Past

Kacchan and I grew up in the same neighborhood, so we've known each other since we were little kids.

A younger Deku, no older than four or five, shook nervously, staring at the gates before him. In large lettering they read: "No Trespassing." And, if that weren't clear enough, an extra line was added. "You can't go in there!"

"C'mon!" small Bakugou jutted his finger forwards, grinning with his sharp teeth showing. "Let's find bad guys!" His friends, three of them, cheered behind him. "Yeah!" they exclaimed "Uh... Oh," Midoriya nervously smiled, slowly and shakily raising his fist. "Yeeeaaah...!"

All of the other neighborhood kids followed him around. It seemed like he could do anything.

Bakugou, with a grin on his face, stepped forwards and began walking through the gates, the others trailing behind.

Midoriya watched curiously for a moment.

'And no matter what he decided to do, he was always so confident. I thought he was the coolest person I ever met...!'

Midoriya's expression turned into one of excitement, a wide smile replacing his awe.

He ran forwards in an effort to catch up with the others. "Haha!" he giggled excitedly.

However...

Sweat rolled down Bakugou's hand, curling around his fingers and dripping from their tips

'After his quirk manifested...' He remembered having to protect a boy from Bakugou as the blonde smiled, lighting an explosion in his palm as he punched his fist against it 'He started to change'

back in the present,

Bakugou curled his fingers upwards. "You're shaking in your boots, you're so scared." He lit explosions in the palms of his gauntlets, the irritation rising in his voice. "...But you wanna fight me anyway!" He grinned, but looked angry. "THAT'S WHY I HATE YOU!"

Midoriya gritted his teeth, a nervousness in his eye as he stood, positioned in a fighting stance.

Here's the sad truth. All men are not created equal. When I was four years old, I learned that some kids have more power than others.

"Bakugou, come in!" Iida spoke through his mic after the transition screen disappeared. "Give us a status report!" lida yelled

"Where are you?!" shirai exclaimed Bakugou's eyes were narrowed, an angry look in them.

He tilted his head slightly, placing his fingers against the receiver. "Just shut up and defend the weapon!" he said, a strange crack in his voice. "I've got more important things to worry about!"

Iida stood next to the bomb, turning slightly. "Are you forgetting what our mission is?!" He bent downwards, 'eyebrows' pointed downwards "Hello?" He gasped, fingers curled. "He hung up on us!!" he said dramatically

"This isn't the time for radio silence!" He raised his fists in the air. "We're supposed to be partners!" He then lowered his arms in frustration. "Ugh!"

" he doesn't know the meaning of the word!" shirai crumbled arms crossed

"Hey, who's Bakugou talking to?" Kirishima asked in the spectating room. "I'm not hearing anything. Can we get any sound with this video?"

All Might turned towards Kirishima, pointing to the receiver in his ear. "He's got a radio in his ear so he can talk to his partners. I gave it to him before the match started, along with a map of the building." He glanced down for a moment, picking up a roll of white tape. "Also this. A roll of capture tape. Wrapping this," he gestured to the tape, "Around your opponent means you've apprehended them and they're out for the rest of the game."

The camera shot the timer, ticking down from 13 minutes and 5 seconds

"So there's a 15 minute time limit and the good guys have no idea what the nuclear weapon is hidden on, right?" Mina asked. 

"Correct!" All Might confirmed.  Mina raised her shoulders. "Then the heroes are clearly at a disadvantage here! A big one."  All Might turned towards the screen. "Real pros have to outwit villains on a daily basis. That's life." He then faced towards Mina"Even when the odds aren't in our Favour...," he wagged his finger, "We fight!"

  Kirishima smiled, laughing.  All Might grinned, enthusiastically raising his fist. "All together!" 

"Let's hear a Plus Ultra!" the class-along with All Might-yelled in unison.  "Monsieur," Aoyama pointed out, a close-up of his face appearing. "He's on the move." 

Back to the fight

Midoriya jumped slightly, letting out a gasp. "Uraraka! Dolly! Go!"  Bakugou blasted himself forwards, kicking outwards after spinning through the air.

Midoriya quickly put up his arms, blocking the attack.  "Ballsy move!" the blonde shouted. "Think you can take me alone?!" His eyes widened as he finished, noticing as Midoriya began to wrap white tape around his boot. 'He's using the capture tape...!'

'Hero notebook Number 10, Page 18!' Midoriya remembered, imagery of Aizawa-or rather, Eraserhead-in his notebook appeared, notes trailing the right side of the page. 

He then reminded himself of earlier, when Aizawa had restrained Bakugou with his capture weapon. 'Luckily I got to see Eraserhead's moves in action.'

Midoriya turned his head slightly.

