Izuku: I will have my vengeance!
Proceeds to mix hair removal cream in with his female classmates Shampoo bottles.
My pick for Queens are Mina, Kyoka and Denki. In that order.
What if Izuku had a horrifying Quirk?
Genre: Dark Comedy and Horror.
It all starts with a Quirk.
Izuku Midoriya was born with a Mutation/Emitter Quirk known as *Hivemind*. Officially, the Quirk allows for a telepathic link between Izuku and most arthropods, including insects and arachnids. From a young age, he could sense their presence, feel the frantic flutter of a fly’s wings, the crawl of ants beneath soil, the rigid focus of a spider mid-hunt. It made him seem odd to others. Creepy, even. But the full truth of his Quirk was far more disturbing. It was something instinctual, buried deep in his bones, something the doctors never found.
They noticed the black chitin plates forming over his elbows, knees, and abdomen, as well as smaller, brittle ones around his eyes. A bump no larger than a marble rests on his forehead, just above the brow. It pulses faintly under stress. None of this seemed immediately dangerous, just a mutation paired with an emitter-type Quirk. They were wrong.
Izuku knows the truth. It comes to him in dreams, in crawling whispers, in sensations down his spine when he stares too long into a colony of ants. The knowledge doesn’t come from study, though he does study insects obsessively. It comes from inside him. A whisper of something older, primal. A voice in his head.
**Quirk: Hivemind**
Hivemind is a bio-parasitic Quirk that allows Izuku to infect other people with his own DNA, through saliva, blood, or other organic transmission. Once the DNA enters a host’s body, it grafts itself to the host’s genome, rewriting it slowly, almost lovingly, as if sculpting a new lifeform out of something broken. Over a span of roughly one week, the host is converted into a Drone.
The transformation is grotesque. Muscles stretch and squirm like they're alive. Skin turns patchy, then taut, often blistering in places. In some cases, skin peels entirely, revealing fresh black plates underneath. Eyes dilate to inhuman degrees, while hair thins or is replaced with twitching antennae. Mandibles may rupture from the gums or grow beneath the tongue, requiring them to tear open through soft tissue. Some develop silken or mucus-producing glands. Their breath starts to reek of old soon to be disposed rotting flesh, honey, rust, and pheromones. The exact insect traits are random: some resemble beetles, others wasps, ants, moths, flies, termites, earthworms even glowworms and more.
Not all Drones gain strength. In fact, strength gain or loss is random. A physically fit host may become feeble, while a frail one could develop terrifying speed or resilience. The transformation completes after seven days. From then on, Drones cannot reproduce. They retain their original thoughts, emotions, and even their Quirks. But their loyalty shifts. When Izuku, their King, gives a command, they obey. Not out of fear, but reverence. They want to serve.
**Plated**
If a host possesses an exceptionally strong will, an iron sense of identity. They will resist full degradation. Instead, they become *Plated*: elite guards. Their minds remain intact, but their bodies evolve into heavily armored insectoid warriors. Thick black chitin shells cover them from head to toe in uniquely stylized patterns with colored accents, like iridescent blues or blood-red seams. Their species type, always one of five. hornet, mantis, spider, tarantula, or scorpion. It is entirely random. The transformation is more brutal, taking 10–11 days, often accompanied by seizures, violent molting, and the excretion of cocoon-like fluid from their pores that hardens around them before shattering into armor.
**Hive King Limitations**
Mutant Quirk users cannot be fully infected. Their genetic structure resists full rewriting, resulting in *partial transformations*. These are horrific. Flesh may split, only for insect limbs to erupt and then wither. Eyes may duplicate, but remain misaligned. Voices rasp through multiple vocal cords. These hosts often beg for death. Izuku avoids them. Mutant quirks such as ones from Spinner or gang orca. But minor mutant quirks such as Kyoka or Mina's would be fine as they aren't a major mutant quirk.
If a Drone is exposed to high levels of heat, at least 60°C (140°F) within the first 48 hours of infection, the parasitic DNA is neutralized, though not without side effects. Survivors often retain a lingering phobia of insects and occasional hallucinations, hearing clicking mandibles or feeling phantom crawling under their skin.
