AN: We are back with another chapter! Sorry it took me so long to get this out, I got swamped during these last few days. Anyway here is the anticipated fight with Bakugo! So without further adieu let's just jump into it!
Fight Me!
Bakugo's eyes widened as he saw Izuku run towards him, raising his hand Bakugo fired an explosion that connected. However from the smoke Izuku appeared claws at the ready.
"F*ck…" said Bakugo as he used his explosions to fall back. As he did Izuku's claws stabbed into the ground.
Looking up Izuku pulled his claws free, "Why are you running Bakugo? Are you perhaps scared?"
Bakugo's eye twitched, "Me, afraid of you? Never, it's you that should be afraid of me!"
Using his explosions Bakugo rocketed towards Izuku. Izuku swung his claws but Bakugo dodged, now behind him Bakugo fired a blast that hit Izuku in the back.
The explosion managed to burn Izuku's costume, stumbling forward, Izuku turned around and swung again.
This time he managed to cut at Bakugo's costume. The two fighters jumped back, "You're a nimble one aren't you." Said Izuku. "Is dodging the best you can do? I'm disappointed, now let me show you what I can do."
Izuku charged at Bakugo head on, raising his hands Bakugo fired off multiple explosions that hit Izuku.
From the smoke Izuku jumped up with his costume partly burned off. Slashing down, Izuku managed to disarm one of Bakugo's gauntlets. Izuku then grabbed that arm.
"You bastard!" Raising his other hand Bakugo fired a blast right in Izuku's face.
The explosion ripped through the air, as the smoke cleared Bakugo was shocked to see Izuku still standing. He was even more shocked to see Izuku with blood running down his ears and his face severely burned. Izuku's face twitched from the pain, taking a deep breath he began to heal. After a second Izuku healed completely.
Seeing that he was still close Izuku leaned his back and delivered a powerful headbutt. Izuku's metal skull slammed into Bakugo's nose, completely shattering it. "Those explosions really do hurt Bakugo, they even give me concussions. But like all things, I heal, so everything you do is meaningless."
Bakugo yelled out in pain as Izuku let him go, "My fucken nose! I'll kill you for this!" Bakugo yelled out, as blood poured down his now deformed nose.
Izuku smirked, Bakugo saw this and it infuriated him. "How dare you look down on me! I'll show you! I'll show you!"
Gaining distance Bakugo raised the gauntlet and grabbed a pin that was attached to it. "You probably already know this, but these gauntlets aren't just for show. I had them custom made to hold my sweat. Think about it, so much nitroglycerin concentrated into one area. What do you think the results will be?"
Izuku's eyes widened, "You wouldn't dare."
Bakugo smirked, "Try me…" Izuku narrowed his eyes and took a step forward.
All Might who was in the observation room saw this, "Young Bakugo don't! If you fire off an explosion like that he'll die!"
Bakugo simply smiled, "That's the idea!"
All Might and the class watched on in horror as Bakugo pulled the pin. Just then a massive explosion was released, shattering every window in the building.
Izuku's eyes widened as the explosion got close, he tried to jump out of the way but it was too late.
The explosion managed to knock Izuku into a wall, and burn his entire right side. "NOOOOO!" Yelled out All Might from the intercom.
Izuku fell to his knees, his right side was turned away from the camera but as the camera turned the class all gasped. Now facing the camera Izuku was seen with his arm with third degree burns. Black burned skin was seen through his entire right side.
His arm looked like it was shriveled up and put into a fire pit. Izuku grabbed at his arm, "This exercise is over! Someone call Recovery…" however before he could finish one of the students yelled out.
"Sir! Look!" Said Kamanari, pointing at the screen.
All Might looked back at the screen, "My god…"
Everyone was shocked to see Izuku stand up, but what shocked them even more was the fact that he was healing.
His disfigured arm began to regrow his cells rapidly. However this meant Izuku could feel it all, he could feel the layers of skin, muscle, and nerves grow back. Groaning in pain Izuku began to stand up, grabbing the wall he broke off a piece of it as he tried to stay up right.
After 30 seconds Izuku now had a fully healed arm. Flexing it Izuku tested it out, he then looked at Bakugo. "That hurt…"
Bakugo blinked but in that split second Izuku disappeared, "What the!?"
