Chapter 7: Showdown
"Let's begin! Villains will go in first. You have five minutes to prepare, make the most out of it!" All Might announces as he starts the timer.
The building that they are going to use has five floors and it's made to look like an abandoned facility that has been worn down. It looks like one powerful explosion or punch can literally bring the whole structure down so they have to be careful.
"Hurry up Deku! We only have five minutes." Katsuki yells at his partner while he enters the building.
"R-right" Izuku replies as he isn't so sure what to say for he is thinking of a plan while he trails behind Katsuki.
The inside of the building looks like a maze and there is no lighting except for the sunlight that's coming through the windows, providing them enough vision they need to wander around the hallways. Lots of twist and turns welcome Katsuki and Izuku as they stroll down the dark corridors while they try to find a way to get to the next floor. Then, a sudden shout breaks out which seems to have startled Izuku.
"What the fuck Deku, if you have something to say just spit it out. You're fucking annoying me with your stupid muttering!" Katsuki shouts trying to get Izuku's attention and stop his muttering.
"Oh s-sorry, I didn't think I was thinking aloud." Izuku stammers.
A stairway finally comes into their view and they walk towards it quickly.
"No shit. So? Do you have a plan or what?" Katsuki asks while he climbs up the stairs, carefully watching each of his steps for it seems that the stairs has a few missing parts.
Katsuki's reply seems to have caught his partner off guard considering that Izuku seems to stop from his tracks.
"W-wait, you will actually hear out my plan? I-I mean I'm not complaining but are you okay Kacchan? Are you not feeling well? Maybe we should-" Izuku's been cut off before he can even finish his sentence.
"Stop overthinking you piece of shit. I want to fucking win this test so I'll take what I can get. Now tell me what your damn plan is before I blow you up. And for fucks sake, hurry the fuck up we're running out of time and we're only at the second fucking floor." Katsuki ponders as he continues walking through the dark hallways.
"Ah y-yes Kacchan, I-uh have some sort of a plan that might help us. But first I want to tell you a little bit of information about are opponents' quirk."
That seems to have catch Katsuki's attention. It's only the second day and Izuku somehow knew what their classmates' quirks are. Of course, the shithead is not a fan-boy of quirks for nothing. Trust him on knowing info about your quirk that you might not even know yourself because that just how fucking observant he is. Katsuki thinks as he turns around to face Izuku with one of his eyebrows raised.
"How the fuck did you even manage to know they're damn quirks on the second day of school you fuckmunch?" Katsuki asks.
"U-uh well I managed to find out what their quirks are during our quirk apprehension test yesterday, so there. But never mind that as I was saying, Iida-kun's quirk allows him to run at extreme speed with the help of the engines on his legs. Todoroki-kun's quirk on the other hand seems to be ice manipulation. I'm not sure if he can also generate fire given that he's the son of Endeavor and his parents have both fire and ice quirks but if he can, he seems to be not fond in using it considering he only used ice during the test yesterday." Izuku states as he stares at Katsuki who seems to be frozen in place.
"Wait, that dual-haired freak is the son of the number two hero? That makes me even want to fucking win this test. So glasses-guy is fast while half-and-half has ice and maybe fire. So what's the plan?" Katsuki grins and continues traversing the corridors and soon enough, they manage to find the way to the third floor with two and a half minutes left on the clock.
"Okay, so based on the compatibility of quirks, I'm pretty sure we have the upper hand. I can be the support in this fight and help you in fight by enhancing your muscles to deliver a stronger punch and if you combine your explosions with the punches, I'm sure one punch will surely be enough to knock out one of them. Just don't aim for the head Kacchan, you might seriously injure them." Izuku warns Katsuki for he knows that the blonde can be violent 'sometimes' and knows that the explosive teen will not hold back knowing they're fighting the number two hero's son.
"Yeah, yeah don't fucking tell me what to do nerd. I'm not gonna fucking kill anyone here so just focus on helping me." Katsuki replies and waits for Izuku to continue.
