Strings (BNHA x OC) [Rewrite]

4 || Tag

Puppet stood on the edge of a building's rooftop, looking down on the people who were walking along the sidewalks below. Among those walking on the sidewalks was a teenage girl. She had a purple bob-cut hairstyle and headphone jacks dangling freely from her earlobes. The thing that had caught the villain's eye was the uniform the girl wore — a UA school uniform.

Puppet smiled to herself. This girl was going to be her ticket to the front gates of UA. Not only that, but she recognized this girl as a student of class 1-A — the class that piqued Shigaraki's interest. But, Puppet wasn't going to worry about what Shigaraki wanted at the moment, she wanted to mess with UA a bit.

Strings shot through the air and down towards the girl on the sidewalk.

—

Jiro screamed as black strings wrapped quickly and tightly around her wrists and waist.

There were civilians walking near her on the sidewalks. They were in danger.

She swiped her hand through the air. "Stay back!" she yelled at all the passersby.

Before she could do anything more, she was helplessly jerked above the ground by the strings and up to the nearby rooftops.

To Jiro's surprise, she was placed on the rooftop lightly on her feet as if the person controlling the strings didn't want to hurt her.

The hero trainee was pulled backward by the strings and away from the edge of the building. The strings pulled her wrists behind her back and bound them together while the strings around her waist loosened and fell away.

Puppet sauntered up to Jiro from behind, leaning down next to her ear. "Hello, hello, student of class 1-A."

The voice sent chills through the hero trainee's body. She felt prickles from the hair on the back of her neck standing on edge.

Jiro hesitantly turned her head to face Puppet. The close proximity between them made the teen flinch. She quickly averted her gaze away and instead down at the ground in front of her feet.

Jiro bit her lip. What's the best thing to do right now?

She knew little about this villain, Puppet Master. Though, what she did know was enough to conclude that she definitely couldn't beat her in a one-on-one fight. She needed help — badly.

Stay calm Kyoka, don't panic, she told herself, taking a shaky breath.

She swallowed the lump in her throat and asked the question that she didn't want to know the answer to. "What do you want?"

The answer she got didn't help at all with her anxiety.

"Since you're a UA student, I want your help getting in close to your school's gates," Puppet responded.

"Why?"

Jiro knew that she had to drag this conversation along as best she could. The people who had seen her being taken were more than likely calling for help, so she just had to wait until the help arrived. She figured that wouldn't take too long, so for now, she just needed to cooperate.

"Am I not allowed to do what I want?" she asked, and it was blatantly obvious that it was rhetorical. "Now, what's your name?"

"J-Jiro."

"Your full name."

"Kyoka Jiro."

"Good. Now tell me, do you like the game tag?"

Jiro's heart stuttered. Tag? Why tag? What's about to happen to me? Her mind swirled with thoughts. What do I say, yes or no?

She had to answer.