~{Outside Kamui Wood's Agency-3:35AM}~

Enso landed on another roof of a small building with Kamui's Agency building in the distance. The sky was nearly pitch-black, not many cars were driving down the city streets, and there was a lack of people walking along the sidewalk. Although Enso should theoretically be sleeping within the room provided to him by Kamui for the night, yet here he was, outside. Not only that, but he was jumping back to the agency building, clearly coming from somewhere he had sneaked off to so late at night.

But from where? Who knows?

Enso landed one building closer to his destination by jumping normally rather than using Snipe Style, not wanting to be a shining beacon in the night.

But as he got closer, he stopped, glancing up at the tall building from the much shorter building he was at.

He sighed before sitting on the edge of the roof and letting his legs hang over, staring at the moon overhead.

"I can't just sneak back inside... I had enough trouble just sneaking out..."

He glanced down at the long fall below him while going through his thoughts.

"I guess I'll remain here until morning comes. Then I'll have to give Kamui an excuse as to why I'm out here... Knowing him, he'd probably not even bother trying to question it too much because I've annoyed him enough as it is."

He narrowed his eyes.

"I have to leave each night, but I'll have to get a pass or something so I could sneak back into my room without raising alarms..."

He sighed before pulling himself back up to his feet as he remembered something.

"Right, I have to buy more bandages and find some strong handcuffs... I should get more rubbing alcohol too while I'm at it..."

He turned and jumped away, looking for a convenience store to buy those things.

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~{Internships, Day 5- 9:07AM}~

It was the fifth day of internships as Izuku as he sat up on his hospital bed, checking the media on his phone while sighing. Once again, news of the Hero Killer escaping and his message left behind were the top trending subjects on the internet. But as said by police chief Tsuragamae, Todoroki, Izuku, and Iida were just mentioned to be 'unfortunate' enough to have run into the Hero Killer before Endeavor came and 'saved' them.

But what Izuku was worried about the most right now, was recalling that the Hero Killer had somehow ended up escaping from the scene while everyone was in shock from Lynch arriving. It was a miracle how he was able to escape, even if Todoroki did help heal some of his wounds... to a degree. But it was also because of Stain's wounds that Izuku knew that the villain wouldn't be causing bloodshed anymore until he could heal himself. Could he even heal himself? Would he be able to? And if he can't, wouldn't that mean he'd most likely...?

Izuku shook his head to get that thought out of his mind, not wanting to think that he caused a murder. Instead, he put his phone down as he recalled the questioning he got from the police detective, Tsukauchi, just the previous day. He told him everything he could remember from the encounter he had with Lynch, with even Ikari helping out to recall things... even if it was pretty uncomfortable to talk about.

He reached an arm behind him and felt the bumps of the scar on his back, the scar that spelled out the word that had the meaning he didn't want. Since they kept his encounter about Lynch a secret, Izuku knew he couldn't let anyone see his scar... Which would be quite a problem while in U.A, mainly changing in the locker rooms. Literally everyone should know that Izuku didn't have the scar before the internships because it was at the Sports Festival where his clothes got ripped off and exposed his torso. He clearly didn't have anything on his back at the time.

"This is going to be difficult to deal with..." Izuku sighed, thinking he had to be much more careful to keep things a secret. "At least spending a few days in here gave me some time to think about it... But I feel like I've wasted enough time here..."

The door for his room then slid open, and Gran Torino walked inside, looking stoic. "Hey kid, the doctors said you're good to go if you feel like it."

"Eh? Gran Torino?" Izuku was surprised by his sudden visit once more. "I can leave?"

The elder walked beside his bed.

"Well, you're no longer experiencing blood loss, and those wounds you got from the Hero Killer have already healed since they weren't 'too' bad. You up to leave now?"

"Y-Yes!" Izuku jumped out of bed and went to grab his clean U.A uniform folded on a chair next too him.

"I'll be waiting near the front. We've got a lot to talk about." Gran Torino said as he stepped outside and closed the door behind him.

Izuku paused for a moment after hearing him say that, nervously wondering what he meant by that.

"It's probably about me." Ikari said Izuku from within his head.

"Probably..." Izuku muttered as he started to pull his hospital gown off-

-before pausing with a blank stare.

"Wait... You're not watching me, right?"

"...Seriously?"

"H-Hey! Getting watched by you is like getting watched by seven different people!"

"Oh come on, it's not like I haven't seen anything before! Poker Face even stripped you down to clean 'every' spot of you, remember?"

"DON'T remind me of that!" Izuku shivered nervously. "I-I still have goosebumps thinking about that..."

"Ugh, fine... I'll just go back deeper in here." With that, Izuku actually felt like something was gone, making him sigh in relief before continuing to change.

After about fifteen minutes of waiting, Izuku and Gran Torino were now walking back to the train station to return to the elder's home, heading through Hosu's streets while talking about important matters.

"So... You really nearly killed the Hero Killer?" Gran Torino narrowed his eyes.

Izuku flinched and looked down in some shame. "I-I... I just didn't have enough control..."

Gran Torino sighed. "So it seems... The angrier you get, the stronger your quirk gets, and the harder it is to control. We can't do much about that part of your quirk. You just have to learn to calm yourself in any situation. Maybe take up a hobby or meditate or something..."

"That... sounds like a good idea." Izuku muttered.

"Well, you could do singing, dancing, writing, drawing-"

"Not now, Ikari..." Izuku sighed to himself.

"So... How did ya manage to come to an agreement with ya quirk?" Gran Torino asked as the elder waved for a taxi.

Izuku looked down and thought about it. "I mean... We just talked... We both wanted nearly the same thing, and we knew that things would be bad if we would just constantly struggle to take control of each other..."

A taxi stopped in front of the two, to which the boy and elder got in.

"Hosu train station." Gran Torino said before turning his head to Izuku. "When we get back to my place, we're gonna see just how much you can do with your quirk. You already wasted way too much time in the hospital."

"Yes, sir." Izuku nodded as he sat down beside the elder.

"Oh, and about your torn up costume, I sent it in to get repaired. It should be back by the time the internships end. But sadly, we ain't gonna be able to get out and get experience in the hero field."

"Oh... Thank you anyways." Izuku bowed.

He then looked out the window, going through his thoughts about what the rest of the week would hold for the internships.

"I wonder how everyone else is doing?"

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~{Meanwhile}~

Mina stared at the mirror of her room, eyeing herself in her hero costume. She always liked to think that she looked sexy in it, with how her purple and turquoise skintight camouflage bodysuit tightly wrapped around her figure. It really emphasized her curves, which she was currently staring at with rather focused eyes.

Her hands went to them and lifted them up a bit.

