A/N: Thank you all so much for the continued support! I mean come on, 1000+ follows AND favourites! You people are still amazing and thank you for any reviews you decide to leave.

BTW, update on girls in the Harem:

- All the same girls I said before: Ochako Uraraka, Momo Yaoyorozu, Mina Ashido, Tsuyu Asui, Tooru Hagakure (I'm sticking by them and have plans for them, no one can change my mind)

- Itsuka Kendo (A surprisingly high request, not gonna lie)

- Yui Kodai (A little hesitant at first but I think I can work her in)

- Ibara Shiozaki (Same as Yui)

- Kyoka Jiro (This is a maybe as I don't really want all of the 1-A girls after Izuku; but that's up to all of you, the readers)

- Todoroki Shouto… Just kidding! (I wish it was a true Deku bowl with some of dem boys included as well, but alas, not all dreams can become a reality)

I'm stealing this last bit of space because I just wanted to say hi to y'all. I'm the new beta, Eli. You can thank me for shortening the sentences to a digestible length (cos I mean some of those sentences were 100 words long with zero commas, no joke), and for just general spelling and grammar stuff (I'm not infallible though, so there might be the occasional thing I miss). So, if it seems to be an ever so slightly different style of writing in this chapter, that could be why. Only chapters 1 and 2 have been checked over and edited by me so far (excluding this chapter) and been reposted, so bear with me for the editing of the other chapters. I have a life (and a boat load of schoolwork) too, you know! This is Eli, signing out.

Yeeeeaaahh, those sentences were a big problem… big thanks to Eli for helping Spider of Peace get to the quality I feel it should be. (No probs mate! I enjoy my work and feel really satisfied with the results.)

Chapter 10

"Speech" 'Thoughts'

"Mental Communication/Phone/TV/Letter/Flashback/Robot"

"PRESENT MIC SPEECH/SHOUTING IIDA/RAGE FUELLED BAKUGO" (Normal speech quotations when he isn't using a mic or shouting)

"Buff AM Speech" 'Buff AM Thoughts'

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Recap: Izuku's first day at UA could be summed up really easily. He had been openly exposed for having ridiculous amounts of strength and speed which, while making every other student in the class get blown away both metaphorically and physically if you count the softball throw, made Izuku insecure about his powers. While he was somewhat comfortable being at the centre of people's attention as Spider-Man, because it wasn't really him and just his heroic ideals thrown into a persona, Izuku himself hated when all eyes were on him. However, after being called out, he came to terms with the fact that he would be in the public eye a lot and just grit his teeth.

However that didn't stop Izuku from running out of class like a speeding bullet when it was announced that class was over...

. . . . . .

After such a bad first day Izuku needed something, anything, to make him feel better, so he waited by the front gate and thanked the stars as Uraraka and Momo were the first two to exit UA after him. They had worried expressions on their faces while he returned a half-hearted smile, giving them the illusion that he was fine.

"Hey Momo-chan, Ura-chan… sorry about running off like that," Izuku apologised but the two of them just looked at him in shock at what he was saying.

"You're kidding me, right Deku-kun?" Momo questioned.

"You had every right to run; you got called out as top in the exam and forced to show your power which, by the way, was AMAZING!" Uraraka exclaimed in pure awe while Izuku blushed at the comment.

"That time you got for the dash made even Aizawa-sensei drop his score tracker!" Momo added, making Izuku's blush an even deeper red.

"I-I didn't see that…" Izuku stuttered in embarrassment, instinctively covering his face as he and the other two girls started to walk away from UA. However, they didn't even take three steps before someone dashed in front of them and bowed heavily to Izuku.

"MIDORIYA-KUN!... I WO-" Iida began shouting but saw the girls' glare. "My apologies… Midoriya-kun, I would be honoured if you would train with me! Your speed, it was something I had never seen before!" he asked Izuku with his arms indicating to himself and to Izuku.

"E-Er… s-sure… are Sundays okay?" Izuku asked nervously but was a little surprised to see Iida handing him a piece of paper with a phone number on it.

"Of course! Whatever works for you!" That was only said to Izuku before Iida ran off in a quick dash leaving the three other teens in a confused silence.

"Are… Are we gonna talk about what just happened?" Uraraka questioned, still a little confused.

Momo and Izuku just shook their heads with blank expressions.

The three looked at each other silently before bursting out in pure laughter as they slowly walked away from UA again, Izuku in the process of forgetting the awful day he had just dealt with. Fortunately, it did get a hell of a lot better when he felt Momo jump onto his back and wrap her arms around his neck like Uraraka did earlier that same day.

"M-M-Momo-chan?!" Izuku stuttered out with a bright red blush, making the two girls giggle before Momo gave a playful smirk to Izuku.

