I Met Him In The Wastelands | A BakuDeku Story |

Twenty-Four | They're Not Prizes

Red eyes slowly opened, the owner of those eyes looked around where he was. There wasn't much to see except stone walls and a dim ray of sunlight that came from a barred window in front of him. He assumed the entrance to what he was in must've been behind him, his assumption became correct once he heard someone open the door behind him.

He couldn't turn around since he was strapped to a chair, he tried to move the chair around but it didn't work. "Ah, you're finally awake. Took you long enough," a female voice rang through his ears. She walked around him and stood in front of him, she leaned against the wall and waited for him to ask or say something. "Nothing to say? No questions? Well, you're a strange one. I'm princess Momo Yaoyorozu and you Kirishima have become a part of my collection."

Kirishima's eyes widened slightly, "I'll ask questions now, where am I and what collection?" the redhead asked as he fought to not break eye contact with the girl.

"Good questions, you are at my kingdom. And you are now a part of my dragon collection," she said with a creepy grin. Kirishima's eyes went as wide as they could, he tried to move around once more which made Momo laugh. "You can keep trying that or I can help you."

Kirishima just stared at her as she turned his chair around, he looked through the bars of the cell door to the cell across from him. A female with pure white hair that looked longer than her body laid on the ground almost lifeless in the room across from his. He quickly looked up at Momo, "That I believe is Rei Todoroki, king Enji sent her to me once he learned she was part dragon. Shame that such a nice and beautiful queen is locked away and used," Momo said with fake sadness.

Kirishima tried to launch at her but she just laughed at his failed attempt, "Why are you doing this?" Kirishima shouted at her, this made her stop her laughter.

"Isn't obvious?" she asked as she walked up to a guard. She said something to him and he then helped Kirishima stand and then forced him out of the cell to follow Momo. Kirishima tried to get away but the chains around him didn't budge and the guard was strong too. The guard and Kirishima then followed Momo down the hallway, Kirishima looked at everyone in the cells. He could tell that they were all part dragon, he felt so angry as he saw that most of them were laid upon the cold stone floors.

"I do this for the fun of it, they are like prizes I guess. I got most of them from the war with the dragon kingdom, then I travelled and got more. They'll be mine forever! And now, you will too," Momo said as she continued to walk ahead of Kirishima.

"That's cruel! You're a cruel woman!" Kirishima shouted as loud as he could.

"Not my first time hearing that," she said as she took Kirishima from the guard. She smiled at him and tossed him into a different cell, "Now, stay in here for the rest of your life." She walked away as the guard came in, he took the chains off Kirishima then left while he closed and locked the cell door behind him.

Kirishima walked to the back of the cell and ran toward the cell door, he hit it and got sent flying back into the wall he just ran from. "What the hell?" he asked himself as he stared at the cell door.

"They use a magic seal on the cell doors, no creature can break it. I've tried it too, you should just give up now," Kirishima heard someone talk from the cell across from his.

"Who are you?" Kirishima asked as he walked over to the cell door and sat down. He soon saw blonde hair and... sparkles?

"Name's Yuga Aoyama," he said as he pointed to himself with his thumb.

"I'm Eijirou Kirishima, how did they get the magic for this?" Kirishima asked.

"They brought in a person who's specialized in black magic and they made it so we can't transform in our cells too," Aoyama said as he leaned against a wall.