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Sitting alone on a roof a green-haired boy cried his eyes out, this boy was named Midoriya Izuku and he was powerless in a world filled to the brim with unique abilities, this caused him to have a very hard life especially on this day. 

Earlier today his former childhood friend, now his main bully (Bakugou Katsuki), told him to kill himself by diving off the school roof, then he was attacked by a villain made of slime who tried to suffocate him and take over his body but he was saved by his favorite hero (Allmight!) This should have been a dream come true but instead when he asked Allmight if he could be a hero without a quirk he was told ‘no’.

His icon, number one hero Allmight, the symbol of peace, told him straight up that he could never achieve his dream.

There was a tingle on the side of his neck but he ignored it.

‘Why am I even alive if I can’t be a hero? It was the only thing I ever dreamed of, the only purpose in my life is to save and protect others… but Allmight said “ no ”.’

His life no longer had any purpose, he truly was a useless Deku just like everyone said. 

He was on a roof.

“ I’m sorry Izuku"

“ Take a swan dive off the roof of the building ”

“ You can not become a hero ”

Izuku stood up on shaky legs. He turned to the side of the roof he was on. He slowly shuffled over to the railing. His legs almost slipped out from under him, gripping the railing for support. The metal was cold. The wind blew through his curly green hair as he looked down on the world.

He would climb to the other side of the railing and jump, at least he would have if an explosion hadn’t shaken him out of his trance.

Izuku looked up and saw smoke coming from a few blocks away, then he realized he almost jumped, he almost killed himself. He hopped away from the railing like it burned him, falling on his butt safely away from the edge.

‘Why did I do that? I don't want to die! Sure today has been awful but I need to get back home to mom! That's right! mom! Even if she doesn't think I can be a prohero she still loves me. I have to get home!’

He was about to get up and run home when suddenly the rooftop started to shift like reality itself was turned into a liquid.

‘What could this be? A quirk? Am I getting attacked by a villain for the second time today?’

Then it was like the building he was on grew taller, shooting higher than the clouds. The rooftop expanded, almost the size of his school! 

‘What is going on?!’

Office supplies spun around the air, desks, chairs, staplers, and paper, it spun around like a tornado.

On the opposite side of the building something climbed up and onto the roof, it looked like a giant briefcase with ties for arms. 

‘What is this thing? There's no way this is a villain using a quirk, it’s way too complicated!’

“You're right!” a voice said from behind him.

He swiftly turned to face the voice. There on the railing a white cat-like creature with pink eyes and tendrils coming from his ears sat.

“That creature is called a witch!” the cat spoke without moving its smile shaped mouth.

‘A quirked animal? Like Nezu? But those are so rare!’

“Wrong!” The cat thing spoke again. “My name is Kyubey! But that doesn't matter right now! You need to make a wish so you can defeat the witch!”

“A wish!?” Izuku was so confused. 

‘Where am I? And what is this cat thing (Kyubey?) talking about?’

Then the giant briefcase ( witch? ) slammed its two tie arms into the rooftop causing the building to shake like an earthquake.

“There's no time! Make a wish so I can grant you the power to defeat that witch!” Kyubey commanded.

‘I have no idea what is going on but if Kyubey does then I'll just have to trust him, I hope this will work somehow or else me and Kyubey are gonna be witch food!’

 “U-um ok! I wish to be a hero!” cried out with every fiber of his being.

Then Kyubey impaled his chest with his weird ear things. Every pain receptor in his body lit up, his entire being felt like it was on fire, but just as soon as it had started it had stopped. The roof was lit up with a bright green glow as Kyubey pulled out a green egg shaped gem from inside his chest. Izuku held out his hands for the beautiful object and it slowly fell into his open palms.

Then he and Kyubey were hit off the roof by one of the witches' tie arms. But instead of falling and dying they spun around the air like the office supplies. 

“Izuku Midoriya hurry up and transform already!” Kyubey shouted.

“W-what are you talking about!?” again Izuku was confused.

“Just focus on your soul gem, the green stone in your hand!”

“A-ah o-okay!” Izuku looked down at the green egg shaped gem that came from his chest when it suddenly started to glow and consumed him.

