Strings (BNHA x OC) [Rewrite]

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The two pro heroes navigated through the rubble of the building, trying to find their way out as quickly as they could without giving away their location. The League was still a huge threat, and they had to assume that they were chasing after them.

Hawks had let them go — it was unexpected, but they were grateful. He could've easily taken them down, especially with Eraser Head's quirk being temporarily unusable due to dry-eye.

As they moved, the two heard crumbling sounds from all around them. There were a few crevasses in the rubble that were big enough for a person to hide in. Unease settled heavily in their guts.

Suddenly, a soul jumped from one of the crevasses and tackled Present Mic down to the floor. He was able to quickly kick the soul off of him and get up.

Eraser Head ran up and landed a second kick, knocking the soul back a few meters.

"She knows where we are," the voice hero spoke his observation.

The erasure hero didn't take his eyes off the soul. "I noticed."

Eraser Head was lucky to hear a small but noticeable crumbling sound right before he got attacked from behind by another soul. It kicked at his back, but he spun around in time to dodge.

He was able to grab the soul fling it away. It landed in a crouched position a few meters away. He strangely found the movements of the soul to be familiar — more sophisticated than normal.

"Can't erase my quirk if you can't see my real body right, Eraser?" the soul asked, the voice having a subtle echoing effect.

His blood ran cold. That was Puppet's voice.

Questions quickly invaded his mind. Is she speaking through the soul? Is she controlling it?

Seeing the erasure hero's expression twist in confusion, the soul—Puppet—chuckled.

"You must be confused~" she cooed.

She shrugged. "It's not ideal — I'd rather be in my own body and be able to use strings. Then again, this is more efficient considering the circumstances. My body is useless right now; I don't even know where I am, my five senses are all transferred here." She gestured to the soul.

Eraser Head instantly latched onto the information. Puppet currently didn't have the usage of her strings and had no awareness of her body. However, she was able to manually control her souls.

He was aware that she was most likely trying to stall for time, knowing that other League members besides herself were coming after himself and Present Mic.

Eraser Head tried to use his quirk on the soul Puppet was controlling, but it did nothing. He readied himself for combat, prepared for what was to come. He didn't have his capture weapon, but that wasn't going to stop him.

Both of the heroes knew that they needed to fight; if they didn't, then the villain would just follow them.

Puppet's eyes narrowed. Her job was to stall, if Hawks had gotten her to Mr. Compress, she knew that backup was on the way.

She instructed her other soul to keep Present Mic busy and give him a run-around.

She looked at Eraser Head, smirking as he scowled. She waited for him to make the first move; the longer he waited the better. He realized what she was trying to do and just rushed at the soul.

He reached out, trying to grab her. She waited until the last possible moment to move out of the way and suddenly swerve behind him. She bashed her elbow hard into his back.

The harsh hit made him stumble forward a few steps before he regained himself.

A few yards away, Present Mic had been able to pin down the soul that Puppet had put against him. He hit the wispy entity repeatedly, eventually destroying it.

Eraser Head got a hit off on the black-and-white villain and punched her in the gut, making her lose her breath and knocking her back. A knife suddenly was thrown past his face, stopping him from continuing his attack.

"We're here to join the fun!" Toga's voice cheered as she, along with Twice and Shigaraki, ran onto the scene.

Puppet smiled to herself; backup had arrived.

The erasure hero immediately turned to face the arriving villains and erased their quirks. Shigaraki's quirk specifically was far too destructive to be left unchecked.

Shigaraki had been smart; he'd brought Twice, Toga, and himself — the League members that didn't rely solely on their quirks for combat. They were all agile and had impressive combat capabilities.

Toga ran at Eraser Head, slashing at him repeatedly with one of her knifes. Twice pulled out his measuring tape and flicked it at Present Mic, trying to hit him.

Puppet was able to back up a bit and take a breath. Though she may be in the body of a soul, she still had to get air to 'her' lungs.

Shigaraki didn't attack right away, instead, he walked up to Puppet and looked her up and down. "Care to explain?"

"Later," she replied simply, turning back to rejoin the fight now that she had caught her breath. Shigaraki ran into the fight too.

Eraser Head focused on keeping Twice and Shigaraki's quirks erased while Present Mic kept his distance and let out small but powerful yells towards the villains.

At one point, Present Mic was able to get Eraser Head behind him. He used his quirk and yelled as loud as he could towards the group of villains. His throat was starting to get sore; he wouldn't be able to keep this up for much longer.

The villains covered their ears, trying to block out the noise.

With the voice hero keeping the villains back, both of the heroes started to run. This was their best chance to escape.

Puppet wasn't taking the full force of Present Mic's yell, so she carelessly ran after them. Unluckily for her, Eraser Head knew her course of action would be that. He quickly grabbed her and threw her into a wall, using a great amount of force to hit the soul in the head. Had it been the black-and-white villain's real body, she would have been knocked unconscious, but instead the soul was destroyed.

With Puppet off their tail, the erasure hero sure as hell wasn't going to waste the opportunity to run. He swiveled, pushing Present Mic forward. "Go, go!"

They ran through rubble, speeding away from the villains. They could hear sirens fading in from the distance. That was a sign of hope; wherever they were was populated enough for there to be authoritative figures.

As they ran towards the sirens, Eraser Head glanced over his shoulder, noticing that the villains were no longer chasing them. Even so, they weren't safe yet, so they kept running as fast as they could.

They soon saw the flashing lights of the police cars from the street and ran up to them.

A police officer stepped out of a police vehicle. She quickly approached the two battle-worn pro heroes. "What happened here?"

Present Mic spoke to the officer without missing a beat. "We need to get to UA High School."

The officer blinked in surprise, but then hurriedly gestured the two towards her vehicle.