Here it is, the sixty-ninth full chapter of Miraculous Quirks released at the set time I promised each week. As this is a direct continuation from the last chapter's cliffhanger there isn't much to say here except one thing and that is that with this chapter Miraculous Quirks has officially become my longest fanfic in terms of word count ever surpassing 'Dreams Come From the Heart' (and doing so 6 weeks faster than Dreams which given that this story started less than 7 months ago is amazes me) though it is still second in chapter count to 'Winning Takes Heart' (Dreams' sequel) but in time it will beat that as that story is set to end at around 106 chapters and this one is going to push 200 I think. Anyway, that is all the administrative stuff I have for now though and as there are no review questions to answer or guest reviews to respond to I will end this note here. Do keep the reviews coming as I enjoy hearing from y'all. Now, though, it is time to sit back, relax, and enjoy the 69th full chapter of Miraculous Quirks.

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Chapter 69: Orientation Test

Before their eyes Ben changed showing the girls who didn't know him that he had a transformation class Quirk. He shrunk slightly so that he was just over 6 feet tall, his muscles became softer in appearance but at the same time grew more defined to show that he'd become stronger while his hair shot back growing in length to become a luscious blonde mane. Then the biggest change that caused Marinette and Momo to gasp happened as his chest swelled and a pair of spectacular breasts that had to be equal to Momo's if not better shot out showing why there was binding there, and the change ended.

Ben, well female Ben to the girls as he'd clearly become a she, opened his eyes to show that their coloring had switched places but remained mismatched which was unnerving to them. Only Adrien seemed unphased by it all.

"Hello Beth, I knew you'd be out the moment I saw Ben here." Adrien said as he began to move so that he was behind her, and Marinette got the picture to move as well so that she was opposite Adrien with Ben or Beth or whoever this was between them while Momo just gaped at the sight trying to process it. "Be prepared guys, this isn't going to be an easy fight and not just because we're dealing with a hero and U.A. grad. She's probably one of the strongest heroes around in terms of raw physical strength."

"Howdy Adrien." Beth said with a grin not even bothering with Japanese and defaulting to her native English with an incredibly thick southern drawl and explaining the use of his first name given that it was much more acceptable in western cultures to do so with people you knew than it was in Japan. "How've you been? Is one of these lovely ladies your woman that I heard about? Which one so I can give her some tips later."

"Marinette is my girlfriend and battle partner." Adrien said sticking to a combat stance as he got into position Marinette playing off him her years of working and trusting the man she loved overriding her continued shock at what she was seeing as in all her time in this new society a Quirk that changed one person into someone completely different, let alone a different gender, was wild even by Quirk standards. "The other is Momo Yaoyorozu, a classmate of ours and who has joined us in this work study but here you can call her Creati while here, and Marinette is Ladybug."

"Ah so she's the lithe one in the bug print." Beth said clearly deducing which one Marinette was though her stance having not changed not that Adrien expected it to, she didn't need it to do so with her power. "So, the stacked one is called Creati then and a U.A. student, good this will be fun but first something even more important that I need to know. Creati, what's your cup size?"

"Excuse me?" Momo replied in her perfect, unaccented though slightly clipped and formal sounding English sticking the American's preference out of respect as she tried to process what was being said to her. "My what?"

"Your cup size?" Beth said moving her hands to her own impressive assets and squeezing them for emphasis. "You're clearly an E at least by the Japanese system, which is the same as mine, I'm just wondering if you have me beat. These bindings that Ben has to wear for when he transforms so that I'm not braless when I come out to play in the presence of others are a little constrictive on my girls so I can't tell for certain right now. He wouldn't ask when I told him to making me have to do it."

"Um is that really appropriate right now?" Momo said her natural naivety and innocence when it came to nudity and her body showing in her lack of embarrassment at the question just general confusion. "We are about to spar."

"As irritatingly inappropriate as it is, it is a fair strategy in battle and one that Beth is unfortunately a master at." Mage said with a bored tone from the wall he was leaning on. "Distract, disorientate, confuse, all good plans to win. I know several heroes who are like this when they fight. Hell, one of them is one of your teachers. Midnight earned her moniker as the R-Rated hero after all."

"Oh, I'm not doing it for that reason, I'm genuinely curious boss man." Beth said with a dazzling grin showing her bright, almost certainly not naturally, white and perfectly straight teeth. "Though Ben does keep telling me that my habit of being like this is useful even if annoying. Huh, shut it Ben I'm in charge now and this is a battle so do your job and be the brains of this body as you always are while I beat these three to a pulp and engage in some witty banter in the process."

"Um…" Marinette said her yo-yo ready and switching to her heavily accented English seeing as everyone else was talking in it. "What is going on here?"

