Cover story: Bakugo helps Kota water his plants.
Although it sounds like Bakugo helped Kota in good faith, in reality, he's only there because he wanted to look at the scenery.
When Bakugo crouches next to Kota, he engages in a discussion with the kid, saying, "Nice plants kid."
Kota responds with, "Thanks blondie." This response slightly irks Bakugo, but Katsuki decides to be the bigger person and scoffs at the kid.
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On top of a hill near the camp, a dark-haired man smirked, uttering these words before walking away, "It doesn't matter how many there are down there, a small group of experienced fighters is enough to take down novices like them."
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The morning arrived and the class were already back to their training, working even harder than yesterday. Walking around to observe his students, Aizawa picks up on a certain blonde student who he thought was lacking behind. "Aoyama, you should use this training camp to catch up to your classmates. Although you did well in the practical exam and in the Final exam, it seems like you've stayed stagnant. Try your hardest to push yourself and reach a new level." His teacher stated.
"Yes sir," The boy nodded, trying even harder to break the rock in front of him with his weakened laser.
"But that goes for all of you, you must push and break your limits while here, I want a different version of Class 1-A when we return to UA. If you're struggling to get to that next level, you must be conscious of who you are and why you do what you do. If you know those two things, you'll break your limits and reach your full potential." Aizawa continued, reinvigorating his entire class to go beyond.
After a few minutes of observing his class train, Aizawa began to walk away from the training grounds, but as he was leaving, Midoriya stopped him asking him something that's been on his mind. "Sir, is All Might or Midnight coming to the camp?"
"No, All Might is too big of an attraction so he'll draw in villains. Midnight on the other hand is a different story." He replied, turning around to leave once again.
Unfortunately, for the long-haired hero, Bakugo says something that stops him for a second. "I have a feeling the villains are gonna come anyway."
"You're paranoid kid relax, they won't find this place," Shota responded before leaving.
Shortly after Ragdoll appears in the centre of the training grounds and announces a late-night event, pumping the kids even more.
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After their training for the day was over, the students had their baths and got ready for dinner.
Whilst cooking everyone's dinner, Shouto was approached by his friend who gave him the two extra pieces of radishes that were needed for the food. Once Todoroki was handed the radishes, he looked at Midoriya and asked him a question that was on his mind all day. "Hey Izuku, why did you want All Might and Midnight to come?"
"I just wanted to know why any other teachers haven't shown up." The greenette responded, looking around to see if he could find his little friend. "Hey, have you seen Kota?"
"Who's that again?"
"The kid who punched me in the balls."
"Oh him, yeah I haven't seen him about. Why?" Shouto asked, curious to know what was so fascinating about the boy.
"I wanted to talk to him, but I guess that'll have to wait." Izuku sighed, turning around to leave. "Wait before I go, do you think me telling someone to accept the fact their parents are dead and all of their past trauma was good advice?" Midoriya wondered, gaining a shrug from Todoroki.
"It depends on who the person is. Something like that helped me, but if you're referring to Kota who I know nothing about, I couldn't tell you. But I do think it did help him, even if he doesn't want to admit it." The half-white half-red haired boy responded.
"I see, thanks."
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Once all the food was eaten and class A had told a few personal stories to make the evening pass, it was finally time to begin the late-night games with ragdoll.
"Hey there Class A and Class B we're about to play a game, is everyone ready?!" Ragdoll exclaimed, gaining a positive reaction from the students. Once everyone calmed down, Ragdoll explained the game to everyone, both classes got into their positions and got ready to start the game.
Whilst getting into groups, Midoriya decided it was better if were alone, upsetting his class. "There he goes again, why can't you just go with the flow like the rest of us," Ashido complained, punching Izuku at the back of his head.
"Yeah, what's the deal nerd? I have to be with this fancy loser, while you get to be on your own." Bakugo added, annoying Todoroki.
"I'm gonna push you into their traps when we walk out there you spiky-haired bomb." Todoroki fired back, making Katsuki strike him.
"Oh yeah, how about we fight now and the loser has to walk in front." The blonde teen suggested, gaining a smirk from his partner.
"Alright, that's enough you two, if you guys continue fighting, do it while you're in the forest," Mandalay demanded, forcing the two boys to stop their argument. "Now that they're calm, let's begin to send you guys out, Ashido and Uraraka you guys can go ahead first."
"YAY/Oh no." The two girls said in unison, walking into the forest while holding hands with each other.
Once the two girls disappeared into the forest, Mandalay began to issue out groups one by one. When Bakugo and Todoroki were thrown out into the forest, an argument broke out immediately, scaring the students in Class B.
