Friendly Foreign Dimensional Exchange Student Spider-Man!: Academia
Welcome to Camp 1-B
Having left the Tokyo Area and now on the highway in Nagano Prefecture. Vlad King and his students are settled on the bus, following the other one in front occupied by 1-A and Eraser Head. The teens on the two-seated rows are either resting, listening to music, reading, or busy conversing with one another.
Vlad's currently listening to an audiobook from his phone with one ear having a small headphone. Behind him are Itsuka and Neito; the latter has his left hand supporting his head and is close to the window looking outside in annoyance.
"Why am I even seated with the class rep?" He asks himself, but she caught wind of it.
"I do have to check your well-being after pressing your pause button." Itsuka responds with a smirk.
"Course you do…" he responds sarcastically with rolled eyes.
"Really? You went to America? Lucky you."
The class rep overhears behind her Pony and Setsuna talking. She is interested in hearing what they say while Neito ignores.
"Yeah, guess I was. My parents were able to budget enough to pay my travel expenses so I could go back home to visit for a while. Honestly, most of the first day there was telling them about my time here." The horse girl explains.
"Well, I'm certain your vacation was the best out of all of us." She responds to her friend. "My summer was just staying at home and going to the filled-up beach on weekends."
"I'd say it's amazing we even have summer vacation." Speaks up Hiryu, catching the attention of the three girls. He and his seatmate Yosetsu are on the same row with them. "Our summer is cut in half for this training camp, and due to the U.S.J. incident, the faculty recommends us not taking long trips."
"Yeah, it sucks. My only taste of summer was when we went to the school pool…" Chimes in the disappointed Yosetsu looking up at the bus ceiling.
The hāfu student reacts a little embarrassed. "Well, they did allow an exception for me since it was family related."
"Holy crap..."
The six students react to the badmouth of Jozu, who is currently staring at his phone in shock. Next to him having the window seat is Manga, who responds with his speech bubble type head showing a bold question mark symbol.
"What's up Juzo?" Asks the confused class rep.
"You guys know what happened at I-Island recently, right?"
Itsuka, Setsuna, and Hiryu have their say about it.
"I'm pretty sure everyone in this bus knows."
"Yeah, quite a disaster: a terrorist group infiltrating the place to steal some inventions, parts of the tower destroyed and even one of the top scientists confessing to have planned this whole thing."
"And it was All-Might's former sidekick of all people, I still can't believe it."
"Check this, guys." Juzo lifts his phone up and shows them from his screen a news article with an extensive image showing from a distance a hand and leg cuffed David Shield being escorted by authorities onto a small plane. The article's title reads:
Famous scientist and I-Island terrorist attack mastermind extradited to the United States.
"It says here he will be moved to Washington D.C. for future trial and sentencing."
While the viewers look in different amounts of surprise, Pony reacts with concern, thinking of someone else related to him. "Doesn't he have a daughter who's studying over there? I can't imagine how much hurt and unwanted attention she's going through right now…"
"And All Might. Mister Shield was his first sidekick, he must be affected and dealing with the same sort of scrutiny as well." Adds Itsuka.
Yosetsu has been up from his seat trying to see the ash-blonde's phone from his position. "Does it say anything about when the trial will start?"
"There isn't an official date, but it may happen in a few months at least." Juzo stops showing his phone to his classmates and looks at the article by himself this time.
"What the?! We've stopped following 1-A!"
Tetsutetsu's shout causes everyone to look at him and then towards where he is looking, seeing they went past an intersection where the bus in front has taken a different road with 1-B's large vehicle going the other direction.
Seated in a row with Jurota, Sen looks in confusion. "Uh… why are we taking a different route?"
"Vlad King, what's going on?" The class rep asks their homeroom teacher, who turns around, looking directly at his students.
"Both hero classes are starting training camp differently, we're heading directly towards the lodge."
"Hold on! What's that class doing? Why aren't we following them and doing the same thing?" Demands Neito, desperately wanting an answer.
"I'm afraid that's none of our concern." Responds Vlad King, Neito is clearly not satisfied with this response, but he reluctantly settles back to his seat, preferring not to start an argument.
