Disclamer: I don't own anything Spider-Man or RWBY. Spider-Man is a product of Marvel, RWBY is a product of Rooster Teeth.
Peter Parker was never one to be an attention seeker. Preferring a day of relaxation with a good book in his eyes and minding his own business. That also meant that he was extremely uncomfortable when he was in the spotlight, which is where he was right now. Side stepping to the left, he was able to see and feel the bronze shield passing through his right, along with the pale skin and wavy red hair of the girl behind said shield.
"Look, if it was about the red thing, I'm sorry." He said as Pyrrha made her stop with a slide, turning so that the shield was facing the brunette again. "If I compliment you, could you stop trying to hit me? It hurts when I get hit, so I prefer if it doesn't come to that."
No response was met from Pyrrha verbally, instead she preferred to take a knee, change her xiphos into a gun, and, with accurate precision she trained most of her life to get, started firing at the joking brunette.
Peter didn't need his Spider-Sense to see the incoming danger, but was glad to have it as he bent backwards, letting the bullet pass above of him. Jumping to avoid another one, he used his momentum to do a backflip, "Ok, no compliments. How about a long awkward silence? God knows how I love my long and awkward silences."
Seeing that her long-range combat was not working against her opponent, Pyrrha decided to try to go for close combat. Slashing at Peter with a left swipe of her xiphos, she saw that Peter crouched low, making his thighs be lower to the ground than his knees. Taking advantage of his position, Peter used the strength of his legs, sending a massive uppercut at Pyrrha's way, but was met by the bronze shield, as some of Pyrrha's quick movements made him avoid a kick aimed at his right leg.
"Man, talk about taking a little off the top." He said, already losing count of how many slashes has Pyrrha aimed at his head. "Thank god, you didn't decide to become a barber, I prefer if I wasn't part in a Sweeney Todd movie."
Pushing with her shield, Pyrrha saw and felt as Peter decided to use said shield to put his feet on, pushing hard as he made a flip while making Pyrrha slide off away from him. "And talk about a good defense, if you continue to use your shield like that, I think I know someone who would sue."
Using the little space between them, Pyrrha started running at Peter again, even going as far as using the gun part of her spear for more momentum and more speed, intent of ramming her bronze shield on the hidden vigilante's chest.
Seeing no movement from the brunette's side, Pyrrha prepared for impact. An impact that never came though, as Peter leaped up, leaving no resistance to the red head's attack, making her stumble forward. Peter used this to his advantage, even if he was still falling from the leap he did, he managed to maneuver his body so he kicked Pyrrha's lower back before he touched to floor. "Tag! You're it!"
The sudden momentum Pyrrha gained from the kick was unexpected, but she found a way to roll forward and switch her javelin into gun form, quickly letting some bullets fly as Peter finally landed on the floor. "Just how many bullets can you fit in there?" He asked while performing a back handspring, "And, since we're in the subject, how do you put bullets in that?"
Taking her spear, Pyrrha decided to lunge again, meeting Peter's spot quickly as he was able to side step it again. What he didn't expect was for Pyrrha to predict his movements, as she stopped and started slashing at him again. "Oh, come on! Dodging is all I have, don't go taking that away from me!"
He maneuvered his body, being able to avoid getting the worst case of missing limbs in history as he was able to move at the last second every time. Peter hopped back as Pyrrha tried to stab at him, making her smirk as she grew the spear, letting it try to stab Peter again. "Pointy! Pointy!" He said as he bent his knees again and leaned back, seeing the point of the spear barely pass above of him. Wasting no time, and trying to avoid Pyrrha slashing at him from that very uncomfortable position, Peter made his way from bellow the spear and struck at Pyrrha with a fist, only for it to be blocked by the shield. Having to avoid another slash of the spear, Peter was able to hear the sound of a gun, meaning that Pyrrha was getting serious with him and making her slashes faster.
Still able to avoid the swipes, Peter started up again, "You know, I'm beginning to think that maybe you don't like me." He then extended his hands, grabbing a hold of Pyrrha's shield, and he threw the red head as far as he could, but not before she managed to spin in place, managing to land a blow on his left shoulder before letting herself be thrown.
