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Chapter 14

"AND WE HAVE A WINNER! HAILING FROM CLASS 1-C IS KENUCHIO HARADA! LET'S MAKE SOME NOISE FOR THE CHALLENGER!"

Not far from the section where the students of Class 1-A are seated, a fairly tall and serious looking student stands, his glare intense enough to burn a hole throw the hologram displaying his name were it made of any physical material. He quickly turns his glare to Peter and if possible, the intensity grew ever more fiercely, leaving the American teen to gulp nervously. "Soooo who is he?"

"Kenuchio Harada? He's the son of Shingen Harada, current CEO of the Yashida Corporation. It's a company that's been passed down from generation to generation with him next in line. I had heard he was to attend UA but he never struck me as the type who'd want to be a hero." Momo explains.

Taken aback Peter asks, "You know this guy?"

She nods nonchalantly, "His father has aggressively attempted a takeover of my fathers business several times in the past, he hasn't succeeded yet thanks to my father taking every possible precaution."

"Geez, always knew the business world was pretty cutthroat." Jiro grumbles.

Momo's eyes darken as she becomes more serious, "You don't know the half of it. The Yashida corporation isn't without controversy, it's been suspected that they have had their hands in illegal business transactions for years, which would explain its rapid rise to prominence but they've never been found guilty."

"Why's that?" Peter asks.

She purses her lips, "Because substantial evidence always finds a way to become lost and any witnesses… always seem to disappear."

The entire class is shocked by this revelation. Mineta was shaking as he asks, "W-what do you mean disappear?"

"I mean it literally. They always end up gone as if they never existed. No one knows if they left the country… or worse."

Peter is shaken by the news. And he isn't the only one either, as Izuku is shaking with incredulity, "How could that even be possible? I mean Japan has more pro heroes than any other country in the world and All Might has spent the majority of his career here as well, there's no way for any criminal element to flourish."

The arachnid doesn't agree however. Though America isn't as filled with Pro heroes as the eastern hemisphere is, it still has its fare share with remarkable quirks. But everyone is still human. And if there's one trait that humanity as a whole shares, it's ingenuity. Uncle Ben used to say the only thing anyone needs to make a difference is cleverness and will. But knowing this… I don't think he realized it can be bad as well as good.

Peter doesn't repeat his thoughts though, simply telling his friend, "Not even All Might can be everywhere at once."

Momo turns a concerned gaze towards Peter, "The Harada clan is known for being ruthless as they are merciless. Be careful, I suspect he may be the same in battle as well."

Peter has to clear his throat as it dried up so much his voice nearly squeaked, "Well(ahem) Well, I hope he instead displays the same level of sportsmanship as Iida!"

The entire class sweatdrops, That's not gonna happen. As if hearing their thoughts, Peter's shoulders drop and he hangs his head, "let's just get this over with."

The crowd is going wild as the two fighters make their presence on the stage known, with Present Mic doing his best to hype them up even more, "AND COMING BACK TO THE STAGE IS THE WEBSLIngER HIMSELF, HAILING ALL THE WAY FROM QUEENS NEW YORK, GIVE IT UP FOR PETER PARKER!"

Kong bumps Flash's shoulder, "Hey man, you sure that isn't our Peter Parker. He just said he's from queens!"

"Psssh, that wimp couldn't walk ten steps without stepping on his own shoelaces and you really think he's the one doing flips!? This guys way too cool to be Puny Parker!"

Kong chuckles as he eats the popcorn that falls on his shirt, "heheh, yea Puny."

"AND CHALLENGING HIM IS THE HEIR TO THE YASHIDA THRONE, THE FEARSOME SAMURAI KENUCHIO HARADA!"

Peter waves nervously at his still glaring opponent, "H-Hey. What a turn of events right?"

"Tch. Nothing more insulting than being nothing more than a charity case, it's beneath me to have even been asked to return to the event." He arrogantly declares.

Which really makes no sense to Peter, "Then why did you accept?"

Harada levels his gaze fearsomely at Peter. "It would be dishonorable for me to reject a challenge. Mark my words outsider, I will defeat you and anyone else who gets in my way. I will show everyone who witnesses this battle the consequences of those who look down on the Harada Clan."

"Wha-I-Huh, dude I wasn't looking down on anything, I'm just as confused as you are!"

Harada swipes in the air angrily, "Do not dare bring me down to your level insect!"

"The correct term is arachnid, if you're gonna insult me at least do it right!"

"BEGIN!"

A white glow emanates from Haradas body and he smashes both fists into the ground. He rips them out, large chunks of concrete in hand that he crushes effortlessly. Peter's spider sense slowly starts to tingle stronger and stronger as that glow begins to seep into the debris in his opponents hands. It reaches its peak intensity as Harada rears back and throws all the debris with expert precision. They're moving much faster than he had anticipated and Peter has to cartwheel out the way of a few but instantly twist into a ball and flip high into the air to avoid another barrage. He spins and twirls, contorting his body in ways that would make a professional gymnast jealous as he avoids all the debris, the lethal pieces of stone whizzing by his head as if they were bullets. Peter lands in a crouch and looks back at the wall and was shocked to see it be battered, with small craters being evidence of the attack.

"Wha- How?"

Back in the stands, Class 1-A gap at the power demonstrated by Harada. "What kind of quirk does he have? Is he making the pieces of concrete blow up?" Izuku asks, pen and notebook in hand.

Momo shakes her head, "No. just as his father, His quirk is being able to generate a tachyon field around his body and any object of his choosing. This dramatically increases his and the objects in questions durability significantly, as well as his speed and strength. It's too early to say, but if he uses it correctly, he may be able to match Peter in terms of strength and speed."

