Sky Egg

Inside a restaurant in Naruhata City.

A woman could be seen pacing around inside an incredibly big kitchen, she was talking to what seemed to be her students who had different reactions. The students were either nervous or rather excited.

"Alright, everyone! We will be making desserts and snacks for a Farewell party that can hold up to 50,000 people." Mom said, like a general who was preparing her soldiers for war.

"Your limits will be put to the test in this assignment, you will sweat, cry, scream, and bleed like never before! If you want to leave, then you better do it now!!" She looked at every single of her students in the eye, she saw none of their spirit weaver as she had put them through hell too many times to count.

With a devilish smile, she finished her statement, "GOOD! BUT HAVE IN MIND THAT YOU CAN'T SHAKE THE DEVIL'S HAND AND SAY THAT YOU WERE ONLY KIDDING!!!"

And this is when their hell began, the hell's kitchen if you will… or food wars if you feel so inclined...

/Author: That sounded better in my head.../

While everyone was in the kitchen, Shiro was outside just hearing screaming and then the whole building almost turning upside down because of how fast everyone got to work.

'I wanted to help in the kitchen at least…' He was given a different task from everyone else, dad was helping mom's friend with the setup of the whole thing while mom was the one helping with food.

And since Shiro couldn't help dad with business, he had to help mom, and the thing he had to do was- "Shiro! Here, get me these ingredients from the warehouse!!" Mom came to him, giving him a paper with an address.

"Ok!" He took the paper and ran outside the restaurant, he's role was to do the heavy lifting and also help to find replacements for any ingredients that they ran out of.

It's not as easy as it seems since Shiro has to go around the city and bring crates of ingredients without messing them up.

This was made to test him and also Mom's students since they will make different dishes without any warning prior so they would be forced to adapt to any circumstance.

…

[1 Month Before The Event]

"MORE INGREDIENTS FOR THE LAMB SAUCE!!!!!" Mom screamed from the kitchen.

"YES MA!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs as I ran outside to get more items from the store near.

Even if mom and her students are making simple dishes, those things are still being made by a top-tier chef like mom and others so they are bound to be incredible.

It was a little weird to see mom doing all this but also cool, although sometimes the way she stirs up her students may come off as ruthless, like that boy she made call himself an idiot sandwich.

*wosh*

I ran at top speed to the store, I ran and jumped above the roofs while having my awareness at its peak so I could detect any gaze on me and avoid it. I couldn't get caught since the whole team might fall apart if I wasn't there.

I could be stopped for using my "quirk" since I was too fast for it to be normal. It was normal for someone to mistake me for using my quirk illegally which was really troublesome.

Currently, I was doing the job of at least 15 people when it comes to bringing ingredients and heavy lifting.

*ding*

The door rang a bell when I entered the store.

I grabbed the sauce and all the sugar packages I could and brought them to the counter.

"All of this!" I said to the skeptical cashier, "...Um, kid, you sh-" I showed him the money and he immediately changed his attitude.

"It's this all sir?" He asked as he scanned all items with unbelievable speed, "Yup," I said, putting all the items inside plastic bags.

I got outside and ran back to the kitchen.

"MA!!" I screamed as I got inside and she immediately came with a few of her students, they all looked like they wanted to die… or maybe they were about to since they'd been doing this whole thing from 6 am up to 7 pm…. They barely get any rest.

Anyway, I was doing my part and so were they, right now I wasn't allowed to help them since I have to be ready for when ingredients run out which happens a little too often.

"C'mon kids!" Mom encouraged her slave- I mean her students.

"Here, one more and that will be it for today." Mom said after her students went back to the kitchen.

I just nodded and went outside while reading the note.

{Pick Up Cake at xxxxxx and take it to xxxx}

'I really became a delivery boy…'

With a helpless smile, I got back to work.

During my time delivering all the ingredients, I've used up at least 4 pairs of shoes.

I always did the Super Dash and Super Step without wearing any footwear so I never realized how destructive it was for shoes and sandals until I used them all up.

With this, I also learned that my suit is a lot more special than I had thought, it hasn't been torn off or shown any signs of wearing off by now which was surprising.

But this also serves as training since I have to be careful while going at great speeds because the ingredients might end up getting all messed up.

Either way, it meant that I had to work more on the technique so I won't hurt anyone when saving people, I have to be careful with my strength.

...

[2 Weeks Later]

During the whole last month, I helped with the kitchen and also brought some refreshments to the people who were practicing for the Farewell event. I think I saw that guy named Koichi too but it was only once.

"Hey, Yu! I got you some refreshments!" I called out when I arrived at the park.

There are different groups practicing for the event and they do it separately, but since the event is around the corner they all meet at this park at the end of their routine to talk about their progress or to see if they can help each other.

You know, instead of relaxing they actually try a lot harder.

There are four groups that I know of, but due to only getting little time to stay idle as I always get sent to get ingredients I've only gotten to know three people.

