Silence Destroyed (MHA)

Chapter 37C

This is the THIRD PART of my three-part update dump, don't start here!

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They hadn't been far from the fight as it was, a mere two blocks away, so Aizawa made it back to the fighting in only a few seconds.

Many things were happening at once. All Might and All for One were fighting, though the fight seemed to be going badly for the hero. The League of Villains were in the process of facing the heroes who had followed after All Might. Gran Torino and Endeavor were standing strong, though perhaps a bit worse for wear.

The warp gate and the large magnetic villain had been taken out already and were lying on the ground, but that wasn't where Aizawa's attention went. He was immediately drawn to the small, blue-haired girl, curled in a ball on the ground.

Her frame was quivering harshly, and every time someone threw a punch that sent dust clouds billowing up or flattened nearby buildings her body moved.

The black glow still outlined her, and while he couldn't see her face, her entire body was tense... radiating pain.

Without further thought, his eyes glowed red and his hair began to float around his face as his quirk activated. He stared at Naoko, almost desperately, hoping that this would work, that he would be able to pull her back

Naoko felt something shift. It seemed subtle, but it was there. One moment her quirk was fighting (and losing), and the next it was gone.

Not the presence, that remained deeply entrenched in her mind, but her quirk. It simply disappeared, leaving Naoko terrified that she had lost the fight, that the Potato had won and now had a new quirk.

At least, that was her fear for a few moments. As her quirk disappeared, Naoko felt confusion and irritation rattle around in her brain from the connection she held. It wasn't hers, which meant that either something huge had happened in the real world, or the Potato was just as lost as she was.

In searching for her quirk, the intruder went bat shit on her brain, causing a massive spike of pain to flair through her, once more forcing a ragged yell from her raw throat.

Right now she would pretty much kill for a break.

Seriously... Was it impossible for her to get just two weeks of normalcy?

The scream from Naoko startled Aizawa more than he cared to admit. He hoped this would happen somewhat like the time he drew her back to her body when she sunk into her quirk, but it didn't seem that was the case. Instead of helping her, he was hurting her. He didn't come here to hurt her.

He cast his eyes around desperately, cutting off his quirk.

One of the villains from the forest kept sending concerned glances at Naoko, his scarred face twisting with concern... Hm. Was this something Aizawa could use to get her out of here?

The pain left as quickly as it came when her quirk reappeared. The potato's quirk latching onto it once more and leaving the rest of her mind alone.

It was still there, the pain, but now that she had received a shock, it seemed her brain regained something of the ability to think.

If this quirk was trying so hard to take her quirk away, why didn't she just give it what it wanted?

It wanted her quirk, so who was she to argue.

You don't have to be stronger than someone to beat them... You just have to think a little harder.

It was a skill that Naoko was still getting used to, but she had to try, she had to do something to fight back. Sitting here, trapped in her body waiting to be rescued really wasn't her style.