➤( CHAPTER 021 ! )
"bakugo vs shousuke

"LADIES AND GENTELMEN! The match we have all been looking forward to! Love or hate him! He's super strong! It's the angry-looking BAKUGO KATSUKI!"

"And his opponent for the finals is your beloved psychic who won't hastate to put his opponents in critical condition! It's the one and only KOMI SHOUSUKE!!"

The crowd cheered wildly as the two students stood face to face. One determined to win and one wanting to get this over with. "Grape, don't you dare hold back!" Bakugo said as he prepared himself. Bakugo knew he had to have his guard up when fighting Shousuke. The purple-haired brat could appear anywhere at any time, and he still didn't know the full extent of Shousuke's powers.

'Yeah, yeah. Let's just get this over and done.' Shousuke thought to himself as he finished thinking of a plan for himself.

"START!!"

As the signal to start the match was given, both Bakugo and Shousuke rushed straight toward each other, much to Bakugo's surprise but she quickly shrugged it off when he saw Shousuke's eyes.

As the two got closer Shousuke noticed both Bakugo's hands began to tense up and out came an exposition that fired straight at him from Bakugo's right and imminently followed suit from his left hand. But Shousuke jumped above Bakugo and used the other shoulder as a tool for his hand to help him twist his body mid-air and land behind Bakugo.

Bakugo quickly turned around and fired an explosion at Shousuke, but he created a barrier around himself. "Why are hiding you, Grape!" Bakugo shouted and launched himself toward Shousuke.

Just as he was about to send an explosion to the barrier Shousuke ran out from his barrier and grabbed ahold of Bakugo's arm forcing the explosion to go behind him. Shousuke then grabbed Bakugo by his shirt and harsh on his chest, Causing Bakugo to gasp out in pain. He didn't have much time to reach when Shousuke lowered himself a derived a gut palm to Bakugo.

As Shousuke's hand made contact with Bakugo's lower half released a compressed wave of air through Bakugo, making him gag out air.

"OHHH! That looks like it hurts!" Present Mic exclaimed in excitement.

'Probably because it does...' Everyone in the audience though. If all of them were completely honest they glade their heroes and civilians. If they ever had to fight Shousuke as a villain they might as well drop dead instead of feeling the wrath of Shousuke.

After Shousuke's attack Bakugo had rolled backward away from Shousuke mid way he stopped himself from going any further. Bakugo was on his knees with one hand supporting his body weight while his other hand was placed on the place where Shousuke delivered his harsh blow. Bakugo looked up and saw an equal amount of distance between the two.

Bakugo grumbled before propelling himself forward. But this time he fringed an upwards attack by busing his quirk to boost him upside down and blasted Shousuke from above. Shousuke was almost caught up in the blast but quickly removed his shirt.

When Bakugo landed in the spot Shousuke was supposed to be. There was a cloud of smoke surrounding him, but when the smoke had cleared it showed that was indeed not there but behind him.

Bakugo immediately sent an explosion behind him, but Shousuke countered it with his barrier. Bakugo then stood up ready to attack but quickly changed into defense.

Shousuke attacked Bakugo with sharp jabs and punches but they were all blocked by Bakugo's wrist. But that didn't stop Shousuke as he continued sending raided punches at Bakugo. Shousuke then went in for an uppercut on Bakugo's head. But the young Katsuki ducked just in time. But suddenly he felt a harsh punch in his lower area, making him gag out air.

Due to that punch, Bakugo's body was forced up, which was a good worth to Shousuke as he now brought his leg under Bakugo's arms and broke the little shield Katsuki had. Shousuke spun around and attacked Bakugo with a sharp yet strong kick that was amid for Bakugo's head but luckily he ducked just in time, but the side of the cheek bled.

Bakugo was shocked by Shousuke's sudden increase in speed. He got a look at Shousuke only to see that his vein muscles started creeping up under Shousuke's eyelids, and when he opened his eyes It was pitch white.

"Man, Shousuke is showing no mercy to Bakugo out there," Sero commented with a little chuckle.

Seeing this Mineta laughed. "And he bragging about how he was going to beat Komi! Look's like the tables have turned."

"Wait guys," Ojiro said speaking up and catching the whole class's attention. "Now that Shousuke had his Byakugan activated. Does that mean he's hitting some of Bakugo's vital points?" He questioned.

"How Ojiro?" Midoriya asked. "When Shousuke was fighting Iida with his Byakugan. Shousuke's fighting stance and style was more quick and light, but right now his going slow, heavy, and hard."

"That's true, but his movements are the same," Iida stated. "Although I'm not sure what Shousuke's tactics are in this match I can identify that when Shousuke was fighting me he chose for the paint to come quickly so that I could be immobile and fall around of bounds. But now I think that he's waiting for the right moment for his attack to take a toll on Bakugo's body."

