Chapter Twenty Five

Toya & Tira- 23 Years Old

Fuyumi- 22 Years Old

Natsuo- 19 Years Old

Shoto- 15 Years Old

Toya looked down at Tira's pale face, she'd stopped trembling as she slipped from consciousness succumbing to the pain of her injuries. He stepped through the basement entry to the bar where their lair was located. Two men with pale hair were sitting at the bar and a third shadowy man was standing behind it. They all looked up as the door opened and stared as they spotted Dabi holding a sickly-looking girl bundled up in a blanket.

Giran, whom the twins had run into before on several occasions and had warmed up to the protective boy and introduced him to The League, looked to the unconscious girl with a worried frown. "Is she alright?"

"Who the hell is she?!" Shigaraki, the pale haired, tall scrawny leader of The League of Villains snarled in annoyance. He was very childlike and threw tantrums over the smallest of things.

Giran looked to Shigaraki warily. As strong and terrifying as he could be, Giran had seen the boy's destructive powers firsthand when the pale ice princess was in danger. "Dabi's cute little girlfriend, who he's quite protective of." He piped up with a smile hoping to diffuse the situation before either of them snapped.

Toya looked to Giran curiously, he always had a feeling the sleazy man knew more than he let on. Despite having his suspicions that Giran knew their real identities and their relationship, the man never seemed to cast any judgement. He never let on that he knew more about them than Toya had revealed.

"And what the hell is she doing here?" Shigaraki growled in annoyance, he didn't like surprises or complications and this girl was both.

"You said I was free to decorate my room as I wished." Toya replied in a cool dismissive tone and made his way toward the bar.

Shigaraki shot him a dark look, "and what in the hell are we supposed to do with her?"

Toya stopped in his tracks and turned to Shigaraki, his eyes aglow with a lethalness that sent a shiver down Giran's spine, "absolutely nothing. No one is to approach her, speak to her or even so much as look at her." His voice came out in a low terrifying growl.

Shigaraki looked livid at this but before he could say anything, Giran piped up, "looks like she could use some rest, perhaps you should get her somewhere comfortable, quick." He was trying to usher the boy out of the room quicker before he could provoke Shigaraki further.

Toya shrugged and ducked behind the bar past the shadowy, Kurogiri who'd been watching the exchange anxiously. Once the twins were gone Giran sighed and ran a hand through his greasy pale hair, smoothing it back.

"Well this is a fun little complication." He chuckled. "I don't typically give away intel for free but I only feel it fair to give you some warning...best not to do anything to that girl...when it comes to her, he's damn near unstoppable and will cremate anyone he deems as a threat." Giran shivered at the memory of a few weeks prior when he'd stumbled upon the twins on their date and those lethal teal eyes had turned on him, ready to turn him to a pile of ash. The boy turned wild when her life was on the line.

Shigaraki glowered at this. "Damn. That guy really pisses me off."

"Tomura Shigaraki, I don't think it's worth getting into. Let's leave them be. Let him keep his little pet, if it helps him to cooperate with us, what's the harm?" Kurogiri spoke up in his deep calming voice trying to ease Shigaraki's flaring temper.

Toya made it to his room without running into anyone else and gently lay Tira on his bed. She didn't stir as he tucked blankets around her to keep her warm. He frowned as he noticed her breathing was slightly shallow. Leaning forward, he pressed his lips to her forehead. She felt warm to the touch. Her body was working in overdrive to cope with all the jostling of their escape. He sighed and tenderly swept her pale hair away from her face. It looked like she'd be asleep for a while.

Reluctantly, he tore himself away from her. He used his quirk to burn away the hospital band on her wrist before reluctantly heading for the door. He needed to find her some suitable clothes to wear. They were already suspicious and he didn't need anyone to see her in a hospital gown and approach him with annoying questions. He returned to the bar before exiting without a word.

The moment Dabi left, Shigaraki looked to the shadowy Kurogiri. "Bring me the girl."

"Shigaraki." Giran tried to reason with him, "she's an innocent civilian, let her rest."

"I must agree with Mr. Giran." Kurogiri didn't feel right about disturbing the girl, she didn't look well.

"Then I'll pay her a visit instead." Shigaraki smirked.

"I'll go." Kurogiri sighed and retreated through the door behind the bar that led to the living quarters of their small group. He made his way to Dabi's room before quietly opening the door. He sighed once more as he activated his quirk and transported the girl to the bar.

Giran jumped as the pale girl appeared atop the bar. She was wearing a hospital gown. Blood was seeping through the fabric near her abdomen. Her eyes fluttered open and she looked around the bar in confusion.

"Hello again, little one." Giran offered her what he hoped was a reassuring smile in hopes to relax her as he was sure Shigaraki had a menacing look on his face that would frighten her.

Tira looked to the sleazy man with the greasy pale hair curiously before realizing she'd seen him before on her dates with Toya. "Oh, right, you found that lost duffel bag." She said softly as she sat up.

Giran looked to her curiously before realizing that she'd innocently thought the arms deal she'd witnessed was just him returning lost property for a reward. The girl was far too pure to be in such a place, what was Dabi thinking? He chuckled softly, "right."

Tira smiled, "that was really nice of you."

Shigaraki looked to the girl confused before working out what she could possibly mean, "you saw an arm's deal, it wasn't an act of kindness."

