Chapter 7
"Hey, Bakugo!" Tenya said through the communicator in his helmet, "Give me your status! What happened?"
"Just shut up and defend." Katsuki growled back, "I'm really angry right now!"
"I'm not asking about how you feel!" he was stunned when he got silence, "Hey! He hung up…Going off on his own like that…What is wrong with him?! Jeez!"
"What was Bakugo saying?" Kirishima asked, "Can't tell with just the cameras in a fixed position and no sound."
"He's talking to his partner over the small wireless radio." All Might explained, pointing to the one in his left ear as an example and held up something in his right hand. "You can bring that plus the building's floor plan, and this capture tape. Once you wrap this around your opponent, it shows that you have captured them."
"The time limit is fifteen minutes," Momo observed, "and the heroes don't know where the nuclear weapon is located, correct?"
"Yes!"
"The heroes are clearly at a disadvantage here!" Mina exclaimed.
"Heroes should be able to turn the tables on whatever predicament they're in. Besides, didn't Mr. Aizawa you, too? You know…Here we go!"
All Might then pumped his fists in the air and so did the students. They all shouted, 'PLUS ULTRA!'
"Mousier, Bakugo is- "Yuga said pointing to the monitor. All Might turned to look at it.
Katsuki got into a ready position. Izuku seeing what he was planning turned to Ochaco.
"Uraraka, Go!" Izuku said and Ochaco ran the other way. Katsuki then propelled himself towards Izuku. Instead of swinging his fist though, he swung his left leg towards Izuku's face. The green themed hero in training blocked the incoming attack. He then looked away so that Katsuki couldn't read his face.
"Looking away?" he taunted, "You must be sure of yourself."
The blonde boy then noticed Izuku wrap something around his leg. He identified it as the-Capture Tape?!
Hero Notebook No. 10, page 18! Izuku recited in his head, I'm glad I got to see Eraser Head's moves in person! What's next? If it's Bakugo, he'll get impatient and swing with his right again!
Katsuki did just as Izuku predicted. He swung with his right fist to stop him from using the capture tape. Izuku dodged at the right moment, once again surprising the blonde.
I was right!
"That guy's amazing!" Rikido stated at seeing Izuku dodge Bakugo.
"He's not even using his quirk or his Stand and he's fighting against the guy with one of the most powerful quirks in our class!" Hanta added.
He was always good at reacting quickly in a crisis. All Might thought to himself, He spent years writing his notes and internalizing them. That fanboy knowledge is now paying off, coupled with the training he got from Jotaro, as it propels him forward.
He kicked first this time to keep me from reading his moves. Izuku thought to himself, He's being cautious now.
Katsuki planned to propel himself again towards Izuku. He was shocked when he saw him run the other way.
"Come back here, Deku!" Katsuki exclaimed as he gave chase.
My plan is working. Izuku thought, His sole focus is on me. Now if one particular lesson from Jotaro Sensei can work its magic.
Flashback
9 years ago
"ORA!" Star Platinum shouted as he plowed Izuku's Stand to the ground. Izuku felt the damage on his left cheek.
"Okay, Izuku." Jotaro said, "I want you to tell me why you are having trouble getting a hit on me."
"I can't get a hit on you because you're stronger than me." Izuku replied while rubbing his cheek.
"Correct. Watching the news, I saw a group of heroes try to take down a villain that was much stronger than them and failed. Luckily All Might showed up, late as usual, to defeat the villain. Since he was stronger than him it was a piece of cake."
"I don't understand what that has to do with the training for today."
"That's the topic of the lesson today. If you can't overpower them…you can defiantly out smart them. From most the people I dealt with, they rely on brute strength alone. They don't consider the fact that they have weaknesses themselves, and it's the hero's job to find it. Something the ones on the news didn't do. Now, get up. You're going to continue to fight me until you find a flaw in my fighting style."
"Yes sir!"
Flashback End
This part of the building is full of twists and turns. Izuku summarized, If I can make him mad by not letting find me, he'll get predictable and I can fight him on equal ground.
Izuku then vanished behind one of the corners. After trying to find him past a few more corners, Katsuki started to lose his temper.
"Hey!" he screamed, "You tricked me, didn't you?! Was it fun tricking me all this time?!"
Izuku heard what he was saying as he ran. He thinks I was born with this quirk and never used it. His temper is causing him to not think straight.
