Chapter 13

"Hey did I miss anything!?" Peter and Midoriya ask in unison, both panting slightly after rushing back up to Class 1-A seating area.

Even though he suffered no damage from the fight, he was still required to get a checkover done on him by Recovery Girl, which took a lot longer than he would've liked. If one were to ask Peter, he'd say he suspected that she was purposefully taking her time on him. On the plus side, when he arrived there he found the room to also be occupied with both Izuku and All Might, the former rubbing his now healed fingers. Though at first nervous he was quickly reassured by the youthful hero that she was well aware of all the circumstances surrounding the current and former wielders of one for all. Honestly if I hadn't had Izuku there I probably would've lost my mind with boredom waiting to be cleared. But alas, they're finally here and unexpectedly welcomed by some applause from the class.

Uraraka waves happily once she sees the two, more so the greenette. "There you guys are! You did great!"

Iida smiles as he points to his right, "Come on down, we kept your seats saved!"

The two take their seats as the class continues to congratulate them, "You got some good moves Peter! You should try out dancing!" Mina encourages with a thumbs up. Momo beside her looking stupefied as she realizes Mina had called Peter by his first name.

Peter is too busy grimacing at a sudden memory to notice, "Uh no I think I'm good. Even with my quirk, I'm pretty sure I still have two left feet when it comes to dancing."

Tokoyami huffs, "You don't really seem like the clumsy type."

The American teen keeps the grimace on, "Looks can be very deceiving, I think my record of toe stepping was 57 in just one dance." He rubs his neck sheepishly, "It was safer that I stayed a wallflower after that."

Hagakure, now in cheerleader uniform again for some reason, sashays her pompoms, "You just have to believe in yourself Parker! I'm sure you can pick up so new moves no problem!"

He laughs slightly at her chirpy attitude, "I'll try, so who's up next?"

Tokoyami crosses his arms and uses his beak to gesture at the stage, "Sero vs Todoroki."

Just after he informs Peter that, Present Mic is back to blaring into the speakers, "Enough standing around people! Now welcome to the ring, our next players!"

True to his classmates words, Sero and Todoroki are both displayed on the hologram. The crowd is roaring with anticipation, though it's clear that many are rooting for Todoroki. Hate to admit, but I can understand why, Todo's got a really powerful quirk that he can pretty much use at any range. And we've yet to see him use his fire side at all. Sero's gotta be really careful if he decides to throw it into the mix!

"This should be interesting." He mutters to himself, sensing how much everyone is paying attention, leaning in as if fully hypnotized by the match.

"And now for the third match of the finals. READY?! BEGIN!"

Peter is astonished to see Sero be the first to make a move, near instantaneously wrapping Todoroki's torso in his tape and yanking him into the air with surprising strength. The whole class draws a breath as the expressionless elemental teen is drawing closer and closer to the border of the stage. Mineta of all people is cheering him on, "Show that upstart what us guys from the bottom can do!"

"Will you shut up!?" Jiro yells.

"WAY TO START OFF STRONG SERO!" Present Mic congratulates.

"Haha! He took the words right outta my mou—" Peter's spider sense tingles intensely and he pulls back his classmates just in time because right where they were leaning now stood a towering pillar of ice; Izuku, Iida, and Ochaco all yelling as the glacier nearly freezes their noses off. A frigid blast of air washes the entire stadium as the son of Endeavor unleashes the full might of his icy power. Encasing not only his opponent in a tomb of ice, but as well as half of the entire stadium, with some from the audience themselves being captured. The rookies from both Class 1-A and 1-B are stunned by the unbelievable display of power. Peter pants as he stares into his reflection off the mirror like block. "Holy shit." He whispers breathlessly, shivering.

Even Aizawa and Present Mic are both speechless by the act. Todoroki harrumphs as he casually breaks the tape off his body, made brittle by the sudden drop of temperature caused by his quirk. Somehow, Sero's face is uncovered though only his face as the rest of his body is shivering in it's icy cage. "Uh, don't you think you went overboard?"

Midnight was not spared, as half her body was frozen. Including, much to her chagrin, her whip, which sours her mood. "Tell the truth Sero," She's thankful that she's able to keep the shiver out of her voice, "Can you move at all?"

His eyes snap to hers as if to say Really?! "Are you kidding me? Obviously not, my body is freezing!"

"I knew he was powerful but this… this is insane!" Peter says, now feeling anxious, if he has to fight the ice wielder.

