"Kaachan!" Midoriya came up to him, along with the other kids. "Hold on! We just need to-"

"Oh, fuck off, already!" Kaachan snarled as he turned harshly around to face him and the others. "I'm pissed off and I don't want to hear from any of you fuckin' extras, including you, Deku, about how we should give that old bastard a chance to hear his own damn side of the story!"

Midoriya winced and said, "Well, no, Kaachan, w-we were just all thinking of maybe taking Mr. Hari's advice."

"Wait, we are?" Asui asked incredulously. The others also seemed to look at Midoriya in surprise.

"Wait a minute, you mean...we are walking there?" Uraraka said, bewildered.

"Whoa, Green, I didn't agree to that." Jirou said.

"Well, I said maybe." Midoriya sheepishly said.

Yaoyorozu heard the sound of tires on gravel from behind her and she looked back to see that the van had its lights on and was turning around, driving back to the way it came.

"Hey, he's leaving!" Momo exclaimed.

Todoroki turned to see as well that the van was leaving them. "What?" He said in shock. "He's actually leaving us here?"

Bakugou snorted in disdain. "Fuckin' typical."

Midoriya blinked at the vehicle that was leaving their sight through the fog...which he noticed was getting a little heavy.

"Um...well, I...I guess we are walking from here on in." The green-haired teen said, a little baffled.

"Seriously?" Jirou gazed as she blinked as well at the van fading into the fog with a perplexed look of disbelief. "Wow...man, that was...that was really uncool of the guy to do that to us ."

Uraraka frowned in confusion, disheartened at Hari's leaving. "Why would he do that? He acted like he was a nice enough man." She then looked around the campground that all seven of them were in, the fog surrounding them all as well as the area. It was almost going to be sundown in another hour, the day getting gradually darker, with the sun already hiding behind the clouds on this cloudy day. She grew a little uneasy at the setting and on the thought of trekking through here to the town at this time.

Asui looked around their foggy surroundings as well and stated what was partially on their minds. "Man, this fog is not letting up. Seems kind of a jerk thing to do for Mr. Hari to just up and leave us here in this campground in the forest, especially while there's a fog rolling in."

"Well, either way, we can't catch up to him now." Todoroki said, a little disappointed.

"Tch! Who gives a shit? Let's just get over to the town already." Bakugou grunted as he walked forward to the rest of the campground in the fog.

Momo frowned and muttered to the rest of them. "As much as I hate to agree with Bakugou, he is right. There's nothing we can do now but just move forward and find Iida."

"Yeah…" Izuku said as his eyes wandered over to the leaving figure of Bakugou. "Well, we should probably g-go where Kaachan is going. Mr. Hari was going straight, so I think if we j-just go in that direction, we'll reach the town."

"Well, we should head forward then, before it gets dark." Jirou suggested.

Agreeing to that, they walked on ahead to catch up to Bakugou.

As they were walking through the campground, the teens observed the dilapidated buildings and vacant areas of the camp while they passed each of them by. The cabins had vines growing around the walls, the firepit was empty and devoid of any life, and the walls of the lodge and the mess hall looked rotted, the roofs of some of the buildings looking to have been collapsed. Everything was eerily abandoned, just like the town they toured.

Soon they exited the premises, going off into the woods. No one talked as they walked, their destination being clear on finding and helping their friend.

However, they noticed something a little off-putting as they ventured forward...

...Everything was silent.

The sounds of their footsteps were the only thing present as they kept walking through the forest. Leaves and twigs crunched underneath them as they kept going...

...It was all too quiet.

Uraraka, who was walking alongside Midoriya, felt a little anxious at the silence surrounding them. She stopped in her walk to say, "This seems...really strange."

"Huh?" Midoriya stopped to look over at Uraraka. "What do you mean?"

Everyone paused in their walk, including Bakugou, to hear what Uraraka had to say.

"Well...doesn't this whole forest feel...empty to you all?" The Gravity Quirk girl asked them.

Todoroki looked around the woods, which they were all still encased in fog. "Hmm...these woods do feel like they should at least have some wildlife here, don't they?"

"Huh…" Jirou muttered, taking glances every once in a while. "...This fog doesn't really help the atmosphere much at all, either."

Asui took a pause to look around and said, "I think we shouldn't worry too much. If it's quiet out here, then that means the animals could be sleeping somewhere." She fished out her phone and looked at the time. "...Hm. Although it is 19:00 on the dot. *ribbit* The sun should be setting in another hour, so…" She looked up from her phone in query as she blinked. "...*ribbit?* Actually...and this is not part of my Quirk or anything, so don't make a joke when I say this, but...I don't hear any insects here. Like at all."

Yaoyorozu blinked as she processed that bit of information. She was silent for a moment so she can try to hear anything that resembles any life besides theirs. The others(again, including Bakugou), followed her lead as they tried to listen to anything that could make a sound...

...Nothing.

They really didn't notice this until now. Letting this sink in, the kids start to grow a little alert. If what their studies at UA told them, they all have to trust their gut when they feel something is amiss.

