Blood Sings

"She looked so pretty, after she started to bleed!" Himiko Toga protested as Bubaigawara Jin carried her out of the room.

"Shigaraki's going to be pissed. You killed Uravity's parents on the off chance that the girl was going to be there." Jin retorted, his voice slightly muffled by his mask.

"No, he won't, he'll be grateful." Jin snapped to himself.

"Himiko, we need to move. I managed to give you time; but we need to move. Heroes are already en route." Came the rasping voice of Dabi. Garbed in black and keeping an eye out, he had no interest in this mission. But he knew he'd need Himiko when he planned to take out his Father.

"What's to say, Todoroki that a Hero isn't already here." Came another voice from the darkness, this was heralded by the thump and bang of the body of Spinner landing the in hallway of the house.

Dabi ignited a flame and Jin readied his measuring tape "Quell the flames and Bubaigawara…release those measuring tapes before people, you, get seriously hurt." The figure rasped.

Out of the shadows came a shuffling and slightly hunched individual, his appearance completely covering him. The two males accompanying Himiko Toga froze; he had the same feeling of Shigaraki's teacher, an utter monster in human clothing. "Bubaigawara, please…put my daughter down."

"Your, her father?" Jin yelled as he went to put Himiko down; only to find the blood-crazed girl had launched herself at the cloaked figure, knife in hand.

Himiko froze as the stranger, who called himself, her father quickly disarmed her and pinned her to the table "Toga, what happened?" The Figure asked as expertly removed the three spare knives from the crazed school girl.

"You can't be my daddy, mommy said daddy was dead. She showed me his head. Said that you walked out on us."

There was scoff and the hood lowered revealing pale skin, borderline grey and feline green eyes. Himiko locked eyes with her opponent and her own eyes widened, it was evident she'd gotten the cat like eyes from him. "Daddy?"

"Hey, Mona…Seems your mother was liar." He looked up and locked eyes with Twice and Dabi.

"Jin, T…You two running with my daughter?"

Dabi nodded "Yeah. How'd you know that name?"

"I'm an Investigation Specialist Hero for a reason. Unfortunately, my little Mona has got a hybridised version of mine and the bitch's quirk."

"I've got yours and mommy's quirk?"

"Yup. You got your transformation quirk from me…a…logical mutation that emerges from a Manifestation quirk. Your mother had a blood-buff quirk (1); along with a drug addiction."

Himiko stared at her father. He pulled out his phone "I never saw you…Get going."

Dabi and Twice looked at him "You're letting us go?"

"I'm…not really meant to be here." They watched as a pair of black, bat-like wings appeared from his back and with a running jump, took off. The Figure smirked as he looped onto a rooftop as a man in black, with yellow goggles arrived.

"You're late, Mephisto."

"Actually, Eraserhead I'm just on time. I arrived just after you did."

Eraserhead looked at Mephisto "True. I thought you were meant to be barred from Hero Work."

"When aren't I? Just because I dared to follow, those three murders and they led directly to Endeavour's Hero agency and arrested the paper-worker in front of the man."

"The fact you dared move against one of the Top Ten."

"Having a Top Ten is a blatant form of corruption. They can and did cover up multiple mass murders, drug addicts. It doesn't help that Endeavour covered up my Ex's blatant perjury and cost me my rights to my daughter."

"Have you found out who or where she is?" As unsympathetic as Eraserhead might appear; he'd recently come into primary guardianship of a little girl of his own. A wonderful girl by the name of Eri.

Mephisto sighed "Himiko Toga. As for where, I have no idea. The last thing I knew of her was my Ex, sent me a voice mail and I quote 'That little freak has a variation of both our quirks. I can't handle her.'

"And did you retrieve her?"

"I was dealing with the HSPC; apparently I directly told the President at a rescue mission I'd been called to too 'sit down, shut the fuck up and stop obstructing the fucking heroes. I do not want to be the one to explain to parents why their children died because of stupid bitch hindering our job'…So yeah, then they tapped my phone. Got that message and if it wasn't for Endeavour who by the way loves it when a lower ranking hero gets reamed out for not obeying the status quo, lost his shit…I payed Endeavour back. Also funny thing, remember my pet investigation TT…"

Eraserhead nodded "Yeah?"

