Toshinori groaned softly. He sat on the floor of his room as Inko insisted on patching him up. He looked over at the green haired woman as he gave her a soft smile. He knew that he couldn't really be mad at her. After all, she was only looking out for him much like how he looked out for her. To think, they've been in love for seven years and yet, he knew that he still couldn't let her father know that they loved each other.

But as time had gone on, it was only getting harder and harder for them to be together.

The young man knew that things have been rather hectic lately. It seemed that the attacks that have been going on for a few years now only seemed to have gotten worse. He could still recall the one attack where there was a shadowy figure standing off into the distance. The only thing that Toshinori could make out were a pair of glowing crimson eyes.

He shuddered thinking about it.

"Toshi? Are you okay? I didn't hurt you did I?" asked Inko.

"No my dear far from it." Toshinori answered with his signature smile on his face. Yet, seeing her frown he let out a soft sigh. Turning himself around, the young man reached up and gently cupped the side of Inko's face. "Honestly, I'm fine. I'm just thinking back to the mission that I just came back from." He answered her.

"What happened?" asked Inko.

Scratching the back of his head, the young man calmly said "Well, the enemy was rather strange that was for sure. It seemed that normal weapons can't hurt them. They just bleed and even that doesn't seem to faze them. Yet, when I use my sword they seem to…"

"To what?" asked Inko.

"Turn to dust. Even if I just punch them, it isn't enough to take them down. Something is odd about them, they aren't human, and they don't seem to appear as anything other than humans." Toshinori said with a frown on his face. Trying to think on what they could be, but it seemed that nothing came to mind. It was as if he just couldn't think as to what it was that had caused them to only be destroyed by anything other than his sword.

"That is rather strange." Inko whispered.

"Yes. But I know for a fact that we will need to be careful still. We cannot allow this to keep going on, whatever they want it is here. It could even be you that they are after." Toshinori said with a sigh. It was the only reason why the lord would send him out and about to stop these creatures. They only seemed to attack during the night, and only seemed to be targeting the manor.

Why that was, he didn't know. But it still put the princess at risk and thus, he had no choice but to go out and fight them as he was the more powerful among them.

Turning his gaze back to his lover, he couldn't help but stare at her with a frown on his face. "No matter what, I will keep fighting Inko. I'll make sure that I'll fight for a future that we can be together." Toshinori promised.

"Really?"

"Yes." He said with a gentle smile before kissing her forehead. Grunting a bit, the young man pushed himself up and pulled his robe back over his wounded back and chest before he turned to stare at the woman he held deep in his heart. "Inko, I don't know how much time we'll have. But I will do everything in my power to make sure that we can be together. I don't know when that will be, or even how but I will find a way. I don't care how long it'll take me. We will be together." Reaching out, he gave the woman a hand to pull her up onto her feet.

Inko smiled gently before sliding her hand into his as the tall man pulled her up onto her feet. Yet, he had pulled a little too roughly as Inko slammed into his chest. He winced a little but gave her a soft smile. "Toshi, did you do that so I would be held by you and… were you looking for a kiss?" asked Inko.

"Maybe. Did it work?"

"Yes, come down here you silly man." Inko said with a smile before kissing the blonde after he had bent down low enough for her to reach him.

Toshinori let out a soft sigh as he held onto her. He loved her, but feared that with her not being married, that her father would start to push things along himself. At this rate, he may have to push everything along on his own. Yet, he had no idea as to how that would be…

Pulling back, Toshinori whispered "We should go. Your father wanted to speak to us along with a few of the other lords about the attacks." Inko nodded before she along with Toshinori walked back toward the meeting hall. The blonde knew that he himself, would have to give his reports about the attacks, but wondered what it was that he would have to do. What he was to do in the first place. Letting out a soft sigh, the young man gazed outside, it was still daylight so they would be safe. As the creatures only seemed to prefer attacking at night.

Yet, it had him curious as to why that was.

Tearing his gaze away, the young man took a deep breath as he tried to make himself look professional. One thing that he hated to do around Inko, but while in the presents of her father, he would have to ignore his own feelings… and, along with hers. It was one thing that he hated more than anything but knew that this was the way things had to be for the time being. It was sad, and it hurt him but sadly, it was the way things had to be for the time being.

