Reviews- I'm updating a little early because you two are so nice :)
Archangel_Xireon_Chaos_God: Ahhhhhhhh... You know I could have sworn that I finished She's the Real Reaper but since it appears I didn't then I'll probably have to dig out my ps3 and play up until I can continue the fic again. (Seriously though I swear I at least wrote those last few chapters out but I don't know where they are).
Valbory: Thanks it's good to see you're enjoying my nonsense crossovers :D
As far as the other fics go it's just the drive I always seem to run out of so it's not even that I don't know where I want them to go it's just writing all those scenes in between the parts I actually wanted to recreate that drains me. Sad times.
But I am gonna go back and update She's the Real Reaper especially if I can find those missing chapters I definitely remember writing.
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Side note- Anyone else play that Avengers beta? Gotta say I was loving Black Widow and the gameplay reminded me of Destiny but with superheroes. Can't wait for the release.
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WARNING: Gore
Once everyone changed and made their way outside to the bus mostly in their hero costumes bar Spider and Midoriya who were in casual clothes and the UA P.E uniform. I'll give you one guess who broke the dress code.
Surprisingly Iida ignored the violation and instead started blowing a whistle and talking about getting into two lines according to seat number then load onto the bus efficiently. Yeah he hasn't been class president for five minutes yet and he was already acting like a drill sergeant, but that could be forgiven since the open layout of the bus completely ruining his strategy led to the most heartbroken face Spider had ever seen.
Skip to Iida sulking about it on the bus ride over to wherever it was they were heading. On four seats to the left sat Sato, Midoriya, Asui, and Kirishima respectively, and opposite them were Iida, Ashido, Aoyama and Kaminari. Going further back the bus went into a standard seating pattern after a single step leading up to them, Bakugo and Jiro on the left and Yaoyorozu and Ururaka on the right, the other students taking whatever seats were available behind them. Spider herself however was being a little rebellious and instead stood, leaning against the side of the bus to the left of Kirishima.
There was only mild chatter filling the bus and Spider had taken the opportunity to fiddle with her phone, undisturbed since Aizawa was practically asleep at the front and Iida hadn't picked his gaze up off the floor.
It was a neat little device and though admittedly the Dovahkiin was no tech expert, (She spent most of her life in a tech free world okay leave her alone) she understood the basics like the messaging app and the call function as well as a few others that were self explanatory like the clock, calculator and camera/gallery but all those other little icons confused her.
She barely trusted herself to adjust the brightness after one fiasco had her locked out of the device until the 'parental pin' was entered. That was the last time she endeavoured to click on the 'settings' app. It didn't help that Midoriya spent a solid ten minutes laughing at her about it rather than offering the assistance she had sought him out for.
Don't get her wrong, it was nice that the usually nervous teen was comfortable enough to actually enjoy himself at her expense, she just wished she could subtly hint that she'd killed people for less without terrifying him.
Spider's attention was dragged from her phone screen where she'd been scrolling through some of the few pictures she had managed to take including several accidental screenshots, a few of her apartment and one where Midoriya was happily scribbling away at one of his notebooks without a care in world. Asui had leaned forward in her seat and gave the Dragonborn an expectant look so it would be rude to ignore her.
When she put the phone back in her inventory Spider returned the stare and allowed the other student to ask whatever was bothering her.
"Sorry if this seems rude but I usually say whatever's on my mind, you have a really strange name Spider." Said the frog like teen.
For her part the Dovahkiin just let out a resigned sigh. "You're saying that as though I was the one who picked it Tsu."
Asui tilted her head in thought and shrugged. "True, but it's still strange of you're parents to pick such a name."
Kaminari felt this was the perfect moment to join in. "She has a point you know, I don't think I've ever heard of anyone calling their kid 'Spider' since it's... you know, kinda creepy."
"... Thanks." The Dragonborn levelled a glare at the boy who quickly backtracked.
"Uh but you know it's really erm... what's the word? Ugh, unique! Yeah that's it. It's really unique." Guy had the audacity to look proud of that terrible attempt of a save.
Naturally this was the perfect time to practice her new language skills. Leaning forward and lowering her voice until it was just shy of a growl. "So you have chosen... death."
It might have taken a second for Kaminari (and basically everyone else who was listening) to figure out that, one: no he wasn't about to die here, and two: Spider just re-enacted a meme for him. But when he did he had another of those thousand watt smiles putting the colour back into his previously drained face.
"Did I do that right?" Spider asked hesitantly in her normal voice.
No one seemed to want to answer and instead opted to stare in disbelief until the electric blonde finally responded with. "Where have you been all my life?"
She allowed herself a small laugh. "I'll take that as a yes." But in her head it was more like. 'Questions about my name avoided, mission accomplished. Also, damn that dwarvern spider factory, if it wasn't for that thing I'd have been called Skyler which would have been just... so much easier.'
"How long do you think it'll take us to get to the training facility?" Asui asked, oblivious to Spider's internal woes.
"I don't know but I can't wait to see what we'll be doing, I hope I get to use my quirk to save someone." Ashido replied excitedly.
"Yeah that's easy for you guys to say, some of us don't have quirks that are meant for saving people." Kaminari joined in showing everyone a spark of electricity.
"But you can still do your best right." Midoriya encouraged.
"He does have a point though, certain people will be better suited to this kind of work." Kirishima added his thoughts.
"Who's quirk would you rather have for this exercise if not yours then?" Spider asked Kaminari getting an incredulous look from the teen.
"Uh yours!" He stated. "You're strong enough to break the grip strength tester, faster than we can see when you want to be and during the hero/villain training you dominated against four of our classmates." That got a few nods. "That's not even mentioning the scary demon looking guys you just made appear."