The sudden pain in his shoulder was noted by Peter, covering it with his right hand, he was able to feel the blood pouring out of his body. He saw his shoulder, and was relieved to see the Unstable Molecules repairing themselves, hiding the blood from his opponent. Looking back up to where Pyrrha was, he felt the sudden buzzing of his Spider-Sense, making him leap away at the last second away from an oncoming bullet. "Hey, I have a game! Let's play 'Stop trying to shoot me, oh dear god, please stop'. I'll start, stop trying to shoot me!" Dodging the bullets, he started making his way towards Pyrrha's position. "Dear God!" Doing a handspring, he was able to avoid the last bullet sent his way, closing the remaining distance between them as he pushed her shield with his feet, making Pyrrha slide away from him, and have to stop shooting at the brunette in order to regain her balance, "Please stop!"
Regaining her footing, Pyrrha was able to see Peter rush at her again and threw her shield at him. Seeing the shield spinning to his direction, he ducked underneath it, letting it pass over his head. "It's just not your day, pal!" That was until his Spider-Sense started blaring again. Having no time to react, Peter let himself be hit in the back by the rebounding shield. Letting himself have a little scream of surprise and pain, he dropped to a knee. "Ok, Cap, we need to let you off your toys, someone could lose an eye, you know?"
Being able to avoid the bullets that Pyrrha was now shooting at him easily, Peter saw Pyrrha's shield behind him. Avoiding bullets, he made his way towards it, intent of finishing this fight, he did a roll towards the shield, picking it up in order to block some bullets.
"Now, I'm no Steve Rodgers," Peter said as he put the bronze shield on his right arm, "But, honest to god, I wish I was right now."
Peter decided to lunge at the red head, using the shield to block the bullets sent his way, getting closer to the green-eyed girl. He felt the shots stop and he looked to see her ready for the lunge. Smirking at that, Peter slowed down and threw the shield Captain America style.
This caught Pyrrha's attention, as she prepared her Semblance to stop and regain her shield, but she wasn't prepared for the throw to be done so poorly, not even getting anywhere near her as she looked to see it bounce of one of the walls of the building they were in.
The quality of the shot didn't matter to Peter, throwing Cap's once let him know he wasn't good at it, but he got the results he wanted as he saw Pyrrha's attention was on the shield. Sprinting as quickly as he could, he closed the distance between them as he did a backflip with his right leg stretch, hoping to get the better of the bronze wearing girl. "Look out bellow!" He yelled as Pyrrha turned towards him, only to see Peter's back as he finished the backflip with a devastating kick to her head, making her fall on the ground.
That was when the lights around them blared back up. Peter heard the sound of footsteps coming closer to the two as Pyrrha turned around, deciding it was better to be on the floor face up instead of face down. That's when she saw Peter's outstretched arm, seeing his serious face as she took it, "I'm sorry. I didn't have to do that." He said lowly, loud enough so only the red head could hear him, referring to the last move he pulled. "I guess I got a little carried away."
And with good reason, since he was still new in the fact that there's a class that does training sparring matches, he was used to fight for his life, or for someone else's life, sure he did have some training with Shang-Chi, but he was a master in martial arts, and Peter still regretted when he hit his master. He also had to beat up Wolverine, though it was when the shorter man pissed Peter off by stabbing him and, although Peter would never admit it to Logan's face, he still felt bad for what he did.
What surprised him was the small smile that Pyrrha had, "No, it's ok." She said as she retrieved her bronze shield, "We are training to be the best we can, and that can only happen if we do our best, even here." What she didn't tell him was the fact that she was surprised not only that she lost, but that Peter was apologizing for trying his best against her. Never in her life has she heard someone apologize to her when they had beat her, not even people who she considered friends, though not close friends since the popularity isolated her from the rest, before entering Beacon, even if it was all before she gained the status of "The Invincible Girl".
"And that's the match." Goodwitch said as she finished making her way to the middle of the arena. "Although it was an impressive performance by the both of you, I would recommend that you, Mr. Parker, take this classes more seriously, even sparring matches like this are no joking manner."
"Wait, you are saying that you believe in me to be more serious?" Peter asked with fake confusion in his voice, "That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me!"
