Chapter 8: The First Mornings haven't been easy for Toshinori Yagi recently. To be fair, after going almost forty years of being the symbol of peace All Might, staying strong wasn't easy. Despite this, he found this morning to be a bit rougher than most. And as he woke up in his new apartment that was setup to be near UA, he knew today was gonna be a bit rougher.
He only had a little over three hours a day with his quirk now. Not a lot of time. It also didn't help that he hadn't found a successor, one that he believed could carry the torch that he had wielded for so long. But, he had a feeling that UA could give him what he was looking for.
However, he noticed as he woke up and got ready for the morning that he had not been alerted to any emergencies. Usually, Might Tower would call him bright and early, telling him how many disasters and villains were out there, and usually use his first hour taking them all down. But this time there was no alarm, no alert to wake him up, making the man take out his phone and call Might Tower.
"Yes sir?" Responded a voice.
"Secretary, is there any emergencies today? It is unusual for you to not alert me over anything."
"My apologies sir. I would say yes over the usual, but a lot has been solved this morning by multiple heroes and others."
Yagi slightly flinched at that, "What? Why did you not wake me if that is the case? Surely they need my help."
"I would agree, but this morning has been...different. Let's just say anything that has been reported has been handled very quickly."
"I...see." Yagi replied, blinking at the response as he walked into his bathroom. "I suppose if the other heroes are solving things, I should try to get to UA early today. Is there anything else on the agenda?"
"There is one situation currently." The screen on his phone switched to a picture of a giant pink muscular villain. "This is C-rank villain Habit Headgear. He was to be transferred to a new prison, only to escape. He's currently on a rampage in Musutafu."
"Are the nearby heroes having problems with him?"
"Yes. Kamui Woods and Mount Lady are currently fighting-wait. Nevermind. Situation has been resolved."
"Oh? By who?"
"Its...the newest vigilante, Spider-Man."
"Spider-Man? Who's that?"
A few minutes ago...
Izuku had woke up really early today. He hadn't slept much, his mind still jumbled from the previous day of FEAST, Fat Gum, and fighting another gang. And as he got up, he decided he would do a full day of Spider-Man and nothing else. He started by doing his usual morning routine, telling his mom that he was going out early, setting up a full thing of web cartridges and left his room.
His mom was against him going out so early, but she also knew she couldn't stop him. So now, the vigilante was swinging through the city, a blank expression on his face under the mask. He let out a small yawn as he pulled out his phone and turned on the police scanner again. This morning had been quite crazy, as he found that every kind of thing was trying to happen in Musutafu. Just in the past two hours, he found himself taking on two muggers, a group trying to rob a jewelry store, and helped get a few people out of a burning building. And amid the thank yous from civilians and criminals yelling profanities, he found himself swinging around every bit of the city.
"Wonder if I'll fight any big time villains today? Maybe a C-Rank?" he muttered to himself as he swung down another block. And as he said that, the scanner began to speak up.
"This is Musutafu police. We have an escaped prisoner on the loose. Last sighting is Lothal Drive. Kamui Woods and Mount Lady, please respond."
Izuku's eyes went wide at this, "Escaped prisoner? That's not good." He took a right at this, "Lothal Drive isn't too far away. Hope I can help out."
He quickly zipped down two more streets, only to land on a rooftop as he saw Mount Lady in the distance. He turned invisible at this, soon webbing over to a rooftop beside her before looking down at the street, now seeing Kamui Woods along with the prisoner, a pink muscular villain...who had three people in one of his arms.
"See this lucky little family? Come after me and I'll snap their necks! Got that? Stay back, heroes!" The villain yelled, Mount Lady and Kamui Woods hesitating as they glared at the villain.
'They need help.' Izuku thought as he turned himself visible for a second and refilled his cartridges before vanishing again. He then swung down to the street, now seeing the villain raise his arm up as the family cried out in pain.
"I'll do it! I'll kill them!"
"Listen, don't-" Kamui tried to say.
"Shut up hero!" Habit interrupted before slowly putting two of his fingers down on one of the hostages. "I'll crush her head right here!"
"You..." Kamui growled as his left hand began to vibrate, branches slowly coming out it.
"Listen pinkie, you're not going to get away with this." Mount Lady chimed in, the villain then glaring up at her. "Let them go. Now."
"I don't think so!" Habit screeched, "I'm getting my freedom back, and I'll kill anyone I have to to get it!"
And as he yelled this, Izuku tiptoed up to the villain's back, sparks now appearing in both of his hands. 'I better do a double zapping tap here. I just hope it knocks him out.'
With that, he leaned down and poked the back of villain's legs. Habit hopped at this, "Hey! What was that?"
"What was what?" Mount Lady replied.
"I just felt something funny!" he barked before glaring down at his hostages, "That's it, I'm gonna kill-"
ZAP!
"YEEAAAAUGH!" He screamed as lightning surged through his body. Seeing this, Kamui Woods quickly shot out branches from his hands, instantly grabbing the hostages as Habit kept screaming in pain.
Izuku reappeared at this, slightly backpedaling as he saw the villain just stand there in pain...but not fall over. "Uh-oh." He whispered before pulling a fist back, this one now fully sparking. "Guess I better hit him with everything I-"
WHAM!
A giant foot slammed into Habit Headgear, the lightning in Izuku's fist instantly sputtering out as he saw Mount Lady crush the villain under her massive heel. He could only blink at the sight before the hero glared down at him. "Spider-Man..."
"Uh...hi?"
She lifted her foot, now seeing a knocked out Habit under it before looking back at Izuku. "Did you do that? That whole zapping thing?"
"Um...yes." Izuku squeaked out, his feet shuffling back as his eyes went between Mount Lady and Kamui Woods.
"Huh." Lady responded before glancing down at Kamui, the hero gesturing to her. Seeing this, she shrunk down to her normal size while putting her hands to her hips as she glared at the vigilante, "Thanks."
"You're...welcome." Spider-Man slowly said before turning to Kamui, the hero checking the family over before they all thanked him and ran away. The hero then wrapped up the villain in a bundle of wooden vines before glancing over at the vigilante.
"Spider-Man...thank you." He replied before pointing a finger at him, "We need to get this villain back behind bars. As for you, I'll let you go since you saved those people."
"You sure?" Lady chimed in, Kamui nodding to her.
"Yeah." He turned back to Spider-Man, "But this is the only time. Next time, I will bring you in. Now go."
Izuku instantly turned invisible at this, quickly firing a web line before swinging away. And as he did this, his mind became even more jumbled. 'What just happened? Last two times I encountered Kamui Woods, he attacked me! Now he just...let me go? Huh?!'
The webslinger shook his head at this, "No...I'm not that lucky."
He then swung down another street at this, sighing as he glanced down at his phone, 'No, don't get depressed Izuku. The day's just starting and you just saved some more people. Just...keep swinging.'
Arriving early wasn't something Toshinori Yagi ever really did. He found that despite what he usually does, he always found he would arrive in the nick of time or too late. It was never early, but today was the exception. Now, he was standing beside the Space Hero: Thirteen in the USJ of UA. He was in his true form, as he hadn't used his All Might form at all today.
"Nervous?" Thirteen asked as she turned to the skeletal man. "You look like you're expecting something bad."
"No. Just...I can't help but think something is off today." he replied while wiping his mouth of a bit of blood.
"Oh? How so?"
"Not sure." Yagi responded before taking out his phone, "They should be coming soon, right?"
"Its still early." Thirteen added as she did a small stretch.
Yagi did a small hum at this, "That is true." He rubbed the back of his head at this, "Sorry...I don't mean to be awkward."
"Its fine." Thirteen chuckled, "I suppose you're a person who's 'always on time'?"
Yagi shook his head, "Not quite."
As he said this, the sound of a vehicle rolling up rang out, making them both turn to the USJ entrance. "I'm gonna change. Do you want me to appear after your lecture?"