"I'm still not sure why I had to fight four of you rather than the original two I was warned about." Spider said begrudgingly.
"Like it even mattered, you wiped the floor with us." Kirishima replied looking down.
"Don't look so glum Red. And if it makes you feel better, out of everyone here I'd rather have your quirk." She smiled.
"Seriously?" Kirishima asked holding his arm out and activating his quirk. "It's not very flashy or anything like Bakugo or Todoroki's quirks."
"Yours suits me better than theirs, contrary to what people believe I'm more inclined to take damage than deal it." Spider began to explain. "Remember the most powerful people in the room consist of those that know their enemies weaknesses and those who can take as much firepower the enemy can give and more."
"I never thought of it that way." He looked at his hardened flesh as if it were made of gold.
"Don't look too surprised, one day you'll be the one people can look up to for your ability to take the hits, no matter how many or how strong they are, you will not fall." Spider placed a hand on his shoulder, her expression deadly serious. "And whoever stands in your way, they will either move or be moved."
"Wow, you know you're really inspiring when you want to be." Kaminari was the first to break the silence that had over taken them.
"Gift of experience." Spider's smile returned.
"Easy for you to say when you can't get hurt." Bakugo surprisingly inserted himself into the conversation.
Looking to her left she could see the teen was looking out the window rather than at her. "Well if it would make you feel better I can remedy that for a short time." She offered getting him to actually look at her.
"Good, and if you can't handle it then you'll have to admit that we're stronger." He challenged.
'Interesting use of the word 'we' rather than 'I' there, perhaps there's hope for him yet.' Spider smirked. "Deal." She said while a ball of luminescent green energy swirled to life in her palm, stretching out and completely covering her form before sinking into her body, a strange after glow remaining for a few moments before it too disappeared without a trace.
"Wait, so does this mean you can get hurt now?" Midoriya asked curiously.
"Yes, and my other capabilities are hindered as well but I doubt it will affect my performance too much, it is just rescue training after all." She replied. 'Took me eight centuries to learn how to do this, probably wouldn't be here if I learned sooner.' She thought bitterly. 'It's unfortunate I can't see auras when I'm in this state either, everyone looks a little plain without the extra dashes of colour.'
"Isn't that dangerous? I don't want you getting hurt." Ashido said worriedly.
"Yes, our first priority should be safety." Iida agreed, seemingly snapping out of his depressive slump.
"I can never resist a good challenge." She replied happily. No sooner had the words left her mouth Midoriya was already scrawling in a notebook he brought along with him. "What's that about?" Spider asked.
"Oh it's just a few notes about you, I've been working on it for a while." He responded bashfully.
"Oh yeah? What have you got so far?" She wondered.
"A few of your abilities like teleportation, barriers (invulnerable skin?), forced pacifist energy attack, super strength/speed, paralysis traps and summoning creatures that look like demons." He listed off practically everything he'd seen her do. "I've left space for more but on another page I've got the habits you told me I should keep track of like when you said you liked to drag out a fight because it was fun or that you almost never eat unless it's to be polite, stuff like that."
"That's... very detailed, I'm amazed you noticed so much." Spider said in a semi surprised tone as she scanned the page, Midoriya had only briefly described his work as his actual notes were far more thorough. 'I don't think I've ever met anyone who cared to notice I'm ambidextrous before.'
On seeing the boy positively light up at the praise she couldn't resist giving him more. "Would you like to know another weakness of mine?" At this almost everyone on the damn bus leaned over to hear what she had to say.
"Definitely! Uhm that is if you're comfortable telling me... or us I guess." Midoriya replied.
"Men who are tall, have elf like ears and dangerously sharp teeth." An image of one Katakuri Charlotte entered her mind and she smiled a little dumbly before catching herself and stopping almost as soon as she started. Granted he didn't have all three features but divines did he come close to perfect. She only came out of her imagination long enough to see everyone sweat drop dramatically. "Either that or if you find an adorably sad child I will do almost anything for them."
"Wow, thanks!" Midoriya thanked her for the info and immediately scribbled it down into his notebook.
"Alright you can stop messing around now, we're here." Aizawa told them from the front.
Everyone got off the bus once it stopped outside a building that looked mostly like a dome and followed their teacher inside where they were met by another hero wearing what appeared to be a space suit.
"Wow!" The class said in unison. "13 is one of the top rescue hero's from around the world!" Everyone then surrounded the heroine while admiring her.
"Indeed I am! And with the help of Eraser head and the number one hero All Might! We'll be teaching you the essentials, rules, and perks of rescuing!" Everyone was filled with excitement and Uraraka started to cheer while Midoriya joined her. Aizawa then walked over to 13 for a talk.
"... So where's All Might?" He asked discreetly.
"Hmm? I thought he was with you." She replied confused.
"Late huh? Then I guess we'll have to start without him." He sighed. 13 and Aizawa then lead the students through the entrance area of the dome like building where inside was filled with landscapes and areas that resembled various disasters.
"Whoa."
"Cool!"
"What is this place?"
"This is the ultimate training facility of disaster preparation! Fire's, landslides, ship wrecks, earthquakes, tornados and etc! Every disaster imagine-able is simulated right here in the Unforeseen Simulation Joint! Or as I like to call it in it's all original content, the USJ!"
'That's just like Universal Studios of Japan.' Everyone thought in unison 'But we probably shouldn't bring it up-'
"isn't that like Universal Studios of Japan?" All the students then looked to Asui in shock.
"... Oh... yeah. yeah I guess that's true I... I guess it's not that original huh? Haha..." The poor heroine looked more put out than ever over that.
Aizawa coughed getting her attention. "13, the lesson."
