The WWP's had collected all of the kids and ushered them back towards the cabin just in case the 'stranger' that Bakago had mentioned to Aizawa, was a villain. They decided to operate under the assumption of the possibility. Since specific protocols had to be followed while the kids were present anyways.
And then there was the fact that if the stranger present in their valley was a villain- they didn't know what kind of quirk he/she had either. So it was a good idea to get all of the kids to take a time out from training just in case.
At the moment, a lot of the kids were just sitting around looking bored. While others looked just a tad bit concerned. The students of 1-A, were specifically upset. Well, upset seemed sort of the wrong work really. Because as upset as they were about having their training halted...they were more worried about Aizawa.
And that was only because none of them had yet to realize that Ichigo was actually missing. With the exception of Bakago, Midoriya, Todoroki, and a couple others whom had also taken note that the girl was strangely absent.
Shouta must have been gone for nearly an hour now and everyone was starting to get nervous and antsy.
Bakago was hanging out beside Midoriya, both boys were leaning back against the side of the cabin in a deceptively relaxed pose, whispering amongst themselves while they both scanned the immediate area for any traces of their teacher, Ichigo, and any sign of trouble.
Tiger had heard some rustling a little while ago and had positioned himself between the woods, the kids and the cabin in a protective manner. And despite the fact that the rustling had turned out to be nothing, he'd stayed in that position since he was the only one among his group that excelled at hand to hand.
And right now, he must have been picking up on something with his significantly sharper senses. After all, he wasn't called Tiger for nothing.
He kept tipping his head back on his neck and sniffing the air with a frown on his face until finally he called out to the girls of his group, "I smell blood! Get the infirmary ready to receive someone injured!"
All three women scrambled to do as he said and within moments a gurney was wheeled outside, and a couple of serious looking medical supplies- stuff to start an IV, bandages, cotton swabs and various other things were also laid out along with a couple of needles full of sedatives and pain killers.
The atmosphere got tenser. And everyone fell silent for several heartbeats before Shouta came tearing out of the woods carrying the still/unconscious form of Ichigo.
The moment that they were seen, Bakago and Midoriya as well as a bunch of others from class 1-A were up on their feet and moving in an instant.
However Midoriya because he was faster than everyone else, including Shouta- he broke away from everyone and used his quirk to fetch the girl and his distraught teacher and then returned back to the cabin within the blink of an eye.
Once there, he helped Shouta lay Ichigo out on the gurney provided and then stepped back so that girls from the WWP's could work on her.
"What happened?" One of them demanded.
"I don't know." Shouta said as he helped the girls.
His medical training was limited to specific injuries. Things like broken bones, fractures, twists and sprains. He didn't know a whole lot about internal injuries with the exception of how to maybe spot them. But he knew some about how to stabilize a person and administer meds and such.
So while he was being drilled for information on what had happened to her, he was hooking her up to the IV and administering the pain killers and the sedative since he wanted her to actually sleep through whatever they would have to do to her to fix her up.
Sure he knew that her regeneration ability had already come into play due to the fact that the bleeding had slowed to a crawl, but he could only speculate about the extent of her injuries before it simply stopped working altogether.
"Was there a-"
"A stranger," Shouta confirmed with an angry glance towards Tiger. "Yeah. The bastard was carrying her off somewhere when I found them. He's still out there somewhere. I had to prioritize her life above catching him. But for all I know, he may be heading here."
"I'll keep an eye out for him then." Tiger assured the dark haired man.
Shouta didn't really say anything else about the stranger after that. His mind was still on getting his kid fixed up and maybe even texting Toshinori and seeing if he would come out to the camp to help.
The poor guy had nearly been going stir crazy last night from fighting with Ichigo's kitten, Rapahel. So the time away from the little monster might do him some good. And it might do some good to have him around to help Shouta keep an closer eye on Ichigo too since the girl obviously still had some suicidal tendencies.
Moving along side the gurney as it was wheeled indoors, he did his best not to think too much on what could have happened to the girl if he hadn't gone after her. But it was difficult considering her present condition.
Just why had she been out there with the stranger to begin with? He wondered idly as he moved himself to the corner of the infirmary so that he'd be out of the way while the WWP's worked on her.
Outside of the cabin, Izuku and a couple other kids from Aizawa's class were pacing around. It was difficult for them all to sit still and do nothing when Ichigo had been carried back to their camp bloody, limp, and unconscious by their teacher.