"...This whole area does sound a little too quiet..." Yaoyorozu said in caution.

Midoriya looked up to see the sky. "...Huh...y-you know, has anyone seen or heard any birds fly past here...lately?" Midoriya asked them, being quite serious.

The remaining five kids all looked up at the sky as well to see if there's anything flying above them…

. . . . . .

"...Okay, this is getting a little spooky. *ribbit*" Tsuyu said, a little uncomfortable.

Shouto frowned. "Hm...although this is kind of bizarre, we shouldn't let this bother us too much. We're heroes-in-training, and believe it or not, we've faced a lot worse earlier on in our first school year."

Lowering their heads away from the sky, they all nodded to that, remembering the USJ incident. Some remember that event with a little indifference, not wanting to remind themselves that they almost got themselves into a pretty bad spot and had a taste of what being a Hero really was like.

"Yeah." Jirou agreed. "I mean, sure it's...freaky silent out here, but I guess this town is called 'Silence' for a reason, right? Heh..." She joked weakly.

Midoriya looked around the foggy woods once more, trying to decipher anything out of the ordinary. If he's ever gonna be a Hero, then he has to completely be observant to everything in his surroundings, even if something doesn't feel or look right. However, everything was blanketed by a thick fog, making it hard for him to take note of anything.

Bakugou, on the other hand, just got tired of standing around listening to nothing and grunted. "Are you all fuckin' done?! We're wasting our damn time here just standing around doing nothing but listen to fucking air. So stop being bunch of cowards and let's get our asses over to this damn stupid town, okay!?"

Midoriya glanced at Bakugou for a moment and looked like he was about to say something, when Uraraka beat him to it.

"Bakugou, you have to at least think that this is kind of weird. I mean, we can't hear anything in these woods besides our voices and the footsteps that we make." Uraraka said with a frown.

"Tch!" Bakugou scoffed and turned around to walk ahead. "Well, maybe if you keep fuckin' walking, we can get out of this shitty and 'scary' forest that you're so weirded out about, Round Face. Now stop bitchin' and keep moving!"

Uraraka's frown deepened. "I wasn't complaining, I was just being alert! And I'm not scared, Bakugou!"

But Bakugou just ignored her and kept walking…

Ochako scowled, making a noise of irritation.

"Um...why did we let him come again?" Momo asked anyone.

"I think he basically just invited himself. *ribbit*" Tsuyu said with an unimpressed frown.

Izuku sighed. "Well, we should probably move forward. We don't want to get lost in this fog."

"Yeah…" Shouto simply agreed, as well as everyone else.

And soon everyone moved forward, trekking through the forest and on their way to town.

A town named Silence.

They've been trudging through the forest for about five minutes, and they were about to get a little tired from all the walking they were doing.

"Man, I hope we get there soon." Jirou mumbled as she kept on going. "The way here feels a lot longer on foot."

"Yeah. You'd think Mr. Hari would've just dropped us near the town limits or something." Tsuyu commented, her legs almost feeling exhausted.

Momo, Ochako, Shouto, Izuku, and even Katsuki's legs were now feeling slightly weary from their hike to the town. Momo was definitely not dressed for the occasion, while Ochako was just trying to keep pushing on for Iida. Izuku and Shouto didn't complain, but they were getting a little worn out from walking so much. Katsuki though was getting a little impatient, grumbling as he kept going along.

Izuku may be getting tired, but he has to go help Iida. In fact, that's what's on everyone's priority right now…

Well...not everyone.

Katsuki just kept going ahead of them as he roamed through the fog, grumbling out profanity as he went on.

"Dammit, when is this fucking town gonna show up?" He mumbled. "That bastard Hari just dropped us here and now we're wandering in a shitty forest in a shitty fog, while I'm with these stupid extras trying to find Four Eyes...I just want to find the Hero Killer and kick his ass. I already won the festival, so if I take down Stain, then I'll really get recognized as a potential Pro-Hero. And I ain't gonna let no one outstage me. So those fuckers better get out of my way, if they know what's good for them, or-"

"Uh, Kaachan?"

Katsuki growled and turned harshly at Izuku. "What!? What the fuck is it, Deku!?"

Izuku shrinked a bit and said, "Uh...y-you do know that you're about to walk into a w-well, right?"

Bakugou arched an eyebrow and turned forward to look at what he meant.

There was indeed, in fact, a lone well situated in front of them. And Bakugou was about three feet away from it.

"...Tch. Yeah I know that, dumbass. I was just seeing what was inside of it." Bakugou said to cover himself.

"What, you were gonna check it by falling in? We won't stop ya if you are." Jirou said in a deadpan voice.

Shouto cracked a smile at that joke. "Good one."

Jirou smirked back. "Thanks."

Bakugou was not amused, however. "Fuck off!"

As soon as Momo and Ochako caught up, the former said, "Wait, a well? Then that must mean-"

"-That we're basically entering the town!" Finished the latter excitedly. "We're getting closer to Chinmoku!"

