*This Omake is cannon.
*This Omake takes place immediately after the events of Ch.69 Trails and Tribulations. And right before the events of Ch.70 Dark Forest.
Omake: Pillow War
Exhaustion. That emotion seems to be the only thing Class A's boys have been experiencing the last few days. All because of the extreme training regimen Mr. Aizawa's set for them.
But tonight's a little different. It's a good kind of exhaustion. Like that experienced after a pleasant trip, like say a long hike in the mountains surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature. As a result, most of the boys are in high almost serene spirits as they enter their dorm for the night.
"What a day." Hitoshi Shinso groans albeit with a satisfied smile. "At least it was different." He admits while setting his futon and pillow on the ground.
Mezo Shoji walks up behind him, placing a hand on his shoulder. "You said it. But at least the scenery was beautiful."
Rikido Sato fleshes them both a grin as he steps inside the shared room. "Yeah. And hey a barbeque on a mountain top? Talk about a picnic, am I right?"
Overhearing them from across the room, Katsuki Bakugou flinches in anger, grinding his teeth until he manages to spit back at them. "Yeah, it was a fucking walk in the park."
A park that was laid out with traps, flying bombs, gossips, and a literal maze.
Izuku Midoriya, for once, empathizes with him on this. "Yeah. A real pleasant stroll." He adds rather sarcastically despite how tired he is.
But that just has those like Hanta Sero even more curious. "What exactly happened to you two out there? Are you two-HUH?!" He gasps, exaggerating his reaction by grabbing his own face. "GETTING ALONG!?"
Everyone else flinches in shock, echo one does a double take unsure if that's even possible.
But Izuku is quick to deny anything. "I wouldn't say we're getting along…"
"More like tolerating." Bakugou shrugs, acting like it's no big deal.
"Yeah."
Shinso gives them both a discredited look. "Still weird that you're even agreeing."
Eijiro Kirishima laughs along with it all, although he is curious too. "Man, I kinda wish we could have watched you guys take your Remake Exam. I bet it was really cool!"
Sero's not so sure. "Yeah. But then again, they were up against the Wild Wild Pussy Cats. So, I bet it wasn't that hard."
Sero instantly feels a chill down his spine he can feel Midoriya's and Bakugou's glares drilling into the back of his skull.
"I guess we'll never know." With a huff he turns away, grabbing his backpack so he can grab his PJs. "What happens in the woods stays in the…woods"
Izuku pauses, staring down into his bag, where a spiteful looking Kraab is grinning up at him with a nasty twinkle in his eye.
From inside the bag Kraab projects the smallest of holographic screens, small enough for no one to notice but large enough for Izuku's eyes only. And on it plays the scene of Izuku breaking down under Mandalay's interrogation.
That's when lightning strikes the teen as he realizes that the bastard of a robot had somehow recorded the entire Exam without him ever noticing.
Kraab expression says it all: he doesn't care if it exposes him, he is gonna show this to fucking EVERYBODY!
Izuku immediately shoves him deep into the bag, causing Kraab to flail but Izuku presses down harder, even stuffing a blanket inside to silence him.
"S-sorry my lips are sealed." He tries to play if off like nothing's wrong, despite the fact his bag is mysteriously thrashing around under his weight.
But people don't seem to like that.
"Boo!" Denki throws his pillow, and it smacks into Izuku's face, hard. "Lame! We want the truth!"
"Yeah!" Sero roars alongside him.
Suddenly the pillow is whipped right back at their heads, but they duck, allowing the projectile to whiz by before slamming into the wall.
They peer up only to see that the greenette has his back to them, acting like nothing happened at all.
But they're not that dumb!
"Midoriya returned fire!" Sero gets up and screams.
"Then it's war!" Denki roars along with him.
Suddenly and without warning Sero has Izuku tied up in tape, surprising the greenette. "Spill the beans, Midoriya!"
Izuku goes quiet after the initial surprise, his hair covering his eyes, casting a shadow over his face. "So, this is how you wanna play this?"
Sero pulls on the tape. "We won't let you rest until we find out what happened."
"Give us the deats, Midoriya!" Denki throws the pillow with all his might, letting it whip through the air like a fastball!
Without even looking, the boy slides away, ducking around just as the bullet of a pillow zooms through the air before crashing into an innocent's face.
"Gaha!" Shinso is the first casualty of war as the pillow smacks into his face, throwing him to the ground.
Denki goes cold watching in horror as the zombie boy slowly rises to his feet.
