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"WE'RE TAKING MY DRAGON!" Izuku opened her eyes to the blinding sunlight coming through the window of the hut the next morning. She looked around in a daze, not entirely sure what was going on. She saw that she was the only one there and rubbed her eyes.

"I'm taking my horse," She heard a cool tone and she sat up on the futon.

"There's probably a logical way of doing this!" She could hear Iida shouting not as she lazily pulled her trousers on, before pulling on her white shirt.

"The logical way is taking the fucking flying dragon!" Izuku groaned a bit as she pulled on her green vest next, then her boots.

"You can both stay here then!" She heard Uraraka shout now as Izuku scratched her head in confusion before pulling One for All onto her back and grabbing her bag. She stepped out of the hut, and looked down at the group below, arguing over their method of transportation.

"No one asked for your opinion!" Katsuki snapped at Uararaka, and Izuku yawned into her hand, debating going back to sleep.

"Everyone stop yelling!" Kirishima said with his fists on his hips. "Is this really going to be an argument?"

"Of course, I'm not leaving my horse behind." Todoroki said as he crossed his arms.

"And I'm not leaving my dragon behind!" Katsuki snapped and the boys both glared at each other as Izuku climbed down the ladder.

"Izuchan!"Izuku turned her head around tiredly as she put her feet on firm ground and Uraraka ran over to her with Ashido.

"What are you all yelling about so early...?" Izuku looked up at the sky, seeing it was pretty early.

"They're arguing about how we're going to travel." Ashido pointed over at the glaring boys. "Todoroki wants to take his horse, and His Majesty want's to take the Dragon."

"... Why not both...?" Izuku asked sleepily as she rubbed her eyes. "We can follow Todoroki from the air... assuming that the horse doesn't want to be carried by a dragon... both Baku and the horse will need to rest from time to time..." Izuku yawned again into her hand and the group all turned to look at her. "... What...?"

"Where were you an hour ago?" Uraraka asked her as she threw her arms around Izuku and hugged her tightly.

"That's a very logical plan!" Iida shouted and Kirishima nodded his head in agreement.

"Tsk, fucking idiots." Katsuki looked away from the group angrily. "A dragon is a much quicker way to get over the mountains, who cares about a fucking horse?"

"I do." Todoroki glared icily at the Tribal king who glared back at him. "I'm not leaving Yuki here,"

"... Yuki...?" Uraraka asked with a grin spreading across her face.

"Doesn't... that mean snow...?" Ashido asked, her own mouth turning up into a grin.

"What a stupid fucking name for a horse!" Katsuki snapped at him and Todoroki glared at him.

"I like it." He said with a cold tone to his voice. "My mother named him."

"Hey..." Kirishima waved his hands nervously.

"It's cute!" Izuku said with a bright smile and the boys looked over at her. "He's so white, it's a fitting name."

"Thank you." Todoroki looked over at Izuku. "At least some one around here has some sense."

"Hey..." the others looked at him with frowns now and Katsuki held up his hands, his palms crackling.

"Since you'll be travelling on Yuki, we'll have to find a path for him to use." Izuku pulled her map out of her bag, and knelt on the ground. She spread it out and Kirishima and Ashido crouched down to look at it.

"These mountains here have a stable path," Kirishima traced his finger along the map.

"That looks like a better route than the one we took." Urarka and Iida crouched down with them now too while Todoroki leaned over top of Izuku to take a look.

"Okay, so we'll follow along this path," Izuku pulled her pencil out and traced a line where Kirishima showed her. "And some of us can travel on Baku, following from the air." She stared down at the map for a moment. "It's still going to take a couple of days to get back to the guild, we'll need a good resting point..."

"We can stop here." Ashido pointed to a spot on the map where there was some blue. "There's a lake for the animals, and we can make camp!"

"Perfect." Izuku put an X where Ashido pointed and looked up at the others.

"You're so responsible!" Uraraka said with a grin to her friend and Izuku laughed nervously.

"It's good to see some one has a plan!" Kirishima grinned at Izuku as well and Ashido nodded her head.

"It's nothing special." Izuku said nervously as they all stood up. She turned to Todoroki and handed him the map. "I'll give this to you so you can navigate your way through the mountains."

"thank you," Todoroki took the map from her, and took a look at it.

"Who should travel on the ground?" Uraraka asked curiously and Izuku thought about that for a second.

"Well obviously Kacchan is on Baku," Izuku said as she tapped her finger to her chin in thought. The others all looked at the King, grinning at the name.

"Kacchan, huh?" Kirishima asked with a snicker and Katsuki glared at him.

"Fucking say that again, and I'll murder you." The Tribal king growled out and everyone but Todoroki nervously tried to hide behind Izuku.

"Hmm..." Izuku was still thinking, and Uraraka could hear her muttering to herself. "Ashido, what kind of quirk do you have?" Izuku looked to the pink girl.

"I can use acid!" The girl grinned as she showed the others her green necklace and matching bracelets. She took a few steps before she began skating across the ground as acid came out of her feet. She slid across it and turned to grin at them.

"I think Iida and Ashido should go with Todoroki then." Izuku pointed to her knight friend and smiled. "You guys will be able to keep up with him on horseback, so the pace will be steady."

