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Chapter 32

"You Wanna see my Space Ship?"

Aizawa was keeping his fury calmed and leashed with thoughts and plans and running scenarios in his head. Really it was the only rational thing to do with all of the energy now coursing through him.

He'd heard about it from the security robot's system, same as he had for most incidents on the school's grounds involving the troublemakers. Except it had been a mess of information from Midoriya's own mouth. Their security systems had once again failed them and Aizawa was furious about that too. It was burying any sense of positive he had felt from his two most troublesome students actually doing the responsible thing. Telling the school , and also, stopping when they came to the boundary.

Though the latter was probably Midoriya's doing, and the wearing off, but still limiting compulsions on Bakugo. There were many things that Midoriya had helped with, to the latter's disagreement, but had barely tolerated. One of them was helping the two 'survivors' talk about what happened, apparently something they weren't directly capable of. Even still. All of the three now missing teens Ids and cellphones, and anything else that could have been tracked, had been taken off, and tossed onto the ground where they had stood.

Now Aizawa was sat, near Nezu, rolling over ideas and plans in his head while Nezu was less silent.

"Yes. Yes I am afraid that is the case." Nezu's voice was soft and genuine as he spoke into the receiver.

Aizawa couldn't make out what the discussion was about personally, and his mind wandered into darker territories for a brief moment. Nezu hung up the phone after a few moments of time.

"Aizawa-san" Nezu said fairly calmly, to get his attention, one small rodent paw on his knee. "I'm afraid its as grim as we were concerned they might be, as far as my connection in Sunshine's little group says, they have one idea where Manticore may be hiding but, they can't confirm it, but its suspected to be the Tenshi Clan island."

"That's a protected island..."

"Yes, which means we can't just go kicking in the door there. A detective was sent over a month ago but he reported nothing unusual." Nezu said with a tone. "Though this is a group that survived this long, that's well organized and trained, its possible that they are able to fake it."

Aizawa just let out a huff through his nose, considering it, technically it would be wrong for him to get on their private property, and covertly scope out the scene himself. Technically. He gritted his teeth.

"Does Sunshine have a way around that?" He practically spit her name, but that bitch had a plan so she had likely accounted for this.

"She does, but at the moment it appears to not be working the way she planned." Nezu said with a hint of distast on his features. Despite being rodent like and otherwise difficult to read. "My associate there has informed me he'll pass me the information as soon as he has it. Sunshine's team apparently desperately needs the same info to make the appropriate move."

"Her team..."

"Yes. I pushed that I be allowed to send some Heros of my own choosing with her team..." He paused for a moment. "and I'm choosing to send some one as a forward scout, so to speak. It's a bit under the table, but, Eraserhead, please return our students to us alive."

000

Aizawa, Eraserhead went through the dubious connections he did have, to dig up more information on the dealings of this particular group of hell-hounds. Irritatingly, it wasn't all that easy, Tenshi Island was looking like the increasingly only 'good' lead and it wasn't 100%.

Well-trained and organized didn't quiet explain it. As a few of his better minded connections pointed out, they moved like a family, not just a group of random ruffians. The best he was getting was that their group was active, a few spotted individuals here and there, some by different names.

Finally after poking his nose around enough to be concerned it might get bitten off, an assistant of some kind showed up. The Kid quickly introduced himself to Eraserhead, but not much, just a first name and a insistence that he was only working here because he couldn't find another job.

"This guy, he came and it was really weird, he looked like some sort of weird english gentleman or something, but uh... there was something wrong with him man." The kid started, Eraserhead just nodding for him to continue. "My bossman just told me to take the money under the table, ya know, and just do what he says."

"Yeah?"

" Yeah but this guy... he was really demanding that I be more polite and I was kind of surprised because he's clearly not from around here. How would he know?" The young man gave a shrug and a nervous wipe of his brow. "So I kinda just didn't pay that any mind but he was like a middle aged house wife about it, he just wouldn't let it go."

"Did you still sell him the boat?"

"yeah man, I had to, but he got so mad at me, he was still weirdly polite, but like... His face did this thing.." Now he was really getting uncomfortable, outing some one's quirk was like outing their name if it wasn't immediately obvious to the viewer. "he grew like.. grey fangs, and his nose did this thing..."