The next thing Bakugo felt was something digging into his shoulder. Looking down he saw Izuku's claws sticking out from his shoulder, blood dripped from the claws as Izuku pulled them free.
Bakugo screamed out in pain, however before he could do anything else Izuku grabbed Bakugo by the face and began to push him towards a wall. Slamming Bakugo into the wall Izuku looked up, "You won't hurt me again!"
"Y-YOU! I will kill you!" Bakugo yelled out, muffled by Izuku's hand over his face.
Raising his hands, Bakugo fired a blast to get Izuku off of him, sticking his claws into the ground, Izuku slid to a stop. He watched as Bakugo placed a hand over the three puncture wounds, "Why don't you put those claws away and show me what you can do without them." said Bakugo.
Izuku thought about it, and then smiled, "Now why would I do that? Are you scared that I might beat you? Or maybe you'll find out that you aren't as great as you think you are."
Bakugo's eye twitched, Izuku smiled, "Looks like I'm right, that fragile ego of yours is going to get yourself killed one day."
Just then All Might's voice was heard through the coms, "Bakugo! Another blast like that and you forfeit the match! Do I make myself clear!? You too Midoriya, use those claws to seriously hurt him and I'm calling this exercise off."
"It's fine All Might!" yelled out Izuku. "I can take anything he can throw at me. Him on the other hand, well that's another story."
All Might was stunned, 'Is this kid crazy! As a teacher I have an obligation to stop this, but, I can't help wanting to see how this ends!'
Izuku motioned to Bakugo, "Come on Bakugo, we don't have all day."
With explosions rippling in his hands as Bakugo rushed Izuku, "DIE!"
Using his explosions Bakugo began to bombard Izuku, flipping over him Bakugo fired blast after blast. The top part of Izuku's costume was now completely gone thanks to the explosions.
But all the while Izuku just stood there, motionless, "Come on fight back!" Yelled out Bakugo as he hit Izuku in the face with an explosion.
Smoke filled the room they were in, "Fine.." a voice said through the smoke.
Just then Izuku's fist appeared, with retracted claws he hit Bakugo in the stomach. Immediately Bakugo spit out blood as he fell to his knees, "That's something else you failed to understand Bakugo. My claws aren't the only thing that are made of metal. My entire skeletal system is chromed. That means my knuckles as well."
Izuku then kneed Bakugo under the chin, breaking his jaw in the process. Bakugo was sent towards the wall, hitting it he looked up as blood ran down his lip. "I-I'll kill... you…"
Reaching down, Izuku then grabbed Bakugo by his costume and lifted him off the ground. "Get stronger and maybe you'll stand a chance. Cause right now, you are nothing."
Standing him up straight Izuku then began to punch Bakugo over and over. He was hitting him so hard that ribs were breaking by the sheer impact. Bakugo's blood splattered across the wall and spilled onto the floor as Izuku continued to punch Bakugo, over and over again. "After all of those years! You finally get to feel what I felt! Every explosion, every burn mark you left on my body, every damn day!"
The class watched in horror, "S-Sir, aren't you going to stop this!?" asked Kirishima. "He's going to kill Bakugo if he doesn't stop."
All Might knew that, he reached for the mic to end the match but just as Izuku was going to punch Bakugo one last time. Someone touched Izuku on the back, causing him to float.
Izuku growled as he looked down, that's when he noticed it was Uraraka. "Midoriya! That's enough, he's beaten, no longer a threat."
"Put me down Uraraka, you don't know what he did to me. He has to pay!" Said Izuku on the ceiling.
Uraraka was stunned, "Yeah, I don't know what he did to you, but look at him!" Izuku turned to see Bakugo sitting on the floor, with his back against the wall a bruised and bloody mess. His face was swollen and his cuts bleed with every breath he took.
"This was meant to be an exercise. You're acting like an animal," said Uraraka.
Izuku looked down at his hands, they were covered in blood. Just then Izuku's mind went blank, and then he remembered something. Images of his hands were seen playing in his mind, then he saw something red on the floor. Looking down Izuku noticed it was blood, then he saw it, a body laying on the floor motionless and right beside it a combat knife. "J-Just, just put me down."
Uraraka touched her finger tips together and let Izuku down. Landing on his feet he turned around, "The match is over, villains win!" Said All Might.
Bakugo could barely hear the announcement as he faded in and out of consciousness, "N-Not yet…" he said reaching out his hand.
