So, I'm trying something out. Today, there's gonna be TWO chapters. And on Thursday, there's gonna be TWO chapters.

I may do this whenever I have a busy schedule. Just testing the waters a bit.

Anyways, here's your chapter. Here's the Discord: /cgFmXz3qJ5


Quirks are like muscle fibers; when they are worn out and damaged, new stronger ones grow back. Emitter types would need to raise their maximum limit, while Transformation and Mutant types would train the part of their body related to their Quirk.

Take Ochako, for example. Why was she in a giant plastic ball, violently bounced around the training area? Why had God played this cruel prank on her? Well, from what Mandalay said, this trained her inner ear canals to decrease nausea and increased the amount of weight she could nullify.

...This was actual hell. Ochako felt sick bouncing around like that, and her training was some of the most severe. Compare it to everyone else!

Satou and Momo got to eat a bunch of sweets- sure, Satou lifted weights and Momo constantly made Russian nesting dolls, but at least they stood in one place. Iida ran around the field, running long distances to increase his leg strength and stamina. Tooru and Hagakure just played 'hide and seek'. Koda did vocal exercises to build up his vocal cords.

Todoroki sat in a drum, which was filled with water, and tried to regulate the temperature with his quirk. It was pretty simple, as it got his body used to freezing and helped him control the temperature of his flames. Kaminari ran his electricity through a high capacity battery to endure higher levels of electricity. Assumed it didn't fry his brain. Tokoyami screamed from the dark, and Ochako didn't want to know what the hell he was doing in there.

But, then there was...the more intense sort of training. Every so often, a large scale explosion appeared in the sky- Bakugou was the cause. His training plunged both his hands into a drum of boiling hot water to expand his sweat glands, and then exploded. It was increased his scale or whatever, I dunno.

Ochako groaned, as what had felt like hours and hours of rolling around came to a stop. She took some deep breaths, before forcing herself out of the ball. She crawled out weakly, towards Ragdoll and Mandalay at the refreshments table.

"W-what time is it?" Ochako groaned.

"9:00 AM!" Ragdoll said cheerfully.

"...and training stops?" Ochako asked.

Ragdoll just laughed. "Whenever Aizawa decides! Now, drink this water and get back in the ball!"

Ochako made a face. This sucked. And the next six days were going to be long, long, long...The Pussycats approached their training camp in an unusual manner. Ragdoll's Search quirk enabled her to know everything about who she placed her brilliant eyes on, including location and weaknesses. Her capacity was around 100 people, so watching 40 kids at once was helpful.

Pixie-Bob's Earth-Flow quirk could provide the ideal training environment—and for Ochako, it meant continually changing the Earth beneath her constantly rolling body. At the very least, she was skilled enough to roll as delicately as possible. Thank goodness no sharp edges leapt out of the earth and threatened to burst her ball.

Mandalay's Telepath quirk was self-explanatory. She may provide counsel to each pupil at the same time. Ochako's advice was unique.

"Space adaptation syndrome—motion sickness induced by an astronaut's inability to tell up from down in space. Confusion causes dizziness and nausea." Mandalay said. "Usually treated with medicines, most of which have unwanted side effects. It's happening to you."

NO DIP! The dizzied Ochako thought. Thank God Mandalay couldn't hear her.

"But it also has some other terrible effects, which is needed in the field of being a hero. The main one is reduction of situational awareness. If this were to occur during critical phases of fight, it could have a terrible result." Mandalay continued.

Ochako blinked. Wait, really? That sounded...pretty dangerous.

"Eraser mentioned you'd found some ways to mitigate that, by being able to 'toggle' zero gravity from 20% to 100%." Mandalay said. "But still- we want you to move more effectively in zero gravity. Hence the constant assault upon your sense of nausea. For training today, we want to primarily focus on trying to maintain some form of concentration. Pixie-Bob and I set up some markers- they're bright enough to notice. Try to remember the colors as you pass by. You'll have to focus on them, of course!"

So, Day 3 of Ochako's training was...remembering the colors of markers in the ground. While it sounded dull, Ochako was more determined to nail this task. Hearing about the space adaptation syndrome was an eye opening observation...