"So, you've chosen death?" Shinso sways like he's in a trance, bloodlust radiating off of him while the side of his face glows red from the impact.
"No! Wait! Shinso! I didn't mean to!"
"Kaminari." Shinso growls, gripping the pillow so tight his knuckles are turning white. "Prepare for the worst pillow fight of your life." He cocks the pillow as if it were a shotgun.
"NOOOooooo!" Denki wails, scrambling away out of fear.
"Raaaagh!" Shinso whips the pillow, holding it by the end like it was a bigger version of his Capture Scarf.
Fearing for his life, Denki ducks, allowing the deadly projectile to whiz past his head.
Unfortunately, leaving the oblivious Aoyama exposed. "Hm?" Before the twinkling teen can even understand what's happening the pillow crashes into his gut at full force, knocking the wind and bits of his dinner out of him. "OYE!" And Aoyama goes down, hunched over, face to the floor as clutches his stomach in withering pain.
"A pillow fight?!" Kirishima gasps but instead of being concerned he's all ready to join in. "Then we're gonna do this right!" Grabbing his pillow, the red-head holds it in the air like it was a trophy and declares. "Last one standing is off dish duty tomorrow!"
"DEAL!"
And like that the entire dorm erupts into a battlefield of flying bullets made of cotton and splatters of blood replaced with gushes of tears of those that have fallen. With every throw and hit of a pillow the fighting evolves quickly and becomes more chaotic as it goes.
From Sero literally taping his own futon and pillows to himself. Turning himself into a discount-juggernaut from Call of Duty. Only to be knocked back, flung across the room, when Sato uses Sugar Rush to throw a pillow right into Sero's horribly defensive armor.
Thanks to all the tape and the force of the throw when Sero hits the wall he sticks to it. Leaving him there, suspended.
But Sato's not safe either, with his weapon gone he's an easy target for Mineta to put him his place, by slapping him with a pillow filled with Mineta's own Pop-Off balls. The pillow sticks to Sato's face, nose, mouth, and all.
"Aaaaahhh!" Muffled screaming is all Sato can do, desperate to rip away from his face only for his hands to get stuck too!
"Kekeke." Mineta smirks thinking he's slick only to get socked in the face himself by Ojiro who's using his tail as a pillow covered bludgeon.
More and more of this chaos unfolds all the while Iida is literally in the middle of it all trying to regain some tiny piece of sanity and control! "Everybody stop this! Such ill behavior will surely look poorly in our teachers' eyes! Please! This is no way for-"
WHAM! A pillow crashes into Iida's face, throwing him back and onto the ground as everyone laughs and continues on with the brawl.
"I…what is the point of this?" Looks like Iida had more control than he thought cause Shoto hasn't joined in although that might be because he's not exactly sure what's happening.
Shot stares at the pillow in his hands watching as everyone thrashes each other with them. "Is this…supposed to be fun?"
Hard believe, watching as Denki gets clobbered by Shoji who's swinging three pillows all at once.
"Such childish antics." Tokoyami is perched right beside him, scowling at everyone like the nuisances they are. "I refuse to give into such meaningless violence. I am no sheep lost in the dark."
He might not be, but his familiar is. "'Then call me a sheep because I'm all in!'" With childlike glee Dark Shadow races into the fray swinging Tokoyami's futon down onto Shoji and Koda. "'Eat cotton, losers!'"
"Save me my little FRIENDS!" Those were Koda's last words before he's buried under a tomb of fabrics.
But it was enough as a trio of nearby Tanukis break in through the window and begin scurrying about, causing even more havoc.
"AAAaaaaahhh!/Hahahahahaha!" Mixes of screams and laughs fill the dorm, undoubtedly disturbing the silent woods outside.
And disturbing Bakugou while they're at it. "Stupid, lame morons." He grumbles, already ticked off and debating whether or not he can get away with killing them.
BLAM! A pillow hits him dead in the face instantly setting the mad bomber off. "WHAT THE HELL!?"
"Hahahaha!" Kirishima doesn't seem to understand what he's unleashed, laughing it off like it's all part of the fun.
Unfortunately, that sets the ash blonde off even more! "DIE!"
And as if it wasn't chaotic enough, Bakugou joins the fray!
Meanwhile, Izuku finds himself surrounded from all sides. "We have you surrounded, Midoriya. Hehehehe." Denki has two pillows at the ready, he's so pumped-up sparks of electricity are dancing off his body.
