Chapter 7.- I trusted you! Don't say a word, for I won't hear it. Fists that break through ice.

Inko Midoriya didn't like Endeavor. Why Izuku respected him, she didn't know. But she would still be civil.

"How can I help you sir?" Enji looked at the smaller woman and spoke.

"May I enter?" Inko smiled. But she didn't nod.

"Only if you turn off that beard of yours." She pointed to the fire in his face.

This made Enji recoil in surprise. Was the woman really asking that?

"I will have to deny lady." Inko nodded.

"Then I guess our conversation will have to be outside. I am afraid the firefighters are not on good terms with me and my constant alarms, so either you turn it off, or we stay outside." She wasn't lying. Many incidents with Katsuki had earned her a hard time with the firefighters.

She never hold it against Katsuki. The girl just had an explosive temper, but she really liked her, and she always did apologize.

Enji Todoroki wasn't having a good day.

First he lost the trail of a girl with a dangerous quirk and had been forced to lose the chance to speak with Yukiko about her possible marriage partner… and now a lady was telling him to lose his image if he wanted to enter in her house to speak.

At this time, things couldn't go worst even if he wanted. He sighed as he let his quirk relent. Inko nodded and let him get in.

Once inside Inko offered him to sit and he did. He sighed and for the first time Inko saw how human Endeavor was. Without the fire look in his face he looked rather tired. She reminded her of how she would look during the first days she took care of Izuku alone.

"Can I offer you tea?" She asked with a smile and Enji Todoroki nodded.

"I would appreciate that, yes." He let a hand over his face and Inko couldn't avoid asking.

"Did something happen?" Enji nodded letting a sigh out.

"A lot happened. But that always happens…" Inko took notice of something. Without the beard and the brave façade of the hero Endeavor, the man in front of him looked more like a tired parent who didn't know what to do. She had seen that look before.

She had seen that look in the mirror many times when her husband went away and she didn't know if she could raise Izuku….

"You got children don't you?" The question took Enji Todoroki by surprise.

"Are you a telepath?" He raised an eyebrow at her, he didn't like his mind being exposed.

This only earned a giggle from Inko Midoriya.

"No, I am a mother who raised a child alone. I know how hard is to suddenly have to care for children alone and not knowing what to do." For a moment, Enji Todoroki felt oddly exposed.

"I… I don't know how to speak to them. And I don't know how to try it… whatever I try seems to backfire." In a weird moment of honesty, Enji exposed himself.

"That's easy. No one knows, and whoever says they know how to care for children is probably lying too." She smiled as she offered him the cup of tea. She kept speaking.

"Being a parent is hard. We don't know how to raise children. We just hope to do our best… do you think you have been doing your best?" She smiled at the end of those words, remembering when she asked herself that question.

Enji Todoroki sighed.

"No. I don't believe I have…" He drank the tea before looking at Inko again.

"Today I came to speak to you about a marriage proposal between your son and my daughter…." Inko noticed there was a "but" in the middle of that phrase.

"Yet it may not be the right answer… I just want the best for my children… I thought that if Yukiko were to marry… she would end up having an easier time later when she is a hero." Inko frowned at those thoughts.

"Do you think so little of your daughter to think she needs to be married to be successful?" Enji sighed before denying.

"No. I think I have hurt that girl so much that she is unable to make proper bonds…" This took Inko by surprise.

"I have asked her to be the best. Always to be better. So that she wasn't like me… the eternal second under All Might… but there is nothing wrong with that… but I am afraid she will end up alone…" Inko finished the phrase.

"Like you?" The man tiredly nodded.

"I thought, that if she was married then she would be more popular for the rankings… but then I decided I just wanted her to marry someone who could make her happy…" Inko nodded.

"And you found Izuku…" He nodded.

"I spoke with the teachers. They told me the boy was kind and trustworthy. All Might spoke specially highly about him… so I believed he would surely help Yukiko…" Inko nodded.

"But forcing a marriage is not the answer… if you force your daughter she will only end up hating you. And she would end up disliking Izuku if she believed going with him would be accepting your terms. She would be willing to sabotage her own happiness in order to rebel." Inko now understood more of the girl who had come to her house before.

Enji Todoroki nodded. He didn't have an argument good enough to use with the matriarch of the Midoriya house.

"I can see that now…" He stood up, retrieving a picture from his pocket.

"I also came to warn you. This girl has been seen in the surrounding area. If you see her call a hero immediately." The picture was of a blond girl with a sailor uniform.

