Chapter 39 - The Main Event
Vlad King left to have Monoma taken to the nurse's office. Aizawa then came forward, and selected Bakugo as the next to fight. Bakugo made his way through the crowd, and then stood in the middle of Gym Gamma, where the fighting had been going on.
"Alright, Bakugo." said Aizawa, his tone bored as usual. "Choose your opponent."
"I choose 'Ham-Hands' as my opponent!" Bakugo sneered. "Come on over, and I'll blast you all the way back to Kindergarten!"
Peter cracked his knuckles and replied in an angry tone, "I'll come over there and send you all the way to the moon, courtesy of the large fist express! The special on the dining car is a knuckle sandwich, followed by crushed moron pie!"
Peter then came out to the middle of Gym Gamma, and then both he and Bakugo began stretching and getting ready. Everyone knew that this battle was going to happen soon enough, and they were all rather interested in what was going to be the outcome. As for Yusuf and Ralphie, they decided to joke around with the subject of the fight.
"Welcome to the main event this afternoon!" Yusuf spoke, his tone like that of a sports commentator. "I am Yusuf Kingston, all the way from the America, and I'm here with my co-host, Ralphie Patterson."
"That's right, Yusuf!" Ralphie replied, making his voice sound like a sports commentator. "It's going to be a fight for the ages, as Katsuki 'Garbage-Mouth' Bakugo takes on Peter 'Ham-Hands' Cisco! The crowd is pumped, and ready for this exciting match-up!"
"Katsuki 'Garbage-Mouth' Bakugo is one vicious fighter." said Yusuf. "From what I've heard, he has an explosive quirk, a massive amount of willpower, and his bite is as worse as his bark. But don't count out Peter 'Ham-Hands' Cisco! He may not have the brains, but he has the muscles, the speed, agility, and stamina! These factors make him a brutal fighter all on his own, and he's gonna give Bakugo some trouble for sure!"
"Yes indeed!" Ralphie added. "And we have Mr. Aizawa, Class 1-A's teacher, standing by as referee. Hopefully, if the fight gets too nasty, he'll step in and put a stop to it. But otherwise, its going to be an anything goes, no-holds barred, knock down, drag out fight!"
"And it looks like they're getting started, as the two fighters are taking their fighting stances!" Yusuf spoke.
"Alright, when you're ready…" said Aizawa, his tone bored. "Begin."
Peter leapt through the air with a loud roar, aiming to smash Bakugo and end the fight! Bakugo jumped back, stuck out his hands, and fired a large explosion! However, Peter came jumping through the smoke, apparently unaffected by the blast! Bakugo tried to dodge again, but this time, Peter proved to be too fast! He grabbed Bakugo's leg before he got away, and then slammed him hard into the ground twice! Peter then threw him into the air, but Bakugo regained his balance and used his explosions to fly! Suddenly, Peter came flying out of nowhere and punched Bakugo, sending him to the ground! He then came flying down to smash Bakugo, who dodged out the way just in time!
"DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Bakugo roared, firing a massive explosion.
Peter dodged out of the way and then punched Bakugo in the stomach, sending him flying once again! Bakugo rolled and regained his footing, before dodging Peter's wild right and left hooks! He then proceeded to use explosive punches against Peter, but Peter was able to block them! Peter then punched Bakugo, which turned him around, and then he grabbed him from the back of head and slammed him into the ground! He proceeded to do it three times, before Bakugo blasted the ground, stunning Peter and making him let go of Bakugo! Bakugo then turned and blasted Peter's face, causing him to yell out in pain and lose his vision! This made Peter vulnerable, and Bakugo, now bleeding from his mouth, nose, and a cut above his left eye, began moving in to deal as much damage as he could!
After receiving several explosion based punches, Peter let out a roar of frustration, and began swinging for the fences! Bakugo moved back, deciding to let Peter tired himself out, but unfortunately, Peter regained his sight, and was just faking it so that when he stopped, Bakugo would try to attack and let his guard down! And that happened, as when Peter stopped, Bakugo rushed in to deal more damage! However, Peter uppercut him into the air, and when Bakugo, who was dazed from it, came back down, Peter punched him again, sending him rolling! Bakugo then stopped rolling and got back up, now looking pretty beaten!
"Hurts, doesn't it?" Peter sneered. "Not so great now are you, little Kacchan? Yeah, I know the nickname you hate; you keep reacting negatively after that green haired kid, and that quirkless loser, call you that. You may think you're really great, but you're nothing! All you are is a smoldering pile of refuse, a nothing in a world of somethings! You will never make as a hero, so you might as well give up!"
