girls turned to the #1 male student in their grade. Though Bakugou was known as a bully to most; he didn't really bully Izumi even if she was quirkless; at least not more so than others, anyways. Honestly, the rest of the school were wondering if they had a 'Beauty and the Beast' cliché with their resident brute genius and their graceful ingénue.

Bakugou was about to start his tirade on his childhood friend before the last bell rang and their erstwhile annoying teacher came in with a stack of paper. Their class scrambled to get to their seats while Izumi sighed in relief and took out her notebook to finish her notes on the new heroine that debuted and update her notes on the other heroes.

After roll call, the teacher started their morning agenda, "Since you're all third years it's time for you to think seriously about your future. I'll pass out hand-outs for your future plans now, but..." The teacher pauses and roughly grabs the papers he set on the desk; while the students start activating their quirks.

"... You're all..." With a huge grin turns around and throws the papers out and happily announce, "... pretty much planning to go into the hero course, right?"

As the teacher says this students started showing off their quirks with a jubilant cry. While Bakugou once more had his feet on the table, Izumi had a pained but indulgent smile painted on her face. "Yes, yes, you all have wonderful quirks! But using your powers at school is against the rules!" The teacher cheerfully admonishes the class. Of course, Bakugou speaks up, "Teach! Don't lump us all in the same group. I'm not gonna be stuck at the bottom with the rest of these rejects!"

Izumi disguises her laugh as a cough while everyone else blew up in indignation. Izumi chose not to react and continued in writing her notes. Checking her schedule for today; she would be busy tonight.

Bakugou continued in belittling their classmates even as Izumi ignored them, "You all should shut up like the extras you are!"

The teacher made a considering noise and read from his notes. "Oh, if I remember correctly, you want to go to U.A. High, right, Bakugou?" Everyone started reacting with how U.A. was known for the almost impossible acceptance rate. Izumi's had clenched around her pen and laid it soundly on the table. If the teacher was announcing Bakugou's application it was possible she would be exposed too. But she was ready; they don't need to know yet. Bakugou continued his prideful tirade while standing on his desk. "I aced the mock test! I'm the only one at this school who could possibly get into U.A. I'll definitely surpass All Might and become the top hero! My name'll be inscribed on the list of top earners!"

Teacher looked worried and checked his notes again. "Oh yeah, Midoriya-chan wanted to go to U.A., too, right?" This, of course, sparked another commotion. "Izumi-sama! You can't! You're a star! An Idol! You can't be a hero! You're quirkless but so talented, don't waste your time and just go straight on being an idol!" Were the words that spilled out from the boys and girls.

While Bakugou was the #1 male student in both academics and athletics, Izumi was the #1 female student. While she excelled on both academics and athletics as well, she was more known for her artistic pursuits. Music, drawing, and dancing; she's won a few regional competitions as well as some national ones recently. That's also why she would be busy later tonight; she was graduating from her training as a Maiko and unto a certified Geisha by performing at a tea house for a party of the local municipal ministry. Tonight was her Mizuage. (1) Izumi had joined an old, very well-known and respected Okiya at the early age of 5. Of course, she didn't actually board with the Okiya, that wasn't practiced nowadays anyways, but she did have lessons every evening at the start.

Bakugou growled low in his throat at hearing her plans to go to the same highschool as he. "Oi, Baka-Izu. You're quirkless! If you were talentless, I'd call you below the rejects. Rejoice; I'll probably consider you as a good leading lady to any biographical movie I'll have in the future!" This silenced the whole class who then stared suspiciously at the sudden (slightly) blushing blond; while Izumi actually whipped out a fan to cover her face that was flaming red at the moment. Their classmates muttered to each other, "Definitely a 'Beauty and the Beast' cliché between the two. Bakugou is such a Tsundere. Do you think it's also a 'Childhood friend and crush' cliché too?" While their teacher actually snapped a picture of his two top students while they were preoccupied with their embarrassment; there was a bet among the teachers about the two.

The class was snapped out of their stupor when Izumi soundly closed her fan and willed her blush away. Schooling her expression as much as she could so that she would appear demure but reserved she smiled gently towards her class. Most boys and some girls of course looked a bit love-struck as she showed her school idol façade. "U.A. may be known for being the best hero school in the world but what most forget it is not just for hero studies. U.A. is also known for having the best and most competitive General Education, Business and Support courses in the world as well. Majority of their classes already count for many focus classes for University courses for a lot of the Major and Minor courses. In short, U.A. is the Ivy League of high schools, the top choice school in the world."

