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Anyways, this chapter short and sweet, next one goes up on Thanksgiving!

Season Two, Episode XVI

Counter Attack

. . .

Kaiji Adachi

. . .

This was going to work.

"So... You decided to, what? Stay behind and let your friends make a break for it?"

It had to work.

I stood alone now, bare chested in clearing, guard up as that masked woman came through the underbrush. She was on guard, but didn't seem at all apprehensive about walking out into the open like this. She saw us as a small threat, we could never hurt her right? That was her mistake...

"Being a hero is all about saving people right?" I replied sharply, planting my feet as she came to a stop. If I didn't time this just right-

"And if you die, then what?" She scoffed in response, "Typical amateur, bleeding heart idiot..." She sighed, shaking her head. Before those feline features began to take shape once again, claws, a tail, tiger stripes and a thin layer of fur covering her body. "Fine, I've got a job to do, so its time to take you out, then chase down your- Hey!"

Before she'd even finished, I was running. Turning heel and running in the opposite direction, "Now that you mention it, dying doesn't sound that fun!" I shouted back, trying to goad her into following. "Thanks for the tip! BYE!"

"GET BACK HERE YOU BRAT!" She roared, no doubt chasing. I'd made her angry I think, that was good, in my experience angry people were never the most rational.

Breaking through the underbrush, I sprinted towards the nearby stream. "Catch me if you can, psycho!" Raising my voice, as I cleared the final row of bushes and jumped clear across the water. It was only a few feet wide, and not very deep, more of an attempt to trip her up as she gained on my heels.

"You think you can slow me down with a few obstacles!?" No such luck, "I know this entire mountainside like the back of my hand! There's nowhere you can go where I can't find you or your friends!"

She was right behind me, any second she'd close the gap and I'd be caught. But I just needed to make it a few more feet, break through these bushes and-

"Ha!" I stiffened, stumbling as her clawed hands dug into my tail. "I've got your tail brat! You're little game is over!"

. . .

Sen Shi

. . .

This plan was... Inspired, to say the least. But given the circumstances it was probably our only shot. "I can hear them coming this way, are you ready Suru?"

"Ready and waiting." She replied beside me, before disappearing with her teleport. Moving one of us would be too much for her right now, but teleporting herself around a short distance was no problem, even if she was a little burnt out.

"Then lets do this." I took a deep breath, ignoring the smell of the thick mud clinging to my body. An improvised scent hider, courtesy of the stream Adachi sniffed out. It was cold, but no big deal. As the aura surrounded my body beneath it with that faint glow, all I could muster at will, it heated me up slowly.

"I've got your tail brat! You're little game is over!"

Almost showtime.

They were so close now, Adachi having just broke through into the clearing before she grabbed him. With a mighty pull, I saw the masked villain get dragged forward by Adachi, "You won't take me that easily!" He shouted back at her, trying to get her into the center of the grove.

"Hnngh! You're stronger than I thought!" She sneered, trying to dig in her heels and resist his pull. "But its not enough!"

"Hey masked chick!" Suru's voice echoed from the treetops. She was standing on some branches above the scene, drawing the villains eyes to her. "Yo!" She vanished, reappearing in the trees on the opposite side of the clearing. "Over here!" Disappearing, reappearing. "No wait! Over here!" Almost every word punctuated by her vanishing, and teleporting somewhere else nearby. Suru doing her part, and making as much noise as possible.

"What are you doing!?" The villain demanded, as her head whipped around trying to track her. "You sneaking little bastards! Is this supposed to be a trap!?" She sounded amused, probably not good.

Now it was my turn.

Kneeling down, I entered a runners start stance. Wasting no more time, I exploded out of the underbrush in a supercharged sprint. "HraaAAAAGH!" Crossing the distance between us, leaping forward and lunching myself knee first into her. "GO ADACHI!" My knee slammed into the side of her face, the force enough to make her let go as she stumbled back.

"GAH! OW!" She hissed, shaking it off quickly and glaring back at me. Instantly going on the attack, she swung at me with her clawed hands. I backpedaled quickly, knocking aside her attempts to land a hit with precision strikes to her wrists.

"Wooo!" Suru cheered from above, continuing her loud, annoying display of warping around the grove. "Kick her ass! Don't let up! She's got nothing on you!"

"You kids think you're pretty clever huh?" She questioned, ducking beneath one of my swings. She drove a fist into my ribs, her body changing rapidly. Her fur growing more shaggy, feet changing to look like rough hands, her fists growing larger and her feline striped tail replaced with a long monkeys tail! Her control of this quirk was incredible, to be able to change forms like this in the heat of battle. "But you've underestimated your opponent!"

Her martial arts skills suddenly changed entirely, her fighting style shifting completely as she changed from tiger to monkey. Her attacks became less swift, but more direct and heavy handed. I tried to block an oncoming punch, while still recoiling from the shot my ribs. "Gnngh!" Hissing in pain as she struck my guard with her rough first, arms trembling trying to hold it back. Before she kicked up, delivering a backflip kick to my chin, hard enough to knock me flat on my ass while she landed gracefully. I'd landed near the edge of the underbrush, a bit of blood running from my bottom lip.

