chapter forty-seven;

━━━━━━ "WHY'S THE HOSPITAL EMPTY?!", EDGESHOT questioned, as the rest of his colleagues had on the same confused expression as he did.

"shōta, are you sure that's what shirakumo oboro said?", all might questioned, as they had recently discovered that that was kurogiri's true identity.

     "yes", the tired-looking man responded, extremely certain that the man's last word was hospital.

     so why was shigaraki and dr. ujiko not here as of currently?

     none of the heroes knew.

     "what if they already knew and moved spots?", midnight questioned.

     "impossible. all of us kept our mouths shut. they wouldn't have moved during his operation, as it would've been too troublesome", aizawa stated.

     "then that means that they moved at the very beginning, knowing that they were going to be raided", all might deduced.

"no way! why would they just suddenly decide to move for no reason?!", endeavor questioned.

"perhaps someone knew ahead of time...there might be a traitor among us", yamada suggested, to which everyone had started looking around, though everyone was a trusted hero amongst each other.

"you don't think...it'd be all for one, do you?", midnight inquired.

     "no way. he's currently in tartarus. there's no way he'd know", all might immediately shot down, though there was this lingering gut feeling that had sparked many possibilities in everyone's head.

     "let's search again then. we cannot let shigaraki tomura inherit all for one!"

     "yes sir!", everyone said as they had left, meanwhile all might had lingered just a while longer.

     even though he had already retired, something just didn't sit well with him.

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     kisa had instructed the demons to follow her after three days, as she wanted to spend some time with chisaki and shigaraki first.

eri and kaoru were left at the palace as the maids and butlers stayed to take care and protect them at all costs.

after two full months, kisa's first priority was to drop off inasa, the wild villains, and the entire meta liberation army in kyushu.

"take care darling, I'll let you know when to start", kisa reminded as she kissed inasa's cheek, making him return a curt nod.

"text me if you need anything", the half-demon stated as she soon headed towards shikoku with dabi, who groaned at the fact that he was back with the league again.

"DABI! WE MISSED YOU!", toga exclaimed, about to hug the male before he had stuck his arm out and halted the blonde girl.

     "well I didn't, so stay away, crazy".

     toga pouted as kisa just chuckled and gave the girl a warm hug.

     "KISA-CHANNN~ hmph!! at least someone appreciates me", toga giggled as she stuck her tongue out at dabi, who just rolled his eyes.

     "it's good to have you back", twice said, patting the male's back.

     "NO IT ISN'T!", the man immediately contradicted.

     meanwhile dabi was reconciling with the rest of the league, chisaki had appeared from the shadows of the place that they had temporarily used as a hideout.

     "kai", kisa smiled, as she patted toga's back, making the blonde release her tight embrace.

     chisaki gladly opened his arms as kisa fell into the man's hug, to which she also kissed in between the edge of the man's mask and cheek.

"missed me?", kisa whispered, her arms wrung around the man's neck as her yellow eyes seemed to glow a little with happiness.

chisaki just nodded.

"a lot", the brown-haired male lowly responded as his lingering gaze had said it all.

"however, I apologize, as I will depart soon. you have everything prepared, yes?", kisa asked.

     chisaki softly sighed.

     "yes. I'm ready when you are", chisaki stated.

     "perfect. I will see you in a day or two's worth of time then. take care, sweetheart".

     chisaki was then left with that sickly sweet nickname, to which the woman that he had refused to admit that he loves, has once again slipped his grasp.

     kisa quickly kissed dabi's jawline before heading off once more, flying all the way over to hokkaido, where shigaraki and dr. ujiko were patiently waiting—well, at least one of them was.

"when will she be here? I thought she said at ten?", shigaraki grumbled, gently scratching his neck as he'd picked up his bad habit once more, since kisa hadn't been around him for a while.

"I'm sure she'll be here soon. after all, it's only been ten minutes", dr. ujiko reassured, sighing, as the white-haired man's impatience was truly something else.

     shigaraki grumbled something beneath his breath as he was sure that it was chisaki that holding her up.

     "stupid germaphobe. I ought to disintegrate him and his entire little group", the irritated man spat as he suddenly heard a chuckle.

     "oh dear, seems like someone's in a bad mood to see me".

     shigaraki perked up as he saw kisa waving at the male, to which he had hurried over, clutching tightly onto her.

"you're back", he breathlessly mumbled, digging his face into the crook of the girl's neck as he enjoyed the dainty smell of peppermint that emitted from the dark-haired woman.

"I sure am, and I see you've gotten stronger. you can control your disintegration quirk now?", kisa asked, to which shigaraki had excitedly released the woman as he nodded.

he showed the girl his hands as he promoted kisa to lift up her very own, to which their hands had finally conjoined at last, without any fabric in between.

"impressive", kisa complimented, to which hearing that from the girl had greatly boosted shigaraki's ego.

not only had the man physically become buffer, his power was now immaculate.

considering that he had inherited all for one at its 100%, he now had every quirk all for one had previously stored up.

shigaraki was unstoppable now.

"did it hurt?", kisa asked, her eyes holding a bit of pity and guilt as she knew damn well the answer.

     "no. it was worth it", shigaraki grinned, holding kisa's hand that grazed his cheek, as plenty of his scars were still present.

     "even your hair has turned white...", the girl hummed.

     "mhm. do you not like it? does it make me look weird?", the man asked, as his gaze held a bit of concern that kisa would now abandon him for the vast change in his appearance.

kisa lightly chuckled.

"I like it. it really brings out your ruby red eyes that I admire so much", kisa replied, her voice barely audible.

shigaraki then felt his heart clench a little as he observed the woman in front of him.

almost.

he would almost give up everything for her; if only she had asked.

"I do have a request before I go though", kisa suddenly said, bringing the white-haired male out of his trance.

"so soon?"

shigaraki's face contorted into dissatisfaction, as kisa had just kissed the man's knuckles, holding his roughed up hands as she hugged him once more.

     "I'll see you in a day or two. no need to be so salty", the woman teased, making shigaraki click his tongue.

     "what is it that you want then?", the white-haired male questioned.

     the fox girl smiled as her ears flopped back and forth for a split moment.

     "gigantomachia", she replied without hesitation.