EDIT: Thanks to Alphasix321 for mentioning that big early plothole in his review! You know which one I'm talking about folks if you watched/read the anime/manga! D:


[Midoriya, Uraraka, Asui, Yaoyorozu]

"Uh...guys? Who turned these lights on?" Ochako asked her friends hesitantly as she lowered her gaze to them.

"That's...a very good question," Momo muttered as she also lowered her gaze to look at her classmates.

"Um...m-maybe the town just has an automated timer for when the town goes dark?" Izuku theorized as he looked on ahead at the path they were going. "I-I mean...that makes sense, right?" He turned to his female classmates, looking for someone to agree on that notion.

Tsuyu lowered her gaze away from the street lights to look at Midoriya. "Y-Yeah...that could be it."

"But...why would anyone light up an abandoned town at night time?" Ochako asked them, her face filled with clear confusion and caution.

"Well...maybe it's, uh, part of the attraction?" Izuku speculated. "Like the whole town is lit up to make it feel like it's an actual town? And maybe the lights would be like a guiding light for drivers on the road?"

Momo pondered that with a hum and a hand on her chin. "...Those sound like they can be very plausible reasons."

"Y-Yeah! I mean, it is a park after all. That has to be it, right?" Izuku said with a relieved look on his face, glad that his reasoning made some sense.

...Not that he was creeped out by the street lights coming on by themselves one by one or anything. There has to be a reason for it to even happen...right?

Ochako and Tsuyu both seemed to accept that conjecture as they took sighs of relief.

Yaoyorozu looked to be in deep thought for a second. "...I mean...it sounds about right, but...that type of revenue from the park would be phenomenal. They must have a lot of visitors to let this place light up the way it is now…"

Midoriya froze, as well as the other two girls.

"Oh...yeah…" Izuku thought about that for a bit.

"In fact, I wouldn't think they would light up the town like this every night. That would waste a lot of money." Momo said as she contemplated. "...But I could be wrong, and this place could have that type of money." She looked up at the street lights again, seeing that some are bright, while one flickered in the distance. "...Either way, these lights could give us away from whoever it is that Iida saw."

Izuku winced. "Oh...yeah, there's….there's also that, huh?"

Ochako and Tsuyu froze, the former being a little nervous, while the latter felt a little cautious.

Turning to her other three classmates, Momo sees the uncomfortable expressions on the two girls' faces. Upon seeing that she might've alarmed them, she winced and said hastily, "Uh, I-I mean, it's not like whoever is out there will come to our location right now or anything. We can...uh, just try not to be in view of the street lights..."

Izuku turned to Momo and gave out a sheepish smile. "Oh, uh, yeah! G-Good idea, Yaoyorozu! We should, uh...we should probably get a move on then."

Momo smiled at Midoriya's suggestion. "Yes, we probably should."

"Uh, r-right!" Ochako said with a hesitant nod, but her face soon turned into one full of confidence.

"Yeah. We just, uh...we just have to be careful about where we go now, *ribbit,*" Tsuyu informed, taking glances at her surroundings to make sure they are, in fact, alone.

Once they continued back down their path, they made sure to hold hands(which fueled Izuku's anxiety more) to try not to lose each other in the fog. The only sounds they could hear were their nervous heartbeats, as well as the sounds of their own footsteps echo throughout the street. They were just footsteps, but each time they stepped onto the ground, they couldn't help but count the noises to make sure that a foreign one didn't suddenly join them.

Ochako looked around her, glancing at the shops and the street lights, although mostly at the latter. The lights were exactly bright enough, almost as if they had LED light bulbs in them, showing a clear definition of the paved graveled ground in its spotlight. That one street light that was flickering on and off went spastic, until it stopped, slowly going dark...until it started flickering again a second later.

"Well...at least we, um...at least we don't have to use our phones to light the way. You know, preserving our battery and, um...and stuff," Ochako told everyone.

Izuku turned his head towards the brunette, who was walking next to him with a reassuring smile as they walked. "Yeah. We're lucky these street lights even turned on."

Momo, who was next to Izuku, turned her head to him and nodded. "Indeed...although, it was a surprise when all of them turned on."

Tsuyu, who was next to Ochako, nodded in agreement. "Yeah…" She was silent for a second. "...Actually, shouldn't all street lights just...turn on exactly at the same time? They just...turned on one by one."

They all stopped for a moment upon hearing Tsuyu's remark on the lights.

"Um…" Izuku blinked. That was a little weird…

He shook his head and turned to Tsuyu. "Y-You probably shouldn't worry too much about that, Tsu. Maybe the lights are...just designed that way, I guess?"

Tsuyu hummed in consideration of that. "...Yeah, you're probably right, *ribbit.*" She turned to Izuku with a smile. "Sorry. I just got a little paranoid is all."

Momo frowned at that statement. "We probably should be a little paranoid though. Whoever is out here could try to ambush us."

The rest all hummed or nodded their heads in agreement, before they continued onto the street.

I hope Kachaan, Todoroki, and Jirou are doing okay… Izuku thought, worried about his friends.


[Todoroki, Kyouka, Bakugou]

"...Well, that was...odd." Shouto said slowly, a little cautious.

"Uh...yeah." Kyouka uttered.

Katsuki apparently recovered from the event, and just sneered at the street lights. "Tch! So some damn lights came on at night, what's the fucking deal?"

Jirou turned her head to Bakugou with a monotonous look. "Um, maybe because this town is supposed to be empty?"

Bakugou growled. "I know that, ya Long Eared Bitch! It's probably just because this town has a timer set in to turn these street lights on!"

"First off, don't ever call me a bitch again, or else I'll make you sing a soprano." Jirou said with a death glare, making Bakugou almost flinch. Almost. "Secondly, why would this abandoned town even have working lights in the first place?"

Shouto hummed, "...Maybe it's part of the attraction?"

"Tch, yeah," Scoffed Katsuki. "Exactly my damn point."

Kyouka rolled her eyes at the Explosive Quirk user and turned to Shouto. "So, you think the lights are paid by the park?"

"Has to be. How else would they be on?" Todoroki said with a shrug.

"Well...this park is taking care of a whole entire town, so...how much revenue would this park even make to keep it all lit up like this?" Kyouka asked honestly.

Shouto blinked at that, while Katsuki raised a brow.

"I mean, it is basically an amusement park, but...well, they would have to be getting some serious Walt Disney World-like money to light this town up at night."

"...Huh." Todoroki pondered at that for a second. "...You make a good point there."

Bakugou scoffed. "Who the hell cares? Whatever they're doing to keep these lights on, it's way better than using our phones to light up our path, so let's stop fucking around with our time and get a move on!" He walked up forward to the entrance gate of the small park, the sign saying 'Middouitchi Park'.

Jirou scowled at Bakugou's back while Todoroki just glared at him.

"He's really intent on 'finding' our friend, isn't he?" Shouto said in monotonous sarcasm.

Jirou sighed in aggravation at Bakugou. Turning to Todoroki, she said. "Well, either way, he is right about one thing: we don't have to use our phones now, thanks to these street lights. We can save the battery on them."

