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I Will Win My Way

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Practical's Round 2: 

“Yaoyorozu you’re back!” Deku turned around with a wide smile on his face. Iida and Ojirou had joined him in the viewing area along with Jiro. 

“How are the other matches fairing? I didn’t get to see Shinso and Todoroki but I heard that they won.” The brunette calmly walked forward, her arms folding just under her voluptuous figure. 

“It was thanks to Shinso.” Todoroki spoke from the other side of the room.

“I am surprised that you and Sakura decided to fight. I was anticipating that you would prioritize escape instead” Deku questioned. 

“Yes well, originally I thought the same but Sakura made a convincing argument that simply escaping was not the best strategy.” 

“What plant was it that she used? I’ve never seen that kind before” Large emerald green eyes looked between his friends, curiosity always at the center. 

“Belladonna, its a variation of nightshade” Momo supplied. 

“Sakura has been reading a lot of books on plant life and flowers lately. We experimented on a few aspects when it comes to growth in different terrain.” Everyone was surprised to hear that explanation from Todoroki of all people. The mismatched teen seemed to only talk regularly with Deku, so to hear he has been collaborating with the other girl threw some of them for a loop.

“I wonder if she is limited to flower type plants. Her quirk would be super useful after forest fires, or natural disasters. I wonder if she could create fruit or nut trees, and how that would work considering the fruit itself. It would be curious if the product became contaminated with nitroglycerine, also how would she stop it from exploding…. mumble mumble mumble.” Deku was going down a theory rabbit hole, and it was not slowing down. 

The students in the observation room all started to sigh and laugh as the next group took the stage. 

Uraraka & Aoyama against Thirteen

They didn’t stand a chance. As soon as the buzzer announced they were starting, Thirteen was prepared. 

She had tried to come up with a plan with her teammate but Aoyama only wanted to admire himself in the mirror. 

The lack of planning is how they ended up hanging on for dear life while the black hole Hero almost lazily walked towards them, her quirk activating sucking up anything and everything in its path. 

“There’s no way I’m going to let you get away that easily” The teacher was getting closer, the suction of her quirk causing both students to hang onto the railing screaming. 

The brunette was in her head trying to think of possible solutions and workarounds. She couldn’t help but wonder what Deku would do if he was in her situation.

“Hey” Aoyama called to her. 

“Not right now I’m thinking!”

“About…Izuku Midoriya?” The glittery boy teased. “Ah. How sweet.”

“Huh?” Honey brown eyes turned to the side to face her teammate. 

“Is it…because you like him?” His voice was suggestive and rich with his faux accident he always tried to keep up. 

Her face turned bright red and for a moment the brunette forgot what and where they were. She pulled her hands away from the bar to hide her face when she realized her mistake. She was now being pulled directly towards their opponent.

She let out a scream, the gap between their teacher and herself growing smaller. Thirteen realized the danger the girl was in, quickly deactivating her quirk. 

With the gravity user in range, she recalled by muscle memory everything Gunhead had taught her and was able to restrain and capture their opponent. 

Uraraka had turned a mistake into an opportunity, securing the win for her team. 

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Ashido & Kaminari against Nedzu

“Ok so, what do you wanna do?” The two were running through an industrial area with heavy amounts of metal buildings and pipework. The place was literally a maze with all the twisting and turning buildings and industrial pipes overhead.

“Ah, let’s just run. Even if he does find us he’s tiny. I can take care of him with my electricity.” He replied, full of cocky arrogance. “Maybe you shouldn’t even use your power. It might look bad if you melt the Principal” 

“Oh my god you are so right haha” The two were laughing as they ran through the compound. They were both forced to stop when they started to hear a loud banging noise.

“Hey Kami, what’s that noise?

“It couldn’t be the principal…could it?”

They were both flabbergasted when a giant wrecking ball broke through several buildings, collapsing the buildings and structures around the two teens who were now just running for their lives. 

Nedzu, who has an IQ higher than any human on the planet was happily sitting in the chair of a crane, a cup of tee in his hand as he meticulously swung the wrecking ball, creating multiple chain reactions. 

“Kami what is going on?!?” Ashido screamed as they ran from falling wreckage.

“I don’t know but this isn’t good for us! We need to make a break for the exit!”

“But where is it?”

“There’s still a way out for you children! Come now wrack those hero brains! AHAHAHAHAH”

In the end they couldn’t find their way out.