"Sure." Thirteen chirped as Yagi walked into a nearby building.
A minute later, Thirteen found herself standing in front of a full group of students. They were Class 1-A, all of them looking young and energetic in their hero outfits. Ahead of them was their teacher, Eraserhead. He had his usual bored expression on his face as he let out a long sigh.
"Thirteen...where is All Might?"
The hero pointed to the nearby building, "In there getting ready. He'll be out in a second."
Eraserhead nodded as this before Thirteen walked up to the class, "Everyone, I'm the Space Hero: Thirteen. I'm a Rescue Hero."
"So cool!" squealed a brown haired girl, stars in her eyes.
"Calm down Uraraka." whispered a girl with two long earlobes as she patted Uraraka's shoulder.
"Thank you all for coming." Thirteen continued before gesturing to the facility behind her. "As you can see, this is the USJ, or the Unforeseen Simulation Joint. It is designed to help you understand the many situations you can get in while trying to rescue others. This is very important for your future as heroes, as disasters will be a part of your life, and that means you need to understand how your quirk works in that situation."
"Tch." spat a certain blonde teen who had grenade-looking gauntlets on, "Like any of these would be a problem for my quirk."
"I wouldn't say that, young man." Katsuki's eyes narrowed at the hero as she shook her head, "All quirks have advantages and disadvantages." Katsuki's palms began to spark at the comment, but Thirteen didn't notice as she continued, "As you all may or may not know, my quirk is Black Hole. It has the power to suck up anything and destroy it. Now, that can be used for both good and ill, and it is deadly. That is why we have regulations, to help us understand on how to use our quirks to help others rather than hurt them. Does everyone understand?"
Katsuki let out a hiss at that, muttering that he already knew something so simple as the rest of the group all started clapping or said 'yes sensei'. And as this happened, the door to the building to their right opened up, a booming voice echoing out at the same time.
"I could not agree more, Thirteen!" All Might exclaimed as he walked out in his bronze age uniform. "It is this kind of facility that will help you the most in heroics!"
"All Might!" a few in the class cheered, the hero chuckling back.
"Indeed. I am here to help. As you know, this facility is for certain environments under crisis, but there is also the chance of fighting while in these places."
Thirteen nodded at this, "Agreed. As such, All Might has volunteered to help with exercises here today. As he said, its in these situations we will be going over today where things can always go wrong. That is why we will be having All Might here help demonstrate the worst cases and how to resolve them."
"Wow!" a spiky red-haired boy exclaimed, "That's super manly!"
"That's right young Kirishima. Now-"
"Hey, what's that?" a voice interrupted, a few noticing it was coming from a certain invisible girl that was part of the class. They all turned to where a floating glove was pointing, only to see a purple hazy mist.
"Thirteen, is that-"
"That's not part of the facility." Thirteen instantly chimed in, only to notice Eraserhead clench up.
"Thirteen...get the students out of here." Eraserhead slowly said before glaring at All Might, "Get ready."
As soon as he said that, the purple mist extended as a pale hand came out first. This was followed by a boy with a hand on his face, only to soon show the rest of his body was covered in hands. This was followed by a giant black monster that had its brain showing and wearing long brown pants, along with several small-time looking crooks coming out of the portal.
"Is that part of the USJ?" one of the students asked.
"No! Those are villains!" Eraserhead yelled as he unfurled his long scarf.
"Yes...you all have a lot of nerve coming here." All Might added.
"Ah..." the one with hands on his face muttered before pointing at All Might. "Looks like the schedule was right. The Symbol of Peace is here...lovely."
"And who might you be?"
The purple mist regressed back at this, soon showing two misty yellow eyes and a brace for its neck. And despite showing no mouth, it began to speak, "Greetings. We are the league of villains."
"And we're here for one thing!" The boy with hands cackled before pointing at All Might, "Your death, All Might!"
Hearing this, the hero cracked his knuckles as he glared down at the villains, "And you invaded this place to try something that ridiculous?!"
"Its not ridiculous. We can do it." The boy pointed to the giant monster behind him, "You see, this is the Nomu, the ultimate OP cheat code monster. He also has another name: The bioengineered anti-symbol of peace!"
"You should not announce the trump card so quickly, Master Shigaraki." the mist man said before the hand boy spun around.
"Shut up Kurogiri!" He glanced back at All Might, "Get him Nomu! The rest of you, kill the other heroes and students!"
"You heard him, get 'em!" one of the villains yelled before charging, the rest about to join him, only for All Might to appear before them.
"None of you will do any of that! Do you know why?" All Might exclaimed, everyone in the building suddenly feeling a shift of pressure as they saw the hero's signature grin fade, switching to an angry glare. "Because...I am here! Missouri Smash!"
Before the villains could even move, a sudden burst of force slammed into them, instantly knocking out every single minor villain that came out of the portal. The sight made most of the students gasp before the hero spun around, only to see the Nomu charging at him. He quickly raised both arms out, catching the rampaging monster as he locked his hands with the beast.
"Unf!" All Might hissed as he felt his feet grind into the floor as he pushed the monster back, "Not bad. You are definitely strong." The hero then thrusted a knee into the Nomu, only to see the blow not even faze the monster. "Hm. Seems I'll have to try a bit harder!"
The creature let out a roar at this, pulling its right arm back as All Might let go of it. Seeing this, the hero met the monster's next punch with his own, only for both to start exchanging blows in a blinding rapid-pace fury.
"Grrr...he's already cheating!" Shigaraki growled before pointing at Kurogiri, "Bring us the rest of the minions now! I want a full mob spawn going!"
"At once, Master Tomura." Kurogiri's body began to shift, only to come to a stop as his mist slowly began to grow.
"Hey! What are you doing, Kurogiri?! I want them now!"
"I...can't fully use my quirk."
"Huh?" Shigaraki muttered out before spinning around, now seeing a glaring Eraserhead as he fired his scarf at him. Shigaraki quickly ducked under the weapon, a sigh escaping his breath, "Eraserhead...figures you would try to cheat too."
Eraserhead didn't reply as he swung his weapon again, Shigaraki quickly backpedaling at every attack, only to lunge at the underground hero, making Aizawa evade and stop staring at Kurogiri as he now focused on Shigaraki. As this happened, Thirteen turned to the students, all of them entranced at the sight before them. "Everyone, we must leave now!"
"But what about Aizawa-sensei and-"
"Leave this situation to them." Thirteen interrupted, "All of you, get in the bus. Now!"
Hearing this, most began to file out, Katsuki glaring at the fight in the distance. He felt his palms clench at the sight, wanting to join in, only for Thirteen to grab his arm, "Come on! We're leaving right now!"
But as they did this, Kurogiri suddenly appeared before them, "I think not. You will all-"
SMASH!
What sounded like a cross between a car crash and a sound boom rang out, making the group all look back as they saw a black figure fly out of the USJ, soon landing with a small dust cloud in the distance. The sight made most of their jaws drop, Kurogiri's yellow eyes expanding before disappearing in a blast of mist.
"What the-YOU DIRTY CHEATER!" Shigaraki screamed, everyone glancing over at him. "You can't just beat the super weapon like that!"
"I can and I have." All Might replied as he zipped right up to Shigaraki, "Your toy is broken, boy. I will admit, it hit me with a few good blows, but I'm at full strength today."
Shigaraki began to backpedal at this, only for a pillar of smoke to consume him. "We're leaving Master Shigaraki."
"Tch." Shigaraki growled as the mist devoured him before pointing at All Might, "I'll be back Symbol of Peace. You will fall!"
And with that, the two villains disappeared, All Might now feeling a drop of blood come off his lips. He then glanced back at the class, "Are you all alright?"