"How do you know all this?" Kaminari asks.

"During one of their ventures to buy my fathers business, Shingen Harada had invited us to spectate their training. The Harada clan is known for keeping one eye on the past and the other on the future. They continue their family tradition to learn the way of the Samurai. Admittedly, the most impressive display during the entire event was when Shingen had infused his katana with the tachyon field and effortlessly cut through reinforced steel as if it were paper with a single cut."

Izuku looks back at the battle worriedly at his friend, a feeling of foreboding weighing down his chest.

"Whoa! That was so cool! Dangerous but really cool!"

Peter casually opens his legs into a split as he evades another barrage, letting out a breath as the debris sailed a little too close for comfort between his legs, if the breeze were any indication. "But I gotta wonder what is that energy your filling them with? Kinetic perhaps? Concentrated radiation?"

"Tachyon." He spits out before digging his hands into the ground again.

But this time a much larger and thinner piece comes out. His still glowing hand smooth's the long and jagged piece of cement until it roughly resembled a sword. One that begins to glow in the same manner as the rest of his body. Peter whistles, despite the look of fear behind the mask, "You would make a killing as a human glowstick, you know that?"

Harada growls as he digs the makeshift sword into the ground, scraping it through and large cracks of light rise from the breaking surface and Peter's sixth sense warns him of the danger just in time as the ground beneath him breaks apart, he flips out the way and ducks back just in time to avoid a wild swipe that would've cut his head off.

"Hey now is this even allowed? I know I told you to take a little off the top but that would've been too much! I wanna keep my sideburns too!"

Peter moves gracefully as Harada fiercely roars as he swipes and thrusts his sword with expert precision, his stance and movements done perfectly as he utilizes kenjutsu to try and maim Peter. I'm beginning to suspect that he wants to go a little farther than maim!

Peter backflips onto his hands, and holding himself up, kicks Harada's leg out from under him, making him stumble and peter kicks him square in the chest, pushing him back. Harada seems completely unaffected though, "Is that all you got? Even with my expectations so low, you've yet to meet them."

"That's just rude! Here I am trying to make sure I keep your wellbeing in mind and you go around hurting my feelings instead?!" Peter pretends to wipe a tear but stops as he sees Haradas redden and seethe with anger.

"You dare? You dare hold back?!"

The base of his skull tingles and he once again flips into the air as Harada stabs the ground, causing the resulting area to explode from the force. While in air, Peter grunts painfully as he's hit by a barrage of debris that's been batted at him by his opponent. The force takes his breath away and he's sent sailing back to the ground tumbling head over heels before using his adhesive ability to come to a stop. He gingerly holds his head after taking a particularly rough hit to the temple. He really packs a punch! Gagh! I might have to cut loose, whatever that tachyon energy does to him it makes him nearly as durable as me, so I can't hold back as much as I normally do or else he'll shred me like I'm mozzarella cheese! He rolls to the side and delivers a strong uppercut, throwing his enemy up into the air, he shoots two web lines to yank him down but Harada has recovered enough to cut them off before he can pull.

"JUST LOOK AT THOSE MOVES PEOPLE! KID ARACHNID'S THROWING IN SOME ACROBATIC ROUTINES TO LIVEN UP THE COMPETITION!"

Groaning, Peter zig zags towards him, shooting web balls to distract his opponent. He does so very accurately, to the point that though Harada is able to protect himself from most of them, quite a few break through his defense and pelt him painfully, angering him even more so. He throws a wild downward swipe that Peter jumps over and spins delivering a helicopter kick that leaves Harada seeing double, but is not unscathed as Harada last minute flicked his hand, causing the sword to cut Peter along his back painfully. Ignoring the pain, Peter web yanks his feet out from under him and flips up then webzips into a powerful straight punch that makes his opponents skull bounce off the ground. But the Heir to the Harada clan catches his arm and throws his legs up and locks him into a triangle. He tightens his legs painfully, locking Peter's trapped arm into an arm bar as well, he starts bashing Peter at the top of his head with powerful elbow after elbow, splitting his scalp and specks of blood soon finds its way down the arachnids face. Peter's head is trapped and he soon finds himself struggling to breath.

"UH OH FOLKS! PARKER'S STUCK IN A DEEP TRIANGLE, LOOKS LIKE THIS SPIDER IS TRAPPED IN A WEB HIMSELF!"

Thinking quickly, he covers Harada's face with webs then, relying completely on brute strength, lifts him up and slams him back down to the ground, knocking the wind out of his arrogant foe and releasing him from the holding. He somersaults away to put a good amount of distance between them while take big gulps of air.

"Wow, not even a first date and you're already inviting me between your legs? Harada you bold dog you!"

"UGH be quiet!" He yells as he rushes Peter angrily.

But Peter flips over him in the last second, booping his nose while doing so much to his anger. Focusing his Tachyon energy to his leg, he back kicks fast, hitting Peter just before he touched the ground and making him cough out in pain. Peter grips his back, feeling his legs tingle while doing so. Damn! Tha-AGH! That was way stronger and faster than I thought it'd be! He almost broke my back!

"A pretty spectacular light show you're giving the crowd but you still got nothing on Times Square!" He rolls out and scissor takes down the tachyon user, leaping back and webbing him down as he's in the air.

"My advice is to add some more color to it, I'm thinking flashing lights, disco ball, the works! Really liven up the place like Rockefeller center!"

Harada bellows as he breaks the ground beneath him and uses the still webbed chunks as a weapon spinning it around his body and forcing Peter to go on the defense again. "Hey no fair you're using my webs! If you start crawling up walls then I'm suing!"

"ENOUGH I'VE HAD IT WITH YOUR INCESSANT PRATTLING!"

