Ring

Ring

Ring

"Hello?" Shino answered the phone call. She awoke late in the night. Looking to her left to see the digital clock. '10:46' it read.

"Mandalay, we got some news regarding Izuku and Kouta." A scruffy voice said on the other line. "EraserHead, what do you mean?" Mandalay awakens suddenly to the name of her nephew.

What could have gone possibly wrong right now, it didn't sound like a villain attack or a subject with that much urgency.

"Izuku Midoriya and Katsuki Bakugo we're caught fighting in the ground beta."

Shino was confused as to why the boy she assigned the job to look after her nephew was picking a fight with his classmate. "Wait what does that have to do with Kouta?!" Her worry was piling up quickly thinking that the child was caught in the middle of it.

"Kouta used his quirk on Bakugo in attempt to stop the fight, but that lead to more issues at the moment of the ordeal." The scruffy hero on the other line explains that

"I am sending you the footage right now, the time of the incident was at eight-forty-five. Look over it and make a solution for Izuku's punishment, I have already handled Bakugo's." Shota tells then hanging up the call.

Sign. "What did I get Kouta into?" Sosaki received a video message from her fellow pro hero. With a single tap on her phone, it showed the footage of one of U.A.'s famous testing ground Beta. In such a mock city were two boys, awake way past curfew and staring each other down with different emotions coming the both of them.

"If you don't wanna get hurt then put up your fist. Oh, that's right. You're going with kicks now, ain'tcha?"

In the night of ground beta, two boys were facing each other.

"Hold on a minute! C'mon, seriously! We can't do this!"

One plea came from the boy to the right as his hands were up in a defensive manner as the boy to the left was stretching his arms ready to put some work in.

In that split moment, the guardian faces off with his classmate. The sheer force of the explosion was a sign that it started. Katsuki Bakugo made the first move. Witnessing the flinching expression on Izuku's face as he leaps in the air making an attempt to escape the blast. Izuku's Full Cowling was activated.

"You Always Read Too Much Into Every Damn Thing You Nerd! Bring it!!!" The blonde teen yelled at the airtime classmate.

"Kaachan are we seriously gonna do this?!" Izuku shouted at his opponent before he landed a few feet away from him.

Again they looked at each other wearing the same expressions before the fight started. Izuku asks in a panic. "Wai-Wait a minute! Do we really have to fight?!" The only response he got was the set of explosions from Bakugo. Katsuki had to listen to Izuku talk but it did not make the situation better.

"It doesn't mean your aspirations were wrong! No one is saying that...~" Izuku's cry was cut off by an attack from Bakugo. The green haired teen dodges the leaped attack from Katsuki, another blast attack. The look on Izuku's face as he mumbled something in a flinching tone. "I said wait."

Another attack. Bakugo rushes Izuku with the left arm ready to blast him once more. Attempting the grab the tank top, Izuku did not see the surprise kick from Bakugo. Feeling his face being sent upward by the unexpected kick up to his chin. Izuku fell back due to the shock of the force.

Katsuki leaped at the green haired teen with both hands cupped together getting the advantage of the open. Letting himself land on his hands, Izuku gave Bakugo a half-cartwheel kick to deflect the next blast attack.

The recoil of the last attack made Katsuki lose his balance thus causing him to fall down on his gluts. With full cowl deactivated, Izuku rushed to give Bakugo a hand up. "Are...Are you all~" Midoriya saw the glare and had his hand swatted by Bakugo's.

"DONT YOU FUCKING WORRY ABOUT ME!!" Katsuki yelled causing Izuku to stop speechless before the downed teen.

"FIGHT ME!! WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?! WHY?!" Katsuki made his way up from a down position to a standing one. Yelling and cursing at his childhood friend for not giving the closure he needed.

"WHY?! HOW DID I END UP CHASING THE BACK...OF A SHIT HEAD WHO WAS ALWAYS TAILING BEHIND ME?!! A SHITTY SMALL FRY LIKE YOU! WHY WAS I THE REASON FOR ALL MIGHTS END?!!"

Clenching his fist on the black tank top he was wearing. He was shouting in his own frustration.

"Kaachan..." Izuku couldn't think about the burden that Katsuki had to go too.

"Deku... you better start fighting right now otherwise this going to be a long fucking night." He threatened his fellow classmate. "No. There has to be a better way to solve this, I don't want to fight you." Izuku still trying to find a resolution in the whole ordeal.

