First things first: There will be a new Chapter for 'I'm Watching!' sometime soon. I think I should be able to upload it within the next week, but no promises. This one be about Shoto and Midoriya after Endeavor's visit to UA in Chapter 28 "Flashfire". Thank you to all of you who have asked for this or something in this direction. I hope it will be satisfactory!

Other things in my life... I've spent the last days starting to watch Vinland Saga. And... oh boy... as soon as I'm done with that, I hope I can find some good Fanfiction.

Onwards to the chapter!


Not At Home

He had decided to visit Fuyumi in the evening. If she didn't want to see or talk to him, fine. Then at least he could drop off the present. Did she even want something from him? With how angry she still was with him, he doubted it. It was frustrating because the reason she was so angry was still out of his control. He couldn't just lie about Touya, not to her or her mother. Neither could he prove to her that her brother was alive and a villain. Short of Touya coming out of hiding, he couldn't imagine what would make Fuyumi change her mind at this point. Even Natsuo telling the truth might not be enough, he feared.

And getting Touya… Dabi out of hiding, was… The League hadn't shown their faces in a long time. While he was still wallowing away after being released from the hospital weeks ago, they had been sighted a few times, far enough away that Enji hadn't even bothered getting into gear to look for them, because by the time he'd arrive there, they could have already escaped to the other side of the country.

Surely, they must be planning something to stay hidden for that long, but Enji couldn't fathom what it was. He was sure to dread it though.

So, maybe Fuyumi didn't want anything from him. That's why he hadn't even bothered with finding her an expensive present she wouldn't value anyway. He knew he couldn't buy her love back. If it was that easy, he might have just bought her a new car and that would be it. Nothing so easy.

Instead, he had found an old photograph. Hearing them this afternoon in the hospital had reminded him of a time when they had been happy before. All of them together. Not him… never him, because back then he didn't have time for family happiness, and now he had apparently lost it forever. But them. They had been happy. At least he thought so.

How long was it ago? Twelve years? Thirteen even? It had been before Shoto had developed his quirk. Enji had already all but dropped Touya from his training routine, because his quirk just wasn't what Enji had hoped for. It had just been too self-destructive. So, Endeavor had spent most of his days at work. The nights too, often enough. It had given his family time for each other. There had been this one autumn, when they had visited the island Yakushima with Rei's younger sister and her family. They had gone camping there, hiking and swimming. Fuyumi had always cherished that memory, Enji knew. She had been ten years old back then, and for years after, she had always talked about going back there or visiting her Auntie again.

When she had moved out, Enji had been surprised that she hadn't taken the pictures with her, instead they had remained on the small commode in the living room. She hadn't taken anything from the house that wasn't strictly hers, but that had still surprised him. So, he'd just give it to her, and hoped that it would make her happy.

He rang the apartment she knew she lived in, because he had sent her letters there two weeks ago. A girl opened the door. He had never seen her before, and for a moment he simply stared at her. Not because he didn't know that she lived with somebody else. He knew she had to housemates, but this girl. It was hardly half past nine and she was already in her pajamas, a sleeping mask over her forehead and her hair bound up into small black pigtails.

Enji knew he was a little late. He came straight from work, but still… Who went to sleep at half past nine, especially when there was a birthday to be celebrated? Sure, the big party would only come tomorrow, but still…

Well, if he was honest, he didn't know the first thing about celebrating birthdays. He had 46 of those himself and four children aged 15 to 23, but he couldn't remember the last time he had celebrated anybody's… Or maybe when Shrinking Girl had brought cookies to work last August for Brazen's birthday?

The girl looked at him, as if he had just awakened her. Girl… or maybe woman? Now that he got used to her ridiculously fluffy and colorful pajamas and pigtails, he thought she might be around Fuyumi's age.

"Yeah?" she asked after a moment, obviously annoyed that he hadn't spoken yet.

"Eh, is Fuyumi here?" He asked peering past her into the apartment, but he really couldn't see anything other than a slightly untidy corridor. That really didn't fit Fuyumi, he thought.

