I'm actually glad that all of you decided to be patient. Of course, the previous chapter was short, so it really didn't gain that much interest in my understanding. Anyway, here's the chapter that's filled with action, everyone's favorite part. Enjoy!
In Ground Beta, All Might was waiting for the Class 1A to make their way out of the hallway, which also acted as the changing room for the students to get suited up in their hero costumes. Speaking of which, they eventually came out of the hallway, ready in their attire.
So far, only a few students of 1A were present from the locker rooms, ready for class. Momo walked out with her costume that entirely screamed "almost nothing", but it didn't even embarrass the tall girl. She was wearing a red leotard with the front and third middle being gone all the way down past her navel. The costume was held together by a yellow belt around her collar bone. In addition, a pair of two larger belts acted as skirts, and a pair of red boots. On the back of her belt-skirt was a shelf that's carrying a large book.
"Uh… Yaoyorozu? Don't you think that costume's a bit… revealing?" a girl said, who is completely nothing, who goes by the name Tooru Hagakure. Ironically, she wasn't even wearing anything besides a pair of rubber shoes and blue gloves. Look who's talking, you could be seen everywhere in thin air!
"I kinda dig it! Revealing, yes. But it does look cute!" the pink-skinned girl supported. Mina Ashido wore a low-cut bodysuit that is colored teal and purple camouflage. She also wore a pair of beige boots, and a beige coat with white fur-lined collar and a white mask that revealed her black and yellow eyes. During the apprehension test yesterday, she used her Acid Quirk to slide on the ground, and her boots could be acid-proof.
"Besides, didn't Midnight wear something like that? I mean no offense to Yaoyorozu-san, but no one even bat an eye about it." Denki Kaminari defended. The electro-logo haired boy was in casual attire for a hero costume, consisting a plain-white shirt under his black jacket with some lightning bolt designs on the side and a matching pair of track pants. He even has a small earpiece that acts as a radio.
"Well, I designed the costume myself. And I needed to use my Quirk to let anything I make come out." Momo explained. While she isn't keen on answering this kind of question, she can't even argue with it either. Info is also good for the brain.
"Yeah, but your costume rocks! You should be proud about it!" Mina boosted Momo's mood, where she turned from serious to a bit nervous. Maybe this was a poor costume choice.
"I bet that costume's gonna ignore the laws of physics." Hanta Sero whispered back to Denki, and he nodded. His costume was just like any kind of superhero would wear if it's about tights. It was colored black and white, with the boots being white and orange. The sleeves ended up above his elbows to use his Tape Quirk. His costume has a motif that looks like a roll of tape, with his helmet acting like a tape dispenser.
"I don't mind at all." The pervy Minoru Mineta denied, who had a sinister grin on his face that drooled. His costume was simple. It was all just a purple tight suit, yellow matching gloves and boots, and… a diaper? Come to think of it, there was no use to it at all. "This is like a blessing for all of us! The girls in this class are really this smart to impress us to be motivated!" he chuckled lightly like a perv. "I can't wait to let my hands sli… Ow!"
"You might wanna watch your mouth, Mineta. You really think you can get away with this? Ribbit." The frog-girl Tsuyu Asui scolded, even if she had a blunt tone, using her tongue to slap the grape boy on the head.
Her costume consists of a green bodysuit with black and yellow stripes, and frog feet-like shoes. She was also wearing large gloves, and large goggles on her forehead that looked like frog eyes. So far, this was cuter than anyone was wearing.
"Aw, Asui-chan! You look even cuter with that costume!" Mina squealed in excitement as she looked at the frog girl's appearance. "I'm so jealous!"
"You don't have to be, Mina. This is the best I can think of." Tsuyu said. "And please, just call me Tsu, ribbit."
Eventually more students began to come out from the hallway, and their costumes almost sparked a contest on who was better. But there was no time for that. However, it is true where putting on a costume takes a long time, and here we are.
Tenya Ida came in as he wore a costume that almost looks like a white knight's armor, which only contains chest armor, gauntlets, and bulky boots. The back of his chest armor had mufflers, making it look like a car-theme costume. Besides his boosters popping out from his legs, his general attitude speaks for it.
