My Heroic Beast King
Chapter 20
Enjoy!
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Naruto smiled in his sleep as a sat in his bus seat with Momo and Kyoka, who had also nodded off. It was a bit of a tight fit, but they made it work and they were basically ignored by the class as they all chatted amongst themselves loudly much to Aizawa's dismay. Not to mention Tenya utterly failing to keep the class in order, but since he failed, he merely sat in his seat looking at the view: though he did feel Naruto was too lax with the class.
They were on their way to the summer camp that had been enlisted in by Aizawa for more hero training, or so they were told. In reality, the training camp was supposed to be a complete secret. It was not only to power up their quirks in secret in order to advance quicker; but to also be prepared for when, not if, their class got in trouble with a villain situation…again. There had been more villain attacks than any other year and Aizawa was going to make damn sure they were prepared. His own paranoia with what happened to his best friend was rearing its head with his students. The USJ, Stain, and freaking I-Island were weighing on him.
Aizawa smile sadistically to himself when the check paint came into view and the driver stopped the bus. "Alright, everyone out and stretch your legs. We are halfway there."
"That was a nice nap." Naruto replied blissfully as he joined in an stretching his muscles.
"I thought this was an actual rest stop." Hitoshi stated, he had to go, but could still wait a bit. It was just disappointing to him that this was how the rest was turning out.
"Man, that was a long trip." Denki belted out.
"Gotta admit, this is not much of a rest area." Eijiro pointed out.
"Hey…you are right. And Class B is not here either." Kyoka observed, getting a pit of something in her stomach. She looked towards Momo and then towards Itsuka and both looked uncomfortable as the anxiety crept in on what this was about, especially with Aizawa.
"This is actually not just for you to stretch your legs." Aizawa pointed out a bored tone as a black car came rolling up to them. Out came two women in cat costumes…and a horned kid.
"Heya Eraser!" One of them called out cheerful while Aizawa just nodded at them. The one who had called out was a brown-haired woman in a red band-like costume with cat accessories and decided to put on a show for the class. The two stated posing in a much-rehearsed catch phrase and mini dance. "Your feline fantasies are here! Say Meow!"
"Purrfectly cute and cat-like girls!" the woman, a blond with a blue version out their outfit, replied in a cutesy voice.
"You can call us, the Wild Wild Pussy Cats…half edition!" they finished together, with the horned kid behind them looking disturbed; while the rest of the students looked confused at the introduction.
"Oh my god…" Naruto said, trying and failing to hold in his laughter. "They are just like Jiriaya with his introduction!"
"I don't know what you are laughing about." Kyoka replied with a sly smirk. "Your version as Akatsuki is still on the internet."
"And kids get free passes." Naruto shot back, still chuckling.
"These are the Pro Heroes you will be working with for the summer training." Aizawa stated dully, purposefully ignoring the comment about the blatant former vigilante in his class that he knew about.
"OH! They are a four-person hero team who specialize in mountain rescues; The blue one is Pixie-Bob and the red one is Mandalay!" Izuku spouted off his extensive hero knowledge excitedly, getting the class to smile at his usual behavior when it came to heroes. "The Pussycats were founded when we were kids like forever ago! This marks their twelfth year, working as a-"
The blond woman quickly put her cat-pawed hand over Izuku's mouth to prevent him from saying any more about their possible ages with a manic look in her eyes. "I am pretty sure your math must be off! I am eighteen at heart!" Izuku gave a muffled affirmation while some of the guys in the class looked at her wearily.
"Not sure what the big deal is." Naruto pointed out. "Back home, the older heroes still looked pretty good because they were always fit and did not worry about their age. I mean, Miss Anko basically just wore fishnets, a trench coat, and a skirt and she had no issues finding someone…I think."
"Seriously!" Setsuna replied, weirded out. "What was your home village like!?"
"Not bound by the same societal norms as here, for one." Naruto replied with a shrug while the blond woman looked at him oddly.
Aizawa just sighed, "Naruto, please don't encourage her."
"Anyway." Mandalay replied, trying to steer things back on course and gestured to the large forest off the mountain road they were on. "We own this whole stretch of land out here. Everything you can see. The Summer Camp you are stay at is actually at the base of the mountain out there."
"Uh, then why did we stop here then." Ochaco asked, trying to feign ignorance. Both Tsuyu and Setsuna both put a hand on her shoulders and gave her a sad look.
"Well, I guess we all know to the answer to that." Naruto stated simply as he walked to the edge of the road and started walking down the side of the cliff. "Better to just go with the flow before the flow forces you along."
Hitoshi glanced down the side of the cliff and said, "Again, your powers are bullshit!"
"And how does he know about mine?!" Pixie-Bob asked as the ground started moving underneath their feet.
Aizawa said, "Let's just say Naruto's Chakra energy quirk is weird and leave it at that."
"Oh well, the current time is 9:30 in the morning and if you are quick about it, you might make it there by Noon." Mandalay replied cheerfully as some of the students started panicking. "Kitties who don't make it there by 12:30 don't get any lunch!"
The earth started the flow and the students were not prepared with thrown off the cliff-side. Those that were…well they had an easier time getting down. Like Momo, who created giant cat paws and claws and use that them to slide down safely. Kyoka found an outcropping of rock and used that to surf down the soften earth from Pixie-Bob's quirk. Izuku merely teleported in a thunderclap with Himiko and Hitoshi. And Pony, Setsuna, and Ochaco managed to float down safely with a bit of teamwork. The rest…they all fell in a heap on the ground.
"Man, Aizawa, you got some clever kids this year!" Pixie-Bob commented.
"And they are driving me up the wall. Now if you will excuse me, I will be taking advantage of the peace and quiet on the bus now and take a nap."
