(A/N: Thank you so much to Inuyoiushi, Fanfiction. Why ask- of course, and thor94 for your reviews! And thank you to everyone who followed, favorited, and added this to their alerts also! :) The story will definitely have smut coming up in it a bit later on, but I don't know how kinky I'll make it, lol!)
Having met up with Kaori in the village, Izuku was relieved to see that his friend was safe. From what she had told him about Amajiki, he didn't seem like a bad guy-she claimed Amajiki was a little like him in some ways-but it was still a little worrying that Kaori was having to stay with a man she hardly knew. Though he supposed he was in the same predicament.
Still, Izuku had to admit this place was nothing like he pictured a realm of supernatural creatures would be. Perhaps he was being bias, but he figured a world of demons would be dark and bloody; filled with fear and screams of torture. Yet everyone was behaving similar to the human's back in Musutafu. The various yokai that made up this world were heading into the shops that lined the dirt path, stopping to chat when they met someone they knew, and kids were running around laughing or begging their parents for a treat or toy.
No one here seemed threatening or dangerous at all despite the fact that some of the yokai did bare alarming appearances.
"It's so peaceful here. When you think about it, this place seems less chaotic than our own world in a way." Kaori mused, a faint smile on her lips while she placed her arms behind her back. Not minding some of the curious looks the two of them were receiving.
Izuku just nodded his head. He felt tempted to write down and draw everything he saw, but spotting some figures running toward Kaori and him, he couldn't help but grin nervously. None of them were wearing hostile expressions, but the excitement most of the moderate sized group did display was a little nerve-racking.
"Ooh! Your the plain looking boy and the wild haired girl everyone has been talking about!" a pretty female with shoulder-length brown hair that matched the color of her warm eyes exclaimed with a bright smile. Other than the perpetual blush that seemed to don her cheeks and the two little pink curved horns protruding out of her forehead, she looked almost normal.
"Y-yes! My names Midoriya Izuku and this is Yamaguchi Kaori," Izuku replied with a sheepish look, his face flushing from embarrassment when the rather cheerful girl moved a bit too close to him for comfort. Close contact like this always made him extremely nervous.
"I'm Uraraka Ochako! And this is my mate, Iida Tenya!" she introduced, not seeming to realize she was making Izuku a bit uncomfortable when pointing over toward a rather tall and muscular blue haired male that had appeared beside her. Similar to Uraraka, he had horns also coming out of his forehead, but they were much larger and were a simple white. "I can't remember the last time I saw a human, so this is exciting!"
"Indeed. You two must be very confused, so if you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask. I shall do my best to assist you!" Iida stated firmly while shifting his glasses. He seemed nice similar to Uraraka, just a bit more uptight.
"Todoroki-sama and Tamaki-kun have probably already explained everything to them," a friendly looking blond haired male with oval shaped blue eyes voiced, placing a hand on Izuku's shoulder. "I'm Togata Mirio, by the way. A dragon yokai just in case you were wondering." The smile on his face grew while he winked. "But I can't breathe fire, so no need to worry!"
Well, guess that explained the long darker yellow tail that was sticking out of the white pants that Mirio wore.
"Amajiki-san tried to explain everything to me before I left," Kaori spoke with a small laugh, rubbing at the top of her head. "How we're trapped here for a month, but Izuku and I are free to go anywhere we like except for the Crimson Forest. And that everyone here knows not to mess with us. So he hoped that we wouldn't cause any trouble either because we'd really end up becoming prisoners, then..."
"Aww! I'm amazed Amajiki-kun was able to explain all of that to you! I bet he was stuttering and looked like he was about to pass out during your conversation, huh?" a girl with curious blue eyes that matched her periwinkle hair giggled out. "You can call me Nejire-chan! I'm also a dragon just like Mirio-kun!" She moved closer to Kaori, surprising the green eyed human when she started to play with Kaori's blue hair that was a bit darker than her own. "Wow! Your hairs so spiky, but soft! And your little fang is adorable! I didn't know human's had fangs!"
Blushing since she wasn't used to people calling her fang adorable, Kaori stuttered out, "Th-thank you? I inherited it from my uncle...Our left canine has always been sharper and longer than most...It's a birth defect, I think..."
"If you didn't smell like one, I'd almost wonder if you weren't human." Nejire hummed, hugging the slightly shorter girl to her.
Kaori wasn't sure if she should be offended about that or not, but she was feeling incredibly awkward. She found herself wondering if Nejire realized her breasts were kind of pressing against her own? And seeing a spiky blond with what looked like a black lightning streak in his hair, grinning at the two with a small bit of blood leaking out of his nose, wasn't helping.
A petite and dark purple haired girl rolled her lazy-looking onyx triangular shaped eyes, placing a well deserved karate chop on the dog's head beside her that made him whine. "Knock off that perverted grin, Kaminari. And shouldn't you tell your mate she's scaring the human, Mirio?"
