NAGATO IN MHA

Nagato blinked a few times.

Ok, this is weird. I didn't hear wrong, did I?

There was no one around, only faint sounds from the direction of the market. The place was deserted without anyone. There was only Nagato and Itachi in front of the fountain.

Nagato looked around. But found no one.

Unnoticed Nagato's rhinegan activated as it began to alert. Itachi was also watching around. Then in an instant Nagato blinked and appeared five meters from where he was.

"No need to be so scared. I just came to say hello."

Where he had been sitting now stood one of the top ten Pro Heroes. His appearance was too striking to be disguised as anyone else.

The only one with red wings. Hawks.

Nagato narrowed his eyes. For what purpose had the man come to see him. Nagato remembered there were rumors that Hawks was a double agent. Of course it wouldn't be simple.

Itachi had flown to monitor through the sky. Nagato had known Hawks' position thanks to Itachi's eyes.

"Stay calm, I can sense you're gathering strength, right? Do you want to cause trouble, I'll be happy to oblige you." Hawks smiled and removed his glasses. Red feathers began to fly around the man.

Nagato thought and then loosened the power of his rifle.

"Well, that's better. You're too tense you know." Hawks sat carelessly on the railing of the fountain.

Seeing the man's behavior, Nagato hoped the man would fall straight into the pool.

"I just came to say hello. But before that, could you ask your friend to come down. I know you guys share the same eyes. No need to worry, I won't mess with you. If you don't believe me you can just stand there and I'll talk from here. Isn't that fair?" Hawks shrugged his shoulders.

Nagato was still staring at Hawks. His gaze was now focused on the red feathers that had been flying around.

"They won't make trouble either." Hawks pulled at the flying feathers reassuring Nagato.

Nagato was still staring at Hawks but his hand was raised in the air. Itachi then landed on Nagato's hand.

Hawks sat there and Nagato stood a little distance away. The two people just stared at each other without words. Both studying the person in front of them. Some time passed in silence.

Nagato saw the man's eyes go up and down as if analyzing him.

Suddenly Hawks smiled, "Hmm, I don't think you're bad. I'll get right to it. Introducing myself, I'm called Hawks. Nice to meet you, Yoshihiro Nagato." Hawks was still smiling without threat.

But in Nagato's eyes that smile seemed to contain another meaning. And just now, did the man call him Yoshihiro? Who usually called Nagato by that name only villains.

Nagato's eyes narrowed even more, his rhinoceros gathering strength again.

"Well, that's my greeting. I hope we'll meet again. Goodbye, Yoshihiro." Hawks' red wings flapped. The man then flew up into the sky and away.

Nagato looked up for a moment after seeing the red-winged man fly away.

"N--Nagato-kun!.

"

kun?. Nagato sighed before turning his head. Who was it again this time?.

....

Nagato walked back to the stadium. Itachi also followed him, the bird hopping behind Nagato like a sparrow.

"Umm, is that bird your pet?. He's been following you around." A green-haired man asked from beside Nagato.

Nagato turned his head and nodded. The one who called him earlier was the main character of this world, Midoriya Izuku.

Midoriya met Nagato near the fountain with labored breathing. Like he had run a marathon. The man looked tense, nervously he invited Nagato to return to the teachers' place.

Nagato calmly followed Midoriya's request to return to the teacher's place. He had no intention of making trouble now.

The journey to the teacher's place was in silence. Nagato was a quiet person, and Midoriya seemed too nervous to chat with Nagato. The green-haired man kept glancing back and forth.

Surprisingly, the street that the two people passed was empty without a single person. Even the festival staff were nowhere to be seen.

So they're watching the duel match now? Nagato thought, then his eyes caught something.

Suddenly Nagato stopped. Because of that Midoriya also stopped.

"W-what's wrong?" Still nervous, Midoriya asked.

Nagato looked at the taller boy in front of him. If you remember, during the training before the festival, this person has never participated in challenging him. Usually Midoriya only looks from afar while analyzing.

