Opening the window to the second floor, Izuku peered over the edge and stared into the long and empty hallway that stood before him. Checking his right down another hallway, he climbed up and through the window, his feet hitting the floor below him. Turning around, he offered his hand and helped Uraraka up and through the window as well.

"Thanks."

"Of course." Izuku nodded, before activating his shield. "Eyes up and stay sharp, this place is a maze with countless blind spots. Kacchan can be hiding anywhere." He ordered, before the two began walking down the hallway to the right of the window.

"You really think he'll come after us instead of defending?" Uraraka whispered to him. Izuku was quick to press himself up against the wall, and she followed. She watched as he looked around the corner, before he gave a signal to follow him.

"Kacchan's always been a more offensive type of guy than defensive. He's either trying to find us now, or he's waiting for his moment to strike."

"You make it sound like he's a predator."

"That's because he is." Izuku answered, before grinning. "He'll think of us as prey, but in reality, we're the hunters."

They continued walking in silence, with Izuku still leading. Anything he did Uraraka copied; like when held his breath to get a better hearing of what was ahead or when he pressed himself against the wall, she followed. She could see his face whenever they took to the wall for cover, how determined and focused he looked as he navigated the two through the hallways. It was kind of cute.

'Wouldn't mind him pressing me against a wall...WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?!'

"Look out Uraraka!"

His screamed shook her out of her thoughts. Looking up, she gasped when she saw Bakugo literally flying towards he from around the corner, arm outstretched and palm sparkling. It happened in slow motion from her point of view. He was inching closer and closer, and suddenly Izuku was in front of her, shield covering both of them.

The explosion hit the shield, but Izuku was able to hold his ground. Dropping it to see that Bakugo had landed onto his feet, Izuku kicked outward, the heel of his boot making contact with Bakugo's stomach and making him skid back a few feet.

"Are you ok?" He asked her, his eyes glued to his friends' movements. He could see the blonds hands were twitching, a sign that he was holding himself back at that moment in time.

"Yeah, I'm fine! Sorry about that."

"It's ok, I should've been better prepared." Izuku stated. "Get out of here and try to find the missile. Remember our plan."

"Got it." With a firm nod she turned and ran down the hallway, disappearing out of sight when she turned the corner.

Izuku was surprised when he didn't see Kacchan move to intercept or attack his teammate as she left. They stood there in silence, staring each other down and ready for the other to attack.

"Usually you would've attacked again before I had her leave. What gives?"

"Didn't want Round Face getting in the way." Bakugo grinned savagely. "This is between me and you, I don't have time for some wannabee getting in the way of a good fight."

"After we win this, I'm going to make you apologize to her for saying that." Izuku growled.

"Oh yeah? Walk the fucking walk then!" Bakugo exclaimed, before pointing his hands down and setting off multiple explosions. The blond was sent into the air by that, and he followed it up was pointing his hands backwards and doing the same thing. Izuku watched him, and noticed his right arm was being brought back.

Raising his shield, Izuku blocked the explosion yet again. Using oth of his hands, he grabbed onto Bakugo's gauntlet before turning around. Using his strength he lifted the blond over his shoulder and slammed him into the ground.

Using his explosions Bakugo rocketed himself back onto his feet, before launching himself at Izuku yet again. With the force behind his explosions he sent a towards Izuku's head, but the greenette raised his shield before it could connect. Pulling his right arm back, he sent another punch forward. Ducking under his leg, Izuku rolled out of the way, avoiding an explosion that just hit where his head just was.

(Observation room)

The rest of 1A had been observing the battle ever since, with many being impressed with Izuku's skills and capabilities. He's been capable of hitting Bakugo twice, and managed to either block or avoid each of his attacks without using either of his quirks.

"Little guy's really good!"

"He's holding his own without using his quirks!"

"The shields really giving him an edge, ribbit."

"This, my students, is a perfect example of a battle between rivals! While they may be friends in the classroom and outside of school, but on the battlefield Young Midoriya and Young Bakugo are the bitterest of rivals! I would suggest getting a rival of your own, so you can push each other to your limits and beyond!"

"I'm not sure I want a rival if it means I'll be put through stuff like that." Kaminari winced as Bakugo outsmarted Izuku. Bakugo had sent a punch towards Izuku, who blocked it with his shield. But, Izuku hadn't noticed the snaking its way under his shield before it was too late. The hand smashed against his chest and an explosion was sent off, sending the greenette flying backwards.

Many others students nodded in agreement, while Todoroki stared blankly at the screen. He watched as Bakugo flew over and tried slamming both explosion filled palms onto Izuku, but the greenette raised his shield and blocked both attacks. With Bakugo above him, Izuku stuck his leg between Bakugo's and lifted up. Bakugo was sent flying forward, his face smashing against the ground.

'These two could be trouble…'

(Back in the building)

"You're changing up your fighting style." It was more of a statement than it was a question, and was said by Izuku was he stood up, flinching. His chest was blackened and sizzling from Bakugo's attack, and his chest was more than likely bruised.

