Babysitting and Shopping

Just as a heads up, I won't be able to post for a few days. Enjoy!

"What's that?"

"It's a shoe store."

"What's that?"

"A coffee shop."

"What's that?"

"A baby Bakugou!"

"What the F #k is that?"

"A puppy Bakugou, oh my gosh!"

Forget new to the country. Bakugou had to be some kind of…of alien or something! As Uraraka took Eri and Bakugou shopping, Uraraka realized she missed the few hours where Bakugou didn't talk at all. They strolled through the mall and his voice echoed above even the radio singing 'firework.' Eri seemed to watch Bakugou in curiosity and amazement as he tugged on Uraraka's hand. Uraraka silently prayed that she didn't play to close attention to him. She already was busy avoiding the staring strangers, she didn't want to have to avoid Mirio later too.

That morning Ochaco had managed to pay that month's due early. Partly to get Monomo off her back after his visit, partly because she wanted the house paid off as soon as possible as well. His warning from before had certainly stuck with her. Since anything left either went to continuing to pay off the house or into savings for fixing the house in the future, that didn't leave Uraraka much spending money. Luckily the insurance company gave enough to spend on Bakugou and Eri was satisfied with the cone of ice-cream they got on the way there. As long as Bakugou didn't want a suit made of gold, they should be fine.

That is, if they didn't get kicked out of the mall.

"What the f#$k is that guy do-hey! Round faced human, get your hands off me!" Frustrated, Uraraka barely managed to drag Bakugou into a general store before security came after them. Bakugou yanked his arm back with more force than Uraraka thought necessary. "What did you do that for?"

"Bakugou!" Uraraka started, barely managing to keep her voice down. "You need to keep it down! Everyone is staring at you!"

Her guest scoffed. "What do I care about what these humans think?" he snarled, though truthfully it worried him. The only reason he was there was to blend in. Humans may not have been a problem, but he needed information on how they worked if he was going to either conquer the planet or just get the heck off the planet. The second option was looking much better.

Glancing back, Bakugou quickly realized this was the wrong answer. "Well I do care, and if we get kicked out of the mall because you are bothering everyone else then you will have no clothes for the month. You'll have to survive with that one shirt and that one pair of pants with nothing else. And I, personally, do not want you wearing the same smelly shirt around my house for a month. So you are going to be quiet or so help me, I will buy a roll of duct tape and close your mouth for you! Understand?" Bakugou had no experience in the military, but he had a feeling that if he were to face off with a general, it would be similar to that. Uraraka's face held such determination that even Bakugou blinked twice before responded. And when he did, his voice was noticeably a few octaves lower than before.

"Tsh. Only because I want you to stop nagging me." He didn't make eye contact, but that was enough for Uraraka. Satisfied, Uraraka put on a smiling face again and grabbed Eri and Bakugou's hands, whisking them away happily. Any onlookers there would see a young women skipping happily through the mall, an angry annoyed man that trudged along behind her, and an innocent looking little girl watching them both as if she was watching a play. May as well have been holding a bag of popcorn.

Once they were at the clothing section, Uraraka put Eri at a bench close to them so she could play with her colouring book while Uraraka went with Bakugou to find clothes. "Right. So, let's pick out some clothes first. We'll need to get you some cheap t-shirts so that you have a lot to wear. If we get a bunch they may be cheaper."

Her guest snarled at that. "I don't want any cheap s #t!"

Ochaco just frowned at him. At least she'd started to get used to his attitude. Really, once she got past it, it wasn't that hard to deal with him. "The insurance company didn't give you that much money that you can spend it freely. You need to save it for emergencies and spend it wisely!"

"Huh?"

Was money a foreign concept to him to? "Never mind," She waved the comments away. "Just- go sit with Eri. Make sure not to lose sight of her. I'll get you some clothes." Before he could retort, Uraraka spun around to send him what must have been the most venomous look he had seen on any human, alien, or creature in general. "And do NOT swear in front of her."