"I see," Iida looked up at the tree's. "I can run pretty fast for a long time,"

"Uraraka you'll do well on Baku." Izuku smiled at her friend who pouted. "In case something happens you can use your quirk to help in the air."

"I don't want to travel with that brute..." Uraraka glared over at Katsuki who growled back in anger.

"Kirishima should also travel on Baku, due to his quirk not helping him with fast pace travel." Izuku smiled at Kirishima who grinned back at her.

"Actually, I've got my own dragon too." He said with a grin and Izuku's eyes lit up brightly. "His name is Iwa, he's not as big as Baku but can carry two people no problem!" Kirishima looked up at the sky and let out a loud whistle. The others all looked up as a screech was heard above them and Izuku's eyes some how got wider as a dragon soared around the mountain, before descending towards them. It landed next to Baku on the cliff side above them and looked down at them with bright red eyes. It's scales were a dark grey and he was about half the size of Baku. Izuku's fists started pumping up and down as her body buzzed with energy.

"WOOOOOOOOW!" She cried out as she ran towards the cliff. "WHAT KIND OF DRAGON IS HE?! HE'S SO BEAUTIFUL! LOOK AT THOSE SCALES AND EYES!"

"A rock dragon!" Kirishima said proudly as the others watched Izuku stare up at the dragon. "They're much friendlier than the fire type His Majesty has."

"C-C-Can I pet him...?" Izuku looked back at Kirishima with wide eyes and the group looked at her, stunned.

"Sure can!" Kirishima waved his hand to the smaller dragon who dropped to the rock down below.

"... Fucking forest people..." Katsuki growled out as Izuku let the dragon sniff her.

"... Well Dragons are extremely fascinating and rare." Iida said with a thought.

"So cute..." Izuku cooed out to the dragon as it continued to sniff her. Kirishima walked up and patted it on the back. The dragon snorted at him, before looking back to Izuku and licked her from her feet to her head with it's forked tongue.

"IZUCHAN!" Uraraka cried out in horror, but Izuku laughed as she patted the dragon on the snout and it closed it's eyes, accepting her touch.

"Wow, That's pretty quick even for Iwa!" Kirishima laughed loudly as Izuku patted it.

"Even Dragons are charmed by her..." Uraraka said with a hand over her mouth. Ashido let out a laugh into her hand.

"Okay, enough!" Katsuki snapped in anger and Izuku looked back at him as she hugged the Dragon's head. "Enough gushing over the fucking dragons and let's go." He looked up at Baku as the larger dragon came down to the group and snorted small flames out of it's nostrils.

"But..." Izuku looked at Iwa, before looking back at Katsuki with sad eyes.

"LET HER PET THE DRAGON!" Ashido and Uraraka shouted at Katsuki and he glared at them with fiery eyes.

"Uhm..." Todoroki pointed a finger, and the others turned their heads to look where he was pointing, to see Baku licking Izuku from feet to head as well. "Should we be worried?"

"Whaaa!" Izuku cried out as the dragons nudged her with their snouts. She laughed happily as she patted their scales.

"... Is there such a thing as a dragon charming quirk?" Iida asked as the group watched nervously.

"It's like she's the one being fawned over now." Todoroki said coolly, before Katsuki stormed over to her.

"ENOUGH!" He shouted as he grabbed Izuku around the middle and lifted her high above his head. He glared at the dragons and the group paled as they snorted back at him.

"WHAAA! PUT ME DOWN!" Izuku cried out, and Katsuki grunted and stormed towards Baku's middle before throwing her up on the dragon. She scrambled to grab hold onto the spikes and let out a sigh of relief as she grabbed a firm hold.

"... Scarier than a dragon..." Uraraka said with a nervous look as the Tribal King glared back at the group.

"Let's stop wasting fucking time and go!" He shouted at them and Uraraka scrambled over to the dragons quickly.

"... I want to travel alone now..." Todoroki sighed out tiredly before he mounted his horse, Yuki. Ashido and Iida took off with him along the path. Izuku pulled herself up into a sitting position on Baku, before looking over at Kirishima who helped Uraraka up on Iwa.

"You can play with the fucking dragons later." Katsuki growled out as he got up on Baku's back behind Izuku and she looked at him with a pout on her face. "Stop making that stupid face."

"You didn't have to throw me..." she muttered out and she heard him growl behind her in frustration and she turned her head away nervously as she got a hint of a glare.

"We would've had to wait a whole fucking day for you to stop gushing," He snapped and she let out a sigh before he nudged the dragon with his heels and Baku kicked off the ground into the sky. Izuku lurched back from the force and Katsuki caught her by the shoulder with one hand. "stupid, hold onto his spikes!"

"R-Right!" Izuku said as she reached out to grab hold of the spikes with her hands. She turned her head to look over at Iwa, and saw Uraraka was sitting behind Kirishima on his dragon, clutching to him with a nervous look on her face.

"THIS IS TERRIFYING!" Uraraka cried out as they took up to the sky and Izuku let out a laugh.

"Just hold on! I've got this!" Kirishima shouted and Iwa took off ahead of them, flying high over the valley.

