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***Warnings: Soft-core smut, language, alpha/omega mpreg talk, humor, dirty talk
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Chapter 10: Rocking the Carriage
Kirishima forces Dabi to stand up by kicking the chair out from under him. Dabi still refused to accept the duel for insulting Izuku. Kirishima knows it's not because Dabi is afraid of him but because the other just can't be bothered. It was the lazy, taunting smile on Dabi's face that enrages Kirishima further. He puts himself in a fighting stance, trying to lure Dabi into attacking. When the male still mocks him, Kirishima prepares to throw the first punch. It's Izuku shouting his name that gives Kirishima pause, locking his fist in mid-punch. Suddenly, Kirishima sees an image flash through his mind, one very similar to the current scene. The image gives him a short shooting pain through his head that makes him stumble. What was that? He saw a figure, one who looked a lot like Bakugo, with almost the same taunting smile as Dabi. He heard Izuku's voice calling his name in the background, though it held a slightly different tone than Izuku's voice does now.
"What happened to you all of a sudden?" Dabi asks Kirishima with a raised brow. He makes the alpha sit back in a chair.
Izuku and Tamaki hurry to Kirishima's side. Izuku is concerned the most. "Kiri? What happened? Are you okay?"
Kirishima waits for the pain to pass before answering. "Yeah...I'm fine. Must have been...too much blood wine or something. It was just a headache,"
"Seemed like more than just a headache," Tamaki points out. "You went into a deep stare; you were seeing, and yet you weren't seeing."
"It's nothing," Kirishima assures them. "Stress, I guess." He forces a grin. "Bakugo has been very demanding lately." They all turn their heads to the door when Mirio, Inasa, and Shoto come back inside. "Where's Lord Bakugo?"
"Still talking with All For One," Mirio says, taking notice of the three gathered around Kirishima. "Did something happen?"
"Kirishima doesn't feel good," Dabi answers. "But he seems better now."
Before anyone else could speak, Bakugo enters and announces that they are leaving. Mirio asks them to stay a little longer, but Bakugo wouldn't have it and he wanted to return to Black Ram Hall with Deku and Kirishima. Mirio and Tamaki walk them out while Inasa and Shoto stay behind to talk about the conversation with All For One. Izuku tries to thank Mirio properly yet can only manage a smile and wave as Bakugo tugs him to the carriage. Once inside the carriage and on their way back to Black Ram Hall, Bakugo decides to discuss the mating and wedding night with Deku.
"When is your next heat cycle?" Bakugo asks him. "Do you know?"
Izuku flushes. "Um...not for a little while yet. I just had one two weeks before I fell through the sky,"
Bakugo hisses. "We can't wait that long. You will need to be put in induced heat,"
"Induced? But...that's unnatural."
"It needs to be done," Bakugo tells him. "If you can make yourself go into it naturally on our wedding night, then so be it. However, since it's your first time, there's a fairly high chance you won't go into heat." he has his own medicines and herbs to give Deku to induce heat; he doesn't want All For One sending anything of the like. Bakugo trusts Tokoyami to make the medicines but not All For One. "We're pressed for time for this as well," he crosses his arms. "The gargoyle mating ceremony is nearing, and we have to be married and you pregnant before Tokoyami and Shoji leave for a week. I'm down one soldier and you're down an omega. I only trust Tokoyami's magic and potions. Don't take anything from ANYONE ELSE unless Tokoyami or myself hands it to you. Understand? Why are you looking at me like? You look ready to cry. Why the fuck are you going to cry?"
Izuku thinks back to Dabi's explanation of 'demon sex' and how Kirishima tried to defend him from the vulgar comments. No one thinks he can safely handle mating with Bakugo on his own, and maybe that's true. Now Bakugo tells him he'll be drugged and forced into heat for the purpose of conceiving and nothing more. The tears threaten to fall as they well up in his eyes, his fists clenched on his lap.
