Here we go again

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Hawk's PoV

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I followed Asahi to our seats. The stadium was a lot emptier than in past years, but it was all for the safety of the students.

Endeavor wasn't even coming this year; said he was too busy.

Asahi had changed his hair color to a dark blue, not that I was complaining, it looked good on him, but I couldn't help but think about how much he looked like the villain I saw in the alleyway.

"Keigo, you, ok?" His brows knit in concern

"Yea, just thinking about how it's a shame these kids can't even have a regular Sports Festival. Ya know, that and Endeavor not coming this year. He's been out of it since he lost another kid." he seemed to tense, then relax

"He's lost another kid. Man must be hard."

"Yea, I met him once when I was little, his name was Touya."

"Huh, hey forget about them for now, let's enjoy our stolen time together." he placed his hand on mine, so warm.

"Yea, you don't wanna hear that sob story. So, let's focus on the games, the first years are starting us out."

I watched the games intently, the first match was a race, and a blonde from 1-A completely stole the show, followed by Tensei's younger brother. These kids had a lot of power, I felt something twist inside of me, not jealousy but anger.

This was taken from me by the commission, they controlled everything in my life but Asahi.

He was mine and no one could take him from me.

He rested his head on my shoulder as the games continued, then got up to get more snacks.

I could have gotten them, but he insisted I keep watch.

One student caught my eye, he was part bird. He could be of use in my agency.

The cavalry battle came and went, and he was still nowhere to be seen. Did he get lost?

I sent my feathers out to find him, I checked the bathroom but didn't hear him, they were somewhere under the stadium when it picked up an interesting conversation.

"Tell him to just fucking work with him. Stain would be a valuable asset." a voice floated through

The hero killer…

"Shigaraki is never going to see that point, but Midoriya will. Hero society is so corrupted, the hero commission needs to be held accountable for what they've covered up and done."

Suddenly my feather was burned up, but I knew where it was. I rushed out of my seat and ran down to find whoever was speaking, but they were gone.

There was a villain here. Someone who was in contact with the hero killer and knew about the commission to an extent.

I continued to search but only found a room of students who seemed excited to see me, so I plastered a smile onto my face and started talking to them.

"Wow you're the winged hero Hawks! You're so cool!" A redhead with sharp teeth came up to me. I recognized him as a member of 1A

"Yep! Good work in the cavalry battle,"

He grinned, "that means so much coming from you! You inspire me so much by living as an out and proud hero!"

"Never be ashamed of who you love." This genuinely made me smile, being a symbol for queer youth was something the commission did not approve of, but I refused to budge on it

"Yea, it's not manly to lie about who you are."

"Kirishima, it's time to go!" The blonde from earlier came up to us

"Bakugo, thanks for letting me know! I was just telling Hawks how he inspired me to live out and be proud!"

"You're gay? Good for you." I noticed his face flush a bit, aww young romance.

"Oh, I never told you? Yea, I came out a year ago. My parents weren't supportive. But it's okay, their opinion doesn't matter to me."

"I gotta go kids, but good luck." I waved to them and made my way back to my seat. The villains probably left once they saw my feather.

Asahi was sitting in his spot surrounded by a mountain of snacks.

"Hawks, the food here is so damn good."

"Yea, the karaage is my favorite." I smiled, "I went looking for you, figured you'd gotten lost."

"You're too sweet." He leaned over and kissed me

I couldn't help but kiss him back and my worry eased for just a moment.

I placed my hand on his cheek, "are you trying to distract me from the games?"

"Maybe a little. It's been a while since we were able to spend time together like this."

"That's true, I've missed you."

"Ya know we could head out after the first years finish up. Celebrate our engagement a bit more." He places his hand on my thigh

"I don't know, I promised I'd stay the whole time." I looked away

"C'mon birdie, I wanna hear you sing." his hand slid further up my leg

I felt my face heat up, "okay we can leave after the first years finish."

His grip tightened on my leg,

"I'm glad you see things my way, darling."

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Dabi's POV

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He heard me earlier. I know he did, but from how he's acting he didn't know that was me talking.

I just wanted to get him away from here.

If I could distract him enough, then he would forget about it for a bit.

Mayhem was right, Stain would be a valuable asset. His values aligned with the future Midoriya sought.

Shigaraki was annoying and nearly had an aneurysm when he found out I was dating Hawks, until he saw the "tactical advantages". My boyfriend would not be used by anyone but me.

I watched the first match, between a purple haired student and a kid with a lightning quirk.

"Look over there!" the purple kid pointed to the cheerleaders

"Where?" Suddenly the electric kid went still

"Now walk out of the ring." The boy followed his order, walking right out of the ring.

"It's over! The winner is Shinsou Hitoshi!"

"A mind control quirk huh? Wonder what I could make you do with that?" Keigo whispered to me

It sent shivers down my spine.