"Do you think she'll be okay?" Tsuyu asked. Her tone worried as she took note of how Izuku, and Katsuki were both currently acting. She wasn't the only one to have noticed the usual behavior. In fact several others in their class had noticed the odd behavior as well.
It had also been noted that Izuku and Katsuki weren't the only one's to be behaving oddly. Todoroki and to some extent, even Iida were as well. Though they weren't acting quite as oddly as the other two teens.
"I don't know, there was an awful lot of blood on her." A pink skinned girl, Mina said in an uncertain tone before Izuku finally stopped pacing and turned to Katsuki and demanded,
"Tell me exactly what happened from beginning to end. Don't leave out any relevant details."
Katsuki regarded the green haired teen curiously for several heartbeats, wondering exactly what was going through his mind but inevitably sighed and started to talk.
Deciding to simply go over specific things- like following her so that he could apologize, and simply talking for a while about various things before she seemed to 'sense' the stranger and decided to go after him- he didn't see any point in mentioning her touching him since he didn't particularly feel like sharing that little detail with anyone anyways.
Izuku remained completely and utterly still as he listened, his mind latching onto the fact hat Ichigo said that she could 'sense' the stranger and somehow pinpoint him from miles away.
"She said that she could sense him? Specifically?" Izuku asked, just to be totally sure he wasn't imagining things.
"Yeah," Katsuki confirmed with a grim expression. "She could sense him. He was moving fast, and not bothering with stealth."
Izuku cocked his head, and thought for a moment.
If Ichigo was as augmented as she seemed to be then it sort of made sense that she might be able to sense people and certain movements over a distance. Though how she could tell people apart from animals while so far from the city sort of confused him some.
He supposed that it was entirely possible that she probably had some form of extrasensory ability that she hadn't mentioned before. Possibly for safety reasons since she was still trying to feel everyone out.
But he imagined that if she did have it, then it would be insanely easy to get the drop on someone who didn't know about it- and held any malicious intent.
She did seem oddly understanding and intuitive about a lot of things. Though such abilities weren't a hundred percent fool proof. Especially if unused and untrained. And depending on how often she used it...
"Holy shit," Izuku squeaked as soon as he realized that Ichigo did have some form of extrasensory ability. One that she must use constantly in an effort to help her fight and protect herself. "Holy shit." He said again, this time his tone was less high pitched and freaked out, and a little bit more amazed.
"What did you just figure out Deku?" Katsuki growled at him in irritation. His own mind turning over the same details and coming up blank. Which was just annoying. Especially when someone else figured out something that he couldn't.
"H-Huh?"
"What did you just figure out?" He demanded again.
"Oh. Well... I was just thinking, that for her to be able to sense someone from a distance- coupled with everything that I already know about her- she must have some sort of extrasensory ability," Katsuki narrowed his eyes at him, but waited for him to elaborate. "I mean, it just makes sense if you really think about it. She's augmented and spent a good portion of her childhood being trained to fight in a professional capacity. She's taken part in thwarting assassination attempts, fighting in secret wars-"
"What?" Another boy, Fumikage asked in disbelief upon hearing this and exchanged looks of alarm with several of his classmates.
"I kept getting a weird feeling that I was missing something important. After all, she's oddly intuitive and understanding about...pretty much everything. It's almost as if she knows about things before they even happen." Izuku rambled as Todoroki suddenly chimed in.
"Makes sense. After all, she was raised to be a weapon. Having extrasensory abilities would kind of make her the ultimate weapon. Especially if it's something that no one knows and can't defend against."
"Wait... What the hell are you guys talking about?" Katsuki asked in confusion as he looked from Izuku to Todoroki, his red eyes narrowing ever so slightly. Izuku took a moment to open and close his mouth like a fish as Todoroki sighed.
"We probably should tell everyone something."
"What?! No! She'll hate us!" Izuku all but shouted.
"True, she probably will. I know that she likely won't appreciate us telling our classmates about her past but...it's going to come out sooner or later anyways. Besides, she's injured and what happened earlier may have something to do with her past. Wouldn't it be best if everyone had some clue about what she's been through and stuff? Just to be on the safe side."
Izuku looked like he wanted to tear his hair out and scream. But even he had to admit that the other boy had a point. He just...hated it. And while Ichigo wasn't going to appreciate having them tell their classmates. If what happened earlier when she got injured- had anything to do with her past- then everyone needed to know what was going on.
Just in case whoever had hurt her was in some way linked to some of the villains that had killed her family and such.
Groaning, Izuku scrubbed his face with his hands and then dropped them away from his face and asked, "Alright. How are we going to do this?"
