Chapter 15

"Now, we shall begin our combat training!"

lida had something he want to speak "Sir! This is a battle center from the entrance exam, so will we be conducting urban battles again?"

"No, we're going two steps ahead!" All Might gave a peace sign "Most of the time, fighting villains takes place outside, but of you look at the total number, atrocious villains appear indoors at a higher rate."

Midoriya scrunch his face as he looks back on his first encounter with the sludge villain, it was a dreadful encounter at first, but thanks to that, he's able to meet All Might.

"Imprisonment, house arrest, backroom deals—In this society of heroes," All Might gave a cough to exact the point to them "Truly intelligent villains hide in the shadows!"

"For this class, you'll be spilt into villains and heroes and fight 2 on 2 battles."

"Without basic training?" The frog girl asked.

"This is a real battle to understand those basic training! However, the key this time is that there's no robot you can just beat up."

Before long, question by question started to pop up due to her influence "Then how will the wins and losses be determined?"

"Can we beat them up anyway?"

"Will the punishment be expulsion like with Aizawa Sensei?"

"How shall we be spilt up?"

"Isn't this cape crazy?"

Rin was at the back quietly laughing in his expense and Shirou just sighed "You are enjoying this aren't you?"

Rin wipe a tear from her eyelid "Well yeah, you don't get to see this every day, especially when you are being held up by a boring teacher."

All Might tried to hold it in as he was getting fed of being asked way too much and "I'll answer all your question later!"

He took from his pocket a booklet "Now listen here."

"A script?" Midoriya was surprise and All Might read the booklet out loud, enough for them to hear "The situation is that villains have hidden a nuclear weapon somewhere in their hideout and the heroes are trying to dispose of that."

After explaining from the script, he had a box upfront "Teams and opponents will be determined by drawing lots!"

They're being decided so haphazardly?"

Midoriya help to explain to Iida "Pros often have to create a makeshift team with other heroes from other agencies, so maybe that's why?"

"I see. The discernment to look ahead…" he bows in an apology for disrespecting All Might "Please excuse my rudeness!"

"It's fine. Let's do this quickly!" he shouted in excitement.

Everyone draw the paper from the box and the team were assembled, with Shirou and Midoriya being in one team, Rin and Uraraka in the other and the rest in their own teams.

"S-Shirou…!" He turns his head only to see Midoriya shakily moving his hand towards him "I-it's good to be working with you…"

Shirou smile and took his hand "I'm in your care, Midoriya!" Midoriya was happy and shake his hand "Yeah!"

On the other team where Rin and Uraraka were form, she was sparklingly "I'm counting on you!"

She smiled brightly that Rin had to shade away from her "So bright!"

"Y-yeah…"

All Might had pluck lots from the two boxes "The first team to fight will be…these guys" A and D inscribed on it and both Midoriya and Bakugo look surprise "Team A will be heroes and team D will be villains."

"Everyone else, head toward the monitor room."

Midoriya was feeling down from having to fight his classmate. As he turns to face him, Bakugo had gone all serious on him. He quickly turns back, shying away from him, that is until Shirou help to gain his confidence.

He places his hand on Midoriya shoulder and he turn to look at Shirou, he gave a smile which Midoriya interpret as don't worry I'm here with you, so you don't need to be scared. His courage had increase as he turn to face Bakugo with a determined face.

Bakugo flinched before gritting his teeth in anger for defying him, even more for Shirou for having a higher score than him.

Talking through the microphone form the monitor, he launches a few instructions for them to follow "Villain team, go in first and set up! In five minutes, the hero team will break in, and the battle will start!"

As team D were heading to setup the bomb, All Might gave them advice on learning to think from a villain's perspective "This is close to a battle, so go all out and don't be afraid to get hurt… and if things go too far, I will stop it."

"Yes sir!"

The D team have arrived at the site, with a bomb set in middle, it's the villain effort to protect the bomb at all cost while the hero team have to dismantle or per say, touch the bomb in order to complete the task. they went to survey around the area as to set a plan.

Lida gave a few taps on the bomb and felt the material in it "It's papier-Mache."

He was interrupted by Bakugo "Hey! Deku has a Quirk, right?"

He was confused for a sec before answering him "You saw that extraordinary strength, didn't you? But well it appears to carry a lot of risk, though…"

"Is that so…"

Lida look at Bakugo "You seem to have a great hatred for Midoriya, may I ask why?"

But Bakugo dismiss his request "It's none of your business." He shouted as he was raging on the inside "That damn nerd, how dare he trick me...I will make him pay!"

