MHA: The Fresh Blood [Rewrite]

"Damn! I don't know if it's this skill, or what, but baking like this feels pretty relaxing!" I said while taking out the last batch of cream puffs out of the oven.

"It also kinda doubled as strength control training, which is a plus!" I looked towards the large amount of eggs that I accidentally crushed, the wooden spoons that I gripped too hard and broke in half, and the piping bags that exploded when I put too much pressure on them. The system did make a lot of the stuff here more durable, like I asked, but it didn't do the same to the cooking utensils or ingredients.

"But, I wonder if I shot the mark a little?" Placing the tray on the kitchen counter with the other one, I looked out to the living room where several mountains of sweet puffy pastries, that were bigger than me mind you, sat on giant plates in front of the couch.

"Meh, doesn't really matter. If I can't finish it all, then that just means I can store it in my inventory to eat later." I said as I took off my oven mitts and went back to the training room to grab the book I was reading yesterday.

"Now, let's see what else you got to teach me, ya annoying damn book." I really didn't want to be forcefully knocked out and cursed again.

With the book in hand I went back to the kitchen and grabbed the two trays of cream puffs to put them with the others. Now sitting on the couch with the book in one hand, a cream puff in the other, I got to reading.

"Let's see, I already know the consequences of tempering the soul, so I'll just skip that pa-" I took a bite of the cream puff and had almost squealed from happiness as the warm fluffy texture of the pastry and the cool creamy filling practically melted in my mouth. It was the tastiest thing I've ever had the pleasure of eating.

"No wonder Mash is practically addicted to these things, they're delicious!" After finishing the first one, I practically inhaled one of the mountains of cream puffs before I realized that I still needed to study.

It may have been the fact that I made these while using the Master Chef skill, but it was pretty hard to pace myself after getting a mini taste of heaven. I still managed to read a large portion of the book, but not without finishing another two mountains of cream puffs.

"Hey, System. I've been meaning to ask, how does my aura stack up against other auras?" It did seem like my aura had something special about it, since in that video I took a fuck ton of damage without it breaking and constantly had my semblance active. But, I never heard of someone's aura actually tinting everything they see, or appearing like a flame (outside some people's semblance being active).

[Answer: The amount of aura that you have is far below the average amount of those that live in Remnant]

"Eh?" Wait what? How?! If that shit is true then my aura should've broken like a hundred times over in that fight. And it can't just be because of my curse, because the system never mentioned anything about it affecting my aura.

[Answer: Currently, Eve, you only have as much aura as a newborn infant]

"What the hell man..." I don't know if the system was trying to make me cry or what, but if it is, it's working.

[Answer: However, that is the only thing that can be considered a flaw with your aura]

"Hm? Really?" I mumbled out with a cream puff in my mouth, as I had already started to eat the rest of them to forget my sadness of being called as weak as an infant with my aura.

[Answer: Affirmative. The quality and malleability of your aura is second to none, not even the Twin Gods of Remnant can compare]

"So, the amount I have is shit, but the quality of it is above god-tier.... I'LL FUCKING TAKE IT!" I yelled out happily while going for another cream puff to celebrate this news, only to actually start crying as I noticed that I already ate the last one. "Dammit..."

Following that I went to go bake more cream puffs, as I still felt hungry. Though, as I finished washing my hands, and taking out more ingredients to make the delectable pastries, a thought came to mind.

'I wonder if I should start training my aura now?' You see, in one of the chapters that I managed to finish in that book I saw a way to train aura that should improve the amount I have, and improve my overall fighting abilities too.

The method seemed a lot like something you would find in a cultivation manhua, which did make me think that it wouldn't work at first. But, since the method of unlocking my aura worked (even though it did get me cursed), then this should work too.

"Let's see.... It said something like, 'Focus your aura into your core, then slowly make it rotate and absorb all the energy around to build up its mass.' Though, I don't really know how to do any of that." I said while setting the oven to preheat at 425°F (220°C), pulled out a giant pot from one of the kitchen cabinets, and set a few dozen cookie sheets with parchment paper on the side. Giant plates, giant pots, and a giant fridge, everything in this kitchen was literally made for a newly found glutton like me.

"Hmm, maybe I need to get a feel for my aura first?" I questioned myself as I placed twenty times the needed ingredients in the pot, turned one of the burners onto medium heat, and placed the pot on top of it.

'Though, the only thing I remember, from when my aura was all over the place, was the hunger from the curse. So, what did it feel like again?' As the ingredients met the heat I pulled out another wooden spoon from the drawer near the stove and began to stir it.

'It kinda looked like a black flame, but was that it's natural state, or did I unconsciously make it appear like that? The System did say it was pretty malleable.' When the mixture began to reach a boil, I moved it onto the other burner and slowly began to mix flour into it.

'Then would that mean that I felt warm at the time, so I just unknowingly made my aura reflect how I felt?' Once enough flour was in the pot I placed it back on the burner, now set at a low to medium heat, and continued to stir for a few more minutes.

'Alright, if that's the case, then I should focus on that warm feeling to begin with.' I took the pot off the stove again, this time turning off the burner, and very gently took out eggs from their carton and slowly added them into the pot one at a time while continuing to stir with the wooden spoon.

With the eggs now mixed in I went to grab the piping bags with the large round tip to put the dough in. During which, I was trying to focus on my aura as best as I could, though doing so made my body feel stiffer than usual. I was still able to move my body pretty easily, but it was a little annoying how I had to put a bit more effort in my movements.

After scooping enough dough into the piping bag I went to pipe some of the dough onto the cookie sheets with enough space between them. With that, after I smoothed over the dough, I placed them in the oven to let them bake.

