1 Broken

"You can't be a hero." Those words were the last thing I heard from that man. The man that I had aspired to be. That huge smile and the big talk was all a facade. I didn't believe those words of his. He tried to define what a person could and could not do. Who was he? Who the hell did he think he was? I was going to prove him wrong. I wanted to become a hero that wasn't corrupted. Money, power, and quirks ruled society. I was going to be a true hero. The real type that neglected greed and wanted to save people. The one that didn't discriminate against the quirkless and one that was true to his beliefs, unlike All Might.

Izuku looked at every one of the All Might figurines, posters, and sheets he had all over his room. To him, they were all saying the same thing. 'You can never be a hero' over and over and over again, going through a repetitive cycle. His hero had betrayed him, destroyed his trust. It broke him cracked his little world. Kacchan had told him that he couldn't be a hero but he never really believed him. Now his hero had said it, All Might had said it. He tore down all the posters and demolished all the action figures of that man.

"Aaaaaaaarrrghhhhhh", Izuku heard from his room window.

"What was that?" Izuku thought.

He ran outside to the direction of the sound. He was shocked at the sight. He saw Bakugou being oppressed by a slime monster and none of the heroes were doing anything. Blinded by his thoughts, Izuku brashly rushed in without a plan, desperately trying to save him. He clawed at the slime trying to piece it off of Kacchan. His first friend turned bully.

All Might watching from the crowd saw this and decided to help. He felt the power that had once left him seep back into his weak body. His muscles started bulging as the skeleton of a man that was once there seemed to have turned into a God. He ran through the crowd, pulled his fist back, and punched.

"Deeeeeeeeetroit SmaaaaShhhh," Shouted All Might as the sludge monster became a paste on the wall and the weather started changing from sunny to rainy showing his might.

"Are you crazy? You could have died. You're quirkless, what could you have done? " shouted All Might to Midoriya.

"At least this young man here protected himself and stopped bystanders from getting hurt." said All might to the firecracker.

Izuku was shocked, he was the one that did something, that saved time for Kacchan to be able to breathe yet all the praise was going to him just because he had a powerful quirk. He was thoroughly pissed at the statement and did the best thing that he could in that situation, walk away. As he was walking back in the direction of his home, he saw All Might pass him by, not even giving him a single glance. He started tailing All Might and found out who he was meeting. It was Kacchan. He decided to eavesdrop on the topic at hand and finally understood All Mights intent on the meeting. He wanted to give Kacchan his quirk. Kacchan the bully, the oppressor. He had just lost all respect for the number 1. He ran towards his house with tears in his eyes.

"I can't become a hero," thought Izuku.

He started researching other ways to save people that weren't associated with the word hero. He saw various jobs such as Policemen, Firefighters, doctors, and the such when he saw the word, Vigilante. People who didn't save others for the fame or the credit didn't get paid for what they had done in their lives and only cared about helping others. To Izuku they were true heroes. He started researching and found out that the original vigilantes were quirkless people who used gadgets to fight on equal terms with the supers. Gadgets like exploding shurikens and thought, "I can do that too." He started to research the gadgets and tried to make some with household objects. By the end of the week, he had done it. It was a crude design of a dagger that had a purple light running down the middle that had the power to electrocute anybody it touched when activated.

He wanted to test it out. He wore a black hood and kept the knife in his pocket. Conveniently, he saw a man in the alley touching a girl and the girl screaming no. He went to attack but the man hit him first. Izuku wanted to test his strength so he swept his leg and tripped him. They were both on the ground. He used the graphite and pushed it into his face blinding him. Izuku had the upper hand. Though he was weak, he was really smart and knew where to hit and how to make use of his surroundings. He thought that he didn't need the dagger until the man brought out a gun. From the way his hand was trembling, he hadn't used it before. Izuku was even more scared now because he was inexperienced. He didn't know how to use the gun so anything could happen. He brought out the knife. An odd calmness surrounded him. While hiding his bloodlust, Izuku came at him and put him in a hold. He pierced his skin with the electric dagger. 100 volts of electricity flowed from the dagger and into the man. He was unconscious.

The girl being oppressed came up to him.

"Thank you for saving me. I'm Momo Yaoyorozu," She said, "You can call me Momo."

She was pretty. Around his age. She had black hair and a nice smile. She told him about her and her quirk and that she was applying to the prestigious UA High School.

"I'm... DEKU." He said as he walked away, never revealing his face.