WARNING: This chapter contains mentioning of suicide... MULTIPLE mentioning of SUICIDES!
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Bakugō charged at full speed, using his Explosion for the extra speed and to lift himself off the ground. He slammed his right-fist down, adding in his Explosion to cause damage.
Sierra blocked it with her left-wing... She barely anchors herself to the ground with her claws, as the stronger cement material proves to staying firm and not give in to allow them to dig in.
She winced from the forces of burning fire hitting her wing, feeling the pain spreading all around the upper part of the phalanges of her wing.
Bakugō pulled back his fist to deliver another attack... She flashed him a dragon-smile.
"My turn."
...Smoke left her beak-like snout... A high screech, scream-like sound came out her mouth...
'...I'm sorry, Izu...'
...A sudden blast of blue-fire engulfed a stunned, unprepared Bakugō.
Everyone gasped in shock.
Izuku's eyes flashed in fear, as most of Class 1-A were completely taken back, even those who already witnessed her fire at the U.S.J.
"What the fucking hell?! Did she just breathe fucking fire?!" Kaminari cursed out, getting to his feet.
"I heard Shōji-kun and the others informing us about releasing multiple blast of fire, but to actually be seeing it before my eyes... Words can't describe these feelings." Yaoyurozu commented, laying a hand to her chest.
Asui, Tokoyami and Kōda are too stunned to voice out their comment on witnessing their imprinted-sister releasing fire at Bakugō.
Ochako turned to Izuku, who clenched tightly to the pencil in his left-hand*.
"Deku?"
She laid a hand on his right-shoulder, avoiding his injuries.
Todoroki turned to the green-haired teen, his eyes flashing a small-hint of worry when he saw the panic written on the shorter-teen's face.
"She shouldn't had used her fire."
Shōta rose from his seat, his hands trembling in tight fists.
Hizashi was completely taken back by the fire that came from his pseudo-niece, unable to proudly announce that the youngest-student can, also, breathe fire and ice.
"...That-... -He swallowed past a lump in his throat.-... That was a big fire."
Shōta hit two small-grey buttons, getting ahold of Cementoss and Midnight.
"Stop the match!" He practically screamed. "Stop the match, right now!"
They stood over the marker that stood up from the ground. One, who openly weeps in dear agony, both his fists over his eyes to wipe away the tears... The other one, numbingly stares down at the stone...
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...A gravestone... Belonging to Menma Nakama...
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...Used his own Quirk, to end his own life, by freezing the air in his lungs to suffocate himself...
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...He was thirteen years old... Far too young to leave this world, before he even gotten the chance to experience the good part of life...
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...Sierra knew the true murderer to their friend...
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...The same murderer, who, also, had four of their other friends to be gone from this life, with three of them, including Menma, to die by their own hands...
The instant she released her fire, her body was pushed backwards, making her do a backflip to remain on her claws, as she folded her wings back to her side. Her left-wing protested, for the burning she received from Katsuki's Explosion went past the scales and now burnt her very skin.
She glared at the smoke, knowing her opponent isn't down that easily, despite taking a point-blank shot of blue-fire to the face and chest.
'That fire should've done at least some damage, since he certainly used his Explosion Quirk to protect whatever part of his body he could from that fire... Though, I gotta say, I'm actually surprise on how much power that nitroglycerin-sweat of his could give to just a small amount of fire. Otherwise, I would've surely put myself to Stage Four Hypothermia.'
"So, you really are going to give it your all."
From the dying smoke, Katsuki Bakugō picked himself off the ground, coughing out whatever smoke he inhaled. His left-arm had some burning, at most second degree burns that Recovery Girl can easily heal away with her own Quirk.
...It wasn't as bad as the burn on her wing, which could be labeled to being third degree burns.
"Though, I know you're using my nitroglycerin-sweat to increase the power of your fire, without having to use much of it. -His feral grin remained on his face, while he didn't sound too happy to the statement he made of her fire.- I told you to not hold anything back, and to not underestimate me, like that Icy-Hot Bastard!"
Sierra let out a hiss, opening her jaw to expose her fangs.
"That's all you ever cared about!" She roared, slamming her tail to the ground. "Wanting to show everyone how strong you are, that you're the best of the best! That's all you ever talk about, all that you ever care about! -She pulled her head back a bit, charging up another blast of fire.- YOU'RE JUST LIKE ENDEAVOUR!"
A blast of blue-fire came barrelling towards it's target.
Bakugō growled at her words, putting both his hands together, before releasing a powerful blast of his Explosion Quirk.
"I'M NOTHING LIKE THAT SELF-GLORIFIED, FIRE TYRANT!"
...He expected to watch the fire die and to take that his cue to charge for his opponent... What he wasn't expecting, was to have a white-dragon pop right out of the blast of burning fire, seeing blue-fire held in her mouth.
"Greet the kettle, pot." She said, and then brought the fire down at her opponent.
This time, Bakugō shot his Explosion upwards and both blue-fire and explosion collided into a massive ball, as Sierra was forced to push herself backwards into the air.
Both poured in as much power as they could into their fire, without putting too much strain to their bodies, thanks to each of them using the nitroglycerin-sweat they obtained from Bakugō. However, both knew that if they don't stop, the fireball will only get bigger and can threaten the whole citizens. Midnight and Cementoss would, even, intervene and interrupt their match.
Sierra knew what she has to do.
'My body will start entering stage one, maybe even stage two, Hypothermia, once I do this... This is going to suck, big time.'
"We can't stop the match, Shō."
Eraser Head felt his heart go heavy, as the air in his lungs felt like it froze inside his chest.
"We're keeping a constant visual on her heart and heat, thanks to the chip Recovery Girl implanted in Sierra-chan's bandana. So far, her stats are normal." Cementoss informed, which brought some comfort to the thirty-one year-old father's worry. "So long her heart rate isn't under seventy heartbeats per minute, her body won't go into Hypothermia. So long she can keep fighting, without putting her life in danger, there's no reason for us to stop the fight."
When communication between them went off, Shōta slammed a fist against the counter.
"Damn it!"
Hizashi laid a hand on his left-arm, gripping tightly.
"...Shō. -Eraser Head turned to stare at his friend, his eyes flashing a warning red.- There's nothing we can do right now, but to do our jobs as their teachers... And that's what you are now, Bro. At this moment, you're not her father. You're her teacher."
Realizing what Present Mic was trying to do, Shōta forced himself to push back all his parental feelings behind him and become the gloomy, nonchalant Erasure Hero: Eraser Head.
He nodded his head to his friend, as he sat back down in his chair.
"...When this is over, she's going to be put in a padded room."
Hizashi chuckled at his brother-figure's words, not finding anything wrong to his words.
"...Does this mean I can take her home with me, for the weekend?"
...Present Mic ended up being punched in the arm by the Erasure Hero.
Reaching deep down within the pit of her stomach, she concentrated more heat to travel up her throat and out her mouth.
With the combine forces of fire she's putting in and the nitroglycerin-sweat she collected from Katsuki when she trapped his arm in her mouth, her fire shot straight through the fireball and came barrelling towards her opponent.
With one arm, Bakugō forced his Explosion Quirk to push himself out of the way, while keeping his right-arm in the air to hold back his own fire long enough to move.
When the fire died down, Sierra landed firmly back to the ground, stomping her right-leg when she felt the numbing sensation traveling up her limb.
"...Folks... THIS FIGHT IS ON FIRE!" Present Mic practically screamed, which got the whole crowd to go wild. "And we thought Katsuki Bakugō's fight with Shōto Todoroki, along with his own fight with Izuku Midoriya were a thriller showdown to remember! The heat is going on, and still strong, between Katsuki Bakugō and Sierra Arashi!"
...The first friend to be taken away from them, by their own hand, was Lee Reiwa...
Quirk: Fire Fist
Produces lava-like fire from the palm of their hands.
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...Since he first gained his Quirk, many called him a living "Fire Hazardous". He nearly set his own house on fire on multiple occasions, all because nobody within the family was willing to help him learn to control his Quirk. His parents made him wear fireproof gloves, hoping it'll help him control his fire until he enters high school... Many times, they talked about getting him a Quirk Inhibitor Collar.
