Chapter 1

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(This story better not fail, it's been in my mind for a while)
Deku's POV
I walked into the classroom, taking my seat at the back of the class. I took out my 'Hero Notes'note book and began writing in it, scribbling small doodles of All Might and my hero costume design on the sides of the paper. I was half-way down the page when I heard a loud yell and and explosion following after, startling me and making me break my pencil. Kacchan. He was always picking fights with kids, but at least it wasn't me this time... wait, what was I thinking?! I have to go help that student out! I closed my notebook and ran out of the classroom, looking down both ends of the halls. Kacchan was on the right, pinning a smaller, light-blue haired kid to the wall. Kacchan had obviously thrown his bag to the ground, seeing as one was next to him. I think I had a class or two with this kid... his name was... Ao Hikari? My legs suddenly started moving on their own and I pushed Kacchan as hard as I could to the side.
"Kacchan, quit picking on people! Pick on someone your own size!", I shouted. Kacchan hadn't even fell to the ground and had already caught his balance.
"Damn nerd, when are you gonna learn, you're no one's hero! Not his, not mine, and clearly not your-", I cut him off. He was not going to bring my cousin into this.
"Shut up! Get to class Kacchan, don't you have things to study? You wanna be a hero, right? Then get to class and stop being such a bully!", I shouted. He rolled his eyes and made a 'tch' sound.
"Please, Deku, please have mercy on me. Tch, stay out of it nerd.", that's it, I have had enough of him. I charged at him surprisingly and tackled him to the ground, knocking the breath out of him before throwing a punch, but not too hard, to his face. He glared at me, still catching his breath. He pushed me off of him and got on top of me, throwing some punches to my stomach and my side. No! I wasn't going to let him win anymore!
"Enough, Kacchan!", I yelled as I scratched his neck pretty badly, actually drawing blood.
"Bastard.", he ground out between clenched teeth as he threw another punch to my face, making my nose bleed. I kicked him in the gut really hard and he glared. I did again and actually got to do it four more times before he doubled over to the side. Had I won? Did he give up? Oh no, did I hurt him too bad? No, there's no way I did, I mean, this is Kacchan. Katsuki Bakugo. I probably just hit a weak spot. I suddenly heard gagging from beside me so I sat up and looked at Kacchan who looked about ready to puke.
"Gah.. deku..", he hissed and I clenched my eyes shut waiting for him to spill his breakfast, and I heard another gag and then a splat of what I assumed was vomit hitting the marble floor of our school hallway. I opened my eyes and saw kids walking away in disgust, including the kid who I had stood up for. He gave me a high-five on his way out, making me feel good. Kacchan picked him self up and wiped his mouth. He picked up his bag and left me, not saying a word. The bell rang, indicating that I was late, so I grabbed my bag and ran into the classroom.
-after school-
The last bell of the day rung and the whole class stood up, rushing to get out of the classroom to leave.
"Ah, ah, ah, I dismiss you, not the bell.", our teacher said. A few "Oh c'mon''s and 'seriously teach?''s were heard and I lightly chuckled to myself. The teacher finally let us go and I made my way out of the classroom, a few kids- including Kacchan- bumped into me on the way out. I brushed it off like usual and began making my way home. I took the same way as Kacchan and I didn't want to run into him and deal with another fight, so I took a right and decided I'd go through an alley on my way home. I finally reached the alley I was going to take to get home and I heard light giggles coming from behind me. I wipped my head around to see nothing, however. I continued walking, but at a faster pace as I got nervous and tense. Maybe it was just my imagination, thinking about the giggles from earlier when I kind of wooped Kacchan's butt. I gripped my backpack straps tighter as my mind wandered. I finally made it out of the alley and could see my house. Thankfully, I made it home safely and walked through the door, quietly shutting it behind me.
"Izuku! Honey, you're home!", my mom exclaimed as she hugged me with a death squeeze.
"Mom.. choking- me.", she let go of me and apologized, but of course I forgave her. She led me to the kitchen where a table was set with my favorite meal.
"Mom, is something special going on? You cooked my favorite meal?", I asked her. She nodded.
"Am I not allowed to make my son his favorite dinner?", she asked smiling that big smile of her's. I sat down at the table began eating.
"So how was your day?", I almost choked. My day was pretty great. I stood up to Kacchan. Yeah. I swallowed my food and smiled.
"I... stood up to an old bully.", I said. I almost forgot my mom didn't know that Kacchan as been bullying me all these years.
"An old bully? Do I know this kid?", she raised an eyebrow and put down her fork. I shook my head, "No. You don't, but it's ok mom. I'm sure he won't talk about it for a while. He has a big ego.", I said.
"That's very common in bullies.", she said, picking up her fork and eating again. After we finished dinner, I rinsed off my plate and headed up to my room, getting on my computer and opening that old All Might video. I watched with a huge grin on my face as All Might came out of the rubble with multiple people on his back, telling everyone to stay calm. Wow. He was so cool. He still is! I want to be just like him. A pro. I suddenly heard a quiet knock on my window, which was slightly opened at the bottom, and then a small folded piece of paper slid in between the crack. I picked it up and unfolding, reading the passage on it. It read:
Izuku~ you want to have a quirk, right? To become a hero? Well, do I have the job for you. We give quirks to those who don't have any. You probably haven't heard of us, but that's because only about 2% of the population is quirkless. So we got word that you are. Come to the address [wherever the League of Villains hide out is] and knock on the door six times. If you don't get an answer, come back the next day.
- Himiko Toga ;)
I can get a quirk...? Quirks can be passed down?! What!? I know this sounds crazy, but I just have to get one! I'll go tomorrow at 7 when my mom leaves for a business trip! Yeah! And if it's anything sketchy... I can handle myself. I may be quirkless, but... I'm not worthless like Kacchan says I am.

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