"Fresh meat?" We asked as they walked away.
"Don't worry to much about it." He said as we walked. "It's how he refers to all new recruits."
"So what is your quirk?" Ilia asked.
"I don't have one."
Chapter 28: The Soldier's heart.
"No Quirk? But... how would you fight?" Weiss asked.
"The same way people fought before Quirks, with a gun." He patted a side arm strapped to his leg. "I wanted to be a hero for my little sister, but I was born Quirkless. So I choose a profession that let me fight the evils of the world." Mac Gregor said as he pulled out a black pocket watch. He flicked it open to a picture of him with a little girl, short deer horns branched out above...silver eyes. "Artimai, I'll find you." He said under his breath, my cat ears picking up the words. He flicked the pocket watch closed and put it away. "Stay determined and you will reach your goals." We arrived at the training ground. "Time for a warm up, so you two get stretched out."
We did our stretches as groups of other soldiers ran past. "Private! Who are these two!" A drill Sargent marched up.
"Their Heroes in training doing their work studies. Dupli called in a favour from the higher ups." He told the man.
"Dupli, the soldier hero? Well if these are her students, we can't just let them do the standard training." He had a too wide grin.
"She requested the hardest training possible." He said.
"Well ladies I hope you are ready! Onyx Division form up!" The man yelled and we found our selves in the middle of a group of men and women. "We are doing Spartan laps, the two not in uniform are Heroes here for their work studies. I expect you to treat them with the utmost respect During their stay!"
"Sir, yes Sir!" They soldiers around us began taking off their jackets
"Spartan laps?" Ilia asked.
"Three hundred laps around the base at full sprint in formation." One of the women said.
"Wait stay?" I asked.
"Oh I forgot to mention that didn't I?" Dupli said as she walked over.
"Officer on deck!" We scrambled to attention.
"I may have retired from the military, I still have full authority on many bases. Your four months will be spent between the base training, patrols, eating cleaning and sleeping, and the mission at hand. I'll have Aizawa send me your class work."
'We made a mistake. This lady is insane!' I thought.
"ALL RIGHT! SHOW ME WHAT YOUR MADE OFF!" The division ran, their foot falls in perfect timing. "COME ON YOU CALL THAT A SPARTAN LAP! MY GRAN COULD MARCH HALF TIME FASTER THEN YOU SORRY SACKFUL OF FIGHTERS!"
It was dark by the time we stopped running, my body was racked with pain. "Get your selves to the mess hall! You did well."
I looked at Ilia who was flat face first in the grass, her skin the same color as she tried to hide. "This just keeps getting worse and worse." She groaned.
"Come on you two. We are the last division to get to the mess hall, that means we get extra large servings, and tonight is fish." Mac Gregor smiled, his shirt was drenched with sweat.
'Maybe this won't be so bad.' I thought as I helped the lizard faunas to her feet.
The next few days passed uneventfully, Tokoyami was away on his work study, Tsu and Uraraka had a eventful first night of their own with their hero agency. Blake and Ilia called us everyday, sounding like deflated tires. Me and Kirishima enjoyed working with Fatgum, I continued to work on the others hero gear. In fact I just needed to do a few tweaks for Dekus Undersuit.
"Deku! I need you to try this on!" I tacked him to the ground. "I finished your undersuit."
"That's great! Can you get off?" He asked as I rolled off. "What is with you today?" He asked.
"I had three cups of coffee this morning."
"RUBY HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU! FIVE SUGARS IN A COFFEE ISN'T HEALTHY!" Iida yelled from the Kitchen.
"I didn't put five in them..." I said.
"Oh in that case..." The class rep started.
"I put eight in each."
"DO YOU WANT A HEART ATTACK!" He and Weiss yelled.
"Thank you Ruby." Deku smiled as he took the suit, "I'll try this on."
"Okay... who else did I finish… Right, SERO!" I spun to him, "I made you a staple gun." I pulled the assault rifle looking weapon and pulled trigger by accident and a large staple shot out sticking into the wall.
"Okay, you have lost your coffee privileges." Aizawa pulled the item out of my hands.
"No! Wait... how long were you here?" My mood switched in a instant.
"You woke me up. Sero you want this?" He asked.
"No, not my style." He said.
"Okay, I'll give it to Powerloader, the school needed a new crate stapler anyway." He walked away with it.
"I spent a week on that!" I groaned.
"I don't really need a weapon." Sero said. "I do just fine with my tape."
"Then I just have to think of something you can't say no to." I went to dash up to my room but Yang grabbed me.
"We aren't having deskaster on our hands."
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"I will kill you." I groaned.
Sorry for the delay on the new chapter.
