Chapter 5

Shino sighed as she popped a lollipop into her mouth. The room was silent. The only thing to be heard was the familiar beeping of the cardiogram. She ended up in the hospital only a week after she got out. Things we're going great for some time. No problems occurred at all. She was keeping her suger intake constant and didn't suffer any major headaches. Everything was great until earlier in the day when she was suddenly overwhelmed by her own senses. She could suddenly hear things far out of her range of hearing. Different scents assaulted her and confused her to no end. She was picking up on everything around her at every moment. She was doing way to much at the same time and she was aware of it all. Her headache returned and the pain in the throat. Before she knew it she was coughing up blood and passed out again.

And just like the last time she woke up in the hospital.

She woke up to the familiar annoying beeping and found some odd device over both her ears and a smaller one over her nose.

The door opened and the familiar doctor strolled in. She found out that he was her family's personal doctor and the only doctor in the hospital that's aware of their status.

"Hey there little Kiddo"

"Hey doc. Where are my parents "

"They'll be here soon. Your butler made sure to call them and fill them in on what happened"

"I had a sensory overload didn't I? "

"That you did. Those devices you're wearing are making sure you don't enter it again. The second those are removed you'll overload again"

Shino sighed and plopped back onto her bed.

"Was it my brain? Was it working to its full capacity again? "

"Yes. The last time it had stopped when you lost consciousness, but it looks like it's still working double time"

"No wonder I felt like I was picking up on too many things at the same time. Am I going to be able to control my senses? "

"That I do not know, but for the time being you'll have to wear protective gear"

"What's the status update on my quirk? "

"Those stem cells of yours are still mass producing and replacing dead cells. That's all they seem to be doing. They stop producing temporarily and start up again once cells need to be replaced. Its an odd pattern. To me it seems as if they're waiting for something "

"My cells are waiting for something? "

"Yes"

"Alright whatever you say doc. I'll watch out. Anything else? "

"I don't think so. For now we just sit and wait on your parents so I can fill them in"

And so they waited. Shino had managed to pull the doctor into a game of gold fish when she saw a pack of cards nearby. Shino won for the most part but the doc was pretty good himself. Around a half hour later Shino's parents arrived looking as worried as ever.

"Are you OK? "

"I'm perfectly fine, dad"

"Are you sure"

"Of course I am mom"

"Shiro, Nico, let me fill you in"

Shino was left in the hospital room while the adults had a conversation outside. Every now and then she would fidget with the device on her ears. She was too aware of the thing to not notice it. She was aware of a lot of things. She was aware of the amount of heartbeats she produced in a minute. She was aware of the tubes in her arms. She was aware of the shift in temperature from a couple of minutes ago. She was aware of the practically unnoticeable stain on the white ceiling. Every little detail caught her eye and every bit of information was processed within seconds. Was her new awareness due to her brain working to it's full potential?

She was clear to go home after the adults had their chat. Before arriving home her parents had stopped at a crafting store to get a special pair of headphones and a scarf made for Shino. It would take around ten days for the project to be completed. Shino would have to be hyper aware of the odd devices on her ear and nose for ten days. Oh joy.

When Shino arrived home she made a bee line for the kitchen. The second her hand touched the fridge she felt an electrical jolt starting from her hand and flinched.

"Mom, why? "

Nico stood behind her with a small smile on her face. Rose gold electricity jumped between her fingers and when Shino made a move to open the fridge again electricity was shot towards her hand.

"No cake"

"But mom"

"No, you have plenty of other sweets. Leave the cake. If you eat it we won't get you any more for two months"

Shino paled at the threat and stepped away from the machine.

"I'm glad we came to an understanding "Nico patted Shino on her head and pecked her on the cheek.

"Mistress, the Young Master's tutor has arrived for today's lesson" Kinji stood in the doorway looking as neat as ever. Black hair was slicked back and suit was sleek.

"Thank you Kinji, let him know that we'll be with him soon"

"As you wish"

"I completely forgot about my lessons"Shino sighed as she made her way out the kitchen.

It was Friday meaning she had martial arts training. It was a lesson she looked forward to most. Martial arts lessons as a four year old weren't that impressive but it was better than nothing. For the time being she only had to learn the basic steps of her four chosen fighting styles. Baby steps as her instructor says. She may not be kicking ass. But she was on her way.

Martial arts lessons are on Mondays and fridays. On Mondays she had two hours of training while she only had one on Fridays. Her lessons always start at three in the afternoon. She wished she had more hours of training. She actually enjoyed learning different fighting styles. Her instructor always commended her for her fast learning. She took pride in her ability to learn so quickly.

An hour flew by pretty quick and soon it was over. Shino was tasked with basic exercises for the week. She had to do a set of ten push ups, pull ups, sit ups, chin ups and squats everyday.

After her martial arts training she had an hour of English lessons and she would be free for the day. On the weekends she has piano, kendo and soccer training. Shino took interest in a lot of things and her parents happily supported her in all of them. Her parents decided that home school would be the best option for her. They were both well known heroes and had collected a number of enemies. Enrolling her into any school was a bad idea. News spread and even if she was kept a secret people would have some way of finding out. Izuku, Katsuki and Sora were in the same boat as her. Their parents were pro heroes that were well known so they needed to be extra cautious.

