Chapter 33:

"Today, we'll be starting with your hand to hand combat skills." Gran Torino announced to every student present. He looked at every single one of them carefully. Some are excited while some are nervous. "Sometimes, when your quirks fail you, all you will have left to fight with is your fists, legs, elbows, your entire body. Trust me, you will need this lesson carved deep into those thick skulls of you whippersnappers. Now, let's make this quick."

"You," The old man pointed at Tetsutetsu, who excitedly stepped forward. "And you." He pointed at Camie, who casually stepped forward.

"Buddha's fat fucking chin." Izuku exclaimed while pretending to cough, leading to him getting hit by the old man's cane. "These eggs will have to learn the hard way, whippersnapper. Now, ready up!"

After entering the makeshift ring, Camie and Tetsutetsu faced each other while Gran Torino explained the rules. "The only rule is No Quirks allowed. Ready?"

"Yeah."

"Hell yeah, fam."

"Start!"

The two circled each other, looking for openings. From what Camie saw yesterday, Tetsutetsu had a stance similar to Izubro's mother. "Yo, steel boi, you a fan of Inko Midoriya?"

The boy lit up upon hearing her name. "Yeah! Inko Midoriya was and still is one of the boxers in this age. I heard she's planning to do her retirement match soon with her rival, Mira Fokal."

"Idk about Inko, bro. She's my best friend's mom." She pointed at Izuku, referring to him. Tetsutetsu lost his focus for a second. "She's that scumbag's mom?"

"Oi, don't call him a scumbag. Besides, keep your focus on me, fam." She lost her smile for a second there, not liking her friend getting called a scumbag. "He's more of a dirtbag."

"I'll say whatever I want, bitch." He shot back at her, trying to trash talk. She stifled a chuckle, knowing he's really bad at it. If anyone is a master at trash-talking, it's Trish. Bitch can cut through your feelings with a few words like Murry's sword cut through a sheet of metal. "You gotta have to try better than that, fam. Your trash-talking game is shittier than a LoL player's."

"I'll show you trash talk." He rushed forward, finally deciding to strike. She could tell that he didn't have a plan other than 'Punch, punch, and more punch'. "Got Momdoriya's stance but none of her skills. Easy picking."

She stepped forward into his punch. Tetsutetsu was smiling, thinking he got her. He suddenly noticed that she was going lower than he thought. He looked down to see where she was aiming with her fist. He tried to block it, but she was too fast. She punched his balls at full force while doing the splits.

He groaned in pain as he wobbled inside the ring, clutching his jewels tight as Camie stood up from her punch. She finished him off with a roundhouse kick to the liver. Tetsutetsu flopped down as fast as a sack of racks, the kick being too much to handle. Camie faced the crowd and bowed.

"And that's the basics of combat." Gran Torino pointed at the downed Tetsutetsu. Kirishima was the first to stand up and say his take on it. "She aimed for his balls! That's not manly."

"Did she win?" Seiji interrupted Kirishima before he could do any speech about manliness. The hardening user was taken aback by the meat user's question. "Should I repeat my question? Did she win?"

"Y-Yeah, but she cheated!" Kaminari joined in to back up Kirishima. Seiji rolled his eyes. "Immature idiots. She never cheated. Gran Torino specifically said that the only rule was to not use their quirk. She didn't use her's and neither did Tetsutetsu."

"But what she did was unmanly!" Kirishima wasn't someone that backs down easily. Seiji rolled his eyes again, unintentionally taunting the hardening user. "Would you rather save a life by being underhanded, or would you rather play fair and fail, mongrel. On the upside, at least you get to keep your manliness by playing fair, correct?"

"OOOOOOKAY," Izuku finally swooped in to cover Seiji's mouth. "As much as I would like to agree with you, Shishibro, I'd rather not provoke any unwarranted bitterness between classes. We already settled that two days ago."

