Twisted Nightmares

Chapter 12

Wild, Wild Pussycats

After what seemed like hours of driving for miles, the bus finally came to stop at a cliffside, and popped it's doors wide open.

The more energetic students of Class A had obviously scrambled to get out first, a few grunts and a few "moves" from the students as they pushed and squeezed to get out first. An unnamed hot headed blonde cursed after getting an elbow to the stomach by accident, with the culprit never being found. After the miniature traffic jam had cleared up, the more level headed students also piled out in single neat line. The more shy ones also piled out after them as well.

Mineta went out last.

Relieved that they could finally get some room to walk around, Class A students were walking around as they tried to get the blood in their legs going. Some students simply settled for stretching in place to work their muscles, which ached from being in the same position for an hour.

Izuku Midoriya was currently stepping out of the bus and stretching. He took a second to admire the view. It was a gorgeous green forest, with mountains surrounding the giant tree covered area. It certainly was a sight to behold. He wished he had a pair of binoculars to admire the greenery, it was amazing.

"Finally taking a break huh?" Kaminari said as he joined Midoriya in a stretch session.

Midoriya nodded. "Yeah, it feels really nice to finally get to stretch. But I wonder why we stopped here? This isn't the camp..."

A small grape headed boy had once again isolated himself from the group, but still was stretching as well like the rest of his classmates. His muscles were aching. His legs were stiff as hell, and getting able to walk around felt pretty nice in all honesty.

Mineta had thought ahead, and refrained from drinking any liquids before the bus trip, so he wouldn't have an accident like last time. That was rather embarrassing to think about in hindsight. Although now since he hadn't drank anything, he was feeling rather dehydrated. So dehydrated that it felt like if he spat on the ground he'd probably die from dehydration. But at least he wouldn't make a mess of himself.

But for right now, the boy's focus was on a black car neatly parked behind the bus the students were currently climbing out of. He was about to get reintroduced to the feline Pro Heroes that specialized in rescue work, just like last time.

"There's no point in stopping without a reason," Aizawa said in a monotone voice, as the students around had started asking why they had stopped here instead of the camp itself.

Mineta turned around as the car doors popped open, and Mineta saw some familiar faces pop out.

"Hey, Eraser!"

The Pro Hero bowed in the direction of the voice. "Long time no see."

Two female catlike heroes stood side by side, huge grins plastered on their faces. They had large gloves shaped like cat paws on their hands, and odd headbands with strange metal protrusions coming out of the top. Upon closer inspection, you'd see the headgear actually resembled cat ears. Both wore bright and exuberant colored vests, with candy cane like stripes going down the middle.

Mineta absently noted with a smirk that they had very short skirts, which gave him a nice view of their legs. Old habits die hard, right? They wore colored boots with metal pieces attached to the top of their footwear. A little collar with a bell was attached to their necks as well. They looked straight out of a pet food commercial. If they weren't so popular, you might think that they were a mascot of some sort.

Some looked on in confusion at the appearance of new people, while others like Midoriya had a huge grin on his face, since he recognized them instantly. Mineta would probably be disappointed if Midoriya didn't instantly recognize a Pro Hero upon sight. Maybe the boy had a journal or a book to write this stuff down, unless he managed to cram all of that info into his noggin.

"Lock on with these sparkling gazes!

Oh joy, here we go. Again.

"Stingingly cute and catlike!"

"Wild, Wild..."

"Pussycats." Mineta said, doing a half assed imitation of their poses by holding his arms to the side. He noticed Iida giving him a look of disapproval, so Mineta put his arms down.

His stupid pose had also earned him a raised eyebrow from Aizawa, who looked at him like he just grew a second head. Well, he probably earned that look, Mineta had assumed no one was looking when he did his little dance. His cheeks turned red a little in embarrassment, he totally looked like an idiot right there. He probably should keep his mouth shut a little more. "Sorry." Mineta muttered. He wasn't really sorry though. It was all in jest, no harm no foul, right?

But as the heroes went along explaining what was going on, Mineta realized he had to get to the camp as soon as possible. He wasn't so concerned as to who got there first, but that he got there fast. The sooner he got to the camp, the sooner he could think more about what he was going to do on that godforsaken night. Mineta needed time to plan. He'd have to get them distracted, then run as fast as he could before Pixie could summon her earth beasts to engage him, once she realized he had gotten a head start.

To do that, Mineta did have an idea or two. He'd have to get the other people distracted so he'd be able to leap over the fence that prevented people from falling. It wasn't too bad a fall though, right? When Pixie's quirk had carried them down over the ledge, they had been mostly unscathed. It was probably like a two or three second fall. He'd be fine.

Right?