"I thought…," Izuku starts, letting the tears fall. "I thought I would...choose my alpha and...and it would be...a special wedding night. Something special we'd share...together." Izuku clenches his eyes closed. "I didn't expect to be drugged. I didn't expect it to be anything more than just a 'duty!' I know I have no choice...that I'm too deep into this whole thing and have no other options...but if it's going to be induced and forced," he grits his teeth and glares at Bakugo. "Then why not just drug me unconscious too, so you only have to do 'the job' and drag me back to my chambers without a second thought? You'd prefer that, wouldn't you?" he starts to raise his voice. "Just do what has to be done and move on!"
'I shouldn't have chosen Bakugo...but I can't deny the feelings I have for him. I want to hate him...he deserves to be hated for the bastard that he is! All he wants is fame and glory at my expense, and I'm stuck here without any options! I should go with Shoto or the least Inasa; they've shown interest in addressing my needs and asking my thoughts and opinions! But...my heart only wants Bakugo. It's not fair!'
"You simple-minded idiot," Bakugo nudges Deku's knee with his boot. "I'm fucking offended; actually OFFENDED by what you are accusing me of," Izuku looks at him with confusion. "I'm not going to rape you, you shithead! I've had you aroused before, haven't I? I had you panting and moaning and...there was the other night."
Izuku turns red as he wipes his tears.
"I need you in heat. That's all. Everything else I can do myself. I'm not going to mount you while you're half-asleep and drooling! And what brought this all on anyway? Did someone say something to you at dinner when I wasn't there?" He listens as Deku tells him what Dabi mentioned about having sex with a demon. "He's not wrong, you know," Bakugo says. "Demon sex is...well, I'm not gentle. None of us are. If that bastard Shoto or his asshole brother Dabi said something different, then they're full of shit. Shoto wears the skull of his dead father whom he killed and fed on his bones I might add. Shoto is a demon the same as I am. So is Mirio and Inasa, and Kirishima and the others. We fuck, mount, and mate in the same rough manner. We can even fuck in the air, for those with wings. Gargoyles can do the same. I'm not going to kill you, though. So, you don't have to worry,"
"Then, I can expect to be hurt?" Izuku says with a hint of sarcasm to hide his fear. 'You might like it' Dabi's words echo in his head.
"...not all parts will be easy at first, but you're an omega. Human or not, your body is made to adapt to an alpha." Seeing Deku's fresh tears and senses the omega's extreme distress. There's an ache in his chest then, the need to reach out and comfort Deku, so he does.
Bakugo grabs Deku and pulls the omega onto his lap, forcing the other to straddle him. Deku's teary glare turns to one of surprise. Bakugo wraps his tail tightly around Deku's waist to hold him steady while the carriage rocks them. The instant Bakugo feels Deku's groin against his own, he becomes hard. Deku's freckled cheeks, streaked with dried tears, turn red as strawberries. Wait. Strawberries? Bakugo has never heard of strawberries- they don't have them here. Why would he think of something he's never seen before but somehow knows about them? It gave him pause, though he shook it from his mind when Deku lets out a little whimper. Bakugo smells the sweet aroma of omega arousal. He smirks against Deku's neck.
"See?" He chuckles. "Did you need any drugs for this?" He lets the tip of his claw tease the top of Deku's clothed growing erection.
Izuku moans with a shudder and says, "But this isn't mounting," he wraps his arms around Bakugo, resting his head against the blonde hair and mindful of that 'spot' at the base of Bakugo's horns. "Can you at least...tell me what to expect?"
"Claws, and biting," Bakugo starts, and to show what he means, he uses his claws to tear open the front of Deku's clothing. "Some marks will bleed, others will be pink," he slips out his tongue to lap a thin streak of blood from Deku's chest. "Demons love blood," he says and licks his lips after tasting Deku's. Human blood is delicious, he notes. No wonder demons loved to feast on the flesh of humans.