Her tone while soft belayed that there was a reason why she was also a respected martial artist in the area. The reason why she was currently the student council president was not only due to her academic propensity and idol-like grace but also because she was a disciplined martial artist. This was the biggest factor why she wasn't as bullied as she could've been as one of the few quirkless in the whole school. Also, the fact that she was able to corral the resident bad boy, Bakugou Katsuki, into being the student council treasurer also held into her favour.

Playing into her strengths she looked down as if her classmates hurt her with their words. Biting her lower lip and looking up through her eyelashes and teary eyes she wobbly asked, "Do you not want me having the best education for myself? I know that there are more versatile STEM schools but U.A. is as good if not better for it. It's been my dream school since me and Kacchan were kids too!"

This, of course, made everyone, even the teacher, try to console her that, yes, she deserved the best education and that she should be able to get into her dream school. Bakugou raised an eyebrow at his friend, wondering how everyone fell for her acting as was usual. He wasn't immune to it, he just knows better. For all that they've known each other; Bakugou knew that Izumi would never give up on being a hero.

Soon enough the school bell rang signalling the end of homeroom hour. All through the day, students from various classes and years tried to talk to her about her decision to apply or U.A. Combined with her duties as Student Council president, she was quite busy that day. As the day winded down and the final bell rang; she was assigning the various students to their weekly school chore schedule while everyone else packed up and started leaving with only the remaining students beginning clean-up of the room. Bakugou waited for Izumi by the door as she helped clean the board.

"Oi, Baka-Izu; when's the party gunna be?" Bakugou was asking about the party to celebrate her Mizuage. Izumi hummed as she took out her phone and stood next to Katsuki. "It's going to have to be next week Sunday. We have that student council meeting across all the sections and years this Saturday. That reminds me, can you finish the budget plan for this year by Wednesday next week latest? I want to see if we need to run any fundraisers for some extra activities I want to run by the principal." The two started their walk out the school while passing through the other classes to check if there were students cleaning the rooms and halls. "Che, yeah, yeah. I'll get it done. But… uh… you're not going to…. Uh… you know... for your miuzage?" Bakugou looked to the side blushing slightly and gently scratching his cheek with his forefinger in embarrassment.

Izumi giggled at her friend and whispered so that only he could hear her. "Give my virginity away? That's been banned since the 60's, Kacchan. Mizuage is purely ceremonial now. I just need to prove I already have all the skills of a senior Maiko: tea ceremony, dances and other performances." She stifled her blush and nudged Bakugou with an elbow. "Why, you offering to bid for mine?" She heard his quirk activating out of embarrassment; taking a peak at his fully red face he sputtered, "Go take a swan dive off a roof! Quirkless Baka-onna!" Then the explosive boy ran ahead and dragged his posse with him shouting about the arcade while the two boys Bakugou dragged waved Izumi good bye.

Izumi stopped short of the gate and waited until Bakugou and his friends were out of sight and snapped her tessen open to hide her face. She stood there for a few minutes to mutter to herself. "Oh my god. You're an idiot Izumi. How can you say that to him?!" were amongst the lines she mumbled. After a minute or two to settle herself she started her walk back home. She had her phone out and was sending out the video she shot earlier to her classmates from the Okiya while also updating her hero blog as well.

One of her favourite tags had a few new posts today; Sawada Kyoko was trending right now because of the new fundraiser she was spearheading, "Mental Health for the Quirkless." As one of the few but highly influential celebrities who were quirkless; she had a voice equivalent to the top 10 Heroes. Married to the Vongola Inc.'s 10th Generation Head and a successful actress, model and fashion designer; she pursued equal rights to quirked and quirkless individual in an ever diminishing quirkless world. When Kyoko was born, a person only had a 40% chance of getting a quirk. A decade later children had half a chance to be born with a quirk. Now, she's nearly 40 with three beautiful children; two of whom had a quirk. The current statistic was that there are only 20% of the world's total population who are quirkless. One of whom was her eldest daughter.

She knew the stigma all too well of standing out from a crowd; whether because they're popular because they're unfairly pretty or clumsy and idiotic. She and her husband knew and understood how it hurt to be so separated from everyone else. So that's why she has been working to make life easier for the quirkless like her.

