italics—Midoriya pov
bold—Bakugo pov
"This is...Ground Beta." Midoriya muttered out after him and Bakugo both arrived to their destination, the ash blonde had ordered the green boy to follow him earlier that night. "I fought you here during our first battle training, it's where i lost to you." They gazed up at the exact building. "And i've felt like crap about it ever since." I somehow knew this was it, he shifted his head to look back at the broccoli boy as his hair covered his eyes. "A worthless, quirkless wonder like you...somehow got into U.A of all places."
"And somehow got a quirk of his own." They both recalled to when Midoriya admitted that his power was borrowed power and declared that he would make it his own someday. "You we're always the little weirdo, spouting cryptic crap and making that face like you were the only one in on the joke. Climbing higher and higher..." Bakugo grinned with no humor or amusement behind it. "Since the whole sludge thing...nah, since All Might first came to town really. Higher and higher, and higher and now you've got your license."
"While i don't, i mean, what the hell, seriously?" It was as if he was stuck in a dream, a shitty one at that. "I wouldn't say it necessarily reflects our actual abilities, but rather-" He was cut off. "Shut up and listen, you gutter trash!!" The ash blonde yelled at him, "This whole time, i've felt crappy about it, it's been pissing me off. But then—after the Kamino business and (L/n)s situation, whatever the hell it's called or even was, i got this idea." That borrowed power, you made it your own, huh? That's what he said.
"See, i've been thinking that..." There it was, "You got your quirk...from All Might." Sweat trickled down Midoriyas body, "Y'know that big bad boss villain that killed her? Apparently he can suck up quirks to use or just give away, hard to believe but that one cat lady lost hers and can't be a hero anymore. And (L/n)s stupid new power that hurts her, she lied to me when i asked her if it was possible to fuck around with quirks. She lied, so she knew, then there're those freaking Nomu things with multiple quirks. So i'm pretty darn sure."
"All Might and the boss mook seemed to know each other, (L/n), again—she knew him. I'm sure it's because of her crappy dad, we know it's possible to transfer quirks. And we know that it wasn't the first time those three met, then there's your whole "i got it from someone else," thing. When you met All Might—that's when everything changed, and All Might lost his strength, you and (L/n) were the only ones who understood him differently. All Might wouldn't gimmie a straight answer, so i'm coming to you."
Midoriya clenched his fists and remembered his mentors words. "Luckily Bakugo seemed to think you were pulling his leg, i can forgive you this time but please don't tell another soul." That was before (Y/n) found out and pinned him to the tree, "So you're not denying it? That how it is? You jerk." When he said we had to talk about my quirk, i had a feeling...i deserved it for blabbing back then. I should've listened to (L/n)-chan. "If i tell you, what then?" He looked up to his one-sided childhood friend, he didn't say anything.
"You also look up to All Might..." It was going to take a lot of guts for Bakugo to say the next thing he was going to admit. "And you also look up to (L/n), hm? Ain't that right? So here i got this punk i thought was a pebble in my path all of a sudden gets recognized by the guy i admire...and gets special attention from the girl that i can't even look at in the eye. Which is why..." He could admit it was satisfactory to see her ignore Deku. "...we're gonna fight, here, now!" The green haired boys eyes widened, "Why?!" He questioned dumbly.
"Huh?! Wait, why's it have to be like that?! I mean we're not even s'posed to be out here to begin with! At the very least we could go spar in the tr-training room! There's no reason it has to be now!" He tried to reason, "If we fight out here—nobody can stop us, you gotta show me what it is about you that made All Might wanna bring you this far and for (L/n) to train you." The red eyed boys face scrunched up a bit, "And if it turned out your way of looking up to them has been right all the time—that means i was doing it all wrong."
"Kacchan.." No matter how bad it looked, All Might would always win in the end. No matter how bad it looked, he would always save people with a smile. "Better get ready if ya' don't wanna get hurt." Bakugo stretched his arms, "You're all about kicking now, right? Like (L/n)?" He took a step forward, the green eyed boy stuck his hands out. "W-Wait! We can't do this!" Bakugo ignored his pleaded and dashed towards the boy he despised. "Kacchan?" His right..! No! That's how i got him before! So, that right is a feint...
