A/N: Hold on to your hats, everyone! It's time for the first request I've gotten for this story, and it comes from Ryuujin96! In fact, it got so big that I've had to split it into two chapters! Anyways, about this request: this one is about nuclear war, and it's a most interesting topic for me because I have a collection of Fallout games in addition to having played a Fallout tabletop RPG with friends, so I...

We apologise for the fault in the Author's Notes. Those responsible have been sacked.

A/N: Mind you, nuclear war can be pretty nasty.

We apologise again for the fault in the Author's Notes. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked, have been sacked.

A/N: Anyways, this request is one set in medieval times, which is most interesting for me because I haven't really done any medieval stories aside from a segment in my early Sonic fic The Fakest Things Alive. Like I said, this one is so big that it's been split in two chapters. I had plenty of fun writing this, and Ryuujin96, I hope I've done your request justice!

The hot sun beat down on the landscape, and Deku had been through the desert on a horse with no name, and it felt good to be out of the rain. However, in the desert, he could remember his name, 'cause there wasn't…

The directors of the firm hired to continue the chapter after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked.

The chapter has been completed in an entirely different style at great expense and at the last minute.

A dense fog shrouded the landscape of the Kingdom of Syrlania, and a quick galloping noise could be heard off in the distance. A faint outline emerged from the fog, and as it came into focus, it turned out to be Deku, clad in knight's armor, only he was without a horse. Rather, the galloping sound came from his faithful manservant Bob – a brown-haired man of average height and build with a short beard – who was merely banging two coconuts together to make a galloping sound. Nevertheless, they were proceeding at quite a brisk pace.

"Whoa there!"

Deku held up his right fist and stopped, and Bob came to a stop as well. In the distance, Deku could see a light of some sort. He wasn't too sure, but he figured it was probably a campfire. However, he could only faintly make out one other shape at best. He wanted to be sure that whatever the light source was, it wouldn't lead him to danger. However, when a few minutes passed and nothing happened, Deku motioned forward to Bob, and they proceeded onwards towards the light. As the light grew brighter, it became apparent that it was a campfire. Furthermore, there were three knights seated around it. Almost immediately, they took notice of Deku and Bob.

"Who goes there?" said the first knight, a tall man with brown hair and a goatee.

"My name is Izuku Midoriya. Though I am but the son of a poor cobbler, I have ridden the length and breadth of this great kingdom, searching for valiant knights who will join me in my great quest. Will you join me?"

"What?" said the second knight, a man with blond hair and a moustache. "Ridden on a horse?"

Deku nodded. "Why…yes!"

"You're using coconuts!" said the third knight, a man with black hair and a short beard.

Deku tilted his head slightly. "What?"

The third knight gestured at Deku with his hand. "You've got two empty halves of coconut and you're banging them together!"

"So? We have ridden even as the snows of winter blanketed this land, over the northern mountains, through…"

"Where'd you get the coconuts?"

"We bought them."

"Bought them?" said the second knight. "North of the northern mountains? The coconut's tropical! If one were to attempt to transport it this far north, it would be bloody well rotten by then!"

"But it's the truth!" Deku gestured at the second knight with both of his hands. "A fruit salesman was selling them at the market, and…"

"Oh, bug off, you silly sod!" said the first knight. "We've no time for your rubbish!"

The second knight gestured to an indeterminate point with his index finger. "Take your silly coconuts and bother some other poor bugger!"

Deku put his fists on his hips. "If you shall not join me, then I'll find others to assist me in my quest!"

"HA! I should love to see you try!" said the third knight.

Undeterred by the knights' rejection, Deku and Bob rode on.

The farther they went, the less faith Deku had in his chances of finding somebody to assist him on his quest. Sure, he didn't seem all that bothered by the three knights turning him down, but given how far he'd travelled without anybody accepting his offer to join him, he had to wonder if he was doing this for naught. Despite his doubt, he also felt that he had to soldier on no matter what. Then, while lamenting his lack of companions on his quest, a loud sound interrupted his thought process. He looked over in the direction where the sound came from, and he noticed a large blast of ice emerging from somewhere. Upon closer inspection, he noticed two knights dueling it out in a clearing, one clad in light blue armor, and the other wearing black armor. The light blue knight was the one responsible for the ice blasts, while the black knight slashed through it with his sword and aggressively attempted to close in on his opponent. Deku wasn't too sure, but his instincts told him that the black knight was not to be trusted, so he drew his trusty sword, charged at the black knight, and…

"NEWCASTLE SMASH!"

