Authors Note: Again, apologies for the delay. I'm pretty slow in making these and life has been keeping me away from writing. XD


ASHIDO RESIDENCE EARLY MORNING

''Did you make sure to pack extra clothes?'' Asami asked as she watched Mina double check her things.

Without even looking up Mina replied. ''Yes, I did mom.'' She stated distractedly as she looked to her things for a bit before zipping up her bag.

*Ding Dong*

In an instant, Mina perked up as she looked to the door excitedly. ''That must be Izu.'' She stated happily as she put on her bag and made her way to the door. While her parents can only watch her with amusement.

''If he proposes to you say yes!'' Seiichi called out with a big grin as he wrapped an arm around his giggling wife.

Before reaching the door, the magenta girl nearly stumbled before glaring at her parents. ''Dad!'' she yelled in embarrassment, while making an effort not to let images of her and Izuku being married fill her mind.

Though honestly.…she wasn't necessarily against it.

Noticing the time, Mina snapped out of her state and went out the door as her colors slowly returned to normal. Hoping that Izuku wouldn't notice her sudden color change.

''Seriously Seiichi!'' His wife halfheartedly scolded as she playfully smacked her husband's chest with an amused grin.

Seiichi could only shrug as he chuckled. ''What? I like him.'' He stated sincerely while his wife rolled her eyes with a smile. Though truthfully, they weren't exactly….opposed to the idea of their daughter being married to Izuku.


U.A. GROUNDS

Izuku and Mina approached the U.A. grounds with their bags. As they approached, they could see some of their classmates, it would seem that they were still waiting for everyone else to arrive.

''Guess not everyone else is a morning person huh?'' Mina asked as she saw some of her classmates looking like zombies. Frankly she wasn't either, but you'd be surprised with what one cup of coffee can do to fix that.

Izuku looked to Mina with a knowing look. ''Are you?'' he asked with a teasing smirk. Thanks to their relationship, Izuku is more than aware of how Mina would often sleep in, which would usually lead her to being almost late to class.

''H-Hey! its not like that all the time.'' Mina defended with an embarrassed expression, only to falter further when she saw Izuku raise an eyebrow at her. ''Mostly.'' She stated with defeated sigh, only to pout when Izuku chuckled at her expression.

Once they met up with some of their classmates, they were immediately greeted by a energetic Kirishima and a sleepy Bakugou. The latter looking grumpy with noticeably less energy than usual, it became apparent that he sacrificed coffee in order to arrive early.

''Bone-jour sleep head!'' Izuku greeted with a big grin, while Mina rolled her eyes before giggling at his antics. She always wondered how Izuku could have so much energy despite waking up earlier than usual. Meanwhile Kirishima and everyone else chuckled at his greeting.

With a tired scowl, Bakugou slowly turned to Izuku. ''Morning, ya shitty nerd.'' He greeted back with a low growl, which only made him sound like an angry cat who had his sleep interrupted. [Authors Note: Highly specific but that's what came to mind. XD]

''He's even angry in the morning?'' Everyone else but Izuku thought with a sweatdrop. Wondering if he even sleeps angry as well. Though knowing Bakugou….there was a possibility that it is definitely the case with him.

Izuku chuckled from his response. ''What's wrong bud, too a.m. for you?'' he teased with a big grin, obviously enjoying Bakugou's tired state. While everyone else could look at the exchange in amusement.

Bakugou could only growl as he glared with little energy. ''If it wasn't so early in the morning, I'd kick your ass for this.'' He threatened before yawning, much to Izuku and everyone else's amusement.

After laughing at the exchange, Kirishima approached the sleepy teen with a chuckle. ''All right big guy, why don't we calm down and not blow things up early in the morning.'' he suggested with a big grin as he wrapped an arm around the sleepy explosion user. While Bakugou grumbled in agreement as he was led away with little resistance since he wasn't fully awake at the moment. While unbeknownst to them, someone stared at the duo with a thoughtful expression before a gentle smile formed on their face.

''I can't wait to get to camp!'' Toru cheered excitedly, getting everyone to voice their agreement.

As they discussed to themselves, the rest of their classmates eventually arrived and joined in the conversation. After a few moments, Aizawa emerged from the school effectively causing the class to immediately quiet down. He then ordered them to board the bus without delay, while announcing that class 1B's bus will be following us.


BUS RIDE

Like any other school trip, once everyone boarded the bus, the teacher would do a roll call to make sure everyone is present. Once that's finished everyone else used the opportunity to either take naps, listen to music as they looked out the window or to simply interact with one another.

Reaching the halfway point, most of the class woke up and decided to discuss to themselves. Which resulted in the bus being filled with their chatter, though the topic generally focused on the mall encounter yesterday.

''And before we knew it, Shigaraki was warped away before we could do anything.'' Izuku stated with a sigh, evidently the thought of a high-profile villain literally escaping from his grasp was frustrating. Mina saw his expression and held his hand of assurance, which made Izuku look to her with a grateful expression.

''Damn,'' Kaminari exclaimed with a nervous chuckle as he relaxed on his seat. ''if I was in Mineta's position I would have freaked.'' He stated sincerely as he glanced at the sleeping Mineta while everyone else agreed with him. Sure, they've faced villains at the USJ, but being in the mercy of a crazed villain with a disintegrating quirk would have been undoubtedly worse than that.

Momo nodded with a serious expression. ''Despite our experience with fighting villains, I doubt that even I would be able to think clearly in that situation.'' She agreed knowing that she might have panicked a bit, while everyone else nodded at that.

''Kero, I think I would have just stalled him at best.'' Tsuyu stated bluntly while everyone else looked to her. ''But I think I might've ended up saying something that could have angered him at the time.'' she stated sincerely while everyone else agreed knowing how blunt she can be with her statements.

Sato rubbed his neck with a sheepish expression. ''I don't think I would have been able to say anything useful at that situation.'' He admitted with a small chuckle.

''I hear that,'' Kirishima agreed before turning to Izuku. ''still…I didn't think that you had it in you to scare him of all people.'' He stated with a toothy grin as he gave a thumbs up. ''Super manly by the way.'' He praised in his usual manner, while Izuku looked embarrassed from all the praise.

Bakugou scoffed at this. ''I bet I could be scarier than shitty Deku any day.'' He claimed with a huff while Kirishima patted him at the back with a chuckle, while everyone else started wondering how they would have dealt with the situation.

Iida nodded as he adjusted his glasses. ''As much as a risky plan that was,'' he stated while everyone else turned to him. ''I have to commend you for the results Midoriya.'' He praised as he looked approvingly to Izuku. While the latter nodded to him with a smile.

''About that,'' Ochako suddenly stated getting everyone to look at her. ''what exactly did you do to scare Shigaraki.'' She asked with a curious expression while everyone else voiced their curiosity. They've heard the story already but they never actually found out exactly what he said.

But one thing for sure is, if it was enough to scare Shigaraki, then it must have been quite the statement.

Kirishima was quick to jump in. ''Hey yeah!'' he stated excitedly as he grinned. ''Mind showing us what you did bro?'' he asked with sparkles in his eyes, while Bakugou rolled his eyes but looked interested just the same.

''I would also like to know.'' Tokoyami claimed with clear interest in his voice, thinking that he could use similar tactics and apply it with his quirk. While everyone else had similar thoughts and wondered if they could use similar tactics in their hero careers.

Izuku shrank in his seat from all the attention. ''S-Sorry guys,'' he stated apologetically while everyone else (minus Mina) looked to him curiously. ''I only want to do that against villains.'' He declared sincerely while everyone else looked a bit bummed from not seeing what Izuku did. ''Plus, I'd prefer not giving my friends nightmares.'' Izuku thought to himself, knowing that showing his ''empty eyes'' trick would undoubtedly freak them out.

''Aww man!'' Kirishima stated with a clearly glum tone. ''can't you make an exception bro?'' he stated with an almost pleading voice only to be saddened when Izuku shook his head apologetically. Truthfully, they all understood where Izuku is coming from, but that didn't mean that they weren't at least a little bit curious.

Ochako wasn't giving up and looked to Izuku with puppy eyes. ''Even from your best friend?'' she stated with a look of hurt on her face.

''Hey!'' Bakugou barked in outrage, only to look away with a growl when everyone else looked to him with amused expressions. He wanted to know what Deku did too, but there were certain lines that he wasn't willing to cross for that kind information to be spilled.

Izuku chuckled, which caused Bakugou to glare at him. ''Sorry but no can do.'' He stated with a sheepish grin as Ochako slumped in defeat. While everyone else deflated a bit from seeing efforts fail.

