A/N: This is one of the last chapters in this arc, and I'm too lazy to keep track of the chapter number...
PS: This has to be the worst chapter I've written so far if it's painful to read... I feel you brother 😔
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I stood in front of Bakugo, we were both breathing heavily as the arena around us was basically in shambles. I could barely hear the crowd's cheering as I was laser-focused on winning, but we both realized something during our back and forth. We were evenly matched, Bakugo would sweep away my smoke and attack only for me to teleport and swipe at him from strange angles only for him to dodge back again...
"Huff- Stop holding back bastard, Huff- Fight me with all you have! coward..." Bakugo screamed in between breaths, the first words he spoke in half an hour as we were mostly quiet during our fight.
"Huff- You weren't fighting with your all either- Huff" I replied as I again went back to a fighting posture, my silky hair now messed up and dirty with soot was blocking some of my sight.
"Huff- You aren't worth my all bastard, you're just an extra Girly-face" Bakugo snapped back his tired face showing signs of exhaustion but it was much tamer than before the match.
"Who's to say you're worth my all too?" My reply caused Bakugo to stop standing in place and start to lunge at me.
"Let's finish this quickly! DIE!" Bakugo screamed but he seemed different from before, I could tell he was going all out now. Preparing to dodge or block I emitted [Beelzbub] and made it orbit me, for outsiders I looked as if I was surrounded by black fire.
...
[They seem to be going all out! what a battle! UA hero course seems to have gotten many monsters this year!] Present Mic commentated, his voice showing excitement like a kid who found candy.
[And monsters they are, teaching them is already a handful. It seems every generation becomes more and more powerful] Aizawa said while sighing, although he cares for the class he is still lazy and likes taking naps, unfortunately, due to the student's 'eccentric' personalities his nap times have gotten shorter.
But before either of them could continue to talk a sudden blinding flash of light was shining in the arena, moments later an extremely loud boom was heard with the whole stadium shaking causing some of the audience who were standing to fall on their butt, but not just because of the shockwave but because of sheer surprise.
[.... at this point is monster a fitting description anymore?] Present Mic said, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets, the arena wasn't visible anymore as a gigantic cloud of smoke was covering the entire field.
...
A few moments earlier:
'Dammit, he's so much faster' I thought while continuing to dodge, nevertheless, I was still getting hit as Bakugo continued to pump out explosions and attack in an erratic pattern.
with no time to attack, I kept evading his every attack but I knew that at some point I would tire myself out, and thus I decided to be a little bolder. I started to feel the location of the surrounding smoke, I then controlled it to start wrapping around me.
Now fully covered in smoke I looked eerily similar to Kurogiri but instead of yellow glowing eyes, mine shone in crimson light. now that I was ready I cracked my fingers and made my way to the middle of the arena.
Getting to the center of the arena was harder than expected as Bakugo wouldn't stop trying to lead me to the edge, but I had managed. Now standing in the middle of the center I stopped in my tracks, surprising Bakugo and even the audience.
"HUH? Did you give up? Doesn't matter, I'll beat you up, and then I'll beat up Todoroki!" Bakugo provoked me with a sinister smile, he then accelerated even faster prepared to finish the fight quirk, but what he didn't expect was for me to start to sprint towards him.
"Huh? What are you expecti-" Bakugo tried to talk again only for a fog-covered fist to connect with his face, and with surprising power launch him tens of meters back.
"You talk too much," I said with the most cliche line I could come up with, fortunately, due to my menacing appearance I actually sounded kinda cool...
"YOU" Bakugo gowled as he picked himself back up, his hands again sparking up, he began to lunge at me again. Unfortunately, the only reason that first hit landed was because it was a surprise, now to hit him I would need to skillfully reach him without blowing up...
And so again started a back and forth, but this time it was quite noticeable that I had an advantage. Bakugo kept being knocked away by punches and kicks. Now when Bakugo shot explosions at me I didn't actually dodge but let the explosion get absorbed into [Beelzbub] softening the blow by a bit, but it still hurt like hell. But this tactic helped me close the distance to Bakugo repeatedly.
And it seems this tactic angered Bakugo quite a bit, as he started to glare at me with murderous intent. It appears he is doing something big as he extends both his hands forward, worst-case scenario I dodge this explosion and go for the winning sho- Huh...? Isn't this a little too big..? Sh*t I can't dodge that!
I could see Cementoss and Ms.Midnight's frightened expressions as they tried to stop whatever Bakugo was doing...
I was suddenly blinded and hit with a shockwave, It felt as if I was hit by 50 trucks all at once
[WARNING! Mortal danger! Automatically defending!]
'...Raphael..? now you decide to talk...aren't you supposed to be my cheat skill?'
[...]
'aw come on don't go silent on me again!'
[You should focus on the fight, we will talk later]
'look at you being useful, shall I rename you 'Lord of Wisdom' Captain Obvious?'
[...Don't]
.......
The whole audience was quiet as they looked at the gigantic cloud of smoke, it was safe to assume that that attack could easily kill even some pro heroes. As the smoke started to clear they saw Bakugo stuck inside a concrete cacoon with only his head sticking out, he was screaming and struggling, but his words were ignored as everybody was looking towards the other side, hoping that Rimuru wasn't turned to red mist by that attack.
