MHA: Horizon

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"I feel like I'm going to be sick," Battle Fist, Itsuka Kendo of class 2B says while walking through the streets of Kagoshima.

In her hand is a cup of ice cream, untouched, and beside her is Pinky.

Both girls are enjoying the morning sun as their shopping trip continues.

"Is it the ice cream?" Pinky asks while scrolling through her phone and enjoying her ice cream cone. 

"No, it's you inviting me to a shopping trip…then spending more money than my brain can understand."

"But look on the bright side. Now you, me, and all the girls have diamond tiaras. We're all a bunch of princesses!"

While weaving through the lightly crowded streets on their patrol, Kendo eats her ice cream and works up the nerve to ask her friend a potentially rude question.

"Why do you like him?"

Pinky almost chokes on her ice cream, "what do you mean?"

"You know what I mean," Battle Fist says. "Your secret relationship became public two days ago and you're already at one hundred million followers. Brands want to sponsor you, but you've refused those. Probably because he's giving you an allowance…"

Pinky glances at her friend from the corner of her eye. "What are you trying to say?"

"I'm not trying to say anything. I'm just asking if this is a love thing or a business thing."

"You think I'm that kind of girl?"

"I think I'm just asking a question because this was kind of a sudden development. Nobody saw it coming. I honestly figured he'd get back with Jiro or Momo."

"You sound like you're trying to apply."

"I would, if I didn't know him," Battle Fist says. "Effective…but he's a terrible person."

"It's complicated between us, but everyone will understand after the big announcement."

"Big announcement?" Battle Fist leans over to whisper. "Like, 'I'm pregnant' big?"

"What?!" Pinky crushes her ice cream cone and nearly drops her phone, drawing the attention of some people around them. "No way, we haven't. I mean, we won't even…no!"

"Sorry, I just had to ask…"

A few minutes later, both Provisional Heroes have finished their ice cream and washed their hands, now focused on patrolling once more.

"Ugh, I was hoping for some action today," Battle Fist groans. "I got so used to all the Villains rampaging during the summer that things are boring now."

"I like it, gives me more time for shopping. Plus, I get to sleep in, and no alarms going off at the agency."

"Well, I want to help people and punch villains, but now all we do is walk around. I was kind of hoping Kagoshima would be the major exception. It's so far from Horizon Tower that villains shouldn't be this shy."

"Well, depending on how badly they rampage they could die, so it's better to just not take the chance. You should learn to relax more, maybe get a motorcycle or something to distract yourself."

"I can't afford one of those, but that's the dream for Christmas time!"

"Or we could go get you one now?"

Battle Fist crosses her arms. "No way! I'm not having your sugar daddy buy me that!"

"Hey!"

Battle Fist laughs as Pinky blushes.

"Besides, it's not like he even looks at that account. His entire team shares it with me," she says while pouting. "If you think our shopping today was something, you should see the insane things they buy."

This piques Battle Fist's curiosity. "Like what?" she whispers as they walk through the crowd.

Pinky leans closer, "remember that beach house I rented for the summer party?"

"Yeah, that thing was awesome, a mansion on a private beach…we should go back there."

"We'll you'll have to ask the new owner, because when his team got there and learned that I rented it and didn't buy it, Juzo and Sero played rock paper scissors for it, and Juzo won."

"Wow…" Battle Fist goes wide-eyed as she tries and cannot process the news.

"I know right, I didn't think the account had that much in it, so I just rented it, and I even felt bad about spending that much."

"Damn, maybe you had the right idea making him your sugar daddy."

Pinky punches her friend's shoulder. 

"Alright, alright, I'll stop calling him that," Battle Fist laughs. "But seriously, never expected the two of you. Figured he'd get back with Jiro or Momo, or Jiro and Momo."

"You'll understand it all soon enough…"

Later in the afternoon, after hours of strolling around the city and taking some pictures with Pinky's new fans, the girls are sitting outside a cafe after having a light snack.

"Hey, do you think Mei can make reinforced gloves that grow with my hands when I use my Quirk?"

Pinky looks over at Battle Fist. "Probably, and she could make them a bit webbed too, so when you do what 'woosh' attack it's better."

"It's 'Air Palm', not 'woosh'."

"But it goes 'woosh', and it sounds better."

"I'm not taking naming advice from the girl who came up with 'Pinky'."

"Hey, I like my name."

"Well, it's certainly appealing… to five-year-olds."

"HELP!"

Both girls jump out of their seats, bodies moving toward the screaming before they can even consider their actions.

Ahead of them, a woman was on the floor, already being helped by another woman as a person in jeans and a black hoodie sprints down the street, holding her purse.

"We'll get it back!" Battle Fist yells as they rush past the woman. "Finally, some action."

"Don't cheer too loudly for a woman getting robbed," Pinky says while releasing a thin layer of acid from the bottom of her boots. Not enough to hurt anyone, but slick enough for her to skate across the sidewalk.

