Chapter 46: Game Start
After Ojiro found the case for 'My Hero Academia: Season 3', the class had a long debate about watching it or not. The debate was settled with Bakugo saying how he 'wanted to see it so he could see how badass he looked' and Yaoyorozu adding 'We could find more information about the League for Aizawa Sensei and All Might'. Though the class was skeptical about Bakugo's reason, no one argued. So, the next evening, they sat on and around the couches, sleep bags, pillows, and snacks around. Koda also decided to bring his rabbit down for reassuring his classmates, too (though it was mostly for Bakugo).
"Are you sure you-" Kirishima was about to ask Bakugo the same question he'd been asking all day.
"Yes, Kirishima, I'm fine with watching it. Like I said, I want to see myself looking badass, okay?!" Bakugo shouted.
"O-Okay, if you're sure." Kirishima sighed while Ojiro placed the disc into the player, handing the remote to Midoriya before sitting down.
'If you're sure, Kacchan…' Midoriya thought before pressing play.
Zooming out of U.A. High, Midoriya narrated, "U.A. High School's hero course… In the world where about 80% of the population has some kind of superpower called a 'quirk', this prestigious school was built to raise heroes to oppose villains and their crimes."
Midoriya standing at the entrance of the school as he narrated, "I, Izuku Midoriya, am a student at this school, working hard to achieve my dream. To become someone who can save people with a smile… Yes, this is the story of how I became the greatest hero!"
"Not this shit again!" Bakugo yelled.
"Will you shush?! It's a new opening!" Jiro yelled back.
"All Might, that's the previous One for All user, the one before you, right?" Kirishima asked him, All Might nodding in response.
"I like this new jam!" Kaminari smiled, bouncing to the beat.
"Look at us flying out of the woods…!" Sero pointed out, adding, "Probably trying to escape the hell we had in there…"
"Camino Ward…" Yaoyorozu whispered.
"Wait, who's the muscular guy? Is he a villain…?" Hagakure asked.
"Yeah, he is. He was trying to kill Kota, so I had to stop him." Midoriya answered.
"Oh, yeah, you did run off to go find him…" Iida pointed out.
"All Might's looking like he's about to kill someone…" Ashido muttered.
At the League's lair, the TV played with a woman introducing, "Summer Vacation Hero Special: From Number One Hero to U.A. High School Teacher. This time, we will look back at All Might's work and his great-"
The TV was shut off by Kurogiri, who turned to look at Shigaraki as he grinned underneath the hand on his face.
'I figured it out. I know why the hero killer pisses me off and why those U.A. brats irritate me. It's all because of All Might. It's because he's always smiling thoughtlessly, as if there was no one he couldn't save. Because he's always smiling thoughtlessly…' Shigaraki thought before he left the room. Kurogiri looked down at the cards on the table, then to a photo of Midoriya.
"I thought he destroyed that?!" Midoriya exclaimed.
"-was quirkless until his third year of middle school, but then he suddenly manifested a quirk." Kurogiri monologues.
"They've done research, too?!" Midoriya panicked.
"Midoriya Protection Squad!" Ashido shouted.
"-distinguished himself, finishing in the top eight at the U.A. sports festival. And then, during the Hosu incident, he and his friends fought against Hero Killer: Stain, and won. At that time, the hero killer saved his life." Kurogiri continued monolongueing, narrowing his eyes at the photo, thinking, 'The boy acknowledged by the hero killer, the man seeking out true heroes. The opposite of Tomura Shigaraki…'
Walking down a dark alleyway, Shigaraki hummed, "I'll make it myself… A world without All Might… And I'll show everyone just how fragile that so-called justice is."
Title screen 'Game Start'
"More like 'A Scary Start'..." Kaminari shivered.
"U.A. High School has finished all classes for the first semester and started summer vacation." Midoriya narrated. While Midoriya did some reps in his home, he narrated, "But that doesn't mean I had time to play. To prepare for the upcoming training camp in the woods, I continued my independent training."
Midoriya sighed, looking at his posters of All Might taped on his wall, the video of his debut playing on his computer.
"I bet you look at that differently now…" Kaminari muttered to Midoriya.
"Yeah…" Midoriya nodded.
"All Might…" Midoriya whispered, glancing down at his scarred hand, thinking, 'There are still times when I can't believe it… That All Might acknowledged me and transferred his quirk to me…'
The doorbell rang, breaking Midoriya out of his thoughts.
Opening the door, Kaminari and Mineta stood outside.
"Oh, this is when we all went to the pool!" Mineta exclaimed.
"I still want to know who would've won!" Sero shook his fist.
"The pool?" Midoriya questioned.
"Yeah, before the summer training camp." Kaminari explained.
"Let's train together!" Mineta winked, holding a thumbs up.
At U.A., Aizawa and a teacher stood in the teachers' office.
"Vlad, about the strength increasing part of the summer training camp…" Aizawa told the other teacher.
"Eraser, before that, can you confirm the quirks of the Class A students for me?" Vlad asked.
"All right." Aizawa nodded before explaining everyone's quirks in Class 1-A.
"'Basically, she's invisible', huh?" Hagakure chuckled.
All Might spat out blood when he mentioned Midoriya's quirk, calling it 'Super Power' until asking Aizawa, "You didn't change that to 'One for All', right?!"
"I understood that it was meant to be kept a secret, so no." Aizawa answered, making All Might sigh.
"That's all." Aizawa said when he was done, adding, "We should also look at Class B's quirks-"
The door to the room slid open, Kaminari, Midoriya and Mineta coming in.
"Excuse me." Mineta excused them.
"What is it, you three?" Vlad asked.
"Aizawa Sensei, about the form we turned in the day before yesterday to use the pool…" Kaminari reminded him.
"Oh right, the school has granted permission. You can use the pool until 5 p.m." Aizawa told them.
"Yes, sir!" Kaminari smiled as they bowed.
"Thank you very much!" Mineta added.
"You said you wanted to use the pool for endurance training, right?" Aizawa asked.
"Mineta…" Kaminari glared at him.
"It was your idea…!" Mineta whispered.