Shino found that being home schooled was amazing. She was in her own house and free to eat whenever she wanted to. Her parents made sure she had a tutor for the basic and must need subjects and let Shino choose if there was anything else she wanted to learn. The perks of being homeschooled is that she could learn a lot more than she normally would. A normal four year old would be learning to write and what not. Shino was already getting middle school level math.

"I wonder how Sora and the others are doing" Shino wonders aloud at the dinning table.

"You should call them" Nico suggested

"I should shouldn't I? It's been a while"

And so after having dinner with her parents she made her way to her room. She got herself cleaned up for the night before grabbing her tablet and video calling Sora.

Soon Sora's face appeared on her tablet. He had a huge smile on his face and was shirtless for some reason. As always his orange hair was a mess and his rabbit like bangs hung haphazardly in front of his face.

"Heeeellooooo"

"Why are you shirtless? "

"No reason"

"Whatever you say. Could you add Katsuki to this call while I add Izuku"

"Sure thing "

In a minute the two mentioned boys were displayed on the screen as well. Each was dressed in their pajamas and seemed ready for bed.

"Yo, guys, guess what" Katsuki had a broad grin on his face and looked as if he knew a great secret. The only time he wore such a look was if he was up to no good. Or he actually did know a great secret.

"What?" Sora tilted his head to the side and looked genuinely curious.

"I have some great news too" Izuku perked up.

"Me first nerd"

"Okay what is it Katsuki"

In reply Katsuki only grinned and brought his hand in sight of the camera. For a few seconds nothing happened, but then there was suddenly a small spark and soon a couple more surfaced.

"I got my quirk"

"Already huh" Shino pulled a lollipop out her pocket when she started to feel a headache build. "What news do you have Izuku"

"You got your quirk too didn't you? "Sora said with raised eyebrow.

"I did. I did" Izuku bounced excitedly on his bed and the screen shifted and suddenly went black. There were incoherent sounds and soon Izuku was back on the screen. "Sorry "

"So what's your quirk? "

"I'm pyrokinetic" to prove his statement he lit his hand on fire. The fire soon spread to his wrist and then climbed up his arm. Izuku adopted a look of panic and fell off his bed. The three friends watched and listened to the panic screams as Izuku ran around his room trying to out the fire.

"He's going to burn his whole house down" Sora snickered.

Shino only sighed as she watched her youngest friend fall into a state of utter panic. She continued to watch for the next ten minutes until he finally deactivated his quirk. By this point Sora and Katsuki were in a laughing fit while Shino had to stop herself from suffering the same fate.

"You ok Izu? "

"Y-yeah"

"Are you sure nerd? "

"Uh-huh"

"You really panicked there"

"I-I...I know"

He fell silent and kept glancing at his arm as if he expected it to catch fire again.

"So your quirk is pyrokineses"

"Well yeah. But the doctor said that I show dragon like characteristics like dragon lungs, fangs and scales"

"Scales? "

"Yeah, but I don't see them. Apparently they're not visible or something "

Shino was quiet for a moment. Izuku's quirk description seemed very familiar to the dragon slayer magic in Fairy Tail. Specially Natsu's fire dragon slayer magic. She always wondered if a quirk similar to that type of magic existed.

"Hey Shino, what's with those things on your ears and nose? " Sora asked. He had finally put on a shirt and was munching on some chips.

"I have to wear them to prevent sensory overload"

"What? Sensory overload? Did you unlock your quirk too? "

"In a way, I guess. Apparently my brain works to it's full potential so I'm always aware of eeverything going on around me. My senses are heightened to the point where they are a hundred times stronger than they should be and my body is continuously producing stem cells. The doctor said that I do have a quirk, but he cannot identify what it is at the moment "

"That's weird"Sora mumbled. "A human's brain should not be capable of working to it's max"

"Yeah, its very dangerous. Have you had any seizures? "Izuku asked.

"Yeah, a generalized seizure"

"Holy cow your entire brain shut down" For some reason Katsuki said this with a smile and it disturbed Shino.

"Why are you smiling? "

"For some reason it sounds cool"

"Katsuki you are weird" Shino sighed. "Look at us. We're a bunch of four year olds having a casual discussion about seizures and brain failures "

"We're geniuses " Sora said with a puffed out chest. "Oh and I unlocked my quirk as well"

Of course Sora would be utterly casual with announcing his quirk.

"How are you so casual? "

He shrugged and munched on his last bit of chips. "As it turns out I can generate psionic force fields and have psionic manipulation "

"So you gained a tiny part of your mother's psionic powers. Nothing from your father" Katsuki didn't seem all that impressed.

"Nah. You know how his quirk works. He said that he'll pass it on to me when I'm old enough "

"Why do you get two quirks!? "

"Katsuki calm down. He just happens to be the son of the number one hero couple "

Katsuki grumbled but calmed down.

"So we all have quirks? "

"Looks like it"

"Well then. We are one tiny step closer to achieving our dreams"