"AH, THEY ARE SO SCARY!" A girl screamed, making the rest of the class laugh.
Whilst arguing, Todoroki smells burning wood, looking around in confusion. "Hey stop bomb brains, can't you smell that?"
"Smell what?" Katsuki asked his friend, sniffing the area to pick up on whatever Shouto was smelling. "Oh it's burning wood, we probably hit a tree on the way here and if not it's class-wait I sense something." Picking up an odd presence, Bakugo looked back in the way they came from, noticing an odd fog clouding the forest. "Be on guard shitty cook."
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Deep into the dark empty forest, a black-haired man stood next to a tree with his hand placed against the tree, burning it until the fire connected to the trees around it. "The reckoning shall begin, League of Villains Vanguard squad, begin operation R.I.M (Retrieve Izuku Midoriya) and if you run into someone with a bounty, make sure to collect it."
"Roger."
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Walking through the traps set by Class B, Uraraka sensed an overwhelming presence nearby and told her friend about the presence. "Do you feel that? It feels like someone really wants to kill us."
"Yeah, now that you mention it, it's coming from... actually it's coming from everywhere." Mina agreed, trying to pinpoint the moving presence.
Running in the bushes near the two girls, a blonde teen continued to circle them until she felt like it was the perfect time to strike. "Just a little bit more, and NOW!" The girl smiled, leaping out of the bushes behind the two girls to slice Ochaco's arm. "Bingo." The girl smirked, licking the blood off of the blade. "Your blood tastes sweet, I like you~"
"Ouch, she's fast." Uraraka winced, holding her arm to stop the bleeding.
"Crap villains are here, we have to tell Mandalay and Mr Aizawa." The irritated Mina suggested, getting into a battle stance to face her opponent.
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Back at the start, the students, Mandalay and Tiger picked up on the burning smoke and odd misty fog, While some believed it to be Class B's doing, Mandalay and Tiger had different thoughts. While trying to get in contact with Pixie-bob, a screaming Mineta ran out of the forest, yelling something nobody wanted to hear, "GUYS VILLAINS, THEY'RE HERE!"
Immediately, Mandalay sent a message to everyone, warning them of their current predicament. "EVERYONE, VILLAINS ARE HERE!"
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In the middle of the forest, Class A and B students huddled together, obtaining a mask from Yaoyozoru to defend themselves against the gas.
Walking toward the source of the gas, TestuTestu is stopped by his classmate Itsuka Kendo. "Wait, where are you going?" The girl wondered, looking at her friend with concerned eyes.
"To fight the bastard who's knocking out our classmates with poisonous gas." The boy retaliated, moving the girl out of the way to reach the villain.
"If you're going I'm coming with you, I won't allow you to die alone." Kendo sighed, following closely behind her classmate.
"Who said I was gonna die in the first place?"
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Inside a classroom located near the cabin, Aizawa and Vlad King looked at each other and nodded. "Everyone stay in here with Vlad King, I'm going outside to protect the pussycats," Aizawa informed them while running out of the class. As the long-haired man arrived at the door, he sensed an ominous presence outside and used his foresight to see his future.
Taking in his possible future, Shota imbued his entire body with Haki and ran outside, charging through the villain's flames to kick him in his stomach.
Flying into a nearby tree, the dark-haired villain laughed and stood up, "Nice, my body feel all funny after that kick." The man commented.
"Crap the situation is bad, I need to save the students." Aizawa cursed, pulling out his phone to send a distress signal to the teachers' group chat. "Hopefully, All Might can get here quick, if they have another Nomu like last time we're gonna be toast." He mumbled to himself as the villain approaches him.
"This is odd, the cold Erasurehead is caring about others that's a first. Despite your 'cold' image, you're very kind." The man stated while dusting himself off.
"What's your game here? Why did you come here, All Might isn't here?" Aizawa asked, making the villain smile.
"Oh we know, our beef isn't with you or him right now, it's with a certain someone." He smirked before unleashing another wave of fire, forcing Aizawa to dodge.
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At the entrance of the mini-game, Mandalay, Tiger and many of the students stood there in shock as a pair of villains appeared with a familiar face under one of their weapons. "Hey there, Pussycats." A lizard man smirked, angering Tiger and Mandalay.
"Pixie-bob!" The two pro's called out, tearing up at the sight of their friend being heavily wounded.
"Yes yes, we injured your poor little friend, but why don't I introduce myself? My name is Spinner and I'm here to carry on Stain's will. You two in the back, I know your faces and in fact you two are bounty holders." Spinner cackled, pointing his makeshift sword toward Midoriya and Ilda.
