Warning: graphic scenes ahead
"You have a strange taste, Hakai." Yūgure comments as she, Hakai, and Burunei walk down the sidewalk. "Insuta is so scary and mysterious. I, like, rarely hear her speak in class… when she's in class."
"What do you mean?" Hakai questions.
"She misses school quite a lot, not even there a third of the time. Even then she somehow manages to keep her grades high, one of the highest averages in our class now that I think about it. I don't get to see or talk to her too often, she's usually silent in class. Though our teacher often says she could easily be one of the top students of the school if she just attended class more often."
"Wonder why she misses so much?" Burunei asks, putting his hands behind his head.
"No one knows, everyone avoids her."
"Hmm… I don't like it." Amelia grumbles "The lack of common peer information worries me."
"Awww! Is Amelia worried about her master?" Burunei teased is a playful voice, transforming to her girl form.
"Well, I don't want him to get into trouble, but he won't let me dig too far with my research of her!"
"Because it's weird! It's not like she's a criminal or villain. Why is it so weird I want to get to know a person normally?"
"Seems like someone is interested!" Burunei squeals. "You already found your highschool romance!"
"It's not like that!" Hakai shouts, a blush coming up. "I just... I thought we could be friends?"
"That's how it starts! But you two are going to get closer and closer until..."
"It's going to be so romantic!" Yūgure chimes. The two continued to giggle on to Hakai's dismay.
"Since we're out here, you guys want to go to the arcade?"
"Okay! But we can't stay for too long. We have to pick out something for you too wear!"
Toruyo walked up to her house door while pulling up her key. She unlocked the door and pushed open. As she walked in, a knife quickly flew out of the darkness towards her face, but in a fluid motion, she caught it by the handle mere inches from her face. "Hello, Sensei" Toruyo, said closing the door. "I didn't know you would be coming today."
"Sorry for the intrusion." The man said.
"Was there something you need?"
"I was scouting online and found a job for you. You can use your Yakuza connections to take out your next target. I also found out he has been leaking information to the MCS. Afterward, I will be visiting a pro hero I recently found out is associated with him."
"Yes, Sensei. When does this need to be done?"
"This Saturday night."
"Is it possible for me to do this sooner?" Toruyo asked, remembering what she has planned.
"No. This needs to be done on Saturday. The customer who hired you specifically wants it done then."
Toruyo goes to check her computer in her room for the request. She had been hired to assassinate someone named Kaneshiro Haruko, Saturday night, and many other details. Her payment would be 64.2 million yen.
"Is there a problem?" the man called out as he sat down on the couch.
"Sensei... I had something planned that day. I was going to meet someone." She said coming back.
"Meet someone? Who is it?"
"A boy I met at U.A. We had plans to talk that day."
"A boy, huh? It's not like you to be so sociable, to boys no less."
"He has piqued my interest. He just started U.A., the hero course."
"The Hero course? The young often dream of being a hero, but always for the wrong reasons. There are not too many hero's currently that truly deserve the title. So many corrupt, so many of them on the wrong path."
"I do not believe he is. I may not know him too well, but I believe he could be a great hero one day. Do you remember the incident with the sludge villain? He was one of the boys that tried to help."
"I see. I'd like to meet him someday. But we have a mission. Even though we have different methods, we will cleanse this society. You take request against those who slither in the dark, and I shall rid those who stand in a false light!" The man turns to Toruyo. "Toruyo, do not forget."
"Yes, Sensei Akaguro."
The man walked to the front door and opened it. He turns his head towards as his crimson scarf flows in the wind. "Be careful. The path we take isn't an easy one, But some of us people must take the responsibility of fixing this society." And with that, he takes his leave closing the door behind him.
Toruyo goes back up to her room, the master bedroom. She lives in the house by herself. It's a large two-story house. It's big enough to support a family but she has it because of the multicar-car garage and its relative seclusion from neighbors. How did she get this house? She bought it, of course, two years ago. The realtor was very skeptical with a 15-year-old buying a house, but she paid upfront, and had someone to sign for her. How could he refuse?
With that said, she had a place alone from the crowd, a place to store her vehicles, and a place to call her own. But it always felt empty. rest assured, she was paid well being an assassin. There are paintings, designer furniture, and an ultra bed she had imported from America. Even in her garage sat Kawasaki ninja and Lotus GT that she again, bought herself. She couldn't legally drive them, but with a combination of darker tinted windows and her apathy towards the situation, she did anyways. But even with all of the possessions that filled her house and the things that made it look grand, it all felt empty. Though when she thought about it, she was the only one who was ever there. Other than herself, people only came for business. She spent most of her time alone.
But maybe that would change Saturday. At least for a little while. But I doubt the possibility of that happening. People didn't speak to her much. They were always afraid of Toruyo. She had a certain look in her eyes that drove people away from her. But why? Why does he speak to me? Why doesn't he fear me? Does... does he like me? That raises even more questions! I do have the chance to find out. Wait, I never got his number? I should go to find it.
She looked for records that she could find on Hakai and found out his phone number, but also lots of other information too. The more information she found, the more she became excited. She's researched like this countless times, but never has it excited her this much.