"Hmm, so rock dragons are smaller, but faster?" Izuku asked curiously as she watched the other dragon while they flew after the other two. "How fascinating! Does their color vary? I suppose they are able to move the dirt too..." She reached to grab her note book but Katsuki grabbed her hand and growled down at her as she looked up at him nervously.

"Now is not the fucking time to take notes!" He told her and she groaned.

"But I have so many questions!" She cried out, and he growled at her.

"You can ask them later, now tie your fucking hair back! It's hitting me in the face!" He shouted at her and Izuku lifted her hands nervously up to her head.

"I forgot about my hair!" She cried out and felt herself slip a bit.

"IDIOT!" She felt his arm coil around her middle and hold her tight. "Don't use both hands!"

"How else am I suppose to tie my hair back?!" she asked him and he glared down at her. She let out a sigh, before she quickly tied her wind swept hair in a bun on the back of her head, before grabbing onto Baku's spikes again. She looked out at the mountains around them and smiled at the sight. "Wow... It's so beautiful..." She very much liked the sight at night, but during the day time she could see all the colors of rock and trees. She heard Katsuki mutter something behind her and she looked up at him curiously. "Did you say something?"

"No, now pay attention to where we're going!" He snapped at her and Izuku turned her head back around, smiling nervously. She looked to the tree's below, and saw a glimpse of while among the green.

"I see them, but we should probably slow our pace." Izuku said as she leaned over to get a better look. "Urgh..." She groaned as she felt his that his arm was still around her and tightened.

"Don't lean over to far, you'll fall." He grunted out and Izuku sat back properly, letting out a sigh. She looked down at her hands as they grasped the spikes and she bit her lip. She was starting to feel like she couldn't do anything right with the way he snapped at her.

"... Is the tribe going to be okay with you gone...?" Izuku asked curiously after a long period of silence. She looked over her shoulder at him as he kept his eyes forwards on the sky.

"They'll be fine, It's not my original settlement..." He told her and his ruby eyes looked down into her emerald ones. "The king can go where ever he wants, they have some strong fighters... Besides. They're going to pick up and move soon, the demons are getting worse in that part of the mountains."

Izuku's eyes widened, and she looked over her other shoulder towards the north now. She couldn't see the Badlands from here, even this high up in the air... She put her finger to her lips as she thought over their current position, they were closer to the central region than the northern badlands.

"That's odd..." she muttered out and Katsuki looked down at her. "... This is pretty far south... and that demon from the other night was such a high level... That is common back up north, but here...?" She looked over at Uraraka as she held her hat on her head tightly. "They haven't made much ground in the central region but..." She looked back down at her hand and bit her lip.

"What are you saying?" Katsuki asked her in a grunt.

"... They're heading further south..." she looked around at the mountains below. "at this rate... more high level demons will be flocking into the central region within a few months..." She felt a cold shiver up her spine as she thought about that. "It doesn't make sense... We didn't run into many when we travelled here..." She looked towards the north eastern part of the mountain range, before looking back at where they were at the tribe settlement. "... directly south..." She muttered out, before whipping her head around as she followed the direction with her eyes and saw in the distance some of the central region they were close too. "... They're... Heading directly south...?" She asked herself in confusion. "They're not that organized..."

"... Are you saying some one or something is organizing demons to head towards the central region?" He asked her, confusion in his angry tone. "That's impossible, moron."

"But..." she scratched her head nervously. "It doesn't make sense, that there were none where I travelled through, even though it was closer to the badlands." She looked up in thought at the sky. "... I'll have to talk this over with him... Maybe he has an idea..."

"Who are you talking about...?" Katsuki growled out in anger.

"Erm." Izuku felt a nervous sweat on her cheek, before he put a hand on her forehead and tilted it further back. She blushed a bright red as she looked up into his eyes as he leaned over her. "Th-this hurts my neck..."

"Whose this guy you want to discuss this crap with?" He growled out at her and Izuku smiled nervously up at Katsuki. "And you said you travelled with some one... Was it that fucking up tight prick down there?"

"N-No, it was a Hero that helped me out at the village." Izuku let out a nervous laugh, she wasn't exactly lying... "He saved me from being eaten by a demon... and then helped me travel to the guild..."

"What do you mean saved you from being eaten?!" He snapped at her, and Izuku groaned, wonering why she mentioned that at all.

"There were a bunch of high level demons attacking the village... I had to lead them away..." she looked up at him as he glared down at her. "It was going to eat some kids... I would be dead if he didn't show up...!"

"TCH." He let go of her forehead and she leaned forwards, rubbing the back of her neck as it ached. "You shouldn't be putting yourself in danger for a bunch of morons who got caught by a demon!"

"... That happened to you..." she looked back at him with a raised eyebrow and he glared at her, grinding his teeth together as he growled in anger.

"I WASN'T CAUGHT, I WAS GOING TO BLOW HIM UP BEFORE YOU STUCK YOUR NOSE INTO SHIT!" He snapped at her, and Izuku looked away from him, sweating nervously. He was definitely scarier than a demon when he was angry. She looked down at the valley below, and saw the ones on foot were now on a rocky path instead of in the trees.

"There they are!" she smiled as she looked down at them and waved her hand. She saw Todoroki wave a hand back at her and she let out a laugh.

