A/N: Sorry for how long it took for me to upload this chapter, I've been a little caught up in my own mind, one day I want to animate, the other I want to draw, then sometimes I don't even want to touch my PC's. However, most of the time I've been working on my books. BUT! here I am, writing again. Sorry for the wait!

Quirk training wasn't something Izuku had given much thought too. He had always been so focused on training himself over training his Quirk, since there was nothing about One For All itself that needed developing. As of now, with Class 1-A making their way over the clearing Aizawa was standing in, it was still unclear what exactly the day's activity was going to be. He had explained what he wanted each of them to do, but it was still a tad unclear as to its benefits.

The timetable in the main living area of the chalet said that both theirs and Class 1-B's activity was Quirk training and development, which was a little too vague in Izuku's unprofessional opinion. He was happy to be training with Class 1-B however, even though their groups would probably separate at one point soon. He was mainly curious to see what the other students of Class 1-B had in terms of Quirks and strength. If at some point they were made to fight each other for training, then getting a grip on at least a few details would be really useful.

The chalet itself was divided in two. The front half of the building was exactly the same as the rear half, but it was designated to Class 1-A, and the other half to 1-B. Izuku was planning to pay the class a visit with Mina, Iida, Uraraka and some of the others, but the ruckus coming from their dorm when they got to the building door was unsettling.

"Alright, this will be where you're training today." Aizawa started, stopping suddenly in the centre of a large clearing. "I, however, will not be training you. I have left that responsibility to the Pussy Cats, whilst I help Mr Vlad with Class 1-B. Don't cause any trouble." He explained, looking around the class with cold eyes before starting back the way they'd come.

"Okay Class 1-A, let's not waste any time. Mr Aizawa, I know, has already explained what he wants each of you to do. Now, as you can see there are setups around the clearing. You know which of them you need to be at, so get moving and get training. Pixie-Bob, Ragdoll and I will watch over you and help you in any way we can." Mandalay explained, pirouetting before holding her hand out as if to show off the somewhat makeshift Quirk training equipment.

"As for you, Midoriya-Kun, Tiger will be tending to you personally, make sure to listen to him." She smiled, turning now to Izuku as the rest of his class dispersed to their assigned areas.

"Come on boy, Where's your 'Plus Ultra'? Hmm?" The looming giant of a man asked, heavily putting his hands on his hips and staring down at Izuku with a pretty maniacal smirk. Izuku was going to speak, but only a nervous chuckle left his mouth.

"Well!" Tiger exclaimed.

"Yes Sir!" Izuku exclaimed. He wasn't even sure what the Pilabody Quirk user had said, but 'Yes Sir' seemed like the right answer.

"Right answer, let's go!" He bellowed in response, grabbing Izuku by the wrists before throwing him over his head with stretched arms, before leaping after him. More combat it seemed. He was hoping to find a more passive way of training his Quirk like simple weight lifting or exercises similar to that, but no, it was combat.

Mina could only stair as her boyfriend was sent flying through the trees by the hulking man, who quickly chased after the greenette. I didn't seem to matter what he was doing or who it was with, the shitty end of the stick was always his.

Mina, on the other hand, had to constantly produce strong acid from her palms to increase her skins resistance, and she was terrified. The last time she'd done anything like this was when she was quite a few years younger, and the stinging pain lasted easily a week or more. On the plus side, she would be training alongside Jiro, so at least she could make a little small talk to help ignore the pain.

"So hey, Mina." Jiro started as the two of them stopped at the foot of a large wall, the cave above them being the location of the screaming Tokoyami. "You hear the Class 1-B girls last night?" She asked. Mina looked over to her friend whilst cracking her knuckles and frowned curiously.

"Hear what? I fell asleep almost as soon as I got into bed." She responded with a laugh, before holding her hands a few inches away from the wall and releasing a stream of the strongest acid she could muster.

"Oh shit... I thought you might've heard..." She muttered, chuckling nervously as she pierced the solid rock with her earphone jacks. Mina frowned a little harder.

"Hear what, I ain't heard nothing from em'." She said a little irritably, although that was mostly from the sharp pain beginning to crop up from the strong acid.

