Hello, welcome back to another chapter of Blood for Blood. This chapter will be final chapter of the Pre-Sports Festival. Then the real event begins. Favorite and Follow for the Sports Festival coming up. Enjoy!


Chapter 19: Kazume Against the World:

Afternoon 3:10 PM…

The final class for the day had ended and everyone was ready to head back to their homes, but not before interacting with their classmates for the next ten minutes. However, a couple of students caught a glimpse of Kazume scribbling down on his notes, and they noticed his writing hand filled with blood on his bandages.

"Um… Kazume? I forgot to ask but what happened to your hand?" asked Momo.

"Yeah, ribbit. Did you hurt yourself? You should definitely go see Recovery Girl to fix that up," Tsuyu felt concerned for her injured classmate.

"I'm fine everyone. You don't need to worry about me. I get cut all the time, this is nothing," answered Kazume after he quickly put his notebook away.

"Don't say that, Kazume. You hurt yourself too much protecting us in the USJ. Everytime we want to help you, you push us away, so please for once let us take care of you," stated Uraraka. She wanted to help Kazume anyway she could. She felt like she owed him a debt after saving her in the USJ. And after that incident when he insulted her for her goals, seeing him run away and coming back with a bloody right hand, she had to help her friend in need.

"Tch, fine… it's just a cut…" he scoffed.

He surrendered his hand to Ochako. He kept quiet as she worked, he kept a small first-aid kit on him at all times, it can't hurt to be prepared, right? He looked down at his feet.

"Uraraka, I'm so sorry," said Kazume.

"It's okay you don't need to apologize. I'm your friend, I'll always be here to help," said Uraraka, as she finished wrapping up the bandages on his right hand.

"No, you don't get it Uraraka. I have plenty of things I need to apologize for, and I can't forgive myself if I don't. I'm sorry for lashing out at you when I heard your goal of why you wanted to be a hero. It was so rude of me to insult you like that, and I made you upset. What I should've said was that you shouldn't be making your parents happy because you helped them get rich. Instead, you should make them happy that you've achieved your dreams. It's great that you want to help them anyway you can, if you want to do that by being a hero, promise me, your 'Deku', and your parents that you'll live on," Kazume continued to explain his apology to Uraraka.

"Thank you, Kazume. I promise that I won't fail," replied Uraraka.

"But that's not all, I am also sorry for what I said back in the USJ, that I would rather throw my life away keeping everyone else alive. If I had died, that would've been a terrible last few words to say to you and Asui. But that still doesn't end there, I'm also sorry for Jiro for almost attacking you… twice. One at the Battle simulations, and the other at homeroom today. And Tsuyu, I already apologized a thousand times before so you know why I'm sorry. And lastly, I'm sorry Momo for treating you like shit. At first, I thought you were just an annoying know-it-all with privileges of being a daughter of a rich heroic family coming here through recommendations, but now I see you as a great leader and a caring person. I couldn't believe that I let my biases get in the way, I let the other me get in the way, and I can't apologize enough for what I did to everyone," Kazume finished his long apology for all the regretful moments he had with his friends.

He laughed dryly, "Hah. Look at me, the superpowered ninja… apologizing…" His smile was strained, his eyes closing. Everyone couldn't believe what they were hearing. It was odd coming from the standoffish and paranoid boy that they'd come to know.

"Enough with the sentiment, let's just… leave it at that," Kazume said, his eyes still closed, taking a deep breath.

As Uraraka slowly slid the large door open, she was surprised to see a giant horde of students waiting outside the classroom.

"Umm, what's going on? Why are all you outside our classroom," Uraraka asked the large crowd of UA students.

"Do you have any sort of business with our class?" asked Iida.

"Why the hell are you blocking our exit?" asked Mineta.

"They're here to check out their competition, you dumbasses," Bakugo replied as he slowly walked towards the horde, "We're the class that survived a big villain attack, and they want to know what we're made of."

