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"I, I don't know about this," Momo's quiet, doubtful, unsure voice whispers out.
Looking across from her she sees Horizon, his blue, slightly glowing eye markings of his visor seem to pierce into her very core.
She bites her lip nervously, but her eyes couldn't seem to leave him.
"Momo, c'mon," Horizon's inviting voice reaches her eyes. "You want this, I want this, and it'll be fun for both of us. Tell me you haven't thought about it..."
"Well, I have, but maybe this is just how it was meant to be. We should just play the cards life gives us, right?"
"Or, we can help each other get ahead. Together, don't you think we'd make a great team?"
"I...I do."
"Then let's do it, together, right now..."
Momo mindlessly plays into his hand, giving up the treasure he coveted so badly, that she'd been trying to keep to herself all night.
But she couldn't resist him.
"Yaomomo what the hell!" Jiro shoves her, snapping her out of her daydream.
"What?" Momo blinks a few times, coming back into the moment.
Back into the 1A dorms common room.
Looking down she sees the monopoly board in front of them.
Jiro was sitting beside her, with Horizon and Sero opposite them. Yui was beside Sero happily watching the game, acting as the banker.
"You just traded the cards he needed to control an entire corner!" Jiro groans, ignoring the heat on her face and her own rosy cheeks, as Momo finally takes in the state of the board.
Momo holds her head in frustration, "what have I done?!"
"You made the most common mistake," Horizon says in a cool voice as he reorganizes his cards, Sero was laughing happily beside him. "You played the game, instead of the player..."
"The girls' team is losing now?" Shinso asks as he approaches the table, a sandwich in one hand and a can of iced coffee in the other.
Most of their other classmates were scattered about, either doing homework or just hanging out together.
"Well they're against me, so of course they'd lose," Horizon chuckles as Momo and Jiro try to form a new plan.
"Yeah," Jiro rolls her eyes. "Or Momo just can't think with her head when you're around."
"Jiro!" Momo gives her an embarrassed look, then notices nobody even reacts.
"Everyone knows," Shinso says, then takes a sip of his drink. "You're a terrible liar, and you light up like a Christmas tree every time he talks to you, atleast Jiro tries to hide it..."
Jiro slouches down in her chair, trying to make herself smaller.
Momo facepalms, "this is such a mortifying conversation..."
"Don't be so dramatic," Horizon says. "I'm irresistible, of course you'd notice."
"Irresistible?" Sero gives him a confused look. "Doesn't Mt. Lady sort of dislike you, and Mirko wants to kick you in the face, and then there's that other Pro, whatever her name was...Uwabami? That lady Momo interned with."
"She has a problem with me?"
"Yeah dude, she went on a whole rant about how everything you said felt like a personal attack on her."
"Well, then she should change her lifestyle," Horizon says. "Anyway, bank," he looks at Yui. "I'll need two hotels for my new property, now that I've got the full set."
"Mmm," she nods and reaches into the game box to get his tokens.
"We're about to go bankrupt," Jiro groans as she sees the transaction happening.
"I'm sorry," Momo mutters softly.
"Sigh, it's fine, I can't stay mad at you..."
As they continue playing for a few minutes, Shinso joins the table to watch the game unfold, until Aizawa walks into the dorm.
All eyes turn to him, first noticing the bandage wrapped around his head. Covering an injury from the guards knocking him out when he got agitated. Knocking him out before he could activate his Quirk in Tartarus, sparing his life.
His eyes were red, slightly swollen, and entirely bloodshot. The cost of his painful tears, shed for the memories of his dear friend.
And his face had some purple bruises from the impact of them pinning him to the metal floor of the prison.
"Wow, you look like shit," Horizon says, breaking the silence.
Aizawa doesn't even acknowledge it, just says, "important meeting, warp us to Nezu's office, now."
Horizon gives an annoyed sigh as he gets up, dropping his cards, "Shinso, tag in," and Shinso wordlessly takes his seat.
He walks over to Aizawa and reaches for his bandaged head, "hold still..."
BOOSTER SHOT!
