* We see a small bruised 5-year-old Izuku, watching heroes on the TV, his eyes shine in wonder seeing them save people, seeing people actually be happy to see them. Izuku turned around and looked at her mother, who had a scared look, over what Izuku asked*
Izuku:Mom... Can I be a hero even though I'm quirkless?
Inko:I'm sorry izuku. But you are quirkless, you can't be a hero.
Years later
*Izuku opened his eyes from that recurring dream, and he was awakened by the sound of his alarm clock*
Izuku's phone: You are my way of life, the only way I know, you are my way of life I'll never let you go
*Izuku grabbed his phone and turned it off his phone. He sat up straight in his bed, looking at his room, the place was filled with different weights, blueprints, gears, you name it. Izuku took a small breath, as he looked at the calendar*
Izuku: Last day of school. Let's do this.
*Izuku said softly to himself. As he got dressed for a run and went to the living room, he froze for a second seeing his mother there. Inko froze just as Izuku did, seeing him up before she could leave*
Inko:I... My boss called me in early.
Izuku:.....
*Izuku didn't respond, he just walked past her, and started making an all-natural protein shake, inko stood there looking at her son, she wanted to talk to him, ask how school was, what he's gonna do today, anything.*
Izuku: I'll be home late.
*Izuku simply said, as he grabbed his shake and walked past Inko, he reached her hand out to stop him, but stopped herself at the last minute, and pulled her hand back. Just as she got the courage to open her mouth, she heard the door closing. Inko stood there alone, with a sad sigh*
Inko: Have a nice day....
With Izuku
After his run
*Izuku made it to his safe space, the place where he can go and ignore the world. The junk yard, he walked to the gate, passing the guard a crisp 20-dollar bill to let him pass, They didn't say anything to each other. As he opened the gate, Izuku walked inside and went to his makeshift laboratory. He looks at his watch*
Izuku" ok. I've got 2 hours of work before I have to go to the cesspool that dares call itself a school"
*Izuku thought as he went to work. Dismantling old cars, melting their metal, and creating something new from them. Izuku was building something, he was building a dream. And he'll be damned if he lets anyone wake him up from it. Before he realized it, the two hours flew by. Izuku clicked his tongue and looked at his project*
Izuku: Why does time fly here, but in that hell hole it feels like an eternity...
*Izuku muttered to himself, as he took a quick shower in the emergency shower he built, to clean all the grease and dirt he had on his body, after that he put on his school clothes. And his backpack and he was off. Honestly, Izuku keeps more of his stuff here than he does in his mother's house*
Scene change
Izuku"yup, a literal eternity..."
*Izuku thought to himself, as he was reading an old book about robotics. Izuku was seated in the corner at the back of the class, he wasn't paying attention to what the teacher was spewing, more to the point, he didn't care. Heck, he didn't even remember his teacher's name*
Teacher: Alright, who here is gonna be trying out to make it to UA?!
*The teacher said in an excited tone, every single person raised their hands, and started acting up excited. All but Izuku, who kept his gaze on his book, the teacher noticed this, and threw a piece of chalk to him, a piece that Izuku caught without problem*
Teacher: So glad to have your attention Midoriya. Now tell me, are you going to apply to UA?
Izuku: Does UA have an engineering program?
*Izuku asked, not taking his eyes off his book, everyone was snickering at the notion of Izuku Midoriya, the quirkless of their class making it to UA., The teacher looked completely flabbergasted*
Teacher: Uh.... I....I don't know
Izuku: Then I can't answer.
*Izuku said, closing the book he was reading, and giving his teacher his full attention, one last time before he leaves and forgets him 5 seconds after leaving the building*
Izuku:Since I'm going to whoever has the best engineering program in Japan, if it's UA then I'll cross that bridge when I get there. Is there anything else? Or can I go back to my book, and mind my own business?
*Izuku asked, with absolutely no emotion behind his voice, the teacher was about to speak, before the rapid dog decided to speak*
Bakugo: Please all the people here are extra. I'm the only one making it to UA, so quit trying to act like you don't care Deku.
Izuku: You heard him Deku, stop trying. Now as for me, Izuku Midoriya. I'm not trying to do anything
*Izuku said, flipping the page of his book, not giving the rabie-infected dog to get to him, which just pissed Bakugo off more*
Bakugo: You say that, but I know your secret, you want to come to UA to become a pro hero!
Izuku:... bakugo. I told you that, when I was fucking 4 years old. You don't think that in that time, I've matured and accepted my limitations? Oh wait. You would have no idea about that, since you decided that you couldn't spend time with a quirkless.
*Izuku said, with a hint of anger in his voice, Bakugo slammed his fist on the table, furious that Izuku implied they were once friends. But the teacher took control of the situation*
Teacher: Alright, alright, both of you calm down. It's only 20 minutes till the bell rings, I doubt both of you, want to spend your last day of school in detention
Izuku: You mean my last day, since everyone here knows you have such a hard on for Bakugo, that you let him get away with murder
*Izuku said, flipping to another page, he didn't finish reading he page he was on, he did it to add dramatic effect to what he just said, and seeing as people gasped at his audacity. It was more than worth it*
After detention
Izuku: Totally worth it.