The horde backed up, seeing Bakugo step forwards, they all heard of his volatile nature.

"At least these fuckers get to know what a future pro looks like. Now move it, extras!" warned Bakugo.

"What?! You can't just call them that just because you have no idea who they are," stated Iida while both Midoriya and Uraraka were shocked by the explosive boy's insult.

"Nah, he has a point. I don't give a fuck about who they are, and they have no fucking business being here," said Kazume as he was also approaching the horde.

"Huh, so this is the Class-1A that everyone is talking about? I heard that you guys were incredible, but you two sound like complete jackasses," said a purple haired boy with bags in his eyes as he skimmed through the horde to meet face to face with the two Class 1-A students.

It seemed to be a stare down worthy of the gods, with the tired-looking boy staring down Kazume and Bakugou, seeming to challenge them. Their stare down meant much more than just a size-up.

"Is this this entire class full of egomaniacs or is it just the two of you," everyone was shocked at how bluntly said it was. The two boys weren't fazed as the tired boy cocked his head to the side, "Men of few words, huh?"

"Like I'll give a shit talking to the likes of you," Kazume spat, his voice coated with venom, enough to make the boy shudder. He'd never felt so much willpower in one person before.

"Well anyways, I ain't here to scout the competition like the rest of my colleagues are. I'm here to warn all of you that if you don't give your best out there, I'm gonna steal one of your spots in your classroom. We all wanted to become heroes like you, but we never had the chance to fit right in and UA decided to put us in a different course. I'm here to prove them wrong, so consider this as a declaration of war," said the purple-haired boy.

Then a gray haired boy raised his voice to get the attention of Class 1-A, "Hey you! I'm from Class 1-B, the class next door and I want to see for myself if it's true that you fought some villains, but I think you're nothing but a bunch of chumps who think you're better than us!"

'Oh crap, everyone now hates our class,' thought Uraraka, Midoriya, and Iida as they felt worried about how badly their class is being viewed.

"You can talk shit all you want, but when we meet at the Sports Festival, our class is gonna embarrass you so hard that you're gonna be nothing but a joke to the entire school!" said the Iron boy, but the two hot-heads ignored him and started to head on out through the horde, "Hey, don't you dare ignore me!"

"Dudes, where are you going? You guys gonna say something? It's your fault that two you are making our class look bad," said Kirishima.

"These people don't fucking matter. The only thing that does is when I beat the shit out of them in the festival," said Bakugo before he made his exit through the horde.

"I'm gonna come after you at the festival and you're gonna eat those words," said the Iron boy.

Kazume had enough of his shit, and stormed after the Iron boy with his red eyes slightly glowing, holding back Pain but still lashing out his frustration.

"Let me fucking set this straight through that thick, iron skull of yours, Tetsutetsu. Yes, I know exactly who the fuck you are. And for the record, those forty-eight villains that were severely dismembered was all my doing. You think you can just declare war on the entire Class 1-A? You just made a big mistake fucking around with us. So tell your shitty ass class of yours to fucking bring it or I'll completely fuck all of your asses up myself! Got it?!" He growled, a chill spreading through the area, making the classes scatter, the sheer force of his will caused even the mightiest of heroes to piss/shit their spandex. Kazume walked out the door and never looked back. His home is a dorm inside UA but he just walked out to have some private time to… take notes.

"Damn man, that was such a scary response, but at the same time that was so manly of Kazume to stand up for his class," said Kirishima as he clenched his left fist.

"Both Kazume and Bakugo have a good point, we have to beat them in the festival," said Tokoyami, for once not sitting on the desk, much to Tenya's relief.

"Yeah, but couldn't they be more respectful to them?! They just made everyone our enemies!" Kaminari panicked a little, worried at how much hate their class would receive.

"Oh come on! Rivalries are bullshit!" Mineta piped up, "I know the two facts of this world! Thick thighs save lives and tiddies soft n' warm!"

