Apotheosis

CHAPTER NINETEEN: THE WRATH

Katsuki Bakugou stared at the television screen in shock. The news had been reporting live on the scene for the past hour. Allmight had been fighting a villain, not just any villain. That nerdy bastard Deku was throwing down with the number one hero and somehow holding his own. Something Bakugou couldn't accomplish, back when he failed to beat Allmight in the battle examine with his partner Kirishima. Even with that fancy gauntlet of his, he didn't think Deku would stand a chance against the greatest hero in the world.

'That bastard', he clenched his fists in anger. His anger grew until he froze when he saw Allmight shrink down to a skinny frail looking man. Bakugou watched as Deku stole some cameras and went on a rant, revealing the truth about the hero to the world.

"That's right people! This skinny matchstick man is actually the greatest hero in the world! This is your symbol of peace!"

What the hell was going on here? Why did Allmight look so weak? Why wasn't he winning against Deku? But more importantly, how did Deku know about this weakened form?

"Did you know that Allmight and I have something in common?"

"He and I are both quirkless!"

"This whole time he was borrowing a quirk that never belonged to him. However his body has grown too weak to fully use it. The villain he fought in Kamino ward should have retired him, but he still clings to his title and power like an old dying king clings to his throne"

"I ask you, all of you that are quirkless or have an impractical quirk. Is this your pillar of justice? Do you accept this fraud, this lie as your symbol of peace?"

'Is this my fault?' Katsuki remembered the fight between Allmight and that freak in the mask. Some of his classmates gave him an escape route, so he didn't get to witness the whole fight. All he knew was that something major went down and Allmight was pushed harder than ever. If what Deku said was true that the strongest hero was getting weaker, than it was probably his fault for getting captured by those villains. Katsuki didn't want to feel guilty, but no matter how he looked at it, if he was stronger they wouldn't have taken him so easily. That bastard Apotheosis who he now knew was actually Deku, made him look so pathetic.

None of this made any sense. Deku was strong and Katsuki was weak. How did everything end up so backwards? Before he could think more on this Bakugou's phone buzzed in his pocket. Looking at he spotted Kirishima's name with a message attached. After reading Katsuki felt a new determination. Maybe there was a way he could correct this.

THE CITY

"This just keeps getting worse", Aizawa lamented. Currently they were dodging a big long serpentine dragon made of concrete, bits of metal and shards of glass. Midoriya had crafted it out of pieces of the buildings around him and was controlling it like a puppet.

"Tell me about it", Toshinori ducked behind a turned over car. With his strength faded he couldn't even fight back and was forced on the defensive.

"We need to get him on the ground and fight him up close", Aizawa stated. Midoriya kept them at bay from a distance. If they were going to create an opening for Gran Torino to make a grab for the gauntlet, then they needed to get the boy into a better position.

"That's suicide", Toshinori already explained Midoriya's new power stone and the quirk it granted him as well as what he learned about the other stones.

"That super strength damages his body right?" Erasure Head reminded them. "In the time between the damaging and healing himself we might be able to beat him"

"Any ideas on how we can do that?" Midnight asked as she jumped behind the same car they were hiding behind after failing to take on Izuku.

"Come out come out wherever you are!" Midoriya called losing sight of his opponents. He hovered a bit higher in the air looking around at all the destruction to see if he could spot them. Noticing a head of blonde hair he smirked. "Got you!" With a shout he sent his dragon made from building debris crashing head first into their location.