Thanks to his hazy eyesight Bakugo couldn't see Uraraka was the one standing in front of him. He thought that it was Izuku, looking down he saw the other gauntlet that he lost during the fight.
Reaching over he put it on and began to raise his hand. With a shaky hand he pulled the pin, Izuku heard this and turned around.
His eyes widened as he saw Bakugo point the gauntlet at Uraraka. "No!" He yelled out rushing to Uraraka.
Just as Izuku reached her, Bakugo fired and caused another massive explosion that destroyed the floor they were on.
Without thinking Izuku covered Uraraka shielding her, the blast hit Izuku's back. The two were then violently thrown out of the building.
The explosion was enough to send them towards the building across the street. Izuku, seeing that Uraraka would smash into the building, quickly twisted his body and took the hit for her.
With a loud thunk, Izuku hit his head on the wall so hard that he broke it. The two then fell to the floor, Uraraka was knocked out as a result of the explosion. Izuku was as well but after a few seconds he stood back up.
Looking around Izuku noticed that there was a lot of debris from the building. "Uraraka! Uraraka! Where are you!?"
Just then Izuku saw a hand sticking out from underneath the rubble. Going over he picked up the pieces of the cement wall and tossed them aside, that's when he found her.
Cuts and bruises were seen all over Uraraka's body, as she laid there unconscious. "I'm so sorry, this is all my fault…" said Izuku as he picked her up.
He then turned to leave but that's when the medical bots arrived. Seeing that they were there to help, Izuku placed Uraraka on a stretcher. The bots quickly took Uraraka away, that's when All Might showed up.
All Might's eyes widened when he saw Izuku, "Uhhh, Midoriya, are you alright?"
Izuku was confused, that's when he noticed one of the medic bots was trying to get him on a stretcher as well. "What do you want?" he asked it. The bot began to poke at Izuku, looking down Izuku saw that he had a piece of rebar going through his abdomen.
"Huh, when did I get that?" Izuku thought nothing of it, reaching down he grabbed the rebar and pulled it out. The piece of rebar hit the floor, All Might was about to say something but before he could the wound on Izuku's abdomen healed completely.
All Might blinked twice, "Right, I forget you could heal. Come on Midoriya, we still need to go over how you did."
Izuku nodded and followed the number one hero in complete silence. Now in the observation room Izuku was the only one out of the four that took part in the exercise still standing. Bakugo was severely injured and Iida was found with three claw marks across his face and knocked out.
The class were all distant towards Izuku, but he didn't care. He just wanted all this to be over with, "Well, that was more thrilling that I thought it was going to be! So can anyone tell me, who takes the MVP award?"
Just then a girl with long black hair raised her hand, "Yes, Yaoyorozu!"
"The MVP should go to Midoriya." Said Momo, much to Izuku's surprise.
"Hahaha! You are correct, but do you know why?" Asked All Might.
"Yes, while his methods were, are...cruel to say the least. They were methods that any villain could use against us. With his strength and regenerative capabilities proved that we should expect the unexpected." Explained Momo.
All Might was surprised, "T-That's exactly right! Well done Yaoyorozu. Now remember, this world is filled with weird and powerful quirks. So we can't assume someone's power based on looks. Let this be a lesson to all of you. Now let's continue with the rest of the exercise shall we?"
Izuku stood off by himself for the remainder of the class, occasionally he would look up at the screen to see what type of quirks his classmates had but that was about it. It was now the end of the class and All Might stood in front of the students.
"Well that was a successful first battle trial, you all did amazing! So keep up the good work and I'm sure you will all become great heroes! With that, go get changed and head back to class!" With that All Might took off, leaving the class behind. However as he turned the corner All Might deflated in a puff of smoke and became really skinny.
"M-Man, that was risky. I was barely able to teach that class," said All Might, coughing out blood.
Izuku sniffed the air and smelled smoke but chose to ignore it. After going to get changed Izuku went back to class there and found Uraraka already out of the nurses office. Not saying anything to anyone, Izuku went to his desk and put his head down. The day went on as usually but no one talked to Izuku, not even Uraraka.
The final bell rang and everyone got up to leave, but as Izuku was grabbing his stuff, someone stopped in front of his desk. Looking up Izuku found Uraraka, "Can I talk to you for a bit?" she asked much to the surprise of the class.
