Midori the Queen

The Unexpected Ally

She didn’t have a plan… and she ALWAYS had a plan. 

Karma didn’t care to just rush into things and follow her emotions, but the situation didn’t give her much time to think. Even as she ran through the dark, her only thought process was to ‘Find Kacchan, Find Shoto, and take down whoever got in her way.’

It was reckless, haphazard, but it was the only plan she could think of in her current state of emotional turmoil. She was afraid, she was panicking… and she was completely pissed off. 

“Damn you, Tomura. The minute I find you I’m gonna-” The quick movement caught her eyes, but she couldn’t react in time. The large claw like shadow swiped at her, and she let out a cry as it sent her hurtling through a tree and into the arms of Shoji who’d seen the hit and raced to catch her. 

“Gotcha! Are you okay… Midoriya!?” Shoji asked, concerned at first until he saw who had been attacked. His grip on her suddenly tightened. 

“Mnng what the hell was that?” Bleeding and dazed from the hit, Izumi held her severely wounded arm and glanced up at the massive shadow looming in the woods. “Don’t tell me that’s-” 

“Yeah, that’s Tokoyami.” He hushed his voice and cradled her in his arms while sticking behind a tree. “You can thank your disturbing friend with the flesh fetish for that.” 

“Moonfish…” She groaned, recalling the brief look she’d had in the files. “He’s not my friend, he’s not even technically part of the league.” She grunted and curled up tighter to him as Dark Shadow attacked just above their heads, wood splintering everywhere.  In the distance she could hear Tokoyami in absolute pain trying to control the beast. “This is bad, if we don’t calm Dark Shadow down then Tokoyami could be swallowed up by him.” 

“I know… and the only way to do that is with light.  I need to lure Dark Shadow towards a fire source and the closest one is camp.” He put emphasis on the singularity of his mission. Izumi felt the sting of it instantly, and the faults in that plan.

“No…” She whispered it hoarsely. “Your camp is too far away, you’d never be able to outrun him for that length of time.” 

“I know that, but in order to help people you have to take risks.” He rationalized shifting just a little to avoid Dark Shadow’s view. 

“What about Fire?” Suddenly wishing she was wearing her Phoenix gear, Karma patted his shoulder. “Shoto can produce fire. Do you know where he is? He’d be able to-” 

“He and Bakugo were behind us, not sure how far away, but with the villains attacking I have no idea what direction they’d go. And at any rate I don’t feel comfortable taking you to them, especially since Eraser and Mandalay announced to us that those two are the one’s you’re after.” 

“I’m not… I’m not a part of this. I know it’s hard to believe Shoji but-” she shoved him down landing on top of him as Dark Shadow attacked again and scraped up her back in the process. She winced and straddled Shoji looking down at him pained and furious. “This isn’t my plan, these guys are completely acting on their own and I’m trying to stop them. The only reason Aizawa knows is because I told him. Please! I need to find them!” 

Shoji stare up at Izumi, scraped up, bleeding, the confliction and panic on her face causing all kinds of emotions to build up inside him. Unlike Shoto and Bakugo, Izumi never really seemed to pay him much mind. The only time she’d given him any kind of notice was during the Sports festival. In fact it had been him and Tokoyami who’d partnered with her to grasp victory away from Todoroki who was the favorite to win.