The Scarred Avatar (On hold)

9: I am here!

She takes a sip out of her large water bottle and places it into her bag. Ever since she mastered waterbending, she has made it a habit to keep water on her at all times since she doesn't know when that man will come for her again. She walks carelessly home, knowing the route like the back of her hand. She turns the corner to go through the tunnel under the bridge but stops in her tracks. An outline of a deformed large person is seen in the shadows and she cautiously steps forwards, not knowing if the unusual looking person will attack or in need of help but now that she takes a closer look, she sees that the person is green sludge and she sees that the sludge is holding a person.

That person is wearing our uniform.

She takes a step forward to try to identify the student and drops her bag from her shoulder with a thud, her bottle falling out in the process and brings a hand to her mouth in fear when she had identified who it is. The thud of the bag doesn't go unnoticed and the green sludge turns towards her and she sees a better view of the student. The familiar green hair of Izuku Midoriya.

The villain pushes sludge down his throat and Midoriya struggles against his hold, tears falling from his eyes at the pain in the pain in his throat. Midoriya makes eye contact with her and he squirms against the sludge's hold, eyes pleading for help. Suddenly, a memory resurfaces as if to act as a reminder.

"When I get my quirk, I'm going to become a Hero. Just Like All Might!"

She clenches her fists and runs towards the villain, her hood falling off. Her eyes emit a slight glow and she yells out in anger.

I'm not going to make the same mistake again!

The sludge watches her and smirks, "There's nothing you can do for your friend since I'm going to use him as my cloak. Even if you touch me, you won't be able to grab my fluid body."

"Shut up!" Haruka shouts and makes eye contact with the villain. The sludge freezes and his grip loosens on, a now unconscious, Midoriya. She runs straight to him, making sure to not blink as she gets closer and closer to the villain. She grabs hold of Midoriya's arm and tries to pull him out, but the villain's grasp tightens, making it difficult to pull him out.

The sludge monster, now awake, makes a grab for her but she jumps back to create distance between the two. She looks to the sludge in confusion as he glares at her, "What the fuck was that? Out of all the things you had to show me, it just had to be that?! You got a nice quirk and all but now you pissed me off!"

The sludge shoots out multiple arms and Haruka dodges the attacks easily. Haruka cries out in anger, "Let him go, you bastard!"

He scoffs and tilts his head to the side mockingly, "And why the hell should I listen to you, brat?"

"Use me instead. That kid doesn't even have a quirk and you might as well use someone who does." The villain highly doubts that she would actually give herself up until he sees her kneeling in front of him. "Please, let him go."

"Hmm... okay!"

He immediately lets Midoriya go and aims straight for her. Haruka grits her teeth.

Why couldn't I think of anything better? Why couldn't I think of a way for both us to get out of this safely? I can't use my quirk on him again because he has a strong will power. I don't want the same thing to happen to Izu like it did to Mama! This is the only way! This is the only way! I can't... huh?

She senses water underground and punches herself for not thinking of this before, she even just put her bottle away too. The thought of losing Midoriya made her forget to think logically before attacking. She acted on her emotions and now she has to pay the price. The villain grabs onto her and pushes the sludge into her throat. Her eyes began to fill with tears at the pain, but she tries to ignore it as she looks to the sewer opening where the villain came from and tries to bend the water, but the villain notices her strange hand movements. "Ah, ah, ah. You offered yourself up and now you change your mind? Well, too late now!" He pushes more sludge down her throat and tears form in her eyes.