When the glow stopped Izuku was no longer in his middle school uniform, now he was wearing a white blouse, a half cape connected to a hood with eye holes and bunny ears, a metal mouth guard around his neck, a fluffy green skirt with an even fluffier cotton ball bunny tail, black thigh highs, black steel toe boots, dark green brass knuckles on top of long white gloves, and there was also a star shaped green gem in the center of his chest where his half cape attached too.

“H-huh???” Izuku was now a red faced blushing mess “w-what's going on!?” he cried to Kyubey. 

‘Why on earth am I in a skirt??? ’

“You’re now a magical girl who has the power to defeat that witch!”

“A-a magical girl?? Power?” 

‘What is Kyubey talking about?’

“Just hurry up and punch the witch!”

The witch was gearing up to hit them again, it was like Izuku could feel the witches intent to harm Kyubey, he could feel the malice detected at him and it’s want to kill, but Izuku couldn't let that happen, he couldn't let Kyubey get hurt! He couldn’t let anyone get hurt! Izuku used all his might to kick off of a desk floating behind him and launched straight for the witch’s center. Izuku sped forward like a meteor and cocked his right arm back and yelled…

“SMASH!’

Izuku’s fist made contact with the witch and in a flash of light, like glass, the witch’s briefcase body shattered. The impact sent shockwaves through the air and created gusts of wind that wipped all around him and this ginormous witch. Izuku wasn’t expecting to be able to break anything so easily, especially something so massive and powerful. Izuku has never been able to do anything like this before, he was always the quirkless, powerless, useless kid who could never achieve anything… but now, so suddenly, he was able to accomplish an amazing feat so easily. 

He landed roughly back on the rooftop as reality started to shift around him again and the rooftop returned to normal. He heard a small metal clink behind him. When Izuku turned around he saw Kyubey sitting next to a small elegant black and silver object, it stood perfectly on a point clearly defying gravity.

“Nice job Izuku Midoriya! You are quite strong! Just as expected! This is your reward for defeating that witch!” Kyubey tapped the black and silver object with his paw.

‘Just as expected? What does that mean? Whatever that doesn't matter right now, I want to know what this so-called ‘reward’ is for defeating that briefcase looking witch thing.’

“What is it?” Izuku was almost enamored with the mysterious object that fell from the witch he just defeated.

“This is a grief seed! A witch’s egg! If you look at your soul gem it’ll be darker! All you have to do is put the grief seed and your soul gem close to each other and your soul gem will shine like new again!” Kyubey explained.

When Kyubey mentioned his soul gem Izuku instinctually de-transformed in a flash of light and his green soul gem appeared in his hand. Kyubey was right, his soul gem was very slightly dimmer. 

“My my! For using so much magic your soul gem barely darkened at all! You were definitely the right choice for a magical girl!” Kyubey commented.

“Huh? It should be darker?” Izuku said panicky. 

‘Am I already messing up with these new abilities!?’

“You don't have to worry! The brighter your soul gem the better! You might not want to use this grief seed until you use some more of your magic!” Kyubey told the anxiety filled boy.

“Magic? Wait, that's right! Who are you? And what was the villain monster thing? You called it a witch? Like those old women who cast spells? And how’d I defeat it? Her? OMG DID I KILL A WOMAN!? B-but there’s no body, just the silver and black thing, the grief seed? And my punch was so strong! It was just like All Might's! Do I even want to be like All Might after today? And why’d I need to make a wish to gain this power? Quirk? But what kind of quirk changes your clothes into a frilly girly outfit, even though clothes don't have a gender but that's besides the point, makes a gemstone, and gives you super strength? It’s way too complicated to be just one quirk! Kyubey, what kind of power is this? You said you weren’t a quirked animal and I’m quirkless so it's definitely not mine! Wait, if you're not a quirk animal do you just have a mutation type quirk? I truly didn't mean to offend you! Wait, I'm super off track, I still mean my apology, but about the powers? Are you seriously saying you turned me into a magical girl and gave me magic!?” Izuku kept muttering about the recent events that occurred. 

“Izuku Midoriya I have all the answers to your questions but perhaps you should slow down? Also weren't you worried about your mother? It's getting quite late!” Kyubey interrupted. 

Kyubey pointing out the time made Izuku look for the sun which was halfway below the horizon. 

‘It was all the way above the horizon when I got here! ’

“Oh crap! I’m so late! Mom is totally going to freak out! She's definitely going to be crying and panicking!” Izuku cried as he rushed to the door which didn't open. “It’s locked, of course it is.” Izuku’s shoulders slumped, just his luck.