Now that I have about ten to fifteen minutes of free time, I could put all my focus on my aura, which seemed pretty difficult when I was doing other stuff. 

'Let's see if it's easier now.' I said as I pulled my phone out of inventory to set a timer, and sat down on the floor in front of the oven. 

With no 'fragile' objects to worry about crushing anymore, I relaxed my body and slowed down my breathing, putting all my focus on the aura that I had only recently unlocked. I could only vaguely feel it prior, kind of like how you can only vaguely feel the surrounding air unless you start moving more, or if the wind picks up. But, now that I don't have to focus on anything else, I can more easily feel that warm feeling that covered my body.

It felt somewhat like I was covered entirely by a blanket that just came out of the dryer, it was pretty comforting, but at the same time it felt constricting for some reason. Since I now knew what it felt like, it was time to try and move it around.

Though, that was easier said than done, I was able to move it rather easily, but it came at the cost of feeling like I was actively being burned by it. I think, almost like the tempering of the soul, this was something that normally shouldn't be possible by any normal person. But, that didn't mean I would give up on it.

'You think burning me is enough to make me give up?... Nah! This shit is nothing to me!' I thought while smiling at the pathetic attempt to make me falter.

I was about to force my aura to concentrate in my core, but I lost my grip on it the second the timer on my phone went off. "You bitch..." I clicked my tongue at losing the progress I had made prior, but still got up to lower the temperature of the oven down to 325°F (162°C), and set another timer for twenty minutes.

"Fuck it. I'll finish the cream puffs first, before I try again." I said as I ran my fingers through my hair and went to go make the cream.

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(This Time Skip is brought to you by chibi Eve and chibi Mash eating giant cream puffs)

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Now with a few more mountains of cream puffs in front of me, I decided to get back to focusing my aura into my core. So, sitting on the couch I crossed my legs and got back to it.

The feeling of burning spread over me again as I took hold of my aura and started to focus it down to my core. When I did this it felt like the heat coming off of it increased tenfold. Hell, I think I even began to smoke- wait why would I smell smoke?

"Oh?- Oh!- OH FUCK!!" I quickly jumped off of the couch, which actually caught on fire, and ran towards the kitchen to fill a pot with water to extinguish it.

After a minute of repeatedly throwing a fuck ton of water onto the couch to kill the fire, I opened the front door to air out the smoke and went to go lay on the red grass outside. 

"What in the fuck just happened?..." I questioned as I looked up at the sky, the smoke rising out from the doorway of my temporary home next to me.

[Answer: The concentration of your aura caused a great amount of heat to radiate off your body, causing the couch, made of flammable materials, to burst into flames]

"But my clothes didn't catch fire? Hell, they aren't even singed!" The only actual sign on me that showed that I was almost caught up in a house fire was the fact that I now smelled like I was in a house fire.

[Answer: The System has no way to explain this]

"Aka, 'It's anime bullshit, I don't got an answer for it either.'" I sighed as I tried to think of a way to get past this latest load of bull.

"Can't do it around anything flammable, and I don't feel like sitting in a tub of water, so would going into that training room work?" I mean, that room was made for me to try my hand at mechashift weapons and train my aura, so it should work for this.

[Answer: Affirmative]

"You know, sometimes I wish you had more personality... It would make your answers seem less robotic." I said while slowly getting up from the grass as the rest of the smoke left the apartment. The whole time I was hoping that my cream puffs weren't ruined by the smoke.

[NOTICE: The System can become more personalized by providing it with a name]

"A name? You mean like something other than The Chaos System?" I asked as I grabbed one of the cream puffs to check if the smoke ruined it.

[Answer: The Chaos System is merely a title given to the System, by its Creator, to make its purpose known to you]

"Hm, I guess that makes sense." Luckily the sweet pastries didn't seem to be negatively affected by the smoke, other than slightly smelling like burned cotton now.

"I guess I'll have to figure out a name for you. But, for now, I'll get back to concentrating my aura." I placed the rest of the cream puffs into my inventory so I can eat them later, and then headed to the training room to finally use it for its intended purpose.

When I sat down in the training room I immediately got back to concentrating my aura, hopefully third times the charm. 

This time I was able to get it into my core without something starting to burn, but something felt different this time when I finally got to this point. It was kinda like the air around me started to feel more excited with electricity. Which, oddly made me feel hungrier, I wonder why?

Anyways, now that I had it focused into my core, it was time to start the second part of this aura training method. This was a bit confusing at first, since aura isn't usually supposed to absorb anything (unless that's part of a semblance), so I naturally had no idea how to make it absorb 'the energy around me'. Though, it became a lot easier when I stopped viewing my aura, as well, just aura.

You see, I remembered how the system told me that the Curse of Gluttony allows me to safely eat anything as long as something else can eat it. So, I thought to myself, 'Hey, why not think of my aura as an extenstion of this curse, so it can absorb energy?'

Well, this actually managed to work, somehow. Though, I think it worked a little too well.

After only a few seconds of doing this the paint on the wall, a few layers of the wooden floor, and even everything meant to make mechashift weapons, dust included, began to turn into energy that was drawn into my core. Looks like I'll have to get the system to repair this room, and get more supplies for weapons.

Anyways, after sitting in what was left of the room for a couple minutes, while looking like a fish out of water the whole time, the system decided to remind me that it was still there with a notice.

[NOTICE: Aura has been increased by 0.1%]

Let's just say, that day I may, or may not, have created a few new insults and curses from that small miniscule amount of improvement. Looks like I'll have to do this a lot more often.