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serological · 3 years

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Serological - ‘The Final Word’

It ends, how it began.

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Izuku Midoriya, Quirkless, is watching a television. On the screen is a Hero, defying the odds as a wicked and deranged Villain spouts some nonsense speech.

However, things have changed.

Midoriya has tasted the power that Quirks can bring- he’s stepped into the Pro-Hero world, and hopefully changed it for the better. He had finally, permanently defeated the villain that almost killed his idol All-Might. All-For-One was beaten and powerless, and so was Midoriya. Even as he sits in his hospital bed, covered in bandages and stitches, Izuku isn’t sad that One-For-All is destroyed. It gave him the chance that he never would have ‘had- for a brief, glorious moment, Izuku was the Number-One Hero. It makes sense- the metaphorical scales have been balanced, and Quirks of that potential are far too dangerous and chaotic for society to have access to.

The villain on the screen, however, is Tomura Shigaraki. His League of Villains has dissolved. The PLF was utterly routed and ‘crushed between the defenders of U.A, and the Pro-Heroes led by Endeavour. Tomura’s own mentor is now as Quirkless as Midoriya himself now-is, and all of his dreams of overthrowing modern society lies in tatters. He might have lost the All-For-One Quirk (as a consequence of his mentor’s defeat), but Shigaraki incredible control over his innate Decay still made him a terrifying threat.

On the television, broadcasting all across Japan, Shigaraki is making one final gamble. In his arms, so close to disintegration, he holds the trembling form of Eri. Scared, helpless, and vulnerable. No Mirio to save her, no Aizawa to protect her. She’s back to the way she was, with Overhaul, and something resembling unbridled rage ‘stirs in Izuku’s battered body.

“If Izuku Midoriya does not present himself to my agents, I’ll-” “-You’ll what?”

The cameraman ‘swung-around to the sudden sound of the intruder’s voice, and to the horror of the onlookers from Class 1-A, stands Hanta Sero, helmet-less. His gaze is firmly set upon Tomura, and it doesn’t shift; like a Wild-West gunslinger spying his rival, it’s like seeing Hanta’s entire world become focussed to the ‘eye of a needle. Midoriya knows that look well- he felt the same ‘way, when he faced All-For-One.

Tomura narrows his eyes, and tosses Eri away. The villain looks the hero up-and-down, and chews at the cracked skin of his lip.

“...You aren’t Izuku Midoriya. How did you find this location?” “You spot an unmarked van without a license plate ‘snatch a little girl away from her guardian? You give-chase.” Shigaraki steps down from his makeshift stage, and moves in-front of Sero, about a few ‘feet away from . “You’re that tape guy, right? I expected Bakugo, or All-Might, or Eraserhead might try and stop me. I don’t even know who you are.” Sero smirks, and spreads his hands wide. He’s feigning cockiness, trying to get under the villain’s skin. “Disappointed?” Shigaraki’s eyes ‘flash with irritation. “...You bringing any other Pro-Hero’s, tape guy? You wouldn’t be stupid enough to face me alone, surely. You know what I’m capable of.”

Sero knows, Midoriya thinks. They all did. They knew all about his hate, his malice, his cunning, his power. Shigaraki might not have All-For-One’s experience, but he had the fury and destructive potential to back it ‘up.

Shigaraki’s face twists into a psychotic grin, as he tear’s away the hand covering his face. “I mean, seriously?! Of all the Heroes that this wasted, crumbling, toothless society has-left, they send a mere NOBODY to deal with the greatest Villain to-?!”

Suddenly, a laugh interrupts Tomura’s speech. The camera moves back, and sure enough, Hanta Sero is laughing like a child on live national television. This moment of horror, of tension, and of fear, is totally overshadowed by this sudden outburst of hilarity from the ‘Hero’ of this strange broadcast.

“Are you kidding me?! Pfffft, hahaha! Oh, you must be some kind of comedian, man-!” Tomura blinks, and stops smiling. “...W-What are you talking about? Stop that. Stop laughing- what-?” Hanta’s familiar, broad-tooth grin returns, at-last, and points at Shigaraki as he continues to laugh like a ‘fool.

“Ha-Ha! Do you really think, that YOU are the greatest Villain of all-time?!”

Shigaraki’s confusion is replaced by rage, and the villain grits his teeth as Sero continues to laugh his ‘ass off, before turning his joy to the camera.

“Hey, guys at home- can you believe this guy? He should try standup or something-!” “Stop it... what are you-” “Nah, I think that Stain guy was the scariest, don’t you? Man, that guy was crazy, but he sure-was a great villain, huh? Ha, hey, do you all at home remember that ‘Dabi’ character? Y’know, I think he had the makings of a REAL villain...!”

Something instantly clicks in Izuku’s mind, even as his confused classmates look with concern at the televison. Sero knows he can’t beat Shigaraki in a one-on-one fight. If they fought on equal footing, he’d lose to the villain. No... this whole ‘mocking’ gambit is an act. The one ‘thing that nobody ever did to Shigaraki’s face, is the one thing that’s working on both confusing and dislodging him. After all, Tomura thinks that he’s the one on the top. The destined villain, bred to destroy the society raised by All-Might’s earliest work.

A smile breaks-out across Izuku’s bruised face, remembered how entranced he was as a kid whenever he saw All-Might smiling on the television. A Hero’s smile can go a long-way for the scared masses watching at home... and if there’s one thing that Sero has over everyone else in 1-A, it’s that he’s always smiling about something.

Shigaraki finally sees that he’s being upstaged on his own twisted television show, and lunges towards Sero, but the student just ‘dances out of the way. The cameraman struggles to follow this strange dance around the room: Tomura lunges, Hanta dodges. Tomura dives forward, and Hanta flips backwards.

Eventually, Sero spies a pattern through these wild and aimless lunges, and begins to put on a show for the struggling cameraman: a ballerina’s prancing-pirouette ‘here, or a series of backflips ‘there. In one instance, he manages to slap some ultra-smooth tape on the soles of his feet, and proceeds to skate around the room like a figure-skater.

“Man, come on, Shiggie, I thought you were meant to be good at chasing Heroes!” “COME BACK HERE AND LET ME KILL YOU!” “Oh, that’s not very sporting! The audience at home would be heartbroken if I made things easier for you~” “GAHHH, BE QUIET YOU WORTHLESS INSECT-!” “Man, for someone who’s appearing on national TV, your scriptwriter is so generic. I’ve heard better ‘lines from Dynamight! Here, let me help you out-!”

Suddenly, a line of tape launches up towards the ceiling, and Sero begins to swing around the large warehouse, with the same level of ‘showmanship he had shown beforehand. He then ‘arcs in middair, increases his speed, and slams both of his feet ‘downwards into Shigaraki’s face. Tomura lets out a gasp of pain, and tries to grab for Sero’s ankles, but the hero is too-fast, already swinging back into the air!

“Anyway, Shigaraki, I have to be honest with you...”

Hanta swings down towards the ground, and onto the raised dais that previously served as the villain’s makeshift ‘stage’ for his televised address. A broad arm wraps around Eri’s midsection, scooping the girl up before he soars back-up into the ‘rafters. Shigaraki grits his teeth, glaring-up at Sero’s still-smiling face as the hero holds Eri against his chest. With his spare hand, Sero reaches into his back-pocket, and pulls out his mobile phone.

“...You aren’t the ‘Number One Villain’, anymore. Heh, if anything, I think this little fight of ours have proven one-thing: that the fear you once projected, is now only an act. You’re no more terrifying than a mugger, or a common crook. After all, if a ‘nobody’ like me can mock you, outmanoeuvre you, save your hostage and ruin your broadcast-”

One of the warehouse walls explodes, and Izuku smiles as he sees the battle-worn but imposing figures of Eraserhead, Endeavour, Snipe and Thirteen standing in the smouldering hole.

“-Imagine what they can do to you?” Hanta finishes. He fires a line of tape at the camera, dragging it’s focus away from the enraged Shigaraki and the advancing Pro-Heroes. Sero then stares into the camera-lense for a moment, and his gaze shifts over the floor for a moment, as Eri shivers against his shoulder.

Izuku holds his breath, and the pause is unbearable.

Then, the young man on the screen gives another toothy grin to the watching audience, and a sly, oh-so-familiar ‘wink.

“Have No Fear.”

The feed then cuts-out, and is reduced to static. Normal programming resumes, as the newscaster scrambles to retain some facet of professionalism on-air.

But Izuku had seen enough. He leans back into his hospital bed, closes his eyes, and finally allows himself to take a breath.

Eri is safe, Shigaraki will be placed into Tartarus, and Sero saved the day. Down the hall, the cheers of the doctors and nurses could be heard, but Izuku only sighed with relief, and rolls his head back against the cushion.

His mind wanders-back, to when he was never ‘Deku’, but the Quirkless and shunned Izuku Midoriya. He remembers one of the first questions he ever asked All-Might. At the time, he couldn’t even imagine how much it would change his fate.

‘Can someone without a Quirk, become a Hero?’

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It ends, how it began.

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codenamesazanka · 4 years

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A meta about Dabi! I surprise myself; but HUGE DISCLAIMER: Dabi is still not a favorite character at all, and I am biased as hell. This is my interpretation of events. I will not be reading his behavior as if he is without doubt Touya Todoroki - that’s not at all confirmed - and so I will be less sympathetic due to not coming from that perspective. Also, extremely long meta.

First up: I’ll take Dabi for his word that he doesn’t gave a crap about the League.

I’m not saying he absolutely does not have a single milligram of care for the League - he does seem to rely on and intend for them to provide support for his goal; but he’s very much detached from everyone else, and haven’t demonstrated much empathy for any member of the League. Not quite part of the ‘Found Family’.

It’s very possible that he could be lying, trying look tough in front of the Hero.

But the evidence from the past chapters kinda shows that he means his words. Here’s him burning away Twice clones and barely avoid hitting Real!Twice:

“He never actually hit Twice,” “He had no choice cuz Hawks was right there,’ ‘He knew those aren’t the real Twice, and what do you expect? He’s a villain, and he expects his teammates to take care of themselves.”(*1)

All fair! Still, I’ll say this attack is pretty careless; and moreover, it took away some of their much needed manpower. Two Twice clones could’ve created four more Twices and so on; and at the very least might have interfered with Hawks targeting the real Twice.

And here’s him attacking Hawks in a way that would’ve burned Twice badly.

Images are out of order, my apologies, but these panels show that 1) Dabi had really intended to hit Hawks (and Twice), what with him being shocked that Hawks had been able to evade the attack; 2) Dabi’s fire output was very strong, and so 3) as Hawks points out, he nearly burned up Twice.

Even if he thought that Hawks would protect Twice, that’s still quite a risky move that would’ve badly injure a fellow League Member.

