New Team and Guard Mission.

Sayo kept her word to Nejire and kept her tattoo hidden from her mother. This turned out to be kind of annoying as it was a very large full-arm tattoo. She could however wear long sleeve shirts and hoodies with the sleeves not removed. This had gotten her mother's attention as Sayo's usual attire consisted of hoodies with sleeves removed.

However, Nejire, and Michael both helped her hide the tattoo from her mother. She even managed to rope in her dad and Akimitsu into her little plan which left both of them shocked. Her entire right arm was covered in a tattoo and she did it all without letting anyone know. Safe to say that even her dad was not exactly happy that his 10-year-old daughter had gotten such a large tattoo.

That conversation did not go exactly as planned as she had gotten severely scolded by her dad. That was a first, but she accepted his words as she kind of had to think of her real age. Not just her physical and mental age, but she did manage to convince him either way. That was a week ago and she was currently going out with her full family to a restaurant.

They were all celebrating Nejire's acceptance into U.A. Akimitsu was currently in his second year so it was also to celebrate him becoming the third year.

Sayo was dressed in a hoodie as usual as she currently had to hide her tattoo from her mother. Her father had reserved the whole restaurant as they all ate a lot and it would be inconvenient for the other guests to compete with their massive appetites.

As such, they took a full day just for them to enjoy Nejire and her brother. Akio looked at his first daughter with a look of pure pride.

"Well done Nejire. Now you are on your way to achieving your dream of being a hero. You to son."

She just smiled.

"Thanks, dad. I won't let you or mom down."

Akimitsu accepted the praise.

"Today is Nejire's day. I just became a third year that is all."

Akinari gave him a big hug.

"Oh shush. You also need to be praised.

As for Sayo, she was quiet while Michael was sitting on her lap. Michael merely gave him a thumbs up.

"Good work."A

Akio looked at Sayo who was stuffing her face alongside her pets, but she had not said anything.

"You ok Sayo?"

She glanced up and nodded.

"Yeah, I am fine. Well done Nejire. Akimitsu. Happy for you."

Michael knew Sayo very well as she was like a second mother, a friend, a sibling, and someone he trusted.

"Sis, are you ok?"

Sayo ruffled his hair a little.

"Yeah, I am fine. I think celebrating his achievement is good, but it was guaranteed for Nejire to pass anyway."

Akinari cleared her voice.

"Sayo. Maybe not know.

She just raised her hands.

"I am not saying her efforts were for nothing, but my older sister is strong and dad is one of the top 10 heroes. That is just a guarantee so I see it as less exciting."

Nejire just shook her head.

"You will never find a special someone like that you know?"

Sayo shrugged.

"Then I will stay alone until I find someone. Or stay single my whole life."

Akimitsu laughed.

"That is just like you. Always so pragmati>"

Akio nodded.

"Yeah, she means nothing bad by it, honey. Sayo is just a realist at times. Maybe too many at times."

Akinari just felt it was not the time to say that.

"Still-"

Just that Sayo's phone rang so she pulled it out and looked at who was calling her.

'Uncle Uyehara?'

"Excuse me, Uncle Uyehara is calling me."

She picked up Michael from her lap and placed him in her seat. She left the room to take the call which made Akinari squint her eyes.

"She has been talking a lot with your brothers and your parents Akio. She gets a call so often I think it is weird."

Akio himself had noticed it as well.

"I asked my brothers and parents about it, but they just say they want to keep in touch with their niece and granddaughter."

Nejire had a theory.

"What is there to doubt, she is their favorite. I think they just want her to spend as much time with them as they can."

Akinari frowned.

"They are showing favoritism then. You all are just as much their family as she is."

Akio had to agree, but it made sense.

"She is my father's heir so that probibly has something to do with it. I should talk to him once more. Seriously."

Michael just ate Sayo's food as her three pets enjoyed their food. As for Sayo she picked up and answered.

"Uncle Uyehara, good to hear from you after so long. Normally it is Uncle Tony or grandfather."

Uyehara was the youngest of the three sons that John and Kioko and he was considered the smartest of the three. He was also the weakest in a direct fight, but he was no slouch. It was just that his older brothers were much tougher.

"Well, I have been busy with things. Here is the thing father wants you in D.C today. You are being added to a brand new team that got formed recently with new members. Plus you also have a mission to go with it as a field test."

She squinted.

"I see. I was currently at a celebration for Nejire's admittance to U.A. I would have to ditch though."

Uyehara went silent.

"No, go back and spend some time with her. The team is not going anywhere, but family is still important."

"Alright, see you in a bit."

She hung up and returned to her family. They were all curious about what her uncle wanted with her so her father asked.

"What did my brother want?"

"Grandpa wants me in D.C today and he prepared a flight for me. However, when I told him about this he told me to just stick around until the end."

Akinari sighed.

"Do you have to go?"

Sayo nodded.

"Yup. I like spending time with grandpa and grandma so I plan to go."

Akimitsu understood.

"I get it, but they always just ask for you. Never your sister or your brother. Since you were kids it has been you, you, and you. Why?'

