Coco: I know, I'm back early XD though to be honest I had this chapter ready yesterday along with the chapter I just posted. I wasn't going to do a double update and wait to post this one like next Saturday but my eagerness got the best of me...again XD Anyway, hope you enjoy, my friends, as we finally start season 3!

Doctor Garaki Kyūdai hummed to himself as he walked down the halls of the hospital. Many greeted him as he went by and he made sure to return the greetings with a kind smile and a wave.

'After I make my rounds, I need to return to the Master,' Kyūdai told himself.

There was a lot to prepare for as Tomura was planning another attack against the students of U.A. Though his goal was different than the last, which had been to draw out All Might in an attempt to kill him. This knew plan wasn't much of a change, but it showed Tomura was making some kind of progress.

'But that kid has a lot to go before he's even close to the Master's prowess.' Kyudai thought. 'And then Rina is growing too. Though her body remains weak…modifications will have to be made before she can take on that power.'

Though he was certain they had the time to make those modifications. Ishida Ayano wasn't showing any signs that her true quirk has awakened. That Idenshi really added more work for them by locking away her quirk as he had done. Even in death the man was still causing All for One trouble. But it shouldn't be much longer. All for One had a plan that would hopefully bring out that hidden power of Ishida Ayano's once and for all. And once exposed, Hive would be for the taking. It was because of All for One's plan that brought Kyūdai to the hospital today.

Kyūdai came to a halt as he reached his destination. The room of patient Ishida Ko. The man who could finally bring them what they wanted; Hive's awakening. The comatose man wouldn't be waking anytime soon if at all, but he could still be of use. Kyūdai stepped into the room to go over to Ko's bed. As always, the man was still. Not any sign of life except for the small rise and fall of his chest, but that was all the machine's doing.

"You've been here a long time, Ishida-san." Kyūdai said. "How would you feel about finally being able to rest?"

Ayano let out a small yawn as she stood between Katsuki and Eijiro. The day to leave for the training camp was finally here, and despite trying to turn in early to rest up, Ayano hadn't slept too well. Ever since the incident on I-Island and Hive's awakening, Ayano feels like her quirk has been a little off. Or should she say her fake quirk?

No, even if it is a copy of someone else's power, it was still her own. But either way, she felt like it was different. She felt like her telepathy reached farther and the voices of others' thoughts were even louder. Sometimes things floated without her even noticing it and when she went to set the things down, she did it a lot harder than intended.

But she's gotten a little better at it. She worked with the last few days leading up to the training camp. It wasn't a lot of time for her to try and adjust, but it was enough to give her some sense of control. She just had to remain focused and not let herself become panicked. If she remained calm, she could work things out. Just like Nighteye told her.

"Now, that you finished up your first semester at U.A. High, it's time for summer vacation to officially begin." Aizawa was telling the class as Ayano tuned back in. "However, don't think these will be months of rest for you heroes in the making. At this camp we'll push you to go beyond your limits. You're aiming to become plus ultra."

"Yes, sir!" The students of 1-A replied.

As the others started to speak animatedly about camp, Class 1-B arrived on the scene. And of course, as soon as Neito saw them, he had a lot to say.

"I heard some of Class A are taking extra courses!" He shouted. "Does that mean they actually failed the final exam?! Huh, that must be so embarrassing. Especially since you're supposed to be so much better than my class. All of you must be—!"

"Should you really be calling out members of our class when you failed your final as well?" Ayano bluntly cut him off.

Her words brought Neito to a halt while also bringing a slight silence to the two classes.

"Sorry," Ayano said breaking the silence. "It's just you were thinking so loud that it was hard not to overhear. I'm sure you did your best, which is what all of us had done as well. Yes, a few came short of passing, but this camp is to help all us improve. I'm sure my classmates will have no trouble doing so. I just hope you focus on improving yourself than worrying over us and what we accomplish. It'd be a shame if your talent was wasted over something as trivial as your distaste for our class, wouldn't it?"

Neito blinked rapidly at Ayano unsure of how to respond as she tilted her head at him in return. Some of her classmates were trying not to snicker behind her. Even some of Class 1-B looked amused since they've never seen Neito so stumped.

"Now, I'm sure we're all excited to get going." Ayano continued. "I look forward to training with you, Class B."

"Yeah, that sounds cool." Setsuna said. "I mean, I guess since the Sports Festival is over, we're not technically rivals."

