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Chapter 3

"Speech" 'Thoughts'

"Mental Communication/Phone/TV/Letter/Flashback/Robot"

"PRESENT MIC SPEECH/SHOUTING IIDA/RAGE FUELLED BAKUGOU" (Normal speech quotations when he isn't using a mic or shouting)

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. . . . . .

Recap: Now under the teaching guidance of the Number One hero All Might, Izuku Midoriya trained both his mind and body to prove to himself he was worthy of taking on the power of One for All. With his own personal training based around his Spider Powers also happening, he eventually developed the highly useful Web Swinging.

During the process of creating and refining his Web Swing, Izuku encountered the lovely Momo Yaoyorozu who clicked with him almost instantly. After some one-sided awkward talking, the two left as friends and the next day met as sparring partners.

Not only that but Izuku's school life sparked up as well with Bakugou noticing Izuku seeming different and almost attacking him because of it. Before the explosive teen could strike him though, something in Izuku snapped momentarily leading to something unnatural awakening in him...

. . . . . .

Nothing really changed in the next two weeks. All Might trained Izuku to improve his body's overall performance in both speed and power. All Might wanted to give his pupil the time to figure out how to fight properly without relying solely on his sight.

Unknown to him, Izuku was training every other day with Momo both in combat and occasionally in intellectual conversation. Both teens' movements were getting sharper and quicker with every sparring session, leading to the both of them coming out of it as better fighters.

Oblivious to his extra efforts, All Might stood on Takoba Municipal Beach waiting for Izuku to arrive.

Within minutes, Izuku arrived at the slightly clearer beach in his training clothes, shakily walking towards his mentor with a hint of hesitation in his step.

"Come on kid, I want to see what you've learnt on your own," All Might smiled before he transformed into his buff form. Izuku was undoubtedly intimidated by this hulking form, but he reassured himself that he was actually making progress thanks to his training and that he could in fact fight now.

Taking a big breath in to calm his nerves, Izuku slipped off his tracksuit jacket, leaving him in only a tank top and his tracksuit pants. He lowered his body a little into his new fighting stance, now mentally and physically prepared to fight All Might. His somewhat crouched position gave All Might pause from how different his fighting stance was compared to their last fight.

"Whenever you're ready, Young Midoriya!" All Might boomed as he gave a hearty, closed-eye laugh.

The instant that he had opened his eyes, Izuku had almost silently dashed forward with a speed that not even the hulking hero expected. All Might couldn't help but smile even more at the serious look on his protégé's face as Izuku's right fist came flying towards his face.

All Might had simply moved his head to the side to avoid Izuku's quick punch but didn't manage to dodge the follow up left knee that hit the hero directly in the jaw. Now trying to grab and restrain Izuku, All Might raised his arms up but before he could even attempt to grab him Izuku was already pushing off his chest with his free leg.

As Izuku landed back on his feet after doing a quick backflip, expecting a strike from the large hero, he watched as All Might burst out into the most heartfelt laugh to date.

"MY WORD! You have exceeded my expectations once again, Young Midoriya! I had no idea you had such fight in you!" All Might boomed while Izuku nervously chuckled.

"W-well… I didn't do it a-alone…" Izuku said with a small stutter in his voice as he thought of Momo helping him out over the past week.

"Oh, do tell!" All Might coaxed, hinting for his protégé to tell him about the mystery person who helped him train in combat.

"Well, I met this g-girl… M-Momo-chan, and-" He gained a little blush as more thoughts of Momo popped up in his head making his nervous nature kick up to eleven.

"My my, I thought you were incredibly nervous around girls. Could it be that something makes this Momo girl special for you to so willingly talk to her?" All Might asked with a slightly raised eyebrow.

Izuku's blush began to grow until it consumed his whole face.

"I WAS KIDDING! Let us continue with your training!" All Might laughed once more as Izuku quickly snapped back into his fighting stance, a blush still dusted across his face.

All Might was the one to attack first now, leading with a heavy right punch that only just missed Izuku but the shockwave was still strong enough to shake him. Pushing past that feeling, Izuku began to string together different variations of punches and kicks that were clearly messy, but All Might could tell that he would eventually get comfortable with this newfound fighting style.

That was one thing that All Might knew he didn't have to worry about: teaching Izuku different fighting styles. Mainly because his own style was very basic, so he wouldn't be much help to Izuku. And he was right; ever since Izuku began combat training, he had been researching various types of martial arts, taking moves and either adding his own twist or incorporating other styles into it.

