On the plus side, he wouldn't have to fight Dodger, and that emotional bag didn't need to be unpacked. On the down side, he lost his epic fight with Dodger, that quirk would have been no problem to beat. Yeah, there was the slight chance he would've been turned to tomato paste, but he was certain that he would've overcome that little hurdle easily.
At the very least he could take on the vine girl, she was strong, but being a counter to plants kinda ruined it. He accepted that these side characters were probably essential to his path to being number one, but there was no excitement knowing just how easy this stone would've been crushed. Honestly Uraraka was the most interesting fight on sheer determination alone.
He ignored whatever names Mic was shouting, looking at his opponent straight in the eye as he cracked his neck. Just keep up pressure until she can't grow vines. "I can see it within your eyes, Katsuki Bakugo. You desire to harm my angel, don't you?" Vines growled. "I've partaken in the sin of wrath, but I will not tolerate anyone seeking the destruction of the lord's saint."
"... Religion is bullshit." The sheer look of rage in her eyes made it worth it.
"And begin!" Midnight called out, as he launched himself into the air, trajectory aimed straight at the bitch. It didn't matter how many weeds garden hair grew, all of them would become mulch within a matter of seconds.
==
Ochako watched as Bakugo cleared through branch after branch of tree. "So Bakugo is just gonna win this whole thing … and we're fine with that?"
"At this point he does kind of deserve it." Kaminari rolled his eyes. "He's an asshole, but a talented asshole, and those are the worst. He isn't half assing anything about his fights either."
"Yeah, he's super manly!" Kirishima really needed to expand his vocabulary. "He just gets stronger and stronger the more the fight continues, and he's not going to slow down for anything! That's a manly dedication if I ever saw one."
"I don't really comprehend the manliness of which you speak." Yaoyorozu asked. "Last I checked it was simply doing what was right."
"Manliness is in everything! It's a universal force that applies to all aspects of life!"
"You're thinking of gravity." Todoroki brought up, once again as clueless as Iruma.
"So you're saying there's a manly way to do everything!?" And once again Iruma proved to be the adorable crowning king of clueless. "I can go to bed manly and wash windows manly?!"
"Heck yeah! You just need conviction, energy, and plenty of badassery. Then you have the ability to wash dishes in a manly style!" Kirishima fanboyed with Iruma.
"I see." And of course, Iruma was taking it one hundred percent seriously. "There's so much I need to learn! I have to look cool while washing dishes and figure out how to move faster than the eye can blink! So this is what it's like to want to learn something."
"I have so much to teach you, my disciple. Let us bring out your inner manliness into something perfect!" And now they were overdoing it. Iida was sure to … say something …
"Where's Iida?" Ochako looked around, not spotting her glasses wearing friend anywhere. "I haven't seen him since we tried to attack him." Admittedly not their brightest moment, but he hurt Iruma! A crime against humanity! "We didn't scare him away, did we?"
"No, he informed me he had a conversation with his mother and decided to leave." Momo answered.
"... So Bakugo is left without a climactic fight." Kaminari said, sweating a bit. "And someone has to tell him that …"
"I vote for Mineta." Every girl spoke at once.
"I'm not that bad! Not enough to warrant death!" You don't get to say that when you proudly ogle every girl you come across.
"Oh, I'll do it!" Iruma volunteered himself. "I should tell him the moment his match ends so he won't have too…"
"NOOOOOOO!" EVERYONE yelled, none of them wanting to see the cutie break every bone in his body for a second time today.
"Mineta, you either die to Bakugo, or die to us." Hagakure laid down the ground rules.
"We don't have to tell him at all!" Mineta pointed out. "Let's just let him win this and don't tell him a single thing, that way the only people he can get mad at are the teachers who'll beat HIM up if he tries to blow them up."
"... All in favor?" Everyone raised their hands. "Motion carried."
==
Rin watched as Bakugo went all in, techniques pouring off every intent and attack. "So our girl made it to the semi finals, pretty awesome."
"It's more than just 'pretty awesome', my fair Rin, it's spectacular! Sensational!" Monoma screeched to an audience that would never listen. "Absolutely marvelous! The ranks may be filled with those maniacs in 1-A, but Shiozaki will shine even brighter as the one 1-B student that made it!"
"But she's a plant … facing fire …" Setsuna had to spell it out for him.
"A true underdog in the making! Everyone loves an underdog!" There was rooting for the underdog, then there was desperate, then there was you. "Even if she were to fall to this brutish fiend, the audience will still adore her for having the strength, no, the will to stand against those arrogant idiots! In fact, by making it this far, she's proven herself to be above both Todoroki and Suzuki!"
"I'm sure she'd be in the exact situation if she went against Todoroki." Kendo thought it over. "And she has too much of a soft spot for Suzuki to fight him."