"Idiots..." Katsuki growled out, and Izuku looked back at him.

"Stop calling everyone idiots..." She said with a sigh.

"Stop being so fucking stupid then," He said in a grunt.

"I'm not stupid!" She shouted at him and he looked at her, before his eyes widened in surprise and he reached a hand out and grabbed the back of her head. "KACCH-?!" He pulled her head to his chest and leaned back with her. She heard his hands crackle with explosions and she turned her head and saw what looked like white cloth where her head was a minute ago.

"LOOK OUT!" Katsuki shouted as Baku dropped in the air, as he held her tight to his chest.

"What's going on?!" Izuku cried out as they dove towards the valley. She looked up to see Kirishima's dragon also diving lower.

"Some one's attacking from the ground!" Katsuki turned his head, and Izuku looked in the direction the strange cloth had come from.

"T-TODOROKI! IIDA! ASHIDO!" Izuku looked around at the cliff for their friends, and saw them pick up pace along their path.

"Idiot, they're fine! That came from there!" She looked up as Katsuki looked up at the high mountain side. Her eyes widened as more of the strange cloth came shooting towards them and Izuku shoved her hands again Katsuki's chest and pushed him back. She leaned back out of his reach as the attack shot between them.

"What is this?!" She shouted, as she grabbed at it and pulled. She felt it stick to her hands, and it had a weird texture... It definitely wasn't cloth, but what?

"IDIOT! LET GO OF THAT CRAP!" Katsuki shouted at her and grabbed her wrists.

"I-I can't! It's sticking to me!" She shouted in a panic before she felt the strange material pull on her hands. "WHAAA!" she cried out as she was almost pulled off of the dragon but Katsuki wrapped an arm around her waist and lifted up his hand. She watched as he set off an explosion on the weird material, before it fell to the earth. "Th-thanks..." Izuku tried to calm her heart from the panic.

"Don't grab weird shit!" He shouted at her and looked back at the mountain side with a growl. "I'm going to fucking murder who ever the fuck used that shit!" He shouted as he stood up on the dragons back.

"WAIT!" Izuku cried out but he jumped off the dragon and went blasting off through the air.

"IZUCHAN ARE YOU OKAY?!" Izuku turned her head to look at Kirishima and Urarak who were flying beside her.

"N-NO!" She shouted and tried to separate her hands from the weird material still stuck to them. "Kacchan went blasting off towards the attacker!"

"Shit..." Kirishima looked after the Tribal King as he flew through the air. "there's gunna be blood then!"

"Maybe it was a demon?!" Uraraka asked worriedly.

"No... That was too calculated of an attack judging from the distance." Izuku looked towards the mountain. She looked down at her hands and finally ripped the material off them before tossing it into the wind. She grabbed her gloves out of her pockets and pulled them on. "We need to go after him! BAKU! FOLLOW KACCHAN!" she shouted and the dragon roared before taking off after the angry king. She grabbed onto the spikes of the dragon and heard Iwa roaring behind her as the others followed. She watched Katsuki drop into the tree's on the mountain and she ground her teeth together. "And he calls me an idiot!" She shouted before she nudged Baku with her heels. "DIVE AFTER HIM!" She shouted as they dove down to the trees.

"IZUCHAN LOOK OUT!" Uraraka cried out from behind her and Izuku looked back at her, before her gaze was caught by a large shadow shooting out of the tree's towards her.

"WHAA!" Izuku cried out as Baku dropped faster when the shadow reached out towards her. She looked back at it nervously, seeing it had a bird shape to it. It quickly changed direction and followed after her. "Demon...?!" Her eyes widened as she saw the shadow was reaching up out of the tree's below. She let go of Baku's spikes, and kicked off the dragons back. She drew One for All from it's sheath as she curved in the air. "SLASH!" she screamed out as she swung her sword with her right hand, and a blast of power washed over the shadow beast. She watched as it retracted back to the tree's quickly, and she clenched the sword in her hand, feeling her wrist ache with pain.

"IZUCHAAAAAAN!" Uraraka screamed out as Izuku started to drop in the air towards the tree's.

"UWAAAAAAAH! BAD IDEAAAAAAA!" Izuku screamed out as she fell before Baku curved back towards her. She looked up at the dragon as it dove for her and she reached her hand out and grabbed onto it's outstretched claws. She felt her body jerk skywards as the dragon pulled back up into the air and she groaned from the strain on her arm. "Thanks Baku!" she shouted up at the dragon and it let out a roar. Izuku looked back towards the forest, scanning the tree's with her eyes, before she spotted the shadow shooting back out of them towards her. "Not a demon... It's some one's quirk...!" Izuku shouted as the others dove towards her.

"Izuchan! Get back on the dragon!" Kirishima shouted at her and Izuku looked at the other two.

"You know, I would if I could!" Izuku laughed nervously, before she felt something grab her ankle. She looked down to see the strange bird shadow holding her leg. "UWAAAH!"

"IZUCHAN!" the other two yelled at her and Izuku tried with all her power to hold onto Baku's claws before her arm couldn't take it anymore. She let go, and the shadow pulled her downwards towards the tree's.

