Problematic kitten

Chapter 21

Usagi has managed to find a place to stay, abandoned warehouse's attic. There is only one way left in, through the roof. Couple floors has collapsed some time ago so she feel rather safe in there. Couple first days she use to make it somewhat livable place, she brought an old mattress in there with pillow and blanket, she clean some rubble from the area she stay, did her best to make necessary equipment for her pills even that she didn't have any idea how she would buy ingredients on them in the future. Last tears has dried after first day, now she just try to get by day by day.

Without nothing else to do, Usagi bury herself in vigilantism. She go out every night and stay out till morning, she use evenings to look for food from dumpsters. She has spend last of her money on ingredients needed of healing and energy pills. She has avoided all heroes for a week now, none of them hasn't even saw her shadow. Only proof that she is still alive are people she save and arrest and little notes she occasionally leave to polices, information about trigger sellers or something else like that. She hear a lot of things on her food hunting trips, who would pay any attention to another abandoned kid? For her surprise Kuro has stick with her, occasionally disappearing to look for her own food but always waiting for her in the morning. 

Usagi change on her vigilante outfit once again, make sure that everything is on their places and turn to pet the kitten on mattress. "I'm off. Be safe and don't get yourself in trouble." She tell the cat, she purr and push against her hand with quiet meow. She smile fondly to her and climb to the roof. First raindrops hit her as soon as she get out and she look up. Dark clouds cover the sky and more raindrops start to fall. She smile a little and quickly jump down. She brought couple buckets she has found on the roof, wash them with rain and left them there. "Maybe I can wash some of this blood of my clothes later." She mumble before jumping on move.

Usagi has stopped three robberies already and saw Salamander and Elastic be on their patrols. She has been out for hours and shudder from cold, her clothes has long ago soaked. She has put out her claws to cover her fingertips, even little bit of warmth is welcome. She squeeze some of the water from her hood and decide to left it down, it cover her view too much that wet and no one could recognize her anyway this wet, her dark purplish hair look currently completely black. She is glad about her goggles, they keep rain out of her eyes even if they smudge her eyesight some and wiping them didn't help at all.

Usagi crouch on edge of roof and listen to the city. It is already small hours of the night and most of civilians has left home. She huff and rub her arms, trying to warm herself up even a little without real success. She move her fingers, trying to keep at least them to work properly. She sense that someone is approaching her roof and quickly whip around just in time to see figure drop on same roof she is. She couldn't see properly but didn't sense any hostility. Must be a hero.

Usagi drop soundlessly on fire escape beneath her and stay to listen if the hero noticed her. She hear deep sight and quiet murmur of 'problem child'. She has to bite her tongue to not let out any sounds of surprise. Eraserhead move closer to the edge and she press her back harder against the wall. "Where did you go Usagi?" She hear him murmur with almost desperate tone and freeze in shock. What? She didn't dare to move. He stay on the roof until his hero com alert him of something. "I'm on my way." He say and start to run toward east.

Usagi let out the breath she has hold in until Eraser has jump to next roof and slowly peek toward the direction man left. She still wonder about his quiet question. "Are you looking..... me?" She mumble confused and soon shake her head with unbelieving laugh. "One of his students must have gone missing, it is not like he know me or would look for me." She say to herself with a nod and climb back up.

Usagi continue her patrol and stop two more robbers and linger around just long enough to make sure that they can't escape until police or hero come there. What surprised her is that latter of those scenes hero that appear was someone she didn't expected, not to mention middle of night, Present Mic. She stay in the near rooftop and follow how he take in the villain and then look around like looking for something.

"USAGI!! I KNOW YOU ARE THERE! COME OUT, YOU DON'T NEED TO HIDE ANYMORE! NO ONE IS GOING TO HURT YOU!" Present Mic yell in the darkness and continue to search the environment around him. Usagi has frozen after hearing his words. She slowly turn to look at the hero again. Police has left the scene and only he stand in the rain on dark street. She frown, still denying the fact that he has also call her by her real name. "Different Usagi. They can't possible know that I am Kitten, or that I am here. 

"USAGI! COME ON, LITTLE LISTENER. AIZAWA MISS YOUR MONSTER COFFEE!" Mic continue to call out. She stumble a little and start to shake more, not just for the cold. She stare at the hero in shock for a moment until she shake her head, denying the obvious fact that he is calling for her. "Impossible." She mutter, cover her ears and turn to run. She block out rest of heroes words and head directly at warehouse. Her mind racing as fast as her legs. Arguing with herself about the fact that heroes could really look for her. 

Eventually Usagi drop on familiar roof, use robe to lower the full buckets inside and jump inside as well. She strip and shudder from new wave of cold. She is freezing. She quickly fill her water bottles, wash some of the blood from clothes and put them to dry, put now empty bucket back outside and put on dry clothes before curling under the thin blanket, desperately try to find even a hint of warmth. Soon Kuro curl against her and she wrap her arms around warm body. "It is impossible, no one miss me or would try to look for me." She whisper in darkness and close her eyes.