"Well... I dunno, I just heard em talkin' about Midoriya... A bit..." She muttered, shrugging it off as if it wasn't important. Mina looked at her with a tightened expression, squinting as she tried to block out the stinging.

"Talking about Midori? What sorta stuff?" She asked. Jiro shrugged again, firing a glance over her shoulder as if she was making sure no-one was listening.

"I don't really know, him and some girl, Pony I think. Not sure, don't quote me, those were just the names I heard the most of." She responded, holding her hands u and giving Mina a half serious look.

"Pony?" Mina asked, trying to suppress a laugh. She felt bad for almost laughing at someone's name, but it was pretty odd to have a kid and call them Pony, in her eyes. Actually, thinking on it, Mina remembered seeing a girl by the name of Pony in the Sports Festival. She had horns and pretty big eyes, but that was all Mina really remembered of her.

"Isn't that the exchange student? - Ah shit!" The Acid Quirk user asked, gritting her teeth as some splashback from the acid landed on her forearm, burning through her P.E uniform sleeve.

"Gah... Uhh... Yeah, I think so." Jiro said, cringing a little at Mina's burn before going back to the subject before, her face still somewhat unsettled.

"Hmm... I'll ask Midori about it later, I'm sure he'll know her if they're being talked about." Mina said, trying to show it as if it didn't bother her. It didn't bother her though, of course she was worried about it at a stretch, but she doubted it was anything bad.

"I can't believe it's six-thirty already..." Kirishima complained.

"I didn't think they were going to work us that hard." Momo said

"It's only to be expected. I greatly appreciate how hard they are working to make us stronger." Iida responded with his usual, half stern tone.

Meanwhile, Izuku listened into the faint conversation from his room. Tiger had really put him through his paces, so much so he was unable to hold himself up. He'd pressed the very limits of ten percent Full Cowling by the end of his training session, and his whole body was throbbing. It wasn't painful, but it felt like his very bones were expanding and contracting, and it was quite unpleasant. He had managed to change into his pyjamas alright, but it was quite the task, and it'd only made the throbbing more noticeable.

Toru and Rikido were nice enough to carry Izuku to his room after Tiger brought him to their dorm building, and since then he'd been completely on his own. No-one had yet come to check up on him, but he didn't mind all that much. If he focused hard enough, it felt like he was sat there with them, listening to the conversation and relaxing.

He'd only seen Mina for a few brief seconds as Tiger carried him in, and as worried as she looked, he was more worried for her. Her hands up to her elbows were bandaged and she looked quite uncomfortable, but she was smiling, which made him feel much better.

He was proud of himself today, for managing to press the limits of ten percent, even though it's clear his body isn't yet prepared for that level of power. On the contrary, he can only just use ten percent of Full Cowling comfortably, so pushing that boundary so soon was a big leap. Then, a knock at the door brought him from his thoughts.

"C-Come in!" He stuttered, shaking himself to reality. The door handle slowly turned to the right and opened to reveal Bakugo, standing there looking a tad sheepish, but mostly as fiery as usual, a foil cube in his hands.

"Sup nerd. Thought you could do with somethin' to eat." He said with a careless frown, tossing the piece of thin metal towards him with a little too much force. Izuku reacted as quickly as he could, barely catching the shape in his fingertips, before looking up to the Explosion Quirk user.

"T-Thank you Kacchan." He smiled, a warm feeling fluttering up in his stomach. Bakugo tutted at him as if he were disgusted and rolled his eyes.

"Whatever. I'm only doin' this because I'd rather be the one to kill you. Lettin' ya die to yourself would be a waste." He grumbled, turning his back on the boy and slamming the door, his footsteps stomping their way towards his room.

Izuku stared at where the blonde teenager had been stood and smiled. It hurt him still that he saw Izuku as nothing more than a punching bag, but it was also reassuring to see that even the cold-hearted Bakugo worried a little. Izuku continued grinning as he carefully pushed himself up against the head of his bed and began unwrapping the foil shape with shaky hands.