"You shit, always thinking too much into every little thing. Well, I gave your chance if you ain't going to fight back then you better prepare for a beating." Katsuki lunges forward grabbing Izuku by the face with his left hand and reading his right hand.

Izuku activated full cowl once more and pushed himself away from his childhood friend. Leaping away was pointless since the explosion user would just charge at him.

"Deku fucking fight me now!!!" He yelled with nothing else by anger. Izuku still kept away but not for long. He felt his chest being blasted and himself towards a nearby street light.

"You are not making this easy for me! So start fighting or your face is going to get fucked up!" Raising his arm with small explosions that held no patience.

"Now Deku what's it gonna be?" A choice nonetheless. Izuku felt his throat being grabbed and squeezed tightly. What was his choice start fighting back and get in trouble? Kouta was waiting for him back at the dorms and he was already past the curfew to say out. Or he could try, TRY to reason with Bakugo but this could be a futile attempt.

"I guess I will make the choice for you then." His normal stricken voice meant he was done. Bakugo was close to blasting Izuku once more in the upper body.

Splash!!

To Izuku he saw that Bakugo was drench in water all of the sudden. Confused at first, Izuku looked around to find what caused the water incident. Looking behind Bakugo was someone under another streetlight.

Those scared eyes reminded him of a time when Izuku himself was about to face death itself along with the child he was protecting...

"Kouta!" Izuku called out in surprise and even more confusion as to why the child was here in the night. Bakugo looked over his shoulder with a glare of question.

"You Brat! What are you doing here?!" Katsuki yelled at the water-quirk child. Kouta visibly shook but stood his ground. "I know you have been out for him! Leave Izuku alone!" A counter of argument.

Izuku starting to feel worried of what's to come. Quickly thinking of something to say in a scenario such as this. "Kouta! Run! Go back to the Dorms!" Katsuki let go of Izuku and marched towards the child.

"I didn't run last time and I won't run this time!" Kouta sprays more tons of water towards Katsuki. This time the blonde teen took it but his glare never wavering. "You shouldn't stick your nose in personal matters brat!"

Katsuki grabbed Kouta by the collar lifting him up in the air. "Aah!" Izuku heard the pain from the child. That was enough to send his mind ablaze.

"Kid! I will kill you if you don't leave."

Kill...

Kill...

Kill...

Izuku's mind races back to the day when Muscular was attempting to murder Kouta before Izuku. He wouldn't let that happen! Not now! Not ever!

Full Cowling, his limit was barely five percent. Seeing the boy he is supposed to take care made his body burn with fury. Forcing his anger upon his own quirk and in extension his body. The lightning crackled ferociously more than five percent.

Izuku's joints felt like it was being ripped off from the inside. The muscle tissue was being torn apart. His eyes were burning with immense energy.

Katsuki looked back to see his childhood friend, more willing to fight than before. Glowing veins and patches of skin started to show as the green electricity grew faster and unsteady. It looked like Izuku was vengeful. "Grrr!"

"Wha~" Katsuki was cut off to a kick to the face. The small gap was closed instantly. Katsuki was sent back a few feet. Dropping Kouta upon the contact of the kick.

"Ah!" Kouta was caught with two arms holding his body. The child felt the energy as soon as Izuku grasp him. When Izuku landed again, he leaped back several feet and put Kouta down. "Why are you here?" Izuku felt his body ache at the massive power increase of One For All but his body won't last. Running wasn't the option of it meant Izuku couldn't last a few more seconds in this new state.

'Fifteen Percent, this a heavy strain but it will be better than five or hundred percent.' He wasn't sure how long he could last in this form but he needed to stop any more of this nonsense.

"I saw him get you out while the rest were busy. He hates you. Don't know why but I can't let you just go out there by yourself." Kouta admitted his reason. To him personally, he saw the many confrontations between Izuku and Katsuki but didn't do anything at the request of his guardian. This past month was nothing but full of a different feeling. He started to grow attached to Izuku.

Now seeing him in peril, just like before when Izuku first saved him. It was no different, emotions ran high. Following Izuku and Katsuki to the faux City, Kouta felt the tension.

It was then Katsuki first attack Izuku was when Kouta began hesitating. Seeing Izuku facing danger was something he never got used too. Compare to the license exam and the attack at the summer camp, this time it was personal. No one was around to stop them but him. 'But I am just a kid what can I do?' That was the main source of doubt in Kouta's mind.