Back to the starting point where Shirou and Midoriya were waiting, they both were trying to memorize the building floor plan "It's a lot work to just remember all this, then there Lida and Bakugo…what do you think, Shirou?"

he turns to see Shirou had his hand on his chin, deep in thought while staring at the map. Shirou notice Midoriya focusing on him, he turns his head towards Midoriya, and jolted him in the process "Sorry, I was focusing on making a plan…"

He panicked "Ah no, it's me who should be sorry…" before putting the paper down "Ka-chan are amazing…"

Shirou detect a singed of sadness in him "BY Ka-chan, do you mean that spiky hair delinquent?"

Imagining him already, Modoriya laughed before nodding his head and continued "He's a piece of work, but his goal, confidence, physical strength and Quirk are way more amazing than mine."

"But, that's why as of this instant…" evidently, he can see Midoriya determination rising from within him as he put on his mask" I don't want to lose to him!"

"Then…" Midoriya turn his head to Shirou "I will make sure to back you up well…so you can go all out with him! "

Midoriya nod his head in an agreement "Yeah, let's do our best!"

Through the announcement from the monitor room, it's was time for the exercise to commence "Now, let's start the indoor person-person combat training between team A and D!"

In the spectator room where everyone was watching the battle, there were five screens shown, each at a different location. All Might suggest to them to watch the match carefully as it could help them plan for their next match.

"Young Midoriya…" He thought to himself "Here, you are no than a single student." He put on his communication device "I'll grade you strictly without playing favorites."

They jump in through the window as it was the only way they can sneak their way to the fake villain's hideout without raising an alarm that could alert them "Infiltration is a success!" Midoriya look both ways and took the left route "There are a lot of blind spots, so let's be careful."

Walking along the passageway, with darkness enshrouding the area and with path extending through multiple pathways, they have to take extra caution by stopping at the corner to make sure it's clear before making their way to the hideout.

As they as turnaround, they saw Bakugo in the air and with his hand pull back, they knew he's about to use his Quirk as he aims for the both. their instinct kicked in and they pull back to dodge his explosion, but his blast had contacted with Midoriya mask, burning it off.

"Are you okay?" Shirou asked.

"Yeah it's just a scratch, don't worry about it."

The smoke was forcefully cleared by Bakugo as he swings his hands "Come you two, don't dodge."

Both Midoriya and Shirou stood up "I figured you would do that, but I didn't think you would go for the two of us."

From the room inside, everyone watching them had looked shocked.

"A surprise attack from the start?"

A man wearing nothing, but a vest punches his fist together in anger "Bakugo, that cheating! A surprise attack isn't manly at all!"

"Wow, you are just a muscle head!"

the man turns to Rin "What did you just say!?"

"There is no such thing as a manly attack in a field of battle, only tactic and strategy are the ones that keep you alive and winning over them, if you can't understand that, then you are just a muscle head."

The man grunted over to her explanation and All Might back her up "That's right, surprise attacks are also a strategy, they're in a real battle right now."

"Midoria and Shirou avoided it!"

"There goes Bakugo!"

everyone looks shocked as staring at the screen, Bakugo was seen charging "I won't do so much damage that this fight gets stopped, but I'm gonna get close!" he retract his left arm and swing towards, but Midoriya grabs it and Bakugo was shock "What's with this guy?"

Shifting his feet around, he turns his body and using both hands as a lever, he pulls Bakugo in for an overthrow "Did he read my moves?"

"Shirou, I'm throwing him over, so go give him your all!" and he throws him over.

As Bakugo was in mid-air, he tried to stabilize himself by using his explosion as a support, but Shirou was already near him. He couldn't react quickly as Shirou punch his face hard so that he was sent flying.

Bakugo pummeled on the other side from where they stood and everyone in the monitor room was surprise.

"Let's go, Midoriya…!"

Midoriya look at Bakugo for a moment before nodding his head "Yeah."

Both ran ahead while Bakugo was left on the floor "Hey, Bakugo! Give me your status! What happened?"

Bakugo pressed on the button "Just shut up and defend. I'm really angry right now!"

"I'm not asking about how you feel! Hey!" and his device was cut off "He hung up…Going off on his own like that…Jeez! what is wrong with him?!"

Bakugo was raging as he stood up "How dare they…!" he immediately blasts his way to them at break neck speed "God damn it!" hearing his voice, Midoriya turn around to see Bakugo coming for them "What!?" he shouted.

