User:Young Mako/Sandbox

Hideout Raid Arc
The League of Villains kidnap Katsuki and restrain him to a chair. He's surrounded by villains and hidden inside their secret bar. They all listen to a broadcast berating U.A. for allowing one of their students to fall into the hands of the villains. Tomura Shigaraki explains that hero society has been shattered and the villains have gained a victory over Pro Heroes. Tomura suggests that Katsuki join them since he's known for winning.

Tomura asks Dabi to release Katsuki's restraints. Dabi refuses because he knows Katsuki will fight back. He makes Twice do it instead. Mr. Compress apologizes for kidnapping Katsuki in such a violent manner and assures him that the League of Villains is an organized group. Katsuki is relieved of his restraints and he immediately knocks twice over and blasts Tomura's mask off with an explosion to his face.

Katsuki complains about the villains endless talking and surmises that they just want him to join so they can start trouble. He emphatically states that he loves to win but he'll only win as a hero like All Might and the villains will never change that. Katsuki knows his value to the league and believes he can take some of them out before he escapes. Big Sis Magne mentions that Katsuki is clever but Compress argues he should've pretended to be on the villain's side. Katsuki replies that he'll never fake anything he does.

Tomura Shigaraki recovers and orders his allies to stand down. Tomura puts his mask back on and expresses his disapproval of Katsuki's refusal. With no other choice, Tomura asks his master to lend him his power. Katsuki is surprised to learn that Tomura isn't the actual leader and taunts him for it. Tomura orders Compress and Kurogiri to restrain Katsuki again and the young student worries that Kurogiri is too fast for him to fight.

Their confrontation is interrupted by a sudden knock at the door from Kamino's pizza delivery. While everyone is focused on the mysterious knock, All Might breaks in the opposite wall of the hideout behind the villains to take them by surprise. Kamui Woods quickly restrains everyone except Katsuki. All Might apologizes to Katsuki, who refuses to admit he was ever scared.

Before All Might can finish interrogating the villains, a mysterious black liquid transports Nomu into the hideout. They distract the heroes while the black liquid spills from Katsuki's mouth and warps him away before All Might can save him. Katsuki is transported to the Nomu Factory by All For One. All For One helps Tomura start his scheme over again because he deemed Katsuki an important piece of the plan. All Might swiftly catches up to the villains and confronts All For One alone.

Katsuki is shocked the boss villain is able to hold All Might back with his bare hands. All For One repels All Might with a powerful Air Cannon and Katsuki yells out in disbelief. All For One assures him All Might will return and orders his subordinates to capture Katsuki and retreat. The villains surround Katsuki and the young man knows he has to fight to survive.

Katsuki fights the villains six on one, using his explosions to evade their attacks and keep them at bay He knows the villains are trying to drag him away by force this time and he can't let Compress lay a finger on him. All For One is holding All Might back so Katsuki is on his own. Katsuki keeps his distance from the villains. He knows All Might can't fight at full power with him around.

Izuku, Tenya, and Eijiro suddenly launch themselves into the air high above the battlefield. Eijiro calls out to Katsuki, telling him to come and escape with them. Katsuki listens to his closest friend and uses a giant explosion to propel himself high into the air. He uses a second explosion to soar through the sky and catches up with his fellow students, calling them idiots after he grabs Eijiro's hands.

Compress pursues the group, but Mt. Lady stops him. Gran Torino stops the other villains from chasing the kids and they escape safely. Katsuki times an explosion that helps the group land safely. They escape into the city and Izuku calls Shoto to confirm the rescue was a success. Katsuki argues that he wasn't rescued and only left with them so All Might could fight at max power.

The world watches the epic clash between light and darkness on a public screening. All For One manages to injure All Might and reveals his weak form to the world. Katsuki stares in shock as he finds out his idol has been of his unstoppable image. As All Might stands silently near defeat, Katsuki becomes nervous. He and Izuku both yell out for their favorite hero to fight back and win.