He expertly twirls the webbed glowing weapon with deadly expertise. He nearly catches Peter in the face, who ducks then flips in the air to evade the leg sweep. His feet barely touch the ground when he has to leap again to avoid the makeshift weapon. He shoots his web midair to the swinging debris and trapping it to the ground. Harada yanks for a second but is unable to free it and he instead charges his fists and comes running at Peter, his eyes promising violence. Peter webs one hand and slides beneath the taller mans legs in a perfect split then pulls. Harada yelps as he's driven down face first the ground. And Peter lands on his back triumphantly, "Ready to say uncle?"

Harada kicks back, stumbling Peter and catching him by the ankle before throwing him off his feet. Thanks to his enhanced agility, Peter lands back without any problem and Harada comes rushing in, throwing angry but well trained Karate-do strikes, followed by an uppercut and hook kick. All of which meets nothing but air as Peter whistles while dodging them. "I think it's about time to end this don't you?" he says as he web's his foes foot as soon as it lands from the unsuccessful hook kick, immobilizing the leg.

"Of course you agree I mean you're all tied up! Haha! Get it!?"

Harada snarls as he concentrates all his tachyon energy into his hands and throws an overhead punch to which the webhead redirects while attaching a web from his hand to the ground, rendering that arm immobile. Harada is blinded by rage and mistakenly tries to reverse punch the 1-A student who once again, leans out the way and webbing his arm as well.

Harada lets out a battle cry as he struggles against his bonds but is unable to break from them, having used too much Tachyon energy before and is almost depleted. He gets angrier and angrier, feeling humiliated by his current state. Peter worsens his mood by dramatically fanning the air in front of him, "WOOWEE! Can someone say halitosis?"

And he shoots a web that definitively shuts him up. Harada futilely struggles against his webs and is still unable to free himself. He tries to kick with his last remaining free limb, only to end up having it bound as well, leaving his legs outstretched and standing there in an embarrassing position. Seeing as he's gonna be unable to free himself, Midnight makes the announcement, "KENUCHIO HARADA IS IMMOBOLIZED! THE WINNER IS PETER PARKER!"

Class 1-A whoops and cheers, happy to see Peter advance despite how tough the battle was. Bakugo says nothing but a new feeling of respect begins to emerge for Peter after seeing him fight such a tough battle and come out the victor.

"I didn't think he'd actually do it!" Mineta yells.

Mina hops while throwing a fist in the air, "Woohoo Peter! You did it!"

Momo claps happily, "He truly has the heart of a warrior."

Izuku smiles proudly down at his friend, "Yes he does."

Over in his private area, Ironman uses his armor to whistle for him proudly, "This kid does not disappoint does he!"

Mirko is smirking with an impressed nod as she slow claps, "I gotta hand it to you Stark, you picked a good one."

"Course I did." He answers smugly.

She side-eyes him, "Just imagine how much better he'll be with me as a mentor instead."

"Please, you've never had a sidekick before or even let anyone intern with you. You probably wouldn't even know what to do with him!"

She shrugs, "My inexperience is better than dealing with a mentor who's known for his drunken antics."

Tony turns serious, his expression stony, "I left that behind." He opens a compartment in his suit and shows a recovery medallion with the number 1000 imprinted on it. "A thousand days sober and still going strong."

Mirko decides not to comment on the subject anymore.

Peter pants heavily as he drops to one knee, flinching at the stinging pain he feels from the cuts littering his body. He waves as the crowd is still cheering him on but cringes as a new sensation of pain hits him.

"AND WITH ANOTHER WIN THE WEBSLINGER HIMSELF ADVANCES TO THE FINALS!"

"Horray for me." He says weakly as Midnight snaps her whip to get his attention.

"Well done Mr Parker. Head over to Recovery Girl so you can heal."

"Don't need to tell me twice." He answers and heads right to the school nurse.

Looking forward to be freed of the pain. Thankfully no one stops him on his way to the nurses office and was quick to be checked on by the veteran. She hums intrigued as she cleans Peter's wounds.

"You've got quite the special quirk young man."

"What makes you say that?"

"You were injured not long ago and yet your wounds have started to close on their own. If I were to guess I'd say you're healing has been enhanced as well."

Peter rubs his neck sheepishly, "Well my aunt always said I was a quick healer."

Recovery Girl gives him a knowing smile, "Was this before or after you got your quirk?"

Peter freezes and feels his sweat begin to moisten his forehead, "Wha-What do you mean?... I-I've always had my quirk!"

"Don't play coy with me Peter, Mr Stark has already told me about your 'special circumstances'."

"HE DID?! WHY!?"

She chuckles at his outburst and calmly replies, "Because even he knows the importance of having the school's main, and only, medical provider to be aware of any information that would be needed to properly treat a patient."

He deflates at that, "Oh. Ok that makes sense. I'm just surprised I mean it seems like no one else is aware of my…'circumstances.'"

"That's because I've earned his trust many years ago, I was one of the people your father had contacted to help him during Tony's surgery."

"You knew my dad?!" He asks with widened eyes.

She shakes her head with disappointment, "Very little. I didn't study his field and it was an associate of one of his patients he had treated years ago who had referred him to me. He seemed like a very good man. But his profession called him back to the states and it was the last I had heard from him. I'm sorry."

"It's fine." He says, but he can't shake the disappointment that still festered within.

He hates to admit it, but over the years he had forgotten more and more about his parents. He had forgotten what they sounded like and barely remembered how they were. It's left a hole in his heart that he desperately wants to be filled. He's even asked His aunt and Uncle many times about his parents but they always said the same thing, how good they were as people. How much they loved him. But nothing much from there. Not what they liked to eat or what their favorite color was or anything, literally anything else about who they were as people. He'd hoped that the more he learned, the more real they'd feel when he'd think of them. But sadly their memory was still vague. He hasn't gotten around to asking Mr Stark about them yet so he's hoping that when he does, he'll have more information to work with.

