Heroes Never Die It's Hero Time

by CreateGunner1209

One would think that in a world where everyday people possess impossible abilities nothing would really be a surprise. Izuku Midoriya, who upon the age of four was diagnosed as quirkless, was denied of his dream of become a hero that can save everyone with a smile. But fate gives him a chance; allowing him access not to one but a universe of powers and abilities.

45. Ch:40 Survival of the Fittest

Heads up this chapter might not live up to what you've all been waiting for. Due to some last-minute changes and poor planning on my part this chapter got a little lost and is a bit, how do I say, redundant or more like filler. So just a heads up if this chapter feels unsatisfactory especially after Ch.39. I will explain more at the end in my Author's Note.

That said I hope this chapter is still enjoyable.

In short this was not my best work.

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Ch.40 Survival of the Fittest

"Oh…man." Denki Kaminari slumps in his seat, looking absolutely drained and exhausted. "My brain's still fried."

Kyoka Jiro snickers from her desk. "Tell us something new, why don't ya?"

"Hey! Why are you always messing with me Jiro?!"

"Because you're a dunce." She flicks his forehead as if that'll prove her point.

"OW!" Kaminari grabs at his forehead. "That really hurt!"

Kirishima chuckles as he passes by. "Trust me you're getting off easy."

Kaminari lights up at the sound of a friendly voice. "Oh, hey Kiri-Woah what happened to you?!"

Eijiro Kirishima's head looks like it was beaten over again and again with a bat or something?! He's all bruised and battered with scoff marks and scratches.

"What happened?! It looks like someone used your head like a punching bag!"

Kirishima laughs it off like it's no big deal. "Haha. What this? It's nothing. Bakugou was just helping me study."

"Study what?! The physics of breaking a skull?!"

In truth, no one in Class 1-A is bothered by the fact as each of them are just mentally drained. Each and every one of them have spent the weekend studying and preparing for the upcoming exams. And that's no surprise, considering the exams are literally just around the corner.

Hanta Sero leans over his desk as he has a conversation with Sato and Ojiro. "Seriously dude, her house is a castle! I wouldn't be surprised if the bricks were made of gold it was so fancy."

Rikido Sato can't believe his ears. "Woah, seriously?"

"Yeah…Yaoyorozu's place was too much." Mashirao Ojiro sweatdrops. "Got to admit, some of us felt a bit out of place." It was way too much! And with all of them in casual clothes they really felt out of place.

Speaking of the she-devil, Momo Yaoyorozu strolls by catching her name being mentioned. "Oh my, what are you three discussing?" She asks innocently enough.

The three boys go stiff, like a group of startled mice getting spotted by a feline.

Ojiro tries his best to act normal. "Nothing much!"

Sero nods, while a fearful grin is plastered to his face. "Y-yeah, we were just talking about how much your study sessions are helping us."

Yaoyorozu gushes, delighted by the news, so much so that she starts sparkling. "Really?!"

"Y-yeah." Although he doesn't sound too convinced himself.

Without warning, Mina Ashido literally jumps into the conversation. "You bet, Yaomomo! You were great!"

"That's…so great!" Yaoyorozu is just so honored she could be of help. "I'm so glad I can be of help." And with that she gains another burst of determination! "Then we'll reconvene at my home again, tonight!"

"EH!?" The boys gasp, but Mina happily stands off to the side, excited for the help.

"Yes, we still have a lot of work to do until you're all top students!"

Ochaco Uraraka smiles on, as the boys secretly dread that they have to return to that castle. "Everyone seems to be working hard." Unlike her, she's been putting the study part on hold! She's doomed! Doomed!

Mina's antennas twitch, just before she turns and approaches Ochaco's desk. "Everything okay, here?"

Ochaco snaps up, surprised to see Mina there. "Oh, I'm fine. Just dreading the Exams is all."

"Oh, come now it'll be easy!" She's being really peppy about this. "All we gotta do is destroy some robots! Easy peasy!"

"I guess." But something tells her it won't be that easy.

Mina's antennae twitch again as she frowns, she then turns and looks towards the opposite end of the classroom. "Hey, what's with him?"

"With who?"

"With Midoriya?" Mina points towards the greenette.

Ochaco takes a look and yeah she has to admit it but something's definitely eating at Deku. He's seated at his desk, drowning out the world around him in what she assumes is his thoughts. His gaze is far off even if they're aimed down at his desk. And there's this air around him, a quiet somber air.

Ochaco internally winces, as a pang of guilt pierces her. "Oh, um, I-I'm n-not sure."

Mina doesn't buy that for a second. "Really?" She leans in close, giving Ochaco a very skeptical look. "You know something. Don't you?"

Ochaco instantly panics, waving her arms in denial. "Wha?! Me?! No way! I don't know a thing!"

A malicious smirk stretches across Mina's lips. "Oh, I don't think so." She leans in close, giving off a manipulative aura. "Spill it, you got something juicy don't ya?"

"What?! No, Mina!"

"Oh come you can tell me!" It's got to be really juicy!

"Mina, no!"

Mina isn't one to give up so easily, especially when it involves gossip.

Ochaco does her best to fend her off, but nothing she does proves to be effective. But even as she fends off the gossip happy Mina, her eyes drift back over towards Deku.

And a part of her can't help but feel at fault. Maybe…maybe she should have handled the situation differently. Or maybe she should have told him everything so soon…?

"Come on tell me!"

"Mina! I said no!"

As Ochaco defends herself, someone else takes notice of Izuku's somber demeanor.

Katsuki Bakugou tsks as he stands off to the side, finding Deku's silence irritating and insufferable. Not to mention he's still bitter about how Deku treated him the other day. He's pissed at himself for allowing Deku to just walk away without putting him in his place! He'll show him, he'll show just how much better he is!

And he'll definitely have the chance to do so.

---

Shota Aizawa stands before his class while Ground Omega stands behind him.

Ground Omega is an extensive wooded area where there are some rocky hills in the distance. The entire area is surrounded by a great wall and has a single entrance with the letter omega above it.

Aizawa yawns, already exhausted even though the day's just begun. "Alright, is everyone here?"

"Yes, sir!" responds the entirety of Class 1-A.

Each and every student is cladded in their costumes, standing before their teacher as the bus that brought them here is parked off to the side.

"Good." Aizawa goes ahead and gets started. "Today's Exercise will be observed by me and one more person."

One more? But who?

As the sun shines down on them a booming laugh howlers down at them from the sky! "I AM-" Slam! A suited All Might crashes down beside Aizawa, who remains deadpan even as the ground erupts outward and a dust cloud erupts out. "HERE! LIKE A SPECIAL GUEST!"

"WAS THAT REALLY NECESSARY!?" shouted the ticked off students, they're all covered by dirt and leaves thanks to All Might's overly done entrance!

All Might sweat drops. "S-SORRY, MY BAD."

Aizawa sighs already done with this. "Idiot."

Izuku, who had remained off to the side, averts his gaze away from the Number One Hero. And to anyone who noticed he seems even more off than before.

All Might, in fact, did notice, his signature grin faltering for a brief moment before he focuses back on the task at hand. "S-SO, ABOUT OUR LITTLE EXERCISE." He raises his arms in dramatic fashion. "WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU ALL GO THROUGH SOME SURVIVAL TRAINING!"

Kirishima looks to Kaminari for clarification. "Survival Training?"

Kaminari is just as confused. "Like some Battle Royal thing?"

"LET ME EXPLAIN!" With a press of a button a holographic screen appears beside All Might, displaying the exercise. "WITH THREE STUDENTS PER TEAM AND SEVEN TEAMS OVERALL YOU WILL START AT THE PREDETERMINED POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE CHOSEN. THERE IS BUT ONE OBJECTIVE. TO SURVIVE!"

Simple enough.

"TO RUN OR TO FIGHT, ANYTHING GOES! VICTORY WILL GO TO THE LAST SURVIVING TEAM!"

Aizawa finally decides to contribute. "If you run into another team and manage to bind your opponents with this Capture Tape you can make them combat ineffective." He holds up a roll of white capture tape, it's small but still strong enough to hold even a lion in place. "This should be a familiar item by now."

"NOW! LET US ANNOUNCE THE TEAMS!" With a press of a button, All Might displays the assigned teams.

Th teams are as followed:

Team A: Katsuki Bakugou, Ochaco Uraraka, and Eijiro Kirishima

Team B: Shoto Todoroki, Momo Yaoyorozu, and Tooru Hagakure

Team C: Tenya Iida, Fumikage Tokoyami, and Rikido Sato

Team D: Minoru Mineta, Kyoka Jiro, and Yuga Aoyama

Team E: Izuku Midoriya, Koji Koda, and Mina Ashido

Team F: Tsuyu Asui, Mezo Shoji, and Hanta Sero

Team G: Hitoshi Shinso, Mashirao Ojiro, and Denki Kaminari

After the teams are announced Aizawa goes ahead with the final statements. "All teams move to your start areas. The exercise will begin without warning in five minutes."

"MAKE SURE YOU SURVIVE!"

"Okay!" responds Class 1-A.

The class immediately split into their groups, the moment many of them join up, they immediately begin to strategize coming up with various battle plans.

Although not everyone has their head in the game.

"Midoriya! Midoriya, come on!"

Izuku snaps out of his daze to find his teammates Mina Ashido and Kouji Koda waving him over.

"Let's go slowpoke! We gotta hurry!"

"R-right!" Izuku quickly stumbles his way to them, but the way he's moving is just lacking that excitement and usual energy he has during Hero Training.

Clearly something is amiss, and Ochaco is well aware of it. 'Deku…' A pang of guilt boils within her. 'Maybe I shouldn't have said anything…'

But he understands, he said so himself, but…is that really all to it? No, it's not, there's more isn't there? And if there is? Then did she really make the right call?

Without warning the massive gates open wide and with all the hype, the students of Class 1-A take-off, flooding into the arena.

Ochaco snaps to attention, running alongside her teammates as they head for their assigned position. There's no time to dwell on it right now, she needs to focus on the task at hand. Especially because she's got one giant problem: Bakugou.

Her eyes drift over towards the ash-blonde, and a part of her can't help but worry. After all, Bakugou isn't exactly the most agreeable person to work with. 'Oh, I really hope nothing bad happens!'

---

As the students disperse across the arena Aizawa and All Might also make their way to a tall observation post that overlooks the entire forested area.

Aizawa eyes his watch noting how much time has already passed since the students entered the arena. "Five minutes have passed."

"YEAH, AND NO TEAMS HAVE STARTED MOVING YET." comments All Might. "AIZAWA. ARE YOU OKAY WITH SUCH A BORING EXERCISE LIKE THIS? I MEAN IF NO ONE MAKES A MOVE WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE OUT HERE FOR HOURS WITH NO PROGRESS."

"It's the time of year where energy and tensions run high in all Hero classes" Thanks to the upcoming exams, even if they're a week away. "Especially at this time avoiding fights, and reminding them of patience and self-control is important."

"WELL YOU'VE GOT A POINT…" All Might gazes down at the forest, cupping his hands around his eyes like he's holding a pair of invisible binoculars.

A pair of explosions ring out in the distance, smoke billowing from below the tree canopy as they occur.

All Might grins, happily. "BUT NOT EVERYONE'S LIKE THAT!"

Aizawa glares at his coworker dryly, not at all enjoying how much he's liking the activity's progression.

---

Unsurprisingly, Bakugou is on the loose, like a beast released from the pits of hell itself and is now on the hunt for poor souls. "I don't care, I'll crush them all!"

With a pair of thrusting explosions he races forward, sprinting at top speed right for a nearby cliff face.

At the same time from atop the cliff face, Jiro's Earphone Jack is inserted into the bedrock, listening out for any disturbances. She can hear Bakugou's explosions heading right for her and her team.

Without removing her gaze from where she thinks the enemy is, she whispers to her teammates: Minoru Mineta and Yuga Aoyama. "Bakugou's voice, only one person's footsteps."

Mineta whispers back harshly. "He's coming alone…!"

Aoyama chuckles. "Too confident."

They all share a look and nod, all before Mineta and Aoyama take off, following the plan they set before.

Back down in the forest, Bakugou continues his mad sprint with a maniacal grin on his face. But his grin falters when something shiny catches his eyes from atop the cliff face.

And just before he can make out what it is, a sparkling laser beam fires down at him!

With expert movement Bakugou blasts himself up and over the beam, but he can't relax as a shower of purple balls come flying down at him from the opposite direction!

'A concentrated attack.' Bakugou uses his blasts to ricochet himself around the Sticky Balls, while still racing towards the cliff face. 'They know that I'm alone.' A mad cocky grin stretches across his face as he rockets up and over the cliff. 'That means-!' As he approaches the cliff's top he unleashes a booming explosion into the earth! 'Earphone-Girl!'

"REEEEE!" Jiro screeches in pain, grabbing her poor sensitive ears as tears gush out from her eyes!

"Get stuffed!" From his position, Mineta showers down more of his Sticky Balls.

From his position, Aoyama comes into Bakugou's view from further up the cliff. "I've got him!"

The ash-blonde smirks as the two attacks come flying over at him! "Rah!" He gives his arm a mighty swing, unleashing an explosive veil.

The fiery veil launches away the Sticky Balls right towards the sparkling foe!

Aoyama yelps as he gets splattered by the Sticky Balls, gluing his limbs together. The balls smack him so hard he gets knocked back and ends up tumbling down the side before crash landing by a dazed and crying Jiro.

Mineta rushes to his teammates, absolutely dismayed to find them out of commission. "Bakugou…"

"You called?"

Mineta jolts with pure absolute terror. He shakily and fearfully turns around, and he so wishes he hadn't because the sight of the mad bomber's menacing grin is almost enough to make him wet himself.

Bakugou's devilish grin widens just before finishes the job.

And in literally no time at all, the entirety of Team D is tied up in a ball of capture tape: Aoyama covered in Sticky Balls, Jiro still crying and holding her ears, and of course a destroyed Mineta.

Mineta chokes out a pained groan. "That was mean…"

---

From within the thick brush, Izuku peers up at the sky, a worried expression on his face. "The explosions stopped…"

Mina is just as worried. "What's happening out there?"

Koda shakes his and shrugs his hands as if to say he doesn't have a clue.

---

The rampage isn't over yet, as Bakugou now has his sights on Team C: Tenya, Tokoyami, and Sato!

Fumikage Tokoyami strikes first, not wanting to give Bakugou a chance! "Go. Dark Shadow!"

