The next few days were absolute hell.

At 7am every morning, we were herded to the training grounds, given our instructions, and forced to undergo boot camp - rigorous quirk training designed to shred our muscle fibers, tear our quirks apart, and turn us into champions.

I was assigned to binge eat while continuously creating. I had to stock up the calories and then immediately recycle them - almost like I was spending 8 hours a day practicing the eating disorder known as bulimia. Everyone, in fact,had to participate in some kind of hellish boot camp quirk training.

The four Pussycats, Sensei and Class B's teacher Vlad King were supervising our progress all the time. Aside from the first two Pussycats we'd met, there was also a big burly man called Tiger and a kind one called Ragdoll. Pixie Bob, the blond worried about getting married, had earth moving powers. Mandalay the brunette could project thoughts into people's minds. Rag doll could look at people and see their weaknesses and locations. And Tiger could flex his body around, with a quirk called pliabody.

At 4pm, the Pussycats led us t the mess hall. No wonderful food was prepared for us this time.

"Now, I told you yesterday, 'Today's the last day we help you out!' said Pixie Bob on the first day.

Rag doll added "If you want to eat, get off your asses and make it yourself! Starting with Curry!"

"Yes ma'am" we all barely stumbled out.

"Hahaha! Everybody's looking pretty raw!" gloated Ragdoll. "That doesn't give you an excuse to do a sloppy job though!"

"You're right!" cried Iida. "In the case of an emergency, feeding the hungry and providing sustenance to mind and body is an essential part of providing Aid! These pros are correct! Let's make the world's best curry!"

Of course, the first problem was fire. Everyone began immediately badgering Todoroki, of course.

"Todoroki!" Acid called to him. "We need some fire over here!"

"Everyone!" I reprimanded her."If you keep relying on others' help, you won't learn anything about making your own." To demonstrate, I produced a lighter. Can't rely on him forever!

"Nah, it's cool," Todoroki assured me, as he knelt down to light more fires.

After what seemed a very long time, we had food. I was ravenous and kept refilling.

"Yaomomo, you're relentless!" called Ashido.

"My quirk allows me to convert fat at an atomic level to create many different things. The more I consume, the more I can create."

"Kinda like poop!" said Sero. Humiliated, I retired to a corner.

"APOLOGIZE!" shouted Jirou, punching Sero in the face ,and making me smile and return to the table, a little less embarrassed.

By day 3, we were so run down we could barely keep our heads up.

"Oi, remedials!" snapped Sense at the five failuresi. "I don't see your muscles moving."

He grabbed Kirishima's head with his scarf and pulled it back to make him pay attention.

"I'm sorry," Ashido gasped out. "It's just….sleep…deprivation."

"Yesterday's 'remedial lessons,'" groaned Kaminari, "were…"

"Told ya, didn't I? This was gonna be rough," Sensei reminded us. "Sato and Kaminari, your capacities, the amount of quirk-related power you have stored up, are directly linked to whether or not your survive any particular fight. Raising those capaciteis requires endless repetitive use of your quirks. Sero, in addition to increasing your capacity, yo also have to work on increasing the strength of your tape as well as the speed at which you can fire it. Ashido," turning on me, "extended use of your acid eventually causes your skin to reach a limit. You need to lengthen the amount of time it takes to reach your limit. And Kirishima, if you work both on your muscular strength and increasing your quirk's rigidity, you'll achieve synergistic benefits. Above all else," he glowered. "Every last one of you here were exposed during final exams. While you train I want you guys to think long and hard about why it is exactly that you're so much more tired than everyone else."

He turned once again to snap at Uraraka and Aoyama this time. "You guys are in the same boat! You didn't fail per se, but you were pretty damn close. 30 points was the cutoff and you two only squeezed by with a 35. Don't lose focus. Everyone keep at it! No matter what you do, never forget your fundamental drive. That's how you improve and progress. Why am I working this hard? Why am I putting up with being chewed out like this? To what end? Always keep the answer to that question in mind."

What I want. Why I'm here. I'm here to be a hero. To become a great hero, like I've always expected to be.

"Meow meow meow, allow me to change the topic! Let's talk about tonight's plans!" cried Pixie Bob. "We're doing an inter-class test of courage! After training hard, you get to play hard! See! Carrot and stick!"

"Seriously?!" groaned poor Jirou. "I hate scary things."

That night, we were put out into the woods.

Pixie bob smiled. "Our stomachs are full and the dishes are clean! Next up!"

"The Test of courage!" cheered Mina.

"Before that," said Sensei, and we froze. "Though it pains me to say it, the remedial bunch are going to have a review lesson with me starting right now."

"NO WAY!" screamed Ashido.

But there was nothing they could do. sensei bound the five of them and dragged them off to the stupid building.

Pixie Bob explained the rules of the Test of Courage. "So there we have it. Class B will start out as our scarers. Class A will leave in pairs of two every three minutes. In the middle of the route, there'll be a card with your name written on it. Take it back with you as proof. The scarers are not allowed to directly touch anyone. But scaring tactics using any and all available quirks are permitted. The winner will be the class that makes the most creative use of their powers and makes the most people piss their pants!"

WE drew our lots; I was paired with Aoyama, and had to fend off Mineta's crude advances.

Aoyama and I started after Jirou and Tooru. Poor Kyoka looked so worried and scared, I just wanted to run up to her and hug her. But we had to wait, until we got the go to from sensei.

"Is it me, or is something burning?" I wondered allowed, looking at the trees. Smoke and gas seemed to be swirling around us? Was this a quirk from Class B?

We were halfway down the path when we heard Mandalay's warning.

EVERYONE!Two villains have invaded the area! It's possible there are still more lurking in the shadows! Those who are capable, head immediately to the facility. If you should come face to face with the enemy, do not engage them in combat! Continue your retreat!