Chapter 14: Round 2
Midoriya walked away from Matteo's restaurant and went to school. He had just checked on Himiko to make sure she was ok from what happened yesterday at night. Himiko didn't take too much damage, so [PEARL JAM]'s healing abilities weren't that extreme this time around.
U.A's curriculum was surprisingly normal, you had your Math, Japanese, Science, History, and English classes, and a lunch break that had surprisingly good food at an affordable amount price, and finally in the afternoon Hero basic training.
"I AM!... COMING THROUGH THE DOORS LIKE A NORMAL PERSON!" All-Might shouted as he walked into the classroom in the utmost unnatural way possible. Almost everybody in the class seemed excited to see All-Might in person except for a few that includes our green protagonist, whose serious face and eyes, were hidden by shadows. All-Might started to explain what the class was about and what was going to happen today.
"Combat Training!" Were the words that snapped Izuku back to reality. "And with that comes this!" All-Might pointed at the sliding wall on his right "The costume designs based on your quirk registration and designs you submitted before school started, Once you're done changing gather around ground beta" "Yes, Sir"
"Some like to say that clothes make the man, young man, and ladies" Everyone in class A started to walk inside ground beta. "Be fully aware, from now on, you guys are heroes" All-Might look at everyone in his class. "Great everybody! You all look very cool!" "Now shall we begin you Zygotes?"
"What's a Zygote?" Kanimari asked Jirou.
"The thing before an embryo"
"What the fuck? Why would he call us that?" Jirou shrugged her shoulders.
"Dunno. Hey did you notice how Midoriya acted during class?"
"You mean how he was completely still and serious? Yea I did, why do you think he acted that way?"
"Dunno. I was going to ask him, but I don't see him anywhere"
"Oh, he took a little bit longer to dress because he needed to think if he should wear it or not"
"What's it?"
"Dunno, he just kept mumbling that question to himself"
It was answered as Izuku slowly walked from the shadows into the light. He almost looked like a villain
"Godamn, that costume looks really cool! You look like a human [ZA WARUDO]" Denki pointed out
"Th-thank you! I worked really hard on this costume" Izuku's said with a slight blush the intimating aura fell apart rather quickly, the sudden design was heavily inspired by his stand. He wore a dark yellow leather jacket and a black tank top that showed his built body, Yellow jeans with a green belt with a heart-shaped buckle that had two loose straps on the sides, on the left side of his belt had one green box with rubber bullets and to the right side, he had a knife holster. And to go with the heart-shaped objects motif he wore heart-shaped knee guards and a headband with a heart in the middle. Izuku also wore fingerless gloves. On the top of the right glove, he had a yellow heart symbol, and on his left, he had a cheeker board symbol. Geen boots and to top it all off, he had a red cape.
"Yours and Jirou's costumes also look really cool, You guys look like you're forming a band! They are simple and effective, me on the other hand, I thought I overdid it but then I looked around and I don't feel so bad anymore "
"You talking about Sir Arthur and one of his knights" Jirou turned around to see two people wearing knight armor.
"Maybe"
"Also why do you have that?" Jirou pointed at the empty knife holster on Izuku's waist.
"It's for a knife that I wanted to use for extra weaponry, but the school said I could only equip it during certain situations, which doesn't make sense, I mean Kanimari can shoot lightning."
"Fair enough."
"ITS TIME FOR COMBAT TRAINING!" All-Might yelled enthusiastically. "Sensei!" The knight hero, or lira if you prefer, raised his hand "This is one of the combat areas from the entrance exam, so will we be exercising urban battles again?
