I'm here with another MHA story. I really need to stop doing these. Anyways, A brief summary; Izuku isn't quirkless, but might as well be, From the outside, all his quirk is, is knowing what scares people, and that can get shaky sometimes. His former best friend, Katsumi, became his worst enemy for a while. When he gets abducted by the slime villain, well, we'll see how that goes.

In this AU, Bakugo, and Todoroki are both girls. Why? Well, the girls were kinda outnumbered in the first place. Let's even the playing field. I've aged up the characters, only by a year, though, so it ought to be fun.

Quick notice, this will be more of a writing practice for various things I'll write about in other stories, so if it seems a bit all over the place, I'm sorry.

The name is a WIP I can't think of a word that gives Izuku the sound

Chapter 1: Agoraphobia

Agoraphobia: An irrational fear that makes people feel trapped, helpless, embarrassed, and most importantly, Scared out of their minds. It's social anxiety, on steroids. For whatever reason, since I could think, This was always a thought in my head, And I later found out that it was my biggest fear. Social events, talking to people, anything that would make me embarrassed, I tended to try to stray from that. It's not like it mattered, People tended to not hang around me, I don't really have friends, and Some people get scared in my presence.

I once had a friend, Her name is Katsumi, Although her quirk is amazing, causing explosions in the palms of her hands, It reflects on her personality too much. She's quick tempered, especially with me. I can recall that it all started when we were kids.

Ten years Earlier, Doctor's office.

"I would give up." The doctor said, slumping in his chair.

"Wh-What do you mean?" Inko Midoriya asked, slightly worried. She has visited the Doctor with Izuku, her child. Since most of the kids in Kindergarten have already manifested their quirks, she took him in to see if there was anything wrong with him.

"Being a hero, Just give up."

"I-Is he quirkless?" she asks him.

"No, not from what I Can see, see? He's missing the joint for his pinky toe, but We did take blood tests. Here are the results." he hands Inko a piece of paper, with a bunch of random stuff on it.

"What does this mean?" she asked him, confused.

"Oh sorry, look to the bottom." Inko does so and gets more confused.

INCONCLUSIVE. It stated at the bottom of the paper.

"How is that possible?" she asks, shocked.

"Well, we can't determine what the quirk is, meaning two things, he either has a new type of quir we haven't seen before, or his quirk is so subtle and weak, that we can't even detect it."

At this, young Izuku drops his All Might Figurine. He is frozen in shock, as one would be upon hearing this.

"If you don't mind my asking, what are you and your husband's quirks?" the doctor asks.

"Well, I can attract small objects to me, and his father, well his sweat was a substance that causes hallucinations, he drove himself crazy and was admitted to an asylum…" Inko explains.

"Oh, well I'm sorry, but if I had to guess, He would either gain one of your quirks, or something like he can attract objects that are covered in his sweat. I'm sorry, but I highly doubt he could be a hero, in any way shape or form. Now, I did notice something that's non- quirk related, he is a pretty underweight, so I would suggest that he eats more, and if he doesn't gain weight in a few weeks, Come back and I'll prescribe something to him, now please leave I do have more patients." Inko collected Izuku's toy and left the room with him, without saying a word.

Later that night, Izuku was watching his favorite video, THE video, All might saved a hundred people, just as soon as the disaster started. He watched the screen with tears welling in his eyes. Inko couldn't help but watch as her son turned around and asked her one question:

"Can I become a hero?"

Days Later

"Get Away from Me!" An Ash-blonde girl says, about four or five, her hands are smoking. Two older boys are bearing down on her, both with palms open.

"Oh come on, Just stop trying to kill us! You're not helping." One of them says, as his eyes turn an unnatural shade of purple.

"We're just trying to see how your quirk works!" the other says, his fingernails becoming needles.

"Stop it!" she shouts, blasting the purple-eyed one in the eyes.

"Shit! Goddamnit." he says running off.

"What the hell are you doing?! Whatever, get over here." He says to the girl.

"Get away from her!" A voice yells from behind. The voice belongs To Izuku, who is running towards the two.

"What the-" The older boy said as Izuku came and punched him in the chest.

"Think that hurt you little shit?" The Boy inhaled sharply and froze, very visible fear growing across his face.

You're scared of your dad? Izuku thought.

