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"Mom! I really gotta go now!" Giggled a bright eyed young man. His emerald orbs dancing with the mirth of his emotions. His mother had spent the last month fussing over his yellow bag, checking and rechecking that her son had everything he could need on his journey, even a few things he wouldn't.

"I know Izuku, but as your mom I am just so worried!" Cooed Inko, her hands now fussing with his hair, trying to smooth those dark green curls of his. She loved him so very much and she was trying to show him that as he left her for an unknown amount of time. "Please make sure you send me a letter at every village, ok? And stay on the roads, you never know what could be in the woods or even those over grown fields and-"

"Mom! I got it! We've spent the last 3 months going over safety and herbs!" Laughed the greenette again. His bigger hands gently removing her smaller ones from his curls. He offered her a loving smile and held her hands. "I will write and I will be careful ok? Just make sure you ask Mirio or Tsu if you need any help! They both offered!"

"Izuku…" Inko's own green eyes began to fill with tears as she pulled her hands from her son's. Her heart wasn't breaking but it began to feel really heavy. She'd lost his father, her husband, to travel and wasn't sure if the man was alive or not and now her own son felt the need to travel. She wouldn't stop him but she still couldn't help but feel abandoned by him, but she'd never tell him that.

"Alright mom! I'm off!" Izuku pulled his mother into one last embrace before turning, waving off and heading down the road, opposite of the village. He was set towards the north, the Mountains of Erid. He wanted to see them for himself, he wanted to see the plains and the Kingdom that lay beyond and he wanted to find his own way! He knew if he stayed home he'd never be anything more than a peasant's son or at best a small village's alchemist. He wanted more.

It was still early morning, he'd only traveled at most a mile when he met with his first obstacle. If you wanted to call a gelatinous cube an obstacle. In this world a gelatinous cube was just a bunch of low level slimes stick together, their bodies forming a weird square shape due to the sun melting them and their body make-up.

'How silly.' Thought Izuku as he pulled his bag forward and reaching into its depths. He loved monsters, creatures and the other races of his world and he was most excited that he'd get the chance to see so many of them on his journey, it was honestly one of the biggest things that pushed him into going. After a few seconds he found is prize, a thick leather bound book and a magicked quill, both items he saved for years to get.

"Here we go… ok lets see.." The green-haired male began to creep up to the creature, taking care not to seem offensive or in anyway a threat. Once he'd gotten himself within a few short feet he crouched down, his round bottom mere inches from the ground. He looked the creature over and began to draw a crude but accurate depiction of it's jelly-like body.

"Lets see looks like you are actively dissolving a mouse, a snake and a few larger rocks…" His voice was low but moving out of his mouth at a pretty quick pace. His green eyes lifting often as he drew. After a minute or so the mass moved a bit from him, but not in fear or at a mindless pace, these creatures held a little intelligence but not enough to question motives. It moved simply because it sense Izuku's weird movements.

"I wonder how many of you are in there.. Lets see if I can tell.." Izuku's eyes narrowed as he tried and failed to see any difference between each slime. "Doesn't seem so… but judging from your size I'd bet at least 20 of you melted together over time.. poor little guys!" He wrote what he knew of the creatures quickly, mumbling each fact before shutting his book and replacing it in his ugly yellow-ish bag.

"Thanks big guy! I've never had to chance to see one of you and to think I got to see you so close to my home and on my first day!" He said in a raised excited voice, to no one but himself and the cube, who'd begun to make it's way off the road and into a tree-cover just passed said dirty path. It didn't understand him or really pay him much mind.

Izuku righted his bag and offered the creature one last look, a smile dawning his face before he skip-started down the path again, continuing his journey. He was growing more and more blissful as his first day went on! This journey would be the best thing of his life! He was sure of it!

*Time Skip Brought to you by Health potions and a stamina suppository*

Izuku had made it to the small village of Deriaka, a village who, like many others, focuses on wheat and cattle rearing, but just like his village it did host a small inn and he was able to get a room. Upon entering and asking about vacancy he was pounces by an elderly man, who'd asked him if he'd be willing to do some work in exchange for a room, food and a bath, something that would've cost 4 copper pieces normally, a pretty good deal exchange. Naturally Izuku gladly accepted the offer and started to work right away, after setting his bag down in his free room.

