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Bakudeku wonderland AU with Mad Hatter Bakugo and Alice Deku
Anon, you have big brain. Also, I was like: I have no idea what can I write... And suddenly I wrote 2K? Anywho! I hope you like it, I made it like the Tim Burton movie because I really love it.
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Izuku managed to lose the beast in the forest. It was some kind of murdering dog or bear, he didn’t know, but his legs were aware that he had to put as much distance as he could from it. He had heard the word Bandersnatch from some of the card soldiers, but he couldn’t be sure if that was the creature’s name or slang for “Kill the green scholar running away”.
This had been his life for the past two days. Right after he had fallen down that damn hole, he had started fighting to stay alive every step of the way. Izuku had been sure he had found solace with the King of Hearts, but the man was volatile and prone to murder sprees. It had taken a badly worded phrase for the monarch to order his soldiers to kill him. Izuku barely had time to grab his things and escape, before they psyched that monster on him.
As he ran, the branches caught on his satchel and coat, smacking his face, but he didn’t stop until he tripped with a root, and fell face first in a small clearing.
First thing he noticed was the sweet smell, then the loud guffawing. Izuku scrambled to his feet and saw a... Tea party? In the middle of the woods?
Five people were sitting around a large table right outside a small cottage. It was covered with a stained mantel cloth, every inch occupied by china cups, fancy plates and silverware. Izuku saw a woman, her skin was a bright pink, brighter than her coat, and four gentlemen accompanied her. Well, maybe gentlemen was a bit of a stretch. They wore proper clothes, but ragged, stained, and dirty. The redhead wasn’t even wearing a shirt. Two of them, a blond one with a suit as yellow as his hair, and a raven haired one with a disastrous white suit were the ones laughing at him.
Izuku dusted his trousers off, and hoisted up the strap of his bag, ignoring the sting in his palms and the throbbing of his jaw.
“What are you running from, little bunny?” The woman gave him a nice smile, though her yellow eyes were as sharp as a falcon’s.
“The King of Hearts.” Izuku prepared to run, in case they tried to attack him, when the man at the head of the table lifted his face and a pair of bright red eyes rooted him in place.
His hair was also blond, but more ashen, almost white, and it was mostly hidden by an orange top hat, with a black ribbon tied to it. His black suit was almost impeccable, unlike his unruly table companions, just a few rips and holes. Izuku was suddenly self-conscious of his state of disarray and filth. An instant later, he reprimanded himself; he shouldn’t be worrying about some stranger in this weird place judging him.
“What could an unassuming little coward like you do to upset that giant headed piece of crap?” His voice was rough, and deep. As he gestured vaguely at Izuku, he made out the battered state of his hands. He couldn’t see much skin between all the bandages.
“I… I talked.” Izuku said, and that instigated a round of laughs, even the man questioning him snorted.
“That should do it… Oi!” He shouted out of nowhere, startling him.
“Ye-yes?” Izuku squawked.
“Want some tea, pipsqueak?” The man reached for a cup, as the redhead snatched the teapot from the center of the table.
Izuku had no intention of drinking anything from those strangers, but he thought he could pretend and play nice. He walked to the edge of the table, with plenty space between them.
“Sure.” He accepted, and promptly had to duck out of the way of the flying items, both thrown directly at him. He dodged the teapot, but had to use his bag to block the cup.
“Ugh, I’ll make more.” The woman said, as she got up and gathered items from the table.
Everyone busted out laughing, while the one sitting at the head of the table stayed silent, thoughtful.
“Fast reflexes for a pipsqueak.” He commented, tipping his hat.
“Are you all of you crazy?!?” Izuku screamed, and that sobered them up.
“Of course.” The raven haired one said, with a toothy grin.
“Haven’t you heard, idiot?” The one with the hat said as he stood up, showing Izuku the scabbard of his sword. “We are all fucking crazy here!” He punched the table, making all the tea spill.
Izuku needed to get out of here fast.
“Stop it, Bakugou!” The woman scolded him, hitting him with a silver spoon. “I swear I’m filling all your hats with tea when you are not looking.”
“I would love to see you try and live to tell the tale, Mina.” Bakugou threatened her.
Hats… Oh, he was so dense. It was just dawning on Izuku who this man was.
The Mad Hatter, Bakugou Katsuki, one of the biggest opponents of the King of Hearts. He had heard his name said with fear between the members of the Court. Even the caterpillar mentioned him his first day here, before Izuku made the wrong call.
There is no going back, but you could go to the Mad Hatter, and save yourself lots of trouble. Or search for the King of Hearts, which I already know you are going to do, as the idiotic trouble maker you are.
Izuku hadn’t been excited about looking for someone vastly known as mad. He had gone to the King, and that backfired terribly.
Was this the man the caterpillar had suggested for Izuku to find? The man who would save him from trouble?
“Both of you, please calm down.” The redhead pacified the bickering friends, a perfect picture of decorum, like he hadn’t just thrown a teapot at Izuku’s head.
“Who do you serve?” Izuku asked, and the one in the yellow suit scoffed.
“Nobody.” He replied, shrugging. “Occasionally we help the White King fight some cards, but that’s it.”