"Course I am. I know you've been reading me, probably have a whole notebook dedicated to how I operate. I'm not stupid, Deku." Bakugo snapped back, also standing up. His held his nose as it began leaking blood.

"You must be if you think I dedicated a whole notebook to your ugly ass." Izuku grinned.

With a grin Bakugo rushed Izuku, and the successor to All Might followed. They met in the middle, with Bakugo jumping into the air and bringing his palms down. Izuku raised his shield, which took the blasts for him. Seizing the opportunity of Bakugo being defenseless, Izuku managed to deliver two sharp jabs to the left side of Bakugo's stomach.

Bakugo dropped down, attempting to sweep at Izuku's legs, but the greenette jumped back to dodge. Bakugo rocketed himself forward and tackled Izuku to the ground. He began striking the shield with his explosions, letting one off after another in hopes of Izuku removing his shield to attack, leaving him defenseless from the blows.

Izuku growled as he was trapped, with no way out with his legs pinned and left arm forced to keep him protected. Right fist glowing in energy, Izuku swatted Bakugo's hands away with his shield and sat up, before slamming his right fist into the ground.

The ground shook and cracked before a hole opened, swallowing the two and bringing them down to the first floor. This separated the two, giving Izuku time to distance himself and run up the closest flight of stairs. He flinched as he looked down at his right hand, the glove on it was torn and destroyed, his hand an ugly purple color.

"Uraraka, where are you? Have you located the bomb yet?" Izuku asked into his communicator.

"I'm on the fourth floor now and haven't found it yet! It's gotta be the fifth floor! How's your fight with Bakugo going? I felt the building shake a minute ago."

"We're both hurt, and my right hand's busted." Izuku informed, removing his shield and placing it on his right arm. "I'm gonna try and finish this soon so I can join you. Call back when you find the missile."

"Got it." The communication ended, and Izuku just now noticed he hadn't been paying attention to what floor he was on. Looking around, he saw a plaque that had the number three on it. 'Times flies when you're running for your life.'

"Oi, Deku!" His blood ran cold. Looking behind him, he could see Kacchan was at the other side of the hall. "Why're you running?! What? Broken hands got you scared now?!"

"It's called playing it smart, something you wouldn't know about. Might wanna try using your brain to think instead of your explosions."

"You know, that's a great idea! Let's see what my gauntlets have to say about it." With a grin Bakugo cocked back a metal piece of his gauntlet, revealing a safety pin. "You know how my quirk works, not imagine what would happen with shit-ton of my sweat!"

"Young Bakugo! Don't do it! You'll kill him!" All Might shouted over his communicator.

"I'm know him better than you do! He always has a trick up his sleeve!"

"You use that shit, I'm telling your fucking mother!"

Bakugo pulled the pin before Izuku could finish. The opening of the gauntlet glowed an angry, violent combination of yellow, red, and orange, before it exploded. A concentrated explosion that filled the entire hallway traveled down it at an incredible speed towards its target: Izuku. With wide eyes and nowhere to go, Izuku raised and hid behind its shield before it could connect.

Kaboom!

The explosion connected, swallowing Izuku and the hallway whole and continued traveling down it. It connected with the wall at the very end and cut through it, revealing the outside world. Black smoke began to fill the hallway, causing Bakugo to cough and fan it away.

"Oh man, that was fucking awesome! You still alive Deku?!" He shouted through the smoke.

His answer was in the form of the shield being thrown at him, but Bakugo merely moved his head to the side, dodging it.

"You missed!"

A figure could be seen walking through the smoke, and soon Izuku was revealed. Limping, pants legs burnt and torn, his legs were a nasty red. And he looked pissed.

"I never miss Kacchan." He informed, arm glowing a faint green. Before Bakugo could move something slammed into the back of his head at a high speed, making him stumble forward in surprise and pain. Looking up, the metal shield was slammed into his face, which was followed by an uppercut to his stomach.

Bakugo fell to his knees, bile building up and escaping his mouth as he puked. He could sense Deku next to him, before felt something wrap around his stomach and tightened around his back. Looking back, his heart dropped when he could see Deku finishing the knot to his capture tape.

"You said it yourself, I always have something up my sleeve." Deku growled.

"Holy shit that was cool." *Whispering* "Oh! This thing's still on. Um, Young Bakugo has been captured, it is now a two on one with the heroes having more to their side."

"You're…still not gonna tell the old hag, right?" Bakugo asked.

"Just because of that, I'm telling her you called her an old hag." Deku informed.

"Deku! Is everything ok? There was another, bigger explosion!"

"Yeah, just Kacchan being an idiot. Have you found the objective yet?"

"I have yeah! It's in the middle of the fifth floor. Hurry up though, I don't know how much longer Iida will continue his evil monologue."

"I'll be up there soon."

"Deku I will do literally anything for you to not tell my mom what I did!"

"I can't hear you with the ringing in my ears!" Deku sang as he walked up the stairs.

(Fifth floor)

"HAHAHA! HAHAHAHA!" Iida laughed 'manically' as he guarded the bomb. Uraraka bit her fist, trying not to laugh at the scene before her.

"How long has he been like this?" Izuku questioned behind her.

