Author's Note: I do not own BNHA or elements from other fandom, but I do own Keiyu and the village of Tsurukosa.
Chapter 15: Inventory
When November hit, Keiyu breathed in and took her ability off silent. The headache had become too much to ignore and she realized that ignoring it would not solve anything. With shock Level 8 looked back at her and she tried to wonder how she jumped three levels the past two months before dismissing it from her mind.
At least the menu was different than before, now it resembled the screen from Jak and Daxter with her name in the top left corner and the other menu items in the same place. Although now the bottom corner was lit up, allowing her to access it.
'Inventory' lit up the screen and she saw an outline of her body, a box on each of her arms and legs.
Could, could she actually pick up and store things?
Looking at the pencils on her desk, she grabbed one and poked it towards the box but nothing happened. Then, thinking about her body outline, she put it towards her right arm where the box was located and tapped it against the arm twice before it seemed to absorb itself into her arm.
"Ok, now how to get it out," she reached in as if to pull something out and the pointed end of the pen appeared as she grabbed it and tugged. It came out with no resistance but it felt like pulling a splinter out, little pain but not unbearable. Biting her lip, she set the writing utensil down and grabbed her cup, making sure it was empty before putting it in the same box. This time when she put it in, her arm suddenly felt heavier and she blinked several times. That was weird.
Was there a limit to the items she could carry? Taking the cup out, she winced because this time it felt like several fire ants biting her.
She went on to experiment with other items, recording which ones worked and which ones did not along with the amount of pain she felt. The largest item she could fit was the helmet Papa had given her with the pain of skinned knees. The heaviest item was the glass ball that she had found in her room which she found was five pounds and felt like a tetanus shot. There were four boxes in total and but only one item per slot and attempts to put more than one ended up with the previous item falling out and the second item going in. (The pain for that wasn't fun either.) Unfortunately her laptop didn't fit in for whatever reason and she felt bummed out at that. It was weird seeing the item disappear into her skin, the skin didn't even ripple.
Huh, this actually reminded her of Kraken from the Catalyst series who could also store things in his skin, strange coincidence. Something told her that Mikan-san knows something, but as far as she knew, she was the only one with abilities on the island. So if she went to a complete stranger and told him about her ability, she would be sent straight to the asylum.
No, it's a better idea to figure out the extent of her ability and what she could do, even if it meant, ugh, swallowing sand.
With a grimace, she took out a jar of sand she had gathered from the beach near the docks and stared at it for a full minute before grabbing a handful and swallowing. Like before it seemed to dissolve in her mouth and she took a few more swallows before a window popped up.
'Crafting Material: Sand is Full, devour other crafting material' well that was helpful, not. Now that she thought about it, her new glasses are just the glasses from the store and the sand combined into a new one, so did she need other materials? Wait, does she want to even make more glasses? What would she need them for?
"Make more glasses, materials needed," the Quest button chimed and a quest window appeared.
"Create Glasses for Party Members, bonds must be Level 10 or higher," she was only level 8! Deciding to check anyways, she 'searched' for potential party members and only three names appeared. Daichi was only level 2 which, considering they only play video games together wasn't that surprising. Ami-chan's name was there but there was no point since she was off the island. Violent Cat and MightyOverlord weren't there and she sighed, probably because she had to meet them in person to initiate bonds. Mumichi Mashiro stared at her from the list and she sweatdropped at the question marks next to his name which meant it was a level she was not even close to be able to see. Well, if she had any doubts about the man it was erased with this. She clicked his name and 'insufficient materials' met her, right, what were glasses made from again?
Mashiro glanced at his wife who was nearly buzzing in her seat from excitement. He had promised her that his lease was going up in three months and that he'll be moving to the island officially around March. He still felt a bit unsure about his decision but he wanted more time to spend with his da-family and even though his in-laws never forgave him for getting their daughter pregnant (there was a reason that Keith's birthday was three months after their wedding anniversary.) He was going to make the best of it, but how did he break it to her about working online and that even though she dreamed about it, he wasn't going to send Keiyu to boarding school. That if Keiyu herself wanted to get off the island, then he'll just buckle up and send her to the high school she wanted. Though whether by then he was rearing to leave was another thing.
"Papa!" He looked up to see his precious daughter waving at him from the ice and his heart nearly stopped as another kid looked about to slam into her but she twirled around them and glided towards them. Stepping onto the ground, she changed her shoes and threw herself at him as he knelt down, her arms wrapping around his neck.
"Hello Keiyu-chan, hard at work," blue eyes so like his own stared back as she beamed.
"Yep! Obaasan said I was good enough to move to the next level! Oh I got you and Mama a Christmas present but it's still too far away so can we open the gifts now?" He snorted and ruffled her hair.
"Nice try, you'll have to wait like everybody else," she huffed and pouted up at him.
"Why don't we head on home for some hot chocolate, right Mother?" Keiko' s voice had turned cold and he repressed the sigh as his mother in law approached them with thin lips.
"Seeing as practice was cut short we might as well," Keiyu shrunk against him and he rubbed her back, trying not to get angry at the woman.
"Well if she's as advanced as she says she is, there's no harm in her missing one practice right? It's rare for all of us to be together at the same time," she sniffed and went ahead of them, Keiko giving him a look before following her mom.
"Papa?" her voice was quiet and he gave her a reassuring squeeze before going after the other two.
Maybe, maybe he should consider taking her off the island instead.
MightyOverlord- Merry Christmas guys!
Violet Cat- what's merry about it? Just another holiday that sucks out the money of suckers just before tax season.
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DakoxLeon- Do you need to see the Christmas Carol Mister Scrooge?
