CHAPTER 312(Classic American Lunch)

CHAPTER 312(Classic American Lunch)

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"This really isn't what I expected," Star' says as she scrolls through her phone.

She was sitting in a small New York diner, and across the table from her, sitting on the other side of the booth, was Horizon.

They were the only people in this diner, aside from the staff, all three of which were anxiously preparing their meals.

"What else could be the outcome," Horizon looks out the window to see swarms of people with their cameras aiming at them.

Some even had banners, posters, and of course some merchandise for bother Heros to sign.

"I've just never seen the projected crime rate get this low before," Star' says. "People knowing you'll be setting up your temporary base in New York was enough to change everything...I wish I could cause a change like this."

"It's nothing to feel bad about," Horizon says. "My Quirk gives me the ability to constantly monitor everything and everyone within the city, which makes people a lot more scared, since unlike everyone else, I can be everywhere at once."

Star' sighs, "It's too bad your range doesn't cover the entire country, then maybe I could take a vacation."

"If you had the chance, would you ever take a vacation?"

"How can I possibly do that, every day I don't do my duty, people can be getting hurt."

"You can't save everyone," Horizon says.

"Doesn't mean I shouldn't try, no matter the cost."

"Tch," Horizon looks away from her, toward the penthouse the government reserved for him across the city, "you really are just like All Might."

"Thank you."

"Wasn't a compliment," Horizon says, which confuses her. "Yagi, of all my patients, is the most insufferable."

Seeing this Star' raises a brow, sets her phone aside, and leans forward slightly.

"What?" Horizon asks as she stares at him.

"I was just wondering, why is someone like you a Pro Hero, you don't have the disposition for it."

"With great power comes the responsibility to help others," Horizon says. "That's all."

Star' groans and relaxes back into the booth, "I'm giving us some privacy, the least you could do is not lie to my face like that."

Horizon looks at the rowdy crowd outside, and considers all the noise they were making, all the noise that he couldn't hear because New Order was giving them a privacy barrier within the diner.

"What? You don't believe in that line?"

"I do," She says. "But I don't believe that you believe it, I used to, but then I watched you in court."

"Was it entertaining at least?"

"Annoying," Star' rolls her eyes at his amused tone.

"Let me guess, the United Nations constantly calling in case they needed you to come handle me."

"My life was so much more peaceful before you, now every time you make a government nervous they start reaching out, and because of my position I have to respond," she says in an annoyed tone. "I miss when I just had to save people and punch villains."

"You make it sound like you're my babysitter," Horizon says. "I'm not that unstable, people just need to do what I say and leave me alone, mostly the second one honestly."

"The problem is that you have the power to make most of the people do exactly that, which is why every time you're on camera threatening a judge in court, they get ready to send me to arrest you."

"Oh, and who would they send after you?"

Star' narrows her eyes at him, "You think I'd die?"

"I think the cost would be too high."

"That's the spirit, take French and German food and say it's 'True American Food'," Horizon laughs.

"You can do that when you've never lost a war, how did the last one go for Japan again?"

"Ouch, that's a low blow, besides, I'm only half Japanese."

"Did the other half do any better?"

"...I'd rather not talk about it," Horizon says as he reaches for his burger, then he stops himself. "Well, taking this off for a few minutes shouldn't kill me," he says before reaching to the back of his visor.

To the amazement of Star and Stripe, the diner staff, and the public taking pictures outside, his visor collapses into a small metal plate the size of his palm toward the back of his neck, and he casually places it onto the table.

"Wow," Star' says as she sees his entire head glowing blue, almost blinding, releasing a geyser of energy mist that floats up to the ceiling, blocking his identity and facial features entirely. "You aren't going to die on me are you?"

"Well, hopefully, the burger is worth it, but I should be fine," Horizon says as he lifts the burger into the blue energy geyser to take a bite. "Well, what do you think, am I pretty?"

"You look similar to Kurogiri, with all the fog and mist, but this is a lot more dense."

"It's pure energy, it heals anyone that touches it," he gestures to the waitress. "In a few seconds, even from this far away, her feet will stop hurting."

Star' looks over to the woman as Horizon continues eating.

"Wow, they really do feel better," the woman says.

Star' looks back to Horizon, "risking your entire life to eat a burger, you really are ridiculous," she says before also eating her food.

But even now, her mind was breaking down his power.

'Constantly releasing that much energy and he seems fine for a few minutes, he must have a lot more energy than I realized. But this matches our descriptions about his visor being a vital container for him, which I'm sure killed any chance of him having a secret identity.'

Giving into her curiosity Star and Stipe reaches out toward the edge of the energy mist.

NEW ORDER: Horizon's energy mist will become a liquid sphere in my hand.

As she touches the mist a small piece of it rushes into her hand, condensing into a liquid the size of a tennis ball and maintaining its structure.

"How much of your energy did that take?" Horizon asks, still eating his food.

"More than I'd care to admit, even for this small amount," Star' says.

"Well considering that has enough energy to power a few city blocks, you didn't do that bad, especially since you first had to wrestle with Hand Of God for the energy to do what you wanted it to."

"Your Quirk is very, controlling, but you allowed me to take this for a reason, what does it do?" Star' asks as she plays with the sphere of liquid energy in her hand.

"Booster Shot."

"Your healing and physical enhancement skill?" Star' asks. "Is this it?"

"An unstable form, I don't recommend directly using that on a person. When separated from me, it will heal them. But could cause mutations, they may grow a second head or extra arms, maybe a second pair of lungs which would then cause everything in there to get crushed," Horizon says.

"This is what you've been working on, right?" Star' asks. "The President said we'd get the first bid if you perfected it while you were here."

"Yeah, but what's in your hand is better to use on plants, it's pretty unpredictable, honestly, even touching it could cause problems for you."

Star' immediately drops it onto the table, where it falls apart into harmless mist and disappears.

"You're just full of surprises," Star' says.

"Oh, you have no idea..."

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AUTHOR NOTE:

'Some chapters recently have been taking a bit longer than usual to get right, this is mostly because I have to get these new characters and their interactions, such as Star and Stripe, perfect, since we're completely out of Canon now.

Along with having to world-build...the entire world that isn't japan. Sorry for the delays, please be a bit patient with me.

Thank you for reading, and a review will always be appreciated.'