The class all responded that they were, All Might then admitting to Eraserhead that that was close. The teacher sighed at this, saying that this was all All Might's fault, but agreed, and then told the Symbol of Peace to go and call the police to round up the knocked-out small time villains from before. And as this happened, they agreed to put off training for today, saying they can always do the USJ another day.
Meanwhile...
Izuku suppressed a yawn as he swung down a few streets. It had been a little over an hour since his encounter with Habit Headgear. After this, he kept his ear to the police scanner, but nothing was really coming in now. Letting out a sigh, he landed on a rooftop near FEAST. Checking his web shooters, he switched cartridges before swinging again.
"Guess there's no problems around here." He muttered as he went down another block, "Well...since nothing is happening, maybe I should write down some quips. What was that one I did yesterday?"
He fired a web line at this, only to glance down at the street below. He saw the people just walking by, most not even looking up compared to how it was the past few days. 'Are they already used to me? Then again, heroes are normal...and I guess vigilantes are probably the same-'
His thoughts came to a stop as he saw something in the corner of his eye, a certain sight in an alleyway. He quickly took a hard right, flinging up to a rooftop. "Was that-" He tried to say before quickly running across the rooftop, soon arriving above the alleyway...and went wide-eyed.
In the alley were two black vans, one of them very familiar looking, along with a semi truck. One van was in front of the semi while the other was behind it. And as he stared at the vehicles, a door in the nearby building opened up and a barrage of masked men ran out and quickly started to get into the cars.
"Huh. Guess it is my lucky day." Izuku commented as he checked his shooters before leaping off the roof, turning invisible while firing two web lines behind himself to slow himself down. He then descended down onto the front van, quietly landing on the roof as the gang all got into the vehicles.
And as they began to rev up, the invisible vigilante crawled over the side of the van and webbed up the right side tires. 'This'll slow you down.'
On cue, the masked men put their foot on the gas, only for the van to jerk. "What?! What's going on?!" the driver yelled as he let go of the gas. He turned to the passenger seat, "Something's wrong! Check the van!"
"Understood." the masked man tried to open his door, only to find it wouldn't budge. "Huh?"
Though he couldn't see it, his door was now webbed up along with the tires. And as he pushed on the door, Izuku slithered under the car, whispering about how cool it is that he could just crawl under there upside-down with ease. He then webbed up the other doors before the tires. 'Nice. One set of masked mooks webbed up.'
But as he grinned under his mask, the passenger door from before flew off the van, hitting the alley wall with a clang and making Izuku jolt. His invisibility glitched for a second at this, but he shut his eyes and focused, getting it back under control. He then crawled onto the top of the van, now seeing a masked man with black and white energy pouring off his hands. 'Oh yeah. Forgot everyone in this...gang? I guess its a gang, but yeah...forgot they could do that.'
"What the-the spider!" the masked man roared as he saw the webs on the van's tires. "The spider from the bank is here!"
'And they're still speaking some language I can't understand. Who are these guys?' Izuku thought as he watched the masked man yell at the driver. 'They know I'm here now. I better go ahead and make my move before this becomes a car chase.'
He then leaned over and tapped the shoulder of the masked man that was outside of the car. He let out a yelp before lightning surged in him, the thug soon falling over. Izuku's invisibility stopped at this as he fired a blast of webbing, plastering him to the alley wall. The gang started yelling at this, Izuku turning to the van with the now missing door.
"Hi fellas!" he said as he walked up to the open segment of the van. He then pointed his wrists at them, firing a burst of webbing all over the van, tying them all up. And as they began yelling again, Izuku reached in and zapped each of them with a poke as he added, "Stay here, would ya? I gotta fight all your pals in the other cars and I really don't need you joining the party."
But as he said that, he looked over to the semi and other van, only to see them going in reverse...and out into the street. "And...there goes the party." Izuku whispered as fired a web line at the semi before quickly yanking himself on top of it. And as he landed, the back door of the semi opened up and two thugs climbed onto the truck. They both pulled out katanas with the black and white energy pouring off them.
"That's new."
"Get the spider!" one of them roared as he charged at Izuku, the vigilante tensing up for a second. The thug swung the katana with a horizontal slice, Spider-Man quickly ducking under it before backpedaling, dodging a second slice.
"Oi! Watch it with the sharp stuff!" he yelped before feeling himself stumble a bit. The thugs did as well, both falling to one knee as the truck finished going into reverse. Seeing this, Izuku glanced down at the sidewalk, seeing several bystanders all staring at the sight. He quickly pointed at a man among the bystanders, "Hey you! Call the heroes now! These guys are villains!" The semi began to accelerate at this, Izuku looking back at the thugs as they got up, energy surging around their weapons.
"Oh boy...I got a bad feeling about this." Izuku gulped as he saw one of the thugs charging at him, thrusting the sword at the vigilante. "Whoa!" Izuku side-stepped from the attack, only for the second one to run up and try to slash Izuku. "Aah!"
Izuku backpedaled at this, only for the first thug to attack again, this one slashing Izuku's chest. "Augh!" He yelped as the attack made him fall, his back hitting the top of the semi. He blinked at this before going wide-eyed as the thug held the katana above his head.
"Die!" he roared before thrusting the blade down, Izuku quickly rolling to the side and dodging the katana. And as the sword went right through the semi's roof, Izuku thrust a leg up, slamming into the thug's chest. The blow knocked him off his feet, Izuku quickly firing a web at the second thug's chest before pulling it. The thug yelped as he was flung down, Izuku then thrusting a foot into the thug's face, knocking him back as well.
And as both thugs hit the semi with their backs, Izuku hopped up and fired two bursts of webbing, trapping them both to the roof. He glanced down at his chest, seeing a tear along with a bit of blood drip out. "That's not good. I need to-"
Danger!
His spider sense yelled as he glanced up and saw another masked thug climb onto the semi roof, the sight making him sigh. "Great..." Electricity surged through his fists as the thug began to walk up to him with a glowing katana. "Listen pal, you and your masked friends need to stop this semi now and not do...whatever crime you were going to do."
After mentally facepalming over messing up another quip, electricity sparked out of him before charging at the thug, the masked man doing the same. He quickly thrust his sword at this, Izuku leaping up in response, going over the thug before hitting his back.
ZAP!
The masked thug let out a cry of pain before falling over, Izuku quickly webbing him to the roof as well. "Another down." Izuku moaned, only for his spider sense to ring again. "Oh, come on!"
He spun around to see two more thugs climb onto the semi roof, "Seriously?! How many guys you got inside this thing?!"
"Hey! Pull over now!" yelled a new voice, Izuku and the two thugs turning to the sound.
There, Izuku went wide-eyed as he saw a certain hero running up to the still in motion semi. "Ingenium?!"
"Its a hero!" one of the thugs yelled before pointing at the others, "Tell the others inside to get the guns! I will fight the spider!"
The second masked thug nodded before going back over the side of the semi, Izuku grimacing at this, "Hey! What did you just tell him to do?"
"Die!" the thug screamed as he charged at the vigilante, but Izuku was ready. He shot a web at the thug's feet and yanked it, instantly flinging the thug off his feet. And as the masked man's back hit the semi's roof, webbing covered his body.
"Nope! No more slashing at me with your pointy weapons!" Izuku commented, only to let out a small hum, "In fact, why don't you...uh...eh, can't think of a quip." He mentally sighed and flexed his wrists at this, 'At least it feels like I'm getting better at this.'
Izuku then turned to the hero racing beside the semi, "Hey! Mister Ingenium!"
"You...you're Spider-Man, right?" he replied back.
"Yeah!" Izuku responded, his mind already racing. 'Holy cow, that's Ingenium, the Turbo Hero! He's known for-stop it Izuku! Focus! Fanboy later!' He resisted the urge to slap himself as he then said, "Say, you don't mind taking out their other car first while I take care of the semi, do you?"
"What other car?"