And maybe something she could weaponize.

As Ochako rolled around, she noticed a lot more students training. A few students in Class 1-B had some odd training methods as well- Sen Kaibara was wearing weights similar to the ones found on the teacher's during the exams. He was spinning them rapidly to try and increase his spinning speed. Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu (teehee, it's fun to write that) and Itsuka Kendo were training together, often swapping off with Kirishima and Ojiro.

But perhaps the strangest was...Monoma's training. Monoma was 'playing tag', but he was always 'it'. He would just run around touching anyone he can try to and force his Quirk to grow to rapidly exposing it to other Quirks.

Ochako felt embarrassed for him. And she was in a rolling ball.

Ochako came to a stop, and crawled out of the ball. When she stood up, she didn't feel...totally awful.

"So!" Ragdoll said, jumping over. "Order of the markers! Go!"

"Uh..." Ochako paused. "Blue, green, pink, yellow, yellow, orange, orange...purple."

"You suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure?" Ragdoll said, smiling like a troll.

"Yes. I'm very sure." Ochako said.

"Well, not bad! 7/8! There's no purple marker, silly!" Ragdoll grinned. "...I think!"

Ochako rolled her eyes. "I'm gonna get a drink." She walked over to the refreshment tables, where Izuku was taking a breather as well.

"Oh, hey Uraraka." Izuku said, using the cold of the water bottle to wipe some sweat away.

"Heya." Ochako said, grabbing a water bottle. "I have to say- didn't expect to get so accustomed to tumbling around in that ball."

"Yeah, you have...some weird training." Izuku nodded.

"How's your training with Tiger going?" Ochako asked.

"I have to do Tiger's signature workout routine of...what feels like doing a really, really stupid dance." Izuku said. "I'd feel weird, but I've seen how they're torturing everyone else. I can't complain." Izuku motioned over to Mineta- he was continuously popping balls off of his head to increase the durability of his scalp.

"KILL ME!" Mineta cried.

Ochako made a face. "Ergh. But, anyways...I was wondering if you and Iida could help me later. We'd need to be really secretive about it."

"You're thinking of training with your aliens here? I'm not so sure that's a good idea." Izuku said.

"Hence why I wanna practice something. I wanna find a way to link my quirk into my alien supermoves." Ochako said. "Like...a combo starter."

Izuku looked intrigued. "Go on."

"So, from what Mandalay said, I could technically 'stun lock' someone with my quirk using some motion sickness thing. After using some of my aliens for a brief moment on the first day of the trip, I kinda wondered...if I could mix my own quirk into the attack. I'd have to be quick about it." Ochako explained.

Izuku nodded. "You'd have to train your reaction time. Ben 10k has the added advantage of Master Control, so he can effortlessly combo attacks- we've seen that first hand."

"That's where I'm kinda stuck. I need you for technical support and advice and Iida for emotional support...and some light target practice." Ochako said.

"Fair enough. We'll need to find sometime tonight to do it...training ends at 5, right? Let's just say we need to go for a cooldown run." Izuku said. "Then we can spend 30 minutes training."

"Works for me." Ochako said, looking down at her watch. "Well, looks like break time is over. Back to the sphere for me."

"Does that thing even tell time?" Izuku asked as Ochako walked away.

"No idea!" Ochako yelled.

Izuku wiped some water from his mouth, and took a deep breath. He ached all over right now. This training was rough. The Quirk All Might gave him was more than he could handle, but Gran Torino taught him how to use it in a way that worked with his current body. What they both imparted upon him had gotten him this far, but going any further was all on him now.

Izuku crushed the water bottle in his hand, and took a deep breath. Tiger took note and grinned. "So! Ready to stretch that lame quirk until it rips apart?"

"Yes sir!" Izuku said, ready to resume his silly training dance.


Izuku held up a stress ball from his bag. "We're gonna start on a simple task. I want you to just throw up this ball and transform."

Ochako blinked. "Okay, that sounds simple." She said, taking the ball.

"Timing is key. I think you might have to transform at random to save some time." Izuku said.