“TEAM ASHIDO AND KAMINARI HAVE FAILED DUE TO THE TIME EXPIRING” 

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Back in the observation room several students were looking on with awe. 

“They never stood a chance.” 

“To be able to cause such reactions with pinpoint accuracy, he must have been able to predict their movements and such calculations is almost impossible”

“So it's over, they lost” Deku frowned looking at the large screens. 

“They never even saw their opponent. I can’t even imagine how frustrated they must be” Iida was holding his helmet, a hint of sadness in his voice. He knew what it was like to be out maneuvered and outsmarted by someone better than you.

“Who’s up next?”

“Looks like Mizuki and Koda against Present Mic.” 

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Mizuki & Koda against Present Mic

Present Mic checked his watch just as the buzzer went off. He was standing right at the exit gate of the large forest. Internally he was going to smack the smirk off his husband's face the next time he saw him. 

Mic hated the woods and all things nature related. His idea of hiking was going to the shopping mall and taking the stairs.

“Come on, Let’s hurry up and finish this set. Some people have Arbor Arbor but I’m much of a city kitty ya dig?”  It's been a while since he had been able to really let loose. Taking a deep breath he let out a yell so powerful the sound waves carried to the next exam area, breaking several windows. 

Mizuki ducked down her hands over her ears. How the hell were they supposed to even get close? She flashed her crimson eyes to Koda who was trembling and shaking, curled up into a tight ball. “Hey, we don’t have time for you to cower like that!” Her tone was harsh but she was determined to pass, even if it meant dragging her teammate with her. 

Koda was shaking his head energetically no and Misuki was losing her patience. “Fine, stay here and fail, I’m not going down that easily” She snapped clenching her fists. 

Create the cloud and condense it. Draw all the moisture to me. The sound wave was strongest in the center so she decided to head up the left side where the forest was lush and rich in evergreens and redwoods.

Her teammate must have mustered some sort of courage because he was following her. She needed to keep the storm small and condenses, not visible above the trees. She knew if Present Mic saw the forming of clouds he could easily blow her storm away. 

“Don’t think you can ride scott free on my coattails. I’m nobody’s free ride” She bitched, pulling more and more of the moisture to her building dark gray clouds with her palms. She was rolling and shaping the dense vapor, her concentration focused when she felt a tap on her shoulder, the distraction costing her and her storm cloud vaporized. 

“WHAT?” She snapped just as another impressive sound wave filled the air, forcing them to the forest floor. 

The ground was damp and slippery, the moisture she had collected had caused the earth to turn to mud and several different variations of bugs started to crawl out of it. Screaming she jumped back and fell over the root of a tree. 

Koda was holding a potato bug on his finger looking at her and nodding his head continuously. 

“Oh I get it! You want me to conceal us so we can get in close and you can send the creepy dudes to attack!” They hadn’t talked before this, hell she wasn’t even sure if the boy could talk. She had never heard him and as much as she probably should have watched the other matches, she couldn’t. 

She didn’t want to see what her mother would do to Kiki, she didn’t warn her friend either. Not without tipping her off and it was something she couldn’t afford to roll the dice to. Instead she focused on some ridiculous streamer who was crashing out because his captions were overlaid with someone else’s. The new guy Rixo was basically carrying a one sided conversation with some unknown person who was apparently talking about some TTRPG they were building. 

It was an amusing way to spend a few hours while she waited for her turn. 

She purposely kept her headphones on until the last moment when she had to go to the prep room. 

Mic was tapping his foot impatiently. “Hurry up and COMMMMMMMMEEEEEE OUUUUTTTT” his scream knocking over several trees and sending birds flying away at a rapid pace. “I'M GETTING BOOOOOOOOOOOREEEDDD” 

“Oh my god my eardrums feel like they are going to burst!” Mizuki complained. Koda was nodding along with her, his own hands covering his ears in an attempt to save his hearing. “Why the hell does he have to be so loud!” 

She needed to concentrate, and she couldn’t with how every ten to thirty seconds another sound wave attacked. Koda caught on to the problem and gently cupped either side of her ears, leaving his own exposed to the torment and pain. 

But it worked. 

She was able to rebuild her storm cloud, drawing on the atmosphere to increase the humidity around her. As they got closer to the gate, the sound was harder to ignore but she used that her advantage, making her cloud as dense as possible and keeping it low to the ground, the thick hazy mist-like fog impossible for most people to see through, but for her it might as well have been crystal clear. 