"Don't go too far ahead!" Battle Fist yells as her friend catches up to the criminal.

"Try to keep up," Pinky skates around a corner, following the man into an alleyway. "Drop the purse and surrender! You're cornered!"

In the alleyway, the man had his back to her, facing a dead end between the two four-story buildings.

The man pauses for a moment, then in one smooth motion turns and throws a knife at her.

Pinky thrusts her hand forward, releasing a small blob of acid that melts the knife before it reaches her, dripping onto the ground and melting a small hole in that too.

"Seriously?" Pinky looks up to the man on all fours, climbing the wall, sticking to it, and quickly ascending to the roof.

She releases acid from her hands and boots, ready to make hands and footholds to follow him, only for Battle Fist to finally catch up to her.

"I've got it," she says while enlarging her hand and wrapping it around Pinky.

"Don't hit the wall!"

"I'll try," Battle Fist yells while throwing her friend.

Pinky screams as she goes sailing a few meters above the edge of the roof as the criminal also gets to the roof.

"Nowhere to run anymore, just give up!" the criminal stopped, hearing her behind him and knowing there wasn't any chance of escape.

"Why would I run, you're why I'm here," the criminal turns around, revealing Spinner's face to the girl. "You are Horizon's plaything, right?"

Pinky takes a fighting stance as he tosses the purse aside and draws two combat knives. "Seems like you already know the answer."

"Does he love you, or are you just a smokescreen so they don't realize how big a monster he is?"

"The only monster here is the person who helps create Nomu."

"I'm used to being called a monster!" he throws one knife at her while charging forward.

She flattens her hands and presses them together, aiming her fingers at him and firing a high-pressure stream of acid.

ACID STREAM!

Spinner stops and deftly avoids the attack as it follows him, drawing smaller throwing knives and throwing them while trying to close the distance.

"You're not the only one who looks different, who grew up as the 'freak' in their school!" she says while taking a step to the side, avoiding a blade thrown at her. "The thing is, our Quirks don't make us monsters. But your attitude makes you a loser!"

"Shut up!" Spinner's anger overcomes him, pushing him through the pain and rushing toward her.

The acid hit his shoulder, burning his clothes and skin but not doing severe damage, if only because Pinky is a Hero.

He slashes wildly with two blades, leaving a gash on her forearm as she releases acid from her boots and slides away.

"My clothes!" Pinky yells while aiming at him again, raising the acidity of her attack.

Spinner charges in again, this time the scales on his right arm and shoulder are burned away to reveal the muscle beneath, but he keeps rushing in.

He reaches her and slashes her left thigh, breaking her concentration before leaping up and kneeing her in the chin.

Pinky almost blacks out as she rolls back, and Spinner finally feels the searing pain ravaging his body.

"Argh!" he grits his teeth and stumbles forward while she forces herself to stand. "Whatever, I'll do whatever it takes to get my Toga back…and you're the key to making Horizon release her."

Hearing that, Pinky chuckles, "All of this, risking your life, all for her? He was right. You are the world's biggest loser."

Spinner is seething with rage as Pinky takes a combat stance again, "I'd kill you for that, but you're no use to me dead, so I'll j—"

The concrete roof cracks as Battle Fist slams her enlarged hand down on him, swatting him into the roof.

Knocking him out.

Pinky sighs in relief, "What took you so long?"

"Stairs. You're lucky I got here in time. That could have gotten bad."

"Actually, I was never in any danger. He was just being a jerk, as always." Pinky rolls her eyes. "He even let my Hero Costume get damaged…"

"If you're so whiney about that, you should have fought better," Horizon's voice surprises Battle First, drawing her attention to him, sitting at the edge of the rooftop.

She then looks over at where the purse was and sees that it's gone, returned to its owner.

Pinky walks up to him and pokes his chest. "Most guys wouldn't sit back and watch their girlfriend fight at all!"

Horizon stands up, looming over her, forcing her to crane her neck to look up at him. "Then it's a good thing you're just bait, right?"

"Well, sometimes it's hard to tell. You're pretty handsy with your 'bait'."

Horizon chuckles, placing one hand on her waist, pulling her closer to him while healing her, and using his other hand to get a first grip on her ass, causing both girls to blush.

Mina keeps staring at his visor, not wanting to give him a reaction.

"I had to make sure the bait was high quality. It had to be believable, considering my high standards. Nobody would believe it if you weren't worth stealing."

"Well, what do you think?" she asks while leaning into him.

He tightens his grip, causing her to quiver. "I think it's am—" Battle Fist interrupts him.

"---I think I don't want to see where this is going, so can we please get out of here, or can you two get a room first?"n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Pinky snaps out of her trance and steps away from him, "Sorry, uh…method acting?"

Battle Fist rolls her eyes before they all warp away.

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