Chapter Ten
Karma At It's Best
Nighttime had fallen on the city once again, the streets were full of life since it was a Friday night, cars and trucks zipped passed walkers who were busy walking and talking on the sidewalks, the streets were just as busy. A black car could be seen among the other cars and trucks, Kai had made it clear he only wanted Chrono, Mimic, and Hollow with him on his special outing of course. Kai gave each of the other members, special jobs to has well that night. Wanting to know more about the people who kidnapped Eri and other problems that needed to be solved as well. All four were in the car, but Nemoto this time was driving the car he too was coming as well since Kai was not sure how Nemoto would up being back from the dead you could say. Kai still found pride in this new power within his quirk, he kept it to himself, the only ones who knew it was those he trusted.
Looking out the window, it would be another hour before they got to their arrival point. Going to see him, the one who ended it for Kai, but also the one who truly gave Kai the second chance he needed to be given with his Pops and the Yakuza. Kai leaned back, and sighs within his mask, looking over to see Chrono, who was looking out the window too, the look on Chrono's face was serious and no longer the playful look he had back in the base, or around the others. Chrono knew what they were going to do, a cough broke the silence has Mimic then shook his head since he was the one who coughed. Mimic just leaned back himself, looking out the window.
A small hymn could be heard coming over from Hollow, Kai turned his head to his left to see her looking out the window as well. Hollow's face too had a serious look to it has well. After all, it had been a while since she too had seen them, Kai went back to looking out the window as well.
"Nemoto, let me know when we are 35 minutes away from the spot," Kai said.
"Yes, Master OverHaul. That will be in shortly." Nemoto said to him.
Chrono leans into the car seat, "do you think they will be there?" Chrono asked.
"They might come since now Shigaraki has an army at his command. Hard to believe, but the city he went to, we all know he beat. The reason why he has not been in within our city." Kai stated.
"Might come to brag, or even worse finish of your Overhaul." Mimic said.
"If rumors are true, then his quirk has become more since we all saw him last time," Chrono stated.
"If he has then good let it, like any sickness it only grows when not cured. After some time, I learned yes all quirks are a sickness that needs to die out, but at times to fight that sickness you need to use that same sickness has the cure." Kai said, "also my quirk his growing, ours all will in time I believe. Just this sickness we all have, we have a cure to stop the sickness." Kai also said, has his eyes went on Hollow. Mimic and Chrono both looked to Hollow has well when Nemoto looking at Hollow for a second as well. All men stop and understand what their boss meant.
Hollow listen to them, and looked at the back, "Shigaraki...let him play that card if he wants too...what..he let happen to Lue and Riku. I will make sure he and his so-called league pay." Hollow said looking away from the men. Kai just smirked proudly hearing the Yakuza's NightinGlass speak with such pride in her words.
"NightinGlass, calm yourself, glad to know your alert, but don't let your emotions get the best of you. Emotions have nothing to do with this remember that. Stick to what I told you, and nothing else." Kai said.
Hollow looked to him, and almost shoots a glare to him, for the words he spoke.
"No shit." Hollow snapped not thinking, had Kai caught her face with his hand before she could turn away, or say anymore. Holding her chin, with his hand, he just stares at Hollow.
"NightinGlass..."Kai said little annoyed now.
Hollow looked to him as if snapping her mind back to the matter at hand. Blinking a few times, Hollow sighed and nodded as well.
"Sorry..boss," Hollow said, that is when Kai could tell she was nervous and tense at that moment. Kai pulled Hollow to him, and has her lay her head on the leather seat next to his leg, has he used his left hand to start rubbing the middle of her back right in front of his men.
"Not another word from you NightinGlass, until we are there. Your tense and nervous, the last thing I need is an aide who is useless to me. Getting overworked, and causing this on your body is unnecessary. So calm yourself as I said before. Just do as I told you." Kai said little annoyed with his NightinGlass right now, but he kept rubbing her back to help calm her.
Chrono and Mimic both chuckle, and Kai shoots them both a glare. They both clear their throat and act like they did nothing. Chrono felt bad for Hollow since this was the first time she was doing something like this with them.
