My Hero Academia: Blood and Fire

by Blackdrag-rose

Learning: Mountain Training

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Selene and Celestia found that the Forest of Devil Beasts was different for them, as Pixie-Bob had no doubt noticed that all of the rock monsters she had created had been terminated already and more were on their way, such as raptors, spiders, and even a rocky dragon. It was a dream come true for those with powerful Quirks, they were allowed to unleashed their true power against foes that could actually take a hit and not instantly crumble, though in the case of being hit by One For All they shattered instantly, since Izuku's Quirk was so strong. Unfortunately for the Pussycats none of the rock monsters were a match for Selene or Celestia, as Selene rushed through the forest with her feline form and slammed into her targets while using Hydra to protect her hands for feet from harm, allowing her to shatter them with ease. Celestia, on the other hand, was like a wrecking ball as she used the claws and tail of her dragon form to crush and cleave her opponents in half, while Sunshine simply burned up those that were coming at her, enough to force the beasts to stop when she used it on them.

Solarion, for the most part, wasn't in use, as there was no reason for Celestia to use it, though while they did that Selene did spot Minoru trying to catch up and use her sister as a ride to get to the end of the course, where she countered him with a swift kick and then used Hydra to send him back to the start of the course.

"I had a feeling he'd try something like this, but was hoping he would be smart enough to understand that this is about us learning to improve ourselves, not cheat to victory." Selene remarked, where Celestia paused for just a second as she quickly realized what was going on, after spotting some of the balls on the trees that helped showcase that Minoru was trying to use them in some manner.

"Well, now Aizawa and the Pussycats know to keep an eye on him." Celestia said, turning her attention on the rock dragon in front of her as she rushed at it, where Solarion slashed through the rock like it was nothing, not that Selene was surprised since it was a legendary weapon on their home world, before she turned to face her sister as the beast collapsed, "Come on, let's get to the lodge."

Selene smiled as she stood beside Celestia before they rushed down the path in front of them, each one taking a different path as they tackled the various rock monsters that Pixie-Bob was summoning in mass, she could tell that they were beyond what the others were capable of and was reacting accordingly. Despite the fact that it was clear that their class was working together, to a degree since Katsuki hated working with others apparently, they were falling too far behind as more creatures stepped between them and the sisters, until eventually the distance was too great. Some of the rock creatures Celestia even barreled her way through, either using the defensive force of Dragon to smash through them like a bull while using her feral form or surrounding herself in Sunshine's fire to burn her way through while not burning everything around her. Selene kept up what she had been doing previously and outran those coming at her before delivering a powerful attack that crushed her opponents, often in a manner that showcased her training under Mirko, and with the rock beasts shattered she kept up with her sister as they headed towards the villa of the Pussycats.

The only challenging part about this was the fact that the forest was definitely large, so there was a lot of ground to cover in a short period of time, and as time went by Selene could feel the increase in Sunshine's power, since she was in tune with Celestia's magic, so she wasn't surprised when they got to their destination before noon.

"Wow... I'll be honest, I didn't think anyone could make it here in the same amount of time that we can." Pixie-Bob said, as she spoke as the sisters emerged from the forest without even a single scratch on them, with a look of shock on her face no less, yet at the same time she was excited, she knew these two had the makings of being great heroes, "I'm definitely eager to see how the two of you fare over the years... Selene, I might ask you to join the Pussycats when you graduate, as your speed would certainly be a boon for us. Now then, lunch was promised and lunch has been prepared."

The sisters found juices, fruit, rice, hamburgers, and other items prepared for them, which they suspected was due to one of the other members of the Pussycats, though neither of them were questioning the arrangement as they sat down with the pro heroes and simply relaxed.

"You know, I thought Eraserhead was kidding when he told us about that blade's power... it really is part of Sunshine's great power." Mandalay remarked, though this information was good for them, all while noticing that Pixie-Bob was still studying the rest of the class as they tried to make it through the forest, as this would allow them to have a greater idea of how to help them master their Quirks and improve upon their existing skills.

"It is. Also, no touching... not unless you want the handle to burn you." Celestia warned, as she had the feeling Pixie-Bob was of the opinion to try such a thing, so she was offering a warning right now, before such a thing happened, and could see that the other lady held back from the thought that was in her mind, before she helped herself to some soda, as there were a few cans in the assortment, "So, what now?"

"We wait and see how long it takes for the others to get here. Your stuff has been moved to the rooms that have been made ready for your arrival." Aizawa replied, though he was looking at a tablet that was connected to the visor Pixie-Bob had on her face, allowing him to keep tabs on where the students were and if any of them were in need of medical attention, but so far it just looked like they were being slow, "You may rest, if you so desire. We won't be starting the real summer camp until tomorrow, this is just the warp-up."

