Family Matters

Quirk Training and Jokes

Hey guys, this is AnimeFan299110 coming to you with another chapter to Family Matters! The idea for this chapter actually came from Toms343 and after talking things over with him, I was able to get a good solid plot behind this story. Once again, I do not own Boku no Hero Academia, its characters, or its locations. They are all owned by Kohei Horikoshi, Jump Comics, and Funimation.

"Come on, Eri. Concentrate."

"You can do it, sweetie. Just focus."

"Nhhhhhhhh..." Eri grunted as she scrunched her face in concentration as she held the hand of the injured student. A bright aura of white light seemed to surround the area of the student's injury. The aura only last for a few seconds, however, as the light surrounding Eri's horn died. The little girl sighed in defeat as she saw that she made very little progress.

She, Midoriya, Uraraka were in the infirmary with Aizawa and Recovery Girl. When Midoriya was offered the opportunity to look after Eri, he was also informed that she would have to partake in Quirk training. Due to the fact that her Quirk was so unique and could be used as support, it was determined that Recovery Girl would be the one to train her, with Midoriya and another student for support.

Initially, the other student was meant to be Mirio, but when he noticed the connection Eri shared with Uraraka, he stepped down and allowed the Gravity User to take his place. Nezu even assigned Aizawa to the training exercises seeing as how he was the only one who could nullify Eri's Quirk should anything go wrong.

There was one problem, however. No matter how hard she tried, Eri couldn't seem to fully use her Quirk for more than five seconds and even then, it had no lasting effects. For the first month of training, the two teachers and students didn't see this as a problem since she had used up a lot of power during the rescue mission. However, by the second month, things got complicated. According to Aizawa, the power level of her Quirk should have been enough to heal small wounds completely regardless of the state of her horn. Even Uraraka and Midoriya had to admit that they were both a little worried that Eri would never know how to use her Quirk properly.

"You're all set to leave." Aizawa said to the student as soon as she was healed by one of Recovery Girl's kisses. The student only nodded as she left the infirmary.

"I'm sorry." Eri muttered dejectedly as she glanced, glancing downward.

"It's alright, sweetie." Recovery Girl said as she placed a hand on the little girl's shoulder and gave her a small smile. "We just need to find out something to help amplify your Quirk, that's all." She then turned to Midoriya and Uraraka and asked, "You two wouldn't know anything that might help her, would you?"

"We've tried almost everything." Uraraka said sadly. "Persuasion, encouraging her to be calm, concentration, none of which work." As Uraraka, Recovery Girl, and Aizawa talked, Midoriya drowned them out and closed his eyes as he tried to think back to when he faced off against Overhaul. There had to be something off during that fight that might help them here and now. As his mind raced throughout the fight, he suddenly remembered something about Eri and her Quirk.

"What if we've been looking at this whole thing the wrong way?" Midoriya asked. He then turned his head to see the four sets of eyes staring back at him with confusion. "During my fight with Overhaul, I called Eri's Quirk a blessing and she seemed happy by it. When she fused her Quirk with mine, there were almost no repercussions since she seemed to have control of her Quirk. But every time I got injured, she must have felt guilty thinking that she caused me to be in pain. So much so that by the time Overhaul was put down, Eri lost control of her Quirk."

"Is this true, sweetie?" Uraraka asked as she glanced down at the little girl. "Where you feeling guilty thinking that you were hurting Papa?"

"Y-Yes." Eri admitted shamefully.