Beyond Ultra (a MHA story)

Chapter 94

After Horoki and Aria's little visit to the Doctor's house, Horoki wanted to talk to Aria. She was getting ready for bed when he knocked on her door. "Come in." She said as she got into her PJ's. Horoki came into the room with a smile, "getting ready for bed?" He asked her. "Yep." She said, "here's some pizza rolls." Horoki said as he handed her a plate with four small pizza rolls. She ate them and smiled. Horoki sat down with her and she finished eating the pizza rolls. "I wanna thank you again for helping me with the doctor. It means a lot to me that we finally got some payback." She said. "Look, you're like a family. Nothing means more to me than this group. I'd rob, cheat, even kill for this family." Horoki said, looking at her. "You sound like an old friend of mine." Aria said with a small laugh. "Was he as handsome as me?" Horoki asked. "Uhh I saw him more like an older brother figure actually. Don't make it weird." Aria laughed. "Tell me a bit out him. Never heard you mention this guy before." Horoki said as he made himself comfortable. "We met when we were kids actually, he took me in like a little sister and was the one that told me that my quirk would be amazing in the medical field. He scrounged up some money and sent me to train with the doctors while he went to the military. We always wrote letters until the...you know." Aria said. "Wow...sounds like a super awesome guy. Do you have an idea on where he is?" Horoki asked. "Maybe I can find him."

"I have no idea where to start." Aria said. "I don't think he knows about the asylum and what had happened to me." Aria added. "Then maybe it's a good thing we got to the doctor before he did. With his military training, I'm sure he would've done much worse." Horoki said. "What about you? Any siblings?" Aria asked. "I mean, Liam was sorta like a brother to me but he's in his own clique so we don't talk as often. Ryukyu actually trained me with my smoke powers and helped build my smoke form. She honestly acts like a big sister and I appreciate her for that. Then there's Hawks, the one guy I feel like that genuinely understands my mentality. That people deserve a second chance and that they're not just born villains, but they're villains because of circumstances." Horoki said. "Oh wait, is Hawks the guy with red wings?" She asked. "Yeah." Horoki said. "Oh he's cute." Aria said smiling. "He's got that affect on people." Horoki said laughing. "Still can't believe he's throwing away hero society when he's the number two hero. It's a big risk." Aria continued. "Sometimes you gotta take some risks to put a message out." Horoki replied. "Wait, you said Ryukyu, Hawks and only Liam were like family. What about the rest of your class?" Aria asked. "Well they're like family but they're not on my mentality of saving others and considering that the villains might be bad guys for a specific reason. There is Midoriya. I think he's the only one that would try and reason with a villain. He's a crybaby though." Horoki said. "Aww come on cry babies aren't that bad." Aria rebutted. "No no, I mean this guy in one day cried forty-two times. It wasn't even three o'clock in the afternoon!!!" Horoki said. "Oooh. Ok that's bad." Aria said with a giggle. Horoki's phone buzzed and he saw that it was Ryukyu. "Oh it's Ryukyu. She asked if I wanted to train with her today." Horoki said, reading the text out loud. "Go on, I'm sure the league isn't doing anything right now. Besides if you're anything like Cozmo. Then you'll wanna be training all the time." Aria said with a smile. "Is Cozmo the older brother figure?" He asked. She gave a nod. Horoki then got his bags and said his farewells to the League as he went to go train with Ryukyu, unbeknownst to him that the damage he caused last night gained some attention.

At the Hospital

Liam woke up and saw his leg wrapped in some gauze, he groaned in pain and saw his classmates look up. "He's awake." Kaminari said. "Hey man, how're you holding up?" Kirishima asked. "I'm ok. Wait, where's Lincoln?" Liam asked, looking around. "He's in the other room, recovering." Todoroki said. "When did you guys get here?" Liam asked. "We heard on your police scanner what had happened." Mina said. "I went to your room to see if you were home but you weren't there. Then I heard your police scanner describing you two at an address and I called the class over to check on you." Mina continued. "What happened?" Jiro asked. "Lincoln and I were coming back from the hospital when we heard some screaming. We saw a girl and the vigilante beating a doctor up. Turns out the girl has a blood quirk and she can actually control blood. She used her quirk to stab Lincoln." Liam said. "What I find interesting is that the vigilante went for his legs. Is it possible that the vigilante knew about your quirk?" Ojiro said. "No, I don't think the vigilante and I ever met before so he wouldn't have known." Liam said. "Then this could further prove my theory." Ojiro said. "What theory?" Sero asked. "That, I know this might be crazy, but Horoki could be the vigilante." Ojiro said, waiting for the backlash. "Why would Horoki side with the villains? Doesn't he know the cost of doing that? He would pretty much be throwing everything away." Sato said. "It doesn't make sense. After all, I know Horoki. He would rather die than join forces with Toga." Todoroki replied. "I can't be sure on that. I mean, I wanna believe that Horoki did change for the better but I can honestly see Horoki being the vigilante." Kaminari said. "What if that project that he did was a cry for help?" He added. "Whoa you're using your brain there Kaminari, be careful not to fry yourself." Liam said. "He wants to give people another chance. He ran with the villains yeah but don't you think he wants them to recover and join the good guys? There's many times where I think the villains can be redeemed, they just need help." Midoriya said. "Have you noticed that The Vigilante is hurting people that deserve it though?" Sato said. "What do you mean? He hurt a doctor!" Mina said. "Turns out this doctor had some history of abusing patients." Sato replied. "Look, I'm just saying that Horoki may act all cold and calculating but I'm sure he reacts on emotion. It would make sense for him to be the Vigilante."