Dark Shadow lashes forward, right for the rampaging bomber! "You're mine!"

Bakugou reels back his hand, and then. "You're-" He blasts Dark Shadow! "-nothing to me!"

"YEAAA!" Dark Shadow screams in pain, as the light from the explosion holds it back!

Tokoyami tsks in annoyance, he's completely useless in this situation.

Tenya Iida sprints forward. "Leave him to me!"

Bakugou leaps and aims a blast to his right, the well powered blast propels him sideways, and into the woods and out of sight.

Tenya makes the sharp turn, after Bakugou! "Get back here!"

But that was his mistake as a web of capture tape is set before his path!

Tenya panics, digging his feet into the dirt, but it's no use he's moving far too fast! "Curse you, Bakugou!"

---

Ochaco and Kirishima come running in, they heard all the explosions and after following their echoes they finally found their teammate.

Ochaco sighs, catching her breath after all that running. "We finally caught up."

Kirishima, grinning like an idiot, raises his fists. "Where's the enemy?!"

Bakugou frowns before pointing them out. "I'm already done."

Hanging from a tree is Team C who are all tangled up in capture tape like a horribly made pinata.

Ochaco frowns "You defeated six people on your own?"

Kirishima is in awe. "You're too good as an ally!"

Bakugou however couldn't care about any of that, there's only one thing on his mind. "Where's Deku?"

Ochaco and Kirishima blink. "Eh?"

"Deku, where is he?" He snarls, his hands raised and poised like he's going to set off more explosions in a moment's notice. "He has this coming!"

Alright, Ochaco can't stand for this, they don't need him going off and picking fights! "Cool it, Bakugou!"

He just scowls at her.

"You can't just go rushing in and picking fights! We need to work together or-"

"Shut up!" Bakugou snarls, turning his nose away in annoyance. "What the hell is this we stuff? I can handle these losers all by myself! So, don't start nagging at me!"

Ochaco scowls, just as annoyed. "Hey, I'm only trying to help!"

"And who fucking said I needed your help?!"

"I DID!" She screams, why is he being so stubborn about this?! "You've been able to handle everyone so far but there's no way you can win like this! We need to work together!"

"Like hell!" He turns his scowl onto her. "You'll only drag me down."

Ochaco glares so hard she could match Bakugou's own glare. In fact Bakugou returns the gesture glaring back at her with a nasty scowl. They each hold their piercing gaze neither one willing to be the first to back down to the other, like feral dogs holding their ground and refusing to run.

But there's one dog who's way too friendly for his own good.

"Woah! Cool it guys." Kirishima literally cuts himself between them. "We're supposed to be a team."

"You're on her side?!" snaps Bakugou!

Kirishima shakes his head. "What?! No! I'm not on anyone's side."

Bakugou's deadly glare says otherwise. He tries to shove his way past Kirishima, but the red-head holds him back.

Ochaco can't believe this! Is he really this fixed on showing off?! Doesn't he realize? "If you fight by yourself…you'll never win."

That must have cut deep, as Bakugou nearly freezes in place before he gazes at her with mild shock.

"You don't stand a chance." she continues, shaking her head. "Not against Todoroki and his team: his ice and flames can match your Explosions, you'll never see Hagakure coming, and Yaoyorozu can make a number of weapons to nullify your Quirk."

Bakugou grinds his teeth, becoming infuriated with her.

"And then there's the others!" She needs to make this as clear as she can to him! "Shinso can literally top you with one word! Tsuyu and her team can easily trap you. And Deku…" She locks eyes with the raging boy, making sure he is listening to every word she says, "can become anything he needs to, to defeat you."

Bakugou is steaming mad, honestly if Kirishima wasn't holding onto him he'd probably have slugged Ochaco by now.

"He's already done it once, what's to say he can't do it again?"

Bakugou shoves himself away from Kirishima. "I'm not weak." He snarls. "I'll crush him, once and for all."

Ochaco glares back, exasperated! "Ugh! How then?! How are you planning to beat him?!"

His palms generate small blasts. "I'm going to blast him to a hundred pieces!"

She knew it; he doesn't have a plan! "And what happens when that doesn't work?!"

"SHUT UP!" Bakugou roars out in fiery rage! "I'M GOING TO SHOW THAT NERD ONCE AND FOR ALL THAT I'M BETTER THAN HIM!"

Ochaco jolts, not of fear but of a cold realization, knowing Bakugou's actually giving her an honest answer.

She thinks back to what they've all gone through this school year, especially Bakugou. He hasn't really won a lot of matches or exercises since entering U.A. has he? Not their first Battle Training, not the Sports Festival, and not against Deku. It must be eating away at his pride, in other words he's feeling inferior…weak.

He wants to prove he's gotten better, that he's made progress… That's something she can relate to, she wants to get better too. She wants to…needs to get stronger. But alone isn't the way to do it.

"Alright."

Now it's Bakugou's turn to be put off by the sudden change in her deposition.

"You wanna win, I get that but." She locks eyes with him, letting him know how dead serious she is. "If you really plan on winning, then you need to use us."

"Huh?"

Bakugou's not the only one confused, even Kirishima is taken back not sure what Ochaco meant by that.

"Use us, Bakugou." she continues, speaking the absolute truth. "You're a lot smarter than you let on, your grades prove that. And you handle your Quirk so expertly it's actually kinda amazing! And when you put those together, you get a terrifying combination!"

Bakugou is taken back and rightfully so, where is all this coming from? She's actually complimenting him?! People haven't done that in like forever!

"So instead of your fists use your head and make a plan." She's absolutely serious! "Take the lead and show us how to win! Show us how to beat Deku!"

Bakugou blinks, did he hear her right?

"Deku uses his brain when he fights. He knows all of our Quirks and our fighting styles. All he has to do is pick the right transformation and he'll win."

Bakugou hates to admit it, but she's right. She's absolutely right. Stupid Deku can become a number of transformations to beat his ass: the walking Fire Hydrant, the diamond headed guy, and even that Speedy Lizard will be a problem for him.

"But if you wanna win this, then we have to outsmart him. We have to challenge him." She wants this too, she wants to show everyone how much she's improved since the Sports Festival. "We have to surpass him."

Now that gets Bakugou thinking.

"If you want to win, Bakugou." Ochaco leans in close, getting herself pumped. "Then you're going to need our help."

Bakugou ponders, his mind trying to process if this is even worth his time. But as he wonders, he can't help but remember that annoying Best Jeanist guy saying something similar.

##########(Flashback)#########

While they were out on supposed patrol, Best Jeanist eyes his young ward after his terrible display of composure. And so the hero grilled the young man about his classmates Uraraka and Midoriya, and why it appears they have progressed further than him. Why is that? Well according to Best Jeanist:

"My point is this, your friends' understanding of what makes a hero is different from yours."

"What does that have to do with anything?!" snaps an annoyed Bakugou.

"It has to do with everything." responds the top ranked hero. "They seek to protect and aid others, you seek your own goals. They are willing to work together, you are not. And they are willing to seek out and listen to those around them, and you…" He trails off wanting Bakugou to finish the thought.

"Could care less…"

"Exactly." That's the core difference. "But there are things between you three that are similar."

The blonde straightens up, surprised and intrigued.

"You all have the same drive to become the best, that is both an admirable and a worthy goal." He watches for the boy's reaction. "You have talents and skills but in order to become better than you are now you must be willing to work with and for others. Do you understand?"

Yeah, believe it or not he does understand. He doesn't like it though. But…he's supposed to be the best, he should be the one receiving all the praise and glory, but he's not. If he wants to get better than…then he really needs to understand how he should better himself.

########(End Flashback)#######

With a heavy sigh, Bakugou reluctantly agrees "Fine… I'll lead your sorry asses to victory."

Now it's Ochaco's turn to be put off! She didn't think she would get through to him! Honestly, she was kinda shooting from the hip there.

Kirishima, however, could care less about the details and is just thrilled they'll work together! "Yeah! We got this! Haha!" He wraps arm around Bakugou. "We're counting on you, team leader!"

"Let go of me, Kirishima!"

"Bakugou."

Bakugou stops struggling against the grinning Kirishima for a moment and turns his attention to the brunette.

Ochaco genuinely smiles up at him, her eyes burning with determination. "We won't let you down."

"Yeah, whatever." Bakugou looks away almost…like when someone can't look at the shining sun anymore. "I already know you can handle yourself…Uraraka."

Ochaco smiles.

And that for some reason gets on Bakugou's nerves! "Why are you so smiley?! Quiet that weird face! Ugh, it's so weird!"

"Haha, sorry!"

As Team A finally comes together, Team C are at a loss, watching on from the sidelines having been totally forgotten about as they hang from the tree.

Tenya is at a loss, having heard the whole exchange. "What just…happened?"

Tokoyami frowns, trying to act cool and ominous even though he's tangled up in tape. "We witnessed the alliance between an angel of the stars and a demon of the abyss."

Sato blinks in confusion. "Um, what?"

---

All Might looks to Aizawa from atop the observation tower. "SHOULD WE GET THEM DOWN?"

"No." Aizawa responds almost too quickly. "Let them take the time to think about how they could improve."

"SO, YOU WANT THEM TO STEW IN HUMILIATING DEFEAT."

---

The pair of yellow antennae twitch. "Huh, I don't hear any more explosions?" The kneeling Mina frowns, looking up towards the sky, waiting for any sounds that indicate a fight. "Do you think Bakugou was captured?"

She looks to her team for answers, but she doesn't exactly get the responses she was hoping for.

Koda is shaking his head while shrugging, like he's silently saying that he has no clue.

And as for Midoriya…well he's still out of it, in a daze and a far off look in his eye.

And that's not what she needs right now! He can't be off, lost in thought! "Hey, Midoriya!"

"Hm?" The greenette snaps out of his daze. "Oh, um, what's up Ashido?"

"Were you not listening?!"

He looks away, disappointed in himself for not listening. "Sorry, I just got other things on my mind…"

"Focus!" Mina springs to her feet, standing over him with her hands on her hips. "We're in the middle of an exercise, so stop getting distracted!"

"Yeah…"

Her antennae twitch as she frowns concerningly, she can tell that he's feeling troubled. By what, she doesn't know, whatever it is it's really bothering him. A part of her wants to drill him for answers, a gossip's gotta gossip, but this isn't the time for that. Not at all. Right now she needs to reign him in and get him focused.

"Come on, Midoriya. If we're going to survive, we need your head in the game." She pats his head encouragingly, noting how fluffy his hair really is. "And we need that big brain of yours to do it!"

Izuku listens, trying to not blush at having his head patted, but as Mina rubs his hair, he can't help but agree with her. He needs to get his head in the game! "You're right." He gets to his feet, ready to help out. All of those negative emotions will just be put on hold for now, although that's easier said than done. "Right! So then um…um…" And like that his focus withers away again.

Mina internally deadpans. 'Annnd… He's got nothing.'

Or does he? "Wait, Koda?"

Izuku and Mina turn to the third member of their party, Kouji Koda, who is suddenly very nervous about the attention now drawn towards him.

"Your Quirk, Anivoice, allows you to control animals, right?" Izuku pulls out his Quirk Analysis journal out, searching for the page he drew up about his classmate.

Mina mentally gasps in confusion! 'Did he have that thing this whole time?!'

"So tell me." Izuku's nerdy side is on full display as he scurries close to Koda. "Can you understand them, too?"

Koda blinks before shying away.

Mina's lost though. "What are you talking about?"

Izuku goes ahead and explains his thought process. "Koda can command all sorts of animals: birds, rodents, bugs, and the like. He does this by talking to them so it stands to reason that he can understand them back." With sparkling eyes Izuku turns back to the animal manipulator. "Right?"

Koda shyly and fearfully nods his head while waving his arms about like he's playing charades; confirming that he can in fact communicate to animals and that he can even have conversations with them, too!

Mina gaps in awe. "Woah, really?! That's cool!"

"Then here's the plan." Izuku genuinely smiles as he scribbles away in his notebook. "The objective is to survive but that doesn't mean we actually have to fight anyone. We just need to be the last teams standing." He peers up towards the thick woods. "We're pretty well concealed here so no one should find us any time soon." He turns his gaze to his teammates. "But to be sure Koda can have the forest creatures be lookouts for us. They can spot our classmates before we do and warn us before it's too late."

Mina nods, planting her fist into her open palm. "I get it. Like an early warning system."

"Exactly! Birds can even survey the area for us!" Izuku smiles excitedly at Koda, who looks away all embarrassed.

Mina frowns. "That's good and all. But that's so lame!" Seriously, she was so pumped when she was assigned to his team because she thought they'd get to see some action! What's the point of having all those powers and not show them off?! "Come on Midoriya, turn into some freaky monster and go on a rampage! It'll be so cool!"

"Just what do you think of me?!" Izuku then coughs regaining his composure. "Either way that's not really viable." He lifts his left arm, displaying the Omnitrix. "Sure I could go out and hunt people down, but with my time limit in place I can just as easily be cornered myself."

"Oh, right. I forgot." The pink girl pouts. "That's so lame."

"Ugh…" The greenette sweat drops not sure what he can tell her that'll make her happy.

"I guess we have no choice but to wait it out."

"Yeah." Izuku turns his greenback to Koda. "We're counting on you. Just do your best, I know you can do it."

Koda shyly smiles, as if unsure about it but he finds the encouragement so reassuring. Plus he doesn't really want to let them down so… With as much courage as he can muster, he nods, determined to see this through.

Izuku grins, happy Koda is willing to work with him.

Mina watches from the side, a slight bored expression on her face. 'I guess I can wait it out, that's fine but… Why couldn't I have been in a fun group?!'

She watches as Koda squats down so he can whisper to some squirrels and sparrows while Izuku scribbles away in his journal.

'Talk about boring.'

---

Bakugou sprints through the thick woods, following his instincts as he searches for more victims. However, neither one of his teammates are anywhere in sight. Just the way he likes it.

Something catches his attention, forcing Bakugou to dig his heels into the ground and come to an immediate halt, all the while keeping his eyes peeled on the dark woods. His eyes scan the area as a harsh silence washes over, not a sound breaks his focus not the leaves, not a bird, and not the wind.

Bakugou turns and snarls. "Get yourself out here, Icy-Hot Bastard."

After a moment with nothing but the wind to answer him, Shoto Todoroki calmly stolls into view.