All Might defeats All For One in epic fashion, putting Katsuki's mind at ease. After his victory, All Might delivers an inspiring message saying "you're next". Everyone believes All Might is referring to putting a stop to the other villains but Izuku starts crying dramatically. Katsuki notices the strong difference between Izuku's reaction compared to everyone else.

Katsuki's classmates take him to the police station and he's returned home. After the events of his kidnapping and the fight in Kamino, U.A. decides to transform into a boarding school. All Might and Aizawa visit the Bakugo household to get Katsuki's parents permission. Mitsuki immediately agrees to the plan and slaps Katsuki across the head for being weak. He yells at her not to hit him but she does it again and yells back. Masaru tells them to stop arguing in front of the teachers but Katsuki tells himt to stay out of it.

All Might and Aizawa ask again if Katsuki's parents are sure about moving Katsuki into a dorm. Mitsuki claims she'd be grateful for it because she was relieved to hear Aizawa claim the villains would have no sway on Katsuki at the press conference following the kidnapping. She knows U.A. will face harsh criticism but claims the Bakugo family will entrust Katsuki to them as they're forever thankful for what they've done.

Afterward, Katsuki follows All Might outside and asks what Deku is to him. All Might claims he's his student just like Katsuki is. Katsuki's disappointed with the answer. Mitsuki tells him not to go outside and Katsuki returns to his home.

Provisional Hero License Exam Arc
Class 1-A moves into Heights Alliance following U.A.'s conversion to a boarding school. Aizawa introduces his class to their new homes, but first, he confronts them about Katsuki's rescue. He claims everyone but Katsuki, Kyoka, and Toru would be expelled if it weren't for All Might's retirement. The mood over the class becomes gloomy. Katsuki raises everyone's spirits by forcing Denki into his stupid state. Then he repays Eijiro for the night vision goggles he bought for the rescue mission.

Everyone moves into their new dorms and the girls try to host a room king contest. Katsuki thinks its stupid and goes to bed instead. Class 1-A begins training for the Provisional Hero License Exam the next day. Ectoplasm, Midnight, and Cementoss bring the class to Gym Gamma to develop a set of Super Moves for the exam.

Katsuki trains to develop his Quirk by using his explosions to spar with an Ectoplasm clone. He's able to destroy one with a large scale explosion and expresses his joy about being able to let loose again. He demands Ectoplasm give him another clone to fight and continues training. All Might and Aizawa watch and agree that Katsuki will continue to grow stronger.

A few days later, Katsuki develops a new Super Move. He focuses his explosion into a single point and then fires it off as a concentrated blast. Katsuki develops AP Shot (Armor Piercing Shot) and uses it to pierce a solid slab of stone. A piece of the stone falls close to All Might and Katsuki warns him. Deku suddenly swoops in and kicks the stone to pieces, surprising Katsuki and everyone watching.

Irritated, Katsuki tells All Might to watch himself and storms off with an explosion. The day of the licensing exam arrives and Class 1-A travels to the National Dagobah Arena. Inasa Yoarashi introduces himself to Class 1-A and Katsuki notices he's from the most famous hero course in western Japan, Shiketsu High School.

Ketsubutsu Academy High School students arrive and introduce themselves to Class 1-A. Yo Shindo tries to shake Katsuki's hand and comments he has a strong heart after being at the center of the Kamino Incident. Katsuki refuses Yo's hand and tells him to stop pretending because he can see through his fake facade.

Everyone enters the stadium and Yokumiru Mera explains the purpose and rules of the licensing exam to over one thousand participants from various schools. Only 1% of students can pass the first phase of the exam. Students must use orange balls to tag the three "weak points" that everyone must place on their bodies. The first one hundred students to eliminate two people will advance. Katsuki takes his three targets and puts them in plain view across his waist.