Izuku spent early evening til just past dinner time running around and doing as he was asked. Items from one room moved easily to another, heavy wardrobe moved with his magic to the other side of the room and several large boxes from a store room moved to the kitchens. It was good and hard work, he really felt like he'd earned his freebies and so did the elderly couple, who expressed their happiness with a hot meal rather than a hard loaf of bread and old cheese, as Izuku was expecting.

That night, after his bath and his rewarded meal, Izuku laid in his bed, his mind wandering around to all the places he was going to go, things he would see and which direction he would head towards first. He was just about to do a list of pros and cons when there was a sudden and very loud noise in what he'd later know as town square. It sounded violent and loud.

With wide green eyes and a small startled squeal the greenette shot from his room, down the inn stairs and out onto the street. He wasted no time in running as fast as he could toward the bright fire and smoke. His red boots hitting the ground loudly, least to him, as he breached the street into the city square. He could hear people screaming, the sounds of wood burning, the painful smell of burning flesh and the sour taste of old dark magic, all filling every sense. He did not notice the long and impossibly thick black tail coming at him until it was too late.

His World Went Black.

(A/N Bare with me! Its a slow burn! Please post comments! They fuel me!)

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[A/N] I hope to Allmight this works cuz Im getting kinda fed up with every post getting that weird code.]

Izuku woke to the smell of dying fires, the smell of burned meat and hair and a sweet smell of healing magic. His brain was slow to remember it's waking moments before the darkness and he laid where he was trying to remember where he was. With a slight movement, he felt a sharp pain in his left arm and hand and took note that the rest of him was sore and hurting.

"Ok kiddo you need to stop moving. I can only heal unmoving people." Said a sweet voice but sounded aged. Izuku slowly opened his eyes, letting them adjust to the light or lack of, as he saw it was barely twilight.

"S-sorry." He mumbled out before letting himself relax and stay as still as he could, the magic he started feeling warming his joints. Slowly the pain and burning began to die down and he was able to relax himself even more.

"I saw you rush over here as soon as the explosion happened. What were you thinking? You went the wrong direction!" The woman scolded. Izuku's eyes focused on her and he saw that she was in fact as aged as he'd assumed. She was small, old but seemed to hold onto her youthful attitude. She was a cute old gal.

"I-I just heard it and without thinking I ran to see if I could help anyone.. I honestly didn't think about it, my legs just moved on their own." He explained. This wasn't the first time he ran some where without thinking, wanting to help. It was just his nature. When he was a kid it'd gotten him into quite a bit of trouble, always landing him with a lecture from his stressed mother.

After a few minutes of silence the woman sighed and sat back. She'd healed a few before this boy and was getting pretty tired, she wasn't sure if she could heal anyone for the next few hours. Two people before him were pretty bad, burns, dark magic curses and so many broken bones, compared to them this kid was easy, but it was still a lot to do.

"What.. happened?" Izuku asked as he slowly began to sit up, taking the woman's sigh as a sign that she was done with him, least for now. "I mean, I remember seeing what I can only assume was a really big black tail just before it hit me, but I can't be a hundred percent on that." He lifted his left arm and tested it, opening and closing his hand, moving his arm at the elbow up and down and rotating his shoulder.

"It was a dragon and a rider. But it was corrupted. The rider must have used the poor creature in some sort of dark ritual or even rituals.. we can't be sure but… it left as quickly as it came and what it left was a pile of corpses and deep curses that I am pretty sure no priest can cleanse." The elder woman explained as she watched him test his arm.

"I see… I had no idea dragons could be corrupted." He said with a sigh. It was interesting to know if this was a true fact, even if it was a bit scary. From what he knew dragons and their riders held deep bonds, like soul bonds and if one experienced ant sort of pain or distress, the other did as well so to perform a dark ritual on either party would cause both to feel whatever was happening in extreme intensity. A corrupted dragon meant a corrupted rider. Scary stuff.

"I don't know much about them but I do know that theres a rumor going around that a few Northern Dragon Tribes have sent requests to the Adventurers and Merchant Guilds for information on anything regarding dragon sightings. This might be why." The older woman said in a tone that made Izuku feel like she wasn't actually speaking to him, at least not fully. "I'm Chiyo, young man, in case you wanted to know." Her attention now back on him with her bright eyes.