"Ah yes of course. Now everyone listen closely I have managed to save many lives with my quirk, which is a very powerful one at that. It's called black hole." At the mention of it Spider could see recognition in a fair number of her fellow classmates eyes, though none more than Ururaka and Midoriya. "I can use it to suck up anything and turn it into dust, this can range from dirt, debris, bricks, metal, cars, houses, and people." Everyone then went silent out of either confusion or minor fear. "While it's true my quirk is excellent for rescuing it could just as easily be used to kill. This is the sad truth about quirks, it's very purpose on whether to kill or help is decided by you, but that doesn't mean you can't accidentally kill someone."
Spider could see why this hero in particular was being so careful about the use of quirks, hers would likely be able to destroy the planet if she trained it to be strong enough. 'Interesting.' She thought briefly.
"Today we are going to see how effective your quirks and skills are at rescuing others, how well you need to be prepared, what actions you should avoid, and what disaster you're best at handling. Any questions? No? Brilliant, Let's get started!" As soon as 13 was done talking the lights around the USJ started shorting out like their power source was being tampered with then they resumed to work normally only for a dark portal appeared in the middle of the USJ in front of the fountain and a man with light blue hair and hands all over him stepped out of the portal while staring at Aizawa and 13 with sinister red eyes, next to him a hulking black bird like creature with a permanent smile on it's face. The portal then grew bigger and an army of people, mutants and killers walked right through entering the USJ.
Though for Spider the most fascinating thing was that the portal itself turned into a gaseous like entity she presumed to be a person. Aizawa put on his goggles and told everyone to stay back while the small army that came through the portal marched towards them.
"Perplexing, according to the schedule we retrieved from UA All Might should be here as well." The dark entity said in an almost aristocratic manner.
"Where is he?" The man with the hands all over his body asked. "I went through the trouble of bringing so many friends who were eager to meet him, we want All Might, the great symbol of peace. I can't believe he's not here." He cast his gaze over to the students. "Maybe if I kill a few kids he'll come out to play."
Spider drew her daedric blade and held it by her side. "I have a feeling I'll enjoy killing this one." She whispered, only a few closest to her able to hear.
"Don't even think about it." Aizawa stated. "Can you teleport everyone out?"
Spider shook her head. "I can't even teleport myself while my quirk is... restrained. Best I can do are medium sized objects"
"Figures." Aizawa grumbled. "13, get them to safety and contact the other faculty however you can. The alarms haven't gone off so they must have someone with a quirk that can disable them but once out of range you shouldn't be affected." He ordered before jumping down the long flight of stairs towards the expanse of villains.
"Killjoy." Spider said before sheathing her sword and following the rescue hero towards the exit with the rest of the class when a dark purple hole appeared in the floor getting them to stop dead in their tracks, out of it rose the gaseous figure Spider saw form from the first portal.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, we are the league of villains. I know it's impolite but we decided to invite ourselves into this haven of justice to say hello." His menacing figure tall and imposing striking fear into the inexperienced students. "And besides isn't it a fitting place for All Might to take his last breath? I believe he was supposed to be here today and yet I see no sign of him." Suddenly his form expanded surrounding the class in a dark mist "I can't allow you to leave so I'll scatter you across this facility to meet my comrades and your deaths!"
An unfamiliar sensation filled the Dovahkiin as she fell through the villain's portal, under normal circumstances her defences would have nullified then destroyed the effect and she'd still be standing in front of him but as it was she'd crash landed in the fire zone along side Ojiro, the one with the tail quirk. And they weren't alone.
"This isn't good." Her classmate said as he got into a fighting stance with her, back to back.
"Depends how you look at it." Spider replied as she drenched herself in purple flames, appearing in her daedric armour once they died down. She drew her blade once again and prepared herself when the villains approached.
"Time to kill us some kids." A tall villain with four muscular arms said as he cracked his knuckles.
"We're gonna have some fun with you two." His comrade with clawed hands added.
Spider was smiling to herself under her daedric helm. "Ojiro, I hope you have a strong stomach." She told him, even without looking she could tell he was about to ask what she was talking about however the four armed villain lunged towards her at breakneck speed.
Stepping back and unfortunately pushing Ojiro forward, the man missed his grab leaving him wide open for Spider to drive her sword into the back of his neck. Wrenching the blade free in a spray of blood she pushed the attack capitalising on the surprise of her opponents, Spider closed the distance between her and the clawed villain arcing her sword in a clean slicing motion decapitating him. The others soon snapped out of their shock when another comrade fell to the student's attack and three of them decided to jump in at once.
'Predictable.' She thought to herself as she blocked an overhead swing from a metal pipe with her sword from the middle villain and used her free hand to conjure a dagger made of purplish light in order to slash open the chest of her left most opponent, simultaneously stepping aside so that the third crashed into the first villain she'd blocked freeing up her sword arm to finish off the one she attacked with the dagger with a stab through the heart. Seeing the two villains she let crash into each other on the floor Spider banished the dagger and instead summoned a ball of fire, tossing it towards the two and watching delightedly as it exploded in a glistening inferno, fitting in with the rest of the environment.
Ojiro seemed to be holding his own too when Spider checked, the teen was using his tail to acrobatically flow through the city scape and carefully avoided the flames while landing a few hits of his own. It looked as if he was too busy to notice the growing pool of blood and pile of corpses Spider was accumulating from her own opponents.
