Quirkless chapter one

Summary

After being diagnosed quirkless, Izuku decides to use science and martial arts to make up for not having a quirk. Izuku is going to use his brains and his bronze to prove the number one hero is wrong. That you don't need a quirk to be a hero.

A year after being labeled as quirkless.

Izuku wakes up and starts getting ready for school. He makes his way to the kitchen. He sits at the dinner table with a sad look on his face.

His mother looks at him. "What's wrong?" She said worried.

"It's nothing mom, don't worry about it." He said in a depressed voice. Izuku started picking at his food, barely eating.

Izuku's mom hugged him. "Come on smile like All Might ." She said while she smiled. After hearing that Izuku smiled. Then he started to eat. Izuku's mom sat down and ate as well.

Before Izuku left the house he watched the video one more time of All Might saving those people.

School

He arrived at class sitting down looking at Bakugou. He's still trying to figure out why he doesn't play with him any more. They do play but it's more or less beating on him and he doesn't have a choice in the matter. For now he just focuses on his school work. He sometimes gets distracted and draws All Might. He also draws a hero costume. It's a green hero outfit with some rabbit ears.

Eventually they go outside for playtime. Izuku stays inside looking out the window. He looks at his classmates and writes down anything new about their quirks that he's missed. While he's writing. He feels somebody staring at him. It's Bakugou staring him down. Bakugou puts his thumb across his neck and a slashing motion. Izuku turns around not looking at him. His hand grips his arm tightly. His breathing starts getting erratic. Then he slowly calmed himself down. After about a minute he's finally calm and continues to write. Eventually play time is over. Then they get back to regular classes.

Before the class ended for the day the teachers stood up and made an announcement.

"We know most of you guys want to be heroes when you grow up so a pro volunteer will show up today. To answer some of your questions." She said with an excited smile. She started pacing around the room back and forth. She's really happy and nervous at the same time.

"I'm coming in like a normal person," Said a familiar voice. Well a colossal man came in not like a normal person but more like a superhero. All the kids stopped for a second before cheering. They all shouted All Might. Even Bakugou shouted All Might. Everyone was cheering and eventually they calmed down.

"Now kids please be considerate. He's here to answer everybody's questions but he's a busy man so he can only answer one question per student alright kids." She said with excitement. She was eyeing All Might like crazy.

Izuku thought that his teacher must be a really big fan of All Might. She's looking at him like crazy. Then Izuku realized that he could ask All Might one question. Izuku's heart started to race, it felt like the world was spinning for a second there. He started panicking internally. He started to think of all the questions he could ask him. Like what's your favorite food? Wait he already knew that. What to ask All Might he thought to himself. Then he realized what he needed to ask.

Izuku finally noticed that everybody lined up to ask All Might questions. Since he was late his question would be last. He didn't pay attention to the other questions. He was too busy trying to gather enough courage to ask All Might the one question he needed answered. After about a few minutes he finally got to All Might.

"So what's your name kiddo." All Might said with a bright warm smile.

"Um...Izuku...Midoriya." He said, nervously trembling.

"That's a great name, young Midoriya. Now what is your question that you wish to ask me." He said with enthusiasm.

He takes a big breath before he asks All Might his question. He closed his eyes and asked.

"Can a person without a quirk be a hero?" Izuku said with enough power in his voice that everybody heard. He thought to himself that was too loud.

All Might takes a second to think before he replies. He took a knee and grabbed the young boy by his shoulder.

"Young Midoriya, what you need to understand is becoming a pro hero is a dangerous job. If you don't have a quirk. It would be an even more dangerous job. The Silver Lining is this though if you want to become a hero there's other ways. One of the ways is to be a police officer. Like one of my friends that I work with closely he's a police officer and he helps heroes out all the time. He may not be on the news a lot but without him a bunch of Heroes would never solve any of their cases. So I guess my answer is no to be a pro hero but yes you can be a hero in a different way." All Might said with a gentle voice trying not to come off as cold to the child.