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"Good news!" Mandalay's voice spoke into the minds of the class, once they had all recovered from their fall. "Since this is private land, you can use your quirks as much as you want to. You got three full hours. You should be able to make it to the facility in that time…that is I you can get through the Beast Forest!"
"Oh! Just like the Forest of Death back home for exams and training…well except that exam was five days long and we have to fend for ourselves. This should be fun!"
"Ok what the fuck have you dealt with back home?!" Itsuka shouted in shock and worry for the class president. The rest of the class looked between Naruto and the forest with worry as well, unsure how to process all of this.
"Enough." Naruto replied dully as he looked into the forest to see the ground already moving to form giant beasts. "Koji, I don't think your power will be of much use against fake animals, stay in the middle of the pack unless you feel up to punching them."
Koji looked nervous but nodded silently in understanding. While they did not interact all that much, Naruto did look out for the silent member of the class more often than not.
"In fact, form a diamond formation." Naruto ordered, getting many comply and very few to argue as this was a side of Naruto, they had not seen all that much. He was the class leader for a reason after all and when it came down to it, he made sure all his classmates were taken care of. "Eijiro, you take bow and be our front shield, plow them down. Denki, you be our eyes and shield in the stern, make sure nothing sneaks up on us. Kyoka, Mezo, I am counting on you to be our ears and back Denki up. Izuku, Tenya, Itsuka you be our torpedo defense behind Eijiro. When they hit him, you shoot out and hit harder. Shoto take starboard, Inasa take port, hit them fast and hard with your elemental prowess, keep them off us from the sides."
"What about you, boss?" Mei asked.
"I, along with Tsuyu, Fumikage, Momo, Pony and Setsuna will protect our air space while Koji and Itsuka help protect our core." Naruto's eyes shifted into Rinnegan mode as he thrust his hand toward the forest where a few earth beasts came out to meet them in their impatience. They crashed into the ground and broke into pieces under Naruto's gravitational forces. "Look, I know I am using boat terms here when in a diamond formation. I do not know all the terminology, but this works. This formation will keep us safe and we do not need to take every single enemy down. We will be here a while and need to pace ourselves. Mei, please tell me you snuck a few of your gadgets along."
Mei gained a shit eating grin and produced a metal cube. "Don't leave school without it!" This cube was basically a pocket dimension like Momo's bag of holding that help all her inventions and gear. It was very useful.
"I knew I could count on you." Naruto replied with a smirk, especially at the class finished forming their diamond formation, inspired by Naruto's planning, especially Tenya who was worried Naruto would just wing this. "Class 1-A! Are we ready to go plus ultra?!"
"YES!"
"MOVE!" Naruto ordered as they all ran in, Naruto himself taking to the trees, feeling at home.
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"What the shit, Eraser! What are you feeding these brats!" Pixie-Bob cried out at the edge of camp. "It is nearly 12:25 and they are already here!"
Aizawa groaned as he picked himself off the ground from his napping position…in the middle of the camping ground. "I did have a great class this year and that is why they drive me insane. Just do not tell them I said that, I will deny it." He groaned out. "There are those with power, that is certainly true, but there are those who inspire others to do better and that makes them dangerous. Tell me, have you heard of the vigilante named Akatsuki?"
"The kid who went viral with his silly frog dance? The same kid who went dark after a while?" Mandalay asked, confused on why he was asking them about him.
"Yup, that is Naruto."
"The leader of the pack making them come here sooner?! The same brat helping them take down my earth monsters like a well-oiled machine?!" Pixie-Bob freaked out.
"Wait, I though the kid summoned animals as his quirk." Mandalay replied.
"It seems his Chakra can do a lot of things apparently."
"Hmm, clever deception. Mama likes." Pixie-Bob purred.
"Pixie…no," Aizawa replied seriously causing her to grumble before the class bust out of the forest, looking like they were dead on their feet.
"Ugh…slave driver!" Eijirio cried out on the ground, his body shaking from using his quirk so much.
"Oh my goodness!" Pixie-Bob shouted happily gushing about all the young men were perfect for her to groom. Most…chose to ignore her. "You guys did far better than I thought you would! I thought it would not be until evening for you all!"
"I'll admit," Mandalay replied, "It took you all about as long as it does us Wild Wild Pussycats at full strength to get through a forest like that. I am impressed. It would be a shame if we did not have food for you all. You did make it within the time allotted after all."
"Alright then, since you are all done with this stretch of the training early, go get your stuff off the bus, put it in the cabins, and then go eat lunch." Aizawa ordered the class. "After that, you all get to the summer training a half a day earlier. You are showing progress, let's keep it up."
"Before that, I just have one question. Who's the kid." Izuku asked, pointing to the horned kid glaring at all of them.
"Oh, this little guy?" Mandalay asked, "He's actually my cousin's son. He just lives with us now. Don't be shy, Kota. Say hi to everyone, you are going to be around them for the next week."
"Hey, there. My name's Midoriya. Like them, I am from the U.A. High School course. It's nice to meet you." Izuku said, walking up to him to try and be friendly.
Kota said nothing before punching Izuku in the nuts and walked away.
Or he would have if Naruto had not gotten in his way. Naruto looked to Izuku, who was being taken care of by Tenya and Hitoshi before looking back at Kota. The look in the kid's eyes was something Naruto all too well. He saw it all the time in Sasuke. Inari had that look for a long time too. Naruto just sighed and patted the kid's head. "Don't let it eat you whole. Talk to someone if you can."
"The last thing I want is it to ask help from some wannabe heroes!" Kota growled out, though he was put off by Naruto not trying to help as a hero, but as a normal human.
