FUUUUUUUUUUUCK. Okay, so first off, hello. Good to see everyone for a new actual chapter of Maelstrom at UA. I was reading the story you know, to get back in the mood for writing. And I realized, that i FUCKED UP THE ORDER OF THE FIGHTS. SHIIIIT. Okay, look. You are all smart enough to know Izuku would have beaten Mina, and we've already seen the Tokoyami and Bakugo fight. Sooo in this chapter we'll get right into the long awaited Izuku and Bakugo fight, and then the wrap up for this tournament arc after this chapter. I'm sorry about this, this was bad management on my part, no arc should take this long to finish, and to all those who are being understanding I deeply thank you. This is too mopy now, we'll get right on to the battle staring NOW.
Naruto was with Izuku as he prepped him up for his battle against Bakugo.
"C'mon Izuku, you got this. That fight between Mina, WHICH TOTALLY HAPPENED, was easy enough for you. Bakugo is just another stepping stone on your way to fight the true number one," Naruto said as he puffed out his chest.
Izuku nodded, "I know. I've been training real hard, but after that battle with Tokoyami, WHICH ALSO TOTALLY HAPPENED, I can see that he's only getting better. It won't be easy to beat him."
Naruto smacked his brother on the head.
"Ow, what was that for."
The blond shrugged, "I preemptively stopped you from going into a muttering storm. Don't overthink things. We've dealt with that bastard for years, you and I both know how he thinks. It should just be a reaction at this point. I don't know how many times I need to hammer that into your head, but just let your body take control."
Izuku groaned, "I know, but that's hard. How do you do it? I've done it sometimes, but I can't help but analyze everything. Even with Kirishima I took more punishment than I should've because I wanted to take time analyzing his moves. It's hard for me to just give myself into the fight."
Naruto shrugged, "You're too smart for your own good dude. I can't do much to help you. Just know that when you're out there, your fighting. Nothing more, nothing less. The only things that matter is that you beat that smug asshole, and that your brother is up there rooting for you."
The green teen smiled, "Thanks Naruto. I needed to hear that right now."
"Hey, don't think I'm trying to do this for noble reasons. I'm just making sure you're ready to give me a good fight in the end."
Izuku rolled his eyes, "Why thank you for giving me a true reason to win. I feel oh so motivated now."
Naruto gave his trademark grin, "That's what I'm here for."
The alarm rang signalling that it was time for the fated battle.
Izuku let out a deep breath, "Okay, time for me to go. Wish me luck."
"We're Midoriyas, we don't need luck. Go kick that exploding chihuahua's ass."
That warranted a chuckle from Izuku, "Got it. That fight is coming Naruto. Believe it."
Naruto gained a scowl, "Hey, that's my line. I can sue you, you know."
The green teen just rolled his eyes, "Imma ignore that and just pretend you told me uplifting stuff."
As Izuku left Naruto shouted, "Believe what you want, that's not what happened."
-In the audience-
As Naruto made his way towards his friends he was glomped by multiple people.
"Hey, that fight you did with that ice/fire boy was INSANE."
"Dude, how did you keep calm during that fight."
"Where is the ice boy, is he still knocked out."
"You freaking destroyed the arena man. Who does that?"
This caught the blond by surprise, "Umm, thanks for the kind words. But my brother is about to go up and I kinda want to see his fight."
When he finally made his way through the all too rampant crowd, he sat down firmly next to his friends, right next to Momo.
They all looked at him with a hint of skepticism, "Uhh, Naruto," Momo said, "were, you not just in the middle of a giant explosion like, 20 minutes ago. I'm pretty sure you were suffering from extreme burns as well, shouldn't you be y'know. Recovering."
Naruto looked towards his friends with a raised eyebrow, "Well, like you said it was 20 minutes ago. I was fine after like, 5 minutes. It probably looked worse than it did in the stands."
Kirishima looked around, "Then, where's Todoroki."
Naruto's eyes were focused on the arena at this point, "Oh, he's still knocked out. He really needs to work on his stamina."
Everyone noticeably leaned away from the stamina monster before them.
"Everybody shhhh. It's about to start."
