It was getting dark. A party of young travelers was searching for what happened to all the lost heroes. Their de-facto leader, Izuku Midoriya had gone off to look for firewood. As he searched for a good-sized tree, the green-haired adventurer came across a strange young woman. Her hair was similar in style to his own, only pink, much like her skin. Her eyes were as black as coal. She wielded a spiked club, positioning it over her shoulder with a smile. Around her belt were various vials. She had thrown one at a rock, causing stem as it eroded away at its target. It was acid.

"What are you doing on my turf, Greeny? This is the realm of the great rogue queen, Mina Ashido."

"I…. I didn't know. Sorry. I was just looking for firewood!"

"Well, tough cookies! This is my land! Didn't you read the signs?"

"W-what signs?"

"…. Oh…whoopsie. I must have used them for firewood." She rubbed the back of her head and laughed infectiously. This certainly was an odd girl, if not attractive in a bizarre, almost alien way.

"Anyway, I still challenge you. Have at thee!"

Izuku was very clearly stronger. Wielding his sword and the power of the hero, All Might, the young traveler should have easily outmatched this pink stranger. However, she was rather nimble, moving rather like a dancer despite her unwieldy weapon. She took a vial from her belt and lobbed it, with Izuku dodging easily. It was close though.

"Please stop throwing acid at me. I just want firewood. I don't want to hurt you."

"Sorry, freckles. Them's the breaks." She smiled defiantly, throwing another vial as she danced around gracefully, almost gliding along the ground. Izuku was rather hesitant about fighting this stranger, even more so when she threw acid at him, but he had very little choice. As time went on, he became less frightened by he acid as she kept missing. It son dawned on him, however, that as ditzy as she seemed, this rogue could think on her feet, having used her acid to get Izuku into position for an attack from above with her club.

Unfortunately for her, Izuku was able to counter and knock her to the ground. He winced slightly as she landed on her back before rushing to her aid and helping her up. A flush of lilac ran across her cheeks before she shook her head and smiled.

"A-are you ok, miss?" The girl nodded in response. Satisfied, Izuku spoke again with a bemused tone. "Could you please stop. I just want firewood. I'll get out of your hair. Also, I don't have much on me. Sorry."

"Impressive…You're really strong. And you dodge like a pro too. I have decided."

"Decided?"

"Join my guild! You can be my second in command." He was about to ask if she wanted to come along, but she had beaten him by a few seconds. Before he could object, she pumped her fist in the air, raising her club in victory despite losing her battle. "What's your name, Greeno?" she laughed.

Midoriya…Izuku Midoriya."

"Hmmm. Kinda plain. I'll call you Midori. Much more fitting for a badass guy like you!" she beamed.

Izuku sighed, knowing it would be hard to explain that he already had a guild and that he was thinking of recruiting her. Instead, he remembered his reason for being there in the first place.

"Could you…um…could you help me gather firewood please?"

"Pffft. Just take some of mine. We're a team now, after all." She grinned. "Follow me and we'll grab some." The horned girl beckoned. In need of firewood and unable to say no to such a generous offer, he followed this eccentric rogue towards her lodging.

X

Izuku's party waited for what felt like two hours. The charred wood and dying embers seemed representative of both the coming nightfall and their dwindling patience. Uraraka and Iida were tempted to search for their leader while Bakugou was ready to just move on without him. Soon, however, everyone's patience was rewarded as a rustling game from the trees, accompanied by two voices: one familiar and one not so much. Sure enough, two curly haired individuals stepped out of the forest with a wagon full of firewood, being pulled by Izuku himself, grunting as a strange new person helped him by pushing.

"Excellent work, my number two. You really are a strong dude! We're gonna be the best team in this entire kingdom!" the new girl cheered. She noticed the party staring at her, making her slightly self-conscious, though she would rather not profess that. Instead, she whispered to Izuku. "Uh oh…rival guild…. I think we can take them."

"Um, Ashido? I" the plain-looking traveler's gentle protests fell on deaf ears. In fact, he couldn't see her ears. That was a question he would ask later.

"It's ok, Midori. We might be outnumbered, but we're awesome enough to take them on."

"I don't think we have to- "

Just then, Iida cut them both off with the sort of brotherly concern the green-haired boy had come to expect from the knight.

"Midoriya! We were all worried sick. We were about to put together a search party and go off after you!" he stated sternly, the concern masked by his rigidity, but just barely.

"The fuck we were!" a spikey haired blonde spoke out, anger in his voice.

"Quiet, Bakugou!" the knight chastised his fellow party member.

"Guys, it's fine. Really. I just got held up a little…this is Ashido. She's a ro- "Once again, Izuku was cut off. All he could do was sigh.

"Woah! Hold on! You know these guys?"

"Yeah, they're my friends." He grinned softly, finally able to explain somewhat.

"Friends? Excellent! You can convince them to join our guild! The Fellowship of the Pink and Green?"

"We're not calling ourselves that." Izuku shook his head and exhaled.

"Yeah. It needs work. We can think of something."

"Excuse me…Ashido was it?" Uraraka spoke up. "Sorry to disappoint, but we are already in a guild of sorts."

"Really? Aw dang. Who is the leader? Maybe I can talk to him."

Unanimously, everyone points at Izuku, who gets flustered and rubs his arms. Mina is awestruck. "Midori! Why didn't you tell me you that you were in a guild! I guess I'll just join yours." She grinned.

Izuku nearly fell over. "I tried…"

"Anyway, ONWARD TOWARDS ADVENTURE!" Mina announced cheerfully, standing atop a rock and pointing westward. Aizawa, who was trying to nap in the corner, chided her.

"We're headed East, you noisy child." The older man deadpanned, causing her to blush from embarrassment and smile at Izuku.

"Woops. Sorry. Lead the way…boss."

Izuku was floored by this girl. She truly was peculiar, but part of him really looked forward to working alongside her.