"Calm down Wings it will be okay, "Chrono said, and then pulls out a white scarf from the raincoat he wore around his neck. Then he folds it up, has he placed it in between Hollow's neck. The scarf smelt like lavender.
"What are you doing? Why a scarf?"Hollow asked, but then covered her mouth nothing Kai had told her not to talk, but Kai looked down to her. He shook his head, and leaned back into the seat, this time letting Hollow's head be on his leg now.
"Levander scent is known to calm the nerves and relax the body. This should help you." Chrono said.
Hollow just buried her face into Chrono's scarf, "kiddo, want me to help count money once this is all over?" Mimic asked randomly. Hollow blinked at him.
"Why..?"Hollow asked.
"Counting money is relaxing too."MImic said.
"I don't think..."Hollow said.
"Well, it relaxes me." Mimic said, with a chuckle. He was joking with Hollow a little to calm her nerves as well.
Hollow giggled into the scarf, and Nemoto could not help, but hear the talk going on in the back seat. He looked into the rearview mirror to see all three of his leaders acting differently, but with someone new. Nemoto could tell Hollow was a good girl deep down, and he smiled within his mask.
"Young Hollow, talking is nothing to be nervous of. Master Overhaul, along with Chrono and Mimic won't let this talk go bad. I promise you. Besides, let them lie and try to hide it from me." Nemoto said.
Hollow looked to the front seat and gives a nod. Kai liked the idea of Nemoto trying to get to know Hollow. He wanted the newcomers to get along with them all, so it would be enough for all of them to work together.
The car pulls at a building, with Nemoto gets out, with Chrono opening the door to the back seat, holding it. Kai along with Hollow gets out, with Mimic behind them. Chrono shuts the door, all of them look around expect for Kai who looked up to the building. Hollow walked to his side and looked up at the tall, dark building. This whole building or tower, along with the city they were in, made Hollow feel off a little.
"Keep your guard about you and your wits." Mimic said, has he walked passed them all, and so did Nemoto, Kai started to walk behind both men, and Chrono looked to Hollow, nods his head for her to follow behind Kai. Hollow smiled with worry and walked behind Kai. Chrono walks behind the group keep both his eyes out for anything out of place, and his ears for anything that did not sound right.
Nemoto knocked on the door, and a camera hanging in the corner of the door turned to look at the small group. Kai just looked at the camera, and then back to the door.
"NightinGlass..."Kai said softly.
That is when Hollow used her quirk to cover the camera in glass, once glass covered the camera, Hollow snapped her fingers causing the glass to break, cracking the camera to were it was broke itself.
"Done Boss," Hollow said to him. Kai looked to her and nods softly.
The door opens, and there stood Twice, and . Both men looked upon Kai and his group, Mr. Compass could not help but see Kai had his arms back after five years, but Shigaraki had decayed them and cut them off, yet there they were.
(( Kai's POV ))
Kai looked to Twice, and then to , he smirked a little under his mask, "look like you are seeing a ghost ." Kai stated, has he looked to him. Compass just shook his head.
"Seeing you is OverHaul." Compass said looking to the others and then sees Hollow.
"Working with the Yakuza, you come long way Hollow." Compass said. Hollow just turned her head from Compass.
Kai looked to see, and then walks passed Compass and Twice who both just looked to him, "let Shigaraki know I am here." Kai said since he looked back at them. Seeing Twice take off to tell Shigaraki, that is when Compass leads them to a meeting him.
"Still dirty as ever," Kai said in a cold tone walking down the hallway. Kai looked in front of him, but every so often he was looking beside him to see make sure Hollow was keeping a calm attitude about her. Chrono was behind them still, with Mimic and Nemoto in front of them.
"Whatever happens to stay beside me, until I say otherwise." Kai told Hollow, who looked to him, "the others know what to do, this is new to you. The reason why I say this." Kai stated
"Of course Boss," Hollow told him.
The group stops at double doors, once Compass stopped. Walking into the large room, a table with five chairs on each side of the table could be seen in the center of it.
"Hard to believe Shigaraki is this well ordered now," Chrono stated.
"Somethings have changed since we all met last. Please seat and wait." Compass said, has he took a seat at the left side of the table.
