Waking up, Shota noticed he still had Emi asleep in his arms. Without trying to wake her, he reached for his pocket to check his phone. It was nine in the morning, and he fell asleep at about eight last night. Was he that exhausted? Wouldn't be surprising since he always had his sleeping bag with him to take a nap on the go. Looking back at his phone, there were multiple messages and calls from Hizashi. Emi nudged Shota in the face stretching from her slumber.

Irritated, Shota spoke up, "Was that necessary?"

"Sorry, it's a force of habit. I can't believe you stayed this long."

"You were fell asleep, and I didn't want to wake you up."

Teasing, Emi interrupted, "Awww, you stayed the night. Isn't that cute?"

Ignoring the comment, Shota got up and headed towards the door.

"Where are you going? You can't leave with an empty stomach!"

"I stayed longer than planned. Hizashi has been calling and messaging me about where I've been."

"Well, I could come with you at least! It is the weekend, and you told me that you wanted me to visit with Eri. There is nothing I have planned for this weekend anyways unless if you've changed your mind."

Shota stopped in his tracks, turning his head to the side.

"Do what you want, but I'm leaving either way."

"Let me get dressed. It'll only be a few. I promise!"

"Every woman I've ever known takes longer than a few minutes to get ready."

"No, seriously it won't take me that long."

"If I'm ready in ten minutes, you can leave without me."

Shota nodded his head and waited patiently. Looking around at his surroundings, it was no surprise to see that Emi's apartment decorated with loads of color. There was a lot of classic Japanese art. Without getting much time to observe the paintings more closely, he got pawed from behind.

"Meow."

Turning his attention to the cat, he said to himself, "I didn't Emi was a cat person."

Rolling over onto its belly, the cat meowed until Shota gave her some attention.

Coming into the room, Emi saw that her cat was asking for attention even though she was getting it.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I guess, Aki got locked in my room last night. Otherwise, she would have made her presence known by now. It looks like she's comfortable with you. For some reason, she either very timid or outgoing. "

"She's very vocal. Since when did you have a cat?"

"I brought her home a year and a half ago from the shelter. She was only six months old at the time. Sad to say, she was depressed when I first got her, but I fell in love with her when I first spotted her. There was a connection between us, so I brought her home, and the rest is history. Anyway, enough about my cat. Let's get going."

Grabbing her coat and purse, Emi started walking toward the door to head out to Yuuei with Shota.

"Are you coming?" asked Emi.

"Yeah, I just got distracted."

"Guess I would get more attention from you if I were a cat?"

"Hey, now. That's not up for discussion."

"HA! Don't want to admit you have a greater love for them than people? I would understand since people can be pretty toxic."

Shota took a sigh before replying to Emi's obnoxious statement. "Emi, do you think comparing yourself to a cat is going to solve anything?"

"It was a joke! Or you could at least play along with it you know."

She turned her head to acknowledge Aizawa briefly but decided to continue the conversation would solve nothing. So she kept walking to the subway station. The rest of the walk there was agonizingly quiet for Emi. She thought of things or jokes to talk about, but it felt like it would be best for her to say nothing.

As they got to the subway station, they bought the necessary subway passes to get to Yuuei.

Not knowing if she was going to come back later that night, Emi only bought a one-way ticket. For some reason, something seemed off as they got onto the subway car and into the seats. It felt like something disastrous was going to happen at any moment.

"Shota, the atmosphere feels unpleasant."

Looking the place over before saying anything, he decided that they were safe. "We'll be fine. If anything happens, we can react accordingly."

Taking in what Aizawa told her, she tried to keep her mind off the unsettling feeling she getting. Examining the people on the subway, there was a girl with blonde hair and yellow cat-like eyes. The girl wore a school girl's uniform which didn't make sense to Emi since it was the weekend. There was some reason Emi couldn't look away from the girl. It seemed that if she looked away, something horrifically wrong would happen. She decided to elbow Shota without taking off her sight of the girl.

"Hey, Shota. Is there something sinister about that girl over there with the blonde hair and two messy side buns? Maybe I'm just goi…"

Interrupting Emi, Aizawa swore under his breath. "Shit."

"You know her?"

"It's a story for later. For now, we have to get off this thing."

"I can't stop looking at her. I feel that if I look away, she'll do something devious. Taking advantage of the situation."

Thinking of his options quickly, he determined that it would be best for Emi to keep her watch on young Toga Himiko while he led them out of the subway station. It could quickly become a dangerous situation for them and the people around them if Himiko were to spot Aizawa.

Pulling Emi towards him, he whispered into her ear, "Emi, I'll need you to keep on watching that girl and whatever you do, do not take your sight off of her. I'll lead us out of here, but you'll have to trust me since you necessarily won't be seeing where we're going."

Without asking the millions of questions going through her mind, she concluded it would be best to trust Aizawa's judgment with this. "Okay, I trust you."

He was shocked to see that Emi didn't bring up any suggestions or questions, but he was guessing by how he reacted told her enough to know that it was dire that they got out of here as soon as possible. He grabbed onto Emi's hand but knew that it would leave too much space between them, so he moved his grip onto her upper arm. Carefully making his way through the crowd to the subway door, he continued to check for any obstacles so Emi wouldn't bump or trip on anything or anyone. Finally making his way to the farthest door in their car, he tightened his grip on Emi. It was his mission to get both of them out of there safely. Turning his head to check on how Emi was holding up with his sense of urgency, he saw that she was keeping her composure pretty well.

"She saw me, Shota."

Trying to consider what to do after they got off the subway, Shota navigated quickly through his thoughts to come up with the best solution to their problem. He wanted to know if Himiko saw him and did she know who Emi was? It may have helped that the two of them were in their everyday clothes instead of their hero costumes.