"I'm trying to ascertain Creati's cup size that's what's going on." Beth said still grinning. "It's going to bug me until I know so I want to find out before I fight so it isn't on my mind. Shut up Ben, just because you can see all I do and give instructions doesn't mean that you can talk right now, you know I won't stop until I know and it's not like these three can harm me physically."

"Er…" Marinette said still confused but the blonde bombshell before her was still talking to herself as if the guy she'd just been was still there.

"Cat Noir's Quirk doesn't work on flesh, you told me as much when they walked in." Beth continued now fully ignoring the trio around her. "What? No, I don't care what their Quirks are unless they can actually damage me. Huh? Creation based? How'd you know? Oh, right you love the Sports Festival, and you say the scrawny one was a semifinalist and probably the strongest in that year. Oh, this will be fun then."

"Right to answer your question so that we can move this along, I'd estimate them at a D cup from my one good grope of the right one, a woman knows that kinda of thing." Marinette said deciding to move the conversation on so they could get to fighting and promising to apologize to Momo later as her friend was now bright red having finally gotten embarrassed over the conversation. "Now what the hell is going on?"

"Lucky." Beth said.

"Ben and Beth are sidekicks here." Adrien said deciding to explain that they were likely not Sub-Guardians later and also eager to move on from the embarrassing conversation about his friend's chest size. "With a shared Quirk called Duality, the only known shared Quirk as far as I'm aware of."

"Wait what?" Momo asked she still hadn't created anything as she was waiting to get more information and in this team that would be provided by the French pair engaging in close combat and then relaying what support they needed to her from their engagement though now it would be longer as Adrien clearly knew this person from his internship and new questions had just arisen that needed answers. "They share a Quirk."

"More it is our two Quirks kinda fused together after Ben ate me in the womb." Beth said grinning which only confused the girls more. "Good old Chimera Syndrome at work there causing one of the twins to consume the other and by the way this is Ben explaining it to me as I speak because I don't understand this shit at all. All I know was that for 8 years I grew inside his head and when Ben accidentally discovered our trigger, which I will not say, and turned into me we realized that we actually had a Quirk. After some testing it was determined that our Quirks had meshed in a sense with me getting all the benefits of it but being trapped in a dormant state unless Ben consumed the trigger to let me out."

"That is actually plausible." Momo said understanding now as she had a good sense of how genetics worked these days thanks to her encyclopedic memory dredging up what she'd read about how Quirk genes worked. "So, I take it that whatever the Quirk was supposed to be you have it."

"For the most part yes though it clearly changed as it isn't like our dad's Adaptability Quirk which is the side of the family it clearly comes from." Beth said. "I got the perks and looks from it, but Ben is the dominant one of us."

"She's a power-type Hero." Adrien said cutting into it as he thought about how to fight someone like Beth as he couldn't engage the way he'd done with Gang Orca given how physically strong she was. "She's basically pure muscle and strength. To put it a context I'd know you'd understand, if I had to guess she's probably as strong as multiple holders all active. 6 at least though I think testing my strength against Midoriya's current control level when we get back will help me assess it more ask his power-up Quirk is similar in the strength aspect though not the durability."

"Oh." Momo said getting what Adrien was saying and again amazed by it. "So at least 3 times as strong as you and Marinette combined. Good to know."

"Whatever your measurement is ours is how much like All Might's strength it is." Beth said. "And Ben estimates that we are about 30% of his raw strength at our current level though more durable as I'm nigh on invulnerable as it takes a shit ton of force to damage me. Only drawback is that I have a hard upper limit of strength that is directly correlated to Ben's current strength so the stronger he gets the stronger I get. We found that out at U.A. and since then he's become much more involved in this team now that we truly are a team as I need him to get stronger and he needs me to do the fighting. Now that we've reached the point of communicating with each other all the time, well we're that much stronger."

"I get it." Marinette said as she finally understood at least the physical strength of their opponent though the how she gained strength was something she'd deal with later. "So, this won't be an easy fight."

"Nope I'm too good for that and I enjoy a good old-fashioned dust up, so you'd better make this a fun fight." Beth said shaking her head and cracking her knuckles and Adrien solidified his idea in mind for how to face Beth. "Now enough banter, let's get this shit started."

"Momo, canon, Marinette this is a foe who requires it." Adrien said as he leapt at Beth his baton in staff form and held over his head. "I'll try to give you two the time you need."

"Right." Marinette said understanding though she would keep it a little smaller, her one v. one mode as she was calling it, to fight easier and remain active longer. "Ultimate Item: One Woman Army!"

"Sounds fun, can't wait to dance little lady." Beth said as Adrien swung down at her, the American woman still hadn't moved. "But I'll get to you in moment, this alley cat needs a taming and not the way I usually like to tame my men. I don't mess with another woman's man."