Although this still makes the rest of the students wonder what their other classroom will be doing differently, as both buses continue their opposite paths towards their destination.
(x)
The trip took them another hour along the curved mountain roads to moving within the thick trees covering a single lane, where the bus eventually arrives at the Training Camp facility. The large building exterior is well preserved even though it's the only one present in the base of the forested mountain. As the bus arrives close to the main entrance, Vlad King begins to instruct his class.
"All right students we're here. Make sure to take everything you brought out of the bus. This won't come back until camp is over."
Everyone, slowly but surely they come outside and retrieve their backpacks and luggage out of the transport. Itsuka is the last one to leave as she does an inspection of any possible forgotten belongings before letting the driver go. She takes her own baggage and follows the rest of the class as they stop close to the sliding doors of the entrance.
"Now then, before I explain to you the plan today. Let me first tell you about the hero agency who'll be supporting us during the Quirk Training Camp-"
The teacher cuts his explanation when they hear the sliding doors open and two individuals come out.
"Why good morning Vlad King, and welcome kittens to your new temporary litter!" Squeaks up a young feminine voice.
"Speak of the devil, here's two of them." Vlad King notices as he looks behind.
Both adults have bright and colorful skirts and blouses, with cattails, metallic ears, and paw-like gloves.
"Allow us to give you a helping paw!"
"We're serving up justice, with our tails."
The emerald green-haired woman is wearing yellow and, to the bemusement of many in 1-B, a tall, muscular man in brown color.
"We're the Wild, Wild… Pussycats!" They shouted in unison, pride, and posing.
"I-I can't believe it… he really does wear a skirt…" Whispers the amazed Kosei to Manga, the latter shows a bold exclamation point symbol on his head.
"As you can see, this Pro Hero team will be assisting us in your quirk training in the next couple of days." Vlad King explains.
Class 1-B, in return, greet the two pro heroes. "Hello, nice to meet you."
"Hi there kitties, I'm Ragdoll!" She says while waving her hand rapidly.
"And I'm Tiger, prepare yourselves for what's to come." His arms are crisscrossed as he stares at the hero students.
The Blood Hero sees that the dark green-haired girl has her hand up. "Yes, Setsuna?"
"Aren't the W.W.P. a four-member team? Where's the other two?"
"The remaining Pussycats are meeting with class 1-A, they will be here shortly." Responds Tiger.
"Now then, we'll start with showing you to the dorms, settling in with unpacking, and right now…" Vlad King checks his phone to see the current time displayed on the screen. "It's nine-thirty, so in an hour I expect all of you to be in this same spot with your P.E. uniform on at ten-thirty sharp for some jogging."
All of 1-B express quiet sounds of surprised gasps after hearing the last part of their plan for today.
"Wait… we're starting our training right now?" asks Kinoko.
"Today is just a warm up for the real deal."
"Yes sir." The students respond in unison, still registering the fact their quirk training begins already.
Their homeroom teacher then turns to the two Pussycats again. "Alright, I leave the rest to you."
"Excellent, c'mon cubs!" Gleefully announces Ragdoll as she instructs to follow her and Tiger, which Vlad and the students do.
Ragdoll directed the girls to their large joint bedroom, and Tiger did the same for the boys. They eventually settled in and unpacked for a while but later changed to their P.E. clothing and went outside where Vlad is waiting for them.
"Good, you're all here. Let's go!"
With no moment to spare, the Blood Hero trots off with 1-B following him. Their path started with the sun in the full heated glow on the dry brown ground to the deep inside forest where the shade is refreshing for the students, slowly growing droplets of sweat around their bodies.
"Attention, obstacle course straight ahead."
Just as Vlad said, many physical obstacles appeared with climbing, jumping, crawling, and balancing elements the teens had to pass through. After it ended, the jogging continued until they exited the forest and arrived at a rocky terrain with multiple cliffs. Ragdoll and Tiger are present with a table of water bottles and towels. A small truck is also there, which both pro heroes used to move the items to this area.