"Thanks Recovery Girl."

She waves as he leaves but stops him, "You know, this secret of yours, you can tell others. You don't have to burden yourself with the weight of it alone."

He can't bring himself to look at her, leaning on the doorway, "I don't want to burden anyone else with it. Everyone has something that's keeping them occupied anyway. Like Izuku with his whole one for all deal. I can't add more to that, I just can't." He closes his eyes and gives her a grin, "I'll just carry it myself for now."

She watches him leave with a saddened demeanor, "Such irresponsible men giving these children so much stress!"

Peter arrives back at their seats and the class greets him happily. He blushes from all the attention once more as they congratulate him quickly before turning their attention back to the fight, "Hey what did I mi—"

He's nearly knocked off his feet as the stadium shakes as an immovable object meets an unstoppable force in the form of Izuku shattering Todoroki's eyes blast with such a powerful hit that caused the ice to break and fly high into the air, chilling everyone to the bone. Peter hugs his body as his teeth chatter and he gets to his seat and watches in fascination as Izuku and Todoroki hash it own. That fascination turns into horror as he quickly sees that not only is Izuku's finger purple from injry of using 100% of his quirk, but several fingers in his right hand are just as injured, with varying shades of purple. Peter grips his hair frantically, "What in the hell is he doing!? I thought he figured out how to use how quirk without hurting himself!"

Tokoyami watches on grimly as he answers seriously, "Todoroki attacked with the same intensity as he did Sero, my guess is Midoriya had to throw caution to the wind. As painful as it may be, that was likely the only thing he could do against the ice barrage."

The building shakes again as Todoroki sent another ice barrage that was quickly destroyed by Midoriya and Peter cringes at the sight of blood droplets flying out from his injured fingers. But Tokoyami was right, the ice user's frigid wave spread to the entire expanse of the stage, there was no real way to avoid it than trying to smash it head on. The brunette tries his best to ignore the cold as he witnesses his friend tear himself apart in order to simply stay in the fight.

"Oh Crap I'm missing it!" Kirishima exclaims as he joins the class, with Kaminari congratulating him on his way to his seat, "Thanks man! Looks like I take down Bakugo next."

"I'll Kill you." Bakugo retorts but his focus is primarily on the fight below, not even blinking as he witnesses each brutal exchange.

Kirishima sighs as he drops back on his seat, "You and Todoroki have moves that blast the whole stadium. Must be pretty nice."

Sero adds, "Plus you don't have to pause between attacks."

The spiky blonde crosses his arms tightly against his chest, "It's not as easy as you think, you morons. If you overuse your muscles, you risk tearing them apart. If you sprint too much, you run out of breath. We all have a limit to how much power we can produce. That's why I designed my costume the way I did so I can fire off bigger blasts than my body usually allows me to."

He notices the American gaping at him and a vein pops up on his forehead, "WHAT?!"

"Nothing! Nothing! Just really surprised by how insightful you were. If I didn't know any better I'd say you were capable of rational thought."

"You Wanna die?!"

The only thing that died was Peters reply by the deafening sound associated with a Detroit smash. Peter turns back in disbelief as he sees Izuku's entire left arm dangle at his side, the telling bruising indicating his injury. He grips the arm rest so tightly that the metal warps under his grip. He can see that Izuku is saying something to Todoroki, he doesn't know what but it seems to be frustrating them both as Todoroki clearly becomes agitated and continues his assault, this time charging at Izuku by creating a rising stairwell that brings him higher and higher. Finally! This is what Midoriya needs, a close quarter fight!... Only will he be able to even defend himself with him being so injured right now? Hey wait a minute… is Shoto running slower?

The spider powered teen views the battle with baited breath as his green haired friend begins to charge as well, this time his right arm is beginning to glow with power. Is he gonna use 100% on Todoroki?! Yes and no. Izuku lands a solid punch directly at the scarred students solar plexus, though not without having his left arm encased in a thin sleeve of ice. Izuku cries out as the rest of his fingers break while Todoroki is left short of breath as he lays on his stomach meters away from his rival.

"Whoa he landed a hit on Todoroki!" Sato exclaimed. "Even though Midoriya looks way more beat up at this point, I can't believe he went on the offensive there!"

"His determination is admirable." Iida comments.

Ochaco is almost at the point of tears though, "But he's hurting himself so much!" she clutches her shirt where her heart is, in agony at the thought of all the pain he must be in.

"He's gonna pull through." Peter states firmly, full confidence placed in his friend.

He almost has to look away as Izuku, his movements as wild as they are intense, flicks his thumb with his cheek to send another smash in Todoroki's way. Izuku runs in head first, his arms flailing behind him in a sick manner and headbutts Todoroki in the chest, causing the ice coating the teen to crumble and break away fully as Izuku delivers another smash with his right arm, furthering his injuries in a bloody mess. Todoroki is in a daze as he's thrown about by the force of the hits and to Peter, it looked like All Might's successor was going to win. But then;

"He's using fire!" Ochaco yells as the right side of todoroki is engulfed in orange flames.

"Incredible!" Iida says as his mouth drops.

Peter deadpans, "This ain't good."

The gruff yell from the number 2 hero assaults Peters hearing as he hears, "SHOTO! HAVE YOU FINALLY ACCEPTED YOUR PURPOSE? THAT'S IT! VRY GOOD! THIS IS THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA FOR US! WITH MY BLOOD IN YOUR VEINS, YOU'LL SURPASS ME! YOU WILL LIVE UP TO THE REASON I CREATED YOU!" Endeavor shouts with all the excitement he could muster.