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's keep moving and find Iida!" Tsuyu proclaimed. Soon all four girls and Shouto rushed on forward, except for Izuku, who was about to dash with them, until he glanced back at Katsuki.

The blonde was standing in front of the well, looking inside of it quite intently.

"Huh? Kaachan?" Izuku said to him.

But Katsuki ignored him as he kept looking down. He looked...somewhat intrigued at what's inside the well.

Blinking at this kind of behavior, Midoriya approached him. "Uh, Kaachan? Um, we have to go."

"...It's deep." Bakugou muttered to himself.

Izuku blinked again. "What?"

That seemed to snap him out of his thoughts. "Huh?" He looked at Midoriya for a second and scowled. "Nothing, ya fucking nerd! I was just inspecting the well like I said!" He glanced at the others fading into the fog. "Huh!? The fuck!? Those 'office supplies' are going on ahead!?" Katsuki growled loudly, and turned to Izuku. "Thanks a lot, Deku, ya fucking piece of shit! Now I got to catch up to them!" He ran around the well and followed after them.

Midoriya, dumbfounded, just watched him go. Frowning at that weird occurrence, he decided to catch up to the others…

...But what was Kaachan staring down at?

Izuku decided to take a quick look to see what enthralled Bakugou about the well.

He went by the well and stood by the rim, looking down at it.

...There was nothing…

...It was pitch black...

"Huh?" Midoriya uttered, wondering why this captivated Bakugou so much.

It actually looked...creepy. It was just a well with no bottom floor, just...pitch black darkness. It was practically bottomless...

"...It is deep." Said Izuku.

"Deku!? Where are you!?" Yelled out Uraraka.

"Oh! The others! Iida! R-Right!" Midoriya said to himself. He yelled back. "Sorry! I-I'm coming!" He then ran past the well to catch up to the other kids.

...The well stood there...alone.

As soon as they were out of the woods and onto a gravel road, they could make out the ranch that they'd passed by during the tour through the fog.

Ochako cheered. "Alright! We're almost there!"

"Uraraka, I think it would be wise for us to stay quiet when we reach the town." Momo urged. "If what Iida really saw was the Hero Killer, then we can't let him know that we're here."

"Oh! Right. Uh, sorry." Uraraka said a little sheepishly.

"Well, I'll say this, but I think we should take a breather as of right now." Shouto advised as he looked around the area. "From here on in, this ranch is our starting point to entering Chinmoku."

"Yeah." Agreed Midoriya. "And I-I think the ranch is next to the main road as well. W-We should probably take that route after we rest for a bit."

"I can get behind that." Tsuyu said. "Although, I wish there was some sort of transportation to get us there faster."

"Tch, whatever." Bakugou muttered as he made his way to his right.

"Hey, where are you going?" Jirou asked the explosive blonde with confusion.

"What does it look like, Earjack? I'm going to the main road to enter the town. I ain't walking through the damn forest again to go to some fucking random area while we can just use a clear path to go on." said Bakugou as he walked to the direction of where the main road is.

"Wait, Kaachan," Called out Izuku. "Just let us get our bearings here for a secon-"

"Fuck off, Deku!" Bakugou harshly exclaimed as he turned around. "I don't want to waste anymore damn time just to wait for you extras to rest for a bit! I'm going to go find the Hero Killer and kick his ass, so you all better not be in my way!"

Shouto frowned. "In case you've forgotten, we're trying to save Iida too, you know."

"Yeah, yeah, I'll make sure he doesn't get himself killed, whatever." Bakugou said in a flippant manner as he turned back around to keep walking, his whole body becoming just a silhouette in the fog.

Jirou scowled at Bakugou as he left. "You know, I get the feeling he's only coming with us just so he can fight Stain."

"I wouldn't be too surprised if that's the case." Tsuyu said with a nod.

Midoriya frowned in pity as he looked on ahead at Bakugou. "Don't worry, he won't let Iida get hurt. If there's one thing I know about Kaachan, it's that he's serious about being a Hero."

The remaining kids glanced at Izuku, curious at his confidence in Katsuki, but each of them not saying anything.

Ochako, however, turned her attention to glance back at Katsuki's silhouette as he disappeared in the fog.

'Well…' Ochako thought with a more softer frown. 'If he's serious about being a hero, he needs to work on his character.'

Izuku then took a heavy sigh. "Well, we should probably go and follow him. Kaachan is not known to think up tactics when in fights."

"You know, I can actually believe that." Shouto dryly said, earning a chuckle from Kyouka.

And with that, they all rushed over to the direction where Katsuki went.

When they caught up with Bakugou on the main road, they were all silent as they kept walking up the strip. They've officially entered Chinmoku when they saw the old rusted city limits sign. As they went forward, they passed the empty gas station, shops, and some of the business establishments that lined up on the road.

It was odd and strange to say the least to be in an abandoned town all by yourself. If that person is honest, they would probably say it's almost...otherworldly, depending on how different it feels to just stand there and listen to...nothing.

