This chapter is going to be relatively short since it just covers the battle trial. Hope you all enjoy.
"Well that was an interesting world, to be honest I'm glad it ended so soon. That world's power system is so complicated that it would take me too long to explain. Anyway, were going back to Izuku-kun's fight with Bakugou-san." Asobi said as the screen switched back to an image of Izuku and Bakugou standing side by side.
"Kacchan and I grew up in the same neighborhood so we were childhood friends. He was the fearless type, so he quickly became the leader, and troublemaker of our little group. He wasn't "good" or "bad", just full of confidence and I admired him for that. But after his quirk manifested.. He started down the path towards "bad". People are not born equal, at the age of four I realized that about our society." Old Midoriya narrated as the video went back to Bakugou.
"It pisses me off!" Bakugou screamed before he got a call from Ida.
"Ok that was either very poorly timed, or perfectly timed." Tsuburaba said chuckling.
"Bakugou-san I need an update!" Ida's voice came from the small microphone. "Shut up and keep watch! I got this!" Bakugou replied before shutting off his side of things. "Hey don't just make decisions on-He cut me off. That scoundrel!"
Bakugou charged at Izuku with an explosion propelling him. Reacting quickly Izuku called out. "Run on ahead, Uraraka-" He couldn't finish as he had to block a kick from Bakugou. "Worry about yourself!" Bakugou mocked before he noticed the capture tape going around his leg. He raged and attempted to blow Izuku away with a right hook. 'Next, he'll rage again, and attack me with his usual right hook! I have to dodge low' Izuku thought rapid fire.
"You really were amazing Izuku-san, fighting Bakugou-san on even footing without using your quirk!" Satou complimented.
"Yeah and the way you make split second decisions in combat like that, it's really something else, I never would have thought you would be that good at fighting from how you usually act." Tsuyu admitted.
"It's always the quiet ones." Mineta added, getting a few groans.
As Izuku retreated, trying to buy some time, Bakugou called out to him. "It must have been fun! Tricking me for all these years! Hiding such a flashy quirk!" He raged. "Well it doesn't matter in the end, I'll still crush you, so bring it on!" With that declaration he slowly went off to find where Izuku was hiding.
'He came after me right away, completely ignoring Uraraka-san. With Ida-kun's mobility he would have been the better choice for a vanguard, so this is probably just Kacchan rampaging on his own. Their teamwork is nonexistent.' Izuku concluded. 'A two on two fight would be nearly impossible to win. If I can keep Kacchan distracted Uraraka-san might be able to capture Ida-kun, making it a 2v1 fight.' He came out with a basic plan. 'Of course this is assuming that I can beat Kacchan… I should be fine, I just have to watch out for his palms.' He thought before flashing back to him saying that he didn't plan to compete with Bakugou. 'I forgot to mention this Kaachan, but I take it all back!' He finished with determination.
"He's reading the situation like an open book, just how smart is this guy?!" Komori exclaimed, knowing that he was going to be one of the bigger threats when the two classes inevitably faced each other.
"Izuku-kun has always been quick witted and good at planning, but to see his internal thoughts like this…" Ida said while looking at his friend in awe. He couldn't come up with a plan that quickly, granted it was a pretty flawed plan but still impressive.
The screen cuts back to Bakugou searching for Izuku, while he walks flashbacks keep occuring, showing his past with Izuku, and what lead him to hating Izuku.
"So he was prideful from the beginning, the way people treated his quirk just made his head swell up even more. Learning that Izuku-san was quirkless effectively made Bakugou-san see him as a complete inferior. And since Izuku tried to help Bakugou-san back then he saw it as a sign of weakness and rejected it. Honestly it's a very childish reason to hate somebody but at least it explains a lot." Shoji summarized from a neutral stance.
Having their situation be broken down and presented to them so clinically was eye opening to the two childhood friends. Izuku had never known exactly why Bakugou hated him, but now he understood, at least a little. Bakugou meanwhile knew why he hated Izuku but seeing it presented in such a childish way gave him a new perspective. The others could tell that it affected them heavily as they both went quiet after that.
The camera then panned towards Ochako, who was sneaking up on Ida. Or at least she tried to, but Ida began to talk to himself, before adopting a cartoonish villain persona which got Ochako to laugh out uncontrollably.
