To say that Bakugo was shocked is an understatement. He couldn't believe his own eyes. In front of him was Kamui woods, one of the greatest heroes in this generation, was causing mayhem through the city. Innocents people were being slaughtered by his hand one by one as they tried to escape his rath. So many lifeless bodies were on the grounds as the pro-hero walks on them as if he was superior to them. His woods managed to pierce through the ground and through the buildings, destroying everything in his path
Bakugo's anger was on a new level. He couldn't believe that a pro-hero, to which he had the pleasure on working with during the few cases that they took together in the past, was now killed people from left to right. He couldn't understand what was happening and why was he doing this, especially since a week before, he saved countless people from a building which was caught in flames.
"What the fuck are you are innocents people, not villains." Bakugo yells at him. You could see his veins coming out of his throat as he tried to get his attention through the loud noise of the crowd who was slowly disappearing from the battle scene.
His yell caught the interest of the wooden hero on the ground. He looks back at Bakugo to see smoke coming out his ears. His face has the expression of a killer who is about to kill someone and this someone was Kamui woods. As for the pro hero, his expression didn't contain any emotion. His eyes were dull and plain as if killing people was part of his job. He wasn't fazed by any of this. This observation by Bakugo made him even angrier and more confused. He couldn't understand how you could be someone who fights for justice, peace and fight every day to protects the people who you care about, and turned into a monster who doesn't care that his actions compromise his belief.
"Was he faking it during all these years. That wouldn't make sense at all. Why take this long just to plan an attack. Something is not right." Bakugo was thinking that this situation didn't make sense at all. What was his purpose to attack ordinary bystanders? He looked around to see if there was something special around this area that might cause him to go on a rampage but he didn't have time to look at his surrounding before he felt the building shaking under his feet. Another set of branches were coming his way by breaking through the floor.
Bakugo immediately pulls back his arm and flew himself, above the branches. As the branches were closing towards him, he aims his right hand and sent a powerful explosion. The branches were caught in flames while breaking apart from the explosion. Bakugo could hear the scream of his attacker as he draws back the remaining of his arms. Thanks to his quirks he could grow back the woods inside his body, making him look fresh like a young tree.
"That's it, I'm done with you. I hit first and ask questions later." He flew toward his opponent at full speed. Seeing the number one hero charging at him, he sent another's set of branches to stop him. Bakugo used tiny explosions to help him change direction while in mid-air. He was avoiding every single one of them. He was way too fast for the wooden hero. Kamui woods tried to create a wood wall to stop him. Angry with this, bakugo sent another powerful explosion to blow up the wall. The force of the explosion managed to push back his attacker against the wall, hitting his head first. Pieces of the wall fell down, right next to him.
As Kamui was recovering, he looked up to find his opponent. His eyes remained dull and plain as he saw that Bakugo was just a foot away from him. He couldn't stop him from approaching even if he wanted to. He was too close for him to do anything. The only thing he could do is to watch the angry expression of the young man as he was closing in on him.
With gritted teeth, Bakugo closes his right hand into a fist. He was preparing himself to make an explosion but this one will be different. Usually, Bakugo would extract his sweat from his palm to create his explosion because it was made of a highly explosive product. During his hero's training, he learned how to reproduce the same explosive element on his entire hand instead of on just his palm. He was now capable of making explosions with his hands close, perfect for close combat situations like this one.
When his fist was inches away from his face, his entire hand began to glow yellow. Indicating that he was about to release his energy.
"DIE"
He did a right hook punch on his face. The moment his fist made contact with the wooden skin, a small explosion came out of it. It made his opponent flew across the street. His head hit the light pole, rendering unconscious. The explosion was strong enough to send him a few feet away from his original position but it wasn't strong enough to kill him. He didn't want to take his life after all. He knew that something was wrong with him and he wanted to interrogate him about his behavior of today.
