Here it is, the 117th full chapter of Miraculous Quirks released on time as always. The sauna showdown has been interrupted and no one really knows what is going on but there is a theory. First though those still conscious need to get the situation under control before sorting it out as we reach the final chapter of this unexpected Hot Pot Party arc based on the final chapter in the 5th School Briefs bool. That is all the administrative stuff that I have for now and there are no guest reviews to respond to or questions to answer so I will end this note here. Do keep the reviews coming as I enjoy hearing from y'all. That is all I have for this pre chapter note so that means that it is time to sit back, relax, and enjoy the 117th full chapter of Miraculous Quirks.

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Chapter 117: Mushroom Mix-Up

"What the hell is going on?" Tokage asked as she stared wide eyed at the sight before her and the other girls that were still conscious in the common room. "This can't be normal."

The others still standing, and getting out of the way of rapidly developing issues that they now had to deal with, were Komori, Kodai, Yanagi, and Shiozaki from Class B and only Mina Ashido from Class A. The rest of Class A was out cold as were Kendo and Tsunotori from Class B.

It had all happened suddenly while they were playing their good natured game of who had the better homeroom teacher and alternating complements about Mr. Aizawa and Vlad King. They were deep into the game with no clear sign of which class would win as both classes had plenty of nice things to say about their teachers, when it happened.

One moment things were going fine, Kendo had just gone, and it was Momo's turn next, the next the girls began dropping like flies. It started with Ochaco but swiftly Tsu, Kendo, Tsunotori, Momo, Jiro, and Hagakure also slumped down and began to sleep almost all at the same time. Only Marinette managed to last a few more seconds than the rest, likely due to her enhanced constitution, but even she fell to floor as she got up to try and get help because the first real issue had popped up, or in this case floated up.

That was because some of the Quirks that the girls had started to go haywire shortly after they passed out into what was definitely not a natural sleep. It had started with Ochaco floating up and across the room, that had been what Marinette had tried to help before she was struck down as well, followed by Tsu, still in her sleep-like state, hopping around the room and croaking like a frog.

Then Momo started to produce matryoshka dolls like there was no tomorrow for some reason from wherever her skin wasn't covered by clothes, it was actually a default for her based on her training, and finally pink sparkles suddenly appeared above Marinette, but nothing had formed yet. Thankfully the other three were just out cold where they'd fallen and not moving a muscle. It was really odd and those still standing were starting to freak out at the situation.

"Come on girls cut it out." Mina said as she looked around and tried to help her classmates out. "Ochaco, get down now, Tsu stop that it's dangerous and cold outside you'll go into hibernation mode if you get out, Yao-Momo you're going to use up all your lipids if you keep that up."

Thankfully, Tsu couldn't get out, but she was currently clinging to the glass of the tall windows in the common room and out of reach of Mina. Fortunately, they had the right people to make sure the others were safe as Yanagi's Poltergeist Quirk and Shiozaki's Vine Quirk were going to be really useful in that regard though naturally they were also worried about their classmates as both Kendo and Tsunotori were out as well. The only plus side to this all was that Kodai at least didn't mind the large amount of Russian nesting dolls being made but that was kinda trumped by the other situations going on.

"What is happening?" Mina asked as Shiozaki unleashed some of her vines to at least get Tsu and Ochaco under control and safely secure them while they tried to figure out what was happening. "Why are some of their Quirks going haywire and some not?"

"Shroom!" Komori exclaimed as she looked at the situation wide eyed as that statement tipped her off as to what might be at play. "I think I know what the issue is and if it is what I think it is then we've got bigger problems than what is going on, shroom."

"Bigger than this?" Mina asked as the sparkles finally settled into a circular pocket watch for some reason with Marinette's clothing as the pattern on it, but it quickly morphed into a necklace with a tail-like pendant and then a bracelet of sorts before changing into a comb and then another bracelet and on from there as they began to change too fast to really pay attention. "Quirks are going crazy and if you haven't realized one of them is Marinette's Quirk. She's basically the only one who understands how Lucky Charm works and I've seen the things she's made; they can be large and destructive."

"Shroom, that's bad, does she have a limit?" Komori asked. "I thought I heard that there's a hard limit for how long she can keep her Quirk active."

