MHA/BNHA react to For The Want of A Nail by Clouds part 1

Icy-hot had managed to beat that purple *@#$, which honestly didn't surprise Katsuki that much. Yeah, Eyebags had beaten Deku, but Deku was a quirkless weakling so that didn't count for much. What really surprised him, though, was that Icy-hot had used his fire in the fight, even if it was just to warm himself up.

Uraraka: He's not a quirkless weakling!

It pissed him off. The guy refuses to use his fire all year, didn't even use it at the USJ and then, what? He has one conversation with Deku and he's cured? Did Icy-hot think Deku was better than him or something? Did he use his fire against Eyebags just because he'd been the one to beat Deku?

Bakugo: Oh just stop already other me this is getting annoying!

Whatever, it was better that Icy-hot was at full strength because when Katsuki beat him, no one would be able to deny he was the best. If he beat the *$^@#!@ when he was still only using his ice all those heroes in the audience would think that if they fought all out, Icy-hot would win. So really, he should be thanking Deku, not that he was going to.

Joke(confused): No we wouldn't.

But before he could beat Icy-hot, he had to beat !(&^$@# Hair, who he definitely wasn't friends with, no matter what the Mutt said. The problem was that Kirishima could easily withstand his explosions, which was annoying. If he wasn't the best, he would have wished he had some way to cancel Kirishima's quirk like Aizawa could, but he was the best, so he'd beat him anyway. At least Kirishima wouldn't be trying to crush him with falling rocks like Roundface had.

"He's rock hard and surprisingly good at arm wrestling! Eijiro Kirishima! His opponent is known for his explosive personality and for not underestimating women! Katsuki Bakugo!"

Mirko: Yeah he sure doesn't. I can respect that.

Katsuki cracked his neck. This would be a fun challenge. @$*# Hair ran at him with a smile and launched a hardened fist at his head. What the hell? Where was the super nice, kinda annoying, kid who wouldn't leave him alone? This guy was willing to do whatever it took to win. Good, they had something in common.

Kirishima: That must be why you like me so much.

Bakugo: No I don't weird hair so shut up!

An explosion right now wouldn't do any good because Kirishima had hardened his whole body, so Katsuki settled for dodging. Kirishima responded with another punch. Hmm, he seemed to be trying to end this fight quickly, which shouldn't be the case, considering the point of this whole thing was to show off for the pros. Wait, how many times had he seen Kirishima harden his whole body? There were definitely a few times, like at the USJ, but he never kept completely hardened for long and he normally prefered to harden just one part at a time.

Katsuki dodged again and thought back to his last match. The only reason Roundface had lost was because she'd overused her quirk, so maybe the same tactic would work on @*$!# Hair. Katsuki didn't need to blow up solid rock, he just needed to wait until Kirishima exhausted himself, then go for the kill. It was going to be a war of attrition.

Manga: And if this goes like how ours did then Bakugo's going to win...

For the next few minutes, Katsuki was on the defensive, which probably looked bad to the pros, but as long as he won, they'd still know that he was still the best. Occasionally he'd hit Kirishima with an explosion to the ribs to test if he was getting softer, but so far he wasn't. Maybe he'd have to reevaluate his strategy, he was starting to get tired.

Kirishima launched another punch at his face which Katsuki wasn't quite fast enough to dodge and he was left with a long scratch on his cheek and the next explosion told him that Kirishima was still as hard as ever. $#@*&^, !@*&# Hair was strong. Katsuki dodged for another few minutes before hitting Kirishima with another explosion. He winced and grunted and Katsuki smiled. Time to die.