Coming at them at full strength did Bakugo swing his leg to Midoriya, but Shirou came in between them and block his kick with his hands. Shirou then crash into the wall but grab ahold of Bakugo foot, Bakugo widened his eyes in shock while Shirou smiled and shift his eyes to Midoriya "I'll hold this guy off, you go on ahead and find the hideout!"

"Ah but…"

"Just go!" he shouted and Midoriya ran as fast as he could. Shirou threw him out to a distance, Bakugo landed on his feet and charge towards him "Looking away? you must be full of yourself." Immediately he uses his right hand and blasted him with his explosion, Shirou duck right in front of him and gave an uppercut right up his chin.

"Wow, that guy amazing!"

"An overwhelming power from the first place in the entrance exam, as expected of him!"

"How did he managed to do that?"

"Well of course he can do that easily," Rin monologued" he's survived many disadvantage battle's, so doing that is as easy breathing to him."

After throwing him, Bakugo tumble onto the ground and Shirou tries to taunt him "What's wrong? Cat got your tongue?"

And yeap he took the bait alright; he bit his lips hard and went after Shirou with his right hooker and explosion in place "Die Bastard!" he shouted.

As the explosion were coming out, Shirou took this chance and went in for a counterattack "Now!" he moves sideways around Bakugo, but Bakugo took note of this and use his other hand he widened his eyes as Bakugo unleash his Quirk, blasting Shirou away from him.

"What!?" Rin look shock looking at the screen.

Shirou flew a few meters and slide to a stop, he wipes the dust off his cheeks "It seems he not's just a blockhead after all…"

just as Bakugo use his signature move to propel him forward, Shirou took a corner turn to get away from him "Wait, come back here!" he shouted as he gave a tsk.

Midoriya came into the villain hideout and hid in at a wall where Lida can't see him "Okay I'm here in the villain's hideout, but how do I get to the bomb without alerting Lida-kun?"

At that time, he can hear Lida talking to himself "Bakugo is a natural at being bad, but that fits the training perfectly…then I must devote myself to be a villain."

He looks to his hands "That's right, this is another trial to turn me into a man who will not bring shame to the Lida family…" he clenched his hands in determination "Become a villain! Be dyed with evil in order to become a hero!" he turns around with a menacing face plaster on him "I am…extremely evil!"

Midoriya heard this and was dumbfounded at his portray "What is he doing?"

Lida notice his presence and turn around "I know you're there, hero…" he jolted up but remain still behind the wall "Don't worry, he still can't see you, let's use that advantage to do a surprise attack on him…!"

He pivots his head and got a glimpse of to get a glimpse. Starting from the left side, Lida move his head to scan for Midoriya presence "Come out, come out wherever you are…"

Just then the door exploded, and they had to shield themselves from the coming wave of smoke and debris. When Midoriya open his eyes, he saw Shirou running into the vicinity with Bakugo on his tail

"Come back here you bastard!"

"W-what?! What is going on?" Lida asked.

From the monitor room, everyone happens to look stunned "What is Bakugo thinking, attacking his own hideout!?"

"What are you thinking, Shirou?" Rin thought.

"Ka-chan…and Shirou?" Midoriya shouted as Shirou ran towards him.

"Get to the bomb now!"

Midoriya nodded and follows his instructions "I'm sure you have a plan, right?"

"Yeah!" he turn to look at Bakugo who unleash a blast him, he edge his feet into the ground and push forward to get out of the blast, he then slide around and jump towards him, Bakugo immediately got shock by his move "What?"

"Sorry, but you're going to fall here!" Shirou uses this chance and kick him in his gut. In mid-air, he moves his body and thrust Bakugo in the direction of the bomb. While watching, He was sure Bakugo would collide with Lida, but he didn't include is the fact that he was versatile in the air "Don't mock me…!" stabilizing himself, he put both his hand back and unleash a series of air propeller blast.

"Shit, I didn't count for his mobility…"

Bakugo turn and look at Midoriya who also saw him "Deku…!" he blasts towards him.

Shirou wanted to go and help, however he was still in mid-air and he have nothing to anchor him to "Damn it…" he thought as he sees Bakugo aiming for Midoriya.

"Hey!" Bakugo shouted "You tricked me, didn't you?!"

From Midoriya point of view, Bakugo looks really pissed and with sparks flicker in his hand, Bakugo went in for Midoriya "Was its fun tricking me all this time, huh Deku!?"

Bakugo twist his body around to give a spinning kick, but Midoriya anticipate this and move his arms in an L shaped and deflected his kick.

