Chapter 5: victory or defeat.

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Ok, I've taken out the back pillars. Once I take down these walls it should collapse

. Either they heard and didn't move out of the way allowing me to take them out while they are dazed and injured or they moved away giving me access to the bomb. "Now" I shouted to Uraraka as he took out the last support for the floor above hearing the concrete and rebar bounce off his armor. As the center of the floor collapsed he saw a bright light

KABOOM

It took Me a second to regain my bearings. By that time Bakugou was already launching at me. As he lifted his arm he noticed it was heavier, his suit was definitely damaged by the blast. His suit set of a motion alarm to his left as well, out of instinct he raised his other arm too just in time to block both Bakugou and IIda.

After sluggishly throwing them both off of me I assessed my situation. Even taking on just one of them, even with the suit fully intact would be difficult. All I will be able to do is stall, even then chip damage will build up. I cannot rush the bomb, I am to slow and Iida could just move it. My only hope is to distract them while Uraraka grabs it through subterfuge.

As if he read my mind Bakugou blasted himself up a floor, dammit. I barely block Iida's next kick. I swing my other arm around to try and crush his leg but he rebounds away.

"Dammit" I mutter "I can't even get the space to pull up a damage assessment" as I block his next kick I notice he got closer to my torso, it's not just some servos, the power train is also at risk, if im forced to eject my odds of winning this bout go from slim to none… somehow I have to find a way to hit him.

Iida is moving in again, this time rather than blocking I dodge under the blow, due to my short stature he has been aiming at my head. As I do this I punch up, however the leg moves too quickly without my arm to stop it. At this moment my motion detector goes off again and my heart sinks. Bakugou is back already with a maniacal grin.

"So that was your plan Deku." He yelled, all his bottled fury rising to the surface. "I am going to enjoy killing a coward like you. Relying on such an obvious trick."

When I spoke i was relieved my filter was still working to hide the now-obvious fear in my voice. "Bring it."

He and Iida both resumed their attack, my suit was getting heavier still. I barely blocked Bakugo's blast with my right arm, however Iida surprised me with a low kick and hit my left leg, as I tried to punch Iida I noticed I couldn't turn my arm, it is now locked. Bakugo's next blast was larger, he is sweating more from the acrobatics. I angleed my already locked arm to intercept but the blasts are too large now and my core took some of the blast.

I struggled to turn my head just in time to intercept Iida's next kick. My left arm is barely able to move and I am too slow to intercept bakugo's next blast.

I look up and Iida and Bakugo are standing over me.

"Midoriya, just concede, please!" Iida exclaimed with a note of pity and desperation in his voice.

"Never" I say, kicking off the ground, man that hurt, the suit feels almost its whole weight but… "I can still move!" I shout, my fist swinging as fast as I can still move it at Bakugo's face.

'He didn't expect that i had fight in me, he is too slow to stop this' and as the blow landed true a smile hidden by my mask washed over my face. Only to be washed away with terror as Iida's kick to my back knocked me down and I could not get back, watching both of them standing over me furious. Bakugo's hand is now on my helmet, I can feel the little explosions rippling on the outside of it. Right before Iida gets the band around my arm I hear All Might shout out.

"Hero Team Wins!"

"What!" Iida and Bakugou shout. As we all look and see that Uraraka was now wrapped around the bomb with a grin and a bruise on her face.

I ejected from the suit, I guess I'll have to pick it up after the review of the lesson. Looking over my body I see bruises and minor burns. I have noticed from my early martial arts courses that I was blessed enough to have a high pain tolerance from the get go, a good thing as it was the one attribute I was too scared to seriously try and improve. I hear the medical bot rolling in and I turn to see All Might. For a second my eyes look like bakugou's as I growl "I refuse to be taken away in that."

All Might throws his hands up in shock but quickly says "fine, however I insist on carrying your suit back to the school." I nod silently.

Bakugo still hadn't moved since the match ended, as All Might watched the other 3 leave he walked over to Bakugou

"Come back, young Bakugo. It is time to review the results. Whether you win or lose, looking back and learning from your experiences is a part of life."

Back at the room I stood waiting for the teachers analysis. I knew it would not be favorable. I had been reckless and I was defeated utterly in the battle portion of the training.

"Well, in spite of the outcome the MVP was unquestionably IIda!" All Might said calmly.

"It's not either of the winners Ochaco or Midoriya?" Tsu asked.

"Hmm, well… why is that?" All Might asked.

"Yes, Mr. All Might" Yaoyorozu replied, her hand shooting up into the air faster than a rocket. "That is because IIda adapted most to the context of the training, and is the only one not to make major mistakes. From watching the match, Bakugou left Uraraka without applying the restraints to signify capture, likely due to a rush from a personal grudge, furthermore he destroyed a large portion of the building with his cannon blast, a flaw in keeping your evil base protected and at risk of hitting his partner. Uraraka was scarcely better, a competent villain would see right through a fake knockout and a sadistic one would take advantage of the presumed weakness. Midoriya was as bad as Bakugou, creating an opening for the cannon blast while also causing massive damage to the building. His tactic was saved only by bakugou's incompetence. IIda was a permanent threat keeping Midoriya from the bomb, his only flaw was too much trust in his partner to fully remove the other hero from the fight."

All Might recovered quickly to say "Well, Iida could have been more relaxed in places as well but that was correct."

At this point the pain was catching up to me and I could scarcely hear what anyone else was saying, however I waited through all the other battles and All Might's final speech before he ran off and I finally went to see recovery girl.

After an annoying kiss-and-lecture combo I left the building, pulling my damaged armor with me. As I got home I avoided mother, she would be happy I "won" but I knew I had lost. First I began repairing the parts I could, then I began replacing those that couldn't. I had gadgets lying all around the room and my suit when fully repaired could fit many of them, however I knew I would not have time to test them… I reach for one of the devices with a wrench and paint in my hand.

Uraraka did not see Deku after the fight, at first she thought he was still with recovery girl, but she found out that he left the school entirely.

"I hope he isn't upset" she thought as she walked in the front gate the next day. When she got to the classroom she saw he was already there, however she could not approach. "What could I say" She thought "I'm sorry that you got absolutely outclassed by both Bakugo and Iida? You're welcome I saved your half baked plan?" Not only would those be harsh they would oversell her, and Uraraka knew she was just lucky that Bakugou was more rage than man. She was so Engrossed in her thoughts she didn't notice Midoriya next to her until he gently tapped her shoulder. As he gestured outside she looked at the clock, eraser head would be their any minute, the responsible thing to do would be to tell him to wait until later. She was out the door in a second.

"About yesterday." Midoriya began, before Uraraka could cut him off he said "I wanted to thank you, for saving our plan and securing the win." As he looked up with a smile on his face she noticed he brought his bag out with him. "I wanted to thank you, in some way." He said as he opened the bag pulling out a mask just like the one on her suit. "I think I got the color right" he muttered "this has a motion detector and thermal scanning unit, but with my suit I don't need it." he walked over putting it on her head.

"How does it fit?" Midoriya asked

"Perfectly." Uraraka replied with a gentle smile.