Rei lied in the hospital bed, holding and looking at her newest children. Two healthy baby boys, whose names were already decided by her.
She would name the one who was nine minutes older, Shouto. He was relatively large for a newborn. His hair is perfectly split, red and white. He had one grey eye and one blue one.
Then the younger of the two, Izuku. He had bright pink hair that seemed almost radioactive. His eyes were exactly like Shouto's except one was crimson red and one was a bright blue. Unlike his twin, Izuku was relatively small for a newborn.
Both twins were swaddled in their blankets as they coo. She knew what she had done. These were the weapons that her "husband" always wanted. She was afraid of what would happen once they got their quirks.
Fortunately she had a plan. Her husband was not aware of the fact that she was giving birth to twins, nor was he there in the hospital to witness it.
When she found out she was going to have twins, she originally was going to inform her family but decided against it when she saw her eldest, Touya come out of the "training" room. He was shaking from the pain. His body was full of bruises and burns.
She had failed, failed not only him but all of her children. It never left her, the pain, the guilt. All she wanted was for all her children to live happily, but that was not possible so if she could have at least one be free, maybe that could atone for his failure as a mother.
One of her friends from her life before Enji, worked in an Adoption Agency. She had asked him for help. He had set up an adoption for one of the twins, a married couple by the name of Hisashi and Inko Midoriya. They were told it was a teen pregnancy and the mother wished to remain unknown, so they wouldn't be able to meet her. But despite that, they had agreed to it.
The paperwork made sure that the child couldn't be traced back to her. Now all that remained was for her to decide which child to give up.
This was the hardest thing she had to do. She didn't want to give up any of them, but she knew this was the only way they would have a chance of a happy life. She looked at both the boys, still sleeping. Tears started to come, she tried her best to remain silent so as to not wake them up. It broke her heart to know she was going to have to give one of them up, and possibly never see them again.
It was tough, but ultimately she decided to give up Izuku. His hair made him the most unique one of the family and decreased the chances of him being found out. It was gut-wrenching to see her friend take him away from her. Before he did, he took a picture of the three of them, which he would give to her later if she wanted it.
Her final request was for him to ask the adopters to let Izuku keep his name. What was the happiest day for the Midoriyas was the saddest day for Rei. Little did either side know that their destiny would have them cross paths again.
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Todoroki Residence
Shouto is 5 years old. His quirk was what Rei feared it was going to be, ice from right and fire from left. Enji was practically salivating when he first saw it. He started the boy's training as soon as his quirk was registered.
He was crying every day. All he wanted to do was go back to the safety of his mother. Each day he would walk out of the training room beaten, crying, vomiting, and begging for his mother. Completely unaware of how much pain she was in.
Rei had been in a bad place for years now. Ever since Shouto's birth, she seemed to be in a daze whenever none of her children are around. She had never gotten over giving up Izuku. She cried herself to sleep for months after Shouto was taken home from the hospital.
When her children were not near her, she was practically a zombie. She couldn't find the will to get up, clean up, or do anything. She would just lay there, unmoving until Fuyumi would come to her room.
Out of all the children, she was the only one who seemed to notice her mother's state. Shouto and Natsuo were too young to notice let alone understand and Touya was seen so rarely that you could have considered him a guest there.
Fuyumi despite being only 12 years old was able to see that her mother was going through a lot of pain and had to take up the role of caretaker for her brothers. Rei was only like her old self for 2-3 hours a day before going back to her state.
Enji assumed it was because having these many children in such a short span of time had taken a toll on her. At least his masterpiece was born before this happened.
Things were grim in the household. The hallways were always silent, not in an eerie way, but in a suffocating way. Family meals were the most nerve-racking. The room was filled with tension.
Rei herself was a bubble about to pop. She recently had started talking with her mother late at night when no one was awake. She told her mother about everything. About Enji's behavior, about her children, and finally about Izuku. Rei's mother wasn't going to tell Enji about the child but she wanted to meet her fifth grandson. Rei told her that she herself couldn't, even if she wanted to.
One night she was boiling some water when talking about Shouto. She told her mother that sometimes she felt disgusted seeing his left side.
"Mom?"
Splash
Midoriya Residence
Izuku was 5 years old. He was a smart and healthy child. Despite being raised on formula, he turned out fine without any permanent effects. He lived in a medium-sized apartment with his mom while his dad worked overseas but would visit them every month.
Izuku had a very kind and cheerful personality. He had loving parents, lots of friends, and a very powerful quirk.
His quirk, which is simply named "Fire and Ice", was just like how the name suggests, it allows him to produce both fire and ice from part of his body. This alone made Izuku skyrocket in popularity in his preschool.
