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Sucks to be you, shoulda been there TEN MINUTES AGO

Aww are you waiting for me?

[Is it stupid to shadow travel knowing it'll just make him sleepy? Yeah, probably. But he's going to do it anyway.]

Waiting to kick your ass!

[And he is in fact waiting at the Arena, tapping his fingers against his bicep impatiently.]

Edited 2021-10-19 13:24 (UTC)

[Nico doesn't see the text until he emerges from the shadows in the arena. He has the text-to-speech feature enabled, resulting in a tinny "Waiting to kick your ass" blurting from his device.]

Guess I didn't need ten minutes after all.

You're not the only one who's fast.

[Bakugou smirks at Nico. Even though he's actually been here the whole time.

Hang on-]

Why'd you have voice to text enabled? It sounds like shit.

[He just rolls his eyes. Never mind that Bakugou was already here, Nico is pretty confident the shadows are faster than anyone or thing else around here.

He pockets his device with a shrug.]

I suck at reading and writing. This is way easier.

But why does it gotta sound so stupid...?

[Bakugou grumbles, rotating his shoulder a few times and stretching out his arms as he warms up.]

You able to get around and shit?

I don't know. I have no idea how it even works.

[It's not like he has a phone back home, and certainly not anything that can talk back to him. Maybe...the device a tiny robot? One without a soul?]

Yeah. Of course. Why? Does the thing come with a map or something? [He says it like that's the most ridiculous thing he's ever heard.]

It's... I'd have to break mine to find out.

[Bakugou scowls and starts fidgeting. He was already impatient.]

How the hell should I know? And that ain't what I meant!

Maybe don't do that.

[He's getting impatient as well, but more because he can feel his energy lagging. He summons his sword.]

What did you mean then? [And then he yawns.]

Don't tell me what to do!

[Bakugou yells out of habit, getting into a fighting stance as he considers Nico's question.]

I meant in gen- Did you just yawn? Are you that bored?

[He narrows his eyes.]

[That's just an invite for him to frame everything he says like he's telling Bakugou what to do.]

Yep. If we wait any longer, I might just fall asleep. Unless you're just stalling because you're scared to lose. That's okay too.

[Banter aside, he's poised and ready.]

[If Nico does that it would piss Bakugou off so much (which is a good reason to do it).

Bakugou's eye twitches at the comment. Rude!!! His temper spiking as he sprints forward.]

Then lemme help you with that-!

[As he approaches, he holds his palms near eachother as light emanates from them. It's blindingly bright as it floods around them into an explosion he hopes will stun Nico. The only issue is that he can't see through it either, so he has to remember where Nico was before to try and get behind him.]

[Light is great in that it creates shadows, but making another jump will ensure this is a short fight - he's doesn't want to risk just passing out. That would be embarrassing.

He raises a hand and thrusts it over his head, causing a wall of earth (or a nanobot replication of earth) to burst upward. It absorbs most of the blast, breaking apart on impact. It's enough to give him the room he needs to roll out of the way.

He climbs to his feet, finds Bakugou, and charges with his sword raised.]

[Bakugou nearly hits the wall out of surprise, using one of his palms to throw himself to the side with an explosion as he hits the ground.]

I thought ya only controlled darkness!

[If Nico is going to charge at him with his deadly sword, Bakugou is going to charge straight at it, screaming.]

DIE!!!!!

[At the last second, he launches himself in the air, aiming an explosion at Nico point-blank.]

[Nico laughs.] That's what you get for thinking!

[Oh shit. There isn't enough time to throw up another wall. He dives backward and falls into a shadow, aiming to emerge somewhere behind Bakugou. The blast still catches him, and he comes out the other side faster than he'd planned, hitting the ground and rolling. He staggers to his feet and, if Bakugou is close enough, grabs him with the intention to drag him into another shadow and toss him out on the other end of the arena.]

DIE-! Shit!

[As Bakugou rushes after Nico to try and throw a punch, he's grabbed by him and-

One moment he's right there, but then everything goes dark and suddenly his point of view changes and Nico is much further away. Disoriented, he stumbles and catches himself and shoots Nico a smirk and launches himself in the air with his quirk, finding an area of the arena with minimal shadows. The explosions he aims at Nico now are much smaller, but more precise and equally powerful.]

[Shit. He dodges as many of the small blasts as he can, but using shadows twice in a row when he was already lagging from traveling here...One catches him and he feels himself flying and hitting the ground, and he's pretty sure there's a hole (or several) burnt into his shirt. He doesn't have that many shirts!

He struggles to his feet - no he's not using his sword for support - and glares up at Bakugou.]

Get down here, coward!

[He has to respect Nico for continuing to fight despite the exhaustion his ability caused him. He lifts up his hands and aims again-

Coward?!

Him?!

Did he fucking just-???

It's like a switch goes off. Bakugou sees red. In a split second he uses his quirk to land in a crouch in front of Nico, not even waiting to breathe as he leaps from the ground and lashes out with a punch aimed at his shoulder.]

CALL ME A COWARD! SAY IT TO MY FACE!!!

[Hard to say anything to his face when he's up in the air, is what Nico would say if he weren't raising his arms to block a punch.

He stomps his foot as he braces for impact, forcing the ground to leap up under their feet. Not much - and not enough to stop the punch - but maybe enough to trip Bakugou up.

Any punch he throws at this point is going to be pathetically weak, so he drops the sword and goes in for a tackle instead.]

[The shift in ground does catch Bakugou off guard, but he knows what to expect and catches himself before he can trip-

Only to hit the ground anyway when Nico tackles him. Grunting in surprise, he tries aiming at below Nico's chin, one hand reaching for his shoulder to try and roll him over.]

[Well that trick didn't last long. It really sucks that there aren't enough dead to raise here. The bones he's managed to scrape up are usually too old and brittle to be of any use, and the scientists have squirreled away anything good for research. One of his most useful powers, and it's basically useless.

His head snaps back and he loses whatever hold he had on Bakugou. The reversal in their positions doesn't quite register until his back hits the ground and he finds himself glaring upward. Either that hit really stunned him, or he's well past tired and just running on adrenaline and machismo.

Definitely the second, as when he reaches up to shove the other off him, his hand passes straight through instead of making contact. There's a look of thinly concealed panic as he withdraws - You didn't see that! - and goes for a headbutt instead.]

[Nico's first trick didn't work, but his next actions certainly distract Bakugou. Mostly because he's stunned, because what the fuck did he just see. He narrows his eyes at Nico, noticing his panic before they squeeze shut at the impact of the headbutt.]

Mmph!

[It stings, and he sits back, but he's more determined than ever now, albeit for different reasons. Grabbing Nico's shoulders, he tries headbutting him back, snarling.]

What the fuck was that?!

[He grunts, head snapping back. Pain burst between his eyes and he falls back. There are going to be some interesting bruises by the time they're done. He lifts a hand to rub at the sore spot above his nose, but it flickers like its got bad reception. He stares past it, up at Bakugou, with a flat expression.]

A headbutt.

[The flickering isn't lost on him, and if anything it just concerns him more. Unfortunately, his way of showing concern is to get angry, and a vein starts throbbing in his face at the smart remark as his blood pressure rises, but at least it helps him ignore some of the soreness of his own injuries.]

Don't be a smartass. Your hand went through me, I felt it. Or I didn't feel it. You know what I mean so what the fuck's going on with you?

Edited 2021-11-03 19:06 (UTC)

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