"So this is it?" You murmur as you both survey the warehouse. 

           "Yeah, I keep an eye on them from time to time. Their numbers have increased by ten since last time I surveyed the place." He murmurs, tugging his hoodie slightly. The movement catches your eye and you catch a glint of scales beneath the hoodie. 

          "... So am I going to get to see it?" You ask, making him look at you. "Your suit?" You lean toward him with a curious head tilt. You felt at ease with him there, optimistic even. 

         "Maybe. You want to see it?" He raises an eyebrow.

         "Yeah. Mika showed me that one painting. You looked really good in it." You murmur.

         "Did she send you the pic of the… Um underwater one?" He asks quietly, cheeks darkening a bit.

         "No?" You tilt your head to the other side. 

         "Ah I see… ahem. We should focus. The leader is probably there now." He focuses on the warehouse. 

         "Alright. Here we go." You stretch and you both leave the hiding spot, approaching the warehouse. You share a glance before entering, feeling Daishou's tail wrap around your waist loosely. The group inside pauses, all looking over in confusion at you two. "Hello. Anyone know where Death might be?"

          "Depends who's asking." The leader responds as one of the underlings approaches you, looking you over like a piece of meat.

          "Aren't you a cutie… You wanna see Death huh? I can help you if you wanna do something for me?" He purrs, tipping your chin. Daishou's tail tightens a bit at that. 

           "Don't touch my partner." Daishou growls, pulling you back slightly.

           "Sadrick I keep telling you not to antagonize people whenever they show up." The leader says in annoyance.

           "Oops. I made the boyfriend angry." The underling snickers, pausing and watching you as you bite the finger of your glove to free your right hand. "Oooh~ that's nice. So you're into the idea huh?-" Your right hand swipes his face, bursting him. Daishou relaxes slightly, watching you carefully as the villains tense.

           "Sorry. I'm not in the mood for people like him." You say, holding your glove in your left hand as you and Daishou move forward. "I'm Little Destroyer. And I'm only going to ask this one more time. Where's Death?" 

            The leader shifts, looking you over calmly before pulling out his phone. "I don't know him. But I know someone who does." He responds. 

          "That's a bit too easy…" Daishou mutters.

          "I know a dangerous quirk when I see it. And I know someone looking for personal answers when I see them." The leader responds, putting the phone to his ear. "Hey. It's Stone. We got someone looking for Death here. You got a location?... Johzen? No exact location huh? That's okay. Thanks." He hangs up and you look at Daishou.

          "It's north of here, maybe a twenty minute drive." He tells you.

          "Johzen is sort of a villain recovery area." The leader says, regaining your attention. "There's a bar where villains gather too. He might just show up there. It's called The Rising Sun bar."

          "Thank you. Does that mean you don't mind I just took out one of your underlings?" You inquire.

          "Eh… I warned him a hundred times that would happen so I'm not surprised." He shrugs. "But listen. You ever need a group to join up with, you're welcome here." 

          "I'll keep that in mind." You nod before heading out with Daishou, slipping on your glove. "Okay. Johzen…" You murmur but his tail pulls you along with him as he yawns.

           "Tomorrow." He tells you. "You haven't slept in a while right? I'm ordering you to bed." 

           "Eh? But you said Mika shouldn't see me like this." You frown, looking at his tail. 

           "She won't. Luckily I have a place prepared for this." He says with a small confident smile.

           "Huh? I'm concerned by that statement…" You huff. He stops and turns to you, pinching your cheeks.

           "What's with the lack of faith? I'm not gonna just toss you in a dumpster and tell you to sleep." He scoffs. You blink at him, a laugh bubbling up in your chest.

            "Heh. Sorry boss."  You smile softly. He pauses in surprise before smiling warmly.

            "That's the first time you've smiled since you got here…" He breathes, shoulders slumping in relief as he touches your cheek. "Come on." He adds heading off again. His tail was still wrapped around you. The scales glint and shimmer beautifully in the moonlight, but it also holds an ominous tone at the same time. 

           'So pretty.' You think, fingertips gliding over it gently. He freezes, tail swiftly disappearing under his hoodie. "Ah… Come back.." You lift the back of his hoodie. He stiffens pulling it back down and sending you a look. "It was cute. Why did you take it away?" You tilt your head as his cheeks darken.

            "I meant to release you sooner, but it was nice so I forgot." He says looking ahead as you join his side. 

            "It was?" You inquire.

            "Yeah… It's kinda like holding hands. But somehow… More comforting?" He tilts his head. "And I keep my hands."

            "I see… So that was because that whole situation had you uneasy." You guess.

            "Yeah… And it's just easier to pull you behind me and escape that way." He breathes. 

            "You're not going to mention it?" You murmur rubbing your cheek. He peers at you for a moment.

