Playing the Hero

Chapter 7

TW for anyone who needs it; Blood, cursing, light violence

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Not wanting to be noticed by the villains below, Vallerie let go of her physical form and became energy, zipping through the air as noticeable as a speck of dust in the shadows. Vallerie crept close to the corpse beast, just being near it made her want to hurl. God, that thing is disgusting. But there was one flaw in its design, its brain was out in the open, making it vulnerable. In and out of energetic form, Vallerie had too much energy, it created this sort of aura, you just knew that she was in the room with you, even if you couldn't see her.

If this monster had enhanced quirks, it probably has enhanced senses too, so Vallerie would have to do this quickly. They jumped so that they were positioned above the creature, her phantom hands hovering over its head. Its brain was a little less complex than the average humans, which made Vallerie's job easier. They glanced at their teacher, who was still unmoving. The sight of him laying in a puddle of his own blood filled her with disgust towards the villains, for Aizawa's sake, she would make this hurt.

She thrusted her hands down and grabbed its brain, shooting energy through neurons like bullets. They felt its brain short circuit as the creature cried out in pain, it stumbled backwards, releasing Aizawa. The man covered in hands spoke, "What the hell was that?" taking their confusion as an opportunity, Vallerie became physical for only a second, but that second was enough to throw both knives straight through the villain's shoulders. As he stumbled with pain Vallerie called her knives back with energy and they flew towards her hands. She disappeared and dashed towards Aizawa, turning him onto his back as quickly as she could using vines to cradle his head; she dragged him away before the villains even had a chance to blink.

Vallerie set their teacher down gently, and became physical again. Throwing a wing over her teacher's vulnerable form, she stared at the blue haired man in the dead centre of his red eyes.

The man just sighed, not even bothering to acknowledge Vallerie. "Oh, before we leave, let's make sure the Symbol of Peace is broken. Let's wreck his pride." The man turned towards the three students in the lake, hand flying towards her face, Vallerie had seen what those hands did, and it wasn't pretty. Before she could move to try and stop it, her wing was shoved to the side, and she felt a quirk activate. Holy shit, he's still moving. Her teacher was using all he had to stop the villain, and Vallerie decided that from now on there was no one she held more respect for, except Adeline of course. Vallerie took this opportunity to throw out three vines, each one nabbing a person and throwing them towards her.

"Wow, you really are cool, Eraser Head." He praised. Vallerie wanted to charge forward and drown the bitch in the lake. She probably would have if it weren't for that little grape dude hugging her arm, she quickly shook him off, physically recoiling at the contact. Midoriya got up and charged at the villain, yelling as he reeled back his arm for a punch, Vallerie was shocked when that punch was stopped by the living corpse of quirks.

"Midoriya, get back here!" Yelled Tsuyu. The hand-covered villain was reaching towards him, and Aizawa was no longer awake to stop him.

Vallerie shot out yet another vine and pulled him away, "You idiot! Charging at an opponent so openly when you know nearly nothing about them!" They said as they hauled him up by the vine, "Think next time."

They let him go, "I couldn't just stand there and leave him!" whatever Midoriya was about to say next was interrupted by the sound of the monster charging towards them, Vallerie stepped forward, ready to create another shield, even if it might break. She threw her arms up across her face, and a shield of energy went up with it, but no impact came.