"I heard all about the lift you gave Ura-chan this morning, Deku-kun… You never let me ride on your back while you swing around," Momo said to the curly haired teen while Uraraka just kept giggling with her hand over her mouth to stop it from turning into laughter.

"W-W-We were in a r-r-rush… I-I had no choice…" Still stuttering like a nervous fool, Izuku's face turned an even darker shade of red.

"Well, I want a ride, too. Ura-chan doesn't mind." Uraraka gave a subtle but soft glare to Momo but said it was fine and began to walk away from the two now laughing out loud.

"Come on horsey, giddy up!" Momo smirked with a slight jump on his back. All the while, Izuku's head was as red as a tomato and steaming like a kettle.

Izuku knew this wasn't gonna get any better so he did a quick run up before leaping into the air and beginning to web swing high up through all the tall skyscrapers, making sure to do the occasional flip or fancy maneuver to make Momo scream or laugh in excitement. She even undid her ponytail so that all the rushing winds could flow through her hair with ease.

After a lot of swinging, and thirty minutes worth of detours, Izuku landed on the roof of Momo's apartment building and helped Momo off his back as she was still laughing like crazy with tears in her eyes.

"Momo-chan… pfft... calm down!" Izuku said to her, starting to laugh himself. They both tried to cover their mouths and stop laughing, but one look at each other and they began laughing so hard that Momo ended up falling on the ground clutching her stomach while Izuku struggled to stay on his own two feet and keep his mouth covered.

Finally, after several long minutes of laughter, Momo had calmed down enough for Izuku to offer her a hand, which she took with a smile. However, due to Izuku still giggling so much, he used just a little too much strength when pulling her up and she slammed against his chest, making her blush while Izuku himself was back to being as red as a tomato.

Momo looked up at Izuku with an embarrassed expression but decided not to move away as not only did Izuku's warm body make him extremely comfortable for her, but she also knew she wouldn't get a chance like this again any time soon so she wanted to see if this went anywhere.

Izuku's heart was beating a hundred miles an hour as he had no clue what to do but his body, possibly the very blood pumping through his veins, was almost urging- no forcing him forward. Momo was a little shocked that he was the one moving forward but she felt excited and moved her own head up slowly closing her eyes, waiting for what she wanted for the last three months.

To Momo, this mood was perfect; they had known each other for roughly five, almost six, months now; they were extremely close friends, who they both trusted dearly; even the position they were in, intimate with Momo's hands on Izuku's almost rock-hard chest while his hands were hovering just around her voluptuous hips.

The two teens lips were almost an inch apart from each other with Izuku's right hand now moved up on to Momo's left cheek urging her forward before they finally… got interrupted by Izuku's phone ringing, ruining the entire mood and making Momo internally scream in anger. She was very tempted to just grab his collar and pull the green haired teen into a kiss.

Unfortunately, she wasn't able to do that as Izuku had stepped back. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone, answering it to hear his mother talking to him.

"Hi mom… Yeah… Yeah, I'm with Momo-chan right now… Yeah, I'll come home… Okay… I love you too, mom… Okay, bye," Izuku said quietly over the phone while looking away from Momo as he was still incredibly embarrassed.

"So… I'm… just gonna… go…" Izuku stated to Momo while walking towards the edge of the building.

"Yeah… thanks for the lift and everything… I'll see you in class Deku-kun…" Momo smiled while still blushing at what almost happened.

"Yeah, see ya Momo-chan…" Izuku smiled before leaping off the building and swinging off.

'Oh my god! I almost kissed him! I almost kissed him!'

. . . . . .

It had just gone past seven at night and Izuku still couldn't get over what had happened. He was begging for something to take his mind off his… situation with Momo and thanked his stars when Connors texted him saying that he had a new set of web shooters for Izuku, as well as some information regarding another OSCORP scientist.

Izuku quickly grabbed his vigilante outfit and a new little device he had been working on, putting the device's earpiece into his ear before trailing the wire down to the device now attached to his hoodie that played radio transmission into his right ear. Pulling up his mask and lowering his goggles, Izuku quickly made his way towards Connors' lab in the dark of the night. He almost relaxed as the breeze flowed into his hood and swirled around, making his hair flow around which he never got sick of.

Landing in Connors' lab like he usually did, Izuku greeted the scientist before removing his mask and goggles, resting them around his neck.

"As promised, here's your updated web shooters which can now mix up to three different types of web filters at once. Speaking of which, here is a refill on all your web filters and several new ones." Connors smiled, handing Izuku a backpack full of web filters.

"Thank you, Doctor Connors, this is amazing… I have to ask though, were you able to make the fireproof webbing?" Izuku asked in curiosity as he knew that webbing wasn't exactly suited for going against Bakugo's quirk.

