Hitoshis heart stopped.

She jumped in front of a bus, like it was nothing.

Shinsou couldn't move. Not even when the bus driver frantically ran to the front of the vehicle. A crowd was starting to gather, and he could hear shouting; but Shinsou didn't know what anyone was saying.

She just….jumped….

He started to notice people gesturing towards him, so Hitoshi tried his best to snap out of it. Taking small steps was all he could manage until he got to the center of the commotion. When he looked down on the pavement he expected to see blood and a mangled body, but he didnt see any of that.

In fact he didn't see anything.

In the spot where Haruna should be laying was empty. No trace of an accident to be found. Not even a dent on the front of the bus.

"I swear I didn't hit anything! One minute this girl is in front of me and the next shes gone! Like a cloud of smoke!" The bus drive kept repeating to anyone who would listen. And many of the passengers were saying they didn't hear or feel the bus hit something. Just that all of the sudden the driver slammed on the brakes.

"What the fuck." Hitoshi sighed to himself before he pulled out his phone.

Aizawa was gonna be so pissed.

X

Izumi looked down from the roof over the cluster of civilians. She felt bad for freaking out the bus driver, but it had to be done. First Present Mic and then that mind control kid. Today was just not her day.

Knowing Koto and Miki were probably already in the back of a cop car didn't do much to lift the smoke users spirits either.

"Of course someone would rat us out." She huffed to herself. "We got pro heroes on our asses for robbing some pervs, but know one is batting an eye when these sick fucks want to buy sex from a 15 year old."

Life just wasn't fair.

The young villain figured that the car accident was a good distraction. That kid from UA had all his attention focused on the civilians, so he wouldn't be chasing after her for a while.

She pulled out a flip phone and called the only name in the contact list. The other end answered on the 3rd ring.

"What?"

"Hey Ichirou, it looks like I'm the only one coming back." She said into the receiver as she made her way to the other side of the building.

"What do you mean?"

"Well… it's kind of a long story."

"What happened kid?" Mic asked when he arrived on the scene. The police were taking statements from the driver and a few witnesses, but they ignored Shinsou. They said they would wait to question him until his teacher arrived.

"Haruna got away."

"Well yeah I figured that much. I mean what happened here?" Mic clarified.

This launched Hitoshi into a long explanation of how his target slipped away, and the small heart attack he suffered because of this.

"Wait…Where's Eraser?" The student asked. He looked through the crowd and couldn't see his homeroom teacher.

"We caught the other girls, he agreed to stay with them until the police showed up."

"So I'm the only one that screwed up?" Shinsou sighed.

"You didn't screw up. She choke slammed me into a wall, remember?" Mic laughed at himself. "At least we know for sure she's here. That means the other kids can't be too far away."

Hitoshi still pouted and mumbled how he let her get away. It was his first day on the job and he already sucked. His classmates all told him stories of their first internships, and none of them ended in failure on day one.

"Look alive kid, Eraserhead is here." His English teacher pointed to his colleague.

Aizawa made his way through the crowd, gaze never leaving his student. His eyes roamed all over Shinsou, probably looking for injuries. He wouldn't find anything, the only thing that was hurt was Hitoshis pride.

"Are you hurt?"

"No." He answered his homeroom teacher.

Aizawa nodded. "And you Mic? How's your head?"

"Hurts like hell, but I'm alright!" Mic laughed. "Haruna is strong for such a small girl."

"And I take it she got away." The Erasure hero said with a sigh.

Aizawa was upset. Great.

"I'm sorry sensei. It was my fault."

"Don't talk like that. It's your first day acting as a hero. And this case might be bigger that we originally thought."

"What do you mean?" Mic asked.

"Officer Yukimura called me just before I got here, and it turns out the two girls we caught are pretty talkative."

Eraser started to walk down the street, gesturing for the other two to follow. "He said he would fill us in when we get to the station. Mic, I want you to get you head checked out."

"Oh come on Eraser! I'm fine!"

"Please Mic, just to be safe." Aizawa said in a surprisingly gentle tone.

Yamada was powerless when Aizawa asked nice.

"Alright Shou, but you have to fill me in on everything later." The voice hero bumped his shoulder into his partner.

"Don't call me Shou when we're working." Aizawa chastised the blond, trying to hide the way his cheeks flushed at the nickname.

"You guys are gross." Hitoshi laughed at his teachers. How these two kept their relationship a secret was beyond him. They are so lovey-dovey at home its ridiculous.

"Hey! Just for that I'm going to give you a quiz tomorrow." Mic flicked the back of his students head.

The trio walked a few blocks before splitting up. Mic heading back towards the school, and Eraser and Shinsou continuing on to the police station. Once the two tired looking heroes arrived they were shown to a private room and told that officer Yukimura would be in shortly. It was only a few minutes before the door swung open, revealing a tall, broad man with deep blue hair.

"Hello Eraserhead, Shinsou." The officer greeted the two heroes. "My guys are still talking to the girls, but they should be wrapping it up pretty soon. In the mean time I have someone that might give us a bit more insight into the case."