"No! We're going to be two steps ahead, You see the scariest of fights don't happen outside. The most terrifying of villains hide from the light, inside shadows." "For this class, you will be fighting each other in teams of twos, Heroes vs Villains"
"Without basic training?" The girl in green asked
"This will be the battle that will teach you basic training!" "But unlike before, you are not fighting against machines that were meant to be punched and destroyed, you will be fighting a person that can adapt and change strategies"
"How are wins and losses going to be determined?" The girl tallest girl with a ponytail ask
"Can we still beat them up?" Explosive boy asked too
"Are we going to expulsed if we fail?" The short wearing helmet asked thirdly."How shall we be split up?" lida came in fourth.
"Isn't this cape amazing!" Sir Arthur came in fifth.
"Calm down all your questions will be answered soon, and for the cape, It looks great!"
All-Might explained the rules and concepts of the training exercise to his students. He then pulled out two boxes out of nowhere, labeled, heroes and villains.
"Your teams will be decided by lots"
"Aren't the teams being chosen a little to half-hazard?"
"Pros, often have to make makeshift teams with heroes from other agencies when it comes to grand missions, so maybe that's why?" Izuku answered lida's question.
"I see, I am sorry for now waiting for the full explanation from sensei first! Please excuse my rudeness!" Lida bowed
"That's fine! Time to pick the teams!" (Sorry for being lazy, but same teams as the original)
"The first battle will between these two!" All-Might held a white ball with the letter D, and a black one with the letter A. "Team A will be the villains while Team D will be the heroes." "Everyone else to the monitor rooms!"
Everyone started to walk away, except for Kanimari who grabbed Izuku's shoulder and gave him a quick thumbs-up, and Jirou who just smiled, Izuku returned the gestures with a thumbs up and a smile of his own while his friends walked away. Midoriya turned his head and was met by an obvious angry Bakugo. Izuku looked at him dead in the eye for a second and just smirked making Bakugo even more furious. "Villains go in first and set up, Heroes will break in five minutes.
"Young Midoriya, Young Uraraka, learn to be in the perspective of a villain, don't hold back, this is a real battle so don't hold back, and don't be afraid to get hurt"
"Yes, sir!" Uraraka gave cheerfull responses while Midoriya said nothing while hiding his eyes in shadows. The two of them got inside and started to go up the stairs to where the bomb was located.
"So Mirdoriya, I never got to say this but, thanks for saving me during the entrance exam!" Ochako broke the ice.
Izuku's eyes reappeared, "Oh, it was nothing! I am sorry for throwing you like that."
"It's nothing!"She smiled "Midoriya if you don't mind me asking, why did Bakugo look so mad when you looked at him, did you try to make him angry?"
"Yes, I did try to make him angry so instead of focusing on the bomb, he focuses on me, you see he hated me since childhood and I know what makes him tick...Me, so there is one less thing to worry about."
"Wow! That's so smart! But why does he hate you?"
"Hmm, I am not entirely sure but it has something to do with his ego. Hey, Uraraka can you tell me what your quirk does real quick?"
"Sure!, My quirk 'Zero Gravity' lets me take away gravity from whatever I touch with the tips of my fingers, my limit is around 3 tons, and I can also take away my own gravity, but that makes kind of sick" She sheepishly said while rubbing the back of her head
They finally made it to the room where the bomb was located, it was in a room in the 6th floor close to the roof, there was trash everywhere, and it was well-lit thanks to huge windows around the said room.
"Am getting nervous, I never used my quirk to fight someone, what about you Midoriya?...Midoriya?" Uraraka looked at Izuku who was just staring out the window.
Midoriya was mumbling to himself covering his mouth with his hand, muting most of the sounds he made.
"Is he ok?" "Hey, Mido-" "GOT IT!"
Uraraka jumped back a little bit startled by Izuku's sudden outburst.
"Yo-You got what?"
"A plan"
"Oh, what is it!?" Uraraka excitedly asked
Izuku walked closer to one of the windows."All-Might didn't say anything about moving the bomb right? So what we are going to is take away the gravity of the bomb and move it somewhere else, move it to the building that's right beside this one, think you can make it safe and sound?"
