Dabi made it back to the League of Villains hideout in a grumpy mood. Shigaraki noticed.

"Find anything interesting?" Shigaraki asked with a teasing grin.

Dabi glared at him for a few seconds before sitting down with a sigh. "Your face looks even more disgusting ever since she beat you up."

"She didn't beat me up." Shigaraki cursed. "And by the way, your face isn't exactly the most handsome either."

Dabi scoffed, half annoyed and half amused by the remark. "I found her again. Takahashi. She denies it, but she definitely has a quirk. How else was she able to control us?"

"She did it to you too?" Shigaraki asked.

Dabi's expression remained mostly neutral. "Shut up. That's not the point. If she has a quirk, especially if it's what we think, then we can use that to our advantage. She can easily help us."

Shigaraki thought about that for a moment. "...Fine. You may bring her here. But if she causes trouble, I'll kill her. And you won't be able to stop me."

Dabi stood up again. "Great. We can start planning then."

...

Hawks peered down at Satoko. With everything going on, no wonder she was so tired. Her warm felt nice on his shoulder that it made his feathers twitch.

(Well, well.) He playfully smirked at the sight of her. Her sleeping face looked so relaxed. It's an expression of hers he didn't think he'd see. It was rather pretty.

Her new clothes really suit her too. He forgot to even compliment her with that. Would have been fun to. He sighed.

He almost wanted to move a stray hair out of her face, but she probably would wake up.

Probably punch him in the face.

Yeah. Let's not do that.

He can't even deny his thoughts. He barely knew this woman and keeps stumbling back into her life. The more he meets her, the more he wants to learn about her.

Taking out his phone with his free hand, he looked up her information. Not because of the contract.

Just because he wanted to know her more for himself basically.

Odd.

There wasn't any information about her. It's hard to tell since her last name is extremely common.

Not even public records. Something was amiss. He didn't like this one bit. He figures it has to do why she's so hateful towards heroes and villains.

(Could it be....)

Family abuse?

His past lingered into his mind. His fugitive, abusive father. His mother, shielding him from the cops. Stuff like that is always hidden in the dark.

No one wants someone to notice something, it gets erased from existence. The fact Satoko's name is like she doesn't exist in this world. That was a bit unsettling.

(This is so suspicious.)

It was good intel, but he wants to dig in further. Just for her sake more so.

...

Satoko woke up. Hawks looked at her. "Finally, you're awake. You were drooling on me."

Satoko had to process this warmth she was feeling. She quickly backed away. "What do you think you're doing?!"

He was a little disappointed she didn't get flustered, but went with it. "You conked out on me. Want to come back?" He had a teasing smile.

"Oh my gosh." She got up. "Are you flirting with me?"

"Maybe. Is it working?" He smiled.

"I'm gonna go now." She started heading towards the door without answering him.

He knows he can't keep her here. Since he's a spy for the villains, it would be bad. But he doesn't want her to leave either.

(It's unavoidable.)

"Keigo."

"Huh?" She looked back towards him. She's surprised he didn't even stop her from leaving.

"You can call me that." He smirked.

"Bye." She shook her head and left, taking the sanitary pads with her.

Staring at the door, he was hoping for her sake, that Dabi won't find her. That's just wishful and unrealistic thinking. He touched his own shoulder to feel the lingering warmth still present.

...

There she was. Satoko was spotted by Dabi again. Before she had a chance to fight back, she was snatched up again. Surely, it was starting to get tiring. Within a few minutes, like so many times before, she was in their hideout.

"You're quieter than usual." Dabi mused. "Finally give up?"

"I'm on my period." She bluntly stated, hoping it would just make him stop already. Or even gross him out even. "It makes me tired."

But he is right. She did give up trying to fight back. This pattern was annoying. But she felt a little guilty for some reason for leaving him?

Ugh.

Why?

Probably because he helped her? How stupid...

"I noticed." He hadn't even bothered with any restraints that time. She wasn't moving. It was odd to him. He was glad, but he also felt strange. Why wasn't she trying to escape? Why wasn't she fighting back at all?

"She's back!" The familiar voice of Twice was heard as his head peeked around the doorway. He turned his head to look at something beside him. "Hey, Toga. It's your buddy again."

"No, it's not."

Toga skipped in with delight.

Oh gosh. Here it goes.

"Is that blood I smell?" She started getting flustered over the thought.

"Can you not?" Satoko groaned. Thankfully, her period doesn't last too long.

Sometimes, it only lasts 2 days.

Shigaraki walked in behind them with a smile. "You brought her! Perfect!" He reached to his face and removed the hand that was covering it. He had never done that around her before. "Dabi told me that you have a quirk of some kind. It's fairly obvious that he's right."

"I don't have one." Satoko denied in a harsh tone. These people are so weird. "What do you want from me?"

