12 years ago...
Genya ran, blood clung to his feet, stomach, just everywhere. Even his vision was just red blurred from tears and blood mixing, but all he could think of was running away. That's when he stumbled upon a hero.
"PLEASE HELP, MY FAMILY! A VILLAIN, A VILLAIN!!"
Kamui Woods was on his first patrol as a pro hero, finally free from U.A's binding, but a boy covered in blood and a scar wider than his little face was jarring. He was supposed to be a hero, but a sight like this made him freeze.
"Kid, are you alright? What happened?"
Genya was sobbing into Kamui's leg, unable to get the image out of his head, his own big brother, someone he wanted to be a hero for as he was a hero for him, yet that image,
Red covered his vision as his brother stood over the collapse of the building, dripping blood from his arms and knife as he stared, the most monstrous sight he had ever witnessed, and his brother, Shuya looked at him in fear. The last emotion he ever saw on his brother was fear, and on his eldest rage.
"MY BROTHER, HE KILLED THEM, MY FAMILY, PLEASE STOP HIM."
Police sirens already loomed the streets, moving towards the load plum of smoke and screams of civilians from all around,
"Hang on, kid, I'm going to take you to the orphanage. Just come with me, it'll be alright."
The rest was all a blur to Genya if he was being honest. His drive to become a hero strengthened tenfold; the old him wanted to be a hero like how he saw Sanemi, but now he wanted to be a hero to stop guys like Sanemi.
'VILLAINS!'
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The Midoriya family was relatively quiet, but with the recent move abroad by Hisashi, it was even quieter than usual, but just as Inko sparked the news up.
"Recently, there was a major 'gas leak' during the rogue villains' rampage on another helpless family, killing both the villain and most of the family involved in the horrific act."
Inko could only clasp her mouth as she recognized the boy who survived it all, not so much the other one, but she could remember it like yesterday.
'That poor boy,'
Inko thought, but many such cases were common, but not in Mustafu, not the person her son wouldn't stop raving about.
Before she even noticed, little Izuku came down as he saw the destruction and the only survivors...
"GENYA! MOM, WHAT HAPPENED!"
Inko could admit Izuku was a heaven-sent child, but in situations like these, it was far too common.
"Izuku, honey, a villain incident occurred, Genya is safe, but his family is..."
Izuku cried, slightly understanding what Inko was saying,
"Where was Almight mommy..."
Inko pulled him into a hug, yet Izuku begged for Inko to save Genya
"Baby, there is nothing we can do."
Izuku's mind starts spinning if maybe they can bring him here, he will be alright.
"Mom, can't we move him in with us? he will have a family again. Please mom Genya needs it."
Inko knew it didn't work like that, even if they tried to adopt it will take months before full legal duties are finished, let alone the trauma his friend would have, but for Izuku, she will do it.
"Don't worry, little Izuku, don't worry, mommy will take care."
To be honest, she was perhaps too much of a sucker for her son, but she will do what she can for her little Izuku.
'How would Hisashi take the news though???'
She wondered.
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1 week later...
Genya was waiting in a hospital, as he was told he would be going to the orphanage atleast that was what the detective said, but outside the door were Lady Inko and Izuku?
'Why could they be here at a time like this? I look so different now.'
trying to just breeze past them, Genya put his head down,
"Aye, Genya, we can help."
He had a hoodie so they couldn't see how bad the scar was, but just a glimpse was enough for Midoriya to feel awful, yet bittersweet that he survived.
"No need, I'm... okay."
Izuku ran and hugged Genya as he cried ugly tears he's been holding since the incident. Inko soon joined the hug.
Genya wasn't emotional, nor was he emotionless, but to see people truly try to help him, save him as that hero did, it brought... Feeling of hope, a chance things can get better, better than that life then, better than that life now. The future wasn't so bleak as it appeared just hours ago.
regrouping themselves, also being very aware that they are outside of a hospital, looking like idiots. Inko ushered them into the car before a nervous and slightly embarrassed wave to the onlookers.
"SORRY!"
They pulled off, a little silent at first, but Genya was actually the one to pick up the conversation,
"So... How were you able to adopt me so quickly? The detective said it should take years at the very least."
Inko was very taken aback by the question; it was one that she had thought of as well.
"It would have taken extremely long, probably longer than what the detective said, yet my father knew your family before we had our little Izuku, he was going to get a promotion with my husband an-"
Izuku interrupts,
"You never told me we were close like that."
Inko scratches her neck nervously. Close was not the best use of wording, but she had to make the orphanage believe so as well.
"Yes, we were, but not so much with the kids. Now, we can't adopt you as it would've taken years too long; those orphanages typically have toxic living environments all the time."
Genya had another question,
"So, how am I here today?"