'What will Kacchan do now? Knowing him he'll be impatient, he began to leap away as Bakugou moved towards him, and try another big punch!' Bakugou's fist impacted the wall, a medium-sized explosion erupting from his fist. His head snapped towards Midoriya as he leapt away, surprised.

Midoriya also turned around to face Bakugou, teeth clenched.' I was right!'

With the others

Sato leaned forwards, raising his fist to chest-level. "Little guy is really good!" Next to him, Jiro looked surprised as well, stepping forwards slightly.  "He's holding his own and he hasn't even used his quirk yet!" Sero exclaimed. 

'Not surprising' All Might thought to himself, remembering the Sludge Villain incident 'He's always been pretty good at taking action in crisis situations.'

' Plus..' he also remembered the boy's notebook and flipping through the intricately-detailed pages 'He's also spent years taking notes on different heroes. He internalized everything he learned. Those lessons are in his blood now. That fanboy knowledge is paying off... And driving him forward...!'

Back Inside

Midoriya panted, but gritted his teeth, knowing full well the fight wasn't over yet

'. He kicked first this time. He's switching things up so I can't predict his moves...!' The smoke cleared, revealing an annoyed Bakugou. ' Does that mean he's worried?'

  Bakugou turned towards Midoriya, preparing to launch for him again. However, the boy quickly ran around the corner, causing Bakugou to let out a small gasp. "Get back here Deku!" he called out. 

Bakugou rounded the corner and, upon seeing no one, snarled-or rather, made a noise of disgust. 

Midoriya looked behind him as he ran. 'I'm not gonna be able to do close-range now.' He faced forwards, picking up speed as he pumped his arms, his nervousness apparent. 'I need some kind of plan...!'

The blonde continued looking around, scouring around each corner in an attempt to find Midoriya. After a series of failed attempts, he curled up, frustrated before letting out his anger, springing back upwards.

"DAMN IT! You were tricking me for years by acting weak! Now you've been laughing behind my back, huh?!" He growled, letting out another frustrated noise. "So where's that flashy power of yours now?!"  Midoriya gained a look of surprise before looking downwards, teeth clenched.  "Let's see how it compares to mine..!" Bakugou said, hunched over as he fired off several small explosions. "Quirk or no-you'll never beat me, Deku!" 

Back with the others

"That guy has some real anger issues...," Kaminari commented. "Kinda scary." 

'Midoriya told me that Young Bakugou thinks very highly of himself,' All Might thought to himself. 'But this level of pride is something else. It may end up being his demise.' Bakugou, on camera, pounded against a door before bursting through, sending it flying off its hinges. He looked around desperately, getting angrier by the second. 

Midoriya, on the other hand, hid behind a corner, breathing heavily with his head pointed to the side, still on the lookout. He sat on his knees, wiping off his lips. 'Good. He's completely forgotten about my partners. Just like I thought.'

Iida appeared, tapping his finger against his arm as he stood annoyedly next to the bomb.  'If they wanted to send out someone to stop us here, it should've been Iida. He's way faster, after all. Or even Shirai, she can teleport

Bakugou bursted through another door, still unable to locate Midoriya. After a moment of looking, he quickly exited, moving onto the next area. 

'That probably means Kacchan's gone rogue. The three of them aren't working together as a team.  If we had to take the three of them on head-to-head' Midoriya thought to himself, 'Our chances of winning would be pretty low. They've got such strong quirks'

A cartoon representation of his attack plans appeared, the first showing Midoriya joining up with dolly and Uraraka and confronting shirai and Iida, but it was flawed as Bakugou followed behind.     

'I can't go after the weapon right now or Kacchan would follow me.' he thought of fighting against Bakugou along with dolly and  Uraraka, leaving shirai and Iida to they're own device, However, the time quickly sped by, resulting in the time running out 'And if we all tried to take him down, we'd probably run out of time.'

He thought of the current plan, which was to remain at a stalemate with Bakugou and to leave dolly and Uraraka to deal with Iida. His plan involved dealing with Bakugou somehow, then proceeding to help in the finale.     

' so we stay split up for now, I have to trust dolly and Uraraka. They'll find the weapon, shirai and Iida, and then I'll join them for a three-on-two fight...! That's how we'll win. I'll just have to capture Kacchan down here. On my own.'

Midoriya clenched his fist, unaware of Bakugou's continuous searching.  'I can do it. As long as I don't get too close to his hands...'

"STOP HIDING!" Bakugou shouted at the top of his lungs-but probably not, there's likely tons of yelling power in there-causing Midoriya's head to snap to the side, a gasp escaping him.  "COME ON AND FACE ME YOU COWARD!" the blonde yelled.     

Midoriya straightened his lips. 'By the way. I've been meaning to tell you, Kacchan' The boy scratched his nose, remembering what Bakugou had said to him in middle school.