"Shit...!" Izuku cried out as she brought her arms up to shield her face as foliage battered her, before she was jerked to a stop by the shadow. She looked up in a panic as it dangled her by her ankle above the ground and she gripped One for All in her hand tightly before turning her head around wildly to look for the person who had this quirk.

"Drop your weapon." She heard a dark voice and she turned her head to look in that direction. Her eyes widened as she saw some one with the head of a bird glaring at her from the shadows, a black cloak draped around himself. She noticed the shadow was coming from somewhere under his cloak and she looked up nervously at the quirk.

"Uhm... Sorry but I'm not gunna do that..." she said with a nervous laugh as she looked at the boy again.

"We suggest you drop the blade before we're forced to hurt you." She looked up to see a large boy with white hair and a mask around his face. She noticed he had six arms, and instead of just hands there were ears and a mouth. She noticed he wore dark clothing as well and she ground her teeth together.

"I said no!" she shouted at them and they looked at her in surprise. "What the heck are you doing attacking us?!"

"Why are you in our territory?" the bird boy asked her.

"We're just flying over on our way to the Yuuei Guild...!" Izuku told them and she gripped One for All. "Are you all from the mountain tribe? Can't you see we were using dragons?"

"The lat time dragons flew over, we were attacked." The taller boy said as they both glared at her.

"attacked...?" Izuku's eyes widened at that information.

"Yes, by people dressed like those of the forest region... They were riding dragons before they came and attacked our settlement..." The bird boy glared at her. "You are also dressed like those of the Forest, and riding a dragon... We will not be made the fool of, twice."

"Wait!" Izuku waved her free hand around and looked at her sword. She groaned before she let One for All drop to the ground. They eyed her up suspiciously and she looked at them nervously. "We're not here to attack you...!"

"Then were you trying to attack the travellers on the ground?" The taller boy asked her and she shook her head.

"No, they are our friends!" Izuku told them and she let out a sigh. "Honest... We're heroes from the Yuuei guild. She patted around in her pockets before the shadow quirk glared at her darkly. "J-J-Just a second...!" She said with a nervous glance at the creature. She shoved her hand in her pocket and pulled out the metal plate that proved her membership. She looked at the boys and held it up. "See?"

"... Why would the guild let such a young boy join...? that must be fake." The bird boy said with narrowed eyes.

".. I'm not a booooooy!" Izuku groaned out in frustration and put her hand son her face. "That's it... I'm wearing something else from now on..."

"... Now that she says it, she is a girl..." The larger boy tilted his head to the side and so did the bird boy.

"I'm so sorry it's not obvious!" She cried out before they heard a loud roar above them. Izuku looked up at the parts of the sky she could see, and saw Baku searching for her. "crap... I need to get back to Baku and my friends...! Please let me go!" she looked over at the boys.

"We still don't trust you..." The Bird boy said and Izuku started to sweat nervously.

"Seriously, you should because there is something way scarier out here than those dragons!" she told them before they heard a loud explosion off in the distance. "And he's pretty mad..."

"What on earth could be scarier than an angry dragon?" The larger boy asked and Izuku paled a bit.

"WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU FUCKERS?! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" They heard the loud shout over the forest and Izuku let out a sigh.

"What a vocabulary." the bird boy looked up at the tree's before they heard the explosions getting closer.

"He's coming this way... I would run if I were you..." Izuku looked at the boys and they looked back at her with nervous looks on their faces. "Or put me down... Honestly if you put me down he won't hurt you..." She looked to the tree's nervously, seeing the explosions now before some one burst out of the tree's. She noticed this boy had blonde hair, and was dressed in black ninja attire. His face paled as he looked at the others, and she saw he had a tail.

"HE GOT SERO! WE NEED TO RUN!" The boy shouted at the other two, before the person in question blasted out of the tree's, fire in his eyes as he glared at the small group of boys. Izuku paled as she saw him dragging some one along with him who was also dressed like a ninja and looked unconscious. She saw the anger in his eyes light up more as he looked at her dangling upside down, before he turned his glare on the boys.

"LET GO OF HER!" He roared at them all and he dropped the boy he held, before he turned to launch his attack on the group of boys.

"KACCHAN WAIT!" Izuku shouted and Katsuki looked back at her, hesitating for a moment. "STOP! THEY'RE MOUNTAIN TRIBE!"

"LIKE I GIVE A FUCK!" He shouted back at her. "NO ONE ATTACKS ME AND GETS AWAY ALIVE!" He turned his snarl on the boys and Izuku felt the shadow jerk her towards the boys. She looked at them with a nervous smile as the quirk dangled her in front of the angry Katsuki. "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING WITH HER?!"

"Shield tactic." The bird boy glared at the angry blonde. "Halt your anger or we will be forced to hurt her!"

"FUCK YOU, YOU FUCKING FUCKERS!" Katsuki shouted in pure rage and Izuku waved her arms around wildly.

"WAIT WAIT WAIT! STOP!" Izuku cried out to him. "They're attacks have a reason! Just calm down, I'm fine!" she shouted at him and he glared at her. "There's something wrong! You can't just go murdering your own tribesmen!"

"AS THEIR KING, I CAN!" He shouted back at her and Izuku let out a sigh.