"Yes, sir!"
"Using the pool for endurance training, huh? What a great idea, Mineta! If we're at school, then we can use our quirks, too. It's perfect for training!" Midoriya said, determined as he closed his locker in the guys locker room.
"We're in the hero course, you know." Kaminari winked.
"Go beyond! Plus Ultra!" Mineta cheered.
"Ultra!" Midoriya cheered.
'It was the right choice to invite the diligent Midoriya, Mineta.' Kaminari thought as he glanced at Mineta.
'If it had just been us, we might not have gotten permission to use the pool, huh?' Mineta nodded.
'By the way, there's no problem with that, is there?' Kaminari narrowed his eyes.
'Of course not. I overheard by accident. After finals were over…' Mineta shook his head.
"We have to refrain from taking long trips over the summer?" Uraraka gasped in the classroom after they finished their final exams.
"Apparently, it's a request from the school." Jiro nodded.
"That's too bad. I was supposed to go to Venice with my parents." Yaoyorozu sighed.
"How bourgeois!" Uraraka fainted.
"Aw, I brought a new swimsuit, too!" Ashido complained.
"It can't be helped. We were attacked by the League of Villains before." Jiro explained.
"Even so, I wanna play!" Ashido whined.
"Midoriya was talking early about not having time to play, and then there's Mina." Asui blurted out.
"The pool was still fun!" Ashido smiled.
"Yeah, if we're using the school pool, then I'm sure the teachers will give us permission." Asui agreed with Hagakure's idea about the pool.
"Good idea! Then we won't have to spend any money, either." Uraraka added.
"It's better than being cooped up at home!" Ashido bounced.
"Then, I'll go get permission from the school." Yaoyorozu offered.
'That's what I heard!' Mineta drooled at the memory.
'Then we have no choice but to go! Let's find the new charm of the girls in a different setting!' Kaminari agreed, an imagery of the girls in bikinis appearing.
"I shouldn't have granted permission…" Aizawa muttered, annoyed.
"The fact that you used Midoriya, of all people." Jiro glared at Kaminari and Mineta.
"Why didn't you girls wear bikinis?!" Mineta shouted at her.
"Shut it, scum!" Bakugo yelled at him.
"You're late!" Iida exclaimed as Kaminari and Mineta entered the pool area.
"Hey, hey, hey! What are you guys here?" Mineta gasped, seeing everyone from Class 1-A stretching around the pool deck.
"Since we're doing endurance training at the pool, I messaged everyone to see if they wanted to come." Midoriya explained.
"Is that what happened? You're too diligent, Midoriya!" Kaminari muttered, shaking his fist.
"It's a good thing he invited us." Sero smiled.
"-definitely girls in swimsuits here!" Mineta whispered to Kaminari, him and Mineta nodding.
'I'll burn the sight into my eyes!' Kaminari declared.
'The sight of their new swimsuits!' Mineta vowed.
"Oh, Mineta!" Asui exclaimed, her and the girls stretching in their one piece suits on the other side of the pool.
"Kaminari, you came, too?" Jiro questioned.
'What's with those swimsuits? They should be wearing bikinis.' Kaminari thought, disappointed.
"Glad to disappoint." Jiro smirked.
"Except one…" Ashido pointed, showing Mineta being okay with it.
"Even if we came to see you girls in bikinis, we still had fun." Kaminari nodded.
"You're lucky I gave permission…" Aizawa glared at him.
"-endurance training at school! I'm impressed! Now, why don't you come and sweat with the rest of us?" Iida told Mineta and Kaminari as he picked them up, heading to the others.
"W-Wait… Wait a minute!" Mineta and Kaminari protested.
Information about Midoriya appears.
"We've seen this information thing for Midoriya about three times." Sero pointed out.
"And some of us haven't been shown…" Hagakure agreed.
"Well, Midoriya is, again, the main character in this." Kirishima reminded them.
"-I go! Here!" Uraraka shouted, serving a beach ball.
"Got it!" Ashido hit it next.
"Ribbit!" Asui got it with her tongue.
Jiro hit the ball with her earphone jack.
"Take that!" Hagakure dove to hit it.
"Got it!" Yaoyorozu cheered.
"At least we get to see it now!" Mineta whispered to Kaminari, nodding in response.
"-minute break! I brought these for everyone! Drink up!" Iida announced to the guys, opening a cooler filled with orange juice.
"Oh!" Sato exclaimed.
"Just what I'd expect from the class rep!" Ojiro sighed.
"I feel alive again. Thanks!" Sero cheered.
Kaminari downed a can, sighing, "Why are the girls playing around?"
"That's what we requested for." Yaoyorozu answered.
"I know…" Kaminari sighed.
"Mineta, why did you apply to use it for endurance training?" Kaminari asked him angrily.
"We might not have gotten permission otherwise!" Mineta explained.
"You've been working out, huh?" Shoji asked Ojiro and Tokoyami.
"Yeah, I've been working out ever since summer vacation started." Ojiro nodded.
"We must do our utmost." Tokoyami agreed.
Midoriya caught his breath as he got out of the pool.
"Midoriya." Iida called before handing him an orange juice, saying, "You need to take a break."
"From destroying your body." Sero added.
"Sero!" Midoriya exclaimed.
Midoriya downed the drink before stopping, asking, "What?"
"Well, I just thought it was strange." Iida sighed, sitting down on the pool deck, explaining, "During the entrance exams, I didn't think I'd end up being such good friends with you. Frankly, I didn't think much of you back then. But during the practical exam… you prioritized saving Uraraka over passing the exam."
'How can a hero course reject people who save others and do the right thing? Come, Young Midoriya. This is your hero academia!'
"Do you think they would've stopped the robot if Midoriya didn't jump out to save Uraraka?" Kirishima asked.
"Hopefully, 'cause she might not be here right now." Ashido answered, hugging Uraraka.
"-whoever was last place in the fitness test would be expelled, I thought it was over for me." Midoriya smiled.
"Even so, you didn't give up. Not during the combat training, either." Iida reminded Midoriya.
"We should've treated it more like a real thing, huh, Deku?" Uraraka smiled nervously.
