Lied slowly sipped his decently tasting stew as Elizabetta and Eiko chatted. "So they're literally stuck inside of another dimension? Jeez, Izu is gonna have a field day with that one, the sheer physics of creating space are insane."

"I don't pretend to understand any of it, but yes, it's absolutely insane." Elizabette admitted, though she seemed angry to do so. "That harlot keeps outdoing me in wearing down my prey!"

"I know how you feel." His partner grumbled. "On the plus side you've already got everyone else, like LIED!" She shouted at him.

"Not my fault I fell for tall tales and sweet lies, I warned you she was the most dangerous." He grumbled.

"What did I lie about? I just said I liked everyone in class." She was STILL torturing him. "In fact, I am very positive I like you most of all." He blushed. She liked him most? This w-w-w-w-was heaven-no Lied! Don't fall for it a second time.

"Okay, starting to see the miscommunication." Eiko mumbled. "You see, the answer is-" She was cut off as Bakkun started gagging. "Is that normal?"

"No, maybe we should back up a bit." They followed Elizabetta's request, and soon Izuku was shot out of the thing, a dazed look on his face.

"I feel significantly better about my childhood." Wow, this guy just came with an entire truckload of concerning matters they probably shouldn't be getting into. "Has it been a day already? Yikes, playtime really takes away the day."

Clara's head popped out of the suit, looking dazed herself. "Fun … yeah … friendship …" Wow, first time he's ever seen the girl so drained. "So much flying…. so much smashing...too much smashing."

"SMASHING!?" Eiko asked with a blush.

"Eiko, it's not what you think." Izuku tried to wave off.

"I wanna see All Might Junior again sometime … after sleep."

Eiko and Lied were now looking quite murderous, as did Elizabetta, although they didn't have the same targets, as he charged at Izuku while the girls violently shook Clara.

"YOU BASTARD, I'VE SPENT THE ENTIRE NIGHT GETTING STEWED IN REJECTION WHILE YOU WERE TRADING V-CARDS WITH CLARA THE WHOLE TIME!?"

"DAMN YOU CLARA! DAMN YOU TO THE PITS OF TARTARUS! IZU'S V-CARD WAS MINE, NOT YOURS! MAYBE AMERI'S, BUT NOT YOURS!"

"HOW DO YOU GET SO FAR WITHOUT SO MUCH EFFORT!?"

"OKAY, SERIOUSLY SHUT THE HELL UP ALL OF YOU!" Izuku used the tool arms magic he created and grabbed them all by the arms, lifting them up in the air. "I've spent the last few months at this school being surrounded by nothing but misconceptions about me, and I'm not going to spend another FUCKING second watching you all try to tear us to pieces over your filthy gutter filled minds! Seriously, shut the FUCK up!"

"Ah...okay." Lied answered weakly, as did the rest of them in the air. "Ah, since when do you curse this much?"

"I spent the last month frustrated against a very liberally tongued teacher, it's pretty much my new go to for boiling points." He put them down. "Now, we played heroes and villains, I was All Might Junior, based on All Might, who Eiko KNOWS about, and I used his moves, which were basically state names with smashes."

"What's a state?" They all asked.

"I-I.." Izuku looked eternally confused. "I'm not sure if that's cultural differences here or someone just being plain stupid with teaching." Well in the Misfits case, probably both. "Besides, you all know Clara. Does she look like the type of person that even knows how to do anything like that? Even as a joke?"

They turned to the innocently smiling girl, giggling and clapping to herself, still pretty drowsy looking. "You're right, she doesn't."

"Yeah, sorry I jumped to conclusions." Eiko apologized.

"You don't know what that little harlot learned in our training, the fiend."

"I do know what she learned. She created an entire pocket dimension just so we could have a little fun, which I'm very grateful for." He picked Clara up. "Wish she didn't drain herself so much."

"You do know that pocket dimension slowly drains any resident Mana until they're either ejected by Clara for being 'boring' or bone dry dead, right?" … Well that was particularly horrifying. "In fact she's been stockpiling all that Mana herself. She could create a castle at this point."