Why...Why am I acting like this? Damn it Toruyo, get yourself together.
Its Saturday morning and Toruyo was waiting for Hakai. She was wearing her usual of day outfit, a gray tank top under a tight, half-zipped leather jacket, that had fluffy lining the hood. She also wore black pants and black leather combat boots. It's 10:45, and she has been waiting on him for fifteen minutes. Though to be fair, the time they agreed to was 11:00. She had wanted to come early, reserving a seat at a cafe. But Hakai must have been thinking similarly. When Toruyo took off her glasses to wipe them, she noticed the black-and-white-haired boy walk up to her booth.
"Sorry, I must be late. I thought you wanted to meet at eleven. Again, I apologize." He bowed.
"The time was eleven, I just arrived early. You did too." She said as he took a seat.
"Well, I hope you weren't waiting too long." Hakai took a glance at his surroundings. "I haven't been to this cafe before. It seems to be quite popular to be this busy. Thanks for inviting me here! But I have to ask, how did you get my number?"
"I have my ways." She responded while looking at the menu.
"O-Oh. Okay then?" He looks down at the menu until someone walks over. Hakai ordered an Americano coffee, while Toruyo had Sencha tea.
Toruyo was staring out the window, and Hakai, starting to feel nervous, spoke up. "So... What did you want to talk about. I was surprised when you invited me out."
"We seem to cross paths often, and you managed to catch my interest."
"Your interest? What do you mean by that?" His face began to heat up a little, as his mind went wild.
"When we first met on top of that building, I thought we would never meet again. But now you are a student of U.A., and of the hero course no less. You are already one of the top students in your class, and whenever we meet... you don't avoid me. I really do enjoy talking to you. "
Hakai barely caught the hint of sorrow with that last part, even with that voice of hers.
"Why would I avoid you? You haven't done anything to me. I heard that most people find it scary to be around you, but I don't think that's fair. I want to get to know a person myself before I make any calls like that, even you. Besides, your not too scary just a little, um, intimidating." Toruyo began to stare at him after he said that, which only caused him to get even more nervous. Soon their drinks came. Hakai smiled down at his cup, before blowing on it. "This is probably a bad idea... Let's do it anyway!"
"What do you mean?"
"I shouldn't drink coffee too often, I get really hyper!" He smiled.
"More than you are now?"
"Heh... well." Hakai started to look away embarrassed, as he thought he was being too much. "I guess I should calm down a little."
"Why? I said nothing of the sort. Besides, I would think you of all people wouldn't mind being a little energized."
Hakai thought about what she said for a moment before laughing to himself, and Toruyo wanted to hear more of it. "Well, you have me there! Wait you know my quirk?"
"Energy. You can form, convert, and manipulate the energy around you, correct?"
"Exactly! I guess you came prepared. What about you? What your quirk?"
"That's something you are going to have to find out." She comments before sipping her tea.
"Awwww! Come on!" He sighs, making Toruyo let out a small chuckle. "Fine. You're in the Hero course, right? Then you wouldn't mind coming to a practice with me."
"Practice? Maybe I would."
"Great! The more we practice, the better we'll do as heroes."
"Heroes, huh?" Toruyo was silent for a short pause before continuing. "Last time, you said you wanted to be a hero that eases the fear in people's lives and makes them feel secure. What did you mean by that?" Toruyo asked, staring deep into his eyes.
"Well, I've been around the world. I've learned many things, I've met a lot of people. Everyone has there own problems. Even my family has been through our... our fair share of heartbreak. Consider the dangerous unknown people face just going through their lives in today's time, such as being trapped in a falling building, random villains rampaging through the streets, or even the despair of life, crushing down on you. I want to help. I want to be the shield that blocks the falling rubble. I want to be the sword that stops the villain in his tracks. I want to hold out my hand and drive away the fear and sadness, and when they see my face, it puts a smile on theirs."
"You sound some knight-in-shining-armor out of fairy tales."
"Heh. Yeah, I suppose so. What's wrong with that? Sometimes people need that. That strong figure that shines up the day. Look at All Might! Whenever he's on the scene, you know that those trapped people will come out unscratched, the villains won't able to hide, and that crying child will have a giant smile for the rest of the day! He, my mom, and many other heroes inspire me to be the best I can be, and I want to do the same. I will be the knight that protects everyone til the bitter end." As Hakai stopped talking, he looked around and noticed that multiple people were staring in his direction. He then glanced at Toruyo, who was giving him a smile, making him feel sheepish.
"You're quite excitable aren't you?"
"...Sorry. I guess I'm not acting very chivalrous for a knight, huh?"
They continued to talk on and on, deep into the afternoon. Toruyo was amazed at herself. She had never spoken so much to one person, that wasn't for business. Though to be honest Hakai was doing about 70% of the talking, and she was just staring on. She was mostly only listening to what he was going on about, which seemed to change topics quite frequently. Toruyo checked her watch and it was 2:00. They had been talking for 3 and a half hours! But she had something to do today.
"Its time for me to go. I have something else to do today." She got up and took out her wallet.
"Wait, I got it! I wouldn't be very chivalrous of me if I didn't."