Naruto nodded at that with a sad look in his eyes. "Never said it had to be heroes, kid."
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Aizawa made sure that his class was told they would have to make their own meals throughout the week and that the lunch made for them was a one-time thing. After that, he led them to an open field to begin their training. "Alright then class, this afternoon we will begin a training camp to increase your strength. Our goal is to increase your skills exponentially so that each of you gains a provisional license. This will allow you to face the dangers that continue to fester in the darkness. Proceed carefully. Now, normally I would have one of you throw a ball with your quirk like we did on the first day, but I will just tell you it won't be much further than then. It has only been one semester and despite what you have been through, most of you have not advanced enough to make a noticeable difference. That is what this training is for. We are going to go all in." Well, Naruto probably would but Aizawa figured he was holding back a lot. There was no way those illusions from his silly dance numbers could do all of what was shown.
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Naruto smiled faintly as Aizawa steered him down away from the others in the class. Out of all the students, Naruto was the only that was hard to form a plan to improve his quirk. That was because he oddly hid most of what he could do, relegating himself to cheap tricks and stupid song and dances. "I will cut to the chase; I need to know all of what you can do as I know you are holding back. I cannot help you improve if I do not know where you are at in terms of strength."
"I was wondering when you would ask about my quirk." Naruto replied faintly with a small smile. "To be honest, it is a collection of abilities what weren't quirks before gaining my anchor."
"Collection of abilities? Anchor? I am afraid I do not understand."
"Mr. Aizawa, what I am about to tell you is not something you should openly blab about in public. I have a small collection of confidants that know what I can do, including my friends, David Shield, All Might, Lady Nagant, and Nezu. Can I trust you to be in on this?" Naruto asked, his entire being turning into one of seriousness that put Aizawa on edge.
"It is my duty as a teacher and a hero to help you in any way I can. If it means I need to know a powerful secret and keep it, then that is par for the course. I already know you were Akatsuki."
"What you saw was a kid with unstable powers that could have killed him if he didn't get an anchor quirk." Naruto replied, making Aizawa pale. "Tell me, have you ever seen the night sky open up as if the sky was about to spit something out?"
Aizawa looked at Naruto for a long minute before asked, "You came from somewhere else. I was on the job that night. Clearly you are not a threat otherwise you would be dead right now."
"Oh, about a threat as any other veteran is." Naruto replied swiftly, raising Aizawa's anxiety, mostly for the boy in front of him.
"Were you a child soldier?!" Aizawa asked with some anger in his voice that at the back of his mind, he was doing the same with teenagers and Pro Heroics.
"In a way, yeah. That was what the academy back in Konoha was for." Naruto started to explain everything. Once a upon a time, Naruto would have had severe anxiety explaining anything about his treatment and about Kurama inside him, especially if he told anyone from his age back in Konoha. That was so long ago that those anxieties seemed so…little now. Explaining them to a teacher in a different world was easy, especially since he had already shared this with people he knew here and they accepted him. "Then All Might offered his quirk as my anchor so that would stabilize my powers here."
"Offered his quirk? How is that possible?" Aizawa asked, feeling dumb for it because he was talking to an otherworldly kid that had nine other super powerful chakra beings inside and had fought in freaking world war over them. Getting hung up about a transferable quirk was not a big deal anymore!
"For that…we have to go to the dawn of quirks or so I am told." Naruto replied with an unsure smile. "The tale of two brothers. One thought to be quirkless and the other had the ability to give and take quirks. Yes, the origin of the quirk thief is here as well. You see, he wanted his brother to rule with him and forced a quirk on him to help with the brother's sick and weak frame. A strength stockpiling quirk. However, neither knew the brother had a quirk. Useless at the time, but the ability to transfer itself to others and with the other, they combined into the quirk known as One for All. Now All for One found his brother to be obstinate still and locked him away, hoping that would convince him. However, it just strengthened his decision to oppose him." Naruto paused, never having liked that story. But he continued with the blessing of the vestiges. "Years later, All for One fought a war with others that opposed him, two agents found his brother, thinking they should kill him, but instead freed the sickly and neglected man and became his heroes. They were named Kudo and Bruce. Despite the escape, All for One ended up killing his brother, but the transfer had already been complete by then. Kudo and Bruce were the second and third holders respectively and used the power up to fight in their war but it was not enough. Bruce transferred the quirk to the fourth, a man named Hikage Shinomori and was told to hide. There he lived in the forest, building the power of the quirk until he felt his body nearly at death's door at age 40."
Aizawa paled at that thought that his student may die soon, but…something told him to wait. Something about that just did not add up logically.
"He went back into the world and found the fifth, a man named Daigoro Banjo aka Lariat. All for One managed to track him down and tried to steal the powered-up quirk but failed. The will of the user was too strong. Then Daigoro escaped and later started working with En Tayutai aka Smoke-Eater." That provoked a reaction from Aizawa because despite Smoke Eater being an underground hero at time, he was a legend amongst them. "However, All for One found them again and tried to take the quirk again, but it had been transferred to Smoke Eater by then and so he killed Daigoro. En was on the run from All for One after that and before he was killed in a seemingly freak accident, he gave the quirk to a nearby hero who tried saving his life. Nana Shimura, the seventh. She was known as the pro hero Nimbus and later became the mentor to a quirkless boy named Toshinori Yagi." Again, that provoked another reaction from Aizawa, this time of disbelief mixed with a bit of rage. Mostly because All Might was so famous and reckless. "Nana was dealing with the loss of her husband due to All for One killing him and gave up her child to protect him from the man. So, she latched onto two people, her best friend and partner in Gran Torino and then Toshinori himself. Soon, the day came when All for One came for her and before the fight, gave the quirk to Toshinori. Gran Torino took him to America where he would be safe to cultivate the power as All Might and you see how well that went. It also seems my entrance that night interrupted All Might and All for One's duel to the death, where the slimy bastard made his escape."