Satisfied he was going to be alright for now Spider lunged towards the nearest villain, a relatively thin woman who looked barely older than twenty with snakes for hair that spat venom towards the Dovahkiin on her approach, though it merely splattered on her demonic armour with no actual effect. Now in front of her Spider kicked at the woman's knee causing it to snap backwards clearly breaking her leg in half and making her howl in agony. In a somewhat merciful acting the Dragonborn silenced her screams by shooting a frost spell at her head freezing it solid in a block of ice before grabbing it and smashing her head into frozen bloody pieces on the floor and ending the pain quickly.
Seeing that Spider was killing them one by one the rest of the villains seemed to get very nervous and attempted to keep their distance, huddled together for safety in numbers, the other student all but forgotten. Spider smirked darkly at seeing the last eleven or so all bunched up. The perfect target. Her sword crackled with lightening, sparks arcing all around it haphazardly in deadly display of power as she released the huge build up of electricity on the villains, charging them with so much power they almost turned to ash after only a few seconds of what must have been excruciating pain. But she stopped just short, making sure there was at least something left to identify.
So kind of her.
"That guy was right, this was fun." Spider said as she sheathed her weapon and turned back to see her classmate looking at her like he was going to be sick. "Something wrong?" Spider asked as she knelt by the dead bodies and started searching their pockets.
"You killed them." Was all he managed to say until the shock had worn off and he actually processed that yes, his fellow student was stealing from the people she'd just murdered.
"They tried to kill me and died for it, seems fair from where I'm standing." Spider replied evenly as she pocketed another wallet from someone with a rhino quirk. "Anyway, you should get somewhere safe." She told him before turning towards the centre of the USJ and walking towards it.
"And what will you do?" Ojiro questioned, hesitantly following behind her. Really he probably just wanted to get away from the bodies that were slowly cooking in the fires. As wrong as it sounds they smelled delicious which is probably why it was sickening.
She sighed a little sadly. "Aizawa seems to be having trouble, I'll help him out since this is rescue training after all." Spider was there one second and disappeared the next without a trace, only a soft 'wuld' was heard from her previous position before she reappeared a scant few meters away from the hulking black creature pinning Aizawa to the floor and the hand guy gloating over him. She also noticed that three other students were watching helplessly from the water bank, one with a familiar mop of green hair.
"You've seen better days." Spider commented flippantly after analysing Aizawa's injuries. His elbow was ripped open all the way to muscle tissue, his arms and leg broken as well as his skull being cracked, likely due to the small crater the creature made in the floor using said head as his hammer. He looked fucking horrible... well more so than usual anyway.
"A new player has appeared." The hand guy said. "Let's see if my Nomu can break you too."
At his word the creature now known as Nomu sped towards the Dovahkiin, fist raised and brought down in under a second where she'd stood. Too bad she was already at her teacher's side leaving a confused Nomu to search through the dust cloud he'd made for his target.
Taking off her helmet Spider placed it in her inventory and knelt by Aizawa. She placed her hand on his back and let golden healing light flow from her into him, and quickly his bones began snapping back into place, new flesh covering his injuries and the bleeding stopped. As gently as she could Spider grabbed Aizawa by the back of his shirt and threw him to the left where he slid over to the start of the shipwreck zone in front of Midoriya, Asui and Mineta.
"Can you three take care of him?" Spider asked politely as the teacher attempted to get up but simply didn't have the energy, unfortunately it was all she could do for him right now with her powers bound by her own spell. 'They just had to attack today didn't they?'
"It's rude to ignore the final boss you know." The hand guy said once the dust dissipated revealing her location.
"My apolog-" Spider had turned to address the man but was cut off as Nomu punched her square in the chest sending the Dovahkiin hurtling through the USJ and crashing into a reinforced wall that collapsed around her, burying her in a pile of rubble.
"SPIDER!" The three students in the water shouted bringing the attention onto themselves.
From where Spider was laying she could only see flecks of light penetrating the darkness. Groaning she lifted herself up, shoving aside the large chunks of wall that tried to keep her blocked in, once back in the open she looked down at herself. Her armour was unsurprisingly fine however her chest felt like it was on fire while her ears rang and there was a strange wet feeling below her left cheekbone. Removing her helmet and raising the claw tipped fingers of her gauntlet to the source she inspected the crimson liquid that blazed brightly on the tips of her armour as if it was alive independently of her.
"I'm bleeding." She said to herself in amazement. "I don't remember the last time I did that." Spider processed the pain surging through her for the first time in over a millennia, the primal instinct of fight or flight kicking itself into overdrive as adrenaline coursed through her veins with a gusto she'd sorely missed. Before she even really knew what was happening Spider was already back in the centre, between the Nomu and her friends.
"So it looks like the newbie can take a hit. Give her the tutorial about knowing when to stay down." The blue haired man with the hands ordered his pet.
A guttural roar echoed through the USJ as Nomu once again charged towards the Dovahkiin faster than anyone could see. Only if they could, they'd soon wish they hadn't. Spider's grin verged on insane as she dodged the blow by a hair. "MUL QAH DIIV!"
Dark energy flowing over her daedric gauntlets growing into grotesquely vicious looking claws while she tore into the Nomu's shoulder and shredded it's arm clean off causing spurts of blood to ooze out of the wound. Not one to waste an opening Spider continued her assault, slashing wildly yet precisely at every major artery she could before being pushed away by the screeching Nomu.
Digging her claws into the ground in order to slow herself down she looked up in time to see the creature regenerate it's lost limb as well as the wounds she'd made close up. To anyone else it might have been disheartening but right now, to her, it was like she got to play her favourite game for the first time all over again.
In the time it took for her to slow to a stand still, the shout took full effect as her body was covered in pulsating energy that took on a distinctly draconic image, she looked bigger, sharper and much too deadly for anyone's liking as the dragon-esque head mimicked her feral grin.