"You're even worse than the rest of these rejects! You really think they'd let someone like you in when they could have me?"

Midoriya scooted backwards rapidly, scared out of his mind. "No, wait! I'm not trying to compete against you!" He bumped his head on the wall, waving his hands back and forth. "You've gotta believe me!"

Midoriya fixed his gaze to the side, a determined look in his eye. 'I take back everything I said'

Time skip

Bakugou walked through the halls, shoulders moving from side to side

"Like it or not" Midoriya had said to him, fear in his eyes as his voice shook "You can't stop me!"

The blonde gritted his teeth, only becoming angrier as he reminded himself of Midoriya's newfound confidence.

"From now on, Deku's the name of a hero!" 'He's just a little bug' Bakugou told himself

Flash back

Young Bakugou grinned as he kept a ball moving, using his knees and feet to do so. "Wow, you're so awesome!" Midoriya complimented, smiling brightly as he held his own ball. "Whatever," Bakugou said confidently, "This is nothin'."

Midoriya glanced at Bakugou, deciding to attempt the same feats. However, his foot tripped him up, causing him to fall to the ground. He sat, rubbing his head. "Ow!" Bakugou smiled, teasing Midoriya. "Jeez, Izuku. You really can't do anything right, can you?"

A different day, Bakugou stood in front of his friends, Midoriya watching curiously and excitedly. "Look," the blonde pointed to Midoriya's yellow bucket, his name clearly labelled on the front. "You can read the last part of Izuku's name as Deku!"

"Wow, so you can read that?!" one friend exclaimed. Bakugou turned, smiling as he put his hand to the side, palm facing towards the sky. "Well obviously." He smiled, turning towards Midoriya. "Deku. That must be what you call a helpless loser who's completely useless."

His friends laughed, turning their head towards Deku. Midoriya's face, however, fell, his bright smile turning into a sad look. He tilted his head downwards. "Why are you being so mean, Kacchan?"

"Why don't you understand?" Young Bakugou said, prompting the next memory.

Bakugou raised a rock, fingers curled around the smooth stone. Sticking his tongue out, he jutted his arm forwards and released the rock, skipping it several times-about 9-across the water. Ripples erupted as it skipped, his friends letting out impressed gasps.

"Woah!" they all grinned. "Dude!" one said, "That has to be a new record!" Bakugou dropped his arm, then put his hands on his hips. "I bet it is!" "Wow...!" "Huh, cool!" Bakugou smirked meanly, turning towards Midoriya. "Where's yours?" Midoriya's smile fell, his arms dropping to his sides. "Well uh," he blushed, balling his hands into fists, "It sank..." Bakugou's friends laughed while the blonde smiled, an arrogant look on his face.

"Why can't you do anything right?"

In the classroom, Bakugou lifted his palms, pointing them towards the ceiling. He curled his fingers, sparking off several miniature explosions that were something akin to firecrackers. "Woah, awesome!" his classmates exclaimed. "You're so lucky!" Midoriya grinned

"Yeah!" another kid shouted. Their male teacher leaned forwards, hands on his knees. "Impressive. I bet you that's going to grow into an amazing quirk

" The female teacher glanced over to the other before turning towards Bakugou and smiling. "Definitely. A flashy quirk for a future hero...!" she tilted her head, smiling sweetly. "It's perfect." Yea, you're right! Young Bakugou thought to himself, smiling. I am amazing! His smile widened, his cheeks rosy with a joyful blush. In fact, I bet there's no one as amazing as I am! "

In another memory, young Bakugou and Midoriya walked through the forest, Bakugou marching with his fingers wrapped tightly around a flag. "Wow, you're so lucky!" Midoriya smiled happily, his freckled cheeks rosy. "Your quirk is amazing, Kacchan! When I get mine, I hope it's just as cool!" Bakugou turned to face Midoriya, grinning confidently as he raised the flag. "Whatever, Deku. No matter what power you end up with, you'll never be able to beat me."

Flash back end

'A worthless bug for me to smash!' older Bakugou thought, teeth clenched as he wandered the facility, eventually travelling up a staircase.

Flash back

"Hey, did you hear?" his classmate had whispered. "Deku doesn't have a quirk-like none!"

His classmates, gray, circled around a broken-hearted Midoriya. The boy balled up his uniform with his fists, face blank but full of grief. "What, really?" "Yeah. It's called being 'quirkless.'" "That's dumb." "What a loser!" his classmates laughed. "He's so lame!"

His teachers attempted to comfort him. "Don't worry about it, okay Izuku?" Bakugou smiled sadistically at his broken classmate, head raised 'You're a total failure, Deku'

Bakugou marched across a bridge-or rather, a log that spanned over the length of a small river-followed by his friends, Izuku trailing behind. He grinned, hand outstretched as he sparked off small explosions. "Forward march and here we go!" he chanted, "Members of the Agency Bakugou! Sab-"

The blonde's eyes widened as he felt his foot slide down the curve of the log, losing his balance. "AGH!" he shouted, slipping.