Bakugo let a roar and blasted forward, only to met by a right jab by Peter! Bakugo was sent rolling again, and when he stopped, it looked as if he wasn't getting back up again!
"Just as I thought; you're a loser." Peter continued, his tone prideful and villainous. "Give up already, Kacchan? Just as I would expect from somebody like you…"
"Don't listen to him, Kacchan!" Midoriya yelled out. "Get back up and fight!"
"Get up and fight, Bakugo!" Matthew added. "Don't give up!"
Bakugo, lying on the ground, suddenly slammed his hand on the ground! With a loud roar, he began running towards Peter, who took his fighting stance again! Peter then swung a right hook at him, but Bakugo blasted himself in the air, and then fired a full-on blast with one of his hands, yelling all the way! Peter let out a yell as the explosion burned him, and sent him flying!
"Only two people are allowed to call me that!" Bakugo growled, when he landed on the ground. "Deku, and that Quirkless! Don't you ever call me that name again!"
Peter got back up, jumped through the air, and yelled out, "Thousand Fist Combo!"
Peter then landed and uppercut punched Bakugo, which he blocked, but it still sent him upward! Peter then jumped into the air, and began pummeling Bakugo rapidly, over and over and over! Bakugo was able to block the first couple hundred of punches, but his guard broke and he ended receiving the rest of them! The resulting forced sent Bakugo flying, and he ended up skidding across the grounds of Gym Gamma! Peter then landed and began running at him, intent on delivering more damage! Bakugo got back up, made a circle with his finger and thumb, and then stuck his finger through it!
"AP Shot - Auto Cannon!" Bakugo yelled, firing explosive residue at Peter.
Peter punched through the burning residue, and attempted to punch Bakugo again, who dodged out of the way! Bakugo then attempted to use an explosive punch against Peter, but Peter caught his hand! The two then struggled against each other, with Bakugo fighting against Peter's strength! However, when Bakugo attempted to blast Peter again, Peter forced his hand back, and Bakugo ended up blasting himself! Peter then shoved him away, and proceeded to unleash a vicious combo of punches on Bakugo!
"Five Punches of Pain!" Peter yelled, as he delivered each punch to Bakugo.
The punches sent Bakugo reeling, and he fell onto his back. Peter then leapt into the air, intent on delivering the final blow!
"This is it!" Peter yelled, flying down. "Double Fisted Smash of Oblivion!"
Peter lifted his fists as he flew down, preparing to deliver the killing blow! Fortunately for Bakugo, he raised his arm and blasted Peter with a huge blast, sending him off course! Peter hit the ground and recovered, while Bakugo quickly got to his feet!
"That's it! No more playing by the rules!" Bakugo roared. "Time for my final move!"
Bakugo then blasted himself into the air, spinning around and around and creating a black tornado! He then lit his arms up with explosive energy, and a villainous grin flashed over his face!
"Howitzer Impact!" Bakugo roared, flying towards Peter.
Peter, unfazed by this sight, raced forward and jumped into the air, his fists ready to deliver more damage! Both students yelled as they collided and-
BOOM!
When the smoke cleared, and everybody got back up, they saw Bakugo standing there, panting hard. He was bleeding, bruised, panting hard, and sweating profusely. He then fell back and sat down, tired from the fight that had just taken place.
Suddenly, a roar was heard from across the Gym, and everyone looked to see Peter still standing there! He was covered in smoke, his mohawk had been burnt off, his tracksuit top as well was burnt, and he looked like he was in a lot of pain! But he was still standing, and he was conscious!
"I'm gonna kill you!" Peter roared, racing forward.
Bakugo attempted to get up, but the Howitzer Impact had taken a lot out of him, and he ended up falling back! Peter then jumped through the air, raised his fists up and-
Peter collapsed to the ground, right in front of Bakugo; apparently, the Howitzer Impact had done a number on him as well. Class 1-A, Class 1-B, their American students, and even Aizawa wore shocked looks on their faces. Bakugo then tried again and succeeding in standing up, aiming his hand at Peter to make sure that he didn't try to get up and attack again.
"I'm calling it." said Aizawa, his tone somewhat shocked. "Bakugo wins."
"Yeah, Bakugo!" Kirishima cheered.
"Attaboy, Kacchan!" Matthew added.
For once, Bakugo didn't react negatively to being called that. He let out a tired grunt, and began limping over to where the students who finished fighting were. He then sat down on the bench and rested, rubbing the back of his neck. As for Peter, the stretcher robots returned to take him to the nurse's office.
"Well folks, that was quite a battle!" said Yusuf, still using his sports commentator voice. "It looked rough out there, but Bakugo was able to power through and defeat Peter! We now take you to an exclusive interview with the winner! Ralphie, what do you got for us?"
