Chapter 19: Summer Training Begins, A Promise From A Friend
Day 1 Of Camp
"21! Let's go!" You yelled as you were waiting with your bags while floating outside the door.
"Coming!" You heard her yell from inside as your father came out while drinking a cup of coffee.
"You make sure to take care of your little sister, okay?" He asked as you looked away with an awkward smile.
"I think she's going to be taking care of me..." You thought as she came out the door.
"Ready!" She said as she walked out in her school uniform, and had her bags with her.
"Be careful!" Your dad yelled as the two of you flew off towards the school.
As the two of you flew towards your school, you saw everyone standing outside near the buses as Aizawa stood in front of them, and you noticed Class B was also there. You landed next to everyone as the drivers took your bags and you fell in line with your classmates.
"U.A has finished its first semester and started summer vacation. However...Those of you trying to become heroes will not receives days of rest. At this summer training camp, we'll have you aiming for even greater heights--for "Plus Ultra!" He told everyone.
"Yes, sir!" You all replied.
As everyone fell out, you found Ryu standing under a tree and decided to approach him.
"Hey, Ryu." You said while walking up to him.
"Y/N, you packed everything you need to train, right?" He asked with his arms crossed.
"Yup! Everything's packed." You told him.
"Good, the faster we start, the quicker we'll be able to attain a new, greater power." He said before you both heard quick movement on the ground and turned to see Uraraka sweating with a red face and awkward smile.
"I-It's time for training camp! Training camp! Training camp! --Training camp! Training camp! Training camp!" Suddenly, Kaminari and Mina chimed in and began to sing and clap along with her while repeating 'Training camp' over and over.
"What's got them so excited?" You asked while chuckling a little as Ryu rolled his eyes in annoyance, but someone from Class B suddenly spoke up in a condescending tone.
"What? There are people in Class A taking extra classes? Does this mean you had people who failed the finals? What? Isn't that weird? Isn't that weird? Even though they're supposed to be way better than Class B? How can that be?" Monoma from Class B kept irritating Ryu with his voice as Ryu's eyes were twitching and just as he was going to blast him away when, Kendo chopped the back of the boy's nexk, knocking him out.
"Sorry!" Kendo apologized while dragging him away.
"Monoma's scary." Another student from Class B, Reiko, said.
"Oh, it's Class B--" Midoriya acknowledged them.
"We kind of met during the sports festival, but nice to meet you, Class A." Setsuna greeted you all.
"Yeah." Yui from Class B nodded as Kendo called from their bus.
"We're getting on the bus!" She called while dragging Monoma on.
"Okay!" Her classmates replied.
"Not just girls from Class A, but the girls from Class B will also be there!" Mineta said while salivating. "It'll be like a buffet we can pick and choose from!" He said in excitement.
"That's about enough out of you." Kirishima looked at him.
"Class A's bus is this way! Line up in seat order!" Iida called out.
"Sit next to me, Y/N!" The girls except for Uraraka all yelled for you before silence filled the group. "What do you mean you want him to sit next to you!?" All the girls yelled at each other in anger.
Timeskip, On The Bus
"Again, why you're my favorite." You said while patting Tsu's head as she ribbited in bliss and leaned on your shoulder and the other girls cried that you weren't next to them, except for Uraraka.
"Everyone, the bus will stop once in about an hour. After that--" Aizawa cut himself off when he saw no one was paying attention, and everyone was talking among one another. "Oh, well. This is the only time they'll be able to play around." He said as the bus continued on its route until reaching the first stop.
As you all got off, you stretched your legs out and cracked your back before walking out to a ledge with the others at what seemed was supposed to be a rest stop, but there was no rest area, just a part of dirt sticking out by the road of a mountain.
"Finally taking a break, huh?" Kaminari said while stretching his body.
"I gotta pee!" Mineta cried while scurrying everywhere.
"Anyway, does this even count as a rest area?" Kirishima asked as you noticed a black car parked to the side of your bus.
"Huh? Where's Class B?" Jiro asked.
"There's no point stopping without a reason." Aizawa said as everyone turned towards him in confusion, and Mineta scurried to him with his legs crossing.
"Where's the bathroom?" He asked desperately when the doors of the black car opened.
"Hey, Eraser!" A female voice called from the car.
"Long time no see." He replied as two cat women suddenly got out the car and posed for everyone.