This she had written down in her autobiographical book entitled, "Surrounded by Power but I'm Just the Quirkless Wife". Izumi had bought the book when she was 8 years old and still read it from time to time. The book was in her room worn and well used with various sticky notes and earmarks throughout the years. All Might was her crime fighting superhero idol but Sawada Kyoko was her everyday "I'm just an ordinary quirkless girl" heroine. Izumi remembered Kyoko-sama's words on an interview back when she was 5 years old. This interview changed her life; while she was looking for All Might on TV it seemed like fate that she would hear the words, '… even though you're quirkless.'

This had grabbed her attention while she was channel surfing. It had only been a few months since the fateful day she was told to give up on hoping to ever having a quirk or becoming a hero. For so long having that great big courageous smile of All Might was her inspiration but upon seeing that demure but beautiful smile still so full of courage from Sawada Kyoko, it hit her. The smile of a quirkless woman, who is braving the ever-changing world around her; leaving her and those like her behind to cower behind those who had quirks, and yet she wants to be the face of courage for those like her. That smile had sent her into frenzy that until now; Izumi reminisces happily over.

She knew that her mother would never allow her to be a hero; especially after her diagnosis of quirklessness. Midoriya Inko is a very overprotective mother. And if she has to lie to her daughter about being the 'Prettiest and best hero ever', she knew never to outright put her daughter down.

But Izumi knew.

Izumi knew that Inko wouldn't stop her from training in something else; in training to be just like Kyoko-sama. Heroines, even pre-quirk era superhero comics, always had them portray themselves as a lot more visually (and, in time, she'd understand the emphasis of sexuality in female heroes) appealing than male heroes. But the risqué appearances of the more popular female heroes never appealed to Izumi as much as just those heroes with raw power and great technique. Techniques she had seen on the many videos she watched online but was used as dances or in martial arts.

So one night, she called her daddy, Midoriya Hisashi, to talk about her dreams and plans. Midoriya Hisashi hasn't been home to his wife and daughter since Izumi was born but he made sure to take the time almost every day to talk to both of them together or individually. Now that Izumi learned to use the computer on her own; father and daughter had been talking more frequently.

"Dad… You know I'm quirkless right?" Izumi, while mature for her age, was still young and hurting. The fact that some kids, even her Kacchan had started leaving her behind because of her condition; hurts her. Hisashi as a leading expert of forensic sciences and head psychoanalyst of the worst villain cases in the world, understood his daughter; maybe more so than his wife. He was so removed from his family's everyday life that he's almost a stranger and had an objective view of his family. He loves them but he can't leave his job overseas where some of the worst atrocities of humankind still persist even in the age of heroes. "Yes, but don't let that put you down, darling. Remember those old comics I sent to you? Batman and Ironman? They don't have powers. They didn't have quirks but they were great heroes. The best heroes."

Izumi nodded enthusiastically

"I know, daddy. But I'm not rich like them. I'm not as smart as them. But others like Catwoman, Black Widow, Daredevil, Green Arrow, Hawkeye! They're all unenhanced, no power, quirkless but they were heroes too! Some of them graceful and deadly, strong and skilled, fast and vicious; they're like those really old spy movies without superheroes too! Even without a quirk, can I be a hero too?" She already had her answer from her mother; "I'm sorry" and crying. As if it was her mother's fault that Izumi didn't have the weapons the skills to be a hero without a quirk. As if apologizing for a future of let downs that without a quirk she couldn't ever achieve her dream.

Being quirkless is a bad beat; one that she will power through.

"Of course, darling. You can be whoever you want to be. You'll be the best hero because you're already mine." Hisashi smiled widely just like her daughter. "If we're talking about those old superhero and spy movies; you need to train, Izu-chan. I have a friend who runs a performing arts school and owns the Okiya next to it."

Hisashi's job is a lie. Not all of it, but it was a lie nonetheless. The political landscape of the world hasn't changed since the last war; one instigated by that almost mythical but evil man who had power to monopolize all the quirks in the world. Hisashi works with the United Nations in the shadows to keep the world safe from the threats the world forgot in the face of the age of heroes. And most of all, he wants to keep his family safe. If his daughter is determined to become a hero without powers; he'd rather orchestrate it from the shadows. The performing arts school he plans to send his daughter to specialize in training women to be the perfect spies and assassin. It was a bonus that both the legitimate cover of the spy school and the spy training are the same. Except that the legitimate performing arts school didn't teach their students to seduce and kill. Just like the comics he sent to his daughter, the place was practically the Red Room but more humane.

But as Izumi grew up, she knew. She was the most prolific student of the cover performing arts school, after all.

Izumi is really smart.