"Huh?" Izuku glanced back to the front of the semi...only to see the other car that left the alleyway was now gone. "Oh shoot!" He looked back at the Pro Hero, "They must have split up while I was fighting them!"
"Well, even if that's true, we have to stop this semi first!"
Izuku agreed with that, soon running up to the end of the semi, turning invisible as he lowered his head down to see what was inside. His eyes went wide as he saw at least ten more thugs inside, all of them taking out guns now. "That's not good." he whispered before raising his head and turning visible. He glanced over at Ingenium and yelled, "Hey! Can you handle the drivers of this thing?! I'm gonna go inside and beat the rest of them!"
"What?!" the hero yelped before seeing Izuku fire a web and hopped off the semi, yanking himself back as he swung into the semi's back. "Hey! Wait!"
But it was too late as Izuku flew in and yelled, "Surprise! Venom Punch!" He then thrust a charged fist into the closest one of the group inside the van, zapping him and blasting the thug into four others. A scream of rage came next as two of thugs instantly tried to counterattack, both pointing their guns at the vigilante. Spider sense blaring, Izuku fired two shots of webbing, jamming both guns before punching one of them. He then spun around and kicked the other in the chest, knocking him into the wall, making the semi tilt for a second.
And as the rest tried to gain their footing inside the semi, Izuku stood tall thanks to his spider abilities, allowing him to fire webs at two more thugs feet before yanking them, flinging them around. As this happened, the last masked man in the semi stood up, a bulky one that looked just as big as the one Izuku had fought at the bank. Black and white energy surged from his fists as he glared at the vigilante.
"Hey there. Any relation to that big guy I fought at the bank the other day?"
"DIE!" he roared as he charged at Izuku.
"That's probably a yes." Izuku commented before ducking under a jab, "And you have the same temper. Are you twins?!" The thug just yelled a profanity at this, though Izuku couldn't understand it as he dodged a second punch, "I sure hope you aren't triplets." He then pulled back a fist as it surged with electricity, "But knowing my luck, you're probably quadruplets or something."
POW!
Izuku's electric fist uppercutted into the thug, the criminal's head hitting the semi before landing like a sack of bricks. The teen flinched at that for a second before firing a bunch of webbing, tying him to the floor along with the others. And as he finished this, a psst came out of his shooter, making him see he had just ran out of webbing. He switched out the cartridge as he let out a breath he didn't know he was holding as he commented to himself, "And that's that. Now, let's see if Ingenium needs-whoa!"
He then felt the truck brake, everything inside slightly moving despite all the thugs being mostly webbed down. Izuku almost stumbled, but kept himself upright. "That answers that."
A second later, the hero appeared in the open back door of the semi, "Spider-Man! You okay?"
"I'm good." Izuku replied as he walked out, "Just uh...a little winded."
The hero glanced into the semi, seeing the many knocked out thugs before nodding, "Wow." He looked back at the vigilante. "Good job."
"Oh uh...t-t-thanks." Izuku responded while blushing under the mask. "It was um...it was nothing."
"I doubt that. There was a full group in this thing. Anyways, I already called the police to pick these mooks up."
"Nice." Izuku added before he began to backpedal, "So uh...are you gonna try and catch me now?"
The hero turned to him, blinking under his mask, "Hmm? Why would I-oh. Right. You're a vigilante."
"Yeah...I am."
Ingenium shook his head at this, "Well, you don't have to worry. I don't mind vigilantes. You can go if you want."
"Really?!" Izuku gasped, only to quickly reach into his hoodie and pull out a small notebook, a second one Izuku kept stashed in his clothes. "Then...could I have your autograph?!"
Ingenium almost flinched at this, surprise on his masked face before taking the notebook. "Sure."
He did a quick signature before giving it back, Izuku trying to contain is inner hero nerd as he put it back in his hoodie. "Well uh...I better go before the police get here."
"Got it. And thanks for catching these guys."
"No problem." He glanced back at the semi, "Though uh...before I go, do you know who they are? This is the second time I've fought them and they all have similar quirks and talk in a different language."
Ingenium shrugged at this, "I don't know much. This is my first time encountering them. Sorry."
"Guess they're still new. Oh well." Izuku sighed before leaping onto the semi, "Welp, see ya around."
And with that, he fired a web line and swung away, leaving the Turbo Hero. He took off his helmet at this and scratched the back of his head, "Spider-Man...seems like a good kid. Sounded like he's Tenya's age. Why is someone that young and talented a vigilante?"
It wasn't till a few blocks that Izuku remembered his wound...and that he had forgot to tell Ingenium about the first car. He then swung over there, only to find the police had already beat him too it. Turned out, whoever he had told to call for the heroes must have noticed the webbed-up car.
Glad about this, he looked down at his wound and saw it was already healing, though it was doing so very slowly. Seeing this, he decided to just go home, saying he had done more than enough today. And as he got home, he snuck back through his window and took off his costume, only to now feel all his adrenaline leave him.
The teen soon crashed into his bed, sleep embracing him in an instant.
But as he began to dream, he couldn't help but think today had been a good day.
Somewhere else...
The shuffling of paper could be heard in a certain dark office, a man in a pure white suit sitting behind a desk. And as he flipped through a folder, the office's door opened, revealing a masked man. His demon mask showed a long frown with fangs coming out of it as he slowly walked up to the desk.
He did a small bow, "Master."
The one behind the desk glanced up, a small hiss coming out his mouth, "What is it?"
"The operation...failed."
The man raised an eyebrow, "Why? What happened?"
"The spider from the bank. He...appeared again and took out one of the cars and the semi."
The white suited man closed the folder, gritting his teeth as he slowly ascended from the desk. He spun around at this, taking a long katana from the wall behind the desk. He pulled the weapon out of the sheath, the blade shining as energy surged around it.
"Is that so?" He then pointed the sword at the masked man, putting its tip on the thug's chin, "If the spider interferes again...kill him. Slowly."
"Yes master."
He removed the katana away from the thug's chin, letting out a long hiss, "This is only the beginning. I have no need for vigilantes interfering with our work. All the cards must fall." He spun around and rubbed his finger down the blade, "I will take this city's underground...and then my plan will truly begin."
Chapter 9: A Day Off
Half the day had already passed when Izuku woke up. His mother was slightly worried, mainly due to seeing him have a long sword slash on his chest, but he told her it was fine, saying it was just a very long day yesterday and his healing factor would do its job. Sighing and saying she feels like she's lost ten years off her life ever since Izuku started being a vigilante, she told him to relax today, which Izuku agreed to after a light lunch.
Now, he was on the living room couch, sewing up his costume from yesterday's fight.
"I need to make a few spare costumes." He told himself as he finished up the outfit. He looked it over at this, letting out a hum, "There we go."
And as he put the costume down, the television stopping showing commercials as a reporter appeared on the screen.
"Breaking News! UA was attacked! Villains attacked the school, trying to kill All Might!
"Kill All Might?!" Izuku yelped, his eyes going wide at that statement, "Wait...villains thought they could actually do that?!"
"A group of villains attacked the prestigious school, believing they could take on the Symbol of Peace, only for recent investigation to show that the hero instantly beat them. More news to come shortly."
"Wow..." Izuku muttered out as he got up and put his costume in his closet, "To think villains would be that ballsy. Then again, a lot of criminals I've been fighting have been gutsy like that."
And as he went back to the living room, the television was now showing a group of reporters, all going over different exploits of All Might and how the villains were so foolish to attack the school. Seeing this, Izuku slumped down in the couch after grabbing an extra cup of ramen out of the kitchen.
As he began to slurp the noodles, he stared at the screen, 'Guess the stuff I did yesterday didn't hit the news. Eh, that's okay. I mean, it is All Might after all. Still...I wonder if Kacchan got to see it. Probably did since he gets everything...he probably even got to fight those villains.'
