Caged [BNHA]

Chapter Twenty

~Toshinori's POV~

It had been a little over two months since I'd caught the monster terrorizing Enya in her sleep. Since then, things were quiet, almost too quiet. I was worried the villains were using this as a chance to get me to drop my guard and make some kind of move.

I returned to life as normal, mostly, I now made sure I was home for dinners with Enya. Some friends of mine on the police force took turns watching the apartment building making sure no one suspicious got in while I was out justicing. Some of my friends in law enforcement were also helping me try to look into Lorenzo, though there wasn't much they could do other than give me access to search databases.

I let out a long sigh as I shoved away from one of the deputy's desks feeling frustrated. It was another day of finding nothing. His record was suspiciously clean. I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket and retrieved it to find a picture message from Enya. She was at her desk in her room giggling as Tora perched atop her shoulder like a parrot. There was an accompanying caption: 'maybe instead of heroes, Tora and I can be pirates XD'.

The sickly kitten she'd nursed back to health had grown quite a bit in two months and was the very picture of health. I was glad she'd found him. I'd been worried about leaving her at the apartment alone. I smiled down at the adorable picture now taking up my screen and saved it. Chuckling softly at her caption I responded, 'the pair of you would be the cutest pirates' though they absolutely wouldn't strike fear in anyone.

"All Might, there's a villain running rampant at the mall, causing a lot of damage. Can you help us handle him?" One of the officers asked in a rush as he scrambled to my side.

"Leave it to me." I smiled and took off. As I raced off I sent another text to Enya telling her to order pizza since I wouldn't be home in time to accompany her to the grocery store.

Nearly an hour later, due to more people needing saving on my way back home, I finally made it to my apartment complex. The off duty police officer watching the building for me offered me a nod and mentioned the usual pizza delivery driver, Jake, had made his way up not too long ago.

I clearly had Enya order pizza too often if the off duty police officers watching over my building knew the name of my pizza delivery driver. Perhaps I needed to adjust my schedule a little more to make sure I had time to accompany Enya to the store more often so we weren't eating pizza so much. As I headed up to my floor, I thought it odd I hadn't run across Jake on his way out.

When I reached my floor, I heard Enya let out a scream. My heart dropped and I sprinted to my apartment. As I burst through the door I found Jake holding Enya off the ground by her throat. The now, not so tiny, tiger patterned kitten, Tora, was hissing and clawing at Jake in an attempt to get him away from Enya. Without a moment to think, I darted forward and hit him over the back of the head with enough force he instantly fell unconscious and dropped to the floor.

I caught Enya in my arms as she fell from his grasp coughing and gasping for breath. "Enya? Are you alright?" I asked worriedly as I held her close.

She coughed once more and struggled to regulate her breathing. "I-I'm o-okay." Her voice came out meek and shaken. "S-something was w-wrong with Jake."

"What do you mean?" I asked her as I set her down atop the kitchen counter so I could get a better look at her. There was a clear handprint in bright red on her neck that was starting to turn a darker shade of red. It was going to be a nasty bruise later. I winced sympathetically.

"H-his eyes were blank and he wasn't himself." She shivered.

Tora scrambled atop the counter and let out a soft mew as he wriggled into Enya's arms. Enya hugged the kitten in her arms. Tears welled in her bright blue eyes and I felt my heart clench in my chest. The poor girl had been through enough, why couldn't she catch a break? My body moved on it's own, wanting to offer her comfort. I placed a hand to the back of her head and pulled her against me.