Midoriya had gone on a rant unintentionally about how the Pussycats were a veteran team, but apparently "veteran" was the incorrect thing to say in front of Pixie Bob. Because now Midoriya found his face in the grasp of Pixie's paw, her sharp claws out on display.

"I'm 18 at heart!" Pixie growled threateningly, the Pro Hero obviously not taking too kindly to the word "veteran". She tilted her head just a little. "At heart?"

"You're 18!" Midoriya squeaked out in momentarily terror, as Pixie's claws were poking the back of his head when she squeezed his noggin.

After the class greeted the Pussycats properly, Mandalay gestured at the large chunk of land from the cliff they stood on. "We own this whole stretch of land here." She pointed at an area near one of the mountains. "You all will be staying at the foot of that mountain."

"That's far!" Class A exclaimed at the distance between their location and the camp. That seemed to be miles between there and here. Some students scratched their heads in confusion, mostly confused why they had stopped here instead of driving to the camp.

Uraraka's face scrunched into one of confusion. "Then, why did we stop all the way over here?"

The frog girl who stood on Uraraka's left put a finger to her chin. "Could this mean?" It had to be right? Aizawa was known for pulling stuff like this. But something like this?

Sato began to sweat as he began to put the pieces together."No way..." Sero knew they had to be kidding right? There was no way they'd be able to get to the camp in one piece.

The other students began to sweat nervously as well, and started inching back towards the bus fearfully. Some considered making a run for it, while others stood petrified in horror.

Crch Crch

A noise caught Aizawa's attention as he watched the Pussycats. He turned to the source of the noise to see Mineta's feet crunch up against the dry dirt as slowly inched away from the group. But what got Aizawa's attention was that the grape haired boy wasn't inching for the bus, but instead the wooden guardrail. What was he doing?

He noticed how slow Mineta was inching towards the cliff, his gaze glued to the Pussycat currently speaking to Class A. Did he know what was about to happen?

The only other person who seemed to notice Mineta's odd behavior was the boy with the odd horned cap. Aizawa guess that the boy knew all about Mineta and his reputation, judging from the glare he was giving him.

Class A however seemed completely oblivious to Mineta's little scheme, as their attention was glued onto the red Pussycat. The Pro Heroes in question also did not notice the small grape boy behind them slowly making his way to the rail, still talking to the students.
"It's 9:30 AM right now." Mandalay said deviously, her claws now on display as well. She had an evil grin on her face."If you're quick...maybe around-"

Her speech however was cut off by a screeching, tinny voice that could probably shatter glass.

"MY GOD!" Mineta pointed behind the group at an empty space in the street the bus had driven on. "WHAT IN THE NAME OF ALL MIGHT IS THAT THING?"

His entire class spun around in alarm, as Mineta's voice sounded rather frightened.

Nothing. They searched around the empty road, desperately looking for the accused thing that seemed to spook Mineta. Nothing at all. The students, even the Pussycats looked on in confusion.

As Mineta scrambled over to the wooden railing, Mineta could of sworn he heard someone call his name, but he couldn't be sure. The adrenaline was currently making his heart pound, and he felt slightly dizzy. He he finally went over the edge and began to fall. As Mineta fell, he saw just how high he actually was, and Mineta realized he might of made a slight miscalculation. Just a slight one.

Because the first time Class A was unceremoniously thrown into the forest, it was from Pixie's Earthflow tossing them all onto the ground off the cliff. Mineta realized that he never got a good look at how high they were, since the dirt covered most of their line of sight before they landed. He cursed his stupidity. What was he thinking? That he'd just hop on down and get a head start? He thought he was going to change, but one characteristic that he wished was gone was how he ran before he walked. Mineta wished he had put more thought into his plan.

He wished he did. Because by All Might, this was a steep drop. Really steep. He gulped. Mineta really didn't want to die again, but at how long he was going to be falling... Mineta realized he was about to die. He could already imagine his head splitting open like a water melon. He decided to just close his eyes and wait for the inevitable, hopefully it would be painless.

The grape haired boy might have been imagining things, but he swore he felt his eyes water, the fear of death finally returning. Maybe he'd feel his skull shatter, but hopefully that would be it he prayed for a short, painless, death.

Mineta's demise was suddenly cut off, as he saw the impact area rise up to meet him halfway. As if it was there to catch him. How did-

His eyes widened as he recognized what quirk was in play.Pixie Bob. She must have noticed him when he willingly threw himself off while Class A was distracted. He let out a sigh of relief, thanking his lucky stars that someone noticed, when earlier he had hoped that no one would notice. Irony at it's finest.

After seemingly long seconds of falling, Mineta hit the risen section of the land, and felt pain throughout his entire body. The sudden stop made the pain resonate on the inside as well, and he managed to let out a soft cry of agony.