Once they entered the meeting hall, Toshinori saw the lords in their usual spots at the sides of the room with Lord Midoriya standing at the end. He gave them a calm stare before he stood next to the man as did Inko. Toshinori wondered what the lords would do in order to prevent the attacks, or if they could do anything in the first place. It had him rather worried about everything that was going on around him.

"As many of you all know, we have been having attacks by strange creatures." Lord Midoriya said with a sigh as he looked at the many lords in the room. Many of them let out murmurs of agreement before nodding to the green haired lord. "I have with me today, my daughter and her guard All Might." Toshinori straightened himself up when he heard that name. "All Might here, has fought those creatures and has learned a few things."

"Such as?" asked one of the lords.

Toshinori took a step forward as he gazed at all of the lords in the room. His gaze calm yet calculating as he looked at each and every one of them. "I have learned that they only seem to attack at night." Toshinori began before looking around and saw that they rolled their eyes. "They also seem to be targeting the manor. I do not know what they are after but what I have learned, is that they cannot be defeated by usual means."

"What do you mean by usual means?" asked a lord.

"If you hit them, they feel no pain. If you stab them they don't seem to flinch at all, or they simply have a high pain tolerance. They bleed, but they show now concern about it. But, when I used my sword on them, it seemed that should they be stabbed in the heart or slashed in half they turn to dust. Only a stab and they seem to cry out in pain as if they were any other human, or at the very least, their tolerance to pain is no more." Toshinori said with a serious expression. The lords chatted among themselves as Toshinori walked around, standing before the lord as he turned his attention, as if asking if he may demonstrate how they could defeat them.

Lord Midoriya nodded his head.

Toshinori turned his attention back to the men as he asked "Now answer me this, what are your normal swords made from?"

"Steel."

"Correct, what do you think is different between my weapon of choice, along with the usual weapons?" asked Toshinori.

"What is it?" asked a lord.

"Allow me to show you." Toshinori calmly said before he removed his sword from its sheath. Normally, people wouldn't see much of a difference between his sword among the many others. But the blade itself, it sparkled in a way that a normal sword wouldn't. It seemed that it started to dawn on them but, not Inko nor her father. "They seem to not be able to tolerate silver. But, with silver being a rare source itself, only my sword is capable of defeating them." Toshinori said with a sigh.

Turning to Lord Midoriya, he calmly said "I don't expect you to waste your resources to get all the silver we can find. That may take up more time than we have my lord. I fear that with how often these attacks come, we may never be able to stop them in time."

Lord Midoriya nodded his head at this, knowing that Toshinori was right about this. It would take up far too much time to get around. Taking a deep breath, Lord Midoriya looked to his daughter before wrapping an arm around her and started to whisper to her about something. Toshinori wasn't sure what it was, but knew that it had to be something between father and daughter. Something that he, himself could never understand.

Once that was done, Inko looked rather sad and concerned. It made Toshinori wonder what it was that her father had said to her, but knew that he couldn't pry. Even though he wanted too so badly but couldn't. "What do you suggest Lord Midoriya?" asked Toshinori.

"We will have to have you in the front lines unless it is too dangerous. I may not like it, but should the time come, I would want you to take their target and my daughter out of harms way and escape." Toshinori stared with wide eyes. There was no way that he could allow this to happen. He was supposed to abandon his lord? Yes, he knew that he was to protect the princess, but… to let the lord die? Toshinori didn't know if he could do that.

"But, my lord."

"No All Might that is my order to you as your lord." Hisashi said with a sigh.

All Might clenched his hand into a tight fist, not liking this one bit but damn it, he knew he had to follow the rules of his lord. Or at the very least, his orders to a degree.

"What else can you tell us?" asked Lord Midoriya.

"I saw something during one of the attacks. A strange shadowy figure with red eyes. I don't know if that is their leader, or their creator or what it is that they are or what that was but I had a bad feeling from it. It almost seemed as if something deep within me was telling me to run or fight. I don't really know how to explain it my lord." Toshinori explained with a frown on his face.

"That could have been their leader. He must have been taunting you perhaps as you haven't been able to capture him." Toshinori glared at the lord that said that. He wanted to go over there and smack him, that lord never liked him just because of his mixed heritage and his appearance not being 'Japanese' but knew that he couldn't do such a thing or else he could be executed for such an act.

