20.03.2021

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"That was something…", Midoriya mused under his breath as he looked at the ten earth monsters they just brought down.

Four of them were looking like dragons, with massive tails and wings that somehow allowed them to fly despite their mass.

The rest looked like various dinosaurs, which Tokage was very eager to point out as soon as they appeared.

"Everybody all right?!", he shouted towards the students behind him.

"Of course we are all right you fucking nerd!", Bakugo answered him as their class groaned.

"I'll take that as a 'yes'", the greenette just smiled at them and the students relaxed a bit.

Then, another powerful roar sounded in the distance, probably already on their trail. Midoriya thought about their situation for a second before nodding to himself and approaching Kendo.

"Say Kendo, how about we join forces for now?", he offered with a grin.

"I thought you'd never ask", the orange haired girl retorted, filled with relief. "Since you were the one to propose cooperation, I reckon that you have some sort of a plan, right?"

"It's not exactly a plan per se…", he trailed off as he looked over her shoulder at students from Class B.

"Spit it out already!", Setsuna urged him as she threw an arm around his shoulders, or tried to at least.

Despite his limited knowledge on the members of his sister class, Midoriya tried to figure out the best places for everyone in their not-so-little formation.

Bakugo and Todoroki were at the front, their destructive Quirks a perfect first line of defence. They were backed by Tetsutetsu and Kirishima who were responsible for stopping everything that came too close for comfort.

The center was composed of students with mid/long distance abilities such as Yaoyorozu, Tsunotori, Shiozaki, Kaminari, Ashido and a few others. Shoji and Jiro were also in the middle, scanning the immediate area for incoming contacts.

Midoriya and Kendo took the rest of their respective classmates and protected the flanks.

"Gotta say Midoriya!", the greenette heard Setsuna shout from the other side of their formation. "You're pretty good at planning things!"

"Uh, thanks!", he shouted back at her, bracing himself as a rhino-looking construct came barreling towards them.

"Maybe you should plan our wedding?!", Tokage yelled a moment later and made Midoriya almost trip on his own feet.

"Setsuna!", the greenette heard Kendo and Shiozaki shout at the same time, followed by a very strong slap on the back from 1-B's Class Rep.

The only thing Izuku could do in this situation was chuckle with a smile, not a grin, just a smile and brace himself for the rest of the journey ahead of them.

How long they fought they didn't know, but their bodies had an answer for them.

Too long.

Midoriya thought that it must've been at least four hours, maybe more, since they were thrown into the forest.

He was now the one at the front, spearheading their expedition as Kirishima had called it quits when parts of his hardened skin began to fall off with each hit taken.

At least Tetsutetsu's spirit wasn't affected at all by that fact. Hell, he was even happier that he got to work alongside someone with a metal in his arm.

Getting back on track, the students were exhausted and it showed. He just hoped that he used the compass that Momo made for him right and they weren't just walking in a giant circle, that would suck.

The greenette sighed and raised his hand, motioning for the group to stop tensely, waiting for an earthen monster to jump at them any second now.

"Why are we stoppin' nerd?", Bakugo asked, too tired to bother putting on his usual scowl or throw an insult his way.

"I just want to make sure that we are heading in the right direction", 1-A's Class Rep answered in a hushed tone. "Besides, half of those guys are looking like they will drop if they take another step without rest, even if they won't show it"

The unusually tame blonde nodded slowly in understanding, having realized the fatigue setting in some time ago.

"Let's take a quick break to catch our breath everyone!", Midoriya announced in a voice loud enough for everyone to hear.

As soon as the words left his mouth, nearly half the students fell on their butts and sighed in relief, their eyes filled with gratitude. The greenette walked up to the middle of their formation and addressed their 'security'.

"Shoji, Jiro, I'm gonna head out for a bit, check out the path", he said and was pretty sure that if they weren't so goddamn tired, they would already be arguing with him. "I'm sorry to ask this of you, but could you keep an eye out for any roaming beasts?", he asked with a smile.

"It's not fair…", both of them thought simultaneously. "How are we supposed to say 'no' when he is wearing that damn smile of his?", they were too tired to voice their protests however, so they just nodded and nearly had to cover their eyes, as Midoriya's smile grew into a grin.

"Awesome, thanks guys!", he bowed quickly and vanished between the trees before anyone had a chance to process the whole situation.

"Does this guy ever like, take a break? Has anyone ever seen him tired?", Awase asked as he sat on the ground with his legs crossed.