A deep sigh,
"Well, I used my home as a holding center for you, so since they know we have a slight connection and I have a good, long-standing reputation as being a trustworthy home, we were given authority to raise you until someone adopts you."
Genya's eyes light up, along with Izuku, perhaps he stopped listening at 'raise you',
"Thank you so much..."
The waterworks were all too common that day, they could've made a water fountain proud...
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12 years later...
"Genya, I can't push it..."
Sat atop a broken refrigerator, looking down at Izuku,
"Izuku, you were bullied endlessly for all these years and never told me, and now, when you ask for training, you refuse to push yourself."
Izuku was devastated. He tried to hide it, but too many burn wounds were impossible to hide.
"I can't..."
Genya hopped down now side to side with Izuku,
"You believe you can't, but I'll show you it is possible."
Both held each corner as he said, "GO!" They began pushing the refrigerator. The further they went, the more confidence Izuku had, a hidden dawg inside of his brother that almost anyone can see, but he can't see it, just yet, he can't,
"KEEP GOING!"
"AHHHHHH"
With a whale, Izuku pushes the refrigerator over, looking over to see that Genya isn't there and actually stands off to the side smiling, proud of him.
"Its all in your mind, now. The sessions done for today, you are improving a lot more than I did to be honest, when I started at least."
Ever since they met until now, Genya would always train; a major part of the reason was trauma, but most of it was Izuku. He wanted to be a hero just like him, but something in him never motivated him enough to work out; he would always be there to motivate him to join his workouts.
"Well, you were younger, so it would only be natural; also, you didn't really know what you were doing, like how you do now."
Yes, one of his most embarrassing moments was trying to benchpress the couch, not the fond memories, but he was smarter now, couches from trash heaps.
"I know what you're referring to, don't please."
Izuku's face was about 3 seconds from bursting into laughter just at the thought of it, before he couldn't hold it in, bursting into tears.
"It's not that funny."
wiping his tears, he still doesn't understand the reason he could have thought that was a good idea,
"Izuku, why did you keep it a secret for so long?"
Walking with Genya, he always knew the reason,
"Mom, wouldn't be friends with the bakugo's, they've been friends longer than I remember, mom said they've been friends since middle school... I can't break that up."
Genya forgot just how intelligent Izuku is sometimes, he is the only person he knew ace every single test, exam, and quiz ever handed to him.
"Yeah, but not even me?"
Izuku looked down; he just wasn't sure; he didn't trust Genya; it was his burden.
"I'm sorry,"
Genya looked over his shoulder. Izuku was down again. He was sad for a time, but times are so much better now. He kinda viewed himself as a big brother in a way. He understands his own older brother very much now, but still, he would never do what he did; he would be better.
"It's okay, we won't let Inko know, what we will do isss..."
Turning around, the light shone on his back, illuminating his figure. Izuku was in awe as Genya spoke.
"We'll both be heroes, the greatest heroes, me and you starting today, will be training as hard as he can, together."
He stretched out his hand, a handshake, a mutual agreement, to be better, the best.
"Together."
As he shook his hand, Izuku smiled, he will be a hero like Almight... As Genya will, he will.
The day was relatively normal after that, even Bakugo noticed a difference. Izuku is always gone early, and arrives almost late, which was not to mention the daggers his friend would stare at him.
'Fuckin nerd got a bodyguard, both are losers anyway.'
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1 year later...
"Were improving so much, bro, look."
He gestures to a car flipped on its side as he has a sly grin,
"Yeah, that's cute, but see."
A truck was turned upside down as he folded his arms, showing dominance.
"Not fair, you have so many years over me."
He chuckles,
"Alright, let's go ahead back home and get ready for school."
They jogged back as school was at 8 in the morning, and it was 7, rushing was an understatement when they smelled like chemical waste...
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"Students, as you know, you submitted your future career choices..."
A collective nod from all the students reaffirmed such.
"I KNOW YOU ALL WANT TO BE HEROES!"
Everyone starts cheering and hollering as even Genya does a little 'woo.'
"All ya'll are losers, the only one who has a chance is me, the rest of you are just d-class losers."
A tick mark or several were on every person there, including Genya, but they was use to Bakugo's antics.
"Oh,"
The teacher's remarks were surprising,
'Three going to U.A what a hopeful bunch.'
"Izuku, Genya, and Katsuki Bakugo, all of you are trying out for the U.A. Entrance exam."
"WHAT?!"
Bakugo yelled, startling the teacher greatly,
"Bakugo, quiet your tone, we will be ending school early today so that you can think more on your choices and perhaps change career paths."
The teacher stared at Izuku for a little longer than others before ending class,
Murmurs were heard throughout the school as everyone discussed who would make it as a hero, and to hear 3 students attending U.A, the only one they thought had a chance was Bakugo, who ate all of the ego boosters.