"Yeah...there is that." Shouto turned to Kyouka. "But what you said does make sense. I wonder if the whole town is all lit up?" He glanced down in thought. "...Or if it's just certain parts of the town?"

The Rocker Girl shrugged. "Heck if I know. I don't know much about business and financial stuff, but I know that they have to get a lot of money to keep this place running."

"Hm…" Todoroki pondered more about that.

"Hey! Get your fuckin' asses over here already!" Yelled a frustrated Katsuki.

Jirou frowned at the direction where Bakugou's yell came from. Groaning slightly, she turned to Shouto, "Well, let's catch up to the angry jerk, shall we?"

Todoroki smirked at Jirou. "Okay then. Lead the way."

"Tch, thanks." Jirou smirked as well.

They walked up to the entrance to the park as well, hoping the bad-tempered young man was still there waiting for them. When they caught up with Bakugou, they moved through the densely fogged-filled area on the park's walkway.

As they walked through the park though, they felt as if the fog was getting thicker...

"Damn, seriously, what is up with this fog?" Kyouka grumbled as she trudged forward.

"It is getting ridiculously thick right now, isn't it?" Shouto muttered, squinting his eyes through the mist around them as he walked.

"Eh, quit complaining and keep moving, ya extras." Grumbled Katsuki, still up at the front of them.

Jirou heard his mumble with her sensitive ears and glowered at him. "Oh I'm sorry, are you our leader now? Since when?"

Bakugou growled as he stopped to turn his head to Kyouka to snarl out. "Since now, so shut up, Long Ears!"

Todoroki frowned. "I don't really see you as 'leader material', Bakugou."

Fully turning around, Katsuki sneered and glared at him. "Oh, so you think you can do a better job leading us, IcyHot!?"

The Hot and Cold Quirk user narrowed his eyes at Katsuki in disdain. "Yeah, I think I could. First round of order: stop being an ass."

Jirou snickered.

"Shut the fuck up!" Bakugou yelled at the rocker girl, his right eye twitching.

Kyouka rolled her eyes as Shouto crossed his arms in disapproval, saying, "You got a real attitude problem, you know that?"

"You shut it also, Scar-Face, before I blow up another one on your mug!" Bakugou growled, a few firecracker sized explosions popping in his hands. "Tch! You don't want that happening again, don't ya?"

Shouto eyes widened for a brief second, and narrowed again, this time in a death glare. "You better back the hell off, Bakugou."

"Or what, Loser!? Huh!?" Bakugou got up into Todoroki's face and glared at him, the latter doing the same.

Oh boy. Jirou cringed. "Hey, guys, listen, let's not try to kill each other right now, alright? We need to find Iida. This is really getting us nowhere."

Todoroki kept his glare focused on Bakugou, before sighing through his nose. "Jirou's right. We should start acting a little civil and tolerate each other a little bit longer."

Bakugou sneered. "Tch! Yeah, well, I've heard enough out of all of you extras. I ain't gonna stick around with any of you damn losers any longer." He then turned around and started walking forward.

"Hey, where the hell are you going!?" Jirou called out irritably to him.

"If you don't want me to lead, then you can all just do whatever the fuck you want in this town, like make out or some shit. I'm not going to get weighed down by you office supplies from getting over to Stain." Bakugou told them as he walked off into the fog once more.

Kyouka growled at Katsuki in aggravation. "We're trying to save Iida too, ya know!?"

"Yeah, whatever. I'll find Stain, and you idiots can go find Four-Eyes. Just don't get in my way." And with that, Bakugou disappeared in the fog.

Jirou just glared back at the dispersing blonde. "Is he serious right now!?" She turned to Todoroki. "Come on, we got to catch up to that idiot!"

Shouto sighed. "Yeah, I guess we have to, don't we?"

Before they begin to power-walk over to Katsuki, for a moment, Shouto thought he saw something at the corner of his left eye.

"Huh?" He paused to look to his left.

Kyouka stopped when she didn't hear his footsteps coming after her. "Huh? Todoroki, what's up?"

"...I...I see something over there." He said, focusing on his left with squinted eyes

"You do?" Jirou asked, turning at the direction where Shouto was looking.

Deep in the thickness of the fog, they could see something, but just barely...

There was...some sort of a light present inside the fog. But it wasn't from one of the bright, white and yellow street lights that were lined up in the walkway of the park.

For one thing, it was moving. And the glow was a strange, ominous purple.

"Wha?" Jirou noticed it too. Curious, she extended her ear-jack extensions and listened in on whatever the light could be.

She could've been imagining it, but she thought she heard heartbeats coming from the glow.

The said glow looked as if it was getting closer, shining brighter with every step it took towards the group.

"What...what is that?" Jirou mumbled in confusion as she retracted her ear-jack extension.

"I...don't know." Todoroki answered with a puzzled mutter as well.

Kyouka decided to call out to the light. "Hey! Hello!?"

The light suddenly flashed yellow, until it eventually transitioned back to purple.

The two teens blinked and stood straight, a little high on alert.

"Uh...h-hello?" The voice was coming from the light. It sounded young and feminine, as well as confused and...lost?

Blinking again, Shouto and Kyouka glanced at each other and turned their attention to the light again, the former saying cautiously, "Uh...hello?"

The light turned yellow again, but gradually turned back to purple...which seemed to now have some orange mixed in its glow as well.

"Oh, uh, h-hello! Is someone there?" the glowing lights responded.

"Uh...yeah." Kyouka said, a little wary. "Who, um...who are you?"

"Oh, uh…" Now the light turned light pink. "I...um...a-are you, uh...are you from this town?"

Shouto frowned in confusion. "Um, no. No one lives in this town...I mean, I think?" He turned to Kyouka with a bewildered expression.

"You're asking the wrong person," Kyouka said to him, who looked just as confused. She turned to the voice. "Yeah, we aren't from this town! Are you...are you from here?"

"Um…no." The voice sounded nervous, and the light turned into a mixture of pink and purple.

Curiously, Shouto furrowed his brows and asked, "Are you...doing that?"

"Huh?" The voice sounded confused, and the light turned into a normal colored pink. "Oh, the lights? U-Uh...y-yes. It's my Quirk."

"Your Quirk?" Kyouka blinked again. "Wait a minute, who are you? This town is abandoned, so no one should be here, right?" She glanced at Todoroki, feeling perplexed and almost asking him if he can confirm that.

Shouto narrowed his eyes at the light. "I thought it was too…" He then asked, "What's your name? Are you lost?"

The light turned yellow again. "Um...I...I guess I...kind of am lost…" For a brief second, the light turned purple, until it turned orange. "...My name is Orosuko Anju."

Shouto looked on at the light, a thousand questions running through his mind. But one of them stood out the most:

'Why is she here?'

He then leaned next to Jirou and whispered to her. "I'm gonna take a wild guess and say she doesn't live in this town."

