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"Ok, Shindig. Are you sure you actually want to do this?" Ochako asked nervously. "I've never teleported a person before and if something goes wrong…"

"I mean, you teleported the houseplants without damaging them at all." Hitoshi pointed out. "And some of the boxes were just as heavy as I am so it'll be fine!"

"But my quirk…" Ochako hugged herself insecurly, "Aren't you scared I'll hurt you?"

Hitoshi shrugged, "If you do, Mei can always just put me back together again with spare parts."

Ochako looked at him in shock and disbelief for a second before punching him in the arm, "Hitoshi Shinso, this is serious! I could actually hurt you!"

"I know, I know! HItoshi laughed and held his hands up in surrender, "But Mei and Izuku ran the numbers and you've trained a lot, so teleporting me shouldn't be too different from teleporting, lik, a fridge or something."

"Your warping ability doesn't seem to care if something is alive, or even what it is." Izuku shrugged. "Your quirk only cares about how much something weighs."

Ochako still looked nervous, so as the light from One for All gathered around her again, Hitoshi smiled, "Hey, look, I've got a scary quirk, but you trust me anyway, right?'

Ochako scoffed, "Don't be ridiculous, of course I do."

"Good." Hitoshi held out his hand in a fist with the pinkie up, "then promise to trust me and I'll promise to trust you, deal?"

Ochako took a deep breath and gripped his pinkie with her own, "deal."

Hitoshi only had a split second to enjoy the moment before the world turned upside down.

Tomura hated this. He kind of wished that he'd never run into Todoroki in that stupid alley, because then he never would have blown up as a streamer and then he never would have realized that he liked gaming more than he'd ever liked being a villain. If Sensei had actually cared about him, he would have seen that, right? Even if he hadn't, what kind of sick person encouraged a five year old to kill people? The chat didn't even know that that was the legacy his Sensei was trying to pass onto him and still people were donating like crazy to try and get him out of the house. He didn't even live with Sensei, but Tomura still had to admit that getting an apartment with zero ties to him or the league was starting to sound extremely appealing. At the very least, he'd be able to get a better gaming set up than he was able to have with a laptop in the murder alley , as Todoroki liked to call it. 

He shouldn't be doing this. He had no idea how Sensei would react if he knew that Tomura was playing around with the idea of leaving the league and abandoning his role as Sensei's protege, but for some crazy reason he was still going behind everyone's back and researching apartments. Without Sensei's money, he wouldn't be able to afford anything too fancy, but there were a couple hole-in-the-wall places that had caught his eye. He should probably get something with two bedrooms, in case Todoroki wanted to get off the streets for a couple nights…

Tomura caught himself before that line of thought could go any farther. With as much time as they spent together, he sometimes forgot that they were fundamentally enemies. Todoroki was a hero student. There was absolutely no way that he would ever be willing to move in with a villain, even if they practically acted like squabbling brothers on their streams. It just wouldn't work out. 

Still, if the apartment didn't have any other connection to the league, then it might still be neutral enough for Todoroki to be open to using it as a streaming space. And as long as he kept it a secret from Sensei for as long as possible, he might just be able to get away with it. Hopefully. Why did everything have to be so complicated, he just wanted to relax and live the rest of his life as a stupid streamer and not have to worry about what Sensei would do to him, or worse to Todoroki, if he were to find out. Was that too much to ask?

Tomura sighed and clicked on another listing. Probably.

Hitoshi knew that theoretically, they must be on solid ground. Theoretically. His stomach, however, hadn't gotten the message. He could vaguely see other people around him, but all he could focus on was clamping his hands over his mouth and trying not to throw up. 

"Sweetie?" A feminine voice said. "Is he supposed to be that green?"

"Oh no!" Ochako sounded panicked. "Dad, grab a bowl!"

Somebody shoved a bowl at his chest and Hitoshi grabbed it gratefully, fully losing his battle and his guts. It took a moment for his stomach to settle down and even then he was left with a gross, acrid taste in his mouth, "Is this what it feels like every time? Damn, Ochako, you must have an iron stomach or something, this is terrible! Ugh!"