Thankfully, because of Momo's training, Izuku had managed to work two different fighting styles, with a third in development. The first fighting style was a power style: a fighting style that didn't rely on precise movements and instead on brute force, so if he were to sustain an injury he could keep fighting. This style was recommended by Momo herself. The second style was his speed style: a fast, non-stop assault using many different attacks that didn't lack power but weren't as heavy as the first style. The final fighting style though was merely a concept in Izuku's head. The spider style: a more end-goal style that would incorporate both previous fighting styles along with more strategic use of his webbing.

Believing he couldn't yet overpower All Might, the current fighting style Izuku was employing was the speed style.

To at least test how good Izuku was when it came to quick dodging, All Might began to throw multiple light punches in slightly random points but still accurate enough for them to hit if he didn't dodge.

Thankfully All Might didn't have to worry as Izuku's ability dodge had vastly improved since last time; he did stumble here and there but it was still tremendous progress.

'Now to see how focused he can really be,' All Might thought to himself as his punches became sharper and heavier with each passing second.

Izuku was struggling but he could at least keep up a solid enough defence to throw the occasional punch whenever an opening presented itself. However, because Izuku was so focused on his movements, he was completely thrown off when he heard All Might say, "Stop thinking about your girlfriend! You're unfocused!"

Shocked, he froze up with a completely bright red face.

"WHA-?!"

In an instant, Izuku's guard crumbled to nothing, surprising All Might as he had no idea his guard would fall so bad. Attempting to pull back as much as possible, All Might tried to stop his punch but the momentum was too-!

. . . . . . .

With a loud impact, Izuku was sent flying through the air like a ragdoll before he skidded along the sand for several metres.

"YOUNG MIDORIYA!"

Worry, concern and guilt. These three things were circling around and around in All Might's head as he rushed towards his pupil. A shift in the sand, though, and he breathed a sigh of relief, Izuku's twitch revealing he still had life in his body.

"Oh, thank goodness!" All Might beamed. "I thought you had just… Young Midoriya?" His relief at seeing the young boy alive was slowly taken over by a feeling of concern as the boy rose from the sand.

Izuku was indeed standing, but his body seemed limp. His arms were just dangling by his sides, his back slightly hunched and even his head was looking down at the sand.

Before All Might could ask anything else he saw his protégé raise his head slowly with a dark look in his eyes.

The hulking hero could tell immediately that right now, this wasn't Izuku. It was all in the eyes; Izuku's were bright, full of life and emotion, while his eyes right now were dark and empty.

Without a single sound being uttered between the two, Izuku fell to his knees and violently convulsed, vomit painting the ground in front of him. A sudden pause to the flow from his stomach and he'd fallen to his side, unconsciousness permeating his being.

. . . . . .

"Is he okay?"

"Of course he is, you idiot! We wouldn't be here if he wasn't!"

"Precisely. If Izuku were not alive then we would cease to exist."

"And I have to stay here, I'm the best part of him!"

Izuku slowly roused thanks to the four familiar voices that surrounded him. As he began to open his eyes, he was met with a skull splitting headache that forced him to keep his eyes squeezed shut.

"It would be best for you to rest more. You have suffered a very serious concussion."

Now lying on his back in a currently unknown location, Izuku chose to ignore the advice because his head was in unbearable agony that confined him to a state of almost paralysis. After a minute or two of lying down in silence, the creaking and scraping of a metal door resounded through the mystery room, quiet footsteps following.

"He's stable, albeit very shaken up, but he'll recover within the next hour or two," a foreign tone reported beside Izuku.

"Thank goodness… I thought I did more damage to the kid." Izuku could easily recognize this second voice as a deflated All Might. He tried to say hello or that he was okay but all that came out was a small, inaudible grunt.

"Well, you gave the poor boy a concussion bad enough that it's temporarily paralysed him. And we don't know what kind of mental damage he's sustained until he's conscious and recovered."

Now hearing that they didn't know if he was okay mentally, Izuku tried to move or make a sound but his efforts only forced himself back into unconsciousness.

. . . . . .

The next time Izuku felt any form of consciousness was when his shoulder was given a soft nudge.

"Hey kid, you okay?" All Might's voice was full of concern as Izuku slowly opened his eyes and reached a hand to hold his aching skull.