"Yeah…" Midoriya nodded.
"That was when Bakugo knew, Midoriya did indeed have a quirk." Kaminari muttered dramatically.
"It's true that your methods were reckless…" Iida stood up.
'Yes, they are.' the class nodded.
"...but I could feel your tenacity, Midoriya. I think that's what Bakugo and I lost to." Iida told Midoriya.
"That's… I'm here thanks to the help of many different people. That's why I need to work harder!" Midoriya vowed.
"You're also here because of your own hard work, Young Midoriya." All Might told him.
"-no way I'd lose to a damn nerd like you!" Bakugo yelled, making his way to Midoriya.
"K-Kacchan!" Midoriya jumped.
"I got your message, but sorry I'm late! It took some time to get Bakugo to come." Kirishima explained, holding Bakugo back.
'Is that what happened?' Midoriya sighed.
"Hey, damn Deku!" Bakugo yelled, getting his attention as he continued, "You wanna decide things right now? Huh?"
"No… that's not…" Midoriya uttered.
"It's true that just training isn't that interesting." Iida rubbed his chin before announcing, "Everyone, do you want to see which of the boys can swim 50 meters the fastest?"
"Yeah!" Kaminari nodded.
"Sounds fun!" Sero agreed.
"Let's do it!" Sato grinned.
"Iida, we will help, too." Yaoyorozu walked up to him, the other girls beside her.
"Thanks!" Iida nodded.
"What about quirks? Can we use them?" Ojiro asked.
"We're at school, so there shouldn't be a problem." Iida answered before adding, "However, you cannot cause damage to any people or buildings!"
"Looking at a certain someone…" Kirishima nudged Bakugo.
Turning to look at Todoroki, Bakugo shouted, "Of course, I'll crush you, too, Half-and-Half Bastard!"
Mineta, Tokoyami, Koda, Bakugo and Kaminari stood at the pool edge, Yaoyorozu announcing, "Then, on your marks… Get set…"
Yaoyorozu blew the whistle. Kaminari, Koda, Tokoyami and Mineta dived into the pool while Bakugo jumped up, using his quirk to propel himself over the pool.
"Explosive Speed Turbo!" Bakugo yelled as he made it to the other side, smirking, "How was that, you extras?!"
"What do you mean, 'How was that'?!" Sero yelled.
"You didn't even swim!" Kirishima agreed.
"You didn't swim either, Flat Face!" Bakugo yelled at Sero.
"-your marks… Get set…"
Yaoyorozu blew the whistle. Sero sent out his tape to the other side of the pool.
"Hi!" Aoyama winked, sending out his naval laser while Todoroki used his ice to slide across. Aoyama's stomach started to hurt, sending him to knock Sero off his tape. Todoroki jumped onto the pool deck, Kaminari and Mineta shouting, "You're supposed to be swimming!"
"Aoyama, you just keep doing it, huh?" Ashido glanced at him to see Aoyama shaking his head.
Yaoyorozu blew the whistle, Midoriya, Ojiro and Shoji diving in the water. Iida used his engines to slide across the ropes in the pool.
"You too, Iida?!" Kaminari exclaimed.
As Midoriya swam, he powered One for All, thinking, 'One for All… Full Cowling!'
As Midoriya was catching up to Iida, who noticed, and put in an extra boost to his engines. Iida jumped off the rope, reaching for the edge as Midoriya touched it, catching his breath.
"Wow!" Sato cheered.
"Good job, Midoriya!" Sero yelled.
"Iida, you were so close!" Ashido exclaimed.
Midoriya helped Iida out of the water as Iida sighed, "You beat me, Midoriya."
"Iida, you were amazing, too." Midoriya told him.
"Midoriya…" Todoroki whispered.
'If you have something from the number one hero, then I… have ever more reason to beat you. By winning first place without using my damn old man's quirk, I'll reject him completely.'
'You want to win with just half your strength?! You haven't put a single scratch on me yet, you know! Come at me with everything you've got! It's your power, isn't it?!'
'I want… to be a hero, too…!'
Todoroki glanced down at his left hand before noticing Iida and Midoriya staring at him.
'You must be Hero Killer: Stain! I am the younger brother of a hero you attacked. The younger brother of the most excellent older brother. I have come to stop you in his place!'
The class winced as it showed Iida and Stain's fight.
'You and your brother are both weak. Because you're fakes.'
'I came to save you, Iida!'
'You made me late. The two of us will protect them!'
'Why are you two… Why… Please, stop! I've inherited my brother's name. Please stop… I'm… already…'
'If you want us to stop, then stand up! Look properly at what you want to be!'
'Todoroki, I vow once more that I will become a hero like my elder brother.' Iida nodded at Todoroki.
'I will also become the hero I wish to be…' Todoroki nodded.
'I will also become a hero… A hero like All Might, who saves people with a smile…' Midoriya nodded.
"Man, I was wondering why you three were just staring at each other, now I know why." Sero nodded.
"-training session during what became known as the USJ incident… There were indiscriminate attacks by Hero Killer: Stain and the League of Villains in Hosu City, which became known as the Hosu incident… And then, the other day, Tomura Shigaraki, thought to be the leader of the League of Villains suddenly appeared before Izuku Midoriya, a student in the hero course at U.A. High…" Tsukauchi summarized.
"That smile is just…" Hagakure shivered.
"He needs chapstick and lotion badly…" Ashido agreed.
"We should find out his birthday, or just call truce by giving him some!" Jiro said sarcastically.
"-I'm sure they are wriggling under the surface." All Might said when Tsukauchi was done.
"I know. The police are working with heroes to gather information about the League of Villains. When that investigation bears fruit, we'll be counting on you, All Might." Tsukauchi said as All Might grew into his muscular form.
"Of course, Tsukauchi." All Might nodded.
Back at U.A., Iida announced, "The winners of each heat-Bakugo, Todoroki and Midoriya-will race for first place. Is that all right?"
"Yup." Midoriya nodded.
"Yeah." Todoroki agreed.