Only one Drone can be made per week.
**Hive Queen**
When Izuku’s emotional attachment or sexual desire toward a host crosses a specific threshold, a hormonal mutation is triggered during transmission. This host becomes a *Hive Queen*.
The change is excruciating and gradual. In females, it takes two weeks. In males, three. Plates of chitin begin forming along the ribcage, spine, and hips thick enough to stop bullets, fused tightly into flesh like barnacles. The color of these plates corresponds to the host’s natural hair. Their hair grows longer and denser. Teeth elongate, specifically the canines which become venomous fangs, capable of paralyzing enemies or prey. On their dominant hand, a retractable stinger forms, connected to a venom sac within the wrist.
A silken gland opens just above the tailbone, producing two distinct types of silk: one versatile and fibrous, used to weave clothing, bedding and more while another dense and fleshy, is used in the Hive King’s metamorphosis.
Some develop two extra sets of black beady eyes at the corners of their original ones. Male Queens undergo full feminization. Their voice becomes higher, breast tissue develops, their hips widen, thighs thicken. A second orifice forms behind the scrotum, which connects to a developing womb. Despite the changes, they retain male genitalia, resulting in a hybrid form both elegant and terrifying. The pain of transformation in males is described as "like molting from the inside out."
Hive Queens are deeply loyal to their King. Their romantic or sexual devotion becomes overwhelming, an instinctual need, overriding previous attachments. They gain the ability to command Drones, though the King’s word supersedes all. Only three Hive Queens can exist at once.
At age 20, Hive Queens enter a mating season once per year. The sexual frustration they endure becomes maddening unless fulfilled by their King.
Reproduction is via egg-laying. The Queen injects one of three pheromonal fluids into each egg by biting it, to determine its caste: *Worker*, *Soldier*, or *King* (not Hive King). Hatchlings develop distinct insectoid traits based on randomly determined insect species.
**Hierarchy and Life Cycle**
* *Workers* build, forage, and maintain the Hive. Sentient, loyal, but independent.
* *Soldiers* are muscular, armored, and territorial. They defend the Hive.
* *Kings* are born once per Hive Queen and inherit both the Queen’s Quirk and their father’s.
Kings look fully human aside from small chitin plates and the forehead bump. Hive Kings, however, exhibit more plating, increased pheromone output, and stronger mental control over Drones. They still lack wings. When a Hive King sires three Hive Queens, the time comes for transformation.
The three Queens weave a silken cocoon around him. Then, in a ritual both sacred and grotesque, they pierce him with venomous stingers in the forehead, spine, and abdomen. He enters a comatose state for thirty days. When he emerges, he is no longer a King. He is an *Emperor*.
The Emperor’s body is a horror of majesty. Wings split from his back, translucent and veined like a wasp's, but bigger and stronger. His eyes become pitch black with a colored ring matching his original iris. His hands end in black claws; a curved, jagged horn emerges from his forehead. His voice echoes with something deeper, something not entirely human.
There can only be one Emperor per Hive.
When the Hive King dies or becomes an Emperor, the eldest King becomes the new Hive King. His half-brothers are sent to find their own Queens, and the Hive expands.
The original Hive Queens, now infertile, become *Hive Elders*, matronly, revered, and terrifying in presence. They govern the social structure and ensure the Hive survives.
**Lifespan**
* Drones: 50 years
* Workers & Soldiers: Human lifespan
* Plated: 100 years
* Hive Queens & Kings: 150 years
* Hive Elders: Until replaced
* Emperors: 200 years
**Hierarchy** (lowest to highest): Drone → Worker → Soldier → Plated → Queen → King → Hive Elder → Hive Queen → Hive King → Emperor
Izuku Midoriya is not currently evil. His instincts are terrifying, his biology alien. But he remains a boy struggling to understand what he is becoming, and the burden of the Hive that calls to him.
Pairing can be any of Class 1A, Class 1B, or Support Ed. Izuku will eventually end up with 3 partners. As stated my preferred Queens at the top. What bug forms would they take?