My King || MHA AU|| /Sequel to My Poet/

Chapter Nine

Third Person POV:

Keigo was carrying Touya piggyback, while Shouto had a firm grasp of Izuku's wrist to keep him from wandering around. They were walking through the woods, and they have been doing that for the entire day.

"The Aizawa Kingdom is just a bit more." Keigo says. Shouto nodded.

After a few more minutes, Keigo stopped. "Alright, the entrance of the Aizawa kingdom is here." He says, pointing to a stone wall right next to them. "You're friends with King Aizawa, yes?" He directs the question to Izuku.

The greenette blinks. "King, king, king.." He repeats. "Yes, yes."

Shouto and Keigo exchange a confused glance. "I'll take that as a yes." Keigo says. "We can go inside, I just don't think we should go in the front gates."

Shouto nods. "There's a back entrance in most kingdoms, so there should be one here." He says. "Izuku might know where it is, but.." They both turned to look at Izuku, who was staring off in the distance with a dazed look. "Izuku, can you show us the way inside?"

Izuku immediately pulls Shouto to the left, running right next to the building before aburtly stopping and sitting down.

Shouto frowned and was about to ask Izuku why they were here when Izuku let out a four note whistle. Keigo stopped next to Shouto. "Was that Izuku?" Keigo questions. Shouto nods.

Suddenly, the wall next to them opens up, revealing that it was a door hidden as a part of the wall. A boy comes out, who Keigo and Shouto immediately identify as Hitoshi Aizawa, the prince.

"Izuku..?" He questions, looking at the greenette on the ground. He looks over at Shouto and Keigo. When he saw the passed out Touya on Keigo's back, his eyes went wide in surprise. "Oh. Um. Come inside."

...

After Shouto explained the situation to Hitoshi, he frowned. "Yeah, Uraraka is here." He says. "She's in the third guest room."

He guided them down the hallways and into the room he mentioned.

The brown haired girl was solemnly staring at the wall when they came in. Another girl with long green hair was sitting cross legged on the bed.

"Uraraka." Hitoshi says.

The girl looked up. "Oh!" She exclaims, taking in the people. She stands up from the seat she was in and rushes over to them. "Are you alright? Natsuo told me what happened."

Shouto frowns. "Izuku's been spelled, can you undo it?" He asks, pulling Izuku over to her.

Uraraka frowns at her friend, who blinked at her in a daze. "Yes, he's under a easy scramble spell." She says. "It's meant to scramble the target's mind so they don't know what's going on."

She grabs Izuku by the shoulders and closes her eyes. "Remotio." She says. Her hands glow forest green and Izuku eyes glow the same color. Izuku gasps.

"Ochako?" He questions. "What's going on?"

Uraraka smiles, but it had sad undertones.

"Can you fix Touya-nii now?" Shouto questions. "He has a sleeping spell on him." Uraraka looks at Touya before cringing.

She sighs. "This is not a sleeping spell." She says. "He's awake, but his body is in a sleep-like state. I can try and wake him, but this kind of spell has a rule. 'Only the witch who can cast the spell may have the power to remove it'."

"That's what the witch said earlier." Izuku says. Shouto smiles in relief knowing Izuku was back to normal.

Uraraka frowns. "Let me finish." She scolds. "'Lest a witch who has more power is in vicinity'." The green haired girl on the bed stands up and lets Keigo set Touya down. "I can try, but the witch your talking about was probably Maura, and she's one of the most powerful witches in the Capital."

Izuku blinks. "Wait, if both of you are here, where's Iida?" He questions.

The tension in the room grew.

"...Where's Tenya?" Izuku says again.

Uraraka looked down, her eyes filling with tears.

"Izuku." Tsuyu says. "Tenya got sick ten days ago."

Izuku's face paled. "No.." He whispers. "Your joking"

Uraraka's tears fall off her face. "It happened the day before yesterday." She says. She looks up at Izuku, horror painted on her face. "And Izuku, your mom."

Izuku went still. Shouto took the greenette's hand.

"No.." Izuku says, tears falling silently down his face. "No. No, no, no." He turns to Shouto and buries his face in the peppermint boy's chest. Shouto wraps his arms around the smaller boy and hugged him.

Uraraka sniffed and turned to Touya to focus on her spell. She sat down in the chair she was in earlier, right in front of the young king.

Keigo sighed and took Touya's limp hand, squeezing it as Uraraka starts whispering prayers and spell starters.

Hitoshi turned to Izuku, who pulled away from Shouto, wiping his eyes. "I didn't want to be the bearer of bad news." He pauses. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you."

Izuku grimaced. "How did you know?" He asks.

"Uraraka tried everything." Hitoshi says, a defeated look on his face. "All we can do is wait for the cure." By the look on his face, it was obvious Hitoshi felt horrible about it.

Keigo frowned at Touya. "If he's not actually asleep, does that mean he can hear us?" He asks Uraraka.

The brown haired girl nods. "Yes." She says. "Technically. But since he's not in control of his body right now, it's less that he's awake and more like his consciousness is somewhere else."

She stops her incantations and sighs. "Alright, he's ready for the actual spell." She warns. "This is gonna take a lot out of me and him, if he wakes up." She warns everyone. They all nod, and Keigo squeezes Touya's limp hand tighter.

Uraraka holds her hands right above Touya's head, and they start to glow light pink.

"Remotio Impedortis Elementulsi ex corpre." She whispers, closing her eyes. "Remotio Impedortis Elementulsi ex corpre. Remotio Impedortis Elementulsi ex corpre. Remotio Impedortis Elementulsi ex corpre."

The pink glow from her hands brightens and Touya flinches a bit. Keigo leans forward slightly.

"Remotio Impedortis Elementulsi ex corpre." Uraraka continues chanting. Her hands move from above Touya's head to his hands, and Keigo removes his. Uraraka cups Touya's hands in her and chants more. "Remotio Impedortis Elementulsi ex corpre. Remotio Impedortis Elementulsi ex corpre." Sweat drops down from her temple as her brow furrows in concentration.

The glow from Uraraka's hands becomes so bright Izuku and Shinso look away.

"Remotio Impedortis Elementulsi ex corpre." Uraraka says again. "Remotio Impedortis Eleme-" Suddenly a large crack of purple lighting blasts Uraraka away from Touya, and into Tsuyu. The two fall to the ground. Dust explodes around the room.

Keigo frowns when the dust clears, showing Touya still peacefully sleeping.

<^> To Be Continued

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