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...By the time he started preschool, all the other children kept their distance from him. Never invited him to play... Nobody to welcome him as a friend.
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...In third grade, Izuku and Sierra were the first to greet him as a fellow individual... They were the only friends he ever had in his life...
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...Around that time, he also met Bakugō...
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...He was but of the many unfortunate students, who Katsuki Bakugō chose to torment through bullying and harassment... And when he started the harassment, other students followed his lead. From pushing and shoving, to attacking him with their own Quirks from behind...
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...But the one thing they enjoyed doing the most, is calling him a "Future Villain"...
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...The final straw that pushed him over the edge, is when he accidently burnt his sister, after he snapped at her for bothering him...
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...The trigger to him snapping, was when he returned home from shopping... Where former classmates cornered him in an alleyway, beating him to the ground... Stomping on his hands... Calling him a VILLAIN!
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...He left a final message he on his bedroom wall, Written in scorch... And blood...
"One less VILLAIN to worry about..."
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...He burnt his chest from the continuous flow of fire and lava jumping off his arms... During his process at pouring his Quirk down his throat and burning his face to fourth degree burns...
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...He died on July Fourth, at 9:57 P.M... Home alone, while his family left to go see the fireworks...
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...His journal revealed all he went through, naming off many who did him wrong... Including his own parents...
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...He sent his best wishes to his little sister... And his two only friends: Izuku Midoriya and Sierra Arashi...
Sierra let out a low growl, spatting out mouthful of smoke that was building up inside of her.
'I don't know how many more I can do after that stunt, but I probably have four more chances, at best, or one more attempt to do another fire blast, before my body reaches the danger zone of Hypothermia.'
Katsuki Bakugō was panting, having to inhale some of the smoke that followed him from the fireball.
She growled at him forcing himself to getting back to his feet, pushing his body to keep going.
...Sierra decided now was the time to fulfill her promise.
"Hard to breathe, huh?" She said, chuffing when the smoke cleared from her lungs. "Could barely catch my own breath, after that."
Katsuki sneered at her words, forcing small explosions to jump off his palms.
"That was nothing," he boasted. "It's going to take a lot more than that, to even start to wear me down!"
Sierra rolled her eyes at his words.
"To you, it isn't a big deal. But it does make me wonder... -She let out a rumbling sound, opening her wings fully, not caring if anybody can clearly see the markings of her back, or the aches traveling in her limbs and from her left-wing.- How did Lee felt, when he couldn't breathe from fire pouring down his throat and burning his face?"
Bakugō gave her a disgusted look when she brought out a new name... And his response to her question, made her blood boil even more.
"Who the fuck is that?"
Izuku remained standing, leaning on the ledge, his journal resting beneath his cast right-arm. If not for the few wincing and the pausing when he has to readjust his hold on his book, the class wouldn't believe he didn't break his arms.
Tokoyami stood to his right, wanting to be there if his body were to give out from standing on one-leg. While Todoroki wants to stand beside the slightly-older, but shorter boy, but felt he would be getting too nosy if he saw what he was writing in his book... That, and he feels some form of anger coming of Midoriya, before he asked to sit next to him.
In the back, with the ends of his tentacles as his ears, Shōji caught up the conversion going on between Bakugō and Sierra.
The last few sentences left a shiver to trail down his back, which he didn't like and figures Midoriya would know what was going on.
"Midoriya-kun." He called out, remaining in his seat.
The green-haired teenager turned to the second-youngest student in his class, wondering what the Dupli-Arm Quirk User wanted to say to him... What he said, made his heart feel constricted, as if Dark Shadow jabbed his hand into his chest and is squeezing his beating organ.
"Who is this Lee person Sierra-chan speaks of? And what is this about having his face burnt, and fire poured down his throat?"
He looked away from Shōji and good fellow classmates, hunching a bit over the ledge.
...Tears started to gather in his eyes.
"...He was a friend of ours," was all he said.
They can tell the topic of the person was very personal to him, so they didn't pry any further... Though, Tsuyu, Tokoyami, Kōji and Shōji kept a very close listening ear to the conversation between Sierra and Bakugō.
"Don't!" Sierra roared, feeling heat building up at the back of her throat, but kept it down to prevent herself from releasing another fire blast before she plans to actually use it. "Lie to me again, Kacchan, and I'll not only use pressure points to make you unable to use your Quirk for a month, but I'll also make you unable to move your arms, at all! -Steam left her mouth, which set Bakugō on edge.- You know that I can and will do so, Kacchan, if you give me a good reason to do so... Now, if you're feeling lucky and aren't afraid to write with your feet, say that again and I'll make it happen."
Thanks to the specialized speakers implanted into the ground beneath the arena, Shōta, Hizashi, Nemuri and the rest of the U.A. Teachers can hear what was going on between the students' conversation.
Nezu, while appearing calm, lost his smile when he heard a name that made his skin crawl, especially when stating the mystery person's face being burnt and fire down his throat. It made his fur puff up a bit.
'...That name, and the description of their injuries... She can't actually mean that Lee. If so... I'm afraid on what this is going to lead to, if it has Katsuki Bakugō involved with his death.'
Seeing she isn't going to let him off that easily and won't let it down, Bakugō charged for the dragon.
"Why bother bringing up some dead nobody that no one even remembers, when he's been dead for almost seven years?!"
He went to strike down the injured wing... He ended up being headbutted in the chest by an Alpine Ibex, when Sierra dodged his attack and charged towards him. In his stunned faze, she took that moment to turn back into her dragon-form and, with him hunch over her face, pushed the both of them into the sky.
"That nobody, was our FRIEND!" She screeched, shoving her head down to force him off of her, ignoring the burn on her face from earlier. "And you took him from US!"
She dived back down, swiftly getting below him, while wrapping her tail around his left-leg.
...A burning sensation touched her tail, knowing it being Katsuki's doing to free himself.
"I did nothing to that Flame Hands wannabe villain!"
In response, Sierra made her body spin in midair, gathering enough air to make Bakugō let go of her tail, before releasing him.
She shot straight to him, slamming both her talons square on his chest.
She let out the loudest roar she can make, showing off all of her fangs.
"YOUR ACTIONS CAUSED HIM, ALONG WITH FOUR OTHER FRIENDS WE HAD IN THE PAST, TO DIE! AND WORSE OF ALL, YOU NEARLY KILLED MY BROTHER!"
Many of the crowd, most with heightened hearing, gasped in horror to what they just heard, as they all watch the two slam back down to the arena.
In Class 1-A, all the students turned to a quivering Izuku Midoriya, fighting and failing to stop the tears from falling.
Tokoyami, Asui and Kōji bowed their heads, silently giving their condolences to their two friends for their loss.
"...Dude..." Sero whispered, turning to stare at an equally shocked Kaminari.
"He actually caused other, fellow students to end up being killed?" Momo gaped, both hands held to her chest.
"...That... Isn'tmanly, at all..." Kirishima growled, triggering his Quirk to protect his fists and knees.
"No wonder Sierra-chan isn't afraid to stand up to him, especially when it comes to protecting Midori. I thought she had some kind of grudge towards Bakugō-kun, but to learn what he did... It makes me want to burn him with my acid, even more than when he calls me 'Raccoon Eyes'!" Mina yelled, getting out of her seat and standing to Izuku's right, raising a fist in the air. "Beat him, Ra Ra! Show him no mercy!"
"...She won't." Izuku's words caught Ashido by surprise, but Fumikage knew what he meant.
"Beating Bakugō won't suffice all the damages he caused," he informed the mauve-colored girl. "Whether he knew or not, intentional or not, he has done harm to Sierra-chan and violated our laws in the process. And so, she's going to do what is in her rights to do, in order to find peace to heal."
Moving to sit beside Ochako, who had tears of her own sorrow for her friends, Tsuyu stared at Izuku's injured body.
