章 237: CHAPTER 233(Rest Day)

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---Horizon Tower...

7 AM, four hours after he went to bed, Law was still asleep.

Something that hasn't happened since he integrated Energy Saver into Hand of God. But after yesterday and the new breakthrough made, albeit he can't really recall any of it or repeat it, his body and mind still feel the exhaustion.

In fact, he still felt sore even after his body's automatic healing took effect.

Something he was reminded of as he rolled onto his side, and bumped into a smaller, softer, warm body.

His eyes immediately shot open, seeing nothing in the absolute darkness of his room, but he didn't even activate his Quirk, as there was only one person it could possible be.

So he simply wrapped his arms around Ryuko, and pulled her against him.

He was only wearing a pair of boxers, and she wore just a t-shirt and her underwear, which usually led to more than just sleeping.

But right now he was too tired and sore for even his horny 16 year old brain to think of anything else.

---1 Hour Later...

Once again Law wakes up, opening his eyes to see only darkness. There was absolutely no light in his room, allowing him to sleep perfectly comfortable beside Ryuko whenever he wants. And most of the time he never even uses the lights in here even when she isn't here, simply because he's so used to just using Scan to move around.

He opens a Room, sensing her on the couch in the living room, laying down but scrolling through her phone.

Something she couldn't do here since his visor wasn't on, and even if he was sleeping too heavily to know, she wouldn't risk seeing his face.

SHAMBLES!

In an instant not only was she warped into the bed beside him, but his body glove was warped onto himself, with the visor.

"Good morning to you too," Ryuko says as she gets comfortable in bed, leaning back against the headboard as he remains laid out beside her.

"Mhm..."

"Still tired? I'm surprised you slept more than one hour."

"Mhm, it was a long night."

"I figured as much," Ryuko says, still scrolling through her phone.

"Why are you here?" Horizon asks.

And fortunately she's been with him long enough to know he really just means 'why didn't you tell me you were coming over?'.

"Because you had a rough day yesterday, either you got hurt, or something didn't go as planned."

"Didn't you hear the news? Everything went perfectly to plan, and I didn't even get scratched, as usual, a flawless victory for Horizon."

"Yes, I saw the news, but I also know you, better than most," Ryuko says. "So I know if you aren't in front of a camera acting humble while subtly bragging, then something went wrong and you aren't proud of the results enough to speak about it, so, are you alright?"

"Tired," was all he said, tilting his head slightly to see her looking down toward him with concern in her eyes.

"Physically, emotionally, or mentally?"

"Yes," Horizon says.

"Mhm..."

"Yesterday, well, this morning, was the first time I ever came close to...I don't know."

"You always know," Ryuko puts the phone down and gets down into the bed, laying beside him.

"It was the first time I came face to face with, just, not being a Hero anymore. Just giving it up and leaving."

"And how did it feel, to be faced with that possibility."

"Scary...because I liked it."

"Mhm."

"My parents always said, do whatever I want, and they'd support me, no matter what. That's the last thing they said to me, and all this time I've just been doing this for them. But this morning, I was threatened with freedom, and, it was tempting."

"And what's stopping you from taking it?"

Horizon thinks about it for a moment, and could only come up with a few reasons, "love, loyalty, devotion... not much else."

"And are you still thinking about quitting?"

"I think about it every time I put on the costume. Every time I draw my sword, every time I put myself at risk to save some moron that can't save himself, every time I'm sitting in a class I don't need to learn something I already know just because I have to follow the rules, every day."

Ryuko rolls onto her side and drapes an arm across his chest, "you know whatever you do I'll support you. I like Horizon the superhero, but I've always been here because of the admittedly selfish man beneath the visor...even if I can't see that man."

"That man has serious trust issues," Horizon chuckles, and she just shakes her head.

"Its fine, I asked you for a lot more than that so, seems fair."

"Its not fair at all," Horizon says. "By the way, how are you here, don't you have work or something?"

"I can take a lot of days off. Wait, do you even know what I do?"

"No."

"Do you even want to know?"

"No, it really doesn't matter to me," Horizon says. "As far as I know, you're trying to seduce me so you'll never have to work again, a true supervillain scheme."

"Oh no, the great hero Horizon has seen through my plans..."

They both start laughing, and she feels him relax a bit.

"Ready for breakfast?" Ryuko asks.

"Mmm, that sounds good."

"Want to have some fun before I make breakfast?" Ryuko playfully begins tracing circle on his chest.

"Normally I'd be all for that, but, I feel my muscles would hate me if I made them move that much."

Hearing that she sits up, and immediately straddles his hips, "then you just lay there, and let me take care of you..."

---1 Hour Later...