Shaking her head, the teacher decided it was best to ignore the blabbering brunette and instead referred to the whole class instead. "Students, as you can see, Ms. Nikos aura has now dropped into the red." Upon saying that, both Pyrrha and Peter turned to see their faces in a hologram above of them, both equally surprised and shocked not only by Pyrrha's aura being in the red, but that Peter's was still intact, not a single dent formed in it. "In a tournament style duel, this would indicate that she is no longer fit for battle and that the official may call the match."
'God, not only do I have aura, now I have to explain why it didn't go down when Pyrrha clearly hit me.' Peter thought, recollecting how he just found out that he had Aura when it showed up full in the beginning of the match.
Peter and Pyrrha decided to walk back to the locker room, even if Peter didn't have to go, he thought that it was the least he could do, "So, we're still friends, right? You're not going to start giving me the cold shoulder, right?"
The joke was not lost in Pyrrha, as she had a small smile plastered across her face, "We'll see." Though she was as happy as she could be when Peter admitted that they were friends, paying attention to all the blabbering that he did, silently appreciating the fact that with Peter there were no silences. Growing up with silence, she appreciated every moment of talking, and Peter seemed to be full of noise, which was nice for her.
With sparring match class over, the only thing to do was lunch. Peter chose whatever was closest to him, trying to ignore the looks he was receiving ever since the end of class. Not being used to this kind of attention, or any kind even, Peter made his way towards his team, who was with team JNPR having lunch.
"Man, one would think that I am some sort of weird bug with all the stares I'm receiving." Peter said as he sat down. But that was until he looked at everyone at the table staring right at him, with the exception of Pyrrha, with varying states of shock.
"So, do I have something in my face? Or is it stare at the guy until he feels awkward enough to leave." He said as he wiped his hand on his cheek, trying to get anything that might be in his face.
"N-no." Ruby said, being the first one to snap out of the stupor, "It's just that, um." She tried to say something, but the words that came into her mind didn't sound right.
Ren, being one that didn't show his shock, finished Ruby's train of thought, "We were surprised to see you beat Pyrrha without losing any of your Aura." He simply stated, going back to his plate.
"Oh." Peter thought in realization.
"B-but it's not that we didn't believe in you!" Ruby continued, trying hard to explain herself so that the brunette didn't feel insulted, or think that she didn't believe in her friend, "It just, um, took us by surprise!" She continued, then immediately regretted it as she heard herself.
"And with good reason!" Peter said, getting Ruby to stop trying to explain her stupor, "Did you see her fight? I mean, I was lucky enough that she didn't beat my butt before I had anytime to say anything." He finished while raising his hands, "I was just lucky, I guess."
"Yeah!" Nora finished what Peter said, "Don't you worry, Pyrrha." Hugging her red head teammate, she continued. "We will avenge your defeat the next time we get!"
"No chance." Yang intervened, looking at Nora's eyes with a smirk, "Peter here is untouchable! Team RWBYP all the way!"
"But the fight did raise a question." Ren interrupted, which surprised almost everyone at the table, except Peter, who only looked curiously at the magenta eyed teen, "Pyrrha's shield clearly hit you, yet your Aura didn't drop." He pointed out, making Pyrrha look curiously at the brunette, wanting answers herself. "How did that happen? Your shield should have been up throughout the match."
Peter had to raise his right hand and scratch the back of his head at that. Especially since he saw all the eyes in the table being directed at him. Thinking on his, feet, he started. "Um, you see, I've never been that good at the Aura manipulation thing. That's why I prefer dodging instead of blocking, even when it's a hit or a kick."
This raised Ren's eyebrow a little bit, "But you seem to be able to use your Aura well enough when it comes to battle." Though Ren would not tell the rest of the guys that his eyes were able to see that Peter seemed to be holding back at every attack he did. He saw it in the sparring match against Pyrrha and even saw it against the Deathstalker in Initiation.
"Yeah, I was taught in Aura's use in battle, and even enhancing my speed and agility, but not as a shield, I never really needed it before, so I guess that's why." Peter commented, thinking of the lie but also thinking that having a shield around his body would have been a godsend in all of his battles as Spider-Man.
Ren wasn't really satisfied with the answer, but let it drop as he began drinking from his water.
Peter internally sighed, grateful to be off the hook, even if it's at least for now, as he saw everyone turn back to talk with each other. He quietly ate his lunch, or as quietly as he could when he had to answer to Yang, Ruby, and Nora. He even noted that Weiss left from his side in order to attend a phone call.
