The Emperor's Dragon

Son of Who?

Izuku frowned at his notebook. It was the notebook he kept for himself and his quirk. Today they had learned about atoms in class. Miss Koushi had explained that they were the smallest form of matter, made up of electrons, protons and neutrons. She'd explained that everything was made of atoms, even air! When she'd said that Izuku had immediately wondered if the air atoms were what his quirk, Caeli Imperium, interacted with. But his classroom teacher didn't say much, so he was left to speculate. Theoretically Caeli Imperium had to interact with something. Dad wouldn't have named it that if it didn't but Miss Koushi had said that there were lots of different types of atoms and Izuku had no idea what made up air.

Still, if air was made up of atoms, and Caeli Imperium interacted with those atoms, then there were some more applications he could think about. He already knew he could move things with it. The first time he'd used the quirk he'd made the bit of paper Dad had held up move, and then he'd cut it.

So, if he cut it and if he moved it, there was something solid his quirk was impacting. And if it was solid, what else could he do with it? He already knew he could control Caeli Imperium to cut paper, which meant he must be forcing his control down to a tight, narrow band, but could he expand it? Could he make something solid that could lift things, instead of just move them? Could he lift himself?

Could he use Caeli Imperium with Fire Breath to direct where the fire went? If he could, that would increase his range enormously! He was limited to how far he could project his breath, which was more than his friends, but not really far enough to be useful. There were so many possibilities and he couldn't help but hum to himself as he stopped frowning and started to write ideas in his notebook.

He couldn't wait until he saw Dad again for a practice session. Dad didn't mind if he thought of ideas to try. Infact, he encouraged Izuku to think of things to do with his quirk, but he did mind if Izuku practiced by himself. He always had to be present, or Kurogiri did, and Izuku knew that both were really busy so he couldn't practice as often as he'd like. Even when he promised he'd keep it small and be careful, the answer was either a straight out no, or 'when you are older'. He was almost six! How old was older?

He felt something move behind him and without thinking Izuku thrust out with Caeli Imperium.

There was an 'oof!' and he turned in the chair to see Tomura picking himself off the floor.

"I'm sorry!"

"Tch," the older boy muttered.

"Sorry!" Izuku repeated. "I didn't mean to get you so hard. Dad gave me a new quirk," he added the explanation because he knew Tomura would demand one.

The grey haired boy rolled his eyes. "Well, at least you are leveling up," he told Izuku.

"But I didn't sense you until you were really close!" Izuku told him. He hadn't sensed Tomura enter the room.

"Of course not! You had your nose in that book," the other boy growled.

"I was writing ideas for the quirk," he explained.

"What does it do?"

"It controls air," Izuku said brightly.

Tomura's gold eyes flashed and Izuku could tell he was interested despite not wanting to be. He came to sit at the table with Izuku. "So what else can you do with it beyond hitting me?"

"I was thinking that if I can hit things, then I might be able to lift things. And I might be able to lift me!"

"Bah! Boring!" Tomura dismissed Izuku's suggestion. "If you create a force, then you can create a force on someone and hold them in place. You could press down on their chest, or better yet, if it's air control, you could make sure that they can't get any air! Far more useful!"