If this was the class that had fought against real villains than Kakashi had two questions about it. One, how the hell did they survive, and two, just how strong were the villains they were fighting? There was no way any of them would get by on the strength they had currently. His world would rip them apart.
He hadn't seen a challenge since fighting Midoriya, who was supposed to be the dead last of the class. Mineta had hardly been a challenge and Toru couldn't keep quite enough to actually sneak up on him. She was too noisy and he caught her the instant she walked. Two easy victories after a rather tough one.
He looked over back at the group of students as a girl named Jiro was called down. She stepped down, looking at him unflinchingly, even from seeing his previous fights.
The other two were terrified of him, she showed more confidence. He'd see how far it would get her. He couldn't lie, he was interested in testing all of their fighting ability, so far, if Midoriya was the scale they would measure him by, losing to anyone below him would automatically give Aizawa a reason to call him out, or even watch him more closely.
He didn't need that.
So he had to play this smart.
"Start!"
The match was called, but Kakashi stared, his eyes scanning her for any sign of her quirk. Two long lines with something metal on the end of her ears caught his attention. He didn't know what they were but did know that it was most likely her quirk, or a feature of it.
"Show him what for, Jiro!" Someone cheered in the background. Sounded like an idiot. Kakashi felt a little annoyed.
He could already tell that she was a long range fighter, most likely anyway. She didn't have the build of a fighter. And that meant the only reason she hadn't moved was because she was waiting on him to move first.
Lightning sparked in one of his hands. She didn't move, but her eyes moved to it, and bead of sweat dropped down her face.
He hit the ground, lightning began to pass through it, and he disappeared.
She must've been watching him closely from the last few matches. She instantly leaped away to the side and covered up just as Kakashi appeared in front of her. Her next moves were completely unexpected. Both of the end of her lobes shot out, and because of his surprise, he was able to grab onto both of the ends before they could go for his ears.
He didn't know it was one of the worst things he could do.
His entire body began to vibrate violently and shook him to his core because he didn't expect that she could still attack him. The lobes slipped out of his hand as he was tackled to the ground, Jiro's hands slipping around his abdomen as her lobes aimed for his ear. He stopped the right one, but his left one got caught.
The next feeling felt like his brain was being scrambled. A loud scraping sound filled his entire being and he shook violently.
He paced underneath her and she began to pant, thinking that she had won. Kakashi finally got her technique down. She was a long range fighter that actually had intelligence and watched to see how he fought, and planned ahead accordingly. Though, it still only worked because he wasn't used to fighting with one eye. It was hard to see something as small as the weapons she used to fight.
But she didn't know of his abilities very well.
Chakra filled his being and lightning suddenly shot from his palm, shocking her.
She screamed, falling back off him and laid on the ground, jittering as volts continued to run through her.
Kakashi panted for air, slowly getting to his feet. She had been the closest to actually beating him. He'd gotten too complacent, he needed to be careful. Even if they were less trained, they had powers that could catch him off guard without his Sharingan and using only one eye.
"That's it, Kakashi wins."
As Aizawa called the match, Kakashi looked at his hand. He had to get stronger it seemed, without using the Chidori or his Sharingan. If someone he considered fodder could do this much damage than he wasn't as strong as he thought he was.
"Kaminari, you're up." Aizawa droned out.
A boy with yellow spikey hair came down to step in front of him, yellow sparks of electricity coming from his open palm as he smirked.
Kakashi stared; this guy was idiot. He should be trying to hide his power from Kakashi since he already knew what Kakashi's was.
He wouldn't do much with Kakashi's same power but he might catch him off guard. Depending on how strong his was he could definitely do a lot of damage if he hit him one.
"Go on, let me see your electricity. Let's see who's stronger."
The spark in his hand that had been small, grew, but it didn't look the least bit controlled. It looked like it just went anywhere.
Kakashi narrowed his eyes and rushed forward. The boy smirked and lightning flew toward him, well, in all directions really.
He definitely didn't have much control.
Kakashi leaped high in the air and swerved down to right in front of him. Kaminari aimed his hand like a gun, and a small line of lightning shot from his finger.
Kakashi suddenly disappeared and reappeared behind Kiminari who was non the wiser. A swift but non lethal kick to the head later and the yellow head was buried into the wall across the gym.