"Did they get bigger?"

She let them go, and they bounced a little.

"Hm... Does... Midori like them big?"

She lightly blushed at the thought, then forming a goofy smile.

"Hehe~ Maybe I should use them more? It'd be nice to make him turn red. Maybe even something could happen?"

She then turned her body so that her butt was facing the mirror, her hand brushing against it.

"Or... is he more of an ass guy?"

Mina pretty much knew that Izuku probably hadn't ever interacted too much with girls in the past, which explains the reason why he was always so nervous around them. Hell, with how innocent and pure the boy was, Mina wondered if he'd ever even spent time for himself to just think about girls in that kind of way.

Probably not.

So this left her to wonder, what kind of girl would appeal to him?

"Hm... Well, in both areas, I've got it! Even a great waist!" She smiled proudly as she stared at herself in the mirror in all her glory.

But then she pouted. "I just have to have to hope he doesn't have bigger preferences in either area... Because Yao-Momo's got bigger bonkers, and I'm pretty sure Ochako's ass might even be curvier than mine..."

She shrugged before grinning once again.

"Oh well, even if that's the case, I'm sure he knows that out of everyone, he'll have the most fun with me!" she giggled, remembering her date with the boy. "I just gotta keep showing him that I can break him out of his shell, just get closer casually!"

Despite saying this, Mina was thinking of several ways to just tease the boy.

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~{At The Same Time}~

Toru stared at herself in a bathroom mirror, wearing her U.A uniform.

"..."

But of course... all she was able to see was her uniform. Surprisingly though, you could see some notable curves: nothing too big, but nothing to laugh about.

Yet the girl sighed to herself and shook her head.

"I don't even know why I'm still thinking about this... In the end, I can't even be seen..."

She looked down as she thought about her best friend.

"Everything about her is better than me... Her boobs are bigger, she looks so pretty, and her quirk makes her look so unique from everyone else... The best I've got matching her is our positivity, and even then, here I am... feeling sorry for myself."

Toru sighed as she pulled herself back up and stepped out of the bathroom.

"I already chose to help her, anyway... So there's not really a point of thinking about..."

She took a deep breath as she walked out the door.

"But... at least I could just try being better friends with Midori rather than avoid him entirely..."

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~{Gunhead's Agency-10:23AM}~

"Hi-yah!" Ochako used both her hands to grab the wrist and back of someone's neck before she slammed them against the ground, then twisting the person's wrist to make them let go of a rubber knife they had.

A few feet away, Gunhead applauded her happily.

"Good job Uraraka! You really are getting the hang of this!"

The gravity girl stood up and bowed politely to the person she managed to take down, then turning her head to Gunhead with a big smile.

"Thank you! I'm glad I'm doing better now!"

Gunhead approached her with his hands on his hips now.

"It's great that now you're back into your spirits! What had you down before?"

Ochako awkwardly chuckled, "Erm, sorry about that. I was just worried about someone."

Gunhead had a hand to his chin, "Oh? Was it a guy?"

Ochako flinched while lightly blushing, flailing her hands embarrassingly.

"I-I mean, he is! B-But-!"

"Is he your boyfriend?" Gunhead then chuckled.

Ochako looked down as her face became as red as Kirishima's hair, fiddling her fingers together with a nervous expression.

"N-No... B-But... I'd... like..." Her words trailed off.

"How cute." Gunhead thought with flowers around him.

He then rose a finger and rose his voice to get her to listen.

"Alright, Uraraka! Listen up!"

The girl rose her head in surprise.

"If you want a guy to fall for you, then you must always make sure you grab his attention naturally!"

"E-Eh!?" Ochako was caught off guard by his advice, even taking a step back.

"You must make sure that out of everyone around him, you're the one that immediately catches his eyes every time you come into his view! But you have to make sure it isn't visible that you're trying to get his attention, or he might suspect something!"

"W-Wait! I-I'm not- I-I mean-!?"

"Maybe a bit of makeup to look yourself cuter, maybe wear eye-catching clothing whenever you know you're gonna see him, or just always keep a big bright smile to catch him!"

Surprisingly, even though she felt embarrassed about it, Ochako had her attention completely on Gunhead, listening nervously.

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~ {Uwabami's Agency-11:32AM}~

"You know..." Uwabami grinned mischievously as she, Momo, and Kendo stepped onto a busy studio for yet another shoot, all of them in their hero costumes. "About that boy you were both worried about~."

Momo and Kendo froze with their eyes widened.

"Why are you bringing him up again!?" Momo asked, her cheeks becoming a tinted red.

Kendo sighed and facepalmed, her face also turning slightly crimson. "Please don't try messing with us..."

"No, no, I actually want to help!" Uwabami laughed as she stopped walking and turned to them with hands on her hips.

"Eh?" Momo and Kendo blinked.

She raised a finger while grinning, making sure they were both paying attention.

"If you want to make sure you don't let your chances slip with a guy, then you have to be... aggressive."

Momo and Kendo both blushed a little more, not liking the implications.

"Guys actually really like aggressive women. It's how I got my husband~" Uwabami said with a loving sigh, remembering her experience. "So be, more, aggressive~."

"Wh-What do you mean by that?" Momo gulped.

Uwabami's grin grew even bigger. "Use everything about yourself to appeal to him. Your cute looks, your wits, how smart you are, and act on the fact that men are weak to a woman trying to charm them~."

"I... don't think that's entirely true..." Kendo thought with her face turning even redder at the thought of her acting 'cute' around Izuku.

She glanced at Momo, the girl's onyx eyes widened, and the entirety of her face red as she listened closely to Uwabami.

Momo even glanced down at her own... 'assets.'

Kendo stared at her with a blank look.

"I don't mean to just use your body! There's a difference between charming and just straight up seducing! You naughty girls!" Uwabami laughed when she saw their looks.

Both of them flinched, steam coming from their heads.

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~{Selkie's Agency-12:45AM}~

"Come on, keep it going!" The Sea Rescue Hero: Selkie shouted to everyone doing push-ups on the ship's main deck.

Sirius and Tsu were right beside each other, pushing themselves up and down while looking less tired than everyone else.

"Hey, Tsu, can I ask you something?" Sirius asked while doing push-ups.

Tsu turned her head with a small, "Kero?"

"It's about the guy in Hosu City, your friend." Sirius clarified while steadying her breathing.

"What about him, Kero?"

Sirius smiled, "Do you like him?"

"You mean as a love interest, kero?" Tsu's calm expression didn't change a bit.

"Heh, I really love how level-headed you are. But yeah, do you like him as a boy?" Sirius chuckled.

Tsu nodded even as she did push-ups. "I do."

