Chime Chime
Bakugou and Tsuyu walked into to the old time themed burger joint side by side. The place wasn't too packed and seemed to be perfect place for light conversation. Bakugou stepped forward to ask the hostess for a table leaving Tsuyu to look around at the decour. The walls were filled with pictures of new and old heroes. Some of them were even of their teachers like All Might and Aizawa. Being the aspiring student she was she couldn't help but admire in awe from each picture.
"Hey, can I get a table for two?" Bakugou asked the host. She was annoyingly chewing gum looking down at the papers on her countertop. This continued for a few seconds and it tested Bakugou's patience.
"Hey lady. Im talking to you." he called out just a little more forcefully. She shuffled them around for a little longer before finally looking up.
"Yeah yeah, sure thing honey."she said as she finally looked up stifling a yawn. "You said two right? You waiting on a friend?"
It took everything in him not to roll his eyes. "She's over there." he said nodding in her direction.
She looked over at Tsuyu who was now bent over looking at a picture of the Crimson Riot. Taking in her entire appearance as she did so a tiny smirk came to her face.
"Well well well, is this a first date with your lady friend?" she asked gesturing to Tsuyu nodding in her direction. Bakugou stiffened slightly as the faintests of blushes came to his face as he did a double take to look back at her a well and stutter out a response.
"W-what's it to you lady?" He said annoyed. "Mind your own damn business." The waiter laughed at his flustered state.
"Whoa easy there tiger. If you want your date to go well you should relax." she looked back at Tsuyu. "Besides, you got good taste." she shrugged. But Bakugou started to get annoyed with the teasing.
"I didn't ask for advice lady." he growled
"A mistake most men seem to make. First dates are always an important one." she teased.
"Hey we're just he to eat." he said voice now rising just a tad more.
"Right." She drew out the word in a very seductive manner. "And I bet with a girl that cute shes your desert?" she said with a wink? Unfortunately it didn't help Bakugou's temper.
"Listen lady yo-"
"Are you all right?" Tsuyu said finally coming to his side. He looked down at her innocent stare completely oblivious to the conversation he was just having. She brought her hand up and placed it on his bicep giving it a gentle squeeze. Deciding now not to continue with his rant, Bakugou jammed his hands in his pockets and did everything in his power to keep his eyebrow from twitching.
"Im fine." he grumbled. Tsuyu brought her other hand to his cheek while keeping her hand on his bicep.
"But your face is all red again. Are you feeling sick?" she asked as she gently felt around his head.
Bakugou looked to her then looked back at the all to knowing smile on the hostesses face. Before he could make a comment Tsuyu spoke again.
"Bakugou?" she asked. He held her gaze again.
"Yeah yeah, Im fine." he sighed. "Just hungry." he emphasized.
"Well you came to the right place then." the waiter said grabbing two menus and walking away.
"You and your girlfriend can follow me honey. Don't be so pouty." she said.
"I aint pouting." he grumbled. Tsuyu smiled as she reached for his hand and pulled him lightly to follow.
"Come on you big baby." she teased. "Your not the only one whos hungry." she smiled.
Back with Deku and All Might
"Gunshots!?" All Might exclaimed. He looked through the glass of the convenience store and saw the whole thing going on. Instinctively, he instantly tried to summon the the power of One for All which only led to an immense pain in his chest as he doubled over and spit out blood. He dropped to one knee as he hyperventilated.
"Damn it!" he grunted.
He looked through the window and saw Midoriya preparing for a fight seeing his Full Cowl. He quickly reached into his pocket for his cell phone and instinctively pulled up number called. Unfortunately for him he knows that the person on the other end won't be to happy when he finds out what's going on.
"What is it this time All Might?" an irritated voice answered.
"Your not going to like this," he started slowly "But I need your help."
With Midoriya
Midoriya quickly assessed the situation.
"Ok calm down and think. Two hostiles, one armed and one with an enhancement type quirk." he quickly took in all the conditions of the hostiles as well.
"The are five hostages in total. One injured on the ground, two behind the counter, and the other two are too panicked to move. First things first, I have to disarmed the gunner. After that I incapacitate the other one even though I don't know the full extent of his quirk. I just ha-"
"Hey! H-hey! What do you think your doing?" the girl whispered harshly from behind him. He turned back slightly to look at her.
"No time to explain." he whispered as he prepared to leap into action.
"Remember your training. Remember where I started." he thought. He flashed her a bright smile before speaking again.
"Its ok." he calmly reassured her. "Everything is going to be ok, I promise. Im here." he said before facing forward again.
She blinked a few times and blushed ever so faintly before snapping out of it with a shake of her head.
"A-are you seriously about to fight?" she asked hysterically.
"Liste-" Midoridoriya began.
"Enough of this!" the metal man shouted. He walked over and reached over the broken counter and grabbed one of the store clerks by the throat. He turned towards the other clerk that was still holding the bad trembling.
"Either you start filling the bag or I squeeze friends neck until his head pops!" he exclaimed.
His grip on the man's neck slowly started to tighten and the cries of lack of oxygen can be heard throughout the store.
"Stay low to the ground and dont get up until it's over!" Midoriya said to the girl as he sprang into action.
He sprinted and leapt forward landing on the wall behind the counter in a blur. The man with the gun began to shift his aim towards him.
"Shit! What the hell!" he called out.
"Can't hold back! I have to give it everything I've got!"
He sprang off the wall at twenty percent towards the metal man holding the hostage in a death grip.
"Detroit SMASH!" he called out slamming his fist right into the cheek of the assailant.