As they moved closer her fog-like cloud spread out, increasing the humidity around them, water particles forming and collecting. It started to rain in the dense fog-like cloud, soaking the ground and creating puddles of water and mud. 

“Man this humidity is going to ruin the leather. What is taking the listeners so long? Gonna just run the clock out yo. I DON'T THINK SOOOOOOOOOOOO” He yelled purposely fanning out the sound, and as expected the thick fog was blown away, leaving a much smaller denser area to the far left. 

Koda dropped to his knees and cupped his hands around his mouth. This was his moment to shine. He got into UA didn’t he? He needed to not run from scary things but have the heart of a hero, a heart without fear. It was his time to Go Beyond and be PLUS ULTRA. “Go on tiny ones hear my call! Now is the time to take out the man who is making that awful noise! My friend made the ground easy for you to move and super rich and nourishing so please help us!” 

“You can talk?” Mizuki was surprised to say the least but she was smiling. Full blown cheshire grin. If the bugs could distract Mic they could make it through the gate and pass! 

“Mizuki we need more cover!” Koda looked up, his eyes closed as he shouted, well shouting for him, more like urgently talking to anyone else. 

“You want a downpour? Oh I can do that!” Her eyes flashed a blood red crimson as she pulled the staff from the holster on her back. Thanks to her training with Gang Orca she had learned a few things. Like how she could control the location and spin of the storm if she was the one creating the circulation.

Staff above her head, she began to spin it in a circular motion, creating a weak vortex, but it did its job as the storm shifted towards the gate.  

As the storm raged above them, the sky turned dark as the rain began to come down in buckets. The two teens were running through the rain, Koda the only one leaving tracks as Mizuki danced over the water, her movements fluid and easy, the fog from early stayed close to her body helping to conceal herself and Koda when they heard the terrifying scream from the exit gate. 

They made it through the cleaning to see Present Mic on the ground passed out and covered in bugs. 

Mizuki turned around and gave Koda a giant high five as they made their escape, cheering each other on and Koda was cheering and laughing out loud. 

This test was harder than either of them did and in the end it really did take both of them combining their quirks, that otherwise were total opposites, together.

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Shoji & Tokoyami against Snipe

“A smoke bomb, he is trying to blind us, but at least it will affect his vision at the same time.” Shiji was using his dupliarms to try and gather intel while hiding with Tokoyami.

“Nah, I can still sense your presence” Snipe spouted while letting out several rounds of his gun, purposely hitting the pillars to make his point.

“Any plans?” Tokoyami asked as they ran past another crumbling pillar. 

“I DO!” Squeaked the adorable shadow-like creature coming from Tokoyami. “Gimmie the cuffs and run! That way!” Tokoyami and Shoji split up with Shoji running perpendicular while Tokoyami and Dark Shadow went to sneak behind the pro. 

Shoji jumped out in front to dart across when a series of bullets hit the ground. “Don’t be rash kid” The sniper hero tsked, his cowboy boots and clicking along the path. 

Shoji raised all of his arms in the air in a mock surrender. “Aren’t you giving up a little too easy for a hero” Snipe chastised. 

It only took a split second and as Snipe was turning around, the heavy weights on his arms and legs drastically reducing his speed, Dark shadow came from the far corner and clipped the cuffs on his wrist. “Where in tarnation did you come from?” 

“Revelry in the dark” Tokoyami appeared from the darkest corner of the testing area, his bird-like eyes narrowed while Dark Shadow did a happy little dance chanting how clever he was. 

The ninth testing stage had ended leaving only one left. Most of the class had returned to the observation room to witness what they all knew was going to be epic. 

“Kiki you made it!” Kasumi jumped and hugged her like she had been missing in action or something. 

Sakura laughed, pushing her friend off of her. “You are going to get me all wet.” She complained lightly. “Where is everyone else?” She looked around the observation room to only see about half the class. 

“Mr. Aizawa said we could either watch the last round or we could change and head to the classroom. Kirishima, Ashido, Sato, and Kami all technically failed so they decided to just go back to the classroom. Sero looked super bummed out, I think he is worried he didn’t do enough to actually pass.” 

“Oh man, that sucks. I hope they will be ok” 

“Not much they can do for now, c’mon I grabbed some snacks so we can watch the final exam.” Kasumi was dragging her forward acting like her normal self again. Kit knew that her friend was probably just stressed out which is why she had disappeared earlier, but it was nice to see her recover from it all. 