As he walked toward the unconscious pro-hero, he heard someone yell his name. He turned around with eye widened as he saw Death Arms in front of him, his fist coming toward his face. With quick thinking, he ducks down before launching himself into the air to avoiding his second attach which land it on the floor, making it crack. Rocks were flying everywhere.
"What's happening, first it was Kamui woods, now it's Death Arms who is on a rampage. Why are they doing this" He was glaring at Death arms.
While in the air he could see the person who warned him about the threat. It was lida himself He was running toward the pro hero at full speed.
"Recipro" He yells, while he jumped in the arm. He activated one of his legs at full potential, making him spin around like a ballerina. He was using this to get enough power and momentum to knocked out Death arms to which he raised his arms to shield his face from the lida's kick. However the kick managed to push him a few feet behind while he feet slide on the ground, fracturing the concentrate in the process.
lida was panting with sweat coming out of his forehead. When he heard the scream from blocks away from here, he ran like a panther while making sure not to step on any bystanders. When he arrived at the scene he was shocked to see that Death Arms ran behind Bakugo to sucker punch him. He didn't know why would a pro-hero attacked one of his former classmate. He saw that Kamui woods was knock down, in front of Kacchan. "Maybe Bakugo attacked him... but why?" He knew that Bakugo was the most devoted to becoming the greatest hero. The only other person who had this kind of determination was his friend, Izuku. Even the league of legend couldn't turn him into a villain. His admiration of All-might was so strong that he never had the thought to hurt innocent people. He wanted to be stronger than All-might and take his place as the next symbol of peace. So it wouldn't make sense that Bakugo would attack bystanders in the middle of the day. But still, he couldn't believe that Kamui woods was capable of causing mayhem on the city intentionally. Then why were they fighting each other and now Death Arms was about to hit Bakugo on the head, behind him. Nonetheless lida couldn't let him hurt his haft friend while he was defenseless even if he was the current number one hero and he could take care of himself.
"What's going on" He asks Bakugo as he lands right next to him.
"How the hell am I suppose to know Brainiac. All I know is that I heard scream and ran toward the source to see Kamui woods killing everyone in his way." He was frustrated by lida statement. As if he was supposed to know what's going on for every fight he took. When Bakugo told him about the killing, lida looked around with shock expression on his face. He was horrified by the bloody scene in front of him. Corpses were everywhere on the streets with holes in their chest, the evidence to show lida that Bakugo didn't start the rampage. If he had done it, then his victims would have been incinerated like a toaster. Between the two of them Kamui woods was the only one capable of doing this kind of injury on a body but why would he kill them. This question was troubling lida. He was thinking of any kind of explanation that could rationalize his actions but he couldn't find any. The fact is that a pro-hero attacked innocents bystander instead of protecting them. He didn't want to believe it but denial wouldn't solve this problem. They will have to interrogate both of them after the police have them in custody.
Kamui woods wasn't the only one who had blood on his hands. lida could see blood on Death arms' hands which means that he too had killed some bystanders. It was unreal. He sensed that Bakugo, also saw the blood on his hand because his hands were trembling with anger. It started to glow as small sparkles were release from them.
"You will pay for what you did" He snarled at him.
"We should work toge-" lida didn't have time to finish before Bagoku launched himself with his quirk toward their opponent.
"Sorry lida, this one is mine"
"I need to help him."
Uraraka ran through the streets, bypassing everyone who ran toward her. She needed to find Bakugo and help him fight whatever villain who was attacking the city. She just has to follow the opposite direction where the people are running away.
While running she heard a couple of explosions in the air.
"It must be Bakugo" He always like to blow away the villain with his bare hands. She is following the sound of the explosion.
"I wonder who is the villains. Is he an old one or is he new in this town." She thought as she turned around the corner, where she could see smokes in the sky.