The attack caused the metal man to release the hostage as he fell to the ground gasping for air with tear rolling down his face. However the metallic monster only seemed to stagger back a few meters. Midoriya landed on the ground where the mad once stood cradling his knuckles feeling the stinging pain though knuckles. He only had a few seconds to look and see the knuckles on his right hand were purple.
"This guys defenses are no joke!" he thought as he ignored the throbbing pain in his fist. He was brought out of his thoughts at the sound of a gun cocking.
"Your dead kid!" the other robber yelled as he began to fire.
Using his superior speed, Midoriya leaped up and land on the ceiling upside down as the bullets that were meant for him hit the ground where he once stood. Before he looked up to shoot at his new position, Midoriya propelled himself downward and flipped into a somersault.
"New Hampshire Smash!" Midoriya called out and he landed a drop kick atop the man's head, knocking him out in the process. He fell to the floor with a thud and Midoriya landed next to his body.
"One down, one to go-Ahhh!" Midoriya didn't notice the metal man come up from behind him as he grabbed him and lifted him up over his head.
"Letting your guard down and turning your back to your opponent, rookie mistake you dumb brat!" He threw Midoriya back towards the refrigerators right back next to the girl he reassured who was hugging her knees, back to the glass doors . Glass broke as the doors shattered and the girl used her hair quirk to form a cocoon to shield her from the debri.
Midoriya grunted as he tried to get to his feet, dazed. After climbing to his feet he quickly do a self check to make sure there was no glass embedded in his body. He looked down at the girl from earlier who came out of her cocoon.
"Are you hurt?" he asked quickly. She couldn't even find the voice to answer. She just nodded furiously with tears in her eyes. He eyes snapped back to the metal man who started laughing cynically.
"Y'know kid. I've been doing this a long time and I got to tell you, your the youngest person to to ever try and stop me." he said.
He sauntered over to his way over to his fallen partner and crouched down to one knee. He lifted him up by his collar to check if he was really out cold, even shaking him for good measure.
"Wow you really got him good. Looks like he failed..." he stood back up. "Your a pretty strong kid." Midoriya finally had enough and decided to speak up.
"This is gone far enough. By now someones heard the commotion and there's no doubt the pros and the polic-" he stopped talking as the metal manslaughter.
"Kid if I was afraid of the pros do you think I'd still be standing here?" he said shaking his head. "I'm only here to prove myself."
He started to take low menacing steps forward towards Midoriya. As he did for form once again began to change. He grew about another foot and gained a few more pounds of added metal muscle. Now an almost seven feet tall hulking metal monster stood before him.
"I've killed pros kid. All different kinds. And now...Im going to kill and everyone in here." He said in a more metallic sounding voice. Midoriya narrowed his eyes and wiped some sweat off his brow.
"Im scared but...I'm not shaking. I can do this." he thought as he smiled to himself.
"Why the hell are you smiling kid? You got a death wish?" he laughed
"M-M-Midoriya?" The girl squeaked out. He upped his Full Cowl making sure it stayed at a continuous flow of twenty percent and took a deep breathe.
"Listen, I know you're scared, but right now I need you to be strong. Everything's going to be ok. I won't let him hurt you." he said confidently.
The Metal Man launched forward. "Then let's see what you got!"
Midoriya ran forward as well leaping into the air aiming a strike for his head cocking back his leg.
"Smash!" he called out kicking him square in the head. The sheer momentum and force of his kick sent his foe spiraling through the wall of the entire store into the back alley of the building. As Midoriya landed from his kick he was in shock. Ignoring the pain and bruising forming on his left leg he was in awe of his power.
"There's no way that only twenty percent...did I get stronger without realizing?" he thought.
Shaking his head quickly he turned to the hostages.
"Everyone head out the front entrance and call for help!" he shouted. The teenage girl from before was up and using her hair to help cradle the old man out towards the door.
"Wait! What about you?" she called. Midoriya turned back to the hole that he created to press the attack.
"I've got a fight to finish." he called back before launching through the hole.
Landing in the alley he searched for the metal man. It wasn't until he felt he felt the heavy blow to his rib cage that he found him. The attack launched him into a wall of a neighboring building. Midoriya stayed there stunned for a second just in time to see another fist coming his way. He ducked out of it just in time and tumbled away. Using his speed to his advantage he leapt forward for another counter attack.
"Is that all you got!" he shouted as he threw another smash towards abdomen using shoot style. He quickly comboed it by leaping up with another smash to the monsters face. Using his superior speed he landed blow after and watched him stagger about until he pressed for one more.
"Texas Smash!" the left hook came flying in and actually knocked him back a few more meters. He watched as he swayed to collect himself, he was clearly enraged at the blows that he took and Midoriya settled into a stance to prepare for a counter.
As he clenched his fists he noticed a warm feeling. Warm and wet. A quick inspection and he saw that not only were his knuckles bruised, but now they were also starting to bleed. Blood trails could be scene flowing down to his wrists. Unfortunately he didn't see the punch that connected right with his face due to this distraction. And unlike his own attacks, this blow sent him flying down towards the other end of the alley into a dumpster. He sat up slowly and rubbed his head to snap out of his daze. His vision cleared up just in time to see to the metal man charging toward him at full speed. He quickly got to his feet.
"Your one annoying brat you know that!" he shouted as he charged.
"Have to time this right. Hes blinded by rage, all i need to do is wait for him to get close." he thought.
As the monster approached Midoriya raced forward and ducked under his strike. In the next instant he used his right leg to sweep his left. Tripping him up completely resulting in him crashing through the new building. A building that just so happened to be a restaurant establishment. Midoriya lept into the whole after him hearing the current guests scream in a mixture of different emotions.