"A lot better, thanks… All Might, where exactly are we?" Izuku questioned as he briefly took in his surroundings. It appeared he was in some sort of lab, his tank top and jacket carefully placed to one side of the room.

He also gave a quick look down to see if he was injured but thankfully saw no bandages or large bruises.

"We're at a lab that belongs to a friend of mine. He was the one who treated you for your concussion," All Might said with a very sympathetic look.

"Thankfully it wasn't too bad, but I only say that as we still have yet to find out if anything happened to you mentally," a voice claimed as a man entered the room dressed in a long white coat.

"Doctor Connors," said scientist greeted with his left hand extended for a handshake.

"...Izuku Midoriya," the curly-haired teen responded as he sat up and outstretched his own left hand. Upon closer inspection, he understood why he offered his left hand; Doctor Connors was missing his whole right arm.

"W-what do you need me to do?" Izuku asked as he retracted his left hand, his right still holding his head.

"For now, just tell me what you remember," Doctor Connors said as he set a clipboard on a nearby table while Izuku thought back to his most recent memories.

"I remember fighting All-" Izuku quickly paused and glanced to his mentor.

The skeletal hero chuckled at Izuku's cautious behaviour. "It's fine, kid, he knows who I am. We go back a long time."

Nodding, Izuku continued.

"I was fighting All Might on the beach… then I think I dropped my guard. After that it's all just black," Izuku confessed before asking, "Where are the other people that were here? Because I remember hearing other voices in the room earlier." Both adults looked at each other with concern in their eyes. Izuku could tell from their looks what they were thinking.

"There was nobody else here… was there?"

Both All Might and Doctor Connors nodded slowly to his query while Izuku's eyes widened and he tried his best to keep calm.

"It's probably nothing to worry about. You might have been experiencing delusions while your brain was still dealing with that concussion," Doctor Connors assured the teen in an attempt to prevent him from freaking out more than he already was.

"Yeah… I guess you're right…" Izuku breathed out in relief with a small smile on his face.

"We'll let you rest for the moment, but you're free to leave whenever." Doctor Connors collected his notes and moved to the exit with All Might in his wake.

As the door softly closed behind the two adults, Izuku couldn't help but lie back down on the examination table to rest his brain a little more.

"Your brain dealing with the concussion… what a load of crap."

With a slightly hesitant expression on his face, Izuku slowly sat up and scanned the room with wary glances. The voice sounded familiar to him but thanks to his head injury he was really struggling to place it.

"That injury opened up a door for me, giving me access to the building blocks that make you… or perhaps I should say…"

The curly-haired teen kept looking around the empty room, a little scared now as the voice was echoing around him. He'd surveyed the entire room before him so turned to look behind, but when Izuku turned back straight, another person's face was situated directly in front of his own.

"Us…"

The sudden scare made Izuku instinctively leap off the table and onto his own two feet as he stared in fright at what he assumed was an intruder crouching on the table.

Izuku was at first confused by the intruder's words, but as he examined them it started to make sense why they said "us" ...

The intruder was clearly in his teens with an outfit very much like his own… in fact it was exactly the same. Not only that, but everything was the same in comparison to himself. The only difference between himself and this doppelganger was that Izuku's eyes were a lot brighter in colour and his hair was a lot more naturally curly.

Izuku tried to speak but the shock of what now stood in front of him was too great for him to process, though it didn't seem to matter as the doppelganger already knew what he was about to say.

"What am I? I am you. Well, the better parts of you anyway. I didn't need all that doubt holding me back," the copy said as he sat on the examination table while Izuku slowly picked himself back up.

"Better parts?" Izuku questioned in a subdued tone just loud enough for the doppelganger to hear.

"When that concussion hit, your inner defences lowered which allowed me to access the core parts of your personality: intelligence, worry, anger, joy, sadness, courage and anxiety. Those voices you heard earlier, all me. I thought it best to not take the things I didn't need. After that, it's a little fuzzy but here I am," the, what Izuku now assumed to be, mental image stated as it extended its arms out to either side.

"It's just like Doctor Connors said, it's just a side effect… This will pass... This will pass... This will pass," Izuku repeated to himself quietly as he held his head in his hands trying to avoid having any form of panic attack.

"Oh, poor Izuku… you're freaking out now? Then I'm going to have a hell of a time with you."

With that statement actually sending chills down his spine, Izuku quickly grabbed the rest of his clothes, dressing his top half before rushing through the door All Might and Doctor Connors had used earlier.