"Todoroki Toya. 95% sure he's alive, 80% he's our blue-flamed killer with a cremation quirk."

Eraserheads breathing hitched "Mephistopheles, please tell me you're not…"

"Eraserhead, newsflash, I've an asshole, a troll and quite frankly enjoy flipping off the Top Ten heroes aside from Orca, Orca's a-fucking-mazing; told me once I get my shit together and head on straight, I've got a walk-in side-kick/chief reconnaissance operative for him."

Eraserhead grinned, his rough around the edges student whom he saved from a Vigilante Charge. But he needed to address the main problem "You, realise that your daughter is a villain and wanted."

"I know. That will not stop me from trying to save her; I may be too late but…she deserves this attempt." With that Harry Potter, Fiend Hero: Mephistopheles dropped off the roof and glided into the night.

(Villain Hideout)

Shigaraki tapped four fingers on the bar, keeping his thumb far away from the bar "You…didn't kill this hero?"

"He was more interested in Toga." Dabi replied.

"How? Why is a Hero, interested in my party?" Shigaraki growled. Any response was stopped as the door opened.

"This…is a bar right? As in you sell alcoholic beverages?"

Kurogiri nodded "It is. What can I get you?"

"Whatever you recommend." The familiar figure to Dabi, Twice and Himiko entered, his hood came down.

"What do you want hero?" Shigaraki drawled.

"Blood sings to Blood…Five Finger Death Punch. You've got my daughter wrapped up in blood, guts and gore and stuck with the label of a villain, T. I figured I'd gate-crash and see who she's running with…Thanks. Barkeep…can I possibly get a tab? I have a feeling this should be most entertaining."

Kurogiri had to resist a snicker "Please, do not antagonise my master anymore than necessary."

"I'll try."

With that he turned and looked the villains up and down "Himiko, I want to offer you the chance to walk away from this."

Himiko looked at her father "You want me to leave these people behind? When you were the one that left us."

Harry took a swig of his beer "Yes, to both of those. Yes, I left you…I should have grabbed you as I went, I could have handled that better. What you don't know is, every month I left money for you personally in a bank account and for your mother to use on you. Apparently, you never got a damn thing."

Himiko was floored "You…you did…?"

Harry nodded "I even filed legal documents, separation files; primary guardians. I was exceptionally meticulous but nothing happened. Then when everything happened, I was on trial for not thinking everything out and you were wrenched from me without even a fair trial…Then the body count started to occur."

"You realise that I can't let you leave." Shigaraki rasped, interjecting.

"You realise Shimura, that I don't give a fuck. You don't know what I can do; I know Himiko's quirk better than she knows herself. I'm familiar with 'Dabi' so I can comfortably guess his quirk. It's just you, Grey and Mist that I need to think about; although judging how you seem to be wearing lots of hands and tapping with four fingers you need all four fingers and thumb to activate some sort of separation quirk. That makes two."

Everyone stilled "Shimura…how do you know that name." Hissed Kurogiri.

"Investigation specialist. It's in your interest Shimura to let me go. I'm not interested in Heroics; heroics destroyed my family. So Shimura Tenko, Shigaraki Temura…you were notoriously easy to find, what do you intend for the future?"

"I want to break Heroics in Japan."

"Is that short or long term?"

Shigaraki looked at Himiko's father "Why the questioning?"

Harry sighed, necked the final third of his beer and took a hefty swig of his next one "It's…short sighted and rather tame; for a Villain wannabe. I heard about your USJ raid, kudos for doing it but your execution requires a fuck tonne of work. Then your less than stellar alliance with the Shie Hassaikai. Also, to destroy heroics in Japan…take it from an Outsider, one who singlehandedly brought UK Heroics crashing down due to my ability to survive their 'British All Might' programme and proceeded to reveal it to the public, it never hurts to think big."

"So what do I do? How do I bring down heroics in Japan?"

Harry looked at the hand-man who now resembled a fanatic student or fan "Don't know. Don't care. Consider me…an ally of some sort; on the requirement you keep my little Mona the Vampire (2) safe."

Himiko blushed "Father, what can we call you?"

Harry stood up "You can call me…Mephisto. For now Himiko, stay safe; please eat your veg and try not to kill too many of my allies, remember I might not have been around but I always love you. Blood sings to Blood. Much to be done."

With that Mephisto walked out of the bar.