AN: Stop asking me about Ochako. Please.

There were many reasons why being Izuku Midoriya was suffering.

The first was that he just quite frankly didn't have a quirk. The odds of that were incredibly low, especially for his generation. On top of that, the boy had something of a hero complex, in that the one thing he wanted in the world was to be a hero. To the point it was probably going to kill him.

The second was that he was, admitably, rather pathetic. Sure that was pretty common for a kid, but there was no doubt that if there was a loud noise he was the first to jump. Even if Kacchan was just as afraid of scary movies as he was it didn't matter because Izuku would run first.

The third, was that he had a crush on someone that was so far out of his league he'd never stand a chance to get anywhere near them. This one was doubly bad because the girl in question was Moe Bakugo, Kacchan's older sister.

In many ways, Moe was like Kacchan in that she was loud, proud, driven, and had an amazing quirk, all things that Izuku did not, but she also had this certain zest to her, a certain way of encouraging people to be better. The way that she called him Deku, was a lot different from how Kacchan did.

Moe had always been nice to him, but the time he realized he had a crush on her was when he was ten.

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"Deku!" Kacchan growled, hands sparking as the blond haired boy advanced towards him, an angry glow in his eyes. "How many times do I have to tell you? I don't want a useless deku like you following me around!"

"Yeah!" One of their other friends stepped forward and pushed Izuku in the shoulder. "Katsuki said get lost."

In all honesty, Izuku didn't really know what was going on, he was just here to play with Kacchan like they always did and no all of a sudden he was about to be punched. "What? Why?"

"I said-"

"Oi," A hand descended down onto Kacchan's head and squeezed tightly. Behind Kacchan stood Moe, her flaming green hair pulled into a pair of pig tails that betrayed her devious glare. "What you think you're doing to Deku? Kacchan?" She mocked Kacchan and pulled him up off the ground by his head. Being 13 and also desiring to be a hero Moe was more than capable of handling Kacchan with a scary amount of ease. Moe looked at Izuku and smiled. "Deku, if he ever bothers you again, just call on me and I'll kick him back into shape."

"Let me go, Moe!" Kacchan struggled, trying to kick at his sister. The miniature explosions from Kacchan's hands having no effect on Moe at all. "He's just a quirkless deku!"

"Yeah! And I'm telling you to knock it off shrimp, so behave!"

It was a strange moment. On the one hand, he was fairly certain that he wasn't friends with Kacchan anymore, but on the other hand, he realized that he liked girls. And that he really really liked Moe.

Something that would only get worse as they both grew up.

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Izuku let out a sigh, today had been exhausting. Not only did he almost get his ass kicked by Kacchan for saying he wanted to go to U.A. too, and bringing up that Moe got into U.A. before Kacchan had, but then he almost got murdered by a slime villain, saved by All Might, learned that All Might was hurt - which was worrying - then almost died from trying to save Kacchan from that same slime villain that somehow got away from All Might.

And to top it all off he even got yelled at by some pro heroes, the police, and when he got home probably by his mother! Well at least being grounded meant he'd have plenty of time to choose a new dream or career path to go after. Maybe something like teaching? Or like, fuck it, cooking? He could make toast. He was great at toast.

"Yo! Deku~!" That loud boisterous voice was music to his ears. There was an instant effect on his entire body, sweaty palms, nervous chattering, a pounding heart and to top it all off a smile. Izuku looked behind him to see Moe standing there looking halfway like a thug with how her U.A. uniform was kept. Her flaming green hair was tied in a ponytail, the top button of her shirt was undone and her jacket was wide open, and she carried her book bag behind her shoulder as casual as can be. She had a wide smile that showed off her wicked sharp teeth. "Great job today!"

"Huh? Oh uhh thank you?" He bowed, feeling his face flush. Why was she praising him? Did she hear about what happened today? Oh god what if she yelled at him too.

"Yeah! I managed to catch the tail end of it on the news! You were great and-" Moe growled and reached around the corner, her face taking on the usual sneer she had whenever her little brother was involved. She pulled Kacchan out from behind the corner and glared at him. "Would you get out here and thank him already? Your mopin' is pissing me off!"

"I'm not going to thank him! He shouldn't have-"

Moe grabbed Kacchan's head and forced him into a bowing position. "Quit being a dick and thank him!"

"Let go of me, you bitch!"

"Don't call me a bitch, shrimp!"

"I'm taller than you!"

"Not from down there you aren't! Now thank Deku then I'll let you go be angry until dinner!"

In many ways, watching the Bakugo siblings fight was like watching pro wrestling. It made Izuku wonder, if he ever got a sibling, would he argue with them like that? "It's okay, Moe, he doesn't have to-"

"Nah, he does, this dumbass probably thought that he could be the hero and tried to fight that slime and ended up getting stuck." Moe looked up from holding Kacchan down and glared at Izuku for a second. "So the least he could do is thank your dumb ass for risking your life to save his dumb ass. Even if All Might did end up saving both of you."