Izuku was stopped though as the doppelganger was now between him and the door with a smile still on its face.

"Oh no, you aren't going anywhere. I want what should be mine," the copy said as it imitated donning gloves before promptly vanishing.

Izuku's eyes darted around the room to try and find the thing in his head but saw nothing. Suddenly, his eyes shot downwards to his body as an almost numbing sensation washed over his left arm. Staring at his now limp arm in worry, Izuku watched as his hand clenched and relaxed repeatedly.

Not sure what to do, the teen used his right hand to grab his wrist and stop his left arm from moving on its own.

"GET OUT OF ME!" he shouted in wide-eyed fear as he started shaking where he stood.

With full control of his body back, that thing seemingly somewhat complying with his desperate plea, Izuku wasted no time in charging towards the door in a silent internal panic.

The two adults were a little startled by the teen's sudden entrance but after seeing his expression, Doctor Connors quickly pointed to a door in the far-left corner and a large square hole in the ceiling stating, "That door will give you ground access while that vent will take you to-"

Not even able to finish his sentence, both adults watched as Izuku leapt up the vent, running up the wall while using web zips to keep him on the wall. Within the vent, a hatch opened up at the top allowing Izuku out into the light.

With a quick survey of his surroundings, Izuku quickly worked out he was only a quick five minute swing from Momo's and thought that maybe talking to her would calm him down.

. . . . . .

Sat on the balcony with a cup of Gold-tips imperial black tea at her side, Momo was lounging with a good book. She was happily reading away, occasionally looking up to take in the beautiful sights that her building provided.

With a small smile she did notice in one of her glances that a certain web swinging individual was approaching at speed, but simply continued to read as he made his way over to her. After about twenty seconds, Momo could see Izuku slowly dropping down in front of her upside-down dangling on a single thread of webbing.

"Hi Midoriya-kun, I'm happy to see that you're getting more comfortable with your webbing. Anyway, what can I do for you?" Momo greeted warmly as Izuku responded with a fake smile.

"You wouldn't mind if I just stayed here for a few hours, would you?" Izuku asked back to the pony-tailed teen.

This already said a lot to her about how he was feeling, leading her to ask, "You had a rough day, didn't you?"

"Something like that…"

Setting down her book, Momo opened the glass door into her place and pointed to a corner room stating, "Go in there, take a shower and come out when you're feeling a little better." Izuku was a little surprised by such a kind gesture but graciously accepted it nonetheless.

'I know she said her parents were rich and fancy, but this is something else…' Izuku thought to himself, stunned as he looked around the spotless bathroom that was probably twice as big as his bedroom.

Slowly slipping out of his clothes and setting them by the door, Izuku turned on the water and kept back for a couple of seconds before stepping under the hot flow of water. As steam began to cloud around him, Izuku's mind and body relaxed into the warmth.

It really didn't take long to wash himself; Izuku just couldn't help but stand under the showerhead letting his wet hair flatten and flow, covering his forehead and obscuring his vision.

After a couple of minutes of the therapeutic relaxation in hot water, Izuku slowly stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around his waist. He quickly realised that his training clothes had already been taken away from beside the door frame as, in their place, there was a new set of clothes lying neatly folded.

After quickly drying himself off with the towel, Izuku put on the jeans and black t-shirt loaned to him, exiting the bathroom to spot Momo back over at the balcony.

"Thanks for letting me use your bathroom…" Izuku thanked Momo as he pulled his shirt down fully, taking up the seat adjacent to hers.

"Happy to be of assistance. I wasn't too sure on your measurements, so I hope those fit alright," Momo said with a slightly insecure tone, not too sure if Izuku was comfortable in the clothes she made.

"No no no! They're fine, Momo-chan, I swear!" Izuku quickly reassured and watched her expression melt from worry to a soft smile. He looked away and occupied his eyes with the indoor area, a tad embarrassed by her smile, and something clicked in his head.

"Why is it every time I've come here, I never see anyone else here?" Izuku asked, trying to carry on the flow of conversation as best he could.

"That's because it's only me. My parents own the building, I just live here because it's an easier commute… and I'm not the biggest fan of my parents' views," Momo explained with a soft sigh.

The explanation left Izuku a bit speechless as he didn't really have much experience he could draw from to assist with continuing the conversation.

"So… how's your day been?" Izuku awkwardly asked after a couple seconds of silence.

Momo calmly responded with, "Not too bad. Did a little exercise, did some studying then I thought I'd enjoy some time alone out here reading this book."