"Everyone needs to get out of here right now!" he called out. He then heard the metal man snarl in anger as he started to get up again and he braced himself. As he clenched his bruised battered bleeding fists in self defense. Two familiar voices called out to him in unison.
"Deku!?"
"Midoriya!?"
With Bakugou and Tsuyu half an hour earlier
Bakugou was thankful the to finally be sitting and enjoying his what was now his fifth burger and being rid of the annoying , who was still only slowly halfway through one, sat across from him nibbling on her curly fries. Completely content watching him eat and the small talk they would make when food wasn't in his mouth.
"Wow, I guess you were really hungry." Tsuyu said watching him finishing burger number five. Bakugou wiped his mouth with a napkin before speaking.
"Hell yeah!" he said with a laugh. He leaned out the booth to wave down a server. "Hey can I get another burger over here!" as he turned back to look at her he inspected her food leaning in a little.
"Hey, what's the matter you barely finished your first one." he asked. Tsuyu chuckled a bit before answering.
"Not everyone has a black hole for a stomach you know." she chuckled. "And besides," she picked up another fry shrugged. "The food portions are bigger than I thought it would be."
"Uh huh." he placed both his forearms on the table and crossed them leaning forward. She watched him as he tilted his head to the side, as if trying to read her mind. She blinked a few few times allowing him to watch her. Not that she minded but eventually curiosity got the better of her.
"What is it, is there something on my face?" she asked.
"Why?" he asked simply. She blinked again before answering.
"Why what?"
"Why'd you wanna come out with me?" he leaned back in his seat again. "It's not like I mind company, in fact I'd rather be here with you instead of some of the other losers we go to school with." The minor compliment did not go unheard as a small smile and faint blush came to her face as he continued. "But you don't seem that hungry, so why?"
Tsuyu put an elbow on the table and rested her cheek in the palm of her hand before answering with a smile. "Do I need a reason?" she asked. Bakugou raised an eyebrow.
"Well...not really. Its just weird."
"Well you did call me weird earlier. But I guess it takes one to know one." she giggled. Bakugou grumbled in response turning away slightly embarrassed.
"Whatever I guess." he stated simply.
"Maybe I just like spending time with you." she replied.
Bakugou's eyes snapped back to hers all to see a bright smile on her face. He opened his mouth to respond but honestly couldn't find words. All that could come out were tiny noises of just trying to form a response. He only stopped when Tsuyu started to giggle.
"What's wrong? Is it that hard to believe I enjoy your company?" She asked.
"Ah shut up! You don't know what your saying!" he said blushing furiously.
"Nope. I think I do." she replied chuckling. "Your red again."
"It's hot in here!" he half shouted in embarrassment.
"Sure it is." She respond in a playful know it all tone.
"Hmph, where the hell is that waiter with my burger anyway." he said trying to change topics. He reached into his basket of fries hoping to put something in his mouth to keep him from replying. He felt around and didn't find anything, when he finally looked down he saw that his basket was empty. He groaned in frustration with his lack of food then sighed. He sat up straighter and prepared to flag down the waiter and telling them to hurry up. Before he tried to call out he hear movement coming from Tsuyu. He turned back to look at her to find her holding a few fries out for him between her index finger and thumb.
"Someone's clearly still hungry still hungry." she said with a grin. Bakugou looked back and forth between her hand and face a few times before slowly reaching out.
"Um, thanks." he said reaching out to accept the food. Just as he was about to grab the fries, she pulled her hand back so it was now slightly out of reach.
"Uh uh uh." She giggled as she slowly leaned forward and put her hand closer to his face with the fries still between her fingers. "Say Ahh." she said playfully.
Bakugou's eyebrow twitched as a blush came to his face. 'Y-You can't be serious."
"Very." she said simply. Bakugou started to fidget for whatever reason so Tsuyu decided to edge him on.
"I'm not going to hurt you, dont be scared." she teased.
Bakugou seemed to have an internal debate. To Tsuyu, it looked as if his pride was on the line but she kept her position and smile all the same. Slowly but surely Bakugou inches in to capture the fries in his mouth. His lips actually coming around her fingers a little making her blush a little as well. He leaned back in his seat as he chewed slowly before speaking up softly.
"Needs ketchup." He said quietly, still sporting the color in his cheeks. Seeing how he was acting, the color on his cheeks, the setting, and the mood. Well curiosity got the better of her.
"Hey Bakugou." she asked carefully. He looked up to face her.
"Yeah, what is it." he replied.
"Were you really planning on coming here alone?" she asked tentatively, He shrugged slightly before answering.
"I mean yeah. Why do you ask?" he said
"Im mean this doesn't really seem like you want in alone you know." she brought her hands into her lap and played with her fingers. "Its like theres a...date vibe all over." she finished softly. Bakugou rubbed his neck before responding.
"Well, I guess it's...good...your here then." he said simply. Tsuyu began to chew on her bottom lip softly.
"Really?" she asked
"Like I said, rather you here then one of the other idiots." he responded. He reached over for his soda class and began to chug its contents.
"So this is...a date?" she asked tentatively. Bakugou choked on his drink slightly, face red with embarrassment. A little liquid splashed on the table from his glass as he set in down.
"Huh?" Its was the only word he was able to get out. Tsuyu took this opportunity to do what she does best, say what's on her mind.
"This night with you so far...just feel like a date." she said. She watched as Bakugou squirmed from her question.