" he just grew fangs?"

"Yeah.. I mean no, but sorta yeah, his nose went flat too but then his buddy came in I guess, real chill lookin fellow with tattoos, and called him off." The kid rubbed at his arm. "I though he was gonna attack me, but they just paid and walked off."

Eraserhead nodded and from one of his pockets pulled a phone, and pulled up two photographs. "Did it look like these two guys?"

"y-yeah! I don't forget faces very easily, it was definitely thoose two." He actually smiled this time rather than the anxious tick of a false smile. It faded quickly though as he realized an important detail. "Hey... are.. they hell-hounds? The stories about 'em aren't true right? They don't like... eat people ?"

"Yes." Eraserhead said flatly putting the phone back into his pocket. Covering up the annoyance and defensiveness for one of his students that rose. The informant looked a might uncomfortable. "Do you remember if they said where they were taking the boat?"

"uh.. I don't remember if they said, no, but they wanted something that they could do island sightseeing with? think they got a type of speedboat? They paid upfront for it and they don't dock it here."

"Thanks for the info, " Eraserhead told the young informant.

"uh.. sure.. hey uh how.. bad is this?"

"Bad enough I'd quit today if I were you." his tone slipping into the chastising tone he used on his students. With that, he left to acquire himself transit to the Tenshi Clan Island. Something subtle since he was going where he wasn't supposed to be of course. Everything in him was telling him to move faster than he was able to, it had taken a considerable amount of time to just get that bit of info that told him he needed to check out that Island. Whatever it was Sunshine had that could be used, wasn't activating still, as he hadn't heard a whisper of an update yet.

000

Shinso let out a huff of air as Kaminari came too behind him. The purple haired boy remembered what had happened with the other, but Kaminari likely didn't himself.

"Hows your head?" He asked, wanting to stretch but the grey fabric was wrapped tightly around them, tying them back to back together.

"Ugh,. Yeah? What happened ?" Kaminari's movement made the fabric tighten for a moment before Shinso pointed out that struggling made it worse. He stopped and his head brushed against the others as he looked around their new 'room' "Are we in a kids room?"

"You tried to zap one of them when they took Stone away." Shinso began, feeling tired already as he tried to ignore the scribbled drawing of a happy caterpillar next to them on the wall. "They didn't particularly like that, which got me brainwashed after they knocked you out on the floor. They walked us into here, tied us up with my scarf, and here we are."

"And they put us in a kids room?"

"Apparently." Shinso said tiredly.

"Who are these guys any way? Are they all hell-hounds?!" Kaminari said again with frusteration that he couldn't move his arms.

"Presumably." Shinso answered again getting tired of the questions, even though it was easing some of the tension. "It might be-"

The door opened, and a woman, wearing leggings with patterns on it that would make a boy blush, and dyed long hair walked in. She looked thoroughly displeased with seeing the boys there. Like they were just one of the many of her small hoard that followed her in. Shinso noted that she looked kind of like aizawa, exhausted. Children came in around her legs, some of them ignoring the presence of two tied up young men in the room, and some stopping dead in their tracks to stare at them.

"Hey, Hey Miss 4, Who are they?" one of the children, who looked about 7, with messy brown hair pulled at her skirt.

The woman, 'miss 4' regarded them carefully. Before rolling her eyes and letting out a sigh. "That's our new guests. Why don't you all go say hi."

That seemed to be all the permission the children needed, some of them any way. A few others, Stayed behind, notably the younger ones. Shinso noted their ages, the youngest appeared to be 2, and clinging to miss 4's leg, the oldest ones appeared to be 8 maybe 9. There was two who followed the group in last, they appeared to be 11 or 12. a boy and a girl. He popped out of his thoughts as they were practically rushed by the small pack of kids despite the stragglers. He also noted that the kids were all wearing loose fitting shifts, except for the older two. Their clothes looked a little more like long robes.

"h-hey kids!" Kaminari Tried to be playful with the kids, even given his state.

"I'm Anna" A little girl stated, being the first of the kids to come forward, to speak up. Shinso and Kaminari were the most interesting people in the room. "Whats yours!" She asked.

