Midori the Wife

Chapter 11: SHOWDOWN!

Bakugo let loose an explosion in Izumi's face making her loosen her grip and he quickly broke free cradling his broken hand and wheezing for breath. The hell? Even if she thought he was a villain, there's no way she'd be this rough. Izumi wasn't just being manipulated, she was being fucking controlled.

"This isn't Victor's quirk… someone else is doing this…" His eyes darted to Todoroki who looked ready to leap in at a moment's notice. Using hand signals, he motioned him to stand down and keep his eyes on the crowd.

Todoroki gave a nod, eying Izumi with a fretful glance before backing up and looking around at the crowd for anything out of the ordinary. He blinked a moment and narrowed his eyes walking up to Eiko and the others. "Where's Inko at? She's missing her daughter's match."

"She went to the bathroom, but then I guess she met up with some old friends and was catching up with them." Eiko shrugged. "Could be she's watching with them."

Old friends, huh? No that didn't sound suspicious at all. While everyone was concentrating on the match Todoroki slipped away unnoticed, and ran up to the stands. He checked the nearby restrooms for Inko, asking around if anyone had seen her.

"Hmmm I remember someone fitting that description." She pointed down the hall. "She and her friend went to the VIP lounge. Lucky her, those are some pretty nice seats. They're soundproof too, you get direct sounds from commentary and microphones rather than all the background noise."

"V.I.P lounge huh?" No way he'd be able to get in on his own… and he was running out of time." He glanced down at the stage, Bakugo was holding back his maximum fire power, not wanting to hurt her. Izumi on the other hand was showing him no mercy. He didn't have time, he needed help. Out of options, Todoroki pulled out his phone, and dialed his father's cell phone.

~Bakugo and Izumi~

Bakugo cried out in pain as Izumi sent him flying again, his body scraping up on the tile, cutting his costume up. The cheers and roars from the crowd became an echoed, because all he could hear was the rapid beating of his own heart.

"Hurry up, Todoroki… if she manages to kill me I won't be the only one who's career will be dead." He saw the crazed look in Izumi's eyes, anger and sadness causing tears to well up, but refusing to fall. "What are you seeing, Izumi? Why are you looking at me like that?"

He held his chest, remembering the pain of that day when their lives together had come to an end.

~Flashback~

"Go away!" Izumi screamed at her husband, clutching another vase and throwing it at his head. "I told you I don't need this! I don't want your half assed apologies, or your excuses! Our son is dead!"

"Damn it, Izumi calm down! You're not the only one who's grieving. You don't think I feel bad, that I wish i could have done something more?" He grabbed her by the shoulders to stop her from throwing something else. "Kuso! I was lying in a pool of blood, completely helpless, and I hated it!" He held her tighter the more she shook her head and struggled. "I regret everyday of not being able to do more… it's painful, it's humiliating, but divorce isn't the answer. That's the coward's way out and you know it!"

"Let go of me!" She struggled, even as she cried. "I said let go!" her hand came up and swiped him across the face. She sobbed and sank to her knees. "It's been a month, Bakugo…" she used his last name, knowing full well he hated it. " it's been a month, and I can still see his face. He's crying and wailing as if begging me to save him, but I-" she shook and bowed her head so low she nearly hit the floor. "I couldn't. I can't eat. I can't sleep, because all I see is him. I can't be a hero like this, I can't live like this. Being around you is too painful, I'm done!"'

Bakugo grit his teeth as fresh tears of his own began to fall. He picked up the papers and waved them at her. "So this is your solution? Giving up everything we've built because we failed? That doesn't sound like you at all!"

"Can't you understand, Kacchan?" She slowly lifted her head, the face he saw was a woman broken and at the end of her sanity. It killed him. "What we had was sex, and Izuku holding us together. Izuku is dead… and I can't bear to have you touch me."

The news of that stabbed straight into his gut and his heart. He stared at this broken woman at his feet, and couldn't give a good enough reason for her to stay. Feeling like a failure all over again he snagged a pen and violently scribbled his signature across the paper.