Thankfully said classmate begins to free everyone from their bonds, every so slightly using his fire quirk to melt the ice. This of course puts a delay in the Sports Festival but no one is complaining. Peter sees that Izuku is waching Todoroki through the monitor with a look of pity. "what's goin on bud?"

Surprisingly, Izuku isn't startled when he's broken out of his thoughts, just informing his neighbor with a sad expression, "he looks very sad."

Not understanding, Peter shifts his attention to the screen taking a closer look at his classmate's expression. It's clear that he's still trying to keep his face free of any emotion, but unlike before, he's not succeeding. Peter can see pain and shame in his eyes. And I'm pretty sure it ain't to do with this fight.

Peter narrows his eyes at his green haired friend, "You know why don't you?"

Midoriya turns away but confirms his question, "I do but… it's not my place to tell."

So it's something very personal then.

"You're gonna try to help him aren't you?"

This surprises his friend, if his widened eyes and gaping mouth are any indication, "huh?"

"Come on, I know that look. That's you're ' I don't know what I'm supposed to do but I have to do something look' you get whenever you're about to be a hero." He answers with a smirk.

"H-How do you know what that l-looks like?"

"Come on Midoriya-san, I know you well enough by now. Plus you're really expressive and wear your heart on your sleeve I'd be an idiot to not know what you're thinking at this point."

Izuku tucks into himself slightly embarrassed. A small amount of guilt creeps into Peter's chest, "I don't mean it in any bad way. It's honestly refreshing that you're like that. Most people try to hide everything and that is really annoying." You're such a hypocrite you know that Parker? Yes I do inner me I don't need you reminding me!

Thankfully with all the Pro heroes in attendance, it didn't take too long to have all the ice cleared out and soon enough it was time for the next round Kaminari winks at his class and tells them to wish him luck as he casually makes his way down to the stage. This time the match would be class 1-A and 1-B facing off again!... Which was only made known thanks to the boasting of the resident madman, Monoma.

"Uh oh, is this the start of the downfall of class 1-A?"

"No I think that'll happen during your match- oh wait my bad! You're already out from this event aren't you?" Peter shoots back.

Monoma turns with a look of betrayal as some of his own classmates snicker into their hands, except Kendo who laughs freely, "Traitors! All of you!" He turns back to Peter with a look promising vengeance, "Just you wait, you won't be able to keep that smug attitude up for long if I have anything to say about it! I'll find out whatever it is you're doing and take you down myse—"

A good chop to the neck by Class 1-B's big sister ends his mad rant. "I… I appreciate it but is he gonna be ok?" the webhead asks.

She waves off his worries, "He's taken much worse from us before it's fine. Sorry he's such a bother though! Good luck!"

"Kaminari's not gonna need luck, he's got it in the bag!" Mineta boasts about his closest friend.

"Don't get ahead of yourself," Ojiro warns, "He may have a powerful quirk but that doesn't always win a match."

Peter tilts his head, "Well it worked for Todoroki."

Jiro tarts giggling, "Yea but he doesn't become an idiot like Kaminari!" she busts out laughing.

Which of course causes Peter to laugh with her but she stops as he does, choosing to look away instead, Momo locks eyes with Peter but blushes and looks away as well. He drops his shoulders and plops back to his chair. How long are they gonna be like that, I didn't even do anything wrong! He groans as he pinches the bridge of his nose and leans in again, trying to keep his mind on the actual match.

"We finally cleared out that huge pile of ice! Now it's time for the 4th match! It's the assassin from class 1B, from the hero course, Ibara Shiozaki! Versus the boy with an electric personality, from the hero course, it's Denki Kaminari!" Present Mic exclaims as each student takes their place on opposing sides of the battle stage.

He rears his head back to scream into the mic but his breath is stopped in it's tracks by a sweet and pleasant voice, "Excuse me? But why did you call me an assassin? I wish to advance, not take my opponent's life. That's not what a hero does. I only wish to make the most of this opportunity granted to me." Shiozaki explains.

Everyone in the stands is rendered speechless by the sweet request, except for Iida who chops in the air approvingly, "A very well spoken and respectful request made by our schoolmate. As I expected from the attendants of UA!"

Present Mic stammers apologetically, "R-Right I'm sorry, my bad!"

She beams gracefully and bows in respect, "I thank you for your kind understanding."

Peter leans towards his friend, "Am I the only one that's starting to feel like a terrible person in comparison with her?"

All he gets in reply is Izuku muttering as he writes down in his notebook. He shakes his head affectionately, I should've guessed it.

"ARE YOU READY?! BEGIN!"