Bakugou hated being ordered around. He did not take orders from anyone. However, if it was something he wanted to do to begin with…Whatever. "I'm only going because you're boring," He grumbled while trudging away. Uraraka wondered how he could make such an immature comment before going back to the clothes. What was he, ten?

Eri, the smaller human, glanced up as Bakugou took a seat next to her. Sure he didn't like sitting still, but he would be lying if he said he wasn't a little curious about the small human. Most likely a younger one, for while he knew humans came in all shapes and sizes, he noticed this one seemed underdeveloped and lacked the same number of professional skills the other humans he'd met had. When he'd first met the child he hadn't understood why it was their responsibility to look after her and he'd asked his human if the child belonged to her. That had been the first time he discovered that humans could turn a shade of red as well as their natural colour.

Out of the corner of his eye Bakugou made sure to keep an eye on Uraraka and what she was doing. He didn't want her messing up such a simple task and making him pay for it, and he especially didn't want to lose sight of his human guide. He'd started to get some of the basics of human interactions (he thought) but he hadn't learned much about their military power, physical capabilities, ext. He was going to have to run some tests on her later…It took him a moment to realize the small human was staring at him. Glancing down, he met her wide eyes as she blinked at him, emotions unreadable. "What?"

"You're a strange person," she commented bluntly.

"What?" He'd raised his voice louder than he'd meant to. Almost instantly Uraraka swirled around and fixed him with a glare that could make mountains quiver on the spot. In a lower voice he added, "Shows what you know, brat. I'm way stronger and smarter than all of you humans put together." Eri tilted her head to the side, confused when he said all humans. Her dads told her that everyone was smart, but with different things. Perhaps it was one of those things she'd only understand when she got older.

Deciding the topic of conversation was boring, Eri went back to her drawing as she spoke to the adult. "How do you know Uraraka?"

"She's my guide."

Eri paused her drawing to look up at him. "For what?"

"Earth."

Again, she didn't understand, but assumed it was some kind of adult way of talking. "I don't think Uraraka's been everywhere on earth."

Bakugou snorted. How weak could you be to not even travel through one planet? "Not important. I just need to figure out how earth works in order to take over it in the future." Eri wasn't sure about that last part, but she understood wanting to know how the world worked. It made her feel a little bad for him.

In an effort to help, she gave him some information she thought might help. "I think everyone likes Uraraka." He didn't want to admit it, but that was useful information.

"Why?"

"Because she's nice," Eri answered simply.

…What.

"How does that give her any power?" Bakugou retorted. Eri moved away from her crayons for a moment to think about this with the most capacity a child could.

"I guess…people like her because she's so nice. They want to be around her. They respect her." People who thought she was nice obviously hadn't seen that face she'd made at Bakugou just now. What was with all the people around him speaking about 'kindness' and 'mercy' as if they were nectars of life? None of it was real. The kindness Bakugou had experienced always had a hidden motive. A stronger body in exchange for servitude. Food in exchange for work. Encouragement in exchange for missions. There was no such thing as real kindness. It was all just a ploy for selfish intentions. He bet that if he could figure out what Uraraka's intentions were, she'd be just as bad as everyone else. Humans must have been able to put up more of a façade than others. Nothing more.

"People respect people with power," Bakugou answered. "Anything else is a lie." Others seemed to glare at Bakugou when he said that, but Bakugou thought they were the ones with the problems. Everyone was evil. At least he was honest enough to admit that.

"Maybe," Eri mused, a little confused. "But Uraraka doesn't hurt people. She's a firefighter, and firefighters are strong. She can deal with lots of stuff. She helps out my parents and Izuku a lot. And she buys me ice-cream," The child said happily. "I don't know about respect or power, but I think she's strong and I like her." Bakugou said nothing. None of what she just said made Bakugou think any differently. She even proved that Uraraka didn't have power. Anything that she did which didn't give her power was weakness. Eri seemed to pause and look at Bakugou as he thought this. "I bet Uraraka would like you better if you were nicer."

