The Flame and the Feather

Chapter Three - A Confused Hostage

In my defense, a bunch of Fall anime just came out.

#GottaWatchEmAll

(Disclaimer: Boku no Hero Academia, I own not.)

Ochako never would have guessed that she would be sleeping in the same room as a boy around her age. Especially one that she had just met and that had kidnapped her. But there she was. Trying to fall asleep on the cold concrete floor, wrapped in a stranger's blanket.

At first she had decided not to use the blanket. But then she discovered that the concrete ground was very cold and the room was... Not very well insulated.

Ochako pulled the blanket around herself tighter. Her hero costume wasn't designed to keep warm.

"I wonder how everyone back at Yuuei is doing..." She wondered to herself, "Are they gonna come to save me?"

She wanted to have the small hope that All Might and the other teachers were desperately searching for her, and that they would find her pretty soon.

"Mono might arrange some form of search party... Maybe Iida, Kaminari, Kyouka, Kirishima, Mina..." She drifted off to sleep.

Izuku heard a car horn and immediately woke up. Growing up around the league had made him a light sleeper.

He scanned the room and realized that Ochako was no longer sleeping on the floor. Instead she was drifting above his head in a fetal position. Her teeth were chattering from the cold, and the blanket he had lent her was floating a little bit above her.

"Come on..." He grabbed her ankle and set her on his mattress. He then jumped up and grabbed the blanket.

After tucking her in and warming up the room with his quirk, he wandered out of the room, deciding to get a head start on the day. He walked into the bar and saw Tomura playing on a Nintendo Switch.

"Deku? What are you doing up at this time?" He asked without looking up from his game.

"Nothing, I just felt like walking." Izuku snuck behind the bar and pulled out a bottle of alcohol.

"You're to young for that." Tomura said without making any move to stop him, "Why are you so intent on drinking some of that crap?"

"Shut up! I've been living in a bar for the past 11 years, of course I would be curious."

Izuku poured out a glass and took a sip...

He then picked up the glass and bottle and proceeded to empty them into the sink.

"Was it really that bad?"

Izuku turned to Tomura, "I hate apple juice."

"Pfft!" Tomura snorted at him.

"Shut up." Izuku continued to search the bar for the not childproofed bottles.

"Izuku." He turned and glared at the voice that called him.

"What, Kurogiri?"

"You and Tomura have a new mission, our spy has important intel." Kurogiri warped in front of Izuku, blocking him from where he had hidden the alcohol.

"Why don't you go?" Izuku tried to dodge around him only to be warped back.

"Because I stand out much more than you two."

"I don't feel like going!" Tomura exclaimed from his position on the couch.

"Fine, I'll go by myself." Izuku said angrily.

"No, you will not." Kurogiri teleported Tomura's Switch to another location.

"Hey!"

Kurogiri then made two warp portals underneath the two of them and sent them away.

Ochako clearly opened up her eyes and immediately noticed she was weightless. She lazily moved her hands to release her quirk, but realized that she was tucked in.

"Huh?" She opened up her eyes all the way.

"Release…" She said as she pressed her fingers together, after she had gotten out of the blanket that was pinning her to Izuku's mattress, it had started floating as well.

She looked at her fingerless gloves, "I really need a new outfit…"

Since Ochako couldn't change out of her hero costume, and she was still technically a prisoner; she was unable to wear the gloves that prevented her from accidentally activating her quirk in her sleep.

"Where did Izuku go?" She asked no one in particular, glancing around the room.

The room was empty.

"He left on a mission." A voice answered from behind her. The dark shadowy figure that had separated the class during the USJ raid was there.

"W-wh-"

"I am called Kurogiri." The shadowy figure, who apparently had a body, bowed.

"Why are you here…" Ochako asked as she got the hang of her voice.

"I was wondering if there is anything that I can do to be of assistance."

Ochako thought it was strange for a captor to be so polite, but then again, she had never been kidnapped before.

"Well… If you're offering… Can I have a change of clothes? And maybe a pair of gloves…"

"Very well." Kurogiri spiraled into nothing, leaving the room once again, empty.

"What was that?" Ochako asked in confusion.

Izuku took another sip out of his glass of water. He and Tomura had been waiting for the spy for several hours already.

"9:00…" Izuku muttered angrily.

"Izuku and Tomura Shigaraki." Izuku turned and saw that Kurogiri had appeared behind them.

"What is it? Our spy isn't even here yet!"

"Yeah, can we go home already?" Tomura added.

"Something important has come up. Izuku, you come with me to buy some clothes for the hostage. It wouldn't be wise to let her keep her hero costume."

"Fine, wanna get her a swimsuit? Or maybe some lingerie? You'd like that, right Deku?" Tomura asked pervertedly.

"Tomura, you will stay here and wait for the spy." Kurogiri instructed, "Izuku and I will look for her clothes."

"What? I don't want to-" Tomura's tantrum was interrupted by his nintendo switch falling into his lap, he picked it up and continued saving Hyrule.

"Why can't I just go by myself?" Izuku asked.

"Sensei's orders." Kurogiri said bluntly as he began walking away, "Now come on."

Tomura glanced up from his game as Izuku and Kurogiri vanished into the crowd of people, "I hate this…" He muttered angrily.

"Ah! Tomura!

"A wild spy has appeared!" Tomura said as he turned to the league of villain's source of info.

"Hehehe!" Denki Kaminari grinned as he scratched the back of his head, "Long time no see! How're your wounds holding up?"

"They're scabbing over, no thanks to you." Tomura said grumpily.

Denki sat down, "Sorry man! How was I supposed to know that your super weapon was going to be so weak?"

"That's besides that point. What's going on at Yuuei right now?"

Denki's grin left his face, "The teachers are in distress, they're freaking out about how they lost a student."

"Do they know where we are?"

"They are trying to pinpoint your location, but no one can get a hold of Ochako's scent."

"Good. One last thing…"

"Yes?"

Tomura's red eyes glinted dangerously, "Did you bring it?"

Denki's eyes sparked in a similar fashion, "Of course." He held up a black device.

Izuku yawned as walked back towards the meeting place, two bags of clothing in his hands. He had wanted to get less, but when the staff found out he was shopping or his "girlfriend" they refused to let him leave without buying matching outfits for himself.

While he didn't care either way, Kurogiri betrayed him when they said that they would give him a discount for matching sets. So in an attempt to save money, Kurogiri made him buy two extra sets of clothes he hd no need for.

"Why do I continue to put up with this…" He muttered angrily.

"Ah! Izuku!" Apparently their spy had arrived, "Perfect timing! Get your switch out, we're about to take on salmon run!"

"What is this scene?" Izuku asked in disgust. Tomura and Denki were sitting across from each other and both of them holding a nintendo switch.

"Come on Deku! Just one round!" Tomura coerced.

"I'm fine." He replied gruffly, "Kurogiri, can you hurry up and send me back?"

"Very well. Make sure you are polite to the hostage."

Izuku glared at him, "And why am I supposed to be polite to her?"

"We're understaffed, she has already received training with her quirk and she knows that Heroes can't protect everything. Make her join our side."

"Whatever." Izuku replied as the warp gate appeared behind him.

Honestly I just haven't been in the mood for writing… I'm just not in my Boku no Hero fan mode… It's probably because the second season just ended.

I'lll try to get the next chapter out soon, but I seriously overworked myself. I've been trying to keep up with three stories at the same time, so I haven't been able to keep up with one correctly.

I've made my decision. I'm gonna put all of my effort into this fic and finish it, then I'll be able to continue A Worthless Quirk and Army of One!

So yeah, hopefully I'll be back soon.

-TitaniumDragon22