Shinsou was excited. Not only was he finally in the hero course, but he also passed the hero license exam. And to top it all off he was starting his internship today with non other than his favorite hero Eraserhead.
Normally Aizawa worked alone, but this mission was an exception. All Shinsou knew is that they would be working closely with the police and a couple of other heroes. That's all Aizawa would tell his student, until today that is. Every time the hero in training would ask about his internship his teacher would shut the questions down. Aizawa said Hitoshi would have to wait until his internship actually started to learn the details.
And that day has finally come. Shinsou waited for the rest of his classmates to leave before he made his way to the teachers desk. He stood next to Aizawa, waiting for the pro to look up from his paperwork.
When it became obvious he wasn't going to do that, Shinsou spoke up.
"Ok so when are you going to tell me about this 'top secret assignment '?"
His teacher finally looked up, but before he could give a response another teacher burst in.
"Hey Eraser! You ready to get this party started?"
"Mic sensei?" Hitoshi was pretty sure that the man that walked in the room was his English teacher, but he couldn't be positive. The mind control user had never seen Present Mic dressed like a thug, and it was throwing him off.
"The one and only, little listener. " The voice hero said as he patted his student on the back. "Eraser told me you were gonna work the case with us. You excited?"
"I mean…I would be if Aizawa would tell me what we were doing. "
Yamada chuckled and he moved from Shinsous side to hop up on his colleague's desk. "Don't worry kid. This mission is going to be a breeze."
Hitoshi let out a sigh.
"Again, I still have no idea what we are doing."
"Here, quit whining look these over." Aizawa said as he handed Shinsou a stack of papers.
"What is it?"
"Those are files of some kids missing from a group home up north." His stoic teacher explained. "Lately some of them have been spotted a few towns over."
"I still can't believe you didnt tell me about Shinsou until today." Mic told Aizawa. "We all live together."
"Then make him you're sidekick and you'll know everything."
Hitoshi ignored his teachers quarrel and began to read through the stack. Nine children in total ran away from the Hanazaki group home, and so far only two have been found. Seven kids were still missing. Their ages ranged from three to fifteen.
According to the files the oldest, Izumi Haruna age 15, assaulted the homes director and ran away with the six younger kids. The report said that Haruna attack was unprovoked and completely random.
It also showed how many fights shes been in at her last school. Eight fights withing the three months she was there. This girl was something else.
He looked at her picture. It wasn't anything special, just a standard school ID photo; probably the only one the police could find. Shinsou was expecting to see someone who looked the part of "runaway delinquent". Izumi Haruna didn't look like a troublemaker. She was small and her fluffy pink hair made her look soft. And her big blue eyes didn't say defiance, they screamed fear.
"So we're hunting down some runaways?" Hitoshi asked.
"Eh, not exactly." Mic answered while tapping his heels on the desk.
The student frowned. "Then what ARE we doing?"
"A sting operation." Aizawa said as he stood. "There have been reports that a group of girls have been posing as prostitutes and robbing men once they have them cornered."
"Okay…what does that have to do with these kids?"
"We believe one of the girls is Izumi Haruna. And that's not all she's been up to." Aizawa started to leave the classroom, causing his student and the voice hero to stumble after him.
"I have a few connections that have seen her doing drug deals, even a couple street fights."
"Sounds like she's a busy girl." Yamada commented.
Shinsou nodded. Haruna seemed VERY busy.
"I get how you found out about the drug thing, but how do you know about the pretend prostitution?" Hitoshi asked.
"Some sad sap that got robbed actually went to the police. While he was there he saw Harunas missing poster and said she was one of them." Mic answered.
He walked along, sandwiched in between the two pros.
"So how are we going to catch them?"
Aizawa looked over to Shinsou and then to Mic. Once his eyes were on his fellow hero he couldn't help but smirk. "About that…"
X
"Why am I the one doing this sleazy job?" Mic complained to the others listening in. The voice hero was wearing a camera and a wire. Both were to help the team confirm the targets and to help determine if Mic needed backup when things got messy.
"Because we all decided that you would be more believable. " Aizawa replied into his mic. "And this way Shinsou and I will be ready to subdue them if they try to run."