"W-What the hell kinds of a question is that!" he asked.
"A pretty simple one. At least I think so." Tsuyu replied, finger to her cheek. "Does the idea of that scare you?"
"Hey, let's get something straight!" Bakugou placed his hands on the table and leaned in. "Nothing scares me." he said firmly.
Tsuyu blinked then smiled. "Your face is red again."
Bakugou brought a hand to his face, feeling his own heat. "God damn it! Well its-"
"Hot in here, you said it earlier." she finished smiling. Her smile didn't last long as her face suddenly lost all its emotions. She slowly placed both her palms on the table and began to play with her tongue inside her mouth. Her animal instincts were telling her that danger was coming.
"Listen to-" Tsuyu silenced Bakugou by raising a palm to his face. Raising and eyebrow he eyed her warily before speaking anyway.
"Whats up with you?" he asked.
"I think...I think something's coming." she said. The serious expression on her face stopped his tantrum.
Bakugou opened his mouth to speak, but before he could he felt something. A vibration. It came and went in intervals of a few seconds. The more time that went by, the stronger the vibrations became. Bakugou looked down at his soda glass and saw ripples in his drink. It wasn't long before everyone in the establishment began to notice it as well.
"Something's coming." he stated.
As if right a cue a loud crash could be heard from the other side of the establishment. Bakugou had slowly stood up and looked towards the specific wall. Soon thumping could be heard approaching the building. As it got closer it also had gotten much louder. What made matters even worse was that hostess that greeted them approached the same wall curious at the sound.
"Hey lady! Get back ya idiot!" but it was too late as a giant metal monster literally tumbled into the building soon to crush the host as she brought her arms up in an attempt to shield herself from the monster and debris. Tsuyu however instinctively stood up and threw her tongue out to wrap it around the woman's torso and pulled her back towards her. Just narrowly avoiding what would have been a painful pile up. The monster landed on his stomach groaning as it tried to stand up.
"Its ok, your ok." Tsuyu said as she kneeled down next to the host and inspected her for injuries.
"Y-yeah...Im good." despite her response she was visibly shaken.
"What the heck is that thing?" Bakugou asked. Before Tsuyu could comment they each heard a familiar voice.
"Everyone needs to get out of here right now!"
"Deku?"
"Midoriya?" Midoriya blinked before answering.
"Kaachan, Tsu? What're yo-"
"You damn brat, I swear before they pick me up….I'm gonna kill you!" he roared.
"Before they-, what?" he thought. But he didn't have too much time to dwell on that.
In what could only be considered blinding speed for a monster his size, he had quickly gotten up, turned around, sprinted towards Midoriya. Midoriya braced himself but it didn't mean much as he was lifted up during the tackling charge being, taken back out the way they both came.
"Damn it Deku...Get back here!" Bakugou shouted as he blasted his way after them. Tsuyu turned to the host who seemed to be more calm now that her life wasn't in danger.
"Hey, can you get everyone out of here and call the police, this place isn't safe." she said calmly.
"Y-Yeah, I can do that." she responded as she took a deep breathe. "Aren't you guys a little young to be playing heroes? You could get hurt."
"Trust me we aren't playing, it'll be ok." Tsuyu smiled.
"If you say so." she stood up slowly. "Alright everyone get the hell out of here! It's dangerous you idiots!"
The customers didn't need to be told twice as they ran out of the building and Tsuyu stayed to make sure everyone was leaving and safe. She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to see it was the host.
"Don't worry, we're going." She nodded her head in the direction of the hole in the wall. "You go make sure your boyfriend doesn't take any damage to that pretty face of his." she smiled.
Tsuyu blinked a few times at the "boyfriend" comment but didn't respond to it. She instead just nodded her head and hopped towards the hole to followed them.
Back in the alley
Even while being held in the charge, Midoriya continued to attack the monsters to an attempt to break free. He continued to through punch after punch to his head in an attempt to stun him enough to let go. Still ignoring the pain and bleeding in his knuckles he decided to up his charge of One for All.
"Just a little more!" he thought. He set a hand in the monsters face and grabbed his pinky with his thumb. "I gotta do it!" he thought.
"Delaware...Smash!" One hundred percent of was put into the attack breaking his finger but also causing the monster to be knocked back releasing him in the process. The monster skidded back, feet grinding against the pavement until he eventually came to a stop.
"You litt-"
"Die!"
Bakugou came behind the monster at full speed planting both hands, as he did the monster quickly spun half way and backhanded him across his face before Bakugou's explosion sent the beast forward. Seeing the beast coming back, Midoriya wouldn't waste the opportunity. He ignored the pain in his hands he leapt forward. He cocked his leg back going back to twenty percent.
" ...Smash!" he they enemy square in the head with his left foot, the hit didn't stop the monsters propulsion forward, but it did cause him to start flipping as he tumbled into the ground knocking up concrete. As Midoriya landed, Bakugou blasted forward to come up beside him.
"You damn nerd! Why is your ass always in trouble!" he shouted. He felt blood start to come from his nose from the hit but made no motion to wipe it away. Midoriya shrank back ever so slightly with a nervous grin.
"Nice to see you too, Kaachan." Midoriya said as he brought both hands up to in mock defense. Bakugou's eyes widened slightly as he scanned Midoriya's hands. They were completely bruised in different color variations and bleeding from the knuckles. He turned his head to look at the metal beast shifting on the ground and narrowed eyes.
"Where'd this guy come from?" he asked.
"He was robbing a convenience store…" Midoriya flexed his knuckles, feeling the pain. "Him and a friend."