Shinsou walked over to his competitor and placed his hand on his shoulder, and the kid snapped out of the mind control

The two began to talk and walked off with the yellow haired kid lagging behind a bit, a dazed look on his face.

Mayhem was up next, his performance was not everything I thought it would be, but the fact is that he can't show the extent of his power. Midoriya said he had undergone a quirk evolution and he was holding back a lot from his fellow students.

His battle ended in a draw, and I smiled. Hawks was so focused on the matches, and I just wanted to leave at this point.

Then his phone rang. He looked down brows furrowed

"Heyo, this is Hawks."

His face went pale, and he stood up.

"Is everything ok?" I asked

"I'm at the sports festival, how far?"
The voice from the other side of the phone sounded angry

"Because I was always planning on being here. I can't be everywhere all at once and you know that!" He was angry, the look of bloodlust on his face made me want to smile

"I can't do anything now, and you have so many other heroes to call, you've known I was off today, and I still spent it on hero work."

He dragged his hand over his face

"I'll be in the office tomorrow– no tomorrow, I will talk to him then. He's in intensive surgery, or you just lied to me, so I will talk to him when he is actually conscious." he shut his phone off and looked at me. The anger in his face made me think I may be able to switch his side in this war.

"We're leaving now." He grabbed my wrist and hauled me up.

"Keigo, are you okay?"

"No, Tensei is in the hospital, he was attacked by the Hero Killer Stain." I bit my lip, stain was my idol, and to think he could whip my fiancé into a frenzy caused me to have a full body response.

"Do you want to go there first?"

"No, his family needs to be there for him, I can be there later."

I want to meet the Hero Killer, I should message Midoriya.
But not now.

"Okay, so where are we going?"
"Home, the commission pisses me off."
"Okay–" I didn't fully understand but the way his eyes were staring into me I got the idea.

He scooped me up and took off quickly.

My motion sickness made me dizzy, and I clutched onto him tighter.

He was going faster than he ever did with me, my stomach lurched, I shouldn't have eaten at the arena.

When we touched down on the balcony I tripped over my shaking legs and towards the bathroom. I threw up into the toilet, and the world wouldn't stop spinning.

"Fuck, I'm so sorry Asahi. I shouldn't have gone that fast. We could have just gotten a cab." I continued to throw up, my whole body shaking, it was like before, when I couldn't keep any food down after I first burned these scars into my body.

I felt his hand on my back and I turned to him and saw he had a bottle of water.

"Thank you. I'm okay." My body wouldn't stop shaking.

"I'm sorry, my rage towards the commission hurt you."
"It's fine Keigo, I know you don't like your employers."

"Let me make it up to you?"
"What do you have in mind?"
"When's your next day off?"

"Tuesday. Why, you wanna plan something?"
"I wanna take you out."

"With a gun or on a date."
"It's a surprise."

I smiled and he picked me up again, but it was softer this time, he brought me to bed and set me down.

I took off my shoes and felt my scars strain in protest.

I hate this body of mine; I was in constant pain and there was nothing I could do about it. Giran got me medications, but it never had the right name on it. Keigo had gotten hurt one time and they gave him the good pain killers, which I stole a few here and there and it helped more than anything else.

I wanted more but I couldn't ask for them unless I told him what was wrong with my body.

That would mean he would know what I looked like, and he wouldn't love me if he knew.

"Asahi, are you okay?" he looked over to me

"I just need to rest,"

"It's only mid-day… Do you want me to lie with you and we can turn on a show?"

"Yea, I would love that."

He used his feathers to gather a few snacks and turn the lights off.

I snuggled closer to him, wrapping my arm around his waist.

"What should we watch, my love?" Keigo pressed a kiss to my temple

"I dunno, something slow, I don't think watching anything too action oriented would be good for me right now."
He hummed in response and put some baking show on. The people seemed frantic when working but the cuts of cute animals in between made me smile.

"Wow, maybe we should try to make something like this soon." He pointed to the 'biscuits' on the tv

"Remember what happened the last time you tried to bake something? You almost set the kitchen on fire."

"Hey, at least I don't confuse sugar for salt." He rolled on top of me

"At least I understand how to work an oven." I wrapped my arms around his neck

"I'm sorry again for earlier, I've always admired Tensei, but the commission was out of line calling me on my one day off this week."

"I seem to remember a time when you wouldn't hesitate to leave at the drop of their hat."

"That was before I realized how much of my life, I had given to them. I'm tired of being their lap dog."
"Want me to kill them for you?" It was a genuine offer and it seemed to take him by surprise

He sat up.

"What do you mean?"
"It was a joke babe."
"Oh, you got me haha."