Izuku sat up fully now and began the task of getting to his feet, but as hearing her introduce herself he paused and smiled at her, his cheeks dusting pink. "Oh! Umm hello! Im Izuku! It's nice to meet you! And thank you for healing me."

"Think nothing of it, if you can do me a favor. I need you to deliver news of what happened here, what you saw and see as you leave and whatever else you can think of in way of information, to the town to the west. They have a large Adventurer's Guild and a station of knights there. We could use the help and spread what happened."

"O-of course! I'd gladly!"

Chiyo gave him a swift nod and brought herself to her feet, honestly rather quickly for her age too, and gave him one last appraising look. She had healed him almost to full strength, she was rather proud of that, the boy was hurt pretty bad, but she did it and as she watched him steady himself as well upon his feet she gave him a smile.

"Thats a good boy. Now go and grab your things and head out! That information needs to be spread around and fast!" She gave him a rough pat on his rump before wobbling her way to an area to rest, but still letting herself be accessed should someone need her help.

Izuku watched the elder walk away and was soon filled with the pressing need to run and get to the next town, the woman's urgency not actually causing such a feeling, really it was his logically side that agreed and sent the emotion of rush. Finally after a few more seconds of watching her, he turned and made his way quickly towards the inn, doing exactly what the older woman told him, grabbed his bag.

Tears and hugs, Izuku can't seem to get enough of them when saying goodbye. The elderly couple gave him a large basket full of food, enough to last him a weeks travel, a spare blanket and a few more coins, all in grateful reverence, of which made Izuku feel very, very bashful but grateful.

As he walked back towards city center he saw the true damage of it all. The corrupted dragon not only ruined things with it's sheer size but it'd also left so many dark spots of curses, Izuku did note that the spots of corruption seemed to be like dots or splats of blood, as if the creature was wounded and its blood was nothing but curse. As he walked he made careful task of watching where his feet landed and where he moved.

"I'm off… again!" Sighed the young man as he trotted off westward. This destruction was a lot and the town so small, but he had a very important mission now and he wanted to do what he could to help. He was a capable alchemist and physical enhancement magic user, but none of that would be as big of a help as getting even more help. He'd not fail to deliver the news to these guilds as fast as he could!

Green lines covered his legs as he faced himself towards the next town and took off at the highest speed he could reach. Each pound and touch of the ground was quite painful, but he pushed past the painful feeling and ran harder. He was used to slow heavy lifting and jumping while using his magic, the magic his mother's new beau taught him from a fairly young age, but running with it was a skill he'd used only a handful of times and he was not used to it, but ever he ran.

The town, a good 3 days walk by average walking on foot, was reached in 4 hours by his speedy run, a feat he would later marvel at. The greenette reached the gates and stopped himself, however, as soon as he released the magic on his legs, his whole body slumped forward and he hit the dirt road with a very loud thud, startling the knight stationed to the side.

"Sir! Do you require assistance?" The knight asked walking over in a vert stiff manner. He was dressed in a light variation of a typical knights uniform, his shoulders held metal pads, he wore a chest plate, metal leg guards and boots, the rest of his outfit was tanned and hardened leather, giving some protection. The man's face, however, wore a serious expression and his dark hair framed his face well. Guy was handsome.

"Yesth, I juss con't moob." Izuku pressed out, his face in the dirt where he fell. As he spoke he was eating dirt and with every breath he could feel and taste the grit, it was gross and he just knew some of what was going into his mouth was not dirt and he tried to avoid thinking about what else it could be.

"I see.. let me help you." The knight offered and lifted him to his feet easily, however, the green haired being found no bones in his legs to stand on and nearly fell forward, but the knight held him upright. "You came in so fast, where are you heading?"

"Thank you!" Izuku said before he heard the man's question. "Oh! I need to get to the Adventurer's guild! Quickly! There was an attack in the village to the east! I need to tell them and they need to send help! There are so many people hurt!"

The knight eyed him for a few seconds before slinging the guy over his shoulder and running into town as fast as he could, which compared to Izuku was lightning speed, man could run! To Izuku the run was fairly smooth and they reached a large building, the knight wasted no time on questions, he knew priority as well.