"Okay, stop here kids." After Vlad's command, all students halt their jog, switching to a series of exhausting moans, loud panting, and wiping out the sweat from their faces.
"Come here for your drinks and wiping kittens." Calls out Tiger.
"Attention here everyone!" Then Ragdoll's voice directs the resting students to her standing in the middle of the cliffy terrain. She spreads out her arms and spins around. "This is where you and class 1-A will be pushing your Quirks beyond their limits!"
After finishing his drink, Vlad chimes in. "The previous semester your improvements have only been stamina, technical skills and mental prowess. But your Quirk power has not increased, so you'll all be training very hard to improve your Quirks as much as possible. Last time it was class 1-A who was superior, but after this it will be your turn."
"Right on… teach…" Declares the still panting Neito.
"Um… I get that-" Setsuna takes another swig of water before continuing. "we need to develop our Quirks, but we're two hero classes with different powers. So how we supposed to know what needs improving and how?"
"Can you… be more specific?" Togaru also questions.
Finishing his water, Vlad starts using the towel. "Here's an example: when muscle fibers are overused, they break and become stronger and thicker. It's the same with Quirks: the more you use them, the stronger they become."
He places the empty bottle and towel back on the table. "Today and tomorrow morning, those of you who are operative type will be raising your maximum limits. Heteromorphic types and other composite types will be training the parts of their body to their Quirks."
Itsuka raises her hand. "But as Setsuna mentioned, there's forty students in total. Can just you, Eraser Head and the Pussycats manage the Quirks of all of us?"
"That won't be a problem." Responds Tiger. "We were chosen specifically to easily monitor each and every one of you. You shall get the details later after the class 1-A group has arrived."
"Now, don't be too relaxed students, we have another jog back to the lodge in a couple of minutes. Refresh yourselves and begin stretching." Says Vlad while he already started with his stretches.
(x)
This time they went straight back to the lodge, where near the entrance is Aizawa, and the rest of the Pussycats in the middle of conversing. Behind them is a black-haired boy with a cap leaning on a wall of the lodge. They pause to look towards the sounds of footsteps and breathing slowly becoming louder. After 1-B finally stopped their warm-up for this morning, the two pro heroines walked closer to them.
"Hey there 1-B cubs! We're the last two of the Wild, Wild Pussycats, I'm Pixie-Bob!" A blond woman calls to them.
"And I'm Mandalay! Pleasure to meet'cha all!" The latter also announces, both women posing with hands placed on their side abdomens.
The students were unable to greet them due to being exhausted, but Vlad King can speak. "A pleasure… to meet you both, sorry for this unusual introduction."
"Now prob there, we get you need your kittycats prepared for what's to come. Class 1-A is doing the same thing right now."
"I see…" Mandalay's last sentence makes Vlad look towards the 1-A homeroom teacher, knowing precisely what his counterpart had planned for his student's warm-up. "Excuse me…"
He looks behind to his students. "Well done everyone, you can go on inside to clean yourselves up, lunch will start very soon. After that, we'll have a tour of this lodge and then another run back to the cliffs to begin your Quirk training." He leaves the two heroines to speak with Aizawa. The 1-B students are slowly catching their breaths and drinking the water bottles they brought back at the improvised pit stop.
"Hey Itsuka?"
The class rep hears the question from Pony, who, just like her, is sweating plenty.
"I… know this it out of the blue, but is it true you had a 1-A student as an intern partner? Heard rumors."
"Yeah, I did, it was with the pink girl, Mina. Although I also worked with the multiple-armed boy Mezo and Ibara in a rescue mission." The class rep wiped her forehead before asking a question herself. "Why?"
Pony starts her response by scratching her head. "Oh, well… seems you're not alone. I had one too, but it was with Bakugo of all people."
That boy's name causes Itsuka to squint after hearing that.
"Actually, it wasn't that bad, I was able to beat him a couple of times in Gang Orca's agency." Pony says pridefully.
"Really?" Answers the now intrigued Itsuka.
