The neglected but loved hero

Chapter 16: Izuku Vs Katsuki

(A/N: First I want to give a shout out to @Jss2141 for giving me an idea that helped me finish this chapter. I hope you enjoy!)

Izuku POV

The fight between Katsuki and Katsumi was pretty boring all things considered. They both pretty much fight the same way so it was just an endurance match. Katsuki was barely able to win.

Then was Kaina vs that purple haired kid. It was a quick match. He talked shit and was shot by blanks from Kaina's arm gun thing, making him give up. Honestly it was a bit scary and... weirdly kinda hot.

Most of the matches were pretty quick. Mina, Momo, Tokoyami, Kirishima and Izumi won their matches. Izumi had to fight Shoka and apparently Shoka and Shoto can't do much when suspended in the air away from any solid ground.

I made my way to the arena for my match against Katsuki. Walking into the open air, I took a deep breath. "Eh, I'll take it easy this time."

Katsuki walked out already looking pissed. "Tch, get ready to die, Deku."

I just stood across from him, rolling my eyes. "I already kicked your ass once. Not to mention, there is plenty of wall for your face to meet."

I smiled as he growled in anger. Midnight raised her hand. "Ready?!" She looked at the two of us and brought her hand down. "Begin!"

Katsuki shot himself towards me with his explosions. I crossed my arms, waiting for him. When he was close, I saw him preparing his right hand to send an explosion and I quickly dodged to the right, his left. I spun, whacking him in the head with my tail.

He stumbled, trying to catch his footing before he fell out of bounds. "I'll go easy on you, Katsuki. I won't use my arms to fight you. How does that sound?"

Katsuki gave me a death glare. "Don't you fucking look down on me, Deku!" I just smiled, motioning him to come get me with my tail.

All Might watched the fight from the teachers box. "He's very talented." He looked over at Vlad. "Wish he could have come to my class."

All Might looked back and saw Izuku easily dodging out of the way of every blast Katsuki sent as if it was second nature. As he watched, he remembered the last thing his old sidekick said before they split ways. "If you keep acting the way you are, your own son is going to kill you."

He brushed it off for years, thinking that Izuku could never be any threat. But from what he was seeing of the boy, he began to realize that... it may very well be true. "He's dangerous."

Izuku flapped his wings, taking off into the air. "Come on, I know you can fly with that quirk of yours!"

Katsuki ground his teeth. "Get the fuck back here, Deku!" Katsuki launched himself into the air towards Izuku.

Izuku smiled as he easily maneuvered through the air. Every time he dodged, Katsuki got whacked in the head by his tail. "You know, this is actually kind of fun."

Katsuki got close to Izuku but this time he brought his hands together. "Stun Grenade!" A bright explosion appeared in between his hands before going off, blinding Izuku.

Izuku rubbed his eyes, unable to see anything. Katsuki flung himself back a fair distance, before launching himself towards Izuku, spinning himself in a spiral towards Izuku, going faster and faster.

When he got close, he let loose the strongest explosion he ever has. The blast completely enveloping the area where Izuku was. He smiled, thinking he had killed Izuku now. In the corner of his eye, Katsuki saw an emerald flash of something and looked over just in time to see Izuku.

His eyes were closed, but he seemed to be able to tell where Katsuki was regardless. Izuku kicked Katsuki back down to the ground, creating a small crater from the impact.

Katsuki pulled himself out of the crater. His arms were in serious pain from using his quirk so much. "Tch, pathetic." Izuku landed in front of Katsuki, his sight retuning to him. "I really hoped you'd be tougher than this. Too bad."

Izuku wrapped his tail around Katsuki and picked him up before he walked to the edge of the arena, leaving Katsuki suspended just over the line.

"Any last words?"

"D-De-ku..." Katsuki clawed at the tail, raising one hand towards Izuku but only sparks came off.

Izuku shrugged, dropping Katsuki out of bounds. "Poor choice of words."

"Katsuki Bakugou is out of bounds! Izuku Tatsuma-Usagiyama is the winner!"

A man sitting in a dark room watched his computer screen. "Izuku..." He remembered that last he saw the boy. Him, his sharp dragonic features standing over the badly beaten and bloodied body of All Might, his skinny and shriveled body being held up by a clawed hand. He had pulled his hand back, razor sharp claws at the ready before they shot forth and... "I hope that vision is wrong."

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Izuku walked back to his class, going to his seat. All of his classmates were staring at him. "What?"

"Dude, where's your shirt?" Sero asked.

"Oh, I took that off. Only got in the way when fighting." He sat down and saw Cementos was finishing up fixing the arena. Kaina stood up, heading to her next match with Mina following. "Uh, goodluck, you two."

Izuku watched as they stood across from each other in the arena. "I-Izuku." He looked over and saw Izumi had sat next to him. "If we fight each other in the finals, don't hold back against me. I want you to go all out with everything you have." He saw the look in her eyes.

He looked back and watched the fight, seeing the way Kaina was maneuvering herself around the arena using her gun arm... thing. "I won't. You better not hold back that other quirk of yours either."

Izumi nodded. "I'll do my best to beat you this time."

(A/N: I hope you enjoyed!)