"Of course. Oh, and I meant to tell you, I also made another discovery with the symbiote," Connors stated as he began walking towards a cabinet and opened it up to reveal countless vials, all labelled and full of black liquid.

"Wait… are those… all my blood?" Izuku asked, his eyes as wide as saucers. Looking closer, he noticed that every single vial was shaking, trying to move towards him.

"Well, when I was working with the symbiote cells, I found that they possessed a strong weakness to high frequency sound and fire. Using electrical stimulation to make the cells multiply, I increased the size of my symbiote sample so that I had enough cells to work with to achieve 100% accurate results. I just recently made a sample that's capable of being resistant to both of those things." Now reaching for the most recent vial and a syringe on a tray next to his desk, Doctor Connors drained the liquid into the syringe and began walking towards Izuku.

"Theoretically, by injecting this specific vial of modified symbiote into your body's blood stream, you should be less affected by fire and sound based quirks," the scientist stated while Izuku just looked with hesitation at the syringe.

"Doctor Connors… I know how you've told me this symbiote is… helping me… but I feel a bit unsure about this," Izuku confessed, but was rolling up his sleeve anyway because part of his mind was telling him he needed this.

Finally agreeing with himself that this was for the best, Izuku stuck his left arm out for Doctor Connors. Doctor Connors grabbed a disinfectant wipe from that same tray and carefully cleaned the inner side of Izuku's elbow before readying the needle against the skin. As the needle was inserted, Izuku could feel it slowly pierce and slide through his skin, followed by Connors injecting the symbiote directly into Izuku's blood stream. Izuku flinched as he could feel it wriggling around in his arm, but when it began heading towards his chest, that flinch evolved into a shudder.

When the injection was finally done, Izuku thanked Doctor Connors with a half-hearted smile while he rubbed the sore spot on his arm. Suddenly remembering something, Connors told Izuku about how Doctor Otto Octavius would be coming to Tokyo to show off a new potential energy source for the entire city.

"Really?! Wow, I can't wait to meet him," Izuku said, smiling excitedly.

"Don't worry about that, we're going to see the presentation this weekend and you can bring a guest with you as well just make sure you're both well dressed," Connors stated, putting away the equipment he had just used before pulling out a notepad.

"Now, just as precaution, I'm going to have to record any symptoms you could be experiencing," Connors stated before sitting down in his work chair. He began writing a description of how Izuku felt, which went along the lines of momentary wriggles in his arm, slight tiredness, bursts of energy when he wasn't tired and itchiness.

"Well, for the time being, get some rest and come back tomorrow. We'll see if there are any changes then." Now putting away his notepad, Connors watched as Izuku sorted out his vigilante outfit before waving off the scientist and leaping up the hole in the ceiling, making his way to the roof.

Once Izuku got on the roof, he was about to leap off and begin making his way home but in the corner of his eye he saw something suspicious. The window on the top floor of a skyscraper had been cut open in a circle, indicating to him that it had obviously been broken into; which was odd to him as he heard nothing about a break in on his ear piece.

Quickly web swinging over to the building and making it through the hole in the window without any noise or loss of speed, Izuku looked around the dark building to see not a person in sight across the highly expensive building. Izuku quietly made his way through until he reached a set of office doors that had been lock picked by someone before entering the office.

The second Izuku entered the office, he felt his spider sense flare up. Reacting from the slight movement he heard to his left, he grabbed the incoming hand heading straight for his face before pushing it away and doing a quick combat flip backwards so he could go straight into a fighting stance, while also making sure he was looking straight forward to see the perpetrator.

Izuku's eyes widened behind his goggles as he saw a slender young girl with pure white hair in her mid-teens standing before him wearing a black latex bodysuit with white fur around the wrists, ankles and collar. The suit was designed in such a way that it purposely showed off cleavage, revealing to Izuku a bust that rivalled Momo's. To hide a very small percentage of her face, the thief had a black mask around her eyes with a small glass layer over the eye holes, seeming to be some form of protection or serve some other purpose that was unknown to him.

"I had a feeling it was you, bug boy. After all, I know I didn't trip any alarms," the white-haired thief said in a soft yet incredibly flirtatious tone to Izuku who took no notice of it as he spoke in his vigilante voice.

"Put back what you stole and I'll take you in quietly without use of force," Izuku threatened her, noticing that a safe on the wall behind what seemed to be a desk had been broken into.

"How mean… I mean, come on, a girl's gotta eat," the thief stated with a playfully pouty face as she began to walk out the door of the office. Izuku immediately charged at her with his left arm forward, firing a web line at her back to pull her backwards but she was able to react quick enough to spin while moving to the left to avoid it, pouncing forward at Izuku with what seemed to be claw-like nails.