Sirius stopped doing push-ups as she let out a small squeal of glee. "So you do!?"

"You should probably continue doing your push-ups before Selkie sees you, kero." Tsu warned her.

"Ah, whoops!" Sirius started dropping down and pushing up just as Selkie passed by. After seeing their captain pass, she turned to Tsu again with another big smile. "So, are you gonna confess?"

Tsu looked down at the ground. "I thought about it, but there are... 'others,' kero."

Sirius's look of glee turned to a look of confusion, "Huh? Others? Wait, so you have rivals!?"

Tsu turned her head back to her friend, "Yup."

That made Sirius look stunned. "Is... Is he really that great of a guy?"

"Yup, he's... I guess what'd you could call pure, kero."

"And... you're not gonna confess because of the others?"

"We have a bit of a silent agreement, kero."

"Hm... What about just getting closer to him? Have you done anything to get him to pay more attention to you?" Sirius asked out of curiosity.

"No... Do you have any suggestions, kero?"

"I have one!" Someone else shouted.

Tsu and Sirius looked up to see captain Selkie in front of them now with a big grin.

"C-Captain!?" Sirius stopped her push-ups out of surprise.

Selkie focused on Tsu with a finger raised, "Froppy, can you cook?"

Tsu stopped her push-ups too, looking up at the pro hero with a tilt of her head.

"I can, I have two siblings at home that I usually had to watch over." She responded.

"Perfect!" Selkie laughed, "If you want to get to a man, then do it through his stomach!"

Sirius scoffed, "You're just saying that because your wife stuffs you with food every day so she has you wrapped around her finger!"

Selkie flinched, "B-But food still works! It'll make a man come back begging for more! Try it, Froppy! We'll be rooting for you!"

"Froppy!" The rest of the tired crew shouted despite panting.

"Oi! Did I say you could stop!?!" Selkie then shouted.

Tsu was looking down, actually thinking about it while turning a little red from the encouragement everyone gave her.

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~{Edgeshot's Agency-1:45PM}~

Edgeshot was in a meditating stance in the middle of a decently dark room, eyes closed as he listened closely to his surroundings.

He heard a small tap of a footstep, making him sigh.

"You're twenty-five feet to the top right of me. Remember, keep your center of balance low, and walk using your toes and the ball of your foot first. Place your feet as light as you can on the ground and focus on how you're shifting your weight."

"Damn it!" Shinso yelled from the shadows.

"And don't give away your position entirely..." Edgeshot sweatdropped.

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~{Best Jeanist's Agency- 2:13PM}~

"We're not making as much progress as before...." Best Jeanist was once again getting pulled back by his clothing's threads, creating distance between himself and Bakugo.

"Not only that, but Bakugo is actually getting the hang of not getting tied up..." He stuck his hands out as his threads shot out at blinding speeds to wrap around the explosive teen ahead of him.

Bakugo blasted forward at Best Jeanist before using his explosions to constantly spin himself, blasting away the threads that all came to wrap around him.

Best Jeanist landed on the ground and narrowed his eyes when he saw Bakugo immediately swing his arms to actually blast some of the metal poles in the room, sending them away.

"Trying to limit the mobility of my quirk by removing the features of the room? I'm surprised that you didn't try that sooner." Best Jeanist scoffed.

Bakugo was grinning menacingly as his palms let out some sparks.

"Well, before, I actually didn't want to just smash up the place!"

"How... thoughtful?" Best Jeanist rose an eyebrow.

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~{Kamui Woods-5:23PM}~

"So boring..." Enso thought as he and Kamui once again patrolled the streets, the student following the wooden hero through many paths. Nearly the whole day was uneventful for Enso, mostly just following the wooden hero around the city, making small talk or keeping silent as Kamui waved to the public. There wasn't really much of a conversation between the two...

Not until Kamui brought up something.

"Hey, Enso? Just curious, why weren't you in your room this morning? I came to wake you up but then was told by the secretary that you were outside." Kamui asked, glancing his head back to him.

"I was out because sleep and I have a mutual hate for one another." Enso answered with no hesitation.

"..." Kamui shrugged, "Isn't that like a mood or something?"

"Huh?" Enso tilted his head with a question mark over it.

"Er, nevermind..." Kamui waved it off.

Enso shrugged, "I don't know what you meant by that but know that I don't sleep too much, so expect to see me already outside in the morning. I might even take the chance to explore the city at night."

Kamui stopped walking and stared Enso suspiciously.

"You're... using the streets, right?"

Enso stopped his feet, staring blankly at Kamui.

"..."

Kamui's eye twitched, "Are you kidding me!?! Are you telling me that you learned NOTHING from when you ran off!?!"

Enso rose a finger, "Actually, I didn't use my quirk to jump around this time."

"And that makes it better!?!"

"I mean..." Enso tilted his head. "I guess others would say... it's a start?"

Kamui stared at Enso with a blank look, then facepalming.

"Why, do, I, keep, dealing with you?"

Enso shrugged, "Honestly, I'm amazed how much patience you have. It actually makes me want to keep bugging you."

"You little..." Cross-veins popped out on Kamui's wooden head.

"I would say sorry, but... I'm really not."

"I know you aren't..." Kamui sighed in defeat. "Rather than try to scold you more, let's finally get you to do something hero-like..."

"The way you implied that about me annoys me." Enso remarked as he and Kamui continued to walk again.

"Yeah? Well, you annoy the shit out of me too, kid..."

"Wow, even losing the formal language." Enso sighed.

By this time, Kamui had led Enso to where he would supposedly do something 'hero-like.' The emotion-lacking teen narrowed his eyes as he saw Kamui heading towards a port, indicated by the several different colored shipping containers in the distance, with few people walking around the area.

"Hm? Why are we here?" Enso asked out of curiosity.

"We're not going there... yet. Don't look over and just keep following me." Kamui answered as the two passed the entrance to the port casually and carried on to a cafe about a street away. It was there Enso noticed that Jiro and Death Arms were waiting inside with Mount Lady and Mineta, although when his eyes locked with the older female pro, he received a dirty and threatening glare from her.

"Don't tell me she still blames me for that misunderstanding?" Enso sweatdropped.

He then also noticed a different look from Jiro compared to how she normally looked at him. There was a sense of uneasiness in her eyes, along with the feeling of suspicion she gave off.

Enso narrowed his eyes when he saw her look. "Something's off..."

"Yo, Kamui." Death Arms waved to him as they entered the place.

"Good afternoon, Death Arms." Kamui politely bowed as they got close.

Death Arms turned to Enso and couldn't help but frown a bit. "You..." He crossed his arms. "Did you learn your lesson about running off like you did?"

