Chapter 28: CHAPTER 026(Diagnosis: Pathetic)
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"So, cripple boy, Izuku Midoriya, why the fuck are you still here?" Horizon asks, earning shocked and angry looks from most of the class.
"U-uh, well," Izuku's voice is barely audible. "Mr. Aizawa said that he still needs to explain the syl---"
"At UA," Horizon explains. "Why are you still here at UA and not expelled, like you should be, well?"
Bakugo smiles so hard at those words, leaning forward and almost growling out, "yeah, answer the question Deku!"
"Hey stop!" Uraraka stands up and yells, "you can't just go around bullying people like th---"
"Heroes need to be able to stand up for themselves," Horizon says bluntly. "Let him talk, and honestly, you're in the same boat. How the fuck do you get your foot stuck under a rock and need saving, when your Quirk is literally to make things weightless, well?"
Uraraka freezes, and Horizon tilts his head, as if asking her to respond. "W-well my Quirk has a limit that---"
"Excuses that I'm sure the people you fail to save will appreciate at their funerals, right?" he asks, and Uraraka feels sick to her stomach. "Still not at bad as him," her gestures to Izuku, now covered in a thin sheen of sweat. "You plan to answer the question?"
Uraraka silently takes her seat, head hanging in shame, and after a few moments, Izuku finally finds a voice.
"Mr Aizawa said he wasn't serious about expelling anyone," he says in a shaky voice.
Horizon chuckles, "right, the guy who is our homeroom teacher because he expelled all of what would have been class 2A on their first day...was kidding, really?"
The entire class breaks into murmurs at that, those at the lower end of the list realizing how close they were to really going home.
Iida stands up and points to Horizon, "why are you bullying our classmate, are you really so insistent on him going home?!"
"It's not bullying, it's a reality check," Horizon says, causing everyone to look at him all confused. "Deku -nice name by the way- breaks his body every time he uses his Quirk, contrary to what you morons think, Recovery Girl doesn't fully heal anything, she stimulates the cells of your body, essentially cutting your lifespan to accelerate the healing time, and it doesn't properly fix things like nerve damage."
Deku looks down at his hand, a mortified expression on his face. "Wh---"
"Meaning DEKU, only has about, three or four more chances before he becomes a fucking cripple, or he just dies, his pathetic level of Quirk mastery doesn't deserve to be here, he can't even save himself..." Horizon says, but his true thoughts were so much different.
Everyone in the room casts a wary look at Deku, all horrified at the damage he really takes to use his Quirk.
"But I...I want to be a hero too," Deku declares, still sounding so unsure of himself.
"Why?"
"Why?" Deku somehow looks confused by the question. "Because, I want to help people, like All Might!" he finally sounds confident.
Horizon groans loudly, "you put yourself and your family at risk because you're a hero-worshiping piece of trash, even when you can't control your Quirk...you're even more pathetic than I thought, and you're selfish too, disgusting."
"What, how is that selfish? I want to help people," Deku mumbles out.
Horizon just shakes his head, "look, either you quit now, or you're gonna end up a vegetable with shattered nerves, or dead, that's my professional opinion, and as the only person in the world who'd be able to heal you...I promise I rather watch you die than heal some self-sacrificing moron," he says coldly, then gestures to the door. "So...decide..."
Deku stares down at his desk, hands kneading together, feeling the bandage around his finger.
His mind flooded with countless horrifying thoughts.
'All Might said Horizon really is the best doctor, so if he won't heal me then I'm done, I'll be a cripple for the rest of my life, I'll probably never be able to get out of bed. But this is UA, my dream, I can be just like All Might, I can help people,' he looks down at his bandaged finger. 'But I'll destroy my body if I keep doing this, and I'm nowhere near ready to control One For All...' he mulls it over for a long moment before speaking.
Looking directly at Horizon he has a determined look on his face, even as tears are flowing down his face and onto his desk, "oh great, it's crying..." Horizon groans.