Inside were four, carefully cut square sandwiches, filled with sliced cheese and pickle, just like the ones Jiro had given him. Maybe he'd seen that Izuku like that in his sandwiches and threw it together on that account, in which case it wasn't very creative. But, it warmed his insides knowing that care had been put into this by Bakugo.

Izuku sometimes wished the two of them could get along, not even like they had before, but like true friends. He wanted to hand out with Bakugo and laugh with him like friends should, even if he was the greenette's sworn rival. With his Explosion and Izuku's One For All, he was sure they could work well if he would stop being small-minded and considered it. However, the greenette knew even better, that Bakugo would never see him that way.

Izuku's old 'friend' only saw him as an obstacle or a marker for a point he had to surpass, and although it was painful only being seen as such, it made him smile knowing that even if they were enemies, even if Bakugo really did hate the greenette, he was still there. Izuku saw him in a similar way. Bakugo was the one he wanted to surpass the most; the one he wanted to beat well and truly, and looking at the bigger picture, even if Bakugo wanted nothing more than to beat him, they were still helping each other in the long run, setting themselves goals that would make them incredibly strong in the future.

Izuku carefully grabbed one of the small square sandwiches and just as he was about to bite into it, there was another knock on his door.

"Midori, it's meee." Mina sang softly. Izuku smile instantly grew at the sound of his girlfriend's voice.

"Come in." He replied quickly, before taking a bit out of the food. It actually tasted surprisingly good, even though it was probably no different to any other kind of cheese and pickle sandwich.

"How ya feelin' hun?" She asked, keeping her voice quieter than normal, which was nice since Izuku was suffering from a bit of a headache.

"Better, Kacchan made me these." He smiled, indicating the small snack in his lap. Mina's face didn't quite fall with upset, but with shock.

"He made those? For you..." She asked doubtfully. Had their little confrontation a few hours earlier actually gotten through to the Explosion Quirk user?

Izuku nodded. "He did, but he also said 'I'm only doin' this because I'd rather be the one to kill you. Lettin' ya die to yourself would be a waste.'" Izuku said, imitating Bakugo's angry tone as best he could. Mina giggled quietly, although she was frustrated inside. It seemed she'd not quite gotten through to him after all.

"Hmm... Well, that's still kinda nice of him I guess." She said with a shrug, strolling over to her the One For All Quirk user's bed and sitting on the edge beside him.

"What about you, are you okay?" Izuku asked, his focus clearly directed to her bandaged hands.

"Oh I'm alright, just a lil' sore is all. Aizawa is surprisingly good with bandages..." She said thoughtfully. Izuku quietly chuckled before eating another mouthful of his first sandwich square.

"But no, it's nothing I'm not used to. What about you, you must've managed quite a bit if your in this kind of state now." She said with a smile, pushing herself up to sit beside him and resting her head on his shoulder, letting out a content sigh. Izuku's smile again grew and he rested his head atop hers.

"I feel like I did well today. I pushed the limits of ten percent, but it's hard to move now. I'm a little worried I might be moving too fast." He responded, holding out his hand and shakily clenching a weak fist. Mina sighed and took his fist in her hand, holding it tightly.

"I'm glad you're still pushing yourself as hard as always." She said, sighing again and pushing herself closer to Izuku's side. He looked down at her with a sideways expression.

"How do you mean? I always want to push myself. Besides, nothing has really happened to cause me not to give this my all." He smiled, and this reassured her quite a lot. No matter how Bakugo treated him, it seemed it wouldn't stunt his motivation, which eased a lot of the worry she had. Even so, it didn't excuse the aggressive teenager from being so cruel to his 'old friend'.

"So, whaddya think we'll be doing tomorrow?" The Acid Quirk user asked, trying to make some more conversation.

"Haven't you checked the timetable?" Izuku asked. Mina let out an annoyed sigh and buried her face in his shoulder.

"Noo... I forgooot." She complained in a singsong way. Izuku laughed at her before also sighing. "We'll be having dinner soon though, so ya think ya feelin' up for walking down with me?" She asked, changing the subject and releasing herself from Izuku's arms, getting up from his bed.