"King...?" The others asked and Izuku looked at them curiously.

"Yeah... That's the Mountain Tribal King..." She said, pointing at the angry Katsuki who was glaring daggers.

"... I heard there was a new king," the blonde boy said, eyeing up the angry king. "... He visited my tribe after I left to come here... Katsuki of the Bakugo tribe..."

"Yes... that's him." Izuku said nervously and the boys all looked at her.

"AS YOUR FUCKING KING, I ORDER YOU TO PUT HER THE FUCK DOWN AND LINE UP TO DIE!" Katsuki yelled at them and Izuku let out a sigh.

"You're not killing them..." She looked back at Katsuki and he glared at her.

"Don't tell me what to do!" He snapped at her. "I'm the King, not you!"

"No, I'm just rational and calm..." Izuku said with raised eyebrows.

"I AM PERFECTLY RARTIONAL AND CALM!" Katsuki raged and Izuku rolled her eyes.

"Try less shouting then, it's misleading." She told him and she watched him visibly snap.

"Midoriya...!" Izuku heard her name and looked out to the trees, before some Ice came crackling from the bushes across the ground. Her eyes widened a bit as she saw it hit the feet of the other three boys and crackle up their legs. She looked back to the trees, and saw Todoroki glide out along the ice. "You okay? We saw you fall after you jumped off the dragon." He looked up at her and the shadow finally let of her ankle and she cried out as it dropped her, but Todoroki reached out his arms and caught her before she hit the ground.

"Urgh..." Izuku looked up at Todoroki before her head spun from the blood rushing back down to the rest of her. "Th-thanks... I was starting to get dizzy..."

"No problem." Todoroki told her and Katsuki stormed over to them. Izuku looked up at him nervously as he glared down at her.

"You call me crazy for jumping off a dragon, but then you do it... With out a quirk to help you land...?" He growled out at her and Izuku clutched the front of Todoroki's vest in fear.

"I-I wasn't thinking..." She said nervously as she looked up into his angry eyes.

"YOU NEVER THINK, MORON!" Katsuki shouted at her.

"Enough, stop yelling at her." Todoroki's voice was sharp as he set Izuku onto her feet. "She was attacked after some idiot when blasting off into the woods, with out a second thought to his party or if there were more attackers, which there were."

"Shut the fuck up!" Katsuki snapped at Todoroki who just glared back at him cooly.

"You guys, we have bigger problem here..." Izuku looked up at the boys and they both looked down at her. "These guys said they were attacked before by people riding dragons, but they weren't mountain tribe, they were dressed like us." Izuku pointed at herself and Todoroki. "Which means they were from the forest region." She looked up at Katsuki, "but that doesn't make any sense, only the mountain tribe use dragons..."

"... Is she right?" Todoroki looked over at the boys who were frozen in place. They started to shiver and Izuku jumped a bit in fright.

"H-Hey now, unfreeze them...!" Izuku said worriedly as she looked up at Todoroki. He let out a sigh, before he drew his second sword with his left hand and walked over to the group of attackers. He started melting the ice and they all knelt in front of them after they were freed. "Now... can I hear the details...?" Izuku picked up One for All and sheathed it before she crouched in front of the group and pulled her notebook out and a pencil.

"Nows not the time to take notes!" Katsuki shouted down at her, before glaring at the boys. "Why is this the first I'm fucking hearing of this?!"

"We sent word a month ago..." The boy with the tail said as he looked up at their king. "Did it not reach you?"

"No it didn't, or I would've fucking been here." Katsuki snapped and Izuku started scribbling the information she knew down in her book.

"Can you tell me anything about what they looked like, or their quirks...?" She looked up at the boys and they looked at her with surprise at her calm caring demeanor. "Did they attack at night or during the day? How many of them were there, and did anyone in your tribe get hurt...? By the way, I'm Izuku Midoriya," she stuck her hand out to the bird boy and smiled brightly at him. He looked at her with even more surprise before he shook her hand.

"Fumikage of the Tokoyami tribe..." He nodded his head to her. "... They attacked at night, the dragon must have been a shadow dragon because it was hard to see in the night sky."

"... Mezo of the Shoji tribe..." Izuku smiled up at the largest boy with several arms as he shook her hand. "They appeared in a strange way... It looked like there were only two people on the back of the dragon, before some kind of black mist formed."

"Mashirao of the Oijiro tribe." The boy with the tale shook Izuku's hand next before pointing to the passed out one beside him. "This is Hanata of the Sero Tribe... But... I fought with one of the people who attacked. He was strange... His skin was all black and he had large unblinking eyes, and a bird beak... But his... His brains were exposed..." Oijiro looked down at the ground. "We had to run away from him, he was too strong."

"... Hmm..." Izuku jotted that all down in her notebook.

"No one got a good look at the dragon riders though, they just flew off into the night... but those guys were definitely with them, because they disappeared into the mist after." Shoji looked down at her notes as she scribbled quickly.

"... This sounds serious..." Todoroki said with his eyes narrowed. "... So now you take suspiciously to dragons flying over... That is understandable."

"The message must have been intercepted by one of the attackers..." Izuku looked down at her notes, nodding her head.

