Chapter 64
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Professor Aizawa Theme]
The sun was beginning to rise on the third day of the training camp. The Wild Wild Pussycats had just finished setting up the training grounds and were now getting ready to wake up the students of U.A. But before they did, they helped themselves to the pork that was originally going to be part of the dinner for the classes, until some sort of commotion had happened the night before. Now all there was left of the meat was beef, which they would save for their dinner.
As Mandalay cleaned up her dishes, Pixie Bob, Ragdoll and Tiger went towards the bunkers, but the yellow Pussycat had a confused look on her face. "Um..."
"What's wrong, Ragdoll?" Tiger asked his female feline friend.
"Well, there's one less person in the boys' bunker, and there's one more person in the girls' bunker." Ragdoll replied.
"What?" Pixie Bob responded. "Wait...is it that midget student with the purple hair again?! I thought you taught him a lesson last night, Tiger!"
"I did!" The brown Pussycat said. "It seems that he failed to learn from it!"
"Wait, it's not him!" Ragdoll explained. "It's...Sora?"
[Silence]
"Huh?!" Both Pixie Bob and Tiger exclaimed.
"Where?" Pixie Bob questioned.
"He's...in the room assigned for the 1-A girls." The yellow Pussycat informed her.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Inasa Yoarashi]
Pixie Bob then had picked up the pace as she marched over to the women's bunker. "So, this kitten thinks he's a fully fledged lion huh? Sleeping in the den with the other female felines?" She opened up the door to the women's bunker and entered it. "And after denying my advance so adamantly last night. Was that just a ruse to trick us?" She was now outside the 1-A girl's room, with a very fiery and predatory look in her eyes. "It doesn't matter. Either way..."
The door slammed open, startling most of the girls and Sora awake. "Huh? What?" Most of them said as they jolted up.
Pixie Bob immediately saw Sora and pounced towards him, screaming out "NO BOYS IN THE SLEEPING WOMENS' BUNKER!"
Sora screamed and tucked and rolled out of the way, barely avoiding Pixie Bob's claws as she tried to grab his face, similarly to how she did Izuku near the beginning of camp. The other girls were immediately put on alert due to the noise, but before they could even say anything, The blue Pussycat already pounced at the Keyblade wielder again. "WHOA!" He exclaimed as he once again dodged her.
"You heard that other kitten's scream last night when he tried something like this!" Pixie Bob reminded him. "So you know just what you're in for when I get my paws on you!"
"Miss Pixie Bob, wait!" Ochako tried to explain the situation, but the blue pussycat didn't pay attention to her. She pounced again, this time moving much faster as she manipulated some of the earth below her feet to launch her towards him, breaking the cabin floor below her in the process.
"Yikes!" Sora once again dodged with his flowmotion and decided to just get away before more damage would be done inside the cabin. He blitzed out the door, while Pixie Bob chased after him.
"Wait, hold on!" Toru yelled out to the blue Pussycat, only to not be heard.
"Ribbit." Asui croaked in a concerned tone.
"This is bad." Kyouka commented.
The commotion woke up the 1-B girls, who rushed out of their room to see the 1-A girls. "What just happened?!" Itsuka asked them.
"Pixie Bob's chasing Sora! She saw him in our room and attacked him before we could explain!" Momo replayed the information to them.
"Wait, Sora was in your room?!" Setsuna asked, not knowing about what happened last night, due to not being there.
"He went to return the bag you gave him to us." Reiko explained to her, Pony and Kinoko. "Then the 1-A girls had him sleep there, because the boys were keeping him up."
"We gotta help him!" Mina spoke up, while the other girls nodded. They all then ran towards where Sora and Pixie Bob went.
Outside the cabin, Ragdoll told Tiger "He's coming out."
"Roger." The brown Pussycat replied as he got ready to attack. After three seconds of silence, the door to the bunker swung open and out came Sora, still using his flowmotion. "Got you!" He roared out as he stretched his arms forward with his quirk and attempted to wrap the boy around them like a pair of anacondas.
"AAAAH!" The Keyblade wielder summoned the Kingdom Key and jammed the tip of the blade into the ground before pressing his feet on the hilt and jumping off of it to avoid Tiger's squeeze attack.
The brown Pussycat quickly brought his arms back to him, then stretched his legs to get up to Sora's height before attempting to grab the boy again, but this time normally. "You cannot escape your punishment!"