Ralphie, pretending to be a reporter, sat by Bakugo and asked, "Mr. Bakugo, can we have a comment on the fight?"
"No comment." Bakugo muttered, too tired to react violently.
"I understand; thank you for your time." Ralphie replied, before going back to sit with Yusuf. "I would interview Peter, but he looks like he's going to be out of commission for a while!"
"That's perfectly fine by me!" Yusuf spoke. "Now then Ralphie, can you end it for us?"
"You got it!" Ralphie replied, before stuttering out, "Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-That's all, folks!"
In the locker rooms, the male students of Class 1-A were changing out of their gym uniforms, and back into their school clothes. Matthew, who hadn't changed out of his U.A tracksuit yet, approached Bakugo, who was slipping on his U.A school uniform jacket.
"I'd never thought I'd say this to you, but good job out there." said Matthew.
Bakugo let out a 'hmph' and replied, "You did pretty good yourself. You better be like that when we have our rematch!"
"Oh don't worry, I will. In fact, I'll be even better than Peter Cisco ever was."
Bakugo grinned at that, and then walked out of the locker room. Matthew then got undressed, and put on his U.A school uniform. Like most of the students, Matthew had his own little modifications to the uniform that were allowed; he didn't wear the red tie, and he wore his white running shoes.
It was like with most students; for example, Murdock wore his white cowboy hat, a grey vest, and his cowboy boots with his uniform. Sunshine as well had black tights on with her uniform, similar to Uraraka. As for Milo, Joshua, and Annabelle, they were their uniforms same as everyone else. It was the same for the American students of Class 1-B, aside from some parts that were tailored for their appearances.
After getting dressed, Matthew went out to where his friends were waiting for him. He began walking with Milo, Ashido, Sunshine, Iida, Uraraka, and Midoriya.
"Well, that was fun." said Sunshine, her tone tired. "Can't wait to see how tomorrow turns out."
"Yeah, because Annabelle, Joshua, and I will be fighting tomorrow." Milo replied.
"That fight with Ralphie and Iida was crazy." Ashido piped up. "Iida, what was that like for you?"
"It started out well, but after Ralphie ingested spinach, it was like I got hit by a cyclone!" Iida replied. "I don't understand why he became that way from eating spinach…"
"I believe that's a reference to Popeye." said Matthew.
"Who?" Uraraka asked, her tone confused.
"Popeye the Sailor Man." Matthew replied. "You know, 'strong to the finish, cause he eats his spinach'?"
Uraraka still looked confused, to which Matthew sighed and replied, "Never mind; it's an old cartoon, made before any of us were even ideas. Because Ralphie's quirk has to do with cartoon logic, he used that particular logic to defeat Iida."
"Yusuf's match was also something to take note of." Midoriya added. "Apparently, he misjudged how powerful Mineta's sticky balls can be, and that ended up being his downfall. Your match as well, Sunshine, was interesting."
"Yeah; I ended up getting beaten because Tokage can split herself into little pieces." Sunshine replied. "And then, she formed right behind me and was able to knock me out. Still, she was a good sport about winning, and she didn't rub it in. But what are we talking about my fight for?! You, Matthew, you demolished Monoma!"
"When he made that comment about Shiozaki, I think I lost my head." Matthew replied. "It's a good thing his quirk timed out, otherwise I would've been defeated right then and there."
"So it was pure luck, then." said Iida.
"In my opinion, Iida, there's no such thing as luck. Call it an act of God, if you will."
"Then it was an act of God, as you put it."
The group of eight then continued walking together, chatting about what had occurred in Gym Gamma. Tomorrow, the sparring matches would continue, and hopefully, they wouldn't be as wild as they were today…
Ralphie: (Singing) I'm Popeye the Sailor Man, I'm Popeye the Sailor Man! I'm strong to the finish, because I eat me spinach, I'm Popeye the Sailor Man!
Heroboy005: Okay, I get it. Do you have a joke for me or not?
Ralphie: Yes! What do you get if Todoroki is bitten by a vampire?
Heroboy005: Every girl's dream date?
Ralphie: No! Frostbite! HAHAHAHAHA!
Heroboy005: Funny, but how do you explain his fire side when he's a vampire?
Ralphie: Uh... boiling blood! HAHAHAHA!
Heroboy005: (Sarcastically) Ha ha, very funny.
Ralphie: Okay, I'm done.
(Goes back into the story)
Heroboy005: Is it just me, or is he getting worse? I don't know; maybe I'm losing my mind.
R&R,
Heroboy005