"Midoriya-kun, do you know what Sis desires to do, in order to fulfill the payment that'll satisfy the debt Bakugō-kun caused?"
At first, he didn't say anything... Then, as the smoke cleared, revealing Katsuki pinned in a small-crater, as Sierra stands over his body, he lifts his head to the sky.
"...The promise," he replied. "She made a promise, that she made to them... She's going to fulfill it, no matter what... That's all she wants from him: To complete the promise she made."
The second to lose their fight with suicide, was another nine year-old...
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...Haku Yamato... Died on July Fourth... 9:57 P.M... A year after Lee Reiwa died...
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Quirk: Ice Magnet
Can call upon any form of ice within a two miles radius from the user, and can construct them to take any shape and/or form. However, they cannot call upon water, and/or turn liquid into ice.
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...Been teased and made fun of, since he was in kindergarten, for his soft-toned voice and dyslexia... Either at school by the other children, or by some of his own older cousins. And when theirs snow and/or ice involved, they use him as a common slave to do whatever they want the ice to be, from snowballs for snowball fights in the Winter, to ice-made water fountains during the Summer...
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...They met him at a water park, during Summer break... A year before they met Lee Reiwa...
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...In three weeks, after setting playdates and get together, Izuku and Sierra became his bestest best friends. They helped him with reading, and aided him on finding a passion to one day become one of the greatest ice sculptures.
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...Kacchan harassed him for his Quirk and reading difficulty, since he was in second grade, when their class were assigned to read with the second grade students.
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...At first, he was able to deal with the intimidations, thanks to his two bestest friends to cheer him up during lunch and recess...
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...Then, in fourth grade, in December, Bakugō burnt his face with his Explosion Quirk, after Haku accidently bumped into him from another student shoving him aside in the cafeteria...
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...He sustained a terrible fear for fire, and ended up stuttering when he speaks...
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...A month later, he was transferred to another school...
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...Seven months later, he jumped off the Abekawa Bridge...
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...He didn't die, alone...
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...Alongside him, another student from a different school jumped off the Abekawa Bridge, at the exact time and date...
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...Both were smiling, before they ended their lives...
Present Mic didn't say anything to describe how more intense the fight was between the two students.
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...He's in so much shock to what his pseudo-niece just announced... That a burning anger roared in his heart towards Katsuki Bakugō.
Beside him, Eraser Head lowered his head, shaking his head in disappointment.
'...That boy... He dug his own grave, before he even set foot on U.A. ground.'
"...Shō... After this, you better keep that brat away from those precious babies..." There was so much seriousness in his voice, Shōta was quite surprised on how he's able to keep himself in his seat and not scream at the top of his lungs in his anger.
"...If they both request it, I won't have any problems with the arrangements."
A flashing light on the monitor caught both males' attention... It's one of the communication button Eraser Head used earlier to contact Cementoss.
He pressed the button, awaiting to hear what the Cement Hero has to say.
"...Shōta... We may have a problem."
The white-dragon's greenish-grey eyes glared angrily at her victim she pinned underneath her right-claw, snarling lowly and releasing a moaning/hiss sound from the back of her throat.
Katsuki Bakugō showed no fear to the creature that stands above him... Only unparalleled anger towards his opponent.
"...What is this, Half-Blood?" He grumbled, remaining still on the ground to avoid the claws from tearing through his P.E. Uniform and risk piercing his skin. "What's the big idea on bringing up forgotten, dead nobodies who no one remembers, let alone Shitty-Deku, while we're figh-? Ack!"
She added a bit more pressure to his chest, a rumbling/clicking sound leaving her mouth and her tail swishing behind her in increased agitation.
"...In life or death, they were, and still, are people." She hissed, as small-steam left her mouth. "They were children, part of families who were supposed to be here... And you took them away from those who'll never get the chance to have in their entire lives!"
Flashing explosions jumped off his right-hand and, with all his strength, slammed his attack on her claw that held him prisoner.
"THEY'RE NO LONGER A PROBLEM TO BE DEALT WITH, UNLIKE DEKU!"
...Sharp teeth clamped on to the hand that attacked her claw.
"...'Because their Quirks are something only a villain would posses'... Right?"
Heat was building up from his hand... And it wasn't from his own Explosion Quirk.
"Because their Quirks won't ever become hero material, and will only get in your way... Right?!"
Blue-light can be seen within her mouth, coating Bakugō's limb... His red-eyes widened in shock, as they began to dance off her lips.
"BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE LIKE YOU, AND DON'T HAVE ANY REASON TO BE LIVING FROM THEIR FUCKED UP LIVES! RIGHT?!"
She released his hand from her fangs, pulled her head back as far as it could go, as the whistling sound and blue-fire built up in her mouth.
"WHAT KIND OF HERO DO YOU PLANNED TO BE, WHEN YOU BELITTLED EVERYBODY AROUND YOU AND DROVE THEM TO THEIR DEATHS, SHORT-FUSE?! BECAUSE THAT'S NOT A HERO... THAT'S A VILLAIN!"
She released the fire.
Hana Beru was the third to die, at the age of ten... But not from suicide.
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Quirk: Flower Dance
Can summon a variety of plants with each step they make or even from just the touch of their hand. Considering what kind of mood they're in, can end up growing at an extraordinary paste.
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...She dreamt on becoming a hero, since she first gained her Quirk... Sadly, her parents were against it and tried to detour her from a dream she kept in her heart for six years...
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...She became friends with Sierra, since preschool. And soon, when she was in second grade, became Izuku's friend, too...
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...She was there for them, when they were dealing with the lost of their two friends, who killed themselves...
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...When Bakugō heard she plans to become a hero with her Quirk, when she attended fourth grade, he mocked her for it...
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...When her tenth birthday passed, other girls in her class and in older-classes started harassing and bullying her to no end. And because some of them lived in the same neighborhood, she couldn't find any safety or solitude within her own home.
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...Her own parents weren't even much help, even going as far as to believe those girls to being her "friends" than as their daughter's bullies when explaining the bruises she gained from school...
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...At around 9:17 P.M., she left to go to the bathroom before the fireworks started...
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...There wouldn't be fireworks, by the time she made an appearance... As paramedics were called to the fireworks festival to save a dying Hana Beru from a collapsed lung and internal bleeding...
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...At 9:57 P.M... She lost her fight to hang on...
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...A flower bed surrounded her body, when she released her final breath of life...
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...A week later, the four girls responsible for her death, were arrested... It still wasn't enough to restore any peace to the Beru Family, who lost their Flower Girl..
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...The one who caused their friend to die, continued to live life, a free man...
"Is she insane?!" Mineta cried out, rapidly waving both his arms in the air in frantic motion. "SHE KILLED HIM...! Which, honestly to me, isn't really a bad thing-... BUT STILL!"
Smack!
Asui smacked him square in the cheek with her tongue, shutting him up.
"He isn't dead, Mineta-kun. Kero." She replied, staring blankly down with the others who were trying to see past the smoke created from the dirt and Sierra's dying fire. "Though, in all honesty, she should have every rights to demand for his head to be put on a platter."
All the girls and most of the guys never thought they would hear something like that to come from the Frog Quirk User.
"Tsu!" Hagakure and Ochako cried in unison.
"I know I suggested she shows Bakugō-kun no mercy, but I didn't really mean for her to actually kill her!" Mina replied.
"Tsu is correct." Fumikage announced, glaring daggers at the scene before him. "Bakugō-kun caused five students, children, to end up dead. His hands are covered in innocent blood, and it must be paid in full. -He turned to Izuku, who was finally able to get ahold of himself and control his tears.- And since it involves both Midoriya-kun and Sis, on account they were their friends, members of their flock, they have a Blood-Debt they need to fulfill... And Bakugō-kun must pay for his mistakes."
Kirishima jumped out of his seat, running down to the Raven/Shadow-Quirk User.
"So, are you saying, that she is going to kill him?"
Half of him is very angry with Bakugō's attitude, and ways at being a complete jerk to everyone... And hearing that he bullied five other students that ended up with them killed, brought up unhappy memories of his past in middle school.
