Fanfic / Heroes Never Die It's Hero Time

It's Hero Time!

One would think that in a world where everyday people possess impossible abilities, nothing would really be a surprise. Izuku Midoriya, who at the age of four was diagnosed as Quirkless, was denied his dream of becoming a hero that can save everyone with a smile. But fate gives him a chance; allowing him access not one but a universe of powers and abilities.

Heroes Never Die It's Hero Time (alternate link to Archive of Our Own here) is a crossover between Ben 10 and My Hero Academia by Guardian-Sigil in which instead of gaining One For All Izuku Midoriya discovers the Omnitrix and becomes a hero with the powers of aliens.

Currently stands at 78 chapters and several bonus chapters.

As of August 11, 2021, it also counts with its own side-story to complement the main series called Heroes Never Die It's Hero Time, Anytime (alternate link to Archive of Our Own here). The side story currently stands at 1 announcement chapter and 35 omakes (4 of them being bonus chapters from the main story).

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Tropes A-M

• Actually Pretty Funny:
  • Thirteen holds this view towards Zim's antics, which is why he doesn't arrest him. That, and the fact that Zim has been failing to take over the Earth for literal centuries.
  • Henzu thought this of Stain attacking Shigaraki which the latter was not amused by.
• Adaptational Badass:
  • Thirteen in canon was a rescue hero with very little to no combat experience. Here, due to their job as a Plumber, they are much more capable in combat due to their experience fighting aliens.
  • Uraraka is the ninth wielder of One for All. Her powers boost to the point that she can fly and make Anti-gravity fields.
  • Because this is a world filled with quirk users, minor human villains like Fistrick, Jonah Melville, and the Road Crew possessed powers to be a greater threat against the Omnitrix user.
• Adaptational Early Appearance:
  • Thirteen appears in chapter 1 responding to the Slime villain and witnessing Izuku in his alien form.
  • Uraraka meets Izuku at the mall months before the UA entrance Exam.
  • Gang Orca debuts during the internship arc as the Hero Izuku is interning under.
  • Hisashi Midoriya appears after the Stain arc while in canon he hasn't made an appearance.
• Adaptational Name Change: Kevin Levin is renamed to Henzu Uuichi due to having been born in Japan, rather than the U.S. as stated by Word of God.
• Adaptational Nationality: Henzu Uuichi, being stated to be Kevin Levin by Word of God, is now born in Japan instead of the U.S. where his canon counterpart was born.
• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul:
  • Izuku and All Might never go past a teacher-student relationship in the story with All Might believing that Izuku got his powers from All for One. Then Izuku starts to have bitter feelings towards All Might, believing the man only interested in him now that he possesses a "Quirk".
• Adaptational Species Change: Mina Ashido who despite being a Cute Monster Girl is still technically human in canon. Here she's a Half-Human Hybrid due to her mother being an alien.
• Adaptational Superpower Change:
  • Izuku has the Omnitrix rather than One For All.
  • Uraraka is the Ninth wielder of One for All which increases her gravity powers exponentially.
  • Downplayed with Dr. Animo. Here his ability to mutate animals comes from his Quirk rather than technology.
  • Hex and Charmcaster's magical abilities are changed into Quirks.
  • Mina Ashido due to her alien mother has empathic abilities that are natural to her species in addition to her acid quirk.
  • Unlike in canon where he obtained his new powers from defeating the champions of ten different worlds, Vilgax obtained them from absorbing the Quirks from a couple of Nomu he obtained from All For One via a device called the Charlotte's project.
• Armor-Piercing Question: Malware gives this to David Shield on which is his perfect creation; Melissa or the Quirk Amplification Device. Normally, David would immediately say that it's his daughter but he hesitates because he staged an attack on I-Island and endangered his daughter's life all to get back his device. Surprisingly, Malware is furious at David's hesitance.