"Um... Y-Yeah sure, but... I might need a little help." He chuckled with embarrassment, pushing his bed covers from his legs and holding his hand out to Mina. She took it and carefully pulled him from the bed and to his feet.

"Come on. Y'know, you're like a walking time bomb." Mina smiled, allowing Izuku to rest some of his weight on her shoulder as she opened the door and the two of them started down towards the main living area of the dorm.

"Y-Yeah, I think I'm starting to figure that out." He chuckled, carefully manoeuvring down the stairs behind his girlfriend, who made sure he wasn't going trip and fall.

"Hey Midoriya!" Jiro announced, directing everyone attention towards him as Mina helped his down the stairs, leading him by his hands as if he were a small child. Izuku didn't say anything but smiled warmly at her as some of the others got up from the sofas.

"How ya feeling man?" Kirishima asked as he finally set his feet on the first floor.

"A little bit." He chuckled, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly as Mina let him go.

"Hey, that's better than nothin' right?" The redhead asked rhetorically, smiling at his friend before sitting back in the sofa with a sigh. Izuku nodded back before carefully making his way over to the timetable mounted on the wall by the door. Mina quickly rushed after him one she'd noticed he was gone and took his hand so he had a little bit of support.

"Quirk Meditation? What?" Izuku asked, peering closely at the page. Mina frowned too, following his gaze to the text he was looking at. There was no question about it, it definitely said 'Quirk Meditation', but Mina had never heard of anything like that before.

"Hey Iida-Kun, any idea what this means?" Mina called over her shoulder to the glasses-wearing teenager.

"Quirk Meditation?" He asked knowingly. "I think it involves spending time in a meditative state, focusing on the feeling of your power flowing through your body. I asked Mr Aizawa about it and he mentioned it would allow us to better channel our power to specific places on our bodies and increase the concentration of that power." Iida proceeded to explain.

Mina stared at Izuku with a curious expression, but to Izuku, this made a lot of sense. One For All was a Quirk that's power could be felt, focused on and channelled through the body. This 'Quirk Meditation' could come it really helpful for focusing the power of his relatively new Quirk and stabilising it, allowing him access to higher percentages of power without as much of a struggle. Although, that was just a theory of his for the time being.

"I suppose that makes sense..." Izuku muttered to himself, before turning and slowly making his way back to the sofa, Mina still at his side, although still fixated on figuring out what 'Quirk Meditation' meant to her.

It would be a nice break from all the physical activities of recent weeks, although, for a reason unknown to him, Izuku couldn't help but feel as if it would probably be just as demanding.

Uraraka and Iida cleared a space for the greenette to sit down, and after Mina gently helped him get comfortable, she headed back over to her original spot on the other sofa with Jiro, Kaminari and Momo.

"So when is dinner?" Izuku asked openly, trying to make some conversation between the few of his classmates who weren't watching the YouTube videos Toru was playing on the TV.

"Not long, Aizawa will probably be here to get us soon." Tsuyu responded, walking into the room from the shower, dressed in her pyjamas, like everyone else, and her hair tied in a tight bun to stop her clothes getting damp. A shower was a really nice idea, but Izuku knew he wouldn't be able to stand up alone long enough to take on, which sucked because he still smelled bad from sweating buckets during training.

He had contemplated asking Mina to help him at one point but quickly pushed the thought from his mind once he really thought about him. Part of him felt like she'd probably say yes, but the majority of him screamed that it was a horrendous idea, and that majority, won.

"That's kinda exciting I guess..." Kirishima muttered with a shrug, folding his arms and crossing his legs.

"I'd say so. I'd quite like a day of sitting and relaxing a little bit." Izuku responded. He'd meditated quite a bit in his free time so he didn't believe it would be any more difficult to do Quirk Meditation.

"I hope you're right about that." Kirishima chuckled. Izuku absently nodded and pulled his phone from his pocket. He wanted to make sure he kept his mother updated on what was happening with him on the trip, even though as of yet it had been a tad uneventful.