The explosion hit him head on, "Yowch..!" Midoriya zipped out with the use of One For All, partly dodging. "You think too much y'know. Come at me!!" He shouted, "Come on, please, Kacchan!" The other pleaded, again, not wanting to fight. "How do you think we should go on about this Toshi? I mean, i know they're head over heels for me but come on." (Y/n) sarcastically flicked a piece of her hair back and placed her other hand on her hip with a stoic expression—she then lifted her chin with the back of her fingers, the jackets sleeves were longer than her arms.
He deadpanned at her sparkly background and pose, "Just...let's go." She begrudgingly got out of her pose and frowned, "No way~! I don't want to see him right now! Do i have to go with you? He's going to nag me, don't make me go All Might!" She tugged on his shirt with comical tear streams running down her face, the blonde sighed and pat her head. "Wait here then, don't get hurt—young Bakugo isn't holding back so the training grounds are sure to be destroyed. I won't say anything if he asks me about you, be careful."
He tapped her forehead making her face scrunch up, "Yeah okay, thank you, All Might." He continued walking and she bent her knees in a stance—then jumped upwards and landing on one of the buildings rooftops. He was always trailing behind me, a memory of Midoriya sticking his hand out towards Bakugo flashed through the latters mind. No matter how many times i knocked him down...he always had his eyes glued to my back. "No running! Fight me!" (Y/n) stood on the ledge of the building, hiding her presence.
And we looked up to the same guy...then her. It was always something with her, i hate her so much. Making me feel feelings i don't like, self conscious, nervous—like shit. I hate her and her shitty self when she let herself die. He looked up to her like i did too. So how? She watched as the ash blonde delivered a nasty kick to the green haired boys chin, 'Ouch, i know that one hurt.' She grimaced at the audible crack. He launched at him again, Midoriya did a backwards flip—mimicking (Y/n)s fighting style.
Bakugo did the same but in air with his explosions to dodge, how?! He fell on his ass at the miscalculation, "Ouch..!" Midoriyas eyes widened as he stopped, One For All vanished. "Are.." He took speedy steps forward, "...you oka-!!" He slapped the others hand away, "Quit freaking worrying about me!! Just fight, i mean, what the hell?! How?!" He lifted himself back up, his arms dangled in the middle of his legs. "How?! How'd i end up chasing after a dweeb who was always playing catch-up?! Why's a twerp like you get that kind of power?!"
"You got All Might and Azul to recognize you, we both looked up to her when we were younger! Just like we did with All Might, you got way stronger! So why was it me...why was it me...that put an end to both of them?!" Midoriya let the sick feeling of realization invade and course through his veins while (Y/n) sucked in a sharp breath. 'No way...no way, i've been too busy with my own fucked up shit that i haven't even had time to check up in him. Dammit.' She bit down on her curled finger and wrapped her arm around her stomach—she felt nauseous.
"If only i had been stronger, if i hadn't been kidnapped by those stupid villains—everything woulda been fine!! That dumbass tried to save me from them too. She pushed me out of the way but i still managed to get caught up in it." Her teeth penetrated her skin, "All Might's trying to keep a secret to himself—he hasn't told anyone! But even if i try to forget, it all just keeps rushing back, it's constantly playing on loop!" He brought his hand up to his eyes, "I've got no freaking idea..."
"...what i'm supposed to do!!" She watched as his tears dropped to the pavement below them, it hurt her—seeing the people she's growing up with—seeing them like that. She hated it, because she knew she could've done something to help him sooner, her chest squeezed. All along, he's been brooding about it...even more than me, this whole time! He's in such agony, just thinking about it...! 'Do we really...have to fight?' Midoriya, too, hated seeing Bakugo like that. 'I should've done something, i save people don't i? What kind of hero am i if i can't even help the people around me?!'
The battle may have been pointless, win or lose—maybe it didn't really matter. But at that moment i knew i had to fight.— Bakugo launched at Midoriya again and the latter activated One For All. 'I don't want to have this power...if i can't use it to save the people closest to me. Everything they did to me, i don't care about it anymore. I just want them to be okay, and for me to be okay, because—' Her mother's voice resonated in her mind, "Make peace with yourself (Y/n), it's the first thing you need to live a happy life."