Meanwhile...
Eraserhead didn't want to teach today. Granted, teaching was his job, but if he was totally honest, his mind was more set on what he would be doing later today. Thanks to the villain attack, which after the incident he went to Nezu and repeatedly asked him to get rid of All Might, saying it was all his fault that his students were put in danger and the press will start looking at them when they really shouldn't, and now the staff was gonna meet later to talk about the attack. And Nezu didn't get rid of All Might despite how much he complained.
Sighing at this, he dragged his sleeping bag as he went up to class 1-A's front door, quickly opening it with a single swing. There a barrage of noise in the room, over half the class talking about the incident yesterday, mostly about how All Might beat that monster villain.
But silence soon came when they saw their teacher open the door. He glared at them as he drudged up to the podium, "Five seconds. Its an improvement, but I expect you to be quicker next time." Aizawa grumbled as he pulled out a cup of coffee from the sleeping bag, which had somehow not stained or spilled inside the thing.
He let out a long sigh as he saw the expectant faces his students were wearing, "Alright...before you all ask, yes, what happened yesterday did happen. There was a villain attack because All Might is now teaching here." As he said that hero's name, the students could feel the anger drip out of his voice, "As such, the rest of the school and the press now know about the attack, which means eyes are going to be on you, even if you didn't participate in the attack."
Katsuki shined a huge grin at this as Aizawa continued, "However, I want you to all to forget about it, because there's a lot more important stuff happening soon."
"Like what Aizawa-sensei?" the student known as Ochako Uraraka asked.
"The UA Sports Festival is in two weeks."
The class immediately went into an uproar, Aizawa knowing he had lost all their attention at this. And after a minute or so of talking, he got it back as he said, "Now listen up, the festival is important, as there will tons of eyes on you all. That also means you can't slack off at all. I expect you all to do well, or you're expelled. Period."
Almost all of the students flinched at this, remembering the first day where the student Mineta Minoru was expelled after failing the quirk test.
"Good. You're all learning. Now, let's begin the day."
Izuku was now at his computer, finishing up some extra homework before skimming through a few online news outlets. Back when he first created his special hero app for his phone, he designed it around a news collecting program he had created on his computer. Despite this, he found it to be inefficient, as the news it mainly found were either extremely biased or redacted like crazy.
As such, information was scarce despite being in the information age. It just goes to show you how easily stuff can be covered up if someone wants it to stay hidden. Izuku had no doubt in his mind that half the info that never got out was part of the hero commission, but he knew that was part of a hero's job, even if he wasn't one.
Despite this, he did find that a few did report the adventure he had yesterday. It was mainly through them trying to interview Ingenium, though Izuku didn't mind. He had gotten a sweet autograph out of it.
However, he was also looking over the news outlets for something else. He still had nothing on those masked men. Two encounters and he found zilch on them. There was no name for the gang, no purpose except robbing that bank, and they all had the same quirks and spoke a different language.
Izuku leaned back in his chair at this, pulling out another notebook. This one was new, one that he made purely for investigations, which he had thought up after his encounter with Tombstone's gang. He tapped the pages with his pencil as his mind went over everything.
'So...I still don't have much. These masked guys come out of nowhere, rob a bank and cause a car chase...at least, in my tussles with them. There's nothing online, so they have to be new...' He glanced back up to the computer, which was now showing an interview with Ingenium. 'No name to the gang either. They all just have the same quirk, speak a different language...and they're really gutsy. I mean, they do all their stuff in the day. At least, of what I've seen.'
He put the notebook down at this, letting out a sigh as he crossed his arms. "Hmm...I don't know much about detective work. Guess its another thing I'll have to learn since I failed to get into UA. Maybe I should get a small forensic kit for my costume. That, and I could bring my old scanner I made..."
He looked up at the computer again, now seeing another news report on the UA attack. 'Hmmm...wonder who those villains were? I mean, they're even more ballsy than those masked guys if they want to take on All Might.' He leaned back in his chair, putting his hands behind his head, 'I better not think about it. Might be best to just take on one or two cases at a time.'
Naomasa was walking through the halls of UA, his eyes scanning at the files in his hand. He couldn't help but think that this was just the beginning. He then looked up and saw a single door, sighing as he grabbed the handle and opened it. Glancing inside, he saw a conference room filled with every hero UA had. Even All Might was there, in his skeleton form as a drip of blood went down his chin before wiping it.
"Ah, detective! Welcome!" exclaimed the principal of UA, Nezu. The little stoat creature was waving to him as the detective slowly walked into the room.
"Hello everyone." Naomasa responded as he put down the folders he was carrying, "I hope you all know why this meeting was called."
"About the attack at the USJ." Vlad King chimed in while crossing his arms.
Naomasa nodded back, "Yes. Now, as you all know, an organization of villains calling themselves 'The League of Villains' attacked UA. We've looked into this organization and it seems to be that this is a brand new villain group. We've found no information on either of the main villains over this, that being Tomura Shigaraki and Kurogiri. Tomura Shigaraki seems to be the leader, and based on what Eraserhead said during his encounter with him, he has the power of disintegration, which we now believe is what took out the pillar at UA."
"Which allowed the press to get in." Aizawa grumbled, "What else do we have on him?"
"Not much. We've looked deep into the databases and quirk registry, only to find nothing. We have no background on him, no family...nothing. There is no record of him whatsoever. We do now have a profile set up for him. According to what we've interviewed between you all and the villains he recruited, Shigaraki seems to have a very childish personality. Its like he's a man-child that has been given too much power."
"Agreed. He acted like it was some kind of performance when I fought him." Aizawa added, "And do we have anything on Kurogiri?"
Naomasa shook his head, "No records there either. All we have is that he has a warp quirk, probably the most powerful one we've ever seen."
"That's not good." Snipe chimed in.
"And what about that weapon they attacked me with. What was that?" All Might added, Naomasa taking out a paper out of folder in response.
"Ah yes, the Nomu." Naomasa replied as he tapped the paper with his hand. "I just got a report from the crime lab over the monster. We tried to interrogate it, but got nothing. It doesn't seem to respond to anything, so the lab ran a DNA analysis instead. Turns out, it was originally human, just a small time criminal."
"That thing was originally human?" Thirteen asked, "How?"
"We don't fully know. All we know is that according to the analysis, it has multiple quirks and seems to be designed to be braindead. We suspect this was done so it could follow orders more easily."
"Wait...multiple quirks? How is that possible?" Midnight chimed in, "Isn't the most you can have is two?"
"Under normal circumstances, yes. However, that's not the case here." Naomasa responded, "We believe this could be connected to All For One."
The room almost went silent at that, most going wide-eyed as Present Mic asked, "All For One? Isn't that a myth?"
"He's real." All Might spoke up in a low, draining tone, "He's very very real." He slowly turned to Naomasa, "Is there any more evidence that its him?"
"No. However, when it comes to All For One, you're not going to find much more evidence than something like this."
"True." Nezu hummed as he glanced over the files, "According to these results, this is extreme experimentation. This Nomu is essentially no longer human. That being said, if this is an experiment and this is its first appearance, that must mean this is brand new." He looked back up at the detective, "Do we have anything else like this, this...multiple quirks injected into one being? Any case similar?"
Naomasa bit his lip at this, "Honestly, I would say no...except that a recent new case does have certain...similar circumstances."
"Oh? What might that be?" Nezu chirped.
Naomasa closed his eyes at this, taking a deep breath, "Before I start, I want to state that this is purely my theory. I have brought it up with the lab, and they denied it due to how the Nomu seems to be made and the lack of evidence. The Nomu seems to be designed to be a puppet, and everything about it is made to be just that. However, the Nomu is like nothing we've ever seen before."
"And the case you're following isn't remotely like it though, is it?"