            "I wanted to beat his ass for touching you and suggesting such things. It didn't bother me in the slightest… It's just.. Amazing how easy your quirk made it look." He breathes. "I thought the same back at the mountain. Of course that one sent chills down my spine, but I admired that power too." You blink and look down at that, even after that he could still praise you. 

          "Thank you for coming with me then. I was worried about that…" You tell him. "And this is the first time I have felt somewhat normal since…" Your voice falls. He reaches over, arm wrapping around your neck and pulling you into his side.

           "I believe in you. You'll find him." He breathes. You blink tearing up and hugging him in response, hiding your face in his neck. He rubs your back, leaning his cheek on your head. "I'm here." 

          "Thank you." You murmur. After a while you reach a familiar alleyway and you straighten up, glancing between him and the old radio station.

          "Yeah. You guessed it." He chuckles. "I got a room done by myself since I figured I would end up staying the night here every now and then once I get started." He smiles.

          "Heh. Awesome boss." You smile again, his snake tail swishing behind him slightly. 'Ah… He's so cute when it's about this place.' 

          "Come on." He breathes leading you inside. Up to the top floor into a sort of empty room with a start of a bedroom. A bed, nightstand with a lamp on it, even an alarm clock that sat on a small dresser. Your eyes are drawn to the window and you go over to look over part of the city. It was a beautiful view really, making you exhale quietly in content. Daishou watches you with a small smile before pulling off his hoodie. "I have some clothes here already you're free to borrow."

          You look back pausing as you look over the dark green scaly skinsuit, glinting against the sliver of moonlight that peeks in. "Are those your scales?" You go to him, touching the scales on his chest softly.

          "Mhm. If I go full snake it's protection for my soft scales." He breathes, blushing lightly as your hands run over his chest in awe. He endures it for a while before grabbing your wrists. "Okay… T-That's enough." He murmurs when you pause and blink at him.

          "They feel so cool though." You whisper. He chuckles lightly. 

          "I'm glad you think so but let's get ready for… Bed…" He suddenly seems both uneasy and tense, peering at the bed. 'I did not think this through…' Was the expression he was currently making as a blush crawls onto his face. 

          "Okay. So I'll change and you figure out what you want to do." You pull away taking off the backpack Grandma had given you, going through it quietly. Another K.K and a bunch of canisters. A bento box, clothes, snacks. "Oh, I have clothes in here…" You murmur taking them out.

           "You didn't know?" He peers over your shoulder and you shake your head.

           "I wasn't prepared, Grandma made me prepared." You answer peering at him.

           "There's shower rooms on the ground floor." He tells you.

           "In a radio station?" You raise an eyebrow.

           "I'm starting to think it was an agency before the radio station… I'll go down with you so you're not alone. The water should work fine but the water heater might not." He straightens. And goes to the closet, opening it and going through a duffle bag. He pulls out two small electric lanterns, and two towels. 

           "You really are prepared to stay here." You comment and he pauses.

           "Is it weird?" He asks quietly.

           "No… It's cute. And makes sense since you plan to live here at some point later on." You smile. He nods smiling a bit before grabbing some clothes for himself and leading you back down to the ground floor to the shower rooms. 

           "I'll wait in this locker room so I'm nearby." He tells you, handing you a lantern and towel.

           "Okay." You nod and go into the shower area, finding a nearby stall, putting the lantern on one wall and placing your towel and clothes on the other, undressing then starting the water. It felt lukewarm, but it was better than cold. 

           "... Shit. I have soap. Be right back." He calls suddenly. You pause and chuckle slightly since you had forgotten too. This wasn't so bad. Kinda felt adventurous really. "I'm back. You uh.. Want me to toss it to you?" He inquires.

           "I feel like you'll hit me in the head if you do… So… Please don't." You tell him. He pauses and curses quietly. 

           "Alright, I-Im coming in then.." He manages, carefully easing in and covering his eyes, tail feeling his way to you. He passes you the soap before scurrying out.

           "... You make me want a tail." You comment, starting to wash up.

           "I do like having one, I admit… I don't know how other people function without one." He responds thoughtfully.

           "Well yours is really useful, the twin's tails can't really do much besides tell me when they're happy." You hum. "Yours does too and it's seriously the cutest thing."

           "It… It does?" Apparently this was news to him.

           "Mhm. Before we came in it was swishing about because you were excited, so cute." You comment. He grumbles something and at the end you hear the word cute. "I heard that." You say just to tease him. There's a long pause at that.

           "... Liar!" He retorts, making you chuckle. You soon finish and dry off before getting dressed. 

          "Okay. Your turn." You hum going into the locker room with your stuff.

          "You can head up and sleep." He tells you. 

         "But what if someone comes to prep on you though..?" You whisper. He pauses blinking at you before chuckling. 