"Continue to carry the hatred in your heart and mind—you'll only set yourself back." A trail of blood ran down her chin from the bleeding finger in her mouth. 'I have to make peace with myself, i'm setting myself up for failure to just hold a petty grudge with the people that were manipulated into thinking the strongest physically—are strong mentally. It's all his fault, it's all society's fault. But...they could've not listened to them, so who am i supposed to blame? How do i act towards them? I don't know...what i'm supposed to do either.'
'Maybe i'm not so different from Bakugo, i want to know why i had to be the one to have One For All? At first it seemed alright, but as it progresses—my body just hurts, it deteriorates but that other stupid quirk fixes me. It's a never ending cycle, i hate it, what was the point of giving me some quirk? All For One, what the hell is he planning?' Her head started to throb, but she could faintly see Midoriya start to fight back—he delivered a kick to Bakugos face. "No, this is perfect..."
"I've been wanting to find out if my shoot style works against you or not." —Because the only ones who understood what Kacchan was feeling, was me and (L/n). But she wasn't here right now. "If we're really doing this, i'll give it my all!" He got into a stance with green sparks dancing off of his figure. I think, maybe, he only wanted to fight in order to somehow quell those feelings he couldn't control. But even so, it's not like i could just go and refuse him. Thinking back—our relationship was always weird.
From kindergarten to elementary, to middle school, to high school. "I'm not gonna be your punching bag Kacchan!" (Y/n)s vision started to blur, "(Y—) I've got so—thing to sh—w y—ou, my name is B—rry A—llen..." She furrowed her eyebrows and clutched her head, "B...Barry Al...Allen? Barry Allen? You're the other one in my head." Her voice was distorted and glitchy, we'd known each other forever, but until then, we never really talked things out. "The Flash...Barry Allen, you wanna show me something? Why? What is it? Don't waste my time."
There was a laugh that resonated through her whole body—it was powerful, ancient. The hair on her neck stood up at the presence behind her, "Stop fucking with my head, it gets annoying, please." She shifted her stance and twisted her body around—then launched at the faint red outline outline. Her hand was in a claw like form—she went for the next, "Wa—it! You're going to—!" Her ears rung and instead of latching onto a body, she fell forward, she was still paying attention to the fight though, she was interested.
Bakugo launched above and then dropped back down with his explosions—Midoriya dodged. "Close one.." He muttered as he was still airborne, he noticed his rival do a little spinning motion with his hands. His explosions started to spiral, 'Don't let him think!' He launched immediately, the explosions slammed onto the pavement. It was like a hamster wheel but on the ground and exploding, and with an pomeranian inside of it. Midoriya repelled the attack with his air pressure, he got a hit on the others face but was hit back in the stomach.
His back collided with the railing and the ash blonde dashed towards him, 'No time to breath, even!!' He reached behind him and flipped over the railing just like (Y/n) would do. Bakugo glared and grabbed his arm while he was still flipping over, then threw him to the side. The green haired boy skidded on the concrete face first and rocks digging into his skin. 'My usual method of predicting his move and then acting just isn't quick enough, he's too fast at reacting after the fact..! Since last time—he's really honed out his skills.'
He grinned as he got back up and wiped his mouth, "Guess it should've been obvious—but you've getting stronger." He leaped back and effectively dodged the others attack, "What're you grinning at!?" He seethed before adding, "You say you ain't gonna be my punching bag anymore huh?" Midoriya fell on his ass, "I won't!" He got back up and launched at him with One For All. "Sounds to me, like you've got another scheme!" His palms faced each other with small crackles of explosions, "Stun Grenade!"
The blue haired girl was falling forward—but falling off of the roof. For the second time in the span of eight hours, "Sh—it!!" The faint outline of red reached out for her—Barry didn't expect to actually be grabbed by the neck and pushed back down to the roofs concrete. "I tricked ya', i can see you now—but i wanna know why you won't stop bothering me, and you're speaking english, ah—he doesn't understand me. Oi, what's your deal? Err, head messing with, stop it." She pursed her lips, 'How is she touching me?!'