Here’s a comparison of Dabi and Mr. Compress during the battle in Deika:

In the first image, after Mr. Compress ask for help, Dabi dismisses him. Sure, he does point out the Twice clones shortly after, but it cold enough that Mr. Compress even asks, ‘Are you so unfeeling?!’.

Meanwhile, when it’s Dabi in danger, Mr. Compress is concerned for him, wishes to help, and yeah, that ‘Poor Dabi!’

All throughout My Villain Academia, he’s been pretty rude and aloof from everyone:

Refusing to help fight Gigantomachia (to go recruit a Hero that he never trusted in the first place) when everyone is ready to eat cold dirt for a month and a half with Shigaraki.

And:

Dismissing everyone’s effort, and insulting them.

In fact, in comparison to everyone else in the League, Dabi is really lacking. We all know Twice is a total sweetheart who would do anything for the League; Spinner is canonically in love with Shigaraki explicitly stated that his goal is to help Shigaraki realize his vision (Chapter 233). Toga showed her care for Twice during the Overhaul mess (Chapter 148). And Mr. Compress, again, was worried for Dabi (Chapter 230), wanted the Doc to help Shigaraki (238), and is in general genial towards his teammates.

I think, overall, narratively in both writing and visuals, Dabi is written to be rather unlikeable to the reader (or at least neutral).

My Villain Academia is the arc where the League are the protagonists, the Point-of-View characters: we hear their thoughts, and we learn their backstories.

A huge messy image! I’m sorry! But from the silly faces, to the little actions (Mr. Compress whispering, complete with ‘psst psst’), to the asides (Mr Compress, again, “Where did you pull that phone out of?”), these give us a bit of funny moments that kinda endears the League to us. (Even Giran gets a moment or two.)

Not quite Dabi though. We get a glimpse of his thoughts at the beginning of Chapter 228 when he encounters Geten, we have some interactions with Twice that are humorous (though it’s Twice carrying out the majority of it), and... that’s it.

“What about Mr. Compress? We got no backstory.”; “What about Toga? We don’t really hear her thoughts either?” Yes to all those points, but these were made up for: as shown above, Mr. Compress having those little moments; and Toga, who already demonstrated her care for Twice in the Overhaul Arc, and we’re reminded of that directly when Twice brings out the handkerchief she gave him.

There, of course, is that moment that he goes to attack Hawks and help Twice in Chapters 264-266. Good of him, right? Heroic, even.

Except that 'rescue’ doesn’t really give it a feeling of ‘The Calvary Has Arrived!’. IMO. For one thing, he almost burned Twice. For another, the reaction from Twice is more desperate than relief or joy. Compare with Toga and Mr. Compress’s clear utter joy at being saved by Twice.

(And no could forget those amazing spreads of Twice overcoming his trauma and unleashing Sad Man’s Parade? Those evokes such a feeling of “THE CALVARY IS HERE”, omg. Dabi’s flame entrance is not quite. *To me* )

I would even go as far to say as Dabi is being portrayed as a possible “third party” antagonist.

Yes, the League are already the main antagonists in the overall story, but they’re quite sympathetic-- Dabi, in relation to the League, although being a member, is the odd one out in many aspects.

I think the recent chapters with Twice and Hawks and Dabi illustrates this really well-- Because we go from [Twice vs Hawks] with Hawks as the POV ‘bad guy’; and now we have [Hawks vs Dabi], Dabi as the bad guy. The story writing and the art shifts immediately to portray that, aimed at directing our empathy, at the character Horikoshi wants us to root for.

In Chapter 264 and 265, no doubt we’re to root for Twice. All those flashbacks! Him cowering on the ground. His heart breaking because he trusted Hawks. We feel for him. And so Hawks is portrayed as the ‘Villain’-- but not completely.

For Hawks, we go from dark and menacing, him being looming and scary...then immediately move to seeing Hawks expression of remorse. Horikoshi wants us to understand Hawks is conflicted. And he’s not doing this for fun. And finally, they’re shown as equals in the fight: Twice and Hawk’s faces aligned at even levels.

Chapter 266, we finally have the three together. Most definitely, Dabi is on Twice’s side - but like I said, it’s not actually showing Dabi as a reliable backup.

Then we get to Chapter 267. We first start off with that cute image if the Fataxi. It’s adorable. Then Tokoyami notices the flames, the flying, putting two and two together. This positions them as sorta the main focus. We’re back in the Heroes’ POV.

Moving onto the fight, I do sense anger from Dabi: the flames, the stomping, the stomping flames. But it’s more portrayed as manic, sadistic anger, instead of grief, vengeful anger. And that smile!

It’s a true villain smile. The stretching of the corners of the mouth, and the way the eyes are curved. Joyful smiles tightens up the eyes. And sure, you can have a contradictory smile while angry and in grief, a grimace, but there’s other things to cue at that - tears, sweat drops, the eyes again - usually big and triangular.

Do I think it’s possible he’s smiling contradictory? That he’s feeling real sadness and anger at Twice’s death? Yeah, it’s possible. But it’s also possible he isn’t - and I feel that’s the more likely option, given all he says about Twice being useful and about Stain’s philosophy (*remember Stain didn’t like Shigaraki! he didn’t like Villains either. He was going to purge the world of both.)

Anyways, Hawks is right there, on the ground, trying to shield himself. It’s a pitiful look. He’s clearly drawn as the victim we’re to emphasize with, because this doesn’t look like a fight between equals. Just one guy playing with the other, having the ability to incinerate him immediately, but dragging it out.

(True, Dabi’s a villain, and-- “Didn’t Shigaraki do the same thing? With Overhaul? Dude chopped off limbs and laughed.” Yes! Absolutely. But Chapter 160 was from the League’s POV, and everything about it was to position the League as winners, badasses, ‘The Next’.)

(My god, we even get a Baby Hawks flashback for us to fawn over.)

Here, it’s Hawk’s POV and Dabi is full Villain imagery. Hawks has to looking up from a protective pose - at a very menacing Dabi, looming over, stepping on him. The panels with the outside fighting and the city, linked with Dabi smiling - that’s classic {‘I’m going to target and hurt the world’ evil mastermind monologue, insert evil laughter}.

Once Tokoyami enters the scene, there’s no more argument. A likeable Hero student? Arriving to protect his mentor? He’s the clear Hero we’re to cheer for, against Dabi, (who we never even get to bond with during MVA... unlike Twice).

All in All, Dabi rejects the Heroes... and he also rejects the League.

The thing that confuses me most about this whole arc so far is “Why the fuck did Dabi recruit Hawks?” He said he knew Hawks was lying from the start, but he still let a Hero into the club. Moreover, if Dabi noticed and knew enough to guess where Twice and Hawks is the moment the Hero attack started; if he knew enough to even think “This isn’t your fault, Twice,” then why didn’t Dabi do anything sooner?

We don’t know his specific goal yet. Did Hawks factor into it in an important way? He’s willing to kill Hawks right now. It could be that Hawks, by now, is more dangerous than he is worth as a trap for the heroes, say, so it’s time to cut some losses.

But Hawks had pretty much only brought bad luck for Villains: Made Endeavor look good; found out about the MLA and discovered their plot; discovered the hospital; set up this attack. None of it furthers Dabi’s stated goal to Kill All Heroes, and none of it helps the League either.

Until we get his gameplan, I can honestly regard him as dumb. What is this series of events???

(Even if the other League Members were to be dumb and fuck up like Dabi, we know they did it with good intentions for Shigaraki, for the League.

Toga, doing risky things: Literally said, “I’m sure [retrieving Deku’s blood, betraying the Hassaikai] will make Tomura happy.”

Twice, the sweetheart: recruited Overhaul cuz he thought he was a good guy. Befriended Hawks because he thought Hawks believed in the cause.

Mr. Compress: Kinda ruined the ‘kidnap Bakugou’ thing; but since then he hasn’t done anything. And we’re sure of his sincerity because: Lost an arm, still stayed with the League, fought for a month+ with a broken prosthetic.

Spinner: Was a Stain fanboy, but has stopped.)

“This isn’t your fault, Twice,” and it’s true. It’s not Twice’s fault at all. It’s Dabi’s. The blame has to be on Dabi.

So. Dabi. Looking more and more to be on neither side, and now having wronged both. What’s gonna happen to him?

Not sure, but I’ve got a theory he might actually be killed by Shigaraki, to develop Shigaraki and the League. But that’s for another post.

(*1) “...what do you expect? He’s a villain, and he expects his teammates to take care of themselves.” Also true. And I am aware that Shigaraki did the same thing when he decayed that tower no knowing whether Giran got rescued yet or not, so there was some callousness there. But consider: one guy had been so sleep-deprived for one and a half months that he had hallucinated slightly and was wobbling with each movement; and the other has not.

All this is my opinion and impressions. Sorry if it’s unclear at points. Thanks for reading!!!!! And thank you so much to friends that helped me brainstorm and discuss this! Your contributions are invaluable.

#Dabi #League of Villains #bnha #mha #meta #nalslastworkingbraincell

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inactiveblog261838 · 5 years

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realizing they love you. (kaminari, bakugo, todoroki, midoriya, mina, shinso, monoma, shigaraki)

here’s some shitty scenarios i wrote out of utter boredom. i need something to post while i work on other stuff that’s taking longer, so this exists. enjoy this word vomit.

requests are open!!!

Denki Kaminari

Kaminari realized he was in love with you on his bedroom floor.

You were hanging out with Kaminari in his room, listening to music and playing with your shared collections of Pokémon cards. It wasn’t anything special, but it was the first time the two of you had been alone in his room. When hanging out, you were almost always accompanied by Mina and Sero. However, everyone was busy, and Denki was kind of glad that he got the chance to be alone with you. He’d had feelings for you forever, and he didn’t think he could fall any harder. That is, until his favorite song started to play and your face lit up.

“I love this song!” You’d exclaimed, looking up at him with a huge smile on your face.

He dropped his card and returned your excitement with a wobbly smile. “Really? It’s my favorite.”

You slung an arm around his shoulder, disregarding the scattered Pokémon cards, and sang loudly, intentionally being goofy. However, Kaminari couldn’t help but watch you in a daze, so excited that the object of his affection had the same favorite song, and the sound of your voice made his heart race. He’d always liked you, but in that moment, watching you bop and sing along to the music, his heart could’ve exploded with all the love he felt for you. It was a sudden realization, the kind that you notice in a fleeting moment and can’t shake afterwards.

He was a huge flirt, and though he tried to seem like a cool and collected player, the complete adoration he felt for you in that moment made any thoughts of other girls dissipate from his mind completely.

Katsuki Bakugo

Bakugo realized he was in love with you in your living room.