"Can you keep fighting?" Bakugou asked, glancing out of the corner of his eye. Midoriya faced forward, despite the pain in his hands, he clenched them into fists.
"Of course." Bakugou scoffed and laughed as he threw off his jacket somewhere behind him.
"Whatever, just try and keep up Deku." he took a fighting stance and Midoriya did the same next to him.
At this point the man finally rose to his feet and turned around slowly. His left cheek was cracked, but that wasn't what both of them noticed. Something changed in him. If he was driven to kill before, it seemed like he dialed it up even further. Killer intent just pour off him in waves. A full fifteen seconds passed before a word was said.
"So...you've brought a friend." he growled. They both stayed quiet.
"Actually he didn't bring us, we were in the area." a voice called out. The duo turned around to see Tsuyu walking up to them holding Bakugou's jacket. "And we aren't going to be fighting you anymore."
"Wha-, Tsu?"
"Are you kidding me!" they both said looking at her in complete shock. They couldn't speak anymore as they Tsuyu quickly bonded him up in her tongue and in a quick single bound soared above the monsters head to the other end of the alley roughly dropping Midoriya and Bakugou in the process. They each quickly rose to their feet to stare down their opponent again.
"What was that for Tsu?" Midoriya asked in slight panic.
"For once I agree with the nerd you, left us completely open when we were in the air!" he said as he continued to stare down the metal man. He made know movements. In fact he actually took a small step back. Midoriya was the first to comment on this.
"What's he doing?" he asked slowly, never once lowering his guard.
"It doesn't matter! We should attack with everything weve got if we want to break through that defense." Bakugou said as he got into position to blast forward.
"Nope. He just realized he lost." Tsuyu said simply. She opened Bakugou's coat in her arms and proceed to put it on. "It's getting a little cold out here" she said to no one in particular.
"Tsu, how are you so sure?" Midoriya asked incredulously.
"Because...I am here."
Bakugou and Midoriya quickly turned around to see All Might with two rows of armored police behind him. Guns aimed and itching to pull the trigger. He grinned as he walked up to Tsuyu and placed a hand on her head.
"Young Asui, your ability to stay calm in any situation is amazing, a fine trait that's going to make you an excellent hero." he said softly as he patted her head. She smiled as she happily accepted the praise. "You two could learn a thing or two from her. If your not careful she could surpass you both."
"All Might!" Midoriya happiness from seeing his mentor quickly turned into fear. "Wait you cant be here!"
"Ain't no way your fighting." Bakugou said, turning back around to face the threat. All Might placed a hand on his shoulder to keep him in place.
"Don't worry, you're right, I'm not fighting." he said calmly. The enemy finally found the strength to speak.
"I have no problems killing everyone here!" He then stopped and looked toward the sky. "Hey I hope your impressed with everything I'm doing here! You better stick to your word!" he shouted. Midoriya narrowed his eyes.
"What's he talking about…" he thought.
"If your trying to call for god to save you, it wont help." a voice called from above. Before the three students could guess who it was they made themselves know by falling from the sky. Right before he landed, he used his quirk from his feet to cushion his fall with flames.
"It's over." he said.
"Endeavor." Midoriya said quietly in awe. Bakugou only scoffed slightly at the entrance.
"Are you-No way! You're agency isn't close by!" The villian cried out. "Why are you here!" he said as he slowly backed away.
Endeavor took a few steps. "Why? Because I'm a hero." he smirked. The wind picked up dramatically and a spot light began to shine down. The villain looked up and saw a news helicopter. He slowly started to curse to himself.
"Shit.. shit shit SHIT!" he said. Endeavor raised his right hand and fired a warning shot at his feet causing him to stumble back more.
"Surrender." he said simply. The villain began to call again ignoring the command.
"Hey! Enough of this shit! I proved my worth so come get me now." he yelled in desperation. Endeavor narrowed his eyes.
"Fine then, have it your way." his hand started to burn bright as flames shot and raced towards his target. Unfortunately, it never hit the target. Only wall of purple mist.
Back in the lounge
Earlier Uraraka tried texting Deku to make sure everything was okay. Right now the group was still up and chilling around the lounge. While Uraraka was happy the teasing didn't last long, thinking about the situation only just made her wonder more. Her silent prayers were answered as mineta quickly jumped up from his spot on the wall and sprinted up to turn on the TV.
"I swear to god, if you even think of putting porn on that thing I'll melt the balls off your head." Mina said. She still sat in her spot on the couch with Kirishima head still in her lap, dangerously close to dozing off once more.
"Wait, thats an option?" Kaminari asked jokingly.
"No No No, you guys have to see what's going on right now!" he said as he changed in to channel six news. As the news station came to the screen the scene displayed from a bird's eye view.
'What we are now seeing is our current number one hero corning this 'metal man' after he tore through an entire alley downtown-'
"Dad…" Todoroki said quietly. If Uraraka wasnt sitting right next to him she probably wouldn't have heard it.
'Thankfully the collateral damage has been kept to a minimum thanks to a few jr heroes but it's not over yet.
The camera panned over to try and zoom in on the three students, it make have been blurry but their classmates could tell easily.
"Deku and...Bakugou and Tsu?" she said in almost disbelief.
"Yes..it seems as though all might is with them as well." Iida said rubbing his chin.
"Oh man, hope they are ok." Tooru asked
' The suspects seems to be resisting arrest and- There goes Endeavor as he attacks! No doubt trying to get the foe to submit. Ladies and gentlemen your witnessing this here first o- wait hang on...what's that mist? And why is it purple?'