The thought was so out there Bakugou's eyes nearly bugged out of his head. "What do I care about what she thinks?"

Eri blinked, obviously just as confused as he was. "You've been staring at her a lot. Doesn't that mean you like her?"

The idea was so ludicrous that Bakugou covered his mouth to hold back a laugh. Him, showing any interest in some weak, measly human? "All I care about is that she makes sure I'm not spotted in this planet and that I can use her information for my own purposes." He snickered to himself, acutely aware of the human that continued to stare at him. "What?"

"Well," Eri began, tapping her crayon on the paper as if she was about to give the advice of the century. "Daddy says that when a boy is mean to me at school, that means he likes me but doesn't know how to show it yet. Maybe you just don't know you like her yet?" Bakugou was certain that the human they had picked up had to be a malfunctioning one. Almost as bad as the human he already had.

"You're crazy brat," he scoffed.

"Just so you know, daddy says not knowing is not a good excuse to hurt someone! You've still got to figure it out and no matter what, hurting people is wrong." Eri nodded, confident in her own words. Bakugou couldn't help the leering smile that grew on his face. Hurt? Oh he was going to do a whole lot more than just hurt these people. "Look here." Bakugou turned back to the human again to see her flip through the papers and pull out a very rough outline of him. It was filled almost to the top with the red wax the girl called a crayon. On the side were two sentences. Badness= 90%. Goodness=10%. "You yell at people a lot and are really mean. Your badness level is really high, when it should be down to 40% at the most." Bakugou wondered just what qualifications this human had in order to make these assessments. "And see," She flipped the paper again, next coming to a much nicer outline of Uraraka. Only the legs were filled with red, with the sentences saying 'badness= 30%. Goodness=70%.' "Uraraka's got much more goodness than you. You could learn from her." Ha! Like he ever needed to learn anything from that miniscule,

"Oh, or Izuku! He's got a goodness level of 90%!"

Uraraka never got a complete explanation as to how the display stand next to Eri and Bakugou was destroyed. All she knew was that Eri and Bakugou had rushed over to her as she'd picked out 7 shirts for Bakugou to try on then she had to force them to stop dragging her out so she could actually buy the clothes.

By the end of the day they'd managed to get enough clothes and hygiene tools to last Bakugou a while. She'd hoped to get him more personalized stuff, but Bakugou laughed at the idea of wanting to keep anything. Kind of annoying, but at least that meant she could buy cheaper stuff, (as long as she didn't tell him.). They dropped Eri off at Izuku's place later, though for some reason Bakugou looked even angrier every second. Eri seemed alright however, and Uraraka silently prayed that she didn't catch anything Bakugou had. She didn't want to risk his rudeness being contagious.

"Okay," Uraraka exhaled after they'd gotten to the bus-stop. "I need to head over to the bar before my shift starts." Bakugou remembered her mentioning a 'bar' but he hadn't heard her explain it.

"Where?" Uraraka assumed he wanted to know what bar she worked at.

"Oh, it's the Twenties Evening bar downtown. I've never seen you there, so I'm not sure if you've been before…" Bakugou still looked confused, so Uraraka tried to guess at his questions again. "Is it that I'm a firefighter? Yeah, I've got to keep up two jobs to buy the house. But it's worth it!" She exclaimed with glee. "I'm gonna keep the house my parents raised me in, no matter what!" Bakugou didn't understand the excitement behind her words. She really idealized that weak, fragile building, didn't she? Her determination at least caused Bakugou's opinion of her to rise a few notches. After the wave of happiness passed, Uraraka blinked up at him. "So, what about you? Do you need a key to the house?"

Bakugou finally realized what was going on. She was giving him free reign. Perfect. The first chance he had to survey the area and search for more parts. The building she had only had a few pieces of machinery that he could use. Without a word, Bakugou spun around and headed off, leaving Uraraka standing at the bus stop very confused. "So…is that a no?"