"Thank you." Izuku replied without any emotion. He was like a kid that was just told his dog ran away.

All Might gives Izuku a hug. It didn't make him feel better. Eventually All Might left. Izuku was too distracted to even notice that he left. He did notice some of the kids were laughing at him. They said he wasted a perfectly good question. That he should already know that he's never going to be a hero.

On the way home

Izuku walks by the park looking at it. Remembering the times when Bakugan played with him. He also remembers the times when Bakugou forced the other kids to be villains in the games they played. Every time Izuku stepped in trying to stop Bakugou and failing every time. Before he could move past the park a large explosion launched him into the park. After being launched several feet into the air he slammed into the ground and started to roll with enough force that his backpack came off. Izuku's school supplies scattered around the ground. Izuku opened his eyes and he realized he was on the ground, his ears were ringing and he couldn't hear anything. Before he could get to his knees. Elongated fingers wrapped around him and threw him up in the air. He saw a pair of red wings then he felt a kick to his gut launching him into the ground. Izuku started puking due to the kick. His body is covered in vomit. He turns his head looking at Bakugou and his goons. His hearing slowly started coming back. He only heard the word special move. Before Bakugou noticed and turned around. The two goons grabbed Izuku's arms. Bakugou put both of his hands on Izuku's ears. Then he started detonating explosions. After about three explosions,he was let go. He was on the ground in the fetal position holding his ears. Izuku stayed in the fetal position hoping they would stop attacking him. He noticed Bakugou was looking through his things. Then Bakugou found it. Izuku's hero Journal. Izuku couldn't hear a thing that Bakugou was saying. All he saw was his journal being ripped apart but by Bakugou's explosions. The two goons were laughing. Izuku didn't hear the laughter. He saw it on their faces. The way that they chuckled made Izuku feel pathetic. Even though he wanted to say something he knew it was best to wait until it was all over. After about 10 more minutes of being beaten. Halfway through his hearing came back. He wished it didn't. Bakugou shouted at Deku and yelled die constantly at him.

They eventually started leaving. Before Bakugou left he said one last thing.

"I know how you can be a hero." Bakugou said with a twisted smile. " All you gotta do is take a swan dive off the roof and pray in your next life that you would be born with a quirk." He shouted while chuckling.

Izuku started crying on the ground. He wanted everything to stop. He was going to make everything stop. Izuku gathered his school supplies off the ground and the destroyed Journal. He also noticed a signed picture of All Might was there as well. He guessed that All Might had given this out to all the kids and he was too distracted to notice. Izuku left it there on the ground. Izuku knows about an abandoned building. That Bakugou hangs out in sometimes. Bakugou calls it Bakugou's hero agency. Izuku knows he's no hero, he's more like a villain. He's someone with power who pushes others around. But nobody has the guts to stop him. The teachers praise him like he's the second coming of Jesus or something. They never even call him out even during play time outside. They just tell him not to play so rough.

" I hate this world I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it. Couldn't I be born with a quirk. The only person who cares about me is my mother. The day my dad found out I was quirkless he stopped caring about me. The only happy memories I have of him. Are when I was little talking about getting a quirk like his but it never happened." Izuku thinks to himself in his head. He starts making his way to Bakugou's agency building. He knows the secret entrance so it's easy to get in. The building is 3 storeys tall. Izuku starts making his way to the top. After walking up the stairs Izuku's heart started to race. He started getting nervous. He eventually got to the top. Getting up there was the easy part. Then he made his way to the edge. He fell back away from the edge after looking down. His heart started pounding like crazy and it became harder to breathe. He started to cry then he fell to the ground shaking his head. He decided not to do it. Then he heard footsteps coming up from the stairs. It was Bakugou and his Goons.

" Look who it is the damn nerd." Bakugou said with Glee. He started causing small explosions on his palms.

