Fire

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Tamaki's pov

I could hear all the screaming from around the forest and smell the burning wood. I didn't need to have my goggles on to know that something was wrong. I was such an idiot. Shoto was right. I should have told dad about that feeling I had. I ran through the forest, the crackling of the flames filling my ears. I would be needed on the front lines if the enemy had a fire quirk. This was the worst place to be fighting someone with a fire quirk. The fire seemed to be restricted to a certain part of the forest and wasn't spreading to a clearing that had two people stood in it. I didn't recognise either of them but they looked a little too old to be students. I ducked down behind a tree, trying to listen to what they were saying. I was too far away to pick out their conversation. I would need to move closer. I went to step out from my tree but the leaves below crunched. I leapt back behind the tree. My heart was thudding in my chest. Oh I hope they just sounded loud to me. 
"Hey Dabi. Where are you going?" someone yelled. 
"I heard something. I'm looking to see if someone's approached us" that voice was way to close for my liking. Shit. I was trapped. I couldn't run because they'd see me and I wasn't sure if one of them was the fire user. I couldn't erase quirks while running. I raised one hand up to my mouth and nose, praying that my heart would stop thumping against my chest and the guy couldn't use hear my breathing. A deep chuckle brought my gaze over to a figure that was stood at the side of the tree.
"Found ya" he laughed. I stumbled back, tripping over roots and branches. Hands twisted themselves in my hair, yanking me backwards and dragging me across the grass until I was dropped in front of the other person.
"Who's this? I don't care" I tried to get up but a boot pressed down on my back.
"What do we have here? A stu-" he cut himself off when he pulled back my hair that had been hiding my face.
"Oh. Well isn't this just a perfect coincidence" he chuckled, leaning down near my face.
"You aren't making sense. Do tell" 
"This one is Eraserhead's daughter. They really do look alike" he chuckled.
"And how would you know that?" 
"I overheard her talking to one of the other students earlier. She refered to him as her father" my heart skipped a beat. So it wasn't just my anxiety. I really was being watched. His hands grabbed my hair again and I was pulled up by it. I couldn't help the pained noises leaking from my lips.
"I wonder how he'll react to his own daughter broken and bleeding on the ground" he chuckled.
"Wait. Can't you just burn her to nothing?" The masked one asked. My chest tightened.
"Of course I can but that's too easy. It'll be so much more fun watching Eraser cradling her body instead" he chuckled. 
"You're fucking insane" my head was smashed into the ground, blood trickling down from my nose. The boot returned on my back. My arm was swiftly snapped back too far, a crack filling my ears. I turned my head, activating my quirk. It quickly faltered when my goggles were snapped off my face. I heard the sound of them hitting the floor with a muted thud. 
"Nice try but I won't fall for that trick" he chuckled. I could hear more people approaching. A hand wrapped around my neck. At first I thought he was going to try and strangle me but then I felt the heat coming from his hand. Shit. This was the fire user that set the forest on fire. His hand was slowly getting hotter and hotter and I could smell what it was doing to my skin. I struggled to move but his other foot was forced onto my ankle. I tried to fight against him but it hurt too much. I could just barely make out people talking over the crackling in my ears from the heat and the swealtering pain around my neck. It was soon joined by more heat across my back. I think I heard my name being called through the ringing in my ears. I started feeling like I was tilting left and right. Was I moved somehow. The noise was all but fading out and the pain seemed to be fading. Maybe the guy had left. But I couldn't even tell anymore. Maybe I was dead. All I knew was I was in painless silence.

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