A/N : Hello internet! And welcome to : The Friendly Neighborhood Hero : Spider-Man! . . . Sorry, I just really wanted to do that and pull a MatPat. Anyway, I'd like to state that I've updated Chapter 1 with a few minor things that I noticed that I did wrong, or typo'd. Now we're getting some Spider-Man characters this chapter and an origin story. One thing is subtly different about the spider bite this time, so I challenge you guys to find it. Another thing, I'm using the X X X as a scene change, and the horizontal line as a dream-exit.
That's about it, so I'll just get started with the comment(s) :
MIKE202303 : Thanks for reviewing! It means a lot to me that you like this story!
[Edit 12/11/2021 : Fixed some clunkiness & set up some new story threads.]
Disclaimer : I do not own either Spider-Man or My Hero Academia / Boku No Hero.
X X X
"This is so boring!" Harry Osborne, a childhood friend of Izuku's, exclaimed.
Currently, their middle school class was touring Oscorp's Mustafu branch of Research and Development Labs. Harry was the son of Norman Osborne, the founder and C.E.O of Oscorp, who unfortunately didn't have much time for his son, always involved in a meeting with So-and-So's company or whozawats' new design. He had moved to Japan several years ago, and, not knowing Japanese, he had latched onto the only person who could speak English : Izuku, who had learned from his American mother. Because of this, the two of them were brothers in all but blood, even closer than some families Izuku could mention.
Ignoring her boss' son's comment, the tour guide continued on. "This is Oscorp's most recent lab in Japan, and so some of the stuff here are the most cutting edge objects on the planet. These scientists are currently -"
"We don't care!" Katsuki's angry, booming voice interrupted the tall woman. "Show us the good stuff!"
"E-excuse me?" The guide asked, a calm expression betrayed by a vein popping on her forehead and the loud grinding of teeth.
Before Katsuki could dig himself a giant hole with the largest tech company within Japan, the teacher interrupted, "Bakugo - cease such talk!" Turning to the tour guide, the teacher apologized before pulling Katsuki to walk beside him.
"A-anyway, the scientists here are working on genetically modifying creatures, of all species and sizes, to combine all the positive traits the species possesses." The guide gestured to a glass display case. "As you can see from that case, testing has been limited to 19 species of spiders, 12 species of ant, and 5 various insects."
"Hey, Izuku!" Harry waved him over to the glass case, leaving the main group as they slowly meandered onward.
"Yeah?"
"Apparently, my dad thinks that if you eat some of these experiments," Harry looked over to him with an amused grin," it'll amplify your quirk or something."
"Has it worked so far?" Izuku asked, his inner (and frankly his outer, and middle) science nerd coming to life with curiosity.
"Nothing happened to their quirk, at least now.. They did get something though." Harry looked over his shoulder, a grin firmly in place and growing rapidly. "Irritable Bowel Syndrome!"
"I bet!" Izuku managed to say between his snickers.
"Now, moving on, as we pass through this hallway, we will see several of the experiments being carried out." Sighing, and with a small glance back at the creatures, Izuku and Harry rushed back to the mindless herd of middle schoolers.
As they passed the one-way windows, Izuku pulled out his small, quirky digital camera from his book bag. Aiming his lens at the experiments, he pushed down on the picture button, but he didn't hear the camera's signature click. Turning the camera upside-down, he inspected the battery gauge, seeing full bars, though the bars flickered, indicating a connection problem. Sighing, Izuku took out the battery pack and blew on the tips of the batteries. Chief's gonna kill me if I don't get these photos, Izuku thought, grimacing slightly as he imagined his school newspaper editor's fierce scowl.
Izuku replaced the battery silently, never noticing a small red, blue, and black spider slowly descending onto his neck. "Aha!" Izuku let out quietly as the battery gauge stopped flashing, though not enough to avoid detection.
"Shut up for your classmates kid!" The guide snapped harshly. Bowing lowly, Izuku muttered a stammering apology. Softly, the spider landed on Izuku's neck, the boy never noticing through his embarrassment.