-In the arena-
Izuku was lightly slapping his face as he made his way towards the battle area, 'You got this Izuku. It's just the guy who's tormented you for a decade. But you're past that now. You can stand up to him. He doesn't control you.'
As Izuku made his way into the light he heard the roaring audience. Right across from him, looking as pissy as ever, was the explosive teen himself, Bakugo.
"ARE YOU READYYYY! YEAH! THE FINAL ROUND OF THE SEMI-FINALS. IN ONE CORNER WE HAVE THE GREEN, LEAN, PUNCHING MACHINE, IZUKU MIDORIYA. IN THE OTHER CORNER, WE HAVE THE TEEN WITH AN EXPLOSIVE ATTITUDE AND EQUALLY EXPLOSIVE SWEAT, KATSUKI BAKUGO!"
The two heroes in training were now facing each other. Izuku was trying to look tough, and failing. While Bakugo just opted to glare bloody murder at the freckled teen.
"I've been waiting too long for this moment. You're going to die today you damn nerd," Bakugo said as his gaze grew deadlier.
"Okay, you two know the deal. Are you ready?" Izuku and Bakugo both nodded at the same time, red veins going up Izuku's body before he began to radiate energy. Mini explosions continually fired off from Bakugo's hand as he prepared for the battle, "GO!" and the whip was cracked.
Bakugo wasted no time, he immediately went for a right hook. Izuku planned for this and was already making the motions to grab the incoming appendage.
He was not prepared for an explosion to blast right in his face as Bakugo turned himself around and pummeled him with the back of his hand instead.
Izuku managed to brave the hit but was still thrown off by the move, 'I should have guessed he'd change up his style a bit. He's not stupid, he knows I'm familiar with his combat style now.'
Izuku didn't have time to think any more when Bakugo was suddenly on him again, readying up an explosion. Izuku attempted to dodge under him, but was blasted by an explosion from the blonde's offhand.
Bakugo gained a maniacal grin, "I knew you were gonna be a pushover fucking Deku. No matter what power you magically get, you'll always be below me."
Izuku barely had time to react as another blast came his way. When he stopped rolling he saw that he was dangerously close to the edge of the boundary.
Immediately he powered up to 8% to quickly get to the middle, just as Bakugo landed on the spot he was. Izuku quickly got up and prepared himself for the oncoming onslaught.
Bakugo grunted as he stood up to his full height, "Oh, you finally stood up. I thought you'd spend the whole fight on the ground you fucking loser. At least now you'll give me some semblance of a challenge."
Bakugo went in again, propelling himself with his explosions. Izuku went in for a grab like last time. As he was about to get a hold Bakugo changed his momentum and veered to the side, going for another blast towards his back. However, he was not prepared for Izuku to duck with surprisingly fast reflexes, and turn around to land a strong punch to the blond's gut.
Bakugo was not prepared and folded over like a lawn chair. He staggered back and wiped off some blood he spit up from his mouth. He looked at the red fluid like he was offended by its very existence. He looked up at Izuku once again, "You better be happy with that hit. Cause that's the only one you'll get you fucking nerd."
Izuku didn't say anything and had only one thought before running in, 'Don't think, don't think, don't think. Just react.'
Immediately after he stopped thinking he had to dodge a blast boosted punch sent by Bakugo. He had to react even quicker when the blond unleashed a huge explosion from the front of his fist to attempt and elbow the green teen.
Izuku grabbed the elbow and pulled the blond in closer, and kneed him in the side of the gut. While he was disoriented Izuku sent a mighty right hook towards the exploding teens face, sending him flying.
Bakugo was able to remain inside by controlling his orientation with his explosions. He was beyond pissed at the gall the formerly quirkless student had to act like they're fighting on equal ground.
His anger grew to the point where he just rushed in with reckless abandon yet again, "IMMA SHOW YOU YOUR PLACE YOU FUCKING NERD. I'M DONE WITH THIS HIGH AND MIGHTY ACT YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING ON!"
