Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 43 - And the monsters

"Pity you missed out on the hot springs, Midoriya." Kaminari laughed, as he tried to dry his hair with his towel, "It was really nice and warm. You would have liked it."

Midoriya was also trying to rub the water out of his hair. He had taken a cold shower, and he could feel the chill seeping into his bones, washing the tiredness away.

Something was definitely wrong. He had to keep his guard up. He couldn't afford to be distracted.

He remained quiet, listening to the aimless chatter of his classmates as they arranged their futons. Midoriya waited as his classmates argued over who took which spot, until there was only one futon left available.

It happened to be right next to the window, the one spot that no one wanted to take due to the wind that came in.

Midoriya didn't mind too much. He wanted the spot by the window anyways.

He laid down on his futon, trying to calm his beating heart and slow his breathing. The lights were switched off, and the chattering slowly died down into silence. He waited for the last of his peers to fall asleep before he creeped out of the window, Reiko in his hood and Ryuto on his shoulder. He made his way to the edge of the cliff, before climbing up a tree.

From his vantage point, he could see all that land that was the Pussycats' territory. He pulled out his notebook, and began to sketch.

Something was going to happen, and it was going to happen soon.

He needed to be as prepared as possible, and in order to do so, he had to know his surroundings inside out.

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"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Today, we will begin the training camp to increase your strength in earnest. The goal in this training camp is to increase everyone's strength, and with that, for everyone to obtain their provisional licenses. It is to prepare all of you to face threats that are becoming more real by the minute. Proceed carefully." Aizawa ordered.

He kept a close eye on Midoriya. Midoriya had been up long before the others had woken up. Aizawa had found him in the common room at four in the morning with a cup of coffee, scribbling in his notebook. Ryuto and Reiko had been curled up in his lap, sleeping.

His eye bags even more prominent than usual, and Aizawa wasn't even sure that the boy had slept.

And once again, the boy had barely eaten anything for breakfast; he just had some reheated leftover rice from the previous night, and the only reason it was hot was because Aizawa insisted he do so in case of insects and bacteria.

Aizawa and Kan quickly told the students how they were supposed to train their quirks, before turning their attention to Midoriya.

"Midoriya, you don't have a quirk, so here's what you're going to do." Aizawa started, as 1-A and 1-B watched on curiously, "I want you to explore. Every nook and cranny about this place. That should help with your analysis skills. If you can, make a map of the area as well."

Midoriya merely fished his notebook out of his pocket, flipping a few pages, before presenting it to Aizawa.

Aizawa blinked. In his hands, was a complete, hand drawn map of the Pussycat's territory, with details like the stream all in place, as well as a legend.

He mentally facepalmed.

"Alright, then, can you analyse the Pussycats' quirks? They will be working with the students, so you can -"

Aizawa was cut off as Midoriya flipped a few more pages, revealing twenty full pages of notes about the Wild Wild Pussycats as a whole, their individual quirks, personalities, as well as pros and cons.