"Oof!" he let out, water splashing up around him as he plummeted into the river.

"Kacchan!" his friend shouted, worried. Another bent down, hand on the side of his mouth. "Hey! You okay down there?" "Oh-don't worry! Kacchan is super tough!" the one with wings smiled, pointing downwards. "See?" he said as Bakugou raised himself from the water.

Bakugou pushed himself from underwater, palms and knees sinking in the mud. "Nyeh!"

He shook his head, droplets of water spraying from his blonde hair as his wet clothes clung to his skin.

I was just fine on my own, Deku.

"Hurry and get back up here!" his friend called Bakugou turned around, smiling. "Sure! Just gimme one second! Heh!"

I didn't need your stupid help.

Midoriya plodded through the water, splashing about in a hurry to reach Bakugou. Upon hearing the noises, Bakugou opened his eyes, surprised as he saw Midoriya "Are you alright?" Midoriya extended his hand, offering it for Bakugou to grab. "Are you hurt?" Bakugou simply stared at him before his smile fell.

"I was worried you mighta hit your head or something," Midoriya said, a concerned expression on his face.

Bakugou clenched his teeth eyebrows pointed downwards. His expression twisted into one of anger.

But you looked at me like I was some kinda weakling.

Midoriya's words echoed in his mind, tears streaming down his face as he tried to help free Bakugou from his sludge prison. "Kacchan. I couldn't just stand there and watch you die!"

Bakugou walked through the facility, his face twisted with rage.

Like you. But I'm not! I'm so much better than you are!

Dolly and Uraraka's fingers curled around the side of the wall, they're head peeking around it with a determined yet nervous gaze present on both faces

'Found it. Now we just have to tell Deku. And try our best to stay out of sight until he gets up here.'

Uraraka brought two fingers up to her communicator before her mouth became an 'o' shape, her hand falling to the side.

"Bakugou definitely has a villainous side," Iida said to himself, "And that's exactly what we need to succeed in this mission." He placed his fingers against his chin. "Hmm... I need to temporarily devote myself to criminal intent."
"Yes... I won't fail this trial and risk bringing down shame upon the Iida family name...! That means..." He clenched his fist, his expression one of determination. "I must now embrace evil... To become a hero!" Iida turned around, attempting to act menacingly as he put on a voice. "Behold...! I am the personification of villainy!"

An image of Iida came from behind his costume, laughing 'villainously' with a ridiculous expression. "Bwa-ha-ha-ha!

Uraraka and dolly spit, hands on they're cheeks, Both tried hard to suppress a laugh but failed 'He's so serious!!'

"Hmm?" Iida turned towards the pillar Uraraka hid behind, still keeping the voice. "Dolly's, Uraraka, is that you?!"

Both gasped, blushing and stepped from behind the pillar. Iida pointed towards them dramatically

"I knew you would come here alone the instant that Bakugou ran off by himself and engaged with Midoriya!" He curled his fingers upwards, palms facing towards the ceiling in an attempt to strike a villainous pose. "Your quirk allows you to float anything that you touch!" He leaned forwards, clenching and shaking his fist with wide eyes. "But I've prepared for that!"

Lida lifted one foot up, pointing the toes towards the other and stretched his arms towards the sides. Sparkles-albeit just for effect-glittered around the room, showing his excitement as well as the lack of items

"...By hiding every object in this room so you have nothing to use against me, do-gooder!" The boy quickly pointed his finger at Uraraka. "My dastardly tricks have rendered you helpless! You blundered hero! Mu-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" "Mu-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha indeed,"

Dolly glared forward " but you haven't got anything against my quirk, so how are you gonna top that?"

" simple" villain lida posed " shirai now!"

Dolly gasped when she felt someone wrap they're arms around her " bye bye, hero~" the girl smirked, the two then disappeared

" dolly!"  Uraraka exclaimed

Elsewhere

Shirai teleported the two away from the weapon, into another room, dolly grunted colliding with the ground rolling out

Shirai came running at her, about to kick if dolly hadn't blocked, she took a swing at her but she teleported and kicked her in the back

"Agh!" making her hit the floor, she growled and got up, only to be punched, and every time the girl tried to attack, her assailant teleported away " damn it!"

Shirai Laughing where she hid herself

Back with the other two

" hahaha!" Lida laughs " now it's a fair fight!"

Uraraka looked nervous, but also somewhat concerned for Iida's sanity. "He really is... Playing the part." She pressed her finger against her communicator as Iida maniacally laughed in front of her

"Uhm... Deku...?"