"I'm Chargebolt!" Kaminari replied with ease, elbowing Shinso through their bindings, who managed his name out as well; "Shinso."

the younger kids seemed awed by his choice of name, an older boy with his arms crossed looked less impressed then the younger ones. "That's a stupid name."

"It's not a stupid name." Kaminari defended, Shinso felt his eyes roll in his head. "If my name is so stupid, what's yours?"

The kid just scoffed at him while the rest of the kids began to hurriedly give their names to the pair. Shinso remaining quiet and accepting that he was being jostled around by the movement of Kaminari interacting with kids. Before a gremlin was attracted over to him, and proceeded to go for his hair.

"Your hair looks funny! Why'st it purple?" The child asked, getting a handful of it into his little fist.

"It just grows that way, please let go." Shinso tried his best not to get mad at the child, they didn't look older than 3 or 4 at best. He winced as the kid pulled it once more before he was saved by another child telling him not to pull peoples hair.

"Are you guys gonna stay with us?" another child, wearing a shift dress with floral red patterns. Asked them, her eyes big and hopeful and the two boys had no answer for her.

"Uh. Yeah probably?" Kaminari asked, nervously, remembering their predicament and looking over towards miss 4. Who just looked at him and then went back to looking at her phone. Shinso found a thing that was made of blocks in his face.

"Hey! do you wanna see my blocks!" Cried a child, in a shift dress with spaceships on it. The thing infront of Shinso's face barely looked like a Spaceship, he tried to feign interest. "I made a spaceship! This is where the garden is where they grow their space food," He gestured to a green section of it, barely clinging on. "This is is where you keep the people space suits, and this is where you keep the puppy space suits."

"Do you wanna color with me?" He heard another child ask Kaminari. Who seemed completely unphased by the fact he didn't have the ability to 'color' with his hands tied. Shinso could only assume he was taking the crayon in his mouth or pencil or whatever, because he was jerked back as Kaminari did so. The strange sound Kaminari was making as he tried to 'color' holding a pencil in his mouth. Much to Shinso's discomfort and childs mirth, eventually this ending with the kid showing Kaminari how to color properly.

"Whats your favorite animal?" Another child was in front him, trying to get his attention now that the that spaceship-child was gone. A little girl was pleased to have his attention, tugging on her shift dress, plastered in dolphins. "Mine's dolphins! I grew so I got a new one and this one has dolphins on it!"

"Thats.. nice?" Shinso tried, hearing his classmate, engage in some childish amusement.

"I really like dolphins, cuz they swim in the ocean, and their like whales but their not whales. They also swim really fast!" She ran around and then behind him and did a jump in the air pretending she was a dolphin. Shinso had no idea how to react to that, just trying not to look to mean about it. "I can do a really good dolphin impression!"

As the child began making screeching noises like a dolphin, or a dying cat, the little boy watching her grabbed the bottom of his dress and ripped it up almost completely removing it. Screaming at the top of his lungs. "I CAN SHOOT LASERS!"

Right before the oldest girl hoisted him up, and carried him away. Shinso had already scrunched himself as low as he could to avoid the un-fired laser. He noticed the looks of alarm from the other kids, and was concerned he wasn't alone in that fear. He could still hear the childs desperate cries as he was carried further away. "I wasn't gonna fire my laser for real, Skillet!"

He would have to thank "Skillet" later for saving his life.

"hey! What are you puppy powers!" A little red headed child demanded of them, her little hands balled into fists and her face expectant for an answer. Shinso barely reacted but Kaminari suddenly went dead silent. Though he couldn't see his face, his co-hostage finally got the bigger picture.

"Alright pups, its time for snacks and then nap time, you've pestered them enough." Miss 4 called to the kids, which lead to much complaining from the small pack of children. One particular one on Kaminari's side demanding that he did not want to go to snack without Chargebolt. "He'll be fed later, its time for you to eat, however."

Miss 4 herded the pack of 'puppies' away into another room with the help of the older boy. With the kids out of the room silence fell as the woman turned fully to them, regarding them apathetically. "You two are only here because of your friend." She stated, looking like she was simply telling them because she was told to. "If I were you, I'd hope I had something we can use, otherwise," She just shrugged. "Any way we'll feed you later, so don't worry."

And she walked out to, leaving the boys in silence.