Kirishima grins, a pillow sticking to his head thanks to his hardened skin and hair. "There's nowhere to run."
"Ehehehe." Mineta is drooling as he sneaks up behind the greenette. "Now you're going to tell us all the juicy details! Just what kind of racy things were you all doing with a harem of feline beauties?!"
Izuku can't help but find the question both embarrassing and disturbing. "You are aware it was nothing but an exam, right?!" Just what kind of tests does Mineta think they did? "You know what? I've had enough of this!" He takes the Omnitrix and begins dialing up an alien. "If you guys want to know so badly then how about I show ya?!" With a slap of his hand and a flash of green, Izuku transforms into a large hulking figure that easily towers over the three boys. "You might find my appearance shocking, though. So don't try to offend, Eh."
Their jaws drop, eyes like saucers, as they stare up at the beast before them. "YOU'RE A MONKEY!?"
"I'M AN APE!" Shocksquatch roars back, offended. "A great ape at that! Now don't ya forget it, Eh."
"What's with the Canadian accent?!" Shinso calls out from the sidelines. "Are you taking inspiration from Aoyama?!"
Mineta stumbles back, scared and confused but quickly shakes it off. He's on a mission and he won't back down just cause Midoriya's got himself a performing monkey. "I'm done with this monkey business!" He launches himself at the electrical yeti, pillow ready and aimed. "I want to know just how bananas it was out there!"
Shocksquatch catches him in midair, holding him by his face. "I don't think I made myself clear." He easily takes the pillow away from Mineta's grip and growls in a low rumble. "I'm no monkey. I'm a SHOCKSQUATCH!"
With his fist a blaze with static electricity the great ape puts all he has into the swing of the pillow. The static electricity surges into the pillow just before he slams it into the purple pervert, launching the prick away in an explosion of torn cotton and static sparks!
"Shock-shock-shock" Denki is totally dumbfounded, jaw agape in utter shock and awe. "Oh, come on! Another electrical transformation! Dude, you're gonna run me out of business!"
"Sorry." Shocksquatch legitimately apologies. "I guess I just have the spark." He smirks, static sparks dancing off his fur as he delivers the last line.
He then grabs a pair of futons and begins to thrash about while letting out Gorilla-like cries.
Denki runs for cover. "Look out! He's gone ape shit crazy!"
Seeing his prey flee, Shocksquatch can't help but chase after him, sparks fly everywhere as he unleashes fleece-felt hell onto his classmates.
"AAAAAaaaahhh!"
While the chaos ensues, Kraab finally manages to free himself from his backpack prison. Ripping open the zipper he is finally able to breathe. "Finally, an opening." There's a scheming glint to his eyes as he prepares to crawl out. "Ehehehehe! I can't wait to upload this to the internet. It's gonna get so many views. Ehehehe. Huh?"
He pauses as one of Koda's Raccoon Dogs comes to a stop right before the open backpack. "Yip."
Kraab stares at the Tanuki, his claws quivering for some unknown reason. "You look familiar…"
"Yip." With a tilt of his fuzzy head the Tanuki stares at the metallic crustacean with adorable curiosity.
"IT'S YOU!" This was the same creature from before! It's the same rabid rodent that attacked Kraab while he was trying to snipe off Deku's head at the start of the summer! "NO! Stay back! Get away from me!"
The Tanuki doesn't like being yelled at as its once cute and innocent demeanor does a complete 180. Becoming rabid, its eyes glowing red with vicious fury. "REEEEEE!"
"WAAAAAAHHH!" Kraab buries himself back into the pack just as the rabid Raccoon Dog begins clawing away at the fabric.
Meanwhile, Shocksquatch manages to get his grubby mitts on Denki, manhandling him like a living ragdoll. "Got ya!" He raises the futon in his other hand, ready to smash into the blonde's face.
"No! Please! Not the face!"
"Not to worry. It'll all be over soon, Eh. Ha ha ha!"
While Shocksquatch takes part in some premature celebration, Shoji of all people manages to slip in from behind with three pillows in hand. 'You let your guard down, Midoriya. Now you're mine!'
He tosses the pillows, letting them fly right towards the back of the yeti's head.
Static sparks jump off hairs on Shocksquatch's back, alerting him to the danger. Without even looking he jumps, flipping himself in the air, and manages to grab the ceiling's rafters with his hand-like feet. Allowing the pillows to fly by without even grazing his aura much to everyone's shock.
"What?!" Shoji's arms create several mouths and each of their jaws hang open. "But how?! I totally blindsided you!"