Before getting his quirk, Izuku did have some trouble getting friends due to him being insecure about his hair color and his heterochromatic eyes, but did manage to make one, his best friend Kacchan, who was the first kid in class to develop his quirk "Explosions".
But while Izuku did gain many friends after developing his quirk, his best friend was still Kacchan. They both had powerful flashy quirks and were often compared with each other.
This led to them having a sort of rivalry.
This eventually led to the constant "sparring" between the two. Which would always end up the same way, they would get in trouble, forced to apologize to each other, and promptly forget everything and fight again.
Aside from fighting Katsuki, Izuku's had other hobbies as well. His most notable one was his obsession with heroes, he would run around the neighborhood pretending to be a hero, he would almost exclusively watch All Might's debut on his computer and he would draw any hero he saw on tv in his notebook.
All in all, Izuku's childhood was a very happy one.
Chapter 2: Meeting the Candidates and First day at U.A
The meeting with Nezu, the principal of U.A was interesting, to say the least. The Chimera was both polite to the point of being cute and devious to a degree where it can be seen as psychotic.
He had offered All Might a teaching job at U.A, getting the number one hero as a teacher would have benefits for both sides. It would boost the school's already stellar reputation to a new level and it will help All Might look for a successor among the best hero students in all of Japan.
Right now, the prime candidate was a second-year student by the name of Mirio Togata. Nothing special in terms of grades, but he had the attitude the would be befitting as the next symbol of peace.
The boy's quirk, permeation was a very difficult quirk to use, yet the boy has made tremendous progress.
Right now, he has trouble against people with quick reflexes or more bulky opponents, though Sir Nighteye's training will ensure that the first one will no longer be an issue.
After interviewing the boy, it was clear. He was an excellent candidate. His style, his personality, and the general aura around him left no doubt in his mind that Young Togata was worthy.
So why didn't Toshinori make the offer. Simple, it's because Yagi was in no hurry. He still had a good 5-6 years before his body won't be able to use the quirk anymore.
He has time and he's going to use it. He's still going to teach at U.A to see if there was anyone else more worthy or not. If there is, great! If there isn't then Young Togata is always available. No harm in waiting.
After his call with Sir, explaining his decision. The man was although not pleased still respected and understood All Might's reasoning.
With that now done, All Might had to do the hard part. Finding a space to live in Mustafa. Since he had accepted the teaching position, he obviously has to undergo training for a teaching license. The principal thought it is best if Yagi learned from the chimera himself.
Even though the principal slightly terrified Yagi, there was no doubt, that learning from the best of best was the way to go.
Now came to the issue of getting to U.A every day.
Driving from Tokyo to U.A every day was simply out of the question, it would take too long. On the other hand, he could probably make it to U.A from Tokyo in 15 minutes using his quirk but that will ultimately alert the press about his presence too early and cause trouble for both the school and himself.
It took him a while, but he finally decided on a simple apartment. It was medium-sized, nothing special, and was near a train station so in the rare case his car stops working he could always use that.
The move to the new apartment was quick, it probably helped that he simply bought new furniture and not much else. Despite his wealth, he was never much for materialism. It was barebones but livable.
There were two apartments per floor so, he didn't have to worry about interacting with multiple neighbors in his true form.
All and all things looked fine.
And then the door bell rang.
He expected this. It's not that he dislikes the company of others, it's just that he knows his true form puts others at unease, and getting around that awkwardness is something he couldn't care for.
Sighing, he opens the door to see two Individuals.
One was a short (compared to him at least), slim and dark green-haired woman with bright green round eyes and a round face. Her hair was tied behind her head in a half-bun. It reminded him of Nana.
The other one was somewhat taller. A teenager with much sharper eyes and facial features. His eyes were heterochromatic, one being bright blue and the other being crimson red. His hair was bright pink and just as messy as Toshinori himself.
"Hi! My name is Inko Midoriya and this is my son, Izuku," said the woman in a sweet tone.
"Toshinori Yagi, a pleasure to meet you." replied the man.
"We saw you move earlier and decided to bring you a welcome gift," she said as extended the tray of cookies that she was holding that Yagi had failed to notice until now.
Yagi now realizes that he's been silent for too long.
"Thank you so much! Would you like to come in?" Yagi replied, trying his hardest not to make his introduction with the new neighbors awkward.
Which is exactly how it went down, awkward. While they talked inside about the typical stuff you ask if you're any new neighbor, even though it was awkward at first for Yagi he managed to at least not come off as a complete buffoon, he hopes so at least.
After the woman and the child left, Toshinori noticed the time and realized he was going to be late for his lesson with Nezu.
2 months later
Toshinori had properly settled into his new life. It was much tamer than it was in Tokyo. Villain activities while common were handled by the other pros so he didn't have to use his muscle form for more than an hour at most.