"Oh, I didn't mean to-"

"No, it's fine, I enjoy your company." That comment from Momo made Izuku's face flush red as he couldn't help but hide the side of his face with his hand.

Momo was momentarily puzzled by Izuku's sudden change in demeanour but when she caught a glimpse of his face she knew that he was simply embarrassed. Gently setting down her book, Momo turned back to Izuku.

"Do you mind me asking what happened in your day?" Momo asked her curly-haired friend to try and snap him out of his embarrassment.

"W-well… I-I had a training session first thing this morning to show my… trainer, how much I've improved on my own in terms of combat. But I guess I dropped my guard at one point and I suffered a major concussion apparently." A concerned expression spread over Momo's face at that and she shifted, about to examine him when Izuku realised his blunder. To reassure her, he quickly added, "I'm fine now though, I swear."

While she was no longer going to examine him, Momo was still concerned and decided to keep an eye out for him as Izuku continued.

"After that, I met a friend of my trainer but then… I saw something which I… want to believe is purely just a side effect of the concussion."

"But it bothered you so much that you wanted to come here," Momo gathered from the details in Izuku's story.

"Yeah… that's about it." Letting out a sigh in thought as he looked out at the sunset, his head fell into his hands.

Momo could feel the sadness starting to form inside of Izuku, so she slowly walked over towards him and wrapped her arms around his shrinking form so that she could hug him from the side. Izuku was surprised by the gesture, but he didn't feel embarrassed at all… he felt comforted.

The two just stayed like that for a few minutes in a comfortable silence. Momo silently hoped that she was at least helping Izuku in some way. Izuku on the other hand was enjoying the kind warmth from Momo's hug but after a while decided it was time to get some things off his chest, so he shifted his body slightly to wordlessly tell the other teen to stop hugging him.

"Thanks… That… that felt nice," Izuku thanked as he lifted his head up with a small smile.

"It was no problem at all, do you need anything else?" Momo asked still concerned for the curly-haired teen's mental wellbeing.

"I… do you mind if I just talk?" Izuku asked as he gazed towards the skyline.

"No, of course not."

A deep breath and Momo was once again looking at Izuku with concern before he spoke.

"I feel completely fake… Everything I have was given to me. These powers are a complete accident… I wasn't supposed to be like this… I should still be the scrawny little nerd who gets picked on for being quirkless." Izuku didn't filter any of his thoughts, he just spoke how he felt and thought.

Momo on the other hand was completely taken aback from Izuku's comment. He was quirkless? Yes, it was a big shock on its own but the fact he was so insecure about these apparently gifted powers… it made sense why he never really vocalised how he felt.

"This isn't what I was… You became friends with whoever took over when I got these powers. I've been living behind a mask."

Izuku's thoughts were clearly full of self-doubt and Momo could sympathise with that…

"You're not behind a mask. You may have physically changed but you're still you, so to me it seems like you were always this kind-hearted," Momo tried to reassure Izuku. All he could do was look at the floor and mull over her words, when suddenly he felt his phone vibrate.

As Izuku removed his phone from his pocket, Momo moved away and took her empty mug inside.

"Hello?"

"Hey kid, do you mind coming back to Doctor Connors' lab? He's found something that he… well, it's better that you hear it in person," All Might answered back over the phone.

Izuku felt a small shudder of worry shoot through his system.

"Okay… but do you mind if I bring someone with me?" Izuku asked as he turned his head to look at Momo who was humming to herself while washing up a few dishes.

"That Momo girl that you spent two weeks training with?"

Knowing that All Might would worry about the privacy of information, Izuku tried to explain why he thought Momo would be fine.

"Yeah, I mean she knows that my spider powers aren't natural and she's incredibly smart. She could more than likely assist Doctor Connors with his research, and I would trust her to know about your identity and keep it secret."

There were of course a couple seconds of silence over the phone with All Might considering what his protégé was asking of him, but with a small sigh, he told him, "Okay… I'll allow you to bring her along, but if she finds out too much then you've got to be the one to talk her into not sharing anything."

A grin on Izuku's face, he responded. "Of course, I'll take full responsibility for anything that happens. Oh, and thank you as well, All Might," Izuku thanked as he hung up the phone.

Finishing up cleaning the remaining dishes, Momo walked over to Izuku after having seen him finish his phone call. "So, I'm guessing that you're gonna have to go," Momo stated with sad smile but was surprised when Izuku smiled a little.