• Ascended Extra: Thirteen in the manga was a minor character who only had a minor appearance in the USJ arc. Here they are Izuku's mentor figure and a Plumber.
• Author Appeal: The reason why Izuku interned with Gang Orca in this version is because they like the character along with orcas being their favorite animal. The reason why the other members of Ushimitsudoki Aquarium appear as his sidekicks is because the author enjoyed Oumagadoki Zoo and wanted to use the characters.
• Big "WHAT?!":
  • Izuku's reaction to discovering that aliens exist is to freak out and panic.
  • Stain has this reaction when SixSix is immune to his Quirk.
• Birthday Party Goes Wrong: In an OVA from Heroes Never Die It's Hero Time Anytime, Bebop and Rocksteady crash and ruin the surprised birthday party that Class 1-A had been preparing for Izuku. Needless to say, they weren't happy about it. Although, they were able to salvage the situation by preparing a new cake and with more people coming to celebrate.
• Breaking the Fourth Wall: Not often but some characters do break the fourth wall. A great moment comes at the end of chapter 32, when SixSix is about to enter Japan's Plumber base. In fact, several of his translated statements break the wall.
  SixSix: Tysa ndetu eadr srreeda. (Translation: Stay tuned dear readers.)
• Clap Your Hands If You Believe: Izuku's advice towards Uraraka leading her to unlock her One For All abilities against Bakugou.
• Clarke's Third Law: According to One-One, aliens visiting Earth is how stories of god-like figures and fairytales got started, with the Charms of Bezel really being incredibly advanced alien tech.
• Composite Character:
  • Izuku Midoriya is a combination of his canon self, Ben Tennyson and Ken Tennyson. The latter being that both of them wielding the Omnitrix and having a strained relationship with their fathers.
  • Hisashi Midoriya is a combination of Max Tennyson and a bit with Ben Tennyson, the latter being that both of them are cocky and brash in their younger days.
• Crossover Cameo:
  • Many aliens from other series appear in the background of Mr. Baumann's shop, one of the most notable being Zim and Gir.
  • Several of Kouhei Horikoshi's other Characters from Oumagadoki Doubutsuen appear as Gang Orca's sidekicks.
  • Many evil aliens from multiple franchises appear as Vilgax's prisoners.
• Curb-Stomp Battle:
  • After being the instigator for many years, Bakugo gets to be on the receiving end of the curb stomp by his former victim, Izuku in his Water Hazard form.
  • Psyphon delivers one to the League of Villians whose ranks include Dabi, Toga, and Charmcaster when it happens.
• Contrived Coincidence: Upon deciding to go through the letters Hisashi had sent him when away, the first one Izuku grabs has the words that he needs to hear in order to give his father a sincere attempt at reconciling, after seemingly reaching his breaking point.
• Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Momo manages to create a sword, the Zircon Blade, with the same abilities as Diamondhead that turns the tide in her, Shoto and Shinso's exam against Thirteen, unfortunately, it uses so much of her body fat and nutrients that it could kill her if overused.
• Decomposite Character: Grandpa Max's role is divided between Hisashi Midoriya, Gran Torino and Thirteen.
  • Thirteen is a Plumber and takes on Max's role as the mentor figure teaching the wielder of the Omnitrix.
  • Gran Torino has Max's relationship with Xylene.
  • Hisashi Midoriya is a Plumber like Thirteen and has Grandpa Max's history with Vilgax. He also has The Rustbucket and has Max's affinities for food that most people would find disgusting like smoked sheep's tongue.
• Defeating the Undefeatable: Izuku invokes this at the U.A. Sports Festival, engaging in a Badass Boast that all classes must beat him to prove their worth. This is Midoriya's attempt at not only further motivating his classmates to perform better but also encouraging every alien across the Universe to stand up for themselves against tyrants like Vilgax.
  • Even though Izuku loses to Uraraka, everyone has a clear idea that they must be both skilled and powerful to take the former down otherwise they'll be toast.