Sayo rubbed the back of her head as she did not have a good excuse for that. She was doing her job kind of, but it was true that they were keeping things from the rest of the family. It was only obvious with Sayo as she was always being called out. Either way, Sayo finished the dinner and just enjoyed the time with her family.

However, when they left the restaurant Bryan was waiting outside for her. He was sitting in one of the usual SUVs along wiht the rest of the guard detail. When he saw Sayo, her pets, and her family he rolled down his window.

"Young miss, I am here to take you to your flight."

"Thanks, Bryan."

Koba and Nyx used their special collars to shrink down while Maximus could still fit in without them. She got passenger seat and looked at her family.

"I should be back soon, but I will tell grandma and grandpa to stop playing favorites."

"I will tell them the same as well. I mean they have been only flying you out all this time that it is getting way too obvious they favor you."

Akimitsu, Nejire, and Michael nodded as they realized that Sayo had been the favorite. It sucked, but there was not much they could do about it. Michael waved goodbye.

"Bye sis. Bring me a suvaniere."

She smiled at him.

"I will bring you 30."

Bryan rolled up the window and drove off to take her to the airport. She rolled up her sleeves and leaned back in her seat.

"Grandpa is getting sloppy. They need a better way to do this without drawing attention."

"I can see what you mean young miss. I will let Sir John know as well as this is getting far too noticeable. He should use a cover for this and take all of your siblings. However, we would need more excuses as to why you are leaving randomly. So much trouble I say."

Sayo had to agree.

"You took the words out of my mouth."

Bryan glanced at her tattoo and felt it was quite nice.

"Did you get that for your first mission?"

She looked at her arm and nodded.

"Yeah, kind of a reward for myself."

She reached down and pet Koba and Nyx who had shrunk down. Maximus was in the back with his head sticking out to enjoy the wind. When they arrived at the airport Uyehara's private plane was waiting there. John was not present himself as he was currently in D.C. They boarded the jet and took off as this whole airfield was owned by John.

Sayo spoke a bit with her uncle as she did not get many chances to do so. He gave her some advice on being a member of the Black Hand and even told her to get a cover profession like being a hero or something. She planned on doing just that, but when they arrived in D.C John was waiting with Tony.

They were waiting for the two of them so Sayo gave them both a big hug.

"Grandpa, Uncle. Good to see you too."

John smiled as he gave her a tight hug.

"There you are. I heard it all from Tony about how you handled your big job. I am impressed, you made good use of what I taught you. Keep going, but now it is time for you to join a new team. They are a big case of nutjobs, like you. Most of them are battle junkies, with their own powerful quirks. Interested."

"As long as they are disciplined and will not go off the rails when they need to be focused."

Uyehara nodded.

"That is expected, girl. We are muscle for hire, so that means we need to be able to take orders when needed. Now, let's get going."

Tony just patted her on the head.

"You get used to it."

Sayo and her pets went into the truck as they drove toward the meeting place. They had chosen one of the Black Hand safehouses here in D.C. As the U.S was one of the biggest customers of Black Hand so they gave a lot of support. Sayo looked around D.C and had to say it was not much different than she remembered.

The monuments were still there, but heroes patroled here in there. Seeing then made Sayo realize how much of a good cover it would be in the future. John was curious about something.

"So you going to U.A?"

Sayo nodded.

"It will be a good cover for my real profession so yes."

Tony felt that was a good idea.

"Not a bad idea. People will trust you more and be less suspicious of things."

Just then John parked in front of a hotel he owned and a Valet came to John and bowed.

"Welcome back sir. Shall I park the vehicle for you?"

"Of course."

Once they left the car and entered the car they took one of the elevators to the top floor. The elevator was large for several people so with a bit of shrinking Koba, Nyx and Maximus could fit just fine.

They did not speak on the way up for some reason that Sayo did not understand. Once they got to the top floor which was reserved for the VVIP and John they went to a large dining room where a few interesting people were all sitting around.

Sayo's eyes glowed dark purple as she looked at all of the people in the room. They were all battle hardened and powerful. One was a white-haired girl who looked about 14 with a katana at her side. She was quiet, but the others drew attention to themselves.

One was a humanoid white lion with a huge minigun on his back while devouring dish after dish. He was massive as he stood shoulder to shoulder with Koba. In the back was a man with a visor around his eyes and a pair of mechanical gloves as he drank in silence. Another one was a short child-like girl who had cat ears and a tail who was sleeping.

The next one was a woman who had her eyes closed. She looked to be American at around 23 years old. The last one was a man smoking a cigar with an open vest. This was the first time they had met each other so they were a little wary of each other, but John gathered them all.

He did let them know that his granddaughter was going to be joining along wiht her pets so they looked over. They did not know how old she was, but she looked to be around 16. Sayo was tall and had a rather serious air about her. Plus her pets just breathed danger so they were more interested in having her on the team.

John whistled and got them all to focus on him.

"Welcome all of you. You all are here as you are being considered to join this new team. All of your quirks are powerful and trained, but what sets you apart is your more violent tendencies. You are all quite alike so I think this is for the best. This is my granddaughter Sayo."

The first to speak was the lion. He spoke with a heavy Russian accent and Sayo thought he should have been a bear, not a lion.