"That's unmanly! Rivalries are fated in history! Also, keep it in your pants!" Kirishima explained to Mineta before hardening his fist and smacking the pervert for his lewd comments, making the class look much worse.

Well, 1-A already had a reputation as the overly elite type.

Everyone made their way to the UA exit gates, while Kazume was sitting near the front door of the school waiting… and waiting… and waiting… until…

"Hey Kazume, I thought you had left already," said Uraraka, as she walked alongside Midoriya, and Iida.

"Oh no, I was just waiting for the crowd to leave you be, and waited to ask you three if you want to walk together towards the train station," said Kazume.

"Well, of course. It's better to walk as a group. We don't want any criminals to attack us," said Midoriya.

The four of them walked together towards the train station, chatting about their day, but Kazume wanted to ask questions about how their quirk works.

"Hey Uraraka, so what does your quirk do?" Kazume asked softly.

"Oh, my quirk works when I make contact to any object or person with all five fingertips, and make them completely weightless. They remain weightless until I tap all my fingertips together, releasing the effect," answered Uraraka.

"That's pretty amazing. You can catch an opponent off balance when they don't expect it just like you did back in the battle simulations. So what about you, Midoriya? What is your quirk?" said Kazume.

"U-Uh… j-just… strength enhancement! If I push it too far, it breaks my bones!" answered Midoriya.

"Your quirk is pretty powerful, like the time you made a huge hole to an entire building. But why does your quirk fuck up your bones? I know people's bodies have limits but never once I heard of a quirk that breaks your bone for one single use on your arm or fingers. Why is that?" asked Kazume.

"It's… kind of like a shotgun…" Midoriya mumbled.

"Oh, so like recoil?" Kazume asked again.

Midoriya nodded, thankful that he didn't make the comparison again. Kazume made a mental note that the quirk Midoriya had was a similar one to All Might's… almost eerily similar. Then, it hit him like a lightning bolt.

They had the same quirk. How? There's no way they're related! His pasty pale ass? There's no evidence of a quirk being passed like a gift! It'd be more like genetic shit!

But then there was one guy with a chainsaw for a tongue, so… anything is possible. Even overly-bendy fingers counted as a quirk.

'I gotta go talk to Midoriya's parents some day and get to the bottom of this,' thought Kazume.

The four arrived at the train station as their ride had just arrived at the stop. Three of the four entered the train and that left only one behind… Kazume.

He didn't need to ride the train, his home is back at UA. He only wanted to hangout with his friends to know more about them, and to make sure all of them got home okay, too. Who knows if his 'dear brother' wants to take shots at them?

"Kazume, are you not coming with us?" asked Uraraka with concern.

Kazume looked down in guilt as he pulled out the notes as the doors started to close.

"I'm sorry," said Kazume before the train doors were completely shut and started to leave the station. He had to back-stab them all. Even if they said they supported him, even if they reiterated over and over that he wasn't his brother…

It was hard to separate them.

He continued to walk, his hands clenching the notes. His hands gripping the pages. He was his own person. Not Stain, not his Brother! He wanted to save his friends, he wanted to protect them. Stain never wanted that.

"TO HELL WITH IT!" Kazume screamed, tearing the pages out over and over, not stopping for a second.

"I'm the master of my own destiny! I'm not him!"

Little did Kazume know… that his brother wasn't too far behind.

Kazume was on the way back towards the UA campus but then he got pulled into a dark alleyway.

'Not this again,' thought Kazume, knowing who it was.

"What are you doing?!" Stain growled, seeming to materialize from the shadows, holding the crumpled pages in his free hand, his mouth stinking of blood and his eyes tearing apart Kazume's poker face.

"I'm not gonna do this, I'm not gonna betray my friends like that," replied Kazume.

"You can't be serious, You got ATTACHED?! Hah… hahaha… HAHAHAHAHA! Oh, that is RICH! Don't tell me that you actually give a shit about your friends. The Kazume I know never makes any friends, unless… maybe that skank with the anti-gravity shit killed the Kazume I knew!" exclaimed the Hero Killer.