"Instant loss, huh. It was pretty funny though hehe." Kendou said, Ochako was making herself look small for breaking so easily to comedy.
"Seeing it happen in a 3rd person perspective… Was I really that melodramatic?" Ida asked aloud but nobody answered.
Ida noticing that she was here proudly announced that he expected her, and took his time sweeping the area to counter her quirk. 'He's getting really into this' Ochako cringed. The screen switched over to Izuku hiding, trying to come up with a plan.
'He knows that I'm reading him, so he switched up his usual tactics. I need a plan!' He thought before being called by Ochako. "Deku-kun!" She called out. "Uraraka-san what happened?" He replied. "Sorry but Ida found me, he isn't coming up to me but I'm not sure how long that's going to last." She said noticing that Ida was hesitating, knowing that her quirk was dangerous in close range along with not wanting to harm his friend.
"Where are you right now?" Izuku asked. "Fifth floor, right at the center!" She replied. 'So above me!' Izuku thought formulating a plan. "I need to hurry, if I hesitate time is going to run out!" Izuku said while standing up. Before freezing in place as Bakugou appeared from the corridor next to him.
"Why, haven't you used it on me Deku?! Are you still mocking me." Bakugou asked with a psychotic grin.
"I think you broke him Izuku-san" Setsuna commented seeing his face.
"No that's just his usual self…" Class 1A replied in unison getting sweat drops.
"I'm not afraid of you anymore Kacchan." He declared. Bakugou ignored him. "I assume you already know about this from all your stalking." He said earning a confused face from Izuku. "I sweat nitroglycerin, and these gloves are meant to store that sweat." He explained holding his arm up as he got ready to pull the pin.
"No way, even his regular blasts are like getting hit by a few pounds of c4, if he uses those gauntlets… How are you alive?" TetsuTetsu asked, remembering just how large some of Bakugou's blasts could be from the sports festival.
Inko looked very worried now, even knowing that Izuku made it out just fine.. Seeing him fight his old friend, and the violence that Bakugou's quirk allowed. It was almost too much for her.
"Stop it now young Bakugou" All Might yelled from the speakers. "Are you trying to kill him?!"
"He won't die if its not a direct hit!" He replied before pulling the pin. Immediately a large explosion rocked the building they were in. The aftermath showed that Izuku managed to dodge it if just barely. The wall behind him wasn't so lucky.
"Wait how fast did you just move! Sure he was a few meters away, but you just dodged a literal explosion!" Kendou asked in a shocked stupor.
"Oh I just predicted where Kacchan was going to aim and dodged the moment that he pulled the pin. I didn't know exactly what was going to happen but it couldn't be good." Izuku said nonchalantly, not noticing the gaping mouths of class B. Class A just shook their heads already used to his overbearing modesty.
"They gave you something like that!" Was the only thing that Izuku could say in response to what happened. Bakugou just ignored him and said. "Why aren't you using it?! Do you think your better than me?! I want to fight you at your best so don't you DARE hold back!" Before he could charge again All Mights voice came through the speakers again. "young Bakugou, you are forbidden from using that move again, whether your a hero or villain using those kinds of massive attacks indoors is a bad move, and will lose you points!" Lamenting at this Bakugou didn't notice Izuku saying something to Ochako over the transceiver.
"WHATEVER!" Bakugou yelled as he rocketed towards Izuku. "Time to pound you!"
"Phrasing." Mineta quipped before his eyes widened. "Could all that repressed anger secretly be sexual frustration?!" This was met by complete silence before Izuku and Bakugou eyes met. They both nodded and walked towards the grape.
What followed could go down in history as the greatest act of justice in U.A history. Izuku grabbed Mineta by both shoulders and held him up at arm's length, lining up the shot. Mineta was panicking the whole time. Then came the kicker… Literally, Bakugou rushed at him in a full sprint and landed his strongest kick right between Mineta's legs. Effectively crushing his "Grapes". The boy was punted so far that most wondered if Asobi had something to do with how large the room had gotten all of a sudden. Needless to say, nobody dared question the two men for their actions while the women just nodded solemnly in understanding. Except for Mina who was currently imagining IzuxBaku yaoi in her head. Somethings are a constant in every universe, yaoi fangirls are one.