Hitoshi straightened up at the sound of his name. This was his first day out in the field and his teacher trusted him with such an important mission. He could not screw this up.
Aizawa looked over to his students and sighed.
"Calm down kid. I've been working on this case for weeks, this is going to work out."
Back outside the surveillance van Mic was closing in on the targets.
As soon as he were close enough one of the girls, she had horns and impossibly large pink eyes, waved him over. Two other girls waited just inside the ally way. The tall brunette joined the girl with horns, both coming to greet the disguised sound hero. The third girl, the shorter one with wild pink hair and a cigarette hanging from her lips, stayed back against the wall. The first two weren't in the case file, but the third was. Izumi Haruna, age 15. She was the main target.
"Hey mister, do you wanna come play with us?" Horns called out.
"Yeah. We're lonely. " Stretch added on.
"Oh god." Mic whispered so only himself and the surveillance van could hear. He took a deep breath and threw on his best smile. "Hey ladies, I've been feeling pretty lonely too. Good thing I found you."
Horns and stretch giggled while the smaller girl looked him over.
"You seem like a lot of fun." Horns said as she moved closer to Mic. "Don't you think so Miki?"
"Absolutely Koto. " the tall girl stepped forward.
"How did I get so lucky? I have two pretty girls to keep me company. " Mic leaned back against the wall, directly across from Haruna. "Unless you want to make it three?"
So far all Haruna did was watch him. Like she was trying to figure something out. When Mic called her out she took a drag and let a smirk creep onto her face before she waltzed over to the rest of them.
"It really is my lucky day." The voice hero reached out and placed an arm around the runaway.
And that's when all hell broke loose.
The second Mic made contact with Haruna her expression changed. Gone was the playful smirk and bright eyes. She looked focused, ready for anything….she looked like she was going to start a fight.
And start a fight she did. Before Mic could say another word, Haruna hand flew to his throat; choking the teacher and slamming his head on the wall.
"HE'S A PRO." She hissed to the others as she used her free hand to grab Mic by his hair and slam his skull once more. Haruna tossed the disoriented voice hero to the ground, followed by half a cigarette. "Split up, there has to be more of them."
Aizawa and Shinsou couldn't see the damage that the girl inflicted, but it had to bad enough to keep Mic on the ground.
"Let's go." Aizawa sprang to his feet and slammed open the door.
Shinsou stumbled, but managed to keep up with his teacher. He was afraid something like this would happen. Present Mic does look completely different in civilian clothes, but still not totally unrecognizable. And judging by the look Haruna was giving him she knew something was up from the beginning.
They made it to the alley where Mic was starting to get to his feet.
"You Alright?" Aizawa called out.
At first Mic just nodded, but he eventually managed to wheeze out a weak "I'm okay."
"Did you see which way Haruna went?" The erasure hero asked as he frantically looked in every direction.
"Not sure. I two went down opposite ends of the road, and one went down the alley."
"Alright." Aizawa turned to Shinsou. "You and Mic are going to take the main road. I'm going to handle the alley."
Hitoshi gave his teacher a nod and darted out of the alley way. He could hear Mics foot steps right behind him. The aspiring hero turned left, heading back in the direction of the van. They didn't see either of the girls on their way to check on Mic, but he had to be sure.
Just when Hitoshi was going to turn back he saw a flash or pink across the street. He turned to see Haruna ducking in between two buildings.
Shinsou raced to catch up with her. This was the one they were really after, and he couldn't let her slip away. By the time he was close enough to call out Haruna was nearly back out on the sidewalk.
"Hey Haruna!" He shouted, making the girl freeze.
She turned but kept backing slowly toward the busy street.
"Why are you running?" Hitoshi activated his quirk. All she had to do was answer and she would be trapped.
Haruna didn't answer though. She just gave Shinsou the same look she gave Mic. She was trying to figure him out. The pink haired girl managed to get dangerously close to the road, but she never broke eye contact.
He was going to try to talk to her again when he saw her eyes light up with recollection. The girl in front of him gave a sly smirk before miming the act of locking her mouth and throwing the key.
She recognized him.
Just as he was going to rush her, Haruna looked at the street behind her. She looked back to Hitoshi and her grin got even wider.
Then she stepped in front or an oncoming bus.