The sisters decided to rest and simply chat with the Pussycats, where they found out that the boy, Kota Izumi, was actually Mandalay's nephew and that his parents had been the hero team known as Water Hose, where she spoke of them while the boy was out of range to not scar him more. Celestia and Selene didn't bother to ask about the team, as they knew the tale in detail, a villain had been attacking civilians and Water Hose had been there to deal with him, scarring him in some manner despite losing their lives in the process, and it lead to Kota hating heroes. It explained why he was so distant, he thought all of this was stupid and unnecessary, that people would sacrifice themselves for strangers and leave their families like this, to which they decided to respect his feelings and not bring it up. Other than that they made sure that both of their bags were fine and that everything was in order, while also making sure that the Pussycats stayed away from Solarion, while the sisters waited for the rest of the class to show up.

As time went by they found that no one arrived by 12:30, no one showed up by one, two came and went without anyone emerging from the forest, three and four passed by and yet there was no one anywhere near the forest edge, and it wasn't until nearly 5:30 that they saw the exhausted Class 1-A emerge from the trees.

"I know we have the experience from training with our mentors, and we both have two Quirks each, but... honestly, I was expecting them to be here sooner." Selene remarked, as she and Celestia were sitting on one of the roofs of the villa while Pixie-Bob, Mandalay, and Aizawa welcomed the rest of the class to their summer camp, something that caused them to just stretch for a moment before dropping down to the ground so they could walk over to the group.

Everyone else was exhausted, some were holding their hands or parts of their bodies that were associated with their Quirks, some were limping from expanding too much energy, and some were just plain tired, to the point that some wanted to just collapse and get some rest, even though they'd be waking up in pain tomorrow morning. It was in that moment that the rest of the class learned that Mandalay had been referring to herself and the Pussycats when stating how long it took to get from the cliff edge to their villa, so realistically they expected the students to take four or five hours, and Pixie-Bob had thought it would take them even longer than their actual times. Even so it showcased their strengths and weaknesses to the pro heroes that the class would be learning from, even though Pixie-Bob stated that she was claiming Izuku, Katsuki, Tenya, and Shoto, more in the sense that she wanted a partner and less of additions to the Pussycats, or at least that was what Mandalay said when Aizawa questioned her. It was also in that moment that they were formally introduced to Kota, as Izuku was interested in who he was, so they got the same story Celestia and Selene had got, that he was Mandalay's nephew, though she kept the truth of his parents from the class since it wasn't important and she didn't want to harm Kota.

As Izuku stepped up to introduce himself, however, Kota seemed to get annoyed for some reason, showcasing that he really didn't like heroes, but Selene stopped him from doing anything rash by yanking him back and escorted him inside the villa for a time, allowing the Pussycats to continue with their information dump.

Sure enough the first thing the rest of the class did was take their stuff off the bus and place them in their rooms, though as soon as that was done they were brought to the dining hall, where a new feast had been prepared for everyone, allowing the sisters to see the others dig in like their lives depended on it. Such a thing was fair since they hadn't eaten anything since morning and had to be starving, especially with how much they used their Quirks on the way here, though they were told that this would be the only time the Pussycats would cook for them, everything else would be by their own hands. It was very clear that this camp was designed to be fully focused on lessons, be they hero related or life lessons they might need once they were no longer in school, like how to cook properly for example. Other than that they bathed in the hot springs, which was nice after a harsh day, allowing the sisters to relax with the rest of the girls for once, instead of having to worry about anything, even though Selene could see that some of the other girls, those with smaller breasts, were slightly jealous of the fact that Celestia was on the larger size.

Celestia, for the most part, decided to remain in her feral dragon form as she laid in the hot spring, allowing the water to do it's work on her entire body, and the only thing that seemed to get in the way was Minoru trying to peek on them, which was when Kota stopped him and there was the sound of him falling before someone saved him before running off to bring him to Mandalay.

"And no one is surprised in the slightest." Celestia commented, causing the rest of the girls to nod their heads in agreement, in fact they were sure that Aizawa had told the Pussycats about Minoru and this was their way to stop him, before they just focused on relaxing in the hot spring before tomorrow's training was upon them.

Other than that nothing major happened and they were able to turn in for the night, though Selene did get up to head out and enjoy the moonlight, it helped her remember Luna or the days where Hisashi was still part of their daily lives, and as she did that Selene found Yuga shaking as he stood by a tree, causing her to leap down to his side.

"Something bothering you?" Selene asked, causing the boy to jump for a moment, actually jump since he was like that, but it did allow her to see that Yuga's phone was in his hands and that he was in the middle of a text message, and from what she could see she understood what was going on immediately, "Oh, I see... sharing information with someone?"