"Huh?! You've got a flashy quirk there, don't you?! That as well as the annoying, invisible weapon you call a Stand! Try and get me with it! 'Cause I'm better than you!"
"I'm not using it for a reason!" Izuku shouted back, hoping Katsuki would follow the sound of his voice. It worked as he heard his footsteps.
"He seems really angry." One of the students said, "It's scary."
I heard from Young Midoriya, Watanabe, and Thompson that Young Bakugo thinks well of himself, All Might thought as he watched Katsuki blow a door off its hinges, but this is too much.
He'll find me sooner or later. Izuku analyzed as he stopped to catch his breath, Iida would've been a better choice, so it's obvious that they're not working together. This can end in two ways. The first is that Ochaco can locate the weapon and then I'll join her. The second is I keep Bakugo busy while she grabs the weapon. The problem is that I'm not using either my Stand or quirk, so I'm at a small disadvantage. Small being the key word. I think it's time I give Bakugo both what he wanted and what he had coming to him.
Katsuki walked slowly down the halls with a scowl on his face. He couldn't get the images of Izuku's confident and angry looks out of his head.
I have my own dreams of becoming a hero…and no one, not even you are going to get in my way.
Deku also means 'you can do it.'
He's just a pebble! Katsuki thought to himself in anger. He then remembered times when he and Izuku were kids.
(AN: KB is for kid Bakugo and TB is for teen Bakugo.)
Flashback
11 years ago
"Wow, Kacchan!" a four-year-old Izuku said as he watched a four-year-old Katsuki bounce a ball with his knees and feet.
"This is easy!" he stated as he continued to bounce it. Izuku tried to do it but failed. "Izuku, you really can't do anything, can you?"
Fast-forward
"You can read the characters for 'Izuku' as 'Deku,' you know." he said, pointing to initials on a yellow bucket.
"Kacchan, you can read?" one of three odd boys asked excitedly.
"You can't? And 'Deku' means someone who can't do anything!"
"Really?" The three boys looked to Izuku, knowing Katsuki was referring to him.
"Stop that…" Izuku said with a pouty face.
KB: Why don't you know?
Fast-forward
A rock skipped on the water seven times.
"Kacchan, how many times did yours skip?" one of the odds asked.
"Seven!" He said with pride.
"Wow!"
"That's Kacchan for you!"
"What about you, Deku?" Katsuki asked his 'friend.'
"Z-Zero times." Izuku answered with embarrassment. The three odds just laughed.
KB: Why can't you do it?
Fast-forward
Everyone, even the adults watched in amazement as small explosions emitted from Katsuki's hands. He had manifested his quirk.
"Wow!"
"Lucky!"
"That's so cool!"
"Wow, that's an amazing quirk!" the adult male complemented Katsuki.
"It really is!" the female adult added, "It's a flashy quirk just right for a hero. Right, Katsuki?"
KB: Oh, I see. I'm amazing. No one is amazing as I am.
Fast-forward
"You're so lucky, Kacchan." Izuku said as he followed his friend into the woods to catch bugs. "Your quirk's so cool! I hope I get mine soon, too."
"No matter what quirk you get," Kacchan replied looking back at Izuku, "you'll never beat me."
Flashback end
He's just a pebble. Katsuki said to himself as he continued to look for Izuku.
Flashback
11 years ago
"Hey, did you hear?" some kids whispered as a surprised and depressed Izuku sat on the floor, "Deku doesn't have a quirk."
"What? Really?"
"Yeah, it's called being 'quirkless.'"
"That's lame."
"Too bad for him."
"He's so weird."
"Don't worry about it, Izuku." A female adult said to comfort Izuku. Katsuki was just looking at him with a smile.
KB: You're the least amazing, Deku.
Fast-forward
"Forward march, members of the Bakugo Hero Agency!" Katsuki sang while creating explosions with his right hand, also leading the three odds and Izuku across a log. He suddenly slipped and fell into the water, eight feet below.
"Kacchan!" the three odds shouted worriedly.
"Hey, are you okay?"
"He's fine. Kacchan's real strong! See?"
The point was made when Katsuki popped out of the hollow water and shook his head.
TB: I was fine!
"Hurry up and get back up here!"
"'Kay, No problem!" Katsuki called back with a smile.
TB: Nothing was wrong!