Izuku just sighs and regretfully accepts the blonde's response. "Right, now their quirk seems to not be compatible if Todoroki-kun decides to use his ice. If he freezes the ground, Iida-kun will have a hard time maneuvering so his quirk will be useless. But if he decides to hurl fireballs at us, they might catch us off guard and separate us, so we have to be really careful. Iida-kun is our number one target for he can just ran past us in the midst of the battle and run straight towards the bomb. I'm gonna set up a barrier on the entrance of the room where we keep the bomb to stop his tracks. But I doubt my barrier will hold up if he uses too much force when he storms in, so we should really immobilize him or for good measure, knock him out." Izuku finishes and he realizes that they finally arrive at the room where the bomb is currently standing.
The room is reasonably large and there are a few windows on the walls that barely illuminate the room by letting in the sunlight outside the building. There are several pillars that hold up the ceiling so they have to keep in mind to not get carried away and destroyed them. The bomb seems to be just a prop made in cardboard.
"So we stick to each other and fight them both. My eyes are on half-and-half, you take on glasses." Katsuki says as he makes his way inside the room they are supposed to protect.
"Kacchan, I said we need to defeat Iida-kun first, don't go fight Todoroki-kun recklessly we need to focus on the threat first." Izuku protests while he follows Katsuki inside.
"Fine, but I will deal the final blow to half-and-half and you can't stop me." Katsuki retorts as he grins at his partner.
Izuku just pinches the bridge of his nose in response. Clearly there's no stopping the explosive teen in exerting his dominance towards his classmates. Izuku wonders if all Katsuki's thinking about is being the best and explosions. Suddenly Katsuki speaks up and Izuku doesn't know how to respond to the blonde's question.
"Wait, are you not going to fight and just provide me with back-up or will you transform into that reaper guy and kick ass? I mean it's not that I'm saying that he's strong but I'm just asking okay?" Katsuki clarifies.
There's a moment of silence before Izuku decides to reply. "Umm, I'm really not sure if that's a good idea. I mean reaper can be uhm- how do I put this- uhh…let's just say he's uhh, nevermind. I will only use him if I have to Kacchan." Izuku explains.
"Tch, whatever nerd, just don't get in my way." Katsuki says.
A ringing sound echoes throughout the building which signifies that the test will now commence and the heroes will now enter the building. The heroes have ten minutes to either capture the villains or secure the bomb, failing to do so will make the villains win the test. The villains have to delay the heroes from touching the bomb until the timer runs out or immobilize them.
The heroes did not waste any time and proceed to enter the building. But just when Iida is about to enter, his teammate put out a hand in front of him preventing him from walking through the entrance.
"What are you-" Iida asks but is cut off by Todoroki's voice.
"Wait outside, I have to do something." Todoroki reasons as he steps inside the building and puts his right hand on the wall.
Iida didn't have the time to protest as he sees Todoroki walk inside and touch the wall. There are frosts coming out of his hand which slowly freezes the walls and soon enough, the whole building is covered in ice.
"That should do it." Todoroki mutters and he signals Iida to come inside.
I can't use my quirk in this terrain, I hope Todoroki froze the villains too or I won't be able to help him when a battle arises. Iida thinks and walks behind Todoroki as they venture inside the corridors of the building hoping to find the bomb.
Meanwhile…
"What the fuck did that bastard just do?!" Katsuki stammers while he forcefully tries to get his feet unstuck inside a thick layer of ice.
"It seems that Todoroki froze the entire building hoping to end the match quickly." Izuku replies as he too tries to pry his feet from the ice.
"That was a fucking rhetorical question you idiot." Katsuki retorts.
"Oh, sorry Kacchan, anyway I think this is good for us. Iida-kun can't activate his quirk in this condition. We just have to get out of this ice. Kacchan use your quirk to-." Izuku didn't have the chance to finish his sentence for a loud explosion cut him off.