She stops in her track when she saw the scene before her. lida and Bakugo were both fighting Death arms. Just like them she couldn't believe it but what sent chills up her spine is the blood and dead corpses everywhere. Did Death arms cause this? But it is impossible, he isn't a bloodthirsty criminal like the one she faced in the past. But why would lida and Bakugo attack him if he didn't do anything? Maybe they are the one who causes" She shook her head at the thought. She knew both of them, they aren't capable of causing this kind of destruction... Ok, maybe Bakugo can but that's not the point. They are heroes, they wouldn't kill innocents people for any reasons at all. But still, she couldn't believe that Death arms was capable of killing anyone especially bystanders.
She was snapped out of her mind when she heard someone yell her name. She looked up to see a car flying towards her.
Lida, who was again the one to scream, ran toward her at full speed. He needed to save her before she got seriously injure. He grabs her in bribe style and jumps away before the car landed on them. He was thankful that he was fast enough to save her.
"Thanks lida , without you I would have been dead" She told him as he put her back on her feet.
"You're welcome and don't sell yourself short. You could have survived this, it just that you would have extremely injured." Uraraka punches him on the shoulder but both had smiles on their face. They were glad to see each other even though it was on an unfortunate circumstance. They both decided to stop fooling around and focus on the task at hand.
"What happened," She asked her friend.
"According to Bakugo, when he arrived, he found Kamui woods killing bystanders with his quirk, then Death arms tried to kill him. That's where I came in. I managed to warn him before he could real damages on him."
When he mentioned Kamui woods, she looked around to find him unconscious, next to a pole. Her mouth was wide open while she covered her mouth. She couldn't believe that this was real. A pro hero who is on a killling streak. She didn't want imagine this but the fact speak for itself. He was covered with the blood of the dead corpse. "Why," She thought. It didn't make any sense for her. Kamui woods was one of the most famous heroes in Japan. He saves countless lives in the past. And now her friend was telling her that the same good-hearted man was responsible for taking the lives of dozens without any single remorse about his action. This was an alternative world, it has to be.
"To you think that he was brainwashed?" She asked him.
"I hope it is" If it turns out that their minds were free from any outside influence then all the whole community of heroes will be shock by this revelation. Worse, the trust between them and the civilians will fracture. They were standing on a thin line between trust and hatred, depending on the investigation. Either way, everything will change after today However is the change going to be positive or negative, he didn't know.
"I will have to run some test to know if he was brainwashed or not, maybe he was drugged but it doesn't matter right now. All that matter is taking him down" He said while referring to Death arms who punched Bakugo in the chest, sending him crashing into a car.
"Since when did he get so strong" She asked.
"I don't know"
During the fight lida noticed two things. His eyes were dull and plain as if he didn't have any emotions in him, reinforcing the idea that they may be brainwashed by something or someone. They need to analyze their body after they are arrested by the police. He would ask permission to run some test on both of them. The second thing that he noticed is that he was more powerful than usual. He saw him fight against villains in the city and he never saw him this strong. He was stronger and faster than he imaged. He wondered what was making him so powerful, even Bakugo had a bit of a hard time to take him out which made him even angrier.
"Alright, here's the plan. I will charge at him and once I'm close enough, he will levitate from the ground. Once in the air, you know what to do." She said
lida nods
Ochako charges at Death arms while lida ran toward the building. Seeing that Ochoko was running towards him, Death arms grabbed a car and threw it at her. She sliced under the Honda Civic. She stood up and jumped forward. The pro hero tried to do a right hook shot on her but she managed to duck down at the last moment. She rolled past him, avoiding his second hook shot before touching his back with her hands. He started to float in the air. Because of zero gravity, he couldn't move at all.
As for lida he was wall-running on a building to his left. Mei hatsume had invented magnetic boots for him during her visit to his family agency. Thanks to her, he can run on any surface, allowing to get more room in a fight. Once he was close to the floating pro-hero, he used his booster to jump above him. He flipped and use its momentum to hit him on his chest, at the same time that Uraraka release him, making crash down on the ground with such force that you could see the outline of his body on the concrete.
