Conviction Arc 3 - Chapter 17: Rage of the Bunny
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Genaric Name: That she is! Someone get her some water!
NinjaFang1331: Thank you and I hope you enjoy today's chapter because things are going to get juicier!
s8363417: Thank you and here's more, and you'll just have to watch to see if the fight ends in a tie.
RocknRoll7575: Right you are my friend! The fight between Izuku and Bakugou is not going to be easy and I'm glad you picked up on where that scene with Ibara was based on!
Chronolocked: Oh he does, after all, Gutz literally scares anyone who sees him, Izuku is the same because of his pure anger and hatred and bloodlust to kill anything that stands in his way.
Harleking31: No worries, I can understand why a lot of people are not afraid of the bunny XD, however, if I could turn this into a fan-comic, I would make the bunny look freaking horrifying yet nasty as if it had rabies.
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Gutz swung at Toga, but she flew over him, avoiding his attack and landing right behind him, he turned around quickly to swing at her again, but when he looked at her, he could see flames growing in her mouth and he quickly jumped out of the way as she shot out a jet of fire at where he once stood. He quickly got back up and swung down in Toga, but she jumped up into the air and flew around for a few moments before landing in front of the older man.
Guts looked at her, a bit angry due to the fact that he already had to deal with the Nomu they brought with them and now he had to deal with her. "Why are you here? Himiko Toga?" Gutz asked her.
Toga giggled, "You already know, Doggie," she said with a smile.
Gutz looked at her, "You're after New Order," he told her, "You want to give it to the fifth,"
Toga once again giggled, "You're good, but you only got half of that right," She told him.
Hearing this, Gutz was now worried that not only were they planning to steal one of the most powerful quirks known to mankind, a quirk that defied everything they knew about quirks, but they were also here for something else, but the question was what, what else was in the US that they wanted?
"What else are you after?" Gutz asked sternly.
Toga looked at him with a sinister smile and crazed eyes. "We're not after anything else, New order is our goal, however, in the grand scheme of our plans, New order is just the first step in what we hope to achieve!" She said with glee.
Gutz glared at her, "And what would that be?" he asked, "What do you hope to achieve through the fifth?"
Toga's smile widened and she began to giggle, before stopping and looking at the older man, "Japan," Toga said.
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Izuku was blasted in the back and stumbled forward, and Bakugou landed back on the arena and quickly turned around but Izuku beat him to it once the blonde turned, he was struck in the side by the flat end of Izuku's sword sending him back, and as Bakugou was thrown back, Izuku quickly pulled out one of his bombs and scrapped it across the ground, liting it and threw it at his old friend, however, Bakugou quickly regained himself and blasted up into the sky, avoiding the explosion.
Once in the air, Bakugou looked down at Izuku and sent an explosion down at him, but Izuku pushes used Apollyon as a shield and took the attack, but it still rattled him. Bakugou landed again and Izuku quickly rushed at him, but Bakugou sent more small explosions at him, however, Izuku continued to use his sword as a shield to block his attacks, and once he got in close, he swung at the blonde multiple times, but the 1-A student dodged them, and after once swing from Izuku, Bakugou jumped over the blade and his hand glowed brightly and Izuku saw this and his eyes widened and he quickly raised his sword to block, but Bakugou already released the explosion, blowing Izuku away.
The crowd cheered as they watch Izuku slowly be beaten by Bakugou.
[WHAT AN AMAZING FIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!] Mic yelled [DESPITE THE SHEER BEATING BAKUGOU IS GIVING, MIDORIYA IS NOT GIVING UP!]
Izuku slowly got up and looked over to Bakugou, who was smiling sinisterly like he had a million times in the past when facing the Quirkless boy.
Izuku hated that smile.
It reminded him of when he was weak, when he was useless when he was still just... Deku.
Bakugou could only hear the cheers for him, people pleading and begging him to eliminate Izuku and win the sports festival, it felt good. It felt as if everything he believed in was true, that he was the best, he was the strongest, he was going to win, and that the boy in front of him, the Quirkless runt who the world did not care about, had no value, had nothing to offer the world, no matter how hard he fought.