The battle completely forgotten, Peter stares dumbly at the fire powered hero. "Ok am I the only one got some red flags from that little spiel? Cause that, that sounded like some super villain, Darth Sidious type of deal." He checks his classmates and sees that none of them are even paying attention to him, completely exasperating him.

"Seriously?! I'm the only one who's worried by that? No one else sees anything wrong with what he said?"

"There's nothing wrong with a loving father sending his son encouragement!" Iida emphasizes his statement with an air chop.

Peter looks at him incredulously, "'Loving encouragement?!' He made it seem like Shoto was some lab experiment!"

"Some people have different ways of showing affection. My mother for example normally tells us how efficient we are as her children."

"… That actually doesn't surprise me."

A shot of Shoto with both sides of his quirk is displayed on screen and Peter is begrudging to admit, it's pretty bad ass. The flames dancing off of Todoroki with his ice steam on his right side form the intense difference of temperatures, the air pressure causing wind to blow out from the stage. Surprisingly to the New Yorker, Izuku seems very pleased by this and he powers up, all his limbs glowing with one for all. "They're gonna kill each other!" He exclaims.

At the exact moment when the two give their final blows, Cementoss releases his ability, trying to create a barrier between the two, but the resulting explosion was enough to decimate the entire stage and sending debris flying. Air pressure was so bad that Mineta nearly flew away had it not been for Shoji catching him by the lg.

"This is crazy!" Kaminari shouts.

"What's happening down there!" Momo asks, her eyes closed from the stinging wind.

Peter gritted his teeth as he held onto the chair thanks his wall crawling ability. Eventually the onslaught died down and things became rather still. No sound escaped the arena as the dust cloud was still surrounding them, Parker waves off some of the dust with a cough, the rest of the class groaning as they all settled themselves back to their seats, "Where did that explosion even come from?" Asui asks.

"The air was cooled down and expanded rapidly when it heated. The more intense the heat, the bigger the blast." How hot can he make his flames?

It took several minutes for the smoke to finally clear with the winner being… Shoto todoroki, who was the only student that stayed within bounds after the explosion.

"Midoriya is out of bounds! Todoroki wins and advances to the third round!"

Peter, Iida, Uraraka, Asui, and even Mineta all rush to Recovery girls office once they had a chance too, Peter having to slow down so that the others can keep up but it was a struggle for him as he was antsy to see his heavily injured friend. Can't believe he let himself go so far with his quirk! Even with Recovery Girls healing that's too much damage to take all for a competition!

Peter finally arrives and hits the door with a little too much force as the wall around the hinges crack from the force. He winces at the sound and whispers a quick sorry and yells with the rest, "MIDORIYA!"

All Might, in his depowered form coughs up blood, much to Peters disgust and wipes himself clean with his handkerchief, "Scared the crap out of me."

If this were any other situation, Parker would laugh but he can't bring himself to indulge in his childish humor as he sees his friend unconscious with both arms wrapped up in casts.

"Is he gonna be ok?" Ochaco asks as she stands right next to him, hands hovering over Izuku, wondering if it's even safe to touch him.

"He's in no state for visitors." Recovery Girl answers sternly.

But the one for all wielder has other ideas as he painfully rouses himself out of his sleep and cracks one eye open. His voice is pain riddled as he greets them, trying to push it down as best he can, "Hey you guys. Not watching the matches?"

He winces with every other words, making his speech halted.

"How can we? Look at you man!" His neighbor gestures to his injured body.

Izuku has the decency to feel ashamed and Iida tries to shift the focus, "The stage was way too damaged so they're taking a break to repair it."

Mineta pops up between them. A shaky finger slowly pointing at the bedridden student, "That match was the scariest thing I've ever seen in my life, Midoriya! What pro's gonna want a sidekick that hurts himself?"

A thick tongue smacks the back of his head, courtesy of the froggy student, Asui, "Now you're just rubbing salt in his wound."

"Thanks Tsu, though I'm sorry ya had to use your tongue for that." Peter grimaces at the thought.

"I'm used to it by now and thanks for calling me Tsu." She smiles gratefully.

The nurse has had enough though as she, with unnatural strength, successfully pushes the students out of the room, "You're much too noisy! I know you're worried but I've got to focus on surgery now!"

"SURGERY!" the students repeat, alarmed.

"Go on. Get out of here."

"But—"

"Surgery is a big deal!"

"How bad does it have to be that he needs to be cut open?" The spider quirked student smacks himself inside his head at the stupid question, obviously pretty bad.

"Don't worry, just leave me to it."

Ochaco hugs her arms, looking back at the door every once in a while as they walk further and further away. Peter nudges her with his elbow, "He's gonna be alright. Nothing can keep him down for long."

She tries to smile, but she fails. Her heart still too heavy for such an act. "But… but it's surgery."

"Handled by possibly the best medical practitioner in the country. We gotta trust her to do her job."

She bites her lip, still concerned, but exhales softly through her nose. "You're right. Thanks."

"Don't mention it. Hey, you guys go ahead, I'm gonna use the bathroom alright?"

They don't ask much after that and leave Peter to his own devices. The only thing is, the transfer student doesn't go to the bathroom. He props his feet on the wall, using his adhesive ability to effectively crouch on the flat surface and waits patiently for his friend. It didn't feel right to continue watching the rest of the Festival when he's just as nervous as his classmates concerning their green haired friend. Plus, Peter needed a moment to talk privately with his friend, I need to understand something.

