Chapter 13 - Training the Dog

(A/N: I never really realized that they're been using Bakugou instead of Katsuki in canon so I'll follow it from here on out. Also, look at this dog Bakugou. This is the only reason I will now call Bakugou a dog most of the time lul.)

"HAAAAAAA? WHAT DID YOU SAY OLD HAG?!" Bakugou shouted at the top of his lungs and received a hard knock on his head from Mitsuki which only made him seethe even more.

Mitsuki looked at the veiny eyes of her son and sighed. It was as if he was ready to pounce to kill anything that he sees next. "Shut the fuck up geez. Did your ears turn deaf from all your shouting?"

She looked at him, his face reminded her of when she was his age, all explosive and with no control. She wondered why isn't any of her husband's calm genes working on this boy. "Izuku awakened his quirk, okay? Happy?"

"OF COURSE NOT! HOW CAN THAT QUIRKLESS PIECE OF SHIT SUDDENLY GET A QUIRK!"

"I don't know. Now don't go making any more trouble for him. You did enough yesterday." She said, her tone involuntarily turned grim as she thought of her son's actions yesterday, "I'm not dealing with your shit anymore,"

"HAA? I don't need you to deal with my shit!" Bakugou snapped, and his hands produced a small explosion as he snickered before leaving the scene, stomping his foot on the way.

Mitsuki scrunched her eyebrows and sighed deeply. There's not much she can do to control her son anymore. By the time she realized something needed to be done, his ego had grown too big…It was too late. Izuku was already hurt.

'God damn Masaru. I should not have listened to him and just smacked that kid when he was small,' Mitsuki regretted. She sighed and decided to visit Inko tomorrow, hoping for the two to be okay.

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Beneath the chilly gaze of the morning sky, students were seen rushing towards the school gate right 10 minutes before class began, attempting to get past the P.E. teacher who guarded the gates.

Among them is Katsuki Bakugou. His face looked extra pissed as he glared and scared everyone who ticked him off. To say his summer break was boring was an understatement.

Bakugou spent half his time trying to find Izuku, curious about his newly manifested quirk, but every time he found him, Izuku ignored his orders and ran away. He never looked back even after Bakugou hurled insults and just kept running.

He also noticed a black cat running alongside him at times. Bakugou initially thought it was his imagination, but later realized the cat always let its tongue out whenever he chased the pair.

Bakugou isn't one to look forward to school, but the thought of trampling over Izuku's shit-eating innocent grin does bring a smile to his face.

He strode into his class, expecting Izuku to already be there on his seat, reading and writing in his dorky book but when he arrived, there was no sign of him.

'Deku is late? How…' Bakugou thought. Izuku had after all always arrived at least 15 minutes early. Just as he was about to go to his seat and wait, he heard a voice from behind,

"Get out of the way,"

'...'

Bakugou's eyes turned red even without looking back as he recognized the voice; he was too familiar with it, but the timid tone he expected didn't appear, irritating him.

"HAAA!" Bakugou shouted he turned his body to face Izuku, fully expecting him to cower in fear but instead, it was he who flinched when he saw Izuku's dark green eyes staring at him with nothing but calmness. He noticed Izuku's green hair was moist as it dropped down, casting a shadow over his calm eyes.

(A/N: Something like this but he's wearing his mid school uniform.)

His instincts soon kicked in, not allowing him to pause any longer, and he exclaimed, "What did you just say Deku?!!"

Izuku and Bakugou exchanged stares, neither wanting to give in first. Bakugou was irritated by how much Izuku had changed. Even in this brief exchange, he realized that the current Izuku in front of him isn't afraid of him.

"Can you just get out? It's barely 8," Izuku sighed and said. Without waiting, he pushed the stunned Bakugou away and took his seat. The whole class sucked in their breath as they realized what just happened.

Izuku didn't bother with the rest of the class's reaction. As far as his inherited memories go, there was no one close to the previous him nor kind enough to help the poor guy. Izuku isn't looking to make friends anyway, as they will be separated after only a year.

'Well, even if I wanted to, I doubt anyone will get close to me because of him,' Izuku thought, staring at the fuming Bakugou. Not once had his stare left him, but Izuku didn't care.

It would be nice if Bakugou could just leave him alone, but the pomeranian is heading toward him right now, so that doesn't seem likely.

"OI!" Bakugou yelled out, he slammed Izuku's bag on the table and a tiny explosion burned the bag.

Izuku sighed as he looked at the burned bag. When he saw Bakugou's veiny eyes and gritting sneer, he decided to it was time to teach the dog a lesson.

Izuku stood up and punched Bakugou in the gut without warning. He knew his body was still too weak to flip Bakugou to the ground, so he silently used Shinra Tensei to help propel Bakugou downwards as his fist made contact. The wooden floor slowly creaked when Bakugou's body slammed down to the ground.

Even if he had the patience of an adult against a child, he could still become irritated if he was constantly provoked. Not to mention that punching someone as arrogant as Bakugou is simply a fun way to kill time.

Izuku stood up and took a deep breath after releasing his fist from Bakugou's stomach. A single cast of Shinra Tensei no longer drains his energy immediately, especially since he made contact with the target, but it still took a small toll on his body.

The class was stunned to see Bakugou turtling on the ground, clutching his stomach and cursing while looking up at Izuku. His two cronies wanted to help but were put off by Izuku's calm eyes.

Izuku noticed the teacher had been standing near the entrance this whole time, a bit scared of coming in. He kicked Bakugou's knee as he said, "Get up, teacher's here," and sat back down to clean his burned bag.

Izuku decided to just buy a new bag after this, it was a small price anyway since he'd rather not see his mother worry needlessly.

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