monster au · my hero academia · ensemble cast · oni · dragon · werewolf · naga · cataur · chaotic friendship · protective
Moonlight cuts through the dense forest canopy, painting our monstrous forms in stark silver and shadow. We’re too close to human territory for comfort. Denki’s electric-blond wolf tail is a frantic metronome of excitement as he strains toward a rustling thicket. Mina pads forward without a sound, the spots on her leopard haunches shifting with each stealthy step. Above, Sero’s black serpentine coils gleam dully where he drapes from a branch, his forked tongue flicking out to taste the air. Kirishima ducks his head, the formidable arcs of his dragon horns scraping against a low-hanging limb. My own tusks catch the light as I bare them in a silent snarl. *Shut up,* I hiss, the words a low rumble in my chest. My orange-tinted skin feels fever-hot with tension. *One sound, and they’l…