Enso nodded, "I did. From now, I'm running and traveling by the rooftop without using my quirk."

"..."

Death Arms just sighed as he lowered his arms, "Well... It's a start."

Enso turned to Kamui, "See? Told you."

"You shut up, or I'm telling Nezu to make you carry him in U.A for an entire day."

"Understood, shutting up."

Death Arms actually grinned a bit from the two, finding amusement in their interactions. "Heh, it's nice you're both being great 'friends,' but let's move on to why we're here."

Enso raised his hand for permission to speak.

Kamui sighed, "You can speak as long as it's something relevant."

"Okay, I don't actually know why we're here." Enso pointed out.

"Hm? Kamui didn't fill you in on what we're doing?" Death Arms raised an eyebrow.

"Must've slipped my mind from how stressed I've been feeling recently..." Kamui groaned.

Enso nearly opened his mouth to remark something, but closed it while simply turning his head away.

Death Arms rubbed the back of his head as he got explaining. "Alright... I'll keep it brief. Lately, there's been many reports of young children between 5-7 years of age getting kidnapped throughout the city, usually in crowded areas. We've been tipped that they may be residing somewhere in that port a street away, within that maze of shipping containers... ready to be shipped out."

"So you're saying that port may be the headquarters of human traffickers?" Enso raised an eyebrow.

"We wouldn't say 'headquarters,' but apparently it's where they're bringing everyone they capture." Death Arms told him.

"Yup... And that's why we're going there." Kamui glared, thinking about the children being kept captive. "According to some of the information we've obtained, there should only be the workers left there right now, so we'll search the area now to find those children before they're gone."

"B-But what if those kids have already been shipped out!?!" Mineta panicked.

"Don't say things like that, you idiot!" Jiro growled as she used her ear jack to puncture Mineta's head.

"GYAH!"

As the short boy fell to the floor, the group continued.

"I know they must be still here. During the earlier parts of the day, that port focuses on unloading containers that have arrived from ships at sea. Near the nighttime is when they focus on shipping away containers they currently have." Kamui responded. "More specifically, they should be loading up containers within an hour."

"So, that means the captives should still be here." Death Arms concluded.

"Yes, but not forever, so let's get searching." Kamui commanded.

Everyone left the cafe and hurried on to the port, with Enso trying to ignore the glaring Mount Lady, who had been quiet the entire time.

They made it to the port entrance and rushed inside, then stopping and glancing around the area while Kamui gave commands.

"Jiro, you can listen in on the area, correct?"

"Yeah, I can." Jiro nodded with a serious look.

"I also have methods for searching for people." Enso added.

"Then we'll be splitting up to search everything faster!" He pulled out a few earpieces and handed them out to everyone in the group. "Use these to keep in contact with each other if you find something. Keep in mind that just because only workers are supposed to be here doesn't mean we're safe!"

"S-So villains could be here!?" Mineta stammered nervously.

"Just suck it up." Enso sighed.

Kamui pointed fingers at the corresponding people he spoke to, "Jiro! You and Death Arms will come with me to the northern part of the port! Those are where the main buildings are and no doubt where anyone suspicious would be! Jiro will use her quirk to give us the positions of everyone around while we take care of anyone there!"

He turned to the other three.

"Mount Lady! You, Mineta, and Enso will search the southern part!"

"Huh!? I'm babysitting these two!?!" She snapped.

"There's no time to argue, let's go!" Kamui set off running with Death Arms and Jiro. "And kids, if you run into any trouble, don't engage! Just retreat and let us handle it!"

Enso narrowed his eyes as he saw Jiro glance back at him, the girl then turning her head forward. "Does she suddenly have a problem with me?"

Mount Lady was gritting her teeth with angry veins or irritation. "Great, so I'm stuck with small grapes and Mr.twilight vampire here..."

She rubbed her eyes and sighed, then turning to the two with a small frown.

"All right... Here's how we'll do this... Mineta, you go search over there." The pro pointed to a general area.

"Eh!? By myself!?" Mineta cried out in fear.

Mount Lady then struck a pose to make herself look cuter and changed her tone of voice. "Can you do it for me... please?"

"YES, MA'AM!!" Mineta shouted with a salute and heavy breathing, his face entirely red to go with it.

Enso facepalmed as the short boy immediately took off to where Mount Lady pointed him, disappearing as he used his hairballs to bounce away.

As soon as he was gone, Mount Lady's expression turned back to irritation, "Of course he'd listen if I did that... so simple."

She then turned back to give instructions to the other one. "Ureshi, you-"

The male was already walking away down the shipping containers, hands in his pockets with his back to her.

"Wha-!? HEY!!" Mount Lady ran after him.

Enso continued to walk looking cold as usual as Mount Lady caught up to him, the woman stepping in front him with a pissed-off expression.

"Ureshi!! Where do you're-!?!"

"Enso." The male insisted as he stopped his pacing.

"I don't give a shit!" Mount Lady snapped before pointing at him. "Don't go off without saying anything!"

"Weren't you gonna send me to search here anyway?" Enso responded as he got back to walking passed her.

"That's not the issue, you brat! If Kamui or Death Arms learn that I let you go off without saying anything, then I'm the one in trouble!"

"I don't see why you're uptight about this. I thought you'd be glad if I was away from you after our previous interaction."

At that, Mount Lady grabbed Enso by the shoulders and pulled him to face to her, eyes glaring into his soul.

"You forget that ever happened, got it?" Her voice demanded with a threatening demeanor.

Enso stared at her, unamused. "So be it."

"At least this means we probably won't be friends." He thought as Mount Lady released him and turned her back to him.

"Hmph, just follow me and shut up, alright!" She snapped before marching forward.

"So annoying..." Enso sighed. But rather than follow her, he turned right to one of the containers and leaped up, landing on top.

Mount Lady heard the thud of his landing it and glanced back to see Enso on top of the container, making her eyes widen.

"Hey! What do you think you're-!?!"

"Oh would you just shut up?" Enso sighed as he closed his eyes and clapped his hands together in front of him as if praying.

"I'M COMING UP THERE AND RIPPING YOU LIMB FROM LIMB!" Mount Lady ran over and started to climb up the side of the container.

Enso ignored her and focused his power.

"Punk Style-Calm Mind."

A mental image appeared of a raindrop falling into a completely still body of water. Ripples spread, and Enso saw white silhouettes in the dark world around him. He saw every container within a certain distance and also saw faint outlines of what was within them.

Luckily, Calm Mind covered a large diameter of the area around Enso. He quickly found one specific container hidden a few rows down that contained several figures sitting with heads buried in their legs as if crying.