"Can you walk yet or do you need my help still?" He asked setting Izuku down testing to see if any feeling was back in the guy's legs. Izuku however, still had no bones and slumped against the kind man. He felt his cheeks warm, he over did it and where he did have feeling, it was mostly pain.

"Y-yeah sorry.. I am gonna need your help going any where for a bit." He said with a slight wince. It was starting to throb, but he was glad this knight seemed really accommodating, or rather, knightly. His experience with knights was less than ideal and came in the form of an aging squad from home, who abused their power as often as they could.

"Alright, traveler, I'll help you. Fair warning tho, the Guild Leader is a lot to handle.. he is very noisy." He warned as he scooped the man up once more and carried him into the hall to the reception desk.

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The young knight easily carried Izuku to the room beyond the reception desk, the young woman managing it having told him where to go as quickly as she could. The master had a meeting currently but upon seeing the state of the greenette and seeing her friend off his post, she knew it was best to take him seriously. The knight offered a polite nod before he took off.

No knock or polite greeting the knight simply swung open the door and gently placed the traveler on the nearest couch, which so happened to also contain a very angry guild master, glaring daggers at said knight. The man had long black hair that haphazardly framed his scarred face, but nearly covered those tired but harshly glaring eyes.

"Iida, what do you think you're doing. And who the hell is this kid?" Asked said man, his voice scratchy, tired but full of disapproving tones.

"Sir, Sorry for interrupting, but this guy ran here from a village to the east. He says last night a cursed creature attacked the village he was staying at and says… Miss Chiyo sent him." The knight, Iida stated in such a bland but loud and polite voice it made even Izuku feel offical.

"Chiyo.. she is supposed to be.." Mumbled the Guildmaster as he turned his now slightly softened gaze to Izuku. His dark grey eyes studying him in depth. He took in his manner of dress, but his haggered appearance and he also made note of the smell coming off of him.

"You saw it, didn't you, kid?" He asked addressing the kid next to him, who shot his own green eyes to meet the gaze of the older man.

"Y-yes, sir.. Sorry. I was trying to catch my breathe while… Iida? Filled you in with what I told him… it wasn't easy getting here as fast as I did."

Finally after hearing the story and hearing the young man respond, the guest perked up and spoke. The woman's voice was loud and full of enthusiasm and mirth. Her red eyes watching the green boy closely.

"Saw it and experienced a very, very small bit of its horror."

The guild master shot her a warning glare before turning back to face the boy. Anyone could see the magic he used had taken a toll on his, assumed, already tired body. It looked like, from his stand point, that the kid didn't develop this skill on his own for his or with his own body, it looked off.

Izuku flinched and sat up straighter at hearing her voice say what she had. A very, very small bit of it's horror? What he saw was scary enough, so the thought of it being much worse than what he'd experienced was mind blowing. After a few seconds he looked down at his hands and took in a shakey breath and started speaking on the subject more.

"Umm.. s-so I just saw a tail before I was crushed by it and some debris from a house… when I woke up Granny Chiyo was hovering over me and she went to explain what had happened.." He paused to look the woman in the eyes and took the opportunity to look her over. He noted she was dressed in Northerner clothing, warm but practical for high altitudes, she was a dragon rider! He was sitting in front of and meeting a dragon rider! The thought made him even more nervous and he felt his face reddening and quickly tried to cover it with his arms and hands in a very awkward visage.

"I-I t-told Iida about it s-so h-he can give you a better run down th-than I can right now! Oh my gosh a dragon rider!" He gushed the last part quietly but after the woman burst into laughter, he realized it wasn't quiet enough. Iida and the guild master just looked at each other before the master simply nodded to Iida.

"Iida I expect a report on all of this later, for now go to the Garrison and tell your father and brother we need to deploy as fast as we can to aid Chiyo and that village." Before he could finish the last word Iida nodded and sped from the room, leaving a bit of dust and a strange smell behind, it was like smoke but not quite, smelled more alchemic. "As you you kid. I think it's probably best if you go with Mitsuki so you can explain to her and her tribe about what you saw exactly. They are the only ones who can do anything about this bother."