"Yeah, now it's time to get on the bus!" Kendo called as she dragged the still shocked Neito behind her.

The other members of Class B were right behind her and as the girls hurried excitedly to climb onto the bus, Minoru shivered in anticipation.

"The girls of Class A and Class B!" He murmured in glee as he drooled over his arm. "It's like a buffet of bombshells."

"Dude, get yourself together for real." Eijiro said.

Minoru only giggled in response before stiffening when he felt the glare behind him. He turned his head and turned as pale as a ghost when he saw the dark look Ayano was giving him.

"Mineta-kun, if you so much as try anything perverted—whether on our class or Class B—you will have to answer to me." Ayano said. "Do you understand?"

Minoru whimpered while slowly nodding his head so to appease the angered ginger. He was then saved from her harsh glaring as Tenya called for everyone to load the bus.

"Please, line up in seating order!" Tenya requested of them.

At his call, Ayano turned away from Minoru to walk over to the Class Rep who was standing with her Co-Deputy; Momo.

"Iida-kun, I understand you want things to be orderly, but perhaps we should let everyone sit where they want," Ayano suggested. "I think everyone would enjoy the trip much better if they get to sit with friends or in some cases people they can tolerate sitting next to. After all, this is a training camp we're attending, might as well let them have fun while they still can."

Tenya hummed thinking about it for a moment as he cupped his chin in a thoughtful manner.

"Yes, I see your point. Very well," He said with a before addressing the class. "Everyone, pair up with whom you wish to sit with on the bus and form an orderly line in sets of two!"

"Yes, sir!" The others called back.

Soon everyone started breaking off into pairs. Ayano held off on choosing a partner for the trip as she helped Tenya get everyone onto the bus. Once everyone was onboard, Ayano and Tenya stepped onto the bus as well. They remained standing as they waited for the others to settle first. Ayano looked over everyone while doing a head count as she went. On the left side of the bus it was Toru and Mina in the first row. Followed by Tsuyu and Ochaco. After that it was Ayumi and Shoto.

Behind them was Katsuki who had an open seat remaining by the window. Behind him was Mashirao and Konan. In the very back row that had five seats connected all together were Fumikage, Mezo, Hanta, and Koji with the fifth seat being used to hold some of their things. On the right of the bus it went Eijiro and Denki, Izuku by himself, Kyoka and Momo, Hachiro and Yuga, and Minoru and Rikido. It seemed like everyone was good to go, so Ayano went to sit with Katsuki as she knew putting him and Tenya next to each other wouldn't be a good idea.

"You going to scoot over, or do I need to squeeze by you?" Ayano asked Katsuki.

He hmphed in reply, which had her shaking her head at him. But she quickly got the message that he wasn't moving anytime soon, so she squeezed pass him to take the seat next to the window. Tenya took his seat as well as Aizawa stepped onto the bus. He made sure all his students were accounted for before he took his seat at the front of the bus. Both buses pulled out of the front of the school and carried the students and teachers off towards their training camp destination. As the scenery went pass them, Ayano wondered just how things would go in the days to come.

"Man, I feel so stiff," Ayumi complained as their class climbed off the bus.

Ayano hummed in agreement while glad they finally made it to their first stop. Riding an hour in a bus even with her friends was a tiring experience. It was nice to stretch her legs. Though as they went around the bus, Ayano quickly noticed a few things.

One there was dark car parked to her left. While it wasn't too suspicious for another vehicle to be around as this place was supposed to be a rest stop, it was odd that there really wasn't anything at this stop. There were no bathrooms. No place to get food or anything like a normal rest stop would have. And she wasn't the only one noticing these things either.

"Huh, this isn't much of a rest area." Eijiro commented.

Konan nodded in agreement as she looked around them. All she saw was road, a forest behind them, and not much else.

"Huh, and where's Class B?" Kyoka asked.

That was another good question. Ayano hadn't really made note of it before, but she hasn't seen Class B's bus in quite some time.

"You don't really think we just stopped here to stretch your legs, do you?" Aizawa asked his students.

His words got their attention quickly, and Ayano felt a sense of dread start to build up. Just then the doors to the car next to the bus, opened up.

"Heya, Eraser!" A feminine called out from the car.

"Long time no see," Aizawa greeted in return as two women dressed in cat-inspired costumes stepped out of the car.

Both women had big smiles on their faces as they jumped out in front of the students of Class 1-A.

"Your feline-fantasies are here!" the brunette one said as she gave a wink. "Say meow!"