Bakugo click his tongue in an annoyance but saw Midoriya pulling out a tape and wrapping around his feet "The capture tape!?"

In his mind, he references back to when Aziawa had use the tape on Bakugo "I'm glad I got to see Eraser head's moves in person!" he waits in anticipation for Bakugo next move "What's next…if it's Ka-chan, he'll be impatient and swing with his right again!" with he actually did, he jump across to dodge his attack…Bakugo turn and look in bewilderment.

However, as he managed to avoid being charcoal from Bakugo, Lida was right in front of him. Lida jumped forward and plunged Midoriya back to the ground. The Lida kept on him like predator on its prey "You aren't getting away, Midoriya!"

Midoriya kick him up in the chin to get some space just as Bakugo was charging towards him.

"Deku!" he shouted and Midoriya pull out from his explosion, he rolls to the side to see a cloud of smoke clearing up for Bakugo.

Midoriya stood up and scan around the area, he saw Lida slowly standing up and Shirou was nowhere in his field of vision…a sound broke Midoriya and he went to focus back on the problem right now which is Bakugo "Ka-chan…"

Bakugo lighted his gauntlet" Why won't you use your Quirk? Are you saying you can win even without using it? Are you underestimating me, Deku?"

"No…I'm not underestimating you, but I'm not scared of you anymore!"

this made him even mad more as he smiles "With your stalking, you probably already know…" he put his hand in front of him and Midoriya open his mouth in shock with what he's actually gonna do "But my Quirk, Explosion, lets me secrete nitroglycerin-like sweat from the sweat glands on the plam of my hand and make it explode."

He pulls a trigger back "if they made this the way I asked, then these gauntlets will store the nitroglycerin inside them, and…"

he grips onto the safety pin and All Might who saw knew what it was, he speaks into the speaker to stop him from using it "Young Bakugo, stop! Are you trying to kill him?!"

"If I don't hit him, he won't die!" he took the pin out and all the blast stored inside were let out. The blast hurling towards Midoriya were so powerful that it dented the material around it.

He shut his eyes just as the blast were about to reached him, A purple barrier in a shape of an iridescent flower with seven petals appeared, shielding him from the blast. Midoriya open his eyes to see the shield right ahead of him.

Out of everyone in the room, only Rin happen to notice the shield "Shirou…!"

Once the blast reached its end, the shaky building had stop and that's left was smoke and long crater in front of him. The shield had vanished without a trace and All Might who was worried about his welfare called out to him "Young man! Young Midoriya!"

Overshadowing the smoke was Bakugo laughing at how destructive it is "Wow, the more that's stored in these gauntlets, the stronger the blast."

After the smoke cleared from one part, Lida shouted, frustrated at how reckless Bakugo had unleashed "Are you insane, that thing almost tore us apart!"

"But you're still breathing…!"

"Wait, he didn't see the that?" Midoriya thought and Bakugo stood face to face "Come on, use your Quirk, I didn't hit you, so you can still move, can't you? Come and get me!"

"The explosion shot out. He had his costume made so that his Quirk would work even for long distance and the shield just now, who was that made it?" he turn to see the bomb was still intact "Which means the game is still on…" he put on his communication to speak with Shirou " Where are you, Shirou-san?""

"Midoriya…I'm behind the wall near the bomb…" Shirou breath out "My plan didn't work…so if you are calling me, I'm certain you have a plan right!?"

Midoriya nod his head determined "Yeah, I have, but it will include me injuring my hand."

Shirou stop to think about his safety, but decided to pull it anyway "Alright, I am hearing it…"

"Sensei, you should stop them! That Bakugo's really cazy! He gonna kill him!"

All Might ponder about what Bakugo did say "Strangely enough, part of him is still sane, I don't know if it small-minded of what, but anyway…"

he calls out to him to stop using the grenade and upon hearing, he shouted "Huh?"

"To attack on such large scale inside is inviting the destruction of the stronghold you should be protecting. That is a foolish plan for both hero and villains!"

"You will lose a lot of points for it!"

"again…" he clenched his hands tightly "someone again stop me…"

he shouted and Midoriya had no time to ponder about since Bakugo was coming for him with full force "Start the plan now! Over and out!"

"Fine then!" Bakugo was flew towards Midoriya "Let's fight with it out with our fists!" Midoriya got into his stance and slip on a pile of rubble.

Bakugo was already on him "It's no good, I can't dodge him!" he then switches gear and grip his fist while waiting for the timing.