Sora however defied that statement by calling the Kingdom Key to him and throwing it towards Tiger's outstretched hands, forcing him to stop the blade instead. "This is why I didn't want to sleep in there!" He said to himself, but the other Pussycats didn't hear him.
Pixie Bob, who now made it out of the bunker, launched herself up with the earth below her to try and tackle Sora, but the boy saw her coming and aerial dodged her pounce, before landing and kicking off her back and using his flowmotion to blitz away, towards the training ground. "After him!" Pixie Bob yelled out as she and the other two Pussycats crouched down like they were going to pounce.
"Let us explain!" Yaoyorozu, who was the first student out of the bunker tried to talk them down, but they were too late, as Pixie Bob used her Earthflow quirk to send herself, Tiger and Ragdoll after Sora at an incredible speed.
The other girls got out and saw them pursuing Sora. "Oh no!" Pony was worried for him.
The other girls then saw Mandalay run out of the main cabin, trying to figure out what the heck was going on. She radioed her team on her visor. "What the heck is going on!"
Ragdoll then explained to her leader. "Sora was found in the women's bunker while the girls were sleeping! We're chasing him now after he ran out of there! He's headed towards the training grounds!"
Before the red Pussycat could join in the chase however, she felt her arm get grabbed by Tokage's hand, which was detached from her body and holding Mandalay's wrist. The other hand was there too and it pointed towards the girls of 1-A and 1-B running towards her. "Sora's not the one at fault!" Most of them yelled out to her.
In the training ground, Sora was now avoiding dozens of rock constructs and obstacles that were made on the fly by Pixie Bob, while Tiger also attacked him, and Ragdoll, kept telling the pair where he was and where he was, helping the pair better fight the boy.
This was even more intense than his training, as he not only had to deal with the onslaught of rock monsters that Pixie Bob threw at him, but the attacks did not stop, even after he exhausted all his magic with spells, focus energy with multiple Ragnarok Shotlocks, and even switching to second form and building up enough energy for Ars Arcanum. They still kept coming. Not only that, but Tiger was also fighting and Sora was trying to just avoid him, not actually hit him.
Soon enough, he was swatted out of the air by a rock construct and grabbed by Tiger, who held him tightly in his arms. "Now then!" The brown Pussycat had his threatening aura on as he was about to do to Sora what he did to Minoru last night, amplified by a hundred, until Mandalay's voice was heard on the Pussycat's visors.
"Stand down!" She ordered them.
"What?!" The three of them shared the same exasperated expressions.
"The girls explained the whole situation." The red Pussycat told them. "Stand down and listen."
[Silence]
Tiger then dropped Sora, who jumped to his feet, jumped back a small distance, and summoned Two Become One and pointed it towards him, then to Ragdoll, then to Pixie Bob, then back to Tiger, then back to Pixie Bob, then back to Ragdoll. He kept shifting between them, because he didn't know who would pounce first. Then he heard footsteps behind him and saw Mandalay running towards them. The Keyblade wielder instinctively pointed his blade towards her to defend himself, but she raised her hands like she was going to surrender. "Hang on. The girls told me what happened."
"Please tell me they told you why I was in there." Sora replied, still keeping his guard up.
"Yes." Mandalay answered. "And they'll talk to the others about it too."
As soon as she said that, the other girls caught up to them. "Wait!" "Sora's innocent!" "He didn't do anything wrong!" "We let him in!" "He's not a pervert!" "He didn't do anything to us!" The collective clamoring of all the girls trying to speak, confused the three uninformed Pussycats.
"One at a time!" Pixie Bob screamed out.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST U.A. Corridors]
"Sora was woken up by the 1-B guys barging into the 1-A room and the two classes making a ruckus." Komori started.
"She, Tsunotori and I went there to give Sora a bag full of sweets that was his reward for stopping Mineta from peeping on us while we were bathing earlier." Setsuna said while Pony nodded.
"Sora then came to the girl's bunker to return the bag to me." Kendo stated as she showed the bag in question.
"He also came to get me for my supplemental classes." Ashido added.
"We noticed how tired he was and asked him why he was so tired." Asui spoke up.
"Sora then told us about what was going on in the boys' bunker and how he was thinking about sleeping outside so he could actually rest." Shiozaki told them.
"But I said that he should just sleep in the room with us." Hagakure informed them.