So far who had challenged him, if I'm not mistaken. Bakugo first, then Kirishima, it seems that person has forgotten the grudge during the USJ.

Then there was Sero, the class president, Sato, Ojiro, Shoji. And Kaminari..., because of that person Nagato felt the electric shock for the first time. It's a feeling that doesn't need to be imagined.

On the female side there was only Mina, the woman who made Nagato have to keep changing the iron. And the rest were watching from the side. It seemed like the others hadn't gotten any fighting skills yet.

Most of the challengers were melee fighters. Nagato suspected they were instigated by Aizawa-sensei to challenge him as free combat practice.

"Nagato-kun...?" Nagato's thoughts returned from memory after hearing Midoriya's call.

"Do you have money?"

"Wh-what? Yes, why?" Midoriya was surprised by Nagato's blatant question.

"Buy some milk. I'll ask Uncle Mummy, or All Might, for money." Nagato pointed at the machine beside them.

Midoriya was surprised to realize there was a vending machine nearby. Maybe it was because he was too nervous to notice the surroundings. But what was more surprising to Midoriya was how lightly Nagato made All Might or Aizawa-sensei compensate.

"No need, haha. I'll buy you one." Midoriya laughed awkwardly and walked to the front of the vending machine.

Nagato smiled at the sight of Midoriya's, 'want to complain' face. It seemed like the guy didn't accept his idol's name being misused.

"Deku...?"

Before Midoriya could insert the money, he heard a familiar voice calling him. Nagato also glanced at the origin of the voice.

"Kacchan, why are you here?"

Nagato couldn't see Bakugo because he was covered by Midoriya from this side.

"So what?!. It's up to me where I want to walk!" As usual, Nagato could hear Bakugo's familiar tone.

"What are you here for anyway?" Bakugo's voice was no longer yelling. But his tone was still as annoying as ever.

"I-it's...,"

"

He's with me." Nagato appeared from behind Midoriya.

Well, Nagato's body was arguably too skinny for a kid his age, so he was easily invisible if behind other people. But even so, Nagato had a tall body that exceeded his age.

"Huh, cowardly boy." Bakugo glared after seeing Nagato.

Nagato held out his hand. "Give me some money."

"....hah?. YOU WANT TO DIE?!. ARE YOU TRYING TO BLACKMAIL ME?!, BOY!!. You have no fear, do you?" Bakugo's hands were already exploding.

"K-Kacchan...!," Midoriya was surprised by this sudden turn of events.

"No, you lost the bet, remember? So pay your debt." Nagato with a face that was still calm without being affected by the tense situation from Bakugo.

"Nagato-kun?!," Midoriya was overwhelmed to ease this tension.

"What do you mean?!" It seemed Bakugo had forgotten about his defeat last week. No wonder today that guy dared to challenge Nagato again.

"Oh, so you're the kind of loser who will forget his promise. We bet during the duel last week and you lost, remember?"

Midoriya felt like smothering the mouth of the red-haired boy beside him to stop saying words that made the atmosphere even more tense.

"YOU!!!..." Bakugo fell silent after hearing Nagato's last sentence. It made him remember his humiliating defeat.

"Damn,..." Bakugo did make that sound. But he still went to the vending machine and took out his money.

Midoriya was now completely gaped. He had just seen Bakugo like this.

"Be careful of the bugs that will get into your mouth." Nagato's comment made Midoriya remember to cover his mouth.

"Take this. I don't know what flavor you want." Bakugo half-heartedly threw chocolate milk at Nagato.

"I can accept any flavor. Thank you." Nagato opened the straw.

"Heh, for a kid your tongue is very flexible. You can spit out nonsense and sweet words in a short time gap." Bakugo was clearly insinuating Nagato.

But Nagato didn't get angry. "Mn, I've gotten proper training for my tongue."

Nagato wasn't lying. He did get training, but that was in his world, the real world. He survived amidst the flexible tongues of the people around him. Because of that he also became accustomed to using a flexible tongue when speaking.

