Reviews:
Just so that you guys know, your reviews made a drunk me very smiley when I opened my emails.
Atlantis: That's great! I hope it stays fun to read.
Unseeli: I was really tempted to do just that XD.
Apothecary23: Lol, the poor guy is gonna be so torn between analysing the super cool dragon and actually saving people. Glad you liked the fight too, I can never feel too confident when I write those scenes for some reason.
Valbory: Thank you! And I'm looking forward to putting the scenes with Durnehviir and Stain on paper (metaphorically speaking) as much as you are to see them.
Archangel Xireon Chaos God: Ooh you make a good point about the wraithmen, I'll have to add those in when the League attack.
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General Note:
Stain is coming soon alas our favourite undead dragon will have to wait a while before his appearance (I promise it will be an amusing scene, Todoroki even will do a funny!) but I hope this little side story stuff I did is cool too.
Me: The third year festival shouldn't take too long.
My brain: WRONG!
The day after the Sports festival was nice. Everyone of the first year students had the next two days off while the second and third year festivals took place at UA so that meant the Dragonborn had some free time to kill, and what better way to do that than introduce her new friend who just got some very happy news?
It was around nine thirty in the morning and Shinso looked like he would rather be literally anywhere else at this time of day.
'I wonder what he looks like in class first thing on a school day.' Spider thought before shoving it aside. Both the Dragonborn and insomniac were sat in a nice looking coffee shop with two drinks steaming on the table they were sat at. Shinso predictably got a black coffee with several shots of something called 'espresso' that Spider guessed was more caffeine, while she herself ordered a hot chocolate with whipped cream. Not really what the teen opposite her would have expected but to each their own.
"So why are we here again?" Shinso inquired before taking a slow drink.
Spider smiled at him. "We're celebrating your transfer of course."
"But did it have to be so early? Besides principle Nezu still needs to decide who to transfer out of either class A or B so I might not even be in your class." He informed her.
Spider shrugged. "I think I have a pretty good idea who you'll be replacing and even if you end up in class B I'll still help you out the same way I do with Grey and his friends."
Shinso looked at her befuddled. "Okay, lets pretend for a second that I don't know who 'Grey' is or what you mean by 'help out' him and his friends."
The Dragonborn chuckled. "Apologies, Grey is what I call Tetsutetsu. He's the one with the steel quirk that I helped train before the sports festival."
"Is that allowed?" The teen asked.
"It had better be, that school's training program is abysmal, no one learns anything new." Spider complained as she leaned over further onto the table. "I swear, All Might seems to think that if he just lets everyone spar or use school equipment while he 'supervises' they'll magically become pros rather than get complacent and develop bad habits which could get them hurt." She let out a huff of disapproval. "That's not even mentioning the training exercises he tries to put thought into."
Shinso smirked at seeing this new side of the Dovahkiin, it seems he's become the person she bitches to and the insomniac loved to bitch about people. "Can't be that bad..." He egged her on as he brought his cup back to his mouth, mischievous glint in his lilac eyes.
She knew what he was doing but welcomed the opportunity all the same. "Fucker tries to teach me a lesson in humility at almost every turn." Spider told him. "Once, the idiot thought that if he put me in a situation where any choice I made led to someone dying that I'd learn I can't always rely on my quirk and sometimes a no win situation is inevitable."
"Don't leave me in suspense, give me details." Shinso too leaned closer across the table.
"Alright, so it started with about half of the class being involved with this." Spider's palm glowed a soft green as small shapes took form on the table. They turned into specific members of class 1A all decked out in their hero costumes. There was Iida, Uraraka, Midoriya, Yaoyorozu, Sato, Koda, Ashido, Aoyama, Kirishima and Asui. Spider helpfully labelled the illusions with glowing names above each action figure size classmate.
"Iida was the main villain because of his commitment to the role while Kirishima acted as his underling." Those two illusions separated from the rest but curiously so did the green haired hero student. "The situation was that Iida had Midoriya hostage in front of me while Kirishima was in an undisclosed location with the detonator to a bomb that would kill the remaining hero students."
Now that took Shinso back a bit. "Isn't that a little heavy for first years?"
Another shrug. The illusions shifted again so that Kirishima had the others tied up in another room around a large nuke like construct while the red head held a remote with a big red button. "All Might knows I'm close with Midoriya and had Iida go on to tell me that if I saved him then the other hostages would die but if I let Iida kill him then he'd give me the location of the bomb so that I could save them instead."
"How long did you have to decide?" The teen across from her asked but didn't look away from the scene being acted out on the table top.
"He gave me five seconds to either act or do nothing, I'll admit I was tempted to just save them all because in reality Kirishima and the others were only a little ways across the battle centre but I was told to think about this seriously." Spider's hand moved in a strange way causing the illusionary figures to begin moving again as she dictated her next actions.
"I decided to wait, Iida tapped Midoriya on the head so that he'd know to play dead." As she said this the small version of Midoriya dropped to the ground comically sticking his tongue out. "Iida then gave me the location and I grabbed him before teleporting the two of us to the others. Once there I threw him towards the bomb and grabbed the detonator from Kirishima before leaving."
Just as she said, small Spider grabbed the villain before disappearing in purplish flames and appeared with the others before grabbing the detonator and disappearing again.
"Wait," Shinso actually pulled away from the display to look at the Dragonborn. "Where did you go? I thought you were supposed to save them?"
Spider's smirk was dark enough to turn the dead. Another figure appeared on the table, All Might in his hero costume was stood towering over Spider's illusionary self as she stared into his eyes. "I was, but I don't like being put into difficult situations so I added my own twist."
On the table, small Spider deliberately pushed the big red button on the detonator and Shinso could only watch as the bomb in the room with all her classmates exploded in a fiery blaze, wiping the images from the table as Spider cut off the spell.
"No way." The teen said in disbelief. "It wasn't a real bomb right?"
"Of course not, I just wanted to make it clear I pushed the button." Spider told him as she leaned back. "As you can see I 'failed' the exercise from a hero perspective but I told him that I would have actually succeeded in becoming the most wanted criminal in Japan so technically I won, just in a different way than he expected." At Shinso's confused expression the Dragonborn elaborated. "It would be televised because what isn't these days? Still, since they were all heroes it would be clear I let Midoriya die which would have backlash by itself, but when I went on to purposefully kill the others and the villains I'd set myself apart as an incredibly dangerous rogue. Not to mention the betrayal felt by the hero community that one of their own turned villain, plus the damage I'd do to UA's reputation since I'd have graduated from there."
She let the information sink in as Shinso too leaned back to press further into his seat. "Don't you think that you went a bit far even if it was only a training exercise?"
"Not at all." She said confidently. "I just had to prove the point that even when I lose, I win."
That was... kind of understandable but there was still something bugging the lilac haired teen. "Didn't you say All Might was kinda dumb though? That was a little complicated to follow along with."
As he said that the door to the coffee shop opened, ringing the little bell hanging just over it from the ceiling. Spider smiled as she recognised her tenant looking around nervously before brightening when she waved him over.
"That's because it was Midoriya that came up with it, kid's too smart for his own good sometimes." Spider told him as said student approached their table. The Dragonborn stood to greet him and saw the recognition flash in his eyes when they landed on Shinso. "Finally made it little hero? I hope you didn't get lost." Spider teased as she stepped slightly behind Izuku and turned to face Shinso as if she were presenting the greenette as a gift.
"Hi!" Izuku squeaked when Spider gave him a nudge towards the intimidating teen. "I-I'm Izuku Midoriya, it's uhm... great to meet you." He gave a rushed bow.
"Hey. I'm Hitoshi Shinso." The reply was aided by another drink of coffee.
Spider looked at the insomniac and had another one of those smirks which just screamed 'I'm about to fuck with your entire day' plastered on her face. "Do you remember when you told me people thought your quirk was villainous and I was the first person to compliment it?"
Shinso was suddenly cautious. "... Yeah?"
"Tell him what it is." Spider told him as she jerked her head to Midoriya who still looked like a deer in the headlights.
The teen sighed. "It's called 'brainwashing' if someone answers a question I asked then I can choose to put them under my control. And no I won't do it to-" He didn't get much farther as Izuku yeeted himself into the seat opposite the teen where Spider had been sitting.
"THAT'S SO COOL! It would so perfect for hero work and it would amazing to watch in action now that I know what it is, though I'm sure you'd have to be an underground hero to keep the activation requirements under wraps. Can you control multiple people at once? How long before the effects wear off? Is there a drawback for overusing it? Please say you got so far in the sports festival so can be a hero, you'd be one of the best if you really tried!" Izuku looked ready to explode if he didn't get his answers soon.
Shinso was looking from Midoriya to Spider and back again as the boy continued bouncing in his seat and spouted theories about the insomniac's quirk. Finally Shinso decided to send Spider a look that clearly said 'help me, I am not nor have I ever been equipped to deal with this much positivity' while the Dovahkiin just smiled at him.
In a moment of sympathy she placed a hand on Midoriya's shoulder, startling him. "Izuku darling, you're looking a little red so just remember you have to breathe." Spider warned fondly and the green haired boy looked abashed as he placed a hand to the back of his neck.
"Sorry." He said to them. "I guess I got a little too excited, it's just that you're quirk really is super cool."
Shinso was somewhere between thinking he was dreaming and fully aware he'd just drank enough caffeine to kill a cat. "It's... fine, what did you want to know again? Just slower this time please."
Spider left the two to it after letting Izuku know that the hot chocolate was his. By this point it was moving into mid morning so she wandered the town and window shopped for a while. Unfortunately nothing had really caught her fancy so it was a boring outing aside from introducing her friends to each other. She had a feeling they would get along and if the texts Izuku kept sending her about how cool Shinso was, was anything to go by then she was right.
