A Dragon Called Halfie

Part 26/ muscular

He had been so used to his name being Halfie, that hearing the name Eijiro Kirishima come out of his own mouth made him giddy, made him  feel as if he was finally free from Master. Half-- Kirishima was so happy he couldn't stop smiling the entire way back to town. 

"Calm down Shitty Hair! It's just a name!"

"NOPE! You can't call me that anymore! My name is Eijiro Kirishima! I have a real name now! " He was practically skipping down the road, and Bakugou groaned.

This was going to be a long walk.

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Once they had actually made it back to town, Bakugou made a B-line for Erasers assigned meeting place. He was already late, and he didn't want to make it worse.

It was in some sort of garden, with butterflies and flowers everywhere. There were always so many butterflies around here that the mansion up the hill was named after them.

When they had made it to the entrance of the butterfly gardens, Bakugou turned to Ha- Kirishima, and said

"I gotta go meet some dumbass in there. You stay right here."

Kirishima shook his head.
"No, I'm coming with you! These things look vicious." His face was totally serious when he pointed to a butterfly that had landed on a plant near them.

"Are you fucking kidding me? It's a BUTTERFLY!"

Then he had the audacity to look confused.

"What's a butterfly? It sounds deceivingly harmless."

Bakugou pinched the bridge of his nose.

"I can't fucking do this. Fine, you can come with me. No talking though, got it?"

Kirishima nodded, and Bakugou opened the gate and walked inside with Kirishima behind him.

It didn't take long to find Aizawa. He was near the center of the garden, passed out on a bench in a yellow sleeping bag.

Then the butterflies began to swarm Kirishima because the bright red of his hair was almost the same shade as the surrounding flowers.
Poor Kiri still thought they were dangerous, and began swatting at them, but they wouldn't leave him alone.

"They are just butterflies! They are harmless!-"

The commotion had woken the sleeping caterpillar on the bench behind them, and Aizawa sat up, glaring at Bakugou's back.

"So you finally made it, Problem Child."

They both turned to the voice behind them.

"Who's the red head?" To this question, Kirishima's smile returned three times as big.

"I'm Eijiro Kirishima! Not Halfie!"

"The way you attract misfits astounds me." Aizawa shook his head.

"Why the fuck did you summon me? I don't have all day!" Bakugou raised his clinched fists. "If all your gonna do is ask questions, I'm fucking leaving!"

His hands began to smoke and Aizawa gave him a look. Kirishima couldn't quite understand it, but Bakugou's hands quit smoking. He shoved them in his pockets, glaring at Aizawa like he wanted to murder him.

"I called you here because there have been reports of a kidnapping/murdering/bandit. He's usually around the halfway point between here and the Todoroki kingdom. He has nicknamed himself Muscular. All we really know is that he is ambushing caravans, and killing all of the people but one of them. We have no idea where the missing person goes, and everything of value is always taken......" He yawned.

"I take it you want to do this solo, and I shouldn't contact Sero? "

"Of fucking course! When have I ever wanted someone else to come with me?! They would just slow me down."

Kirishima froze. Was Bakugou going to leave him? With the butterflies?! No, Kirishima would simply follow him if he tried that... he would not stay with the butterflies. They would most definitely try to kill him in his sleep.

He had missed the last few sentences, but Bakugou said,

"Fine! I'll head out in the morning!"

"Nice doing business with you." Aizawa sounded as deadpan as ever while they walked away.

"Where are we going now?" Kirishima asked as they walked down the street.

"We are headed home, I need to grab some shit before we leave destroy that fucking bandit."
It filled Kirishima with unspeakable joy to hear him say we, and something deep inside him purred. It felt nice.

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Once they had returned, Kirishima did something that took Bakugou by surprise.

He emptied his pockets.

Which consisted of several coins, two marbles, a red string, and a handful of shiny rocks.

"Where the Fuck did you get this!?!"

"I found it. "

"What does that even mean to you?"

"It was on the ground! And it was shiny!" Bakugou blinked at him.

 What..... at least he didnt steal them.

Kirishima shifted to his Halfie form, and arranged the random items in his lap. Then he leaned against the wall and crossed his arms falling asleep almost immediately.

'That has got to be uncomfortable ' Bakugou thought.

Soon after Bakugou layed down to go to sleep as well, in great anticipation of the quest tomorrow.

This was gonna be fun~

Leaf out!

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