It was no use. Seiji used his quirk to incapacitate Izuku and went back to his speech. "If you could not swallow your own pride to have a bigger chance, a bigger guarantee to save an innocent life, then you were never manly to begin with, mongrel. Why don't you transfer to this General Studies Course of yours and leave room for the ones who deserve to be in the Hero Course?"

Kirishima has had enough. The words from Seiji struck a nerve and he went in for the punch. It never hit since Murry blocked it. He smiled at both of them, but the two students could feel the intensity behind the smile. "Let's not start a war again, homies. Shishibro, you gave these foo' a verbal ass-kicking, but please, tone it down, homie. Kirishima, he's just criticizing your methods that would only work for so long. Nothing wrong with playing fair, just learn to be underhanded when it matters."

"What if they're underhanded all the time?"

"Hey, it's their choice. No point judging how people do things if it works, right, homes?" Murry told Kirishima, who had calmed down. Many of the UA students were shocked by how Seiji managed to strike a nerve on Kirishima, so much so that the redhead almost attacked him.

"Shishikura has a point," Aizawa finally decided to step in. "In this job, there is no such thing as fair or unfair, only the choice of action or inaction. As heroes, you always need to choose between those two. People with a similar power to All Might gets a pass since they could just get by with their brute strength, however, people who doesn't have an offensive or defensive quirk must use any advantage they could get. Remember that, brat."

"GAH! Buddha's fat fucking chin, I am not dealing with turning into a meatball again, thank you very much!" Izuku gasped for air after turning back into his original human form. Seiji bowed in apology. "I'm sorry, vice president, I simply desired to get my point across."

"Wait, wait, wait, wait, this useless nerd is your vice president?"

"You're the Vice President of the Botany Club, Katsuki."

"BY DEFAULT, IBARA!"

"Wait, Bakugou was the vice president of a Botany Club?" The tables have turned between Izuku and Katsuki. The both of them were about to go at it until they were stopped by Shoji and Kenshi, respectively. "Bakugou, calm down."

"I would ask the same from you, boy. No good comes out of bitter rivalries." Kenshi gently pushed Izuku away while Shoji pulled the explosive boy away. Gran Torino shook his head. "Thank you for wasting precious time, whippersnappers, now, choose a sparring partner and start training!"

Easily enough, everybody picked their sparring partners.

"Are you certain you don't want to pick Ojiro, Katsuki?" Ibara asked while barely ducking away from his right hook. "And what? Miss out on your hand-to-hand? Ojiro can wait, you need to learn how to handle yourself in a fight when the need arises."

"Hmm, if I weren't so smart, I would have mistaken this as asking me out." She teased him, which is a mistake, since it only made him more aggressive. "S-Shut up!"

"You sure leaving Trish on the hands of someone as big as Chifu a good idea, Izubro?" Camie swept with her left leg as Izuku jumped out of the way before rushing forward and trying to hit her with his cartwheel kick. She countered it by moving out of the way and kicking his hand mid-cartwheel, causing him to fall on his back. She pinned him down, gaining another win for herself. "Oh, she needs to learn about dealing with way bigger opponents. That, and watching her struggle like a rat caught in a hawk's talons seem entertaining."

"What, you like it when redheads talk trash to you and you also like it when they struggle, Izubro?"

"What the-?! No!" He looked away from her, embarrassed. "And stop sitting on me."

"Pssh, you're enjoying it, Izubro."

"Don't make me come over there, idiots."

"YES, SIR!" Both immediately went back to sparring after hearing the warning from Gran Torino. Both of them do not want everyone to witness their ass getting kicked by an old man again. Not after that one battle training.

"GAH!" Trish climbed up Chifu's body like a spider, trying to find any weak spots. She tried biting the clown heiress' horns to no effect. "Motherfucker, that tickles."

"I'll find a weak spot on ya! I swear I will!" She tried aiming for an eye with a punch only to be intercepted by a hand larger than her head. She was gently pulled down from Chifu's head like some oversized head louse. She tried biting Chifu's hand, but the clown's thick fur was in the way.