Sparks of lightning were already crackling with great intensity, even his hair lifting from the volatile energy as he lifts his arms, "Indiscriminate shock: 1.3 million volts!" he yells and slams his hands to the ground.

The crowd watches the light show in awe as the watching the arcs race through the floor, nearing Ibara in an instant. But her reaction time is impeccable, Peter notes with raised eyebrows, as she digs her vine into the ground and creates a protective wall around herself, rendering his electric attack useless against her.

Peter can here his purple haired classmate cackle behind her hand as they all witness the aftermath of such a powerful attack… Denki drooling with his thumbs up and exclaiming 'hey!'

Peter laughs with his classmate even as the vines erupt from the ground and surround the electric student. "He's immobilized! The winner is Ibara Shiozaki!" Present Mic declares.

Jiro slaps her knee, clutching her stomach, "Not even two seconds! And he's out!"

A dark energy surrounds mineta as he's on his knees, "you have failed me my friend!" with Asui halfheartedly patting his back for comfort.

Peter waits for Monoma to appear over the divider but thankfully he stays unconscious. Note to self, avoid getting a neck chop from Kendo, they appear to be extremely effective… and deadly.

"I've seen Kaminari in action, He's super strong. But shiozaki's quirk is something else—" Izuku is interrupted by Peter.

"Probably because vines have such low conductivity levels. Coupled with her ability to control their length and size on demand—"

"Makes her quirk very similar to Kamui woods. I wonder if she studied his moves."

The class watches on in amazement as the two mutter rapidly back and forth, only a few being able to understand them at all. The main one being Bakugo, who's veins become more and more prominent as all the words seemingly hit him at the temple.

Ochaco is starting to become a little worried and decides to cut in, "M-Maybe you shouldn't plan too many matches ahead!"

The two are broken out of their bubble and turn red s they see the entire class staring at them. "Oh sorry. It's not often I get to see the quirks of people outside our class." He opens a different page in his notebook and shows it to the brunette. "Here's what I've got on your Zero Gravity!"

His excitement is evident in his cheery smile. Peter wonders if he realizes how this could be taken, both negatively and positively. I hope he only realizes the positive.

"Oh." Peter could've swore that her cheeks had become slightly more pink as she brushes a few loose strands behind her ear, "You know Deku-kun I've always known that you're amazing, and the sports festival's reminding me of that." She says.

… Positive it most definitely is! The spider powered teen smirks as both of his friends are clearly affected by each others actions and look at anything but each other as Iida bids their farewell for his match.

"Now time for the next match! It's Tenya Iida from the hero course vs from the support course, Mei Hatsume!"

"Oh... HahahahahahahahaHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA!" Peter begins slapping his knee as he sees both students enter the stage with Iida wearing all the gear Hatsume had offered him.

"What?" Kirishima asks.

Peter wipes a tear, "Hehehehahahahaha, I warned him! I warned him but he didn't listen so he brought what's gonna happen next on himself!"

Asui puts a finger on her chin, "Is it really gonna be bad?"

Peter gives her a look, "Remember the times I would randomly come from support course looking like I dozed off in a car that took a tumble down a mountain? Well this is why!"

Many students are now weary and send silent prayers on behalf of their classmate is stopped by Midnight.

"Hold up! Iida you can't have support items!"

"But… she wanted this to be a fair fight. I respect her integrity! It would be an honor to wear this!" Iida exclaims. Though he could've swore he heard Peter of all people cackling in the distance. Must be a bird.

"Hmm, I'll allow it!" Midnight exclaims, emphasized by her whip.

Izuku is getting more and more wary, "That really doesn't sound like Hatsume."

Peter flails his arms in triumph, "Thank you! That's what I was saying!"

Ochaco tries to be reasonable though, surely Hatsume wasn't trying to trick Iida, right? " Maybe we should give her the benefit of the doub—"

"No." Peter instantly says, eyes glued to the stage just as the beginning of the match was announced.

Iida charges forward, moving at even greater speeds thanks to the boost given to him by the pack created by his very opponent. Peter cringes as he sees the mad grin on Mei's face slowly creep even wider, here it comes!

"Bet you like how fast that gear makes you huh Iida?" Mei's voice now being projected through the speaker astonishes the audience, even the too teachers spectating the fight.

"Huh she has a mic?" The voice hero asks.

Aizawa, exasperated as ever, groans out; "Is she wearing speakers?"

