Ray's POV

It starts thunder storming and I just stare at the wall as fear courses through me.

I make sure the kittens are safe and put away and I shakily go up to my room where I hide under my blankets, terrified.

My door gets slammed open after a while and Dabi is there, his eyes are as wide as saucers. He sees me and calms down instantly.

I just curl into myself under my blanket.

"Ray?" Dabi asks carefully.

"Leave my room, this is none of your concern." I say to him with the toughest voice I can muster.

Dabi stares at me for a moment before he closes the door gently and quietly. Dabi then walks over and sits in front of me on my bed and covers my ears, it brings quiet and peace to me. I close my eyes, trying to calm down mentally since all I can think of is the night my mother died.

"This is tied to your scars, isn't it?" Dabi asks as I move back away from him at a flash of light.

"Just let me ride it out, I'll be fine in the morning." I say to Dabi, getting defensive.

Dabi stares at me in the eyes and I'm just really scared. "Your scared Ray." Dabi says to me and he pulls me to him carefully. My one ear is pressed to his chest, he has a hand over my other ear, and his last hand is hiding my eyes.

I hear Dabi's heart beat and it thumps rhythmically. I feel my heart beat slow down to match his and I'm not as worked up anymore. I close my eyes and I try to stop my memories from surfacing constantly.

Eventually I'm completely calm. The memories stop coming and the thunderstorm stopped.

Dabi pulls back and he watches me carefully as I sit with my knees to my chest. "Can I ask a question Ray?" Dabi asks me.

"Sure." I say to him as I look at my blanket, not looking at him cause I'm ashamed that he helped me.

"Why are you scared of thunderstorms?" Dabi asks me carefully.

I sigh softly. "The night my step dad murdered my mother, it was thunder storming. I was there when he shot her in a drunk fit, he kicked me into the wall demanding a beer. I was 5 at the time. So I went to the kitchen and the back door was unlatched and I ran. I came across the flame hero Endeavor, who handed me to All Might so he could go check it out. The hero's ultimately that night couldn't do anything, so I was stuck in that house with Randy for 3 months. And things got hundred times worse after that. It was the start of something horrible that night, that's why I'm scared." I say to Dabi and he gently rubs my back.

"What happened to your step father?" Dabi asks me.

"He's in Kurashiki prison for life." I say to Dabi.

Dabi just sits with me till I feel better, he doesn't ask anymore personal questions.

A kitten jumps up onto my bed, it's bluebell, she's a pure white, long fur cat with striking blue eyes.

"Your not supposed to be in here." I say to Bluebell, but she just promptly climbs up onto my shoulder and nestles into my neck and purrs as she lays there.

"That's adorable." Dabi says to me.

I just leave Bluebell alone.

I hear lightning crash in the distance which makes me flinch at the noise. Dabi just sits with me until the storm is far away.

"Can I ask how you got those scars?" I ask Dabi.

Dabi looks at his scars for a long time.

"You don't have to answer." I say to Dabi.

Dabi is still quiet. "It was a mix between my father and my quirk." Dabi finally says after 5 minutes.

I look at him surprised. "Your quirk and those scars, they hurt, don't they?" I ask and Dabi nods. "Jeez, burn creme probably would have helped when the wounds first appeared." I say as I think about how to help. I stare at his scars thinking. "You could try regularly cleaning them, it won't grow back the skin unfortunately, but if they stay clean, the scars shouldn't hurt as much." I say to Dabi who looks at me surprised since I'm gently touching the scars on his face. "We'll work on quirk restraint as well. If we can get your quirk to work for you rather than hurt you, then you shouldn't be causing yourself as much pain either with your quirk." I say to Dabi.

Dabi moves my hand from his face. "Don't touch them." Dabi says to me.

I stare at him, softening a bit. "Ok." I say to Dabi who nods. "But if we can stop the scarring as it happens, we can prevent a lot more pain." I say to Dabi.

"Don't think to hard about it, it's just a quirk and some stupid scars." Dabi says to me as he gets up.

I grab his hand gently and I keep him here. "No scar is stupid, Dabi. They all came from somewhere, everyone has at least one scar on their body and it could be from doing something stupid or it could be for an entirely different situation. But everyone has them, so everyone has to live with them. Nobody wants scars cause nobody wants to be in pain. We can find an end to your pain, but you have to let us help." I say to Dabi.

Dabi takes his hand back. "Pain is the only thing I'm able to feel on most days, without it, I feel nothing. Now you, you don't let anyone help you, so you can't say that to me, cause your just being a hypocrite." Dabi says to me, he looks pissed.