"I told you Clara, you're probably the strongest student in our grade." Eiko looked furious at the green haired boy constantly doting over the tired Valac.

"Actually, how are you not dead? If this thing was just going to drain you dry." Lied asked, causing a flinch from Eiko.

"Well, I don't have any Mana in me internally, so that's one theory. That or the ring protected me somehow by copying Clara's bloodline. Maybe that's why I was able to do whatever I wanted there just like her."

"We're getting off track. The legendary leaf, remember?" Eiko brought them back on track. Right, they wasted a whole day with no information!

"Right, we spent the first day resting enough. Time to put all our strength into this." Izuku handed Clara to Elizabetta. "I figured you guys, well, mainly you came for our supplies. Go ahead, take what you want and go. And tell Clara thanks. I really appreciated it."

"Yes of course, thank you." Elizabetta bowed, before grabbing the girl and supplies, the only reason she was there, with him. He had to keep his head in the game, no time for tricks!

"Alright, how are we going to learn anything?" Eiko asked, looking like it was his time to shine. Or he thought until Izuku spoke up.

"I have the perfect trick for that." He twisted that ring of his. "I created an ability combining Lied's and Kamui's bloodlines called Omniscient." His ability was used in something called Omniscient? Badass! "Basically I'm able to gather information from multiple sources simultaneously across a wide area."

"And my ability is gonna be used for something like that, cool! How are you going to filter the information though?" Lied asked.

"New ability so … it doesn't filter." … As someone who's had to filter a LOT of information over the course of a month, that did not fill him with any confidence. "So, worst case scenario, I need one of you to punch me out of it halfway in."

"Izuku, this is stupid, even by your definition." Eiko said with a sweat drop.

"Yeah, trust me when I say that's a horrible idea in every conceivable way." As the semi-sane man of the group, it was his duty to cast some sense into the team. "I've been filtering senses my entire life, and believe me, it's no picnic. You don't want everything dialed up to an eleven when you can't even handle it at one."

"We don't have a lot of options. Information on the leaf is scarce. So our motto should be Plus Ultra." This wasn't the time to go overboard! "Quartz-Quartz." The ring began to glow, expanding and enveloping Izuku completely, before compressing as the skinsuit/armor that looked like a Skvader. "Now then … activating Omniscience."

The gems on the head began to glow as Izuku sat in silence, Eiko and Lied exchanging worried glances as he could feel his magic slipping away. "... Singing … There's lots of singing about it." Izuku mindlessly droned on.

"Singing, like the information is in a song?" Eiko guessed. "What's the lyrics?"

"They're singing … a trial … read the … gold … vengeance … strong beasts." He was trailing off, into tangents.

"Dude, you got to stop now, you're not making sense!" That was the first sign of a mental magic breakdown.

"I can taste the rainbow! I can smell eternity! I see the universe molded by a giant Koala! Why is he smiling, what does he know!?" The boy shouted erratically, they were losing him. "The meaning of life is-" It was at that moment he and Eiko both hit Izuku in the head. Himself with his fist, and the girl with a demon ball bat. "Okay … I'm okay … just gonna not stand for a bit while I adjust."

"Yeah, and make sure you never use that ability again! Not until you can at least master using Lied's ability alone!" Eiko shook him, though it was slow and full of concern. "Izu, I know you're excited to finally be able to use magic, but don't overload yourself to the point you're dead."

"Right, right, Lied's got years of experience … can't use it like that at once." He muttered. "Does anyone taste bitterness and cereal?"

"Just eat some stew, there ya go." Lied offered a bowl with a head pat. "Just sit there quietly, me and Eiko are gonna figure out our next strategy while you recuperate."

"Yeah, I guess I'll do that." Great, now their leader was depressed. This was going off to a horrible start.

Eiko looked back before whispering. "How long should we leave him out of this? The longer the worse."