His lessons with Nezu were going well. He wasn't a natural when it comes to teaching, so it was difficult to apply the concepts he learned but he was pushing through.
His home life was something he had not expected to be so different.
His friendship with the Midoriyas was something he didn't expect. They were not scared or put off by his appearance. They were kind, polite, and friendly. He wants to learn more about them and they wanted to as well.
Inko works as a nurse while her husband works aboard to provide for his family.
She was a mother above all else that much was clear, her constant worry for son, her kind and caring nature screamed motherhood.
She was also very good at cooking, which sadly didn't mean much to Yagi due to his injury which he passed off as him being caught in a villain attack (half-true). He also passed off his job as a government agent to avoid questions.
Her son, Izuku, was somewhat similar in personality to his mother but different in every other way.
Toshinori was not surprised to learn that he was an adopted child as the differences in their appearance made it obvious.
The boy wanted to be a hero above all else. He becomes a different person entirely whenever talking about heroics. His dream was to be the number one hero, like All Might, and to save people like a smile. His dreams were set high but he had the brain and the power to back it up.
He had shown Toshinori his hero analysis notebooks that he made as a hobby. The notes were surprisingly detailed and contained a bunch of theories about quirks, their drawbacks, strengths, and new techniques of various pros.
Toshinori was somewhat amused to see the boy's room being essentially a shrine dedicated to heroes. He was even more amused when he found out the page that he signed (In his Muscle Form) was actually framed by the boy.
He was unusually humble for a teenager with a powerful quirk in this and age. Toshinori has heard many stories of promising heroes who took a dark turn later in life. Such praise at a young age almost always turns kids entitled but not Young Midoriya whether it be Inko's good parenting or some other miracle. The boy in his free time either roamed the city looking for villain incidents or followed a training plan made by his friend. Aside from the fact that it was named "Nerd's plan to not being a fucking stick-figure" it was very professionally made as it had a detailed plan for his meals, rest, and exercise. It was perfect for someone to trying to bulk up a little, obviously not as intense or hard as his own "American Dream Plan" but that was for people looking to bulk up significantly.
He'd sometimes see the boy doing menial tasks around the neighborhood such as lifting boxes, helping someone cross the street, or getting cats off the tress. Simple but noble none the less. The boy said he wanted to go to U.A, so if he gets in, Toshinori might be able to see him on the other side of the spectrum and determine what he's made off.
U.A
1-A classroom 7:00 AM
Shouto had arrived to U.A an hour early. Why? The answer is simple, he didn't want to ruin his morning by looking at Endeavour's face.
Since he had gotten there an hour earlier, he was able to see all the other students that would be in his class.
None piqued his interests so far, all seeming the same to him, but he knew to save his judgment for them until after he got to know their quirks.
Near the end, someone did catch his attention, it was their homeroom teacher. Each teacher at U.A was a pro, yet he didn't recognize the man emerging from the yellow sleeping bag.
All he said was for the students to change into their P.E uniform and meet him on the school grounds in 10 minutes. Simple and straightforward, something he was grateful for.
He didn't expect the teacher to make them take a quirk apprehension test, in which the punishment for the last place would've been expulsion. At least, this is a good excuse to scope out any potential competition.
Midoriya Residence 7:00 AM
Izuku's first day of U.A already started badly. He overslept. Of course, he did. If only he snoozed his alarm clock instead of freezing it, then it could've been prevented. But alas now's not the time to look back. No, now's the time to get up and RUN!
Picking up the last piece of toast with his mouth and attempting to tie his tie properly (keyword being attempting), he ran out of his door in a hurry to catch the train. It was a 45 minutes journey from his home to U.A using a train. Include the time it would take to actually reach the school from the station and finding his class and it's very easy to see why he's so stressed.
Thankfully, as he was waiting for the elevator he saw Mr. Yagi approach him. Before he could greet him, the tall man said "Ahh, young Midoriya, late for your first day I see."
"Y-yeah Mr.Yagi, I accidentally overslept you see" he replied sheepishly.
"Right, say do you want a ride to U.A, I have some business near there so it won't be an issue for me," Yagi said knowing full well the boy would refuse if he thought he was going out of his way to help him.
"Yes sir! Thank you!!" replied the boy immediately.
Yagi chuckles before replying "No problem young man" as they enter the elevator.
During the car ride, it had been 15 minutes since either of them spoke, so Toshinori decided to break the ice. "So, which class are you in?"
"I'm in 1-A!" he replied enthusiastically because even now he couldn't believe he made it U.A.
"I see, what about your friend?" asked the man. He didn't know much about Midoriya's friend, aside from the boy's quirk, explosion which from what he had seen in the entrance exam, was a powerful and versatile quirk for combat.