The brown haired man looked down at her hand—it was vibrating and sparking blue a bit. 'I can only speak some Japanese, since the last mission.' He struggled to breath and she let go and got off of his stomach. "What're you doing in my head?" The accent was heavy, both a Mexican and a Japanese accent. It sounded like she said water in the beginning, "I." He pointed at himself with heavy breaths, "Uh, how do i say this—help you!" He offered a smile to ease the girl. She rose an eyebrow, "I don't trust you." He gaped at her, but it was his quirk!
Barry pursed his lips, right, it wasn't his quirk anymore. He sat up and tugged on his red suit, she could see him more clearly now. "Como se dice? No mames, ya se me olvidó. Ugh, why are you sad? Is it cause' yer stuck with me?" He ran his fingers through his hair, it's been more than a century that he hasn't seen the outside world. Being trapped in All For Ones body was traumatizing—the villain forced him to watch him kill off his family and friends, Iris, most of all—along with other innocent people that deserved to live.
But he could say it was a refreshing change to be let out—he could see some snippets of the world through her eyes. But not enough, it was the first time he's felt normal, well, not normal but you all should know what he means. "Sorry for choking you, can you touch other things? Uh, psykically? No...phy...physical! Physically, yeah." He nodded, "How weird, Allen—it worked." All of the former users appeared behind her seemingly as ghosts, the young man nodded at them.
Godspeed and One For All had connected, only by a little bit but it was enough for him to chat with the former users. "Hey hey hey! You said that i was in time out! So—! Get! Get! You're in time out too, i'm still healing remember." She swatted them away—they swatted her back before vanishing. "Am i the only one who can see you? Unlike with Yoichi, En and them, you can touch stuff and have a psychical body, am i right?" The brown eyed man processed the Japanese and nodded after, "Uh—!" There were more loud explosions, curtesy of Bakugo.
"Sorry, i was sort of busy..."
"Eavesdropping?" She scratched her neck, "You don't have to word it like that though." She felt One For All go up to eight percent in Midoriyas body. She gestured her new friend to go closer to the ledge, he followed her. "Midoriya's body has been steadily getting stronger, he needs to eat more food though." He sent a kick but Bakugo blocked it with his forearm, both of them didn't expect that sort of speed. As Bakugo prepared another explosion—Midoriya spun to use his other let for another kick, that failed, ultimately.
He was sent back by an explosion, and the ash blonde fell on his ass again, due to the force. He didn't expect for Midoriya to already be running at him, "Is that all you got?!" The two on the roof slapped their hands over their mouths and looked at each other simultaneously. They jumped back in surprised at each other's sync, I never felt good about this myself—which is why i never told you. But when the urge to win is stronger than the desire i have to save, i tend to run my mouth a little more than thinking.
It's gotten a bit worse since i've been with (L/n), you'd think i'd hate myself for that but somewhere deep inside...it's because you two are who i picture when i think of "victory." I've got the advantage in the air, i'm not just charging in blind and jumping for no reason. This power might've been unexpected but with a kick coming out of this direct charge—i can send a shoot style attack right at Kacchan's head. I get that this fight is your way of venting but i'm not so easygoing as to let you have your way!
Shoot style is a way to fight without overusing my arms—but no one ever said...i can't use them too! "The one on the left is going to win." Barry's voice wasn't distorted anymore, same as (Y/n)s. Sorry, man, but i wanna win this!! All Might chose me so i gotta...prove myself!!! And overcome you with my power! Midoriya didnt send a kick—instead, a punch. "It's pretty obvious too, did you watch me fight? During the villain attack? Thank you for healing me." He glanced over in surprise, "How'd you know?"
"Cause' you're already not good at hiding things from me," he sighed. Bakugo grabbed the arm that he was punched with, "I AINT GONNA LOOOOSE!" A bigger explosion than the rest—and the two were seen wrestling in the air. Bakugo launched another explosion, "I'm not going to school for a couple of days, gonna visit someone. I can take you somewhere, i'm sure you wanna see how everything is again. Maybe i'll even run all the way to America." She stood up from her criss cross position with a smile.