"But what if I get...Grey Matter or something?" Ochako asked. "I don't wanna get crushed by the stress ball."

"I can assure you that won't happen." Iida said. "Just focus on yourself for now."

Ochako nodded. "Right, right...and apologies if Heatblast melts your stress ball." Ochako took a deep breath, before throwing the ball up in the air. She needed to get a feel of how much time she had. 5 seconds.

Ochako squeezed the ball, as Izuku and Iida took a few steps back. Ochako threw the ball up in the air, and her fingers went to the Omnitrix. She quickly activated it, but by the time the dial popped up, the ball was falling. Ochako caught the ball and huffed.

"This is gonna be annoying." She said, as she tried again. Same thing. And again. And again. Ochako knew it wasn't going to be perfect from the get go, but this was still very upsetting.

Ochako's thought process was this:

1. Throw the ball

2. Activate Omnitrix

3. Transform

4. Catch Ball

And it SHOULD be simple. It sounded so easy!

"I really wish I had Master Control." Ochako frowned. "Think Ben would be mad if I had Mei work on this thing?"

"YES." Izuku and Iida blurted simultaneously.

Ochako blinked. "Wow, you had that ready."

"I once went to Mei to try and get a crack in my helmet fixed. I left with the crack STILL in my helmet but a lot of questionable add-ons to my suit." Iida explained. "I refuse to let her near the Omnitrix."

"Fair enough." Ochako said, throwing the ball. She decided to watch the ball this time. Her fingers slid across the Omnitrix, but didn't activate the Omnitrix's dial. Instead, the faceplate started to flash pink. Ochako caught the ball and frowned.

"Dang it!" Ochako frowned. She looked back at the Omnitrix, and tilted her head.

"Something wrong?" Izuku asked.

"Yeah- it's flashing. I pressed it for a bit longer, I guess." Ochako said. "Never done that before."

"You haven't fiddled around with the Omnitrix before, have you?" Iida asked.

"I mean, SOMETIMES." Ochako said. "The way Ben explained it was like a really, really crazy smartphone."

Izuku put his hand to his chin, as Ochako threw the ball up again. He thought for another few seconds...before something clicked.

"Voice command." Izuku said.

"Huh?" Ochako said, as she caught the ball.

"What are the chances the Omnitrix has voice commands? It IS the most advanced piece of technology in the galaxy, but it has to have some simplified commands for other species." Izuku said.

"Even if it did, I doubt I could figure out how to use it." Ochako said. "...unless..."

Ochako tossed the ball over to Iida, who caught it. Ochako pressed the faceplate for a few seconds, and the pink light started flashing again.

"...Chromastone?" She asked. In a bright flash, Ochako was suddenly Chromastone. Her single pupil blinked, as she looked back down at her hands.

"How did you figure it out?" Iida asked, as he threw the ball back.

"When I got the Omnitrix, Ben also gave me a new cell phone since my last one got destroyed. One of the first things he showed me was the voice command function, and he pressed down the home button for a few seconds." Ochako explained, before she reverted back to human. "One of those...double meaning messages, I guess?"

"Subtle." Izuku said.

"Now, let's try this again..." Ochako said, throwing up the ball. She pressed the faceplate. "Four Arms!" She said, and in a bright flash, Four Arm's open palm caught the ball.

"Alright!" Ochako grinned. "Nailed it."

"Do it a few more times, then we can try some other options." Izuku said. After a few more attempts with some other aliens (Echo Echo, Upgrade and Shock Rock), Ochako tossed the ball back to Izuku.

"Alright! That problem was solved pretty fast." Izuku said. "I almost thought we were gonna be here for a half hour just watching you throw a ball up and down."

"Hey..." Ochako pouted.

"Now comes a bit more of a challenge." Izuku said, walking up. "Go easy on me, okay? I'm gonna be your 'practice dummy'."

Ochako blinked. "Huh?"

"Just 'freestyle' with me." Izuku explained. "Use your quirk to throw me off balance, and then follow up an attack with an alien."