Mashiro Ojiro's costume is very plain among the others, but plain looking costumes can be a good thing, and saves money. He was wearing a karate gi, tied with a black belt, and gloves and boots that are sand blue colored with a single-lined fur around his gi. It's clear that he took martial arts since he has the black belt.
Like Ojiro, Shoto Todoroki was more plain, yet creative. He wore a matching plain off white shirt, pants, and boots. But his left side is entirely covered with a material that looked like ice, as his left eye had a red color, making him look like a cyborg.
Yuga Aoayama's costume screamed fashion and style in one place. He was hugely wearing armor with lenses on the kneepads, shoulders, and on his stomach, mainly. He has Quirk where he can shoot out laser beams from the belly button and by the time Izuku saw him the first time, he knew he had potential. Counting the stomach aches.
Ochako Uraraka was better compared to how Mina's and Momo's costumes were designed. Her costume was a pink and black bodysuit that hugged her curves to be seen, with large pink boots and large pink wrist guards that had some kind of handle on the outside. She also wore a helmet with a darkened curved visor. Her hands are the only ones that were exposed.
Eijiro Kirishima lived up to anything that is manly, so his mind had an idea for a costume that sparked manly when he had his. He wore a black pants, boots and a ragged waistcoat and red gear-shaped shoulder guards, leaving his torso bare. He has an R buckle for his belt and a black mask that was exposed to see his bright shark smile.
Katsuki Bakugo stormed past the rest, getting out with a furious glare. Whatever he was wearing really speaks out loud just like his personality. He is wearing a black tank top with an orange X on it, with a metallic neck brace. His baggy pants were being held together with a belt that was carrying grenades, and knee-high combat boots. But there was something that almost spelled villainy or his loudmouth attitude. One, his mask was just wrapped around his head with tiny explosions for design. Two, are the massive gauntlets on his forearms that are gauntlet-shaped.
And finally, Izuku was the last one as he exited the tunnel. He was given some advice from All Might to wear something to protect himself when he uses OFA, so Izuku made some heavy changes to his costume after his mother made it for him. Besides the usual green jumpsuit and the red belt on his waist, he wore a pair of red military boots with armor plating on the sides, a pair of red and black gloves that looked like a knight's armor. And finally, the mask itself, which had a bit of All Might's signature tufts but it was short like horns and has a pair of black-tinted goggles to not block his vision when he uses OFA, along with a mouthguard.
"Woah!" Eijiro smiled in excitement as he looked at his classmates. "Everyone looks so cool in their hero costumes! Man, this class is manly!"
"Oh, man. I'm starting to feel nervous being in a costume." Ochaco nervously said, while Katsuki just clicked his tongue and ignored her, and basically anyone.
"Good, it appears that everyone is all here." Tenya said as he observed everyone. "At least all of you have the right mindset to be on time, and not take long when putting on your costumes. This is the right way of becoming a hero!"
The Symbol of Peace was impressed that his successor took his advice. "Impressive, Young Midoriya! With that outfit, you can use One For All without harming yourself."
Ochaco noticed Izuku and walked her way to her, along with Momo. "Hey, Deku-kun!" Izuku shivered after he heard her voice, but was now nervous that the tall girl was with her. "I love your costume! You look like a soldier just by wearing that."
"While it does make you one, it also looks more… protective of you." Momo commented, not wanting to offend the green-haired boy. "Is there any reason at all?"
"W-Well, since my Quirk is powerful and it hurts my fingers, I thought that wearing some support items would do well." he frowned at the design. "Unfortunately, I got it so cheap, but they were useful. Hope they don't break that easily."
"Well, at least you got something to use. That's what's more important." Ochaco reassured, and Momo nodded. "I mean, my costume is tight and I regret putting every detail to it. It's embarrassing but I didn't have a choice."
"Y-You don't say…" he stuttered. His eyes glanced at Momo's appearance, and felt his mouth move on his own. "You l-look nice as well, Yaoyorozu-san."
"Oh, thank you, Midoriya-san." Momo said. "Not really the best costume choice that came into my mind, but it's for my Quirk. Yours looks more…less distracting."