That was until he heard her coming back again, sitting again to his left, but only this time, she had a red hand and white knuckles as she was clenching her fist in anger. Noting that she went straight into a conversation with Ruby, he decided to drop that thing for now. Going into his meal, Peter picked up the sound of a heavy Australian accent mumbling for someone to stop.
Looking behind him, he was able to see a group of guys mocking a girl for her brown bunny ears. Also seeing that she was taking it, only with some small protests from her as she stared down to her food.
Ruby noticed that Peter was looking behind himself, looking behind the brunette she noticed the group of Cardin Winchester mocking a bunny Faunus. Looking at Peter again, she saw the angry and sad face he was making. Almost like he knew just what the girl was thinking.
"Who is he?" Peter asked, getting everyone's attention to him and what he was looking at.
Jaune was the first one to answer, "Cardin Winchester," He stated.
"He's a bully." Ruby continued.
"That he is, Red." Peter said as he watched Cardin start yanking the bunny ears of the girl, despite the shouts of protest. "But not for long."
Standing up, he saw the surprised looks of his team and team JNPR, despite Nora looking ready to stand up with him. He quickly made his way towards Cardin and the bullies, ignoring the cries calling him back.
Getting his laugh out of the Faunus, Cardin talk to his teammates, ignoring her protests all together, "I told you it was real!"
Even getting a "What a freak!" From his teammate.
The laughing stopped suddenly as they heard a loud gasp behind him. "You heard that right, Cardin? He called you a freak!" Peter continued as he gently grabbed the hand of the Faunus, pulling her away from Cardin's lose grip as his attention was solely on Peter. "I mean, everyone already knew that, but to think that they would tell you is impressive."
Looking at the brunette, Cardin stood up, clearly towering Peter as he saw Peter putting himself between the Faunus and Cardin. "And who might you be little guy?" He said as he got his face as close to Peter as possible.
"Ugh! Dude, if you needed a breath mint, you just had to ask." Peter said as he stepped back, waving his hand in front of his nose. Seeing Cardin's red face, he continued. "Although, in your case, mouthwash, oh and get a toothbrush too, it helps. Maybe even some floss too."
"What did you just say!" Cardin shouted, getting people's attention to them.
"You need to hear it again?" Peter questioned jokingly, "Maybe you should add some cotton swabs to the list, too."
"Just who do you think you are!" Cardin shouted again as people were beginning to gather around them.
"Oh, I go by a lot of names. Namely freak, loser, annoying, small-fry, and some others that weren't very nice." Peter said, counting the words with his fingers. "But let's not talk about what Weiss thinks of me inside her head, how about you, big boy? Anything that I can call you by instead of 'All brawn, no brain'?"
Upon hearing a few snickers coming from the group around them, Cardin talked, "You know, you're going to be in a world of hurt."
Peter started seeing the three guys that seemed to be Cardin's teammates going behind their leader, trying to look as menacing as possible.
"Ooh! Bodyguards." Peter continued, not taking his eyes off Cardin. "And they say only girls can be damsels in distress."
Peter could see the anger radiating from the bullies. Heck, he could practically hear it before even one of them said a word. "Keep it up, wise guy, and you're going to be in a world of pain." Cardin said, only to get a smirk out of Peter.
Though Peter would never tell, he was already used to those kind of threats, receiving them almost daily as Spider-Man, and even some times as Peter Parker. "Oh, and what pain are we talking about? Because right now, the only thing I feel is blood coming out of my ears from having to listen to you go on and on. You might end up talking me to death."
"I'm going to squash you like a bug." Cardin said, taking a step towards Peter, hand hovering on his mace.
Peter had to sigh loudly at that. "'Squash you like a bug', seriously? So original. Don't you know any other tunes?"
"That's it!" Cardin pulled out his mace, intent on smashing the smaller teen to the ground, and silently hoping that the display of his weapon would scare the scrawny brunette. "You bit off more than you could chew when you decided to mess with me!"
But Peter was not even impressed with the small display. In fact, he didn't even consider it amazing compared to the things he has seen. "Bring it, big boy."
