My Ride or Die- Kiribaku Fantasy AU

Four

Bakugou

After I spoke with King Endeavor, I stopped by my home to get some supplies.
I lived in a cave deep in the forest. I liked it there, it was isolated and calm, and the stone kept the weather out. The cave had three sub-caves behind the main one, one I used as a sleeping area, one as a weapons room, and one as a storage cave for anything I needed but didn't want out all the time.
I went into that last room and pulled out a leather bag. I didn't put anything in it, but you never know when you're going to need a bag on a journey.
In the weapons room, I pulled a sword off the wall and began to attach the sheath to my belt, then pulled it off and put it back on the wall. If I needed to fight, I could do it bare-handed.
I walked out of the cave with my empty bag and pulled a curtain of vines over the entrance to hide it.
Making my way down to a large river near my cave, I started to follow a path that went to a closeby village. Sighing as the sun began to dip below the trees, I pulled my cloak around my shoulders to cut out the cold wind.
My hide boots crunched on orange and red leaves. I walked down the path at what might seem like a brisk pace, but it's just the way I walk.
I saw a sign with words written in glowing letters;
"Plus Ultra river, 0.6 mi South. village of Arrowhead, 1 mi East. castle Endeavor, 2.7 mi West."
(A/N: idea for the name Arrowhead as a substitute for Gunhead (the agency Uraraka trained under by MagicaOf_Koning )
I decided to stop by the village to see if anyone had heard about the exact whereabouts of the Stone Dragon.
About ten minutes after the sun had set, I reached the village. I walked past the six-armed guard I knew well and had arm-wrestled many times.
Everyone who lived in this village was close enough to me that I considered many of them friends... sometimes.  It was rare that anyone would have that title in my mind, but these were the lucky few.
There was the guard, Shoji, the witches, Uraraka and Hagakure, and Tsu, and the knight, Jirou. A few of the villagers were half-breeds, like Ojiro, Tokoyami, and Koda. The rest of them weren't too important and were bakers or traders or barkeepers or tailors. These included Aoyama, Iida, Satou, Yaoyorozu, and Deku. Deku wasn't his real name, but one I had started calling him when we were young.
Deku means "someone who can't do anything", which I figured was perfect for that incompetent bastard.
Out of the people in that village, there were my "friends", those I just talked about, and then there were the people I could get drunk and lose control with. The people that I actually considered my best friends and I couldn't live without, not that I would ever tell them that or admit it to anyone. Those included Hanta Sero, Mina Ashido, and Denki Kaminari.
Anyway, back to real life. I passed Shoji and made my way to Uraraka's shop.
"Bakugou!" Iida waved at me from a small sheep pasture. "What brings you to the village?"
"I'm here for information. Fuck off, Glasses." I sighed.
"Well, I-" Iida pushed his glasses up by the bridge and turned away from me.
I smirked and continued on my way.
I reached the black wooden building that had jars of fireflies floating around the doorway. I knocked on the door and a wooden mouth opened up in the middle of it.
"Business?" It asked in Hagakure's voice.
"Let me in, Invisible Bitch." I snarled.
"Well damn, it's Bakugou!" The mouth melted back into the door and it swung open.
"Ochako-chan!" A short light blue dress seemed to float in front of me. The sleeve lifted to where the mouth of the wearer would have been. "Bakugou's here!"
"Ugggh." I heard Uraraka's groan from a back room. "Again?"
"Yeah again, Round Cheeks. King Endeavor's orders or whatever." I nodded at Hagakure and walked past her into the back of the shop.
"Oh so you finally accepted one of his orders?" Uraraka spun around to face me as I walked through the doorway. She was wearing a black and maroon dress and hovered a few feet in the air as always.
"Yeah." I shook my head. "You're supposed to be smart about stuff right?"
"Well I do have all of the information in the world." Uraraka tossed and caught a crystal ball.
"Stop showing off. Save that for your shitty boyfriend, Deku." I growled.
"Is someone jealous of Izuku?" Uraraka fluttered her eyelashes mock-flirtatiously at me.
"You know full well I'm gay, Uraraka. Quit that and just tell me where the Stone Dragon is." I tried to snatch the witch's crystal ball as she caught it again, but she held it close.
"The Stone Dragon...." Uraraka floated over to a table and chair that was suspended in the air. She sat and placed the ball on the table to look into it. The witch's eyes clouded over and the crystal ball turned stark white.
After a few minutes of staring into the glass sphere, Uraraka's gaze cleared and she sat up.
"I'll give you a map." She said, rummaging for one in her shelves of scrolls. Uraraka then opened the map and traced a line in bright green from the village to some cavernous area in the North. "This is the path you should follow." She said as she rolled up the map and handed it to me.
"'Kay." I took the map and stuck it in my leather bag. "I'm leaving."
"Ah- were not done yet." Uraraka waved me into a massive supply closet with rows and rows of jars full of mysterious solutions.
"What now?" I snapped. "I need to leave as soon as possible."
"Mmm, yes you should. It'll take a few days to get to that elven tribe." Uraraka peered at the labels on the containers.
"Ha! I'll make it happen in a day." I smirked.
"Of course you will. You're Katsuki Bakugou." Uraraka sighed and pulled down a large jar of cloudy light blue-gray liquid. "Invisibility potion. Toru's recipe."
"For...?" I took the jar and put it in my bag with the map.
"Getting in and out of those caves, dumbass." Uraraka poked me in the forehead, but floated up to the ceiling before I could slap her.
I growled and exited the supply closet.
"Did you get what you needed?" Hagakure chimed from a couch in the lobby.
"Yeah. I'm leaving now." I waved to her, and to Uraraka as well when she glided through the doorway.
"Good luck on your journey!" Uraraka smiled and stifled a laugh.
"What are you laughing at??" I snapped.
"Oh nothing, I just peeked into your future a little bit and I like what I see." Uraraka pressed her fingertips together. "Bye bye! And don't forget to invite me next year!" (we really said foreshadowing to part two chapter 4 didn't we now 👀)
I snarled again and walked out of the shop, slamming the door behind me.

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