《LACUNA ✰ BNHA》20: ETHEREAL
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In which an innocent boy is saved by an angel.
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This was, now that she thought about it, the first time she was going to fight Todoroki. She knew that he was strong and could control his quirk the best out of probably everyone in the 1-A.
Would he go easy on her?
"No. He won't. And I don't want him to," The girl clenched her fist. If Todoroki was going to beat her, she wanted him to beat her at his max power. Her mind wandered back to why he never used his left side, and she felt a bit sad for him.
Lost in thought, the (h/c) haired girl failed to see a dark, shadowy figure walking in front of her. As she bumped into a firm and broad chest, she looked up and suddenly paled.
He was tall. Much taller than how he looked in TV and magazines. And muscled, too. If he wanted, he could grab [Name]'s head with his hand and crush her skull in half, right on the spot. His turquoise eyes looked down at her with an emotionless but chilling stare, and the flames around his face burned, unsettling embers against the dim light.
"M-Mr. Endeavor?" The girl stumbled over his words, unsure of how to address him. He was intimidating, but for some reason, he seemed to be lost in thought as well. Snapping out of his contemplation, the fiery hero looked the girl up and down, causing her to stiffen with discomfort.
"You," He barked. "You're [Name] Aizawa, right? Hm... You seem strong..."
"U-Um, thank you sir!" [Name] said, straightening like a soldier.
And just like that, my scoliosis is cured.
He walked away muttering something about a 'half hot half cold plasma combination quirk,' and [Name] slightly paled. She didn't feel like sitting around and thinking about what he meant by that, so she tried to get to her waiting room as quick as possible.
"[Name]!"
As three voices calling her name fell to the girl's ears, she turned around, only to be pounced on by a green haired boy.
"Good luck!" Izuku said, smiling brightly and innocently, with a slight pink tinge across his cheeks. The sunlight filtering in through the windows soaked bathed his slightly tan skin in a gorgeous light, making his adorable freckles stand out.
"Ah, she won't need it, right [Name]?" Sero said with a big grin, ruffling the girl's hair. Her attitude immediately brightened.
"However the fight turns out, [Name], just remember you're still amazing!" Kirishima said, giving [Name] a huge, adorable shark-tooth grin.
"Yeah! It's no big deal! We'll just have a quick and simple fight and whoever wins, wins! No hard feelings and no complicated factors!" [Name] said optimistically.
If only it were that easy.
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"AIZAWA [NAME]... VERSUS TODOROKI SHOTO!"
Blood rushed through every vein of her body. She couldn't hear anything but the gushing of the crimson liquid through her eardrums, and her pounding heart. She looked across the arena to see a pair of unwavering heterochromatic eyes glaring at her. He was ready, and he wasn't going to hold back on her.
He wanted to win.
She quickly thought of a strategy in her head. Use plasma to melt his ice, try and get close to him.
"READY..."
She gazed into his eyes. They were usually a calm and beautiful ocean, but right now they were a whirling storm. A thought suddenly hit the (h/c) haired girl.
Why am I doing this?
He was always far away, watching from a distance. He never got involved with anything the class did, always hiding behind a mask of void expression. He never let anyone into his life, never dropped hints of his toxic childhood and household.
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But he was still a boy who deserved love.
I have to help him.
"STAAAART!"
Todoroki hadn't even moved a muscle, yet in an instant, a huge, sparkling glacier had sprung up and began to take over the arena floor. [Name] quickly used her quirk to blast the ground, springing upwards so she wouldn't be caught in the icy shards.
She landed and began to run along the icy surface, surprisingly stable. Todoroki's eyes widened, not expecting the female to be so agile. Plasma flared up on [Name]'s palm, and she clenched her fist, swinging it forward to punch Todoroki. He grunted in pain as [Name]'s energy surrounded hand made contact with his cheek, and flew backwards. However, just as he was about to hit the ground, he made an ice barrier with a swoop of his arm, which cradled his body.
"Todoroki..." The girl said, breathing heavily. However, she wasn't able to form a sentence, as the red and white haired boy was already lunging towards her, a hungry look in his electric colored eyes.
[Name] jumped backwards, stumbling slightly, but it was too late. Todoroki grabbed her arm roughly and flung her into a previously created ice wall.
The female gritted her teeth as her back slammed against the hard, cold surface, and flinched slightly when she heard a 'crack' as she stood up again, clumsily. Stumbling a little and now lightly bruised, the female ran towards Todoroki and blasted herself upwards, glaring at the boy down below her.