"Ten minutes minimum if you want to avoid short term problems, we can avoid them long term if we leave him alone for an hour." Lied spoke honestly. Stealing ten people's senses at a single time as a kid nearly sent him to an institution, not a fun time.

"We can try to figure out what he meant by singing meanwhile. What would be singing in a jungle?" Eiko pondered.

"The plants … no, they would be able to form some melody maybe, but never lyrics of something specific like the legendary leaf."

"It's possible some upperclassmen knows, but that's too narrow for us to follow, and it's highly doubtful since it was something he heard all over the Jungle."

"Yeah, any upperclassmen would be a repeat, and the knowledge apparently drives you insane if that Ameri conversation made any sense." He began stroking his chin. "That just leaves … the animals. You can train them to memorize a song, right?"

"Maybe to recognize a tune, but...no, animal noises are often described as singing, like bird calls. What if it's the animals themselves that were singing it?"

"Bird … he used Kamui's bloodline right? Translator?" Lied asked.

"Yeah, that would make him able to hear the song all right … wait was he experiencing every student AND living thing in the jungle?" They took a bit of silence at that. "... Let's give him that hour, use the time to try locating Kamui."

"On it. Leave it to me." He put on his sensory deprivation gear, took a deep breath, and began his dive.


Azuki really thought they were going to die. They didn't prepare for this at all, because their motto was a simple one, boys overruled ranks. Well not entirely true, they still hoped to get some in other events, like the Music Festival.

Thus the giant plant monster caused them all to shout in terror as they ran, each yelling their biggest regret.

"I regret never seducing Asmodeus, Andro, or Midoriya!" She shouted out.

"I regret never making out with Asmodeus, Midoriya, or that Shax guy from the Sabbath. I thought he was cute but I didn't think he was interesting enough at the time!" Haruna admitted.

"I regret not having Sabro spank me like the intelligent buff daddy he was on the table then and there!" The other two girls paused, but didn't stop, to stare incredulously at Konatsu.

"If we're going to die, don't be Dosanko about it." Azuki scolded Konatsu

"We're literally about to die, I can imagine all the lewd thoughts I want before then!"

"Then think and don't speak, let's keep some dignity!" Haruna scolded as well.

"What dignity!? I've known about your foot fetish for a year! Don't deny it!"

"Oh, don't go scolding me now! At least I don't bring daddy issues into my fantasies!"

"Oh devi, we're just a bunch of horny idiots, aren't we?" Azuki admitted. "Girls, if we get out of this, somehow, let's agree to seduce the next guy we come across, so we don't have to go through any of this again!"

"Agreed!"

"On it!"

The pack was made, and with a hair's breadth, the monster was cut apart by a very hairy student. "You are saved, fair maidens!"

Each of the girls blushed and looked at each other. "BACK OFF, HE'S MINE!" They all shouted. She was prepared to go all night fighting if she needed to.

"… We may talk later, after we return you to the castle!" He shouted, grabbing them like kittens. Wait, he had a castle!?

They were dragged off, arguing through girl language alone, eventually arriving at a large castle that looked like it was straight off of the feudal era … with stone and spikes added for flavor.

"My humble self, has returned with guests to abide!" He shouted as they entered what looked like the main room.

"Again? Goemon, you're getting a bit carried away with that." A voice called their savior and...oh shit, the boy on the cloud was beautiful. "So many new voices, haven't I earned at least one day's worth of rest?"

"You could always swear them into silence." Spoke Gaako, who with merely a few days was wearing black with lots of spikes. "More bodies to stop beasts from coming as they gather ingredients, more sleep for you." Did she refer to them as bodies?

"Ah…..Gaako was it?" Haruna did her best to not intimidate the girl that looked about 2 seconds away from eating them. "Since when did you start getting into the dark dominatrix look?"

"Since I got my instincts kicked in by crazy animals and an ice queen. Now then, you can join us, and get a nice comfy home, or we can let you walk out without protection. It's your call."

"She wasn't even on our team originally, she just came up and ordered us around. Do what she says, I'm scared to know what happens if you say no." The hairy savior whispered in fear.