Hearing footsteps in the water, he looked to see what it was. He got a dumbfounded look when he saw Izuku standing next to him, offering a helping hand with a worried look.
"Are you all right?" he asked in a worried tone, "Can you stand?"
He held that dumbfounded look until it morphed into a look of anger.
"It would've been bad if you had hit your head."
The anger intensified.
TB: Don't look at me with that face!
Flashback end
-it's a hero's duty to save everyone, even if it's a person that hates them.
I gave you your space…and only fought back when you invaded mine.
Stop it…! Katsuki screamed in his mind as he continued to look for Izuku, Stop looking at me like that as well! I'm…I'm better than him!
Ochaco was on the fifth floor when she finally found the bomb. Hiding behind a pillar, she saw Tenya guarding it.
Found it. She thought triumphantly, Now I just have to tell Deku and hide until he gets here.
"Bakugo is a natural at being bad," Tenya said to himself, "but that fits this training perfectly. Then I must also devote myself to being a villain. That's right. This is another trial to turn me into a man who will not bring shame to the Iida family. Become a villain! Be dyed with evil in order to become a hero! I am…extremely evil!"
He's taking this so seriously! Ochaco laughed to herself. Sadly, she alerted Iida to her presence in the room.
"Have you arrived, Uraraka?" Tenya asked, surprising Ochaco and making her come out of her hiding place, "I knew that you would come here alone the instant Bakugo ran off by himself. Your quirk allows you to make the objects you touch float. That is why I put away all the things on this floor before you arrived. Now you cannot play your little tricks. You have blundered, hero! Hahahahahahahahaha!"
"He's starting to look…" she said to herself, "like a villain...!"
"Deku!" Izuku heard in his earpiece as he waited for Bakugo. Pressing his hand to it, he answered Ochaco.
"Uraraka! How's it going?" he asked.
"Iida found me. Sorry! Right not he's slowly…"
"Where are you?"
"The middle of the fifth floor."
"Almost directly above. We probably don't have much time left, either. If we run out of time, our opponents win! Ochaco, keep Iida distracted. Once I've taken care of Bakugo, I'll come up and help."
"Okay!"
Izuku stood up, patiently waiting for Katsuki to show up. He didn't have to wait long. Hearing a sound, he looked to see the said boy standing at the far end of the hall with a frown on his face.
"They're loaded." He said in a matter of fact tone while holding his right grenade gauntleted arm.
"That can't be good for me." He answered while taking a fighting stance.
"Why aren't you using your quirk or Stand? Are you saying you can win even if you don't use them? Are you underestimating me, Deku?"
"No. If I was underestimating you, my face would already be on the floor with you as the one who put it there. I have two reasons to why I'm not using my quirk or Stand."
"Lay it out on me. I'm listening."
"First, I have no control over my quirk, yet. I'll break myself if I use it. Second, using my Stand against someone who doesn't have one is just wrong. In the past, I only used it because I didn't have a quirk. Before I got one, I made a promise to my sensei."
"Oh? What was that promise?"
"If I got a quirk…that was a big 'if'…I would only use my Stand as a last resort."
"That's a messed-up promise."
"Maybe to you, but not to me. In this situation, I'm stuck. Because of those two reasons, I can't use my quirk or my Stand. If you want me to use either…you'll have to force me too."
That last part made Katsuki growl, but then smile evilly.
"All right." He said, "I accept the challenge. By the way, with your stalking, you probably already know, but my quirk, Explosion, lets me secrete nitroglycerin-like sweat from the sweat glands in the palm of my hand and make it explode."
Izuku watched with caution as Katsuki pointed his right arm at him. He then pulled back the handle which revealed a firing pin.
"If they made this the way I asked," he continued while getting into a steady position put his left forefinger inside of the firing pin, "then these gauntlets will store the nitroglycerin inside them, and…"
"Don't tell me that's…" All Might didn't finish the thought, afraid of what the answer was. "Young Bakugo, stop! Are you trying to kill him?!"
"If I don't hit him," Katsuki replied to All Might as he pulled the firing pin with a crazed face, "he won't die!"
The explosion, that came out of the gauntlet shook the whole building. Even the observation room felt the shockwaves.
"This is supposed to be a class!" Kirishima exclaimed.
"Young man!" All Might called worriedly, "Young Midoriya!"
