Chapter 1: HOPE IN THE SHAPE OF A SPIDER
Who am I? Are you sure you want to know? The story of my life is not for the faint of heart. If somebody told you it was a tale of the hero always coming out on top… if somebody told you I was an average guy, not a care in the world, somebody lied. My life wasn't easy, but let me assure you, it wasn't always doom and gloom.
A young boy with green hair wearing a red shirt, blue shorts, and red shoes would be bouncing in a chair out of excitement hoping to see if he would have a superpower.
"I'm afraid there is no hope for your son."
The toddler freezes in place and does not utter a single word until he got back home. Everything that transpired in the hospital was a blur for him, and all he could hear were the words of the doctor.
"There is no hope."
He sat at the computer chair silently watching a video of the number one hero's debut video, His eyes welled up with tears as he turned his head toward his mom.
"Can I be a cool hero just like him, Mommy?"
His mother would run to him and tightly wrap him in a hug.
"I'm sorry honey! I'm sorry!"
Those weren't the words I wanted to hear from her though… Trust me, I didn't let my quirklessness hold me back. I studied my butt off after that day, learning all kinds of sciences like chemical science and mechanical science. Although…
A large, muscular, dog-faced man with brown hair in a black vest and blue jeans began rampaging in the middle of a train station; he was nearly fifteen meters tall and was currently locked in battle with a hero named Kamui Woods. He wears a black spandex bodysuit with wood-like body parts and a wooden helmet.
This day was the last day I would ever feel worthless or out of place. No, I'm not that guy with the stars on his head, and I'm not that businessman in the back. There, that's me, the kid with green hair and a school uniform, Izuku Midoriya.
"Woah, a huge villain and Kamui Woods!? That's so cool, he's a rising star in the hero community, and he's already dealing with big villains like this!" The boy with green hair
"You a fanboy of this guy, kid" a man with flesh-like stars on his head, asked.
"Y-yeah, I'm a huge fan of Heroes in general" Izuku exclaims to the man.
Kamui Woods exclaims to the villain and launches a binding attack called Lacquered Chain Prison until he is stopped mid-way by a large woman kicking the villain in the face, screaming Canyon Canon.
Just as soon as Mt. Lady jumped into the scene, a large crowd of paparazzi chanting money shot came in tow. Izuku soon noticed the time and began to run to school as fast as he could, so he doesn't miss his trip to Musutafu University.
As Izuku got closer and closer to his school, he noticed the fancy school bus parked outside; He began to yell at the group from far away, hoping they could hear him.
"Hey, wait for me!"
It was all for naught because the bus driver already closed the doors and began driving away. Izuku ran as fast as he could, catching up to the bus in hopes it would stop when they see him in their side view mirrors slapping the back right side of the bus.
"Stop the bus! Hey, stop the bus, I'm right here!"
The students inside the bus began to giggle and even burst out laughing at Izuku's misfortune until one of the teachers walked up to the bus driver and forced him to stop and let Izuku on. When he finally was let on, many students started to tease him and some even started to mock what he was screaming while he was chasing the bus.
"Alright, everyone, cut it out before I turn this bus around. This trip is a privilege for everyone, and Midoriya chasing this bus goes to show how much he cares for this trip, and you all should respect that and wish you had that same type of dedication." The Teacher claims as Izuku sits in the far back of the bus.
The rest of the bus ride to the University was pretty calm, even if Izuku was almost left behind by the bus driver; The bus slowly parked into Musutafu University's parking lot and let the students and chaperone's out onto the school's grounds. They are all quickly greeted by the lead scientist at the school, and she introduces herself as Doctor Hina Oikawa. The woman wore a blue dress shirt with a beige pair of slacks held up by a brown leather belt, her hair was jet black and tied into a bun, covered by a transparent medical bonnet.
"I'm pleased to meet you all, and I hope that you guys enjoy this tour of our school. I'd like to quickly separate the students who specifically came to see our lab and the students who just wanted to see the general vicinity of the university."
She calls out eight names, including Izuku, leaving twelve students left to see the rest of the school. The scientist leads the kids towards their lab, containing a large machine that none of the kids knew until Izuku yelled out in excitement.
"Is that an Electron Microscope!?"
The student that yelled this surprised everyone, excluding one student, who was angered by the sudden outburst.
"Why yes it is and the only one here in Japan. Many schools have even tried to buy it from us, including UA…though we almost gave in when they tried to send us one trillion yen" Dr. Oikawa states sheepishly. "Who was the one who said that? I'd like to know the name of this bright student."
Everyone in the group parted like the Red Sea, leaving Izuku to be easily spotted by Dr. Oikawa. His eyes widened like a deer in headlights, sheepishly looking away, scratching his head.
"T-that would be me, ma'am I-I'm Izuku Midoriya I'm sorry for my outburst, I've been really excited about this trip and finally being able to see the equipment here I couldn't keep a lid on my excitement." He says with a slightly anxious tone.
"That's nice to hear Mr. Midoriya, not many people are excited about science nowadays; so many people only care for quirks and their heroes," she says with excitement and slight disdain in the end. "On the topic of quirks, you are all here to be the very first of the public to see our latest experiment. Mr. Midoriya, would you care to identify the animals in these glass cases?"
Izuku looks towards the glass cases, the doctor was referring to, and notices fourteen cases and thirteen spiders; Each with varying survival instincts and color patterns.
"Uh~, I don't remember them all off the top of my head, but the spider in the top left case is a jumping spider and their jumping length is averaged around one hundred sixty millimeters."
Dr. Oikawa with a very pleased smile tells all the students to come closer to the spider's enclosure to get a closer look.