Kakashi landed on the ground afterwards, disappointed that someone with powers similar to his was an idiot with no battle sense. He hadn't sense Kakashi one time unless Kakashi was within eye sight and he had barely any control of where his electricity went.
And easy battle, and he hadn't even use his power.
A lot of his next matches were like that.
He danced around Sero's tape and slammed a fist in his gut, knocking him out.
He dodged Aoyama's impressively fast laser but after that the boy was queasy and a punch to his gut knocked him unconscious.
Asui had actually been somewhat of a challenge because of the fact that she could hop around pretty quickly and the way she used her tongue, but once he got used to her speed and her fighting style, he outpaced her and simply slammed a fist into her gut.
Sato had been more of a challenge since Jiro but that was more because of his strength and durability. He was so slow though that he couldn't land any attack on Kakashi and once his time limit was up for his quirk, he got sleepy and Kakashi put him to sleep with a well placed punch to the gut.
His next opponent; Koda was even less impressive. He had a good quirk but his animals were much to slow and Koda couldn't react to him after he'd baited his animals and away and went for the controller. Another well placed punch to the gut, another knock out.
"G-guess it's my turn." Uraraka said with a nervous grin, body shaking a bit but fist up by her face.
"You can do it, Uraraka! Show him what for!" Mina cheered.
Internally, she hoped the other girl would win. Her stomach already hurt just thinking about how Kakashi would hit her.
The gravity girl stepped in front of the one eyed boy, leveling her gaze at him.
Kakashi narrowed his eyes when she bent down a bit more into a combat ready stance. Was she planning on fighting him close up? She didn't look that strong. If she did, he would break through her offense and knock her down.
Though first he would observe her. If she saw how he fought and still wanted to fight him in hand to hand, then her quirk was either perfect for it or she had no other choice.
Suddenly, she smiled at him.
"You're a lot less intimidating up close."
She walked around the room, and began to tap on the debris the other fights caused.
Behind them, Bakugo acknowledged her. She already had a plan. Most of her classmates seemed to remember the move and smirked.
Kakashi watched in surprise as the large and small pieces of the debris began to float up into the air. He looked back at her as she turned back to him. She slapped her cheeks and let out a breath.
She was ready to fight him, her plan would work.
She ran at Kakashi, and while she was faster than he'd expected she was still too slow to cause him any trouble.
She let out a yell as she aimed a jab at him. Kakashi slipped underneath it and aimed at fist at her gut but she wanted him to do that, she blocked his fist with the wrist of her other hand and grabbed onto his arm with her other hand.
Kakashi felt her tug on him and was carried away as she leaped back with all her strength. Kakashi looked up, seeing the largest boulder floating right above them.
He realized that she was planning to either corner him or hit him, or both. He was about to wretch his arm away from her grip when he suddenly lost control of his body.
His eyes widened and he waved his limbs around to catch onto something, but there was nothing to grab. She had caught him, he should've realized it but his focus got distracted on the floating rock above him. Her quirk needed physical contact to activate.
She leapt away, putting her fingers together as she did.
Kakashi felt weight coming back to him and gravity made his descent instant. He was going to land on his feet but soon found out that the rock was going to land on him if he didn't do something. Lightning sparked in his hand, he didn't think that the first time he would be using this technique would be for the 10th place of the class.
"Chidori!"
His foot tapped the ground, then he shot up.
Uraraka covered her face as the rock exploded from the attack and the other debris she had touched shook the ground as the landed heavily.
Her eyes widened when she felt someone grab her wrist. She couldn't do anything as her head was grabbed and she was sent right into the ground face first.
She gritted her teeth as a weight climbed itself on her back, and when she forced herself to look back, it was Kakashi, staring down at her.
"Kakashi wins."
"Did you see that?"
Midoriya turned to Todoroki who was gazing icily at Kakashi.
"He moved so fast in an instant, he barely touched the floor."
Midoriya remembered that. He raised his speed so high, so quickly. Midoriya was sure he saw a spark of electricity. Could he boost his speed with his quirk? How was it different from Kiminari's quirk? What other things could he do with it?
So many questions!
"Motor mouth Midoriya." Mina snickered off to the side.
Midoriya blushed, having not realized that he had been muttering all of that.