"Ah, so join an evil overlord or fend off wild animals?" Azuki mulled it over for three seconds. "I'll make my choice if you answer me honestly." She turned to the pretty boy. "Is that guy single?"

"Absolutely." Their new dragon queen answered within a second.

"Wait, I'm not into anything but sleep!" He shouted. Ah, a hard getter. They could work with that.

"We'll join you, oh great shogun and empress!" They bowed.


Asmodeus and Sabro finished decapitating the massive fish with legs. "Alright, this was a higher ingredient on the list. Now we're getting somewhere." He grinned savagely.

"Yeah, with this hall, we have around ten thousand each between us." Asmodeus's partner smirked. "We still need to aim higher. The minimum requirement for winning is fifty thousand, and at this rate we're going, we're still going to fall short."

Asmodeus groaned, knowing fully well of their predicament. "Right. We can't fail to fall behind anybody, that includes Izuku and the others. We need to make a bigger play now or we'll be left in the dust."

"Ah, so you do wish to surpass him!" The lughead laughed. "And here I thought you were fine staying his servant!"

"I'm not his servant!" He growled. "I'm simply his friend, and Walter Park taught me something." He spoke, glancing at another approaching beast. "If I can't take down a simple monster, what good am I as someone he needs to rely on?"

"Ah, that's the case." Sabro cracked his neck. "Well worry not, from our training we're the strongest of the misfits in terms of raw power." True, in terms of strength in of itself, Asmodeus held no doubt about that. Izuku's strength wasn't raw power or physicality, but that was fine. After all, the boy said so himself-

A king, the weakest on the board, was the most vital piece of all… Wait, why the hell was he viewing Izuku as a king!? They were equals damn it!

"Hey, bastards!" The two blinked, turning to some rugged looking guys with sharp toothed snarls. "As the strongest of the Misfits, you must be the ones who took our Sensei, is that right?"

"Who the hell are those guys?" Sabro wondered out loud "And where did they come from?"

"I don't know. I couldn't sense them at all." Both of them prepared for a fight … before remembering they couldn't actually fight per say in the harvest festival.

"I'm glad you asked, you see I'm Ichiro Dorodoro!"

"And I'm Niro Dorodoro!"

"And we are, the Dorodoro brothers!" They shouted with a pose. By devi it was garish, who choreographed that?

"Oh yeah, the second years repeating their first or something like that, right?" Sabro vaguely recalled. "Fought on the battlefield instead of going to school. Have to say, I'm slightly jealous, but I need to rank up somehow."

Right, the rank. "Let's just ignore them, we have no quarrel with them, and we have beasts to fight."

"Oh we have quarrel with you, sorry sons of bitches!" Just because he was accurate doesn't mean it didn't tick him off. "We came here for one reason, revenge!"

"And what, pray tell, did we do to piss you off?" Asmodeus asked with a low growl.

"You took our master from us!" Wait, since when did Balam take on more than one trainee besides Sabro and himself? Any other time at Bablys the students ran away in fear of him.

"Our masked teacher was proud and honorable, slaughtering enemies with us on the battlefield! And he had to head out just because some nobody wanted training!" They never wanted that torture!

"It must be terrible for our master! Being forced to teach a bunch of nobodies! They must absolutely hate it!" Balam was the most enthusiastic teacher in the school. It was that same enthusiasm that nearly killed them multiple times!

"Alright, we're dealing with crazies we can't actually fight back against without being kicked out of the Harvest Festival. Thoughts?" He asked Sabro.

"Same plan as the Rookie Hunt." Right, run for the hills, everyone for themselves.

"Cowards! I knew you were both too weak and lame to be disciples of our master!" Niro kept calling them out. "Just what I expected from a wannabe king and a pansy-ass servant of some entitled rich boy."

Their eyebrows twitched. That got under their skin all right … far more than it should.


"It seems my students have left yours high and dry, Barbatos, Robin." Raim laughed, drinking some wine. Drink booze like everyone else, looser.

