Bakugo didn't listen to Iida at all.
The speedster was probably talking about what their plan should be to combat soy sauce face and shitty hair, but he knew how this was going to go down, he knew just what needed to happen.
'Oi Glasses." he growled out, making Iida stop talking.
"My name is Tenya Iida." he said, "do you have a plan?"
"Yeah, you stay here and guard the bomb, I'll go patrol." Bakugo said.
"I think it would be wise if we stuck together!" Iida exclaimed, "there is strength in numbers-"
"-and you're a detriment in hallways." Bakugo sneered, "just stay here and guard the bomb and I'll go greet the extras."
"TIME STARTS NOW!"
With a small explosion Bakugo was gone, flying down the halls as he growled low in his throat, the passing rooms and walls a blur as he burst into the entrance hall, where Kirishima had just walked in.
"Guessin' you came for me, huh shitty hair?" Bakugo snarled.
Kirishima said nothing, only charged forward, body hardening as Bakugo unleashed a powerful explosion on his chest. Kirishima roared as his hardened fist came rocketing forward, slamming into Bakugo's stomach and sending him skidding back.
Jesus christ it's like getting hit by a tank. Bakugo thought as he shot forward once again, peppering Kirishima with explosions, sending him crashing into a wall, "That all you got rock head!?" Bakugo snarled.
"Not even close!"
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Izumi nervously played with a long strand of hair, watching as Kirishima easily went toe to toe with Bakugo.
"Kiri's really gotten good at fighting huh?" Mina asked, nudging her slightly.
"Huh? Oh! Yeah, he's really taken Abe sensei's training to heart." Izumi said with a small smile, the smile disappearing when she watches Kirishima throw Bakugo through a wall, crashing through after him.
"You're worried about him, aren't you?" she asked softly.
"I know Bakugo from my old school...he's not one to hold back."
Mina threw an arm around Izumi, giving her a hug, "don't worry Izumi! Kirishima's real strong! I bet he'll thrash this Bakugo into the ground!"
Izumi took a deep breath and nodded, giving Mina a tired smile.
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"JUST STAY DOWN!" Bakugo snarled as he hit Kirishima with another large explosion.
"Why don't you make me asshole!" Kirishima shouted back, grabbing Bakugo and bringing him up and over into a suplex, "my hardenings gone against the strongest of Izumi's punches! There's no way your explosions can break through!"
Bakugo immediately bristled, "That's what you think huh?" he smirked as his right gauntlet flashed red, "it's ready."
"What's ready?" Kirishima asked, on guard as Bakugo raised his arm.
"These gauntlets aren't just for show," Bakugo sneered, "They store my sweat so that I can let off one huge explosion!"
"NO YOUNG BAKUGO! DO NOT PULL THAT PIN! YOU COULD KILL HIM!" All-Might shouted into his earpiece.
"HE'LL BE FINE AS LONG AS HE DODGES!" Bakugo snarled as he pulled the pin.
"BRING IT ON!" Kirishima roared as he hardened his skin, the explosion slamming into him and blowing the side of the building out.
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Izumi fell to her knees in shock, Mina practically holding her as All-Might continued to shout into the mic.
"YOUNG KIRISHIMA! YOUNG KIRISHIMA CAN YOU HEAR ME!" he called worriedly.
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"What the hell?" Sero yelped as the explosion rocked the building and sent him crashing to the ground one floor below the bomb room, "Kirishima what was that!? Kirishima!?"
"I'm fine," Kirishima said into the comms, "just get the bomb!"
"YOUNG KIRISHIMA, ARE YOU ALRIGHT!?"
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"Never better." Kirishima said as the smoke cleared and revealed him, his skin had hardened to the point of making him look beast-like, "when I'm like this there's no breaking me!"
Bakugo growled, already reaching for his other gauntlet.
"YOUNG BAKUGO! YOU USE THAT ATTACK AGAIN AND YOU'LL LOSE THE MATCH!"
"What!?" Bakugo exclaimed.
"POWERFUL ATTACKS LIKE THAT ENDANGER THE WEAPON YOU ARE TRYING TO PROTECT!"
"FINE!" Bakugo snapped as he shot off at Kirishima, slamming his hands into the boys chest and setting off dual explosions, making Kirishima skid back.
Damn it, Kirishima thought, this won't last much longer, and his explosions are starting to wear down even my regular hardening…
"YOU DONE YET SHITTY HAIR!?" Bakugo snarled, palms sparking as he readied another explosion.
