Chapter 153. Invited to Party

All of the contestants were finished, and we had the rest of the day open before we all had to leave tomorrow. I got up and stretched after sitting for so long. It was then Melissa came in front of us all. “Do you all want to go to the reception party my father is hosting tonight?” Deku immediately geeked out about meeting more pro heroes that might be attending, while Uraraka tried to calm him down a bit by rubbing his shoulder.

Ida began moving his arms robotically while giving us all ground rules. “We must dress our best to stop from embarrassing the U.A.! We must all go back to change into our best dress for success! Then we shall all meet up at the entrance at 6:30 sharp!” Ida finished his plans for us and I smiled at his rule loving nature. I nodded while getting ready to go back to our hotel. “Sure, I’d love to join a high society party.” I smiled while thinking of the good food they might have.

Momo came over to me and flicked my forehead. She gained my full attention with that. She was giving me a slight frown, but it seemed a bit playful. “Please remember to not embarrass Melissa for allowing us to participate.” I chuckled and nodded at her. “Of course. What did you think I was gonna do?” She raised an eyebrow as she gained a small smile. She then looked at Kyoka who had a grin on as well.

“You were just thinking about all of the food that you could try out didn’t you?” I was surprised that she could read me that well, but that only made her sigh with her grin turning into a defeated smile. “You shouldn’t eat a lot at these parties. The amount that you would wanna try out would be considered untasteful.” I looked at her with confusion. ‘Why does Kyoka know about this stuff?’

Kyoka then stabbed me with a frown, reading my expression again. I reeled back a bit as we all started to head off to our hotel. Momo spoke with Ida as Mina and Himiko were helping me move along. “Do not worry, I will teach him as much as I can before the party.” Ida nodded vigorously, before running off to change as fast as he could. Deku was getting scared about this party now, that he might do something that would bring shame to All Might. Melissa and Uraraka were calming him down, while promising to give him a hand as well. I smiled at how close he was to Uraraka now.

Making it back to our hotel room, we already had lunch before getting here, but we still had a few hours to kill. The girls decided to take the opportunity to drill me and Mina on what to do at a party. It was all so boring, about an hour in, and I was already done with all of the rules. ‘But I have to know them all. If not for this party, then for any others that Momo may need me to join her with in the future.’ I sighed and refocused on more rules that they had in place. It was about the 2nd hour that I was getting tired again.

I was about to tap out, thinking I knew enough already, when my phone went off. I looked at my phone to see Deku was calling me. The girls saw this, and decided to take the opportunity to get ready themselves. I sighed in relief at getting out of my sentence early. I answered the call. “You got him!” I said as I was standing up. My legs were weak from how long I was sitting on the floor, but I could still manage.

The girls tossed me out of the room so Momo could make dresses. “Hi Kaminari. Melissa wants to talk to you.” I was confused at what she would want to talk with me about but I shrugged it off. Deku then put Melissa on the phone. “Kaminari. I think I found something to help you with your problem.” I started walking down the hallway while talking. “My problem?” Melissa answered back immediately. “With your quirk. I think I found a way to help. Come to…” She gave me the location of her workshop, and I ran over.

After a bit of running I made it to her workshop and made my way inside. Deku, and Melissa were already waiting for me. “Yo.” I gave a small greeting as I came inside as they all noticed me. Melissa started to take out something from a box of random stuff. “My father actually helped with a hero that had a similar problem as you. I knew I had seen something like you when I saw you steaming. It was a long time ago, but I modified it a bit for you.” She then finally pulled it out so I could see what she was talking about.

I had to squint to see that she was holding onto a small navy blue earring encapsulated inside a small black ring box. She passed me the small box for me to get a better look inside. The earring was just a small navy blue circular earring that seemed like it would barely be noticed with how small it was. It looked so inconspicuous, but on closer inspection I could see some circuitry almost the same color. You couldn't see it, unless you looked really hard, even if you knew it was there. I looked back up at Melissa to explain.

She gave me a smile as she picked it up from the box to show me better. “My father had to work with another hero after uncle Might left…” I could see the sadness was still eating at her. She had been trying to stay positive, knowing he was at least alive was good. ‘Many heroes don’t even get that…’ I sighed in sadness as well. This seemed to snap Melissa awake, she put on a forced smile and continued to talk. “Anyway, this was made for her. I never met her personally, but I heard from my dad that her use of her quirk would overheat her body too quickly. He made this to help her regulate her temperature. I don’t know if you have it worse than her or not, but this should help.”

I looked at the earring for a moment. “Do you know how it helps?” Melissa thought for a bit, thinking back to what exactly they did. “Essentially it cools down the blood that flows through the ear, and around the neck to cool your artery directly to help you stop overheating.” I nodded while staring at the earring.

‘The heat comes from me generating a lot of electricity at once, and keeping it inside of me. That heats up my blood, if the blood gets too hot I start to steam from it boiling the water inside. If my blood is cooled, then I might be able to use more power inside my body, or even with my 10% ‘Bullet Time’ I was thinking. Even if it can’t keep my whole body cool, just making sure my head, and brain are ok is the most important.’ I saw no downsides so I nodded at her.

“Ok, but one problem. I don’t have a piercing.” Melissa came over to look at my ears closer. “Yea… Which one do you think would be better though.” I thought for a bit, before coming to a conclusion. “I normally have my radio on my hero costume on my left so I think my right ear would-” I was then cut off with a stapling noise in my ear. It didn’t hurt, but the sudden noise made me jump. I knew what she did instantly. “Dang it! Give me some warning!” I held my ear as I backed away from her. She smiled and giggled a bit at my reaction.

I sighed as I looked at Deku holding both of his ears tightly, with a fearful expression directed towards Melissa. That helped my spirits a bit as I started to put the earring in. I kept trying until Melissa came over to help me. She held my ear, and after a few seconds of silence, gasped. She then looked back at me with disbelief and back at my ear. I had a feeling what happened, and what I might have to do again. “It healed, didn't it?” She looked at me with confusion filling her gaze, as I sighed at her confirming my fears.

“Alright, let's do this quickly then.” Melissa gave me a look of, ‘Are you really trying to sweep this under the rug? Humans don’t heal that fast!’. I could almost hear her thoughts right now. Deku was surprised that I could heal that quickly too, but remembered what I had running through my veins. “Deku? Can you get me the piercer?” I looked over at Deku who nodded while getting up. He came over with the piercer that was placed on the counter just a few seconds ago.

I sighed at the sight of sharp pointy things. ‘I hate needles and that looks really close.’ I then looked at Melissa who was still lost in her thoughts. “Melissa? Can you do this again? Just make sure to place the earring in quickly.” She looked at the piercer for a bit, then sighed at how quirks were unfair. She did it again, and placed the earring in immediately. I then placed a piece of cloth over it to help stop extra blood from spilling. The only problem was my watch started to beep. “Oh boy…”