Love The Way You Lie
Author's Note: Hey everyone, welcome back to Love the Way You Lie! Here is chapter six, it picks up directly following the end of chapter five. I do want to tell you all that I appreciate all the comments and kudos!
Chapter Warnings: Attempted Kidnapping
Chapter Six: Jar of Hearts
Chapter Summary: Shouta is trying to escape from the hands of his attempted kidnapper. He runs into a familiar face. Hitoshi begins to panic when he realizes Shouta is missing and goes to Toshinori.
His lungs were burning. He wasn't even sure how long he had been running for. He could still hear the heavy footsteps behind him but he didn't bother looking. Even a split second of looking over his shoulder could lead to his capture. He just had to get out of there. He had to move.
His mind was racing as he ran. Hitoshi and his unborn pup coming to his mind. Shouta dodged through different streets, using the alleyways to his advantage as he ran. The buildings were a blur as he passed by. His legs were burning. His stomach turned in knots as he forced himself to go faster and took another turn.
A gasp left him as he felt a hand grab his wrist and pull him through a door of a warehouse. Shouta activated his quirk and looked at the newcomer.
Dabi.
"What the fuck are you doing outside of U.A?" Dabi hissed, peeking through the crack of the door as he spoke. "It doesn't look like he saw."
Shouta blinked, allowing his quirk to deactivate as the other Omega closed the door and started to walk further into the building. "I just needed to get away from U.A. for a moment."
Dabi stopped walking and turned to look at the pro hero. "Did you really think that rational? You have your villain husband coming after you and your pup and you just leave the one place that is safest for you? Yeah, totally smart." The villain scoffed before pulling out a piece of paper from his pocket. "This is the Yamadas' plans that they were talking about. Yamada likes to talk when he's drunk."
Dabi handed the paper over to Shouta. The Erasure hero hestitating for a moment before taking it, reading the contents before looking back up at the villain. "He plans on breaking into U.A?" Dabi nodded as his reply.
Shouta took a deep breath, forcing the wave of nausea he felt down. "He will do anything to get you and your pup back. The League of Villains are interested in you two and a few of your students."
The hero perked up at the mention of his students. His heart pounding against his chest. "Which students?"
Shouta didn't miss the look in Dabi's eye before the villain replied to him. "Of course you know, they are interested in Katsuki Bakugou. He is one of them. The others are Fumikage Tokoyami, Izuku Midoriya, and Shoto Todoroki."
The Erasure Hero's eyes narrowed at the other Omega. Something wasn't adding up to him. "Why exactly do you want to help me? What do you have to gain? I can't exactly trust you after you have attacked my students before and kidnapped Bakugou."
Dabi shrugged. Aizawa was right. He had no reason to trust him. "It's not exactly what I have to gain. It's more of a promise I swore to someone special to me a long time ago." The villain could feel the irritation coming off of Aizawa as he spoke.
"Who exactly are you?"
Hitoshi couldn't sleep. No matter how much he tried. His mind full of thoughts from the day. His Omega father had been on edge since his grandparents came by. Hitoshi hated being out of the loop. Unable to help his Omega father. He felt... Helpless.
His inner Omega wanted to fight to keep his family together. For his Alpha father to recant villainy and come home. On the opposite end of the spectrum, his mind and heart were betrayed. He wanted nothing more than for Shouta to divorce him and break their bond. Hitoshi would always have a connection to Present Mic. No matter what. No one is able to break a familial bond. It was biologically impossible. It would dull in time that his Omega wouldn't want comfort from Hizashi Yamada. Yamada would always be able to find him through their kinship bond. Unless another Alpha took Yamada's place. Claiming both Shouta and Hitoshi for themselves.
Despite this, Yamada would still have a blood bond with Hitoshi but his familial bond would be dulled as if it never existed. It would almost be like a broken bond but it never was severed. In most cases it happened with adopted children or orphans. Alphas, Betas, and Omegas could all place a kinship bond on someone else. A bond that meant protection, caring, love, and family. Even with no blood relation.
It had been on his mind ever since Shouta told him that he was filing for annulment and severing his mating bond to Yamada. It also came to his mind if a kinship bond was placed on his unborn sibling, than that pup wouldn't ever have to feel the pain of their familial bond to Yamada. It would be dulled from the start.