“So how do you think Deku and Explodo are going to do?” 

“I think they are in for an uphill battle. Bakugo hates…and I do mean hates Deku. I don’t really understand the why, but from what I do know they have history together. I am not even sure they will cooperate with each other.” Sakura was nibbling on some grapes that Sumi gathered, all eyes were on the large screens where Midoriya was running up. 

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Bakugo & Midoriya vrs AllMight

Bakugo was already waiting at the starting line, every muscle in his body taunt, spring-loaded, like he was ready to explode out of his own skin. 

Intense rubies barely acknowledge the greenette running up beside him, a look of pure disgust and hatred on his face.

“TEAM MIDORIYA AND BAKUGO PRACTICAL EXAM. READY. GO” The buzzer went off as the large gates to the makeshift shopping district opened.

The gates behind them closed and all Bakugo could think of was how when they all came back from their internship Deku…Fucking Deku started using his power to mimic his every move. Like some crazed copycat! 

While he spent his time getting groomed and tortured at that useless internship…Deku had powered up. 

Before finals week he had made it clear that Deku stealing his moves had seriously pissed him off, and how he refused to have another half-baked victory. He didn’t even bother to look at the damn nerd, he had one mission and that was to crush All Might. 

“Kacchan Listen! For this exam the teacher’s are the villains and we are the heroes, so we need a solid plan. Normally I’d suggest we stop and analyze the villain’s quirks and come up with a plan but we don’t need to do that. We know the villain is All Might and there is no way to defeat him in a fight. So combat is out of the question!” Deku was trying his best to keep up with the white blonde who was marching straight ahead with his head held high. 

“It’s a really really bad idea Kacchan!” Deku was whining, trying to get his childhood friend to listen to reason.

“STOP FOLLOWING ME!”  He was already at his limit. Deku’s whiney voice was nails on a chalkboard to his ears, and truthfully he could really only hear every other word, but that was enough to know the dumbass was trying to be a coward. 

“Would you just listen to me Kacchan! All Might is probably waiting for on this main road we should take a different route!” 

“I’m not going to run away from this fight! I’m some weakling or a coward!” His hands were already into fists and he made sure to spend the entire time prior doing whatever he could to make sure his body was warmed up and loose, that he had accumulated plenty of sweat into his gauntlets. “It will look better when I blast that smile of his face”

“No!” Deku was shaking his head in disbelief. “We should avoid fighting All Might at all costs! No matter what it takes.” 

“Fuck you. I am going to toy with him until time is almost up and then knock him unconscious for real” 

Midoriya sighed rubbing his palm across his face. Why does everything have to be so difficult all the time with him! I don’t have time to worry about upsetting him. He needs to be made to see reason!

“Will you stop and think about this Kacchan! Even with those handicap weights it is impossible to win in a fight against him!” 

All Bakugo heard was, you’re not good enough. You’re too weak. You will never be strong. You’re a failure. With the dark thoughts echoing in his head. Before he could even consider what exactly he was doing, his arm moved and he smacked Deku in the face with his gauntlet. 

As the greenette laid on the group holding his nose Bakugo growled at him, his eyes blazing with feral fury. “I don’t want to hear another damn word” Not from Deku, not from his own mind. He didn’t have time to listen to either.

“Just because you think you are getting stronger doesn’t mean you get to tell me what to do!”

Back in the observation tower Sakura winced. “They have no teamwork.” It was a fact. At the rate those two were going, they had no hope of passing this exam unless something drastic changed things. 

Bakugo was stomping away, trying to ignore anything and everything that came out of that damn nerd's mouth. “Wait Kacchan! This is for both of us! I’m just trying to help us pass the final!”

Bakugo spun around like a man on a mission screaming at the top of his lungs. “I TOLD YOU I DON’T NEED YOUR DUMB ASS POWER TO PASS I CAN WIN IT ALL BY MYSELF!” 

“WILL YOU STOP YELLING! THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T HAVE REAL CONVERSATIONS!” 

From the center of the city came a powerful shockwave unlike anything either of the two boys had experienced before. Buildings buckled, windows shattered, cars were sent flying…even the asphalt was ripped away exposing the dirt underneath. 