Walking into the kitchen after a relaxing shower, Horizon is still only wearing his body glove and visor.

But he enters the kitchen to see Ryuko cooking, in a pair of shorts and a t-shirt, all Horizon brand.

Her usually attire when in the tower, mostly because its comfortable, but definitely because she knows how he reacts to it.

"What are you making?" Horizon asks as he takes a seat at the counter.

"Omelet rolls and some rice, want anything special? I hope you have time to eat before something happens and you have to rush off."

"Well, that sounds perfect," Horizon begins scrolling through his phone to see everything he missed while sleeping. "And as for leaving, today I'll be staying in the tower. Still sore and really not in the mood to be running about Tokyo yet, so how about we just relax here today?"

While cooking Ryuko looks back, seeing him at the counter and smiles mischievously, "its been a while since we've had to building to ourselves, not that I don't like your teammates."

"I know exactly what you mean, and how about after breakfast we go check out some of the Black Market Raid loot downstairs?" Horizon asks. "Its well over a billion in art and all kinds of stuff, could be something cool down there."

"Awe, are you asking me on a museum date?"

"Don't make me retract the offer..."

"Don't be so dramatic, and yeah checking out that stuff sounds fun. Especially since its even more fun because I'm not supposed to know about it."

"Lots of things are more fun because you aren't supposed to do them," Horizon says as he responds to a few messages on the Hero Network.

"Did you enjoy the Culture Festival?" She asks. "Before you had to leave that is."

"Did I enjoy keeping track of that many people all at once for hours? Not particularly. But I saw you, Kota, and Eri having fun and the stalls, especially the cotton candy stall."

"Yeah, Kota loves that stuff, and those two got along great which is a big relief."

"Was managing them with all the crowds easy?"

"Surprisingly yeah, they're both pretty obedient, well at least Kota is now. He's trying to be more like his hero, Deku."

"Oh right, he saw Deku fighting during the summer camp huh, and how was Eri with the crowds."

"Very nervous at first, but I showed her that you were up on the roof and she calmed down, that kid trusts you a lot. And I'll admit I was a lot more relaxed since you were up there."

"Well I did save her from Overhaul, and as far as she knows he's locked up in prison and will never bother her again."

"Well at least the part about him never bothering her again is true," Ryuko says as she starts dishing out the food. "I saw a interesting picture of you from the Culture Festival."

"Oh, and what's that?" Horizon asks as they take their food to the living room, to have breakfast on the couch.

"A certain picture of you, and a mini Horizon," Ryuko says in an excited tone, and as they sat on the couch he could already tell where this is going. "Did you do that on purpose? It was so cute how you gave him the card, and what you said too, made my heart feel like it would explode."

"Why would I want to ramp up your baby fever on purpose? Its already nuclear," he says as they start eating.

Ryuko narrows her eyes at him, "its not that bad."

"Babe, if I didn't have perfect control of what my body does, I'd never have sex with you. You're the type of psycho who'd poke holes in condoms, swap her pills for candy, or just wrap her legs around me, no thanks."

Ryuko scoffs and begins angrily eating her breakfast, "its not like I'd do that for anyone else. If anything its your fault for being...well, you."

"You're saying I'm special?"

"I'm saying, that I expected to get married and start a family with some white knight who treats me like a queen while acting like a proper gentleman...but instead I'm here hopelessly in love with a man who has caught the eye of at least half the women in the world, and he's seemingly hell bent on sleeping with all of them."

It takes Ryuko a moment to process exactly what she said during that rant, and after she does she just begins eating, looking down at her plate trying to act like that didn't just happen.

"So, hopelessly in love with me huh," without looking up or even being able to see his face, she could just tell he was grinning victoriously beneath that mask.

Ryuko once again wishes she had the power to reverse time, even if its only by a few seconds.

Because there are few things worse than having to deal with Horizon after giving him a compliment, especially one of this caliber...

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章 238: CHAPTER 234(Growing Familiarity)

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---Sunday, November 10th, 2315...

"I hope you realize this entire situation makes me extremely nervous," Nezu says.

He was sipping tea in his office, sitting on the couch opposite Law, who had his visor and mask off.

After returning to UA from Tokyo, Law was relaxing in some more casual clothes over his body glove.

"Well it can't be helped since Pantu already agreed," Law says. "Just think about how it makes me feel, I'm the one that has his balls in a vice, you know, handing over evidence that I went berserk and killed a villain for no reason."

"This situation is stressful for all of us," Nezu says, glancing to the side to see his desk, focusing on the glass wall behind it where the moon hung above Musutafu, a city of civilians so close to them. "I'm concerned that you could lose your cool and there won't be a villain around to grasp your attention."

