But What If I Was Better? | Mob Joins UA

[Bad Throw]

This is another short story.

It is also 100% canon, but I couldn't find a good place to put it again.

So look at this more like another filler episode. Not necessary if you're here for the main plot, but still an enjoyable read. (At least hopefully.)

Canonically takes place in the week between Ryo joining the LoV and Kai's appearance in chapter 4.
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CRASH!

     A baseball smashed through Ryo's perfectly clean living room window, landing a critical hit right into Tomura's face!

     "S###!" The villain clutched his nose, blood beginning to leak from it. "What idiot threw this?!" Grabbing the ball that had bounced off of him onto the floor, Tomura immediately disintegrated it out of spite, watching the flakes of ash drain from his hand. Spinner, Toga, and Twice, who had been lounging around on the couches with their leader, were a little startled as well by the direct assault.

     "What happened in there??!" Magne called from the kitchen, where she was preparing grilled ham and cheese sandwiches for everyone.

     "Just some stupid ball... Nothing to worry about. ... Ugh.." Tomura stood up, still holding his nose with one hand, to go take care of this mess in the bathroom.

     As he left, Ryo's footsteps came racing down the stairs. "Please don't tell me it was that brat!"

     "What brat?" Spinner inquired. "The one who threw the ball?"

     "Ughhughhh, yes! That brat! Stupid kid's going to-- Mmhhhgghhhh..." Ryo melted against the stair's railings, everyone staring up at him suspiciously.

     "Wait, has this happened before?" Spinner.

     "Unfortunately, yes..." Ryo groaned. The League turned their attentions to the privacy fence outside. On the other side of it, they could faintly hear a little boy calling, asking for his ball back. "Last time he did that, I yeeted his ball into the stratosphere! Of course he started crying and I got an ear full from his mom! So where's the ball? I'll just give it back to him."

     The league's eyes bulged a little, glancing between Ryo and the pile of ash left on the floor. It didn't take long for the teleporter to piece things together. "Hhhh." He rubbed his forehead. "You guys realize he's a kid, right?? And an adventurous one at that! He's going to climb over my fence again and, though he's a stupid little s###, is going to recognize all of you!

     "Crap!!" Twice jumped to his feet. "I say we all hide! I don't want to have to kill a little kid!"

     "Yeah, same.." Spinner joined him, though slower. Toga leaned even further into the back of the couch, reluctant to move again after she had found the perfect position of comfort.

     "I...'ll go buy another ball. You guys tell the others and stay out of sight!" Ryo vanished in that instant. Magne heard everything, already turning off the stove so she wouldn't burn anything while all of this was going down.

     "HELLO?.. Sir???" The little boy's call came again. A hand latched onto the top of the privacy fence, sending the league into a frenzy!! As the boy climbed over the fence, everyone scattered, finding places to hide.

     A little boy no older than four or five, sporting torn up jean shorts, an unbuttoned red vest of sorts, a yellow bandanna tied around his forehead, and a straw hat too big for his head plopped into Ryo's backyard. "Ouf!" He sprung back up quickly and brushed himself off. Then the boy cupped his hands together. "HELLO?! ANYBODY HERE!?" There was no response. Of course there wasn't!! "Oh no, I broke his window again!" The little boy panicked, jogging to the back patio of the villains' current headquarters. He yanked on the back door knob for a while, but eventually he deduced that the door was locked. So he crawled through the shattered window instead.