On her way back across town there was one minor incident involving two sidekicks and a minor villain who could barely have been called a 'villain' at all since all the guy did was seal a cash register. And yes I mean the entire register not just the money.
Now usually, Spider would just leave this kind of thing alone since it rarely had anything to do with her and let's face it folks she isn't exactly a paragon of justice anymore. But thing is... they were kinda blocking the street.
It was a regular high street style shopping district with a wide public path so that no one got in each others way but these three selfish bastards decided they needed to take up a whole section of it, stopping anyone getting past them. Two sidekicks on one side and the villain on the other.
"You have no where to go villain!" One with a bluish grey costume and what she assumed would be a water quirk announced.
Then his partner picked up the taunt. "Surrender, and we won't have to hurt you!"
The villain looked like he was debating the pros and cons of either running or using the cash register as a weapon against the sidekicks. His average stature wasn't all that intimidating but he had a lot of muscles and a mean looking face to do that for him. I bet he smoked as a kid, just saying.
In a gruff voice the man ground out a response. "Come any closer and I'll knock your bloody block off!"
They continued like this. FOR FIVE MINUTES!
Spider was done. Already that interaction had taken time away from literally anything else she could be doing today and she wasn't happy about it. Shoving her way through the crowd and getting the brunt of numerous complaints she eventually made it past the invisible line that they had agreed to stand behind. The two sidekicks had their backs to her and so didn't see it coming when they too were parted like the red sea.
She ended up putting the two of them on the floor, either from the surprise attack or she just used too much strength by accident. "I do not have the patience for this today."
"What the hell?" One of the sidekick's cried out while the other scrambled to his feet.
"Young lady, stop! He's dangerous!" He shouted as he barely managed to stand. Honestly how did they make it this far?
The villain had a smirk on his face that made everyone's skin crawl as Spider walked on, not even directly at him but off to the side so that she would be able to get past. He raised the cash register high in the air and charged, likely thinking that if he could knock her down then he'd have a hostage since the crowd behind him was too far back.
As the improvised weapon was brought down Spider's hand caught it from the bottom, stopping it dead until she ripped it out of the criminal's grasp and dropped it to the ground. Using his obvious surprise to her advantage the Dovahkiin used her off hand to grab his shirt and her other to deliver a sickening blow to the temple, knocking him out then and there as she dropped his now limp body.
Spider turned back to the two sidekicks who were just staring in shock at this point. "Waste my time like that again and personally put you in the fucking ground."
Now before anyone gets all righteous you would do well to remember that Spider hasn't been able to insult either All Might, Bakugo or Midnight today. That's a lot of pent up micro aggression and it may have been projected onto the incompetent sidekicks before she was able to disappear past the crowd of people.
Stopping by an old bookstore to calm herself, the Dovahkiin found a secluded corner of the store where there were a number of ragged chairs that seemed as if they'd seen more years than they had any right to. Settling into one and pulling out her phone, Spider opened an app that Izuku seemed obsessed with teaching her how to navigate as it showed her videos that other people took and uploaded to it.
'HeroTube' was as nearly as focused as the name makes it sound with videos of hero battles and interviews flooding the home screen. It took a while of scrolling through pointless videos and painstakingly blocking every All Might related channel she came across (she saw the man enough as it was) but finally she saw something that caught her eye, or rather it was someone.
Pressing the video which had the volume lowered to almost mute, Spider heard the tell tale accent and unmistakable features of one Gentle Criminal as he introduced her to his latest adventure.
"Hello dear viewers. It is I, your favourite dashing villain, Gentle Criminal." He spoke into the camera which now seemed to be manned by another person rather than placed on a bench or something similar.
Gentle Criminal hadn't changed since the last time Spider had seen him, he still had that same styled moustache and beard, his pale silver hair and obnoxiously posh clothes went well together when paired with his charming character.
On screen Gentle Criminal explained his plan to cause a little havoc in the city by sabotaging one of the trains leading towards the centre of Tokyo. Now 'sabotage makes it sound worse than it is because really all the man did was use his quirk to create a few walls of elastic air in front of the speeding train about half way into its journey and slow it to a stop for a few minutes before Gentle Criminal and his partner dashed off over the horizon.
Apparently the trains being late in Japan was kind of a big deal but not enough to report on the nightly news. Still it didn't put a damper on Gentle Criminal's attitude as he and 'La Brava' celebrated their victory with a cup of tea.
"And that dear viewers has been another caper committed by the dastardly villain, Gentle Criminal!" The video cut to an outro of a little dancing chibi version of him along with some funky music before stopping entirely.
'I should call him to ask if he's heard anything about the League of Villains. That's if his number still works...' The Dovahkiin thought for a moment before deciding that could be a tomorrow problem.
Spider checked the time before putting her phone back in her inventory. It was nearing twelve in the afternoon and she idly wondered what she should do for the rest of the day since there was nothing really exciting happening until tomorrow. That was when she was going to another sports festival after all.
Night was probably the Dragonborn's least favourite time in this world. There was so much time that she had to fill doing meaningless things while the protagonists of the story she had invaded slept to their hearts content. Shinso and Aizawa would probably disagree but who asked them?
Since the first year sports festival, Spider had decided to make a start on bringing some of the things that reminded her of home over to this world and by the divines did she have a marvellous idea of where to start. But for this venture she needed others, those who had been forgotten by the people of the city, able to blend into the background not because they were unseen but because people didn't want to see them.
By one in the morning Spider had spent two hours searching the area around the homeless shelter. It wasn't that there was a lack of people but for her purposes she needed at least two of the perfect candidates, and it appeared lady Nocturnal was smiling upon her because hidden in an out of the way alley she found a fresh corpse.
Now it wasn't the body she was looking for since she could have just made her own. No, it was the children. One boy and one girl, siblings if the auras were to be believed and couldn't be any more than nine years old.
When the Dovahkiin rounded the corner both of them looked terrified. She was still wearing casual clothes so it was likely the fact that she'd caught them in the act, the girl was standing over the prone body of a shaggily dressed man with a large bloodied rock in her hands, likely the weapon which had caved in the man's skull. Spider's attention was drawn to the boy who was crouched over the body, clearly attempting to search his pockets for anything valuable.
It was obvious by the way both of them were dressed that they were street rats. The girl's too small faded blue shirt was torn, pants covered in blood spatter and her shoes looked like they'd been used as a chew toy. Not that the boy was in much better condition because he was actually missing one of his shoes, he wore oversized shorts and a ripped up jumper with no shirt under it. They were lucky it was getting close to summer, if they anymore nights like that in the winter they'd freeze to death.
No home of their own to go back to. No one to miss them if they disappeared.
'Perfect.'
The girl dropped the rock off to the side and grabbed the boy, pulling him behind her as they backed away towards the far side of the dead end alley. Apparently it took all of their strength to take down one man and they weren't confident they could do it a second time.
Spider stepped forward and kneeled beside the body of the murdered man, turning him over onto his back and searching him for herself. He had a scraggly and unkempt beard and a few rotten teeth could be seen from his partially open mouth. The boy had missed a pocket with a few bundles of notes but aside from that had taken everything else of value including a wedding ring if the pale tan line around the man's ring finger was any indication.
It didn't take a genius to deduce what a sketchy adult would be doing in a dark alley with two homeless kids at this time of day. Looks like he got more than he bargained for.
Rising to her feet again the Dragonborn could see that the two had now realised their situation as the stranger in front of them blocked their only escape route, neither being tall enough to reach the ladder and climb the fire escape above them. Spider approached slowly at first, not wanting to instigate a fight with two kids fighting against exhaustion going by their gaunt features and frail physique.
'When was the last time they'd eaten?' She pondered, drawing closer to the children now backed against the wall though the girl still held the boy behind her protectively. Once Spider was barely three feet away from the two she kneeled again to put herself at their level before placing the three separate thousand yen notes she'd found in between herself and them.
Cautiously and with distrust evident in the girl's eyes she crouched, snatching the money away and stood up faster than she probably should have given the wince of pain Spider saw flash over her face. She had long dirtied silver hair and sharp features reminding her of Todoroki.
Looking away from the girl the Dragonborn focused on the boy. He was short, messy and matted orange hair that would barely cover his eyes if he hadn't swept it to the side. His own features were soft in comparison, more rounded like Midoriya but without the smile that was now hardly ever absent on the greenette.
Grime covered every visible aspect of the two, from their clothes to any visible skin, fortunately that wasn't the only thing they shared as when they looked at her with those big, terrified yet somehow determined eyes, Spider doubted she had ever seen a more radiant blue even in Meridia's coloured rooms of oblivion. Why would anyone want to hurt these two? What could have driven them to this way of living?
The Dovahkiin returned her gaze back to the girl. "Hello, my name is Spider, what's yours?"
The girl looked from Spider to the boy then back again. "It- it's Shiko." She stuttered as the adrenaline wore off.
"Well Shiko, I'm impressed by your strength and courage to speak with me. Many would have been too scared." Spider said and looked over to the boy again. "And do you have a name?"
He nodded, probably more out of reflex from being asked than conscious choice. He only spoke after the Dovahkiin sent a reassuring smile his way. "Ichiru."
Spider's smile grew wider and looked back and forth between the two. "It's a pleasure to meet you both, but it looks like you could use some help." The Dragonborn jerked her head back over to the corpse. "You did a good job, I didn't even know he was in trouble until it was too late. And only one pocket was left by the time I arrived, very impressive."
Shiko and Ichiru seemed to respond well to the praise at first but immediately grew suspicious.
"What do you w-want?" The girl asked nervously.
"I want to help you, in exchange you will attend a kind of... school." Spider replied after thinking of the right phrasing.
Ichiru peered out further from the girl's back. "School?" His voice was strained and croaky, like he hadn't had a drink in a long time.
