Chapter 2- Actions Over Words

Katsuki was starting to think that the twitch in his right eye was going to become permanent at the rate of the utter fucktardery in front of him. First shitty Deku gets himself caught by some no-name Hobo villain only for another villain- Crazy Handsy Bitch- to walk up and start pawing at him too. He's pretty sure he can hear her gushing about Deku's freckles as her fingers rake over his face and tangle into green curls.

Katsuki grits his teeth harder, these two were dead- they didn't know it yet- but they were dead. Everything about this situation was pissing him off, Deku couldn't even defend himself enough to cower like he used to in the bad guys grasp- just weakly batting at their arms with his one free hand while his eyes rolled in their sockets.

His breath hissed against his teeth as the two bad guys seemed to be coming to some sort of agreement and the Handsy Bitch once again brought her hand up to green curls, this time tightening her fingers to get a good grip.

"The fuck? Oi, Handsy Bitch, what the fuck do you think you're doing? Katsuki felt a cold sweat break out watching as a glow began to form from the woman's hand and spread along Deku. He leapt forward clearing two large steps ahead of the others who had moved with him before jerking himself to a stop as Hobo-Villain reissued his threat. Claiming Handsy Bitch wasn't hurting him. Oh yes all well and good- she wasn't hurting him, but what the fuck was she doing!

Katsuki almost stopped breathing when Deku's shoes and kneepads hit the ground, when the glittery dust blew away to reveal that parts of Deku were gone. He…. he couldn't be…- not shitty Deku who was like a piece of gum on your shoe that you could never get rid of no matter how much you yelled or pushed or threatened. Katsuki's fists tightened until he felt his nails cutting into his palms, stinging fiercely as his sweat mixed into the small wounds.

Just as quickly as the anger had built it was abruptly cut off as the glow cleared and suddenly he was staring straight into blinking big green eyes in a much smaller freckled face.

"What…. what the fuck!?" Katsuki's voice rose to almost a squeak as he tried to process what was in front of him. Deku was a little kid hanging in the Hobo's grasp, his gym suit hanging loosely around him almost like a dress.

"Midoriya!?" Even Todoroki could not suppress his surprise at the sudden change- that someone could have such a quirk as to revert age? After all it was clearly still Midoriya- green hair, huge eyes, freckles. That the someone with this power was a villain who was quite obviously out of her mind was very concerning.

"No way!" Kirishima was pretty sure at this point he was officially in some kind of manga- first the Nomu being sent flying into the sky and now suddenly there's a kid where a 15-year old should be. Heroes were really supposed to handle such crazy situations, he felt out of his depth.

Katsuki just felt like his world was narrowing down as his eyes darted between kid Deku and the villains. His mind raced. Kid Deku was more lucid- clearly the sedative had been reversed right along with his age- so did that mean his quirk was gone? Did he remember anything- or was he truly back to his child form in all sense? One look at those eyes filling with fear as they took in the situation around him in utter confusion, as he flinched from the Handsy Bitches touch and looked at her with horror over whatever she was saying. This was Deku…. before he was Deku.

"The FUCK DID YOU JUST DO?" Katsuki felt the anger erupt within him watching Kid Deku tremble in the villain's arms. Those big eyes darted to him at the outburst- filled with fear that morphed into mild curiosity. Deku didn't recognize him…Of course fucking Deku didn't recognize him, if he didn't have his memories then his Kacchan was just a little punk like him- not a teenager.

Katsuki didn't know why this thought made him so angry. Deku couldn't forget him. Deku was his to beat, his to prove his strength against and show once and for all who was the best. What if he stayed like this? All the memories of his interactions with Deku flashed through his mind, for most all his life he could turn and there was Deku. What…. what did he do without that?

Katsuki shoved off Kirishima's hand when it landed on his shoulder, he didn't want to be touched right now. His world narrowed down to watching Hobo Villain and Kid Deku. Watching as kid Deku was jostled and hearing the trembly voice as if from the end of a long tunnel.

"I- I d-don't wanna hurt"

'Shitty Bratty Deku' thought Katsuki as the movements and noises of those around him vanished, as all his being focused on Hobo, Handsy, and Deku. He watched, something feeling suspiciously like pride welling up inside him, as Bratty Deku started to struggle in his captives' arms. He never did know when to just give up and let real heroes handle things.

"Lemme go, lemme go! Big bully! You're gonna be in big t-trouble m-mister!" Katsuki's lips parted over gritting teeth and slid slowly into a fierce smirk. Oh yes, he was going to be in trouble alright- stupid fuck didn't know what was coming.

"Ow!"

