Bakugo held onto Midoriya as Ladybug took care of his Miraculous. He checked on him, and he was knocked out cold. Sweat beaded down his face as he was breathing in pretty heavily. Bakugo could tell he wasn't getting up anytime soon. Class 1-A were all gathering around them, worried about both Bakugo and Midoriya.
"Deku! Is he okay?!" Uraraka cried out with tears under her eyes.
"Yeah. He's just... really tired," Bakugo said to them, "That Miraculous really took a lot out of him."
"Well, that wasn't so bad," Ladybug said to the Miraculous, "Cat Noir, will you do the honors?"
Before she could get Cat Noir to use his cataclysm on it, the Miraculous began to shake and tug away from Ladybug. She held onto it as if it was being pulled back by something.
It was trying to go back to Midoriya.
"No way! I'm not letting you go back to Izuku!" Ladybug cried out, "I've got to de-evilize you!"
Suddenly, the Miraculous started glowing very brightly and caught everyone's attention. She noticed a black tendril starting to come out of the Miraculous, and she almost dropped it because it freaked her out. The black tendril launched towards Midoriya, but EraserHead used his quirk to stop it.
"Shell-ter!" Carapace cried out.
The green force field formed all around them, keeping them safe from the Miraculous.
"This will keep Izuku safe," Carapace said to them, "Ladybug and Cat Noir will take care of it."
The black tendril hit the force field, creating a crack around it. Carapace tried to hold it back by raising his hands up towards the crack.
"Wow! This thing is strong," Carapace said as he tried to keep it from getting to Midoriya.
Ladybug tried to hold it in her tight grip, but it started to burn her and she let go of it. The Miraculous hit the force field and was trying to get on the other side. Carapace tried to keep the force field up, but it was starting to burn through it. Todoroki saw what it was doing and froze a block of ice in its place.
"We're not going to be able to stop this thing for that long," Todoroki said to them, "We've gotta get Midoriya out of here!"
Bakugo tried to pick him up, but then the shield broke from the Miraculous. They all noticed the Miraculous start to melt the ice. Todoroki got ready for it and formed even more ice all around it. Even Ashido stood by his side, hoping she could damage it in some way to stop it.
"This Miraculous is pretty stubborn!" Ashido said a little annoyed.
Midoriya stirred up and began to wake up. He found himself lying down on Bakugo's lap. He sat upright with a jolt and looked around frantically.
"Deku!" Uraraka cried out as she gave him a hug, "You're awake!"
"Wha-What happened...?" Midoriya asked them.
"One for All got akumatized. Nothing that we can't handle," Bakugo said to him.
Midoriya noticed right away how different Bakugo looked. Then he spotted his Miraculous around his finger.
The Miraculous suddenly broke through the ice and went straight for Midoriya. He shielded himself as the Miraculous pushed against him. The black tendrils began to emerge out of the Miraculous. Bakugo quickly grabbed it and tried to use his quirk on it, but that just made it angry. The tendrils then went after Bakugo and wrapped around his arm.
"Get off of me you cheap piece of jewelry!" Bakugo yelled at it as he swung his arm around.
Then Midoriya noticed something flickering in Bakugo's eyes. His eyes grew when he spotted it right away. Some of their friends were trying to get it off of him, but with no luck. Ashido was about to shoot acid at it, but then a black tendril got her to back off.
Ladybug and Cat Noir hopped down off of the building and ran over to them. They spotted Midoriya's Miraculous attaching onto Bakugo's arm.
"Katsuki, hold still," Cat Noir said to him as he held out his cataclysm.
Before Cat Noir could touch it, Bakugo grabbed him by the wrist.
"What? Katsuki, what're you doing? I'm trying to help you," Cat Noir asked him.
Cat Noir tried to pull out of his grip, but could only feel an explosion erupt from it. Ladybug and Midoriya were stunned to see him do that to Cat Noir as he let out a cry. The burning sensation made Cat Noir keel over in pain.
"Katsuki, what's wrong with you?!" Ladybug cried out.
"It's not Kacchan! It's One for All!" Midoriya cried back, and then turned to Bakugo, "Kacchan, you've gotta snap out of it!"
Class 1-A and Ladybug's teammates stepped back when they realized that it wasn't him right now. Midoriya was the only one that stayed by his side to shake him out of it. Bakugo slowly looked up, and Midoriya froze in place. His eyes were the same shimmering color as his Miraculous.