*Izuku said to himself, putting his headphones in, and walking out of his old school through the back. Being that he knows the blonde dog is waiting for him at the entrance, he was so predictable. As soon as the music started*
Izuku's headphones: Honey came in and she caught me red-handed Creeping with the girl next door
Picture this, we were both butt-naked
*Izuku started to jog again. He still had a lot to do before the day he'll prove everyone wrong*
Izuku's headphones: Banging on the bathroom floor How could I forget that I had given her an extra key All this time she was standing there She never took her eyes off me
Scene change
*It was the dark of night, and Izuku had a welding mask on, he was adding the finishing touches to his project, and he was tired. But something was fueling him to keep going*
Flashback
*We see a little Izuku on the ground crying, as Bakugo and other rats decided it would be fun to use Izuku as target practice*
Bakugo: Look at the loser, he wants to become a hero
Izuku:I...I will become a hero!
*Izuku said sniffling, bakugo frowned and used his quirk against Izuku again, causing the boy more pain*
Bakugo: Don't be stupid. A quirkless can't be a hero.
Back to the present
*Izuku poured the melted car metal into the mold, and he almost burned himself. But he ignored it and kept working, he couldn't stop. Not now. Not yet.*
Back to the past
*We see Izuku in the quirk doctor's office, waiting excitedly. Soon he was either gonna have telekinesis like his mother, or fire like his father*
Inko: Are you excited honey?
Izuku: Yeah! After I get my power I'll become the greatest hero ever!!
*Izuku said jumping up and down with excitement, inko chuckled softly as they waited a bit longer. Soon enough the doctor came in, a bald eggman-looking guy, he sat down on his chair, looking at his file, and then looking at Izuku and Inko*
Doctor: Look, I'm gonna be brutally honest. Izuku Midoriya was born quirkless. He didn't inherit either of your or your husband's Quirks or develop an amalgam of your powers.
Inko:I....oh God.
*Inko whispered, Izuku was looking at the doctor shocked, he felt as if he was pistol-whipped, he still held on to some desperate hope, that only a child that age could have*
Izuku b...but can I still be a hero? E...even quirkless?
Doctor: Sorry kid. But a quirkless can't be a hero.
Back to the present
*Izuku was now working on the wires of his inventions. Making sure it wouldn't blow up, and take his arm with it. He couldn't afford any failures for the exam*
Back to the past
*We see Izuku in his room, he was watching a live interview of his favorite hero All Might. Waiting nervously for his question to be picked*
Mitch: Alright. Here's one from, Green Boy All Might fan number 1
All might: man, that name rolls off the tongue.
*All might said with a chuckle, the audience joined him in the laugh, since like the sheep they were, if their God did something then it must be gospel. Izuku had his eyes glued to the screen, since that was his question*
Mitch: Alright, it says here "Hi all might, I'm your biggest fan, I have a huge collection of your merch, but that's not what I wanted to say, I'm just nervous. My question is, my friend is quirkless. And he wants to be a hero, can a quirkless person be a hero?. Since you always say, that anyone can be a hero*
*Mitch finished. He looked as if he ate sour grapes, and he wasn't the only one. All might sighed, and leaned forward on his chair*
All might: I did. I did say that. But your friend is thinking of being a hero like me. What I was referring to is that. Is that everyone can be a hero, by simply helping others, like helping an old lady cross the street. But a hero like me? Tell your friend, that I'm sorry if I gave him false hope. But a quirkless can't be a hero....
*Izuku turned off the TV and looked down. His hands were trembling not with sadness mind you, but with anger. He screamed and started destroying anything all might in his room. He looked at the huge All Might poster, which was even framed. His breathing became more and more angry till he pushed it out of the wall, breaking the glass*
Back to the present
Izuku: can't, can't, fucking can't. I'm gonna show them. I'm gonna show them all, what the human spirit CAN do!
*Izuku yelled, to keep himself motivated, as he started working on the bombs. This was gonna be a long night for the boy*
With inko
*We see her eating alone at the kitchen table, she looked in front of her, where Izuku's food was getting cold. She sighed sadly, and looked back at her own food, she knew it was a foolish idea, Izuku hadn't eaten with her in years*
Inko: Remember, he said he was gonna be late. W.. we'll eat together another time
*Inko lied to herself, to make herself feel better, but I didn't really work, since he didn't even believe it herself. So she just ate her meal alone*
Scene change
The morning of the UA exam
*We see Izuku finishing his jog, he walked to the entrance of the junk yard, and much to the guard's surprise, the boy smiled and waved at him*
Izuku: Yo, Jim how are you doing?
*Izuku said smiling to the guard of the junk yard, Jim looked confused, since it's not often that they talk*
Jim: Um. As good as I can be I suppose? Is something the matter? You don't normally talk to me
Izuku: Ah, just excited. Today's the big day
*Izuku said with a smirk. A tired smirk with the bags under his eyes. But a smirk nonetheless*
Jim: And what day would that be?
Izuku: It's the entrance exam, I gotta show them something that'll really impress. Wanna come see it?
Jim: Sure, might as well see what you've been doing with the junk cars that are around here
*Jim said as he followed Izuku to his little laboratory. Izuku turned on the light, and both saw Izuku's invention, the stuff he's been working on, for so long*
Izuku: ok... After months it's finally done
Jim: And what in Sam Hill am I looking at?
*Jim asked looking at the monstrosity in front of him, Izuku ignored him again first, as he walked up to his invention and put it on*
Izuku: My ticket into UA