Midoriya quickly replied. "How's it going?"

"IIda knows that I'm here. And shirai teleport away with dolly. Sorry. Right now he's monologuing."

"I am a mastermind!" Iida said, proud of himself as he creeped towards Uraraka.

" ow! Can you guys hear me?!" They then heard dolly'S voice

" dolly?! Are you okay?!" Uraraka spoke

" apart from the bruises I'm receiving Im fine! Ow!" They heard her yell

" where are you two?"

" in the middle of the fifth floor!" Uraraka answered

" I think I'm still on the same floor!" Dolly added

Midoriya looked up " right above me" he then looked down at his watch'We probably don't have much time left now. 'We have to finish this fast or they win.'

Midoriya clenched his fist, rising and stretching out a roll of capture tape. 'I won't give up yet.' He gripped the roll in one hand, holding the end with the other. I can capture Kacchan...! I won't lose!'

Bakugou's gauntlet activated, catching Midoriya's attention and causing him to let out a gasp.

The blonde stood to the left of him near the end of the hallway, his normal malicious smile replaced with an angry, straight-faced look.

He raised his gauntlet, shaking it once. "I'm all loaded up." Midoriya became nervous, lowering himself slightly as he positioned himself to fight. "What does that mean?"

"Why aren't you using your fancy quirk?" Bakugou asked, causing Midoriya to clench his teeth. His pupils were tiny, but eyes wide as he grinned sadistically. "Don't tell me you're underestimating me, Deku." He tilted his head slightly. "Get over here and show me what you're really made of."

Midoriya clenched his teeth, stretching out his capture tape. 'I have no choice.' He turned towards Bakugou, visibly shaking. 'I have to face him... Right now!'

"Kacchan...," he said, preparing himself, "I'm not scared of you anymore!"

Bakugou gritted his teeth before curling his lips into a grin. "Heh." He raised his arm, showing off his gauntlet. "Since you're such a stalker, by now you probably know how my quirk, explosion, works." He extended his arm towards Midoriya, fingers curled downwards

Midoriya let out a slight gasp, nervous. "I secrete nitroglycerin-like sweat from my hands and make it blow up. Imagine what I could do if I had a lot of it." Bakugou grinned, pulling a mechanism on his gauntlet. "That's right," he crouched down, "These gauntlets aren't just for show. They've been storing up my sweat inside for one monster blast!"

Bakugou placed his finger on the trigger, curling it around. No... He's going too far...!'All Might thought, sweating. "Young Bakugou!" he shouted into the receiver, "Don't do it! You'll kill him!"

Bakugou smiled sadistically, slowly pulling the pin outwards. "HE'LL BE FINE AS LONG AS HE DODGES!" he shouted, releasing the pin.

After a moment, a large explosion erupted from his gauntlet, shooting towards Midoriya. As it blasted through the hallway, it tore the walls away, ripping the cement from the ground.

A wave of heat hit Midoriya as the explosion came closer, causing him to squeeze his eyes shut and block with his arms. "AGH!" he shouted, the blast overtaking him

Glass shattered, the area where a wall was previously replaced by debris and smoke. The building shook, part of its foundation destroyed. "Ah!" Iida yelled, Uraraka following suit,
They both struggled to keep themselves upright, shaking along with the building.

Even both dolly and shirai were shook

" woah!" Shirai steadied herself

" what's going on?!" Dolly exclaimed

"Oh, woah!" Kirishima shouted, turning to the side as the building shook around the class. "This is nuts!" Panicked yelps and shouts came from the rest of the class, while All Might frantically attempted to reach the green-haired boy.

He leaned into his mic, nervous. "Come in... Come in, Midoriya!" Smoke billowed from the building, caking the floors as it poured out. Pillars and walls were demolished, an uneven hole in the side of the building.

A dust-covered Midoriya grunted, breathing heavily on the ground. "Is that...," he raised himself, eyes wide, "Even allowed...?" He flinched as he saw Bakugou's figure emerge from the smoke, and dust, a sadistic laugh escaping from the blonde boy's lips

His voice cracked with excitement. "These are awesome... The more nitro-sweat that's stored in these gauntlets, the stronger the explosion is!" His gauntlet glowed as he walked towards Midoriya, grinning.

Midoriya, on the other hand, pressed himself against the wall, a look of supreme horror on his face, mask disintegrated. He shook, letting out fearful, strained noises.

"Go ahead, use your stupid quirk on me, Deku." He stopped in front of the boy, smiling villainously as he hunched towards him. He was covered in shadows, his red eyes glowing in the dark. "Even if you give me everything you've got... You'll never beat me," he taunted, voice growly

"Bakugou! Answer me...!" Iida spoke into his mic, his tone laced with concern. "What is going on down there? Did you cause that blast?!"