"It's none of your business where I'm going round-face!" Bakugou yelled back, annoyed she interrupted his planning.

Behind him, Uraraka puffed her cheeks out. "Touchy." A little louder she called, "Alright, just be careful! Get bad before midnight if you can!" Bakugou just huffed back at her, but Uraraka didn't mind. Instead she went back to waiting for the bus stop…and pausing. "Round face?"

"Look man, we don't want any trouble here."

Bakugou sneered down at the human. "That's your problem."

"Dude, we just wanted to go for a ride!"

A group of teenagers hadn't expected to be stopped when they were disturbing people around them by being loud at the park and scaring off kids. Unfortunately for them this happened to be the park Bakugou was passing through. He was allowed to be as loud as he wanted. But the disgusting looking humans who looked like they had less brain cells than a fish swimming in circles? Bakugou had some rage he wanted to deal with anyway.

And those metal contraptions they had been riding on were perfect for his ship's motor.

One particular human who seemed either braver or stupider than the rest jumped in front of Bakugou. "Who do you think you are? You want a piece?" He tried to puff out his chest and appear bigger than he was. Bakugou recognized this and almost doubled over laughing. This caused the human to go red with rage. "Something funny ya freak?" Freak. Now that was a name Bakugou was familiar with.

Instantly he sobered. The foolish human doubled backwards as Bakugou straightened to his full height, nearly two feet over the annoying human. His friends all jumped back, the fear in their eyes so plain that Bakugou couldn't help but smirk with satisfaction. The first one tried to recollect himself. "You wanna fight? I'll take you on! You aren't that special." Not that special? Bakugou sneered.

The human flinched when Bakugou reached out with one hand, placing it just in front of his chest. At first there was nothing, and the teenager thought he could relax. Big mistake.

"DIE!"

Faster than the human eye could see, Bakugou pushed the human in the chest and sent him flying. The teenagers all gasped and shrieked in surprise. During the panic, Bakugou grabbed one of the bikes of the teenagers. "Oh gosh!' "What just happened?" "Sasuke? Are you okay?" Bakugou laughed. That definitely was the best way for him to let off the rage that had been building in him for the last few days. Seeing these little humans panic? Priceless.

In the panic, Bakugou jumped over to the bikes. Effortlessly he yanked the wheels off of the bikes, collecting at least 8 of them before rushing off. None of the teenagers noticed until it was too late, and Bakugou quickly escaped back to the house without anyone even getting his name.

Not even five minutes after Bakugou had disappeared, a cop car drove up to the park. The officer stepped out and when the teenagers saw him, they rushed over. "Oh man, you've got to help us. This-This guy just attacked us out of nowhere. He hurt one of our friends and ran away…" They went on and on, not letting the cop get a word in edgewise. "He was real tall, with messy blonde hair and these freaky eyes…"

"Red eyes? Grid tattoos on his arms? Didn't talk much?"

One of the teenagers brightened. "Yeah! Yeah, that's him! Did someone already call him in?"

The officer, Tokoyami narrowed his eyes at the teens. "I came here because I got a call that a group of teenagers were causing a disturbance in the neighborhood." Immediately, they all deflated. Tokoyami on the other hand frowned, surveying the area Bakugou had apparently been present in. There was a large dent in the ground from where Sasuke had landed from his hit. Thankfully the boy was breathing, but the damage to the ground made it look like there was a bowling ball that hit him, not another man. That, and the fact that the police had yet to find a person identifying as 'Katsuki Bakugou' in any files. Monomo, the one who worked with the apartment company, said there was no apartment under the name. According to all their files, Bakugou Katsuki had just appeared into the world yesterday. That wasn't enough to bring Bakugou in for questioning…it was only speculation…

But it was clear to the officer that this Bakugou character needed to be looked into.