...And yet, at the same time, the other half of him wanted to keep fighting to have Bakugō become his friend... For something told him that he was hiding his true self with his tough-guy attitude and wanted him to trust him with whatever is bothering him.
Silently, he was relieved when Tokoyami shook his head.
"Like we said earlier, Sis has every right to demand for Bakugō's head. Plus, if she wanted to, she would have already killed him a long time ago." He answered. "And as Midoriya already told us, the payment she sought out to pay the Blood-Debt in full, is to uphold the promise she made."
"Whatever kind of promise she made to them, it must be very important." Asui suggested. "Even if she didn't have a Blood-Debt to deal with, I'm very much surprised on how much restrains she's putting on herself to not give in to her rights and at least finish him off in combat."
As the smoke cleared, Hizashi and Shōta remained sitting on the edge of their seats... Both unable to believe what they saw below them, especially after what Cementoss called them about.
"Sierra-chan seems to be giving in to her rage towards Bakugō, and it seems to be growing the longer they fight... And I'm afraid that's not the worst of the situation that's going on. The monitor is in the yellow-zone, close to the orange, indicating she lost almost half of her body heat, already. If this goes on, her body will shut down and can give out at any moment. Midnight and I shall intervene, should she release a third blast of fire."
...They saw scorch marks beneath the white-dragon, who was panting heavily and smoke leaving her mouth... A third degree burn can be seen on her chest-plate...
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...A hand, that was red from the fire and having a few puncture marks from teeth, laid on the center of the chest-plate, just underneath where the red-bandana rested at the bottom of her throat, belonging to a gasping, still pissed off Katsuki Bakugō...
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Both refused to look away from their opponent.
Above them, the crowd was silent... Then, they all demanded for them to keep fighting... Many cheered for Sierra to beat Bakugō and for her to keep fighting him.
She leaned her head forward, adding more pressure to the claws that kept him in place.
"Your pride and drive on becoming a great hero, ended up having five children to lose their lives... And shockingly, you never knew how much trouble you caused to your own parents."
Bakugō's eyes widened to her words, not believing what he just heard.
"What?"
Seeing she has his full attention, Sierra continued to speak.
"The parents of those who died, pinpointed you to being the cause of their children's deaths, on account they found out from their journals or even heard it through the grapevine that you had an involvement to their deaths. They went to court with Aunt Misty and Uncle Asa (Morning), wanting to seek justice for their children and have you held accountable as an adult, for voluntary manslaughter. Of course, they weren't able to build a case strong enough to have you be found guilty. So, they went for the next best thing: Harass your parents through social media, warn other parents about you and to make sure their children don't ever go to the same school as you. Some even went so far as to leave threatening letters, as some try to harass them in person and spread rumors to ruin their reputations."
He wanted to make some for my reputation for himself, but to hear that he was being purposely avoided by other parents, all because their kids crossed the wrong path to take and ended up on his bad list... It made him very much infuriated that they don't see his greatness like many had seen of him.
And now, hearing it come straight out of the dragon's mouth, with no sound of concern or regret, told him much more clearly that she's on their side, if purposely bringing those useless maggots wasn't the clear sign to begin with.
"And you're siding with them?"
Sierra let out a snort to his assumption.
"While I do believe they have every rights to seek justice for the deaths of their children, I do not support their decision to get back at you by harassing Aunt Misty and Uncle Asa. -A flash of sadness can be seen in her eyes.- Last time I saw them in the predicament you put them in, Aunt Misty was choking from her crying, while trying to regain her composure, from the Court Case over Menma's death. -The anger returned within her slit-eyes, as she lowered her head a bit to be three inches from their foreheads touching each other's.- You could've prevented it from happening, since you were with him when he was still alive, before he succumbed to his death."
A flash of panic can be seen in his eyes, confirming with the girl that she was right to make such a claim... She didn't expect to see the truth written in his eyes... And to her, it was enough.
...In a shocking turn of event, she removed her claw off his chest... And pulled away from him.
Class 1-A were caught completely off guard when they watch Sierra removing herself off of Bakugō. Though, nothing could prepare their shock, when she morphed back to her human-self... And started walking towards the farther-side of the ring.
"Matsu (Wait!)! What is she doing?!" Kaminari cried out, not believing what he's seeing. "She got him where she wanted! She had the chance to win the Sports Festival!"
"She didn't intended on beating Bakugō, let alone get this far into the match." Tokoyami answered the Electric-Quirk User, sending him a glare to stop his rambling.
"But she was so close! She could easily beat him if she didn't miss!" Mineta replied, pointing a finger to the scorch marks over bakugō's head.
"She may had claimed to want to win the Sports Festival, just like the rest of us, but what she actually wanted to do, was to fulfill the promise she made to those who passed on and has to have Bakugō-kun to complete her task." Asui stated, actually sounding very proud of the youngest-student in their class of her decisions. "That, and I think it's possible that she knew that she can't beat him, from how much fire she used in the fight. Kero. -She looked over to Izuku, who kept his eyes completely on Bakugō, who slowly got to his feet.- You knew this would happen, didn't you, Midoriya-kun?"
...He let out a tiring sigh.
"She didn't promise to me that she wouldn't use her fire... But she did inform me that she will beat Kacchan, in a way that he'll never forget: She kept her word, a certain vow she made to him."
That was very surprising to hear.
"And what kind of vow did Sis made to Bakugō-kun?" Yaoyurozu asked.
He didn't smile, but didn't look angry or hesitated and he answered her question.
"...She swore to reveal his wrong doings to those who will listen... And that would be the teachers, themselves. And luckily for her, the speakers from underneath the arena, caught every word she said."
The fourth to die from a result caused by Bakugō, was Niko Takaishi... She would've been eleven years old...
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Quirk: Dark Sonar
Can sense and see vibration through any form of surface. In the dark or at night, their vision become infrared-like and allows them to see the footprints an individual made.
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She was the mid-child of five children, two loving second-class parents. A great life, full of friends and dreams to become an Underground Hero...
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...But she didn't start it out with friends. She had hearing problems since she was two, and had to rely on hearing aids to try and interact with others...
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...She met Izuku when they were in first grade, when he volunteered to take up Sign Language to communicate with her... And through him, she soon met Sierra, who was in kindergarten at that time...
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...In class, everyone but Izuku made fun of her and refuses to be friends with her...
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...Bakugō and his group are the worst of her abusers. From sticking their feet out to make her trip, to whacking her in the head with the ends of their broomsticks, stealing her hearing aids that resulted them to either be damaged and/or lost, and destroying her writing journal she uses to communicate...
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...When she came home one day, both her ears bleeding and her new sets of hearing aids gone, her parents took the issue to the principal. When the matter didn't get settled, they took her out of school the next day...
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...Her new school was much more kinder to her, even having some students who are deaf like her and teachers to do Sign Language while discussing lessons...
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...But she never forgotten her two friends who accepted her and learned Sign Language to communicate with her...
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...In fifth grade, she transferred back to the school that treated her like dirt on their shoes... She returned to the two friends she missed dearly, who welcomed her back with open arms.
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...Then, Summer came... She was going to have her stapedectomy a week after her birthday, which was two days after the Fourth of July...
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...On July Fourth, 3:47 P.M., she was heading home after going to her usually scheduled Lip Reading Classes...
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...A hostage situation lasted for over six hours...
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...Two people were shot and killed on the spot...
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...One of the victims, was Niko Takaishi.
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...The shooter revealed to being an ex-employer of her father's work, who wanted to get back at him for firing him when he claimed to being "falsely accused" for stealing prescription medications...
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...He, also, admitted that a couple of middle-school students he talked to, impersonating as her uncle that was visiting from across the state and gotten himself lost, gave him information on where Niko would be...
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...In a picture line up book, he pointed out Katsuki Bakugō to being one of the three students to telling him where to find Niko...
She accomplished what she said she would do... On both promises she made... That's all that matters to Sierra.
...She didn't care if she ends up giving the win to Bakugō, for she didn't value being the top dog over everyone.
