A/N : Hi guys! Welcome back to another chapter of the Friendly Neighborhood Hero : Spider-Man. As you guys know, I've been having some trouble with this chapter, re-writing about 10 times, but this one is the one that went best, but still, forgive me if I held you up for nothing serious. So, I'll try to continue updating this every two weeks.
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"Remove your feet from this desk immediately!" Izuku had made a point of coming to school early for the first day, coming with his father at the ungodly hour of 5:00 in the morning, 2 whole hours before school, and for what, THIS? Groaning quietly, Izuku placed his face down on the desk, covering his ears, protecting them from the torture that was the bluenette from the exam's chewing out of Katsuki. He looked to his neighbor, Harry, who had headphones on as he played on his phone. Lucky.
"Or what, you damn extra?" Despite his precautions, the blonde was still heard. At times like these that I hate my powers, Izuku thought, sighing as he lifted his head off the desk. "You can't make me do anything, Four-Eyes!" Katsuki's ever-present explosions drew the eyes of all his new classmates, save for a certain heterochromatic teen, who glanced dismissively at the boy before going back to his book.
"You would insult a fellow classmate?!" The bluenette asked, taken aback slightly at his aggression. "I think we got off on the wrong foot. My name is Tenya Iida," Izuku perked up, hearing that, recalling something about heroes and . . . engines(?), "from the Somei Academy of-"
"Somei?! So you're a damn elitist?" Katsuki grinned maliciously, standing up and, leaning over the desk, got all up in Tenya's face. "I'm gonna enjoy carving you into pieces!"
Sighing, Izuku intervened for the sake of all the innocents in their class. "You know Katsuki, you should know that all these people earned their way here, just like you. And that means they probably can give back anything they take."
"IT'S YOU!" Tenya shouted as he turned, even louder than before, ignoring his little spat with Katsuki. He began walking towards Izuku quickly, gesturing stiffly with his hands as he did so. "I am Tenya Iida of the Somei Academy of A-"
Izuku sweatdropped at the boy's gestures.. "I-it's fine. I heard you earlier with Katsuki. My name's Izuku Aizawa, and it's nice to meet you Tenya."
"Tenya?" Tenya questined. "May I ask why you refer to me by my first name, rather than my last name?"
"Oh." Izuku shrugged slightly. "It's just pure principle. I think that people are more than their parents, but people usually judge based on their last names, good or bad." He chuckled slightly. "Well, that and my original old man was a jerk." The heterochromatic teen looked towards Izuku with eyes slightly widened ever so slightly.
"I see." Tenya rubbed his chin thoughtfully, actually thinking over the boy's ideology. "Very well. It is nice to meet you as well . . . Izuku."
"Hey, Zuku!" Izuku turned to the right, seeing Ochako and Harry standing there in the doorway, waving at him. Ochako was the one to call out to him.
"Hey guys!" Izuku waved back, calling them over. "It's nice to see that you're here! It's a shame that we-"
"If you're here to make friends, go ahead and leave." Izuku sighed as his father stood up, encompassed in his beloved yellow sleeping bag. When no-one left, he began to exit the warm embrace of sleeping bags.
"Forgive me," Tenya began, pushing his glasses higher up on his nose, "but who are you?"
"My name is Shouta Aizawa," Izuku made it a point to ignore all the looks his classmates flashed at him," and I'm your homeroom teacher." He finished stepping out of his sleeping bag.
He looks so . . . lazy, Class 1-A all thought. It was honestly true though. With his scraggly stubble and long, unkempt black hair, he looked more like a drunken layabout than a pro-hero like All Might. Add in his red eyes, giant scarf, and his messy black jumpsuit, and his father looked like a sort of 'The End is Here' type of guy you'd see on every other street corner. Are we sure that he's a pro?
"This may seem sudden," his father started, rummaging through his sleeping bag, before standing up and throwing a blue and white uniform at Izuku, who caught it," but put this on and meet me on the field. They should be located in your desks."
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The first day was an absolute hell for most of the class. His father had indeed met them on the field to begin a quirk assessment test, which, on its own, was simple. However, as soon as someone mentioned how it would be 'fun' to use their quirks without any restrictions, his father had taken the unintentional challenge and upped the ante, threatening the person who scored the lowest out of them with expulsion.
Needless to say, this made everyone work twice as hard as they were used to, as each person attempted to out do the last. I hope that I never have to compete with 19 others against me in almost every event again. Izuku thought tiredly as he began to stretch out his sore joints. Currently, all of the sweat soaked teens were crowding around the projector that showed their results.
Izuku Aizawa 11. Ochako Uraraka
2. Momo Yaoyorozu 12. Koji Koda
3. Shoto Todoroki 13. Rikidou Satou
4. Katsuki Bakugou 14. Tsuyu Asui
5. Tenya Iida 15. Yuga Aoyama
6. Mezou Shouji 16. Hanta Sero
7. Mashirao Ojiro 17. Denki Kaminari
8. Ejiro Kirishima 18. Kyoka Jiro
9. Fumikage Tokoyami 19. Toru Hagakure
10. Mina Ashido 20. Harry Osborn
Horrified, Izuku turned to his friend, and both of their faces reflected their fear. "No," Harry mumbled quietly. "No, it's not true! It - it can't be!" Harry fell to his knees, his knuckles dragging in the dirt next to his legs, as tears began to fall down his face.
"Oh, yeah. About that expulsion bit, I lied." His father grinned like a madman as the rest of the class looked at him in major frustration and slight anger. "It was a logical ruse to draw out the best of your quirks." As most of the class took a deep breath of relief, Izuku's eyes widened as he noticed something. He's lying! He frowned slightly. Why though?
"It was obvious if you actually thought about it," a mature looking girl with a spiky black ponytail stated bluntly, looking around at all of them.