Mount Lady had climbed onto the container by then and was heading to Enso to finally deck him, but the boy opened his eyes saying;

"I found them."

The female pro stopped with a confused blink. "Eh?"

"The children. I found out where they're being kept." Enso answered as he lowered his hands, and his blue aura faded.

"Wha-!?! How!?!"

"Quirk, detecting my surroundings, that stuff." Enso vaguely explained as he jumped off the container and started walking again.

"Hey! What even is your quirk-ah!?!" Mount Lady had run to the edge to jump down after Enso, but tumbled forward and fell off the edge.

Enso heard her and turned back to see her falling, instinctively appearing underneath and catching her bridal style.

Mount Lady blinked a few times as she stared at Enso's crimson red eyes. Now that she was staring at them up close, she actually thought that they were... pretty. They seemed to shine unnaturally compared to normal eyes, no doubt because of his quirk, most likely.

Enso, however, wasn't absorbed in anything about Mount Lady in his arms. He just had a blank expression as his arms actually shook a little holding the woman.

"You're... really heavy. I really suggest eating less."

So many cross-veins popped out on Mount Lady's head, her teeth showing as her pupils shrunk.

"BASTARD!!"

She actually cocked her fist back to bash it into Enso, who responded by just dropping her to the ground before she had the chance.

"Gah!" Mount Lady landed on her behind, putting her hands on it as she felt some pain in her tail bone.

"It was only a suggestion..." Enso started walking away again.

Mount Lady got up, completely infuriated. "Y-You! YOU! How could you be so RUDE!?!"

Enso stopped for a moment and glanced back at her, raising an eyebrow.

Mount Lady marched to him and poked him right on the chest as she glared into his eyes.

"This whole time, you've just been a pain in the ass! Is this what Kamui constantly deals with!?!"

"Yup." Enso responded with no hesitation.

"Ugh! Then you just act like you don't even care! Can't you have some tact!?! You're trying to be a hero, for crying out loud! It's so... frustrating!" Mount Lady actually stomped the ground while clutching her head, looking down with a groan.

But then she looked back up with another glare.

"But that's not even the worst part!"

"It isn't?" Enso rolled his eyes.

"No! The worst part is that it feels like you're purposely doing it so everyone hates you, like you're pushing everyone away!"

It was then Mount Lady saw something that caught her eye. When she said that last sentence, she saw the tiniest hint of a twitch in Enso's eyes.

"Wait..." Her eyes widened in realization. "You're actually-?"

"We've wasted enough time, those children are waiting." Enso had already turned around and started marching off before the woman could say another word.

Mount Lady remained still, perplexed as she watched him.

This time, she frowned not from the frustration she had been feeling before, but from the newfound thought of isolation, Enso seemed to purposely give off.

"If there's one thing I know about people pushing others away... There's always a dark reason behind it..."

She ran ahead to catch up to him.

"Hey!"

She saw him turn the corner and went after him, then finding him standing in front of a green shipping container.

"Ureshi-!"

"Enso, please. Get it right next time." He coldly responded.

"Doesn't matter! Look..." She sighed. "I'm sure you've got... 'things' happening to you, but that doesn't mean you should be a complete ass to everyone around you!"

Enso glanced back at her, narrowing his eyes. "Stop it with the pointless discussion. We're not here to talk. We're here for them." He said, pointing his finger.

"Huh?" Mount Lady glanced passed Enso to the green container in front of him. "They're there?"

Enso nodded before walking forward to the handles and reaching for them.

"Upupup! Hold on!" Mount Lady rushed in front of Enso and stopped him from opening the door, looking completely serious. "You stay back and let me handle this. Those kids might be scared of you and mistaken you as a villain."

She turned to the door, but then glanced her head back for a moment.

"No offense."

Enso just rolled his eyes.

Mount Lady approached the handle and grabbed it, then tugging at it hard. However, something kept jamming it in place and the door was, therefore, unable to open. Mount Lady then looked under the cubed opening to see if any locks were there and indeed discovered one there.

She groaned as she stood up straight, turning to Enso. "You think you could pry this thing? I'm not really suited for this."

Enso sweatdropped.

"Um, excuse me?"

Mount Lady and Enso turned their heads to a new voice that called out to them, finding a somewhat tall man wearing a white hard hat and a blue worker outfit.

"One of the workers..." Enso analyzed.

"What are you both doing here? This area is restricted to- M-Mount Lady!?" The man was suddenly shocked to see the pro there.

Enso noticed him get tense with worry in his eyes, different from what he would expect from how a person would act in excitement to meet a hero they admired.

"So he's not happy that she's here..." He glanced his head around.

"I-It's an honor to meet you!" The man stammered, having a strained smile.

Mount Lady smiled and gave a sexy persona, "It's great to meet you too! I'd love to stay and chat, but I'm in the middle of something important, but can you unlock this container for me, please~?"

"I-I..." The man's eyes then brightened as he pulled out his phone. "But of course! I-I just have to text my boss to bring the keys!"

"Thank you~" Mount Lady sweetly smiled.

Enso deadpanned at her act.

The man quickly texted something on his phone, at a quick pace at that. Once finished, he quickly put it away and glanced back up at Mount Lady. "Th-There! He should be here in just a few minutes! In the meantime, could you tell me what you're both doing here?"

"Sorry, can't really say. It's hero business, please understand." Mount Lady smiled innocently.

"Th-Then how about a picture?" The man asked next.

"He's trying to stall..."

Enso closed his eyes and clapped his hands together again, blue aura forming around him yet again.

"Punk Style-Calm Mind."

Once again, he saw everything around him. But this time, he saw the white outlines of several people gathering up with weapons in their hands, sneaking closer around him.

"I knew it." He said as he opened his eyes, their blue color changing back to blue.

"Hm?" Mount Lady and the worker both turned to him.

"Were surrounded."

Mount Lady narrowed her eyes, "You detected them?"

"Yes. Approximately twenty people, each armed with a weapon. Each of them also seemed to have a hard hat on them, so it seems that the culprits here are the workers themselves."

The moment he heard Enso say that, the worker next to them reached behind himself and pulled out a handgun with a strained look, aiming it at Mount Lady's head.

The pro immediately turned back and grabbed the man's wrist and forced his hand up, the gun firing into the air. Enso then performed a roundhouse kick, swinging his leg and nailing the man right on his head.

"GAH!" His eyes turned completely white as he let go of his gun and was sent to the side, crashing into a container.

Mount Lady then turned to Enso with a pout. "I could've handled him myself."

"I'm sure you could've, but I wanted him knocked out as soon as possible. We've got more to deal with." Enso turned his head and saw the other workers finally show up, each with a gun of some sort.