Adrien didn't know Beth well, but he knew that she was a rather provocative person which was part of her fighting style and personality it seemed. He didn't care though as he brought his staff down. He was here to fight, and he'd do his job to ensure that the other two had the time to act. At least that was the plan until Beth just raised her hand and caught the staff in it stopping it dead and her grip was such that rather than be sucked out of it when he tried to shrink it he was in fact drawn towards her causing him to stop his alteration.

"Nice try but that won't work and while I'd usually just take the hit I can recognize a Technus created item thanks to my work here, so I figured I'd test its durability out." Beth said as she squeezed, and Adrien was stunned to see that the staff actually began to dent in her grip showing just how strong it was. "Damn, he is the only one who can work that stupid alloy Forge makes that is the only metal I can't break yet. Well off you go. Let's see if this takes you out of the fight but you won't hold me back from the others any longer."

With a dismissive toss, Beth threw Adrien to the size and away from her as both Momo and Marinette were making their items, the former tearing the side of her costume to make it faster ignoring the impropriety of it while the latter had to take her time as she needed to picture exactly how this mech would look which was a drawback of her Ultimate Item. Adrien for his part was just tossed into the unyielding metal wall and gasped as the breathe was driven from his lungs on impact and he fell to the mats on the ground. Thankfully he'd kept his head forward, so he wasn't knocked out by the impact.

"Ben says you're next and I listen to him in combat as he's the tactician of us." Beth said ask she suddenly leapt at Momo as the canon was created. "Best get you out of the way first as you don't have an enhanced constitution so one good blast into the wall should do it. For what it's worth, sorry but we got one of the best healing Quirks on staff, so you'll be fine."

Momo had been ready for an attack from the woman, however. She'd taking the fight seriously as she should and didn't doubt the strength this woman possessed so she was ready just in case Adrien couldn't hold her off for long. As such Momo had made the canon as fast as possible as Marinette formed her mech around her that should be enough knowing how strong Marinette and her items were so that Momo could be ready to buy her friend the last few seconds she needed.

The American was a lot faster than Momo had expected, though given her raw strength that was an underestimation on Momo's side that she shouldn't have made, and she was on the U.A. student in a moment. The only thing that saved Momo from serious was that Beth had opted for a kick causing her to take a second or two longer to reach Momo, and the fact that she was holding back given Momo's lack of resilience.

That had allowed Momo the precious time that she needed to get her left arm up and create a shield out of the strongest alloy she knew of and large enough to block her as she set her feet. She needed the second that impact with the shield would allow to have the time to make her final thing. She was glad she'd eaten a lot today.

Of course, that still almost wasn't enough as Beth pivoted in the air and brought her right leg into the shield just as it finished forming. There was a clang as her solid leg hit the metal barrier before the shield crumpled under the force of the hit shocking Momo as it was stronger than titanium but clearly not strong enough to fully withstand this woman. That at least gave Momo a sense of her raw strength before she was blasted off her feet and towards the wall, dropping the ruined shield as she flew and glad it held enough to prevent her arm from being broken, though it was bruised, and braced for impact.

Momo had used the brief second that she had from the contact with the shield to create a special foam cushion thing out of her back and neck that also extended to cover her head, completely ruining her costume there not that she cared as she could make a new one once this was over, and able to absorb the sudden impact she had with the wall. The force of the hit still winded her and like Adrien she fell to the ground with a thump, dazed and out of it for a moment but she was grinning as she'd given Marinette the time she needed to finish her item and prepare her attack.

"Right let's get…" Beth began but by then Marinette had finished charging the weapon her Quirk had thought was best for taking down Beth with a single blast as Marinette had set for her goal.

"Not today." Marinette said as she unleashed the beams of energy from the pair of energy canon gauntlets over her hands. "You lose now."

Marinette just grinned as Beth turned to her voice before dual blasts of pink energy similar to the stuff she'd used on the earth beasts back in the Beast Forest slammed into Beth's chest. The power and force of the attack blasted her back, over the canon thus keeping it from being damaged, and into the far wall.

Mage was in the way, but he just calmly sidestepped as 200lbs of pure American female muscle flew at him and then into the wall. There was a crash before the wall gave way and Beth hurtled through it and into the next-door room sending a few training sidekicks running from it in surprise as Beth hit the mat there and bounced once before hitting the next metal wall with enough force to dent it.

"Damn, that wall is pure titanium." Mage said his eyes wide as he turned to look through the hole. "It's made such because of Beth's strength that way we at least have some resistance when she punches it but still the force needed to send her through it, impressive."

"I swear wasn't expecting that to be strong enough to put her through the wall." Marinette said as she looked through the visor at the slightly smoking body of Beth with the sensors showing that she wasn't dead which was good as she'd made sure her goal included incapacitation and not killing the hero. "Still, good to know that's how strong it can be."