Seeing their downcast expressions, Mina decided to throw them a bone (Pun absolutely intended). ''I can say this though,'' she stated while everyone turned to her. ''it was both scary and super awesome!'' she cheered with a grin while Izuku blushed a bit from the praise. While everyone else looked better and started imagining what Izuku did.

As Momo looked to Izuku with a thoughtful expression, an idea came to mind. ''By the way Izuku,'' she called out getting his attention. ''not to sound rude but how come you weren't apprehended for using your quirk in public?'' she asked with a curious expression while everyone else listened in. Todoroki and Iida were especially interested, remembering their encounter with the detective in the Hosu Hospital.

''Your fine Momo,'' Izuku reassured with a grin, while Momo looked to him with a smile. ''well to be honest, me and Mina have Aizawa to thank for that.'' He declared while pointing a thumb to the napping pro. ''If it weren't for him explaining to the police that what we did was self defense, then me and Mina would be in big trouble by now.'' He stated sincerely while Mina nodded in confirmation. While everyone else looked to them with understanding, though they did feel a bit jealous that Izuku and Mina were able to use their quirks in public with no problems from the authorities.

Unbeknownst to them, Aizawa was in fact not napping like they assumed he would. Instead he silently kept an eye on everyone by listening to all their interactions. Sure, he would love nothing more than to catch up on lost sleep, but his duties as their teacher outweighed his personal needs.

''No problem kid.'' Aizawa thanked in his with a small smile on his face. He then sighed to himself while wondering when exactly he became so soft. Usually he would treat his students with a fixed level of professionalism and kept himself from being attached. But…no matter how hard he tried, he found himself slowly warming up to this particular batch of students.

Yep he's gotten soft.

As they started discussing random topics amongst themselves, a thought came into Kaminari's head. ''Hey Bakugou?'' he called out getting said teen's attention.

''The hell do you want?'' Bakugou replied back with his usual scowl while Kirishima and Izuku could only laugh a bit at his response. No matter how many times it happens, interactions with Bakugou are almost never boring to watch or experience.

Naturally, his explosive response gained the attention of everyone else.

Kaminari wasn't bothered by the response and formed a curious expression. ''Is water wet?'' he asked with a clearly curious tone. While everyone else looked to him in confusion, wondering if this was a joke or something.

Bakugou however had a different reaction, for reasons unknown. He felt an unholy rage build up inside him at the mention of the question. And looking at Kaminari's clueless expression only increased that feeling and he instantly felt the need to knock some teeth out.

Seeing his expression slowly morph into a murderous one, everyone else reacted to the inevitable chaos accordingly.

While silently thanking that he was on the row seat, Izuku shielded Mina from the inevitable outrage, while said girl ducked behind Izuku and peaked a bit to not miss out on anything. Kirishima gulped in the meantime with a nervous expression, as he felt himself sweat while hardening his arms to stop Bakugou from wreaking havoc. He didn't know why, but he felt a small sense of déjà vu.

Everyone else reacted by simply bracing themselves and taking cover behind their respective seats.

At this point the trip became deathly silent as everyone's eyes switched between the enraged Bakugou to the extremely oblivious Kaminari. They were internally screaming for him to simply drop the question and notice the obvious danger he put himself in.

Unfortunately, he still remained oblivious as he patiently waited for Bakugou to respond. By this point, everyone started wondering how Kaminari still remained oblivious to the visible tension in the air.

''…listen here you little shit.'' Bakugou snarled as he set off mini explosions from his palms and ignoring how everyone else braced themselves. And it was then they noticed how Kaminari noticed the danger and went as white as a ghost.


DROP OFF POINT

''Where are they?'' Pixie Bob stated impatiently as she tapped her foot. She and her teammate Mandalay were currently waiting for the arrival of the 1A students.

Mandalay merely rolled her eyes at her teammate's impatience. ''They'll be here soon, try to be more patient.'' She suggested calmly, truthfully, she was excited to meet the next batch as well, but there wouldn't be any point wasting energy for being impatient.

Pixie Bob merely huffed. ''But the wait is killing me,'' she stated dramatically while Mandalay shook her head. ''one of them could be potentially mine!'' she stated in desperation like it's a fact while Mandalay sweatdropped.

While mentally noting to restrain her teammate if necessary, Mandalay was about to speak up when she noticed a bus arriving. ''Their here!'' she stated excitedly, while Pixie Bob merely straightened up her appearance to be more presentable.

Mandalay shook her head at her partner's actions then turned to the small kid that was accompanying them. ''Kota, be sure to be at your best behavior.'' She reminded with a kind smile, while Kota responded by merely turning away from her with a scowl. Much to her concern.

Once the bus arrived, Mandalay and Pixie Bob had friendly smiles on their faces as they watched the students exit with excited expressions as they stretched from the long trip. They were then confused when they noticed Kaminari sporting a black eye. While behind him was a smug looking Bakugou followed by a nervously grinning Kirishima and an amused Izuku and Mina.

Mandalay then turned to Aizawa with a curious expression. The latter meeting her gaze with a tired expression.

''Don't ask.'' He stated simply as he rubbed the bridge of his nose. Admittedly he was supposed to keep things under control and prevent such things from happening. But after hearing what he deemed to be ''the dumbest argument he's ever heard.'' He was more than willing to let things slide just this once.

Kaminari then looked around with a curious expression. ''Where's 1B?'' he asked aloud as he grabbed ice wrapped up in a cloth provided by Momo and Todoroki, while everyone else looked around.

Aizawa calmly answered. ''They'll be arriving shortly, they just got caught up in traffic.'' He stated as he showed his phone, indicating that he was talking with 1B's homeroom teacher Vlad. While everyone nodded in understanding.

Mandalay then cleared her throat, getting everyone's attention. ''Nice to meet you everybody!'' She greeted cheerfully as Pixie Bob looked to them with a big grin, while everyone else voiced their greeting, though they were wondering who these two were.

''For those who don't know who where are, were…'' Mandalay trailed off as she and Pixie bob posed together. ''The Wild Wild Pussycats!'' they declared excitedly in sync while Kota looked at them with a bored expression. While everyone else except Izuku, looked stunned by the duo's declaration.

Seeing their confusion, Aizawa chimed in. ''These are pro heroes who will be working with us during the camp.'' He announced while everyone nodded in understanding.

Izuku looked to the pros with an excited grin. ''Neat,'' he stated with a chuckle while everyone turned to him with a curious expression. ''Their group consists of four members who set up a joint agency. They're a veteran team that specializes in mountain rescues.'' he explained with excitement while everyone else turned to the pros in awe. While said pros looked to Izuku with big smiles.

''Well looks like someone's a fan.'' Pixie Bob stated with glee while Mandalay rolled her eyes at that but looked to Izuku with a smile, getting one in return.

Mina giggled, getting Izuku's attention. ''Is there anything else you don't know about them?'' she rhetorically asked while the rest of his classmates else laughed a bit, knowing that Izuku obviously knew more. In the meantime, Bakugou just groaned but payed attention anyway.

Izuku chuckled at her antics before standing in front of his classmates with a grin. ''Well,'' he started while everyone listened intently. ''This year will be their twelfth workin-'' his statement was interrupted when his senses flared up and found himself sliding out of the way of a sudden movement directed at him from behind.

Looking to the source, he and everyone else was shocked to see that Izuku managed to avoid being grabbed by a ticked off Pixie Bob. Not noticing Mandalay face palming with a sigh at her teammate's actions.

Before Izuku could say anything, Pixie Bob spoke up. ''Listen here you…'' she stated with a deadly tone, making Izuku and his classmates nervous. She then looked to Izuku with a deadly expression. ''I like you, but there's something I want to clear up.'' She stated seriously while Izuku tensed from the pro's expression. He then began wondering if he needed to defend himself with his psychokinesis.

''I'm 18 at heart!'' She roared at Izuku before breathing heavily while everyone else was taken back, before looking to her like she grew a second head. While Mandalay gave off a tired sigh at Pixie Bob's declaration knowing that this isn't the first time that this happened.

After recovering from their shock, everyone deadpanned at her. Needless to say, everyone now understood why she acted that way. Some turned to Mandalay who looked sheepish from their judging gazes.

''Are we clear?'' Pixie Bob stated with an expectant look while looking more than ready to maul Izuku. The latter looking to her with a confused expression, before understanding what she wants to hear.

Izuku then gave a nervous grin. ''Purr-fectly clear.'' He joked with an awkward chuckle, hoping that his response was convincing enough to appease the apparently age sensitive pro. Said pro calmed a bit, but still pouted from the pun. While Mandalay laughed a bit with everyone else despite the joke being a little bit easy. Even Bakugou found himself smirking at the remark.

After recomposing herself, Mandalay cleared her throat, gaining everyone's attention. ''We own this whole stretch of land here.'' She stated as she gestured the area before them, while everyone awed at the location.

