MHA:Canary Rising: Prologue

Izumi's P.O.V

Not everyone is born equal. That's a truth that I learnt when I was 4 years old, when my quirk... This special ability that 80% of the population has did not appear.

Over the years as I grew up I learnt that if I ever wanted to be noticed by the world in any form being Quirkless that I would have to Stand out through any means necessary.

When I was 8 I asked my Parents if I could get some kind of Instrument. My dad worked away a lot but when I saw him next after that request he brought me back a Bass Guitar that became my support line allowing me to get all stress out of my body despite it being larger than me.

Despite enjoying playing the bass guitar, my heart dreamt of another thing. Something that was completely out of my reach as a Quirkless nobody. I wanted to be a Hero, someone who stood up to evil and protected people... However that dream seemed hopeless without a quirk.

1 year before meeting All Might

Looking at the poster that was on the billboard I took a deep breath and was about to write my name down on the list when a voice suddenly spoke up from behind me.

"what are you doing there Izumi" jumping off the ground, Is slowly turned my head to see my messy blond headed friend Kachan walk towards me with his balc Jacket resting over his right shoulder.

Taking a couple of sighs I said "signing up for defense lessons, I'm not dealing with the others bullying anymore!" Kachan grunted and placed his hand on my long green fuzzy hair which made his hand sink and he said "well if you just don't me which extras were doing it I would kick their Butt's to hell"

Rolling my eyes I told him while removing his hand "I'm annoyed but I don't want them dead... Or you are in prison unable to follow your dream... Its bad enough I can't follow it"

He removed his hand and anyone could see his hand start to spark so I just said "Kachan Breath!" after a couple of moments he calmed down and decided to look at the poster "Pro Hero One Punch... Doesn't he have a daughter our age?"

My face scrunched up and I pulled out one of my hero analysis books, flipping through the pages until I found it (one Punch.. One punch... Agh here it is.. Yeah he does, his wife passed away just a few years ago too"

He shook his head and said "me and two of the guys are going out today so text ya later Deku" lighting hitting my shoulder as he passed. If only he knew that one of his two friends was the one who constantly attacked me.

Signing my name and mobile number onto the Sign up sheet I made my way out the school and jogged home thankfully not having to worry about the main bully.

2 weeks later

Pushing the door open to the dojo I was amazed by the amount of space within it. Most of the room had a padded floor so we could practice different fighting martial arts while there was another section made into a little boxing area so we could learn how to box.

My Dad placed a hand on my right shoulder and said "come on, your sense is waiting for us in his office" before striding in front of me expecting me to follow. Sticking close behind him we arrived at the office and after a quick knock there was a "come in" that was slightly muffled. Opening the door my dad made his way in and sat down in a chair across from an actual PRO hero!

Shuffling over next to him things were silent for a few minutes before OnePunch spoke up "So your Minko Mydroia is that right?" my dad said "yes sir that's correct" the Pro turned to face me "and that means that you're his daughter Izumu Mydroia, the girl who signed up for the lessons." I nodded nervously and said "Yes Sir"

The Man chuckled and said "don't be so nervous Kid, I'm not that famous" suddenly I found my voice and said "but you were, until 5 years ago you were the No. 9 hero but then you decided to take a step back with you announcing your retirement earlier this year" the man laughed out loud and started wheezing. Taking a drink of water he said "well you certainly know your stuff, I like ya kid I'm glad you decide to sign up".

Looking around the room I saw several medals and trophies from competitions that the pro had won over the years. The man said "As I'm sure you both know my course has already been running for 3 months prior to this so the rest of my students are much further ahead in their training". Both dad and I nodded so he said "however I came up with a solution to the problem of training you... MY daughter!"

A door to the right opened and a girl the same age as me with bright ginger hair appeared with her hair in a ponytail waved and said confidently "Hi there" I waved back meekly and turned to face the pro hero "my daughter is a pro in Karate and Boxing and is very proficient in a couple other martial arts. She has been training since she could walk, copying her old man! So she can take you at least until you catch up with the rest of the class. While we use one section of the gym you guys use the other. I hope that all right young miss Mydroia and I hope it's okay Mr Mydoria '' I nodded and looked at the ginger haired girl who was twirling her hair and I tried to hold in a giggle that started to form in my throat. My dad said it was okay and One punch said "great Kendo, you go and take you Miss Mydroia and get her a uniform and then get into boxing gear, I'm using the martial art studio first so you start with the boxing" kendo grinned and held her hand out for me to take and said "let's go!"