"Wait! You girls had 1-A intern buddies too?!" Asks Tetsutetsu loudly after overhearing them. "I had that Kirishima dude with me in Fourth Kind's agency. I must say, those 1-A's sure gave me a bad image before, but not anymore after meeting my new manly bro!"
"So, Kirishima's your new friend in that class?" Pony wonders at the grey-haired.
"Hell yeah, just like you and P-!" He is cut off after Itsuka hits the back of his head with her Big Fist.
"Oh, don't worry Itsuka, it's okay." Pony's response confuses the class rep.
Although, Tetsutetsu's "shout talk" was heard by basically everyone in 1-B and the adults close by, including a blond boy who had his hands twitching.
"Absolutely unbelievable…" The class looks to the smiling Neito but clearly being enraged by what he's just heard.
"I also heard those rumors… I was first disappointed that none of you gave us info about their weaknesses or secrets we could exploit." The vice rep then had his empty water bottle crushed by his rugged grip on it. "But now we have some damn "1-A sympathizers"? Even our very own class rep?! Disgraceful! How can we be powerful heroes if we're not all thinking the same on finally beating those show-off jerks down?! This is so humiliating, right guys?"
But there was no answer, just the sounds of the summer mountains and the adults talking. Neito definitely did not expect that.
"Huh? What's going on? Aren't you all as mad as me?" He demands his classmates, but he sees faces of mostly embarrassment, grumpy, or annoyance.
"No offense vice, but please shut up." Jurota finally speaks from the group, to which Neito reacts in deep shock.
"Agreed… your being too much…" The neutral-looking Reiko chimes in.
Those words don't bring the vice rep down as he demands an explanation. "W-what the hell's going on?" He looks directly at Togaru.
"I just want to win against the explosion kid and ice punk, that's it."
"But what happened to all that awesome hostility we had back at the Sports Festival?!"
"Well… they're not so bad…" Humbly voices Nirengeki.
"I actually want to ask the bird boy himself about his dark powers, I'm quite intrigued…" Ponders Shihai with a hand on his chin.
"Oh, I have an idea. How about we invite the 1-A girls for a slumber party in our dorm?" Setsuna asks her female classmates, they all agree.
Clearly defeated in this, Neito ignores the now chattering classmates and leaves immediately to the lodge. "Suit yourselves. But don't feel humiliated the next time they are victorious against us… again."
The class rep and secretary are the only ones who watch their vice leave. "He's never gonna let this go right?" Nirengeki asks to Itsuka.
"Definitely not…"
"You know, if it weren't for Tenya Iida's promotion, I wouldn't be in this current position."
Itsuka chuckles after hearing that. "But it was Neito's adamant decision to have you become our class secretary because of it, so it's his loss in a way."
Back with the adults, Pixie-Bob and Mandalay patiently wait for the other class to arrive while both homeroom teachers witnessed what just happened at 1-B.
"Seems there was a heated argument back there." Aizawa comments
"I'll find out soon enough." Sekijiro then looks at the forest to hear the distant sounds of fighting and monstrous noises. "I still can't believe your starting their camp like this."
"If they are to participate in the Provisional License Exams and fight against the current type of criminals out there. They need to work intensively to pass these obstacles in the future." Erasure Head looks back towards Vlad. "Besides, wouldn't it be better to do the same thing so your class can one day be victorious over mine?"
Sejikiro looks sternly after that question. "Of course, but I also make it a priority to keep my students safe and prepared. I treat them like heroes in training, not soldiers."
(x)
In the girl's dorm, they have just finished their showers and dressed up before the meal. Some already feel the desire for food, with Pony hearing her stomach growling. "Man, makes me wonder what we'll eat here…"
"Heard Ragdoll and Tiger are great cooks who make their own food for the hero team, so I guess they will be serving us today." Itsuka then notices someone is staring at the window, having been looking outside for a while. "Hey, what's up Yui?"
Yui silently answers by simply pointing downwards at the glass. The class rep joins her to look down and sees that class 1-A has finally arrived but is very dirty and even their clothing slightly tattered. She looks at them befuddled.
"What the hell was their warm up?"
And that was how class 1-B started their summer camp.