Izuku quickly stood up and backed away from Bakugou. Bakugou got closer to Izuku. Bakugou Lunged at him and then exploded him. First, Bakugou had a smile on his face. Then it quickly turned into horror. After realizing what he did. Izuku was pushed off by the explosion. Before he hit the ground. The boy with the wings carried the long-fingered boy to try to get to Izuku before he fell to the ground. Bakugou also jumped off using his explosions to propel himself. Before Izuku could hit the ground fingers wrapped around him. But he was falling too fast so he slipped out. It managed to slow him down. Bakugou tried grabbing Izuku. But he missed timed it and missed Izuku. Izuku braced his body. Luckily he slammed into a beam before hitting the ground, shattering his leg but slowing him down enough that the fall did not kill him. Izuku laid on the ground screaming in agony holding his broken leg. Even though the rest of his body wasn't doing so well due to the fall. He looked at Bakugou with a face of anger.

Aftermath of the Fall.

The three boys called the ambulance and got Izuku to the hospital. His mother was alerted that Izuku fell. Then the three boys told their side of the story. That Izuku was playing around on the third floor. By himself then he fell off by accident. The three boys tried saving him. And guess what everybody bought it. Even Izuku's mom thanked them. Izuku just said yes that's how it happened. He didn't care that his best friend almost killed him. Were they even friends anymore he thought to himself? Besides Izuku knows, nobody would believe a quirkless nobody. Over the three new heroes. He had to stay at the hospital for a week while his leg healed. They had somebody with a healing quirk. That would reduce the time needed to recover. Izuka wished that Recoverygirl was here. She would get it done in a day.

Izuku's mom brought Izuku's laptop so he wouldn't get bored at the hospital. He started typing up the video of All Might saving those people. There was no joy for him this time. He felt like a burden on his mother. He felt like the most worthless person in the world. Then he looks at the video and notices something. David Shield he clicks on it. He sees David Shield showing off his inventions. All super heroes support items. Amazing devices: one of them's a car with bubbles that could stop explosive missiles. Luckily it was subtitled in japanese. So he could follow the video. It was about David Shield's upbringing. Talking about before he became a partner with All Might. He usually invented things for the military. After being saved by All Might. He decided to put his knowledge of science to helping him out. Izuku saw his inventions. Seeing his amazing devices stop the villains.

"This is the only way I can become a hero." Izuku thinks to himself. Then he quickly starts researching science books and the fundamentals of making inventions.

When Izuku was doing his research on inventing. His mom visited him after work.

"So sorry Izuku my boss won't let me leave work at all." She said in shame. She felt like a terrible mother leaving her child in the hospital alone.

"It's fine honestly. I think I have a better understanding now of how this world works." He said with a half smile on his face. While he typed away as he was on his laptop.

Her face looked surprised when he said that.

"What do you mean by that sweetie?" She said confused.

"This world isn't fair to me but it's also unfair to a lot of people. Since this world is unfair I'm going to have to work three times as hard than everybody else. If I want to achieve my goal." He said with confidence. while he kept typing away.

"Sweetie I'm sorry but that's not going to change anything. No matter how hard you work this world will never accept a quirkless hero." She said and then stopped right after. She looked down at the ground feeling like a terrible mother destroying her kids dream. But all she wants is to keep him safe.

"The world will never accept a quirkless hero you say. Then I'll make this world accept me. If I can't fly I'll make something that can make me fly. If I can't shoot lasers from my eyes. I'll make something that shoots lasers. If I can't make explosions. Then I'll make something that makes explosions! I will not give up on my dream. I will be a hero! No matter what people say mom! You don't have to support it but I'm doing it anyway!" He shouted with confidence in his voice.

Izuku's mom let out a sigh of relief. "Fine but promise me you'll be careful. Cuz I can't take another scare like this. No more playing in that building. I know Bakugou is your best friend but please be safe when you play with him." She said while tears ran down her face. Then she hugged Izuku and started rubbing his back. Izuku smiled and hugged her back.

A week later at the Midoriya residence.

Izuku's room has changed. No more posters or toys of All Might. He now has a poster of David Shield. He's currently writing down notes in his hero Journal.