"Who put the stick up her ass?" Harry asked through the corner of his mouth, nodding his head inattentively at the next statement from the guide. Suddenly, the spider bit down, injecting the boy's blood with the venom of a black widow, changing every cell of his body to include the genetics of a spider. Jumping up, Izuku flicked the small arachnid off of him,
"Woah, you alright Izuku?" Gwen Stacy, a friend that Harry brought from America a couple years ago, asked, a frown forming on her face as she regarded him with worry.
"Um, yeah. I think so?" Izuku responded, unsure of his actual condition. Shrugging slightly, the group went through the rest of the day, the three others looking at Izuku worriedly as they went on, seeing him pale significantly within 30 minutes. It got so bad that Izuku was eventually sent home halfway through the school day, sleeping until the next morning.
X X X
The next day, when he woke up, Izuku felt . . . odd, for lack of a better word. He felt stronger, filled with a new-found source of energy. Oddly enough, he could also smell his mother's fresh pancakes from the floor below him, through a closed door and 300 feet between them. Sighing, Izuku rolled out of bed, before noticing something . . . off as he stood up.
He was a different height; he was taller! Not like when a kid wakes up after a week and is 1/8th of an inch taller, but a full 7 inches taller, making him a little over 6'. As a result, his All Might pajamas were now stretched to their limits, only coming down to mid-calf, not to mention his long sleeves, or lack thereof. The sleeves were torn apart, making way for 2 very muscular arms, with seemingly any fat that ever existed in his body being converted to muscle, and then some. Lifting his shirt to change, he noticed something else; he had a solid 8 pack, hard enough to grate cheese with, which was theoretically impossible.
Looking into a full body mirror, Izuku didn't see his old body; no. Instead he saw a strong, wiry, and lean man that looked at least 16, not his current 13-year-old self. He stood watching himself for a couple of minutes, but while he was admiring his greatly improved physique, a small tingle in the back of his head made itself known, twinging towards the direction of the door. Moments later, Rose's voice called through the door, "Zuku, are you awake?"
"Y-yeah, just give me a second to change, then I'll be out." Small footsteps moving away from the door signified Rose's departure. Sighing, Izuku finally pulled off his shirt and flicked it into a hamper stuffed into the corner of his room.
However, it wouldn't let go, or, rather, he COULDN'T let go of it. It was attached to his hand! Taking a closer look at his unoccupied hand, he saw it. Hundreds of tiny barbs located on his fingertips. Letting himself relax to examine the barbs, they began to retract, and a moment later, a soft thump signified the detachment of his shirt.
Smiling, Izuku cautiously placed his hands on his wall, before pulling himself up, willing his fingers to stick to the wall. Soon enough, he was crawling all over his room, slightly surprised when he didn't feel the blood rushing to his head as he stood, his feet the only things touching the ceiling. Is this from that spider bite from earlier? Izuku pondered as he dropped from the ceiling like an acrobat, turning midway through the air, stopping with his hand ghosting over his 'battle wound'. Shrugging off his pondering, Izuku finished dressing, heading down to the table, ready to have an awkward conversation with his parents. Wait till Dad sees this!
BZZT . . . BZZT! Izuku sighed, looking towards his bedside table and picking up his phone. As the screen woke, Izuku looked at the phone's time. 9:30 Directly underneath was a long line of texts from Ochako.
Gravity Girl : Zuku! Did u get ur results?
Gravity Girl : I GOT IN! I GOT IN! I GOT IN!
Gravity Girl : Also, is ur dad a teachr?
Gravity Girl : R u awake Zuku?
Gravity Girl : Zuuuukkkkuuu!
Gravity Girl : Fine. Are you free today?
Chuckling as he read, Izuku went on to reply, but before he started typing, he got another text, this time from Harry.
Golden Goblin : Zuku, I just got my results! MJ and Gwen got theirs too, so do you wanna get out on the town?
Quickly, Izuku replied;
Me : Sure thing! Actually, would you mind if I brought another friend?
Golden Goblin : Sure, just make sure to tell them that it's at 11:00 at the McLunchRush here. See you there Zuku.
X X X
About an hour later, Izuku found himself in the restaurant eating a small burger, waiting for his friends to show up, when a voice called out, "Hey tiger!"
Looking up, Izuku saw a redhead in a white buttoned-up shirt and nice blue jeans, a green jacket slung over her shoulder. Swallowing the rest of his burger down before grinning largely, he cried, "MJ!" He stood up, and wrapped the girl in a hug when she came near.