"Yes, a school where myself and a few others will teach you to be better at what you just did." She answered calmly. "I will give both of you a place to live, food and the knowledge you need to survive. Do we have a deal?" Spider held out her hand as if to shake on it.
Ichiru looked to Shiko and she to him, it sounded too good to be true but... what choice did they have? They'd been abandoned, forced to live like vermin and this was the first time anyone had talked to them with so much as an ounce of kindness. Even after she caught them doing something unspeakable. Would it be so bad to take the risk? It's not as if they had anything left to lose.
With a final look into each others eyes the two children placed a hand on top of the Dragonborn's before their entire world was devoured by purple flames.
First order of business was a bath. Spider took the two home to her apartment and started corralling the two towards the bathroom, turning on the taps and letting the water run for a moment before using alteration magic to fill the large tub faster then applying a little of the destruction school to heat it up to a comfortable temperature.
Shiko and Ichiru didn't even have to be told to take off their clothes as the two practically dived into the bath once Spider had turned away from it, their rags left discarded by the door. They didn't even seem to care that they were naked in front of the stranger they'd met after killing a man, both enjoying the feeling of having a real bath.
Spider reached into her inventory and brought out the best soaps and shampoos usually reserved for cyrodilic royalty that she had saved from her brief time as empress. Even if the memories weren't especially nice at least she got some cool stuff out of it.
She helped both Shiko and Ichiru scrub away the dirt and grime until the water was a dark, muddy colour that stained the sides of the bath tub with its filth. Still as the two got out the bath and stood before the Dovahkiin, naked as the day they were born but looking much better now that they were clean.
Spider pulled two fluffy towels out of her inventory and handed them to her new wards and gently guided them towards the living room, deciding to leave the soaps by the steadily draining bath for another time. Once both of them had dripped water across the apartment and left wet footprints in their wake, Shiko and Ichiru just kind of stood in the sparse room unsure of what to do.
There was nothing here aside from one plush armchair and a coffee table. That was until Spider's hand started glowing with the same purplish flames they'd seen in the alley, the Dragonborn raised her arm and opposite the armchair a medium sized two seater sofa was conjured into existence. Spider gestured towards it and with wide eyes the two obeyed, now wrapped in their towels and sat on the comfy furniture.
"You must be hungry after all you've done tonight. I'll prepare something while the two of you get dressed." With another wave of her hand, purple flames appeared on the coffee table and once they'd died down two pairs of pyjamas sat in front of the two. One silver and the other orange.
"Whoa." Ichiru whispered, a sentiment his sister shared.
The Dragonborn left them to get changed and entered her kitchen. As was the theme with her apartment since buying the building, it was empty of anything that wasn't attached to the walls and floor or too much trouble for the previous occupant to move themselves so that meant all she had were cupboards, an oven and a fridge-freezer.
Thankfully she was able to search her inventory again for food and mentally thank the divines that in this little pocket dimension time stood perfectly still so that she didn't have to worry about anything spoiling. Spider decided on four bowls of Horker stew and set them on the side, watching as the steam rose and the pleasant scent wafted towards her.
Picking up two of the bowls, Spider exited the kitchen after another minute or so just to be sure that Shiko and Ichiru had finished changing. When she came back they were busy sitting on the new sofa and enjoying the simple feeling of having nightwear while marvelling at the way it fit their small bodies perfectly.
Spider cleared her throat and the two instantly stopped what they were doing to look over. The Dovahkiin smiled as she placed the two bowls on the table in front of them and summoned forks on the side. "Enjoy."
Poor darlings must have been starving. They tried to be polite while they ate but Spider could tell they wanted nothing more than to messily tear into the food she'd given them.
Still, she took her seat in the armchair as Shiko and Ichiru happily devoured their meal and Spider was glad she'd had the forethought to take out extra. Once the two were half way done with the stew the Dragonborn teleported the bowls still in the kitchen along with two glasses of water onto the table, watching the grateful faces of her wards light up in silent thanks.
Spider sank deeper into the chair and smiled. Their trust would still need to be gained but for now, they had a safe place to live, hot food, and once the Dragonborn conjured it, a warm bed to sleep in.
There was a lot to smile about as she brought out her phone to search for properties in the shadier parts of the city, not only were two children off the street but they were experienced. Whatever skills they'd learned in order to survive would prove invaluable and once Lucien was finished with his little errand he would have two new initiates to teach.
A new chapter of the Dark Brotherhood was about to be born.
Tamaki was nervous. Granted there was probably never a time when he wasn't nervous but today definitely wasn't helping. Mirio and Nejire were stood next to him, surrounded by all the other third year students in the centre of the crowded stadium while Snipe was positioned on the raised white stage that Midnight had occupied for the first year sports festival.
Mirio clapped the indigo haired teen on the back in a show of friendship. "Cheer up Tamaki, you gotta smile just like I know you can!"
"Yeah, you never know if that girl you like is gonna be watching." Nejire elbowed him in the side while speaking way too loudly about a private affair.
"Settle down, we got us a festival to begin." Snipe called out over the microphone and immediately the inane chatter stopped. "I'm sure you've all heard about how flashy the first years managed to be in their own festival, are you gonna let them out do you as third year students of UA?"
"NO!" Almost everyone shouted back. Tamaki himself shrunk in on himself a little more at the sudden noise, could he go home yet?
Snipe seemed to like that response and nodded approvingly. "Good, now ya'll give it a plus ultra out there because this is your final hoorah. Make it count."
Far above the crowds, a figure clad in black jeans, red sneakers and a white hoodie watched the proceedings from the roof of the stadium. Spider had updated her civilian clothes recently since, as Ashido put it anyway, she'd become a little predictable in what she wore outside of school.
She was sitting just off to the side of the commentators box which jutted out from near the top of the stadium itself. Made of transparent material, when Spider looked down and to the left from her perch on the ledge, she was able to see Present Mic and 13. Looks like he wasn't quite able to wrangle Eraser Head in for every sports festival this year.
If you're worried about Ichiru and Shiko then allow me to put you at ease. Spider had left the both a note on their bedside table saying that she would be out for most of the day, there was food in the kitchen when they got hungry and some money on the side if they needed to go out to buy something she had neglected to get for them. Lastly if they had any trouble with something then Mrs Midoriya and her son in the apartment downstairs would be able to help them.
Not that she actually warned Inko or Izuku they might be getting visitors.
Spider saw the screens around the stadium change suddenly to a wheel of fortune type image and as it spun the audience was getting more and more captivated, anxious to know what the first event would be. When it finally stopped Snipe picked up on his cue to explain the rules.
"First up we have ourselves a treasure hunt. Rules are simple, around the outside of the stadium we'll set up a maze and within it will be thirty boxes containing a single gold coin. Find and collect the treasure then make it to the finish line." As he said this the screens changed to outline cartoonish representations of the challenge ahead while Cementoss set to work on actually making the maze which only took about seven minutes of prep.
The Dovahkiin could tell that the pro was tired after using his quirk so specifically over the four kilometre track and took just a little bit of pity by teleporting a motion of stamina into the man's hands along with a small note explaining what it was. Of course half the reason she did it was to watch Cementoss look around in every direction like a paranoid conspiracy theorist but that would remain her little secret.
Eventually all the third year students got to the starting line and the three green lights above the gate leading out onto the course began turning off. One down. Two down. As soon as the third light shut off everyone burst forth in a flurry of movement.
As much as Spider wanted to witness the action with her own eyes, it would have been a pain to walk around the outside of the stadium rooftop when she could instead watch her favourite third year student from the relative comfort of her perch. Besides it's not like the large screens were a bad substitute.
"AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE HERO COURSE STUDENTS ARE DIVING INTO AN EARLY LEAD WITH OVER HALF OF THEM OPTING TO BLAST THEIR WAY OVER OR THROUGH THE START OF THE MAZE!" Present Mic hadn't calmed down since the first year festival it seemed. "13, What do you make of this strategy?"
Spider was almost ignorant of the commentators words as she watched Tamaki's fingers literally transform into huge tentacles (they were bringing back some bad memories of a certain Daedric Prince who will not be named) as he shot up and over the maze, keeping pace with the flying blue haired girl Spider had seen him with when she dropped him off at the battle centre reserved for the third years.
Alright you know what, maybe it was less about the tentacles but more the design choices of the Daedric Prince himself that made the Dragonborn antsy at the sight of the appendages. She fucking hated his realm of oblivion with a burning passion, every time she went down a corridor it would extend or twist and generally do anything that would waste her time in the frankly creepy as shit excuse of a library. It was just... ugh.
At least 13's reply was a lot more enthusiastic than the last guest Spider had seen him with, helping the Dovahkiin take her mind off of the matter. "Their smart to look further into the maze rather than at the beginning, after all the close you are to the end the less chance you have of losing your treasure!"
During 13's observation a few students had taken to searching through the remains of the starting area rather than following along with the leaders and actually managed to come across three of the thirty chests before clutching their prizes close and booking it.
"I AGREE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A FEW STUDENTS WHO HAVE ALREADY FOUND THEIR TOKENS, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE END UNSCATHED?"
"Ooh, Mic's using his big boy words." Spider taunted even though he couldn't actually hear her. At least she thought he couldn't.
"WELL FOLKS IT SEEMS WE HAVE A VISITOR WATCHING THE THIRD YEARS, DID YOU PAY FOR A TICKET TO BE UP THERE LITTLE LISTENER?" Present Mic asked in a knowing manner because 'duh of course not' while looking right at Spider with that pleasant grin he almost always had on his face.
'Shit. Maybe I can appease him.' Spider quickly ran through the list of things that a pro hero like Present Mic would like but soon found that 1: she didn't know him that well and 2: he probably didn't need a staff of zombies. "... If I give you some dirt on All Might will you pretend you didn't see me?"