"I don't know, like I have said I do not even know if that was their leader or creator. I don't even know what it was." Toshinori began before bowing to his lord and going back to stand next to Inko.

"Thank you All Might." Lord Midoriya said with a soft sigh before he looked at his daughter and gave her a small smile before looking back at the lords. "Now, as many of you know my daughter has yet to choose a husband for herself." What? No, no, no, no, no! "Recently, there was a request sent to me by a new lord who wishes to make our bond stronger by marrying my daughter."

Inko, along with Toshinori's eyes widened in shock as they stared at the man. There was no way that this was going to happen. This couldn't happen! "Even though I wish for my daughter to choose her own husband, she has a duty to her lands and her people by marrying and producing an heir to the throne." No, this can't be happening!

"So, the lord shall be here in four days' time to claim my daughter as his bride and then we shall commence the wedding." Lord Midoriya said with a sad smile on his face.

Toshinori stared with wide eyes. The rest of the meeting was a blur for him, he had no idea what had happened, only that afterwards, he found himself standing in the hall. Inko staring at him with concern on her face. "Toshi?"

"I can't allow this. I have to speak to your father." Toshinori said while gritting his teeth together. Inko shook her head at him. "But-"

"No, he will not change his mind." Inko said with a frown. Tears filling in her eyes before she let out a soft sigh at her lover.

Toshinori grabbed her hands, cupping them between his large ones as he gazed deeply into her eyes. "I promise you princess, no matter what comes my way, no matter what tries to stop me, I'll always fight to protect you. I don't care what the price is… I'll gladly pay it so long as I know you are safe."

"Toshi, this isn't a fight we can win."

"I will do whatever it takes Inko. I won't let them win!"

"Let's just… sit in the gardens and clear our minds." Inko suggested, a soft smile on her face as she looked up at him. Toshinori couldn't help but sigh at that. He knew that he couldn't say no to her.

"Of course." Though, he also hoped that maybe, he could convince her to run away with him. Then, they could be together.


It had been two days, Toshinori knew that today he would have to leave with Inko. Yet, how was that to be? He knew that they only had two more days until the lord would come for Inko and most likely take her away so she could be his bride. Just thinking about it made his heart hurt, and Toshinori knew that he couldn't live without the princess in his life.

Looking around, the young man looked left and right in the hall before he made his way to the Lord's room and knocked. He frowned as he got no answer. This was rather strange before he carefully opened the door and what he saw made his eyes widened in shock and terror. "My Lord!" Shouted Toshinori as he rushed to the lord and saw that he had two puncture holes in his neck. Yet, he was still a little warm, he hadn't been dead long.

"Toshi… nori…" The lord whispered. Eyes widening, Toshinori looked at the lord.

"My lord, what happened?!"

"No… time… Inko is… in danger." He whispered weakly. "Inko knows… a way out. I had been storing items away for her to use later in her life but…" Lord Midoriya coughed a little and groaned. "The lord, he sent another letter… please, take my daughter away from here and make sure that she is safe."

"I… I will my lord. But, what is going on?" asked Toshinori asked.

"I don't… really know myself. But, just know if my daughter was to wed anyone… I had hoped that it would have been you." Toshinori stared with wide eyes, as he was about to ask what was going on the lord took his last breath before his eyes closed. Toshinori stared in shock before trembling. Looking over at the man's pile of letters, he rummaged through them in the hopes of learning what it was that the letter had sent. He knew that he had to learn what he was dealing with!

Shifting through letters, the young man wondered how much time he had, but with the lord dead, Inko was in danger. "There!" He said before quickly grabbing it and looked through the letter.

Dear Lord Midoriya,

I wish to wed your daughter. All the attacks and killings shall stop if you hand over your daughter to me in four days' time. But, you should be careful. I have men watching everywhere, if I learn that you do not mean to give me her hand then I shall take matters into my own hands.

From Lord Yuugure.

Toshinori stared with wide eyes before tucking the letter in his kimono and ran off as quickly as he could. "Inko!" Shouted Toshinori, and not a moment too soon did he start to hear the cries and screams of those in the manor. The attack already begun!

