I believe this is the longest chapter I've written so far for this story. I hope you guys enjoy it! :)

WARNING: Death and some Gore

I do NOT own Boku no Hero Academia, I only own my OC.

Chapter 14

The sinking sun set the halls of Yuuei ablaze like fire. Camilla loved the colors the sun created inside the halls, she stretched her arm out so she can see the orange on her skin. As she continued to make her way towards the staff room to pick up her belongings, her cell phone rang in her pocket.

She fished it out and read the caller ID, grinning when she saw the name Jane displayed.

"Hey, girl, haven't heard from you in a while." Camilla said.

A singsong laugh could be heard from the other end.

"Well, there's not very great signal where I'm studying, and I had to come to the city to get some things." Jane replied.

Camilla turned to walk down a small flight of stairs. "Speaking of which, how's it going with the African wild dogs you're studying?"

"It's going all right, we've had a few troubles with poachers and we're doing whatever we can to make sure to keep the wild dogs' habitats safe. It's a challenge, could be better, but I'll make sure this poor endangered species survives."

"I know you will, and I know you're upset right now but things will get better. You've helped save other species' before and you'll do it again."

Jane let out a low breath, "Thanks Cammy, I needed that. But enough about me, how's the teacher life?"

Camilla couldn't help but grin. "It's great, really. Our sports festival ended a while ago, and the students have two days off to rest. My class is great, one of my students came in third place in the finals."

"Fuck yeah, that's awesome!" Jane cheered.

Camilla laughed, "Yeah, it was awesome. And…" Red colored her cheeks.

"And…?" Jane continued.

"I like someone." Camilla whispered. She tried to bite her lip to keep her smile from widening.

"WHAT? WHO? WHEN?" Jane asked loudly and excitedly.

It felt like back when they were in school, exchanging secrets and giggling when they talked about their crushes.

Camilla stopped and leaned against a wall. The staff room wasn't that far, and she didn't want to risk anyone listening.

"Honestly, I don't know exactly when the feelings started, but just today when I was speaking with All Might did he make me realize it. And it's a co-worker. He's also a pro hero."

It was silent for a moment, and then Jane groaned.

"Cam," she whined as she dragged out her name, "what did we say about dating a co-worker? It's never a good idea."

Camilla sighed, "I know I know, but this is different. I didn't look around to see who I'd wanna date. It just happened. Since the first day I started I could tell there was something there, but I just didn't pay much attention to it. And today when I was talking to All Might and he brought it up, it made me realize that I actually do like him. A lot."

"Oh boy, you got it bad." Jane said.

"Yeah, I think I do." Camilla then saw from the other end of the hall Shouta walking towards the staff room. Her heart leapt. "Okay, I gotta go because he's here."

Jane sputtered, "What? Wait, no! I actually called to tell you something else! It's important."

"Just call me later. Okay, bye."

"Wait, Cam-" but the line went dead.

She pushed herself off the wall and tucked her phone back into her pocket. Shouta reached the door to the staff room first, but he waited for her to catch up. She smiled when she reached him. They entered the empty room, the teachers had already left. They collected their belongings and headed out.

"Is there any particular place you'd like to go?" Camilla asked him.

Hands in his pockets, Shouta eyed her beside him.

"How about we get something to drink and go to your house? I'd suggest my place, but I don't have much in it." He suggested.

Camilla smiled inwardly, but outside she appeared nonchalant. She merely nodded as they exited school grounds.

Shouta told her they would stop by a store near her house so that they didn't have to walk most of the way carrying alcohol. The walk to her house takes about fifteen minutes, but it took them twenty-five minutes since they stopped by the store. The entire walk home was quiet except for when they were in the store deciding on what to get.

When they entered her home they quickly discarded their shoes, and Shouta removed his capture weapon and goggles. Camilla quickly glanced at his exposed neck. She got the sudden urge of wanting to kiss his neck, and she silently shook those thoughts away.

They placed their chosen alcoholic beverages on the table; Shouta got a 6-pack of beer and Camilla decided on red wine.

"Hungry?" She asked him as she opened her fridge to take out leftovers.

"Sure."

Camilla handed Shouta a bottle and cork opener so that she can heat and serve the food. Once the plates were set and the drinks were served, they began to eat.

After a couple of quiet moments Shouta smirked.

"What?" Camilla wondered.

"This is just like when we were at Hizashi's party." He stated.

A tender smile graced her face.

They ate quietly for a couple more minutes when Shouta then asked, "Who were you talking to on the phone?"