"Hey, Half-and-Half Bastard!" Bakugo called, lowering his voice, saying, "Don't hold back like you did at the sports festival. Come at me seriously!"
"All right." Todoroki narrowed his eyes.
"You too, damn Deku!" Bakugo turned to Midoriya.
"A-All right, Kacchan." Midoriya nodded.
"Then, the 50-m freestyle final will begin now!" Iida announced as Todoroki, Midoriya, and Bakugo stood at the edge.
"Go, Bakugo!" Kirishima cheered.
"Don't kill the other guys!" Kaminari yelled.
"Todoroki, don't lose!" Sero shouted.
"Do your best, Deku!" Uraraka jumped.
"Everyone, fight!" Yaoyorozu exclaimed.
"On your marks…"
Bakugo's palms sparked. 'I'll fly across all at once!'
Todoroki froze his right arm. 'I'll slide through.'
Midoriya powered One for All. 'I'll swim to the finish with everything I've got!'
"Get set.."
Iida blew the whistle. The three jumped off the edge and fell into the pool.
"Aizawa Sensei?!" some of the class exclaimed at him.
"Your pool time was up." Aizawa explained.
"I still think Bakugo would've won." Kirishima smirked.
"No way, Todoroki would've." Sero argued.
"If it's in terms of swimming, Midoriya would have won." Yaoyorozu told them.
'Oh, yeah!' the class thought.
"-Aizawa Sensei!" Kaminari begged.
"We just got to the good part!" Sero complained.
Aizawa narrowed his eyes. "Did you say something?"
"Nothing, sir!"
Bakugo kicked a rock as he and Kirishima walked from the school.
"Damn it! Stopping the race like that!" Bakugo scuffed.
"I know how you feel, but calm down." Kirishima told him, adding, "Midoriya and Todoroki are classmates-and friends-right?"
"Shut up!" Bakugo shouted at him.
"Bakugo doesn't care about them! He basically hates them!" Kaminari turned to Kirishima.
"And here I thought we were friends…" Todoroki muttered.
"We're not friends, and we'll never be friends, Half-and-Half Bastard!" Bakugo shouted.
"Definitely friends…" Todoroki nodded.
"Are you ignoring me?!" Bakugo exclaimed.
'Todoroki… I don't think that's friendship…' Midoroya chuckled.
"-what is means to be better than All Might… To be better than the number one hero?" Bakugo narrowed his eyes.
Kirishima stared at Bakugo before smiling.
'Dagoba Municipal Beach Park'
Midoriya stood at the beach, watching the waves.
'You have ten months until the U.A. entrance exam. You must build up your body by then!'
"You cleaning the beach was so manly, Midoriya!" Kirishima exclaimed.
"Ah… Th-Thanks…" Midoriya smiled nervously.
"I still think you were pushing youself too much…" Yaoyorozu sighed.
"-are you here?" Midoriya asked, turning to see All Might.
"What about you?" All Might asked.
Midoriya turned back to the waves. "I'm here…"
'You can become a hero. Young man, I will tell you the truth. My quirk was passed on to me like a sacred torch. The power to transfer power… That is the quirk I inherited! I was crowned with 'One for All'! And next, it is your turn.'
"...because this is where I started." Midoriya finished.
All Might smiled at Midoriya before looking out at the waves. "Young Midoriya, the summer training camp will be tough. Do your best."
"Yes, sir!"
Ending plays.
"This ending is pretty chill…" Jiro commented.
"Probably trying to reassure us before the main scare comes…" Ojiro sighed.
"In all honesty, this felt like a recap episode, of our lives." Sato observed.
"Calm before the storm." Tokoyami muttered.
"Indeed." Shoji nodded.
"It's kind of like a comic book…" Kirishima titled his head.
"Yeah. I can see it." Uraraka agreed.
"I remember that day!" Asui smiled as it showed Midoriya, Iida, and Uraraka sleeping on the train.
"I had a hard time sleeping that night…" Uraraka rubbed her neck.
"Man, going to the beach before Camino Ward felt so relaxing…" Kaminari sighed.
"I'm just glad no one fell when we climbed that power tower to watch the fireworks." Yaoyorozu sighed.
"Midoriya's smile…! Too cute…!" Ashido gushed.
"Something's going on!" Hagakure exclaimed.
U.A. at night, Vlad asked, "The location for the training camp has been changed?"
"It's a measure we're taking to be cautious since information may be getting leaked to the villains. Even within the school, only the upper management is aware of this. Please keep this quiet. Even from the students." Aizawa explained, Vlad nodding.
A phone rang through in the League's lair as Shigaraki answered, saying, "There's something I'd like you to prepare… That's right, it's the start of a new game…"
'So that's what the title was referring to…' the class shivered.
Chapter 47: Wild, Wild Pussycats
An overlooking of a city at night as Midoriya narrated, "Evil wiggling on the underside of the showy superhero society… No matter how many times they're driven back, they hide in the darkness, storing up strength… They start to move again…"
Shigaraki started stacking some cards into a tower as he hummed, "I expect nothing less from Master, finding so easily the destination of those guys that I couldn't find no matter how hard I look."
"It was worth having them on standby, wasn't it, Tomura Shigaraki?" Kurogiri asked, the tower card Shigaraki finished falling apart.
"Okay, villain or not, that has to be frustrating." Kirishima muttered.
'He deserves it, though…' the class noted.
"-was contacted by the union. They said you could deliver the goods by tomorrow morning. They were hastily put together, so they don't look like much, but the quality is guaranteed." Giran explained.
"I apologize for asking for something unreasonable." Kurogiri told him.
"Hey, Shigaraki… Do you know why the union accepted your unreasonable request?" Giran asked, waving a cigarette around, answering, "'Cause everyone's got high expectations for you. If the League of Villains becomes active, then those smoldering in the dark will start to move. If that happens, then those like me can share in the profits."
"Don't worry. You'll soon be so busy you won't be able to keep up." Shigaraki assured him, making Giran laugh.
"I'm looking forward to it." Giran grinned, adding before he left, "Anyway, thanks."
"My pieces and prey have all arrived at the destination. Then, it's time to start the game." Shigaraki grinned.
