Tenki actually had a good time working with Izuku. Apparently, despite his strong Quirk, the curly-haired boy had a really good concept of how to strengthen his body in a regular-person type way. He babbled on about calorie intake and doing little things like lifting weights or doing sit-ups. He even went a little off track with how they didn't have the same time frame or workspace as he had for his training for the U.A. entrance exam. Tenki didn't mind Izuku's tangent though as it was interesting to hear.
"Oh, sorry again about my muttering. It's not easy to stop." Izuku nervously chuckles as he and Tenki work on gathering firewood for dinner. They figured Shouto could work on other things then just keeping pots warm and no one dared ask Katsuki to not put the ingredients together; the blond seemed to take pride in his cooking skills after all.
"There's no need for you to stop. It's something that makes you, you." Tenki shakes his head. For such a brave future hero, Izuku certainly could be a nervous wreck.
"My mom says that too." Izuku smiles warmly as he most likely thinks of her.
"She's right though." Tenki chuckles and bends down to pick up some decent looking logs.
"Thanks, it's nice to hear from others sometimes. Now make sure you don't carry too much. It's good to push yourself, but you won't get anywhere if you push too far." Izuku takes some of the wood in his arms and puts it in Tenki's.
"Right." Tenki nods as he makes sure the wood in his arms were balanced, "I think this is enough for now. Let's get back." Izuku agrees and the two get back to their classmates.
"Took you two long enough." Katsuki grunts as the firewood is lit.
"Oh leave them be Bakugou." Denki whines, "Say did I cut these yams right?"
"They look like shit! How many times do I have to show you that you have to hold the knife a certain way." Katsuki grumbles as he walks off to show Denki how to properly cut veggies, again. Tenki and Izuku turn to each other with whispered giggles. The rest of dinner went much like the night before. Some training talk, some silly banter, everyone in a seemingly peaceful manner. But leave it to Pixie-Bob to stir things up.
"Say kiddos! Tonight we've got something super fun planned! Hope you like pitting class against class!" She had began.
"Yes!" Monoma stands and shouts excitedly, though is quickly reined in by Itsuka.
"It's time for a class versus class test of courage!" Pixie-Bob claps her paws together with a mischievous grin on her face.
"Yo! That sounds so cool!" Eijirou is quick to jump from his seat.
"Actually, I hate to break this to you, but the remedial students are coming with me. Tonights lessons start right now." Mr. Aizawa sighs and starts to ready his capture weapon; knowing these kids won't be coming so easily.
"No way! Not fair!" Denki cries out.
"Man!" Eijirou also whines.
"No! I can't go without seeing class A's downfall!" Monoma seems to go up to Pixie-Bob with a pleading face. Tenki can't help but hold in a chuckle, it was nice to see that class 1-B at least had one issue child.
"I'll tell you how things go later I guess." Tenki turns away from the blond to give a pat to Eijirou on the shoulder. Luckily for Mr. Aizawa, the only students he has to forcibly round up are Denki, Hanta, and Rikidou. Eijirou and Mezou, though with obviously upset faces, follow willingly. Vlad King had to pick up his own student and walk off with him.
"Anyway!" Pixie-Bob demands attention on her once more, "Here's how things will be going down. Class B gets to be on the offensive first. Class A will go into the forest in teams of two, with one team heading in every three minutes. Within the forest is a halfway point with name cards. Each student is to take their own name and head back here. The scarers cannot make direct contact, but will be using their Quirks to startle you the best they can."
"Which means get creative! Whichever class gets the other to wet their pants more wins!" Ragdoll adds in with a flashy little jump over her teammates.
"I see!" Tenya certainly is excited all of a sudden, "This is an opportunity to work on our ingenuity through completion, as well as a chance for us to broaden the utility of our Quirks!"
"I have a quick question." Izuku murmurs. "Are teams going to be set up at random?"
"Yes they will." Mandalay answers, "Everyone is class A, come up and draw numbers. Meanwhile, class B you may head into the forest and get ready." Class B students cheer as they walk off while class A students line up to find out their fates. At first glance the teams seem a bit wild; Fumikage and Tenki, Katsuki and Shouto, Kyouka and Tooru, Ochako and Tsuyu, Mashirao and Minoru, Momo and Yuuga, Tenya and Kouji, and lastly there's Izuku and Mina.
"Shit, hey Tail switch with me!" Katsuki is quick to try and part with Shouto.
"W-Why me?" Mashirao waves his hands in uncertainty.
"No, no, no. We can't have any substitutions." Ragdoll emphasizes her words with a wagging finger.
"Okay, so team 1 you're up." Pixie-Bob leads the way to the entrance they will be using.
"What a mad banquet of darkness." Fumikage grumbles.
"For some reason I thought this kind of thing would be right up your alley Tokoyami." Tenki nervously chuckles.
"…Let us carry on." Fumikage starts walking.
"Right." Tenki quickly nods and follows after his peer. The first few moments in the woods are uneventful.
"Are they deeper in?" Tenki questions as he looks around for any signs of the Class B students.
"Perhaps." Fumikage responds while not moving his gaze from the path ahead.
"…How's training with Dark Shadow going? I've heard plenty of shouting coming from your little training cave." Tenki decides to put his hands in his pockets and tries to stay shoulder-to-shoulder with his classmate. He saw no reason to get sucked into this test seeing as he didn't think any of Class B had Quirks worth startling over. Besides, Class B must be trying to think of something special just for them because they have yet to see anyone; but there has been startled shouts from somewhere behind them.
"It's going fine. Though it feels that the stronger he gets from the training relays how I've yet to properly train myself. It's like walking a step forward, but being pulled back two." Fumikage sighs and stops walking to take a moment and shut his eyes.
"Perhaps you just need to think of some kind of fail safe?" Tenki turns to watch a tree that's being rustled. "So much darkness, although makes you stronger, as you've said, it can also be too much at times. Though I doubt you can just carry a flashlight around and go 'problem solved'." Fumikage nods his head. He then surveys the area.
"We must be reaching the halfway point. Where are our supposed scarers?"
"Your guess is as good as mine…" Tenki sighs and scratches at the back of his head. Fumikage snorts and shakes his head.
"Oh? I don't recall anyone having a Quirk that involves mist?" Tenki tenses up as he sees white mist creep out from the bushes.
"Let's move." Fumikage gets started on a run to avoid the oncoming mist.
"Agreed." Tenki is quick to follow after his partner.