As Iida attempted to get a hold of Bakugou, Uraraka stood nervously before racing forwards. 'Here's my chance...! If I can claim the weapon, that means we win!' Upon hearing her quick footsteps, Iida turned and ran towards her. "Not so fast, hero!" he said in the same fake voice, arms outstretched.

Uraraka tapped her fingertips against her palms as she ran, pressing her foot into the ground before leaping upwards. Iida raised his head as she soared above him, letting out a small gasp.

She moved through the air, still in the same position she jumped up from. Her arms stretched over her head, feet bent as she clenched her teeth nervously 'I just have to touch the weapon! In one move, this'll all be over!'

"Since when can she make herself float?!" Iida wondered frantically. Uraraka smiled, pressing her fingertips together as she neared the bomb. "Release!" Iida quickly activated his engines, rocketing forwards in an effort to stop her. 'This special move is hard, but it's worth it!' Uraraka thought.

Just as Uraraka was about to land, however, Iida snatched the fake bomb from its place, racing across the room with it under his arm. "Huh?!" Uraraka said before letting out a small scream, waving her arms frantically. She tumbled to the ground, flipping several times before she painfully hit the wall. "Guh!" she groaned, landing upside down. Her feet fell over her head, helmet rolling away from the force of the impact

"Admirable attempt!" Iida yelled from across the room, squatting slightly. "But your quirk's no threat if you can't touch anything...!" He leaned against the bomb, palm pressed again the metal. "I can easily keep this weapon out of your reach until time runs out!" He raised his head proudly, straightening himself and clenching his fist 'evilly.' "Mu-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" he laughed maniacally.

She collected herself and glared at him ' it's not over! I won't let dolly and deku down!'

Elsewhere

Dolly pressed her hand against the wall, pushing herself up " lida! What's going on over there?! What happened?!" Shirai called out through the comms

" never mind that! Just keep your focus on dolly!" He said through the coms

' there!' She rushed her, As Kuroko looked back she gasped

And he could hear the sound of screaming and electrify " Shirai?! Shirai?!"

Shirai was lying on the ground, twitching with a blissful smile while wrapped in the tape "!s-sissy's!..." she says between the shocks " electric whip of love!..."

Dolly stood up from her foes body rubbing her arms down from the bruises she obtained

' now to help deku and uraraka!' She says rushing out of the room

Back to the other fight

"What's the matter?" Bakugou taunted Midoriya. "You look scared. You dodged the attack, so you can still fight, can't you?!" He straightened himself, looking down on him as he grinned. "Come and get me!" Midoriya sat upright on the ground, clothes dirtied and torn. Although one was intact, his other sleeve was half-ripped off, his mask obliterated.

Glancing downwards, Midoriya gritted his teeth. 'The gauntlets make it so he can use his powers at long-range. I'm not safe even if I stay away from him. So what do I do...?!' Midoriya quickly glanced to the side, placing his hand on his receiver. "Come in, what's the situation?" he asked Uraraka. "It's not good!" Uraraka replied nervously. Bakugou's eye twitched. "Are you ignoring me again?" He stood up, lifting his arm towards his chest. "I'll get your attention."

"Sir, isn't this getting out of hand?" Kirishima asked All Might, concerned. He glanced between his teacher and the screen. "That Bakugou is acting real crazy. He's gonna kill him...!" All Might straightened himself, facing the screen. "Not so." He remembered the things Bakugou had said previously. "I wanna hurt you so bad that they'll have to stop the fight! Just close!"

"Oh, he'll be fine as long as he dodges!" Despite his fierce posture, All Might thought, 'he's not actually trying to kill Midoriya.' He lifted his fist under his chin, lowering his head slightly. 'But still...'

"Bakugou!" he spoke clearly into the mic, "Use that stored up power again and I'll stop this fight. Your team will lose."

Bakugou straightened himself, looking sideways at the ceiling. "Huh?!"

"To such employ such a strong attack indoors is inviting the destruction of the stronghold you should be protecting! That's a poor strategy-whether you're a hero or a villain. The penalty will be a massive loss of points," All Might warned

Bakugou gritted his teeth, lowering his head as his shoulders shook with anger. All Might leaned forwards, mic still before his lips. He pressed his palm against the pedestal before him, his thoughts conflicted. 'I know that as a teacher I should stop this fight now... But...' he lowered his hand, fist clenching the mic.

Bakugou twitched for a moment before throwing his arms backwards and letting out a shout. "The pillar by the window," Midoriya instructed Uraraka, "Get there now!"

"FINE!" Bakugou shouted, rocketing towards Midoriya. His arms stretched behind his back, explosions continuously propelling him forwards with a new speed.