Marinette had used the time Adrien and Momo had bought her to create her one v. one version of her mech suit. This one was designed to be smaller as it was for a single opponent but still covered her full body and had a series of small weapons in it that would knock out a villain with electricity or foam or whatever was needed as she could change it at a thought after all her practice making her Ultimate Item. The visor was the same as before and she had thrusters in her feet to move around and fly thus increasing her mobility, so she was set for a battle with a physically strong opponent.

The only thing that was always going to change was the main weapon over her hands. Usually, it would be just metal hands if she wanted a straight fight, but she could change it up for foes with Lucky Charm dictating what was best as she trusted the nature of her Quirk. For someone as allegedly strong as Beth her Quirk had gone with a pair of energy gauntlets and it seemed to do the trick. At least that was until her sensor registered that Beth was still conscious and laughing from where she was on the ground.

"That actually stung a bit, but you'd need a stronger, more potent, energy to break my skin." Beth said as she pushed herself up off the ground, the remains of her tank top falling away from her as moved. "This is going to be really fun now that you've got something that will really test my limits."

With that Marinette watched as Beth twist on her side, rose to a crouch her feet against the far wall underneath the dent she'd made, and then launched herself off it with enough force to dent the wall again. The older woman had just turned her whole body into a living canon ball, and it was aimed right at Marinette.

Marinette barely had enough time to change the gauntlets into something for close combat, metal hands, and get them up before Beth flew through the open hole she'd made, bending the metal she clipped as she passed it, and catch the older woman's hands in her mech ones. That was a lot faster than Beth had shown against Momo when she leapt at her showing that she believed that Marinette could take it, which she could, as well as how seriously Beth was now taking the fight.

Well Marinette was doing the same as she was driven back and off her feet, but she used her thrusters to spin her legs back to behind her faster than she could otherwise, hitting Beth in the gut in the process with the intense heat from them, and just in time for her feet to slam into the titanium wall behind her. Her knees bent but the suit, which was set to adapt to keep Marinette safe, quickly shifted to create shock absorbers in the leg parts to protect Marinette's legs and the output increased to match Beth's strength as the suit analyzed it through their connected hands.

"Not bad Ladybug." Beth said grinning as her feet slammed into the ground now that her momentum had been stopped and she pushed harder, hard enough to make the suit whine and Marinette's eyes went wide at the sight of cracks forming on her hands showing how strong Beth was to actually cause damage to her item. "I'm going near all out and you're holding your own, I'm impressed but I'm not hurt at all so unless this thing can get even stronger, and Ben doubts that as it is clearly straining to match me right now, then I've got you now."

Marinette couldn't deny that she was in a precarious spot. She looked down and saw that the binding on Beth's chest, while singed and barely holding it all together, wasn't bloody and the marks on her impressively toned abdomen and 6 pack looked more like soot than burns. This woman wasn't lying, she was immensely durable.

"Ladybug, brace!" Adrien suddenly yelled. "And counter the moment you can. I know you can do it bugaboo."

Marinette just grinned as she pushed herself past her limits knowing that Adrien had a plan and trusting him as she always did. She could do this, and she yelled in Beth's face as she forced more into her charm healing it and bolstering her strength as it adapted to her current goal of repairing any damage and surpassing Beth's strength. That was when Adrien's plan kicked in.

The impact with the metal wall had been jarring for Adrien and he'd dropped his now slightly warped staff as he fell to the ground winded and definitely bruised but that was it. His suit and enhanced constitution had protected his back from breaking and as he'd kept his head safe he was still able to fight as he pushed past the pain he was in. He just took a moment to clear his head, the time that had elapsed up to Beth's latest statement, to get ready and now he was as he saw what he had to do.

In the current position of Marinette, feet on the wall thrusters starting to turn it a little red from heat and pushing against Beth as she pushed back, feet set on the ground and leaning forward it was all to do with footing right now. Right now, that war was being won by Beth as she kept pushing forward against Marinette slowly bending her back.

However, in this position Adrien could break Beth's footing and he had just the tool for it. Cataclysm may not work on flesh, but a tatami mat was fair game as Adrien activated the power in his left hand and slammed it down on the mat willing it to go forward as fast as possible and destroy the part of the mat under Beth's feet first.

Adrien wasn't sure he was seeing it correctly, but he was certain that the black energy of his Cataclysm listened to his thought and shot forward in a jagged line at Beth's footing though it still spread out around to destroy all the mat in the process. The difference was that it wasn't just spreading out from the point of contact but traveling forward so that it reached Beth's feet faster than the other parts around her. As soon as it was under her feet it stopped going on its own though it continued to spread out. Adrien didn't care because it had done it's job and the sudden shift in footing was noticeable.