Kirishima refused to let you go along to retrieve Bakugo despite your cries and protests, and decided the least he could do was bring him to you. The moment you walked out of your room to see the two boys standing in your den, looking worn down, but unharmed, you were hit with such an intense wave of emotion you almost collapsed. Instead of collapsing, you ran straight for Bakugo, wrapping your arms around him as tight as you could, ensuring that he was really there.

“Katsuki! I’m so glad you’re safe. I was so scared, and Kirishima wouldn’t let me come, or let me know anything until right before you guys got here. I’m sorry I didn’t help!”

Bakugo was taken aback by the sudden intense emotions coming from you. Though he felt an unspoken something between the two of you, he’d never experienced genuine affection from you before now. It was always teasing flirting, and more shocking than that... you hadn’t ever seemed worried or afraid of anything.

When the wetness of your tears soaked through Bakugo’s shirt to his skin, he realized that the slight shaking of your body was you crying. He gently lifted your face up so your eyes met, and the sight of you crying felt like a stab in the heart.

“Don’t apologize, Y/N. Everything’s okay,” he assured you, his voice calm and level, “And stop crying. I don’t like seeing you like that. You look weird.”

You furrowed your brows and stuck out your lip. “You’re so mean! I was scared I’d never see you again, of course I’m gonna cry.”

He laughed. “You know no measly villains are gonna keep me from you, idiot. And I’m here now anyways, there’s no reason to cry.”

Looking down, you entwined your fingers with his and squeezed, once more making sure he was really there. “Don’t ever scare me like that again.”

With a content sigh, Bakugo leaned down, placing his face in your hair and kissing your head. “I won’t.”

In that moment, he could feel the connection between the two of you was more than it originally seemed, and he was consumed with what he could only describe as an undeniable love.

Shoto Todoroki

Todoroki realized he was in love with you in the school hallway.

You weren’t expecting to see Todoroki at the pool, but he surprisingly showed up with the rest of the Class 1-A boys. It took a lot of willpower for you to avoid gawking at the sight of him in his swimming trunks, and the other girls laughed at your obvious staring. You and Todoroki had a “thing”, according to everyone, but you weren’t sure if he felt the same given his odd behavior and mannerisms. You’d watched the races in giddy excitement, cheering him on the whole time. He noticed, though you didn’t realize.

When 5pm rolled around and everyone left the pool, he asked you to meet with him and walk home with him. Of course, you agreed. He waited in the hallway for you to get changed, engaging in an awkward conversation with Midoriya about his feelings for you. Ever since you befriended him at the beginning of the semester he’d been struggling with his feelings towards you, unsure of what to do.

Midoriya told him that he felt love for you, and he was unsure at first. Love was a foreign concept to him, but when you appeared in the hall, your wet hair framing the big smile on your face as you walked up to him and greeted him, the fluttering in his heart confirmed it.

“You were totally gonna win that race! I was cheering you on,” you said, pumping a fist in the air.

“Thank you,” he replied with a curt nod and shy smile, hoping that the heat could be a cover for the blush dusting his face.

Izuku Midoriya

Midoriya realized he was in love with you from the stands at the Sports Festival.

After your devastating loss in the Sports Festival, you’d wandered around the halls trying to regain your composure before returning to watch the rest of the events with your classmates. You’d had high hopes for yourself, but ended up overestimating yourself and making a small mistake that cost you the match. You were upset, but it was a loss you were determined to learn and bounce back from.

Midoriya called out to you, causing you to spin around and wave to him. “Hey, what’s up?”

He ran to you, catching his breath. His face was pink, from running you assumed. “You did amazing, Y/N.”

You laughed and scratched the back of your head awkwardly. Midoriya was doing his best to keep his cool and not completely embarrass himself in front of you, or say anything to upset you. Thankfully, you didn’t seem visibly upset about losing, and he wad glad— you put up an awesome fight. It took his breath away, and his admiration for you grew more with each second of the match.

“I mean it! You might’ve lost, but it was a close one. I took a lot of notes about your fighting techniques, too!”

The way your eyes sparkled with excitement at his words caused Midoriya’s heart to nearly thud out of his chest. “Really? Izuku, no way! I feel so special!”

“You’re amazing, Y/N,” he replied, a dizzy smile painted on his reddening face. His heart was beating out of control, and seeing the way you could smile despite taking a loss made him fall even harder for you. Seeing your determination in battle made him realize that his little crush was actually much more, and you were only increasing the butterflies in his stomach and heart with that smile.

Mina Ashido

Mina realized she was in love with you in a dressing room.

Almost immediately, you and Mina had become best friends. There was an instant connection between the two of you, and as time passed, Kaminari and Mineta began to prod at the idea of the two of you dating. You both humored them, casually flirting with one another and pretending to date. It was all in good fun, until Mina started to realize she actually had feelings for you. She kept it quiet, not wanting to make the friendship awkward, but it was gradually becoming hard to ignore.

One day after school, you, Mina, Kaminari, Kirishima, Sero, and Bakugo went to the mall to hang out and window shop. Nothing was unusual, until a clothing store caught your attention.

“Mina! Will you come with me to try on some of these clothes? They’re so cute!”

Thankful for her pink skin hiding the blush that coated her cheeks when you grabbed her hand and stared at her with your big, sparkling eyes, she agreed and followed you into the store, keeping your hands locked together. You suggested matching outfits, and Mina didn’t object. The two of you went to the fitting room together and changed into the outfits, while Mina did her best not to be awkward or embarrassing. Once you were both changed, you observed yourself and Mina in the mirror, grinning.

“This is so cute! Now we’re a real couple, huh?”

For a moment, Mina thought she misheard you, but upon realizing what you said, and taking in the look on your face, she almost fainted. You were so cute, and she was so incredibly in love, it was unfair.

Hitoshi Shinso

Shinso realized he was in love with you in an alleyway.

The two of you were walking around a shopping district, looking at different things and debating on which street cart to get food from. You were a picky eater, which he usually would have found annoying, but since it was you, he tolerated it. The two of you decided on yakitori, and continued walking around with your pinkies locked so you didnt get separated in the crowd.

When you suddenly stopped walking, Shinso was about to snap at you for stopping in the middle of a busy sidewalk, but by the time he turned around you’d disappeared down the alley beside where you’d been walking. He rolled his eyes and squeezed through the passerby into the empty alley, where he found you crouching, your hand extended.

“What are you doing?”

“Hitoshi! Hush! There’s a kitten!”

His eyes widened and he slowly walked over to you and peered over your shoulder, where a small, dirty, white kitten was sitting, rubbing against your hand. He couldn’t help but smile at the sight, taking it in and forgetting about everything else for a moment.

“I’m gonna keep it,” you stated, “It’ll be our kid, okay?”

“Our... kid?” Shinso raised his brow at your wording. He wasn’t opposed to it, of course, but didn’t expect it.

“Well, I know how much you love cats. It would be rude to keep it to myself,” you teased, slowly picking up the kitten. “Look, Hito! It likes you already!”

The kitten was pawing at his coat, it’s big eyes focused on Shinso’s face. He looked from the kitten, to your beaming face, and felt a warmth wash over his body. He loved the kitten instantly, but as he watched how carefully and lovingly you petted it and held it, he came to realize he loved you too.

Neito Monoma

Monoma realized he loved you in the middle of chaos.

Despite his obsessive hatred for Class 1-A, Monoma had grown quite fond of you for some reason that he couldn’t explain. The training camp gave him the opportunity to spend more time with you, when he wasn’t taking his extra lessons. The two of you trained together and worked together to make your food, and despite your classmates’ strange looks and confused comments, you continued to spend time with Monoma as much as you could. He was more than annoyed on the night that the classes went through the forest path. The

chance to scare you was one he didn’t wanna miss, but unfortunately, Vlad and Aizawa dragged him and the Class A students off to study.

When Mandalay’s message came through, everything seemed like a joke. But Aizawa’s reaction caused a bit of fear to build up in everyone’s chest as they sat and waited to hear from their classmates. Being in Class A, you’d dealt with villains before, but given the terrain and the fact that the pro-heroes seemed to be struggling, Monoma couldn’t help but be overcome with worry. He remained in his seat, silently picking his nails and squirming around in failed attempts to ease his mind. The other students talked quietly amongst themselves, and the inaudible whispers only made him more on edge. If something happened to you out their, Monoma would have become a complete, inconsolable wreck. He was close with his classmates, and of course he worried for their safety as well, but his mind always went back to you.

Eventually, everything was brought under control and you returned to the building with a few others, terrified and sporting minor injuries from fights. Medical teams arrived to help everyone, and Monoma was glued to your side the entire time, scared that your injuries were worse than they seemed. You assured him that you were fine, and squeezed his hand.

“Why are you so worried about someone from Class 1-A, anyway?” You joked. Monoma didn’t laugh.

“Don’t be stupid, Y/N,” he responded coldly, staring down at you with an indiscernible expression on his face.

He wouldn’t let himself say it, but while sitting in that classroom oblivious to the chaos outside, he came to realize he loved you, and was terrified of something happening to you without him there to help you.

Tomura Shigaraki

Shigaraki realized he loved you while sulking in his room.

All too often, Shigaraki would get worked up over something not going as planned, and shut himself away in his room to brood and play video games. Usually, you’d leave him be and stay in the bar with Kurogiri, but something lead you to decide to follow after him. You half-expected him to yell at you to leave, but when you knocked on his door, he told you to come in.

He was sitting on his bed, viciously picking at his scarred neck, muttering to himself. His eyes were focused on you, not once looking away as you stood at the door, debating on whether to stay or head back. “What are you doing? Don’t just stand there.”

His irritation was evident, and you quickly moved away from where you’d been standing, awkwardly searching for another place to stand. You were usually casual with Shigaraki, but when he was in a bad mood, you could never be too careful. The more you looked around, the more you started to worry that you were annoying him more, so you settled for sitting beside him on the bed. He seemed surprised, but didn’t tell you to get up, so you stayed.

“Don’t beat yourself up, Shigaraki. Things won’t always be successful, you’ve gotta keep trying and eventually you’ll get to your— our goal,” you told him, pulling his hand away from his neck, “You can’t predict everything that will happen. You’ve just gotta see how things play out and develop new strategies.”

He was silent as he looked at your hand wrapped around his wrist. You were preparing to be snapped at, but it didn’t come.

“And, no matter how many times things go wrong, I’ll keep helping as much as I can. This isn’t something you’ve gotta do on your own. We’re a team, all of us,” you continued, your voice soft and calming.

“You’re the only one in this damn League with any sense, besides Kurogiri,” he muttered, lowering his hand to his lap. “What are you even doing here?”

“I know how much you blame the other members’ failures on yourself, and I thought I’d try to talk to you. Sorry.”

“Don’t apologize. I like your company, you’re not annoying like everyone else.”