"How does your quirk interact with your aliens, actually?" Iida asked. "I can't believe this hasn't been addressed."

"Oh! Well, my quirk just shuts off after I turn into an alien." Ochako explained.

"That can work to your advantage, then." Izuku said, snapping his fingers. "Throwing someone off balance like that can be a good distraction while you prep your next move."

"Okay. Here goes!" Ochako said, rushing at Izuku. She threw two punches right at Izuku's chest, before shoving him backwards. With 80% of his gravity reduced, Izuku was flying backwards. Ochako tapped the Omnitrix. "XLR8!" She yelled, and in the blink of an eye, Ochako's quick form was rushing over to grab Izuku's uniform collar.

"O-ow..." Izuku grunted.

"O-oh! Sorry, did I hit you too hard?" Ochako asked, setting him down.

"I'm fine, I'm fine." Izuku said, patting his chest. "You hit a lot harder than I thought you would."

"That was a pretty basic attack," Iida said, walking forward. "I feel like you could get a bit more creative."

"Chaining the attacks is hard enough as it is." Ochako explained. "I have to kind of shift my mindset from 'fighting as me' to 'fighting as XLR8'."

"Do you not plan your attacks out?" Izuku questioned.

"I mean, most of the time. Yes. But not on the fly." Ochako said. "I'm adaptable when I have prep."

Iida hummed. "Then you need to consider parallel processing."

"Huh?" Ochako asked.

"Parallel processing. It's something my brother incorporated into his fighting style way back when." Iida explained. "It's pretty easy to do. Everyone on Earth is capable of parallel processing on a daily basis, and subconsciously too. Let's say you're driving a car. That takes practice. Steering, acceleration, breaking, processing what's ahead and behind of him at all times. He learned all of those one by one, and practiced until he could do it altogether."

Ochako nodded. "Alright...sounds simple."

"Just focus on fighting as you and an alien subconsciously, and then maybe add a third if you feel like you can extend the attack even further." Iida said. "My brother always said- no matter the ability, it's power was built on the foundation of smaller parts."

Izuku looked down at his hand. "Bit by bit, huh..."

"Of course, it's not gonna happen INSTANTLY." Iida said. "It took my brother years to sync a 'wall jump' into a flip."

"I knew bringing you along for morale support was a good move." Ochako joked.


Bakugou was chopping away like crazy again. The potatoes were annihilated in seconds. "Damn, Bakugou. I haven't actually seen you be good at anything in a while." Kaminari joked.

"SHUT UP!" Bakugou yelled, slamming the knife down over and over again. "HOW CAN YOU SUCK WITH A KNIFE!?"

Mineta made a face. "How can you guys be so high energy?" The boy had a bandage wrapped around his head, a headache and massive sleep deprivation.

"How can you be so out of it?" Jirou scoffed.

"Uhhh, hello!? Remedial group!?" Mineta yelled. Kaminari, Ashido, Satou and Mineta were stuck in the remedial group for the week. Students who failed the First Term Final Exam stayed up with Eraserhead until 2 a.m. for extra lessons.

"You guys get to sleep from 9 PM to 7 AM!" Mineta whined. "It sucks."

"Well, maybe you should've studied a bit harder and been a lit less of...a coward during the practical." Momo said, making a face.

"Says the girl who could just make a bunch of bullshit to throw at a teacher!" Mineta cursed. "You can make bombs and stuff! JUST THROW THAT!"

Momo made another face. As crude as that statement was, he did have some truth to it. But that solution was needlessly violent and simplistic. No problem could be solved by blowing it up.

Bakugou turned his head away and sneezed.

Jirou sighed. "He's just cranky. You know how little kids are." She joked.

"I'M 15 AND A MAN!" Mineta cried out.

The joke about kids reminded Izuku of Kota. Where was that kid? It was dinner time for him as well, wasn't it? Izuku looked around, and saw Kota leaving through the forest. He raised an eyebrow. The heck was he doing?

Ochako walked over. "Whatcha looking at?" She asked.

"Kota. He just went into the woods..." Izuku said.

"We'll take him a plate in a little bit. Let's just eat and approach him later." Ochako said. "I'm kinda starving."


