"Here's the deal." Aizawa called out. "We'll be on this bus about an hour before our first stop. -He looked over his shoulder, glaring at his students.- Make sure you stay focused."

...Unfortunately, nobody seem to pay any attention to him.

"Why aren't we blastin' some music?"

"No one should be standing! That is a safety hazard! Please, stay seated!"

"Do you think we'll get to see Bigfoot? That'll be so cool!"

"Do we have any snacks?! I'm hungry!"

"Will we get any receptions? I need to show pictures to my family!"

Baffled that nobody heard him say anything, Aizawa grumbled under his breath.

"Why do I bother?" He muttered, turning back in his seat. "Well, I guess this is the only time they'll have to fool around."

He looked over to his right... The seat, empty.

The thirty-one year-old father leaned his face against his left-knuckle, actually disappointed that Sierra wasn't sitting with him right now and is following the bus, while in the form of her Philippine-Eagle form.

'I knew she wouldn't be able to handle the ride towards the camp... Still, that doesn't mean I'm not all right that she isn't riding with me.' He thought, staring out at the window to see they driving out of the tunnel and on the long winding road.

"Do not open that window!"

Again, hearing their chatter, Shōta groaned underneath his breath.

'What I wouldn't give, to have the old man's Animal Quirk right about now and fly alongside with Honey... That, and to roar at them to quiet down.'

From outside, flying over the bus, Sierra follows the bus with ease. Letting out a screech in the air, as she takes in the feeling of the wind brushing through her feathers.

'This beats riding in that suffocating, claustrophobic contraption with wheel. I can breathe out here!'

Yeah, and enjoy the feeling of bugs hitting on your face.

Sierra had a blank, unimpressed look on her face to Antiphonus' way to ruin her enjoyment of the wind.

'Must you always find ways to ruin this moment?'

Somebody has to!

She rolled her eyes at his answer, but actually appreciated on him wanting to make her feel everything is as normal as possible.

...Even though that they both know that it won't last, forever.

Wanting to ignore the feeling of dread, Sierra started the conversation.

'How's Izu doing on the bus?'

He's doing fine, so far. Engaging conversation with that stick up his ass, Iida, if he ever went camping and what they should expect to take place. Though, your dad looks as if he's going to pop a blood-vessel, if spiky-hair and chubby cheeks that the Kid has the absolute hots for don't stop singing "One-Hundred Bottles of Pop on the Wall" that the Loudmouth taught you all in English Class.

The fourteen year-old snorted at the information about her dad.

'He's probably going to tie him the school's flagpole, when we get back from camp.'

Antiphonus snickered at the thought of Present Mic, being tied up at the top of the flagpole, begging to be let down and then to quickly change his mind when Aizawa would come check up on him and show him an ant farm he brought from Science Class.

Anyways. Your dad is trying to inform everyone that they'll be driving for an hour, and then will make it to your first stop. Fortunately, Izuku overheard him through everybody's chatter, so he'll pass along the message to Iida.

Looking out ahead, Sierra can only see trees, but doesn't really mind that she can't locate on where their first stop is. So long as she gets the chance to finally go camping, then it doesn't matter on how far they have to go.

Think you can keep up?

'Of course I can,' she thought.

Summoning her wind and gathering some of the wind into her body, Sierra picked up speed and flew higher in the air. Making sure that she stays within the same speed with the bus.

'Whatever it is that waits for us at camp, we best be ready for it.'


One Hour Later...
"Finally. I needed off that bus." Kaminari sighed out, stretching his legs as soon as he was off the bus.

"Toire! (Toilet!)Toire!" Mineta replied, running around, frantically, looking for a bathroom.

Having to stretch from riding on the bus for an hour, Izuku took notice that they were at a ledge.

The only thing there, was a suspicious black-car that was waiting for them.

"Huh. This isn't much of a rest area." Kirishima commented, confused by the area.

"No. And where's Class B?" Jirō asked, noticing that the second bus isn't anywhere to be found.

"You don't really think we stopped here just so you could stretch your legs, do you?" Shōta gathering his students' attention.

Above them, Sierra hovers over the bus for a moment. Again, seeing nothing but trees, and a few mountains behind the massive forest, before landing beside her brother and morphing back to her human-self.

She gave her brother a clear, firm look. Indicating that this area is more than just a rest stop.

"Heya, Eraser!"

All of the students turned to the voice that called out for their teacher, as the Eraser Hero bowed to the three individuals getting out of the car.

"Long time no see."

Izuku and Sierra's eyes grew in awe, as two of the three figures came out and began to do their introduction.

"Your feline fantasies are here. Say 'Meow'!"

"Purrfectly cute and catlike girls!"

"You can call us..."

"The Wild, Wild Pussycats!"

Everyone were completely taken by the two females before them, posing their stance.

The two figures, being adult females, were similar suits: The one with short-red hair, red-eyes, with whisker-like stripe-markings on her face, wore red mechanical headphone-like cat-ears on top of her head. She wore puffy, white cat-paw gloves over her hands, a maroon-red tail coming from underneath her skirt and thick maroon-red boots.

The second girl, with long-blonde hair and bang from the right-side of her face, blue-eyes and a blue-dot on both cheeks, wore the same headphones on her head, gloves, boots and tail. Only, she wore tinted visor over her eyes, her equipment and clothing are blue, and her tail is blue-and-white striped.

Both of their uniforms looks more like musicians from a marching band would wear, but their suits appear to be stronger material and, as always, their choice of clothing can be very deceiving.

...The third person, a small boy with short spiky black-hair stood off to the side. He was the same height as Mineta, but was obviously five or six years old. He wore a short-sleeved collared shirt with buttons, dark shorts, black-boots and on his head, a red hat with two golden spike-shaped horns on the front.

...He looked unamused, and even bored by the two posing.

"These are the pro-heroes you'll be working with at the Summer Training Camp." Aizawa informed, who most didn't seem to know much on who the two women are.

And, as always, a very excited Izuku jumped in and bring up who they are.

"They're a four-person Hero Team who specialize in Mountain Rescues! -He turned to the others, so happy to finally meet them.- The Pussycats were founded when we were kids, -like forever ago!"

The two girls gasped in shock at what he said, as he continue to spew out more words that he doesn't realize would get him on one of their bad side's.