The thing about towns, is that there's always a sign of life coming from them. From the opening of doors in shops, restaurants, and homes, to cars driving on streets, to people walking around on sidewalks. That would at least show that there's some form of life in a town. And towns are known for the people, rather than the places.

But for the case of Chinmoku...you can pretty much say that this town...died.

Never to have life in it again because of whatever economic reason. Never to be lived in again, never to enjoy what the town has to offer again, never to work in again, never again to be a town.

And Chinmoku wasn't a small town. In fact, it was a decent size to be a small city from what the kids saw on the tour.

Which made it all the more haunting.

They were all alone in an abandoned city...with no people in it at all...except only themselves.

But their presence won't bring the town back to what it once was.

Because this whole town...died a long time ago.

Chinmoku was dead a long time ago.

As they all passed an intersection, Momo said what was on everyone's minds. "It's way too quiet here."

"Tch, yeah, no shit, extra." Bakugou scoffed.

Momo turned to glare at the blonde's rude response.

"Well, uh," Tsuyu said, trying to diffuse any tension between anyone and Bakugou. "Here we are. *ribbit*"

Midoriya looked around their area. "Man...being here feels even...weirder without the tour bus present." Midoriya commented.

"Yeah, it's...kind of creepy." Uraraka said as she hugged herself to give herself some comfort, letting the chill go up her back.

"Creepy is an understatement, I'll admit." Shouto said as he looked around his surroundings. "Especially with this fog."

"Yeah, about that, where the hell is all of this even coming from, anyway?" Kyouka asked. "I mean, I know from when cool and hot air meet and all that science jazz, but...it can't produce this much amount of fog, can it?"

Bakugou grunted at their observations as he turned to face the others. "It's just shitty fog, ya idiots, there's no need to piss your pants acting all fucking scared."

Jirou scowled at him. "Hey, we aren't scared. It's just this fog is annoying as all hell."

"Yeah." Tsuyu said. "I mean, sure, it's a little creepy, but we're all just trying to be cautious, Bakugou. If the Hero Killer is here, then this fog could be either a good advantage or a disadvantage for us."

"Huh...yeah." Izuku said, his hand to his chin as he thought about that. "Actually...this fog appeared out of nowhere, really. What time is it now?"

Momo fished out her phone out of her skirt pocket and checked the time. "It's 19:30. The sun will set soon." She looked thoughtful as she understood what Izuku was saying. "...You know, this fog did come in a little too early."

"Oh come on!" Bakugou exclaimed in irritation. "What's there to fuckin' worry about?! It's fucking fog!"

"Kaachan!" Midoriya urged Bakugou to keep silent. "We shouldn't raise our voices if the Hero Killer is actually here. We need to be quie-" Midoriya started to say, but was, of course, abruptly cut off by the blonde.

"Oh, just fuck off already, ya damn Deku!" Katsuki just said with a snarl as he glared at Midoriya, who just flinched.

Ochako frowned at Bakugou's behavior. "Bakugou! That's enough! Don't be a jerk right now!"

"Right now? I thought he was being one the whole time." Kyouka said dryly.

"Me too. *ribbit*" Tsuyu said with a nod.

Shouto decided he(as well as everyone else) had enough of Bakugou's attitude and said, "You know, Bakugou, you could just, oh, I don't know, listen to our reasoning here?"

"Yeah." Momo said as she scowled at Katsuki. "If you could just think for a second, we can try to think up some sort of strategy for when we do meet whomever it is that Iida saw. Maybe even try to navigate this fog while we're at it."

Bakugou just growled at them for a few seconds, until he huffed and crossed his arms, looking away with a scowl on his face. He then sideway glanced at them "...Fine. Do things your way, ya damn office supplies. Only for now. But when the Hero Killer shows up, I'm taking him down. Everyone got that?"

Shouto and Kyouka rolled their eyes, while Tsuyu shrugged, looking unimpressed. Momo just kept glaring at him, while Ochako just took a sigh of relief.

Izuku nodded. "Okay, Kaachan, that's fine. We're just only trying to look out for each other."

Katsuki turned his attention to Izuku and sneered at him. "...Tch. Whatever. So, what stupid plan are we gonna have?"

Upon seeing that Bakugou is now being a little cooperative, Momo was about to say something, when she noticed she still had her cellphone in her hand. Looking down at it, she has an idea. "Wait...do any of you have your phones with you?"

Midoriya instantly knew what she's getting at, "Oh yeah! We can use our phones in case we split up to find Iida!"

"Exactly." Momo said with a nod and a smile.

"Hm. That could work." Todoroki commented as he got his phone out of his jean pocket. "We can also use it to light our way through the town once it gets dark."

"Hey, yeah!" Uraraka said with a smile as she got her phone out of her jean pocket.

"Wow, so far we have our phones. This is convenient. *ribbit*" Asui said, getting hers out of her shorts pocket.

"Ah, the wonders of technology." Jirou joked as she got hers out of her jean pocket.