"I'm surprised." Bakugo finally said with narrow eyes. "He moved so fast in an instant. Her attack should've hit him, but he blew through it like it was nothing and got behind her."
"He also moved through the smoke and other distractions." Momo pointed out. "He's don't that twice now. Once against Midoriya, and once again just now. For any of the next fights, please assume that distracting him at any level will not work."
"So he's faster than most of us, quicker, a strategic thinker, more experienced, and has a good handle on how to use his quirk." Kirishima listed off, looking at Momo. "Anything else I'm missing?"
He asked, deadpanning.
"Well, he's adaptable and has a good amount of stamina."
She added more nervously. Was she talking too much or something?
"Your making me nervous Momo!"
Mina whined, pouting at her.
"I-I apologize."
"Come on, Mina." Aizawa drawled. "We have a couple of more people to get through."
Tenya raised his hand.
"Sensei, I was wondering on how exactly you're grading us if we weren't ranked on how best we fought."
"Yea." Tsu added. "The rankings would probably be a lot different if it came down to that."
Aizawa looked like he wanted to say something with the way his mouth opened a little bit then closed up, but it looked like he changed his mind. "I can pretty much guess what level he's at just by basing his fights on your earlier results. If I were to guess, he'd probably be right under Iida for the 50 meter dash. He'd be right under first place or first place for any of the other challenges with the exception of the ball throw and grip strength. As of now, I don't have a conclusive answer for it, and I'd rather not go off of too many assumptions." He turned his attention to his pink skinned student. "Now, Mina, don't think I forgot. You're up."
"Aw man!" She whined.
It wasn't long. One blink, one hit, one second, and one winner.
With that, Kakashi firmly cemented himself as 9th of a class of 21. It wasn't bad for anyone at all really, but he knew Aizawa would accept nothing but his best. He was already openly suspicious about Kakashi, and giving him more of a reason would only cause problems for future goals.
He glanced at the man out of the corner of his eye. But said nothing. He would only watch.
"Yea, finally my turn." A red haired boy grinned wide as he began to walk over to where they would fight at.
Kakashi immediately tried looking over his body for any type of quirk he would be able to pick out, but he looked normal. He hoped his one eye was a good enough check. He was still getting used to using it primarily.
The boy stepped in front of him, still grinning and cracked his knuckles. "Honestly, you didn't seem all that strong when I first say you but now that I see how manly you are, it's time for you to face a true hero! Red Riot! Make the best man win!"
Kakashi ignored his rambling and got into a fighting stance. Fast, lightning fast was his motto. This would end with a single hit.
Aizawa took a glance at them both. "Begin!" He yelled waving his arm down.
Kakashi sprinted forward, resting his fist back and watching him carefully for counterattacks. The boy either couldn't react to him or was baiting him in. Kakashi didn't think the boy could move fast enough though.
He was right, but he didn't hit flesh.
He clutched his hand as he stumbled, it felt like something had snapped. He should've known that this was going to be his quirk. A defensive type quirk like this could spell trouble. He was sure nothing but lethal intent would get him past this one.
He was given barely any time to rest, dodging a fist that would've sent him into the ground. The ground blew apart violently, and Kakashi watched it carefully as he landed. That would've been him if the boy hit him. Immense defense, great power, and ok speed. A good combo. For someone like Kakashi, who couldn't use his strongest attacks, he was at a disadvantage.
Still, he obviously lacked in skill.
That was Kakashi's specialty.
But first, a quick test.
Kakashi runs at the boy, and he smirks leaving himself wide open. Kirishima's eyes widen when Kakashi disappears mere seconds before hitting him and has no idea Kakashi is behind him.
Kakashi goes low and tries to sweep him off his feet. He felt something snap, he should've known he could harden his entire body at once. Kakashi grunts in pain, but as a Shinobi is more than used to it and rolls away on the ground before it is crushed by Kirishima's fist.
He's already using chakra to swept that pain away for a small while as he flips off the ground and lands on his feet.
Kakashi's got a clear idea of what this boy was about. He had natural fighting instincts and a quirk that was useful for fighting recklessly. Wait, fighting recklessly.
That was how he was going to win.
He narrowed his eyes and widened his stance. He walks slowly up to Kirishima not taking his eyes off him.
To the side, Aizawa narrows his eyes.
