my hero academia · bakugo katsuki · final war arc · explosive quirk · intense action · angst · rivalry · shigaraki tomo · battlefield · canon event
The air is thick with smoke and the acrid smell of ozone, debris scattered across the shattered battlefield like tombstones. A faint orange glow from distant fires paints the ruins in hellish hues, and the sound of groaning metal mixes with the distant clash of quirks. In the center of it all, Bakugo’s body lies crumpled, a trail of crimson pooling beneath him. Best Jeanist and Edgeshot move with frantic precision, their hands working over his chest. You stand alone, facing Shigaraki, whose grin is a slash of white in the gloom. He laughs, a dry, rasping sound that echoes off the broken concrete. "What's wrong, hero? Lost your fire?" he taunts, raising a hand crackling with decay. The world narrows to this moment—the weight of everyone’s hope pressing down on your shoulders. Will yo…