"Sacrificing yourself for others is what it means to be a true hero!" Deku declares proudly. "I'll break my body as many times as it takes, if I can at least save one person!"
Uraraka and a few others look at him in amazement, awestruck by his determination, while others look at him like a moron, and Bakugo is seething with rage that he didn't just quit.
"Well if that's your choice," Horizon picks up his single book and pencil case from Aizawa's desk and looks at Deku, "honestly I was hoping when you quit whoever replaces you would actually be able to give me some competition... because this roster is disappointing enough without you dragging it down," he sees everyone glare at him as he begins walking toward his seat.
"But now I guess I'll wait for you to cripple yourself or just die," he shrugs, stopping beside Deku and looking down at the crying boy, towering over him. "I just feel bad for your parents, they'll probably have to take care of a vegetable for the rest of their life, but hey, maybe they'll get lucky and your Quirk will kill you, then they can start over with a kid that isn't a complete disappointment," he says before casually taking his seat.
Most of the class looks disgusted by his words, and questions why someone like him is even here in the first place.
"Dude what the hell is your problem!" Kirishima stands up and yells across at Horizon, meanwhile Deku breaks down into sobs, Uraraka and Iida already moving toward his desk to talk to him.
"I had a very low bar when I entered UA," Horizon says, leaning back in his chair and taking out his phone. "I expected all of you to have at least a decent level of Quirk Mastery, sadly only what...three of you aren't worthless. And one of you morons doesn't even know what your Quirk actually does, not to mention cripple boy and Naval Laser who actively hurt themselves...the bar was low and you disappointments managed to limbo under it."
"That doesn't mean you get to be a bully, not manly at all dude!" Kirishima insists.
"I agree," Momo says from behind Horizon, as he starts playing a racing game on his phone. "If anyone should be expelled, it's you, that behavior was inexcusable, nobody deserves to be spoken to like that!"
"Well, it's a good thing I and most of the staff don't care about what any of you think huh, they view this as practice for you to stand up for yourself and handle criticism from the press, another thing Deku is failing at. So why don't you go fuck yourself Momo," he says while enjoying his mobile game.
Momo looks mortified at his statement but can't think of a proper response, so she just sits down and hangs her head in shame, 'I can't even stand up to a bully, how am I supposed to be a hero...' she berates herself.
Everyone silently agrees to pretend Horizon doesn't exist, burying any spike of anger caused by his attitude, leaving him to enjoy a few races on his mobile game, the audio connected directly to his visor allowing him to better ignore all their chatter.
A few minutes later the door slides open, and Aizawa immediately spots Iida and Uraraka standing at Deku's desk. "Get to your seats," he mutters, not paying the crying boy any mind.
"Sir, we have a serious situation here!" Iida says, causing Aizawa to stop and look at him. "Horizon just verbally abused Izuku, I believe his behavior is unheroic and should be reprimanded," he insists.
Aizawa gives him a slow blink and sighs, looking between Horizon who was still playing on his phone, and Deku who was trying to wipe his tears. "Did he hit him?"
"W-what?" Iida asks.
"Did. He. Hit. Him."
"Uh, no sir," Iida says.
"Then get to your seats and start taking notes, I'm not repeating myself, and I'd like to make this quick to take a nap..." Aizawa turns his back to the class and begins writing on the board.
Everyone looks mortified at his non-reaction, and Iida casts an angry glare at Horizon, who actually responds. Letting go of his phone for a moment to give Iida the middle finger, earning more grumbles from his classmates.
With a final pat on the shoulder Iida and Uraraka return to their seats, both still occasionally casting glares back at Horizon, Momo and Tokoyami felt disgusted by having to be desk neighbors with him, but he kept playing on his phone until Aizawa began talking.
Opening his book and placing a pen on it, but just leaning back and listening, not writing at all.
