The Stormcaller's Journey

Chapter 6

February Twenty-Sixth, the day of the u.a entrance exam. Izuku layed in bed, staring at an All Might poster that hung on his wall. He had finished the training All Might gave him, nothing special, just a few workouts and cardio. Izuku had finished cleaning the entire beach, even more than All Might asked him to. Inko would sometimes check on his progress and when she saw the beautiful shore for the first time in years, she couldn't help but cry tears of joy.

I wonder if Kacchan has taken the test yet? He thought to himself. 

As much as Izuku wanted too, he could never find it in his heart to hate the blond boy. Sure, he was a jerk of monster proportions, but something about him felt small and fragile. Their relationship has gone through many changes, especially after Izuku's quirk developed. He never really bullied him anymore, in fact he mostly just ignored Izuku, except for the occasional death stare. A few times he even tried to talk to him, but the conversations never went further than a talk with a stranger.

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Katsuki Bakugo, self proclaimed future number one, was having an internal war with himself. When he didn't see Deku at the entrance exam, he was kind of glad.

Maybe that nerd finally learned his place. He kept thinking to himself. 

To Katsuki it didn't matter if Deku had a quirk, he was still a useless little bug that he could crush if he wanted to, but not always. Before Katsuki got his quirk, Izuku and him were connected at the hip, and it didn't help that their parents were friends either. Izuku was always a little timid, and to say it sometimes annoyed the little blond would be nice. But sometimes it made his day better.

Katsuki always imagined Deku by his side. He would be the number one hero and Deku would be his loyal sidekick, maybe the number two if he allowed it. But then the nerd had to go and get diagnosed quirkless. That was fine. Sure Katsuki's plan had to change but as long as he had Deku by his side or waiting for him at home, it was all fine. Until that bastard decided to still try to become a hero.

At first he was fine with letting Deku dream, but that all changed when he tried to help Katsuki when the explosive child fell into a creek when they were four. Deku had the nerve to try and "save" him, but he didn't need saving; especially from a quirkless bug.  But a part of Katsuki knew Izuku's quirk put his explosions to shame, he saw what his old friend was capable of, and it brought a feeling of fear with it. However, what frightened the blond more was what Deku yelled at him,

"I HATE YOU!"

That sentence rattled in his brain for months. The pure anger and hurt those few words carried hurt him more than even he realized it. Katsuki wanted things to go back to how they used to be, just Izuku and him against the world, but Katsuki screwed it up. He tried to talk to Izuku, but what do you even say in a situation like theirs? How does he make it better? Can he?

These questions only made Katsuki furious, but he couldn't dwell on it too much as of now.

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Weeks passed, and April has come upon them. The first day of U.A. was here and Izuku anxiously stood outside a door that an elephant could fit through that read Class 1-A in giant red letters. Opening the door he was met with a blue-haired boy scolding a familiar arrogant face. Katsuki's ruby eyes meet emerald ones, and froze.

He couldn't believe what he was seeing, Deku, someone who wasn't even supposed to be allowed in a course like this, was staring right at him. Izuku quickly looked away and made his way to the seat behind the blond. Noticing the other students Izuku couldn't help but wonder what kind of quirks they had. Suddenly the door opened and a sluggish yellow blob inches its way to the front podium and stood up revealing a pale man with stubble facial hair.