"Bounties?" Ilda blurted, wondering what they meant.
"Crap, if villains are here Kota's gonna be in danger, I gotta go protect him," Midoriya muttered under his breath, activating his second gear to rush off.
"Hey where is he going, GET BACK HERE!" Spinner yelled, gaining no response from the focused Midoriya.
In Izuku's head, a familiar voice spoke to him, asking him where he was headed. "I'm heading to Kota Mandalay, I know where he is."
"Okay, stay safe." The hero sighed before turning her attention back to Spinner and his villain friend.
"It seems like that coward wants to run so how about we focus on your poor little pixie-bob who will never be able to find a man with that ugly scar on her forehead? It seems like she's gonna end up miserable after we deal with all of you the sam-"
"HOW DARE YOU TALK ABOUT PIXIE LIKE THAT! YOU'RE A DISGRACE, I'LL MAKE YOU PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID!" Tiger snapped, getting into his stance.
"It seems like this bad boy is coming out again."
Spinner chuckles, waving his sword at Tiger, calling him on.
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On a hill directly above the forest, Kota is approached by a tall man, scaring the boy. "Mhm, you're not on the list." The cloaked man thought out loud, taking a long look at Kota. "Hey, that's a pretty cool hat you got on there. How about we trade? Your cool hat for this lame mask?" The hooded man asked, forcing Kota to run in the opposite direction. "Ah come on don't run, I would give you a cooler mask but I'm a newbie in this world you see." The man says, breaking his mask and the ground below him by activating his quirk. "I'm gonna have fun with your little hat once I take it off your decapitated head!" He adds, launching himself onto the side of the hill to land in front of Kota.
"Mom... Dad, why is Muscular here?" Kota cried as he began to remember the man who was stated to kill his parents.
"DIE KID!"
"I GOT YOU KOTA!" Leaving a trail of steam behind himself, Izuku grabbed Kota before the bulky man could make contact with him, landing behind the man with Kota in his arms.
Angered that his fist missed, Muscular looked up to see who saved Kota. When he made eye contact with Midoriya, a creepy smile crept onto his face, and he blurted, "Now there's the main target!"
"Main Target? That must mean the league wants something from me, if that's the case some other ones may show up, I need backup." Izuku thought, putting down Kota to reach into his pockets to grab it. Unfortunately, his pockets were empty. "Crap I must've dropped it on the way here." He cursed to himself, looking behind to see if Kota was okay.
Not to his surprise, Kota was shaking and on the verge of crying.
Taking the situation into his own hands, Midoriya grew a smile on his face and said. "Even if it's the very last thing I do, I'm going to save you Kota, I promise." Midoriya smiled, gaining a nod from Kota. After reinvigorating Kota, Midoriya turned back around to face Muscular, changing his happy face to a more serious one. "Come hunt me then hunter."
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Back inside the forest, Bakugo and Todoroki found a stranded student from Class B. "Grab him." Katsuki ordered, making Shouto scoff.
"Yeah, whatev-who's that?" Todoroki glared, pointing toward the random person in a stray jacket.
"We got another problem along with the gas now."
"No shit, you don't say," Shouto responded, noticing the bloody trail leaking from the man's mouth as he turned around.
"Lovely flesh, I love it, I need more... no, I have a mission I must complete the mission, but wait, BOUNTY HOLDERS!"
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Staring down two villains, Mandalay telepathically speaks to Spinner, complimenting him before slashing him with her claws. Sensing an incoming attack behind her, Mandalay tries to dodge, but fortunately, Tiger is able to block the attack for her. "Magne, you have nine robberies and assaults with twenty-nine attempted murders, why are you here?!"
"Oh you've heard of me, how cute," Magne responds as they continue their clash.
Using her telepathy once again, Mandalay tries to get into contact with Ragdoll but has zero success. "Damn it ragdoll come in, we need you."
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Accompanying Kota on the hill, Midoriya continued his staredown with the cloaked villain. "I don't think you understand how happy I am right now, this promotion is gonna be sweet!"
"Why do you guys want me?"
"The boss wants you, I'm pretty sure you know who I'm referring to." The villain cackled, taking off his cloak to begin the fight. "Now let's stop chatting and let's get to fighting!" Muscular shouted, dashing toward Midoriya.
"Move out of the way Kota!" Izuku ordered before enlarging his fist and turning his skin red to clash with the incoming attack.
"Mimicking me are we?" Muscular growled while overpowering the student, sending Izuku flying into a wall.