The minutes felt like hours, time dragging on as Peter sat waiting with no shortage of impatience until finally, an hour and a half later, the sound of an obnoxiously loud kiss reached the brunettes ear. Finally! Peter hops off the wall back to his feet, tapping one foot as he waits until finally, Midoriya and All Might both exit the room. They freeze momentarily when they see someone right out the door but relax when they realize who it was.

"Oh, Parker Shonen, you really startled me there." The skeletal number one hero says, clutching his chest.

"Sorry, I just couldn't wait and wanted see Izu—I mean Midoriya-san after surgery."

"Thank you, I'm better now! Not fully healed but I can at least walk around." His friend informs him, touched by the care his American neighbor was expressing.

Peter notices his warped right hand hand and is immediately alarmed, "Oh my god!"

The green haired teen tries to hide it but Peter grabs his hand and pulls it to his face so he can inspect it, "Midoriya! Look at this! Why did you push yourself so hard like that! Is it permanent?!"

He takes his hand back, holding it gingerly, unable to meet Peters eyes. "Yea it is. I used my quirk too recklessly."

All Might bows his head in shame. "Recovery girl was right, it's my fault for not teaching you a better way to use your quirk."

Izuku gasps, "No you're wrong all Might! I already had a better way to use my quirk but I… I didn't know what else to do. I had to use one for all at 100%."

Peter roughly runs a hand through his head, "Midoriya, I hope you know I'm not mad at you or anything, I could tell from how hard todoroki was fighting, you wouldn't have been able to put up half a fight if you only used 5%. I just want to know why you went so far."

All Might is just as curious and waits with Parker for an explanation form Izuku. "… I'm sorry. If I'd shut up, not said anything. I might've been able to beat him. But I…"

All Might lays a comforting hand on Midoriya's uninjured shoulder, "You got Todoroki to realize something very important about himself."

"Todoroki?" The teen looks at the injured student questioningly and he elaborates.

"In his first match, he looked so sad. I was trying to figure out why when I should've been focused… I made a bigger mistake though. Whenever we were fighting, I was just so- So frustrated! I couldn't see the bigger picture or what it would take to win. I'm sorry."

The group was silent as Izuku tried to hold back his tears. Peter on the other hand was utterly moved. His friend risked his own wellbeing, just to help someone else. "Geez Midoriya, you really are a hero."

"Wha-What?"

"You put yourself through hell, just so that Todoroki can be free from his own, or at least start to. Reckless as it may be, that was pretty damn heroic in my book."

"It's true Midoriya Shonen. Meddling where you don't technically have to, that's the essence of being a hero."

Tears begin to well in Izuku's eyes at the praise he's receiving from his good friend and his mentor. "I learned from the best."

They share a laugh as Peter nudges All Might, "Like the Number One hero hasn't heard that before."

"No not All Might. I-I mean I did learn from him and All Might is the best!" He frantically stammers, "B-But I also mean… You."

Peter points at himself, "… Me?"

"Yea."

"You're kidding right?"

"No. You risked your life to save everyone in USJ—"

"So did you."

"You almost died protecting Bakugo from the Nomu."

The ghost of the horrendous pain from that event comes and goes and Peter subconsciously rubs his chest where he took the last powerful blow from the monster, "Yea. Not gonna be forgetting that any time soon."

Izuku smiles, "You've shown what it takes to be a hero. To be a good person. I- I couldn't do any less!"

Now it's Peter's turn to hold back tears. Izuku truly doesn't realize just how much he needed to hear that. Hell even Peter didn't know. Ever since what had happened to Uncle Ben, from Peter's actions alone, his opinion of himself has been at an all time low. He'd ask himself many times, how could a person who'd callously let his own loved ones die like that ever be considered a good person, let alone a hero. But Izuku, he sees him like that. He genuinely can't believe it.

"I… ahem, thanks man. Ahem, yea thanks." He tires to subtly wipe his eyes but was pretty obvious.

"Let's uh, let's go and watch those fights before I start weeping."

A few fights pass and they find themselves watching Bakugo win his battle against Tokoyami. He proved to be a formidable opponent, Peter can say that with experience, but in the end he was ultimately defeated by angry Pomeranian, his quirk's weakness being exploited maliciously.

"So light is it's weakness. Interesting." Kirishima notes.

Leaning towards the now recovered Midoriya so only he can hear, Peter whispers, "Remind me to make myself a spider themed flashlight."

They share a small laugh before Present Mic captures the audience's attention,

"NOW FOLKS DO I HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS FOR YOU! I'M SURE EVERYONE COULD SEE WE HAVE AN ODD NUMBER OF FINALISTS LEFT TO FIGHT, SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING, IS IT A MISTAKE? AN OVER LOOK? I'M HERE TO TELL YOU NOW THAT IT'S NEITHER OF THE TWO!"

Present Mic pointedly ignores the look Aizawa is giving him as he continues, "THESE FIRST YEARS HAVE BEEN SO AMAZING WE THOUGHT, GIVING US BACK TO BACK EXPLOSIVE MATCHES! SO! TO TOP IT OFF IT'S BEEN DECIDED. THAT THE FINAL MATCH… WILL BE A THREE WAY FREE FOR ALL!"

"…Huh?"

"A three way battle?"

"Parker-san's gonna die."

Everyone is whispering more or less the same thing all the while all the sound gets drowned out from Peter's ears, the only thing he can hear is his heart hammering so fast it sounds like it'll burst out of his chest.

"Parker-san?..Parker-san?"

Peter is completely unresponsive as Ochaco and Peter worriedly try to snap him back to reality.

"Is he gonna be ok?" Asui asks.

"I think he's broken." Sero comments.

