A Star-Crossed Path

Bakugou made it into UA with flying colors. One of the tops scores in both the written and physical exams. He was happy when he got the acceptance letter, but he wasn't proud. He wanted a competition. Deku wasn't there, fanboying his way to the exams. He almost missed the useless kid…

His homeroom teacher is weird, he basically teaches from a sleeping bag. On the first day, his class did physical tests while using their quirks. He let off some steam, but it wasn't enough and he was scoring a lot less than what his full potential is.

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Back in the League of Villains lair, Shigaraki and Kurogiri were planning on an attack on the USJ dome. They got a tip that All Might was going to be there, so it was a perfect time to attack and kill the peace hero.

The weeks passed and Izuku was practicing his close combat and making notes of the criminals and villains around him. He's showed his hero notes to both of the villains, and they were surprised at how detailed they were. Strengths, weaknesses, high and low points; all jotted down, along with a poor doodle of the person and where the quirk is mainly used. He studied it enough, plus focused on his own far and close combat to fully be prepared to face-off as well.

He told Kurogiri that when he separates the students, he wants to only be paired with his explosive blond friend. The villain hesitated to say a quick no, knowing that the young boy will not go easy on him, but decided not to make an enemy while living in such close quarters. Shigaraki told Midoriya he should get some clean clothes before, but the boy brushed him off.

"I want to show him that I still remember. I want him to engrave the injured picture of me in his brain. I don't want him to forget," was the boy's reply. Shigaraki had to say, this kid has guts.

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It was the day of the attack on USJ, and everyone was ready and prepared to fight. Once Kurogiri warped the smaller criminals to the training dome, Shigaraki and Midoriya came out. Noumu appeared and went straight to tackle the underground hero, Eraser-Head. Thirteen and most of the students were trapped with Kurogiri, who then separated most of the students to different zones. He specifically sent Bakugou to Deku, isolating the pair across the dome.

When he fell from the warp gate, Bakugou yelled out in pain from landing on his hands, cat-style. He saw a boy, roughly his age, in front of him. He was smiling wide and a red scar across his eyes. His hair was a shade of green with unnatural black roots. His eyes were permanently dilated, and there was a blood red line across his eyes, following the scar.

His clothes were tattered and bloody. The All Might hoodie looked like it was aged for a hundred years. The sleeves were torn and cut, blood stains around the forearm areas. There was a bulge in the kangaroo pocket of the hoodie, which he figured quickly was a weapon of sorts. His pants were tattered and dark red stains were fading, probably from washing them out. The boy looked at him still smiling, and Bakugou couldn't shake off the intense feeling inside of him. He knew hi—

"Well, for someone who drove me to suicide, you still seem as explosive as ever with that outfit, Kacchan."

He stopped breathing as his heartbeat continued to race. "D-Deku?"

"Oh, so you do remember me? That's a surprise. I'm glad to know you care enough," Deku laughed and ran towards Bakugou, who was frozen on the spot.

He wanted to react, scream, use his quirk on anything near him, but he just couldn't move. Frozen. His mind was racing, and the voices started coming back. He hears the boy taunt him. He hears his voice make crude remarks on how he wasn't moving, or challenging the other.

"Well, I'll enjoy this as much as you'll hate it Kacchan!" He closed in, taking out a small blade. Bakugou raised his hands in a cowardly defense, and Deku sliced across his palms. The blond cried out in pain, as he felt the blade cut through his skin, exposing flesh to the air.

Across the dome, Noumu is fighting hand-to-hand combat against All Might, who appeared after one of the students ran out to warn him and the other teachers of the attack. After what seemed like a handful of minutes, All Might punched out Noumu, sending him flying and crashing through the roof, and into a forest a couple miles away.

Eraser-Head was seriously injured and being carried away by two students, while most of the minor criminals were detained by the arriving pro heroes. As Kurogiri made a warp gate to escape, Shigaraki was shot by Snipe, and he limped through the gate. Deku called out for an extraction and Kurogiri warped him out, leaving Bakugou alone.

As most of the students were leaving, Todoroki Shouto noticed that Bakugou was missing. He asked for permission to find the missing student, and didn't wait for a response. Kirishima followed him, for making sure the half-and-half kid had backup.

Todoroki finds the blond hunched over himself, his hands white and balled into fists. There was blood slowly leaking from his palms and he winced when Kirishima asked if he was okay.

"He was here… He was really here…," was all Bakugou could mumble out and Todoroki looked at Kirishima, thinking he had answers. He shook his head and looked down at his friend. Both of the teens helped their friend up and starting walking him back to the entrance.

"He's n-not dead," Bakugou mumbled out before passing out in Kirishima's grip once outside.