Naomasa nodded back, "Correct. The only things that connect is the fact that the individual has multiple quirks, the timing, that is, the fact that this person just appeared right before the Nomu...and how perfect both are in terms of their quirks. They both seemed to be exactly designed for their quirks. Now, the number of quirks is actually unknown for this individual, but its been debated that they have between three or four quirks. Regularly, that should be impossible, just like the Nomu, which is why I believe this could be connected." Naomasa then pulled out another paper, spinning it around to show an image of a certain costumed individual. "This is Spider-Man, a new vigilante on the scene."
"A vigilante? That's not a villain, detective." Vlad instantly chimed in.
"I know. That's why it could possibly be not connected." Naomasa replied, "However, the case is extremely bizarre. For one, all the footage and evidence we have of him seem to suggest this vigilante just received his quirks."
Looks of confusion filled most of the room, Midnight asking, "Just received them?"
Naomasa nodded back, "Yes. Here, watch." He gestured to a laptop that had been setup, soon showing the footage of Spider-Man at both bank fights, along with him fighting Vulture.
"As you can see, he has no experience, and he acts as if he just received his powers."
"He also acts like he knows what quirks he has, but is surprised when it works." Eraserhead commented as he saw Spider-Man venom punch the bulky masked thug in the bank before celebrating on the quirk working.
"And based on the interviews with others who have encountered him, they believe he's around UA entering age." Naomasa let out a long sigh at this, "In fact, his first appearance, which was later confirmed by Kamui Woods, seemed to be the vigilante testing out his quirk and-"
"It happened a little bit after the UA entrance exams, didn't it?" Nezu interrupted, the room all turning to him as Naomasa nodded again, "I figured as much. Vigilantes do sometimes appear after failing our exams."
Several glanced back at the footage, Snipe chiming in, "Wait...you're saying we rejected him? With that kind of power?"
"Its possible." Nezu shrugged, "If he truly had no experience using his quirk, our test would be hard for him. Is this why you asked for the files on who failed our exams, detective?"
"Yes." Naomasa nodded, "Unfortunately, it didn't give me anything."
"I see. I figured that was where you were going with this. I won't deny there's a problem with the amount of students we accept to take the exams makes a giant suspect pool, and if he did in fact just receive his quirks, the profile he submitted to UA will probably be misleading. Anyways, I understand why you think this is connected, detective. This is a bizarre case, as it shouldn't be possible. Do you believe perhaps Spider-Man is an escaped experiment from the one who made the Nomu?"
"That's definitely a possibility. As you all probably know, people who are born with two quirks are extremely rare, and most that are born with them are usually very unstable. However, both the Nomu and Spider-Man seem to have perfect combination quirks. For Spider-Man, he has perfect assassination abilities. The powers of a spider allow him to crawl up walls with ease, along with the invisibility and electricity quirks, give him very distinct abilities that any hitman or killer would want. His webbing is also unique, as what samples we've tried to collect dissolve into nothing in what appears to be under three hours, as if by design as well."
"And the Nomu is the same, though its designed for something completely different." Eraserhead added as he stared at the paper before him. "Super Regeneration with Shock Absorption, along with body enhancements, possibly a strengthening quirk...definitely what you would want for a tireless super-powered weapon of destruction. Perfect for distractions and chaos."
"Agreed." Nezu continued as he looked over the file Naomasa had made on Spider-Man. "However, this Spider-Man could be recruited as a potential student. We do not have a full heroics class this year after all. The interviews make it sound like he's very young, is that correct?"
"Yes. Though that is a legal hassle now. You know what the commission thinks about vigilantes."
Eraserhead rolled his eyes at this, "That's because they prefer flashy heroic quirks and not quirks that could actually make a difference. This Spider-Man...he's perfect for underground hero work, something the commission barely approves." He let out a long sigh, "Its irrational, but there's no way they would accept him now."
"Now now, no need to be that negative Aizawa." Nezu replied before rubbing his chin with a grin, "Regardless of all we've discussed, there's a lot happening here. We should begin creating an investigation over the League of Villains and we'll keep the Spider-Man case separate for now until new evidence comes to light."
"Agreed." responded everyone but All Might.
As for the Symbol of Peace, he stared at two different papers. One showing the Nomu, the other Spider-Man. 'All For One...so you're alive. What are you up to now?' He stared at a photo of Spider-Man, remembering back to his encounter with Shigaraki, 'This Shigaraki boy...you've obviously corrupted him. Did you try to do the same to this Spider-Man?'
Izuku spun the pencil in his hand, still surprised at his new enhanced reflexes. He always wanted to be able to do small finger tricks like in the movies, but now being able too...it was still strange. He then stared down at his notebook, which was on the pages over fighting styles.
However, there weren't anything on fighting styles. Instead, it just showed super moves. In the past few hours, he found everything he looked up on martial arts to be worthless. Nothing corresponded with using his webbing, something he knew he needed to put in his fighting style.
As such, he concluded he would have to make his own, and started to put in super moves instead. He figured out a few obvious ones with his Venom Power, and started to try figure out stuff with webbing. This was followed by several stealth moves, along with thinking some acrobatics could be put in, though Izuku concluded he had no idea how to do that.
And as he finished his notes, he went over to his webbing cartridges, seeing a big supply of them now. The sight made him smile, glad that his inventing talent that he hated so much now become so useful with his new quirk. Despite this, he felt unfulfilled, mainly because he promised his mom to not go out as Spider-Man today.
'Oh...I want to go out as Spider-Man! I can't stand being cooped up in here!' He thought as he began to pace in his room. 'I wanna try this stuff! I wanna go out there!'
He then slumped down in his desk chair, letting out a long sigh. "I can't wait for tomorrow."
Meanwhile again...
All For One stared at the screens before him despite not having working eyes. His many sensory quirks allowed him to semi-watch the footage before him, this time showing several heroes along with a certain new vigilante.
"Spider-Man...interesting. You have multiple quirks, yet you don't seem to be a mindless monster like my Nomu. Very interesting." He chuckled before putting his hand to his chin, "Why are you a vigilante? Did this so-called world of heroes reject you?"
"Master, its time for another treatment." said a voice coming from a certain small bald man now walking into the room.
"I see. Before you do it doctor, tell me something." All For One pointed to the screen with Spider-Man, showing him fight in the bank, "Is that one of yours? Perhaps an escapee?"
The doctor shook his head, "No master. I have nothing like that in my experiments."
"It has to be an experiment, doctor. No one has that many quirks except for me. Think its one of your colleagues? Perhaps Connors?"
The doctor shook his head, "Bah, it couldn't possibly be him. He's too much of a goody-two-shoes. No, if he's an experiment, I can only think of two to three other scientists it could be...though I haven't heard much from them lately."
"I see..."
"Do you wish for me to capture him for you, master? I can send Kurogiri and-"
"No." All For One interrupted, "Leave him be."
"Oh? May I ask why, master?"
"Simple." All For One replied as he shined a huge smile, "Vigilantes stir up the underworld. They act outside the law, meaning they'll go after anyone, which helps keep the underworld disorganized. When I'm ready to take over again, its much easier to get all the villains to follow me in the chaos. Besides, that's the beauty of this world now, thanks to the so-called heroes."
"What do you mean?"
"This world is now obsessed with heroic quirks, meaning that those who don't fit the norm will become desperate or become villains. This allows hundreds of villains to be born for every one hero." He put his hands together as his smile grew even more. "Its the perfect system for me. Simple as that."
"I see. And if this Spider-Man interferes?"
"If he does, we'll just have another interesting quirk or two to put into our arsenal."
Chapter 10: Weaving A Web
Izuku had to admit, despite not currently being Spider-Man, he did feel like he was doing good right now. After telling his mom what FEAST was like the other day, she asked if she could come along when he went the next time. She agreed with Martin Li's advice, saying he did need to help himself. However, Izuku found himself mostly ignoring this today, as he was too embarrassed having his mother there at FEAST.