"Izuku Midoriya, you don't deserve One for All!" Miraculous Crusher cried out.
Miraculous Crusher swung an explosive punch towards Midoriya, but Uraraka quickly grabbed his wrist. She was able to flip him over and landed on the ground. He hit it pretty hard, and the Miraculous launched the black tendrils at Uraraka. It wrapped around her forearm, and she felt a weird sensation come over her.
"Ochaco...?" Midoriya said as he walked up closer to her.
Uraraka whipped around to face him with the same shimmering eyes as Bakugo. Midoriya couldn't stand that look in her eyes, but she suddenly rushed at him with her quirk activated.
"You're just a quirkless loser, Deku!" Uraraka cried out as she tried to make him float.
At this point, Class 1-A and Ladybug's teammates were trying to stop the Miraculous from going from person to person. They were able to grab Uraraka, but then the Miraculous tried to go after Iida. Ladybug pushed him out of the way, and Cat Noir went after it.
"Hold still, One for All! Miraculous Crusher! Whatever you're called!" Cat Noir cried out.
Midoriya's Miraculous circled back around and went after Midoriya. Everyone was worried about Bakugo and Uraraka that no one was expecting it.
"Izuku, watch out!" Cat Noir cried out.
Midoriya whipped around and found the Miraculous heading straight for him. He wasn't even scared of it anymore. If anything, he was annoyed and pissed off at One for All. His teeth were clenching as his fists tightened to face it head on. Uraraka noticed right away and cried out to stay away from it.
"One for All, there's nothing you can say that will scare me," Midoriya said to the Miraculous.
The Miraculous began to glow brightly as black tendrils came out of it. Cat Noir stood close by just in case Midoriya needed him for anything. His eyes never left his Miraculous as it launched right at him. Midoriya felt something start to come over him and through his fist. He ran at it with his fist raised up high. Bakugo began to notice that his fist was shimmering just like his Miraculous.
Once he made impact with it, green sparks came out of it. A strong wave came out of his punch, causing everyone to hold on. The punch had caused black tendrils to be blown backwards and couldn't grab onto him. Green sparks came out of the impact, causing the Miraculous to collapse onto the ground.
Once the strong wind died down, Midoriya walked up to it. It stayed on the ground, not going after him anymore. He was about to pick it up, but Cat Noir stopped him.
"Wait! I've gotta cataclysm it to get the akuma out," Cat Noir explained to him, "It's the only way. Miraculous are unbreakable."
Midoriya understood and knew that Ladybug's superpower would repair it. He just hoped One for All will be okay after everything that happened. He handed the Miraculous to Cat Noir, and he touched it with his cataclysm. It crumbled to pieces, shocking Midoriya for a moment there. He kept reminding himself that his Miraculous will be fine. Even Bakugo was worried for him. The akuma flew out of it, and Ladybug felt like she could relax again.
She swung her yo-yo around, ready to capture it.
"No more evil doing for you, little akuma," Ladybug said to it, "Time to de-evilize!"
She captured the akuma with her yo-yo successfully.
"Gotcha!"
Then she set it free, giving Midoriya a relaxing and calming feeling.
"Bye, bye little butterfly."
Ladybug grabbed the roll of duct tape and threw it in the air.
"Miraculous Ladybug!"
The roll of duct tape turned into a swarm of magic ladybugs and swirled all around her teammates. They repaired all of the damage that Miraculous Crusher had caused. They even circled around Midoriya and his Miraculous. His Miraculous was repaired and polished, good as new which gave him a lot of comfort. Once the magic ladybugs were done, they flew off into the clear blue sky.
"Pound it!" Ladybug and Cat Noir said as they fist bumped together.
Midoriya smiled and soon felt himself collapse onto the ground. Even Bakugo felt a little off still from Chrysalis taking his quirk.
"Midoriya!" Class 1-A cried out as they ran over to their friends.
Ladybug ran up to him to check how he was doing. He was still heavy breathing and sweating a little.
"He's exhausted. Even the magic ladybugs can't repair whatever One for All has caused to him," Ladybug explained, "I can't imagine how he must feel right now."
Uraraka moved his green, bushy hair out of his face. She realized that he must've been fighting him the whole time Miraculous Crusher was taking over, even when they didn't realize it. EraserHead stepped up and carried Midoriya on his back.
"Are you okay, man?" Kirishima asked Bakugo, trying to reach down to help him up.