Thinking ahead several steps, Izuku's right arm was already down low to the floor aiming towards the thief. Firing a web line at her stomach, he grabbed hold of the web and pulled on it hard, making her slam down to the ground and knocking the wind out of her. While gritting her teeth with a smirk on her face, the thief pushed off the floor and ran towards the window she entered through, but she was no match for Izuku as he effortlessly caught up with her and grabbed her wrists, forcing her against the window.

"Nowhere to go now. I'm turning you in," Izuku stated as he forced her wrists above her head before using his webbing to bind them together. This only made her smirk grow a little more as when she had an opening, the thief forced her arms down so that they were around Izuku's neck while she brought herself closer to him.

"What they said about you was true: you really are as good as they come... Sorry bug boy, but this Black Cat doesn't belong in a cage," the thief said in her flirty tone before leaning forward and pressing her lips against Izuku's mask, making him go completely wide eyed in shock as his mind started to spiral out of control.

The distraction the thief made worked perfectly as she was able to cut herself free of the webbing before pushing Izuku back and jumping out of the window without a single sign of hesitation.

Izuku didn't run after her like he normally would but instead stood still in a daze. Mind boggled at the very fact this thief tried to kiss him to escape, Izuku sat there for another minute or two before regaining enough composure to exit the building. He contacted the police to report the situation to them before heading home, making sure to convince himself that his first kiss wasn't that, thinking that it didn't count due to his mask being in the way.

When Izuku snuck back into his room through the window, he wasted no time at all in throwing off his clothes and sliding into bed in hopes of ridding his mind of that Black Cat…

. . . . . .

After a few hours of sleep, Izuku was expecting to feel the warmth of his own bed but was instead met with the white void plaguing his dreams. He looked around, expecting to see the black orb, but it was nowhere to be seen within the thick endless sea of white.

"Please…"

Izuku's spine jolted at the voice that rang in his ears, making him turn around to see a humanoid-shaped lump of black liquid on the floor of the void.

"Help…"

The curly haired teen's eyes widened in shock looking at the figure and stepped forward ready to help it, but as he stepped closer, the figure became more human-like in appearance. When Izuku kneeled down in front of the humanoid-looking figure and helped it up, he was shocked to come face-to-face with himself, just with darkened green eyes that were almost black. This other form of Izuku didn't even have his curly green hair. Instead, it was more black than green while being straight rather than curly, making his hair seem so much longer compared to Izuku's own curly hair.

"Please help me!"

Izuku was horrified to see what looked to be himself grab his shirt, shouting that plea with tears streaming down his face as if he was in incredible pain, before slowing melting away into the black liquid. This scared Izuku beyond horror as he could only scream in fear while watching himself melt away. The liquid began to climb Izuku's body, clinging tightly to him as he tried to get it off him. It became a fruitless effort as it got closer and closer to his face before consuming his head, surrounding him in darkness.

The instant the darkness had consumed Izuku, he jolted straight up in his bed in a cold sweat, panting heavily while his body was shaking in fear.

Not even mentally prepared to question what happened, Izuku instead just moved his knees up to his chest and hugged them for a good ten minutes. He looked at the time to see it had just gone past five o'clock in the morning and decided that after such a nightmare, he would just go out and train down at the beach. He grabbed one of his vests and a pair of baggy pants before slipping into them and quietly going into the kitchen with his phone and earphones in hand. Grabbing two breakfast bars for his breakfast, Izuku left, going out for a jog to the beach.

With an almost emotionless expression and not a single thought going through his head, he ran to the beach as music played into ears, feeling the cool breeze of the early morning darkness. When he finally arrived at the beach, Izuku remembered that today was his focus on gymnastics and strength work so he began doing stretches to loosen up his muscles to make training easier.

After finishing up his stretches, Izuku lowered his left leg that he'd had straight up in the air, almost like he was doing a yoga position, before walking up towards the edge of the ocean and breathing in a focused stance with his right arm reeled back.

'Okay, so let's see what One for All can do…' Izuku thought to himself while preparing to use the technique that he used yesterday at UA.

With a glint of determination, Izuku's grip became a lot tighter on his right hand as he threw a powerful punch towards the ocean, making him slide back in the sand with his bones aching from One for All being used for just a little longer than yesterday. When Izuku looked forward though, he was almost in shock to see the ocean was split for as far as the eye could see with the split itself being roughly 20 metres wide.

"W-Wow… I guess I had more power than I thought…" With a nervous laugh Izuku watched as the two split parts of the ocean came crashing together.

"I can't use this kind of power on a person… It might be best if I just stick with my… enhanced attributes," Izuku said to himself as he thought about his spider powers and how he wanted to try and hide his identi-

"You're with these people for three years. You've got to learn to trust them…"

Those words from Aizawa rattled about in Izuku's head for a moment, stopping his train of thought, and he looked at his open right hand before clenching it and gaining a look of confidence on his face.