"You don't have to tell me nerd. Katsuki manages to explode the ice that encased them both which allows them to move freely now. Now put up your fucking barrier before they come in. I'll guard the door." Katsuki conveys while he walks towards the door and stands beside it hoping to catch someone off-guard when they enter the room and break the barrier.
"Ah yes of course Kacchan, thanks." Izuku replies.
Izuku then begins to activate his quirk and his hands glow white. He channels the energy to form a barrier on the entrance of the room successfully securing it. He adds some chains behind it which sprout from the ground to reinforce it and make it sturdier. He then sits down and waits patiently for the heroes to arrive.
On the other hand, Katsuki watches his teammate make the barrier and his eyes grew wide when several chains erupted from the ground and make its way through the ceiling, successfully forming a barricade behind the barrier. Heh, not bad for a nerd like him.
Five minutes have passed and the heroes finally arrive at the top floor. A light barrier and several chains greet them at the entrance. They peek inside and they see Midoriya sitting in the middle of the room and behind him is the bomb.
"He managed to break free from my ice." Todoroki says in shock.
"I don't see Bakugou-kun in there. Do you think he's still out there searching for us? I doubt the ice froze him too seeing Midoriya is free from it." Iida asks his partner.
"This might be a trap to lure us inside. I can break this barrier with my ice but it will take a while and I don't think they will just let us break it and not do anything about it. Guard my back, Bakugou might ambush us if he's not inside this room." Todoroki says.
"Right, let's do that." Iida agrees and stands guard behind Todoroki.
Izuku notices Todoroki and Iida peeking inside the room and he slowly stands up. The motion alerts Katsuki and he gets ready for the intruders. The plan is when the heroes bust in, Katsuki will fire off a flash bomb using his quirk to startle them while Izuku conjures a chain to incapacitate them.
Todoroki suddenly comes into Izuku's view and he fires off a huge chunk of ice towards the barrier. The barrier seems to hold on for a second but after a while, cracks seem to appear and any minute now, the barrier will break. This doesn't seem to have surprise Izuku for he knows that Todoroki is really powerful. He stands his ground and waits for the barrier to break. He watches Todoroki continuously use his ice to forcefully break through the barrier.
"Something's not right." Todoroki informs Iida.
"Yeah, Midoriya-kun is not doing anything. He can easily make another barrier to withstand your ice but he's just standing there." Iida responds while he checks his surrounding and looks out for the other villain.
"No, he knows that I can break the barrier with enough force so making another one would be useless. I'm talking about Bakugou, I'm aware that each of us have ear piece to contact our partners so he should be here by now to assist Midoriya. The fact that he's not here worries me." Todoroki explains.
"You're right, what do you think is their plan?" Iida asks worriedly.
"I don't know, just keep your guard up when we bust in. Use your quirk the second I break the chains to run past Midoriya and touch the bomb." Todoroki says as he forces more ice towards the barrier.
"I don't think that is a great idea, it's gonna be hard to maneuver with all the ice on the floor Todoroki-kun." Iida protests.
"I'll defrost the ice. Midoriya is free anyway so there's no reason to keep it. Get ready." Todoroki replies.
Smoke starts to rise from the ground and seconds later, the ice covering the floor has been reduced to steam.
"This is bad, with the ice gone, Iida-kun can use his quirk. He will probably dash forward the second my chains break. I guess Todoroki really does have a fire quirk. I'll quickly make a barrier when the chains break to stop Iida, and we can proceed with the plan Kacchan. If it fails, then we have no choice but to fight." Izuku manages to say in his earpiece to alert Katsuki.
"This just makes this more interesting. Don't hold me back Deku." Katsuki grins and looks at Izuku.
Izuku just rolls his eyes and waits for the chains to break.
"It looks like Midoriya is talking to Bakugou through his earpiece. He might attack us from behind. I'll stay back when you come in." Todoroki says.
"Okay, the chains should be broken any second now. Get ready." Iida activates his quirk and waits for the last chain to break.