It was a strange compliment, but coming from Shigaraki, it meant a lot to not be considered annoying, so you accepted it happily. “Yeah, I’m glad. I’m pretty fond of you, Shigaraki.”

With that, you got up and headed back to the bar, leaving Shigaraki in the silence of his room.

“Fond of me, huh?” He whispered to himself, looking at the door you exited from. Shigaraki had no idea what love was, but he enjoyed your presence, and your words made his face hot. It may have been nothing special to you, but from that moment on, Shigaraki was wrapped around your finger.

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itsyourbby · 5 years

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💔Cheater💔katsuki bakugou x reader

Warning the fallowing text contains..

-curse words

-rough sex (sorda)

-a hurtful topic (author-Chan hates seeing one of her favorite characters cheat on her reader which hurts her😅)(oops spoiler)

You have been warnedddd

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Ever since I first laid my eyes on him...I loved him...I didn't mind his weird muttering habit,matter a fact I loved it! I didn't mind how shy he was,it made him seem cute, I loved everything about him from his big feet to his green curly hair,

i didn't mind his determination towards being the number one hero,I truly didn't,but because of leaving him be and letting him study or whatever for that excuse I didn't seem to realize.....that he was cheating on me....

~A few weeks ago~

"Hey izuku?" I said with a hopeful determination that he might want to watch a movie.

"Y-yeah..? What's up (y/n)~San..?"he asked with a bit of nervousness.

"Can we watch a movie?! We almost never have time for our relationship..You're always busy with your determination of being the top hero...Oh I'm not annoyed about that but just...can I be noticed by you for once..?"I looked down and noticed that uraraka came into the living room.

Izuku looked at uraraka and gave her a worried look,uraraka on the other hand gave izuku a mad glare...hearing a big sigh I looked up.

"S-sorry (y/n) but I got loads of work I got to finish and give to all might..I'll see you later alright..?"

Like always..that same stupid..excuse...

Feeling a weak peck on the cheek I hear him start talking to uraraka.

"That was tough"

I gasp and looked at my right realizing that bakugou was leaning on the wall with his hands in his pockets this whole time.

"O-oh katsuki..hey.."you might wonder why I'm calling bakugou by his first name..well long story short I was sad about izuku not noticing me and he seemed to notice me instead of izuku himself so he took the responsibility to make me feel better...with out realizing it we got close😅really close.

I looked back at my feet with a frown.

"Oi keep frowning and you'll end up with that same face,anyway how about we watch a shitty movie,fucking deku doesn't know what he's missing.."he said while grabbing the controller and sitting next to me.

Seems like that cheered me up because the next thing you know I started smiling along with giggling.

"Why the fuck are you giggling?STOP GIGGLING BEFORE I FUCKING REGRET DOING THIS FOR YOU,YOU LITTL-"

"Oh OK OK OK IM SORRY GOMEN GOMEN..it's just that..I never thought that the almighty bakugou katsuki would do something that nice for a loser like me..."I looked down once again biting my bottom lip.

"O-oi don't talk about yourself like that..if we're gonna watch a movie then you gotta be happy..I wanna see your stupid smile..."he said with a hint of blush.

My eyes widened in shock, I looked up at him then soften my face

‘I'm so thankful for having him'

A few minutes later

You had your head on katsuki's shoulder and slowly started drifting off to sleep..but wait...you had an idea..

You stand up and turned around to look at katsuki

"Oi what the hell! the movie was getting good sit your ass down!"

"Wait but katsuki I forgot to make popcorn!"you looked at him with your puppy face

"Grrragh fine go get them"he said while looking back at the movie.

You head to the kitchen trying to find the popcorn,once you find it you put it in the microwave and sit

'I wonder how izuku is doing..oh! I can check up on him and maybe bring some sandwiches!!! I'm such a good girlfriend☺️’

I got out everything that I needed for my piece of work and got to work!

Time skip brought to you byyyyyy

This adorable picture of shigaraki😭❤️

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"Good Im finally done"

Grabbing a tray you put the sandwiches on the tray along with izuku's favorite juice.

You start to head to his dorm thinking about how he'll thank you.

'OH thank you so much (n/n), i love you so much babe❤️"

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You sighed realizing that he will never say that,you zoned out when you started hearing...moaning.

"What the hell..?"

You looked at the room that was next to you and realized where it came from..izuku.

putting your ear on the door you started hearing the moan even louder...yep it's in this room

"Mmmnnn"

"hahhh just give it to me please.."

"Your such a naughty girl ochako "

'O-ochako..'

You took a big breath and decide to knock.

'THEY DIDNT EVEN HAVE THE BALLS TO FUCKING CLOSE THE DOOR'

You just wanted to get this over with so you just opened it and the next thing you saw horrored you.

You saw izuku-no, midoriya and uraraka on his bed...naked...making out and enjoying it

"I-izuku..."your voice cracked as the realization hit you.he’s been doing this...for 2 whole fucking years...

you were so shocked that you didn't even noticed that you let go of the tray.now on the floor was 2 messed up pieces of sandwiches and a spilled juice.

'How could he do this' he promised to always be with you,to always support you,to never betray you...

Midoriya turn his head fast realizing who's voice he just heard

"(Y/N)?!"he got off the bed and head to your direction.clumps of tears went down your eyes,you never cried this much before, it was shocking to you that it was possible to have this much tears in such a small period of time,you started sobbing realizing that he never cared about you,he never loved you.

He grabbed your arm with his filthy hands but you took your hand out of his embrace with a pity look on your face

"(N/N) ITS NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE..IM SO SORRY,I CAN EXPLAIN"he looked at you with teary eyes and begged you to listen to him,you had enough,

"YOU RAT BASTERD"hearing you say that... it sounded like venom to midoriya,his eyes widen surprised at what you just said,tears started to fall down his horrified face,he never saw you this mad,he never heard you curse,for once he realized that he actually fucked up,you turned around and started running, not Even a minute later you hit something,you didn't care what it was or who it was but you just hugged it

"Wait what the fuck,WHY THE FUCKING FUCK ARE YOU CRYING (N/N)?!

WHO THE FUCK HURT YOU,ILL KILL THEM?!?!?!?!"

You looked up and noticed that you were hugging katsuki.

"K-katsuki.."you sobbed louder and louder.katsuki looked above you trying to find the purpose on why your adorable little face is crying.his eyes widened when he saw midoriya crying on the door frame, naked (well he was covering his ding dong with a pillow).

"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO TO HER YOU LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT,IS THIS THE REASON WHY YOU HAVENT BEEN SPENDING TIME WITH HER,BECAUSE YOUR FUCKING CHEATING ON HER WITH THAT WHORE ?!"

You heard doors opening and people gasping at the thing they saw.

"Omg (n/n) are you alright?"momo went up to you and started hugging you.

"That's so messed..up"kirishima looked down and shakes his head in disappointment.

"What the hell?! (N/n) are you alright?! I can't believe uraraka is such a whore,she's so desperate! i mean we all knew she liked midoriya since the beginning but we never thought she would ever do this to be with him....to make him cheat..."Mina said with disgust.

You started hearing midoriya sobbing louder and louder while whispering sorry and beating him self up non stop.

You turned around head hung low,tears running down your cheeks,

going back to katsuki and hugging him tightly afraid that he might let go,

"ca-can we le-leave..."

" abso-fucking-lutely"

Katsuki picked you up and headed strait to your room.

💦first pov💦

I felt broken..I wasn't expecting that...I'm so fucking dumb,how could I not realize that he was cheating on me..after all those excuses I didn't even realize that he was doing that..it's stupid..

"love is stupid"while not realizing that I said that out loud katsuki still had me,he was still carrying me,he's still with me...

(Look ok so I couldn't find a picture where it shows how katsuki was carrying reader~San, so this one is the most closest on how they look,katsuki is walking while you have your legs around his waist,having your arms around his neck and your head buried in his neck)

Katsuki was outside of your room so he just opened the door with his leg and softly laid you down on the bed with him just laying down next to you after he shut the door.

He sighed and started talking,

"Look...love Isn't stupid..it isn't bad and it isn’t a fucking waste.stupid,bad and a waste depends on the person you love,for example..."katsuki slowly got near you and once he was next to you he hugged you

(You can choose which ever you want reader~san😭)

"Fucking loving deku was a huge motherfucking mistakenly could have ever done...and well loving me..would be a whole different thing"he said with a tint of worry.

My eyes widened,did I hear that right?

I looked at him with my eyes widened for the hundredth time,I never noticed.

"Yeah....I fucking love you....I love you (y/n)..damn I’ve been wanting to say those words to you from the very beginning but since you went and started dating that shithead I didn’t want to....uh....ruin our friendship.."katsuki tried to avoid eye contact seeming that he wasn't looking at my direction.

I then realized what a huge mistake Ive made for 2 years..how could I not realize that..the person I should have loved was right infront of me..I wasted time on a fucking jerk that..that didn't even try to love me.i still had my eyes widened at the new information I just received...having flash backs of every moment I had with katsuki made me realize that...I slowly had fallen for him with out realizing it...every second I spended with him made me fall for him but of course..I had to be blinded by mother fucking izuku midoriya.

I looked at him in the eye,placed both of my hands on his cheeks and slammed my lips on his.

He was totally shooked, his eyes were widened as hell, a few seconds later he went along with it and closed his eyes fallowing my lead.

A few minutes passed and he took the lead,he was on top of me about to take my shirt off when he pulled away and asked,

"Are you sure..? You don't have to do it if you don't want to,it's ight with me🤷🏻‍♀️"

(Look reader~San,I know it escalated quickly,you just got your heart broken and now your about to get fucked xD but plz understand that this is smut and anything is possible🥳🤯🤩)

I sighed and took a big breath,

"No,no it's ok.i wanna do it..I truly do wanna do it.so just hurry...I want it"

Katsuki smirked at my response and quickly took his and my clothes off except for the undergarment,

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he started planting sweet gentle kisses on me while I try to not moan,placing my hand above my mouth,katsuki some how noticed my struggle and grunted,

"Let me hear you,I wanna hear-.....god damn it..I wanna hear your fucking moans" taking ahold of my warm sweaty hand he started attacking my neck,going left and right,trying to fined my sweet spot.

"A-aAhH"I opened my eyes in shock,not prepared for the sudden feeling of pleasure.out of no where I couldn't stop but moan.

I looked down and noticed that kacchan was enjoying it.

'Ggrrr I'm not gonna let him play me like that'

I took his hands and flipped him over.

"Like if I would let you be top,I'm gonna show you who's the boss.."

I studied his face,looking at his shocked scarlet eyes to his once chapped lips.

Satisfied with his reaction I whispered to his ear

"Now I'll show you my true side."