"Fuck!" He shouted before running more, using his quirk to increase his speed.

"Toshi!" shouted Inko, causing him to turn the corner and stare in relief as he saw Inko rushing to him. "Toshi, we have to go and get my father! We need to get out of here!" shouted Inko.

"He's already gone, I just checked on him. He was alive for a moment, long enough to tell me to get you out of here." Toshinori said with pain in his eyes. God, of all the things that had to happen, it had to be this. Looking around, he saw that the manor was starting to smoke. Cursing under his breath, the young man looked over at Inko as he said "We need to hurry and escape from here as quickly as we can."

"Father told me a way out of here." Inko said with a nod before grabbing Toshinori's hand and started to run with him. Shaking his head, Toshinori lifted the princess in his arms as he held onto her as tightly as he could. "Toshi?!"

"Just tell me where to go!" He said to her, his voice sounding a mixture of panic and worry as he tried to hurry up and get the hell out of here.

"The meeting hall, the entrance is under the mat behind my father's throne." Inko said softly so only Toshinori would hear. Though, he couldn't help but wonder if the attackers could even hear her in the first place. Running as quickly as he could, Toshinori made his way over to the meeting hall, closing the door behind him as quickly as he could before setting Inko down. "I'll go get it opened for us if you can keep them out of here."

Nodding his head, Toshinori grabbed his sword as he got himself ready for any kind of attack. Yet, he couldn't help but be curious as to why they would attack now. If it hadn't even been four days, then why attack unless… 'He wanted Lord Midoriya to be unprepared for such a thing…' thought Toshinori with a curse under his breath. Damn it, he should have seen this coming but if only Nana was still around to tell him what was going on. But, after he had fully mastered One for All, she had left to be with her family.

Tightly shutting his eyes, the young man breathed quickly as he tried to get himself to relax. If there was one thing that he hadn't been prepared for, it was this. He was far from being prepared for an attack such as this. "Got it!" Inko said with a smile, causing Toshinori to whip his head around and stared with wide eyes as he smirked. Inko's smile was so bright and radiant that it was amazing that she could show such a smile during a time like this.

"Let's go." He said before looking around and grabbed a stray steel sword to slide into the handles of the door before using his strength to bend it to keep the door from sliding open. It wasn't strong, but it would do for now against whatever it was that was attacking.

Rushing to Inko, he grabbed her hand before running into the tunnel and watched as she hit a button in the wall that closed the door above them. "What next?" Asked Toshinori as he lifted Inko into his arms and ran as fast as his legs would carry them.

"We just have to keep running down this tunnel and it'll take us outside." Inko said with a serious look on her face.

"Got it."

Toshinori ran, he ran and he ran not seeing an ounce of light in this darkness. He wondered if there was even any kind of light in this wretched tunnel. All he could make out was little gleams of items such as jewels and once his eyes had adjusted to the darkness, he saw a few scrolls of paintings and the like as he ran. He couldn't help but wonder what it was that Lord Midoriya had stored here.

"Inko, what were you doing before he managed to find me?" asked Toshinori.

"My journal."

"Inko…"

"I know but, I want to keep it. It has so many memories written into it. So many stories I want to pass onto the next generation. Our next generation." Inko whispered.

Hearing such a thing made him blush before he gave her a small smile. Even though she couldn't see it thanks to how dark it was in here, he knew that he had to keep running. If he wanted her dream to come true, as well as his own then they would have to get out of here alive.

"Look, I see the door!" Inko shouted which caused Toshinori to look ahead, squinting his eyes a bit to adjust. There was indeed a doorway, there were little rays of light coming in through it. He couldn't help but wonder what would await them on the other side or even how far they had ran.

Setting Inko down, he allowed her to open the door as she was the only one that could as her father had most likely told her during the meeting. That must have been what he was telling her.

Watching as Inko pressed a few slabs of stone, he couldn't help but wonder how old this place was. Or even how such a thing was even possible in the first place. It must have been created using some kind of quirk. It was created, but at the same time remained. Puzzling that's for sure.

Tilting his head a little, Toshinori took a deep breath as he carefully walked with Inko out of the tunnel, seeing as how the sky had darkened. The creatures would be out soon if they stayed around. "Let's go, this way." Toshinori whispered as he lifted Inko into his arms once again and ran. The clouds were dark, darker than usual. He had a feeling that it was going to rain. That would make it harder for them to be tracked should they have someone that specialized in such a thing.

