Beast In The Woods

Swarm Tactics

Izuku continued to sulk about his quirk exhaustion while His Mate braided his hair and chatted with Hagakure. Her fingers combing through his messy locks did comfort him but he felt limited without his quirk. While he could use it in small things like sharpening his teeth or making claws, it wasn't enough for him. For most of his life, he used his quirk for the smallest of things. Itch on his back? Have a tendril scratch it. Toothache? New teeth and nerves. Something in his eye? The eye ate the debris.

Now, he had to scratch his own back like a bear. He was better than a bear. "Yes, Zu. You're better than a bear." Mina responded to his muttering. Mina was the best, she always was on his side. He would do anything for her. He enjoyed the tight hug she gave him when she read his thoughts.

Farther away two sat enjoying the sun. "God, even when he's sulking he's so..." Jirou waved her hand at Izuku who was being hugged by Mina.

"Feral? Unhinged? Insane? Stop me when I get it." Toshi said with his eyes closed and lying down on a beach towel.

"What's the word for a thing that shouldn't be something that shouldn't be such a thing?" Her earlobes waved in thought.

"Ironic?" He shrugged.

"Close enough." There was a pause and then Jirou asked. "When do you think he'll get his quirk back to full power? It's been like two days? Isn't that a lot?" She said with a tinge of worry.

Toshi sighed through his nose at the reminder of his best friend's quirk. "Well, this is the first time he's been exhausted and his quirk is the definition of complex. Plus, I doubt he's stopped using his quirk while it recovers. Even subconsciously, he's probably still using it without even knowing which isn't helping."

Jirou hummed in thought and nodded. "That's true." With that, they lapsed into silence.

They turned to the woods where they saw two of the Hellhounds Izuku created come trotting out. The other two were stationed around the class turned to the other two and greeted them. A few barks and growls sent shivers down everyone's spines passed between the four in a form of communication that Izuku definitely did not teach them. Then, they switched places and the ones who came out of the woods positioned themselves on opposite ends of the scattered class while the other two disappeared into the brush. As for Nork, the four-armed giant gorilla, he was in the center of the scattered class playing chess against Tenya. By the concentrated look on the boy's face, Tenya was losing again.

Recently, the five creations of Izuku have been scouting out the woods for dangers approaching the class's home grounds. Izuku did not give them an order to do so and no one else asked them to do so either. The class decided it could only be a benefit so they let the four creatures be. However, every once in a while, they did return with healing wounds and bloody maws. The class just hoped they were hunting anything hostile towards them. Considering who sent them into the simulation, it was almost certain dangers were waiting for them. Luckily, Izuku created five self-replicating, healing, apex predators that unconditionally loved and wanted to protect their Pack.

Later that day, Kaminari and Sero came running back to the rest of the pack. They looked excited as they skidded in front of the majority of their packmates. "Yo! You'll never guess what we found!" Kaminari exclaimed.

"A projector?" Uraraka answered by pointing at the large device Sero was unwrapping.

Kaminari slumped his shoulders. "Well, yeah. But you were supposed to let me say it." He said dejectedly.

Uraraka nodded in understanding and closed her mouth. "Is this really necessary? You already-" Tsuyu's mouth was covered by Uraraka.

Kaminari cleared his throat and straightened. Just as he was going to speak, Sero lifted the large device. "We found a big ass projector! We snagged it from a theater." Kaminari's shoulders dropped in defeat. "We thought it would be awesome to have a movie night but bigger. Maybe on the side of a big building or something." He bowed deeply in apology to Izuku who was glaring at Sero for swearing.