"N-No please, I'm sorry I'll-" He started running, faster than what should have been possible.

"I did It! Ka-Chan I di-" Izuku didn't get to finish before he's met with a small explosion to his chest, pushing him back onto the ground.

"Don't do that you Idiot!" she screamed at him.

"Bu-"

"I had that! Don't go thinking that You can be a hero! Not how you are, at least. Just, don't try to be a hero anymore, Deku." She told him and stomped off, wiping her face, leaving Izuku on the sidewalk, alone.

Present day.

Izuku finds himself in his classroom, the teacher finished giving a lecture and says:

"Now that you're going to be going into high school, It's time for you to decide what you want to do with the rest of your lives, but I know, You all want to enter the hero Course!" he exclaims, tossing the papers in his hands. Everybody in the room begins to activate their quirk, celebrating.

"Hey, pipe down you idiots, None of you stand a goddamn chance at becoming a hero, because I'm getting into U.A where I'll leave you fuckers behind once and for all!" Katsumi announces. People flinch. It's not unusual to hear Katsumi curse, but it feels like it shouldn't come from her mouth. She's immensely beautiful, she's got a somewhat large chest, not over the top huge, but they're just about right. Due to her sweat, she doesn't get much acne at all, Her piercing red eyes match perfectly with the rest of her. She keeps her hair similar to mine, as to why, I couldn't tell you, but it's slightly more droopy, like her hair is heavier.

"Wait, Izuku is applying to U.A hero course too!" The teacher says.

'Gee thanks.' Izuku think to himself, before Katsumi launches herself at him, and explodes his desk.

"The HELL are you thinking?!" she yells, furious at the green-haired boy.

"Katsumi, get off him or I'll give you detention, Anyways you're all dismissed for today, fill out these forms and return them on monday next week." the teacher says, and returns to his computer.

Almost all the students clear out except Izuku, and Katsumi.

"Still trying to be a hero, Huh? Even though your quirk is so goddamn weak you can't even see it with proper testing? Gimme this." Katsumi tells him, grabbing for a book Izuku was holding.

"Wait! No! Don-" he doesn't get to finish before the blonde snatches the book away from him.

"Hero analysis for the future. Why haven't you given up on this yet? The only thing that'll lead you to is getting splattered on the pavement, Deku, forget about it." she places both her hands on the Notebook, and explodes it.

"Going at this rate, you might as well take a swan dive off the roof, you'd end up in the same place, after all."

"No!" Izuku mumbles. Katsumi tosses the notebook out the open window, making Izuku Go and find it on the ground, fortunately it landed in a small well of water. While The boy was looking out over the ledge, The blonde spotted something in his bag, and quickly swiped it, without him noticing, and placed it in her own. She begins to walk out the door, before Izuku said:

"Why you-" He didn't get to finish before she sparked tiny explosions in her hands, shutting him up. She walked out the room and held onto her bag tightly.

'That idiot.' she thought to herself.

Izuku went to retrieve his notebook, now more burned and very damp.

"Stupid Ka-chan. I-I can do it." he says to himself, walking home. On his commute home, Izuku normally takes the walk to the station, taking quite a route. He walks through the city, looking for some sort of villainous activity, and for heroes to take notes on. He stops dead in his tracks, just before an overpass.

"Dammit Ka-Chan. Why do you have to do this? Why can't it be like before." He says.

"You even told me to commit suicide. That's too far…" He dwells on the thought and shakes the thoughts out of his head, attempting to be more confident.

"I'll prove you wrong, I'll prove them all wrong!" He exclaims and swings his free hand in the air, Laughing. It's a very obvious forced laugh, Much Like All Might's, who gave it with all his heart.

Izuku makes it about halfway before a manhole cover flies off it's hole and clanks on the ground. The boy looks back to see a mass of green slime and goop.

"Well look at this, A medium-sized Invisibility cloak. How lucky." It says and engulfs the Child, who was frozen in fear.

"Don't worry kid, It'll only hurt for about 45 seconds. Then It'll all be over." The slime said.

'No, no no nononononononono! Is this what death feels like? Suffocation?'

The slime keeps getting lodged deeper and deeper into his lungs, filling them up slowly.

'Not like this, I Will become a hero! I will not die like this!' He thinks, he tries to grab for the slime, to no avail.