Izuku nodded, "Yeah," the two got their stuff and began to walk out of class. They went to the quad area, and stood under a tree. Izuku leaned up against the tree, "Look, if this is about what happened during the battle trial…"
However before Izuku could finish, Uraraka bowed, "Thank you and I'm sorry!"
This surprised Izuku, who pushed off the tree, "Huh? Why are you thanking me but also apologizing?" asked Izuku.
"The girls told me that when Bakugo fired off another blast you shielded me from it. If you didn't do that I would have gotten hurt. And I'm apologizing for calling you an animal, that was stupid of me." Uraraka said, still bowing.
Izuku blinked a few times, he then sighed, "Look, it's me that should be apologizing to you, and Bakugo, but I'll get to him later. I went overboard, and I was mad, if you didn't stop me when you did I might have gone too far. So thank you."
Uraraka looked up at Izuku, she could tell he was genuinely sorry, "Well I guess we both stand to gain something from this experience don't we? Alright, just don't do it again. Or next time I might have to step in and take you down myself."
Izuku smiled, "Well then, I better watch what I do from now on." Uraraka giggled.
"I'm glad to hear that Midoriya, maybe you can tell us how you plan to change yourself, at principal Nezu's office." said Aizawa walking towards the two.
Izuku lost his smile, "Yeah, I thought that would be the case." he then turned to Uraraka. "I'll see you tomorrow?"
Uraraka nodded, "You bet. Bye make sure to text me when you get out."
Izuku waved goodbye, "So, what's going on between you two?" asked Aizawa, with a smirk on his face.
Izuku scoffed, "Nothing, don't worry about it. Anyway, let's get this over with."
The two then walked to Nezu's office, opening the door Izuku found Nezu sitting behind his desk. "Ah Midoriya, glad you could make it."
"Did I even have a choice?" asked Izuku, taking a seat across from him.
"No, but honestly if you wanted we wouldn't be able to stop you from leaving." said Nezu. "Would you like some tea?"
"Sure?" Izuku watched as Nezu reached over and poured him a cup of tea.
"Here you are," Nezu pushed the cup across the desk for Izuku to take.
Izuku grabbed it and smelled it, 'This smells funny…' he looked up to Nezu to see him smiling. "So why did you call me in for? I assume you found out what I did during class? What are you going to do, suspend me? Expel me?"
"Oh no, nothing like that," said Nezu.
This surprised Izuku, "Really? I just beat a fellow student half to death and you are just letting me go? How is he by the way?"
"Well, not exactly. We won't expel you or anything like that but you clearly have some things you need to work through. I know you are still trying to figure out who you are, so that's why I want you to talk to a counselor. As to how Bakugo is doing, Recovery Girl healed him, but he still needs to rest up. He should join class tomorrow." Said Nezu.
Izuku sat back on his chair, "Look, I'm grateful for everything that you've done for me, really I am. You want me to behave, fine, I'll tone it down. But I'm not seeing any counselors, I don't need it. Why would I want to sit down with someone just to tell me what I already know?"
Nezu then reached into his drawer and pulled out a tablet, "This is the video from the exercise today." The video of Izuku beating on Bakugo began play.
After a minute Nezu paused the video, "Tell me, what do you see here?"
Izuku leaned in and saw himself, "Me, of course."
"Look closer, look at your face." Izuku narrowed his eyes on his face. The still image of Izuku looking at his hands in horror was paused on the tablet. "You remembered something didn't you?"
Izuku looked away, "Tell me Midoriya, what did you remember?"
That's when Aizawa walked up behind Izuku and placed his hand on Izuku's shoulder, "Nothing you say leaves this room Midoriya. Judging by the look on your face you remembered something horrible."
"Blood, I remembered blood. I was in a room with blood all over the floor. There was a knife beside me and..and a body. I-I think I killed before, but not just once." Izuku looked down at his hands.
Nezu and Aizawa looked at each other, "Is that the only thing you remember?" Asked Aizawa.
"For now yeah." Izuku turned to Aizawa. "You were there when I was found right? I want to read the police report, I want to know what they did to me."
"I don't think that's a good idea Midoriya," said Nezu.
"Why not? I have a right to know, if I ever want a chance to find out who I am, I need to see those files." Said Izuku.
Nezu sighed, "We can't just hand them over to you, tell you what. Go to a counselor and I'll see what I can do."