"If that's true! Then Komi-kun is so good at stargazing!" Uraraka exclaimed.

Shousuke quickly lowered his leg and placed it back on the ground. Not yet done with Bakugo. While the young Katsuki brought his arms in front of him branching for Shousuke's attacks.

And boy were they delivered. Shousuke attacked Bakugo with sharp punches to the face but were all blocked by Bakugo. Shousuke then stopped with the punch and used his left leg to swiftly kick Backgo in the head. But Bakugo dodged it by ducking. Shousuke instantly spun back around and attacked Bakugo with the back of his right leg, but yet again Back dodged it.

Shousuke then got down to the ground and started hitting Bakugo with rapid upward kicks. If Bakugo was being honest each kick hurt a lot. It feels like planters going through his body.

Suddenly Bakugo grabbed one of Shousuke's legs and threw him above his shoulder. But the thing is, he didn't let go. He instead yanked Shousuke who was still in the air down and launched an explosion in his face.

Shousuke was above to cover the majority of his face from the explosion but the other half wasn't so lucky. It had burns and starch marks that looked as if it would take days to.

"What the hell are you doing, you damn grape!" Bakugo questioned as his face was full of anger when he looked at Shousuke who had a distance space away from him. "This is our match, not just some stupid martial arts tournament. So...

Get your head in the game!!" Bakugo shouted as he started flying his way over to Shousuke. Meanwhile, Shousuke has a huge amount of energy inside the arena. As Bakugo came closer he noticed that Shousuke wasn't moving and that the small peddles on the ground started shaking violently, causing him to stop in his tracks in confusion.

The audience also noticed this as their seats started shaking too violently to the point where they had to hold onto each other just not to fall.

"What's going on!?"

"I think it has something to do with that Komi kids!"

Immediately, numerous bursts of energy emerged from the inside of the arena and started swirling into the shape of a tornado as it surrounded Bakugo from all sides along with the rubble on the ground.

Bakugo was very strong and Shousuke knew that. But Shousuke also knew how to explode one of the very few weaknesses he had. Overwhelming him. After observing Uraraka's match with Bakugo he knew that Uraraka also tried to do that with him, but her attempt was considered a distraction, making it possible for him to counter it with a single one of his attacks. But how will Bakugo be able to counter Shousuke?

Bakugo grunted as a few pieces of rubble hit his head. From all around him floating rubble attacks him from all sides. He was barely able to dodge them while they attacked him from another direction, so he went another and another. While Shousuke energy barrier kept him trapped.

As he looked at Shousuke his eyes widened as realization dawned on him. He looked around trying to find Shousuke through the smoke but it only obscured his vision. Bakugo then noticed something in the smoke emitting a purple glow as he dodged other rubble and fired an explosion towards the glow, only to find out that it was the rock. 'It was a distraction!' He thought as he turned around.

Shousuke appeared behind Bakugo with his palm covered with psychic energy which later he pushed to make contact with Bakugo. But It didn't. There was a force between Shousuke and Bakugo and that forced Bakugo to fly back into the smoke screen. Shousuke let out a grunt when he looked down at his hand and noticed that a faint purple glow was on it. He then looked forward and started rushing at Bakugo.

"What's going on under the smoke? I can't see a thing!" Kirishima exclaimed as he along with his classmates saw the smoke screen glowing purple and gold from time to time.

Bakugo and Shousuke kept attacking each other. with Shousuke having the upper hand because of the rubble which was also still attacking Bakugo. Shousuke took into account that Bakugo's muscles became tenser than they were due to his normal explosions.

"HOWITZER IMPACT!!"

Bakugo used both of his hands to create a massive explosion in a swirling monition as it blew away the smoke screen. Unfortunately, Shousuke happened to be caught up in the attack as he was sent rolled back on cement.

Shousuke wince as he stood up. All the muscles in his body were hurting from that attack. Suddenly a red liquid rolled down his face. Shousuke placed his hand on it and noticed that it was blood. His own blood.

Shousuke then took into account how Bakugo's body was sweating even more than it did before. He then took a glance at the sun and saw how it was radiating more heat than early in the day.

Wanting to end this already Shousuke hands started glowing purple as he rushed into the little screen Bakugo had created and-

"Spirit storm!"

Midnight and Cementoss attempted to stop the match but it was too late, when reaching Bakugo, Shousuke concentrated a large amount of psychic energy in the palm of his hand and then released it in a dense beam of swirling wind beam that came from different directions.

As Shousuke's attack clashed with Bakugo's, the two created a huge explosion rumbling the stadium as smoke encased the entire stadium.