"You can't grab me! I'm incorporeal!"

'That's not even the right fucking word!' he thinks, digging his hands deep into the slime.

"What did I jus-" He doesn't get to finish before Izuku's hands start leaking some red liquid, causing it to look like blood in water.

"I didn't even pucture your hands, Kid what the fuck is your quirk?" he asks. His voice starts to get quavery, and begins to have trouble breathing. The slime drops Izuku, allowing him to acquire a fresh breath of air, which was much needed for the boy. He drops to the ground, and looks at his hands, which seem to be now leaking some sort of red gas.

"Failure." Izuku mumbled

"Or atychiphobia, fear of failure. You really don't want to be caught, huh?" He asks him, getting up.

"I-I can't go back, I can't fail you master, Please, Don't!" He shrieks, the red liquid seeps through him, looking like he was infested with blood.

"Be afraid." Izuku said, Looking up at him. The slime creature lowered itself, seemingly groveling.

"P-Please, Spare me, Don't let me, Don't let me go back, I-"

"If you want to be spared, Stay here until a Pro hero comes by, They'll take care of you appropriately." Izuku says, not really knowing what he's doing. It's obvious by the gaps in his speech that he's never done this before. He feels something, A new feeling, He feels…

Powerful

I walk out of the overpass, scratching my head. I look back and see the slime is still there, in the same position, seemingly shivering.

"What even was that?" I say aloud, walking away from the sight. I hope I made the right call, he was running, so somebody must have been chasing him, in theory, at least. I shake the idea out of my head, It's not like they'll go far, either.

I walk to the Station, just in time for the train to leave me behind.
"Damn it." I say, watching the train go off, without me. There's another train that goes my way in about twenty minutes, it'll be faster to wait than it would to be to walk, so I sit on a bench and play on my phone until the train arrives. I wait for about five minutes until I hear an explosion behind me, a large one, at that. I turn around and see a huge plume of smoke rather close. I look at the tracks and back at the explosion. I got time to check It out, so I run over to the Explosion, I can tell I'm getting close when The crowd of people start getting thicker. It's something I've learned over the years. People tend to crowd around areas that have a lot of commotion, no matter how dangerous it is.

I push through the crowd to get a better view of the action.

"He's got a student!"

"What an awful quirk that thing has."

"That poor girl." I hear from the crowd.

'Wait, who is the villain?' I think, getting to the front, what I see, my jaw drops. I find Ka-chan, Inside the villain from earlier, flailing around, since her life depends on it. My heart immediately sinks as I look at the other heroes. They can't do anything, not with their quirks. I look at my hand and realize that I've managed to do something to it. A red liquid, which caused it to freak out. I don't know if I could do it again, and if I could, I might not even be able to reach them. They're about twenty yards away, so it would take me about five seconds to get there, He probably would kill me in a single hit, so I would need to be fast. If I just think this thro- Why are my legs taking me to the Villain? I look up and notice that I'm now in front of the villain, about half the distance. I also notice that my hands are emitting some red gas, flowing from my fingers and palms and trailing back.

"NO! DIE!" The villain says, Raising a tendril to come down and smack me. It swoops down, and I dive for the ground, the slime harmlessly passing over me, and I get on my feet again, without losing momentum. I run full-tilt into the villain, the gas now forming clouds inside the slime. I manage to tackle Ka-chan, who, once her hands are free, fires off an explosion at the villain, A huge one. It propels us forward, causing me to lose my footing. Realizing our situation I quickly manage a turn in mid-air, causing us to skid on my back, rather than her's. My back erupts in pain, having slid on asphalt, but I can't let that hold me down, I get back up in an instant, and grab Ka-chan, Running away. I don't look back, All I hear is the villain screaming, in fear. I don't know how long or far we run, But When we do, I look back, to see Ka-chan has her head down.
"A-Are you okay?" I ask softly, before I receive an answer, I notice I haven't let go of her hand, And it seems like she's gripping mine tightly, as well. I quickly let go and say:

"Sorry, I shou-" Before I finish, I hear an explosion and a sharp pain across my face. It was powerful, knocking me back and onto my back.

"IDIOT YOU COULD HAVE DIED! WHAT THE FUCK DID I TELL YOU?! YOU AREN'T A HERO!" She screams and runs away. I'm still in shock from the back hand slap to my face, It hurts, but I'm more amazed at what I just saw. It was Katsumi, but I swear, for a split second, I saw… Tears.