Death arm tried to stand up but stopped in his tracks when he saw Bakugo above him aiming his glowing hand at him with a smile. Bakugo's smile and Deku's smile were different from one another. For Deku, his smile was like All might but brighter. His smile inspired hope and a sense of security when you saw it. Its message was that everything is going to be fine because he was here. As for Bakugo, his smile was not too friendly, it was more wicked than everything. People saw him as the number one hero because of his strength and accomplishment but he didn't have the charm or charisma of the previous number one hero. His smile was more directly targeted to the villains. His smile brought fear inside of his enemy whenever they saw him during a fight. most of them were scared of him and those who weren't would learn it in time.
"I'm not sorry for this. DIE"
he grabbed his face and release his boil up energy. The explosion instantly knock him out. When the smoke was gone, Bakugo was panting for air. Seeing this Uraraka ran toward him to see if he was fine.
"Bakugo are you alright" She grabbed his face and examined it, making sure that he wasn't badly injured. Her hands felt soft, and he likes that she was worry about him but she didn't have to. He was strong enough to protect himself but still, her generosity and affection were much welcome.
"You don't have to worry about me, I can take care of myself," he said while removing her hands on his face.
"I know, it just that I don't want to see your cute face, beat up." She giggled.
"Really, from all the quality you could describe my face, you decide to go with cute" He groaned internally. She was making him out as a boy instead of a man with her comment
They both heard the groan from someone behind them. They turned around to see Kamui woods starting to gain consciousness.
"YOU" Bakugan yell at him as he storms toward him. Uraraka tried to stop him from doing something bad. She knew that he was om fuse and he was about to explode but he didn't care, he continues to walk to him until he was in his face.
He gets a strong grip on his neck with one hand and slams him on the wall behind him.
"WHY DID YOU DO HIT" he punched him in his face.
"THEY WERE INNOCENT PEOPLE THAT YOU SWORE TO PROTECT"
His rage was taking over. He punching the pro-hero's face countless time, without care that he was starting to bleed from his. The wood fracturing with ever hit that he did.
"BAKUGO, STOP THIS NONSENSE AT ONCE" Lida tried to snap him out of this but he didn't care, all wanted is to make him pay for his cry. At this moment he didn't care that he was doing something bad. As the beating continues, Kamui woods didn't say anything, he was taking his every punch. Plus he couldn't protect himself if he wanted to, he was completely defenseless. The fight took all of his juice to fight back.
He felt someone clutch his arm. He turned his head to glare at him but his glare softened when he saw Uraraka with pleading eyes on her face.
"Please stop, he had enough. You don't have to do this. Whatever happened to him, we will figure out. If it turns out that he did intentionally and that he wasn't brainwashed then he will face justice but not before"
Somehow, the look on her face and her words managed to break out from his rage. He took a last look at the pro hero before removing his grip on his neck. He fell down, unconscious.
They heard the sound of sirens coming their way. It was the police.
"Now they decide to come." Bakugo rolled his eyes. They always came after the threat was already gone.
"We should join them. I need to take a sample from his blood to see if he was drugged" lida told them.
"And what if it was someone who has a brainwashing quirk that this. How would you know" Ochako asked?
"I will need to scan his brain for any abnormality in his neuron system" He said.
The police finally arrived at the scene of the crime with their weapons on their hands in case the threat was still present. They lowered their guns when they concluded that ex pro-hero were dealt with but they were still cautious about the three. They didn't want to take the chance that they may attack them. Bakugan,lida and Uraraka were careful not to scare them.
"Stop looking at us like that. We just stop those two from committing any others crimes. You should be grateful."
The cops jumped back from Bakugo outburst. They redraw their weapons on them.
"Nice job for keeping everything in control."
"Shut up sonic. I don't need your advice."
"Everybody calm down." Naomasa Tsukauchi ordered his men to lower their weapons. He was a detective and he was a close friend to All might himself.
"Arrest these two" He referred to Kamui woods and Death arms. The cops handcuffed them before dragging them in the police van. They had to make sure that Death arms could fit inside.