As the smoke cleared they could see a silhouette of a person, with all 4 limbs still attached to the body, this made everyone sigh in relief. As the smoke continued to clear Rimuru became more and more visible, and as he became more visible the rating of the broadcast changed from E to an immediate 18+. Rimuru who was lying inside the crater was missing the gym uniform as it was blown to shreds. but something even more surprising was going on, Rimuru's body was covered with black fire.. Like actual fire, and his body was also sparking with black lightning making him look like he was struck down by heavenly retribution.
[How did he even survive that..?] Present Mic asked, but the question was left unanswered as everybody was equally confused.
[While we might be concerned for his health, someone should probably cover him up, we wouldn't want to destroy his dignity] Aizawa said with his palm on his bandaged forehead.
(A/N:.... wtf was I on about?)
.......
"...ugh... auto defense my a**. It still hurts like hell" I opened my eyes and groaned as my entire body ached, looking at the sky I was alerted as I felt a cold breeze and remembered that I was still in the middle of a fight. I quickly rose and looked around, but I was quickly faced with Bakugo's furious face looking at me. he was inside a concrete cacoon looking like a caterpillar.
"Pfft"Â
"Shut up bastard, you're lucky you're not dead" Bakugo spat and tried to move, but only his head wiggled, looking quite comedic.
"Ahem Rimuru you should be concerned for yourself first..." I heard Ms. Midnight's mature voice, confused I checked if I was injured and soon came to the realization...
"What the f*ck... why am I naked" I tried to cover myself in a panic only to see my arms on black fire
"What the f*ck.. why am I on fire..."
"Ahem... you should at least be glad you are still alive," Ms.Midnight approached me and continued talking
"As I was saying, the next fights will be put on hold, you win on technicality as Bakugo us-... wow it's bigger than expected... Ahem, go to the infirmary and check if there are any internal injuries," Ms.Midnight quickly left with hurried steps, announcing the result of the match.
....
[Well then, The finals will be put on hold as we wait for the contestants to get medical attention, anyway, we'll have the final match of Shoto Todoroki vs. Rimuru Tempest delayed for a few hours] Present Mic announced causing the audience to get upset, fortunately, they didn't complain and simply waited or left.
.....
 Arriving in the infirmary I lay down on one of the beds and stared at the ceiling for a while. As the adrenalin slowly finished circulating through my blood I remembered that I was naked in a nationwide broadcast...
"I'm going to kill myself" I muttered, my cheeks were as red as a tomato. My embarrassment could not be measured. I began twisting and turning in the medical bed as I continued thinking about what just happened.
"It would be great if you stood still" I was snapped out of my thoughts by Recovery Girl as she sat down next to the medical bed.
as soon as I stopped moving Recovery Girl started inspecting me and began to write down things on a clipboard.
"It really is strange... You have almost no injuries besides exhaustion and strained muscles, but those were expected. It's almost as if you didn't even get hit by that explosion." she muttered, causing me quite a surprise
'huh, it appears Raphael really did defend me....'
[Are you really that surprised?]
'well if you disappear for years only to come back suddenly I wouldn't be that trusting'
[Well I protected you anyway so it doesn't matter]
'If you protected me why didn't you also protect my clothes'
[...]
'Never mind, now onto the real question. why did you disappear for no reason? I thought you were supposed to support me at all times'
[Well there are quite a few complications...]
'Like...?'
[This world has a severe lack of magicules making it hard for me to assist you in any way]
'you could've at least helped me in studying'
[Unfortunately, I'm too busy trying to create magicules so that I can sustain myself]
'whatever, so now that you're here can you give me any cheat items or something...'Â
[I unlocked the 'Black fire' and 'black lightning' skills for you]
'So that's what it was... well it's better than nothing'
[Well I'm off... Now you can at least contact me for help, but don't expect too much]
'You seem sassier than the anime version'
[...What?]
'nothing'
(A/N: now I'm realizing how terrible of an excuse it is... anyway now its no longer a plothole)
After finishing the talk with 'Lord of uselessness' I was alerted by the sound of the infirmary door opening, there I saw many of my classmates coming to visit me.
Looking at them I noticed that most of the girl's faces were slightly blushing, and the boys were trying their hardest not to laugh.Â
"uh-uh ahem... Are you al-alright Rimuru? we-we came to visit you because were kinda worried..." Momo asked stuttering but before I could answer
"Pfft HAHAHAHA He was naked while being broadcasted to the whole world!" Kaminari started laughing his ass off, causing a chain reaction as half of the people in the room were laughing simultaneously...
"Did you see Ms.Midnight's face? Even she was blushing!" Kaminari continued, I on the other hand had to hold myself back from punching him in the face.
I suddenly felt a hand on my shoulder, turning around I saw Tokoyami with a comforting expression, he was a true homie...
"I feel bad for you," Tokoyami began, I was ready for his motivational speech
"Now that the world knows you are actually a guy, you would only get half of the agency requests you'd get otherwise," Tokoyami shook his head, I could feel veins start to appear on my forehead.
'Man, I wish I had a cute girl to comfort me' I thought to myself as I got ready to beat Tokoyami up
"uh-uhm R-Rimuru... a-re your alright?" I heard a voice ask in concern, perhaps my wish was granted?
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A/N: Geez this chapter was terrible... anyway I had a lot of trouble... Been having a headache for days and it's hard to concentrate on what I'm writing...
And I've been running out of ideas...
Well, the next chap will be Todoroki Vs. Tempest.... hopefully