Tira looked to the frightening lanky man with the unruly pale mop of hair and dry cracked lips. She bit her lip, she didn't like him, he was scary. Her gaze flicked to the tall man standing behind the bar who appeared to be made of wispy shadows with glowing yellow eyes. He also looked scary. She unconsciously inched closer to the man she was more comfortable with. Where was Toya? Why wasn't he here?

"A-are you friends with Dabi?" Tira asked uncertain.

Giran winced sympathetically, the poor girl knew next to nothing about her twin's life on the streets. He offered her another smile, "you could say that."

"Where did he go?" She turned to Giran not liking the other two and starting to feel anxious and panicked.

"I'm not sure, but I'm sure he'll be back soon. He wouldn't leave you for long, you're much too precious to him." Out of the corner of his eye, Giran noticed Shigaraki extending a hand toward the girl. "Shigaraki!" He yelped as Shigaraki placed a hand on her leg causing her skin to break apart, though Tira didn't seem to notice. Giran pulled her to safety and muttered a curse under his breath as he saw the damage Shigaraki had done.

Not realizing what had happened, Tira looked between the three men warily wishing Toya would return soon.

"That's boring." Shigaraki grumbled, his test had been a failure. The girl hadn't reacted to the pain, he wasn't even sure she'd noticed it yet. "She doesn't even realize the danger she's in."

"Danger?" Tira glanced down at her leg and saw the damage that had been done. Her skin somewhat resembled paint that had dried and cracked revealing the gory veins, muscle tissue and sinew beneath. She looked to the blood beginning to seep through the cracked flesh and grimaced, Toya was going to be angry. "Who are you?" She asked the men warily.

"You can call me Giran." Giran smiled at her.

"The simpleton doesn't even realize her boyfriend is in The League of Villains." Shigaraki scoffed.

"League of Villains?" Tira gasped, her body went rigid as she remembered they'd attacked the USJ.

"She probably doesn't even kno-." Shigaraki paused as he realized the floor, walls and ceiling had all instantly become encased in a thick layer of ice and the room's temperature plummeted.

Tira stared blankly ahead as bars of ice flew up around the shadow man and the scary man who'd damaged her leg, like cells. "The League of Villains threatened my little brother and his friends..." She said in a faraway voice.

"Not good." Giran groaned, even the frail sickly twin was terrifying, what the hell was up with these Todoroki children?! Were they all scary?!

The door to the bar opened as Toya returned with some clothes and medical supplies for Tira. He paused as he realized the room was entirely encased in ice and he spotted Kurogiri and Shigaraki standing in cells with bars of ice. Blue flames sparked at his finger tips as he noticed the fresh wounds on Tira's leg.

"Oh hell." Giran took cover behind the frail sickly girl. Why didn't he listen to his mother and become a car salesman? He could sell ice to a polar bear, he'd still make money, though it wouldn't be nearly as thrilling, at least it would be safe.

Toya forced himself to remain calm. "Tira?" He called to her, worried as he noticed spears of ice beginning to branch off the bars of ice she'd created as if to attack Shigaraki and Kurogiri.

Tira blinked and looked to the doorway not realizing her quirk had started to run wild. She spotted Toya and her lips pulled into a smile, "you're back."

Toya crossed the ice with ease while trying to keep his anger in check. He pulled Tira into his arms and cringed as she let out a soft whimper of pain as she was overcome with agony from her old and new wounds. Her delicate frame trembled against him and she buried her face in his chest to keep from crying out.

"I don't like your new friends." She said through gritted teeth as her body seized up from the pain.

"They're a real pain in the ass sometimes." Toya agreed as he carried her behind the bar toward the door that led to his room. He paused in the doorway, "ice?"

Tira waved her hand and the ice in the room disappeared. Toya carried her to his room. He looked calm but Tira could feel the rage inside of him ready to boil over and explode. He calmly set her on his bed before dropping the bags in his hand next to her.

"Don't move. I'll be right back." He turned to head to the door.

"Are you going to kill them?" Tira's voice quivered in terror.

"I thought about it." Toya admitted, "but I still have use for them."

Tira frowned, "...I don't like them...why do you need them?"

"To achieve my goal."

"What goal?" Tira blanched.

"To take down that bastard for what he did to you." Toya growled.

Tira flinched. "I forgave him."

"What?!" Toya turned to his twin in awe and felt his heart sink as he noticed her flinch as he raised his voice. "Tira?"

She looked up at him through tear filled eyes. "Nii-chan, you're scaring me."

Toya felt his rage dwindle away as he raced to her side. "Don't be scared." He extended his hand toward her to cup her cheek and felt his stomach churn as he saw her tense. "I love you. I'd never hurt you. You know that, right?"

Tira bit her lip and struggled to hold back her tears. She shook her head, "I feel like I don't know you anymore, Nii-chan...it scares me."

"You're always safe with me." He promised her as he tenderly stroked her cheek.

"Then let's run away together, we don't need anyone else, let's just go." Tira cried softly. She didn't want him to stay here any longer. It wasn't a healthy environment. "Please."

"As soon as I kill that bastard, we can go wherever you want."

Tears streamed down her pallid cheeks. "I don't want that to happen."

"He deserves it." Toya growled.

Tira shook her head, "he's our dad...and I love him, I love all of our family and I don't want anything bad to happen to any of them..."

Toya felt a spark of rage at her words, she was far too pure and sweet. She forgave too easily. It would be better for her, for all of them, if their father was gone. He'd see that it happened, some day. 

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