Now Spider began chuckling quietly and by the time she'd managed to once again unsheathe her daedric sword she was in full on hysterics. Rushing into the fray and the two exchanged blows again and again, all the while she laughed. Vaguely Spider had recognised the presence of another person getting closer. That someone crying out about her being a 'smurf' and it was just annoying enough to tear her attention away for a single second.
The Nomu had been forced to retreat as it regenerated the chunk of abdomen Spider had sliced through along with a section of it's chest she'd managed to cave in.
So it was with great irritation Spider turned to face handy man who was gunning for her with an outstretched hand, surprisingly fast for a human. Now usually Spider would be calm or at the very least collected when faced with this situation, but as it was the thrill of real combat and adrenalin was making her feel... not herself.
Experience stated she sever the limb before it made contact. Arrogance demanded she let him attempt the attack and bring him down hard.
No surprise then that Spider allowed hand job to close that small distance and press his fingers into her jaw. If it wasn't for the fact that Spider had already been moving to counter attack then the fresh wave of pain would have sent her to the floor, yet the motion of her left fist upper cutting Shigaraki's chest and sending him spiralling away kept the Dragonborn standing. That and the last dregs of the dragon aspect shout giving her the strength to fight on before the dark waves of energy faded into nothing.
Without the protection of her helmet Spider had the displeasure of feeling part of her skull turn into dust, tongue hanging loosely from it's perch since there was no longer anything left of her jaw to rest on and fiery blood gushed freely down her armour making it glisten brilliantly. If she could, Spider would have screamed at the pain but that was kind of difficult when her jaw was missing so she settled for low grunts instead.
Having no time to heal the injury or at least stop the bleeding Spider had to fight through her screeching nerves when the Nomu was back on her case, fresh as the day he was made.
There was a noise in the background. Now her entire world consisted of useless noise, adrenalin and pain. It sounded like someone she knew, a flash of blue with blonde hair heading towards them. 'Teacher, the one Midoriya likes.' Her mind supplied.
Another titanic punch sailed towards her only to be cut off quite literally as she once again severed the Nomu's arm, it's own fountain of gore mixing with her own as each movement sent new splatters in every direction. Using the new opening Spider made a downward slash opening the creature's chest, instantly dropping her blade Spider dived forward ripping the wound open wider with her bare hands, reaching inside his chest before tearing out its heart in a shower of gore.
The Nomu staggered backwards dropping to its knees as it's arm was only just being regenerated, yet again Spider lunged towards her prey, her clawed gauntlets digging into the base of it's skull. Oh how the Nomu howled at the pain she was causing only to turn into strangled cries when it's head was ripped from it's body along with the spine. Without skipping a beat Spider released her grip on the head, grabbed the bottom of its spine and smashed it's skull into the creature's body causing it to explode in a cacophony of viscera.
The adrenalin had helped ease the pain of her wound and Spider found herself hacking unnervingly in a twisted mimicry of a chuckle when the Nomu began the process of regeneration. The gift that keeps on giving. She had been about to start incinerating the shifting fleshy chunks with two flame spells she had roaring in her hands only to be stopped by a bullet dinging off of her armour in a flash of sparks, it took her a moment to register why she didn't see it as a threat. Because it came from the pro hero Snipe, another teacher at UA.
Calming down enough to extinguish her flames and straighten up, Spider turned towards the UA faculty that had arrived on site. Specifically looking to the one that shot her with toxic green eyes and blazing blood still pouring from her injury. On seeing the complete and utter horror on many faces including a fair number of students that had managed to gather at the edge of the steps, she had to admit the pain was kinda worth it.
Covering where her mouth should have been with her hand the Dragonborn allowed waves of restoration magic to rebuild the bones, muscle and nerves before it moved on to creating new flesh which blended almost seamlessly with the rest of her body only then did she remove her hand.
"What was that for?" She asked innocently.
Apparently while she had been busy tearing into the big bad guy All Might had managed to successfully scare off the portal and hand villain who seemed to be the leaders while the other thugs were detained by the rest of the teachers that arrived soon after. Though it's not like it was challenging since the students had knocked them out before they'd arrived.
Having been distracted from her quarry just long enough the Nomu's regenerative abilities healed the creature to a mostly intact form, curiously there were still holes in it's skull from Spider's attack, she herself put it down to her magic leaving permanent damage when she got a little... out of hand, although it would have been a messy pile on the floor if she hadn't bound most of her strength earlier so that's a small mercy at least. Fortunately without anyone to command it the creature just stood there, staring blankly.
Spider was practically assaulted by members of UA faculty after they finally got over their shock and even discovered the nature of the Nomu from a somewhat conscious Aizawa. She was spirited away without being able to speak to her friends to make sure they were alright.
That is why she now found herself inside a sort of 'staff room' inside of the USJ with principle Nezu, All Might and Present Mic while the others sorted everything else. Spider sat on a tan sofa while the teachers stood a little too close in front of her and they looked a kinda judgemental not gonna lie.
"First before we talk about what occurred I'd just like to make sure you're alright Ms PoisonBlood, that injury you sustained looked to be rather devastating." Principle Nezu began politely as he nodded to Spider's wounds, i.e the still bleeding cut across her cheek and mostly restored jaw.
"It's nothing, once my strength returns It will disappear." Spider informed him with the same polite tone as she busied herself with getting a small bottle out of her inventory and collecting the dripping substance. Seeing the confused looks she explained. "I don't bleed often and this will be incredibly valuable in my alchemy research."
"You're strength Ms PoisonBlood? I'm afraid I'm not sure what you mean when you say it will return." Nezu replied, ignoring the confusing information about why she was collecting her own blood.