"Y-Yeah…" it's all he could say. Before Izuku makes himself look like a fool with his mouth, All Might bailed him out just in time.
"Looking good, students!" his smile grew wider. "Those hero costumes of yours are really impressive! Now, it's time for the training battle! Today's lesson will be learning how to deal with a situation during an indoor battle."
"All Might-sensei…" Momo raised her hand, as it got the hero's attention. "Isn't that a bit to advance? Shouldn't we learn how to use our Quirks for sparring? Shouldn't we do that instead since we barely have experience?"
"Excellent question, Young Yaoyorozu! Allow me to explain!" The Symbol of Peace.
"You see, students. Mostly, villains are shown in the public, with the Pros taking them out once they're spotted on the scene. However, they are more likely to appear indoors. It could be either for tricks to do what they want, or to make deals with other villains."
Izuku paid attention, as he wanted to get every detail in his mind. "In this world, Villains tend to work in the shadows, even street thugs and wallet snatchers are doing it. So, in this scenario, there will be two teams: Two villains, two heroes. The villains will guard a nuclear bomb inside these buildings. The heroes will just have to reach the bomb and touch it as a way of disabling it. The villains will either fight them to capture them or prevent them from touching the bomb."
Murmurs from the class were being heard as they said their interests and excitement about the lesson. Since he said heroes and villains, everyone began to choose their partner in a scramble, much to Izuku's embarrassment. Luckily, All Might stopped them.
"Ah, ah, ah! We won't be doing any of that." All Might wagged his finger. "We'll be doing it equally. So everyone grab a lot from this lot box to know who you'll be partnered with."
Iida raised his hand and asked, "Sir, will this be a good idea by being chosen randomly?"
"Actually, it makes sense." Izuku replied to his classmate. "In a crisis, Heroes team up from different agencies since there are a lot who are not available, and they don't have much of a plan to come up with."
The blue-haired knight realized now. "I see now." he bowed. "Thank you both for the understanding."
"No problem, young Ida." All Might ushered everyone to the ballot box. "Come on now, everyone. Draw in your lots so we can get started."
After drawing out their ballots, the teams have been announced. The Heroes will be teams A, C, E, G, and I, while the villains are teamed up from B, D, F, H, and J. Some were proud of their partners. Some are not lucky, and some are not really used with their partners.
"Now that everyone has their partners, we will start in order. Teams A and B, get ready for your assigned building!" he explained more as he read a card from his hand. "Take not, Villains. You will find the bomb at the top floor of the building, so take the stairs to your right, and as Villains, you must act the part. Oh, and one more thing for both teams, you only have five minutes to plan your attacks, and don't go too far on hurting each other. Good luck!"
Team A consisted of Izuku and Ochaco, while Team B consisted of Kyoka and Katsuki. Both of them share a friendly talk to each other since they are the first teams to start. Izuku looked at Katsuki, but the explosive psychopath glared at him as he growled in anger.
Izuku was saddened at first. Ever since he got his Quirk, things got completely different for each other. Izuku thought that if he had a Quirk, he would finally let Katsuki accept him and stop the bullying. However, his bullying may be gone, but he will never stop ignoring the successor of All Might, which he doesn't know about yet.
Eventually, Izuku decided to ignore his presence as well. He took a deep breath and sighed, and gripped his hands tight as his gloves clicked, letting all the fear in his mind go away as he was ready. The explosion boy took notice of this, and was even angrier from this.
"You think you can act all confident because you got a Quirk? Or maybe it's those fancy toys of yours, huh? They look cheap, to break that is!" Katsuki talked in his mind, with a lot of hate. "There is no way in hell you're still getting away from all this, Deku! You're still going to learn your place! Whether you like it or not!"
And thus, today's lesson just began.
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Somewhere in the city simulator, All Might escorted the two teams to their respective building. "Alright, Villain Team, you know what to do now. Don't waste time, and good luck out there." he turned to the hero, "Same thing to you, Hero team."
Bakugo gives Izuku another hate-filled glare, with Tenya entering the building right ahead with the explosion boy following. Once they both got in, Izuku sighed and removed his helmet as he slouched. Ochaco took notice and came to his aid.
