Dabi
"What do you mean?" Dabi growled. Hawks sighed and crossed his arms, annoyed that Dabi wanted him to repeat the information.
"I said," Hawks replied. "Bakugou got kidnapped again and we, the pro heroes, need your help." Dabi raised an eyebrow at the number two hero. "Well, actually, I told them that I knew someone that could help."
"Why me?"
"Because you know how the villain world works?" Dabi sighed and shook his head. "Come on!"
"Fine but Toga and Twice get the mental help they need. And you heroes listen to what happened to them, and help them." Hawks looked at him, surprised.
"That's it? That's your only condition?"
"No, I need something else. Something that I think only you heroes can do."
"What's that?"
"I'll tell you when we get there. And also, is Endeavor helping with the case?"
"Yeah, he is."
"Great." Dabi rolled his eyes. "When do you need me?"
"Tomorrow. I'll send you the address to meet with me."
"Whatever." Dabi shrugged and started to walk away. "See you tomorrow."
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"I brought him," Hawks said. "You can come in now." Dabi walked in and took note of which pros were there. He saw Endeavor, Hawks, Midnight, Aizawa, and Nezu.
"A villain?!" Endeavor shouted, leaping to his feet.
"Look, I don't want to be here anymore than you want me to," Dabi growled. "Okay? But you got something that I need and I have something you need. Let's just handle this and I'll be on my merry way."
"What do we have that you need?" Midnight asked.
"I'll tell you that later." Dabi shoved his hands in his pocket. His left hand brushed the file he had placed inside that morning. He shoved it deeper into his pocket. "What do you have so far? Anything at all? Since it's the explosion kid, I assume there must have been some evidence."
"There was none," Aizawa replied.
"Okay." Slowly, they ruled out different underground gangs in Japan. "So we still have about a hundred to rule out." Dabi scratches the back of his head. "This is going to take a while."
"Yeah, no kidding," Midnight groans.
"Maybe if he talks to Bakugou's friends, we'll figure this out faster," Nezu offers.
"Since there was no evidence, I doubt the kids know anything," Dabi grumbles. He shakes his head.
"What's in your pocket?" Endeavor asks.
"None of your business." Dabi glared at the number one hero.
"Well, since this is going to take a while," Hawks said. "Maybe we sort out Dabi's demands." Dabi rolled his eyes.
"They aren't demands. You don't have to do them. Well, you have to help Vampire and Jin but I doubt that you dig up anything on this one." He took the file out of his pocket and put it on the table. "This is going to take a lot of explaining."
"What do you mean?" Aizawa asked.
"Dabi isn't my real name."
"Yeah, we know that," Endeavor growled.
"Hawks knows my real name. And it's not a great life I've lived." Dabi tilted his head to the side. I'm doing this for Kokoa. I'm doing this for Kokoa. I'm doing this for Kokoa. Dabi thought before shaking his head.
"Dabi?" Hawks asked, poking his shoulder. "Do you want me to tell them?"
"Yeah, sure. I don't think I can do it anyway." Dabi mumbled the last part and went to look out the window. I'm doing this for Kokoa. I'm doing this for Kokoa. I'm doing this for Kokoa. Dabi thought. I'm doing this for Kokoa. I'm doing this for Kokoa. I'm doing this for Kokoa. I'm doing this for Kokoa. I'm doing this for Kokoa. I'm doing this for Kokoa. "Touya?" Dabi looked over. "You can come back over." Slowly, Dabi walked back over to the heroes.
"Hey, Dad."
"Touya?" Endeavor asks.
"Yep, it's me. Your failure of a son. I didn't come here to relive the past. I came here to ask you for help. After I almost died in the fire, I was saved by All for One. He probably would have manipulated me into hating my family but there was a girl there that helped me escape. After I left, I tried my best to dig up what I could on her so I could get her out of there." Dabi tossed the file to Hawks. "That's almost eight years of research. I didn't do anything illegal but that's all I got on her. When I woke up almost eight years ago, All for One had taken me to where he kept his 'spares' which were in case anything happened to Shigaraki. Kokoa and I were two of those. I have no idea how many so-called spares he has. I know there are at least four, including me and Kokoa. I joined the League because I found out that All for One was the boss and if I could get in, then I could probably find Kokoa."
"Kokoa?" Aizawa said. "She was one of my only middle school students." Dabi blinked. "You knew her?"
"I still technically still do because I don't think she's dead." Dabi flinched at the last word. She isn't dead, she can't be. Dabi judged.
"I'll look into her," Endeavor said. "In the meantime, I think it would be best if you stayed with us." Dabi snorted.
"I'm not going anywhere near you but I'll gladly talk to the rest of the family. Starting with Shoto, 'cause I'm at U.A."
"I'll take you to him," Aizawa said. "Are Toga and Twice coming with you?"
Dabi shook his head. "Himiko and Jin are still on a mission for the boss. No idea when they're going to be back. I'm sure they're going to call me when they get back." Practically on cue, his phone went off. Dabi quickly answered. "What's up, Blondie?"
"Dabi-nii!" Himiko whined. Her voice sounded like she was crying. "Where are you?"
"U.A? Why what's wrong?"
"I don't wanna go back! They're shouting and cursing and punching and fighting a-an-and-"
"Okay, I'm coming. Hang in there till I get to you, okay?"
"O-ok. J-jin and I are at that cafe."
"Alright, I'm on my way then." Dabi hung up and stuffed his phone in his pocket. "Change of plans, I'm going to go pummel Shigaraki, and then I'll be back with Toga and Twice."
"Are you really beating him up?" Endeavor asked.
"Eh, probably not."
"I'll come with you," Aizawa said. Dabi shrugged and the two went to the cafe where Toga said she and Jin were. He pulled his hood over his head and quickly spotted Himiko, who saw him and ran over. She hugged him and started sobbing as Dabi returned the gesture. Dabi wasn't usually a touchy person but Himiko was one of the only exceptions. Twice is Toga's age btw.
"You okay?" Dabi looked over at Jin, who ran over and joined the hug. He had to free his other arm so he could wrap it around Twice's shoulders.
"No!" Toga whined. "They're scary! I don't wanna go back."
"Alright, then we won't, okay?"
"Where will we go then?"
"Somewhere else. I'll figure it out when we get there." Himiko nodded.
"We can start with meeting my students," Aizawa said. Toga and Twice looked at Aizawa. "Don't worry, I'm not here to arrest you. Come on, I'll let Dabi explain what happened to you."
