Chapter 1: The 10 Revealed
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In the current day and age, 80% of the world's population have superpowers called "Quirks". Each Quirk is unique and powerful in its own right, from lifting objects with one's mind to freezing objects.
As commonly known, some people use their Quirks and skills to become either villains who hurt the innocent and commit horrendous crimes for a variety of reasons, or heroes who uphold the law and help others for, at best, the greater good or, for worse, fame and money.
However, there is the 20% of humanity that is Quirkless. In short, they got it rough, facing discrimination in areas such as employment opportunities and education. Naturally, Quirkless people don't become pro heroes.
However, the hero of this story is an exception.
At the age of four, he learnt that not all people are born equal. Due to his lack of a Quirk, his best friend became a bully and his dream of becoming a hero shattered like glass.
All of this changed when he was 10, where through the power of one of the universe's most powerful weapons and his own determination, became one of the greatest heroes ever not only on Earth, but throughout the universe.
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Galahad Corp had held a raffle the month before, announcing that the first hundred winners would win a ticket for a scenic flight over Musutafu City on their new airship. It enjoyed a great deal of publicity over the month. Even people from Hokkaido came all the way to experience this one-in-a-lifetime opportunity. On the day itself, it seemed that everything would be smooth sailing.
However, things went sour when the airship was hijacked by the Vulture Gang, a group of three villains known for having armour, quirks and winged jetpacks that were all based off the scavenger. They had boarded the airship disguised as crew members, revealed themselves to the civilians and crew ten minutes after the airship took off.
At the moment, they're asking for a ransom of all the yen stored in the Musutafu City Bank or else they would activate several C4 bombs strategically placed in important areas of the airship and bring it down. This wouldn't just kill all of the people onboard, but also the innocents that would be in the way of the crash.
As usual, the villains also said that no pro heroes should interfere, creating a standoff between the criminals and law enforcement. The atmosphere of the crowd beneath the airship was tense, nervous and worried muttering could be heard from everyone.
Everyone except for a boy in a green hoodie and oversized red shoes named Izuku Midoriya.
"I need to take care of the villains before they harm any hostages," thought the teenager as he walked briskly towards a nearby alleyway, away from the eyes of the public and the heroes present, while ignoring the annoyed responses he generated when he bumped into a few people here and there.
After entering the alley and ensuring that he was away from prying eyes, Izuku took a deep breath. "I'll have to use an alien that can get me up on the airship, Stinkfly should do the trick." With that final thought, he raised his left wrist, the tool of his trade glowing with emerald light.
4 years ago
A 10-year-old Izuku Midoriya walked through the thick and dense forest, wishing to take his mind off what happened at the camp.
Earlier that day, his friend-turned-bully, Katsuki Bakugo, had dumped a entire bucket filled with water from the nearby lake in the forest onto his head, all while mocking how weak and useless Izuku was due to his lack of a Quirk as per the norm.
As usual, none of the teachers batted an eye, sharing Katsuki's sentiments about the Quirkless. The child even saw some of them covering their mouths to stifle their laughs.
As the memory of the other children laughing and jeering at him as he tried to find a towel flitted about in his head, Izuku failed to notice the large root of a nearby tree.
Consequently, said root tripped him, causing him to fall to the ground with a "thud" and scattering leaves and dust everywhere. Tears began to form in the boy's eyes while he rubbed his bruised knees. "I-its no f-fair. W-why couldn't I have been b-born with a quirk?" asked Izuku in despair with nobody to hear him.
"Mom, can I... be a hero too?" Izuku shook his head at that memory, there had to be something that could help him reach his dream of becoming a hero that saves people with a smile. No matter what Kacchan, teachers, classmates or the doctor said.
Just then, out of the corner of his eye, Izuku saw something that made him gasp in amazement: a bright line traveling across the night sky.
"A shooting star!" whispered Izuku in awe. He recalled a conversation with his mother a few months before. She had said that if you wished upon a shooting star, that wish would come true. At the time, Izuku felt that it was nothing more than a fairy tale. Now, he was willing to take a chance.
The little boy clasped his hands as tight as he could, closed his eyes and whispered, "I w-wish to become a h-hero, someone strong e-enough to save many people w-with a big smile."