*Text conv* (I.M = Izuki's mother)

I: Hey mum. I'm just about to head for dinner, but I thought I'd tell you that I've been training today with the others, and it was a lot of fun. The lodge we're staying at is really great and the Wild Wild Pussycats are helping us train!

I.M: Hello dear, I'm really happy to hear you're having a good time! I hope Mina-San is alright too, making sure you're staying out of trouble.

I: She's fine, and I am staying out of trouble. Tomorrow we're doing Quirk Meditation, which has something to do with increase the power I can use whilst lessening the strain on my body.

I.M: That sounds great to me! The safer it keeps you, the better. I've also decided that, if it works best for you and Mina, that she can come over the day you return from the Training Camp. I'm sure it would be nice.

I: That sounds great! I'll ask her but I'm almost 100% sure it'll be fine. Well, I better go mum, I love you xx

I.M: I love you too dear, take care xx

*End of text conv.*

"Your mum?" Mina asked, getting up and stretching. Izuku had stayed behind to finish messaging his mum, but he hadn't noticed Mina had stayed too.

"Yeah, I thought she'd want to know what I'd been doing." He responded with a chuckle, waiting as Mina came over to him and helped him up from the sofa. "She said also, that you can come over to mine the day we get back from the trip. I-If you're free that is." Izuku said. A big smile came onto Mina's face when he said this, and she nodded enthusiastically.

"That sounds awesome." She beamed. Izuku was surprised at just how happy she seemed to be about the offer, but they hadn't been able to really spend time at each other's homes since they started dating, so he could understand her excitement.

Thankfully, the rest of their class hadn't been walking too quickly, so they were able to catch up to them without too much effort. Kirishima let out a sigh and threw his head back.

"Is it just me, or does it feel like Class B's gettin' off a lil' too easy?" He asked. "I mean, so far they've had dinner before us, twice, and they've been able to use the baths before us. Call me crazy but I feel like they're half-assin' it." He complained, throwing his arms to his side with an annoyed sigh before pushing them into his pockets.

"I've wondered that too." Tokoyami admitted. Izuku was about to open his mouth and argue that it wasn't necessary for them to train as hard until he thought it through and realised how wrong that statement was. It was frustrating, but they were probably good reasons for it; like stopping the canteen getting too crowded.

"I don't think it's a big deal." Todoroki muttered, looking off into the trees nearer the canteen. The voices of Class 1-B grew louder now as they entered the first set of doors, and when the second set was pulled open by Bakugo, they were met with a deafening hubbub. It was actually amazing just how loud one class could be.

"Must've had a pretty crazy day if they're talkin' this fucking loud." Bakugo snarled, firing Kaminari a smirk over his shoulder. The blonde-haired boy laughed back before he, Kirishima and Kaminari headed off towards the first one of Class 1-A's tables.

"You don't mind if I sit with 'em do ya?" Mina asked hopefully. Izuku didn't process she was asking him at first and shook himself.

"What? O-Oh no, that's fine, you do what you like." He smiled, letting go of her hand as she pulled away and jogged after the three boys. Contrary to most boys his age, Izuku liked seeing Mina getting along with other guys. Obviously not in a way that would be infringing to their relationship, but seeing her keeping close to those friends brought him some relief, even if one of them may be Bakugo.

"Guess you'll be with us then Midoriya." Iida smiled, appearing at the greenette's side, his middle finger pinning his glasses to the brow of his nose like a character from an anime.

"Lucky you." Uraraka added, grabbing his arm a little too tightly.

"Eheheh... Why, umm... W-Why are you talking like that?" He asked nervously. Iida quickly let go of his glasses and folded his arms with a warm smile.

"Come along, it's been a while since it was just the three of us together right?" He smiled. Izuku chuckled and smiled back, but he was a little surprised at how Iida was acting. Maybe he'd just had a good day today, but even though they were close friends, he usually maintained his serious aura when around Izuku and Uraraka.

"Come on, let's go get food, I'm starving!" Uraraka announced to the class before carefully leading Izuku towards the lunch counted with Iida and the rest of the class close behind.