"Now everyone, what Mr. Midoriya here said was completely correct, but there is something very special about these spiders," she says with a very confident smile.
A very cocky snort came from one of the students with blond hair as spiky as a porcupine, wearing the same school uniform as Izuku and the rest of the students.
"What's so special about a bunch of dumb insects? They're just bugs, so why care so much about them?" A very rude student asks.
"What's your name, young man?"
"I'm Katsuki Bakugo, now answer my question. What's so special about these bugs?"
Dr. Oikawa angrily huffs and turns to a large computer screen, presenting it to the rest of the group. It lit up and presented an image of a short animal that seemed to be a genetic combination of a bear, dog, and mouse.
"You all know Principal Nezu, correct? He is the first ever animal to have a quirk-"
"But what does that have to do with the spiders?" Bakugo rudely interjects.
"I was getting to that. These spiders are the first ever animal mutants, born with enhanced abilities, like the jumping spider Mr. Midoriya mentioned. This jumping spider can jump over three meters in the air and survive the fall."
As the scientist explained the rest of the spiders to the students, one of the teachers interrupted her to tell her of a small situation.
"Ma'am I count fourteen cases, but there are only thirteen spiders, there might be one missing."
She looks to one of the small habitats where one is indeed missing and notices a small mark on the glass.
"Oh yes, the one that's missing was taken to testing by one of the other scientists here. You can see by the marking here in the top left corner of its enclosure."
While they were speaking, a curious little spider descended from the ceiling of the laboratory by a thin line of webbing, landing on the yellow backpack of Izuku Midoriya. It quickly walked up Izuku's back and into his jacket's collar; Izuku felt a weird tingling on the back of his neck until he felt a quick, yet light pain in his neck. He slapped whatever pricked his neck and quickly brushed it off of his shirt collar, pulling a hair on his neck.
As the tour was coming to a close, Dr. Oikawa decided to spring a surprise on all the students with a free meal from the University. She quickly guided them to the university's cafeteria, and what they saw could only be described as a three-star restaurant.
"Alright, everyone, we have menus here, and don't worry about money you don't need to pay us, we are doing this out of the kindness of our hearts, so please order as much as you like!" The Doctor said joyously.
As Izuku ran to a table, he thought about how hungry he was this whole time, he felt like he could eat a horse. Against his better judgment, he orders five large deluxe hamburgers. Bakugo sees this and orders six deluxe hamburgers as if he was trying to challenge Midoriya or even try to prove something.
All the food finally getting to the students, Midoriya began to wolf down his first burger in mere seconds, and the same with his second to the fifth burger. Bakugo was trying to keep up but couldn't match Midoriya's monstrous appetite, and when he looked over to Midoriya he saw that his plates were empty even his sides were gone.
Someone else notices this and began to mock him again until the teacher tells them to mind their own business and to continue eating.
The rest of the day was quite mundane for Izuku, he came back from the trip, he put his phone and other items into his locker, and walked back to his homeroom for his final class of the day. Sadly for him, his day was going to be ruined by Katsuki Bakugo after the homeroom teacher decided to talk about the future of the students and brought up Izuku still trying to apply for UA High.
His desk was ruined and as the bell rang Bakugo took his Hero analysis book and used his quirk to nearly blow it to smithereens. The book was then thrown out the window to add insult to injury. Izuku at the end of the day grabbed the book from the school Koi pond it landed in and began to silently make his way home, thinking about the spider that bit him.
"Where did that spider come from? Was it one of the University's spiders? Did I kill one of the world's first animal mutants!?"
While Izuku was stuck in thought, he walked under a bridge, unaware of the looming threat that would befall him. In mere seconds he was taken hostage by a villain made of sludge, Izuku began clawing at the villain, but it was a fruitless effort the villain was made of a sludge-like substance. Izuku saw his life flash before his eyes, the day he met Bakugo, The day he learned he was quirkless, his mother crying for him, every day his father left for work, even the spider bite he remembered.
Somehow, the sludge villain was repulsed by Midoriya, by what was inside him… The sludge villain didn't know it yet, but the young man before him would be transformed and would be his worst nightmare. Before the villain can shout anything to Midoriya a loud booming voice came from behind and when he blinked the kid wasn't in front of him, it was a fist.
"DETROIT SMASH!"
The wind pressure alone blew the Sludge villain away and knocked him out, with the young man knocked out as well. All Might begins to collect the villain and any possible remnants of him that could be used remotely and propped Izuku up against a wall while he waited for him to wake back up; Within three minutes, Midoriya woke up to the sight of his favorite hero, All Might in his face… and slapping it too.
"A-all Might! It's so nice to meet you, sir, you're amazing, thank you so much for saving me!"
"No problem young man, now I must be going, I have to put this villain with the proper authorities."
"Yes sir! Wait, can I ask a quick-"
Before Izuku could approach All Might, he was already gone in the air. That hurt Izuku quite deeply, to be completely ignored by his hero after he tried to ask him a simple question.
"I guess nobody would want to hear anything from Quirkless Izuku Midoriya."
He walked his way home without any other incidents and as he made his way inside he was hit with a sudden wave of nausea and vertigo.
"Izuku, welcome home honey! How was your trip, did you have fun?"
"Yeah it was fun, I'm not feeling too good so I'm going to bed and sleep it off."
Izuku quickly disappears into his room and slammed his door shut. With his mother stuck in a stupor from how fast he moved all she could do was mutter.
"This early?"
In his room, Izuku strips himself nearly bare with only his undergarments to cover himself. He snatches his All Might blanket from his bed and falls asleep on his cold wooden floor.
He would be in for a surprise when he wakes up in the morning to see his overnight metamorphosis. Only fate can tell his future from there.
CHAPTER ONE: END