Upon hearing her name Mitsuki seemed to break in half with a sly grin. Izuku thought she seemed far to excited for this turn of events and felt his nervousness rise even higher.

"S-sir." Izuku tried before he was interrupted.

"Aziawa.. Kid.. and you are?" The Guildmaster pressed a bit.

"O-oh.. Aziawa, sir.. Nice to meet you." At the introduction Izuku let himself relax a bit. "I-I'm Izuku Midori-"

"Oh! No need for your last name, sweetie! It won't be that for looong!" Sing songed Mitsuki, her mirth seeming to grow with every word being spoken between them. This woman was not behaving likie a tribe leader or representative in trouble or worry.

"Ma'am?" Asked a not relaxed but confused greenette, his hands now on his knees and face full of said emotion.

"Any way. You will go with Mitsuki back to her tribe's home and explain to their King and council, okay? I'll make sure Chiyo is aware." Aizawa paused before looking at Izuku a bit harder. "Do you have family you need to notify? I assume you haven't had the chance?"

"Oh! Yes. I told my mom I'd write at every town but I didn't get the chance at the last village… and I think she needs to know that after I set off mere days ago, I'll already be reach-"

"WHAT?!" Yelled Mitsuki, her body leaping from her chair and practically on the poor kid's lap. She bent over the table and grabbed his hands tightly. "You just left home days ago?! Like really just a few DAYS ago?" Her voice rose with excitement and another emotion, one he assumed was worry.

"Uhh y-yeah. I think just two days ago.. a lots happened so this doesn't feel real. But I have a lot to learn! And I am excited to do so and my mom will support my choice to go and help if I can.. s-so don't worry!" He said as the woman looked him in the eyes, watching his reaction. He felt his face redden again.

Mitsuki made a small noise and sat back down slowly. "Make sure you write your mom and explain the situation fully, ok? Don't leave anything out… and I'll make sure it gets delivered quickly and make it so she can also write you as often as she wants.. you will be required to be in our caves for a while, while we figure out what to do, okay?" Her voice was much less excited and seemed to still carry that worry.

"I'll make sure Chiyo knows, as I said. And don't worry, Iida's family runs the local garrison so this matter for that town will be handled fairly quickly…" Aizawa interjected before standing and going to his desk, his movements slow, and grabbed a few sheets of rough paper, an ink well and quill. "Write fast. I don't think Mitsuki wants to wait around longer than she needs too, its a long flight bac-"

"F-flight?! As in.. on dragon wing?! I-I get to fly on a DRAGON?!" A loud voice seemed to squeak out, meekly but loudly. The thought, scared him but it launched Izuku into an excited tizzy. A dragon! He'd get the change to get close to it! He could get so much information AND! He was going to have a chance to see more when they arrived at the caves! Wait… caves?

Mitsuki seemed amused at his outburst before nodding at the Guild Master. "Yeah Masaru and Katsuki are expecting me by tonight! And I am so excited for my little shit lord to meet little Izuku here! Oh and I suppose to aid in finding the cursed thing.." She relented the last part quietly, as if she really didn't care as much as the first two.

Izuku looked between Aziawa and Mitsuki for a few seconds before the Guild Master sat the paper and ink tools in front of him on the coffee table. He made sure to set the ink well to the right of the paper along with the quill. He assumed the kid was right handed.

"Thank you.. so umm.. where exactly am I going? I know you are dragon riders so I assumed North but where North?" He asked leaning to the table to start writing. He began his letter tell his mom about the cube and about the kind inn keepers he met, then went into what he experienced from the night on. He went into detail about the tail, the curses and how excited he was to help! He knew this would send his mother into worry but hoped her step-dad would step up to help her.

"You'll see sweetie. I can't really tell you til you show my husband how trust worthy you are but I'll make sure you and your mom never miss each others letters!" This seemed to satisfy Izuku as he offered a swift nod before finishing the rather long letter and folding it in a special way so his mother knew it was from him.

"Don't you have a wax seal, sweetie?" Ask Mitsuki, watching him origami the paper slightly. At the shake of his head she let out a tch sound and shook her own head. "We'll have one made for you when we get to your new home."

"N-new home?" Squeaked Izuku's voice.

