[Plot Battle] A Race Against Time

Kuvira covered her face as a bright light beamed down onto her from her now opened curtain. Suyin, the woman that took her in after the loss of her mother, and imprisonment of her father, stood next to her bed holding a part of the curtain in her hand. Today was the last day Kuvira would be woken like this as today would be the last day Kuvira would stay in this house.

You've got to get up. We've got some much left to pack.

Yes Ma'am.

Kuvira Sat up on the side of her bed before rocking forward to come to a stand. The girl would inhale deeply and clench her muscles before extending her arms far above her head, she would then roll her shoulders and come back to a neutral position. She would then glance over at the boxes in the corner of her room, a few of them packed by many of them unpacked.

Kuvira rolled her eyes before looking at Suyin, being greeted with a smile.

Why do I even need so much stuff? I'm probably going to have a roommate so this stuff would just take up space.


Well Baatar and I kind of have plans for this room once you leave. We haven't agreed on what it's going to be yet but we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

Kuvira let out a groan before heading over to her closet to finish packing. Suyin would follow her, upon reaching her she would wrap her arms around Kuvira and place her head on her shoulder, embracing her.

We don't actually want you to leave. If we were to walk in this room and see your belongings I know that I would break into tears.

Kuvira would feel a single drop of water on the nape of her neck, a single tear would create a stream down Suyin's face. Kuvira would turn around and embrace Suyin back. She could feel her eyes water in this moment but she held the tears back.

We love you Kuvira and we're gonna miss you greatly.

I love you both and I'll be sure to come back to you safe and sound.

I'll hold you to that.

The hug would last a second longer before they both began packing. This would go on about an hour before Suyin had to leave for work.

Kuvira finished packing everything on her own before noticing that she was missing a few items. Kuvira would head to out to go to the store.


The store she was heading towards was a few more blocks away however she decided to stop at a corner store for a quick snack. She happened to be quite fond of chocolate.

As she approached the store she could hear noises from what sounded like a scuffle nearby. Kuvira would have ignored it if it were some kids fighting, but the thought of some elderly person getting robbed so she immediately headed towards the noise.

As Kuvira arrived she witnessed something she had never seen before, a dead body. Several dead bodies to be exact. Kuvira felt sick to her stomach. This feeling didn't make her scared however, it made her angry. Maybe if she managed to get here moments before she could have saved at least one of them, if not all.

It was far too late to save them, however she would not let this individual get away. She would pull out her phone and dial 911 before placing the phone behind her back.

"HEY! HOW COULD YOU MURDER THESE PEOPLE ON FLATBUSH"

Kuvira emphasised the words murder and flatbush so that the police would know the location and severity of the situation.

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"Haa? What nonsense are you talking about? Those morons were a waste of breathing space. The way they pressed me, they were practically begging for death."

Begging for death? What kind of monster was this man that stood before Kuvira? He even had the gall to smile afterwards. A shiver dashed down the girl's spine as she thought about what was happening. She thought about how many more people are like this man before her. It was terrifying. This is the path Kuvira decided to take however. These were the people she decided to fight against, so she could not let this one encounter shake her.

Kuvira dropped her phone as the man took his sword from the chest of his victim. She was furious, not at the man but at herself. The thought of not being able to help these people. However Kuvira was not one to let this emotion show. If she were to stop him she would need her quirk to do so. While it is illegal to use quirks in matters like this she had no choice.

The initial goal was to stall until help arrived, but plans changed. She wanted to make this man pay for ever crossing her path. There's no telling how many other people he slaughtered in his miserable life. The smile alerted Kuvira that this was not his first time doing something like this.


"What makes you think you have the right to takes some else's life? What made you stray so far from humanity? What made you become this monster?"

Kuvira's body shook slightly in rage as she spoke. Kuvira analyzed his swords and determined that he was a close range fighter, so she'd have to play carefully. If she showed her ability to attack from range too early he could run, but if she let him too close it could be fatal. Kuvira remembered the Earthbending armor ability that she recently taught herself. This technique of hers would be critical in this fight.


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“What made me become a monster? I’m just living my best life sweetheart. I live true to my desires. They stood in my way, so I killed them. It’s as simple as that. There’s no abstract reason for it – or do you have a problem with that?”

The sweetheart remark annoyed Kuvira to no extent. So much so that she thought about rushing him down as he stood there.

“Looks like you dropped something! You wouldn’t happen to have used that phone to call the police, would you? Haha! Would you forgive me if I told you I’m sorry and that I regret it? How about it?”

Forgiveness? It was far too late for that. This was not something that you can just be "forgiven" for, no matter how much time has passed. Another thing that made Kuvira upset was his tone as he spoke. Everything this guy said bothered her, annoyed her, and made her hate him.

The man was annoying but he was perceptive. He had caught on to what she was doing for the most part, so she had to be careful as to not spook him.

"Suppose I did call the cops? Now what? Are you gonna run? Are you gonna stay and deal with me, someone that is a witness to your crimes? I do not plan on letting you get away with this. I will follow you if you try to run and will catch you."

