Here we go. Back into Gentle Criminals.
TigerVolcano5000: Not a pairing just yet, but something is budding :)
Silenthawk170: Yep that Katsuki for you. Anyways thanks for the inspiration man.
Gold Testament: I'm glad you're invested in the story and you're making all kinds of great ideas! Not sure if the chapter is gonna go like you planned but I hope you still enjoy it!
Mistyagami: Bakugo back at it again, always trying to stomp on Deku. That would help her out a lot. I hope you can enjoy this chapter.
Guest: Thank you! I hope I can continue to satisfy you with this chapter.
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Bakugo was fuming. He stomped over to Deku and grabbed him by his shirt.
The corny guitar from the American country music that played became mere background noise as the 2 looked at each other. Even centuries later that was still a genre.
Izuku shook as he mouth dropped in shock.
'Why is Kacchan here?!' he questioned in his head. The familiar feeling of his body instinctively trying to make itself smaller than it was came back. He saw the anger in those ruby orbs. The usual anger that meant he would feel pain.
"So Deku you think you can come to the mall and eat at this shitty American Resturant?! What do you think you're better than me because you're eating AMERICAN FOOD?!" He shouts, spit flying in Izuku's face
Izuku nervously tried to conjure up a response. No matter how many times he told Kacchan he wasn't trying to compete with him, he always took it as an insult! He knew that Kacchan wasn't his friend, but a part of him always clung onto the hope that he would change.
"I just c-came to the mall f-for a day out Kac-, I mean Katsuki." Izuku nervously says. The first step to reminding himself that Kacchan wasn't his friend was to stop calling him that nickname.
Katsuki was about to spit out a foul response until he realized something.
Hang on… Did Deku just call him by his first name? His grip slightly loosens on Izuku's shirt.
"What did you just call me Deku?!" he shouts, his eye twitching slightly.
Izuku was about to speak until he turned his head. From the corner of his eye he could see the familiar short figure that was Manami Aiba. She was glaring at the explosive blonde with those eyes. Those enticing eyes…
Izuku shakes his head, now wasn't the time to have thoughts like that.
"ARE YOU IGNORING ME NOW DEKU?!" Katsuki shouted with ferocity once he saw that Deku's attention wasn't on him anymore. Katsuki turned to see what Deku was looking at. Katsuki was surprised to say the least. He raises his eyebrow as he turns and sees… A pink loli. That was glaring at him.
"Who the hell are you looking at Loli?" he asks, curious on why she looked so pissed.
"Get your hands off of him." She says simply, hands on her hips. If looks could kill, Katsuki would be a pile of ashes by now.
Katsuki actually laughs at this.
"Now who in the hell are you to tell me what to do? What are you gonna do if I don't pink rings?" Katsuki asked, genuinely amused at her.
Manami was angry. She didn't like seeing her friend get manhandled by this punk.
"A-aiba please! Its okay! Katsuki and I were just talking." Izuku tried to interject to calm down his short friend. The last thing he wanted was for her to be a target of Katsuki's ire.
Manami was having none of it.
"Shush Izuku! This Pomeranian is clearly not talking with you. He needs to be taught a lesson." She says folding her arms across her chest.
Katsuki's amusement quickly turned into anger in an instant. Who the hell was this bitch insulting? Did she not know who he was? This could not stand.
"Hold on, who the hell are you talking to short stack?!" he shouts. He throws Deku away from him and stomps up to her.
Izuku hits the side of a table hard, his ribs began to hurt. He wasn't expecting to be thrown out of nowhere.
Manami does not flinch, she stands her ground.
'I am not going to let this idiot intimidate me! I have to look tough for Izu- Midoriya… Yeah Midoriya.'
"I called you a Pomeranian. What you got a problem with that?" she spits with venom in her voice, she hated this kid. She wonders if this was one of Izuku's bullies. One of the people that made him the way he was.