Then when Katsuki was getting the upper hand from aggression, that's when Kouta's body moved on its own once more.

Kouta's action gave Izuku more worry about the situation there was before. Assuming the worse, Izuku kept the child behind him as an explosion not as powerful before got there attention. Seeing the angry blonde leaped back onto the middle of the road to look at Izuku and then Kouta.

"Well now that you decided to fight back, I guess we don't need to hold back even if the kid is here." Katsuki was rubbing his hands together mostly to try to build up heat thus creating sweat. The amount of water Kouta used on him was extensive to the point where the blonde was almost engulfed by it.

"No, we don't need to do this! We already in trouble for being here alone. Besides someone will most likely be on there way then." Izuku still holding the newfound percentage increase of one for all. His plan now was to leave the ground beta with Kouta and figure out this problem between him and Katsuki later on.

"Then let's get this over with!" The blonde propelled himself in the air with another explosion. 'It's weaker now due to the wetness of his sweat glands' Izuku saw the blonde coming for the pair with another explosion.

Kouta felt being picked and rushed away with the sound of an explosion. Izuku leaped away with the child to another spot faster than he anticipated. Landing behind a dumpster, Izuku dropped off Kouta there saying 'stay here'.

Katsuki barely regains his focus of target. To him, Izuku became nothing but a blur of green electricity. Looking around to find his competitor which he did not need to look hard. The feeling of pain swarms his mid-section. Looking to the left to find a leg kicked before Katsuki himself was sent flying by the sudden force and pressure.

Izuku saw his opponent going into through one of the windows of buildings in front of him. From where he stands (barely), Katsuki crashed into the second floor of a hotel or business building.

Exhaling and inhaling to control his breathing. Izuku turned off his full cowl to let off the strain of his body. At this point, his body would be hurting even if he went five percent. His lower joints and muscles felt worn then it hit him. They could use this chance to leave right now! If he can take Kouta back with a leading Katsuki then they can arrive back at the dooms. Although he wouldn't know how long he could maintain the chase since Katsuki was not listening to reason. 'Maybe when he comes out he will charge at me! Then that will be my chance to run with Kouta!'

"Kaachan!" After waiting several minutes without the sign of Katsuki, Izuku assumes the worse. Without hesitation Izuku rush into the building.

Upon arriving inside, Izuku saw the first floor to be untouched. Proceeding quickly without caution. Taking the flight of stairs was his only way up to the next floor. Upon arriving at the floor-two door, Izuku opened it slowly.

At this point, his aching body was catching up to him.  While still able to run but not a sprint, acrobatics would not be a good choice to use if he returns to the right again.

When entering the second floor, Izuku was greeted by a corridor with only three doors. Checking each one by the sides leads to a small office. The third one or better yet the farthest one was a massive office space housed with other smaller work desk.

At the distance, Izuku saw the broken glass window. "Kaachan!" He called out be no answer. Rushing to the scene of the crashing. Izuku saw no one by the window but it did look, someone, landed there.

"Kaachan!" Again he called, still nothing. Izuku looked around in the darkness of the building. The green haired teen had wondered how come he hadn't trip since it was so hard to see in this big room.

"Kaachan!" This time there was a popping sound coming from behind him. Izuku looked in a flash to see a glowing hand at the distance.

"DIE Deku!" In a flash, Kouta could hear an explosion of a crazy magnitude, nearby window, and glass shattered by the unexpected and unyielding force.

"What's going on?!" The kid yelled aloud to himself as he covered his ears from the loud bang. Looking out of the alleyway to see a bunch of glass shattered all around the street and pieces of concrete and a bit of metal Walking out of the shadows, Kouta made his way to see a figure lying on the ground in pain.

Looking up Kouta saw the wide gaping hole on the second floor where the windows should be. Now looking at the figure to find his guardian with a small puddle of blood.

"Oh crap! Izuku!" Kouta rushes as soon as his brain process his guardian's condition. Coming closer to his guardian he saw that a metal had pierced through Izuku's mid-torso. The green-haired teenager was holding onto the wound trying to bear with the sudden sharp-stabbing wound.

Izuku gripped the metal sticking out of his abdomen, gritting his teeth through the pain. Hearing Kouta's voice brought more despair. "K-Kouta why are you?" That was all he muster before the pain came out of his mouth.