Iida was right, it'd been a little while since Izuku, himself and Uraraka had hung out together, but after everything that had happened over the past month or so, Izuku still felt closer to the two of them than ever.

"So, Mandalay mentioned this being our last day eating like this." Uraraka started, helping herself to the sushi rolls. Izuku carefully made his way along after her, picking bits and pieces that tickled his fancy from the trays in the cabinet.

"Wait, what do you mean by that?" He asked, the phrase she'd said only just sinking in.

"I mean, after this they want us to start cooking our own food. They'll supply us with what we need, but we'll have to make it ourselves." Uraraka said with a pleasant smile.

"It'd be a good chance for you to show off your cooking Midoriya." Tsuyu spoke up, seemingly appearing from nowhere.

"Cooking? I didn't know you could cook." Uraraka replied quickly, frowning at Izuku curiously.

"Neither did I, and to think of all people keeping secrets it would be you, Midoriya." Iida smiled heartily.

"Really? He told me when we went out together just before the study sessions at Momo-San's house." The Frog Quirk user responded. "Speaking of which, didn't you say you were going to cook for us then?" She added, turning to Izuku with her eyebrows raised in fake annoyance.

"I-I..." Izuku started, before remembering that he had indeed told Tsuyu that he would try and cook for them all.

I did... Sorry Tsu, i-it slipped my mind." He chuckled, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly before taking three pieces of Sesame Prawn toast from the tray and a little cup of soy sauce.

"Don't worry about it, you have another chance now." Tsuyu said, also taking some of the Chinese bread before following Iida, Izuku and Uraraka over to the tables designated to their class.

"So, Midoriya, what exactly did you do for training today? I didn't see you once after Tiger threw you into the forest." Iida spoke up, sounding slightly concerned as he sat with Tsuyu opposite the One For All and Zero-Gravity Quirk users.

"The same thing, as usual, combat stuff. What about you guys?" He asked, briefing over his quite samey training experience.

"Ragdoll put me in this inflatable ball thing and threw me down a hill. Honestly... I think I'll be lucky to eat anything and keep it down." Uraraka said before her voice fell a little and she rested her hands gently on her stomach. It was probably for a good reason though. Maybe it was to get her used to the feeling of spinning and zero gravity so she wouldn't get nauseous as fast.

"I went on fifteen kilometre run with my engine at max output. The intention is to get my engine to last prolonged periods of time with the power output at max." Iida explained. Izuku nodded, listening to what he was saying as he started on his food.

As Iida explained a little more, something caught Izuku's attention. There was a girl who sat at one of the class-B tables with long blonde hair and bright blue, moon-like eyes. Two horns were protruding from her skull and not only her, but four or five of her friends were looking over in his direction, but quickly looked away when he saw them.

He'd seen that girl somewhere before, although he couldn't quite remember where. Her face seemed familiar, but he couldn't link it to any name he knew.

"Hey, Midoriya, you okay?" Tsuyu asked softly, bringing his attention back to his three friends.

"Y-Yeah, yeah I'm fine." He muttered, glancing past Tsuyu and at the girl one last time. Uraraka, Tsuyu and Iida followed his glance to the group of Class 1-B girls before turning back to him, their faces quietly asking for an explanation.

"The one with the horns was staring at me, it wondered why." He muttered, resting his head on his fist and taking another bite of his prawn bread.

"Pay them no mind Midoriya, they were probably looking at something in this area, not you." Iida reassured him. Izuku slowly nodded and the four of them proceeded to eat. Whilst he ate though, Midoriya fired another glance up at the girls. Sure enough, they were looking directly at him from the corner of their eyes.

Who was that girl? It was bugging him that he knew her but couldn't put a name to her face. It didn't really matter though, they were both really busy classes so it wasn't a massive issue. For all he knew this was the first and maybe the last time he'd see her beside walking past her in the halls of U.A. Even so, it was digging at him now he knew about it.

A/N: I'm so, so, so sorry this took so long to update. I've been absolutely all over the place with my motivations and my projects. I hope you enjoyed this chapter all the same and that you're looking forwards to the next one. Thank you for joining me again.

Take care!

-ElliottChap