Kai walked up to the table, and run his finger across the table to see it was clean, and long with the chairs. He looked to the others, and nod to let them sit as well. Chrono pulled a seat out between him and Kai for Hollow to sit. Hollow went to seat down and was quiet.
Kai looked to see this and seats down himself. Leaning into the chair Kai waits quietly as he normally would. Mimic looked to Compass.
"So you keeping your word no quirks used during this meeting at all, we don't need a blood bath right now." Mimic said. Nemoto looked away so he knew his quirk would not be used. Also if no one looked into his eyes, they all would be okay.
Kai looked to Compass and felt something was off about this whole thing like he had in the beginning. He kept this feeling to himself, and that is when he heard the double doors open again to see Twice, Toya, Dabi, and Shigaraki coming into the room. Kai kept his cold stare on Shigaraki. Shigaraki looking back at Kai, and then him overseeing he had his arms back.
"So the rumors were true, you did get them back. Now how did you undo my quirk, after I took your arms, and Compass to your quirk from you in his marble? This is fun now, knowing your back in the game OverHaul, must suck though still knowing you're still in the bottom when we raised to the top." Shigaraki said with a twisted laugh as he took a seat opposite of Kai.
Kai just raised his arms out and shrugged giving I don't know the look. Then Kai's look became dark again, and he placed his right hand on top of Hollow's hand. He was wearing his glove so she was safe. Shigaraki, along with his fellow villains looked to Hollow, how had a confused look on her face, and turned her head to look at Kai.
"Yakuza's NightinGlass helped with that once she knocked Compass on his ass. Don't worry. Chrono told me the whole fight story piece by piece. Also how a seven-year-old put you down too. Gotta say I did expect better from villains who have been in the game for a while." Kai said looking to them, give it to Compass NighinGlass, and Chrono." Kai ordered them.
Chrono and Hollow both looked to Compass, and then Chrono threw a bag to him, has Hollow threw one at him as well. Both bags had the broken marbles, once that held Riku and the other which held Kai's quirk.
"We always give back these days what does not belong to us," Chrono stated, with a smirk. Hollow just looked to Compass, and shook her head, then turned her head away from him.
Compass just chuckled and lifted the bags to see. Compass then tossed them over his shoulder, "so you could break two of the marbles I am thrilled to see such talent in someone so much younger than us around this table. A shame you chose the path you have now Hollow." Compass said.
"Your father would want you too I believe, but it was his last wish to keep you from choosing to be a villain, but it was too good to pass by," Shigaraki said to her.
Kai looked to Shigaraki and knew what he was doing playing the father card on Hollow. Kai sighed within his mask and was annoyed now.
"Shigaraki, what father? Did she have? What business is that of yours, or even mine? We are here for the business of other matters, not Hollow's." Kai said making the attention on him now. Hollow looked to Kai since she was ready to lay into Shigaraki, this was the first time since Hollow got to know Kai, that those words, that whole sentence seemed more of whatever heart Kai had left in him. This time round Hollow was seeing Kai in a different light, before even the kindness he showed towards her was something that was working towards his plan. This time, what would those words, or even states have towards his plan now.
Kai looked to Hollow for a moment, then turned his gaze back to Shigaraki.
(( End Of His POV ))
"Shigaraki we are here for one reason, we want the bullets back, that you can't seem to remake even after five years." Mimic said.
Hollow heard the word bullets and looked to Mimic, there was no way he was talking about the bullets that Kai made from Eri. Worry set into Hollow's eyes and face, Shigaraki just started to laugh low at first, until it became a twisted mad man laugh. Hollow looked to Shigaraki, and his laugh gave her a cold shiver down her spine. The same cold shiver she got when Kai gave his cold look to anyone.
"What makes you think we did not make the same kind of bullet you did?" Toya asked with a crazy look in her eyes, but her eyes were on Hollow.
Hollow wondered why Toya did not say anything to her, from the first time they meant, this gave Hollow a bad feeling altogether.
"You mean these wanna be bullets you made yourself, and been passing off has the real thing?" Chrono asked, throwing fake bullets to Dabi.