"Marinette had a time limit when we started." Mina said. "5 minutes before the item vanished but now it's probably closer to an hour as she's worked on increasing it, it is why she works out like crazy as stamina is key to her duration. Size and changes to her item can decrease her time limit I think but yes, once she hits her limit her Quirk will shut down and she needs to recover. It's basically the main drawback to her power. Problem is that right now Lucky Charm is active and no one, not even Marinette, can predict what it will make at times."

"Well, so long as it doesn't get destructive we should be fine until she hits her limit." Komori said as the item changed from a circlet thing to a pair of sunglasses to a set of headphones and then a cell phone in quick succession. "Whatever her goal is it's not dangerous it seems and the quick changes should tire it out sooner but she's not the one I'm concerned about right now."

"What?" Mina asked as they tried to get the situation under control. "What is then?"

"If this is happening to us then it's happening to the boys as well, especially if this is what I'm getting more and more certain that it is." Komori said which got all of the still standing girls to come up short and look at her their eyes wide as they realized what the full extent of the situation was. "Yeah, we all know what Quirk one of Class A has, if that one is going haywire…"

"Then this building might not remain standing." Mina said. "I've seen what Cataclysm can do on a large scale, larger even than what we saw in the Joint Training exercise. We're only safe because we're organic, not much else is."

"Not to mention the other Quirks in your class." Tokage pointed out. "Cataclysm is the most destructive because it is literally pure destruction that will destroy what it touches but it's not the only one. Bakugo's explosions, Todoroki's fire and ice, Midoriya's strength, Tokoyami's Dark Shadow, all of those can be bad as well if they aren't under control."

"Yeah hopefully they didn't consume the actual items like Asui, Uraraka, Yaoyorozu and Dupain-Cheng did as that's the only explanation I can think of right now." Komori said looking to where the boys were. "And thankfully there will be plenty who are still standing there that can help us out. I just hope that things are at least not on the brink of utter destruction there."

The other girls nodded as they looked to where the boys had had their stupid sauna showdown. Hopefully, things were at least under some semblance of control there.


In the boys room things were, well not dire but they weren't good either as they didn't have control over the situation at all. Thankfully Agreste's Quirk wasn't one of the few ones that was firing off from the suddenly unconscious students but that was a small mercy for those still in the room mainly because Todoroki's Quirk was one of the ones that was firing off. Half-Cold Half-Hot wasn't as bad as Cataclysm right now in terms of utter destruction, but safety wise it was the worst especially as it was currently violently fluctuating between hot and cold while those still standing were trying to avoid it.

Of course, it wasn't just Half-Cold Half-Hot that was causing them issues because there were other Quirks firing off that they had to avoid in the bathroom, including the three best capture Quirks in the entire course which just added to everything. Those still standing were also trying to avoid Sero's Tape, Bondo's Cemedine, and Mineta's Pop Off Quirks as they were going off with tape shooting everywhere, glue being spewed over everything, and sticky balls scattering all around the room.

Some of the boys were actually caught up in the tape as Ojiro yelled in pain as he ripped a tuft of hair out of the tip of his tail where it had been tapped by Sero's wayward Quirk. They needed to contain this and fast and the best bet right now was Tsuburaba's Air Prison move.

Unfortunately for them the moment Tsuburaba tried to use it to contain some of the haywire Quirks he was thrown off balance when he began to sink into the floor and couldn't get the air out. Honenuki had passed out with one of his hands on the ground and his Softening Quirk was suddenly activated by whatever was causing the misfiring of the Quirks around them and that had thrown Tsuburaba off. To add to all the chaos Ida's engines were going off causing his legs to spin through the air as he lay on the ground.

"What on earth is wrong with them?" Monoma asked his eyes wide. "One moment we were about to win, the next everything goes crazy."

"No clue but we need to help everyone out." Kaminari, one of only three in his class still standing, said. "Monoma, you're Quirk is the best right now but together we have the Quirks needed to get the room clear and secure our friends. Thank god that Agreste's isn't one of the Quirks that is going off right now."