The first phase begins and Izuku suggests that Class 1-A stick together, but Katsuki refuses and goes off on his own. Eijiro and Denki follow Katsuki to a streetside area of the arena. Katsuki yells at them both to stop talking and Eijiro replies telling Katsuki to relax. A mound of flesh is thrown at Katsuki and Eijiro throws himself in the way to save his friend. The flesh attack transforms Eijiro into a meatball that lands in Seiji Shishikura's hand.

Seiji starts monologuing about Class 1-A's vulgarity compared to their Shiketsu rivals. Katsuki mentions that he hates Seiji's type but Denki is intimidated. He even taunts Seiji's eyes and Denki pleads with Katsuki to stop provoking him. Seiji activates his Quirk and claims that Katsuki acts in ways that disgrace heroes. Katsuki refutes Seiji's claims and tells him to speak with actions instead of words.

Seiji attacks with flesh bullets and Katsuki counters with his AP Shot: Auto-Cannon Super Move. The violent U.A. student claims he made a weaker version of his Super Move so he doesn't kill anyone. Seiji prepares his next attack and claims he'll break Katsuki's pride so he'll become dignified. Katsuki rushes Seiji and says he'll shut up once he's blown to pieces. Denki reminds Katsuki that they're in the middle of the test and the latter replies that's why he has to kill his Shiketsu opponent.

Denki tries to intervene but ends up missing his target. Seiji taunts him and Katsuki interrupts with an armor-piercing shot. Seiji manages to block the attack and sneaks a piece of flesh onto Katsuki's neck. Before Katsuki is kneaded into a meatball, he throws one of his grenades to Denki. Denki uses the grenade during his fight with Seiji. Denki commends Katsuki for thinking ahead and not putting his teammates in danger.

Denki manages to injure Seiji and he loses his hold on the meatballs. Katsuki and Eijiro return to normal and both deliver the finishing blow. Katsuki berates Denki for taking so long and upsets him. Seiji's other victims return to normal as well. Excited, Katsuki licks his lips and announces they have targets.

Katsuki, Denki, and Eijiro manage to eliminate two people each and pass the exam. They go toward the anteroom and happen upon Izuku, Ochaco, and Hanta on their way. Katsuki says he isn't surprised that Izuku passed and says he's made his borrowed Quirk his own. This shocks Izuku as Katsuki walks by him straight into the waiting area.

All of Class 1-A manages to pass the first test and the arena is transformed into a disaster zone. Before rescue exercises begin, Nagamasa Mora confronts Katsuki along with Inasa Yoarashi and Camie Utsushimi. He asks Katsuki if he met Seiji during the first phase. Katsuki confirms he defeated Seiji and Nagamasa apologizes for Seiji's attitude. Nagamasa claims Seiji can't help projecting his ideals onto someone famous like Katsuki.

The second phase of the exam begins and Katsuki rushes off on his own again. Once again Eijiro and Denki follow him through the arena. They arrive at the mountain area and there are two H.U.C people asking for help. Katsuki yells at them and orders them to save themselves. They conclude that Katsuki realized they were low priority rescue but dock his points for an inappropriate tone. Katsuki overhears this and scares them with his anger.

Katsuki refuses to help other people that Denki and Eijiro decide to rescue. The exam ends after Denki and Eijiro save the last two people from H.U.C. Everyone meets to look over a presentation board revealing who passed the exam. Katsuki is livid to find out that he failed the exam. He demands Denki let him see his grading sheet. Yokumiru Mera eventually addresses those who failed, which includes Shoto and Inasa as well. Yokumiru reveals that there is a three-month special training course that students can pass to obtain their provisional licenses. Katsuki, Shoto, and Inasa all decide they will participate rather than taking the test again.

That evening, Class 1-A talks about classes starting up again. Katsuki walks past Izuku and tells him to come outside to have a talk about his Quirk. Katsuki reminds Deku that he's always gotten under his skin. Deku used to be a nobody and now Katsuki wants to know how he got into school with a Quirk that appeared out of nowhere. Ever since All Might arrived at U.A., Deku has gotten stronger until finally, he passed the licensing exam while Katsuki failed.

