Shouta wasn't really sure what shocked him more.

The fact that Ichigo seemed to have the ability to...fly? Hover? Levitate? Or the fact that she fucking disappeared into thin air. Or the fact that she left absolutely no trace at all of her presence.

He supposed that it didn't matter much since either way once she was gone. Vanished into the sea of emerald green in the far yonder.

"So..."

"Don't say it-" He warned as he shot Ragdoll, the annoying green haired woman from the WWP group, a withering glare that seemed to shut her up for now. Though it didn't keep her from sniggering at him any. After all, he'd told them that Ichigo didn't have a quirk.

She was augmented, sure. But not because of a quirk.

And yet...to be able to fly off like that at the drop of a hat- it had looked a little bit like she maybe did have one and simply didn't like admitting it. Maybe because of how she'd been treated in the past? Whatever, he'd figure it out inevitably. But for now, he had other things that he needed to do.

"Okay everyone, take off. I want all of you to reach the camp before nightfall." He said as he gave the kids the green light to start moving their asses. He wanted to go on ahead to the camp and get his and Ichigo's stuff put up so that they could relax a little bit later.

He and the WWP's hung around to make sure that each of the kids managed to jump off of the mountain without much issue. Though he'd had to actually kick one or two of the students off due to their fear of heights. But once that was done and they were all gone, he sighed and then turned to the others as Tiger said.

"So...that was her huh?"

Shouta looked at the taller man questioningly before he then elaborated, "The girl that defeated the hero killer, Stain. She certainly doesn't seem like much at first glance."

"No. No she really doesn't." Shouta said wearily.

"Will she be okay on her own?" Pixie-bob asked next. She looked slightly worried to Shouta, so he tried to ease her mind a bit.

"She should be. The girl has a frighteningly easy knack for stuff. Besides, she told me before we even came here that she knows how to survive in the woods."

"Really? How? She looked like a total city girl to me." Ragdoll said.

"She...let's things slip on occasion about her past. Things from her childhood that are often times best left unsaid," Shouta said uneasily before hesitating for a moment before finally tacking on. "She told me and Toshinori that her dad used to take her out and chase her around in the woods with a machete as part of her 'survival' training."

To say that each member of the WWP's looked shocked and outright pissed would be an understatement. Tiger, let out a loud rumbling growl ask he asked in a low and dangerous tone, "He hurt her?"

"He outright abused her under the guise of training her. I don't know everything just yet but it's possible that things got much, much worse than what she's mentioned so far... But even I'm more than a little bit worried about what she might mention next. And I shudder to think of what would happen if someone sets her off."

"You mentioned before that she would be sparring with and helping to teach the kids some combat moves? Is that a wise idea?"

"I'm not totally one hundred percent, but I think as long as she's supervised then it should be fine. I mainly want to see what she knows and gauge her skill level."

The WWP's seemed to understand, and though Tiger was the last to say anything about the future lessons that Ichigo would be involved in, and even Shouta had to agree that putting her up against a non augmented person just might be a very, very bad idea. Especially so far out in the wild where there were no immediate hospitals or anyone trained in the medical field that could take care of someone if things went too far.

And Tiger had kindly suggested that for lessons and spars- that he be paired up with her since he was far more likely to walk away unscathed. Shouta agreed and told him that he'd pull Ichigo aside and explain that to her once she made it to camp.

Several hours had passed since Ichigo had disappeared into the woods and Shouta was slowly beginning to get worried that maybe she had exaggerated her skills a little bit. He was waiting around outside of the building where everyone would be bunking while they were all there, anxiously scanning the woods as the sky slowly, yet steadily, darkened.

Everyone else had already managed to make their way to camp. They were all a little bit roughed up, tired, suffering for chigger's, poison oak, and a multitude of allergic reactions to the local plant life- and maybe a little bit worse for the wear. But they were there.

And now the exhausted lot were either sitting or lying where they had collapsed upon their arrival while the girls from WWP's cooked everyone something to eat before bed.

Shouta was starting to think that he should go out and maybe look for her when she came walking through the underbrush a short ways from the clearing. Upon seeing her figure walking out of the woods, he let out a heavy sigh and tipped his head back on his neck so that he was looking up at the sky.

Silently sending the gods in heaven a silent word of thanks before putting his poker face on.

"Where have you been?" He asked in a irked tone as she came walking up to him.

She didn't look the least bit bothered by his 'dad' tone. In fact, if anything, it seemed to make her happier to see him as she shrugged her shoulders and simply said, "Here and there."

Which might not have been totally accurate. But it was probably pretty damned close because she had just spent several hours chasing after a whole litter of baby bunnies that she'd lucked out on finding. She'd had some serious fun doing it too.

If not for the fact that she'd lost track of time long ago, she would have probably finished up exploring and shit long before dark. But thankfully, baby bunnies were enough to distract her and let her let loose a little bit and use her unnatural speed some.

I mean, she couldn't exactly let loose like she had today in the city.

There were too many people, places and things. Out here in the mountains you had a choice between either rocks, trees, or other mountains. And frankly, she liked the limited choice better since it meant that she could be a little bit more reckless with her abilities and no one would suffer for it here.

"Here and there. You disappeared into thin air."

"I did not," She said.

"You did too! And why did you say that you don't have a quirk, when you do?"

"I don't." She argued back causing him to growl at her and snap.

"Ichigo you flew!"

"No I didn't. I was running on air. There is a difference." She said smartly. And he couldn't tell whether or not she was trying to start an argument with him. But he didn't like her answer any. Besides, he reasoned, a person couldn't run on air. It simply wasn't possible to.

"You can't run on air Ichigo. You flew. You have a quirk. Admit it." He said stubbornly. She gave him an odd look and thinned her lips a little bit and then shook her head and walked off to go and mingle a little bit with the other kids. Leaving him standing there, just a little bit shocked that she'd walked away from him like that.

Especially since she'd not done so before.

"You could have handled that a little bit better." Tiger's voice sounded from above him, on the building roof. Shouta jumped a little bit and twisted his head around to look at him since he hadn't expected the man to be observing his interaction with Ichigo.

But he supposed that since Tiger and everyone else was more than a little bit curious about the girl, then he should expect her to get a lot more attention than she may be comfortable with.

Tiger jumped down to the ground, landing deftly on the balls of his feet a few inches from Shouta before then saying, "She didn't seem like she wanted to argue about her ability. In fact, it looked a lot like she was trying to get you to drop the subject altogether."

"Then she shouldn't have argued with me."

"Or you shouldn't have argued with her," Tiger pointed out gently. Causing Shouta to flinch a little bit before the other man said, "She probably wanted to talk to you about what she did today once she separated from the rest of us. I'd wager that her biological father never really let her talk to him about things with him any. So I can understand why she looked so happy to see you."

"Is this you're weird way of coaching me as a parent?" Shouta asked him. Tiger shrugged his broad shoulders.

"She's a kitten. Kitten's are complicated creatures. Emotionally and mentally anyways," Tiger said as he lifted a paw and started to groom it some. "If she were my kitten, I would've groomed her while she talked."

"Please tell me that you aren't suggesting that I," Shouta gulped a little bit as he choked out in a strangled tone, "groom her with my tongue?"

Tiger rolled his eyes at his stupidity and stopped grooming his paw for a moment and grabbed Shouta's hand and slapped a brush into his palm. At which the dark haired man nearly collapsed to his knees with relief as Tiger said.

"Watch the tangles and snares. Nothing upsets a kitten more than having their fur pulled."