His dad shrugged slightly. "Anyway, you should head back into the classroom. On your desks, you'll find the syllabus for your classes. After that, you're free to go. Class dismissed."
At the dismissal, most of the class left the field, the only student remaining being Izuku himself, who walked up to his father and pointed his finger at the man. "You lied," he accused. "About yourself lying, I mean."
"And what gives you that idea?" On the outside, Shouta was a mask of pure calm, save for a quirked eyebrow, while on the inside, he was freaking out about how he was found out so easily.
"Your eyes, they twitch ever so slightly when you lie. It's not very easy to tell, but when I've known you for the majority of my life, it gets so much easier to tell when you lie." Izuku smiled at him as he spoke. "Anyway, I just need to know one thing." Izuku's smile faded, "Did you do nothing to Harry, just because he was my friend?"
"No. His quirk isn't something that affects his physical prowess, unlike that Iida child. I take these things into consideration before I expel anyone." His dad smiled before ruffling his hair. "Now, get changed, and I'll drive you home."
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The next day, Izuku woke to the sound of intense sobbing. Rolling out of bed, Izuku changed and headed down the stairs, into the dining room. He cried out, "Mom, what's wrong?!"
His mother was sitting at the table, her head in her hands, tears dropping onto the surface of the table. She looked up to him, the red in her eyes clearly showing that she had been crying for some time. "Z-z-zuku! I-it's your Uncle Ben and Aunt May." Uncle Ben was his mother's brother, and Izuku had always felt a kind of connection with him, since he too was quirkless.
Izuku's eyes widened, a growing feeling of horror settling in his stomach. "Mom, what's going on?"
She looked at him through teary eyes. "Zuku, a robber b-broke into their house, a-and . . . - Zuku, they're dead!" Unbidden, his mind jumped to the last time Izuku could remember seeing Uncle Ben in Japan.
It was about 2 years ago, just after he had received his quirk. He had just had an incident with Katsuki, where he stepped in to help a victim of the boy's anger, and, for once, he could actually help. In doing so, Izuku had thrown a punch and it landed. Landed me in the office. He had been caught by a teacher, who, obviously had no preference of Katsuki. "Now listen here! If you ever lay another hand on Katsuki, you'll be out of this school faster than you can say 'I'm sorry!', got it?"
"But -"
"GOT IT?" Meekly, Izuku nodded. "Good, now, your family has been made aware of your 3 day suspension from this school. Someone should be by to pick you up, so leave this school now." He turned back to Katsuki, fawning over him, while the boy simply smirked at his retreating back.
Izuku began to run towards the exit, not stopping until he exited the building entirely, not noticing as a tear that made its way down his face. He was startled out of his thoughts when a voice next to him asked, "You alright kiddo?"
Turning Izuku saw him. Standing there, wearing a black button-up shirt and old blue jeans, was his Uncle Ben. "Uncle Ben!" Izuku walked up to him and gave him a bear hug."What're you doing here?"
"Oh, you know . . . things." Ben gave him a sly grin, "Anyway, I'm here 'cause Juliet asked me to pick you up. Said something about '3 days suspension.'" Ben peered at him closely. "Any idea what that's about?"
"You could say that," Izuku stated, drawing out the 'could'. "You see, there was this kid, and another kid, Katsuki, who was bullying the other kid. Every other time, whenever it happened every other time, I wasn't able to help, but now I could. But when I helped, a teacher that loved Katsuki reported me to the office when I landed a punch."
Ben let out a long sigh. "Sounds like you were that first kid's hero today, but remember," he looked at Izuku closely," with great power comes great responsibility. If you had the opportunity, you could punch that kid again and again, but you have to realize that those actions have consequences that you have to accept. Whether it's fair or not, that's not up to us. But -" a loud car horn interrupted whatever Uncle Ben was going to say. "Oh! That's right! May's still in the car. Come on, we'll continue this in the car."
Suddenly he snapped to attention when his mother sobbed again. "Okay, mom, take a deep breath. I'm gonna make you some breakfast, then I'm gonna have to get to school." Unfortunately, his dad wasn't here anymore, since he had already left, making him have to run to get to school on time. He made his mom her food, and left for school.
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About 4 hours later, Izuku was at U.A, walking into the Foundational Heroics classroom after telling his father about the death of his brother-in-law and his wife. Sighing, his hand resting on the door, Izuku slapped a smile onto his face. Just 5 more hours of this, and then I'll be free, he thought, opening the door widely, immediately showing All Might's beaming face.
" COME IN YOUNG AIZAWA! PLEASE COME IN AND TAKE YOUR SEAT."
All Might knows my name! And he's in his *gasp* SILVER AGE COSTUME! Izuku thought excitedly as he took his seat next to Ochako, as she gave him a worried look, which he waved off.
"ANYWAY, AS I WAS SAYING, THIS IS YOUR FOUNDATIONAL HEROICS CLASS, AND I ALL MIGHT WILL BE YOUR TEACHER. TODAYS LESSON WILL BE . . ." All Might pulled an index card out of his cape. How does that work? Izuku pondered inquisitively as All Might flashed the card. "BATTLE TRAINING!"
"Excuse me, sir, are we to wear our gym uniforms?" Momo Yaoyorozu asked.
"NO! THEY SAY THAT CLOTHES MAKE THE HERO, AND SO YOU WILL BE LEARNING TO FIGHT IN YOUR COSTUMES!" About 20 panels in the wall shot out, all bearing the numbers 1 - 20, presumably holding their costumes. "MEET ME IN GROUND BETA AND I'LL EXPLAIN THERE."
A/N : Hi guys! It was a little bit shorter today, but I hope this was worth the wait. Don't forget to review and favorite! Bye!