Katsuki had a wicked grin on his face as he saw the damage. As the smoke cleared, he saw the silhouette of Izuku. His smug look turned to shock though, when he saw the green haired boy standing straight up as if nothing happened. He was hit a bit though. The right sleeve of his trench coat was incinerated, and his hat was on the ground, burnt.
"I did not see that coming." He said aloud, "You can go ranged now. I'll have to be more careful."
"You got that right." Katsuki replied as he walked out of the smoke. His face was no longer in shock. He was grinning like a madman. "Wow. The more that's stored in these gauntlets, the stronger the blast."
Izuku saw his other gauntlet light up, showing that it was ready.
I've got to get that one off of him, somehow. He thought to himself and got into a fighting position. Katsuki stopped walking when he was ten feet away from Izuku.
"Come on, use your quirk, Deku…" he said in a threatening tone, "or your Stand. I don't care. I'll force you to surrender even at your full strength."
"Bakugo, answer me!" Tenya cried in his earpiece, "Did you do that? What in the world did you do? Explain yourself!"
This is my chance! Ochaco said to herself, seeing that Iida was occupied, and ran towards the nuke. If we retrieve the weapon, we'll win!
Tenya noticed Ochaco and started running towards her, not using his quirk.
"I won't let you, hero!" he said in the best villainy way. He was surprised to see Ochaco jump over him like an Olympic athlete. Using her quirk on herself, Ochaco was now weightless and could possibly reach the bomb.
We need to touch the weapon itself for it to count as being retrieved. She thought to herself as she flew towards it.
"She can make herself float now, too?" Tenya said with surprise. Ochaco then put her fingers together.
"Release!" she exclaimed and returned gravity on herself. Before she could touch the weapon, though, Tenya used his quirk and moved it away from her. Instead of touching the weapon, Ochaco fell to the floor and rolled to the wall, her helmet falling off in the process.
"Your quirk is not a threat if you can't touch anything." Tenya stated from the entrance next to the bomb, "I'll hold out until time runs out! Hahahahahahahahaha!"
Deku's trying so hard, though! Ochaco thought as she recovered.
"Hey, hey, what's wrong, Deku?" Katsuki asked in a taunting manner, "I didn't hit you, so you can still move, can't you? Come and get me!"
This is bad! Izuku thought to himself, With the other one loaded, my top priority will be to get it off. The time will run out before then and we'll lose. Unless…
"One second, Bakugo. I'll be right with you." Izuku said as he looked away and touched his earpiece. "Uraraka, what's the situation?"
"Deku." Ochaco replied. Katsuki was getting annoyed at seeing Izuku ignore him, again.
"Ignoring me again?" he said, standing straight up. "I can't believe him!"
"Sir, you should stop them!" Kirishima said with worry, "That Bakugo's really crazy! He's gonna kill him!"
"I can't believe I'm saying this but…" Adrian added, "I agree with Kirishima. You have to stop them!"
"No…" All Might replied calmly as he remembered Katsuki's words.
"I won't do so much damage that this fight gets stopped, but I'm gonna get close!"
"If I don't hit him, he won't die!"
Strangely enough, some part of him is still sane. The pro hero thought, I don't know if it's small minded or what, but anyway…
"Young Bakugo," he said into the mic, "the next time you use that, I'll stop the fight, and your team will lose."
"Huh?" Katsuki said with surprise, turning his attention away from Izuku.
"To attack on such a large scale inside is inviting the destruction of the stronghold you should be protecting." All Might explained, "That is a foolish plan for both heroes and villains! You will lose a lot of points for it!"
The blonde looked down and shook in anger.
As a teacher, I should stop this. However…
Katsuki yelled in anger being restricted from using his grenade attack.
"Go to the pillars by the window!" Izuku finished, standing up in the process. "Over and out!"
"Fine, then!" Katsuki exclaimed, propelling himself towards Izuku. "Let's fight it out with our fists!"
Izuku got into a stance, only fell the floor become uneven, making him go off balance. He watched as Katsuki soared towards him.
This isn't good. He thought to himself, I can't dodge it! A counterattack…watch the timing…Now!
Surprisingly, Katsuki changed his strategy. Instead of going in for a punch, he shot an explosion blinding Izuku and propelling himself behind him. Still in the air, he shot an explosion into Izuku's back. It made the desired effect burning more of his trench coat and making the mask fly off of Izuku's face. What Katsuki didn't expect though was for the green haired boy to pivot himself on his left leg and deliver a swift kick to his right cheek.