Izuku Midoriya would always be Deku in his eyes.
"Do you hear all the heroes up there Deku?" Bakugou asked, "They're singing my praises, they want me to get rid of you! Do you know why!?" Bakugou asked again.
Izuku didn't answer, simply glaring at his old friend.
"Because you don't belong here!" Bakugou declared, "Give up, Deku! You have no place here amongst us born with Quirks! We were born for this! Look around you! There are no heroes here you even like your sorry ass! Not even All-Might! They don't cheer for you! No one loves you! And no one here will ever love a Quirkless freak like you! You can't be a hero! As a matter of fact, everyone here sees you as the villain!"
Izuku simply stood there still glaring and seemingly unfazed by the hurtful words Bakugou was spewing.
Seeing this, Bakugou continued, hoping to get under the skin of his opponent, because he didn't care how he looked at this point, he just wanted to win, no matter what.
"You have no one here who loves and supports you! You're alone! No friends! No father! No mother! Because they're all dead!" Bakugou cried aloud.
Hearing this seemed to make Izuku surprised as his eyes widened in shock, and the audience and many other's in the stands quickly grew quiet.
Bakugou only cared for Izuku's reaction, and when he saw the shock on the other boy's face, he knew he had something and he smiled. "Are you forgetting how close our moms were? Of course, I heard about Aunty Inko's death! I heard about what happened to you!" Bakugou cried. "Your mom and all your little friends were torn to shreds during that Eclipse event!"
Once everyone heard that, all eyes looked to the forest-haired boy, and whispers began to spread all across the stadium, wondering if what was being said was true, that the boy that had booed and judged, had survived such a hell that happened on that day.
"It must have been terrible for them," Bakugou said, "They were being killed and what did you do!? Hide and save you're own skin!? Cry and wait until it was all over!? You did! BECAUSE YOU'RE WEAK AND USELESS! YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A DAMN DEKU!"
Something inside of Izuku snapped, everything about that day came surging forward, the deaths of his friends, how they were torn to shreds, ripped apart by Nomu on the orders of the sickest villains in the world, how Monoma betrayed him and Toru, the state of Toru's mind afterward, and worst of all, the fact that a day after he found out about Toru's condition, he learned of his mother's demise. She was in the area still when she dropped him off, and she was stuck inside that hell with him, but the worse part was that there was not even a body to recover. Just a pile of bloody clothes.
Trying to get into contact with his father was useless... Hisashi Midoriya never answered his phone and never knew what befell his son.
Bakugou was right. Izuku was truly alone in the world. He had no family to speak of and only had one friend in the world as of now...
All those emotions combined into a single one, one that was directed at Bakugou for all that he said, all that he made Izuku remember.
Pure uncontrolled fucking rage.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Izuku quickly flew into a blind rage, as he yelled out in anger and rushed forward with his sword behind him, ready to strike the blonde, however, Bakugou saw him coming and smiled, believing his plan to have worked as he put both hands together, and they began to glow, and as they became brighter, a powerful explosion was released, one that was sure to send Izuku, out of the arena, the explosion was so loud that it shook the arena.
Once he was finished, Bakugou lowered his hands and smiled at the smoke cloud, believing that he had won.
Suddenly, bursting out of the smoke like a demon from hell was Izuku, sword still in hand, however, his entire body radiated heat and steam, showing that he had been struck by the explosion, but somehow, did not get blown away.
"What the hell!?" Bakugou cried.
Bakugou's hand popped with tiny, explosions and he sewing his open palm at Izuku, delivering a small explosion to Izuku's left side, however, that seemed to faze him barely as Izuku swung the flat end of his sword at Bakugou, knocking him over to the side, Izuku quickly swung at the explosion user while he as down, however, Bakugou rolled to the side, avoiding the attack, and he got up and delivered a slap/explosion to the right side of Izuku's face, causing the other boy to stumble back as smoke clouded his face.