"Three young girls in a team? What has the world come to? Dimitri will agree if they prove their might."

The catgirl woke up and out of nowhere vanished. She appeared on his shoulder with her extended claws on his throat. However, what made Sayo impressed was in that time he had grabbed his gun and it was pointed at the girl's head. She had her claws aimed right at his jugular while Dimitri could blow her head off.

The catgirl smiled and laughed as she removed her claws.

"Did I win, nya."

Sayo saw the whole thing and she was impressed with bot of them.

'She is stupidly fast and quick, but the big guy still managed to react. Both are skilled.'

"Dimitri thinks tie."

She jumped off and she ran up to Sayo and ran around her. Her pets were warry of the cat girl so they showed it by growling. She ignored them though.

"You are so pretty. What is your quirk?'

"I inherited my family's main quirk Refinement and my mother's Vital Energy. To explain in simple terms I can endlessly refine my body over time and control my vital energy. In simple terms, my stamina."

The girl with the sword looked over and asked about it. She also had a Russian accent, but not as deep as Dimitri

"So, your quirk improves your body as long as you use it and you can control your own vitality? How does that work?"

Sayo smiled as her vital energy surged from her body in dark purple waves. The whole room was full of it which made all of them feel just how strong she was. They all felt heavy pressure fill the air which began to crack the windows.

Sayo cut the flow as they all had an even better view of her. They respected the strong and she showed that in her quick show of force. The sword-wielding girl introduced herself.

"I am Anastacia. My quirk is called Spatial Severece. I cut space open to attack a vast area. I don't even have to be looking at the things I am cutting. As long as they are in my range they are mine to slash."

The smoking guy took a puff of his cigar and introduced himself as he banged on his chest with his fist.

"I am Stefen. I can make smoke in massive quantities, turn into it and force it solid. As for how much I can pretty much do it without stopping with all the training and serums they used on me. For my strength, I would say I could lift a big truck on my best day."

Sayo nodded.

"Nice to meet you two."

The quiet woman from before opened her eyes which were silver.

"I am Jenny, I can form, create and control diamonds for weapons, armor, or to just attack."

The cat girl stopped and appeared in front of Sayo with a smile.

"I am Sophi, I have super speed and the powers of a cat. High five."

Sayo tried to give her a high five, but Sophi vanished.

"Too slow."

Sayo squinted her eyes as she planned to catch her off guard. Dimitri already said his name, but he repeated it anyway.

"I am Dimitri, from Russia. Mine is as you can see. I am strong, fast, and deadly and I like to shoot things."

The last one was the guy with the visor, but a robotic voice came from his throat.

"Greetings, I am Baek Yoonho. I can fire high-energy beams from my eyes and my whole body. I am mute by birth, but this machine in my throat fixed that. The reason for the robotic voice.

Sayo nodded as she introduced her pets.

"Good to meet you all. Behind me are my pets. The bear is named Koba. He can manipulate, become and control magma. The tigress is named Nyx who can do the same, but with shadows. The last is Maximus who uses rage as a means to grow larger, tougher, and stronger. His quirk is called Rage Convergence."

They all talked more to get to know each other and their quirks. After an hour of debating how this would work they in the end decided to join up. However, Anastacia had a request.

"I agree to this team up, but I have to have the option to leave if I feel the others drag me down."

The rest of the team felt that was fair as they also had the same idea. Now, John spoke up.

"Alright then, if you are all going to join up you need to decide on a name. Or I can just decide for you."

Sayo and the rest of the team looked at each other without an idea. They had just met so having them all agree on something might be hard. No one said anything so John rolled his eyes.

"Fine, I will designate you, Executioners. As for your team leader that can be decided later. Your trial by fire as it is called will not be an attack mission. It will be a guard mission."

That made all of them go quiet as they were not very good at guarding missions. They were all battle-crazed battle junkies so asking them to guard someone was hard. So they looked at John with questions.

Stefen asked straight up what they wanted to know.

"Who and Why? Plus you think it is a good idea to put us in charge of guarding someone? We and you know you put us in this team as we are all battle-crazed."

John shrugged.

"You better learn quickly as we owe a favor to the royal family of Britain for a while. They have been one of our backers so we owe them and the American government quite a few favors. Now, the king of Britain wants you to guard his daughter as recently he had heard of a possible threat.

Sayo thought it was odd.

"The royal family has a very strong family quirk, Dragon Force so why would they need us? Plus, don't they have their own guards for the princess?"

Tony had a reason for this.

"Here is the thing, she is 8 and her quirk is still weak. Usually, they do not need our help, but at the moment they are stretched to the limit as a potential war is brewing with Pakistan. They will still have their own guards, but they want you as a buffer. Remember, if you fail the punishment will be your head. No exception.

They all agreed, but that meant Sayo would be leaving Japan for at least a few weeks. She was interested in how strong their quirk would be. Uyehara gave them all a quick word of encouragement.

"I wish you luck to all of you."

They all prepared for their first team mission as they would be leaving tomorrow. So they would be staying in the hotel for the night as they would be leaving tomorrow. Sayo knew she had to call her parents but decided to do it later. She never said she would be back so soon.