The healing energy flows from his hand and moves like a soothing wave across Aizawa. His bruises fade away and his eyes return to normal. He takes a deep breath and relaxes as the throbbing pain below the bandages dissipates.
SHAMBLES!
They both appear in Nezu's office, seeing Yagi already sitting on one couch with Nezu.
"Now that everyone is here, we can start," Nezu says as Aizawa and Horizon sit opposite them. He takes out his phone and puts it on speaker.
"Alright, I'm in a secure location, now, what's this about?" Pantu's voice reaches through the phone.
'Oh great,' Horizon rolls his eyes beneath the visor. 'So this is going to be one of those fucking things...'
"I'd like to know that as well," Nezu says.
"It's about our visit to Tartarus," Yagi takes the lead. "Since you don't know, I assume you haven't had the time to listen to the recordings..."
"I've been busy," Pantu says.
"Well, we waited to say this in person, it's...a bit deal."
"Alright, what did he tell you?"
"The Nomu can be saved," Aizawa cuts in. "All For One said that we can study him to find a way of reversing the Nomu creation process, atleast for the intelligent ones. We can bring them back."
"He could have been lying," Yagi says.
"The machines in Tartarus said he wasn't," Aizawa says.
"Those can be tricked," Horizon says. "The man has a dozen Quirks atleast, I'm sure he can give false readings."
"And it could be a play to stall his execution," Nezu says. "Well, it definitely is, but if this is true then from a certain perspective, we bluffed and it worked."
"Bluffed?" Horizon asks, as everyone looks at Nezu confused.
"We can't execute him," Pantu admits. "He did something to his body after Kamino, whenever his vitals drop the readings climb."
"Climb to what?"
"Best estimates," Nezu thinks for a moment. "Small nuclear reactor, assuming it's a conventional Quirk, which it likely isn't, considering who we're talking about."
"When did you find out about this?" Yagi asks.
"Two weeks ago," Pantu says. "But he called for the final request of a conversation with you afterward, we figured if we let him know we found his final trap, he wouldn't talk to you---"
"And we wouldn't get any information," Yagi mutters. "Good call."
"Ok so he can't be executed yet, what about the guy you have studying him?" Horizon asks.
"He found the anomaly," Pantu says. "A second opinion confirmed it, and as always with his research, I used my Quirk to ensure the truth was spoken."
"Ok," Horizon sits up. "So what? You want me to find a method of executing him?"
"You still aren't cleared for Tartarus, and never will be, since you only listen to Nezu..." Pantu says, which causes Aizawa to shoot Horizon a curious glance.
"Ok, so why am I here?"
"I'm hoping you can save my friend," Aizawa says. "Oboro Shirakumo, he's Kurogiri..."
"What?!" Nezu nearly falls off the couch in surprise.
"They wanted me, but they got Shirakumo instead, and he became Kurogiri. All For One said they ran experiments, made him into the first successful 'High-End' Nomu. Did things to create the Warp Gate Quirk, is that possible?"
Everyone looks to Horizon.
"Well, yeah, Quirk integration is a natural process, that's how people like Bakugo and Todoroki exist. It won't be easy but I imagine with enough time and a solid lack of Human Rights and other crap like that...it could be artificially done."
They give him a concerned glance, worried by how casually he said that last part.
"And can it be undone?" Aizawa's voice almost gave away the desperation of his words.
"Splitting one being into its former selves will be a lot harder than fusing them, but...as difficult as it would be, not impossible, atleast not for me."
"So you can save him!" Aizawa gave a hopeful smile.
"In theory, but, that's not a good idea..."
"Agreed," Pantu says, finding herself agreeing with Horizon of all people. "All For One will naturally die within the next 5 years even if we can't figure out a way to put him down, but in that time we will be researching ways to expedite that process."
"But---"
Horizon cuts off Aizawa, "every day All For One is alive, is a day Shigaraki and the league of losers are spending to get stronger, and they'll eventually try to break into Tartarus to get him. Best to put him down quickly."
"And we'd be raising the chance of him breaking out, going solely on his words, and the very impossibly small chance that your friend is really buried deep down in Kurogiri," Pantu says.