"Hey, Deku-kun. Are you okay?" she asked with concern.
"Y-Yeah. I-I'm fine, Uraraka." he gave off a shaky smile. "Just nervous, that's all." he chuckled. "Plus, the helmet is making me a bit sweaty. I know I should've had it with some gaps."
"Well, I'm glad you're fine. For a second there, I thought this was about you and Bakugo." she guessed, and Izuku just kept his smile. "Come on, we need to get started."
Izuku hummed and used the five minutes they both have before time starts. However, despite this whole thing being practice, he decided to come up with a good idea that will work. After all, the gloves he has as part of his costume looked like it had a purpose besides filler.
"I have an idea." Ochaco caught his attention. "It's good that Ida-san and Kacchan are both in the same team, so this makes it easier for each of us."
"What do you mean?" Uraraka chirped. "Iida-kun looks like he'll just play it fair, but Bakugo will just go blasting over us. My guess is we can take him on together, right?"
"No, not like that." Izuku denied it kindly. "Iida-san's Quirk is a literal engine, so you can take him out by just letting him go further to his limit while you dodge. I'll take on Kacchan instead. After all, I know how to keep him busy."
"How?" Uraraka asked, "But what if we're not lucky?"
Izuku paused, but kept his composure and his thinking straight. "Like I said, I know his Quirk. Besides, when I looked at him, he just wanted me. I can keep him distracted while we fight, and you can go after the bomb." he explained. "All you have to do is let Ida-san get slower to let him reach his limit and go after the bomb."
The gravity girl understands the strategy. It was simple, but it just might work with a twist. Plus, it's smart, unless they do it right.
Before they said another word, they heard All Might's voice through the PA system. "Five minutes are up! Hero team, proceed to the building!"
"Guess that's us now." Ochaco said, and pumped her fists in declaration. "Alright, Deku! Let's do our best out there!"
Izuku smiled as he put on his mask. All Might watched from a dark room, with the rest of 1A, as the two students entered the building. He had a nervous look on his face, and he was glad that the students didn't notice.
"Good luck out there, Young Midoriya." All Might prayed. "I won't be playing favorites, but you have to face the music, and your demons. It may hurt, but you must!"
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The two teenagers entered the room with extreme caution and vigilance, making sure to keep their guard up no matter what. He was in front to keep her from getting hurt from Bakugo. Despite learning how to use his new technique where he flicks his fingers by blasting powerful wind bursts, he had to keep her safe to make it to their objective.
Once they reached the second floor, the OFA successor kept his arm raised and aimed, only to not see Bakugo at sight. He sighed in relief, he almost felt his heart pound faster.
"You're sure this plan will work, right?" Ochaco questioned. "I mean, I'm not doubting you or anything, I just wanted to make sure."
"Don't worry, it will." Izuku said, behind his mask, he was nervous but his voice wasn't. "I just hope this plan will also let Kacchan accept me as an equal. I'll prove to him that I'm not some worthless De…"
His thoughts were cut off as they both heard loud footsteps. Izuku was already in a stance where he had his arm raised once again, and his fingers at its flicking gesture. Katsuki walked downstairs to the second floor, looking menacing as ever with his threatening smile.
"Well, well, well…" he sneered. "Little Deku and his lame friend! Still trying to play hero, huh?" he mocked.
Izuku lowered himself calmly, and realized that all the bad memories are coming back by just looking at his childhood friend-turned-tormentor.
"You are not nearing that bomb, Deku!" He threatened as he raised his arms to aim at him with his palms out. "I'll make you learn the consequences of you entering this school in the first place!"
Katsuki began to blast a wave of explosions from his palm, but immediately, Izuku dashed forward and crouched with one knee and blasted the explosion with a powerful finger flick that sent Bakugo, along with explosions with him, pinning to a wall. Immediately, Ochaco ran and headed to the stairs.
The explosion boy steadied himself as he tried to regain his footing. "Oh, letting your cute girlfriend go after the bomb? I know you would still be worthless by just thinking you can fight me off!" he mocked, this time more cruelly. "When I'm done beating you to a pulp, I'm gonna find her and stuff you both in body bags!"