"Lock on with these sparkling gazes!" A woman with brown eyes and red hair styled into three bangs going across her face, and wore a red version of a Pussycat's hero costumes and as part of her costume, she draws red markings beneath her eyes, which resemble cat whiskers.
"Stingingly cute and catlike!" A woman with blue eyes, and long blonde hair that's mostly combed back save for her bangs, wearing a light blue version of the Pussycat's hero costume, and she had two blue dots on her cheeks as her costume also included a tinted visor.
"Wild, Wild...Pussycats!" The two of them posed for you all as everyone of you was confused and the little boy who was with them stared at them without an expression on his face.
"These are pro heroes who will be working with us during the camp, the Pussycats." Aizawa introduced them.
"They're a four-person hero team who set up a joint agency!" Midoriya said excitedly. "They're a veteran team that specializes in mountain rescues!" He said which seemed to distress the two cat pros. "This year will be their twelfth workin--" He was cut off when the blue one, Pixie-Bob grabbed his face with her paw and bared her nails.
"I'm 18 at heart!" She said loudly and intimidatingly while holding up her other paw threateningly to him. "At heart...?" She asked him menacingly.
"Y-You're 18!" He said muffled by her paw.
"She sounds desperate." Kirishima and Kaminari thought.
"Greet them, everyone." Aizawa ordered.
"Nice to meet you!" You all greeted Pixie-Bob and Mandalay.
"We own this whole stretch of land here. You all will be staying at the foot of that mountain." Mandalay said while pointing towards a mountain in the distance that was across the forest below.
"So far!" You all yelled.
"Huh? Then why did we stop here?" Uraraka asked.
"Could this mean...?" Tsu was catching on.
"No way..." Sato said not wanting to believe what was about to happen.
"Ahaha, why don't we get back to the bus, huh? Fast." Sero said while you all began to turn around.
"Yeah. Let's do that." Kaminari said in slight fear as Koji and Mina nodded as well while Mandalay wagged her tail slowly and grinned at you all.
"It's 9:30 a.m. right now. If you're fast...Maybe around noon?" She trailed off cynically.
"No way...guys..." Kirishima said in seriousness.
"Let's get back!" Mina screamed.
"Get back to the bus! Hurry!" Kirishima yelled as you all scrambled for the bus.
"Kitties who don't make it by 12:30 won't get any lunch!" Mandalay chimed happily.
"Sorry, ladies and gentleman." Aizawa said as you all ran for the bus. "Training camp..." He trailed off as Pixie-Bob landed in front of you all with a smirk as her paws were on the ground. "...has already begun." He said as the ground began to shine from her touch and it erupted at you all.
"HAAAAAAA!!!!!" You and Ryu quickly unleash a fraction of your power as the force was incredibly strong.
"Hold it! Ryu! GAAAAAHHHH!" You all yelled as you and Ryu couldn't gather the strength quick enough, and everyone was swept away in the landslide.
"Wh-What is this!?" Uraraka cried as you all fell off the cliff and landed on the dirt that swept you away.
"The ground is rising up!?" Midoriya screamed while landing next to you.
"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!" She yelled from above as you all turned towards the sketchy looking forest behind you.
"The Beast's Forest?!" Midoriya asked in shock.
"That name sounds like it came right out of Dragon Quest!" Kirishima said.
"U.A. does stuff like this too much." Jiro complained.
"It's no use complaining. We just have to go." Kirishima said as Mineta bolted into the forest.
"I held it! I held it! Now to hide in the shadows and..." He stopped when a scary monster appeared in front of him.
"It's...a beast!" Kaminari and Sero yelled in shock.
"Ahh..." Mineta's faced turned from pain to sudden relief as he 'let the floodgates open' in his pants and the beast raised its hand towards him while Koji tried to reason with it.
"Calm down, kind beast! Stay back!" He begged it as Midoriya grabbed Mineta and dodged the hand that swiped at him using his One for All: Full Cowling.
"Koda's quirk, which is suppose to subdue animals, didn't work?" He thought when he turned towards it and saw a dirt clod fall off it. "A dirt clod...I get it!" He realized. "With Pixie-Bob's quirk..." He realized as back up top, Pixie-Bob was looking at a map on her visor while using her quirk to create dirt beast.
"It's really a crazy schedule, though, Eraser." Mandalay told him.