"She looks like she is the age of my son…" Enji nodded at her words.

"Indeed. But she is suspected of having harmed and assaulted a couple. I need to interrogate her. if you see her. Do call." He stood up. And walked towards the door.

"And what will happen with the marriage proposal?" Enji Todoroki stood in the door as he opened it.

"What marriage proposal?" Inko smiled as he was getting.

"Thank you, Endeavor." The man stopped before lighting his fire again.

"Enji Todoroki. And I believe I owe you miss…"

"Inko Midoriya. And you owe me nothing…. Just try to speak with your daughter." He nodded.

"I will." Endeavor left, the tiredness around him fading just a bit. He would go home.

Yukiko Todoroki had in a weird sign of trust, invited Katsuki to her home. Her sister was visiting too. Which would prove to be the mistake of her life. For a word escaped her sister when she asked who Katsuki was.

"She is Izuku best friend."

Her sister face showed surprise.

"Izuku? Izuku Midoriya, the same as in the marriage arrangement?"

Those words made Katsuki look in surprise at Yukiko. Marriage arrangement? How come she never heard of that? How come no one told her of that arrangement?! She looked at Yukiko in anger. She stood up and left the room.

Yukiko looked at her sister who held her hands over her mouth as she apologized.

Yukiko went running to see Katsuki. The girl looked angry and she knew it was a misunderstanding.

"Katsuki! Wait!" To her surprise she waited.

"Let me explain…" Katsuki turned back with her arms crossed and Yukiko winced.

She would have been able to deal with an angry Katsuki, the explosive kind of anger. But seeing the cold face of disinterest hurt much more.

"So? I am waiting…." She spoke with a tone that surprised Yukiko at how cold it seemed.

"I… my father was hoping to arrange a marriage with Izuku…" Katsuki nodded.

"I could get that much from your sister." Yukiko winced again at the sharp tone.

"I…" Katsuki raised her hand, placing it in front of the face of Yukiko.

"If you say something like you don't love Deku. Or that you like him to impress your father, I will blow up your face." Yukiko stayed silent and Katsuki looked to the floor with obvious disinterest.

"You know Yukiko? I could care less of the marriage arrangement. I know mother in law would never let it happen if it was something forced… I could care less of that… but is obvious you knew of that thing for a while… and you didn't say anything." Katsuki looked at her and noticed the sadness in her eyes.

"What makes me angry… is that I thought you were serious in us being rivals. That you actually had enough trust as to tell us something like that… so what if you were being forced to marry? We could have thought of something. I am sure Deku would have helped too so you get to marry whoever you want through your own terms. I would have helped." She sighed.

"For a small moment Todoroki. I actually thought you were our friend. For one moment. I thought you were being honest with me… guess I was the only one being honest." Katsuki walked away leaving a stunned Yukiko behind.

Katsuki had called her Todoroki. Not cold hands or Yukiko.

She had made a big mistake without the intention of doing it.

Katsuki Bakugou walked; she took out her phone and made a call to the number in speed dial.

"Could you come to my home? I will explain you there… thanks." She hung up and walked. She was surprised when she reached her home and saw a panting Izuku trying to get the air back in his lungs. He had run immediately at her home.

Seeing him made her smile.

"Kacchan? What happened? I thought you were going to be with Yukiko." He didn't get an answer as she just walked and hugged him tightly.

He hugged her back and took her to the inside of her home. He didn't want anyone to see her being so sad.

"She lied…. She lied!" She only hugged him tighter as he returned her hug.

Izuku knew how lies were a big deal to Kacchan.

When they were younger a group of girls invited her to go out with them to go get ice cream. But the girls, in fact, were in a plan together with a group of classmates who wanted her to be away from him for a while so they could bully him about being quirkless.

The boys didn't have the chance to try anything. Kacchan had decided to go tell him she would go get ice cream when she saw the small mob approaching him. A war cry and many explosions later, Kacchan had made sure no one else tried to bully him. One of the boys spoke up saying how she found out the girls didn't really invite her, how they failed to distract her.

Kacchan had felt devastated at the idea the girls were lying. The idea that someone would lie to hurt them felt horrible. Back then she asked him if he could take her home and he did. She then proceeded to hug him tightly until she fell asleep.

That had been in the past.

But it seemed Yukiko had inadvertently brought up the pain from the past.

Kacchan didn't like people lying to her. Much less if it was someone she trusted. So probably, Yukiko made a mistake…

Izuku took Kacchan in a tighter hug and proceeded to make circles in her back.