"DEPENDS HOW GOOD THE INFO IS."
"He wears shorts with little hearts on them for bed." Spider told him and instantly the pro cut his microphone off as he started laughing. She could even see 13 supressing her giggle under the costume.
Once he'd recovered, Mic returned to commentating. Point blank refusing to acknowledge the Dragonborn's presence despite having been the one to reveal it in the first place. "IN THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT HAS PASSED, TOGATA, AMAJIKI AND HADO ARE ALMOST TO THE FINISH LINE AFTER PICKING UP THEIR OWN GOLD COINS!"
"They've worked hard since their first year at UA, it's wonderful to see them making the most of their skills."13 complimented.
It was very true, while Tamaki was able to propel himself over the maze with ease and made quick work of the distance what with having no shortage of places to grab and launch himself, Nejire was again literally just flying alongside him, and Mirio seemed to be disappearing into the ground only to shoot himself back out again which he somehow turned into forward momentum. Interesting.
Either way Nejire was able to beat out Tamaki by literal seconds as they shot past the finish line and Mirio followed soon after.
"AND WE HAVE FIRST PLACE FOR THE STARTING ROUND GOING TO NEJIRE HADO, SECOND PLACE TO TAMAKI AMAJIKI AND THIRD BELONGS TO MIRIO TOGATA!" The audience cheered wildly at the spectacular display, barely dying down as more contestants began making it across the finish line a full four minutes later.
Spider enjoyed clapping along with the crowd while Tamaki looked so nervous he might just combust. It was adorable, especially since he had nowhere to hide being inside the giant stadium.
"AND WITH THAT THE LAST CONTESTANT HAS CROSSED THE FINISH LINE WITH THEIR TREASURE, DON'T FEEL TOO BAD FOR THE REST OF THE STUDENTS BECAUSE AS ALWAYS THEY'LL HAVE THE CHANCE TO SHOW OFF THEIR SKILLS IN THE RECREATIONAL GAMES BEFORE THE FINALS!" Present Mic announced as a girl using four insect like legs coming out of her back to race into the stadium with several other students hot on her trail. "AND FOR THE LAST TIME NEZU, YOUR CAMERAS ARE WRONG, THERE IS NO STUDENT ON THE STADIUM ROOF SO STOP BLOWING UP MY PHONE!"
The Dovahkiin snorted in just about the most unladylike manner you could imagine when Present Mic clearly looked over to her and winked. Obviously the comment led to literally everyone searching for the mystery student and maybe, just maybe she was a little pleased when Tamaki raised his head from the ground long enough to spot what to him must look like a strangely coloured dot from this distance.
Allowing a small smile to light her features, a green spell began to glow in Spider's palm as she channelled her magic into a sudden burst of light fired into the sky several meters above her. The message 'Burn bright Fahliil' blazed in bright purple letters for a few seconds before disappearing without a trace.
Even from this distance it was obvious Tamaki recognised his nickname. Spider had only told him it was something related to his appearance in her native language which at first made him, and I shit you not, move so fast Spider physically lost sight of him for a second as he reappeared with his head resting against a nearby wall. Poor darling thought she was insulting him and it took the promise of making him invisible for the rest of the day to convince Tamaki it was an affectionate name. She didn't mind.
His smile made the betrayed look Present Mic was giving her completely worth it.
"What? Am I not allowed to show support?" Spider asked him innocently.
"I COVERED FOR YOU!"
"Thanks, now stop talking to me and do your job already." Spider told the pro dropping her little act and intentionally looked away from him, back towards the slightly irritated/amused third years.
"I KNOW YOU LISTENERS IN THE AUDIENCE CAN'T HEAR HER BUT MAN, SHE IS MEAN! CAN WE TAKE BACK HER FIRST PLACE MEDAL!?"
Spider, still not looking directly at the hero summoned purplish flames in her palm and moved a specific item into the commentator booth. It was a sleek wooden staff one might mistake for a walking instrument if it wasn't for the intricately carved, glowing red rose on the top of the weapon. When Present Mic touched it he felt a thrum of energy as a ball of magic fired forward creating a haze of purplish flames exactly like Spider does when she teleports.
After they died down an eight foot draemora lord (8,5" if you include the horned helmet) in full armour towered over the two humans in the commentators box and the cameras around the arena all focused on their reactions to the decked out demon. And I mean it when I say 'decked out' because not only did he have enough muscle to crush a truck, the draemora lord had just about every weapon available to him without hindering his movement including a bow, arrows, sword, great sword, two daggers and a crossbow.
The draemora lord kneeled before Present Mic who looked like he was about to wet himself while 13 was half way through activating her quirk.
"I am yours to command." His deep voice rumbled through the stadium as the pro heroes' microphones picked it up and broadcast it to the public.
Present Mic looked from the draemora to the staff then back again before settling his focus on the drone just outside the window which was recording the whole thing.
"IN EXCHANGE FOR MY SILENCE, I HAVE BEEN MADE ALL POWERFUL!" That's... that's not what... never mind, Present Mic said what he said and clearly doesn't regret it even as elsewhere; in his apartment somewhere in the city Eraser Head face palms in his sleep. "I SHALL NAME HIM... SEBASTIAN!"
'His name is Qelnyroth but okay.' (Pronounced "Kell-ne-roth"). Spider thought as Present Mic continued to gloat about how now principal Nezu isn't the only one capable of world domination. "If you're quite finished I'd like to see Tamaki win the festival some time within the next century."
After a bit of pandering, Present Mic was finally able to let the Sports Festival continue and only occasionally mentioned how he was a god now. Honestly she gives one guy a higher level draemora lord and he thinks he can take on the world. It's not like it would be able to stand up to All Might, sure 'Sebastian' might get a glancing blow if the idiot wasn't careful but it was doubtful he'd be killed. That stupid quirk made him too strong.
The Dragonborn only half listened to the rules of the next event as she thought (seethed a little) about how even a small army of higher level draemora lords would be essentially no match for the symbol of peace. Then again... it has been a while since anyone experimented with creating a new draemora since it was mainly Molag Bal's thing, and she'd left Alexander in Alagaesia but he didn't really count since he was half shade. An idea for another day.
Looking down on the pitch, it seemed that there was little to do in the way of prep. Tamaki, Mirio and Nejire were on one team while everyone else banded up in similar groups of three until there were ten in total.
The goal of this game was to capture one of three flags and hold onto them for the longest period of time. Every second gained the team one point and the four teams with the highest point total would move on to the final round. Since Nejire managed to get first place her team would start with 40 points, however would also be placed the farthest away from the flags. There was no specific formation that had to be adhered to like in the cavalry battle and unlike the flat field Spider had contended with, Cementoss raised random walls as well as added a few stairs leading literally no where.
It was pretty random to be perfectly honest with you.
As soon as everyone was battle ready Snipe pulled out one of his guns and began counting down.
"3"
"2"
"1"
The second snipe fired into the air all ten teams shot towards the closest flag, some quite literally since Spider could see a student turn his legs into springs and bounce himself from wall to wall, building speed in order to capture a flag for his team. Others had to get creative and used their quirks/support items in tandem, this was demonstrated by a boy with wings coming out of his ankles balancing his teammate on his shoulders as he lined up a shot with what seemed to be a portable grappling hook.
As one group of students made a grab for the flag, the device shot out and connected with the objective. The support student was quick to reel it in before anyone could steal it and the two quickly zipped away from their competition in order to hold onto it for as long as they could.
Spider guessed it would be too tiring to stay in the air while carrying someone however the strategy they'd come up with was very good. Until Nejire swiped the flag in a sneak attack.
It was the dirtiest move the Dragonborn had seen anyone on this world pull... and she loved it. Apparently while it wouldn't have been that much trouble to just rocket themselves towards the remaining two flags (one now that the spring guy had grabbed the one he was going for) Tamaki's team had thought 'why go for the flag when someone else can bring it to us?'
As soon as they saw the two students fly into the air Tamaki's group descended on their teammate without mercy, Mirio keeping him away from view and distracted while Nejire and Tamaki waited behind one of the walls Cementoss had made. As soon as the two came in for a landing nearby where they'd left the third member of their group, Tamaki whipped around the corner and manifested tentacles large enough to wrap around the two contestants and trap them while Nejire used her quirk to hover over the flag sticking out between the writhing mass before yanking it out of their grasp.
"WHAT A COURAGOUS MOVE BY TEAM HADO, ALMOST AS IMPRESSIVE AS MY NEW DEMON SERVANT, SAY HI SEBASTIAN!"
"Hello mortals." Came the deep, gruff voice of Qelnyroth who apparently had accepted his new name without complaint. Strange.
"I think we should be focusing on the students Mic. Like the way Tokato in class 3B used his quirk to expertly evade his competition and return to his team with the flag." 13 said in an attempt to get Present Mic to focus on something other than his shiny new toy.
Once that was over Tamaki dropped the two students and they fell the remaining fifteen feet to the floor, landing hard which hindered their ability to go after the offending team that had just stolen their flag.
Tamaki ran back to where he'd left Mirio and without warning, grabbed the teen in a second set of tentacles then used the ones on his other hand to grab the top of a nearby wall and launch himself over the field towards the corner where Nejire had landed. From there the three set up a kind of base, Nejire sat on top of a wall which skirted the edge of the field while her teammates guarded her.
Mirio on the right defending from anyone that would try and attack from the front while Tamaki stood watch over the left and discouraging anyone coming around from the side. Although the teen was putting on a brave face he kept glancing back to the wall Nejire was sitting on, wanting nothing more than to hide away from the cheering crowd.
After around ten minutes of watching either Mirio or Tamaki send their fellow competitors packing a very loud buzzer sounded throughout the stadium marking the end of the round.