"That's it kitty." Marinette said as she used Beth's momentary distraction to push off the wall and push her back a few paces as she thought about putting an electrical charge into the metallic hands, enough to take down someone like Beth. "We got…"

"Right Ben, thanks." Beth said she fell back a few paces and then slammed her left foot into the now exposed concrete floor hard enough to bury her foot past her ankle and anchor herself. "Good idea."

Beth then spun on her anchored foot, her strength making the concrete like butter to her, and after a few rotations she tossed Marinette away from her. Marinette only had a moment to process what was going on before she was hurtling towards a wall and slamming into it. The shock absorption of her suit helped but she still dented it and fell to the ground, her concentration gone and the suit falling away in pink sparkles but at least Marinette wasn't hurt from the impact.

"Damn that was good." Beth said. "Still not out but I'll…"

"Don't forget about me." Momo said having recovered from her own impact and pointing the canon at Beth. "I don't have to hold back with someone like you."

With a boom the canon went off and a heavy canon ball shot out at Beth as she turned to face Momo. Momo had, like Adrien, used the brief exchange between Beth and Marinette to recover her strength, shed her cushioning creation and basically the entire top half of her costume, make a heavy canon ball from her gut, load it, and aim the canon at Beth. She'd waited for the right moment and now with Marinette away she could fire. This should at least occupy the woman long enough for Marinette to get some protein in her and recover to go plus ultra and get a new item to help them out.

At least that was the plan before Beth got her hands up and caught the canon ball in them. She had freed her foot on the throw and slid on the concrete a bit, but she held the ball there against her chest grinning before she came to a stop a few feet back from where she started. All Momo could do was look at her with a gaping mouth.

"Not bad but I've practiced dealing with catching powerful physical attacks." Beth said crushing the metal canon ball between her hands into rubble as if it was nothing. "I am the literal shield when we face villains, you're going to have to do better than that honey. Nice tits though."

Momo knew she was uncovered but didn't care, she never did about nudity unless Mineta was nearby as he made it all sexual which it wasn't and they were in battle so she could ignore it easily and repair it later, but she was still stunned by what had happened to her canon ball. There was no way she could face someone like this alone and she was glad both to have a team with two of the strongest in her class to face Beth and that she person was a licensed hero. It was good to know that the slightly insane American was on their side.

Still, Momo's attack had managed to ensure that Marinette recovered by eating some of her protein cubes, and now she had a rifle in her hands. That was it however, she'd not recreated the mech which showed that she was clearly pushing her limits, but Momo knew that Marinette was one who didn't give up until she was out cold, and she was still chewing meaning she was still making sure she was recharging. Momo grinned at that, there was no way Marinette was giving up anytime soon and that gave her the strength to carry one despite this opponent's strength.

"Ah you're back, good I'm enjoying this too much for you to quit just yet so let's continue." Beth said turning to Marinette. "Time to see how strong your item things really are."

Marinette didn't say anything, she just began firing at Beth. She'd taken some food as soon as she could and crammed the rest into her mouth to eat as she fired the gun that Lucky Charm had given her this time when she asked for something to hold Beth at bay. Marinette wasn't speaking, she was going to fight, and she had a laser rifle of sorts to do just that. That should hold this woman long enough for a better plan to form.

The first blast hit Beth in the shoulder and staggered her back a pace. She didn't show any pain, and the skin there wasn't damaged, but it was clear that the blasts would at least hold her at back.

"Right Ben, I'm going to autopilot, instruct me." Beth said as a second blast hit her in the breast and staggered her again. "This is how we deal with really tough opponents like you lot."

Then she ran at Marinette. Marinette had to admit it was an impressive charge, but she could hold her off. At least that was how it was until Beth suddenly stated to launch herself from side to side as Marinette fired at her. She was approaching via rapid side steps, her bare feet cracking the concrete as she moved, a slightly vacant look in her mismatched eyes as she pressed forward avoiding each move by a fraction of a second. That was unexpected and showed that she wasn't fully in charge. Before she hadn't bothered to dodge but now she was and pressing forward as she closed in on Marinette.

In this time Adrien had finally gotten to his feet and realized that she wasn't paying attention to him, so he had a moment to think. Momo had already reloaded the canon just in case but couldn't get a shot of as Beth sidestepped at rapid pace closing in on Marinette and with the wall and sidestepping American Marinette was effectively pinned in place as even with her agility Beth's strength combined with Ben giving her the tactics from within her head might be able to counter it.