"WHY AREN'T YA ATTACKING ME, COWARD?!"

"Motherfucker, do you want me to break your entire skeletal system with a punch?" Chifu lifted an eyebrow while asking Trish the question without even losing her gentle smile. Trish finally backed down but bounced back quickly with more flurry of attacks. "Now that's the spirit, my good bitch."

"Okay, that's a good hit." Ojiro had Ochaco as his sparring partner after she kept begging him to let her test what she learned from Gunhead. "I gotta say, she's pretty good for a beginner."

"Just don't punch too hard or you'll end up hurting yourself." He instructed her as he parried one of her hits. "And don't just attack randomly. Look for any openings or you'll end up being," He sidestepped her kick which allowed him to grab her leg and sweep the other, knocking her down. She looked disappointed in herself. Ojiro sighed inwardly.

"Hey, you're just starting to take hand-to-hand combat seriously. You'll get better, trust me."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I mean, back when I started, my tail always got in the way and I kept tripping on it. Eventually, I developed my own style to complement my quirk." He swept her again, but this time, with his tail, to prove his point. She looked at him, a little impressed. That tag team match with Riku wasn't such a let down after all. "Just all of you wait, I'll catch up faster than any of you can keep up with."

"Dude, are you trying to tire me the fuck out?!" Awase said as Mineta jumped to the side to avoid his kick. The welder expected as much, but how long can this small guy keep moving? "How much cardio training did you have?"

"How many times do you jack off, Awase?"

"What? Ew, bro. Disgusti-" Mineta took that opportunity to come flying at Awase with a headbutt. The headband-wearing student of 1B fell for the count. "Did you seriously just say that to catch me off guard?"

"How else am I supposed to beat you?" Mineta asked the obvious rhetorical question. If he can't beat his opponents directly, he might as well outlast them in cardio. Still, using his quirk is his best chance at this one.

The hand-to-hand combat training went on until the afternoon

Later this evening...

Some did better than others. Others had a very rough awakening via their ass getting handed to them. With all that done, everyone was excited about the Test of Courage. The scarers and the ones who will have to walk through them were picked randomly by the teachers. The pairs, however, was done by drawing lots.

"YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO US!" Mina yelled while being pulled away by Aizawa along with Satou, Sero, Kirishima, and Kaminari. The ones who failed the exam will not participate in the event in exchange for extra classes back at the lodge. Riku and Inasa was thankfully just escorted by Gran Torino away.

"Now all that's left are the groups. Murry, and Camie are part of the scarers while the rest of our class are gonna be walking through this. I am not a fan of walking through this, my partner being," Izuku looked at Chifu. As much as he had paid his respects to his big friend, he knew she wasn't good with scary stuff. He's worried about her accidentally punching someone again or running away.

"Yo, where's Mineta?" He heard Awase ask Momo. "Oh, he said he's not joining. He's hanging out with Cruz and Kota or something. He's just scared." Awase facepalmed himself but entered the forest anyway with Momo.

"Okay, kitty cats, who's next?" Pixiebob asked. He was more or less avoiding the blue Pussycat member under the risk of her possibly annoying him. That, and he's a minor. He does not want to deal with Pixiebob being a shonen-con. Everything was going well, until…"

"Kid, on your backs!" He heard Kira's voice speak again in his head as he turned back to see two unfamiliar people. One had a large magnetic staff on them while the other looked like a Stain rip-off with a lizard mutation. "What the-"

It was too late. Pixiebob was pulled into the magnet staff and was knocked out. "Villain attack? How'd they find us?"

"Motherfucker, what is this?!"

"Everyone, get back! Villains are here!" Mandalay and Tiger got in front of them. "These may not be the only villains!"