"This marks their twelfth year working as a-!"

He was soon cut off by the blonde-woman grabbing at his face, which he soon learned that her gloves are equipped with blue-claws.

"I'm pretty sure your math must be off. -She flashed him an evil-grin, even though that he can't see her with her gloves covering his face.- I'm eighteen at heart."

"Understood!" Izuku said, his face muffled, realizing his mistake.

Sierra smirked at the scene before her.

'As always, Izuku has to bring up a fact that ends up getting him in trouble.'

He's learning. So, best he learn the hard way on what to say and what not to say to a lady.

"Everyone, say 'hello'." Shōta instructed, as the blonde-woman released the boy from her grasp.

"Kon'nichiwa! Oaidekiteureshīdesu! (Hello! Nice to meet you!)" All the students replied, bowing to the two women.

After the introduction, the short-hair woman walked towards the fence and extended a paw out towards the area.

"We own this whole stretch of land out here. Everything you can see. -She pointed a fingered-claw towards a small area, facing the students.- The Summer Camp you're staying at is there at the base of the mountain."

"That's far!" Most of the students replied.

Both Izuku and Sierra turned to each other, coming to the same realization and conclusion on what's going on.

'We weren't brought here, for a simple rest stop.' He thought, bending down to tighten the laces of his shoes.

'This was all a set up.' Sierra thought, morphing herself into her wolf-form.

Soon, the others were beginning to put two-and-two together on why they stopped so far away. Some even began to try and head for the bus.

The short-haired lady grinned, evilly at the students' reaction and realization on what was going on.

"The current time is nine-thirty in the morning." She informed, as her tail wagging in the air with interest. "If you're fast about it, you might make it there by none."

Some were nervous, even scared, by her words.

"No way. Guys!" Kirishima quivered, taking a step back.

"Holy crap!" Ashido cried, sweating bullets.

"Save yourselves!" The spiky-haired teen yelled, running with Ashido and Kaminari towards the bus.

"Kitties who don't make it there by twelve-thirty won't get any lunch!" The red-haired woman called out, smirking at the students trying to make their attempt to get back on the bus.

Almost everyone ran for the bus... However, Izuku, Sierra and Bakugō, ran the opposite direction.

...Towards the ledge.

Just as the three of them jumped... A blast of dirt, earth and sand came towards them, along with their fellow screaming, terrorized classmates.

Holy shit! They're insane!

Sierra glanced behind her, seeing the short-haired woman standing off to the side but no sign of the blonde-woman.

'It's the blue one! Pixie-Bob! This is her Quirk!' She thought, summoning her lightning to zip her way down the rocks and onto solid ground, leaving a trail of lightning behind her and causing some of the dirt to become fulgurites.

As soon as the fulgurites were made, Izuku triggered One for All and dashed down the trail his sister left for him to follow.

Bakugō used his Explosion Quirk to dash-hover himself to the ground, joining the two siblings and avoid most of their fallen classmates. Some, like Todoroki, Sero, Tokoyami and Asui, used their Quirks to follow their lead and avoid the earth coming down on them.

The rest, unfortunately, ended up landing roughly to the ground and being covered in sand. Other than that and being a little shook up, all of them were all right.

Above them, the red-haired woman leaned over the fence.

"Good news!" She called out, beaming down at them. "Since this is private land, you can use your Quirks as much as you want to!"

Izuku and Sierra turned to each other, as the white-wolf shook the dust off of her fur and the sixteen year-old brushed the dirt off his hair.

"You've got three full hours! You should be able to make it to the facility in that time...! This is, if you can get through The Beast's Forest!"

Most of them gasped at what she called the forest, then turned to the forest behind them.

The trees were massive, five times bigger, taller and denser than the average trees. Some of their branches appeared to be like vines, circling and curling around the thick trunks. The forest was so massive, that it could be mistaken for a jungle.

Needless to say, most weren't feeling safe at the moment.

"'The Beast's Forest'?!" Ochako exclaimed.

"That sounds like a name right out of a fantasy game!" Kaminari commented, though was just as terrified by the forest.

Jirō, not in the least amused, turned to Tsuyu and Uraraka.

"Why do we keep falling for Aizawa-Sensei's tricks?" She complained, pulling herself off the ground.

With some help from Ojiro, Hagakure was up on her feet and frantically waving both her arms.

"Why don't you ever tell us if your dad is laying a trap for us, Sis?!" She whined.

As if she didn't hear her or was ignoring her, the white-wolf kept her sharp gaze within the forest.

'Something's not right,' she thought. 'I can see and smell birds in the trees, but I can't detect any of the other forest creatures.'

Izuku, also picking up the absence of animal, placed a hand on her head.

'It feels like we're being watched,' he stated.

Mineta, not being as cautious as the god-siblings, sprinted towards the trees to finally relieved his bladder of urine.

As soon as he stepped into the forest, did something caught their attention.

What stepped out from behind the tree that Mineta chose to pee on, was what made them all learned why the forest is called The Beast's Forest.

A monstrous golem-like creature appeared: Multiple sets of fang-like teeth, two tusk-like fangs piercing through its jaw, massive claws and what looks to be a thick hide, like an armadillo.

The growl noise it made, sounded like something a Loch Ness would make.

Sero and Kaminari screamed at the sight of it.

"We're all gonna die!"

...So stunned by the creature before him, Mineta ended up urinating in his pants.

Seeing that he was frozen in place, the god-siblings took action.

"Mineta, watch out!" Sierra barked, switching from her lighting to wind and sprinted forward, as Izuku bursted ahead of her to grab for the shortest student in class.

From behind, Kōji ran with them, forcing himself to speak and use his Quirk.

"Please, calm yourself my giant friend!" He begged, as the beast raised a claw to bring down towards Mineta. "You don't wanna hurt them!"

To his shock, the beast didn't listen his plead and brought down his claws.

...Only to miss when Izuku grabbed his classmate and shot out of the way.

Sierra, running in front of it and, with a deep breath, opened her jaws as wide as she can and released a mighty howl.

'Howl of Fenrir!' "Awwwwwwoooooooooooo!"

The force of her howl was strong enough to force the beast to fall backwards and land on its back, but it took all of her air to do so and had to hunch over to catch her breath.