Continuing his assault, Muscular dashed toward Midoriya again, which forced the boy to block with his haki alone. Unfortunately, this isn't enough as he rag dolls him again. Standing up to face Muscular again, Midoriya switched his plan and decided it's better if he made the first move, activating his second and third gear to rush toward Muscular. As the two clash once again, Midoriya realised what he needed to win. 'I need to obtain internal destruction to destroy his overgrown muscles, once I do that I'll win.' He thought to himself as he lost his second clash.
"You're strong kid, but inflating your body can only do so much, you'll always be inferior to me." The blonde man claimed while he was walking toward the recovering Midoriya. "I wonder if I can find that Bakugo kid and cash in his bounty or get to Todoroki before Dabi does!" Muscular laughed, slamming his fist into Midoriya's stomach sending him flying and landing on his head to disorient him. "Here comes another one ki-"
"STOP!" The teary-eyed Kota yelled, throwing a rock at Muscular to stop his punch. "Water hose... my parents, did you torture them like this before killing them?"
"Water hose... those were the bastards who gave me this scar and glass eye, this must be fate or something. Who would've thought I would meet their snotty-nosed brat." Muscular laughed, turning around to meet eyes with Kota. "Those two were impressive, but that's not enough to stop me, I killed them and the people I wanted to kill right after that, it's like their sacrifice was worthless." He chuckled as he changed the positioning of his muscles. "I'll give it to you, you got guts like them, but that's not ENOUGH, I'M GONNA KILL YOU JUST LIKE YOUR MOMMY AND DADDY!"
"Gear fourth: KONG GUN!" Midoriya roared, transforming into his fourth gear to deliver a powerful blow to Muscular's head, knocking him into the rocks behind him.
"Now that's powerful, I knew you were gonna attack me but you're fast, I'll give it to you." He smirked as he dusted the rubble off of himself.
"Kota, it doesn't matter what happens, just stay behind me and if I lose, run," Midoriya tells the boy while constantly bouncing up and down.
"B-But why, why are you doing this for me?" The boy asked.
"It's because I'm a hero and this is what we do, I'll die before I allow him to lay a finger on you." Izuku proudly claimed. 'Right now I'm not at full strength because of the training we did earlier, but I should be able to get through it. If the plan I have in store happens, I'll definitely win.' Midoriya thought to himself, smiling at Muscular who was ready.
"Alright kid, let's have some fun!"
"GOMU GOMU NO: CULVERIN!" Izuku calls out, shooting his fist toward the incoming Muscular.
"Nice one kid but that's not working!" Muscular smirked as he weaved the attack, jumping at Midoriya to launch an attack of his own.
"CHASE HIM PYTHON!" The boy ordered, forcing his arm to bend in odd ways to hit Muscular's back.
"Ack, rubbers not meant to bend like that." The villain commented as he was launched toward the boy's cocked back fist.
"DOUBLE CULVERIN!" The boy roared, knocking him back into the rock formation. Huffing heavily, Izuku continued to bounce waiting for the villain to get back up. "I still have some time left in this form, I think I should be able to take him down if it continues like this," Midoriya notes while looking at the rubble shake.
"Oh that's it, I was gonna go light on you and take you in with minimal damage, now I gotta bring you in half dead." The villain growled, emerging from the rocks with a twisted expression. "Sorry blondie but I gotta use my serious eye against your boyfriend." He grinned, placing a red cover eye on top of his eye. "Alright then, come here kid!" Muscular exclaimed while charging at Midoriya.
"GOMU GOMU NO: LEO BAZOOKA!" The teen responded, trying to push away his opponent, only for them to overpower it and land a clean shot on his stomach, launching him into the air.
"Still rubber huh?" The man noted as he jumped into the air to double-fist slam Midoriya into the ground.
"Ack!"
"Midoriya no!" Kota cried out.
"Midoriya YES!" Musuclar laughed as he pounded Midoriya's arms which were guarding his body.
"GET OFF ME!" Midoriya screeched, letting off a wave of conquerors stunning the man for a moment. "GUM GUM: KONG RIFLE!" The boy screeched, launching a drilling fist into Muscular's abdomen sending him flying backwards.
"Woah that shot felt so much better, it's like your Haki's blooming in battle." The man noted as he looked down at his shredded muscles.
Whilst Muscular was recovering, Midoriya bounced his way out of his crater and up into the air. The boy had a plan and ascending into the air until he couldn't go any further was a part of it.
"I see what you're doing," Muscular commented while looking up into the air.
"I'm ready, this should end it!" Midoriya shouted as he cocked his fist back, descending down at insane speeds to give more power in his eventual blow.
Looking on at the spectacle of a fight in front of him, Kota stared in awe as Midoriya's fist grew to a humungous size.