MightyOverlord- Dako! Don't listen to her Cat, if you don't like the holidays it's fine, I'm not fond of Halloween myself.
DakoxLeon- Go to America and wear a bunny outfit, you'll be swimming in sweets in no time. But seriously, Cat you don't celebrate Christmas?
Violet Cat- More like my mom hates wasting money on decorations and decides to teach me skills as my Christmas present. I'm learning Taxes right now
MightyOverlord- t-that's interesting, Mom gave me a gift card to a bookstore and is going to help me get a library card tomorrow!
VioletCat- Huh, sounds like something my mom would do to avoid accidentally getting something I won't like. Make sure you buy real books this time and not the magazines.
Izuku pouted and shot Hitoshi a look over his computer which the other boy ignored.
"I'm getting better!" it's not his fault there were always magazines coming out with new Hero information, and All Might was on every one!
"How many figurines do you have?" the raised eyebrow made his mouth click shut and he sulked as Hitoshi picked up his tablet on the page they had been discussing in the Catalyst series. Books 4 and 5 cover the now complete group as they investigate missing children and various schools around Japan. The astronaut training is in preparation for them going to the International Space Station which they found out was still active and could hold pertinent information on the outbreak of the psychic abilities. Unfortunately that mission fell through at the end of Book 5 when a strange barrier stopped them from even leaving the Earth.
It was strange and Izuku had tried researching the space program when it ended but couldn't find anything. There wasn't anything about the International Space Station either, and his mom always had a strange look on her face when he asked her about the Space Program.
"Isn't it strange that there's no information on the space mission at all? It's kind of weird," he commented, Izuku sighed.
"I know, and the schools mentioned? I actually looked up school news because I was curious and there are newspaper articles with the exact same story," violet eyes blinked.
"This guy really did his homework then?" the two of them decided to shake it off in favor of returning to the chat where DL was typing again.
DakoxLeon- never mind, Christmas sucks
VioletCat- ok, what happened
DakoxLeon- Apparently Papa has a work emergency and Mama took this as a chance to go with him to the mainland for private time. Now I can't even open my presents because Grandma is punishing me for stopping my training to greet Papa, which was last week. She says that since I'm advanced enough she will start me on routines and the like. Grandpa is already getting the math and science books out. Then there is the fact that the only friend I have in the village had to go home early on account of his mom taking over my mom's shift last minute and I'm still worried about Ami-chan who hasn't tried to contact me at all.
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VioletCat- O.K. guess Mr. Overlord is the only one having a good Christmas.
MightyOverlord- I'm not an Overlord! Can we please change it back?
VioletCat/DakoxLeon: NO!
Keiyu shook her head as she exited out and joined Ojiisan at the table who started correcting her previous homework and scolding her for not improving in science or math all that much. That just because she chose to be a professional ice skater doesn't mean he'll let her off the hook.
It doesn't matter anyways, she had hoped to be able to see Papa open his present and talk to him about her ability. Now she'll have to wait for him to come back as talking to him over the phone was too risky.
It had taken her all of November to create the glasses for Papa, so much sand swallowed, not to mention the other materials.
Luckily the junkyard had plenty of material, but she spent most of the time cleaning off as much dirt and rust as possible before putting the stuff in her mouth. She ended up eating a bunch of plastic and metal. Then she tried to make the glasses, the first few attempts were lumps of metal. Then she tried to picture the glasses which took ten more attempts with the glasses always shaped wrong. Luckily she could also 'eat' her failures so long as she swallowed a bit more sand to reshape them.
In the end she ended up with violet frames similar to her own that were big enough for Papa, and she put them in a safe place along with the small figurines that she made for Mama and for her grandparents. Though with the way that they are acting maybe she should 'accidentally' break them when they do allow her to open her Christmas presents.
This has turned into a lousy Christmas, and for the next week her grandparents will be making sure that she has not fallen behind in her studies and training. Hopefully by then she'll be able to open her presents and play the new game Papa had promised to get her with Daichi to make up for her mom's selfishness.
A week later
Daichi stared at the group of kids surrounding him and gulped what they were going to do? At school none of them seemed interested in talking to him and he was the only one at the dam so no chances of talking to the other kids.
"Hey Daichi right? You seem pretty cozy with Mumichi," he gave a jerky nod, memories of other kids surrounding him coming to mind, it never ended well. For him, the Quirkless nobody that everyone stopped hanging out with because he was no longer 'worthy' of being in their presence.
"Hey, no need to be so defensive, we just want to ask a little favor of you," he took a step back and stiffened when hands clamped down on his shoulders. Crap, how was he going to get out of this? All he had wanted to do today was play that racing game with Keiyu and eat the dessert that she promised to make.
"I already know about your initiation, and I'm not going to do it!" They shared looks and he flinched when the leader, Hibiki, stepped forward.
"Your Quirkless like us aren't you?" flinching back at the hated word, he stared at the boy who smirked, "Yeah we know about it, everyone born on the island knows above a certain age. But there are certain parents who keep their kids' quirks hidden in order to stay on the island. They probably have them train in secret to avoid detection," he froze at that, Mom had said there was no one with quirks, that was why they had moved here, why she had even agreed to quirk suppressant for herself.
"What does that have to do with me?" another boy, this one with dirty blonde hair, leaned in with an unsettling look in his eyes.
"We've suspected this for a while now, but we can't prove it without any evidence, but there is the possibility of Mumichi having a Quirk herself," the blood drained from his face.
"You're lying!" there was no way! She didn't act like she had a quirk at all, not like the others had.
Hibiki smiled,
"Would you like to prove us wrong?"