"Tch, yeah, no kidding." Jirou nodded at his obvious assumption. "Do you think she's the one who led Iida here?"

"I don't know. Unless her Quirk has some light trick to make her look like Stain, then maybe." Todoroki then raised a hand to cup his mouth. "Could you maybe come a little closer so we can see you?"

"Um…" Anju turned purple again.

She seems to change color a lot...could it be linked to her emotions? Shouto thought as he speculated. He continued, "We won't hurt you. We're just looking for a classmate of ours."

"Yeah." Jirou nodded. "Have you seen him? He's tall, has short, raven hair, and wears glasses. His name is Iida Tenya. Oh, and he has a Speed Quirk that makes him have jet engines on his legs."

Anju was silent for a moment, her body glowing orange…

The light grew brighter as she began walking towards them. The two of them tensed up, preparing themselves for a fight.

Fortunately, it seemed like that wasn't necessary, as the woman appeared harmless enough.

She looked to be older than them, her appearance pretty and looking like she's in her late teens. Her hair was shoulder length and is dark brown, and she is wearing an orange sweater, red jeans, and a pair of sneakers. She looked to be nervous, like she was afraid that the two teenagers would attack her at any moment. She was holding onto both her elbows, a sign of comfort and anxiety as she took cautious steps towards them.

The most eyebrow-raising part about this girl, however, was that her pale skin was the source of the different, glowing colors.

"Um…" Anju started to say, still keeping her distance from them but letting herself be seen. She stood there, and upon seeing that they looked harmless enough, visibly relaxed. She began to glow orange again. "I'm...I'm very sorry, I don't know who you're describing." She told them, her orange glow somehow mixed in with a little bit of blue into her skin.

"Oh...well, no worries." Jirou said, letting her be at ease. "So...your name is Anju? My name is Jirou Kyouka, and this is Todoroki Shouto."

Anju nodded her head. "Um, yes. Uh, hello, Kyouka and Shouto. W-What are your Quirks?"

"Mine is Temperature, both Hot and Cold." Shouto explained.

"Yeah, and mine is Earjack." Kyouka explained, fingering her special ear lobes.

"Oh...well, m-my Quirk is Mood Colors. They show...colors, t-through my skin." She explained.

Shouto nodded. "Okay…" He chose his next words carefully. "Uh...is there any reason why you're in this empty town?"

The older teen's eyes widened just a bit, and her color changed into a light purple. "I, uh…" her color changed into a softer yellow. "I'm...also looking for...for someone."

"Really?" Kyouka asked. "Who are you looking for around here?"

"Um, my...my Pap-I mean, my father." Anju corrected. "I'm supposed to...meet him here." She said, a little distant sounding for a moment, while her color turned slightly blue.

Todoroki took the time to observe the girl's demeanor. She was shuffling her feet a bit and hugging herself a little, looking quite reserved. Her expression seemed to show a mixture of discomfort and...sadness? Maybe that was what her recent color meant.

Before Shouto could ask her if she's alright, Kyouka continued by asking, "Okay. So, you're meeting your father here...in this...um, park?"

Anju glanced at Jirou, her expression turning slightly forlorn and awkward, while her color turned blue and pink. "I'm-I'm sorry, I, uh, I need to get going."

Shouto and Kyouka both blinked, before the former spoke up. "Wait, you said you were meeting your father here, right?"

The older teen glanced at him in surprise, her color turning yellow, until it turned purple again with a mix of pink. "I, um, I did. I'm...I'm now, um, uh...going to look for him."

"Oh…" Kyouka looked confused. "But...how did you get in this town? This town itself is now a park, so...did you get access to come here, or…? I mean, obviously you're not from here, and this place is said to be abandoned, right?"

Anju went back to purple again. "I, uh, I found a way inside." Her color fluctuated, but still remained purple. "I-I'm sorry, I really need to go. It-It was nice talking to you both."

"Wait," Todoroki said. "Do you need us to help you, or-?"

"Oh, no, I, um...I'll be fine." Anju told them as she was about to walk past them to make her leave. "Um, b-bye. I, uh...I hope we meet again."

"Uh...okay." Jirou said, still a little baffled by what was occurring here.

Anju walked past them, leaving the two younger teens to wonder what this young woman is really doing here.

Before she went into the fog though, she stopped. Turning around, she had a look of...concern. Her color was a pink...mixed with purple.

"U-Um...be careful around here. This town...y-you could get lost in it." Anju informed them.

Both Shouto and Kyouka glanced at each other and looked back at Anju.

"We will. Thank you." Shouto told her.

Nodding to them, Anju went on her way, leaving the two teens alone again.

Jirou was the first to speak after she was gone. "That was...odd."

"Yeah…I wonder what she's really doing here." Shouto thought out loud. He then looked in the direction where Bakugou supposedly went. "Well, we can't catch up to Bakugou now. It looks like we'll be on our own at the moment."

"Hm, yeah..." Jirou looked around their surroundings. "The real problem though is that we don't know where Iida or even the rest of the gang are in this fog."

"The fog has gotten worse, hasn't it?" Todoroki noted as he looked around again. "I feel as if maybe we should get out of this park, and find some sidewalks close to some buildings to navigate our way around here a little better."

"Good idea." Jirou nodded.

So the two went on with their search...


[Bakugou]

"Tch, fuckers. That damn IcyHot thinks he can do a better job leading the group than me? He and Long-Ears can go find Four-Eyes all by themselves. I'm going to find that Stain bastard and blow his ass away. And ain't nobody, not even that fucktard Deku is gonna stop me from doing so." Bakugou mumbled under his breath.

As soon as he walked out of the park, he crossed a street to a pedestrian sidewalk full of businesses, which he took a left to keep up with his trek in the town.

A minute passed and Bakugou looked behind him.

...Nobody was following him.

"...Hmph. Pieces of shit. Of course they wouldn't follow me." Bakugou said with an irritated frown. "Not that I care. That means they won't be in my way, so that's good." He continued on the sidewalk, until he got to another street. Crossing it, he found himself next to another city block.

He kept walking and walking.

...Everything was too quiet...save for his footsteps...and his breathing...

...He paused on the sidewalk.

Katsuki snorted. "...Fuck. It's too damn quiet out here...that's usually not a good sign."

He looked around the fogged filled streets and up at the sky. The sun was setting and it was gradually turning into night, making the street lights more substantial to its environment.

"..." Bakugou got his phone out, and looked at the time.

20:14

"...Feh." Putting his phone back into his pocket, Bakugou kept going with his trek up the sidewalk, passing another street and on another city block.

Shit. I don't even know where the fuck I'm going. Bakugou paused once more to get his bearings, but found it difficult thanks to the fog. "...Fucking damn it. Where do I go? This town is already big enough as it is, so that bastard Hero Killer could be anywhere…"

He looked ahead at the street in front of him, and thought about passing it or to be out in the open for whomever to see...if they can with this mist.

"Ah, what the hell, it's worth a shot." Katsuki mumbled.

He quickly crossed the street, and once he was in the middle of it, he stopped and looked on ahead at the road.