Ochako patted his back as she chuckled awkwardly, "Yeah, it takes some getting used to. Um, Mom, Dad, this is Shindig...uh...Hitoshi Shinso, one of my friends."

Hitoshi grimaced and looked up as he realized that, yes, Ochako's parents were here too and yes, they had just seen him throw up. Wonderful. Great first impression. He gave an awkward wave, "Um...hi?"

Ochako's parents looked like her. Her mom had the same pink cheeks and brown hair, but she obviously got her muscles and strength from her dad. Thankfully, they also seemed to have her personality, because instead of looking at him with disgust, her dad just looked concerned, "You ok, son?"

Hitoshi swallowed, "Uh, yeah, just kinda wasn't expecting that."

"Yeah, neither were we!" Ochako's mom laughed. "We thought the nausea was from her using her quirk! But I guess it's just the gravity going all topsy-turvy on you, huh?"

Ochako had taken the bowl away from him at some point and brought him a glass of water, "So, uh, besides the nausea, are you feeling alright? There weren't any other effects, right?"

Hitoshi shook his head, "No, I'm already starting to feel more...well, less like I just got off of a really bad roller coaster. I'll be ok in a couple minutes, but I am not looking forward to the return trip. No offense."

Ochako wrinkled her nose, "Yeah...I think I might have to incorporate barf bags into my hero costume if I plan to take civilians with me. People I teleport frequently will probably get used to the gravity shifts, but new people...maybe there's some other way to lessen the impact?"

"If anyone can figure that out, it's Mei." Hitoshi shrugged. "But yeah, we should talk to Izuku and make sure there's nothing else going on before you start taking rescue victims on an unexpected tilt-a-hurl."

Ochako's mom frowned, "Isn't it tilt-a- whirl?"

Hitoshi smirked, "I said what I said."

Ochako pouted and her dad clapped him firmly on the back, "Well, now that that's taken care of, it's nice to meet you. We've heard a lot about you!"

Hitoshi frowned in confusion, "You have?"

"Of course!" Her mom smiled. "Ochako talks about you all the time!"

"Um, we should probably be heading back soon!" Ochako blushed furiously. "Um, Shindig, you're good to jump again, right?"

"Oh, don't worry, we'll try not to embarrass you." Ochako's dad winked. "Much."

Ochako groaned and put her head in her hands, "I'm just gonna…"

She disappeared from existence and Hitoshi blinked, "Uh...bye?"

Her mom was struggling to hold back her giggles, "Does that happen often?"

Hitoshi shrugged and stared at where Ochako was supposed to be until she reappeared, blushing even harder than she had been before, "Sorry, I kinda didn't mean to do that, but um...Mina says hi?"

Izuku ran through the numbers again. The mystery warper had warped one more time after that initial ping, but no more data had come through after that, so the other teleporter must be staying in one place. The basic mechanics of the warp seemed similar to Ochako's, but the new guy's signature was more spread out, which made them a lot more difficult to track. Izuku could tell that there had been a warp and kinda get a general sense for where the guy had ended up, but it was going to take a lot more work to actually be able to track them like he could with Ochako.

Izuku's main question was why. Ochako's jumps had been pretty specific, even in the beginning when they were just starting to figure out how her new quirk worked. Why was this other signature so difficult? It wasn't until she had taken Hitoshi along on one of her jumps that it clicked. When Ochako warped with large objects, such as people, her quirk affected a larger area and it looked a little more similar to the dispersed signature from the mystery warper, but when it was just her, the area of effect was much smaller. So the other warper was either extremely large, which wasn't very likely, especially considering that the mystery warper's signature had differed slightly between the two warps, which implied that something had changed, or their quirk was primarily optimized to warp other people with them. It was possible that there was some other explanation for the diffused signature, but from Izuku's observations that one was the most likely. He would have to check the quirk registry to make sure, but to his knowledge, there was only one teleportation quirk that would fit the readings he'd gotten from the mystery warper and that was Warp Gate. 

He'd gotten a signature from Kurogiri.