It was late at night, and two people were walking down the street, one had a pink umbrella to ward off the rain, her arm was lanced through a taller man's his orange hair hidden by a bowler cap, they wore black suits as they made their way to a gated house. The man pressed the buzzer by the gate. "What is your business here?" came a rough voice, like he was speaking through a mask.
"I'm here to speak with Overhaul on the behave of the Leauge of Villains. We have need for his... unique skills." The man said patiently.
"What do villains like you want with the Yakuza?" Came a irritated voice.
"We have a pair of offers for you, Shie Hassaikai. And from one gangster to another, I much more respect the older ways." He said patiently.
"We'll open up the gate, but try anything, and you're dead."
"Wouldn't dream of it." The man leaned on his cane.
Chapter 18: A Dark Promise
I sat on a couch, my cane resting on the wall behind the man I had come to meet. "You're a hard man to find Chisaki." I said as Neo balanced her umbrella on her finger behind me. "It cost me a lot of money to make this meeting happen. I hope you take my eagerness for disrespect." I removed my hat as I looked at the man, his beak mask covering the bottom half of his face.
"I am a little upset that the Leagues Leader didn't come himself." He said as he looked us over. "Who is the girl? I don't think I've seen her with you before."
"So you have been watching me. My friend here is called Neo, once again I ask for your patience, she's a mute." Neo waved kindly at the Yakuza leader. "As for Shigaraki, he was otherwise preoccupied with the furthering of our plans."
"I understand. But what dose a group of Villains want with a dying breed of criminals?" He asked.
"Discipline, plans, and the one thing that sets you apart, intelligence. I have need for all of these, and the Yakuza have them in spades. You're no fool, I know you had people watching me the moment I stepped into the neighbor hood." I said I slowly reached into my jacket, I looked to his men and they nodded. I pulled out a custom six shot revolver and a case of red rounds. "I also want the details on these. I purchased them three days ago, I know they are from your operations."
"We searched him, how did..." A diminutive man in a full leather suit and white mask took a step back.
"A professional never reveals his secrets." I smiled, "I tested this to see if they really do turn off quirks, and I must say, who ever is the poor sod your cutting up for their DNA, I don't envy them." If Chisaki had a reaction to my actions or words, he didn't show it.
"What do you want?" He asked.
"A discount on the final product, and for you to drill in loyalty into three of our members, Twice, Toga and Magne, if you have to kill one of them to do it, well the League members are only business partners to me." I said as I placed the weapon back into my jacket.
"And what business are you in?" He looked at me in the eyes finally.
"Staying alive, a goal that I have worked hard for, and a goal I fear only you can help me with." I held out my gloved hand. "Do we have a deal?"
It took only a few seconds for him to shake it. "We gangsters have to look out for each other." I turned to leave. "Roman, your cane?"
"Neo if you would be a dear?" She vanished and reappeared by my cane she picked it up and walked out with me. "Thank you."
Once we got three blocks down I asked her a single question. "Did you get the photos we needed?" She only handed me her phone before giving me a light peck on the cheek. "I knew I could count on you." She laced her arm through mine and we walked in the rain, disguised as a hard working couple.
I sat at the dorm table with Kirishima. "So you want to do a work study?" He asked.
"Well yeah." I looked up at him. "And I want to do it with you."
"Really?" He asked, "You just keep on getting stronger."
"So do you." I smiled, then it hit me, his shame.
"Yeah, but even with my semblance I can only do so much. You basically became demigod overnight, Izuku blows my strength out of the water. Maybe they were right, maybe I wasn't meant to be a hero." He looked down into his bowl of food. "I went to the same middle school as Mina, and every time I tried to be a hero, I froze or it was her to fix the issue." I gabbed his hand.
"Eijiro, you are meant to be a hero. It's in your soul, I can feel it." I smiled at him. "After all, we're the Red Hero team." looked at my bone white hand as we laced our fingers. "You are a honorable man, and I love that about you. You do what you know is right."
"How can I be a man, if I keep failing you? I should be protecting you, I promised your father that I would." His red eyes locked with mine.
"You are the hero Red Riot. The Sturdy Hero. And the manliest person I have ever met. So what if you have simple powers, what matters is your heart. And you don't have to worry so much about me. I promise you that I'll stay in protecting distance." I smiled at him as Weiss walked into the kitchen with Tenya.
"Fascinating. Dust truly is a remarkable substance." He said as they continued with their conversation.
"Those two seem to like each other." Ilia said from the other couch where she was braiding a sleeping Blakes hair. "I can't tell if it's just them being knowledge hogs, or something else."
"How long have you two been there?" I asked.
"You really do make a cute couple." she teased.
"BRING YOUR GARBAGE!" Bakugo yelled as he entered the room.
The next day I sat in class sketching a weapon for Shoji, "Dust throwing knifes?" I asked my self. "He is one of our stealth type heroes." I did a few more designs before Aizawa entered the room.
"I have news about the work studies. They will not be happening." For the first time I didn't feel any sort of negative emotion from Bakugo. "For the most part. You will only be able to work with agencies that have a proven track record with our school." And there is the chicken wings. "You will either have requests or you use the connections you made during your internships to find a agency to work with. Another option is to talk with the older students. Rose you already have a request." He handed me a sheet from the... Endeavour Hero Agency. "Endeavour was quite insistent about taking you on even as a internship." I looked back to Todoroki, we knew why.
"Tell him I was hoping to start smaller, and that I appreciate the offer. It would be bit much for me to go straight to the top." Aizawa shrugged as he took back the paper.
"Your career I guess." class went on as usual, at least until when it came to aura class.
"Where is Qrow?" I asked.
That's when we heard the clacking a hard barbed legs outside the door. Menzro walked in, a pile of disorganized pages covered in my uncles messy drunk hand writing. "Mr. Branwen is busy on a mission right now, as such until he is back I will be serving as your substitute." He squinted at the sheets. "... Lady Rose... what language is this?"
"Why did you turn down a offer from Endeavor?" Kirishima asked as we walked over to the third year's dorms.
"Well I already said why. I wanted to start smaller." I felt bad about lying to him, but I didn't know how to deal with Endeavours... what ever it was supposed to be.
"Okay. So You think Ajimaki will introduce us to the Hero he's working with?" He asked.
"We he didn't seem all that hard to talk into something." I said. "If that doesn't work out we can talk to Togata."
"True he offered to introduce you to All Might's old sidekick Sir. Nighteye." He scratched his chin. "Two amazing offers."
"I rather it not be handed to me." I waved it off.
"Your hard work is what caught their eyes." He said, "Your going to be a great hero."
"Hey don't sell your self short. I would have died in the entrance exam if it wasn't for you." I punched his shoulder. We reached the dorm and walking down the steps bouncing horrible puns off of each other was...
"Oh hey sis, what are you doing here?" Yang asked as she rode Togata's shoulders.
"It's a male Yang." I just stared at the smiling blondes. "WHY IS THERE TWO OF YOU!"
"Hey we're just Yanging out." Togata smiled.
"I should have known." I paced.
"Togata told me about your classes massacre against him. You really Rose to the occasion." She pointed finger guns at me. "Heard it was a Riot."
"I see what you mean by her sense of humor is the worst." Kiri whispered to me.
Chapter 18 is complete