"Listen up," Aizawa says in a tired voice, he can feel the animosity between everyone and Horizon but ignores it. "You can call me Aizawa or Eraser Head, I don't really care which, at UA your homeroom teacher decides pretty much everything, we stay with you from day one until graduation, then we get a new class. As you all know the Hero course has a six-day school week, with Sundays off. Before lunch is the regular classes but after lunch is hero classes, the procedure to use the facilities are in the handbook, if you have any questions they should also be in there or you can log in to the school website and search for an answer, be sure to do both those things before asking me..."
Aizawa goes on for almost ten minutes, occasionally glancing over to Horizon, noticing his pen and book hadn't moved once. The boy spent the entire explanation staring out the window at the massive forest outside while all his classmates had their heads down diligently writing.
Eraser shakes his head, 'thinks he's too cool for UA...people like that never last,' he thinks to himself. Something he's seen many times before.
"And finally," Eraser says. "This is your homeroom, so unless you need to use other facilities for a lesson your teachers will be coming here to have classes. Keep it clean and tidy, or there will be consequences..." most of the class shudders nervously at that, now knowing that he really does expel students. "Alright, that's all," Eraser says and immediately begins walking toward the door. "Be sure to be ready for your first real day tomorrow..."
While everyone breaks into chatter, excited about finally getting into their dream school, packing their books away in their bags. Horizon places his book and pencil case in his desk and gets up, pushing in his chair and scrolling through a few recipes, deciding what to cook for dinner.
A few people notice something strange about him, finally spotting the odd logo on the back of his blazer. Some faces warp in disgust, others in jealousy, all because he somehow got away with defacing the uniform of their prestigious school.
But a few others were already annoyed, believing to better understand him.
Seeing him walk away with his phone in his hand, and his other hand in his pocket, no bookbag at all, only coming with a single notebook in fact.
Almost everyone rolled their eyes, 'I thought UA wouldn't have those cliche bad boy types,' they thought.
But everyone could agree, even Bakugo, they did not like Horizon, either for how he spoke to their classmates, or how he blatantly looked down on them...
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Chapter 29: CHAPTER 027(Student Life)
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TAP TAP TAP!
"Hngh?" Horizon wakes up groggily after feeling someone tapping on his visor, lifting his head from the desk and looking around, seeing Present Mic standing over him and everyone in the room staring at him.
Leaning back into his chair he stretches his arms out and cracks his neck before looking to Present Mic, "yeah?"
Mic just looks annoyed at him, arms folded and tapping his foot, "it's the second day of school, you didn't bring your textbook, and you fell asleep in my class. What do you have to say for yourself?"
Horizon looks around his homeroom to see everyone else looking at him, each with their English textbook open and writing something from it.
He glances at the board and sees the instructions, page number, and the paragraph they were expected to translate into English.
'Page 73 line 5'
"Right," he speaks in perfect English. " So, 'Roses are the most beautiful flower, but simultaneously are the most dangerous to hold'," he perfectly translates the specific line from the book.
Mic freezes, not expecting him to do that at all. "How did---"
"I read the book once in the tub, and English is one of the languages I'm perfectly fluent in," he says, still speaking perfect English. Looking down at his left hand he checks the time and turns to Mic, "lunch is in ten minutes, can I go early to beat the line...I really don't need to be here..."
At this point, everyone is paying attention to the English-speaking duo.
"Uh, sure, just don't get into trouble," Mic says and begins walking back to the board.
"Thanks," Horizon gets up without sparing a glance at his classmates, placing his blank book back inside his desk before leaving the room.
'I wonder what Lunch Rush is serving today, everyone always talks about how awesome his food is...' he thinks to himself while walking through the hallways.
Making it to the stairs he casually walks down to the first floor from the third where his class is located, enjoying how empty the halls are.
Arriving at the large cafeteria doors they open automatically, leading into a full-sized food court, no smaller than what would be found in a mall. Tables seating ten people each are set up all about the room with potted plants to break up the monotony of the room.