It appears she isn't accepting the fact that she has a quirk. Her judgment is clouded from her traumatic upbringing. Possibly a part of PTSD.

"We need to take down hero society, and we will start with one class," Shigaraki explained. "Our previous plan was to go after the symbol of peace, but now that he is retired...we have no reason to target him anymore. His students, on the other hand, are still a problem. Dabi over here has a personal vendetta against a certain student anyway, so-"

"You said you were fine with going after him, so shut your mouth. Quit complaining," Dabi interrupted.

Shigaraki waved his hand. "See?"

Dabi was still glaring at Shigaraki. Apparently, the tension wasn't entirely gone. "Don't you have certain students that you hate more than others too? I'm sure we all have at least one that we want to kill in particular."

"Well I wouldn't mind killing that Midoriya. He always gets in the way somehow." Shigaraki tilted his head to one side as he started to scratch his neck.

"Stop that. It's disgusting." Dabi rolled his eyes.

Twice pointed at the two energetically. "They're arguing again! They've been doing this a lot more since she showed up, haven't they?"

Dabi glared at Twice. "You shut up too. This is a league meeting."

"I'm a league member too, Staples! I get a say in these things!" Twice defended.

"Not true."

Listening to Twice talking to himself, Satoko found him very odd. Clearly, this bunch has terrible mental issues. She cringed watching Shigaraki continuously scratch his neck. Out of everyone here, Shigaraki scares her the most. She brushed away that thought with another.

(Arguing more?) Because of her showing up? That's bizarre. She used her hand to lightly shove Toga away from her. She was being creepy talking about how 'cute' menstrual cycles are.

How the heck- Never mind that.

Satoko kept her irritated expression on. "You're attacking minors as a way to take 'heroes down?' And you expect ME to help?" She didn't let anyone answer. "I don't like hurting kids. I don't even care that you have a problem with them."

She definitely has a soft spot for those younger than her. She knows what it's like for adults targeting her.

"Those kids aren't exactly innocent," Shigaraki argued. "One day, they will grow up to be just as corrupt as the rest. Not to mention that some of them have committed violent acts already. One of them tried to murder someone to get revenge. Another is constantly threatening to kill his classmates. They're all messed up too."

Dabi hummed in agreement. "Then there's the one who I'm after. From what I've seen of him, you won't have to feel remorse for going after him. He's almost robotic. Doesn't show feelings. I doubt he has friends to miss him anyway."

It was clear that Shoto did have friends. Dabi could see that when they kidnapped Katsuki. But he forced away any thoughts of Shoto having humanity. Pushing it down made it easier to not feel guilty for wanting to kill him. Shoto wasn't human. That's all Dabi had to convince himself of.

"Kyaaa, I hope to see Izuku again." Toga squealed in excitement. "It would be great to even see him bleed!! I'm so hopelessly in love." Her face turned deeper red.

"Uh..." Satoko found her behavior disturbing. She wasn't going to bother questioning this girl. She looked towards Dabi and Shigaraki. Her eyes had that fierce and bold look again. "Yes, there are faults within heroes. I can agree with that, but bringing on a path of destruction is no different. Are you guys innocent too?"

She shook her head. What is she even doing? Not like they're going to listen. "The one you're after, Dabi, is his personality really all there is?"

She knows that her question won't be answered. The least she could do is try. She supposes this is a step to actually understanding the villains better. She can somewhat sympathize with them, but this isn't the way to go about ending corruption.

Dabi turned his nose up slightly. "Of course not. I'll tell you when the time comes. But you don't really have a chance anyway if you want to help or not. You ARE working with us. You can try to get away, but we would just find you again. You'll get tired eventually if you haven't already."

Satoko is really tired, like he said. There was that resentment towards herself.

Tell her when the time comes?

Like she would live long enough to get there. She assumes after they use her for this, they would probably kill her. She thinks about how Hawks said she is being used.

It's always that way.

People come into her life and go after they're done. It's always the same thing.

There was a brief sadness in her eyes. Perhaps, dying won't be so bad. She isn't really afraid of death after living such a terrible life of mistrust.

In moments like this, she tries to seem intimidating to hide all the fear in her heart. Showing weakness isn't what she's about.

Strong. Stay strong. No matter what.

She tried to hide the sorrow in her eyes with a continued scowl on her face. "You can't tell me what to do."

"We can tell you what to do. We're the League of Villains!" Twice stated in his typical enthusiastic voice. The man seemed to have boundless energy. He wasn't exactly intimidating compared to the others.

Dabi smiled once again. "We're going to work on your quirk first. You can improve that way. Isn't that nice of us?"

"Absolutely lovely for being delusional." Satoko replied sarcastically. "Can't improve something when it's not there."

Dabi didn't look fazed. "We'll just have to see about that, won't we?"