''You all will be staying at the foot of that mountain.'' She added while pointing to a faraway location. Making everyone confused by her statement, wondering why we didn't discuss this beforehand.

''Then why did we stop here?'' Ochako asked with a curious expression, while everyone else voiced their confusion.

In the meantime, Izuku wore a thoughtful expression as he looked between the pros and the lodge. His eyes then widened with realization as they glowed a bit, with an idea of what is about to happen. He discreetly made his way to the back of the bus to use a ''shortcut'' to the bottom of the lookout point. While unbeknownst to him, Aizawa watched his reaction with a smirk. The latter clearly expecting Izuku to figure it out.

Not noticing Izuku's action, Mandalay continued with a mischievous smile. ''It's 9:30 a.m. right now.'' She stated with an ominous tone while everyone else looked to her in confusion. ''If your fast…then maybe around noon?'' she asked with a grin, while everyone broke into sweat, realizing what the pro is implying.

Kirishima swallowed as he and everyone else took a step back. ''Get back to the bus!'' he ordered as he made a break for the bus, while everyone else immediately followed. While the pros looked to their fleeing forms in amusement.

''Kitties who don't make it by 12:30 won't get any lunch!'' she called from behind them but they didn't bother stopping as they only focused on fleeing from the pros. Not noticing that one of them was currently not with them.

Unfortunately for them, they were stopped when Pixie Bob dropped down in front of the group. ''Sorry ladies and gentlemen.'' She stated with a smug grin as her hands started glowing, much to the student's dismay. ''But training camp…has already begun!'' she declared as she slammed gloved hands on the ground. Said ground pushed forward and swept the understandably scared students away towards the cliff.

''AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!'' The students screamed as they were pushed of the cliff. While Pixie Bob and Mandalay looked on with amusement while Aizawa wore a sadistic smile.


WITH CLASS 1A

Shaking off his shock, Bakugou aimed his palms below as he used mini explosions to correct himself and slow down his fall. He of course wasn't the only one to snap out of their shock, as Kirishima activated his hardening quirk as he braced himself, Tokoyami used his dark shadow to simply glide down, Ochako prepared to use her quirk when she got close to the ground.

While everyone else continued to scream (except for Todoroki who remained stoic but had surprise in his eyes.) as they could only flail helplessly in the air due to not having the right quirk or was simply too panicked to think of a solution.

However, as Mina and everyone else screamed, she suddenly found herself covered in a green glow as her fall slowed down. While others suddenly found themselves caught by Medium sized Gaster Blasters.

Before she could comment, the green glow dispersed and she suddenly found herself caught in someone's arms, making her yelp in surprise.

Looking up she saw Izuku looking down on her with a big grin. ''Heya.'' He greeted as he secured his bridal style hold on her. Looking around, Mina saw everyone else either land with their quirks or lowered to the ground by the Gaster Blasters. Said students looked to Izuku with grateful expressions.

Snapping out of her shock, Mina looked to Izuku with a big smile as she wrapped her arms around his neck. ''My hero~.'' She swooned as she peppered Izuku with kisses, while the latter chuckled at her action but didn't do anything to stop her.

After placing Mina on her feet, Izuku went on one knee, while Mina reacted by immediately crouching down beside him. ''You alright Izu?'' she asked in worry, now noticing how tired he looked.

After taking a breath and making the blasters disappear. Izuku looked to her with a small grin. ''Yeah, just….need a few minutes.'' He assured with a chuckle as a bit of sweat dripped from his forehead. While Mina nodded in understanding, knowing how much effort he must have used to catch her and everyone else at once.

Meanwhile, everyone else regrouped with Izuku as they dusted themselves off the ground. But before anyone could say anything, a voice was heard in their heads.

''Hey nice catch kid, truthfully Pixie Bob was going to catch you guys with her quirk. But it would seem you had everything under control.''

Looking up they saw Mandalay looking down on them with a big smile.

Now understanding that the voice in their head was her quirk, they couldn't help but be in awe with her ability. Their thoughts were then interrupted when Mandalay spoke again.

''Also, since it's private land, you can use your quirks as you wish! You have three hours to come to the facility on your own two feet through the Beast's Forest! Good Luck!''

After looking to the forest while digesting the announcement, Iida immediately turned his attention to Izuku and made his way to him. ''Thank you for the assist Midoriya.'' He stated gratefully as he held a hand out. While Izuku looked to the hand and nodded with a smile as he grabbed the hand and was pulled up to his feet.

''Kero, but you didn't have to catch me of all people Izuku.'' Tsuyu stated as everyone turned to her with confusion. ''My quirk allows me to land from high drops remember?'' she asked with a smile, while everyone nodded in understanding.

Izuku chuckled at that as he looked to her with a grin. ''True, but I still wouldn't let you fall regardless.'' He stated with a shrug while Tsuyu nodded to him with a smile. Knowing that Izuku would do what he can to help anyone as long as he could do it.

Iida smiled at the interaction before looking to the forest with a serious expression. ''Everyone!'' he called out making everyone turn to him in attention. ''We need prepare to-'' his statement was interrupted when they felt the ground shake a bit as a commotion was heard from the forest.

Turning to the source, they were shocked to see what looked like a massive four-legged creature walking out of the forest. Said creature released a roar that made Jiro cover her ears with grimace.

''It's a beast!'' Kaminari called out in fear as he and everyone else prepared to engage the beast. Bakugou in particular looked excited to take on the creature as he started cracking his knuckled with a bloodthirsty grin.

Kota immediately tried to calm the beast down with his voice, but was proven ineffective as the creature didn't even acknowledge his voice as the creature raised its claws to crush the teen. Said teen was suddenly pulled out of the way with a green glow and was seated by Izuku.

*CRASH*

The beast growled in annoyance as it's prey was pulled away from him.

''You alright bud?'' Izuku asked in worry, while Koda shook off his shock and responded with a shaky nod.

After nodding in confirmation, Izuku looked to the creature with an analytical expression. Normally Koda's quirk was more than enough to convince animals to do what he says, but it was clear that the creature was no animal. His theory was proven correct when he noticed something odd about the creature, namely what its outer appearance looked like.

Just then a small piece of the creature fell off as it turned its head to everyone else.

''A dirt clod?'' Izuku thought with confusion as he looked between the piece on the ground and the creature itself. Suddenly the pieces came together as he remembered what Pixie Bob's quirk is. And with that, his eyes glowed as he formulated the best course of action while everyone else kept their eyes on the creature as it roared and scratched the ground in front of it. A clear signal that it was about to start charging to them.


WITH THE PROS

While Pixie Bob was focused on her quirk, Mandalay and Aizawa were having their own discussion.

''I have to say, this schedule that you guys gave them is a bit crazy.'' Mandalay stated as she looked to the underground pro as he leaned onto the bus.

Eraserhead wasn't even fazed and calmly replied. ''Well, we're planning to have them acquire early what they normally would get at the beginning of their second year, so it's going to be crazy no matter what.'' He stated while Mandalay nodded in attention.

''Permits to use their quirk in the time of an emergency a provisional license allowing them to work as heroes. With villains being so active right now, they also need to learn how to defend themselves.'' He added with a serious expression while Mandalay nodded with the same expression. Like her other teammates, she had been a bit tense since the villains had become bolder with their attacks as of late.

She then took a brief glance at Kota, silently hoping that he wouldn't get caught up in all this. While said kid looked down at the students with a scowl on his face.

Her thoughts were disturbed when Aizawa suddenly spoke up. ''Oh yeah, just a heads up. They're going to reach the Training facility in no time if you don't step it up.'' He warned while Mandalay and Pixie Bob looked to him in surprise. Not expecting such a statement from the normally indifferent hero.

Shaking out of her surprise, Mandalay gave a small laugh. ''I've heard that these kids are good Aizawa. But our own team would take hours to reach the lodge by foot from here.'' She stated, remembering the difficulty they had in their experiences despite being pros.

As they were discussing, they didn't' notice Pixie Bob looking surprised when her visor detected a high energy source. ''What is that?'' she muttered to herself as she didn't expect such a high-power level from the students.

Aizawa could only shake his head at her clear doubt. ''Don't say I didn't warn you.'' He stated with a sigh, while Mandalay raised an eyebrow at his response.

''Wha-''

*ZWWWOOOSSHHH*

Her statement was interrupted when she and Pixie Bob turned to the pillar of smoke with surprised expressions. Completely missing the knowing smirk that Aizawa wore.


WITH CLASS 1A

The students could only gape at the creature that stood before them.

Or at least what's left of it.

