The First Generation

Confrontation

Izuku had lost his mind.

That was the only explanation that Mina could come up with. He had fully lost what few strands of sanity that he had been clinging to since their previous outing.

There wasn't any need for any of this – It didn't even make any sense whatsoever. There was no need to fight Monoma just to prove that Kirishima was being an idiot – Just show off One For All's Full Cowling ability, and this would all be over! All of the hostility that Kirishima had towards Izuku would be gone! It would probably be enough to make him at the very least reconsider all of the crap that he'd been talking over the last few months.

But Izuku had decided that it was necessary to show off his inherited power in a show of force. Like it would make any serious difference. Like that was somehow, going to fix the situation. There wasn't any logic to it at all. Nothing that made any sense, obvious or otherwise.

Not to her, at least.

It was like Izuku wasn't even himself at this point. Izuku had been, until this point, one of the smartest people that Mina had ever known. He was methodical, and careful, and when he considered something, he really explored every single angle. The whole idea of Heroes was his, and he had weighed up all the pro's and all the cons carefully before he allowed himself to commit to the idea.

Everything had to take its toll on him. Mina got the feeling that he didn't like being a leader all that much, but took on the role because he had no other choice. His friends had grown to rely on him, and look towards him for direction. It wasn't the role that he wanted, but it was the role that he'd been given, and he was doing his best to make the most out of it. He'd earned all of their respect.

Now though, it was clear that relying on him too much had damaged his psyche.

They weren't in the 1A dorms anymore. They weren't even outside them. Instead, they had made their way towards the training blocks that The First Generation group had previously used to try to improve their Quirks, and test out their costumes. The one in which the security camera had been a part of hadn't been replaced, but the rest of the damage, like the holes and cracks, all had been. It was the only place that Izuku could think of that would allow this fight to go ahead uninterrupted.

Izuku was surprised that Kirishima and Monoma even agreed to it – Though it was probably a lot better than the alternative options – Having the fight in their dorm-house, and messing the place up more, or having it outside the dorm-house, and risk having someone come to break up the fight.

Given the opportunity to prove his rantings right, Kirishima wouldn't want to risk being interrupted. Besides, he had a feeling this was going to be a lot more brutal a fight than anyone else seemed to realize.

So here they were. Izuku and Mina, along with a freed Katsuki and Uraraka, finding themselves standing opposite a long, concrete corridor from most of the rest of their class, and a fairly substantial part of the Yuuei student body too. Crowds attracted by the sounds of the battle that had taken place inside the 1A dorms, and those who saw the crowd followed to see what was going on. Many of them still distrusted, or even resented Izuku.

Good, was all Izuku thought. He wanted them to hate him right now. Because it was going to make this all the more impactful.

He smirked.

"Deku, this is insane!" Uraraka protested once more, clearly panicked by everything. "This – This doesn't – I don't – " She was just as flabbergasted as Mina, and easily understandably so. "This – This is insane!"

"You ask me, this had been a long fucking time coming." Katsuki retorted, a smug smirk on his lips. His preference for action as opposed to diplomacy had been well established. And he certainly wasn't in much of a mood to be diplomatic with Kirishima, Sero, or anyone else who sided with either, after he'd been taped up to a wall. The opportunity to see them eat the dirt for once was one he welcomed. "These fuckers have been trying my patience from day one. About time Deku got it into his head that we need to stand up to them."