Chapter 7

"I win! "

Shino looked away from her book and towards the boys positioned in front of her massive TV. They were playing an action video game and it seemed that Sora won again. There was no beating Sora when it came to video games. He was an expert. He can play any game and surely win it on his first or second try. Katsuki made it his goal to beat him one day. Whether it be in a video game, at eating or who got the better hair style. Katsuki declared Sora his eternal rival and they were always competing. Izuku just joined the video game for fun and wasn't as competitive as the other two.

"Again! I'll beat you this time "

Sora laughed at Katsuki's declaration and restarted the game. Izuku sighed and gave up his remote. It was best he let those two be. He could just play on his handheld console.

"Will those two ever stop? "

"I doubt it"

Shino returned her attention to her book. It had been two weeks since she found out about her forcefield bubble. It only activated when she fell asleep and lately she had been feeling very sleepy no matter how much sleep she got the night before. Must be because of her quirk. If the bubble only activates when she's asleep she must naturally be capable of falling asleep at a moments notice. It was a bother though. She had been feeling a little weird for the past few days. Ever since she woke up that day. It felt as if something within her was stirring. The feeling never stopped and continued through the day and into the night. The feeling never stopped and she wondered what it was. She had many thoughts about it and made sure to write it down in her notebook. She wasn't any step closer to figuring it out though.

She sighed and closed her book. Her thoughts about it had returned and she could no longer focus on the story. She put the book away and decided to watch the intense video game fight between her friends. She couldn't focus on that either. She was all to aware of the stirring. With another sigh she closed her eyes and pictured the stirring within her. She imagined a ball of some sort. It kept twisting and forming into multiple shapes, but would never remain one lone shape for long. One moment it would be a triangle the next it would be a square. It was weird. She wondered if she could control the shape it takes and how it moved around. And so she set to work on trying. She imagined pulling it into the shape of a rectangle before shaping it back to a circle. It didn't work at first. When she tugged and tugged right back and remained stubborn for her next seven or so try. On her eight she tugged harder and did not let go, she refused to let it take any other shape that was not the rectangle she had in mind. This time around it had to do as told for she had a solid grip on it. Having control of it she shaped it as she wished. It was one thing to grab hold of it, but another to shape it to her will. She pushed through however and shaped it as she wished. She formed the rectangle and then averted it back to a circle. She let go and it remain as she wanted it to. Huh. She wonder if she could direct it to another part if her body. As it was it resided in her core. She gripped onto it again. This time instead of shaping it she guided a tiny piece away from her core and towards her right hand. It took her some time, but she succeeded.

There came a gasp next to her and she opened her eyes. Izuku was staring at her hand and so she directed her attention there as well.

"Oh"

In the palm of her hand flickered a little white flame. She didn't know if it was a flame or just shaped like one. It wasn't hot or cold. She brought her other hand towards it. Her hand passed right through it, but she felt only a tingling sensation.

"What is that? "

" I have no clue"

The white flame flickered and danced over to her fingers. They were pretty fun to watch. Are these flames the thing that is constantly shifting within her? If so could she shape then as well?

She imagined a circle and the flames immediately took the shape. It seems she could. Could she only make shapes? Maybe a book. A notebook. She imagined a notebook similar to the one she uses. She imagined it from its cover to all the pages within it. It was a lot harder to form the book, but it was there drifting above her hand. A flame like notebook. With her other hand she reached towards it, but again she passed right through it. She sighed. Could she not touch her own flames. Instead she imagined the notebook opening onto it's first page. And it did. The notebook flipped open displaying it's first completely blank space.

"I can't touch it, but whatever I imagine it doing it does"

"Could you write in it? Imagine words forming on it and maybe it will appear on it" Izuku suggested.

"What should I write? "

"Oh, write down a quirk" Katsuki suggested. The video game he and Sora were so busy with had been totally forgotten.

"Why a quirk though? "

"Just because"

Shino sighed and looked at her white flame notebook. Write down a quirk. What type of quirk? Shino was quiet for a while. She racked her brain for a good quirk. It didn't really matter though did it?

In the end she went with a power she was familiar with. The abilities of spider man minus the enhanced senses. Enhanced speed, agility, durability, stamina and strength. Ability to stick to surfaces for the wall climbing ability. Spinnerets and slits would be just beneath the palm of the users hands making the user capable of producing webs.

Once Shino got the idea in her head she continued to add abilities such as venom, camouflage and an electrical shock.

"Wow that's a nice quirk. It's a mutant type right? "

"Yeah. The user has the abilities of a spider"

"What are you naming it? "

Shino shrugged. "Spider"

The name appeared on the flaming notebook and suddenly the notebook broke back down into it's original flaming state.

"What happened? "

"You're asking me" Shino was totally confused as she stared at her flame. In one second it too was gone and she sighed. "Of course"

"What's up with that? "

"No clue Katsuki"

Shino tried to get the flame to return, but was unable to. The feeling inside her had changed. The shifting begun again and it was a lot more fidgety. It's like it was in a rush or excited or something. When Shino tried to control it, it would refuse to do as she willed. She gave up in the end. She was too tired and could always figure it out the next day. Her quirk is already very weird. What's one more mystery to solve?

The group of friends continued to do what they were doing before the flame was introduced. Shino went back to her book. Izuku back to his console. Katsuki and Sora back to their rivalry.

As much as Shino tried she could jot focus on her damn book. Her thoughts kept going to her weird flames and she was all to aware of the activity going on within her. She groaned and face planted into her bed. Her quirk was just one mystery after another. What is it with her?

"You OK? "

"Not really. I just can't understand why my quirk always throws mysteries at me. First it was waking up completely drained, with a headache and throat pain. Then I pass out and fall into a seizure. Then I find out my brain is practically going plus ultra and my body is constantly producing stem cells. Then I get a sensory overload and cough up blood. Then it becomes impossible for me to go to sleep. And then I wake up feeling as if I haven't slept in days. When I fall asleep a force field bubble forms. And now this weird flame thingy. "

"That is a lot"

"Do you know what it feels like to want to sleep so badly but are unable to because of the million thoughts running through your mind? "

"Uh... No"

"Its not very pleasant I'll tell you that" Shino groaned and rubbed her temples when she felt a headache forming. With a sigh she slid off her bed and went to her stash of candy. She got herself a chocolate bar and went back to her bed. "My quirk is having a blast putting me through all this"

"Cheer up" Sora said with his bright smile. "Maybe you're going through this because you have a powerful quirk. Strong quirks have interesting drawbacks after all"

"Yeah Sora is right. Maybe your quirk can do something super powerful! "Izuku said cheerfully.

"I'm going to have to agree with mini might and the nerd" Katsuki said in his own way of cheering his friend up.

Shino sighed again and fell into her bed.

"A powerful quirk huh? I wonder what it is then"