Welcome back everyone, just a quick note, I got lazy to give some conversation between Peter and teams RWBY and JNPR, so I just put in a good description what Peter learned about them. Most of this chapter isn't going to include a lot of dialogue since its more of a filler and rushed chapter. Now, continuing on to the story.
Chapter 9: As a Team Part 2
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Peter gave a smile at team JNPR as they all agreed to go out in Vale with team RWBY, continuing their plans they had set for today. Within his thoughts, he thought they seemed like a good bunch, learning a lot about them in the library. Jaune Arc, having a nerd-like personality and his scrawny figure, reminded Peter of himself. Although Jaune doesn't have a big insight or appreciation for science or any academic subjects, he does have some things Peter can relate to. One with most significance, due to his scrawny figure and attempt to hit on Weiss, he also has trouble with girls. He was given advice from his parents, however, when he used that advice to flirt with Weiss, it got nowhere but denial from Snow White, the nickname Peter dubbed her. He tried it on Pyrrha as well. It went undoubtedly better than his attempt with Weiss but the result was the same, rejection from the redheaded spartan. Jaune and Peter shared other similarities but they were only minor. An example being their like for video games. But those minor and significant similarities was what made them such good friends.
Pyrrha Nikos, a well-known individual in the community. She was basically one of the popular girls in school, however, the thing that differed from the usual popular girls and her was that she had heart and cared about others more than herself. She was probably the nicest popular girl Peter had ever seen in his entire life…and probably the first ever huntress-in-training that was a cereal mascot which lead Peter into snickering, amused but also surprised. But the thought that she was a cereal mascot like Tony the Tiger, the mascot of Frosted Flakes, or the rabbit from Trix, was more humorous than making someone shocked. Peter couldn't help but thinking of her red hair. Her red hair reminded him his dear friend, Mary Jane Watson, who moved the house next door from his and accompanied him to homecoming at Midtown High. But her red hair was the only similarity between the two girls other than their kindness and care for others and their both absolutely beautiful, however, he doesn't consider them as love interests but only good friends. According to team RWBY and JNPR, excluding Pyrrha, she was very skillful in combat. Peter didn't doubt her of her fighting, but he has yet to see evidence of her combat. When talking to Pyrrha, as Peter listened closely, he noticed she sounded a bit monotone. However, it wasn't really noticeable. Pyrrha Nikos, overall, was a very nice and popular girl, known throughout Beacon and probably the four kingdoms that Peter just discovered about.
Nora Valkyrie was a strange but interesting girl. She's normally happy-go-lucky and most never remove that big smile on her face. Nora's imagination was strange but interesting. One of the examples of her imagination was the time where she tried to imitate a sloth. Her what seemed to be a bottomless pit of enthusiasm was funny to see and at times, people can't help but put a smile on their faces, notably, Peter was one of those people. However, there were times where her happy attitude tended to annoy some people and unnecessary. Whenever a conversation started with Nora, the person conversing with her would never hear the end of her speaking. To Peter, he would start to rip his face off if conversating with her. He doesn't even know how Ren can put up with her. Granted, he and Nora were childhood friends and was probably used to her talking all the time. But after all those years, Ren still has managed to resist to rip his own hair out because of her annoyance. Speaking of annoyances, in a sense, Nora was similar to Peter, excluding the excessive talking and peculiar imagination. To compare with Nora's excessive talking, Peter's way to annoy someone was his endless road of jokes and quips. They were sometimes funny but the laughter would only come from his allies, sometimes they would be irritate his peers especially his villains, they were superfluous and most of the time, his jokes were flat out horrible according to many of Peter's allies back at his universe. And like Nora's unnecessary conversing, no one would ever hear the end of Peter's jokes unless something that needed serious attention occurred or he would stop by physical pain from mostly his villains or his allies who couldn't take it anymore. Peter assumed the same happened to Nora, but then again, rethinking that, who would hurt such an innocent person such as Nora?
Lie Ren, in Peter's opinion, acted a bit emo however he didn't have a problem with that and made a statement to everybody where he said he had no intention of offending Ren. Assuming because of his assumed Chinese or Japanese heritage (A/N: that was redundant), Ren was very calm and only wanted peace. He was basically one of the possible opposites of Nora Valkyrie. Ren, according to team RWBY and Ren's teammates, never got upset about anything which a shocked Peter doubted.