Katsuki asks Izuku if he got his Quirk from All Might. He knows that All For One has the ability to take people's Quirks because he stole Ragdoll's. Izuku met All Might and started growing while All Might lost his power and had to retire. Katsuki brings up the last thing All Might said after beating All For One. He realizes now that Deku was the only one who knew what All Might actually meant by "you're next". More evidence includes the Nomu's multiple Quirks and the relationship between All Might and All For One.

Katsuki tried asking All Might before but didn't get an answer, so now he asks Deku for the truth. Izuku doesn't deny anything so Katsuki figures he's correct. Izuku asks what's next and Katsuki tells him that because Katsuki's idol chose Izuku, they must fight to settle things once and for all. Izuku doesn't want to fight and tells Katsuki they can spar in a training room instead. Katsuki reminds Izuku they won't be able to go all out. He wants to see why All Might chose a loser like Deku to inherit his power.

Kacchan wants to know if Deku's admiration was for better reasons than Katsuki's and if everything he's done to be like him is wrong. He starts stretching and Izuku tries to talk him out of fighting. Katsuki tells Izuku to put his fists up and then remembers that his rival uses kicks now. Kacchan attacks Izuku and nearly blows him up with a right hook. He tells Deku that he's always overthinking things and to just fight.

Deku wants to talk things out but Katsuki is infuriated by memories of Deku constantly following him throughout their lives. He attacks until Deku is forced to defend himself and kicks Kacchan back. On the brink of tears, Katsuki asks why he was the cause of All Might losing his strength. Katsuki feels like if he had never gotten captured than All Might would've never had to lose his power fighting All For One. It's been haunting him and this fight is an outlet for him to get his feelings out. Deku recognizes this and accepts Katsuki's challenge.

Deku kicks Katsuki in the face and declares he won't be Kacchan's punching bag. They've known eachother for years but this is the first time Kacchan and Deku have finally let their feelings out into the open. They connect their hearts through combat as Katsuki relentlessly attacks Deku without giving him time to think or catch his breath.

Katsuki gets annoyed because he believes Deku has a plan and is looking down on him. Deku has always followed Kacchan throughout their lives and Katsuki thinks its because Deku just wants to be better. Deku is surprised and takes a moment to explain that Katsuki is wrong. His power explodes as he gets emotionally and states that he wanted to see what his amazing friend would become. Deku delivers an 8% One For All kick that destroys Katsuki's as the former claims that's why he's always chased him.

Katsuki slides back and recovers from his injuries. He thinks on Deku's words and admits to himself that Deku has surpassed him. Both of them go all out and clash their Quirks at full power. Deku surprises Katsuki with his new level of speed and manages to force him back. Deku gets riled up and he starts talking like Katsuki. They clash in mid-air and Katsuki believes she has the advantage. However, Deku fakes a kick and catches Katsuki off guard with a 5% Detroit Smash.

Deku comes extremely close to getting the best of Katsuki, but he uses all of his will and refuses to lose. Katsuki flips himself on top of Deku and uses a large explosion to crash them both into the ground. When the smoke clears, Katsuki pins down his rival and claims victory. Katsuki wants to know how Deku could lose a fight with All Might's power.

All Might suddenly appears and breaks up the fight. Katsuki asks why All Might chose Deku after the Sludge Villain incident. All Might explains that Deku's heroism is what garnered him a chance to compete with strong people like Katsuki. Katsuki replies that he's weak too and that it's his fault All Might lost his power. All Might embraces Katsuki and tells him that One For All was always going to fade regardless of what happened. ALl Might apologizes for focusing too much on Katsuki's physical strength.

All Might tells Deku and Kacchan that needing to be the best and wanting to save others are both key to becoming a great Pro Hero. He advises them to learn from eachother and grow into heroes that can win by saving people and save people to win. Katsuki knows All Might is right and tells Deku not to lose anymore with All Might's power.