Okay, this was getting off hard. Izuku glared at him, he didn't want to bait him anymore. He just wants to hurt him, but too far. But he will do it.
"You're mistaken, Bakugo." Katsuki was a bit surprised to hear him say his name with a low growl. "You're not going anywhere until I'm done with you!"
He was irritated by just hearing him say that. "I won't be the same useless Deku you met since we were kids. I'm going to show you how much I'll never give up!"
"Shut up, Deku!" He yelled and unleashed another explosion, but to himself as he leaped right at the green-haired boy, however, the latter immediately countered his attack, despite his nervousness distracting his aim, and made the explosion boy's Quirk go useless from the powerful gust of wind. Once Izuku dodged away, Katsuki fell to the ground and quickly got up.
"What's the matter, Deku?! Scared to even lay a finger at me?!" he questioned with a scoff. "It's fine to you hurt me, but don't cry when I return you the offer!" he rocket-blasted himself once again to get closer to Izuku.
"Alright, Bakugo. I'll let you have what you want." Izuku muttered to himself, and his gloves clicked and surged with green lightning. "One For All: 5%! Delaware… Bullet Smash!"
Once Katsuki landed as he was about to deliver the killing blow, Izuku flicked his finger as an air bolt shaped like a bullet, hit his opponent straight to the chest. Katsuki slided back a bit as he felt the pain from that attack. What the hell?!
"Crimson Gusts. A pair of gloves as part of my costume that is made out of tungsten wirings to make it bendable." Izuku summarized. "My hands will start to hurt a little bit, but it's perfect to charge One For All to make those air bullets, and avoid bruising my fingers until I reach the limit."
Katsuki growled with hate. "Shooting fucking bullets at me?! And they didn't even kill me at all! You're so dead, you fucking shrimp!"
Katsuki didn't even think to himself to create a plan to attack Deku. All he wants now is to beat the little shrimp to a bloody pulp until his head is scorched with black ash. He knows that this is payback from all the bullying he did on him for being Quirkless, but he would give zero fucks about it.
The "little shrimp" didn't even flinch as he kept on shooting his childhood tormentor with charged air bullets that packed twice a punch. As each air bullet was hit from his Delaware Bullet Smash move, Katsuki can feel them like they almost pierced his body, but it didn't stop him from making sure to near him and give his face an explosive blast. Also, the goggles that he was wearing were very effective for its use as Izuku kept aiming and shooting. And since the charge takes a few seconds, he was sloppy but was able to dodge one of his attacks before he could get touched by some of his explosions.
Getting exhausted, Katsuki thought quickly as he blasted his way to the air and maneuvered his trajectory to Izuku with a quick blast, as he was almost near to his face. The green-haired successor brought his other arm up and blocked him, only for Bakugo to use another explosion as a fake flashbang, and to push both of them away.
"You know, you really still haven't changed, huh?" Katsuki said as he landed. "Even after you got your Quirk, you're still useless."
"Aren't you getting tired?" Izuku didn't flinch at his own words, as his tone shifted with concern. "Come on, stop while you can. You know you can't keep this up."
"Shut the hell up!" Katsuki blasted himself once again up to the air, and blasted straight to Izuku to deliver a speeding blow. Izuku drew out his hand like Han Solo shooting first and blasted another air bullet straight to his abdomen. The blast was charged to send Katsuki to a wall.
"How about now?" Izuku said, now getting more serious, until he muttered in pain. "Crap, I'm already on my limit! I can feel my fingers getting numb!"
Katsuki gritted his teeth, "You think you're the only one who gets special equipment? They're nothing but toys!" He grinned as he raised his arm, with Izuku preparing to shoot him down once again, however, his other hand moved as his fingers grabbed something by his gauntlets.
Izuku was curious, what was he doing?
"While you're trying to shoot me down, I've been storing up some sweat right to my gauntlets, which is part of my costume!" Katsuki explained. "Gotta say, you're not that useless after all, but you'll be sorry once I do this! Maybe you'll think twice acting like your hot shit, Deku!"