Pulling me out of the office einto a kind of Locker room, the last thing I heard was onepunch say "you can pick her up at 7". Kendo immediately started rummaging through the locker trying to find a u form for me. While she was looking she asked "so what's your quirk?" sighing I said "I don't have one..." she seemed to realise that it had been a bit rude and she apologised saying "Sorry, so what what was the reason that made you decide to come here." Rubbing the back of my neck I said I've been bullied almost all my life for being Quirkless... I can't stand it anymore, I need to stand up and defend myself! ".

She smiled at me weakly as she pulled out a uniform and handed it to me "don't you have any friends to stand by you?" looking down at the costume I clenched my fists and said "one, My bets and oldest friend... The only problem he would murder them if they knew who was doing it and he wants to be a bero to... I can't let his dream die because of me..." she smiled and pressed her right hand which seemed to have grown slightly and looked me dead in the eye" well now you have 2 friends. And from the sounds of it you want to be a hero too. Just because your Quirkless doesn't mean you can't be a hero. My dad basically only used his pure muscle and skill while at UA and his time as a hero similar to that Vigilante running around.. What's his name... Damn it"

A smile breaking out on my face I laughed and said "Knuckleduster and do you really think I could be?" kendo shrugged her shoulder and said, I don't see any reason why not? Now change into hat uniform, we have to get you into that boxing uniform and start your training before class begins in 30 mins"

Nodding I started to unzip my jacket before saying "erm Kendo...do you mind looking away?" she blushed, her cheeks going as red as her hair and she said "sure" stripping down to my tank top and short I pulled Don the dojobunofrm on top, the purple reaching all the way down with the blue highlights.

I coughed and Kendo turned back around saying "perfect fit! Now come on" dragging me through the dojo again until we got to outside the boxing arena where there was a chest of boxing things such as gloves, pads and a head guard.

Picking up the pads and placing them on her hands Kendo said "grab a pair of gloves, a small to medium should do and then get into the ring" kneeling down I looked through the gloves looking for a medium pair. Finding some black ones I tried them on but found they were to Los eon my hands. Going through it again I found a pair of small dark grey gloves which fitted perfectly and I Crawled underneath the ropes of the Boxing area.

Lendo said raising the pads up "now I want you to punch with your right hand against my left pad as hard as you physically can alright?" nodding I pulled back my fist and sent it striking the bad as hard as I could making it vibrate slightly but barely leaving a mark on it. Kendo chuckled and said'' now repeat the same steps on the left hand side"

1 year Later

Our teacher flung the hero course sheets around the classroom and everyone else chuckled as they used their quirks in weird ways... Despite it being illegal to do so.

The Teacher calmed everyone else down and then the teacher turned to face Kachan "baguko, your applying for U.A right?" Kachan crackled and said "that's right Teach so Don't Lump me in with the rest of these extras"

Suddenly Teach turned to face me and i started to sink into my chair as quickly as I could hoping to avoid drawing attention to myself as he said "Mydroia, your also thinking of applying for U.A aren't you?" I nodded meekly and almost the entire class burst out laughing. Suddenly Kachan Started making miniature explosions with his hands and said "Has anyone got a problem with her trying!" Making his most evil like face possible shutting the entire class up in an instant. I nodded slowly and the forms were handed around.

Placing the form into my bag I looked at the clock and sighed...still 10 minutes until Class ended and another 2 hours before I had to meet with Kendo. Without even realising it the bell rang and the rest of the class left the room. Apart from 2 of Kachan's 'friends' putting my book to do with Hero Analysis Away slowly, I said "look I don't want any trouble" One of them, the taller one of them said "You caused trouble when you decided you wanted to be a hero you Quirkless Bastard"

The smaller and Chubbier one grabbed the Hero Analysis book from my hand and said "Ha what is this! why would you ever need such a book when you can't even become a Hero" Seeing him take my book I knew almost immediately what he was about to do, he was going to throw my book to the fishes in the little pond outside!

