The Next Generation

C30: Alone & At Rest

"We only have five failures in this class," Aizawa announced at the end of the day. "Kaminari and Mina, you were the only team to completely fail the exam. No one managed to escape or cuff your opponent before time ran out. Sero, although Mineta passed the exam, you were unconscious within the first five minutes. Kirishima, Sato, all three of your teammates made it through the gate, but you both failed to make any good decisions."

The five students groaned.

Aizawa put his hands on his desk. "I will have a written report detailing every failure made by everyone in the room, including those who passed. Those who failed will need to work harder than ever to be better, which is why they will be coming with us to the summer training camp."

"What?" Kaminari stood up. "YEAHHH!"

Everyone cheered.

"Give me a headache and I'll change my mind," Aizawa glared.

They quieted.

"Kirishima," Bakugo was looking at two classmates with hatred. "Kaminari."

The two students sunk into their seats.

"IF YOU EVER FAIL AGAIN, I'LL KILL YOU!"

"Now that that's said, we have another important matter to discuss," Mr. Aizawa told them. "The location of the training camp cannot be disclosed. Due to recent events, we have reason to believe that both students and staff have made themselves targets to the criminal organization known as the League of Villains. Your parents will need to sign permission slips giving us full permission to..."

And on he went, detailing their summer plans with a hint of secrecy. Optimus listened intently, but couldn't help but put the majority of his focus into the threat against them. Megatron had gone with Shigaraki, likely to take revenge against Optimus and his class, and Shigaraki wanted to kill All Might, as displayed by his attack on the USJ. It wasn't any secret that he was bitter over their last encounter and had a personal score to settle with class 1A.

Optimus didn't want to be a target or put his class in danger, but it seemed they were in enough trouble without him. He could always leave and minimize the danger, but these students were training to fight villains. Optimus could handle staying with them if only to lure out Megatron a second time (without UA breathing down his spinal strut).

And of course he wanted to aid them in their battle against the League of Villains. They didn't have any solid chain of command during the attack on the USJ, so even if Optimus had to step back and fight Megatron, he could look out for them as a leader. He'd been doing that since nearly the beginning of the war. He was the only one who could stand up to the former gladiator.

Optimus kept this in mind until it was time for their summer training camp to commence.

Once more, they gathered together on a bus. Iida was shouting orders, ensuring everyone was sitting in the correct arrangement. There were five columns with four seats in each, split down the middle. At the front of the bus was a seat for Mr. Aizawa, who was driving, and at the back of the bus was a five extra seats, not split. Optimus appreciated that Iida had put him in one of those extra seats, where he could watch the class and admire Iida's organizational skills.

Girls sat with girls, boys sat with boys. That was a human custom Optimus didn't totally understand, but it had something to do with why Jiro told him to avoid Mineta. The rest of the seats were organized based on who was friends with who, who needed to be kept away from who. Optimus found it especially laughable that Iida had stolen Midoriya for himself, and that Bakugo was placed on an inner seat with Tokoyami by the window. The loudest girls, Mina and Hagakure, were placed in direct proximity to Mr. Aizawa, probably to keep the noise level down. The same tactic was used on Kaminari, who was across from them.