"Yes, but you can come with me. Doctor Connors' lab is only about five minutes away and... I don't think what I'll be told is good news." With a sad expression slowly showing itself on Izuku's face, Momo smiled and quickly spoke up.

"Well, let's get going then. If it's only five minutes, then I guess we'll get there by foo- what are you doing?" Momo began to talk as Izuku turned around and crouched down slightly.

"We're swinging there," Izuku simply stated with a small smile.

Momo looked a little worried, asking, "Are you serious? I mean, I don't think that I'll be able to hold on while you-"

"Just trust me. Please."

Izuku smiled as Momo hesitantly got onto his back and wrapped her arms around his collar, and just as she opened her mouth to say something to him, Izuku leapt off the balcony causing a surprised scream to shoot out her lungs.

With her hold on Izuku tightening and eyes locked shut, Momo wanted to smack Izuku upside the head for giving her the biggest fright of her life. But as she got used to it a little, her death grip loosened, and she began to revel in the sensation of the wind brushing past her face and flowing through her hair. Momo's fear of falling faded steadily as she could feel a sense of reassurance from Izuku who was currently sporting a cheeky smirk adorned with an embarrassed blush.

After a few more seconds, Momo shakily opened up her eyes and was shocked as she saw Izuku was swinging with as little lift as possible so that she would be safe. While she was flattered by the gesture, Momo was secretly loving the adrenaline and wanted to feel the sensation of when Izuku swung at his normal speed.

"If you want me to swing faster, then you better hold on tighter!" Izuku shouted so that Momo could hear him.

Following the advice, Momo tightened the lock her arms made and wrapped her legs around his waist, so she wouldn't slip off. Now knowing she wanted a change in pace, Izuku began to pick up speed. Swinging with larger arcs than previous, he built up more and more momentum, throwing in the occasional fancy twist or flip which at first scared Momo. However, as the adrenaline kicked in more with every swing, she couldn't help but laugh with every trick he pulled off.

"We're almost there! It's just around the next corner!" Izuku shouted through the wind while Momo kept laughing from the adrenaline rush.

"Make a detour! This is amazing!" Momo laughed in a tone that seemed so… out of character for her that Izuku couldn't help but comply as he started to swing faster and harder through the concrete jungle.

It was another hour until the two teens had swung onto the roof of Doctor Connors' secret lab. Momo climbed off Izuku, giggling to herself before shouting, "That was so much fun!" in a bright an excited tone. Stiffening, she looked back at Izuku, realising her actions, and straightened herself up, clearing her throat.

"I mean… that last hour was very enjoyable… thank you, Midoriya-kun," Momo said, trying to appear calm and collected while a faint hue of red was spread across her face in embarrassment.

Izuku couldn't really help himself from smiling as a bit of Momo's true nature peeked out.

The trap door to Doctor Connors' lab then opened, the two's presence on the roof obviously being noticed, so Momo held onto Izuku once more. A quick confirmation that she was ready and he jumped down the hole, using some webbing he stuck to the top to rappel down the vent with control rather than fall.

It didn't really take long at all for the two to reach Doctor Connors' lab as he welcomed them with a warm greeting.

Momo removed herself from Izuku but was left in awe at all the astonishing scientific equipment that surrounded them.

"So. I presume this isn't a 'you're completely fine' call, is it?" Izuku quietly asked Doctor Connors while Momo happily enjoyed looking and reading everything in the lab.

"I'm afraid so… While you were unconscious, I decided to take some blood samples considering the condition you were in. And just as you left, I found your blood is like nothing I've ever seen before," Doctor Connors started with a perplexed look on his face as he brought up two video feeds on one of his many computer screens.

On the left there was a large quantity of red blood cells currently stationary that seemed perfectly normal. However, on the right side, the blood cells were… pulsating and misshapen as small tinges of black rushed around the surface of the cells.

"As you can guess, those cells are yours. They seem to have a connected entity bonded to them individually."

The OSCORP scientist then brought out two vials that had raised out of the desk; one completely still and red while the other was jet black.

"Oh look, he split us apart… Well, two tiny parts of us," a voice spoke into Izuku's ear, making him turn around because of the surprise. Once he saw his doppelganger standing there, smug like earlier, Izuku turned back to Doctor Connors.

"This here is your mutated blood which currently contains so many unknown properties that I'll continue to research on. This on the other hand," he said as he raised up the black vial. "This is a completely separate entity with an almost symbiotic relationship with your cells."