"Bakugo challenged me to complete today's lesson without my usual power so I locked it away until the lesson is over, that should be in about eight minutes." She explained getting a mix of emotions from those in front of her.
"Young PoisonBlood," All Might began getting her to chuckle at the term.
'Darling I'm older than thrice your ages combined.' Spider thought before wiping the amused expression away allowing him to speak again.
"Anyway, while it was a brave thing you did it was also incredibly dangerous, Aizawa managed to tell us that the creature was created in order to fight me and emerge victorious." All Might didn't sound like his usual loud self, it was unsettling. "You could have been seriously hurt." He finished.
"Unlikely." Spider said flippantly. "The only wound he managed to inflict was this measly cut and that was from a rather dirty surprise attack, you yourself know I'm one to fall for such things." Spider looked at the symbol of peace pointedly making him grab the back of his neck awkwardly. "But aside from that I'd say I utterly decimated the creature, and I would have finished the job if you hadn't interrupted me."
All Might crossed his arms and looked particularly intimidating in his muscle form when he towered over everyone in the room, cyan eyes glaring intensely. Too bad he was doing a better job of scaring Present Mic than his student. "You were missing your jaw." He ground out.
Spider in turn removed the bottle from it's position below her wound, corked it for later and set it aside in her inventory before crossing her own arms and glaring right back. "That was from the villain clad in severed hands and not the 'Nomu', which you would know if you had asked joor."
"Whoa there young listener, no need to be so defensive." Present Mic intervened.
"That's actually what we wished to discuss." The principle took back control of the discussion. "You defeated the thing that this 'league of villains' believed could defeat All Might, we want to know if you believe there was any truth to this claim as Aizawa does."
She thought for a moment before unfolding her arms and answering. "I don't believe it had the capability to beat him in a one of one fight, however it definitely would have had little trouble restraining All Might and I'm doubtless they would have had a number of ways to kill him once they managed that."
"That is concerning, especially if there are more of these 'Nomu' creatures." Nezu responded with his paw on his chin. "However what is more pressing right now is that you were able to best it while you claim to be in a weakened state."
As if on cue a green film like light covered the Dovahkiin before shattering like glass. Immediately the change was noticeable, the cut along her cheek vanished, her jaw's skin tone shifted to better match the rest of Spider's body and her general aura grew incredibly heavy for a brief second. Everyone in the room felt as if they were looking at someone that could crush them without a second glance before it too vanished without a trace leaving Spider in her teenage form perfectly unharmed.
"I'm only sorry I wasted my time with the other villains before helping Aizawa, when I got to him he was in quite a state." She confessed.
"Huh, what happened to Shota?" Present Mic had never sounded distressed to Spider before now.
"He was bleeding internally from several shattered ribs, both his arms were broken as was his leg. Lastly his skull was slammed into the floor cracking it." Spider listed Aizawa's injuries that she had observed. "I did what I could to fix the damage however I was only able repair his body before the Nomu attacked again." All Might and Present Mic looked disturbed while the principle just had a small frown.
"We'll be able to confirm this with Aizawa once he's rested but since I've no reason not to believe you, I'd like to thank you for saving your teacher. Despite the risk it payed off. This time." Nezu nodded in gratitude however the warning at the end did not go unnoticed.
"If you're worried about my safety please put yourself at ease, I was attacked by several other villains and they are no longer able to hurt anyone else." Spider responded, feeling a small tug at her lips as the memory played in her head.
"What do you mean by that young PoisonBlood?" All Might asked in a low voice.
"You'll find what's left of them fire district, well... most of them."
Detention. Spider was issued with detention for three months because the villains she killed were stupid enough to try and kill her. Is there no justice in this world? Sure she realised that the school worked overtime to keep her from being arrested due to the deaths (though nothing would come of it anyway) however it wasn't really her fault that the villains decided to attack was it? Plus who in their right mind would just let someone try and kill them if they have the power to fight back, honestly it was just idiotic.
There was another small interrogation about the incident from her perspective by some detective or another with a lie detector quirk which she took great amusement in toying with by saying things that were blatantly false but not tripping the quirk, like when she told him that All Might called him incompetent (the reaction was priceless). It was fun until she had to give him back the stuff she had rightfully looted from the bodies. Yeah that just felt wrong.
To be fair though it could have been worse and she was able to strike a small deal on the matter, her detention period would be shortened every time she helped the school with something like healing a student or teacher, thanks to this the original six month punishment was brought down to three because she'd healed Aizawa and 13 as well as minor injuries sustained by the other students but as always there was a catch. Midoriya's injuries wouldn't count towards her sentence given how often he hurt himself just using his quirk.
Seriously though if they only knew the amount of times he's tiredly fallen down the stairs in the apartment complex... She should be getting paid for this.
The next time she was in class was the Monday after what came to known as 'The USJ Incident' and it was almost comical when everyone saw her. They either rushed over to gush over how she defeated a villain built to take down All Might, or they just looked at her as if unsure of how to approach. Likely due the news report and how Ojiro confirmed that she had indeed taken the lives of a few villains during the attack.
The news was actually the topic of conversation for the class at the moment, about how they were famous due to the incident being broadcast everywhere. And it's hardly a surprise that the media was sniffing around the school to figure out who killed some of the villains, fifty five were apprehended, two escaped but the seventeen that died were the real story however UA has been able to keep Spider's name off the record... so far at least. Though it wasn't a well kept secret among the hero community. *Cough* Present Mic blabbed. *Cough*
It didn't last long as Iida came power walking into the classroom. "Everyone stop talking, homeroom is about to begin so take your seats!" He declared upon reaching the podium at the front of the class.
"Uhh, we're already sitting?" Kaminari replied.
"Yeah you're the only one standing." Kirishima added.