"One moment." Enso suddenly scooped Mount Lady in his arms and picked her up bridal style.

"EH!?!" Mount Lady's face flushed in red by the sudden action.

He then athletically jumped upward before dozens of bullets rained down at the two, landing on top of a shipping container before jumping down a path of them to escape.

When he knew they were out of range, he skid to a stop behind another container and kept his back to it, peeking around the corner to check for anyone close.

"To think it was the workers themselves who were the villains... It was the perfect cover." He muttered.

He felt Mount Lady lightly punched his cheek, making him glance down to the woman in his arms, glaring up at him.

"Can you put me down now?"

"..."

"Not DROP me!" Mount Lady snapped before he could do anything.

"..."

Enso sighed as he gently placed her back on her feet.

"He god damn thought about it..." Mount Lady glared.

Once being put down, Mount Lady reached to her earpiece. "OI! Kamui! Red eyes and I nearly had bullets rained into us! There are over a dozen hostiles armed with guns!

She only heard static on the other side of the communications.

"Oi! Kamui! Could ya hear me!?!"

Enso was peeking around the container they were hiding behind.

"Either he's in the middle of his own predicament, or someone is interfering with our communications..."

Mount Lady groaned, "There's always gotta be someone like that, doesn't there!?"

Enso then saw several people coming from different places, carefully aiming their weapons for any sign of them.

Seeing this, Enso turned back to Mount Lady. "I don't believe you're suited for going up against bullets. It may be better for you to stay back while I take care of this."

Mount Lady just scowled.

"As if!! I'm supposed the pro here keeping you out of trouble! I could handle them just fine! My quirk can take all of them!" Mount Lady declared while aggressively pointing a thumb at herself.

"Even with your quirk, they have guns, you'll just be a big target." Enso responded.

"It doesn't even matter if they hit me! My skin gets too thick for bullets to get through while I'm huge! And the material for my costume makes sure they don't stay lodge in me when I shrink back down!" Mount Lady snapped back.

"Really? Hm... I didn't think you'd actually be prepared."

Mount Lady grabbed him by the collar and pulled him close so his face was inches from hers, an intense and serious expression on her face.

"Remember kid, I'm a professional hero. I learned everything I was supposed to learn, did what I was supposed to do. So don't look down on me thinking I'm not prepared. I worked hard to be where I was, and right now, I'm the one that's gonna deal with those thugs out there." she said in a stern whisper.

"..." Enso was... oddly impressed.

"So you stay back and go save those kids while they're all focused on me. I can't babysit you while I'm fighting out there, and I know you can take care of yourself, so go. But make sure you avoid anyone you see."

"Weren't you worried that those children would be scared of me?" Enso reminded her.

"At least you'll be there to protect him, only you can go right now." Mount Lady then turned around and ran out from their cover while growing into an enormous size with her quirk.

"There she is! Shoot!"

The men with weapons all started to fire up at the giant woman, unloading all their clips.

Enso waited as he watched Mount Lady start to overwhelm most of them easily, slapping them away or grabbing them before flinging them to others.

When he was sure everyone was absorbed on her, Enso turned and performed a light jog in the other direction, making his way back to the container he had seen before.

But after going through a few rows, he narrowed his eyes to see two men with firearms come out from behind a container, only to stop when they saw Enso.

They aimed at him, "Oi! What are ya-!?"

"Brute Style- Bulk Up." Enso's eyes and aura flared in white as he blasted towards the two.

"Kill em!" They both unloaded their clips, but with Enso's dense aura from Brute Style and the added defense from Bulk Up, all the bullets bounced off him as he approached both men and jumped up.

"Wha-!?" Both of their eyes widened before Enso came down with both fists crashing into their head, slamming them down to the ground and kicking up dust.

"They won't be getting up anytime soon..."

He stood up and continued jogging, turning a corner but then stopping as he heard a sniper shot ring out.

Even with his aura hardened, a sniper's powerful force could make his head hurt by the impact, so he tilted it back and narrowly avoided the bullet that pierced the container beside him.

"Even sniper rifles?" He turned with a glare to the shot's source, seeing a man actually lying on top of a container as he reloaded another bullet. "Two could play at sniping."

"Snipe Style-" Enso watched as the man loaded up his second bullet, his colors turning yellow once more. "-Piercing Shot."

Enso blasted forward diagonally at the man, and the man fired another round at the same time. He narrowly passed by the large bullet before his fist came all the way into the sniper's face, the cracking of a nose echoing.

The man was instantly knocked out with a grunt, and his sniper dropped onto the container. Enso landed on his feet and glanced down at the blood in his hand from the broken nose he caused.

"*Sigh* Not again..." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a handkerchief, cleaning the red while glancing at the scene behind him.

He saw Mount Lady still catching thugs, but by now, everyone else had arrived. Kamui, Death Arms, Jiro, and Mineta were all there, although only two were actually fighting. Kamui used his branches and Mount Lady her size, while Jiro stayed back with her earlobes plugged into the ground, giving off everyone's positions while Death Arms guarded her. As for Mineta, he frantically ran around, panicking as he threw balls of his quirk everywhere. Conveniently, many men ended up stepping on these balls, getting them stuck.

"I guess I'm on my own to get those kids..." Enso hopped off the container and went through two more rows of containers before making it to his destination. However, two men guarded the container now, no doubt since he and Mount Lady had been close to it earlier.

He leaped high into the air, becoming a silhouette under the evening sun with his aura turning white yet again.

"Eh? Oi, what's tha-?" The man didn't finish as Enso came down and once again smashed his fists on both men at the same time, knocking them out instantly as their heads hit the ground.

"Kamui might get mad at me for giving them concussions, but... meh."

He stood up and adjusted his red tie, which had become slightly undone throughout the endeavor, and then approached the container's doors.

He was still in his Brute Style as he reached his hand under an opening and grabbed the lock, managing to use the enhanced force of his style to snap it off.

He then stepped back as his white eyes and aura faded away, grabbing the door's handles and pulling it open with a rather loud screech of grinding metal.

It was dark inside, only getting slightly brighter as Enso opened the door fully to let the light in. He saw many small figures in the back of the rusty container, some crouching on the ground and others leaning against the wall. But they all instantly stood up in fear when they saw the door open with Enso being there.

As Kamui had said, several of them were inside, all of them appearing to be from 5-7 years of age. Each one had unique features, from claws, to even one with green, rough skin.

"No doubt they focused on finding children with appearances of combat suited quirks..."

Enso stared at the young ones for a brief moment with his usual cold gaze, while the kids stared back, nervously shaking.