"That was some bullshit ambush." Growls the ash-blonde as sparks dance out from his palms. "Now you're going to die!"

"Calm yourself." Shoto raises his hands, gesturing that he isn't actually here to fight. "I just wanna talk."

Bakugou's glare hardens. "Talk?"

"Yeah, is that so strange?" Shoto frowns. "Although I guess negotiating is a foreign concept for you."

A tick mark forms on Bakugou's forehead, he's really getting tired of being put down. "Guess I'm off my game today."

"Yeah, guess so." Shoto strolls into the open but making sure to keep his distance just in case.

Bakugou leans back, his palms clutched at the ready. "You have something to say?"

"Yes." Shoto looks Bakugou right in the eye and with full seriousness he says. "How'd you like to team up?"

"Huh?!" What's up with everyone wanting to work together today?! This is some new trend?!

"I'd like your team to team up with mine, so we can take out Midoriya."

"What?!" Him too?! Why is Deku everyone's main target?!

"Midoriya's the greatest threat, even to you. But if our teams join forces, not even he can win."

"Tch. You know I'm really getting tired of people begging for my help. Besides I can kick Deku's ass myself!" A pair of blasts echo from his palms as he grins madly at the dual-elemental wielder. "But I'll be happy to kick your ass first."

"I'm not even surprised." The dual-haired teen shakes his head in disappointment. "Guess we'll have due with what we got."

"Huh?!"

Without warning a pair of large capsules coming flying out at Bakugou from both sides!

*POP!*

The capsules explode and blast out a pink foam-like substance!

Acting with crazy reflexes, Bakugou blasts himself backwards, avoiding the foam completely.

"Dang it!" Tooru Hagakure frowns from within the bushes as she raises up more capsules.

"He's so fast!" comments Momo Yaoyorozu from the opposite bushes, she holds her hand out and generates another capsule.

Bakugou growls in annoyance, looks like he really did walk into an ambush after all. His eyes widen before he blasts himself to the side, avoiding a piercing icicle ice trail, courtesy of Shoto!

Bakugou glares over at Shoto, who's right side is covered in a bit of frost.

Shoto glares back. "Now this is an ambush."

"Damn, Icy-Hot." Bakugou's eyes dart to the side, his instincts taking over as he swings his arm around and unleashes a large Explosion!

"Eeeeee!" Hagakure screams as she's blasted back, she was hoping to sneak up on Bakugou without her "costume" but it looks like he spotted the capture tape in her hand.

"Too slow!" Bakugou grins but his grin falls as Yaoyorozu tosses more capsules at him! Quickly he jumps and blasts himself up just as the capsules explode and release clouds of foam!

Bits of foam land on Bakugou's arm as he propels himself away.

His feet skid across the ground upon landing. 'What is this stuff?!' He grazes the foam with two fingers, examining it further. He scowls as he realizes what it is. 'It's fire retardant.'

He blasts up and away avoiding another ice trail from Shoto. But now their plan is clear: they're trying to repress his Quirk and give the Icy-Hot Bastard the opening he needs to capture him!

'You smartass elitists!' Bakugou internal snarls as he ricochets and blasts himself around in the air avoiding piercing icicles and exploding foam-capsules.

Yaoyorozu generates and throws out more capsules. "We won't lose!"

"You're outnumbered!" screams Hagakure!

Shoto launches another ice trail! "You can't win this alone, Bakugou!"

Much to Shoto's surprise, Bakugou smirks. "I know."

Shoto blinks in rightful confusion. "What?"

As Bakugou descends, Yaoyorozu tosses more capsules straight into the air. There's no way he can avoid each and every one of them for long, no doubt one's going to him!

Or not, as pink spheres fly in from seemingly out of nowhere and slam into the capsules, blasting them away from Bakugou!

The entirety of Team B gasps in astonishment!

Hagakure yelps. "What th-Ahh!" She stumbles back hastily avoiding a chop from Kirishima's hardened arm!

Kirishima scowls as Hagakure slips away. "Dang, I missed!" To be fair all he really had to work with for aiming was the roll of capture tape in her hand.

Yaoyorozu's eyes widen. "Kirishima?!"

A light whoosh greets her ears before the sound of boots touching the ground echoes behind her.

Yaoyorozu frowns as she turns to face her own foe. "Uraraka."

Ochaco smiles back defiantly, proud that she was able to catch Yaoyorozu off guard. She's also a bit impressed that Bakugou's plan worked: having her and Kirishima stay back while he took the front did draw out their classmates. Good thing too, because Bakugou would have been captured otherwise, although not even he would admit that.

Shoto scowls, realizing they've been played.

"So, you're actually cooperating with your team. Gotta say I'm surprised."

Bakugou lands back on the ground, with a superior grin plastered to his face. "Yeah, I'm just surprising everyone today."

Shoto's glare narrows. "You're not only one with a surprise up their sleeve."

Bakugou scowls, what does that mean?

Meanwhile, Kirishima is still after Hagakure, but without a proper target all he can do is swing his arms around and hope he lands a strike. "It's sure is hard to hit a target I can't see."

Hagakure nervously chuckles as she evades another swing. "Maybe you should call it quits?"

"Ha!" Kirishima's arms harden in defiance. "Not a chance."

Before he can strike again, a familiar voice calls out from somewhere in the woods! "Yo Kiri!"

Kirishima pauses, looking up in confusion. "Huh, wha?" That sounds like Ashido.

Sure enough, Ashido's voice calls out. "Yo, Kiri?! Where are you?! I can help!"

Kirishima grins, he's more than happy to accept the help of a friend. "We're over here!" And just like that his grin fades away as his eyes gloss over.

At the same time, Ochaco is squaring off against Yaoyorozu, who's made herself a shield and a bow staff.

Ochaco eyes the iron shield. 'I can take that out!' Her fist begins to glow, allowing One For All to power her attack as she swings her fist forward! "Smash!"

Before her fist can land, a hardened Kirishima appears and intercepts her attack! The smash slams into him, launching him backwards, Yaoyorozu ducks, as Kirishima flies overhead until he crashes into a tree, smashing it in half!

Ochaco screams out in horror! "Kirishima!" She quickly dashes past Yaoyorozu in favor of checking on her teammate. "Are you okay?!"

"Ow!" Kirishima groans, even when hardened, taking a smash from her is no picnic. "Wait?" He sits up, looking around like a lost dog. How'd he get here? And why is he hurting? "What happened?!"

Ochaco yelps! "You tell me!"

While they sort themselves out, Hagakure and Yaoyorozu quickly get into position to strike.

"Hurry!" Ochaco turns to face them, raising her fists. "We can't let them take us."

Kirishima gets up, standing by her side. "Right."

"Kiri!" Ashido's voice calls out once again. "I can help! Where are you?!"

Ochaco hears it too, but something's not right.

Kirishima excitedly grins "Ashi-hmpf?!"

Ochaco slams his mouth shut, shaking her head. "That's not Mina."

The red-head blinks, clueless. "Hmp?"

"Aw man!" whine Ashido's voice! "I really thought-" Ashido's voice fades away, altering and becoming a bit more repressed and masculine. "-I had you there for a second."

Ochaco glares past Hagakure and Yaoyorozu and whispers. "Shinso."

On que, Hitoshi Shinso steps into view from within the nearby brush and boulders.

Meanwhile, Bakugou is still evading Shoto's attacks, but with his battlefield awareness even he spots Shinso joining the fray. "Mind Fuck?" What's he doing here?

Shinso smirks, lowering his Artificial Vocal Cords, as he stands between the combat ready Yaoyorozu and Hagakure. "How's it going?"

Ochaco and Kirishima frown in frustration, not at all willing to give Shinso the edge he needs to control them. Which is easier said than done, because they really want to know why he's here.

Yaoyorozu can tell that they have questions and so she takes it upon herself to explain. "Shinso saw the benefits of joining us."

Shinso chuckles, scratching the side of his head. "Guilty, can't say no to a pretty face."

Well that explains it: Shoto must have reached out to Shinso like he tried to do with Bakugou.

"And of course." Shinso's smirk grows. "I'm not alone either."

Meanwhile, Bakugou lands back on the ground, having just avoided another ice trail, when the hair of his head stands on end!

Bakugou gasps before rocketing up! And just in time as an electrical discharge nearly electrocutes him! He kicks himself off a tree before landing back on the ground with a nasty annoyed scowl.

"What's up Bakugou?!" Kaminari strolls out, giving the mad bomber a cocky salute. "Bet you didn't see this coming!"

Bakugou's snarl turns dark. "Brain-Dead Bastard."

A whoosh greets his ears from behind, and he practically throws himself forward, dodging a swipe from Ojiro's tail! "Damn, you bastards are really annoying."

Ojiro lands before spinning around and raising his hands at the ready, as Kaminari smirks and takes his side, all the while Shoto takes the rear guard amongst his newest allies.

And the sight makes Bakugou smirk.

Kaminari smiles nervously in response. "Why are you smiling? It's really creepy!"

Bakugou's grin grows bigger, like a psychotic criminal clown's. "Because you losers might actually put up a fight now."

---

All Might isn't so sure about this anymore. "IS THAT EVEN ALLOWED?"

Aizawa nods, not at all surprised or concerned. "Of course, teaming up is a viable strategy."

"GUESS ANYTHING REALLY DOES GO."

---

Back in the arena, Team A is struggling to fight off so many foes. Yaoyorozu had started generating and firing out capsules that releases capture tape! And Hagakure without her gloves and shoes makes it difficult for them to get a read on her. And of course they can't even communicate unless they wanna get Brainwashed by Shinso!

Unable to get a proper opening to fight back, Ochaco comes to an executive decision, they need to get the heck out of here!

"Oh, no you won't!" Shinso lashes out with his Binding Cloth.

Too bad Shinso's not up to Aizawa's level because Ochaco is able to slip right past the Binding Cloth and rush over to Kirishima, grabbing and giving his arm a tug.

Kirishima gasps in surprise not expecting to be grabbed! "What-hmpf?!"

She has to shut his mouth closed again before he falls under Shinso's control. She quickly gestures with her head that they need to get moving.

He nods in understanding.

So the gravity-manipulator does her thing and makes him and herself weightless before using her Gyro-Disc to jetpack them away towards their leader.

Bakugou blasts Kaminari away but then he has to blast himself to the side in order to not have his head smashed in by Ojiro's muscular tail!

Ochaco swoops in, tackling Ojiro and knocking him away. She bounces slightly back in the air, and wheels around still gripping onto a floating Kirishima she turns to the surprised ash-blonde bomber. "We have to go!"

"What?!" She can't be serious! "No way in hell!" Bakugou's palms spark. "I ain't running away from these losers!"

Ochaco initially snaps back! "Bakugou!" But she catches herself, knowing she can't force him to do anything. And so with as much poise she looks him right in the eye. "We'll make them pay, but on our terms."

Bakugou's aggressive expression falters, and he actually considers his options, eyeing the fighting-losers as they regroup. "Fine!" He swings his arms up and over his head. "But just to be clear-" he swings his arms down, unleashing a massive Explosion that demolishes the ground while creating a giant plume of smoke and dust! "this doesn't count as running away!"

The enemy teams brace themselves as a whirlwind and bits of rubble and smoke whip at their faces.

The plume of smoke and rubble eventually clears away and when it does both teams are not-so surprised to see that Bakugou's team have seemingly vanished.

Although if they looked up they'd see a flying Ochaco pulling Kirishima along as a weightless Bakugou latches onto her boot.

Bakugou scowls down at the two teams, making a silent vow to make them pay later.

---

Team E is still hidden away in their little clearing, seated around waiting in silence with nothing but the wind and the brush of leaves to keep them company. There haven't been too many Explosions for a little while now and in all honesty that only makes their nerves grow. There's no way Bakugou was captured already, if anything he's gearing up to do something big and, for lack of a better term, explosive.

So it doesn't help matters when some of Koda's birds come crashing through the treetops, chirping loudly and panicky!

Mina gasps, jumping to her feet. "What's going on?!"

Izuku gets up, looking to Koda. "Did they spot something?"

The sparrows and pigeon land on Koda's outstretched arm and begin chirping away hastily. After a moment Koda frantically nods his head in confirmation.

Unfortunately the warning comes too little too late as a band of large tape flies out at them from the nearby bushes!

"Get down!" Izuku throws himself at Koda, shoving him down while his birds fly away in a panic!

Mina leaps to the side as the tape whizzes by! "Who's attacking us?!"

From the side an elastic pink tongue whips out at her! Mina leaps back before she could be licked, but as a result she's further away from her team!

"Nice moves, Mina." Tsuyu Asui's head pops out front of the shrubbery.

"Tsu?!" Mina scowls, backing up away from the frog girl. "Should've known."

Tsuyu steps out, squatting down at the ready. "Probably." She hops forward, her arms and tongue out to grab the pink girl.

Mina's feet spill out slippery acid, allowing her to skate away quickly before Tsuyu could strike. Tsuyu lands on the spot she was previously occupying, so Mina throws her arm out and sprays out a splash of acid! However, Tsuyu's agility is much more impressive allowing her to hop away without any issue.

But it looks like Mina's on her own as her teammates have their own problems: named Mezo Shoji and Hanta Sero.

Sero chuckles as he rips away the tape from his elbow. "Should've known that wouldn't get you."

"Yeah, so you should know what's going to happen next." Izuku reaches for the Omnitrix but a whip of sticky Tape wraps around his right hand and wrist, pulling it away! "Ahhh!"

Sero chuckles as he pulls Izuku in. "Wow, you must really be off your game, huh?"

Dammit, Izuku should have been more prepared. He totally let down his guard. Guess his head still isn't in it.

Izuku struggles, tugging his arm back but Sero's got more of a foothold to work with!

"No getting out of this one." Sero's grin widens. "You're up."

"Right!" Shoji charges from the side, his arms outstretched and ready to wrap Izuku up.

Izuku gasps, he's really been distracted if he forgot Shoji was here! And without a free hand he can't transform, and now he's going to be captured!

But there's something else Izuku's somehow lost track of, his own teammates. A small flock of pigeons and sparrows rush Shoji, pecking and swooping at his head.

"Quit it out!" Shoji comes to a halt, folding his arms around his head while trying to swat away the pesky birds.

While still pulling against Sero's Tape, Izuku looks over and sees Koda commanding the birds.

The sight brings a smile to Izuku's but the pull on his arm quickly puts him in check.