Moments later, the last chain breaks and Iida dashes towards the bomb. But before he can go any further, a barrier suddenly appears and stops his path. Bakugou fires off a flash bomb and the smoke catches Iida off-guard. Several chains sprout from the ground and wrapped around Iida rendering him immobile. He finds himself being lift up by the chains and said chains throw him towards Izuku. Izuku then proceeds to wrap the capture tape around him. A final strike at the back of his head puts him unconscious and unable to fight. That's one down. I wasn't expecting Todoroki-kun to stay behind though. Izuku thought while he puts Iida down at the corner of the room.
There's about four minutes left for the test to end. The smoke clears and Todoroki sees his teammate on the corner of the room, unconscious and captured.
Todoroki grits his teeth and he fires off a wave of ice towards Bakugou, but the blonde manages to dodge in time. Bakugou retaliates by sending Todoroki a powered-up punch but Todoroki blocks it using both of his arms.
Todoroki skids back due to the power of the punch and he sees Izuku touch the ground and several chains sprout from the ground attempting to capture him. He jumps to the side to avoid the chains but he meets another explosive punch from Bakugou. He tumbles backward and he slowly stands up. His outfit is now full of scorch marks thanks to Bakugou's quirk.
"How's that half-and-half? It's two-on-one Are you giving up now?" Katsuki taunts as he attempts to punch Todoroki again.
"Don't provoke him Kacchan." Izuku protests but the explosive teen just ignores him. What's new?
Todoroki also ignores Bakugou and dodges the punch. He punches Bakugou back and the blonde blocks it off with his arms. Due to the contact, he manages grab one of Bakugou's arm and freeze it. Bakugou fires off an explosion which made Todoroki's hold falter and thus, freeing him. Bakugou jumps back and fires a small explosion on his ice-covered hand to break the ice.
Todoroki is about to send off another wave of ice towards Bakugou but another set of chains sprout from the ground and this time it catches him making him unable to move.
"Heh, you should really pay attention to your surroundings. I'm not the only one you're fighting." Katsuki says while he moves towards the incapacitated Todoroki with the capture tape in hand.
Suddenly, the ground freezes and Izuku manages to withdraw his arms from the ground to avoid the ice but the gesture breaks his concentration and the chains disappear, freeing Todoroki. Izuku is lucky enough to jump in time to avoid getting frozen but Bakugou is not. He's frozen from toe up to his hips.
"What did you say about paying attention to your surroundings?" Todoroki says which infuriates Bakugou.
"Fuck off!" Bakugou spats.
Bakugou is about to explode the ice covering him when Todoroki blasts a wave of ice towards him to prevent the action. Izuku manages to project a barrier in front of Bakugou to prevent the ice from freezing his teammate solid. Todoroki keeps on blasting off waves of ice and moments later, the barrier breaks and the ice freezes Bakugou's whole body aside from his head. The ice prevents him from gathering sweat to his hands and so, he is now officially stuck.
"Shit, Deku get this thing off me!" Katsuki yells at Izuku.
"I don't think Todoroki-kun will let me do that Kacchan but I'll try." Izuku replies but that just seems to tick Bakugou off.
"What the fuck did you just say Deku? Get me out of this now so I can knock out fucking half-and-half over there!" Katsuki banters as he tries to wiggle his way out of his ice prison.
Before Izuku could respond, Todoroki sends off a wave of ice towards Izuku but he manages to dodge it in time. He tries to get near Katsuki to break him out but Todoroki keeps on blasting off ice on his way.
Seeing it's basically useless to free Katsuki, Izuku charges towards Todoroki and activates ten percent of One for All as well as enhancing his muscles to deliver a powerful punch towards the boy.
"Oi…Where the fuck are you going shitnerd?! I'm right here!" Katsuki shouts but Izuku seems to ignore him.
Todoroki fires off his ice to freeze Izuku but Izuku punches his way through the ice and it connects to Todoroki's chest. Todoroki stumbles back and looks at Midoriya in shock.
He managed to punch through my ice like it's nothing. I need to freeze him in one go. Todoroki thought.