"THAT WAS QUITE THE DEFENCE TEAM HADO HAD MANAGED TO SET UP, THEY'VE HELD ONTO THEIR FLAG THE LONGEST WHILE THE OTHERS SWITCHED THROUGH TEAMS SO OFTEN YOU'D HAVE THOUGHT THEY WERE TRADING CARDS!" Well, well, well would you look at that. Present Mic is doing his job now. "IN SECOND PLACE IS TEAM TOKATO, THIRD BELONGS TO TEAM MIZUSHIMA AND FINALLY TEAM SAKAMATA SLIDES INTO FOURTH! WE'LL BE GOING RIGHT INTO THE RECREATIONAL GAMES AFTER LUNCH AND THEN THE MOMENT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR, THE FINALS!"
Spider looked over at Present Mic and 13 who were now both trying to study Qelnyroth who stood stock still while they poked and prodded at his armour. She idly wondered if she should tell them to stop but realised that if it kept the pro heroes entertained then it meant she didn't have to deal with them, a fair deal if she'd ever seen one.
After seeing the students file out of the stadium the Dragonborn grabbed her phone from her inventory and scrolled through her contacts, once finding the name she wanted Spider teleported herself to the opposite side of the stadium's roof. This shouldn't be a very incriminating conversation but it was better to be safe than sorry.
Pressing on the call icon she waited until he picked up.
"Ring. Ring."
"Ring. Ri-"
"Good afternoon my dear caller, you reached the ears of the great Gentle Criminal! How may I be of service?" Just as dramatic and polite as she remembered yet again.
Spider smiled. "Greetings Gentle Criminal, it's been a while."
"Ah now there is a voice I was hoping to hear. How are you my dear PoisonBlood, I must congratulate you on your winning the sports festival this year." He sounded proud even over the phone.
The Dovahkiin laughed at his antics. "My thanks, but I must also say that you did fine work in your latest video. You caused such a delay I doubt anyone on that train will forget you any time soon."
"I'm humbled you still support my work, even if our careers diverge from one another."
"Like I told you before Gentle, you're just a man striving to achieve his dream. It doesn't hurt me so why should I get in the way?"
She heard a sigh from the other end of the line. "If only everyone thought the way you do, it's such a nice change of pace from the usual rabble I meet."
"Speaking of people you meet, I noticed that there was someone behind the camera this time." Spider steered the conversation towards his mystery partner.
"Oh are you a fan of La Brava's skills, she's much more than a camerawoman you know, she has an extraordinary skill at hacking into even the most secure servers. I'm lucky she showed up at my door and offered to support me in my endeavour." Did Gentle sound fond? Spider believed he did.
The Dragonborn chuckled. "She sounds perfect, however I did have an ulterior motive for calling you today."
"And what would that be?" He asked curiously.
"It's about certain... unsavoury types calling themselves the League of Villains. I was wondering if they had tried to contact you." Spider inquired and was met with a hearty response.
Gentle had clearly stood abruptly and knocked over whatever he was sitting on. "I would never dream of associating with those rapscallions! If they so much as asked after me I would be forced to defend my honour as a gentleman and do battle with the fiends."
The Dovahkiin grinned, the man was charming even while insulting someone. "You won't need to go that far darling, just call me if they do and I'll have words with them. But I'm glad you don't like them all the same."
"To try and murder the symbol of peace is an outrage, and to do it while putting children in danger is unforgivable. Dare I say that their leader is nothing more than a mewling quim for so much as trying."
Spider laughed again. What did she have after hearing the most polite criminal she had ever met call Shigaraki a whiny cunt? "Careful Gentle, you're beginning to sound a tad aggressive."
"You must forgive me dear PoisonBlood, sometimes my passion overtakes me." He sounded genuinely apologetic.
"It's no problem, I haven't laughed that much today so it was a welcome comment. However I must be going, I have someone else I have to talk to before lunch ends."
"Then I bid you good day, it has been nice talking with you again."
"Farewell Gentle." Spider pressed the big red hang up button and placed the phone back in her inventory. According to the large screens around the stadium she'd been talking for thirty minutes though it definitely didn't feel like it had been that long. Shrugging she wrapped herself in purplish flames and disappeared from her perch.
Spider had gotten to know her friend pretty well by now. Tamaki was a creature of habit and one of his most adorable was to flee from any group of people he saw unless it was absolutely necessary he interact with them, even that he could barely handle it without speeding away to press his head against the nearest wall.
With this in mind, and the the fact Tamaki had been to this stadium for the sports festival three times now, Spider teleported herself into the waiting room farthest away from the entrance and exit tunnel. It was the most inconvenient place and therefore less people would want to use it. Tamaki would make a beeline for it after lunch, she'd bet her armour on it.
She was only kept waiting in the room for about twenty minutes when the door clicked open. Lunch time didn't officially end for another five minutes and the students didn't have to be on the field when their names were drawn to see who would face off in the finals, only wait until the recreational games were over and then go once their match was called over the speakers.
Tamaki had quietly slipped into the room but made sure to close the door as fast as possible in order to prevent anyone that may have been looking for him knowing he was in here. The teen had his back pressed against the door and heaved a sigh of relief when the Dragonborn called over to him from her seat at the table in the middle of the room.
"Having trouble Fahliil?" Spider asked and chuckled when Tamaki almost died of a heart attack right then and there, somehow becoming even paler than usual as he turned towards the source of his freight.
The young man had just about recovered when he recognised the sultry tone of his cr-... friend. Yes friend. She was smiling fondly at him from her seat in what he could now recognise as actual clothing rather than just blobs of colour since she'd been so far away before. "That wasn't very nice, you scared me." He said in the same nervous voice he always used as he walked over to her with his head down to hide his embarrassed blush.
Spider gave him a light-hearted laugh in response to his suffering. "My apologies darling but I couldn't help myself, you're adorable when you're scared."
"Am not." Tamaki grumbled, sliding into the seat next to the Dovahkiin and making her smile softly. He didn't do that unless he was comfortable. "I probably look as bad as I'm going to do out there."
"Oh no you're going to win the festival." She told him as if it was written in stone. "I just told the entire school I was cheering for you, you're not about to let me down are you?" Spider leaned closer into his personal space.
The teen stared down at the stainless steel table. He stared hard, only occasionally flicking his eyes over to the smirking student sat beside him. "I wanna go home." (With you).
Backing off a little the Dragonborn still kept her smile trained on him, knowing he could see. "Okay, okay I'll stop. But you've been holding out on me by not saying what your quirk was, how does the tentacle thing work?"
He relaxed a little and explained that his quirk was called 'manifest' basically so long as he'd eaten something and had it in his system then he could manifest an aspect of it on his body. Octopus correlated to tentacles but it got a little repetitive eating the same thing day after day for his hero training, that's why he liked it when Spider gave him new things to try at lunch. Apparently Mammoth allowed him to grow great ivory tusks from his elbows. A perfect heavy melee weapon even at the awkward angle, it just meant that he had to utilise spinning attacks to make the best use of them.
Time sped by as Tamaki talked, steadily gaining confidence as he did so until he was actually looking at the Dovahkiin while explaining how the strength of the manifestation depended on how much of the creature was in his system.
"Fascinating, if that's the case then so you think you have room for a little more?" Spider asked him curiously. Tamaki had nodded without even really thinking and so she dug around her inventory for a regular sized stamina potion. The green bottle looked innocent enough until the Dragonborn uncorked the bottle and took a small swig.
Placing the potion on the table Spider knew there was about three quarters left and dove back into her inventory, pulling out a few thick, ancient looking bones.
Tamaki was entranced as he watched her crush these hardy bones into a fine powder using nothing but her bare hands and pouring it carefully into the green bottle until most of the powder was inside the potion and what was left dirtied the table. Spider corked the potion again after picking it up and started swishing the mixture around.
"What is it?" He finally asked after Spider put it down in front of him and set to wiping the bone dust off of the table.
"Dragon." She said happily. "Drink up, you'll need the energy."
While doubtful, Tamaki looked from Spider to the potion and uncorked it anyway before bringing the concoction to his lips. He gagged the second it hit his throat.
Spider patted his back as a coughing fit started up, what little was left in the bottle spilled onto the floor alongside the container. "I take it I need to work on the taste."
Tamaki could only nod, or try to as his body attempted to rid itself of the foul tasting liquid. "Please don't make me do that again." He managed to croak out after another minute or so.
"I promise, next time I'll do better. At least now you'll have a new manifestation to use after it's entered your system, it should be ready by the last round." She continued to rub his back soothingly and offered a cup of honey water for the taste.
The teen nodded and took a gulp of the new drink he'd been given. "That's if I make it to the final. Nejire always says I have the heart of a kitten."
Present Mic's voice blared through the speakers outside the waiting room announcing that the first round of the finals was about to begin, could Amajiki and Tokato get to the arena.
Both students stood and Spider walked with the indigo haired teen through the door, her hand began to glow a sickly pale green. Before he could ask what she was doing her hand was on his shoulder and Tamaki felt himself imbued with so much... courage. The longer her hand stayed the more confident he became, eventually standing up to his full height and looking down at the Dovahkiin with a fire burning in his eyes.
"Your friend would do well to remember Fahliil, that a kitten still has claws."
The match, if you could call it that was over faster than the one between Yaoyorozu and Tokoyami.
Spider had returned to her perch on the ledge nearby the commentators box and by the divines did she feel sorry for Tamaki's opponent. Under normal circumstances, as much as she adored the shy wreck she called her friend, the young man would have struggled significantly against him but after Spider's little illusion spell...
Sakamata was a hero course student that had to have known about Tamaki's self confidence issues and he attempted to use his quirk in order to make him just leave the ring. Sakamata had a shapeshifter type ability and transformed himself into the spitting image of a ahem, mostly naked, Amajiki.
