Chapter 13: I said I don't need help!

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Third P.O.V:

Aizawa stood at the front of the bus and quieted everyone, "We're here. Stop messing around."

They all trailed off the bus, with Iida leading the group. In front of the building was Pro Hero: Thirteen.

"Everyone! I've been waiting for you!" He said enthusiastically, exciting all the students.

"Its the space hero, Thirteen!" Izuku exclaimed excitedly. Heather had heard about the hero before. Not much really since she tended not to focus on many heroes, but she'd heard quite good things about Thirteen.

"I love Thirteen!" Ochaco exclaimed quietly to Heather, lightly tugging her arm in excitement. Heather glanced at her, amused.  

"Lets go inside without delay." The hero said, motioning for the students to follow him.

Heather and the other students marveled at the size of the building and scanned the large room that contained different life-sizes structures of natural disasters.

Thirteen stood in front of them and gestured to the simulations proudly, "A shipwreck, a landslide, a fire, a windstorm. Its a training ground I made with different types of accidents and disasters. Its called the Unforeseen Simulation Joint! Or U.S.J for short!"

Class 1-A deadpanned slightly at the name, all of them familiar with the coincidence.

USJ...

"Thirteen where's All Might? He was supposed to meet us here." Aizawa asked monotonously.

"About that..." He lowered his voice so the students behind Aizawa couldn't hear the rest of the thought. He then held up three fingers, much to everyone's confusion. 

"That's the height of irrationality." Aizawa scoffed, irritated, leaving most of them wondering just what All Might had done. Heather noticed that Izuku looked slightly more distraught, but brushed it off as nervousness for the training.

Thirteen remained cheerful. "But it can't be helped. Shall we begin?" The class all nodded enthusiastically.

Thirteen clapped his hands, "Right! Lets see... Before we begin, let me say one thing... er, two things... three?... or four... or five... or six... seven..." 

We get it... The class all thought in sync. 

The hero seemed to snap out of it, "Everyone! I'm sure you are aware of my quirk, Black Hole. I can suck up anything and turn it into dust!"

Izuku perked up, "You've been able to use that quirk to save people from all kinds of disasters, right?"

Thirteen nodded but an air of seriousness settled around him. "Yes, but its a power that can kill easily." A hush fell over the class. 

"Some of you also have quirks like that, right?" The hero asked in the morbid silence. 

"In a superhuman society, personal quirks have been certified and regulated, so it doesn't seem like a problem at first glance. However, please do not forget that there are many quirks that can kill with one wrong step. With Aizawa's physical fitness test, you found out the possibilities of your own quirks. And with All Might's person-to-person combat training, you experienced the danger of using these powers against others. This class is a fresh start. You shall learn how to use your quirk to save lives! You do not have powers so you can harm others. I hope you leave here with the understanding that you have to power to help others. That is all! Thank you for listening!"

The whole class clapped at the speech, with vigor. "That was amazing!" Ochaco called out admiringly. Heather also clapped politely, but wasn't as enthusiastic about it as everyone else. She didn't have a quirk to be included in the speech after all. 

But the happy atmosphere didn't last long. 

Suddenly, all the lights went out, startling the students. A chill crept into the USJ as a dark oozing portal appeared in the distance, seemingly emitting a dark and lifeless energy.

Aizawa's head snapped towards the swirling portal, panic streaked across his eyes. The void portal gave a vicious lash and spread wider through the center of the room. A figure appeared from the darkness, pale hands clutched to his body and face. 

Heather watched along with her classmates with morbid curiosity, but quickly found herself fearful when Aizawa shouted at them:  "Gather together and don't move! Thirteen! Protect the students!"

More people emerged from the portal, having varying degrees of quirks on display.

"Is this like the entrance exam where the lesson's already started?" Kirishima asked nervously. Heather glanced at Aizawa, who was tense and defensive, with shaking eyes and voiced her doubts, "I don't think so, Kirishima." 

Heather saw Izuku start to walk forward and hissed out "Midoriya!" at the same time Aizawa yelled out "Don't move!". Heather grabbed Izuku's arm to reinforce the command.  

Aizawa pulled down his signature goggles. "Those are villains." He confirmed. 

Heather's grip on Izuku tightened unconsciously as her eyes darted about, watching the villains emerge from the portal. Everyone in the group tensed and huddled together, watching Aizawa and Thirteen for guidance.

"The trespassing the other day was the work of these scumbags then," Aizawa murmured, his bandages beginning to float dangerously, his hair lifting from his shoulders. 

"But-But there's no way they should be able to get into the school!" Kirishima exclaimed.

Yaorouozu came forward, "Mr. Aizawa! What about the trespasser sensors?"  

Thirteen kept his eye on the villains but replied calmly, "we have them of course, but..." He trailed off. 

"Did they just appear here or around the whole school?" Todoroki asked. "Either way, if the sensors aren't responding, that means they have someone with a quirk that can disable them." He glanced around at the walls of the USJ, nervousness creeping at the corner of his eyes. 

"An isolated area separated from the main campus during a time when a class is supposed to be held. They might be fools, but they aren't dumb. This was planned with a goal in mind."

Aizawa interrupted, "Thirteen, start the evacuation and try calling the school," he ordered then turned to a blond boy near the front. "Kaminari! Use your quirk to try contacting the school."