Not only that, he found out that his mother could just easily walk up to anyone there and talk to them, something he could barely do. As such, she was already friends with Gloria, the snake lady constantly giggling at how different he was to his mother. This was also added by the fact that his mother told him he couldn't be Spider-Man till tonight, having caught him trying to do that this morning, and told him to still relax and recover even though he did that yesterday, or go to FEAST before being a vigilante tonight.
Despite this, he felt he was doing good right now. Thanks to bringing his mother, Martin Li accepted Izuku to volunteer. That and they needed people right now, as they were doing a weekly soup kitchen operation. Now, Izuku didn't know how to really cook, but they needed multiple people to serve the food, which was something he could do. Not only that, Li soon commented at how strong Izuku seemed to be despite his tiny frame, Izuku telling him he just works out regularly. He then had Izuku help move a bunch of tables and supplies around, Izuku now realizing just what little help the place had.
And as the soup kitchen started and he began to serve others food, Izuku found that this charity thing was worth it. Smiles and thanks happened over and over, making him feel like he was truly helping others. Part of him still wanted to go out and fight crime, but he now knew why All Might said this was so important. A real hero helps everyone.
And after a few hours, he took a lunch break, his mother staying behind to talk to her new friends as Izuku got himself some food. After getting some grub from a stand nearby FEAST, he went back inside and onto the building's roof. He went there, thinking he could use some peace and quiet, only to open the door and go wide-eyed at the sight.
On the roof was another resident of FEAST, Howard. He was a scraggly old guy that Izuku had met the first time coming to FEAST, but now realized he never saw him come down to the kitchen. Howard had a small shed set up on the roof, which had three pigeons inside.
"Yes yes...quiet down you." Howard chuckled as he scratched the chin of one of the pigeons before glancing over at the teen, "Ah, Izuku! How ya been doing?"
"H-h-hello mister Howard." Izuku replied as he walked up to him, "What's all this? W-w-why do you have all those birds?"
"Oh, these darlings? They're nothing much." Howard chuckled, "You see, they're my wife's pigeons."
"You're married?"
Howard shook his head, "Not anymore. She's uh...she's gone. This is all I really got left of her."
Izuku blinked at this for a second before bowing, "Oh, I-I-I'm so sorry. I-I-I didn't mean to-"
"Its fine." Howard waved his hand, "Don't worry about it." The pigeon he was scratching then tried to nip at him, making him flinch, "Hey! None of that!" Howard then shook his head, "Heh...looks like Bertha here still doesn't like me. If only I had my wife's quirk."
"Oh? What was her quirk?" Izuku chimed in, only to blush, "I-I-I mean, if you don't mind me asking..."
Howard shook his head and then patted Izuku's shoulder, "Its fine. Her quirk let her talk to birds. Mainly pigeons and a few others...not great, but it let her be a good veterinarian."
"Wow."
"Yup." Howard laughed before patting the pigeon's head, "Unfortunately, my quirk doesn't help with pigeons."
Izuku didn't reply to that, remembering when he first met Howard. His quirk was with his teeth, which were mole-like, allowing him to eat through just about anything. Unfortunately, it didn't have a much of a use, even when Izuku asked to analyze it and told him it was an amazing quirk. Despite this, he told Izuku he had had a fulfilling life, and told Izuku its okay to be limited like he was. Izuku had found him to be inspiring, though he didn't tell him.
Now, he stared at the pigeons and asked, "S-s-so...are these your only birds?"
"No." Howard sighed, "There's two more...but they randomly leave and come back." He scratched the side of his head, "I really wish I had a way to track them."
"Track them?"
"Yeah...two of them really love to fly everywhere and I'm worried someone will decide to...you know, get rid of them."
Izuku blinked at him as his mind began to catch up. 'Tracking them...' His eyes went wide at this, 'That's it!'
"Izuku? Are you okay?" Howard asked as he saw Izuku go silent and then wide-eyed.
"I gotta get going. Thanks Howard!" Izuku yelled as he suddenly ran for the door, quickly opening it.
"Sure...wait, thank you? But I didn't do anything!"
Izuku quickly ran downstairs and found his mother, Inko asking why he looked like he was in such a rush. He then told her he needed to go home, telling her he just thought up an invention idea. She asked if this was a lie, thinking he was going to go be Spider-Man early, something he had promised to do tonight, but Izuku told her the invention would take him all day. Nodding to this, he was allowed to leave early.
He quickly left the place and ran down an alleyway, turning invisible before changing into his Spider-Man outfit and swung over to his house. Izuku was glad he had figured out invisibility so quickly, it made things so easy to get around. He got to his house unnoticed, wall-crawling through his window and into his room before taking out a notebook he hadn't used in a while.
It was his invention notebook, though it was the fifteenth one he had created over his lifetime. Here, he wrote up a few blueprints, and then a few hours later, he began to create something new. He found his inventing drive was ten times stronger than ever, as if having the purpose of helping him be Spider-Man made him be a better inventor.
'I should write down a whole list of support equipment just for Spider-Man. he thought as he pulled out his main notebook over being Spider-Man. 'Let's see...I want to automate the web shooters one day. I also want multiple material sets for the costume for different scenarios...maybe some kind of stealth suit? That could useful.' He turned to his other notebooks, only to see his cell phone on the desk. The sight made him hum as his mind told him to write down something else, 'There's an idea. I've always experimented on how my phone's apps could respond through other devices, but only made them work through my computer or my phone.' His eyes shifted over to his vigilante costume laying over a chair, 'I wonder if I could ever implement that into my costume. Maybe just the mask? Eh, that's an idea for another day.'
And as evening came and the night started, Inko had already came home and was surprised to find Izuku still at his desk. He told her that he was going to go out as Spider-Man tomorrow, saying this new invention would help him be a better hero. Sighing and shaking her head, she told him she was proud of him going to FEAST today, and told him to not stay up too late before going to bed. And as she did this, Izuku finished his project and went to bed like she asked, knowing that this was just the beginning.
The Next Day...
Izuku woke up early that day, stretching as he flipped out of bed and onto the ceiling. As he crawled off the walls, he did his morning routine before telling his mom goodbye. She asked him if he had done his homework, only to tell her he was already three weeks ahead. He then changed into Spider-Man, turning invisible and out his window before swinging into the city.
And after swinging down a few blocks, he landed onto a nearby rooftop and pulled out a small device from his hoodie. 'Now...I hope this works.' He thought to himself as he stared at the gadget, which had a screen on it before taking out a tiny metal spider. 'Hmm...what should I call you? How about...spider tracer? Yeah, that sounds good.'
He put both away before swinging again, soon going down a few more streets, "Now to start my patrol."
And so, hour after hour passed, the vigilante swinging across the city. As he did this, he found two muggers, stopping both with ease, but nothing else. He then saw it was about noon, the sight making Izuku stop and land on a rooftop, soon changing his web cartridges. "Better get some grub. Wonder where I should eat?"
As he said that, the police scanner in his phone rang out.
"This is Musutafu police. We have a report of two speeding vehicles. Last sighting is at Mortis Avenue."
"Mortis Avenue?" Izuku repeated before staring at the street below him, "That's pretty close. Maybe I could find-"
His words came to a stop as two black vans suddenly shot down at the end of the block he was looking at. "Nevermind. Looks like they're coming to me." He tensed up, ready to hop off the roof, only to go wide-eyed as he saw a figure lean out of one of van's windows. "What the-its those masked guys again!"
A masked thug was leaning out of the window, a two-handed rifle in his hand as Izuku followed where he was looking and saw another sight. "That's...Airjet!" The flying mecha-looking hero was right behind the two vans, quickly zipping back and forth as the masked man started shooting at him.
"Looks like he needs help. Good thing I just reloaded my webbing." Izuku said before leaping off the building, "Let's do this!"