Midoriya, glad that everyone brought their phones, got his out of his jean pocket and said, "Okay, so we got our phones." He noticed that Bakugou wasn't getting his phone out. "Uh, Kaachan? Do you have your phone?"

Bakugou growled and glared at Midoriya. "Of course I do, ya dumbass." He roughly dug it out of his jean pocket and showed it to him. "See? Now what the fuck is our plan here? Are you making our shitty plan, Deku, or what? If you are, then it better be good." He said with a slight snarl.

Momo frowned at Bakugou's behavior towards Midoriya. 'Goodness...I wonder what their history is for Bakugou to act this way towards Midoriya?'

She wasn't alone in her thought as even Tsuyu, Ochako, Shouto, and Jirou were thinking it.

"Uh, w-well..." Midoriya lowered his head in thought. "...Well, I feel like in order to find Iida, we need to split up. I don't think he would've left his phone, but we could call it if he does have it...although, that's if we do know his number. And actually, whether it really is Stain, or it was someone else impersonating him, we don't want him to be spotted by whoever it was he saw."

"So what do we do?" Jirou asked him.

'Since when was I the leader here?' Midoriya thought to himself. "Um...well, we can text each other to communicate and see if maybe we've found Iida. Or maybe we can text him if we know his number, but that might make noise too...you know, I think some of us should at least give our phone numbers out to whomever just in case, so we can keep in contact with the other. We should probably put them all on silent as well, so our texts won't make noise. Also, finally, if anyone doesn't want to give out their phone numbers, then that's fine, but we, um, should probably have some volunteers to do so."

"Jirou and I exchanged our phone numbers a while back." Momo told him, with Jirou nodding at that claim.

"Oh! Tsuyu and I just exchanged numbers today!" Ochako told everyone.

"It's true." Tsuyu nodded.

"Alright then." Shouto said as he turned to Izuku. "I guess all that leaves is to share my number to you now, huh, Midoriya?"

"Uh, heh, yeah, I guess so." Midoriya said as he rubbed the back of his head. "Here's min-"

"Hey! What about me!?" Bakugou growled.

Shouto, Momo, Jirou, and Tsuyu looked at Bakugou with a deadpan look.

"Uh, no offense, but I would rather share my number with Mineta than share mine with yours." Jirou monotonously said to Katsuki.

"A little extreme, Jirou, but I get where you're going." Momo said with a smirk. "As for me? I just don't want to share mine with Bakugou."

Shouto raised an eyebrow at Katsuki. "Honestly, what kind of conversations do you think we would even have?"

"That's a ditto to me as well. *ribbit*" Tsuyu said with an unimpressed look.

Bakugou growled louder. "Well, I don't want to share my number with fucking Deku!"

Midoriya sweatdropped. "Okay, Kaachan, that's fine.

The blonde sneered at Izuku. "Tch!"

Everyone then turned to look at Uraraka, which the girl noticed that they were staring at her. Upon seeing their eyes on her, her own eyes widened in surprise. "Huh? Wh-What are you all looking at me for?"

"Um...well, maybe you could...lend your number to Kaachan?" Midoriya asked, feeling somewhat odd upon saying that.

"EH!?" Uraraka froze as she looked at Izuku with a blank stare, and then turned her head to look at Katsuki, who was giving her a scowl.

...Certain thoughts were going into Ochako's mind

First of all, she mentally asked God 'why her?', secondly, she didn't want to look like she only wanted Izuku's phone number, and third...well, she didn't want to be rude.

'...Shit.' Ochako is having the worst luck right now.

Seeing that everyone is still staring at her, expecting her to say something any moment, with Bakugou just getting more impatient, she just decided to accept her fate.

"Uh...okay." Uraraka said in uncertainty.

Katsuki grunts and gets his phone ready. "Alright then, Round Face, give me your number."

'...I never thought I would hear that from Bakugou.' "Um, okay." She showed him her phone number on her phone, and the explosive Quirk user then copied it into his.

Meanwhile, everyone was thinking one thing, even Midoriya.

'Poor Uraraka.'

Once that was done, Midoriya said, "Um, okay then, so...I guess we should split up into...two groups?" He asked anyone to see if that was acceptable.

Shouto nodded. "Sounds good to me."

"The question is, who are we going with?" Tsuyu wondered out loud.

"I ain't going with Deku." Katsuki grumbled.

"Well, maybe Midoriya, Todoroki, and Bakugou could go in a boys' group while we go in a girls' group?" Jirou suggested.

"Huh? Are you sure?" Midoriya asked, a little wary. He then backtracked what he said, "I-I mean, I'm not saying you girls aren't c-capable and that you n-need help, I was just, uh...I just thought it would be weird to leave you girls all alone here in this town."

Jirou smirked. "Hey, don't worry, Green. We appreciate the thought, but I think we can manage."

"A-Actually, maybe we need a guy to balance out the group, just in case?" Uraraka spoke up quickly, as she took a quick glance at Midoriya. "J-Just so we can, uh...have some sort of protection?"

