Chapter 23

I sat silent and bored, I had gone out for a walk and to the stream, now with the warmer spring weather I was able to take a dip without any issues, "where you going~?" I looked back to Hawks, "for a dip in the stream, wanna come?" he came down from the roof, a common area where the patroller of the day took up their post most of the time. "Sure I can go for something other than nothing~" he complained, I knew he and most of the others were just as bored, the others were now half-assing their training so to speak. Dabi still hadn't returned but at my questions Shigaraki stated he had gotten into contact with him and everything was going good, whatever that meant. I had noted I missed him, his constant words and flirts, his warmth, his need for me to cook for him, heal him, replace his staples, I sighed he had been such a constant and now I was alone in the tent unless Hawks was with me. "What has you so depressed…" I looked to Hawks but his eyes stated he already knew what I was to say, "Dabi…I miss his warmth," he hummed "figured you would be happy to be rid of his advances?" He had his hands behind his head walking without a care in the world.

I smiled "no actually the opposite, he was always nice to me, even if a little forward, I liked it," I blushed admitting to it, Hawks chuckled "I guessed so," I gave him a pointed look to his wings "more like you knew," he laughed putting his hands up in resignation "there's not much to do around here besides pick up on all the conversations and surroundings, even though peaceful it's still 'loud'." I sighed not able to blame him, Dabi had started to warm up to me in the way I wished him to before leaving, so to lose that was making me feel like I lost progress with him.

He laid next to me in our little tent "Fine what do you want to know?" I smiled "what you are willing to share, I am sure you can list everything about me by now," he raised a brow "I wouldn't say everything…" "Favourite food?" he instantly answered "Nana Karin's fried rice," "colour?" "Turquoise because of my eyes…" he smirked looking at me before realisation hit him and I nodded "yeah now you see what I mean, why don't you trust me?" He sighed playing with a staple to which I swatted his hand and told him to not pull it out, "I guess I worry your honesty will lead you to tell others about me, I work hard to keep my true identity secret." I nodded glad that he was honest with me, "I am only honest about myself and information about me, but not with others, I actually know a lot of stuff about everyone here that they don't share with others but I won't surrender that information to anyone if I should be asked." He looked at me a little surprised "so if I was to ask when the last time Toga had her period?" I frowned at how personal it was and stated "that's disgusting and none of your business, ask her yourself if you want to know."

He smiled and nodded obviously happy and thoughts building in his head as he then told me he hated Heroes that were bad and abused their position for personal gain, he also admitted that a hero had personally wronged him and no one came to help him and he was not reprimanded at all. It was a nice insight into him as a person and seeing the fury in his eyes made me realise just how angered and hurt he was. "What about family?" he smiled a look of adoration coming over his eyes and face as I smiled wanting to hear it, "I have two little brothers and a little sister, they are so good, when I was growing up I was sickly in a way that I was actually the smallest compared to my brother and sister and I was also the oldest," he laughed and said "Natsuo thought it was funny and tried to act as the oldest seeing he was taller than me." His smile stayed put, "mum was so kind and caring, her love open and accepting, she loved us all so very much…so much she went mad from it…" it was now his smile dropped and it seemed he closed off once more." I let him, I decided to fall back onto other topics "so how does your fire quirk work?" he pulled up his hand "well, for starters it's very hot~" I chuckled seeing the hooded flirting look come over his face as he got up hovering over me and I let him kiss me this time, but he stopped at that, a true gentleman.

From there more information was given such as his favourite movies, music, food, drinks, if he has smoked, how his quirk worked and its name being cremation aka his alias, and also about his future goals, it spanned quite some time, he had admitted that when his quirk began taking off his own skin he believed that his life was over in many ways besides his death. He had looked at himself as if it still was going to be the cause of his death, I frowned at that, I had wanted him to look at me and the future with hope, hope that things would change and that he would be able to have his family back once more…maybe start a new one?

We stripped jumping in, Hawks wings allowed him to splash me with unfair amounts of water as we had a serious water war going on, and we (I) gave up relaxing in our underwear like lizards in the sun on the bank. He hummed happy "so~?" he drawled and I looked to him so relaxed that moving my head was serious work, with the light breeze, the sounds of insects and birds and the warm sun it was just so nice. "Yeah…what's up with you?" he sighed "I have something I want to ask of you…you said you owed me right?" I frowned as I now was more aware and looking to him with seriousness "what is it?" "I'm sorry to do this to you but I need you to use your death kiss…on a few things," "thing's...you mean people!" I stated more than aware he was now not on the side of the league, I was instantly angered with him, 'how dare he bring me here to get close with them and 'love' them all just to kill them or arrest them.' But at the same time it made sense however I questioned "what about your daughter?" he shook his head no "there is no daughter…I'm sorry," I saw he was genuine with his apology but learning that he had lied about his own non-existent child was terrible, "but…"

I sighed out dressing after hearing out his 'orders' and then got ready, his mission and the reality that he was indeed going to take them all down was a very bitter pill to swallow, I could not let Dabi be caught, if I could save one person it would be him, but I also stated I didn't want to kill anyone, he stated it was only the giant that I would need to deal with. I asked about Dabi, he shook his head stating that he had killed too many, even though I knew he had taken down low-life criminals and yes a hero; Crust however. I spoke up "what is stopping me from telling on you?" he shrugged "you can do what you want but once I get the proper arrest you will be cleared of all crimes and allowed to return to society as a normal citizen…I just need to get the location of the scientist."

I had been so torn of what to do, yes they wanted bad guys removed from prison who knew what their personal goals were, maybe it would get so much worse, but they wanted to change the laws of society so that no hero can abuse their privileges something they did when it appeased them, and others tuned away from danger and issues not even helping because all are so dependent on the heroes using it as an excuse. The current laws co-align with that too, it was annoying and painful, what if someone happens to have a bad quirk, they are either put in a mental ward, prison or turn to villainy, if they just gave them the time to teach them and help them with dealing with it, then they too could live within modern society. However I could not condone the use of Nemu's apparently they were humans taken and given more than one quirk making them a mindless being a human once now a monster with no senses of self…too much experimentation that needed to stop, however only the doctor knew about it and where it was. "Should you get taken there I want you to take your phone and turn it on, leave it somewhere if you can while on, it will allow for the others to locate it and take him down, he is not a good man he simply wants to experiment on anyone he can get his hands on."

I had nodded and agreed with Hawks that perhaps that man should be stopped; he had no right to take people and force experimentation on them like, what the government did to Hawks…unless that was a lie? I wanted to ask so bad but instead we returned to the camp to see the others now back and ready for small simple healing of bruises and cuts. "I already prepped dinner, I hope yous will like it, it's Nana Karin's recipe," the others smiled happy "oh hell yes, I love Nana," it was funny how many things were referred to as Nana Karin stated this or that. Many knew of her however I still did not know of her condition, Shigaraki said it was too difficult for us to get that close and get the information, only things on the news and Giran's calls was the only way they could get info.