Not even a week has passed and there is this one news headline in the newspaper: "Is the Redeeming Dragon another victim of abuse?" Apparently, someone must have found out of the past mistreatment that Sakura and Todoroki along with Dabi who is actually Toya Todoroki have been objected to when they were kids. But Sakura was in her honeymoon with Kirishima and Todoroki isn't into vengeance. And although Dabi is angry from what had happened to him, he wouldn't betray Cecelia after she had created the reality of making the villains known as the League of Anti-Heroes as they are finally accepted into the society that turning out to be better than before. Fortunately, there are a few people that are on the lookout for clues. One of those people is the Wing Hero Hawks who is taking his time flying as he's on the phone talking to Illustrious. Cecelia asked her for consent to give him her cellphone number after informing her that Hawks is the Wind Hero that she couldn't stop thinking of the first night they met. They both seemed to hit it off right away despite that she's originally from London and recently living in Tokyo. What no one knows is that Hawks is one of her biggest fans from the song albums that she would perform. He would refer to her as his London Songbird of which seems to suit her well. On the other end of the line, Illustrious was speaking as she said this: "I have gotten some information from my nephew Akira who is the son of my sister Yua. From what he had found out from a witness, there are three people that have gotten this past crime that was already overruled in the courts of him serving his time by being the Pro Hero that he is." Hawks said as he's flying leisurely from one building to another: "I see. You really are my intelligent London Songbird, aren't you?" From the streets close by, the girls noticed him as one of them squealed excitedly: "Aah! Look! Hawks is on the phone!" The other woman wondered to herself: "Who is he talking to? His girlfriend?" The thought of Illustrious as his girlfriend made his heart skipped a beat. He called out as he started to fly away with the index of his left hand up to his lips: "It's a secret!" The women that are his fans called out before he disappeared out of their sights: "Who is she, Hawks?" He chuckled and said on the phone as soon as he's out of their sights: "Sorry about that, London Songbird. Some of the people noticed me and guessed that I was talking to you as my girlfriend. And to be honest with you, I wouldn't mind having you as my girlfriend if it ever comes down to it."

Hawks could imagine that Illustrious is blushing over the phone but decides not to tease her about it. He then asked: "Does your nephew know of who those three people would be?" She answered as she recalls her last conversation with Akira: "I believe so. He did point out these individuals in particular. Joey Drew, Sammy Lawrence, and Susie Campbell from what I can remember." He decides to keep those names in mind as this will likely be important later. Meanwhile, Akira is in the Cosplay Cafe preparing meals for the customers. He did conduct one meal for a specific guest after giving him the directions to the cafe itself. A few seconds later, the cafe door opened up and this man was out of breath as soon as he got inside. Akira recognized him as Henry Stein who was one of the employees that even knows Joey Drew as an old friend of his own. Henry looked at Akira and said as he got the tape recorder out from inside of his suit: "I did it. I got the audio evidence that you need to defend the Flame Hero and his family. But if what Joey said about him is true, why would you want to defend a possible abuser?" Akira was about to get angry but stopped himself because Henry was asking in a concerned tone rather than condemning Endeavor. He took a deep breath in and answered: "It's because he has changed throughout the few years, Henry. It might not be a whole lot in a short period of time, but he has been trying to make amends for what he has done. He has allowed his first wife Rei to be free to love someone else. He allowed Kirishima to be with Sakura and he did the same for Shoto when choosing Yaoyorozu. He even learned how to do teamwork cooperation with even Hawks and Illustrious. If those aren't genuine changes, I don't know what it is." As soon as the audio is sent as public evidence on the spot, the people and the reporters turned angrily towards Joey Drew and Sammy Lawrence. Susie Campbell narrowly escaped the crowd as she has one personal goal in her mind. She hoped to kill Cecelia because she felt that Cecelia had "stolen" Joey from her. She found Cecelia with Endeavor in their casual attire walking around the city. She wears a light-blue sunset dress with a silver sash and matching colored shoes. Endeavor wears a short-sleeved muscle shirt and long beige pants with black shoes as he's holding her hand. Susie has her pistol that holds sixteen bullets and took aim when hiding in the bushes. But as she pulled the trigger, Cecelia pulled Endeavor onto the side and took in the gunshot wound on her back. It's close to her heart, but she managed to heal herself while Susie was arrested before she could do any more damages. Endeavor hurried over to Cecelia's side as soon as everything was cleared out. Although he is relieved that she's alright, the thought of losing her was too much to bear as he held her in his arms. What surprised her was when she heard him crying softly and his body was shaking with a worried heart beating hard against his chest.

She said softly: "Endeavor? You're shaking a bit. Are you alright?" He said while still holding her close in his arms: "I'm fine. But I was scared that even something as simple yet as terrifying as a gunshot would have taken your life." He then said as he pulled away a bit to look into her eyes: "I can't lose you, Cecelia. I realized of how much you mean to me. At first, I thought that I was just concerned about you as you mean a lot towards Shoto and Sakura. But nowadays, you were always in mind everyday. You were the first thing I thought of when I would wake up in the morning and the last thing on my mind before I go to sleep. When I was told about how you have seven years of being heartbroken...I would call myself a liar if I said that I didn't shed a tear about it. On the contrary, I felt my own heart broken with so many emotions. Thinking of how could those idiotic boys and cruel men have ever turn you down. With those thoughts and mixed emotions, I realized that I am in love with you. But I dare not pursue because of my past sins that I have yet to forgive myself. I never want my past mistakes that ruined everything around me to ruin your future. But if you could accept me, nothing would make me the happiest if you would marry me." This comes as a total shock, but she realized that every word he said came out from his own heart. When she could answer in words, she made up with action by kissing him passionately on his lips. He did the same while holding her in his arms. The people at the park are in shock but clapped around them. The Flame Hero didn't care because today is the happiest day of his life.


Disclaimer Notes:

* Joey Drew, Sammy Lawrence, Susie Campbell, and Henry Stein are the characters from the game called "Bendy And The Ink Machine"