"Y-yes sir!"

Izuku startled forward, "W-Wait a minute! What are you going to do? Will you fight them by yourself!? With that many, even if you erase their quirks, a frontal style battle..." He trailed off uncertainly. 

Aizawa looked unperturbed, "you can't be a hero with only one trick." He replied simply. He jumped down into the crowd of villains, the students watching amazed as he began taking them down one by one. 

"Everyone! Lets go!" Thirteen ordered, snapping them out of it. 

Izuku stayed behind for a moment watching his teacher fight the villains, but Heather quickly grabbed his arm and pulled him away. "No time for analysis Izuku!" She yelled, catching them up to the group. 

Suddenly a dark hole in the ground opened up and rose to reveal the black mass the brought the villains here in the first place. 

The thing blocked their path and loomed over them ominously, introducing their group as the league of villains. Heather listened with wide eyes and found herself swallowing back a scream when the dark mass enveloped her whole body and drowned her in an abyss.

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Heather rubbed her head, an ache settling at the back of it as she got up from the jagged ground. She looked around in confusion. Wasn't she just with Izuku? 

The memory came back fast. That villain had transported her and some other students to the sights in the USJ. She racketed her brain to remember which sight this was. 

"Good, you're up." Todoroki said from behind her. Heather jumped in her skin, "jeez! Don't scare someone like that!" She scolded. 

"Sorry," the boy said plainly, not sounding particularly sorry at all. He suddenly paused and turned slightly, ice blistering out in front of him, freezing a villain that was about to bash his skull with a pipe. 

Heather gasped and finally noticed that both her and Todoroki weren't alone in the landslide zone. Villains surrounded them on all sides, baring their quirks and weapons in unspoken threats. 

But from looking at the statues of ice around them, Heather deduced that Todoroki had been protecting her while she was unconscious. The thought bothered her slightly. She could already hear a taunting voice at the back of her head, mocking her failure.

Need someone with a quirk to help you, Heather? What are you? A damsel in distress? How disappointing. I though you were meant to be equals even without a quirk?

Shut up! Heather shot back and shook her head clear. Now is not the time. 

Todoroki and her ended up back-to-back, ready to defend themselves. As one of the thugs charged at her, Heather dodged his punch and kicked him between the legs. As that one was toppling over, she leaped over to the next closest villain, jabbing them in the kidneys before sweeping their legs from under them. 

Heather saw a sheet of ice crawl up the villain, trapping them to the ground but avoiding where Heather's own feet were. She glanced back at Todoroki with dismay, who wasn't even bothering to look at her as he used his quirk. Heather felt something ugly stir in her chest as she stood up and made her way back over towards him. 

She recalled their conversation before the bus ride over and gritted her teeth. 

She did not need his help!  

Heather also saw, with increasing frustration, that Todoroki had subdued most of the villains in their area during the time it had taken her to knock down just two of them. The only exceptions to Todoroki's ice attack were the villains who had some sort of flight quirk. 

One of the flying villains tried to make a shot at her and reached out to grab her arm. Heather ducked and kicked up at him with a growl, her frustration channeling through her causing her kick to be harder then she intended. The villain choked on his spit and crashed to the ground wheezing. Another sheet of ice bypassed Heather and trapped the villain to the ground. 

Heather snapped her head towards her classmate, "would you stop that!" She spat at him, then immediately covered her mouth in embarrassment. Todoroki frowned at her. 

"Stop what?" He asked, genuinely confused and just slightly offended. Heather's face burned red and she waved her hand at him dismissively, "nothing, forget it." She said, hoping to end the conversation. 

"Have I done something wrong?" The boy asked, dashing Heather's hopes. She shook her head, "no you haven't, its fine." She said, practically biting out the sentence. They had both stopped attacking the villains now and were facing each other.

Todoroki huffed at her, "I've clearly done something," he said accusingly before he tugged her arm and sent a shot of ice at a villain that was about to cave in her skull. 

Heather forced her arm out of his grip, "I can defend myself just fine!" She yelled at him, face turning an even deeper red. 

Todoroki glared at her, "what are you talking about? I know you can-" 

"If you know, then why can't you just leave me alone!"

"I'm making sure they aren't getting back up again! This has nothing to do with you!" Todoroki snapped. Heather grumbled under her breath, "yeah sure."

Todoroki scoffed, "is it really so hard for you to believe that I'm not patronising you?"

Heather rolled her eyes, "considering I can count on one hand the amount of people who've actually taken me seriously-"

"You're in the hero course," Todoroki interrupted, and he almost looked angry at what she was saying. "Everyone takes everything seriously. This isn't some random school either. This is U.A and we both got into it. Don't insult me by saying I don't take you seriously. I'm not stupid." 

Heather gaped at him, not speaking. 

Todoroki rolled his eyes and turned back to the frozen villains, eye narrowing further as he observed their shivering forms as they struggles to break free of the ice. 

"How pathetic," he said, making sure they could all hear him. "To loose against two children. Get a hold of yourselves. You're adults, aren't you?" He glared at them. 

Heather had to admit, Todoroki could be very intimidating when he wanted to be. She almost felt sorry for the frozen villains. Almost.

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