"We tested them.. nothing more than a knock off brand to what Overhaul made. You don't get the brains when it comes to medical work, or how the human body works. You just turn what quirks, and others into your little toys you call noumus to please seen better-looking creatures in horror movies." Chrono stated once more.
With the topic on the bullets made from Eri kept on going, Hollow found herself being pulled to look down a dark hallway leading away from the room. Hollow's wings started to shake within her back wanting to come out, they too could feel it. That is when Hollow got the idea.
"Shigaraki! You got a bathroom in this place. A girl's on her monthly." Hollow said letting words come out without thinking.
Shigaraki just looked to Hollow like she was crazier then he was, "what I need to go unless you want the blood to be in your chair?! Boss here is a clean freak, so I don't think he wants his second aide to be bloody, due to my body being female." Hollow stated, acting taught with a cold nature, but this was not the Hollow. Everyone knew.
"I'll show her the way, I know the feeling of being female, in an all-male group," Toya said, getting up from the table, and going down the hall. Hollow gets up to follow, Kai just watched Hollow walk away and then darted his eyes to Nemoto, who gets up to follow both women, but Chrono went back to talking about the bullets to get the topic back on track.
In the bathroom, Toya locked the door behind Hollow making sure it was woman to woman. Hollow heard the door lock, and she was not to knocked by this move.
"So the monthly getting to you must suck," Toya said. Hollow turned to look at her and nods.
"I am sure you would understand after all your a woman too," Hollow said.
Toya looked to Hollow, and smiled wickedly," so part of the Yakuza gotta say you played your part well, not acting like you did not know of me, or anything of Japan after all." Toya said.
"You are almost right. I grew up in America, both my parents are Japanese, to be honest. So I only know how to speak Japanese, everything else I am learning from Chrono or Mimic when they have time." Hollow said.
"Must be nice growing up away from all this, but so sad to know Daddy chose us over his blood family," Toya said teasing Hollow.
"Look I am sorry for acting like I was stupid okay, I am sorry for using you Toya. Just I was doing what I was getting paid today. They thought you took Eri, but now we all know that some other people did. Just like my dad, and my family out of this topic." Hollow warned her.
"Sorry...sorry...no sorry does not get it. I'm trusted among those in this city, and I called you a friend. Friends don't use each other, Kurogiri would be so disappointment, no wonder he chose us." Toya said. Hollow closed her eyes and shook her head.
That is when Toya pulled out a knife," enough talking the boys are talking, so you and I are going to do some dancing." Toya said.
"Wait we said no quirks," Hollow said.
"Oh I know, but I also know that you can do much without it," Toya said thinking this.
Hollow wanted to answer her back, and she was about to when she just looked to Toya.
"Your right I can't do much without my quirk might as well be quirkless like this. So if you wanna hurt me or use your quirk then go ahead. I'm going to fight you using my quirk, hell not even going to trick you, and fight you band hand to hand as my brother taught me. When I meant the small truce then I meant it, I won't be like you. I won't lose the trust of new friends, and lose the trust of my family over some childish bullshit." Hollow said to Toya. Hollow spoke and stood her ground believing in her own words.
Toya looked at her laughing," new friends...new friends. You got to be kidding me, we all know OverHaul just has a use for you and your siblings in his new so-called plans, once your use is over so will your time in the Yakuza be. For someone my age your stupid Hollow." Toya said laughing even harder.
Hollow just looked to Toya hearing her words, that is when images of Hollow's short time with the Yakuza came to play within her mind. Hollow smiled warmly knowing she still had ways to go before she knew OverHaul's true plans, and maybe she never would, but deep down meeting the Yakuza it felt like their own family grew. She trusted them...she trusted OverHaul, who was a killer, child abuser, and downright villain worst of the worst, but she saw different side to him, the playful boy side with Chrono, the son like side to the old man, caring older brother/father side to him when it came to Eri, the leader caring for the Yakuza side. All those sides Hollow and the Yakuza saw.
"Your right, maybe my time of being useful to him will be very short. However, I have seen sides to him that let me know he is trying to be a better person, maybe only for the Yakuza, and Eri but their leader is changing for the better." Hollow said taking up for OverHaul, "I know he has a lot to answer for, and for five years without his quirk he did, he still would be quirkless if my brother and I did not do what we did, but also your group Toya had a hand in it too, if Compass just left Lou alone, Riku would have never done what he did, and my wings would have never broken the box Compass used at that time." Hollow finished saying, then she pushed Toya's arm out of the way, so she would walk back to the other room.