As he pulled the pin off from his gauntlet, a larger explosion blasted off from it, more bigger and dangerously terrifying, as it reached Izuku at a faster rate. Something like this can't be avoided, and his right hand is now starting to numb.
Luckily, he's always been a quick thinker. The successor of All Might lifted his left arm, which has been never used when OFA is active, as it starts to crackle some lightning. His gloves didn't click to make an air bullet, but just let his entire arm surge with green electricity.
"Delaware Smash!"
With a flick of his finger, his air blast was compared to how he took out the zero pointer, but the strong wind currents made up as a defensive shield to push back the explosions since it didn't fade away. Katsuki didn't have time to react as he was caught by his own explosions and blown away by the wind. Both elements somehow combined and destroyed a wall of the building as it started to shake.
Ochaco let out a yelp as she almost lost her balance, only to hold onto the railings. "What the heck was that?!" She was surprised. "I hope Bakugo didn't kill Deku…"
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In the dark observation room, All Might and 1A were all shocked and surprised to see the battle between the two. Ever since Bakugo snapped during Aizawa's class, they already believed that they mostly have some beef with each other. But mostly through actions, the explosion boy was the one with more issues towards Izuku.
"I kinda wished we would hear what they were saying, though…" Mina frowned a bit. "It kinda looks like that Midoriya had enough with Bakugo."
"Eh, I don't mind." Kaminari bluntly said with his hand shaking off. "He kinda deserves it after he tried to kill Midoriya. That's karma right there."
"Come on, guys. Maybe Baku-bro is just being too excited as Midori-bro is." Eijiro defended. Of course, he would be best friends with him. "After all, this is just practice. Right, All Might?"
All Might was startled after being called, and stuttered. "Uh… y-yes, Young Kirishima…" he replied.
Momo frowned a bit. Seeing Izuku being this skilled just now felt different. When she learned that he hurt himself with new Quirk to save someone and how his fingers got broken during the other day made her wonder if this could be a future threat.
"Please, Midoriya-san. Don't let your emotions control over you. I know you're better than this." Momo hoped.
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As the smoke began to clear from the now destroyed part of the building, Izuku dashed his way in with a worried look, hoping that he didn't go too far after what he did to Katsuki. He blamed himself for going too far and letting his emotions take control over his mind.
Luckily, the green-haired boy sighed in relief. He saw his childhood friend on the ground, still breathing and barely covered in scorch marks from his own explosions. He looked like he was beaten up so badly that he couldn't even move.
But this wasn't the time to celebrate something like this. This looked serious. Because in his mind, Izuku sees himself and the now-beaten Bakugo as kids again.
"Kacchan!" he hurried his way to him. "Are you okay?! I'm sorry if I…"
The explosion boy groaned angrily as Izuku stopped. The latter moved on his own as he barely stood his ground. In this maniac's mindset, injuries and aching body parts were never an excuse.
"Kacchan…"
"SHUT UP! NOT ANOTHER WORD FROM YOU!" He snapped. He was furious. And Izuku felt that anger in him. Katsuki attempted to walk his way to him, but he decided not to snap the bones of his aching leg. "Are you looking at me with pity?! Don't you pity me, you damned nerd!"
Deep down, it was true to what he said. He really wanted to help Katsuki but for some reason, he felt kinda proud that he just got his punishment. It felt great to hurt him back after he was hurt worse by him for many years. But he knows it's not in his nature. It was never in Izuku's life that he wanted to hurt him as payback. He just wanted to give him a taste of realization.
"Don't worry Villain, you will recover in the best hospitals." Izuku fell into character as a hero, and it felt natural. "Just make sure that you won't do this again, or it's jail time for you."
"Oh, shut up already!" Katsuki was annoyed, and it was cringe. It really was. He moved his legs and it made him cursed to himself.
"Please, you have to stop." Izuku continued, barely in character. "You will just hurt yourself. You need to think about yourself first!"
"I don't give a damn about myself! All I care about is that I want you dead!" Katsuki raged as his palms began to sparkle some tiny explosions. "And I won't be done beating you until you can't move your own fingers!"