And in the cloud of dust came a booming menacing voice. “Who really cares if I destroy this city?” All Might's seven foot muscular frame sounds heavy on the cracked pavement. Bakugo is looking at him like a feral cat grinning the whole time, intimated sure, but ready for the challenge. Deku looks terrified, ready to grovel at the man’s feet and beg for mercy. “If you only think of this as an exam and not a real fight you’ll be sorry. I’m a villain now heroes” 

Even his tone was menacing. “You better come at me with everything you got.I won’t pull my punches!” 

Midoriya panicking, scrambled to his feet crying out, “it’s over if we fight him head on! We need to RUN!” 

“Don’t tell me what to do!” Bakugo was standing his ground, refusing to back down, no matter how bad the odds were. He heard Deku screaming ‘no’ while he shifted his hands into formation. “HOW ABOUT A STUN GRENADE!”

A bright, blinding light exploded from his hands with the strength of the sun as he leapt forward growling through his feral grin.” You want everything I got AllMight? Like that wasn’t the plan the whole time!” 

“I NEVER-” All Might’s hand wrapped around his face as if it was some sort of basketball and for a moment, having his mouth and nose covered he started to panic, but the adrenaline pumping through his veins was enough to quelch the sickening feeling in his stomach. “HOLD BACK DAMNIT TO HELL!” His voice was muffled against the larger hand as he let out a barrage of mini explosions right in All Might’s face.

All Might grabbed his wrist and while his hand was still covering his face spun him around like a ragdoll slamming him into the broken asphalt and dirt knocking the wind out of his lungs as the white blonde coughed and gasped for air. 

“Your rapid fire blasts were weak, hardly more than a sting.” He turned those piercing blue eyes to Midoriya who looked like prey that just got caught by a much larger predator. “Where do you think you are going? Don’t worry I haven’t forgotten about you young Midoriya, so tell me, are you really going to leave your teammate and run away?” 

Deku, in his desire to get away, activates full cowling to jump backwards away from All Might, but he wasn’t watching where he was going and ended up crashing mid air into the blonde. Both of them fell victim to gravity. 

“Blasty really wants to defeat All Might huh?” Shinso had snuck in and was now standing beside Todoroki next to Sakura and Mizuki, his lavender eyes filled with awe. 

“Yes but Midoriya wants to run away.” Todoroki explained, his mismatched eyes glued to the fight breaking out. 

“Deku admires All Might so much! I wouldn’t want to fight someone like that either.” Uraraka was nervously chewing on her nails, her honey brown eyes filled with fear and worry. 

“All Might might as well be a god.” Mizuki chimed in. 

“Even gods can bleed,” Saku replied, narrowing her glowing eyes. She understood where Bakugo was coming from. In her match Momo wanted to run as well, but she refused to do so. Running was not an option when you can stand up and fight. 

Bakugo was the first on his feet, his head bent low but his intense ruby red eyes were focused on the number one hero.

Deku was shaking as he got to his feet, he held his hands out to try and stop Kacchan from being so reckless. “Kacchan Wait! Haven’t you been listening to me?! It’s insanity to take him head on”

“Shut the fuck up scum! I will win this!” He marched forward, never taking his eyes off his opponent. “That’s what it means to be a hero ya dumb nerd”

For a moment Midoriya was hit with a memory from when they were little. Kacchan was standing in front of a T.V store watching a live report of All Might fighting. His young red eyes were so expressive and full of life and excitement as he punched and kicked the air around them. They couldn’t have been more than five….and even then Kacchan was cheering and chanting. “All Might’s the best ever because no matter how bad the odds are or how many he is up against he always wins!” 

He just needed to get Kacchan to listen for one damn minute! This wasn’t T.V or some game, they were really here, and really standing in the shadow of greatness. “At the very least we should be trying to evade!”

“STOP TOUCHING ME!” He yanked his arm free from Deku just as All Might appeared from the sky, standing on some sort of broken guard rail. “I have a special gift for the one who wants to run!”

Deku was pinned to the ground on contact, the broken guardrail like some sort of cage that he was pinned under. All Might didn’t waste any time shoving his fist hard into Bakugou’s stomach, the blonde heard his ribs crack as he was forced to evacuate his stomach contents. 

The blonde landed several yards away, crashing into the broken pavement. His ears were ringing and he was dizzy, the taste of bile and acid coating his tongue. Despite the pain that every breath caused he forced himself to his feet, his arms feeling heavy and his legs shaking. 