Yamada would lose all rights to both Hitoshi and his unborn pup. All of it completely legal since Yamada came out as the traitor. When Yamada went through the warp gate, denouncing Shouta and Hitoshi. It was considered abandonment. As far as the law was considered, Yamada was no longer his father.
Hitoshi sighed as he rolled out of bed and slid on his house shoes. He was sure Shouta wouldn't mind if he dropped by. Lately, he had been sleeping with his Omega father and going back to his dorm room before others woke up. Most of the class, if not all of them, knew he was sleeping in his father's room at night. Other times, he would visit Katsuki but that wasn't as much. Shouta wasn't as approving of Hitoshi visiting Katsuki in the middle of the night when they were supposed to be sleeping.
The Omega poked his head out his door and looked around to make sure no one was awake before closing his door behind him and heading for Shouta's dorm. Heights Alliance was silent. There was not a sound except for his feet softly tapping the ground. It didn't take him long to arrive at his destination.
He tapped on the door softly. He frowned when he didn't hear the normal shuffling of feet on the other side of the door. He knocked once more. Louder this time.
Still nothing.
Hitoshi grabbed the door handle, his frown growing bigger when the door just opened. Shouta always locked his door. The door slid open quietly and the teen slipped inside of the room. He looked around the room, seeing no signs that Shouta had been in there recently. The bed was still made from the morning. His paperwork put away in his bag. His capture weapon was hanging on its hook by the door and his hero uniform folded up on the dresser. Shouta's causal day clothes weren't sitting on the other side of the dresser where the hero would throw it. Something was wrong.
The teen turned on his heel, closing the door behind him and ran back towards the entrance of the main dorm. He looked at the place where everyone's outside shoes sat and noticed that Shouta's were indeed missing.
Shouta was gone.
"Dad, where did you go?" Hitoshi whispered, closing the door and taking off towards the other teachers' dorms. Something better not of happened to you. He thought as he ran. He needed to get to another teacher. Shouta was not supposed to leave the campus. He was off patrols for at least the next fifteen months. He had no reason to leave campus. Plus Present Mic turning out to be a traitor. It wasn't safe for Shouta to leave. He was protected on campus. Even if Shouta could hold his own. He was carrying a pup after all. He shouldn't be putting himself in these situations.
Hitoshi had gotten to the teacher dorms faster than he thought he would. He looked around the doors. Trying to remember which one he needed. He walked up to the one he believed belonged to the man he was looking for and knocked frantically. He stopped when he heard the sound of footsteps on the other side.
The door opened and revealed All Might. Hitoshi sighed in relief that he chose the right room. All Might looked down at him in concern. "Young Hitoshi, what are you doing out of bed?" The Alpha questioned, looking over Hitoshi's worried face.
"Um, All Might-sensei... I'm so sorry to bother you but I wasn't sure what to do." All Might fully opened the door as Hitoshi spoke. "My dad... he's gone."
Tsukauchi was still busy at work on his paperwork over the Yamada case. So far the case was cold. They only had the current information that they had gotten from Dabi but the villain hasn't revealed their location. The detective knew this could be because of the villain's secret alliance with Aizawa. Dabi made no indication that he wanted to work with the police but only Shouta Aizawa. He had read the note that Dabi delivered for Aizawa. It still confused him. Dabi had no ties to the community except for the League of Villains. They could not find his real name in any database with the type of quirk that he has. It confused him even more that a villain who conspired to kidnap Katsuki Bakugou and turn him into a villain was so willing to help the underground pro hero. There had to be more than what information they had now.
Shouta Aizawa's Alpha father, Hideo, had gone to deliver the message earlier that day with his mate. Tsukauchi knew he should have Detective Aizawa recuse himself from the case but the other Alpha was a great assest to the case. He knew information on Present Mic and of their victims. Everytime Tsukauchi spoke to Shouta, it was hard to get the man to open up and Hideo was his connection to that.
He had finally cracked the information on Hizashi Yamada's parents. It had taken awhile and talking to a lot of different confidental informants to get the information.
Yamada's father was Kenzou Yamada, an Alpha male who went under the villain name Kane. His quirk is Sound Manipulation. He could manipulate any sound around him to his advantage. He was married to a Beta woman named Shizuka. Shizuka had been born into the Tanaka family. Her quirk is Cyberpathy. She could manipulate any electronic frequency, break through computer systems and see it all within her own mind. Word on the street from his informant, Shizuka actually tried to leave Kenzou when she discovered he was a villain. Trying to take their son with her.