That was when Adrien realized it and he could have slapped himself for overlooking this. Beth was fighting them while using tactics at times whenever they got her on the back foot, but she wasn't a tactician. That was Ben and he was doing so from within her head and Adrien now realized how good the male half of this person was. He'd been manipulating this battle from the very start and likely had told Beth to use English, Adrien knew she could speak Japanese, so that they'd default to it as all 3 had been speaking it which gave BB an advantage. Well, that would change.

"We forgot that it's not just Beth, it's Ben as well because they're a team." Adrien said to the others in French. "That's how she's been able to best us so far, and they've ensured we were speaking English to be better prepared as it is their native language not ours, but we have an advantage our own. Speak French, Momo's fluency is such that it shouldn't be an issue in combat."

"Fuck they figured out why I was speaking English Ben." Beth swore as she reached Marinette. "Well, I'll still win this."

"Adrien, that's great but we are still at a disadvantage." Marinette said in French as she turned her rifle into a shield just in time to take the blow on it though to cracked much to hers and Beth's surprise but for different reasons. "What's the plan?"

"We just need to keep her still for a moment for you to use that foam you told me about from Kamino or something similar." Adrien said as he activated Cataclysm in both hands. "And I got a plan. I'm going for that water bottle to give us a moment as she'll back up then. Marinette, the goal is to create an item capable of incapacitating her movements."

"What?" Momo asked as she switched to French as Beth landed another blow on the shield cracking it more. "Why the water bottle?"

"The liquid, it's the trigger that Beth needs to stay active, and we don't know it's time limit, but I bet she's going to protect it if I try to destroy it." Adrien said rushing Beth and going for the bottle. "This is how we get the breather to win. Momo shoot at her in the air to distract her, Marinette, I need you yo-yo."

"On it." Marinette said as the shield broke from the third hit and she took a blow to her chest that pinned her against the wall and felt like it may have cracked her sternum despite her costume and constitution, a serious testament to the blunt force trauma Beth could bring to bear if her breaking one of Marinette's items wasn't enough proof. "Be quick though I can't hold much longer, and I don't really have breasts to absorb that last hit I took."

"Don't worry, that bottle is toast." Adrien said switching back to English to show his intentions as he reached Beth who had just noticed. "Now be gone whatever you are, and my Quirk works on liquids as well as solids by the way."

"Stay away from that." Beth said as she spun her eyes wide her arm going for Adrien, but he spun using his enhanced reflexes and senses allowing him to stay just ahead of Beth and go for the bottle. "Damn it, you have a pure destruction Quirk, and this shit isn't exactly cheap out here."

Rather than bother to go for Adrien, Beth just leapt into the air to get clear of Adrien and likely allow Ben to formulate a plan as Adrien skidded on the floor to be next to Marinette and turned off his Cataclysm and with a thought so that he could grab the yo-yo from his lady's waist as she dismissed her broken shield and created the item with the goal he'd suggested. This was their counter and Adrien got ready to charge the moment it came.

That moment was when Momo fired the canon again up at Beth as she was in the air, her analytical skills allowing for the shot to be accurate as it was on track to hit the blonde in the chest. however, with a twist, Beth made sure her back was parallel to the ground so that the ball would fly harmlessly over her and into the wall.

At least that was what Momo expected but the American wasn't taking any chances and launched a punch up at the ball, catching it in midair and sending it into the concrete ceiling with a crash that rained dust down on them and buried the now cracked ball almost all the way into it. It was certainly impressive even if it was a little unnecessary in Momo's mind.

As this was going on Adrien had scampered across the room to the other side as fast as he could, going underneath Beth in the process, to pop up and began spinning Marinette's yo-yo. He didn't have the skill she had with it but as he was as if he was not just fully active in his Miraculous but even more he could handle it as he spun it as fast as possible. Marinette saw this and put her all into her Quirk to get an item that would capture Beth so that they could win this despite her fatigue from overusing Lucky Charm in this fight.

Beth of course saw none of this as she finished her flip to land on one knee and that was when Adrien threw the yo-yo. He may not be as good with it as Marinette, but he could still use it and it wrapped around Beth's arms, pinning them to her sides from her forearms to her shoulders so that almost all the string that Adrien knew of was in use. This was the moment as Marinette's item was almost done.

"Momo, net." Marinette barked in French seeing what was needed to ensure victory. "Keep her distracted as this is taking a shade longer than expected."

"Right." Momo said as she held out her hand and a special capture net made of a strong material shot out of her palm and over Beth's head.

"Hah like this will contain me." Beth said as she rose to her feet and began to tense her muscles, ignoring the net now over her head and shoulders as she began to move her arms out and slowly freeing herself, the string tough but moving as she closed in on breaking it while Adrien struggled against her. "Shut up Ben, this is a moment of strength and I've never felt string this strong; I have the break it, I can…"

"Time's up, Adrien yank back now." Marinette said as her item, another gun was done, and she saw that all she had to do was fire it at Beth. "We win."