"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." He said as Pixie-Bob picked a high-activity reading near the monster she created by you all.
You and Ryu were powering up as a white aura surrounded both your bodies and you walked up to the beast while everyone watched.
"Hey! Be careful!" Kirishima shouted.
"Shut up!" Ryu yelled in annoyance.
The ground unerneath you began to rise up as the forest filled with sparks of energy and the winds began to pick up around you as the beast backed away a bit.
"Banshee Blast!" You yelled while forming five orbs around your fingers.
"Big Bang Attack!" Ryu yelled while forming a bright ball of energy in the palm of his hand.
The two of you fired your attacks as a massive explosion blew apart the entire beast and blew away everything around it. The pros above watched as the bright light went away.
"Well then, I continue to count on you, Pixie-Bob." Aizawa said as she meowed excitedly and raised her paws into the air.
"Leave it to me!" She said excitedly. "My fur's standing on end!" She squealed while her paws were shaking.
"You guys defeated that beast in an instant?" Sato said to you both.
"You did it!" Sero praised you both.
"You did it...and I did, too..." Mineta muttered while letting his tears flow as his pants were soiled.
"You guys are really amazing!" Kirishima said.
"Not yet." You said as another earth beast rose from the ground and flew into the air.
"Hey, come on." Kirishima complained.
"How many of them are there?" Kaminari asked.
"What should we do? Run away?" Mina asked.
"This is no joke. If we don't make it to the facility by noon, then we don't get lunch." Sato said.
"Then we have no choice but to get through here and take the shortest route." Momo said as everyone agreed with her.
"All right. Let's go, Class A!" Iida called while going ahead of everyone.
"Yeah!" They all replied.
"Yeah, how about another suggestion, class rep?" You asked while everyone looked at you. "I have a quicker situation in mind." You said as you turned towards Ryu and cleared your throat before grinning and having a glint in your eye. "Hey, Ryu! My Kamehameha is WAY bigger and WAY stronger than your Final Flash!" You yelled as everyone suddenly got scared as Ryu's vein nearly popped out of his head and he turned towards you in anger.
"Oh, really? Let's see about that!" He yelled as he transformed and everyone ran out of the way.
"Why did you do that?!" Everyone yelled.
"I call it 'Pressing The Y/N Button!' You said while hopping away.
"FINAL FLASH!!!!!!"
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
*BOOM*
Three Hours Later, Many Final Flashes Later, Training Facility,
Pixie-Bob was waiting for everyone at the front of the facility as Aizawa, Mandalay, and the kid who was with the feline heroes waited behind her as there was movement in the treeline, and they saw you and Ryu walked out with everyone following in tiredness.
"Oh, you're finally here, meow!" Pixie-Bob said excitedly.
"That took quite some time." Mandalay said.
"You bitch..." Ryu muttered as he collapsed on the floor from his energy overuse and everyone walked out and all your clothes were dirty as your bodies were covered in scratch marks and burns from fighting countless and countless of earth beast.
You were especially slow since you were dragging along baggage, which consisted of Momo, Jiro, 21, Tsu, Mina, and Toru, who all piled onto your body as you were trying not to drop them, but failed as you face planted with them on top of your back.
"What do you mean, three hours!?" Kirishima yelled in agony.
"That's the time it would've taken us. Sorry!" Mandalay told you all.
"You were trying to boast about how much better you are? That's mean..." Sato said while his sugar high was crashing and making him tired.
"I'm hungry...I'm gonna die..." Kirishima cried out as Pixie-Bob meowed and laughed.
"But honestly, I thought it would take even longer. You guys didn't even have a hard time beating my earth beast as I thought you would. You guys are great...Especially...You six!" Pixie-Bob pointed you, Ryu, Bakugo, Midoriya, Iida, and Todoroki out. "Were you able to act without hesitation because of your experience?" She asked as she licked her lips. "I'm looking forward to where you'll be in three years! I call dibs!" She yelled as she jumped out at you six and began to spit on you, claiming you as hers.
"Wh-What are you...!?" You all yelled while covering yourselves from her attack.
"G-Get away from me! You gilf!" Ryu yelled at her.
"Mandalay...was she always like that?" Aizawa asked.
"She's a little desperate, since she's about suitable age for, you know..." She trailed off.
"Speaking of "suitable age"--" Midoriya was cut off again as she threateningly grabbed his face with her paw and nails again.