"Now, mine already built an army. Clearly I'm in the lead." Mister Hat smirked at the group. "And my other prospect is gathering her empire now as we speak. Oh, times like this makes it hard to choose who I'm more proud of."

"Your student … isn't making an empire … she's just … helping mine." Lady Vespa got out, probably the most prideful thing she's ever said to someone.

"Ah yes, 'helping'. Let's go with that." Mister Hat smugly retorted. "At least it can't be any worse than Furfur's little pair. The thief's already gone, and the 'smart' one hasn't been seen since. So disappointing."

"I know, it's downright hilarious!" The General laughed. "Here's your money, I'll just add it onto their debt." Barbatos felt sorry for those poor bastards. "And it looks like Balam's guys now met up with my old disciples." Really, four students at once? Okay, they were doing this for bragging rights and/or eternal servitude. "Might as well pack it up, you two." Furfur pointed to Robby and her. "No one gets this far after losing so much on the first day."

"I know, it's pretty disappointing. I thought I exposed Lied-kun to just enough pheromones to resist." Robby sighed. "Maybe I should train his nose better by using that room full of garbage."

"Oh, she hasn't used pheromones once. This is all natural skill." Raim smirked. "Looks like I'm winning."

"In your dreams." Barbatos spoke to the bitch. "My brat is gonna make his way to the top, with the Legendary Leaf." That erupted an entire roar of laughter from the others. "What the fuck is so funny about that, ya dumbshits!?"

"Nobody has ever gotten that thing, the sheer number of steps drives all to the brink of insanity." Furfur chuckled.

"But haven't we already been driving them insane over the course of the month?" Everyone paused at that line of thought.

"Still, the leaf is just a pipe dream, I'm not sure it even exists." Balam spoke up. "I can admire Midoriya's dedication, but at this rate, if he doesn't legitimately have a lead, he and his team are going to be dead last."

"The odds are not in your favor, just fold the cards and fork over the change before you make the situation worse." Furfur smirked. "The brat might as well give up and withdrawal. It's obvious to anyone with eyes he can't do anything.."

"FUCK THAT SHIT!" Barbatos grabbed the general by the face. "You've never seen my brat in action! He literally doesn't know the meaning of words like 'impossible and 'give up'! He spent the first two weeks as a maid in order to learn from me, the second one he knew I wouldn't teach him but did it out of spite that makes me think he's Kalego's love child."

"Not possible, but there is something there with Ms Midoriya …" Balam muttered. She'd look into it later, maybe hook him up if he'd put in a good word for her, she needed to fix her badmouthing so she could say something nice about her for Sullivan. Wait, time and place.

"The point that I'm trying to make is that when that brat see's something impossible, he twists the world around him and forces it to work in his favor! He'll find that damn leaf even if it kills him, which is actually a bit concerning when I think about it, but I fucking gurentee that he won't settle for anything less than first place in this festival. I'd stake my life on that!"

"You might want to reconsider … they're dealing with my disciples now." Mister Hat pointed at the group, being surrounded by a pack of wild animals. Ah, that was going to be a pain.


"Bow before her majesty, the true and mighty one, who's heart is endless and brutal in a crystalline duality, Kerori Crocell!" Kerori watched as her loyal right hand, Kamui, brought three new prisoners.

"Okay, she's in your cult right? When has she ever been this scary?" She could hear Lied ask the group.

"First off, she's more of an honorary member if anything." Eiko, Izuku's main lackey the last time she recalled, explained. "Second, I'm not sure. The last thing I remember about her is that she kept making voodoo dolls of Izu that kept failing. She sold me ten for thirty yeten." Oh yes, quite the bargain. Maybe she'll go into business after the festival.

"Honestly she's a lot more reserved than normal. She hasn't said any threats and just has been silently analyzing us." Izuku, the only decent demon of the bunch, muttered. "Um, Kerori, can-"

The animals screamed in rage. "You dare address her majesty in such a casual fashion! For that we should have your heads alone!" The animals nodded at Kamui's translation, as the students paled.

