I Met Him In The Wastelands | A BakuDeku Story |

Eighteen | The Town Of Rebels

Prince Shoto calmly walked through a town, he watched each individual closely. He was looking for any suspicious behaviour, everyone was calm except for when they passed him. They would awkwardly bow and sped away from him, Iida walked beside him and was slowly getting used to that behaviour. Shoto wasn't getting used to it, he felt no respect coming from anyone in the town.

He wanted to speak up but decided not to, he went through the whole town and didn't find a signal sign that Izuku was there. "Sir, Princess Momo's hunters are back. They are at the front gates of the town we're in," Iida said after a messenger came and whispered in his ear.

"Let's go then," Prince Shoto turned around and walked back to the front gate of the town. He saw the hunters empty-handed which made him upset, "What are you doing back empty-handed?" Shoto demanded as Jiro stepped forward.

"Sir, they were in the mountains. We interacted with them for a short amount of time and then they flew away on the dragon up into the clouds. We weren't able to smell them or anything," Jiro said with her head hung low.

The other hunters held their heads low too, Shoto said nothing. Instead of punishing them, he said, "Go to Momo, tell her I no longer need you six. She can use you all instead, take her to the mountains where Izuku and the stupid dragon prince were. I'll find an old... friend of mine." Shoto mumbled the last part, only Iida heard him. The hunters all look up at him as he walked to his horse, he got on the horse with the help of Iida.

"Iida come with me. My guards will all head to the town West of this one, if you are finished there then go to the one North of that town," Shoto announced. His guards complied and started to make their way to the town West of the town they were just in, Shoto then looked at Iida. "I want you to hop on, I don't have time to be patient with you walking beside me."

"Then allow me to borrow a horse from this town's stables, I shouldn't ride on the same horse as yours my prince," Iida said before he quickly ran to borrow a horse. Shoto rolled his eyes and waited for the bluette to get his horse, Shoto and Iida then left in the opposite direction from where the guards went.

Momo's hunters also ran off but in the direction of where Momo's scent was, Shoto paid no attention to them. He was thinking about a certain town and the one he needs to see in that town, as they got closer to the town Iida soon recognized it. It was a town where most rebels lived and gathered, a town that no kingdom could control. It was under the Bakugou kingdom's ruling when it was still standing but since that kingdom is gone it remained a rebel town.

Just outside of the town is where Shoto stopped, Iida stopped too. Iida got off his horse and helped Shoto off his, Iida then tied the two horses to a tree. Shoto grabbed his cloak and put it on, he pulled the hood over his head and waited for Iida to do the same. Once they were ready they entered the town.

It was already almost night and the townspeople were ready to party, loud live music could be heard coming out of each tavern. There were many taverns, Iida felt overwhelmed by the amount of strange-looking people in the town. He was shocked to see how calm Shoto was, he showed no sign of any emotion when they entered the town.

Shoto knew where he was going, it wasn't his first time here. He felt bad for taking Iida to this place but he needed at least someone with him, the town is full of rebels. He stopped in front of a tavern, music was blasting from it just like the others. "He should be here," Shoto said to himself before he walked in, Iida followed closely behind.

Shoto looked around the place, "He must be in the back," Shoto said to himself again and walked up to the bar. Iida was concerned at the looks they were getting but soon everyone ignored them which he was thankful for. The bartender looked at Shoto, "The blue flame never rests in the name of Dabi," Shoto said to the bartender.

"He's in the very last room on the right," the bartender said, this interaction made Iida shocked. Shoto started to walk toward the back, Iida ran after him once he got through the crowd of people. Shoto stopped at the last door on the right, Iida watched carefully around them. Shoto knocked on the door, three simple times.

"Who is it? I thought I said not to disturb me!" a deep male voice echoed through the room to the outside.

"Toya, it's me," Shoto said the male's first name and that made the door open as if it were a password. Shoto walked in and sat across from the male with black spikey hair, Iida stood next to him. Shoto removed his cloak, Toya smiled once he saw Shoto. Beside Toya was a male with light blue almost white hair and on the other side was a girl with blonde hair in two buns.

"Shoto, it's good to see you again. It's been a while, how are you doing?" Toya said happily, the two beside him seemed surprised at his attitude.

"It's good to see you too, Toya. I've had better days, what about you?" Shoto said once he made himself comfortable.

"Hm, I guess I've been pretty good lately. Would my baby brother like to elaborate on what's making him so upset?" Toya said in a baby voice.

"Baby brother?" Iida, the blonde girl, and the light blue-haired guy all shouted.

"Iida, this is Toya Todoroki. My eldest brother and the runaway of the Todoroki kingdom," Shoto told Iida.

"Yeah, what he said," Toya said while he addressed the two beside him. "Oh, these two are working with me. This here is Tomura Shigaraki and the one over here is Himiko Toga and I assume that's your personal guard named Iida."

"Pleasure meeting you two, I trust Iida so he will not tell father about this interaction," Shoto said while he glared at Iida, Iida quickly nodded.

"Oh! So this is the famous Shoto Todoroki!" Toga said and ran up to Shoto.

"Leave him be Himiko," Toya said before he pulled her away.

"So you're a Todoroki?" Shigaraki asked as he looked at Toya.

"Yeah, gotta problem with it?" Toya's bright blue eyes pierced into Shigaraki's crimson eyes.

"No, go on," Shigaraki quickly said and looked away.

"Your sudden visit means that you need something from me. Dear brother, tell me what you seek of me," Toya said being poetic.

"Stop that stupid poetic crap," Shoto said while his eyes rolled.

"Ah, come on it's fun," Toya said with a bit of a pout.

"Ugh, whatever. Do you like hunting and capturing people?"

"I do... what about it?"

"I need you to hunt and capture this boy," Shoto showed a clean picture of Izuku to Toya. "He's to marry me yet he ran away from me, he's with the dragon prince Katsuki Bakugou and his dragon Kirishima. Leave the dragon prince and his dragon to princess Momo Yaoyorozu and just get me the damn boy."

Shoto's anger was clear on his face and his voice sounded like venom, it scared Iida. Toya hummed once he heard his brother's frustrated demand, he chuckled when he thought about how much Shoto liked the boy. "What's in it for me?"

"Whatever you want."

"I love that answer, alright then! We'll head out in the morning, where was the last place they were seen at?"

"The mountains."

"Alright, you got yourself a deal little bro."

Edited: 03-07-21
I completed a lot of my homework today so I had time to write this! I hope you liked it, Virgo 100% out✌🏻

Word count: 1365