With that Marinette let out a volley of shots from her gun. A strange, foamy, putty like, substance in a ladybug print shot out. As soon as it did, Adrien yanked back on the yo-yo as hard as possible to spin Beth around from the centrifugal force, the net flying off in the process, and get it clear as the first blast hit her in the hip. It instantly spread and hardened.

"That won't…" Beth began as she raised her hand before the next blast caught her in the shoulder and froze her arm there raised. "What?"

"I don't know what, but this is my Quirk in it's fullness." Marinette said switching back to English as she kept firing aiming for joints to hold Beth in place as she did. "Lucky Charm, it allows me to create an item that allows me to complete a goal in mind. At first I went with my Ultimate Item to match your strength but that was the goal I had and that was a mistake by me, I forgot that I'm best when I'm simple with my Quirk and trust in it like old times. All I really needed something that could properly immobilize you while Adrien and Momo occupied you long enough for me to go plus ultra and get it as I am well past my limits right now, only the special protein cubes I ate after I hit the wall earlier is keeping me going."

"Damn, I can't move." Beth said the shock clear in her voice as Marinette had been running around Beth as she spoke to ensure she got every inch from the neck down was covered and anchoring her to the floor while Adrien and Momo stayed ready. "What is this stuff?"

"Something that can immobilize you that can only be made by Lucky Charm if I had to guess." Mage said from his spot reminding them that he was still there. "Clearly even you can't break its strength though I think Marinette is at her limit for now."

"Well past it but at U.A. we always go plus ultra." Marinette said as she finished. "So do we win?"

"You have 3 minutes to break out Beth." Mage said a timer appearing in the air above him though how no one was certain and began counting down. "Consider this a training exercise while Ben tells me what mistake you made."

"I didn't make…" Beth began as she struggled but whatever this was it couldn't be moved, and the shots had locked her joints in place thus ensuring immobility. "Right, Ben says that I got too protective of my juice, that I should know that I could lose it in battle despite how well hidden the flask is in my cleavage so I should be prepared. If I hadn't of freaked I could have ended Ladybug with another punch and with her off the other two would have been easy as she was the greatest threat to me with her Quirk."

"Correct, learn from that and remember to trust Ben when he instructs you just as he does with you when you're in situations that play to your strengths." Mage said looking at the three students glad to see all 3 were still in fighting stances though all looked worse for wear. "You three, what could you have done better?"

"I could have focused on the item first not my Ultimate Item." Marinette said. "I overcomplicated myself this time rather than just go for the simple goal and let the item be the complicated thing."

"That's my fault." Adrien said. "I told you to use it Marinette because I knew of Beth's raw power and thought it was best. I'm sorry."

"No, I would have used it regardless." Marinette said as the timer ticked down. "I had it in mind once I knew her strength and after all the training at U.A. I forgot that sometimes basics are best. I should have gone for the immobilize item first and looked for an opening while you two held her at bay."

"Good." Mage said with a nit. "Your Ultimate Item is very strong Marinette, but it isn't a one-on-one item or useful when the simple goal is incapacitate, it's better for groups or Quirks that can out speed or damage you though as we saw Beth's strength is roughly how strong someone has to be to break a charm of yours without something like Adrien's Quirk aiding them."

"I was more surprised that it took a direct hit from me at near full strength and held." Beth said. "That's not normal, what the hell are those things she makes made of?"

"We don't know as they are hard to examine due to their temporary nature." Mage said and meaning it as now that Lucky Charm was Marinette's Quirk even he wasn't sure what they were made of, so he just moved back to Marinette's evaluation. "In this battle you just needed something for capture despite Beth's strength being strong enough to damage the item as your team was with you to help out. Remember your time in France, you were always capture while Adrien the shield and while the stakes are different in some ways that base dynamic is still why you were paired together. That's the main take away. In a group setting, and we will be patrolling as a team, you need to learn where you are best."

"Marinette, you're our leader here as much as in class, at least for me and the other girls and I know that Adrien also trusts you to follow your lead." Momo said turning to her friend not noticing Adrien let out a yelp and move to put Beth between himself and Momo as he got a full, uncensored, glimpse of Momo's exposed chest that she'd by this point forgotten about. "You should hold back, use your experience and skill to assess the situation and then act with your Quirk while letting us hold back the villain, or opponent in this scenario, long enough for you to do what you're best at."

"A wise strategy." Mage said agreeing with the Japanese girl's assessment. "Now Momo, what was your mistake?"

"Um…" Momo said thinking. "I could have helped more with items and analyze the situation more?"