The White King and his chess pieces.
The sworn enemy of the man currently hunting him down.
“Kaminari is right.” The raven haired piped in. “We like to cause trouble, that’s all.”
“Speak for yourself, Sero. I also enjoy the tea.” Mina retorted. “What do you seek, little bunny?” She asked him, finishing the tea.
“I want to go home.” He confessed, even if he suspected that it was impossible. Izuku was ashamed of how small and vulnerable he sounded.
“Does it look like we know how to get out of here?” The Mad Hatter growled. Izuku wondered whether he was Mad as in crazy or more like in very angry.
When Izuku didn’t answer, the man jumped on the table, his heavy boots rattling the structure. Bakugou walked the length towards him, kicking cups, plates and silverware out of his way. Izuku watched him strode, his imposing stand and sure manners.
Maybe he was a hatter, but he moved like a fighter.
“Let me ask you something, dumbass.” Izuku held his gaze as he came to stand in front of him. “Do you belong in that place you so want to return to, or you just live there?”
“What’s the difference?” Izuku muttered.
The man crouched down, so they were eye to eye, and gripped his chin hard. Izuku didn’t bat his hand away, he recognized a challenge when he was faced with one. If the caterpillar had been right about the King of Hearts, maybe the Mad Hatter was the right ally.
“They couldn’t be more different.” Izuku could smell the sweetness of the tea in his breath, and his fingers were callous and unforgiving. With his dark orange shirt unbuttoned over his chest, he glimpsed a jagged line crisscrossing his collarbone. Izuku figured nobody stayed here unscathed for long. “I come from a far, but I belong here. With these idiots, ripping cards to shreds, hats fit in there somewhere, living day by day. And believe me, my days are never boring or the same.” The Mad Hatter shook his head lightly, the dark ribbon falling between them and tickling Izuku’s nose. “So? Do you belong to whatever shithole you crawled out of?”
“I actually fell in a shithole, thank you very much.” He fired back, and the surprise flashed across the man’s face.
“Hah! There is some bite under all those fancy clothes.” The man appraised him. “We might have a place for you here, if you have the fucking guts.”
For the first time, Izuku reflected on his resolution. Did he want to come back? He was alone. His father had left them way back, and his mother had passed away a couple of months ago, leaving him to his own in a cruel world. He didn’t have a penny to his name, his research was mocked and... He was in danger, because society frowned upon and severely punished parts of him that he couldn’t hide. The part of him that was singing and blushing with the prolonged touch of the handsome man staring at him.
Izuku took a step back and really thought about the past days. He had been shrunk, enlarged, chased and almost killed. He hadn’t had a minute of peace since he had arrived, until this moment right here.
With the Mad Hatter clinging to him and asking all the hard questions, Izuku felt safe, no out of danger, but he knew that if he chose right, he could have something here.
A wonderland full of unpredictable dangers, and equally whimsical folks, but with people having his back.
“Well?” Bakugou insisted, he frowned at Izuku’s shoulder. “Deku?” He had his name written down hastily in the strap of his satchel, and he misread it.
“Izuku.” He corrected him, and jutted his chin out, as much as he could with the man holding it. “I guess I can stay for tea.” He answered, circling his wrist, and the table erupted in applauses.
“Tch!” Bakugou released him and sauntered back to his place. Still standing on the table, he dug inside his coat pockets and turned sharply, throwing him another cup.
This time Izuku caught it easily, and Bakugou’s smirk was slow to appear but blinding and contagious.
“Interesting.” The Mad Hatter said, flopping back onto his chair. “Let’s see if you can stay that way.”
Izuku felt the thrill of the dare coursing through his body, and mustered the courage to climb on the table. His legs were unsteady, but his mind was set. Izuku didn’t kick anything and was careful not to spill more tea, but marched to the hatter.
“I think…” Everyone seemed to hold their breaths as he kneeled in front of Bakugou. Izuku took the orange hat, freeing pales spikes that gave the man a true air of madness, and put it on, tucking his green curls under it. “… That I can handle the challenge.” He affirmed.
“I bet you can.” The Mad Hatter replied, seizing his arms and yanking him onto the chair by his side.
“Oof!” Izuku said, landing ungracefully and almost cracking the tea cup.
“Just one thing, Deku, nobody takes my hat.” Bakugou said, ripping the thing from his head, and tugging Izuku’s hair harshly in the process. “Besides, you look like a fucking carrot with all that orange and green.” He observed Izuku, assessing him. “I’ll make something for you.” He continued, with kindness, as Sero poured some tea for him. He opened his mouth to thank him when a roar came out of the forest.
“Bandersnatch?” Izuku offered as an explanation, and the Mad Hatter barked out a laugh.
“You must have said some real shit for the King to send that beast after you.” He snapped his fingers. “Kirishima, go get their swords and your axe, we have a mutt to deal with.” The redhead, Kirishima, nodded, jumping to his feet and running to the small cottage behind them. “You three, can you bring the fucker to us?” Mina was the first to reach for knives, closely followed by Kaminari and Sero. All sprinted without hesitation to the forest, filling Izuku with guilt. He started to get up, but a strong hand sat him back down. “Finish your tea, we got this.” He spoke over the sound of the card soldiers approaching.