Death was too good for Hobo, Katsuki decided, his gut clenched as he watched the tears fall from Bratty Deku's ridiculously big eyes- had he always been that tiny? He looked so impossibly small in the Hobo's grasp. Katsuki angled his body, sliding a foot forward and subtly shifting his weight, he had to be ready. He vaguely heard the murmurings of Principal Nezu and the ranting of the villains in response. He couldn't tell you what was being said all his focus was on the bad guys body language.

He sensed more than saw as the other villains seemed to really take in their situation as the hopeless shitshow it was. The beast that had been growling inside of Katsuki as his anger was forced to simmer almost purred as it scented the fear that suddenly showed itself in Hobo villains' eyes. It was so pathetic when extras tried to be above their station.

Just as it had all started- the change happened in an instant. Katsuki blinked and suddenly Hobo villains' hand wasn't threatening Bratty Deku with poison anymore. Instead it was reared back to strike the kid.

"KACCHAN!"

A million times he had heard that voice growing up, heard it happy, sad, gushing, and afraid. He may have taught himself to tune out older Deku, but his body was hardwired to this voice differently. This was the voice of before Deku, back when Kacchan was just another synonym for hero in a young boys' life. It was like a gong going off inside of him- rippling his body into movement without any conscious thought on what the consequences could be. All he knew was that no one- especially not some fucking extra- was allowed to hit Zu-chan.

Suddenly Katsuki was on them, one hand grabbing at the descending hand by the wrist, the other grasping the restraining arm and with a forceful push he bore the villain to the ground pinning him by both arms. He hovered over the villain so as not to crush the Bratty Deku who was free but still laying across the villain between them. Katsuki glanced down at the kid who was staring up at him in starstruck- if confused- amazement. His heart twisted a bit, remembering a time when Before Deku used to follow him around with that look all the time. Grimacing he turned his eyes back to the Hobo villain that was sweating buckets under him- time to take care of the trash.

"Fucking get out of the way Deku." The kid looked confused to be addressed so crassly before he scrambled to obey, shimming as best he could in the baggy clothes he stumbled his way out from between them. Once he was out he shakily stood and shuffled a few feet away his eyes darting around to try and keep all the people around him in sight.

Katsuki did a quick scan, seeing that the others had acted after him- quickly securing the other villains- and now stood hesitant to approach the obviously spooked child. Looking back at Bratty Deku he took in his tear streaked face and how one hand clutched at the shoulder that the stupid villain had been gripping. It really was time to take care of an uppity extra. Katsuki grinned sadistically allowing his hands to heat up, feeling the skin under them start to blister as smoke began to rise between his fingers.

"Ahhh! What's wrong with you! You've got the kid! Ahhh! Let me go!" Hobo villain really was pathetic, there were already tears streaming down his disgusting dirty fucking face as he attempted to thrash his arms. Katsuki lifted him by his arms and slammed him back down again to shut him up. If he happened to smirk as he watched Hobo's head bounce off the ground then that was no one's business but his own.

"Mr. Bakugou that is quite enough- you are upsetting young Midoriya." Principal Nezu's voice was like a bucket of ice water. Katsuki jerked back- keeping his grip but cutting off the heat- to glance back at the rodent that sat upon one of the teachers shoulders as they slowly made their way over. His eyes cut over to Bratty Before Deku and saw that he had backed up even further from everyone, his eyes unsure as they darted between everyone. Well Fuck. Slowly he got up, pulling Hobo Villain with him and securing his arms behind his back for the teacher- Vlad King- to secure with his blood quirk- which was fucking creepy if Katsuki thought too much about it.

"Y-you know me?" The tiny voice was barely discernable from the small boy watching them as he addressed Principal Nezu who had said his name.

Kirishima looked like he was about to have a fit, his arms gesturing between Bratty Deku and Katsuki himself as he nodded repeatedly. This only served to confuse the poor boy more and he took another hesitant step back, but Kirishima's attention had swapped over to Katsuki.

"Baku-bro! So manly! He yelled and you just, BOOM, were there! The manly power of life-long friendships! Midoriya wasn't kidding when he said that you guys go back, eh?!" Kirishima's theatrics were getting ridiculous so Katsuki turned away, jamming his hands in his pockets and scoffing.

"Shut up, Shitty Hair, he doesn't recognize us- your gonna freak him the fuck out." Katsuki cut his eyes over to Bratty Deku again.

"Not recognize-? But he called out for you, by name!" Kirishima's arms again gestured between Midoriya and Bakugou.

"Now now students, we all need to calm down so that we can handle this situation." Principal Nezu was now standing on the ground and slowly approaching his suddenly much younger student. He stopped once he was standing next to Katsuki who still found himself acting unconsciously as a barrier between the boy and others.