"So All Might just gave you this power?"
"Hell no, I had to prove myself." Naruto responded. "He and Kaina may have adopted me, but I wasn't just going to get his power like that. I had to earn it and you sort of saw it when I was a vigilante with Pop Step, The Crawler, and Knuckleduster. We took down the Villain Factory."
"Oh god…you had a hand in that take down? No wonder Tensei was so smug about knowing who did it." Aizawa grumbled. "So, One for All stabilized you place here?"
"Yes…and no."
"Elaborate."
"I tried stabilizing myself before, during, and after the transfer with a technique called Sage Mode where I draw in the natural energies of the world. My initial attempt poisoned me, since this was not my world. During the transfer was not a good idea because the problem became worse and it gained…sentience. Only after the transfer was complete could I use this world's natural energies for a short while before it tried to overtake me like a second personality."
"Because 16 other personalities of other beings inside you was any better." Aizawa deadpanned, his migraine when dealing with his MOST problem child became worse.
"Eh…it is more like 17 and at one point it was 19." Naruto clarified, not making this any easier for Aizawa. "You see, I had fought and merged with my dark half a long time ago to be able to use Kurama's power for the war. Well, the corruption of the chakra brought him back for a time before my dark half punched it out and went back to sleep. The USJ fully ejected the corruption of natural energies and it was the reason for my episode there."
"Filing that away for a future problem." Aizawa stated with a defeated sighed. He needed a drink or five. "Tell me, are you at risk of dying from One for All like that Hikage person? It would seem that having multiple quirks puts a strain on the body."
"No, actually." Naruto replied. "You see, because of chakra, a Shinobi is able to handle a lot more power. Some even have two Bloodline Limits…eh, basically quirks from my world. Not to mention I am an Uzumaki, a clan with longevity. So far, I have been fine with having my Uzumaki Biology, the legendary Rinnegan, One for All AND having access to the previous users' quirks. Though I will admit, I can only use 75 % of what All Might was able to do right now."
"Seriously?' Aizawa asked with a raised eyebrow at the ridiculousness of that statement. "Why phrase it like that as well?"
"Well, each user is supposed to cultivate the power once they are able to use the previous user's 100%." Naruto replied with a shrug. "I was already strong as a kid...especially if I could hold back that gigantic snake in the Forest of Death. However, I mostly focused on speed and the power of my various Rasengans before and during the war. These last few years, I have been working on my strength, learning the powers of my Rinnegan, and fusing them with the quirks of the others."
Every reference to Naruto's past spiked Aizawa's blood pressure. Kids should not fight in war. He was also against teens before heroes, but here he was as a teacher to make sure what happened to Oboro did not happen to others. He was failing at that this year with the constant villain attacks. "Ok…" he said after a moment. "We will work on upping your strength with the equipment we managed to bring, figuring out what our world's natural energies does for you would be a good idea, and maybe you can make something other than a Rasengan. I have a feeling you are limited there."
"I mean, you are not wrong. Maybe I can recreate other jutsu I have seen with the help of Seals. Learning to figure out what the natural energies here does for me makes sense. I would rather not be caught off guard in a villain attack and I am not durable enough to take a village flattening attack. As for my strength, I am basing a lot of what I can currently do one two people from my village. Might Guy's techniques you saw during the Sports Festival. The other is our Fifth Hokage…err leader, Granny Tsunade. She split the ground in our fight as a kid when I first met her with just her fingers. She is way stronger than that, by the way. Her strength could crack a mountain in half."
By this point, Aizawa's face with buried in his hands as he tried to quell off a panic attack. Ninjas did all that?! That is bullshit! Then a horrible thought came to mind. "Problem Child…you said a world war was fought over the Tailed Beasts. Dare I asked how many there were?"
"Hmm? That was the fourth war. The last three were fought between the five villages over petty squabbles. This one was the whole world again a few guys, their army of Zetsu Clone, a few reanimated village leaders, Madara Uchiha, and Kaguya the Rabbit Goddess…who we later sealed in the moon to prevent her will from trying all that again."
"God…damnit, I should not have asked." Aizawa ground out. "Let's get back with the others and get you some training. I need a drink."
"You would get along with Kakashi and Tsunade if you ever met. I have more stories if you want to hear them."
"No…no more stories for a while." Aizawa urged while walking away. He also really wanted to choke out All Might for giving such power to a child soldier.
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"Hatsume, did you bring the Infinity Weight in that cube of your like I asked?" Aizawa asked the crazy pink haired inventor.
"Sure did teach!" Mei sang happily as she made a silver exoskeletal device pop into existence and like she was selling on an infomercial, she presented her new baby to Naruto and Aizawa. "This excellent baby was inspired by Momo in her fight against you along with a long running idea I have been wanting to try. The Infinity Weight is a portable set of body weights designed by me and uses Earth's gravity against you. Not only that, it can simulate more gravity with my remote."
"Mei…did you just replicate the Gravity Chamber from the Dragonball Z show we used to watch?" Naruto asked in disbelief.
"Yes indeed! Bulma and her dad were great role models for technological ideas. Right now, the limit is 10…or 15 times gravity…which I do not recommend starting off with." Mei explained as she snatched the blond ninja and strapped him in to the machine. Tapping the chest plate with a dial on it, she continued. "This dial controls the whole thing. Have someone adjust the dial when you get used to the weight! As you can tell, this is just the prototype. We can make a streamlined version later with more weight!" With that, she turned the dial to two times Earth's gravity and Naruto immediately fell on his back.