I stare at him. "Alright, I just figured I'd offer my help. Whatever." I say as I get up.

Dabi looks pissed about that, but I just leave my room.

I go make sure the kittens are alright, they seem to be startled, but ok nonetheless.

Bluebell hasn't moved from my shoulder, she's still purring her head off.

I go sit down at the bar where Kurogi gives me a sandwich.

"That thunderstorm sounded bad, are you alright Ray?" DadFO asks on the screen.

"I'm ok. Thanks for asking. But I think I pissed of Dabi." I say to him.

"How so?" DadFO asks me.

"I was trying to help him. He's got bad scarring on his body from his quirk, so I offered to help him control his quirk so it doesn't hurt him anymore, and a way to keep his scars from constantly hurting him. He didn't like that very much." I say to DadFO as I pick apart my sandwich to get rid of the stuff I don't like, which seems to amuse Kurogi.

"Well Ray, you can always apologize or leave it alone from now on. After all, when you first got here, you didn't want help. So you can't expect the others to want it either. Since you've never gotten help." DadFO reminds me.

"I just need to learn to keep my nose out of other peoples business. It causes too many issues." I say and DadFO chuckles.

"But you didn't with Tomura and now he has ways of controlling his quirk without destroying everything." DadFO says to me.

"Yeah but he asked for help." I say to DadFO.

"Not necessarily. He asked you to erase his quirk, but you found a better alternative so you wouldn't accidentally cause him pain." DadFO says to me.

"Tomura doesn't count at this point. He threw a wrench in me trying to convince myself to stay out of peoples problems." I say and I start eating my sandwich.

"I take offense to that." Tomura says as he sits next to me.

I shrug and I continue to eat my sandwich.

Tomura takes the plate with the stuff I picked off and he eats the toppings.

DadFO fills us in on the current hero affairs, apparently my Uncle, Aunt and Cousin have taken on the legacy of my mother recently and that slightly pisses me off, but I leave it alone. DadFO tells us his plans about future events.

"Ray, there's a gala soon that I need you to attend. It's a week from now. It's for all the villains in Japan." DadFO says to me and fills me in on my roll.

"Sounds fun." I say to DadFO.

After I finish eating, I go do some training by myself for a bit.

After a while, Tomura comes in to watch me train in hand to hand combat.

"Somethings on your mind Ray, your usually confident in your abilities, so you rarely train." Tomura says to me.

I just keep training and Tomura watches.

Tomura eventually intervenes and stops me. "Your over working yourself. Sit down and drink some water." Tomura says to me annoyed.

I give in and I go with Tomura to the bar and Kurogi puts two cups of water on the counter for us.

I drink the water as I sit at the bar, I'm thinking quietly

A week later

"Kurogi, is my outfit for the party, here yet?" I ask Kurogi.

"Yes it is, it's already in your closet." Kurogi says to me.

"Good. I need to get ready and leave in 2 hours." I say and Kurogi nods.

I go up to my room and I take a shower, I blow dry my hair and straighten it as best as possible. I get on the dress and It's a two piece dress, the top is an open back long sleeve, sweet heart neckline blue top, it's not very fancy, but the skirt is a floor length blue skirt with a slit up the side to my thigh. The skirt has lace and all the sparkly shit on it.

I strap a gun to the inside of my thigh and I grab my mask and my heels.

I put on my heels and I grab my hand purse with my phone and a few extra things I might need.

I put on my make up and I head downstairs.

I put my mask into the hand purse as Kurogi presents another gun.

I take the gun and strap that on the outside of my thigh, it'll still be hidden, but it's easier access for me.

I shove two extra ammo into my purse as Kurogi does my hair into a half bun with my bangs framing my face.

Dabi walks in and he freezes at the sight of me.

"You look beautiful Ray." DadFO says proudly on his screen.

"Thanks DadFO. What time is it?" I ask.

"Just about time to go. Hand me your mask." Kurogi says to me and I hand him my mask. He ties it around my face and I adjust it slightly to see properly.

Tomura walks in and he stares at me for a moment. "You look disgusting." Tomura says to me.

I stare at him with a slight pout as I raise an eyebrow. "Yet I say nothing about you mot been using moisturizer your whole life." I say to Tomura.

"Put a coat on." Tomura says annoyed.

I roll my eyes. "Ok, time to go." I say to Kurogi who opens a portal for me.

