Endeavor

Lumi"s POV

We moved to Japan because of something I don't even remember now I think it has something to do with the fact that we are Villains well former villains. Which is amazing considering we were at the top number one on the American villain list for 8 almost 9 years the longest ever. Yet here I am sitting in a bar surrounded by a bunch of pathetic and annoying people. I could easily kill them all and in the old days I would have but now days I must be on my best behavior. Makes me really want to scream. Wonder what the others are doing maybe we can take a vacation to literally anywhere at this point.

After paying her bill Lumi left the bar. Not wanting to go back to the quiet apartment I share with my brother as he was almost never there. I decided to go to the apartment we use as a front in japan as a way to keep our selves hidden even though we are no longer active villains.

The road was packed with people despite the late hour. It was easing, the feeling of being a predator among sheep. My wolf instincts are high tonight, wonder I should eat something. What am I in the mood for some Blonde Aquitaine or maybe some Black Angus? Nope I don't feel like going all the way to Saint Mihiel in Northeast France or Scotland. Uuuummaaaahhhh, I know Wagyu most commonly known as Kobe beef. There is a nice farm in Matsusaka City in Mie Prefecture. Just a couple of towns over, I'll just swing by and grab one for diner.

"Hey sexy where you going?" Some punks asked as they surrounded her. Because of the crowded street people passing by were paying them no mind. Which is how they were able to surround her

You Know I get this all the time with my blue/cyan/turquoise hair and my orange eye I tend to stand out. My ghost white skin is the nail in the coffin usually someone else's after they make onto many comments about. I mean honestly I know I look like a cadaver the least you could do is try to ignore it.

"It appears that she is leaving." A new voice said behind her.

"E-E-ENDEVOR" the punks said cowering in fear and aww.

Who? Curiosity it's going to be the end of me. Holy shit he's like two foot taller than me. I turned around and saw a wall of chest went looking for his face and bout gave myself whiplash. He has to be about 6' 5" and judging by his size I'd say he weighs 250lbs. to 260lbs of pure muscle. The delinquents are staring at him. I wonder why he's not giving of any murderous vibes in fact he seems to be quite relaxed. I need to break this up before I accidently eat one of them thinking about that wagyu beef has really made me hungry.

"Please just hump his leg already" Lumi spoke directing her comments toward the punks. I'd do it. Nope class remember lock that shit down…dat dat dat dadadt …..Wait a minute that seams wrong.

"Watch it bitch!" one of the punks said as he spun back around.

Laughing Lumi spoke as she went to leave "watch this" She smugly waved over her shoulder. "Me walking away".

"Don't l even get a thank you?" Endeavor asked as he moved toward the group of punks which separated him from Lumi and her retreating form.

At this point Lumi is getting anxious and bored as well as a few other things. "Why should I you're just doing your job and besides you haven't dealt with them yet."

Endeavor waves off the last of her comment and says "I'll get to it but I figured its best to make sure that you are all right first?"

"You really should focus on your work. By the way I didn't catch your name?" Lumi smugly taunted the hero. She knew he was a hero but hadn't really care about it. I wish I knew more about him. Oh well I can't be bothered right now.

"Endeavor" he said

"What" she asked having been lost in her thoughts and not paying attention to the man.

"My name is Endeavor" he repeated

"Oops forgot you were there! Oh well nice meeting you "Handover".Lumi terns and starts walking away again when he angrily shouts that him name is "ENDEVOR NOT HANDOVER!"

"Bendover?"

"Endeavor!"

"Bendable?"

"Endeavor!"

"Flammable?"

"Dammit woman its EN-DEA-VOR Endeavor! How are you even coming up with these names?" He shouted at her retreating form.

The eco of her laughing reaching him.

Endeavor pov

It's been two days since I saved that woman from those punks and it still pisses me off on how easily she got the better of me even if it was just verbally. I have spent decades fighting to be number 1 and yet that that woman could so easily get under my skin!

"Dammit" he shouted slamming his hand down on the table causing his daughter Fuyumi to squeak in apprehension before she set his plate down.

"Is something wrong father?" Fuyumi asked quietly

"No just forgot to do something I'll be home later." Endeavor said as he left the house and went to his hero office.

He had just come in when Aster the woman who runs his support staff rushed to him and informed him that the police were requesting his assistance on a matter it appears that some men were attacking a woman in her apartment.

"So what do they need me for? Can't they even handle some breaking and entering without us heroes holding their hands?" Endeavor asked irritated

"Actually it was passed to us because the men are known villains and have evaded capture multiple times which is why I brought it to you." Aster smugly said waving the paper work in his face.