"Fuyumi?" the woman repeated confused. She blinked slowly, then she took a double take. "Oh, god, you're Endeavor!" She exclaimed excitedly. "Damn… Wow, I didn't even recognize you out of costume. The fire really makes a difference! Eh!" She turned around looking into the apartment. "Oi, Aisuke, guess who's here?"

"What up?" a male voice yelled through the apartment.

"Endeavor is standing in front of our door!" She yelled back.

"Haah?" he didn't seem to understand. "Wait, I just need to finish this!"

The woman turned back to Enji rolling her eyes. "Whatever, he's not gonna come until he's finished that stupid game or his friends have to go. Anyway, Fuyumi doesn't live here anymore."

"What?" he asked confused. He was pretty sure he was at the right address. Wait… "She moved out?" When? Two weeks ago, he was sure she still lived here.

"I don't know, a week ago. Last Tuesday. She moved to live with Azumi." She explained with a shrug as if that was old news.

"Who is Azumi?" Enji asked irritated with her attitude.

"You don't…?" She suddenly stopped short. Her mouth opened a little in surprise. "Damn, you really didn't know she moved out, huh? Ouch." She ducked her head a little as if it actually physically hurt her. At the look of honest sympathy on her face he felt a tiny bit less irritated with her. Given his current standing in the public, this whole disaster could have gone a lot worse, he guessed. At least she didn't unnecessarily milk this moment of his shame. And ashamed he was! What father didn't know the address where his only daughter lived?

"If you want, I can give you the address," she offered and, in that moment, Enji went from mildly irritated to almost willing to kiss her.

"Thanks!" He didn't even hesitate to take the offer.

"Just a second," she went inside for a moment and after a minute she came back with a small post-it-note where she had written the address. Her handwriting was so neat, for a second he admired the clear strokes of her pen.

"Thanks," he said again.

"No problem," she was quick to dismiss, and Enji got the feeling she now wanted to be rid of him and get on with her sleep. "But the party is only tomorrow, you know?" she added after a short hesitation.

"You'll be at the party?" Enji asked back.

"Only a little while, but sure." She shrugged. "Anyway, I really need to get back to sleep. I have classes tomorrow."

Was she a teacher like Fuyumi? Maybe they were colleagues and that was how they met… Or maybe a student at the Musutafu University like Natsuo. Somehow that seemed more likely, Enji decided.

"Sure," Enji said, taking one last look at the new address he had to get to now. "And thanks again." He was about to step back, so she could close the door without risking breaking his nose, when his phone pinged. He pulled it out and glanced at it. Just two words jumped to his attention immediately. 'Alarm', and 'Emergency'.

So, this would not be the quiet night he had hoped for.

"Actually," he spoke up again, holding a hand against the door, before the woman could close it. She looked a little surprised and annoyed at that. "Could you maybe give this to her tomorrow?"

He held up the wrapped present. She looked completely stunned for a moment. Then she took it, a bit flustered. The way she looked, he was sure, had he not just surprised her like this, she would have declined. This way, she was simply too stunned to do anything but accept.

"Eh, sure," she nodded confused. "Do you want me to say something?"

"No," he shook his head, "just say it's from me…" he hesitated shortly, "or actually, don't say anything. That's probably best."

She raised her eyebrows a little as she looked down at the dark blue gift wrapping, but before she could say anything else, he had already turned away and called Silent Tracker back. She had the nightshift today, and it was also her who had sent the message.

"What is this with Best Jeanist?" he asked, climbing back into his car and instructing a surprised Matsuura to drive him to Best Jeanist's home address in Tokyo.

"We don't know yet," Silent Tracker answered, not bothered at all by Endeavor's lack of a friendly greeting. "The alarms went off last night. They were quickly disabled again, but when one of his sidekicks went to get some signatures from him, he wasn't there and there were signs of an altercation at his house."

"We don't know where he's at?" Endeavor repeated frustrated. "Damn, he was supposed to get back into the field next week."

"Yeah, he was. And now, he's gone. I'm currently at his agency to talk to his sidekicks, but I'd like to go to his house as soon as possible."

"Of course, I'll be there in two hours. Don't wait for me." He was for once glad it was so late. Getting from Musutafu to Tokyo in the middle of the day would have been a traffic nightmare.

"Didn't intend to, boss," he heard her respond before he ended the call.


