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Izuku Midoriya was 5 years old when his quirk manifested.
He was watching All Might videos on his computer, like always, when he suddenly had a craving for a bologna sandwich.
He had no idea why he was craving a bologna sandwich, he had literally never even had a bologna sandwich before, but he needed one right now.
As he was imagining that bologna sandwich, (mmm bread, with… bologna…. Mmyeah that's what a bologna sandwich is….) he began to feel this weird tingle on the top of his head. Though he couldn't see it himself, since he didn't have eyes on the top of his head (though that could have been an interesting quirk. Useless, but interesting), his hair was glowing. Literally glowing.
He reached up into the green mop on his head and pulled out something.
It was a bologna sandwich.
Now, though little five year old Midoriya was smart, he was still a five year old. So when he pulled food out of his hair, food he had no memory of putting there, he didn't think anything of it. He just shrugged and started eating.
His mother, Inko Midoriya, on the other hand, was an adult, with adult logic, and therefore was very concerned when she came in to find her child eating a random sandwich. A sandwich that she hadn't made or seen him come out to make himself.
"Sweety?" Gosh, what kind of sandwich even was that? "Where'd you get that sandwich?" Was that bologna? Where the heck did he even find bologna? Inko never bought bologna, she always thought it tasted like feet.
Izuku looked over his shoulder at her, "I guf it from mm heuh," He answered with a full mouth.
Inko sighed, "Finish chewing and then repeat that please,"
Izuku swallowed then repeated his answer, "I got it from my hair,"
"Oh, oka- HANG ON, did you say your hair?"
Izuku nodded.
"Sweety…" Inko dragged her hand down her face,"Why was there a sandwich in your hair?"
Izuku shrugged, "I dunno,"
"Did you not put it there?"
Izuku shook his head.
Inko blinked.
'Have children' they said. 'It'll be fun' they said…
"Then… Then where did it come from?" She sighed. Why was her child like this? She loved him, of course. But Mitsuki's boy never pulled sandwiches out of his hair. He just exploded stuff.
Izuku looked stumped. Where did that sandwich come from?
Into sighed and gently placed a hand on her son's shoulder, "Do you remember what you were doing before the sandwich appeared?"
Izuku's eyes lit up, "Oh, yeah! I was thinking about how much I wanted a buh...Blo...blah… buh-low-nee sandwich," Inko giggled softly at the face he was making. He was so focused!
"And then my head felt all…. Tingly and when I reached up BOOM!" Izuku jumped up and made a 'boom' motion, "There was a sandwich!"
Inko thought for a moment, "Maybe it's your quirk?"
Izuku's eyebrows furrowed, "A quirk that just lets me make sandwiches? That doesn't sound very helpful for a hero…"
Inko laughed, "No it doesn't, but maybe it's not just sandwiches! My grandmother had a quirk that let her make certain objects in her hands when she thought of them. Maybe it's like that!" Inko smiled softly at the memory. She always loved visiting her grandmother. Working with her in the garden, planting impossible plants like singing sunflowers and bright blue carrots. She used to watch in awe as tiny origami swans appeared in the older woman's worn, dirt stained, hands and took off flying through the air. It was pure magic.
Izuku thought for a moment. "Making objects out of thin air? That would be a REALLY cool quirk for heroics!"
"It would! Now, let's try something," Inko said, bringing Izuku's attention back to her, "I want you to think of something. Like a…" she looked around the room for something to use as her example.
No...not that….not that either… wait, that would be perfect!
"A paper swan!"
Izuku scrunched his nose, "A swan? Why?"
Inko smiled "It was one of her favorite things to make. Just imagine it in your mind like you did the sandwich, and then once you feel that tingly feeling you felt before, reach in and see if the swan is there,"
Izuku nodded and did as she said. A swan… a paper swan… it'll be white… with All Might's face on it! YEAH! A swan with All Might's super cool face on it!!
Izuku started to feel that tingly feeling again and he opened his eyes.
His mom was sitting there staring at him. No wait, she was looking at his hair. Why? What was so cool about- OH MY ALL MIGHT IT WAS GLOWING!
Izuku's jaw dropped when he looked over at the mirror. He couldn't believe it! This HAD to be a quirk!
He suddenly remembered what he was supposed to be doing. He reached in and felt around. Come on…. It's gotta be in there somewhere…. Ah! There it is!
Izuku pulled out a single swan, (he really shouldn't have put the number one hero's face on it. It's kinda creepy.) and it was exactly how he imagined it! White, made of paper and with All Might's face on it.