"How did she earn the respect of all these animals? I thought Kamui was the one that talked to them?" Eiko asked.

"It was something we learned how to do … where I discovered my nature as the true ruler." She spoke. "He may speak to me, he is my honorary Duke, and as such he has the privilege of an audience." The animals cheered in excitement.

"Okay, I'm not sure how I earned such an...honor, but I'm glad we can talk." Izuku walked up slowly while trembling ever so slightly. Yes, he instantly recognised who the superior was in this situation. "We really need Kaumi's help. We're in search of the Legendary Leaf, and long story short, we figured that the animals of the jungle may know where it is."

She kept her stone expression, glancing at Kamui. "I can confirm this as true, it is the one song they are all taught during their childhood, an apparent honor of existing inside this habitat." The others looked hopeful, she needed to reign them in.

"And what will you offer, for the chance to obtain this information?" She asked the group.

"Well, I'm not sure what we have on us that you'd want, but if there's anything you need, we can always help you get it." Her honorary duke spoke for the group, despite his pawns looks of reluctance

If they were going after the leaf, then there was nothing else to really gather per say, she needed bigger gains and they were wasting their time with that they wouldn't be able to get it. "How did you find us?" She asked, with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh, I just picked up chatter all around and followed the source that a bunch of animals and a bird student were seen near here." Lied offered. Interesting … "We can offer information if that's what you're after, we were just attacked by Elizabetta and Clara."

"What about...Gaako?" At her uttering of the vile name, every beast and mammal tensed into a feral snarl, the trio jumping at the noise.

"Well, me and Gaako were supposed to team up together, but something came up, apparently she wanted to prove her worth or something along those lines." Eiko stared at the sky. "Last time I saw her she was teaming up with Goemon and Picero, something about 'beginning the foundation of the new Koopa Empire'. I think her training put her into an evil cycle, because she's starting to sound like her dad."

Of course, the boy could build a castle. She'd have to send out the flyers to find it. "That information is very helpful, but I need one more thing from you three." She gave them a cold glare sending shivers up souls. "A dance."

"A...dance?" Lied asked like the fool he was, confused as Izuku and Eiko looked at each other, already knowing what she was asking of them. "Wh-what kind of dance?"

One snap of her fingers, and her loyal pack brought forth three frilly and adorable dresses. "Oh no, not again." Izuku groaned. "We really have to do this?"

"What do you mean again!?" Lied shouted, paling before looking in confusion. "That dress … dance … it can't be!"

"Yeah, Me, Izu, all of the Calamity Cult are the Cute Quintet." Eiko confirmed with a hesitant shrug. "I don't know why she wants us to perform now of all times.."

"Oh, that's simple. Mar-Another friend of mine really needs pictures of cute little girls in dresses dancing, so you shall supply her with such." It was the only thing she could think of to placate her audience until she could find a way to bring Izumi and the others back.

"What kind of friend would ask for that!?" Lied continued to freak out. "Oh god, I need to get rid of that fan art." He mumbled in terror.

"I have fan art?" Izuku's question was so innocent. It was that very innocence that translated so well into his cuteness as a demdol, which she desperately needed to see to relieve some stress. Ruling a kingdom was not an easy job, you know. "Well, seeing as two weeks of my training were spent putting on a dress, I might as well get comfortable." He handed Lied his outfit. "You change over there, I'll change over here. Eiko, make sure you stay far away from Kaumi."

"Please, I'm a gentleman, I would never peep on a lady. The very accusation is beathan my very existence." Kerori stared at him for a full three seconds before looking at her kingdom.

"Anyone that shares details of her change becomes barbeque." Kamui's shock answered her suspicion.

"Dude, what is your life? How is this normal for you?" Lied asked as Izuku hid behind a tree, already adjusting the wig on himself.

"At this point, your sense of shock numbs until you see something really strange. Also I relived my childhood about two hours ago, this is much more sane … somehow."

Maybe she should've taken advantage of this friend situation sooner, it was WAY too easy to get Izuku to agree to this.