If only she was actually able to leave, than maybe just maybe Tsukauchi wouldn't be having to bring Hizashi Yamada down. Shouta Aizawa wouldn't be losing his mate to villainy and Hitoshi Yamada would have his Alpha father. According to Hideo, Shouta was going to be filing for annulment and severing his bond. This worked in Tsukauchi's favor. Whenever they finally caught Present Mic and brought him in for trial. Shouta could testify without the block of spousal privledge.
He sighed as he finished one file and started on the next. He absolutely hated this case. He had worked with both Present Mic and Eraserhead before. He never saw this coming. His phone vibrated on the table next to him, which caused him to look up. Looking at the contact name, he clicked accept and brought the phone to his ear.
"Yagi, why are you calling so late? Shouldn't you be asleep right now?" The detective said into the phone.
"I'm so sorry to bother you, Tsukauchi. Hitoshi came to my room just a little ago. Aizawa is missing from his dorm." All Might stated, his voice filled with concern. Tsukauchi looked at his watch before getting up from his chair and heading down the hall until he came to the door he was looking for.
"Give me one moment, Yagi."
Tsukauchi knocked on the door and the occupant of the room called for him to enter. The detective came face to face with their technical analyst, Yuma Nakamura. The young Beta boy looking up from his computer once Tsukauchi came fully in the room. "Sir, how can I help you?"
"I need you to get into all the security cameras around U.A. High School and within two miles out. Shouta Aizawa went missing from U.A." The detective stated as he rounded the table and got behind the beta. "It's a favor for All Might." Tsukauchi paused before pulling his phone back to his ear. "How long has he been missing for?"
The detective could hear hushed talking on the other line before All Might's voice came through once more, "Hitoshi went to his room about twenty minutes ago. I would guess it was after curfew for the students. So most likely between two to three hours ago."
Nakamura didn't say anything else as he went to work, pulling up different camera feeds. "Go back up to four hours, Nakamura." Nakamura had a usual quirk when it came to looking over video evidence. He quirk was Slow Motion. He could view anything in slow motion, even anything moving faster than the speed of sound. Nakamura set the videos to fast forward and watched on through the footage before stopping it. Tsukauchi placed the phone on speaker and placed it on the table.
"Looks like Aizawa left U.A. around 11:20 pm on his own accord. I pick him up about half a mile away seven minutes later." Nakamura stated, starting the videos up again. His eyes widening and stopping the video. "Is that who I think it is?"
Tsukauchi looked at the screen and cursed softly. Aizawa was walking along the sidewalk with someone following close behind him. "Yeah, it's Present Mic." Tsukauchi could hear Hitoshi Yamada panicking on the other line. It broke his heart knowing the pain that was being caused to the young pup. He watched as Present Mic came up behind Aizawa and wrap his arms around him. Trying to drag the Omega away from where he was walking. Within a moment, Aizawa had broken from the hold and ran away off screen. "Find him. We need to see where he went."
Nakamura nodded, going over more video feed and stopping once more. "Here he is. About one and a half miles away from U.A. He is still running. He lost Present Mic about two minutes before he was caught on this screen." On the screen, both of the police officers watched as an arm came out of a warehouse door. Successfully pulling Aizawa into the building.
"Stop and rewind when the person grabs Aizawa." Tsukauchi stated. Nakamura did as he was told. He highlighted the image and zoomed in on the scene. It only took a second for the detective to know exactly who caught Aizawa. "Looks like Dabi pulled Aizawa into a warehouse about a mile and a half away from U.A. Fast forward a little more and see if they leave."
Nakamura started the video once more. Only twenty minutes of footage passed before the two Omegas were leaving the warehouse and heading in the direction of the police station. "Looks like they are coming here, sir."
"Than I will meet him at the door." Tsukauchi took his phone off speaker and rose it back to his ear. "He is alright, Yagi. He's on his way here. I will escort him back to U.A. once he arrives."
"Thanks, Tsukauchi."
The room around him was completely destroyed. Anger filled him completely as he grabbed another one of his CDs and threw it at the wall. He almost had him. He almost had Shouta.
"Damnit. I will get you back." Hizashi growled.
