Quirkless and Adopted
The first incident was in Qingqing City. An extraordinary child was born who radiated light. After that, reports of people with superpowers popped up across the globe. No one knew what was causing these quirks and before they knew it, the supernaturals became totally normal - the world became a superhuman society with about 80% of the population possessing some uncanny ability. The streets looked like scenes from comic book, a city swirled with chaos and confusion. In these situations, a new profession dominated and collected consciousness.
It was an age of heroes.
With the rise of superpowers came explosive increase in criminal activity. While governments was stuck trying to figure out how to reform laws with quirks in mind, courageous people started performing heroic acts to keep our cities safe - protecting us against villains who abuse their powers for evil. With overwhelming public support heroes found an official place as peacekeepers overseen by the government. Those who performed the best were paid the most and gained all the fame and glory. Their careers depended on their quirk to stay in the spotlight.
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Born and brought up in a family where inspite of having quirks, no one really applied for the hero course, Y/N was stuck in a tight position. Her father had fire quirk, while her mother had ice - both worked in an entertainment company. Y/N's father was known for his jolly and happy behavior whereas her mother was known for her calm and strict behavior. Y/N had an elder brother, Haruto, who inherited father's fire quirk. But inspite of being powerful, he decided to pursue music and naturally got a lot of recognition.
And here was Y/N - a girl with an ambition of becoming a hero and saving people's lives. When she first talked about this to her parents, her mother opposed to the idea of becoming a hero and risking life. But things changed for the better when a crazy fangirl attacked Haruto at a concert overseas and he couldn't use his quirk to save himself as it went against the law. He had a few injuries but got saved by a superhero. After Haruto came back home, he sat down with the whole family and explained how Y/N should pursue her dreams. It took a lot of convincing and although reluctant, they agreed to send her to U.A. Academy. They were just scared for her and wasn't sure she could handle everything with her quirk.
You see, Y/N was different. Her quirk was water which came as a surprise to the whole family. But the doctors explained that she was among the very few percentage of people around the world who got a mix of both the quirks and inherited a whole new one. She trained herself ever since she was a child at a beach - Dagoba Municipal Beach Park. It was beautiful at first but soon got isolated due to excess pollution, but it was useful since she was near the sea and she could use her strength as much as she wanted. She practiced at her usual spot for two hours before she went to school. At first she was extremely tired but slowly she got used to it.
At present, Y/N was flipping the pages of her school book with an uninterested gaze. She yawned and checked the time. Y/N was never a morning person. Sure, she would wake up if it's for her training but she definitely wasn't interested if it was for her school studies. She decided to take a break from her training today. Well, she forgot to put on the alarm and Midoriya woke her up an hour before her school started.
Getting up from her study table, Y/N arranged her books and kept it in her bag. She plugged out her mobile from the charger and sat down on the bed - sending a text to her only friend in school.
*texting*
Y/N -
Thanks for waking me up.
Midoriya -
No problem, Mira. I have already left for school since you forgot to wake up today.
See you at school.
:)
[ TIME SKIP ]
"So as third year students it's time to start thinking seriously about your future and what you want to do with your lives. I could pass out some career aptitude tests but" the teacher threw the papers, "why bother. I know you all want to go to the hero track!" Everyone started cheering. Everyone except for Midoriya and Y/N. While Midoriya was insecure, Y/N didn't want to cheer along with the other students. She found it ironic how these students were cheering about being heroes when they bully other people.
"Yes, yes you guys have very impressive quirks. But no power usage is allowed in school. Get over yourselves." The teacher said, trying to quiet down the class.
"Hey teach! Don't lump me in with these bunch of losers. I'm the real deal but these guys will be lucky to end up as sidekicks with some busted D-listers." Bakugou said grinning.
"Tch. What a narcissist." Y/N grumbled and looked out of the window while the rest of the class started shouting at him.
"Hm, you've got impressive test results. Maybe you'll get into U.A. High." The teacher said checking his result.
"He's gonna try for a national school? It has got 0.2% acceptance rate. It's impossible to get into." Someone commented.
"That's exactly why it's the only place worthy of me." Bakugou said jumping up on the desk, "I aced all the mock tests. I'm the only one in this school who has the chance of getting in. I'll be popular than All Might himself and be the richest hero of all time. People all across the world will know who I am, and it all starts with U.A. High!"
"Oh yeah, Y/N and Midoriya wanted to go to U.A. too right?" The teacher said checking their papers.
Everyone looked at them for a moment and started laughing.
"There's no way Midoriya can get into U.A. without a quirk right?" Someone said.
"A-Actually, they got rid of that rule. I could be the first one!" Midoriya said standing up.
"And you really think you are the only one in this school to get in U.A.?" Y/N said glaring at Bakugou.
"How will you get in loser? By asking your quirkless boyfriend to help you cheat? An adopted freak like you won't even pass the written exam with your average score." Bakugou yelled and broke Midoriya's desk using his quirk. "Listen up Deku! You're even worse than these rejects you damn quirkless wannabe. You really think they'll let someone like you in when they could have someone like me?!"
Y/N did help Midoriya at times, but she didn't most of the time. It wasn't that she felt scared - well a little maybe - but because she felt he should stand up for himself. And clearly he didn't stand up for himself at all during all these times. Meanwhile, Midoriya explained that he was not trying to compete with Bakugou, and only trying to follow the dream he had since childhood because he will not know if he can accomplish it if he didn't try. Bakugou said that the exam is impossible for him because he was defenseless and Midoriya will lose in the exam, as the whole class looks down on Midoriya, snickering.
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"Hey Midoriya, you wanna walk home together or you have stuffs to do?" Y/N asked picking up her bag.
"No I have some work, you should go." Midoriya said smiling, taking out his diary.
"You sure?" Y/N asked, knowing that Bakugou was still around, and now that he has heard about Midoriya trying to get in U.A., he will be more agressive with him.
"Yeah, goodbye!" He said, concentrating on his work. Y/N walked home that day having no idea about what her friends were gonna face that day.
Y/N usually trained herself at afternoon upto 8 p.m. While walking back home with her half-drenched hair due to all the practice, Y/N passed by a electronics shop and heard the news. Bakugou and Midoriya was attacked by a villain and All Might saved them.
No doubt in it, Y/N was worried and angry on Midoriya.
*texting*
Y/N -
What
were
you
THINKING!
You can't just run up to a villain to save Bakugou when there are heroes to do their job. You might have all the brains but where does it go when you actually need to use it? This is why I didn't want to leave you alone. You better have a proper explanation for this.
Also, I hope you are doing okay.
Midoriya -
I wasn't thinking when I ran to him. My legs moved on their own and I didn't know what to do.
All I wanted was to save Kacchan.
And thank you. I'm doing fine.
Y/N -
How is he doing?
Midoriya -
Who?
Y/N -
Don't act smart with me.
How is Bakugou doing?
Midoriya -
Idk tbh. He was quiet after that incident.
Y/N -
It's not like him. I guess he's shocked. Anyways, he'll be back sooner or later. Don't worry. I know he's your childhood friend and you are worried.
Take some rest. A lot happened.
Goodnight.
Midoriya -
Yeah goodnight.