". . . . . ." Kazume didn't budge, making Stain get furious as he drew out his katana and almost sliced off his throat, giving him a warning.

"Answer me, bastard, c'mon… I got you up against a wall! So tell me… what did you think you were gonna prove by tearing it up? That you were okay? That you had it all figured out? That you could finally wash away all the wrong-doings you did alongside me?" asked Stain as his knife made contact to his throat but not drawing out blood.

Stain smiled at Kazume's expression. He really was the more emotive out of the pair of them. The fear on his face highlighted how much he loved his hunts. Now that it extended to the little shits that populated his precious 'Class 1-A'? He was about to get even more enjoyment out of it.

"You have two weeks until the festival, and you better get all that intel done. If you revolt by tearing up another intel or refuse to send me intel, your friends are gonna be next, and you'll be responsible for their deaths. And you better not report this meeting to the police or UA!" said Stain before he stormed off with the torn but still valuable intel of Uraraka.

Ochako Uraraka

Quirk: Zero Gravity

She can remove the gravity of any object she touches with all five fingertips in both of her hands. She can release the effect by touching all her fingertips together.

Strength: Very cooperative with allies, lifts multiple heavy objects, can improvise plans

Weakness: Zero combat skills, can only attack with either touching the opponent or using her quirk on objects as projectiles. Fake hero who wants to get rich.


Inside the train…

Ochako was worried, all three of them were worried in their own ways, but Kazume looked like he was fighting himself again. Tenya seemed to pace, his anger and concern like a searchlight. He was angry that he couldn't help Kazume in some way with what he was up against.

Izuku was scared for his friend, sure, he was like Kacchan 2.0 sometimes, but he meant well. He had a bad childhood and Izuku related to that, with his dad being overseas and his mom raising him on her own. Yet he couldn't imagine life without his mom.

Kazume was truly alone. Even if Izuku and the other two tried to reach out, he'd walk away without a word. Izuku was alone like him once, but he made himself alone.

That was the difference. The world made Izuku alone. While Kazume made himself alone. He'd walk away, punch walls, anything to keep others away.

Yet, Ochako, Tenya, and Izuku all wanted to save him.


Day 1:

Everyone had plans to train their hardest for the UA Sports Festival, but not Kazume. He had other plans in mind. Of course he'll put in work on his training, but then again… he has a Hero Killer that's on his ass.

So this was his strategy: whoever is training around the UA facilities, he will watch and gather intel on them. If they're not there and training somewhere else, he'll watch films of the battle simulations the class did with All Might.

On the first day, he saw Koda talking to plenty of animals… well more like communicating quietly without speaking words. He's probably mute at the moment.

Kazume took out his notebook and went to work.

Koji Koda

Quirk: Anivoice

He can communicate with all the animals to do his bidding.

Strengths: can use animals as his personal army

Weakness: Shy, mute, and his quirk could get him fucked by PETA if they get hurt. Also, I think he'd pull a 'Not the bees!'


Day 2:

He went to the USJ to train throwing his knives at a target from the roof of the destroyed building in the Earthquake zone of the facility. But he wasn't the only one, Uraraka and Mina were training as well in the area by using Uraraka's floating rocks as targets for Mina to throw her acid. Pretty excellent teamwork by Uraraka, but… time for some more intel.

Mina Ashido

Quirk: Acid

She can produce acid from any parts of her body and controls how strong her acid can be

Strengths: Her acid can make slightly enhance her ability, defense mechanism, and can shoot it from long distance

Weakness: DUMB AS FUCK! Lacks experience in combat situations, easily spotted with her pink color.


Day 3-7:

Since Kazume could not find anyone training around the area of the UA campus, he went to the staff lounge to find a computer on Class 1-A's battle simulation training with All Might.