• Despair Event Horizon: Almost all the girls of 1A and Billy hit this when it looks like they were about to be killed by the cyber squids. Thankfully, Patelliday shows up in just the nick of time to save them all.
• The Dreaded:
  • As per canon both Vilgax and All for One are portrayed as this.
  • Played for laughs with Megawatts. They are considered one of the worst assignments that a Plumber has to deal with.
• Early-Bird Cameo: Mirio Togata, Tamaki Amajiki, and Nejire Hado make an appearance in chapter 20 as Class 1-A are leaving the school's gym.
• Entertainingly Wrong: Due to having no knowledge of Aliens or the Omnitrix and knowing that Izuku is Quirkless, All Might initially believes that Izuku got his powers from All for One. He later amends this to believe that his absent father was the one to make the deal with Izuku being none the wiser since Izuku doesn't fit the profile of someone who would make such a deal.
• Enemy Mine: Defied, with SixSix's presence in Hosu does not unite Stain with Izuku, Shouto, Ochaco, and Tenya but turns it into a three-way fight.
• Face of a Thug: Initially to Midoriya's dismay, many citizens are afraid of his transformations because of how monstrous-looking they look. However as Midoriya continues to use his transformations to do good, many people start to accept them.
• Fantastic Racism: The main reason that Aliens don't reveal their extraterrestrial nature is fear that people from the Earth will hate them.
• Fastball Special:
  • Shoji helps launch Midoriya to rescue Uraraka.
  • Midoriya returns the favor by using Water Hazard to propel Shoji towards Kirishima.
  • Four Arms Special Move "Strong Arm Toss", using either allies or enemies to throw against opponents.
• Flat "What": Uraraka simply says that explains a lot when she hears about the Omnitrix and aliens.
• Foil:
  • Izuku Midoriya and Ochako Uraraka. Both are Humble Heroes who have been given incredible powers; Izuku possesses the Omnitrix while Ochako wields One For All. But while Izuku was and still is Quirkless, and only able to use powers because of the Omnitrix, Ochako had a Quirk and later was upgraded with One For All. Also, Ochako initially had self-doubt about whether she could be a hero, which kept her from saving others, Izuku also had moments of self-doubt by he still instinctively rushes in to help others.
  • Katsuki Bakugo and Henzu Uuichi. Both are Quirk users, are close friends to Izuku Midoriya until they left him to pursue their own goals, and later developed an antagonistic relationship with him. However, Bakugo chooses the path of a Pro Hero and only becomes The Rival to Izuku while Henzu Uuichi chooses to join the League of Villains and becomes an Arch-Enemy to his former friend.
  • All for One and Vilgax. Both are The Dreaded who are unable to act due to severe injuries who wish to gain more power by using something that is not theirs, the Omnitrix for Vilgax, Quirks for All for One. They also act as the Arch-Enemy to the father/mentor of the two main protagonists. Vilgax is a Front Line General who leads his planetary conquests from the front, while All for One is content to manipulate his way to the top from the shadows.
  • All Might and Hisashi. Both are famous for being number 1 in their jurisdiction, Japan and the wider galaxies respectively. They both have history and the hatred of their dreaded. They both go on to mentor one of the protagonists. And they both have their secrets. However, One has been a constant inspiration to Izuku who now is leaning more towards a Broken Pedestal. The other has been essentially a ghost who came out of nowhere but is starting to show that they do very much care about and value Izuku as a person. One has been critically injured and needs to retire soon, the other is still in their prime. One is glad to be with their family the other is afraid to even have one. One is good at coming up with things on the fly, the other had to read off of note cards. Good luck guessing which is which.
  • Izuku Midoriya and Malware. Both were ostracized by society for their unfortunate circumstances. Both of them have powers that alter their body and make them incredibly versatile. Both also had been left by their fathers (Though for different reasons). While Izuku eventually forgave his father and proved to everyone that he can become a hero, Malware hated his father to death and became the monster everyone had believed him to be.
