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"Ahh!"

Midoriya immediately knelt as the little girl practically bounced off him from out of nowhere, "Sorry! That must have hurt!" He hesitated to touch her when she let out a whimper, "Are you hurt? Can you stand?" He gently held her under her arms and his eyes widened, 'She's trembling?'

"Now, now," A low voice called out from the alley the little girl had fled from, "You know you can't go causing trouble for the heroes."

Midoriya froze as a man stepped out from the alley, remembering the picture that Sir Nighteye had shown him, but confusion shot through him when a petite pale girl with long black hair and rather beautiful blue eyes stepped up beside him.

Who was that?

"I'm sorry about our daughter, heroes," Overhaul said in a casual tone, "She likes to play around a lot and keeps getting hurt like that. It's hard to deal with her sometimes," He glanced over to the girl, who honestly did not look like she not much older than Midoriya himself, "Isn't that right, Miko?"

'Miko', if that was her real name or not, smiled weakly and Overhaul's gloved hand was suddenly holding her own, as if they were a real couple, "Yes, Eri-chan is a very curious girl. It's... h-hard to see her get herself into trouble."

Midoriya and Togata swiftly caught the stammer in Miko's voice and now how tightly Overhaul was squeezing Miko's hand in supposed retaliation.

'Shie Hassaikai's Chisaki...' Midoriya swallowed, 'The man Nighteye is after,' He glanced over to the grimacing teenage girl, 'But who this? No one mentioned anything about a person named Miko,' His lips tightened, 'She doesn't look like she wants to be there...'

He jumped when Togata slapped his hood back on.

"We're sorry, too, for bumping into her," Togata grinned, "With that mask, you must be with the Hassaikai, right? You're famous around here."

"Don't worry about the mask," Overhaul shrugged off, "I'm simply sensitive to filth," He glanced over to Miko, whose hand he finally released, "It's difficult to see my 'wife' to expose herself to such contamination."

Midoriya's stomach lurched and he saw Togata stiffen from his position behind him, 'Wife?! Does Nighteye know about this?! Why didn't he say anything about this?'

"Heh," Miko let a small, almost sad laugh, "The world isn't as dirty as you think it is, Chisaki." She stared coolly back as Overhaul's eyes narrowed dangerously towards her.

"Well, we should get back to patrol," Togata broke the tension in the air, "We're still students so we need to gain experience for our internships. We need to finish patrol in this division by lunch. Let's go!"

"Right!" Midoriya was about to stand, but stopped when the little girl clenched her fingers into his costume and her red eyes filled with tears and her two words filled him with determination.

"D...don't go..."

Midoriya looked up and felt his heart beat out of his chest when he glanced at Miko out of the corner of his eyes, who was silently wording something to him as Overhaul was no longer glaring at her. She lipped it over and over and he finally got the message after about thirty seconds.

'Save her'

As a hero, it was his job and duty to do so, but he also promised himself something right then and there as he looked into Miko's beautiful, but dulled eyes.

He would save her too.