"You fucking bitch. Don't you dare talk to me that way! Who are you anyways?! Deku's guardian angel or some shit?! What is that quirkless freak dating lolis now?!" Katsuki's palms began to smoke, he was beginning to lose his already short temper. With how shitty his day was going and now this bitch having the audacity to call him out like that in a public setting… Consequences be damned. Nobody talks down on Katsuki Motherfucking Bakugo!
"H-hey, don't call her that." Izuku says from behind Katsuki. Katsuki doesn't acknowledge him at all. Neither does Manami, both were too focused on each other, the tension in the air growing so thick it can be cut with a knife. The intensity was too much.
"What are you gonna do if I don't shut up Porcupine?" she growls back, forming her hands into fists.
"I'm gonna put you in your place you Loli whore. I don't care if you're fucking that quirkless freak or not." He growls out, a vein popping on his forehead.
Izuku didn't like hearing Katsuki talk about his friend like that. He clenches his fist and walks up behind Katsuki. He puts his other hand on Katsuki's shoulder to get his attention. He had to try and diffuse the situation
"I said don't call her that Katsuki." Izuku says more seriously. Its one thing to bully him, but to bully Manami was something he could not allow. His eyebrows knit in frustration and he felt some intense feeling bubbling in his chest.
Katsuki was not in the mood for Deku's bullshit. He slaps Izuku's hands away using a small explosion. Izuku instantly recoils and holds his slightly burnt wrist now.
"AHGG!" he shouts in pain as he backs up, blowing on it.
Manami's eyes widen seeing her ma- friend in such pain. She felt her heart squeeze in sorrow as she looks at the hurt look on him.
"IZUKU ARE YOU OKAY?!" she shouts in a panic. She resisted the urge to rush over and check on him. She didn't want this blonde fucker to humiliate her man anymore.
'Friend… Why do I keep thinking of that?' she questions internally shaking her head.
"I-I'm fine Manami. I-its nothing." He says gritting his teeth. Both are in shock that neither notice that he said her first name. However one person did.
Katsuki smirks.
No. He wasn't fine. This red eyed devil just hurt him with his quirk! It was time for payback. She wasn't going to let him get away with that. He was going to pay.
"That will teach you to stay out of my way Deku. Mind you own damn business! Now back to you, you Loli bitch." Katsuki turns back to face Manami.
Manami reeled back her fist. She wasted no time and drove it forward. Her aim was true as she hit Katsuki's family jewels, scoring a critical hit.
Katsuki's eyes bulge and he shouts in pain, reeling over and clutching his sacred land.
"LEAVE IZUKU ALONE YOU SCUM!" she shouts with tears in her eyes. She quickly blinks them away and spits on the downed Bakugo and rushes to Izuku's aid. She couldn't stand by any longer, she couldn't let her friend suffer anymore.
Manami grabs Izuku's wrist and looks at the burn mark. She inspected it and lightly touched it to see if there was any reaction. A pained wince came from Izuku once she touched it. That much pain from a simple touch was not a good thing.
"Come on Izuku! We need to get you to a hospital to get that checked out!" she shouts in panic, trying to drag him out, her purple and pink eyes wide with concern. Izuku stands his ground and forces out a smile. He didn't want her to worry for him.
"Are…Are you sure Izuku?" she asked, scanning that burn. Her eyes were sad.
"Manami its fine, I swear it is. I can treat this at home easily." He says trying his best to sound positive.
Without even knowing it, their hands linked. Once Izuku notices this, he blushes. Manami was warm, and her concern for him made a strange feeling in his stomach. He didn't know what it was, but it was better than the rare anger that bubbled in his chest when Katsuki insulted her. Izuku allows himself to relax, his shoulders slump in relief and he lets out a breath.
Manami smiles at him, happy that she stood up for him.
They began to walk out of the restaurant.
However they made one mistake. They turned their back on Bakugo.
'SO SHE GETS OFF A SNEAKY LITTLE CHEAP SHOT, SPITS ON ME, AND THINKS SHE CAN WALK AWAY?!' he screams internally. Katsuki's eyes twitched as he foamed from his mouth in rage. Being spit on. A cheap shot. Turning her back on him. He didn't care how small she was, that was the last straw. The humiliation was too much.