He gathered intel on Sero, Ojiro, Mineta, and Todoroki, since they were training nearby their homes.

Hanta Sero

Quirk: Tape

He can release tape out of his elbows and can use it to capture villains, or use it as a swing

Strength: Tape is excellent at trapping opponents from distance with excellent accuracy, useful to set up traps like webs

Weakness: Using too much tape strains his stamina, KNIVES BEAT TAPE 100% of the time! Checkmate, Duct Tape!

Mashirao Ojiro

Quirk: Tail

He has a powerful behind his asshole, need I say more?

Strength: Uses his tail to hook on platforms, edges, and pipes. Tail can be a third hand or third leg for his martial arts combat

Weakness: Horrible at long range, throwing knives should do the trick

Minoru Mineta

Quirk: Balls… I mean Pop Off

He uses the balls, no those balls, balls on his head that can stick to anything

Strengths: Sticky balls can be very durable, useful for trapping his opponents when least expected

Weakness: No combat skills, FUCKING MIDGET AND A PERVERT! AND A CRYBABY! KILL HIS SORRY ASS!

Shoto Todoroki

Quirk: Half cold, Half hot

He extinguishes fire on his left side and forms ice on his right side

Strength: Very powerful quirk that is very destructive and deadly, very well trained by that BASTARD of a dad

Weakness: Hates his sorry ass dad, refuses to use his fire, only uses ice when in contact with the ground, wall, or person. Attack from long range, and bleed him out.


Day 8-9:

Kazume went to the gym to lift some weight and surprisingly, he saw Shoji doing 362 kilograms (800 pounds) on the bench press and an invisible gym uniform attempting to do a pull up, but Toru wasn't able to even budge. After Kazume finished his set of eight squatting 380 kilograms (840 pounds) he left the gym and did some intel.

Mezo Shoji

Quirk: Dupli-Arms

He can form multiple sets of arms to add more strength to his arsenal, and also forms ears to enhance hearing from far away, and creates multiple mouths on his arms

Strengths: This dude can lift! Regenerate arms faster than he loses them, excellent hand to hand combat

Weakness: Short ranged fighter, attack from distance, draw blood to paralyze.

Toru Hagakure

Quirk: Invisibility

She is invisible… nothing else

Strengths: Invisible, can't see her expression, perfect for stealth

Weakness: Weak as fuck, can't do a single pull up, can't used weapons, or clothes or else COVER BLOWN


Day 10-12:

*BOOOOM* Kazume had overslept and had woken up to the sound of an explosion.

He left the dorm and went outside to find the cause of the explosion, and not only did he find out the source of the explosion, but the source of the knocked down fake trees. It was Bakugo, Kirishima, and Sato training in the fake forest area. If it were real trees instead, they would be in real trouble for destroying nature or spreading a fire. Time for some more intel on these fuckers who rudely woke up Kazume.

Katsuki Bakugo

Quirk: Explosion

He sets off explosions on his palms from the nitroglycerin sweat he produces, with a large amount, he can set off a bomb destroying an entire building.

Strength: Intelligent, excellent combat and mastery with his quirk, fast reaction time

Weakness: SHITTY HERO WHO PICKS ON PEOPLE! WHO GAVE THIS FUCKING VILLAIN A QUIRK TO BLOW SHIT UP?! TAKE HIM DOWN ASAP!

Eijiro Kirishima

Quirk: Hardening

His quirk increases his defense by one stat. Just kidding, it makes his skin durable as a rock

Strength: His hardening makes his punches hit harder, very strong, durable to my knife I tested

Weakness: Not very intelligent, close range combat, but you can't hurt him from distance, beat him with speed. The HARDER they are, the HARDER they fall.