Tsuyu turned her head to Ochako to look at her with a confused blink, but saw that she quickly glanced at Midoriya. Putting the pieces together, she thought, 'Ah, okay. Hmm...maybe I could help her out...also, I think it would be a good idea to have at least one guy come with us.'

"You know, why not mix things up a bit?" Tsuyu said as she turned to Midoriya. "How about we select you to watch over us gals, Midoriya?"

Izuku's eyes widened as his face was red at the request. "Wh-What!? I, uh, I, uh, w-w-well, u-u-u-uhhhh, um…"

Ochako's eyes also widened in shock, but didn't say anything as she glanced at Tsuyu, and upon seeing that she gave her a knowing smile, the Gravity Quirk user blushed a tiny bit.

'Oh...wow. Um, thanks Tsuyu!'

Momo thought about that for a moment. 'Hmm...it makes sense. Maybe when we find Iida, Midoriya would talk some sense into him. He seems to know a little more about Iida than us...and there's also Uraraka. She and Iida are friends, too.' She glanced at Jirou, who looked a little confused at what's happening right now. Her mind wandered back to the tour bus, as she and Iida were next across from Jirou and Todoroki's seats. She took a glance at Jirou to see if she was communicating with the half-temperature Quirk user, as from what she knew about her, that she was a little shy on starting conversations with other people in general, especially around boys. Upon seeing that she was talking to Todoroki about music(which she felt kind of bad for eavesdropping again), and seeing that they were hitting it off, Yaoyorozu felt happy for her. She was coming out of her shell, per se…

'Hmm…' Yaoyorozu glanced at Todoroki who was just as confused at this turn of events as Jirou was. '...You know, I think this could help Jirou. Besides, seeing them talk to each other was kind of cute to see.'

Smiling at that, Yaoyorozu tapped Jirou on the shoulder.

"Huh?" Jirou said as she turned her head at Yaoyorozu.

Momo leaned down and whispered in her ear. "Why don't you go with Todoroki and…" She rephrased what she said. "Well, why don't you go with Todoroki?"

Kyouka blinked and blushed. "Wha-What?"

Todoroki turned to Yaoyorozu and Jirou. "Hm? What's up?"

Jirou looked at Todoroki and blushed a tiny bit. "Uh, n-n-nothing! W-We were-"

"-Thinking maybe Jirou here could go with you and...Bakugou, since Midoriya would be coming with us." Momo finished for Kyouka with a somewhat sheepish smile.

"Huh!?" Jirou looked at her with wide eyes.

"HUH!?" Midoriya's eyes widened like saucers and almost looked like he was having a heart attack.

"Huh?" Uraraka said as she blinked in query.

Tsuyu just blinked. "...Uh, what now? *ribbit*"

Todoroki and even Bakugou blinked.

"I mean, five is a crowd for this group, and since we're borrowing one of your guys, we might lend you one of our girls to even things out. Besides, Todoroki, I would think you want to talk to someone else besides Bakugou."

Shouto blinked and looked at Kyouka, who stood there frozen in place. "...Uh...okay. That'd be cool." Shouto said, scratching his cheek, his face almost flushing.

Kyouka's eyes widened even further as her blush became a little noticeable now.

Bakugou on the other hand just glowered at them. "Tch! What, I'm not fucking interesting?"

"To be honest, no, you're not." Todoroki said to him in monotone.

Katsuki growled at him, until he 'harrumphed'. "...Eh, at least it's not Deku."

Midoriya didn't even register what Bakugou said as he was thinking one thing.

'I'M GOING TO BE AROUND GIRLS! OH NO. OOOOOH, NO, NO, NO! AND I HAVE TO PROTECT THEM! OH SHI-whoa, okay, hold on, don't panic. This is okay. You can do this...you CAN do this. And they can fight for sure, you know that! It's just...well, they're very attractive and...I...I'm not the best when it comes to communicating with girls, and…and I am so screwed, am I?'

Midoriya was apparently shaking in anxiety, but thankfully no one seemed to notice this too much.

Meanwhile, Jirou blinked, unable to express how she feels about this.

'Yaomomo, what the hell!? I mean, I know what you're trying to do, but...come on! I just know Todoroki by his taste in music, and Bakugou...yeah, no way in hell. I mean, Todoroki is basically the only guy that I can communicate with as of now, and...oh...oh...OH…'

Momo leaned down at the punk rock girl once more and whispered, "You'll thank me later."

Kyouka didn't reply back, now feeling almost a tad bit nervous about what's happening as of right now.

She gulped.

'...She saw us conversing, didn't she?'

Before Kyouka could think any further about this predicament, Izuku said, "W-Wait a minute! I-I mean, I-I'll surely w-watch over you girls, b-but are you, uh...well, are you sure?"

"Yeah, totally." Tsuyu said as she nodded. "I mean, when worst comes to worst, you can always super-punch anyone that may be a potentially stronger enemy as a last resort."