[A/n] Next post will be traveling and hopefully meeting Katsuki! Sorry for the long wait before we meet out crazy screamer! But it'll be worth it! I am trying to hard to capture everyone! If you see something please tell me!]

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Mitsuki had only offered the young man a soft smile before taking his letter from him and sending it off with his instructions on how to get to his home town, directions and such. She'd wasted no time in it before she helped him get to his feet, he was still wobbly and weak from his run but it didn't look like he was as much pain as before nor did he seem as weak. The short rest seemed to have done him well.

Finally after a few more exchanges in paper, info and a small packages, Mitsuki led the younger male outside and walked him, slowly beyond the back gate, opposite from where he'd come running, and face to face with a deep red colored dragon. Izuku let out a loud gasp and widened his already big eyes to take in the full view of the magnificent creature hunched over in front of him.

"Th-that's a DRAGON!" He half yelled in excitement, but his body had frozen just outside the gate. That's a dragon! A dragon! He kept repeating over and over in his head before he swiftly pulled his book and magicked quill from his bag and started a new page, writing swiftly what he knew, however just as he was about to explain something about chin scales, Mitsuki walked over and gently pulled both items from his hand and gave him a soft pat.

"Now, now dear, there will be plenty of time to study this beauty once we get home, now come on.. no dallying. We have a lot of air to cover." Her voice wasn't angered only softly chiding as she replaced the items in his bag and softly moved the guy toward the dragon, whom still waited hunched.

"Her name is Duckie. She loves taking more than one person to the skies and she is a loving and gentle flyer. Best choice for your first ride. You next ride will most likely be with Duckie's hatching who is as hardheaded and unpredictable as my own son." She said as she pushed Izuku right up to her front leg.

"O-oh? I-I guess I should be grateful!" His voice was shaking as he spoke but he gently reach out to touch the dragon. His hand splayed over the hardened but somehow, soft to the touch in texture, almost like velvet, scales and ran his hand gently with the direction of them, careful not to do anything offensive, least he hoped. However, before long the dragon let out a soft huff, bent down taking the young man's vest in her teeth and carefully placed him in the saddle situated on her back.

"I bet you will spend a great deal in the stables or the flight halls…" Mumbled Mitsuki her form seeming to appear behind a reeling Izuku. The dragon lifted him! He was lifted by a dragon! His excitement and no small amount of fear, bubbled in his chest, but before he could process it fully or even let out a nerdy mumble, the dragon took to the skies.

The feeling Izuku felt as the air rushed passed his face, as the sound of beating wings filled his ears and as the soft sulfur scent filled his nose, was indescribable, it was like nothing he'd ever felt or expected to feel in all his life. The saddle he sat on seemed to conform perfectly to the dragon below him, molding to her frame and allowing the muscles under free movement. Suddenly the dragon dropped in flight, causing Izuku to squeak very loudly and cling to the woman in front of him, earning him a loud laugh.

"Relax kiddo, we will have lots of that, dragons can not create wind, the simply use it as a guide."

"R-right!" Izuku pressed out, pressing himself closer to her. Mostly out of fear, but he was also growing a bit cold, he did not have what she did to keep herself warm so he sought it out, in her cloak as it were. As he buries himself against her back, her cloak seemed to wrap around him, offering the warmth he sought, least for a while.

"Izuku, sweetie, why don't you try and sleep? Keep snuggled against me and rest." Offered Mitsuki, the motherly worry filling her voice again. Her eyes faced forward as they flew, watching as her dragon did. If Izuku could see her face he'd see the gentle glow from her eyes, it would match the glow from her dragon's, the two would be sharing sight, a skill only dragon riders knew and could use.

Izuku suddenly felt it, the exhaustion, the weight of the day and the effect of healing then running, he felt it all hit him like a ton of bricks. At her offer, he was out before he could formulate a response, his arms gripping the woman on instinct.

*Time Skip brought to you by the Space Pope and his reptilian hands, may we ever be blessed within his caring, raptor love*

The flight took around 6 hours to complete. Duckie flew as carefully as she could, knowing her mistress and friend would be very upset if anything happened to the young charge on her back. She flew as if her own child rode on her saddle, she even took the random bursts of harsh wind against her wings, with stride, even if it strained them. She loved and trusted Mitsuki and she could feel the care she felt for this boy as well, she couldn't help but feel the same.