"Sora didn't like the idea and argued against it." Yaoyorozu told them.
"But then I used my quirk to transmit a soothing sound to him and he passed out." Jiro explained.
"The 1-A girls then tucked him in and made sure that he would get some sleep." Yanagi said.
"Mhm! Mhm!" Yui nodded multiple times.
"Tsu and I shared a mattress, so that nobody would double up with Sora and make his situation look worse." Uraraka said.
As all of the girls defended Sora's case, the three Pussycats then understood what happened and calmed down. Ragdoll meekly rubbed the back of her head in embarrassment. Tiger had his hands on his hips and shook his head disapprovingly at his actions. And Pixie Bob slouched down, looking like a sad pet who just got scolded by her master.
Mandalay then spoke to Sora. "Sorry about that. After the multiple incidents beforehand, we might have jumped to conclusions a bit too early. I guess we also forgot that you helped deal with one of them before as well."
The Keyblade wielder unsummoned Two Become One and then fell on his rear, exhausted as he no longer had adrenalin running through him "This is why I didn't want to sleep in there!" He screamed out. "Because this was going to happen, and then soon after, Mr. Aizawa is probably gonna scold me, and then I'm never gonna hear the end of it from the other guys in 1-A and probably 1-B too! Geez, I haven't even had my first kiss yet, and I'm getting in trouble for this?"
"We'll explain to your homeroom teacher what happened." The red Pussycat assured him.
"Explain what?" Another voice was heard, and she turned around to see Aizawa himself, as well as Vlad King, who both wanted answers as to what all the commotion was about. These two had already dealt with the boys last night and their pillow war. They really didn't have the patience to deal with the girls the morning after.
[Silence]
After Mandalay explained the whole situation to the pair, Aizawa head palmed and shook his head in annoyance. He then spoke up. "We've already punished you all last night, by removing the meats for your nikujaga." The girls and Sora had a negative reaction to that, but they let him continue. "Since this was an honest mistake, I'll let you off with a verbal warning." He then looked at Mina. "The next time you're late for your supplemental classes Ashido, one of the Pussycats will drag you out, instead of Sora coming over and asking nicely."
"Eeek!" She yelped before replying. "Yes sir."
He then looked to the Keyblade wielder. "And Sora, while you did ask for permission. The next time that you want to give or return something to one of the girls and it's curfew hours, wait the day after."
"Yes sir." The boy understood as he got back on his feet.
"Go get changed. Since you're all awake, you're starting your training immediately."
"Yes sir!" They all said in unison as the girls went back to their bunker, while Sora went to the men's bunker to change. Aizawa and Vlad went with him and woke up the boys from both classes, having them start their training immediately as well.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Momo Yaoyorozu]
In the men's bunker, all of Class 1-A and Class 1-B were abruptly woken up by Sora, who did not hesitate to cast Aero in each of the rooms, flinging pillows, blankets, mattresses and a few of the more lightweight students around the rooms. This immediately woke up the boys in both classes and had some of them use their quirks on impulse to defend themselves. When the spells ceased flinging everything around, Sora yelled out. "COMING IIIIIN!" Before he opened up the door to 1-A and said, "Get dressed. Mr. Aizawa wants us training now." He then went to 1-B's room and said "Get dressed. Vlad King wants you training now."
As the boys of both classes recovered from their abrupt awakenings, Sora left with a slightly accomplished look on his face. While he normally wouldn't do something like that, after what happened last night, and with what happened a few moments ago, he felt a little bit salty towards his fellow male students for putting him in that situation. This was just him getting back at the groups for his chain reaction of misfortunes.
Sora got himself dressed in his gym uniform, while the other boys entered the room, all looking at him with slight annoyance. "You could have just woken us up normally." Ejiro said to him.
"After what you all did last night?" The Keyblade wielder remarked. "I'm just returning the favor."
A lot of the students were surprised and Mashirao replied. "I didn't take you for the type to hold a grudge, Sora."
"Usually no." Sora stated. "But after you guys made enough noise to not only remove meat from our nikujaga, which by the way, is not cool guys." The boys felt a bit bad about that. "You also were loud enough for the girls to have me sleep in their room and get me in trouble this morning with the Pussycats!"
Denki and Minoru heard that and their eyes were opened up so wide that Sora was surprised they were bulging out of their sockets. The pair then screamed out "YOU SLEPT IN THE GIRLS ROOM LAST NIGHT!"
