CHAPTER 097(Family Plans)

CHAPTER 097(Family Plans)

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"Wow everyone is already training, pretty good," Horizon says as their car arrives at the main building.

A small two-story spa building surrounded by a massive forest walled off on all sides by mountains.

"You can sense them?" Eraser asks as he shuts off the car.

They both get out and Horizon takes a moment to stretch his limbs, finally free from the cramped seat.

"Mmm, yeah. Everyone is training in a rocky field a few hundred meters that way," he points in the direction of the training area. "Some are in the forest with some big dude...guessing that's Tiger, doing muscle training. And Momo and Sato are...eating cake?"

"Fuel for their Quirks," Eraser says as Horizon retrieves his bag and sword. "Can you warp these into the training area for me?" he gestures to the boxes on the back seat.

"Yeah, Shambles," Horizon snaps his fingers and they disappear, swapped with a lone leaf.

"Well that really is convenient, anyway I'll get back to your classmates, I'm sure Pixi---"

"HORIZON!" Pixie-Bob steps out of the main building with a broad smile on her face.

Wearing the Wild Wild Pussycats uniform, a miniskirt, boots with metal soles, and a crop top designers like a frilly vest. A spin on the 'french maid' outfit people enjoy. Her signature color is blue to make her stand out from her allies.

All wrapped around a 166cm -5ft5- fit and toned stacked blonde with long hair. Wearing a long blue and white striped tail and oversized cat paws in the same colors to match her outfit.

And a large metal headgear shaped similar to cat ears with a transparent glass visor across her eyes.

Seeing her marching toward them Eraser wisely decides to leave and go find Mandalay, "she'll show you around..." he says to Horizon, not in the mood to deal with this blonde ball of energy.

As she gets up to Horizon, seeing him standing there with his bag in one hand and sword in the other, suddenly Pixie-Bob is staring up at him. Almost a foot taller than her with a physique like All Might.

"Wow, you're a lot bigger than I expected, you look smaller on TV..."

"Well hello to you too, and that's probably because you've seen me standing beside All Might...he isn't normal."

"Ohh, that makes sense! Follow me I'll show you to your room," she gestures to the main building.

"Lead the way." As he's walking beside her Horizon can't help but notice a small child in the training area with one of the Pros, but doesn't think much of it. "So Eraser says you're a fan, what caused that?"

"Tch, I told them not to mention that," she leads them into the reception area of the spa and begins walking toward the stairs. "It's not like I'm a fangirl or anything. It's just that my life would be a lot easier if more capable men who thought like you existed."

Horizon chuckles at that idea, "another me...don't think the world can handle that. But what do you mean exactly?"

They begin going up the stairs.

"It's just that when we were all watching the UA Sports Festival, the things you said, the conviction in your voice, it was incredible," she takes a deep breath before continuing.

"I've been trying to find a nice guy to have a family with for the past year, but all the strong capable guys just want younger girls and don't want anything serious...and I'm running out of time. Hearing you talk about how you'd fight and fight no matter what for the family you'll have one day. It just gave me real hope, it was everything I needed to hear."

Horizon looks over to her as they reach the second floor, seeing her smiling happily at him, with teary eyes and all.

"I'm sure the right guy will come along, you're young and hot, he won't be able to resist."

Pixie-Bob wipes her eyes as they begin walking down the hallway passing a few rooms." thanks, it's just nice to know I'm not the only hero that wants this future for themself.

It feels like everyone around me just wants to work until they die and keep focusing on Hero Rankings, then that makes me feel like I'm some kind of a fake hero that's being selfish for wanting to have a family and quit."

"That's the same plan I have," Horizon says, catching her off guard.

"Want me to warp us there?" Horizon asks as they all file out of the room.

"Actually I wanted to ask you a favor," Mandalay says, and Pixie-Bob immediately falls back a bit so they were both walking in front of her, something Horizon didn't fail to notice.

"Ok, what do you need?"

"It's about my nephew, Koda."

"So that's the kid with..." Horizon pauses and opens a room, finding his target. "With Ragdoll."

"Wow Eraser really wasn't kidding," Mandalay says. "That's both impressive and really creepy, and it works on people you've never seen before, it's like a better version of Ragdoll's Quirk."

"I'm the better version of a lot of Quirks, so what do you need?"

"Koda's parents, my cousin and his wife, they were a hero team, Water Hose. They died recently and well, he hasn't been the same ever since."

"How'd they die?"

"There was a villain that wanted to go on a rampage, and they died protecting the civilians, but he got away..."

"Ok, so what the kid needs me a sign a shirt or something? Hoverboard ride?"

"It's a bit more complicated than that," Mandalay sighs. "You see Koda's staying with me now. But ever since his parents died, he's really grown a hatred of heroes. He blames people wanting to be a hero for why his parents didn't come back home, and when he saw that clip of your speech from the Sports Festival, it only made him hate heroes even more."

"Oh, the whole 'heroes sacrifice themselves and their families to save strangers thing,' ok, so?"

"Well, I was hoping you could talk to him about that, maybe tell him that what they did was right. I mean they saved dozens of people from that monster. They're heroes. So if you, the only hero he doesn't hate, and the person everyone is calling the 'true hero' says they made the right call, maybe he'd listen."

Horizon stops, causing Pixie-Bob to bump into him and stumble back a bit.

"Sorry," she says.

He ignores her and turns to Mandalay, "so let me get this straight. You want me to say that they made the right call. When not one, but both parents decided to die and orphan their kid, to save people they don't even know.

Did you not listen to anything I've been saying? About how people with families waiting at home shouldn't be heroes exactly because of things like this. And now what? You want me to go back on everything I said just because it's someone important to you?

The people close to you should always come first, and I'm sorry for what happened to him and his parents, but they knew exactly what they were doing, I just wish their kid didn't have to live with the consequences of it.

But the way I see it, I tell him they did the right thing and he becomes just like you, another person brainwashed by the hero-centric media propaganda to throw your life away and destroy your family for some losers on the street...absolutely disgusting.

Your people are supposed to come first, anyone else is an afterthought, parents should know that better than anyone. So no, I won't be talking to him, because at least now he won't grow up to throw his life away like them. He'll actually be there to see his kids grow up."

"How can you be so cruel!" Mandalay yells. "His parents, my cousin, they were good people, good heroes, real heroes! Don't you think every child should grow up knowing their parents were good and just people, that every child should look up to their parents as heroes! That's what I'm asking you to help me with!"

Horizon's voice becomes a low growl, causing a shiver to travel down Pixie-Bob's spine and Mandalay to take a careful step back, "I'm not lying about my beliefs just because it's convenient for you. Just be glad I was polite about it this time..."

He immediately begins walking away, leaving both women in the main building.

Mandalay was fuming, "how can that be a hero, he's such an...an...an ass."

Pixie-Bob looks at her friend, nodding along but the voice in her head couldn't disagree any more.

She agreed entirely but just didn't have the heart to start that catfight.

Then came Horizon.

The conviction and intensity in Horizon's words as he spoke the things she's wanted to say for so long, it cemented the idea in her mind even more.

'I need to find a guy like him...'

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