'Dov(Bear)'s Quirk should've worked on it, unless...'

When the beast got back on its feet and roared at her, parts of its body crumbled away.

Izuku, setting down the embarrassed boy against a tree to catch his breath and sprinted beside her, also figured out on why Kōji's Quirk didn't work on it.

'A dirt clod! Pixie-Bob's Quirk!'

That blonde nutcase?! She'd give Antiphonus a run for his money, if he ever gotten in bed with he-!

'Can we not talk about that?! We're in the middle of a fight, here!' Sierra thought, taking deep breath to gather more wind into her body to speed up her recovery on using wind.

The golem-like creature growled lowly at the two, as Izuku charged up One for All to course through his body, again.

'One for All: Full-Cowling!' Izuku thought, jumping in the air and clenching his left-fist to deliver the attack.

Sierra, already knowing what she needs to do, as she hears the other students joining in to help, sprinted towards the golem to get underneath its chest and released another mighty howl.

'Howl of Fenrir!'

Her howl forced the upper-half of its body up, both of its claws raised in the air.

Rushing past her, Todoroki's ice froze the lower-half of its body, freezing it in place.

"Recipro Burst!" Tenya cried out, ripping the left-leg of his pants in the process of using his attack to release a strong kick to the left-arm of the golem.

"Shine! (Die!)" Bakugō roared, releasing a blast of his explosion to destroy its right-arm.

When everybody pulled back, Izuku charged his attack by five percent and came down on the monster.

'SMASH!'

He punched right through the golem, and all that remained of it was blasted by the remainder of the wind of his attack.

The golem-like creature crumbled into dust and sand, leaving nothing behind but the remainder of Todoroki's ice.

A few deep breath and using wind to get the air back into her body, Sierra was back on her feet. And, already, was morphing from her wolf-form to her dragon-form when she felt a slight tremor within the ground.

'There's bound to be more on their way!' She thought, crouch low to the ground and her tail swishing from side-to-side.

"That's right, Ra Ra. We're not done." Bakugō sneered, walking towards her when he sees a big clod of dirt rising from the ground.

This time, the creature sprouted wings and when it took off in the air, appeared to be a dragon. Just like Sierra's dragon-form, but five times bigger.

"What?! They can fly, too?!" Hagakure cried out, shocked that dirt can even be able to fly.

Not thinking much of it, Sierra took off into the sky to fight it, head on.

What the fuck is wrong with them?! Aren't they supposed to help you to become heroes?! This isn't helping!

'It's because of recent villain attacks, that we're basically ahead than most students had to be prepared for in Hero Course.' She thought, as she slammed her head underneath the dragon's jaw and forcing its underbelly to show. 'No doubt, they're visualizing on how we use our Quirks and to see us get out of a dangerous situation, while reaching our destination.'

Charging up her ice, she blasted a mouth full of ice and froze from its chest to its back and parts of its wings. Without the use of its wings, the dragon-like clod can no longer fly and began to descend back down to Earth... Only for Sierra to switch to her wind and shot straight down for its chest.

...Upon impact, it shattered into pieces of dirt and ice.

'We have to fight our way to the camp site, while taking the quickest route!'

"Sierra! I see three more coming from above!" Mezo called out, bringing her up to speed and seeing three flying creatures coming down: Another dragon-like clod, a pterodactyl-like clod and a third that could be described to being like a Minokawa.

She growled at the three coming in, screeching and roaring, as they charge for her.

Looks like everyone is joining in, and it looks like the adults are playing hardball... Welp, I was hoping this camping trip would be much more interesting, rather than just doing measly training... Okay, let's kick some Earth ass!

The fourteen year-old smirked at the Quirk's choice of words, charging up fire within her mouth.

'Yes. Let's.'

She roared up at her target, launching herself back to the air, her fire ready to burn them away.


Hours Later: 5:20 PM...
The sky is in multiple of orange, pink a very tinted blue.

...It was clear to them all, as they tiredly trudge through the forest, that it was way past twelve. But then, when fighting multitude of monster-made clods, as if they're trying to kill them and their lives are at stake, time wasn't all that important to them.

They were lucky that all of them are walking away with scrapes and a few bruises.

Up ahead, they see a giant building, with a clear cat paw-print on top of the entrance. Indicating that they made it to the facility, which will be their home for a week.

When they saw their teacher and the two females of the Wild, Wild Pussycats, none of the students were in the chipper of mood; they were all deadbeat tired, exhausted and aching. Even Bakugō, holding his left-arm from straining it a bit in combat, couldn't even come up with a comment of the monsters being a waste of time.

Pulling up the rear, Sierra, in her white-tiger form, had her head low, ears flattened down and panting with each step she takes. Izuku, remaining beside her, looked as if he was half-asleep.

...Eight. Hours... Nearly eight, fucking, HOURS! Fighting clods of DIRT! I'M GONNA KILL THEM!

Neither of the two made any comment to his complaint, as their main focus was putting one foot forward to the next.

Once they were all attended, some of them collapsed and sat on the ground. Most appeared to be in a daze, as if fighting to stay awake.

"You said- *Gasp!* It would take- *Gasp!* Three hours!" Sero gasped out, leaning on his knees to catch his breath.

"I guess we timed it based on how long it'd take us. Sorry!" The red-haired woman admitted, feeling bad that she unintentionally lied to them.

Most of the teens groaned at her revealing.

"First, they pushed us off a cliff. Then, made us fight monsters for hours. And now, are braggin' about how much better they are? Hidoijan! (That's so mean)!" Satō replied, feeling drained from the side effect of sugar-crashing.

Kirishima, was more concern about food than their bragging.

"So hungry! This is Hell." He wailed.

Izuku and Sierra, being the last to pull up, went to stand with Iida, Todoroki and Bakugō. Sierra, still in her tiger-form, plopped down to the ground, groaning lowly.

'I knew this would be difficult. But this? Even fighting against the teachers appeared much more generous than how they chose to evaluate our progress!'

Her brother kneeled beside her, and gently stroked her fur. Even when he's dead on his feet, his main priority will always be to check up on his sister. And, feeling on how drained she was, he has every right to be worried for her.

Compared to how everyone did, besides Bakugō, Todoroki, Iida and himself, she pushed herself the hardest; using and switching between her elements, taking to the air to attack the clod dirt monsters that can fly, assisting her classmates to help take down their clod dirt opponent and barely getting a few seconds to catch her breath.

