The school festival was in full swing, all of the classes working together for the huge event. You had your mainstays of culture festivals, the food booths, class presentations, and haunted houses, and such. But of course, something always ended up being a big draw. This year, everyone expected that class 1A would steal the attention again with something big.

But not if class 1B had anything to say about it.

Specifically Monoma.

Earlier in the year...

"Aaah, with the cultural festival coming up, we'll be so busy~", Monoma said, walking purposely by the 1A classroom as school let out for the day. "What do you guys have planned?", he asked, the question directed to a few of them standing outside the room.

"A play", Tokoyami answered.

"A play, how nice. But I don't think something so pedestrian will compare with what our class will be doing."

As if summoned by the sound of someone being more haughty than him, Bakugou appeared in the doorway, glaring at Monoma.

"And just what are you shits going to do?"

"Wouldn't you like to know~ But unfortunately, I'm not at liberty to say."

"Whatever the fuck you're doing, it won't beat us!"

"Care to place a little wager, then?"

"Students shouldn't gamble!", Iida butted in. Monoma frowned and was about to open his mouth when Kendo appeared with a frown of her own.

"Are you bothering them again?", she put her hands on her hips and turned to Iida. "I'm sorry for him."

Iida apologized for Bakugou as well and that was the end of that, they hoped. But of course, it couldn't be. The next day, Bakugou dropped a stack of notebook papers on Yaoyorozu's desk.

"What's this?", she asked. "'Dragon Explosion King of Murder'?"

"It's the play we're doing. I wrote it up last night", he answered, hands stuck into his pockets.

"You wrote up a play?", Kirishima had overheard and went over to them, looking over Momo's shoulder.

"I thought we agreed on doing Romeo and Juliet", Yaoyorozu said.

"That crappy story isn't gonna beat those 1B shits into the ground!", Bakugou shouted, getting in her face.

She wiped some stray spittle from her face and sighed. "It took us a while to agree on the play. Everyone, especially Iida-kun will be upset that you're trying to change things."

And once Iida arrived to class and heard what Bakugou was trying to do, it became a class debate. Apparently, he and Monoma had crossed paths again on the way out of school and with neither of their class president around to deter them, a bet had been made.

"So when they lose, I can make them do whatever I want", Bakugou grinned.

"And if we lose?", Jirou asked.

"I won't", he answered simply.

Ochaco turned to Deku to see what he thought. Bakugou's handwritten play had been passed around the class and now he had in his hands. The writing was a little rough and there was the occasional doodle in the margin.

"What do you think of it?", she asked.

He hummed in thought, the gears in his head turning. The basic character archetypes were present and the major ones all went through pretty satisfying arcs of development. The setting was a little generic but with characters like these, the world could be expanded upon in a fresh way. It was a little rough and bare but it had promise.

Deku looked up and realized he'd been muttering to himself again. But before he could fluster around in embarrassment, the rest of the class began to come around to the idea.

"It needs some editing but it shouldn't be any harder than Romeo and Juliet", Momo said.

"I was kind of looking forward to the romance though", Hagakure", pointed out.

"We can add it in", Kaminari suggested. "Yaoyorozu's gonna edit it anyway, right?"

As her name was said, she became a little unsure of herself. "Huh? But..."

Jirou pinched Kaminari's arm. "Stop asking so much of her. You really expect her to make sense of Bakugou's writing?"

"No, it's fine", Yaoyorozu said, the play coming back into her hands. "We could mix in elements of Romeo and Juliet. That should satisfy everyone, shouldn't it?"

Bakugou dug his hands into his pockets and stomped off to his seat. "Just don't make it too sappy!"

With the issue put away for now, Yaoyorozu set aside some time later to read through it and edit it so that their class could perform it. The very next day, she arrived to class with a typed version. All that was left was to choose parts.

"You're all taking too long with this", Aizawa said from his sleeping bag. "Just draw lots for it and wake me up when you're done."

And so names were put into a bowl and the roles were written on the board. Iida pulled them out as Yaoyorozu wrote them down. By the end of it, some were disappointed, others were pleasantly content. Most of the roles were fine except one...

"How are you letting that extra be the dragon king?!", Bakugou shouted while pointing at Hagakure.

There were agreements all around, including from Hagakure herself that a certain someone else might be better suited for the role. And there was really only one choice for it.

"Then it's decided! Bakugou will be the dragon king", Iida announced. "Now we can get started with production."

Bakugou's original story was about a dragon king who went around exploding things as much as he wanted while the weak villagers ran from fear. There were moments were he actually delved into the lives but it was usually moments before they combusted. Yaoyorozu had made the story more coherent, made the dragon king a more clear villain and expanded on the given characters.

Now there was a romantic subplot between the protagonist and the prince, whose love was forbidden because of their social class. As the class discussed the next steps for their play, Deku stared at the board, shaking in his seat.

Cast of Characters:

Dragon King - Bakugou Katsuki

Prince - Todoroki Shouto

Witch - Uraraka Ochaco

Knight - Iida Tenya

King - Sato Rikido

Queen - Asui Tsuyu

Dragon Knight - Kirishima Eijirou

Bandit - Kaminari Denki

God of Might - Ojiro Mashirao

Narrator - Aoyama Yuga

Hero - Midoriya Izuku