"Uh...o-okay." Izuku nervously said, feeling the weight on his shoulders.

'Well, I just have to only use my fingers from here on in...I guess.' Izuku thought reluctantly.

"Then it's settled." Momo said. "However, I suggest we use our phones when we really do actually need them, since we don't want to waste our phone battery."

Everyone agreed on that, and lowered the battery power on their phones.

"Alright, I think we should probably get a move on." Momo advised everyone. She looked behind her at the foggy street. "I think we'll take this street behind us."

"Okay. In that case, me, Jirou, and Bakugou will take this street behind us as well." Shouto said as he pointed his thumb behind him.

With everyone knowing their objectives, they went off their separate paths to find Iida, even though Jirou and Midoriya felt a little hesitant on moving forward with their new group. The former, however, would get used to it after a while once she gets accustomed to her environment. The latter, on the other hand...is a different story. But at the end of the day, it was all about finding their classmate and friend.

So with that, both groups trekked through the town's foggy streets...hoping that Iida is alright.

[With Bakugou, Todoroki, and Jirou]

Walking through the foggy streets, the three kids remained silent, each walking side by side. Jirou was walking next to Todoroki's right, while Bakugou was on his left side.

As they traveled down the street, Jirou took a glance at all the empty businesses that would advertise certain products on display in their window, as well as the small cafes with their outdoor seating being vacant.

Some of the shops sell electronics, toys, appliances, and other home goods. There was the occasional restaurant that sat out among the cafes, and also some clinics, inns, and banks.

"Man...this place actually is pretty creepy without any people here..." Jirou muttered.

Todoroki hummed in agreement. "To think this town used to be filled with activity…it's a shame..."

"Yeah…" Jirou stopped for a moment to look around the street they were in. Upon her observations, she sees an old antique toy store with it's display window intact…

There were also some toys being shown behind the window.

Curious, she went over to the toy store.

Todoroki and Bakugou looked at Jirou, the former wondering where she was going.

As soon as she went over to the display window, Kyouka can clearly see the items that are being displayed inside the store's display case.

They were three dolls on each display mantle, each with the same dark hair and porcelain features. One was in average, modern day clothes, the other in a frilly intricate dress, and the last doll was...wearing nothing.

Jirou's face scrunched up at the line up of dolls. She wasn't really into dolls, but she can appreciate them for what they are. For her, it was always music that interested her.

"See something you like?" Todoroki's voice came behind her.

Kyouka jumped a bit and turned around to face Shouto. "Oh! Uh, no, I mean...well, they're just dolls, I got no use for them." She said with a sheepish shrug.

"Ah, okay." Shouto nodded. He looked at the dolls himself. "I wonder what they're doing displayed like that?"

"Yeah, I was wondering about that too, honestly." Jirou looked back at the display window.

"Hmm…" Todoroki gazed at the dolls for a moment. Dark hair, small figure, 'skin' almost white like porcelain...he looked at the one in modern ordinary clothes. "...This one looks like you, in a way."

The purple-haired girl was looking at the doll, but then she turned to Todoroki with a surprised look on her face, complete with a small blush. "Wha?"

Realizing how that sounded, Shouto blinked and turned his head to Jirou, now looking like he'd been caught in the headlights like a deer. "...I-I mean...n-not in a bad way."

'What the? Not in a bad way? What does that even mean?' Todoroki thought.

"I-I mean...I-I don't know if there's a bad way to look like a doll or...or anything. ...O-Or maybe...maybe there is a bad way to look like a doll." He rambled.

'Wait, what!? What am I doing!? Am I actually stuttering right now?' Todoroki thought in a slight panic. '...Oh no, am I getting what Midoriya has? ...Wait, what does Midoriya have?' Oh crap, nevermind, it doesn't matter, she's still staring at me! Think of something not stupid to say!'

"Uh, I, uh, I'm not saying you're a doll…" Shouto had to think for a second to convey what he said. "I mean, not a material one! No, wait, I meant, I think, uh, I just, um...I think dolls...are...pretty?"

Jirou stared at him, blinking at his comment. "Uh…"

"..." Todoroki froze.

'...What in the living hell is happening right now?'

...Jirou stifled a snicker, and soon started to laugh.

...Shouto was now red with embarrassment.

'...So, this is what getting embarrassed feels like...I blame Midoriya for this right now.'

The girl laughed as she clutched her sides, her laughter soon subsiding. "Wow." She said in between chuckles. "You know what? I'll just save you from embarrassment and say that I really appreciate the compliment."

"...Oh. Uh...okay." Shouto sheepishly said, rubbing the back of his head, his face still a little red.

Jirou smirked and was about to say more, when Bakugou's loud voice interrupted her.

"HEY! ENOUGH WITH YOUR FUCKING FLIRTING! WE NEED TO GET A MOVE ON ALREADY!" Bakugou yelled in annoyance over where he was.

Both boy and girl looked at the blonde with dumbfounded looks on their faces and slightly flushed. They both were going to glance at each other, but decided against it as they didn't want to make things even more weirder. So they just caught up with Bakugou and continued walking in silence.