"Fine then, have it your way. Get out of my house!" He tossed the papers at her. "Better yet," overcome with bitterness he turned away and grabbed his coat. "Get out of my life." he slammed the door, and left his now ex-wife alone.

~End of Flashback~

Bakugo choked up blood as Izumi's fist rammed straight into his gut and he doubled over at Izumi's feet. The female hero stood over him, her hands clenched at her sides and sparking with energy.

"Izumi…" he wheezed out and wiped blood from his lip. "You're still punishing me for this aren't you? Still won't let me live it down how I screwed everything up." He lifted his head, staring into the palm of her glove. "All of this, these chain of events… none of it would have happened, if I hadn't been a selfish dick."

~Flashback~

"Okay you've had enough." Todoroki took the beer out of Bakugo's grip and hauled him up off his feet. "I'm taking you home.

"Shut up… hic…" Bakugo burped and swayed his eyes angry and dazed. "I don't want to go home to that stupid house. It's dark, and cold, and it needs to die!" He lifted a palm his hands sparking and exploding. Unprepared for how big it was he jerked and swayed more. "Whoops… forgot alcohol doesn't agree with my quirk."

"Katsuki…" Todoroki sighed, feeling sympathy for his friend. He wrapped Bakugo's arm over his shoulder and grabbed him by the waist dragging him out the bar. "Fine I won't take you home. I'll call Kirishima and have him make a bed for you."

"Tch, don't do me any favors. You must enjoy seeing me like this, don't you?" Bakugo said bitterly even as he was tossed into a limo. Todoroki slid in behind him and pulled out his cell to make the call.

"I don't actually…" He paused a moment to inform Kirishima they were on their way over. Once finished he closed the phone and eyed Bakugo again who was slumped over the long seat, feeling ill. "I really don't enjoy seeing my friends hurt."

"Tch, we were only friends because of Usagi. We wanted to make her happy and stopped fighting. Now that i've cut her out I can go back to hating you." bakugo rationalized and rolled onto his side.

"Just because you and Izumi are getting a divorce doesn't mean you should cut her out entirely." Todoroki tried to reason but bakugo snapped at him.

"Yes it does!" He sat up glaring at him. "I had my chance and I blew it, damn it! She was mine, we were happy, but then i fucked up." He grit his teeth holding his face as fresh tears stung his eyes. "Kuso… I let doppelganger get away and now Izumi can't stand the sight of me!" he sobbed it now, and cursed to cover it. "I should have never forced her to marry me."

"Katsuki, you didn't force…"

"I did!" He wrung his fingers through his hair, feleing positively sick both from the alcohol and himself. "I'm the stupid ass who got her pregnant. I knew she didn't love me the way I wanted her to but I still shoved that ring on her finger. We're getting married, I said, it's better for the baby, i told her, but that wasn't what was going through my mind at all." Tears just kept pouring as he lay out his confession for Todoroki's ears. "I'd won… that's all I could think about when the girl I loved told me she was pregnant. I beat you, Todoroki. The child is mine, and now the woman is too!"

"Katsuki… you-" what could Todoroki say. He wasn't sure. "She still said yes."

"She didn't want to. I convinced her the marriage was better for us and the kid. I didn't care if she had regrets, I didn't care that I knew, and have always known she wasn't in love with me, but had always been in love with you!"

He watched Todoorki's eyes widen at that.

"I didn't think of Izumi, I didn't care about her feelings. All I cared about was making her mine!" He stared down at his hands trembling. "I've lost everything… my wife, my son, I can't even step into my own damn house without feeling all this damn guilt and regret. I've no one to blame but myself. I was such a stupid selfish child… and this proves I haven't changed at all."

~End of Flashback~

"I'm sorry, Izumi." He closed his eyes, waiting for Izumi to make the final blow.

"Ka...kacchan… Kacchan's not a villain." Izumi's voice trembled out. Bakugo slowly lifted his head and let out a shaky sigh of relief. Izumi's eyes were crying and he could tell she was struggling. "Kacchan's never going to become a villain!"

