The Life of a Demon's Human
Katsuki Bakugou was a young, healthy, and well-built wolf demon. Being a wolf demon he was about twice the size of a normal wolf, his blonde fur a cautionary warning to those around him because of his explosions. He was a solitary creature for most of his life as not many demons and other creatures wanted to be near him in case he exploded. Not that he cared anyway. He liked being left alone. He didn't have to deal with anybody trying to mess with him. There was one creature that he tolerated around him. The Devil Shouto.
Shouto Todoroki was the only creature that was able to be around Katsuki, being as he was able to freeze him enough to where it wouldn't hurt him, but he wouldn't be able to explode even a small spark.
The reason people refer to Shouto as a devil was because of the traits he inherited from his father, a fire demon. Though to his relief, he only gained his father's wings and horns. Every other aspect of himself he got from his human mother. After he found out that his father had raped his mother in a small village raid, he had completely despised his father and the power to control fire that he inherited from him. He hated and was hated for his power that he fled his village home to live in the snowy mountains, a place where he wouldn't be able to use his powers so easily. As the years went by, he slowly gained the ability to control the ice around him, giving him the power he now uses almost frequently.
When he finally decided to go back home, the villagers had told him that hundreds of years had passed since he left and that his mother was no longer among the living. Overcome with grief for his mother and self-hatred that he hadn't come back sooner, he fled his home once more, only this time, he never returned.
Katsuki was walking through the forest, making his usual rounds of his territory, when he heard what sounded like a roar and a child screaming. Curious as to what was going on and furious that someone was invading on his turf, he followed the sound to the source, where he saw another demon, another wolf, cornering a small child.
Furious that the demon was even there, Katsuki charged it, tackling it to the ground and biting at its neck mercilessly. The demon tried to fight back, but was no match for Katsuki's strength, so when Katsuki let go, it immediately ran off. Katsuki roared after it as warning to stay away then turned back toward the small child. It was sitting next to a dead body and shaking it, as if to get it to wake up.
"Papa!" it cried. "Papa! Wake up! PAPA!"
The child then bent over the body of its dead father and wailed in sorrow. Katsuki could only guess that the father tried to protect his child when the demon attacked, only to fail and die in the process, leaving the child alone and terrified.
He knew what it was like to lose one's parents as he lost his at an early age. With no one to help him, he had to learn to fend for himself fairly quickly, which led to his aggressive behavior. So, knowing what this kid was going through and feeling sorry for it, he nudged his nose against the child's head and made soft rumbles in the back of his throat in an attempt to comfort it. However, the child immediately back away in fear of attacked again.
"Don't be afraid, kid," Katsuki softly cooed, slowly walking closer to the child. "I'm not gonna hurt you. What's your name?" The child shyly looked up at Katsuki, tears streaming down its face. His face Katsuki found out.
"I-Izuku," the child whimpered softly.
"Izuku," Katsuki said, trying the name out on his tongue. "Well, little Izuku, my name's Katsuki. Want me to take you home?" He laid down so he was eye level Izuku.
"I don't know how to get home," Izuku whimpered. Katsuki looked up and saw that the sun going down. He figured he'd take Izuku to his den for the night, then take him to the nearest village in the morning.
This kid's got to have more family than just his dad, right? he thought.
"At any rate, the sun's going down," he commented. "We need to get you some shelter." He stood back up and gently picked up Izuku by the collar of his shirt. Izuku panicked at this.
"PAPA!" he screamed. "PAPA! PAPA!" Katsuki dropped Izuku and Izuku ran towards his father's body, crumpling next it. Katsuki sighed, dropping down on his front legs.
"Get on my back," he said softly, gently rubbing his snout against Izuku. When Izuku didn't budge, he sighed again.
"We'll take your papa with us," he tried again, "but we need to get you some shelter. It's not safe out here at night." Izuku finally moved, looking up at Katsuki with tears streaming down his face.
"Why won't Papa wake up?" he asked. Katsuki saddened at the question. He knew the answer. He knew man was dead. But he didn't know how to tell the small child who desperately wanted his Papa to wake up that his Papa was never going to. He didn't know how to tell Izuku that his father was dead.
"Izuku," he tried. "Your papa won't wake up because he can't."
"Why can't he?" Izuku asked. "Is there something stopping him?" Katsuki sighed, trying to figure out how to answer.
"Izuku, do you know what death is?" he asked. Izuku shook his head slowly.
"Death is like someone going to sleep." Katsuki paused for a second to think of the right words to say. "And never waking back up again." Izuku looked back to his father, trying to process what the demon said.
"Papa is…"
"Dead," Katsuki finished. He rubbed his snout against Izuku again in comfort. "But he died trying to protect you. That means he loved you very much" Izuku leaned into Katsuki's snout, staring blankly at the ground.
"Papa's…dead…" he said. Katsuki nodded, leaning into Izuku as well. His ears perked a little when he heard small noises around them. Not wanting to take any chances, he stopped nuzzling Izuku.
"We need to go," he said, motioning for Izuku to get on his back with his tail.
"Papa's coming with, right?" Izuku asked. Katsuki nodded.
Izuku stood up, a little wobbly, and climbed onto Katsuki, nuzzling his face into the soft fur of his neck. Katsuki looks behind him as much as he could to make sure Izuku was in a position where he wouldn't fall off. He huffed when he was satisfied with where Izuku was.
"Hold on tight, kid," he said as he gently picked up the dead body with his teeth and ran off towards the safety of his den and away from whatever was lurking in the forest at night.
To be continued...
I'M NOT DEAD~! XD I'm sorry I haven't been around for so long and I'm sorry this isn't an update for any of my other fics~ I'm not done with them~ I will finish them~ I've just been watching a lot of My Hero Academia recently and when this idea popped into my skull brain the other night, I decided to post it before it disappeared~ Anyway, remember to read, review, and enjoy~ Seeya~
-Cheshy