Sora slightly flinched but before he could reply, Tenya spoke up. "What is the meaning of this!? Why were you even there to begin with!? I know you're not one to commit such shameful actions, so there has to be an explanation!"
Rikido then answered for Sora. "He went to return a bag to the 1-B girls. He asked Mr. Aizawa when he took us to the supplemental classes, last night."
"He let him go there, and told him to grab Ashido while he was there." Hanta added. "Since she showed up a while after he left, he probably got there and told her."
"Yes." The Keyblade wielder confirmed. "Then the girls saw how tired I was, and before I could leave to sleep outside, Kyouka put me to sleep with her earphone jacks and...well I don't know what happened after that. I guess they tucked me in, cause I woke up under a blanket on a floor mattress."
There were envious looks on Kaminari and Mineta's faces as they uttered out "Not fair..."
Then Sora continued. "Then because of that, I then woke up to Pixie Bob coming at me, thinking that I was doing something that Minoru would try, and then she, Tiger and Ragdoll attacked and almost punished me for something that wasn't my fault. I was lucky enough to have Mandalay stop them after the girls explained the situation to her."
The boys were all dressed in their gym uniforms and walked out of the bunker, ready to go, but silently dreading their training for today. They saw the girls walking out of their bunker, also dressed in their gym uniforms as well. All of 1-A and 1-B were outside, and just like that, their training resumed.
[Silence]
Once the students of both classes started their training for the day. One thing was made very apparent. All of the boys, minus Sora, had their training tripled in intensity. This was probably their punishment for last night. While the girls and Sora felt a bit bad for them, that was what they get for causing so much noise last night.
The other thing that was noticeable, was that Sora's training started less intense than it normally would, but then it eventually picked back up to how it was yesterday. This was probably an apology from the Pussycats, considering what they did to him earlier. While the boy was glad that he was given some flack at first, he appreciated that he wasn't given this special treatment for long.
As the day went by, the 1-A students that had taken the supplemental classes were now starting to falter, and Aizawa noticed this. "Hey, remedial group." He called them out as he used his scarf to force Ejiro back up. "Keep at it."
"Yes sir." Kirishima struggled to say.
"Sorry..." Mina replied. "...But I need more beauty rest..."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST U.A. High School Support Department]
"Who knew yesterday's extra lessons..." Denki began.
"...Would go on until 2:00 in the morning..." Hanta continued.
"...And start back up at 7:00." Rikido finished.
"I told you it'd be tough." The 1-A Homeroom teacher reminded them. "Remember, you're not just improving your quirks, you're also working to overcome the many weaknesses I saw in the finals. Think carefully about why you're more tired than the other before you start whining. You have much to improve here."
"Right! Yes sir!" The five of them said in unison, as they all straightened up.
"The same goes for the rest of you!" Aizawa called his whole class out. "You may not have failed, but you all came very close! I'd say you all passed the proverbial finish line by only a hair!" As all of the 1-A students took that comment in, he continued speaking to them all. "Don't lose focus! Each of you can move faster! And no matter what you're doing, just remember where you started from! Don't forget who you were before U.A.! Always keep in mind why you're sweating and why your limits keep getting tested! That's what it means to improve!"
[Silence]
As the 1-A students took that lesson in, Izuku then remembered something and went over to his teacher. "Hey. That reminds me, Mr. Aizawa? It's already the third day of camp."
"Weren't you listening? Stay focused." The Homeroom teacher told him.
"I was just wondering if All Might...I mean...the other teacher from U.A. will be joining us?" Midoriya asked.
"Like I said before we came out here." Aizawa reminded him. "To keep the camp a secret from the Villains, hardly anyone knows where we are."
"That's why you get to work out with us four Pussycats!" Ragdoll exclaimed.
"And think about it." The Homeroom teacher continued. "We believe All Might is one of the League's targets, so we can't have him here. It's for your own safety. For better or for worse, that's what he gets for standing out so much." He then walked away.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Among Kosei]
"MeowMeowMeowMeow!" Pixie Bob then had an announcement for everyone. "More importantly, tonight's gonna be fun! Tonight, we're pitting classes against each other in a test of courage! I know you've been training hard today, and later you'll get to play hard! How's that for a reward?!"
"That just sounds like more training." Itsuka pointed out.