Kakashi is too focused to notice it.
Kirishima smirks again, slamming his fist together. "I'm as hard as they come. Your fighting won't be able to get past my defenses."
Kakashi would see if he could hold that statement up. He finally reaches him, and Kirishima lashes out with a predictable punch. A dodge, a turn, and a grab later and Kakashi flips the hardened boy over his head and slams him into the ground.
Class 1A stumbled a small bit from the ground shaking as a boom went off.
Kakashi uses that to his advantage and uses his arm to put him in a hold, bringing it back as far as he can without breaking it.
Kirishima grunts, trying to hold the sound in as he glances behind him to see Kakashi. He tried to grab at him with his other hand, but stops when the pain on his right grows and he feels his arm about to snap.
Kakashi was surprised at the boys durability, even utilizing his weakness made him realize that the boy wasn't going to give up instantly. Kakashi was rather impressed, though he knew the boy wouldn't last much longer. A twitch backwards would snap his shoulder out of place for sure. Kakashi would rather avoid that.
"That's it, Kakashi wins." Aizawa announces dryly, pretty much saving his student from a broken arm. "Let him go."
Kakashi drops the arm immediately and gets off him. Another match won, but looking into Aizawa's eyes showed that he showed something he hadn't previously.
A different style of fighting.
While it was something new, it honestly wasn't that bad. Plus, his only other options were revealing more of his bigger more powerful techniques. A necessary action has to be taken to prevent that.
"Aw, what!" Despite being in a lock prior, the red head shot to his feet. "Sensei, why'd you call the match?! I didn't quit!"
"Don't be a fool, Kirishima. He had you pinned and you had no way of escaping without breaking your arm. You let your overconfidence in the fact that you had a quirk well suited to take down his abilities cloud your judgment. He used that against you and won. Learn from it and know when you've lost. I much would've rather seen you quit than fight a losing battle." Aizawa explained critically.
He gestured back at his other students. "Go back to them, we have to finish before class ends. Understand?"
Kirishima sighed dejectedly, his skin going back to normal and he walked away with his head lowered. "Yes, Sensei."
Kakashi watches him walk away. He had potential.
His next three fights were all interesting in their own ways but he quickly subdued them all.
Ojiro was a close range fighter, and even with his extra appendage he wasn't much more than a good fight with a extra appendage to watch out for. In close quarters, he dominated.
Shoji was actually a challenge a bit. He was pretty smart and came up with a sound strategy against him, using his extra appendages to both look for him, listen for him, and defend if he got close. Only problem was that he wasn't fast enough to actually react to Kakashi. It wasn't long before he got put to sleep with a quick punch.
Tokoyami had a rather good quirk for keeping him at bay but when he used a little bit of his lightning, the thing shriveled up and Tokoyami was quickly put to sleep, having no skill besides using his sentient quirk.
The fights allowed him to rest, for he didn't realize that a rather big one was coming to him. Tenya Iida, their class representative, and 4th in the class.
He walks over and then bows at Kakashi who only stares, not bothering to do the same.
"It is an honor to be fighting you Hatake-San! I hope you do well!"
Kakashi could tell the boy was completely serious. He kinda acted like Ebisu when he thought back to it. Too serious for his own good really.
Honestly, top 5 was a good place for him to lose, but it wouldn't make sense if he couldn't just lose. I mean he got this far, he could say he was tired. He had a mask on, it wasn't like Aizawa could see he wasn't even a little bit tired.
But if he was going to fake losing he'd have to use his opponents quirk to his own advantage.
"Begin." Aizawa called.
The exhaust pipes on Tenya's calves light up and he bursts forward speeding through the air with amazing speed.
He was fast, but he could still be tracked. Kakashi leaped up into the air and landed behind Tenya and dashed at him. He could only turn around before his head shot up from a nasty uppercut.
He stumbled back but Kakashi never let up, letting off half a dozen strikes that landed on the much taller boy. Suddenly, his engines roared to life and his leg shot up. Kakashi leaned back, barely avoiding being hit in the jaw before flipping backwards and landing on his feet.
His power rested in his leg. He obviously had no type of hand to hand combat and relied solely on his quirk to get him by. Just like the rest of his class.