Breathing deeply, Toshinori knew that he couldn't stop. He had to get them far, as far away as possible. Far away enough so that they could live in peace. Yet, he knew that Inko would have to rebuild her kingdom by scratch so to speak, but he would do everything within his power to do so.

The sound thunder echoed in the air, causing Toshinori to run faster. Thunder was dangerous, that much was for sure but he wondered if it would even hit them. Or if those vampires even had quirks at that. If so, what would happen if they had a quirk that allowed them to use thunder around them?

"Toshi?" Inko said with a whimper.

"Don't worry my dear, nothing will stop me. I will make sure that we are safe no matter what!" He declared as he looked at her, his smile was a little strained as he tried to use his quirk to make them go faster. Yet, his lungs could only hold so much air.

Suddenly, he felt something sharp and painful in his left shoulder. He yelled out in pain as he was whipped away, Inko falling out of his arms as she hit the ground with a cry of pain. Rolling onto the ground, Toshinori looked up and saw the tall figure of a man, his cloak almost made out of the very shadows as he sneered down at Toshinori. "Thought you could escape with my bride? Too bad…" He whispered before he revealed his sharp fangs and licked the blood off.

Eyes widening, Toshinori looked over at Inko as she saw trying to rush to him. Toshinori shook his head, jumping to his feet, using his sword to slap the man across the face as he shouted "Go!" Before he could get further, the man sank his fangs in Toshinori's shoulder, right back into the puncture holes and all but seemed to drag Toshinori back. "Go Inko! Run! Don't look back, just keep running I'll catch up!" He shouted, not really sure if he could get to her. Not sure if he would even live through this.

Inko looked like she wanted to just run to him anyway, wanted to be near him regardless of the consequences. He tightly shut his eyes, gritting his teeth in pain as he shouted "Just run Inko! Please, do this one thing for me because I don't want you to get hurt! I don't want you killed!" Tears streamed down his face, yet the rain that poured down washed his tears away. She stared at him with wide eyes before running as quickly as she could.

"Looks like I have a little bunny to chase." The man said after ripping his fangs from Toshinori's shoulder. He hissed in pain, punching the man with all the strength he could muster before glaring the man down. Blocking his path from getting to Inko. "Oh? You think you can stop me boy? I am far older than you are, you could never hope to stop me with your power." He said with a smirk on his face.

Toshinori pulled out his sword, narrowing his eyes at the man as he said "I don't think I could ever beat you. I will stop you, I'll give her all the time she needs to escape even if I have to throw away my life to do so!"

"My, such passion from a fool." Mocked the man with a smirk.

"Answer me this, did you kill Lord Midoriya?"

"Oh him? Yes, he dared to step in my way from having the girl. I do not know what it is about her but she seems to draw in vampires and I wish to have her."

Vampires? That's what they were?

Shaking his head, Toshinori glared as he said "I won't let you hurt her. I don't care what you want from her, but you will never hurt her so long as I am around!" With that, he rushed forward. Swinging his sword at the man who only seemed to dodge. Then threw a punch at Toshinori.

The blonde dodged and swung his leg at the shadowy figure and managed to hit him in the ribs. He snarled at Toshinori before he japed his hand through the blonde's wounded shoulder. Toshinori screamed out in pain only to glare with so much hate that he never knew that he could feel this. Screaming, the blonde rushed forward and swing his sword, only knicking the flesh of this vampire's arm. He only hissed in pain before turning to Toshinori and smirked.

"Silver, interesting that it can hurt us, kill us… who would have thought that this sword along with your quirk is the one thing that can defeat me."

Huh?

"You, you're the one I am destined to fight." Toshinori said with wide eyes.

"Indeed. Didn't think you'd be a chosen one again."

Huh? Again?

Shaking his head, the young man rushed forward once again. Throwing punch after punch, only for them to either be blocked or dodged. "You think you can defeat me like this? Take another few hundred years and you may be able to give me a punch." He said with a chuckle. Throwing a punch that caused Toshinori to fly into a tree and land on the ground with a groan. Shaking his head, his sight was starting to spin around him.