"And training in the dark no less." Kyouka added.
Over at the entrance to Fumikage's training cave. "Revelry in the dark."
While some students, who were within ear range of both of those comments, wondered how Tokoyami heard that so clearly from so far away, Hiryu uttered out "How much can we do in one day?"
Neito let out a dry and exhausted chuckle. "At least we get to beat class 1-A am I right?"
"Don't slack now!" Pixie Bob cheered out. "Make sure you keep on pushing yourself as you work!"
"Yes ma'am!" Everyone replied in unison.
And just like that, everyone went back to their training. In spite of it being grueling and merciless, The students pushed on anyway, because that's what it meant to Go Beyond, to be Plus Ultra, like the U.A. school motto said.
[Play KH2.5 Remix OST Keyblade Graveyard]
As the sun began to set, the Villains atop the cliffside watched as the students had finished their training for the day. The Figure then spoke up. "About time, you three showed up."
Behind the group of eight, three more Villains joined their side and one of them spoke up. "Terribly sorry. I know it's not good to arrive late to a performance." Mr. Compress took off his top hat and bowed, before placing it back on his head.
"Sorry that I'm late, boss...LATE!? YOU GUYS ARE JUST HERE EARLY!" Twice spoke up, as he now sprouted a new look. Instead of some dirty clothes and a paper bag over his head, he now wore a mostly black bodysuit that covered his whole body with grey stripes that were made to resemble the letter T on the upper part of his body, and the letter W on the lower half of his body, and grey boots along with the suit. He also had a mask that went with the look, having a grey upper half and a black lower half. He also wore red and green wristbands that seemed to carry sharp metal measuring tape inside it.
The last one with them was actually not a new recruit. It was instead a Nomu, with mint green, muscular skin. It wore black trousers, ripped just above the kneecaps with a brown belt holding them up, and had a purple helmet with two red visors that protected most of its exposed brain. It also had a metal gag attached to it, which the Nomu's teeth were pressed against.
"And that's all eleven." Dabi said with a smile on his face. "We strike at nightfall. Everyone, get into your assigned positions. When you see my fire, go nuts. Just remember our targets and make sure not to kill them. Shigaraki wants one of them for himself." He then pointed to the Figure. "While he wants the other for himself."
The Villains nodded and they all split off. Toga went alone, as well as Mr. Compress, Mustard, Muscular and Moonfish. Spinner and Magne were together, while Dabi, Twice, the Figure and the Nomu were together.
[Silence]
Back in the camp grounds, the students, now in their clothes they chose to wear for the camp, were preparing their dinner once more. As Sora and Katsuki were both quickly and very efficiently cutting up vegetables for the nikujaga, Ochako had a comment for one of them. "Wow! Bakugo, you're really good with that knife! It's weird."
"What do you mean it's weird?!" The explosive student replied. "How can you people be so damn bad at everything?!"
"Look at that." Denki said as he walked by. "He's not blowing stuff up."
"I'm too tired for this." Kirishima grumbled as he tried to help prepare the food as well.
"It's not that they're bad, Short Fuse." Sora stated. "It's just that, out of all the things that you could be really talented at, cooking was probably not one of the things that the others would have guessed."
"I don't trust anyone to make my food, not even my Old Hag." Bakugo explained.
"Dude. She's your mom." The Keyblade wielder defended Mitsuki. "At least call her that."
"I don't care!" Katsuki retorted before he went back to explaining how he got good at cooking. "I taught myself and learned what foods would help me grow as strong as possible."
[Play KH3 OST The Little Chef]
While Sora didn't like how Bakugo treated people, he couldn't deny that there was at least a little bit of respect between them. While still very small, the two could at least agree that learning how to cook, especially for yourself, was a worthwhile investment of your time. They could also agree that without any meat, it was going to be difficult to make this stew taste good, but both boys took that challenge and did their best anyway.
The pair each took their own pans, saucepans, and small and large pots and got to work with what they each prepped. They blanched the greens that they had and placed them in their small pots, before setting them aside to add in later.
Next up, the pair each took a box of shirataki noodles and cooked them as instructed, by first rinsing them well, then filling their saucepans with water, and boiling it. They then put the noodles in and Sora added a small dash of vinegar to his. They cooked the noodles for about three minutes, before draining the water from their pots and moving the noodles to a hot dry pan to cook them.