He dashed forward once more and ducked underneath a kick and leaped forward, grabbing the boy by his face and sending him into the ground, knocking him unconscious. Kakashi blinked. Once more the dead last had given him the most challenge so far.
"Tenya lost?! How? He's so fast!" Mina shrieked.
"It's precisely because he's fast that he lost. His opponent is someone that is trained in actual combat. Easily predictable kicks, no matter how fast will he dodge able for someone with skill. Even seeing him fight our classmates, clearly you won't be able to fully not underestimate him until you're over there fighting him." Todoroki narrowed eyes as Tenya was hauled away by robots.
"Watch out, extras! I'll show you how to get it done like an actual pro!" Bakugo shouted, bumping past Todoroki.
He only glanced at the blonde. He wanted to see how someone like Bakugo stacked up against an actual fighter. Because he was next when Bakugo lost.
Kakashi noticed how the blonde stalked up to him with an intense glare.
He grinned widely when he stepped in front of the ninja.
"So, it's finally my turn to show you up, bastard. You may have beat those extras but I'm nothing like them. This is the day where you die. There's a pecking order and I reign on the very top."
Kakashi only stared at him. He was the most talkative of all his opponents so far.
"I wonder how this is going to go." Midoriya muttered. "Kacchan is very talented and strong but Hatake seems almost untouchable. Even Iida didn't land a blow and he's the fastest of all of us."
"Bakugo'a got a sense of combat nearly unrivaled in this class."
Midoriya turned to Todoroki who had been the one to speak.
"He's tenacious. He'll give us more insight on Hatake's abilities and the way he fights."
"It kinda sounds like you don't think he'll win." Tsu pointed out, as blunt as ever.
"He won't. That honor belongs to me."
"Fight." Aizawa called out.
"It's time to die!" Bakugo yelled as he rushed forw
AN: Before I begin this chapter, I want to make something clear about all of these fights. Kakashi is not going 100%. Kakashi is depowering himself to avoid leaking as much information as possible about his abilities. Aizawa is watching him, and so he is taking heavy precautions against showing too much of what he can do and is limiting his strength, speed, and his techniques to a very fair degree. He's only shown more under cover of smoke, and the only ability that he can't hide is his reaction and the way he fights because of his instincts. And he's being caught a bit off guard by their abilities because he is fighting with one eye and he hasn't been doing it for that long.
And on another note, I want to say that I've read all of your comments and am taking proper measures against sentences that don't make sense and improper grammar. I've decided to take my time and stop being lazy. I will be reviewing, editing, and fixing a chapter so that it can stop coming out as a fraction of good as it can be.
I thank you all for reading, and I hope you will stick with me throughout the rest of Kakashi's journey.
Kakashi honestly didn't expect this from the blonde. But his quirk did match his personality. A quirk of explosions for one character with an explosive personality and a deep fury in his eyes. Kakashi saw that resolve in his eyes as he got closer and closer.
He wondered how much he would embarrass him.
"Die!" Bakugo roared, pushing one of his glowing hands in front of him.
An explosion rocked the entire building, it felt nearly deafening to everyone in the room, but Kakashi wasn't hurt. He skidded to a halt on the other side of the gym; the boom that had hit his ears brought back memories of his time during the war. A time he was familiar with. A time he wished he never had went through.
Lightning sparked between his two open palms, and he slammed them into the ground. The lightning traveled along the ground in a nearly unpredictable line, something he wanted. He wanted to catch him off guard. He wanted to end this quickly.
Bakugo wasn't an easy opponent, and despite the grandiose view he has for himself, he's a genius at fighting and a natural in combat. He's sat back and watched him fight for more than ten different fights with more than ten different individuals of different styles of fighting. He's confident, and he feels as if he's gained more than enough information to win.
A blast of his explosion sent him airborne as the lightning swam through the ground as if it were going through water.
"I'm not the rest of those extras! I won't get hit by your dumb ass electricity!" He claimed loudly and then stopped himself in midair to aim both of his arms forward. "Die!"
Kakashi forced himself to move faster than necessary, the blinding light and the sound of it reminding him of the explosion an explosive tag would let off. He moved quickly enough to dodge the blast, landing on his feet, and turned to a rapidly approaching Bakugo, coming through the air; his quirk too loud to sneak up on him.
