requested by hiba_moktar123

in this world, there were no such things as quirks

but instead

the rare few people would be bestowed with a contract on their 15th birthday to summon their own personal demons that would fight and defend them

and those who did receive them would get an automatic place at U.A's school for daemon summoners

daemons came in many sizes and powers, usually depicted as tall strong and powerful, the girls were shorter but had an equal share of strength and power

a few examples being:

bakugo gained the demon Kirishima, an invincible force that could break through anything

momo gained the demon toru, an invisible force perfect for the acts of espionage

all of the shoji's friends had gained a demon and today was the last chance shoji would get to get one

it was 11:55

4 minutes until his birthday was over

he waited patiently on his bed in the hopes he would be lucky to get one

5

the lights went out

4

a dark glowing portal opened above his head and dropped a black papered contract in his hands

3

using his own blood drawn by a knife signed his name in anticipation

2

the room gave off a purple and red glow as the contract began to levitate in the middle of the room

1

his demon had arrived

"that's your daemon?!" Minetta asked while laughing, his own daemon sato giving a sugar rush slap to the head

"he's so small" ochaco awed, her daemon asui agreeing with a happy ribbit

tokoyami wasn't what everyone had thought of when shoji announced he had a daemon and was joining the class of U.A with his friends next year

tokoyami was in fact the total opposite

he was smaller, paler, less muscled, the only thing that was intimidating was the black-feathered head with blood coloured eyes

shoji knew he shouldn't feel disappointed, he was the lucky few that had a daemon, but when he glanced down the daemon, he couldn't stop the feeling of disappointment enter his body

shoji sighed as he and his new daemon walked home

he had asked his friends how found out about their daemon's powers

but all their responses were simply "they used them as soon as they were summoned"

so why was tokoyami different?

a crash soon took shoji out of his thoughts

"looky, looky, what lucky we are bucky" a villain laughed as he made his way from the shadows, he and his rabbit looking angel smiled creepily as they got closer

"shoji, take my hand," tokoyami said as they got closer

"what! now!" shoji shouted in anger, what good would hand-holding do

"if you want to get out here yes," tokoyami said calmly

shoji wanted to protest but as he saw the sadistic look in his eyes, he knew he had to trust his daemon

as their hand's touch shoji felt all his negativity be drained away

and as tokoyami took back his hand shoji saw his daemon produce a shadowy substance through his back, two purple-black claws and yellow gleaming eyes complimented the newly formed beasts' fangs

the villain and his angel took one look before running off in a hurry, screaming in terror

shoji stared as the beast slowly sank back into the daemon

"what was that" shoji asked in shock awe

tokoyami took a big breath as he began to explain

"my power is complicated, I am a demon that is also a host, within extreme negative emotions and/or the blackest of nights I can summon it under my control but your orders, I am still able to protect you in the daylight but...not as effectively, thanks to my, stature" tokoyami explained

shoji was both impressed but also guilty

his daemon was so powerful and intimidating that he didn't even need to use his power, but guilty that he was disappointed getting a shorter daemon

he was short and weak looking, but that was the perfect cover for hiding such a powerful and scary beast

if he had shaken his hand when he offered it when they had first met, he would have made this discovery ages to go

"I'm so sorry for the way I treated you" shoji apologised as they walked away

everyone thought tokoyami was a frail little thing

boy was they in for a surprise