Ka-chan never went for the face before, ever. She always stuck to bodyshots, or attacked my arms, never the head in any way. I don't know why, but I feel like she didn't mean to do that. It sounds a little crazy, but That's just a feeling. I sigh and walk home, not wanting to bother with the scolding I'll get from the heroes. Why does she hate me? Because I want to be a hero, duh. But… I don't know, she probably just decided that the face is a good target.

"You okay man?" The person beside me said.

"Wh-wait, was I speaking aloud?" I ask.

"Yeah, Lemme give you some advice-" We stop walking and face each other. The guy is probably barely older than me, with brown hair, almost swooping down to cover his right eye, and it looks like he's got wings in his hair, from where it spawns. He's got sharp facial features, and goldish-brown eyes. He's also wearing a school uniform, although, it doesn't seem like it's from my school.

"Okayy, what is it?" I ask him, obviously intrigued.

"So you're having girl problems, right?" This caught me off-guard.

"What?! Oh, uhh no, no, I was just-"

"Yeah, that's what we all say, look, Girls like a guy who can defend himself, and would defend her to his last breath, in this world, I guess it's all about your power, which seems kind of stupid. But just trust me on this, I got five girlfriends, all of which are aware of our situation. I got them by defending them, protecting them, and in turn, they all protect me when I need it. I don't know this girl you are having problems with, but they might actually like you, considering what just happened back there." I don't comprehend the thought of five girlfriends, at first, and ask:

"Wait, you saw that?"

"Yeah, I was going to intervene, but I think you handled it. You should probably go to a doctor or something about your back, that'll get real nasty real quick." He said, crossing his arms. That's when I noticed a red gauntlet, with a green gem in the middle of the back of his hand.

"Woah! Is that part of your quirk?" I ask.

"Wh-Oh yeah, sure, umm I have to go now, I hope you have good luck with that girl!" He says starting to run off, muttering something about rias.

"Wait, FIVE GIRLFRIENDS!?" I near shout.

I arrive home pretty late, It's already dark. I open the door to our apartment and announce:

"I'm home!"

"IZUKU! WHAT WAS THAT!?" I hear her scream. I immediately stop; they must have broadcast the event on live television.

"Umm, I had to-" I don't get to finish before I get slammed into by my mother, in a bear hug.

"I was so worried…" She says tearfully.

"I'm okay, mom. Just a little scratch." I say, also starting to tear up.

"Let me see-" She turns me around and sees my back.

"Thank god, it could have been a lot worse. Please, don't do that again." She says, grabbing some things to clean the wound.

"I can't promise anything, mom." I say, before immediately getting the sting of alcohol on my back.

"Who was in there anyways, I couldn't tell." She asks me, intrigued.

"Katsumi." She pauses for a moment, and continues.

"Should have figured, That last explosion had to have been her." She said, her voice slightly shaky. She takes out some bandages and wraps them around me, where the scrapes are.

"That girl, I swear. Why is she still your friend, I mean, She gets you hurt an-" I interrupt her before she finishes.

"She needed help, mom, I couldn't just leave her to suffer like that, and, We've known each other forever, I wouldn't just stop talking to her."

She sighs and says:

"Fine, Dinner's ready, so if you want to join me, come on." She says, walking to the kitchen.

"I made Katsudon!" I smile and join her.

When mom went to bed, I went to the roof, and sat on the ledge of the building. I don't want to jump off, no, but I just need to think. About a lot of things, including my quirk. I look at my hands, there's nothing too special about them, not from what I can see, at least. I don't remember what I was feeling when The gas started coming out of my hands. I try to make myself angry, like Ka-Chan. Nothing. Sad? Nothing. Happy? Nothing. I'm starting to get frustrated, I don't know how to activate it.

I hear a slight shuffle behind me and I say:

"Who's there?"

"It took you a full two minutes to notice me. You very well could be dead." The voice is sharp, and sounds slightly annoyed. I turn around to see a man, with a mask on to cover some of his face, he's wearing red and black, and has a lot of weapons, knives, a katana, I'm pretty sure, and his boots are spiked. I've heard of a lot of scary heroes, but this guy is SCARY. He doesn't have a nose!