Kuvira put her fists up to her face. Her hands were shoulder width apart as well as her footing. The left hand slightly ahead of the right hand. Kuvira's left foot ahead of her right foot, and her feet, as well as the rest of her body, were facing right slightly. Kuvira's chin was tucked slightly into her chest.

"You are going to pay for what you have done. You can spend the rest of your days in a jail cell asking for "Forgiveness"."

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The man did not seemed to be phased by the words Kuvira spoke, in fact it lit a spark within the man. The opposite effect Kuvira would have liked to have happened.

"Haha, run away? Don't make me laugh! I don't plan on being arrested any time soon, but if you're gonna go that far to challenge me, it's only courteous that I accept."

This man was prepared to fight in order to maintain his pride. He was either prideful or an idiot, and while it may have also been the latter, Kuvira could tell it was his pride on the line. A villain like him would not allow a random girl on the street to "check" him the way she just did just now, and be one hundred percent okay with that.

Without hesitation the man dashed towards Kuvira with a nearly blinding speed. There was something "off" with the way this man moved. This movement was not at all normal and Kuvira would not understand what was happening immediately. Then like a strike of lightning, it hit her. Thanks to Kuvira's Seismic Sense she could feel what was going on, or in this case what was not going on. Normally she would feel the vibrations as the man stepped downwards, but there was some kind of delay in the vibrations. This funky movement had to be the work of a quirk.

"I'll just have to force my way past you, now won't I?! Come on girly, don't make this too easy for me. Otherwise I'll turn you into a mess worthy of a modern arts show!"

Kuvira took a step back and as she did so she would use that step to create a Stone wall in front of the man to stop his assault. Kuvira would then create an Armor of earth around her body, the defend against future attacks.


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As Kuvira suited up with her Earth armor she felt his presence disappear into thin air for a split second. It was as if he vanished on the other side of the wall she had created. Then, out of the earth, the man appeared. Kuvira had seen other quirks before obviously but not one like this. It was as if the man was some kind of ghost.


The man's sudden appearance stunned Kuvira a bit. In her confusion she had not noticed that he had landed a clean hit onto her chest.

"Shit! How could I be so careless? Had I not had this Earth Armor I would have been hit. I have to be a lot more careful during this fight. "

Kuvira noticed the sound that the man's gloves created when they struck her armor. There had to be some kind of metal in his gloves or that punch would have hurt him a lot. Kuvira noticed the man take a step back before speaking to Kuvira.

“First you raise a wall of Earth, and then you form a suit of armor out of it. Your Quirk’s Earth Manipulation, isn’t? Haha, not bad! So that’s why you were so unafraid of me – you’re probably a hero or something, aren’t you?”

It was almost scary how accurate the man was. She had been found out. Although this really did not matter to Kuvira. Yes he may have figured out her ability, but he had not clue of the extent that she could go, nor did he know how creative Kuvira could be with these powers of hers.

“Sorry sweetie, impressive as they may be, your powers mean nothing if they can’t hit me.”

The reality of the situation hit her like a bus. What's stopping him from just going ghost and walking out of here? Then something else hit her. Kuvira smirked at the man before let out a slight chuckle. She had figured him out.

" If you have a quirk that lets you be immune to getting hit, then why are you still here? Every quirk has some kind of drawback and I assume yours does as well. Maybe you can only use it for a moment, or you can only use it so much in general before something happens to you. Either way I plan on testing the limits to your powers."

Kuvira would throw a series of punches towards the man allowing some of the earth from her suit to be launched towards the man. This barrage of punches would force the man into using his quirk to evade or risk getting hit. This battle became more of a chess match.

"Checkmate"

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Why am I still here?’ I just thought I’d entertain your challenge is all! Besides, you wouldn’t let me escape without a fight, would you?”

While he was right about not getting away with out a fight, Kuvira's theory was not dead yet. However it seemed the man did not need to use his ability to dodge the projectiles fired. Some were dodged and some were somehow redirected.

The man would leap towards Kuvira and attempt to slash her with his sword using his right hand. This attack would be aimed at Kuvira's chest, which was now exposed from the projectiles she had fired off earlier at the man. She would hop back and using her first step she would summon a pillar of earth from the ground to defend herself, as well as obscure the man's vision.

Kuvira would then take another step and create a hole underneath herself. She decided she would lurk underground and prepare a counter attack of her own. The hole would be covered up with her Earthbending so the man would be none the wiser.

Kuvira began to dig deep and tunnel under the man and behind him.

"Going to end this now."

While Kuvira lurked under ground, her Seismic sense ability would stilk be active. This would allow Kuvira to sense the vibrations above ground, thus allowing her to track the man by his footsteps. By now the man had destroyed her Earth pillar and found Kuvira was no where to be found.

"This is my chance"

Kuvira would emerge from the ground, behind the man, and begin her attack. Before she did this she made sure to replenish her Earth armor. As soon as she emerged from the ground, she would activate her euro step, increasing her speed, and dash towards the man. Kuvira would wrap her arms around the man's waist and begin to life him above her head. As she did this she would lean back, attempting to slam the man into the ground with a German suplex.

"Phase this!"

As the man hit the ground she would Use her Earth bending ability to create a hole underneath them, this creating a longer fall for the man as well as trapping him under ground with her.