"There is no way you had never got angry. Even the most patient has to have an outburst at least once in their life." Peter stated. However, his statement was denied by Ren. Peter turned to Nora and asked her if Ren ever did such as thing, however, her answer was the same as everyone else. Upon hearing her answer, Ren's lips curved into a faint smile while Peter created a frown.
Team JNPR wasn't the only team he learnt about. Peter learned a lot about his own teammates, or known as team RWBY. Ruby Rose was the leader of the team which surprised Peter because of her young age, however, he knew Ozpin had a good reason for choosing the happy and innocent girl as the leader. Ruby asked Peter to see his weapon which he never owned one. Hearing this, she put a slight frown across her face. Peter mused why she frowned about his lack of owning a weapon. Yang explained to him that she was a self-proclaimed dork about weaponry and has the intelligence to make one of the deadliest weapons of all time, an example was Ruby's scythe Crescent Rose which Ruby declared she went a bit overboard with the design of the weapon. Ruby also adores cookies with a passion. Once she saw or heard anything about cookies, she'll come and hunt them all down like their her prey, the lion hunting the zebras. This, unfortunately, was all Peter learned about his young cute, caring, innocent leader. But one thing he learned about her was she liked being called Little Red Riding Hood.
Weiss Schnee, daughter to the owner of the currently biggest dust company in the world, and was one of the most bossy and crabby people Peter had ever met. Weiss mostly acted like a 'know-it-all' type of person and always wanted it her way, that is when someone bothered her. The heiress of the Schnee Dust Corporation, before she became a member of team RWBY, used to act like…an irritable and cranky person… Peter refrained himself from thinking of the word that was unnecessary and inappropriate, even though it was true. But recently, a few days after team RWBY was formed, she had a jealously for the young scythe wielder. The reason behind it was Weiss' jealously for Ruby's leadership. In her opinion, she felt because Ruby's age and immaturity and the leadership given to Ruby instead of herself, Little Red Riding Hood shouldn't be given leadership. Peter ultimately disagreed with Weiss' reasoning and so did Professor Port who helped Weiss with her jealously. With the jealously gone, Weiss vowed to be nicer to Ruby and 'be the best person she can be.' Her attitude changed and she now was a more friendly and caring person, but at times, has the tendency to insult people, especially Ruby. But it was better than the old Weiss.
Blake Belladonna. She was a strange and mysterious person, almost filled with mystery. She seems to own a cool head. She doesn't easily get upset or angry. However, it doesn't mean she can't. But to this day, no one has really done such a thing. Most of the time, she usually reserved. Blake rarely presents any emotion, as if there wasn't any to start with. And with her reservedness, she's often withdrawn. The introverted Belladonna tends to keep herself out of conversations that gave no interest to her, especially when she's sunk into a book. Speaking of which, her love for books was bigger anything else that Peter could think of, excluding her favorite food tuna. For an odd reason, she cannot stand the scent or the sight of tuna. However, Peter saved that thought for another time. Her fondness for books was so great that according to her partner, Yang, Blake Belladonna brought a large stack of books the first day coming to Beacon and already read them all. She plans to re-read them…for the 5th time… Peter wondered how much time Blake spent her head stuffed into her books. Reading was a good thing without a doubt. But as a lot of people say, too much of anything was unhealthy. But Peter, again, saved that thought another day. Blake, unsurprisingly, was very serious. But under that calm, introverted, serious exterior, she didn't lack a humorous side. Peter cracked a little joke which some people laughed and smiled and some were annoyed. He expected Blake to land in the annoyed category but when he turned to see her, Peter saw Blake actually smiling at his joke. He knew she tried her best not to show since her lips were slightly curved and slightly twitching. It wasn't much but it was something big in the web slinger's book. Maybe Blake wasn't so withdrawn…maybe…
Yang Xiao Long, sister of her own team leader Ruby and was one of the most enthusiastic people Peter has ever met. She is full of energy almost twenty four/seven/three sixty five (24/7/365) and is very confident, especially in fighting. Expectedly and similar to Peter, Yang is also carefree, frequently telling jokes and puns, arguably, more than Peter or more specifically, Spider-Man. Yang also takes a battle extremely lightly, especially when she knows she'll win the fight. But that doesn't mean the carefree blonde doesn't take the fight seriously. At times, when she knows her opponent posed a threat to her or enraged, her carefree and enthusiastic side will temporarily disappear and will take the fight extremely serious. Knowing of her usual happy and energetic attitude, Peter expected her to also dislike boredom. Ms. Xiao Long was also very caring, more towards to Ruby. Yang doesn't inform Peter, but according to their team leader, Yang is intensely protective of her bright long blonde hair. Almost as protective for Ruby. Even if the slightest strand of hair detached from the rest, Yang will murder the person who did it. So if Peter ever planned to pull a prank relating to Yang's hair, he'd most certainly regret it and most likely hide where Yang would least expect to find him.