Bakugo yelled as he attacked, aiming to slam his burning hot palm into Kakashi's chest. Kakashi contorted his body before smoke clouds his vision and his ear began ringing. He's acclimated, though, reaching through the smoke and grabbing ahold of Bakugo's arm. He twisted his body before hoisting the boy over his head and slamming him into the concrete ground.
It should've been enough to knock him out. He learned once more that Bakugo was exceptional and that his will was much stronger than the others
Even though he's has the breath forced out of him, he's unrelenting and forces his palms open.
Kakashi blinked once before a bright light covered his vision, and he's suddenly flying through the air. He noticed this and forced his body to move through the air, landing on the wall on the complete side of the gym, bringing chakra to his feet on pure reflex.
His vision was slowly coming back; he didn't have enough time to close his eyes. He won't let it happen again. Admittedly, this was a close second from that Midoriya kid. The only difference was that he didn't hurt himself.
Kakashi notices that he's still hanging on the side of the wall. It probably already went seen by Aizawa, but he still decides to come down.
The smoke slowly clears in the distance and reveals a smirking Bakugo, untouched by even his attacks despite them being close to him.
His finger twitches constantly, and Kakashi takes a closer look. Maybe he is being hurt by his quirk. Just not to Midoriya's degree.
"Didn't I tell you that I would be the one to beat you? I'm the number one hero in training in the entire damned school; no one compares!"
Kakashi feels his hand twitch over and over. "How come you aren't number one in the class then? If I remember correctly, you're the third loser."
Bakugo scoffs, clearly angry at his words, but something is still keeping him from attack. "Oh, please. I don't take this damn test even remotely seriously. I'm the best; no one can even say otherwise. What's written on paper doesn't matter. You're just trying to catch your breath, aren't you!?" He suddenly gets angry. "Well, I won't let you even have that!"
"AP Shot!"
His arm springs forward, and mini explosions rush from his palms. Kakashi immediately runs, dodging all the mini-explosions that begin to smash into the wall near him.
The wall barely takes the impact, and Kakashi consciously tries to avoid it, lest something happen, and catches him off guard once more. He'd been caught off guard once; it wouldn't happen again.
He was confident in that. In his skills. He launched off his left leg, the cracked ground beneath him being destroyed seconds afterward by the mini explosions. Wind rushed in his face as he began to fall from the air, his landing aimed atop Bakugo.
He saw this and prepped his quirk, arms glowing in seeming anticipation. His arms sprung forward, and a powerful blast unleashed, filling the lonely, destroyed gym with near blinding light and a deafening explosion.
Outside of the gym, birds took off from the trees, leaving their homes behind from being startled by the shaking from the ground and the large bang that was half covered up by the building.
Bakugo first had the thought that he'd hit his target, but a feeling descended his spine, and he suddenly felt vulnerable, a feeling he absolutely hated. He tried to turn and see what was making him feel that way, but he couldn't get his body to move. It was then he noticed something different about the air.
He felt like something was surrounding him as if it could grab and strangle the air.
"What... the hell... is this..." Bakugo had begun to hyperventilate, his body panicking to gain air which only further worsened his situation. His chest heaved tightly and constricted. His head started spinning as if he were in a whirlwind, trapped and unable to escape. Between his vision, clouded by his lack of air and the dust surrounding him, he saw a black figure standing above him.
Red eyes widened.
The figure stood almost regal. As if everything beneath him were filth and trash to be discarded. A waste of time. Darkness cascaded the regal scenery, and suddenly, a bright red moon behind the figure reflected his shadow across him. But he still couldn't see a face. Just dark gray, stormy eyes that held nothing but superiority.
What was he seeing? How? Why? He wanted to know, but he still couldn't breathe. The lack of air made it hard to think beyond what he saw.
Kakashi was about to finish the blonde off. He could tell early that, unlike his classmates, Bakugo did have the will to try his best. It was probably due to his very apparent superiority complex, and because of that, he wanted no one to be able to beat him. That made him tenacious and willing to take him on using his best. In his current shown abilities, Bakugo outclassed him in most categories except for speed. But he had the mobility to match it. With the way he used his quirk, he had more skill than the morons most of his class were, but he was still just like them. He had barely any actual combat ability, relying solely on his quirk.
