Wow, this is getting a lot more views than I expected it to. It was late after Chapter 8 and I wasn't completely tired yet so I decided to make a cover to entice more people to read it and to get hyped for it. Originally, I was going to make Hellboy based off of Death Arms, since they shared a muscular archetype and jawline in my head, but I settled with something a bit closer to Mike Magnola's style than Kohei Horikoshi, but I think that Hellboy could fit into the universe with the given style I settled with. Let me know what you think about the cover in the reviews, and let's get this hype train rolling already!
Hellboy was on the edge of his seat for the course of the match. His brother and Katsuki had engaged in the fight at this point and things were not going too smoothly. Bakugou was using his quirk left and right, using the techniques he'd accrued over the years of having it. Hellboy saw some things that were altered from the times he and the blonde fought monsters together, redirection. He was using the propulsion force of his explosions to push him forward and around.
Katsuki's first strike was a success, blasting the costumed student further back than they started. More blows were given by Bakugou, some were received by the brother but he was able to evade some of the strikes. He eventually got into close quarters with Bakugou, who threw a right hook. Hellboy remembered this from the journal Izuku made, the explosive student favored the right hook and Izuku studied it, learning how to counter it. The former quirkless student grabbed the old friend's arm as it sailed through the air. At the same time he turned his back to Bakugou, pressing his back against his chest. The next move was fluid, as if he'd been practicing the maneuver. He pulled the arm downwards, using the momentum of the strike to move his opponent forward farther than he wanted. Using his weight against him, the brother sent Katsuki over his shoulder, slamming him into the ground with enough force to send dust flying through the air!
Hellboy was at the front of the crowd at this point as he slammed his right fist on the bar separating the teachers from the students, which bent the bar down the middle. "Yeah! Just like you thought he would!" The devil's tail was twitching.
Mina whispered to an invisible girl by the name of Toru Hagakure, "He wags his tail just like a cat!"
The invisible girl giggled, huddling next to the cheery pink student. "That's so adorable!"
Red didn't hear them, he didn't care either, all he cared about right then was his brother's fight. He did, however, turn his attention to another screen, which showed Ochaco entering the room with the bomb. Some words were obviously traded between them, but they still couldn't be picked up by the camera. She tried rushing, not straight for the bomb but around it. Tenya dashed around, picking up on the ambush, blocking her way with a blockade of his armor. Things didn't look well there, If this is part of his plan, he better do whatever he was planning on doing and quickly.
His eyes were back on the fight, with Katsuki finally getting up, rushing Izuku again. He redirected to his side, blasting him with a very large amount of force, something that even Hellboy thought was brutal. Luckily, the brother barely dodged the strike, "Hey! There's no way that amount of force is legal!" the student brought to Aizawa's attention, which he nodded to.
He reached down to the microphone, activating the intercom, "Bakugou, that was too risky! That amount of power could bring the whole building down next time, try it again and your team will be disqualified."
The blonde screamed, which could be heard over the cameras but was still inaudible. He rushed Izuku again, going for the right hook yet again. The cautious teen was ready for it, going over his counter again. However, Bakugou was adapting, using his redirection to get behind Deku. He blew at his back, sending him forward and tumbling on his side. He was getting up right away, more words being said that couldn't be heard. They both rushed each other, Bakugou charging up his quirk, but Hellboy saw his brother's hand, that he was doing the same.
He used All for One, putting his finger in a flicking position. Right before Katsuki landed his hit, Izuku blew a hole straight through the roof with his quirk. "THAT'S IT!" Hellboy saw the plan, knew what he was doing and grinned as he watched it unfold.
Ochaco used her quirk on herself, using one of the columns to push herself towards the bomb. Iida tried to stop her, but it was no use, because she was already touching the bomb. The game was over and Team D won! Hellboy didn't wait, he let go of the bar he was crushing in excitement. He walked right out the door, with a huge grin on his face and a pep in his step. He brought his brother in, praising him as they walked to the monitor room. He also turned to Ochaco and Iida, complimenting her and her craft and him for putting up a great defense. He gave them both fist bumps with his Right Fist of Doom.
When they got to the room, the class was told to reflect on the battle, asking who the best opponent was on either side. Yaoyorozu stepped in with her outfit that was a bit revealing, being a red, skin tight suit split down the middle of her torso. It also consisted of a large golden belt and red boots. Her hair was in a ponytail, as always, but was a very bushy flip to her right side, which is usually on her left. She explained how Iida was the best opponent due to how he adapted to the situation and how everyone else failed in one aspect or another.
The next teams were to be picked. Aizawa put his hand into the hat, pulling out two more slips of paper. He looked at them, then read them out loud, "Team B, consisting of Shoto Todoroki and Mezo Shoji, will be the heroes, while Team I, consisting of Toru Hagakure and Hellboy Midoriya, will be the villains!" He pointed towards the door, "Get into position outside of an intact building, heroes. Villains will group up at the bomb!"
Hellboy waited for the invisible girl, who as she passed by the devil exclaimed, "Let's go big guy, we've got a bomb to protect! Woo!" She only had gloves and shoes on for her superhero 'suit.'