"No… Aizawa-sensei is right, I have to trust them… even if it means revealing my identity," Izuku said to himself before practicing his fighting style with a flurry of punches and kicks, assessing the speed and agility of his movements.

Even after an hour, every movement Izuku made caused a small amount of sand to be lifted from the ground. As he had shed his vest very early on, the sweat that had accumulated on his bare upper body due to his vigorous training glistened in the early morning light.

"I need to be faster..." Izuku said with a serious expression. He was now pushing his body to its limits using his enhanced strength and speed to make his movements flow faster than the waves a few feet away from him.

"Faster…" Now on both hands, Izuku started spinning on the spot with his hands, all the while his legs spun around in an almost helicopter like fashion, making the sand rise in a circular pattern around him.

"Faster…!" Pushing off from his hands, Izuku pointed his legs straight up and maneuvered himself to be upright in the air. He then began to repeatedly punch and kick the air before landing on his feet with uneven breaths.

Before the curly-haired teen could do anything else, he heard his phone alarm go off, telling him that he should head home and start getting ready for school.

. . . . . .

Izuku landed near the street harbouring the entrance to UA as he noticed a few press reporters near the front gate, then proceeding to walk towards the front gate. Straightening out her hair after getting a ride, courtesy of Izuku, Uraraka smiled at Izuku and thanked him.

"Thanks again, Deku-kun, you're really a life-saver… Deku-kun?" Uraraka noticed that he seemed distracted, almost zoned out.

"Hm? O-Oh, yeah, you're welcome…" Izuku responded after a small jolt back into reality. He continued towards UA's front entrance with his head hung slightly, walking with Uraraka into the building. Shortly after they entered their classroom, Izuku's eyes instantly met with Momo's, making his face redden while a blush formed on hers.

"Okay everyone… take your seats… Regular lessons will start as normal…" Aizawa stated with a tired and grumbling voice before he laid back on the floor in his yellow sleeping bag.

Everyone, apart from Izuku, Iida and Momo, groaned in annoyance that they had to do normal curriculum lessons such as English and Mathematics.

When lunch came around, Izuku couldn't do anything but geek out when he discovered that all of UA's lunches were cooked and provided by the food hero Lunch Rush.

"So many things to pick from. I guess I'll have… the white rice." Izuku smiled, making Lunch Rush chuckle as he stated that it was a good choice as it was his speciality.

As soon as Izuku sat down on a free empty table, he was immediately met with Iida and Uraraka sitting down on his right and left respectively. It didn't stop there, though, as sat on the other side of Uraraka was the frog-like girl, while opposite Izuku was Momo, the pink-haired girl, what seemed to be an invisible girl and the girl with long earphone-like earlobes.

"Woah... Midoriya's already getting along with girls," Kirishima laughed from a table over with the rest of the 1A boys.

"I'm so jealous! Just one little peek and he'd see up their-!" Mineta exclaimed with large eyes and a small nose bleed before he was hit on the head by Sero.

"Dude, have a little decency," Sero said to the short bubble-haired pervert.

"I swear… I'm going to murder that bastard…" Bakugo gritted his teeth in anger as he kept glaring at Izuku, fury filling his eyes as he kept thinking of the events of the day before.

"He's been holding back a quirk this whole time… He's been mocking me… That can't be forgiven!" Bakugo shouted while slamming his fist down onto the table.

After lunch, everyone in class 1A sat in their seats excitedly waiting for their basic hero training, hoping that their teacher was actually-

"I HAVE…!"

Everyone's eyes brightened a little as they heard the deep booming voice of the number one hero.

"COME THROUGH THE DOOR LIKE A NORMAL PERSON!"

Without a doubt being the most over exaggerated entrance ever, All Might burst through the door in his silver age costume before he began posing in front of the class.

"BASIC HERO TRAINING! The class that'll put you through all sorts of special training to mould you into heroes! NOW, today's activity is…

BATTLE TRAINING!"

As All Might yelled that out and presented a card marked 'battle', Izuku's face paled while Bakugo's gained a massive smirk.

Izuku could already feel his heart pumping as he watched All Might talk about everyone else's hero costumes that came out of a hidden compartment in the wall.

While everyone else was grabbing their suits and almost running to the changing rooms, Izuku sat in his seat while clutching his bag tightly.

"Come on, my boy, I can guarantee you that your identity will not leave this school," All Might said while putting his right hand on Izuku's shoulder, his left giving a large thumbs up.

Izuku's spirits were lifted with that so he finally got up and went to the changing rooms. Seeing that all the guys were almost done changing, Izuku just waited until Iida, the last person, left, then pulled out his green and black spider suit.