Licking his ear I started giving him hickeys,one over here,and Another over here,

(Something like that..but a bit more cuz if u haven't noticed..reader~Chan is a freaky freak😏😉lmao I’m high)

"GgggaAah aAah~"

Was..WAS THAT A MOAN?!FROM KATSUKI?!!!!!!!

I felt my face get hot,oh god,I have a feeling that I'm blushing hardcore oh nah,I kept going down and I kept leaving him hickeys non stop,near his nipples,near his abbs,

Reaching his v line I started tugging on his boxers trying to let him know....that I'm actually finally ready..

He stood up on the end of the bed and grinned,slowly taking his boxers off he didn't take his eyes off of me,

"Ughhhhh kacchan~ hurry up..."I looked to my side trying to avoid eye contact after that embarrassing statement.

"Why should I? I'm gonna take as long as I fucking want,besides your not using the magic word sweetie"

Pouting, I opened my mouth trying to get the courage to say what he wanted me to say,

I took a deep breath

"JUST HURRY UP AND FUCK ME DAMN IT, I NEED U IN ME GOD FUCKING DAMN,IS IT TO MUCH TO ASK FOR YOU TO SIMPLY FUCK ME?!"

(You areeeee 4 C and 4 D..lmfAo🤣)

Seems like what I said turned him on cuz when I looked down there,the only thing I could see was a huge and I mean a HUGE fucking tent.

He bit his lip and finally took his boxer and his underwear off.

My eyes almost popped off once I seen his...his masterpiece..I guess?

"I-it's freakin HUGE"

I felt a bit worried and sorda painful,just thinking about it not fitting inside of me,just the idea of it tearing my insides apart,I sorda was looking forward to it?

Instead of him placing himself on my entrance he bend over and faced me.

"If you actually thought I was about to fucking give it to you then your fucking dreaming,I haven't even pleasured you yet😏"

He shoved 2fingers in my mouth while the other hand tried to take off my panties,I helped him instead of just seeing him miserably fail because bitch let me tell you I don't have my usual patience with me right now.

I sucked on the fingers until he pulled them out and shoved it up my womanhood.

"AaAhHh"moaning at that sudden action he kept going. The room was filled with me moaning,wet fingers inside of me and kacchan silently snickering.

I soon felt even more pleasure when he placed in 3 fingers,it felt like nothing I have ever felt,I never imagined such feeling could exist,just the thought about the pleasure that bakugou would give me later turned me on Even more.

I can't believe that I would be doing this with my boy best friend,with the person that actually loves me,I always thought that I would share this special moment with midoriya ..not kacchan..it's weird thinking about it for some reason,the person that I would promise my whole body to was always by my side while the person that I THOGHT would have my body was actually never there._. Oh well,at least I'm with the right person now!

Feeling something wet and...fast made me realize that he was now basically eating me.

The fast feeling of his tongue inside of me was incredible! He once again smirked.He licked up your folds, his tongues dipping past your hole teasingly. He used his thumb to toy with your clit as he stimulated your folds. He poked his tongue past your walls, wiggling it around before shoving in another finger

(You look like the bottom katsuki face xD)

"K-katsuki I-i thi-think I-im about-t to-"with a shocked tone I looked at him,my mouth opened and my tong out on the side might of made it enough for him.

You moaned out loudly at the sudden feeling of him going even faster.your orgasm rushing over you. Your eyes squeezed shut as he continued to pump you through your release.

You bucked your hip as you feel your insides tighten.

"Katsuki!"

Not even one second later You felt this thick white substance come out squirting on kacchansface.he just smirked and cleaned the mess with his tongue."fuck, (n/n)You looked so Goddamn good like that

I take a deep breath in and let it out.

"No lie..that felt sooo good~uhhh but that kinda tired me😭uughhh"

Hehe I guess I turned him on even more

💦Second pov💦

You felt his cock lift,you looked at it and saw the huge boner he’s been having the whole time.

"Hehehe I guess your little friend already wants me~"

You stand up and let kacchan sit up at the corner of the bed,

"Too bad,I haven't even pleasured you yet,sounds familiar right?"

"Tsk"

You smiled at the fact that you used his own words against himself.

You then were on your knees,closing your eyes and imagining on how it would feel when his whole dick would be inside of your mouth.

You gently touched his cock and blowed hot air on it,you looked up at him and saw him trying not to moan,

"Aaah come on kacchan,let me hear your moans,it's gonna make this whole thing better~" he just grunted and looked at you,"hurry up,I don't have the fucking patients to just wait for you and let u chose when you want to do this or not"

"What's the magic word?"

"Oh my fucking god (y/n)....JUST SUCK MY DAMN DICK YOU BITCH"

You spit on his cock and soon started to jerk him off,not even one minute later you hear him moaning,you smirked and started to go even faster,

he cocked his head back and closed his eyes trying his best not to moan but he sadly failed.

Your hand got tired so the next thing to do,was to suck it,instead of being scared..you were excited.you placed your mouth on his tip and started to swirl your tongue around it,you went deeper and deeper until your mouth didn't have enough space,I guess you need kacchan's help now,you placed your mouth off of it and looked at kacchan embarrassed,he looked at you curious on why you stopped.

"U-umm kacchan......I want you to.......face fuck me...I-if tha-That's alright w-with you?!?!?..."you looked at the floor trying not to blush,

'I can't believe that I just said that,oh god!'

Katsuki's eyes lid up,he looked a bit happy that you asked for help,he gave you a smug smirk and answered your request,

"Well of course love,aw don't be embarrassed it's ok to ask for help~

I'm fucking glad to help you,I'll face fuck you so hard that your whole fucking face would be red~

It's actually a fucking turn on when you ask for help~"

At first you pouted seeing that kacchan was mocking you but then you got embarrassed and looked away,you really were something else considering that sometime you felt the need to be bold but when someone gets you embarrassed you seem shy and tense.its like if you got 2 side of yourself,the innocent side and the bold devilish side,both making you who you truly are and at the same time both making you 2 different people.

"I'll make sure to ask for help more then~"as you responded with that, kacchan stood up and got his cock right in front of your face and waited for you to open your mouth.you know that it would feel a bit uncomfortable at first but you'll soon adjust to his size, so you take a deep breath and open your mouth and waited for him to shove his cock in your mouth.

"Ah-ah-ah did you fucking forget to say something? Fucking Rude.."

'Hmm?...oh...damn it!'

"*sigh* Itadakimasu.."

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To be continue......

Haha ok so this is my smut and I feel like it came out sorda good.i bet it was horrible in your experience but oh well😭Please let me know of any mistakes I didn't cover,and please send in tips on how I can do better in these things😂

I hope you like it soo toodles✌🏼

Should I do part 2?

Should I continue??

M💗

#bnha x reader #bnha #katsuki bakugou #katsuki bakugo x reader #midoriya izuku #x reader #reader #lemon #continue #please request #requests are open #request #mha #mha x reader #uraraka ochako #betrayal #cheated

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purpleswans1 · 5 years

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The Split a Long Time Coming

Here’s @villainmonth‘s 10th prompt, “Betrayal.” I had to edit this in a hurry, and am still not happy with how it turned out. Feel free to give me constructive criticism.

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“You want me to help you capture WHO????”

Tomura blinked. “I want you to come up with a plan to capture Katsuki Bakugo. Probably at the UA hero course’s summer training camp, since they won’t expect us then.”

Izuku stared at Tomura. “Why? What possible goal would it serve?”

“Recruitment,” Tomura explained. “You saw how he acted in the sports festival. He’s a kindred spirit, and his quirk would be useful to the league.”

Izuku still couldn’t couldn't comprehend Tomura's plan. “Throwing a tantrum for not winning a competition the way they wanted to doesn’t mean that person will join your League of Villains. Ka- Bakugo joined the hero course for a reason. He’s not going to willingly join people he knows are villains!”

“We’ll convince him once we have him. After all, Sensei and I have done it before.”

Izuku clenched his fist. He didn't need a reminder of how he joined the League. “That took 8 years, Tomura. There’s no way you’ll be able to keep Kachan that long. Even if he isn’t able to break out on his own, the heroes will be actively looking for him.” He was so angry, Izuku didn’t even notice he’d accidentally called Bakugo by his childhood nickname.

“We can handle any heroes that get close enough. And what does this Kachan person have to do with anything? Wasn’t that the name of your childhood bully?” Tomura said.

Izuku took a deep breath. He’d been terrified by the thought of Kachan coming after him when he was a kid, so of course Tomura had picked up on that. “Kachan is what I called Bakugo when we were kids. They’re one in the same. That's why I wanted to handle him myself during our USJ attack.”

Tomura gave Izuku a calculating look. They were both in the bar area, so several of the other members were watching their exchange. The whole room was silent, except for running water from Kurogiri cleaning dishes.

Tomura shrugged. “Well, whatever. You need to get over it anyway. I’m sure you’ll work it out once you start working together.”

Wow, you're a huge hypocrite. Tomura was still holding a grudge against the society that hadn’t helped him twelve years ago, and he was telling Izuku to just “get over it?” Then again, he rarely took Izuku’s feelings or needs into account.

Enough is enough.

“I won’t do it.”

Tomura narrowed his eyes. “What did you say?”

“I won’t help you capture Kachan. And if you do, I won’t work with him. If you intend to bring Katsuki Bakugo into the League of Villains, then I’ll leave.”

“You wouldn’t dare. You have nowhere else to go. Sensei has been providing for you all this time.”

“Doesn’t matter. I won’t be your puppet anymore.”

Tomura lunged at Izuku, hands ready to strike. “You little…”

On a normal day, Izuku would have flinched, backed away, and groveled. If Izuku hadn’t been able to get away in time, Kurogiri would have opened portals where Toura’s hands were to stop the fight. But today, Izuku realized he didn’t have to grovel. He’d spent years watching how Tomura fought and he knew the best way to stop Tomura’s quirk.

Izuku pulled out a pen from his notebook -- there were always two attached to it, in case one ran out of ink -- and held it firmly by one end. Careful to keep his body parts out of Tomura’s immediate reach, he threaded the tip of the pen through Tomura’s thumb and index finger. In the same motion, he threaded the pen tip out through the middle and ring fingers. This not only allowed Izuku to block Tomura’s hand, but also kept the index and middle fingers from wrapping around the same thing as the rest of his hand.

Someone gasped on the other side of the room.

Tomura was clearly angry at this, and continued to attack with his other hand. Izuku simply used his other pen to repeat the block.

For the first time, Izuku and Tomura were on equal footing in a fight. Izuku may not be able to do anything to attack, but neither could Tomura. He’d forced a deadlock.

Tomura grit his teeth. “You quirkless brat…”

“I’m not a brat anymore,” Izuku replied.