He followed the floating gloves and shoes that moved in front of him. He looked at his opponents Todoroki and Shoji. Todoroki, who was obviously plagued with third degree burn on the left side of his face, also had hair that, on the left side, was red. The other side was white. His costume was simply a white dress shirt and a white pair of thermal pants. He donned white snow boots and a combat vest that was colored gold around his shoulders. Todoroki looked like he was bored of everything, which kind of pissed Hellboy off.
Shoji, on the other had, wore a muscle shirt with two shades of blue. Small, yellow decors going down the front side of the suit looked like eyes, with one big eye at the belt. He had a dark blue cowl, which covered where his mouth and nose would have been. His boots were also a dark blue. He, unlike Todoroki, looked slightly more concerned about the fight.
The two 'villains' entered the building, finding the bomb as Hellboy sat with his back to it. He pulled out a sucker, popping it into his mouth as he waited for Aizawa to make the starting announcement. He looked to his teammate, who was taking off what little she had as clothes. She squealed, "Hey! Don't watch me undress!"
Hellboy shook his head, "Keep something on." He pointed to the door, "The kid with the burn doesn't seem to be taking this too seriously, so I'll need to know where you are just in case we need to split."
Her left foot lifted back as she presumably leaned on her right foot. She finally spoke back up, "Alright, I guess you probably have more experience fighting anyways, with those things you fought yesterday and all."
He nodded, shifting the sucker around his mouth, "Yeah, something like that."
As Aizawa rang the telecom to begin, Hellboy stood up, listening around him the best he could. He waited, an eerie silence filled the room. No one spoke, no one moved, and it paid off. Cracking, like multiple legs, No, it's more like ice when placed in water... Hellboy saw the ice spreading throughout the room. He grabbed Hagakure around where he assumed was the waist with his tail, lifting her off the ground! He leapt into the air, raising his right fist, then slammed it down onto the concrete, breaking the ice that approached and the floor beneath him.
He fell to the floor below with a massive thud, making sure Hagakure landed on his chest instead of below looked up as the floor collapsed before the door frame. Luckily, the bomb was intact and still standing in what was left of the room, which was covered in ice. He looked down, where he could feel something warm and soft pressing against his chest. He raised an eyebrow, asking the girl on top of him, "You okay?"
She didn't say anything for a second, but eventually realized he couldn't see her nod, "Y-yeah, I'm okay."
Meanwhile, Todoroki got a bit tense after hearing the big clutter within the building. Shiro and he exchanged glances, Shoji explaining, "It seems as though he's broken the ground below him, falling to the second floor."
The student with ice on his left side shook his head, "Looks like there will be a fight after all. I guess that's to be expected from him."
Back on the second floor, Hellboy told Toru to try and steer clear of him as to not get frozen by another attack. "Wait, you're going after them like Bakugou did to your brother? Isn't that why their team lost?" invisible girl interjected.
Red didn't turn around, "No, they lost because Izuku was on the other team. These guys don't have a plan."
"Do you have a plan?"
He turned this time, pulling out his pistol, which he made sure was filled with concussive rounds before the round began. "Yeah, I'm gonna kick their asses!"
He walked through to the only staircase in the building, meeting the two opponents at the bottom. Todoroki paused, as did Shoji. Todoroki glared at Hellboy, who was pointing the gun right at Todoroki's gut. The white and red-haired student spoke steadily, "You think you can pull the trigger before I freeze you in place?"
Hellboy didn't grin, just kept pointing the gun, "I think that I don't give a damn, you ain't winning."
Shoji stepped forward, trying to reason, "This is two against one, Hellboy, there's no way you can think-"
"Blah, blah, blah. Just come at me if you think you're so tough." At that, Todoroki slammed his hands to the ground, summoning ice that spread towards Red. He pulled his trigger, hitting him in the shoulder, which broke his concentration and broke the ice coming towards him. Shoji charged, closing all of his right arms as one and striking at Hellboy. He let himself get hit, barely moving back as he recoiled his Right Fist of Doom, letting it fly towards the opponent. Shoji tried blocking, but Hellboy broke through, sending him straight into the direction of his other opponent.
Todoroki slid under with his ice, making an ice wall to grab Hellboy's right hand. Hellboy tore the ice right off his base, smacking Todoroki through the wall to his right. Shoji was back up, charging at Hellboy again. He went for a grab, picking up the red devil and slamming him into a wall. The pinned student scoffed as he hit the hero with his head and horns, sending Shoji into the opposite wall. Hellboy went for another powerful punch, sending the opponent through the wall entirely. He was caught by a chunk of ice, which Hellboy turned to find Todoroki touching his back. The red torso froze, but it didn't slow him down too much. He kicked the icey student, which made him tumble along the ground. Shoji slammed his body into Hellboy's, sending him towards Todoroki who was still on the ground. In an attempt to save himself from the crushing weight of the red behemoth, Todoroki instinctively threw ice spikes towards him.
They impaled him, one in the stomach, another in his chest and a third in his neck. Blood trickled down the spikes and onto Todoroki's white dress shirt. He quickly scrambled out from under him, trying to think about what just happened. Did... Did I just kill him?