Iida swiftly took his own seat looking downcast and frustrated. "Dang. It." He ground out.
"Don't sweat it." Ururaka comforted from the desk behind him.
The door opened and in walked Aizawa looking as dishevelled as he always did, slowly walking towards the front like a zombie. "Morning Class." he said in a monotone way that he seemed to love so much. Once standing at the podium he began homeroom. "I hope you all understand that your fight isn't over yet." His words brought apprehension to the class. "The UA sports festival is about to start." He finished with a more serious expression.
This got the energetic class to thrum with barely restrained energy and the inane chattering that you just had to accept would always happen at this point.
Spider was confused to say the least. "The what?" She pondered out loud gaining the uniformly shocked attention of practically everyone. "I'm not from here remember, I still struggle with the fact you have indoor shoes and outdoor shoes."
"Yeah come to think of it I never see you switch when we leave." Kirishima said in a thinking pose clearly wracking his brain.
"And you never will, it's just use an illusion to trick your eyes into thinking I'm wearing different footwear." Spider replied.
Aizawa eyes turned red as he activated his quirk making his hair float menacingly. "So your saying your dirtying the halls because you can't be bothered to change shoes?"
'I almost incinerated eleven people the other day, does he really think I can't do the same to dirt?' Spider thought as she stared at the man incredulously. "Good luck proving that." She went with antagonising him instead.
Dropping his quirk Eraser Head sighed. "We'll talk about this later, first you all need to be aware that the UA sports festival is one of the most watched events in the entire world, it's the only tournament that matters in terms of competition."
"He's right." Yaoyorozu chimed in. "And top heroes everywhere will be watching, this is where you get scouted."
"She's right; after graduating a lot of people join pro agencies as a sidekick." Kaminari agreed.
"Yeah but that's as far as some people manage to go because they missed their chance to go beyond sidekicks, actually that's probably where you're headed. You're kinda dumb." Jiro jabbed at the electric quirk holder making him grimace.
"So's All Might but he's still got an agency." Spider responded flippantly. This had a mix of reactions, she was pretty sure Midoriya had a heart attack, Aizawa was hiding the fact he found what she said hilarious and the rest were in various stages of shock and denial.
"How can you say that?" Kaminari evidently recovered from his bruised ego.
"He is the number one hero and deserves more respect." Iida added along with others in the class saying much the same thing.
"Come on!" Spider quieted them. "The man know like three sentences. 'I am here', 'Do not be alarmed', and 'That's what a hero does' everything else is a just a variation of those three things or comes from a script." She told them plainly and it clearly hit them harder than she intended when their faces dawned on the realisation.
Aizawa cleared his throat and the attention was once again back to him. "Back on topic, it is true that joining an agency can garner you greater experience and popularity and that's why the festival matters, if you want to go pro one day then event could open the path for you. One chance a year and three chances in your time here, no hero can afford to miss this festival."
Spider disagreed. Majorly disagreed actually. 'I have enough of this world's money to open my own agency upon graduation, my 'quirk' is so powerful you'd be a fool to pass me up if I did want to join an agency and half the students here can say the same thing.'
"That means you better not slack off on your training." Aizawa finished and received a loud 'YES SIR!' from most in the class. "You're dismissed." He said allowing everyone to start the day. And it was boring to be perfectly candid.
Nothing happened. Okay that's not true Spider was able to insult Midnight a bit however the bitch clapped back with a slew of 'jaw drop' jokes at the Dovahkiin's expense. Which is funny in itself given Midnight looked like she was going to throw up when she'd actually seen the injury.
After the last class of the day was when the first interesting thing to happen occurred, it was strange to see a crowd of students bunched up outside of class 1A's door leaving no room for them to actually leave.
Ururaka was the first to say something since it was her who opened the door to reveal the massing students. "Uhm, why the heck are you all here!?" She yelled in surprise.
"Do you students have some sort of business with our class?" Iida asked tactfully.
"Why are they blocking the doorway? I WON'T LET YOU HOLD US HOSTAGE!" Mineta's lisp made itself known when he shouted.
"They're scouting out the competition." Bakugo informed them as he walked towards the exit. Spider followed behind him slightly to the side so that she could see exactly who was out there. "We're the class who survived a villain attack so they want to see what they're dealing with." He continued before stopping in front of the wall of people along with his tag along. "Now move it extras!" He demanded only to panic briefly as he glanced to Spider.
"I agree, they don't look very memorable." She responded to his look her way making him relax.
"You two can't just walk around calling people extras just because you don't know who they are!" Iida cried from behind them.
'Watch me.'
Before either of them had time to reply a tall purple haired teen with tired bags under his eyes made his way to the front of the crowd. "So this is class 1A, I'd heard you were supposed to be impressive but you just sound like an ass. Is everyone on the hero course delusional or is it just you two?" He asked causing Bakugo's features to contort in anger and the people behind him to shake their heads in warning to the guy. "It's sad to come here just to find a bunch of egomaniacs, I wanted to be in the hero course but like many others here I was forced to choose a different track, such is life. I couldn't cut it the first time around but I have another chance, if any of us do well enough in the sports festival the teachers can decide to transfer us to the hero course, and they'll have to transfer people out to make room."
Spider leaned casually on the side of the door frame in front the teen, her head cocked to the side in thought until she looked from him to the rest of her class. "When did Aizawa change his hair colour?" She asked getting the majority of them to sweatdrop at her out of the blue question. But she wasn't done. "And seriously whatever anti aging cream you used since we last saw you has worked wonders." Spider told the teen getting him to gawk in surprise.
"... I'm not Mr Aizawa." He stated after a few seconds of silence.