Midoriya was fighting against his own restraints, the constant memory of them as kids playing on loop. He understood Kacchan better than anyone! He may not like him sometimes, but he has always looked up to him. And Kacchan never backed down from a fight, even when he was clearly outmatched because he always had a singular goal in mind. 

Certain and complete Victory. 

No Matter the costs. 

All Might came up alongside Bakugo as he bent over his knees trying to force his lungs to work. “I know why you are so angry, young Bakugo.” 

No All Might you don’t. Fucking people always trying to assume everything about him and he was growing tired of it. 

“It’s because of young Midoriya’s sudden improvement. It's easier to level up when you’re a novice. You’re wasting your full potential. Do you see that? Do you understand me? You still have so much room to grow stronger boy and I don’t just mean your Quirk”

Even your idol thinks you're weak.

SHUT UP

“Shut up All Might” He grunted, grinding his teeth, that damn inner voice could go to hell too! “If I’m so bad I have to get help from a weakling like him…I’d rather lose this”

Everyone assumed it was a pride thing, and maybe on level it was. But just once, he wanted someone to look at him and tell him he was enough. 

“DON’T YOU DARE SAY YOU WOULD RATHER LOSE” Deku came out of nowhere and punched him square in the jaw sending him flying off to the side. “LET’S WIN THIS KACCHAN” 

Midoriya picked him up and bunny hopped away down a side alley. 

“Drop me you bastard!”

“I got you” 

“I SAID LET ME GO!” He shoved his elbow against Deku’s head forcing him to drop him. 

“Kacchan. I don’t see a way out of this.” Midoriya got to his feet leaning against the brick exterior of the wall. “But at least let’s try using my power! You can’t say you are alright with losing. You’re you because you never give up! So don’t give up now!” 

He hated this. He hated that he actually agreed with fucking Deku of all people. If they were going to do this, it would have to be a compromise. Every breath was a painful reminder of how fucked up his ribs already were. The ringing in his ears reminded him of the current headache he had. 

He wasn’t ready to give up but he knew a shitshow when he saw one. Growling, he exploded the concrete next to Deku’s head and laid out his plan. 

It was a mix of what they both wanted to do. 

They would use maximum firepower to force All Might to stutter and stumble, and during that time they would blast their way to the exit gate as fast as possible. He knew that All Might would catch up, and when he did, it would be his turn to use a gauntlet and blast him to hell. He would stay behind and fight, stall the number one while Deku made the escape for both of them. 

Bakugo waited until the moment All Might Passed them before he charged out of the alley, pain etched in his face, partly from his ribs, but mostly from the fact that he is forced to work with Deku. And he knew how this would end…

“YOU’RE GOING THE WRONG WAY” He screamed as he started to produce blasts to get All Might’s attention. 

“Is that supposed to be a sneak attack?!” The number one bellowed. 

“DEKU! SHOOT NOW” He launched himself into the air as Deku pulled the pin on his gauntlet. The explosion was so powerful that the teens shoulder dislocated from the recoil alone. 

Now all they had to do run. “RUN YOU IDIOT!”

“Oh Right!” Green lightning crackled around Deku as he took off running with Bakugo in the sky, blasting himself towards the exit gate. 

All Might was on the ground after the massive explosion pondering what to do with these two. Envy, Pride, Hatred….Admiration, Awe, Competition, Rejection.. The two have so many complicated emotions towards each other that they no longer have the means to communicate. 

“Do you think that worked?” Deku was still chatty up a storm as they ran. 

“No You idiot! You’re the one who keeps crying that its impossible to beat him! A single blast isn’t going to be enough to KO All Might! I learned that with my mini blasts earlier. When he catches up it will be my turn to give him a face full of gauntlet.!” 

“Interesting! And then what?!” All Might appeared between them, Bakugo’s reaction was fast, but All Might was faster, he smashed the gauntlet he was wearing to pieces before doing the same to the one Midoriya was wearing. 

“All right Heroes! It’s time for you both to die!” All Might launched himself into the air, shoving his knee into Bakugo’s chin and sending him flying. If it wasn’t for his neck brace that he included as part of his hero costume to help with recoil he was sure his neck would have snapped. As it was he heard the sound of something creaking. 

He recovered midair, launching himself forward screaming “THAT’S MY LINE!”. All Might had grab Midoriya and used him to fling into the white blonde, causing them both to essentially….eat dirt. 

“Ahaha, isn’t this wonderful boys! You decided to corporate, no matter how reluctantly. Unfortunately for you, Corporation was not an option, it was a prerequisite for this exam. Sorry, but it was too little too late.” 