"Right, that is good." Monoma said suddenly snapping into focus as he looked around. "We need to get everyone out and clear of Todoroki, he's the biggest danger here and we're going to leave him in the room. Tsuburaba, use your Quirk to create foot holds and shields from the glue and pop off balls. Kamakiri, Razor Sharp can cut through the tape so you're on that and clear me a path to Sero, I'll need Tape to secure the others as it's the best of the capture Quirks here for that job. The rest of you, grab the ones who aren't going haywire and get them out."

At that the members of Class B along with Aoyama, Kaminari, and Ojiro got to it at once not questioning Monoma's orders. Tsuburaba created the footholds needed to get avoid both the softened floor and the capture Quirks active while Kamakiri produced two blades from his arms to cut through the tape and clear Monoma a path to Sero which he took, and lunged for Sero, his hand slapping down on the other boy's naked chest.

Instantly Monoma activate Copy and his own elbows changed to form Sero's Tape Quirk's base and he got to work. One of the aspects of Copy was that it gave Monoma the ability to understand how a Quirk worked instinctively but he still needed time to master it if it was overly complex or required fine control to work well.

Thankfully, Tape wasn't and he was able to shoot it out and quickly bind those going haywire to keep them safe as he stood on a solid air platform in the room. Finally, he used it to bind Honenuki and pull the boy to him, making sure that his hands were out and not touching anything, so that he could copy Softening and resolidify the floor so that they could use it again.

That had been the Quirk that had confused him because Honenuki had said that when he passed out the things he'd softened went back to being hard so whatever was going on to cause this situation was something that could forcefully activated a Quirk. Still, Monoma got it sorted and in short order they had the boys out of the bathroom, those who needed to be tied up for their own safety were, and they were being looked after while also making sure that their modesty was protected just in case the girls came to see what was going on.

With that done, the still conscious boys quickly got dressed again and headed to the common room to see what was going on there. What they found was a similar scene with 7 of the girls out of it though they'd wrapped Tsu and Ochaco in heavy blankets to protect them from themselves while they just waited for Momo to hit her limit.

They did have to keep a constant eye on Marinette but the rapidly cycling items, which they'd stopped bothering to note at this point as several were unidentifiable to them, didn't seem harmless. It was almost as if the items were tied to people and Marinette's goal was to see them, so she was making an item associated with them so thankfully it wasn't a violent goal.

Regardless it was agreed that they should head out and contact the teachers right away to see if they could help. That and Komori was sure she had a good idea what was going on and needed to get outside to find what she needed, but she still hadn't shared it with the others as she'd not confirmed it and their first priority was to helping out their friends and classmates.

At least that was the plan until they looked out the window and saw that snow had fallen over campus and not just any snow but several feet of snow, the kind you'd only expect to find in the northern regions at the height of winter. That prevented them from getting out and they couldn't get through to the teachers by phone either.

"Where did all this snow come from?" Monoma asked as he looked out. "It wasn't forecast to snow at all, and this stuff clearly isn't natural."

"I think I know." Mina said suddenly remembering something. "Earlier while you were having your latest pissing contest there was a news report of an escaped robbery arrestee who had a Quirk called Snowfall. It was only one town over so this has to be it. It's certainly a lot more than I expected it to be."

"That would explain it, this snow isn't natural, only a Quirk could produce it." Monoma said thinking on the situation. "And if we're snowed in then so too are the teachers. That means that they can't get out either, so we've got to sort this out on our own."

"How?" Tokage asked. "How do we sort this out when we don't know what it is?"

"I have a really good idea what it is, shroom." Komori said as she looked over the boys present and noted who in Class A was still standing which helped confirm her theory. "Yeah I'm pretty sure what it is and it's not good. What I don't know, though, is how it happened, shroom."

"What?" Mina asked.

"It's the hot pot." Monoma said as he realized the same commonality that Komori had realized and causing the others to gasp. "It has to be that. Look around, those who are out are all the ones who ate the yaminabe."

"That would make sense." Ojiro said agreeing with Monoma. "And explain why it's almost all of my class who are out."

"Yeah, the only ones in our class who didn't have any were me, Ojiro, Ashido, and Aoyama." Kaminari said. "We were in the bathroom relieving ourselves during it."