Bakugo who saw this instead use his left and unleash a blast as a smokescreen, he propels to top and let gravity pull him down behind to release a double explosion, first to help maintain him in the air and the second to discharge just as Midoriya punch the air.

The class look surprise to see endeavor of acrobatics being displayed right in front of them "What was that just now?"

"Heh…he more's subtle than I expected…."

"What do you mean?"

"He changed his course in a blast that double as a smokescreen and then did it again immediately."

"And getting a clean while fighting against inertia requires fine lateral adjustment to the power of the explosion."

The boy could accept the fact that he was talented and the other nod his head in agreement.

Midoriya shouted in pain and Bakugo took this chance for another attack "Look, here I come!" he turns around and Bakugo using his right arm now "It's your favorite right swing!" he swings his arm in full force, knocking him in the air, he then grab him and multiple explosion coming out from his hand as he swirl around and overthrow him to the ground "You are below me!"

Midoriya cough up from the impact of the throw, he turns to see Lida was right beside it, guarding it and Shirou waiting for his signal "He not's going to give me a chance to think…I knew it, he's too strong…" Shirou had been itching to intervened with Bakugo due to his feelings, but he had to wait for the queue from Midoriya, if not it would jeopardize the whole plan.

If he wants to win against the other team, though it would somewhat cripple his arm, he had no choice but to use it. He huffs and puff from the fatigue he gains during the brawl and decided to get clear from him.

He stood behind a window as Bakugo had followed him "Let me tell you one more time, use your Quirk, Deku…Are you underestimating me?!"

"No…" he griped his hand.

"You've been like this ever since we were kids…Have you been underestimating me like that since then, you bastard?!"

Shirou was completely surprise by what he had just said…Midoriya did not told him they were childhood friend, and he needed to reminded himself that this was their fight, to end the past and start a new "Don't lose to him, Midoriya!" he speak in his head.

"That's not it…" he couldn't hold his feelings back anymore and just shouted out "You're an amazing person so that's why I want to beat you!" Bakugo got mad just by hearing that "I want to win and surpass you, you idiot!"

"Don't look at me like that, You Damn Nerd!"

Both pushed their legs forward at the same time and ran towards each other.

All Might was contemplating about whether to stop the battle or not, he doesn't want to stop for his disciple as this was the first time he shown a different goal other than being a hero, he's sure that this is necessary for him to arrive at the future he desired.

Rin knew this clashed between two friends was the final one, in all her experience as a participant in the war, there will always be an attacks to end all battle, whether he can overcome the hurdle which is Bakugo or not, that is something only he would know.

Veins glowed and Sparks could be heard as both have activated their Quirks, Midoriya speak in his mind his special move while Bakugo shouted out, giving a boost to their Quirk.

"I said, this looks bad! Stop them, Sir!"

"Don't!" The man turns around to see Rin unfaltering face tells him not to stop the fight on their behalf "Listen to me, just don't!"

Both were shouting with all their might and All Might was already stressing from having to choose and he did choose "Both of you, sto—"

"Let's go, Shirou!"

Taking that as a signal, he shouted as well "Yeah!" and he ran forward for the bomb. Lida did not know what he was planning when he ran to him, but just in case, he got ready.

In Midoriya monologue, he knew there was no way to beat him one on one, but…" Smash!" he curved his arm to the side, just in between where Lida and the bomb were at.

The force of the punch generated a shockwave and like the previous explosion, it blasted through three to ten buildings, with Lida and the bomb in the air. Shirou use the rubble occurred from the blast as a steppingstone and sidestepped his way to the them.

Once he was near Lida, he grabs his hand and continued to kick the bomb back to the building. The bomb stumble and Shirou with Lida on his back got back to the building safely. He lay Lida down the floor and proceed to touch the bomb, indicating as a win.

Bakugo was fidgeting from the blast he communicates with Midoriya in the smoke "That's what…from the start, you were…you're underestimating me, aren't you!?"

"I wasn't… going to use it…" Bakugo gasped as he saw Midoriya being batter from the explosion and his blasts "Because I can't it use…" he was feeling excruciating pain, so he only say bit by bit "because my body can't handle the impact…Mr. Aizawa also said it too…but…this was all…I could think of…"

Bakugo immediately widened his eyes in shock and the clock timer had reach to zero. Everyone was silence in astound to the battle that display before them. After seeing the end, Rin smile in relief and All Might could speak through the microphone "Hero team…wins!"

Midoriya was about to drop dead on the floor, but Shirou caught had him by his arms, he saw his beat-up face smiled in pity for him "You did well, Midoriya…this is your win."