Glancing over to his newly found friends, team RWBY and JNPR, Peter's lips couldn't help but curve into a smile. It wasn't really noticeable but if you look really closely, its there going across his face. The nine friends reached outside on school grounds, currently walking on the path to one of the airships that waited every half hour for students desiring to travel into Vale. When first walking outside of the interiors of Beacon Academy, you'll be amazed by the amount of liveliness that surrounded the outside of the fighting academy. Everyone around Peter looked to be happy, conversing with their teammates, friends from another team or friends who don't volunteer Beacon as they walked as a group, side by side. The colors around Peter was bright. The grass, bushes and trees with their bright green colors, the sky with its light blue and white puffy-looking clouds, the sun shining its usual yellow on everything and the structures of Beacon that reflected its bright light, and the color of clothing everyone fancied, Peter felt like he was standing at a tourist site.
'Now if only people had binoculars, a camera, and were pointing at every single interesting thing…' Peter thought. Everyone and everything around Peter was alive.
"So where in Vale are we going?" Peter asked to no one in particular.
"Well today isn't really going to be so festive. First we go to a new pizza parlor that recently opened in Vale then we head to see that new movie that came out recently. What was it called again?" Weiss asked.
"It's called Assassin's Creed." Ruby replied.
"Mm, sounds interesting." Peter said. "Especially when Assassin's Creed is a video game series in my universe." Peter thought.
"It sure is! Its about this assassin named Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad whose goal is to redeem himself as a Master Assassin and kill people from a group called the Templars who are rivals with the Assassins while trying to recover this artifact called the Apple of Eden. I saw the trailer and it looks so cool!" Yang said excitedly.
"I know! You see Altaïr standing in the clock tower and next thing you know, he's standing within the crowd!" Jaune said, joining in with excitement.
"Its so cool when he leaps in the air and stabs this guy when a blade hidden within his wrist!" Ruby said, intimidating Altaïr's movements. Peter chuckled as he watched Ruby acting like an assassin.
"I swear you three are like kids in a candy store. The movie must be good if you're this excited!" Peter pretended to be hyped even though he already experienced Assassin's Creed through its video game form.
"Well just you wait! 'Cause like Weiss said, we'll be going to see that movie after the pizza parlor!" Yang declared, eager to see the movie.
After Ruby, Yang and Jaune's hype, everyone kept quiet for the rest of the trip to Vale. Peter expected them to actually talk a bit more than they did since the two teams were obviously rowdy. But instead, everyone was doing their own thing once the airship started flying towards Vale. There were some side conversations that Peter barely heard, but most of the time, it was utterly quiet. However, Peter respected that and kept quiet. He leaned against a wall, looking out of one of the airship's large windows. The scenery was a thick forest down below. All he saw was the top of the trees that covered the interior of the forest that was most likely Grimm-infested. As he watched the thick forest below out of boredom, he pondered about his villains that were currently in this universe. He haven't seen any activity relating to his villains which was strange and, actually concerning. The lack of activity from the Sinister Six worried Peter and it bothered him ever since he started his Spider-Man adventure in Vale. To Peter, it usually meant they were planning something big and dangerous to everyone. Assuming they already discovered Dust and its uses, Peter couldn't imagine how many ideas and inventions that the good ol' Octopus could think of and invent. There could be already one he is creating with his as Peter mused of these problematic circumstances. Whatever it was, it can't be good for anyone. Peter grimaced at the thought of possible WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction). He couldn't do much other than these two options. The first option was to go on a search to find them which would be time consuming and he'll most likely never find them without any clues. The second option was to just hope for the best. It would be good to at least try, however, he was also trying to stay hidden from his enemies. If they ever knew of his presence, it would be harder to defeat them because they'll most likely prepare for an attack or ambush. Peter sighed in frustration. He could only hope for the best as much as he hated to feel useless. But, it was the only option he really had. Peter continued to look outside at the forest and hoped for a favorable outcome.
