46. Lurking Shadows

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DAY 3 OF TRAINING

The remedial group struggle to stay awake as Aizawa puts them through hellish training.

"Remedial group. Why have you all stopped moving?" Aizawa asked as he used to scarf to forcefully lift Eijiro's head up.

"Sorry, sir! It's hard to stay awake since the extra lessons yesterday lasted till 2 AM!" Eijiro replied.

"We barely got 5 hours of sleep!" Sero added.

"I told you this would be rough didn't I?" Aizawa replied. "The key to improvement is to push yourselves to the limit. Plus, you remedial students must make up for your lackluster and absolutely piss poor performance at the final exam! Think about that when the others are doing fine and you're dead at your feet."

"Uraraka! Aoyama!" Aizawa called out to the two, making them look at him. "You too! You two were pretty close to failing as well. If 30 points were what you needed to pass, you guys got a 35."

"Yikes! That was close!" Ochako exclaimed.

"How vexing..." Yuga added as he held his stomach in pain.

"So, don't let up whatsoever. You're all looking sluggish today." Aizawa continued. "Always remember why you're here. What led you all here. Your origin. That's the key to improvement. That's why you're sweating so hard. It's why I'm pushing you all to your limits. Keep that in mind, always."

"My origin..." Heatblast, Izuku, Shoto and Katsuki collectively thought to themselves.

"By the way, Mr. Aizawa. It's already the third day." Izuku stated as he stopped his training.

"Hey, I didn't tell you to stop." Aizawa replied.

"Sorry, but I have to know. Isn't All Might going to show up? Or even the other teachers for that matter?" Izuku asked.

"We're keeping the staff to a minimum to make it harder for the villains to pin us down." Aizawa replied.

"That's why you're putting up with us!" Ragdoll added.

"As for All Might, he's a target of the villains, so of course he won't be here." Aizawa explained. "For better or worse, that guy stands out way too much."

"I see..." Izuku replied.

"Looks like he's putting more emphasis on the 'worse' part, huh..." Heatblast thought to himself as he chuckled at Aizawa's annoyance.

"We planned on having Ben 10,000 here as extra security. But since we don't really have a clue as to where he went, we can't rely on him." Aizawa continued.

"Dad's out on a mission. He won't be coming for a while." Heatblast replied.

"I see..." Aizawa replied. "Anyway...Tennyson, return to your normal form. Let's scroll through your arsenal and pick a form you haven't practiced with yet."

"Yes, sir." Heatblast replied as he tapped the Ultimatrix dial and reverts to human.

"Let's see..." Ken muttered as he activates the Ultimatrix and scrolls through his selection of aliens.

Aizawa observes the passing holograms until one of them piques his interest as Ken scrolls past it.

"Scroll back one transformation." Aizawa commanded as Ken rotates the dial back by one rotation, stopping at the hologram of Alien X. "I've never seen that one before."

"I've had it for a while now. Just didn't tell anyone about it." Ken replied.

"Why?" Aizawa inquired.

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