"I am sure she didn't mean it…." Izuku would try to control the damage as much as he could.

"You don't get it… her dad was going to arrange a marriage between you two! And she didn't thought that was important to share with us?" She placed her face in his chest as he held her.

"Well…" The arranged marriage did sound like something you would mention to others….

"Surely she had her reasons Kacchan… you know is not an easy topic…" He hoped he sounded convincing. He heard Kacchan rustling and breaking the hug slowly, her sad face looking at him.

"You remember our last spar?" He nodded.

"You said I won…" He nodded again.

"We agreed the winner would get a kiss of the loser…" He nodded slowly this time. He guessed where this was going.

"Let me kiss you…." This took him by surprise.

"Kacchan?" The girl looked at him with her eyes full of sadness.

"Deku… I know we agreed the winner would get a kiss of the loser… but I want to kiss you… I just want you to… to know that you mean a lot to me. That I am thankful you are here…that you mean the world to me…" This was one of those moments, which reminded Izuku that Katsuki Bakugou. Kacchan. Was an extremely sensible girl. Hiding under foul language and aggressive behavior, she was always a gentle girl with sensible feelings.

And right now she was hurt. And just wanted to feel better after she had been feeling betrayed. She didn't trust in others easily. They had each other for the longest of times, so letting others in her circle of trust was a big deal. Iida and Ochako had earned the right because she took a liking to them. Yukiko had taken time…

Moments like this reminded something else to Izuku.

That Katsuki Bakugou lived with her emotions in her hands. As explosive as she was, she was also one to be honest and direct. She was an explosion of feelings. Moreover, she never once denied her feelings for him. That every time Kacchan said she loved him, it was real and she meant it.

He honestly had troubles answering back those feelings. Not because he didn't share them. Rather because he wasn't sure if he was worthy of them.

"Kacchan…" The girl looked at his eyes, nothing but honesty in them.

"Please… just today…" Izuku nodded and Katsuki smiled.

She cupped softly his head on her hands as he closed his eyes. He was surprised when he felt the soft lips of Katsuki kissing his cheek and she released his head. His face reddened and his eyes showed surprise.

The sadness in her eyes was gone and she was smiling, her usual smirk in place.

"Don't tell me you were expecting a kiss in the lips? That one is reserved for when we get married, but don't worry! I am almost halfway done with the money for the engagement band!" Izuku hid his face in his hands as Katsuki spoke of the engagement band.

But as embarrassed as he was. He was happy she was smiling again, and he would lie if he said he didn't like the kiss of Katsuki in his cheek.

He then felt her hands cupping his head again.

"Hey! Where is my kiss, Deku? You owe me one!" She smiled at him and Izuku could only think one thing.

He was happy that Kacchan was happy again.

Peeking through the room of Katsuki Bakugou was Mitsuki Bakugou actually crying tears at the scene.

"That pair of dorks….. Marry already damn it…" Even though she was crying she had filmed the whole thing and send it to Inko Midoriya with a text saying Izuku would probably sleep in their home tonight.

Both mothers agreed that Katsuki Bakugou was an adorable girl when she was with Izuku Midoriya. What Inko Midoriya didn't know was Mitsuki was looking for the prices on engagement bands. Maybe she could help her daughter.

Plus if Izuku married her daughter. She would probably hope Katsuki didn't curse so much.

She had the right to dream damn it!

The next day Izuku and Katsuki made their way to the school together. Ochako and Iida found them and walked together. When they saw Yukiko, Katsuki tensed slightly and walked faster. Izuku asked to Iida and Ochako if she could walk with her. He needed to speak to someone.

He waited for Yukiko and greeted her.

"I…I believe you already know… but Kacchan won't like to talk with you…" Yukiko nodded. She looked slightly down.

"I don't hold it against you… the marriage… but I would have liked to know." Yukiko kept looking down but when she felt the hug of Izuku Midoriya she let out a gasp of surprise. She wasn't expecting the physical contact.

"Both of you are my friends… and I don't like seeing you fight… it was all a misunderstanding, I am sure… but Kacchan has a story with lies… is not my to tell you… but. Don't take it against her okay?" Izuku felt how Yukiko returned the hug and nodded.

"Thank you… Izuku." Yukiko smiled for the first time since the situation with Katsuki.

Izuku smiled back at her.

