A/N: When they first met during middle school...

???: DEKU!!!!!

A young boy with green hair and green eyes jumped and turned frightened at the sound of his once childhood friend turned bully, Bakugo Katsuki, who was glaring at him while stomping towards the boy in anger.

Deku: K-Kacchan?!

Bakugo: What did I tell you?!! Stop acting like a hero when you know you're not! You can't be a hero without a quirk! You're just a DEKU! That's all you ever will be!

Ever since the day he turned four...It was announced that he was quirkless...He learned that not all men are created equal...

After that, the doctor told him that it was best he gives up his dreams...

Everyone in school who he thought were his friends turned their backs on him.

Especially his so call best friend, Kacchan...

Deku: B-But-!

Bakugo: GET THIS THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL ALREADY! YOU CAN NEVER BE A HERO! NEVER!

The boy begin to cry as Bakugo grabbed him by his shirt and his other hand powered up his quirk.

Deku grimaced in fear closing his eyes for the upcoming explosion.

Bakugo: Maybe this will put you back in your place!

Just as Bakugo was about to attack, a voice from nearby shouted out.

???: Hey! Leave him alone!

Bakugo: HAH?!

The two turned their heads to see a boy...who had a striking resemblance to Deku, expect that he had bluish white hair and dark blue eyes. His skin was a little paler than Deku's and he had more freckles.

Bakugo: What do you want Extra??

The boy glared at him.

Boy: That is not my name! I overheard your conversation and I must tell you...You think you can become a hero? With that attitude? You're better off being a villain!

Bakugo growled like a dog while Deku felt the grip on his shirt tightened.

Bakugo: This doesn't concern you. Now leave while I teach this nerd a lesson.

Boy: No...I won't let you. You better let him go or I'll report you for using your quirk in public without a hero license....It would be bad for your reputation if this gets out.

This cause Bakugo to get mad even more...He lets go of Deku but then lashes out at the other boy until he was halted in his tracks.

Boy: (Guess you leave me no choice then...)

There was a sudden change in the temperature which drops to negative ten degrees.

Bakugo: W-What the-?!

The other boy had used his quirk.

Which was snow...?

Bakugo then felt a cold chill as a large wave of snow surrounded him and he gets blasted to the wall.

Katsuki let out a grunt of pain as he hit the wall and tried to break free until he noticed the snow turned to slush then quickly ice, trapping him there.

Bakugo: H-H-Hey! Let me out of here, you fucking extra!!!

The boy ignores him and grabs Deku by his arm.

Boy: Come on run! That won't hold him long enough!

Deku: O-Okay!

Bakugo: RUN YOU COWARDS!!! I'LL GET YOU WHEN I GET OUT OF THIS!!!!!

The two boys made a run for it as they heard explosions with Bakugo screaming and shouting in the background.

Bakugo: DEKU!!!!

-Later-

The two boys were exhausted from running as they hid a few blocks away from the explosive boy.

Boy: A-Are you alright?

Deku: Y-Yeah...I'm s-sorry...

The snow user looked at him in confusion. Why was he apologising for?

Boy: There's nothing to be sorry about...

Deku: I-I mean about Kacchan...

Boy: Kacchan? Is that his name...

Deku: N-Not really...Just a nickname I gave to him when we were kids...We grew up together...

Boy:...Oh...

Deku:...

Boy: Well that guys is a jerk. People like that don't deserve to be heroes unless they get their act together.

Deku:...

Boy: But...Are you really okay?

Deku: I-I'm fine! But thank you for helping. Usually everyone else would turn a blind eye if this happens...

The boy felt angry hearing that. So this boy is being bullied by not just Bakugo but by his classmates as well and they do nothing about it. What about the teachers?! Are they ignoring it?! Had he told his parents yet? Anybody else?

Deku felt awkward when the boy didn't say anything and decided to jump to another topic.

Deku: A-Anyway. Your quirk...

Boy: Oh yeah...My quirk...It's called Snow Manipulation.

Deku: T-That's so cool!

Boy: Heh. Thanks.

Suddenly the boy heard mumbling and looked to see Deku writing in some Hero Analysis Journal.

Boy: What the-?

Deku: *Ramble Ramble* So can the user create, shape and manipulate snow? Maybe he can use the form of flakes of crystalline water ice. Since snow is composed of small ice particles, it is a granular material with an open and therefore soft structure, unless it is subjected to external pressure-!

Boy: Um..Dude..Are you okay?

Deku jolted back to reality and realized his mistake.

Deku: S-Sorry. It's a habit...

Boy: I see....(That surprised me...)

Deku: *Embarrassed*

Then boy than remember something about Bakugo.

Boy: ....So do you have any friends at all...? Because if that Bakugo guy was supposed to be your friend...Then why does he call you Deku? Doesn't that mean 'useless'?

Deku looked down with tears in his eyes which made the other boy thought he said something to hurt him.

Boy: S-Sorry! Did I hurt your feelings! Did I say something wrong?

Deku: N-No! It's not that! It's just that...Deku...that name stick to me since...I was told I couldn't be a hero...

Boy:.....Why?

Deku:....Because I'm quirkless....So I have no friends.

Then Deku waited for the response...He was thinking the boy will now hate him, pity him, or give him a look of disgust...

Like everyone else besides his mother already did....

Boy: So....?

Deku: Eh?

Deku looked up to see the boy giving an odd look.

Boy: So what...? So he's saying you can't be a hero because you don't have a quirk at all....

Deku nodded not getting what the boy was saying...

The boy soon gave a look of disgust...But not at Deku...

Boy: Wow...He's a real bully... It's bad enough some people are being judged because of their quirk. But judged for being quirkless. That's so dumb...

Deku couldn't believe it...So this boy didn't care that he was quirkless...

Boy: Those type of people who bully the weak are just horrible. And they want to become heroes? But let me tell you this...Judging someone because of their quirk, or lack of quirk, is incredibly stupid. My mother always told me that quirks don't equal a person's worth. There were people who lived centuries before us didn't have any quirks, and they dealt with it just fine.

Deku just stood there in awe as the boy asked him another question.

Boy: So you want to be a hero...?

Deku made a bright smile that was so shiny, the other boy could've swore he needed sunglasses.

Deku: Yes. More than anything! That's all I ever wanted! It's always been my dream to become a hero like All Might!

The boy made a smile at that. He then holds out his hand.

Boy:...Than let's work hard on it~! Let's be heroes!

Deku: Y-Yes!

Mikoto: Oh BTW. I never told you my name. It's Yukimura Mikoto.

Deku: I-I'm Izuku Midoriya. Nice to meet you Mikoto-kun!

Mikoto: Then Izuku...Let me make this clear to you. Make sure after this...no one tells you what you can and can't do.

Mikoto whispered into his ear and said the words Izuku wanted to hear his whole life.

"You can become a Hero."

Izuku felt more tears poured through his eyes. Finally...someone finally believes in him.

That day...Deku and Mikoto became friends.