"Purple mist…" Uraraka said softly. "Its them again…" No one confirmed it for her they all knew.
Back in the alley
As Endeavors attack ceased the portal closed revealing the metal man again. Endeavor stepped forward preparing to charge only to stop as more mist appeared again and another warp gate opened up, only this time behind the metal man.
"Nice job with the fire Kurogiri...I hate the heat." Shigaraki said as he stood at the mouth of the warp gate.
"So then why do you keep me around again?" Dabi said as he stood next to him. Shigaraki ignored the question as he spoke.
"Well hello there. It's nice to meet new people but...its disgusting when I see old faces. Especially if i want to kill you." he said
"Shigaraki…" Midoriya said as he clenched his fists again. "It's all makes sense now…"
"Picking up...come get me…a test."
"This whole thing, this was a recruitment. They were testing his abilities." he said
"Wow, I guess your a smart kid after all." Shigaraki said.
"Enough!" Endeavor demanded. "This ends now." he said as he brought both his arms forward and fully displayed his power sending out waves of fire. Without missing a beat, Dabi stepped in front of the metal man and copied the motions exactly to create a devastating fire attack of his own. The different colored flames canceled each other out, setting the alley way between them ablaze.
"Nice one." Shigaraki chuckled. "Hey hurry up tin for brains, jump are leaving."
"I-I passed?" he asked. Shigaraki narrowed his eyes under his gloved mask.
"Make me repeat myself, and I will leave you here to die" he responded. The metal man didn't need to be told twice I he booked in inside the warp gate.
"Hold it right there!" Endeavor raced forward to follow them through the gate. Shigaraki was next to step in. Endeavor quickly made a fire spear using his Hellflame and threw it before he was completely out of sight. Unfortunately for for him Dabi caught the spear with his left hand and using his own quirk he changes the color of the flame.
"You may be strong but your easy to predict old man." He cocked the speak back as he searched for a target. "Lets see if you still got a spring to your step."
Endeavor quickly followed his line of sight as he dug his heel in the dirt and sprinted back towards the group just as he Dabi threw the spear at his target...Tsuyu.
"Tsu look out!" Midoriya called out but was quickly pushed aside.
"Just like I said, easily predictable." Dabi said as he backed into the gate and it closed behind him. The spear flew at a blinding speed as it emitted a blue light from its flames. It only took a second, but all Tsuyu saw was black a second later. Taking a few shaky breaths she felt warmer but not hot, she also felt no pain.
"Whoa…" it was the only word that he spoke next.
Endeavor was just able to grab the spear before it made contact. He held it at the midway point and it was only about an inch away...from Bakugou's back. Turns out Bakugou had pushed Midoriya aside and used his body as a shield pulling her close to his chest. The black that. Tsuyu was looking at was the fabric of his shirt. Bakugou pulled her back gently and slowly He looked her up and down quickly before speaking.
"You ok?" Tsuyu did not respond. She just kept a straight face to suppress a blush and nodded her head. "Good." he told her.
Endeavor slowly stood up straight and dissolved the spear. "They got away." He said in frustration.
"At least everyone's safe." All Might said coming up next to him. Endeavor sighed and looked around. As his gaze came to the three students as he inspected the injuries, as he was going to speak All Might beat him to it.
"Let's get these kids medical attention, you can debrief them at the hospitable." he said with a smile. Endeavor rolled his eyes.
"Obviously." he started to walk away. "And next time you call me do it sooner. I would have beaten them all sooner and they wouldn't have gotten away." All Might smiled.
"I will." he smiled. Just then his pocket started to vibrate. "Oh yeah." he turned to Midoriya. "You dropped this at the store, it's been ringing for the last fifteen mins."
Checking the caller I.D. he saw that it was Uraraka.
Back at the lounge
"Cmon Cmon please pick up" Uraraka prayed. While she saw he was ok from the news broadcast, seeing that it was over now, she just wanted to make sure.
"H-Hey Urar-, I mean Ochako." he said meekly.
"Oh thank god." She said as she sighed. "All of us here just saw everything on the news. Are you guys ok?"
"Yeah, a little bang up bu-"
"Your hurt?" she asked cutting him off concerned.
"It's not so bad, we are all just heading to the hospital to be checked out. No big deal." he told her.
"That's a relief." she said bringing her hand to her chest. "What kid of boy are you, we've only been going out for less than a day and you've made me cry, smile, and worry all in one night." she joked.
"I'm sorry…" he responded very solomely.
"Relax, I'm joking" she giggled.
"Are you...going to come to the hospital?" he asked hopefully and a small smile graced her slowly. "Too you know...see me?"
"I want to, I really do but I can't. Mr Aizawa came in and put us all on house arrest because he had a feeling that we might go and interfere...believe it or not I tried to leave earlier." she joked.
"Oh…" he said sadly. She couldn't help but smile at his disappoint finding it cute.
"Hey hey hey, don't worry. We are all going to come see you guys first thing in the morning. I promise." she said.
"Really?" he said getting a little excited.
"Yes really. Plus Ultra." she promised.
Saturday morning, Midoriya's hospital room
He sat on the bed as Recovery girl just finished doing her final check up on Midoriya's hands. She smiled to herself before turning to All Might who sat in a chair near the wall.
"I must say your pupil is doing an excellent job." she said.
"I am?" Midoriya asked skeptically.
"That you are young Midoriya, you encountered a villian and the injuries you came away with weren't self inflicted." All Might started as he stood up and made his way over to the bed. "Your a step closer to making One for All your own power." Midoriya smiled brightly from the praise.
