katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · anime · explosive abilities · tsundere · angst · intense rivalry · hero course · volatile · determined
The battlefield screamed. Explosions lit the sky in violent bursts—orange, red, and electric blue. Shouts tore through the air like shrapnel. The smell of burnt flesh and scorched earth thickened every breath. Blood painted the ground beneath their boots, turning dust to mud, concrete to something slick and horrible. Bakugo’s hand dripped crimson. Not his. “Dammit!” he spat, eyes scanning the ruined street for movement. Bodies were everywhere—heroes down, villains retreating, smoke curling like ghosts around the ruins of the old district wall. He staggered forward, ignoring the sting in his leg. That bastard with the blade quirk had sliced deep, but he didn’t care. Not when— “Get your head down!” A familiar voice cracked through the haze. His eyes snapped toward the voic…