"I am sure everything will go well… just give her time." Yukiko nodded. As Izuku broke the hug he felt the hand of Yukiko holding his.

"Izuku… I… I really like you… and I didn't want to speak about marriage and." When she felt the hand of Izuku holding hers back she stopped talking.

"I know. You had your reasons to not wish to speak about it. I know why… but Kacchan didn't. So don't worry okay? We are still friends Yukiko." As he wanted to keep walking she stopped him.

"No. I don't want to be your friend…." This made Izuku look behind and see the expression in the face of Yukiko. It was serious and brimming with determination, the sadness of before long extinguished.

"The school festival is coming. I challenged Katsuki. However, I am challenging you too… I want a date." Izuku eyes opened in surprise as he screamed the word.

Had Izuku not screamed, he would have heard the same scream coming from Ochako, Iida and Katsuki who were seeing the whole scene as Ochako curiosity had made the group stay and hide to hear whatever was happening.

"Yes… Izuku. You have known Katsuki for years. And I have only known you for a while. But that doesn't mean my feelings will lose to hers. If I win the school festival, I want you to go on a date with me. I want you to give me the chance to show you how serious I am with my feelings!" Izuku was surprised at seeing the usually calm Yukiko being so fiery.

"Katsuki had a point… I do love you. And I am willing to fight everyone to show it." Katsuki who was seeing the whole scene was angry at Yukiko. But another part of her was actually glad to see she was serious.

It wasn't good for her rival to be weak.

Unsurprisingly to Katsuki Izuku nodded.

"Okay. I will give it my all in the school festival… But if I win. I want you to speak with Kacchan. I want you to tell her how you feel." Yukiko smiled and nodded.

Both students were smiling giving each other a handshake sealing the deal. Katsuki was disappointed in the Yukiko who lied to her. But she could respect the Yukiko that was showing decision in fighting for what she wanted.

But Yukiko wasn't done.

"Then… let me have this for good luck." In a move that surprised Izuku, she pulled him forward.

There were a few facts in life. Izuku was shorter than Yukiko. Yukiko was taller than Katsuki. And Katsuki was taller than Izuku. Sure, it was easy to forget height when one measured strength against the boy with the power to level a building.

Thing is, without the quirk and him being ready, Izuku wasn't too heavy to pull.

So when Yukiko Todoroki pulled Izuku close to her for a kiss in the lips. Katsuki Bakugou was pissed. So pissed in fact that she ended up looking as if she was happy.

Essentially Katsuki Bakugou broke. And Iida and Ochako saw this terrifying moment in which her grip broke the concrete of the wall they were hiding in.

"She ravaged the lips of Izuku… I haven't kissed his lips yet… how dare she steal a married man!" Iida wanted to say they weren't married, he was promptly stopped by Ochako who made him float away by pushing him.

She was saving his life. In the current moment, Katsuki would kill whoever got in her path.

Yukiko Todoroki was in heaven as she softly kissed the lips of Izuku and let him go, she walked with dignity and elegance. She was so focused in her happiness she didn't notice that she had greeted Katsuki Bakugou as if she was anyone else.

Izuku Midoriya was red in the face touching his lips at the fact the girl with the cold temper had seemingly kissed him. He could only thank Kacchan wasn't seeing him.

When he spun and looked behind him. He saw the figure of Yukiko entering the school. Ochako praying to apologize and Iida floating away asking for help.

Needless to say, his brain put together the scene.

"Yukiko!" She screamed as she took Izuku by the arm taking him to class, saying they would have a long chat later regarding he was a married man.

The stakes were set. The bets were placed. And the school festival was closer than ever with only a couple of days to start.

Three would go with all their might. Only one would get what they wanted. The wheel of luck has started to turn. However, who will be the one to receive its favor?

Soon they would have to face each other.

Who would win?

The will of Izuku to prove he has what it takes to be the best.
The feelings that live in the heart of Katsuki fueling her passion.
The determination of Yukiko to prove she is her own being.

There is only one way to find out.

Cut!

Ah we are ready! Hands sweaty, mom spaghetti. Let the school festival begin! Now you know me, I am not going to retell the cannon and explain the race, oh no, I am just going to throw this story into overdrive and send us into the future Marty, we are going directly to the combat rounds!

Buckle up, we are going at 88mph because Mr. Fusion doesn't fuel the time machine, it just powers the flux capacitator.

See you all next chapter! In the school festival:

Chapter 8:. My will is stronger. My feelings are stronger. My determination is stronger. I won't give up.