"Just don't take any steps backwards. Remember what I told you, hurt yourself intentionally the way you did at the sports festival and I won't help you. Always remember that your body is a precious gift." She said as she made her way to the exit.
"Now it's time for me to head home, being woken up out odd hours of the night is terrible for ones skin. Take care you two." she said as she made her way out the door. Midoriya sighed depressed.
"What's wrong?" All Might asked. Midoriya rubbed his neck.
"Well, I kind of did break my pinky on purpose during the fight." he said.
"One pinky compared to two arms is still a pretty big improvement." All Might said. Seeing how Midoriya made no comment on the compliment All Might was easily able to read him. "But that's not all that's on your mind is it?"
"Hes...recruiting." he said seriously. "Getting stronger." All Might nodded.
"That he is." All Might agreed. Midoriya looked down at his right hand, flexing it. He soon made a fist and took a deep breathe.
"I need to work harder. To control my power." All Might placed a hand on his shoulder, remembering his talk with All for One.
"And i'm going to help you. Every step of the way." He said.
Saturday morning. Empty hospital room
Bakugou sat on the bed hunched over with his elbows on his knees and his hands folded. Since his injuries were not as severe he had just waited for his nose to stop bleeding. On the other hand Midoriya had been admitted for the night with All Mights insistence to make sure. When offered to have an officer escort them back to the dorms, Tsuyu had insisted on wanting to stay in worry for her friend. Bakugou, reluctantly, stayed with her. Up the entire night in the room.
"Remind me again why we didn't go home?" he said looking up from his seat to watch Tsuyu, who was still sporting his jacket, fix her hair in a mirror across the room. She made her way back to him just as she finished.
"Aren't you worried about Midoriya? His injuries were pretty bad." she said coming to a stop right in front of him.
"That idiots fine." He shrugged. "Wonder what's taking so long though."
"Well it did take recovery girl hours to get here." Tsuyu said simply.
"So it's that old bags fault we're here." Bakugou said annoyed. Tsuyu giggled then placed a hand atop his head.
"Hey" she placed her other hand under his chin cupping it and tilted it upwards causing his eyes to meet hers as he straightened up. "How's your nose?"
"Its...fine I guess." He said as he averted his eyes a little as a blush came in. Tsuyu rubbed his head slightly.
"I'm glad. You know, despite everything, tonight was fun." she smiled. "But next time you take me on a date let's go somewhere quieter." Bakugou's eyes immediately snapped back to hers.
"Wait, what?" he asked.
"You should know I always say what's on my mind. I brought it up earlier bue we were interrupted." she tilted her head slightly and spoke a little more softly. "This...was a date right?" She couldn't read his facial expression as he once again turned to hide his blush, it almost looked as if he was pouting.
"Well...yeah, it was." he mumbled. But she heard it all the same. "It's...nice being...around you and whatever."
"You have such a way with words." she joked. Bakugou grunted.
"Screw you. Your the the one putting me on the spot." he said embarrassed.
"Its cute." she shrugged.
"I aint cute." he said. Tsuyu just found his childish antic adorable. While she wanted this conversation to continue, they were interrupted as a knock came to there door. Tsuyu turned around slightly, her hand leaving his chin while the other slid down from his head to his neck.
"Come in." she called. Just then the door opened and all the students of class 1-A filled the room and Bakugou groaned as Iida rushed to them first.
"Are you both alright? You gave us all quite the scare." he said.
"Well we-" Tsuyu tried.
"Where Midoriya? Has something happened to him?" he continued.
"He's actually-" she tried again. Bakugou was growing tired of this charade
"He's not too seriously injured is he? Because if h-"
"Pipe down you extra, she cant even get a word in." Bakugou called out annoyed. Iida gasped and quickly turned to Tsuyu bowing dramatically.
"My apologies Tsuyu, please continue." he said. She smiled at his dramatic apology.
"I told you to call me Tsu, but we're fine. We didn't really get there until it was basically over. Midoriya's the one the fought him pretty much by himself." she said.
"All by himself? Damn that's manly!" Kirishima said as he pounded his fist into his palm.
"But hes okay right?" Uraraka asked stepping closer a little. Tsuyu nodded.
"Yeah he's fine, recovery girl with him." she said. Uraraka sighed in relief.
"Good" she said quietly.
"Surprised you werent the one trying to take him out Bakugou, thats really unlike you." Kaminari jokes.
"Piss off Electabuzz!" he yelled. "I would have had him if icy hot old man didn't get in the way."
"Yeah we saw on the news." Mineta pondered for a second before turning to Todoroki. "He seemed like he was going to crap himself when your dad showed up."
Todoroki shrugged slightly at his younger classmate. "He is number one I suppose."
"Don't forget All Might was there as well, retired or not he was once number one. That in itself is intimidating." Tokoyami commented.
"Come now, I can't be that intimidating." All the students turned to face the doorway to see All Might and Midoriya enter the room.
"I mean, look at me. I can't be that intimidating can I?" All might jokes.
"Hey guys, whats up." Midoriya said waving shyly. Just as he finished Uraraka ran to him wrapping her arms around his neck in a tight hug. Midoriya barely had time to react and keep the from falling over.
"Easy there Uraraka, you might break your new boyfriend." Mina said snickering. Uraraka laughed as she pulled back as well to see him blushing a bright red.
"Feeling better?"
"Yeah, a lot better." he said scratching his head slightly. "Just a little tired."
"Aw you can't be yet, I want to her how you fought that monster!" Kirishima said as he ran up next to Midoriya.