At the sight of their mountain home, Duckie slowed her wings, preparing for the descent and landing. They'd made it with no problem of sight of the cursed creature. As she drew closer she could see that below them was the lush forest that surrounded her, their, home. Duckie set her eyes on a large flattened area positioned near the mouth of a very large cave, the depths of which were lit with large glowing stones. A welcome sight to be sure.

"Izuku, sweetie, time to wake up! You'll want to watch as we land!" Mitsuki said in an excited tone, shaking herself, hoping the boy would awaken quickly.

"Hmm? Land?" Izuku's groggy voice spoke up, his grip on Mitsuki slackening as he pulled from her to look around. His green eyes were glazed over with sleep, his hair was flat where he had pressed it against his motherly friend and he had a bit of dried drool on his cheek from his sleep. However, after a few seconds everything focused and he straightened hard. LANDING!?

"Landing?! We are here! OH!" He watched in fascination as Duckie's wings spread wide around them and felt her weight reposition, her hips pull forward and he felt in sheer awe as everything came to head with her clawed feet touched the smooth rock, her weight piling briefly on her thighs til her forelegs touched the ground. The movement was beautiful and smooth, he felt nothing of force of it.

"Ah, there we go! Wasn't that wonderful Izuku? Isn't Duckie just the most beautiful creature you've ever seen?" Cooed Mitsuki, her hands patting the neck of her friend. The sounds the dragon began to make, reminded Izuku of a might, might, larger version of his mother's cat. Duckie purred loud and in bliss, or what Izuku assumed was bliss. He watched and focused on the action and sound so much he did not notice a group of tribesmen appear next to Duckie and them.

"Oi, Hag. Who the fuck is that?" A gruff voice asked almost yelling. His own red eyes seemed to be swirling with an unknown rage at the very sight of the green haired man siding behind his mother. His manner of dress was very similar to his mother's, his pants were dyed a darker teal, a matching half vest with long orange sleeves dawned his arms and a bright red cloak with white fluffy fur trailed behind him slightly.

"Show some respect you little shit!" Red eyes clashed with similar red eyes as they both shot glare at each other. Very clearly mother and son, there was no way to think other wise. After a few seconds, the son looked away with a tch sound and focused his glare upon the green haired man, however at the sight of those bright emerald eyes shining with so much wonder and excitement, the son's breath hitched and he quickly dropped his gaze to his feet.

"O-oh! Mitsuki that must be your-" At hearing the man's voice the loud mouth's head shot up and he growled. His crimson eyes locking fully onto the greenette, eyes now filled with anger. How dare he address his mother by her name!

"Katsuki, shut that mouth and listen. This." She gestured to the man behind her. "Is Izuku Midoriya, he is a witness to All For One's destruction, as early as last night." She looked back at him now, her eyes softening. "In fact he ran from the village to the next in such a short time that he exhausted himself." Mitsuki swung her legs to start getting off the saddle and her friend. "So like I said show some respect."

Katsuki scowled at his mother and Izuku, his eyes narrowing again, between the two. His anger rising with each word, why should he care? Why should he, the Prince, show any respect to what was clearly a peasant man. "Why the fuck should I care or respect someone so far under me he might as well be a rock worm?" He yelled, near screamed.

SLAP

An even louder sound filled the air around them. Some how, without Katsuki or anyone else noticing the greenette had gotten from Duckie's back, to Katsuki and raised his hand to the much taller male. Izuku wasn't one to typically act on such impulse but he just couldn't stand how this guy was speaking to his mother, he was raised to be gentle, kind and respectful to the one who birthed him and the fact this male was so blatantly disrespectful, sent him into anger, despite his pain and weakness.

Two sets of shocked crimson eyes locked onto Izuku's frame, while a taller, seemingly gentler male and his fellow tribesmen seemed to stunned to do anything either, all stood stock still, all watching the green-haired male lower his hand and sigh.

"S-sorry but you shouldn't talk to your mother like that. I don't care your reasons. A son should never speak to his mother like that."

[A/n] Oh shit! DUN DUN DUUUUUN]