"Oh, right! Human's don't really like receiving affection from people they barely know," Mirio said with a snap of his fingers after removing his arm, that had been wrapped around a kind of wobbly smiling Izuku's shoulders, to walk over and gently pull Nejire away from Kaori. "Anyways, everyone should finish introducing themselves and then we'll get you something to eat. You two must be starving."
It was certainly a lot to take in. The girl who had spoken up earlier was called Jirou, and she appeared to be an inu yokai similar to Kaminari beside her. Then there was Asui, or Tsuyu as she had been asked to be called. She was an okka, or frog spirit. Which explained her large dark eyes and amphibian-esque features.
A karasu yokai called Tokoyami stood next to Tsuyu. He looked the least human out of everyone with his crow-like head and dark wings that stuck out of his back. Of course the girl called Mina with her pink skin and more alien than demon appearance was strange herself. She was standing next to a curvy dark haired girl who went by Momo. Neither of them had said what sort of demons they were, but from Mina's antenna's, Izuku was guessing she was possibly a moth. And the dark ears on the top of Momo's head looked similar to a cat's.
They all seemed incredibly friendly, or so Izuku thought until he saw an ash blond with flashing red eyes stomping over toward them all, and the green haired male couldn't help but flinch. He could actually detect the hate toward him pouring off the male. He just couldn't fathom what he might have done to anger him so severely.
"Why the hell are you all being so damn friendly with the human's? Or did you forget they're the reason we're trapped here?!"
Trapped Izuku pondered, not liking the sound of that word. He glanced over at Kaori, noticing she wore a troubled expression herself. It sounded like the yokai couldn't leave this place. Did that have something to do with the reason why people no longer made accounts of seeing spirits the way they tended to in the past? Those scrolls and paintings couldn't have just been created from very vivid imaginings. Kaori and him were seeing that first hand right now.
"Bakugou! There's no need to behave so appallingly!" Iida scolded, oddly moving his hand up and down as if he were chopping something none of them could see. "That happened in the past. Neither Midoriya-kun nor Yamaguchi-san had anything to do with those events!"
"Ch! Or so you say, ya damn oni! But this guy looks pretty familiar to that other bastard who led those shitty Onmyoji's to the portal in the first place!" Bakugou scoffed out, smirking when the smaller male gulped when he was right in front of him. "Bet he's some descendant of his. Maybe I should just end his lineage right here and now..."
Kaori scowled and moved in front of a lightly trembling Izuku, placing her hands on her hips. "I don't really understand what you're going on about, but you can't just threaten someone like that! Izuku's never done anything to you, so back off!"
"Your the one that better back off, Snaggle-tooth! I'm not above kicking your ass along with that damn Deku's if you give me reason to do so," Bakugou warned, narrowing his eyes down at the cheeky girl who actually had the moxie to challenge him.
"Snaggle-tooth?!" Kaori exclaimed with a horrified look, soon letting out a low growl. Oh how she loathed that cruel nickname that had haunted her since grade school! Due to her current rage, she reached inside of her kimono and pulled out a paper talisman that caused Uraraka and some of the other yokai to gasp. "I know this won't be strong enough to injure you, but I'm sure it'll still hurt like hell! So don't push me, wolf!"
The blond ears on top of Bakugou's head twitched while his honestly adorable matching fluffy tail bristled up in anger. "You want a fight, than fine! Bring it on!"
Letting out a startled cry, Izuku quickly grabbed the paper charm between Kaori's fingers, not paying attention to the odd tingling sensation that seemed to course through his body, and moved between her and the clearly livid Bakugou.
"P-please, calm down! There's no reason for either of you to-" Izuku tried to say, but was stopped when Bakugou lunged at him with his claws posed to strike.
He quickly shoved Kaori out of the way, the two tumbling to the ground where they nimbly dodged the attack. Noticing that Bakugou wasn't finished with them, or more like he had focused his attack solely on Izuku now, Izuku scrambled to his feet; sudden instincts he was certain he hadn't picked up from his training kicking in where the emerald haired male shifted his form to the side to avoid the punch directed at his face. He had managed to firmly take hold of a startled Bakugou's wrist before slamming his palm and the talisman into Bakugou's exposed chest.
What looked almost like a white form of electricity surrounded Bakugou's figure, causing the okami yokai to yell out in pain. The strange power was a lot more powerful than it appeared, for Bakugou was swaying from side to side where he stood. Once the attack had ceased-his eyes even rolling into the back of his head-Bakugou was falling face forward to the ground where he now lay completely limp.
"How in the world did you do that, Zu-kun...?" Kaori asked in a whisper, walking over to her friend where she looked from the unconscious Bakugou to him. She wasn't even sure if those charms would work, but they really had. Or at least, they had for Izuku.
Izuku had completely frozen where he stood, not being able to answer the girl beside him. He had no idea what had just happened either, but Bakugou wasn't moving...Did that mean...?
"O-oh no! Don't tell me I...I k-k-killed him?!"
Mirio, who had been about to intercept Bakugou, had paused in his movements when he saw Izuku holding a confidence he didn't expect the male to harbor within his eyes. That was why he had allowed the green haired boy to try and defend himself, yet he certainly didn't expect for Izuku to be able to use spiritual power of all things. Thankfully his hidden ability wasn't potent like others he had encountered in the past...Bakugou could have very well lost his life, and that wouldn't have been good at all...