The creature's body still stood in its running position, only this time it had a giant hole where its head was once located. Said hole reached all the way to the other end of the creature. Just then, pieces of the creature started falling apart until it was reduced into nothing but a pile of earth.

*CRASH*

Quickly snapping out of their shock, the students turned to a panting Izuku who was standing with a hand stretched out. Behind him was a Large Gaster Blaster with smoke emanating from its mouth, indicating that it was recently fired.

Snapping out his shock, Bakugou glared at Izuku. ''DAMNIT DEKU!'' he roared getting Izuku to look at him. ''I didn't get a chance to show off!'' he stated in clear frustration as he brought his palms up. While everyone else was either looking at Izuku with grateful or shocked expressions. Still finding it impressive how easily they could forget about how powerful Izuku's blasters get from time to time.

Izuku could only give a tired chuckle as he powered down and made his blaster disappear. ''I'm sure you'll get your chance bud.'' He reassured with a grin while Bakugou huffed as he looked to the forest. He then turned to Iida, getting the latter's attention. ''I believe you were about to say something before we were so...rudely interrupted?'' he asked with a grin, while everyone else turned to Iida.

Iida snapped out of it and looked to Izuku with a grateful expression, he then faced everyone else with an authoritative expression. ''Stay together and work as a group!'' he ordered while everyone else nodded and looked to the forest with serious expressions.

''If we want to reach the training grounds on time, then I suggest we use the shortest route to get there.'' Momo added while everyone else nodded in agreement, knowing that their energy could be wasted if they kept fighting for too long.

Iida nodded as he and everyone else tensed up. ''All right. Let's go, Class A!'' he roared with energy.

''Yeah!'' Everyone cried back with equal vigor.

They then made their way to the forest with Izuku and Jiro in the front while using their senses to detect any possible encounters along the way.


WITH THE PROS

Aizawa had a small smile as he looked to his students moving along as a group. He then wore a rather smug expression as he looked to Mandalay and Pixie Bob. Both wearing perplexed expressions, obviously not expecting that kind of fire power and coordination from the students.

''Told you so.'' Aizawa stated simply as he made his way to the bus. Once on board he was taken away to the lodge. While the pros snapped out of their shock and watched the bus leave.

Pixie Bob then looked to the forest with an excited expression. ''I like these kids! My fur's standing on end!'' she stated happily as she increased her efforts. While Mandalay could only nod as she looked on in amazement.

As they looked on with interest, Kota's scowl deepened as he looked to the forest below. ''Are they stupid? Saying that they want to be heroes.'' He thought with frustration as he looked below.


BEAST FOREST

As the students walked along, they suddenly stopped when Izuku raised a hand as he sensed something and looked ahead with a serious expression. ''There's something up ahead.'' He warned making everyone tense. While Jiro plugged her jacks on a nearby tree.

''Three to be exact.'' She clarified before unplugging her jacks and regrouping with everyone else.

The trees in front of them suddenly collapsed as three big creatures made themselves known. The one leading them looked to be a giant stone Minotaur. The one on its right was the same four-legged beast at the beginning, only with noticeably more armor. While the one on its left was a giant cyclops holding a stone club.

Understandably, seeing this made the students tense a bit before shaking themselves out of their states and hardening their expressions. After facing villains multiple times, they couldn't afford to freeze up now. Plus, some of them would rather not have to rely on Izuku and the more powerful students more often.

It appeared to be an intense stare down until Iida spoke up. ''SPLIT OFF IN GROUPS AND PICK YOUR TARGETS!'' he ordered as he, Bakugou and Todoroki went of to focus on the cyclops. Izuku nodded as he charged 13% Full Cowl before he and Mina chose to engage the Minotaur. While Momo lead the rest of the class to face off against the four-legged beast.

Naturally this caused the creatures to divide their attention and with a mighty roar they went off to fight their respective group of students.


WITH THE MINOTAUR

[Undertale OST- ''Stronger Monsters'' -Plays]

With a serious expression, Mina used her acid quirk to skate towards the Minotaur. While said creature aimed its horns forward and charged to meet the approaching student.

Only to be suddenly stopped when it was covered in a green glow. Looking ahead it saw Izuku with both hands stretched out as green sparks emanated from his body. His expression consisted of a big grin with his usual glowing eyes as 13% Full Cowl flowed through him.

As it tried to struggle, it didn't notice Mina arrive by its feet until it was too late. Said teen slid between its legs and splashed acid on its legs as she passed by. Which resulted in its legs to effectively start melting away.

Seeing that the creature's legs were no longer a problem, Izuku immediately released his hold on the creature, which in turn resulted in it falling. But before it could reach the ground, two large bones sprouted from the ground and pierced its shoulders.

Seeing that the beast is unable to move, Mina slid back around and splashed more acid on it. While Izuku snapped his fingers caused long bones and bone blades to rain down on the suspended beast. While said beast could only groan as it found itself helpless against the barrage of bones and the slow burn from Mina's acid.

''Anyone hungry for some…'' Izuku trailed off as he watched the stone Minotaur fall apart. Resulting in it becoming nothing more than a small mountain of dirt and bones.

He then turned his attention to Mina who stopped sliding beside him.

''Ground beef?'' Mina supplied with a big grin as she raised her fist to Izuku. While said teen bumped his fist with hers while wearing a big grin of his own.

Seeing that the area was clear, they decided to head to where Momo's group was most likely located, knowing that Iida's group can handle themselves considering the amount of fire power they possess.


WITH THE STONE CYCLOPS

Aiming his palms backwards, Bakugou used his quirk to launch him towards the stone beats. Said beast saw him approaching and readied its weapon, once he was close enough. The cyclops roared as it brought down his weapon with a mighty swing.

Only for it to miss when Bakugou corrected himself and easily avoided the club, which resulted in it slamming to the ground while creating a shock wave afterwards. Before it could lift its arm up, Todoroki used the opportunity to freeze its club to the ground, including it's legs and weapon arm.

The beast struggled to pull himself free as the ice effectively covered a large portion of it's torso at this point. Seeing no other choice, it raised it's free hand and prepared to break the-

''RECIPRO BURST!'' Iida roared as he delivered a powerful kick behind the beast's shoulder, before launching himself off the shoulder and back to the ground. While the beast felt the hit as it found itself pushed forward a bit as cracks formed on his body from the hit.

Seeing the creature's stunned state, Bakugou flared his palms as he aimed both of them at the beast.

''DIE!'' he roared as he unleashed hell.

*BOOM*

The attack hit its mark, resulting in the beast being consumed by the blast. Combined with the ice prison and the cracks formed from Iida' attack, the beast could only crumble from the amount of damage sustained.

Iida huffed as he watched the pieces of the creature fall to the ground. ''Good job you two.'' He praised with sincerity while said duo could only nod in response before looking around the area in alert.

''This isn't the last of them,'' Todoroki stated bluntly while the other two turned to him. ''we should group up while we have the-

''Then what are we waiting for? Come one!'' Bakugou interjected as he started running to where Momo's group was located. While Iida and Todoroki looked to each other before shrugging and following the explosive teen.


WITH THE ARMORED FOUR-LEGGED BEAST

The students tensed as the armored beast let out a mighty roar before charging towards the students while making the ground rumble under its feet. Anything unlucky enough to be caught in its path were either trampled on or knocked away by its size.

Snapping out of her shock Momo turned to Mineta. The latter looking at the enraged creature with wide eyes. ''Mineta use your quirk on it!'' she ordered with little fear in her voice, knowing that thinking rationally will be the key to making great plans. While the short teen snapped out of his shock and looked to her in surprise. Before nodding and turning to the charging beast with a serious expression as he reached for his hair.

''Take this!'' he roared as he flung his quirk to the charging beast.

The results were almost instant as the beast suddenly stopped and looked to the ground curiously, noticing that it found itself unable to lift its feet of the ground. Realizing that it was stuck, the beast begun doubling its efforts to free itself while roaring in fury.

Seeing that the first phase of the plan worked, Momo took a deep breath. ''Everyone!'' she called out making everyone look to her instantly. ''I need Shoji and Jiro to monitor the area and make sure no other creatures can get the drop on us.'' she requested making the said teens nod in confirmation while everyone else waited for their orders.

''Uraraka, Tsuyu, Koda, Sero, Kaminari, Mineta, Ojiro and Toru.'' She called out getting them to perk up. ''I need you guys to cover Jiro and Shoji while their keeping an eye out for us. We never know what else we could expect in this forest.'' She stated while said group nodded in confirmation.

''Lastly, I need Kirishima, Sato, Tokoyami and Aoyama to try and crack its armor while it's stuck. If it starts getting loose, group up with everyone else and don't do anything risky.'' She ordered seriously while said group started preparing to engage the monster.