"You're a pretty weird one, (Y/n) (L/n)." He vanished and she could feel him in her head. "It's my win...even with All Mights power, even with that power, even after making it your own...you still lost to me." The ash blondes fingers dug into the green haired boys face, "Why'd you lose?" (Y/n) appeared next to All Might who was already walking towards them. "That's enough you two!" They turned in alert, "Apologies, but i overheard everything." She waved at the two boys with a passive aggressive smile. 'Aw, i forgot to ask Barry what he was gonna show me.'
"All Might, (L/n)..." The blue haired girl let Haru's sweater hang off her shoulders as she slouched while rubbing her nape. "I'm so very sorry—that never realized.." The ash blonde got off of Midoriya, "Too little too late." He swayed a bit and then turned away, "So why Deku? Ever since the sludge thing—why? Why him, of all people?" (Y/n) kept quiet and stared at Midoriya who stared back, her gaze flickered blue and she looked away. "Even powerless, he was more of a hero than anyone. I could tell you were strong."
"You were already on your way, so i decided to give him a chance to walk that path too." His spiky hair covered his eyes, "Nah, i'm weak. This whole time—i wanted to be strong like you, but i was weak and you both wounded up like that!" He still couldn't look at her in the eyes, but looking at her electricity burns was enough to make his gut wrench. "This is not your fault, i was approaching my limit either way...this was always my destiny. And you are strong, however i was distracted by your strength and i burdened you with it."
The blonde got closer to the other blonde, "I'm sorry...you too..." He grabbed his head and bring him into a small embrace. "...are only a boy." Bakugo pulled away, "Being a hero all these years has taught me something, i love to win, just like you, Bakugo. And Midoriya—i strive to save those in need. (Y/n)—" She cut him off with a click of her tongue, "Don't try to relate to my problems if you don't have one like mine old man. It's my turn to do something because i've had enough of just standing around like a little bitch."
She stomped towards them with her heels clicking on the pavement and hands flexing. "Think rationally (Y/n).." Her lips pulled into a sneer, "Yall're talking like Aizawa now, stop ordering me around! Treat me like a pawn and i'll treat you worse!" All Might panicked as she pushed him back—her hand raised, the back of her hand facing them. The two boys flinched back on instinct, they didn't know who she yelled at, but they screwed their eyes shut and waited for the blow. It came—and it hurt, the air made a whistling sound and the impact of her hand hitting their cheeks was awfully loud.
But they were both pulled into her hug, her arms applied pressure to the irritating skin and soothed it. Bakugo struggled against her grip—she tightened it on purpose. "You fucking idiots, Midoriya looks up to your strength Bakugo, you do remember what i said that time, don't you?!" He screamed into her arm, "And Midoriya—Bakugo fears your spirit, estupidos ustedes. Ya'll got it all laid out already, if you could learn to respect each other and lift each other up—you two can be ultimate heroes. Ones who save by winning and win by saving, you both have to remember one thing."
"Heroes, they can be weak too." She made eye contact with Bakugos wide eyes. "You're gonna end up like your quirk if you keep bottling everything in. Since you know the truth about Midoriya's quirk now—you should know that i have it too. And Midoriya should know about what i showed you All Might." She let go of them and got out of her squat. "I think i was supposed to be lecturing them (Y/n)..." All Might's body was a pale white. "Be faster next time! Don't make me smack you too!" Bakugo crossed his arms and placed them on his knees.
"You." Midoriya looked up in surprise, "The strongest guy put you on the fast track...and you still lost." The green haired boy nodded, "I'll get strong enough to beat you." He declared, the ash blonde exhaled deeply. "So who knows about this deal you and Deku got?" He questioned, "Recovery Girl, the principal, among the students—only you and (Y/n)." The ex-hero revealed, "And you don't want the word getting out, right, All Might? If you're still trying to hide it—i won't breathe a word. I'm not gonna go and spill the beans like stupid Deku here."
"I'll keep your secret, but i wanna know how you got the power too, chain girl."
Fun Fact— (Y/n) can't wear metal jewelry it has to be gold, only for piercings though. Necklaces that are metal would just irritate her skin, so she has a special type of metal in the jewelry that she uses.
-kiyo (4470 words)