Katsuki shakily rose to his feet. His eyes burning holes through the back of Manami's head. His hands began to pop small explosions.
Manami felt something at the back of her head. She stops walking and turns around. What she didn't expect was the moment she turned around, that she would be blinded by a flash of light, and hit with a massive attack that let out a loud boom. Her eyes could only widen before she is sent sailing into a pillar face first.
"DIE!" Katsuki shouted as he stretched out his open palm and used an explosion directly at Manami's face.
She hits the ground with a thud as Izuku shakes. He looks on in shock and horror as he sees the rabid Katsuki fuming. His hands smoking and his eye twitching.
"Bitch…" he mutters to himself as he eyes her form, a small grin forming on his face. Something about seeing weaklings who oppose him on the ground always had a way to make him happy. It wasn't his fault. He was talking with Deku and then she jumped in.
Manami's prone form was smoking and she was not getting up. Once Izuku snaps out of his daze, he rushes over to her side, trying to shake her. He quickly turns her over and looks at her face. Her eyes were closed. On the left side of her face there was a massive burn. Her once delicate and soft skin now being raw and peeling off. Instead of that smooth pale complex, the surrounding skin was a deep crimson.
'Her face, her beautiful face… Why did he DO THIS?!' Izuku shouts in his mind as he begins shaking in place vigorously. Tears begin to pour down his face. He cradles her and takes her hand in his, hoping she would be okay.
'My friend. My one friend. She stands up for me and I do nothing while he attacks her!' Izuku blames himself. The guilt feeling like a pit in his stomach. He wanted to vomit, he wanted to scream, he wanted to rip Katsuki's head off. He wanted to do so many, but his mind was too cluttered. All he could do was sit and hold onto her.
As if his prayers were answered, Manami weakly opened her eyes, a single tear falling from the side where she was burned.
Pain ached all around her face. She was too weak to scream. She could feel her skin sizzling, sweat rolling down her face. Her face felt as if a ton of hot coals were dumped onto it. Her ears ringing from the sound of the explosion. Through all of this pain she feels something warm. She looks up and sees a teary eyed Izuku, cradling her and holding her hand.
She smiles weakly and looks at him in the eyes. It was time. This had to be done.
"I-Izuku. I have s-something to tell you." She says weakly as she coughs, she tightens her grip on his hand.
"Wh-what is it Manami?" his tone shaky as he did his best to control his emotions. He held her tighter.
"I th-think that I…Love you." Once Izuku hears those words, his eyes grow as wide as saucers. He had to shake his head in disbelief. Did he hear that right? No way. Someone love him? A worthless Deku, that couldn't be possible. He had hundreds of questions but he only asked one.
"Wh-what?" he says, disbelief evident in his tone. Manami expected this. With the way he was treated and his tales of the fake love letters that would either lead to humiliation or a beatdown, of course he was always on guard. She hated this, she wanted him to be happy. He was her hero. He came and helped her that day in the tunnel, when she was so stressed and felt so sad. He was there. Nobody else but him, he was different. He wasn't like those boys at her school, he cared. He was someone who cared about her.
"I love you, Izuku. I love you! Y-you are such an amazing guy. You are always looking out f-for someone else you-" she wheezes painfully as she begins choking on her words.
'No! I can't choke up here! I have to go through with this' she urges to herself in her mind. Not only did she want to confess, he needed to be empowered for what was bound to be a fight. That explosive blonde was not done with them yet. She knew this. Izuku needed her love!
"You are kind, caring, funny, and so much more! I don't care if you're quirkless or not! A quirk doesn't make a p-person! You shouldn't be judged by the quirk you were born with or lack thereof, you should be judged by the actions of your heart! And you, Izuku Midoriya are the greatest hero out there. Better than All Might and everyone else. You are my light, you helped me in that tunnel, nobody else did. You are always there to listen to me vent about how bad things are. You are there to cheer me up. Izuku, you, are, my, hero." She emphasizes those last 4 words as she looks him deep in his emerald eyes, pricking with tears. She pushed through the pain and did her best. She would only hope that he would return the love. She notices the faint pink glow going around Izuku, she smiles.