"I guess you're right." She said as she walked away. "See you later." She said with a smile and walked out the door.
Hakai sat back down to think over what happened. Oh, man! I talk too much. She was just staring at me as I was going on about... about...? What was I talking about? Damn it! I always get like this when I'm excited, I end up going too far! I was probably boring her to death with my nonsense, but she didn't seem to mind. I should apologize later anyway. See, this is why I shouldn't drink coffee.
"It'll be alright there, young man!" said a voice behind him. He turned around and there sat an older couple in the booth. "I remember our first lunch together!" The older man said to his wife.
"Oh, of course!" She said. "You went on and on about sports, food, and whatever came to mind. You were so nervous, I could see the sweat go down your face!" The happy couple then shared a laugh before looking at Hakai. "Its okay be a little nervous, I'm sure your date went fine."
"But it wasn't a date! It was just a meeting of new friends to get to know each other."
The couple grinned and look at each other as some of the other patrons of the cafe started to laugh, again to Hakai's dismay.
It was 8:47 pm, and Toruyo was sitting on her motorcycle with her helmet on, waiting in the red light district of Yokohama. She was looking camera-feed on her phone, watching a brown-haired man currently drinking in a club, sitting at a corner booth with a couple of others sitting at the same table, it was her target, Kaneshiro Haruko. He continued talking before pulling out a briefcase.
She messaged her employer about seeing the briefcase, and was ready to start the job when she got paid. After seeing the money being received to the designated account, Toruyo parked her bike and went into an ally way, and began to change her clothes. She came out wearing short shorts and a pink keyhole crop top. She took off her glasses and put in contacts. She tied her hair in a pigtail style, and put a bow in.
She walks to the front of the club and stands out of sight of the bouncers. The bright pink-eyed girl watched as the doors opened and closed as people were checked and let inside. Finally catching an opening, seeing a mostly empty area of the club. In a brief instance, her body turned pink behind the lamp post before she disappeared only for her to be standing in the spot she saw in the club. People were dancing on the dance floor partying, drinking at the bar, either to have fun with friends or hoping to pick someone up for the night, all in this building with loud music and the only lights coming from the dancing lights and the neon signs. She checked the time. It was 8:59 going to happen any moment now...
Haruko got a phone call, he looked at the number before whispering to two of the men next to him to watch the case. He headed towards the restroom. Toruyo then headed to the dance floor. She began to dance to the music to blend in, but made sure she stayed close to the restroom. But in a different part of the building, the supposed security guard shut down the cameras to the building.
A few minutes later Haruko came out of the restroom, catching sight of Toruyo dancing. Toruyo had put on a whole new face, becoming a lot brighter and naughty to the onlooker. She turned her head, winking at him, and beckoned him over to over to dance with a lustful smile. A smile he didn't know would bring his end.
"I can spare a few minutes." He said smiling to himself. He walked over to her and started dancing. Toruyo started dancing closer to him, rubbing her ample rear against him. He onto grabbed on to her hips, keeping her there as they shook to the music. "You're too sexy to be in a place like this. Surely you already have a boyfriend?" Haruko said.
"What if I do? I just want to have some fun. Think you can help me with that?"
"I think I could. Too bad though, I have something I need to get back to. Maybe next time." He started to pull away, but Toruyo turned around and pulled him back, pressing her chest against him.
"Please? My boyfriend doesn't know how to satisfy a woman..." She places her hand on his pants, softly cupping his member "And you're making me hungry." She then pulls in closer to his ear. "We can go out to the back if you really think you can."
Haruko grabbed on to her rear but answering. "The boys can wait a while longer. Who am I to deny a woman what she needs?" He says with a grin before Toruyo grabs him by the hand and pull him along.
They get to the alley at the back of the building, and Haruko begins to kiss her neck as they are against the wall. Toruyo wraps her arms around Haruko's waist as he begins to reach up her top, and moans out as he grabs onto her breast. Haruko continues to kiss on her neck to moving down as he does before he puts his other hand on her back. He slides his hand in the back of her pants, grabbing hold or her rear, and pushing himself against her. Toruyo felt his erect member grinding up against her.
He was so distracted that he didn't notice the knife teleporting to Toruyo's hand with a brief pink silhouette. She jabs the knife into his side, and he pushes off her as he let out a scream of pain. He stumbles backward holding onto his side. "What... What are you doing?!" Toruyo doesn't answer him. "I'll gut you open for this!" He quickly takes the knife out his side and swings it at her, but she easily kicks it out of his hands and pushes him. Toruyo teleports the knife to her hand again, then teleports behind him, reaches her arm around, and pulls the knife back into his chest, into his heart, while her other covers his mouth.
His body falls to the ground, and Toruyo takes out the knife. She takes a picture of the body and sends it to her employer. She teleports to a different alley, the one where she changed. She wiped down the knife of its fingerprints and blood. She then changes her clothes and hair back to the way they were before. She puts the clothes and knife in a plastic bag teleports to a dumpster, throws it away, and comes back.
She takes out her phone and send a message. "It is behind the club. Be quick and make sure you're not seen." With her job done, she puts her helmet on and drives into the night, and a van pulls into the alley with the body.