"Oh, I probably should have told you to brace yourself." Mei cringed a tiny bit at her thoughtlessness.
"YA THINK!" Naruto replied as he struggled to get up, already feeling his muscles screaming at him. The device was a bulky silver exoskeletal device that that covered his arms and legs in thick club-like devices, making it nearly impossible to get out or adjust the weight on his own,
"While I have you," Mei responded cheekily. "Can I borrow a couple of your nearly invisible clones?"
"The Limbo Clones? What for?"
"I am so close to cracking Bullet Time; I just know my eyes have that!" Mei replied enthusiastically.
Naruto paused for a moment before shrugging. "Make her work for it, boys."
Aizawa watched with some horror as Mei took out her guns from the cube and disappeared into the woods, the three laughing like tricksters in the wind. Yeah…Nezu needed to give him a raise soon.
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After training and dinner, the class found themselves in a hot spring area. Naturally it was separated by a wall so boys and girls could enjoy it together but separate in peace. The only one who did not like that arrangement was Denki, who was slightly more perverted than the others. If a certain grape child was in the class, he would be a lot worse as they would have feed off each other's energy.
"Just imagine it, the lovely ladies." Denki stated dreamily as he relaxed in the hot spring closest to the divider between men and woman. "Just a wall between lovely naked ladies and us. The thought of it is dreamy. You must be having a hard time of it, Naruto. Momo and Kyoka are right over there."
Despite the aching of his entire body, Naruto smiled. "Nice thought, but we have no gotten that far in our relationship yet. It'll happen when it happens. Denki, I know enough cautionary tales to not cross that boundary."
"Gotta admit, that makes your relationship boring." Denki replied with a shrug. "I doubt those tales are that bad."
"Here we go." Izuku groaned next to his best friend, making Naruto chuckle.
"Indeed, it may be boring to those on the outside, but I have run into enough ladies back home that could kill you in all sorts of ways. Sometimes just for being pushy." Naruto responded. "I have seen sound waves incapacitate or even kill a person. Kyoka would not do the later, but I would not push it. Momo can create almost anything just by knowing its composition. I need not go futher on that subject. Instead, I will go to my Godfather and Godmother to really paint a picture."
"Oh? Were they married?" Tenya asked curiously.
Naruto threw his head back and roared with laughter despite the pain he was in. "The Pervy Sage WISHED, but never stood a chance with Granny Tsunade. Now, to understand Granny Tsunade, you have to understand that she was not a muscular woman, she just was VERY proficient with her super strength."
"OH, manly! Was she your actual grandma?" Eijiro asked.
"No, more like distant cousin, but I see where you drew that conclusion." Naruto replied, nodding to the hardening quirk user. "Super strength and me calling her granny and all. Anyway, old Jiriaya was a self-proclaimed super pervert and decided he wanted to peep on the women's side of a local hot spring, only to find out Granny Tsunade was on the other side. Naturally, she found out and with her super strength, he beat him within an inch of his life. For context, when I fought her, she used one finger to split the street we were on in half completely…and then proceeded to finger flick me into a building."
"Your godmother sounds as scary as what my father says about my own grandma to keep us in line." Shoto admitted, gulping a bit while others looked nervously at each other. Still, the message was sent as Denki looked terrified of even thinking of peeping on the girls…and a little more terrified of what Naruto could do with his own strength.
"Now you know how scary women can be when enraged." Naruto replied with a shrug. Though he sent a bit of killing intent to a nearby floating eyeball that zipped off in panic. "Though both sexes are known to be scary when enraged. Better not to risk doing something stupid, just enjoy the hot spring."
"Whoa!" A kid's scream from above as Kota fell from the high wall. Not that any of the heroes-to-be let him fall. Izuku most of all as he jumped out of the water and then zipped up to save the boy before he fell very far. Still, the damaged had been done and he passed out in his panic.
"Bring him down here!" Naruto called out, completely ignoring his aching body now as he got up. Izuku brought the body over and Naruto directed him to put him in a nearby chair after seeing that all Kota suffered was shock from falling. Naruto moved closer to where Kota was so that when he woke up, the boy would know he was not in danger. Still the fall got everyone's hearts racing and wisely moved the conversation to something more light hearted.
After a while, Kota did wake up with a start but when he found himself in a chair by Naruto, he somewhat called down. "I hope you don't expect me to thank you or whomever saved me from the fall." He said suddenly, getting the room to quiet down a bit.
"First, it was Izuku, the same kid you kicked in the balls earlier." Naruto started as Izuku waved to the boy. "And no, not really. It is just part of the future job."
"So dumb, the concept of heroes." Kota grumbled as he sagged in the chair for a moment. He was still dealing with the fact he was still alive. After a moment, he lowly asked while looking away, "Who would I talk to?"
Naruto nodded at that, stilling having not gotten up to face the boy. "Anybody really, but usually a fellow orphan can relate." At that, Tenya squawked and started robotically chopping in his direction while Fumikage grunted, but put a hand on Tenya's shoulder to calm him down.
"Who told you!?" Kota roared, ready to punch Naruto in the back of the head out of spite
"You did." Naruto stated simply, catching Kota off guard. "As a follow orphan, I can see it in your eyes. I have related to quite a few orphans in my time and not all of them are as…fortunate as you and I?"
"The hell do you mean?!"
"We still have people looking out for us." Naruto replied, quieting the boy. "Sure, they might not always understand our situation and may not be around all the time, but they still are there when we need them. They will talk about how our parents were heroes for doing what they did and try to comfort us all the same. Yet we know the pain of never seeing those we lost again. They would want us to keep moving forward as much as we can. You have Mandalay and her team looking out for you, despite their jobs as heroes. I had the third leader of my village for a time and then the fifth leader and a few others as well. They became my found family for a while. Then I got adopted. It gets better, trust me, you just have to get through these dark days. It sucks, I know."