"NOT EVEN CLOSE!" Kirishima shouted as he slammed his forehead into Bakugo's before grabbing his arm and throwing him across the room, "I WON'T LOSE! NOT TO YOU!"
Bakugo slowly pushed himself up, glaring at Kirishima as the boy walked towards him, fists clenched, "then go ahead and end it," He snapped, "Go on! Show everyone what kind of man you are! Show them how to take down a villain like me!"
Kirishima's lip curled up in a sneer as he brought his fist back.
"THE BOMB HAS BEEN CAPTURED! HERO TEAM WINS!"
Kirishima let his arm drop, still glaring down at Bakugo, "you lost.' he said as he turned away.
Bakugo forced himself to his feet, "why don't you finish it." Bakugo spat, "Come on, I thought you were gonna teach me a lesson!"
"You're not worth getting expelled over." Kirishima shot back. Walking out of the building as Sero stepped out of the stairwell.
"Nice fight," the tape user said with an easy grin, "kinda surprised you were able to keep up with him."
"I've fought tougher." Kirishima said with a small smile as they stepped into the street, "Izumi may not look it, but she's crazy strong, she's punched through my quirk before with a single hit."
"Really!?" Sero asked in shock.
"Yeah, she's the strongest person I know." he said as they walked into the viewing room, a silent Bakugo and Iida right behind them.
Kirishima barely listened to All-Might's critiques as he settled next to Izumi, smiling slightly when she took his hand and gave it a firm squeeze.
"You scared me half to death." she whispered to him, "you said you were going to be careful"
"I was," he said, returning the squeeze "didn't think the guy was gonna be so…"
"Explosive?" She asked, making him chuckle.
"Best description I guess." he sighed, "but I don't think his heart was in it...i feel like he was holding back.'
"Bakugo hold back?" she snorted quietly, "that's a first."
"THE NEXT TEAMS ARE TEAM A AND TEAM H! TEAM A WILL BE THE VILLAINS! AND TEAM H WILL BE THE HEROES!"
"Guess that's me." she said, giving Kirishima a kiss on the cheek, 'wish me luck."
"Good luck!" he called as she walked out beside Uraraka, taking a few deep breaths as they walked into the building.
"So, what's the plan?" Uraraka asked Izumi as they climbed the stairs.
"Um…" Izumi hesitated, looking around, "okay, how many objects can you float?"
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"TIME STARTS NOW!"
Tokoyami strode through the front entrance, as Tsuyu began climbing the wall on the outside, "remember, stay out of sight and let me know what floor they're on."
"Got it."
"Ready Dark Shadow?" Tokoyami asked as shadowy claws came out from under his cloak.
"READY!"
"RELEASE!"
Tokoyami let out a surprised gasp as he jumped out of the way of several crates that came crashing down from the ceiling. "Tsuyu be careful! It seems our foes have set up booby traps."
"Maybe we should regroup."
"Agreed, meet on the second floor." Tokoyami took his time after this, eyes narrowed as he sees something darting up the stairs, "I see one of them! I'm in pursuit!"
"Careful Tokoyami!"
The bird headed boy ran up the stairs as fast as he could, Dark shadow doing his best to help him.
"RELEASE!"
Tokoyami quickly pressed himself against the wall as six oil barrels tumbled down the stairs. "If we stop Uraraka then we won't have to worry about any more traps!"
I'm on the second floor, other stairwell, try and drive her my way."
"Copy." Tokoyami said, bursting onto the second floor and making Uraraka spin around from where she had been trying to float a few tables, "caught unawares." he said as Darkshadow shot forward, smashing through the tables and forcing Uraraka to run.
"Izumi! They've made me! Guard the bomb-" Uraraka started to shout into her comms, letting out a grunt as Tsuyu jumped around the corner and kicked Uraraka back towards Tokoyami.
"End of the line villain!" Tsuyu said, "surrender."
"I don't think so." Uraraka muttered, pressing her fingers together and jumping over Tsuyu, she deactivated her quirk and made it into the stairwell before either could grab her.
"Lets go," Tsuyu said.
"Right!" Tokoyami agreed as they charged up the stairs, bursting into the fourth floor a few moments after Uraraka.
"Watch out!" Tokoyami shouted, pushing Tsuyu out of the way as Izumi came flying down from the top of a book shelf, her fist cracking the concrete where Tsuyu had just been.
"Get to the bomb Uraraka!" Izumi ordered as she spun and swept Tokoyami's legs out from under him, a solid punch to the gut sending the boy flying back into the wall.