• Forgiven, but Not Forgotten: All Might learns to his dismay that just because Izuku forgives him does not mean that he 100% trusts him.
• Foreshadowing:
  • The reveal of Ashido being half-alien, along with her alien abilities, was foreshadowed a couple of times. Whenever someone was stressed in some way, Ashido's antennas would twitch before she asks if they were okay.
  • Hisashi being a Plumber was hinted at several times over the story.
  • Hisashi and Endeavor having a history with each other was hinted at due to how Endeavor saw and treated Izuku.
• For Want Of A Nail:
  • Iida is unable to escape the U.S.J. and get help because of him getting sucked into one of Kurogiri's portals. He instead replaces Mineta as the third member of Izuku's group.
  • Izuku's use of the Omnitrix helps him and his classmates to push back the League Of Villains, preventing All Might from getting injured like in the canon story.
  • Having Shinso be part of Izuku's team helps him earn his Character Development way earlier than in canon.
  • Uraraka being chosen as the new wielder of One For All helps not only beat Bakugou but also win the U.A. Sports Festival.
  • Izuku's team in the cavalry battle consists of Shisou, Tsuyu, and Jiro.
  • SixSix's true form is revealed before the wielder of the Omnitrix goes into space.
  • During the Hosu incident Izuku is permitted to use his "Quirk" to fight against the villains by Gang Orca. Due to this he is given credit for defeating Stain.
  • During their battle at Kamino, All For One gets banished to the Null Void by Ochaco using the Null Void Projector instead of being defeated by All Might. As a result, All Might still has the remaining embers of One For All present inside him.
• Gratuitous English: Despite taking place in Japan every character from Ben 10 has their English name.
• Heart Is an Awesome Power: Stinkfly's odor has been the source of ridicule throughout a large portion of Chapter 33 but proves itself useful in incapacitating Clancy.
• Half-Human Hybrid: Mina Ashido is half Human half-Emotlyst.
• Heroic Lineage: Like in canon, the Idia family is one of these.
  • In canon, Midoriya Hitashi is a civilian worker, here he's a Pro Hero and Plumber called Cinder, making Izuku one of these.
  • Denki Kaminari is the son of Voltage Heroine, Thundershock.
• Hidden in Plain Sight: Due to Quirks being a common phenomenon, most aliens can actually walk among human society without being suspected.
• Hypocritical Humor: Izuku starts getting on Bakugou and Ochako's cases on telling the truth about their embarrassing secrets when Mandalay challenges them in Chapter 69, only for him to be the most cowardly about it when Mandalay starts going after him. Ochacko even calls him out on it.
• In Spite of a Nail:
  • Izuku still cleans up Dagobah beach.
  • While their teammates are different Izuku and Bakugou still fight in the battle trial with Izuku winning.
  • Izuku did manage to defeat Todoroki but he still lost at the final portion of the U.A. Sports Festival.
  • Despite interning with another hero Izuku still ends up in Hosu, fights Stain, earns Stain's respect by revealing himself to be a true hero, and is rescued by Stain after being captured after the fighting was assumed finished.
• Irony:
  • Izuku and Ochako are trained separately by each other's favorite heroes.
  • Izuku notes that it was a watch that ultimately ended up tearing his and Henzu's friendship apart when it was an event surrounding a different watch that brought them even closer.
• Internal Reveal: By Chapter 86, Inko, Mitsuki, Detective Tsukauchi, Bakugo, the students of 1A who rescued him from the League of Villains, and the U.A. faculty have come to know of the existence of aliens.
• It's All About Me: One can easily see Inko and Hiashi having shades of this as they come off as jumping into a family dynamic and essentially acting as if Izuku shouldn't have his own complicated feelings on his father's return.
  • Bakugo is this, as per usual. Even when Izuku was having a mental breakdown during their final exams against All Might, Bakugo was still mad about Izuku ruining his chances of victory rather than being concerned for Izuku's mental state.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Mr. Baumann, while having a bad history with Midoriya, roots for him during the U.A. Sports Festival.