Members of Class A took various thinking poses and, one by one, started opening their eyes widely, realizing that Awase had brought up an important discovery.

"I think that I would be speaking for the rest of my friends if I said that I can't remember the last time I saw him tired", Yaoyorozu was the first one to break the silence, with various murmurs of agreement following her statement.

"Damn… He must've a whole load of stamina… Wouldn't want to be in your place Prez'", Setsuna joked, most of the students too tired to react to her antics.

"Such a sinful mind", Ibara whispered under her breath, half tempted to push through the numbness in her body and smack the lizard girl with her vines, as her face flushed even more.

Nothing else was said afterwards, students opting to regain at least some of their strength for the road ahead of them.

Midoriya came back after a few minutes, smiling of course, and brought with him some good news.

"Guys, we are about an hour away from the lodge!", he announced and they all cheered.

Or would have if they weren't so fucking tired. Still, some of them smiled with relief on their faces at the information. It seemed to give them a second wind as the teens started slowly standing up, determination on their faces, as they prepared for the final stretch.

"We may be close, but I don't want to see any holes in our formation!", the greenette chastised the group in advance and once again took the leading spot. "Alright, let's go!", he shouted and they started marching towards their destination.

They were moving slower than Midoriya thought they would and as such it took them about half an hour longer than he predicted.

Still, no one was complaining and they all smiled as the forest started becoming less and less dense with each taken step.

They were blinded initially as they stepped out and into the clearing where Pussycats' cabin was located, having spent over six hours in the cover of the leaves with minimal sunlight poking through here and there.

Most of the students collapsed to the ground, panting and massaging their feet, their uniforms damaged from all the fighting they had done and covered in dirt that they collected along the way.

Midoriya was looking proudly over his group as they rested before turning around and facing their welcome committee.

Mandalay and Pixie-Bob were waiting for them along with Aizawa, Kan and - surprise surprise! - Shinso.

The greenette instantly recognized the Gen Ed student he helped out during the Sports Festival without needing to look through his mental gallery as he grinned widely.

"Shinso! I haven't seen you in ages!", he greeted his friend enthusiastically.

"Damn, they look like shit and you look like you're not even warmed up, I knew that you were a monster in disguise, but damn", the purple haired student jabbed in good nature with a small smile on his face.

"Who is he?", the general question swirled in the heads of 1-A students with 1-B close behind them. Neither classes really recognized the guy.

Midoriya grinned and turned around to face his classmates again.

"This,", he gestured towards Shinso, "is Hitoshi Shinso! He is the one who helped me wipe the floor with all of you in the second round of the Sports Festival!", the greenette stated proudly and cackled, as the purple head behind him only smirked and shook his head.

"It still doesn't explain why he is here", someone from the crowd said.

"Shinso is going to join class A at the start of your second year, so I decided that it would be a good chance for you to get to know each other", Aizawa explained with his usual tired expression on his face.

"That's amazing!", Midoriya explained as he whipped his body around.

"I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you", Hitoshi countered.

"Nah-uh, you got to where you are thanks to all the hard work that you've put into your training!"

"I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't have won the first event if someone didn't throw me over the finish line!"

The two only smirked at each other after that, happy to trade banter some more before Mandalay cleared her throat, demanding their attention.

"Oh right, they are here too", the students thought, so caught up in Aizawa's announcement and Midoriya's conversation with Shinso, that the presence of the cat-themed Heroines went slightly unnoticed.

"So, you might have made it here earlier than we expected, but don't think that you're out of the water yet!", Pixie exclaimed with a smirk as the students dropped into various, loose, fighting stances.

Even Midoriya was slightly on edge, having been keeping a close eye on all of his fellow classmates, he knew that they would drop almost as soon as the next battle started.

But alas, fortune seemed to smile upon them, as Mandalay went on to explain their next task. "Don't mind Pixie, she's quite the energetic type. Your next task is to cook yourself some dinner. If you do a good enough job we might just let you use the hot springs", the last sentence was also said with a smirk on her face, but it was less malicious than that of Pixie.

The students sighed in relief audibly and slumped to the ground once again as their 'leaders' smiled amongst themselves.

Most of them were ready for Midoriya to organise the work and were facing him, awaiting instructions, when all of a sudden, Mineta started shouting.

"Okay everybody! Let's get to cooking!", he commanded and took off towards the cooking area that was prepared for them beforehand.