He looked up at his mother who was beaming at him, seemingly not surprised by the 'Might-ifying'. She wrapped her arms around him and squeezed.
"My baby got his quirk!" She squealed, "Oh I'm so proud of you! Come on, go get your shoes! We're going to the quirk doctor and have them check you out. What do you think you'll name it?"
Izuku thought for a moment, then looked up to his mom and grinned.
"Hair Of Mysteries,"
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Izuku went to school the next day practically vibrating with excitement. He had a quirk now! Just like Kacchan and the rest of his classmates!
He made it to his pre-k classroom and glanced around. Now where was that dandelion-haired boy...?
Izuku looked all around the room. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a small explosion.
Found him!
Izuku grinned and ran up to his spikey haired friend.
"Kacchan! Kacchan! Guess what!"
Crimson eyes whirled around to meet green.
"What do you want, Deku?" Izuku frowned a little at that. Deku meant useless, but Izuku wasn't useless! He had a quirk now! Sure, it had taken a few months, but he had it now!
Now wasn't the time to focus on nicknames, he had to tell Kacchan about his new quirk!
"I got my quirk!" Izuku beamed.
"Ha? Really?" Kacchan's eyes gleamed and tiny explosions popped in his palms in excitement, "Took you long enough! So what is it? Is it fire breathing like we guessed? Or telekinesis like Auntie?"
Izuku giggled and shook his head, "Nope!"
Bakugou frowned, "Well, what is it then?"
"It's a creation quirk!"
Kacchan cocked his head to the left, "Creation? That's not like Auntie's quirk or your dad's," "Yeah, my mom said my great grandma had a creation quirk and that's who I probably got it from,"
Kacchan nodded, "So what does it do?"
Izuku held up a finger pointed up to his hair before he closed his eyes and imagined something.
Bakugou stared in awe at Izuku's glowing hair. What was he gonna do next?
Izuku reached in a pulled out-
.
.
.
A bouncy ball?
"It takes my energy and turns it into whatever I can think of! 'Cept for living people and animals!"
Bakugou glared at him. He couldn't believe that he had gotten that excited over a stupid bouncy ball, "Tch, that's stupid, Deku," He grumbled, rolling his eyes.
Izuku blinked, "But I can make anything I want,"
Bakugou growled, "Well my quirk is still cooler than some stupid bouncy ball,"
"Kacchan, I can make anything. I could make a freaking BOMB,"
Bakugou clenched his fists, "Doesn't matter! My explosions are better!"
Izuku stared blankly, boi-
He took a deep breath, and his hair began to glow again.
"What? Are you gonna go make another ball or somethin'?"
Izuku reached in and, without breaking eye contact, pulled out a giant nerf gun.
Bakugou sweatdropped, " Wha… what're you gonna do with that, Deku?"
"Katsuki Bakugou," Bakugou's eyes went wide. Deku never called him his actual name. Only Kacchan..."I'm going to give you to count of three to apologize before I shoot you with this nerf gun,"
"You wouldn't," Bakugou sneered. "1…"
Bakugou wasn't scared. Nuh-uh, he's super strong, why would he be scared of stupid, useless, Deku with his nerf gun and stupid creation quirk?
"2…"
S'not like Deku is gonna actually shoot him. He's too nice for that! Yeah… Bakugou has nothing to worry about.
"3," Izuku pulled back the loading thing and placed his finger on the trigger, "I gave you a chance to surrender, but you didn't take it. Now you must face the wrath of Bruiser,"
Bruiser? Why'd he name it-
"OUCH!" A head shot! "OW! AH! GAH!" Deku hit him in the stomach too! And it fucking HURT.
"FUCKING- OW! DEKU- GAH! STOP!"
"Not till you apologize!"
"FUCKIN- AGH! FINE! I'M- OW! SORRY! YOUR QUIRK IS- AGH! COOL!"
Izuku lowered the gun and grinned, "Thank you, Kacchan. I forgive you. :)"
Bakugou froze, "H-how did you say that out loud?"
"Say what?"
"The smiley face!"
"What smiley face? >;)"
Bakugou shuddered, "You- I- You know what? I'm done. You're fucking terrifying,"
"Oh, why would you think that? >:D"
"Because you fucking are. Now can your quirk make an ice pack? That gun of yours fucking hurts,"
"Language! But yeah, here!"
"Thanks,"
"You're welcome! And I know the gun hurts, that's why I named it Bruiser!"
"Yeah,"
"..."
"..."
"... Can you make me one?"
"Sure, Kacchan!"
"..."
"...Once you've earned it of course!"
"Of-fucking-course,"
"Language!"