The pair then took their large pots and added onions and cooked them. Then they added their potatoes and coated them with oil. Then they added the vegetables and moved the shirataki noodles from the pan into the pot. Then the pair added the seasonings of their choosings and waited.
As they were cooking, Sora noticed that some of the other guys were still trying to set their things up. While the boy wanted to help them, he was instructed not to by Mr. Aizawa. He apparently discovered that Sora was meant to cook for the winners' class, so as a method of punishment, he was not allowed to help any of the other boys with their cooking. He could however help the girls, so he did that while his nikujaga cooked.
[Silence]
As the Keyblade wielder was helping Asui, he was within ear range of Shoto who spoke to Izuku. "Did you need All Might for a particular reason? You asked Mr. Aizawa about him."
"Yeah, um...I did." Midoriya confirmed. "Because of Kota."
Sora had finished helping Tsu by the time that was said and then walked over to his friend. "Mandalay's kid?" He asked. "Why do you need All Might for that?"
"Well, Kota doesn't like Heroes...actually he hates the whole concept of superhumans, quirks and everything." Izuku reminded Sora. "I tried to talk to him, but I think I just made things worse."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Anguish Of The Quirkless]
He put some cut logs under his grill as he continued. "I was just wondering what All Might would have done to help him if he'd been here. I mean, what would either of you say to him?"
Todoroki was the first to reply. "It depends."
"Depends on what?" Sora asked.
"To have a complete stranger try to change your mindset sounds like a pretty irritating conversation." Shoto explained. "What matters are actions. You have to show him what you're trying to prove, right? If you're going to rely on words alone, then they better be incredibly powerful."
"Oh yeah. True." The Keyblade wielder agreed with that. "What you say doesn't matter nearly as much as what you do. You can't tell him that his views of you are wrong. You have to prove them wrong yourself a few times, and then he'll start to believe you."
As Izuku took that in, he remembered something similar that happened to him, long before he met these two, before replying "Yeah. You're right. I went about this the wrong way. I mean, how can I, a stranger, say anything to him?"
"I don't know what your goal is when it comes to this child." Todoroki said. "But it sounds to me like you shouldn't be sticking your nose in a delicate situation. You tend to cut to the heart of people's feelings. It can be annoying."
"Right...sorry about that." Midoriya remembered when he did that to the ice user at the Sports festival.
"I'm not." Sora replied. "For you, it worked out for the better."
[Silence]
"Then why don't you talk to this Kota guy?" Shoto proposed.
"I've only known him for a day." The Keyblade wielder said. "I know why he hates them, but I can't do anything about it right now. What you said is honestly the best way to go about it. The only thing is, if Kota chooses not to watch us, then we can't help him change his mind." Sora then noticed that his nikujaga was ready to be removed from the grill. "Oh! Gotta go!" He then ran to his pot and took it off, letting it cool while he went back to helping the other girls with their cooking.
[Play KH3 OST Cooking -Excellent-]
Once his was cooled down enough, he added in his blanched greens and then reheated them. After that, he helped the other girls before digging into his and enjoying his nikujaga, in spite of there being no meat in it at all.
[Silence]
It was nightfall now. After everyone else finished cooking and eating their servings as well, the students then did the dishes and had a brief rest before they all followed the Pussycats and the Homeroom teachers out into the forest, until they found a small segment that wasn't covered in trees.
"Perfect!" Pixie Bob spoke up. "We filled our bellies and cleaned the dishes! It's time fooooooor..."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Closing Ceremony]
"The totally awesome test of courage!" Ashido exclaimed.
"We're gonna win!" Kaminari, Kirishima, Sero and Sato said in unison.
They were all excited to play.
[Silence]
"Not so fast." Aizawa stopped them right there. "It pains me to say it, but the remedial class will be having lessons with me tonight instead."
Mina broke when she heard that. "YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING MEEEEEEEE!"
"Sorry." The 1-A Homeroom teacher sarcastically apologized to them as he bound them all with his capture scarf. "Your training during the day didn't impress me, so I'll be using this time too."
"Aw give me a break! I just want to prove my courage!" All five of them said in unison as they were dragged away.
"You too, Monama." Vlad pointed out.