A scratchy voice interrupted from the TV. “Izuku Midoriya, you know that Tomura Shigaraki is meant to be the leader of the League of Villains. It’s your duty to do as he asks.”

“So, Sensei finally decides to intercede.” Izuku said with a slight laugh. “Always happy to remind me where my place is, but never willing to correct Tomura’s behaviour.”

“Izuku, if you continue to rebel like this, you’ll never recieve a quirk of your own.” All For One reminded him.

That made Izuku stop and think. Tomura took this opportunity to get out of Izuku’s block, but didn’t try to attack again. Clearly he thought Izuku had been cowed by All For One.

In reality, Izuku had been anything but cowed. Hearing All For One’s constant offer once again made him think about his reasons for staying. At first, it was because he had no choice. All For One was an all-powerful god-villain, and a quirless kid couldn’t do anything but follow him. As time went on, All For One continued to remind Izuku that he had the power to give Izuku a quirk, but that he wouldn’t do it until Izuku had fulfilled some arbitrary requirement.

But now, Izuku knew better. All For One isn’t all-powerful. He isn't even nearby. I'm not a kid anymore, and have proven himself more than capable of doing my own thing.

And he finally realized that he’d never do enough to deserve a quirk in All For One’s eyes.

Izuku grit his teeth. “Screw that! I don’t need a quirk. I’ve always wanted one, but after years of learning to fight with weapons and managing your criminal empire, I don’t need it. I don’t need you. And I definitely don’t need to continue living in Tomura’s shadow.”

Izuku grabbed his notebook and started walking out the door. “I’m going to make my own path. It may not be ‘good’ or ‘righteous’ by society’s standards, but at least it will be my own choice.”

And so, Izuku walked out the door without even looking back. He half expected to see a black portal blocking his way, but for some reason nobody - not even Kurogiri - made any effort to stop him.

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Once Izuku was out of that bar, his thoughts cleared and he was able to think rationally. He didn’t have anything except for two pens, a notebook, and the clothes off his back. He may have made a show of leaving on the spot, but he really should have grabbed some of his supplies. Especially his gun and knife.

Izuku also realized that he was being followed.

He turned around. “If you’re here to make me come back, you can forget it.”

Dabi, one of the two who were following him, said, “Fuck no. I never liked handjob.”

Toga, Izuku’s other shadow, just giggled. “Silly Izuku! Can’t you tell we want to go with you?”

Izuku looked at them in confusion. “Go with me? But -- I mean -- Honestly, I don’t have a plan for what to do now.”

Dabi rolled his eyes. “Yeah, well your improv is probably a lot better than whatever Shigaraki comes up with. I may not have done anything with him yet, but I can already tell that.”

“Izukun, Dabi and I joined the league because we wanted to follow Stainy’s ideology.” Toga explained. “We heard from Uraraka that Stain liked you but didn’t get along with Shigy. So, it makes that we should stick by you!”

Izuku blinked. What Toga was saying made sense. He’d always felt like Shigaraki was a fraud for mooching off Stain’s reputation when he didn’t believe in the man’s ideals. Stain had wanted to fix society and their heroes. Shigaraki just wanted to destroy everything.

Izuku would much rather fix society than just mindly destroy it.

“Are you sure about this?” Izuku asked them. “I’m not trying to dissuade you, but right now we don’t have any resources. There’s only three of us, and I don’t even have my usual weapons.”

Toga looked up and smiled. “I wouldn’t be so sure about that.”

Izuku turned around. It was Uraraka, a few feet above his head, slowly floating down to the ground, holding several backpacks filled to the brim.

“Hey Deku!” Uraraka said, smiling at Izuku.

“Uraraka!” Izuku gasped. “Wha-What are you doing here?”

“Obviously, I came to join you along with Toga and Dabi,” she explained as she touched down. “By the way, Spinner is coming too. He’s just grabbing some final things before crawling down the walls.”

“Bu-But what about your debt to Sensei? Your mom?” Izuku asked.

“Honestly, I’ve already done plenty for All For One.” Uraraka shrugged. “I gave up my future as a hero or ordinary citizen and have been working for him for about a year now. I told my mom to go into hiding as soon as I started working as a villain, so he won’t be able to touch her. I want to choose from now on, and I chose you Deku.”

Izuku could feel happy tears welling up in his eyes. “You guys…”

“Oh, and I grabbed as much of your stuff as I could. Same for Dabi and Toga.” Uraraka held out the backpacks for each of them to take. “I couldn't get your notebooks, but I did get your laptop and weapons.”

Izuku checked in his backpack. It was better than he’d hoped. Not only did Uraraka get his laptop and knife, but she got his gun and two boxes of bullets. The notebooks weren't a big deal; he knew them by heart.

“Yay! Bestie got my blood-sucking machine!” Toga cheered, tackling Uraraka with a hug.

Dabi didn’t comment on the contents of his backpack, but he didn’t really have much gear.

Spinner came crawling along the wall towards them. “Do you mind if I join?”

“Spinner!” Izuku said. “Of course, you’re welcome.”

Once he was close enough to the ground, Spinner jumped down from the wall and handed a piece of paper to Izuku. “I don’t know what this is or if it’s a trap, but Kurogiri told me to give this to you before he let me leave.”

Izuku frowned as he took the paper. Kurogiri was fiercely loyal to All For One. He may have given Izuku some of his attention, but Izuku was sure he’d always choose Tomura over Izuku. Still, he read the writing on the paper.

There’s an empty warehouse at the following address. The Master doesn’t use it anymore because he has no business in that area, but it may be a suitable place to stay until you get your feet on the ground. The key is hidden in the bushes next to the front door.

Underneath it was an address near Musutafu.

Izuku smirked. It wasn’t much, but it was something he could start with. If he got more successful he’d probably try to find another hideout, but at least now they had a place to stay.

“Come on guys. We have work to do.”

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The Long Way Around 15

Yes it's early but I have night shift tonight and tomorrow so I thought it'd be better to put it up early rather than late. Please enjoy, I hope you enjoy this diversion from canon. Also this opening section is one of my favorites in the whole story, I love the energy.

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Chapter Fifteen: Fight On, Midoriya

No one, at Yuuei or beyond, was prepared for Midoriya Izuku's stunning victory over Todoroki Shouto.

"What the hell! Who is this crazy kid?" Yamada screeches, holding his hand over the microphone as he watches the quirkless boy they'd all written off deliver another powerful punch to the son of the Number Two Hero. "You and I have both trained Todoroki, that kid is no pushover! I can't believe I'm actually seeing this!"

"His quirklessness is a disadvantage but he didn't let it stay that way; he's doing all that he can to keep Todoroki off balance." Aizawa responds thoughtfully, Midoriya's file open before him. "If he can keep this up, I believe he stands a decent chance at winning."

"That's-" Yamada mutters before going back and adding some commentary over the match with has descended into an all out brawl by this point. "I just can't believe- holy moly is Todoroki using his fire? I don't think I've ever seen him bring it out in training before, what the hell is going on down there?"

"Midoriya is making his impression," Aizawa answers back as he watches the match with immense interest. "He did make his intentions quite clear when he was up here earlier."

"Yeah, right, he's aiming for the open hero spot." Yamada shakes his head but is shocked by his friend's lack of response. "Wait, uh-uh, no way, Shouta, you can't seriously be considering taking this kid. He's quirkless for heaven's sake! He'd get smoked the second you let him meet a villain."

"Tell that to Todoroki," Aizawa responds back. "I haven't made up my mind yet but Midoriya does show potential."

"Woah!" Yamada screeches as an explosion rocks the stadium. By the time the dust clears, he's disappointed to see Midoriya is sufficiently out of bounds. "Ah well, should've seen that one coming. Kid might not be hero material but we're gonna make a killing on DVD sales this year." the blond comments casually as he waits for Todoroki to get up and claim his victory.

So when Midnight announces a few minutes later that Todoroki is unable to continue and that Midoriya would be advancing in his place; Yamada falls out of his chair. The crowds are cheering so loudly it can be heard through the thick glass of the commentator's box. As Midoriya picks up Todoroki and carries him off the stage for medical treatment, Aizawa is watching them closely. Potential indeed.

The reaction is pretty much the same down in the crowds.

"Holy shit!" Kaminari screams, his hands clawing at his face as he watches one of the strongest guys in his class get tossed around by some quirkless kid in Gen Ed. "What the hell is going on? Is everything I know a lie? How can this be happening?"

"I don't know man but I don't care, this is payback for before!" Sero yells, leaning over the railing to get a better look. "That kid is just going for it and Todoroki can't do a thing! So much for that pretty face!"

"Yo Bakugou!" Kirishima shouts to the blond brooding in the far seats. "Isn't that the kid you tried to fight in the cafeteria the first week of school? Do you know him? Can you introduce me?"

"No way, that can't be him! That kid from before looks nothing like the ninja kicking ass out there right now," Kaminari says as he tries to come to grips with this new reality.

Bakugou, for his part, doesn't answer. He just sits in his seat and glares heartedly down at the scene unfolding before him. The battle with Uraraka had gotten him fired up and he'd been looking forward to fighting Todoroki but, as usual, Deku had to mess everything up.

"Go Midoriya! You can do it!" Uraraka shouts, temporarily distracted from the sting of her own loss by the sheer exhilaration of the fight going on below.

"Uraraka!" Iida chastises. "You should be supporting your classmate, not his opponent! Where is your sense of loyalty?"

"Hey, I can't say I blame her. I got nothin' against Todoroki but this kid is getting me pumped. You're so lucky you get to take him on next, Iida. I'd love to test my mettle against him," Kirishima answers, pumping his fists in excitement. "Ouch, that's gotta hurt," he winces in sympathy as he watches Midoriya put Todoroki in a headlock and drag him by the neck.

"Well that's only if he wins," Iida says as he adjusts his glasses and watches Midoriya continue to shout something at Todoroki. "I was impressed with his performance in the cavalry battle but I wasn't sure he'd be able to perform well in the individual matches since he was quirkless. However, he's proven himself to be resourceful and resilient." Still, even Iida is shocked when Todoroki's left side bursts into brilliant flames. Todoroki had been adamant that he would never use his fire in battle. There's clearly more going on down there then they could see from the stands.

"Aw relax Iida, everyone loves a good underdog story," Uraraka says, her eyes still riveted to the battle below. "Come on! Don't let that fire scare you!" She shouts before turning back to her friends, "and besides, Midoriya is real nice! He stopped me from tripping before the entrance exam and made us all those cookies after USJ."

"You don't think Aizawa-sensei would consider him for our class, do you?" Asui asks. "He may be quirkless but he's incredibly skilled to take on Todoroki like that, ribbit." The question is left to hang awkwardly in the air as it's announced that Midoriya is out of bounds. Uraraka falls back into her chair with a sad sigh while Kirishima snaps his fingers.

