The Heart of a Hero [BNHA]

Chapter Nineteen: Payback

Endeavor looked down at the sleeping cat like girl as the car slowed to a stop outside of a hovel of an apartment complex. He was tempted to take her to the Todoroki Estate but he had a feeling if he did she'd sneak out the moment she woke up. Though the apartment was pretty run down and in a neighborhood that didn't look the best, he saw a gathering of people around some outdoor tables. It looked as if they'd set up some kind of station at one of the tables. There was a young man sitting at the table that people kept reporting to, it almost seemed like a search party. Had someone gone missing?

He picked up the sleeping girl as his driver came around to open the door. The moment he stepped out of the car he heard a collection of gasps as the people began to murmur amongst themselves, recognizing him and wondering what he was doing there. The man who'd been sitting at the table being reported to, stood up as he spotted the sleeping girl. He had dark hair and pure obsidian eyes, that lacked any visible sclera, pupil or iris, they were nothing but darkness. His appearance was a little unsettling.

"He found her!" A college aged girl with long lavender hair squealed as she noticed the sleeping girl in his arms. "Craven! Our kitten has been found! Time to squeeze her!"

A young man with ginger hair and bright green eyes hurriedly caught the lavender haired girl and held her back, "Lavender! She's injured you can't squeeze her!" He groaned.

Endeavor looked down at the sleeping girl with a small smile. Seems she found herself a new family. The demonic looking young man approached slowly and offered him a polite bow of his head.

"Thanks for finding her, but why was the number two hero even looking for her? The police said they couldn't even do anything until she'd been missing for 24 hours." He asked with an untrusting frown.

Endeavor sized up the young man and smirked as he noticed him begin to tense. He had a foolish sense of bravery. "She's my ward." Endeavor said with a shrug.

"What?!" Everyone's jaw dropped, save for the demonic looking man. His frown only seemed to grow.

"If anything, she's our ward, we're the ones looking after her." The demonic man challenged him. "Where did you find her?" He asked and held his arms out to take the sleeping girl.

Endeavor liked him, he was tenacious and fearless, perhaps a little reckless but he could tell he cared for the girl. They all did. She was in good hands here. He handed her over with a smirk. "I picked her up at school."

"What?" Lavender giggled, "I really need to teach her how to play hooky better."

"No, that sounds like a terrible idea." The ginger haired man shook his head.

Endeavor turned to walk away realizing the cat girl was safe, "take care of her." He gave the demonic young man a nod before getting back into the car, his gaze falling on the vase of flowers Nikita had helped him pick out and arrange for Rei.

Nikita started to stir from her slumber as the car pulled away. She blinked a few times as she realized she had no idea where she was or how she got there until she met a familiar pair of pure obsidian eyes lacking any visible sclera.

"Craven?" She asked in a small tired voice.

"You're grounded." Craven grumbled as he carried her up the stairs.

"What?!" Nikita squeaked.

"So grounded." Craven huffed.

"Why? What did I do-?" She cut off with a yelp as he glared at her.