Strings (BNHA x OC) [Rewrite]

63 || Unfortunate Encounter

Within the forest, a purple-haired teen snuck through the foliage, surveying the land.

Shinso had managed to slip away from All Might right before they got back to the main building. Instead, he opted to fight alongside the hero trainees that he reluctantly called his friends.

He had yet to find out what a mistake that had been.

It seemed he was moving through the quietest part of the woods. Cracks and rustles in the canopy kept him on edge, but other than that, it seemed all too quiet.

Then there was a snap.

He whirled to look where the sound was, and he froze.

Stepping out from the shadows, was Puppet Master. She folded her arms behind her back, slowly strutting towards him.

"Hello, Hitoshi Shinso," she said simply, a grin growing wide on her face.

The teen quickly recomposed himself and pulled his voice modulator over his mouth. He went to adjust it, but didn't get the chance.

Puppet ran at him and outpaced his reflexes. She reached out and ripped the voice modulator from his face, chucking it away. She didn't know what it was, but it looked sophisticated, and therefore it posed a threat.

Shinso quickly shoved her back and jumped away. Having her in close quarters with him was not ideal.

He threw two ends of the capture weapon up to the trees and the fabric wrapped around two large branches. He yanked hard on the scarf, breaking the branches and sending them plummeting down at the villain's head.

He dove to the ground in order to avoid being hit. He covered his head with one of his hands while his other hand had a grip on an end of his scarf.

There were two giant thuds.

Puppet let out an exasperated sigh. "What is it with everyone trying to drop branches on me?"

When Shinso looked up, he saw her standing only inches away from where the branches had landed. She looked at him with an annoyed expression with her arms stretched out to each side.

He felt frozen to the ground. I missed..

Puppet started to stride towards the teen, and he willed himself to move, but he was too slow. When he finally found his movement, she pounced.

She jumped onto him and forced him back down. She bracketed his hips from behind, holding him down. She placed her hand on the back of his head and pressed his face into the ground, not allowing him to speak.

He struggled under her and she noticed he was pretty strong, especially considering he wasn't an official student of the hero course. Unfortunately for him, she overpowered him easily using her strings to restrain his arms, holding them pinned to the small of his back.

"I know your quirk so don't try anything you'll regret," she said. "You were trained solely by Eraser Head, so you'll prove to be quite useful to me."

He was able to turn his head a bit to be able to speak. "How..?" he mumbled out.

To his disappointment, she fell silent.