Spider did not remind herself to find a recording of this online later. You can't prove shit.
Stepping forward confidently the fake Amajiki looked down at himself and started insulting Tamaki's physical appearance, one might be curious about the kinds of things he said and shall we just say the the Dovahkiin was this close to sniping the student with her bow and leave it at that. It was worth the self restraint to see the look on his face when Tamaki turned his right hand into a large clam shell and downed him in a one hit K.O move that should have been illegal with how effortless he made it look.
The absolute badass barely waited for Snipe to announce his opponent unable to continue before stepping out of the arena and heading back into the tunnels to wait for his next match. And maybe The Dragonborn cheered louder than necessary but it was drowned out by the crowd sharing the sentiment for just how efficiently one of their future heroes took down his enemy.
All the other matches held little interest for her however. While she'd met Tamaki's friends in passing it wasn't as if they had any kind of relationship beyond polite smiles before she disappeared after dropping the indigo haired teen off after lunch. Usually he found her whenever he wanted to eat together so it wasn't like she'd exchange pleasantries while picking him up either.
Instead Spider's attention was taken up by her phone going off in her pocket.
Izuku: Why are there two little kids asking if they can use the microwave to heat up the food you left them?
Izuku: We're in the kitchen already so please tell me they're really telling the truth.
Spider: Probably because I told them you'd help if they had any trouble. Is there a problem?
Izuku: NO! Not at all I was just wondering since you don't have kids... right?
Izuku: Not that I'd judge you or anything if you did.
Izuku: If you were even worried about that.
Spider: I picked those two up last night after a walk, they'll be staying with me for a little while.
'Uncomfortable topic successfully dodged.'
Spider: Is Inko not with you? I'd have thought she'd call me if Ichiru and Shiko showed up at your door.
Izuku: Mom's out shopping right now. Should I ask her to pick up extra for dinner? They look kinda thin.
Spider: No need, I'll take care of them. Did they say anything to you other than asking to use the microwave?
'I really do not need anyone asking about that school I said I'd be sending them to. I'll have to tell them it's a secret when I get home.' She cursed at her lack of forethought.
Izuku: Not really. They were pretty quiet and it was the girl who did all the talking.
Spider: I'm guessing Ichiru stayed behind his sister the entire time.
Izuku: Yeah, Shiko is like a wall between me and him. She keeps glancing at me.
Spider: They were in quite a state when I found them so it's no surprise she's suspicious.
Spider: Just give them space and remember to smile, you have a way of lighting up the room when you do.
Izuku: akshiusdf
Izuku: You can't just say that! I almost dropped my phone.
Spider: Did the little hero get flustered? If I'm not careful Todoroki will start to think he's got competition.
She didn't get a response for several minutes. The little 'Izuku is typing' icon kept popping up for a while then disappearing before showing up again as if he were writing entire essays only to delete them. The Dovahkiin lifted her head long enough to see the scoreboard. The first round of matches had ended and curiously it looked like this time it wouldn't be a one on one match in the last round.
Now that Spider thought about it, twelve students in this ladder style tournament would end with three students facing off in the final and given the positions of Tamaki and his friends, if they each won their next match it would be those three fighting each other.
This would be fun to watch.
Thankfully since Izuku was still going through a breakdown (probably, at least her wards were there to help him) Tamaki exited through the same tunnel he'd entered after his first match while a student Spider recognised from the second game. Spring leg guy.
"ALRIGHT FOLKS, IN ONE CORNER WE HAVE THE ONE HIT WONDER TAMAKI AMAJIKI!" Present Mic paused and allowed the audience to cheer for the insanely intimidating third year who looked like he would literally eat his opponent for breakfast if his stance was anything to go by. The expression in Tamaki's eyes was undoubtedly ravenous and the way his smirk bared the teen's teeth in such a way they almost glinted... It was terrifying. "AND IN THE OTHER, READY TO LEAP INTO THE FRAY, KOJI TOKATO!"
Tokato did not look confident at all and Spider couldn't blame him. The look Tamaki was giving him was absolutely vicious, with that in mind the Dovahkiin checked the time on one of the screens around the stadium and hummed as Present Mic took a different approach for starting this match.
"SEBASTIAN, TAKE A SHOT AT STARTING THEM OFF!"
Spider saw the stupidly tall draemora nod and lean towards the pro hero's microphone. "Bring honour to my master, or suffer the consequences. Begin."
Tokato shook off his hesitance and charged towards Amajiki before jumping in order to perform a leaping kick, with his leg aimed towards the indigo haired teen Tokato activated his quirk and probably planned to use it's spring like quality to propel his target out of bounds.
Tamaki's expression didn't waver even once as he too took a running start, when Tokato jumped he dropped to his knees allowing the momentum to drag him underneath his opponent, without skipping a beat Tamaki manifested tentacles in his right hand and shot them up at Tokato, easily capturing him while he was unable to dodge.
Still moving forward on his knees Tamaki used his free hand as leverage to not only stop but spin to his feet while Tokato struggled inside of his slimy prison. Amajiki held him there and turned off to the side looking straight at the small dot of colours on the roof just above the commentators box, that same smirk plastered on his face.
Tamaki nodded towards the Dovahkiin and promptly threw his opponent out of the arena with no regard for where he landed.
Spider's smile rivalled Tamaki's as she watched him exit to the waiting rooms once again, because that was probably the most thrilling thing she'd seen since a werewolf broke into the emperor's court.
It was only then she noticed her phone was vibrating like crazy in her hands.
Izuku: What do mean by that? There's nothing going on between me and Todoroki.
Izuku: We barely know each other that well and we only exchanged numbers after the sports festival.
Izuku: He wouldn't be interested in someone a plain as me anyway right?
Izuku: You're just being crazy.
Izuku: Shiko and Ichiru are laughing at me because I fell over.
Izuku: Are you even there? Please answer.
Izuku: I will cry.
Spider: My plan today was to watch the sports festival not listen to you get defensive about a gay crisis.
Spider: And did you really just call yourself plain?
Izuku: ssjdfkj I'M NOT HAVING A GAY CRISIS!
Izuku: Yeah I did, that's what everyone else keeps saying anyway. That I'd be so easy to lose in a crowd and stuff like that.
Izuku: Don't you think so too?
Spider: Izuku, I would have to be fucking blind to lose you in a crowd.
Spider: The hair is too unique not to stand out, eyes are large and expressive, perfect diamond shaped freckles and I've already mentioned your smile.
Spider: Either everyone who told you you're plain is an idiot or they're jealous.
Izuku: Or you could be the idiot.
Spider: ...
Spider: I'm going to give you one chance to take that back. Or do I have to remind you about standing naked in a battle centre with All Might?
Izuku: I wasn't naked! But I see your point and I retract my earlier statement.
Spider: That's what I thought.
As much as she enjoyed texting the little hero Spider was impatient for the second wave of matches to end already. Mirio was making quick work of his own match but damn, compared how theatrical the other matches she'd seen were this was just boring. Another buzz stole her attention.
Izuku: Is it okay if I let Shiko and Ichiru watch the sports festival tv?
Izuku: They want to know where it was you went today.
Spider: Don't pretend it isn't already on. I know you folded the second they asked.
Izuku: You're mean.
Spider: Why is it than when Tsu is brutally honest it's just 'how she is' but I'm honest...
Spider: Now be quiet, the final round is starting.
True to her text the three finalists made their appearance. The arena Cementoss made had to be enlarged in order to better fit them all and ensure that a proper battle could be waged between them. Spaced out equally was a Happy looking Mirio in the middle back, Nejire at the far right and a determined Tamaki on the left.
I HOPE YOU'RE READY FOLKS BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN UA HISTORY WE HAVE A THREE MAN FREE FOR ALL AS THE FINAL ROUND, ALL FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE!" Present Mic began rallying louder and louder cheers. "THIS YEAR OUR FINALISTS ARE NEJIRE HADO, TAMAKI AMAJIKI AND MIRIO TOGATA! LET'S MAKE THIS MATCH PLUS ULTRA!" Their cheering was almost loud enough to deafen everyone present and it didn't go down even when the pro announced the start. "BEGIN!"
Nejire launched herself into the air with spiralling blasts from her feet and fired off twin spirals from her arms towards both Amajiki and Mirio. The blonde was just as fast to react, using his quirk to literally fall through the floor in order to avoid the impact.
Meanwhile Tamaki dived out of the way, rolling to his feet and running towards the spot Mirio disappeared under. The moment he saw a muscular body shoot out of the ground heading up towards Nejire who was still hovering in the air and hadn't stopped blasting wave after wave of energy towards the indigo haired teen, Tamaki's right hand transformed into tentacles and zoomed at Mirio's back.
Since the blonde was in between Nejire and Tamaki and blocking her view, she didn't have chance to try and dodge the writhing mass that phased through Mirio's chest and swiftly wrapped itself around her waist before yanking her towards their owner.
Mirio for his part took full advantage of Nejire's surprise, twisting in the air as she too phased through him and delivered a devastating kick to her back. Nejire grunted from the attack and barely managed to unleash a shockwave powerful enough to push Tamaki's tentacles away so that she could try to balance herself, failing that the teen instead landed with a hard roll nearby her original attacker.
Amajiki didn't waste a second, using his other arm to create several more tentacles and swiping across the arena in a wide arc right where she had been standing, feeling her form connect with the blow, all the while his other appendages charged towards Mirio when he too landed only to be dodged when he disappeared under the floor again.
Dropping the tentacles, Tamaki surveyed the damage. Nejire managed to catch herself from going out of bounds using her quirk and was once again hovering above the arena while Mirio popped up for a moment then disappeared again, following that pattern as he closed in on his earth bound opponent. Amajiki waited until his friend made to vanish for the final time.