          "Then they'll regret it." He hisses, forked tongue flicking out. You pause at that and blush lightly, looking down. "You have the best reactions when I do that." 

          "Sh-Shut up and go shower. I'll guard you." You grumble looking away. He shifts closer, arm coming around your neck leaning near your ear. 

          "Do you like it?" He asks lightly, making your heartbeat pick up. 

          'Change subject! Change the subject! Your mind panics for a moment before you hug him, making him pause in surprise. "Now I can bite you." You breathe making him stiffen.

          "No. No no no. I was playing." He gasps trying to pull. You smile at that and release him. He sighs lightly before blinking. "That was… Good. Good job." He smiles with some pride at you. "Though your response tells me what I wanted to know." He chuckles. You scoff and stick your tongue out at him in response. He flicks his tongue back before heading to showers. You sigh quietly and sit down. 

         "What's the point of changing the subject if you still figure it out?" You ask.

         "Well, if you had given me more of a shock that would've completely slipped my mind." He responds and you hear the water turn back in.

         "So I should've just bit you." You guess.

         "I'm not going to encourage that. But it definitely would've killed my focus." He answers. "Seriously though, it's not recommended."

         "You surprised me I didn't have many ideas." You frown. 

         "Yeah and there's not really an escape when people are that close." He states. "If you're the one doing it you can really manipulate them to answer whatever question you have. Unless they're actively working to change the subject."

         "What if they surprise me?" You inquire.

         "Just take a few steps back and move to intimidation. With your quirk that would be easiest… Like you did earlier. A few of them became hostile, but mostly, everyone was wary and didn't dare move." He points out. "Fear spreads, especially in half baked groups like that. If there's no trust it's very easy to succumb to chaos or fall into darkness."

          "Maybe that's why everything feels brighter now…" You comment with a small smile. Daishou pauses in surprise at that before smiling softly.

          "Maybe…" He agrees thoughtfully.

          He soon finishes and gets dressed, returning to the locker room as you yawn slightly. "My sleeping schedule is so screwed right now." You murmur, pausing as his tail wraps around your waist.

          "We'll do something about that. It only takes twenty minutes to get to Johzen, so tomorrow you can sleep in, the bars open up later anyway." He says guiding you back up to the room. 

          "But.. I wanna find him soon." You murmur rubbing your eyes as he puts everything up. 

          "I know. But Johzen is more dangerous. Those villains that go there don't care anymore or have lost hope. They'll fight you, probably just for looking at them wrong." He says as you both stop to look at the bed. "... What… What side do you want?" He inquires.

         "I'll uh.. Take this one." You point. He nods and you both carefully crawl in, settling in quietly. Why did this feel awkward all of a sudden..? "M-Maybe I should sleep in the-" His tail wraps around you as you move to get up suddenly, pulling you back quickly and into his chest. You blush eyes locking with his, a surprised expression on both of your faces.

        "Th-This is fine, just sleep here." He tells you, sounding tense.

        "Daishou don't act like this isn't bothering you." You frown.

        "It's not… I don't mind this.." He breathes, arms coming around you. "S-so just sleep." 

        "O-okay." You breathe, hiding your face in his chest. He relaxes at that and smiles a bit.

        "Mika would be twitching right now if she saw us." He murmurs.

        "Or gushing so quietly." You snicker both of you relaxing at that.

        "I hope you can sleep well tonight.." He whispers, rubbing your back. It was soothing here, clouding your head to hide your worries and stress for a moment. He was amazing to be able to do so.

        "I'm lucky to have you as a boss…" You breathe. "No one else has been able to calm me like this." 

        "I'm lucky to have you. I'm really motivated to start this agency with you. So I'm going to be as understanding and supportive of you. No matter what." He responds quietly. You smile and close your eyes, hugging him gratefully at that and steadily drifting off. He peers at you once you're asleep, pressing a kiss to your temple as more of his tail wraps around you as he follows suit.

       "Breakfast." He hums coming in with a bag as your eyes open sleepily. "You slept in later than I thought, hope it was a good sleep." He murmurs sitting on the edge of the bed and watching you sit up, rubbing your eyes before stretching.

        "It was. I feel really good actually." You rub your cheek and smile. He blinks and smiles softly. 

        "Well, you are looking better than you arrived, now eat some of this before you start turning back into a zombie." He says, handing you a bag.

         "You didn't seem very worried about that though." You smile a bit, pulling out the breakfast sandwich and starting to eat.

         "I kinda want a zombie type at our agency." He puts a knuckle to his chin. "Oh and I want to give the agency a name since it might become home to a lot of heroes." 

         "Green Mamba doesn't feel right?" You inquire.

         "Not really." He tilts his head.

         "Well as long as we're keeping the snake look… How about Snake Den?" You suggest.