"Not only… oh shit. THE KIDS!" Izuku realized that meant Cruz and Kota were in danger. He was about to run off but was grabbed by Chifu on the arm. "Slow down motherfucker, you gotta calm down."

"Calm down?"

"Isn't that purple motherfucker with the kids? You saw how he kicked Trish's ass two days ago."

"Kicking Trish's ass isn't exactly a big achievement."

"Maybe not, but he's smart. Besides, what would the villains even gain from attacking kids? Let's head straight to-" Chifu paused for a moment, turned around in a punching motion, and completely shattered the Lizard man's makeshift buster sword in a single punch. "Anyway, let's head straight to the guys already in the forest, they already in trouble."

"...This has got to be a jinx." He hesitantly followed Chifu into the forest. The Pussycats couldn't stop them since they were preoccupied with villains.

"Where the hell are those two going?" Seiji managed to catch Chifu and Izuku run into the forest. He can't afford to follow them now if he has the opportunity to assist the Pussycats in taking down the two villains with his quirk. Nagamasa was similarly frustrated, knowing he'd be more useful here. "Class Vice President Midoriya, Chifu...I hope you two know what you're doing.

Camp Invasion: Mineta's Side- Grape vs Clown

"AAAGH!" Cruz and Kota were crying as they just witnessed Carlitos blow Muscular's head off with a balloon. "Good. This guy is getting boring anyway."

"J-Just stay behind me, kids." Mineta was in front of them, slowly backing away at the same pace at them. Carlitos sharply turned his head to them, causing Mineta to flinch. "You're scared but you won't abandon a bunch of kids. Interesting. Now, how about we play a game?"

Before Mineta could respond, Cruz managed to pull the midget and his newfound friend down the cliff and into a tree branch. "BLACK STRING! BLACK STRING! Mineta's black string is connected to Carlitos'. I don't want him to die. Please, I don't want him to die!" Begging fate, he asked for Mineta's life to be spared, but he knew it would be inevitable. He didn't see any black strings connected between Kota and Carlitos. He only had to worry about one of the people he cared about.

Meanwhile, Carlitos was looking down the cliff, slightly amused. "Smart kid as always, eh, Cruz? Oh, what the heck? Might as well give them a headstart."

Camp Invasion: Murry's side- Smokin' Bullets

"Murry, is this-"

"No, homes, this gas ain't coming from me," Murry managed to protect Yui and Juzo from the dangerous gas with his quirk. "I'm going deeper into the smoke. I suggest you guys go back to camp."

"No." That was Yui's only answer. Juzo agreed with her. "We got better chances at taking out whoever is causing this with the three of us. You can shield us from the gas, right, Murry? We can take him down."

Murry looked at them for a moment before smiling. He unsheathed his katana and led the way. "I won't let you homies do anything stupid, and I ask you to do the same thing for me, aight? Let's go."

Camp Invasion: Katsuki and Ibara's side- Vines vs Teeth

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Katsuki exclaimed as he looked at Moonfish's growing teeth. He couldn't set off any big explosions since that would cause a forest fire. Todoroki's ice could only hold the quirk for so long.

"This is such bullshit." He was pulling his hair, finally deciding to let off a big explosion.

"You will not. Ruin. Our. Camping Trip." He heard a familiar voice come from the forest. When he looked, it was Ibara, with an uncharacteristic angry expression on her face. Or as angry as she could get. He could feel the malicious aura coming from her. Her vines started growing bigger and bigger, until it came face to face with Moonfish's teeth. "YOU WILL NOT HURT MY FRIEND, FOUL BEAST!"

Camp Invasion: Yosetsu, Momo, and Kenshi's side- Nomu Attack!

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING?!" Awase pointed at the monster in front of them. Momo had her bo staff at hand. They encountered the wolf, Kenshi, while they were walking through the forest, with the wolf opting to go alone in the Test of Courage. The nomu in front of them continued to stare. Kenshi was growling at it. "That would be similar to the monster that attacked us at the USJ. A nomu. Midoriya managed to kill one by disassembling its brain."

