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

Chapter Twenty-One

Third Person POV:

They reached the waterfall three hours later. Keigo scanned the area for a moment. The sound of the large waterfall was deafening, the group could barely hear anything else.

The two guards checked the area as well before setting up camp. Tenko, Fuyumi, and Izuku watched Keigo as he scanned the area.

"I'm gonna check the water." He yells at them. Izuku, the only one who heard, nods and gives him a thumbs up. Keigo turns back to the water and pulls out a small, blue, sphere shaped orb. He pops it in his mouth and crunches down on it. He takes a deep breath before diving in the water.

When Keigo opens his eyes, they go wide when he sees how deep the water was.

Scanning the water for a moment, Keigo squinted when he saw a hole in the bottom of the lake. He glances up at the surface before swimming down toward it.

As he gets to it, Keigo sees that it was a tunnel. Without wasting a second, he swims into it.

How far does this go? Keigo thought as he swam for several minutes.

His question was answered when Keigo saw the end of the water tunnel. He kicked himself up and burst into the air. Once he heard no one for a few minutes, he pulled himself onto the ground. Keigo lied down on his stomach as he caught his breath.

"Who are you?"

Keigo's eyes widen in shock. That voice belonged to Touya. Keigo's head shot up and he locked eyes with the young king, who was sitting on his knees with his hands tied behind his back.

"What.." Keigo breathes out.

Touya cocked his head like a lost puppy, staring at Keigo with curiosity.

Keigo sat up. "What do you mean, 'who are you'?" He asks warily. He crawls over to his lover, but the white haired boy backed up slightly. "..Touya?"

"Who are you?" Touya asked. "I don't.."

"You don't know who I am?" Keigo questions, dread crawling up his back. Touya frowns, shaking his head. Keigo inhales sharply. "Do you.. Do you know who you are?"

Touya's bottom lip trembled, let a little child's when they're about to cry. "N-No.." He says. His eyes fill up with tears and Keigo gasps softly.

"Wait, wait, no, don't cry." Keigo says, reaching up to wipe the tears away. It's like he's a whole other person. Keigo thinks. "We can figure this out. It's probably a spell, and we can get rid of those." Fat tears slipped down Touya's cheeks. "Come on, I'll get you out of here and then we'll get rid of it, alright?"

Touya nods. "Okay.."

"Alright, do you remember anything?" Keigo asks as he moves over to the tied up wrists. He begins to untie the rope.

Touya shakes his head. "No, sorry." He says.

"It's fine." Keigo says. "Just basic information, your name is Touya Todoroki. You have three siblings.. Actually one of your siblings is right outside. Her name is Fuyumi." He pulls out the know.

"Fuyumi.." Touya repeats. "Okay. Then who are you?"

Keigo smiles. "My name's Keigo." He says. "I'm uh.. your boyfriend."

Touya's entire face flushed beet red. "B-Boyfriend!?" He yelps. "Oh."

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps makes Keigo snap his head up. All For One enters the room, holding a gun.

"Oh fuck.." Keigo mutters. "Not you."

All For One grins at him. "Hello, Keigo Takami." He says. "You're quite a traitor, but that doesn't matter now that you're here."

Keigo pulls Touya closer to him, much to the young king's confusion.

"I could tell you why this one's here, but I don't want to explain it to someone twice." All For One says, before holding up the gun and shooting Touya in the chest. Keigo screams in terror, but stops when he realizes that is was a tranquilizer dart. He still pulled it away just in case. "Please excuse me, that was quite rude of me." All For One says.

Touya slumps against Keigo, out cold. Keigo clutches him tightly while he stares at All For One.

"Domino theory." Keigo says right before All For One. "Am I right?"

All For One smirks. "Madam President sure wasn't lying when she said you were the smartest out of her bunch." He says. "So sad you left."

Keigo sneered at him. "They were torturing me." He says.

All For One shrugs. "You were a great asset. It's a shame you couldn't handle the training." He says. "You could've joined me in my work, then you never would have affiliated with those royals." His tone turns dark at the end.

"Weren't you a royal at one point?" Keigo questions.

All For One frowns at him. "You're more annoying than this one." He gestures to Touya. "Well, when he still had his wits together." He smirks again.

"You cast a spell on him." Keigo says.

All For One shakes his head. "No, one of my followers did that." He says. "He was too much of a hassle. I'll return his memories when I feel like it."

"When you feel like it?" Keigo repeats, stunned.

Touya curls in slightly. Keigo clutches him even tighter, which doesn't seem possible.

"It seems the process will speed up now." All For One says, glancing at the hole into the water tunnel. "The princess from the Aizawa kingdom has died from the disease. Pity. But all in good time. I think creating that disease was one of my best ideas." Keigo stared at the terrifying man in front of him with shock, anger, and disgust.

"You made the disease?" Keigo whispered.

All For One grinned. "Genius, yes?"

"Absolutely not!" Keigo exclaims. "That's horrible. You've killed millions without even leaving this cave! Don't you care about all the innocents that you've killed?"

"No." All For One says plainly. "They're simply useless souls that are now part of a different life."

Keigo took a shaky breath. "What were you going to do with Touya after you've 'conquered the world'?" He questions.

All For One blinks. "Either kill him or turn him into my most loyal servant." He says.

Chills run down Keigo's back as he thinks of Touya working under All For One obediently. "You're horrible." Keigo says. "No one will let you take control of the entire world. The earth cannot become one empire."

All For One grins. "Oh, dear Keigo-"

A whip sound interrupted All For One. A knife had thrown through the air and embedded itself in the side of All For One's shoulder. Both Keigo and All For One turned toward the entrance of the water tunnel and saw Fuyumi, Izuku, and Tenko standing next to the hole.

"Hello Father." Tenko said with a frown.

<^> To Be Continued

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