Problematic kitten

Chapter 4

"Elastic again? You and others have been extra busy this night." Detective Tsukauchi praise the woman walking inside police station with third villain this night. "This is also gift from our newest little helper." She answer and push the man to other officer. Tsukauchi raise his eyebrow. "Kitten, again?" He ask. "Yeah, I don't understand how he manage to get on all of those scenes so fast." Elastic complain and flop on chair. "Maybe because he don't have to deal with all of these paperwork?" She sigh and take the paper from him.

Tsukauchi sigh and shake his head. "How long he has been active, three weeks?" "Almost four." Elastic answer. "And you still hasn't get good look on him?" "Nope, he has always climbed far up or left the scene when we get on there." "Like a true wild cat." He sigh. "Kitten. He cannot be older than teenager with his size." Elastic answer when station's doors get slammed open. "That Kitten will make me go crazy." Salamander grunt and throw new villain to officers. "Again?" "Yes, yes again and this time he got injured quite badly. This guy has knife quirk. He can make knife appear anywhere in his body. He laughed and said that he sliced his stomach and I believe him, considering the amount of blood on scene." She say angrily, trying to hide her worry. 

Elastic has stood up and Tsukauchi has followed her. "What? Didn't you find him?" Elastic ask worried. "Obviously not, otherwise I would have been carrying him to the hospital already." Salamander spat frustrated and brush her hand through her hair. "Why he won't let me help. He clearly is just a kid." She grunt. "I will go look for him. Where did you find that guy?" Elastic offers. "In the corner of Mongar and Hillway street." 

Elastic nod and rush out of room. Tsukauchi look at the paper she left behind and sigh tiredly. "This new vigilante is going to be dead to me." He complain and flop back on his chair. "Tell me about it. I would rather help him than worry after him." Salamander answer angrily while glaring at the villain who has hurt their Kitten. His mischievous smiles and waves has already won everyone over, not to mention that he never seem to use any of them more than necessary.

Usagi grunt in pain and exhaustion when she finally believe she is far enough from the scene. That last attack has surprised her completely. Her staff couldn't stop the knife. Bleeding has stopped a long time ago and she make sure that there is no trace behind her after that. She pop one caffeine and one sugar pill in her mouth and swallow them. She has given last painkiller pill to the victim. "I think I can call this a night." She grunt and sigh in relief when pain start to dull. 

It took quite long before Usagi get to home and she is too tired to climb from outside. She hold her breath while she slip inside from front door. She tiptoe through darkness and manage to get in her room without getting noticed. She lock the door and sigh in relief. She move to fill her pill supply and notice how little she has left after that. "I need to make more tomorrow. Luckily school end tomorrow." She mumble and sigh. It also means that Mr Matsuda might throw her out. She turn this year 15 already, she has to look for a job to get him put up with her. She take her suit off and put it in cold water to get the blood of it. 

Usagi nod in bathroom while waiting for the blood start to loosen up, then she wash the suit as well as she could, hang it to dry and slouch in bed. She drop on it, she barely managed to put on old t-shirt, and soon fall asleep. "Just one more day, then I have one thing less to worry about." She mumble before sleep completely take over her. 

Usagi wake up when alarm start to ring. She groan and slam it shut. "TRASH! WHY YOU WAKE ME UP?!" Mr Matsuda's angry roar shake the house. She immediately snap awake and jump out of bed. "Shit, shitshitshit." She curse and rush to the bathroom. She hide her suit and weapons, do her business, change in school uniform and rush to the kitchen to make breakfast, hoping that it will calm him down enough to not get full beating. 

Mr Matsuda stomp in kitchen, hangover and furious. Usagi yelp in fear and quickly finish his sandwiches. "I'm sorry sir. It won't happen again sir. Here I made these for you as apology." She apologies and put the plate on table. He grab her hair and pull her closer. She silently hiss in pain and wait terrified what will follow. "You better remember not to let it happen again or I will throw you out." He growl and punch her gut. She double over from pain of it and yesterday's slash combined and gasp. "Shut up." He snarl and throw her on floor before kicking her side. 

Usagi curl in small ball and wait for next hit. It never came and she slowly peek between her fingers. He stare at her eyes full of disgust and fury. "This is your last day in school, right?" She hesitantly nod. "Then you better start to pay for your own food, you have time for job. I will no longer feed a parasite like you. You will continue to keep this place clean as your rent. Understood? If you fail, I will throw you out." He threaten. She nod and crawl further before standing up. "I will find a job. I will make myself useful to you, sir." He scoff. "We will see about that." He grunt, grab the plate and walk to the living room. 

Rest of Usagi's day didn't go any better. Her friends want to give her proper goodbye and beat her up worse than ever. Without her quirk she would have been hospitalized. She got slashed, strangled, kicked, punched and electrocuted. They left her gasping behind the school while laughing. She feel like crying but no tears would come to her eyes. She feel empty and tired. She lay there until pain turn to dull and stand up with help of the wall. She sigh and toward opposite side of her home. "Time for a job hunting." She murmur and force her legs to move. Every step hurt, every breath hurt, everything hurt. But she has grown so used to it that she mostly manage to ignore it, noticing it won't help her at all like she already knew all to well.