[Silver Spoon]

Chapter 7: Growth gone wrong

Now at a decent 5'7" height, Hana thought that her day would go pretty smoothly as long as she didn't drink or eat anything warm for the rest of the day. She was content with her height for now, and although she got yelled at by her parents for growing some more, they couldn't blame her for wanting to be taller still. Still, they warned her not to grow anymore.

"I really don't feel like changing around the structure of the house for the next week to suit your Amazon-sized body!" her mother especially noted. Hana promised not to grow any more as she got her school books and headed out the door.

Unfortunately for Hana, one thing the inn manager didn't mention days ago was that heat would make her grow in size as well! And while the day started off normal enough at around 70 or so degrees outside, by lunchtime it got bad. How bad?

It all started when Hana ate on the room with her friends. At first everything was fine; Chisa and Ryo remembered not to give their friend warm foods, and Hana herself was eating some cold foods to cool herself off from the increasingly warmer heat. Smart idea, since it was now 90 degrees out!

"I don't feel so good", Hana whined as she used one of her school books to fan her face. Sweat rolled down the girl's face as she started to pant from the heat, her clothes soaked in sweat.

"Hana-chan, you don't look so good!" Chisa noted as she lifted her friend up on her feet. "We should be back insiiiiiaiaiai!!"

"Hmm?" Hana wondered, the sweat running down her face making it hard to see her friends. Ryo stood up in response as well to Hana's growth as a result of the heat.

"What's wrong, you guys?" Hana asked once more, her eyes still shut.

"Hana-chan...you're...you're...big!"

"Yeah, I know! I made myself taller this morning!"

"No! Not like that! I mean you're like 9 feet tall!"

"What?!"

Hana finally opened her eyes as she saw her friends a few feet below her. Chisa and Ryo stood perfectly still at the sight of their friend.

"ACK! What's going on?! I didn't eat anything warm recently!!"

"Hana-chan, we got to get you inside!" Chisa said to her growing friend, now pushing the 9'6" mark as she tried to get back inside. The door was too short for her to reach, so she had to crawl back indoors. By the time she got back inside along with her friends, she was over 10 feet tall! She was now barefoot, her shoes long since falling off from her growing size.

Getting down the stairs was a pain, too. Since the steps were now designed for people that tall, Hana had to jump down whole steps just to make it down without tripping, which she had to repeat several times more until they got back down to the first floor. When they got down to the first floor, Hana had to once more crawl into the door on her knees, now almost 10'4".

Hana soon found out that she coudn't even stand up straight in the hallways, her head hitting the ceiling. Not only that, but since the hallway was filled with so many students, the heat around the school was just as strong as the heat from outside. Hana continued to grow still, now almost 12 feet tall as she and her friends headed to the school nurse. When they finally got there the mini-giantess was nearly 13 feet tall, quickly entering the office and closing the door. Thankfully the room had air conditioning, temporarily putting a stop to Hana's growing stature.

The school nurse was a young woman, no more than 27 or so. She had long, black hair, green eyes, and a short, skinny body. Her uniform consisted of a plain white shirt and white khaki pants, and she wore on her feet a plain pair of black high heels.

"H-H-Hello. I-I'm the school n-n-nurse...Hinako Sominawa..." the woman slowly told Hana, whose gigantic size caused her to nearly hyperventilate.

"Sominawa-san, I need help!!" Hana whined to the stressed woman. "I keep growing and I can't stop! Do you have anything cold that can help me?!"

"'Cold'? What do you mean?"

"Like cold water or a really big bowl of ice cream?! Drinking cold liquids or taking a cold bath makes me shrink, and warm things make me bigger!"

"I've never heard of anything like this before in my life", Hinako said to herself as she flipped through one of her nursing manuals. "Shouldn't I be calling a hospital or something?"

"No! I just need something cold!" Hana explained once again, the school nurse nodding her head.

"You might want to try the gym showers. You could shrink there."

"That's right!" Hana chirped happily, hugging the school nurse in a tight embrace. "I forgot about those! Thank you, sensei!"

"You're w-welcome...but p-please stop hugging me...!"


One shower trip later

With some help from Chisa, Hana managed to squeeze her way into the showers, looking at the scared/terrified faces of the other cheerleaders around her as she squeezed her way into the locker room showers. Since she was over 15 feet tall at this point, she took up nearly the entire area around her. It wouldn't be too bad if the slippery floors didn't cause her near-naked body to skid around like she was in an ice rink. Hana had to press her legs on a wall in front of her just to stop slipping.

"Okay, Hana-chan, I'm going to unleash some preeeety cold water. Please don't be scared by it", Chisa informed her friend as she started to turn on several shower heads, which squirted water on various parts of her body.

"I won't, Chisa. I promis-AAAHHH!! That's cold!!"

As unhappy as she was, though, Hana had to grin and bear it. Her body slowly shrunk in size as every part of her body got wet from the cold, cold water trickling down it. Soon enough she was small again..though maybe too small.

"Oops!" Chisa gasped as she picked up her pint sized friend, who was barely 5 inches tall.

"What did you do to me?!" Hana yelled in a high-pitched squeal, surprised by her voice. "Look at me! I'm not short anymore; I'm microscopic!"

"I'm so sorry, Hana-chan!" Chisa apologized as she lowered in friend in front of her friend. "I didn't think a cold shower would make you this tiny!"

"Well hurry up and make me big again!"

"But how?"

"Don't you worry about that. I know a place that's always warm, even in the winter!"

"Really? Where would that be, Hana-chan...?"

"Oh, you'll see.."


Countdown to height restoration: 6 days, 1 hour