Kota's little corner of peace and quiet was a small mountain, not too far from the boarding area. It sat above all the trees, had a nice cave for him to chill in on rainy days and a beautiful clear view of the sky above. The stars were shining bright tonight.

Kota stared out into nothingness, and thought about nothing. This was a place where nothing was supposed to happen, so he wanted to keep it that way.

Then his stomach growled. He made a face.

"I bet you're hungry."

Kota's body shook, before his head swiveled over to see Izuku and Ochako, approaching. Izuku was holding a plate of food.

"Y-you two!? How'd you know I was here?" Kota yelled, pointing a finger at them.

"Sorry. We followed your footprints." Ochako explained. "Thought we'd bring you some food since you didn't eat with us."

"Here's some curry we saved." Izuku said. "It's really good-"

"Nope." Kota stubbornly said, turning his head away. "Don't want it. Like I said, I don't feel like fraternizing with you people."

Ochako made a face. Fraternizing sounded like a really eloquent way of saying 'dealing with your bullshit'.

"So just get away from my secret base." Kota huffed.

Izuku stared at him, still confused about the boy's perspective on life. "Ah, ok..." Izuku sighed.

"Improving quirks, stretching them to their limits...it's so gross. Flaunting your powers like that." Kota scoffed. "You really wanna want to go that far just to brag about your corny ass powers?"

Ochako blinked. "...I'm gonna tell Mandalay you said that."

Kota's face fell. "N-no! Don't tell her!" The boy begged. "She hates when I use that language-!"

Izuku chuckled. "We won't tell her. Sorry about that."

Ochako pouted. She really did want to tell Mandalay. Where would a child pick that up from?

(Pixie-Bob sneezed.

"Bless you," Mandalay said, not looking up from the dishes she was washing.)

"Kota...I was wondering something." Izuku said, setting down the plate. "Were your parents the Water Hose duo?"

Kota looked angry. "Mandalay opened her big mouth, huh?"

"W-what? No! Sorry! I just happened to hear about it, and judging from the context she gave...I thought that might be it. It was a terrible tragedy."

"We were just talking about you last night, after you fell. That popped up because we asked and-" Ochako sighed. "We just want to help."

Kota stared at them. "Screw you both. You're all freaking nuts! Calling yourselves heroes and villains, killing each other like idiots- all just to show off! It's so stupid!"

Ochako and Izuku glanced at each other. Both of them were very unprepared for this kid's baggage, and who could blame them?

"What?! Cat got both of your tongues?!" Kota yelled. "That's what I thought- now get the hell out!"

Ochako sighed. "Right, then we'll leave you-"

"Can I tell you...a weird story?" Izuku asked. Ochako looked at Deku, who was picking up the plate. "It's about a friend of mine who was in a...similar situation to you. He didn't inherit any quirks from his parents."

"...huh?" Kota asked.

"It's a rare occurrence, but it's been known to happen." Izuku said. "He still admired heroes, though. But in our society, someone without a quirk can't be a hero. For a while, he couldn't accept the truth..."

Ochako quickly realized this story wasn't about a friend.

"He rejected the fact over and over again, and before he knew it...he was faced with the truth." Izuku said. "If you keep rejecting everything, you're only going to cause yourself more pain. So...that's why-"

"You just don't know when to shut up!" Kota yelled, angry. "Get your asses outta here before I make you leave!"

Izuku sighed, and bowed his head. "Sorry I couldn't say anything of substance, then." He set the curry down, and walked off with Ochako.

Kota clenched his fists. He needed an outlet- he was filled with this indescribable rage, something that couldn't just be kept in check by saying nothing. He needed to let loose. As the two walked away, Kota walked over to a wall on the side of the mountain.

He bawled his tiny fist up, and punched the wall as hard as he could. A torrent of water shot out of his fist, and made a small crater in the wall. Kota breathed heavily, and bared his teeth.

"It never...ends with these idiots. All of them need to just shut their mouths." Kota huffed, before he returned to what he was doing.

Nothing.

Nothing with the pain deep inside his heart.