Izuku could only dodge as another explosion rocked the place he was currently at. This one larger than his previous ones, 'Oh no. His quirk only gets stronger with time. He's working up more of a sweat. I should've knocked him out soo-'
His thoughts were cut short as he was caught in the tail end of another blast sent towards his way. Bakugo gained a nasty grin when he saw he got the freckled teen, "Losing your nerves now fukcing Deku. Shoulda known you wouldn't last long. I can't wait to beat your brother's ass after this."
Izuku gained a steely look after he heard that, "Leave him out of this Kaa- Bakugo. He's not a part of this."
He didn't know what it was, but something irked Bakugo at hearing his name come out of Izuku's mouth. It felt wrong, "What, it takes that asshat to get you all riled up. All that fucking confidence comes from him right. He got you thinking you're something more than the useless fucking Deku you really are. Now I really can't wait to beat that whiskered motherfucker. Maybe then you'll learn your place."
Right after he said that he felt an extremely sharp pain in his gut. He looked down to see intense green eyes looking right at him. He didn't even see him move. The blond was pushed back, rolling until he was close to the edge. Immediately he fired off a huge blast to get himself into the middle of the arena. He saw Izuku coming towards him while he was prone and sent a blast towards him before he got too close.
The distance he made between them gave him enough time to right himself up and glare at the freckled teen yet again. He was gritting his teeth as he saw the determined look the green teen user was giving him, "What. In. The. Actual. FUCK. Who the hell do you think you are to look at me like that. You're nothing but a filthy extra who's below me, why can't you get that through your head."
Izuku didn't back away from the yelling blond, in fact, he took a step forward, "That's not who I am anymore Bakugo. I've been training to become the best hero in the world, and I can't do that if I'm always living in fear of you. I made it my goal to stand tall with my brother, and no one will stop me towards that goal. That's why Deku is not the name for a loser anymore, Deku is the name of a hero."
Bakugo was stunned, then mad, really, really mad, "All this god damn nonsense you've been saying. All this shit you've been doing to spite me, is because of your fucking FAKE BROTHER."
Silence, that was the only response Izuku had. His eyes seemed to go darker. Midnight sensed the sudden shift in mood and took a slight step backwards.
Izuku took a step forward, "What did you just say."
Bakugo either didn't give a crap about the sudden mood change, or was unfazed by it, either way he also stomped forward with a challenging look, "Did I fucking stutter. I said that I can't believe all this shit came from your fake brother."
Izuku's eyes narrowed, and Bakugo actually took a step back, he's never seen such anger from Izuku. He waited for a moment and got no response, this made Bakugo even angrier than before, if that was even possible.
"SO WHAT, SUDDENLY I'M NOT WORTHY OF BEING ANSWERED. PREPARE TO DIE FUCKTARD!"
Once again Bakugo propelled towards Izuku. He was about to maneuver around him in some way yet again, but wasn't ready for Izuku to meet him halfway and punch him square in the nose.
He didn't have time to register the pain the green teen immediately kicked his gut. Izuku was going to grab him, but was warded away by a huge explosion.
Bakugo only glared at Izuku for what he believed to be a cheap shot. He understood that no more words shall be exchanged. This fight was a long time coming.
Bakugo ran towards the green teen. He sent a blast towards Izuku to try and disorientate him. While the smoke screen was up, he propelled himself above Izuku and prepared to blast him again.
He wasn't prepared for the smoke to be cleared up. He saw Izuku looking at him with his fist outstretched, having been prepared for the attempt.
Bakugo now found himself in a compromising position as Izuku managed to get under the explosive teen and land a punch straight up towards his abdomen.
Bakguo was sent straight up from the mighty blow. That didn't deter him however, he quickly recovered and aimed his palms upward. Unleashing a massive explosion that seemed to fill the sky.
He rocketed towards the ground faster than the eye can see, and brought his arms back to the front of him. He saw Izuku ready to intercept him, but unleashed another blast to stall his descent. He grimaced a little at the massive amount of strain his arms took from the big blasts back to back.
It was worth it though as Izuku was not prepared for this sudden change and was open for a free attack. He capitalized immediately and closed the distance to blast the unaware teen.