"I've never thought that he might be like… useful one day", Yaoyorozu said quietly, but loud enough for a few others to hear.

"He just probably has a hidden motive, kero", Tsuyu croaked from behind her as they watched the scene unfold.

"If we make the best dish ever, we will be able to peek at girls in the hot springs!"

"Told you, kero", the frog girl said to her Vice Rep, to which the latter only sighed in response.

Meanwhile, Midoriya and Jiro seemed to have enough of the ball haired boy's actions and decided to act.

The augmented hero landed a perfect kick to the midget's backside and launched him straight towards Jiro, who wanted to teach him a lesson and prepared her knee for the right time to strike.

Mineta was spinning in the air and was unfortunate enough to land balls first unto Kyoka's leg, which she brought up a second earlier to maximize the… experience.

Suffice to say, most of the guys had to instinctively cover their own jewels at the sight, whilst the purple haired heroine grinned triumphantly and high-fived Midoriya.

"I'm not being paid enough…", Aizawa thought to himself after witnessing this cluster-truck.

"They really are something else", Pixie and Mandalay thought in unison and sweat-dropped.

Yaoyorozu sighed as she slowly lowered herself into the hot water.

After the very eventful beginning, the rest of the cooking process went smoothly, with Midoriya and surprisingly Bakugo taking control over the situation and quickly allocating people to the tasks that they were best suited for.

"Dayum girl", Setsuna whistled. "Those are some huge floaters you've got there!"

Momo only blushed as her breasts refused to stay submerged, eliciting more and more teases from the lizard girl.

"Sinners, sinners everywhere…", Ibara mumbled to herself as she sat at the edge of the bath.

"It's really shroomtastic that they let us take a soak in here!", Kinoko exclaimed in ecstasy, as the hot water made their sore muscles relax and heal in record time.

"We've truly been blessed", their Christian classmate agreed while the rest mostly sighed in confirmation, letting the water envelop them fully and embracing the warmth.

The serene atmosphere was broken however, when the girls heard some shouting from the boys' side of the wall.

"- kidding me!", the voice was muffled, but it unmistakably belonged to Kaminari.

"That's a splendid idea! As expected of our Representative!", Iida's boisterous way of speaking was also easily discernible.

"I'm just joking guys!", and you could practically hear Midoriya's grin in his voice. "Todoroki put down the chair!"

What followed were some crashing sounds, splashing and more splashing, which ended with a collective laugh from most of the boys present.

"Boys…", Ashido rolled her eyes with a fond smile on her face.

"Speaking off…", Tokage trailed off with a smirk.

"Setsuna no!", Ibara shouted.

"Setsuna yes! Let's talk about boys!", most of the 1-B girls groaned at their classmate's antics. "The most important matter, who is keeping your cinnamon roll of a beefcake company at night, hm?!"

"W-what?!", Yaoyorozu exclaimed and immediately understood her mistake when Setsuna's head whipped towards her.

"So it's you!", Tokage stated with a mix of excitement and disappointment. She also checked her orange haired friend, waiting for her response.

Setsuna wasn't all-knowing, but she had a hunch that Itsuka may be harboring some feelings for 1-A's Class Rep.

"W-well… We are not t-together… yet…", Momo stumbled on her words, trying to explain their complicated relationship to the best of her abilities. "We've decided to focus on the Finals and now because of the Summer Camp we didn't really have time to… talk this through…"

"I see…", Tokage nodded to herself, her earlier energy seemingly gone, before she went back to her usual self.

She may have asked about Midoriya mostly for Kendo's sake, but she also had some questions.

It turns out her love-sense was flawless as always. She uncovered Ochako's relationship with Iida, which even the 1-A girls didn't know about, though Mina insisted that she had suspicions.

The pink girl became Setsuna's next target and decided to just come out and say that she was dating Kirishima for quite some time.

Then, they decided to join forces and turned their eyes towards Jiro, who ran straight out the door as soon as she locked eyes with them, hoping to avoid an embarrassing interrogation.

"So… her and Kaminari?", Ashido half-asked half-stated.

"You bet!"

"Sinners, sinners everywhere…", Ibara mumbled to herself, not even trying to reign in their troublemaker of a classmate.

Aaand that's it for today! Not much action, just setting some things up for the future!

I hope that you enjoyed the chapter and I'll see you in the next one, where we finally start to see some damn action!