So she nods happily to her dad's suggestion and soon after she's attending dance classes and signed up with the Okiya training to be a Geisha too. So she learned to be a proper lady; this was her path to becoming a hero.

This is her path to grace.

After walking for along her normal path home she starts her trek under a tunnel; though it felt slightly ominous to her today. She'd crossed this tunnel hundreds of times but today, everything about it just felt off. The inky darkness of the passage and the bright sunlight ahead makes everything hard to see. Hearing the too loud sound of sludge sluicing through sewer underneath the street was… Wait… What?

Turning her head towards the one closed sewer grate in the whole tunnel suddenly burst open with what looked like a sludge monster suddenly lunge at her; Izumi didn't scream but did drop down to scramble away from the attacking monster. Seeing the sludge monster's pants and its beady eyes, she knew she was facing someone misusing their quirk. "Come on girlie, why don't you be my hero and let me borrow your meat suit?" Izumi's appreciation for gallows humour showed up at a very inopportune time as she let out an amused huff. "No thanks, Mr. Villain. If I'm right, and I know I am, you're going to fill my body up with your slimy sludgy self and walk away like its nothing, right? What, a hero on your tail? And what's with your quirk anyways? You could've probably worked in the AV industry but your sludge body smells like actual garbage. You just had to get the short end of the stick in quirk genes."

In most worlds, Midoriya Izumi or Izuku whether as a boy or a girl had a bad habit of muttering under their breath because of a lack of brain-to-mouth filter. In this world, Izumi also had that unfortunate personality quirk of having no brain-to-mouth filter too but because she'd been exposed for so long to one Bakugou Katsuki but had that positive influence (is it positive?) of her peers in her dance school she became sarcastic instead. It had earned her quite a bit of trouble with bullies and street ruffians; but having her training helped out a lot.

She never said she would be graceful in her speech and thought process.

Mr. Sludge villain growled lowly, "Fuck that! I would've been the perfect actor for tentacle porn! I was born for the role! Those girls were just too squeamish of my manly smell!" Oops, looks like Izumi hit a sore spot for this unfortunate villain. "Doesn't matter! Stay still girlie and let me show you what those stuck up AV bimbos missed out!" Looks like this guy just forgot that he was running and went straight to the gutter because he's salty that he can't score some.

"I can hear you, bitch!"

Oops, looks like Izumi was speaking aloud.

Just as Sludge villain lunged towards Izumi who brought out her Tessen to try and fight back, the open manhole that Sludge came out of spewed out a large figure. "No need to worry, for I am here!" roared All Might his tagline.

"What the-?" Before sludge villain could say more, the number one hero shouted his attack. "Delaware Smash!" using his thumb and middle finger All Might sent a wave of pure air pressure against the sludge villain, somehow rending it unconscious. Izumi watched, amazed at her superhero idol. Blinking back at her hero she bowed deeply and thanked the Number One hero. "Arigatou, All Might."

With his signature laugh he patted Izumi's head. "All in a day's work miss. You must've had great reflexes to have dodged Sludgy here. I've been chasing him for a while now; he's quite nimble!" Izumi grinned and looked at the congealed mass that was the villain that had tried to attack her earlier. "So… it looks like he's got a mutant type quirk. So his body is permanently sludge… yuck. I pity the people he's grown up with; the smell of sewage must've clung to him since his quirk activated. I mean I'm sure there are slime quirks but sometimes slime smells like nothing or if it did, it wouldn't be like Mister Sludgy here. I'm pretty sure he does smell like sewage 24/7 cause he said that he tried out being an AV actor and all. Those poor girls were probably naked and expecting a good time. Tentacle porn shooting but getting this guy is their partner and being traumatized." Izumi let her mouth run off; usually she had some restraint but only in school. While she likes her school enough; they always unconsciously belittle her for being quirkless. Flowery words with a bit of poison, always a good combination.

She noticed her idol's shoulders shaking and his hand covering his mouth from laughter. Grinning from where she was she started walking towards a conveniently placed trashcan near them. There was a 2 litre plastic bottle in the trash, picking it up she went towards the currently downed villain. "We should be able to put this guy in the bottle, in quirks like these; usually the best way to contain them is to get their facial features. The rest of their body is usually just slime and their other organs are formed when needed." As she bent down to start scooping the villain's face off the pavement; All Might squatted next to her and took the bottle from her. "Technically, it's vigilantism if you capture this guy; so let me do my job, young miss."