[Name] widened her eyes as she saw a thin wall of ice appear in her field of vision, and to avoid slamming headfirst into it, braced herself for impact.
CRASH!
The (h/c) haired girl opened her eyes once more to see Todoroki under her, slightly surprised she was able to break through his wall of ice. As she fell downwards towards the ground at a high speed, she pulled back an energized fist and went for a punch again, however Todoroki had different plans.
He created ice so quickly that it acted as an explosion, and the girl was blasted back. She fell to the Earth, hitting the hard ground with force. Silvery rocks of ice shot up from the ground, throwing the female into the air. She cried out with frustration and pain, but managed to flip herself right side up in the air and change her body's aim towards the half and half boy.
"I'M GIVING IT MY ALL, SO WHY DON'T YOU!" She screamed like a lunatic, landing right in front of the boy on her feet, then nailed Todoroki in the stomach. He went flying back and did a couple flips before creating a rapidly moving piece of ice to catch him.
[Name] leaped on his ice wave and raised her hand, ready to strike him. Faster than lightning, he created a large and sharp piece of ice to block him from the girl. She yelped in pain as the pointy, cold, dagger like shard stabbed her in the side, and jumping backwards, she landed on the ground clumsily, rolling on her side a couple times before shakily standing up.
"I am giving it my all. I will defeat you using my ice." Todoroki said emotionlessly, although he was starting to get irritated. Surely [Name] had passed her limit by now?
"Listen... I don't know what your goals are... Or what childhood you had... But for you to reject your father's side..." [Name] said shakily, but in a determined tone.
Todoroki cut her off, not wanting to listen to the rest of it. How the hell did she know about his quirk? Did she know about the quirk marriage? Anger surged through his body as he refused to listen.
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"I'LL NEVER USE MY FATHER'S QUIRK!" Todoroki yelled, running towards the female. She put her hands up and her palms sparked with red energy, but it did little to protect the blow that Todoroki delivered to her ribcage. Flying backwards, she gasped and coughed up metallic, crimson liquid.
Sharp pains pinpricked her head, and her mind suddenly spun. She was losing too much blood. She was going to go down if she didn't finish this quickly. The logical part of her brain was saying, 'take advantage of him. If he's not using his quirk, it's good, right? Just finish him off.'
But her heart told her that was wrong. If she was going to lose, she was going to lose to Todoroki when he was at his best. She was going to help this boy accept himself.
"Y-You'll never... Be a hero..." She coughed, and again, like the many other times she had done thus far, stood up again. Todoroki furrowed his eyebrows. She was pale, dizzy, bloody, scratched, and bruised. Not to mention that her shirt was torn where she got scratched earlier.
He had a few scratches, but was mostly unscathed. Todoroki's heart pounded. She was.. So strong. So determined.
In the stands, Bakugo watched with an unreadable expression while Izuku stared at the strong (h/c) haired warrior with admiration.
"The way she keeps getting up.. It's... So manly!" Kirishima cried.
"You'll never be a hero... If you don't... Fight at your best.." [Name] shook her head and pushed aside the dizziness. The pain had gone numb to her. Not even realizing, she hollered hoarse battle cry as she ran towards the turquoise and gray eyed male.
Todoroki simply made a large wall of glassy ice in front of himself. At the last second, [Name] jumped up and over the wall, punching him square in the jaw.
Todoroki, even more frustrated than before, suddenly grabbed her and slammed her against the ground. The female flinched and some drops of dark red blood flew out of her mouth, splattering on Todoroki's slightly roughed up uniform.
He jumped back and created an icy explosion, sending [Name] to the other side of the wall. After smacking the hard arena side, her body crumpled to the ground. There was no doubt atleast a few of her ribs were broken. She had lost almost 1/4 of her blood. [Name]'s mind slipped in and out of the darkness, but she willed herself to stay conscious.
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"It looks like [Name] has passed out! Todoroki Shoto wi-"
Light.
It was soft, but only gentle for a few milliseconds. Todoroki could sense and feel the light but couldn't see where it was coming from.
Then, an explosion.
An explosion of red and purple tinted brightness. Everyone in the arena screamed in shock and covered their faces to protect their eyes. If not, they would go blind.
"EVERYONE, PLEASE COVER YOUR EYES! THIS IS NOT A WARNING!" The announcers screamed over the intercom.
It was so bright that even Todoroki, who was used to looking at his father's bright flames all day, recoiled back and shielded his eyes. Blistering rays of warmth flooded the arena. Warm rays that soaked into his pale skin, sending heat chills down his body.