Standing up I slid across the table and thought back to one of my lessons with Kendo.

When you are attacking someone it's usually better to go for their body rather than their head unless they have safety gear like boxing otherwise you could cause some serious brain damage. If you got into a fight block a punch to the side its coming from before delivering a firm punch or Kick to the Stomach, depending on the size of your opponent

The thinner one started to send a punch my way using his left hand. It wasn't anything spectacular, not a Right hook or even a straight punch so I twisted my wrist around, knocked the arm to the side making him go off balance and with one swift and precise attack I punched him in the Ribs taking the Wind out of him.

The other one holding the book cried out "What the Hell was that!" His eyes popping out of their sockets and a packet of Cigarettes falling from his other hand...he was a smoker too? at our age?! what the Hell.

This one charged at me and swung his free hand in a right hook towards my face. Using a similar block to the one I had just previously used I knocked his hand out and he carried on charging past me and ran into a wall. groaning he turned back around and he growled at me before charging again. slowly raising my foot as he charged I aimed right for his stomach before letting it go which plunged into his fat stomach knocking him to the ground in pain.

Walking over to them I crouched down and said don't you ever steal my things again, or next time you will have to deal with Kachan or should I say Bakugo. Grabbing my book I placed it into my bag and left the classroom only to bump into Kachan. "Oh kachan, what are you doing back here?" He grunted and said "Forgot to leave my homework on the Teacher's desk, See ya later Deku '' Oh well it's his friends death then.

As I left the building I heard an explosion from the classroom as Kachan's two former friends begged him to show mercy, which he would but he wouldn't be friends with them for any longer.

Just through this tunnel I could get to the train station to get to the dojo. great! I was halfway through it when the sewage pipe from the other end of the tunnel burst up and this sludge came up...no not sludge somebody with a quirk!

The SLudge looked around and then put its eyes on me "Perfect a Meat Suit, he will never find me in this'' The Sludge monster started to make his way over to me as I was frozen in fear...an actual Villain was coming towards me..damn it move you idiot! The sludge monster Charged towards me and we jumped down my throat in something out of a horror movie or even some hentai you would find on the web.

Struggling to breath I tried to claw at the Monster but Nothing I would do was working and I started to lose consciousness, just as I was about to shut my eyes the Sewer Lid popped off again and a voice called out...Was that All might? no All Might isn't here, it's just me dreaming...

10 minutes later

On my cheek I felt a light slapping like someone was trying to softly slap me awake but was holding back so he would do it quickly. Slowly opening my eyes the world spun around me but out of the corner of my eyes I could see something that looked blond? and like bunny ears...no way it couldn't be. "I thought we lost you there! sorry that you got mixed up in my Justicing!"

Holy Crap it's really him! All Might! The No.1 Hero and the Symbol of peace and Justice around the world! And he was right there! rubbing my eyes He came into distance. He was so much larger in real life and the Huge Smile on his face was even bigger than in the video's. Scrambling for my notebook in my bag I said "All Might could I get your Autograph please Sir, Also Thank you very much for saving me" Bowing at the same time as trying to get my hero analysis book"

He put two fingers in a v shape next to his eyes and said "Don't sweat it young Lady, always a pleasure to help citizens in need and I've already signed that book of your, huge fan I see" He pointed to the ground next to me and I saw that my All Might Update 4 Pg.3 had a neatly done signature while at the back of the book was a massive Signature with his symbol on it, the signature which was so famous.

He laughed and I asked "Mr Might Sir...erm how long was I unconscious for?" He pulled a phone out of..somewhere and said "About 10 minutes. Now I must go and get this Villain to the Police, stay safe" Wait know I need to know...

Reaching for him as he leapt into the hair I asked "All Might, I have a question to ask you!" as the wind blew my backwards and my hair went everywhere while I clung for dear life to his legs. He turned his head and went "Lady are you insane? that Jump would kill someone who isn't me!"

