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Izuku was 14 years old when he finally gave up his dream to be a hero. He fell into depression and became a shut-in till he and his mother moved when he started high school where he met Yuu and began joining a photo club with her.
So her connection got him to join an internship with her at the news place. There it was when he was able to see heroes up close and see for himself what being a hero was like.
Taneo noticed how Izuku would take notes and noticed details of the hero's fighting styles from his photos. The two bonded and Izuku saw him much like a father, unlike his birth one who was abroad and not seen.
Taneo always encouraged him and always gave him tips on what to look for while looking for story, Izuku grew a dream to be a reporter who gets to ask questions to heroes and tell people not to worry as the heroes were here as he could not.
Then on one faithful day, he got it!
Today was going to be his first news as a reporter on camera live! Izuku used to be bad with public speaking due to his background with past bullying but thanks to Yuu who cheered (Or yelled) him on and showed him the exciting world of news he wanted to be behind the camera and let the news out.
Izuku was happy he met her. She showed him saving people does not mean you fight villains but bring comfort to people with hope and give answers.
He was in the passenger seat as his driver; Asahi and his cameraman or ‘women’ Yuu were behind him yelling as they had heard of a fight not far from them which was better than the other story.
“Get off the fuckin road morons!” You yelled, gripping Asahi’s seat with a firm grip. Despite having a gentle and welcoming face she always dressed in a plain baggy shirt and baggy jeans with a red cap on backward and talked unlady-like.
Yuu is an honest and loud person with her desires and ideals while Asahi was a dependable person. This is why Yuu, Ashais, and Izuku got along as the three adored all might and were outcasts.
Well, Yuu was somewhat popular, her hair and eye colors were a cute shade of pink as her eye pupils had a red heart shape which made her very approachable with a perfect body figure but she was quick to snap and call the person's bluff.
. The last incident was two days ago when an old man tried to recruit her to model for an exotic magazin, Izuku remembers seeing the old man run while he helped feral Yuu who had the old man's glasses in her mouth.
“Yuu the window is open!!” Izuku hushed as the two women crossed the street looking at them with judging looks.
“WELL, THEN THEY SHOULDN’T BE STANDING THERE TALKING WHEN PEOPLE HAVE PLACES TO BE!!” Yuu yelled, making the two women scatter.
“GO, MORON!” Yuu demanded as Asahi then drove off as Izuku began tightening his grip on the mic and his door handle as the car turned to make the screech.
The car finally came to a halt, making Yuu slamming the side van door open and whipping out her camera at the scene with Ashi getting a long stick mic stumbling to walk over the huge ruble with his small legs.
Izuku was fumbling his suit collar that had no tie and rereading his lines as Yuu stood the camera up and came to his aid by licking her hand and ruffling up his hair.
“DON’T FUCK THIS UP OKAY? YOU GOT THIS!” She yelled over the booming fight behind Izuku before going back to the camera for her position.
Izuku then took a deep breath as Asahigave him his earpiece.
“Okey bitches,” Yuu said as she held out a hand off the camera.”We are fucking in 3,.....2…..1” She points at Izuku off camera.
“Hello everyone!” Izuku says loudly into the mic “I am MIdoriya Izuku reporting live at the Musutafu, Japan where we see hero Shouto and hero Red riot team up to fight the villain Jet Glan!”
Izuku then started talking about how the situation started with a robber before the heroes finally took the hero down where Yuu was able to catch in time for them to interview.
“Red Riot, thank you for your hard work in protecting the city. How are you able to just run in with no fear?” Izuku asked as Red Riot gushed.
“Well, I am afraid, but a real manly person would be willing to run in no matter what to save someone in need!”
Izuku nodded. “Thank You Red Riot! I am Midoriya Izuku from Juzo News signing off!”
“Aaaaaand we are turned off. Good job.” Yuu said as she headed to the van to put the Camera away as Ashai followed.
Izuku sighed before turning back to the red riot. “Is it too much to ask for an autograph?” Izuku asked shyly as he scratched the back of his neck.
Red riot grinned brightly “Sure thing dude! “ as he pulled out a red pen and wrote'' Red Riot'' on Izuku's small notebook. “So cool seeing you in person Broccoli boy.”
Isuku turned red. “So you know about my articles. I did those while I did my internship.” Izuku said as Red Riot did a fist. “It’s an honor that you have read my work!”
“Those posts on my quirk helped me a ton while I did my time in Yuuei! Red Riot said as his eyes filled with admiration as he handed the small notebook back to izuku.
“Call me Kirishima! See you around!” he yelled before departing leaving flustered Izuku red as he saw R-Kirishima had put a phone number down.
Izuku was so honored to get the number from the number 6 pro hero. Izuku was crying tears of pure joy as he thanked the gods.
“DEKU CRY IN THE CAR” Yuu yelled as she honked the horn repeatedly.