"Of course he is! Imagine having to fight against the two most powerful students in UA! No way's he gonna walk out of here alive!" Mineta says but Jiro shoves a jack into his ear painfully.

"You're not helping!"

Momo waves a hand in front of his face worriedly, "Parker-chan? Peter!"

Suddenly he's awake and turns to her, "I think that's the first time you've called me by my first name!"

A dopey smile grows on his face and she tires to ignore the looks she's getting from Mina and Toru, "Are you ok?"

"Yea of course! Heard a good joke recently though, Present Mic said I was gonna fight Todoroki and Bakugo! Can you imagine that?! HAHA!"

His hysterics is pretty concerning and Momo gently smiles as she cautiously soothes him, "Parker-kun… that's real."

"…" Peter slowly turns to Izuku.

"What're the chances of me winning?"

"Individually you've got a good shot… At once, n-not as h-high." He admits.

Peter sinks into his seat as Sero chimes in, "Why're you so nervous? You've been doing really great so far! Plus you've never shown any fear when it comes to Bakugo."

"Yea that's cause I never thought I'd have to fight him and the Avatar at the same time. Who might I add just recently started using fire," He gives Izuku a lighthearted glare, "Thanks for that by the way."

His friend rubs his neck, "S-Sorry!"

"Where are they anyway?"

Asui places a finger on her chin, "They never came back from their fights. My guess is they stayed in the waiting room since they knew they were next up."

"Hey Parker-san!" Izuku opens a page in his notebook that has a spider symbol drawn in, "I've written some notes on your quirk and some strategies. There's a lot here since we keep finding out more and more about your powers. I can give you some unless you want to think up something on your own."

"Um, no I'd like all the help I can get!"

"WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE FINAL BATTLE OF THE UA HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS FESTIVAL! IN JUST A MOMENT HERE, WE'LL SEE WHICH FIRST YEAR COMES OUT ON TOP!"

The cheer is deafening as the flames erupt from all four corners of the stage, each student walking in at equal distance to each other. Peter gulps underneath his mask. It's true as Izuku had said, individually, he'd have a good chance at winning. With his agility he'd be able to evade most of their attacks and his strength should be enough to break through Todoroki's ice blasts especially now that he's most certainly tired from the constant use of that single quirk. The same goes for Bakugo, though his stamina is most likely much higher than the recommended student. But that's where Izuku was hoping he'd have the edge.

(Flashback)

"Using your past battles as an example, I think it's safe to say that your durability was enhanced with your strength. Meaning you'll be able to take a lot more direct hits from both Bakugo and Todoroki."

"Something I'd like to avoid." Peter grumbles.

"Which means they'll have to add more power to truly hurt you."

Peter throws his hands up, "And this is why!"

"That's where your agility and stamina will come in. Their quirks make close quarter combat difficult. Even though you have a better chance than anyone to get in close to them, This'll boil down to being a battle of attrition."

(FlashBack ends)

Peter's mask hides his scared expression as the lenses lock onto Bakugo's intense glare and Todoroki's Calm yet determined stare. Once again thank you for letting me mask myself or I would've pissed my pants already! He thinks to himself as he gazes at the audience.

"YES IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS, FOLKS! FROM THE HERO COURSE, SHOTO TODOROKI! VERSUS HIS CLASSMATES KATSUKI BAKUGO AND PETER PARKER!"

The cheering intensifies as all the fighter get into their fighting stances. Bakugo is semi crouched with his arms pulled back, hands open and mini bangs dancing along his hands. Todoroki is in a relaxed stance, but his elbows are locked, knees slightly bent but ready to move. And Peter is crouched down with one leg forward and his left hand on the ground before him, his right arm pulled back and ready.

"NOW!... BEGIN!"

Todoroki slams his hand down to the ground, erupting with a huge ice blast similar to that of which he used to defeat Sero. Peter had just enough time to leap high in the air and web himself higher and higher as each pillar of ice blasted up from the ground, narrowly missing each deadly spike until he was well above the stadium, while Bakugo had to take the direct approach and keep blasting a barrage of explosions to keep the ice at bay.

"DAMMIT!" The blonde yells until finally he seemed encased.

"BAKUGO SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN COMPETELY BURIED AND PARKER IS WAY ABOVE THE STADIUM! DOES THAT COUNT AS OUT OF BOUNDS?! NOT IN MY BOOK, BUT HOW WILL HE STAND AGAINST THESE TITANS!?"

"That's a really good question." Peter mutters when suddenly all the ice is shattered.

Bakugo busted out from the other side and starts dashing towards Todoroki who does the same. Peter starts diving down, spinning in the air and using the still flying chunks to web swing back to the battle. He sees that Bakugo has flipped Todoroki with a similar move Deku used on him, resulting in the ice user having to resort to skating on a sheet of ice he created that brings him right back to it. "Hmm, maybe I can let these guys hash it out instead of getting in the fray."

His spider sense tingles and he somersaults out the air and back to the ground, evading the blast of ice the red and white haired student shot at him. "Great job Parker, ya just had to tempt the universe!"

The attention of both fighters is now placed on Parker as they attack simultaneously. He stands his ground and escapes just a moment before the blasts hit him. They collide into each other and ice chunks are broken and shot every where. Peter spins in the air and fires a webline at a particularly large piece of frost and he uses the momentum of his midair spin to throw it right back at Todoroki. Said teen tumbles as the ice hits him head on. And he barely has a chance to recover as Bakugo comes flying in with a explosion ready to use in his big right hand but the son of the #2 hero grabs him by the wrist and for a moment Peter thought he was gonna burn him but they all hear endeavor encourage, "Use your left side, do it Shoto!"