Back at the fight, Mei still makes no moves to evade Iida who's still rushing towards her despite the boost. "That's to be expected, I especially designed those leg parts to increase the wearers speed and mobility! But it's no problem for me to dodge with my…" a stiff cable smashes into the ground next to her, propelling the support student into the air while also being used to trip the hapless class representative who was going too fast to avoid such an obstacle. "Hydraulic attachments!"

Mei continues on with her demonstration, not sparing a glance behind her as Iida rolls head over heels to a stop just before the out of bounds line. Peter groans as he smacks his own forehead, "I told him, I told him this wasn't a good idea! Why doesn't anyone listen to me?"

Mei uses her quirk to quickly pinpoint the box where the support companies are privately watching the show, The boxes holding the support company reps! OHHH I bet they love my babies! And where is, AH! Tony Stark himself! I got this in the bag!

Iida is fuming but keeps himself composed as he gets back to his feet, with slight embarrassment mind you, and once again charges head on towards the mad scientist but yelps as he soon finds himself caught in a capture net after she once gaain trips him up without even turning her head.

"I've got sensors montoring me so it's impossible for an opponent to sneak up on me! And this capture net is compressible and easy to fit in! You can fire up to 5 before needing to reload!" Mei exclaims.

Peter narrows his eyes, hey all that sounds kinda like… hey she used me as a template for her inventions!

"She's turning the Sports Festival into one big commercial."Aizawa laments, both for himself and also for his student as he watches him helplessly be thrown around the stage as part of an advertisement show all because he was too gullible for his own good.

Up in the stands, Tony guffaws as he watches the spectacle, mild impressed by all the inventions but finding the entire show to be rather entertaining. "This is better than any skit I've ever seen!"

Even Mirko has trouble stifling the smirk that wants to grow, "I do feel bad for the kid not gonna lie."

The armored hero shrugs, "Goes to show you can't always show too much kindness!"

"Is that why you're an asshole 24/7?"

"Just as much as you are bit—"

"Finish that sentence and will gladly get my license revoked for what I do to you." She threatens with a killer aura surrounding her eyes that have darkened significantly.

Tony wisely keeps his mouth shut.

10 excruciating minutes later and Mei has finally finished her presentation cheerfully walks over the lines of the stage, "Aw that was fun but I think I've shown off everything I've wanted to!"

"… Uh H-Hatsume is out of bounds! Iida advances to the 2nd round!" Midnight confusedly proclaims, unenthusiastically snapping her whip as she does so.

Iida shakes his fist on all fours angry and disappointed at himself, "I can't believe I let you trick meeeeee!"

Completely unapologetic, Mei smirks cheekily over her shoulder without missing a beat in her strut, "Yea, sorry about using you like that! It's just business. And hey you did win!"

Back on the stands Mina and Aoyama both leave separately, none of the class truly wanting to celebrate the rather pitiful win. "Iida-san so sincerely trusted her motives, she probably made it sound like she was doing him a favor."

He looks to his neighbor for confirmation, which he gets. "Yea, I don't know how she knew, but she appealed to his uptight class rep mindset to accept her 'babies'. Gotta hand it to her she's driven to the point of relentlessness and knows exactly how to get what she wants." He compliments his friend.

Unbeknownst to him, Momo has heard and she feels a slight pang but decides to ignore it, choosing to think support her pink skinned friend as she faces off against the twinkling hero in training. Surprisingly, it was a rather quick fight as Mina was quick witted enough to immediately go for his navel belt to give his quirk a handicap then following it up with a shockingly powerful upper cut. The class cheers for the cheery student while their other classmate is carried away to be tended too. Momo takes a deep breath as she stands, "It's our turn now."

"Agreed." Tokoyami says as they both head towards the stage.

"Time for the 7th match! It's the dark samurai of attack and defense! From the hero course, Fumikage Tokoyami! And his opponent the Great Creator! A student who got into the hero course through recommendations! It's Momo Yaoyorozu!" The voice hero announces.

The crowd cheers for them both, with Peter cheering a little louder than the rest for the creation quirked student! Peter claps happily for her whistling as well while Ojiro lays his arms on the chair and leans to speak to the both of them. "How do you guys think this'll end? Any clue?"

Izuku taps his lip with his pen in thought, "Timing is gonna be the key here. If Momo can think quickly and knock Tokoyami out, or find out Dark Shadow's weakness then it's over, but that's if Tokoyami even gives her the chance."

"My money's on Momo." Peter simply states, adamant.