"... Most of this settlement was wiped out by them... We're all that's left." Izuku looked up at Tokoyami as he spoke and felt her face pale. "Those men were like demons... they tore everyone apart."

"... Oh my god..." She put a hand up to her mouth, her eyes widening in horror. She looked up at Todoroki and Katsuki as they both looked down at the group with wide eyes.

"... What...?" Katsuki growled out, his gaze turning to one of anger. "Those... BASTARDS!" He snapped and stormed off away from them. Izuku stood up as he blasted a tree with his palm and it cracked in half. Todoroki used his sword to put out the fire and Izuku shoved her book to his chest and took off after the angry king.

"...Kacchan..." She called out his name as she chased after the sight of his red cloak. "Hey... Kacchan!" She jumped over a bush and reached out to grab his cape but he turned around to glare at her. She stopped as she saw the pain and sadness among the anger in his eyes and she stopped.

"What?!" He snapped at her and turned away.

"... It's not your fault..." Izuku told him nervously and he glared back at her again. "... You couldn't stop it, you were to far away, it's not your fault...!"

"Shut up!" He snapped at her and she bit her lip. "It is my fault, how the fuck could I let this happen in my kingdom?!" He shouted at her and she looked down at the ground.

"... Some one told me once, you can only save what's within your reach..." She looked up at him nervously and saw him still glaring at her. "... Your settlement appeared to be under heavy demon activity... How can you defend two at once? You're only one person, Kacchan... This isn't your fault..."

"shut up..." He growled out at her and she felt her eyes water as she stepped towards him and reached her hand out to touch his arm. Her fingers touched his skin and she could feel him shaking with anger. He reached up to put a hand on his face and Izuku looked up at him. "I will fucking find them... And I will murder all of those bastards who did this..." He growled out and Izuku felt a pain her chest as she heard the hint of sadness in his angry tone. She reached her arms up around his neck, and brought his head to her shoulder. He curled into her embrace and wrapped his arms around her tightly. She felt like she was being crushed, but she didn't care. Tears spilled down her cheeks as she thought of all the lost lives and she bit back her sobs as she hugged Katsuki to her.

"We'll find them..." she told him, and she felt his fingers grip the back of her vest tightly. "We'll find them and make them pay for this..." She couldn't hold back her sobs anymore and she hugged him tighter. "I'm so sorry, Kacchan..."

She felt his arms tighten around her again, before his head lifted off her shoulder. She looked over at his reddened eyes and he looked back at her, before he straightened up completely and let out a heavy sigh. "... What did I say about crying..." He told her and she lifted her fingers to her cheeks. She heard him huff, before he pushed her hands away and dried her tears with his own fingers. "Let's go..." He looked back the way they came and grabbed her by the wrist. They walked back towards where they left the group behind and the two of them stepped out of the bushes.

"Ah," Izuku looked over at Uraraka, Ashido and Iida as they stood over the group of boys next to Todoroki.

"We heard what happened..." Uraraka frowned over at Izuku as she comforted a crying Ashido. Izuku bit back more tears to see how down everyone looked. She stepped forwards to the group, and looked down at them.

"... Would you like to come with us...?" Izuku asked the four boys, noticing the one named Sero had woken up now. "... We're heading back to the Yuuei Guild... They wanted us to look for Heroes willing to join them." Izuku clenched her fist as she looked down at the boys as they watched her. "I think you all have the spirit of heroes in you, and I would like you to come with us." she watched as they all looked at each other and Katsuki stepped forwards.

"If you come with us, we will be able to find the bastards who did this." He said with a firm tone. The group looked up at him with wide eyes as he spoke so calmly. "We will bring justice for the fallen."

"... I accept." Tokoyami said with a nod of his head. The others all looked up at the Tribal king and Izuku as well and nodded their heads in agreement. "We will join the Yuuei Guild."

"Then let's go." Katsuki turned his head to look at the sky and the group heard Baku crash through the trees, before he crushed the ones near them. The dragon looked at it's master with it's big golden eyes as he walked to it, and pulled Izuku with him before getting on it's back. He looked back at the group as Shouji stood up and let out a loud whistle from a mouth on one of his arms. Izuku looked up as she heard a screech from the air, and through the newly opened hole in the tree's canopy, she saw a sparkling green dragon shoot up out of the leaves, before darting towards them. Her eyes sparkled with delight at the sight of the new dragon, it was almost the same size as Baku. It landed on the ground and their new comrades climbed onto the dragon's back. Izuku watched as Kirishima descended from the sky on Iwa to pick up Uraraka, and looked at the new group members with a grin. The grounded members took back to their pathway, before the others took to the sky.

The flight was a silent one, as neither Izuku or Katsuki felt like speaking at all. She wanted to say so much to him, but she knew he was thinking over everything. When night fell, the group made camp at the lake they agreed upon. Todoroki started a fire for them to rest by, and Izuku rolled out her bedroll before she looked over at the dragons worriedly. She knew Katsuki was sitting with Baku, and she looked at the others as they lay down for sleep, while Kirishima took up the first watch.

"... Hey..." Kirishima looked up at her from the fire as the rest slept. "You should get some rest, you had a lot of excitement today."