"She's coming over here. Do you want me to do anything?"

"No, remain how you are until I tell you to do so."

"She's almost here…"

Cringing at the fact that they probably couldn't escape that easily, he waited patiently for the subway to stop. It had to be coming up shortly.

"Miss, do I know you? Your face sure does look familiar, but I can't put a name to it. "

Figuring how to respond, Emi hastily came up with something on the spot. "Hmm, strange. I can't say I know who you are."

"That's tragic. You'll probably me starred as one of the big news headliners in the future then the whole country of Japan will know who I am!" Himiko started laughing hysterically but stopped abruptly when the door to the sub car opened. Beginning to walk out, she waved back to Emi when she noticed who was with her. "I recognize that famous scowl, why it's Aizawa Shota otherwise known as Eraserhead."

Wincing at the fact that Himiko knew his identity, the only thing on his mind was to shield Emi from harm's way.

Yelling, Emi tried to get past Aizawa, but he wouldn't budge, "What are you doing, Shota!"

"Stay out of the way, Emi! She's psychotic."

Joining the two's conversation, Toga commented, "So you know who Eraserhead is then? Funny. I liked you, but I guess this means we're on opposite sides. I hope you won't take that against me. If I heard correctly, it's Emi. Isn't it? Well, I hope we can still be acquaintances."

It was all said with a toying matter. Himiko switched emotions from sentence to sentence, phrase to phrase; it was too much to take in. Both Emi and Shota watched as she pulled out a dagger from under her skirt. She ran towards Shota first. Knowing that he didn't have his capture weapon on him, she knew that she could deceive him somehow. To their benefit, Toga did not know what Emi's quirk was.

Thinking that perhaps she would jump from above, Shota got ready to dodge her. However, she went under his legs to only get past him so she could target Emi. Taking her dagger, she aimed for Emi's abdomen.

Instantly Emi countered Toga's attacked by grabbing her wrist, pulling her forward, and twisting her arm pushing her to the ground. Toga was now disabled on the ground. Emi was holding her down by placing her weight onto Toga's back while still keeping her grip on the attacker's arm. Swiping the knife out of the girl's hand, Emi reached out with the knife motioning for Aizawa to grab it from her.

"Shota, here take this."

Mockingly, Toga spoke up, "That was fun! Let's do it again and see how it turns out then..."

Taking the knife, Shota cut a large enough piece to tie Toga's wrists together behind her back.

Questioning Aizawa's judgment, Emi asked, "Are you sure that's enough to contain her? I'm sure that she'll figure some way out."

Impatient, Aizawa responded shortly, "Unless if you have a better plan, I'd shut it."

"I'm just stating the obvious. It honestly feels like a catastrophe just waiting to happen."

Without taking any more time, Aizawa took the Toga's free hand and tied it to the one that Emi was holding.

Taking Toga's hands from Aizawa, Emi started to untie the clump he created and constructing a constrictor knot. "That knot won't keep her constrained! You have to tie something impossible to get out of, and the police can deal with her after we drop her off."

"Since when did you become a know it all?"

Aizawa was irritated, but Emi thought pestering him would make their relationship look the most natural to the public. After all, that was what people typically saw the two of them react to each other. She would tease him continually while he retorted back with a snide remark.

"I only learned from the best." Adding a wink to her reply, knowing that she'll only cause more tension between the two of them.

Cutting them off, Toga commented, "Cute. It seems as if you two show your affection by not letting the other recognize how fond you are of each other."

Misleading the young criminal, Emi settled that she would play along. "Awww, I'm glad someone else can see our undying love for one another."

Not having it, Shota pulled the knot and led the Toga to the nearest police station.

"Emi, call the police and let them know that we've captured Toga Himiko. You know how to handle the rest."

"Wait, you think the police can hold onto me? Even if they do keep me for a while, the League of Villains will come for me."

Not having it, Shota blankly stated, "What makes you think that they would risk themselves for you?"

Toga didn't know how to react to what Aizawa said but knew that in the end, she would get away somehow. Ultimately, she didn't know how she'd escape. For now, all she could do was wait for the police to come to pick her up and figure out how to solve this dilemma for herself.

"Come on, Himiko. We don't have all day."

"Eraser, the police will be here shortly. So, we'll have to sit here and wait patiently. Aren't we lucky!" Said Emi chirpily.

Aizawa replied sarcastically, "Well, isn't that fantastic."

Moderately punching in the shoulder, Emi persisted with the flirtatious behavior. "Just you and me, huh, Eraser. It almost seems too good to be true."

Walking towards them, came a few officers to take young Toga away. One of the cops finally started to speak up, saying, "Ms. Joke and Eraserhead! I didn't think we'd get the opportunity to work with you two again."

Emi reciprocated the greeting."It's great to see you all again. I'm not sure how long it's been since we worked together. What I can say is that it's been far too long." Pushing her the right side of her back, she recalled how many occasions her and Eraser got the opportunity to work together. Zero to none did Eraser show any sign of affection towards her. Of course, she found out recently how he perceived the whole thing as a joke, but why did the circumstances seem different?

Being straightforward, Eraser made himself clear. "Yeah, yeah. Here you go, take her before she has the chance to escape. She's all yours now."

"Saying it how it is like always, Eraser. You haven't changed." Taking her under their custody, they led Himiko Toga back to the police station. "Thanks again!"

As they were leaving the scene, Aizawa gradually intertwined his fingers against Emi's. It was hard to imagine that these soft, delicate were the same that regularly fought whenever trouble was on foot. Maybe he could handle spending time with her daily. As they got closer to the subway station, he hastily let go of Emi's hand so no one would assume or jump to any conclusions.

Excited, Emi stated as she jumped onto the subway chair, "Only a few more stops and we'll be at Yuuei."