"Give it up, Midoriya!" Sero taunts. "Just accept that you finally lost one."

Izuku scowls in frustration, he has no idea what to do. His entire hand and arm is wrapped up in tape, and Sero's pulling is keeping him off balance. His eyes drift down to his wrapped-up arm, and then they widen with hope. He could almost smack himself for forgetting, he does have a way out of this.

With a flick of his right wrist, the newly acquired Omni-Shield activates, the 18-inch diameter shield rips right through the tape, setting Izuku free!

"Huh?!" Sero's completely baffled by the sight of the shield. "A shield?!"

Izuku smirks, he's so glad he got this thing. And as a bonus no one in class except Iida, Uraraka, and Todoroki have seen this thing so no one would have known.

Izuku positions himself with the shield in front, making sure the Omnitrix is covered as he brings his hands together.

Watching from the side, Shoji swats away the birds and rushes in in a panic! "No!" They can't let him transform!

"Say hello to Heatblast!" Izuku slams down on the Omnitrix and the flood of green light instantly blinds everyone in the area!

Izuku himself can feel the transformation taking over but it's different. Rather than the fiery burning sensation of becoming Heatblast it feels rawer and more inhuman. It feels like his eyes are being sealed in, his limbs bending in odd angles, his hair standing on end, and even his teeth feel like they're being pried out!

But it all occurs in an instant, as a result the green flash fades away all too quickly.

"RAAAAAWR!"

Everyone comes to a halt, covering their ears as an earth rumbling roar is bellowed out from the terrifying creature before them all!

Everyone is completely baffled and scared of the beast before them all! Whatever it is it looks like a large mutant dog with orange quill-like fur. But the strangest and freakiest thing is that this thing doesn't have a defined face: no eyes, ears, or nose! But one thing it does have is fangs, large, defined, flesh tearing fangs.

"Rawr?" The crazy-looking beast appears to be examining itself although it seems confused and startled, like it's just realized it couldn't see until now! "Raah?!" The beast hastily flails around, swing its head frantically around like it's desperate to see something and it has yet to figure out why!

Sero screams out in terror upon seeing the Omnitrix dial on the beast, "What, another transformation?!"

Shoji backs away nervously from the large beast. "What is it even supposed to be a bear or a giant dog?"

The dog-thing swings its head down towards Shoji upon hearing his voice.

Shoji freaks out upon seeing the creature's face. "Ah, it doesn't have any eyes!"

Tsuyu deadpans. "You should be the last one to freak out about that. Kero."

"Rhr?" The creature stops flailing and panicking upon hearing his classmates call him a dog.

His gills flair up and his senses rush with loads of information, he can smell everything: the trees, the dirt, the birds, even the acid sprayed on the ground. Admittedly it's all really cool, it's like he has 360-degree vision without the vision! But more importantly he can smell himself: the beastly, hairy scent, mixed with an earthy aroma.

"Rhr…" But it's clear to Izuku now he didn't suddenly become blind, he's become a Vulpimancer!

Huh, he should have figured he could become this thing after that Vulpimancer from the other day used his Omnitrix as a chew toy.

Well it may not be the alien he wanted, he sure isn't going to complain.

Shoji isn't sure but he could have sworn he saw the beast smirk there for a second. "Gah!" Shoji goes flying back as he gets backhanded by the large beast, landing on his back with a groan.

Sero gasps! "Shoji!"

The multi-limbed teen sits up. "Ow, I'm fine." He glares up at the beast. "Just thrown off is all."

"Yeah, literally."

"Grrr." The Vulpimancer stalks closer, his fangs bared as a low growl emanates from his throat.

Shoji scrambles back. "Woah, woah! Stay back!"

Not one to stand by, Sero shoots out a string of tape.

The Vulpimancer's gills flare, and with amazing agility he leaps straight up evading the tape.

"How?!" Sero can't believe his eyes! How did that thing even see his attack coming?!

"Grh. Grh." The Vulpimancer chuckles as descends, the moment his hind legs hit the ground he springs himself forward right towards Sero! "RAAAAAWR!"

"EEEAAAHHH!" In a terrified panic Sero fires out dual strings of tape; what he's hoping to do with that is unclear other than to try and defend himself.

"Rarh!" With a chomp of his large maw, the beast clamps down on the strands of tape.

"Eh?" Sero blinks, dumbfounded.

With the tape tightly gripped in his jaws, the Vulpimancer smiles and takes off in a run!

"Ahhhh! Someone stop this thing!"

Both teams watch on in stunned confusion, it's like a scene of a boy trying to walk his giant dog only for the dog to be walking him, dragging him along like a toy on a leash!

"Ragh!" The beast comes to a halt and with the momentum he's built, Sero rolls forward getting tangled up in his own tape!

"Sero!" Shoji finally snaps out of his confusion to realize that the beast's movements were intentional!

Sticking to the side of a tree, Tsuyu pokes her mouth with a finger in thought. "Guess that really is Midoriya." To be honest that thing is so beastly they couldn't be sure.

Mina cheers out in celebration! "Way to go Midoriya!"

The morphed Izuku gives a big paw up and a fanged grin in response. "Rarr!" He takes off in a sprint charging right for Shoji!

Shoji braces himself, throwing his arms forward, ready to take the beast's charge head on! But the Vulpimancer instead leaps up and over him!

The Vulpimancer lands and thrusts his head back, giving the tape a hard tug!

Shoji gasps as Sero's tangled body comes flying at him! And blam! They're tangled together in a ball of tape!

"Yeah!" cheers Mina while Koda grins excitedly from the sidelines.

Tsuyu frowns. "Dang it, I really thought we could take him." She glares up at the beast with a determined spark in her eye. "But if I learned one thing in this class is that we can't just rollover."

The Vulpimancer turns his head to her, tilting to the side like a curious hound.

Tsuyu squats down on the ground at the ready. "Right Midoriya?"

The beast grins before spitting out the tape at last and without his "dog-walkers" the beast charges! "RAAAAAWR!"

"Kero!" Tsuyu leaps up and over the charging beast, whipping her tongue out and lashing it downward, right for his gills!

The elastic tongue smacks into the gills with a loud crack! "Raaagh!" The morphed Izuku goes down, gripping his stinging gills.

Tsuyu squats down when she lands. "Guess I was right; those gills are sensitive."

"Grrr." The transformed Izuku should have figured she'd figure him out, she was always the observant type. "RAAAAAWR!" He charges again!

Just like before Tsuyu leaps up and over him, her tongue lashing down once again!

But the morphed Izuku is more than ready, he swings his body around and grabs the elastic tongue in his meaty paws.

"Kero?!"

"RAAAAAWR!" With the momentum of his spin, the beast swings Tsuyu down by her tongue.

But she doesn't end up being smashed into the dirt, instead she catches herself with all four limbs like the frog she is. "That won't be enough."

"Rgh. Rgh." The beast chuckles smugly.

Tsuyu's eyebrows furrow in suspicion, when suddenly someone grabs her from behind, throwing her down as capture tape is wrapped around her hands!

"Ha! Got ya!" cheers Mina as she shoves herself off Tsuyu. "Good job, Midoriya!"

"Yargh!" The morphed Izuku barks in approval, letting go of Tsuyu's tongue, while sticking his own tongue out as he pants.

After a moment the three members of Team F are tied up around a tree, eliminating them from the exercise.

"Yeah, we did it!" Mina cheers, jumping into the air in celebration!

Koda smiles and nods while the beastly creature pants and grins like a good boy.

Without warning Mina grab's the dog-like creature's head and begins patting it! "And it's all thanks to you right, boy?"

"Rgh?"

She begins petting away at his head. "And who's a good boy? You are that's who!"

For some reason this feels really nice, so much so he sticks his tongue out on the side and thumps his foot against the ground.

The tied up classmates all sweat drop at the sight, Sero however is the only one willing to speak up. "Get a hold of yourself man."

"Rgh!" The Vulpimancer snaps out of it, scrambling to his feet, trying to regain his composure.

Mina pouts, surprisingly the beast's fur was really soft despite how it looks. "Hey, don't be like that, leave Wildmutt alone."

"Rgh?" The Vulpimancer looks to her in confusion, or what passes as a confused expression for a faceless beast.

Everyone seems to be just as confused, looking to Mina for an explanation.

"What?" She places her hands on her hips as she pouts, insulted that they didn't get it. "Wildmutt, that's his name."

Shoji raises an eyebrow. "How do you know?"

"Easy, I made it up!" And she's certainly proud of it. "I mean, Midoriya always gives his transformations names so I thought hey I can make one up too! Hence, Wildmutt!"

"Rggh?!" The newly dubbed Wildmutt can't believe his ears! Wait, where are his ears? "Rawr. Rawr!" She can't just come up with a name, that's his job!

Tsuyu ponders the name. "Wildmutt, huh? It's not bad, kero."

"Rhhhg?!" Wildmutt is stunned, turning away whimpering like a sad pooch. It's not fair…whenever he comes up with a name, she instantly dislikes it. But she likes the name Wildmutt? Not fair…

He goes and sulks in the corner, like a regretful k-9 that's been scolded, all the while whimpering

Sero watches the dog creature sulk. "Um, what's wrong with him?"

Tsuyu shrugs. "Who knows?"

Mina calls out! "Snap out it Mido-Oh, um Wildmutt!" She waves her arms about to get his attention back! "We need to figure out how we're going to win!"

"Rawr!" Wildmutt snaps out of his stupor immediately, rushing over excitedly. "Rawr. Rawr. Rawr. Rawr! Rawr!"

"Woah slow down!" Mina gestures for him to settle down. "I don't understand what you're saying!"

"Rgh" Wildmutt tilts his head to the side.

Tsuyu's eyebrows furrow with suspicion. "Um, Midoriya?"

Wildmutt turns to her.

"Can you…talk in that form?"

… "RAGH!?" He gasps out in pure shock!

"You're just now realizing this?!" Mina shouts out in frustration.

Tsuyu deadpans. "Called it."

"Really?" Sero can't help but question. "What's the use of a transformation that can't talk?"

"Not only that." Shoji adds in. "How is it you can even see?"

"Rawr, ragh!" Wildmutt gestures to his gills but none of his classmates are really able to tell what he's trying to say exactly.

"Great!" Mina grabs at her head, scowling in annoyance! "How are we supposed to win if you can't even talk?!"

"Raagh. Raagh."

"Nope. I didn't understand a thing!"

Wildmutt whimpers, this is not working out at all.

"Looks like it's all up to me!" declares Mina a little too enthusiastically. "I'll think of such an amazing plan it'll put anything you can think of to shame!" She points at Wildmutt who tilts his head to the side.

The tied-up Team F stare at her like she's grown a second head. "We doubt that."

"Gah! Hey prisoners aren't allowed to speak!" She throws her head back, gripping her hair in frustration! "Grah! This is hopeless! I can't think under all this pressure!"

Team F sigh. 'Knew it.'

Wildmutt whines, wishing he could be of more help.

Meanwhile, Koda watches on from the side to shy to even contribute. But he seems bothered, almost antsy like he wants to come forward but his nerves get the better of him every time.

"Ahh! This is hopeless!" Mina whines!

"Raawr. Ragh."

She sighs, giving up on it all. "Midoriya…please…I don't understand a word you're saying."

A shy, quiet voice chokes up. "H-he s-said it's n-ot…hopeless."

Mina, Wildmutt, and even Team F all freeze up before they all slowly turn to see a shaking Koda off to the side.

Mina blinks. "Eh?"

Koda looks like he wants to shy away, but this is important, so he holds his ground although shakily. "Um, h-he, said i-it's not hopeless."

…

Each student cries out in shock! "YOU CAN TALK!?" Yeah because that's what's important/

"RAGH!?" Wildmutt rushes forward, grabbing a terrified Koda by the shoulders, shaking him as he begs for answers. "Raawr! Ragh! Ragh?"

"Y-yes!" Koda nods trying not to puke. "I can u-understand you!" Actually that makes sense Wildmutt is more beast than humanoid and Koda can understand beasts so why not Wildmutt too?

"Wait!" Mina gasps! "You can understand everything he's saying?!"

"Y-yes."

"Then why didn't you say anything sooner?!"

Koda turns away, his nerves starting to take over him.

Wildmutt steps forward, placing his paw on Mina's shoulder. She looks to him and he gives her a look to back off. She gets it and steps away allowing Wildmutt to step forward.

"Rawr. Rawr."

Koda slowly stops shaking, peeping his eyes open just a bit.

"Rawr. Rawr. Ragh."

Koda looks away shyly, considering Wildmutt's words. "I'll…try."

Wildmutt nods, giving Koda the friendliest grin he can despite the large fangs.

Mina however couldn't be more lost as she watches these two communicate with each other. She never thought she'd be the odd one out in a conversation. Guess there's a first time for everything.

But she won't be excluded for long as Wildmutt turns to Mina and begins barking. "Rawr. Rawr. Ragh." After he finishes, he looks to Koda.

Koda shys away but a head bob from Wildmutt encourages him on. "Oh! U-um, M-Midoriya has a p-plan."

Mina's a bit weirded out that Koda has to be a translator but it'll have to do. "Well what is it?"

"Rawr. Rawr. Ragh. Rawr. Rawr. Ragh."

"H-He says that Wildmutt can't see but h-he can smell. Um, he says the gills are his nostrils."

Mina eyes the gills, her face becoming disgusted. "Those are his nose?"

Sero and his teammates are just as grossed out. "Imagine the boogers."

Tsuyu sticks her tongue out. "Gugh, and I hit them with my tongue."

Wildmutt shys away embarrassed, before turning back to his own team. "Rawr. Rawr. Ragh. Rawr. Rawr. Ragh."

"B-because of his s-sense of smell he can practically sense wh-here everyone in the training field is. A-and he can tell who everyone is."

"Ragh."

"W-well he c-can at least make a guess."

"Rawr. Ragh. Rawr. Rawr. Rawr. Ragh."

"From what he can it looks like two teams have teamed up, considering there isn't a hint of struggling between them."

Mina gasps! "What, that's not fair! People have teamed up!"

Team F look to each other. "Maybe we should have done that, too?"

Shoji nods. "Yeah."

Mina however turns pale at the thought of two teams coming after them. "Not good, they'll definitely be coming for us then!"

Wildmutt gives Mina an encouraging nudge with his head. "Rawr. Ragh."

Koda translates. "T-they will but…we can still take them."

"Take them?" Mina isn't so sure. "Take them how?"