He watches the teen carefully, She appears to be in deep thought… too deep! She's visibly stunned as the match was announced to begin and Tokoyami instantly called upon dark shadow, his quirk creeping out of him like a vicious cobra and snapping towards the vice rep. Momo's eyes bug out but she's still quick enough to create a shield, narrowly blocking the first attack but the dark force is relentless as it keeps coming at her, quickly warping the metal of her shield. She tries making a weapon but Dark shadow swoops down and comes right back up, knocking the shield out of her hands and forcing her to create a new one instead of a weapon to protect her from the next barrage. I can't focus on my quirk! Momo thinks to herself in a panic, unknowingly sliding closer and closer to the edge with each formidable hit.

Her arms shake as each hit sends shockwaves through her arms, making her shoulders ache. She grits her teeth trying to push forward but for every centimeter she moves, she's pushed back another foot. She braces herself for the next hit, her teeth clenched in anticipation but the hit doesn't come. Why has he stopped? Now's my chance! She makes a staff, ready to attack but Midnight shatters her resolve as she declares, "Momo Yaoyorozu your out!"

Present Mic further hypes the crowd up as he exclaims loudly, "An overwhelming Victory! Is it possible that Tokoyami's Dark Shadow is the greatest quirk ever?! I think so!"

Though the audience raves about his boast, it only served to worsen Momo's mood. Her hands tremble slightly, tears starting to well in her eyes. "I lost? I-I didn't even… do anything." Her voice shakes with great sadness.

She bows her head in dejection, her steps slow as he exits the field. Thanks to his enhanced vision Peter was able to see her clearly. Even if he couldn't, he can practically feel her somber mood, his heart goes out to her, making him feel pain as he sees her like this. Even Ojiro could pick up on Momo's state as he comments, "I bet Yaoyorozu-san's really upset about how that went down. I feel bad for her."

Without a word Peter gets up, leaving his friends puzzled.

Momo sniffles as she leans against the table in the empty waiting room. She was thankful to not have run into anyone on her way there, she didn't want them to see her like this, so weak. She failed. Utterly and completely. She didn't have time to think and allowed herself to be overwhelmed. You were raised better than this! You were taught to always excel! Failure is unacceptable!... but … but a failure is what I am. Despite her best efforts, a single tear rolls down her cheek. She doesn't even have the heart to wipe it away. She startled slightly as the timid turn of the doorknob alerts her to another person entering the room.

"Oh uh, sorry I can come back a different time." Peter says softly.

She turns away and sniffs, "No it's-it's fine. You can come in."

He takes a second before doing so, silently closing the door behind hm and awkwardly walks up to her, his hands in his pockets, "Uh, how-how you holding up?"

She doesn't answer as she exhales stiffly, her eyes on her shoes. He cringes inwardly, "Yea that was a dumb question, sorry."

She halfheartedly shrugs, "It's fine. I-I just didn't want anyone to see me like this."

"Why? No one's gonna treat you any different or think less of you. You've got a reason to be upset."

She snorts bitterly, "This was the first time I've failed since I was child. My father, he always raised me to excel, to always win. That anything less will bring nothing but shame to our family and reputation." The words keep tumbling out, becoming more and more shaky as the emotions begin to take over, her vision becoming watery with tears.

Peter's heart goes out to her and he does the only thing he can think of. He gently pulls her into a warm embrace, his hand soothingly rubbing her back. Momo is at first stiff but quickly melts into the hug, her arms wrapping around his waist and she buries her face into his chest, weeping silently. He doesn't care as he feels a growing wet spot on his shirt, he continues to comfort her. Her sobbing slowly diminishes, finding comfort in the embrace. Her ear is pressed right over where his heart is, it's beat providing a soothing rhythm that seeps away all her worries. After a while he begins to whisper, "You know. I'm sorry to say this, but no one's ever going to succeed every time. It's just impossible. But that doesn't make you a failure."

She doesn't meet his eyes and so he continues, "You- you know how many times I've failed growing up? Probably thousands and thousands of times! Hell you should've seen how long it took for me to get these webshooters to work, one time I ended up blowing up a container in my room. Every inch was covered in webs and I had to wait a whole hour for it to finally dissolve and I really needed to pee!"

This finally brings out a genuine laugh from the girl and Peter has to will his heart to not flutter at the hypnotic sound. He smiles with her, "Guess what I'm saying is, sometimes to succeed, you need to fail… that sounded so much better in my head."

She grins gratefully and finally meets his eyes, "No I understood. Thank you Peter. I really mean that."