The Mad Hatter stood again, unsheathing his sword, and smiled, rows of teeth glinting like his steel, and red eyes burning. As if the prospect of a battle ignited him.
Izuku finally understood the King of Hearts’ caution when it came to Bakugou Katsuki. He vowed to himself to start working on becoming an asset for the merry group as soon as he could.
He would make a home here, with them.
Izuku had always been better at chess than cards anyway.
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I had so muuuuuch fun writing this! And all my friends were like: How are you going to pull this off? I really hope I did, and if I didn’t, well, I still enjoyed the ride! Thank you for asking for this!
being on doxxing terms with a tumblr mutual is kinda funny like we met at yaoi university and now an year later we both know each other's exact locations
you know my whole love life, my mental health status, all my (bad) life decisions, wait fuck u even know which uni i go to right, so you do know my location. WTF.
You cannot tell me he doesn't love Midoriya Izuku. There's so much yearning in the soft way he says, Izuku.
Katsuki in love. There are no other thoughts inside that head, only Izuku.
He is dying, and he only cares about Izuku. He is dying, and he mourns the loss of a future with Izuku.
This Katsuki is already thinking about "for the rest of our lives" with Izuku.
This poor little gay boy made sure they put him in the same team as his Izuku for the final battle because there was a tiny part of his brain that probably thought "I might not make it, but I'll be with Izuku until the very end."
But Izuku is not there, and Katsuki cannot bear the thought of spending his finally moments without him, so he talks to him as if he's there. He pretends Izuku is there with him.
/busts down your door WHAT ALL HAVE I MISSED IN BNHA?????? I just saw your comic and I’m so confused
okay so bakugou got got right we all know that, shigaraki fucked up his arm, bakugou said “oh I know what I gotta do” and did a good attack on shiggy but his heart exploded </3 and he died but edgshot said “nuh uh” and used his body to stitch it back up and then deku was late to the party and didnt even have time to be bummed out about bakugou’s corpse cause he has to fight shigaraki and then somewhere else afo does stuff blah blah blah and snatches hawks quirk (rip) and then takes off to join shigafo in that fight but all might says “not on my watch” and intercepts him and they duke it out and all this time afo is getting younger cause he used something made from eris quirk so he could keep duking it out with endeavour and that gang so he’s like a teen fighting poor old man all might who used all his savings to by himself a mech suit but it’s not going so hot for him and stain shows up to take on afo with all might but afo still wins and is about to finish off all might when bakugou starts up his own heart with his explosive sweat and makes really fruity eye contact with deku and with the power of friendship deku pauses his fight with shigafo to launch bakugou towards afo and bakugou saved all might and goes “dawg who’s this kid I’m about to beat the shit out of” and all might says “that’s afo” and bakugou goes to beat the shit out of toddler afo and succeeds because afo finally benjamin buttons out of existence but the whole balugou’s arm looks like seconds away from falling off, then after a long day of fighting bakugou takes a well deserved nap and we go back to deku v shigafo and it’s not going well for deku he’s trying to break through to tenko but he’s not getting anywear and then shigaraki steals danger sense and it gets even worse but second user goes “wait ! What if we attack him with psychic damage, give shigaraki ofa and we’ll beat the shit out of his mind so you can do your thing” amd deku is very sad but agrees and then after he goes punches all of the ofa vestiges into shigaraki they end up in his mind palace and little deku holds little tenko hand even though it’s disintegrating his own and this is where we think “wow he truly won with the power of friendship” but no !! He did not ! The afo vestige that loves in shigaraki’s mind comes out and evil laughs and says “you idiot I’ve been behind all the awful missrable things that happened your whole life ! I convinced your dad to have you, I took your og quirk away and gave you half of an ability that should have let you destroy and recreate but only gave you the destructive part because I am evil and you are too because I made you that way” and shigaraki goes :0 ?!1?;& and dissolves because afo cast vicious mockery and got a nat20 dealing double damage. We then exit shigaraki’s mind and deku has no arms !! But behind him avengers endgame style, heroes amass and aizawa steps out of the portal and goes “damn sorry midoriya if only I’d come like a minute earlier now you’re armless </3” but ! He tosses deku eri’s horn because eri havked it off herself to give to deku to save him and deku’s arms start growing back :D at the same time, afo has fully taken over shigaraki’s body and i like “haha tomura is no more it’s just me now” but he’s super bummed out because his vestige brother is gone as well and he’s like “damn what even is the reason for doing anything anymore :// I guess I’ll still kick ur ass or whatever but I’m kinda apathetic about taking over the world now” but while deku gave away ofa he still has some of the embers and with the power of froendship once more, he dodges afo’s attacks and punches him super duper hard, and we see shigaraki again :D and yoichi :00 and yoichi says sone shit to afo and shigaraki turns to deku like “this was truly our hero academia :) tell spinner I love him” and deku says “sure dawg” and they fist bump and stuff
tldr: deku gave up ofa to save shigaraki and bakugou’s arm is super super messed up which is very fun
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