"Grraaa." Forcing himself to sit up was the worst thing he could be doing right now. The night was still young and damn unpredictable which gave no choice to the temporary guardian. Looking up at the gaping hole. 'He hasn't come out yet. Damn it! Why did it come to this?!' Izuku gripped the metal object stabbing his body.

'If I pull this out, I will risk severe blood loss! I will be able to move through if I do. Being able to move means being able to get Kouta out of here. I don't know how deep the puncture is but given that Kaachan has come out yet. I may have enough time to pull this out and leave with Kouta.'

"I..."

"Izu..."

"Izuku..."

"Izuku!" The green-haired teen heard his name being called aloud. Looking to his left to see a young boy with a concerned look on his face. That was probably the same expression that the child wears during him and Musculars fight only less more about fearing of Izuku's well-being.

Bang!

Another explosion caught the boy's attention. Looking up at the building once more to see
The reality was setting in. Izuku needed to make a choice right now. At crossroads of his mind was to separate ways; grab Kouta and run back to the dorms or stop Bakugo from any more of this nonsense.

"DEKU!" Coming out of the debris and smoke was a blonde boy. Judging by the glowing of Katsuki's arm, he was storing another big explosion. Izuku charged up into Full Cowl. This time he did not bother with the percentage, he just needed to make a move now.

Getting onto his feet was fast but sharp due to the impaled wound on his torso. Izuku needed to grab Kouta and leave now!

Upon shifting his body a sudden intensity came from his pain. It was unbearable this time, it felt like his insides where being cut open. The blood that was once just leaking was now spewing out.

"DIE!" Izuku didn't have time to activate Full Cowl instead he only sent a five percent to the tips of his toes to give him a boost to grab Kouta and take the brunt of the force.

"Arrgh!" The green-haired teen felt his back being hit as he grabs Kouta. Both boys sent away by the force of the blast. Now both rolling. Kouta was sent a little further from Izuku.

Izuku tried to get up but his wound was getting even deeper in him with the piece of metal. Struggling to get up, he saw Katsuki walked past him and towards Kouta.

"Brat one last chance. Leave Now!" Kouta wasn't moving. Izuku knew he took the force of the blast and most of the shock from the rough landing.

Izuku couldn't tell if the boy was still conscious. Looking with fear and dread to hope otherwise. Seeing Katsuki flip over the boy's body carefully.

"He's alive but unconscious. Now Deku back to our fight."

"No! No more. We need to leave now! I am taking Kouta to recovery girl!" Filled with every sense of anger in him. He had failed his duty to protect Kouta as a guardian and as his role model.

Things were bad enough as it is. Just when breaking rules is bad enough as it is. Now we are dealing with injuries. Looking at Bakugo's left hand it seems worn out most likely from using the heavy explosion that put a strain on his body.

Gripping the metal piece in his torso and activating Full Cowl five percent. Slowly the metal came out coated in Izuku's blood. It was painful pulling the sucker out. If he had to count it took about a whole minute but in his mind, it felt much, much longer.

"Heh threatening to kill the kid was too much but hey...He should not have followed us tonight."

That word 'Kill' so simple yet so powerful that it drives the best of us mad with emotions that we cannot control the situation that we have witnessed.

Izuku got up thinking over that one word over and over again. He never liked the word... actually he hates it. Sure there were times his classmates use it as slang to pass by the time but when that one word came from Bakugo or any other villains...It means Izuku needs to be alert.

Now though...Now it was nothing more than pure resentment for that word and how carelessly Bakugo used it. Izuku gritted his teeth. His eyes fell upon Kouta his friend, his dependent, and his responsibility.

"Aren't you glad we don't have anyone else to interfere us anymore? Because now I have got your full attention."

"Shut it. You had my full attention but I never wanted to give you action!" Izuku growled at the smirking blonde.

"Well, what now? We are back to where we started. Just the two of us."

"You're wrong, because of me Kouta got injured and I am leaving to get to Recovery Girl. This has gone too far."

"Oh, you make it seem you can choose to walk away. Sorry pal, but ain't going anywhere."

"Out of my way Kaachan."

"Or what? Your gonna fight back? Please, I have been waiting for you put up your dukes Deku." Katsuki made an explosion.

"I motivated you to use your power against me, I can do it again."