...Not like Bakugō.
And besides, her body was getting sluggish and is developing aches in her limbs and chest. The burning that covered the left-side of her neck to the fold of her arm, kept pulsing in pain... Her chest, literally, felt like it was on fire and the material of her P.E. Uniform rubbed harshly against the angry burn.
She knew that she wouldn't last any longer if they continued to fight, and wasn't going to push herself to keep going.
As she slowly starts to make her way to the line of the arena, Katsuki Bakugō got to his feet... He looked ready to kill somebody.
"Hold it!" He yelled, which she did stop at his words but didn't turn to face him. "What the fuck, Half-Blood?! You didn't beat me, and yet you choose to walk away like a pussy and not finish this fight?! What's the big idea, huh?!"
Tiredly, she turned her head to the left, the wind blowing her hair out from her face.
"To you, it may seem like it isn't over, but in reality, it is over... And I won my own match with you, Short-Fuse. -She flashed him her cat/wolfish smile.- Just as you said you would do in the Sports Festival, I, too, had kept my word on what I would do... The one, that I would one day face you in combat, and reveal all that you did to those who will hear our every words, while we fight."
In his angered state, he didn't get what she was telling him, which made the smile on her face even greater and, in his opinion, much more creepier.
She tapped her left-foot against the ground.
"You forgot, didn't you, Kacchan? There are specially equipped speakers buried underneath the arena... so, the teachers can hear our every words that goes on between us."
Bakugō never felt more embarrassed than to realized that he slipped up to neglect from the information that the teachers of U.A. had been listening in on their conversation the entire time.
Sierra smirked at his shocked state.
"You get it now, Kacchan... And because of that, I completed the promise I made to our friends' parents, and the one I made to you. And now, I no longer see any reason to continue fighting you. -She turned away from the oldest-student of her class, resume her task to walk out of bounds and give the whitish-blonde the victor.- This fight between us, is over."
From both sides of the arena, Midnight and Cementoss were startled that she was going to walk out of bounds and allow Bakugō to take first place. While they were very much relieved that she morphed back into a human and isn't going to use any more of her fire, they were actually hoping that she would knock Katsuki off the pedestal he made for himself.
After all, U.A. High School is a place where respectful students end up becoming great heroes... Well, most respectful students would end up being great heroes. And for Bakugō to make such a self-proclamation on being more important than all the other students, it definitely sets a bad image to what future heroes will turn out to be.
However, they can't force her to keep fighting and they would rather not put her health in greater danger if she keeps using her fire or have her opponent keep burning her. Surprisingly, when she's an animal, her P.E. Uniform remains in its perfect condition, without a single scratch to indicate the damage he inflicted.
Just when it seems like the fight was over... Something unexpected, yet very expecting, happened.
With his Quirk, Bakugō leap in the air and, before landing, shot an Explosion right in front of Sierra, which she already stopped when she smelt fire and nitroglycerin coming towards her. Now, standing before her, Katsuki towered over her small-form, clearing displaying his much larger and stronger form for all to see.
Sierra simply stared into his red-eyes, though her body slightly tensed up, readying herself to move should he make a move on her.
"...You're wrong, Ra Ra."
The red flags can easily be seen, even from being high up. Shōta nearly grabbed for the microphone to tell Bakugō to stand down and to not stop his daughter from wanting to end their fight, but was stopped by Hizashi, who placed both his hands on his left-arm.
"Unless she says she gives up or if he seriously hurts her to being live threatening, we can't interfere with the match, Shō." He reminded. "Let Nemu and Ken do their jobs. They'll make sure he doesn't take it too far."
The hands pulled away from him. Eraser Head didn't reach for the microphone, but his hands did tightened into fists when he watch Bakugō slammed his own fist into his right-palm, setting off explosions, as his daughter took a step back.
...Even from way up high, he can see her trembling... And it wasn't from fear.
Bakugō's rudeness made Shōta want to coil his capture weapon around the anger boy, and hang him in a tree like a Piñata... What he said, almost sent him over the edge.
"We're not finished. Not by a long shot."
Sensing a potential threat to take place, Sierra morphed into her dragon-form... Though, she instantly regretted it, when the pulling of burns and the continuous aches almost made her lose her footing.
The tingling in her claws warned her that the blood in her body is slowing down than usual... She can even feel the air getting thicker.
She knew that sure doesn't have much time.
'I can't stay here any longer...! I need to get out of here!' "Sorry, Kacchan, but it is over. And since you're refusing to let me get by you, then I'll just say it. -She slightly open her jaw, as steam of ice left her lips.- I surre- Ack!"
Because her thinking capacity slowed because of Stage Two Hypothermia setting in, she didn't react quick enough to avoid the sudden move he used on her...
...Though, she never expected him to just shove his whole hand into her mouth, ignoring on the fact that her teeth, while were fang-like as a human, are much more sharper and bigger in bone-size.
Nobody expected Bakugō to do that, not even Izuku was prepared to witness his bully/former-childhood friend force his hand into his god-sister's beak-like snout.
"It appears that Katsuki Bakugō had prevented Sierra Arashi from admitting defeat, by shoving his hand into her mouth like a cork... Folks, I swear, I didn't expect to see something like that to happen in the Sports Festival."
She was so stunned, that it took her seven seconds to realize his hand was sprawled opened all over her tongue, going as far as to the reach the back of her mouth, before she got her mind to open her mouth and pull away from his hand.
"Ugh!"
She shook her head and lightly pushed herself up on her forearms, her wings flapping and encouraging her hind-legs to make her go backwards, as she coughed and spluttered at the overly, heavy taste of nitroglycerin-sweat coating all over her tongue.
"WHY THE HELL DID HE DO THAT?! IT'S HE CRAZY?! SHE COULD'VE EASILY BITE HIS ENTIRE ARM OFF! IF NOT, SHE COULD'VE SET IT ON FIRE!" Mineta cried out.
"Either that, or he could've released his Explosion Quirk, while his hand was still in her mouth, and damage her from the inside out!" Jirō countered, shivering in her seat in disgust on what Sierra could be tasting from what was on his hand, and glaring daggers at the whitish-blonde teenager.
Ochako got out of her seat and went towards Izuku, seeing his hand has stopped writing and the pencil in his grip shaking.
"Have any idea why Bakugō-kun did that, Deku?"
...She didn't see the mixture of shock, horror, and great anger that's written on the green-haired teen's face.
"That... SELFISH IDIOT!" He yelled, slamming his left-hand on the ledge, not feeling the pain that was coursing through his limb or seeing how his actions startled his classmates.
The taste was overpowering her sense of taste, which was, also, irritating her nose and making her sense of smell go out of whack.
Yes, she used some of his nitroglycerin-sweat earlier to make her fire stronger, but she only coated the tip of her fangs and had a few droplets of his sweat to use his nitroglycerin, which wasn't enough to make her fully taste the chemical at its highest.
And now that she has her entire tongue coated in it, along with having his fingers shoving to the back... It was more than enough to get her stomach all riled up, as some of it had already past her Esophagus and reached the Lower Esophageal Sphincter.
She hissed/snarled at her opponent, who simply wiped the hand that was in her mouth against his P.E. Uniform, letting small-explosion to jump off his limb to quicken the drying process.
"What the hell is wrong with you?!" She yelled, slamming her tail against the ground. "Do you just realized what you've just did?!"
He sneered at her question.
"Yeah. I gave you more of my nitroglycerin-sweat, so that you don't have to use too much of your heat to use your fire."
Her hissing became rattled, her wings spreading big and wide... She knew it was only a matter of time, before he were to figure out the weakness to using her fire. Though, in the back of her mind, she feels that he didn't fully know the situation on how she summons and uses her fire.
"It doesn't matter how much of your nitroglycerin-sweat you give me, Kacchan, if I don't have enough spark to ignite it. Right now, I'm already running near empty on how much warmth I have left to conjure up fire and I'm not allowing my body to use whatever heat it has left to make any."
A sneering smile spread on Bakugō's face.