The genuine smile she has is still there as they let go, but they don't step away from each other, standing dangerously close. So close they can feel each others breaths on their face. Their eyes are locked, cool grey against hazel. The two can feel an energy between them, crackling yet inviting as they simultaneously drop their eyes to each others lips. Ever so slightly they lean… when the door opens and Jiro walks in. The two quickly take a big step back, startled. The earphone girl is instantly suspicious and she marches toward Peter, her jacks snaking threateningly in the air, "What were you doing to her?"

He raises his hands in surrender as he leans back away, "N-Nothing! I wasn't doing anything!"

"We're you trying to be a pervert!?"

"What!? No! I-I wasn't I wasn't at all!"

"Jiro please!" Momo pulls her friend back, stepping in between the two.

"He really wasn't, he just came here to check on me ok? And… he wasn't being a pervert before either, he was, ahem, just complimenting me." She wills the blood to not rush to her face, a task she hopes she succeeded in.

Jiro relents with a sigh. "Alright fine. I guess I got carried away before with how angry I got with Mineta and Denki, I thought you were trying to indulge them."

"Hell no I'd never do that for the creep!" Peter swears.

She smiles appreciatively, "Good!" Her Jacks are back up, "Because if you did then I'll make sure to permanently deafen you!"

Peter can tell she'll make good on her promise if his spider sense was any indication. He gulps somewhat fearfully, "Let's hope it doesn't come to that."

She smiles sweetly, "yea! Let's."

"Looks like we got here just in time! What'd we miss? How'd Kirishima do?" Parker asks.

"It was a tie unsurprisingly, he and Tetsutetsu knocked each other out so they'll do an arm wrestling tie breaker once the two recover enough. Urarak's up next." Kaminari explains.

"Oh yea she's going against Bakugo… SHE'S GOING AGAINST BAKUGO!" He exclaims.

His concern is shared by the rest of the class, none more so than Izuku, "Uraraka's at a disadvantage here. Kaachan won't show her any mercy. She has to get close to him to use her quirk. But Kaachan's reflexes are fast. And the more he moves, the more he sweats, which means the more powerful his quirk becomes." Izuku rationalizes.

"… So she's screwed?"

"No. She'll only have to touch him once to use her quirk to make him float and send him out of bounds." He counters, but there was one problem that Peter is able to pick up on.

"Won't he be able to use his quirk to stabilize himself in air?"

Izuku purses his lips, "Yea. Yea he could." Come on Uraraka. You can do this!

The class is murmuring amongst themselves. Some like Jiro are afraid to even watch. Even some of the spectators are worried. "Is this really a good match up?"

But no one can speak further on it as the fight was announced to, "BEGIN!"

Surprisingly it was Ochaco he makes the first move, or at least tries to. Bakugo easily sees her coming and knocks her off her feet with explosion after explosion.

"URARAKA!" The three boys yell in unison.

Mineta grips his hair, "He keeps blasting her!"

Each and every time she's fling onto her back painfully but she still gets back up and starts coming after him over and over again.

"This is brutal!" Mina exclaims.

"Looks like Bakugo really isn't planning on pulling his punches!" Asui notes, though her concerned expression betrays the neutrality of her voice.

Ochaco this time uses her jacket to distract Bakugo, throwing it through the dust cloud, baiting him to shoot it, to which he does.

"There's no way you can beat me!" He yells, but sees that underneath the jacket… is nothing.

Suddenly Uraraka appears behind him, stunning the audience with her quick thinking! "Yea Uraraka you got this!" The American teen yells.

But his grin drops as Bakugo, faster than anticipated spins and blasts her back, her body bouncing off the ground violently but she gets right back up.

"This guy's insane! Look at that reaction time!" Kaminari says.

"You just can't get the drop on him!" Sero adds.

Many in the crowd begin to boo, Bakugo's violent tendencies making it harder and harder fort hem to root for him.

"That asshole is seriously trying to kill her?!" Peter yells, anger rising in him.

"No."

Taken aback, Peter looks at Kirishima, as if to ask him to go on. "He's not holding back, not because he wants to kill her, but because he's respecting her as an opponent. He knows she made it this far by her own strength, so he's giving it his all as his way of saying that he sees her as a honorable opponent."

Peter glares slightly as another explosion rocks the stadium, "Forgive me for not really accepting… that… Whoa."

Peter's mouth drops as he sees hundreds of rocks of varying sizes break out of the dust cloud and rising to their level. "Did, did she do all this?"