It took a moment for Camilla to realize he meant back in Yuuei.

"Oh, it was my best friend Jane. I haven't spoken to her in a while, so it was nice to hear from her." She smiled.

"Why haven't you two spoken?"

"She's studying African wild dogs, and she's staying in a village with no electricity. So, I have to wait until she can call me when she's in the city." Her heart fell a little. He still doesn't fully trust me.

"African wild dogs?" He asked.

Camilla nodded as she took a sip of her wine, "They're an endangered species. At least once a year Jane likes to head out with a team to study an endangered species to see what they can do to help them from going extinct." She explained.

Shouta merely nodded as he finished his food.

"How did you get into POE?" He suddenly asked.

She didn't expect for this night of celebrating to be an interrogation. Her eyes narrowed a little, annoyed that Shouta brought up the topic out of the blue.

"Jane's father would help POE in researches and studies on quirks. He suggested that I join to help save civilians because my quirk would be useful. A small part, the child part of me, still wanted to be a hero so that nobody else would lose their family like I did. And so I joined."

She stared into his black eyes as she explained. He was a master at masking his expressions, and it angered her that she couldn't read his face to know what he was thinking. Why can't he just trust me? But she knew if she was in his shoes, she wouldn't trust herself either.

"Did you like saving people?"

This time she stared at her almost empty glass of wine. Then she realized that Shouta was on his second beer.

"I did." She admitted. "It felt nice to know that I saved someone so that they may live another day. So that they weren't mourned. So that families weren't left heartbroken." Her eyes lowered as she took a deep breath. Too bad that's exactly what happened.

"But you stopped because it got too difficult." He stated.

"Villain!"

"Murderer!"

"Evil witch!"

They stared at her in horror. Tears spilled over some of them as they gasped and scrambled to back away. Others sneered and shouted obscenities at her. Some cried out in agony as they held their dead loved ones while others cried or moaned from pain.

"I didn't mean to." She whispered. "I'm so sorry." Her eyes began to blur. "I'm… so sorry…"

Suddenly someone grabbed her arm and began to pull her away. Sirens were blaring all over her, as were screams and shouts. She didn't notice the tears spilling over her eyes. She didn't notice her pain, her broken arm, her bruised body, her blood staining her face. She didn't understand what happened. What went wrong?

She was still being pulled away, and she didn't know who it was. She couldn't stop watching the horrific scene as it got further. There were bodies lying around the street corner. Some were moving, trying to stand or crawl but they were in too much pain. Then there were those few that lied stiffly, their eyes wide open in horror. The dead villain had blood coming out of his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.

The hand on her arm tugged harder. She stumbled and would've fallen, but then the person grabbed her waist and balanced her before moving forward again. Finally, she turned to look at who was pulling her away. It was Ryuzaki, another agent and one of her closest friends.

They stopped 100 yards away from the crowd of angry, frightened, shocked, hurt, and dead civilians. The police and EMT were already there, along with a hero whose quirk can heal.

Ryuzaki turned her around to face him. His black messy hair fell into his ocean eyes. They were filled with worry. He was injured and bleeding. He had bruises and cuts around his face, but it seemed that he didn't notice them.

"It wasn't your fault." He said hoarsely.

More tears sprang free, and she couldn't stop them or herself from shaking. "I killed them." Camilla sobbed.

Shouta noticed her faraway expression. Her light brown eyes glazed over, and her hands were balled into fists. He leaned forward a little, and lightly touched her hand.

"Camilla." He breathed.

His voice snapped her out of the memory. He's never seen her look so mournful. But now he knows that something horrible happened that made her want to get out of the organization. Either by chose or by force.

"Can we-can we please talk about something else?" She pleaded so softly that he was barely able to hear her.

Truthfully, he needed to know what happened. Whatever happened is what caused her to come to Yuuei, to where his students were at. He didn't want them to be in any danger. And if she was a threat then she needed to leave. The thought of her leaving actually pains him, but the safety of his and the other students comes first. But he also needs to know because he wants to trust her. If he wants to be romantically involved with her then he needs to know the truth.

"I'm sorry, but I need to know. I need to know that the students are safe. That you won't harm them. That you can protect them."

A tear escapes from her eye. She leans forward as well and places her hand against his temple. He stiffens a little but trusts that she isn't going to harm him, so he closes his eyes.

Even though he was never mine, I'm going to lose him.

With the telepathic part of her quirk, she projects her memory of that fateful day into his mind for him to see.