Slipping into the suit like it was nothing, Izuku was about to press the symbol on the suit's chest but stopped short. He grabbed his mask and put it on before opening the door and walking towards the exit in his currently loose suit, full of nervousness. Standing closest to the exit, Uraraka noticed Izuku enter and had to smile a little.

"Deku-kun… I think your suit is a little loose," Uraraka said as she giggled with a hand in front of her mouth, but that giggle quickly turned into a gasp when Izuku pressed the symbol, making the little 'clink' noise as his suit tightened to fit his body perfectly. Uraraka could only look with a shocked and embarrassed expression as a large blush washed over her face.

Momo's attention was caught by Uraraka's gasp and had a little one of her own as a small smirk and blush appeared on her face.

'I'm so glad I convinced him to get the spandex suit,' Momo thought as her eyes trailed up and down Izuku's muscular and incredibly lean body while everyone else started to notice Izuku.

"Holy crap! Midoriya is ripped!"

"Truly an elegant suit."

"Midoriya-kun! That is a spectacular suit!"

Hearing all the complements, Izuku was bright red behind his mask as they all turned back to face All Might.

"Deku-kun, that suit looks amazing. I wish I had been more specific with mine… It's so tight and curvy," Uraraka said, scratching the back of her head in nervousness while Izuku looked on in embarrassment at her curvy figure.

'O-Oh my god…' Izuku thought before Uraraka continued.

"I guess I should've stated for it to not be skin tight…"

That was a lie.

Uraraka stated that she wanted her suit to be that tight because she wanted a little bit more attention from Izuku. She knew that she didn't have a figure like Momo but she was still proud of it enough to try and get a little attention.

"Being in the hero course is the best!" Mineta said to Izuku with a slight nosebleed and thumbs up but was met with a hard punch to the face from Izuku's right arm.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to do that, I swear!" Izuku shouted apologetically as he moved up his mask so his mouth was visible.

"OW! DID I JUST GET HIT BY A CAR?!" Mineta yelled while holding his face with tears stinging the corners of his eyes.

'What was that? I didn't even feel my arm move…'

Everyone's attention was quickly lost from the accidental punch to Mineta's face as All Might explained the training situation and the teams that everyone would be in.

"Nice! It must be fate if we're together!" Uraraka said excitedly while Izuku just laughed nervously behind his mask with a bright red blush. While Uraraka said that though, she looked over at Momo and smirked at her. Momo responded by sticking out her tongue, not really caring if it seemed a bit childish.

"MOVING ON! THE FIRST TWO TEAMS ARE… TEAM A AS THE HEROES AND TEAM D AS THE VILLAINS!"

As All Might called that out, Bakugo gained a massive smirk while Izuku just gulped in fear.

"VILLAINS ARE THE FIRST TO ENTER WITH THE HEROES ENTERING IN FIVE MINUTES! GOOD LUCK!" All Might boomed before handing Izuku and Uraraka a layout of the building.

All Might instructed both Iida and Bakugo to adopt villain-like personas for the exercise.

"All Might… Are we allowed to prepare outside the building and do what we want?" All Might nodded at that before adding that they could do whatever preparation they needed, so long as it wasn't inside the building. After he said that, the rest of the students went to an observation area while the two teams were left where they were.

Izuku nodded at that and as soon as the other team entered the building, he leapt into the air and began covering all the windows with his webbing before landing back down next to Uraraka.

"Take these…" Izuku stated as he reached behind him to the biggest pouch in his suit and pulled out his vigilante goggles, handing them to Uraraka.

"It's gonna be dark in there so you're gonna need these to see." Izuku's logic made sense to Uraraka as he held the blueprint of the building against the wall then stuck it with four webshots.

"Okay, so we'll want to avoid conflict as much as possible. Kacchan will be the biggest threat out of the two of them," Izuku explained as he marked with webbing where he saw the target while he was covering all the windows.

"Oh yeah… he was the one who bullied you…" Uraraka said with a sad expression.

"He may be a jerk but he's amazing. His goals, his confidence, even his quirk... He's stronger than me and that's why… that's why I want to prove him wrong," Izuku stated with a serious expression, moving his mask down to cover his mouth.

'He must be joking! Wait… is Deku-kun really that insecure about his own strength? Just what did Bakugo do to him?' Uraraka thought with a sympathetic look.

Meanwhile, at the observation basement, All Might already had a note pad out because he was giving marks and taking away marks from what he was seeing from both teams.

'Midoriya my boy, you have the advantage over everyone here from your months of experience… but that might also give you away,' All Might thought as he heard Mina speak behind him.

"Is it just me or does that thing on Midoriya-kun's chest look like a spider?"

'Oh shit...'

. . . . . .

The second both Izuku and Uraraka entered the building, Uraraka noticed something about Izuku felt different; his posture was confident, his shoulders were pushed out looking broader than normal, even his very presence felt reassuring and comforting.

