"Izuku! Iiiizuuukuuu! Where did you go?" Ochako called, looking through the crowd behind the table of their shoe stall. She was helping Izuku sell shoes because nobody wanted her to do any carpentry during the festival. He had just gone back to his house to grab some more shoes because they were almost out, but now she hadn't seen him for awhile. Certainly more time than it took someone to get some more shoes.
"Ochako!" Izuku called, waving to her. Ochako turned and saw Izuku walking with two other people, a knight and she gasped - the prince!
"Hello. My name is Shouto Todoroki and-," Shouto began.
"Your Highness!" Ochako blurted our, interrupting him and bowing.
"And I am his knight, Tenya Iida," Tenya said. Ochako glanced at Izuku.
"What's going on? Why are you with the prince of our kingdom?" she whisper asked him.
"He wants to help us on our quest. You know, to defeat the Demon King," Izuku whispered back.
"Really!?" Ochako said out loud. She covered her mouth.
"Yes. It's a grave threat to the world. As a prince, it is my duty to protect my people," Shouto said.
"Oh, thank you Your Highness! You are too kind," Ochako said, bowing again to Shouto. Izuku and Temya joined in with her, all bowing profusely.
"Thank you and it's a pleasure to meet you!" they said and bowed. Shouto sweat dropped again. What strange people he ended up going on his quest with.
"It's fine, really. You can stop," he said, awkwardly. The three of them straightened up.
"So, we should probably get going as soon as possible," Tenya said.
"Okay. We already have bags packed. They're at our house. We just have to go get them," Ochako said.
"Let's meet near the tavern. That's where we tied up our horses," Tenya said. He and Shouto walked away. Izuku and Ochako got their bags from their houses and went and found the other two.
"Your horses are so cute!" Ochako siad, kissing and petting Tenya's horse, who rumbled lightly in pleasure.
"His name is Ingenium and the prince's horse is Yukiko after his mother," Tenya said.
"We uh, don't have any horses. Not the wed know how to ride if we did," Izuku said. Ochako stopped petting the horse.
"Yeah. We don't have the money for such things," Ochako said, embarrassedly.
"That's fine. You two can split up and each ride on with us," Shouto said.
"No! They can both ride on my horse with me! They should not be allowed to ride with you, Your Highness," Tenya protested.
"Um, I don't mean to sound rude but that sounds a little crowded," Ochako said.
"It will be fine. Izuku can ride on my horse with me, and Ochako shall ride with you. This is the fastest way to travel and we are running out of time," Shouto said. Tenya still looked unsure.
"We also need to find more people, so eventually we will have to get a mode of transportation for multiple people. Then I won't have to share my horse and can just ride next to the carriage," Shouto said.
"If you say so. A prince riding on a horse while a group of people below him ride in luxury still sounds like a bad idea to me," Tenya said and then the four of them rode off towards the forest.
Meanwhile, Momo, Kyoka and Minoru were riding their horses through a small town and towards a church.
"Momo. Why are we heading towards a church?" Kyoka asked, turning to Momo.
"My sister had a friend here. She says she's extremely powerful," Momo said, getting off of her horse. Kyoka and Minoru shared a look. They didn't know how a strong person could be at a church. Maybe it was a witch or something? The other two got off of their horses. They walked in to see a girl facing towards a statue of the lord and savior. She had long green hair and was wearing a short white dress.
"I have been expecting you," she said, still not turning to face them.
"Wow. Did you see us in like a vision or something! Of course somebody as pretty as you could do that," Minoru said, his eyes turning into hearts.
"Forgive me for deceiving you. I did not mean it like that at all. Your sister just sent me a falcon," the girl said, pulling out a small message.
"You should bow to the princess. Or at least turn to face her," Kyoka spoke up, amazed at this girls base rudeness to a princess.
"I bow to no one but our lord and savior," she said. She put the message back into her pocket.
"Itsuka told me why you were coming here," she said.
"And I don't accept," she said, finally turning to them.
"What? Why?" Momo asked.
"My place is here. I must protect this church if it is attacked," she said.
"Shiozaki, please! We need your help," Momo said, grabbing her arm. Shiozaki finally turned to face them fully. She yanked her arm out of Momo's hand.
"I'm sorry, I cannot. But, I can give you a friend of mine who may be able to help you," Shiozaki said. She turned and started writing down a name on a piece of paper.
"Don't worry, Momo. I'm sure she couldn't have been that strong," Kyoka said. Suddenly, they head a scream. Everybody ran outside of the church. They saw a pack of werewolves terrorizing the villagers.
"Oh no. It's started," Momo breathed. Everybody pulled out their weapons. The werewolves attacked and Momo managed to block one of them, slicing its head off. Soon, they were fighting tooth and nail, with only a few werewolves killed. Shiozaki watched them fight. She wanted to help, but she hated killing things. Then, she saw the grape boy about it be killed by a werewolf. She must help. These weren't animals. They were a sin to nature against the lord and savior. She clasped her hands in front of her and then her hair flew around her, shooting forward and grabbing 4 werewolves at the same time. She snapped their necks simultaneously.
"Woah," Minoru said.
"She's strong," Kyoka said.
"Super strong," Momo whispered. Now the four of them attacked the werewolves. Slicing and whipping and snapping the wolves with Momo and Shiozaki doing the most damage. Suddenly, a werewolf jumped onto Shiozaki, sending her to the ground. It slashed her stomach and she screamed in pain before she flung it away with her hair, now clutching her stomach in pain. Now, she was too weak to fight with the other three and they were back where they started. While a lot of werewolves had been killed already, they were still being over powered by the amount there still was. Soon, the four were being surrounded by the werewolves, with Shiozaki lying in the grass slowly losing blood.
"I don't think we can survive this," Kyoka said, whipping away a werewolf.
"We have to! We haven't even see the Demon King yet!" Momo said, slicing through another werewolf. Suddenly, a werewolf jumped on her, sending her sword skidding away. Momo tried to pry it off of her, but it was no use. She looked desperately for someone around to help her, but Kyoka and Minoru were too caught up in their own battles. Then, a knife appeared in the werewolves belly, slicing through it. The werewolf collapsed and Momo pushes it off of her. She saw her savior, a boy with pointy teeth and red hair, expertly wielding two knives.