That was the last straw for Cardin, "You're going to regret ever messing with me." Taking an overhead swing, Cardin hoped to land it directly above Peter's head.
Upon seeing no movement by Peter, Ruby closed her eyes, not wanting to see her friend getting hurt like that, silently hoping that Peter made a last second dive anywhere. Sure, she wanted to help, but she wasn't willing to hurt Cardin as much as she disliked the guy, so, in the end, she felt useless to do anything.
That was until she heard her sister, "Damn." Was all that Yang said.
Opening one of her silver eyes only a little, she managed to see Peter in the same spot as before. Opening both of her eyes completely, she also managed to see that he was holding part of Cardin's mace over his head, and that, despite Cardin's face and shakiness being a clear sign of effort, Peter not only was not budging, but also he didn't seem to be any effort at all.
"You know, for someone so big, your blood takes no time to reach the top of your head." Peter casually said, referring to the red face Cardin was sporting at the moment. "And also, you telegraph your moves completely, I mean, even I saw that coming from a mile away, and we weren't even a mile away from each other."
"S-sh-shut. Up." Cardin said between efforts, clearly not used to being overpowered by anyone.
"What's that?" Peter asked, "You want to apologize for what you did? Well, she is right behind me if you do."
Cardin swiftly tried kicking the smaller teen, still struggling to even move his mace at the moment. But it was for naught as Peter simply side stepped from the kick, letting his body roll with the motion as he let go of the mace, only to kick the back of Cardin's knee as he got behind the taller guy, making the Winchester stumble forward.
Peter smirked at the other teen, but stopped short once one of Cardin's buddies grabbed Peter from behind in a full nelson. "Thanks, but I don't need to stretch right now." Peter joked as he saw Cardin rushing his way.
"Now there's no way for you to escape!" Cardin shouted, trying hard not to look exhausted by the little exchange regarding his mace.
Peter knew he couldn't dodge the raised mace without hurting the guy holding him, or the possibility of Cardin ripping the guy's head off if he dodged. So he did the next logical step and decided to fight back a little. Jumping as fast as he could, Peter twisted his body, making sure his right foot made contact with Cardin's chin. Taking advantage of his air position, and the fact that the guy holding him had his body weight, Peter swiped his leg, connecting with Cardin's face as the guy was sent to the floor. "Sorry, Pardon me."
That kick was what he needed to send his body lashing backwards as the guy holding him lost his balance. Taking advantage of the situation, Peter shifted his weight. Managing to land on his feet, he then kicked the guy that was holding him in the back, making him slide and crash against Cardin. "That's a strike, right? Or a spare? I always get those confused in this kind of situations."
Feeling his Spider-Sense blaring, Peter ducked against a double clothesline sent to him by the remaining of team CRDL. Unable to take away their momentum, they eventually crashed to the rest of the team, being a while until they composed themselves as they checked each other for bruises.
Clearing his throat, Peter got the attention of the team. "Any of you misbegotten malcontents misplace an extremely handsome Parker?" He said, getting some confused and angry stares from the team. "Well, I think the clever term of phrase you're looking for is 'Get him.'."
"Get him!" Cardin reacted first, getting his team to rush at the hidden spider.
Seeing the four bullies rushing, Peter silently gulp, clearly not liking the situation even if he was the one who got involved willingly.
That was when they suddenly heard a loud yell by a mature female voice, "Just what is going on here!" Shouted Goodwitch, as she already had made her way to the middle of the circle that formed during the dispute.
"Well, I was just asking where the humor went, but since I see you, I know now that it flew out of the window." Peter said coolly, though secretly was shouting at himself to stop.
Glynda sighed at that, telling herself she will never get accustomed to someone joking around to her. "Fighting is only permitted in the areas designed for them. If you so wish to spar against each other, do it in sparring class. I don't want to see or hear that any of you got in a fight! Understood!?"
Peter simply nodded, same as the rest that was involved in the dispute. Seeing Glynda walk away, Peter decided to check on the Faunus that was being bullied before Cardin and his team could get to her.
Seeing her brown rabbit ears easily, Peter found her close to his own team. "Hey." He started, getting her attention.
That was until she started blushing hard and look down to her feet, refusing to look at Peter in the eyes. "Hello."