"Eugh...yes sir." Neito did not resist and just followed his teacher back to the main cabin.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Combat Training]
When they left the area, the Pussycats then explained how the test of courage would work. "Okay. So, Class 1-B is going to start out as our scarers." Pixie bob started. "When they're in place, class 1-A will leave in pairs every three minutes! There are tags with your names on them at the far end of the route. Your goal is to collect those!"
"Revelry in the Dark." Fumikage said.
"Now, those who are scarers aren't allowed to make physical contact." Pixie Bob continued. "Use your quirks to terrify the others. Got it!?"
"The winners are the creative students who make the most people piss their pants!" Tiger announced.
"Did we need that visual?" Jiro uttered out.
"I see!" Iida spoke up. "They're encouraging us to stoke our imaginations while competing with each other, all while showing us more uses for our quirks in the process! AS EXPECTED OF U.A.!"
"All right!" Pixie Bob then had multiple tags in her paws. "Everyone, draw to see who your partner will be!"
The students of 1-A drew the number tags and it went as follows.
Pair 1 was Fumikage and Mezo.
Pair 2 was Katsuki and Shoto.
Pair 3 was Kyouka and Toru.
Pair 4 was Momo and Yuga.
Pair 5 was Ochako and Tsuyu.
Pair 6 was Mashirao and Minoru.
Pair 7 was Tenya and Koji.
Pair 8 was Izuku and Sora.
Since an odd number of students left for the supplemental lessons in this 21 person class, that left an even number of students to compete, so nobody was going to be alone for their test. Good thing too, because if someone else left, then Midoriya or Sora would have probably had to go alone, seeing as they drew the last number.
Some people however were not happy with their pairings. Bakugo went to Ojiro and growled out "Listen up, Tail. Trade with me." He did not want to be with Todoroki.
"Aoyama...please switch me partners, so I can be with her." Minoru begged him.
Yaoyorozu was very much uncomfortable, and her French partner noticed this. He defiantly and repeatedly shook his head in refusal. He was not going to subjugate his current partner to his perverted classmate. Sora was proud of that and said to himself. "When we get back home, I'm going to cook him the whole Bistro menu for that."
"Revelry in the Dark." Tokoyami said once more before he and Shoji entered the forest that 1-B had occupied.
[Silence]
No screams were heard. Three minutes passed and then Katsuki and Shoto entered the forest as well. There were still no screams, but they did hear a laugh that seemed to come from Juzo. Another three minutes went by and then Jiro and Hagakure entered the forest. Now screams could be heard as the two girls were easy to scare. Another three minutes went by and then Momo and Yuga entered. Screams were still heard, but they were more from pair three, then from pair four.
Another three minutes went by and now it was time for pair five to go. "Next team!" Pixie Bob cheered over the screams of the other students in the forest. "That's you two kittens, Ribbity and Miss Floater!"
As the pair went in, the screams of pair 3 echoed and Uraraka said "I'm getting scared Tsu. And those screams aren't helping."
"That's Kyouka and Toru I think." Asui guessed as she offered her hand to her partner. "Here, take my hand. Don't be afraid. We'll look out for each other. One step at a time." Ochako took her hand and nodded, still scared, but willing to continue with Tsu.
Deep in the forest, Itsuka, Yui and Honenuki were together and Juzo let out another laugh as he complimented his not so talkative classmate. "Nice going, Kodai! You've managed to scare everybody so far, you big creeper!"
"Yeah! You're the star of the night!" Kendo said with a thumbs up.
Yui nodded while Honenuki spoke up. "I can't get over how funny Bakugo and Todoroki were, HAHAHAHA!"
Minutes prior to this conversation, Shoto and Katsuki were walking by the area the three were at, and out of a softened section of ground, came Kodai's head, looking dead, which actually got a reaction out of the two serious boys. They didn't scream, but they were a little creeped out.
Back in the present time, Juzo commented on that. "I thought they were tough. HAHAAAAHAHA!"
Itsuka then caught a whiff of something odd. "Hey. Smell that? I think there's something burning nearby."
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"Huh?" The boy then noticed some visible gas approaching them. "Now that you mention it, it's kind of smoky out here. Maybe Bakugo and Todoroki got so scared that...they..." He breathed in the gas and he was soon knocked out from it.
"Honenuki!" Kendo was concerned for his classmate, before realizing the situation she was in. She quickly enlarged her hand and wrapped it around her female classmate, while covering her nose and mouth with her other hand. "Yui! Don't breathe it! The smoke! It's poisonous!" A portion of the forest was now covered in this purple fog like gas, knocking out everyone who was unfortunate enough to not see the danger before breathing it in.
