I lowkey forgot I didn't post last week.

Also, OMG THE UA TRAITOR GOT REVEALED LAST WEEK AND THAN THERES THE REVEAL THIS WEEK AND AHH I'VE SAID IT SO MUCH BUT I AM SO DAMN DISTRAUGHT

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"If anyone asks I'm nothing more but an old friend," Tomura whispered into Iruka's ear. "I'm just here for a friendly chat and if you try to escape or cry for help you and everyone else in this mall will turn to dust. So why don't we take a seat?"

"Sure, let's talk." Iruka choked out before they moved to some nearby seating.

There was a heavy silence between them. Iruka could hear Tomura's breathing. She could smell the murkiness of his clothes but she chose to look head-on. Do not show you are afraid. Do not let him hurt you. Play by his rules.

Iruka kept her mind focused on not pissing Tomura off but something caught both their attention. There were some kids talking about how cool of a villain Stain was. Something in Tomura changed. From being creepy he suddenly felt deadly.

"Stain Stain Stain. It's always about Stain. I'm the one who released all those Nomu's so why is he the one they talk about." He stopped, seemingly waiting for an answer.

"Maybe it's about ideals," Iruka hummed wondering about it as well. Tomura cocked his head in genuine wonder before Iruka continued on. " Stain wants to rid the heroes who are a part of the cause of the currently very flawed system. People see that. People know his motives and the kind of people he is after. While as you and your league, no one knows what your motives are. Not just that your first impression on the world was the attack on children."

"Stain attacked children." Tomura bit out.

"No one is denying it. But with Stain, there are people that can back his ideals. A lot of people have had to suffer at the hands of our corrupt society and can see Stain changing it in a messed up manner."

"And do you believe in these ideals?" He's curious.

"I believe we live in a corrupt system. I just wish there was a better way to go about it." There was a beat of silence.

"What are your goals?" How is she so calm about this?

"You expect me to tell you what I'm up to?"

"No. No, I don't but it didn't hurt to ask."

"Oh? Are you confident that just because I haven't killed you that I wouldn't do it? I could kill 40 people, maybe even more, before anyone would notice." Iruka kept looking ahead. Don't move a muscle. Don't show your fear.

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"Iruka?" Hitoshi had been wandering around for a while as he tried searching for Iruka. He wasn't sure where she had gone to but hopefully, she wasn't far. If his hands weren't full he would've called her.

So imagine his surprise when he saw Iruka sitting next to a hooded man. She wasn't look at him like one would during a conversation but instead straight ahead as though her thoughts were in a different realm.

"Toshi! Hey, you got the coffees?" Iruka cheered.

"Uh ya. Um Iruka who's this?"

"Oh this is an old friend of mine back in elementary school." Iruka flung her hand over Tomura's shoulder as though he really was just a friend. This caused Iruka to bump into him, making his finger slip, decaying Iruka's skin slightly before he quickly lifted a finger. "Isn't that right Gray-kun?" She smiled as though nothing had happened, as though her neck was bleeding.

She's lying.

"Uh ya right." Was she trying to cover for me? Is she trying to convince her friend? No, she was just doing this so that no one else go hurt. This brat didn't even flinch.

"Do you want to join us for coffee Gray-kun? It's a much more relaxing way to catch up."

"No I think I'll pass. I have to go anyways. See you around Ito Iruka." Tomura got up and walked away.

Hitoshi rushed to Iruka's side knowing damn well that wasn't an old friend.

"Iruka are you ok? Who was that?"

"I'm fine Toshi don't worry."

"I-Iruka your neck is bleeding." Iruka looked at him surprised before touching the back of her neck to see blood on her fingers.

"Oh."

"Oh? That was him, wasn't it? That was that Shigaraki dude wasn't it? He did that to you didn't he?" Hitoshi was frantic. On one hand, he wanted to chase after the prick and tackle him to the ground to be handed to the police. On the other, he needed to make sure Iruka was actually ok. His mind was made when he got up to go after Tomura but was stopped.

"Yes it was him, but this was an accident honestly. He didn't mean to, I bumped into him. It's just the skin is all."

"Iruka he could've literally killed you so I'm going to kill him myself."

"There isn't a point. He's gone now. Let's just have this reported to the police ok."

Hitoshi gave a stiff nod before calling up the cops. When he hung up he turned to Iruka.

"Are you sure you're ok? You aren't bleeding too much right? I-"

"Toshi I'm fine I just-" Iruka got up and walked to the nearest trashcan before regurgitating her guts out. She stood up, wiped her mouth and turned to Hitoshi with a smile. " I'm fine now."

This just made Hitoshi even more frantic.

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When the cops arrived the mall was placed in a full lockdown as they searched for Tomura. Iruka has insisted that he was long gone, his scent no longer in the air. When they did declare that the villain was nowhere to be found Iruka and Hitoshi were brought down to the station for questioning.

One of the detectives that were investigating the league of villains, detective Tsukauchi interviewed them. They took turns explaining what had happened, what Tomura looked like and eventually Iruka explained what the villain conversed about with her.

"I see. Well thank you for this, it was very helpful."

"Wasn't helpful if he got away," Hitoshi mumbled.

"Don't think too hard about it Shinso. Oh and Aizawa I hope my colleagues cleaned up your wound fine."

"Ya they did good. It was just a scratch though nothing to worry about there." Hitoshi rolled his eyes, annoyed at his self sacrificing friend.

"Aizawa one last thing. How did you remain calm even after he decayed your skin?"

"Like I said, he didn't seem like he had the intention to kill me and I bumped into him anyways. It's like accidentally falling off your bike while you ride with friends, you laugh about it together." Tsukauchi raised an eyebrow but did not question either of them any further.

When Iruka and Hitoshi walked out of that room their parents were there waiting. Iruka gave her parents a toothy grin as they walked over.

Tsukauchi had given them the ok to go home so with the report finished they all went their separate ways.

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Didn't think this was going to be such a short chapter oops. Also sorry if the POV for this chapter is all over the place.

In other news, due to bits and pieces I want to have I'm going to have to post the re-write sooner than planned. Unfortunately I only have 6 of many chapters written so the compromise is this, biweekly chapters instead of weekly, meaning I won't be posting next week but instead the week after. I hope that isn't to bad for all of you.

This is my favourite piece of writing and I really want to do it justice. The chapters being posted will probably change between re-writes and normal chapters.

Tell me what you all think about all this.

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