Since when has it been?
1 week? 2 weeks? 3, 4.. Um.. Sorry!

Belated Happy Halloween!
And Advance Merry Christmas!

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~•Author's POV•~

Katsuki goes to the town which is around the forest but near the palace to train, to know more information and to buy some stuff for the tourney such as Weapons..

Walking through the pathways here in the town seemed really boring for Katsuki, and he never found good stuff sold here so he decided to check every stores, stands and stalls. He entered the stores one by one but he still didn't find something useful.

Imagining if Midoriya was here, it would be really expensive. Katsuki isn't actually someone who will buy something for someone, but Izuku knew the ash blonde so well. The greenette use Katsuki's pride in (kinda) advantage to have him buy stuff especially food for him. 
Thinking about the cute cinnamon roll made Katsuki miss him so much. 

"Shitty Deku" He mumble while unconsciously glaring at the object which is hanging on the wall. 

"You've got a problem with Izuku?" Is what he suddenly heard from beside. Katsuki turned to the man and unexpectedly saw the heterochromic prince. 

"That's none of your business" as he turn back away and started walking away as well to avoid the future questions and mistakes he might say.

Not surprising, Todoroki followed Katsuki. "I think that is and anyway, Why are here?" 
"I should ask you the same" Katsuki said not answering his answer since he don't want to mention anything about the tournament to Todoroki. 
Given the fact that the Prince is PATIENT as fvck, he answered properly "I escaped from the palace and wandered until I reach this town." 

"Don't worry, they won't know it's me because I wear this hat" he added.

"I don't really care, I don't even notice you wearing that hat. And what's the point of wearing that shit? I don't think it has any magic" Katsuki said continuously without taking a break for breathing.

"You think so? A woman who is an owner of a store said that if I wear this, Everyone won't recognize me" Todoroki explained unsure.

"Pfft! You were fuckin' tricked" the ash blond laughed.

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Before they knew it, Todoroki and Katsuki were already hanging around together. They check on stores and stuff. 

"Hey this looks good" Todoroki recommended. "What?! That's a rag!" Katsuki laughed again.
"You've got a bad taste!" He added.

"I can taste food well, you know." He mumbled but when Katsuki was about to correct him, he interrupted. "Speaking of food, want me to treat you?" As the prince pointed a resto outside with his index finger.

"W-wha!? I don't eat shit treated by a half-half bastard!" 

"Okay" The patient prince simply replied with no sign of sarcasm in his voice. 

They then entered a wizard & witch store. Spotted lots of kinds of potions and even floating brooms.
There are even moving pictures and you can also talk to them but really expensive.

There's this potions that took Katsuki's interest that he'd probably don't bother buying. It's the 'Brainwashing' and 'Regeneration' Potion. On the second thought, Nah, It's really expensive.

Todoroki noticed that his short-term companion had piqued an interest in such thing.

"Brainwashing potions are really expensive because it's too hard to make and also needs a lot of rare ingredients for the creation time, making it takes a lot of time." The prince explained what he learned during his Royal classes about the certain potion. "You need to make your victim look at your eyes and reply to you so that you can control them by commanding them" he added. "Is it even allowed?" He asked considering that when you drink it, It's like you're taking someone's freedom against their will.

"Frankly, Yes. When you drank a vial of it, you've only got small 3 minutes and it'll wear off and you'll unable yo control anyone which leads to failure. Quite troublesome isn't it?" Todoroki demonstrated as Katsuki just hummed again in response.

"Regeneration: a really common word. renewal or restoration of a body of living things after injury. Including humans, animals, beasts, dragons and even trees or plants. But also needs lots of work before you can make one, it takes a month to make a vial of it." He explained the another potion. "All you need is a drop anyways.." Todoroki added.

The Prince started to explain the other potions and trailed off at last.

"I'll go training in the forest" Katsuki simply said and left. Of course, Todoroki received the message and followed him ignoring the truth that Katsuki avoided his upcoming more long explanations.

Yup, that's Katsuki's Language. Only few of his friends can understand it, And Izuku and Todoroki are one of those few. 

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Example: 
Katsuki: Leave me alone!
Kaminari: (Leaves)
Katsuki: Tch, That fuckin' idiot really left..
If you follow him he'll be pissed but if you leave he'll be more pissed.. Complicated right? Only people with much Patience can hang around him for long.
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Katsuki may probably not look like it but he's really wise. He trained with Shouto to know techniques and more fighting stuff by observing his opponent's moves. 
Since Todoroki is a prince, he learned how's the perfect fighting stances, actions, using ranged or melee attacks, and more formalities as a fighter. 
Observing it would really help Katsuki if his opponent is royalty trained, unlike him. 