"W-what just happened?" Present Mic questioned as his shaken voice was heard throughout the crowd and the viewers at home. They all watched in anticipation to see who emerged victorious.

As the smoke cleared, they saw Bakugo lying on the ground unconscious, while Shousuke lay on the opposite side of the stadium, barely within the boundary, he lay there half away staring at the crowd who looked down at him.

"B-Bakugo is out of commission!" Midnight declarer.

"KOMI IS THE WINNER OF THIS YEAR'S SPORTS FESTIVAL!!" Present Mic said while shouting into his microphone as the crowd cheered loudly and was crazy.

SHOUSUKE STARTED AT THE CEILING the moment he woke up, before sitting up straight and glanced at the bandages of his forehead.

"Oh good. You're awake, the award ceremony will start in the minutes, but rest here for now." Recover started as she then placed a glass of water beside Shousuke with some pain-releasing pills.

"That Bakugo kid is sure of a handful. He refuses to accept his loss because Cementoss and Midnight might have interrupted your fight." She said and turned around and left the room.

Shousuke shivered and looked down at his right hand and saw that it had a faint red mark on it. During his match with Bakugo, he almost killed him. He was about to release an energy burst that was able to destroy someone from the inside out. He didn't know what had come over him at that moment but he was grateful that he changed his courses just in time.

"KOMI-KUN!! Are you alright!" Uraraka cried out as she, Mineta, and Tsuyu burst into the room.

"We got worried after that huge explosion," Tsuyu stated as she made her way into the room.

"Komi! You got to teach me how to fight like that!" Mineta exclaimed. And Shousuke nodded his head. After ten minutes everything had settled down. Shousuke learned from the others that he was in the first place, Bakugo in second, Todoroki in third and finally Tokoyami got fourth place. They stood on the 4th, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st podium.

However. Bakugo was fully restrained, his arms had been restrained with locks, and his body was wrapped around a wooden log, while chained to the second-place podium with a metal mask.

Shousuke sweat dropped at this when he saw Bakugo but he then quickly turned his head away from Bakugo and the other caught his stare.

"He's been struggling ever since he woke up." He heard Tokoyami say. "He's like a man-eating fiend," Shousuke commented and Tokoyami nodded in agreement. Shousuke then glanced at every UA student and noticed that Iida was nowhere to be found, but he shrugged it off assuming that something had come up. 

"Now it's time to award the metals! The presentation of these medals will, of course, be by this man!" Midnight announced.

All Might silhouette appeared on top of the stadium and laughed out loud surprising everyone in the stadium. While All Might jumped into the air.

"-I have brought the medals here!"

"-Our very own hero, All Might!!"

All Might and Midnight declarer at the same time as All Might Landed in front of the podium. "I take over!"

All Might made his way to fourth place and gave Tokoyami his medal. "Congratulations, Tokoyami my boy! You're a tough  customer!" He then gave Tokoyami and Huge a pat on the back. "If you train up your own strength, your own potential, Your chances of taking first place will increase in Kind! In order to crush that problem of unfavourable matchups, you can keep relying on your quick!"

All Might moved on and went to Todoroki. "Todoroki, My boy, congratulations." He congratulated. "You must have had your reason for suppressing your left side during your final match right?" All Might questioned.

"My fight with Midoriya and Komi triggered my confidence and I lost grasp on what I should do," Todoroki stated as his facial marcels began to relax. "I want to be a hero like you. But I thought if I tried to get over it all just by myself. That would be wrong. There is still something I need to come to terms with."

Like what all Might did to Tokoyami he engulfed Todoroki in a hug and patted his back. "Your expression is completely different from before. I won't pray any deeper. But I know that now, you can come to a reckoning without a doubt."

Next was Bakugo. To say All Might wasn't happy about a student being chained down would be a huge understatement. "Bakugo,y boy! this is too much!" All might state as he then removed the metal mask that was over Bakugo's mouth. "Your foreshadowing was exemplary."

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!" Bakugo shouted as anger arose from his face. "ALL MIGHT A NO. 2 LIKE THIS AIN'T WORTH SQUAT!! EVEN IF SOCIETY ACKNOWLEDGES IT. IF I DON'T THEN IT TRASH! SECOND PLACE MEANS NOTHING!"

"Umm, well you never stopped begin continuously appraised by society. So there aren't many who'd form an absolute, unchanging impression of you out there." He stated and lifted Bakugo's silver metal. "So take this and bear it! Bare it as a wound so that you shall not forget!"

"I TOLD YOU. I DON'T NEED IT!" Bakugo shouted but All might still forcefully up the metal above Bakugo's nose.

And lastly Shousuke. "Young Shousuke! You never failed to amaze me!