“Yuu, I'm coming so calm down!” Izuku said as he put the notebook away in his pocket and got on the van.
Meanwhile, Red Riot saw them drive off and he turned to shouto. “Dude, I think that's deku that Backugou talks about! I can't believe the Broccoli boy and he is the same person!”
The none-expression handsome hero nodded. “He’s pretty cute.” He committed making Kirishima rub the back of his neck with a flush face. “I already gave him my number so we shouldn’t tell bakugou yet till we know for sure….”
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Izuku and his group made it back to the news station where they hopped off the van.
“I can’t believe it,” Ashai said in admiration as Izuku carried cat up the stairs. “The Red Riot in the flesh and I wasn’t even able to talk to him!”
Izuku laughed while Yuu howled
“You looked like you were going to piss yourself!” Yuu laughed as Asahi pouted and pointed a paw at her. “Shut up gogo eyes!”
Yuu turned to him trying to scowl only to make a cute pout. “SHUT UP YOU KNOW I ONLY HAVE THIS CAUSE OF MY QUIRK! YOU PUSSY” she growled.
Izuku then stepped in as he did not want to hear any more fighting. “Guys, why don't we go out to eat since we did a good job.”
The two calmed down as they went into their shared office which was made up of two in half desks with computers and small shelves with hero figurines and merch as the walls are plastered with hero posters and notes.
Izuku had mostly all might, uravity, shouto, red riot, and the well-known heroes. As Yuu had only Fatgum and a certain person's merch.
Asahi had a model merch of pinky, red riot, shouto, and creati as he wanted to be a model but was turned down because of his looks.
The three collapsed into their seats before starting working and looking for any gossip on their news.
There was nothing so after a while Izuku and Ashai must have passed out while Yuu squealed, making them wake up an hour later.
Yuu coughed in embarrassment for the girly act. “Anyways there are 824k likes!!” she said showing the video.
Sure enough, there were 3 million views and now 830k likes. With Yuu’s perfect camera angles and Izuku's calm and loud clear speaking, it felt like he was there again in the moment.
“Man of course it would!” Asahi beamed as Izuku began crying tears of joy. “Red Riot was on so we scored luckily! We're going to get a raise!”
“The comments say ‘He is so calm and made me know what was happening’ and ‘Whoever the cameraman is should teach middle schoolers to film fights’!” Izuku awed. Yuu smirked.
“That's not all, look!” Yuu pointed to a thread of comments “They think you are a total hottie!”
Izuku blushed as Asahi read aloud. “ ‘This man looks like he would make you breakfast after railing tf out of you.’ “
“Well izuku does seem like the type of nerd girls say they want to date,” Yuu states as she points at Izuku.
Izuku will admit he did gain muscle as Yuu and he started doing track and field in high school.
Izuku was now also 5’9 ft tall which was 4 months he was in middle school. However, still had his plain face the same as his chubby cheeks. Yuu was a tall female and with her brash personality first challenged him which made them friends later on.
Izuku hated to admit it but she reminded him a lot of his ex-childhood crush Bakugou Kastuki. To put it fast and short: Izuku and Kastuki grew up together, Izuku had feelings he hid, Bakugou found out he was quirkless and wanted nothing to do with him.
“There is one comment that's weird though,” Ashai said pointing to the comment. Izuku and Yuu leaned in to read the comment that made Izuku cringe.
‘ I wonder what he looks like begging’
“Weird fukin perverts out there,” Yuu growled. “Remember that one shitty allmight fic of him fucking a seven-year-old? Disgusting freaks.”
Izuku agreed. There is a difference between simple and being overly creepy. Or straight-up needing to go to jail is disgusting.
“There's nothing to worry about, there are a few more and they are harmless.” Yuu sighed leaning in her chair. “Just Ignore them.”
Izuku agreed, shrugging it off as the three finished up their paperwork and headed off to the nearest bar to drink.
The three gave a toast to their success. Yuu was talking their ears off about the last episode of vampire slayer when he felt someone touch his shoulder.
Izuku turned to see no one as everyone at the bar was too busy and crowded he ignored it. He went back to focus on Yuu when she decided to go run off to some chick while Asahi went home to see his wife.
Izuku decided to go to the bar to get one more shot before heading home. Soon he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to see the number 6 pro hero Kirishima out of uniform in a Notch Lapel suit.
“Sup, bro!” He said with a grin before dropping a few bills to the bartender that made Izuku's eyes pop out. “I’ll pay for him and myself. You already know what I want”
The bartender nodded and turned off to make their drinks.
“You come here often, R-Kirishima?” Izuku asked, quickly correcting himself, making Kirishima chuckle.
“Yeah, I know the owner is a friend of mine I knew from middle school,” Kirishima said as he sat next to Izuku with his knee briefly touching Izuku’s knee. “Are you celebrating your first report on live television?”