Bakugo snorted. "I'll beat you to a pulp in the next duel."

Nagato sucked on his carton of milk. "Is that so?, Okay, I'll wait until you can realize your words."

"Huh?!, So you underestimate me boy?!." Bakugo exploded again.

"No, I said I'll wait. So when's your next challenge?" Nagato asked without intention. While sipping the milk, his eyes glanced back and forth. Nagato had been feeling odd ever since. Where did the festival staff go?.

Did something happen?. Nagato thought.

"Now."

"Huh? What?" Nagato didn't really hear what Bakugo just said. He was thinking about something else earlier.

"Why, are you scared?. Just starting to regret it now?. Don't regret it yet, I haven't even started hitting you yet. Present Mic announced earlier, the next match will be at one o'clock. We still have ten minutes left." Bakugo stared from above. Due to Nagato's height disadvantage, it looked like Bakugo was bullying a child.

"What do you mean, so you're challenging me now?" Nagato blinked in confusion, not understanding what Bakugo was saying at all.

"SO YOU HAVEN'T BEEN LISTENING TO ME?!" Explosions again came out of Bakugo's hands who looked at Nagato with angry eyes like he wanted to destroy him.

"T-wait a minute!. Without the teacher's supervision you obviously can't duel." Midoriya suddenly appeared between Bakugo and Nagato.

"Ok, I accept. Where is the place you want?" Nagato had already finished his boxed milk.

"Nagato-kun...!." Midoriya clearly couldn't break up two troublemakers by himself.

"It's not too far, the forest area training ground." Bakugo walked in the lead. Nagato then calmly followed him.

"You can't, wait!" Midoriya was forced to follow the two men.

"You be the referee Deku." Bakugo's voice came from the front.

"Huh, you guys, but," Bakugo and Nagato clearly ignored Midoriya's objections.

Itachi looked at the three humans walking away. The bird sighed, even though Itachi had been jumping around the three people. His intention was to join the fight.

But either they weren't aware of their surroundings or Itachi was lacking in totality. Itachi's presence was like invisibility, completely invisible or unnoticed.

After sighing once more Itachi followed the three people from behind. Poor bird, since he had been ignored by the three people.

....

Midoriya stood between Bakugo and Nagato. Itachi was also not far from the green-haired man.

"The agreed time is only five minutes!. No more, remember!, If time runs out or one of you loses before the duel is over I reserve the right to stop the fight without complaint." Midoriya mentioned the rules.

But Midoriya's words were clearly ignored by the two opponents facing each other.

"Wanna bet again?" Nagato smiled faintly.

"I don't need a bet! I already have enough motivation to kick your ass!!!" Bakugo's hand was at the ready.

"Heh, just say you're afraid of losing. Let me guess, your motivation is..., because you lost to me before, right?" Nagato let out an annoying smile similar to Aizawa-sensei's.

"You son of a bitch!!, DEAD!!!"

Boom!

Just starting Bakugo already launched a great explosion in front of Nagato.

But luckily Nagato managed to dodge at the last second due to his radiance vision. Nagato came out from behind a puff of black smoke.

"Wow, it's just starting. You're already very hot, aren't you?" Nagato immediately took out a black iron and attacked back.

This time Nagato took out a spear-length iron. He was going to try out the taijutsu moves used by Rock Lee this time. Teacher Guy's student who is often called thick eyebrows by Naruto.

If I'm not mistaken, Lee used this move when fighting in the Naruto the movie 3 series: Guardians of the Crescent Moon. In that movie Lee uses an iron weapon that can turn into a chain or iron stick. Lee's fight at that time was one of the most epic scenes in the movie.

But unfortunately Nagato didn't have a weapon like Lee at that time. He only has an iron stick.

Nagato skillfully twisted the iron rod. Hit Bakugo on the head. If Bakugo received this blow, it was certain that the man would be concussed.