After reciting his dearest wish. the boy opened his eyes and saw a most unusual sight. For some reason, the shooting star seemed to stop and grow, much to his confusion. How could a shooting star do that? Then, it hit him.
It wasn't staying still and growing, it was coming straight towards him.
The boy screamed in terror and ran as fast as his little legs could. He has just made a wish and now it seemed he was going to lose his life! If he died now, his mother and sister would be so devastated. Why did the universe seem to hate him so much?
BLAM
When the object crashed, he barely made it out of the impact by jumping at the last second. Izuku panted, tired from running but glad to be alive. Getting up on his feet, he decided to hightail it out of there before anything else happened.
Just then, a green light shone from behind him. Curious, Izuku turned around and saw something that made his hair stand on end. In the middle of the area of impact, there was a half-open silver pod with black lines engraved on it, but it was its contents that caught Izuku's eye.
Inside the pod, there was a black object with green circuitry that was the source of the green light. Izuku was stunned, the child had never seem anything like it. Curiosity and fear battled in his mind, debating on whether to go closer and inspect the object and leave it alien and never think of it again.
Eventually, the universe made the decision for the boy. The ground beneath the boy, already weakened by the crash, gave way to his weight and sent him tumbling down towards the object.
Izuku had read stories revolving around objects from the stars, alien technology given to humans both for good and for evil. He always thought that it all belonged to the realm of fiction, yet the very existence of this alien item defied that thought.
After he got in his feet, the greenette could see that the object was similar to a very big wristwatch in design, covered with green circuitry with a dial in the center, an image in the shape of an hourglass sitting on it.
"Amazing," said the 10-year-old under his breath. As he extended his left arm towards it, the light coming from the device died and, to his shock, it suddenly opened up and jumped towards his arm.
Izuku tried to pull back, but he wasn't fast enough. The alien watch managed to get itself on his left forearm, just below his wrist and closed up, as though it had always been on his wrist..
Izuku stayed silent for a while, stunned, then he screamed up to the heavens, stumbling backwards in a useless attempt to get away from the watch and eventually tripped.
What did the watch just do?
Why did it jump at him?
What will it do to him?
All these questions, among others, filled his mind.
Izuku began slapping and hitting the watch, trying to get it off his wrist. He certainly didn't want some alien device attached to him, it could it hurt or even kill him!
During this slapping session, Izuku accidentally hit a green button located next to the dial. Said dial then extended, causing the boy to stop hitting the watch and let out a surprised yelp. His emerald eyes landed on the extended dial, the hourglass replaced with a diamond. On it, there was a black silhouette of a person that seemed to have a head wreathed in fire.
Izuku was transfixed by this discovery. What could this mean? His right hand went onto the dial, intent on inspecting it, but instead pressing it down as a result of his nerves.
After that, green light flooded his vision, blinding him just for a second. When his vision cleared, the first thing Izuku felt was the fact that he was taller. He, unused to his new height, stumbled as he took a few hesitant steps and had to grab a branch in order to prevent himself from falling.
However, imagine the boy's shock and surprise when he looked down and saw that his feet and legs had changed. Where once was flesh and blood, now there was what appeared to be bright yellow magma and dark red rocks. Izuku gasped and raised his hands, only for him to see the equally shocking sight of his new hands, made form the same magma and rocks.
Unable to handle the new sights and feelings, the transformed child let out a primal scream.
"H-HELP! I'M ON FIRE! I'M ON FIRE!" After shouting and failing about for a minute or so, Izuku managed to calm down, having realised that all the screaming he was doing would likely attract attention, something he didn't want in this situation.
Raising his transformed hands, the transformed boy began to wonder. "I-I'm on f-fire, and... I'm o-okay," whispered Izuku. "What h-happened t-to me?"
He would have gone into one of his muttering fits, but at that moment, the child not only heard footsteps and shouts in the distance, but also noticed a small fire on the branch that he had grabbed.
"Oh no..."
The Present
Izuku could never forget the day his life changed forever. He had transformed into the magma-based lifeform he now called Heatblast.
On that day four years ago, he barely made it out with the pod in tow while trying not to cause a forest fire. He had timed out and turned back into a human just in time for the park rangers to do a headcount.