After gathering majority of the Sludge villain into the container he put away the bottle into one of the pockets in his cargo pants. Izumi picked up a shopping bag full of grocery items. All Might had been chasing Sludge for a few hours already and is at the limit of his quirk already.

"Again, you were very brave, little missy. Just the few minutes here and I know you're also very intelligent as well. Discerning the best way to capture this guy, you're probably knowledgeable about quirks as well. You did very well, but alas, I have to go. Putting people with mutation type liquid quirks into bottles like this is considered as inhumane." Said All Might. The number one hero didn't have time to spare, even for a potential fan. He need to go now.

"Thank you. But All Might before you go, can you give me your autograph? Oh, and don't forget your groceries." Izumi asked, she still had his shopping bag and was about to take out her notebook before All Might suddenly grabbed his groceries. Unfortunately, he had unwittingly grabbed Izumi's petite hand as well. "Sorry about that, missy. I have to go. See you again on the other side of the screen! Well then, I'm counting on your continued support!" Without so much as a preamble, All Might shot to the sky in a massive jump. He was only clued on that he had a passenger when he heard a chocked off scream behind him. "Wait…" Looking behind him he could see that Izumi was holding unto his leg tightly. "Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey! Let go! Your fanaticism is too much!"

Screaming out in fright, Izumi clutched on tighter on All Might as he tried to push her off. "You egoistical male! I did not want to hang off of you! You grabbed my hand! You let go of me and I'll die, idiot male!" Oops, her feminism is showing. She might love All Might and all but Izumi felt so disappointed that even the number one hero is SUCH a male! Jumping into conclusions that she would hang off of him like this.

"Oops, I'm sorry." All Might stopped trying to push off the young girl off his leg. "Please land soon; and at least answer my question for endangering me like this!" The speed they were going, Izumi felt like she would look comical with flappy skin around her eyes and her gums too if she wasn't used to Kacchan dragging her off like this once in a while. As she hugs his leg for a firmer grip, the sound of a cough barely reached her ears but she definitely heard it.

It occurred to her, 'is something wrong?' She's always trusted her instincts and it was warning her like crazy.

As they landed she sat on the floor of the roof they've landed on. She was slightly shaking but whether it was out of fear or adrenaline; even she couldn't tell. She's used to Kacchan and loved to ride roller coasters and other extreme rides, so she can't say what she was feeling right now. Only that… something felt wrong. This feeling she'd had for a few years already, ever since the slow decline of All Might's public appearances; she'd felt this ominous feeling.

"Good grief. If you talk to the people downstairs, I'm sure they'll let you down from here." All Might declared as he faced away from Izumi. "I'm seriously outta time, so I really must go." The hero started walking away towards the railings. Izumi felt, at that time, that she needed to stop All Might from leaving.

"All Might, wait! You owe me some answers! Even if unwittingly, you've endangered my life. I deserve to ask a few questions at least!" But All Might didn't want to waste more time. "No! I will not wait!"

"But-!" At that moment, memories filled Izumi's mind.

The doctor said, "You should probably give it up."

Izumi's hand was frozen while reaching out to All Might.

Her mother cried, "I'm sorry, Izumi! I'm sorry. I'm sorry!"

Her hand slowly retracted as she remembered words that Kacchan once told her.

"What the hell can you do? You're quirkless!"

Her classmates, "You're quirkless, Izumi-sama. Be an idol, we'll support you! But you can't be a hero, you can't!"

She thinks, "That might be true… But even so, I… I've already come too far to give up now!'

So she shouts, "Even if I don't have a Quirk, can I become a hero? Can someone without a quirk be like you?" For so long, she'd already told herself she didn't need a quirk to become a hero. That she'd carve her path as the first quirkless hero I need be. But this feels like fate. The words, the question, that she had for so long stifled from asking aloud came out. It felt like she was validating her goals, but it also felt like she was setting herself up for heartbreak as well.

My meeting with All Might… This miracle… At the time, I couldn't even imagine how much it would change my fate.

(1) So she's training to be a Geisha but in a more modern society. She's more of a professional entertainer for singing and dancing. She will also perform at various festivals as well. Her Mizuage, is definitely unlike the "Memoirs of a Geisha" mizuage. She just needs to prove she's mastered her craft enough to not need additional tutelage. Also, while there is conflicting information on the mizuage of olden geisha; because of modern misconception some do think they bid their virginity. I wanted a light-hearted but teasing vibe between Bakugou and Deku, so I wanted to break the ice between the two like this.

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