Izuku opens his mouth to respond, until he hears cruel laughter cutting him off.
Katsuki groaned in boredom. Deku was with his damsel in distress and he sat through their little love story or what the fuck ever was going on. It was so cheesy and it made him want to vomit. He didn't care if Deku was dating lolis or whatever. He always knew the quirkless trash was creepy, always eyeing his classmates and taking notes on them and their quirks, but dating lolis? Deku clearly had a few screws loose.
'Fuckin creep. I'll wait until their little confession is over, then I'll stomp on Deku too! It'll show them to stop fucking with me and getting in my way.' A feral grin crossed Katsuki's face. Now that the anger was mostly gone because he shut that pink glitter bitch down, he laughed. He couldn't hold it in anymore. At first it was boring but then she actually looked dead fucking serious. That was when Katsuki laughed loud enough for them to hear.
Watching a girl that was like 4 feet tall confess to the quirkless loser? That was too fucking funny, he didn't know who was worse. He was sure wherever the hell that girl went to school, she was the loser there too.
"Wow, oh man that is funny shit. Deku you pathetic pedophilic fuck. Getting little girls to confess to you now? You are just the worst of the worst, holy shit. I don't know if I should keep laughing or blow your head off. You and that little girl, maybe I should teach her a lesson too, She needs to be put in her place too!" Katsuki says shaking his head.
"Shut…up." Izuku says between his teeth, fists clenched white and shaking. He was trying his best to control himself. He felt his control slipping every second that passed
"Hell the both of you combined amount to nothing. One is a quirkless creep and the other is a weakling loli. Actually go on and date that bitch Deku. The two of you can both leap off a building and help the world out." Katsuki slightly chuckles.
Izuku's eyes widen in shock, then they hardened. Izuku stands, glaring daggers at Katsuki. Now that caught the explosive blonde off guard.
He lost it. He lost control.
'Just leave MANAMI ALONE!' That was when something inside of Deku snapped. He couldn't hold it in anymore. The years of bullying, being looked down upon. The problem was in front of him. Katsuki was the machine that held him back from moving up in his life. He was the one that didn't believe in him. He was the one that put everyone against him. He was the one that caused the pain, all of it. Its his fault
'Its his fault. Its his fault. Its his fault. ITS HIS FAULT! ITS HIS FAULT! ITS HIS FAULT! ITS HIS FAULT!'
"Deku what in the hell are you doing? Do you really plan on trying to take me on you quirkless fuck?" Katsuki asked in disgust. However he noticed something that he didn't pick up on before. He was bored at first then was laughing too much however he noticed it now.
Deku was glowing pink. It was faint, but there was a pink glow around him. What the fuck?
'Wait did he have a quirk all this time?'
Izuku eyes drilled right into Katsuki's.
Without any warning, Izuku launched forward in a pink blur of speed. A loud crack echoed across the restaurant as Izuku's empowered fist connected with Katsuki's cheek.
Katsuki was off-guard. He did not expect Deku to be that fast or hit too hard. Katsuki flies into a booth, his back cracking against the table. Katsuki grunts in pain as the impact was hard, not to mention the pain in his cheek. He steadily rises and spits out some blood, he bit his tongue on impact, and now his lower lip was busted. He growls and glares at Deku.
"Lucky fucking shot!" Izuku was in his face in moments and connects a fist to his gut. Katsuki gets the win knocked out of him and spits. He has to hold back the urge to hurl up his breakfast.
He gives Katsuki no time to recover. This wasn't Izuku, this was a rage fueled beast. Green eyes glare into red ones.
Katsuki clutches his stomach, he looks up and sees Deku raise his fist, Katsuki's eyes harden, he wanted a fight, he would give him a fight. He was not going to be a quirkless freak's punching bag! Over his dead body!
Katsuki grabs his fist before he can land the punch and uses a controlled explosion. Izuku grits his teeth in pain as he feels hit hand light up in red hot pain.