“You do realize you don’t need to use the door, right? You're a magical girl now, you can easily make your way home by jumping from rooftop to rooftop.” Kyubey commented.

“Y-your right!” In a flash of green, Izuku once again dawned his magical girl outfit, Kyubey hopping onto his shoulders with ease.

Izuku for the second time today stepped close to the edge, he climbed over the railing slowly and gripped the cold metal behind him, the wind ruffling his green curly hair and his frilly green skirt, his half cape fluttering behind him. He looked down at the alley way so far down below his feet. He thought he'd feel anxious when he finally stepped to the ledge of a roof but all he felt was calm and the heat of Kyubey laying on his shoulders was very comforting.

Izuku thought about this moment a lot but he never could never have imagined that he’d be in a very green, very feminine outfit while standing on the edge of a very tall building but here he was being very green, very feminine and a white talking magic cat riding on his shoulder. 

Izuku took a deep breath, inhaling slowly and exhaling even slower. He slowly let go of the cold metal railing behind him and looked to the sky. 

Izuku jumped.

But instead of falling, hitting the ground below, breaking all his bones, ripping his muscles, puncturing his organs, tearing his skin, and finally ending his seemingly endless suffering, Izuku soared into the sky above, flying higher than the gray clouds he’s watched from so far away his entire life.

For the first time since he was four years old He feels free, happy, and at peace. 

‘I’m no longer the crying quirkless kid that was powerless against my classmates’ attacks.’

The wind pushed his hair back, the sound felt amazing in his ears, the knowledge that he was able to control this, his legs pushed him into the sky, his fist destroyed that witch, his star shaped soul gem shined.  

Izuku finally shined like the star he was always meant to be.

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Izuku hopped from rooftop to rooftop on his way home, grinning brightly the entire way. Kyubey gripped Izuku’s right shoulder with his front paws and Izuku’s left shoulder with his back paws, his tail and ear tendral things flapping in the wind.

‘This is amazing! Being a magical girl is awesome! I never want to stop feeling like this!’

However he only made it a few blocks before stopping… He put his hand up to make sure Kyubey didn't fall.

He could feel someone in trouble, like a tugging on his arm, he launched himself in the direction. Kyubey gripped his shoulders tighter at the newfound speed he gained at the thought of someone in danger.

When he arrived he saw the scene of the explosion that woke him from his suicidal trance. He stopped on the roof of a building behind a crowd of onlookers. There was a big crowd, at least 50 people on each opening of the street held back by heroes and police. 

They were all watching as the slime villain that earlier tried to kill him was now attempting to suffocate Bakugo Katsuki. It was clear that Katsuki was panicking at the lack of oxygen, firing his quirk off randomly, keeping the heroes from advancing and lighting buildings on fire. 

‘How long has he been deprived of oxygen for? It must be less than 3 minutes because he’s still conscious but that could just be due to adrenaline.’

Kamui Woods was holding back the civilians with his two wooden arms.

‘He can't get to the villain and grab Katsuki due to the explosions and flames, he'd burn up! He's way too flammable!’

Backdraft was using his quirk to try and douse the flames on the nearby buildings.

‘There are too many flames to put out and more just keep coming due to katsuki’s explosions, and they won't stop until Katsuki is either saved or dead.’

Mt. Lady, who just debuted today, was standing behind the crowd, opposite of the one he was behind, she was looking on with a worried look.

‘She can't get through, she's too big for the small street. Can she not control how big she gets? She’s a brand new hero, I haven't had enough time to analyze her quirk.’

The Punching Hero: Death Arms was just standing there watching as Katsuki was dying.

‘Why isn't he doing anything? He could hit the villain’s eyes and mouth, right? Sure he might be burned but not seriously.’

Izuku was frozen for approximately 10 seconds while observing the situation before him, then him and Katsuki locked eyes, Izuku could see the fear in his eyes, he could feel the pain of suffocation that he experienced earlier today, and so Izuku hopped from his spot on a random roof and landed right in front of Katsuki and the villain holding him hostage. 

Izuku descended loudly, cracks forming in the pavement from his landing. He plunged his left hand into the slime and firmly grabbed Katsuki’s arm, Izuku cocked his right arm back and down then he swiftly delivered an uppercut to the center of the slime body. 

