Explosive Touch [Bakugo Katsuki x OC] - Book 2

Chapter 4 - Can We Talk Now?

"Bakugo-kun!!" A worried wail escaped Atsuhi's lips as she saw the blond male being blown back by an explosion to the face. Team Bakugo's attempts at chasing down class B's team, which had stolen their headband and taunted them to booth, weren't going very well. In fact, Bakugo was losing. To... his own Quirk? Well, no, that was impossible. But then, what were the odds of the two having such similar abilities?

"That's cool! Such a nice Quirk..." The blond leader of the team - Monoma, as his classmates had called him a few times already, only continued with his daunting tone. He really did not know when to stop. And it was going to be his downfall. After he had shaken off the momentary shock of the unexpected explosion, Bakugo hit back with one of his own, more powerful than what had hit him. That was bound to have done it. Except, when the smoke finally cleared, the other rider had but a scratch on him. Actually, him being unharmed wasn't the only peculiar thing Atsuhi noticed.

"Huh? My Quirk too?!" It was the red-haired boy's turn to exclaim as he was met with a carbon copy of his own power. But Atsuhi had something else in mind.

"No. He's just a copycat." With a dangerous glint in her eyes, the female glared in Monoma's direction. The festival was really bringing out an interesting part of her. The boy only smirked snarkily.

"Ding, ding! Though any idiot would be able to figure out as much." Well, if Bakugo had been angry beforehand, he was now raging. The only thing stopping him from blowing Monoma to bits right there and then, was the giant puddle of glue that somehow appeared at his team's feet. In mere seconds the liquid became solid and the three carrying the boy couldn't move anymore.

"Quick, Atsuhi, melt this damn thing! This asshole's getting away!" As Kirishima and Sero were doing their best to break their feet away, Bakugo shouted impatiently. If they hadn't been in the middle of a cavalry battle, Atsuhi might've registered that he hadn't called her some made-up nickname. Nope. He actually said her name. Not just any name either. Her first too! Perhaps he had listened when she had told him to call her Atsuhi. And she definitely wasn't going to miss thermo-hands.

"I've already started!" The female was, fortunately, one step ahead as she had already freed one of her feet, her arm stretched so she could touch the solidified glue to accelerate the melting process.

I can feel Bakugo-kun's anger... And that's no good. I have to hurry!

In just over a minute the girl had already melted enough for her teammates to free themselves but Bakugo gave them no time to catch up to Monoma, instead jumping away by himself, glaring daggers at the boy. As Kirishima called out to him in annoyance, Atsuhi tried to be the rational one and think ahead.

"Quick, we have to catch him when he lands!" With a nod, the two boys followed her advice and moved closer to the ash blond, who was just about to grab the stolen headband and more, only to be stopped in midair by the Quirk of one of the boys on the opposing team which made the air solid. That, however, didn't hold him off for very long because just when they had thought they'd managed to get away, Bakugo broke through the clear pane, separating him from them, and threw himself onto Monoma, successfully snatching two of the headbands. Right before he hit the ground, Sero caught him with his tape and brought him back. Atsuhi glanced at the scoreboard.

Third place with 685 points. Not enough...

"I'm still not done yet!! We'll get our points back and then the ten million!!"

That's the Bakugo-kun I know!

"Well, what's the plan?" The female looked to the ash blond, confident that he knew what they had to do. After all, he had proven himself time and again. He only returned her gaze and smirked.