Through the Fire

Chapter 2

"Uehara-san, you're going to UA." He announced.

The pro heroes were silent for a few seconds. Waiting for additional information.

"Care to elaborate on that?" Yui asked, politely. The principal was taking too long to talk.

"As you both know the League of Villains got in UA despite us having high-tech security." He paused, sipping some tea.

"You think we have a traitor." Aizawa guessed. The two looked at him and the principal nodded.

"Yes." He affirmed, "And I think the traitor is most likely to be in your class, Aizawa."

Again, the room fell silent. Uehara didn't know if her senior got offended by that. She peeked at him and saw his serious expression. Maybe he did.

"We need you to pretend to be a transferee and find out who the traitor is. While doing that, I also ask you to teach them how to utilize their quirks more. For them to get stronger and in case another villain attacks them."

"We're going to keep this mission a secret. Only the three of us must know about this," he added leaning more to them.

"But wouldn't the other teachers know?" Aizawa pondered, unsure.

"That's why Uehara-san is perfect for the job. Because you can't find anything about her on the internet, nobody will know that she's a hero. Xx Company specifically recommended her to me."

"Ok." Uehara simply accepted. She didn't think it was hard. She's done lots of things in the past that was way more dangerous.

"Since that's settled, you guys can leave. Do take care." Principal Nezu dismissed them.

Yui was the first to go. Aizawa stayed to talk privately with the principal.

"Could you please give me more information about Uehara, Principal Nezu?" the pro hero requested.

"Hmm? Why is that?"

"I need to know about my partner if we're going to work together."

It's true. He can't work efficiently if his teammate is a stranger. That's why he prefers to work alone.

Principal Nezu got his briefcase and got out a piece of paper.

"I knew you'd ask for this, given your nature," he commented and gave it to Aizawa. "That's every info about Uehara-san. After reading it, burn it. We can't let anybody else know about her identity now."

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Name:Yui Uehara

Age: 28 years old

Height:179.3

Birth date: mm dd yy

Work: Underground Pro-hero

Quirks: Warp gate and purple fire.

Relative/s: Mother

Schools: N/A

"You're reading about me, huh?"

Aizawa immediately clutched the paper to his chest and turned to the person who sneaked up on him. He was still in the Police Department. He thought a stranger might have seen his junior's information. Which the principal strictly didn't want to happen.

"Oh, It's just you." he sighed in relief.

She was now wearing a hoodie and a mask to cover her face. He started walking to go out of the building. Uehara followed suit.

"You have a flame quirk, right? Here, burn this." he gave the piece of paper to her.

The girl followed her senior and took it from him. She burned the paper and the wind flew away the ash.

"Where are you going?" she later asked, walking beside Aizawa on the empty street.

"Home."

It was already midnight. Aizawa wanted to go back home and rest in his sleeping bag. He still has a class in the next few hours.

"Let's eat first. My treat." she beamed and put her arm around his shoulders, causing him to lean down a little. Aizawa was gonna decline, but a portal appeared in front of them, and felt defeated.

-

They sat at the very corner of a fast food chain and started eating.

"Damn, do I really look like a 15-year-old?" Uehara asked, feeling so full of herself.

Aizawa didn't know how their conversation ended up being about her age and appearance, but given how full of energy the girl has, he wasn't surprised.

"Dunno. You don't look old though," he replied, munching on his burger.

"But you do. And you're just 30. You should take care of your face, senpai." she smirked. While the other grunted.

He's heard a lot of people say about how he looks and he doesn't bother changing it one bit.

"Let's go."

-

"Bye! See you tomorrow senpai! I mean sensei!" she called out to him when they started parting ways. Literally only a few steps apart.

He just shook his head, not looking back. For someone who had to work in the middle of the night, she was very much enthusiastic.

"Oh and by the way." a hand grabbed Aizawa on the shoulder. He felt something press on his right cheek.

"I have a crush on you, in case you didn't notice. Bye!"

Uehara immediately went back to the portal she came from and vanished just like that.

Aizawa stared ahead. With disbelief and tiredness, he didn't have the energy to overthink what had just happened. So he started walking through the street to get to his house.