"Tokoyami!" Tsuyu called worriedly as she jumped at Izumi, delivering a hard kick to the girl's guard, letting out a slight gasp as Izumi grabbed her leg and threw her at Tokoyami, sending them both sprawling to the ground, "you'll fail today heroes." Izumi sneered as she got into a defensive stance.
"We can't let Uraraka get away." Tokoyami grunted as he helped Tsuyu stand.
"You go after Uraraka, I'll take care of Izumi." Tsuyu said, lunging for Izumi as Tokoyami took off up the stairs.
Izumi ducked under Tsuyu's attack, pivoting on her heel and delivering a powerful roundhouse to her side, following up with several hard strikes to her stomach; Tsuyu jumped to the roof and brought an axle kick down hard on Izumi's back, sending Izumi to her knee, winded; Tsuyu followed up by wrapping her tongue around Izumi and throwing her across the room, "Surrender!" Tsuyu said, jumping at Izumi with capture tape in her hands.
Izumi rolled under Tsuyu, spinning quickly to block another powerful kick. "You're good." Izumi said breathlessly as she suddenly grabbed the back of Tsuyu's head and brought it down, driving her knee up into her nose at the same time, blood gushed out as the nose broke and Tsuyu fell to the ground in pain, "I'm better." she said as she wrapped the tape around Tsuyu's arm.
"BOTH HEROES HAVE BEEN CAPTURED! VILLAIN TEAM WINS!"
"I am so sorry!" Izumi cried as she immediately began to heal Tsuyu, the frog girl giving a croaking cry of pain as Izumi powered up her quirk; her nose cracked back into place unleashing a bit more blood before it healed completely.
"Thanks," Tsuyu sighed, wiping some blood off, "That really hurt you know."
"I know, and I really am sorry!" Izumi said again, "kinda went on autopilot there, I didn't mean to hurt you that bad promise!"
"It's okay," Tsuyu said as Uraraka and Tokoyami came limping down the stairs, "what happened with you guys?"
"I pelted Tokoyami and dark shadow with crates and then body slammed him." Uraraka said. "Then dark shadow threw me through a pillar just as I wrapped capture tape around his arm."
"You're bleeding," Tokoyami noted as Izumi began healing their scrapes and cuts.
"Not anymore, Izumi broke my nose, but she healed it up just fine." Tsuyu said.
"Your quirk is healing," Tokoyami said, looking at Izumi, "but you're capable of impressive feats of strength."
"I trained for the last year to reach that point." she said proudly as they all began walking out of the building, "Abe-Sensei really drove home durability and strength."
"You could probably take on Kirishima and win." Tsuyu said.
"Hehe...maybe." she said sheepishly as they walked into the viewing room.
"WELL I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT YOUNG MIDORIYA WILL BE THIS ROUNDS MVP!"
"Me!?" Izumi asked in surprise.
"You were the one who came up with the plan." Uraraka pointed out.
"And you were committed to the roll." Tsuyu added.
"You gave the darkness quite a fight." Tokoyami said with a nod.
"THEY STRUCK THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD!" All-Might laughed, "NOW! ONTO THE NEXT MATCH UP!"
Izumi sat down beside Kirishima with a heavy sigh.
"You did good out there," he said with a sharp toothed grin, putting an arm around her.
"Thanks," she said softly, giving him a tired smile, "I feel really bad though, I didn't mean to break Tusyu's nose."
"It was an accident," Kirishima reassured her, "besides, I bet Tsuyu won't take it personally."
"I hope so…" She sighed.
Kirishima frowned for a moment, then smirked, "hey, there's a new All-Might movie showing tonight, do you wanna go see it?"
Izumi's demeanor instantly brightened, "Of course! You know I've been waiting for that movie to show for months now!"
Kirishima laughed as he hugged her close.
Bakugo looked away from them, glaring at the ground.
"Kinda hurts huh?"
Bakugo looked to his right, narrowing his eyes at Mina as the girl stared at Izumi and Kirishima with a sad smile, "Seeing the person you like with someone else…"
Bakugo let his shoulders untense, his glare softening into a scowl, "Yeah, something like that." he muttered.
"You know what makes it hurt less?" she asked him, her voice barely above a whisper , "knowing that the person they're with is gonna make them happy."
"And how do you know that?" Bakugo asked softly.
"All you have to do is look at them." she said, looking to the couple once more, "Kirishima's been in better spirits than I've ever known...can you say the same about Izumi."
Bakugo looked back down, "I can…" he muttered.
"Then there's nothing to be sad about." Mina said with a bright smile, "all we can do is be happy for them."
"Yeah...happy…" he agreed as he forced himself to watch the monitors. Hands unconsciously clenching at his side.