Let's hope this one is out before the end of February.

Chapter Cover- Cortney laying down on a therapist chair.

Ch.41- Patching wounds

Today is August the sixteenth, a week has passed since my breakdown and recovery. I've been through a week of constant therapy and been making some progress, but ever since the incident, I haven't able to contact Kim or even enter my mind to find her. Mom and Dad have taken some time off to help me through this, along with Sis and my classmates except for Pony, who've been giving me the work I missed and telling me what's been going on inside the school.

While I was gone, a bunch of heroes, students from class 1-a, Peace, the big three and even Hina assaulted a Yakuza organization to save a little girl who was being abused and harvested for her blood to make bullets, it was all over the news for a while. Following the aftermath of the assault, a bunch of heroes received a bunch of heavy injuries, Mirio lost his quirk to block a bullet for the little girl and Sir Nighteye died later in the hospital.

I give out my prays to everyone who fought, however, things have taken a turn, I was asked by the school to help out the little girl since we both have needed help with our mental issues. I was a bit surprised by the request but still accepted.

Right now, I'm in the hospital, standing next to the door where the little girl is resting in with my sister as she wanted to see the girl as well, waiting for the doctors inside to come out and give me the good to go. We've been waiting for about an hour now, but it's felt like ten, I'm playing a game on my phone and Sis is browsing stuff on her phone only for the door to open. I look up to see a doctor gesturing for us to come in.

Upon us walking in we see the girl in question, sitting on a bed and looking out her window. I now see why the school asked me to help as the girl shares similar features to us, her hair has a whiteish blue color to it and looks like it's never seen a brush before, her eyes has the same bloody red color like ours. Under the gown, I can see bandages on arms and legs going all the way down to her wrists and ankles.

"Hey there," I call to the girl and see her jump, probably expected to be alone.

"Who are you?" I can hear the fear in her voice, damn, they messed her up good, but that's why I'm here to repair the damage they caused.

I have to make this girl see I'm not here to hurt her, I undo my ponytail then point to my eyes, "We match,"

The girl looks at me confused, Sis steps in by taking the seat next to the girl's bed and starts brushing the girl's hair without saying a word, giving me the opening I need.

"Let me introduce ourselves, I'm Cortney Tan, a friend of Deku, and the woman brushing your hair is my older sister, Lisa Tan. What's your name?" I ask the girl seems to be lowering her guard a bit, good we're getting somewhere.

"Eri." She whimpers out, still very scared of us, while I'm trying to think of my next move, Eri cries out in pain.

"Sorry Eri, your hair is very tangled up, so there going to be some pain." Sis apologizes for causing pain to Eri and pats her head. I didn't see it before, but there's a small horn growing above her right eye.

"That's a cute horn you have there Eri," I comment on Eri's horn to which she covers it with her hands.

"Why are you hiding it?" I ask.

"It's ugly and a curse," She replies.

"Curse? I have a friend who has two horns, but we're not on talking terms right now." I retort before turning away, wondering Pony doing.

U.A Academy- Pony

It's currently lunchtime and Pony is enjoying her lunch, when she's approached by two girls from the Department of General Education.

"What do you want?" The cheerful and bouncy girl called Pony has died and what's left now is hate and anger.

"I remember her being nicer." One of the girls retorts.

"What!?" Pony spooks the girls making them jump back, "What do you want?!" Pony asks again sounding even angrier now.

"Right, you're friends with that girl Cortney Tan?" One girl asks.

"Yeah, what of it?" Pony pokes her food but isn't eating.

"There's a rumor that Cortney was expelled for prostitution!" Pony jumps to her feet causing the girls to jump back in fear.

"Who told you that?!" Pony is visibly upset and looks as if she's going to murder someone, the girls are on the verge of crying while holding each other.

The girls are afraid to answer, Pony takes a horn to jab it at the girls, Hina walks in the cafeteria to the sight of Pony holding two girls crying and clinging to each other with her horn.

"Pony!" Hina rushes to the situation and rips the horn out of Pony's hand, before singling for the girls to run off. After they leave Hina drags Pony out the cafeteria so no one can hear what she's about to tell Pony.

"Let me go, let me g-" Hina silences Pony's tantrum, before telling her what she has to say.

"Pony Tsunotori, I've been keeping an eye out on you, and to say that your behavior has been getting worse would be an understatement of the century. After what I just saw, that's where I call the line, go to your dorm, your school day is over." Hina declares Pony is a danger to everyone and protecting them by telling Pony is grounded.

"But-" Pony tries to refute but Hina is not having any of it.

"I'll set up an appointment with Hound Dog, but go to your room." Pony doesn't try to respond instead, sprinting back to her dorm without a word.

Upon entering her room, Pony knocks and throws everything in her room then screaming into a pillow crying after she can scream no more. Pony then hears soft knocking at her door but is too distracted to notice.

"Pony," Peace calls out to Pony, putting her ear to the door she can hear Pony sobbing. Peace enters and sees Pony's room trashed and her crying on her bed with her back turned away, Peace tries to clean up where she can until she comes across a picture of them, when they were first accepted into U.A.

Peace sits at the foot of the bed and pats Pony on the head, raising her head Pony's face is covered in dried tears and snout. Peace shows Pony the photo.

"U.A, one step off from our goal of being heroes." Peace quotes Cortney, Pony turns away.

"Why did she keep it a secret from us for so long?" Pony asks.

Peace puts a finger on her lips while she thinks, "She probably didn't want us to worry," She guesses, "But instead of asking me, why not ask Cortney herself?" She adds.

"But I was so mean to her, I even punched her." Pony chimes.

"So, she's been punched by you plenty of times. Pony, Cortney sees you like family, I doubt a single punch could change that." Peace rebuttals.

"But-" Pony is interrupted.

"No buts, the longer you let this lingers, the worse and more unrepairable the wound lingers. Listen, how about we take the next day off and go hang out with Cortney? I'm sure she would be happy to talk to someone else." Peace infers.

Pony takes a sitting position on the bed before perking up a smile, "Sure,"

"Great, I tell Hina, but before that let's clean your room." Peace points to the absolute disaster Pony's room is in.

"Yeah."

Writer: Eh, I was able to get this out in time. That's all I have, for now, see ya'.