"We can't just give up on him!" Aizawa pleads. "Think of all the Nomu they have, and the people they kidnapped and used to make those things. Men, women, children, Pros, all turned into those things. And this is probably the only person that can undo it," he points at Horizon. "Just give him a chance..."
"Absolutely not," Pantu says. "If Horizon wants to research this on his own then that's his business, but this information will remain confidential. The last thing I need is the families of those victims causing problems to stall the execution. All our efforts will remain focused on putting him down."
"You can't do that!" Aizawa jumps up to his feet, glaring at the phone.
"Aizawa, please," Nezu pleads. "I too would like to have Oboro and all the other victims returned to their previous states, especially since some of them were my dear former students. But the risk of All For One escaping cannot me ignored."
"Isn't that why you have him?" he points at Horizon. "He's supposed to be your answer for the next All For One, right, and he's already gotten stronger since the Summer Camp, just have him on guard."
"Absolutely not!" Pantu says. "Horizon won't be given that level of security clearance until he can be trusted."
"Trusted?" Aizawa was genuinely confused by that. "He's the most powerful person on this side of the planet and isn't hurting anyone with that power, what more do you want before he can be 'trusted' by you?!"
"Eraser Head!" Pantu growls out. "I suggest you remember exactly who you're speaking to, especially concerning matters you know nothing about."
Aizawa swallows dryly and grinds his teeth, "my apologies Lady Pantu."
Nezu sees Aizawa sit down and he breathes a sigh of relief, "Alright, now that we're all---"
"But Japan is a democracy," Aizawa interrupts him, with a dangerous tinge to his words. "And I don't think all the people of this country would agree with your choice, abandoning your citizens to be monsters, sending Pros to put them down. When we all know that with a bit of time, you could atleast save some of them, after all, Horizon can do anything."
The room is silent for a tense moment, before Pantu speaks.
"Are you threatening me Eraser Head?"
"No," Nezu says, "please forgive him he's just a bit emotional at the moment."
"Exactly," Yagi says. "Aizawa is a good man, he'd never threaten you."
"I didn't threaten you. I just suggest that I'd tell all the people whose loved ones became Nomu about this situation, I can't imagine they'd be happy."
"Careful now Eraser Head," Pantu says, casually as if nothing was wrong. "You spread the word about this and suddenly everything I've done in my career goes into the hands of someone else. Along with the general chaos and unrest your little gossip campaign will cause, I won't be there to honor some contracts I made."
Nezu sees Horizon's hand twitch, and he's instantly nervous.
"And people won't like that. Because they've sworn to protect the safety and stability of this great nation, and you're becoming a threat to that, so think very carefully if this is what you want, Hero."
All the while she is speaking, Nezu is just staring at Horizon, now seeing his hand open, as he does just before warping Scalpel into his grasp.
In the next moment, his office could be painted red with Eraser's blood, and there wasn't anything he or anyone can do to stop it.
And with each second that passes Horizon hates it more and more, having to be Pantu's lapdog. And part of him, for the first time, wanted this contract to fail.
Because now being forced to protect her like this, to do her bidding even loosely, it made the thought of killing her so much sweeter.
Aizawa scrunches his face, growls painfully, then sighs and drops back into his seat.
"You said it's ok if Horizon does his own research to fix them, right?"
"I did," Pantu says. "But that's between you and him, keep it quiet, whatever you decide to do, because my people are much closer than you'd ever imagine..."
Pantu hangs up, and Horizon is grinding his teeth beneath the visor, fingers curled into a fist so tightly it hurts.
They all take a few minutes in silence to calm down and compose themselves, then Aizawa turns to Horizon.
"Save it," Horizon doesn't even let him speak. "I'll add it to the fucking list of miracles you damn heroes want from me, but I'm not taking it easy on any Nomu I meet until then, and I'm not making any promises."
The fame and accolades from undoing the Nomu process would be a great boon for him, but he still wasn't happy about it.
"Tha---"
SHAMBLES!
Horizon warps away before Aizawa can even express his gratitude, in the worst mood he's experienced for quite a while...