"What about it?" She asked scarily as he pointed behind her.
"I-It's been bothering me for a while...Whose child is that?" His question was muffled as he pointed to the kid near Mandalay.
"Oh, not one of ours. He's my cousin's kid." She said as she looked at him. "Come on, Kota. Greet everyone. You'll be with them for the next week." She said as he held a scowl towards everyone and Midoriya went for a handshake.
"Oh, um, I'm Midoriya from U.A. High School's hero course. Nice to meet you." He held his hand out to him as Kota suddenly reeled back a fist and punched him in the scrotum, making Midoriya turn white while knocking the air out of him.
"Midoriya-kun!" Iida rushed to his side. "You brute of a nephew! Why would you do that to Midoria's scrotum!?" He yelled towards him as Kota glared at him.
"I don't intend to hang out with guys who want to become heroes!" He said to everyone in anger.
"Intend"? Just how old are you?!" Iida asked in shock of his behavior.
"Precious brat." Ryu and Bakugo said while smiling at Kota.
"Isn't he kind of like you?" You and Todoroki asked them both.
"What? Not at all!" They yelled in unison. "Oh, great! Now I'm agreeing with --Bakugo --Ryu! Look what you made me do!" They both yelled in anger at you both.
"Enough with this charade. Get your stuff off the bus. Once 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 said while gesturing inside.
As the day was wrapping up, and everyone brought their things inside, you were all gathered in the cafeteria of the training facility as a feast was set up for you all.
"Thanks for the food-!" Midoriya was cut off by you and Ryu.
"OUT OF THE WAY!" You both yelled as you dove into the food and began to eat like wild animals, shocking everyone.
As everyone gathered at tables and you all feasted with one another, conversations struck up everywhere as you devoured your tenth plate of food.
"Really? So the girls' room is normal size?" Sero asked Jiro.
"Are the boys in a big room?" Jiro asked him.
"I wanna see it! Hey, can I go see it later?" Mina chimed in while holding her bowl of rice.
"Sure, come whenever!" Sero said as a dumpling you lost grip of hit his head and you grabbed it with your chopsticks before continuing to pig out.
"So good! Rice is so good!" Kirishima was crying as he pigged out with Kaminari.
"It's soaking into my internal organs! It's a match for Lunch Rush's cooking! I can keep chewing forever!" Kaminari said before noticing Pixie-Bob roll by with a clay hotpot in paw. "A clay hotpot?!" He asked in shock.
"Is that from a clay hotpot?!" Kirishima asked.
"WHERE!?" You and Ryu both demanded to know with noodles hanging out of your mouths.
"Yeah. But man, it looks like you guys were so hungry that you were acting weird...Anyway, today's the only day we'll be doing stuff for you, so eat as much as you want." She said while walking away with her dinner.
"Thanks!" They both yelled while the two of them and the two of you continued to pig out and Mandalay ran by with a tray while seeing Kota standing next to a box of veggies.
"Oh, Kota! Can you bring those veggies?" She asked as he walked over while continuing to glare at every single on of you before huffing and walking away.
After you finished dinner, and didn't give the chance for anyone to grab thirds or fourths, it was time for baths and all the guys were together as the girls were on their side of the wall.
"Well, frankly, food and stuff isn't really that important. That's not what I'm here for. I know that much, at least." Mineta said while staring up the giant wall that separated the baths. "What I'm here for is beyond that wall." He said as all the other guys were relaxing in the hot baths.
"What are you talking to yourself about, Mineta-kun?" Midoriya asked.
"This feels great!" Mina's voice could be heard from the other side.
"I love that there are hot springs here." Momo said in bliss.
"See, there they are..." Mineta said as everyone stared at him in awkwardness. "Nowadays, for them to not stagger bathing times for men and women is an accident...Yes, an accident waiting to happen." He said to all the guys.
"Don't tell me you're..." Kaminari trailed off while having an idea of what Mineta might do.
"Mineta-kun, stop it! What you are doing is demeaning for both yourself and the girls! It is shameful behavior!" Iida said while marching through the water towards him.
"You're too fussy. Walls..." Mineta trailed off as he grabbed one of the sticky orbs on his head and suddenly dashed up and began to climb the wall. "...are meant to be climbed over! Plus Ultra!" He yelled in excitement. "For a time like this...For a time like this, I..." He thought as he reached for the top of the wall, but was stopped when Kota appeared over the wall and glared down at him.