...He waited for about a minute until he started to get impatient.

"Come on, you damn Hero Killer! I'm here, so come out and face me now!" Bakugou yelled out.

...Nothing.

"..." Katsuki growled, and spat on the ground vehemently, muttering, "Stupid fucking Villain…" He narrowed his eyes as he pondered. "...Or maybe there wasn't one to begin with…" He sneered. "Tch! I'm beginning to think that idiot Four-Eyes was just seeing shit..."

He turned around to walk back to where he was when-

"Hello?"

Bakugou whirled around, his hands already up for a fight as he stared down the foggy road in alert.

"The fuck?" Katsuki muttered.

"...Hello!?" The voice was faint, but it was growing louder.

Huh...that's weird. Ain't this town supposed to be abandoned? Bakugou wondered. ...Wait, could that be Stain?

The Explosive Quirk user got ready for anything as he stood there, preparing himself to blast whoever that might be coming his way. He wasn't going to go over to harm's way, so he's letting the potential harm come to him.

"...Hello!?" The voice was getting closer...

It certainly didn't sound villainous…

A few seconds later, there was a form coming from the fog...as well a little lights that were shining in the mist.

"Huh?" Bakugou uttered.

The form looked human, but...the silhouette didn't look like it belonged to an infamous villain.

The figure eventually got close enough to where Bakugou could properly see him.

It was a handsome man who looked to be in his late-twenties and was of average build with dirty-blonde short hair. He was wearing a green jacket with a black shirt underneath, some blue jeans, and some nice casual shoes. However, what was quite odd was that the man's right and left fingers and thumbs were lighting up from his tips like flashlights. When his lights shined on Bakugou, the man seemed equally surprised.

"Oh, uh...h-hello?" The man greeted Bakugou.

Bakugou just stared at the man, looking at him a little oddly.

Well shit, this ain't the Hero Killer. Who the fuck is this guy? What's he doing in this damn empty town? Katsuki pondered, and decided to ask those questions.

"Hey, who the hell are you?" Bakugou asked him roughly.

The man blinked. "Um...m-my name is Jasei. Sandarando Jasei."

"Hmph...Bakugou Katsuki. Just what the fuck are you doing here in this town? This place is supposed to be abandoned." Katsuki asked him.

Jasei frowned at his usage of language, but decided to not address it. "Um...I'm looking for someone."

Raising an eyebrow, Bakugou asked him. "Who?"

"My...my wife." Jasei answered, looking downtrodden for a moment.

"Why would your wife be in this town?" the blonde asked, his eyebrow raised.

"...I...I don't know." The man frowned, trying to remember what occurred in his mind. "My...My wife and I were going to sightsee around these hills. She was in the car with me, and ...I...I saw something on the road, swerved to avoid it, went down a slope, and crashed into a signpost...when I woke up later, I saw that my wife next to me was...gone."

The teen narrowed his eyes at Jasei cautiously. He glanced at his right and left hands and saw that the tips of his fingers were shining out bright light.

"Hey. Is that your Quirk?" Bakugou asked him.

Jasei broke out of his thoughts and raised his hand to look at it, which the lights dimmed a bit. "Yeah...Flashlight Fingers…" He chuckled, staring at his fingers. "Not really a Hero material-like Quirk, but they're useful. Well, at least not Pro-Hero material...I did think about being a Rescue-Hero on time, but…" The man shook his head to clear his thoughts. "Sorry, I rambled. I-I tend to do that."

Bakugou frowned at that. Tch. Sounds like stupid Deku…

The adult then asked Katsuki, "Actually, what are you doing here, Bakugou? And what's your Quirk?"

"For the second question, Explosion. My sweat creates nitron-glycerin, so if it ignites, it creates explosions." Staying silent for a second, Bakugou then continued. "I'm also looking for someone."

"Oh. You too, huh?" Jasei muttered as he sighed. "Well, I guess we're both looking for someone..."

"Hmph…" Bakugou stood there as he stared at this man, wondering if he should be even wary of him.

Then again, it's fucking odd that he's even here…

It was then Jasei suddenly asked, "Hey, have you...seen my wife anywhere? Her name is Mai, and she...has red hair." He looked concerned and bothered, probably thinking about his wife. Shaking his head again, he got his phone out with his right gloved hand and turned the face of it to Bakugou. On the locked screen, there was a picture of a beautiful red-haired woman, who was wearing a sky-blue floral dress. "Sh-She looks like this."

Bakugou looked at the picture and went quiet for a moment, until he replied, "Nah. Haven't seen her."

"Oh...okay." Jasei then took a deep sigh in disappointment and put his phone back in his pocket. "W-Well...um...thanks, anyways."

Bakugou couldn't help but stare at the man in suspicion. He's acting kind of damn weird...ah, hell, he looks harmless enough. Can't help him find his wife, though. I got to find those shitty extras, and whoever the fuck is out here that Four-Eyes saw. Bakugou thought.

"Eh. Well, good luck on finding your wife."

"Yeah...thanks." Jasei said a little softly. His demeanor looked confused, as he glanced around where he was. "Um...be careful around here. This fog doesn't look like it'll clear up anytime soon."

"Tch. I don't need to be careful, I can take care of myself." Bakugou muttered in a haughty tone.

"Oh...okay then." Glancing at the ground to think of something else to end on a better note with, Jasei finally said, "Well, I hope you find who you're looking for as well. Um...until then, see ya."

"Hm...yeah." Bakugou nodded.

And with that, Jasei turned around and went back the way he came up the street and into the fog, leaving Katsuki all by himself on the road.

"...That was fucking strange." Bakugou made his thoughts to himself known.

Feeling as if he should just go back to where Shouto and Kyouka were, he turned back around and walked off into the fog as well.


[Midoriya, Uraraka, Asui, Yaoyorozui]

The group of four teens were still navigating the fog as they held each other's hands. Momo was apparently leading the way, with Izuku, Ochako, and Tsuyu slowly being dragged behind. They couldn't afford to be lost in this fog, especially since it's nearing night time.

"Is everyone still holding on?" Momo asked them through the mist.

"I am, *ribbit.*" Tsuyu confirmed.

"Y-Yeah, so am I!" Ochako reassured her.

"U-Uh yeah! All good!" Izuku told her, still not believing he's gone this far from holding not one, but two girls' hands. He hoped he wasn't sweating too much…

"Okay, good." Momo nodded. She looked ahead at their path, wondering what they should do from here. After getting to an intersection, she stopped to look at her surroundings to see where they are.

The three other kids stopped as well, with Izuku asking, "Uh, Yaoyorozu? What's up?"

Momo read the two nearby street signs, which they were on Bakkuman Rd., while the horizontal street said Maseson St.

"Hmm…" She turned to her other classmates. "We might be bigger targets if we continue like this. I think we should split up again in two more groups."

"Really? A-Are you sure?" Ochako asked, feeling a little uneasy about the possibility of walking off into another different direction.

"I think it's for the best." Momo told her as she let go of Izuku's hand. "Me and Izuku will go up ahead, while you and Tsuyu will go to your right over on this street."