"Are you hurt?" Peter began looking around for any indication that she was. That she needed to go to the infirmary or something, only to receive a shake of her head.
"My name is Peter Parker, what's yours?" He asked, getting awkward at the shy girl's silence.
"V-Velvet." The Faunus forced. "Velvet Scarlatina."
"Well, Velvet, if anyone messes with you, you can always come to me." Peter said as Velvet faced him for the first time with a smile and a small nod. "I'm always happy if I could be of any help to you."
"Velvet? Is that you?" Came another voice, whose source was a brown haired girl with sunglasses. "Come on! We're going to be late!"
"O- I- um," Velvet started, clearly perked up with the new person, but was still nervous around Peter.
Peter had a small smile because of that, "You are clearly busy. I won't take more of your time. See you later."
Turning his back so that she felt comfortable to leave, Peter started making his way towards his team, but not before he heard the Australian accent of Velvet behind him. "Thank you!"
Peter smile disappeared, though, as soon as he saw the smirk Yang was sporting, along with Blake having a smaller one. "Well, if it isn't the hero of the Faunus."
Peter stopped her, though. "I'm not a hero." Peter said, catching everyone in his team by surprise. "I'm just someone who does what he thinks is right, I'm sure everyone here will do that, too. I'm sure that that's why you are here, as well."
"But that was so awesome!" Ruby squealed, clearly happy with the performance, "You were like 'Swish!' and then he grabbed you. And then you were all like…" She continued by herself, not minding as Nora joined her.
Peter had to silently chuckle at that. He appreciated the excitement of his team leader, and of course of Nora, and was silently thankful that they appreciated what he did. His eyes landed on Blake's smirk as he saw her staring at him. Making his way to her, Peter heard her whisper, "Seems like you're making more scenes the longer you're here."
"Yeah, been always like that. Had to come across many scenes to get here, actually." Peter joked, though that was only the truth coming from him.
"Hey, you guys saw that Spider-Man's been acting up again?" Weiss said, making Peter look at her as she looked at her scroll.
"Spider-Man?!" Ruby shouted, knocking Weiss over with her body as she snatched Weiss's scroll. "He's so cool!"
"And awesome!" Yang continued as she got behind Ruby to look at the scroll.
Blake couldn't help but look at Peter with a smirk again. "I guess Spider-Man has a fan club here." She pointed out as both Weiss and team JNPR were on the scroll, and seeing a few other students ogling their scrolls.
Peter couldn't detect the little sarcasm in her voice. "Yeah, seems so." Peter said, not looking at the hidden Faunus.
Blake had some spark in her eyes, though it went unnoticed by Peter as he started walking away from her. Peter himself, however, couldn't help but stare at the rest of the students as he walked around. 'So this is what it feels like to be liked.'
His train of thought was caught short, though, as he felt a slender hand finding its way to his shoulder. Looking back, he saw Weiss standing behind him, a little closed off from what he was used to seeing her as she was unusually fidgeting with her hands and looking at the ground in front of her.
"Ice, you need something?" Peter asked, a little serious even if he called her by nickname.
"Sh-Shut up with the nicknames." Weiss said, a little uncomfortable with what she was about to ask. "I need a favor."
"Um," Peter asked said, a little confused. "Sure, shoot." He said awkwardly. "But not literally, please."
Weiss decided to ignore the little joke. "I need you to…" she started, growing more awkward the longer she went. Peter decided to stay quiet, noting how uncomfortable she looked now. "Will you go with me to a Schnee Gala tonight!?" She said quickly, catching Peter by surprise.
"W-wa-wah?" Peter asked dumbfounded. Seeing her look at him, he knew that she was not going to repeat herself, and that she probably wouldn't take no for an answer. 'Um, why me?' Peter couldn't help but ask to himself. "U-um, sure! Why not."
Weiss let out a sigh of relief. "Great! Make sure to get your best dress for tonight. I don't want you to be considered some street life when you're with me."
"Um, sure." Peter said, still dumbfounded that Weiss invited him. Continuing his way to the dorm, he couldn't stop thinking just what had gotten into the heiress in order to invite him of all people.
With a groan, Peter continued his way, 'Why does my life always ends up being more complicated than it should?'