"Alright kid, give me everything you've got!" The blonde villain called on, looking at the huge attack directly above him.
"GOMU GOMU NO: KING KONG GUN!" The green-haired student called out, rocketing his fist toward Muscular, causing an explosion as a side effect of their Haki's clashing.
"Whoa-AH!" Kota yelled as he was blown away by the explosion.
"Is that all you got kid?!" Muscular taunted, creating new muscles to cover his shredded ones.
"MORE POWER!" The teen yelled as he could feel the haki in his system leave his body.
"IT FEELS LIKE LESS!" Muscular stated before he saw Midoriya's fist retract.
"N-No." midoriya mumbled as he deflated, falling back toward the ground once all the smoke left his body.
"MIDORIYA!" Kota screamed as Izuku landed on the ground in front of him.
Forcing himself back onto his feet the green haired boy huffed and said, "R-Run Kota." The teen pleaded, trying to stand up and fight off Muscular until Kota escaped.
"No, I'm not running, you're gonna win." The boy declared, reinvigorating Midoriya.
"Look at my future victims hyping each other up, it reminds me of the water hose idiots." Muscular commented as regrew the muscles he just lost.
"Don't you dare say that about Kota's parents!" Midoriya roared, activating his second and third gear to punch at Muscular who was pushed back by the student's attack.
"You're lucky my Haki's feeling weird after that stunt you just pulled. Making me use more Haki than I should've, tch, little brat." Muscular revealed, jumping at Kota to gain a reaction from Midoriya.
"Kota move!" Midoriya yelled, jumping in front of the attack to save Kota.
"It's impressive how you have so much strength even after all that move earlier," Muscular commented, punching Midoriya in his stomach and then kicking him around his guard to drop his hands. "Have one of these!" He adds, following up on his kick with a straight right, landing clean on Midoriya's jaw, dropping him to his knees.
"Damn it Haki, come back!" Midoriya called out, trying his hardest to activate his haki.
"Forget about Haki, let's have a nice quirk brawl!" Muscular spat, kneeing the boy in the face, which sent him flying into the air. Walking over to the floored Midoriya, Muscular asked the boy, "Are you finished?"
"Gumo Gumo No: Whip," Izuku responded. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough as his attack was blocked easily and then used to throw him into the rocks behind them.
Not allowing Midoriya to rest, Muscular darted toward the teen, using his quirk to crush the boy between him and the rocks behind him."Alright, I'm finishing this here and now!" The villain claimed.
"GET OFF OF HIM!" Kota demanded, shooting an unexpected wave of water at Muscular.
"Huh? What was that? Oh, it's you, don't worry I'll get to you next, just let me see something." Muscular told the boy, retracting his muscles to see if Midoriya was out cold.
Fortunately for the villain, Midoriya seemed to be out cold, dropping to the floor once Muscular released him.
Feeling an odd sensation in his body, the blonde villain decided to see if his haki had been restored and to his surprise, it was there. "Whoa nice, my Haki's back, time to smash you and collect the bounty on those other kids' heads." Muscular smirked, turning around to hit Kota.
"CRAP NO!" The kid screamed, activating his quirk again, only annoying Muscular even more.
"DIE KI-" Muscular exclaimed before being interrupted by an unexpected punch, which stopped him from hitting Kota. "Who-Oh shit, you're still up, you're resilient." Muscular laughed, bulking up into his muscle mode. "That hurt my bones, you're gonna pay now that I got my haki ba-"
"Gomu Gomu No... GATLING!" Izuku roared, blitzing the villain to land hundreds of blows on him, shredding his muscle with his newly obtained Haki. "Now fly, GOMU GOMU NO: BAZOOKA!" Midoriya screeched, stretching his arms back to launch Muscular off of the cliff and into the forest below them, catching everyone at the camp and in the forest's attention.
"ARGH!" Muscular cried out as he ascended into the air, falling unconscious.
Taking in his victory, Midoriya began to breathe heavily, dropping to his knees once all the adrenaline began to leave his body. Rushing over to him, Kota jumped on Midoriya whilst crying. "You did it Midoriya, you won, you're my hero!"
(And that's the end of the chapter, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and you guys are happy with how fast I put this out. I hadn't read the Muscular vs. Deku fight in YEARS so it was refreshing for me to read it again for this chapter. If I'm being honest I haven't read chapters 70-117 in a LONG time so I'm gonna have to go back and reread, but that's fine, I love mha so I'll happily read it again.
Anyway, I have work soon so I gotta go, see ya!)
7/9/2023 = UK
9/7/2023 = US