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"WHERE THE FUCK IS SHE?!", shigaraki yelled, aggressively standing up from his throne.

dabi, toga, kurogiri, and a few others flinched. shigaraki was never that loud or harsh when manami was around. but then again, the girl had a way of making people all soft and smiley around her.

"t-tomura...I'm sure she's still here somewhere. m-maybe she got lost exploring", toga meekly said, trying to calm shigaraki first.

after 102 missed calls from toga, 30 messages from dabi, and a missed dinner, everyone had found out that manami was potentially missing.

she wasn't in her room and neither was she with cerberus.

"cerberus...GO GET ME CERBERUS!", shigaraki ordered.

kurogiri quickly left and returned with the three-headed dog. the dog whimpered as it smelled shigaraki's anger.

"cerberus, find me kore right now", shigaraki demanded. "the rest follow along".

éna, dýo, and tría started sniffing around. eventually, they paused, stopping in front of the swamp with the old worn down house.

shigaraki immediately stormed in, not even bothering to knock.

"ah hades! what a pleasure seeing you—"

"where is she?", shigaraki interrupted.

"where is who?", clotho pretended.

"persephone, manami kore. where is she?", shigaraki asked again, more sternly this time.

"patience, patience my king.
persephone has been kidnapped.
they currently reside in the east wing,
with the captors are being trapped.
two men that are heroes,
trying to take her back.
your men are shot down by arrows,
punishment is in check".

shigaraki growled. he exited out the little wooden house and headed towards the east wing like clotho said.

cerberus quickly ran after hades. he got a better smell of manami's scent as they neared the exit of hell.

"where the fuck do you two think you're going with kore?", shigaraki questioned, making both men freeze in shock.

manami's puffy red eyes looked up to see shigaraki and the rest of her friends. she wiped her tears as she was still being carried by one of the two captors.

"theseus and pirithous. what business do you have in the realm of the dead?", kurogiri asked.

chisaki kai: theseus, the hero that's most known for slaying minotaur.

kurono hari: pirithous, theseus' best friend and comrade.

shigaraki clenched his fists as manami was still being held by kurono. he looked around them, many of his comrades were indeed shot down by arrows. the skeletons were slain and the others were just out.

"we're here to rescue persephone. you had no right to take her from her fathers", chisaki calmly said.

"b-but I don't want to leav—"

"you're confused persephone. he's brainwashed you and tricked you into thinking he loves and cares for you", kurono softly told the girl.

"you belong up there with the rest of the gods and goddesses. why waste your beauty down in this hell hole", chisaki asked.

"shut the fuck up! let kore go!", shigaraki scowled.

"I think not", chisaki replied, taking out his bow and arrow.

shigaraki's frown turned into a small grin. he even as to gave out a low chuckle, making chisaki and kurono furrow their brows.

"you two? you two want to challenge me??", shigaraki mocked.

with a snap of his fingers, toga took out a knife from her pocket and dabi charged towards chisaki. kurono quickly put manami down so that he could take out his sword.

manami quickly scurried towards shigaraki, falling into his embrace.

"kore are you okay??", shigaraki softly murmured into the girl's hair. his cape and arms practically enveloped manami, making her feel safe and warm.

she nodded her head.

"next time make sure you turn on your snapgod location", shigaraki said, patting manami's head to calm her down.

toga tried stabbing chisaki while dabi fought kurono, despite him having the advantage of possessing a sword.

chisaki gritted his teeth. he pulled back the string of the bow and aimed it at dabi. quickly taking another arrow, he aimed it at shigaraki.

dabi managed to dodge it while manami spotted the arrow out of the corner of her eye. trying to protect shigaraki, she stopped the speeding arrow with her own body.

chisaki furrowed his brows while kurono gasped. that split moment of distraction gave toga and dabi an advantage.

toga kicked kurono in the spot where the sun doesn't shine, while dabi punched chisaki in the face.

"kore! kore! KUROGIRI, GET THE BANDAGES!", shigaraki commanded.

kurogiri quickly skrted away while shigaraki left the arrow sticking out of manami's left shoulder back. because gods and goddesses don't die, manami was fine. it just hurt and bled a lot.

shigaraki glared at chisaki, who was being tied up by dabi. chisaki and kurono were then taken to the underworld cells.

"you're so stupid. why did you do that?!", shigaraki worried, while pinching manami's cheek.

"owww...I didn't want you to get huwtttt", manami answered, on the verge of tears again. it really stung.

kurogiri hastily came back with the bandages. all men turned away while toga helped manami wrap them around her left shoulder blade.

once she was done, toga helped manami up, handing her off to shigaraki.

"dabi, get rid of them", shigaraki ordered while carrying manami princess style and taking her back to her room.

"yes sir—"

"nooo!! don't kill them!!", manami protested, making shigaraki sigh.

"fine...just...you know what to do, you two", shigaraki said as he looked at dabi and toga.

both nodded as they headed off. kurogiri went to go prepare dinner for manami since she missed it.

shigaraki kicked open manami's door, laying her on her bed. he was about to leave until she grabbed his sleeve, making him stay.

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"can you feed me??", manami pouted, giving shigaraki puppy eyes.

"you hurt your shoulder, not your arms", he replied, picking up the bowl of miso soup.

"I knowwww but please~"

shigaraki just slightly shook his head as he lightly blew on the hot soup. taking a spoon, he fed manami the miso soup.

he then wiped her mouth for her, making her smile.

"happy?"

"haiiii~"

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