"Thank you for your assistance but I will need all of you to enter my car." He said.
"Why" Bakugo didn't like where this was going. If they dare to accuse him or any of his former classmates then they will answer to him. He wasn't about to get arrested by him.
"I'm sorry but I will need you all as witnesses to know what happened and since the bystanders told us that heroes were attacking the city which means that you are suspect until we concluded otherwise. Once again, I apologize for this. I believe that you three are innocent but my colleagues won't believe it until we have evidence of your innocence."
Uraraka put her hand on Bakugan shoulder to calm him down. The nerve that they had to have any suspicions that he would be able to kill the innocents like an animal. He removes her hand, telling her that he wouldn't go on a rampage but he still wasn't happy about this.
"I know, I don't like it as much as you but we don't have a choice." She was right, the only thing they could do was to follow their instruction until they are in the clear.
"Whatever, let just dealt the quicker we can." He said before entering the detective car. The others followed him.
"Don't worry, you will be in the clear in any seconds once we arrived at the police station." He told them as he starts the engine.
Out of the window Uraraka could see the cops struggling to lift Death arms inside the police van. She was hoping that everything would end well for these two. They were formidable heroes, she couldn't believe that they were willing to kill people. Something must be wrong with them but she didn't know what. She hopes that the investigates will shine on this mystery.
"Did you do it?" An officer asked Bakugo. He was inside an interrogation room with two police officer in front of him. The first one was middle age white man with a scar on his cheek, probably caused by a knife. He had a full beard and a mustache attached to it. You could say that he went full bigfoot on his facial hair. The second one was completely the opposite. He had no facial hair and he was younger than the first one. He was looking at him with blue eyes while trying to act tough but he could tell that was lacking in confidence.
When they arrived at the police station. Naomasa Tsukauch went with lid and Uraraka to both clear the name while Bakugo was stuck with the two idiots in uniforms, trying to make him confess for the crime that he didn't do.
"For the tenth fucking time, when I arrived, Kamui woods was already attacking innocent people. I wasn't part of his plan. I came here to stop him because it is my job to protect the Japanese people." Bakugo was really pissed. He was trying his hardest to keep his anger under wrap but of course he was struggling. He didn't like treated like a criminal.
"I will believe you, when we find evidence that you weren't involved in the attack" The hairy officer said. He moved the table to face him. Bakugo stood up and faced him back, he wasn't about to let himself intimated. The shriek back a bit when the suspect glared back at him. When he entered the room, he was already there which means he didn't realize that he was so much buffer than him until now. Suddenly, the bully was now the victim. And then they heard the door open, revealing Naomasa Tsukauch behind it. He was shaking his head from the scene in front of him. He sighs.
"Stand down officer, he is in the clear. We have video footage that showed that he and friends were trying to stop their colleagues. They are innocent." He told them.
The office broke eye contact with Bakugo and left the room with his buddy, letting the door open for the detective and number one hero. Naomasa patted Bakugo on his shoulder, giving him a friendly smile.
"I told you that I will take care of everything."
"Yeah, but you could have done faster. If I had to listen to their rambling for one more second then I would have blown them out of existence." he said wild sparkles were flying out of his palm.
"Relax, I don't need to hire a team of janitors, just to clean up your mess."
"Whatever, just bring me back with my colleagues. We need to figure out, what's wrong with Kamui woods and Death Arms. They wouldn't behave like this without someone controlling their thought." They both left the interrogation room and they were now walking down the hallway towards his office where the rest of the heroes were waiting.
"You right, I believe that they had outside influence to make them act like they did back there but we will need to find evidence to support this theory." They entered the elevator. The detective pressed the fourth floor, one floor above them.
"That's why you are here. Since you're in charge of the investigation, you can let lida make a blood test, to see if there were drugged, and scan their head for any signs that they were being controlled by someone."
"I should be able to do it." The detective responded.