Toya was not about to let Hollow walk away with saying this about her friends, or group she was apart of. When Hollow unlocked the door and opens the door, a knife flies past Hollow, and Nemoto catches it between his fingers. He just looked at the knife, then passed Hollow to see Toya angry. Hollow looked to Nemoto, then turned her head back to see Toya.
"Why throw a knife at Hollow?" Nemoto asked Toya, and without thinking Nemoto's quirk took effect and Toya told the truth.
"I can't stand to be used, by someone who thinks and acts like they are better than me, someone who is given the title she was given, and never earned it. I hate proper girls like Hollow." Toya said.
Nemoto looked from Toya to Hollow, but Hollow did not say anything, but the words that Toya said made Hollow think, however, just giggle.
"Toya, nothing has been given to me, up to now I barely had anything to my name expect my brothers and sister. We barely have money, and the only thing I got going for me as you say, is the Yakuza." Hollow said, has she walked back to the table with everyone. Toya started to laugh and kept laughing loudly until Hollow turned to look back at Toya.
"Toya...your quirk..its making you crazy...your quirk...its..." Before Hollow could finish, that is when a knife went into Hollow's shoulder, but only a loud crack could be heard echoing throughout the room. Hollow looked to her left shoulder to see the blade of the knife in her shoulder. Hollow pulled out the knife and rubbed her shoulder a little.
"Damn, that hurts big time. Shit going to take it while to heal up, and means I gotta find new glass to fix it." Hollow said, throwing the knife back at Toya, but it landed at her feet, showing that Hollow did not want to fight her.
"Why are you not bleeding?!" Toya asked shocked, this made the rest of Toya's group look over to Hollow has Toya did.
Kai, along with Chrono and Mimic just either reminded calm or smirked, the smirking was coming from Chrono at this point. Kai looked to Chrono, he knew what to do. Chrono gets up, and walked over to their NightinGlass, and put his arm around Hollow's shoulders, and stared coldly at Toya.
Hollow looked up to see Chrono behind her, that is when Hollow felt safe for the moment. That is when Dabi walked over to the three standing, as well. The room went silent, you could hear a pin drop. That is when Hollow looked to Toya and walked over to her, Hollow then picked up Toya's right hand, and pushed her index finger and middle finger into the cut of her shirt for Toya to see the glass part that made up her whole shoulder.
"My body has large parts of it, made of glass. Due to my quirk slowly killing me. So yea, my body will be fully glass one day." Hollow said feeling Toya pull her hand away," just like your quirk is making you go crazy, what I was trying to say. My sister's quirk..is making her go crazy too.." Hollow said drifting away from her last sentence since she could not imagine a world without Luna in it.
Dabi looked to Hollow, and chuckled through his painful burnt lungs," seems you to know the pain of what they call a curse quirk been burnt half my life and yet to see someone know the side effects of a quirk." Dabi said chocking now on his laughter.
Hollow just looked to him and saw his body now. She smiled softly and bowed to him.
"Sorry to know that your quirk is taking it out on your body too, sucks because you never know if you will wake up day today," Hollow said, then she lifts her head. Dabi quit chocking and nods to her.
"She might be bit naive Shigaraki, but she gets it. She speaks that truth. I told you curse quirks were a thing. Not everyone with a quirk is cursed." Dabi said walking away from Toya, and Hollow now.
"So Toya is going crazy, but not by her own will, or just from her background?" Compass asked.
"Of course not, if so my ass would be crazy, due to being the daughter of a hero and villain try growing up with that," Hollow said answering Compass's question without thinking.
Kai was growing impatience right now, even with Hollow a little. Chrono could tell, and looked to Kai, "calm down I got her." Chrono said.
"Hurry it up, we got business, and them getting all nice with NightinGlass is not part of the plan." Mimic said.
Kai thinks for a moment, then smirks under his mask, "let them, this could play into our favor later on." Kai spoke coldly looking to their NightinGlass with more use for her now, besides her quirk. Something inside, deep of Kai made himself feel a little rotten for using Hollow in this way, but he shakes it off.