"Before learning to be a hero, you need to learn about being human." Kota scolded him as he slapped his hand and Mineta fell back down towards the baths, and on top of Iida.
"Damn kid...!" Mineta yelled as his towel became undone on the way down, and he landed right on Iida's face...with his canyon spread open...
"Ahaha....Haha....BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Ryu burst out into a laughing fit as he couldn't handle seeing Iida get a whiff of Mineta as the two of them crashed into the water.
"Mineta really is the worst, huh?" Tsu said.
"Thanks, Kota-kun!" Mina yelled as Kota looked down to see they were all nude and smiling at him with gratitude. "Yay, yay!" She said while exposing more of her body, shocking Kota.
"BWAH!" Kota yelled as he fell back from his post and off the wall. "Ahhhhh!!" He yelled as he fell towards the bath.
"Look out!" You yelled as you caught Kota in your arms while coming back from getting a popsicle, and Kota was knocked out.
You wrapped your towel around your waist and put on your slippers as you carried Kota out of the baths and went towards the managing office where Mandalay and Pixie-Bob were.
"He just fainted from fear at the fall. Thanks." Mandalay thanked you as Kota was lying on the couch unconscious. "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?" She said while placing a cold towel on his forehead as you looked away.
"Y-Yeah...you can say that..." You said as you remembered how 21 'developed'.
"y-yeah..." You said lowly before shaking your head violently and slapping your cheeks. "Anyway, I'm glad he's okay." You said to her.
"You must've hustled to save him." She said to you as his first words to everyone rang through your head.
"Kota doesn't really like us heroes, does he?" You asked her as she glanced at you. "My entire life..." You said while sitting in a chair and leaning forward while interlacing your fingers and looking down. "My entire life, I've been surrounded by nothing but heroes. I guess it was only natural for me to think that it was unusual for a boy, or anyone in fact, to feel the way he does..." You said as she leaned back in her chair.
"That's true. Of course, there are many people in society who don't think well of heroes..." She said as she leaned forward to Kota. "If he had been raised normally, maybe he would've admired heroes, too." She said which surprised you.
"What do you mean by that?" You asked as the door opened and Pixie-Bob walked in and closed the door.
"Mandalay's cousin--Kota's parents--we hereos, but they were killed in the line of duty." She said as your mind shot back to a painful memory.
Flashback
"Mommy! Mommy!!" You yelled desperately as you heard her last words.
"Mommy loves you baby. Take good care." You heard her say as a bright light filled your vision.
"AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
*BOOM*
Flashback Over
You gasped and held your head in pain while gritting your teeth as they looked at you with concern.
"Are you okay?!" Pxie-Bob asked as you held up your hand and slowed your breathing.
"I-I'm alright..." You said as you caught your breath and sat back up. "Please, explain to me so I understand better." You said as they nodded.
"Two years ago...protecting citizens from a villain...For a hero, it was a respectable way to die...and honorable death. But...But 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 no where else for him to go." She explained as you stared at Kota the entire time. "To Kota, heroes are a kind of human he can't understand and finds unpleasant." Mandalay said while brushing Kota's hair from his eyes.
"I see..." You said lowly before taking a deep breath and standing up. "All right, I've got it now. Thanks for the information." You said as they were confused.
"Huh?" Mandalay asked while staring at you.
What surprised her more was that you leaned in and gave her a hug along with a kiss on the top of her head as she blushed and gasped while being frozen. After giving her one, you went up to Pixie-Bob and did the same to her as she was shocked as well.
"You both care greatly for Kota, and now that I know more about him, and I know that he needs help...Not from a hero...From a friend..." You said before turning to the door and turning back towards them with a smile. "Everything's going to be fine, I promise you that." You said as you smiled at them and winked while giving a peace sign, making their hearts skip a beat. "Good night." You said as you left them.
"G-Good night..." They stuttered. "S-So nice..." They both thought while blushing even more and feeling their hearts pounding.
As you walked back to the showers to get changed for bed, you clenched your fist tightly as a tear fell down from your eye.
"Kota...I promise, by the time we're done here, you'll understand what it means when someone's your hero. Don't worry, Kota, I'll help you understand. I promise..." You thought as you clenched your fist tighter.
"I'll be there to protect you."
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