"About two minutes now. He's really 'getting into the role' of a villain." Uraraka informed. "So, what's your plan?"

"I was thinking I could distract him, while you use your quirk and float to the ceiling. You could climb towards the missile and drop down onto it."

"That sounds like a great plan!"

"Hmm, I'm not really feeling this laugh. Maybe it should come more from the stomach? MUHAHAHAHA!"

Uraraka, not expecting that, let out a snort.

"Ah ha! I knew you would be here soon heroes! Come out and face me!"

"Well, that wasn't part of the plan." Izuku sighed, before stepping out of cover.

"Sorry!" Uraraka whispered.

"Ah yes, the one who defeated my partner in crime!

"Make that idiot in crime. Kacchan nearly killed me with his attack."

"Oh my god Midoriya, are you ok? I-I mean, is that so?! It's a shame he wasn't successful!" Iida laughed. 'Oh god it hurts to say that. I'm so sorry Midoriya!'

As Iida laughed, Izuku let his yes travel to the ceiling, and watched as Uraraka began using her capture tape to make sure crawl against the ceiling. She would stick the tape to the ceiling, pull herself towards it, before repeating the process.

"Yup, sure is. Don't suppose you'll surrender, will you?"

"Never! I'm embody villainy! I am the vilest-whoa!" Iida shouted as he nearly dodged Izuku's shield after he threw it. "You know it's not very polite to interrupt someone while they're talking!"

With a yelp Iida ducked under a punch Izuku send his away, and backed away as he tried kicking him twice in the chest. The shield rounded back and clung to Izuku's arm.

Out of the corner of his eye, Iida could see a shadow falling from the roof. Turning around, he was shocked to see Uraraka floating down towards the missile. Turning his back to Midoriya, he ran forward and grabbed onto the missile before moving it to the other side of the room. He winced as Uraraka yelped in pain when she hit the ground instead of the missile.

"Are you ok?" Izuku asked as he watched her get up.

"Yeah, but I'm mad though! We were so close!"

"HAHAHA! Close?! You couldn't have been further away heroes!" Iida laughed again, trying to show that he was confident when in reality, he was panicking. Yes it appeared Midoriya was severely injured, but he was still standing, still able to fight. Not only that, but both he and Uraraka has useful quirks on their own, but together? It'd be a nightmare. 'Need to take one of them out and level the playing field so to speak.'

His eyes settled on Uraraka, who still appeared fine other than a few scratches from falling. She would be the better choice, seeing as how Midoriya was still hurt from his fight with Bakugo, plus he wouldn't be able to get to her in time with his injuries. Digging into a compartment on his costume, Iida pulled out his capture tape.

Activating his quirk, Iida rushed towards Uraraka at an incredible speed, hands spread apart to wrap the tape around her. Uraraka stood in her spot, watching him with wide eyes. She knew she couldn't run, and she could no longer use her quirk without getting hurt. They both knew she was a sitting duck.

What Iida didn't account for when he was close enough to wrap her up, was a shield getting in front of Uraraka, and catching the tape for her. Iida stared, wide eyed at the neon green and black shield, before he felt something grab onto his leg. His leg was pulled out from him, sending the 'villain' onto his back. He was then flipped over, with both legs being held by one hand and a knee pressed into his back.

"Uraraka! Make yourself weightless and grab onto my shield!"

Iida struggled against his detainer as he watched Uraraka do as Midoriya ordered. Making herself float and grab onto his shield, Midoriya stood up, foot on Iida's back and legs still held tightly. He threw the shield with all the power he could muster, throwing it and by association, Uraraka, across the room and towards the missile.

"No! The weapon!" Iida screamed in despair as he watched the girl and shield fly through the air, before hitting the weapon. The shield dug into its side while Uraraka let go seconds before, allowing her to safely float and hug the bombs midsection.

"The hero team…wins!" All Might screamed over the communicators, allowing everyone to finally relax. Iida felt Midoriya let him go and get off of him, and Uraraka slid down and sat on the floor, exhausted. Looking up, Iida could see Midoriya offer him his left hand with a small smile. Iida accepted and grabbed onto the appendage, allowing himself to be pulled up.

"That was a good fight Midoriya, your reflexes are unmatched." Iida smiled after removing his helmet.

"I've had a lot of good teachers." Izuku grinned, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "Let's go grab Uraraka and head back to All Might and the others."

"But…your hand." Iida pointed out in concern.

"My hand can wait, friends always come first." Izuku informed.

'That's so sweet.' Uraraka thought, before her cheeks puffed out.

"No Young Midoriya! Young Iida can help Young Uraraka by himself, you get yourself to Recovery Girl and get yourself fixed up!" All Might ordered over the communicators, causing the greenette to sigh.


(FYI, i changed up chapter 8 a tiny bit. I'm making Izuku use his left hand for his shield, and showed that yes, he was also checking Tsu out. i had to do this so certain people don't think i hate her for some reason. Also i apologize if this seemed rushed and that I'm skipping the MVP part, but i really wanna get to the USJ attack. Another fyi, I'm going to change some things up for that as well.)