He blasted himself to the air to deliver an explosive blow, this time, he was faster since he was clenching his fists harder to release a much larger force. Izuku was scared of course, but he was able to react due to his fear as he drew out his numb right arm and flicked his hands to blast Katsuki with another shockwave blast, this time, sending him straight to a wall.
Izuku winced at the pain coming from his right hand, but decided to ignore it first. "Sorry for doing this, Kacchan!"
Suddenly, Katsuki didn't respond as his pupils were gone and when he fell down on the ground, he didn't even bother to move. This, of course, made Izuku scared. He hoped that he didn't go too far with his own Quirk. He checked on him and was glad that his opponent was breathing faintly. His face still had his menacing glare on and it only shows that he still wants to hurt him.
Izuku decided to keep an eye out on the explosion boy in case he healed back from his own seemingly fatal injuries. "Hope that Uraraka-san is okay."
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Ochaco never learned the first thing about fighting. She and her parents never had the money to pay for lessons since they are not really that financially stable. They have money, yes, but not for those kinds of stuff.
She always viewed herself as a Rescue Hero, the sole reason why she wants to be a hero is to give her family an easier life, and return the favor.
However, today's lesson won't be rescuing. Today is different for the gravity girl. She will be fighting the first friend she made besides Deku: Ida. Unluckily speaking, Ida is more suited to combat than her.
"Oh? What's this? The Hero managed to get to the bomb in my lair, all by herself?" Ida was always dedicated to what he does, especially studies and heroics. So acting is one of them. "You came here to stop me, yes? Well, let me assure you that you will only fall to your demise!"
He laughed like a maniac, and it only made Ochaco chuckle a bit. Ida was dedicated as mentioned, but an actor wasn't.
"S-Sorry, Villain, but I don't have time for this." she focused as she brought her hands in close, getting ready for anything. "I'm here to save this city from you, and there is nothing you can do about it."
Tenya took a step back, and his boosters began to rev up like a jet. "How charming..."
She saw how his Quirk worked. Ochaco was nervous, but she took a deep breath and just remembered what her partner explained: Tenya is built on speed, so he needs to reach his limit to let her reach the bomb.
The gravity girl made her move as she lowered herself down on the ground while she floated. Tenya's engines bursted at full speed as he leaped with one leg with the other to deliver a powerful kick, however, Ochaco was able to dodge it thanks to her reaction, both body and mind cooperating.
Tenya was surprised at first, but if there's anything he knows, it is that every Villain plays dirty against the Hero who plays fair. So when he landed on the ground, he did a sweep kick, causing Ochaco to fall.
"Got you now, Hero!" Tenya said with a mocking tone, still his acting was bad. "Not so smart and quick for a villain like… Huh?"
Apparently, Ochaco didn't land on the ground that quick. The gravity girl was already floating from her ground as she smiled at the human engine. Her hands closed together as a way to activate her Quirk.
"What?!" Tenya was surprised. "How was she able to make herself float?!"
"Guess you can try kicking me now, Ida-kun?" she offered with a smirk on her face.
He remained focused. "I'll wipe that smirk off your face!" Tenya dramatically said as he delivered a straight kick, but the gravity girl dodged his foot when she swayed her arms hard to make herself move.
Ochaco was able to dodge each kick, until she pushed her arms into the air to make herself float to the other side. She used herself wide open while holding onto a pillar that's not far from the warhead. Tenya ran to her like a speeding bullet, believing that she is willing to lose. Luckily, she immediately kicked her legs on to the pillar in seconds as Tenya destroyed the pillar with a mighty kick.
"Impossible! No mere hero can't pass my dangerous kicks!" Tenya was surprised. Like, really surprised. He thought she could make things float only.
"Well, I was practicing how to use my Quirk on myself also, so it was worth the effort today." Ochaco floated herself once again as she kicked her legs to another pillar to hold on to. "Come on! You're not that slow, are you?"
Tenya dashed his way again to hit Ochaco, but the gravity girl was able to dodge it again without making a mistake. She eventually did the same thing in each of the pillars. Years of training made her skilled enough to use timing and apply the amount of force even if her opponent is a speeding bullet.