Moving towards the top of an apartment building we crash landed on the top and I rolled around a bit and said "Look All Might Sir, I just have one question to ask you sir" He looked like he was about to jump but seeing the desperate look on my face he stopped and said "Okay kid, what is it".

Gulping and looking up the giant man I asked "For Years you have said that we can be anything we want to be but the thing is I'm Quirkless...Is it possible for me to be a Hero without having a Quirk!" Closing my eyes as I said the last bit.

There was a sigh "Young Lady, it is a noble Goal to want to become a Hero however the only reason us heroes can brave these dangerous streets is that we have our quirks backing us up, however that doesn't mean that you shouldn't put those noble ideas..." Suddenly he started to couch as what looked to be steam started to come of his body "And adapt them, there are many roles such as police officers that would be perfect for somebody with such a noble...dream" As he said Dream All Might vanished and was replaced by a Thin pale man who started coughing up blood, the clothes he wore being much to large for him to the extent that he to tighten his belt.

Starting to freak out I said "What did you do to All Might?!" His sunken eyes looked at me and said "I am All Might" Before sitting down against the rail "The form that you saw was me in my prime" Cough! "What is your name Young Lady?" I whispered "Izumi Mydoria Sir."

Pulling up his shirt slightly he revealed a nasty wound with several scars running around it on his stomach "About 5 Year ago now I got into a fight that gave me this injury, to save my life they had to remove my stomach" Wait a minute...5 years "Was that by any chance the fight you had against Overman where you worked with OnePunch and your former Sidekick Nighteye" He flinched when I said Nighteyes name...interesting.

"No It wasn't but I'm surprised you know of that fight...no this was another fight that I kept out of the media..the fights wasn't a pretty was young Mydoria and it ended up making me an Nighteye go our separate ways...but due to this I can only be the symbol of Peace for roughly 3 hours a day" Holding up 3 fingers.

"Look young Miss Mydoria I don't want to crush your dreams but for your safety" He was lying but I just interrupted tears starting to form in my eye "It's fine Sir, It..it was a pleasure meeting you. Thank you for answering my question"

Turning around I stared across the city as I leaned over the poll, a slight tear rolling down my eye...I guess that was it. the No.1 hero told me that it was too dangerous for a quirkless idiot like me to become a hero. From behind me I heard the door open as he left the building...turning on my phone I saw that I had gotten a message from Kachan asking if I was okay so I sent him a message saying that I was.

Suddenly in the distance roughly where the train station was there was a giant explosion...what the hell was going on. Oh god I should check that out to see what's going on. rushing down the steps of the building I ran through the streets as quickly as possible, taking as many short cuts as I could. Thankfully I knew this pretty well.

Arriving at the scene there were flames everywhere while the heroes were staying back looking up to an older man I asked "What's going on?" He looked down at me and said "This Sludge Monster appeared out of nowhere and started causing Chaos, it took a student hostage...A Kid about your age" Then I saw it, the spikey Blond Hair of Kachan!.

Why weren't the Pro's doing anything?! I saw him going through the same horrible process I had. How the Hell was he surviving as long as he has, I passed out almost immediately when the sludge villina tried to enter my body.

My legs started moving first, tears in my eyes, The Pro's attempted to stop me but I managed to get past them using my nimble frame. As soon as I got close enough to the Villian I threw my backpack at it. one of my books came out and poked him in the eye which helped enough to make Kachan break one of his arms free.

He attempted to grab hold of my hand and after a couple failed attempts while the sludge Villain was distracted, We managed to lock Hands and I started trying to pull him out but the villain noticed this and called "I think not Little Girl" And Kachan was snatched away, his eyes wide opened and I screamed "kachan!" Or at least I thought I did...

There was a sound of shattering as Windows all the way down the street shattered as the Sludge Monsters form tore apart howling in pain, Kachan also wincing...I hadn't Yelled out Kachan's name...instead my Quirk had finally appeared.

Izumi Mydoria

Quirk- Canary Cry

A sonic blast which is let out from her Vocal Cords. further research required.