So, Fuyumi... acting a bit dickish...? Tbh. this is my fault, not Fuyumi's it was just too soon for those two to meet again, quite yet. But this will still be a step forward. I hope, that later on I can reveal Fuyumi's motivation and what's going on with her in a few 'I'm Watching!' chapters. Because there WILL BE Fuyumi chapters, even if she didn't get any yet.

Also, let's get a few other pro-heroes back into the story. Endeavor is not the only one after all.

So, I mentioned last chapter that I want to reveal a little bit about the geographics now, as well as how the City of Musutafu looks, so maybe in future chapters me and you and all of us will have it a bit easier to orientate ourselves in this place:
I decided that Musutafu is a fictional city in a fictional prefecture that is close to Mt. Fuji between the prefectures Shizuoka, Yamanashi and Kanagawa.

Musutafu City itself is abit to the southeast of Mt. Fuji with the coast in the east and southeast of the city and a more mountainous region in the west. It's about an hour away from Yokohama and 1.5 hours from Tokyo in the north, and about 30 minutes from Shizuoka in the south.

I've decided to seperate Musutafu into 7 different city districts:
1. Musutafu Central,
2. Tyton
3. Nabu
4. Nasadaa
5. Dagobah
6. Tatooin
7. Aldera

I won't have enough space to talk about all of them in this outher's note, so let's just start with the first 4.

1. Musutafu Center:
It's a business hub with a lot of shops, shopping districts, gastronomies, and many different companies settled here. Even in the dark of night the streets are never completely empty. This is where money changes pockets and bank accounts fast. Many rich banks, insurances or other financial services are based here. The architecture is dominated by modern high rises with only a few small parks and areas for recreational activities littered throughout. This also means that it's quite lucrative for villains. The more 'big shot' villains who want to make big money robbing banks or rich companies can be found here. Of course this is also where many heroes have their agency. The Endeavor Hero Agency with its 36 stories is not just the most impressive and biggest hero agency in all of japan but somewhat dominates the area in Musutafu Central. Other heroes who have their much smaller Agencies here are Slidin' Go, and Backdraft who has his agency right with the Fire Department.
Until recently, both Kamui Woods and Mt. Lady also had their agencies here. They still return every now and then.

2. Tyton:
Tyton is the westermost district, where the city makes way for the more mountainous and foresty areas. This is were UA is located. It is seperated from the rest of the city by the main street crossing straight through Tyton. While years in the past the area around UA was more rural now the city of Musutafu slowly creeps up the hills. There are new apartment buildings springing up everywhere and a lot of construction sights, where new residential neighborhoods or shops and superarkets are built.

3. Nabu
Nabu is in the southwest of the city. It borders Musutafu Center in the north, and Tyton in the northwest. Nabu is the rich neighborhood. There are parks, municipality gardens, Pools, gyms, a lot of space for recreational acivity. This is were the most luxurious apartment buildings and single-family houses are. The properties are comparatively huge, and there are even some mansions here. There are luxurious and expensive shops, small boutiques and high-class restaurants. Towards the west again it gets a bit hillier and the nature slowly takes over with forests and great meadows. In the east there is the Nabu River which seperates Nabu from the next district. At weekends people sometimes start from here to go hiking into the forests and hills. The crime rate is very low even though some burglars try their luck every now and then.
This is were the Todoroki Abode is.

4. Nasadaa:
Nasadaa is in the southeast on the other side of the Nabu River. The most prominent part about it is the big shopping district in the north towards the center. This is where two big shopping malls are right next to each other and most of the people of Musutafu go to to do their shopping. However towards the coast there is quite a bit of industry. Over the years the industry settled here has polluted the coast and the surrounding neighborhood of Nasadaa, which is the reason that the apartment complexes and residential neighborhoods here are the cheapest in all of Musutafu. Opposite to the rich area of Nabu, on the other side of the River there ist the poorest area of Musutafu. This is also why Nasadaa has the wort crime rates in all of Musutafu. Over all crime in Musutafu is not that bad, due to UA and hero presence, but in Nasadaa it's comparatively bad. There is quite a bit of petty crime, drug crime and gang crime, even some violent crime.