"Oooo, symbiotic… I really like that word." Izuku ignored the voice infecting his brain and asked something to the one-armed scientist.

"Doctor Connors… what would happen exactly if that symbiote was to reach and inhabit my brain cells?"

Suddenly, the doppelganger walked in front of him with a face that was no longer filled to the brim with confidence.

"Woah there, kid. You tell him about me and they're gonna try and separate us. I make you better, I make you stronger. All that crap about taking over your body, I was kidding!" the doppelganger insisted to Izuku while Doctor Connors still looked deep in thought about what Izuku asked.

"From what I've been told from… you know who, and from how this Symbiote seems to be working inside you, I do not have much of a guess as to what it'll do, but it seems to be purely beneficial at the moment. Unless there's something wrong you know about?"

Izuku glanced over at the mentally materialised Symbiote consciousness. The confident demeanour that it once held had crumbled to nothing as it was now on its knees begging.

"Please, I won't try and take over your body! I'm on my knees here!" the Symbiote begged, making Izuku actually feel sympathy for it.

"No… there's nothing wrong that I can think of," Izuku said to the scientist who put the black vial back away into the desk while the red vial was inserted into another machine at his desk.

"I also got some items from the main Tokyo branch of OSCORP and figured they would be beneficial for your training," Doctor Connors smiled as he pulled out two suitcases and handed them to Izuku.

"What are they?" Izuku asked out of curiosity.

"Those are a training weight set that we sell off to militaries." Izuku opened up the first case to see an extremely thin shirt, and arm and leg sleeves that seemed incapable of having any decent weight. "They cultivate the body more than normal while training. I simply tweaked the limiter so that they would be more suited to your superhuman abilities," Doctor Connors explained.

"This, on the other hand, is a lightweight body suit designed to allow full flexibility and movement whilst keeping your body temperature at peak performance level." Now pulling out the body suit from the remaining suitcase, Izuku saw that this gift was a little thicker than the weight set and had a very small hexagonal pattern sewn into the fibres.

"Wow, thanks Doctor Connors! This will really allow me to push myself," Izuku said like an excited child that was opening up Christmas presents.

"No need to thank me, I'm just happy to be of assistance. Oh, that reminds me, you can test them out in the room you were in earlier. Everything is cleared out of there, so it should be to your liking. Just knock on one of the walls when you're ready." With the offer being clearly displayed to him, Izuku took both cases into the big chamber.

"So, there's something living inside him…" Momo said as she walked over to Doctor Connors. It shocked Doctor Connors that she knew but he assumed that she must have been listening in.

"Yes, but it does appear to be only a beneficial being at the moment."

The two heard a faint knock on the metal wall in front of them leading the one-armed scientist to press a button under the countertop in front of him. Without a sound, the grey wall became transparent like glass and the two of them were able to observe what was inside without entering the room.

Momo almost instantly lit up red with embarrassment at the sight of Izuku in the very form flattering, skin-tight suit that only left his head, hands and feet exposed.

"The device that controls the weights should be in the case. It should have the appearance of a standard smart watch," Doctor Connors announced as he spoke into a microphone, earning a nod from Izuku.

"So, Momo, what is your take on Izuku's situation?"

"I… I know he's happy with his newfound powers and abilities but he's still incredibly insecure with the physical changes. He believes that when he got his powers, he became an entirely new person," Momo stated as the both of them watched Izuku practice his fighting moves.

"Ah… so he's having doubts about his abilities," Doctor Connors replied with a sense of realisation in his tone.

"You see, Izuku grew up in a very negative environment. He's been bullied, mocked and isolated to this day by his peers and those around him, simply because of who he is and things he cannot help. Even his mother shot down his dreams when he was only four, leaving him with this permanent scar on his heart," Doctor Connors recounted, trying to recall as much as he could remember from what All Might told him. He then turned to face Momo fully, countenance serious. "From what I can assume, you're his first genuine friend."

Momo was shocked to hear that someone who's usually so happy had gone through so much neglect in his life.

"But at least… his powers will make him realise his true potential," Momo stated in a hopeful tone. Doctor Connors remained silent as they both returned to watching Izuku train, using his Web Zips along with a variety of attacks to build more on his Spider Style.

The silence was eventually broken though when Doctor Connors offered an option to Momo.

"What if you were to have the same power, to realise your potential?"