My Ride or Die- Kiribaku Fantasy AU

Five

Bakugou
I had been walking already for a whole day, and the sun was starting to set once again. It took longer than I had expected but I had still gone faster than the "few days" Uraraka had told me it would take.
The green line on the map Uraraka drew me had disappeared little by little, tracking my progress and showing where I was on the map.
I was almost to the Stone Dragon. I simply had to walk a few dozen feet, and then I would reach the entrance to the caverns.
I sat on a large rock to think of a plan.
Should I take the potion before I go in and give it to the dragon to sneak it out? No.... it might wear off at an inconvenient time and that wouldn't turn out good.
I needed to scope out what it was like in the caves, but I didn't really have that luxury. The best thing I could do was just walk right in and hope for the best. I stuffed the map I had been following into my bag and walked towards the base of a cliff that loomed ahead of me.
Once I got close to the stone wall, I saw a jagged, dark gaping hole in it. Two elves stood in front of it, the spears they held crossed in an X to block my way in.
"May I enter?" I asked.
"Challenger?" one of them asked with a heavy accent.
"Uh... yeah." I crossed my arms.
The elves uncrossed their weapons and I walked cautiously into the dark tunnel. A few feet in, small torches were stuck into the wall. They gave off an ominous orange light that reflected off of the minerals in the tunnel walls.
After only a few minutes of walking, the tunnel widened and natural light began to trickle in. I ran my hand against the stone. Silvery particles rubbed off onto my hand. I brushed my hands together to get rid of the dust.
I now stood in a circular doorway. Behind me was the dark tunnel. In front was a stone arena with a chained dome ceiling. And in the center of that arena, chained to the ground with its eyes closed, was a massive red dragon with huge splotches of gray across its scales.

Kirishima
Once again, I had been drugged. Once again, I had been chained up. And once again, I had woken on the cold stone floor of the arena. I sighed while the same burly elf from my first fight unlocked me and walked away.
I rose up on all four legs and spread my wings threateningly as I scoped out my challenger. It was a human this time. He was a very small human, compared to the height of the elves and myself, but I could see a fire in his eyes that made me fear his strength.
He was also pretty good looking.... He had a beautiful face and perfect skin and held himself so confidently.... What? A human? My sense must be off... that can't be.
The man wore a thick fur cape and several necklaces of sharp teeth and jewels fell onto his bare chest. He had on dark denim pants and a brown leather belt, and wore leather boots insulated with fur. Dark tan-colored sleeves covered arms from his mid-bicep area to the middle of his forearm. The sleeves had black patterns at the top and the one on his right arm had two leather straps buckled around them, and a turtle's shell was fastened as armor on his right shoulder.
"Can we get this over with please?" I said softly, hoping this human could understand me.
"Uh... fill me in on what's going on." He replied from the doorway to the tunnel. "I just sorta walked in."
I blinked once. "You walked in without knowing?"
"I mean, I assume I have to fight you, considering the setup here. Am I right?" He raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah..." I said slowly.
"How good of an actor are you?" The man rubbed his hands together.
"I'd say pretty good, why?" I backed away as he charged me.
The human jumped into the air and kicked my neck with such force, I fell over. I barely caught my head before it slammed against the ground.
"I'm Katsuki Bakugou." Bakugou placed his foot on my fallen head. "And I have to pretend to fight you if you want to get out of here."
"W-what?!" A grin broke out on my face. "You're helping me escape?"
"Yep. So play along." Bakugou winked.
My heart skipped a beat.
Stop that. I scolded if internally.
I lifted my head and Bakugou jumped back, sliding on the stone on his back to make it look like I threw him off.
I discovered that Bakugou had dropped a glass vial full of liquid near my feet. I looked up at him and he pulled an identical one out of his bag and drank it. Nothing happened.
Bakugou charged me again, and I ducked this time. He grabbed my ear and hoisted himself up so that he straddled my neck. "Drink it, idiot! It takes a few minutes to kick in." He whispered.
I drank the mysterious liquid and then flung my head back to dislodge Bakugou. I whipped my head around and gasped. Bakugou was... disappearing, starting from his toes. I looked down at my feet to see that the same thing was happening to me. Another smile spread across my face and I stalked towards Bakugou, continuing our fighting charade.

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