Saving Me [Monoma x Reader]

17. Saving Others

My heart beat frantically as my arms and legs flailed and the air rushed around me with my backside falling to the earth. This was my element, wasn't it? Flying through the air? Except, I couldn't fly. Yet.

I saw the ground rushing up, and fast, so I immediately tucked my limbs in to spin myself around with my legs aiming downwards, then splayed out my hands and feet to blast air out to break my landing. It was a rough one, but after performing a tumble and tucking myself into a somersaults to ride out the momentum, I was on the ground with minimal bruises.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"What's going onnnnnNNNNNNNNN??!?!!?!!"

My head jerked upwards to see two more bodies plummeting through the air, and my eyes widened.

Aoyama! Hagakure!

How was I supposed to stop their fall when there were two of them dropping at the same time?

Crap. Crap! CRAP! Think fast, [Y/N]!

I didn't have time to think, and my body moved on its own. I'd just have to sprint fast enough, time everything out, then torpedo myself in a straight line to try and catch them one at a time before they hit the ground.

I had never run so fast in my life. Aizawa's voice echoed in my head.

"If you conserved your energy to perform more maneuvers like that, you would've earned more points-..."

Then, it was Thirteen's voice.

"-use your quirk to save others!"

If I air-skated towards them, I'd be able to get to them faster, but I need to save my power for a really big push so that I can catch them both. 

My heart drummed wildly.

I'm gonna have to fly!

How was I gonna do this? Could I even do this? I remembered the feeling when I flew towards Todoroki during the Battle Trials. Even if it was only for a fleeting moment, I still did it, and I had no choice but to do it again.

"Alright, C'MON!" I roared.

I leapt up from the ground, launching myself higher by blasting air through my feet, then gave it my all and rocketed my body in a beeline towards Aoyama and Hagakure. My hands stayed by my sides, streaming as much air as I possibly could to add on to the drafts blasting out from my feet.

One second, two seconds, three seconds, I was flying.

Hagakure was closer to hitting the ground, so I sped to her first. I waited until the very last moment before reaching out with one hand to grab her by her glove, then raced onward to grab Aoyama by the cape with my other hand.

"Gotcha!"

The instant I used my other hand to clutch onto Aoyama, we nosedived with our combined weight into the ground, but at least we had the branches of some trees to break our fall, and we soon found ourselves in a forest-like terrain with a wide, churning river.

My chest heaved as we all lay on the ground with twigs and leaves in our hair, trying to catch our breaths. I really needed mine, because after that stunt, my heart felt like it was going to explode.

"[L/N]... you... you flew!!! You saved us!" Hagakure gasped as she began to sit up and held out a glove to me.

"Y-... yeah," I wheezed, clamping my own glove against hers to pull myself up.

"L-ladies, as much as I'd love to celebrate with you, we've got ourselves some company!"

Aoyama's warning turned our heads to see an incoming wave of villains past the foliage. They had wicked grins plastered onto their faces, and each of them advanced towards us like hungry predators stalking their prey.