"Izuku!" {Izuku/male!classmate one-shots}

Katsuki/Izuku/Eijirou (part 2)

this is High-key Self indulgent so...
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"You're lucky you didn't stumble across other spirits, you know." Izuku spoke in a hushed tone, but a scolding one too. "They would've carved a hole into your stomach and send you back to where you came from as a warning."

Eijirou blanched, while Katsuki grimaced at that. "The fuck?" He was much more calmer than before, although antsy, judging by how his knee bounced up and down in the criss-cross seating arrangement.

Izuku simply sighed, before watching Kirishima shove the roasted rabbit down his throat, tearing the meat with his shark teeth greedily. He was starving so- who could blame him? Katsuki simply took large bites, ignoring the juice of the meat dribbling down his chin, and he swears he heard Izuku mutter "barbarians" under his breath before taking his time to rip the flesh into smaller pieces.

They've been at this little hideout for a full day, and Izuku had been giving them proper care, shit, practically pampering them with food and clothes made out of cotton. He had tended to their wounds for a bit, which were slowly healing up.

He also hunted apparently, since he showed up to the tent after an hour out for "errands", coming back with six rabbits on a stick, cleaned out and ready to cook with rosemary, salt and pepper. Katsuki begrudgingly contributed by shoving some onion leaks into the dead rabbit's stomach while stuffing it.

"Why.. Why the fuck you're so nice to us then?" Katsuki narrowed his eyes at Izuku, who had no problem raising his eyebrow to look at him with the same intensity. "Wow. Maybe I'm just nice?" He sarcastically supplied. "I don't just leave dying people out there to bleed to death."

"Dying? But we-"

"Eijirou had a full on stab wound on his thigh and you had a deep wound an inch close to your lung, with broken ribs of course," Izuku bitterly reminded them as they both spluttered in disbelief. "How you didn't feel that was beyond me."

"How you FIXED broken ribs is beyond me," Katsuki bit back. "So-"

Izuku held up his hand, palm up, before a soft green glow emitted from his irises, finger tips leaving a trail of green around when he waved his hand. "Healing magic." The spirit clicked his tongue impatiently. "It wasn't that easy. I'm not that good in that area since I only started learning about it a week ago."

"T.. Then what are you specialized in?" Kirishima hesitantly asked, the memory of Katsuki being pinned down so easily by 'chains' coming from the ground sent an unpleasant reminder that this thing could kill them if he really tried.

Izuku shrugged, placing down the clean bones of the once meaty Rabbit, and Eijirou swears that he had sharp canines solely specialized for tearing meat apart.

"Combat."

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"There's a disturbance," Izuku opened his eyes to see Katsuki and Eijirou hovering over the crackling fire, palms facing it to warm themselves. Katsuki made a noise, a grunt to say that he heard him. Eijirou looked at Izuku questionably.

"What do you mean?"

"There's a shield-like dome around a certain part of this forest," Izuku explained quickly, getting up to shake off the sleep he had gotten. He was surprised he had dozed off in the first place- much more with complete strangers, knowing only their names and that they were soldiers of some kind.

"It protects us from mortal eyes. Makes it impossible to see us- unless something from the outside tries breaking the barrier forcefully. And since I'm the only one who could lift the dome from the inside, it's safe to say that it's some kind of external disturbance."

Eijirou and Katsuki looked at each other, before wincing in understanding. "Humans."

Izuku nodded grimly, staggering up and making his way to the tent's flaps. "Stay here, both of you." Katuki was the first to get up, though, saying a "fuck that" with Kirishima bolting straight to Izuku. "Hey, Hey, I'll come with. Katsuki will too." Izuku's face hardens, making them both flinch.

"I don't want the two of you dragging me down." And seeing the reaction to his words, Izuku's face softened, patting their heads. "If you two follow, you may get into trouble. Spirits of this forest.. They're aggressive."

"We don't care!" Eijirou grinned, huffing as he put a fist on his heart, his left hand across his stomach. It was their salute, and Katsuki cringed at the use of their sacred salute. Izuku raised an eyebrow, before sighing, as if aggravated. "Oh, alright. We need to be quick."

Izuku ducked out of the tent, the two following his suit, before they were hit by the freezing night air. Compared to their kingdom, the weather felt as if it dropped below zero.

Katsuki huffed a breath, clutching at his sides along with Kirishima, whose teeth chattered. Izuku seemed unaffected, though. "S-So," Katsuki winced at the stutter. "How the fuck do we get there fast?"

Izuku looked at them, a strange expression crossing his face. "Don't freak out." Before they could ask what the fuck he meant, a bright glow emitted from Izuku, blinding, making them both rip their eyes away before they get permanently damaged. "What the fuuck!"

When the glow died down, Katsuki spit out a curse, turning his attention towards him. "You coulda warned- ... us..?"

Kirishima gaped, jaw dropping to the floor. "Oh my god. Oh god."

There, on the spot where Izuku once stood was a full on deer, it's coat a shimmering white, standing our from the darkness easily. The deer- Izuku, stood at a proud seven feet, taller than either of them, like a giant looming.
It's eyes were blazing green, fiery, and the vines on it's antlers seemed to now extend around it's neck like a thick rope.

It nudged Kirishima impatiently, ducking down, as if to convey a "Hey on now" gesture. Kirishima, still trying to get his shit together from that transformation, clumsily mounted himself on it's back, pulling Katsuki up by the scruff of his clothes with him.

"I.. I'm gonna confess that this is so weird. You're a deer. Oh god."

"Shut up." Katsuki barked, before mindlessly patting it's.. Ass. Kirishima couldn't blame him, since that's what they did to horses whenever they rode on them.

... And, Katsuki seemed to forget that the deer was Izuku, but then remembered after the mistake was done, but then Izuku snorted and swayed, making Katsuki almost tip over and fall.

"FUCK!," Bakugou yelled, cheeks red from embarrassment. "Shit- fucking- sorry! Let's just fucking go!" Kirishima patted his shoulder in mute second-hand embarrassment. For a warrior, Katsuki was extremely.. Bashful. (And an idiot, but Kirishima didn't want to get punted in the face today).

And before any of them could open their mouths, Izuku stomped once-twice, before barreling into the forest in full speed.

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