"I too am intrigued as well." Iida said as he fixed his glasses. "Although you gave us all quite the scared." he said
"Y-Yeah. Sorry about that guys." Midoriya apologized.
"Don't be sorry, there's a new ice cream parlor that opened up near the park." Sero said. "We could hang out there while tell us about last night."
"Now that sounds like a plan." Jirou comented coolly.
"I would definitely go for some ice cream." Toru said bouncing on her heels.
"Cmon Deku, my treat." she said taking his hand as she grabbed his hand and tugged on it. Midoriya turned to look at All Might.
"You kids go have fun, Young Midoriya could use the break." he told them.
In the middle of the group convo Bakugou turned to Tsuyu.
"Hmph let's go." Bakugou said to Tsuyu as he stood up.
"Go where?" she asked.
"To this stupid ice cream parlor...I never bought you desert." he said as he began to make his way toward the exit. Tsuyu blinked for a second before a smile made its way to her face.
"Okay." she said happily.
The entire class made there way out the door one by one. As Todoroki left the room a heard a voice in the hall the caught his attention. A voice he knew all too well.
"I'll be making my way back to HQ soon," Endeavor said into his phone. Todoroki stopped to watch his father's back as he was turned away from the group. Completely forgetting that he was being left behind by the group. He instinctively flexed the muscles in his left hand bringing up to look at, knowing the power it contained.
"I want to be a hero you can be proud of."
His father's words.
"Maybe...maybe" he thought.
"Todoroki?"
He turned to his left to see Momo at his side with a questionable look.
"Is everything ok?" She asked slowly. "Your falling behind the group."
He watched her for a few seconds before turning back to his hand. "Sorry...I guess I just...zoned out." he said quietly.
Momo watched him carefully, knowing that his left side was still a sensitive topic. She slowly reached out and placed her right hand in his left, intertwining their fingers and bring it back to waist level. She offered a small smile after the act.
"Let's get going." she said simply. A small smile came to his face as well.
"Sure." he said. Before they had taken a single step a voice called out.
"Shoto." The smile disappeared as quickly as it came. They both turned to see Endeavor approaching them. Momo felt Todoroki tense up through their conjoined hands. As he came to a stop in front of them, a small staring contest ensued for a few seconds.
"How are you?" Endeavor asked. Todoroki's eyes narrowed ever so slightly.
"I've been...good." he said carefully not used to this kind of question from his father.
"I see, Im glad to hear that he responded." his eyes then snapped to Momo without any sort of movement in his head. He studied her for a few seconds then looked down to their intertwined fingers, where his eyes lingered longer. Not waiting for him to ask, Todoroki decided to speak first.
"Sorry," he lifted his other hand to gesture to Momo. "This is-"
"Momo Yaoyorozu." he said looking at her.
"Um, yes sir, that's correct." Momo responded nodding. "I'm guessing you saw me in the sports festival?"
"I did." he nodded, his expression still as stoic as ever. "You have a really powerful quirk."
"There it is." Todoroki thought. Just as he was about speak, his father continued.
"You also seem very talented with endless potential. Your going to make and excellent hero." his eye went back to their intertwined hands and this tim Momo followed his lined of sight. She blushed slightly but did not release her grip. In fact she tightened it slightly out of nervousness.
"I'm glad Todoroki has someone like you in his life." he bowed slightly. "I thank you."
"It's really nothing sir." her blush becoming more apparent. "It's my pleasure."
As he stood up straight again he looked back to his son. Slowly he raised an arm and placed it on his shoulder. Todoroki let it happen slightly stunned up to this point from his father's behavior.
"If you ever need anything, Just let me know." EndeVOR told him. Still stunned all Todoroki did was nod slightly. And after one more nod from Endeavor he turned around and proceeded to leave. Todoroki watched him until he disappeared from sight. Once again a tug from Momo brought him back to reality.
"We should catch up to our classmates." she said softly with a smile.
"Yeah…" he responded quietly.
Back with the rest of class.
"I cant believe its almost noon." Midoriya said as he walked hand in hand with Uraraka withe the rest of their class.
"Time flies when we're fight villains." Uraraka jokes.
"I guess so." he sighed.
"Hey Deku, can I ask for a favor?" she asked
"Hmm, yeah sure Uraraka, what's up?" he said. Uraraka flicked his forehead.
"Wha-" he said as he brought his hand to rub the now sore spot.
"Ochako." she said simply. He blinked before understanding.
"Right, sorry Ochako." he said
"Better." she smiled. "But as I was saying…" She slowly used both her arms to wrap them around his arm closest to her, bringing him closer in the process.
"Is it possible if...well you can skip afternoon training for the next week.
"Huh? Why?" Midoriya asked. Uraraka started to blush.
"Well, I kind of...want you all to myself." She squeezed a little tighter around his arm. "It doesn't matter what we do...I just want it to be you and me y'know...together."
Midoriya blushed as well. "W-Well...yeah ok, I-Id like that to." he said shyly.
"Good." she said quietly. They walked in silence bore a few minutes until a thought suddenly popped into her head.
"Oh! Hows your Mom Deku." she asked.
"My mom?" he asked confused.
"Yeah she fell badly right?" she asked. "She's probably worried really bad seeing you on the news this morning."
Deks eyes widened in shock. She was right, his mom was most likely asleep when it was live last night, but the morning? He quickly reached to his pocket for his phone.
Thirteen missed calls.
Four text messages.
"Oh Mom." He thought.
Sorry this took so long but...so much has been going on in my life. I hope you all enjoy. Please review, its always appreciated