Beyond Ultra (a MHA story)

Chapter 50

After Jiro and Horoki's movie night, Horoki got up and Jiro held his hand. "Hey where are you going?" She asked. "Just gonna go sneak into school and see if I can pry all the gum off before tomorrow so I don't have to do it after school." Horoki said, Jiro let go and waved bye. She knew damn well why Horoki got up and left, she wasn't mad that Horoki didn't tell the truth, just disappointed. Horoki came downstairs and saw Liam milking the "poor injured soul" schtick. He rolled his eyes, "oh quit BS-ing them Liam. I know well enough that you've had much harder punishment and you walked off just fine." Horoki said. "Quiet peasant!" Liam said. "I see through your throne of lies Liam. It's disgusting!" Horoki said, grabbing a paper tube. Liam then grabbed his paper tube and got up, "don't try it Horoki! I have the high ground!" Liam taunted. Horoki smirked and threw the paper tube at Liam, "coward!!" Liam shouted. Horoki left and pointed to Liam, "someone will smite you Liam!" Horoki said as he walked away. "What does he mean by that sire?" Kaminari asked in a snooty voice. "It's a hollow threat! No one can challenge me!" Liam said as he sat down. He then heard some piano music and he perked up, "why does this sound like boss music?" Liam asked. Kaminari and Liam saw Jiro come down, looking rather angry. "Sire! It's the enemy Jiro! Protector of Horoki's Ego!" Kaminari said with fear. Liam then picked up his 'sword', raising it. "We shall die like men!!" Liam shouted, Kaminari raised his sword and said "here here!!" Momo then face palmed herself and sighed, "I'm living with a bunch of children." She muttered.

Horoki arrived at Aizawa's house and knocked on his door. He then opened up and saw Aizawa with a small crown on his head. Horoki looked at the crown and opened his mouth, "say a single word Horoki and I will expel you." Aizawa said, not breaking his stare. Eri came out and smiled, "Howoki!" She said with an excited smile. Horoki smiles and hugged Eri. She then pulled his arm and pointed to her small table, "tea party!" Horoki smiled nervously, "oh, I can't I gotta train." Horoki said, Eri then began to tear up. The very next second, Horoki was with Aizawa having a tea party with Eri. She eventually had to take her nap and Aizawa closed the door behind him. Horoki gave a smug smile, "if you tell anyone then I'll make sure that Nezu's punishment looks like heaven compared to what I can give you. Understand?" Aizawa said in a threatening yet monotonous voice. "Got it. I just want to train some more and not deal with the drama queens at home." Horoki said.

Aizawa and Horoki went to the sparring area and then Aizawa took some items out of a bag, "we will be training your usage with the bandage wrap. I saw how well you used it against Midorya so I want to see if you can do anything else." Aizawa said. Horoki went back and braced for the objects to be thrown at him, Aizawa threw a knife and Horoki dodged it, "uh what?! A knife?!" Horoki shouted. "You think they'll be throwing non lethal items at you? This is the real world Horoki." Aizawa said as he grabbed another knife and threw it at Horoki. He dodged it and grabbed the blade and tried to catch it back to his hand, resulting in Horoki cutting his hand. "Shoot!" He muttered. Aizawa continued to throw what seemed like an endless amount of throwing knives at Horoki, Aizawa noticing that Horoki is trying to grab the knife with the bandage and having it be placed in his hand. "What are you doing?" Aizawa asked. "Trying to arm myself with the thrown knives using the bandage." Horoki said. "That's a more advanced technique. I want you to just try and grab them with the bandage and throw them down. We will work on the advanced tricks another time." Aizawa said. Horoki then did what Aizawa told him to do rather flawlessly. "I'm not shocked you did this well. This is of course the easier use of the bandage, another use is obviously to arm yourself or tie the enemies up. It can also be used to grab onto objects and swing around, sorta like another pro hero in the United States. The Night Monkey was his name, I think." Aizawa said as he scratched the side of his head. "But, considering your quirk is incredibly mobile, you wouldn't need to use the bandages to move around." Aizawa said. "So we aren't gonna learn that?" Horoki asked. "No, of course we're gonna learn it. You might lose your quirk again and this time it might be for good." Aizawa said. Horoki nodded and the two went to the forest. "Once you grab something sturdy with your bandage, use your momentum to traverse the forest. Let's see if you can try and keep up." Aizawa said, he then launched his bandage and grabbed onto a branch and jumped, zooming through the forest. Horoki launched his bandage and slowly made progress, he couldn't figure out how to move properly so Aizawa told him to watch him. Horoki sat in a tree branch and saw Aizawa move swiftly, Horoki then tried it and while he was not as fast, he was getting the motion down. The two raced each other in the forest and circled back to the school. Horoki was sweating and trying to get his breath and Aizawa pointed to a water fountain, "go get some water, we'll then cover what I personally think the gear is best suited for." Aizawa said. The two then went and activated a few training bots, Aizawa jumped into the air, wrapped his bandages around the bots and pulled the bandage, tightening their grip and rendering them harmless. "The bandage is known for apprehending villains, also good for closing the distance against your enemies." Aizawa said. "Give it a shot." Aizawa said as he backed up and crossed his arms, watching how Horoki attempts it. Horoki used his smoke form to rise into the air and launched the bandage at the bots. He wrapped around one and jerked his arm to the right, knocking the bot into his compadre and breaking them. "Nice use of it, now can you disarm an armed opponent?" Aizawa said, he then pressed a button on the remote he held to control the bots. As he pressed the button, the bots took their guns out and blasted at Horoki, who used his smoke form to avoid getting hit and launched the bandage at one of their guns and pulled it. The bot turned and began to fire at his allies, the bots all fell as they were shot and Horoki launched himself by pulling the bandage and connecting both of his feet to the robot's head and launched it back as he ripped the arm off. "Points for flair." Aizawa said. "Remember, obviously these are just robots, real enemies won't be standing still." Aizawa said. He then checked his watch, "it's late. You should get some rest. I have to go check on Eri." Aizawa said. Horoki nodded and waved bye to his mentor. "Tell Eri I said hi!" Horoki said. "I will as long as you keep your mouth shut and don't tell anyone what you saw." Aizawa said. "Deal. See ya Aizawa." Horoki said as he went back to his dorm. He snuck in and found some chocolate cake that Sato made. He took a bite and heard a noise, he braced his knife and the lights went on, a chair turned around and it was Jiro, who was brushing Saint's head. The two stared at each other for a minute before Jiro spoke up, "just went out for air...right?" She asked, raising an eyebrow. "Just air." Horoki said as he went to his room, but not before getting stopped by Jiro's jack, she walked towards him and took out a piece of metal from his jacket. "Care to explain?" Jiro asked as she held up the robot part. "Uhhh, so about 'getting air'." Horoki said with a shy smile. Jiro scoffed and rolled her eyes, going upstairs. Horoki felt the guilt hit him hard when Jiro just walked off without saying anything. Saint meowed and Horoki picked her up, "come on, let's get to bed." Horoki said. The two then went bed, one disappointed that he lied while the other was riddled with guilt.