• Locked Out of the Loop: Most Pro Heroes don't know about aliens, with the only exceptions being those who are also Plumbers like Thirteen and Nezu. All Might is specifically kept out of the loop because his Chronic Hero Syndrome would get even worse if he learned about extraterrestrial crises that he could help with.
• Made of Iron: Petrosapiens can tank attacks from the USJ Nomu. Downplayed in that they still feel pain from the attacks.
• Magic from Technology: The Charms of Bezel are actually a higher form of technology that can perform feats similar to magic.
• Man of Kryptonite:
  • Water Hazard is this to Bakugo. His hard shell and ability to produce water are both natural counters to Bakugo's abilities.
  • Due to their crystalline nature Petrosapiens are immune to Shigaraki's decay.
• Mecha-Mooks: Just like in canon, Vilgax likes to use robotic drones to achieve his goals while recovering from his injuries.
• Mundane Solution: How does Midoriya stop Clancy's gasifier? By simply pressing the button that turns it off.
• Mythology Gag:
  • Midoriya starts with 9 aliens instead of 10, reflecting how he was the Ninth holder of One for All in MHA canon.
  • The first battle of the original Road Trip Arc, is at a camping ground attacked by a robotic alien being and has Heatblast being used to fight a fire.
  • Mina claims if she got a chance to rename the Plumbers, one of the names she would've chosen is "Alien Force"; a reference to the final episode/movie of Ben 10 (2016).

Tropes N-Z

• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: During the Summer Training arc, Mina used her emote abilities to draw the attention of Fun Gus so that Aizawa and Shinso can apprehend the villain. Unfortunately, her friends were using Fun Gus's huge size to evade the Vanguard Action Squad; this led to the capture of both Bakugo and Izuku.
• Noodle Incident: Hiashi and Endeavor were friends but had a falling out over something.
• Off with His Head!:
  • Bakugou unintentionally does this when he attacks Deku as Lodestar. Thankfully, Lodestar can regenerate and pull himself back together.
  • Rath does this to Vulkanus, thankfully, as a Detrovite, Vulkanus can survive decapitation.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: All of Class 1-A know that something is wrong with Izuku when he swears and snaps at Bakugo.
• Outside-Context Problem: Alien technology is far stronger and more versatile than what the average Pro Hero or Villian is used to. Tetrax was able to fight both Shoto and Ururaka at the same time keeping them both on the defensive using only bounty hunting gear and not his alien abilities.
  • Alien biology as well with SixSix's blood making him immune to Stain's Quirk, which caused the latter to briefly question what SixSix even was.
• Phlebotinum Overload: Zombozo tries to force Izuku into laughing so he can absorb it. Izuku obliges while transformed into Buzzshock. At first, the clown is gleeful until the many, MANY Buzzshocks prove too much to handle that he explodes, reducing him to a pathetic skeletal state.
• Pungeon Master: Izuku becomes this much to his fellow students' ire.
• Refuge in Audacity: How does Nezu prevent aliens from invading Earth? Every year he broadcasts the U.A. Sports festival across the Galaxy to show how powerful and varied humans are.
• Related in the Adaptation: The Unnamed Lightning heroine from the beginning of the second MHA movie is Kaminari's mom in the story.
  • Billy Billions is Donovan Smith's grandson with Eddie being adapted out.
• Right for the Wrong Reasons: Izuku is absolutely correct in that Hisashi's return to his and his mother's lives is tied to him having a power. However, he was incorrect about it being because he now has a Quirk and everything to do with Hisashi being sent to help keep him and the Omnitrix safe out of Vilgax's hands.
• Rule of Symbolism: The faux city that is used as a training area for young heroes becomes not only the symbol of the "false utopia" All Might has made but also how Izuku now truly sees All Might as: a false idol. By the end of the chapter, Izuku's transformation as Heatblast and his subsequent destruction of the faux city shows how Izuku has reached his Rage Breaking Point and completely rejects All Might for good.
