Chapter Eighteen: Bakugou

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Ashido sent a spray of acid towards Sora to which the boy dodged. She skated around on her slime, trying to catch the male off guard.

Sora returned her cheeky grin with an off putting smirk that seemed to unerve her. Then, he dropped out of view.

Before the pink haired girl could respond, he set a ring of flames around her, completely encircling her. He shook off the green goop on his hand which hr attained my touching the floor to set it aflame. He showed the curious looking girl how he made a thin layer of frost to cover his exposed skin and her eyes shone in wonder. All while Midnight announced the match was over.

First Person POV:

Still, even with the frost barrier, acid had gotten into the cut I had to make to light the ground on fire. It stung like hell. I went to get a bottle of drink to ice my finger and energize me for my next match but before I reached the machine, a bottle of sweet tea was tossed at me.

I grabbed the bottle which went to work cooling my hand off. "Todoroki?" I grinned. He gave a small nod of acknowledgement, sipping his drink slowly. "How'd you know?" I muttered, leaning against the wall opposite him and he simply waved his identical beverage. "Similar tastes."

I hummed, taking a swig of the tea. "You're up against Bakugou next." He muttered. "And your against Pres-Lida." He nodded. "So, you're going up either against me or Bakubomb in the last round huh?" I huff, knowing full well how Todoroki could win against Lida. He paused but nodded again. "I hope you win later." He went to throw his drink in the trash and we locked eyes. He wanted to go against me, how fun~

"I won't disapoint Mr Icyhot." I grin, tossing my drink away too as we walked back to the stands.

And true enough, Todoroki won against Lida and I was now to face off against Bakugou.

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The whistle rang, our match began.

Without hesitation he charged at me, screaming his usual share of 'DIE!' and 'GO TO HELL!'. I couldn't help but chuckle as I dodged. Of course I couldn't keep this up forever, Bakugou really was a monster and probably has more stamina than even me. I needed to find an opening.

I stood on the field and opened my arms, crouching low. "Come on!" I yelled and he lunged. In the last split second I stepped aside and froze him to the ground. I managed to land a solid hit before he blew out of my constraints.

I leapt aside and kept myself near the center of the battleground. He jumped at me and I ducked under his punch but managed to swing my leg around, hitting the small of his back. He used his explosions to propell him away from the edge. He roared and came again, this time palms at the ready to blow my face off.

I cut my thumb with my teeth and aimed, shooting out a beam of fire straight at him. He narrowly missed the brunt of it but his right cheek and arm were singed pretty bad.

He clicked his tongue, veins on his temple throbbing. Opening his palm to face me, he sent a blast at me which I managed to defend against with a wall of fire that meant I could absorb the firepower of the blast. With a flick of my wrist I sent the wall of flames crashing at him and he rolled to the side, only getting pushed back slightly by the heat.

"CMON! USE YOUR OTHER QUIRKS ON ME!!! OR AM I NOT WORTH YOUR TIME!?"

Keeping his hand on the ground, he sent an explosion onto the ground which sent a shockwave around him and at me. I hopped onto a ball of ice I was keeping afloat by changing the air density. I managed to avoid it.

"SHOW ME YOUR EXPLOSIONS YOU BASTARD!!!"

I hopped off the cloud and gave it kick, splitting it down the middle and using my quirk to reduce it to small shards which I sent towards Bakugou. The field of my attack was to big for him to dodge and, as predicted, he attempted to blow them away with another explosion. I shielded myself with flames that melted the shards on contact and was pleased to see my plan worked.

The shards didn't cause any major damage but created a ton of small, papercut like grazes on his arms, legs and cheeks. It would definitely not kill him but it would hinder his movement greatly. Shallow cuts mean no blood, no blood means the nerves in the skin are exposed to the air and thus the cut becomes more painful than normal.

"ARE YOU UNDERESTIMATING ME?! STOP HOLDING BACK! GO ALL OUT YOU BASTARD!!!"

He sent another explosion my way, flinching slightly. 'He really is a monster...' I shiver slightly. "Check" but proceed to hammer him with blast after blast. Everytime he would charge at me, I would shoot a barrage of flames at him. "Checkmate"

I made sure he wouldn't have time to recover and he would only be able to defend against my attack. Soon enough I managed to knock him out of bounds. I won the greuling battle.

So I was going up against Todoroki for first place. 'Time to stretch while they repair the field, I'm getting excited-

"EYEPATCH!!" Before I souls turn around, he had gripped me by the collar and pulled me towards him. "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE HOLDING BACK AGAINST ME HAH?!"

He shook me again before continuing. "WHAT WAS THOSE CRAPPY RANGE ATTACKS?!? YOU PLAYING SAFE NOW?!? HAH?!?" I could see Midnight approaching from behind but I managed to pry Bakugou's grip off my collar. "I needed to win. I can't lose, not today. I needed to win and I needed to play safe."

I turned to leave and he shouted again. "PLAY SAFE TO WIN?! THATS BULLSHIT AND YOU KNOW IT! WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO IMPRESS?!"

I stood still before uttering my answer that seemed to shut him up. "My old man is here, I can't disappoint as his priceless experiment..."

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