There is Yu, who is a really nice girl, "Thanks Shiro, did you…" she trailed off as she saw my legs, "oh no, I-" and the other one is her twin sister who is the opposite of her since she- "You actually ripped them off again?" She snickers while pointing at my shoeless feet

/Author: He still has the suit underneath, remember that you fukin weirdos./

"Seriously, how do you mess them up so fast?" Miu questioned while holding her chin with one hand.

Yu, who was at her side, nodded in agreement with her. She was curious about it too.

"Dunno." I just shrugged off their questions.

Miu and Yu are twins and have aqua-colored hair while their eyes are dark blue.

Yu, who is the kind one, has a side ponytail to the right side and wears glasses.

Then there is Miu, who is harsher, has the same ponytail but to the left side, and doesn't wear glasses.

Both of them used to be underground idols until a few months ago, they have been doing some concerts in the Naru Fest up until now so they have become relatively popular around the city.

Both of them just shook their heads and Miu took over the conversation, "Sis I won the bet, gimme~" She said as if she was at the top of the world for some reason.

Yu just sighed and gave her own strawberry drink to her sister.

"... did you make a bet about a child losing his shoes?..." I looked at her with some disbelief.

"...Wow.. you really know how to make me look like a villain, don't you?" Miu commented without any change in her expression while Yu nodded helplessly.

By the way, the third person that I got to know better was, "hm? It's the pervert!" I called for a girl who just arrived at the park in a cheerleader outfit with a whole team dressed just as her following from behind.

"Pft- *cough* you-*cough* damit..." Miu choked on her drink a little.

The girl in the cheerleader outfit immediately snapped at me, "I TOLD YOU TO CALL ME 'POP STEP' YOU BRAT!!!"

*Ring*

My cell phone started ringing which meant one thing, mom is in need of more ingredients!

"Gotta go! Bye!"

I ran normally until I stopped feeling gazes on me and-

*wosh*

I used Super Dash.

Everyone at the kitchen made small dishes like cake, pie, cookies, ice cream, and many things that could be refrigerated for a long time, although they apparently have someone who has some kind of a vacuum quirk that can preserve the food in a perfect state and not let it spoil they still make those dishes just in case that fails.

They really are quite cautious about food but since mom is involved in the whole matter it was expected.

Quirks are really weird, I still can't get used to them, they really have many uses.

…

[Day Of The Event]

At The Entrance Of Sky Kyoto Egg

*pop* *pop*

*pop* *pop*

'They really are playing with fireworks huh.'

There was even a little post where they sold them for others to use, as long as it was outside the tower of course.

The event hasn't even started yet because it's too early but there are a ton of people waiting outside already.

"You will stay down here, mom?" I asked as she tightened my tie, I was wearing the red button shirt, black vest, and pants that she bought me before.

I've noticed something about mom, and that is that she doesn't really want to be involved with heroes… she doesn't want ME to be involved with heroes, I'm sure that she can tell that I still want to be one even if I haven't said it…

Dad has remained somewhat neutral for the topic, he supports me but he is also waiting for mom to do it on her own.

"Yup, these girls still need my help, if you need something you can call your father, he will be up there with Makoto." She said with a little smile and also gave me a pass so I could travel through the Sky Egg without trouble.

I didn't push further on why she didn't want to go. I was about to leave but mom called for me again.

"Shiro… I… know you want to be a hero, and…" her words trailed off, she seemed to be hesitant to finish her sentence.

"... Nevermind, enjoy the event, alright?" She said and ruffled my already messy hair.

After she left, I went to the elevator while getting a lot of jealous glances from the people forming a line already. I just went to the entrance and showed my pass to the guard who seemed troubled by the looks people were giving us.

I could ignore the looks that people were giving us since I did earn my pass. Aside from all that, my mom is the one in charge of selling merch and my dad helped Makoto with the whole arrangement of the event…

/Author: In case you were wondering, Shiro doesn't know who Makoto is yet./

'This feeling…. is this what rich kids feel like? Am I a young master now?… Nah, I don't have a serva-Wait, I do have a bodyguard tho… But not right now, he seems to be absent from this event for some reason.'

After the guard finished inspecting my pass I was allowed to use the elevator to the observation deck. There are many elevators, half of them go from the entrance to the observation deck, and the other half go from the observation deck to the dome.

There is no elevator that goes from the entrance to the dome for some security regulations, after all, the dome is 500 meters up in the sky. They do have stairs in case of emergencies which I would use for a workout but they are for... emergencies, you know?

As I entered the observation deck I saw that there weren't many people, it was only security and staff.

'Thinking about it, am I the only person with a special pass?'

I looked around and couldn't see anyone who was wearing a pass like mine.

'Doesn't seem like it.'

After seeing that there wasn't anyone else but security or staff members, I decided to do some sightseeing. I got closer to the windows and looked down on the city, the altitude was around 250 meters and surprisingly, I could still see the people below.

I couldn't see their faces perfectly but I can definitely see better than the average person, I'm 100% sure of that.

/Author: In short, Shiro has hella good sight, although it's only half the distance of what an Eagle is able to see, Shiro can see with incredible detail only up to 2.5 km (1.5 miles) while an Eagle can do the same at 3.5 - 4.5 km (around 2.7 miles)./

'This place easily towers over other buildings in this city.'

