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Chapter 3
Jin Bubaigawara, or more commonly know as Twice leaned against the wall arms crossed and wondered if his mind had been playing tricks on him again. After Giran's question on who could cook best amongst the League Jin immediately offered up Dabi's name only to notice that his beautiful Himiko had disappeared when he hadn't been looking.
So, he along with the other members immediately set out looking for the two wayward females before they as Shigaraki said 'steal the food and turn it into some gross mess again'.
Jin chuckled a little when he heard that, it was the same thing Tomura said every time Dabi cooked something since she usually actually tried to make him eat something healthy. As it turned out to no one's great surprise Shigaraki abhorred anything healthy making Jin curious how he lived so long on a diet of instant noodles and snacks.
Images of Kurogiri using his warp gate quirk to sneak small bits of fruits and vegetables into Tomura's meals filled Jin until he came across the two, he was looking for hugging and laughing without care well the magician of their group looked on fondly. Catching Mr. Compress's eye Jin had wanted to ask what was going on but the magician instead shook his head and raised one finger silently asking for the duplication user to stay quiet for the time being.
Which is how Jin now ended up leaning against the wall waiting for it to be safe enough for him to show himself and wondering why Dabi didn't smile more.
"Hey,"
It wasn't like Dabi didn't wasn't pretty, her scars gave her character and although she wasn't as pretty as Himiko Dabi was still very beautiful. And unlike most women he had met outside the League who relied only on their looks, Dabi used her wit and fighting abilities to captivate people's attention.
"Hey Twice,"
Not to mention Dabi was actually really kind under all her sarcasm and fury, she was just so different from the ever compassionate Himiko or nurturing Big Sis Magne were that it took you to look really close see it. Jin had come to see it after watching Dabi burn a promising potential member alive after the man had thrown a bottle at Jin's head on one of his bad days before complaining that he was too loud and the League already had enough of those.
Tomura had been so mad after that that the ensuing argument had drawn Jin out of his madness and he and the other members had begun a small betting pool with their supplies as a result.
"TWICE!"
Suddenly yanked out of his thoughts Jin looked and realized that Spinner had arrived with Tomura and Giran well he had been standing there thinking.
"Hi guys," Jin smiled waving at the three. "Did you find them yet?"
"Find who?" Himiko's angelic voice asked causing Jin to jump and turn around to see her, Dabi and Mr. Compress now looking out at them from the doorframe.
"There you are," Tomura huffed looking rather annoyed that they had searched the entire house. "Come on Giran brought food and I'm hungry."
"Ah, so that's what you had me use my quirk on." Mr. Compress said placing his usual smiling mask back over his face.
"Hey don't act like its such burden, I brought you booze," Giran remarked looking at the three of them having a pretty good idea what had happened judging by the darker flush on Dabi's cheeks.
As if on cue a few of the League members stomachs rumbled reminding them that they hadn't eaten any today since Giran was bringing them new supplies. The three more excitable members immediately took off towards the kitchen hoping to score some snacks before Tomura had a chance to hide them away for himself well Giran and Mr. Compress followed behind at a much more leisurely pace discussing new materials for their prosthetic limbs.
Leaving only Tomura and Dabi standing there.
"Your leaving," Shigaraki stated not bothering to hide his displeasure with the news. "When."
Dabi shrugged. "End of the week."
Two days, in two days Dabi would be leaving them and who knows if she would come back.
"You know," Tomura growled red eyes bright with anger. "Normal people give their employers two weeks notice, not two days."
Dabi smirked as she leaned against the wall. "Since when have we ever been normal Boss."
"Is this why you've been avoiding any planning recently." Tomura accused caught between wanting to tear his hair out at the cremation users' attitude and grabbing her again to demand some real answers not buying Giran's story for a moment.
However, the phantom sting from where Dabi had slapped him earlier gave Tomura pause so instead, he decided to mimic her and lean back against the wall.
"Can't spill what you don't know," Dabi said knowing that if the heroes got their hands on her they would try and extract every bit of information about the League from her, they would probably even use her baby as leverage to do so. "I'm leaving Mr. Compress in charge of the Vanguard by the way."
"Will you put that pet hero of yours to the test if you're captured?" Tomura challenged not planning on losing to Dabi this time in their ongoing battle of wills.
Dabi froze at the mention of Hawks, if she was being honest with herself the cremation user had no plan's on seeing the hero ever again. "I'm just covering the bases and making sure that the League is safe."
If what Giran had said was true and Kurogiri would be moved for trial soon then Shigaraki could understand why Dabi would not want to risk them getting the warp gate user back. "Why Mr. Compress though? I thought Spinner would be your pick given how your both Stain groupies."
"Spinner's too focused on the target in front of him that he doesn't see the big picture," Dabi answered remembering Magne's report on her and Spinner's fight against the heroes. "Given training and experience he could one day lead the squad but for now Mr. Compress has the skills necessary to train any new members I can find."