While on the ground, I could feel the vibrations of heavy footsteps.

"You brats thought that leading me into this sneak attack would be enough?" She scoffed, standing over me. "Maybe you could have done something, if you'd all attacked together..." Her eyes narrowing sharply, "Instead of just hanging around in the trees and shouting, what are you even doing up there?!" She demanded, looking back at Suru while planting a foot on my chest, forcing me down.

Oh, if only I had my phone, so I could take a picture of the grin on Suru's face. "I'm messing with your healing abilities!" Before disappearing and reappearing just a few feet from us. "Dumbass!"

The moment she'd gone silent finally, the footsteps I'd felt through the ground were louder. The villain's eyes darted to the source, looking to the brush I laid in front of. I could see the look of horror on her face as Adachi's shadow loomed over me. But before she had a chance to flee, I grabbed her by the ankle, "NOW ADACHI!"

"She's using her animal senses, just like I can. Tracking us through scent and sound, so lets remove her senses."

The mud covering my body, to hide my scent for the ambush.

Suru's loud, annoying shouting, to prevent her from hearing movements beyond the clearing.

And an article of clothing from each us, shredded and scattered around the grove to prevent her from sniffing out our heavy hitter.

Smashing through the brush, one mighty reptilian fist cocked back, "HRAAAAAAAAAAGH!" His voice thundering, as he threw his massive punch.

"W-Wait stop!" She cried out, waving her arms, "I'm not-" But she was silenced on impact. The massive scaly fist slamming into her body, sending her flying as I let go of her leg. The villain cleared the entire grove, smashing into a tree on the far side. The trunk itself was dented by her impact, the villain falling to the ground and collapsing unconscious instantly. I couldn't tell if her arms were broken, or just badly damaged, either way...

"We WON!" Suru exclaimed excitedly, jumping up and down. As Adachi released a heavy breath, maybe a sigh of relief? "Nice work lizard lips! And you too Sen, very convincing." She added quickly.

Adachi chuckled lightly, giving a giant thumbs up. "Thanks... Now lets get her tied up, and go get our teacher back."

. . .

Kaiji Adachi

. . .

The climbing rope in our survival packs came in handy, allowing us to easily tie up and gag our captive. From here on out, the plan was simply, return to the crash site and help Aizawa, we could even use this criminal as a bartering piece if he'd been caught. She wasn't exactly putting up a fight, that punch was more than enough to knock her out in that form.

Luckily we hadn't traveled too far, it wasn't long before we neared the crash site of our bus below the cliff. We were trying to keep silent, in case we needed to do another sneak attack. But as we neared the scene, lights could be seen up above on the rode. Some were police lights, emergency vehicles. And it sounded like people were talking near where the bus landed...

"Hang on just a sec," I ordered, kneeling down behind the brush. "I'll check it out..."

Before stepping through, my eyes widening at the sight before me. Seeing emergency workers around the bus, a number of girls dressed in some weird cat-maid costumes, and-

"MR. AIZAWA!?" I blurted out, as I laid eyes on our uninjured teacher. "Wh-What is- how are you-" And right beside him was the other masked woman! "And what is SHE doing here!? What's going on?"

All the heroes looked towards me, Aizawa blinking in surprise as he registered my outburst. "Adachi... Why are you- Wait, hold on, where are the others?"

"And where is Yin?" The masked villain questioned.

"Uh..." Sen slowly stepped out of the bushes, carrying the unconscious villain with her. "Is uh... This Yin?"

"YIN!" The masked villain shouted in shock.

Aizawa facepalmed, "You idiots..."

"What do you mean idiots?" Suru questioned, appearing beside him with her teleport. "You've got some serious explaining to do..."

"Uh yeah, please." I added, nodding as Sen cautiously handed off the injured villain to the other masked woman. "Starting with them, maybe?" As she began taking her... Comrade, to the emergency workers for help.

Aizawa sighed heavily, looking between us all, eyes drifting back to the other heroes. "Class 1-Z, these are the Pussy Cats, the hero team you'll be staying with and training with at the camp." He explained, shifting nervously. "And uh... These are the Zodiac Twins, the heroes I mentioned before that would be taking over your training for the second week..."

"Wait," Sen's face twisted with horror. "These two are HEROES!?"

"Yep."

I slapped myself in the forehead, "Oh god I punched out a pro hero... Am I trouble?"

But he waved me off, "No, we've got a healer joining us at camp..."

Suru scoffed, "So was this all some stupid training exercise?"

"Yes, actually," Aizawa replied, rubbing the back of his neck. "I was hoping to teach you something about staying out of trouble, avoiding a villain you can't beat but... Well, I wasn't expecting this." He added, "Yin was supposed to stay on you, chase you through the forest to the camp, it was a survival test, if you made it without getting caught, you passed..."

"So what's the score now?" Suru asked, stuffing her hands into her pockets. "Like, double mega extra credit?"

"... Let's just get to the camp."

I slouched my shoulders, "Yeah... Yeah lets just do that..."

Not... Exactly how I wanted this trip to start, but clearly I need to be on my toes more.

And I'd need to apologize to Yin once she woke up.

Hopefully she isn't too mad about getting decked...