Rikido Sato

Quirk: Sugar Rush

He consumes food high in sugar that enhances his strength for a few minutes

Strength: Surprisingly fit, high strength for a small period of time, and unfortunately does not have high blood pressure

Weakness: short range, hand to hand combat, no long range attacks, needs to eat plenty of sugar to be useful for a long fight, DEFEAT BY ENDURANCE


Day 13:

Today was the final day of training for the students, but Kazume was having a hard time figuring out Izuku Midoriya. As he watched the film, he was able to withstand Bakugo at first… without even using his quirk. Kazume had so many questions about his quirk since his interaction with Izuku and his friends when they were walking towards the train station. But… what about his skills without using his quirk and not breaking his bones.

Kazume remembers all the times the staff made the class use their quirks for the assessment and how Midoriya ended up dead last… he realized that he was holding back on his quirk. And in the battle simulation against Bakugo, he never wanted to fight Bakugo head on… he was holding back as well. Kazume didn't have any interactions with Midoriya at the USJ but he did remember the question from Asui.


Isn't it kinda similar to All Might's?" asked Asui (From Chapter 10)


It was 4:55 P.M. and he needs to drop off the intel in an alleyway at 5 PM or his ass is history. He has to think of something. He tried to remember what Midoriya replied with in their walk together towards the train station. He said that his quirk is a strength enhancer, yet… how the hell does he cause a hole through the entire building by uppercutting without even making contact with the ceiling? If it was somehow similar to All Might, doesn't he do the same moves as the Symbol of Peace? Hold on… HOLD ON… Kazume starts to remember the times Midoriya used his quirk…

"SSSSSMMMMMMAAAAAAASSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Kazume remembers his battle cry from when he punched that zero-pointer when Kazume was trying to save Uraraka from the debris on her ankle.

And then he starts to remember when Midoriya threw the ball with his quirk.

"SMMAAAAAAAAASSSSSSHHHHHHH!"

He finally started to connect the dots… he's either an All Might fanboy who mimics his signature Detroit smash, or… He's somehow related to the Symbol of Peace himself.

Izuku Midoriya

Quirk: All Might's?

He can perform super powerful punches that can level an entire building or an entire street.

Strength: Intelligent, he doesn't have to rely on his quirk in hand to hand combat, good at counter attacking

Weakness: Using his quirk destroys his bones, so he is pretty much a quirkless boy with a dangerous power using it in emergencies only, even though his tears could count as one...


Kazume quickly headed out to leave the intel in a random alleyway near the campus. He placed it down on top of the dumpster, and was about to head back until…

"Hello brother. I'm glad you stopped by to leave the final intel of your class. It's like the old you is still inside you. It almost makes me feel some pride!" said Stain as he dropped down from the rooftop.

"Oh, joy…" Kazume sighed, rolling his eyes. 'What is it this time? Do you need me to lick your boots? Kiss your fucking ass, your royal hemophileness?' he thought.

"But you ain't off the hook just yet, brother. You still have one more task to do for me… to win the Sports Festival, and not just beat the competition, DESTROY the competition! That way, the whole fucking world will realize how pathetic and weak the future of this shitty hero society will be! Yoo better not fuck this up! I know you have it in you to complete my task!" explained Stain.

"Oh yeah, no pressure… let me just, oh I dunno… completely cheat and cut someone! I'm sure that'll go over SWELL!"

"Do you need me to motivate your sorry ass?! I can just go find a hero to kill when I'm done here," Stain asked in a furious tone.

"I'll get it done, you fucker!" Kazume spat.

"There's my brother I know!" Stain smiled as he quickly ran off in the rooftops.

Kazume went back to his dorm at the UA campus and prepared for bed as he has some pros… no, the entire society he has to impress at the UA Sports Festival coming up tomorrow.

TO BE CONTINUED...


Thank you all for reading the chapter. Sorry that it didn't have a lot of plot in the two weeks of training. I just wanted to finish up Kazume's intel and get to the Sports Festival soon. Reviews are always appreciated, so don't be shy to send me one. If you enjoyed this story, don't forget to Favorite and/or Follow the story. Next time, it's SPORTS FESTIVAL TIME!