Ochacko went quiet for a second, looking at the distance between the buildings. "Yea I can make it!, but it's going to take a minute to recover from using my quirk on myself"
"Ok, then we got a plan, and now we wait for this to start"
"Ok! Let's do our best Midoriya!" She pumped her fist into the air.
10 seconds it took for All-Might to scream through his headset, "NOW LET'S START COMBAT TRAINING TEAM D! AND A!"
Izuku pulled out a couple of rubber bullets and used his stand to shoot all the windows, to take away any hints where the bomb could be located.
"Can you take care of the other team by yourself until I come back?"
"Don't worry about it, for now, let's follow the plan you put that bomb over, and come back once you recover, then you can come back and help me fight them"
"Understood" She nodded seriously, Izuku nodded back and walked away to meet the heroes
"Are they even Allowed to that?" Ashido asked All-Might
"Yes?" He tried to sound as convincing as possible but he really wasn't sure.
"It makes sense that they could, It would be idiotic to keep such an important artifact located in one spot if a hero possibly knew an approximate location of said object."
"That's right Young Yaoyorozu!" Momo aciddentlay saved All-Might.
"The exam just started and Midoriya is already ahead of the game" Denki chuckled "Just like before."
Bakugo was beyond pissed "How dare he mock me! Now that he has quirk he thinks he is hot shit! I am going to put him back in his place, our last fight was not the real thing, I was just caught off guard by him having a quirk, that's all, now that I know, I am going to kick his ass and make him remember that he still beneath me" Bakugo kept walking angrily with lida behind.
"Bakugo we should come up with a plan, so we can win."
"I have plan"
"Oh really, could you please share it with me so we don't mess up?"
"I am going to find Deku and kick his ass!, you do whatever find the bomb I don't care"
"But we should work toge-" lida got caught off by Bakugo. "I SAID I AM GOING TO FIND DEKU, AND YOU LOOK FOR THE BOMB!"
"*Sigh* ok" A defeated lida accepted this "plan" he was about to start his engine until he heard the echo of a voice, in the maze that was this building.
"Ho? Do you want to fight me already? First, you have to find me" Izuku chuckled, as his loud steps started to echo.
"He is in this floor, DEKU GET READY BECAUSE I AM GOING TO BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU!" Bakugo started to propel forwards by using his explosions
"ARGH! Why do you have to be like this!? Might as well start looking for the bomb"
"Now lida is looking for a bomb that is not there" Jirou said to the class, "I think Midoriya and Uraraka already have this in the bag."
"I don't know about that, lida and Bakugo could still win by capturing the other team" Kirishima objected.
"They could, but I don't think they will"
"Time stop?" Kanimari whispered to Jirou "Time stop" Jirou nodded
"Uraraka how is it going on your end?" He whispered to Uraraka using his earbud.
" Still need a sec, though, am back on the first, building," she said in between breaths.
Good, lida just started looking for the bomb, it's going to take him a minute to find the bomb, so rest and come up with a way to stop him"
"I don't know if I will be able too, my quirk is not that good for combat," She said with a hint of distress
"Maybe not for a direct confrontation, but your quirk is not about raw power but its utility. You can win, and even if you don't. Don't worry about it, it's just training so relax and simply do your best"
"You're right! Don't worry Midoriya I got this" Ochako determined to win shouted through the earpiece
Izuku smiled "Great!, I have to go, am about to fight, Bakugo"
"Good Luck!"
Izuku stopped his communication with Ochacko.
Izuku was leaning against the wall at the end of a hallway. "Bakugo ready for round 2?"
"I am ready to put you back on the ground," Bakugo said from the other end of the hallway.
Bakugo launched forward, rocket boosting himself with his quirk, and Izuku stand leaped towards Bakugo. Before they collided Izuku disappeared and instead of punching Midoirya, Bakugo punched a red cape. "Shit" Bakugo got hit on the back of his head, making him kiss the ground. Bakugo quickly recovered and used his quirk to jump back on his feet and face Midoriya.