If Kakashi used even half his power, Bakugo would be flat on his back in a second. He needed to get this fight over with, so when he saw an opportunity to use an ability out of view when black smoke and dust rose to the top of the gym, he knew he could use Genjutsu. Even without his Sharingan, he was pretty good.
He gripped the blue tracksuit on the boy, about to pin him to the ground and officially take his win when Bakugo's palm had turned in his direction and glowed brightly.
Kakashi barely reacted. It was his instincts as a Shinobi that saved him. But he didn't expect that. He landed on the ground, curiosity instantly filling his being. That was a Genjutsu where one saw something that scared them. Only a strong-minded individual could break out of it. He was stronger than anticipated.
Bakugo felt like he was going to throw up. He forced himself to his feet, leaning over like a boulder had been placed on his back. He was surrounded by falling debris, his skin covered in soot from his attacks, and his arms were shaking visibly now. A sign of his pain, but the boy was grinning madly as if he didn't feel it. He was also breathing heavily, like an animal with food being taunted in its face just out of its reach.
Scratch that; he was now the most challenging opponent he'd faced so far. A thought he didn't want to admit and wouldn't admit aloud. The teen would be all too happy to hear it.
Finally, the dust settled, and the black smoke cleared the air. The crowd of students behind them all had varying degrees of surprise. Bakugo had indeed lasted the longest between them all, and he also was still standing after the dust had settled, something none of them had been able to accomplish.
"Look, guys! Bakugo's still standing."
"We can all see just like you, Uraraka." Tsu croaked.
"A lot of explosions went off just now," Midoriya noted as he fiddled with his own hands, nervous. "Even in the smoke, Kacchan could still fight against Hatake. Just like me, he must've also been watching him closely."
"I'm not surprised he's doing so well."
"I thought you didn't think he would win, Todoroki," Tokoyami said, looking at the multi-hair-colored boy.
"I don't think he'll win." He replied coolly. He remembered and counted every single explosion he'd heard. He didn't know Bakugo's upper limit in using his quirk, but Bakugo was trying to injure him with every attack, which could mean two things. He was limited, which he doubted since he mostly used his quirk during the Sports Festival. The other was that his upper limit changed depending on how strong the explosions were and how often he used that, which was the most likely.
Either way, from the looks of things, Bakugo wasn't built to go the distance, and if he didn't change his fighting style, he would get too tired to fight. He looked beaten enough, but his opponent didn't even seem like he'd been touched at all.
With all the explosions going off, some that could be felt even where they stood, one would think that Kakashi would've gotten hit once. But other than soot and dust, he looked as if the blonde hadn't even touched him. He didn't look tired or even worried in the slightest. His gray eyes didn't even hold confidence or anything, just blank, as if he were staring off into space, but the way his eyes would twitch at the slightest movements said otherwise.
His fist clenched in his pants pockets. His turn was soon coming.
"Don't you think it's time we end this?" Kakashi glances past Bakugo. "I still have two other opponents left to fight."
Bakugo's face went red. "You fucking bastard! Smug son of a bitch!" His hands lit up again, "Don't you dare look past me!" He yelled in pure anger, an explosion even more significant than the last, destroying major parts of the gym.
Heavy breaths and shaky arms were the only signs that Bakugo was still conscious. At this point, his eyes could barely stay open. He'd used far too much of his power. His arms were beginning to get bad. Another blast like that would probably render his arm useless; his subsequent attacks had to be careful. He promised to make the extra pay for pushing him so far and acting like he was superior.
He didn't know what he'd expected when he heard footsteps from the smoke. He gritted his teeth as a growl escaped his throat. He tried forcing his shaking arms to stop. He couldn't.
"How," he growled, "how the hell... are you not hurt?!"
"Because," his voice was impassive and unsentimental. It was stony, iron-hard in its speaker intent. "I'm stronger than you."
"You fucking bastard!" Bakugo ignored his screaming muscles, using one hand to force up the other. It lit up like the light of a Christmas tree. "If you're so much better than me, then you shouldn't feel the need to dodge this attack!"
Midoriya felt mortified, eyes wide in anxiety. "W-what is Kacchan doing? He's already hurt. Why is he unleashing explosions like that?"