"That could be it." Shishida said though he didn't sound like he full bought it just yet. "But then why are some just sleeping, and others are firing off their Quirks like mad? That's what I don't get about this situation."

"It could be the amount they ate." Tsuburaba suggested. "Tetsutestu was going to town on that broth after all though he's not steel right now so I don't know."

"We agreed that it would be only edible things though." Yanagi pointed out. "So, nothing should be wrong with it, right?"

"Because it's about what was consumed and not the amount, if it is what I think it is, and technically it is edible even if it shouldn't be eaten." Komori said. "It's why I didn't put mushrooms in the hot pot, I found the wrong kind in the woods so made sure to avoid putting any in just in case, shroom. They had to be destroyed properly so I didn't want to risk a mix-up, that's why I tossed in the lozenge. What did people put in?"

"Strawberry milk." Tsuburaba said. "That was my contribution."

"Squid ink." Kuroiro said which surprised no one before the rest of Class B said what they put in or what the others who were out had put in if they knew it until they came to Monoma.

"Well, I put in the escargot." Monoma said before pausing and adding. "And some salmiakki licorice and schnecken gummies, and…"

"Hold on you added more than one thing?" Kaminari asked staring at Monoma. "And those candies are famous for being the nastiest ones out there. I don't know what escargot are but…"

"Snails." Mina said helpfully. "And using that term is a French thing, Marinette once shared them with us, so we know what they are. They're actually really tasty if properly prepared."

"Monoma tossed them in shell and all." Tokage said as Komori was now staring at Monoma wide eyed as he'd all but confirmed her theory to her. "So, it wasn't properly done because you don't eat the shell, obviously. Todoroki got that one. Monoma should have removed the snail itself and added it."

"Still between the multiple vile items and the hot pots you made it was clear that you schemed for this." Kaminari said glaring at Monoma. "I'm just amazed that you didn't also add shirako to it as well."

"I couldn't get my hands on a fresh batch before the party." Monoma said as if it was nothing to add fish sperm to the yaminabe as well. "And besides we didn't agree to only one item per person, I was just making the yaminabe as good as possible for Class A."

"Monoma." Komori said seriously. "Ignoring your technicalities for the moment because it was presumed we just add one thing, you were about to mention that you added a fourth item, what was it?"

"Huh, oh just some of those nastycap mushrooms you're always bringing in from the forest." Monoma said as if it was an afterthought. "I didn't want it to be too nasty for Class A, so I grabbed the bag you brought in recently to add to the yaminabe when the time came. I figured they wouldn't mind some fungus in it as well."

"You what!" Komori exclaimed her eyes wide as Monoma confirmed what she'd thought, and the others looked at her in surprise given her outburst as she wasn't one to get angry all that often. "You utter fool! Those weren't nastycap mushrooms, if you'd paid attention to any of my mushrooms not to touch lectures then you'd know that the bag I brought in today had different looking shrooms to nastycaps, some of the few that aren't cute."

"What do you mean?" Monoma asked now confused. "They looked similar to me."

"Those mushrooms I brought in weren't nastycaps, they were quirksnoozes!" Komori said amazed at his stupidity on this as even if he wasn't sure what they were he should have consulted her first as she was the mushroom expert in the class. "Poisonous mushrooms that I've warned the whole class about before!"

"Huh?" Monoma asked and the others were confused at all this especially Class A. "What are Quirksnoozes?"

"Quirksnoozes are a dangerous, relatively recently evolved, mushroom variant that has emerged in the wake of the advent for whatever reason." Komori explained. "If any were in that broth then it's a serious situation and why I suspected them to be the culprit at the start, but I had hoped that they weren't added. Clearly I was wrong."

"What do they do?" Mina asked. "I've never heard of them."

"That's because they aren't common and thankfully anyone who deals in fungi know to destroy them properly rather than serve them." Komori said. "A single sip of contaminated broth is enough to put someone in a coma, which is why all of those who had the yaminabe are now out cold, but actually consuming one of them would be enough to make a Quirk go wild as they can forcibly activate a person's Quirk. I noticed them while training in woods so I picked them and decided to avoid mushrooms for the yaminabe because of them, so that I could properly dispose of them later."