"Rawr. Ragh."

"N-no one…" Koda gives a shy grin, knowing the implication this could have. "No one knows about Wildmutt yet."

Mina's eyes widen and a grin forms on her face as she realizes that they'll have a major element of surprise on everyone! "Then let's go get them!"

Wildmutt reels his head back, letting loose a triumphant roar! "RAAAAAWR!"

*BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! *

And in a flash of red light Izuku is back to normal, blinking like an idiot. "Um, but maybe after I recharge."

Mina and Koda face fault to the ground, exasperated!

---

Further away amongst the trees and rock, Team A has regrouped away from the allied teams.

Although not everyone on this team is exactly happy that they retreated from Shoto and Shinso's teams. "Why the hell did we run?!"

Ochaco sighs, rubbing her head before a headache can form. "We were out matched! They got us with our guard down!"

"And even after I took the lead to smoke them out!" Bakugou huffs in annoyance, plopping down on a nearby boulder. "This is why I hate working with others."

Sitting on the ground nearby, Kirishima grins up at the ash-blonde. "Don't be like that man. We still got this."

"Tch."

"Kirishima's right." confirms Ochaco. "We can turn this around."

Bakugou raises an eyebrow. "Oh, yeah, how?"

Ochaco goes ahead and explains. "You've taken out two teams so far, not including us that leaves four teams left. And no doubt by now another team must have been eliminated."

"So?"

"So, there's only three teams left to take down and two of them have teamed up."

Bakugou's eyes widen. "So besides us, only Deku's team is left."

Ochaco grins, finger gunning at Bakugou. "Exactly! Meaning that Shoto and the others will be targeting Deku now that they lost us."

Kirishima, who's been having a hard time keeping up, finally speaks up. "So, what? How does that work for us?"

Bakugou's grin turns maniacal. "If Icy-Hot and Mind Fuck go after Deku, they're going to fight it out."

Ochaco nods. "And when they do, they won't see us coming."

Kirishima grins as he realizes the benefit. "Cool so we can fight them all at once!"

Ochaco aims finger guns at Kirishima. "Exactly! But first we need to get somewhere safe and provide us a good look out."

Bakugou's eyes drift away, looking out towards the distance. "I know where we can go."

---

Kaminari practically drags himself through the thick brush, brushing off the leaves that stuck to his jacket. "This sucks! Ahh! Why do we have to do all the grunt work?!"

Simple, because they need to find the other teams! After losing track of Bakugou and his group the alliance of Shoto's and Shinso's teams split up to locate others. The two groups are actually traveling parallel to each other but still a fair distance away as they all traverse through the arena. Then again, it's been over ten minutes since they encountered Bakugou's group so trudging through the thick woods hasn't exactly proven fruitful.

Kaminari groans as his jacket gets snagged by some low hanging branches! "This sucks! If only we didn't miss our chance the first time!"

Ojiro smiles, accepting the reality of the situation with a smile. "Yeah, too bad, it really would have helped if we were able to take out Bakugou."

Hagakure nods, her gloves waving in the air." And Uraraka, they're both so strong."

"No kidding." Kaminari plops down in defeat, throwing his head back in exhaustion. "How are we even supposed to find them anyway?"

Ojiro provides an answer. "Easy, Bakugou will come to us. There's no way retreating is sitting well with him."

Kaminari's face turns deathly pale, filling with a sense of deep dread. "And…we want that?" He's not so sure he wants to face off against a pissed off Bakugou, not like they're any other version of him on any other day.

Ojiro chuckles, sympathizing with Kaminari's plight, but then the sound of rustling leaves meet his ear. "Hm?!" He turns, his eyes narrowed, staying peeled for any signs of an attack.

Hagakure, noticing Ojiro's tail standing on end, whispers. "What's the matter?"

Ojiro gestures to the west of their positions, towards the tall thick bushes underneath the dark shady trees. "I think I heard something. Over there."

Kaminari visibly gets scared, biting the tips of his fingernails in an attempt to keep himself calm.

"I'll go check." Hagakure, pushing through the ferns and shrubs. ."I'll report back when I find whomever it is."

The only sign that she's left is that several ferns and shrubs are shoved aside as she passes through them. After a few seconds Ojiro and Kaminari have already lost all traces of her leaving them alone, scanning the woods for her or anything that isn't her.

And so they wait, and wait, and wait for her to report back but…there's nothing. Not a sound but the occasional breeze.

"EEEEKKKK!"

"Hagakure?!" Kaminari and Ojiro rush in without a second thought, hurriedly sprinting towards the source of the cry!

"Where is she?!" cries Kaminari!

"I don't know!" Ojiro shouts back, before coming to a screeching halt! "Wait!"

Kaminari nearly rams into him from behind before peering over his shoulder. "What is it?"

Ojiro gestures down to the ground.

Kaminari follows his gaze and gasps when his eyes land on the single glove left abandoned on the ground, Hagakure's glove. "That's Hagakure's!"

Ojiro flexes his tail as if ready to strike an unseen enemy. "Yeah, but where is she?"

The sound of rustling leaves instantly makes them jump at attention; their eyes peeled as the rustling continues from the same spot.

Kaminari gulps nervously. "Hagakure, is that you?"

Ojiro's eyes narrow. "No, it's not."

"Wha?!"

Whatever was making the leaves rustle takes off at full speed crashing through the woods and away from the two teens.

"There!" Launching himself forward with his tail, Ojiro gives chase after the unknown intruder.

"Wait!" And Kaminari chases after him!

"Hurry!" With another jump via his tail, Ojiro leaves Kaminari behind to pursue the target before it gets away!

Unfortunately he moves far too quickly for Kaminari as the electrical blonde loses sight of his teammate. "Ojiro, wait! Ojiro!"

There's no reply, in fact there's nothing, no rustling of leaves, no sounds of a fight, and not a peep from Ojiro.

Kaminari slows down eventually coming to a stop, cautiously scanning the woods. "Ojiro?"

There's still no answer, not a sound, it's almost as if he's just upped and disappeared…

"Where are you?!"

Instead of a proper reply, he is answered by the sound of rustling in the distance.

"O-Ojiro?" Kaminari shakily turns towards the rustling bushes. "H-Hagakure?"

Finally he receives a response in the form of a low aggressive growl. "Grrrr."

Kaminari gasps, flinching away in fright! "What?! Is there a bear in here?!"

"Grrr."

The rustling is quiet like something big is stalking its way right towards him, moving in slowly and cautiously.

Kaminari is freaking out! "Stay away from me!" With a swing of his hands down he unleashed a massive discharge of electricity!

The electricity cracks and singes the dirt and plants, illuminating the dark forest! "Stay back! Who…w-whatever you are!"

"RAAAAAWR!"

"AAAAHHHH!"

---

"Kaminari?! Ojiro?!" Shinso comes crashing through the brush, looking in all directions.

Yaoyorozu rushes in after him. "Hagakure, are you here?!"

Shoto, much more calmly, shows up soon after. "Where are they?"

They heard screaming and Kaminari discharging his electricity and came running but it appears they've come too late.

Shinso checks behind a nearby boulder, shrouded by tall ferns and low hanging branches. "I found them!"

Yaoyorozu and Shoto rush over gasping at the sight of their fellow members.

Tucked behind the boulder are their lost teammates: Hagakure and Ojiro are gagged while bound by capture tape, and Kaminari is also wrapped up in the tape but he looks petrified like he witnessed a terrifying sight.

Yaoyorozu gets down and undoes the gags, she would untie them, but this is an exercise and thus they are eliminated.

Hagakure sighs as the gag of tape is removed. "Thanks Yaomomo."

Shoto steps in. "What happened to you?"

Ojiro trembles as he recalls their encounter. "A monster."

"What?"

Yaoyorozu is just as stunned. "A monster?"

"Yeah." Ojiro takes a shaky breath before continuing. "It was like some sort of mutant beast."

"Yeah!" cuts in Hagakure! "It was super scary! It was so fast and strong I thought it was going to eat me!"

Shinso's eyes drift over to Kaminari who is too petrified to even acknowledge them. "Sounds pretty nasty."

Shoto's eyes narrow with skepticism. "I'm not so sure."

Yaoyorozu eyes him warily. "Todoroki?"

Shoto continues. "A beast targeted you three and then took the time to tie you up and gag you?"

Ojiro and Hagakure's eyes widen as they realize what Shoto's getting at.

Shinso came to the same conclusion as well, scowling in annoyance. "Dammit, Midoriya. Why can't you make things easy for the rest of us?"

Unbeknownst to them all, a certain fury beast was able to hear that even from a distance. "ARRRROOOOO!"

Shoto, Yaoyorozu, and Shinso nearly jump in response to the ear-piercing howl, as their eliminated teammates cower in response.

The three don't exchange a word instead they wait and listen for any signs of their foe.

There's a slight rustling but there's not a breeze to accompany it instead a low growl. "Grrr."

Instantly the three spin around towards the direction of the growl but they can't see a thing, the thick forest inhibiting their line of sight.

"Grrr."

They spin back around the growl coming from the opposite direction this time!

More rustling like something's circling around them, but it's coming from all directions. The reasoning: either there are multiple enemies or there's just one really fast enemy. Neither option is exactly ideal though.

But one thing is clear, they are no longer the ones on the hunt but the ones being hunted. It's funny that often or not humans see themselves as top of the food chain but all it takes is for one beast to show them the harsh reality. And they definitely feel it: the deathening silence, the ominous growls and rustling, and an unseen enemy. This is how prey feels.

But these prey are not without their own natural defenses.

Shinso backs up facing away from his teammates, gripping his Binding Cloth, raising it up at the ready.

Yaoyorozu generates a shield with a matching staff, her left shoulder bumping into Shinso's.

Shoto stands with his back to the others as well, forming a triangle, as a cold mist floats off his right side.

More rustling and more growling, this time though they can tell that they're predator is far closer. Even though they cannot see him.

Shinso hates this, he could always try to coax a response out of Midoriya, but he knows very well that he's too smart for that.

Yaoyorozu's in no better shape, even though she's armed herself her mind is swirling with questions: like what did he transform into, what can she make to stop him, and so on. But without a proper answer she can do nothing.

Bits of frost and ice form across Shoto's leg as his eyes remain peeled towards the treeline. He readies himself, exhaling a visible breath, and smiles. "Do your worst, Midoriya."

And hidden away within the thick of the branches, the transformed Izuku smirks in response.

With their backs to each other the remaining alliance prepare themselves, they can sense the change in the air: soon they will face their hunter. The question is now where will he come?

The answer… FROM ABOVE!

"RAAAAAWR!" Wildmutt comes slamming down between all three of them, roaring at the top of his lungs as he tosses the three of them aside! "RAAAAAWR!"

Shoto is the only one able to stay on his feet even as he's tossed aside. Shinso, although did take a tumble, rolls himself onto his feet, ending in a ninja-like squat position. While Yaoyorozu simply groans in pain from beside him. They all take a moment to take in this beastly form, questions running in their head that have to be put aside until later.

Wildmutt gives the three a fanged smirk as his gills contract and expand. "Ragh. Ragh!" He charges right for Shoto! "RAAAAAWR!"

"Not a chance!" Shoto launches a bristling ice trail!

"Rgh!" With amazing acrobatics, Wildmutt leaps to the side and with a kick of his feet, lunges right back towards the dual-haired teen, who ironically smells of peppermint. "RAAAAAWR!"

"Gah!" Shoto slams his foot down and an ice wall bursts out, intercepting Wildmutt's powerful claws that dig and smash into the frozen wall.

"RAAAAAWR!"

Yaoyorozu shoves herself to her feet, gripping her weapons. "We have to help him!"

Shinso nods, he couldn't agree more, adjusting his Artificial Vocal Cords until Uraraka's voice is emulated. "Deku! Look out!" cries out Shinso with Uraraka's voice!

With his paw still slammed against the glacier, Wildmutt turns towards Uraraka's voice, his gills flare up taking in the scent of teenage angst mixed with a cat cafe.

And with a slobbery smirk Wildmutt waves his finger.

Shinso sighs, it was worth a try.

"Let's go!" Yaoyorozu grips her staff and steps forward to charge!

Upon hearing Yaoyorozu, Wildmutt throws his head back at let's out a loud howl! "ARRRROOOOO!"

Almost immediately after a flock of pigeons, sparrows, and small birds flood her line of sight, swarming the two teens.

Shoto generates another ice wall before Wildmutt could slam his claws into him! But even while defending himself he maintains an eye on the rest of the battlefield, watching as a swarm of birds creates a wall between him and them. "Yaoyorozu! Shinso!"

"RAAAAAWR!"

Quickly he throws his hand down and an ice trail races towards Wildmutt who jumps aside grabbing onto a tree to avoid the ice.

From within the circling flock, Yaoyorozu and Shinso find themselves back to back, wary of the birds.

Shinso grips his Binding Cloth. "What is this?"

Yaoyorozu scowls. "It must be Koda's doing."

It sure is, Koda is in fact hidden away atop a tree. His perch is far enough away to keep him safe but close enough to see everything that's occurring. But then again as long as he's in earshot of Midoriya, he can follow his orders without anyone knowing what they're up to.

The birds stop circling and begin assaulting the two teens: pecking and scratching at them, aiming for the heads specifically.

Yaoyorozu uses her shield to cover her head. "Stop that!"

Shinso braces himself with his arms. "Damn, rats with wings!"

Yaoyorozu scowls. "Enough!" She throws her hand forward, generating an airhorn!

*bwAAAAAAAHHHP!*

The birds screech and scatter as the obnoxiously loud siren blares in their ears!

Yaoyorozu smiles, she was able to pull something off!

But the moment is short lived, as from amongst the scattering birds, leaping out from the nearby tallgrass, a wild Mina Ashido appears and challenges her to battle!

"Haha!" Mina laughs as she slams her hand against the airhorn, burning it away with a splash of acid!

Yaoyorozu gasps, stunned. "Mina?!"

"The one and only!" Mina throws herself forward, her hand outstretched!

Yaoyorozu raises her shield, but that was the pink-girl's plan as the shield begins to melt away. "No!"

"Yes!"

Mina throws her fist forward.

Yaoyorozu flinches, stumbling back, but she has no need to worry as a Binding Cloth grabs Mina's arm and pulls her away!

Shinso pulls Mina away from Yaoyorozu with a tight grip on his Binding Cloth. "Hands off."