The wall to his right is one massive line of food with servers manning the stations. In the middle of it all is Lunch Rush himself, dressed in a white chef's hat and outfit, where his head should be is a strange hose leading over his shoulder and into his back.
Horizon decides not to try and peek with his Quirk, simply walking through the cafeteria, noticing some glances thrown his way as the few people there are undoubtedly curious about his visor, but nobody really bats an eye at it. Such things aren't uncommon, and he didn't look that different from his math teacher, Ectoplasm. Although Horizon didn't have the scary teeth or demonic voice.
Walking about he takes a look at all the available food and reads some of the menus, deciding to get a simple burger and fries combo, with a mango smoothie. With the paper bag in one hand and smoothie in the other he begins walking briskly back up the stairs.
ROOM
His room encompasses the entire building, focusing on his classroom for a moment he feels everyone packing their things as Mic dismisses the class, as he climbs up to the second floor he makes his way to the elevator and sets it to take him to floor 15, the top floor.
As the doors open and he steps onto the top floor, and the bell rings for lunch to begin.
"Just in time," he mutters and follows the 3D map in his had, courtesy of his Quirk. The top floor of their tower only had Nezu's office and a few other things, but what he needed was the far stairwell.
Making it to the door he presses down on the handle.
"Locked... of course, students aren't allowed on the roof..." He looks left and right before performing a scan of the floor with his Quirk, sensing Nezu and Yagi in his office but the floor is otherwise empty.
TAKT
He lets go of his smoothie and food, leaving them to float in place. Holding his hand out, palm up, he uses SHAMBLES to summon what looks like metallic throwing cards, sharp edges, white with his blue logo on them.
Something he requested along with his hero costume, and thankfully he got his costume a few weeks early, getting himself familiar with every component so he didn't have to substitute them to use SHAMBLES, he could freely summon them to him at will.
Taking one of the ten cards he crouches down and slides it below the door, and into the stairwell.
SHAMBLES
He suddenly finds himself in a dark stairwell, thankful his SCAN made the map for him to follow.
Taking out two more of the cards he holds them out for a moment.
SHAMBLES
They swap with his food and smoothie which he grabs as TAKT deactivated. Holding all his food in one hand he reaches out.
SHAMBLES
All the metallic throwing cards are summoned back to him, he keeps them in his hand until he reaches the top of the stairs, expecting another locked door.
Sliding another card beneath the door he repeats the steps, and a moment later he's standing under the mid-day sun, protected from the heat and glare by his visor and body glove.
"Wow," he can't help but mutter, seeing thousands of meters of lush forest, with the occasional massive building scattered about, all owned by UA.
Mapping it with his Quirk was always black and white, closer to echolocation than really seeing things, unless he was standing in the same room he couldn't get a proper visual image of certain things, like Hagakure, even through her invisibility, but even that takes focus.
Walking to the edge of the building he places his food down on the wall, hopping up to sit on the wall, his feet hanging over the edge of the fifteen-story building.
He leans forward slightly, seeing students walking about below him entering and exiting the building.
Taking out his burger he begins eating, playing music directly into his visor with his phone.
Eventually, he finishes his burger and moves on to the fries...and that's when he gets some surprising company.
Less than two meters away a small blue bird lands, slowly creeping closer and closer to his fries.
"Hmm, hungry?" he asks, mostly himself.
TAKT
One of his fries suddenly floats out of the box and gently rolls toward the bird, which happily begins pecking at it.
'That's cute...' he takes out his phone and holds it over the edge, taking a picture directly down, his feet appearing as if he were standing on air, the fifteen-story drop plain as day.
TAKT
He sets a timer on his phone and carefully floats it behind him, snapping an image of his back. feet still hanging over the edge, all of UA's land in front of him, and a single bird sharing lunch with him.
SHAMBLES
His phone appears in his hand and he looks at the picture, 'yeah the public will like this,' he says, taking in the picture, and his logo on the back of his uniform.