Izumi backed away and she gasped as she felt the hold on her slip. She shook her head, feeling dazed and confused. "What's going on… where am I?"

"Izumi…" Bakugo stumbled to his feet. "Calm yourself… take a deep breath. You're-"

"It hurts!" she clamped her hands over her temples. "My head hurts!"

"Fight it! Whoever is trying to get inside you fight him Izumi!"

~With Todoroki~

Using his father's influence Todoroki had managed to get into the V.I.P rooms, and immediately found the one he wanted. Victor's henchmen lined up to stop his assault but he beat them down using slight force and the gentlest touches of his quirk. The guard dogs were all weaklings… Victor was either desperate or low on man power.

He burst through the room his hands blazing with the elements, and he gasped at what he saw. Not just Inko, tied up and restrained to a chair, but Eri as well… both unconscious.

"But… I Just-"

~In the Audience~

Jubilee's bottom lip trembled as she watched her father and Usagi fight. She clenched her rabbit doll to her chest and whimpered a bit at the next explosion.

"Is daddy gonna be okay?" Jubilee wasn't sure if she liked this.

"I don't know, Jubilee... Usagi is beating him up real bad..." Eri said in a sing song voice, the little girl completely unaware of the twisted look in her now blue eyes. "It's like she really wants to hurt him."

"What? Why would Usagi wanna hurt daddy? I don't understand..." she sniffed and buried her face into her bunny. "Why does she hate him?"

"Who knows... maybe she's not the hero we all make her out to be." The fake Eri's smile curved evilly. Doppelganger could just taste his vengeance.

~Todoroki~

"You look a little confused there, Endurance." Savage blew smoke from his Cigar, still facing away and staring out the window. The sounds of the fight and Jiro's commentary echoed through the speaker.

"If Eri's here… then that means-"

"My partner wanted a front row seat to Usagi's turn to villainy… I was more than happy to oblige him." Victor turned, his eyes glassy colored showing he was blind. "Your wife's work…" he pointed at himself. "I'd planned to change her persona personally… but unfortunately for me she has a certain… resistance to my power. She made sure I couldn't use my quirk again… such a vengeful bitch, your Usagi."

He had to stay calm, Todoroki realized. He couldn't let Victor blindside him. He briefly eyed the other man beside him who stayed focused on the battle, his lips murmuring and his hands petting a doll.

"Can you really blame her? Because of you and that psychopathic maniac partner of yours, Izumi lost her child. That sort of grief never leaves you, memories or not."

"Too true… but speaking of mothers I never actually intended to take Inko. I only needed Doppelganger to infiltrate Eri… but Inko caught him amidst the transaction… and well, things happen."

Todoroki grit his teeth, the sounds of Izumi's fight making him unnerved.

Bakugo's down again! He's on his knees! Has Usagi finally beaten him into submission?

"It's time…" Victor said with a laugh and slowly turned his head in his associate's direction. "Voo Doo, finish the job."

Villain Name: Voo Doo

Quirk: Possession, By using a person's DNA he can control a person's mind and body, but he must be at least within a 1 mile radius of his victim.

Enemies leapt at him left and right as Todoroki sent his arm ablaze. He felt chains and ropes go around his neck and hands and he shouted at his enemy.

"Get out of my wife's head you bastard!"

~Back with Izumi and Bakugo~

"Come on, Izumi! Fight it! Fight him off!" Bakugo pleaded not sure he could take another beating. He held his injured wrist and panted as Izumi fought with her inner demons.

"Fight…. Grrr…. Fight!" Her body glowed and power pulsed out menacingly. Her eyes went glassy again and she screamed bloody murder releasing massive amounts of power. Lady Dia who was in charge of protection struggled to keep up the barrier as Izumi's power pulsed against it.

"What the hell is going on? Usagi's lost her marbles! I can't protect the audience at this rate!"