Monoma was the one responsible for the situation and the accidental poisoning of the class so they all turned to him with a combined death glare that would put the fear of god in even the most hardened of villains short of All for One or Shigaraki. Monoma was going to try and make an excuse, but he realized that he couldn't and just said what he had to say.

"Sorry." Monoma said and he truly sounded sorry. "I didn't know."

It was an actual apology from him which said a lot, so the others decided not to add more guilt onto Monoma for what he'd done, he'd get enough of that from those who'd been poisoned when they came to, so no point in adding to it. Besides, they had to save the others first so that was their priority at the moment.

"So how do we counteract this poison?" Kaminari asked. "I feel like this qualifies as organic, so Dupain-Cheng and Yaoyorozu are out as options for Monoma to copy."

"Shroom, yes though I believe neither of their Quirks are things Monoma can copy well." Komori said which was correct as Momo's Quirk required too much practice to get good with and Marinette's took a toll on the body that Monoma probably couldn't handle. "Besides, the only thing that can counteract this is dequirksnooze which we must get and feed to them."

"The quirksnooze?" Kaminari now confused. "But that's what caused the problem to begin with."

"Not the, de." Komori said with emphasis on the last word. "Dequirksnooze are another post advent variant of mushrooms that can counteract the effects of quirksnooze mushrooms. Something about counterbalances in nature or what not which is certainly a good thing for us right now. They often grow near quirksnooze mushrooms so they're easy to find them."

"Well, that's useful." Kaminari said. "Did you get some then?"

"Nope, they're not poisonous but they aren't tasty either so there was no need for me to pick them, shroom." Komori said sadly. "Shame that a cutie like that isn't tasty, mushrooms should all be tasty so long as they're not poisonous."

"Well then that means we've got to go mushroom picking." Kaminari said looking out the window, as did the others, and groaned as he couldn't see out of them anymore. "This isn't going to be easy, is it?"

"I'll do it." Monoma said. "It's my fault we're in this mess so I may as well rectify it. Plus, with Copy I can stock up on the best Quirks for this."

"Are you sure?" Kaminari asked.

"Yeah, I have to make amends for this." Monoma said seriously before he looked to Komori. "Can you tell me where they are Komori? I'm going to need a detailed description of where they are and what they look like so that I can get them."

"No, I'll come with you." Komori said shaking her head. "With the snow as it is and your terrible eye for mushrooms you'll need me to be there to make sure that we have the right mushrooms, shroom."

"I'll come as well." Kaminari said.

"Same." Kuroiro added though he was only volunteering because Komori was doing so which didn't escape some of the other boys in his class who were well aware of his crush on her at this point.

"Both of you are useless though." Monoma pointed out his tone blunt but not harsh. "Kuroiro, there's no darkness to meld into with that snow so you're Quirk can't be used. It's better you stay here to keep an eye on things with the others. Plus, if Dark Shadow suddenly goes haywire you're the best bet with Bakugo, Todoroki, Yaoyorozu, and Dupain-Cheng all out of it."

"Fine, just be safe." Kuroiro said understanding and accepting it.

"And I can be useful." Kaminari said. "It's dangerous out there and you're going to need electrical devices so I can be the battery."

"Well, I guess I can't stop you from coming." Monoma said knowing that logic wouldn't really work on Kaminari as it would on Kuroiro. "So fine just don't drag us down."

"Knock it off already, this who shit isn't cute and you know it." Kaminari said.

"No need to get annoyed by it." Ojiro said trying to comfort his friend as Kaminari was getting more and more annoyed at Monoma again. "It's just Monoma being Monoma. Even in this situation that he caused he can't help it."

"Yeah you know how he is." Kaibara said not exactly defending Monoma. "But you'll need my Gyrate out there."

"And moi." Aoyama said. "I can sparkle the way forward et moi Navel Laser can cut through the snow."

"Guess I can be of use as well with my tail." Ojiro said rounding out the group. "I've got enough versatility to be useful out there.

"Alright well we should tunnel through it, it might not be safe to trek on top of it just in case we sink into it as it's likely not as compact as normal snow would be." Monoma said and the others nodded at that. "Change into thick clothes and coats. This is going to be cold."

