Five Hargreeves x Reader Imagines

💫 If I Had A Heart (Part 3) 💫

Villagers of men and women cheered as they watched the spars between soldiers before them, betting on who the victor may be. It was all from the energy of the celebration and victory from the previous battle, soldiers determined to go into battle again or to have a friendly spar against friends. The king and prince Five watched with amusement while also keeping an eye on who their leading warrior will be for the upcoming combat.

"I see you are fascinated by that strange girl you saved from the battlefield." The king speaks up and Five bristles.

"And if I am father? I can chase whichever girl I fancy."

"I know but do you not think it is strange."

"She had told me she was trying to travel but was unfortunately involved in our battle."

"And you believe her?"

"Of course not. She could have easily gone a different direction. I only extended an invitation to her to see if she is an enemy."

"Good." The king walks away and Five continues to watch the sparring matches, the crowd around him cheering.

(Y/n) watched from the crowd, staying silent as she hid beneath her hood. Her steel mask covered her face, her hands gripping the hilt of her dual swords tightly as she burned with anger. The match between the two soldiers ended, the victor yelling out for another challenger.

"Come forward whoever dares to challenge me!" Five watched as a single cloaked figure stepped forward and the man grins. "Another opponent!" the prince was wary, seeing the difference between the taller warrior and the smaller challenger as they took their cloak off.

People immediately placed bets on the more muscular man to beat the more lean and slender figure, spinning their swords in their hands before lowering in a fighting stance. The soldier just laughed, mocking the smaller warrior as they held one of their swords across their chest and the other above their head. The fight begins as the soldier bangs his axe on his shield in a repeated beat, the other warriors doing the same as he and the small challenger circle each other.

"Come on! Show me what you got runt!" the warrior yells out, annoyed that his opponent was not making a move. He grunts and decides to charge, raising his axe to swing down but the lithe figure easily sidesteps him. The soldier stumbles back, making sure to not hurt the villagers and Five was immediately interested at how the smaller opponent was riling up this warrior.

Five watched as the two battled against each other, mainly the opponent as they glided around the soldier like water. He was bewitched at how easily they beat the larger warrior, disarming his axe and slicing his shield in two. The crowd became quiet from shock as the warrior fumed in anger, staring down the stranger that beat him in minutes.

"I am not done." the stranger says, voice distorted by their mask as they throw one of their swords to the warrior. He catches it, gripping the hilt in anger at being looked down on as a soldier. "One more time." the stranger says, lowering once more and the warrior yells out before charging again. He swings down but there was a clash of steel as the smaller challenger easily blocked the attack. People gasped that the challenger was able to push back the warrior with ease, clearly stronger as they kick him in the stomach and he stumbles back.