"It took a week but I finally restored it. Now I need to get some reading done." After he said that he took out his science book and started reading. The book was about making simple robots. After he finishes reading the book. He realizes he doesn't have any parts to make a robot.

"I don't have any money for parts but I know where I can get some for free. I think I saw a bunch of useless junk at the beach. Yeah mom took me there one time but we couldn't go swimming because of the junk." Izuku smiles at his genius idea. Then he gets his backpack and some gloves for safety and some tools.

Izuku makes his way to the beach. Eventually he gets there with no issue.

"Wow, it's just as terrible as last time perfect." He said with happiness in his voice. He quickly started making his way down finding old radios and TVs. And removing the circuit boards. He managed to find some scrap metal. That would be useful. After about an hour he gets all that he needs. Then he starts making his way back. On the way back home he notices a white kitten stuck in a tree.

"Hang on there little buddy I'll get you down." Izuku said while he's climbing the tree. He manages to grab the cat but then he slips off. Luckily he's able to land on his feet. He thinks to himself thank god he didn't break a leg. He notices the kitten has a collar. He reads the address and he knows it's a nearby shrine. Luckily the kittens calm so he can make his way to the temple.

The temple seems to be abandoned though. The building looks disheveled. Structurally it is still good but it could use a lot of work to make it look pretty. Even the trees seem to be dying.

"Hello is anybody here?" Izuku shouts. He looks around. Even though this place seems to be abandoned, There must be somebody here he thought to himself. Because the collar on the cat looks pretty new. He manages to open the door to the temple. After he opens he starts to cough immediately due to the amount of dust in the air. After he started coughing he noticed something or someone. Moving in the temple.

"Hello, is anybody there I found your cat!?" Izuku shouted. But nobody responded to his question. He kept going into the temple. He notices somebody move down the hallway. The person moved so fast it was like a shadow. He also noticed that it didn't make any noise when it moved. When he walks on the floor it creaks like crazy. But whatever moved didn't even make the temple floor creek.

Izuku shakes his headed

"Bad word no I'm out of here."He said then quickly turned around. He noticed the door was closed. He started freaking out even more after seeing that. He remembers when he opened it it created noise like crazy. It was ridiculously hard to move because nobody did the upkeep. He made his way to the door as quickly as possible. With the cat in hand. Trying to open it but it seems to be stuck.

"No no no no no no no no no this is not happening this is not happening!" Izuku said while he freaked out. He started looking for another exit. The windows may have been old but they were too reinforced with wood so he couldn't get through.

"Leave me alone, evil spirit!" Izuku shouted at the top of his lungs. Then he kept trying the door. No matter how much he pulled on it it didn't open. Then a drop of water landed on his shoulder. It freaked him out for a second. There was another drop that landed on him. He looked up to see where it was coming from cuz it wasn't raining that day. His eyes went wide. It wasn't water. There was a man on the ceiling and he was drooling like crazy. The man looked disheveled. His hair was messy and he was wearing a monk outfit.

"Ahh leave me alone, evil spirit!" He shouted at the top of his lungs. Then he ran into the temple.

He ran into another room but when he got there it was already standing there. Drooling and moaning like a zombie. Then the spirit fell on his back but catched himself with his arms. He was on all fours but his body was facing up. The monk's head quickly turned to Izuku and let out a creepy gurgle.

Izuku closes the door.

"Not today satan!" He shouted then ran. He ran down the hallway and found another room and ran in there then shut the door. Izuku started holding his breath so that thing wouldn't know that it was in this room. Then he heard gurgling again. But it was coming from the inside of the room. He turned around and saw the monk again. Izuku fell on his butt after hearing the noise. He closed his eyes and started praying and crying.

"Please, anybody help me. I don't want to die here, somebody save me." He whispered. While he had his hands in prayer.

"That was pretty fun."The monk said casually with a grin on his face.

"God I got to scare the shit out of kids more it's literally the only entertaining thing to do around here." The Monk said in a normal voice. There is no gargling or any crazy sounds coming out of him anymore.