"You coward! Fight me face to face!" Bakugo used his quirk once more and attacked Izuku with an explosion. Izuku just stood there and made [ZA WARUDO] take the non-existent damage. "That won't work" "I know" *BOOOOOM* Two explosions hit Izuku from the back, by using the explosion as a distraction and the smoke as cover Bakugo was able to throw two grenades behind Izuku without noticing. The explosions sent Izuku flying straight to Bakugo. Bakugo kneed Izuku on the chin and used another explosion to send him flying back, Making Izuku Izuku hit the ground hard.
"That must of hurt" Denki cringed at what just happened on screen.
"Even though he doesn't seem to be the type to think he is incredibly clever"
"What do you mean?" Kirishima asked
"He noticed that a straightforward attack didn't work, and used a more strategical one"
"Being able to adapt so quickly and change strategies takes serious amounts of skill" Momo added
"HA! How did you like my grenades? huh? Deku Even with a quirk, you're still weak!" Izuku struggled to get up but he still was able to stand up. "You know what? I deserve that, I was taught to act arrogant but not actually be." Izuku tightened his gloves. "It's funny how quirkless people can not take as much damage as people with quirks, but did you really think I was going to go down that easily?"
Bakugo smiled evilly "Oh, I knew that wasn't going to be enough. Deku you already know how my quirk works so I won't explain it, but what I will tell you, is that these grenade looking things aren't just for show, they are storage units for my sweat, and once they are decently full I can use the leftover sweat to... You know what? Why don't you find out what happens next?" Bakugo got his index finger on the pin "YOUNG BAKUGO DON'T, YOU COULD REALLY HURT MIDORIYA, STOP NOW OR ELSE!"
"ALL MIGHT STAY OUT, OF THIS, I'll be fine. [ZA WARUDO]!" Izuku stopped time he grabbed one of the rubber bullets of his belt. (1) Aimed and shoot/ (2) He then stands leaped closer to Bakugo (3 Time resumed). The bullet hit Bakugo on his finger breaking it and preventing the explosion before Bakugo could do anything, Izuku yelled "MUDA!" as he punched Bakugo with only his fist and the momentum of his stand, with a broken finger and a broken nose, Bakugo fell to his back. "Well that takes care of that I hope Ura-"
"DEKU ITS NOT OVER YET!" Bakugo stood up. "YOUNG BAKUGO IF YOU TRY TO USE THAT ATTACK ONCE MORE YOU WILL FAIL THE ASSIGNMENT AND I WILL STOP THE FIGHT" Bakugo spat some blood to the ground angrily.
"I really hoped that you would have stayed down, I don't want to hurt you that bad" Izuku said with honesty
"STOP LOOKING DOWN ON ME" Bakugo yelled in rage
"I never looked down at you, I don't know why you keep saying that, but stop this muda battle, or else you WILL get hurt"
"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Bakugo yelled in a blind rage as he ran at full speed to go for one last attack.
"*Sigh* Well at least this will be somewhat cathartic, let me show you the power of [ZA WARUDO]!" The sounds of cranks and old clock towers slowing down got to Izuku's ear. Izuku walked away to grab his cape(1) He put it on and walked back to Bakugo (2) "I really hope that we can be friends again" (3)
"[MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA] For 15 seconds Izuku used a stand rush on Bakugo, he used way less than his full strength to avoid killing, and with one last loud as hell "MUDA!" Bakugo went flying back unconscious. To finish it all he pulled a Himiko and said in a whisper "Arrivederci" as he turned around, and walk away to where Uraraka was but was stopped by a loud voice. "And the Villains win!" Izuku smiled "Good job Uraraka"... TO BE CONTINUED
I had fun writing this! and so I hope you also had fun!
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Amalgum, sorry for the cringe but still new to this but I do hope I will get better sometime.
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