"What? Scared I'll decide to remodel Tokyo?" Law asks.

"Terrified," Nezu says. "And I'm sure Pantu feels the same way. You're lucky she still needs you."

"I know, and I'm sure she's got all her people working overtime, pulling her hair out trying to figure out what she'll do if I suddenly snap," Law chuckles. "How much money do you think she's spending running simulations about it?"

Nezu rolls his eyes, "if the thought of the best minds under her command trying to solve your Quirk is so amusing, I assume you aren't worried about it."

Law shrugs, "Mystery Class, remember?"

"And you're so sure nobody will ever figure it out? Humanity is moving forward faster every day you know."

"I know, but honestly, I bet even Star and Stripe doesn't understand how Mystery Class Quirks work, but just in case," Law smiles mischievously. "Even you don't know the foundation of my power, actually, even my parents don't know."

"Really? I thought you told each other everything..."

"We do, but in a world where minds can be read, they didn't want anyone but me knowing how to take me down," Law shrugs. "Pretty smart, and since I understand the fundamentals, Star and Stripe is still a bit scary, but not invincible."

"Your Quirks aren't similar," Nezu says. "But you clearly know something I don't."

"I know lots of stuff you don't, and that goes both ways."

"Can you beat her?"

"Not a chance," Law laughs at the idea. "She can probably just make herself immune to anatomical manipulation then punch my head off. So really it'd come down to who has more stamina, and in my current state I'd lose. After I get this Quirk situation sorted... I'll win."

They sit in silence for a while as Nezu finishes his tea.

"You know, I don't think I say this enough, but you're scary," Nezu admits.

"You've only just realized?"

"Oh I always knew, its why you're here, but I suppose maybe its arrogance on my part."

"Arrogance in what way, that I'll never hurt you?"

"That I'd never give you a reason to, and that I'm slowly making you a better, gentler person, maybe even a Hero," Nezu says, and he sees Law scoff and look away. "Would it really be such a bad thing, even you mentioned that you're enjoying it more and more lately."

"No, I said it has good perks," Law starts counting on his fingers. "Authority, power, freedom to use my Quirk as I please, freedom to constantly improve myself. Having the world grovel at my feet and worship me is nice too, but that just feels like it was always meant to be."

"And women," Nezu gives an annoyed look. "You've made it clear that's your preferred recreation lately."

"Well...can't exactly walk into a casino as Horizon," Law says. "And my time as my regular self is getting more limited lately. Its easier to just have Ryuko come over than to go deal with the public, guess I'm becoming a recluse."

"And fathers all across the world rejoice at that announcement."

They both share a laugh before Law speaks, "I wasn't that bad you know. I mean I even limited myself to two at UA."

"Wow, only two, such incredible restraint," Nezu pours himself some more tea.

Any more and Law was sure he'd be able to see the sarcasm pouring off of Nezu.

"Well considering how many I could have had, I think I did pretty well," Law nods proudly.

"Ahh, I see, another aspect of your Quirk revealed."

"What's that? Being impossibly charming?"

"Patting yourself on the back for having human decency...actually, not that decent since you have them here and Ryuko in Tokyo."

"Hey now," Law feigns offense. "At least I'm honest."

"Says the man living two lives, but I guess that's unavoidable," Nezu sips his tea. "Speaking of women, Mirko---"

"---Ugh! No!"

"At least let me finish."

"No, if I go anywhere near her she'll probably try to fight me, the only reason I haven't blocked her again is because she only messages me once a week to pick a fight," Law says. "Hey, you look kind of like a rabbit, can you talk to her?"

"First of all, I'm much more adorable than any rabbit," Nezu says. "Secondly, she may have uncovered a lead for you, but I don't think she noticed."

"What do you mean?"

"I track all current events in Japan, and one of the men arrested in a recent incident of hers was also at the League of Villains recruitment village, and he was at the USJ."

"How the hell was he free after those first two?"

"His family has money," Nezu says. "But since I connected the dots I figured you could make something of it, chances are he'll run right back to Shigaraki."

"Hmm, running a operation against them is a bit risky since it could mess up Hawk's infiltration mission."

"Hawk's is infiltrating them?"

"Yeah, and from the sounds of it he's getting close to tagging Kurogiri and Twice, when they get a solid location on Kurogiri I'll be called in."

"Well its still worth a try, just don't get in the way of whatever Pantu is doing," Nezu says.

"Alright, send me the info, and what about the Shields? How are they holding up?"

"So you finally asked, how thoughtful. They're holding up fine, Melissa can't rejoin her old school until the next semester starts so she'll be in UA until the end of this year."

