Until You Can Stand Again (BNHA x Hamilton Fanfiction)

#17: Izuku

"Izukkun", Ochako-chan leaned towards me as I excitedly held the card with Henri-chan's address on it. "You're really going to be a hero?"

"Yeah!", I beamed. "Henri-chan said he can help me!"

Kacchan scoffed. "That's not a reliable source to be a hero. You'll just be quickly demolished even before you throw the first punch at a villain!"

Ochako-chan gave him a lethal glare, to which he just rolled his eyes at.

I sighed. He's right...but I have to take this chance and try it out!

Currently, we're walking towards Henri-chan's company address. It was summer, so we don't really have any homework to do.

So, might as well try this out!

I bounded over the front steps of the house, and knocked on the door. Ochako-chan continued to glare at Kacchan as the door opened.

A small boy that's probably at Alex-nii-chan's age smiled at us as he wore a fancy suit. Is he a businessman? "Oh, hello! What can I do for you?"

"U-umm...", I got nervous. I held up the card in my hands hesitantly. "I-is Henri-chan there? I, uh, want to talk to him about his offer..."

The boy blinked for a moment, before smiling gleefully. "Ah, you must be Izuku-chan, then. Come this way. And you two, too."

He led us towards a room with 3 couches and a table with many books, and smiled at me again. "Stay here while I get Henri-chan, alright? It won't be long."

"T-thank you...", I smiled, before piping up. "Ah! Mister, what's your name?"

The boy blinked, before giggling as he bowed. "Hayate, sir. Hayate Ayasaki."

When he left, I turned to Ochako-chan and Kacchan. "Hayate-nii-chan seems nice."

Ochako-chan smiled in agreement. "Yeah."

She bounded over to the table, and opened a book to a random page. Then, she gasped. "Woah! It's so colorful!"

Kacchan rolled his eyes again. "That's because it's a magazine, idiot."

I gasped at him, amazed. "Woah, Kacchan! How did you know?!"

"Because I'm the future number 1 hero!"

"I think you mean the number 1 jerk, that is", Ochako-chan muttered.

"You wanna fight!?", Kacchan growled as he blew explosions from his palms. She rolled her eyes and flopped on the couch.

The furniture visibly floated at the influence of her quirk, but she didn't seem to mind. I sweatdropped. Ochako-chan...

"Anyway, you can't be a hero unless you have a strong quirk!", Kacchan scolded me. I felt tears in my eyes as he went on. "You don't even have a quirk, Deku! What makes you think you can be like All Might and last out there in the field!?"

"You know, if you crush your friend's dreams like that even when you know he could do it, then you're not a hero at all."

I gasped as Henri-chan came into the room with Hayate-nii-chan. The former was pinning a sharp, scary glare at Kacchan, which made him flinch.

"How terrible...", Hayate-nii-chan murmured. "Everyone has a chance to achieve what they want..."

Kacchan stared at Henri-chan and Hayate-nii-chan for a moment, before angrily turning away.

I engulfed Henri-chan in a hug while giggling. "Henri-chan!"

Henri-chan blinked for a moment, before hugging me back. "Hello, Izuku-chan."

When we both pulled away, I saw that his eyes were back to being soft and pretty. I blinked.

He smiled at me. "So, what did you want to talk about?"

Oh yeah!

"You said you can help me to be a hero?", I asked.

He smiled jovially at me, before jumping on the floating couch Ochako-chan is in. "Yes, I can. If you really want to be a hero, I have equipment here that can aid you in hero-work. That way, you can still save people and fight villains at the same time!"

Kacchan scoffed. "The nerd doesn't even know how to fight. How can he even be a hero with that?"

Henri-chan blinked, before staring right through me. "I see..."

I took a step back as tears started to fall from my eyes. I-is he going to take back his offer? I knew it. I'm never going to be a--

"Well, that's an easy fix!", Henri-chan suddenly clapped his hands together gleefully. "Hayate-kun, could you please open up the testing room?"

Hayate smiled. "Yes, Hikari-kun."

"Excellent!"

I blinked again. Eh...?

"Hold on", Ochako-chan sat up from her spot and raised an eyebrow at the brunette. "What will he do?"

Henri-chan smiled. "He doesn't know how to properly fight, right? Well, why not teach him?"

I blinked.

Then, I blinked again.

After that, I let a big grin slide to my face. "R-really!?"

Henri-chan nodded.

I let out a squeal as I leapt on him and gave him a bear hug. "Thank you, thank you!"

Kacchan just stared at us for a second, before turning away again while clenching his fists.

I stared at him in worry. Kacchan...?