He let her get away with it because she was the first employee he had ever had and she was still loyal to the office.

"Alright give me the address and I'll deal with it."

"The address is 4-2-10 Ekou St. Musutafu, Japan." "That's the spirit and remember to smile you dam crook".

I arrive at the address and see the police presence but I also see that two villains had already been apprehended and were being loaded into the wagon. Upon closer inspection they both had ice caked on them. Moving up to the officers I spotted officer Tamakawa and approached.

"Seems you didn't need me." I say to Sansa Tamakawa the man in charge "Which Hero made it here before me."

"No one the woman living here dealt with them herself"

"Is she a hero?"

"No, the going story is that they surprised her and she reacted by using her quirk against them."

"You don't believe this?"

"Not a chance in hell"

"Why is that exactly?"

"These two were outside the apartment about to come in. that's the only reason we are able to move them. The others who had already entered the apartment weren't so lucky. We were waiting for you to get hear so you could unfreeze them. She said would do it for us but either way I decided it was best to wait for you. Come on I'll show you the apartment."

"Can't wait" Endeavor sarcastically said as they move into the apartment.

The first thing I see is that everything is covered in ice so fine it looks like glass. As we enter the apartment I see about 18 men scattered around the apartment all surrounding the couch. I can now see why Sansa thought she was lying about them surprising her. Any fool with eyes can see she was sitting on the couch with a clear view of the door by the ice pattern; the only place without ice is most likely were she was sitting and that's right in the middle of the couch. This is further proved by the fact all of the men are facing that same spot and are frozen solid.

"Were is she?"

"In her room at the back of the apartment on the right".

"Can you give me any more information on the woman?"

"The woman's name is Lumi Uiseann, 35 has a twin brother by the name Agni Uiseann and if you can believe it he's also 35."

"Sarcasm really Sansa."

"Yup, have to amuse myself somehow."

"I would like to speak to her it's obvious she's lying about something." Gesturing to indicate the scene in front of them "Let's see if she willing to tell us?"

"Just remember to watch your eyes."

Huh? I must have had a dumb look on my face.

"You'll see"

I understood what he meant as soon as I saw her. We've met before but she was dressed then not so much now though.

I look over at officer Sansa just to see a smug look and barely restrained amusement.

She's wearing black bra and panties under a see-through pink top with matching shorts. I can see her through the open doorway. She's sitting on what I assume is her bed.

"Ms. Uiseann this is …"

"Flammable" Lumi broke in "it's been a while come to save me again?"

"Woman we've been over this my name is Endeavor" I swear she is mocking me.

"Eh one of these days ill care" she puts her hand over her heart and three fingers in the air "I swear" Don't strangle her don't do it be professional.

"I see you two have met." Yeah yeah laugh it up

"We met briefly a couple of days ago she was being harassed by some drunk punks."

"Oh so it was work related thought it might be something else?"

"Of course it was work related I don't have the most solved cases by chance."

"Well you can't blame him for all he knows we could be role playing." Lumi wheezed out as she fought down a laugh "my big strapping hero come to save me with all those sexy muscles."

Endeavor yelled "YOUR NOT HELPING THINGS" just as Sansa said "that's some pretty involved role playing you two."

"That is enough form the both of you" Endeavor irritatedly states "Now back to the point what exactly happened with your unwanted visitors."

"I was watching TV and I must have fallen asleep I woke up when they were coming through the door. They were rushing in and surrounding me and I reacted. I have used my quirk in these types of situations in the past and I guess instinct took over. Now I have popsicles dripping water on my new carpet."

"Do you usually wear things like your current outfit?" Sansa interjected and questioned Lumi.

"Yes, actually I do when I use my quirk it causes my body temp to rise. Right now it's around 125 degrees Fahrenheit or 51.7 degrees Celsius. My average body temp is 110oF or 43oC if it gets lower than that I react similarly to someone suffering hypothermia. If my body gets to hot I suffer from heatstroke. So I usually dress like this at home and the clothes I wear out side are fit with temp control as well as heat resistant and flame retardant."

"Really the outfit you were wearing the other day did not seem like it had those capabilities?"

"Yeah, the jean pants, tank top, heels, and arm bands is the outfit you're talking about right but yeah all of my clothes have those abilities."

"Do you know why they are here?" Sansa butted in

"No, but I'm not the only one who lives here. My brother does also. So they might not be here for me? I don't know so can we just get them out of my apartment?"

"Of course we were just waiting of Endeavor to arrive as an extra precaution to make sure none of them escape."