Kota looked at the back of Naruto's head with wide eyes for a second, but looking away with tears forming in his eyes. Everyone told him to accept the fact his parents died a heroes' death and be happy about it. It was why he started hating heroes in the first place. They did not understand he was just a little kid who lost his parents! But Mandalay never said that to him, she lost family too. And neither did this teen in front of him. They understood and he was being hateful toward them. "He killed them…"
"W-what?" Izuku asked in shock.
"The Water Hose Duo…that man killed my parents!"
"Muscular!" Izuku pointed out in shock, the rest of the group silent, rattled.
Naruto nodded to himself as he got out of the hot spring, got down to Kota's level and spoke again. "And that Kota, is what I also saw in your eyes. The same eyes that Inari had when Gato took control over his island. Who had people that resisted publicly beaten and killed, including his dad. The same eyes that my old teammate had when his brother killed their entire family. Eyes that tell of vengeance and hatred. Tell me, what would happen if you killed that man? Would it bring them back?"
"No…BUT I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING!"
"By the time you get a chance, some hero, villain, or even a stray bullet will have ended him." Naruto replied, putting his hands on the boy's shoulders. "For psychos like that Muscular, they hate nothing more than for you to live in peace. Peace is the best vengeance because it does not give them the attention they crave."
"BUT IT STILL HURTS!" Kota screamed before plowing into Naruto for a tight hug.
Naruto just let it happen and he gave a comforting hug back. "It will for a while, but we and your family will be here for you." His classmates nodding as they gathered around them, hoping to distract the boy from his pain.
From there, each of Naruto's classmates shared what their hobbies were with Kota in hopes it would help the boy. Over with the girls, Setsuna's eyes and Kyoka's ears saw and heard everything and shared what was going on. While they trained, they all promised themselves they would be there for Kota as well.
XXX
The next day, Class B came upon Class A training early in the morning. Vlad had explained to them they literally had to break themselves in order to improve their quirks and just observing, they felt this was going to be a monumental task.
Soon after, they learned that all members of the Wild Wild Pussycats would be assisting them in their endeavors in anyway they could. Plus, it helped that Mei brough various forms of equipment to aide them as well.
Most of Class B did notice something a little strange through their first two days of training. Little Kota was joining them in their quirk strengthening training, though he looked to be having fun and other times he looked completely serious. He did not train as much as the UA Students but he did so mostly to stay close to them. It was something the Wild Wild Pussycats observed as well and while baffled at the sudden change, it was welcome. Though none more than Mandalay understood why as they had had a heart to heart and she supported him bettering himself.
And Kota was having fun. When he trained with Naruto, he got to let out some frustrations by shooting off a volley of water shots at the blond ninja, who used that a training to get used to moving in higher levels of gravity, though there was an incident when the dial was hit and the gravity went up to 10 times gravity, creating a Naruto sized crater since he was unprepared for that. Izuku helped analyze Kota's quirk a little more for him and found it was a form of hydrokinesis and not just a small water gun quirk like they thought. Izuku then proceeded to help the boy shape the water in the same was he could sort of do for his own lighting. Izuku was then punched out by an electrified water fist. Kota actually helped Mina form a hose of sorts to help shoot her acid further when not using bubbles. Kyoka showed Kota how sound affects water to be careful, just in-case it was ever used against him. Momo, Setuna, and Itsuka acted like big sisters and taught him to fight normally a little bit.
It went like that with the whole class for two days and with no one having remedial classes, they all got stronger in their own ways.
XXX
Soon came the third night and the Wild Wild Pussycats had a game set up for them. One class got to scare the other with the night of the forest at night and with use of their quirks. A test of courage!
This time, however, Class A was expected to go first and scare Class B! Hitoshi, Kyoka, and Himiko were the first group to try and scare people. What with Himiko coming out of the bushes looking like random people, Kyoka providing some mood music to put people on edge, and Hitoshi would take command of one person of the group to scare the other. It was a pretty effective first scare. Music, fake danger, and fear of losing control of the situation.
In Inasa's group, he made the wind rustle and sometimes made it feel like someone was behind you and they breathed down your neck. Shoto messed with the temperature to confuse and use a bit of fire light to cast looming shadows with alongside Denki's bursts of electricity. Fumikage and Dark Shadow had a lot of fun casting the shadows to scare people.
Around the middle of the path, Naruto, Toru and Setsuna had a blast with their scare project. Naturally, Naruto sang a bit of Child's Play from the Chuckie movie as his Limbo Clones, Setsuna, and Toru invisibly poked people in the back and whispered things in their ears as Setsuna's head came for the final scare, leaving their victims running to the next one.
"Man, I did not think Bakugo could scream like a girl!" Naruto chuckled to a dying of laughter Setsuna.
"I know!" Setsuna roared after a moment. "The way he clung to Ibara like a scared puppy was too much! And then she wrapped him up with her hair like a little baby. I can't!"
"H-hey….do any of you smell smoke?" Toru asked a little nervously. Both laughing teens froze and smelled the air.
Yeah…a little bit, but it doesn't smell like Shoto's fire." Naruto commented, getting an odd look from Setsuna and he assumed Toru was too. All he could see of her was a general outline at times. "Look, ever since he learned to combine his elements, it has a cold smell, this has extreme heat and another weird scent in it."
"YOU IDIOT! That is a sleeping agent!" Kurama's voice rang out in his head.
"And that part can't be good." Naruto grumbled when he noticed the girls getting a bit wobbly. "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" Naruto caught hold of both girl and lightly shook them from the edge of sleep. "Careful! Seems we might be under attack…again."