         "That sounds awesome, let's go with that." He nods smiling.

         "Alright. Glad you liked it." You smile too and soon finish eating. "Thanks for getting me breakfast."

         "No problem." He says and gets up. "I had to get you something anyway, before we head to Johzen." He says, going out and picking up a suitcase from the hall, bringing it to you. "I messaged Kuroo and Bokuto flew it over for you." He sets it down.

         "You're seriously the best." You smile before taking it as he steps out to let you get dressed into your suit. You pause, looking at your reflection in the window. 'It really is a lot like yours.. Tendo.' You think before pulling on your hoodie over it and zipping it up. You go out after grabbing the backpack, meeting Daishou's gaze.

          "Let's go." He nods and you both head down stairs, pausing as his phone goes off. "Ah. Good morning Mika-chan." He says picking it up. "Hm? You're heading to where?... That's a bit far on your own…" He frowns in concern and you chuckle quietly, nudging him to get his attention.

           'Go.' You mouth. He frowns troubled at that.

           "W-When are you going? This afternoon?" He checks the time and grimaces. He was clearly fighting with himself on this. You put a knuckle to your chin in thought as you watch him before leaning up and kissing his cheek, making him freeze in shock. "I… I will be over soon to escort you then." He manages blinking back. "Y-Yes see you there." He hums before hanging up. He sends you a frown, pinching your cheeks.

           "Ow! You were being indecisive so I cleared your mind!" You gasp touching his hands.

           "That was both dirty and clever!" He growls. 

           "Thank you very much! You're teaching me well!" You declare, making him pause before chuckling, releasing your cheeks and cupping them instead, forehead touching yours as his tail swishes behind him.

            "Heh… I'm teaching you too well…" He smiles thoughtfully before meeting your gaze and pausing suddenly letting go and straightening up. "S-sorry… Guess now you'll be heading to Johzen on your own… Be careful okay?" He nods. "Come back in one piece. Got it?"

           "Yes boss." You give a nod and he shifts, pulling you into a hug.

            "It was fun having you here… Good luck." He murmurs as you hug him back.

           "Thanks for being my escape for a bit. I'll see you later." You breathe before heading out, pulling out your phone and loading up the map, finding a route to Johzen. "Alright. Let's go find Death…"

           'Sounds bad with no context…' Tendo's voice hums.

           "It really does…" You smile a bit heading off.

           It takes a bit, but you reach Johzen sometime after noon. It's best to describe it as a ghetto area. Like the city wasn't funded enough and some buildings were in disrepair. 

          'This looks like a fun place.' 

          "Focus, we need the Rising Sun bar…" You breathe peering about as you start through the town. 

          'Well if it's a place where villains gather… Somewhere not in plain sight.' He breathes and a light breeze against your cheek makes you look down an alleyway. 

          "Right." You breathe going down the alleyways, somehow ending up at a staircase that led down to the bar. "I'm concerned how fast it took me to find this place…" You mutter adjusting your hoodie before easing down the stairs and into the bar. It was as dark as you thought it would be, a thick layer of cigar smoke sitting against the ceiling. It was a bit spacious, not many people sitting around at the moment. If Death was here you would probably smell him already.

          'Guess I'll just wait.' You think, sitting at the bar.

          "Kinda young to look so troubled." The bartender comments, setting a glass in front of you. 

           "My week has been managed by the devil." You respond as you sniff the glass warily before sipping the soda. 

           "Oh. I get it. Those are the bad ones… You seem like you've lost someone important." He murmurs. You pause, blinking at him and tilting your head.

          "You're using your quirk to get information from me." You breathe and he straightens.

          "Not an amateur huh? Don't worry, once you're aware of it I can't make you say anything." He smiles in amusement.

          "You didn't really need to use it. I'm an awful liar anyway." You chuckle. "I lost my best friend. The last person to see him is supposed to be in this area." 

          "Ah. You're the reason Stone called." He nods. "Looking for Death… He was here last night, he's pretty down." He puts a knuckle to his chin, closing his eyes. "Actually. The guy might be in trouble. See, a new group in town took a shine to him, and they all left together."

          "Where?" You get up now.

          "The harbor warehouse two blocks away, east of here. Be careful kid." He tells you. 

          "Thanks." You breathe hurrying out. You head to the harbor, finding the warehouse easily. You swallow and go to the side, peering through the windows. At the center was a tank, where a familiar shape sits inside. 

          "He's really not resisting… Should we sell him to Dagger or Claw?" One of the villains inside says. 

         "Let's question him about Midnight some more. If that one's still alive we could sell him too." Another breathes. You remove your glove, breathing slowly. The wall lifts up into particles as you step forward. The villains tense and look over as your head leans to the side.

          "What the fuck did you just say about my best friend?"