He must have hit his head pretty hard but he wasn't going to give up. There was just too much riding on this fight to give up!

Breathing deeply, Toshinori looked over and saw the man walking toward him. He had to think of something quickly. Yet, his focus was giving out on him from that blow to his head.

Shaking his head, the young man took a deep breath before pushing himself up onto his feet, only to fall to his knees. "Damn it." He cursed to himself before looking up and saw the man smirking at him. "Do you really think you can stop me?" Toshinori knew that he couldn't. He knew that this man was not a mortal man. That he had to find a way to stop this man but what more could he do? It would be hours before the sun rose, that is if the sun even effected them in anyway.

"No answer? Amazing." He mocked before sending a kick to Toshinori's rips, sending the man rolling onto the ground rolling in the mud. Groaning, Toshinori pushed himself up slowly, using his sheath as a stand. He groaned and let out coughed up gasps as he stared his tumbling vision on the man as he approached. "I won't lie though, you are a rather interesting man. Maybe I should have you join me, I could use a fighter like you on my team and you can have your precious princess and drink from her to your hearts content."

"Fuck… you." He bit out before swinging his sword at the man, slashing at his chest as blood spilled everywhere. Toshinori knew that he only had so much time before his own body gave out on him. He felt like his head would implode at this point. Yet, everything was already starting to fade on him. Fuck!

Charging once again, the young man jumped and swung his sword at the man in the hopes that he could defeat him. Yet, it seemed that the man had prepared for such a thing as he grabbed Toshinori by his throat and pinned him to the tree. "I think I'll keep you around. You will come and join me eventually. All of my creations usually do. Once I have you join me, then you will have your princess again." He smirked, Toshinori groaned as he saw the man digging his own nails into the palm of his hand as he whispered "Time for a change isn't it?" He chuckled before forcing the bleeding palm to Toshinori's lips, covering his nose in the process so the man would have to drink this man's disgusting blood.

Tightly shutting his eyes, Toshinori hoped and prayed with all of his heart and soul that he would see the princess. That he would survive this and see that she was alive and well. That she had managed to get away and find a place to shelter in for the night.

'Inko, I'm sorry, please forgive me for leaving you alone like this.' Toshinori thought as his mind started to shut down. The last thing he saw, was the man's grinning face as he lost consciousness.

"When I woke up, I had no memory of who I was. The only thing I could recall was a name, my name. 'Yagi Toshinori'. I wandered around and hoped that I would find any idea as to who I was." He let out a soft sigh as he turned and stared at Inko with a frown on his face. "During my five hundred years of just existing, I have been fighting, protecting those who can't defend themselves and making my own power grow in the process. I never once heard a call to join the man, though I think that was due to forgetting everything."

"You were forced to leave everything behind." Inko whispered.

"Yes." Toshinori whispered before kissing Inko's forehead. "Because of that, I never knew what I was missing, what it was that I needed in my life and when I first met you as a child, I felt that connection again. It was something that I couldn't fully explain but knew that I had to protect you."

"You looked after me all these years."

"I did, I couldn't leave you alone. You haunted me even while I was away and Shouta of course kept telling me even as a child that I shouldn't be doing such a thing but I did anyway." Toshinori chuckled a bit.

"He cares about you…"

"Of course, I raised the boy myself. I see him as my son, and he looks at me like his father." Toshinori said with a smile before he let out a soft sigh. Pressing his forehead against hers. "Now, you should rest my dear. You've had a long night and I know for a fact that you need your rest much more than I do."

"Toshi…"

"I'm fine, speaking about my past doesn't hurt me. I mean, it does, but now I know who I was. Who I used to be, and still am. I am a man, who is in love with a very loving woman whom I would do everything in my power to make sure that she is safe, and loved." He kissed her gently before slowly reaching over, rubbing her cheek with the pad of his thumb. "Do not worry about my own troubles. You make my life, my immortal life, worth living now." He kissed her again. "Now, sleep Inko." He whispered gently.

Inko gave him one last smile before she drifted off. He couldn't help but smile as he watched her, though he couldn't help but wonder if Shouta was gonna give him a lecture when he got back. Before he knew what was happening, Toshinori closed his eyes and fell asleep.