It takes only a few moments, but it feels like hours. Camilla can see what she's showing him but can't see what he's thinking. Her memory begins with the alert that there's villains, she and the other agents head out to where they're at. Some agents are fighting the villains while others get civilians away from the danger. Camilla see's the face of the villain she was fighting. He kept overpowering her, and she realized that these were no ordinary villains. She could see the other agents having trouble as well. Ryuzaki was fighting a man with white eyes, and it seemed that the white-eyed villain was able to control metal. She refocuses to the villain she was fighting, a burly man with a malicious sneer and one cloudy white eye.

"I'm going to enjoy ripping you to shreds." The heinous villain threatened.

Camilla watched her memory as if it were a movie. She fought back hard, but it just wasn't enough. There were still people around, some were already gravely hurt. She didn't know what to do. She attacked him with her blasts and bolts, she levitated cars and fallen lamp posts, she hit him with everything she had so that he can be knocked out or distracted from pain for just a moment so that she can get into his head. Yet it seemed that no matter how hard she attacked the villain, none of it fazed him even though he was bleeding and his leg was broken. Then she realized his quirk was probably that he couldn't feel pain.

Her realization distracted her for just half a second, but it was enough for the villain. He brutally attacked her, hitting her face and stomach, and he broke her arm. She howled in pain. The villain threw her to the ground, his large hand crushing her neck. She clawed at his face, trying to shove him off her, but to no avail. Her body began to feel hot, the tips of her fingers began to prickle, and her light brown eyes turned to a glowing emerald color.

An emerald explosion released from her body, instantly killing the villain atop her and the few civilians that were within 10 yards. Several of those that were barley further from the 10 yards still got hurt.

Then there was her confusion, the expressions of the crowd, the screaming, the crying, the shouts, the sirens. The blood on her hands which belonged to the now dead villain, Ryuzaki pulling her away and telling her it wasn't her fault, and her sobbing as she admitted that she killed them.

She pulled away from Shouta. Her memory was now his as well. He's the first person she's shared it to.

Camilla couldn't look at him. Her head hung low as more silent tears ran down her face.

"Does Nedzu know?" His voice was taut.

She nodded.

"All Might?"

She shook her head.

"Who else have you shown this to?"

"Only you." She faintly answered.

Shouta had to strain his ear to hear her. He didn't know what to make of this. What she showed him was not what he expected. It was a bloody battle, one he was familiar with, but never had he killed someone. He knew what it was like to feel powerless, like there was nothing you could do to survive against someone that seemed impenetrable. He was able to feel what she felt in that memory. She felt confident at first, then surprised, then annoyed, then frightened, and then desperate. After her explosive power she felt confused, shocked, horrified, and guilty. Her guilt was the strongest.

Worst of all, though, she was a threat. She couldn't control her quirk and it resulted in fatalities. He knows she didn't mean to, but her lack of control over her power caused people to lose their lives.

He didn't know what to do. And he wondered why Nedzu allowed her to teach at Yuuei. Shouta needed to speak to him first.

He stood up from his chair at the table. Camilla still had her head bowed and her hair hid her face, her hands were still in fists on her lap, and tears were landing on them. She looked so incredibly small in that moment. So fragile and broken. He wanted to reach out to her, but he needed to get to Nedzu first.

Quickly, Shouta pulled on his boots, goggles, and capture weapon, then he left.

Camilla let out a sob as she sank off her chair and onto the floor.

I lost him.

A/N: Hey guys, sorry I took a while to update! I didn't expect to have family over the wknd + I had a dr's appt & things got busy. But I'm glad I'm able to update today. :) & tbh I did NOT expect this chapter to turn out the way it did. I was trying to take it another direction, but it just wasn't working for me & well this is what came out instead. I hope you guys liked it! I feel SO SORRY for doing this to Camilla, but it needed to happen. & now Shouta knows her secret. So much for a night to celebrate. :( But it had to come to light b/c for Shouta to be w/ some I feel like he has to know everything about them so he can trust them. & by everything I mean like the bad things they've done or dark secrets they've kept & things like that. He can't blindly be w/ someone if they've done something horrible. That's just not him. + he's super observant so he can tell when ppl are lying or hiding things from him. Anyways, thanks SO MUCH for the reviews, favs, & follows everyone! & pls don't be afraid to leave a comment, I really wanna know what you guys think of this chapter. :) You guys help keep me motivated, b/c this story is as much for me as it is for you. ^_^ I hope to update sooner & thank you! ❤