Written Death

Part 14~Licences

Charlie groaned as she woke up, blinking as she found herself staring at Yaoyorozu. "Hello?"

"Hello," Yaoyorozu smiled, petting Charlie's head. She was lying on Yaoyorozu's lap, her head bandaged up.

"Well, this is a wonderful sight to wake up to."

Yaoyorozu smiled as Jiro pulled Charlie up. "Are you okay?"

"Peachy." Charlie made attempts to help Jiro, pulling her off Yaoyorozu's lap. She would quite happily stay there. "I feel like we were doing something."

"Getting our hero licence," Jiro answered as Charlie shook her head.

"No. I think it was beating up children." She got a look from the other two as she swung up. "It's the same thing."

As she stood up, Yaoyorozu updated her on the second round of the test. The city was being attacked by villains, and they had to save the people trapped.

"Oh, easy," Charlie laughed as she stretched her arms. "When does it start?" Without warning, the walls fell to the ground. "Nevermind. Let's go."

Yaoyorozu took the lead, taking the group to the centre of the city as she began to order people around. "Charlie, can you secure the buildings?"

Charlie looked at the rubble before she smiled. "Got it." She touched the rocks before a silver slurry spewed out of her palm, stretching over the rubble and solidifying it in place. "Kirishima, can you get the rubble blocking the path?"

Kirishima rushed to Charlie's side, lifting the rubble and letting Charlie through. Charlie looked over at the man before she smiled. "Great." She picked the man up when he screamed at her.

"Wrong! You shouldn't just pick someone up. I have a broken leg!"

Charlie gave him a look. "No, you don't. I scanned you for injuries. You just have a bruise and a lot of fake blood."

"I wasn't going to actually break my bone for this, but I have a broken leg."

"No. You. Don't."

"Charlie," Yaoyorozu called out, creating a splint. "There. Now he's safe to move."

"His leg isn't broken, but okay."

"Don't talk back to the injured," the actor shouted as Charlie glared at him.

"You're not injured!"

"Just take him to the safe space," Yaoyorozu interrupted as Charlie sighed before speeding off faster than the eye could track.

Jiro gave Yaoyorozu a look. "She's going to fail, isn't she?"

"I believe everything will be fine. Let's move on." Yaoyorozu continued organising the group. She would occasionally catch signs of Charlie stabilising buildings before running off with the actor.

Suddenly, Charlie was by her side. "I need to borrow Mina, Sero and Tokoyami."

Yaoyorozu blinked in surprise before she nodded. "Mina, Sero, Tokoyami. You're going with Charlie."

Charlie grinned, picking Mina and Sero up under one arm and Tokoyami in the other before running off. She appeared in the middle of nowhere, with no actors in sight.

"What are we doing here?" Sero clambered out of Charlie's arms as she grinned.

"Fighting."

On cue, the wall was blown open, and Gang Orca walked out with his sidekicks.

"Shit," Mina and Sero whispered together.

"Protect the safety zone," Tokoyami announced as he sent out Dark Shadow.

Charlie grinned. "Time for a real fight." Using the same Quirk as earlier, she showered silver liquid over the sidekicks, which quickly gathered around their feet and solidified.

Mina slid forward, spraying acid over the sidekick's weapons and gears, dissolving each one she spotted. Sero followed right behind her, wrapping the sidekick's arms to their bodies as Tokoyami protected them from the sidekicks they had yet to restrain.

That left Gang Orca to Charlie. She could feel her limit creeping up on her like a steamtrain. She could barely move her fingers, and her limbs were slower than before. "Okay, we got this." Gang Orca laughed as Charlie smiled. "Don't have the Quirk for defeat... capture it is."

Charlie charged forward as Gang Orca shook his head. "You'll have to do better than that." He let out a supersonic wave, hitting Charlie, but it had no effect on her. He blinked in surprise before he waited. When she got in range, he punched her, only for his arm to go through her body.

Charlie reappeared behind him as her illusion disappeared. "Illusion," she whispered. "Now," she touched the gang orca as he let out a gasp, falling to the ground. "Paralysis."

Charlie landed on the ground before she let out a cheer.

The crowd of student heroes and sidekicks stared at her in shock as they began to mutter.

"Did she just take down Gang Orca?"

"She defeated a hero."

"That's impossible."

Charlie laughed. "Tokoyami, would you mind catching me?" Charlie stumbled back as Dark Shadow whipped behind her, catching her before she fell to the floor. "I'm okay," she shouted with a slur, barely registering the exam coming to a close.

~~~

Charlie waited for the results, listening absentmindedly to Yaoyorozu scolding her. Charlie's eyes were focused on something else.

Eventually, the organiser came to the podium and explained how the results worked. As they watched to see who scored above 50, the class let out a relief. Everyone passed. Charlie barely scraped by on 54.3, but she passed. (She was blaming all those people who definitely didn't have injuries)

Yaoyorozu and Jiro cheered as Charlie smiled at her.

~~~

Izuku hummed to himself as he heard his phone ring. "Hello, Shoto."

"I passed the entrance exam."

Izuku laughed. "You'll be allowed to leave?"

"Yes."

"You could sound more excited," Izuku joked as he turned down the nearest street.

"Are you safe?"

"Are you worried about me?"

"Your 'ability' doesn't work if you don't know their name."

Izuku smiled as he hummed. "You shouldn't worry. That isn't a problem anymore."

"What do you mean?"

"I'll see you soon, Shoto."

There was a pause on the other side of the phone. "Goodbye, Izuku."

"Bye, Shoto." Izuku walked into down the last road to his home as he spotted a villain attacking a shop. Izuku hummed, reading the name above him before taking out the piece of paper, the paragraph already written on it. He wrote down the name before he walked away, hearing the villain grabbing a knife and killing himself.