And Asobi. He just had a single tear going down his face as he witnessed the masterpiece. He gave the two artists a thumbs up and unpaused the video.
Izuku knew he couldn't dodge fast enough. So he tried to counter attack, instead he got an explosion to the face, disorienting him. Bakugou had used this explosion to change his trajectory, moving behind Izuku and blasting him again from behind. "Here's what you wanted, my right hook!" He called out as he punched Izuku's right arm, causing it to collapse in on itself a bit. He then grabbed it and spun Izuku around using explosions to propel his throw. "Deku! You're nothing compared to me!" Bakugou had just slammed Izuku on the ground in the same way that had happened to him a few seconds ago.
Izuku got back up as fast as he could and ran away towards the wall, the students in the observation room were surprised by this but thought that it made sense considering his powerful opponent.
"You've been mocking me all this time haven't you! Why else would you hide your quirk! And even now you refuse to use it!" Bakugou raged. "Your wrong! It's the opposite, I've always looked up to you! That's why I want to beat you!" Izuku replied honestly with more energy than before. The two then rushed at each other one last time proclaiming their intent to win.
"Seeing the fight, and knowing what you two were saying are two enteirly different things. You guys really are super MANLY!" Kirishima exclaimed looking at his two friends with nothing but respect now. This was a fight between the former top dog and a rival that wanted to surpass him. That's the definition of a manly fight!
"I must admit, being able to hear what you were saying does change our perspective significantly. You two really are something special." Momo said as she looked at the two warriors on the screen.
Izuku cocked his fist and started yelling "Detroit-" All Might attempted to stop them but was interrupted by Izuku yelling "Now Uraraka!" He yelled, Ochako hearing from above and hugging the pillar next to her. Izuku blocked Bagukou's explosion with his left arm while punching upwards with his right. The punch completely destroyed the roof of the building along with the floor of each level. Ochako not knowing what was happening held on to the pillar, negating its gravity as everything went flying. She used the pillar as an improvised weapon, sending slabs of debris towards Ida. While he tried to protect himself, Ochako floated towards the bomb securing her team's victory.
"HERO TEAM WINS" All Might called out before the camera panned back to Izuku and Bakugou. Bakugou was looking at the huge whole in the sealing while seething in rage. "You.. From the very beginning you were mocking me!" He yelled before Izuku replied. "I didn't want to use it. Mostly because I can't really right now, the recoil messes me up too much. But, it was all I could think of." And with that the scene goes black.
"That fight was amazing! Bakugou-san is a complete monster in terms of fighting, and Izuku-san basically fought him quirkless and he still held his own! Plus the level of teamwork that you and Uraraka-san had was great for a first time team up. Class 1A really is full of monsters!" TetsuTetsu couldn't hold his excitement anymore from the fight he just witnessed.
"Izuku-san did you happen to have prior experience with combat before that fight? You handled yourself really well and employed some basic martial arts." Kendou asked in curiosity, she herself was a martial artist, so she hoped to find another sparring buddy.
"Actually no, that was the first real fight I've ever been in, I just knew those moves from observing other heroes like Gunhead, or Tiger." Izuku admitted getting more surprised looks.
"So you learned martial arts just by watching. Even if its just the basics that's pretty impressive!" Kirishima complimented his friend.
"Well there goes another episode, the next one will be rather short so I might make it a two parter. Anyway I have some paperwork to fill out so I'll be gone for a few minutes. Don't burn the place while I'm away" He said looking at Bakugou specifically.
"God's have paperwork?" Ojirou asked confused. "Of course do you think running a universe sized amusement park is easy work? Even with my quadrillion or so clones I have to do at least a little work. Or I'll have another rebellion on my hands."
Nobody decided to question that and just went on to get another smash bros tournament going.
Ah the immortal game, personally I main K rool for the memes. Anyway hope you guys enjoyed. Next multiverse leap is probably going to be a dark one but its all up to chance. The way I decide what to post is that I flip a coin, heads means an original idea made into a oneshot, tails means that I take a chapter from a fanfiction that I read and liked. The way I do the latter is that I take a list of the hundred or so hero aca fanfics that I consider interesting and roll a d100 on them its that simple.