Izuku shook his head, "Not good enough, I need guarantee that you won't just fool me later."
Nezu smiled, "Smart man, but you are in no position to negotiate for this. Remember you did beat a student half to death. As I said before we won't expel you or suspend you, but you will now be under heavy surveillance. Another outburst in anger and I will take action, do I make myself clear?"
Izuku got up, "Fine, I'll be leaving now. For someone so small you sure do give out a fierce aura." Izuku was about to walk out of the door when he stopped.
"Oh by the way, that tea doesn't have any flavor anymore. You might want to get a new batch." Izuku said as he walked out of the door.
Aizawa walked over to Nezu, "He's hurting,"
"I know, he reminds me of a certain underground hero I once knew." Said Nezu.
Aizawa groaned, "I'll keep looking after him, but if he displays another burst of anger like he did today. I'm not sure I would be able to stop him. I went over the footage, he was purposely avoiding hitting anything vital with his claws. He was basically toying with Bakugo the entire time, just to prove a point. If Midoriya really wanted to he could have killed Bakugo 10 times over."
"That is why he must never learn what they made him to be. If he remembers that then there's no telling what it might do to him." Said Nezu replaying the video of Izuku.
"Midoriya for sure can be either one of two things. A great hero, or a great villain. And I for one wouldn't want to fight him." Said Aizawa looking out the window. "We have the exercise at the USJ next week on Monday, I request that All Might be there. In case something does happen, he could deal with Midoriya."
Nezu nodded, "I agree, this will also be a great opportunity to find out if he has what it takes to be a hero or not."
"One more thing Nezu, what are we going to do about Bakugo?" Asked Aizawa. "Midoriya has anger issues but Bakugo does as well. And considering his record, I don't think he has what it takes."
"Right, the quirkless hater. What he did in middle school and elementary is concerning and will not be tolerated here. However, I do believe he could change, whether that be with words. Or as Izuku demonstrated, with action. Bakugo may think twice now before he calls someone by derogatory names." Said Nezu.
With Izuku
Izuku walked down the now empty halls of UA, "I need to know what exactly they did to me. But most importantly, who did this to me."
With Bakugo
Bakugo woke up hours later in the nurse's office, it was now an hour past since school let out. "Ah, good to see you awake son," said Recovery Girl.
"W-Where am I?" Asked Bakugo as he tried to sit up. Just then a sharp pain resonated from his ribs, forcing him back down.
"Easy there, your wounds aren't fully healed. I did what I could but the damage was extensive." Explained Recovery Girl. "But don't worry, one more kiss and you will be good as new. I was just waiting for you to wake up."
Recovery Girl then leaned in and kissed Bakugo, instantly he felt much better. "There you are, good as new. Now take it easy for the rest of the day, my quirk uses the body's natural healing process. So you may feel tired."
Bakugo said nothing as he got up and changed, after leaving he exited the building. "That damn Deku! He humiliated me! I will make him suffer for this, even if it's the last thing I do!"
Unknown Location
The doctor and his assistant were hard at work making something that could kill Izuku. And after weeks of planning and forging they were close. "Doctor, how goes your research?" Asked a voice coming from the monitor.
The doctor jumped by the sudden voice, "Ahh, Master, we are nearly done. All we need to do now is make them."
"Good, good, so what is it that you are building, doctor?" Asked the voice.
"With the limited amount of adamantium you gave us, we were able to forge them into these." Said the doctor holding blueprints.
"I see, using it against him, how clever doctor. And you are sure this would work?" Asked the voice.
The doctor nodded, "Without question, and the best part is, you'll have more than one opportunity to kill him."
Putting down the blueprints the image of a hollow point bullet was seen drawn on it.
"Good, have it ready by Monday. I need it for something I have planned." Said the voice.
The doctor nodded as the voice disappeared, just then the assistant walked up to the doctor. "How sure are you that it will work?"
"About 50 percent sure, but that doesn't matter now. I'm banking on our other experiment to work, how is it going by the way?" asked the doctor.
"There is progress, but things are getting complicated." said the assistant.
"That is to be expected, tell our associates to continue their work." The assistant nodded and went away.
AN: Sorry this took so long! Anyway, the next chapter should cover the beginning of the USJ! And I got plans for that, so stick around to find out what happens. Love you all, and thank you for the support!
