Noble and Pride [Katsuki Bakugo x Shoto Todoroki]

Chapter 34 : Yamari

Weapons were hurled by Eijiro who took a quick run to take them. Each of them snatched upon them as soon as they reach their hold. Shoto's attacks were enormous, launched without cool down and it drained so much of their energy to just avoid. Let alone approach the prince.

Shoto's ordinary battle skill was outstanding. His magic itself was great as well. Imagine that being enhanced with this demon power, Katsuki now knows why so many people desired this wicked strength. Even though this curse would blacken their heart and needed them to be merciless, but that's just how some humans nature were. Selfish and wanted nothing but power.

Rather than being strategic like the others, the demon's movement was quite random and as its mood increased, it became even quicker. The demon was able to predict their movement not long after. Letting itself being at open as a trap and slammed them into the houses with his fire as soon as they were close.

Inasa tried to change the direction of the flames from hitting some of the villagers who haven't evacuated, but the heat emitted became too unbearable and he was flung across a stall. He groaned in pain from the impact. While the demon was focused on the others, Katsuki tried attacking from behind. He swung his sword and aimed close to the prince. Shoto blocked him with his spear of ice. Every time one was destroyed another was formed, it became too fast for Katsuki to figure where the next would appear.

Katsuki wasn't sure where he should aim. Knocking Shoto out seemed to be the best option but what if he would not faint? Katsuki will be leaving himself at a huge disadvantage. To be precise, he was already in one ever since this demon chose Shoto's body to reside in.

Not until they've gone to Doryoku, there will be no way for Katsuki to turn Shoto back to normal but defeat this demon every time it came out. And he does realize how much it'll affect Shoto every time the demon came out.

"Careful where you swing, dearie. You wouldn't want to add scar on your precious prince~" the demon cooed and spun, aiming his fist that was covered in flames at Katsuki's wounded torso. The ash-blond gasped, instantly stabbed his sword through the ground, and kneeled as he was strongly pushed to avoid being thrown too far. 

Katsuki's skin was pale, his lips started to turn blue and his breathing quivered. He was starting to lose consciousness too. But he fucking can't. Being knocked out in the middle of a battle is pathetic. He can't possibly leave this to his friends, they might be in danger.

His friends seemed to notice Katsuki's condition, ambushed the demon in a more formed attack. However, Shoto succeeds to counter them all. When Izuku thought he had the chance to kick Shoto's nape, Shoto's ice was out of the blue appeared and stabbed through the greenette's thighs. A scream of pain was released from him.

The demon grinned wide, hand wrapped around the greenette's throat with such a powerful strength. Izuku would have been murdered if not for Ochako interrupting. As Mina, Denki, and Sero used their magic on the demon Ochako had quickly kept Izuku in her arms and gave him first aid.

Walls of corrupted ice cover the whole landscape of the village. The demon was simply intended to eradicate the area whole into ashes. They couldn't get closer and once they did, they were smashed on the ground with the ices and got themselves engulfed in flames. They cried in so much pain. Including Ochako who tried to protect Izuku, got herself slammed to the trees and became unconscious right away with flowing blood from the head. Inasa himself forced himself to move but he couldn't. His abdomen was in so much pain every time he moved, which he assumed his rib was broken from the demon's vital hit.

More vicious chortle escaped Shoto's lips from the sight. Everyone was unconscious except Katsuki.

"This is perfect. But I'm disappointed, I thought you would amuse me further,"

Katsuki pulled the sword off the ground, steps wobbling. He didn't have a choice. This will endanger his friends, including Shoto, but he had no option.

Eyes glimmered in bright crimson and his mouth enlarged, wings and tails sprouted. Skin began to cover with hard scales. Katsuki was turning to his full dragon form and once he completed, an audible roar exited his throat. He pounced onto the demon, flew to every side where Shoto's strikes were aimed. 

In this larger form, normally one would think it was a stupid action. Wouldn't the attacks would be received more accurately due to his huge size? Wouldn't it be easier for the enemy to see his movements?

But this demon was used of fighting humans, not dragons. Shoto's walls of ice were no longer formed as quickly as before due to Katsuki's chained and constructed explosions. They worked as a time bomb now, in this form Katsuki could make anywhere explode as long as he touched the surface. He could even control the timing and now they worked like lethal time bombs.

However, turning to this form take so much of his stamina. Katsuki didn't even have much in the first place. This will increase his healing but Katsuki wouldn't be able to turn to his human form for quite a while, and that was what he wanted to avoid.

Shoto was scared of his dragon form. He couldn't be as close as he could like before with this form. And it was more impossible to hide from danger, he'll be the main attraction everywhere he goes.

The demon failed to avoid one of them and he received the damage, swerved across the ground and his whole self was pinned by Katsuki's large paw, not letting the demon free himself from Katsuki's grip. The grip tightened as if he was meaning to crush the demon under him and Shoto fussed. 

"How dare you, LET GO OF ME!" 

The demon screamed, trashed under the grip, and yelled so boisterously. Waves of corrupted energy were released and it started to disturb Katsuki's concentration but he didn't faze, neither move from the spot to keep Shoto on the spot.

"You'll regret this once we meet again,"

Along the line, the air was no longer in between freezing cold nor extremely high. The demonic appearance that took over the prince's self eventually faded and lay under Katsuki's grip was Shoto's ordinary self. Eyelids closed and looked totally worn out and fragile.

Katsuki himself was depleted, head turned to the other sight of the fully destroyed village. Corpses of villagers splattered around, his friends knocked out cold with severe injuries.

He failed. He couldn't save them. Shoto still slaughtered innocents.

This was...hell.

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This is so messed up oh my god. 💀

Updates will be late after this, college assignments begin piling up again and I'm in a law course...! Wish me luck for my upcoming exam!

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