"Haha. A cool guy, huh?" Mina smirks. "I'm willing to play."

She grips the Binding Cloth, grinning as it melts away in her hand thanks to her Acid.

"You better watch that mouth of yours." Shinso pulls back the scarf. "Or you might regret it."

Yaoyorozu frowns, disappointed in how she handled that. But! She can't give in now! She gets up a part of her hand glowing as she activates her Quirk: Creation!

But it's not to be as the flock of birds return but this time they all conjugate around her, pecking, chirping, and swiping at her breaking her concentration!

"No! Stop! Get away!"

Shoto runs in from the side, hurrying to help his teammate! "Yaoyorozu! Hold on!" He aims his right hand forward ready to deliver an ice wall for her!

But he's interrupted, i.e. Wildmutt slams into his side, throwing him across the ground.

Shoto's not one to give up though, even as he skids across the dirt he slams his hand down on the ground and an ice trail comes crashing towards the wild beast!

It's too fast this time for the alien hound and he gets clipped, as a piercing icicle grazes his side! "Raarow!" Wildmutt whimpers grabbing his aching side, his nostrils picking up the fate scent of copper.

"Come now." Shoto gets to his feet. "You didn't really think it'd be that easy did you?"

Admittedly, he was kinda hoping it would be. "RAAAAAWR!"

---

Kirishima blinks, using his hand as a shade as he looks out to the horizon. "I think they're going at it." He steps back away from the edge of the cliff face. "Now what?"

Ochaco grins as she springs to her feet. "We take them all down!" Her grin falls soon after. "Yeah, but…how?" Admittedly not even she has an answer to that.

Bakugou, however. "I know how. We take them all out in one fell swoop!" He turns his devilish grin over towards his teammates. "And best of all, you two might actually be useful." His eyes lock onto Uraraka's. "Especially for you, Uraraka, but it depends on how good you really are with your Quirk."

Ochaco isn't sure if she should be glad, he's including them or terrified.

---

"RAAAAAWR!" Ignoring the pain at his side, Wildmutt charges with the tenacity of a stampeding bull!

'Got ya.' Instead of a barrage of ice, a wave of flames erupt forth as if summoned from hell itself!

"Ragah!" Wildmutt screeches as he tries to turn away, but he was moving far too quickly and the flames are too intense!

He is barely able to avoid the worst of it as his fur is singed and his nostrils flare due to the intensity of the heat.

"Rggg. Rgh." A whimpering Wildmutt falls to his side, bits of his fur smoking as he gingery gets back on his feet.

Shoto sees his shot and slams his right foot down onto the ground and an ice trail immediately launches forward!

"Ragah!" Wildmutt kicks himself forward, scrambling to avoid capture.

Shoto's not done firing piercing icicle after icicle at the beast!

"Ragh! Ragh!" Wildmutt sprints, leaps, and slides avoiding each and every icicle thanks to his abilities, but they're all nothing but close calls; the icicles are so cold that the ends of his fur frost over.

Wildmutt comes to a slow stop, panting heavily with his tongue hanging out.

Shoto glares at the eyeless mutt his right side frosted over.

Wildmutt, as if sensing Shoto's glare, turns his head and bares his fangs at the dual-elemental teen. "Grrr."

Shoto's left side flares up, the flames licking and dancing off his arm.

Wildmutt ducks his head low, releasing a low intimidating growl. "Grrr-Rgh?" Wildmutt clamps his maw, sticks up his head, and turns away from Shoto like something's caught his "eye."

It's such a sudden change in demeanor, Shoto's thrown off, his flames fading away.

Wildmutt's gills contract, inhaling and exhaling the scents of the arena. Off in the distance moving quickly there are three different scents approaching: one smells of caramel, the other of mochi, and the last smells like…hair-dye?

Shoto gives in and follows Wildmutt's "gaze." "Huh?!" He gasps when he sees them!

Up high in the sky is Team A! Bakugou is rocketing through the air as a weightless Ochaco and Kirishima each have a hand on one of his shoulders!

"It's Bakugou and Uraraka!"

After Shinso dodges a kick from Mina, Mina turns to look up as well. "And Kirishima!"

Shinso raises an eyebrow. "What are they doing?!"

Bakugou grins a wicked grin, looking down at his classmates who are nothing but ants to him from this height. "Alright, Uraraka! Do you think you can pull this off?!"

"Heck, yeah!" Ochaco let's go and with her Gyro-Disc she's able to dive down towards their classmates.

Shoto glares up at her. "What is she up to?"

"Ragh?" Wildmutt shrugs in response, even though Shoto can't understand him.

Ochaco flying in like a bullet, diving down headfirst from the sky! 'Alright let's see if I can do what you said, Bakugou!' With a smile on her face, Ochaco reels back her hands, cupped in her hands are several grenades, provided by the mad bomber himself! 'These are filled with your sweat so hopefully they pack quite the bang!'

One For All illuminates it in a pink aura around her arms, before the aura concentrates around her cupped hands. The energy swirls until she forms dual Ryou Spheres, but with her hands cupped so close the spheres combine and enlarge becoming one giant sphere, about the size of Ochaco herself!

"Here we go!" She let's go of the grenades that stay contained within the sphere!

And so she swings her hands down, launching the massive Ryou Sphere down at them all!, screaming at the top of her lungs! "RYOU BOMB!"

The Ryou Bomb rockets down, racing towards the earth like... well a bomb! The bomb explodes upon impact and with the nitroglycerin fueled grenades the explosion is even more powerful!

Dust and rubble go flying, the ground beneath them shakes and crumbles, even some trees are knocked over!

And the unfortunate souls caught in the blast are no better off!

"AAAHHH!" Everyone screams out as the blast sends them all flying! And they keep flying as the effect of the Ryou Bomb's Zero-Gravity takes hold of everything within the blast radius, including the victims!

The explosion created quite the crater leaving everyone exposed! Shinso can't even use his Binding Cloth to tie himself down against a tree because they're either too far away or have been knocked down and torn apart! Even Koda's been knocked out of his tree and is now beginning to float up into the air!

But some of the combatants were able to escape the worst of the blast.

"Bakugou." Shoto scowls up at Bakugou from behind his thick ice wall.

"Grrr." Wildmutt growls, his fur standing on end as his claws dig deeper into the earth.

Bakugou grins spotting the two of them. "Your turn Kirishima!"

"This is crazy!" Kirishima's entire body hardens. "But that's why it's so awesome!"

Bakugou's grin widens as he grabs Kirishima by his arm and swings him downward. "DIE!"

"You mean to them right?" Kirishima asks just before Bakugou EXPLODES him downward like he's a cannonball!

"In coming!" Kirishima comes flying down, like a red-haired missile, cutting through the air, keeping his hardened body up and ready!

Aimed right towards the stunned Shoto and Wildmutt, Kirishima roars out in pure terror and exhilaration! "RED METEOR!"

BLAAAM! He crashes into the ground before them both!

"RAAAGAGH!/AAAAHHHH!" Both team leaders are sent flying back at the sheer power of impact!

If Kirishima had actually struck them, they'd be down for the count for sure!

With them both down and defenseless, Bakugou makes his move! "Here we go!"

*BOOOM!* He rockets himself down, moving through the air like a fighter jet that's aimed right for the floating teens!

With an evil grin Bakugou whips out the capture tape letting it unravel and fly out behind him as he grips it in his hands. "Die!"

Ricocheting himself he allows the tape to do its thing and wrap up and tangle itself around the floating idiots one after the other! Yaoyorozu, Shinso, Koda, Mina, and next up Icy-Hot and Deku!

Bakugou releases the capture tape letting his captured classmates go as he rockets towards Shoto and Wildmutt. "You losers are mine!"

Shoto shoves himself up, lashing his left arm out along with a torrent of flames!

"Not on my watch!" Ochaco screams, throwing a One For All powered punch through the air, generating a powerful whirlwind that washes away the flames!

With the flames extinguished, Ochaco smiles at her handy work. "Sorry, Todoroki."

He seriously doubts that especially as Bakugou throws out more capture tape at him. The tape tangles around him and with one pull from Bakugou, Todoroki is eliminated from the match.

Ochaco floats down beside Bakugou as Kirishima stumbles out from the small crater he created; covered in scratches, dirt, and bruises.

Ochaco frowns. "Are you okay?"

"Y-yeah, fine." Kirishima grins, holding his arm and trying to tact like it's all okay. "Never felt better." A bit of blood drips down from his forehead.

"You're bleeding!

Bakugou's palms pop and smoke. "Now what do we do with you?"

"Rgh?" Wildmutt backs away, his head turning from one enemy to another. "Grrr." He lowers, fur bristled, fangs bared, and claws clenched.

"Haha!" Bakugou slams his fist into his palm that explodes upon contact. "I can't wait to put you down like the dog you are."

"Grrr."

"Hang on Bakugou." Ochaco steps down, blocking him from moving forward with her arm. "There's no need."

"What?! Why?!"

"Oh, just a feeling." Ochaco smiles at Wildmutt. "Right, Deku?"

"Rgh?" What is she getting at?"

*Beep! Beep! Beep!* Oh…now he gets it. *BEEP!*

And in a flash of red light Izuku is left vulnerable, crouched on the ground just like Wildmutt was.

Bakugou's grin widens. "Oh, I'm going to enjoy this."

Izuku gulps, there's only one course of action that'll allow him to see tomorrow. "I surrender!"

---

Aizawa sighs, exasperated, as he stands before his class just outside Ground Omega's gates. "Alright, the winners of this exercise are Team A: Bakugou, Kirishima, and Uraraka."

The three stand beside Aizawa looking mighty proud of themselves, especially Bakugou.

"CONGRATULATIONS!" shouts All Might. "YOU THREE DEMONSTRATED EXCELLENT TEAMWORK AND SURVIVAL SKILLS."

Aizawa sighs, he's not sure he can agree with that last part. This was supposed to be a nice easy exercise, but these brats turned it into a mini-war! Talk about bothersome.

"Alright." Aizawa scratches his sideburn, tired of all this already. "Those of you who are injured go see Recovery Girl the rest of you report back to class."

The class stands at attention! "Yes, sir!"

The class begin to disperse with Iida leading most towards the bus, but a few stragglers take their time to follow.

Izuku frowns, gripping his side that was grazed by one of Todoroki's icicles. Thankfully the bit of blood that spilled out has already dried up. But he's not exactly picture perfect either, bits of his hair are singed and he's covered in dirt and scraps thanks to that last fight.

"Hey cheer up Midoriya!" Mina jumps in, flinging her arm around his shoulders. "It's over now, no need to dwell on it."

Koda approaches too, although shyly. "W-w…w-we did o-our best."

"Yeah, I know." Izuku tries to give them a reassuring smile. "I guess I'm just still a bit off my game is all."

"Well shape up mister!" Mina gives him a good shake. "Because we need your head on straight if we're going to win next time!"

"Yeah, I'll try." He's not sure why but there's something about Mina that just generates an air of positivity.

"Midoriya!" From out of nowhere Kaminari flings himself at the greenette, grabbing his head around his arm as if to strangle him! "You gave me a heart attack you jerk! I thought I was going to die!"

"Gah!" I'm s-sorry Kaminari!" Izuku chokes out, struggling to free himself. "I was just trying to win."

The rest of Kaminari's team approaches: Shoto, Yaoyorozu, Ojiro, Hagakure, and Shinso.

Ojiro frowns. "Dude, we seriously thought someone let loose a mutant bear or something. It was terrifying."

"Yeah!" Hagakure screams. "How'd you even find us?!"

"Oh, that." Izuku pulls away from Kaminari's grip. "I smelled you."

Everyone becomes visibly disrupted. "You…smelled us?"

Izuku realizes how gross that sounds! "I mean Wildmutt! I mean Wildmutt was able to pick up on everyone's scents! That's how I was able to find you."

Yaoyorozu frowns. "I understand. Hagakure is invisible to the eye but that's no good against something that doesn't have eyes."

"Exactly."

Shinso frowns. "Okay but why were you acting like such an animal?"

Izuku blinks.

"Why were you growling and barking at us? Was that just to get into the act or something?"

Izuku goes red from embarrassment. "No-no! It's just Wildmutt can't actually talk."

…

Shoto blinks. "That…makes a lot of sense actually."

Passing the group nearby is Tsuyu who overhears that part of the conversation. "If you ask me it's your best transformation yet."

"Really?!" Izuku's amazed to hear that from her!

"Yes." She looks him right in the eye and says. "It's the only one that can't make puns."

Oooh! Izuku felt that one, so much so he nearly tumbles to the ground.

Shoto, ignoring Izuku's pain, continues with the questioning. "How'd you even get a transformation like that and when?"

Izuku struggles to his feet. "I, uh, um, went on a hunting trip over the weekend. And I got into a little scrape with a feral dog is all."

Shoto frowns. "Who won?"

Izuku freezes before slumping down in defeat. "Would you believe me when I said a trash can won."

"A what?"

Meanwhile still in front of the gates, Kirishima gives his teammates a wide toothy grin. "We really did it!"

"Yeah we did! We were great!" Ochaco cheers, before turning to their team leader. "Especially you Bakugou!"

Bakugou gives her a confused look.

"I knew you could do it! All you needed was to use some teamwork and BOOM we won!"

Bakugou has to admit but she's right, he actually won an exercise. He effectively beat Deku, although not in the way he wanted but there will definitely be more chances to truly show his worth! But for now he can settle for this he supposes, besides the exams will be the best time to truly show everyone what he's made of. Especially because they'll be ranked on individual levels.

"No da." Bakugou scoffs with a superior grin. "I'm going to be the Number One Hero, so of course I was great!" He turns his head away, smirking all the while. "I'm just surprised you two were even able to keep up."

"Hey."

Bakugou raises an eyebrow as he turns to Ochaco who gives him a dry-blank stare.

"Don't ruin this." she says dryly. "You're ego's already bloated enough."

"Then why'd you bother saying anything?!"

"Because I was trying to be nice! But if you're going to put me down for it then forget it!"

Bakugou scowls, glaring down at her, but she counters his glare with one of her own.

Kirishima lets out a boisterous laugh! "Haha! You guys are way too much fun!"

They both shout without looking away from each other! "Shut it, Kirishima!"

"HAHAHA! KIRISHIMA IS RIGHT, YOU TWO ARE FUN."

Bakugou and Ochaco break their glares to awe at their hero. "All Might!"