"No! Stop that,"
"But you like it," Bakugo says, ignoring Deku's breathly protest. "Your cock is hard, and so are your nipples," he lets the tip of his claw poke at the hard nub, pulling another delightful sound from Deku's throat. "Your body is opening up on its own to me,"
Izuku couldn't deny that Bakugo's statement of his arousal was right. Bakugo's smell and touch, his alpha aura general male musk heightened his desire. Just a moment ago, he was crying and now he's moaning. Dabi's words were proving true. When Bakugo's claws ripped his top and gently cut his skin, the mild pain added to his arousal. Bakugo's strong tail around his waist locks him in place, almost completely bound and helpless. He can't contain his voice when Bakugo's tongue finds his already hard and sensitive nipples. One of Bakugo's fangs must have lightly pierced it because Izuku let out a hiss of pain. He briefly looks down to see a tiny bit of blood but it's gone when Bakugo's mouth starts to suck. Izuku's eyes fly open and he lets out a surprised cry of pleasure at the peculiar sensation. Bakugo was sucking on him like a newborn baby, only with teeth and tongue. Izuku finds Bakugo bending him over backward, thrusting his chest and belly upwards for the demon's mouth to assault with more teeth. Izuku quickly grabbed onto Bakugo's horns to try and pull himself up to relieve some of the pressure on his back. He gasps when Bakugo's eyes lock with his, now solid black with only a hint of red in the center.
"I can't wait to mount you," Bakugo says in a voice that is deeper than usual.
"N-Not here…!" Izuku says, trembling with both fear and excitement.
"No, not here," Bakugo replies. "But you said you want to know what to expect! It will be just like this, but there won't be one inch of you untouched by me! You'll be hot and wanton, begging for more of how good I make you feel!"
Izuku gasps as the crown and white dragon pelt are pushed off of him. Bakugo's claws scratch down his back, further tearing the material.
"Then you'll spread your thighs for me and submit yourself fully to me. I'll thrust hard enough to break the damn bed! You won't even be able to breathe. You'll need to hold on to my horns to keep from moving!"
Izuku throws his arms around Bakugo's neck. "Do you...exaggerate?" he manages to say with a low moan.
"Guess you'll find out soon,"
Bakugo's alpha arousal lessens when Deku embraces him and he becomes slightly calmer, almost feeling content and comfortable. Deku, he can tell, feels the same. Bakugo finds that he is embracing Deku as well, his energy continuing to decline to peacefulness. He was glad they were in the carriage because he wouldn't want anyone to see him like this, coddling an omega. An omega who is soon to be his married mate. Bakugo closes his eyes, taking in Deku's ever-familiar scent, and a newfound emotion emerges to join with the others; he is going to be a father. It's going to be their child, and this child will change the world. This marriage was All For One's idea, but Bakugo begins to wonder why he suddenly doubts the Master of All Evil's plan? Can all these feelings, memories, and emotions really be a fragment of All For One?
"Do you hate me?" Izuku breaks the silence.
"...I hate the circumstances and the mysteries," Bakugo answers. "We're moving the wedding date. Tomorrow we marry. Fuck the feasting. We only need the ceremony. The feasting can come later. I need to marry and mate you,"
Izuku slumps a little in Bakugo's arms. "Just like that?"
"There's no reason to wait."
"Are you going to induce my heat?" Izuku asks.
"...we may have to,"
Bakugo slides his hand in the front of Deku's pants, brushing his semi-hard erection, and stopping at the omega slit. He feels Deku tense in his arms. The slit is closed yet the skin is tender, a sign of approaching heat. There is no telling how soon the heat will appear, though. With careful skill, Bakugo slides the underside of his middle finger claw along the slit. The motion makes Deku writhe and moan pitifully while attempting to close his legs but Bakugo's arm prevented it. He ignores Deku's weak protests, continuing to trace the flesh with his claw. He won't stop because Deku is erect again and his body is practically humping the length of Bakugo's arm. Bakugo keeps the motions up for another moment, enjoying Deku's breathy moans before removing his hand. He wants Deku to be in heat on his own, if possible, so he thought he could start the fire, in a sense. Getting Deku into their 'marriage' bed may be easier for the omega if he wants it. This will give Deku a little sense of control, which can help him feel more confident because the mounting will not be easy for the human omega.
"Why did you stop?" Izuku pants out.
"You wanted me to,"
"I...I know but…" he whimpers.
"We're almost back at Black Ram Hall. Do you want everyone to see how horny and flushed you are?"
Izuku pulls away to look at Bakugo with said flushed face as the demon's tail slips away. "No…"
"Then we'd better get ourselves together. Kirishima wouldn't let us live this down."
