Noble and Pride [Katsuki Bakugo x Shoto Todoroki]

Chapter 37 : Yamari

The next day comes not long after.

Shoto had his wounds treated, having almost his whole self covered with band-aids and bandages. And by the morning, the higher-ups have arrived to take Shoto to the court. His wrists were cuffed and he was pulled along by the lines of knights. His friends looked at him in worry and wanted to come along but Inasa forbade them. The ones with noble status such as him and Katsuki can only enter the court. Even though no one knows who Katsuki was other than being a semi-dragon.

Katsuki's presence doesn't seem to be anywhere either. Where could have the ash-blond wandered off to, despite having such a large appearance?

The prince was given a death sentence, nothing was beyond Shoto's expectation. His status of being the crown prince of Doryoku was also revealed. Nonetheless, the court seemed to be in hesitation after the death sentence decision. Shoto was the prince of Doryoku. Doryoku of all of the kingdoms. Declaring war with the one mighty and fearful kingdom was the least they wanted and they were afraid, starting a war by putting Shoto on death sentence would just create more lives to be killed. The chattering of nervousness and doubt filled the court and Shoto furrowed his brows. He disliked this. The very status and impact his father had for the whole continent of Kiyura. Shoto has never intended to do such a wrong deed and slip away just because of what Doryoku was. 

Out of blue, the chattering turned to a gasp of shock as the wall of the building was suddenly broken into. Debris flew over and none hit anyone, thankfully. The wind from the blow made Shoto close his eyes to not let any dust get in, and once he saw the person beneath the hole, his eyes broadened. 

"Yo, fuckers," 

Katsuki exclaimed, swung the large sword over his shoulder and foot kicked over the debris like it was a small pebble. The people there stood in dumbfounded. 

"Y-You, the dragon that saved our village...I knew it! You were siding with this monster!" One of the men exclaimed and Katsuki glimpsed over. Shoto frowned, hands pulled slightly onto the tight cuff and chain around his wrists. Once his eyes met with Katsuki's, Shoto shook his head. 

Go away. You're not supposed to be here. Don't do anything stupid. Was what Shoto internally said through his eyes and Katsuki seemed to take that from how his scowl turned to a smirk. This means Katsuki wasn't going to do what Shoto wanted either. 

"So what if I do?" Katsuki spoke, yelling to let everyone hear his words. "Such pathetic, weakling asses like should have been grateful I saved you," the ash-blond spoke cockily which earned growls of anger. Shoto couldn't believe this. Katsuki's words were as if 'I just punched you. You should be grateful I didn't kill you,' 

"How dare you! You disrupted this court and caused such destruction, and spit out such words. You're supposed to be punished as well for behaving such way, you lowly peasant!" A noble spoke and stood from her seat. 

"Calm down," the head judge ordered. The infuriated villagers and nobles reluctantly sat again on their seats and Katsuki chuckled. "Don't blame me if your kingdom's security is a piece of shit. Your knights weren't even doing shit. The one that helped you fuckers were that baldy's knights," Katsuki pointed to Inasa and scoffed. 

"Bakugo, what are you trying to say? Please do not cause further conflict between us and Yamari," Inasa said, crossing his arms. 

Katsuki walked towards the court, which made the others begin to be wary and stayed even further than the dragon king. Katsuki lifted his chin to the head judge, directed the nib of his sword towards him. The knights of Yamari moved to be in this fighting stance and aimed their spears toward Katsuki but the head judge raised his hand. "You've all seen what his power was. You all are no match for this dragon," he told and Katsuki sniggered. 

"Let's do a gamble, shall we?" Katsuki pulled out a roll of paper, which seemed to be a newspaper, and slammed it against the nearest table. Startled the one who sat on the chair behind it.  "Seems like that monster," he pointed at Shoto. "Ain't the only bastard that causes havoc in this lovely kingdom," 

"Yes. There's another demon user that destroyed villages of the south and slaughtered so many. The villages were left naught. Alpha, betas, and children were not given mercy, and omegas were kidnapped," the head judge explained and Shoto who had his head downwards began looking forward after hearing such horrendous news. 

"Just let us track that fucktard down and kill it. In a week," Katsuki told so confidently and the others looked at him in disbelief. "This could be a trick! That demon might be an ally of them anyway!" a voice interrupted. 

"Do we have another choice?" the head judge frowned. "It has been so long since this happened. What if it comes to your village? After such a horrible thing happened last night? We'll lose everything again," 

"Your kingdom ain't so damn good. You slaughtered and sold dragons illegally. I have my underlings with me, turning into a dragon could be a risk for us. If your kingdom didn't fucking hunt dragons like there's no tomorrow, I wouldn't hesitate to transform. Which could end up with none of you fuckers died," Katsuki proceeded. "I'm the strongest of all dragons. Use your rusty brain to figure out what am I actually. Am I really a goddamn peasant?" Katsuki glared at the earlier lady who dared to insult his very being. 

"I wouldn't need to be in alliance with a kingdom who slaughtered most dragons like Doryoku to fucking destroy this land. Fucking hell, I would have demolished this kingdom long ago if I wanted to. Your kingdom doesn't have such a thing like on guard period or some shit. I can attack literally anytime,"

Katsuki stepped towards Shoto, grabbed a handful of the prince's hair, and stared into Shoto's mismatched hues. The prince looked exasperated with Katsuki, which made the ash-blond sigh within himself. Oh well. He'll deal with this shit later. 

"No matter how much Prince Inasa and I would yell to your deaf ears of how innocent this halfie is, you all won't believe us. It won't happen again. I swear under the name of my kingdom, Ryotatsu. I have no reason to not transform again, I assume? After we pay our fucking sin by killing that wanted demon, we'll leave this land. If I break this promise,

feel free to have my head on your wall," Katsuki smirked wide. A magic transparent chain connected Katsuki's wrist with Shoto, which is from Ochako's magic. The Never Lie spell. He lifted it up, showing it to everyone inside the court. The very strong spell that wouldn't break from how strong an entity is. 

"I'm gonna keep my promise this time, Shoto," Katsuki whispered as he glanced down at Shoto. "I won't let you waste away your fucking life in such a shitty way like that,"