"About time he got a hit on him!" Haru exclaimed seeing Izuku kick Katsuki.
"But what was that just now?" Kirishima asked.
"He doesn't look like the type to think," Shoto Todoroki spoke up, getting the students attention. "but he's more suitable than I expected."
"What do you mean?"
"He changed his course in a blast that doubled as smoke screen and then did it again immediately."
"Getting in a clean hit while fighting against inertia requires fine lateral adjustments to the power of the explosions." Momo explained.
"He's too talented…Too talented…Ugh…" Denki commented.
"He's a stuck-up jerk! That's what he is!" Adrian said corrected, "I wish I could go in there and let him know how I feel about him!"
Kicking the podium All Might was standing on; they were surprised to hear sound coming from the monitors.
"No way!" Kirishima said, "How did you do that?!"
"I don't know."
"Here I come!" they heard see Katsuki charging at Izuku, "It's your favorite right swing!"
The attack connected with Izuku left arm making him wince. That didn't stop him, though, from grabbing Katsuki's right arm with his left and delivering a hard punch to his gut. Doubling over, the blonde didn't have a chance to recover as Izuku grabbed him by the shirt and threw him into the wall.
"Where did he learn martial arts?" Mashirao asked.
"I have no idea." Hanta replied.
"He is very skilled with his fists." Tsuyu said.
"His hand to hand combat puts him on even ground with Bakugo." Tokoyami added, "It's hard to tell who's going to win."
Katsuki was more than surprised at Izuku being able to fight back. Seeing that he was getting nowhere, he decided to use the same trick again. As predicted, Izuku swung with his right fist and Bakugo prepared to send out an explosion.
No! Not this time! Izuku exclaimed in his head and placed his left hand over his eyes, protecting them from the smoke. When he was sure Katsuki was behind him, he dropped to the floor making the explosion miss. He then did a leg sweep and sent the blonde to the ground. Standing up, started to walk towards Katsuki to use the capture tape when he felt something was missing. Look at his trench coat, a piece of the right side was burnt off and the secret pocket was missing. Looking frantically in every direction, he spotted the torn plus burnt piece of cloth on the ground. He started to run towards it until he lost his footing and fell face first on the floor. Katsuki had regained his composure and tripped Izuku. For good measure, he jumped on his back knocking the wind out of him and walked to where the pocket laid.
"What is this?" he asked as he picked it up, "What is so important about this piece of cloth, that you would turn your back to me?"
Opening it up and reaching his hand in it, he was surprised to see the locket Izuku was holding before the lesson started.
"What's in here, Deku? A recovery pill or something? An assist object so that you can beat me?"
Opening it, he was not expecting to see what was really inside.
Izuku, you idiot! Haru exclaimed in his mind at seeing the locket, Why didn't you leave it at your apartment?!
"Is that a picture?" Kyoka asked. Sure, enough as the camera zoomed in, they saw the picture clearly.
"Is that Izuku?!" Mina squealed, "He's so cute!"
"I'm guessing that's his mom." Toru added, "She's very pretty."
"She still is." Haru stated.
"Hold on. The man in the background." Kirishima said pointing towards what he was looking at, "Is that…"
"JOTARO KUJO?!" all of the students, except Haru and Adrian, screamed.
"Yes." All Might answered, "That is indeed, Jotaro Kujo. The Stand User of Star Platinum, and…the one who trained Young Midoriya to use to Stand."
"WHAT?!" they screamed again.
"No way! He was trained by Jotaro Kujo?!" Denki commented.
"The physical embodiment of manliness and power rolled into one?!" Kirishima added.
"No wonder his Stand is so strong!" Rikido exclaimed.
"If Kujo is the one who trained him," Todoroki said, "why isn't he here to see his student learn to be a hero?"
"That…is a sad story, I'm afraid." All Might warned before continuing to speak, "Besides being a Stand User, Kujo was also a marine biologist. After Midoriya had completed his training at thirteen, Kujo left on an expedition to study some aquatic life. Perhaps you would remember the ship known as the Flying Dutchman."
"Oh yeah!" Mineta exclaimed, "It was all over the news! The ship got destroyed by unknown means. When the heroes showed up, there were…no…survivors."