The recap from before shown before the opening plays.
"I thought this shit was over, with the repetitive stuff." Kaminari groaned, adding cheerfully, "At least the openings dope."
"Kaminari's actually using his brain, and for once, I agree with him." Jiro smirked.
"Also, when they were talking about that destination, he meant the training camp, didn't he…?" Ojiro asked.
"I think he did…" Hagakure shivered.
"U.A. High has finished its first semester and started summer vacation. However… Those of you trying to be heroes will not receive days of rest. At this summer training camp, we'll have you aiming for even greater heights-for 'Plus Ultra'!" Aizawa explained to Class 1-A as they stood in front of a bus.
"Yes, sir!"
Uraraka ran up to Midoriya, exclaiming, "Deku, it's finally time for the training camp in the woods, huh?"
"Y-Yeah, that's right, Uraraka!" Midoriya's face turned red as he thought, 'So close…!'
"What's the matter?" Uraraka asked, getting closer.
"Well, um…" Midoriya scooted back a little.
Uraraka blinked before gasping.
'Do you like…'
"Jeez, Aoyama, you're just haunting her." Ashido elbowed him.
"Let me put it this way, Uraraka, if you didn't like Midoriya, you wouldn't be thinking about what I said." Aoyama sighed.
"I-It's not that I don't like him. He's my friend!" Uraraka exclaimed, mumbling, "Th-That's all…"
"Stop teasing them, Ashido!" Iida waved his hands at her.
'-so excited…' Midoriya observed as Uraraka, Ashido, and Kaminari cheered about the training camp.
"What? There are people in Class A taking extra classes? Does that mean you had people who failed the finals? What? Isn't that weird? Isn't that weird? Even though they're supposed to be better than Class B? How can that be?" Monoma laughed at Class 1-A until Kendo chopped his neck, making him fall to the floor.
"Freaking Monoma…" Hagakure raged quietly.
"Damn copycat…" Bakugo spat.
"Monoma's scary." a girl from Class 1-B muttered.
"No, he's just damn annoying." Sero sighed.
"-of met during the sports festival, but nice to meet you, Class A." another girl smiled.
"Yeah." another nodded.
"We're getting on the bus!" Kendo announced, dragging Monoma.
"Okay!"
The students in Class 1-B started shuffling towards the bus.
"Not just the girls from Class A, but the girls from Class B will also be there! It'll be like a buffet we can pick and choose from!" Mineta drooled.
"That's about enough out of you." Kirishima glanced down at Mineta.
"Tell him, Kirishima!" Ashido cheered.
"-this way! Line up in seat order!" Iida announced.
Inside the bus, Aizawa told his students, "Everyone, the bus will stop once in about an hour. After that-"
"Let's play some music!" Kaminari announced, interrupting Aizawa.
When Aizawa realized that they weren't listening to him, he sighed, "Oh, well."
"Maybe we should've listened, huh?" Kaminari rubbed his neck.
"The bus ride was too loud…" Tokoyami muttered.
Title screen 'Wild, Wild Pussycats'
Midoriya stretched as the others walked out of the bus.
"Finally taking a break, huh?" Kaminari yawned.
"I gotta pee!" Mineta screeched.
"Anyway, does this even count as a rest area?" Kirishima questioned as they stood before a cliff leading down to a forest.
"Huh? Where's Class B?" Jiro asked.
"B-B-Bathroom!" Mineta hummed.
"There's no point stopping without a reason." Aizawa explained.
"Huh?" the class turned to look at Aizawa.
"Where's the bathroom?" Mineta smiled nervously.
A car that was parked next to the bus opened its doors, someone calling, "Hey, Eraser!"
"Long time no see." Aizawa bowed as two women stood in front of the students.
"Lock on with these sparkling gazes!" a woman with brown short hair danced.
"Stingingly cute and catlike!" a woman with long blond hair winked.
"Wild, Wild… Pussycats!" they sequenced while posing as a boy stood next to them, unamused.
The class stared at the two women as Aizawa explained, "These are pro heroes who will be working with us during the camp, the Pussycats."
"They're a four-person hero team who set up a joint agency! They're a veteran team that specializes in mountain rescues! This year will be their twelfth workin-" Midoriya gushed before the woman with blond hair slapped her paw pad glove over his face.
"Half of the time is Midoriya either gushing over a hero or crying." Ashido chuckled.
"I was just confused when Midoriya started talking about them…" Jiro admitted.
"Greet them, everyone." Aizawa ordered his class.
"Nice to meet you!"
"We own this whole stretch of land here. You all will be staying at the foot of that mountain." the brown-haired woman explained, pointing far out.
'So far!' the class gaped.
"Huh? Then why did we stop here?" Uraraka asked.
"Could this mean…?" Asui questioned.
"No way…" Sato shook his head.
Sero chuckled, pointing towards the bus. "Why don't we get back to the bus, huh? Fast."
"Yeah. Let's do that." Kaminari agreed, Koda and Ashido nodding.
"It's 9:30 a.m. right now. If you're fast… Maybe around noon?" the brown-haired grinned.
"No way… guys…" Kirishima widened his eyes.
"Let's get back!" Ashido cried.
"Get back to the bus!" Kirishima agreed as the class hurried towards the bus.
"If only we made it…" Ojiro sighed while Koda's rabbit landed in his lap. Ojiro sent a silent thank you his way before paying back attention to the TV.
"-don't make it by 12:30 won't get any lunch!" the brown-haired teased, her tail on her costume waving back and forth in a teasing way.
"Sorry, ladies and gentlemen. Training camp…" Aizawa sighed as the blond leaped startling the students back, Aizawa finishing, "...has already begun."
The blond shook the earth underneath her, sending the class flying over the edge into the forest.
"Wh-What is this?!" Uraraka shrieked as they fell.
"The ground is rising up?!" Midoriya screeched.
Leaning over the edge to look down at the students, the brown-haired called, "Hey! Since it's private land, you can use your quirks as you wish! You have three hours! Come to the facility on your own two feet! After getting through… The Beast's Forest!"