Kirishima nodded as he hardened his arms. ''What about you?'' he asked while keeping an eye on the struggling beast. Noticing that cracks started forming underneath its feet, indicating that it would be free with the right amount of force.

Expecting the question Momo calmly replied. ''I'll be making something to try and destroy it. Cover me!'' she ordered as she turned around and found cover as she started creating her item of choice. While everyone else went to their assigned tasks.

Jiro immediately plugged her jacks on the tree where Momo was currently taking cover in. While Shoji joined her and used his quirk to make multiple limbs that had either ears or eyes at the end, before scanning the area to look for more creatures. Ochako's group immediately joined them and set a defensive parameter around them.

Meanwhile Kirishima hardened his quirk and rushed towards the trapped beast with a mighty roar, while Sato ate some sugar and buffed up before joining in. Meanwhile Aoyama went to a safe distance to provide supporting fire with his navel laser, while Tokoyami tried a different approach and went behind the creature.

''Ora!'' Kirishima roared as he started delivering consecutive punches to the front left leg of the creature. Said creature tried to bite him but was intercepted by a powerful uppercut from Sato. Before the beast could roar out, it was suddenly hit with a laser shot to the eye making it growl. Behind the creature, Tokoyami used Dark Shadow to try and damage or remove the tail. Said task was proving difficult when the creature kept trying to swipe Dark Shadow away with its tail.

As they continued their attacks, they began to notice cracks starting to form on the creature's body, indicating that their attacks were inflicting damage. Though admittedly a bit slow. But that wasn't the only thing they noticed, the ground started cracking more as the beast was close to freeing itself despite the damage they were inflicting. Mineta's quirk might stick with the creature, but that didn't mean it can't just bring pieces of the ground with it.

As the beast increased its struggle, they increased their attacks. Even if the beast might end up escaping, the least they could do is inflict enough damage for it to be easier to deal with. Their effort bore fruit as the cracks on the beast increased little by little. But despite the added confidence boost, they still found themselves slowly tiring out from their attacks.

Aoyama was starting to show pain from overuse of his quirk, while Kirishima and Sato started noticing their fatigue. While Tokoyami could only growl in frustration noticing that Dark Shadow was having difficulty countering the tail's wild swings. His frustration grew a bit when he noticed that the beast was dangerously close to freeing itself.

But as they were about retreat for a breather, Momo's commanding voice was heard.

''CLEAR OUT!''

Not even bothering to look at her direction. Kirishima, Sato and Tokoyami stopped their attacks and regrouped with each other, not taking their eyes of the roaring beast while doing so. While Aoyama stopped firing to take a breather.

*BOOM!*

As the beast's head erupted from the sudden explosion and impact. Kirishima's group turned to Momo and saw that she had created a large cannon. While everyone else around her looked to the damage in awe. The cannon in question looked to be an old fashioned one, but was clearly meant for damage and not for looks.

*CRASH*

Turning back to the beast, everyone saw that it was reduced into nothing more than a large mound of dirt. Once sure that it stayed down, Kirishima and everyone else regrouped with the rest of the class.

[Song Stops]

''Nice shot.'' Kirishima praised with a toothy grin while everyone else voiced their praise. While Momo found herself blushing from the amount of attention she was getting, much to everyone's amusement.

Ochako happily agreed as she hugged the vice representative, surprising her in the process. ''And your leadership skills were awesome too!'' she praised with a laugh while Momo chuckled at her antics and returned the hug.

''You guys alright?''

Turning to the voice, they saw Izuku and Mina approaching them. Following them were Iida, Todoroki and Bakugou. The latter looking disappointed that there wasn't anything to fight.

''More than alright.'' Ochako stated happily as she released Momo and hugged Izuku. The latter returning the gesture as he looked to everyone nodding in agreement.

Iida looked to the beast's remains with an approving look. ''It would seem so.'' He agreed sincerely before looking to the rest with a smile.

After releasing his hug on Ochako, Izuku whistled at his classmate's handiwork. ''Man, I wish I could've seen how awesome you guys were.'' He stated sincerely while said group stood straighter from the praise.

Bakugou scoffed at that. ''Yeah well, I bet it was nothing compared to what we did.'' He boasted with a grunt making others either deadpan or chuckle at him. With some wondering how Izuku dealt with that most of his life.

Kirishima chuckled as he patted his back. ''I'm sure it was very manly dude.'' He stated with a toothy grin while Bakugou smirked at him.

But before anyone else could speak, Jiro interjected. ''It's not over yet guys.'' She stated seriously as she removed her jacks from a nearby tree. While everyone else looked to her in surprise.

Not a moment later, they heard a commotion ahead of them.

Looking ahead, the trees gave way to reveal more stone beasts. Ahead of them looked to be a giant turtle with stone spikes on its shell. Behind it were two stone cyclops, each wielding a stone club. Looking above they saw what looked to be a small but large enough stone dragon.

''Looks like there's going to be more of them.'' Kirishima stated with a nervous chuckle as he hardened his arms while everyone else tensed. Bakugou on the other hand looked more than ready to fight again as he cracked his knuckles with a malicious smile.

Izuku looked to the creatures before shrugging. ''Welp, then what are we waiting for?'' he asked with a grin before charging 13% Full Cowl, while Mina stood beside him, more than ready to join him.

Iida nodded before turning to everyone with a serious expression. ''Onwards! If we push as one then we'll make it in no time!'' he roared before speeding to the beasts, followed by Bakugou, Izuku, Mina and Todoroki.

And with that, the class roared in defiance as they charged towards the stone creatures.


LODGE

Waiting at the front of the lodge was the pros who consisted of Aizawa and the complete group of the Wild Wild Pussycats. The latter group looking excited to meet the students while Aizawa just wore a patient expression, knowing that his students would arrive at any moment.

Aizawa then smiled to himself as he watched his students emerge from the forests looking exhausted but made great time. His eyes then landed on Izuku who was being supported by Mina and Bakugou, most likely from overusing his blasters and Psychokinesis.

After making a mental note to scold him for his recklessness, his eyes drifted to the rest of his students. It was clear that they were all roughed up and exhausted from the constant fighting and quirk use. But the fact that they are still able to walk spoke volumes of how much they improved.

But it was clear that they still had more room to improve.

His thoughts were interrupted when Pixie Bob spoke up. ''I can't believe it,'' she stated while everyone else looked to her curiously. ''these kids managed to make through the forest in record time.'' She stated with a big grin while the students looked to her with big smiles.

Mandalay happily agreed. ''And to think we're given the chance to train such an impressive batch of students.'' She praised making some embarrassed from the praise, while some stood a bit taller from the statement. Bakugou on the other hand just looked more smug than usual, much to the amusement of Izuku and Kirishima.

''And now that everyone's here,'' she added while everyone else looked to her and her teammates in attention. ''We are the Wild Wild Pussycats!'' they greeted in sync as they formed the team pose. While everyone stared at them in awe as they explained their individual quirks.

Pixie Bob then grinned as she stopped posing. ''Now that the introductions are out of the way…,'' she trailed off as she formed a sultry expression, surprising the students but making her teammates sigh knowing what was going to happen next. ''You four were especially amazing.'' She purred as she pointed to Izuku, Bakugou, Todoroki and Iida. Said students looked at her in confusion, wondering why her tone was like this.

Red flags went off in the students' heads when she suddenly licked her lips before lunging at them. ''I'm looking forward to where you'll be in three years! I call dibs!'' she declared with a hint of desperation, while Bakugou, Todoroki and Iida found themselves bracing for impact.

Her lunge was interrupted when she suddenly found herself covered in a green glow and stopped in place. Looking ahead, she and everyone else saw Izuku on one knee as he had a glowing hand extended. His eyes glowed a bit as sweat dripped from his forehead.

''Sorry lady…'' Izuku apologized with a breath. ''but I'm already taken.'' He stated with a tired grin while Todoroki and Iida looked to Izuku with grateful expressions. Heck, even Bakugou didn't try to hide how relieved he was to not deal with the desperate pro in his state. Meanwhile the rest of his classmates looked to him with knowing smiles at the statement.

Ignoring her current position, Pixie Bob looked shocked. ''Really!? Who!?'' she asked with sadness evident in her voice, knowing that she just lost her ''chances'' with Izuku in the future.

''That would be me sister.'' Came a sassy voice.

Turning to the voice, Pixie Bob and everyone else saw Mina standing to the side with a hand on her hip and a sly grin on her face. ''You can let her go now.'' She suggested kindly, seeing that Izuku is already pushing himself by using his psychokinesis in his current state.