"Hey Izuku, you get your letter?" She asked as they separated. Ruefully, Izuku shook his head negatively. "Oh. Well, I got mine! Support Course here I come!" Mary Jane struck a heroic pose, her finger pointed skyward. Izuku smiled and congratulated her, knowing it really suited her. She did design the entirety of his web-shooters, admittedly with some input from Gwen and her quirk. Izuku may have had an IQ of 250, and he was an academic wiz, but he lacked any skills as a mechanical engineer, skills the two of them had in bunches. "Speaking of my new place in society, I've got an idea for the web-shooters!"
She pulled out a page of notebook paper from her jacket and thrust it into his hands. On the page was a small scribble of his current web-shooters, with small notes on its surface. After several moments of staring at it inquisitively, Izuku said, "Okay, I'll bite. What's new in this. It looks exactly like the old ones."
Mary Jane's grin grew larger, if possible. "Aesthetically, nothing. However, I put in a weight sensor and a rotating belt to help minimize the problem of web fluid. What happens is that once the sensor detects the weight of the cartridge, minus the webbing, it automatically switches cartridges." She paused for a moment's breath, before continuing. "The cool thing about this is that, if we push it, we could maximize the web output by seven-fold, basically ignoring the limit for a longer time." She peered at his shocked face assessingly, "What do you think?"
"What do I think?" Izuku asked incredulously. "I think we should finish this ASAP!" Izuku exclaimed, giving her a thumbs up and a grin.
"Hey, Izuku, Mary Jane!" The two teens looked up to see Gwen Stacy rushing towards them, her blonde hair flying behind her, and her glasses falling as she ran to them, revealing her blue eyes.
"Hey Gwen! Nice to see you after a month," Izuku stated with a large smile.
"How was your exam?" Mary Jane asked curiously.
Gwen gave a smile. "You're looking at the newest member of U.A's Support Course!" MJ freaked out over this, before giving her a bear-hug.
"What'd you do for your project example?" MJ asked after releasing the poor girl.
"Oh, it's so cool! So what I did was that I . . ." Gwen went on to describe some computer program that she had coded for U.A, causing a robotic hand the faculty made available to perform Shakespearean Tragedies via shadow puppets. She even narrated some bits, much to the amusement of Power Loader, the exam proctor for the support course.
After some light conversation, the life of the party, Harry, showed up, his dark red hair burning in the sunlight. "Hey guys!" Harry stated as he walked up to their table. "Zuku, still hangin'?" Harry shot him a grin, finger gun pointed straight towards Izuku.
"By a web," Izuku stated sarcastically. Still, Harry's smile was infectious; a smile still made its way onto his face, eventually matching Harry's tooth for tooth.
"Pretty ladies," Harry stated, before tipping an imaginary hat to the girls.
"Harry." The girls chorused, well used to the Osborne heir's flirtatiousness.
"So, I'm well on my way to being the next All Might!" Harry cried out jokingly, before his face became slightly more serious. "Class 1-A of U.A," Harry shook his head, as if he was still in disbelief, "seems unbelievable."
"You're kidding! With your quirk, it's never been a manner of if, but when!" Gwen stated firmly.
"Hey Zuko!" The group turned to the unfamiliar voice, seeing Ochako standing there waving.
"Hi Ochako!" Izuku called, before waving her over and giving her a hug. "All right, so this is Ochako Uraraka, everyone. Ochako, this is Gwen Stacy, our resident programmer and computer genius, Mary Jane Watson, our engineer, and Harry Osborne, our resident hero." Izuku pointed to the people as he stated their names.
"Hello everyone!"
"Nice to meet you Ochako!" Mary Jane exclaimed. "So, did you apply to U.A like -"
"Spider-Man, Spider-Man! Does whatever a spider can! Spins a web, any size . . . " Izuku's phone chimed out, having finally switched it off of Vibration Mode.
"Jeez! You still have that?" Mary Jane laughed out as he pressed the answer button.
Izuku rolled his eyes before speaking, "You've got Izuku Aizawa. Who's this?"
"Santa Claus." His mother stated frankly. "Your letter is here."