Only after Tokoyami had left did the teens find the real damage. "Aw man! What happened to our bikes?"

"Another pint! Another pint!"

Ochaco grimaced. "Sir, that is definitely enough alcohol for you today. You're going to puke!"

It was a normal night at the bar Ochaco worked at. It was only a weekday, so luckily no one was drinking heavily. As Ochaco worked the bar however, one guy had come in looking particularly down on his luck. A sign Ochaco recognized as the person who would be trouble. "Hey hey hey, missy," He slurred his words, holding his glass up again. "I-Ugh-I say when I've had enough. Just poor me another glass doll face."

It was time for serious Ochaco to return. Her eyes narrowed, and she put her hands on her hips. "Do not call me doll face. And I have the right to refuse service if I think it's necessary." Indiscreetly, she nodded in the direction of security. One man started heading over to them, ready for business.

"Aw, come on!" The man stood from his stool and Ochaco was immediately on the defensive. "All I want is one more drink! One more drink lady! Is that so," he reached out putting a hand on her shoulder and made a grab for the pitcher. But Ochaco was faster. Before his hand reached, she caught his with her own. Twisting him around she pinned him onto the counter so fast the drunk man didn't even have the chance to fight back. "Ah! Geeze!" Others in the bar jumped in surprise. The security on the other hand only smiled at Ochaco before taking the man off her hands. "Gah! Let go! I'm going, I'm going!"

As the man was ushered outside, one man who frequented the bar let out a laugh. "It's always nice having a bartender who can put people in their place." Ochaco blushed a little bit at the praise. Gun head was one of her teachers from training, and he continued to visit her every once in a while. On nights like that-with customers like that- it was always nice having a friendly face. And if it was a lazy day they could easily just catch up.

The bell to the door opened, and Ochaco looked up to greet the customer. "Hi! Would you like any-" She cut herself off in surprise. "Todoroki?"

Her friend just nodded. "Yes. No drink for me." Of course not! Todoroki was against drinking, he wanted his mind to be focused all the time. That was why she was so confused he was at the bar at all. She'd never seen him come before except the time where she'd needed a ride and he came to pick her up. The man was still in his work clothes, black pants and dress shirt with the long jacket over top. His badge was still attached to his belt. He must have just gotten off of work. His feet moved from one to the other, showing how awkward he felt in the establishment.

"Um, hi Todoroki. It's good to see you, but…What are you doing here?" While the bar customers were usually there to free themselves of work, Todoroki's face was all business. After ensuring there was no one paying attention, he moved in so close to the counter he had to use one arm to balance himself.

"Bakugou Katsuki." Ochaco blinked. Of all the reasons Todoroki could be in the bar that was the last thing she had expected.

"Ah…Excuse me?"

"Bakugou Katsuki. He hasn't said where he's from? What he wants?" Uraraka just got more and more confused with the intensity in Shouto's eyes. What was so important?

"No…He's just staying at my place until he can recover…" Todoroki, obviously, did not like that answer.

With narrowed eyes he told her, "He's dangerous."

Uraraka was too surprised to even from. "I can take care of myself Todoroki. You know that." He'd seen her fight before. Heck, they used to go to the gym together.

But Todoroki did not waver. "I know. But he's different."

"Why?" Uraraka finally asked. "Do you know him?"

"No," he replied. "But I'm sure." After a pause he said, "Can you make him leave your house?"

That startled her more than anything he'd said. "What? Todoroki, the man lost his home! I'm more than able to take care of myself! Sure he's annoying, but I can handle that!" Todoroki frowned, but said nothing. "Goodness Todoroki, what's wrong? You don't know him but you certainly act like you do."

"I don't," Todoroki insisted again. "I just know his type." He seemed to pause for a moment before deciding it was a losing battle. Unsatisfied, he turned towards the doors once again. "Just be careful," Todoroki reminded her. "He's not a good person. And I doubt he ever will be."