Sometimes, when someone only wants one thing, and they are told that they can never have it, they will sacrifice anything to get it. Why would Izuku Midoriya be any different?

Authors Note

This is the first time I have ever attempted any sort of creative writing. The idea for this came to me as I was looking over the 5th edition D&D Player Handbook. I just kind of thought, "Hmm… I wonder what a Warlock would do in some of the situations in My Hero Academia."

'Thinking'

"Speaking"

"YELLING"

"Spells/Named Attack"

"Bakugo, stop hurting him! Can't you see he's crying?! If you don't stop, I'll… I'll… I'LL STOP YOU MYSELF!" screamed a boy, no older than five, with a mess of curly green hair on the top of his head, raising his fists in an ill-fated attempt to appear threatening. He was standing in front of another boy.

"So, still trying to be a hero? Without a quirk, you don't stand a chance…Deku!" , retorted the other boy, with spiky blonde hair, as he launched himself at the nearly defenseless child. Unnoticed by both was the man with red eyes, in a bespoke black suit, as he gradually began to smile.

After a thorough beating, Izuku didn't think his day could get any worse. He was proven wrong as soon as the doctor, very tactlessly, informed him that he would never manifest a quirk and that achieving his dream to become a hero nearly impossible. Standing outside the door, a red-eyed man in a black suit began to chuckle, turned on his heel, and vanished. He decided to pay close attention to the boy. He seemed to be interesting.

As a young man with an untamable green hair rushed to the school, he stopped to watch a villain fight. Unbeknownst to him, a man with red eyes watched him carefully. He had decided that today he would finally speak to the boy. He tapped the boy on the shoulder, "That hero is something else, isn't he? Rather new, but overall, making a splash with an extravagant quirk, but more importantly, helping people?". He knew Izuku well enough to know that any talk of heroes would immediately grab the boy's attention.

His point was proven when Izuku turned around at the word 'hero'. "I definitely agree. Kamui Woods is really gathering a strong fan base." His point was proven by a trio of squealing girls that had forced their way to the front. Izuku then began muttering about both the heroes and the villain's quirk, all the while, taking notes of the pros and cons of them. The red-eyed man let out a small chuckle at this, and asked," Taking notes? I suppose you want to be a hero. I wanted to be a hero as well, but I figured out that it decidedly wasn't for me. I wish you the best of luck. "About that time, a giant of a woman came into view shouting, "Canyon Cannon!". Izuku turned to thank the unusual man for his kind words, but he was nowhere to be found.

As Izuku entered his last class, he silently took his seat in the back. As his teacher explained what they were going to do that day, he felt his chest tighten. Of course, as he had feared, the teacher spilled his plan to try and attend UA High the next school year. As he listened to Kacchan's, more easily known as Bakugo's, tirade, he couldn't help but feel his dream slowly wither inside him. He then felt it crack as his close to full binder of hero notes was burned and tossed into the koi pond. It shattered when the person who was once his closest friend and was presently his greatest bully, told him to jump off the roof.

As Izuku pulled his notebook away from the koi, he thought back on some of the things that his bully had brought up. 'Maybe I am better off giving up. There really isn't anything that I can do. I have no way to quirk to defend myself with, no self-defense skills, and no business being a hero.' His thoughts were interrupted by the red-eyed man gesturing for him to sit on a park bench.
Izuku sat down and began to speak," I wanted to say thank you for your kind words this morning, not too many people believe I can do it."

The red-eyed man smiled at this and asked," Why, is it because you're quirkless? Or, is it because you don't seem to have a bit of the necessary instincts? What is it Izuku Midoriya, that makes them think that? And, before you ask, no we have not met before, and no, I am not going to kidnap you. " Izuku's mind reeled. 'How did this man know me? How does he know I'm quirkless? What does he want with me?'. The man continued, "I have watched you since your fight here, years ago. I saw a boy turn his back on a friend to help a stranger. Then, when the doctor broke the news of your quirklessness, I saw you hold on to your dream. Today I saw you break. I have a solution to your problem. I have decided to gift you with some of my power so that you can become a hero. I do not expect, nor will I accept an answer today. When you make up your mind, burn this card, and I will appear." The man handed Izuku a black business card, with the only thing on it being an embossed set of weights, in gold. He stood, spun on his heel, and disappeared.