Pixie-Bob, appearing to be very cheerful, meowed seven times into her gloved-paws, until she couldn't contain her excitement, anymore.

"I thought it would take you kittens even longer! But, you did much better against my dirt monsters than I thought you would!" She complimented, giving them her cat-smile. "You guys were seriously great. -She then pointed a clawed-finger towards Izuku and Sierra's group.- Especially, the five of you! It seems like you've had quite a bit of experience!"

Boy, if she only knew the half of it.

...She then had an evil glint in her eyes. It made the two siblings uncomfortable... Besides the fact that they can smell her scent, telling them that she's in need of something.

...The need to attract and claim mate!

Their eyes grew, as she charged towards them, and began pawing at the boys.

"I call dibs on these four boys!" She cried, not caring that they're all tired and shielding their faces from her clawed-glove. "I'll groom them, myself!"

As she paw at them, Sierra curled her tail around her brother and hissed at her, at times swiping her claws when her clawed-gloved hand would get near her Izuku.

From the sideline, Aizawa turned to Mandalay.

"Mandalay. Has she always been like this?" He questioned, never seeing this side of her, before.

The red-haired woman had a grimace on her face.

"It's gotten worse, lately." She revealed, looking very sorry for her teammate's behavior. "She's at the age to take a mate."

As he shielded himself from Pixie-Bob's and leaned into Sierra, Izuku took notice of the boy from earlier.

"Speaking of age-"

Again, Pixie-Bob made a quick grab for his face and a dark look on her face.

"Choose your words carefully, boy." She threatened, no longer cheerful and giving into instinct.

Before he could speak, Sierra growled lowly at him and jerked her head to the side.

"He just wants to know on who the kid is over there," she pointed out.

"Yeah, exactly." He confirmed, pointing his finger at the child. "What's he doing here?"

Realizing that they forgot to introduce him, Mandalay was quick to answer.

"Oh, sorry." She apologized, turning to her first-cousin once removed. "He's my cousin's son. He lives with us, now. -She turned to the child.- Don't be shy, Kota. Please, greet our guests. They'll be with us for the next week."

As soon as Pixie-Bob released his face from her grasp, Izuku got up and walked towards the boy.

"Kon'nichiwa. My name is Midoriya. I'm from U.A. High School Hero Course. -He bended his knees, and a hand towards the boy.- It's nice to meet y-"

Get back, Kid!

'Huh?'

Before he realizes on what was going on, he felt Antiphonus force his body to jump back... Dodging a punch that would've ended up hitting him in the scrotum.

He couldn't believe what the boy tried to do.

'What the-? Why would he-..?'

Though he did seemed a bit taken back that the older-boy anticipated his attack, Kota started to walk away.

Iida, immediately, went to Izuku's side, checking him over to ensure that he's okay, before he turned to the boy.

"You fiend of a child! How could you attempt to cause a low blow?!" He scolded. "A punch to the scrotum is unforgivable!"

...It was then and there that Izuku and Sierra, who remained sitting with Bakugō and Todoroki, saw the child's face.

...More specifically, his eyes.

"The last thing I want, is to hang with some wannabe heroes."

The god-siblings were taken back by his harsh words.

"'Wannabe'?! How old are you, Child!" Iida demanded, never thought to hear such hate and hurtful words from a young child.

Bakugō smirked at the child.

"The brat got spunk." He commented.

Sierra flashed him a cat-grin.

"He's just like you, when you were little, Kaa-chan."

Hearing that, his grin fell and turned into a rabid-dog.

"What are you talking about?!" He argued, stomping a foot towards her. "You best shut your mouth, Ra Ra, before I blast it right off your face!"

The tiger-formed girl rolled her eyes, not in the least concerned of his threat.

...Though, Todoroki, to both of their surprise, stood in front of her and gave the oldest-boy a serious look.

"You hurt her, or Midoriya, you'll end up being expelled from U.A. Don't forget, you're still Black-Listed."

Bakugō's anger grew at the reminder, and then turned his attention to the Fire/Ice-Quirk User.

"You fucking stay out of this, Icy-Hot Bastard!" He roared, letting out a few explosions pop right out of his palms. "Instead of Ra Ra, I'll blast you straight to Hell, if you don't shut your trap?!"

Todoroki, also, wasn't in the least concerned over his threat.

"Yeah, sure."

Not wanting this to escalate any further, Aizawa stepped in.

"That's enough playing around," he told them. "Get your stuff off the bus. -He pointed a finger to where the bus was.- Once your bags are in your rooms, we'll have dinner in the cafeteria. After that, you can bathe and sleep. Tomorrow, your training starts in earnest. -He then jerked his thumb towards the doors.- Best get a move on."

Nobody made any comment. Not even a complaint. They were all so deadbeat tired. And the fact that none made any attempt to go over and stand up to Bakugō when he threatened Sierra, besides Todoroki, was somewhat surprising but not to be expected.

As everyone began to head for the bus, Sierra walked towards her brother. The two stared into each other's eyes, wondering the same thing.

'Why does Kota hate heroes, so much?'


With great difficult, some needed a little push to help them get moving, all of the students had gotten their bags into their rooms.

...And, as soon as they made it to the cafeteria and saw all of the food displayed on the tables, most appeared to have forgotten on how tired they are and pounced on the meal.

"It looks so good!" Izuku commented, clapping both hands together to thank the Wild, Wild Pussycats for making the food, before helping himself to some rice and shrimp.

All around, the students chow down on the meal as if they hadn't eaten in a week, as they engage conversation amongst each other. As they ate, Mandalay and Pixie-Bob ran around delivering food to the tables.

To Izuku's right, Sierra hadn't touched her meal... Matter of fact, her plate remains empty, as she only grabbed for juice.

She can't bring herself to eat... Not when she's seeing the meals as bugs, dead carcasses of road kills or rotting body parts.

Are you hallucinating, again? Because, you're thinking about the taste of dead animals and bugs, again. You know that it isn't real, right? If you can't stand the sight, then close your eyes and just grab a few things. You'll need your strength for tomorrow.

'Even if I'm starving, my stomach is gonna have trouble digesting whatever I'll eat from the ulcers. I'm better off with juice, anyways.' She thought, drinking more of the orange-juice.

