The Sharp Prince and the Soft Pauper

Chapter 8: Secrets Revealed

Izuku began to wake up. He felt incredibly comfortable in the bed he was in. He opened his eyes. He didn't recognize the room that he was in. He looked around and saw that Prince Kirishima was sleeping right next to him! Izuku yelped and fell out of the bed. Kirishima woke up and looked at Izuku, "Are you okay?" Izuku just nodded. He remembered what had happened in the library. He looked at Kirishima for a moment, biting down on his lips as he thought. He knew that he should keep his secrets to himself, but he needed to clear the air between him and Kirishima. He couldn't have the young prince keep being so nice to him. It would make things complicated for him. Izuku sighed as he came to the realization that he might have to tell Kirishima his reasons for hating the royal families in order to make the boy feel guilty and stay away from Izuku. Izuku looked at the prince, "Kirishima, I'll tell you why I hate the royals at my house, tonight." Kirishima glanced at Izuku for a moment before the pauper ran out. Kirishima assumed he was going to leave. He laid back down in his bed and giggled at how he had apparently earned the trust of the green haired scholar. He prepared for the night ahead.

That night, Kirishima arrived at the Midoriya house well dressed to impress Izuku. He hoped that by sharing his secret, their relationship would grow and Izuku would agree to marry him. Kirishima blushed at the idea of Izuku sleeping next to him everyday. He was truly in love. He knocked on the door. In less than a minute, it opened to reveal Izuku in his normal clothes. He opened the door to allow Kirishima in. Kirishima asked, "So you really are going to tell me why you hate the royals?" Izuku just nodded. Kirishima continued, "I still don't get why you would hate all the royals. I mean, you must have met the royals from the fire section, but not the others. So there's no reason for you to hate all of them." Izuku glared at Kirishima, who turned around to face the pauper, "Of course I hate them all. They killed my father after all."

An hour after Izuku revealed that his father had died, Kirishima stayed silent as he waited for Izuku to continue. He had no idea how Izuku's father died or how it was related to the royals. Finally, Izuku spoke, "In the fire section, my father was a well known blacksmith. He could take any material that you gave him and turn it into whatever you wanted. One day, one of the royal advisers, the Todorokis, came to the fire section. One of their men came to my father with what appeared to be gold. The leader of the Todoroki clan wanted my father to make a shield out of the gold. However, my father said that something was wrong with the material, but the Todorokis wanted the shield done in that material. They didn't give my father a chance to test the material to make sure that it was stable enough to make a proper shield. They only gave him two hours or he would be banished from the entire kingdom. My father could have done it easily and he did, but the material still troubled him. He had none left to test it as he used it all for the shield. That day, the leader of the Todorokis, Enji, used the shield in a test. He was attacked by his opponent when the shield was broken through. He had my father arrested under the charge of making a bad shield and risking harm to the royal advisers. The council, which is composed of the heads of the royal families, had a trial and found him guilty without even giving him a chance to defend himself. They sent him to be executed. It wasn't until after they executed him that they found out what they thought was gold was actually fools gold, which was too weak to make a shield. They realized their mistake and covered their tracks. They didn't even acknowledge that they made a mistake. They just acted as though my father had been in the wrong the entire time. After that, I couldn't see anything but the evil side of the royal families." Izuku looked up at Kirishima, "So now you know why I hate the royals and why I don't want to be around you or any of your friends." It took Izuku a moment to realize that Kirishima had been crying. He looked up at his love and then ran out. Izuku just stared at where the prince had once been and closed the door. He was hopeful that now the prince would stay away. Izuku didn't even care to tell Kirishima not to tell anyone the story. It didn't matter anyway. No one would believe a story like that about the royals. And the royals couldn't do anything or they would prove the story true. Izuku yawned and went to bed.

"Our parents did what?!!!!" yelled Bakugo. Kirishima had gathered all the children of the royal families from the different sections to tell them about what had happened with Izuku. Everyone of them was in shock to hear about what their parents had done. Iida spoke, "Are you sure about this?" Kirishima nodded, "Yeah, Izuku isn't the type to lie at all. He really hates the royals because they killed his father for something that was their fault and then they hid their mistake. Besides, it fits with why Inko started hating Bakugo's mother." Asui looked at everyone, "What do we do now?" The royal children looked at her. Tokoyami said, "We can't keep this information to ourselves. We need to tell other people." Tetsutetsu nodded in agreement, "We can't let someone suffer for something our parents did. Bakugo growled, "Damn. So that's how our shitty parents. Those bastards are the ones who are ruling this kingdom? They do what they want and hide their mistakes while other people suffer because of them? How the hell are we suppose to rule the sections when our parents are like that and teaching us?" Iida replied, "I think it would be best if we keep this information to ourselves for now. If we went and told people about this, then they might not believe us and we could suffer at the hands of our parents. We should find more proof so that we can show how our parents truly are." Everyone thought for a moment. Kirishima spoke up, "We need to go to the central castle." Kaminari jumped at the idea, "Are you crazy? We can't go there. They won't let a bunch of kids in, even if we are royalty." Kirishima said, "I know, but the Todorokis are the ones who are in charge of the cases involving the council. If there is any evidence about what happened to Izuku's father, it will be there. Besides, we need to see if we can find any men who were there to see Izuku's father complain about the material. We can get more evidence by talking to more of Todoroki's men." Silence filled the room once again. However, each of the royal members knew that they had agreed to take this course of action.