Bakugou's anger rose as h began to wonder why Izuku still was able to fight, how he could still get up and fight, how he was able to land hits on him. 'How!? How is Deku able to beat me!? This should be impossible! He's Quirkless! He's weak! HE'S DEKU!' Bakugou thought as Izuku stumbled backward.
Izuku's right side was burned but not too seriously, however, he continued to push past the pain as he swung at Bakugou, getting him again, Izuku pulled back for another attack, however, once he swung, Bakugou shot off an explosion that caused Izuku sword to be pushed away, yet the boy did not lose his grip of the monstrous sword, but it gave Bakugou enough time to kick Izuku in the stomach hard, sending him back.
This time, Bakugou was relentless, he closed the gap he created and quickly delivered small explosions, kicks, and punches, over and over again, he was fast that Izuku didn't have time to regain his composure.
Yet, Izuku tanked the beating and pulled out a bomb and threw it at Bakugou, who was about to send an explosion at the sword wielder, and once he released the explosion, Izuku's bomb went off and the two forces met and Bakougou was blown back a little.
Once Bakugou was away, Izuku stabbed Apollyon into the stage and leaned against it, breathing heavily.
From her spot, Mei could tell that Izuku was reaching his limit, he had just tanked so many powerful attacks and relentlessly being struck by the sheer force of the explosion while also getting burned in the process.
Mei wasn't the only one who was worried, as in their seats the rest of class B looked down at their fellow student with worry. Itsuka had already informed them about the fact that Izuku was a Survivor of the Eclipse after the race, but hearing about how he lost everything, including his mother, sent a wave of sadness through them.
Tetsutetsu was angry that Bakugou was spewing such hate about his friend and wanted to go down there and knock some sense into him, Izuku was his friend, (even if Izuku said otherwise) and he knew what his friend had gone through, and it angered him someone would use that against him. Ibara was worried most of all, she had felt terrible for the things she said to him before, but also because she may have slowly begun liking him due to what happened between them in the infirmary.
Izuku was aware that he couldn't continue like this, Bakugou was a damn beast, by far one of the most powerful students amongst first years, which is why he needed to finish this, he needed to win.
But how?
Bakugou glared at Izuku, "Come on Deku! What are you waiting for!? Give me a reason to blow your ass out of the arena!" Bakugou cried.
Izuku's eyes widened and a dark glare formed on his face, and an idea that would work but be very dangerous to both himself and Bakugou, but he didn't care what happened to him, as long as he won.
Izuku smiled as he grabbed his entire bag of explosives and he looked at Bakugou, "Thanks for the idea, Katsuki," Izuku said.
Bakugou was confused about what he meant until he saw Izuku take one bomb out of his bag, lite it and drop it back in the bag, he then quickly threw it right in the middle of them and Bakugou's eyes widened with utter fright. He knew what was about to happen as he knew there was no escape, he couldn't blast up in the air nor could he cancel out the explosion, something like that, was impossible! Izuku just smiled as he saw Bakugou's expression and quickly pulled Apollyon out of the stage and put it in front of him, stabbing it deeper into the arena and shielding himself behind it, but there was no guarantee that it would work.
Finally, the explosion went off and it was so big that most of the stage was destroyed, and Midnight and Cementos were blown back. The shockwave blew out the windows of most of the stadium, and the smoke blinded everyone in the audience.
[UNBELIEVEABLE! THE EXPLOSION CAUSED BY MIDORIYA HAS ROCKED THE ENTIRE STADIUM!] Mic cried. He moved away from the Mic and looked at Eraserhead, "Do you think they both even survived?" He asked.
Eraserhead nodded, "I believe those two are still alive, after all, both are much too angry to die," He said.
Midnight got off the ground and dusted herself off, as did Cementos.
"Damn crazy brat!" Midnight cried, "What the hell was he thinking!?"
Cementose looked toward the stage and the smoke began to clear, "I do not know what was going on through the young man's head, but it was extremely dangerous and reckless," He said.
Up in the stands, some of Class B were in shock, and the sheer power all those little bombs had.
"Holy hell! That was insane!" Setsuna cried.