Shigaraki had his plans for this meeting, and more, "alright...alright..we get it Toya is going to go nuts more then she is, I will make a deal with you OverHaul, let Hollow and her siblings get to know Kurogiri's side of things let's say for benefits sake, and I give you the bullets, and also promise not to well you know to go after the Yakuza when I take over the world." Shigaraki said grinning from ear to ear under the hand on his face.
Kai glared at Shigaraki, but before he could answer Shigaraki throws the bullets to Kai. Kai catches them, then hands it to Chrono, "just one more then Shigaraki, then I will say okay to them being allowed to come here if they wish." Kai said.
Shigaraki looked to Kai and just chuckled, "what more could you want Overhaul. I'm letting you live, along with your poor excuse of a dying out-group." Shigaraki said that is when Kai slowly walked up to him and pulled his mask down, showing only his doctor mask now.
"Shake on it," Kai said.
"What? you germ boy?!" Twice said in shock.
Chrono, and Mimic along with Hollow wondered what Kai was doing as well since they knew his fear of germs was not gone. Shigaraki just smirked, and held his hand out, since he knew Overhaul wore gloves so they both were okay. Has soon has Kai went to place his hand into Shigaraki's for a handshake, that is when it was too late, Kai had torn part of the glove off from the tip of his index finger, and slowly run it down's Shigaraki's thumb causing his thumb to tore open and a empty hole in his hand, where his thumb should be now. Then Kai shook his hand tightly leaving over to whisper in Shigaraki's ear has Kai pulled his doctor mask down.
"I too have grown stronger as well Shigaraki, tell me what it is like to have your way used against you even know. The worst mistake was trusting me this much to shake your hand, without remembering how cold I can be. Some of me has changed, but not everything I do." Kai said letting him go, that is when Kai pulled both his mask back over his face and turned his back to Shigaraki.
"Let's go to our business here is done," Kai said and starts to walk out the door, with the others following him, leaving an angry and pissed off Shigaraki behind them. Everyone had seen, but no one dares make a move when OverHaul and Shigaraki went at it.
Getting into the car, once the car was pulling away from the Tower, Hollow looked back wondering if what happened was right. Hollow looked back to see Kai washing and wiping his hands dry in the car with what soap and water they always carried on them. Placing new gloves on his hands, looking over to Hollow who he had noticed was staring at him.
"Say it, if you're going to say something," Kai said annoyed now.
"Fine, I think what you did was stupid, and whatever peace might have been able to be made, is now gone," Hollow said, looking to Kai with a worried look.
Kai placed his right hand on his cheek to support, by holding his head up, "if that is all your worried about, then I retake back my words, don't talk."Kai said.
"Well too bad I'm going to, is this the only reason why you came here for was to what get back at Shigaraki for him taking your arms?" Hollow asked.
"Yes, some of it was, another reason was to get the bullets back from them." Kai stated, "like you have room to talk, did you not want to before kill him for hurting Riku and Lue." Kai asked. Hollow looked to Kai, as she was now annoyed.
"That is a different story, different from personal gain, and non-personal gain. Your older then I learn the difference." Hollow said, "Nemoto stop the car!" Hollow said.
Nemoto stopped the car due to Hollow asking, without Kai telling him not too, Hollow gets out of the car and glares daggers at Kai.
"I'm walking home! Asshole! Also, you're an overgrown child!" Hollow said slamming the door car.
Chrono was about to get out, but Kai looked to him, "no..let her act like a little girl I don't have time for this bullshit she is displaying."Kai said, that is when the car started up and went on its way, Hollow just flipped the car off, has it went past her.
A mile down the road, Hollow was walking on, she saw a tall figure in a white raincoat, with a bird-like mask on waiting on her, with a blonde, orange hair boy has well.
"Chrono, Riku," Hollow said smiling with tears in her eyes since she saw them now. She rushed over to them and hugged on to them both tightly.
"Before you ask, they dropped me off here, and I called Riku to come here through his warps," Chrono said answering the question before Hollow could ask it. Hollow just smiled softly through her tears.