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Hawk's Pov

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He said it was a joke, but why did he smile like that?
His smile, it was laced with so much bloodlust…

"So, what do you wanna do for dinner?" He sat up as well

"Uh, I don't know what you wanna do?" I rubbed the back of neck

"Whatever you want is fine."
"Just pick it's not that hard!" I growled

"Then you do it!" he grabbed my arms and pinned me down

"Whatever you want is fine!" I mimicked him

"Fine I'll just have you for dinner."
"Ooo cannibalism, kinky."
"NO! Bad Keigo!"
"I know, I know! I'm just kidding, how about we order takeout."
"What type?"
"Soba sound good?"
"Yea that would be awesome, thank you love."

I was worried about that look earlier, but I'll let it go for now.

He seemed to switch back to the Asahi I know.

'How well do you actually know him?'

The thought sent shivers down my spine. I looked over at him tapping away on his phone, I wanted to ask what he was doing but I had to trust him. We had been together for two years now, I knew him. He was my fiancé and I love him.

Whatever was coming our way we would face it together.

My phone buzzed and I saw a message from my handler.

New mission, come to headquarters before you talk with Ingenium tomorrow.

This would be interesting.

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Mayhem's Pov

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The tournament ended for me, and I couldn't be happier with the results.

Bakugou ended up in first, and Iida got word on his brother, but my eyes were set on the brainwashing kid in gen ed.

"Hey, wait up dude!" I called to him

"What do you want? Shouldn't you be with your little boyfriend?" He glared

"I just wanted to say good job in the games! What did your family think?"

"I don't have any family to come watch me. So, I was just performing to try to make it into the hero course."
"Hero course? With that villainous ass quirk, you're lucky you even got into this school!" Monoma from 1B laughed

"Fuck off dude." I growled and walked between them

"Please, you're lucky to have gotten a draw with Tetsutetsu. Your measly power is nothing compared to him." He started laughing maniacally and I decided on a new target.

Suddenly Kendo came up and hit him over the head, dragging him away whilst apologizing

I turned to him and saw a look of defeat on his face.

Perfect.

"Hey, don't listen to him, I'll be your friend." I smiled

"Thank you but I don't want your friendship. I don't know why but something about you doesn't sit right with me."
I kept smiling, what did this bastard know?
"Aw come on man, I'm just trying to be friendly, maybe we can get coffee sometime."

He grunted and walked away.

What the hell did he know?
"Kirishima, there you are." Bakugou ran up to me

"Hey Bakugou, congrats on 1st place." I grinned

"Thanks, you put up a good fight too." He smiled softly

"I want to ask you something." I started, feigning nervousness

"What?"
"Does what you heard me say to Hawks earlier, make you think less of me?"

"About you being gay? Not at all. Pretty sure I am too." he turned away

"Oh sick! Maybe we could go to Pride together on summer break!" We would never make it that far

"Yea, that would be nice."

We headed back to the dorm, where Iida was rushing out to the hospital.

I worked to hide my smile. People were worried, and I couldn't help but bask in their fear and anger. It was delicious.

Now all I had to do was get Bakugou into a relationship, it would destroy him when I kill him.

His mind, body, soul and spirit. I would break all of them. I would kill every part of him.

"What's up with four-eyes?" Bakugou asked Ururaka

"His brother is in the hospital after fighting the Hero Killer."
"Hero Killer?" I asked

"Stain, he's a fanatic who's obsessed with 'true heroes' and won't stop until he purges the ranks of all those, he deems unworthy." Tokoyami explained

"What are his criteria for a 'true hero'?" Bakugou asked

"I dunno, but there are propaganda videos online that the police keep taking down, trying to prevent the spread of his rhetoric." Denki explained

"That's kinda scary" Mina muttered

"Yea, I hope they catch the guy soon." I muttered

Yea right.

I needed to talk to Midoriya, I have no idea how the meeting went with the hero killer. I excused myself and went up to my room and found the burner phone I used to contact the league.

"Hey bro, how are you?"

"I'm going to kill Shigaraki. He fucked up the meeting with the hero killer, he kept cutting me off and wouldn't let me explain."
"So, he's not getting the job?"
"FUCKING NO! I swear if he didn't have my father's protection, I would have gutted him by now."

"So go find him." I grinned

"What do you mean?"
"Go talk to him and gain his loyalty behind his back. You said it yourself that your brother isn't on our side, so do what he can't and get him under your thumb."

"What would I do without you May?" I could hear his smile through the phone

"Probably figure things out a lot slower." I laughed

"By the way, how's Kacchan?"
"Well, he came out to me today." I smiled

"I fucking knew it." Midoriya growled

"Yea yea, I may ask him out."
"What do you have planned for him? Playing with your food?"
"Just imagining his face when he realizes."