"Hello, young man, my name is Nezu and I am the Principal for UA High School. We are currently located at one of the training facilities within the property."

"But- how did I get here? And why were there bad guys, bad guys aren't supposed to be at school! Where's Kacchan, I was playing with Kacchan n' now I'm here n' he's not here n' I donno know who you are! Why are you a mouse? Do you have an animal quirk? Or are you an animal that has a human quirk? Could animals have a human quirk? Wha- "Izuku found himself trailing off as he noticed everybody eyeballing him like he was insane. Oh, he'd done it again hadn't he- Kacchan was always saying he needed to stop talking so fast and blurting out everything that popped into his head. Even mom said he might want to try to calm down.

Bashfully he scuffed one of his feet against the ground, noticing as he did the bizarre outfit he seemed to be wearing. His attention shifted to his hands whose fingertips peaked out from behind the cusp of blue sleeves down to his feet which just barely reached into what appeared to be the leg portion of a jumpsuit? What was he wearing? How did he get in these clothes that were obviously too big for him?

"Midoriya, allow me to try and answer your…. many questions. Let's see – you got here the same way that all the students reach this facility, you took a bus with your class. No there are not supposed to be bad guys in our school, you are correct on that, these ones had someone that could warp people to different places and that is how they managed to get in. Kacchan- "Principal Nezu's eyes shot over to Katsuki and made no attempt to hide his smirk despite the glare that the explosive teen was sending him.

"Why Kacchan is here too of course, you share a class with him here at UA after all. As I said before my name is Nezu and I am the principal of UA- the man behind me who is currently handling the bad people is Vlad King, one of our teachers. "Nezu took a breath, Izuku's eyes widen in amazement that somebody was talking like him.

"My quirk is the cause of my appearance, yes, but we don't need to get into all of that. But you, young Midoriya, have been the victim of a quirk attack that appears to have reverted you back to the state of a child. Do you have any more questions?"

The three teenage students stood gaping at the Principal who had rapid fire answered the questions as quickly as Midoriya had spilled them out. Katsuki quickly turned back to Before-Deku and saw that while he had followed the words being said by the mousy pipsqueak he didn't appear to be believing them. He puffed out his cheeks his mouth taking a stubborn tilt as his watery eyes narrowed on them.

"Kacchan said I'm not spos' to believe everythin' people say cuz' some people is liars like the man who said he had candy, but it wasn't really candy- he got real mad about that. N ' he said that I gotta be spicious' if strangers are nice and I promised so I don't believe you!" Izuku crossed his arms and turned away from them with the righteous huff of a 4-year-old.

Katsuki let out a sigh and dragged his hands over his face. He really was tired, this had been the stupidest day outside of the chances to smash faces. He could remember the incident Before-Deku had mentioned almost like it was yesterday. They'd been playing at the park and a man in a trench coat had come and sat at a bench near them- his mom had recently had the stranger/danger/pervert talk with him, so he had immediately been suspicious. But of course, Before-Deku hadn't had an ounce of sense and had pranced right up to the perv who was offering candy. He'd had to run and tackle the boy away before loudly announcing the man as a pervert so that their moms could come handle it.

He'd really laid into the green haired kid that day, his mothers' warnings had been unnecessarily detailed so as to truly horrify him, the thought of any creep hurting his friend in such a way had made him insanely angry.

If the kid in front of him was quoting that incident, then it had to be fresh in his mind from having happened recently. That meant that the kid in front of him was truly from the time before Deku became Deku- a time that even his memories seem to cast in golden glow of happiness. Red eyes did a tired sweep at those gathered around him- he was tired and ready to crash and have what could be deemed as a small coma, but he couldn't leave Before Deku like this. Shitty Hair and Half n' Half better keep their damn mouths shut about what he was about to do.

Letting out one heavier sigh, Katsuki dropped his hands and turned a very mild glare at the still stubbornly pouting child.

"Oi, Zu-chan, quit being a pain in the ass and come on." The blond teen held a hand out.

Big green eyes sparkled as they turned to the one person who had ever called him Zu-chan. As quickly as he could shuffle without tripping over the long outfit he made his way over to the blond disgruntled teen.

Small fingers clutched at the offered hand and impossibly large green eyes gazed up into tired red.

"Kacchan! You said a no-no word!"

~End Chapter 2~

Hope everyone enjoyed this chapter, there should be one or two more to come filled with feel-good shenanigans of our favorite explosive teen dealing with a pint sized shadow. I hope this chapter didn't have too many mistakes- school just started back up and I am pretty much typing this while falling asleep, but I wanted it out by Friday. 😊