END CHAPTER---
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CHAPTER START---
"Are you sure this is alright?" Shinso asks, "I just got into the Hero Course, I don't want to get in any trouble, especially with how Eraser Head is..."
He, Sero, and Horizon were walking away from the main campus to a massive new building.
Where the other 1A students trained their Super-Moves for the Provisional License Exam.
Lunch still hasn't ended, and the evening class as always is Hero Training, but these three were in their UA Gym Uniforms, with Horizon leaving his jacket open to show the chest of his slightly armored body glove.
And his jacket still sports his logo across the back of it.
"Eraser said they're just doing more theory stuff today," Horizon says as they enter the gym. "He gave me the go-ahead for us to have some training here.."
They enter to a viewing room, with a thick glass plane separating the viewing area from the massive concrete gym below.
"Wow, when did they add this?" Sero asks as he walks up and taps the glass.
"Since Bakugo and Deku started training together," Shinso says. "All Might did mention something about teaching them indoor combat and how to minimize collateral damage. Tokoyami also does some training here at night, his control of Dark Shadow is a little better already."
"That explains the glass," Sero says as they walk to the side door, to enter the combat area. "Those three hit hard."
"Well we're using it because it has a good camera system, to review your work," Horizon points to the corners of the room. "And since Eraser is just having The Big Three talk to everyone about what they'll be expected to do and how to conduct themselves during the internship, this is our for today."
"Hado huh," Sero gets a thoughtful look. "She's pretty cute, think you can introduce me?"
"I thought you and Kodai were---"
"---Focus on training for now, always time for pussy later," Horizon interrupts them. "We're here so I can teach you two how to fight, well, mostly Shinso since I've been training with Sero for a few weeks."
"So close combat training huh, we'll Eraser Head and I have been training for three months, so don't think you need to hold back against me."
Sero chuckles at that and Horizon just shakes his head, "I never hold back, and since I'll be healing everything I do to you, I can really do whatever I want. But for now, I just want to get an idea of what type of training you need."
"Well, atleast my teeth aren't getting kicked in from the start..." Sero mutters as he takes a few steps to the side, leaving Horizon and Shinso in the middle of the massive concrete gym.
"So, rules?" Shinso asks, standing opposite Horizon, once against facing off against his imposing physique.
Because while Shinso has packed on some muscles since the Sports Festival, so had Horizon. And with him standing 20cm -8in- above Shinso, it certainly leaves an intimidating sight to behold.
As Mina and some others have said, 'it's like a mini All Might.'
"Welcome to the real world Simon," Horizon puts his hands up, casually holding one out with an open palm, and keeping the other behind his back. "There are no rules in a street fight, which is what every fight with a villain is. But to keep things simple, for now, I won't use my Quirk."
Shinso takes a lower fighting stance, ready to charge in, "so none of that 'sensing' every movement the opponent makes, think you can fight without it?"
"Come find out..."
Shinso carefully studies his opponent, as always, just as Eraser Head thought him.
But looking at Horizon, only 10ft -3m- away, studying his form, none of it made sense.
'His stance is, too relaxed, to the point of being sloppy. But he's supposed to be trained by some kind of a combat monster according to Eraser. Probably a combat-oriented Pro Hero or soldier. Even without his Quirk active he's leaving too many openings.
But sensei said human conventions don't apply to Horizon, so I should just assume he's got the advantage in every situation, because even if I don't know what it is, he does have it.'
"Don't overthink it!" Sero yells from the sidelines. "Just punch him in the face!"
"Mmm," Shinso grumbles, then rushes forward.
He immediately rockets forward, launching three lightning-fast jabs.
'Good form, smooth motions, and no hesitation,' Horizon thinks as he bats them away with one hand. 'Nearly dying at the Summer Camp must have helped with that...'
Next Shinso spins to deliver a solid kick to Horizon's side, but as he does that Horizon steps forward.
He gets too close for the kick to connect, and Shinso's thigh harmlessly bumps into his side.
Shiso doesn't even hesitate, twisting his torso to deliver a straight jab to Horizon's face, all while his one leg is still off the floor.
Before his fist can connect Horizon drops his arm, making a fist but leaving one knuckle poking out as he hits Shinso in the thigh.