Monoma suddenly appears, "I don't blame Bakugo for not noticing, but it's embarrassing for a pro to not notice what's going on from the stands. She kept low to the ground so Bakugo's blasts tore up the ground, creating weapons for her. And she kept his eyes on her by attacking relentlessly and without rest, leaving him completely oblivious." He turns his smug smirk to Parker. "What a surprise that the outsider didn't see it as well, you always seem a step ahead. Is it perhaps because it wasn't apart of your plan? Does it mean we'll see you fa—"

Thankfully Kendo knocks him out again, giving everyone an apologetic smile as she takes him away. Peter shakes is head, something is seriously wrong with that guy.

"It's time! Thanks Bakugo, for keeping your eyes focused on me!" Ochaco says and she releases the rocks, causing them all to rocket down towards the ground.

"AAH! IT'S A METEOR SHOWER!" Present Mic screams, giddy with adrenaline.

Aizawa gives him a deadpan look through his bandages, "You seriously didn't notice?"

Izuku has his hand on his heart as he exhales a deep breath, "She had a plan all along!" he says with pride at his cru—friend.

Peter drops to his seat amazed, "She really did have this!"

Bakugo is slightly impressed. Only slightly as he braces himself and obliterates all the falling debris with a massive explosion, the force of which slightly pushes Peter back even from up there. He really is powerful!

Ochaco didn't fair any better as the force had throttled her into the air and skidding to a stop nearly out of bounds. Her whole body is scraped up and bruised, aching and feeling like her muscles were on fire. No way. One blast. That's all it took! She struggles to get back on her feet, the effort to do so was extreme as it felt like her whole body was chained to a mountain. I put everything I had into that move! No. Deku-kun wouldn't give up! He'd keep going! And she tries to as well. But she was too worn out. All the energy she had was quickly evaporated and she collapsed. Admirably, she tries to push herself back up, but alas, she finally fell into unconsciousness.

"Uraraka is knocked out! The winner is Katsuki Bakugo!" Midnight declares as the crowd erupted in cheers.

Peter drops his head. Yea he's sad to see her defeated but he's very proud of his friend. He was ashamed that he hadn't had enough faith in her to truly believe she'd put up a good fight. Sorry Uraraka.

"AND WITH THAT THE FIRST ROUND IS COMPLETE! WE'RE TAKING A QUICK BREAK AND THEN WE'RE BACK WITH MORE MATCHES!" Present Mic chuckles as the crowd screams in eagerly, this years Sports Festival proving to be as exciting as they had all hoped it'd be.

He turns off their mics and goes to say a funny joke but Midnight opens the door, a stern look in her face.

"Present Mic, I believe you have a problem."

"What!? No I don't I didn't even do anything!" he exclaims.

"That may be the cause. You see, and I'm sure aizawa has already, we have had an odd number of matches set. With most of the line ups already chosen except for Mr Parker, who's now the odd man out." She points out.

Present Mic's demeanor turns into one of panic as he realizes she's right, "Wait but-but how is this my fault!?"

Aizawa rolls his eyes, "because you were adamant about choosing this years events for the festival and even agreed upon taking full responsibility as a condition."

The voice hero grips his hair in a panic, "ok ok think there's no reason o panic, I just gotta figure something out in… 10 minutes. I gotta figure something out now! Come on think think THINK!"

The two teachers watch with wild amusement as their long time friend seemingly experiences a breakdown before their eyes. But his manic smile returns abruptly as he snaps his fingers, "I got it!"

"What're you doing back here?" Peter asks his green haired friend.

"I don't know, they told me they had a change of plans and said you'll be the match."

"I'm what?!"

"ATTENTION PEOPLE! WELCOME BACK TO UA'S SPOTS FESTIVAL! I HOPE YOU'VE ALL BEEN ENJOYING IT JUST AS MUCH AS I HAVE CAUSE THIS YEAR HAS BEEN INSANE! NOW TO START OFF ROUND 2, WE DECIDED TO MIX IT UP A BIT! UA IS SO FULL OF SO MANY TALENTED STUDENTS I SAID, WE CAN'T JUST LET THEM GO WITHOUT A MOMENT TO SHINE! SO, FOR THE FORST AND POSSIBLY ONLY TIME, WE'LL RANDOMLY CHOOSE ONE STUDENT TO TAKE ON THE WEBHEADED STUDENT FOR A SHOT AT THE TOP!"

All at once the shouts came back, vibrating the very air at the unprecedented announcement. Peter's is bewildered though, Wait can, can even do that?!"

Izuku shrugs, just as confused as him. "I WON'T KEEP YOU WAITING FOR LONG PEOPLE SO PLEASE TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN!"