"Oh! Thanks, I'll be right there!" Izuku ended the call, turning to his friends apologetically. "Sorry guys, but I've gotta run! I'll text you guys later with my results."
As he ran out, Mary Jane called, "I'm coming over tonight to build the web-shooters! Don't forget!" All Mary Jane received in return was a raised thumbs up.
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Izuku rushed home quickly, throwing open the door, grabbing his letter off the counter of the kitchen as he passed it, and throwing the door to his room open before slamming it closed again. Seating himself down at his small desk, Izuku stopped himself for the first time since leaving his friends, letting the anticipation fill him, before he opened the letter, and tipped it upside down. A small disk dropped out, along with a small sheet of paper, and for a single moment there was peace and silence, before . . .
"I AM HERE AS A PROJECTION!" That silence was fractured by the Golden Hero himself, All Might.
"All Might?!" Izuku cried, almost falling out of his chair. The small disk projected a small screen into the air, All Might's large smile and muscular body taking up about 1/3 of the screen.
"HELLO YOUNG AIZAWA! I BET YOU ARE WONDERING WHY I AM IN THIS RECORDING, HUH?" He paused for a moment (For a response perhaps?), before continuing, "THE ANSWER IS . . . THAT I'LL BE JOINING THE STAFF AT U.A AS A TEACHER!"
Izuku's mind stopped for a moment before thinking, OH MY GOD! All Might'll be my teacher! I'll have to get his autograph! Oh! And his voice for my phone, or maybe ask him a few questions about his quirk. Suddenly, as he was taken out of his 'Geek Mode', as Harry calls it, he realized that All Might was still talking.
"-FTER SEVERAL MINUTES REWATCHING THE FOOTAGE, ALL OF US TEACHERS WERE IMPRESSED WITH HOW YOU JUMPED IN TO SAVE THAT GIRL. SO, CURIOUSLY, WE LOOKED AT THE SCORES BEHIND THE BOY, AND WE SAW YOUR SCORES. IZUKU AIZAWA, YOU'VE PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS," Surprisingly, all Might's smile grew even wider before he began again. "IN THE WRITTEN PORTION OF THE EXAM, YOU RECEIVED AN UNPRECEDENTED SCORE OF 98%, FOR A STUDENT WITHOUT A MEMORY ENHANCING ALSO RECEIVED 54 VILLAIN POINTS, WHICH ALONE WOULD PUT YOU IN 5TH PLACE ON THE PRACTICAL."
"HOWEVER," All Might took a deep breath, getting up close to the screen. "THERE WAS A HIDDEN PORTION OF THE TEST ; RESCUE POINTS, WHICH ARE SCORED BY A PANEL OF 6 JUDGES ON A SCALE OF 1 - 10, AND YOU RECEIVED 60 RESCUE POINTS, GIVING YOU 114 POINTS, GIVING YOU FIRST PLACE! AS SUCH YOU WILL HAVE SEVERAL RESPONSIBILITIES!" All Might described a small portion of them, including an opening oath for the sports festival. Finally, the video finished with, "IZUKU AIZAWA, THIS IS YOUR HERO ACADEMIA!"
For a moment, he just sat there in silence, before everyone around the 10 blocks surrounding the Aizawa household heard an elated, "YES!"
A/N : Hello! You're probably wondering why I'm updating this. To answer, I wasn't satisfied with the original upload, and thought that some of you probably agreed, so I updated it, remixed it, whatever. I also wanted the quirks of the 4 to be explained. Izuku's quirk was described earlier, but the other 3 weren't, so I'm putting them down below.
[Edit 12/11/2021 : I hope you all enjoyed the update; it didn't take as long as I thought it would to update, and there was only a little bit of cringiness that I absolutely couldn't stand. Total success! See you all next time!]
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Harry Osborne ; Quirk : Technopath
Allows the user to telepathically control certain types of technology, but not all. List includes, but is not limited to : Gliders, Windows Computers, and Grenades.
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Gwen Stacy ; Quirk : Problem-shooter
Makes the user aware of any and all glitches of a machine upon physical contact. Possible solutions are NOT provided by quirk.
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Mary Jane Watson ; Quirk : Creativity
Allows the user to quickly imagine new possibilities for problems that may appear. (NOTE : Works well with Problem-Shooter)