I Don't Run An Orphanage!

Chapter 24

Full Cowling.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh." Ochaco groaned, relaxing on the couch in Izuku's office while eating some mochi.

Izuku smiled. Normally his smiles around Ochaco were awkward and nervous. But this one a little less so. "I'm glad you're able to relax. I'm sure hero training must be tough."

"It is!" Ochaco groaned. "Mr. Aizawa is nice but it also seems like he's on the verge of expelling someone at any moment. It's like there's a bomb that could go off any moment whenever we're in class! It's so stressful!"

With class being as stressful as it was, Ochaco started coming over to Izuku's more often. For some free relaxation and free food. Did she feel bad about what could be perceived as taking advantage of their friendship? Yes. Did it feel better to feel like a rich person whenever she came here? Absolutely. And Izuku was more than happy to have her.

"Yeah, that sounds bad." Izuku knew the feeling. Back when he went to school, anytime he went even a little out of line, bad things happened. He was always on thin ice. Him, and him alone.

"And also, All Might is a terrible teacher!" Ochaco complained, taking a big scoop of her mochi to cool her off. "He has to teach using a handbook and a script! And he's taught me nothing about how to use One for All!"

"W-well to be fair he didn't have to deal with the...arm breaking. He could just use it right away." Izuku explained.

"Which is just so unfair!" Ochaco took another scoop. "And it doesn't make any sense. Why could he use it without any problems and I break my arms?"

"Well, I have a few ideas." Izuku took out a notebook. "Firstly it could be that the quirk is incompatible with your body. Many people are born with quirks that are completely incompatible with their bodies and have adverse effects far worse than the typical effects of overusing or misusing a quirk. And those are quirk's they're born with."

"So there's an even bigger chance that One for All is incompatible with my body." Ochaco leaned her head back on the sofa as she took in that possibility.

"It's also possible that One for All simply stocked up too much power." Izuku theorized. "One for All increases in power with each user. But it's possible that One for All has gained more power than the human body could actually handle."

"Those both make sense," Ochaco said. "But either way, that just means I can't use it."

"That may not be the case," Izuku said, causing her to perk up. "One, it's possible that One for All may adapt to your body, or vise versa, the more you use it."

"But every time you use it breaks whatever part I use it on" Ochaco pointed out.

"Well, that's where the next part comes in." Izuku continued. "I got an idea while I was training Kiba. How have you been using One for All?"

"Well, I uh..." Ochaco blushed as she remembered All Might's explanation, deciding to phrase it a different way. "I just turn it on, and whatever limb I use it one gets powered up and explodes with power. Literally."

"I see. There might be two issues there." Izuku noted. "Firstly, you can only use it at 100% so far. Your body obviously can't handle that, so what if you use it at a lesser percentage."

"All Might mentioned that. But he didn't tell me how to do it." Ochaco said. "He said something about an egg in the microwave."

Izuku got confused for a moment, before eventually getting it. "Oh, I see! When you put an egg in the microwave, the energy pools up inside of it. If too much energy pools up, it explodes."