The hero-in-making sighed before taking a step forward.

"Do you all want to go home?"

Hearing that, the children's eyes widened with looks of hope, but still contained the same fear as before.

"Hm... This might be difficult."

"MISTER!!" Someone cried out from the back of nearly the dozen children.

"Hm?" Enso raised an eyebrow as someone politely pushed through the other children and headed towards him. He came out and wrapped his arms around Enso while his head was placed on his stomach in a hug.

Enso's eye twitched, and he nearly knocked the kid out on instinct but managed to keep his hands still as he simply glanced down at who this person was.

He then recognized the child on him, his brown hair, the same black shirt and blue shorts from the first day of his internship, and the familiar sneakers. However, his attire was dirty, and he had some bruises on him, no doubt from struggling sometime before.

"You're...Mijitsu Kibo, correct?" Enso asked.

The child looked up, and sure enough, he had the same amber eyes Enso had recognized days before. They had tears tricking down, but a happy smile on his face.

"Y-You're here! You're here to save us!"

Enso narrowed his eyes. "What happened to you?"

Kibo kept his hold on Enso as he sniffled, "I-I was walking with mama u-u-u-until... h-h-he..."

"Never mind, don't try to speak. It'd be better if you didn't try to explain right now." Enso cut him off.

He then glanced forward at the other children, who were now beginning to shuffle closer to Enso, seeing that one of their fellow captives seemed to know him.

Enso sighed, closing his eyes.

"I'll ask again..."

He opened them and reached his hand out.

"Do you all want to go home?"

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~{A Few Minutes Later}~

The worker thugs were all now lying on the ground with their hands stuck behind them in various ways. Mineta used his balls of hair to stick their hands behind their back, Kamui used his branches to keep several villains held down, and Death Arms used capture tape with Jiro to tie them up.

Mount Lady didn't help with this, instead, shrinking down and running off back to where she remembered the green container being. She had a stern look on his face as a few thoughts went through her mind.

"How scared must those kids be right now? There's no way Ureshi would be gentle or caring with them..." She turned a corner and continued going down the rows of containers. "He wouldn't actually try to comfort them... The best he'll do is just wait with them for me to come. Hopefully, they aren't too shaken up-!"

Mount Lady had turned another corner before her eyes widened, and she skid her feet to a stop, her mouth opening up in shock.

She actually couldn't believe what she saw.

"Mount Lady... Assistance, please?"

Enso was there in front of her, with Kibo happily sitting on his shoulders and arms around his forehead. Two other children had their arms and legs wrapped around Enso's taller legs, two nervous children were holding his hands, and two more were wrapped around his arms while the rest stood around him. All of them were smiling without that much fear to Enso himself; they were just relieved that they were free and laughed a little, finding the boy 'weird.'

Enso had a blank gaze with a straight line across his mouth.

"I can't feel my arms... Or my legs... Or my mental stability."

Mount Lady blinked a few times, stunned by what she saw from the boy she thought to be one of the most suspicious-looking heroes ever.

However, soon that shock turned into a burst of full-blown laughter as she pointed at Enso.

"HAHAHA!! Since when did you become such a child magnet!?!"

"Don't say it like that, please... Just get these gremlins off me..."

"What's a gremlin?" One of the small girls asked him.

"Something I don't want on me..." Enso responded.

Kamui came running in, "We've got all the villains down! Now all that's left is to-!"

He paused as he saw Enso, watching the children all around him laughing while poking him or pulling at his hair curiously. He blinked several times, truly not expecting what he saw.

"Um... Are you sure you never interacted with kids?"

"Please shut up and get them off me... They don't listen, and I'd rather throw them as a last resort..."

"Don't say that so casually!!" Kamui shouted.

Enso sighed before glancing down at all the children.

"Can you all please get off? Didn't you all want to go home?"

The children stopped what they were doing when they heard

home', slowly but nervously letting go of him.

"Finally... The heroes will get you home safely."

The children back up off him, but Kibo remained on top of Enso's shoulders, feeling his hair.

"Off." Enso commanded.

"Mister, aren't you a hero too? Does that mean you'll take us home?" Kibo asked, completely ignoring his command.

"Nope. I'd rather not." Enso responded with no hesitation.

"Awwww! Come on!" Kibo pouted.

"Hey! Mister! Can I do your hair!?" One of the girls around him asked with sparkles around her.

"Hell no."

"What's your name!" Another asked.

"Enso Ureshi."

"What about your hero name!?"

"Reaper, if you know what it means, then you should be scared."

"COOL!" The kids shouted instead.

"If you children know what that means and think it's cool, then there really is something wrong with this generation..."

Mount Lady and Kamui stared in wonder at the scene in front of him. No matter how Enso snapped back at the children around him, they seemed somewhat glued to him.

Kamui crossed his arms and smiled, although you couldn't tell because of his wooden face.

"Heh, would you look at that?"

Mount Lady curiously tilted her head as Enso tried to walk away, yet the children just kept surrounding him.

"Huh..." She smiled. "He really could be a nicer person if he tried."

"He could, but it's clear that not only doesn't he understand the world around him, but he makes interacting with others harder on himself by how he acts..." Kamui sighed.

Mount Lady turned to him as her smile faded, wondering what he meant. But then she recalled what she had said out loud because of her frustration towards the boy.

"Pushing... everyone away..." She thought with a frown.

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~{Police Arrival}~

The authorities arrived at the scene momentarily afterward, helping to take the children back to their homes, much to their disappointment that they didn't get to leave with Enso. As for Kibo himself... he was the last one left with an officer waiting for him, but wanted to talk to his hero.

"What is it?" Enso looked down at the child in an unamused tone.

"Mister Reaper?" Kibo looked up at him with a small smile. "Do you think I can be a hero?"

"Of course, with your cannon quirk and enough training, you'd be a decent one." Enso responded.

"But... can I be a hero like you?"

Enso raised an eyebrow as the child below closed his eyes and showed a white grin, "I want to be just like you."

"Don't."

"E-Eh?" Kibo blinked in confusion as he actually saw a small glare from Enso.

"Listen, kid, you know nothing about me besides that I'm strong, so don't bother trying to be me. You'll never be like me, understand?"

Kibo looked down with a sad look as if he knew he did something wrong.

"Sorry..."

"..."

There was a moment of silence between the two, before Kibo slowly started to turn as if going to leave.

Enso sighed and closed his eyes.

"Be your own person."

Kibo stopped and glanced up at Enso with a look of confusion.

Enso opened his eyes, "Never try to be like someone else. Don't try to change yourself to match someone else's image. I know an idiot who's been trying to do that for a long time. What makes heroes great isn't that they try to be like each other, but they to be what they think is the best hero, heroes that think for the people."