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Its been already a week since the Sinister Six and Spider-Man had arrived in this odd and strange universe, at least that's what some of Doctor Octopus's allies had said. Octopus had a different opinion. He saw this universe as an opportunity. An opportunity to have the upper hand against Spider-Man for the first time in a while and it'll be a permanent thing according to the Doctor. With the technology here in this universe, Octavius has already made blueprints for unique inventions. However, no materials were in their possession, not even the White Fang has any supplies to create these inventions. All they had was this strange form of energy called Dust. Octavius already done research on Dust and its uses and he was actually surprised to discover the capabilities to Dust. Their uses were simply incredible and they played a role for a variety of purposes other than weapons of mass destruction, in fact, Dust is used for almost everything around them. Their use is similar to steel. Like steel, Dust is used for almost everything. Some household appliances use Dust and even the airships the White Fang owns uses Dust as a source of energy. For Huntsmen and Huntresses and other people who wield a weapon of some sort, Dust is commonly used in their weapons. Even back then when humanity was in peril by the creatures of the Grimm, they were still in use and played an amazing role in combat. Dust could be used to create bullets or used as a source of energy for their weapon if it has a use that requires an energy source. It can even be used for a warrior's semblance which Octavius researched on before. However, like other energy sources, Dust is limited. Its not an endless power source. However, its uses and destructive capabilities make up for that. Thus, Octopus editing the blueprints so that the invention could be powered by Dust.
As Octavius worked on his blueprints, he heard electric firing off, explosions going off, footsteps similar to Rhino's pounding the ground, and swords clashing. Normally, Octavius would be concerned and come to see the possible damage. However, he knew it was just his other teammates training themselves, actually preparing for a fight against Spider-Man when the day comes and to have their newfound ally, Cinder Fall, watch how they fought. Ever since the Sinister Six was taken in by the powerful eighteen or nineteen year old girl, things have actually been going well for the eight of them, even though Cinder was in command of them which some of Octavius' teammates, namely Electro, didn't approve, however, he calmed them down and 'put a leash around them.' Recently, the Sinister Six or Eight presented their arsenal and abilities to Cinder at firsthand. They did so by fighting some the White Fang's soldiers, ordered by Cinder, who play as their dummies. Once they finished off the White Fang soldiers, Cinder was impressed to a moderate extent. Their powers were definitely impressive and clearly powerful, however, all of them had one crucial flaw. The Sinister Six rely too much on their abilities and arsenal. There were other flaws such as their repetitive attacks that their enemies like Spider-Man could predict. But that one flaw was the most important. And Cinder hoped to work on that with them. With new allies like these, she wanted them to be as powerful as possible. Besides people who will obey her command and missions without failure, powerful was the only thing she is accepting.
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End of Chapter 9. Hello again! Sorry for my absence and the lack of updates. High School and Finals have been getting to me and I wanted to get this story out by Christmas Day so that's why its a bit shorter than other chapters. But since Christmas is here, allow me to present to you your Christmas present that I hope people only open until Christmas Day! Now I want to give you guys your opinion on this. I'm scratching off the Assassin's Creed and Shingeki no Kyojin Crossover idea since I didn't really have much motivation or inspiration to begin with. Instead, I'm planning to create a strange but hopefully, a good crossover. Before I announce it, I don't only like Spider-Man as you already may notice. I also like Assassin's Creed and Uncharted, entertainment like that. But there's one specific video game that I equally like with Spider-Man. And that is inFAMOUS, yes a PlayStation franchise. Its so interesting and awesome, especially when you're shooting electric, smoke, neon, video, or concrete out of your hands! Which is why I'm making a crossover with another anime series. The anime I'm choosing to crossover with inFAMOUS is a bit unfitting with the video game series, but it could work. The anime is called Girls Und Panzer. Basically, teenage girls operating a tank, specifically in this anime, a German Panzer IV. It seems strange if you know both inFAMOUS and Girls Und Panzer but I feel like it could work if I write it in a way people will actually enjoy it. Hopefully, it'll work… I would appreciate some feedback. Anyways, usual schpiel, if you like or think I can improve, review. If you want to know when updates come out, follow. This is (finally a new pen name) ThatFictitiousAuthor signing off!