His hair lagged behind his head, wind blowing past him. Midoriya glanced over to Bakugou. "Huh?"

"WE'LL FIGHT HEAD-TO-HEAD!" Bakugou jumped above Midoriya, the screen reddening.

Midoriya's eyes widened, his foot slipping under debris and causing him to stumble backwards

'It's no good. I can't dodge this!' He clenched his fist, shaking it as he lifted it before him. 'I'll have to counter-attack!' Bakugou reached his fist towards Midoriya, seemingly ready to attack. Midoriya punched forwards, eyes closed. 'Like this...!'

Unbeknownst to him, however, Bakugou expected as much. Quickly acting, he used his explosions to propel himself over Midoriya, finding himself behind the boy. Without hesitation, his hand sparked, releasing a large blast from his palm.

Midoriya let out a painful shout as the explosion scorched his back, circling around him.

The class, in the spectating room, gasped. "What was that move?!" Kirishima asked nervously.

Todoroki stared at the screen. "He doesn't come off as a guy with a strategy. But he's actually quite intelligent," he stated.

Kirishima and Mina turned around, the former speaking. "What are you talking about?"

"He changed his trajectory while using a blast that doubled as a smokescreen. Very clever," Todoroki explained, visuals appearing on screen. A slowed-down version of the clip showed Bakugou using his blasts to spin around Midoriya while midair, ultimately allowing him to land behind him.

After Todoroki finished, Yaoyorozu turned around, the rest of the class following suit and changing their attention to her.

"A feigned attack like that requires an extreme amount of precision. He had to calculate the physics and demonstrate control over his quirk," she said, gesturing with her hand.

Kaminari sighed. "Bakugou is uber talented." His shoulders dropped, his face showing clear annoyance. "I hate it..."

Back in the facility, Midoriya ran, the back of his costume smoking. He placed the back of his hand against the area that was most impacted before he heard Bakugou's voice. He turned around quickly, letting out a slight gasp.

"HERE IT COMES NERD! THE FAMED RIGHT HOOK YOU WERE WHINING ABOUT!" He growled, smacking his arm against Midoriya.

Midoriya let out another pained scream, eyes wide as he began to fall. However, Bakugou quickly grabbed him by the elbow, spinning around on his heel before raising Midoriya over his shoulder. "DEKU... DON'T EVER FORGET WHAT YOU ARE!"

. Bakugou angrily slammed Midoriya against the concrete, causing the boy to bounce upwards and choke out spit as he screamed. "YOU'RE A WEAKLING!"

Midoriya let out a smaller pained noise, vision blurry. 'He's not giving me any time to form a strategy. I can't beat him without a quirk after all... He's too good...' He, still midair from the impact, clenched his teeth. 'I have no choice. I have to use it...!'

"This is hard to watch!" Mina shouted, a mixture of concern, sadness, and sympathy in her voice. "All he has to do is wrap tape around him-not kill him!"

"Bakugou's certainly acting like a villain," Tokoyami commented. Kaminari scratched his head nervously. "I thought Midoriya was pretty amazing at the start of the fight..." He opened his eyes, imagining a demonic Bakugou, surrounded by explosions. "But he's completely outmatched in terms of combat power. Not to mention Bakugou seems like a natural at all this stuff."

All Might clenched the mic in his hand tightly, hand shaking. 'I should end this... But...'he strained, watching as Midoriya stood, panting. 'For his sake, I'll let it go on.'

Midoriya glanced from side to side before forcing himself to run away on all fours.

"He's running away...!" Mina said. "Not very manly, but he doesn't have a choice. He's outgunned." Kirishima tilted his head. "Unless he's got some kinda plan. It's possible..."

Midoriya reached the window, standing upright with wobbly legs. He faced Bakugou, breathing heavily as he stood in between two pillars. Bakugou walked towards him angrily. "Why won't you use your quirk against me? Still think you can stop me without it?!" Midoriya lowered his head, clenching his fists. "That's not it..."

"You've been hiding your true power for years. What's the deal, Deku?" Bakugou raised his head, expression angry. "Did you think you were better than me this entire time?!"

Midoriya shook frustratedly, hair hanging over his eyes. "That's what you think?" Pictures of Bakugou outclassing him ran through his mind. "...You idiot." He raised his head, tears in his eyes. "You've always been stronger, Kacchan. I know that you're better than me!"

Bakugou gritted his teeth, eyes narrowing.
"Can't you see?" Midoriya's clenched fist shook. "THAT'S WHY I WANT TO BEAT YOU!" he shouted, "BECAUSE YOU'RE AMAZING!"

"You're even more of an idiot than I realized," Bakugou said before grinning. "COME AT ME!"

They both pressed the tips of their feet against the ground, springing towards each other.