"YO." All Might grins down at them all. "JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT YOU ALL REALLY IMPRESSED ME TODAY. YOU GOT A LOT OF SPIRIT!"

Ochaco grins! "Thanks, All Might!"

Kirishima grins up at the hero in response.

While Bakugou smirks, feeling mighty proud of himself.

"AND I WAS TRULY IMPRESSED BY YOU YOUNG BAKUGOU."

Bakugou blinks. "Huh?"

"I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU'RE MORE WILLING TO WORK WITH OTHERS, A TRUE MARK OF A HERO IN THE MAKING."

Bakugou's smirk widens, he already knows this but it's nice to be acknowledged.

"Careful All Might." interrupts Ochaco. "Don't compliment him too much, he's already cocky enough as it is."

"What are you saying, Uraraka?!"

"You know exactly what I'm saying, Bakugou."

"HAHAHA!'

Izuku silently watches from afar, a slight frown on his face, as All Might laughs and chats away with Uraraka…and Bakugou.

And the feelings he's been able to subdue so far begin to boil up once again, twisting his stomach into knots. 'All Might…'

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As Hisashi dragged away the unconscious Vulpimancer into the Razor Crest, Ochaco led Izuku off to the side. She led him to a downed tree that they used to sit on while looking out to the beautiful view provided by Lothaal Mountain.

They sat in silence which felt like a few awkward moments for Izuku but to Ochaco it felt like hours as she slowly built up the nerve to tell him, to finally tell him.

"Uraraka?" Izuku gives her a concerned look, watching her fidget and frown. "Is everything alright?"

"Y-yes, I'm j-just nervous is all"

"Nervous?" What does she have to be nervous about? "Uraraka, I'm not going to judge you. If there's something you want to say then you should say it." After all it's clearly bothering her.

"Okay." Honestly, that's just what she needs to hear from him, helping her push up the courage she needs.

She turns and looks him right in the eye.

Izuku straightens up, noting how incredibly serious she is about this. Whatever she has to say, it must be important.

"Deku, do you…remember what I said? When you first saw my Zero-Gravity Field during our first Hero Class."

He does. "Yes, you said…you said you got a new power from…someone."

Is this what this is about? He has to admit he's been wondering about it but he didn't stick his nose into it because she told him that it's supposed to be a top secret. So, is he finally going to figure out what it is and who gave it to her.

She looks away, becoming nervous again. "My power: the one that gives me so much power, that allows me to generate my Ryou Spheres and Zero-Gravity Fields…is called One For All."

"One…For…All?"

"Yes, it's a power passed down through the generations, becoming stronger and stronger with each holder until it passed down to me." She locks eyes with him. "Passed down to me from All Might."

Izuku's eyes widen, and he doesn't notice it at the time but his heart drops, and he chokes. "All Might?"

And so she tells him everything and that does mean everything: how All Might came to her and offered to train her, even how he gave it to her, the percentage she can control, and of course about how the Quirk came to be. How it was a combination of two Quirks forced upon the original user by the villain known as All For One.

And she doesn't leave out how even All Might thinks that man, that monster, is still alive and working within the shadows.

Izuku leans back trying to process it all. Unsure what to say to all this. One one hand it's amazing that his best friend's All Might successor and she's inherited a great responsibility, it's an incredible tale. And one he should have been able to guess considering the evidence.

But on the other hand this terrifyingly conniving All For One person, he sounds a lot like Vilgax. A monster hidden away in the shadows, pulling the strings and sending his puppets out to retrieve what he thinks he has claim to.

"S-so, D-Deku?"

Izuku turns to Ochaco who looks relatively worried. "W-what…do you think?"

"What do I…think?"

She nods, hoping he's not upset with her for keeping this quiet for so long.

Well it's a lot to take in, that's for sure. And he has so many questions, questions he wants answers to. But for some reason his stomach continues to churn and burn when his mind draws to All Might. But that's more personal and not something he wants to tell his dear, friend. Instead he'll tell her what he thinks of all this.

" I guess…I'm grateful."

Her eyes widen.

"I'm glad you trusted me enough to tell me. But, and because I'm curious, why didn't you say something sooner?" A part of him is worried to what her reasoning could be.

"Oh, well, I wanted to. But All Might said it's best if I kept One For All's secret to myself."

A part of Izuku is hurt to hear that it was All Might's suggestion, but he can understand why. It's the same reason he can't tell people that the Omnitrix isn't a support item but the actual source of his transformations. If people knew about the Omnitrix or One For All for that matter, everyone would come after them to get their powers. Villains, the government, and maybe people they know will do anything they can to take the power for themselves. And that is a terrifying thought.

But that doesn't mean it doesn't hurt any less, that it was All Might that told Uraraka not to tell him. Not to trust him. All Might same one who…

Izuku shakes head, trying to repress the memory. "Who…? Does anyone else know about this? About One For All?"

Ochaco shies away. "Oh, well, nobody much, just Mr. Tsukauchi, that detective from the U.S.J. Incident, Recovery Girl, and…Principal Nezu and Gran Torino." She says the last part rather quickly.

"Principal Nezu and Gran Torino?"

"Y-yes."

Izuku frowns, staring at his hands. "Honestly, that's not much of a surprise. Principal Nezu always seems like he knows more than he's letting on. And Gran Torino was All Might's teacher. I guess that's why you trained with him. It's because he was able to teach you more about One For All. Am I right?"

Ochaco nods. "Yeah, admittedly when it comes to teaching, All Might's not exactly the best."

Honestly, Izuku's not that surprised to hear that considering.

Hang on. "Wait, so if both Principal Nezu and Gran Torino know about One For All and the Omnitrix does that mean…?" Izuku gulps nervously, his stomach twisting at the thought. "Does All Might know?"

Ochaco tilts her head to the side. "Know what?"

"Does he know? About…everything?" Aliens, the Plumbers, and the Omnitrix?

Ochaco quickly realizes what he means. "No, he doesn't."

"How come? Why haven't Principal Nezu and Gran Torino said anything to him?" If you ask Izuku, despite his feelings towards All Might, he would be a huge asset to the Plumbers.

Ochaco frowns worriedly. "Well they have a good reason. They're afraid that All Might will strain himself far too much."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, according to them, they believe that All Might would put too much responsibility on himself. Not only would he carry the title of the Symbol of Peace but he'd be actively trying to be the same for the alien community. But there's no feasible way he can be a symbol to both especially with his…limits."

Oh, right. How could he forget? All Might's time as the Symbol of peace is limited. Wait, do the villains know that too? If All For One is in charge of the League of Villains, then that might explain why they chose to attack him in the first place.

"That…makes sense." And honestly, it's kind of a relief to hear, he rather not be that involved with All Might if he can help it.

But then again, his best friend is All Might's successor's so that hope is probably down the drain at this point.

Overall there's still one thing hanging in Izuku's mind. "It's all so amazing and terrifying to hear. And I'm glad you told me Uraraka."

"Really?" She frowns worriedly. "You're not upset with me?"

"No way!" Izuku gives her a reassuring smile, ignoring the pits in his stomach for now. "I trust you completely and besides you were just doing what you were told. Besides I had a feeling you'd tell me everything when you were ready."

Ochaco sighs. "That's…such a relief to hear."

"And that's not all."

"Huh?"

Izuku leans back, looking up to the sky. "Now that I know, I can help you out."

"What?"

"Now that I understand your new Quirk I can actually begin analyzing it."

"Eh?"

Izuku speaks softly, picking his words carefully. "I bet if we work together on it we can better your control over it." He gives her an encouraging grin. "And then when we're ready, we'll take down All For One."

"We?"

He chuckles softly. "Well, duh. Since I'm in on the secret now I can help you face All For One when the time comes." Izuku grips the Omnitrix. "Besides he can't steal my Quirk cause there's nothing there too steal."

Ochaco can't believe it, well she can, but she's just so happy. Deku's not remotely upset with her, she was just worrying over nothing, wasn't she? But it's still just such a relief that he knows now, that he's accepted it. "Th-thank you, D-Deku." Bits of tears stream down her face. "Y-you're the b-best."

Izuku smiles. He can only imagine how this secret's been eating away at her. But now she doesn't have to bear this burden alone.

And he wouldn't want her or anyone to face it alone, All For One sound like one nasty piece of work. Heck the guy tried to manipulate and corrupt his own brother! Talk about heartless.

But then again that one selfish act created the necessary tool, the power, to combat him. Talk about irony.

But what is ironic, is that Izuku a lifelong fan of All Might, just found out what the man's Quirk really is and he's not even thrilled about it. The churning and burning of his stomach are too great to ignore anymore especially whenever his mind even thinks of All Might. Especially, trying to find a sense of reasoning in the man's actions. He had to choose a successor. He had to find someone worthy of One For All. Don't get him wrong Ochaco's definitely worthy, but the question becomes… 'Am I…not worthy?'

Not worthy in the sense of receiving One For All but…is he even worthy as a hero to All Might. In All Might's eyes, is Izuku even worth the effort? In All Might's eyes, can Izuku become a great hero? Or is it because he has power now that he is "worthy?" Was that what was missing? A Quirk? So then…is he even worthy now? Is he a hero in All Might's eyes?

########(End Flashback)#######

Izuku's stomach twists and churns, as he watches All Might grin away. In the past that grin always filled Izuku with such hope and excitement but now…he can't even bring himself to look directly at it.

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Alright so to be honest guys this is not exactly the original chapter I wanted to write and by extension I'm not that happy with it. If it felt satisfying, there's a reason for that. You could chalk it up to me not being at all a professional writer and I'm just trying my best. Or rather it's because the more plot related, and character development stuff was pulled from this chapter. In truth I actually got a good suggestion from you guys in some of the previous reviews and I realized that another chapter with that suggestion is a far better idea: it'll allow for more character interactions and development, especially relating to Ochaco's reveal of OFA to Deku. As well as be a better transition into the Final Exams. So if you were expecting more of the consequences and reactions of the reveal of OFA to Deku then it will occur next time because it's a better fit. Actually I probably shouldn't have written this chapter at all, but by the time I realized it I was already halfway through this one so I had to keep it. So again if this chapter felt off or unsatisfying compared to where the last one left off, this is why. But I hope I can make it up to you all next time.

*The silver lining is that we got Wildmutt so there's a positive, right? I have been wanting to introduce Wildmutt for a while. He's one of my favorites and I just think he's such a fun and cool alien.

*Like I said above I'm throwing in one more chapter before we actually get to the Final Exams. So I need time to actually plan out the chapter and write it up from scratch so it may take a while before we see it. Hopefully I can get it out by next week but we'll see what happens.

Responses for "Guest" reviewers from Ch.39:

Guest: I'd like to request 3 pictures to the ilustrator. and uraraka's costume,l'd like to know what's different from cannon version. thumbnail image. You don't have to keep using the edited photos,do you? You have an ilustrator.

CreateGunner1209: The only difference to uraraka's costume so far is the Gyro-Disk placed on her back otherwise it's the exact same. But I'd like a shot of Uraraka too but we're prioritizing a few pieces of art first.

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Atom king: This is a great chapter, with a that the start of the chapter with Izuku, Ochaco and Hisashi delivering bubble helmet to the plumbers base there Hisashi is reunited with one-one, thirteen who is confirmed be a woman who knew, and principal nezu from there we learn why Hisashi been off planet thanks to the higher ups their the reason why it's only thirteen and nezu are the only ones here in the Japan division of the plumbers more the reason to have some UA students to become plumber cadets still I'm curious on who else is a plumber like maybe bakugo parents are plumbers too I mean we don't what are their jobs in the main show.

Now to the real fun is the Izuku and Ochaco first mission with Hisashi looking for a stowaway from a crash cargo ship and using Hisashi personal ship the Razor Crest whoThirteen calls a relic i bet the Razor Crest was rebuilt from the last it destroy many years ago from galaxy far far away not only that we have a new character the astromech chopper that is awesome this chapter alone has so many star wars references I love it.

Now on to the mission on hand is to track and contain the stowaway I like the little talk that Hisashi and Ochaco about Hisashi situation between him and Izuku on how he wasn't there for most of Izuku life and should have done more about it, I would love to see that happen in later chapters. The big reveal on what is the stowaway is a Vulpimancer AKA Wildmutt sweet one of the original Ben 10 aliens the fight to capture the vulpimancer was both funny with Izuku using ditto and action fill with all three creating a plan to capture the Vulpimancer only for chopper to save the day awesome.

Finally at the end of the chapter Ochaco has decided to tell Izuku her secret about her powers one for all , All might, the villain all for one and the history behind them how will Izuku react to this new information how does this effect their friendship will it cause it to crack or will it their friendship grow stronger?

This so many questions I just can't wait for the next chapter to come out, please continue

CreateGunner1209: Thanks I'm glad you liked Ch.39. Yeah I know Thirteen's a woman but I'm going to do a fun chapter to reveal that later. And no this Razor Crest is just another version, the real one was literally obliterated there was nothing left to rebuild from!

I hope the flashback in this chapter was okay like I said in my Author's Notes, there was some last minutes changes that made me feel like this chapter was kinda pointless so some major plot stuff was put to the wayside for next time.

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Guest: This is IT! Next chapter I've been WAITING for this moment!

Ochako is finally gonna tell him!

I'm so glad your showing more negative emotions with Izuku because that tells me he won't easily forgive Yagi. Especially after his wife-I mean Ochako tells him.

Personally I hope her husban-I mean Izuku won't be mad at her because she HAS told him she has a second quirk so her husb-I mean Izuku is aware of it he just doesn't know who because she told him she wasn't allowed to tell so his wife-I mean Ochako has eased him into it.

Also I saw you say you don't know where to make Ochako lose

I have some suggestions. Final exams, camp, alien missions in the summer since you said there would be some.

Actually not the finals cuz then she won't be able to actively interact in the camp invasion

So maybe she loses against charmcaster at the camp and Izuku gets taken in front of her much like Bakugo was taken in front of Izuku. I doubt they're going for Bakugo this time around since he wasn't on stage at the festival chained up.

And the missions seem like good moments for aliens to out smart her only for Hisashi to come to her rescue

CreateGunner1209: I hope it was still good, like I said in my Author's Notes, there was some change in plans that made me feel like this chapter was kinda pointless so some major plot stuff especially related to OFA was put to the wayside for next time.

Again I do hope at the least parts of the chapter were okay for you.

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Guest: This chapter is awesome

CreateGunner1209: Thank you.