Izuku dashes forward again at an impressive speed and delivers another powered-up punch to Todoroki. Todoroki manages to dodge barely in time and he releases a huge amount of ice towards Izuku, encasing him in a huge chunk of ice.
"Shit." Katsuki curses under his breath while he looks at Izuku being frozen solid in what appears to be a very thick layer of ice.
"Looks like the heroes win." Todoroki says while he moves towards the bomb.
Katsuki grits his teeth in frustration and waits for the announcement of the heroes being the winner. However, a mass of shadow that appears in front of Todoroki seems to object at the declaration.
"Not yet." Reaper Izuku materializes in front of Todoroki and sends a bunch of shadows towards him and hurls him back away from the bomb. Reaper smirks at the dual quirk hero as he summons his scythe with his right hand.
"H-how did you get out?" Todoroki asks in shock.
"Well, you can't freeze a shadow can you?" Izuku replies as he charges towards Todoroki with his scythe in hand.
Todoroki stands his ground and prepare to block an attack when Izuku suddenly disappears. He then felt a kick from his back and he falls forward. He quickly regains his balance and he stands up only to have himself kick again at the back.
"Oi Deku! Free me now so I can deal the final blow!" Katsuki yells at Izuku.
"Don't fucking call me that Katsuki! I'll chop your head off!" Reaper replies back with his eyes glaring at Katsuki.
"W-Wha?!" Katsuki's mouth falls open and he's left speechless at the sudden reaction. He tries to say something back but his brain seems to have short-circuited.
There's only a minute left before the timer runs out. Todoroki stands up and fires another wave of ice towards Izuku. Izuku counters with his shadow beam and it soon overpowers the ice and the beam hits Todoroki head on. The beam seems to have knocked Todoroki out considering he's not standing up.
"What the fuck Deku! I told you I'm the one dealing the final blow to that bastard. Why did you fucking knock him out?" Katsuki is finally able to speak after a moment of reprogramming.
"Shut the fuck up! I told you not to call me that, Katsuki!" Reaper yells back while he walks towards Katsuki with his scythe in hand.
The intensity of Izuku's glare seems to have successfully shut up Katsuki. However, that doesn't mean he couldn't glare back, so he did just that, trying to show courage towards Izuku although he knew he couldn't do much considering he's still frozen from Todoroki's ice.
Izuku raises his scythe, ready to plunge down towards Katsuki.
"W-What the f-fuck are you doing bastard? You told me not to kill anyone and then here you are trying to kill me." Katsuki stammers while he watches Izuku strike the scythe down towards him.
He closes his eyes and screams waiting for the impending doom. However, it didn't come. When he opens his eyes, he's greeted with Izuku's face looking at him that says 'You're an idiot'.
"What the fuck are you looking at?" Katsuki manages to ask.
"I don't know, what the fuck are you screaming at?" Reaper smirks as he unsummons his scythe.
"You almost fucking killed me!" Katsuki scowls and walks towards Todoroki with the capture tape in his hands.
"But I didn't, so there." Reaper replies as he follows Katsuki.
"Shut the fuck up!" Katsuki says angrily while he wraps Todoroki with the tape.
"Oh? Is that your way of saying thank you? Well then I guess you're fucking welcome Ka-tsu-ki." Reaper playfully says while cups Katsuki's face.
Katsuki's cheeks become red and he knocks away Reaper's hand from his face. "Fuck you." He manages to say while he continues to wrap Todoroki with the tape.
"Is that what you want?" Reaper teases.
Katsuki looks back at Izuku with his mouth hanging open. His face is now red and he seems to want to say something but nothing comes out. Just when he's about to protest, a booming voice echoes all throughout the building.
"THE VILLAIN TEAM WINS!" All Might's voice erupted from the speakers and startles Izuku and Bakugou.
Izuku reverts back to his normal self and he falls unconscious due to exhaustion. Katsuki manages to catch him though before he falls face-flat on the ground.
"Fucking nerd." Katsuki breathes out as he carries Izuku and makes his way out the building.
To be continued…