The bartender then dropped off their drinks; Izuku a Midori and Kirishima a Spirit. Izuku quickly thanked the man before turning back to Kirishima.
“Yes, my crew was with me but one left for their wife’s parents while the other is-” izuku pointed to yuu who was waving goodbye while she hugged a beautiful woman around the waist out the bar.
“So that singles you out huh?” Kirishima teased making Izuku blush while sipping his Midori.
“I have nothing to go home to besides my pet corgi,” Izuku said, flushing a bit from embarrassment.
He pulled his phone out to show Kirishima his Corgi with a small almighty plush in her mouth.
“Her name is Goldie,” Izuku said, scratching his cheek softly as Kirishima took his phone from his hand.
“Aw, dude it's so cool having a dog! I never had a pet cause ..Y’know.” Kirishima confesses waving his free hand, activating his quirk as an example.
.Izuku nodded. He was aware that Kirisham was afraid of hurting people with his quirk. As he was a huge nerd and studied how Kirishima would hesitate touching a victim or person on the news and in interviews.
“I don’t think it would hurt to try. If you are scared of hurting them you can get these gloves from a friend I know who can help you.” Izuku suggested making Kirishima's eyeshine with hope.
“Really? They can do that?” Kirishima asked which Izuku nodded thinking how Kirishima was like an excited dog.
“Yeah, she owes me for something I did for her so I can help you out!” izuku proclaimed as Kirishima chuckled.
After getting a ride from Kirishima Izuku went to his apartment room to see a note on his front door.
“Strange?” Izuku questioned as he took it off and read it only had weird symbols drawn on it. Izuku shrugged, heading inside to be welcomed by his hyper corgi.
“Hi, goldie girl!” Izuku said in a baby voice, picking up his corgi and kissing her head as he headed into the kitchen.
He briefly put her down to pour her food into her golden bowl. As she ate Izuku went to change into his nightclothes and wash his face.
As he brushed his teeth he looked out to look at the night sky to admire the view. Getting into bed he texted Kirishima he had fun and made it home safe. As he turned to put his phone on the nightstand with his Corgi yawning, Kirishima texted back.
////Good night dude! ;) let's do this again sometime.////
Izuku laughed as he put his phone down and went to sleep with a grin on his face.
In the shadows across his apartment, simple nightclothes there was a figure in a hoodie and black baggy pants moaning in delight as they scratched his face making flakes fall.
3 months later
Izuku was used to being a reporter now. The people just loved how Izuku would start rambling and stating facts and analyzing heroes.
Izuku and his team were able to interview many heroes. Of course except one but Yuu would completely understand and find another place to report on.
It was more challenging as the ‘person’ was the number 3 hero and was fast to go from one place to another.
So today yuu found a scoop that was good enough to take which was a playground getting rebuilt from a villain attack.
As Asahi put the equipment away Izuku and Yuu were walking around the park.
“Kirishima and Todoroki are my friends,” izuku explained. “We mutually agreed that we should stay that way after breaking up.”
“I see why you did since they were always busy and you didn’t feel alright. “Yuu agreed to make Izuku relax. If Yuu thinks it was a good decision it was the best decision.
“I just gotta warn you that soon you will bump into that old childhood friend of yours. I am getting tired of looking for stories that do not mention him..” Yuu said making Izuku nod shamefully.
“Yeah, your right.” izuku agreed. He was going to see Bakugou sometime soon since he was one of the top five heroes.
“Besides if he tries anything I’ll beat his ass and cut off his d-,” Yuu said as she adjusted her thick sunglasses. “Yuu!” Izuku yelled cutting her off.
Izuku and Yuu headed to the van when they heard a commotion and noticed a group of people gathering in which Yuu pulled out the camera to see.
“There’s a fire..” Yuu commented as Izuku looked above the crowd to see that there was indeed a fire near or maybe even at the place where their van was parked.
“Izuku is at the scene..” izuku heard in his earpiece making him pull his mic from his pocket.
“Thank you, I am Izuku we are at the reopening at the park but it seems to have been an explosion,” Izuku explained as Yuu pushed past people with Izuku to see the view of their van had been exploded making Yuu and Izuku stop cold-blooded.
A thought popped in their head making them feel sick however they heard a meow and turned to see Ashai telling a police officer something. Izuku sighed and continued to describe the situation before signing off to tell the heroes what happened.
Later after they were told that the van may have exploded due to some mechanic error as they said the van was under investigation and would take everything as evidence.
Izuku, Yuu, and Asahi stood off to the side as the water hero quirks were putting out the fire with a tired expression. Yuu had the camera and izuku had the mic which were the only things saved from the explosion while everything in the van including the lucky Allmight bobblehead on the dashboard was either destroyed or confiscated.
“Well…. That means we’re walking home.” Yuu groaned as Ashai hopped onto Izukus arms.