Everyone got quiet.
"Poor Midori." Mina said in a sad voice.
"He must've been very close to Kujo." Tsuyu added.
"You have no idea." Haru stated, "Jotaro Kujo was a father figure to Izuku. Our friend took his death very hard. Didn't speak to us for a week, he was that upset. That locket holds the only picture he has of Kujo. He never lets it out of his sight."
"I wonder how Bakugo is going to react," Koji said, "seeing that it's probably not what he expected."
Everyone watched in a tense silence at what Katsuki would do.
"You're kidding me, right?" Katsuki said in an annoyed tone, "You were willing to turn you back to me in order to get a picture back? Are you serious, Deku?"
Izuku tried to stand up but was having trouble with the wind knocked out of him. He only managed to get on his hand and knees, looking up at Katsuki with pleading eyes. Eyes that were practically begging him not to do anything that he wouldn't damage the locket.
"I'm even more insulted than before."
Closing his fist around the locket, Izuku watched in horror as a small explosion accord inside of him fist. Katsuki opened his hand and Izuku tearfully watched as the remnants of his most prized possession, broken and burnt, fall to the floor. His head fell and sobbing was heard as tears fell to the floor.
"BAKUGO! YOU NO GOOD, SON OF A- "whatever Adrian was going to say was stopped, as Hanta used his tape to cover his mouth. Everyone was stunned at seeing what Katsuki did.
"That's low." Denki commented.
"Super unmanly." Kirishima added.
"Even if I were that angry at someone," Tokoyami said, "I would never do something like that."
"Bakugo…" Haru said quietly shaking in anger, "When you get of that area, I'm going to give you a piece of mind and fist. All Might or no All Might, you're going to get hurt."
"Poor Midori." Mina said with tears in her eyes, "To be stripped of the one thing that he had left of his father figure."
"Bakugo has taken this too far." Momo added.
"Bakugo, what is going on?" Tenya asked through his earpiece.
"One second, four eyes." Katsuki replied, "Need to finish what I started. I just destroyed Deku's little trinket."
"Trinket? What trinket?"
Trinket…Izuku's locket?! Ochaco figured out, No…he didn't.
"You're below me." Katsuki said as he walked up to Izuku, "You let your guard down for a stupid picture. I don't know what's more infuriating. You getting accepted into U.A. or taking me lightly and losing over a little trinket with a picture inside."
He stopped right in front of the sobbing Izuku. He then raised his right hand up to Izuku's head. Small explosions started to emit from that hand.
"You don't deserve your quirk or to be in U.A."
Hearing that, Izuku stopped sobbing and no more tears continued to fall.
(AN: Triggered)
"I was going to say the same thing to you…Katsuki." He replied in a cold tone making the blonde freeze with shock and fear written all over his face.
Everyone in the observation room was shocked to that tone of voice in Izuku. He always spoke in a polite and goofy manner. This…this wasn't something they were expecting. Even Haru and Adrian were shocked. They've never seen this side of him before.
"He never calls Bakugo by his first name." Adrian said with worry after removing the tape from his mouth, "Haru, any thoughts?"
"Only one." Haru answered with a hint of fear in his voice, "Bakugo took it too far, and Izuku has finally had enough."
"Wait, you mean…you've never heard him talk like that before?" Mineta asked worriedly. Both boys just shook their heads.
I'm worried at how this is going to end. All Might thought to himself, watching the screens with uncertainty.
What's wrong with me? Katsuki screamed in his head while his whole body shivered, He's right there, at my mercy, but I can't do anything. Why am I shivering? I'm not cold. Am I shivering out of…fear?
Izuku slowly stood up, putting his left hand on Katsuki's right gauntlet. His head was still down, so no one could see his face. When he looked up though, it was the same stone-cold glare that he gave Katsuki at both their old school and the P.E. track in U.A. Right there and then, Katsuki knew the answer for his shivering. He was truly afraid.
"Katsuki…" he said again looking at him dead in the eyes, "you just got your third strike!"
He threw a punch at Katsuki that connected with his chest. Now it was the blondes turn to have the wind knocked out of him. He wasn't finished with him though. Izuku pinned Katsuki to the wall and started wailing on him. He felt every punch, every kick. This lasted for eleven seconds and then Izuku punched him square in the jaw and threw him into another wall. Katsuki fell to the floor, the wind knocked out of him as he tried to stand.