"Good luck Ray Kage." Kurogi says to me with a smile.

I nod and I head inside the portal, appearing outside the building I need to go in.

I go up to the door and a body guard looks at me. I pull out my phone and I show him DadFO's symbol. The guard steps aside and lets me inside.

I put my phone away as I walk into the building.

I head to the gala and the amount of villains here is almost overwhelming.

"Holy crap, it's Lady Cascade." A guy whispers as I walk.

"Damn you fine, girl." A guy tries to hit on me, but I just scoff at him.

"Your lame." I say to him, which shocks him deeply.

I talk with other villains for a while when I meet Chisaiki.

"Your beautiful tonight Lady Cascade." Chisaiki says as he offers his hand to dance.

I look at him, kind of amused. "Thank you Chisaiki." I say as I take his hand.

We talk for a bit as we dance. About halfway through the dance though, a whole slew of heros barge right in here.

I see All Might, Endeavor, Tony, May, Peter, Best Jeanist, and 6 other big heros.

I grab my gun and I check to make sure it's loaded.

"Aqua?" Tony asks as he stares at me in shock.

Chisaiki tchs next to me and he escapes as do many other villains.

Peter stares at me. "That's Ray. Aunt Aqua's daughter." Peter says shock.

"Take her name out of your mouth. You guys don't deserve to mourn my Mother." I say pissed off.

I fight with the heros, before I manage to lose them in the alleys.

"Almost lost ya." Peter says behind me.

I turn on the heel of my heels and I scowl at Peter. "Piss off." I say to Peter.

"Ray what the hell happened for you to turn out like this?" Peter asks me.

I know he's stalling for Tony and May. I raise my gun to his forehead, glaring at him. He just watches me calmly.

"You won't hurt me, I'm your family." Peter says to me.

"Bullshit, where were you guys when I needed you? When my Mom was murdered? When I was stuck in that god awful house for 3 fucking months with Randy? You guys aren't my family. Your nothing to me." I say to Peter who continues to stare at me.

"Dad was trying to help you back then, however we weren't in the will because Aunt Aqua was terrified of Randy to the point she only wrote him and you into the will." Peter says to me calmly.

I shoot my gun at the wall behind him, startling him slightly. "I said piss off." I say to Peter.

Peter just continues to just stare at me. "Just come with us peacefully Ray, and we can alter your sentence and everything will be ok." Peter says to me.

"Unfortunately for you, I'm fine and happy doing as I fucking please." I say and I end up fighting with Peter.

Tony gets here and he watches us.

I use my quirk to boost me around and I end up on a roof. "You guys are nothing to me anymore. Especially after todays bullshit." I say and Blue fire surrounds me and blocks the other heros.

Dabi walks up behind me, he looks pissed off. "Come on." Dabi says as he grabs my waist.

"Don't touch me right now." I say to Dabi who takes his hand off me.

May attacks us and I kick her side, sending her flying into a building.

"Come back Ray." Peter says to me.

"Take my name out of your mouth. It's Cascade to you." I say to Peter who flinches at that. I flood the allies and everywhere around us instantly by uding my quirk to bust the water pipes.

"Shit her quirk is strong!" Tony yells shocked.

Endeavors fire clashes with my water and All Might uses his strength to blow my water away.

"I will flood this goddamn district if you don't leave me the fuck alone." I say pissed off.

Dabi glares at Endeavor while I glare at Tony and Peter.

"Your that kid I saved." Endeavor says as he stares at me in shock.

"Dabi, are there any tracking devices on me?" I ask him.

Dabi picks one off my hair and smashes it. "We're good to go." Dabi says and a portal opens under us.

I land on my feet in my heels and Dabi lands beside me, we're in the bar.

"How'd it go?" Kurogi asks me.

"Fucking failed. The heros showed up before  I could do jack diddly squat." I say pissed as I go up to my room.

I get changed into a sweater and a pair of sweatpants.

I take the dress down to Kurogi who takes it and walks into another room with it.

"Don't worry Ray, this is just the beginning of the plan." DadFO says to me.

"It's not that, that I'm pissed about. My mother's family was there to shut down the operation and pissed me off." I say to DadFO.

DadFO hums. "Don't worry, everything will work out." DadFO says to me.

I relax slowly as I force myself to calm down.

Bluebell climbs on my lap and she lays in my lap, curled up, purring.

"I think she likes you." Kurogi says to me with a smile.

I pet Bluebell as I sit at the bar thinking, I'm not in a talkative mood.