Kaminari had gone over to poke at Bakugou with his foot, earning a few grunts from the ash-blond. "Nah, he's alright. I don't really get what happened, but it's like that time I accidentally hit him with my lightning. He was so pissed, I ended up not being able to walk for nearly three weeks!"
"T-three weeks?!" Izuku exclaimed in horror. And Kaminari was a yokai. He didn't want to think what that could mean for him once the wolf demon opened his eyes!
"...And because I had that talisman that hurt him, he'll be blaming me for this, too..." Kaori realized, her pupils having shrunk.
"WE'RE GOING TO DIE!" Izuku and Kaori screamed out together, clinging to each other in fear while tears ran down their blue colored cheeks.
Tsuyu tilted her head at the two human's, placing a finger next to her mouth. "Considering how they were both acting so tough only a few moments ago, I wouldn't have guessed they were actually a couple of scardy-cats in reality..."
"C-come on, you guys! Bakugou can have a temper, but he wouldn't actually kill you!" Uraraka tried to reassure with a sheepish smile.
A pair of strong and large hands abruptly came to rest on Izuku and Kaori's shoulders, causing the two to scream and grip onto each other even more where it was amazing they weren't hurting each other.
"Whoa! Easy there, you two!" a cheerful male voice laughed out. "Uraraka's right. Bakugou's a big ol' softie despite what you might think. It's true he doesn't trust human's too much, but he'll warm up to you eventually. My guess is he was just worried you'd hurt someone here, but I know you wouldn't do something like that."
Izuku parted from Kaori, the two of them glancing at the crimson haired male who had spoken. He was grinning at them with rather pointed teeth, and had the same wolf ears like Bakugou. His toned chest was even exposed like Bakugou's had been. The only difference was this guy was wearing a pair of red pants with his tail wrapped around it like some sort of belt while Bakugou's had been black.
"Names Kirishima! Don't worry. I know just the way to calm Bakugou down," Kirishima claimed with a knowing wink that made Izuku blush, understanding what he was implying. "He doesn't exactly like Todoroki per se, but Bakugou knows not to go against him. And if he did do anything, he'd be in for some serious punishment. Hurting human's was outlawed by Todoroki-san once he took over as our leader."
"Todoroki-san did that...?" Izuku murmured in surprise, placing a curved finger against his bottom lip in thought when Kirishima nodded. Just from what little he had gotten from Bakugou, it seemed like human's and yokai didn't have a good history, so why would Todoroki defend a species he should probably be despising...?
Unbeknownst to Izuku, Todoroki had been watching the scene from afar alongside Hitoshi Shinsou; a neko demon with untamed lavender hair and matching eyes. The fox spirits own eyes were furrowed. He thought it was only a coincidence that Izuku looked so much like him, but it seemed he possessed the same spiritual powers as that Onmyoji from so long ago...
"Maybe it's like Bakugou said. He's a descendant of that man or possibly even a reincarnation," Shinsou said lowly, his light purple and black striped tail swaying from side to side.
"Reincarnation is more likely. That person was murdered, so I highly doubt he would have any lineage to follow after him. He had no family," Todoroki voiced softly, his tone almost sounding somber.
"If anyone else happens to learn what he can do, it won't end well..."
"I know." Todoroki murmured, closing his eyes. He soon vanished on the spot, causing Shinsou to let out a heavy sigh. He couldn't tell if Izuku's sudden presence here was a good thing or not. He supposed only time would tell.
After Kirishima had easily thrown Bakugou over his shoulder, saying he was going to take him home, but he hoped he could get to know Izuku and Kaori later, Mirio was about to lead the two human's over to their various restaurants. However, he was lightly surprised when Todoroki had appeared behind Izuku.
"I'll feed him." Todoroki said so casually it caused Mirio and some of the others to have beads of sweat trailing down the back of their heads. And the two toned haired male was soon lifting Izuku up in his arms, almost like the green eyed male was his bride, ignoring the startled cry Izuku unleashed as he disappeared with the male.
"U-um? Should I be worried about that?" Kaori questioned meekly, seeing how many of the yokai's pupils had actually shrank. They didn't look like they could believe what had just transpired either.
"Of course not! So, you wouldn't happen to like takoyaki, would you?" Nejire asked out of the blue, wrapping her own arms around Kaori's where the blue haired female smiled happily when Kaori gave a small nod. "That's good! Because it just so happens to be Amajiki-kun's favorite meal~"
Mirio couldn't help but grin sheepishly when Nejire led the confused girl off with her, some of the others following after them or heading off to do their own things now that they had satisfied their curiosity over the two guests. With his mate apparently trying to play matchmaker and their leader's odd behavior around Izuku, things around here were certainly becoming more excitable than usual.
The young ryu only hoped that nothing bad came out of these events, and things around here continued to remain peaceful. For both them and the humans' sake.
