Scars [Todoroki x OC]

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"Let's hurry home Mumu! Don't want our ice cream to get too melted!" Pro hero, Father Time, whispered excitedly to his daughter before they exited the convenience store. The sprinkle of rain that began only minutes earlier had quickly progressed to a rather serious storm. Hand in hand the two left the store and began the quick walk back to their home. Mayu gripped tighter onto her father's hands once she realized how stormy it was outside.

Luckily her father had prepared beforehand and carried an umbrella above the two of them. The wind whipped against her pale face causing her blue hair to fly behind her ears. That was when she heard it. A low rumbling growl that seemed to shake poor Mayu down to her very core. Her golden eyes widened in fear before glancing up at her father to see that he too had heard the noise. Whisking his daughter down the street the Pro remained on high alert. It wasn't too late in the evening, not many villains would come out this early, but that also meant the latter was true too, not many pros had begun their patrols, which meant that he was on his own.

Lightning streaked across the sky illuminating the path before the two. And that's when Mayu saw it. A monster. One lone monster separating Mayu and her father from continuing their journey home. Mayu was a smart girl, and she knew that this monster wasn't really a monster. It was a villain, which some say is just as bad as a normal monster, if not worse. Because villains are human. Father Time stood still, hand gripping onto his daughter when he heard her whimper quietly from beside him.

"D-dad-" she began only to swallow the rest of her words in fear. She didn't have the courage to finish. But her father understood. This villain ahead of them was dangerous, and notorious in the area for brutalizing his victims. He called himself Oni, only because he left no victims alive to spread the fear of his name. With a low guttural growl, Oni lifted his crimson eyes, filled with bloodlust, and set his sights on his newest victims, who just happened to be Mayu and her father. Before Father Time even registered the attack he was on the ground. Oni bared gigantic fangs at him tearing into his shoulder.

The pro didn't waste much time before swinging his legs around to knock the gigantic beast off of him and into the street. Mayu froze, she stared at her father's scarlet blood seeping through his fingers onto the wet pavement. Father Time activated his quirk, slowing time down just enough so he could land another hit on Oni. Looking back at his daughter he called out to her, "Run Mumu, I'll be okay I promise." But he was too slow, with one swipe of his claws Oni struck the pro down. Mayu screamed, only to have her voice be deafened by the thundering storm that raged above them. Crimson eyes locked with gold. Oni charged at her. Holding up her arms in defense, she tried her best, but what could a child do against a man with a power like Oni's? Streaks of red littered the poor girl's skin and she quickly realized that she was going to die. Holding a bloody hand against her face she noticed she couldn't see out of her left eye, but that was the least of her problems.

With another powerful swipe of his claws, Oni ravaged against the soft tissues of her back. Three long lacerations were added to the growing list of scrapes on Mayu's body. Oni stared down at the miserable girl and his satisfied smirk grew once he heard her gasp for her father, the man he had killed moments earlier. But Oni was distracted, too focused on his success to realize he had actually failed. Mayu's father appeared out of nowhere and landed a quick and powerful blow to the side of the beast's head. When Oni looked up from the ground he noticed red and blue lights flashing all around him. He had lost.

But he wasn't the only one who lost something that evening. Father Time may have landed the final blow, but that meant nothing when he soon succumbed to his injuries while holding his daughter's weak body in his arms. Tears and rain-streaked down both of their faces before mixing with blood. A devastatingly beautiful image. Mayu was now alone.