"No!... yes... I, um, have a report to send to someone." Yuga replied, where Selene knew who he was instantly, he was her father's agent in keeping an eye on her, Celestia, and Izuku, even though her father had likely heard that Yuga wanted to be a hero and did what he could to help give him the courage to take the first exam.

"I see. Well, I'm sure whoever it is can wait until our summer camp is over. Don't you think so?" Selene inquired, revealing nothing to the boy, since she didn't want to reveal that she and her siblings were the children of the world's greatest 'villain', and it seemed like he understood that she knew he'd be in trouble if this got out and was suggesting that he just pt off the report until they got back home.

Selene found that it was easy to convince Yuga to delete the message and just keep a mental note of what had happened so far, allowing them to head back into the villa and get some decent sleep, since she knew they would be getting up early to face their summer camp's trials. Sure enough Selene was proven right, as they woke up at five in the morning and were out in the field by 5:30, where Aizawa had Katsuki show off his throw again with the ball from the first test he had them take, on the day they entered UA, and there was only a slight improvement in his total distance. The reason for all of this was so they could be prepared to take the Provisional Hero License exam, to get them to earn licenses that would allow them to use their Quirks for real, a necessary for all heroes, and to do that they had to expand their Quirks. This was akin to training with all of their muscles, as the muscle fibers broke from overuse and reformed stronger than before, and it happened to be the same for Quirks, they just had to push their boundaries to increase their power or abilities.

Katsuki, for instance, had to dunk his hands in boiling water to expand his sweat glands before firing off bursts of his Quirk into the air, while Shoto stood in a metal barrel and alternated between fire and ice to regulate the temperature of the water he was standing in, or how Hanta was just endlessly launching tape, Denki was shocking himself was car batteries to try and up his tolerance, and so on.

"Come on then." Selene stated, as her training was the union of using Tiger and Hydra, uniting both of her Quirks into some sort of combined form, or at least strengthen both of them by fighting against some of the other students, such as Enjiro and Mashirao, since attacking them boosted her offensive capabilities and their defensive ones, while them attacking her also did the same for their offensive ones and her defensive ones.

Celestia, on the other hand, couldn't do anything with Sunshine, that was the problem with her sister's main Quirk, as that power was simply too strong and there wasn't any advice they could offer her, other than trying to get her to use Sunshine at night, but that meant they focused on Dragon instead. For some of the other students attacking Celestia while she was in her feral dragon form was good training to strengthen their Quirks, especially since they couldn't harm her at all, so while they did that she just sat there and let them unleash all sorts of attacks on her. When it was time for Celestia to train there was only one thing to do, the Pussycats formed an area away from everyone else for her to practice her fire breath on, and she obliged as she loosed torrents of flames when it was her turn, burning only the rocks while they made sure she didn't burn the forest down. All of this ended up freaking out Class 1-B as they finally caught up with Class 1-A, since this seemed to be beyond what they were expecting to be doing at the summer camp, though the Pussycats were fine with this since all of their members were in attendance.

The one in the yellow costume was Ragdoll, whose Search Quirk allowed her to see up to a hundred people and even knew their location and weaknesses, while the only male member, Tiger in the brown costume, used his Pliabody Quirk to stretch and bend his body in ways that were normally impossible.

"Okay, it's almost noon. Celestia, show us what you've got!" Pixie-Bob said, as the one thing that they wanted to see what the form Eraserhead had told them about, even surprising him and his students for a moment, since everyone in Class 1-A had seen the form and knew that it would only freak the Pussycats out.

Celestia, on the other hand, simple said nothing as she closed her eyes, allowing her to focus on Sunshine as the noon came, where everyone watched the surge of solar energy that enveloped her for a moment, and when they pulled back everyone saw The One, the form Celestia used in the exam, and even the rock monster Pixie-Bob had prepared to test it cowered as it observed this.

"Oh... Oh wow! Now I understand what you were saying, Eraserhead." Pixie-Bob remarked, though she and the rest of the Pussycats now realized why they had been told that this Quirk was so dangerous, the sheer power it was radiating seemed to be completely beyond what they were expecting, and that wasn't counting that Celestia was raising her hand towards the sky, causing her to wave her hands for a moment, "No, no no no, we don't need a Cruel Sun or your Sol Invictus. We were just curious about the height of your power, that's all."

Selene watched as Celestia lowered her hand and, sure enough, when the time limit was up her sister returned to normal, all while knowing that this had freaked out the Pussycats more than the heroes had been expecting, which made her curious as to what else might happen during their trip and made her look forward to what the coming days had to offer them.

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