They sparred using wooden sticks that are found everywhere. They practiced aiming and shooting using the bow they bought. They fought without weapons too.

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The dawn has come and Todoroki must leave. The guards are looking for him, with the conclusion that he might be kidnapped.
The prince wanted to spar more fights with Katsuki but--

"

Hey!" Yelled the guard that took the attention of all guards and the two's. They witnessed Katsuki fighting Todoroki.

"What are you doing with the prince!" Exclaimed the other guards.

"Urgh! What the fuck?!" Katsuki yelled confused. "They thought you're trying to actually kill me.." Todoroki mumbled.
"Tell them! Not to me!" The hunter replied.
"And I'll actually kill you later if something bad happens here!" He added.

"Sto--" before Todoroki can even finish his word, three guards ran and pointed their swords at Katsuki. "Wha-!" 

"He did nothing wrong" the prince stated, monotoned. The cold voice give chills to the guards and even to Katsuki. 

"Please follow us back to the palace." The other guard said as he lowered his sword and bowed. "No need to, I have my horse" he replied.
"As you wish, my majesty" 

After a moment they walked away, back to the palace. Katsuki walked through the pathway from the forest deciding to go home as well. But the prince is still behind him on his white horse, "Why are still following me?" The hunter asked. "You know what? What just happened is the same as what happened back then." Todoroki said. "Huh? I don't get it" 

"Probably the first time we met?" The prince mumbled. "Why does that sound so fuckin' romantic? It gives me chills" Katsuki remarked. 

"Seriously, Back then I also escaped from the palace. I ran through a forest but not long, old man noticed my disappearance. He quickly ordered the guards to look for me, and so they did. At that time, I'm resting on a tree. When I woke, I jumped down but I accidentally stepped on a trap. And because of the noise, the guards came. Sadly, you were there. Before I fall, I saw some guys sneaking and they were bandits. They thought it was you who set up the trap so they threatened you, pointed their swords at you. Just like what happened, I defended you-" Todoroki continuously tell the story with no signs of stopping.

"Yeah Yeah, it's too early for bedtime stories" I Interrupted. "That's not a bedtime story" Todoroki pouted.
"A folktale then." 

"Not either" 

"Tale?"

"Nope"

"Anecdote?"

"Probably?" 

"How could you forget.." Todoroki pouted. "Anyway.." He again stopped as he looked at the wall across Katsuki. 

"I'll be leaving" The prince bid his farewell as his horse started to fasten its pace. 
"Hope I won't see you around again!" Katsuki yelled.
"That's impossible" Todoroki answered, his horse slowed back down again.
"How can you say so?" The ashblonde asked.

"Try looking around!" Todoroki Shouto exclaimed as his horse galloped quickly. 

"Look around..?" Katsuki repeated, And so he did look around. On the wall plastered a high quality paper with gold sparkling designs written the information about the Tournament. 

"What.the.fuck?" He cursed not believing what he's seeing. 

Todoroki Shouto vs. (Random Name) and Bakugo Katsuki vs. (Random Name) on the other side. Which means if they both won their fights, they'll be fighting each other at the final round.

"Oh Shit" Katsuki smirked. As he was about to take a step forward. A soft, small and white piece of frozen water fell on my nose gently from the sky; Snow. 

I almost forgot it's winter.

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And sorry if this chapter is.. You know? No KatsuDeku. But moment of Todoroki and Baku.. Lmao. But I still hope that you enjoyed this part!

And!!

Please tell me in comment section what you expect to happen in the Dragon Tournament! PLEASE!

And really sorry for the late update!! I can't publish this for some time because we've got a week suspend/break ('Sem break' as we call it) in school and I can only connect to internet when the school is on because ↓. And since I'm unable to go out.. 
To not confuse everyone, I'm back to •pay to publish• (chapter 2, just like what's inside both '*' but the difference is that 'I'm paying 5 peso for connecting an internet' which is around the school I'm attending {Another reason}). 

And for the next and next and next chapters, advance sorry if they are OOC! Especially Katsuki's Opponent lmao!

And also another SORRY for the long Author's Note!

Thank you for reading!