They finally reach the office where lida and Uraraka were waiting for them. When opened the door, Bakugo sighs. He hasn't expected half and half bastard waiting for him. He didn't have a problem with Todoroki but the capability of keeping a straight face can really annoy him on some occasions like this one. He couldn't stand looking at his deadpanned face. lida and Uraraka greet him while Shoto gave him a simple nod.
"I didn't expect you to be here this quickly" Kacchan told him.
"I came here as soon as I heard that you were taken to the police station." He said.
Naomasa took his seat behind his desk with a notebook on his hand.
"Does every one of our friends know what happened?" Ochako asked Shoto.
"Sadly yes and they were all shock when Momo and I told them. They asked me plenty of unanswered question, that is why I'm here, to find the answer."
"We all want to find it but first we will need to conduct some test to see if they were being controlled or not." lida said.
Bakugo snapped at this statement. "Of course they weren't themselves. There is no way on earth or in heaven that they committed these crimes. They were mostly puppets for someone's game" he said.
Deciding that he had even of everyone ignoring him, he jumps in the conversation.
"I believe your theory but the fact is that we need evidence if we need to prove their innocence. Without it, they will be accused of these crimes and their hero status will fall. The population will see them as villains. The trust between the heroes and the people is fracturing, we will need to make that it doesn't break. Here let me show you this." He grabbed a remote from his desk and turns on the tv on the wall, in front of him. The others turned their head to a news report about the attacks.
"we confirmed that the two attackers were the pro heroes Kamui woods and Death arms," The news lady told the audience.
Uraraka gasped with her mouth closed when she saw the bloody see on the ground. Somehow, the aerial view made the scene even worse than when she was there. She could hear the shocks from the people working behind the studios. They couldn't believe that they were reporting this kind of battle. Never in the age of heroes that you heard this type of stories.
"They were forty-five people dead with sixty-one injured."
She had tears in her eyes as the number of dead was revealed to her. She didn't know what to say anymore. She imagines the impact of their death to their family member. She could see a witness who was crying for the loss of her husband. She could understand her. She too, had lost someone that she loves a villain but this time they weren't villains, they were heroes. The woman on the screen was yelling 'murderer', referring to Death arms and Kamui woods. The fact that they were labeled murdered by this woman, broke even further her heart but she was determined to stay strong until they will find the answer. She wiped away the tears from her face and looked back up at the television with a hard glare. Bakugo saw that she was no longer crying. He smiles that her friend wasn't gonna cry around like a baby and that she will be stronger. The determination on her face made him proud.
"What does this attack means for the rest of the hero community and the people of Japan. What are the possible consequences of this attack and most importantly, how can we prevent this kind of situation from happening? Our government hasn't given us any answer or comments of this. We will have to wait.." The TV went off, it was only darkness on it. Bakugo was holding the remote, he didn't want to hear anything else.
"These fucking news reporter doesn't even talk about the fact that it was pro heroes who also save countless lives from being lost. Plus they don't fucking mentioned that there is a possibility that the mind was being controlled by someone else. Is this why you wanted us to come to your office, to show us this bullshit" He put his hands on the desk as he glared at the detective.
"Unfortunately, yes. From now on, we don't know what will happen. And you should listen closely when the government will comment on the attack. They could change the way on how we operate. We need to make sure that we find out if Kamui woods and Death arms are innocent. If they are and that the results say they weren't in their right mind then I will need all of you and your friends to find who is or are the responsible these crimes of murder." He stood up and move past his desk, ignoring Bakugo's glare in which he sighs before following him. The detective opens the door to let them through like a gentleman. Once outside, he closes the door of his office and they all enter the elevator until they reach the basement where most of the inmates in the police station were behind bars.