"Wh-Wh-"

"Save it, I'm interested as to why you're here, on top of a roof."

"I live here, I just needed air. Why are you so armed?"

"For use of my quirk. I saw you earlier, when you saved that girl. Why. Tell me why you did that. You had no reason to, but you put your life on the line." He demands. I feel obliged to do so, like he would hurt me if I didn't.

"Well, I just had to. Plain and simple. My body moved before I had a plan to take him on." I said. It's true, I don't know what I was thinking.

"Tell me, do you plan on becoming a hero?" This is a strange question. I feel like I should say yes, but realistically…

"No, My quirk wouldn't help me defeat a powerful villain, nor would it let me save someone from a burning building, or would it allow me to lift rubble to save someone from a collapsed building. I'm not cut out to be a hero." I say, honestly. He gives me a look and says:

"Quirks aren't everything, you know."

"I know that, but they really help. And mine doesn't."

"Now that's interesting. Tell me kid, what do you think A hero should be?" I think for a moment, before answering:

"I think a hero should protect people. Not for money or fame, but because they can. A hero should put their life on the line before even thinking about it if it means protecting those who can't protect themselves. A hero shouldn't care about press conferences or how popular they are, they should simply protect people because they can. People shouldn't see a hero and think: 'oh they get paid to protect me.' no, they should think that this person will fight to the death to protect me, and that if it comes down to it, they will destroy themselves if it means keeping innocent people safe." In an instant, he's right next to me, squatting over the ledge, a smile on his face.

"Now, that, that is correct." He says to me.

"What's your quirk?" He continues.

"I emit a red gas from my hands. From what I can remember, it makes you see some sort of fear that you have."

"Interesting quirk there, now let me tell you mine." He takes out one of his knives which has… Blood on it!?"

"What the-"

"Quiet, my quirk is called Bloodcurdle. Based on someone's blood type, I can immobilize them for a certain amount of time. My maximum time is about 8 minutes. But I can do this-" I blink and he's gone, I turn around and see that he's behind me.

"What the-"

"A person can train themselves, to go beyond normal limits. My quirk does nothing for my speed, but I'm faster than you can comprehend, now tell my why you couldn't defeat somebody?" I'm speechless. I wasn't really aware of this, He's that fast without it being his quirk.

"I-I-"

"Exactly, now. Tell me, can you be a hero If I trained you to become like this?" This caught me by surprise. Is he asking me to be his pupil?

"Yes." I say, with little hesitation. He smiles wickedly and says:

"Good, I'll have to put my crusade on hold for a little while longer. So, If I am to train you, I want you to become a real hero, none of the fakes around here."

"Wait… Crusade? Are you even a hero?" I ask, not thinking about this earlier.

"By definition, no. It's the reason I'm here. To kill Mt. Lady."

"What!? You can't kill people!"

"Why not? She's a false hero. She does it for money and fame. Not to actually help people. She's the scum of this world."

"But that's not what heroes do! Killing isn't right! That makes you no better than them." He pauses for a moment, and says:

"Whatever. I'll still train you, since our ideals align, but I do warn you." He stands up and looks down at me.

"If you become a fake. You Will die to my hands." This terrifies me briefly, but I shake it off and say:

"Hold on, What's your name, or what should I call you? How will I find you?" He thinks for a moment, and says:

" I'll Find you, so don't worry about that. So Call me… Stain." He jumps off the building, lands and rolls, Taking off when he hits the ground. It's still hard to keep an eye on him, even from a vantage point. I blink a few times and go inside, heading to bed.

'What was that? It's not like I don't agree with his ideals just his methods. Killing people isn't right. Period. I hope I can talk to him about it. Killing Mt. Lady, that's not right. Even if all she cares about is money. Exposing her would be the right thing to do, that she doesn't do it for ideals, but for money.' I think to myself, laying in bed. He did seem to take a liking to me after I told him what I think a hero should be. And that, might be the key to me becoming a hero. I decide to hold off on that thought. I'm pretty tired after today, so if we start training tomorrow, I'll assume it'll be brutal. Will it be speed strength, or quirk training? I start to drift off into sleep, probably the last good one until U.A entrance exams.

That's all for this chapter! I have quite a few plans for this story, so I hope you enjoyed!

Criticism is appreciated!