The hologram returns, a display that's suspiciously similar to Smash Bros character selection as the faces and names rapidly change until it begins to slow down and finally stop on the student who is now chosen to be Peter's opponent.

"… Who the hell is that guy?"

Authors note: And there you go, one of the changes i made. The opponent may or may not be a person from the marvel universe! i won't confirm or deny! but i will say this if they are, they won't play a big role, i'm sying that now. he won't have a some greta relationship with them or any of that. in fact if i do choose a marvel character it'll be someone that spiderman dislikes and vice versa. anyway, i hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. As you can probably already gather, it's all from Peter's perspective so i'm obviously not gonna show everyone's inner monolgue or even the events he's not actually around for. yes obviously i follow the episodes but again, we're watching it through his eyes mostly. Anyway, thank you to everyone who has favorited, followed and reviewed i'm glad you're enjoying the story!

OK KO: That'll be explained later but in this story, the space stuff won't have a big role. it'll be talked about in passing at most. My future story will most likely dal with the space aspect of the superhero world more.

fanalis1995: lol exactly and that'll definitely drive him even more insane!

Guest: yup! i can't say more without revealing too much.

Chris: lol maybe she will maybe she won't, all in good time, but yea those pervs definitely got what was coming to them!

greengoblin12: Thanks! And i hope you can hold out a little more! next chapter will be much more action packed!

TheGreatGodzilla: Yea after reading the ultimates comics and then the ultimate avengers movie, i decided to add that in, i always preferrd those chitauri over the MCU cheater, plus earth needed something to help get heroes into a better status. And as i said before, the X men were around at that time so they gave a helping hand. Peter may face shoto but that's not the moment i have planned for when he says the quote, it'll be later on. Yea i'm not well versed with most scientists, like i said the ones i know are from pop culture really, i've always jsut read comics instead of any real useful information lol. True but like i aid hydra was dismatnled and in my univere the Maggia wasn't around, there's only very little influence that the marvel universe has on this story. I honestly forgot about the whole apocalypse thing so i gotta reread everything again to properly answer your questions on that adn to check my notes to see if i had changed anything concerning that. I wasn't planning on having regent in this tory to be honest. I didn't really care for the character all that much when he made his appearance, plus i already have planned the person i want to be heading the friends of humanity, and it'll be a single person for reaosnt hat will be revealed later. Honestly yea i would alow someone to make a reaction fix, it'd be pretty cool to see how they would do it, the only thing i would ask though is for them to wait until i have at least reached chapter 20 just so that they'll be a comfortable 'lead' i guess you can say between my story and theirs. Just so that if i do need to take some more time in between chapters, they won't have to wait too long to write their next villain Deku stories are pretty cool, my current favorite one is apotheosis by lord Wolfe, it's very well written and spectacular! When it comes to outer space beings like Thor, they mostly act like Ambassadors instead of just heroes coming. i'd like to say that Thor is given permission to do some work if something of his caliber is needed but currently he's ruling asgard so he can't vacate his throne as often as he used to. The Gaurdians are more like Heroes for hire, they'll come to earths aide if they're needed but for a price, and their situation is kind alike having a permit.

spider of the leaf: Thank you! and yea actually i've got a selection of ultimate moves from the capcom videogames that i want to use as his special moves in this story, i'm still not sure which one will be his ultimate one when they're practicing for it in season 3 though. He won't technically be connected to Hosu but it defintiely will be a busy night for him. Thanks again glad you're enjoying it!

It'sDannyz: i may use that, but i'm till undecided.

Guest: ok, there's plenty of other stories you can read instead of mine. Plus I'm using his actual actions and lines from the manga and anime so if you have a problem with how i'm writing Bakugo then you probably aren't enjoying the anime or manga much cause this is how he was during this time. I ain't gonna change anything or speed up his development.

TheKingOfTheMotorMouth's: Thank you! And thanks for the constructive criticisms, i kept that in mind for this chapter though i'm sure i missed a few spots. Still hopefully more writing will evolve, thanks again!

Gunsword: Yea it's not a 'Problem'. It's a detail I intentionally added to my story.

MRBEAST20: Hope this was satisfying for you! Mirko was done with him but i honestly enjoyed the little tidbits between her and Ironman so i decided to bring her back, she gets a kick out of annoying him lol

Ian05: Those are some good guesses and ideas, though Ironman's enemies won't be making too much of an appearance but still some good ideas you got! and yea a lot of the fights will still be canon but the end is where things change the most, you'll see though and yea once things are said and done, Mirko will catch Peter when she can!

till the next one guys!