"HUH? W-W-We!?" Izuku exclaimed in shock.

Momo blinked at Izuku. "Well, yes. You know Iida a little more than Tsu and I, and Uraraka knows him a little more too, so if we go in one direction, while Uraraka goes into a different direction, then we and they will probably find Iida. If one of us finds him, one of you can talk some sense into him."

"Oh...uh, t-that kind of makes sense." Izuku said a little sheepishly.

Upon realizing that Izuku and Momo were going off alone, Uraraka managed to stutter out, "Wha-wait! B-But-" She paused, though, as she realized that she was going to reveal some information on liking a certain green-haired boy.

Tsuyu, who winced slightly at Ochako's misfortune, decided to intervene. "Hey, uh, don't worry, Uraraka. I'm sure we can get through this. We, um, just got to find Iida and not get lost around here."

Uraraka turned to the Frog Girl with an uncertain frown, but after seeing Tsuyu's knowing smile,, she gave her a small smile back to her.

"O-Okay…" She turned to Momo and Izuku. "I, uh...I guess we go ahead from here. Just, um...be careful out there, uh, you guys, okay?"

Izuku smiled with a slight blush. "Oh, n-no worries, we will! You girls be careful too, alright?"

Momo looked down in thought. "Hmm...actually, maybe we should try to share our numbers too." She pulled her phone out of her skirt pocket. "What yours, Uraraka?"

"Huh?" Ochako blinked. "Uh, w-well, mine is-"

"Oh, wait, that's right. I can show you my number. Hold on." Momo went to her phone contacts, walked up to Uraraka, and showed her phone number. "Here it is."

"Uh...o-okay." Ochako said, as she awkwardly tried to get her phone out of her jean pocket.

Well, another wasted opportunity to get Deku's number. Thought Uraraka in dreadful disappointment.

To add more salt to the wound, Izuku asked Tsuyu while Ochako was putting the number down, "Oh, uh, maybe we should, um...exchange phone numbers too, Tsu?"

Tsuyu, upon feeling even more sorry for Ochako, froze for a second with wide eyes at Izuku. "Um…" She blushed just a bit, and upon realizing she's not replying, she snapped out of her thoughts and said, "Uh, I mean, sure, okay. Hold on." She got her phone out of her shorts pocket, which the back of her phone showed a cute green looking frog face. She went to her contacts, and showed her number on her screen to Izuku. "Here."

"Oh, okay!" Izuku quickly typed the phone number down, his fingers fumbling in nervousness. Once he finally managed to do the task, he hesitantly said, "Um...that's a cute phone cover you have."

"Oh, uh...thanks. Nice, um, All Might cover as well, *ribbit.*" Tsuyu replied.

"Oh! Uh, thanks!" Izuku blushed a bit as he chuckled slightly.

And that was when Uraraka honestly died a little bit on the inside…

"Okay, I got it in..." Ochako said in monotone anguish, feeling depressed.

Momo frowned, noticing her demeanor. "Uh...Uraraka? Are you alright?"

Tsuyu, upon seeing her friend look downtrodden, cringed. "Uh, come on, Uraraka, let's, uh, let's go, *ribbit!* This street to our right, uh, right?" She asked Momo.

"Huh? Um, yeah, but w-we should probably let this be our meeting place when we want to regroup." Momo told them.

"Oh, yeah, *ribbit!* Sure, we can do that!" Tsuyu nodded. "Well, we should all probably go now!" She turned to Ochako and said, "Come on, Uraraka! Onward!" Grabbing her startled friend by the arm, she pulled and dragged her to their designated direction in the street, leaving the two other teens alone in the intersection.

Momo, curious about that reaction, turned to Izuku with a questionable look. "What was that all about?"

Izuku looked at the girls that were going over to the street with a blink. "Honestly, I'm...a little baffled myself."

The Creation Quirk user turned to look at Izuku's line of vision for a moment, before deciding not to dwell on that right now. "Well either way, we should keep moving from here."

"Yeah…" Midoriya then realized that not only he'll be walking alongside the smartest girl in his class, but he'll be walking with one of the prettiest girls in his class.

...Oh damn.


[Uraraka and Asui]

The two girls were walking up the street, both awkwardly silent as they ventured into the fog.

Tsuyu gave a sideways glance at Ochako, whose face looked almost as neutral as hers, albeit looking a bit sadder.

Oh man...I gotta say something to her. Tsuyu thought with a little bit of shame across her features.

"...Hey, um…" Tsuyu started out.

Ochako turned to look at her.

"...He just, uh...he was just asking me because he thought that was the next thing to do is all. There's nothing behind it, no worries. He didn't do it because he was...you know, into me or anything."

The Gravity Girl kept her gaze on her, but then looked straight ahead at the path they're walking.

Not liking the silence, Tsuyu started to become a little nervous herself.

Slowly, Ochako turned her head to the Frog girl with a small smile. "I'm sorry, I know you weren't trying to take away Midoriya." she giggled lightly, to which Tsuyu let out a small, nervous chuckle as well. "And from what I've seen from Deku, he's not the type to flirt, so I know that he was just asking for your number so that he can keep in contact with us."

"Uh, yeah…" Tsuyu nodded, a little relieved that she wasn't mad at her. "I mean, of course! I totally wasn't trying to do that! I was, uh, just trying to, um, play along! Or...something." She became quiet for a second, until she said, "And yeah, I wouldn't think he would be the type to excessively flirt all the time."

Ochako chuckled at that. "Yeah, you got that right. Deku is so adorable that way...it's one of the reasons why I'm a little attracted to him."

"Heh, yeah, I can see that." Tsuyu said with a small smile.

With that issue peacefully resolved, they kept on walking down the street in silence.

Yeah. I can see why Uraraka is attracted to Midoriya. Tsuyu thought with a small nod. He's a nice guy, not too obnoxiously overconfident, always thinks about his friends, and he's pretty humble. Sure, his Quirk is strange, but he can really use it wisely when it comes to a fight. Plus, he is pretty cute-

Tsuyu froze midstep, her eyes widening at her train of thought. Before Ochako could notice, she kept on going, quickly catching back up to her friend.

...That was...just a fact. Yeah, he is cute. I can think that about boys like Midoriya. It doesn't mean...anything…

The girls kept on walking, Ochako unaware of the girl next to her who's feeling a little unsure of what she just thought about her newfound crush.


[Midoriya and Yaoyorozu]

As they walked up the street side-by-side, Midoriya was getting more anxious of being alone with Yaoyorozu. Said girl was actually focused on the task at hand, as she glanced around for any signs of their classmate, while Izuku was just looking at the ground while they walked through the fog.

Okay...so...I'm alone with Yaoyorozu...no big deal...except that she's a girl and...she's a pretty girl at that...she's also smart, so I can't act like an idiot in front of her, and...w-why am I so nervous here? She's your classmate, just act like you would normally act around your classmates!

...Yeah, no, I'm screwed.

"Midoriya?"