Izuku didn't have to be told twice as he released the pro and took a breather while Mina approached and helped him stand on his feet. ''Thanks.'' He stated with a grin. While Mina smiled sweetly at him and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

Needless to say, their interaction got some coos and small cheers from his classmates. Even Aizawa couldn't help but have a small smile at the interaction, he was joined by the other pros (except Pixie Bob who was sulked a bit from the declaration.) who also smiled fondly at the couple.

Kaminari smiled before looking to Mineta who was surprisingly smiling at the couple. ''Mineta?'' he called out getting the short teen's attention.

''Yeah?'' Mineta called out with an eyebrow raised, wondering what was wrong. While also wondering why Kaminari looked at him like he grew a second head or something.

Kaminari looked at him with an eyebrow raised. ''Aren't you…envious at them?'' he asked, wondering if his short companion had gone mental and was now in a constant state of denial.

Understanding what was happening, Mineta gently waved a hand at that. ''Nah,'' he stated bluntly while Kaminari looked to I'm in shock. ''I figured that I can at least improve my attitude around them since they saved me at the mall.'' He stated with gratitude before looking at the couple with a smile.

Meanwhile Kaminari cold only gape at him, ever since becoming classmates he knew for a fact that Mineta would often envy anyone who ended up getting lucky with girls or ended up in a relationship. Truthfully, he would often be envious as well, but it was almost never as strong as Mineta's. So, to see the short teen now looking at the couple with respect, he couldn't but feel his own form of respect towards his short friend.

''Besides,'' Mineta suddenly snapping Kaminari out of his thoughts. ''If it were another couple, I'd be pissed at them instead.'' He stated with frustration as an aura of envy emanated from him while Kaminari could only deadpan at him. Needless to say, he started questioning his respect towards the short teen.

With Pixie Bob, she was about to lunge at the other three boys since her chances with Izuku are gone, only to be immediately restrained by the muscle of their group Tiger. While the rest of the pros deadpanned at her.

''Control yourself Pixie!'' Mandalay scolded as she sighed at her teammate's antics.

''Thirstiness aside.'' Izuku stated with a cheeky grin while Mina playfully punched his arm with a giggle. While Pixie Bob sulked from the remark as she slumped in Tiger's arms. While the other pros looked to him amused expressions. In the meantime, his other classmates tried to hid their laughter or giggled to themselves at the remark.

Izuku chuckled before pointing at the kid who was scowling at them. ''Whose child is that?'' he stated curiously as he recomposed himself. Truthfully, he noticed the kid's expression earlier and tried to lighten the mood a bit. Sadly, it looked like it didn't work out.

Mandalay immediately went to clear the misunderstanding. ''Oh, not one of ours. He's my cousin's kid.'' She stated calmly while everyone else nodded in understanding.

''Come on and greet them Kota. You'll be with them for the next week.'' She encouraged calmly, only to frown sadly when he didn't make a move and continued to scowl at them. While the students looked at him curiously, wondering if they did anything to make him upset somehow.

Thinking that he was just being shy, Izuku wore a friendly smile as he approached the kid. ''Heya, the names Midoriya.'' He greeted as he stopped in front of Kota before offering a handshake. ''It's nice to meet-

Before he could complete his statement, Izuku found himself sliding to the side. Looking to the kid in surprise, he saw that he tried to punch him in his…nuts. Said kid looked surprised from Izuku's reflexes and reaction time. He then scowled as he lowered his hand and looked away from Izuku.

In the meantime, Mandalay and the rest of her teammates looked to the angry child with worried expressions. While Aizawa and everyone else looked surprised from Kota's attempt to hurt Izuku.

Snapping out of his shock, Iida looked to Kota with a stern expression. ''You brute of a nephew! How dare you try to attack Midoriya's scrotum!?'' he scolded while chopping his arms at the child who ignored him. While Izuku snorted into his hand as he and everyone else laughed at Iida's blunt statement.

Not even fazed by the scolding, Kota crossed his arms. ''I don't plan on being friends with guys who want to be heroes!'' he stated while glaring at Iida. While everyone else was taken aback by the kid's response.

Bakugou grunted as he looked to the kid. ''Damn brat.'' He muttered to himself while some who heard him kind of agreed with him. Though they would have found a way to phrase it differently.

''Isn't he kind of like you?'' Todoroki stated stoically while Izuku and Mina laughed at that. While everyone else chuckled quietly, hoping to not draw attention from Bakugou.

Said teen snapped at Todoroki with a glare. ''Ha!? What the hell is that supposed to mean!?'' he growled, thankfully he was held back by Kirishima before he could cause any damage.

''Sorry.'' Todoroki stated stoically, much to Bakugou's ire and to Izuku's amusement.

Izuku chuckled before looking to Mandalay with a curious expression. ''By the way,'' he stated while everyone turned to him. ''why is she so desperate to hookup with somebody?'' he asked while pointing at the still restrained Pixie Bob. The latter looking dejected from being labeled as ''desperate.''

Mandalay looked sheepish before scratching her cheek as she explained. ''She's a little desperate, since she's about the suitable age for, you know…'' she trailed off with an awkward chuckle while Tiger and Ragdoll looked sheepish. While Pixie Bob sulked from her being exposed.

''Huh.'' Izuku stated while everyone looked to him. ''I didn't even think that you were that old to begin with.'' he stated bluntly while the everyone else could only gape at him. Even Tsuyu seemed surprised on how blunt he can be like her.

Snapping out of their shock, they couldn't help but have a good laugh at the statement and to Izuku's surprise and amusement, Kota looked away to try and hide his snickering. Seeing this Izuku smiled to himself, happy to know that the kid wasn't all anger and seriousness.

While Pixie Bob could only stare at him blankly, trying to figure out if his statement was an insult or not.

Hiding his amusement, Aizawa spoke up. ''Enough, get your stuff off the bus.'' He ordered while everyone else turned to him. ''Once you've put your bags in your rooms, we'll have dinner in the cafeteria. After that, you'll bathe and go to sleep.'' He stated while everyone looked relieved from hearing getting rest.

''We'll start tomorrow. Now get a move on.'' He added before entering the lodge followed by the Pussy Cat team with a sulking Pixie Bob in tow. While Izuku and everyone else went on to retrieve their things with new found vigor, clearly excited to eat food and take a break from their long day.


DINNER TIME

Inside the mess hall, the students sat and found themselves drooling a bit as they stared at the assortment of foods that are currently presented on their tables. Said meals varied from Tempura, Fried Pork, Ramen Noodles and etc.

Izuku clapped his hands together with a big grin. ''Thanks for the food!'' he thanked gratefully before digging in. Not far behind was the rest of his classmates as they soon began happily eating their meals.

''Damn this stuff is good!'' Kirishima praised with manly tears as he consumed his steak. While everyone else could only agree as they ate.

Pixie Bob giggled at their enthusiasm to eat. ''Thanks, but keep in mind that we will be only doing this for you guys today. So, I suggest you eat to your hearts content.'' She suggested happily while everyone just responded by cheering as they ate.

As Bakugou ate his grilled fish, he looked to Mina who was seated beside Izuku. ''How big are your rooms?'' he asked curiously while anybody nearby turned to him.

''It's pretty much a normal sized room.'' Mina stated before eating her noodles. While everyone else nodded in understanding, knowing now that their rooms are the same size.

''Once you you've finished with your baths, be sure to head straight to bed. We'll have an early start tomorrow.'' Aizawa announced seriously getting voices of confirmation from the students.

Mandalay chuckled getting his attention. ''You sound like a parent.'' She teased with a grin. Said grin widened when Aizawa didn't deny it and simply looked away with a grunt.

As Izuku chatted with his friends, his eyes landed on Kota who looked at all of them with a scowl. Truthfully, he didn't know what was wrong with him, but he truly hoped that he could somehow make the kid smile. Remembering how Kota tried to hide his amusement gave Izuku a clear goal to try and bring Kota out of his shell. And to hopefully make him happier too.

Remembering that he and everyone else was supposed to head to the baths, Izuku finished his meal and thanked the pros for the dinner before catching up with his classmates in the changing room.


HOT SPRINGS-BOY'S SIDE

Izuku sighed in relief as he submerged himself in the spring water. He could honestly feel all his stress and fatigue wash away thanks to the soothing waters. His other classmates could share his sentiments as they looked just as relaxed as he is at the moment.

His thoughts were interrupted when Mineta spoke up. ''Well, frankly food and stuff aren't that important. That's not what I'm here for.'' He stated to himself, as everyone looked to him curiously. Noticing that he was looking at the high wall that separated them from the girls, they then instantly knew that this would lead to nothing good.

''What are you talking to yourself about Mineta?'' Kirishima stated, voicing out everyone's curiosity. While Izuku sighed internally, knowing exactly what Mineta was implying.

