Superhuman Gifts

Chapter Eight - Attraction of Small Objects


Hello World! This is a very uneventful chapter... I may need to work on my pacing a little bit.

(Disclaimer: HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO KEEP SAYING THIS!? I. DO. NOT. OWN. BOKU NO HERO ACADEMIA.)


Inko Midoriya was sitting down on the couch, listening to Izuku and the girl, whose name was apparently Ochako, try to explain what happened last night.

"Well you see…" Izuku started.

"I'm sorry! I didn't realize I would fall asleep!" Ochako apologized.

"Uraraka is… Um… A Friend? No, she's a cousin!"

"Your father and I are only children." Inko deadpanned.

"Right…"

Izuku was clearly flustered. It wasn't everyday that he attempted to hide something. Inko knew he would have told her if he had a friend who was a girl. Speaking to one his age was one of his life goals.

"Uh… I…" Ochako was also flustered. She was waving her hands in front of her as if to fend off suspicion, or an army of fruit flies.

"It's ok sweetie." Inko tried to calm the poor girl down, "Do your parents know where you are right now?"

Ochako paused her fly swatting, "I think I forgot to tell them last night…"

"That's fine, do you know their numbers? I can call them right now…" Inko pulled out her phone and froze at the notifications on the screen.

"Inko have you seen the news?" - Mitsuki Bakugou

"Inko where are you?" - Mitsuki Bakugou

"10 missed calls"

"INKO PICK UP RIGHT NOW!" - Mitsuki Bakugou

"Villain alert, code black."

Inko called her very good friend Mitsuki Bakugou.

"WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN DOING!? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW WORRIED I WAS!? HOW ON EARTH DID YOU SLEEP THROUGH LAST NIGHT!?"

Similar to how copious amounts of tears, muttering, and stuttering ran in the Midoriya family. Screaming, swearing, and more screaming ran in the Bakugou family.

"M-mitsuki?" Inko asked concerned, "W-what h-happened?"

"DON'T 'WHAT HAPPENED' ME! JUST TURN ON YOUR FREAKING TV!" Mitsuki's enraged voice yelled, in the background Inko heard Katsuki screaming something about plaque.

"Ok!" Inko quickly picked up the remote and turned on the TV.

"And here we are at the scene of the fight. We still have no leads on the identity of the villain responsible for the destruction, but the police are looking into it as we speak." The newscaster was standing at what looked like a mountain of rubble.

The words running across the scene read, "Three apartment complexes destroyed and no news on All Might."

A brown haired woman walked up to the newscaster, "Can I make an announcement right here?" Then without waiting for an answer she turned to the camera, "Hello! I'm currently searching for my missing daughter. She looks a little like me… She has short brown hair, brown eyes, and rosy cheeks! Let's see… She also-"

While the woman was calmly describing the appearance of her daughter, Inko and Izuku were looking straight at Ochako, who matched the description perfectly.

Ochako looked at the screen, "Ah… That's my Mama…"


Keiko Uraraka saw her daughter and hugged her tightly, "Ochako!"

She held her out at arms length and studied her, she had a couple bruises here and there but overall she looked ok.

"So how was school?" She asked.

"Mama!? You're asking about school right now?" Ochako asked incredulously.

"Of course! I didn't get to ask you last night!"

"But still. Our apartment!" Ochako gestured to the disaster site that used to be their home.

Keiko glanced at it, "Well no use crying over spilt milk! Though we are going to need to find somewhere to sleep. Speaking of which, where did you sleep last night?"

At that moment the green haired lady who had driven Ochako cut into the conversation, "I'm sorry, she slept over at my place."

Keiko turned to her, "Oh, where are my manners! My name is Keiko Uraraka! Thank you for taking care of my daughter last night! Did she cause any problems?"

"No not at all!" The green haired lady said quickly, "I didn't even know she was there! My son was actually the one who brought her over." She gestured to the green haired boy who had gotten out of the car with them.

"Mama… This is Izuku Midoriya! He's… A friend of mine?"

Keiko ignored the fact that Ochako phrased what should have been a statement as a question, "Well nice to meet you Izuku and…"

"Inko!" The green haired lady supplied.

"As a thank you for all that you've done, can I take you out to a coffee shop? There is a really good one." Keiko turned and saw the rubble that used to be a coffee shop, "On second thought, can I buy you breakfast?"

"We couldn't possibly!"

"I insist!" Keiko persisted.

Inko finally caved and the four of them walked to a nearby diner where Inko and Keiko got to know each other better. Ochako and Izuku on the other hand… They were just trying to wrap their heads around what was going on.

Once they finished eating.

Keiko stood up, "Well once again, thank you for housing my daughter! I'm just glad she wasn't in the building when it collapsed."

Ochako looked away and started whistling.

"That was your apartment!?" Inko asked in a concerned tone, "I had no idea!"