"What I just did to you…" Izuku said in that cold tone, "the beating I just gave you…is all of the anger that I've kept under wraps for the past eleven years. I made you feel how I felt in eleven seconds. Weak, defenseless…useless. Every one of those emotions in each of my punches and kicks."
Katsuki started to get up, not wanting to lose to Izuku but it was proving difficult.
"I admired you when we were little. Even when you got your quirk and you began to ignore me; I still saw you as my friend. All I ever wanted was for us to stay friends! Quirk or no quirk! Why do you hate me for that?!"
"I don't hate you…for being quirkless." Katsuki said as he began to stand up, "I hate the looks you shot at me…the ones full of concern. Did you enjoy it? Looking down on me all that time?!"
That caught Izuku by surprise.
"All this time you had a quirk! You never used it! Was it fun for you?! Looking down on me that whole time while I made a fool of myself?! Do you think you can just- "?
"WAKE UP!" That made Katsuki shut his mouth. "You're so blinded by your own pride that you can't even see the truth right in front of you. I never looked down on you. A small part of me still admires you, even though you're such a jerk. I just want you to see that you're not on top of the world! That there will always be someone better than you!"
Katsuki had finally stood up and was ready to finish what he started. He crouched down getting ready to launch. Izuku prepared to dash towards him. Both then charged at full speed. Katsuki readied his right hand with an explosion while Izuku charged up his right arm with One for All.
Everyone saw and heard the whole thing and were shocked. None more shocked than Haru, Adrian and All Might. They were brought out of their thoughts though when they saw both boys charge at each other.
"I said this looks bad!" Kirishima said getting All Might's attention, "Sir!"
All Might desperately wanted both boys to finish their fight, for Izuku to get more experience and learn the meaning of being a hero. Sadly, Kirishima was right. It was looking and both boys had plans to seriously injure the other.
"Both of you, st- "
"Let's go, Uraraka!" That surprised All Might to look up and see Ochaco grab onto one of the pillars.
It's time you learned the hard way, Izuku shouted in his mind while charging towards Katsuki, not everything goes the way you want it to go!
"DETROIT…SMASH!" he yelled and threw his punch upward. Using his left arm, he grabbed Katsuki's hand and pivoted his explosion into the floor. The force of the punch caused the groundwork of the upper floors to break a hole upward all the way to the roof.
On the fifth floor, Tenya was desperately holding onto the bomb so that he wouldn't fly away. He was shocked to see Ochaco holding up a broken pillar like it weighed nothing.
"What the- "he exclaimed and realized she was using her quirk on the pillar.
"Sorry, Iida!" she apologized, "Improved special move, Comet Home Run!"
Ochaco then swung the pillar and it hit some debris sending it towards Tenya.
"You call that a home run?!" he shouted out of fear. He crossed his arms over his face, hoping none of the debris would hit him. In doing so, Ochaco was able to use her quirk on herself and flung herself towards the weapon.
"Release!" she exclaimed, deactivating her quirk and grabbing onto the bomb. "Retrieved!"
"No…! THE WEAPON!"
Three stories below, Katsuki heard the echo of Tenya's voice. He knew without a doubt, the bomb had been retrieved by Izuku's partner.
"You planned this…didn't you?!" he asked Izuku who was still holding down his right arm with his left. His own right arm, though, was swollen and in need of medical attention.
He wasn't kidding about something being broken! Katsuki though in his mind.
"Bakugo…" Izuku called in his normal tone, though, he sounded tired. "I finally beat you…in a fair fight. I still remember the game you forced me to play before I fought back, King of the Hill. I was the court jester, the joker who was made to look like a fool. You were the king and challenged anyone with a quirk to come and defeat you. If they defeated you, they got to be king and say three words, any words to the loser.
"I distinctly remembered what you said to almost all of the losers. 'Farwell, you losers.' 'Don't come back.' 'Maybe next time.' Well guess what…I've won…now I get to say three words to you, your majesty. You've…been…dethroned."
Katsuki had a look of shock on his face. He was beaten by Izuku Midoriya, the last person he expected to ever come and challenge him. Having said what he wanted to say, Izuku lost consciousness and fell to the floor. Katsuki was in so much shock, he didn't even pay attention when All Might spoke through the speaker.
"Hero team wins!"