"This is what I meant when I said Bakugo would lose." Todoroki's smooth and calculating voice broke through the low rumbling that was getting louder by the second. His arms were crossed over his PE uniform as he stared at the battle with calculating eyes. "He's too emotional and prideful. Hatake's too skilled for him to handle. His arrogance is costing him victory. He's experienced enough in his own right to win, but his reckless way of fighting isn't doing him any favors. He's already lost. This last stretch is just desperation."
Kirishima turned away from Todoroki, who he'd been staring at as he spoke, and frowned as he turned to Bakugo. "Come on, Baku-bro," he muttered, his fist shaking. "You can win."
Kakashi narrowed his eye at the request, wondering if the boy believed he would just stand here and take a blast that probably would be strong enough to kill him. He was confident and took necessary risks when he needed to, but he wasn't suicidal. He knew he was better than the blonde. Proving it in any other way was pointless.
Still, he could make this battle easier.
"Come at me then. I won't move."
A wicked grin spread across Bakugo's face; his hand lit up even brighter if that were possible, and sweat poured down his face in seemingly tons. "I can't wait to wipe that confidence out of your eyes! Now die!"
A blast shot from his hand so fast that Kakashi could feel the pressure of the air seconds before the attack was going to hit him.
"Howitzer Impact!"
The explosion rocked the area once more, crashing through the roof's concrete composition and blasting through miles of trees in the immediate vicinity. It wasn't just an ordinary explosion. It was the strongest Bakugo had ever made. He hadn't ever gotten thy angry before. His pride and abilities had been insulted far too much by an extra who'd appeared out of thin air. He wasn't supposed to be a part of their class.
His hearing slowly returned, but he could still hear a slight ringing. It would take longer to go away. His whole body was shaking now; he could barely stand. His arms fell limply to his sides, his eyes straining to stay open.
Aizawa shouldn't have let it go on. Bakugo's quirk was too destructive, and the boy barely held any restraint when he felt insulted. He was worried that his student had killed Kakashi. He hoped Kakashi didn't just stand there and take a blast like that; he was too smart for that.
The thought that he may have killed someone didn't go through Bakugo's mind as a laugh escaped his mouth. He sounded like he was going mad. "That's what you get, dammit. Don't ever... insult me like that."
"What power," Midoriya muttered, almost breathless.
Having covered up to avoid being momentarily blinded by the blast, Todoroki asked, "Did he actually take that head-on?"
"That could kill someone, right?" Uraraka muttered, voice shaky and eyes widening slightly.
"He's gone too far this time," Tokoyami said, gritting his teeth.
"I think I just peeped my pants." Mineta screeched shakily.
Clutching her ringing ears, Jiro was nealt on the ground in pain, her body shaking. The pain from how loud that explosion was was something she couldn't describe.
"He's dead, isn't he?" Kiminari muttered. "He has to be. There's no way he isn't."
"Bakugo," Kirishima muttered, pupils, shaking.
The thought finally crossed Bakugo's mind that he may have just done severe damage as he looked through the extensive gaping hole in the concrete gym, burning through the trees for what seemed to be miles. Then, he heard a sound, a sound so loud to him that even his explosion didn't compare.
Footsteps. Tap. Tap. Tap. They weren't frantic. They were eerily calm, so calm that the mere sound put fear into his heart. He went numb, only feeling his heartbeat increase more and more as the footsteps got louder and closer.
Soon, he saw a figure coming through the thick pale dust from the cement. Finally, he saw Kakashi. He looked no different than when he started this fight. Untouched and unburned. And he looked bored now. How could he look like that? His attack had to have surprised him, even if it was just a little bit.
"How," he muttered in disbelief, and then he began yelling. "HOW THE HELL ARE YOU NOT HURT?"
His voice carried over the silent room several times as he began breathing hard, his heart unable to understand what was happening before him.
Kakashi made to retake a step; his foot didn't even touch the ground before he disappeared from view entirely.
Bakugo gasped, red irises widening. He felt the other teen right behind him, but he didn't have to strength to turn to him. All he could do was stand there, fear showing through his red orbs.
"Did you think I'd just sit there and take your attack? You're a fool, an arrogant fool."
"Y-you... lied?"
Suddenly, his body went limp, and his eyes began to close, darkness taking over. Before he went unconscious, he heard him talk one last time.
"I used to be just like you."
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