Izuku widens his eyes as Bakugo leaped back and aimed his palm above an unconscious Kouta. "No...why? Why would you go this far?"

Bakugo lost his smirk which turned into an honest frown. "I need to know the reason why All Might chose a loser like you." Small explosions erupted from the palms towards the face of a child.

Fury grew. Rage dominated. Wrath built up. Things which made Izuku hate to use as a way to motivate himself to do impossible things. He has done this before with the vanguard attack and Bakugo's kidnapping. Back at the sports festival with Todoroki. Then when it first acted out during the first training match between him and Kaachan.

This time though those flames of anger did not aim at the sight of being a hero...no it was aimed at becoming a mindless beast protecting those precious to himself.

Izuku flared upward towards Bakugo. One for all crackled with power. 'Full Cowl: Fifteen percent!'

The blonde boy witnessed that his opponent was activating his quirk. It grew more ferocious just like moments ago. The glowing emerald eyes of fury and determination.

"Yes! Come at me!" Katsuki dared Izuku with a cocky tone. Without a second to waste, again Izuku's body became a quick blur. Soon Katsuki felt his face being guided to the right by a kick. This held no restraint. Sent to follow his right side, Katsuki fell down landing down on his elbows.

Without a second to recognize. Izuku stomped on Katsuki's chest. This caused a spit of salvia to make an appearance. Relentless. Izuku threw hook after hook with his fifteen percent Full Cowl. Blood spilled out of Bakugo's nose and mouth after the first punch. Soon it will become a bruised, battered piece of flesh.

Izuku grabbed Katsuki by the face. In response, Katsuki managed to put his hands on Izuku's gripping forearm. This made things worse. Izuku was blinded by rage to see that he was going to more extreme extents to pummel Katsuki.

The green-haired teen threw his punching bag towards a building. Soon hitting against a wall, Katsuki saw his childhood victim racing towards him. Izuku drew his leg aiming for Bakugo's chin.

The blonde boy missed by mirror inches but the air pressure still hit him. Izuku wailed at him with furry of punches and shouts of anger. Soon Izuku felt his own knuckles bleeding from the tight fist his was making contact with.

The teen grabbed the other and threw him onto the street again. Katsuki was caught off-guard. His head was in shambles. Trying to to make of sense of things was too much to do with a splitting headache.

Izuku was still fuming but as soon as he saw Katsuki fell into unconsciousness he too felt exhausted. He spent about two minutes using his power to punish Bakugo for putting Kouta and himself in this mess.

Slowly deactivating his quirk. Izuku slowly limped towards both boys. It wasn't a good feeling that he beat the shit out of Katsuki. Nor was it a good feeling that Kouta got involved and harmed. Izuku looked at the boy and slowly walked towards him. His vision was blurring out. Barely able to make out the appearance of his dependent.

Soon darkness was swarming his vision and the exhaustion that came with it. His muscles are worn out just as his limbs. The blood wound seems to be numb due to the adrenaline fired just now. Slowly all of these factors came to one conclusion.

Izuku fell unconscious.

Back to the present. Mandalay looked in utter shock at the events that transpired. Her nephew's assigned guardian played the role of a hero. Unlike a normal scuffle, she did notice to the obvious displeasure of Izuku's confrontation with his classmate. 'I guess he had enough.' Her nails gripped her mattress sheets in anger. She would be too if she was young just as Izuku is. Thinking about it, Kouta came into a personal topic between Izuku and Bakugo. Maybe that's why the blonde haired teen acted aggravated to see a child no less Izuku's assign dependent following them.

'EraserHead is already handling Bakugo's punishment so what should Izuku's be?' Its true Izuku is at fault. Going out after curfew hours is a small yellow flag that's mostly dismissed as a warning the first time. Heading out to training grounds and participating in a live combat activity without the supervision of pro heroes, an instant yellow flag without warning. Property damage without school consent. Excessive violence which both Izuku and Katsuki are both in fault. Although saving a bystander or this case an active citizen. That in some cases makes some amends. The judgment was hard on her. She was good as a team leader but as a teacher not so much. Mandalay couldn't give a soft punishment nor a heavy one.

Looking back into the footage, Izuku did seem to hold himself back a lot more than expected. In this fight, he seemed to have the most severe wounds besides Kouta and Katsuki.

Maybe a punishment alongside house arrest will do. After dialing a phone number EarserHead answered the phone. "I have a punishment for Izuku Midoriya."