...Before she pulled back from the sight of her juice, now taking the form of blood.

Her slamming her cup on the table gained Izuku's attention, who had the chopsticks in his mouth from putting an egg-roll in his mouth.

"Is something wrong, Sis?"

She quickly flashed him an embarrassed smile, waving him off.

"Sorry. Still jumpy from fighting Pixie-Bob's clod monsters." She answered, giggling nervously. "I feel like they're going to jump from behind us, at any moment."

The sixteen year-old gave her a smile, feeling the same way right now.

"Yeah. It's taking everything I have to not kick the table aside and take off running towards the woods."

Well, when you spent nearly eight hours fighting monsters in the woods, with no time to rest and having to babysit with the other kids, how else are you two suppose to feel after your first day of camp? And you'll be here for another six days.

Being reminded that they'll be here for a week, the two nervously chuckled at the thought of fighting dirt monsters for hours on end for the whole training camp.

'And I was hoping we would get the whole camping experience, like we were all hoping to get.' Izuku thought, feeling a bit disappointed that he and Sierra won't get to do some camping things she was going to get like her mom and grandfather did.

He then noticed her plate being empty, which shouldn't be surprising, but is still very concerning. Though, taking notice that she hadn't even made any contact with her utensils, let alone pulled her chopsticks apart to make any grab for the delicious food before them, was a red-flag in his book.

"You haven't made any grab for the food, Sis." He stated, looking very concern for her well-being. "I know that your stomach isn't in the best of health and can't handle solid foods, but you should try a bite or two to regain your strength. They even have vegetation and other food that shouldn't bother your stomach."

It was a good thing the others are too distracted on talking about their own things and what they think about the building they'll be sleeping in, because the fourteen year-old didn't want to gain any form of surrendering of her inability to handle solid foods like they can.

"Uh... Actually, I'm not really that all hungry, Izu. And it's not because of my stomach." She replied, grasping her cup with both hands, even though the nerves in her hands wants to pull away from her illusive state of seeing her juice appearing as blood. "Besides, after running and fighting for hours, In more thirsty than hungry. And, with all of their juices, I should still get enough nutrients and vitamins to help me get through the night."

Clearly, Izuku didn't like her refusal to eat.

"...I know that Antiphonus is blocking our connection, so that I don't have to feel how starving you are, but my eyes, alone, can see that you haven't eaten much in months."

He then reached for a bowl containing lettuce and spinach, and placed them on her plate.

"Here. Eat this."

...It took every ounce of Sierra's will power to not knock the plate aside, let alone to not puke at the sight that's on her plate.

...

What Izuku see to be a lettuce and spinach salad, free of any kind of condiments and/or added on food that could upset her stomach, Sierra saw something completely different.

...In her illusive state, she sees a dead, dismembered remains of an owl. It's eyes staring right back at her, parts of its body rotted and larvae crawling all over it. Its belly open, showing all of its organs accounted and flies buzzing all around it.

...And, to top it all off, it's heart is still beating, as if the poor bird is still alive. After being chopped, cut opened and cooked, while still alive.

Her teeth clenched together, fighting to not puke up what little food she had in her stomach.

Izuku, seeing her hesitate and not grabbing for her fork, nudged her utensil towards her.

"Go ahead, Sis."

The fourteen year-old stared down at the utensil, then back at the dead owl on her plate.

'...I can't... I-'

Whatever you're seeing right now, it isn't real. You should already know that, especially with your strong sense of smell. It's obviously spinach and lettuce.

'I know. It's just-...'

She didn't want to finish her sentence.

...Is it an owl?

She bit her tongue, not wanting to answer but knew she needed to signal him what she's seeing.

"Is something wrong, Sis?" Izuku asked, pulling her attention away from her issue. "Do you want me to find something else for you to try? I can ask Mandalay of Pixie-Bob, if either of them can make you a smoothie with a lot of vitamins."

Normally, she wouldn't pass on offer to avoid eating, but she's still shaken up that her orange juice had turned to blood in her illusive state. And, with all glasses filled with water and juice appearing to be blood like hers, she knew that she won't be able to stomach it.

Instead, she grabbed her fork and, clenching her eyes shut, she jabbed at her salad and shoved it into her mouth.

Just as Antiphonus informed her, she tastes lettuce and spinach, instead of dead meat and/or feathers.

...But, something doesn't feel right.

As soon as she swallowed her food, her stomach cramped into agony and grumbled in protest.

...Yet, she can't stop herself from wolfing down her salad.

Izuku was taken back by her action, as she kept her eyes closed and grabbed for the bowl of lettuce and spinach and, turning into her wolf-form, shoved her muzzle into the bowl.

"Whoa, there, Sis!" He cried, wrapping his arms around her to try and pull her back. "I knew you were hungry like the rest of us, but there's no need to take the whole bowl!"

The other teens took notice of the commotion, and where startled by Sierra's choice of table manners.

"Whoa! Talk about starving!"

"She must've worked up an appetite, that not even she can hold back."

"She definitely needs to eat, but must she really turn into an animal and consume it like a wild animal?"

"That's a manly way to eat, and show your appreciation for food! Keep at it, Sis!"

Izuku laughed nervously at their comments, as he tries to pull her away from the bowl.

"There's plenty more where that came from, Sis. There's no need to hog the whole thing to yourself." He reassured, though was happy to see her eating like the rest of them.

...Sierra, however, didn't feel better when her stomach was full. And when she finally pulled away from the bowl and found it empty, she silently left the table and headed for the bathroom to puke up what she just consumed.


As soon as everybody finished eating, all having full bellies and feeling drowsy but knew that they need to wash up and having only an hour before they need to sleep for tomorrow's training, they went to their respected halves of the bathhouse.

The girls didn't waste any time to get in the hot spring, with most of them, already, removing their towels before their feet touched the water.

"Ahhh...!"

"So refreshing!"

"I never felt anything so wonderful!"

"This feels so amazing!"

"I'm so glad they've got a hot springs here!"

Yep, it was clear that the girls are enjoying the hot springs.

...Well, almost all of the girls.

From behind the shōji door, Sierra clenched tightly to her towel.