Kibo's eyes widened and a big smile formed on his face.

"Do you think I can be one of the greatest heroes too?"

"If you put the effort in it, then you can." Enso turned around and started walking back to Kamui and the rest of his group. "See ya, kid."

Kiba smiled before sticking both hands in the air. "I'll be a great hero just like you, mister! But in my own way!"

"Yeah, yeah..." Enso sighed as he approached Kamui and the others, only to see him and Mount Lady smiling side by side. Again, you couldn't tell on the wooden hero, but you could feel his happiness.

"Awww, you do care." Mount Lady said with a smug grin.

"Good job, kid." Kamui added.

Enso just glared at both of them, then turning and proceeding to walk. "I'll wait outside."

Jiro stood beside Death Arms, staring rather perplexed at Enso. She never did get the chance to ask him anything about what she heard from his call, but she knew it might've been for the best. It was probably better to just bring it up with Izuku later.

But she still stared at him now, not from her suspicion, but from curiosity from the interactions she caught glimpses of between Enso and the captive children.

"Man... He really is... weird."

Meanwhile, Mount Lady pouted yet again when she saw the glare from Enso, not liking how cold he was to just leave them to be by himself.

"I'll be back!" She ran after him, leaving the group behind.

"M-Mount Lady!?!" Mineta shouted, comedically crying to see her going after Enso.

Death Arm and Kamui chuckled.

"You think she'd help him?" Death Arms asked his wooden friend.

"I honestly think he'll help her, too." Kamui nodded.

Hearing them claim this, Jiro rubbed her earlobe while in thought.

"I wonder what's up with both of them?"

Enso stepped outside the port entrance where several police cars currently were, their red and blazing blue lights igniting the now dark sky. Throughout that entire event, the sun had been slowly lowering on the horizon, and it wasn't until everything was over when darkness came.

"Oi! Enso!"

The mentioned male turned around with his eyes still narrowed to see Mount Lady approach him, then stopping with a stern look in front of the boy.

"Hm, she actually said my first name for once."

"What is it?" Enso asked.

Mount Lady crossed her arms.

"I don't get it."

"What?"

She got even closer and stared into Enso's red eyes.

"I don't get why you're purposely acting as if you don't need anyone, like you don't care about anyone. What gives?"

"I don't care because I choose not to care. I act like I don't need anyone because I already have the people I need. Any more would be more unnecessary problems."

"Hah!? What kind of thinking is that!? You really think having some more friends would bring problems to you!?"

"No... It would bring problems to them..." Enso thought as he narrowed his eyes more, thinking about Lynch and his situation.

Mount Lady sighed and put a hand on her hip. "For someone like you to be this completely sassy, sarcastic, smart ass person who just gives no fucks-"

"Language."

"-there must be a reason, right? One that makes it feel like you have to push everyone away?" Mount Lady finished rather than acknowledging what he pointed out.

"That's just your assumption."

"But I'm not wrong... am I?"

Enso didn't miss a beat, "And if I said you weren't? You'd understand to just stay away then."

Mount Lady frowned before putting a hand on her chin and thinking for a moment.

"You know what?" She smirked. "I'm not gonna."

Enso tilted his head, "What?"

"Even though you act like an ass, you're not really a bad person. And I kinda find you a bit charming."

"You must be an idiot with the worst taste in men to think that."

Cross-veins emerged on Mount Lady's head, but she closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"You know what? Fine..."

She opened them again, with another smile.

"Then I guess I'm an idiot."

"..." Enso found himself silent now, as it was clear anything else he said wouldn't get to her.

The older pro nudged him on the arm, "Hey, you got a phone?"

"Nope."

"Oh, come on! You really expect me to believe that? Come on, don't be stingy!"

"I actually don't have a phone." Enso responded.

Mount Lady paused, raising an eyebrow. "Then... What do you call people with?"

Enso was quiet for a moment before reluctantly raising his arm to reveal his watch.

Mount Lady's eyes brightened, "Oo! Is it like one of those smartwatches!?"

"Suuuuuuuuure..." Enso sarcastically remarked.

Mount Lady didn't notice his tone as she was curiously examining his device.

"Wow, it looks pretty nice."

"I suppose it is..."

Mount Lady grabbed his wrist and glanced back at him.

"Let me put in my number."

Enso had a completely deadpanned gaze.

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me, come on now." Mount Lady continued to smile.

"I'd rather refuse."

"You don't get to."

"..."

"..."

"You're not gonna leave me alone, are you?" Enso facepalmed with a sigh.

"Nope~."

Enso reluctantly raised his wrist and tapped a few things, then holding it out for Mount Lady.

The pro took his arm and carefully tapped her number in, then backing up with a satisfied grin.

"There! Not so hard, was it?"

"It was excruciating..." Enso didn't hesitate.

He glanced down at the screen and saw her contact as Yu.

"I don't get why you're so persistent to involve yourself with me..." He grumbled.

Mount Lady shrugged, still smiling. "Who knows? Maybe it's just been a long time since I've chased after a boy?" She joked.

"Oh..." Enso's eye twitched as he eyed the woman all over. "Goody..."

"I know I was joking, and all, but the way you're looking at me annoys the hell out of me..." The woman responded with a blank stare.

"..." Enso glanced down at his watch again. "So... Your real name is Yu?"

Mount Lady smiled again as she placed both hands on her hips.

"Yup! Yu Takeyama! You should be glad you got such a cute girl's number!"

"Cute... Uh-huh..."

"Okay, I was actually asking for that one." Mount Lady laughed, not offended at all.

Enso stared blankly at her before shutting off his watch, lowering his wrist.

"I'm not going to text you anytime soon, you know that, right?"

"Oh, you'd better. You could be a man and invite me out sometime, you know?"

"So you could leech of me? Not a chance."

"I'm not gonna leech off you! I'm not a gold digger, alright!?!" Mount Lady abruptly shouted, she then took another deep breath before turning her back to Enso. "Look... Just call me, alright? There doesn't even have to be a reason... At least try to talk to people... One of the most important things for heroes is the connection and cooperation we have with each other... So... try to be friendlier and listen to everything Kamui says. He's a hardass, but he knows what he's saying. He helped me out when I first came out as a rookie hero."

"..."

Mount Lady glanced back one last time with a smile, "See ya, kid."

With that, Mount Lady ran off back in the port to sort out some last business with the police and to take Mineta back, leaving Enso by himself. His long hair flowed back from the nighttime winds, and stars brightly twinkled in the sky, but Enso just stared forward at where the woman just was, then turning around and continuing to move away.

"Women are... confusing."