Things start getting hot!

"...fuck off! I won't use his fire!" Todoroki was shouting as he frantically tried to block every hit Bakugo aimed his way. However, his movements were incredibly sluggish.

"For the love of God, Icy Hot, you think I care about your daddy issues!?" Bakugo snarled, grabbing Todoroki's shirt again and headbutting him. "Seriously, there are other ways to piss off a bad parent! Ones that DON'T hold you back! Do you want to be a Hero or not?"

"I'm going to be a Hero, and the number one, but I'll do it my way!" Todoroki groaned, staggering back.

"Your way as it stands is brain dead!" Bakugo grit his teeth. "Pick a way different from your sperm donor's, I honestly don't care, but stop wasting your damn gifts! You're a disgrace to all the pros, and you insult them if you think you can get by on only half of your power! I'm giving it my all to rise to the top, and that, in addition to the strength of my Quirk if what's going to get me there! Quit whining about where your power came from already! It's not his! It was yours the moment he had you, it's not like he can take it back or anything! So really piss him off, and run off with it and be a person he would hate!"

Todoroki stiffened as Bakugo's final words sank in, and he began to remember. Time he spent, looking up to All Might, and... words his mother once said to him... flames began licking at his left side, before erupting out into a pillar. He stood back up as the fires roared to life, ready to burn all Todoroki directed them at. "...about god damn time!" Bakugo grinned. "I was starting to think you'd never get your head out of your ass..."

"...even though you want to win... you went out of your way to help me, and you accuse me of screwing around?" Todoroki asked, the ice on his right side melting, his shivering subsiding.

Bakugo snorted. "I wasn't helping you. I want my win to be undisputed. When I beat you, everyone will know that I am the strongest one here!"

"YES SHOTO!" they both heard from the stands. Todoroki didn't acknowledge it as Endeavor strode down the stairs, his own flames flickering with his delight. "Have you finally accepted yourself? Good! It all starts from here for-."

"SHUT THE FUCK UP, LOSER! NO ONE IS ASKING YOU!" Bakugo bellowed, cutting Endeavor off without even glancing his way.

"...did... did Endeavor just try to shout words of... erm, encouragement to his son, only to get cursed out by Bakugo?" Present Mic asked after a moment of stunned silence passed.

"...that boy's temper is going to be his biggest enemy," Aizawa groaned, already thinking of ways this would come to bite Bakugo in the ass later.

"...same old Kaa-chan," Izuku chuckled nervously. "...though, what does he have against Endeavor all of a sudden?" he wondered. Not that he disagreed, but he didn't yet know Bakugo overheard him and Todoroki.

Ochaco shrugged. "I dunno... still... it's not like him to help others like this..."

"Please, he did it for himself," Setsuna rolled her eyes as they watched Shoto gathering up flames, and Bakugo preparing his own explosion, launching himself forward. It seemed this would be the final clash.