The students turned to look at the forest before them, Midoriya repeating, "'The Beast's Forest'?!"
"That name sounds like it came right out of Dragon Quest!" Kaminari commented.
"You play that too much." Jiro sighed.
"How would you know?!" Kaminari remarked.
"I can hear you yelling everytime I walk by!" Jiro and Hagakure exclaimed.
"Touche…" Kaminari rubbed his chin.
"-just have to go." Kirishima encouraged them as Mineta ran by him.
'I held it! I held it! Now to hide in the shadows and…' Mineta thought, running into the forest. A huge beast stood in front of Mineta before growling.
"It's… a beast!" Sero and Kaminari gaped.
Mineta stared at the beast as it raised it's hand, about to strike.
"Calm down, kind beast! Stay back!" Koda called out to it.
The beast ignored, bringing his hand down before Midoriya got Mineta out of the way.
"That was unfortunate…" Jiro sighed.
"Don't you mean 'fortunate'?" Ojiro asked.
"Unfortunate…" Asui shook her head.
"I'm right here!" Mineta cried.
"Really unfortunate…" Hagakure sighed.
Midoriya gasped as he saw a part of the beast chip off.
'A dirt clod… I get it! With Pixie-Bob's quirk…' Midoriya realized.
"It's a really crazy schedule, though, Eraser." the brown-haired told Aizawa.
"Well, we're planning to have them acquire early what they normally would get at the beginning of their second year, so it's going to be crazy no matter what. Permits to use their quirks in the time of an emergency-A provisional license allowing them to work as heroes. With villains being so active right now, they also need to learn how to defend themselves."
Midoriya powered One for All as he thought, 'One for All… Full Cowling!'
Todoroki ran out, shooting ice at the beast while Iida shouted, "Reciproburst!"
His pant leg ripped off as his engines fired up, kicking the beast, breaking off one of its arms.
"Die!" Bakugo smirked as he exploded the second arm of the beast while Midoriya jumped into the air, coming back down on the beast and punching the remains.
"Well then, I continue to count on you, Pixie-Bob." Aizawa told the blond.
"Leave it to me! My fur's standing on end!" Pixie-Bob cheered.
Sato and Sero walked up to Todoroki, Sato complianting, "You guys defeated that beast in an instant?"
"You did it!" Sero cheered.
"You did it… and I did, too…" Mineta cried silently.
"You're amazing, Bakugo!" Kirishima smiled in Bakugo's direction.
"Not yet!" Bakugo warned as he saw another beast rise from the ground.
"Hey, come on. How many of them are there?" Kaminari questioned.
"What should we do? Run away?" Ashido asked.
"This is no joke. If we don't make it to the facility by noon, then we don't get lunch" Sato explained.
"Now I really wish we made it to the bus…" Sato sighed.
"Couldn't have agreed more…" Sero nodded.
"-shortest route." Yaoyorozu encouraged.
"Ribbit." Asui nodded, Koda agreeing.
"All right. Let's go, Class A!" Iida announced.
"Yeah!"
"Bakugo's grump attitude." Kaminari chuckled.
"Bakugo, why didn't you cheer with us?" Kirishima elbowed him.
"Die, Shitty Hair!" Bakugo exclaimed in response.
"-on either side!" Shoji told the class, his hands turned to either eyes, ears or mouths.
"Seven total. They're coming!" Jiro added, her earphone jack plugged into a tree root.
As a beast flew their way, Sero used his tape to get up to it.
"All right, here I go!" Sero cried, taping up the beast's wings, making it fall to the ground while he called, "Sato! Kirishima!"
Sato quickly munched on some sugar cubes before flexing, his shirt ripping. Kirishima hardened his arms, sending repeated jabs at the beast while Sato uppercuts it.
"Yeah, look at us go!" Kirishima yelled, holding a high five to Sato, who returned it.
"Look at us now, Cementoss Sensei!" Sato cheered.
Aoyama climbed on top of a tree as Ojiro and Tokoyami took down a beast, winking, "The finishing blow, right?"
He shot his naval laser at the beast back.
"Damn it! It's your guys' fault that my pants are wet!" Mineta cried as he threw his balls at a beast, immobilizing it to a tree.
"Get away, Mineta!" Kaminari warned as he scaled up the beast, yelling, "1.3 Million Volts!"
He electrified the beast, firing his brain in the process.
"Birds of the forest! Remove the evil beasts from this place!" Koda called while birds attacked another beast.
"Good job, Koda!" Jiro held a thumbs up while controlling her laughter from Kaminari's part.
Ashido threw acid on a beast, making it bend down. A beast went after Hagakure, who screeched, "Oh, no! It's gonna get me!"
"Hagakure, good job being the bait." Yaoyorozu commented. Ashido and Hagakure passed by each other, giving a high five.
"How does that… work?" Midoriya questioned, looking up from his notebook.
"I hold my hand out and Hagakure gets the high five." Ashido explained, hugging Hagakure.
Blasts were shot at the beasts from Yaoyorozu's cannon she made, Ashido cheering, "You did it, Yao-momo!"
Uraraka touched a beast as it started floating.
"Okay, Tsu!" Uraraka called, finding cover.
"Leave it to me! Ribbit…!" Asui wrapped her tongue around the beast, sending it flying into the sky by a vine she swung on. As she jumped back down, Asui passed by Uraraka, saying, "Ribbit!"
"Release!" Uraraka tapped her fingers together, the beast falling back down.
"More have appeared!" Shoji announced.
Bakugo blasted himself towards a beast as Todoroki's ice shot at a beast's leg. Bakugo scaled over the ice, blasting the beast. As the smoke cleared, Bakugo and Todoroki ran side by side.
"Don't get in my way, Half-and-Half Bastard!" Bakugo yelled.
"I'm not in your way." Todoroki replied.
Iida and Midoriya ran together toward a beast.
"Let's go, Midoriya!" Iida called beside him.
"Okay!" Midoriya jumped into the air, landing on the trees as he bounced off them.
Pixie-Bob bounced around the edge, grinning, "Hi-ya! Is that how you wanna play?"