He fired a web line and began swinging, seeing Airjet flying over one of the vans, the hero yelling, "Pull over now! This is your last warning!"
"Shoot the hero down!" the driver in the van responded, the masked man in the passenger seat pointing a gun at the hero.
"Uh-oh." Izuku gulped as he swung behind the hero. Airjet saw the gun and shifted over to the top of van, out of the range of the rifle. He then flew down, slamming himself into the roof of the van. The car began to shake at this, only for right side door of the van to open, showing two more masked men.
One fired an energy blast at Airjet, knocking him back as he tried to hold onto the van. "Airjet!" Izuku gasped before firing two web lines at the van's back, then yanking himself forward. He shot himself at the back of the van, landing as the van rocked at this as well. Airjet and the masked men glanced back at this, Izuku gripping the vehicle's rear at this. "Airjet, I'm here to help!"
"Spider-Man?!"
"The spider?!" one masked man yelped before ducking back into the van, "The spider is here! He's trying to stop us again!"
"Great...still can't understand you." Izuku sighed before seeing the masked man pull out a gun and point it at him. "Oh no you don't!" He aimed his wrist, firing it at the gun. The webbing instantly covered the weapon before Izuku yanked it away.
"No!" the masked man barked, only for an armored hand to suddenly grab his shoulder. He turned to see Airjet pulling back a punch. The other masked man charged up some energy in his fists at this, Izuku seeing this and fired a web line at the man's mask. The man yelped as he was suddenly blinded, only for Airjet to jab the first masked man.
The blow knocked out the thug, Airjet still keeping his grip on the thug's shoulder as Spider-Man climbed onto the roof. He turned to see the second van about to take a right, 'Gotta stop this car, but that one might get away. Time to try out the spider tracer.' He put the tracer in his wrist and fired a web, instantly sticking it on the bumper of the van.
He then turned back to Airjet, now seeing him leap into the van, punching the others inside. "Guess I'll stop the driver and-"
A scream rang out next, making him look up and he saw the van was now heading for a park...and its tires just went up the sidewalk. The tires then hit the grass, Izuku now seeing there was a playground filled with kids coming up next. "NO!" Izuku screamed before firing two web lines at some nearby trees in the park and slingshotted himself ahead. He flung himself over to the jungle gym in the playground, making two kids gasp as he landed on the metal bars.
"Get out of here kiddos!" He yelled before spinning around and pointing his web shooters ahead. "I hope this works." He multi-tapped the shooters at two trees that the van was about to pass through. Piles of webbing shot out, making a giant web as the van came.
And as he kept firing webs, the van hit the big webbing net, slowing the speeding van as its tires grinded into the dirt. It kept trying to move at this, until eventually all its momentum was gone, sticking the car in place. "Nice." Izuku let out a breath he didn't know he was holding, seeing the van was now fully stuck. And as he aimed at the van's roof again, a 'psst' came out of his shooters. "Great..."
He opened his shooter to replace the webbing, only for a loud clang to ring out as Airjet screamed, "Augh!" Izuku glanced up to see the hero's back hit a nearby tree before slumping over.
"Airjet!" Izuku gasped before quickly replacing the webbing, only to see a certain masked thug walk out of the van. This one was bulky, just like the other two he had fought. "Oh, great. So they are triplets." And as he said that, the one in the driver seat stopped hitting the gas and instead hopped out of the car as well. This one had two long black and white energy whips in his hands. "That's new..."
"Forget the mission! Kill the spider!" the whip guy yelled as they both ran around the webbed-up van. Izuku let out a growl as he leapt off the jungle gym and got down into a crouched stance.
"You guys are gonna pay for the destruction you've done today!" Izuku said as he pointed his wrist at the whip guy, only for his spider sense to yell at him. But before he could react, the thug flicked the whip, instantly grabbing Izuku's arm and yanking him. "Whoa!"
The thug slung the whip overhead, flinging Izuku into a tree. "Urgh!" He groaned as he hit the pillar of lumber, denting it slightly as the whip let go of his arm. And as he slumped down, his spider sense went off again, making Izuku quickly fire a web line to another tree, yanking himself away just in time as the bulky thug charged at him. He missed the vigilante at this, destroying the first tree in the process before turning around, now seeing Izuku get back on his feet.
"Okay, let's try that again." Izuku grunted before his spider sense rang out again, making him backflip as the whip guy swung his weapon at him. The whips just missed the teen as he kept going back, only to then fire a web line at the whip thug, hitting his leg before Izuku yanked it, knocking him off his feet.
But before he could do anything else, the other thug charged at him, swinging two jabs. Izuku ducked under the first, only for the second to hit him in the stomach, the punch turning into an uppercut as it knocked the vigilante off his feet. "Oof!" he yelped as he was knocked upward, only to point his wrists at the thug and fire two web lines, catching both of the thug's fists. And with a mighty yank, he fired himself right back at the bulky man, slamming his feet into the thug's chest.
The thug let out a wheeze of pain as he was knocked back, only for Izuku to quickly fire some webbing over the now laying criminal. But as he did this, his spider sense blared before a whip shot straight for Izuku's head, and then grabbed his neck. "Urk!" Izuku yelped as he was yanked off his feet, the masked thug laughing as he began to drag Izuku through the dirt.
"Today you die spider!" the thug exclaimed before tightening his grip on the whip, energy flowing through it as it reached Izuku. A surge of pain struck him at this, making the teen cry out in pain.
"AAAAAHHHH!" Izuku screamed as he felt the energy from the whips zap him.
"Ha! And now you-blaugh!"
A fist slammed into the thug's face, knocking him down instantly. Feeling the whip loosen, Izuku grabbed and pulled it off, coughing as he laid there in the dirt. "That...sucked."
"I couldn't agree more." said a voice, making Izuku look up and see Airjet standing over him, offering the vigilante a hand, "You okay?"
"Yeah...just sore." Izuku groaned as he took the hand and Airjet pulled him up. "How about you?"
"Only thing that's hurt is my pride." Airjet replied before patting the vigilante's shoulder, "Thank you."
"Huh?"
"You saved me. And everyone at this park." Airjet continued as he gestured to the still webbed up van. "I thought I could contain those villains, but they were too much for me. So...thank you."
"Oh...right." Izuku slowly said as he stared at everything around him, now seeing the knocked out masked men along with the van. And then he saw a crowd form around them, several people yelling thank you while others were taking pictures with their phones.
Airjet patted his shoulder again, making Izuku turn to him, "You best get going."
"Wha..."
Airjet let out a chuckle, "You're not used to compliments, are ya?" Izuku shook his head, "Thought so. Just take the thank you and get going. I know I shouldn't let a vigilante get away, but you did good here kid. You saved all these people, so I'll let you go."
"Oh...t-t-thanks." Izuku nodded before firing two web lines and slingshotting away.
And as he did this, Airjet stared at the fleeing vigilante and hummed, "Spider-Man, huh? Seems like a good kid." He looked back at the knocked out masked men, sighing at the sight, "Still...this is quite the mess. Guess I better get started."
Izuku wasn't sure how much time passed as he swung away. He just kept swinging, soon passing over to the district where his house is located. Seeing this, he turned invisible and went to the roof, crawling through the window like usual. And as he sat down at his desk, he pulled out a small device from his hoodie. It was the tracker, which was now showing one red repeating dot.
"Guess the spider tracer worked." Izuku sighed as he slumped over in his seat. "He said...I did good. I helped those people at FEAST yesterday, and today...I caught the bad guys and saved a bunch of kids."
He stared up at the ceiling, "Wow...so this is what it's like to be a hero, huh?"
A smile graced his face at this. "I love it."
And as his eyes continued to stare at the ceiling, he took a long deep breath before glancing down at the tracker. "And tonight, I'm gonna catch the rest of you."