"Well damn, I guess there's only so much you can do without a quirk, but still, what a show. I have got to ask Todoroki about that later."

"Uh," Midnight says hesitantly a minute later when it's clear that Todoroki isn't moving. "Todoroki says he is unable to continue, Midoriya wins on technicality and will be advancing to round three." Even Bakugou jumps out of his seat to look over the railing as his stupid, useless childhood friend picks up the guy he should have been fighting and carries him off the field. What the fuck, how the hell did quirkless Deku just take down someone with, not one, but two powerful quirks? Someone even Bakugou considered a threat?

Uraraka and Kirishima are howling, the redhead even tearing up at the beautiful display of sportsmanship. Kaminari is still screaming about the world order and all around them, hero and civilian alike are united in their cheers of exultation and disbelief at the game changing battle. The cheers are so loud, the people over in the second and third year events look over and wonder at what the first years could be doing to cause such a stir.

"Go Midoriya! You can do it!" Patrick shouts in English from within Recovery Girl's office, pounding his fists on the walls. Taketsu is holding onto Korudo and Shinsou's hands while the match concludes and she nearly breaks them with the force of her grip when it's announced that their friend won. They probably would have kept on screaming if Recovery Girl hadn't quieted them down for their newest resident. As soon as Midoriya walks into the room with Todoroki still on his back, he's greeted with a cacophony of congratulations that leaves him speechless.

And he's not the only speechless one. Toshinori watches the match from start to finish in complete awe. While he'd said yesterday that he would cheer the boy on, Toshinori hadn't expected Young Midoriya to actually make it beyond the preliminaries, much less defeat one of the school's most promising students. His colleagues went from dismissive to standing on their feet, cheering for the boy who had defied every odd to emerge victorious. Fierce pride burns in his chest, Young Midoriya has proven that quirkless doesn't have to mean helpless. To the boy Toshinori used to be, it means an awful lot.

A thought, one that's been floating around just out reach, comes to him. The boy would be incredible with One For All. His keen intellect, his ability to strategize and adapt to situations along with his impressive martial arts abilities. Giving him the quirk's immense power would turn him into something else altogether.

He shakes his head, no, that's impossible, he couldn't possibly. Toshinori pushes the thought away as Young Midoriya leaves the stage with Young Todoroki on his back but, still, the idea has been planted.

All around the Japan and even some parts of the world, people are hunched over cellphones, computer and TV screens, watching the event with rapt attention. Within minutes of the victory, people are uploading videos of their reactions to the stunning match. Some are shouting, some are crying, most are too stunned to properly articulate just how much a single battle has changed the way the world views the quirkless. #MidoriyaIzuku and #Quirklesshero begins trending before Midoriya and Todoroki have even gotten off stage.

Across town, Midoriya Inko has gone through her fourth box of tissues since the Festival began, screaming with delight any time her boy was on screen. She'd nearly fainted when it's announced that he would be going on to the next round. "Izuku," she wails into her tissue with pride and terror.

Rikimaru Daiki hovers over the small TV he keeps in his back office. He's grinning like mad as he watches his student, who'd come to him with no training barely a year ago, toss around one of Yuuei's finest. He pounds his hand on his desk as Midoriya lands another punch. "Just go for it kid. Go for it! Take him down!"

Former hero, Gran Torino, sits on his couch with his taiyaki as he watches the battle. "Huh," he says quietly as he thinks of another passionate quirkless kid from long ago.

"What the hell is this," Shigaraki Tomura mutters as he watches the event from Kurogiri's bar while scratching his neck. He's broken through the frayed skin on his neck and is bleeding by the time the quirkless kid picks up the hero brat from USJ and carries him off the field. His Noumu hadn't been enough to keep those annoyances down but this boy was? "Who is this kid?" He asks, turning away from the TV to address the blank screen.

"Someone who may be of interest," a deep, distorted voice responds back.

XxX

"And welcome back folks! We've had some really great fights so far in the third round," Present Mic announces. "But I know what you really want to see! Well your patience has been rewarded! The incredible boy who swooped in out of nowhere and defeated two students, including the son of the Number Two, all without a quirk! The one and only, Midoriya Izuku!"

"Woah," Tenya hears Midoriya say quietly to himself at the absolute thunderous applause that is coming from the crowds. He looks up with stunned wonder, like he can't possibly imagine why people would be cheering so loudly for him. Kirishima had mentioned earlier that he was jealous that Tenya got to face Midoriya, but he just feels uncomfortable.

Either way this match goes, he isn't going to come out looking good. If Tenya wins then he'll be able to go onto the finals but everyone will be too disappointed at Midoriya's loss to truly appreciate his skill. And in the unlikely event that Midoriya is able to defeat him, well, how could he dare face his brother if he let a quirkless General Education student defeat him? Well, at any rate, this fight can't be any more humiliating than his earlier match with the Support girl, Hatsume.

"And hailing from an elite hero family, we have Iida Tenya, a hero student who has done very well for himself so far in this tournament! Will Midoriya be able to overcome this engined powerhouse or will this Cinderella story end here? We'll find out! I don't know about you but I can't wait!"

"Hey, Iida," he hears Midoriya whisper with a small smile, "good luck." He looks mostly recovered from his last match but his forehead is bandaged and he looks worn out from Recovery Girl's healing.

"Please don't hold back; I'm going to be giving it my all," Midoriya continues. Tenya can't help but smile back, Midoriya really is something else. He hopes, no matter the outcome of this fight, that they can get to know each other better after this. There's a lot Tenya thinks he can learn from Midoriya.

"Good luck to you too and don't worry. I took careful notes during your fight with Todoroki and I plan on using it." Midoriya's face becomes determined as he nods. He has a new staff since his other one was destroyed during his last match. Midoriya swings it absentmindedly, clearly unhappy with the unfamiliar weapon.

"Start!" Midnight yells and Tenya wastes no time in racing off. He doesn't need to worry about quirk use from his opponent but Tenya saw what happened to Todoroki when he gave Midoriya too much time. Midoriya's staff is held out defensively but with his speed, Tenya can get past that easily.

He races around Midoriya, intending to grab him from behind and drag him out but, instead, his feet end up tripping over the staff. He staggers but quickly regains his footing. When he turns around, he notices that in the time it took Tenya to run behind him, Midoriya had angled his staff so Tenya would be unable to reach him. He'd predicted that Tenya would go for his back and planned accordingly.

"It's not going to be that easy," Midoriya smirks, settling in and holding his ground. He's obviously realized it would be insane to try to beat Tenya's engines so he's going for the opposite strategy he used on Todoroki. Around them, the crowd cheers their approval.

"Uh-uh Iida! Midoriya isn't going to make it easy for you!" Present Mic announces, unintentionally echoing Midoriya's words. Tenya purses his lips, and tries again. He zooms forward, intending to take Midoriya from the front. He's moving so fast that there's no way Midoriya can enact a counterattack. Or so he thinks until he feels cold steel smack against his face. He's pushed off course and skids to a stop a short distance away.

"Oh, that had to hurt! If Midoriya's last battle showed us anything, it's that our boy isn't afraid to fight dirty." Tenya's face stings but not as much Present Mic's comments. Midoriya shifts his stance so he's more rooted to the ground. The unzipped shirt of his gym uniform billows in the wind.

He needs to focus, his brother will be watching this later and Tenya doesn't want him to see an heir to the Iida name get tossed around like Todoroki was last match. He winces at the memory. No, he's going to have to think his way through this.

Alright, he can get in close but Midoriya is reasonably able to predict where he's going to be. He eyes the distance between the two of them, which is about 1.5 meters and the distance between Midoriya and the boundary line, he'd guess 6 maybe 7 meters.

Tenya might not be able to win a battle of wits against Midoriya but if he moves faster than his opponent can think and drags him out of bounds, then that would solve all his problems. It's too bad Midoriya's success would end here but Iida needs to make his own impression, not cater to the hopeless dreams of another. Besides, Midoriya had asked him not to go easy.

He revvs up his engine, activating his Recipro Burst as he dashes forward at intense speed. Tenya sees no need to actually hurt the boy since he's already injured so he forgoes a superpowered kick to grab Midoriya by the collar of his uniform and run him towards the boundary. He has 8 seconds left in his burst, plenty of time to win the match. Midoriya is struggling within his hold but Tenya has a good grasp on him.

The boundary is almost there and Tenya is just about ready to gently toss the other boy out when Midoriya's weight drops away suddenly. Tenya gasps loudly as he comes to an abrupt stop and takes a second to gape at the empty uniform in his hand. Midoriya hadn't been struggling to get out of Tenya's grip, he'd been trying to get out of his shirt. The incredibly simple solution surprises him enough that he almost misses Midoriya, stripped to just his pants, come upon him.

The smaller but well toned boy's face is serious as he closes the short distance between them and delivers another strike to Tenya's face with his staff, putting Tenya back a few steps. Immediately after, Midoriya gives a powerful kick to Tenya's core. Tenya is pushed back even more by the force of the blow. He frowns and prepares to race forward again and make use of his remaining few seconds of Recipro Burst.

"Iida is out of bounds!" Midnight announces. Tenya starts violently as he looks down and sees, indeed his left foot is just over the boundary line. All he can do is stare down at the offending foot which robbed him of his victory. "Midoriya advances to the final round!"

"Unbelievable! If you would have told me this morning that a quirkless student would make it to the final two; I would have arrested you for public insanity!" Before him, Midoriya sinks to his knees like he also can't believe what's happening. "This is a momentous occasion folks! I don't think you're giving this boy his due, I want to hear you cheer for the Gen Ed student who took down not one, but two, of class 1-A's finest! They may be able to take on villains but they can't handle him!"

What was his brother going to say? Tenya thinks with shame coloring his cheeks, he'd come so far and yet he loses here because he didn't consider Midoriya a real threat. He thought he'd understood what to expect from Todoroki's battle but, in the end, he'd held himself back on account of Midoriya's condition.

"Iida," Midoriya says as he get back to his feet. "Good match, it was real close."

"Thank you, you too but it didn't seem that way." Tenya replies politely as he hands Midoriya back his shirt, still quietly reeling from the fact that he'd lost to someone without a quirk

"Actually it was," Midoriya smiles sheepishly while he puts his shirt back. "I knew you'd use Recipro Burst to try and throw me out but it all depended on me being able to get out of my shirt in time. If I'd taken a second longer, I probably would have been out of bounds."

"Alright boys, clear off, we still have the Tokoyami and Bakugou battle." Midnight announces, gently gesturing them off the stage. Iida doesn't miss the way Midoriya winces. "Good job, kid, can't wait to see how you do in the finals." She says, giving Midoriya a thumbs up.