His train of thought was interrupted by his right hand smashing the spikes along his torso. The devil put his feet on the ground, pulling the ice out from his neck. He rose, slowly, looking towards the student that had just stabbed him. He spit out his sucker, blood leaking from his mouth. His orange eyes laid on Todoroki's, the student preparing for another attack.
Hellboy spoke casually, "That kind of hurt." Following with an uppercut that sent the student flying into his ally. He popped his neck, walking towards them.
Shoji threw his ally to the side, trying to counter the attack of the opponent that seemed unstoppable at this point. He hit him where the stab wound was, causing Hellboy to grunt as he backhanded him with his gun. This sent him outside of the building, going through any walls presented to him. Hellboy faced Todoroki, who was building up his power, about to release a large amount of ice into Hellboy's wake. Though, he never got the chance when a floating rock broke on his already bleeding head, knocking him unconscious. Hagakure sighed, only her shoes being visible behind Todoroki. "Whew, for a minute, I didn't think that would work!"
Aizawa announced over the intercom that Hellboy and Toru were the winners and had the heroes sent to the infirmary. Everyone in the monitor room was silent when they both entered, all of them were staring at the student who, to them, should have been dead. Even Izuku was surprised, sweat rolling off his head.
All Might was the first to break the silence, "That was some mighty fine fighting you did in there, Hellboy! And of course we cannot forget Hagakure, which dealt the finishing blow." In his head, All Might had much more to say, but couldn't quite put it into words. Hellboy shocked everyone in the room minutes ago, a lot of students panicked once he'd been stabbed.
Hellboy strolled into the crowd, his left hand in his pocket, "She definitely did her fair share of work."
The mock battles continued, Aizawa drawing from the hat. As the next teams were getting prepared, Hellboy looked among the crowd for Mina, who he didn't see in the crowd. She wasn't in the draw for this mock battle.
He looked to the second monitor room door, which was open and led to the hallway. Ochaco noticed Hellboy looking at the door and piped in, "You know, you really scared everyone."
"I know."
Tenya popped in, "You should have taken it more seriously."
"You said that already."
Hellboy walked into the hall, seeing a girl with pink skin and hair, crying, holding her head and staring at the floor. Red lowered his head, God, I'm such a prick. He walked over to her and sat down beside her. She looked up immediately, her hands trembling and lips quivering. Hellboy couldn't find the words to say, he was stuck, frozen, more than what Todoroki could have ever done to him. He just looked into her black and yellow eyes, and picked the best words he could manage.
"I'm fine, you know. You saw me go through a building." The words felt heavy as they left his mouth, he knew that wasn't the right thing to say, but he didn't know anything else to say.
She shook her head, a tear rolling down her face, "It doesn't mean it isn't any less scary..."
He looked to the ground, "I don't really have much of a choice. Scary things are just…" he paused, not knowing how to continue.
Mina got closer to him, seeing the gashes that were already closing on his neck and chest. She dragged her hand over the wound on his chest. She took her hand off and looked at her hand where blood from his chest rested. She looked in his eyes again, them being much closer now.
He smiled, shrugging his shoulders, "See, completely fine. There's nothing to worry about with me."
Mina hugged him, wrapping her arms around his neck as best she could, "Next time, don't screw around like that."
He nodded, "Alright, I promise to start being more serious."
They returned to the monitor room, sticking to the back of the room, watching the rest of the fights. When it was her turn, he wished her luck and she smiled her usual smile. It was a quick battle, her team won thanks to her for the large portion of it. When she returned, she nudged Hellboy in the abs with a cocky smile, "My fight was better than your fight, I think."
Hellboy smiled again, shaking his head, "I broke through a floor and some walls. You slid around on your slime stuff."
She laughed at his remark. When they got back to the locker rooms, Aizawa told Hellboy to keep his coat, "I'm sure you would feel better having a jacket that fits. The gun, however, is prohibited for official school business." He nodded, putting his uniform on with the exception of his old jacket, which he placed in his suitcase. He placed the trench coat over the dress shirt and walked out to the classroom to get the rest of his things. Today wasn't the best day, but at least nobody got hurt too badly.
He was on his way out of the building with Izuku and a sucker in his mouth, on their way to the train station as usual. Both Todoroki and Katsuki were waiting by the school gates, one was furious. Katsuki went first, yelling at Izuku, "HEY, DEKU!" He had tears in his eyes, "DON'T THINK THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU WON THAT BATTLE THAT THIS IS OVER! This is only the beginning, you hear me? Next time, I'M GOING TO BEAT YOU! AND I WILL BECOME THE NUMBER ONE HERO! Not you!" He stormed off.
Todoroki stood from the wall he was leaning on, shaking his head, "I guess Bakugou covered that for me." He looked Hellboy in the eyes, "Somehow, some way, I will beat you, Hellboy. I don't care how much it takes, you will not surpass me."
Hellboy grinned, moving his sucker to the other side of his mouth with his tongue, "I'll be thinking about you too, Snowcone."
Todoroki walked off, hands in his pockets.
Nothing beats a nice threat to finish off a day.