"Is it too much to ask for in a normal care free summer camp!" Toru whined as they heard a voice laughing in the distance before the light of a blue blaze reached them.
"Apparently!" Setsuna replied, a bit freaked out.
"Ok, so this is happening." Naruto growled and before he calmed down and looked at the girls with a serious expression, they saw the other day when he took command of the class in the forest of beasts. "Toru, I need you to take the left path and warn those coming in that is too dangerous for this Test of Courage right now. Make sure they get back safely. Setsuna, take the right path and warn those ahead of us and to take them to safety. Both of your stealth skills are a must against whomever snuck in ahead of us. Stay safe!"
"RIGHT!"
As soon as the girls left, Naruto jumped to the trees to see behind and around him. Oh…yeah, shit hit the fan alright and he was happy to see Izuku's green streak of lightning heading towards Kota's hangout spot at the top of a nearby mountain. The kid should be safe there from whatever they were under attack from. Should being the operative word here.
As Naruto traveled around the tree tops, he caught sight of the Fire Starter along with a Deadpool wannabe and two more Nomu. That meant the one attacking were probably from the League of Villains. Just…terrific.
"Man, I heard that wind guy was strong, but that sure was something!" Scarface Fireman laughed aloud to his lackeys before directing one of the Nomu. "You, head back to the portal and give Tomura's master his quirk prize. You go search for the one we are after."
The one to shamble off in search of something was a freaky looking Nomu with chainsaws for hands. However, the other was more worrying, it had the Wild Wild Pussycat, Ragdoll, wrapped up tightly in tendrils of hair completely knocked out as it walked off to complete its mission. Naruto made sure to follow the hair monster while the Fire Starter and his wannabe friend walked further into the forest. However, Naruto did send a couple gifts their way.
BOOM!
"Ah exploding kunai, always a classic." Naruto replied happily before jumping down in front of the Hair Nomu, a blank expression his face. "By the way, I will be needing her back."
"SCREEE!" It was not much of a talker. It merely screamed at Naruto and sent a multitude of hair all over the place, most becoming invisible. Naruto back handed the two largest of tendrils away from him with ease.
"Yeah, I do not know that dialect of Japanese, but I am pretty sure you just told me to fuck off." Naruto deadpanned as he moved forward, but found his leg caught in nearly invisible hair. Raising an eyebrow at being caught too early, he went to cut himself out but found both hands bound and tied behind his back way to quickly for his liking.
What made the situation worse was the thousands of hairs suddenly appearing and wrapping him up tightly enough to cause strain and blood to start leaking from the various cuts. Soon he was hanging right in front of the mysterious Hair Nomu, dangling like a fish. It seemed to crane its neck to see him before the curtain of hair was removed from the face to reveal sunken blank eyes and rows upon rows of teeth as it screamed at him. "You know, it is funny coming from me, but your powers are bullshit!"
Another horrifying banshee scream was the response to him suddenly cutting Ragdoll free of the hair and then disappearing into a ripple of space. Another ripple and the original Naruto gave a thumbs up before disappearing again.
"Ah well, let's put that pretty mouth of yours to use! GIMME A KISS!" Naruto roared as the Nomu screamed again and took him into its mouth.
The resulting clone explosion annihilated the Hair Nomu from existence.
The real Naruto reappeared to admire his handy work but grimaced at the amount of chakra he would need to expend to create another Limbo Clone. At least Ragdoll was safe.
KRA KA KOOM!
Naruto looked to Kota's preferred hangout spot on the mountain to see a massive bolt of green lighting light up the night and obliterate the top of the mountain, leaving it a smoldering crater. It seemed that Kota and Izuku had run into a powerful foe if Izuku was forced to use a Thunder Step of that power. However, that would mean another bolt of lightning of equal strength would touch down somewhere in the forest…probably nearby knowing his luck.
KRA KOOM!
Yup, he was right, not very far away indeed. The resulting wind and static rushed towards Naruto at high speeds and he was thankful he anchored himself to the ground with chakra as it hit. As for the forced and static, he let it hit him so that Fa Jin would absorb it all.
BANG!
Naruto moved his head from side to side when a bullet tried taking him out and then a small bolt of lightning followed soon after. Naruto looked in the direction to see who tried shooting him during his distracted state to see, a teen around his age in dark clothing approach him. They almost looked like a pirate with that poofy white shirt, ripped up jeans, steel toed boots, and a black jacket with way too many zippers. However, the thing that stood out to Naruto was the porcelain mask with the depiction of a hawk on it and of course the style his black hair was in.
"Well, Muscular is probably dead and I thought for sure I had you during that rush of wind, but it seems your defeat of that Nomu was no fluke…wait…you."
"Do we know each other?" Naruto asked curiously, having a vague sense of déjà vu because that voice sounded familiar too.
"You…who trigger the visions." The teen said as he held his head in pain before ripping off his mask in an attempt to try and breath better. "WHO ARE YOU!"
It was a ghost from the past, someone he thought he would not see ever see again. "Sasuke Uchiha?! The fuck are you doing here? Was sending me here not enough!?"
"You know me!?" The now identified avenger asked before his went still as his eyes went blank as Naruto screamed in his face and his own mind was screaming over everything else.
XXX -Flashback-
Sasuke stumbled a bit as the strong winds battered him from side to side, watching with satisfaction as Naruto and the Tailed Beasts finally left this world. Now no one would have the power to stop his revolution. He wasn't without mercy; he had let Naruto say his final goodbyes. It was what he received from Itachi that night after all.
"What have you done!" Roared the Sage of Six Paths, still looking at the sky were his children used to be.
