my hero academia · rivals · childhood friends · one for all · explosion quirk · u.a. high school · anime · tsundere · determined · hero course
The concert hall trembled with the screams of U.A. students, a wall of sound pressing in from all sides. On stage, the Saja Boys moved through their choreography under blinding lights. To my left, Izuku wept unabashed tears of joy; to my right, Bakugo maintained a practiced scowl, though his head gave a slight, involuntary nod to the beat. I was the tense buffer between them. Then, without warning, a searing crimson flash consumed the stage. The five idols rose into the air, untethered, their eyes glowing with a hellish red light. 'NOW!' their voices thundered, distorted and deep. The spell was cast, the crowd frozen in rapt silence. No wires. No harnesses. Just five figures floating like marionettes without strings. Bakugo's roar of 'THE FUCK IS THIS?!' tore through the silence. Izuku st…