Kirishima POV:

As we arrive to the arena, I gently place the green haired next to the leader. I sit patiently awaiting my expected battle between bots. But I've yet to hear the echos of Master's yells of round numbers.

"Okay, dragon, you have to fly..." the green boy says. He's talking to me? Fly? What? I cock my head to the side, obviously confused. He moves to my side, pointing at my wings.

"Use those, those make you fly. You flail them like this," he explains and continues to flap his arms around. I mimic his movements with my wings. 

"OO yes like that! But we need to get on your back first.."

I see. I can do this, right? The leader boy takes off the leash, attaching it to his hilt, and hoists himself up onto my shoulders, holding out a hand for the smaller one.

"Come on Izu, we get to be free," he smiles as his pulls up the boy and holds him close, touching his lips to the others cheek.

"Now try flying, dragon" the green boy says. I flap my wings, like he showed me. And suddenly I'm lifted off the ground. Amazed, I let out a roar of delight as I hoist myself up into the night sky.

I raise above the clouds, taking in the view and the fresh air I haven't got the chance to breathe in years. Theres a big white glowing thing up in the sky, surrounded by small twinkling lights. I was stunned, never have I seen anything as beautiful as this.

-small time skip-

My wings began to grow stiffer, as I dropped altitude. The two occupying my back went limp quite a bit ago, I think they were sleeping. Looking for a space to land, I scanned the forest below me, searching for an open spot where we could sleep.

I let out a soft yip, warning the two on my back that we were landing. I felt them jerk up and murmuring as we got closer and closer to the ground. Touching ground, I let the two hop off my back, and I collapsed from exhaustion. 

"Thank you dragon," the green one states as he brushes his hand up my neck. I curl up to sleep as I hear one go off into the forest. Why is he going without us? I perk up, going after the one in the forest, and surprise surprise, it was the halfie. I pick him up by the scruff of his shirt and carry him back.

"Hey! Let me down!" He says as he tries to pry my much bigger mouth open. Foolish he was, my jaw was like steel.

He smells similar to the green one, sweet. I felt as if I had to take care of the smaller two, so I place the halfie in between my legs and extend my neck to reach over to the green one, placing him next to the other. 

"What?" 

I lick the halfie's head. Since I did the others' earlier. I hear the green one giggle at my expert hair styling skills. 

"So much for getting shelter." The halfie seemed to accept his fate and allowed me to finish. Satasfied with his hair, I stopped licking him and coiled my neck around the two, falling asleep.

-smol times skippers :P-

I awake to shuffling. Glancing at the two still in my paws, seeing that they are still asleep, I perk my head up, in full alert.

"I saw him over here! I swear, he's massive!" I hear a voice hush, followed by more shuffling in the forest.

"Mhm I bet you did." Said another voice full with sarcasm. I let out a low rumble of warning. Disturbing the slumber of the two in my arms  as the shifted in their sleep.

"Did you hear that? I told you bro! He was right up he-" I was met with two unfamiliar faces that poked through the bush. One was a black-haired dude with a skinny frame, with a pink-haired girl next to him. They were both frozen in their steps. Staring at me, frozen.

I let a soft growl of warning at them, and I moved my neck to hide the two in my arms. Hearing them stir, I stare at the strangers at the edge of the forest.

"...told you Sero.." the pinky whispered.

"..want to go fetch Bakugo? He'll know what to do.." 

"y-yeah..."

They slowly turned around, sprinting off into the forest again. I had a hunch they'd be back though. Watching them disappear, I turn my attention to the half-awake boys I've been shielding. 

Deciding it would be best, I softly licked their faces until they were alert.

"Hey, hey! I'm up, I'm up.." the green one says, shoving my snout away as he laughs.

"I'll go hunt for us, I'm hungry after our journey." the halfie says. Hunting? Was he attempting to leave again? He can't, those people will be back, I know they will. The halfie attempts to jump over my legs, but I let out a low purr, nudging him back in my arms with my snout. 

