One week after her kidnapping and assault, Ochako was released from the hospital and put on leave from work. Her and Bakugo were staying with Jax and his family in his guest house. Nobody else knew of their location except for Hawks. News reports said little about the incident, and Bakugo knew he had Hawks to thank for that.
The old gang got together minus Izuku who was on a top secret mission. Tsu and Shiro were the first to arrive with Jiro joining Tokoyami the following day. Mina, Kirishima, Kaminari, Iida and Todoroki showed up yesterday. Momo wanted to come but couldn't risk the safety of her and Shoto's child. Them, along with Bakugo, Jax, Hybrid and Firefly started searching the city for The League of Villains, especially Inferno.
Bakugo thought about his fiancé during a quick break. He knew she was safe with Jax's wife Shield. It why they chose the location. She had a quirk that shielded herself and those around her; her shielding quirk was impenetrable. It helped that Uraraka felt completely at ease in her presence and then there were the children. Jax and Shield had five of them ranging in ages from 10 months to nine years old, and they immediately took a liking to the gravity quirk hero. He smiled thinking of it. She was going to make an amazing mother one day.
"Ready Dynamite?" Jax stood waiting for him. "Just got off the phone and everything is going well. She's been reading to the kids all morning and Shield is making them ramen for lunch." Bakugo nodded then stood up. "She's strong, you know?"
"Of course she is! She's fucking incredible!" He barked out; Jax was already used to his brashness and yelling. He smirked at the young hero.
"You moved up in the ranks. Number 12 hero." He added.
"Tch, soon, I'll be number one." Jax just sniggered and shook his head at the explosive quirked hero. "Let's go!" And he blasted off of the rooftop to check the next few buildings.
His dark eyes watched her from the shadows. She could feel his piercing stare. Then he stepped into the light, "Hello, my pet. Miss me?"
"No!" Ochako shot up from the couch were she had fallen asleep after lunch. Her heart was hammering out of her chest, sweat soaked her brow.
"Uravity?" Ochako looked up to see Akira, Jax and Shield's oldest. "Are you okay?" The boy sat on the corner of the couch and watched her warily.
"Just a bad dream, Akira. I'm sorry if I scared you." The young boy smiled at her kindly.
"I used to have nightmares all the time. Hold on!" He got up and ran from the room and up the stairs, returning moments later with a stuffed pig. "This is Mister Bara! Dad got him for me when I was five and had terrible dreams. He fights the bad dreams." He handed him to Ochako. She started to push the pig back into his hands but he shook his head. "I'm almost ten and haven't had any bad dreams in over three years. Keep him. He'll protect you."
Ochako giggled and thanked him. "Thank you Akira san." She bowed her head to him then pulled him into a tight hug. "You're so kind." Akira blushed and bowed to her before leaving the room. Ochako got up and folded the throw blanket back up before telling Shield that she was going back to the guest house to get some work done.
She had been on leave from Hawks Agency, but was researching on her own. She found everything on Ren Kazuya that she could find and was working on piecing together the details of his presumed death as well as his rise through the League of Villains and closeness to Shigaraki.
Checking the clock, she noticed she had been asleep for a couple hours before her nightmare woke her. It was now a quarter til three in the afternoon. Katsuki would be home in two more hours. He has been so gentle with her. He did not push her to go any further than she was comfortable with. At her next doctors appointment, they will be testing to be sure that the rape did not result in pregnancy. She prayed to every deity out in the universe that she was not.
"Looks like he went into hiding. That or, if what Uravity heard was an honest reaction from Shigaraki, he may be dead or at the very least is being punished." Hawks explained. Mina and Kaminari were going over a possible sighting that turned out to be a false lead.
"So, what? You giving up? Fuck that! I'm still searching! I'll tear this fucking city apart! I need to find that bastard!" Kirishima tried to calm Bakugo down.
"Come on Bakubro! Think of Uravity." His blasty friends grabbed him by the collar then.
"She's ALL I ever think about!" He screamed.
Jax and Hybrid both grabbed ahold of him and forced him back to his seat. "Stay!" Jax growled. "You're letting your emotions cloud your judgement!"
He looked and saw Kirishima being checked over by Pinky. He had burned his friend's shirt around his collar. "Fuck, man! I'm sorry!" He buried his head in his hands. "I need to find him. For her. He needs to be found." He mumbled.
Once everyone said their findings for the day, Hawks called it a night. "Dynamight, a moment of your time please?" Bakugo entered his boss's office and closed the door.
"I want you to take the week off." He put his hand up to quiet the young hero. "Listen. Just take the time to help each other heal. You hardly took any time when this first happened. Focus on becoming a stronger partner and the hero that Uravity needs you to be, even if she doesn't know she needs it." Hawks placed his hand in Bakugo's shoulder. "Strong women like her, they suffer in silence. It's up to men like us to help them be heard." He nodded. " I'll see you next Wednesday. Give her my best."
Bakugo stood up and walked to the door before turning slightly, "Thank you, sir."
"Angelface, I'm home!" He smelled something sweet and smiled. She was baking. Entering the kitchen, he smiled upon seeing her frosting cupcakes. She looked up and saw him smirking at her.
"Katsuki! You're home early?" She looked over at the clock then realizing that she had once again lost track of time. "Oh! I had not noticed that so much time had past." He came over and kissed her.
"Hawks gave me the week off. Looks like we will be spending some much needed time together." Not that she wasn't thrilled, but she wondered why. "I may or may not have choked out Kirishima." He grumbled.
"Kats! Why?" After explaining the situation and his frustration with the investigation, her look softened. He was scared. Scared for her. "My favorite hot head." She kissed him, then he deepened the kiss. Lifting her onto the countertop, he lowered his lips to her neck and heard her sigh contentedly.
"I love you."
After dinner with Jax and his family, they went to bed. "What the hell is this thing?" Bakugo picked up a stuffed pig and looked at it with abject horror causing his fiancé to giggle.
"That is Mister Bara. Akira gave him to me to fight against the bad dreams. It was very sweet." Her nightmares had been plaguing her this her kidnapping and assault. "We'll see if it works." She shrugged before cuddling against his chest with the pig in her grip. "G'nite."
She walked down the alleyway; a shortcut to her apartment building. Suddenly the air felt different. A faint burning smell reached her nose. Turning to check her surroundings, the blackness takes over.
Katsuki hears the knock at the door to their guest house. He checks the clock. 1AM? "What the fuck?" Ochako shifts.
"Wassit? Who's here?" Bakugo kisses her cheek.
"Probably Jax. Go back to sleep Angelface." He throws his T-shirt on and opens the door. "What? We were sleeping." Jax stands there, his eyes red. "Something's happened?" He nods and sniffles.
"Firefly." He chokes out the name of their fellow coworker and hero. "It was him." He shakes his head in disbelief. "She's gone. He burned her alive and left her in a dirty alley near her apartment. He left this." He hands Bakugo a note.
I'll kill everyone you know and then I'm coming for her. Join us or she dies!
インフェルノ
A/N: Short update