All the crowd saw was a villain with a slime mutation quirk holding a middle schooler with an explosion quirk hostage when suddenly a green blur landed with a loud crack and then the slime villain exploded upwards into the sky while they were knocked over by a powerful shockwave. 

The gusts of wind caused by Izuku’s punch knocked over crowds surrounding them, the flames consuming the buildings were blown out like candles, the clouds above them parted and it started to rain water and pieces of sludge, the pro heroes were barely able to stand but they prepared themselves to face whatever just took out the villain they were struggling with and was able to change the weather. When the dust cleared what they saw shocked them all.

Izuku stood there holding Katsuki by the arm, he faced the ground as he collected his emotions about what just happened. He took a long deep breath, he could feel Kyubey’s weight on his shoulders, it was comforting like a weighted blanket, it felt good to save someone even if it was a person who has hurt him a lot, it also felt pretty good to get revenge on that villain for choking him earlier. His eyes flickered over to the coughing form of the boy who has bullied him since childhood and they locked eyes for the second time in the past 10 seconds, he let go of his Katsuki’s arm as he felt his hood being pulled over his hair by Kyubey.

Bakugo Katsuki coughed up sludge that had just been choking him, the sudden air was great but caught him off guard, all he saw was a green blur and suddenly he was able to breathe again. He took a deep breath and looked to whoever was holding his arm, his eyes locked with familiar emerald eyes.

‘Deku!?’

He tried to yell at Deku but he was only able to cough up more sludge. He felt his arm be released as a white cat sitting on Deku’s shoulder pulled up the hood Deku was wearing. 

‘ Why the hell is he wearing a dress? ’

Izuku now wearing his bunny ear hood/mask turned around to face a crowd of civilians, reporters, police, and multiple pro heroes. EMTs who were swarmed Katsuki, the reporters suddenly jumped forward, now that the villain was defeated the police started collecting the pieces of sludge and they were no longer trying to hold back the crowd, cameras flashed and microphones were shoved into Izuku's face. 

“Are you a new hero?! What's your name?!” 

“What’s your quirk?! Do you have a name for the move you used to defeat the villain?!”

“That cat is so adorable and unique! Is it connected to your quirk?!” 

“Your hero costume is super cute! Are you going to play into the bunny girl aesthetic?!”

Izuku flushed, his entire face turning red, at all the sudden attention and especially at the last comment. All the overlapping questions from the reporters were overwhelming him, that was until the pro heroes stepped in, the crowd went silent as they talked.

“Hey kid! I haven't seen you around before! You new?” Death Arms spoke loudly.

“U-um well I-i’m not r-really…” Izuku trailed off

Kamui Woods stepped forward “Hm? You're not new? So you’re an underground hero? I wouldn't have guessed that from your outfit and quirk.”

Backdraft spoke next “Same here! Your quirk is perfect for being a limelight hero and your costume… well it's definitely not what i've seen underground heroes wear before… and what’s with the cat?”

Izuku blushed again at the praise but especially at the costume comment.

Before Izuku could respond to any of the questions Mt. Lady jabbed her finger at his chest, right next to his soul gem. “You’ve got a lot of nerve deputing on the same day as me! Especially in that cute outfit and with that adorable cat! Well I guess the outfit is fine since you're going for cute while im serving sex appeal but still! So not cool taking my debut spotlight!”

“O-oh! I'm sorry miss Mt. Lady! I promise I didn't mean to steal your spotlight! I saw you and Kamui Woods fighting that giant purse snatcher this morning on my way to school, I think both of you are super cool! Both of your quirks are super strong!”

“Oh! You're a hero student? Do you have your provisional license on you?” Death Arms asked.

“U-um n-no I don't have one…”

“You're a first year? Ah that makes this harder. We’ll have to talk to your heroics teacher and he’ll choose how to discipline you. I know you have some training but you can't jump into a fight until you have your license and you are legally allowed to!” Death Arms scolded.

“A-ah no u-um I meant that I'm not a hero student! I don't have a license because I’m in middle school.”

Everyone around him went quiet.

“YOU’RE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL!?” Mt. Lady yelled. Then she whispered. “I told a middle schooler that ‘I'm serving sex appeal’? How embarrassing.” 

