Another day of classes ended, and this time, Deku was in a hurry to catch up to someone:

"Kacchan! Kirishima!"

Kacchan and Kirishima turned around.

"What's up, Deku?" asked Kacchan.

"So, Shoko and I are going to a Judas Priest concert later this month, and we were wondering if you'd like to come along."

Kacchan shrugged. "Never heard of 'em."

Todoroki, Deku and Kirishima let out simultaneous gasps of shock.

"YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF JUDAS PRIEST!?" exclaimed Deku and Todoroki at the same time.

Kacchan crossed his arms. "All right, why the crap are you two actin' like I joined the Paranormal Liberation Front?"

Kirishima put a hand on Kacchan's shoulder. "Judas Priest is one of the best metal bands of all time, brother! They even got one of the best lead singers: Rob Halford!"

Kacchan raised an eyebrow. "If they're so great, then how come I've never heard of 'em?"

"Maybe you just missed out!" said Deku.

"Then they can't be that great, can they?"

Todoroki smiled. "Believe me, Bakugo, you'd love them!"

"I'd love to believe ya, Todoroki, but at the same time, I feel like this concert would be a waste of my time."

"Then let me sweeten the deal: if you go to this concert with us, I'll give you a relaxing massage!"

Kacchan blushed at the thought of a girl as beautiful as Todoroki rubbing her hands all over him, and Kirishima took notice:

"What's wrong, brother? It's just a massage! It doesn't have to be weird! Besides, Midoriya let her give me a massage once and I felt much better afterwards!"

Kacchan looked at Kirishima's smiling face, and then over at Todoroki, who was equally radiant with her smile. He sighed.

"All right, I'll go to the concert."

"AWESOME!" said Deku, Todoroki and Kirishima at the same time.

"Just know this, Todoroki…"

"Yes?"

"If the concert sucks, I'm gonna punch ya."

Todoroki smirked. "Go ahead. I'd enjoy it."

Kacchan gave her a weird look.

Later on in the month, Deku, Kacchan, Todoroki and Kirishima were headed off to the Musutafu Civic Arena, where the concert was being held. Deku, Todoroki and Kirishima wore their usual concert wear, while Kacchan wore a Venom Black Metal T-shirt and a spiked leather collar. Also attending the concert were two other familiar faces:

"Hey Kaminari! Hey Jiro!" Todoroki waved at them.

"Hey Todoroki!" said Kaminari and Jiro.

"Kaminari, I remember Kirishima saying that you couldn't make the Anvil concert the last time," said Deku. "Any particular reason?"

"I had a little family emergency. I felt sad that I couldn't go because 1. I was looking forward to hanging out with Todoroki, and 2. I love hanging out with Jiro. Seriously, she's my favorite girl!"

"Awww!" Jiro wrapped an arm around Kaminari.

Todoroki clasped her hands together. "You two look so cute together! May I get a picture of you?"

"Sure!" said Kaminari and Jiro.

Kaminari and Jiro wrapped an arm around each other, and Todoroki took their picture.

"Hey, I'm happy for you two and all, but let's quit screwin' around, huh?" said Kacchan. "I wanna see what Judas Priest can do."

Todoroki ruffled Kacchan's hair. "Oh Bakugo, you're so silly!"

Soon enough, everyone took their seats, and the MC announced the opening act:

"All right, Musutafu, are you ready to rock!?"

The crowd cheered.

"I said, are you ready to rock!?"

The crowd cheered louder this time.

"Come on, let's make some noise!"

The crowd cheered even louder.

"That's what I like to hear! All right, give it up for our opening act, straight from Los Angeles, California, it's White Wizzard!"

White Wizzard kicked off their set with the song "Over the Top", which the audience seemed to enjoy. Other songs in their set included "High Speed GTO", "Iron Goddess of Vengeance" and "40 Deuces", which also got a positive response from the audience, though Kacchan seemed rather indifferent to them. After their set was done, it was time for the main course:

"Ladies, gentlemen, and people of alternate gender identities, here's the band you've all been waiting for. From Birmingham, England, give it up for…JUDAS PRIEST!"

The metal gods themselves kicked off their set with "The Hellion + Electric Eye", from their hit 1982 album Screaming For Vengeance. This may only have been the first song, but it really brought the house down. Even Kacchan couldn't help but headbang to it. After the song, once the applause had died down, lead singer Rob Halford thanked everybody for coming out tonight and told them how much he enjoyed being in Japan, reminiscing about the band's 1979 live album Unleashed In the East: Live In Japan. Judas Priest's set consisted of fan favorites such as "You've Got Another Thing Comin'", "Heading Out to the Highway" and "Living After Midnight", plus deeper cuts such as "Prelude + Tyrant", "Diamonds and Rust" and "The Sentinel" and newer songs such as "Firepower", "Never the Heroes" and "Halls of Valhalla". During the performance of their 1980 hit "Breaking the Law", Rob Halford literally turned the mic over to the audience so that they could sing the song, and perhaps nobody's singing was more emphatic than Deku and Todoroki's. Kacchan was confused as to why everybody else was singing the song, and not knowing the lyrics, he just "na na na'd" along to them, except during the refrain, when he actually sang the song's title.

After the concert, much to everyone's surprise, Kacchan had nothing but good things to say about Judas Priest:

"OK, that was much better than I thought it was gonna be! I'm usually into death metal, black metal and stuff, but those guys rocked! Granted, the opening act sucked, but hey, I had a good time!"

"Glad to hear it, brother!" said Kirishima. "Glad we could open your mind to new forms of metal, too!"

"I mean, metal doesn't have to sound like Cookie Monster on crack to be awesome!" said Jiro.

Kaminari burst out laughing.

"WHAT DID YA SAY!?" yelled Kacchan.

Jiro burst out laughing as well, much to Kacchan's annoyance:

"WHAT THE CRAP!? IT'S NOT FUNNY!"

Even Deku and Todoroki couldn't help but laugh. Kacchan clutched his hands over his ears.

"I HATE THIS."

Even if he was the butt of his friends' jokes tonight, Kacchan would later look back on this concert as one of his fondest memories. Deku and Todoroki were happy for Kacchan as well.

Criticism is gold. Negativity and nitpicking are pyrite.