Izuku and Genya stayed later to avoid unnecessary attention as they were kinda the talk of the school currently.
"We've made quite the stir; we are like the talk of the town."
Izuku fidgeted. While he was more of a fighter now, he made sure of it; he wasn't good in situations like these, even with his smarts.
"They're more so talking about us, instead of hyping us up."
Genya scoffed; they had a little hype.
"All promotion is good promotion, just look at endeavor, he almost always has negative rep, yet he is one of the most popular heroes..."
Izuku looked disgusted at the mention.
"WE are NOT looking up to endeavor..."
Genya put on a thoughtful expression before continuing,
"Have you talked to Katsuki this past year? You hardly even call him kacchan anymore,"
Izuku didn't like the topic getting brought up, even though he truly believes Katsuki can be the greatest hero and that he is a good person. Genya always tells him otherwise; he called Katsuki a filthy villain like his brother, wasn't they cool? him or Inko never pressured him into saying his past or what happened that day, but Genya has a deep hatred for everything his old life was, even his brother.
"I'll talk to him, I just wanna focus on training right now, it's already hard enough as it is..."
The door burst open as Bakugo walked through the door with his lackeys,
"I was looking for you, Deku, yet you're hiding in here with your shit-bag of a bodyguard."
Genya stood as he faced Bakugo,
"SHUT YOUR SHIT, HE IS NO DEKU!"
Bakugo bumped heads with Genya as he laughed,
"OH YEAH, AND WHAT CAN YOU DO BITCH!"
A right hand drops Bakugo as he pops up with an explosion, narrowly missing Genya. Dodging, he grabs Bakugo's firing hand, performing a high-level arm throw.
"GET THE FUCK OFF ME!!!"
Three elbows came down, breaking Bakugo's nose, yet he was slightly singed by the explosion, but Izuku's voice is the one that stopped them in their tracks.
"Urm, guys, the teacher is behind you..."
Izuku expected them to kinda mesh well together, but it's like a 1-to-1 copy,
"GENYA, DETENTION NOW!"
Getting up, he pats Izuku's chest,
"Tell Mom I will be arriving late when you get back home."
With a pause, he sizes up Bakugo's face, destroying his ego even more, following the teacher, with a peace sign.
"You okay, Katsu-
Katsuki shoved his lackeys, who were helping him up, walking outside fast, probably to let off some steam; P.S., his brother was no joke.
Picking up his book bag, he decided he would take the shortcut to inform Mom of Genya's detention.
'He was even faster than Kacchan; even his explosion had no real effect on Genya. Could I do that? Could I have done? Nah, Genya's just amazing.'
A manhole burst from under the bridge, where he seemed to have lost focus.
"GIVE ME YOUR BODY, BOY!"
Jumping back, he was going to get in a fighting pose, but froze as to how he was supposed to fight that?
'I'm scared, help, Genya."
sludge entered Izuku's mouth as he tried to suffocate him, taking his body as hostage, before he passed out. He saw almight, a slight happiness touched his heart as the last words he heard were.
"TEXAS SMASHHH"
Bursting into 100 pieces,
"I AM HERE!"
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Waking up, Izuku felt the slaps as he shot up,
"Im up, Im up."
Almight chuckles,
"No need to rush, kid, just making sure you're alright, now then I'll be on my way."
Izuku wiped out his notebook,
"Can you sign this, please?"
Almight laughed, grabbing the notebook, studying it as it was honestly great technical analysis of himself and other heroes.
'This kid has better support ideas than most mechanics at U.A. He has promise.'
"You did this, kid?"
Izuku nodded furiously,
"Good work, alright i gotta go now, BYE!"
Still, one question burned in Izuku's mind. Genya always reassured him it was fine, but what will Almight say? He needed to know.
"WAIT!"
Almight panic as the moment he leapt, Izuku latched on like glue,
"Boy, what are you doing? Don't you know how dangerous this is?"
Wind blowing in his face, he looked about 2 seconds from falling or worse, dropping on a rooftop. Izuku coughed out,
"Please, I have a question."
Almight just knew his time limit was approaching
"What is it, young man?"
Collecting himself, he spoke,
"Can I become a hero like you with an intelligence quirk?"
Almight was taken aback, you have an intelligence quirk yet decide to become a hero... Brave but far from intelligent, it is the most dangerous profession there is.
"Kid, what is your name?"
"Izuk-"
A plume of smoke assaulted him as the man he was seeing was no longer Almight but an imposter.
"WHO ARE YOU, YOU AREN'T ALMIGHT,"
He pointed his finger accusatively, but Almight wasn't amused. He had seen many heroes die; this kid was meant for more than just being a hero.
"Young Izuku, look..."
He pulled his shirt up, revealing a massive scar, seemingly still aching, unlike Genya's, and it spread across most of his body, horrifying the boy.