All of the sudden, Ochaco was kicked straight to the head, causing her to lose her balance and focus on the air, as her focus and vision were getting darker and blurrier.
"It appears that confidence was clouding your chances." Tenya taunted. "Still think you can stop me, hero?"
Ochaco removed her helmet as she dropped it, so that the glass on her visor won't go to her eyes. She wiped her mouth and got serious. "I can still pull through. Shame that you can't even catch me." It was her turn to mock.
"You DARE mock me, hero?!" The human engine dramatically took this as an insult and dashed his way to deliver another bullet kick to the girl, however, instead of breaking into pieces like the rest of the pillars, it was cut off like a log due to the amount of force as it fell down on him, which he reacted to as he ran away from the fall in time.
Ochaco floated down on the ground and looked at her opponent. "Looks like you're on your limit, Ida-kun." she almost passed out as her nausea kicked in, the only weakness when overusing her Quirk. Irony at its best.
"I see now! She's using me as an advantage to let me chase her to make me reach the limit!" He knew what she was up to and noticed that his mufflers were steaming. "No! Not this time! It's not yet the time to give up over some simple heroine!"
"I already know your plans, Hero! And my weakness will not stop me from stopping you!" Tenya ran after her instead, and not for the bomb, which made Ochaco use her Quirk again to float her way to the bomb.
The gravity girl was on the point to throw up, but she controlled her urge to give in to give up. She can't let her Tenya, was almost this close to catch her, capture her and let the chances of winning go down to a zero.
"I can't give up now!" Ochaco motivated herself as she was able to reach the bomb.
His engines started to overheat as a lot of smoke was being released from the mufflers. But despite all that from happening, it was boosting his running. Something that Ochaco can't outmatch as her Quirk makes her slow like walking.
"I won't let you win! Not even a second!" Tenya shouted as he was almost close to the bomb.
Before his own mufflers gave up and Ochaco seeing stars and her nausea kicking in in auto pilot, something devastating interrupted their own chances.
BANG!
An air bullet struck down his own legs, causing Tenya to fall down to the ground hard, as if he only took ten running steps to the bomb, which only led him to his failure. Ochaco was surprised to see that Izuku came to the rescue. He breathed, and despite that his fingers were already injured, he didn't care for as long as he was able to pin her opponent.
"Uraraka-san! Hurry!" Izuku said as he dashed his way towards Tenya.
"No! This is impossible!" Tenya groaned as he was being held down on the ground by the green-haired teen.
Ochaco didn't have to worry. This was the perfect chance already. "Now, release!"
Ochaco was released from her own gravity as she fell to the bomb. Tenya jabbed Izuku to the abdomen and leaped forward to capture Ochaco, who landed on the ground as her vision got blurry. But to her suspicion, her fingers touched the bomb in just a nick of time.
"The bomb has been disabled!" All Might announced. "The Hero Team wins!"
The buzzer went off, and the winners were declared. Izuku smiled in relief, as he was glad that he came in just in time. But more importantly, he was able to win without looking like a fool in front of everyone, his childhood friend, and to his new friends.
He was able to win a battle.
And that's a wrap. Of course, in some stories that focused on this kind of chapter from the episode, I had to make some changes to make the characters more fleshed out in fighting, but I did struggle to write the scenes that were being imagined in my head.
Izuku and Bakugo's fight was completely easy for me, since it was the best one that I ever had. I even had to read three different chapters from three different stories as inspiration and an idea to write Izuku looking like a skilled fighter and giving his childhood bully a taste of his own medicine.
For Uraraka and Ida, it was the hardest yet, but I managed to pull it off. I watched the anime version of it and it was really… weird. It wasn't really much of a battle on their part, since they just dodged and avoided each other, especially when Ochaco used her special move on Ida. Just like the fight from Izuku, I had to read some chapters that are different to get my inspiration. Glad that I wrote it. But writing the Deku vs Kacchan part was very fun for me.
Also, this chapter was supposed to show Momo's turn. I wanted to write her part in this chapter, but I didn't want to. One is that it will be a long-ass chapter, and the other will be that I didn't have the energy to write her at all. Don't worry, she'll be special in the next chapter.
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