Bakugo locked onto him and remembered some things Midoriya and him had said in the lair. Kirishima's smile seemed to hit him differently, and he gave him a smirk. He grabbed his hand, and Kirishima helped him up. Bakugo might've stumbled a little, but he stood up with his friend's help.
"Yeah. I'm fine," Bakugo said back as he stretched his neck, "Just... feel a bit off."
Kirishima looked down at his Miraculous and then back at his friend. He couldn't imagine how that must've felt, especially for someone like Bakugo. His quirk was very special to him and really wished he could do something to show that he cared.
"I like your new hero costume, man. It suits you," Kirishima commented to him.
"Huh? Oh... yeah," Bakugo said, forgetting what just happened a few minutes ago.
He looked down at his outfit and could tell that it looked slightly different from his original one.
Bakugo had a black spandex suit on with an orange 'X' across his chest. There was a big, black collar coming out of his suit. He even had a hoodie like Midoriya's except hung down his back. He wore some armor under the spandex suit and even had a bulky belt carrying a couple of grenades. The gloves were more machine like than actual gloves. The gloves were orange around his palms, showing off where the explosions come out of. There was also green all around the rest of his arms. The gauntlets he always wore were replaced with something less bulky and flashy and more machine like. A couple of tubes went from his elbows to his wrists with ammo hooked up to it. His black and orange boots were big and bulky like always.
His mask was black with an orange outline along the edges, making his red eyes stand out even more. No spikes in his hair in sight.
"Wow, Bakugo! He's right. Your costume is pretty rockin," Jirou commented.
"It's so cool!" Ashido squealed, "Your gauntlets are so much better than those huge ones you carried all the time."
Bakugo looked at his gauntlets and was surprised to notice that they weren't heavy like the others were. If anything, they were much lighter than they appeared. Even when he moved it around, it felt much more flexible than he thought it'd be.
A smirk formed across his face, starting to like this new upgrade.
"Now I can't wait to try this during hero training," Bakugo said.
Kirishima and his friends were so happy to see him smiling again. It was rare to see him like this.
All of a sudden, the wind picked up all around them and spotted HawkMoth flying overhead while holding Chrysalis under her arms.
"I'm surprised that all of you got out of that mostly unscathed," Chrysalis said to them, then looked down at Midoriya on EraserHead's back, "Almost."
Uraraka stared daggers at Chrysalis and was about to activate her quirk on herself. All she could think about was getting that unfinished Miraculous away from her. She ran after her while her friends and Ladybug's teammates called out to her to stop. Uraraka activated it on herself and leaped in the air. Chrysalis kept her sly smile on her face the whole time as Uraraka floated her way towards them.
She made it and grabbed onto Chrysalis's collar. Her eyes were full of rage as she clenched her fists in anger.
"Chrysalis... You've done enough damage here! Deku has collapsed, Bakugo has lost his quirk because of you!"
Uraraka's eyes drifted down to the Miraculous that Chrysalis had in possession.
"And now you have something that belongs to me!"
Chrysalis grabbed her wrist before she could touch it. As soon as she touched her however, she felt something come over her quirk. Uraraka could feel herself slip out of her grip and head back down to the ground. She tried to grab onto HawkMoth, but she felt like she had accidentally turned her quirk off.
"I don't think so," Chrysalis growled at her.
Before any of them could go after her however, the wind picked up again and they were gone.
"Uraraka!" Class 1-A cried out.
Bakugo quickly used his ammo to launch towards Uraraka and caught her just in time. Uraraka opened her eyes to see Bakugo holding her.
"I figured that I owed you one," Bakugo said to her with a smirk on his face.
A blush formed on her face from embarrassment and got out of his arms. She looked back up and to see no Chrysalis or HawkMoth in sight. Clenching her fists, she felt so pissed off for Chrysalis to play around with her like this. Bakugo noticed how angry she looked and couldn't remember a time when she looked this angry.
"Uraraka?" Bakugo said to her, "Did something happen with Caterpillar?"
Uraraka turned to him, noticing how different he looked with his Miraculous on. All she could think about was her unfinished Miraculous that Chrysalis now had.
"Yeah. She has my unfinished Miraculous. She actually..."
Bakugo could tell that she was having a hard time telling him what happened. He still couldn't get over what happened with his, but hers was different. She didn't take her quirk, at least not like his.
"She actually turned off my quirk with it."