Itsuka was at a loss for words, surprised that one of her fellow classmates and weapons was that dangerous, one was enough to blow someone back and burn them a little, but all of them going off was like a bomb that could blow up a whole floor back at UA.
Finally, the smoke cleared and they saw the stage was split in two, and still on stage was Izuku, still shielding himself behind Apollyon, yet, he didn't come out unscathed as steam was coming off of him, and then there was Bakugou, covered in dirt out just out of bounds.
Midnight rushed over to Izuku while Cementose rushed over to Bakugou.
"Midoriya! Are you ok? Can you move!?" She asked.
Izuku didn't respond, he simply pulled Apollyon out from the arena and rested it on his shoulder, and he then muttered something under his breath, but Midnight didn't hear him.
"What?" Midnight asked.
Izuku then turned to her, his eyes were stone cold and his expression was blank, "Do I win...?" He asked in a strained voice.
Midnight was astounded. This 15-year-old teen had faced three powerful Quirk users, been wounded by each of them, and had just pulled the stupidest stunt she had ever seen as a teacher, and all he cared about was winning this fight, not his own well-being.
He was truly built differently than the rest.
She looked at Cementose, "Is Bakugou able to move?" She asked.
Cementos looked away from the blonde and looked at Midnight, and shook his head. "He's not injured, simply unconscious," Cementos told her.
"Doesn't matter, take him to Recovery girl" Midnight told him. She then stood up and looked around at the Audience. "Ladies and Gentelmen! I give you your winner of the first year's sports Festival! IZUKU MIDORIYA!" Midnight cried.
No one said a word, as they were all stunned by what this had meant, a person with no Quirk, someone who shouldn't have been allowed to be in UA at all or participate in the sports festival, someone who faced three powerful people with Quirks that should have beaten him, defeated them, and had won this entire event.
Izuku didn't care, he turned around and lowered his sword, he then walked away slowly.
Midnight quickly turned to him, "Midoriya, you need to see Recovery girl," she said with a worried tone.
"I... I'm fine..." He replied as he continued walking away, however, he eventually fell forward.
Midnight yelled and rushed over to him, as she did, Izuku's vision began to blur in and out and he swore that he saw the bunny, looking at him before it disappeared. As he was falling unconscious a single thought ran through his mind...
'Kimihito... Josuke... Kanao... Toru... I won...' Izuku thought as he finally blacked out.
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Later, in the infirmary, Izuku's eyes slowly opened and he found himself lying down in a cot and he was covered in bandages, he looked around to find himself alone in the infirmary, and he looked up to the ceiling, relaxing his body and letting out a long sigh.
He thought about everything that happened today, and he thought about his victory earlier today, and he felt good about it, however, he remembered what Bakugou said.
"Do you hear all the heroes up there Deku?" Bakugou asked, "They're singing my praises, they want me to get rid of you! Do you know why!?" Bakugou asked again.
"Because you don't belong here!" Bakugou declared, "Give up, Deku! You have no place here amongst us born with Quirks! We were born for this! Look around you! There are no heroes here you even like your sorry ass! Not even All-Might! They don't cheer for you! No one loves you! And no one here will ever love a Quirkless freak like you! You can't be a hero! As a matter of fact, everyone here sees you as the villain!"
Remembering those words, Izuku felt hurt by them, however, he didn't feel sorry for himself, after all, he brought all that hate and fear of him due to how he acted, and he can't blame them for not liking him.
'I'm fine with that' Izuku thought, 'I don't care about being hated or loved, as long as I'm able to kill him, I'll be happy'
"If you're fine ok with being hated, and never loved, then let go,"
Izuku looked at his chest and saw the bunny sitting atop his chest, and it was still as big as him, and looked at him, its mouth agape, drooling as if starved, its red eyes stared into single his emerald green one.
Izuku glared"What are you doing here?" Izuku asked.
"I'm here to tell you that you should let go," The Bunny told Izuku. "Allow yourself to be swallowed into the abyss, discard your feelings, discard your Mei and Toru! Just focus on killing Monoma! He's all that matters! His death! His blood staining our sword! WE NEED TO KILL HIM!"