The teenager shook his head, he had to focus on saving the hostages and stopping the Vulture Gang, not reminisce on the past. Izuku then pressed the button on the watch, extending the dial and began searching for his insect-like form, Stinkfly.
"It's hero time," whispered Izuku as he raised his hand and slammed the dial once it showed a familiar winged silhouette.
In his moment, the teenager's DNA began to transform from a quirkless human teen to, instead of Izuku's desired form, a spindly, humanoid plant. When the transformation was complete, the vigilante looked down, took note of his body and mentally noted, "Wildvine? On second thought, I could have better luck with him, I'll just have to grapple up there instead. I could switch, but it'll use up the Omnitrix's power and I can't risk that in a hostage situation."
Wildvine then began to stretch his fibrous, green arms up to the roof of the building next to him. Upon getting a good grip, he began pulling himself up onto the roof.
Once the transformed teen had gotten onto the roof, he looked up and saw the Galahad Corp airship just passing by the building he was on. The humanoid plant knew that not only he had to act fast or else he would miss his chance to board the vessel, but he must do it unseen to prevent the Vulture Gang from being aware of his presence.
With a thought, four vines grew out of four of the seeds on his back and each of his legs split apart into two vines each. Izuku then reached out towards a small platform on the side of the airship with his arms and upper two back vines. Once he latched onto the platform, he launched himself up into the air with the combined power of his four legs and the vines, his split legs stretching out to grip the platform's handlebars.
Once all ten of his limbs had a good hold, the Flourauna then climbed on top of the platform. With his one green eye, he spotted a vent in front of him, his path into the airship being obvious.
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While crawling around in the ventilation system, Wildvine knew that he needed to prioritise areas where placing a bomb could lead to the garnering off innocents or even bring down the airship. After some thought, he narrowed it down to either the control room, somewhere near the hostages or the engine room.
He also had to act fast, or else he would time out while dealing with this situation, making it incredible more difficult for him. Finding a one of the avian-themed villains would be to his benefit.
Luckily, as Wildvine came across the third vent opening in a row, he saw a member of the Vulture Gang with grey armor speaking into what appeared to be a communicator on his wrist, "This is Spike Talon for the 10-minute report...with nothing to report, over."
A voice then came over the wrist communicator, "This is flock leader Laser Beak, do not neglect your duty, ensure that the bomb stays safe. After all, we still need something to threaten these hostages and scare the heroes with, over and out."
After that, Izuku looked behind the man known as Spike Talon and spotted the electronic bomb. It didn't appear to be armed, but the hero knew he had to eliminate it all the same.
"3, 2, 1!"
With a falling vent cover to announce his entrance, Spike Talon looked up and saw not only a cycloptic, humanoid plant over him, but also a large, black seed falling towards him, he barely had time to react as the seed hit the ground and release a cloud of yellowish-green gas which caused him to stumble about and eventually, faint. Wildvine then slotted his body through the vent opening and, as his four, vinelike legs combined back into two, landed onto the floor of the engine room with a 'thump'. He then took a look at his target, grew thorns along his right arm and, with a swing, sliced the inactive bomb in half.
After that, Wildvine turned to the unconscious villain and, raising his hand towards him, his fingers extended, wrapping themselves around Spike Talon. When the alien ensured that it was tight enough, he detached the upper part of his fingers, separating the wrappings from his hand.
Wildvine then left the engine room and, with the help of a map on the wall, made his way to the main hall. He supposed that it had to be the only room that was large enough to hold a hundred or so hostages. It would also make sense that the other members of the Vulture Gang there, he had to be careful in how he dealt with this.
Just then, the door to the toilet in his path opened, giving the villain who had just finished relieving himself a shocking surprise to see a humanoid plant in front of him.
Wildvine, also shocked, could not stop him from activating his wrist communicator, "This is Blade Wing, I've finished using the restroom, and I have to report an intruder! It looks like some kind of giant weed, over!"
"A weed? Get a clue, dude. I'm a vine!" exclaimed the hero, a little agitated now that his position was given away.
Blade Wing backed away, shot metal blades from his hands and successfully cut some parts of Wildvine's arms and vines. His victory was short-lived however, the mutilated parts grew back and their owner began punching the criminal before he knew it with elongated arms.