"This is Sosuke Haruna, hes a father of one of the missing kids." The officer said as he lead a haggard looking man into the room.

The father looked awful. His dull pink hair was a mess and it looked like he hasn't shaved in a few weeks. He approached the two heroes with an arm full of pieces of paper.

"I'm sorry to interrupt, I know you're busy. I just heard that you might know where Izumi is." Sosuke stepped closer to the table and set down his papers. It turns out they were photos of the pink haired girl from earlier.

"I just found some pictures of Izumi and I thought they might help. The one the police station has is a school ID, she always wore her hair differently when she was at school. " His voice started waver towards the end. The pink haired man let his hand linger on a picture of him standing next to a woman and his daughter. Izumi looked a bit younger, and a lot happier.

Hitoshi heard a sniffle and looked up at the dad. Sosuke had tears in his eyes.

"We took this one right before her mom passed. "

The aspiring hero felt his heart sink. This man lost his wife and now his daughter was missing and neck deep in trouble.

Aizawa sighed. "Look Mr. Haruna, I know you want you're daughter back home; but this situation is complicated. "

He looked to the pro. "I haven't heard from my daughter in almost a year. I just need to know shes ok."

"A year?" Hitoshi wondered out loud. The adults in the room turned to the young hero, waiting for him to finish his thought. "Its just that the case file said she went missing 6 months ago."

Sosuke looked worse than when he walked in the room. His frown deepened as he let out a sigh.

"She wasnt with me when she ran away. I got into some trouble a while back and got myself locked up." He collapsed into one of the extra chairs and raked his hands through his hair.

"She went to a foster home first. A nice old lady. She let me call Izumi every Friday. Wouldn't let me write to her, but she let me call. "

"My baby never missed a call. Not one. The last time I talked to Izumi she said she was getting moved to a group home, and that was 9 months ago. "

The erasure hero placed his hand on Sosukes sholder in a comforting manner. "I'm not sure how much you know about the situation, but your daughter is in some serious trouble. When we find her she'll go to prison."

Souske shook his head. "No. You don't get it. My Izumi is smart. And she's a good kid. She wouldn't have ran away unless something was wrong."

"How do you know that? We looked at her school records and she's been in quite a few fights at her last school." Shinsou interrupted. "What if she just wanted out of the system?"

"She wanted to live with me again. Every time I called she would tell me about jobs the would hire me, and apartments that were cheap. She would do jobs for neighbors and tutoring to save money." The tired father rubbed his eyes. "My daughter wouldn't throw everything away over something trivial. Something was happening in that group home, and it was bad enough for her to risk everything."

"The only reports from the group home were from the night all the children ran away. The head of the house said that your daughter attacked him and ran off with eight other children. Two of the kids were found after about a week, they said that the others left as a group." Aizawa explained.

"Did you ever stop and wonder why?" Souske glared at the teacher.

"What do you mean?"

"If there wasn't something happening in that group home, why did ALL the kids run away? And why would she take all the younger children with her? Wouldn't it be easier for her to leave on her own?" The pink haired man listed.

That actually made Hitoshi think. Why WOULD she waste the time and effort bringing the younger kids? More over, a lot of them were old enough to make up their own minds, so why would ALL of them decide to run? It brought up more questions than it answered. He and his teacher shared a look before the latter turned to officer Yukimura.

"Are you sure there were no calls out to the group home? At any point? Even before any of these kids were sent there?" Aizawa asked the officer.

"No Eraser. There was nothing. We even looked into all the staff. Everyone was clean." Yukimura answered, looking just as concerned as the two heroes. "I have a buddy up in Sapporo who was on the run away case. She might be able to pull some strings and get interviews from the girls that were found."

"Interviews?" Souske looked at the officer, clearly confused.

"Just because no one got caught doesn't mean that something wasnt going on. If I remember correctly that home had a high escape rate in the past. No one had a reason to look into it in the past, but you might be on to something Mr. Haruna. " Officer Yukimura said as he turned to the door. "If you'll excuse me I have to make a call. I'll leave it to you two to let him out."

The three men were quiet for a moment. No one was sure where the conversation was supposed to go now.

Just when Aizawa was going to propose that they call it a day, Sosuke spoke up.

"Have..have you seen her?"

"Yes." The pro answered.

"How was she? Did she seem okay?"

"Well…she slammed Present Mics head into a wall, so she's well enough to fight a grown man." Eraser answered bluntly.

"Oh god."

"Like I said, she's in trouble. We still aren't sure how bad the situation really is, but everyone is working on it."

Sosuke started to tear up again. "I don't care what she's done, I just want to know she's safe."

"Don't worry Mr. Haruna. We'll catch her." Hitoshi said with determination. "I won't let her get away next time."

"Please just…bring my baby back. Izumi is all I have left."

"I won't let her stay in this situation Mr. Haruna, no matter what it takes." Aizawa stood up. "Why don't you go home and get some rest. Well let you know the moment anything changes."

The pink haired man thanked the heroes and made his way out of the room. Hitoshi and Aizawa still had to stay back and wait some more. If they were going to help Izumi and the other children they would need the new information from Yukimuras men.

It was just a matter of time.

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