Dead Deku AU

The Dead Deku AU is pretty self explanatory; it is an alternate universe in which Izuku Midoriya is killed before he even attends UA Academy. He is either killed by saving Bakugou, or he by taking Bakugou’s advice and ending his own life through suicide. A rather common change in this AU is that Bakugou inherits One For All instead of Midoriya.

***【If you know anything more about this AU, please edit this and make it as accurate as you can】***

## Overview

### Causes (i.e. Introductions)

Two of the most common introductions to the Dead Deku AU.

#### #1 - Killed Through Saving Bakugou

A quirkless boy named Midoriya Izuku has gone through years being bullied by another boy named Bakugou Katsuki, due to the absence of his quirk and Katsuki’s pride. As the years progress the duo’s relationship does not change, even worsens.

Until one day - nearing the end of middle school - Katsuki is taken hostage by the Sludge Villain and is unable to escape. Upon seeing the crowd around the villain and consequently the captured Katsuki, as well as the fact that the Heroes present have quirks useless against the villain, Izuku recklessly vaults over the blockades meant to keep the public away in order to save Katsuki. Unfortunately, despite his efforts, Izuku is killed in the struggle, although Katsuki manages to escape alive.

This introduction is set in the same storyline as the original, except that Izuku’s chance meeting with All Might (and consequently his encounter with the Sludge Villain) may be absent.

#### #2 - Suicide

A quirkless boy named Midoriya Izuku is bullied ever since childhood by another prideful boy name Bakugo Katsuki, owing to the fact that he possessed no quirk. As the years possess and the two grow older, the bullying deepens in severity, which results in Izuku’s mindset turning more pessimistic and hopeless, eventually falling into depression.

A few days before middle school ends, Katsuki and his gang of friends corner Izuku as usual, although this time because Katsuki thinks Izuku is trying to challenge him by also aiming for UA High, and because he assumes that Izuku considers himself to be on the same level as Katsuki, which angers him. Katsuki uses a small explosion to damage Izuku’s Hero notebook and throws it out the window, commenting that Izuku should give up on UA and dive off the rooftop instead.

What Katsuki does not expect, however, is that Izuku really took his advice; a day or so after their “conversation”, Midoriya Izuku is found dead, apparently caused by jumping off the school rooftop and committing suicide.

This introduction follows the original story as well, although unlike the first Introduction, which focuses on the Sludge Villain attack, this second Introduction focuses instead on the comments made by Bakugo Katsuki in the earlier moments of the series.

### Continuations

The following continuations of the story mainly focuses on Bakugo Katsuki, due to the fact that, besides Midoriya Izuku, he is the other protagonist. Popular continuations include Bakugo Katsuki meeting All Might and receiving One For All from him; Bakugo Katsuki and his feelings after Izuku’s death (regret, horror, etc. - depends); and other characters’ reactions to Izuku’s death.

## Characters

The characters vary in whichever version of the AU is used.

### Protagonists

Midoriya Izuku (Deceased)

Bakugou Katsuki

### Adults

Midoriya Inko (Mother of Izuku)

Bakugou Mitsuki (Mother of Katsuki)

Bakugou Masaru (Father of Katsuki)

All Might/Toshinori Yagi

School Teacher

#### Class 1A

Tenya Iida

Ochaco Uraraka

Shoto Todoroki

Momo Yaoyoruzu

Ejiro Kirishima

Hanta Sero

Denki Kaminari

Mina Ashido

Tsuyu Asui

Fumikage Tokoyami

Kyoka Jiro

Yuga Aoyama

Mashirao Ojiro

Koji Koda

Rikado Sato

Mezo Shoji

Toru Hagakure

Minoru Mineta

## Additional Notes

* This AU may also be caused by All Might’s answer to Izuku’s question, saying that he cannot be a Hero without a quirk. This would cause Izuku to lose large amounts of hope, and make him more liable to Introduction #2 (suicide), although the timeline may be messed up a bit.
* This AU is not limited to any of the ideas stated above. Anything can happen and there are many different variations to the AU.