"Well, then it's a good thing that I sent send some of my own sparks through my sweat, to give you a jump start."
Her slit eyes widened in horror at his words, as the grumbling in her stomach grew and a sudden mass started building up.
...She released a loud roar, stomping her claws.
"YOU IDIOTIC BASTARD! -A faint blue-glow can be seen in her mouth, which she kept her beak-like snout apart from each other.- You don't know what you've just did!"
Both of bakugō's hands popped with explosion.
"Rather I do know what I did or not, it never mattered to me, Ra Ra. And right now, what I do know on what I did, is making sure that we're going to end this fight, as it should! That Icy-Hot Bastard chose to wuss out, thinking he's above me and how I'm not worth using his fire on! I almost ended up as a weakling, because of him! But after seeing for myself that you can actually breathe fire, you're my last shot at proving the entire world what I'm truly made of! That's why, I'm allowing you to use my own strength, to show how I can as strong as I want myself to be!"
The heat grew from within her, as the blue-color went brighter and smoke rose from her beak. Sierra was more than willing to let it go and allow Bakugō to get burn, but she pushed that thought aside to try and control the rising heat.
"And so, without ever thinking of the possibility that I wouldn't be able to control it if it were go out of control and could end up getting myself killed, even the possibility that the crowd will be put in danger if it were to become a living Inferno, you chose to put me in a spot that I won't be able to get myself out of, even if I were to surrender."
His smug smile was all the answer she needed to confirm that he, in fact, plotted this... And it was all she needed to no longer feel the need to hold it back, as she focuses the fire at the back of her mouth to hold... And to charge up.
"...I was wrong, Kacchan... You're not a villain. -His smug of a smile left his face, as he, too, prepares himself to attack her with everything he's got.- ...You're something much worse, a rarity that society would fear... YOU...! You are... A MONSTER!"
At the last word she screeched out, she released the building fire... Which went from a blue-color... To a pure-white!
At the same time she released her fire, Bakugō launched himself in the air and, like his fight with Todoroki, rapidly spun in the air to create his own tornado of smoke and explosion.
"Call me whatever you want, Ra Ra! I don't care how society will view me as, I'm still going to prove the world that I'm the best hero material in the history of U.A. Academy!" He declared.
The crowd watched in anticipation, many sitting at the edge of their seats, as they await to see what is going to occur between the great white-fire and the spinning tornado.
...When the two finally collided, it became a battle on which can overpower the other. The tornado, controlled by Katsuki Bakugō, or the fire, made by Sierra Arashi?
In Cementoss' hand, the mini-monitor Recovery Girl gave him, turned to a dark-orange and flashed a clear warning sign to the Cement Hero that gave him all the warning that Sierra is in trouble.
"Midnight, we need to stop the match!" He yelled, crouching to the ground and control the cement to move between the two students.
"On it!" She replied back, releasing her Somnambulist Quirk through the tear she made earlier to knock Katsuki out the first time to do so, again, but to both participates.
"Both Katsuki Bakugō and Sierra Arashi seem to be going to go all out on this! Will this decide on who will win, and who is the true Master of Fire?! This will surely be a heated match in U.A. history!"
He may sound pumped and excited, but Shōta knew he very concern and extremely nervous on what's going to happen... Just like he and, no doubt, the rest of the teachers are.
'...Nemuri... Ken... Please... Stop this fight...'
Izuku didn't like how much fire she released towards Bakugō, but he knew she didn't have much of a choice.
He can only hope that a miracle, if not Midnight and Cementoss, then his sister... Even God, himself, to make a miracle happen and stop this fight.
He leaned forward, screaming at the top of his lung.
"DO IT, SIS! BEAT HIM!"
...Menma Nakama... The oldest friend they ever made, since they were in fifth grade...
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Quirk: Air Freeze
Can cut off the oxygen within their surrounding, in exchange for the option to make their body lighter and faster. They can even cut off a person's own air supply, just by making contact with that individual. However, they can only cut off their air supply until their target is rendered unconscious and/or heart rate is under forty beats per minute. If they make the air freeze past its limit, they must use half of their own air supply to further the process.
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...Two years later, before Summer started, Katsuki Bakugō and many other students, found his house... And burnt it to the ground...
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...Hyōketsu Kaze (Freeze Wind), never got the chance to start a new with his son...
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...Underneath the carving of words, two more words, scorched, popped up brightly, making the sentence read: "Villain Spawn... NO MORE!"
...She knew she was going to lose this fight, long before she took that step onto the arena. The moment Iida received that phone call of his brother being in the hospital and went to Midnight to forfeit, she knew that she stood no chance against one of the strongest students of Class 1-A.
She knows... Because in the past, whenever she stood up to him to protect her brother, he would beat her to the ground with his Quirk, whenever she's an animal and there wasn't any adults who would dare witness his aggressive behavior and interfere, until he gets bored and leaves her to lick her wounds.
She knew that no matter which animal she becomes, big or small, strong or weak, he always overwhelms her malnourished, anorexic-like body with his Explosion Quirk. From the combined forces of his mere strength, self-made fire and smoke, he always have the upper hand against her and come out as the victor of the few matches they would have together.
...The last time they fought, was a few days after the Fourth of July... It was mere days, since Izuku tried to take his own life.
She knew she would lose, but she wanted to take out her pent-up aggression towards the one who was once another big brother/cousin to her, before he changed for the worse the instant he gained his Quirk. And it was there, when he turned and left her to recover on the ground, it was there and then that she made that promise to him.
It was because of that promise, along with the one she made to their fallen friends' parents, that pushed her to try and improve herself. So that one day, when she is strong enough, she'll be able to keep them and show she has beaten him at something he can't possibly win at.
So, she knew that she would beat him by keeping the promise she made to him... But winning in an actual fight against him, is very unlikely.
Already, in just fifteen seconds at releasing the build up of heat and fire, she can feel the cold already spreading throughout her entire body. The color of her fire instantly changed from pure-white, to blue.
Her heart banged heavily in her chest... Then, the stabbing pain followed suit.
Trickle of blood seeped at the back corner of her mouth, as she pushed to keep her fire going.
'If he gets close to me and releases his attack, he can cause our fire to implode and the audience will end up getting burnt! It would be too much for them to hold it back or fight it, even those who have Quirks to resist and/or have an upper-hand against fire would be unable to stop it from reaching the crowd!'
Beneath her claws, she felt the cement shifting. She instantly realized that Cementoss is going to use the cement to force-cancel their attacks.
Immediately, she knew what to do.
"Cementoss-sensei! Midnight-sensei!" She yelled at loud as she could, since the roaring of their flames had gotten loud. "You need to make a shield in front of the crowd! Hurry! When it explodes, the crowd will end up getting hurt from our fire!"
The shifting slowly stalled, but didn't completely still. Her ears could slightly pick up their voices.
"Can't we try to pull her out of there?!"
"If what she said is true, then we must ensure the safety of our guests and students, before we even consider cancelling their attack!"
"But if she keeps this up, she can die from Hypothermia, again! She almost flatlined a third time, and Chiyo-chan was barely able to keep her stable the second time she coded!"
"We don't have much of a choice, Nemu-chan! I hate this just as much as you do, but we need to do this!"
The vibration beneath her went away, signaling that Cementoss is in the process on making a wall to stand before the crowd, shielding all viewing eyes from a blast of fire that's to come their way.
It made her pull the edge of her lips up into a smile... Then, the piercing stab in her heart made her hunch her body closer to the ground, her wings sprawled on the ground to anchor her in place the best they could.
Her fire lost its blue color and went to violet-red, the same color she recognized when she first used her fire... She knew she can't keep doing this, for very long.
"Sis!" Ochako called out, watching as her fire seemed to grew weaker and Bakugō's tornado kept pushing forward, forcing the fire backwards.
"This doesn't look good...!" Jiro replied, clenching tightly to her armrests.
"I can't believe Bakubro is really going through with it, even when it's clear that he has the upper-hand and can even risk killing Sis! That isn't how a man should fight, when competing with a fellow classmate!" Kirishima yelled, slamming his fists together in anger.