Back at the starting area, Pixie Bob caught a whiff of something else. "What's this foul smell in the air?"
Izuku then noticed a blue glow in the distance as well as ash like smoke coming from it. "You see that?"
"Black smoke." Mandalay saw it too.
"That's...smoke from a fire." Sora realized.
"Has something been set ablaze?" Tenya wondered.
"Maybe a fire on the mountain?" Mashirao correctly guessed.
In the center of the burning section of the forest, stood Dabi, promptly giving the signal to begin the attack. He then spoke to himself. "Now...it begins. Take them down, those who believe they deserve the title 'Hero'. We...the Vanguard Action Squad of the League of Villains...will tear them off their pedestals."
In the center of the purple fog covered section of the forest, Mustard was using his quirk to do as much damage as he possibly could. He said that he was going to prove his worth, and now he could. He could already sense multiple bodies dropping due to his gas.
In another section, near the far side of the forest, Himiko Toga saw Uraraka and Asui walking by, and had a curious look in her eyes. These two girls looked lost and she was hoping to make some new friends except her idea of friendship meant sharing some blood with her.
In another section of the forest, on the opposite end of Himiko's side Moonfish walked along the path that was in front of him, searching for future victims, as well as his targets. He had a job to do after all. Close by, Fumikage and Mezo were approaching him, not knowing that he was there.
In another section of the forest, near the perimeter, of the test of courage area, Mr. Compress began his search for one of the targets. While he was getting in position and waiting for the go ahead, he saw one of them pass by him. He just needed to find him now.
In another section of the forest, in the exact center of the area, the Figure was kneeling down and had his hand plunged into the ground, while Darkness emanated from it like a black mist. Hundreds of pairs of glowing yellow eyes were now visible in many directions as pools of darkness formed everywhere. His red eyes glowed from under his hood and he let out a dark chuckle.
In another section of the forest, near where the League came from, the real Dabi and Twice were there, and the blue flame user ordered the Nomu that was placed under his control to attack and kill anyone he sees, except for two specific students.
Back at the starting area for the test of courage, Pixie Bob was suddenly glowing pink and was being pulled towards something. "H-HEY! What's happening to me!?" She freaked out.
"Pixie Bob!" Mandalay yelled out to her ally, before seeing the blue Pussycat's attacker.
Magne, who used her quirk to pull her in, used her massive magnet and slammed it on the Pro Hero's head, shattering her visor, drawing blood and instantly knocking her out. "First, let's get rid of these feral cats." She said to Spinner, who had one foot on her throat.
"No way..." Minoru was terrified when he realized what was happening. "I thought they made sure that no one could find us...so why the heck are their Villains attacking this place!?"
"Pixie Bob!" Izuku attempted to go to her, but was stopped by Mandalay and Tiger, who got in front of him.
"This is bad." The red Pussycat said as she got ready to fight.
Sora summoned Two Become One and also got ready to fight, but then noticed his friend had a very concerned look on his face as he looked around for someone, only to not find whoever he was looking for. "What's wrong?" He asked him.
"Kota's not here." Midoriya told him.
Elsewhere in the forest, on a cliffside mountain, Kota, the boy in question was seeing the dark smoke, the purple fog, the black mist, all of it. And he was very confused. None of the students or Pro Heroes here had these quirks and he had no idea what was going on.
Behind Kota, Muscular, still wearing his cloak and mask, had walked around from behind the rocks, finally seeing the signal for him to let loose and kill. He waited long enough, and now his patience was rewarded, as he saw who he had decided to make his first victim of the night.
And so...it begins. The Vanguard Action Squad of the League of Villains will now introduce themselves to the the Pro Hero candidates of U.A. high, and soon enough...the Figure will introduce himself to Sora. Place your bets people! Who is the Figure, under the hood!? Because when this attack is over, you can grantee that he will no longer be known as 'The Figure' anymore. Also, expect a more vicious struggle, as now unlike U.S.J. where the League and Heartless arrived in two separate waves and attacked on their own, this time, they arrived and attacked together. Hope you enjoyed this chapter, and until I decide to upload again. ;)
P.S. I will also have 3 Polls that will remain open until this ark is finished. They will all ask a question that will be answered in this story very soon. Have fun voting.