"So she's in fourth place, for sure." Tsuburaba called it. "Too many disadvantages against the three strongest fighters."
"Fourth place still means she's in the top ten! Top five even! That makes her better than over half those fools in 1-A!"
"Which means she's better than all of 1-B almost, including you." Rin pointed out, and Monoma's rant was stopped at that revelation.
"Nice save, Shroom." Kinoko patted her arm. "It's nice that one of us will be remembered at the festival, though it's going to make internships a nightmare for the rest of us to deal with when the time comes, shroom."
"Don't worry about that now, let's enjoy the fight while it lasts." Shishida looked back to the stage. "I never knew Shiozaki could grow that many vines all at once. The whole ring looks like a jungle was suddenly planted in the middle of it."
"It's probably sheer rage." Kendo pointed out. "I read his lips. He called religion bullshit at the beginning of the fight."
"Well Spite is the greatest motivator in the world." Setsuna shrugged. "Monoma is practically fueled by it at this point." True that.
==
"... Fifteen years of debt… living in a one man apartment …" Death arms wondered if rooftops could let him fall far enough.
"I tried to warn you, you can't say that." Mount Lady pitied him, the woman that practically owned all but his soul at this point pitied him. "I told you golden blue's time was over, but you didn't listen."
"How was I supposed to know the guy who could punch glaciers wouldn't have a chance to throw a punch!?"
"The fact the kid he was fighting was the younger brother of Ingenium?" Kamui shrugged. "The guy known for his blazing speeds in taking out criminals?"
"And then the engines blow out!" Death arms sighed. "Seriously, Ingenium has to be doing great at this point, his brother making it so far in."
"Much better than you in any case." Even while empathizing, Yu couldn't help being a cruel bitch. "I should probably start thinking about sending my offers now while I still can before any other big names snatch them up. Hopefully mine will cheer Suzuki up just a little."
Right, his only saving grace was that the kid was probably going to be short on good offers due to his lack of control….he really must have hit rock bottom if a kid being miserable was the only thing making him happy right now. "You must be really happy, your girl made it to the Semi Finals." He growled at Kamui.
"Actually yes, she's holding out well, even if she'll lose soon." He had to look at him with a raised eyebrow. "It's mainly lack of experience on her end. The most she can do is create barriers, but her vines don't have much resistance against heat to this degree. It's the same with my quirk."
"She could probably win on technicality if she managed to throw him hard enough … but the guy can fly, so not many options. The guy's been a beast through this whole thing." Mt.Lady rolled her eyes. "It gets so annoying when jerks are legitimately good at their jobs."
"I know the feeling all too well." He muttered, wishing he could drain the nearest bar dry to forget this clusterfuck of a day. His phone beeped, looking at a news report … "Shit. Ingenium got hit by Stain." Now he was both broke and an insensitive prick.
"That Bastards getting bolder." Kamui muttered. "We should start grouping more." Great, more time around his debtor. His life was truly hell.
==
This atheist scumbag! He was rude, obnoxious, and all around horrible! But he wouldn't. Go. DOWN! "It's just getting pathetic at this point, why don't you just die already like the others!"
Threats of murder. He truly was a messenger of the devil. "Not until I cast you back to the pits of hell!"
"Says the one who can't even push me back, I've been clearing your plants like weed killer." Insufferable, but nonetheless accurate. Her plants had very little counter against fire, and she had nothing else at her disposal other than keeping him at a distance..
What could she do here? What would her angel do in this situation? What did he do in the other battles? Break his fingers, avoided danger like the ten plagues, ate a headband...ate...she had a less than savory idea, but it might just be her saving grace. "Lord, please forgive me for this unsightly act." She stopped growing out her vines, putting herself right in the position of the mad dog.
"So you already decided to give up?! I hate that even more!" There was no pleasing those who partook in the devil's vices, but his sin of pride would be his downfall. He was charging closer and closer…"So now stay a good extra and DI.." The moment he was within arm length, she shoved nine thin vines into the fool's mouth.
Growling, she pushed them neck deep, flinging them up into the air and him along with it, planning to toss him into the outer bounds. At least until the bastard cut the cord, or more accurately, the vines connected with an explosion, now farther away as he tried to heave up the vines. Eventually he managed, taking ragged breaths. "... First off … I'm less mad then I would be if you just gave up." Well that was a plus. "Secondly … you are waaay too perverted to be a church girl."
"WHAT!?" She growled with a level of intensity she assumed only demons were capable of achieving. "What about my actions have displayed perversion!?"
"Tentacle! Hentai!" The brat shouted at her.
"What is this 'Hentai' you speak of!?"
"Why am I surrounded by so many dense idiots this year?! You and Dodger are practically made for each other." Oh, that was a pleasant thought to have. "Now DIE!" And he was rushing back, while she was under hydrated on plant life … lovely.