"Ack! I mean, uh, yeah?" Izuku turned to Momo, feeling a little shaky.

Momo stared at Izuku for a moment, before saying, "Where do you think we should start looking for Iida?"

"Oh! Uh...I don't...really know. We could try to look inside some of these buildings, but...which one would be the question."

"Hmm…" Momo glanced around the area they're in. "...Well, why not that convenience store over there?" She said as she pointed straight ahead.

Izuku looked at where she pointed, and saw that there was, in fact, a convenience store up ahead on the curb where the street made a right.

"Uh...yeah. Okay, that works." Izuku nodded.

They went forward to their destination, but as soon as they were close to the convenience store, they noticed something.

"Wait…" Momo muttered as she stopped.

Izuku also stopped as he looked on at the store in puzzlement.

"Hey...the lights are on." Izuku noted.

Indeed, they were. Illuminating in the fog like a ghostly lantern, the store stood out from the rest of them; a will-o'-the-wisp in a dark forest.

"...That's...strange." Momo said, feeling quite unnerved about the idea that there was someone else there with them.

"Yeah…" A thought then ran across Izuku's mind. "Wait, what if Iida is in there?"

Momo looked at Izuku, her eyes filled with realization. "Hey, you're right. We should go over there and check!"

"Yeah!" Izuku nodded and they bolted to the store.

Upon arriving, they see that the store's doors were already open, the twin doors left ajar for Midoriya to push open with ease.

Izuku frowned as he stepped inside. Contrary to what he was expecting, the store looked pretty clean and tidy, not looking like it was neglected after so many years. There were fresh advertisements on the windows, sale price banners hanging from the ceiling, and food, drinks, and other fresh items were on the shelves and in the coolers…

"...This can't be right." Izuku finally pointed it out. "T-this place should be abandoned, right? But it-it looks like any other store you would find on our streets back home."

Momo frowned, finding this place to be an oddity as well. Nothing about this entire thing made sense. Who was in there with them? Did they maintain this store as well? If so, when and why?

BLAUUUGH!

Both teens jumped at the sound.

"Huh? H-Hello?" Izuku called out, his hands tightening into fists.

Momo was just as prepared to fight, ready to create something out of her arm.

BLAAAUUGH!

They blinked at the noise, before they wrinkled their noses in disgust. The noises sounded an awful lot like vomiting.

PLA-BLAAAUGH!

Izuku and Momo both glanced at each other in question. They began to walk cautiously towards the source of the noise, passing each aisle slowly as they prepared themselves for anything.

Once they passed the third aisle though, they noticed something lying on the floor.

Turning their heads towards the thing on the floor, their eyes widened as they quickly placed their hands on their mouths to muffle their screams of terror.

There was a dead body on the floor, with blood pooling out from under its head. .

As Momo did her best to not scream and vomit herself, Izuku, whose brain never stopped working, began to examine the situation.

The body looked to be a man, wearing a red plaid shirt, jeans, and some sneakers. His whole form was face down on the floor, with his blood underneath it, and the wound seemed to be coming from his neck-length long brown-haired head.

It seemed like hours before they realized what they had to do. Their training and education finally kicking in, they dashed towards the body, but avoided stepping on the blood. Momo checked for a pulse while Izuku kept watch, in case the murderer was still nearby.

Despite their prayers, the man was indeed dead, and judging by the circular wound at the back of his head, someone had shot the poor man.

The disturbing part, however, was that the wound looked fresh. A chill ran down their spines as they realized that more blood and brain matter was still leaking out of his head, and it took everything for the poor teenage girl to not throw away the body in horror.

"My word...who could've done this?" Momo finally managed to say, before she let out a gag.

BLAAAAUUUGHH! BL-PL-BLAAAAAUGH!

The Quirk Inheritor held his tongue as his attention was brought back to the mysterious noises. His head darting around like a lizard, he realized that his ears had led him to the restroom. Slowly walking closer, he realized that the noises were coming from the men's restroom.

Momo, who had followed the green-haired boy, bit her lip as she stared at the restroom door with unease.

"Midoriya?" She whispered to him.

"...S-Stay behind me." He whispered back.

Momo glanced at him, a new look of determination filling each other's faces as they realized that they had each other. Courage coursed through their veins as they grew determined to confront whatever it was that was making the noises, who could also be responsible for the dead man back there.

She placed a gentle hand on his shoulder, and Izuku, although embarrassed that his beautiful classmate was touching him, felt all of his remaining fears and hesitation melt away.

I can do this, Izuku glared at the door, taking a few, brave steps towards the noise. I HAVE to do this! I'm a hero, and heroes never let their fears stop them! I'm a HERO!

And before he could change his mind, Izuku grabbed the door knob, pushing it open so that they could confront the potential killer.

*HUFF...HUFF...HUFF*

The first thing they heard after entering the restroom was the sound of someone panting and gasping for breath; a common aftermath of nonstop vomiting, as they learned from their times as little children from when they themselves got sick.

Glancing at each other, Izuku nodded to Momo that he'll go on, while the latter nodded back, knowing what he was implying as she put on a brave face.

Once she let go of his shoulders, she began to make a metal staff out of her arm for self-defense. Midoriya nodded once more, and began to peek around the frame of the opened door.

As predicted, it was a person after all, and he was knelt over the single toilet, panting as he wiped his lips with his arm.

The man was wearing a striped blue and white horizontal shirt, along with brown shorts, white socks, and black tennis shoes. He was also wearing a blue cap that was worn backwards on his short, blonde-haired head, and was wearing a watch on his right arm. His physique looked to be a little obese, and looked like he was in his early twenties as well.

Two things stood out about this man: his ears, which resembled an animal's small, flappy ears; and his tail, a small, swirly tail which stuck out of his obese rear.

Trying very hard not to stare at the fact that his buttcrack was practically sticking out of his shorts, he cleared his throat.

"Uh...h-hey?"

The man gasped, startled as he turned around to look at the boy, still holding onto the toilet while he knelt there.

His facial features...was that of a pig. With pig ears, a snout, pink skin, and the aforementioned curly little tail that was out of the back of his shorts.

"Wha…" He was still breathing heavy and looked to be in shock. "Who…" Blinking, his cheeks puffed out as he then lurched back into the toilet again.

BLAAAAUUUUGGGHHH!

The disgusting sounds of puke splattering inside the toilet made it much more vile as he threw up again.

Izuku grimaced at the scene. Momo, who peeked in as well, couldn't help but cringed as well at the sight.

Upon finally emptying the last of his stomach, the man began heaving as he gradually began to breathe at a normal pace.

"Ugh...who…" He gulped down some air. "Who...who are you?"

"Um...m-my name is, M-Midoriya Izuku." Izuku told him, feeling almost at ease for the time being.

"Uh, yeah, and, um, my-my name is Yaoyorozu Momo." Momo told him her name as well.

The man looked at the two and gazed at them. His eyes showed a sense of fear in them, but also...a pinch of regret and guilt?