"I have removed obstacles to my revolution." Sasuke replied simply.
"Foolish boy…foolish son." Hagoromo growled in uncharacteristic rage. "You always wanted to be alone, especially after I chose Asura to lead the clan. I had no idea your hatred reached so deep. This reincarnation has finally showed your true colors…colors I have seen throughout the years, but refused to truly acknowledge. Fine then."
Sasuke was not prepared for what happened next. Hagoromo completely ripped out his Rinne-Sharingan and crushed it. Sasuke felt the effects immediately as he crashed to his knees as a pulse rocked him to his core, feeling weaker now.
"The Cycle ends here, Indra, you have made sure of that. I only started this so you two would eventually learn to get along, but you have severed the connection between you completely, so I have served the Cycle from you…no more reincarnations for you, Indra. This was your last mistake…your last life here."
"The fuck are you talking about?" Sasuke growled, immensely pissed off that this old man would dare to take his best weapon.
"It means when you are killed for your transgressions in this war and in life, this is the end for you here…because if you choose to reincarnate again, it won't be in this world." Hagoromo sneered before pointing a finger at the moon, dispelling Kaguya's illusion over the world. With that, he faded and disappeared from ninja world forever more. The Cycle had been broken in the worst way.
And Sasuke was alone on the battlefield, clutching the spot where he was down an eye, once more angry at the world. Or so he thought because he heard the distinct sound of a thousand birds chirping. Sasuke caught sight of his former team leader, Kakashi, charging at him with a Chidori. Sasuke momentarily thought he deserved this death before his anger once more got the best of him. He still had power, more than enough to deal with this annoyance, so he sidestepped Kakashi at the last second, noting that Kashi had tunnel vision thanks to the loss of his own Sharingan. Too bad, he could use an eye right about now.
Oh well, Sasuke activated his remaining Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and set Kakashi on fire with the Amaterasu. He stared at the screaming soon to be corpse with indifference before hurrying off before Sakura could do anything. It was funny to him that she would try.
Sasuke ran to where he knew the five Kage would be and set fire to the Tsuchikage and the Raikage, but that was all he was able to get before Tsunade rushed in and punched him away. His body rocketing far away.
Years later, he regretted everything. The Sage's last acts to spite him had been his undoing. Sasuke would never get his revolution because after he recovered from Tsunade's punch, he found that he walked with a limp and his right arm was mangled beyond repair and though he tried, no one would help him. In fact, he was always on the run, ninja from all nations, even the small villages, were always looking to take his head.
In his final moments, he thought back to his life and realized it was not much of one. Always with vengeance and making stupid choices. He was alone his entire life after he lost his family and he chose to stay alone, dwell within the darkness of his heart.
Did he regret it?
Yes.
He thought he deserved being hunted down and paralyzed by medical ninjutsu, seals, and a stray Rasengan. She must have learned it as a memory to their wayward former teammate. Looking into Sakura's eyes now, he did regret turning her into this person that was forced to take him down. She had paralyzed him with medical knowledge, knowing his body could not take much more. Then sealed away his Sharingan and his chakra, leaving him bound to her mercy. Sakura's eyes showed no mercy, not small amount of love that she had for him so long ago. He had torn her world asunder and all that she had left for him was contempt. His own eyes stared back at him and he regretted turning Sakura in this.
Once more, the familiar sound of a thousand birds chirping filled his ears as he saw pink and crimson lightning form on her hand and plunge it in his chest.
He accepted his death.
Maybe if he reincarnated, he would do better. Lead a better life or help another with his affliction and drive them down a better path for he knew where hated and vengeance lead.
Nowhere.
Nowhere but death.
XXX -Flashback End-
Sasuke Uchiha aka Hawkeye screamed until he came back to his senses. Taking ragged breathes, he looked around to see Naruto no longer by him. Only a single blue marble.
"Oh, you are done screaming." A somewhat disinterested voice called out to him. Looking up, he saw the self-proclaimed master thief, Compress, standing on a branch before jumping down to take the marble in hand before pocketing it. "Good job distracting the blond, though I was not going to approach until you came to your senses. What was that?"
Allies, him and Compress were allies in this League of Villains. Though his recent memories, his reincarnation here was slowly changing Tomura's mind about being a villain. Very well, he could work with that. Sorry Naruto, but he once more had to be thrown under the bus until he could spirit the blond away. Though that would be harder now. "I…am not sure. Whatever illusion he projected into my mind…sent images of my torture and death. I did not know he could do that, I thought it was all song and dance." Seriously, that was Naruto's power here, illusion was never hehad. He did not buy it. This was still the original Naruto after all. He hid everything. "Make sure we get a power dampener or something for him."
"I am sure Giran has something." Compress replied carefully. Sasuke seemed different somehow. No matter, they got what they came for, it was time to go. He radioed that their objective was complete. The loss of Moonfish and Muscular were acceptable. Less actual psychos the better.
As the two disappeared into the woods to get back to the portal, the air shifted before Ragdoll fell in a heap. Her mind muddled but going a mile a minute thanks to her quirk. If it had not been for Naruto and his strange Limbo Clones, she would be dead or worse right now. Her body sure felt like it was going to be the case. Those villains sure were something, but they got what they came for and she felt them disappear with her quirk.
Her vision faded as she saw Izuku and Kota run up to her in worry and she just only had one though on her mind.
The heroes had lost.
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What do you all think? The main reason I did have the remedial class was because it was rather dumb. I get Aizawa is a hard ass about everyone but come on. Plus, they all get to help Kota out with his issues…something that were just glossed over in the show, in my opinion.
Next time, we get a glimpse of Izuku and Kota battle with Muscular and then the rescue.
Review please!