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Izuku is four when he gets his very first Pokémon.
He and his best friend Kacchan are celebrating his best friends birthday when suddenly both mothers of both boys come out into the kitchen singing happy birthday with a small cake with candles lit on it.
Auntie Mitsuki pulls out a present with a big bow attached to it. “Go on squirt open it!” She looks at her son excitedly.
Katsuki tears open the box quickly before frowning and looking up at his mother. “What is this? I don’t get it.” He pulls out a orange scarf with small flames on it and shows it to Izuku and Inko.
Inko giggles and says “Keep looking that’s not the only thing in there!” She looks at Mitsuki with a knowing look.
Izuku gasps excitedly “Wow Kacchan that’s a nice scarf!” He smiles politely. He totally picked that out a week before his best friends birthday while he and his mom went grocery shopping for ingredients for a birthday cake.
Kacchan nods and digs further into the box before touching something round and rough. Confused he uses both hands to pull it out and shows Izuku.
Izuku squeals in delight “Do you know what that is??” He exclaims loudly.
“Uh yeah a poke egg?” Katsuki is confused at Izukus excitement. “Why an egg? Why not something already hatched or involved I don’t want some ugly round thing to lug around!” He grumps about. Mitsuki snorts at her sons grumpiness.
Izuku is thrilled at the idea of poké eggs, they’re always exciting you never know what you might get in them. “Are you kidding Kacchan?! It’s always so much fun trying to figure out what’s in them! Or what hatches from them I’m so jealous!” He complains while cheering at the idea of what could possibly be in the egg.
Katsuki huffs at him before wrapping the egg in the flame patterned scarf. “Whatever.” He holds it close. “I just hope it’s nothing dumb.” He cuddles with it. Mitsuki holds back a chuckle while Inko giggles with Izuku.
His mother pulls out a box similar to Kacchan except it’s green not orange. “Since it’s Katsukis birthday and you Izuku did so well with your chores these last few weeks Mitsuki and I thought you both deserve something special for his fourth birthday and your behaviour.” She hands him his present and he squeals loudly and hurriedly opens his box too.
Inside was the identical scarf like Kacchan but a dark green colour with light green leafs on it and a poké egg at the bottom like Kacchan’s. Izuku carefully takes it out and wraps it in his scarf. “Look Kacchan we’re matching!” He smiles with stars in his eyes. Both boys excitedly talk about what could possibly be inside the poké eggs.
A few months pass when Izuku’s world falls apart.
Not only is he diagnosed as quirkless but he also loses his best friend within a few days of each other.
After being told he’s quirkless word spread quickly once he went back to school the next week.
“Quirkless huh? A useless worthless nobody! A Deku is what you are!” Katsuki yelled then stalked off laughing with his other ‘friends’.
Katsuki’s poké egg hatched not to long ago, an Eevee hatched from the egg while Izuku’s stayed home in its incubator. Izuku ran after him.
“Kacchan wait!” He called after his friend. Katsuki spun around his arms lit up with sparks of mini explosions his Eevee stared at Izuku blankly. “Screw off Deku! Who wants to hang with a useless nobody? Not me!”. He shoots off an explosion towards Izuku catching the ends of his green scarf on fire. “Why are you being like this? I thought we were friends?” Izuku cried out. Katsuki’s little following snort and chuckle at him.
“We were never friends to begin with Deku. I only pretended to be friends with you so the old hag could get off my back. You mean absolutely nothing to me. A worthless nobody is what you are, the dirt Eevee and I walk on is more useful then you are”. And with that he walks off again with his Eevee and little gang leaving Izuku trying to put the fire out on his scarf with tears in his eyes.
Not long after he comes home with his shirt slightly charred and his favourite scarf ruined with his skin full of scratches and bruises had his mother throwing a fit once he closed the front door.
She has a yelling match on the phone for a while before slamming the phone down and calling up someone else.
They talk for a long time before she hangs up and turns to Izuku who comes down from taking a shower and some new clothes on with some good news.
“Baby I have some news for you.” She smiles sweetly. Izuku tilts his head to the side and looks at her. “What do you mean mom?” he asked quietly.
“I just finished talking to your father and he just informed me that they have a job opening where he works. We’re going to be moving and living with him for a bit.” She smiles widely at him. Izuku hasn’t seen his dad before. He left right after he was born with a job opportunity across the sea. He apparently lived in a nice home with a seaside view. He sends letters every now and then.
With this new information he starts to squeal with joy. He’s excited but remembers something. “What about school? And what about your work here? What about Kacchan?? And auntie Mitsuki?” He asks with a frown.
His mom sighs. “I talked to Mitsuki and told her what happened. We’re not on speaking terms right now..As for Katsuki and school you won’t have to worry about them, I’ll deal with the school. Where we’re going you won’t have to deal with them anymore.” She has a sad smile on her face, He knew mom and auntie Mitsuki have been friends for years so it must of been hard for her just like it’s going to be hard for him. “I’ll miss auntie and Kacchan mom..” he mumbles.
“I’ll miss them too but sometimes we need a break from unreasonable people in our lives.. the sooner the better they say.” She bends down and gives him the biggest hug. “Alright we need to plan some stuff before we get to packing, we have a little bit of time before I give my notice in at work, unless I can pull some strings and get us out sooner.” She smiles fondly at him before asking. “Would you like me to make Kastudon?” He shrieks. “Yes!!” Izuku jumps for joy, his bad day momentarily forgotten.