"Oh...u-uh, m-my-my name is Eda. Donburousuki Eda." The man introduced himself. It was then he looked to have remembered something, as his face was filled with realization. "Ah! I-I didn't do it!"

The two teens looked confused.

"Huh? Do...what?" Midoriya asked him.

"I-I-" Eda gulped, as he turned around and sat down on his rear now. His sitting position looked like he was hiding something behind him as he sat with his left leg bent outward with his right leg out in front of him. "I, uh, I-I just found him that way! Really!"

Izuku blinked. "What?" He then realized that he meant the body they found back there. "Oh...I mean, we weren't…" He paused as he blinked again. "Wait...what are you doing here in Chinmoku, uh, Donburousuki?"

Eda's eyes widened at that. "Uh...I-I was, I-I mean...I...uh, I took a wrong turn and I ended up here somehow. Th-This is that park that's an abandoned town, right? Like you said, Chinmoku?" He then stopped to look at both of them a little oddly. "Wait a minute, what are you kids doing here in this abandoned place?

"Uh...well, we, um...we were looking for someone. Our classmate, Iida Tenya. Do you know who or where he is? He's tall, has short dark raven hair, wears glasses, and has jet engines for legs? I mean, that's his Quirk, Jet Engines." Izuku told him.

"Oh, um...n-no." Eda shook his head. "I, uh, I haven't seen the guy. Are, uh...are you guys training to be Heroes?"

Momo answered that question with a nod. "Yes, that we are."

"We're here on a school field trip for 'Quirk Responsibility.'" Izuku explained.

"Oh…" Eda looked down in dejection. "That's cool...I wish I was a Hero." He looked up. "Hey, what're your Quirks? Mine's...well, I guess it's pretty obvious by now. I mean, look at me, I'm a pig."

"Oh, uh...w-well, um, mine is, uh, Super Strength." Izuku quickly fibbed, feeling weird upon announcing his given Quirk.

"Um, mine is Creation." Momo told him.

"Huh...those sound cool." Eda looked back down in depression. "I wish I had a cool Quirk."

An awkward silence then followed, leaving the two teens staring at the pig-man with unease.

Then out of nowhere, Momo suddenly asked, "Um, who...if you don't mind...who shot that guy back there?"

Upon mentioning the corpse, Eda looked back up and his eyes became even wider. Shifting his sitting position, he said, "U-Uh…" He shook his head. "I...I don't know. M-Maybe a...a Villain or something. I just...I mean, I'm just here in this bathroom because I saw the body. I-I got sick looking at it, so...y-yeah, that's why I'm here."

Momo's eyes widened in surprise. "A Villain? Here?"

Izuku pondered what Eda had just said, "A Villain? Is...Is he by any chance Stain?"

Eda looked at Midoriya like he grew a second head. "What? The Hero Killer? Why would he be here?"

"Well, our friend said that he saw him here when we were on the tour." Izuku replied.

"Really?" Eda uttered in shock. "Whoa...man, th-that's scary."

"Yeah. And our friend is trying to find him here because...the Hero Killer did something to upset him." Izuku said as cryptic as he can.

"He did?" Eda asked. He then raised an eyebrow. "Wait...isn't the Hero Killer's base like in Hosu City or something?"

While Eda is distracted from talking, Momo glanced at something that was behind Eda's left bent leg as he shifted it a bit. Her eyes widened as she saw what looked like a black metal barrel of a colt handgun. She froze as she put two and two together.

"W-Well, that's what we're trying to find out. I mean, he could be hiding here, but we don't know that yet." Explained Izuku.

"Oh...well, I guess that makes sense that he, or any other villain, would hide in this empty town if they did something pretty bad..." Eda mumbled as he took off his cap to scratch his head.

Momo's eyes narrowed in suspicion at Eda. Yeah...sounds about right...

"If he is here, then I guess we need to call in backup." Izuku explained, taking out his phone.

"No!" Eda exclaimed, causing the two kids to jump. "I-I mean, I…" He paused for a moment, his eyes suddenly widening as if he thought of something. "Uh, yeah! I-I mean, actually, I, uh...I don't know if you can even try. I tried calling someone before, and my phone doesn't work here for some reason."

"Oh...well, we can try both our phones outside to see if we have reception." Izuku advised.

"Actually, that's a good idea, Midoriya." Momo suddenly blurted out. "Come on, let's try outside."

"Huh? Uh, o-okay-ah!" Midoriya was quickly pulled by Yaoyorozu, who dragged him out of sight from Eda and dashed out of the store.

Eda sat there, baffled for a moment, but soon gave out a sigh of relief.

"That was close…" Eda mumbled as he reached for something behind him.

It was his gun.

"Maybe I can leave out the back exit…" Eda sighed. "I just hope the Hero Killer really isn't here though. Or any Villain for that matter…" He got up with a grunt, his stomach feeling less queasy, and staggered out of the bathroom.

When he reached for the rear exit, he looked back to glance at the kids who were outside of the store and were going back into the fog.

Eda frowned. "I hope those kids will be okay...but I can't let them find out what I did…and what I just..." He glanced at the aisle where the body was supposedly located.

A sudden surge of nausea swept over him, but he held back the vomit.

"...He... He shouldn't have...that jerk shouldn't have tested me…" Eda's eyes widened at the thought. Closing his eyes tightly, he shook his head as he gritted his teeth. "No, just...don't think about it...you...you're just confused. Besides, it's...it's done…" With a shameful frown, he exited out the back way.


As soon as they exited the store, Yaoyorozu kept pulling Midoriya away from the store until they're out of its perimeter and into the fog once more.

"Hey, uh, w-what's going on, Y-Yaoyorozu?" Izuku asked her when they were trying to get far away from the store.

When the fog envelops both of them, Momo stops and lets go of Izuku. She turns around to face him, saying, "Midoriya, I think that Donburousuki person shot that man."

Izuku blinked. "What?"

"I saw a glimpse of what looked like a colt .45 pistol." She clarified.

His eyes widened in shock. "Y-...You did?"

"Yeah." Momo nodded, her expression serious. "I don't know what happened, but Eda's symptoms of throwing up could mean one thing," She glanced down, frowning. "Killer's Remorse."

Midoriya went back and thought about Eda's throwing up, as well as him acting a little skittish. He heard of the term before, but it didn't register at that time...but now, thinking of what Eda's symptoms were, it made sense. "...Whoa." He stood there stunned.

Momo glanced back at the outline of the store. "Come on, we should probably find someplace else."

"Wait a minute." Izuku stopped her for a moment. "He...He didn't act like a bad guy. Besides, like you said, he may have been expressing Killer's Remorse, so he had to feel guilt. I don't really think that technically makes him bad."

Yaoyorozu's expression softened. "While that may be true, he just...he just seems mentally off."

"Mentally off?" Izuku blinked.

"I mean, I don't know...I just...didn't like the situation, is all." Momo said as she frowned, feeling odd now about abandoning Eda.

Izuku frowned as well. "Well...I mean, I understand, but...we haven't even heard his side of the story."