Look. I get that you're nervous, let alone uncomfortable, of them seeing you almost nude and how you're starving to death. But, seriously, it's all right. You can trust them to see you in your weakened state.

'It's not just that. I'm still ashamed that I just gave in to my baser instinct and turned into a wolf, while eating at the table and hogging the bowl from the others.'

Yeah. You could work on your table manners a bit, but then I think they should be appalled by their own actions at the tables: Eating with their mouths open, talking with their mouth full, spitting food all over the place. Really, compared to them, your actions are beneath their disgusting habit of eating.

'Even still, I shouldn't have given in from Izu's persistence when he kept pushing me to eat. That, and because I had to puke them out when my stomach couldn't handle them. That was a great waste of food.'

Well, the Kid does mean well; as the oldest, it's his job to make certain you get your fill and looks after you. Though, he does need to remember when to not keep pushing it. His muscles became stiff and sore from using his Quirk for hours, and he kept sustaining bruises to his hands.

That caught Sierra's attention.

'You healed his bruises away, right?'

Of course I did, Sweetie. The issue is that he's been pushing himself and isn't giving his body to properly rest. Just like how you're not eating enough to help stay active and are now suffering from superstitious beliefs.

She growled lowly at his words.

'Regardless if they're true or not, what I believe in is part of my ancestors heritage and/or beliefs from my mother's side of the family. Even if I didn't believe the signs, they're not the reasons why I'm seeing food as dead animals and/or bugs or that I'm just starting to see water and/or beverages as blood in my illusive state.'

Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Back up, there. You're just starting to see juice and water as blood? Like, today?

Sierra raised an eyebrow at his question.

'...Yes?'

And when did you started seeing food taking form as dead animals and/or bugs?

'...I think nearly two months ago, if memory serves me right. They don't always pop up as animal carcasses, or bugs. But, lately, they've been popping up more often. I think it's because of my health's deteriorating state, that my illusive state is coming out more often.'

Interesting...

The fourteen year-old is curious as to what Antiphonus is thinking about right now.

'Antiphonus?'

Let me ponder about this, for a moment. Right now, go join the girls and relax. The spring should help the aches and knots in your body. Besides, they're bound to know where you are and Izuku is, already, anxious of your whereabouts.

"Hey, Sis? Are you going to come out and join us?!" Ochako's voice pulled the two from their conversation.

"Just a second!" Sierra replied, folding and pulling the towel a bit tighter around her. 'Let me know, as soon as you're done figuring out what you're thinking about.'

Of course, Sweetie.

She pulled the Shōji door aside and walked right out to the spring. As expected, the area is surrounded in thin steams from the heat of the springs. The girls are nearly gathered together on one side of the spring, giggling and engaging normal conversation amongst each other.

Ochako, talking with Tsuyu about her family, looked over and saw the youngest student making her appearance.

She waved the girl over.

"Come on in, Sis! The water feels soo amazing!"

She took a few steps to the pool, until Izuku's voice called out from the other side.

"Remember to walk around a few times in the spring, Sis! Also, girls, is it possible to ask you to keep an eye on her and make certain she doesn't push herself too hard? Our godfather had her been doing Hydrotherapy* for over nine years; it's suppose to help her blood circulation, immune system and increase the healing process from the poison in her back."

It didn't take them a second to reply.

"Of course!"

"You got it, Midoriya-kun!"

"We'll be honored to help Sis with her Hydrotherapy."

"You betcha!"

Sierra let out a tiring sigh, then stepped into the water and turned her back to the others, so none could see her front. As she lowered herself into the water, she removed her towel from her body and folded it on the rocks for when she wants to come out and dry herself.

The fourteen year-old found herself enveloped in a warming embrace, as if the water is hugging her, resulting her let out a deep sigh of relief and relaxation.

Perfect. Just what the doctor has ordered.

'Aren't you, already, relaxed from Izu being in the springs with the boys?' She thought, pulling out a hair-tie wrapped around her left-wrist and tying her hair into a ponytail, while using a hair-clip she attached to her hair-tie to bring up the bottom of her hair to form a small-bun behind her head and clip them to the back of her head.

Oh, yeah. Definitely. But, because I'm split within two hosts, the half that isn't with the Kid and hadn't gotten in, it'll be as if I hadn't gotten in at all until you enter the springs. The same thing would happen with the Kid, if you had gotten in and he didn't.

'Huh... That does make sense, considering that you're living in two separate bodies and would respond whatever we do that the other would or wouldn't do.'

"Feels great, huh, Sis?" Jirō asked, beaming at the girl when she turned to them.

"It sure does." Sierra answered, smiling at them. "It's just as refreshing as the Manza's Onsen hot springs, when I went to the hot springs with my father and his side of the family."

"Oh! That's right!" Hagakure cried out, sitting next to Ashido and in front of Tsuyu. "Midoriya-kun told us that it was the first time you met them! Was it fun, visiting them?!"

Sierra rubbed the back of her neck.

"They were loud, and it seems that my dad has some issue with one of my uncles, who happened to be his older triplet-brother-"

"Triplet?!" The six girls cried out in unison, taken back by this new revelation.

The fourteen year-old winced at their voices, but gave them a nervous-smile.

"Oh. Right. I never told you guys: Dad is a triplet, and the mid-child of the family. Apparently, he gained his Quirk from both of his parents, combined as one. And... Well, it turns out, I gained my Animal Quirk from his grandfather. My great-grandfather, and head of the household."

All of the girls gasped, eyes wide and sparkling within their pupils.

"That's amazing, Sis!"

"We're so happy for you, Ra Ra!"

"That's really rare! Gaining a Quirk from a Second Generation! That's awesome!"

Sierra blushed from their praises.

"His Quirk is kinda like a combination between Dov (Bear) and I: He repeats the sound of any animal he hears, and then turns into the animal he imitated. Though, he has to morph back into his human-form, before he could imitate another animal sound and turn into them." She explained, befit changing the subject to the other question Hagakure asked her. "As for the visit: It was really fun. Many times more than the few family gathering my siblings and I attended, from my mom's side of the family. Of course, only the blood family came, since they didn't want to overwhelm me with so many people present at once, but it was still very much enjoyable. They're already planning another family gathering, which they'll be bringing their spouses and some of their cousins will be visiting, too."