"Not a pretty sight, I got this 5 years ago, my respiratory system is almost completely non-functional, surgery after surgery rendered me only useful for about 3 hours a day, even right now I'm already at my limit today."
Izuku thought who could have done this,
"Was it Toxic Chainsaw who did this to you?"
Almight dropped his shirt,
"Nah, he packed a bit of a punch, this villain was far more dangerous even for me, we hid it the best we could, but I know this isn't what you expected... always smiling, never fearful, symbol of peace."
Izuku clenched his fist,
"I-"
"This is what heroes have to face, villains that would kill you in a heartbeat... As for your question... No, you should save more lives being tech support than fulfill your own death wish."
Getting up, Almight transformed back into his buff form, leaping away,
Izuku, now demotivated and even more experiencing such a close call to death, wondered if he should even try, leaving as he made his way back to his house.
Explosions boom off from the streets, heroes gather to a scene, as Izuku, wondering what is happening, brushes through the crowd, he swore he knew that voice,
"Kacchan???"
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Bakugu was yelling, violently thrashing around. Today happened to be the worst day of his life, and the sight of Deku made him fight back more.
"Oh, we got a feisty one."
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The sludge villain saw the desperate look on all of their faces,
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Crying Izuku began running past the border lines past the heroes as he didn't understand what he was doing, he knew he wasn't a hero, but he had to help, anyway he could.
"THIS BRAT AGAIN, THIS TIME I'LL EAT YOU WHOLE,"
Taking off his book bag, he threw it into his eye where he suspected his weak point to be; he was correct,
"AHHHHHHH, FUCKING BRAT!"
Tendrils of sludge lash out as Izuku dodges them with surprising ease. jumping over the sludge in an incredible feat of strength, pulling Bakugo out of the sludge before falling to the ground,
"I'M GETTING ONE OF YOU BRATS!!!!"
Izuku was caught by the tendril as he crept up faster, the heroes watching, muttering something about being 'unable to help'.
"I AM HERE!!!!!!"
Almight, having watched the whole thing, was more than impressed, but he saw himself in Izuku, a young boy who would do anything to help, moving on instinct, a TRUE hero.
"NO, NOT AGAIN!!"
"TEXAS SMASH!!!!!!!!!"
Heroes were cowards, but the boy, only in middle school, was more heroic than they. Everyone there was too bamboozled by all the events and Almight showing up that they forgot how dire that situation was; they could've died because of his own negligence, having dropped the bottle of sludge mid-leap and never noticing its disappearance.
Reporter swarmed Almight as he told everyone he had to leave quickly to lock up the villain, but really, his timer was just running out. As steam came from his body, he leapt once more to Naomasa police station, the only place his secret was kept safe while delivering villains.
It was soon swarmed right after, some about how reckless it was, others how brave it was; it was never really one thing.
Katsuki was swarmed, but he quickly got out of them, brushing past their questions,
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'Such a long day, I wonder when Genya is done with detention, it shouldn't be this long. I bet he would love to hear th-'
Almight falls from the heavens with a Boisterous laugh,
"Hahhahahh, Young Izuku, your drive and actions today have spoken volumes, young man."
Izuku rubbed the back of his head nervously to himself,
"It was nothing, I almost got both of us killed, you saved the day again,"
Almight hands on his hip, spoke proudly,
"Young man, what you did, no other hero could do, you acted without thinking, your brain didn't tell you to help, your heart didn't tell you to help, your body did otherwise known as your soul wanted to help, no matter if you thought you couldn't do it."
Izuku was rigid, stiff, thoughts coming a mile a second, times of being bullied by Bakugo, the time his quirk was registered, and even Almight's previous words, all of this vindicated his belief in being a hero.
"You are...."
Tears began falling as he knew Almight's next words before he even spoke them,
"A TRUE HERO!!!"
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This chapter was fun to write as you can see, 3600 words is one of my highest, it was a hard chapter that i could've pulled off better like grammer and story but all in all i wanted to go light on the grammer focus more on just the spirit of writing, i wanted to get genya's side done in one chapter but 2 is needed to explore the more complex things that i need to go over for many things to make since, Genya is strong yes and has a secret up his sleeve he is not just left/right goodnight btw also while izuku will be a good bit stronger at the top and the same old todoroki izuku bakugo power trio wont be so true in this version as its quite overrun but within reason no one going to be overlevelled
Important note aswell, Izuku isnt the exact same muttering, hero junkie like before simply because of having a real friend or brother, most of the habits he learns are from having no real friend you can see it when he was a kid and viewed bakugo as a real friend he was not the shell of himself later and i would go on but you can read so im going to stop yapping and get working.
edit: edit: did almight really not know the sludge villain wasnt in his pocket as he legit told izuku his secret supposedly while he thought he had the sludge villain kinda a over sight ngl