My Hero Academia Imagines

Newfound Interest (Bakugou Katsuki)

Bakugou Katsuki x Reader

Requested by: allthatrandomanimebs

Request: A Bakugou x reader where the reader is in a general class, but she has a shield/barrier quirk, and Bakugou doesn't care about her at first, cause she's an "extra." But one day during school an attack happens and she saves him, so he starts to notice her more and leads to a cute confession. Thank you! I love your writing!

He wasn't one to feel like there was ever a situation that could back him up into a corner. With the power of his quirk and his intelligence, he never assumed there could ever be someone who could overpower him or outclass him in a fight.

But if there was anything Bakugou Katsuki had learned from his time at UA, it was that everything he had told himself and convinced himself growing up could and would be challenged the older he got and the closer to his dream he got. From seeing that there were others around him who's quirks were stronger in raw power or that he was no longer the top student, Bakugou had to harshly learn to adapt and grow further in order to make himself stand out.

The one thing he still held firm in though was his belief that when push came to shove, his quirk would never be outclassed by someone... or made literally useless by someone else's. A situation that had started to occur today though seemed to be making it look like he had been wrong about this as well. As currently, UA was being attacked by some group trying to become another League of Villians and he happened to be in a fight with their leader.

And the fucker had some sort of absorption quirk... meaning that any explosion Bakugou could throw at the villain, he would absorb it and shoot the attack right back at Bakugou. He finally knew what it was like to be on the direct end of one of his explosions and from how his skin burned.

"Fuck..." He cursed, reaching his limit, while the enemy in front of him seemed like he hadn't even broken a sweat yet.

"Looks like you've run out of steam... suppose its time to make you take a nice little eternal nap." He chuckled, putting his hand forward towards Bakugou. "Enjoy knowing that it was your own power that defeated you."

Bakugou braced himself for another explosion, knowing this one would be rather strong since the villain was trying to knock him out. But rather than the explosion coming towards him, he watched as the villain's attack was stopped by a light blue wall that had appeared between the two of them.

The villain looked at Bakugou in anger as if he assumed the teen had done this as well. But the true culprit of this shield came out in the next moment, stepping in front of Bakugou and looking ready to protect him. The ash blonde's carmine eyes widening when he saw that girl from General Studies putting herself in between the villain and her loud peer.

"What the hell are you doing?!" Bakugou cursed at her. "Get the fuck out of here and find help!"

She turned to him with an irritated and slightly fearful gaze in her eyes. "Are you kidding me? I'm not leaving you right when you're literally about to get taken out by this guy!"

Bakugou bit his lip, wanting to shout at her that he was fine and had a handle on it, but even he knew that this situation clearly was not that. But even so... what could a useless General Studies kid do that a Hero Course couldn't? If anything... you both were screwed now...

"More children to play with..." The villain chuckled, starting to rapid-fire towards the pair. "Sounds fun to me!"

Despite a large number of explosion though, none were able to break the shield that was being put up. And with a mere sigh and motion of her hands, the General Studies girl had formed a circular shield around the villain. He looked at her in shock, not understanding why he couldn't absorb her attack, only to be knocked unconscious a moment later when the girl tossed the villain around inside her force field.

Bakugou was left speechless, seeing as this girl had taken the villain he had been struggling against down in three seconds flat. And all the while doing it like she looked bored. But before he could do anything, or ask her how she did it, the pro-heroes arrived on the scene, separating them both and having them looked over and checked.

Even so... Bakugou couldn't erase her face from his mind now. Nor could I figure out why his cheeks felt so hot when he thought of her.

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"The girl with the force fields in General Studies?" Shinsou rose a brow at the ash blonde. "Do you mean (Last Name) (First Name)?"

"Is that her damn name?" Bakugou asked, watching Shinsou nod.

"Yes. And yes we are former classmates before I got transferred this year." Shinsou sighed. "Why do you ask?"

"She's got a strong ass quirk... so why isn't she in the hero course?" Bakugou further interrogated the poor purple haired student who only wished to sleep.

"(Last Name) does not have any interest in being a hero, rather she's only attending UA to be challenged academically and help her get into a good university."

"So she's an egghead then?" Bakugou pondered, Shinsou's eyes dropping at that phrase.

"Not as much as you are... now, are we done? I'd like to spend my free period in peace." Shinsou muttered, expecting Bakugou to argue with him, but instead, the ash-blonde only turned and left the classroom.

He had been acting strange since the villain attack last week, but Shinsou really couldn't care. Rather... he was glad he could get some peace and quiet now.

As the sleepy teen did so, Bakugou was making his way to class 2-C. All second-year classes had their free period at the same time, so you should be free. He needed to set some things straight after all... and so he needed to see you.

He didn't even knock, rather through open the door to 2-C and gazed in with a glare that could kill. The students inside the room all looked at him with light glares or confused expressions. After all... what was a hero course student doing here?

"Where the hell is that annoying force field girl?!" He shouted, seeing as the said girl got up from her seat and came towards him.

"Knock the door next time, you're acting like an uncivilized child at this fine establishment." She scolded him, nodding to her classmates to say she'd be fine and then entered the hallway and shut the door behind her.

"Can I help you, Bakugou-san?" She asked, watching as he ground his teeth lightly.

"Yeah, you damn can." He barked, pointing towards her. "Your student quirk against mine... this time it won't lose to yours cause I know how to damn use it!"

She sighed. "Did you really come here to challenge me to a fight? If so... I decline. I have better things to do and use my time towards."

Bakugou looked at her with wide eyes. This girl really was something else... after all, who denied him a fight?! So as she turned to leave him, he reached out and grabbed her, or at least tried to.

Instead, his hand hit another force field, and the girl giving him a light glare. He gave her a darker one back.

"If you are so determined to fight me... then don't try to be so direct. That won't work on me." She suddenly did a one-eighty and was giving him pointers. "If you're serious about fighting me, then figure out a way to at least actually touch me... if you can do that, we'll talk. Until then... best of luck with your own goals, Bakugou-san."

He watched as she went, seeing as he had indeed been right about this girl. She was something else, and he could see why his interest in her had been struck. And so... for his own pursuit of strength and to see what exactly he liked about her... he'd take this little challenge of hers.

Turning on his heel and heading back to his own classroom, Bakugou couldn't help but smirk.

"(Last Name) (First Name)... yeah, I think I'll remember that name."