Light. So warm. So bright.
Slowly bringing his arm away when he sensed the light settle, Todoroki widened his eyes in shock.
There she stood, like an angel reborn from ashes.
She was scratched, bruised, bloody, and had broken bones. Her clothes were battered, her skin punctured and coated with Todoroki's ice.
But she stood tall and proud, her strong (e/c) eyes overflowing with crystal drops of emotion. Her body trembled with weakness.
Looking at her, Todoroki's knees felt unstable. She looked so powerful, so regal, and though his mind was crazy and his thoughts were zipping by his brain at the speed of light, the male could only make out one avowed feeling.
I'm... In love.
But her face wasn't the most shocking thing that Todoroki could see at the moment.
Bright, red and purple colored energy was releasing from almost every pore on her body, bouncing around her figure like a sparking, electric current. The whirlpool of plasma looked so dangerous, yet so beautiful.
Everyone's eyes were on her.
Her classmates stared. Eyes wide, their faces turned pale at the immense release of energy as they gasped in awe. They had only ever seen her release energy through her palms, never from her entire body. But here it was, the striking energy escaping from her whole figure, and it was an intimidating, yet breathtaking sight.
Bakugo and Midoriya watched with dropped jaws as the bright as the electric light currents reflected in their eyes. Never before did they imagine that [Name] held so much alluring strength.
Aizawa watched with slight surprise and pride. The beaten up and nearly dead little girl who had been sent to be in his care all those years ago... Had grown so much. His girl was alive, and she was thriving. Hiding his face so that nobody would see, he wiped away a single tear from his eye.
Endeavor, awestruck, stared at the female. The rest of the arena marveled at the gorgeous yet deadly sight.
Todoroki gritted his teeth and prepared to be attacked by the female's heart-stopping energy waves.
...
"DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND SHOTO? YOU'LL NEVER BE A HERO IF YOU DON'T REALIZE THAT IT'S YOUR POWER!"
"IT'S YOUR QUIRK, NOT YOUR FATHER'S!"
Todoroki widened his eyes as he heard the worn down girl scream passionately with her aching voice.
It was his quirk, not his father's...
Not his father's quirk...
His quirk...
My quirk.
It started as a flicker, like someone was attempting to light an almost broken lighter. Then, in less than few seconds, flames that were the height of a building were licking up towards the sky. Todoroki's turquoise eye was no longer visible as fire took control of his entire body, engulfing him, warming his heart.
His fire. not his father's.
"I want... TO BE A HERO TOO!" The boy cried out.
As Endeavor shouted praise and encouragement towards his son, [Name]'s lone silhouette stood in front of Todoroki's bright and warm fire, still strong as ever.
"Wow.." She smiled at the sight. Not only of the embers and flames, but of a salvaged boy.
"Why are you smiling.. With those injuries, in this situation... You're crazy.. Don't blame me for what happens next." Todoroki said in an unreadable tone.
Ice on one side and fire on the other, Todoroki started to use both elements at a very alarming power level. His hair flew upwards. [Name], more determined, gained a rush of adrenaline. Her quirk strengthened. Her clothes slightly tore around the legs and arms as the plasma energy was too much for the cloth to handle. The arena ground started to break due to her immense power.
[Name] rushed forward as the entire arena iced over and created a large dome, and jumped. Sailing through an ice tunnel, the female pulled a fist back, her entire body still glowing. The audience couldn't even see what was happening as Todoroki's body exploded with light.
Todoroki, his hand burning with fire, reached his thermally colored palm out.
"[Name]..." He whispered.
The two hurled at each other at an inhuman speed. The girl's tears were flying loosely in the air, her jaw clenched. She brought back her fist.
"Thank you."
As the two forces launched at each other with terrifyingly full force, very large and thick cement blocks were erected from the ground.
The force of both teenagers destroyed the blocks, sending piles of debris into the air.
As the dust cleared, [Name] saw Todoroki standing across from her. She took a few steps forward, staggering, desperate-
Then fell to the ground. Her mind slipped into the darkness immediately. The plasma aura around her vanished. Before her senses shut off, she heard people rushing towards her.
"TODOROKI WINS!"
The crowd screamed.
"SHE'S LOST LOTS OF BLOOD! CRITICAL CONDITION! LET'S GO!"
Her abused body was lifted on a stretcher and she was rushed out to a hospital.
A concerned hero with wild, blonde hair, All Might, watched the paramedics dash out of the arena with the girl and thought to himself with awe-
She was trying to save Young Todoroki.
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