"Purrfectly cute and cat-like girls!" The blonde added.

She twirled around as she spoke before ending in a pose alongside her brunette companion.

"You can call us the Wild, Wild Pussycats!" They both ended in sync.

Ayano blinked at the two women before taking note of the boy standing next to them. He didn't seem impressed at all with the display, and Ayano had a feeling the poor kid had to see it often.

"These are the pro-heroes you'll be working with that the training camp." Aizawa told them.

That was nice to know and everything, but Ayano highly doubted that this spot was where they'd be having the training camp. So, she had to wonder why they were here and why they Wild, Wild Pussycats were meeting them here. Of course, Izuku didn't seem to question the situation as he went all fanboy.

"They're a four-person hero team who specializes in mountain rescue!" Izuku gushed. "The Pussycats were founded when we were kids—like forever ago! This marks their twelfth year working as uh—!"

Izuku was cut off as the blonde Pussycat grabbed his entire face into her comically large paw-glove. She didn't look happy at all as she glared at Izuku.

"I'm pretty sure your math must be off!" She hissed. "…I'm eighteen at heart…"

"Understood," Izuku said weakly.

Ayano looked at her friend sympathetically though Izuku shouldn't be surprised. He did just kind of indirectly call out the women's age by saying it had been "forever" ago since they became heroes.

"Everyone, say hello," Aizawa said to remind his students of their manners.

His students did as they were told. The Pussycats smiled in return, but their kind expressions didn't put Ayano at ease. She didn't want to be suspicious, but…Ayano still didn't like them meeting like this. Proper introductions were then given as the two Pussycats introduced themselves as Mandalay and Pixie-Bob. Though they didn't introduce the boy, which made Ayano all the more curious about him.

"We own this whole stretch of land out here," Mandalay told the students. "Everything you can see. The Summer Camp you're staying at is there—the base of the mountain."

"That's far!" Some of the others exclaimed.

More dread set in Ayano's stomach as she was starting to realize something very bad.

'We're being set up,' She realized.

Of course, Aizawa wouldn't let them just have an easy ride to the camp site. It just wasn't his style.

"Uh, then why did we stop all the way up here instead?" Ochaco asked still not quite understanding the situation.

"I'm afraid we both know the answer to that." Tsuyu replied.

The others were starting to understand as well as horror started to color their expressions.

"That can't be right," Rikido said shaking his head.

Though he knew it was. He knew very well this was all done on purpose. He was just hoping if he denied it, it wouldn't be true.

"Heh, back on the bus," Hanta said nervously. "Quick. Let's go."

"Good idea," Denki agreed. "Load up."

There were other nervous chuckles of agreement as well, but Ayano knew it was far too late. They weren't going to get out of this one.

"The current time is 9:30 in the morning." Mandalay told them. "If you're fast about it, you might make it there by noon."

"No way…" Eijiro said. "Guys…"

"Holy crap!" Mina squealed.

"Save yourselves!" Eijiro shouted.

Almost everyone tried to make a run for the safety of the bus, but Ayano just sighed hanging her head. This wasn't going to be pleasant.

"Kitties who don't make it there by 12:30pm won't be getting any lunch." Mandalay warned.

"You should have guessed, students." Aizawa told his class. "The training camp has already begun."

And as soon as the words left his mouth, Pixie-Bob, who blocked off the students' escape route, activated her quirk. The earth around them turned almost to mud as it swept backwards taking the students with it. Everyone cried out as they were being thrown over the edge of the cliff.

"What the heck?!" Ochaco screamed.

"She must be controlling the ground!" Izuku said.

Ayano cursed as she spun around midair so her back was facing the oncoming ground. She lifted her hands catching her fellow students with her telekinesis. They all gasped at being stopped as they watched Ayano hit the ground. Despite the rough landing, Ayano kept her hold on everyone.

"That hurt…" She said to herself.

She was sure her backside was going to be bruised in the morning. She brushed that thought off to the side, however, as she sat up. She then lowered everyone safely to the ground.

"Thanks so much, Ayano," Mina said as she let out a breath.

"Yeah, that had been scary!" Toru asked.

Ayano just hummed in reply as Momo and Tenya both checked on the ginger-haired girl. They all then looked up when Mandalay called down to them.

"Good news!" She said. "Since this is private land you can use your quirks as much as you want to! You've got three full hours. You should be able to make it to the facility in that time. That is…if you can make it through the Beasts Forest."