He would pop up behind his right shoulder just like he always did, and the teen only had a window of two to three seconds to unleash his trump card. As those last wisps of blonde hair phased through the cement Tamaki raised his head to see the strained expression on Nejire's face as she attempted to stay in the air.
"CHIMERA DRAGON!" His war cry reached the Dovahkiin's ears easily even over the screams of the audience and she simply couldn't stop the sadistic grin from forming.
Bluish grey scales covered his body along with a slate mask hiding everything except a single eye from view, one which almost seemed to glow. Giant draconic wings sprouted from Tamaki's back, flaring in a brilliant display of both size and power as the wind created from the minor movement sent audience members' hats, drinks, food and in some cases themselves flying. (No one was hurt though).
But that wasn't the end of it, four colossal tentacles manifested from the base of each arm and were covered in those same hardened scales. The new limbs were large enough to encompass the entirety of the arena, small bone like hooks protruding from around each sucker. Tamaki's feet had also transformed into something akin to dragon claws which sliced easily through the cement floor as he flexed them.
Using his tentacles, Tamaki dug them as deep as he could into the floor before launching himself up and remaining suspended in the air with his slimy limbs keeping the teen balanced while angling him up towards Nejire, just as Mirio phased through the floor. In a move that should have taken them both out, Amajiki's wings reared back then burst forward to furl around him.
The shockwave was so strong it required the Dragonborn to intervene, casting a large ward over the section of the stadium Tamaki had almost blown away and shielding the crowd from the attack. Though she did nothing to help Nejire as the teen was sent careening out of bounds and high into the sky. She was well enough after the initial blast had worn off and managed to catch herself before falling too far back down to earth.
Unfortunately the attack didn't quite knock his other opponent out of the arena as Mirio's reflexes managed to save him from taking a hit when Tamaki flapped his wings, activating his quirk and phasing through yet again.
What followed was a battle of attrition as Tamaki flexed his wings and manoeuvred his tentacles across the arena, keeping on the move while Mirio worked hard to maintain his quirk so that he could avoid being blasted away like their friend had been. (The constant wind attacks meant Spider now had to maintain a ward for the whole audience and Snipe, consequently complaining that she should be getting paid for this service).
Thing is, Mirio's quirk required him to hold his breath and to use it on his entire body was a taxing experience in terms of stamina. He could only spend a second or two in a corporeal state before needing to use his quirk again lest he risk getting hit by another shockwave so this quickly left the teen drained of stamina and hard of breathing.
It all came down to one fatal mistake.
Tamaki saw where Mirio vanished beneath the concrete and had realised it was taking shorter and shorter periods before he came up for air. Positioning himself exactly where the blonde would jump out of the ground, Amajiki released his manifested tentacles and spun in the air, dragon claws curled so as not to slice through his friend.
As soon as Mirio's body appeared he received a brutal kick to the side of his head that sent him skidding to the floor. The blonde hadn't had a soft landing and ended up on his stomach, barely managing to put his arms underneath him and push himself up through the hazy vision and loud buzzing in his ears.
A large weight suddenly pressed down on his back and pushed Mirio into the floor. Three huge claws pierced the ground above him, one directly over his head and the other two near his shoulders, a fourth planted itself right between his legs uncomfortably close to the family jewels if you catch my drift.
Having used his quirk near constantly throughout this match and on his whole body no less without being able to catch his breath, Mirio was exhausted and breathing hard but couldn't take in enough air with the heavy weight still keeping him pinned to the floor.
"Think you can still move kid?" Snipe asked from behind his shimmering shield of magic which he continued to poke with one of his guns.
It took a few seconds but eventually in lieu of speaking Mirio was able to shake his head just enough to be considered an answer.
"IN THE ABSOLUTELY EARTH SHATTERING FINALE OF THE THIRD YEAR SPORTS FESTIVAL, OUR CHAMPION IS NONE OTHER THAN TAMAKI AMAJIKI! HE TOOK GOING PLUS ULTRA TO HEART AND WILL NO DOUBT HAVE VILLAINS SHAKING IN THEIR BOOTS AFTER THEY SEE THIS ON TV!"
"Amazing, all three of the finalists will make fine heroes."
"The mistress will be pleased at her chosen's display."
'Oh you have no idea how pleased I am.' Spider thought to herself, still smiling as Tamaki dropped the remainder of his manifestations and helped Mirio to his feet.
It didn't take long for Cementoss to erect the winners podiums, Nejire jumping in place on the third, smiling and waving to anyone and everyone. Mirio standing proudly in second place, again smiling brightly but red in the face after exerting himself so much.
Then there was her Fahliil. Still standing at his full height, head held high and looking over the cheering crowds to the tiny blob of colour on the roof. His smile had changed though, this wasn't the dangerous smirk he'd shown his opponents during his matches, it was different. It was happy, two sharp fangs on prominent display as he grinned.
Spider had to force herself to wait until the medals had been handed out and for class to end after the students went back to the main building. In that short time Tamaki had managed to revert to his old self, hunched over and avoiding the praises of his classmates by looking down at the floor and mumbling a nervous 'thanks' where appropriate.
When he saw the Dragonborn waiting for him by the school gates the indigo haired teen made a dash towards her, grabbing Spider's arm and pulling her with him out of the school grounds and away from anyone that tried to catch their attention. Spider just chuckled as she was dragged along for the ride since it seems Tamaki had kept a certain amount of confidence from her courage spell.
Once he was sure they were far enough away and out of sight Tamaki let go and sank down onto the nearest wall. Looking around it seemed that they had run into one of those pleasant streets with walls on either side, like the one where Spider sucker punched Bakugo for the first time. Good memories all around.
"I can't believe I won, I was even against Mirio and Nejire. Their so strong." Tamaki had his medal clutched in his hands and was staring at it like the thing would disappear at any moment.
Spider dropped down beside him. "Well from what I saw back there, you're pretty strong too."
The young man shook his head immediately. "That was just because of your quirk, it wore off as soon as I got back to class and I couldn't even look at anyone again." He sighed, shoulders drooping. "I didn't deserve to win."
The Dovahkiin frowned, before reaching over, grabbing Tamaki's chin between her thumb and index finger and turning his head to face her. "Do you really believe that?" She asked.
He nodded with some difficulty but made no move to remove her hand.
"Well then I have some news for you, while I might have given you a boost during that first match, my quirk's effect stopped shortly before the second one started." Spider smirked when his jaw went slack and she had to push it back up for him to realise. "That confidence out there was all you Fahliil."
Taking her hand back the two sat there for a while as the teen took that piece of information in. He looked like wanted to deny it but at the same time... it felt true.
Spider was happily sat in her apartment the evening after the sports festival reading a book that she'd purchased yesterday. Tamaki and her had parted ways in the afternoon after she took him home then returned to her apartment to pick up her wards. Shiko and Ichiru were now in their room eating a dinner of salmon steak with sweet rolls for dessert. After they'd promised not to make a mess of course. Spider was also playfully reminded by a bashful Shiko that they didn't have actual clothes to go out with since the Dovahkiin had burned their old ones.
It only made the texts she shared with Izuku earlier that day more amusing as Spider imagined the siblings showing up at the Midoriya's door in their pyjamas and plates of food in their hands. Adorable.
With a small apology Spider conjured a few articles of clothing for them and promised to take them shopping after school tomorrow. It was still slow work in gaining their absolute faith since neither would speak to her that much but they'd open up eventually.
Anyway the book she was enjoying was titled 'The Cry of the Icemark' and she had just gotten past the part where the main character 'Thirrin' meets a charming young warlock, 'Oskan' after the young princess seeks his aid in healing one of her soldiers who was attacked by a bear while on a hunt.
Then there was a knock on the door. Wait, did I say knock? I meant loud banging that threatened to take the thing off it's hinges.
The Dragonborn sighed as she placed the book down on the small coffee table in front of her chair, already mentally preparing herself for the argument she knew was coming given the aura currently planted outside of her door. She'd barely gotten to it when the person outside started banging again. "Calm down!"
Pulling on the handle of the unlocked door Spider found herself face to face with a tall, ash blonde, sour faced Katsuki Bakugo.
He stared at her.
She stared at him.
It was a strange sight to be sure as the teen looked torn between wanting to leave, yell and ask something all at once while the woman opposite him just leaned on the door in a way suggesting she was ready to slam it in his face at a moments notice.
A minute of intense silence passed as the Dovahkiin waited for Bakugo to collect himself. The explosive blonde settled for looking at the bottom corner of the doorframe before he spoke. "What the fuck do you want from me Slack jaw?"
Spider frowned. The boy's voice held none of it's usual bite even if he was still rude, that was slightly disconcerting. Didn't mean it was her problem though.
"You really don't want my answer to that, now get the fuck out of my building." She said and swung the door shut as she turned away, eager to get back to her plush armchair. The Dragonborn wasn't very surprised when Bakugo stopped the door from closing all the way, letting it swing back open but not stepping over the threshold into the apartment. 'I warned him.' She thought with another sigh. "Stop standing there like an idiot, if you really want to know I'm not doing it in the doorway."
Bakugo was unsure at first if Spider was being serious, then again she was known for pulling complete 180 degree turns when came to anything she did. He entered and closed the door behind him, taking in the bare apartment. It didn't look like the Dovahkiin had put any thought into decorating since the only furniture from the front door to the living room was a chair, a small two person sofa and a coffee table in the centre of the room. No pictures on the walls, television, WiFi router (she leached off of her tenants) or even a damn mirror.
Every other room including a bedroom, the kitchen and dining area he passed on the way into the living room was empty except for one where the door was closed, he thought he heard a noise from inside, maybe hushed whispering but he was distracted as Spider sat down on the armchair reminding him of why he was here in the first place.
