Powerless - A My Hero Academia/ DC Crossover

Chapter 37: Ambush

Aizawa made good on his promise.

Class 1-A was pushed to their breaking point, each of them tasked with a different hellish exercise designed to improve the strength of their quirks. Todoroki sat in a vat of water where he would use immense blasts of fire and ice in different intervals to regulate the temperature of the water in an effort to gain better control of his quirk. Sero was forced to continuously produce tape from his arms in an effort to increase his output proficiency and overall tensile strength of the tape.

Kirishima and Ojiro were pitted against each other, sparring to simultaneously increase the strength and endurance of Kirishima's hardening quirk and Ojiro's tail. Kaminari was hooked up to a high-capacity battery while large currents of electricity passed through him, attempting to increase his ability to handle larger amounts of electricity without short-circuiting his brain. Koda was placed on the edge of the forest and forced to yell as loud as possible to increase his animal speech range and combat his shy nature. Aoyama was instructed to continuously fire his naval laser into the sky in an attempt to move past the stomach issues that arose when he overused his quirk (there was a portable toilet next to him, just in case).

Tokoyami was sent to one of the caves in the hillside where he would combat the unruly nature of his quirk, Dark Shadow, in pure darkness. Uraraka was put in a large bubble and pushed down the hill in an effort to get her inner-ear canals used to zero-gravity in an effort to combat her nausea. Iida was tasked with hard-core long distance running to strengthen his legs and stamina. Asui was scaling an immense cliff wall while using her tongue as an anchor, allowing her to strengthen all the muscles of her body, including her tongue.

Sato was lifting weights while wolfing down giant cakes and other sugary sweets that allowed him to power up his strength quirk in an attempt to increase his strength and the duration he could use it. Next to him, Yaoyorozu was also eating large amounts of food, while continuously producing items with the lipids she got from eating. Jiro was jamming her earphones into the side of a large boulder, attempting to strengthen her ear jacks. Mina was right beside her, continuously producing acid against the same boulder in an attempt to increase her skin's durability against the acid.

Mineta was forced to continuously remove the sticky balls from his head as quickly as they grew in an attempt to strengthen his scalp and prevent bleeding from overuse of his quirk. Shoji and Hagakure were using their quirks on each other. Shoji would attempt to use his arms to generate multiple eyes and ears to improve his senses as he tried to hunt down Hagakure, who was improving her stealth.

For Izuku, he was paired with the largest member of the Wild Wild Pussycats, Tiger, a large, intense and imposing man of immense muscle. Tiger's method of training was similar to Bruce's in the sense as it was designed to completely tear you apart and build you back from the ground up. He forced Izuku to do grueling exercises before abruptly challenging him to combat. Izuku found that not only was Tiger immensely strong, but also extremely fast and nimble. Even with his training and fighting experience in the Underground, Izuku was struggling to keep up with the Pro Hero.

"Come on, shrimp!" Shouted Tiger as he beat Izuku into the ground. "Tear those weak muscles and make them stronger!" Izuku struggled to his feet and continued sparring. Tiger was able to dodge and counter his attacks with ease, but Izuku kept fighting. He thought about Stain, the attack at the USJ, and his recent encounter with Shigaraki. In all instances, he was very lucky to have escaped with his life. Defeating the Sludge Villain had instilled a new confidence in him, but he still had a long way to go. If he really was a target of the League of Villains, then now, more than ever, he needed to get stronger.

The students all marched back to camp at dusk, exhausted from their tortuous day of training, but their work wasn't done yet. They all had to work together to make their own dinner, as the Wild Wild Pussycats had warned them they would not be preparing their meals after the first night. Iida encouraged them that it was an excellent lesson, as it was a hero's duty to care for the mental, spiritual and physical needs of those in their care. Izuku was always impressed at how Iida was able to turn even the hardest of trials into a positive learning experience.