Why is she looking at me like that I swear I'm expecting her eyebrows to wiggle at any moment? She's up to something I just know it.

"That's great so do you want me to unfreeze them or do you have someone to do it."

Both Lumi and officer Sansa look expectantly toward Endeavor.

"Don't you two look at me I'm a hero not a space heater!"

"Well can you at least dry my rug after?"

"I can do it for you after all it is my ice. Would you prefer that I release them all at once or one at a time? "

"Well hav….… You can do either one? I mean you can control the ice to the point you can release one person at a time."

"Yeah it's not that difficult I can also partially release the ice so that only half of each person is frozen. If that would help?"

"That would be a great help."

"Okay let's get started."

As she would defrost each villain the number of officers were slowly dwindling. The officers taking them out and putting them in a prison van that was brought. Until the last of the villains were removed leaving only officer Sansa who had already found someone to repair the door and was showing him out. Watching her meld the ice into other shapes and even totally defrosting it in to water was astounding. I have not seen some one handle ice so gracefully it's like its dancing around her. She uses her entire body to control the ice but the movements are so subtle it is weaving a web around me. Wait was that an eye wiggle? I must have subconsciously been moving towards her after I noticed she was making strange faces like she was contemplating something. She gives me a sideways grin then she flicks her wrist and I get a face full of ice so cold it freezes the flames on my face.

Lumi was suppressing a laugh, sputtering like an old water faucet.

"Opps!"

"OPPS MY ASS YOU CRAZY BITCH I CAN'T MOVE MY FACE. I FEEL LIKE I JUST GOT A FACE FULL OF BOTOX. DON'T THINK I DON'T SEE YOU ASSHOLES LAUGHING OVER THERE. He yelled at officer Sansa and the door repair man."

"Alright I have had enough the jobs done, I'm leaving."

"Wait wait I'm sorry" Lumi said as she jumped in fort of me "I did not mean to upset you it's just that you looked so serious every time I see you." She holds up a finger telling me to wait a second.

"Thank you both for your hard work." She calls out as they leave and close the newly repaired door.

"I really am sorry about teasing you Endeavor" she said as she raised a hand towards his still frozen face

I grab her hand in a vicious grip and in a threatening voice say. "What do you think you're doing?"

"I was about to defrost you're face but if you don't want me to that's fine with me too? I kind of like your face this way it makes it so you have to try really hard if you want to yell at me."

Slowly he let go of her hand trying not to notice how warm her hand felt in his. As she raised her hand again to his face he made the sarcastic comment. "Just hurry up, not all of us have time to lounge around skimpy clothes like you." He realized his mistake only when she grabs ahold of his mustache on the right side of his face and rips it clean off! He made a low growl straining to stand up to the pain so he did not start screaming, as the frozen flame mustache had taken the top layer of skin with it.

"What Did You Do That For?" his voice was gravely as he fought down the pain and annoyance he was feeling.

"Just so were clear I don't have to unfreeze your face and if I don't do it you will be walking around like this for the next week before it completely melts and that's if you spend all day every day during that time sitting next to an active volcano! So watch how you speak to me!" Lumi aggressively states as she moves back into the bed room. He can her dresser draws opening and closing. "Also if you continue to speak to me like I am beneath you the next thing to go will be your beard, DON'T THINK I WON'T!" the sounds of a drawer being forcefully slammed shut can be heard in the background. "I may be retired but I can still cripple you for life."

"You can try." he quietly states right before she exits the bed room wearing vintage levis bell bottom jeans combat boots and Destroyed Short Sleeve T-shirt, and heads for the kitchen.

"Now that you are done dressing would you mind fixing my face?" Endeavor sarcastically reminds Lumi.

"Of course" Lumi states as she grabs her keys and phone off the kitchen counter turns, and with a single wave of her hand all the ice on his face melts away.

It was then that he realized she meant to rip off his mustache all along and had manipulated the events leading up to that moment without him noticing.

As she moves to the front door and opens it she turns back around and looks at him expectantly and then says "You may go now!" with an exaggerated arm movement in an attempt to quickly usher him out the door.

As he moves through the doorway she says "By the way the least you could have done is dry my rug." Before she closes the door in his face.

As he leaves the building and walks outside he sees that the police presence is all but gone and moves to leave when he feels the eyes of some unknown person on him stopping he tries to find the person burning holes in his back. Looking up he sees her Ms. Uiseann is out on her balcony and is looking down on him with a smirk on her face watching as he leaves.

Huh, she has spunk. But something still doesn't sit right with me. I'll have aster do some background checks on both her and her brother. Until then time to get to work.