UA's Conduit

Chapter 22. A Conduit's Rage

Red pupils meet black as the still bandaged up Aizawa stared directly at Katsuki Bakugou, who appeared rather annoyed at being pulled up to the side right after his match. The man stared at the young man and couldn't help but sigh in exasperation. "Bakugou, I don't know if you know this or just feigning ignorance, but your actions have consequences, right?" the underground hero started, rubbing his forehead. "For you to use excessive force against someone who isn't even trained to fight on live television, do you have any idea on how much of a backlash this would bring to your reputation?" the man asked, a rare tone of worry can be heard in the man's voice.

The boy's face scrunched into a scowl as he spoke up. "LIKE I GIVE A FUCK ON THEIR OPINION OR CONSEQUENCES, A FIGHT'S A FIGHT! JUST BECAUSE SHE'S A GIRL OR NOT TRAIN DOESN'T MEAN I CAN JUST HOLD BACK ON HER!" Katsuki yelled out, his voice echoing throughout the hallway.

"No one is telling you to hold back on her, Bakugou..." Aizawa said, unfazed by the outburst. "But there is a difference between not holding back and doing way too much. And you did the latter. Yes, you won and knocked her unconscious, even pushing her out-of-bounds, which you could've just done since she was literally inches away from the line, but you did it in the most violent way possible. You blasted her with an explosion in point blank range while telling her to die in front of eighty percent of the hero population."

"Psh. Like I give a damn about their goddamned opinion. I don't care, let them think what they want to think. That's not stopping me from becoming the number one hero." Katsuki said, staring directly at the underground hero. "And besides, that bitch had it coming for looking down on me."

Before Aizawa could ask what the blonde boy meant by that, Katsuki began walking away from him. "If that's all you have to say, I'm leaving. I still have scum to destroy." he growled out.

That caused Aizawa's eyes to narrow. "You know, I'd appreciate it if you didn't call Midoriya that." he said.

"Whatever." Bakugou said, clicking his tongue in annoyance. "I don't care. I'm going to win this entire thing anyway. Since winning every fight is what a hero is about." he said as he took a turn to a different hallway, leaving the man to look at his retreating form with disbelief.

How could someone be so full of himself? Even Endeavor was a lot humbler to know his flaws. Class 1A's homeroom teacher thought as he sighed in defeat.

Despite Bakugou being his student, he didn't appreciate how the boy had acted towards the General Studies student. Probably because he too used to be a student from the same department before he was transferred to the Heroics Department after winning the Sports Festival during his time as a student.

He was secretly rooting for both Toru and Shinso for them to show what they are capable of for a chance in the hero course. Even if Shinso wasn't able to fully showcase what his skills are or rather not show any at all since the boy relied on his quirk too much and was even unable to brainwash Midoriya during their match, he had thought of taking them under his wing. What surprised him was Toru Hagakure. He had expected the girl to lose in the first round, the same as Shinso, but to his surprise, the young woman was able to win her way to the semi-finals after defeating two of Aizawa's hero course students.

If it weren't for Bakugou's natural tenacity and combat capabilities, she would've won their match. That would solidify her chance in getting into the hero course. She would become a hero, maybe even an underground hero.

Okay, maybe that last part was a bit of a bias in his part but how could he not? The girl literally has a stealth based quirk and with extra training, she could be the best underground hero, even greater than him.

Sighing for the umpteenth time, he began walking back to the commentator's area. All while thinking of how he had failed in making Katsuki see the reality of the situation and the backlash that he will face in the future if his attitude doesn't change.