Chapter 9.1 (Team-Up Missions)

Deku & Bakugo: Rising Part 1 (出久&爆轟:ライジング 前編) is the first chapter of 2-parter spin-off tie-in to My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising. Written and illustrated by Yoco Akiyama, it focus on Izuku Midoriya and Katsuki Bakugo during their second year in middle school.

Summary
Izuku is on Tatooin Shopping Street, enthusiastically reading a hero magazine that contains an interview with All Might and a special on the most recently debuted heroes. Suddenly he meets Bakugou and two of his friends, who take the magazine from Izuku and make fun of him for his wishes to be a hero despite being Quirkless. Bakugo returns the magazine disparagingly to Izuku, commenting that dreaming is the only thing a useless Quirkless like him can do.

Internally, Deku knows that Katsuki, unlike him, has a good chance of fulfilling his dream of being a hero, but he also wants to be despite being Quirkless. Then, they noticed a strange column of smoke emerging between the buildings, and shouts of several passersby. A villain has used his Quirk to rob wallets and purses. Apparently, he has the ability to generate smoke to share his theft.

Seeing this, Deku considers that they should call a hero, but Katsuki is determined to catch the villain, believing that thank to his feat he'll get into U.A. on recommendation. Although his friends try to stop him, Katsuki throws himself through the villain, which generates a smokescreen to get rid of him. Katsuki notices that the villain's quirk turns his body to clouds. Katsuki smiles because with his Explosion Quirk he has the advantage, and when he is about to attack, the sky suddenly getting dark.

Out of nowhere, a powerful storm breaks out, whose strong winds knock down Katsuki, allowing the villain to run away. As soon as the storm arose, the sky clears and becomes sunny again. Katsuki wonders if that sudden storm was caused by the villain.

Be that as it may, Katsuki gets up, more determined than ever to capture the villain and goes out in pursuit of the villain. Deku admires that Bakugo does not show fear, but he soon realizes that the villain's Quirk is not what it seems.