Bakugo stormed over and rather violently plonked himself down in the middle of the sofa opposite the Dovahkiin who had one leg crossed over the other and one arm over her lap while the other had its elbow on the armrest as it supported her head. She looked bored.
"What do you expect me to say Folook?" (Tormenter). Spider asked him in a tone suggesting she didn't want to be in this situation but was stuck here anyway. 'Is this how Aizawa feels every day?'
Bakugo 'tched' and looked away again. "Exactly what I said outside you damn-" He cut himself off, looking like he'd literally bit his tongue to stop speaking. "Shitty hair and Dunce face said you wouldn't have done what you did at the Sports festival if you didn't expect me do do something about it. I want to know what it is."
The Dragonborn looked at the strained look on Bakugo's face, the way his fists clenched and unclenched in an attempt to stop himself from using his quirk. Everything screamed that he was uncomfortable with the situation. "I want you to suffer." Finally Bakugo's eyes snapped to hers. "Don't think I mistake myself for a saint joor, I've done much worse than you to people somehow even less deserving of it than Izuku. But that's the unfortunate way things work, it doesn't matter what you do to someone so long as there's no one willing to stop you."
"Fuck off! I didn't ask for Deku to keep following me!" Bakugo shouted and Spider would be surprised if the Midoriya's didn't hear it, they should be having dinner right about now.
She scowled after feeling the migraine from this conversation already setting in. "I think we both know Izuku stopped trying to follow you a long time ago." The Dragonborn pinched the bridge of her nose. "In the last year I have become aware of exactly how abusive your treatment of him was and I can't see how someone like you could ever imagine themselves as a hero."
This time he slipped up, a small spark followed by several pops and a bang. It was cut off just as quickly as it sprang to life but there were two darkened patches in the sofa shaped like hands. As soon as he noticed Bakugo paled a little when he dragged his gaze back to his host.
Spider didn't even look mad about it. "I'll fix it later so don't bother holding the explosions back, I know from experience that holding power in can be unhealthy. So long as they aren't too loud it will be fine."
Bakugo looked away again. "Thanks." He muttered lowly.
It went quiet again. Neither was sure for how long but it felt like the silence stretched for years until the teen managed to build up his courage again. Not that he didn't have it in the first place, got that you shitty extra?
"De- Izuku always just knew how to push my buttons better than anyone else." He began, letting off a few explosions which further burned into the sofa. "He was a quirkless weakling but wouldn't shut up about wanting to be a hero like I was, it was the same as calling me as weak as he was or that he was better than me because even someone like him could do it. The teachers and shitty extras that followed me around all agreed he should know his place."
Spider's hand glowed a sickly green then blue as the sofa was enveloped in the same light and returned to it's original form, perfect for getting exploded a second time. Only when the green glow died, the blue stayed but Bakugo didn't have time to think on it when she started speaking. "By your logic, since everyone at UA is weaker than me I should be beating both you and them into the ground daily to make sure you know your place, is that what you want? After all it's an insult people as pathetic as you guys want to be heroes too, right?"
"THAT'S DIFFERENT! You're a damn freak of nature with your quirk so just who the hell could be stronger than you?" Bakugo asked though he seemed defeated when he said it. "Everyone in that damn class can be good heroes even if they aren't as strong as you."
Spider hummed. "Shame it took the possibility of someone becoming what you were to Izuku for you to see that not every hero is equal, the boy would have been fine quirkless since his real strength lies in analysis and strategy anyway." The teen looked like he wanted to argue but he didn't get the chance when Spider asked another question. "Tell me, what do you believe a hero actually is?"
The explosive teen didn't even have to think. "Someone who beats up the shitty villains for thinking they can get away with shit."
"And exactly what 'shit' do they think they can get away with?" Spider prodded.
He thought for a moment looking for an example. "Destroying peoples shit and trying to hurt them, I don't know making them feel unsafe maybe?"
"Good answer, now tell me exactly how much of that you did to Izuku for over a decade." She told him, abandoning her bored expression and leaning forward slightly. Bakugo had stilled, no explosion this time. "You were the ringleader for an entire school full of people that made my friend's life a living hell in all the ways you described and more, in your own words Bakugo, you're a villain."
He hadn't been able to take his eyes off of the Dragonborn as she brought his entire world crashing around him, first by proving he was in fact not the strongest or the best, then showing how far the gap was in the sports festival and now unravelling his whole way of thinking for the last ten years of his life.
Spider sank back into her seat. "Are you starting to see why I don't like you?"
"... You don't think I deserve to be a hero because I was a bully." Bakugo said only to flinch when Spider growled.
It was an inhuman noise sending desperate shivers down the teen's spine, only lessening when she regained control. "I hate that word." Spider all but spat the sentence. "It doesn't even begin to describe the torture you put him through on a daily basis, you didn't 'bully' Izuku, no what you did was break him into thinking he was worthless, undeserving of the very air he breathes. It doesn't scratch the surface of the shear damage you've done that sweet, caring boy who, after everything you did would still throw his life away in a heartbeat if it meant protecting you."
Bakugo went quiet again and put his head down. Spider hadn't seen him like this before, she'd saw him when he was angry, mad and pissed. Maybe slightly excited once when he was going up against Izuku in hero training on their second day. But here, he just looked... guilty.
"Do you know what he asked me after we'd known each other for a week?" Bakugo didn't look up. "He asked why I hadn't hurt him yet, as if because he was quirkless I was meant to hate him. Sometimes I still catch Izuku muttering about whether I'm faking friendship with him when he thinks I'm not there or doesn't realise he's speaking." Spider copied Bakugo's earlier motions on clenching and unclenching her fists. "I'll give you one guess why he thinks that's just how friendships are supposed work with him."
He raised his eyes back to Spider who had slightly tensed but otherwise hadn't changed much in the time they'd been talking. "How do I fix it?"
Now it was Spider's turn to 'tch' as she scoffed. "It's not exactly easy to fix what happened. To either of you."
That got his attention. "What?"
"You were nurtured to believe it was your right to hurt Izuku, while that doesn't make what you did any less reprehensible it does allow me to understand your response towards him won't change overnight, even if you want it to." The Dragonborn explained.
"So even if I want to... apologise," Bakugo looked like he had to swallow something unpleasant when he said that. "I wouldn't be able to?"
She shrugged. "It's a guess. If you think you can say sorry then by all means, try."
"... Why are you helping me if you're so mad about what I did." The teen inquired.
"Same reason I haven't killed you. Izuku would be upset if he found out." She answered truthfully.
Honestly his look of surprise at her answer was so stupid. "That's the reason!? Not getting kicked out of UA and going to prison?"
"You'll find that Izuku is the reason I do a lot of things, he has that effect on people. And it wouldn't hurt for you to learn to watch what you say to people, sometimes they have powerful friends you do not want to fuck with." Spider replied with an edge of finality.
Bakugo excused himself shortly after and Spider watched him go, hearing the front door open and close before she picked up her book from the coffee table. Admitting he was wrong and wanting to reach out wasn't going to magically repair the mutilated corpse of Bakugo and Izuku's friendship but, at least it was a start. Didn't mean Spider had forgiven him though.
She tried to get back to reading but the words were melding together and it was too difficult to focus. Instead the Dragonborn pulled out her phone and scrolled through her contacts. As a legal adult with the conjured documents she was technically her own guardian and so had access to anything a parent would regarding UA and their child, including her homeroom teacher's phone number...
She didn't expect to get a reply until either late into the night or ridiculously early in the morning since the evening was prime napping time for her teacher before he went out on patrol, she knew that because she sometimes catches his aura nearby the apartment complex. In fact one of his favourite perches is in full view of her living room window but its low enough that he can't see her unless he looked up.
Spider: I don't get paid to do your job for you, send Bakugo to the werewolf next time.
Aizawa: Whoever this is, I have no idea what you're talking about.
Spider: After winning the festival I thought you'd know my name by now. You really didn't have him come to my door today?
Aizawa: Spider, don't tell me you hurt him outside of training. Even if he instigated it I don't feel like dealing with a headache tomorrow.
Spider: Well I could always hide the body if you'd prefer.
Aizawa: One less problem child.
Aizawa: But be serious now. What happened and do I have to step in?
Spider: Short version is he knocked on my door and asked what I wanted from him. I told him why I disliked him and he seems to understand that he's been acting like a villain (by his own definition) for as long as I've known him, which again is not my job.
Spider: Like I said, try sending him to the werewolf so that I don't end up with damaged furniture and a bad taste in my mouth.
Aizawa: I know you mean Hound Dog but you could still use his name.
Spider: Best I can do is Grohiik, take it or leave it. (Wolf)
Aizawa: Whatever. I don't care enough to argue with you.
Spider: Something we agree on.
Aizawa: At any rate, does this mean I can expect Bakugo to calm down in class tomorrow?
Spider: Doubtful, he might be quietly seething at best while he works through it.
Spider: But I mean it when I say this, if he shows up again then I will start showing up on your patrols.
Aizawa: ...You wouldn't.
Spider: I don't have to sleep so it's not like I have anywhere better to be. Goodnight Kinbock. (Teacher)
Aizawa: Hold on, why has Hizashi been sending me videos of a demon dressed in that same strange armour you wear? And why does it call him master?
Aizawa: Spider you had better answer me.
Aizawa: I hate you.
Is this the start of a redemption? We'll see.
And sadly... I have to go back to work. I'll have less time to work on these chapters now and will probably go back to the once a month updates I had for SHD. Sorry guys, but since you liked the little note in the last chapter I'll see if it'll make you happy again.
*Spider enters the Overhaul meeting*
Ryuko (Dragon hero): Why do I hear boss music?
Spider: Ignore that.
Ryuko: *Whispers* It's getting louder...