He resists the urge to scream, he felt as if his hand was hit with a sledgehammer, then dumped into scalding hot water. The burning pain vibrated up his fist to his wrist.
"Izuku no!" Manami shouts in fright. Her heart aches seeing her hero in pain! If only she could help him! She tries to get up, but finds the pain in her face was still to much and falls back on the ground. Her eyes tear up.
"HOW DOES THAT FEEL SHITTY DEKU?!" he shouts as he uses his other hand and punches Izuku square in the nose. Immediately after the punch lands, blood gushes from out of his nose like a fountain. Katsuki grabs his arm and shirt, and judo flips Deku, making sure that Izuku lands on his face and not his body. Izuku lands on the tiled force on his already gushing nose.
A nasty squishing sound can be heard as he makes contact with the floor. He wasn't done yet. Katsuki then uses both hands and grabs Izuku's shirt, forcing him to look at him.
"YOU'RE PATHETIC DEKU! NOTHING BUT A LOWLIFE WHO CRACKS UNDER THE SLIGHTEST PRESSURE! LOOK AT YOU! BLOOD RUSHING FROM A SINGLE ATTACK! LEARN YOUR PLACE YOU-" Katsuki's monologue is cut off as Izuku slams his skull into Katsuki's nose. A sickening crack is heard on impact. Katsuki screams in pain as he drops Izuku to grip his nose.
'Broken, fucking figures.' He berates himself for stepping into his old habits.
Oh the irony.
Izuku's eyes are still glaring at Katsuki. He didn't react to the pain, it was non-existant. The only signs he was in pain was his gushing nose, and his burnt fist that he clenched.
"ITS ALL YOUR FUCKING FAULT!" Izuku charges forward, him seeing red. Not just his and Katsuki's blood, but his vision was red was raw rage.
Katsuki holds up his arms to guard his face and chest, Izuku's fist met against Katsuki's guard.
He grunts as he defends against Izuku's blind rage.
Katsuki uses light from his explosions to temporarily blind Izuku.
"AH!" Izuku shouts as he hold his eyes, rubbing at them to try and get his vision back.
Katsuki takes advantage and lands a huge fist on the side of Izuku's head, hitting his ear. Izuku stumbles back, his right hear now picking up a steadily growing ringing noise from the impact.
Katsuki begins to hammer his gut with blows.
'Deku thinks his little rage moment can outshine all of the humiliation he put me through?! Bull fucking shit!'
Izuku gains his vision back as he does his best to remain standing. Katsuki's blows were hard and although Manami's quirk cushioned the impact, Katsuki was still strong and many hit their mark.
Izuku sees an opening, when Katsuki raises his fist, he uses his own speed and blitzes him. He lands a hard elbow to his face, knocking some of his teeth out.
"SON OF A BITCH!" Katsuki shouts. He pushes through the pain and lands an explosion on Deku's chest, burning his shirt and sending him flying back.
Katsuki pants and bends over, holding onto his knees. He glares in the direction of the loli bitch. He noticed something.
'She is glowing too. Fuck this must be her quirk. No way Deku does all of this on his own. Figures that loser needs help from a fucking trap.'
Izuku felt as if he got hit with a cannon. He lands on one knee and clutches his chest, wheezing. Not even Manami's love could stop the raw power of that explosion. That explosion was not like the ones that he used to torment him daily. No, that was a serious explosion. His chest was exposed as most of his shirt burned away. His exposed chest now having burn marks and torn skin. Some of the skin even melted off in some places, exposing the red smoking flesh. Izuku turns his head towards Manami, he sees her looking at him, tears in her eyes.
'No! I can't let her down!' he feels a surge of energy within him as the glow grows brighter. He didn't know whether it was from her growing love, or if his undying spirit propelled him forward, but he felt stronger. The immense pain in his chest was mostly gone, his adrenaline cancelling most of it out. It was there but not as bad. He also controlled his breathing to a slight rasp rather than the wheezing.
Izuku gets back into a fighting stance, he sees Katsuki propel himself with an explosion towards him, his fist ready.
