Downward Spiral (Izuocha)

Chapter 50 About time

Third person P.O.V.

It was finally Friday, the day that all normal school students looked forward to as they wanted to enjoy their weekend by possibly visiting family or having free time to hang out with friends. Izuku knew that he would be going home on Saturday morning with Uraraka by his side as his mother had invited her for lunch and then on Sunday he would be going with Todoroki to visit his mother and meeting her for the first time, taking it as an honour to do so. However, the day had only started, and for some reason Aizawa seemed extremely tired and grumpy about what would happen today and homeroom was just about to start. "Okay class, today you'll have your normal classes until lunch and then we will head to gym gamma for some one on one combat training. NOT taking it too far, are we clear?" "Yes sensei!" Every single student replied in chorus as to show the respect for their homeroom teacher. Soon enough, he left and in came Midnight to teach her modern hero art history class that many were quite invested, especially Izuku, considering that they would analyse aspects such as hero costumes in today's class.

Lunch came by in what felt like a breeze to many and now the tables had been filled with their respective friend groups. Izuku was now trying to engage more in the small talk that went around his table and actually chuckle and laugh whenever Uraraka would make fun of either Todoroki's or Iida's antics. Momo had been joining them much more often and actually enjoyed staying a bit further away from Mina's constant gossip and being able to feel a bit more proper while sitting with more well mannered friends. Izuku still sometimes found himself lost in his thoughts and staring down at his own food for a few seconds before either snapping back himself or being tapped softly in the shoulder by Uraraka. Her promise still fresh, but she would make sure she would live through it and Izuku could see that she was determined to do so, giving him some peace of mind and taking away some of the guilt from his shoulders. As soon as the bell signaled the end of the lunch period, class 1-A went straight for their lockers and once again met with their homeroom teacher, but he did not have a companion this time.

"You will warm up a bit with a partner and then you will fight. As soon as you finish come back and I'll change your partner." Aizawa assigned the partners to his judgement and put Izuku together with Sero for his first match up, considering how now the problem child had gained an ability that resembled the elbow tape kid and could learn from him. Everyone with their partner stood in front of each other in their small arenas, probably pre-organized by Cementoss, Izuku and Sero having s friendly stare down, both of them smiling a small bit. Aizawa gave the green light and Izuku instantly activated Full Cowling at twenty two percent to test his maximum output to the best he could. Sero had shot his tape towards the green haired boy but he just sidestepped it and kept on lounging forward towards his classmate. Sero continued with his shooting spree of tape but Izuku just seemed to be untouchable as he dodged and slides under the sticky substance and closing the distance. Finally, Izuku caught up with Sero and sent a kick to his stomach that Sero blocked with his forearm, yet still felt the full impact of the kick and wincing. 'How the hell is someone so small so strong?'

The sparing went on, with the display of quirks giving life to the gym that they resided as time started to fly by. Some battles had already finished, but he had encouraged them to continue as no one was put against someone without motive. For example, Yaoyorozu, a person that could basically be prepared against any situation considering her quirk, was put against Bakugo, the explosion maniac that seemed to have the best fighting instinct of all of his students, therefore forcing Yaoyorozu to act quick and Bakugo to be careful not to catch any flashbangs that he did not expect. He waited for everyone to finish until all had reunited where he stood, before giving individual feedback to his students and the new parings. "Problem child and Bakugo, consider this a rematch, don't disappoint." Both headed for their designated arena and stood facing each other, not knowing what to expect. Katsuki would go full out, therefore showing respect to his rival but no desire to lose and Izuku had mustered up whatever amount of self trust he had and prayed that his next move would work.

As soon as Aizawa gave the green light, Bakugo lunched forward igniting his nitroglycerin and using the recoil as a boost. Izuku however just stretched his arm out and pointed directly forward were Kacchan was coming from and concentrated on capturing him, feeling the small tingle and numbness rise until blackwhip shot forward and captured it's target. Izuku swinged his arm and then let go of Bakugo and retracted blackwhip while activating full cowling and rushing him to where he had been thrown. Bakugo wouldn't go without a fight, so as soon as he recovered, he retaliated with his own explosions towards Deku and then the fighting begun. It was clear that they had both gone full out, kicks, explosions, green lightning and fast erratic movements being the only thing in that arena. At one point they both ended up far from each other and panting, Bakugo sporting a content smile at the challenge that was staring down at him. They both rushed each other one final time, with a powerful kick and an explosion, the smoke that appeared had had caused the events that happened to only be known by the fighters. As the smoke cleared, Bakugo was seen tied up and struggling against Izuku's blackwhip while he also had full cowling active and tried pinning him to the ground as best as possible. Although he looked like a rabid animal, he soon stopped moving, succumbing to his tiredness.

"About god damn time you fought back you fucking nerd." And although he would never admit it, he was smiling. The smallest smile ever, but still a smile.

THAT'S FIVE. This is could be considered as a new years present tbh and it's because I can't thank you enough. The readers and those who vote have made it possible for me to be super proud of this fic even if it's my first one and could use some improvement. I feel like I've learned throughout this year and achieving 50 chaps and therefore over 50 thousand words on s fic in six months I believe is amazing, and I can't thank you enough for enjoying it with me.

Happy new year, I hope we can have a better time but well, we'll do our best. Remember you are amazing, no matter where or who you are, I hope you had or have a fantastic day, and I'll be back in a bit.