Despite only being a little above the middle of the tower, there was a big gap between the buildings and the observation deck.

I took some pictures and also walked around to see what else there was.

I saw some Sky Egg merch that was for display in the halls, there were also some pictures of how it was built and the people that worked on it, it pretty much told the story of the Sky Egg…

It said something about it being a memorial for Humpty Dumpty or something... 'what a weird name.'

I kept looking around until I found a Gift Shop.

There were many products, like a miniature Sky Egg tower, some Capitan Celebrity figures, keychains, cup holders, plushies, hats, Sky Egg hodie, glasses, and much more

'Should I buy something? Even if mom is in charge of selling merch at the entrance, I should get her something from here…'

I looked at the necklaces and rings section, 'too many hero stuff, can't get her any of that…' there were some rings with hero symbols or just sayings from other heroes, like "Always wear a smile" with a picture of All Might's face in the background…

I never thought that I would have trouble looking for normal gifts this much.

'This really isn't my era huh… I kind of feel old.'

/Author: He's not even 25 mentally so not really.../

After almost 10 minutes of treasure hunting, I found what I thought of as a normal gift, the necklace had a little case in the form of a heart.

The necklace was one of those that you can put a picture inside of it.

I was really happy to find a proper gift at the goddamn gift shop… but I came to a realization right after...

I had no money with me.

...this was the first time I facepalmed in my new life.

'Let's just ask dad, he should be in the dome anyway.'

I walked out of the shop a little mad, the cashier just gave me a weird look since he saw me search inside the store like a maniac trying to find a gift only to leave it as soon as I got my hands on it.

Anyways, I got in the elevator to get to the dome at the top of the Sky Egg tower.

One thing to note about the elevators is that they are really big. It's impressive that they can travel 250 meters without a problem, I mean, I'm not an engineer but I know that this kind of thing isn't normal.

*ding*

When I arrived at the dome, I couldn't help but be surprised. It was giant, seeing it from the ground is different from being inside the dome.

I just walked in looking around the place, it would look like a coliseum if it wasn't for the stage that was on one of the sides of the dome.

/Author: It's a dome so it doesn't really have "sides" but you know what I meant, shut it./

When I walked to the center I could finally see the performance team. It would appear that the Pro Heroes were in the dressing rooms or somewhere else getting ready for the event since I couldn't see any of them on stage.

I could only see the other teams practicing on the stage.

Cheerleader team, dancing team, singing team, and Capitan Celebrity who was… juggling three kids in the air????

I only know the basics about him, he is an American Pro Hero, and a big man, like a muscle man sort of guy. Blond hair that is styled as a Mohawk swept back and blue eyes.

His quirk is flight but he is super strong too, he can carry a tourist ship on his back while flying and tank hits like nothing.

'I remember that he saved some kids from a terrorist bombing a while ago, he is strong enough to take bombs at point-blank range.'

He seems to be practicing with his performance and was also looking at his phone with some excitement for some reason.

'Oh! Koichi is there too!' I saw him beside the cheerleader team and he was… cheering them up?

I could also see Dad beside the woman who was at some of my interrogations observing the practices, 'so that's Makoto, didn't think that I would see her again.'

When I saw him distracted, the time when I scared him because I screamed at the top of my lungs came to mind… I wasn't gonna do it since I might interrupt the people on stage.

It's just that he is a really professional person when it comes to work and business, at least that's what I heard from mom but I haven't really seen that side of him, he seems laid back and a little bit goofy when we are together.

'Hm... let's just sneak up behind him.' I thought and walked without making any noise just in case. When I got close enough I poked his back only for him to turn around with a little smirk.

When he turned around I could see that he had his phone out and also it displayed the live footage of me sneaking behind him… 'HUH?! Was he prepared? The hell??!?'

"You will only get me off guard once, Shiro," he said and ruffled my hair making it even messier… 'Oh right! I forgot about the GPS, I still have that thing, does that mean that he is always checking it…?'

Makoto, who was beside him, immediately gained interest in what happened, but she doesn't seem to completely recognize me.

"So...that's your son you talked about?" She asked as she came closer to take a look at me.

"Yes, I know that he looks older but he is 10 years old."

"Hello~ I'm a friend of your mom and dad, you can just call me Makoto." She introduced herself with a charismatic smile.

"Hi, I'm his son, just call me Shiro." Dad's mouth twitched a little because of my blunt introduction.

I mostly do this because I want to learn business which he doesn't want to for some reason, so sometimes I do unprofessional things just to bother him…

I wouldn't be disrespectful to someone by giving them such an introduction, but right now, dad had a semi-professional air around him and not the 100% serious mode that mom talks about so I could tell that Makoto was an actual friend.

Makoto's smile grew wider when she saw dad's reaction.

She also inspected me a little more, maybe telling her my name got her to remember me.

"You really dress like your father."

...or maybe not…

/Author: Or she is just faking it, who knows~/

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Author: I got stuck writing this one chapter that is almost 4k words.... just saying!

I guess that I'm just bad at writing things without making a damn esay.