'The right hook' he thinks as he notices he was right. He decided to use a move from Katsuki's own moveset. He grabs his arm and does an over the shoulder toss.
Katsuki's eyes widened in shock.
"STAY DOWN!" Izuku shouts as he slams Katsuki into the ground.
Katsuki felt something in his arm crack as he landed directly on top of it.
Izuku had never done the move before, he simply tried to imitate Katsuki unknowingly. Like almost all beginners they don't get it right, and Katsuki paid the price for this. Izuku's off balance and imperfect version of the attack caused Katsuki to crash and land on top of his other arm. There was a small cracking sound and Katsuki felt as it his arm got crushed in a vice upon impact.
His eyes widen and tear up.
"YOU FUCKER!" Katsuki shouted as he made to get up. Izuku throws a fist towards his head, which he blocks, but with the arm he landed on.
Katsuki lets out a roar of pain as the hard fist connected with his arm. He for sure thinks that it was broken.
He was not going to back down, he refuses to stop now and lose to fucking Deku of all things. Not people, things.
Katsuki sweeps Deku's legs from other him.
Izuku did not expect this and falls on the ground. Katsuki propels himself with mini explosions and quickly gets on top of him, pinning him down. He raises his unbroken hand and his palm heat up, he gets ready to unleash a massive explosion point blank at Deku's face, not giving a damn anymore.
"DIE!" a psychotic looking Katsuki shouts, his voice a mixture of insanity and anger. His eyes a mixture of tears, anger, and madness. Having Deku humiliate him using that small fry's quirk sent him over the edge.
Izuku's eyes widen as another emotion shows besides rage. Fear. He knew what Katsuki was capable of. He knew that he was beyond the point of no return. He did NOT want to find out what would happen if he took a massive explosion point blank to the face. Katsuki might kill him for real!
He quickly uses both arms which were free and held Katsuki's wrist back. He also did his best to point it away from him.
Katsuki struggles, his one functional arm trying to point his hand downwards so he can rid the world of that quirkless filth.
Izuku had both hand and still struggled to push away Katsuki's palm. Katsuki's physical strength and drive combined was powerful.
"JUST FUCKING dIe AlReAdY!" Katsuki's voice cracked, showing that he was in a bad state of mind. He genuinely wanted Deku dead.
The voice crack sent shivers down Izuku's spine, it was the sound of one on the brink of pure insanity.
This wasn't just a fight, this was a life or death situation.
"i HaTe YoU!" he shouts with such ferocity, Izuku questioned if he went rabid.
Izuku was beginning to get the upperhand. He was beginning to push Katsuki's hand upwards. Katsuki grunting, his eyes wide in pure madness.
Izuku sees an opening. He cocked back on hand and landed a punch on Katsuki's eye. Katsuki stumbles back and lands on his ass, holding his eye.
"Izuku!" Manami shouts in fright. She realized at the last second that the glow was gone. How could that be?! She truly loved him, no way that it ended that quickly!
Before anyone says a word, both Izuku and Katsuki are wrapped in some tight gray binds.
Izuku and the recovering Katsuki both notice that their quirks aren't working.
"WHAT THE SHIT?!" Katsuki yells, trying to get free and use his explosion quirk. Neither of which were succeeding.
A single man stands in the doorway of the now recked restaurant. He had long greasy hair, a scruffy beard, and glowing red eyes. Eyes which were glaring at all 3, mostly at Katsuki and Izuku.
"You two are coming with me." He says
Izuku has reached his breaking point folks. So has Katsuki. Man things have gotten intense this chapter. Now I know some people might question why nobody stepped in to stop this public fight.
Its simple really. People don't act, they do nothing since All Might is there. They all feel safe and let the heroes do everything. An example being how nobody helped Tomura, they all thought a hero would. So they called the heroes about the fight and Eraesr was first on the scene.
Big thank you to ocomhdhain1 for beta reading the story. He was a real help in helping me correct some errors.
Anyways I hope you all enjoyed, tell me your thoughts, I will try to update more often. Have a good one!