"But everyone will see my ripped clothes!" Izuku points out.
"That's what the cloak is for."
After they returned to the castle, Kirishima quickly made his way to Tokoyami's chambers. He needed to tell the gargoyle what happened to him in hopes of discovering an answer. Kirishima forgets to announce himself and just enters the room. He doesn't see Tokoyami at first glance, then finds the stone form by the fire. Kirishima makes a rock hard fist and knocks on Tokoyami's stone head. He's made the mistake of touching Tokoyami's stone feathers and getting scratched before. Kirishima follows Dark Shadow as it raises from Tokoyami.
"Is your master sleeping?" He asks the shadow.
'I'm to wake him up only if it's important,' replies Dark Shadow.
"This is important,"
Dark Shadow disappears and Tokoyami slowly comes back to flesh form. He shakes his head and fluffs his wing feathers before stretching them out. "What is the issue?" He asks, still groggy from sleep.
Kirishima pats down a few feathers sticking up on Tokoyami's head. "Something happened at dinner. It happened to me this time and not Bakugo. I think I had some kind of flashback...I don't know, it was weird."
"What did you see?"
"It was while I challenged Dabi to a duel. It's like it happened before, the same exact thing, only I had a flash of Bakugo in Dabi's place. And, even weirder, I heard Izuku shouting to me while he was quiet at the table. The voice sounded a little different than Izuku's now, but it was definitely Izuku I heard."
"Things like that have been happening ever since Izuku came," Tokoyami answers. "The reason I'm so tired is that I'm trying to figure this all out. Something is wrong somewhere."
"Yeah, but what do you think it means?" Kirishima asks. "I'm sure it was a flashback,"
"I mentioned before that we really don't know HOW we came to be here. We've always been here. But, with Izuku's arrival, we seem to be discovering forgotten memories. And so far, they link to Izuku."
"Hm. Maybe he really is the successor reborn, like you said. We should tell Bakugo!"
Tokoyami shakes his head. "No. Not yet, at least. I need to learn more before I can accurately state that Izuku is the successor reborn. I plan to discuss some ideas with Lord Hawks when Shoji and I return for the mating season."
"You sure you want to tell Lord Hawks about it? He's not really one of us. I mean, he's not a member of Black Ram Hall."
"I will be very discreet."
"And make sure you let Kaminari know when you're leaving. He was weeping last time."
"No female gargoyle will humor him with a pity mounting," Tokoyami states flatly.
They stop speaking when the door opens and Izuku steps inside. Izuku looks at them both for a moment, then politely asks Kirishima if he can speak to Tokoyami in private. Kirishima nods and leaves, patting Izuku on the back as he passes. Izuku makes sure they are alone, then apologizes for bothering him with what he has to ask.
"Um...this is embarrassing…but...um...Bakugo said that plans to...to put me in an induced heat? Can you actually do that?"
Tokoyami nods. "I have a whole set of potions and medicines for you and Bakugo," he goes to one of the shelves and takes down a basket to show Izuku. "This will induce a heat cycle," he points to a green bottle. "This one will make your first time bearable. This one is for after. This one will increase pleasure, and this one is to increase fertility chances."
"Did you think about all this or did Bakugo tell you?"
"Both," Tokoyami admits. "You are a human, after all. Sex and mating with a demon will not be easy for you. Sex as anything else with a demon isn't easy for anyone. It's the nature of the race."
Izuku looks at the basket of potions in different sized bottles with a growing flush.
"Don't worry. You will be alright. Bakugo may be difficult, but he will not purposefully hurt you in any way."
"I...I know. Um...you've been around for a long time, right?"
Tokoyami tilts his head a little. "Yes? We don't age the same as humans do and we live much longer, which is an issue for you further down the line. But one thing at a time."
"Right. But you're omega. Why don't you have any…? You know. Or do you?"
"Oh. I see. Well, I have the means to stop it," he goes to the shelf and juts a thumb at a red jar. "But you can't have this until after the child is born. It's not a moral issue- you just have specific circumstances right now."
"Really? You can do that?" he walks over to look at the jar, wishing the human omegas had something like this. Actually, they soon will, Izuku realizes. 'I'll make it available to all omegas, rich or poor!' "Does Shoji give you a hard time?"