"I was asking more about if she had any suspicious of what happened. If maybe her dad has been wanting to get a face to face with Wolfram, anything that can be a problem for me."

"My apologies, for a moment I thought you were concerned," Nezu takes another sip. "They're unproblematic. David is just happy the situation is resolved, Tech is beyond our reach since aside from the robot he sent there isn't any proof he even exists."

Law relaxes on the couch, "that's a relief."

"If they decided to pester the problem, would you have---"

"---Don't ask questions you and Yagi don't want the answer to."

Nezu shakes his head, "honestly, how you have two Pro Heroes wrapped around your finger I'll never understand it."

"The Ryukyu thing is just a rumor."

"Yet I'm sure you plan to make it a reality."

"Well..."

"What am I supposed to do with you."

"Accept the things you cannot change, makes life easier."

"And what's that for you, since you have the power to quite literally manipulate the world."

"Words and the agreements we make, unbreakable even by the Hand Of God."

"Unbreakable," Nezu looks at him for a moment. "Well according to Pantu you were willing to walk away, to accept the consequences of what happened with Wolfram."

"I made a deal, got to honor it, besides," Law lays his head back and closes his eyes. "Freedom is all they want me to have, bet I'll get an earful when they get out and learn about the shit I've been through for them. Oh, and I'll have to keep mom away from UA and Tokyo, that could get messy."

"Well with her track record, very messy. And considering how much she loves you, what she did in Los Angeles would look like childs play."

"Don't tempt me," Law chuckles. "Watching all the paper Pros run about trying to save people in that mess almost sounds fun. Oh, speaking of Tokyo, I'm taking Jiro there this weekend."

Nezu raises a brow at that, "what do you mean you're taking a student with no Provisional License to Tokyo for a weekend?"

"I lost a bet and she wants me to play bodyguard so she can leave UA, its for some concert she wants to go to."

"You don't sound excited for it."

"Its a concert, basically a bunch of losers paying money to stand around with other sweaty people and worship some people on a stage, why would I be excited for that?"

"Yet you're going."

"I'm a man of my word," Law says. "But yeah, this weekend."

"Fine, I can approve it, but I'll have to contact her parents tomorrow for permission."

"That'll be fine, she says they love me."

"They've never met you, clearly."

"Well, Horizon's public image is perfect, and old people always believe the news."

"And how will Ryuko react to you having a female guest in Horizon Tower..."

Law pauses for a moment, then releases a loud groan as he looks at Nezu, "she'll give me some attitude for it when I say she can't come to the tower this weekend, but we'll be fine."

"That bad?"

"She calls them my 'UA bedwarmers', so what do you think?"

Minutes later at almost midnight, Horizon warps back into his room.

He appears on one of the small couches, seeing Momo sitting on the floor doing some school work on the coffee table, and beside him Jiro is listening to music while scrolling on her phone.

"How'd it go?!" Jiro's Earphone Jack unplugs and she sits up beside him, almost shaking in anticipation of his answer.

"Once your parents agree then we're on for this weekend," Horizon says.

"YES!" Jiro springs forward and wraps her arms around his neck, nuzzling her face into his shoulder. "Thank you so much! I'm sure they'll say yes!"

"Of course they will, I'm Horizon, everyone in Japan loves me," he says jokingly while pulling her into his lap.

"Just remember not to leave the tower without him," Momo reminds her. "You could get in serious trouble for that, so be careful."

"I'll be extra careful, promise. Besides, I've got this guy with me," she gestures to Horizon while getting comfortable in his lap. "He's invincible!"

"I'll be leaving Wednesday night," Horizon says as he wraps his arms around her. "But I'll be back Friday after lunch to pick you up, after the Pro Hero Billboard Ranking event."

"Oh right, they're holding that in person this year," Momo says. "Its supposed to be bigger than ever."

"Yeah, its to send a message of Hope to the nation, plus I need to be there to show solidarity. Apparently some people still somewhat doubt that that I'm a team player with Pro Heroes."

"Really?" Jiro asks. "They doubt the guy who always talks trash about Pro Heroes can work with those very people...shocker."

"Yeah, shocker---"

"---Ah!" Jiro jolts in his lap as a small current runs through her. "Hey!"

They get into a small playful fight, which eventually leads to him laying on the couch with her on top of him.

Only to be stopped by the sound of Momo giggling.

They both pause and turn to look at her.

"Sorry sorry, its just, this is pretty fun," Momo says. "I never thought I'd end up in a scenario like this, but its quite enjoyable, but only because its with the two of you."

Horizon pulls Jiro onto his chest and releases a deep laugh, "if you're happy imagine how I feel, I'm the one with two pretty girls in my room..."

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