The boy had 82 villain points, the highest amount this year, he was placed second in this year's ranks, just after Midoriya, who only had about 58 villain points, but had gotten 45 recuse points when he froze the zero pointer that was about to run into some students caught in the rubble.
"Oh Kacchan, he's in 1-B. He was really mad that he won't get to "kick my ass" as much as before" spoke the teenager using air quotes.
'Typical teenager' thought Yagi, And just like that silence again. Toshinori was busy with the oncoming traffic and so Izuku was left to his own devices.
It's going to be hard to make friends again because since childhood Kacchan was the only real friend he had. The others were, for a lack of a better word 'leeches' that just wanted to be associated with him because of his quirk.
But now he's going to U.A, where he's going to meet amazing students from throughout the country. It's going to be fine. Hopefully. 'I wonder if the nice girl is going to be in my class, she did help in removing the debris off the other students, so she must've gotten in too, right?'
U.A
1-A classroom 7:50 AM
Finally he made it. Class 1-A.
His dream school, he finally made it. After all this time, he's finally here. His first thought?
"Why's the door so massive? Maybe it's for people with mutant quirks that increase their size?"
After answering the questions he himself asked. He opened the door and immediately saw the one person he didn't want to see in his class. The tall kid from the entrance exam. He left a bad impression coming off as incredibly uptight and unlikeable at first.
So when he introduced himself and apologized for his behavior at the exam, Izuku didn't really know what to do.
' He doesn't seem that bad anymore and he certainly doesn't look like the people in Aledera, maybe he was just nervous for the exam like everyone.'
Ultimately he decides it's water under the bridge. "You don't have to apologize, everyone gets nervous, right? Oh! My name is Izuku Midoriya by the way"
Before the blue teen can respond, a high voice interrupted them from behind Izuku.
"Oh, you made it too! That's so nice!! You were so co-" the girl said before being interrupted by a gruff voice behind her.
"If your here to socialize then leave." Now everyone's attention was on the man in the yellow sleeping bag drinking juice from a pouch.
"It took you all 8 seconds to calm down. Not rational enough. There's not much time to waste, so here wear these and meet me on the school grounds in 10 minutes," said the man and then proceeded to take out 20 gym uniforms for each student from his bag.
'Simple and straightforward, I'm glad' thought the boy before picking up his uniform.
U.A school grounds
3 hours later
"Oh, and I was lying about the expulsion thing. It was a logical ruse to force you to give it your all," he said with a grin.
And then the whining began. He didn't like it, he didn't like it one bit but he'll allow it for today.
"Enough, now this doesn't mean I won't expel you in the future. You all are at U.A, you all have high expectations to fulfill. If I feel anyone drops below the threshold I won't hesitate to expel them. Now that that's out of the way, pick up the syllabus from the notice board and then you can go home" he said in the same tone and left the dumbfounded students.
He's going to regret this, oh he's going to regret this so much. Mic and Midnight are going to be so obnoxious about this. But he can't help it. Shouta Aizawa was a man of logic and logic showed him that this class was full of potential.
Even in the last place, Toru Hagakure was only there because her quirk provided her no physical advantage, but still, there were definitely standouts. The ones that immediately came to mind were Izuku Midoriya and Shouto Todoroki who placed 2nd and 3rd on the test respectively. These two students had very powerful and very similar quirks, but that's not all, they both also have similar body structures and similar looks.
Despite their weird physical similarity, when it came to their personality and behavior, it was night and day.
Midoriya was more social albeit timid, he seemed to have an easier time conversing with others.
Todoroki was colder towards others. He didn't attempt to start a conversation with his peers nor did he humor anyone else when they tried to talk with him.
Both were intelligent students, that much was obvious simply by the way they used their quirks to their advantage.
Something very odd was that while Midoriya utilized both of his elements to their fullest, Todoroki only relied on his ice.
One move from Midoriya that caught the pro's attention was in the ball throw. Where at first Midoriya did the same as Todoroki and lightly froze the ball but then while pitching it, he immediately switched to his fire, not only using the element for propulsion but also the cold air around him that rapidly expanded due to being suddenly heated up at such a high temperature. The ball had traveled over 700 meters with that move. It was impressive, to say the least.
It seemed that Midoriya was smarter than Todoroki at first, but on closer inspection, it was clear that it's not that Todoroki couldn't think of a way to use his flame, it's that he actively avoided its use. But that's just the beginning.
He saw the look on Todoroki's face when Midoriya first showed the dual nature of his quirk. At first, it was of shock, which slowly turned into anger.
Definitely a future problem child.
'First day isn't even over and I already have my work cut out for me' he thought as he turned around the corner.
"All Might, isn't it a bit early to play favorites," he said, surprising the tall blonde.