Bakugo was crushed under the weight of All Might's foot pressed against his spine. “You had a solid plan, albeit makeshift as it was. But now that I have destroyed young Bakugo’s gauntlets, what's your plan now?” He laughed as he tossed Midoriya to the side like some ragdoll. 

Bakugo was far from done, he turned his palm upwards facing All Might, no matter the pain it caused his shoulder, letting his power build. “SHUT UP!” He let off a blast that was equal to or greater than his gauntlet explosion sending All Might flying backwards. 

He grabbed Deku by his costume, shocking the green eyed teen. “Get ready to fly! I hate the idea of running but with the crapfest we are in right now this is the only way, now DIE!” He shouted as he threw Deku as hard as he could towards the exit gate with a well timed explosion. 

Pain shot through his forearms as he felt the muscles and tendons recoil from overuse. 

“NEW HAMPSHIRE SMASH” As Deku was flying through the air towards the gate, All Might propelled himself backwards and crashed straight into Deku’s back, the teen’s spine cracking as the heavier hero forced him to bend unnaturally. The power user crashed into the bus near the gate, pain radiating from his back to his legs, his shoulder was screaming at him after using Kacchan’s heavy artillery and honestly he was dizzy with pain. 

“Damn it!” Bakugo took to the sky using his blasts to propel himself forward. “Those gauntlets were only so I could use maximum firepower with no risk. But now I see that was stupid!” The white blonde let the power course downward, from his shoulders to his elbows, through his forearms, the veins and tendons in his arms swelling with the intensity he was building up. “If I don’t take any risks there is no way I can beat you!” 

He let the explosion blast from his palms greater than any he has done before, the tendons and bones cracking and protesting in the face of such intensity. “DEKU GO! HURRY UP DAMMIT!”

“I can still move better than you, even if you are still learning to use that pathetic power!” And he did just that, he bounced around in the air, changing his trajectory and surrounding the number one here with constant blasts from his palms. “AT LEAST TRY AND MAKE YOURSELF USEFUL YOU DAMN NERD” 

He brought both his palms together as All Might charged towards him. He refused to let up on the intensity now. Blast after blast erupted from his palms, his arms searing with pain with each one but he knew pain…pain reminded him that he could still fight, that he wasn’t out for the count yet. He embraced it and gritted his teeth. 

Deku was hobbling towards the gate when All Might headed his way but Bakugo had other plans, he blasted his way in front of the symbol of peace to stop him, to give Deku a chance. 

All Might had other plans, he grabbed the blonde’s face and slammed his head first into the ground, the back of his skull found purchase against the broken up asphalt. But he was still conscious, He still had fight in him. 

“Its time to sleep young Bakugo, I may be the villain but I am still your teacher and it pains me to see you sacrificing your own body in a fight. I’m sorry”

Bakugo wrapped his wrists around All Mights letting off small firecracker-like explosions, his breath coming in short shallow gasps. 

“Keep…going…you damn nerd. I’ll ..keep fighting. I’ll break myself. Even if there is nothing left of me…I will win the way I want…” His voice was growing wet with his tears but he didn’t care, he wasn’t about to go quietly into the night. “I’ll destroy myself…before I ever accept defeat at your hands.” To prove his tenacity, he used his teeth to bite down on the meaty part of All Might’s hand. 

“Kacccchan” Midoriya unintentionally powered up higher than the five percent as he sped towards All Might, his fist cocked back a feral grin on his freckled face. “All Might, please move…I don’t want to hit you” 

All Might did not in fact move. He took the smash straight to his face sending him flying backwards two dozen yards easily. Midoriya grabbed the unconscious explosion teen and rabbit hopped his way straight through the exit gate, his body glowing with power as he moved.

“TEAM MIDORIYA AND BAKUGO HAVE PASSED THE EXAM” The buzzer went off announcing their victory. 

But only a few cheered. Shinso, Todoroki, Sakura, and Mizuki all looked truly worried. They had seen the intense battle that took place. Seen the strongest of them all break his own body in pursuit of victory.

The two had pulled it off. They had in fact beaten All Might. 

But at what costs?

Was a passing grade worth the pain they just endured?

As the rest of the class made their way back to the classroom, the room was filled with the bitterness of loss, the celebration of victory, and for a few students, the worry was palatable. 

All they could do now was wait for their teacher to return to announce their grades.