Chapter 136
Author's Notes: Chapter edited and corrected by Scott Fellman.
Izumi Pov.
"It was a pleasure meeting you!" I greeted as I watched Silvia, Vi, and Caitlyn finally leave, my arm around Jinx's. We both watched as they walked off into the crowd. I could hear Jinx sigh in exhaustion.
"They're finally gone!" Jinx moaned in relief. I laughed lightly.
"I mean, I'm sure it was a good date," I said playfully.
"Speak for yourself." Jinx growled. "My mom likes you, so that means she's keeping an eye on you now. And let's not even talk about my older sister. Apparently, you've impressed her so much that she practically wants you to go to Piltover for the holidays." Jinx growled. I laughed.
"It's not my fault I'm so charming," I said, raising my chin arrogantly. Jinx snorted.
"I still don't know how you managed it if you kept making fun of her, even with all the sexual innuendos and sex stories." Jinx complained, and I shrugged while smiling.
"I can speak girl language," I said with a shrug. Jinx scoffed.
"I don't know how good that is," Jinx replied, and I laughed lightly. Jinx finally sighed once more. "Seriously, thanks for that. We can make up a breakup thing later or something," Jinx said, running her hand over her face.
" Ouch, you want to get rid of me so fast? We've only been dating for 2 days." I complained while putting a hand on my chest, and Jinx rolled her eyes.
"I may be half crazy and a little insane, love to fight, break laws, and more, but I would never force a man to go out with me," Jinx said simply.
"Force? I'm here for pleasure," I said playfully. "I certainly wouldn't mind going out with you," I added.
"Wait, what? Really? " Jinx asked in surprise. I looked at her, confused.
"I mean, yeah? I have no reason to lie. You're pretty enough, and your personality isn't the worst." I said, winking at her. Jinx looked at me in confusion before snorting.
"I'll think about it." she finally said.
" Ouch, once again, sounds like a rejection." I complained, and she just pushed me with her hips.
"Let's go find your real girlfriends." she said simply. I laughed lightly, but let her drag me along when she started walking.
Still, in the middle of the afternoon, Jinx's family had decided to leave us alone so we could have a 'date' alone, which would have been appreciated under other circumstances. Still, it was as good a time as any to look for the others.
It was quick to find them; the whole class was together once again as they enjoyed the last few hours on I-island before we had to pack and board the plane.
In the group, I met the girls, who immediately approached me. However, there were many threats and insults from them. I could only laugh as I turned off the vibrators, and they sighed in relief.
Taylor told me about her meeting with the leader of the Brockton Bay Protectorate, Armsmistress. The good news was that she didn't seem to have escalated into anything, so everything was fine. I was a little surprised to learn that this Armsmistress was nice.
It was also reassuring to know that Sophia was in detention, even if it was a reform school; any kind of confinement was beneficial for her. The only shame was that Emma still had to be dealt with, although, well, that could wait. Now we had a day to enjoy.
The hours passed quickly, and we were finally on our way to UA, Musutafu, Japan, once again.
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August 4, 2xxx - Izumi Pov .
The vacation days passed quickly. While we had to prepare for summer camp, we had days when we could relax and even visit our families.
Well, most of us who lived in Japan, which meant Taylor, Ruby, Azula, and Darkness, came home with me to spend time with my mom. And just as I expected, Mom loved Darkness too and practically whisked her away like the other girls. Mom really had to learn to slow down.
I had wanted to bring Tanya and Visha with us, but the girls seemed to think it was still too important a step for a budding relationship, so I didn't insist.
During that time, I also met up with Nezu to sell and leave with him all the monster corpses I had kept and sneaked out of the I-Island dungeon. I really didn't want to show off my storage capacity to everyone on I-Island, so I didn't sell them at that time.
Luckily, Nezu wasn't the least bit bothered. In fact, he seemed interested in the metal and weapons I'd taken from the dungeon boss. He'd also given me permission to do whatever I wanted with them, and that included giving them to Darkness—at least the shield.
The money I'd earned was divided exactly as I'd agreed with Bakugou, so the weapons were completely mine to do with for the time being, and I'd give the shield to Darkness at summer camp. It was a good time for her to learn how to use it.
After a few days of wonderful rest, we were all finally on the buses with our suitcases behind us. I took a deep breath; everything was getting underway.
If everything continued as canon, in a few days the League of Villains would attack the camp, and as of today, there was less than a week until the Kamino incident where All Might fights All For One. I really had to prepare myself.
And that meant finally figuring out how the hell to unlock the other shikigami from my Ten Shadows. It was frustrating. I tried everything I could think of. Time, using the quirk to strengthen it, pushing my aura repeatedly against the shikigami, using dust in some way to power them up, anything.
I really, really hoped I wouldn't have to give it a runestone to awaken new shikigami, because it would be impossible to unlock most of them anytime soon, those shits are worth a lot of money, and I literally just had to spend a 6-digit figure to keep some weapons for Darkness.
So… I was really praying that runestones weren't the way to unlock it.
I sighed, leaving that aside as I returned to the present and looked around. Everyone was thrilled as they had fun on top of the bus while celebrating. I laughed lightly, yes... let them have fun, they had only a few hours before the suffering that was camp began, even so, I joined them in the fun.
"Rest stop!" someone groaned in relief as they stretched upon exiting the bus. I chuckled as I watched everything that was about to unfold. I quickly noticed the two new aura signatures near us.
" Wait, isn't this a rest stop? "
"Where is class B?"
"To say there's no reason for this would be a lie…" Aizawa began almost dramatically.
