Chapter six: Straight fire

The flames burst into great heat. As it stood there, the ground beneath it melted. I stepped toward them with, " Looks like I found what I'll roast today.". It was a feminine voice.

The heat wasn't getting any better. The best way to deal with this is to take it down fast. The women kneeled. She paused. Then the flames on her body got dimmer. With staggering speeds, the flames burst from her legs and she shot forward.

Without hesitation, Izuku levitated broken pieces of close buildings and pulled them together. From both sides, it clashed into the running fire and stunned her. The flames seemed at first to get dim, but then grew back fast. The women growled, " The fucking hurt, you brat! "

" Isn't this person supposed to be a hero?!" Uraraka squealed, running to the side as the flamed women dash straight. They all dodged her but she did something at the start of her rush. Pause, flames get dim, burst again from a point on her body then surround her body once more.

Dark shadow grabbed the nearest rocks and threw them. The women didn't get stopped this time and burned through it. " She's at a high enough temperature to burn through objects in an instant! Don't let her touch you!" Tokoyami informed, now backing off dark shadow as we raced past him.

'She only going for direct attacks! Why is that? She's surrounded by fire left and right?' Midoriya pondered, levitating more projectiles and throwing them at her. The rocks he threw stunned her once again, making the flames dim. Then it boomed out again, as she rushed forward.

Izuku hopped away from her, creating space for him to think. He then blurted out to his teammates, " You guys look for a source of water!"

Hearing a laugh coming the woman on fire. She then said, " Water? You think you're here just to throw some water on me and be done with it? ✨I think not✨". She bent over, making the same attempt from last time. But while she was talking, Izuku noticed something.

" I'll go look. Be careful." Uraraka said. Tokoyami turned around and told, " I'll go with you just in case.". Midoriya nodded before taking attention to the flamed woman.

The things he noticed were the flames on her body drained when she spoke. Another was breathing getting awkward.

"I think it's about time I end this." She let out. She reached out for something and then went to her mouth. She started walking forward. Then her flames burst up into a greater size. As she walked, The flames from the buildings were slowly disappearing.

" Midoriya, I think we should retreat and rethink our approach. " Asui recommended, crawling back on fours. Midoriya shook his head saying, " No. That's what she wants. but if we have to, we will. Give me some time."

He threw his hands out and used his quirk, pushing off the fire on her. The fire was still attached but it was peeled back, revealing an oxygen mask on her face.

It looked like she was gonna say something about it but Izuku took the chance. He started yanking against the tub of her oxygen mask.

" Hey, stop that!" She yelled, now making a run at him. He finally knew why she acted the way she did. " Asui-san! When I saw run, make a break for it!". Asui croaked an affirmative. Midoriya put all his power into the pulling. Bolts of the tube came flying off. As that happened, the flames on her body grew. 'just one more good pull and...

Flames soared up the sky. " Run Asui!". The two bolted down the street. Midoriya could breathe better. Taking a look around, the flames on the buildings were there. Coming to a stop, he used the main purpose of his quirk. Moving the fire all down and to the woman.

It covered the entire street, making it a reddish-orange mix of light. He waited a second before letting go of the fire and going to Asui who stood farther back. " Is she okay?" Asui asked, standing up on two feet.

" She might be a bit crispy but all's good." Izuku joked, laughing a bit. She giggled as well, though still worried about the woman. Getting serious now, he explained, " She's most likely fine. If she can have fire surrounding her body then the first shouldn't have hurt her. However, we need to get her because of the lack of oxygen. Could you carry her with your tongue?"

" Mhm," She responded, going toward her. The area had filled with oxygen once again. She picked her up and went toward the entrance.

The group stood to the side of her and waited for her to wake up. Midoriya had already checked for any bad signs. She was alright.

" Could you tell us how you took her down?" Uraraka asked, looking down nervously at the woman who was not on fire.

" I figured out how her quirk worked and used it against her. I don't the exact way so I want her to explain herself." Midoriya put short. Tokoyami nodded with an impressed tone saying, " That is clever thinking Midoriya."

The woman on the floor then shifted. Blinking slowly and looking around. Seeing the four on her side, she smiled. " Great job you four. " she praised, getting up.

" Ma'am, are you alright?" Midoriya asked, "  I think I might have overdone it?". The woman looked over at him and giggled, " I'm A-okay. Don't worry, you did what you're supposed to. ". She then went in front of all of them and said, " Let me introduce myself: my name is Hoshi Atsui. My quirk is Fire embodiment. By taking the oxygen around me, fire form on my body."

Midoriya had a feeling it was something like that. Uraraka gave a confused face and asked, " Wait, aren't you supposed to have an advantage? But since there's so much fire around, already taking the oxygen you need to use your quirk, you're at a disadvantage. "

Hoshi stared for a second before sighing with a laugh in it, " Well, It's true, we did have an advantage. But did they say there wasn't a disadvantage for us? "

The four thought, did he say that? " She's right you guys. He only said that they have an advantage against but not in the way we thought.".

" Correct. The advantage I had was the limitation of your quirks. And yet, my disadvantage was there, but not in plain sight. Even with that factor, " She looked over at Midoriya, " Green hair here figured it out. Care to explain what gave you that?"

Midoriya scratched his cheek, with a light blush getting on his face. He then said, " well at the start, I was surprised to see you blazing with fire. But then when you attacked, you only attacked in a straight line. It was awkward for someone who has a close combat advantage. What also surprised me was the speed you rushed at, hard to dodge without your startup. If it was instant, we'll be toast. The clue I had was whenever you passed us, you're fire went down. And lastly was when you said that you'll end this quickly, then putting something on your face. That's when I knew something was up. Figuring out what that thing was, which was an oxygen mask, I knew you're consuming oxygen around you for fire. I'm glad I didn't break that oxygen tank."

Hoshi nodded, " Well said, " She turned back the rest off and continued, " with that, you guys pass. Go head back to the entrance, I can't wait to see what type of heroes you'll be."

The group gave their goodbyes and headed to the entrance to which Aizawa was sitting in a chair. When he saw the four arrive, he asked, " Did you guys fail?"

A nasty grin grew on his face as he said that. Asui shook her head and told, " We did not fail Aizawa-sensei. We passed thanks to Midoriya."

The grin went away but was replaced with a slight smile saying, " Is that so. Well then I apologize for my assumption, great job being the first to complete your task.".