He continued going around campus aimlessly, thinking back to New York, 'I hope the other guys got the six…' Peter faltered a little as he thought about it. '… thirty-six, I don't know anymore. Heck, I don't know why I am in this school anyway, I don't have the time to be here if I want to get back.' Letting out a sigh, he continued. 'Face it, Parker, you don't even trust your own team, or even someone like Ozpin, who has shown you nothing but compassion and understanding, all because of what happened to you before. And you know that it's not fair for either them or you…"
His wandering mind didn't stop him from going into an elevator and pushing one of the top floors. He was amazed that a school had enough funds to have an elevator almost everywhere, but he didn't stop in wander about that. Peter just needed to think right now, and, as he had discovered since he started as Spider-Man, high places helped him clear his mind.
Stepping out as the doors of the elevator opened, he continued going, his head low, only seeing the dark green floor of where he was as he continued going by himself…
That was until a certain fake cough caught his attention. "Oh, I'm sorry…" Peter said as he saw Professor Ozpin sitting behind his desk, as also Glynda was standing there, both looking expectantly at the new arrival. "Guess I was just lost in my thoughts. I'll leave right now." Peter said as he started going back to the elevator.
"Actually, Mr. Parker," Ozpin said, stopping the teen from leaving. "I was wondering if something is bothering you? How are you feeling after our talk?"
Peter sighed to himself at that, but made it visible as he deflated a little more. "Not that great, actually." He said as he turned back, deciding that being honest with the guy is the more sensible option. "Me being here is a horrible mistake, not only in this school, but in this universe. New York is my responsibility, my rogues gallery are the one's attacking it, I'm in a team I can't trust because of past experiences back in my universe." Peter started counting of, as if trying to prove Ozpin of it being better that he went back, rather than stay here, even if Ozpin had no power over it.
"Have you told this to any member of your team?" Ozpin asked as if it was nothing.
"What?" Peter said, making sure that he heard right.
"Have you told this to any member of your team?" Ozpin repeated calmly.
"I don't think that I can just come out and say that I'm Spider-Man and that I'm from another universe completely. Probably send me to a mental institution for taking too many punches to the head." Peter said, "Besides they all already have their burdens and things to worry about, they don't deserve that I spill all of this out on them."
"Mr. Parker, when your teammates decided to become huntresses, they decided to bear the lives of many people as their burden to bear, much like you when you decided to be Spider-Man. Don't you think that they are strong enough that they could take your story?"
"That's not what I meant!" Peter shouted, earning no physical response from both adults. "It wouldn't be fair to them if I just go and tell them all of this!"
"Life is not fair." Ozpin calmly replied, "I think you of all people know that."
"But that doesn't mean I go out and make it harder on them." Peter said as he calmed down a bit.
Ozpin decided to enlighten the boy on what he thought about the situation, "You say that you don't trust them, and yet you prefer to bottle up your feelings so that you don't bother them."
Peter had no immediate response, so he chose to stay quiet at that point, letting Ozpin continue. "I'm not going to force you to tell them, as it is not my spot to do so, but I must let you know that you might not be going back to your universe, and I don't want you to live a miserable life here, especially if it's miserable because you chose it to be."
Peter continued being in silence, he knew that the man didn't have all the answers but he sure was smart. "Thank you, Professor Ozpin, I'll think about it." He said as he started to leave. "And I'm terribly sorry for the outburst."
"It's no problem Mr. Parker." Ozpin said. "And please know that my office is open any time, just make sure to ask for an appointment next time."
Peter looked around, finally seeing the green walls and clockwork design of the office. "Thanks again, Prof."
"Mr. Parker, if you wouldn't mind." Peter turned around as he heard Glynda's voice. "Why did you start sparring with team CRDL?"
Peter at first didn't answer, opening the elevator, as he stepped in, he decided to answer the question. "They were bullying an innocent girl for being a Faunus, he decided to get physical and I only move to dodge or defend myself, not attack them, but I admit that I did rile them on." Before the doors finished closing he finished his thoughts. "I just couldn't stand there doing nothing when someone needed my help."
A.N. Yeah…. So…..
I'm so sorry for not updating this story sooner, I had all this things that happened to me that I'm not going to say because they are personal and I don't want to bore you with it, sorry.
I also didn't feel completely the ending of this chapter, please tell me what you think of it.
Cheers!