'I guess this is what he's like as Spider-Man… We've got this in the bag,' Uraraka thought with a big confident smile.

As both Izuku and Uraraka made their way through the dark building, Izuku kept thinking of scenarios for if they ran into Bakugo but the best one resulted in him adding the fireproof filter on both wrists, with the addition of expanding web and quick dry webbing onto his left wrist.

When the two of them were about to turn a corner in the pitch-black halls, Izuku's spider sense flared like crazy so he quickly wrapped his arm around Uraraka and jumped back to see Bakugo looking around the halls frantically.

"WHERE ARE YOU?! I KNOW YOU'RE HERE, YOU BASTARD!" Bakugo yelled in rage, trying to light up the halls with small explosions in his hands.

Izuku quickly signalled Uraraka to carry on while he dealt with Bakugo.

While Uraraka went around the incoming conflict, Izuku fired a web shot down the hall opposite to him, drawing Bakugo's attention while Izuku walked towards him with a light step.

Everyone watched in anticipation as Izuku inched closer to the fuming teen. He reeled his right arm back and the second Bakugo turned enough, he sent his fist flying towards Bakugo's jaw, making a powerful impact.

Everyone looked in shock and awe at the hard punch that sent Bakugo straight to the floor.

"YOU BASTARD!" Bakugo yelled in rage, pointing his hand forward and making an explosion to light up the area in front of him, but he saw nothing, making him even angrier.

Izuku just kept using the shadows to his advantage as he kept hiding, then sneaking close before hitting Bakugo and firing a small web shot at his joints, slowing the rage-fuelled blond down with every shot.

This continued for a full minute until Bakugo's rage reached another level. He screamed out in anger before pointing his grenade-looking gauntlet down the corridor Izuku was at and pulled the pin while yelling:

"FUCK YOOOOUUU!"

. . . . . .

Three floors above, Uraraka had been trying to sneak around and catch the objective but due to her boots having heels on them, that failed miserable. However, due to the darkness and the huge explosion, Iida accidentally ended up running into a concrete pillar which Uraraka used the debris of as throwing ammo, almost hitting the objective a few times.

"Oi, four eyes! I dealt with the fucking nerd!" Bakugo's voice echoed from the only hallway leading to the room.

"Deku… No…" Uraraka gasped in horror with her hands in front of her mouth.

"AHAHAHA! Excellent work, Bakugo-kun! As expected of villains like us!" Iida shouted while looking up a little, still in character for the task.

Iida's celebration was used by Uraraka as a distraction as she ran for the bomb at full spirit which caught Iida's attention.

"NOT SO FA-!" Iida's attempt to run failed as he tripped over and fell only to look at his feet and see them completely covered in webbing.

"What?!" Iida questioned and looked at the hallway to see not Bakugo, but instead a completely unscathed Izuku with some form of a strap or collar around his suit's neck.

"Sorry Iida, but it had to be done," Izuku stated in Bakugo's voice while taking off the collar around his neck, switching it back to normal.

"HERO TEAM WIIIIIIIINS!"

As All Might announced that, Izuku looked over at the objective to see Uraraka with her hand on it. She quickly ran over to Izuku and hugged him tightly while laughing happily, shouting "We won! We won!" while Izuku removed his mask.

"Y-Yeah, we did…" Izuku stuttered with a small blush on his face.

"But how did you do it?! I even heard that big explosion," Uraraka asked with a curious look.

"Well…"

. . . . . .

"FUCK YOOOOUUU!"

Izuku's eyes widened in shock at the humongous trail of explosions heading towards him while most of the students watching looked on in fear as on their screen, they watched as he got completely consumed by the explosions.

Bakugo's attack blew a massive hole in the building, causing it to shake while opening it up to light as Bakugo just kept laughing while insulting Izuku with every breath he drew.

Almost as if he was struck with ice, Bakugo stopped his celebrating when he saw a huge lump of grey emitting smoke where Izuku was previously standing. In a split second, it shattered, sending solid pieces of debris in every direction. Slowly rising from his crouched position, Izuku looked directly at Bakugo as he let go of the grenade shells in his hands which made a metal clang as they struck the ground.

'I've got to thank Doctor Connors for those web grenades.'

"How?! ...THAT WAS MEANT TO HIT YOU!" Bakugo screamed as the vein on his forehead looked ready to burst.

"I spent years taking notes on you… How you fought. How you acted… It was obvious you'd make something as a form of finisher or ranged attack," Izuku stated as he walked towards Bakugo.

Letting out another scream of rage, Bakugo charged towards Izuku who remained straight-faced and emotionless.

"Right hook… left kick… left kick again… right kick… left hook…" Izuku spoke as every action he said, Bakugo did without fail, only to be dodged or countered by Izuku.