"Yes! Yes it was!"

Inko looked extremely worried now, "B-but where will you be staying!?"

Keiko nodded, "Good question… Three building were taken out last night, so all of the nearby hotels are already full… And I'm not sure we have enough to afford the cost of moving into a new apartment."

Inko instantly spoke up, "We have an extra room inside of our place! It's not much, but I'm sure it would fit two people."

Keiko shook her head, "We couldn't impose on you any further!"

Inko mimicked her motions, "I couldn't leave you in a time like this! And we all have to work together when disasters like this happen!"

Keiko stopped to consider this, "I'm not sure! Is your son really ok sharing a house with a girl outside of his family?"

"Izuku? Don't worry about him, he's too nervous to talk to girls his age! He wouldn't do anything!"

"MOM!?"

"But you are right…" Inko added, "Would Ochako be ok living under the same roof as a boy her age?"

Keiko pat her daughter on the head, "Don't worry about her! We'd be sharing a room so I'd keep her from trying to seduce your son!"

"MAMA!?"

"That's a relief!" Inko said gratefully, "So everything is settled then?"

"Are you sure you're ok with us?"

"Please! After my husband moved across the sea our house has been so empty! We'd be delighted to host you!"

"Then thank you Mrs. Midoriya!"

"Please, call me Inko."

"Alright. Then feel free to call me Keiko!"

"Of course!"

Ochako and Izuku watched the conversation unfold, barely able to keep up.

"Moms are amazing…" Izuku said without taking his eyes of the two mothers.

"Yup." Ochako agreed.


Izuku walked into the clothing store stiff legged and a nervous wreck.

Since the collapse had destroyed most all of the Uraraka's possessions, the two mothers decided to go to the supermarket to get everyday necessities. Izuku and Ochako were sent to buy clothes.

"Um… Where to first?" Izuku asked nervously. Now that the grief from the previous night had worn out a little bit, he had realized that he was interacting with a cute girl his age.

A cute girl his age who he would be living with for an indefinite amount of time.

"Right!? I mean! Shirts!?" Ochako was clearly as flustered as he was.

"Shirts! Ok!"

Their conversation lapsed into silence.

Izuku cover his face and screamed mentally, "THIS IS AWKWARD!"

"I don't even know this girl! And now I'm helping her buy clothes!? How the heck did this happen!? And now I'm going to be living with her! Not to mention my Mom thinks that we're friends! How are we supposed to hide the fact that we hardly know each other!? All I know about her is that All Might chose her as a successor!"

Ochako studied a shirt intently, it was a whit t-shirt, there wasn't very much to study. But she continued to study it simply because if she didn't, she would give away the internal screaming that was going around in her head.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING MAMA!? Why on Earth would you agree to live with a family you've never met!? You may have hit it off with Midoriya-san this morning and sure they seem like really nice people, BUT STILL! I'm going to be living with a boy my age that I've never met! And he's kinda cute-"

Ochako slapped herself.

"That's beside the point! All I know about his is that All Might said I can trust him…"

Ochako paused.

"What are we going to do?" Izuku asked. Ochako knew he wasn't talking about the housing problem.

"For now, I need to get into Yuuei." Ochako took the shirt, "Then, I'm going to become the hero All Might believes I can be."

Izuku nodded and handed her a pink button down to try on, "Then I'll help you."

Ochako added the pink button down to their cart, "You don't need to. All Might entrusted this power to me."

"And he asked me to teach you." Izuku pulled out a notebook that he had been carrying with him, it had All Might's letter copied onto it, "He asked me to help you control your power."

Ochako grabbed a black tank top and read the letter, "You don't have to follow his instructions."

"Neither do you." Izuku closed the notebook, "And either way, we're gonna be stuck with each other for a while now."

"I guess you're right…"

"So, are you ready to get into Yuuei together." Izuku held out his hand.

Ochako took his hand, "We're gonna go way farther then Yuuei!"

Izuku smiled, "Well then, I'm looking forward to working with you! Ochako Uraraka!"

"Likewise! Izuku Midoriya!"

"So what's next on the list?" Izuku asked, now that he ice was broken.

"Let's see. I still need pants, socks, shoes, and underwear…"

Izuku and Ochako turned red.

Everything was back to being awkward.


So, I wasn't very sure on how to write Ochako's mother, but then again, we've only seen her in three panels of the manga and 20 seconds of the anime.

Yes I counted.

But from what we've seen of her, I think it's reasonable to say she's a very calm person who seems to be cheerful most the time. She also has no problems making drastic decisions, like letting Ochako live on her own, or visiting her without any warning.

The only problem with my characterization of her is her demonic run in her very first appearance.

Anywho, she can't be considered OOC until we see more of her.

SO I'M IN THE SAFE!

Ok, I honestly just wanted them to live together.

Next chapter, "Weight Manipulation"

-TitaniumDragon22