"No way!" Ochako said. She raised her staff.
"Ooh, scary," a girl said, walking out from behind the mysterious man. A man with scars covering his face and arms walked out also.
"You have a staff? So do I." The man raised his own staff, one with a blue gem sitting atop it. He pointed his staff at Ochako and suddenly a shot of blue fire came out. She ducked just in time, although it blew her hat right off of her head.
"Whoever you are, we're not going with you!" Izuku and Shouto jumped off of their horse, swords in hand and ran at the mysterious people. Izuku swung at the scarred man, but it was blocked by a small dagger.
"Sorry, but that's not happening." The girl swung her dagger expertly at Deku, who just barely managed to dodge her slices. Then, he didn't dodge in time and the knife stopped a centimeter from his face.
"You're cute. I'd hate to mangle your face. So, I'll just go for your chest instead!" The girl slashed at his chest.
"Juryoku!"
"Woah. Cool moves. You wanna be friends?" The girl dodged the blast from Ochako's staff and ran at her instead. She dodged another blast from her staff and kicked it out of her hands.
"Ochako!" Izuku called out just as the dagger was about to impale her. Suddenly, a different dagger blocked hers.
"Sorry, but I'm not letting that happen today!" Mina tucked the dagger back into her belt and threw a kick at the girl, who jumped out of the way. Mina threw punches at the girl, who dodged all of them. Then, Ochako came up from behind and swung her staff at her. The girl somersaulted under it and swung her dagger at Mina, slicing up her arm.
"Ahh!" She jumped back, now standing next to Ochako.
"It's two against one, yet we can barely touch her!" Mina huffed, clutching her bleeding arm. Meanwhile, the boys were doing just as badly with the man with scars. Izuku and Shouto ran at him with their swords. The man blocked both of their swords with his staff, before blasting Tenya who was rushing at him. Tenya's armor took the brunt of the attack. The three of them ran at Dabi, swinging their swords. However, he shot a large blast from his staff, making everybody jump back. The man in the black cloak watched in the background. Almost there. Finally! Tomura presses his hand against a giant arch, causing it to disintegrate. The pieces tumbled down and landed on top of them.
"Tricked you!" Toga said, jumping out of the way. Dabi merely watched in the background. Then, the three of them tied up the children, who had been knocked out by the rocks. Mina was the first to wake up. When she came to, they were in the forest. She heard Ojiro groan and get up, too.
"Ojiro! Are you okay?" Ojiro nodded.
"A little sore, but I'll be fine."
"Waaah, Ojiro! I'm so glad!" Mina wailed, her noise causing the others to wake up, too.
"Oh, good! You're all awake now!" the girl said, cheerfully.
"Who are you people?"
"What's going on?"
"Why did you capture us?" Multiple questions were blurted out at the same time. Toga blinked for a couple seconds.
"Well, for starters, I'm Toga!"
"Dabi."
"Tomura Shigiraki." Izuku's eyes widened. Of course, it was Tomura Shigiraki! The decaying ability was a dead five away. Tomura Shigiraki was known as the Prince of Rust. His name struck fear into people. When he destroyed a village, he ruined it to the point where there was nothing left. Just the holes of where things used to be.
"Th-the Prince of Rust!" Ochako managed to squeak out in surprise. It appeared everybody else had realized who he was, too.
"Well, I'm off to get some firewood for a fire before it gets dark!" Toga ran off into the forest.
"I'm going too, to get some food. Don't let them escape."
"Don't be foolish. Of course I won't let them escape." Shigiraki growled. Dabi walked away through the forest in a different direction.
"Now, to your precious question of why we captured you. Don't worry. It's not for any of you in particular. I'm just looking for a certain sword. It's called, One for All. Have any of you heard of it?" Tomura asked. Everybody shook their head, confused. Izuku's eyes widened slightly but didn't say anything, shaking his head along with everybody else.
"Really? Because my source tells me one of you six have it, and my source never lies."
"We have no idea what you're talking about," Ochako said.
"Well, one of you is lying and you're going to tell me who it is."
"Check our swords then," Todoroki spoke up.
"I did! And you know what happened? All of them rusted away! This sword has the ability to shrink and grow at will so one of you must have hidden it. I'll give you a couple of minutes to confer before I come back and turn you into dust, leaving only the sword behind." Tomura held his hand out, fingers spread in a curled up matter.
"This is bad. How are we going to escape?" Todoroki asked.
"I have a plan. You just have to take my gloves off," Mina whispered to the others. She couldn't seem to get the gloves off, herself.
"Wait, what's the plan?" Ochako asked.
"My hands... they were cursed by fairies so that they destroy anything made from organic matter."
"Ah, so like the Prince of Rusts quirk?" Izuku asked.
"Yeah. Except that I can't control it. I had to have gloves made with a metal lining on the inside."
"It doesn't matter. We have to get out of here as fast as possible." Ochako started taking off one of Mina's gloves, however, it seemed to be stuck. Ochako wiggled the glove around, trying to slip it off of Mina's hand. And then, Tomura came back out.
"So, I think I'll start with this one. If he's hiding it, I'll find out in no time." He placed his hand against Iida's arm, causing it to start decaying. Iida grimaced in pain but didn't make a word.
"Stop it!" Ochako said, tears starting to well up in her eyes.
"He doesn't have it, I swear! Leave him alone!" Izuku yelled, trying to get out of his bonds. Meanwhile, Ochako had finally helped Mina out of her gloves. She grabbed the rope binding her, and as if acid had touched them, the ropes fell around her.
"What the-" Mina grabbed a piece of firewood with her other hand and swung it at Tomura's head, knocking him out. Then, she got rid of the rope for the others.
"We have to get out of here. Now." Todoroki grabbed Ojiro, and the six of them booked it out of there. They kept running, stopping only for brief moments to catch their breath or to make sure nobody was following them. Thankfully, they also didn't run into any of the Prince of Rust's cohorts. Finally, they stopped.
"Is it... okay... to stop... for the night... now?" Ochako huffed, leaning against a tree.
"We have been running for a while so this should be fine for the night."Shouto glanced around, cautiously.
"Oh, thank god." Ochako collapsed on the ground and Shouto settled Ojiro onto the ground.
"I'm going to scout around the area to make sure we're someplace safe. I need another person to accompany me if I do encounter something."
"I'm sorry, my prince. But I am left extremely fatigued from my armor after we fled, so I cannot go with you."
"I'll go with you. You know, if that would be okay." Mina volunteered.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Well, we did try to rob you a little while ago."
"None of that matters now. You helped us escape from those guys when you could have just left us behind." Ochako said.
"I agree. Your vagabond status is no longer important to us." Iida said while taking his armor off.
"We should get going. It's going to get dark soon."
"Right!" Mina followed after Shouto into the forest.
"I'll gather some firewood for a fire," Ochako said, standing up. Izuku was about to say something.
"A small one, don't worry. Just big enough to cook some food on."
"Okay, then I'll go find us some dinner," Izuku said.
"So, you're a prince, huh?" Mina asked. Shouto nodded.
"You know, I used to be a princess. Before my country got destroyed... So, what's your country?"
"Herolandia. That's a big kingdom." Mina whistled, impressed.
"You don't look at all like King Toshinori, though."
"Actually, I am the younger brothers son. King Toshinori has disappeared. He is presumed to be dead."
"Oh no. That's such a shame." Mina put her hand to her mouth, Shouto nodded in agreement. After that, Shouto decided to explain to this girl why they were even in the forest and what their goal was.