"How can the teachers allow this to happen?!" Hagakure cried out. "They need to put a stop to this, before Bakugō-kun seriously hurts Sis!"
"They can't."
Most of the class turned to Shōto, who stood from his spot and stood on the other-side of the ledge.
"When they attempted to intervene with our fight, not only did our attacks made a blast of wind that could've destroyed the stadium, but Cementoss-sensei's own cement broke apart from the impact and scattered everywhere. Some of the people within the audience got hurt, because the teachers weren't able to stop our fight properly. -Recalling on how powerful their attack caused a mighty wind to nearly blow them out their seats, Class 1-A see what he was getting at with the problem.- And now, they're stuck with another serious situation that, should they intervene, they could risk getting the crowd severely injured if they try to force cancel out the fire between Bakugō and Arashi."
"But what about Sis?! She can't keep this up!" Ochako argued.
Todoroki didn't turn to look at her, but from the way he turned his head to the left, bowed low, his quiet answer was more than enough to make her try to run for the ledge and attempt to jump off to get down to the arena, if Dark Shadow didn't came out of Tokoyami and grabbed her firmly in his shadowy-grasp.
"Let me go, Shade! We need to go down there and stop the fight!" She demanded, effortlessly trying and failing to break free from Tokoyami's Shadow-Quirk.
"If you go down there, you'll only get in the way and end up getting yourself killed in the process when it explodes, Ocha." Fumikage growled out, glaring down at tornado that Bakugō is inside of and drilling closer to his imprinted-sister.
"But we need to do something, Kage!"
Dark Shadow gave her a sad, solemn look, his golden-yellow eyes can easily reflect his own sadness on leaving his User's friend to fight by herself.
"Sorry, but Sis will never forgive us if anything happens to you."
Uraraka stopped her struggling when she heard his words, as tears ran down her cheeks.
"We are all just as concerned for Sierra-chan's wellbeing as you, Uraraka-chan. However, this is a matter that the teachers, themselves, need to deal with. We have no rights to get in their way, especially if it disrupts the Sports Festival." Yaoyurozu stated, coming forward and resting a hand on the younger-girl's shoulder, silently giving Dark Shadow the okay to release her. "We can't have those who came to watch the games to go into a panic, should they witness other students going into the line of danger."
While she understood and nodded her head to confirm that she won't rush in to help, it still didn't settle her stress over to the fact that their friend is on her own to deal with Bakugō.
Uraraka looked over to where Izuku stood, who remained standing tall and clenching on to the ledge.
...Small strands of tears fell off his chin and hit his bandaged hand.
She can see the situation is taking its toll on him, as his body trembled to keep standing.
Tokoyami, also, saw and sensed the strain is wearing him out. But to her surprise, he turned his attention back to the fight, as if he didn't see their friend needs to sit down and rest.
She took a step towards the green-haired teen... Only for a hand to lay on her right-shoulder, pulling her back. It was Tsuyu.
"He wants her to be able to feel him out, as close as possible. Kero." She whispered, not looking at the older-girl. "He doesn't want to leave his post, because, in the Ways of the Animals, if he sits down and moves away from her, it'll display his lack of faith in her and views her to being weak. -She turned her head to stare up at the Gravity Quirk User, giving her a confident nod and a slight pleading in her eyes to not intervene.- He wants to show his support to her... It's all he can do for her, and wishes for nobody to stop him from supporting Sis."
Hearing the conversation between the two, Yaoyorozu was immediately touched by Izuku's loyalty and determination to remain standing for Sierra and decided that she, too shall stand to give out her own support.
"Even though both of them are fighting amongst each other, they are still classmates of ours. As such, whether they'll accept it or not, we must all give out our support to whomever we feel deserves our encouragement to push on and win." She said, clenching her right-hand to her chest. "...And for me, that person who needs my support, is Sierra-chan."
Most of the remaining students of Class 1-A had their minds focused on her words... Then, with a big-smile on his face, Kirishima stood out of his own seat.
"He's a major jerk, somebody who I thought was worthy to being manly, but is really somebody who doesn't give a crap on what a true hero is... And though I still want to try and be a friend he can depend on, I'm gonna give my support out to Sis."
Beaming up at the Hardening Quirk User, Ashido got to her feet, too.
"Yeah! She tried to get us to do our best, since she gave out her speech! The least we can do, is give her our support and cheer her on!" She declared, raising a fist in the air. "Beat him, Sis! You can do it!"
Hagakure got out of her seat, waving her arms in the air.
"We're sorry for doubting you and Midoriya-kun, Sis!" She called out, as Kyōka stood up with her and started calling out to Sierra to win. "We shouldn't had turned our backs to you! So, even if it may seem impossible to beat Bakugō, we want you to do your best and show him who'll become a hero!"
Twelve seconds later, and most of students from Class 1-A stood out of their seats and called out for Sierra to hang in there. To not give up... And to keep fighting.
Izuku, who remained quiet, turned to his classmates, taken back from them giving their support out to his sister. And while Yūga and Mineta remained sitting and staying quiet, he can tell that they, too, wanted her to win the match against Katsuki. And though he remains quiet, he can see Todoroki wanted her to win, just as much as he does.
...Then, more voices beside them could be heard from the other-side of the wall.
"You can do it, Arashi-chan! BEAT HIM!"
"Don't give up!"
"Hang in there, Arashi-chan!"
"AVENGE US...! AND KIRISHIMA-KUN!"
"Your desire to uphold the true meaning of justice and characteristics of a hero, will aid you in your battle to become victorious! Do not give in to his sinful stride to overpower you!"
...It was Class 1-B, who, also, cheers for the youngest-student to beat Bakugō and win... Them, and the rest of the students who are witnessing the fight going on between the two students of Class 1-A.
"...Sierra...!"
Izuku's eyes widened when he heard that voice, slightly leaning forward to seeing the one person he recognized to being his first opponent... Hitoshi Shinsō.
"Don't allow that egomaniac asshole to win! Beat him! If not for yourself... Then do it for them...! Do it for all of us!"
Sierra heard their words over the roars of the fire. All of them are calling out to her, giving out their words of encouragement for her to push on and to win...
...She knew that she won't be able to win and, as her fire lessened and the fireball she and Bakugō created grew closer to her, felt the air had gotten heavy and the spots dancing over her eyes.
'...I'm at my limit... I can't keep this up, anymore... Cementoss-sensei, Midnight-sensei... Please, protect everyone from the blast...'
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"SIS!"
Her eyes widened at the call, hearing the voice of her brother.
'Izu?'
"GIVE IT YOUR ALL, WITH EVERYTHING YOU GOT! REMEMBER: PLUS ULTRA!"
...Her slit eyes slowly closed, as the orders of her god-brother echoed through her mind...
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...Her heart, which continues to slam into her chest, felt oddly lighter... It felt like it stopped, but blood still course through her veins...
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...The air around her seemed to had went away... Yet, she doesn't feel the choking need to breathe...
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She snapped her eyes open, seeing the fireball practically at her face...
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"It's ready, Midnight!" Cementoss announced, gathering enough cement to control it to rise and shield everyone within the stadium. "When I give the signal, get behind me and-!"
Within his pocket, small-monitor vibrated into a purr-like movement and stopped making the warning sounds. It drew his attention, cutting him off.
"Ken-kun?" Nemuri asked, watching the Cement Hero pull out the small-device and staring at the screen.
His eyes widened, completely taken back.
"How can this be?" He replied, looking up and seeing the white-dragon slowly pushing herself off the ground.
"Hey, Ken-kun, what's going on?! Is there something wrong with Sierra-chan?!"
She feared for the worse, not wanting to hear the possibility that the fourteen year-old is going to die... But when he answered her question with something else, she didn't know if she what she heard was correct.
"It's quite the opposite. They're back to normal. In fact, her body heat... It's improving!"
On the other-side of the fireball, Bakugō smiled big, knowing that it was all going to be over and he was going to win.
