I Don't Run An Orphanage!

Chapter 48: Shorts 11

Ok, so I've heard people say that they have a hard time keeping up with the characters and they'd like something that lists out the characters as well as a description of their quirks and personalities.

I'd thought I did that using Fu's notes, but then I realized that it's possible that the chapter would get buried and hard to find.

So I titled that chapter to make it easier to find.

I'll be doing another one of those soon. Probably the next chapter or the chapter after that.

Anyway, this will focus on the new chapter. Let's begin.

Little Purple Book.

Nara was in the training room, practicing her quirk. She had just finished using one of her transformations and was now waiting for her quirk to recharge.

I need to improve more. Nara said, drinking a bottle of water to refresh herself. I can't let Ken beat me anymore.

Given that both of them wanted to be heroes, Ken and Nara often sparred against each other. And more times than not, Ken won. Which was infuriating for multiple reasons, most of which was that it fueled his ego. She knew she was smarter than him. She had always gotten better grades in school, and she studied karate...from a book but she still studied it. And she never slacked on her training so why did she still lose?

"Yo."

Nara looked towards the door and saw Fu walking in, with a notebook in his hands.

"Oh. Hello." Nara greeted the younger boy. "I'm Nara. I'm new around here."

"Fuhai. But just call me Fu." Fu introduced himself before one of Kyosei's tentacles came out. "And this is Kyosei. Yes, he lives inside me. Don't worry about it."

"O-Ok?" Nara was taken aback by the idea of someone living inside someone else, but she'd seen Ghostfreak do similar things so it wasn't too strange.

"I heard about you and your brother's quirk from dad. I find it very interesting." Fu complimented.

"Yeah, it's pretty cool huh?" Nara casually bragged, gladly taking in the praise.

"It is. All those forms that can do all sorts of different things." Fu took out his notebook. "Like that Lodestar form. Do you think you could use it to fly? You know, since its body is made out of magnets?"

"No, I tried, and for some reason, that doesn't work." Nara frowned. She remembered being really disappointed when she tried that.

"Interesting...are magnets different from other metals? Maybe your metal controlling powers don't work on magnets?" Fu speculated as he jotted down some notes.

Nara paused. "I...never thought of that. I'll need to try that sometime. Who knows, maybe the magnetic force of Lodestar's body is so strong or dense or something it can't be manipulated."

"Interesting. Also, have you thought about maybe trying to get on top of a piece of metal and using that to fly?" Fu asked her.

Nara's eyes widened a bit. "I...no...I should really try that! That sounds like it could work! I'd have to work on my balance but it sounds plausible!"

She turned to Fu to thank him for his idea but found that he was furiously scribbling down notes, enraptured in his own little world.

"Uh. Fu?" Nara waved a hand in front of him.

"Huh?" Fu snapped out of his trance and looked back at Nara. "Oh sorry. We really like analyzing quirks and writing them down. It helps us come up with creative ways to use our quirks."