Mineta chuckled in amusement as he faced everyone. ''My friends, what I seek is beyond this wall.'' He stated bluntly as he gestured a thumb towards the wall. Not a moment later they heard the voices of their female classmates accompanied by some splashing sounds. This in turn caused some boys to blush, knowing that beyond this wall was their fellow classmates in nothing but their birthday suits.

While trying to ignore the mental image of Mina being nude, Izuku could only pinch the bridge of his nose with a sigh. Truthfully, he shouldn't even be surprised by Mineta's motives right now, despite being countered by Izuku multiple times, it is clear that it will take long before Mineta could completely change his ways. Heck, even Mineta himself doubted that he could control himself at times.

His thoughts were interrupted when Iida suddenly stood up from the hot springs. ''Mineta stop it! What you are doing is demeaning for both yourself and the girls!'' he scolded with authority as he began walking robotically towards the short teen while everyone else silently agreed. Knowing that doing this could only make yourself look like a horrible person and that everyone should be viewed with respect.

Mineta was about to calmly retort before he and everyone else heard a voice that made everyone freeze in place.

''Mineta.''

Turning to the calm voice, everyone saw Izuku looking at Mineta with a calm but serious expression. Beside him was Bakugou who wore a shit eating grin, truthfully, he didn't give a damn about what was at the other side of the wall. No, what did matter to him was how Deku was going to deal with the small perv.

''I don't know if you forgot but…,'' Izuku trailed off as his eyes started glowing a bit. ''beyond that wall is my girlfriend and people that I respect very much.'' he reminded seriously with an eyebrow raised as if to see if Mineta really did forget. While everyone else (except Bakugou) hoped that Mineta wouldn't say anything to make Izuku take action.

''And with that in mind,'' Izuku added as everyone listened in. ''I'm sure you know what would happen if you do anything.…rash.'' He warned making some remember what happened in the boy's locker room before. While Kaminari shuddered, remembering the scary moment that he and Mineta had with Izuku during the Sports Festival. He could swear that he has nightmares about that from time to time.

To everyone's surprise, Mineta sighed as he looked down at his feet. ''Yeah….your right.'' He conceded while everyone else looked relieved that he was able to see reason. Izuku smiled at the short teen, it would seem that he was making progress on how to control his perverted tendencies. Meanwhile Bakugou grumbled in disappointed, knowing that his chances of seeing some payback were now slim-

''Which is why…,'' Mineta suddenly stated while everyone turned to him. ''I'm going to do this instead.'' he stated before taking a few breathes while everyone else looked to him curiously, wondering how a few breathes could do anything. Meanwhile Bakugou looked on with a glint in his eyes, hoping that this would lead to something entertaining.

''ASHIDO!'' Mineta called out to the heavens, while the boys were surprised by the sudden volume of his voice.

''YEAH?'' came the voice of Mina from the other side of the wall.

Without missing a beat, Mineta replied. ''MAKE SURE YOUR IN THE WATER!'' he warned as he turned to the wall again and moved his gaze upward. Meanwhile the boys looked at him curiously, wondering why he was making such a ruckus in the first place.

Their eyes then widened in realization as Mineta plucked two sticky orbs from his hair. While Mina and the other girls must have come to the same conclusion as they heard some splashing on the other side accompanied by their frantic voices. Evidently nervous with anticipation.

Snapping out his shock, Iida's gaze hardened at Mineta. ''Don't do this Mineta! Can't you see that there are certain boundaries that are not meant to be crossed?'' he reasoned while everyone else could only silently root for Iida's efforts. Meanwhile Bakugou could only grin manically as he looked to Izuku, while Kirishima saw his expression and shook his head with a chuckle.

Mineta however simply looked over his shoulder with a smirk. ''That's the thing about walls Iida…,'' he trailed off before suddenly climbing the wall with extreme vigor. ''they are meant to be climbed over!'' he roared while everyone else was surprised by the sudden movement. Iida then snapped out of his shock and screamed for Mineta to stop but sadly it went to deaf ears as the short teen kept climbing.

''PLUS ULTRA!'' Mineta roared with ferocity as he somehow increased his speed. And from below it looked like he was about to reach the top until-

He was suddenly pulled away from the wall and suspended in the air while finding himself covered in a green glow.

Knowing exactly who is responsible, Mineta and everyone else looked to Izuku who had a glowing hand up while wearing a mischievous expression. But before he could question it, he suddenly found himself moved until he was above the spring water. Fortunately for him and everyone else, nobody was below him to have an accidental view underneath his waist towel.

Realizing what Izuku was planning to do, Mineta chuckled nervously. ''O-On second thought...maybe some walls...aren't supposed to be climbed.'' He stated with a gulp making Izuku raise an eyebrow at him, silently telling him that he didn't buy his statement.

Meanwhile everyone else (surprisingly Iida included) decided to follow Bakugou's lead and sit back and watch the interaction to see how things would end up. Though a part of them had a feeling they knew the answer to that.

Back with Mineta.

Noticing the doubt in Izuku' expression he swallowed. ''I-I mean, we all need to learn eventually that there are things that we cannot accomplish.'' he reasoned, silently begging for him to be lowered to the water gently.

And for a bit it looked like Izuku was going to comply with what Mineta said as he looked down with a thoughtful expression. Naturally, this action caused hope to form within the short teen, thinking that he somehow reasoned his way out of his punishment.

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Only for those hopes to instantly shatter when a big grin suddenly formed on Izuku's face as he looked at Mineta. ''Nah, Get Dunked on.'' He stated simply with a shrug before releasing his hold on Mineta as he submerged his hand in the water. The latter instantly feeling himself plummet to the waters below while losing his waist towel in the process.

''Curse you Midoriyaaaaaaa-

*SPLASH*

Everyone had a good laugh as they watched Iida scold the naked and ashamed Mineta. The latter scrambling for his towel as it landed nearby. Bakugou especially was having the time of his life as he slammed his fist on the water as he guffawed while Kirishima shook his head at the action with a small laugh as well.

Izuku laughed fondly at his classmates before he heard a new voice. Looking to the voice, he was surprised to see Kota on top of the wall while laughing at the display as he clutched his stomach. From what Izuku could tell, the kid must have been assigned to make sure the boys wouldn't do anything to peak at the girls.

''Glad to see ya smile kid.'' Izuku thought with a grin as he watched Kota slowly calm down as he wiped tears from his eyes. Needless to say, Izuku was more than happy to break the kids normally cold and hardened facade.

His musings were interrupted when he heard an angelic voice.

''Hey Kota!'' came the voice of Mina from the other side of the wall. Naturally this caused Kota to turn to the voice with a curious expression.

Only for him to suddenly scream and stumble back. Which unfortunately lead to him tripping and falling from the wall.

''Look out!'' Ojiro called out as he and everyone else prepared to use their quirks to save the falling child.

But before they could move, Kota was suddenly covered by a green glow and lowered onto Izuku's arms. The latter somehow appearing below Kota while they weren't looking. No matter how many times it happened, some couldn't help but think about how Izuku accomplished this. While others didn't even bother thinking about it, obviously getting used to Izuku's strange quirk at this point.

But of course, none of them knew of Izuku's ''shortcuts.''

''That was close.'' Izuku stated with a sigh of relief as he looked down at the unconscious Kota in his arms while everyone breathed a sigh of relief as well.

He then turned to Iida. ''I'm gonna go and bring him to Mandalay.'' He stated seriously getting a nod from Iida in permission.

After returning the nod, Izuku left the baths with Kota in his arms. While the others went back to watching Iida admonish the sulking Mineta.


HOT SPRINGS-GIRL'S SIDE

Noticing that's things have died down, Jiro sighed in relief as she and everyone else rose from the water. ''I swear that guy gets worse every time.'' She grumbled while everyone else could nod in agreement.

Mina looked at the wall before shrugging. ''At least he warned us.'' She stated, knowing that the act alone was already a massive improvement compared to his previous actions. While everyone else thought about it before nodding in agreement, also having similar thoughts.

Tsuyu looked to her with a finger on her chin. ''Kero, you seem oddly calm about this.'' She stated while everyone else turned to her. Remembering how Mina calmly reacted through the entire thing.

Mina waved a hand at that. ''Meh, I knew Midori would have stopped him.'' she stated sincerely, while everyone else nodded in agreement. Knowing for a fact that Izuku would always come in their defense and make sure the pervs were kept in line.

Momo nodded before looking to the wall in worry. ''I do hope Kota is alright.'' She stated in worry while everyone else nodded in agreement. Even if the boy showed clear annoyance towards them, they still cared about his well being.

''I'm sure he's fine.'' Ochako reassured, which made everyone calm down knowing that Izuku or anyone else could have used their quirks to save the kid.