He immediately posts it to Horizon's social media account, with his location.
By the time he finishes his meal he checks his phone and can't help but chuckle.
"So Horizon the world traveler had barely a thousand followers, but I post one picture in the UA hero course uniform and I'm already at fifty thousand... this entire world really does worship heroes, fucking pathetic, but I can use it at least," he sighs and lays down.
Raising one foot up and leaving the other hanging off the edge, "I wonder what the first Hero Class will be like..." he muses.
---Nezu's Office...
"I don't know Nezu, it's supposed to be random," Yagi says, sitting on a couch with Nezu directly opposite him on another couch, a cup of tea in his hand.
"It will still mostly be random, I just need you to make sure those two are last, that's all. And it's not like it matters who people are matched with at this point since none of them really know each other that well," Nezu says.
"I just rather not lie to students, even a small lie like that."
"I will be there to explain, and I'll take full responsibility for it, you have my word All Might."
"I guess," Yagi takes a sip of his tea. "Hey, could you have a talk with Horizon about the way he speaks to his classmates?"
"Oh, what about?"
"Well Midoriya almost had...well not almost, he definitely had a small panic attack when I went to talk to him yesterday, Horizon said some really hurtful things. And he basically called the entire class pathetic trash, or something like that...pretty sure they all hate him and it's only the second day."
"I rather not get involved in the personal affairs of my students," Nezu says. "But I'm sure it will all be cleared up by the end of your class, I'll explain all I can when I arrive."
"Right, well I guess that's something---"
"And I'll have a talk with Horizon later."
"Thank you, I know we usually let students sort out interpersonal issues, but Midoriya needs a bit of extra help right now."
"Mhm," Nezu smiles coyly, "remember that promise you made about not playing favorites, more difficult than expected right?"
"I'm not the only one," Yagi says.
"I don't know what---"
PING!
Nezu immediately checks his phone, causing Yagi to raise a brow. "What's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing, Horizon just posted some pictures...apparently he's having lunch on the roof, with a bird, he named it Pell," Nezu excitedly shows Yagi the picture, causing the man to chuckle.
"Remind me again who is playing favorites, Principal Nezu..."
"Hmph, this proves nothing," Nezu says while saving the picture. "He's simply trying to build a brand before his big debut at the sports festival, he even has a packet ready to send out to media offices, he expects to do well, and will use the sudden flood of people searching for him online to boost his popularity."
"That's pretty genius actually," Yagi admits. "Heroes live and die based on popularity these days, getting a head start is smart. And since most people won't have much to their name it'll basically be him and Todoroki that the public can't get enough of."
"True, the son of the number two hero naturally will get a lot of attention, almost impossible to compete with."
"I'm sure Horizon will manage, you should be more concerned about your successor, he'll struggle in the sports festival if he can't control his Quirk you know, and Horizon won't budge to help."
Yagi sighs, "I know... I just don't know what to do...everything always came naturally to me so teaching is difficult."
"The curse of having natural heroic talent...well, somewhat natural. I'm sure you'll figure it out."
"I will," Yagi says. "But right now, I need to go alter the script to fit your request, then---" his body releases steam as he bulks up, expanding to his full All Might size, 220cm -7ft2- and 263kg -580lbs- of pure muscle. Immediately filling out his usually oversized clothes. "---All Might will have his first class!" he loudly declares.
Nezu frantically waves his arms around, "what are you doing! Horizon is on the roof above us!"
Yagi's eyes widen as he immediately deflates, a cloud of smoke forming around him for a moment. "Do you think he could sense that?"
"I don't know, but you need to be extra careful until we better understand him, and just like Midoriya you need to be sure not to touch him."
"I already know that, I just hope Midoriya can avoid contact, or somehow tell a convincing story when it eventually happens..."
Luckily for both men, Horizon was already asleep on the roof, taking an after-lunch nap...
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