The land lowered itself, and Mineta noticed how gently it was compared to getting thrown off the first time. As it delicately lowered the grape boy to the ground, Mineta let himself rest, since his entire body ached. He'd just wait a second before he'd start fighting the earth beasts. After all, his classmates weren't even there. He could just wait until the blue Pussycat threw them off as well. Then he'd get up.

But for now, he just decided to take a nap. Mineta knew he had refrained from sleeping on the bus, and he was feeling pretty damn exhausted now, even though he'd just been sitting on his ass for like an hour straight. But now his head was throbbing now pretty badly. Mineta closed his eyes, and embraced the sweet darkness of unconsciousness.

Out of all the possibilities, outcomes, and events that could happen. Aizawa wasn't expecting for that to happen. Just a few seconds ago he was watching his students in mild amusement. Watching Class A shiver in terror at the idea of having to make their way all the way over to their camp, it was quite an amusing spectacle. He expected them to make a break for the bus, to no avail though.

He didn't expect Mineta to point at an empty area behind the students and begin to shout about something there. All the other student's gazes snapped in the direction Mineta was pointing, Aizawa kept his eyes glued on Mineta. What was he doing?

Then the boy suddenly began borderline sprinting towards the guardrail when everyone else's attention was on the empty spot. Mineta then started to climb the fence, much to Aizawa's shock. His eyes widened in alarm. "Mineta!"

Mineta had reached the top, and jumped. Aizawa wouldn't admit it, but he felt a stab of momentary terror as the boy went over the edge. What the hell was the boy thinking? Was he trying to get himself killed? Whatever the reason was, he and Mineta needed to have a nice long discussion next time they saw each other.

Everything that could go wrong, was going wrong. At least for Pixiebob. The feline Hero had intended to have the students all tumble down on a hill of dirt, when they predictably would make a run for the bus in an attempt to escape.

What she didn't expect the grape haired boy to scream and point behind everyone, and then literally throw himself off of the cliff. Was he trying to kill himself?! Pixie's reflexes were thankfully sharp as ever, and she summoned a mound of dirt to catch the poor boy while he plummeted down.

It didn't seem to be enough though, as it sort of cushioned his landing, but with his speed, since he wasn't carried by a mound of dirt (Like she planned...) he hit the dirt head on.

It wasn't a wet smack like a body against the pavement at least. But even so she still reflexively flinched as she heard him hit the dirt mound.

Ouch.

The other students quickly looked back at Aizawa yelling Mineta's name. Some looked on in alarm, some in annoyance, and some in just genuine curiosity. "What? What happened?" One student cried out in alarm. Sero, wasn't it? Pixie recognized the boy by his tape dispenser like elbows that let him use his quirk.

Pixie clenched her teeth. This had not gone according to plan at all. Pixie took a deep breath, attempting to calm herself a little. Turning back to face the students, she clenched a paw."Listen up, and listen good! You have 3 hours to get to the camp," Turning back to the cliff, she gently lowered Mineta back to solid earth. The boy was obviously alive, but seemed to settle for staying still. "You're allowed to use quirks, since this is private land!"

She summoned Earthflow to make a giant piece of earth to stick out from the cliffside. "Everyone get on." Her venomous tone held no room for argument. She looked at the student that caught her eye originally. "You." She pointed at Midoriya. The boy in question straightened his back, probably afraid of getting clawed. "Y-yes?"

"Once you get down, help your little dare devil buddy, would you?" Midoriya had no idea who she was talking about. But not wanting to cause the already stressed Pro Hero anymore stress, he settled for quickly nodding and not arguing.

Though he had a sneaking suspicion that someone might be Mineta, since he heard Aizawa yell his name.

Pixie tapped her foot impatiently, as the students hadn't complied with her command originally. She gestured once more, albeit a bit more quickly. "On. Now."

Most of Class A now wore nervous looks, and reluctantly piled on the giant land mass.

Using Earthflow, she used the mound of dirt as a makeshift elevator for the students and lowered them gently down to the bottom of the cliff.

Class A had to struggle to keep their balance as the earth mound they stood on unexpectedly began to lower itself straight towards the ground. Not so fast as they would fall off, but they did almost lose their balance a few times as the the platform shook slightly. After a few seconds of the land mass quickly lowering to the ground, it came to a stop.

As the class dusted themselves off and regained their bearings, Sero then noticed a still form that was just lying on the ground. His eyes widened as he sprinted over to the unmoving boy that was splayed out on the dirt.

"Mineta?!"

Ok, to be honest writing this chapter was a complete pain in the ass, and I'm not 100% satisfied with it. But I tried my best and maybe I'll fix it up later. But for now, this rewrite is the best I got. Uh, if you happened to like this tragedy of a chapter, please Review/Follow/Fav