"It was only a jest though I'll remember your lack of humour for the next time we meet." She replied with a smile.
He looked very much unmoved by her attempt at friendliness and instead looked past her to the rest of the class. "I'm here to let you know that if you don't bring your very best then I'll steal your spot right from under you, consider this a declaration of war."
Then another teen appeared a few people behind the purple haired boy and made his presence known. "HEY YOU, I'M FROM CLASS 1B NEXTDOOR TO YOU!" He shouted getting everyone's attention. He had grey spiked hair and a natural cream coloured mask around his eyes. "WE HEARD YOU FOUGHT SOME VILLAINS AND I CAME OVER TO SEE IF THAT WAS TRUE, BUT YOU'RE JUST A BUNCH OF BRATS THAT THINK YOU'RE BETTER THAN US!" He finished rudely
"Crap, now everyone hates us." Spider heard someone behind her whisper.
"Talk all you want it'll just be more embarrassing when you're KO!" The teen added, still yelling but with less volume than before.
Bakugo already began walking away but before anyone could let that distract them Spider spoke to the new guy that showed up. "Doesn't that work both ways?" She asked.
"What do you mean?" He replied.
"You just called us a bunch of brats but if we beat you in the sports festival then it will pretty embarrassing you just said that, correct?" She explained.
"Err well..." He seemed stuck for what to say next.
"If you still want to know about the attack I'd be happy to talk with you, provided the shouting and insults to my classmates cease." Spider instantly switched topics throwing off everyone listening. "Forgive me if I'm wrong but I don't believe any of you have ever met my friends before and it is frowned upon to judge someone by the actions of another, for example," She gestured to the purple haired teen. "Would any of you like it if I thought you were all exactly like him just because he was the first one of you I spoke to?"
At her words most looked down and mumbled that she was right though the purple haired boy simply had a blank expression but looked away from her all the same as it was him that judged them based on his limited interaction with her and Bakugo.
"I didn't think so." She said as she walked out towards the grey haired teen who was still looking down in embarrassment. Everyone parted so that she could get through and once in front of him he looked up from the ground to her. "I'm free if you are." Was all she said, the teen could only nod as she took his hand in hers and led him away from the classroom, many students staring after the two.
Spider found herself walking the teen home, learning his name was Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, and yes it was weird but it's not like she had room to judge given her own naming predicament, so she didn't think much of it while they talked.
"So the villains that attacked were really trying to kill you and eventually All Might?" He asked as they made their way towards his home.
"Yes that is true, I'm sure you've heard the news report say that fifty five were captured and two escaped while the remaining seventeen present were killed." Spider replied nonchalantly.
"Yeah but they didn't say who did it, and whenever we ask our homeroom teacher all he told us was that it was a student from your class." Tetsutetsu informed her.
"I don't see the harm in telling you it was me that killed them." She said getting him to jump away before returning to her side burning with more questions only to be silenced by a wave of Spider's hand. "They quite literally told me that they were going to enjoy murdering both me and my friend, so I defended myself the best way I know how. All I did was ensure they could no longer hurt anyone else ever again, a fair penalty for trying to bring about my death wouldn't you agree?"
"I guess you're right but it isn't very heroic of you to just kill them like that." He said. "I mean I'm not saying they didn't give you a reason but it just doesn't seem right."
"I understand, however that doesn't change the fact they attacked my friends too and something like that to me is unforgivable." Spider told him, her voice hardened as if experienced on the subject.
"I get that, I'm not sure what I'd do if anyone tried something like that with my friends." Tetsutetsu confided.
"That reminds me." Spider said as they crossed a road. "I haven't met anyone from your class yet, do they also believe themselves to be inferior to my own class."
"HUH!? When did I say that?" He asked slightly offended.
"I've yet to meet someone as defensive as you were about being considered worse than someone else when they themselves don't think the same." The Dovahkiin replied easily giving the teen a smirk when he looked away.
"Most of us do but can you blame us? after the USJ incident everyone thinks of us as second rate compared to you." He said lowly.
"Then they're fools." Spider spoke harshly getting him to look at her, surprise etched on his face. "I have no doubt that your classmates would have faired just as well in the same situation. After all most of them were low level thugs while you're all students of the most prestigious school in the country." Then she added in her head. 'So long as we ignore the Nomu and Handsy.'
It was quiet for a bit until Tetsutetsu raised his head with a huge grin on his face. "Yeah! You're right!" He spoke confidently getting Spider to smile back. "We're just as good as you're class and all we need is the chance to prove it at the sports festival." He declared boldly.
"Sounds good to me Sadon." Spider responded happily.
"You didn't forget my name already did you?" He deadpanned.
She laughed at his antics before replying. "It means 'Grey' in my language, I'll just use that from now on if that's alright." She explained and was baffled as a slight blush appeared on his features until she remembered Kirishima's reaction. "My apologies, I forgot that it's unusual in your country for new friends to make nicknames."
"It's fine, I like it." 'Grey' told her though the blush didn't go away. "Anyway does that mean I get to call you 'Spy'?"
"I'd like that too, no one has given a nice nickname in a long time." Spider confessed and at his confused glance elaborated. "It's usually things like 'demon' or 'monster' on account of my armour and general lack of restraint when it comes to fighting."
"R-right." Both turned a corner getting close to a residential neighbourhood. "This is where I live," Grey said nodding towards one of the houses. "I hope you didn't go too far away from your house just to walk with me."
"Don't worry about it, I'll see you later Grey. And next time I'd like to learn more about your friends, they sound interesting." Spider waved as she was engulfed in purple flames and vanished from sight appearing back in her apartment and leaving a stunned teen in her wake.
Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
That's it for now, see you next time.