"Thanks," Midoriya answers back, looking decidedly more somber than he had before. The walk off the stage is quiet and awkward. Despite the thunderous cheers of the crowds, Midoriya looks tense and distracted while Tenya is just mad at himself for losing a match that he shouldn't have lost. He looks down at Midoriya. He'd underestimated the boy twice today and he won't be doing that again. Maybe he can turn this loss into a positive learning experience.

"I knew you had a good sense of strategy from the cavalry battle but your martial arts are quite impressive too, what style do you train in?" Tenya asks.

"Primarily Jeet Kune Do but some Aikido too," Midoriya chirps. "I have a master I've been training with for the last year. He's amazing, I couldn't have gotten this far without him."

"Hmm, I have more experience with the more traditional martial arts and I'm afraid I don't know much about Jeet Kune Do but I would be interested learning more. Perhaps we could train together sometime," Tenya suggests.

"Really? With me?" Midorya says, eyes comically wide as he points at himself. "I-I mean, yeah, I would like that but I don't know how much I can show someone as talented as you. T-to be honest, I probably wouldn't be much help since I don't have a quirk or anything." Tenya is torn between being amused and a bit concerned when his phone buzzes in his pocket. "Ah! You're vibrating!" Midoriya exclaims.

"No worries, it's just my phone." Tenya says, pulling it out and looking at it. He frowns, it's his mother, probably calling to chastise him for his humiliating loss. "Apologies Midoriya, I need to take this. I wish you luck in the next match, I'll be watching your progress with interest."

"Thanks," Midoriya says, rubbing at his neck. "I'll see you later, I'll probably be in Recovery Girl's office with Taketsu and Todoroki if you need me." Midoriya waves as he runs off.

Tenya takes a deep breath and answers his phone. "Hey Mom," he sighs. "You probably saw I lost my match. I was too careless, I didn't give my opponent the respect he deserved and-"

"Stop that, that's not why I'm calling," His mother, normally so composed, sounds almost frantic. She takes a shaky breath. "Please just stay calm and listen to me. Tensei, it's you're brother, he had a run-in with a villain." She sounds like she's barely holding back tears and everything: the Festival, his matches and Midoriya vanishes from his mind.

XxX

"Four broken ribs, a small jaw fracture, a badly broken nose, muscle strain in the left shoulder, a moderate concussion and bruises and cuts just about everywhere." Recovery Girl lists off Todoroki's injuries to Izuku's mounting horror. "That's not even mentioning the quirk exhaustion he was suffering from. You sure did a number on him son but don't fret; I've got him on the road to healing." She pats his hand lightly, "it's good that he didn't try to continue. His father was here earlier and caused quite a stir over the boy's loss. I had to call security to get him out of here."

Izuku looks down at Todoroki who's asleep in the bed. The bruises stand out on his face, now almost halfway healed thanks to Recovery Girl, but he looks relaxed as he quietly breathes. "He'll be just fine," she reassures him again. "And I don't think you need to worry about him being upset either. He spent a bit of time chatting to your friends before he fell asleep."

"Oh? You guys talked?" Izuku asks, turning to look at back at Taketsu, Korudo, Patrick and Shinsou. The four of them exchange amused smiles. Oh that isn't good.

"Don't give us that look," Taketsu says coyly, looking almost normal again. "He was mostly curious about you, about how you came to be so..." she pauses, as if searching for the word.

"Crazy?" Korudo supplies helpfully.

"Fierce?" Patrick shrugs.

"Absolutely insane?" Shinsou grins dryly.

"However you are," Taketsu finishes, giving the others a disapproving look. "He was really impressed, he even made sure you had a replacement staff for your fight before getting treated." Izuku nods, turning his gaze back to Todoroki's sleeping face, at the injuries he'd caused with his own two hands.

His master had told him that he'd know when to stop but that moment hadn't come. Izuku had been too full of things to really know the extent of what he was doing. Half of the fight was a blur of color and emotion and he can't really pinpoint when he landed half of Todoroki's injuries.

Izuku sits down with a huff, still a bit worn out from his own healing. The cut to his head took a while to stop bleeding and he'd been warned it would probably scar. He's definitely got a few more scars on his hands from his punches plus his right arm ached fiercely from where it had been coated with ice. Like Todoroki, he'd broken three ribs which were killing him after being dragged around by Iida and he'd gotten some minor burns from the explosion at the end. All in all, considering who he'd been up against, he should be happy it wasn't worse.

He clenches his fist. He'd been able to overpower Shinsou, railroad Todoroki and trick Iida but that might not be possible in the final round... But he shouldn't jump to conclusions, Tokoyami could still win. Izuku doesn't know much about him, he'd caught glimpses of the birdheaded boy in the preliminaries and his quirk seems pretty strong. There's still a chance he could-

"No!" Taketsu curses, slamming her fist on the bed. He looks up at the screen that is livestreaming the current match. Tokoyami is being held forcefully down to the ground; Kacchan is straddling him with a hand full of explosions held threateningly over Tokoyami's face. Izuku doesn't blame the other boy in the least for surrendering.

"What a fight, ladies and gentleman and the third round has concluded giving us our final two and I can tell you they are about as different as you can get! So don't change the channel, folks at home, because up next is our last battle in the first years tournament with Bakugou Katsuki and Mid-" Taketsu mutes the tv and turns to him with a concerned expression.

"I guess it was too much to hope he'd get his due," she says awkwardly.

"The guy's a maniac but he's an incredible fighter," Korudo says, leaning over his knees. "I watched his other matches and he just overwhelms his opponents. He's not only got an incredible quirk but his strategy is also top-notch."

"Yeah, I know," Izuku mutters, thinking of a thousand encounters he's had with his old friend. He's well aware of how strong Kacchan is. Despite how far he's come in the past year or so, Izuku can't help but feel intimidated.

"You going to be okay?" Shinsou asks quietly, glancing up at Izuku through his lashes. He's still upset over his own loss, Izuku can tell, but the fact that Shinsou is still trying to be supportive dampened some of Izuku's worries. Because Kacchan will be expecting Izuku to cry and cower. But he isn't that person anymore, he's someone so much better and stronger and it's because of all these wonderful people supporting him.

"Yeah, I have some time left before the final match. I'm going to go focus on my own for a bit, if that's okay. I just," Izuku breathes, "you guys know that Kacchan and I go way back. This, well, this isn't just about the tournament, not anymore," he says in an awkward jumble.

"Hey man, you do what you need to do. We'll be here watching the Better Version of Korudo sleep if you need us." Patrick says, reaching over to give his arm a friendly slap.

"Seriously?" Korudo asks incredulously. "You can't get off my back for a day? Not a single day?" Taketsu snickers into her hand while Patrick grins and shrugs innocently.

"You guys are the best, you know that?" Izuku says with a fond smile. "You know, I almost took the hero exam. I've wondered so many times if I made the right decision and, well, now I know I did. I wouldn't trade you guys or the time we've had for anything."

"Dude," Patrick says with a watery smile. "Don't talk like that, you sound like you're walking to your funeral." He stands up and envelops Izuku in a hug. "But we care for you too. No matter where you go, you've got us." Izuku returns the hug.

"Thanks," Izuku says as he pulls back. "You know, you all are my first real friends since Kacchan, I have to say it's an improvement."

"Don't compare me to that creep," Taketsu says with an eyeroll and glares at him when he laughs. "I'm serious Midoriya, go out there and kick his ass. Lord knows he deserves it and you deserve some payback too. Now go on, get, no need to hang around the sick bay when you've got a match to prepare for."

Izuku shakes his head as he makes his way to the designated waiting room he'd been assigned earlier. He needs to be alone for a few minutes to gather this thoughts and prepare for the upcoming battle. It takes longer to find than he'd thought, mostly because he keeps getting sidetracked by people congratulating him and wishing him well in the finals. The attention is dizzying and by the time he reaches the waiting room, he's overwhelmed.

He just needs a minute to- He's just settled down at the table when the door to the waiting room is kicked open. Izuku jumps out of his chair and into a fighting stance when he catches sight of Kacchan in the doorway. Izuku freezes up as Kacchan glares at him.

"What the fuck are you doing here, Deku? This is my waiting room-" Kacchan rechecks the number outside the door and sneers. "Okay so I got the wrong fucking room, big deal, but I wanted to talk to you anyway, you piece of shit."

"I-I," Izuku begins before he stops and steadies himself. "I don't have anything to say to you Kacchan. Let's just try and put our past troubles behind us and have a good match." Kacchan's glare deepens as he stalks into the room and slams his fist in the table, smoke and fire exploding from his fist. Izuku resists the natural urge to flinch.

"You've become a cocky little shit, haven't you?" Kacchan sneers. "Ever since that day last year with the sludge monster. It pisses me off, this was supposed to be my chance to prove myself better than all the fucking extras in my class. And instead I get to fight a quirkless idiot. Fucking worthless, what good will beating your sorry ass do me?"

"I uh I won all three rounds ju-just like you did, Ka-Kacchan," Izuku says. He's trying to keep the stammer out of his voice but old habits die hard and Kacchan always brings out the parts that Izuku hates most about himself. "I've earned my place here, a-and I'm going to give it my all during our f-fight."

"What the fuck do you think you can do to me, you idiot!" Kacchan yells, getting real close. "I was supposed to fight that half n' half bastard and finally show that dipshit that I was stronger than him!" This time Izuku does flinch when Kacchan leans in until he's right in his face.

"I told you to stay out of my goddamn way, Deku. It's not my fault you can't see sense so I'm going to beat your stupid ass and when they see what a wimp you really are, no one is going to give a shit about you. You'll go back to your pathetic little Gen Ed class and fucking die there for all I care," Kacchan says in a frighteningly calm voice. He gives the table an angry kick before he stomps out of the room and swings the door shut with a loud bang.

Izuku is left standing there, trembling slightly at the storm that had just raged through and blew away his confidence. It's hard work to keep back the tears that are threatening to spill over. Why did Kacchan always bring him down? He's different now so why did the other boy still frighten and anger him so much? Still sniffling, he wipes his eyes with his arm, unintentionally upsetting Recovery Girl's bandages.

That's right, he'd been strong enough for Todoroki, not to mention Iida and Shinsou. Hell, he'd even been able to beat Kacchan during the two preliminary events. Izuku frowns and looks up at the closed door with renewed determination. They aren't in middle school anymore. He had people who actually cared for him, people who told him that he is more than his supposed weaknesses.

No matter what his old bully says, Izuku knows he's earned his spot in the finals and he's going to give this fight everything he has. Kacchan didn't expect much from him but that's his problem, not Izuku's. He has no idea what Izuku had up his sleeve and Kacchan's victory isn't as assured as he believes.

#fic: The Long Way Around #boku no hero academia #bnha #bnha fics

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