The others nodded and went to it while the rest stayed back to make sure that the others remained safe where they were, and they didn't cause too many problems with the Quirks that were still going off. It only took a moment and soon they were all back and Monoma began to stock up on useful Quirks for what was to come such as Todoroki's Half-Cold Half-Hot as they'd need a heat source, and the cold part would make him somewhat resilient to the cold. As he was doing it he had to ask a question.

"Snow, it's inorganic, right?" Monoma asked.

"Yeah it's basically just frozen rain and water is inorganic." Tokage said. "Why?"

"Because Cataclysm works on inorganic material." Monoma said heading over to where Agreste was. "That and Lucky Charm will be useful out there, I'm sure of it."

"I don't think that's a good idea." Kaminari said surprising Monoma before he touched Agreste.

"Yeah Kaminari is actually right in this case." Mina said. "It may not work."

"Are they blanks?" Monoma asked which the Class A kids just blinked at, so he specified what he meant by it. "Anything that require stockpiling or certain perquisites I can't copy. Midoriya's Quirk is one such Quirk, as is Eri's for that matter, so those are examples of blanks."

"It requires one's body energy, so I guess it does require some sense of stockpiling though it's more just stamina." Kaminari said. "Agreste explained it one time when we were having a gaming and foosball tournament in his room. There is a cost to his power because Cataclysm is basically his body's energy turned into pure destruction. When he started he could only activate it in his hand and only for 5 minutes at a time. He's improved it but have you seen his workouts? They're intense and he has to eat like a champion eater just to keep up with things."

"So? I don't get it." Monoma said.

"Agreste needs to be in peak physical shape to use his Quirk and even then he can only do so because he comes from a long line of Quirk Marriages that produced his enhanced constitution that we've all encountered." Kaminari explained. "He even said that he thinks he can only use Cataclysm because of his constitution as it gives him the durability to withstand the burn on his energy and stamina that occurs when he uses it."

"It's similar for Marinette, some French thing I think." Mina said.

"Oui my homeland was big on that." Aoyama said backing up the others. "Especially the upper classes as the lower ones kept revolting and cutting their heads off so they engaged in Quirk Marriages to strengthen their lineages. Ma mère et père weren't like that though, thankfully."

"Plus, you may figure out how to use it and even be able to manifest Cataclysm but if you get any on your clothes it will be destroyed and there are a lot of improvements to it that Agreste has made over the year which you might not be able to copy." Kaminari said deciding not to question the whole beheading thing Aoyama had mentioned. "That's not going to work under snow. Lucky Charm would actually be easier, it's goal can give something like a drill or heat source, but it's got a similar drawback from what I've hear."

"Alright I get it." Monoma said surprised at how much Kaminari understood this. "I'll avoid it for this, better to be safe than to knock myself out."

Kaminari just nodded at that, Monoma may have caused this, but he was also still the most useful person right now given what he could do with Copy, and they headed to the door. It was almost impossible to open more than a crack but that was enough for Monoma to reach through it and use Softening to loosen up the snow and make it easier to open the door. Once that was done Kaibara took point, and they began to tunnel through the snow with his Gyrate Quirk to find the mushrooms.

The others remained to look after their friends while the hunt party set out to get the needed mushrooms. It was a long wait, mainly because the GPS they were using failed while the retrieval team was under the snow, and they got lost so they had to tunnel to the surface to get their bearings and find the right direction to go in thanks to Aoyama's Navel Laser illuminating their surroundings for Komori to tell them where to go.

They also used that moment to take a break to warm up with Todoroki's Quirk, which didn't work well as Monoma had never used it, and to let Kaibara rest and avoid getting too cold from carving their path through the snow. They did get Todoroki's fire working and with some air shields from Tsuburaba's Quirk that Monoma had also copied they were able to warm up and continue.

They were able to warm up and then headed to the right tree where Komori said the mushrooms were and they headed there as fast as they could through the snow with Kaibara's Gyrate Quirk once again leading the way for them. They got to it and got the dequirksnooze mushrooms and began to head back but as they made their way back Monoma made them promise not to tell Vlad King about it.