'Hate to admit it, but she put up more of a fight than anybody else did in these weak-ass games... The one, who'll help me prove to everyone in the entire world that I'm the best of the best. It almost makes me feel bad to have to use my Howitzer Impact on her... If she didn't had to be all in my face on keeping that damn promise of hers! At least this way, she'll have a possible chance of somebody to intern her to some crummy Agency that'll feel bad for her!'
As he pushed the fire closer to her, his spins went faster, gathering more oxygen and air.
'Better finish this right now, before it may actually burns her skin off! Bet she'll look like a cooked lobster for months, that she won't have any reason to turn into those pathetic animal-forms of hers!'
He spun faster, pushing the fire further, readying himself to release his attack to make it explode and push his opponent out of the ring.
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This was something he wasn't expecting to happen.
"What the fuck?! What's going on?!"
Because he's inside the tornado and can leave it until he sets it off, he couldn't see what was going on the other side of the fireball.
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...For if he were able to see what was going on, he would've seen parts of the fire pulling away from it in streams and heading straight for the white-dragon... Straight into her mouth, curling around her fire, that turned back to blue!
Katsuki sneered angrily, already figuring out that Sierra had something to do with it.
"Oi! Half-Blood! Were you holding back on me, thinking that you can get the drop on me?!" He yelled. "If so, then you better prepare yourself, because I'm going to win this, no matter what you do!"
She doesn't fully know what was going on... And right now, she doesn't have time to figure out what was going on... All she seems to gather, is that she's literally inhaling the warmth and fire of the fireball, itself, and is forcing it right back at it!
That, and for the fact that she no longer feels cold and the pain in her heart and limbs, is gone!
'I don't know what's going on, or why this is happening... But all I do know, is that I can keep fighting... And not give up!'
With that thought in mind, she release more fuel to her attack, pushing more fire back to the fireball... Her flames, changing colors once again and going back to pure-white.
'And I'll defeat his Howitzer Impact... With Cleansing Fire!'
It was now anyone's guess on who was going to win, though it seems like Sierra could actually win this, as Bakugō's tornado is slowly being pushed back towards the end of the arena.
He can feel himself getting exhausted and slightly nauseous from spinning around for so long, his explosion going in shorter and smaller burst of flames the more he uses his nitroglycerin-sweat to keep spinning. He could, also, feel dehydration kicking in and knew that if he stops, not only will his attack not be strong enough to disperse the fireball, but can end up getting seriously injured from the fire, itself.
...And the worst of it all, is that he would lose... And he hates to lose, loathes from the thought of somebody besting him and make him look weak. Let alone, have somebody who's beneath him to actually rise above.
'Those useless Extras! Are they the reason she's pushing herself to win this?! If so, and if I can't win... NEITHER OF US CAN WIN!'
The fur/feather-like scales rose to the tip, as Sierra felt something is going to happen. Even the rumbling beneath her claws gave off an odd trembling that didn't belong to Cementoss, who immediately triggered his Quirk to force the cement to circle over the audience.
...She didn't even need to guess what was going on, or the reason to finally put up a barrier... And she knew there was no going back when it happens.
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When the wall came up, everybody were stunned... When they saw it crack and a sudden beam of fire shot straight up towards the sky, they all realized just how dangerous their match had gotten.
...And got many to demand for the wall to come down, and see if they were okay.
It was so serious, that Recovery Girl, who was watching the whole thing go down and monitoring Sierra's health, ran for one of the entrances for the arena, finding it was, also, sealed off.
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...At the other-side of the entrance, Shōta Aizawa waited for the wall to come down and let him through.
When Cementoss contacted them and told them that her stats returned to normal, it was very puzzling to both Hizashi and Shōta... When they saw her stop her fire and Bakugō's tornado coming towards her, before the wall of cement came up and blocked their view, the thirty-one year-old father got out of his seat and made an immediate run for the arena... He could no longer contain himself to stay put... He needed to be there for his daughter... He has to know that she's alive...
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...Twenty-four seconds later, and the rumbling finally went quiet...
...The wall came down, as soon as everything calmed down...
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He was shocked at what he saw:... The ring was gone... Obliterated, to nothing but ash, and a small-crater!
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...At the other-side of the field, he sees Cementoss and Midnight kneeling at the ground, both on either side of Chiyo.
He ran for the three.
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...On the ground, he sees a barely conscious Katsuki Bakugō... He didn't seem to register the four heroes being there, but with his eyes blinking and slight movement of his hands when Recovery Girl checked on his pulse, was a sign that told him that he's somewhat aware of their presence.
...Covering his body with her wings and holding him in her claws, a semi-conscious white-dragon laid sprawled on the ground... Both of her wings, her hind-legs and tail are completely dark-red, with mixture of blackness, bleeding and smoke coming off her body.
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...She tried to get up, her wings twitching painfully at her movement, only for Cementoss toss to push her back down by her neck, along with her body shaking from the pain and shock.
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...The entire time, when the wall finally came down, the crowd remained quiet, too stunned to say a word when they saw the ring is completely gone and are awaiting to hear the condition of the two students.
With just a single kiss from Recovery Girl, Sierra's burns she received in the fight went away in a matter of seconds... At least, most of them went away.
The instant her wounds healed, her body was forced to morph back to her human-self... On its own occurred, her body curled in on herself, as exhaustion starts to pull her to sleep.
"...Ka-... Chan..." She muttered under her breath, her vision getting blurry and, with what little strength she has in her, moved her trembling hand through the dirt to grab him.
...A hand grabbed for hers... She knows this touch. Whose hand that held her own hand, preventing her from reaching towards the sixteen year-old Explosion Quirk User.
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...Her head slightly pulled back when she looked up, looking into the gaze of her concerned, but very much relieved father hovering over her.
Next to him, Chiyo let out a deep sigh of relief. She shook her head when she heard the girl call out to the one who caused her injuries... The one, despite all that he did, even to go as far as to force her to use her fire and could've serious harm everyone within the stadium... She still went out of her way to get him out of the threat... Saving him, from the massive fire they caused, all because he wouldn't let her quit and accept the victory so easily.
Seeing only a few scrapes, some first and a few second degree burns and a couple bite-marks on his arms, along with checking him over to ensure he didn't have a serious head wound, she used her Quirk to help speed up the recovery.
Behind the healer and Eraser Hero, both Midnight and Cementoss got a message from Nezu, himself... He informed them on who would be claimed the winner of the Sports Festival.
Both were completely taken back by his decision.
"Are you certain, Nezu-kun? Shouldn't we have the other teachers have a say in this, too? They are, also, part of our judges, after all." Nemuri replied, glaring down at the whitish-blonde boy, who fully regained consciousness and slowly got off the ground.
"Not only that, but they both technically lost for being thrown out of the ring. However, because they both destroyed the ring and we hadn't gotten over the Thermographic cameras to see who hit the ground first, this is more of a draw than a lost on both their ends. Do you still intend for us to announce the winner, without witnessing what occurred behind the barrier?"
"I'm perfectly certain of my decision, Nemuri-chan, Ken-kun. And should anybody from the school-board have a problem with my choice of action, I'll personally deal with the matter, myself... And don't forget, I'm the principal! I'll run my school however I see fit. Which, also, includes the Sports Festival, itself!"
Both sweat-dropped to his response, but didn't bother to argue or push on with the matter of his decision... And just as he told them to do, Midnight made the announcement.
"From the decision of our own judges, the winner of the U.A. Sports Festival... Is Katsuki Bakugō, of Class 1-A... And, Sierra Arashi, of Class 1-A!"
TBC
*: I don't know if he is, but in the story, he's ambidextrous. Sierra is ambidextrous, too.
If you guys hadn't seen Death Battle on YouTube, they listed Toshinori's age to being 49 years old. Because the MHA Wiki, itself, still isn't telling us his age, I'm not going to change Toshinori's age I decide to give him in the story, until the makers reveal his actual age (Sorry, Death Battle. I love you and I do find your research very impressive, but I want to hear what the makers of the show/manga have to say what his true age is. If you're right on how old he is... CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU! ^^).
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