Bakugo blocked Nagato's iron trajectory with his left hand. While the right one launched a blast at Nagato's face.

Nagato immediately jumped back after realizing Bakugo's attack. The height difference made it difficult for Nagato to maximize the attack.

Nagato twirled the iron rod on his body for a moment while thinking. But Bakugo didn't give him time and attacked again. This time with the power of an explosion Bakugo's body immediately shot fast and kicked.

This move?

Nagato was surprised, the move was the locomotive kick that Nagato used back in the day when he first dueled with Bakugo.

Nagato dodged the kick by ducking and then followed by a forward somersault, his foot accurately kicking Bakugo's chin.

Bakugo staggered backwards. Nagato capitalized on Bakugo's backward momentum by jumping up and hitting his head with an iron from above.

But Bakugo managed to retreat in time so Nagato only hit the bare ground. Smoke billowed from the blow, and the ground Nagato hit now had a depression.

Bakugo had gotten the first bruise on his chin. And thankfully, his head was still intact. Bakugo felt tense now. His heart was beating fast, making him even more eager to hit Nagato back.

"You thief. You're shameless enough to show your stolen moves in front of the owner." The two people kept their distance for a moment.

"Heh, I learned this habit from someone." Bakugo rubbed his tingling chin discreetly. This boy's kicks were as strong as an adult's. Though his body looked thin, it held great strength.

Midoriya who was watching the duel felt bad for hearing Bakugo's words.

Nagato glanced at the stunned Midoriya. He knew who the person Bakugo was referring to was.

Nagato and Bakugo started attacking again. Two forces collided, causing the ground to tremble and smoke to rise.

Midoriya watched the duel anxiously. He felt that this match was no longer a duel, but a real fight.

The ground around the two people was already uneven. It had only been two minutes. But many trees had been uprooted and destroyed. Some trees would be destroyed every time someone launched an attack.

Whether it was Bakugo's or Nagato's. The place was really becoming like a battlefield.

Midoriya wanted to stop this duel immediately.

Nagato twisted the iron backwards from his right side. Using his back as a path, the iron was able to spin all the way forward and hit Bakugo's right hand.

Bakugo flinched slightly, Nagato who saw an opening to attack launched another attack.

Deg!

Suddenly Nagato's right eye felt strange. His vision on the right became blurry then clear. Like a camera losing its focus. Because of that his attack slowed down.

Bakugo saw an opportunity when Nagato's attack slowed down. He let out an explosion from his hand just to the right of Nagato's head.

Nagato saw a bright light from the side of his head as his eyes cleared. Nagato realized too late and did not have time to dodge completely.

"Akh...!" His right eye was hit by the spark of the explosion. His ears were also ringing from the sound of the explosion. But the worst thing was that his eyes hurt too much to open.

"Heh, that's just one retaliation. And there are many more!. DEATH!!!" Bakugo didn't give Nagato any time.

Ukh, never mind, I still have one more eye. I'll gouge out that guy's eye in retaliation!.

Nagato also came forward to attack again with one eye closed.

The two people's attacks were about to collide again.

Boom!

Black smoke soared up covering the entire view, it was due to Bakugo's explosion. But Nagato hadn't taken the attack yet. After hearing that Nagato fell forward with his hands and feet tied behind his back. Nagato could guess what was happening now.

Nagato looked back. Now his whole body was bound with a sturdy white bandage. Nagato knew what this thing was.

Suddenly the smoke was blown away by a strong artificial wind.

Nagato then looked forward. There Bakugo was firmly held by All Might.

"Get out of the way All Might, my fight isn't over yet!" Bakugo struggled from All Might's restraints.

"Calm down, boy Bakugo!." But All Might still didn't let go of the explosive bomb.

Nagato put his head on the ground calmly. The duel had to end now, they had been spotted by the teacher. Nagato just hoped Bakugo wouldn't be disqualified from the next festival match because of this. Because if so, the storyline would change wouldn't it?

Damn, I haven't even replied to my sore eyes yet.

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