"Gah!" Kacchan stopped flailing for a moment. "Fine! Fucking thank you for being a dumbass Deku! I didn't ask for your fucking help!"

"Uhh, you're welcome?" Was that even a thank you?

Kacchan flailed and moved away from Moe stomping back down the street with a very red face. "Just don't fucking do it again. I don't need your fucking help."

Moe sighed and watched her brother walk off. "Seriously need to work on his attitude."

Izuku watched as Moe moved closer to him, now that she was sixteen years old, she had gotten more beautiful than he remembered. And curvier. Much more curvier. Was it wrong that he noticed those things? How could he not? Still, Moe was easily the hottest woman he'd ever met. She was just an inch or two taller than him, but her proud posture made that stand out all the more.

She grabbed him by the head and ruffled his hair.

"Seriously Deku, thank you for saving Kacchan, I know that he's an ass, but I'm just glad someone at least tried." She leaned in close, her face inches away from his, then he felt something soft and wet on his cheek. It was similar to when he went to go see relatives, but this was something else entirely, a kiss on the cheek from Moe! He was never going to wash that cheek again! He felt her breath on his ear, tickling his spine and making his entire body shudder. "Seriously, I have no doubt that you could have been a great hero, Izuku."

She leaned back and smiled down at him. "Seriously, try for U.A. and go for their management program. I'll even hire you once I'm out on my own! It'll be fun, right? Oh and you can even be in charge of Kacchan's pay!"

"Uhh," Izuku said through his blush. It was only the years of knowing Moe that allowed him to even make a syllable at this point. "He'd work with you?"

"Hmm, probably not willingly." Moe ruffled his hair one last time and gave him a one armed hug that had his elbow pressed into her chest. "Well I'll see you around, I need to get going, I have homework and stuff to do. Oh! I'll tell Mom you saved my dumbass brother from turning into a bad hentai and invite you over for dinner. And seriously, get into U.A. I know you can. See ya!"

"Bye," He was tempted to follow Moe home, but for some reason he couldn't really move his legs. They always went to jello after she left. Doubly so this time. Moe believed that he could have been a hero. That he could get into U.A. Was hero management a good job? Why didn't he think about applying to the non-hero courses at U.A. before?

Oh right, because he wanted to be a hero.

"For I am Here!" All Might came bursting around the corner.

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"Of all the people at the scene, only you, cowardly quirkless you, made the difference! You're the one who made me act!"

Moe pressed her back against the corner of the stone wall, smiling as she heard All Might recognize Izuku for his heroics. No doubt Deku was having something close to a nerdgasm just from being near the Number one pro hero. She came back to tease him a bit more, but now, she was staying with the express purpose of eavesdropping.

"There's something that's said about top heroes when they were still students, most of their stories are linked by one line: My body moved on its own before I could think!" All Might's voice was raspy. If she hadn't seen him switch into that skinny form moments ago, she wouldn't have believed the change in the slightest. "And you did the same thing!"

Of course Izuku did. He always had more of a heroic and kind heart that Katsuki did, hell, Izuku was more heroic than at least half of her class. That was why she was going to hire him when he graduated so he couldn't get himself killed. Probably. Okay, it was a rocky plan.

"You can become a hero!" All Might shouted. "You're the one who's worthy, worthy to inherit my strength."

The flying fuck nugget? What was All Might talking about?

"It's a simple matter of whether or not you'll try your damnedest to absorb my power!" All Might stopped shouting for once and she heard bits of what followed. Quirk, super strength, well-timed zingers, interviews, symbol of peace, natural born hero. Quirk, passed from one to the next. "Its power to transfer power from one person to the next. And the name of that vaunted ability to which I've been entrusted is none other than One for All."

More mumbling, this time from Izuku, he was always mumbling about something.

"I've been searching for a successor for ages! And now that I've finally come across someone I wouldn't mind giving it to!" All Might went on. "You were more heroic than any of those other heroes there. So what do you say? Will you become my successor?"

Moe clutched her bag, she didn't want to run out there and ruin things for them, but she so totally did. Would it be rude? Would she fuck this up for Izuku? Whatever! He needed to say yes! Come on Izuku! It's his dream! Take it! Grab it with both hands and don't let go! She wanted to see what kind of hero Izuku could become.

"Yes please." Izuku's firm, proud voice struck like thunder, somehow carrying more weight than even All Might had.

All Might let out a laugh. "Now there's a quick reply! Just as I expected, you rascal. Now here, meet me at Dagobah Municipal beach Saturday at 6 AM. Don't be late."

"Huh? Why?"

"To start your physical training after all!"

Moe felt her smile twist, there was no way she was going to miss out on this. She wasn't going to let Izuku ever think about quitting. She'd gotten bored of her morning jog route anyways.

AN: Ara Ara.