Toru nodded (They think) at that. ''I wonder what made him fall in the first place?'' she asked in wonder while everyone else could only shrug or look unsure. As far as they knew, he had no reason to fall over.

''Maybe he lost balance or something.'' Ochako offered while everyone else just went with that.

Mina nodded before relaxing in the water. ''Well I'm sure Izu will take care of him.'' she stated with a fond smile while everyone else nodded in agreement.

They then decided to spend their time enjoying the water and discussing random topics before eventually leaving the baths to change and head back to their rooms.


BUILDING MANAGER OFFICE

''He must have passed out during the fall.'' Mandalay stated in worry as she placed the unconscious Kota on the couch. While Izuku nodded in agreement as he wrapped himself with a blanket given by Mandalay to hide his torso. Naturally such action made Pixie Bob pout, seeing that she lost an impressive view.

After making sure Kota was comfortable, Mandalay turned to Izuku with a grateful smile. ''Thanks.'' She stated sincerely.

Izuku smiled back. ''No prob.'' He stated simply before looking to Kota in worry. ''I'm just glad he didn't get hurt.'' He stated sincerely while Mandalay nodded in agreement.

''You must have hustled to save him quickly.'' Mandalay guessed with an impressed tone.

Izuku waved a hand at that. ''Nah, I just used a shortcut.'' He stated cryptically making Mandalay raise an eyebrow at him but decided not to question it as she returned to her task and looked to Kota.

''In case you were wondering,'' Pixie Bob suddenly stated from the other side of the room, making Izuku look to her. ''The reason he was up there is because Eraser mentioned that there was an ''embodiment of lust'' among the boys.'' She stated while Izuku couldn't help but chuckle at Aizawa's description.

After composing himself, Izuku looked to Pixie Bob with a grin. ''Yeah, sounds about right.'' He stated cheekily getting a small laugh from Mandalay and a giggle from Pixie Bob.

''But usually I'm the one that's responsible for keeping Mineta in line if he does anything too perverted.'' He stated while pointing a thumb to himself while the two pros nodded in understanding. They could totally see Izuku keeping a watchful eye on Mineta based on his personality alone.

As Izuku looked to Kota, a question formed in his mind.

''Not to sound rude or anything,'' Izuku stated getting curious looks from Mandalay and Pixie Bob. ''but why does it seem like he has it out for heroes?'' he asked in a careful tone to make sure that he didn't sound to nosy at the moment.

Thankfully Mandalay and Pixie Bob didn't look offended and simply sighed from the question before looking downcast.

''He wasn't exactly raised normally.'' Mandalay stated with a frown while Izuku listened intently. ''You see, Kota's parents were heroes, but they were killed in the line of duty.'' She somberly stated making Izuku look to her in shock. While Pixie Bob just looked away with a somber expression as well.

Not even bothered by the silence, Mandalay continued. ''Two years ago…they gave up their lives to protect civilians from a villain…'' she stated sadly while looking down at Kota. ''For a hero, it was a respectable way to die… an honorable death.'' She finished while a look of realization formed on Izuku's face.

''I'm guessing Kota didn't see it that way.'' Izuku gently interrupted before swallowing a now present lump in his throat.

Mandalay nodded her head in confirmation. ''No, for Kota he couldn't understand the honorable act but instead saw it as a way of being abandoned by them. His whole world had revolved around his parents. So, when society kept praising them for their actions…he saw it as praise for needless deaths.'' She stated sadly as she rubbed the sleeping child's hair while Izuku looked to Kota in pity.

''He doesn't seem to like us much either since were also heroes. It's like he's just here because there's nowhere else for him to go.'' She finished in a shaky voice as she wiped her eyes. Looking to Pixie Bob, Izuku saw that she was on the same boat as well.

Izuku looked down in thought before looking up with a determined expression. ''Then I'll make him smile,'' he stated seriously while two pros looked to him surprise. ''I can't promise immediate results but I can at least try and make him happier.'' he stated seriously while the pros were still shocked by the declaration.

''And maybe someday….I can change his outlook on heroes altogether.'' He added determinedly while the pros were still taken back by his statements.

Snapping out of her shock, Mandalay looked to Izuku with a grateful expression. ''Thanks kid.'' She stated sincerely while Pixie Bob looked to Izuku with a grateful expression of her own.

Izuku nodded to them with a kind smile before making his way back to his room to sleep.

Once gone, Pixie Bob approached Mandalay with a smile. ''He's a good kid ain't he?'' she asked rhetorically while Mandalay happily agreed with a nod.

They've heard stories from Aizawa on how Izuku acted during the USJ and how he interacts with everyone around him. And needless to say, they can totally see what Aizawa meant. From the warm aura to the determination he displayed, there was absolutely no doubt in their mind that Izuku would become a great hero in the future.

Snapping out of their musings, both pros brought Kota back to his room. Before they too went back to their rooms while feeling a sense of enthusiasm for tomorrow.

After all, they had future heroes to train.


NEXT DAY EARLY MORNING 5:30 AM

Outside of the lodge wearing their P.E. Uniforms, most of the students of 1A could only sway in place or yawn to themselves as they are generally not a morning person and simply stood their patiently, waiting for whatever Aizawa had in store for them.

''I can't understand how you're not sleepy.'' A still sleepy Mina grumbled as she and everyone else looked to Izuku who was standing there, showing no signs of sleepiness at all. In fact, they were sure that there was no coffee available so understandably it made them wonder how Izuku looked so full of energy in the morning. Surprisingly, even Tokoyami wondered as well despite not looking tired himself.

Izuku could only shrug at that. ''Beats me.'' He stated sincerely while Mina and others could grumble on how lucky he was, though he had a feeling that it had to do something with OFA.

There attention was directed elsewhere when Aizawa walked in front of them. ''Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Today, we will begin training camp to increase your strength in earnest.'' He announced while everyone straightened themselves out and woke themselves up.

''The goal of this training camp is to increase everyone's strength and with that, for everyone to obtain their provisional licenses. It is to prepare you all to face hostilities that are becoming more real by the minute.'' He stated seriously while everyone else couldn't help but remember the villain's they encountered.

''Bakugou,'' he suddenly called out getting said teen's attention. ''throw this.'' He ordered simply before tossing the softball from the fitness test to the explosive teen who caught it with ease.

As Bakugou was preparing to throw the ball, Aizawa continued. ''Your previous record, from right after you started school, was 705.2 meters.'' He reminded while Bakugou nodded in confirmation.

Aizawa returned the nod before pointing at the softball in Bakugou's hand. ''Let's see how much you've improved.'' he stated simply while Bakugou wore a vicious grin as he reeled his arm back. While everyone else was eager to see how much progress their classmate made.

''GO TO HELL!'' Bakugou roared as he stomped his foot forward and sending the softball sky high. While Izuku and Kirishima laughed at the blonde's battle cry, while everyone else deadpanned at him for being like this early in the morning.

While Bakugou smirked to himself, Aizawa didn't look impressed and simply waited for the device to show the results. When the results arrived, it wasn't one that anybody expected.

''709.6 meters.'' Aizawa stated blandly while everyone else looked to him in shock. While Bakugou could only stare at his palm in disbelief. Understandably everyone was surprised to find out that despite everything they've been through; they haven't improved as much as they thought they originally did.

Aizawa wasn't fazed by their confusion and calmly supplied. ''Don't be so surprised. It's been about three months since you started high school. Through various experiences, you all have definitely improved.'' He praised a bit while everyone gave their full attention.

''But, that improvement has mainly been at the mental and technical levels so far including some stamina increase.'' He added while Izuku's eyes slowly widened in realization, understanding where Aizawa was going with the conversation. He wasn't the only one as Bakugou, Todoroki, Iida and Momo began piecing it together as well.

Aizawa then pocketed the device away as he faced his students with a serious expression. ''As you can see, your quirks themselves have not improved much.'' He stated making some look to him in shock. ''That's why we will work on improving your quirks starting today.'' He stated simply while everyone else tensed when they suddenly felt a chill in the air.

Their worries only increased tenfold when a sadistic grin formed on Aizawa's face. ''It'll be so hard you'll feel like dying,'' he stated sadistically before pointing to them. ''but try not to actually die…'' he suggested ominously while everyone looked to him nervously.

They didn't know what was in store for them, but right now the best thing that they could do is to stay determined.


Authors Notes:

1. Sorry for the lack of description for the Wild Wild Pussycats, I figured most people who read this have an idea of what they look like so I spared the details a bit.

2. Since Pixie Bob had great control on her quirk in the show and Manga, I decided to get creative with her creations. I'm sure there could have been better ways to execute this, but it's admittedly the best that I could come up with.

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