'The only other time I hear that much passion in his voice is when he talks about being a hero.' Midoriya ran towards Bakugou, and the two jumped towards each other, ready to attack.

'In order to achieve his dream, he has to do this' All Might told himself. 'Not for me... But for himself...!' Midoriya's hand shook, glowing, red lines trailing from his fist up to his arm. The rest of his sleeve was ripped off with the sheer force of power, One For All coursing through his veins

Bakugou's hand, similarly, sizzled, small explosions erupting from his palm. "DETROIIIIIIIIT!" Midoriya yelled as Bakugou shouted.

Kirishima leaned forwards, concerned. "They're gonna kill each other! Sir!" All Might's face twitched, his feelings conflicting. The two continued yelling as they rushed towards each other. "Both of you, stop!" All Might finally instructed, hastily speaking into the mic

Midoriya ignored him, shouting. "URARAKA, DOLLY NOW!" All Might looked surprised, his head raising to look at the screen.

"Right!" Uraraka exclaimed, hugging the pillar to her right. "Huh?" Iida let out.

The tears flew from Midoriya's eyes as the two rushed towards each other, Bakugou's glare menacing as he lit his explosions. I can't beat you. Not in a one-on-one fight like this! But I can win! Midoriya readied his arm. "SMAAAAAAAAAAASH!" he shouted, changing his attack point just as he met Bakugou.

He jolted his arm upwards, sending his power rocketing through the ceiling. The cement cracked from under the pressure, splitting apart until it fell through and resolved to debris.

Bakugou gasped, eyes wide. Cracks quickly travelled up the building, glass shattering on each floor. A tunnel of wind burst through the roof, chunks of cement flying in all directions.

In the room

Just then someone burst from the wall aside lida, followed by electric sparks, and a familiar chestnut haired girl appeared

Iida gritted his teeth, hugging the weapon before his eyes widened, turning towards Uraraka. "What's happening?!" he shouted, noticing an incredibly-sized hole in the floor that let through dispersing air.

" get him Uraraka!" Dolly smirked

Uraraka pressed her fingertips against the pillar, now released from the cement floor. "This is it! Sorry, Iida!" she shouted, grinning.

"Improvised special move..." She swung the pillar forwards, lightened by her quirk. "The comet home run!"

Hundreds of rocks of varying sizes were sent flying towards Iida, causing him to panic. "In the name of villainy, I demand that you stop this!" he shouted frantically, putting up his arms as a blockade.

Uraraka pressed her toes against the ground, jumping across the hole and towards the bomb. Her hands were raised above her, a nervous look on her face.

Just then a familiar teleporting girl appeared making the girl gasp " did you really think id bow out like that?!" The pretend villain smirked

but before she could touch her, dolly launched  herself towards her thanks to her quirk " no you don't! special move!" She grabbed her " human taser!"

And shocked Shirai making her cry out " Gah!"

After a moment, Uraraka pressed her fingertips together with a determined gaze. "Release!" she shouted.

Iida let out a small gasp, rocks now cleared, as Uraraka landed on the weapon. She wrapped her arms around its body, hugging the metal with a drained, doughy look. "I got it...!" she yelled, relieved.

"Guh!" Iida shouted, frantic. His eyes were wide, arms outstretched. "No! THE WEAPON!!!"

Back to the two

Bakugou stared upwards, eyes glued to the holes spanning the height of the building. The sun gazed down, its like shining through. "This was your big plan...," Bakugou shook angrily. "From the very beginning, wasn't it...?" He lowered his head to meet Midoriya. "You were playing me this entire time, you scum."

"I wasn't... going to use it," Midoriya said shakily, causing Bakugou to grit his teeth. "...Because I can't control it," he continued, rattling out a painful breath as if he had been crying

His fist was raised in the air, darkened to a wretched, purple color from its broken state. "My body just can't handle... the backlash of my power yet."

Bakugou stared, eyes wide as he twitched. Midoriya continued in a teary voice "Mr Aizawa said that I'd be useless." He laid on the ground, enveloped in smoke with widened eyes.

While one arm was upright and broken, the other was placed against the cement wall, burned horribly. "But this was all... that I...," he lowered his arm, "Could think of..."

Bakugou's eyes widened. "This is the only way... I had any chance at winning." Bakugou's face was twisted, several emotions present. Surprise, anger, horror, and more

The timer reached zero, displaying 'TIME UP' on its electronic screen, unaware of anything that had happened. In the spectating room, the students along with All Might stared, jaws dropped "You did it...," All Might whispered.

Midoriya lost his balance, exhausted and horribly injured. Unable to move, he began to fall to the ground, landing with a loud thump. Bakugou continued staring off, his expression unchanged.

"The hero team...," All Might held his breath before shouting, "...WIIIIIIINS!"