Apparently he'd barely passed the final at the end of last semester and if his teacher found out that Monoma was responsible for this as well then he'd be stuck in remedial lessons all semester so no more work study for him. That had shocked them, and it took a fair bit of convincing, and support form Kaminari who as he was bottom of his class actually sympathized with Monoma, to convince the others not to tell anyone and that included the poisoned students in their classes. Kaibara and Komori were all for telling but agreed in the end as well as they did understand Monoma's desire to partake in a Work Study.

That said if it did come out they wouldn't protect Monoma from the backlash he'd almost certainly encounter for poisoning 24 students. Between Bakugo, Todoroki, Agreste, and Dupain-Cheng he was going to be in more pain than he knew if they found out, and that was just those four because the others would also likely line up to take a pound of flesh from him.

Still, they agreed to keep it to themselves and made their way back to the others who were holding down the dorm to chop up the hard won dequirksnooze mushrooms and feed it to the poisoned students. The others also reluctantly agreed to keep it a secret as well though they weren't too thrilled with it, but their friends were more important and as they were fed the mushrooms they began to come too much to the relief of those who'd not consumed the yaminabe.

"What the hell hit me?" Bakugo said groggily as he came too and sat up. "Why'd I pass out."

"Er why can't I move?" Marinette said as she blinked awake and realized that she was effectively paralyzed as she didn't have any energy in her body at all. "It feels like I've just had Lucky Charm active for a good 20 to 30 minutes with a lot of changes which isn't good. Adrien, can you bring me some protein and a lot of it."

"It looks like it was a case of hot pot gone bad." Kaminari said as Monoma feigned a clueless look and those who knew the truth just sighed.

"The hot pot?" Bakugo asked his eyes narrowing at that. "What do you mean?"

"Yeah was something bad or rotten in it?" Toru asked as Adrien got up and got some protein cubes to feed Marinette where she lay, she was out of all energy, and looked around unsure what had happened himself. "That would have been really mean of you to do that."

"That's the thrill and danger of a yaminabe." Monoma said with a grin. "You can never be sure what is in the broth or how it will all mix together when it's all done and heated up."

"Rich coming from the guy who suggested it." Kaibara said unable to avoid the comment.

"It is why I suggested it." Monoma said undeterred as he got his old mojo back a bit. "A good bit of excitement and mystery for the losers of the hot pot taste off."

"Well, it was certainly an interesting experience." Ida said as he looked out the window to see the snow still there. "But I think that's enough competition for one day. We should head to bed if we can, tomorrow the semester starts with a vengeance."

The others nodded at this and began to head to bed or back to their dorm, Adrien carrying Marinette to Ochaco to float her as he wasn't going to be able to take her to bed as it would look improper, while everyone got ready and excited for the semester to come. Little did they know that that excitement would be short lived as what was waiting for them at the end of the semester was something that none could foresee and would change them and Japan forever.

A nice little bit of foreboding to end the chapter off nicely and complete the impromptu Hot Pot Party arc. It is time to move into the time skip material, most of which will be original content but at least one chapter will be based off the first chapter in the recently released (in English) 6th School Brief book and another very slightly based off a chapter while also doing at least one based off the Team-Up manga as it really works well for one of the Miraculous duo. Thanks to this long, broken up arc things have actually worked out really well for pacing and timing of chapters and what I have planned so it's all looking good as we move to the time skip before the Paranormal War Arc. As of right now I have 10 of the 16 time skip chapters planned and while I can and will plan the others, there are some ideas I just need to figure out how to work well into them that will form at least 3 if not 4 of the remaining chapters, I am open to a suggestion or two for the time skip arc. Lastly, sorry for the mushroom names I know they suck but they are the actual names in the English translation of the chapter from the 5th School Briefs book that this is based off so there's little I can do about it. That is all that I have for you however so I will leave this chapter off here. As always, if you like it or have any questions please let me know in reviews or PMs, I will try to answer them as best I could and post any questions asked between uploads at the start of the next chapter and do follow and favorite this, so you are alerted to future uploads. Do keep the reviews coming as I like hearing from y'all as you enjoy my work, it motivates me to keep producing the best work I can for y'all to enjoy. Until next time.

Stringdog