With one mighty slash, Deku chopped off the black knight's arm, causing the knight to recoil for a bit and turn his attention to Deku.

"Interloper!" exclaimed the black knight. "How DARE you interfere with our duel!?"

"Black knight, I know you're not a trustworthy person!" Deku pointed his sword at him. "Leave this knight be and stand aside!"

"HA! 'Tis but a scratch!"

"A scratch? Your arm's off!"

"No it isn't!"

"Well, what's that, then?" Deku gestured towards the chopped-off arm.

"I've had worse!"

"You liar!"

"Come on, you pansy!"

Despite being partially dismembered, the black knight refused to give up and instead valiantly charged at Deku, putting up a surprisingly good fight. The light blue knight observed curiously. Soon enough…

"YORKSHIRE SMASH!"

With one flick, Deku knocked the black knight's sword out of his hand and chopped his other arm off.

"Victory is mine!"

Deku raised his sword triumphantly, before turning to talk to the light blue knight.

"Excuse me, but I have travelled a great…"

However, Deku was disrupted by a blow to his backside. As it turned out, the black knight – still having not learned his lesson – was kicking Deku, who growled out of annoyance.

"Come on, then!" said the black knight.

"What?" said Deku.

"Have at you!" The black knight continued to kick Deku.

"You are indeed brave, black knight, but this fight is mine!"

"Oh, had enough, eh?"

Deku threw his arms out at the black knight. "Look, you stupid bastard, you have no arms left!"

"Yes I have!"

"No you don't!"

"It's just a flesh wound!"

Deku shook his head and turned around, while the black knight continued to kick him.

"STOP THAT!" yelled Deku.

"Chicken!" said the black knight. "Chicken!"

"'CHICKEN'!? I'll give you 'chicken'!"

Deku chopped the black knight's left leg off.

"Right, I'll do you for that!" said the black knight.

"You'll what?"

"Come here!" The black knight hopped around.

"What are you gonna do, bleed on me?"

"I'm invincible!"

"You're a loony!"

"The black knight always triumphs! Have at you! Come on, then!"

Deku shook his head and chopped off the black knight's remaining leg.

"All right, we'll call it a draw!" said the black knight.

Deku motioned to Bob. "Come, Bob." He turned to the other knight. "You…will you join us on our quest?"

The other knight nodded and then removed his helmet, revealing that he was in fact a she, a woman with white and red hair in a flipped bob, snow white on the right, and wine red on the left, along with a dark red scar over her left eye, which was blue. Deku gasped when this became apparent to him.

"You…you're a woman!"

"I'm surprised this wasn't obvious to you, my good savior. Nevertheless, I will join you on your quest…provided you join me on mine, that is."

Deku scratched his head. "That sounds intriguing, but what is your quest?"

"I shall explain on the way."

Deku nodded. "Right. Let's go."

Deku, the other knight and Bob went on their way.

"Oh, oh, I see!" said the black knight. "Running away, eh? You yellow bastards! Come back here and take what's coming to you! I'll bite your legs off!"

Deku, Bob and the other knight headed deeper into Gleifnir Forest, where Deku asked his new companion about her quest:

"Well?"

"Allow me to introduce myself: I am Princess Shoko of the Todoroki clan. In recent times, an evil sorcerer calling himself 'All For One' has threatened to destroy my kingdom unless my father abdicates from the throne, so I have taken it upon myself to destroy All For One."

"All For One…" Deku looked off into the distance as he touched his cheek with his index finger. "That name sounds familiar." He lowered his index finger. "Anyways, it's nice to meet you, Todoroki. I am Izuku Midoriya, the son of a poor cobbler. A fearsome monster known as Gigantomachia has massacred several villages in my kingdom, and I'm going to stop him once and for all. Bob here is my faithful servant who has chosen to accompany me."

Todoroki nodded. "I see. It's nice to meet you too, Midoriya." She turned to Bob. "Nice to meet you too, Bob."

Bob nodded.

"You know, Todoroki, I had a feeling you were a princess," said Deku.

Todoroki scratched her head. "How did you figure that out?"

"You don't have shit all over you."

Todoroki simply shot Deku a blank stare.

