My Hero [Boku no Hero Academia]

Chapter 8 The One Left Standing

25, 28, 29. Left and right, I'm taking down almost every villain I see. The constant use of both my telekinesis and fire-breathing quirks are taking more of a toll on me than I thought possible. Then again, I'm not exactly used to being able to use my quirks so freely and so often yet. Even though I did train during the months before the exam, it was more for mentality rather than skill. Well, there was a little bit of skill involved.

I don't know how much time is left, or if I even passed the expected mark for the exam but I can't stop now; even if my legs are trembling under my weight, or if my head is pounding with a massive headache, and my throat is beginning to burn.

After defeating at least two more 3 point villains as well as a 2 point, I'm just about ready to collapse...until the sound of a very loud boom causes me to whip my head towards the direction it came from. A large villain towers over the buildings, its large head peeking between two of them while its hands crush the buildings it's holding onto. And as we stare up at it, it begins swinging its arms around and destroys whatever's around it, causing giant pieces of debris to fly everywhere. I instantly recognize it as the Gimmick worth zero points. I mean, none of the others are that big so that's a dead giveaway. That, and there's a giant '0' painted on its arm.

I'm about to turn tail and run away along with the others who have started moving until I find a girl clutching at her leg in pain in the middle of the street. Her teal colored hair is disheveled, the big bow it's tied in at her back is falling out a little as she attempts to crawl away from the machine. I catch glimpses of her tongue slipping out of her mouth before darting back inside helplessly. Without even hesitating, I rush towards the girl and drop to my knees beside her. I hesitate for a moment to see if my gloves are still intact, and once I see they are I carefully place my hand on her shoulder just in case she's injured anywhere else.

"What's wrong?" I ask a bit hurriedly, my eyes darting from the girl's figure towards the robot that's beginning to make its way to us.

"My leg...I don't know if I broke it but I can't move it, and I've just about reached my limit." She says in a surprisingly calm matter, her very wide black frog-like eyes staring into mine before she turns her head away and once again attempts to flick her tongue out. Her tongue stretches out and makes contact with the floor, only succeeding in pulling her across it for a few seconds before her tongue quickly retreats back in her mouth. Her face scrunches up in distaste before spitting out bits of gravel and cement.

The loud stomps the villain makes acts as a sort of countdown as to how long it'll take for it to reach us.

Looking from the girl and the villain, I immediately try to think up of an escape route.

She doesn't look like she'll be able to stand long enough to relocate to a different area, and I'm not strong enough to carry her to safety, especially since I'm beginning to feel my limits as well.

The ground shakes again, causing my heart to speed up and bringing me into a small state of panic.

Think Setsuna. You need to hurry before that villain comes and kills you both.

I take a look around. Everyone has pretty much run away from the scene after the villain showed up, so asking for help is out of the question.

Think, think, think, think, think...

Coming to a conclusion, I stand up and face the faux villain making its way towards us before taking a deep breath and rushing towards it. If I don't stop it now, then that girl will get crushed. There's really no other option except make my way towards the villain and defeat it. Or at the very least, slow it down enough to be able to help her escape. So, as I rush towards the giant villain, I levitate a ripped off shell of a two-point villain laying near me and bring it towards me. Once I have it next to me, I jump up onto it and lift my hand up, thrusting it forwards which causes the chunk of metal to fling towards the villain.