bandaid | katsuki bakugo

twenty five

the group turned their head to the dueling finals, watching the two boys walk out of the halls.

"are you actually rooting for shoto, yukiko?" mahiro tilted her head, "doesn't it feel like betrayal if you cheer for someone else?"

yukiko rolled her eyes, "it's not like katsuki had to know. besides," she smiled, "i don't have a commitment to cheer for katsuki."

"i don't know. if my friend came to watch me duel against someone, i'd much rather they'd cheer for me than the other person." inouye sucked on the straw to his already empty snow cone cup, "just me, though."

"at this point, just throw it away," toshino sighed, giving inouye a look.

the flames erupted from the corner of the grounds, and the two stood across from each other, "welcome to the final battle of the UA high school sports festival! in just a moment here, we'll see which first years come out on top! yes, it all comes down to this, folks! from the hero course, shoto todoroki. versus his classmate, katsuki bakugo!"

"that's a pretty mean look katsuki's pullin'" toshino whispered, "he looks serious."

"he's here to do business." yukiko defended him.

"now, begin!"

at the call, shoto placed his right hand to the ground and had ice erupt to make a large barrier. katsuki, already on the defensive, blasted through the ice as it approached, making his way through a hole.

"i'd be surprised if shoto doesn't win this! he's prevailed in every single round." yurei mumbled.

mahiro patted her shoulder, "that's how the finals work, yurei..."

katsuki burst through the ice with his explosions, placing his hands on the edge, pulling himself through and using the leverage to make his way to shoto quickly. shoto raised his hand, ready to attack, only for katsuki to dodge mid-air and grip shoto by the hair.

mahiro winced, "jeez, he's crazy." she rubbed her head, "i could almost feel that."

katsuki threw the other across the floor towards the penalty with the help of his blast. shoto caught himself with a wave of ice to avoid being eliminated so quickly.

the boy jumped up, his hand already crackling with the explosions.

"oh, is shoto going to use his fire again?" yurei cheered excitedly. yukiko noted how shoto held katsuki's arm tightly.

mahiro shook her head, "no, i don't think so. ice has such a longer effect on the body, but fire is almost instant."

throwing katsuki off of him, shoto clearly had second thoughts to the idea. katsuki landed on his feet, the momentum still riding out as he continued backwards.

shoto stepped off the ice wall, standing straight up.

katsuki's hand set off numerous explosions as he got more and more frustrated.

"knowing bakugo, he's probably pissed off shoto's only using his ice, right?" inouye asked.

"most definitely." yukiko rubbed her chin, "the regulation of his anger is supposed to increase how much he uses his quirk. that's why he's always so unhinged."