"Ha! Hahhahaha!" Shocksquatch puff spit his chest, looking mighty proud of himself even while hanging upside down. "You think cheap tricks like that will stop me! I can sense every movement with my one and only Static Sense!"
Everybody gasps. "Static Sense?!"
Sero stares at the ape with a deadpan expression. "Not sure why but that sounds like borderline copyright."
Shocksquatch doesn't care, instead grabbing Denki by the leg and raises him up as well. "Now where were we?"
The blonde gulps nervously. "Please, have mercy…!"
"HA! Ha ha ha ha! HA! Hahahahaha-"
Suddenly the door swings open so fast that Static Sense doesn't even have a chance to react.
"WHAT IN THE HELL IS WITH ALL THE RACKET!?" Mr. Aizawa is fuming from the mouth, eyes red with fury.
Everyone freezes in place as Aizawa quickly takes in the floating bits of cotton and fluff, thrown around matts, and scurrying animals. But his eyes are instead locked onto the giant yellow gorilla that's using the rafters as its personal monkey bars.
"Midoriya." He breathes, sending a jolt of utter terror up the yeti's spine. "When were you going to tell me you got another new form? When the training camp was over?"
"N-no!" Shocksquatch hops down all in a panic. "I-I was g-gonna show you in the morning! I s-swear!"
With him now on the ground, the teacher finally takes a moment to examine the new form. Noting the bits of static rubbing off the creature's matted fur. "Electrically based?"
"Y-yes, s-sir. And-and I can sense movement."
"Hm. Impressive. We'll just have to see what it can do in the morning." Somehow and for some reason Aizawa remains relatively indifferent and calm about the situation. Which throws the students off especially as he turns to leave, all without saying anything else about the mess.
"Oh, Problem Child one more thing."
Shocksquatch flinches and straightens up. "Y-yes?"
Meanwhile, Shinso facepalms himself on Midoriya's behalf. 'Don't respond to that nickname.'
Aizawa continues, all without turning to face the teens. "You will no longer be taking part in 4 on 1 matches."
Shocksquatch naively brightens up. "Really?"
"Nice?" They don't need him to turn around to know there's a cruel smirk stretched across his face. "Since you have so much energy, I figured we'd add on two more. Get ready, you'll be fighting matches of 6 from now on."
SHOCK. That's all Shocksquatch can feel. His Static Sense runs like crazy as if senses all the danger he'll be in for tomorrow, all at once.
"Good luck. Now try to get some sleep." Finally, Aizawa turns around showing everyone his nasty dark grin. "You're in for a rough day tomorrow."
And like that he leaves, just as the yellow yeti collapses to his knees while letting out weak little whimpers and sobs.
Denki, although having just been manhandled by the same gorilla, offers a pity-pat to the shoulder. "Should have just told us what happened ya know."
Kirishima is alongside him, pity-patting the yeti's other shoulder. "Yeah, you could have avoided all this."
Shocksquatch sniffs while choking back a sob. "S-shut up…"
Happy Veterans Day for all my fellow Americans. And for the rest of the world Happy…Friday. How are you? Doing well? I hope so.
Anyway, moving on. How was the Omake? Odd? Yeah, I was kinda inspired by MHA's last set of OVAs. Specifically, where they held a baseball game and things just devolved quickly a Quirk fight. I figured, hey, why not bring that same energy here?
So yeah, that's how we got here. Also, I figured it'd be a good chance to canonically introduce Shocksquatch to the rest (Or at least half) of the class.
*Also did you guys check out the Halloween Special? It's over on AO3 just follow the directions from the last chapter here. Also, I think there was some confusion about things. Like Tanjiro and Iguro were never actually there, those were just aliases and disguises Izuku and Aizawa happened to be using. And the Loboan (Blitzwolfer) DNA came from Kraven the Hunter's dagger which was laced with the Loboan's own fangs. Also, Izuku was not aware of his actions when he was Blitzwolfer. I was leaning into the notion introduced in, I think, Ultimate Alien. Where if an alien escapes the Omnitrix it'll run around with only its instincts to lead it. So yeah, I was kinda following that logic for the sake of adding death and gore. But like I said if/when I make the OVA cannon, I will get rid of all the death and stuff…mostly. I still liked all of the Swampfire-Thing's kills.
*UPDATE* Ch.70 is going very well, I got over half of it done. So, I feel very confident that I'll have it ready to go by next Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. If not, then it'll definitely be up the very next Friday after.