Deku, Todoroki and Bob continued onwards in their valiant quest to defeat Gigantomachia and All For One. While Deku wasn't 100% sure what lay ahead of them, he was feeling better knowing that he had Todoroki by his side. Her Ice Quirk seemed like a hell of a Quirk to him, and coupled with his own, they were sure to be unbeatable. Hell, he hoped they were unbeatable.

"So Todoroki, that's a most interesting Quirk you have."

"Thank you, Midoriya. I can also shoot fire from my left side, but I much prefer my right side."

"Any particular reason?"

"I'd prefer not to discuss it now. Tell me about your Quirk instead."

"Well…mine was sort of a gift, actually. When I first got it, I had trouble controlling it, which led to many broken bones. However, a friend of my friend taught me how to better control it, so now I rarely – if ever – get injured from using it."

"How did you manage to injure yourself using your Quirk?"

Deku shrugged. "I guess my body couldn't handle that kind of power. I've been getting better at controlling how much of it I use, though, and I can concentrate it in certain parts of my body, like my fingers."

Todoroki nodded. "Interesting. Perhaps I was right in accepting your offer."

Deku smiled. "With a Quirk like yours, I think you were!"

"You seem so sure of me, Midoriya. How do…"

Todoroki's thoughts were interrupted when she caught something out of the corner of her eye: in a clearing was a chicken.

"What's wrong, Todoroki?" asked Deku.

"Midoriya, that's…that's the Vicious Chicken of Brinfnir!"

Deku gave a blank stare to the chicken, and then laughed. "Todoroki, I think you're pulling my leg!"

Todoroki put a hand on Deku's shoulder and gently shook it. "This is no time to accuse me of pulling one of your limbs! The Vicious Chicken of Brinfnir is a brutal beast! Scores of people have attempted to best it in combat, and none have survived!"

Deku raised his sword. "Then I'm gonna be the first! NEWCASTLE SMASH!"

Deku valiantly lunged at the Vicious Chicken of Brinfnir, and it charged at him, too. Deku's sword struck the bird square on, and when he landed, the chicken…was completely intact.

"WHAT!?

"Stand aside, Midoriya, I've got this one!"

Todoroki shot a blast of ice at the chicken, and she succeeded in freezing it. However, a few seconds later, the ice began to crack, and shortly thereafter, the chicken escaped with only minor – if any – scratches.

"No being should have escaped my ice that easily!" said Todoroki. "Let's try this again!"

Todoroki shot another round of ice, while Deku and Bob attempted to distract the chicken. Again, she froze the chicken, but again, it broke free.

"Let's try this again! No being can withstand cold forever!"

Once again, Todoroki attempted to freeze the chicken, but no matter how hard she tried, the bird always managed to break the ice. Eventually, ice started forming over her body, and her movements were slowing down drastically.

"Todoroki, use your fire against it!" said Deku. "It'll just keep breaking through your ice!"

"NO! I'll never submit to my father!"

"You're hurting! You'll have to warm up sooner or later!"

"Then let me hurt! I'd rather freeze to death than give my father the satisfaction of seeing me use his fire!"

Deku clenched his fists. "Todoroki, listen to me: just because you inherited half of your Quirk from your father doesn't mean you should be ashamed of it! A Quirk is what you make of it no matter what your family history was like! It's YOURS! Your Quirk, NOT his!"

Todoroki still didn't want to use her fire, but hearing Deku's words proved to be a veritable wake-up call for her. Feeling that she could use her own fire without having to submit to her father, she slowly raised her right hand as the chicken was charging at her.

"Thank you, Midoriya."

Todoroki shot a mighty blast of flame at the chicken. That did it: not only was the chicken unable to dodge it, but it was fried through and through. Furthermore, Todoroki had managed to defrost herself.

After the battle, Deku and Todoroki made a little campfire and had some fried chicken for supper, as did Bob.

"Midoriya, thank you again for your uplifting words. For so long, I had shunned my fire half because of my father's abusive upbringing of me, but because of you, I feel as though I can look to the future with hope."

Deku swallowed the piece of chicken thigh he was eating. "You're welcome! You seemed like you could use a friend, so I'm only too happy to help!"

Todoroki cast the drumstick bone she'd eaten aside. "About that…"

"Yes?"

"Midoriya, I haven't known you for that long, but you seem like a very noble soul who would do anything for the people he loves, and I'm happy to have met you."

Deku smiled. "Well, I'm happy to have met you too!"