"Hng!" Shinso flinches from the pain, causing his punch to stall for just a moment.
Horizon raises the same hand, opening it and backhanding Shinso in the stomach.
The force knocks the wind out of him and knocks him to the floor.
'Low pain tolerance,' Horizon notes. 'I'll need to put him through the wringer, he flinches to easily. And with a Quirk like his that requires constant concentration, that's an oversight we can't afford.'
Seeing Shinso struggling to get up, desperately trying to catch his breath, Horizon walks up and plants the sole of his shoe into his face.
"Argh!" Shinso feels his nose break as he rolls across the floor, blood flowing down his face and across his lips. "What the hell?!"
"You took too long to get up," Horizon says, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "So I suggest you get to your feet before I walk over there..."
Shinso gets to his hand and knees, seeing blood falling to the concrete below him, looking up through blurry vision to see Horizon slowly walking over to him.
"If I were a villain you'd already be dead, so clearly we've got a lot of work to do," Horizon walks up to Shinso and sweeps his arms out from under him, causing him to go face first into the concrete.
Searing pain flows through Shinso's face again, then his torso as Horizon connects a kick that sends him rolling across the floor.
"You can't have suck low pain tolerance with a Quirk like yours," Horizon says as he begins walking toward Shinso again.
"UrgghhhhH!" Shinso releases a pained cry as he pushes himself off the floor, desperate to get to his feet before Horizon gets to him.
"Better," Horizon says, and actually stops so Shinso can take a breath. "Your pain tolerance is essential to Quirks like yours. It's based on Telepathy like Eraser's, so his pain tolerance being insanely high is the goal for you. But you'll also need to learn parallel processing similar to me, but nowhere near my level."
"Parallel Processing?" Shinso wipes some of the blood with his sleeve.
"Having multiple coherent thoughts in your head at the same time. Eventually holding your Quirk on targets will become second nature."
"So that's how you can focus on hundreds of things within your range at once, sounds exhausting."
"You'll get used to it, now, let's get back to your assessment."
---30 Minutes Later...
"Is he always like this?" Shinso asks, he was covered in cuts and bruises, his UA Gym Uniform battered and bloodied, leaning on Sero who was in the same state.
"Welcome to my world," Sero says as they both stand properly and raise their hands.
Across from them, Horizon was still mostly spotless, aside from his knuckles sporting just a bit of their blood.
"Don't be so dramatic, I haven't even activated my Quirk once to fight, just to heal you between rounds."
They both burst into a full sprint toward Horizon, working together as they have been for the past 20 minutes.
Sero goes low, trying to sweep his legs, but Horizon just moves his foot forward to lower the force received from Sero's kick.
Preparing for the hit his leg doesn't even move.
'Sweep the leg...what does he think this is, a cartoon?'
He quickly uses the same leg to kick Sero in the side, all while Shinso leaps up to punch down toward his face.
'I already told him once about not letting both his feet leave the ground, but if he insists, then so be it...'
"AHH!" Shinso screams as the air leaves his lungs, Horizon's fist had just enough force to cancel his momentum and keep him in the air.
At the same time, Sero gets up to punch Horizon in the gut, only for him to raise his leg to take the hit.
He hits Shinso once more, juggling him in the air before turning to Sero and connecting a straight jab to Sero's left arm, completely numbing it.
Before Shinso can continue to fall again Horizon hits him once more, a severe uppercut that leaves him doubled over on Horizon's fist, and he holds him in the air with no issue.
Horizon pulls his arm away for Shinso to crumple to the floor, then reaches out and grabs Sero's neck, slowly choking him, watching him desperately try to recall his training and break his hold.
"You've got company," Eraser's voice sounds through the speakers from the observation room.
Horizon drops Sero, and he falls on his ass to the floor.
"I thought you said today's class was all theory, so we could just train here this afternoon," Horizon turns to the glass separating them from the observation room above, and sees the entire class plus the big three in their UA PE Uniforms.
"Mirio decided that a practical demonstration is better," Eraser says. "Care to join them?"
END CHAPTER---
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