"Well, we're no Midoriya! Let's split!"

"Both of you children run. I will handle this monster." The wolf said to them through his growl. He was very familiar with these nomus. Animals were the subjects used for nomus until humans replaced them. He would not wish this fate on anyone.

"Absolutely not! We mu-" Momo was interrupted by the Nomu's roar following with eight of its limbs transforming into a chainsaw. "Okay, I agree, let's run."

Awase quickly grabbed Momo and started hauling ass. The last thing the two heard was a wolf's vicious bark followed by vicious biting sounds. They hoped he was okay.

Camp Invasion: Eraserhead and Gran Torino's side- Flaming Villain

"Villains are attacking the camp!" Everyone in the lodge heard Mandalay's message. Aizawa's eyes widened as he made way to the door to save his students. "Vlad, protect the kids here, Eraserhead and I will help outside!"

"W-What's happening?" Mina asked in a panic. Inasa was about to rush out to help, but he was quickly held down by Vlad King. Riku was nervous for her friends' sake. She's also frustrated by the fact that she was no help here. "If only I didn't fail the exam..." She wished she could cry, but she doesn't want to worry her mentor, Uwabami. She silently prayed for a miracle to whichever god existed.

"Got it!" Both of them made it outside only to hear a voice beside them. They turned around and saw a heavily burnt man with blue fire.

"Hey." And blue flames burst at them point-blank.

Camp Invasion: Camie, and Izuku's side- Bittersweet Reunion and a Mental Breakdown

Camie was not having a good time. She just heard about villains attacking the camp. "For fuck's sake, why is this happening?"

Even worse, some villain had some kind of knockout gas. She was dragging Trish and Setsuna's body across the forest until she heard a fight. "No one's here, so I'll just leave these two by the tree."

There, she found Tsuyu pinned on the tree by her hair while Ochaco was fighting some masked assailant. Her legs moved before she could think. With a running start, she dropkicked the knife-wielding villain away before they could slash her friend.

"Okay, fam, let's make this easy. How about you just give u- holy shit." Camie's arms fell to her sides as she saw who she just dropkicked. "No way."

"Please, I just need a drop of blood. I won't kill yo-" The knife-wielding villain stopped her request in favor of being speechless and dropping her knife. The girl removed her mask to reveal a beautiful face that looked like it hadn't had a good sleep for a while. The blonde hair, the buns, the golden eyes; it was all too obvious to Camie. They found her.

"Miko-baby?" She called out.

"Cam-chan?" The girl responded. She did it. She found her and Izuku's long lost friend.

"Yo, Camie, we came as fast as we could. Trish looks safe with th- what?" Fate was cruel. Izuku, to Camie, just had the worst timing in his life. Everyone was able to witness him drop the indifferent expression he wore for the longest time. It was replaced with something that was mixed with happiness, confusion, sadness, anger, and guilt. Ochaco and Tsuyu had no idea what was happening. Chifu felt dread crawl up her spine as she got the idea of what she's witnessing. "Oh, motherfuck."

"H-H-Himi-Himiko?" Once again, Izuku was reduced to a stuttering mess.

{- To Be Continued...

Just a brief match card:

Mineta vs Carlitos. (Yes, you heard me correctly. Watch as I bullshit my way out of this)

Murry, Yui, and Juzo vs Mustard

Ibara vs Moonfish

Kenshi vs Chainsaw Nomu

Eraserhead and Gran Torino vs Dabi

Camie, Izuku, and Himiko vs drama.

Oh boy, the next chapter might take a little longer to write.

Bakugou: Hey, as long as it gets out, I'm fine with waiting.

Yeah, the hardest fight that I'm gonna have to write is Mineta vs Carlitos. As everyone saw, Mineta was fated to die by Carlitos' hand. How will he survive? Well, let's find out together.

Bakugou: Well I do hope he turns out okay.

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