“We can take the subway,” Izuku said as they began walking in the direction of the subway.
“No call an Uber I don’t want little kids touching me with their sticky fingers again!” Ashai demanded as Izuku petted him making his fur stop standing.
Yuu carried the camera and the mic as they headed out the park through the crowd only for a cop car to stop them as they made it out. Before anyone could speak Izuku and Yuu were shoved in making Ashai make a fuss.
The next thing they knew the three were taken to the police station and dragged inside and separated as Izuku was put in an interrogation room hearing Yuu and Ashai demanded answers before the door closed.
“Officer, why am I here?” Izuku asked as the officer with a cat head had shut the door.
“Midoriya Izuku.” Izuku turned to see detective Naomasa Tsukauchi sitting at the table with a serious expression. “I have brought you here to ask you a few questions.”
Izuku gulped and sat down. He did not do anything wrong his whole life but it did not help him feel somewhat guilty or ashamed when put in a position when being confronted.
“Is there anyone you know who would do you harm?” Izuku shook his head slowly. Izuku never made anyone angry except ……..He shoved that away mentally.
“Is there perhaps someone holding a grudge against you..?” Izuku said no as K.. er would never be one to hold a grudge… maybe.
“Has there been anything that is... Off to you happening in your life?”
Izuku nodded. “Yes, I have been getting weird comments and emails directed to me since my first news report.” The detective and the officer nodded doing some mind-reading agreement of something Izuku did not know about.
“Mr.Midoriya,” Midoriya looked up to meet the detective’s eyes which looked him dead in the eyes. “My team found a bomb had been planted in the bottom of your van.”
Izuku was at a loss for words. How could he react? Why would someone put a bomb? Who was trying to kill Izuku? Was it an angry ex from Yuu? Wait, was it meant for Yuu!?
“Mr.Midoriya, calm down.” Izuku heard the detective say as Izuku realized he was mumbling and breathing fast. “This was not of the work for your friend’s death or harm anyone but for your attention. And perhaps a warning.”
Izuku tilted his head in confusion as he could not help but say “Excuse me?”
The detective pulled out a see threw evidence bag that held a dry rose with a note sliding it across the table to Izuku.
“We found this tucked inside a yellow bag in one of the seats..” He explained as Izuku recalled leaving the yellow bag he had that was centuries old but now meet an untimely death. Izuku looked at the note with confusion and curiosity.
///// Dear my sweetest Jade,
You are the only clean and pure beings in my world in this rotten world that is ruled under a system that is rotting everything it touches. I believed there was nothing as beautiful and innocent looking as you until I saw you on the news for the first time, seeing you stand by to those so-called heros made me realize you are under the spell of believing hero s are saving us. I do not want that. You are too good and pure for this world. I want to hide you away and clean the world from this rotting society for us to live a better clean world.
Till we meet again my jade, Love you my only//////
Izuku blinked a few times as he reread the note. Was this person serious?
“We have evidence from the explosion on who the individual is, we are having a pro hero stay by your side as a bodyguard.” The detective said making Izuku look up at him in disbelief.
“Wait why?” Izuku said holding the letter. “Can’t you just get the guy if you know who it is?”
God izuku hated this, he felt powerless as if he could do nothing like back in middle school. He was trying to keep himself footed but he could not help but feel the breath began to quicken and his head flow cold sweat in fear. He was scared yes and he felt like everything was slipping away.
“The man behind this is a powerful man,” The detective said in a hush-toned. “Unpredictable and has many ties with groups who want to see the hero society crumble. I have no idea why he is targeting you but I can guarantee he will try to harm anyone around you for your attention.”
Izuku sighed in defeat sitting in his chair looking back at the letter. Whoever was responsible was a sick fuck for sure. If he lost yuu, or Ashai he would simply be devastated. They never pitied him for being quirkless and accepted him as his nerdy self. He already lost someone already, he was not ready to relive it again…
Izuku took a moment before paying his attention back to the detective again.
“Who will be my bodyguard?” Izuku began to picture Kirishima who would be great for cheering him up and laugh then Iida who would keep him from being distracted. Even Shouto who would simply listen to Izuku rambles.
“We were going ask Red Riot,” The detective said making Izuku try not to show his disappointment but held hope. “However a pro hero from the top five had volunteered.”
“Pro hero Shouto?” Izuku asked with hope as he feared the worst only for the door behind him to slam open. Izuku turned to then have his face pale seeing a handsome muscular ash-blonde hero; the Great Explosion Murder God Dynamite.
“Me nerd,” Bakugou growled making izuku shiver under the red eyes.
Izuku would have preferred taking his chances with his stalker than the man currently glaring him down with a scowl on the handsome-faced Bakugou Kastuki who was the number 3 pro hero and his ex-childhood friend, childhood bully, and his ex-first love.