• Samus Is a Girl: After Thirteen was confirmed as a female in canon, she ditched her suit in chapter 42, to the shock of all who didn't know with the narration changed from they/them to she/her
• Second Place Is for Winners: Even though he comes in second place at the U.A. Sports Festival, Izuku is still being acknowledged and praised for his performance there. When Midoriya gets to school, he learns that he has the most internship offers out of his entire class because many Pro Heroes are very interested in his Combo Platter Powers that can solve any situation.
• Ship Tease: Izuku and Ochako have several moments where the two seem to have the spark.
• Start X to Stop X: Midoriya accidentally accesses Big Chill and Heatblast to counter Todoroki's ice and fire abilities. And the aliens prove to be far superior over anything that Todoroki can dish out.
• Stealth Mentor: Gang Orca actually helps Midoriya to improve his powers by having him do various chores that'll make him push himself further or think creatively.
• Sympathy for the Devil: Izuku admits that he actually feels sorry for Clancy, knowing full well what is like to be pushed around by others. Gang Orca agrees with this but then says that it is still no excuse for what the villain is about to do and expresses relief that Izuku rose above the temptation to lash out against his tormentors.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Shigaraki and Henzu have shades of this.
• The Talk: Ochaco and Izuku briefly think that Shouto is asking them for this due to how he words his first question to them when he tells them about his backstory and how they made him break his vow not to use his fire.
• Villain Has a Point:
  • The villain Henzu might be a member of the League of Villains but he is not wrong in how unfair society is.
    Henzu: "This society will bend over backwards to please those that they view as perfect... as hero worthy. And they'll trample anyone who doesn't fit that mold."
  • Rojo also brings up a good point about pro hero's even Uraraka admits she is making sense.
    Rojo: "Those heroes out there are not here to save you. But to make themselves look good so they can become famous, get a fatter paycheck, and with that comes power. That's also why they won't risk coming in here. Because if they fail then that's bad press, with bad press comes a loss in popularity, which equals a real loss of money"
  • Like in My Hero Academia canon Stain chastises Iida's need for vengeance, rather than trying to focus on helping Native, a fellow hero Stain injured.
• Wham Episode:
  • Chapter 6: Midoriya's friendship with Henzu is shattered and Henzu, having using his Quirk on the Omnitrix has absorbed all of Midoriya's aliens' abilities.
  • Chapter 26: Uraraka wins the U.A. Sports Festival.
  • Chapter 36: Izuku is given credit for defeating Stain while Vilgax sends Psyphon to contact the League of Villains.
  • Chapter 37: Hisashi Midoriya returns from space.
  • Chapter 62: Izuku is granted access to the Omnitrix's Master Control function.
  • Chapter 78: All For One gets trapped in the Null Void and Vilgax abducts All Might.
  • Chapter 80: Vilgax was able to successfully remove the Omnitrix from Izuku's wrist in a manner similar to how he removed it from Ben in Back With A Vengeance.
• Weaksauce Weakness:
  • Bakugo may have one of the strongest Quirks in 1-A but because nitroglycerin is water-soluble if he gets wet he loses a lot of power behind his explosions.
  • Like a real turtle if Terraspin is knocked on his back he can't get back up.
  • Ripjaws needs water to breathe and can barely function on land without water to prevent him from gasping for breath.
• We Used to Be Friends: Henzu was Izuku's only friend in middle school but they had a falling out after Henzu wanted to use Izuku's powers to commit crimes.
  • Hisashi was friends with Endeavour during middle school and their time at UA, they were close enough that the former's children, with the exception of Shoto who was too young to remember him, call Hisashi "Uncle".
• You Can Talk?: The students of Class 1-A have this reaction when Koda starts talking as he normally is The Voiceless.

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