Of course, each was thinking slightly different things.

'Heh, wow, who would've thought Todoroki was an awkward flirt?' Jirou thought with a small smile.

'Ugh, I can't believe I said that! Dolls are PRETTY? What in the...what was wrong with me back there?!' Todoroki thought with a slight wince.

'Oh fucking great. Now I have to chaperone these two idiots while they make googly eyes at each other. Eugh! Just my mother-fucking luck...' Bakugou scowled with a grimace.

They kept walking…

[With Midoriya, Uraraka, Asui, and Yaoyorozu]

Midoriya is inwardly trying to understand his situation here.

Walking alongside with three cute and attractive young women was kind of making the young man's mind blank. So much, that he was walking ahead of them just a bit.

"Uh, Midoriya?" Tsuyu's voice caught his attention.

"Wha-huh!?" Midoriya blurted as he abruptly turned around to face the girls with surprised wide eyes.

It was then Momo spoke up. "Uh, are you okay, Midoriya?"

Blinking, Midoriya answered. "Uh...y-yeah, I just…" He gulped. "S-Sorry, it's just that...I feel like I have a lot of responsibility to watch over all of you girls."

Uraraka smiled. "Aw, don't worry, Midoriya. We can surely take care of whatever may be out here!"

Tsuyu nodded with a smile as well. "Yeah, Midoriya! *ribbit* We won't be push-overs, so don't worry about us. But if we ever do go up against the Hero Killer or anyone like him, then like I said, your super-punch can be our last resort. *ribbit*"

Momo heard the word 'pushover' and froze. She'd remembered her botched fight against Tokoyami and how pathetic she looked out there. How she embarrassed herself in front of thousands of people in the Sports Festival. How she made herself look like a…

'Like a pushover…' Momo cringed at that

"Oh, well, o-okay! I-I mean, still, I-I'll surely look out for you girls and keep you all sa-" Once he turned to Yaoyorozu, he saw the bothered expression on her face. Midoriya blinked and asked her, "Uh, Yaoyorozu, a-are you alright?"

Uraraka and Asui both looked at the girl to their left, which they noticed her troubled look.

Wondering what's wrong, Uraraka asked, "Yaoyorozu? Are you okay?"

Hearing their voices made Momo snap out of her thoughts. "Huh? Wh-What?"

"You looked a little distracted. *ribbit*" Tsuyu told her.

"Oh, uh, it's, um, it's nothing really I…" Momo shook her head. "L-Look, we really do need to try to look for Iida. Who knows what sort of trouble he'll be causing right now?" She glanced up at the sky to see how much light they've got, which the day looked to be darkening every minute. "And it's gradually turning into night..."

Midoriya was a little confused at Yaoyorozu's sudden recovery, but took her lead as he looked up at the sky. "Yeah…it is gonna be night soon." He got his phone out and looked at the time. "19:50…" He sighed. "Well, when it does turn into night, we need to use our phones to light up our path...but it'll take up a lot of battery."

Before anyone could say anything on that matter, however…

CLINK.

The four kids jumped at the sound.

CLINK.

Then there was another.

CLINK.

And another.

CLINK.

And a few more.

CLINK.

CLINK.

CLINK.

The kids looked around the area they were in to see that...there was light...right above them.

They looked up.

"What the fuck?" Said Bakugou in confusion.

Todoroki and Jirou looked at their surroundings as well. They were near an entrance to another small park, and all around that park...as well as around them…

"What the…?" Shouto said, baffled.

"Uh...this place...is abandoned, right?" Jirou asked warily.

"...Lights?" Izuku questioned as he looked up.

"Huh?" Tsuyu muttered as she looked up as well. "Wait a minute…"

"But...that's...what?" Ochako said in confusion, an unsure frown on her face as she glanced up.

Momo blinked as she looked up at what she's seeing. "But...wait...there's...no one here...right?"

What they were looking at…

...were the turned-on street-lamps that lit up the streets.

Midoriya looked ahead at the path they were taking.

More street-lamps were lined up and lit just like the rest.

The fluorescent lighting of these lamps illuminated certain areas on the street, some of them being bright and well-lit up…

While a few of the lights were flickering...

It created...a somewhat foreboding feeling...

Which begs the question...

'...Who...who turned these on?' Midoriya thought to himself, now feeling really cautious right about now.

...Congratulations…

…

...You've been chosen…

There it is! :D They've finally reached the town! Now some spooky and creepy stuff will happen sometime soon! :) However, I do need to put this on hold, as I got a lot of busy stuff to do as of this moment, such as packing and moving to Houston in mid-July, as well as catch up to other stories. D: But yeah, that's the news I have as of right now! XD I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! ^_^

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As for the next chapter, it'll come when it comes, heh. But it'll also feature some familiar OC's! What does that mean for the story? Well, you'll have to find out! ;D

Once again, thank you all for reading! Keep on rocking, everybody! :D

-TSP