"You're not an evil spirit?" Izuku asked sheepishly. He was still on the floor holding onto the cat.

"Fuku where've you been little guy?" The monk said. Then he quickly grabbed the kitten and started petting it.

"Well I'll be going now." Izuku said while he started opening the door and quietly left the room. He nervously walked to the temple door that he entered before.

He got to the room and noticed the monk was there playing with the kitten. Izuku looked down the hallway then looked at them and then looked down the hallway again then looked at the monk.

"What's your quirk?" Izuku asked.

"Oh I don't have a quirk actually I'm what you call a quirkless." He said while he casually played with his kitten.

"How are you doing this?" Izuku demanded.

"Easy, I'm really fast and super stealthy like a ninja." The monk said with a smile.

"Now it's time for me to ask you a question. what are you doing here?" He said

"I was here to return the kitten." Izuku replied.

The monk rubbed his chin.

"First let's get introductions out of the way. My name is Gin now what's your name?" Gin said with a smile.

Izuku was freaking out over this man's craziness. First he scared him then he wanted to know his name. He wanted to leave so bad. But if he tried leaving he's pretty sure the monk would stop him.

"My name is Izuku Midoriya." Izuku said nervously.

"Cool I'm going to call you Izuku now. That's fine with you right? Now come sit by me." Gin said.

Izuku nervously sat down by the crazed man named gin.

"So Izuku what happened to your leg?" Gin said

"How do you know about my leg? Sorry I mean I should answer your question first. There was an accident I fell from a pretty tall place and broke my leg." Izuku said with a hint of anger in his voice.

"I see." Gin said while rubbing his chin.

"Oh so how did you know about my leg?" Izuku curiously asked.

"Well it's hard to explain it but I guess I can tell you. I can use Chi. I can use it to examine bodies." Gin said.

"I think what you're talking about is a quirk." Izuku replied.

"Anyone can learn Chi, let me show you." After Gin said that he grabbed onto Izuku's head. "Think of a memory when you are with somebody else." Gin instructed.

Izuku thinks of the day that it all went wrong for him. He remembers the day that All Might showed up. He felt like he was just in class again. But this time he can see all around him. He was able to see everybody's quirks. It confused him at first. He was able to see the energy inside of their bodies. He could see the quirks as well. It kind of creeped him out at first. Being able to see that. He knows one of the teachers is quirkless like him. He was able to see her body energy but there was no quirk. He was able to see All Might's quirk. It was beautiful. The quirk seems to have multiple quirks around the center quirk. Then he started remembering about Gin. About what he said that he was quirkless. He looked at Gin's body. He was telling the truth there was no quirk in his body at all. After he saw that. Then something weird happened. He was seeing Gin perform martial arts. The way he was moving his fist was unbelievable. His fists quickly snapped with such force in front of Izuku that he could feel the wind from the punch.

"See not a quirk anybody can do this if they had the proper training of course." Gin said.

"Can you teach me Chi and martial arts?" Izuku asked. Then he got on his knees and started begging.

"I guess I can teach you if you become my apprentice. But first I want to know one thing. What are you going to do with this training?" Gin said in a serious demeanor.

"Well I want to be a hero. So I've been studying science since I don't have a quirk. To make up for my lack of a quirk. But also learning how to use this chi thing might help me out. But if I learned your martial arts it would be a great help when I'm saving people." Izuku said with a determined look in his eyes.

Gin smiled after seeing the determination.

"Okay tomorrow you start as my apprentice but I warn you it's going to be some hard training." Gin said with a smile.

"Thank you so much!" Izuku accidentally shouted.

"You're welcome now you should be heading home." Gin said then he walked with his cat deeper in the temple.

Izuku with a smile headed home. After he got home he started working on the robot. He managed to get some of it done but it took him all night.

Izuku tells himself this is his only shot. He needs this to work so he can get stronger and become a hero. He's already behind everybody and he needs to catch up. He's going to prove All Might wrong. Somebody without a quirk can be a hero.

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