Everyone turned around to look at said forest as they wondered what Mandalay meant by beasts. Did they have wild animals running around?

"The Beasts Forest?!" Izuku exclaimed.

"That sounds like a name right out of a fantasy game," Denki commented.

And he didn't like it one bit. Just thinking that they were going to go through a forest like some of the ones he's gone through in previously mentioned games, made his gut churn in worry.

"Why do we keep falling for Aizawa's little tricks?" Kyoka asked.

"Maybe because we're hoping that deep down that he's not Satan personified," Ayumi grumbled.

"Well, I guess there's no use in complaining," Eijiro said. "Guess we might as well get going."

Minoru seemed all for that idea as he rushed forward without hesitation. Of course, that might only be because he still really had to use the bathroom. Though he didn't get far as his path was soon blocked by a large creature. It really did look like a beast and the others gasped at the sight of it. The creature then let out a roar, which had a few of the students slipping into defensive stances.

"Ehhh, we're all gonna die!" Denki and Hanta screamed.

The creature growled again as it went to attack Minoru who was frozen in fear.

"Please, calm yourself, my giant friend!" Koji called out as he ran forward. "You don't want to hurt him!"

Though it would seem as if the creature indeed wanted to hurt Minoru as it continued its attack. Izuku managed to swoop in and grab their tiny classmate just in time as Koji gasped in shock that his quirk failed. Though he didn't get to dwell on it long as Shoto, Tenya, and Katsuki all rushed forward without hesitation. Shoto froze the two rear legs of the beast quickly, which had the beast roaring in anger. But being frozen was the least of its worries as Tenya and Katsuki took out its front legs before it even knew what was happening. Izuku took it out completely after that using One for All.

"You guys took that beast down in seconds," Rikido complimented Shoto as the others gathered over at the destroyed dirt monster.

"It was awesome!" Hanta added.

Katsuki scoffed at their words before looking to Ayano who stood next to him. She was staring forward while noticing the same that he had. There were more of those monsters.

"You showed that thing who's boss," Eijiro told Katsuki.

"We're not done here," Katsuki said as he looked back forward.

His words caught everyone's attention before they all looked in the same direction as Ayano and Katsuki. They gasped seeing one of those dirt monsters lifting from the ground. It sprouted wings before taking off into the sky above their heads. It was hard to tell where it was as the trees obscured their view slightly.

"Hey, come on!" Denki complained. "Don't you think this is a little unfair?"

"What now?" Mina asked. "Do we run?"

"Those things won't make it easy for us if we make a run for it." Hachiro pointed out.

"Not good," Rikido said. "If we don't make it to the camp fast enough then we don't get anything to eat."

Ayumi frowned at the sound of that. She was already a bit hungry. She wished she had packed more snacks.

"He's right," Momo said. "We have no choice but to cut through these woods using the shortest possible route!"

There were murmurs of agreement from the others as it seemed to be their only option.

"Alright, let's go, Class A!" Tenya rallied.

"Yeah!" The others answered his call.

Ayano then stepped up as she was looking upwards trying to pinpoint the flying dirt monster. She saw it come bursting through the trees as it screeched right at them. Though it didn't get far as she put up a thick psionic wall between it and them. Then while it was stunned from crashing into her construction, she formed another wall above it then slammed the wall down on top it as hard as she could. This brought the creature down and slammed to the ground where it shattered at impact while the ground shook.

Her classmates gawked in shock at the display in power as they looked to Ayano. She didn't even seem the slightest bit fazed by using that much force. Even Katsuki and Izuku were surprised. Though Ayano seemed to brush off the entire thing as she turned to her classmates. Some of them stiffened slightly as they felt a presence enter their minds. Though they instantly knew who it was.

'Everyone should be connected,' She said to her classmates. 'I'm sure Pixie-Bob isn't going to make it easy to get through this forest. Let's split into groups to take down these dirt monsters down efficiently to save our strength. Shoji-kun, Jiro-chan, we're leaving you to finding our targets.'

'Got it!' The two replied.

They quickly set up to start searching for all the dirt monsters created by Pixie-Bob as Ayano turned towards Hanta and Hachiro.

'The three of us will handle any of them who can fly.' Ayano said. 'We should be able to bring them down without a problem. All those on the ground, we'll leave to the rest of you.'

'You got it!' Hanta told her with a grin.

'Yeah, leave it to us!' Eijiro added.