Inside, they open the door that leads to the cell blocks. While passing through, you observe the different type of villain in there, most of them were low-life street thugs to make a living with other people miserable. Uraraka noticed, on her left, prisoner of was looking at her with his eights eyes. He was half-human and half-spider. She shrieks back a little, she always hated spider. When there was one inside her house, she would call Deku to get rid of it but unfortunately, he was also scared of spiders. It took him all of his courage to confront it. How irony isn't it, he was the greatest hero, who defeated countless monsters and powerful villains with no fear, couldn't stop himself from crying like a damsel in distress every time he had to face the small creature. She found amusing and would always tease him about it after the deed was done.
"What is going" She was snapped back by
Naomasa Tsukauch's voice.
In front of them, there were men in a black suit with red ties. One of them was talking to the detective while the other one was escorting the pro heroes with his squad, aiming their semi-automatic weapons on them.
The first man pulls out his badge from his suit, showing that he was part of the NPA, the national police agency. They were affiliated with the government of Japan which means that they took this case really seriously because it could have greats impact in the future depending on the results of the investigation.
"We have the authority to take your case. It's now a national investigation, we will be moving the prisoners to our headquarter." The agent told us as the prisoners were bypassing us toward the stairs.
"Can we at least follow you to take some test. We need to know what's going on in their mind. They looked like as if their personality had stripped away." lida asked the agent.
"I'm sorry sir but because of the circumstance of the attack, we had been ordered not to let any heroes assist in this investigation"
"Because of the circumstance... Are you bullshitting us right now? We are the ones who stopped these two. We should allow being a part of this case." Bakugan gave the agent a death glare but he didn't try to intimate him, just wanted to show him that he was unpleasant by the government decision.
" We are really grateful for your help to the city and we will be in your debt but once again, I sincerely apologize, we can't escort you to our headquarters. Orders are orders and we need to follow them, nothing personal." And with that said, the agent left them alone in the block cell to join the order in the parking where the prisoners were being held inside a fortified van with chains around their wrists.
"FUCK" Bakugo hit the cell bars next to him, sending a shock wave which vibrated the others cells around him. Ochako gave him a look of concern. She patting him on shoulder, realesing his tension. Seeing this Todoroki asked if there was any possible way to participate in the investigation.
"We can't for now. The NPA is now fully in charge and they won't let anyone touch with the evidence or talk to the suspects. The only thing that I could do for my part is to follow their progress. If they find anything crucial clues, I will make sure to pass the words to you, just make sure not to tell anyone except for your close friends. I don't want any trouble with these guys. They could fire me if they wanted to for leaking out information but I will do it."
Shoto grabbed his hand and shook it. He gave him one of his rare small grins. "Thank you detective, we really appreciate it. You know how to contact us if anything occurs during their search"
The three of them left the building, disappointed that they couldn't do anything except to wait, they didn't have any other choices. Plus they didn't know how long it will take before they have any answers of some kind. Todoroki told them that he join the others of their friends to discuss about the situation.
"Wait for me, I will accompany you." lida him.
Both of them looked back at Bakugo and Uraraka, asking them if they will meet up later. Ochako was about to respond that she didn't mine but Bakugo beat her to it.
"We're both going to pass. Uraraka us tired from the day, I will escort her back to her house."
Lida raise his eyebrows at this, his ears must have hearing things. Even Todoroki who usually had a straight face was taken back by his behavior. During all their years together, he never saw him act like this toward one of his friends. He knew that he cares about everyone around him but he never shows his affection for them. The fact that he wanted Uraraka to rest, raised suspicious in his head.
"What's going on these two" he thought.
As for Ochako, she smiles at Kacchan. She appreciated that he wanted her to get some rest even though she was completely fine. His concerns for her wealth really touch her in her heart, she could feel her face heated up. She hoped that the others didn't notice her flustered face. These are the moments where she could see the gentle side of her friend, she only wishes that he could show more affection to his friends.
Without any other reasons to conclude his suspicious Todoroki told them farewell before leaving them alone with lida by his side who was wondering about the deepness of their friendship.
