The moment the whip fell, Bakugo already launched to attack.
"DIE!!"
Boom!
Everyone was shocked by how quick that was. However, as soon as the smoke cleared, they saw that Sam dodged it. Not only did he dodge it he has Bakugo in a headlock.
"One twist of the neck. Death." He whispers this into Bakugo's ear, then lets go and pushes him away.
The crowd is shocked. That blast was not small at all. Yet, somehow Sam not only dodged it, but counterattacked with a headlock.
Bakugo who was still shocked, was now fuming mad. "Bastard!"
He jumps at Sam again. This time he does it with more caution and Sam stays still.
"Why aren't you attacking?!"
Bakugo then shoots forward and looks like he is about to do a frontal attack but quickly maneuvers in the air to get behind him, but Sam spins around and grabs the arm he was going to blast him with, before it unleashed a blast, and did a judo throw right onto Bakugo's back.
Bakugo was coughing and in pain, when he saw Sam's bare foot coming down on him. Just as he thought it was about to destroy his windpipe, it stopped.
"Crushed windpipe. Dead."
The audience was looking at this silently.
This wasn't a fight.
This was a lesson.
Bakugo was shaking. Both mad and terrified. He could have been killed.
"Fine. I'll go all out!"
Sam finally takes that serious and gets back into stance.
Bakugo rushes and Sam again and expects him to defend again but Sam rushes him and before Bakugo could react gets kicked in the shin. Hard.
"Gahh!!"
Bakugo felt that and Sam goes in for a second attack but Bakugo unleashes a quick blast at the approaching Sam, who dodges to the side and returns with a punch right into Bakugo's gut.
He feels his breath leaving him as he tries to get his bearings straight but Sam is already in front of him.
Sam performs a roundhouse kick but Bakugo dodges in time and decides to go for an aerial attack.
"Die!!"
Bakugo tries to do a back attack again but just as Sam reaches to grab him he dodges it and goes back in front of Sam. Sam who turned around is now vulnerable…or so everyone thought.
Sam's arms and body may have partially spun to counter attack, but he still had his legs. Bakugo who feinted him, thought he got him this time but Sam's foot met his face knocking him out of the air.
Bakugo fell hard this time. He held his nose which was bleeding and likely broken.
"Bastard!"
"That last one was a good try. But you're clearly untrained. All you do is rely on instincts. You clearly have talent but waste it."
The audience now understood.
"Is he-"
"Lecturing him?"
They were all dumbfounded. Sam was nearly unhurt and Bakugo was being toyed with.
Bakugo felt like he was about to explode, literally. He was flushed in anger and embarrassment.
'This quirkless freak!!! Is treating me like a kid!!!'
"I'm going to blast your head off!!!"
"That's not very heroic, Chihuahua."
Bakugo unleashes another attack, this time, it's much larger. He gathers a bunch of his sweat and blows it up in a grand explosion right at Sam.
Sam braced himself.
'I can't dodge it. Looks like he's done holding back. He sees me as a threat now.'
Bakugo never once took quirkless people seriously. He always thought they were worms beneath notice. But now, Sam has shattered that belief.
'You are a damn monster! I acknowledge it! I'll kill you like I would any of the other extras in the class!'
Bakugo grins as he sees his explosion cover all possible angles for Sam to dodge.
""Sam!"" Class 1-A is worried after seeing that.
Just as midnights about to call it, all of a sudden, from the smoke, a stone is hurled right into Bakugo's eye.
"GAAHHHH!!!!"
He falls down and feels his eye swell. He will have a nasty shiner for a while.
"I was worried, that would take your eye out, but it seems it will just swell. Good. That's what I wanted." Sam stepped out. His arms were charred black, bleeding and clearly in pain, but he ignored it.
"What the- how is he able to even stand?"
"How is he able to stay conscious?!?"
"But wasn't this the kid who jumped into Endeavors flame?"
"He is, isn't he?"
Class 1-A stares in shock as Sam doesn't even wince. His arms are all black and charred, yet he still clenches his fists.
"…So. Manly." Kirishima is already crying, not far away, so is Tetsutetsu.
"Relying on instincts is good…for beasts. You're human. Act like it." Sam keeps lecturing him.
Bakugo suddenly is so angry he is calm.
'…I'm going to kill you,' is all he can think.
Bakugo then goes to try another large blast but Sam once again throws a rock, this time at Bakugo's hand. Making him halt his attack. Sam sprints up to Bakugo and kicks him in the same shin he did last time. Bakugo quickly blasts Sam away which Sam barely backs away from.
