The Fire In Our Hearts

Chapter 8

There it is.

I had accepted Kamui Wood's offer to be his intern and now we're here. Standing in front of the large building that was his agency. Before I could take another step towards the front door, though, I saw a figure through the tinted glass make it's way towards me.

"Perfect, Kumunui shouldn't take too long to get her either, then." It was the girl from our first training session. I never did get her name. "Come! We should wait for Kumunui's arrival." She walked back into the building, gesturing for me to follow her.

I followed her with my small suitcase, which I had been instructed to bring since we were staying at our intern's agency for 3 days.

Right as we step through the large glass doors, Kumunui swiftly opens the door with her elbow, almost knocking me over.

"We were waiting for you! Follow me, I'll show you both where Kamui Wood's office is." The british girl says, smiling.

"Oh, alright..." Kumunui manages to spit out before she grabs our hands and leads us through numerous halls, coming to a stop in front of a tall wooden door.

She lets go of our wrists and opens the door.

"Ah, Miss Hatsuko, Miss Kumunui you've arrived." He said looking up.

I stay silent, staring intently at the intricate wooden texture of his mask.

"Now, I will have my sidekick Bone-napper show you around the agency as well as your room." He continued "Tomorrow at 8 am sharp, we will start your training." He says, his mask hiding any emotion expressed in that sentence. "I'll see you then."

Taizaa and I were led through the agency and introduced to the staff there. After every nook and cranny had been seen, we were led to the top of the building to a large room with three beds.

"...And this is where you'll be staying" Said the sidekick walking off.

"well... Guess we should unpack, huh?" Kumunui remarks, looking at the british girl who nods her head and walks in, putting her bag on left bed as she started pulling stuff out. I did the same and before I knew it, everything was done. It was about 9 pm and we had to get up early, so we decided to go to sleep.

~

The next morning I changed into my hero Costume and followed Taizaa to the training grounds, Kumunui not far behind me. Before long, we reach a set of doors I can only assume leads to the training room, due to the british girl's certainty.

We took one single step into the room and branches shot out and pinned us to the wall.

"Be on your guard, always." Kamui Wood's voice can be heard from the other side of the vast room before un-pinning the three of us and walking our direction.

We stand there, kind of nervously, and await further instruction.

"I've looked intensely at your files and you three have some very interesting power sets. However, Today we are going to be trying to expand your skill sets so they fit your quirks. Kabane, Have you ever tried using your memory to predict other people's moves by what they've already done?" He turns to her and she raises an eyebrow.

"No, I have not thought of that... however, it would make fighting easier..." she trails off, putting her hand on her chin.

"Kumunui." Kumunui's attention snaps forward. "Do you think you could use your quirk on yourself to create a sort of barrier between yourself and your opponent's attacks?" I could hear him raise an eyebrow.

"And Hatsuko..." He turns to me "We'd need to do some tests but do you think it's possible your sweat could also be acetone?" He asks.

"If only that's the case." I said, smirking at the thought.

"Do you know where the medical office is?" he asks.

I nod, thinking back to when Bone-napper gave us a tour of the building.

"OK, head to the medical office with this..." he writes something down on a sticky note and hands it to me as I walk out and follow my memory to the medical office.

As I walk in, I hand them the note and they take it, examine it for a few seconds, and then ask me to follow them. They open the door to another room with some medical supplies and sit me on a stool. I'll spare you the details, but in a matter of minutes, I head back to the training room to see Kabane totally kicking Kamui Wood's ass. I stand there for a moment, taking in the scene before one of the people from the medical office rushes past me towards Kamui Woods. He looks at the paper for a moment and looks back at me.

"We've got some work to do."

~

Taizaa and Kumunui were told to stand back since I was a "fire hazard".

"What exactly did the tests say?" I asked, my hand finding its way to my hip.

"Well, your sweat isn't...not acetone..." he said, backing away from me.

"Where has this been my entire life?" I look down at myself with a wide eyed smirk, thinking of all the things I could now do.

"Alright..." Kamui says skeptically "How do you light your saliva, exactly?" He asks.

"Well, I just kind of focus my body heat on my mouth and breathe out fire..." I reply, my smirk fading.

"Alright, try that, but with your entire body." Kamui says, backing away so he was now beside Kabane.

"Okay..." I say, putting my hands at my sides and concentrating.

Heat rushes through my body up to my face, the smell of smoke filling my senses as I open my eyes.

I had unlocked my most powerful ability.