He wasn't prepared for Izuku to just brace the attack, being pushed by the force of the explosion, but managing to stay standing. Bakugo didn't have time to think about what just happened before Izuku closed in on him, faster than he's ever seen anyone move before and uppercutted the blond.
Izuku winced a little when he sent the blow towards his school bully. He was used 20% for that speed boost. He can go up to that level and not break his bones yeah, but he can barely last a full minute at that level before breaking down, 'I can't lose control. I need to be able to compete in the next round, or else winning is useless.'
Bakugo landed on the opposite end of the arena from Izuku and slowly got up. He tried to glare but could only wince and hold his jaw as he began to stagger. He was at the end of his rope, but he could see Izuku wasn't doing so hot either. This would be his last move, he wanted to save this for later, but it looks like this would have to be it.
Bakugo slowly stood all the way up before steeling his look on Izuku. He had nothing to say as he prepared his final move. First, he propelled himself into the air, and began to maneuver himself in a circular fashion. Building up speed as he closed in on Izuku.
"THIS IS IT FUCKING DEKU. PREPARE TO FUCKING DIE!"
Izuku's eyes widened. He saw the insane amount of power being built up within Bakugo's self-contained cyclone. Time seemed to slow down for Izuku as he saw the explosion come close to him. All sense of self-preservation left his mind as he charged up as much power as he could in his arm, ignoring the strain his bones felt from attempting to store such power.
With reckless abandon Izuku punched in Bakugo's direction, not knowing if he was even close enough at that point, and felt the bones in his arm completely shatter.
The only thing Bakugo saw as he prepared to launch his attack was a stream of red veins course up Izuku's arm and he threw a punch towards his direction.
He was not prepared for the torrent of wind that came towards him, prematurely causing him to detonate the explosion, sending him towards the arena at blazing speeds. The crowd wasn't safe from the attack either, having to cover their faces from the insane wind speeds, their food and drink flying away as well.
Izuku looked at Bakugo, prone on the ground, barely able to move. He looked at his extremely bruised arm and winced, he's gonna need a lengthy visit to Recovery Girl after this is over.
He slowly limped towards the prone Bakugo, who was now upright and trying, and failing, to get back up. He stopped when he was right over him, saying nothing. Bakugo was trying to make some explosions to appear, but could barely get tiny bursts to appear.
He was forced to look up at the panting Izuku as he was slowly losing more and more energy. He couldn't believe what was happening right now, was he really about to lose to this goddamn loser.
Izuku just glared at the teen before him, "Let's - *gasp* - see how fake - *gasp* - this is," and he put his foot on his side and gave one last mighty push to take him out of the boundary.
Midnight, showing clear signs of being affected by the wind pressure, slowly raised her whip, "The winner by ring out is Izuku Midoriya."
Izuku was numb. He wasn't sure he was experiencing reality right now. Was Bakugo really on the ground in front of him right now. Was Midnight actually declaring his victory.
He looked towards the stands to see his brother hollering in excitement, his eyes shining with pride and excitement.
That's when Izuku broke down, tears were streaming down his face as he raised his bruised arm in the air. A sign of accomplishment, of a battle well fought and a victory well earned.
All Might managed to smile even wider when he saw the young Midoriya standing in his victory, "You did it my boy. I knew you had it in you."
Izuku couldn't stop grinning. He won, he fought against Bakugo Katsuki and won. Nothing can stop him now.
Those were his last thoughts before the adrenaline wore off and he felt the full force of his injuries and promptly fainted, just like Bakugo did shortly before he did.
Ugh. This chapter was sooo late. I really hate myself right now. I started this chapter mid January, but then I had to catch myself up on ALL THE SCHOOL and shit just hit the fan hard. I'm sorry if this battle isn't up to standard, I've hit kinda slump and find it difficult to write non-professional writing. I thank everybody for being patient with me, and thank you all for following and favoriting this fic. We're now on the second page of favorites for all fics, and that's pretty good for my first fic if I do say so myself. I'm not just gonna drop this fic if anybody was worried about that, I wouldn't just do that without an update chapter. I've been enjoying going through this experience with all of you and hope you'll stick around till the end.