All For Some

Chapter 77: An Unholy Duo part 2

Several days later Katsuki was walking in the dim red glow of the descending sun. He held up and investigated a seemingly gold ring he had liberated from the powdered finger of a pickpocket that had fallen for his bait disguise. Katsuki adjusted the plastic bag with the oversized shirt. He'd have to wash it, again.

He stopped and put the ring away as a familiar figure stepped into the middle of the sidewalk in front of him, hands in pockets. Something in his posture irritated Katsuki to no end in addition to the grin on the scarred face.

"Took a while to find you again. Ran out of explosives?" Dabi asked.

"Not my problem," Katsuki responded. "Only got small fry last couple of days. My quirk is wasted on them. Better stretch my muscles when running into that scum."

"So you have not gone after that 'hero' yet?"

"His name is Glare. He can paralyze people he stares at, at least if they are close enough."

"Which is perfect for fighting any one person, and why you can't take him on alone," Dabi smiled and huffed. "My offer is still open."

Katsuki's eyebrow twitched. "You knew already last time."

"Of course I did. I have been around while you were still worried about homework."

"And you never said anything," Katsuki's forehead was now ticking.

"You never asked, and if you hadn't bothered to look it up, I wouldn't want to risk being involved."

"You don't want to play with me," Katsuki growled, his hands sparking.

"Good, because I was planning to work with you to clean up one rotten hero. If you are still interested in taking that step."

"I didn't research him for fun. Only needed an extra for him to look at. With your face it will be hard for him not to."

"I don't think he'll even notice me when an angry Pomeranian starts exploding around him."

"Oh shut it scar-face! That guy won't even notice me coming after he gouges his eyes out so he wouldn't need to look at you."

"Well in that case he is going to be in trouble being also deaf from your shouting. Then I'll take him out."

"You mean I take him out!"

"Don't point. Come on, let's go this way," a voice interrupted the unholy duo as a mother ushered her kid away to the other side of the street.

"Let's talk somewhere else," Dabi suggested.

"Fine," Katsuki responded, still scowling at the family that had the guts to disrupt them.

They left the open street and found a more private empty yard behind some store several blocks away.

"So you in?" Dabi asked as soon as they stopped there.

"No," Katsuki responded. "You are in with me."

"Fine," Dabi responded, holding up his hands and shrugging. Something about the gesture really gritted Katsuki's nerves, but they'd never get anywhere if he responded to every annoying thing Dabi did.

"Now we just need to come up with a plan and find him," Dabi said in a slightly less annoying way.

"Who do you think I am?" Katsuki asked. "I already know where he is going to be. Pro heroes are pretty predictable with their patrols and this one is rotten. There are at least three different spots where he gets out of sight and stops to look around."

Katsuki had learned that when he almost got caught

"...probably in case the criminals want to contact him."