"Hey All Might, why aren't you calling the match?" An audience memer called out.

"Yeah! This is getting way out of hand!" Another agreed.

"Not to worry," All Might shook a finger. He was doing his best to try and keep the situation calm. He had to stall things to give Todoroki and Bakugo more time to snap Izumi out of it. "This is Usagi we're talking about, she wouldn't-"

Explosions rang out behind him as Bakugo let loose more of his quirk trying to get away from a raging Izumi. Sweat dripped along his temple. If this kept up bakugo would no longer be able to hold her off. Perhaps it was time to call this off.

"Alright, that's enough!" He got onto the stage holding out a hand to Izumi. "Young lady, that's enough. You've proved your point, now no more scaring the children."

"All Might it's no use, she's being controlled." Bakugo shouted out in warning. "Call the match! I- AHHH!" he went flying again landing hard on his back.

"That does it!" Loosening the few button on his collar All Might prepared to fight. "Izumi Midoriya Todoroki, you stop this, this instant!"

Izumi suddenly stopped advancing and her head slowly turned to All Might. Hair spiraled around her sweaty face, eyes crazed. "Todoroki?"

"That's right… you remember who you are now. You're Izumi Todoroki. Alias of the hero Usagi, and wife of Shoto Todoroki, alias of the hero Endurance. For both your sakes and of your opponents I tell you to stop this!"

"Todoroki…" He body slowly relaxed. "Shoto Todoroki."

~Todoroki-kun, isn't it? Shoto Todoroki.~

~Yes, and your name is Usagi Midoriya~

~Izumi-desu…~

Izumi could hear her own young and curious voice pair with that of Shoto's. The images of when she'd first seen and met her husband came flashing in front of her and more mixed with it. When he'd given her name new meaning...

~Personally I've always seen rabbits as signs of good fortune and happiness. From what I've seen… it suits you. ~

When he'd confessed his feelings at the sports festival...

~I love you, Izumi~

~No fair…~

When she'd accepted his feelings and decided to be with him.

~I… suddenly want to kiss you again.~

~Is… that going to be a common occurrence around here?~

~Most likely.~

When he'd broken her heart…

~I love you Izumi.~

~Jerk! You lying Jerk! If you love me then why did you…~

~Because I don't want to be the reason you aren't a hero. Because I know I made things difficult for you when I competed Bakugo for your heart, and because I'm selfish enough to want you to miss me.~

~Baka…I don't miss you at all... I don't.~

…. And when she'd known he was the one.

~You are my light… don't leave me in the dark.~

"Shoto…. SHOTO!" She screamed for her husband, stretching her hand out and letting the power rise and shoot straight into the air instead of through Bakugo.

The vibration allowed Todoroki the time and distraction he needed to break free of the binds and roast his enemies. He moved fast, freezing the floor of the room til its entirety was covered in ice, but for Inko and Eri's chairs.

Victor grit his teeth, unable to move, and though he couldn't see he heard Todoroki approach, feel his breath seethe out when he whispered to him.

"It's over, Savage." He snagged the frozen doll from Voo Doo's hands and roasted it in his palm destroying Izumi's DNA that had been attached. "You've lost."

~Ask Briry~

Briry: Intense, isn't it? Don't celebrate just yet, Doppelganger is still out there posing as Eri and only Todoroki knows it. The most dangerous villain is still left and our heroes take him down in the next and final chapter of the series!

QUESTIONS!?

Question for Bakugo: What would your reaction be if Jubilee had two guys fighting over her like you and Todoroki were with Izumi?

Bakugo: Hah? I'd roast them… no stupid little punk is good enough for my dragonfly. She doesn't need horny little teenagers sniffing at her ankles!

Izumi: *sigh* if only you'd seen that years ago…

Bakugo: Shut up, Usagi.

Briry: So rude… anyway I want to say thank you to everyone who's been submitting reviews. I'm always happy to know my work is read and enjoyed and I've been really happy getting the chance to explore these different arcs with you.

Next Chapter: Do you remember…