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Guest: I loved this chapter I loved how his cinders ship is the razor crest from the mandalorian I love that show and how he has chopper as an astro Mac I believe is awesome he is my second favorite Droid my first being R2 I read the comment about including 2003 general grievous he is the most badass out of of the incarnations of him and his origins depend on what the writers want it to be so if you do decide to include him his origins can be unique to your story the choice is up to you though I love your work please keep on writing I can't wait for the next chapter

CreateGunner1209: Thanks I've had the idea that Hisashi would have the Razor Crest and CHopper for a while actually. And now I get to see it through! I have been thinking about Grievous and I might "might" be able to do my own version of him, but there are no guarantees. And the place I would put him is a long ways off.

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Guest: Seriously, I really love your original chapters. They bring a lot more flavor to this story. I also love the references in this chapter. From Star Wars and even mud camouflage scene from Predator. I also love how you exploring the relationships and development between characters like Ochaco, Izuku, and Hisashi. I like the action scene in this fanfic much better than MHA. Mostly b/c how the characters are strategizing and make it a team effort rather than just punching the villain really hard. Finally, looks we're getting Wildmutt soon. Can't wait to see how you use him.

CreateGunner1209: Thanks like I said in the Author's Note there's going to be one more original chapter that'll really deliver. I mean it better because it inadvertently cost this chapter to be a bit lackluster in the character development side of things than I originally planned. I hope that at least Wildmutt made the chapter worthwhile.

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Shark: Dang man, A cliff hanger!? Ugh, you are cruel man...also am super happy wildmutt is getting his time to shine soon

CreateGunner1209: I hope the cliffhanger was worth it because now I feel guilty due to this chapter not living up to my origins expectations.

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Guest: How strong is Four Arms in this story compared to other My hero characters? I feel like he should be slightly below Muscular in terms of Raw Power

CreateGunner1209: He's for sure below Musculars power.

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Darkman: Did Deku just unlock Wildmutt through slobber?

CreateGunner1209: Yes, yes he did.

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Guest: Hero's quit there job and cops overwhelm by villains so who will the people relay on, you and I known who "wink wink" but will midoriya and Ochako go plumber academy in space to get there badge and maybe meet rook in academy

CreateGunner1209: IDK

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Dreadbot: I forgot to say I like that you brought the corn into your universe and I like how your referencing Avatar is one of my personal favorite shows it's on my top 10 list

CreateGunner1209: Thanks and what corn? I like corn but what corn?

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Guest: You should incorporate the episode "Outbreak" into a filler episode. It would be hilarious to see the classmates and teachers turn into aliens. I got some ideas for which aliens they could turn into (i'm mainly basing it on what would be the most entertaining).

Uraraka - Stinkfly

Shinso - Four Arms

Aizawa - Ditto

Bakugo - Grey Matter

Iida - Buzzshock

Todoroki- Feedback

Momo - Ripjaws

Tsuyu - Big Chill

Shoji - Wildmutt

Kaminari - Water Hazard

Tokoyami - Heatblast

Ashido - Terraspin

Kirishima - Lodestar

All Might - Diamondhead

CreateGunner1209: I kinda want to but I'd probably do it after Izuku has more aliens.

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Guest: So I know you said that the "suggestions" are closed but please PLEASE hear this one out, since you are keeping the star wars trend in MHA in your story (by the way maybe tone it down a little bit) then PLEASE do your own version of the luke skywalker hallway fight but with Ben Tennyson himself it would be the best way to introduce the main man of the entire franchise to other main man and it will show the difference in strength and weakness between ben and deku while also showing the big gap of skill and experiences ben has over him. I'm already picturing the reaction of MHA cast since people don't seem to realize how big of the accomplishments ben, gwen two 10 YEAR OLDS and max an ELDERLY man achieve in one summer vacation (3 months) saving the whole planet many times and one time half the universe in secret of the omnitrix, fought and beat vilgax that pop up trivia said is so feared that he needs a robot crew because living beings are too scared of him and is responsible for 5 planets destruction and made one black hole and don't get me started on the rest (ghostfreak) so the the point is that ben, gwen and max in 3 months did more than any other characters in MHA have done in their entire lives and that is comparing just the first ben 10 show and vilgax is actually more dangerous than all for one since he cause more pain and destruction with in alien force took over 10 worlds just so he can fight ben, in ultimate alien he beat dagon and became a GOD and lastly in omniverse he wipe out ALL (but one) bens in the multiverse since ben is the savior of the universes is safe to assume that a lot of universes where in trouble so please don't make vilgax a wimp to make all for one look cooler any way it would be sweat and awesome if the MHA cast give credit where credit is do to both the good guys and the bad guys, so that it that all I wanted to say and again I know the suggestions window is closed but at least give it a thought please?. if not then that alright, thank you for this story you have given to us and good luck.

CreateGunner1209: Yeah sorry but Ben Ten will not be appearing in this story. I decided on that a while ago. Although he will appear in the spin-off but I already have a way of how he'll appear. Although i do wanna do a hallway scene of some sort for a while, I'm just going to do it with another character all together.

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Guest: I think heatblast's screen time is shorther than other added aliens.

CreateGunner1209: OhI'm well aware and I plan on fixing it

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Guest: So I'm loving the fact that you keep bringing up Avatar and I hope it becomes a thing with class 1-A including Bakugo

Maybe even have them go through a random argument like Iroh vs Pakku (iroh cough) or the best kinda bending that would be so FUN

Especially if Aizawa gets involved

CreateGunner1209: Maybe

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Guest: Definitivamente me sorprendiste al incluir elementos de Star Wars, no me lo esperaba y fue una buena sorpresa, además sería interesante otro cameo o incluso un "arco" , con algún personaje:

Como por ejemplo IG-11, que aparece en The Mandalorian, sería interesante verlo interactuar con los personajes de MHA, y más aún como cazarecompensas de Vilgax, algo así como un villano secundario, y darle esa trama de que después lo reprograman y se vuelve un aliado, en lo personal sonaría bien, pero es solo una idea, que de seguro harías mejor, si quieres claro, es tú historia después de todo.

Como sea, excelente capitulo..

CreateGunner1209: I'm glad the Star Wars stuff was such a good surprise I knew it would be. I have been considering giving Assassin Droids a cameo or two at some point. I have one idea when but we'll see what happens. The problem though is that I did think about giving the group another droid companion other than Chopper but MHA has so many fun and interesting characters already that I feel like IG-11 would be last within the mix.

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Guest: I think I have a theory as to how exactly Izuku was able to gain Big Chill, Heatblast, and Stinkfly. I know he gained these forms during his battle against Shoto and Clancy, which led to these transformations getting unlocked. Looking back at the previous chapters from when he got them, I think I know how exactly he was able to get those forms from them. When Shoto was questioning Izuku and Ochaco about their quirks, he was grabbing the Omnitrix. I noticed a small detail that the Omnitrix was still charging around that time. After Shoto touched it, it suddenly recharged immediately. That must have been when Izuku gained Big Chill and Heatblast from him. Same thing for Clancy. He was grabbing Izuku by the left arm, the same arm where the Omnitrix is attached to. He must have touched the watch when that happened. That was when he gained Stinkfly. I get the feeling that's how Izuku will gain more alien transformations as the story progresses. Any person's quirks who match the same attributes of each Omnitrix alien, needs to come into direct contact with the Omnitrix for Izuku to unlock. If that's the case, then this is my prediction as to who will give Izuku which alien form:

Now the real question is, why is the Omnitrix gaining new alien forms from humans based on their quirks? Could there be a deep secret about the origins of quirks in this story? Charmcaster did question why quirks in their world exist and why people have them. I think she may be on to something.

CreateGunner1209: Perhaps, you might be onto something. All I'll say is that things will be revealed in due time

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Guest: Can hound dog understand the language of vulpimancer? It's going to be able to understand words that others don't understand.

CreateGunner1209: Well we've never seen Hound Dog "talk" to dogs before so I would say no. But Koda can!

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Guest: Is it possible that we'll soon seen that Deku no longer has a time limit? What I mean by that is if transformations are now dictated by how much energy is used. Basically it could last from a couple hours to a few seconds based on whether he overtaxes the form.

CreateGunner1209: Eventually but I'm building to that.

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Guest: You should make it in which transformations no longer have a time limit but are all around energy usage. In Alien Force, Ben's Omnitrix had no time limit and he can stay in certain forms for extended periods. Even change between them. The catch was that if he used up enough energy, then he would turn back to normal. This also applies when he took a beating. He would revert back to human. Transformations could last between a couple hours to a few seconds. It would cool to see this incorporated in the future of this fanfic.

CreateGunner1209: That'll come eventually, I'm not building a power fantasy so things like that have to be earned or come later.

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BlueRanger-Lyric: Hey, I was just wondering, after the latest chapter and what's been revealed about the Todoroki family so far, I'm wondering if any of them has changed your prospective on how things went in the Todoroki house hold, the family and Endeavor, because I think it changes almost everything we thought about what really happened there, some even think when Rey was in that call with her mother, she wasn't talking about Endeavor, but rather Touya, but what do you think about it?

CreateGunner1209: Hm, it's an interesting theory, one we might not get a real answer to. I'd probably say yes she was talking about Touya but then again after CH.302 she could have been referring to Natsu for all we know. Because almost each child she was seeing Endeavor in.

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Guest: It's nice seeing new alien technology. Do you think you could show things like the Retaliator Armoror Proto-tool? I feel like he might need more of those just in case he can't use the Omnitrix again.

CreateGunner1209: Thanks. And I'd only introduce the Proto-Tool if I introduce Rook. Plus Izuku has the Omni-Shield now and a hoverboard, he's fine without the tool.

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Guest: You know I have an idea on when to introduce Rook. You could introduce him when Izuku's older and much more experience. Rook could the guy who guys by the books while Izuku is much more relax and will go off record when calls for it. Similar to a mentor and student relationship mix with sibling antics.

CreateGunner1209: Well that is my original idea. To do another series after this one where Izuku has graduated but I don't want to make any promises since that's a long ways off from now.

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Guest: Jesus christ. Man, with the antics that Midoriya might get into, he should really get utility belt just he is ever in pickle. Even then I feel like that isn't enough.

CreateGunner1209: It won't be and he technically has one at least on his hero costume.

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Guest: First thing first the obvious it is Wildmutt next might as well say it with 10000% confidence. Second I was not worried I found the number confusion funny more then out of confusion. As for question I have none except to state I was giddy on the next chappie and with string theory back well am I gonna be a busy reader not that I can complain I mean both this and Reset's are good. By the way I manage to get away with insulting both bakugo and and moroma right.

CreateGunner1209: Yeah that was pretty obvious.

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Guest: One thing I didn't like about Deku is how is how he's wide eye idealist and while his heart is in the right place, his head not. I didn't like how the series bend over backwards making things work out for him in the end. Like from trying to rescue Bakugo from the League of Villains to fighting Overhaul by himself. He never faces any real consequences for his actions. Plus most of the fights he's in are rather lackluster. Couple of examples are his fight with Muscular and Overhaul. He didn't really think anything when going into these fights and wins by having the bigger punch. I was really hoping he would strategize on trying to find a weakness with Muscular or work together with Lemillion and Nighteye to defeat Overhaul. I really hope you resolve these b/c I really like where you go with Deku's character. From his fights to his inner turmoil, you seem to know what you are doing.

CreateGunner1209: I have ideas for those fights at least on how the results should be. I'll try to meet your expectations but we'll see after this latest chapter my confidence in writing is a bit down right now.

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Guest: A problem that I have with MHA is how the mix law enforcement with actual heroes. I view pro-heroes as cops for super-powered criminals similar to the heroes in Incredibles. In fact, they are not that different from the Plumbers. Being a hero is a ideal not a job. It was hardly ever address in canon. I would like to see that address in this story.

CreateGunner1209: I'll try

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Jakesurfboy: Once again another great chapter, as for your thing about Hisashi being a plumber obvious, it very well could have been but I just missed all the clues because I can be oblivious myself so it's no surprise that other people may have gotten the clues when I didn't . Also I'm loving the Star Wars references right now with Razor Crest and Chopper that just makes the story (in my opinion) even better. Although I'm more concerned about Hisashi at the moment because somehow he has Mando's ship and Hera's droid so he better run before they come and take their stuff back (I think if you included Hera and Mando coming after Hisashi for the their ship and droid I think that would be funny don't you

CreateGunner1209: Thanks I've been wanting to introduce the Razor Crest and Chopper for a while now. And this chopper is actually a different version of the droid, he even has a different creator in this universe.

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Guest: When you mentioned the Quarren it made me think of the underwater battle in star wars the clone wars, Then that made be think of the ben 10 episode "They Lurk Below". Will you be doing any arcs like those? A 10000 leagues beneath the sea kind of thing.

CreateGunner1209: Not really no, even though I like those episodes.

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Guest: When is Deku going to figure out how to switch between aliens? And are you going to have All-Might vs Vilgax because that would be awesome?

CreateGunner1209: Eventually I wanna build up to the Omnitrix upgrades. And I have been figuring that stuff out and all I can say is that All Might and Vilgax will clash in some way.

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Paradox: My only 'suggestion' right now is to keep up the good work. You've made a fantastic story and I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. There are so many aliens I am looking forward to seeing half because they are awesome and half to see the classmates react to them

CreateGunner1209: I'll try but admittedly after this chapter I'm not so sure I can always do that.

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Guest: If you going make a arc that's not involve my hero academia in Canon than you should put the bad batch from star wars to take izuku or other a mission and maybe be the will help or go missions with izuku because there will be lot of danger with him and they love going to danger

CreateGunner1209: That is an interesting idea but I don't know. If I do decided it'll be after the actual Bad Batch series plays.

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Guest: Something tells me when Henzu fights Izuku again, he'll likely touch and absorb the Omnitrix to gain Izuku's newest alien forms. I imagine that his new mutated form would look something like this: he gains Big Chill's wings, one of Water Hazard's arms turns into Heatblast's arm, the tip of XLR8's tail transforms into Stinkfly's stinger, and Wildmutt's gills would grow around his neck. That would undoubtedly make him stronger by gaining flight, freeze breath, intangibility, pyrokinesis, slimy goop, a sharp tail, and enhanced senses.

CreateGunner1209: I thought that sorry to say. Henzu is basically Kevin Levin just with a different name. And as such since Kevin was never able to add more mutations to himself than Henzu can't either.