CHAPTER 026(Diagnosis: Pathetic)

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"So, cripple boy, Izuku Midoriya, why the fuck are you still here?" Horizon asks, earning shocked and angry looks from most of the class.

"U-uh, well," Izuku's voice is barely audible. "Mr. Aizawa said that he still needs to explain the syl---"

"At UA," Horizon explains. "Why are you still here at UA and not expelled, like you should be, well?"

Bakugo smiles so hard at those words, leaning forward and almost growling out, "yeah, answer the question Deku!"

"Hey stop!" Uraraka stands up and yells, "you can't just go around bullying people like th---"

"Heroes need to be able to stand up for themselves," Horizon says bluntly. "Let him talk, and honestly, you're in the same boat. How the fuck do you get your foot stuck under a rock and need saving, when your Quirk is literally to make things weightless, well?"

Uraraka freezes, and Horizon tilts his head, as if asking her to respond. "W-well my Quirk has a limit that---"

"Excuses that I'm sure the people you fail to save will appreciate at their funerals, right?" he asks, and Uraraka feels sick to her stomach. "Still not at bad as him," her gestures to Izuku, now covered in a thin sheen of sweat. "You plan to answer the question?"

Uraraka silently takes her seat, head hanging in shame, and after a few moments, Izuku finally finds a voice.

"Mr Aizawa said he wasn't serious about expelling anyone," he says in a shaky voice.

Horizon chuckles, "right, the guy who is our homeroom teacher because he expelled all of what would have been class 2A on their first day...was kidding, really?"

The entire class breaks into murmurs at that, those at the lower end of the list realizing how close they were to really going home.

Iida stands up and points to Horizon, "why are you bullying our classmate, are you really so insistent on him going home?!"

"It's not bullying, it's a reality check," Horizon says, causing everyone to look at him all confused. "Deku -nice name by the way- breaks his body every time he uses his Quirk, contrary to what you morons think, Recovery Girl doesn't fully heal anything, she stimulates the cells of your body, essentially cutting your lifespan to accelerate the healing time, and it doesn't properly fix things like nerve damage."

Deku looks down at his hand, a mortified expression on his face. "Wh---"

"Meaning DEKU, only has about, three or four more chances before he becomes a fucking cripple, or he just dies, his pathetic level of Quirk mastery doesn't deserve to be here, he can't even save himself..." Horizon says, but his true thoughts were so much different.

Everyone in the room casts a wary look at Deku, all horrified at the damage he really takes to use his Quirk.

"But I...I want to be a hero too," Deku declares, still sounding so unsure of himself.

"Why?"

"Why?" Deku somehow looks confused by the question. "Because, I want to help people, like All Might!" he finally sounds confident.

Horizon groans loudly, "you put yourself and your family at risk because you're a hero-worshiping piece of trash, even when you can't control your Quirk...you're even more pathetic than I thought, and you're selfish too, disgusting."

"What, how is that selfish? I want to help people," Deku mumbles out.

Horizon just shakes his head, "look, either you quit now, or you're gonna end up a vegetable with shattered nerves, or dead, that's my professional opinion, and as the only person in the world who'd be able to heal you...I promise I rather watch you die than heal some self-sacrificing moron," he says coldly, then gestures to the door. "So...decide..."

Deku stares down at his desk, hands kneading together, feeling the bandage around his finger.

His mind flooded with countless horrifying thoughts.

'All Might said Horizon really is the best doctor, so if he won't heal me then I'm done, I'll be a cripple for the rest of my life, I'll probably never be able to get out of bed. But this is UA, my dream, I can be just like All Might, I can help people,' he looks down at his bandaged finger. 'But I'll destroy my body if I keep doing this, and I'm nowhere near ready to control One For All...' he mulls it over for a long moment before speaking.

Looking directly at Horizon he has a determined look on his face, even as tears are flowing down his face and onto his desk, "oh great, it's crying..." Horizon groans.

"Sacrificing yourself for others is what it means to be a true hero!" Deku declares proudly. "I'll break my body as many times as it takes, if I can at least save one person!"

Uraraka and a few others look at him in amazement, awestruck by his determination, while others look at him like a moron, and Bakugo is seething with rage that he didn't just quit.

"Well if that's your choice," Horizon picks up his single book and pencil case from Aizawa's desk and looks at Deku, "honestly I was hoping when you quit whoever replaces you would actually be able to give me some competition... because this roster is disappointing enough without you dragging it down," he sees everyone glare at him as he begins walking toward his seat.

"But now I guess I'll wait for you to cripple yourself or just die," he shrugs, stopping beside Deku and looking down at the crying boy, towering over him. "I just feel bad for your parents, they'll probably have to take care of a vegetable for the rest of their life, but hey, maybe they'll get lucky and your Quirk will kill you, then they can start over with a kid that isn't a complete disappointment," he says before casually taking his seat.