"T-This… THIS ISN'T HAPPENING! YOU'RE A BUG! A FUCKING QUIRKLESS BUG! YOU'RE BENEATH ME!" Bakugo yelled as he leapt back, touching just underneath his nose while walking backwards to see that it was bleeding.

Everyone, including All Might, was shocked to see Bakugo shaking as he held onto the pin of his other gauntlet.

'It makes sense… He's never dealt with someone so overwhelming in power… especially since it's young Midoriya,' All Might thought as the other students, with the exception of Todoroki, watched silently in awe at the fight.

"You're right. I am a bug. I'm a spider… and you fell into my web," Izuku stated as he pressed a button on his suit's belt, making two web grenades on either side of Bakugo beep before he was consumed in thick webbing that completely halted his movements and covered his entire body, save his face.

"YOU BASTARD! YOU PLANNED THIS?!" Struggling and trying to break free from the solidifying web, Bakugo yelled at Izuku while he just stood in front of him.

"ANSWER ME! YOU-!" His shout was cut short by a splatter of webbing covering his mouth and nose.

"I have what I need," Izuku stated, pressing another button on his suit, making a small collar before poking two holes in the web so Bakugo could breath.

Mumbled screams could be heard from Bakugo as Izuku quickly and quietly web zipped away from him and up to where he knew the objective was but stopped for a moment.

'I beat Kacchan… I actually beat Kacchan!... And I did it without any harm to myself!' Izuku yelled in his head but remembered he was on a time limit and kept running… but his mind was still telling him to go back.

"You need to go back…"

Izuku's spine shivered as he stopped running when he arrived on the floor he needed to be on and began walking light footed.

"He made you suffer! He deserves to be beaten within an inch of his life!"

"That's not who I am," Izuku mentally protested against the voice which sounded exactly like the voice in his nightmare last night.

"But it's what you WANT…"

Izuku stopped after hearing that…

It was true...

It was as true as he was Spider-Man… Izuku wanted to run back and hit Bakugo as many times as he could but he knew there was only two options: win the challenge with his current plan, or put everything on the line just to get payback for all his years of misery.

Maybe if it was another time… another opportunity, Izuku would've turned around and given Bakugo what was coming to him… but not now; it wasn't the right thing to do.

. . . . . .

After several minutes and the transportation Bakugo in the block of solid webbing, both Team A and Team D were standing in front of All Might and the other students.

"ALRIGHT! Who can tell me who the best player of that match was?!" All Might boomed out and was met with an immediate response from almost everyone.

"Midoriya!"

Although his performance really shouldn't have made that a surprise to him, Izuku looked at them all in shock with a small embarrassed blush across his face.

"I-I couldn't h-have been that good…" Izuku stuttered, looking away slightly.

"Deku-kun, you really were. You made a quick and effective strategy; you used your own equipment to help your partner when it wasn't required; you looked past a personal grudge and instead used your knowledge of your opponents to beat them with ease; you even completed to whole test without a scratch," Momo said with a serious face and tone but when she finished, she gave him a bright smile.

"And the fact that you're Spider-Man!" Kirishima and Kaminari yelled with bright excited eyes.

"W-What?!" Izuku shouted in slight shock, not expecting them to figure it out so quickly, but then he realised that he had used not only his webs but his combat style to deal with Bakugo.

"YOUNG MIDORIYA! Could you please escort Young Bakugo to Recovery Girl's office?" All Might asked Izuku as he could sense the bombardment of questions coming; he still had a class to teach so this was the only option.

Quickly grabbing the sides of the big web block Bakugo was stuck in, Izuku picked it up and ran through the halls of UA until he reached Recovery Girl's office.

After almost an hour of restraining Bakugo so he could get healed, Izuku left Recovery Girl's office and headed for the changing room so he could get out of his suit. He quickly stopped, however, as when he turned the corner, Izuku saw both Mina and Tsuyu standing in front of the changing room waiting for him.

"Hello? Can I help you?" Izuku asked as he walked towards them with his mask off.

The two girls looked at each other before Mina signalled Tsuyu to go first.

"Midoriya-kun, after seeing the fight today, I know that you're Spider-Man. So, I just wanted to say thank you for saving me and my family," Tsuyu said with a calm smile before walking away, leaving Mina and Izuku alone.

"I'm pretty much the same. I just want to do this as a show of thanks…" Mina smiled before walking up to Izuku, standing on the tips of her toes and using her soft lips to place a kiss on Izuku's cheek.

Izuku froze up as he felt the soft kiss on his cheek before Mina moved away and smiled up at him.

"Thanks… I'll see ya around…" Mina smiled as she walked in the same direction Tsuyu went.

Still blushing like a tomato, Izuku just made embarrassed noises as he struggled to grasp what had just happened.

'What is it with girls and trying to kiss me?!'