"I want a healer," Tomura said. "Our fight with Re-Destro showed me how much we need one."
Dabi snorted at the request. "Oh, really and where am I suppose to find you this magical healer of yours, walk into the nearest hospital and hope someone jumps onto the villain bandwagon."
"I don't care where you find them just find one," Tomura scowled recalling how wounded each of them had been before Gigantomachia had shown up and saved the League's collective hides. "And I want a new fighter since you're not going to be here."
"Anything else?"
"Someone who knows their way around machines, maybe an actual driver since the only one we have right now is Spinner." Shigaraki listed off using what he has learned and knowing what he now needed in order to strengthen the League.
As if on cue Spinners loud cries of 'GTA is totally a good way to learn how to drive' were heard from the makeshift kitchen causing both villains to pause momentarily at the timing before they both shared a rare laugh between them.
"He really is a shit driver," Dabi said wincing at the memories of motion sickness that plagued her the entire day because of the swordsman's driving. "I still don't understand how you stayed on top of that truck."
Tomura gave a sadistic smile. "The pure pleasure at the thought of giving Overhaul what he deserved."
"Please don't say pleasure," Dabi shuddered. "It's gross to hear it coming from you."
Ignoring the remark Shigaraki continued with his list of desired members. "Now that I think about it, I a gunner wouldn't be a bad idea either and ma-"
"Ok I get it, you want D&D class under the sun," Dabi interrupted stopping the gamers rant feeling annoyed. "Should I also kidnap that brat from U.A your so obsessed with also and put a pretty bow of his head for you, your majesty."
"You really think you can take that exploding hothead on all by yourself," Tomura said not one to back down from a clear challenge, especially one from Dabi. "You, who got knocked out by an old man's kick."
"Hey that old man as you call him hits just as hard as Gigantomachia," Dabi defended rubbing her head where that small yet still surprisingly strong midget of a hero had kicked her. "And I was talking about that bone breaking kid that you and Himiko are so infatuated with."
A small bit of colour rose to the decay villains normally pale face. "I .. I am not infatuated with Izuku Midoriya."
"But you knew who I was talking about."
"Shut up" Shigaraki snarled hands twitching slightly as he thought back to their encounter in Kiyashi Ward and how easy the hero had bent to his demands.
"Relax Boss I get it, kids the All Might to your All For One," Dabi said giving her leader a condescending smile. "Though I suppose he is kinda cute and Stain did save him, maybe I should introduce myself more personally next time, see how my flames match up against his smashes."
Tomura's hand shot out and slammed into the wall beside Dabi's head decaying a good size in it before he pulled away as he looked Dabi directly in the eyes.
"Stay away from Izuku Midoriya, he's my prey."
"And there it is, the real reason to why you left Overhaul alive," Dabi said ready with the hand to hand combat her bastard of a father had taught her if Shigaraki tried anything. "You can try and convince us all you like that you wanted him to suffer for what he did to Big Sis and Mr. Compress but I know it was really because he tried to kill the brat."
"You don't know anything," Tomura growled taking a few steps back out of range of Dabi's hands.
"I know he challenges you," Dabi pressed knowing that if anyone was going to get the League captured well, she was away it would be Shigaraki and his almost pathological need to destroy anything All Might had a hand in creating. "You see him out of all those heroes like the one who can actually give you the fight you're looking for. And if anyone tries and take his attention away from you, you'll be there to reach out from behind the scenes and permanently remove them just like you did with Overhaul."
Shigaraki said nothing, in fact, he just stood their completely still making Dabi realize that she may have gone just a little too far.
"If you want to make a move against the brat before he becomes a bigger problem for the League then I'll help you so long as we don't kill him," Dabi spoke putting her hand on Tomura's shoulder and gave him a cocky grin. "Now come on, we should get some food before those three eat it all on us."
Making her journey down the hallway it didn't take long for the decay user to catch up with Dabi completely back to his normal self.
"I don't want any vegetables this time," Shigaraki grunted. "They're gross."
Dabi snorted and gave the man a long-suffering glance. "Unless your lazy ass wants to die before getting your chance to bust Kurogiri out you'll eat what I make you."
"But they're gross." Shigaraki gagged with disgust at the mere thought of having to eat something like carrots or broccoli.
"Suffer Creep."
"Ugly Bitch."
Notes
I wanted to do a little something different in this chapter and hope everyone liked it, I had earlier received requests for something between Dabi and Shigaraki who are by far my favourite members of the League of Villains.
Next chapter will defiantly have a time skip, no spoilers as how far in the future but I can promise that Dabi won't suddenly be near the end of her pregnancy ready to go into labour.
And if you wouldn't mind leaving me a review, I would appreciate it. Reading what everyone thought really makes me happy and encourages me to write more and faster so if you want to find out what happens next sooner you know what to do.