"Maybe these two are a couple" He decided that he will ask her later when she will be free. He was really surprised that Bakugo was this considering for Ochako's health but nonetheless he was happy for her. If these two were really a couple then he would be glad for both of them, especially her gravity friend. For two years he had watched being depressed over Izuku. She didn't know what to do with her life anymore. He once spotted her drinking two bottles of beers, inside a bar, to help her ease her pain. He had immediately took her to her best friend's house to watch over her. Tsuyu gladly accepted. She was completely lost, luckily, he and his friends were there to support her and to comfort her until she was over with his dreath. In the end them managed to bring her out of her depression but lida could see that she had changed. She wasn't as happy as before. His death took her happiness from this world. So if Bakugo and her were dating then it means that she was ready to take a huge step and maybe she could refind her happiness with someone else. Still, it surprises him that among all the people she knows, she has a feeling for a blond haired boy. He remembers that she once despise him because of his treatment to Izuku when they were in middle school and then in UA high.
"My car is back where I parked, near the restaurant. I hope you don't mind walking there with me" Bakugo scratched his head while it turned to the side, embarrassed by his action. He didn't ask her if she was tired or not, he just presumed since she fought against Death arms. She hoped that he didn't that she was weak by proposing to her to get some rest. Uraraka is tougher than she looks, he acknowledges and his proud for her.
"Don't worry, I don't mind it at all. It will give another chance to look at our beautiful city. Plus you are here with me to keep me company, we plus finish our date on a better note." She gave him shy smile before grabbing his hand, intertwining his fingers with hers. They walked through the city, observing the crowd around them. People were returning to their family, it was already six o'clock and so much happened in these last hours. Both needed a break from all of this.
When they arrived at the restaurant, Bakugo tried to be a gentleman and opened the passenger door for her. She giggled at his behavior, but nonetheless she thought it was really sweet of him. He even escorted her until their arrived at her door. He never complained about giving a ride home even though they were stuck in the traffic for an hour.
"Thank you for today even though our plan didn't go as expected" She said.
"You're welcome... I also thought that it was great to hang out with" He thought he should more but he didn't know what. His mind rambling inside as he tried to say something nice about her before leaving. A compliment should en the date well. It might be cheesy but that's the only knowledge have from watching romantic movies in his house alone, making sure that no other heroes about his secret. The only person who knew about his dark deep secret his Kirishima, and he had promised him to keep is secret, after he threatened him to kill and strip him naked in front of everyone. Ok, It might be extreme but that I was only assurance that he wouldn't tell a living soul.
While he was stuck in his thought, Uraraka giggled with one hand over her mouth. She decided this opportunity to give him a small kiss on his cheeks. She closed her eyes but as she was about to kiss him, Bakugo turned toward, knowing exactly what compliment to say. His eyes widened when he saw her date inches away from his face. He didn't have time to react, he was like a deer who is caught by the light of a car. Their lips collapsed together. Her eyes immediately shot open, realizing that she wasn't kissing his cheek but instead his mouth. His lips were strong and hard, they were intoxicating her. For a few seconds they stood there in this position, none of them pulling away from each other. They were savoring the other lips as they became a bit aroused by this. There wasn't any tongue action but it didn't take away any the intimacy that they were sharing. It seems like hours as pass but in reality the kiss lasted just below five seconds.
Uraraka pulls away from him. He face was about to explode from embarrassment. She didn't know what to say to him. She wanted to run back inside her house and lock herself from him but she resisted the urge to do it, it will rude. And as for Bakugo, he too was fluttering like a madman. Sweat was pouring down in on his face as he tried to wipe them away. He had completely forgotten what he wanted to say. It had the perfect compliment but now it was lost in the abyss of his head. Finally, Uraraka was the first one to react.
"I should... get inside. I'm... really tired" She was stuttering like an idiot. She wanted to wrap this up as quickly as possible.
"Yes you're... I should leave you alone now" With that said Uraraka took this signal to enter her home. Once she closes the door both of them sigh. They didn't realize that they were holding their breath the entire as they tried to control their breathing.
"I can't believe it that I kiss him/her" They both thought at the same time.