"It's not Shoji's choice. It's mine."
"I know. But he doesn't get mad or anything?"
"If he does, he hasn't shown it. He built me a nest a long time ago, but that's all. Demon omegas don't nest, by the way. I'm not sure about humans?"
Izuku chuckles. "No, we don't 'nest'. We just have a house, if one is lucky enough. It's normal to be nervous about all of this, right? I feel like I'm too old to be nervous about mating and a baby."
"Nothing to worry about. Everything you're feeling is normal for anyone. It's especially different when it's not in your plans."
"It's not like I never thought about having a family," Izuku tells him. "I just wanted to do and have more before choosing to settle down. I think I would be a good parent, and you would too, I bet!"
"Hm. I'm not too sure about that for you see, I really do have a child,"
Izuku looks both surprised and confused. "Huh? But, you said before-"
"It's Bakugo. And as you can plainly see, I didn't raise him very well," At the blank look on Izuku's face, Tokoyami says, "It was a joke."
"Oh." Izuku laughs sheepishly. "I should have figured that was a joke. It's actually really funny," he continues to laugh and it feels good to relieve some of his stress with laughter.
"No, no, no! A little more to the right!" Iida demands, shouting up at Sero who is hanging one of the many ceremonial wreaths.
"It won't be straight if I move it any further to the right than it already is!" Sero calls back down.
"It's not straight from where I'm standing!" Iida says. "More to the right! This shouldn't be so difficult!"
"You're making it difficult," Sero mutters under his breath while moving the damn wreath to the right.
"A hair more to the right!"
"Hardass," Sero mumbles again and places the wreath.
Iida puffs out his chest and shouts, "Perfect!" He spins on his heels and goes to Kaminari. "How are the favors coming along- what?!" There is a small wall and tower made of the orange glass gift cups.
Kaminari grins proudly. "Isn't it great? I built it all by myself!"
Iida puts his fists on his hips. "Please do not tell me you've been building all this time?"
"You can't work without some play!" Kaminari says, then whines when Iida hits him on the head. "OW!"
"Stop fooling around and get back to work! And the tower is too high for such a structure!" He takes some glasses from the height of the tower. "Better!" Then he goes to one of the windows and uses a stick to tap on the surface of the moat, calling for Tsu.
Her head pops up from the murky water and she gives him a 'ribbit.'
"Miss Tsu! Did you catch the proper fish?"
"Not yet. He is a tricky one to catch. It has to be done just right."
"I do not wish to rush you, but we are running short on time! They must have the proper fish to eat as part of the ceremonial meal!"
She lifts her webbed hand from the water to show him what she's found. "Look. It's a Bonding Stone."
Iida's eyes light up as he takes the red stone from Tsu's hand. "Fabulous hunting work, Miss Tsu! I'm sure Izuku is going to be impressed with this gift once he learns of it!"
"But I worry Lord Bakugo will find it 'un-alpha-like' to give to Izuku."
"A Bonding Stone is part of the marriage ritual! And even better, Izuku is a miner, so he will have no issue breaking the stone in half! Another pure sign of a perfect union that will change the worlds! Above and below!"
Tsu peeks around Iida and flicks her tongue at the beta demon. "You should get back in there. Sero just fell off the ladder and Kaminari is laughing rather than helping him up."
Iida gasps and spins around to march back. "Enough of this tomfoolery! And you call yourselves the Bakusquad? Such nonsense is unfitting for a member of a top elite team! Oh no! What happened to the Bonding Stone?! I only walked from there to here!"
Kaminari adds another glass to the tower he is still building, still laughing at Sero.
Sero groans flatly with a wreath laying on top of him. "Don't bother helping me. Guess I'll just lie here and become part of the decorations."
"Sero! Help me find that Bonding Stone!" Iida demands.
Kirishima almost walks in to offer his help, but when he sees Iida running around madly and shouting Kaminari whining over tumbled glasses, and Sero sitting inside the center of a wreath he decides to tiptoe away. Quickly. Very quickly. Then breaks into a run. Kirishima doesn't want to be there when Bakugo tells Iida the feasting is pushed off.
TBC
