One hour after breakfast time,
Shie Hassakai base,
Morning....

Third Person's POV

"Take care of Izuku for me again, Hari, Kai." Pops said, eyes looking softly into the small girl's ones. He crouched down to her level and patted her fluffy head. "I will see you later, Izuku. Behave and don't trouble everyone, okay?" He smiled kindly at her. She just remained silent, tiny hands reaching out to his top.

Izuku's green eyes grew wide, suddenly clutching on Pops' clothes. "Granpa....don't go...." She sobbed, tears threatened to spill. The middle-aged man tilted his head in slight confusion. "I will be away for a few hours only, dear." He reminded, stroking her head gently. "No, don't go! Don't go! Don't go!" Izuku chanted desperately, crystal liquid escaping her eyes.

Kai sighed in distaste before gripping her small shoulders and forcefully yanked her away from Pops. "Don't be a baby and trouble Pops, Izuku." He snarled in quite angry tone, not tolerating rude behavior toward the old Shie Hassakai leader. Izuku agressively shook her head, crying hysterically.

"A bad man wanna hurt Grandpa!" The female child blurted out a proper full sentence, cries and tears filled the tense atmosphere. Hari took the opportunity to pull Izuku from Kai roughly yet gently. He embraced her body and rubbed circles on her back in attempt to calm her down.

Pops glanced over to his assistant and then shifted his gaze back to the crying little one. Mystery. Why did she say such weird thing?

Izuku's fat tears soaked Hari's attire but he didn't mind it. All he wanted now was to comfort her.

"Shall we cancel the meeting, Boss?" The assistant asked for confirmation but Pops shook his head. "No, we shall not. But we will take extra pre-caution." He commanded, earning understanding nod from the loyal man.

"G-granpa...." Izuku sobbed, calling for her foster grandfather. Pops just gave her a small smile, patting her head again. "I will be fine, sweetheart. The bad man won't hurt me." He assured sincerely to ease her worry. Izuku was still sniffling, slowly breaking apart from Hari.

"B-but..."

"Shh, just be a good girl and wait for me to come back." Pops ruffled her hair and stood up on his two feet.

"See you later again, Izuku." With that, Pops left the base with another few assistants and bodyguards for the important meeting he was going to attend, leaving some yakuzas to guard the hideout and protect their young master and mistress.

Hari stared at Izuku sadly, knowing well how she felt. Deciding to cheer the girl up, he picked the girl up by her armpits, startling her. "Hey, Izu. Why don't we play some fun games?" He suggested, grinning from ear-to-ear at her. Izuku's eyes lit up with excitement at the mention of 'game'.

"Izu wanna play games!" Izuku chimed, hugging his neck affectionately. Hari chuckled and nuzzled his cheek with hers. Kai, who watched the whole time, huffed in jealousy, desiring for her attention too.

Izuku noticed the dark aura emitting from the dark-haired male. Guilt somehow pang her heart as her moments treating Kai very differently from Hari flashed before her round emerald eyes.

The young greenette signified Hari to put her down. The pale-haired teenager confusedly did as she wished. As soon as her feet reached the concrete surface, she rushed toward the other male teenager. She surprisingly hugged him, smiling in pure happiness. "Let's play games together, Kai!" Izuku said which shocked them since she just uttered a proper full sentence again.

Kai studied Izuku's small figure, absorbing every single of her words she uttered. He could hardly believe. The girl, the timid girl who used to tremble in fear upon seeing his face, now invited him to join their game.

This is what he wants.

Her attention.

Something that he had been despretaly trying to win over.

Smiling, Kai gladly picked her up too and hugged her close to his body. Izuku purred softly, nuzzling her head on his chest. "Sure, I love to, Izuku." He agreed with open heart.

Watching the two bonding, Hari avoided from staring any further. This kind of sight pained his heart-- in strange and dangerous way. He didn't want Izuku to have anything to do with his rival yet he couldn't stop her from being friendly with her. She was slowly warming up to him and he should be happy about this, not sulking, right?

"....ri....a....ri....Hari!" Izuku's cute voice boomed in the entire base, breaking the said boy out if his train of thoughts. "Yes?" He immediately answered. "What game will we play today?" She asked excitedly, still being lifted in Kai's arm.

"Hmm, let's play.....board game? "

"Izu lost again! Humph!" Izuku pouted, lips curling up as she crossed her arms in her chest. She turned around facing the wall, not wanting to see the teenagers' faces. Hari just chuckled upon seeing her little adorable rebellion.

Kai shot a dark glare to the arrow-headed boy. He then picked Izuku up and seated her in his laps. He rested his chin on her shoulder, smiling genuinely.

"Don't pout. I will buy you ice-cream as an apology, alright?" He told the little girl. Sure, Izuku's eyes brightened up with pure child's excitement. "Thank you, Kai!" She hugged his neck.

Again, Hari could feel uneasiness within him. Stomach began churning after seeing the sight of Izuku being friendly with his rival, Kai.

"I'm back!" A familiar voice yelled from the entrance, catching Izuku's attention. She hopped off Kai's laps and hastily ran out of the room, heading toward the source of the voice. "Granpa!" She chimed in relief.

Two boys stared at each other in confusion. Pops is back much earlier than he should. Strange.

Nonetheless, the duo proceeded to see their leader too. There, they saw little Izuku was hugged lovingly by the middle-aged man. "You are early, Pops." Kai spoke up, hoping for a good explanation.

Pops lifted his head up, relief clouding his face. "Come with me to the private room. I need to tell you something very important." He urged, breaking apart from Izuku.
"Izuku, go play outside. Nishikata, watch her." Pops ordered. "Yes, Boss." His assistant bowed to him. Izuku left the base and started playing outside by herself while being watched by Pops' right-hand man.

"Follow me." Pops stated, making his way to a private room to have the important talk with the two candidates. He opened the door and then seated up himself in the cozy brown couch. Kai and Hari sat across him.

"It turns out what Izuku said is true."

The news shocked both Hari and Kai. "Are you hurt--"

"Calm down, Kai. I'm perfectly fine. Since I took pre-caution, I managed to avoid death." The older man tried to calm Kai down. "But this is all thanks to Izuku's warning...." His voice lowered all of sudden, thinking deeply of something. "Is something bothering you, Pops?" The other male teenager asked.
"This is only my theory, but I guess Izuku could predict the future." Pops announced unsurely.

"Really?!" Hari got up from the couch out of surprise, wanting to dig out more of the secret. "It's only my theory. We need to hear he truth from her own mouth." Pops exclaimed.

"I have asked her about her Quirk, but she seemed hesitant to talk about it. So...." The adult man turned to Hari. "....Hari, I will give you a task to ask Izuku about her Quirk. Find out whatever Quirk she has and if it is a dangerous one, we must teach her a way to control it." He commanded.

Hari, with honor, nodded his head energetically. This was his first time receiving order from Pops and it made him, extremely happy.

"I will, Pops." Hari bowed down slightly as a sign of respect toward his leader. Kai just observed him, his golden eyes green with envy.

AN- man, had been a while since I last updated, huh? Sorry, kinda busy with study. And my exam is in less than a month. 😱😱😱