PALACE WALLS

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On the other side of the large city was another one of our heroes, this one was a royal prince who wanted to explore the world. His father was the sultan which meant that the young man couldn't marry for love, he had to find a prince or princess with a powerful kingdom so the boy could protect his home.

"We've got problems, sire!! So many problems!!" The chaotic woman, Himiko, said to the sultan's adviser, Tomura. The other villains follow closely behind.

"The prince has been talking with the new suitor for over an hour" Dabi scoffs

"If he chooses a suitor he becomes the next sultan..." tomura growls.

"That's why I said we got problems!!!!" Himiko screeches.

The sultan, a thin but powerful man. Father to the prince. And a bit of an idiot.

"Tomura, my most trusted advisor, any word on how it's going?" The sultan asks the angry Tomura.

"Nothing yet, Yagi" he groans. Just then, the prince that was meeting with the green-haired hero storms out of the meeting chambers angrily.

"I have been insulted, ridiculed, and violated!!!!!!!!" The sultan and others sweatdrop.

The prince's personality isn't suitable for the type of marriage most people are interested in. He wants to be free to travel the world while most prefer a silent and obedient spouse. 

"What did he do this time?" The sultan asks.

"The rumors I've heard about your son said he was beautiful!!" The prince says, pacing back and forth

"He is beautiful" the sultan nods.

"They said he was charming!!"

"He is charming"

"They said he was obedient!!!"

"He is charming," the prince scoffs.

"Marriage is out of the question," the prince and his entourage storm off quickly.

"Father? Did the prince leave already?" The prince-the nicer one-asks, leaving the meeting chambers.

"Yes, my Izuku," the sultan pauses, trying to choose his words carefully "you need to choose a husband, you can't keep sending them away like this"

"Maybe if you let me leave, or marry who I want, or-"

"Izuku, you are to pick a husband by the end of the month or there will be consequences!!" The sultan leaves Izuku with tomura and the others.

"My dear prince" tomura starts "perhaps it's time for you to learn to accept these traditions and understand you should be seen, not heard"

Tomura reaches a hand towards Izuku's cheek but he slaps it away "don't you dare touch me" tomura and the others leave with a dark laugh.

[IZUKU]
Here comes a wave
Meant to wash me away
A tide that is taking me under
Broken again
Left with nothing to say
My voice drowned out in the thunder

But I can't cry
And I can't start to crumble
Whenever they try
To shut me or cut me down

I can't stay silent
Though they wanna keep me quiet
And I tremble when they try it
All I know is I won't go speechless

Izuku lets out a sigh of relief as his wait staff flood the room.

"What did you say to the prince?" Ochako, a young woman with a permanent blush on her cheeks, asks Izuku.

"I just told him that it would be an equal marriage" Izuku shrugs, ducking behind the wall that separates him while the wait staff passes him clothes.

"Sire, you do need to pick someone to marry" Shoto, he's someone with something people called heterochromia. One of his eyes is a deep brown and the other, a bright blue.

"I'll know him when I meet him" Izuku comes out from behind the wall. His clothes a bright shade of green, not something a normal prince would wear, much more feminine.

"Maybe if you went to the marketplace?" A purple-haired man and someone eternally exhausted, Hitoshi, says.

Izuku scoffs "my father doesn't let me take a bath without stationing a guard at the door," Izuku looks out the window longingly "he would never let me leave"

"He might not let you leave, but" the brown haired girl ducks into a trunk filled to the brim with clothes "If you sneak out~," ochako says, holding up a cloak.

Shoto sighs "I think the outside world could be a little overwhelming for someone like you"

"I think a trip outside could do him some good" everyone shoots Hitoshi an odd glance

"You do?"

"Sure, a trip outside these palace walls could be just what our prince needs," ochako laughs.

OCHAKO
Told to show devotion every day

HITOSHI
And not second guess it

IZUKU
If a new emotion comes my way

SHOTO
You suppress it

IZUKU
What would be your suggestion'

HITOSHI
Stand on your own two feet

OCHAKO AND HITOSHI
And ask why a certain question keeps repeating

IZUKU
Why shouldn't I fly so far from here'
I know the man I might become here
Follow your heart or you might end up cold and callous

WAIT STAFF
Love comes to those who go and find it
If you must dream then stand behind it

IZUKU
Maybe there's more beyond these palace walls
What if I dared'
What if I tried'
Am I prepared for what's outside'

Why shouldn't I fly so far from here'
Something awaits beyond these palace walls

ALL
Something waits beyond these palace walls

Back with our villains, they're struggling to function as actual people and villains. 

"What's in the book?" Himiko is rarely seen without her other half, Jin, who is just as chaotic as she is.

"The key to finding the lamp," tomura explains, setting the old tattered book down on the lectern.

"How do we get our hands on this lamp?" Dabi asks, pushing back his cuticles in mock boredom.

A certain blonde appears in the pages of the book

"The diamond in the rough"

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