Katsuki asks who knows about All Might and Deku and the former says out of the students only Katsuki knows the truth. Katsuki promises to keep it a secret and the two heroes thank him. Katsuki claims that it would just be a pain if the truth got out. All Might explains the whole truth about One For All, his injury, and how he chose his successor.

All Might leads them both out of Ground Beta and reminds Katsuki it's not his fault. Katsuki claims that his goal to become a hero that surpasses All Might hasn't changed. Katsuki tells Deku that he's going to absorb knowledge from his classmates and surpass even the chosen one. Deku claims that he'll climb even higher and this irritates Katsuki. They start arguing about surpassing eachother and All Might recognizes that they've evolved into proper rivals now.

When they return to Heights Alliance, Aizawa restrains them both with his scarf and scolds them for fighting. All Might tries to get his colleague to calm down but he still issues four days house arrest to Katsuki and three to Izuku. They must clean all the rooms and write a written apology on the last day of their punishments.

The next morning, Katsuki's classmates berate the duo for fighting. Already irritated, Katsuki gets even more annoyed when Shoto inquires about their extra classes. After everyone else leaves, Deku asks Katsuki what he thinks about Shoot Style. After a small pause, Katsuki calmly tells Izuku that his movements are too obvious and even when he got faster his attacks were readable. He also adds that Izuku's punch irritated him. This is the first time that Katsuki and Deku have a normal conversation with eachother.

Hero Billboard Chart JP
In Japan, Professional Heroes are officially ranked by taking in account several factors such as the number of cases solved, general popularity and level of social contribution. The Hero Public Safety Commission reviews activity over the past year within and uses a formula to organize all the aforementioned factors. The results are presented as the new hero rankings.

There is an emphasis on the number of resolved incidents. Heroes that manage to resolve large incidents receive a great boost in popularity. Therefore, a heroes ability to solve high-profile cases directly impacts their ranking. The current No. 1 Hero Endeavor has lower approval ratings than Best Jeanist and Hawks but is ranked higher than them because of his high case resolution count.

Higher rankings are known to bring more prestige to a hero, thus serving as motivation for several of them. The top ten heroes in Japan are known all across the country. Their ranks garner them higher wages to build bigger agencies to spread their influence.

The Hero Billboard Chart also takes the liberty to announce sudden changes in the rankings like All Might's retirement. They also announce news regarding different Heroes statuses like the injuries to Best Jeanist and Ragdoll following the Kamino Incident.

Event
About three months after All Might's retirement, the Hero Billboard Chart JP presents the top ten heroes live in Kamino Ward. Each of the top ten heroes and their new ranking is revealed one by one in descending order. Society still feels like it doesn't have a symbol and the new heroes are now burdened with shouldering that responsibility. Each hero is given a chance to speak live at the event.

Ryukyu actually tries to decline her ranking. She feels there are more lives she could've saved while on duty. This is likely a result of the casualties following the incident with the Shie Hassaikai. Fat Gum and Rock Lock watch their ally from the crowd and are saddened by her statement. Crutch sympathizes with Ryukyu's position but he's made to wait his turn.

Yoroimusha claims his mission hasn't changed, Wash can only state "wash", Kamui Woods says he'll work hard on Edgeshot's team, Crust laments missing the Kamino Incident, and Mirko issues a warning to all villains rising up. All the speeches make Hawks antsy since doesn't wish to be there. An interviewer talks to Edgeshot and reveals his approval ratings were third among the top heroes. Edgeshot claims he isn't a hero for the numbers and he wishes to help issue in a new era of a piece.

Hawks interrupts and claims nobody cares about things like that. Hawks became a top ten hero the same year he opened his hero office at the age of 18. The prodigy takes the mic and claims approval ratings are the most important metric. He tells the other heroes to stop acting so calm and defeated during a turning point in hero society and start talking like real heroes. Hawks hands over the mic to Endeavor, the No. 1 Hero with lower approval ratings than him.

Endeavor takes the mic and leaves everyone with a simple message: "Watch me".