"You really are evil huh?"
"I'm just gonna break a heart or two, almost every human only has one." I smiled

"What about the sports festival? Anyone caught your eye?"
"Yea, there was a kid in the games who has a brainwashing quirk, think it works if you respond to something he says. There was also a really annoying kid who could copy quirks, not a fan of his. He was yelling at how I was lucky to get a draw in a contest with someone who could turn into metal."
"Please, you could've snapped his neck if you really wanted to."

"I'm aware, but it gave me a new target to look into."

"Sounds like a plan."
"How are you and Shoto doing?"

"Things are going well, I think. I've never had a romantic interest in someone before. It's confusing but it's nice when we just sit in silence working on our own things."

"Good for you, I'm glad things are going well for you two."

"Anyways, any new information to give?"
"Not quite yet, but I've heard through the grapevine that there may be a summer trip."
"Ooo sounds like fun, keep me updated."

"Yea, say hi to dad for me, I'll talk with you soon."

"Talk to you soon May~"

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Hawk's PoV
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I hated going to work, yesterday was a lot and now I was standing in front of the high bitch of the hero commission herself.

"Hawks, why didn't you report to the hospital yesterday?"
"Because I believed that due to Ingenium's status and the need for his family to be the first to see him. In addition, it was my one day off after a ten-day patrol schedule."

"That is beside the point Hawks, you are our subsidiary, you are meant to follow our orders. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes ma'am." I looked straight through her; I didn't like where this was going.

"So, let us discuss your newest assignment. I want you to infiltrate the league of villains."
My head snapped forward

"Ma'am I am the number 3 hero, there is no way they will ever trust me. In addition, I've never been trained for that style of mission."

"We have done our research, it seems that the hero killer's ideology is something they have taken to heart, you will pose as an individual who is dissatisfied with how hero culture has progressed, and you will offer them a highway into popular culture and information."

"You're sending me on a suicide mission because I refused an order?" I was angry but I wouldn't let it show

"It's either that or you finally agree to ending your relationship, it's bad press to have you as an openly gay hero. It's not what the people want, Hawks."
"And what if I just quit?"
She began to laugh, "oh please, you know that's not an option for you. We've owned you since you were a child. You owe us everything, so infiltrate the league, I would hate for anything to happen to that wretch you call a fiancé."

I could snap her neck right now, I could do it, but seeing as the commission controls almost all of my assets and has access to my apartment, Asahi would be dead by the time I left the building.

I wouldn't be fast enough.

"Fine, I'll infiltrate the league. I'll need to find someone to get in through. It may take some time." I didn't want this

"We've already identified the main recruiter for the league, the villains captured during the USJ incident didn't have much information, but almost all of them were recruited by a dark-haired man covered in scars. We have on good authority that he hangs around the red district at night, you'll stake it out on Tuesday. There is no room for protest."

I just looked down; how could they do this? How could she be so heartless?

"That is all Hawks, go talk with Ingenium, see when he will be returning to the field."

With that I stormed out of the office, how could she do this?
I headed to the hospital but in all honesty, I didn't have the stomach for hero work anymore.

Yea I'll get into the league, maybe then I'll be free from her, from the commission.

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Midoriya's PoV

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I was rewatching the news coverage of the UA sports festival, there were a few individuals who had been labeled as genuine threats. Third years, specifically Mirio Togata. His quirk would be hard to deal with, he was untouchable to most people, so immobilizing his quirk would be the first step.

"What if your dad just took his quirk away?" Shoto was lying on my bed, tossing a pen in the air and catching it over and over again.

"He has to touch the target to achieve that, we would have to still deal with capturing him."

He hummed a response

"What about that brainwashing kid mayhem pointed out, the first year?"
"No family to threaten him with. Plus, May thinks he's onto him somehow."

"Well, if we could capture him first then All for One could use his powers to control Togata."

"No he would have to reveal himself, not a good idea."

Another hum

"So how do you propose we deal with him?" He rolled over to face me. His roots were growing in. I could see red and white at the base of the blue.
"I don't know, I may just go crazy." I laughed

"Like you weren't already."

"Quiet you. You're lucky you're cute."

A blush spread across his face, he was cute

"So, what should we do about him?"
"If there was a way to occupy him, that would work well."

"So maybe a two-pronged attack? We divide our forces, and keep two groups occupied? But we would need to have a massive force on both ends." I explained

"True, but we could grow the league through shows of power. Maybe if you take out All Might that could give us an advantage at crippling hero society." He suggested

"That could work but I don't know… there's no way we could get him alone."
"He doesn't need to be alone per say. If you and your father were to face him at the same time, he wouldn't stand a chance. So, we take a hostage, make a deal with him to get the student back, and have Mayhem lead some more students in a campaign to rescue them. He would be busy protecting them."

"Are you suggesting what I think you are?"
"Yea, let's go after that childhood friend of yours." He grinned and I kissed him.

What would I do without my devious love?

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Huh I finished this a lot faster than I thought I would.

What do y'all think?
Hope you enjoy it!
Love Jade