"They didn't show Iida and Deku taking down that beast?" Uraraka questioned.
"Even though he is the main character." Asui agreed.
"This is pointless." the boy sighed, narrowing his eyes, thinking, 'Are they stupid? Saying they want to be heroes…'
Information about Mineta appears.
"Yeah, it shows me again!" Mineta cheered.
"Oh, it's Aizawa Sensei!" Yaoyorozu pointed out.
'Training Camp-Day 1: 5:20 p.m.'
Pixie-bob, Aizawa and the brown-haired woman stood in front of a building before Pixie-Bob suddenly gasped.
"Oh, you're finally here, meow!" Pixie-Bob called.
"That took quite some time." the brown-haired commented as Class 1-A slumped toward them.
"Man, I know it was tough, but did we really look that beat up?" Kirishima questioned.
"-three hours?!" Sero huffed.
"That's the time it would've taken us. Sorry!" the brown-haired smiled.
"You were trying to boast about how much better they are? That means…" Sato uttered.
"I'm hungry… I'm gonna die…" Kirishima whined, making Pixie-Bob giggle.
"But honestly, I thought it would take even longer. You guys didn't have as hard a time beating my earth beasts as I thought you would. You guys are great… Especially…" Pixie-Bob admitted. Pointing at Iida, Midoriya, Todoroki and Bakugo, Pixie-Bob finished, "...you four! Were you able to act without hesitation because of experience?"
"For Iida, Midoriya and Todoroki, yes." Kaminari answered.
"-forward to where you'll be in three years! I call dibs!" Pixie-Bob gushed.
"Wh-What are you…?!" Midoriya exclaimed as Pixie-Bob surrendered them with kisses.
"Stop that! Get away!" Bakugo shouted.
"Mandalay… was she always like that?" Aizawa asked the brown-haired woman.
"Why is it always Todoroki and Midoriya stealing the ladies?!" Mineta screeched.
"Shut up, scum!" Bakugo yelled at him.
"-suitable age for, you know…" Mandalay explained, making Midoriya gasp.
"Speaking of 'suitable age'-" Midoriya started before Pixie-Bob's paw pad glove covered his face.
"What about it?" Pixie-Bob muttered intimidatingly.
"I-It's been bothering me for a while…" Midoriya muffled, pointing at the boy, asking, "Whose child is that?"
"But… what did she mean by suitable age…?" Kirishima asked.
"Thanks for making her stop." Todoroki glanced at Midoriya.
"Y-You're welcome…" Midoriya muttered.
"Shut up!" Bakugo yelled, smirking.
"Greet everyone. You'll be with them for the next week." Mandalay told the boy named Kota.
Midoriya walked up to Kota, introducing, "Oh, um, I'm Midoriya from U.A. High School's hero course."
Koda's rabbit appeared on Midoriya's lap.
"Nice to meet you." Midoriya held out his hand while Kota stepped back and punched Midoriya in the crotch.
"Tch." Bakugo smirked while the guys cringed with Midoriya.
Kota walked away from Midoriya while he bent down in pain.
"Midoriya!" Iida ran to his aid. Looking at Kota, Iida shouted, "You brute of a nephew! Why would you do that to Midoriya's scrotum?!"
"I don't intend to hang out with guys who want to become heroes!" Kota glared at Iida.
"'Intend'? Just how old are you?!" Iida exclaimed.
Bakugo smiled, muttering, "Precocious brat."
"Isn't he kind of like you?" Todoroki glanced at Bakugo.
"What? Not at all!" Bakugo turned to Todoroki, yelling, "Anyway, shut up, you GG bastard!"
"Bakugo truly smiles when Midoriya's in pain, huh?" Kirishima sighed.
"Also Todoroki's response! How did I miss it?" Kaminari chuckled.
"-you've put your bags in your rooms, we'll have dinner in the cafeteria. After that, you'll bathe and go to sleep. We'll start for real tomorrow. Now, move quickly." Aizawa instructed.
The students sat inside the faculty cafeteria. Food spreaded over the tables, Midoriya putting his hands together where he sat.
"Thanks for the food!" Midoriya beamed.
Everyone picked from the platters of food on the table.
"Really? So the girls' room is a normal size?" Sero questioned Jiro.
"Are the boys in a big room?" Jiro asked.
"I wanna see it! Hey, can I go see it later?" Ashido asked Sero.
"Sure, come whenever!" Sero nodded.
'So good! Rice is so good!' Kirishima thought as he downed a bowl of rice.
'It's soaking into my internal organs! It's a match for Lunch Rush's cooking! I can keep chewing forever!' Kaminari thought before stopping.
"A clay hotpot?!" Kaminari muttered.
"Is that from a clay hotpot?!" Kirishima asked loudly.
"Yeah. But man, it looks like you guys were so hungry that you're acting weird…" Pixie-Bob commented, adding, "Anyway, today's the only day we'll be doing stuff for you, so eat as much as you can."
"Thanks!" Kirishima and Kaminari cheered.
"Oh, Kota! Can you bring those veggies?" Mandalay asked him.
Kota picked up a vegetable box next to him before walking off, Midoriya watching him.
Outside, the boys soaked in a hot spring while Mineta stood at a wall in front of the spring.
"Well, frankly, food and stuff really isn't important. That's not what I'm here for. I know that much, at least. What I'm here for is beyond that wall." Mineta hummed.
"You scum!" Jiro glared at Mineta while the girls closed their eyes.
"What are you talking about, Mineta?" Midoriya asked as Kaminari splashed Ojiro.
Mineta leaned his ear against the wall, hearing the girls voices.
"See, there they are… Nowadays, for them to not stagger bathing times for men and women is an accident… Yes, an accident waiting to happen." Mineta hummed while the others in the spring felt uncomfortable.
"Don't tell me you're…" Kaminari uttered.
Iida stood up upurtly, walking in the water to where Mineta stood, shouting, "Mineta, stop it! What you are doing is demanding for both yourself and the girls! It is shameful behavior!"
"Mineta!" Hagakure screeched at him.
"Sero, tape!" Iida called.
"No, wait! Please!" Mineta begged.