Wildvine, had to admit, he was taken aback from the blades, but after healing the missing parts, he calmed down quickly enough to knock the Vulture Gang member out cold.
Then, the transformed vigilante broke into a sprint towards the hall, now that the leader, who if he recalled correctly from earlier was named Laser Beak, was alerted and might probably be arming the bomb at this very moment.
Eventually, Izuku saw a door with a plaque on it which read "Hall". Without hesitation and steeling himself, he threw open the door with seeds regrown and vines ready.
The hall was indeed magnificent, golden walls and large glass panes that allowed for a wonderful view of the city skyline. Wildvine would have appreciated it if he had more time, but it was at that moment that he saw a man with a gold vulture helmet and wings and holding the last bomb turn around to face him, mentally noting that it must be "flock leader" Laser Beak.
Some of the hostages around them screamed at the new arrival in fear while some had smiles to see that someone had come to save them.
Laser Beak then smirked and said, "Well if it isn't the giant weed, you might have been able to take out Spike Talon and Blade Wing, but you won't stop my pla-"
The leader of the Vulture Gang was interrupted by two seeds being thrown at him, creating two small explosions upon impact with his armor, throwing him onto the ground, knocking him out cold and cutting his monolouge short. Vines then wrapped around him and pulled him towards an approaching Wildvine.
Once they were about a metre apart, Wildvine let out a shocked gasp. The bomb was armed! According to the timer, it would explode in 30 seconds. He knew he couldn't just slice up this bomb like the first one as he couldn't risk setting it off. While holding the Vulture Gang leader tightly with all four of the stretched fingers on his right, he looked around seeking a way to safely dispose of the bomb.
Seeing a perfectly good glass pane to his left and the jetpack, Izuku had a plan ready.
Firstly, he launched his left arm towards the aforementioned window and broke it, scattering glass shards over the roof of a passing building.
Next, he took the bomb and jetpack of Laser Beak from him and attached them to each other with vines grown from one of his seeds.
For the pièce de résistance, he fiddled with the villain's wrist device until the jetpack's thrusters came alive. At that moment, he released his grip on the jetpack, letting it fly out the window and into the sky. Five seconds later, everyone could see the giant explosion in the sky, away from innocents.
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Wildvine had managed to find the captain of the airship who, despite having a nasty bump on her head and a black eye, was able to stabilise the ship enough for rescue crews to arrive on helicopters.
Now, he was taking in the applause from the hostages he had saved and some of the rescue crew members. After all, as a result of all of his deeds of helping the people of Mustafa City and armed with the knowledge of the workings of social media, people are becoming more open to the presence of vigilantes. Captain Matsuda, whose name he had read on her name tag, went up to him and extended her hand.
"Wildvine, was it? Thanks for saving us, you were our hero today." The vigilante was pleased to hear that. Thanks to him and his 10 alien forms, both civilians and the authorities have a healthy respect for his heroic forms, even Grey Matter.
"No problem, Captain," said the smiling Florauna. "I'm just someone who wants to help people."
Matsuda then bowed. "Still, I worry about you."
"Really, why is that?"
"I mean, aren't you just a junior high student? You're still a minor and you could get seriously hurt."
The vigilante did a double take at the sound of that, could they know who he was? "Calm down Izuku, maybe you heard wrongly," thought Wildvine.
"What else?" Muttered the captain under her breath. "What did the video say your name was again? Izuku Midoriya?"
Upon hearing that, Izuku turned around to face Captain Matsuda and her assistant who had regained consciousness and was getting to his feet.
While trying to sound innocuous, he took a deep breath and asked, "Now now, I don't know what you mean."
Captain Matsuda, with a quizzical look, turned towards Wildvine and said, "Aren't you Izuku Midoriya, a student of Aldera Junior High?"
Wildvine, being a plant, lacked a biological heart. However, If he had one at that moment, it would be racing. "This can't be real, how could anyone find out about my secret identity?" nervously thought Izuku.
If someone had really found out his secret and posted it somewhere online, it meant that people knew who he and his family was. Their safety was at stake!
Of course, in Izuku's experience, there was an unspoken agreement between heroes and villains that attacking families was off limits. However, there would always be someone who was willing to break this agreement at the cost of any underworld relations and harsher punishments. With all of the enemies that he has made over the years, there was bound to be one or two who would do so.