While the girls beamed up at her joy and excitement to see the rest of her family, they all were yelling and screaming in their heads when bringing up her mother's side of the family.

Apparently, most of them found out that her grandmother came to the school and tried to illegally take Sierra out of the school, from the many students recording her being taken out of the school and Detective Tsukauchi putting her in the back of his car. And when some of them asked Izuku, during his stay with Gran Torino and looking through his phone one night, who she was and sent him the video of her being escorted out of the school, he told them who she was and how she and other family members treated their friend. Even to inform them on how she went to court and removed all rights for the law to not view Sierra as her granddaughter, on the very day of her mom's own funeral.

Since learning about her mother's side of the family and their neglect towards the youngest student of their class, Class 1-A hold a heavy grudge towards Ayano and the rest of the Kemuri Clan, and swore to protect Sierra from them.

Ochako was the first to break the silence.

"W-Well, we're glad to hear you had such a fun time, Sis!" She stated, as she came over to the girl. "Now, how about we get started on your Hydrothera-?"

"You're to stop this at once, Mineta! What you're doing, is demanding! For both the girls, and yourself! It's shameful behavior!" The sound of Iida's yelling, along with the sound of splashing, pulled the girls' attention and stared at the wall.

...Then, they heard rapid thumping coming up against the wall.

It didn't take a second for them to figure out what was going on, and knew that it was Mineta making his move, again, to see them naked.

Jirō had her earphone jacks up, Asui had her tongue extended and held up high, Yaoyorozu was starting to make something from her arm and Sierra getting ready to morph into her dragon-form.

Just as the thumping reached the top and the girls were about to make their moves to attack the little pervert, Kōta popped up from the top. Judging from the thumping sound gone, he appeared before the older-boy's eyes.

"Before you become a hero, you should learn how to be a good human." The boy stated, slapping the extended hand of Mineta and making him fall backwards, back to the boy's side of the springs.

"I'll get you for this!" Mineta yelled, then the sound of a big splash came soon after.

Relieved to hear that the perverted student of the class won't be coming back to peak, all of the girls relaxed and stopped using their Quirks.

"Mineta really is the worst, isn't he?" Tsuyu called out, redrawing her tongue back and kneeling back into the hot springs.

"Thanks so much, Kōta, babe!" Ashido cheered, beaming up at the boy. "We owe you one!"

Of course, even though he's a child, he's still a boy and when he saw them out in the nude and not having their towels on... Well, it was more than his young brain could process.

Being the first to take notice of him falling backwards, Sierra triggered her Quirk to morph into her dragon-form and shot straight for the wall. As soon as her claws reached the top, she shifted her body and sent her tail down to coil around the boy, catching him in midair.

...Then, wanting to respect their privacy and not wanting to accidentally catch any of the boys nude, she turned her head towards the girls' side of the hot spring and stretched her of right-wing behind her head.

"Can one of you please take him?" She asked, slowly turning the bottom-half of her body to hang over the ledge and latch on to the wood with her claws, as she maneuvered her wings to spread and hang over the ledge with her claws.

Izuku, immediately, used his Quirk to shoot out from the water and grabbed for the thicker-part of her tail, carefully removing the boy from his sister's tail.

"I got him, Sis." He informed, letting go of his sister's tail and kicking himself off the wall, landing back on solid ground.

As she pulled herself back to her side, she didn't take notice of the boys staring at her back in discomfort, anger and concern. Though, she can feel their eyes on her and didn't say anything when she went back on her side with the girls and glided back to the water.

Before she touched the water, she morphed back to her human-form and made a small-splash when reentering the water.

"Good catch, Sis." Uraraka commented.

"Hope the kid will be all right." Jirō replied.

"He must've been overwhelmed, when he saw us, and fainted from the shock." Hagakure deducted, before she leaned back against the rock behind her. "Well, at least he isn't a pervert, like Mineta."

"We should leave it, as such. Right now, we have something much more important to do." Momo informed, as she went to Sierra. "We promised Midoriya-kun that we would ensure your Hydrotherapy has taken place."

Behind reminded of his request, the other girls came over.

"Well, let's get to it!" Ashido cried, beaming down at the girl.

Not really against doing her exercise, Sierra morphed into her wolf-form and began to walk towards the edge of the spring. There, she commenced walking/swimming around in a circle of the springs.

Momo, Jirō and Hagakure sat off in the middle of the springs, evaluating her performance and not wanting to get in the way.

Tsuyu, Ochako and Ashido, wanting to give their own support and intrigued by her method of Hydrotherapy, joined her. With Asui swimming beside her, since walking/running/swimming on all-fours comes naturally for her, as Ochako and Ashido do their best to keep up from behind, finding it a bit difficult but an interesting way to exercise in the water.

As she continues with her Hydrotherapy, Sierra's mind focused on Kōta.

'For someone who seems to hate heroes, he shows to somewhat care to a degree... Yet, why does he hate heroes, so much?'


An hour later, and everyone had finished bathing and went to their respected rooms, their teeth brushed, dressed and ready for bed.

While some of the girls were a bit disappointed to learn that the boys' room is a lot bigger than their room and that their beds are bunk beds, they were still amazed with the room they're in and that each bed is a queen-size bed.

"These beds feel so soft!"

"I wish my bed was a big as these! Maybe, I can convince my parents to get me a bigger bed."

"I call top bunk!"

"So springy!"

Sierra, wearing pajama shorts and a black wife-beater shirt, went to one of the bottom bunks closest to the window.

On the top bunk, Ochako had claimed for herself.

"Isn't this great, Sis?! It's like having a massive sleepover!"

The fourteen year-old shrugged her shoulders to her claim.

"If you can call being attacked by clod monsters and having to train for a week with adults that decided to push us off a cliff, while fighting clod monsters, again, a massively, fun sleepover." She replied, which made all of the girls winced at what they've endured today, which she followed with a joke. "But then, living a week as if we live in a military household and always deal with massive fights, is just as fun as our daily routines at school."

To that, the girls giggled.

"That's so true!" Ashido bellowed, slamming her hand against her pillow. "Fighting those dirt monsters must be what it's like fighting Bakugō-kun!"

"And from how many scrapes he gained and appeared more calm since we got here, he probably thought the same thing. Kero." Asui added in, sitting on the high bunk of Hagakure's bed.