"Whats your deal? I need to hunt, let me go, dragon." He commands and tries once again to hop over my leg, in return I nudge him again, letting a low rumble out. Looking at the forest, trying to make him understand.

"Dragon, I need you to let me go!" He exclaims.

"Babe, I think he's trying to tell us something." 

I purr in acknowledgement, at least the green haired one understands me a little more than the other. 

"But I need to hunt, Izu, we'll starve!" the halfie argues.

"Just give him a sec, Sho, let us at least figure out what he's trying to say."

"Fine, go on dragon." The one called Sho said, looking up at me. I let out a rumble toward the forest. The green sits to think for a minute, mumbling to himself as the white and red haired zones out.

"I think theres something in the forest.." Izu says, finally they get it. 

And as if on cue, I hear the shuffling again, with more murmurs.

"Bakugo, he was huge! Im telling you, at least 40 feet tall if he were to be standing!" One said, which sounded like the pinky.

"Shut up you extras, are we almost there?" One new voice grumbled.

"Yeah he was laying in the opening up here," I heard who I think was the black haired one say.

I shield Sho and Izu in my paws, so I can protect them and the shuffling got louder. Letting out yet another grumble of warning.

"See? You can hear him!!" 

I see a branch move, revealing three faces, the two from last time, with one new ash blonde hair. I let out another grumble, a little louder. Not glancing away from the three newcomers.

"Told you so." Pinky whispers to the blonde as he stares at me in full awe. His ruby eyes piercing me, shaking me to my very core.

"He fits the description perfectly- but it can't be, can it?" the blonde says.

"And it looks like he has something he's shielding there, too Bakugo." the black hair said. I let out  yet another rumble of warning. The blonde dares to get closer, inching towards me, not breaking eye contact.

I continue to rumble as he get closer and closer to me. I hear one of the two In my legs shake a bit, and faintly hearing silent comfortings from the other.

"Shhhhhhh, beast. Im not here to hurt you," he said, his gaze softening.

"DUDE! If he's what we think he is, he'll maul you! He's a weapon! A monster!" the black one exclaimed, taking his sword out from his hilt. And there was that word again, monster, oh how I despise that word, I roar. Making the blonde freeze. That word makes me so upset, a monster. Is that what I've always been? A monster?

The blonde jumps back at my second roar, as I swiftly stood up, uncovering the boys in my arms, which I swiftly grab them and place them on my back. Prepared to fight. I roar, louder, and looked at the boy who called me a monster.

Walking torwards him and stepping over the blonde, he attempts at running, as the Pinky hides. I stop his quick running, grabbing him by his scruff, I hoist him up.

"LET ME DOWN!!!" he screams.

"SERO!!!" the pink one yells from behind the tree.

"You idiot! I was so close to him! Now he's angry and you basically can already be pronounced dead!" the blonde yells at him.

Ignoring his resisting, I hang the black haired guy high up in a tree by his pants. His wails meant nothing to me. I roared in his face, and spun around, leaving him up there. Returning to the blonde who was busy laughing at black hair, I grumble at him, getting his attention.

There was something that drew me too him, some kind of invisible force. Like an inside voice telling me to go to him. He stops laughing at looks at me smiling.

"Looks like you have brains, ya big goofball," he laughs. I lower my head at him, sniffing, making sure he didn't smell like Master. Oh boy did he smell good, somehow, he was spicily sweet. An indescribable smell that I was captivated in, obsessed with, even.

"Oi, whatcha doing there big red?" he asks. Completely ignoring the two on my back, the one in the tree, and the one hiding, I grab the blonde and place him between my legs, just as I did with Sho and Izu before. 

I licked his head, making his hair spikier than before, all pointing up.

"Hey! What- are- you- doing!!" he said between my licks. Laughing and pushing my snout away, but I kept licking him. making his hair stand up straight, I was finally satisfied with my job, and picked him up and placed him on my back with who I've decided to be Sho and Izu.

"HOLD UP! This cannot be happening.. Half'n'Half? Deku? Oh my god, you got to be kidding me!" 

"Uh, hi Kacchan.."

Oof, a little longer than I wanted but, whatever..

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