"... I'm worried..." Izuku said with a frown as she looked at the flames. Kirishima had been informed of what happened by Uraraka, and she could still see the pain in his eyes from the information. "He... took it pretty hard..." She pushed her hair behind her ear and closed her eyes, letting out a sigh.

"... that earring..." She opened her eyes again to look up at Kirishima as he looked at her ear. ".. He's got a matching one... Did he give that to you?" Kirishima looked at her with wide eyes and Izuku nodded her head.

"... When we were five... As a symbol of our friendship." Izuku touched her ear nervously as she looked at the flames.

"... Why don't you go check on him...?" She looked back up at the red head again. "He might grumble about it, but I think deep down he'll appreciate it. Besides... You really look like you want to check on him." He grinned at her and Izuku blushed.

"Alright..." She stood up from her bedroll and walked towards the dragons. She stepped around Iwa and looked towards Baku. He was curled on the ground, and tucked in the nook of the dragons neck, sitting on his claws was Katsuki who was staring down at his bracelets. She walked closer to him and saw Baku's eyes open and look at her. The dragon let out a snort and Katsuki looked to him before looking up at her. "... Kacchan...?"

"What...?" He asked and looked away from her. Izuku bit her lip as she approached and she patted Baku's snout as she passed. "Go get some sleep, it's late."

"... I was having trouble sleeping..." she said with a frown as she looked at him. "... You've been quiet since earlier..."

"So have you..." He looked up at her with a serious look in his eyes. "Not a single gushing word over that Grass dragon..."

"... I was worried about you..." She looked away from him and into Baku's big golden eyes. "... I know you're hurting over what happened..."

"Tsk..." She looked up at him but he was looking away from her.

"Kacchan... You don't have to talk about it, but... I just want to make sure you're okay..." She told him and he looked at her with angry eyes.

"You said it yourself, I'm not okay. I feel like a fucking failure." He looked away from her again. "I became King to protect things, not to have them destroyed behind my back..."

"Kacchan..." She stepped closed to him and he glared at her again as she touched his arm. "You couldn't-"

"I know I couldn't have known, but it still fucking hurts, alright?" He snapped at her, and she bit her lip. "But what hurts the most is knowing it could happen again, but I'm just sitting here not doing anything..." He looked away from her again and pushed her hand off his arm.

"You can't think like that.." Izuku felt her tears come to her eyes.

"Tch." He looked at her, his eyes glaring. "Don't tell me how to think."

"Kacchan..." Izuku sobbed and rubbed at her eyes. "Look... It pains me too, knowing what happened.. not being able to help... but that's why we have to gather as many people as we can... get heroes spread out here to help..." She sobbed once more and her tears continued to fall. "We can't change what happened, but we can do our best to stop it..."

"Izu..." She looked up at him through her tears, and he reached out towards her, about to touch her cheek. She felt something push on her lower back, and she was shoved forwards by the force, before she fell forwards. She heard a grunt and she looked up at Katsuki.

"Wh-What...?" she blushed as she looked up at him as what ever it was pushing her crushed her against him. "What is...?"

"Baku..." Katsuki grumbled out, looking over at the Dragon's eyes. She looked over as well, then down behind her as she saw Baku pull his tail away. She feel the dragon shift, and Katsuki steadied her as Baku curled up more, tucking them tightly in the curve of it's neck. "tch..."

"Erm..." Izuku scrambled a bit, her tears still falling down her cheeks as she tried to get off of Katsuki's lap. "I-I'm sorry..."

"Stop..." She looked at him as he spoke, and felt his arms wrap around her. She felt her whole face turn red as he pulled her to his chest. "... Just... Let me hug you for a bit..." He told her a he touched his forehead to her shoulder.

"A-Alright..." Izuku looked away from his head, and touched her fingers to her cheeks. She did her best to clear the tears away as he held her silently, before he lifted his head to look at her. She felt her face heat up all over again, and he touched her cheeks, rubbing away the rest of her tears.

"Go get some sleep..." He told her, and he nodded her head. She turned to try and get up, but Baku snorted in displeasure, and lifted his claws up. Izuku looked at them nervously, before the claws tucked around her and pinned her down against Katsuki. "Baku... Stop that!" He grumbled and the dragon looked at him with tired eyes before closing them again and letting out another snort. "Fucking... dragon..." Izuku looked up at Katsuki nervously as he tried to push himself up but the claws pushed down on them.

"I-It's okay..." Izuku said nervously as she looked up at Katsuki who looked like he was about to snap. "This is comfy..." she smiled a bit, and he looked down at her.

"fine..." Katsuki growled out and she blushed as he pulled his pulled his cloak around them both, and his arms wrapped around her loosely. "Go the fuck to sleep then."

"O-Okay..." Izuku looked away from him, feeling her heart racing in her chest. She leaned back against him, not sure what else she could do when pinned down by a dragon, and she took a deep breath to calm herself. She listened to his breathing as it evened out, and she glanced up to see his eyes closed. She felt her cheeks heat up at the sight of his peaceful sleeping face, and she quickly looked away.

"... I've seen something rare..." She sighed out before closing her own eyes. She could hear his heart beat, and she felt relaxed as the sound lulled her to sleep.