Bakugo blasts off again at Sam and instead of relying on blasts tries to make him think he is going to blast him and goes for a punch. Sam didn't expect that and gets punched across the face.
He feels his nose bleed a bit from that.
"Not bad. Now you're learning. Relying on your quirk all the time is not always good." Sam says with a smirk.
What happens next is Bakugo using his quirk only for maneuverability and using his hands and feet to hit Sam. Sam blocked and dodged them but was still getting hit by strong attacks.
'Good…he really has potential.'
"Very well. I acknowledge you Bakugo. I will show you what true combat is."
Bakugo grins a feral smile.
He then goes to attack, and tries to hit an explosion at Sam again, after a couple exchanges without using them. Sam, however, was now in the zone.
Sam moved with incredible speed and precision dodging the explosion, only getting a minor singe on his ears and maybe a hurt eardrum, but still managed to strike Bakugo with a solid punch to the face.
Bakugo staggered and Sam continued with some boxing this time. Bakugo tries to hit him, Sam dodges and jabs him in the face with a punch. After that, he performs a kick with taekwondo, right into his side causing him cough as he felt that badly. Next, Sam showed him some Brazilian Jujitsu and put him in a triangle choke hold.
Bakugo can't breathe and the kick to his side did little to help with that. Before he can pass out he unleashes another blast into the ground blowing them both away.
The audience was entranced by Sam's martial arts and skill.
"That was Boxing, Taekwondo and Jujitsu, transitioned so flawlessly." Eraserhead comments and can't help but think. 'I never stood a chance.'
Class 1-A is also shocked, nobody more so than Izuku. 'Kacchan is amazing! His quirk is incredible. But he is being beaten by a master of combat. I never thought I would see Kacchan so beat up.'
Class 1-A just gapes at the scene of Bakugo getting beaten silly.
Back in the arena, the smoke clears and Sam has a some blood on his head, likely from the explosion. Bakugo on the other hand is holding his side, gasping for air.
"Smart. Blasting the ground to get out of the hold. Your instincts are good. Just a blade forged perfectly but never sharpened."
Bakugo struggles back to his feet.
"Fine…I'll go all out! For real!"
"Oh no… is he going to use."
"Nemuri stop this!"
Before midnight can stop it, Sam opens his guard up.
"Let him. I want to feel this howitzer impact."
Bakugo smirks deviously.
"Howitzer Impact!!!" The blast is incredible. Sam feels like he is back in Africa. He is suddenly reminded of a certain incident. An incident where a grenade went off right by him.
He knows what to do.
The attack engulfs Sam and everyone thinks it was a perfect hit.
""SAM!!!!"" 1-A is terrified for real this time. They just saw the new friend they have come to acknowledge take that massive blast.
"N-no!" Uraraka feels like she is about to faint as the girls feel tears falling as they think Sam was killed.
"GET HIM TO RECOVERY GIRL!" Eraserhead yells from the microphone.
"R-right.."
However before that could happen, once again the smoke cleared. But what they see isn't a mangled Sam. But Bakugo knocked out.
Sam stood above him. Shirt torn, body definitely scorched, but not as damaging as it should have been.
"What happened!!"
"I-I saw it…" Izuku suddenly reveals.
"Sam knew he couldn't take that blast head on. Which is why he kept hitting Kacchans shin. In order for Kacchan to use the blast to its full potential, he needs good footing. But the kicks to the shin caused a fracture at the least. This caused the explosion to lessen. Sam knew that and ducked and took the blast to his back. It likely was excruciating but he endured. He then crawled and Kacchan, who could hardly move due to the fracture and the large blast, was put in a quick chokehold to force his brain into unconciousness."
They all stare at Midoriya in shock.
"A-are you saying that the whole time, Sam was-"
"Yes…Sam was always calculating. Egging Kacchan on, making him use his best move after causing damage to his leg. I never thought about it, until now that Kacchan needed to have complete composure for that giant blast. He needed to be completely prepared for the backlash. He stood, thinking he could take it, but the damage Sam caused to his leg lessened the effectiveness."
Sam meanwhile looks down at the white eyed Bakugo.
"You fought well kid. You will make a great warrior. Maybe I'll teach you a few things."
Sam then falls to a knee as he took too much damage. "Ouch." He says.
The stadium erupts in unbelievable cheers as the impossible happened before their eyes.
"The winner is… Sam Suzuki!" Midnight announces causing a huge applause. Sam didn't feel proud though.
"I'm in trouble. They will find me." Sam says, completely ignoring the crowd.