Most of the class looks disgusted by his words, and questions why someone like him is even here in the first place.

"Dude what the hell is your problem!" Kirishima stands up and yells across at Horizon, meanwhile Deku breaks down into sobs, Uraraka and Iida already moving toward his desk to talk to him.

"I had a very low bar when I entered UA," Horizon says, leaning back in his chair and taking out his phone. "I expected all of you to have at least a decent level of Quirk Mastery, sadly only what...three of you aren't worthless. And one of you morons doesn't even know what your Quirk actually does, not to mention cripple boy and Naval Laser who actively hurt themselves...the bar was low and you disappointments managed to limbo under it."

"That doesn't mean you get to be a bully, not manly at all dude!" Kirishima insists.

"I agree," Momo says from behind Horizon, as he starts playing a racing game on his phone. "If anyone should be expelled, it's you, that behavior was inexcusable, nobody deserves to be spoken to like that!"

"Well, it's a good thing I and most of the staff don't care about what any of you think huh, they view this as practice for you to stand up for yourself and handle criticism from the press, another thing Deku is failing at. So why don't you go fuck yourself Momo," he says while enjoying his mobile game.

Momo looks mortified at his statement but can't think of a proper response, so she just sits down and hangs her head in shame, 'I can't even stand up to a bully, how am I supposed to be a hero...' she berates herself.

Everyone silently agrees to pretend Horizon doesn't exist, burying any spike of anger caused by his attitude, leaving him to enjoy a few races on his mobile game, the audio connected directly to his visor allowing him to better ignore all their chatter.

A few minutes later the door slides open, and Aizawa immediately spots Iida and Uraraka standing at Deku's desk. "Get to your seats," he mutters, not paying the crying boy any mind.

"Sir, we have a serious situation here!" Iida says, causing Aizawa to stop and look at him. "Horizon just verbally abused Izuku, I believe his behavior is unheroic and should be reprimanded," he insists.

Aizawa gives him a slow blink and sighs, looking between Horizon who was still playing on his phone, and Deku who was trying to wipe his tears. "Did he hit him?"

"W-what?" Iida asks.

"Did. He. Hit. Him."

"Uh, no sir," Iida says.

"Then get to your seats and start taking notes, I'm not repeating myself, and I'd like to make this quick to take a nap..." Aizawa turns his back to the class and begins writing on the board.

Everyone looks mortified at his non-reaction, and Iida casts an angry glare at Horizon, who actually responds. Letting go of his phone for a moment to give Iida the middle finger, earning more grumbles from his classmates.

With a final pat on the shoulder Iida and Uraraka return to their seats, both still occasionally casting glares back at Horizon, Momo and Tokoyami felt disgusted by having to be desk neighbors with him, but he kept playing on his phone until Aizawa began talking.

Opening his book and placing a pen on it, but just leaning back and listening, not writing at all.

"Listen up," Aizawa says in a tired voice, he can feel the animosity between everyone and Horizon but ignores it. "You can call me Aizawa or Eraser Head, I don't really care which, at UA your homeroom teacher decides pretty much everything, we stay with you from day one until graduation, then we get a new class. As you all know the Hero course has a six-day school week, with Sundays off. Before lunch is the regular classes but after lunch is hero classes, the procedure to use the facilities are in the handbook, if you have any questions they should also be in there or you can log in to the school website and search for an answer, be sure to do both those things before asking me..."

Aizawa goes on for almost ten minutes, occasionally glancing over to Horizon, noticing his pen and book hadn't moved once. The boy spent the entire explanation staring out the window at the massive forest outside while all his classmates had their heads down diligently writing.

Eraser shakes his head, 'thinks he's too cool for UA...people like that never last,' he thinks to himself. Something he's seen many times before.

"And finally," Eraser says. "This is your homeroom, so unless you need to use other facilities for a lesson your teachers will be coming here to have classes. Keep it clean and tidy, or there will be consequences..." most of the class shudders nervously at that, now knowing that he really does expel students. "Alright, that's all," Eraser says and immediately begins walking toward the door. "Be sure to be ready for your first real day tomorrow..."

While everyone breaks into chatter, excited about finally getting into their dream school, packing their books away in their bags. Horizon places his book and pencil case in his desk and gets up, pushing in his chair and scrolling through a few recipes, deciding what to cook for dinner.

A few people notice something strange about him, finally spotting the odd logo on the back of his blazer. Some faces warp in disgust, others in jealousy, all because he somehow got away with defacing the uniform of their prestigious school.

But a few others were already annoyed, believing to better understand him.

Seeing him walk away with his phone in his hand, and his other hand in his pocket, no bookbag at all, only coming with a single notebook in fact.

Almost everyone rolled their eyes, 'I thought UA wouldn't have those cliche bad boy types,' they thought.

But everyone could agree, even Bakugo, they did not like Horizon, either for how he spoke to their classmates, or how he blatantly looked down on them...

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