Bakugo's eyes widened, shocked to hear her say that. It was weird that something like that would be able to turn it off and yet, it made sense. It was her quirk after all in the Miraculous. Bakugo felt like he really needed to help her out with this. They were both in this together, so he was going to help her get it back.
Bakugo wanted to place his hand on her shoulder, but felt awkward doing so. He had never been friends with someone like this, so it was a little awkward for him. He hesitated and inconspicuously let his hand fall to his side.
"We'll get it back from her. I promise," Bakugo said to her, "If anything, I'm just glad that she didn't take your quirk as well."
Uraraka smiled at him, really happy to have him as a friend again. They stood there awkwardly, not sure how to deal with the silence between them.
"Umm... Bakugo. Sorry about what happened in the school," Uraraka said to him with sad eyes.
Bakugo was surprised to hear her even mention that. He thought she wouldn't want to talk about that at all.
"If it wasn't for me trying to find a way to stop Chrysalis from getting to Japan, then you wouldn't have gotten your quirk..."
Uraraka trailed off when it got hard to even talk about it in front of him. She couldn't even look him in the eye while saying it. It was silent for quite a while, and Uraraka worried that she might've ruined things between them.
"I don't blame you, you know."
Uraraka looked up, surprised to hear him say that. Bakugo had this look on his face that told her she didn't have to worry about him.
"This wasn't your fault. If anything, you're just trying to help everyone get home safely," Bakugo said to her, "Just maybe don't hide an akuma in the school next time."
Uraraka rubbed her head in embarrassment and felt like she could finally relax a little.
"Of course. I wouldn't want you to get akumatized again," Uraraka teased as she nudged him with her elbow.
Bakugo chuckled at her and awkwardly ruffled her hair, making her rosy cheeks even rosier. They both walked over to their class and Ladybug and her teammates. Queen Bee spotted him, and her eyes sparkled seeing his brand new hero costume.
"Katsuki! You look so hot in your hero costume!" Queen Bee cried out as she threw herself at him.
He caught her without meaning to and everyone stared at them with speechless looks on their faces. His cheeks turned bright red when he noticed his hands were around her waist while everyone was watching. Bakugo wanted to pull away, but Queen Bee's eyes sparkled so much that he didn't know what to do.
"We should go on another date soon! You should totally go in that hero costume of yours," Queen Bee said to him.
She stepped away from him and grabbed his hand. Bakugo didn't even yank his hand out of hers as everyone watched them walk away together. Even Class 1-A couldn't believe what they were seeing. As headed back to the school, no one could look away from them. Soon enough, Bakugo let go of her hand, but he still walked by her side.
Even Kirishima and Uraraka were surprised to see him walking by Queen Bee with no trouble at all.
"I wonder if they went on a date during Valentine's Day," Ashido whispered to Uraraka and Kirishima.
Uraraka and Kirishima shared a look and could see that they definitely hung out together at least. If anything, they were at least glad that Queen Bee got through to him. He's been a lot better with his friends since then. They both did wonder if this affected if he might stay or not. Whatever he decided, they just wanted him to be happy.
Soon enough, they all ended up bumping into Luka again. He was worried about Midoriya and wanted to walk back to the school with them. Ladybug was a little hesitant at first, but Cat Noir said to her that he can be trusted. She smiled and let Luka come with them.
Uraraka walked beside EraserHead who was carrying Midoriya on his back. He hadn't woken up yet. The Miraculous was around his belt, just dangling there as if it never did anything to him.
She just hoped he was feeling okay once they got back to the school.
"Please be okay, Deku..."
Another amazing chapter!
I actually had a lot of fun writing this one! Bakugo finally has an upgrade! Also, I just wanted to point out that there are going to be differences between Bakugo's Miraculous and Midoriya's Miraculous. Just the way it wore out Bakugo taking his quirk from him, that will be something in the next few chapters. One for All wasn't Midoriya's quirk, and Bakugo was born with his, so that will come into play somehow.
Chrysalis has Uraraka's Miraculous! It's unfinished, and she was able to turn off her quirk! Ooh!
Again, I'm absolutely adoring Uraraka and Bakugo as friends so much! I think it's just adorable!
Queen Bee and Bakugo are starting to grow on me a little. I think it works when she's less obnoxious and more of the Season 2 Chloe if anything. Maybe even better since she's starting to open up more.
What's going to happen next??
More to come soon!