"Yeah. Though, he'll probably shrug it off and boast on how they were way too easy for him to take down." The invisible Quirk-User sighed out, sounding very tired and appearing to be laying flat on her bed.

...Until, she pulled out her flashlight from underneath her pillow and turned it on. The light showed no one's shadow on the ceiling.

"Let's commence with the ghost stories!"

Ashido, Ochako and Jirō beamed at the suggestion.

"I'm game."

"Totally!"

"Let's do it!"

Momo and Asui, however, weren't so certain.

"We could tell a few stories, but not too scary to prevent us from sleep and we need to go to bed at least at midnight; Aizawa-Sensei told us that our training starts in earnest." Yaoyorozu suggested, sitting on her bed underneath Jirō's bed.

"We should, also, not be too loud, in case the boys and the teachers are sleeping and not to anger any of them." Tsuyu added in, earning agreeable nods from everyone.

Sierra, however, already gotten under the covers and nuzzled her face into the pillow, turning her back to the girls and facing the wall.

Ochako, hopping down from her bed, turned to the youngest-girl.

"Are you going to join us, Sis?" She asked.

The fourteen year-old replied, by letting out a big yawn.

"I'm gonna pass. Fighting all of those clod monsters and using a lot of my elements, really drained me." She replied. "Besides, I'm not really good, let alone into, scary story telling."

A bit disappointed by her refusal to join them, but very understanding of her health being more important, the girls wished her goodnight.

"Have sweet dreams, Ra Ra!"

"We'll try to stay as quiet, as possible."

"See you in the morning!"

"Nighty night, Sis!"

Sierra nodded to them.

"Goodnight, girls. And, do try to not stay up too late." She replied and reminded, before resting her head back on the pillow and closing her eyes.

She let out a deep sigh, feeling her body relax.

'Goodnight, Izu.'

'Goodnight, Sis. I love you!'

'...I love you too.'

It didn't take long to feel the pull of exhaustion luring her to sleep, as her friends' voices muffled from behind her.


One in the Morning...
The first thing she sees is the wall. The first thing she hears is the girls, softly snoring and snoozing away.

And the first thing she feels, is her heart slightly picking up.

Good, you're awake.

Sierra slowly and quietly sat up from her bed, stretching her arms and popping some of the joints in her bones.

'I usually wake up early, during the Summer; I get thirsty more often.' She thought, licking her lips a bit from how dry they are and feeling the dryness in her mouth. 'Do you need to talk about something?'

Yes, actually. I do. It's about our last discussion. About your illusive state of mind, lately. I may have figured out what's going on.

Sierra rubbed the sleep from her eyes, rousing her body to wake up to help her focus.

'Really? That's great, Antiphonus.' She thought, quietly pulling the covers off of her body and slowly shifting her legs off the bed. 'What do you think is going on?'

A small silence came between them, pulling her focus more and attention.

'...Antiphonus?'

...Well, what I have to tell you, may be a bit of a long shot. But, could be closest to the truth that we can get as to why you've been seeing your food as carcasses and/or bugs, and why you're starting to see liquid substances as blood. Also... You may want to get dress.

That caught her attention.

'...Why, and how long will it take before we get back? Training starts in a few hours.'

...Just get dress, Sweetie. After our discussion, it'll decide on what your training will be... Let alone, if you'll be training with the others or not, once we learn if my conclusion is correct or not.


...

...

...When the dawn risen, her bed remained empty.


Training Camp, Day Two: 5:30 AM...
"Good morning, class." Aizawa greeted his students, all wearing their U.A. PE clothes and most appearing to be very drowsy from waking up so early. "Today, we begin a training camp that will increase your strength."

Before he continues to explain what's going on, Izuku raised his hand in the air.

"Sumimasen, Sensei." He apologized, and looking a bit nervous. "Sis wanted me to inform you that she figured out what we'll be doing during the training camp, and that she's already begun her training. She, also, wants to apologize, for not leaving a note and not informing an adult of her whereabouts. But, she does promise to stay within the perimeters of the Wild, Wild Pussycats' territory and will come back when it's time for dinner."

When Mandalay woke the girls up and saw that Sierra's bed was empty, they all assumed that she was already up and waiting for everybody to join her... Only to find her nowhere in sight.

Fortunately, Antiphonus told Izuku that his sister is training in the woods and to tell Shōta to not worry.

...Though, that didn't put his own concern of his sister at ease.

Thirty-one year-old father glared at the green-haired boy, but his gaze was showing more of concern and unease than anger and annoyance.

He then nodded his head to the boy.

"Even so, I'll have one of the Wild, Wild Pussycats keep an eye out for her and keep track of her whereabouts." He stated, before getting back to the subject at hands.

As he continues his lecture and tossed Bakugō the same ball that was used during their Quirk Assessment Test, nobody took notice of a figure watching from behind within the trees.

You ready?

The figure, revealing to being Sierra, wearing her U.A. PE clothes, thin finger-less black-gloves and black Onitsuka tiger tai-chi shoes, watches as Bakugō tossed the ball and a gust of wind rustling the trees.

The last time he demonstrated his throw, he scored 705.2 meters during the Quirk Assessment Test... Now, his score is 709.6 meters. A 4.4 difference that his Quirk improved within three months.

Not needing to see anymore and must get started on her own training, she slowly walked further into the forest.

'Ready, as I'll ever be.'

TBC


*: For those of you who don't know, Hydrotherapy, formerly called hydropathy and also called water cure, is a branch of alternative medicine, occupational therapy, and physiotherapy, that involves the use of water for pain relief and treatment.

Some of the most common forms of hydrotherapy include: Baths: Soaking in hot or cold water. Pressurized jets: Applying pressurized water to your body. Temperature regulation: Applying ice packs, cyro (dry ice) packs or heat (in a sauna, for example) to different parts of your body.

Hydrotherapy isn't a curative treatment — it won't cure or fix any disease or condition you have. In most cases, hydrotherapy helps people feel better by temporarily relieving pain, stiffness and swelling.

Got a big question for you guys. The next chapter or two, there will be a tough fight for Sierra... I need to know if you guys want: A fight between two Animal Quirk Users (Sierra and her opponent), or her facing whatever the person's Quirk is, without AFO giving them an Animal Quirk.

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