Momo stood there, feeling a little ashamed and conflicted.

Wincing at her demeanor, Izuku said, "But...he may have been a little...off. And we are far away from the store...heck, he could even be gone by now when we went outside, so...I thin-"

"Would I make a good hero, Midoriya?"

...Izuku blinked once more. "Huh?"

He looked up at the slightly taller girl.

She explained, "I...maybe I should have helped him. Maybe I could've...told him to turn himself in. But...I...I got scared." The words felt like bile in her throat.

Midoriya gazed at her, seeing that her whole demeanor now looked unsure. "Y-Yaoyorozu...you did what any other logical person would do in that situation."

The ponytailed, raven-haired girl turned her attention to the messy, green-haired boy, her expression hopeful.

"I mean," Izuku continued, "say that Eda was...bad, per se. W-We would have probably been in real danger...so, really, you might've saved us from a potential threat."

Momo stared at him, feeling almost relieved with that answer.

"B-Besides, w-we're not Heroes yet, so-"

*BZZZT*

Both teens jumped at the muffled noise.

"Oh...th-that's mine." Izuku reached into his pocket to get his phone out. "Maybe it's uh...T-Todoroki or Tsu."

Once he got it out, he looked at the screen.

"...Wh…" His eyes widened. "...What?"

Curious, Momo asked, "Midoriya? What is it?"

"...I...is this…" Izuku looked closer at his phone. "I...I got a text."

Yaoyorozu blinked. "Uh...well, yes, but what does it say? Is it from Todoroki or from Asui?"

"...I don't know."

"What?" Momo said in surprise. She stood next to Izuku and looked over his shoulder to see his text on his phone.

(?): […]

...That was all it said.

"Just...three dots?" Momo said perplexed. She frowned when she saw that it refused to tell them who it was from.

"Wait...what?"

"I don't know, it just...it looks like I got a text from som-"

(?): [HeY.]

Both teens' eyes widened in shock at the text that instantly popped up.

Then there was another.

(?): [YoU…]

"...What the?" Izuku muttered.

(?): [HeRe'S sOmE tRiViA fOr YoU.]

"Wha...What is-"

(?): [FiRsT qUeStIoN: Do YoU hApPeN tO kNoW wHeRe AsShUfIrUdO hEiGhTs CoMpLeX iS?]

"...Uh…"

(?): [HiNt: ThE sTrEeT nAmE iS nAmEd AfTeR wHaT hEaD eUrOpEaN mOnArCh PoSiTiOn?]

Blinking at these bizarre texts, Midoriya looked at the screen in bewilderment.

(?): [...Do YoU reMeMbEr?]

Momo just looked on, feeling a little unsettled by what's happening. Meanwhile, Izuku's mind raced as he began to think about what the texts were saying.

Kingu Street? ...Wait, that's where Asshufirudo Heights is...but that's-

*BZZZT*

(?): [GoOd. NoW fOr ThE nExT qUeStIoN.]

"Huh?" Izuku looked down at the text. Did...did this text read my mind?

Feeling a little creeped out, Izuku kept staring at the screen, while Momo looked on in dreadful anticipation.

(?): [...WhO dId UoRutTo CaLl OuT tO rOoM 302 aT eVeRy WaKiNg MoMeNt In HiS lIFe?]

Midoriya decided to text back to this person to get to the bottom of who's texting him.

Midoriya: Who is this?

They waited, looking at the screen…

...

I AM HERE! I AM HERE! I AM HERE! I AM HERE!

"ACK!" Izuku and Momo exclaimed.

...The screen happened to show All Might's famous catchphrase on Midoriya's phone, the quiet buzzing indicating that his phone was ringing.

"Oh...uh, w-well, um, I-I guess that answers our question about our phones," Izuku muttered, as he sees who's calling him.

It said...

...There was no one's name on the screen. Nothing except the 'accept call' button.

"Huh?" He pushed the talk button and put it up to his ear. "H-Hello?"

"...You didn't answer the question." Said a calm but cryptic male's voice.

Midoriya furrowed his brows and repeated what his text said a while ago. "Who is this?"

"I'll give you a hint."

"Hey, w-who are you? I-Is this a prank?"

"Who's the most important person in YOUR life?

Izuku frowned. "Hey, listen, I-I don't know what you're trying to p-pull, but-"

"Izuku, Honey." The voice changed into someone else…

Someone familiar.

His eyes widened.

...That voice. It couldn't be.

"...What?"

Momo saw the horrified expression on Midoriya's face, and started to become concerned.

"Please come over to Room 302 at Asshufirudo Heights on Kingu Street. I want to give you something."

Izuku stood there in stunned silence.

...The voice changed back to the male's voice.

"You better hurry. You don't want to keep MOMMY waiting…"

"...Who is this? Who are you? Wh-Where have you-!?"

"By the way, that was the answer."

BEEP-BEEP!

The caller hung up.

Momo, upon seeing her classmate's terrified reaction, was now getting worried. "Midoriya? Is...Is everything okay?"

"...Do you know where Kingu Street is?" Izuku asked hurriedly, turning to her with absolute fear in his eyes.

Yaoyorozu blinked. "Um...I...think so? Isn't that one of the streets we toured on? Where Uoruta was born?"

"Yeah!" Izuku exclaimed in a panic. "D-Do you know where it is!? Have you memorized it!?"

Momo frowned, wondering what's gotten into the boy. "Midoriya, what's going on?"

"Please! I'm sorry, but just answer the question!"

"Uh...I mean, I...I can't really memorize it on the top of my head. And thanks to this fog, I can't really see the street signs either, so-"

"Damn it!" Izuku cursed and grabbed his hair with both of his hands.

Startled by that, Momo asked him, "Midoriya, what's wrong?"

"My...My mom. I...I think she's in danger!"

The Creation Quirk user's eyes widened in shock. "Y-Your mother?"

"I don't know! But…" Izuku looked at her with desperate pleading eyes. "We got to go and find that apartment complex and get to room 302. Now!"


Aaaand cliffhanger! LOL! Sorry, that's all you'll get for now! ;)

By the way, two very important updates, one on my life, and the other on this story!

1. First off, I've just moved into my new home! :D All I need to do now is unpack and sort out some stuff in the house, as well as my room and area! Then, I'll be all set to write, do everything I want, and all that stuff! ;)

2. Secondly, about that Ochako/Bakugou angle...yeah, I've decided that that'll be more of a respectful friendship now than actual...romance. I mean, there'll still be some nice interactions with them, but they won't be...technically...you know, eyeballing each other and all that. I mean, I won't spoil, but...well, I'm just putting this out there. :O I hope that doesn't make any fans of this pairing mad or anything. ^^;

But yeah, how was the chapter? Was it any good? What do you think of the setup? And tell me how I did with the characters also! :D

Lastly, big thanks and shout out to Lucius Walker for helping me edit this and whatnot! Couldn't have done it without ya! ^_^

Until then, leave a follow, fave, and a review! I love to know what you think! XD

Keep on rocking everybody! :D

-TSP