✿.｡.:* ☆:**:. nanako's pov .:**:.☆*.:｡.✿

TO say I was shocked was an understatement. chisaki has brought me to the base, in which I immediately saw this guy, with the greyish/white arrow-shaped hair, that mina has mentioned before.

"welcome back overhaul", the man greeted, taking a brief glance at me before looking back at 'overhaul'.

"overhaul?", I asked confused.

"it's my code name...you could say...for this organization that I have currently. shie hassaikai", he said before continuing, "however, you can keep on call me chisaki or kai if you desire".

I nodded before looking back at the man in front of us.

"my name's kurono hari—code name: chronostasis—it's a pleasure to meet you princess nanako", the man said while bowing politely.

"chrono, take princess to her new room and show her around. you know which rooms to avoid", chisaki said with an authoritative voice as he left to go off somewhere.

'rooms to avoid...', I thought as I kept that in mind. rooms to avoid meant you should definitely go in those rooms and figure out what exactly is in those rooms.

"well, let's go", kurono said as he guided me throughout the base.

I followed closely behind, not wanting to get lost. despite how the outside of the base looked, it was surprisingly huge on the inside.

I glanced around to see how pure looking it was. very white. squeaky clean. it was almost like it was tempting me to create a huge mess.

"this will be your room, princess nanako", kurono said, gesturing his hand to the closed room.

"thanks. and you can just call me nanako or nana, no need for the title", I said smiling as I entered the room. nothing much but a bed, a table, a chair, and a candle for light.

"I could never princess, I deserve no such honor", kurono responded.

"it's fine, everyone calls me that anyways. by the way, do you maybe have a map so I can navigate my way around here...?", I asked, not sure if he'd actually be willing to give me one.

he seemed to think for a moment before replying to my question.

"I'm assuming we can trust you princess. if you do anything to betray us, I'll be sure to repay it ten fold", he said as he handed me a folded map.

"thanks. and I'll be sure to keep my promise", I said while smiling, internally crying for lying to him.

unfolding the map, I saw crossed out areas, assuming those are the rooms that weren't allowed entrance unless given chisaki's permission. I scanned the entire map, while I sat on the bed thinking.

'what should my next step be?'

✿.｡.:* ☆:**:. tea .:**:.☆*.:｡.✿

"so you secretly followed her even though you were the one that suggested we shouldn't do it in the first place??", todoroki asked while looking mildly confused—frustrated—at tomura and dabi.

"and?", tomura asked as he took another sip of tea. dabi just stood there, watching todoroki's expression.

"SO WHERE THE FUCK IS SHE?!", bakugo questioned. if only he hadn't listened to this stupid villain prince, he might've actually had a chance to protect nanako from that chisaki guy.

"calm down, she should be fine right now", tomura said calmly. although his inner self was slightly disagreeing.

"SHOULD BE?! if you had let us follow her, this would've never happened!", bakugo stated, angry beyond his usual angriness.

"k-kaachan...y-you should calm d-down a bit...", midoriya tried to reason.

"CALM DOWN?! YOU'RE TELLING ME TO CALM DOWN AFTER THE FUCKING PRINCESS GOT KIDNAPPED BY SOME EXTRA?!"

if bakugo were a volcano, he would've already erupted into flames.

"I agree with midoriya. perhaps nanako has her own reason behind this. she wouldn't just voluntarily go with him without an actual fight or plan", todoroki reasoned.

despite his calm exterior, he felt uneasy about all this. however, there was nothing more to do than to believe in nanako, like the many times she did with him.

"two days", dabi said.

"huh? what do you mean?", mina asked, confused.

"it was on the paper towel she left behind in the ladies room—"

"wait! why the fuck were you in the ladies room?", bakugo questioned, not knowing whether he should be disgusted or not.

"she went in there and I checked after she left", dabi scoffed.

"then after, I trailed behind to see which general direction her and that guy went", dabi finished.

"how'd you know where she went without him sensing or seeing you?", todoroki asked, still skeptical of both villains.

"her perfume", dabi simply answered.

"p-perfume? b-but nanako never wears p-perfume", midoriya stated. he would know since every time nana was close to him, she gave off a natural scent, of like flowers.

he wasn't a pervert for sniffing her or anything like that. it was just that sometimes she'd be up close and he would just get a whiff of her scent.

"OH! is that why you gave her the perfume the night before?", mina suddenly realized.

"precisely. it was so that dabi would have an easier time tracking her scent, contrasting the mucky smell around this area", tomura explained.

"tch", bakugo crossed his arms, seeming to still not like the idea of nanako being kidnapped or voluntarily walking into the wolves' den.

"she left a note saying two days. I'm assuming that means to give her two days before we go and retrieve her", dabi said, looking around to see what the others thought.

"fine. but if something—anything—happens to her, I'll see to your death", todoroki threatened. he never really trusted the both of them in the first place, and he had good reason.

they were both from the villain's kingdom, and it was as simple as that. despite the princess telling him to try and accept them, he still kept his guard up. for villains are known to backstab those who dare to trust him.

tomura was once again left by himself as the rest of the group dispersed.

again, in spite of what he said and his calm demeanor, tomura couldn't help but still be slightly concerned for nanako's well-being.

it was a new feeling for him. to feel concerned other than irritation for someone else was not necessarily a good feeling, but not exactly bad.

he brought his hands up to scratch his neck again, this time, less aggressively.