Ayano nodded before taking the sheet metal that Momo held out to her. She thanked the taller girl before placing the metal out in front of her to step onto. She'd have to work with Hatsume once getting back to school on a back up board or something. She won't be wearing the boots to her hero costume every time, which means she won't have the telekin-board (Hatsume's name for the gadget) with her every time either. So, she needs a backup for those times. But for now, she'll just use what she can and be grateful for when Momo is around to help. Ayano then took off into the air while following Mezo's directions to her next target.

Ayano let out a groan as she stumbled forward out of the forest. The sun was setting behind her and her classmates as they all finally made it to the facility Mandalay had told them about. It had definitely taken them more than three hours and Ayano's stomach was practically crying in hunger. But with how late they made it here, she knew she wouldn't be feeding it any time soon. She almost wanted to cry.

Most of them collapsed after reaching Aizawa and the Pussycats, and Ayano was definitely one of them. She collapsed right in front of Katsuki while leaning back against his legs. He was too tired to snap at her for it as he was holding his throbbing right arm.

"You said it'd only be like three hours!" Hanta accused with as much ire his worn-out body would let him muster.

"I guess we timed it by how long it'd take us," Mandalay said. "Sorry."

Her apology didn't make any of them feel better. In fact, some of them groaned feeling even more unhappy.

"Now, you're bragging about how much better you are?" Rikido asked in disbelief. "That's so mean."

Hachiro nodded in agreement as he laid out on the ground. He didn't want to move at all…for at least a week.

"I'm starving," Eijiro whined. "This is hell!"

Ayumi just whimpered alongside him as she was hunched over to the side. She had nearly collapsed halfway through the trek here. Though she supposes that's what she gets for not packing enough snacks to eat on the way here.

"Mewmewmew," Pixie-Bob—laughed?—gaining the students attention. "I thought it'd take you kids even longer! But you did much better against my dirt monsters than I thought you would! You guys were seriously great."

Her eyes then slid over to Izuku, Shoto, Tenya, and Katsuki who were sort of all grouped together off to the side. Ayano was there too, but she had a feeling that Pixie-Bob didn't even notice her slouched over form.

"Especially all of you!" She said pointing at the four boys. "It seems like you've had quite the bit of experience."

She licked her lips as she said this, which had Ayano frowning in concern for her the four boys behind her.

"I call dibs on these kittens!" Pixie-Bob shouted as she threw herself at the teens. "I'll groom them myself!"

She started kissing and prodding at the boys, which had them all putting up their hands defensively. They shouted at the woman to get back, but she was quite persistent. Ayano just remained sat on the ground as she wondered if she should try to help them.

'No…too tired…' She decided.

She then gasped as Pixie-Bob was suddenly in her face. Ayano sweat-dropped as she watched Pixie-Bob's lips curl up into a sly grin.

"And don't think I forgot about you, kitten!" Pixie-Bob said while latching onto Ayano. "You were super amazing too out there!"

She rubbed her cheek against Ayano's while making sure to pull the ginger girl closely to her. Ayano tried to push against the older woman, but Pixie-Bob's grip was like a vice.

"Mandalay, has she always been like this?" Aizawa asked as he pointed towards Pixie-Bob who was currently suffocating his student.

Over where Pixie-Bob was, Katsuki was snapping at the blonde woman as he was threatening her with his quirk. Izuku was trying to hold Katsuki back with Shoto's help as Tenya was trying a more humane way of freeing Ayano from Pixie-Bob.

"It's gotten worse lately." Mandalay said. "She's at the age to take a mate."

Well, Ayano didn't want to be the lucky one to end up being said mate, so she'd really appreciate it if Pixie-Bob let her go.

"Uh, speaking of people's ages," Izuku began.

His words instantly had Pixie-Bob releasing Ayano, so she could catch Izuku's entire face in her paw-glove once more. And as she was distracted by glaring at Izuku, Katsuki, who had been released as well from their classmates, was quick snatch Ayano up. He held her in his arms bridal style as she her arms around his neck.

"Cats are scary…" She murmured as she watched Pixie-Bob threaten Izuku.

She had no idea their training camp would start like this, and frankly, she was bit concerned about what might happen next.

Coco: Well, that can't be good. What could old AFO have planned for Ko? What exactly is his grand scheme for Hive?

Also, hope you enjoyed that last bit with Pixie-Bob. I felt like I haven't ended on a funny note for so long so I decided to change things up a bit lol