“Y-yes?” Izuku answered her first question while purposefully ignoring her whispered shame.

“B-but you took out that villain in one hit.” Kamui Woods stated mostly to himself but since it was so quiet everyone heard it.

“U-um y-yeah?” Izuku answered again. 

“Hold up, why do you have a costume if you’re in middle school?” Backdraft asked.

“O-oh um…” Izuku blanked.

‘I can't tell them I’m a magical girl, I don't even know what being a magical girl even means!’

So Izuku lied “...It’s a part of my quirk?...”

“Your quirk gives you a cute outfit and cat!? Damn I’m jealous.” Mt. Lady said.

“Mt. Lady please! This is serious! And don't curse in front of a child!” Kamui Woods said.

“What?! I was just sayin’ also I’m pretty sure middle schoolers curse like all the time. I know I did when I was younger.” 

“You are corrupting the next generation with your sleazy ways!”

“S-SLEAZY??!! HOW DARE YOU! YOU OVERGROWN WEED!”

“OVERGROWN WEE-! YOU’RE THE ONE WHO’S OVERGROWN YOU-YOU HUGE BITCH!”

“OH REAL ORIGINAL, CAN THE OLD COFFEE TABLE NOT COME UP WITH A GOOD COMEBACK!?”

“I’M ONLY FOUR YEARS OLDER THAN YOU! AND STOP MAKING FUN OF MY QUIRK!”

“BOTH OF YOU QUIET! Stop acting like children! This is a serious legal matter!” Death Arms yelled at the two arguing pros then he whispered something that only they and Izuku could hear. “There are cameras.” 

That last comment got Kamui Woods and Mt. Lady to shut up, their eyes drifting to the crowd of reporters.

Mt. Lady spoke first. “A-ah sorry about that woody… those quirkist comments weren’t very cool of me…”

Then Kamui Woods responded. “Y-yeah don't worry about it… I started it anyway, it was ungentlemanly of me to call you sleazy… when you’re just comfortable in your body…”

The apologies were obviously fake to Izuku but the crowd seemed to eat them up. Death Arms turned back to Izuku.

“And you! You’re old enough to know how serious unlicensed public quirk use can be! You have no training and could seriously harm or even kill someone! It’s incredibly reckless of you to jump into a fight when you have no experience!”

“I-I’m sorry! I-I just saw my friend in trouble and rushed in without thinking! My body just moved on its own! I’m sorry!” Izuku cried, literally he started to cry, fully in tears.

“Y-your friend?” Mt. Lady asked

“Mhm… we’re in the same class…I’ve known him since we were born, our moms are childhood friends.” Izuku sniffled.

“You must have been very afraid to see a childhood friend in such a… precarious situation.” Kamui Woods says gently as he places his hand on Izuku’s back. “How about we take you to the hospital that your friend will be taken to and call your parents to pick you up,” 

“O-o-okay” Izuku sniffles again.

Kamui Woods takes Izuku to the ambulance Katsuki was being checked out in. The other pros stayed back to have pictures taken of them ( cough Mt. Lady cough ) and answer questions from reporters.

When he and Kamui Woods got there Katsuki was yelling at the three EMTs to get away from him. 

“Get off me! You surgeon rejects! I’m fine!”

“Chill out kid! We need to make sure your lungs clear! You could still suffocate if any sludge is still in your lungs!” One of the EMTs states.

“I said I’m fine!” Katsuki growled.

“Uh… Ahem!” The EMTs and Katsuki turned to them, Katsuki’s eyes locking onto Izuku. “This kid is childhood friends with the victim, he’ll be riding with you to the hospital, call his parents when you get there.”

“HEY! I’m no victim!” Katsuki screamed at Kamui Woods, taking his attention away from Izuku for a second.

“Yes sir!” The EMTs said all at once.

The three EMTs, Katsuki, and Izuku got into the ambulance, two of the EMTs got in the driver and passenger seats while one of them got into one of the two seats next to the stretcher, Katsuki sat on the stretcher (the emt in the back tried to get him to lay down but soon gave up), and Izuku sat in the final seat in the back.

They rode off to the hospital. Kyubey rubbed on Izuku’s as Katsuki glared them both down, not attacking Izuku only because the EMTs were there.

‘I’m definitely going to have to talk to him about my new powers…He wont kill me… right?’