"You little scum!" Sero exclaimed as Ojiro bopped Mineta on the head with his tail.
"...are meant to be climbed over! Plus Ultra!" Mineta exclaimed as he used his balls to climb the wall while Iida stood at the bottom, beaming, 'For a time like this… For a time like this, I…'
Mineta was almost at the time before Kota popped from the edge.
"Yeah, Kota!" Ashido and Hagakure cheered.
"You're watching…?" Yaoyorozu opened one eye to look at them.
"It's not too bad." Asui told her.
"-you need to learn about being human." Kota glared at Mineta, pushing him back.
As Mineta fell back down, the towel around his waist came undone, screaming, "Damn kid!"
"Maybe now it's bad…" Sato muttered as the girls recovered their eyes. Some of the guys winced as it showed Mineta falling onto Iida's face.
Iida and Mineta both landed in the spring, Kota watching from above.
"Mineta really is the worst, huh?" Asui commented.
"Thanks, Kota!" Ashido exclaimed as Kota turned around.
"S-Sero, you got Mineta, right?" Iida asked as they guys closed their eyes.
"Yes, sir!" Sero replied, holding onto the tape around Mineta's eyes while closing his eyes.
Jiro glanced at Kaminari, her earphone jack about to go into his ear when he exclaimed, "I wasn't looking before, Jiro, and I'm not now!"
"It's safe now!" Ashido announced.
"-just fainted from fear at the fall. Thanks. I heard from Eraser that there was an embodiment of lust among the boys, so I just had him there keeping watch. These days, girls develop quickly, don't they?" Mandalay told Midoriya.
"Anyway, I'm glad he's okay." Midoriya sighed.
"You must've hustled to save him." Mandalay smiled.
'I don't intend to hang out with guys who want to become heroes!'
Midoriya bit his lip before asking, "Kota has a negative view of heroes, doesn't he?"
Mandalay looked up at Midoriya as he explained, "For me, I've always been surrounded by people who wanted to be heroes-Oh, me included… So I thought it was unusual for a boy his age to feel the way he does…"
"That's true. Of course, there are many people in society who don't think well of heroes… If he had been raised normally, maybe he would've admired heroes, too." Mandalay explained.
"'Normally'?" Midoriya questioned.
The door opened to the room, Pixie-Bob saying, "Mandalay's cousin-Kota's parents-were heroes, but they were killed in the line of duty."
Some of the class gasped at what they heard.
"You see, being a hero isn't just risky, it's dangerous as well. But, I know you kids know this already…" Aizawa explained.
"-hero, it was a respectable way to die… an honorable death. But…" Mandalay explained as an imagery of two people in bed, a cloth over their faces.
"P-Papa… Mama…"
"But for a child barely aware of what was around him couldn't understand that. His whole world had revolved around his parents. 'My parents left me behind…'. But society kept praising them, saying it was a good thing for heroes… a wonderful thing. He doesn't seem to like us much, either, since we're also heroes. But it's like he's just here because there's nowhere else for him to go. To Kota, heroes are a kind of human he can't understand and finds unpleasant. " Mandalay explained to Midoriya.
'It's because that trash is smiling thoughtlessly, as if there was no one he couldn't save!'
"It's a very irresponsible thing to say that makes it seem like someone else's problem, but there are people with many different beliefs. As I listened to these different opinions ano after another, I couldn't say a word." Midoriya narrated.
"Sometimes, you don't need to say a word." Tokoyami muttered.
'Training Camp-Day 2: 5:30 a.m.'
Jiro yawned as the class stood outside, Aizawa explaining, "Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Today, we will begin training camp to increase your strength in earnest. The goal of this training camp is to increase everyone's strength and with that, for everyone to obtain their provisional licenses. It is to prepare you all to face hostilities that are becoming more real by the minute. Proceed carefully. So Bakugo…"
Aizawa threw Bakugo a ball.
"...try throwing that." Aizawa instructed.
"This is from the fitness test…" Bakugo said, catching the ball.
"Your previous record, from right after you started school, was 705.2 meters. Let's see how much you've improved." Aizawa explained.
"Oh, we're checking our progress?" Ashido observed.
"Since a lot has happened these past three months, huh? Maybe he can throw it a kilometer or something now!" Sero exclaimed.
"Do it, Bakugo!" Kirishima cheered.
"Then… Here I go…" Bakugo smirked before throwing it with an explosion, yelling, "Go to hell!"
As the blast blew wind in their faces, Midoriya thought, ''Go to hell'.'
"Yeah, you didn't say 'die'? Disappointing…" Kaminari shook his head.
"Go to hell, Dunce Face!" Bakugo shouted.
"There it is again!" Sero commented.
"709.6 meters." Aizawa announced, making the class gasp.
"Huh? It's less than I thought…" Kirishima uttered.
"It's been three months since you started high school. Through various experiences, you all have definitely improved. But that improvement has mainly been at the mental and technical levels, with some increase in stamina. As you can see, your quirks themselves have not improved that much. That's why we will work on improving your quirks starting today." Aizawa explained, smirking as he added, "It'll be so hard you'll feel like dying, but try not to actually die…"
Ending plays.
"If anyone's quirk has improved since we started U.A., it's obviously Midoriya." Ojiro pointed out.
"I mean, yeah. At first, he was breaking his body, now, he's not as much." Sero agreed.
"But, what about those who have heteromorphic-type quirks, like Hagakure?" Todoroki thought out loud.
"I worked on being unnoticeable." Hagakure explained.
"Everyone, shut up." Jiro exclaimed, pointing to the TV.
A door to a warehouse creaked open, Toga skipping in, announcing, "We got a delivery from Tomura! He said there's enough for everyone, so we should bring it with us."
"Throbbing… It's throbbing… Let's hurry up and go!" a man in a black cloak hummed.
"It's still early. Besides, didn't he say we shouldn't do anything flashy?" a kid reminded the man.
"Yeah, even though he attacked me right after we met, he's suddenly acting like he's in charge. This is just a signal fire. Those empty heroes will be pulled off their pedestals… To create a brighter future." Dabi grinned.