Suddenly, flashes of images ran through Izuku's head, and in those flashes, he saw the bunny chewing on the bodies of Toru and Mei, their blood sprayed across the ground, and their guts being eaten by the bunny, however, the bunny faded and instead it was him, standing over the bodies of his friends, Apollyon was covered in their blood and guts.
Izuku grabbed his head and sat up quickly, and he shook his head rapidly and he began to sweat furiously, scared of what he had seen, of what he was capable of.
"Wha... What are you?" Izuku asked.
"I told you, I am the Hunger inside of you! I am all the desires you ever wanted! I have always been inside of you! I am the darkness that was born from your hatred and sadness!" The Bunny cried.
Izuku slowly looked at his hand and saw that it was shaking, and he wondered why, why now, was he scared, wasn't he willing to do whatever to kill Monoma.
'NO! I... I'd never give them up to kill him!' Izuku thought.
"Why not? He did!" The Bunny cried. "If it helps us we should do it!" The bunny cried.
However, Izuku paid the bunny no attention and he just stared at his shaky hand. "Is this fear? Or anger? Both?" Izuku asked himself, he then looked back at the rabbit. "Whatever it is, I know this... I can never atone for this darkness inside of me," Izuku said.
The bunny's eyes glared at Izuku, "Of course, you'll never atone for me, and you will you ever escape me! I am a part of you forever!"
Izuku glared back at the beast in front of him, "Then if I can't atone if I can't escape, then all I can do, is burn myself... and my enemies with it," Izuku said, glaring daggers at the beast, "But I will not ask for your help, ever,"
The Bunny simply looked at Izuku and began to chuckle, "One day... One day, you'll beg for my help," The Bunny said before finally fading away.
Once the bunny was gone, Izuku remained sitting up, only to hear the door open and he turned his head turned to see Nezu had entered the infirmary.
"Ah, it seems your finally awake," Nezu said with a smile as he walked toward the young boy.
Izuku's brow raised in confusion, "Why are you here?" Izuku asked.
Nezu pulled out a gold medal from behind his back and smiled, "I'm here to give you this," Nezu told him.
Nezu threw him the medal and Izuku caught it and looked at it, a sense of pride was felt inside of him, despite him not doing it for the medal, he still felt proud about earning it, wondering what his mother would have thought.
"You gave the country quite a show, I don't think we've ever had a Sports festival like it before," Nezu told him, "And I have to admit, I do think this one is going to be my personal favorite, and I'm sure many other's love today's sports festival as well," Nezu finished.
Izuku looked back at him, "I only wanted to win because it would get closer to getting what I want," Izuku said and slowly a sinister smile spread across his face, "And now I got it,"
Nezu was now confused, "What do you mean, young Midoriya?" Nezu asked.
"Everyone was watching the sports festival and I'm sure of it, that they were watching as well, and now they know... I'm coming for them," He finished wickedly.
Nezu just looked at him and let out a sigh, he turned around and slowly walked away, but stopped when he was at the door and turned back to Izuku, "I hope to see you in class next week, young Midoriya, and I hope you also have a quick recovery, after all, next week is going to test you," Nezu said, and then finally leaving.
Izuku watched his principal leave and decided he was going to leave, he grabbed spare gym clothes, put them over his bandages and he grabbed the magnet sheath, strapped it to his back, then he grabbed Apollyon and set it on his back, he then looked around and saw his black cloak, however when he grabbed it fully, he saw it was in tatters, he let out a sigh.
'Maybe I can ask Mei to make me a new one,' Izuku thought.
He wore the black tattered cloak and walked out of the Infirmary, however, Nezu was right, next week was going to test Izuku because it was going to be the beginning of the end.
The fifth hand of god was finally going to be born...
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In the next chapter, Gutz returns to Japan only to deliver bad news to All-Might! Mei informs Izuku of some terrible news that involves Toru! Mei gives Izuku some new gear for what happens next! Izuku, Gutz, and Mei, race to stop what the LOV/God-Hand is up to! However, the three are not the only one's heading there alone!
All of this happens in Chapter 18: "Search Party"