Another thought came to the vigilante's head: if people know that he was Wildvine, do they also know about his other alien forms?
"Um, I take it from your silence that you don't know about this? I assumed you did." The captain's assistant then took out his smartphone and started fiddling with it. "The video just came out around noon today. Apparently, it was made by someone named HeroMastermind, they're a big fan of yours."
"HeroMastermind? Maybe I could use Grey Matter to track them down, " thought Izuku as he began to worry, he had to get back home to check on his mother and sister.
Just as he was at the edge of the window, Wildvine turned to Captain Matsuda and her assistant and said, "Thanks, but now I've got to go," said the hero as he jumped off the edge, his arms latching onto the roof of a nearby building as he began his trip home.
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The crimes I've stopped today included using Heatblast to subdue a thief that could turn into a liquid this morning, knocked out a villain that could enlarge and extend his arms with a crystal construct created by Diamondhead, interrupting my lunch, and taking down a group of hijacker named the Vulture Gang and saving an airship full of hostages with Wildvine.
Izuku had timed out a few minutes earlier just as he landed in an alleyway two kilometres from his home. He has brisk walked though his door and straight into his room, ignoring the questions of his little sister regarding the news. As with any other day, he was now writing in his personal journal. It really did help him sort out his thoughts.
However, something worrying occurred today. After my airship rescue, the captain and her assistant knew my name and my secret. It is logical that the public at large is aware of this as a result of a viral video. I would appear that someone going by the username HeroMastermind has somehow pieced together my identity and powers. The most likely theory I have is that someone has seen me with the Omnitrix and has made the link between the 'vigilantes' and me via the symbols. Further investigation is required-
"'Zuku, are you done yet?" Hearing his sister's voice jolted Izuku from his writing, he turned around to see a girl with short, straight green hair that had a pink hair clip. Izumi looked at him with concerned emerald eyes and said, "Mom's been saying that dinners ready for the past five minutes. I know you're probably thinking about that video, but I'm starving..."
Rolling his eyes at Izumi's dramatic tone at the last part, Izuku then took in the familiar smell of his mother's katsudon as it wafted into his room. As he heard his stomach growl, the male greenette decided that perhaps a meal was in order.
Putting his pencil down, Izuku closed his journal and stood up, much to Izumi's delight. "Wow, you're actually having dinner at the table instead of your room. It's almost as rare as seeing you eat at Mr. Katsudon nowadays," said the girl in a teasing tone, smirking all the way.
"Spare me the jokes, Izumi," sighed as he walked out the door with Izumi right behind him. However, as they walked to the dinner table, one thing stood out in their minds like a sore thumb.
Their lives would never be the same.
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Notes:
1. I've based the reveal of Izuku's identity off the same plot point in Ultimate Alien. It was one of the many things I liked about that series.
2. As shown in the story, Izuku received the Omnitrix when he was 10 and became a vigilante. This will have a huge impact on the story and his character. For example, during the airship scene when he talked to the captain, Izuku didn't go into a mutter storm as he trained himself to not do so whenever he's an alien to prevent giving clues as to his identity.
3. Izuku's Omnitrix model is that of the original series Omnitrix. The Omnitrix hourglass symbols, on the other hand, are green instead of white.
4. This version of Heatblast is his Omniverse design and voice.
5. Wildvine's design here is a fusion of both the classic and reboot. I just love the classic Wildvine's vine legs and the four vines that sprout from reboot Wildvine's speed pods. So, I combined those designs. In general, this Wildvine resembles his Omniverse design from the waist up except that he has no belt, so the Omnitrix Symbol is on his chest. His legs resemble that of the reboot's but with the Omniverse level of detail. Izuku can choose to split these legs up into the classic design's signature vine legs. This version of Wildvine has his Omniverse voice and has the new ability to merge with plants and control them, even a single finger can do.
6. Izumi Midoriya is one of the original characters created for this story. She is 145 cm tall and, like her brother, has freckles. Unlike her brother, Izumi has straight hair like Inko and her hairstyle resembles that of Gwen's in the original series. Imagine her voice as a mix between OS Gwen and UAF-OV Gwen.
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