"Yes, you are the smartest here with a great tactical mind that makes you great as both a second in command and a leader in your own right, so you too need to hold back and see what you need to do as well." Mage said not looking at her as he spoke as he knew she was uncovered right now. "Such is the nature of those with creation Quirks and the brains to use them, don't forget that. You showed some of it here which is good so the best thing to do is practice and train that which this work study and school can do. That said, um, I would suggest that you at least add some form of nipple coverage to you outfit that is hard to destroy, stays on, and, er, you don't use that part to create from."

"Huh?" Momo asked before looking down to see that there was barely any of her costume left other than the sturdier parts around her shoulders and above her breasts, as well as the part below her navel as her belt had protected it from all the times she'd ripped the fabric with her Quirk and quickly fixing it without bothering to fully cover up at all. "I guess that for the sake of decency that it should be done as I don't want to get in trouble on the job."

"Good and Adrien." Mage said as the timer ticked down to the last 30 seconds. "You did well directing Cataclysm, I had a feeling you could manage it one day, but you need more practice with that and controlling its path in general."

"I was actually surprised I could, but I will work on it." Adrien said. "And I spent too much time lying on the ground and not helping, that was a mistake. I just couldn't engage in close combat like with Gang Orca because of Beth's strength and didn't really adapt as well as I could have from there."

"True but that can be worked on, and I'll make sure your baton is fixed by tomorrow." Mage said as the timer hit zero. "But you managed it and the capture is secure, so you win. Beth, tomorrow we are going to do a full after-action report on this because you should have beaten 3 U.A. first years no matter how good they are. You three good job. Beth, take them to the infirmary so they can get patched up then I suggest baths and bed. We are starting at 7am tomorrow with breakfast and an overview of the investigative part so that you can help with that. Afternoon will be training and in evening we patrol as we do have to do that for the area around the agency."

"Sounds good but, um, one question Marinette said as she dismissed her item, the foam around Beth vanishing as well as it was part of the item, and collapsed but Adrien was at her side, hoisting her into his arms princess style before she hit the ground as she couldn't move at the moment. "About the bathing, um, how does it work with Beth seeing as Ben can see what she sees and vice versa? While she's now seen Momo, I'm not sure I'm comfortable with that, sorry."

"No offense it is a perfectly reasonable discomfort as Ben sees what I sees, and I see what he sees so we understand how the opposite gender might be uncomfortable with that issue." Beth said as she flexed now that she was free. "We always make it clear from the onset, so people know and as such we get our own special changing room and there is a special co-ed bath here for those who are comfortable with it. The other two are gender specific. Back at U.A. I was given my own special bathroom and changing room because of it so I understand."

"I suggest you three go for the gendered ones." Mage said to the students. "Given your ages it's for the best. I am also supposed to say that Adrien and Marinette are to stay in their rooms, but you aren't at school and it's not like I stopped you before so if you wish to share I don't really care just know that Aizawa may ask about it."

"Oh, he'd know if we lied I feel." Marinette said upset about it as that was her plan, but she really didn't want to upset her homeroom teacher when they got back. "Ok thanks for the heads up."

"Of course." Mage said as he walked to the door. "Now go get some healing and rest, you'll need it because this is going to be an intense weekend."

The three just nodded as that was exactly what they needed. They were taken to the infirmary by Beth where the staff healer patched them up though it was mostly a lot of bruises to deal with, and a cracked sternum for Marinette which was the worst injury, before they went to take a bath and then go to bed. It had been an intense start to the internship what with the history lesson and the battle, but it had been productive.

As they went to sleep they couldn't wait to see what was in store for them. Little did they know what was coming or how it would all play into a larger investigation that was about to bring in all but one of the first years in Class 1-A bar doing work studies as they faced their toughest challenge to date.

Ah a nice little bit of foreboding about what is to come but there is still a little original content before that as I need to tie in this work study to the others for the sake of the Overhaul arc so plenty more to enjoy. Hopefully this little battle was fun and enjoyable and while they had to earn it they did win against a licensed hero which was big, and they learned a lot from it for going forward. For anyone who may have forgotten, Beth and Ben are an OC suggested by a fan a while back and after some work sorting it out they were the result and draw a lot from a pair of characters in the series Super Powereds, an American book series that is actually very similar to MHA and that I got into long before I found MHA (back in 2016 for SP, MHA was 2020) and I may use some of their characters as inspiration for future OCs whenever I need them and of course when they do show up I will let y'all know about it and who they're based off. Anyway, that is all I have for y'all so I will leave this chapter off here. As always, if you like it or have any questions please let me know in reviews or PMs, I will try to answer them as best I could and post any questions asked between uploads at the start of the next chapter and do follow and favorite this, so you are alerted to future uploads. Do keep the reviews coming as I like hearing from y'all as you enjoy my work, it motivates me to keep producing the best work I can for y'all to enjoy. Until next time.

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