Todoroki stared deeply into Deku's green eyes. Then, she smiled, and after tenderly wrapping her arms around him, she kissed him. Deku's eyes flew wide open when her lips met his. Having never been in a romantic relationship with anybody – never mind a princess – he lost all control of his senses. Nevertheless, feeling a mutual attraction with her, he wrapped his arms around her as well. He may not have known her for that long, but already, he felt such a deep, intense connection with her, and he wanted more of what she was giving him. Even if their quest wasn't finished yet, he was feeling that much more optimistic about his chances of success.

Todoroki was feeling at least equally optimistic. Like Deku, she too hadn't had any luck in the romance department, and to find someone who cared about her meant so much to her. It didn't even matter to her that he was a mere commoner. She just found him to be so cute and noble that she felt that he deserved her heart. For so long, having labored under the shadow of her domineering father, she was now finally feeling free, and deep within her heart for what seemed like the first time in her life, she was also feeling hope. Todoroki couldn't possibly abandon Deku at this point in her quest. She continued kissing him for quite some time, and when she finally broke away, she continued to make eye contact with him.

"I love you, Izuku Midoriya."

Deku smiled. "I love you too, Shoko Todoroki. Also, you can call me 'Deku'."

Todoroki giggled. "What a cute nickname. Where did you get it?"

"Well, a friend of mine used it as a shortened form of 'Defenseless Izuku', but another friend really liked it and encouraged me to keep using it, so it stuck."

Todoroki nodded. "Interesting. Since you allowed me to call you Deku, I shall allow you to call me 'Shoko'."

"Then it's settled. Now let's finish up the rest of this chicken!"

"Just one question…"

"Yes?"

"Your companion Bob, why does he not speak?"

Deku shrugged. "I'm not sure."

After finishing what remained of the fried chicken, Deku, Todoroki and Bob continued on their quest. The next couple of hours proved to be uneventful for them. Soon enough, they came upon a lake in a clearing. By now, the sun was starting to sink below the horizon.

"Deku, I don't know about you, but I feel that we should camp here for the night."

Deku yawned. "Yeah, I'm getting pretty tired, too."

Thus, Deku and Todoroki pitched a simple tent near the shore of the lake.

"If you'll excuse me, I'm going to bathe in the lake," said Todoroki.

"So am I. Y-you don't mind…do you?"

"Oh um…not at all."

Thus, Deku and Todoroki stripped, trying their best not to look at each other. Then, they proceeded to bathe in the lake, as did Bob. After such a long journey, feeling the cool lake water against his skin felt so refreshing to Deku. Despite his best efforts, Deku ended up peeking at Todoroki anyways, and in doing so, he noticed she was very well-endowed. He knew she was beautiful, but knowing this about her, he couldn't ever imagine spending his life with any other woman. That aside, once he felt suitably cleansed, Deku exited the water, dried off with a simple cloth he'd brought with him and was about to enter the tent when…

"Going to sleep, Deku?"

Deku looked over and saw Todoroki nearby, also having dried off.

"Oh um…y-yes…"

"Then please allow me to snuggle with you."

Deku dropped his jaw as all the redness went to his face. "Um…are y-y-you s-sure?"

"Would I have asked you if I wasn't?"

"I um…well I…"

"Deku, you seem very troubled by my offer. Is everything OK?"

"I…well…i-it's just…no woman's offered to do that with me before!"

Todoroki put a hand on Deku's shoulder. "Deku, there's no need to be so flustered about it. Do we not love and trust each other?"

Deku stared into Todoroki's eyes. As embarrassed as he was by the fact that a hot naked woman was offering to snuggle with him, she did have a very good point, so he came to his conclusion…

"A-all right, I'll snuggle with you."

Todoroki smiled. "Thank you."

Deku and Todoroki entered the tent and snuggled with each other under the blanket. For the first time, he discovered just how soft, warm and cuddly she was without her armor.

"Hey Shoko, thanks again for joining me on my quest! This has been the happiest day of my life so far!"

"Speak for yourself! For so long, my life had been occluded by darkness, but for you to come along and say what you said…I don't know how I could possibly repay you!"

Deku giggled. "Shoko, kissing me was payment enough!"

Todoroki giggled, too. "Good night, Deku!"

"Good night, Shoko!"

And so, Deku and Todoroki embraced each other as they went to sleep. Even if the quest had yet to conclude, Deku was feeling optimistic about it.

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