" Heey, Eraser ! It's been so long! " the voice chirped as it approached. "With sparkling eyes, we rock on!"
"Cute, cat, stinger!" added a second voice.
"The Wild Wild Pussycats!!" they finished at the same time while striking a pose. My eyes sparkled with amusement. Oddly enough, they were still women, still famous with all the cat-themed things in this world?
"I'd like to introduce you to the professional heroines, the Pussycats," Aizawa said almost boredly.
"One of the four teams of heroes founded by the union affairs office! They specialize in mountain rescue operations, and are veterans in their field! They already have 12 years of experience."
"I'm 18 in my heart!" Pixie-Bob interrupted Midoriya's babble. I guess they were still famous, but hey, Izuku was a fan of all the heroes; I'm sure he would recognize even a complete stranger.
"This whole area is pretty much our domain," Mandalay began as she approached the shore. "The place you two will be staying is at the base of the mountain." She said as she pointed her claw at a small spot far away from where we were. I chuckled and stepped back. In fact, on second thought, I laughed lightly as I fell in behind Aizawa.
With my disinterested state, no one was paying attention to me except Taylor and her insects, who looked at me out of the corner of her eye when I got pretty far away from the group. Even so, she did nothing; she just turned her attention to Mandalay.
"I have a very bad feeling…"
"Sensei… why did we stop if we're halfway there?"
"Don't tell me…"
"Let's hurry back to the bus…"
I really had to give them credit; all the girls were already starting to realize something was wrong. Aizawa was really traumatizing them in the funniest way. I chuckled.
"It's 9:30am right now… if you hurry now, it'll be around 12…" Mandalay began almost ominously.
"Oh… no…"
"Let's go back!"
"To the bus!! Hurry!!
"Kittens that don't arrive before 12:30 won't get food," Mandalay finally finished with a huge smile.
"Sorry, everyone…" Aizawa finally said, then Pixie-Bob hit the ground and activated her quirk. "But your school trip…has already started." I smiled slightly as I watched an enormous avalanche of earth engulf the entire group, dragging them down the ravine until they fell into the forest below.
"Feel free to use your quirks in our domain whenever you need to! You have three hours! Use your own two feet to get to the building through this forest of magical beasts!!" Mandalay shouted towards the students as she threw the weapons that had been stored on the bus.
We all watched as the students fell into the woods and began to awkwardly stand up before disappearing into the dense forest.
"Well done, Pixie-Bob, Mandalay." Aizawa said as he nodded. Mandalay just smiled.
"This is a crazy itinerary you have here, Eraser," Mandalay said, amusedly.
"You really surprised me this time, Sensei." I said, amusedly.
"Well, the plan was always to put them in the-" Aizawa stopped mid-stride, as did the other two pro heroines. The two heroines quickly turned around and took up guard. Aizawa only groaned in frustration. "For the love of- Miyamura! Just run into the forest already! " Aizawa said in frustration.
"Now, now, Sensei, what a cruel thing to say to your student." I mocked him. Aizawa just growled, grabbed me by the back of my shirt, and started dragging me.
"Wait! How?! I thought I had everyone!" Pixie-Bob said in disbelief.
"Don't bother, Miyamura is able to completely erase his aura and camouflage himself with the surroundings, and he's also too perceptive to realize that something bad was going to happen when you guys showed up," Aizawa said while growling.
"Thanks for the compliments," I said with a smile as I allowed myself to be dragged away.
"Unfortunately, that's the only good thing I have to say about you," Aizawa added, and I pouted.
"Now you're being mean again, Sensei." I complained.
"I don't care, just go away!" Aizawa growled one last time before launching me with all his might into the forest. I didn't even resist, I just laughed out loud.
"See you at camp!" I said with a huge smile as I started jumping in the air. I could feel Aizawa's quirk activating, but unfortunately for him, my Geppo was purely physical in nature. So I just looked at him with a huge smile.
If Aizawa's gaze could kill, I would be dead. I just smiled at him one more time before heading to the camp. The good thing is that I could literally see it from the air, so it was impossible to even get lost.
Well... It's happened a couple of times, but this time, there wasn't anything else in the woods to distract me enough to lose sight of it before reaching camp. The trip through the air must have taken me about 15 minutes, even if I took my time. Once I arrived, I stretched lazily while smiling slightly.
Before we were launched, we were still halfway there, so Aizawa shouldn't be arriving for at least an hour by car. That gave me time to have fun. It's not like I was going to get into any mischief. I just settled into the cabin as lazily as I could.
And I have to say I had anticipated this, so I pulled a wooden sun lounger out of my shadows, with some really comfy oversized cushions, and plopped down onto it, took out a chocolate bar, took a bite, and started taking pictures, making sure the cabin was behind me, before sending them to the whole class.
The great thing about the Scroll is that even if you were in the most remote corner of the world, you'd probably still get a signal. So my images of me being lazy on an outdoor lounger obviously reached others.
And just as I expected, the hate messages started pouring in. I let out a hearty laugh as I used my Haki to see where they were.
Penny and Ruby could get here in a couple of hours, or maybe much less if they tried hard, but they'd never leave anyone behind, just like the rest of the group. So even with everyone's help, it would take them at least 5 hours to get here while they battled Pixie-Bob's monsters.
Meanwhile, I was lazily enjoying the cabin by myself. Maybe I'll pack lunch to keep Aizawa from biting my head off; it was worth considering. I lay back once more and let the morning sun hit me.
Yes, this was The Life.
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