A beat passes and Shoto instead throws Bakugo away. Peter is surprised as he witnesses this. Whatever problems he has with his dad, that must be why he never used his left side and even after his fight with Izuku, he's still refusing! This, this gives me a chance! But he stops for a second as he takes a closer look at Shoto's scar then glances back at the fire powered hero, … Don't tell me… that scar has something to do with Endeavor!

Bakugo glares at both students as the explosions in his hands get more and more intense, "You bastards! I'll tell you what'll happen if you make a fool outta me. I'll kill you! I don't want there to be any doubt that I'm the best student at this festival! That's only possible if you come at me as hard as you can!"

"Newsflash Bakugo, you're already making a fool out of yourself by barking like a raged Pomeranian!" Peter quips and slaps his hands over his mouth.

Bakugo's enraged glare turns right to Peter.

"Me and my big mouth!"

Peter flips back multiple times, his ears ringing as the explosions happen all around him as his classmate attacks him ferociously. "This has been a long time coming Gaijin!"

Peter slides to the left and web yanks himself to the angry student and delivers an axe kick that Bakugo barely gets his hands up to block but the force was so strong that it pushed him down to his knees. Inside he was stunned by the power behind Peter's kick, underestimating the level of strength Peter has. Peter springs off his arms and lands on his hands then springs off of them and socks Bakugo in his face, knocking him down.

"You know we don't have to fight, wanna play twenty questions instead?"

Bakugo shoots an explosions in front of him but Peter side steps it and continues his one sided conversation, "No? Okay how about thumb wrestling?"

He offers his hand but dips to avoid the next attack, "Okay, face punch it is!"

And he catches Bakugo with a hook right on the chin. The Blonde screams and blasts off the ground and tries to blast Peter above him but he was too quick and dashes back and webzips himself into a tackle that knocks out the wind in Bakugo's chest and they tumble to the ground. He uses his quirk to knock Peter off him and corrects himself but he has to forgets about the wall crawler and blows up the ground below him to lift him off the ground and destroying the ice trap that Todoroki tried to catch him in.

"DO YOUR BEST TODOROKI!" Deku could be heard screaming from the seats.

This seems to awaken something in Shoto as fire suddenly comes alive on his left side.

"Oh goddamit Midoriya!" Peter complains.

The turn of events pleases Bakugo who rolls in the air in a tornado like fashion one hand glowing brighter and brighter. Shoto lifts his flaming left arm to meet his attack head on but suddenly… the flames die out.

"HOWITZER IMPACT!" Bakugo screams.

Peter's spider sense goes crazy and he does the only thing he can do and he dips down and covers himself in a web cocoon. A massive explosion rocks the stadium, all the remaining ice is completely obliterated as the force sends all the now melting debris high into the air, showering the attendants in lukewarm rain.

"WHOHOHOHOOOO! BAKUGO COMBINED SPEED AND ROTATION WITH A HUGE BLAST LIKE HE USED AGAINST URARAKA! HE TURNED HIMSELF INTO A HUMAN MISSILE! TODOROKI DIDN'T FIRE OFF THE FLAME ATTACK THAT WOWED US IN HIS MATCH WITH MIDORIYA! SO WHAT HAS BECOME OF OUR THREE TOP COMPETITORS!?"

"Does anyone see them?"

"I can't see a thing in this smoke."

"You don't think anyone died… do you?"

The audience murmurs amongst themselves until finally the students were slowly becoming visible. An enraged Bakugo lifts himself off his feet, offended at the fact that Todoroki at the last minute, gave up using his flames. "No… Hey… HEY! Stop messing around! This isn't a real win for me unless you try harder!" he yells.

But it falls to deaf ears as Todoroki is rendered unconscious by the impressive eruption produced by his classmate. Bakugo is so blinded by his anger he doesn't realize that the cocoon of webs lay shredded with no occupant inside. Present Mic is aware though as he begins to say, "IT LOOKS LIKE SHOTO TODOROKI IS OUT OF BOUNDS! BUT WHERE IS PARKER!? THERE'S STILL A LOT OF SMOKE FOR US TO CLEARLY SEE IF BAKUGO IS TO BE NAMED THE WINNER!"

That announcement stops Bakugo dead in his tracks…Gaijin. All the exhaustion leaves his body as he's rejuvenated by the thought of the battle that lay ahead. "Where are you!? Why're you hiding!? Don't you dare try to run away! Give me a real fight dammit!"

His bloodshot eyes search the smoke hysterically until out of nowhere a webline shoots out and catches him right in his chest.

"HUH?"

With his best impression of Scorpion, Peter yells, "GET OVER HERE!"

Bakugo growls as he's yanked off his feet through the smoke and is clotheslined by Peter. Everyone begins yelling as they're not disappointed to see that the fight isn't over yet. "Ya missed me buddy?"

Bakugo slams both palms on the ground and destroys the floor around them, flinging them both in the air. Peter is caught by his leg and pulled. His face is only within an inch of his opponents palm. His lense widen with his eyes behind them as he watches, practically in slow motion as the explosion ignites and blasts with a force that tears his mask apart, destroying one lense, ripping a hole that exposes his mouth and cheek. He yells in pain as he takes the full brunt of the blast to the face, hitting the ground painfully.

"PETER!" Momo yells in concern, shooting to her feet, eyes watering up as she sees her classmate writhing in agony.

He clutches his face painfully, feeling like his teeth are still rattling. "Ok that really really hurt!"

His eyes widen when he feels the familiar tingle and cartwheels out the way of another powerful blast, the smile on Bakugo's face could only be described as feral. "You can take more than that can't you? I'm gonna have some fun with this!"

"You and I have very different definitions of fun Bakubro."

"DON'T CALL ME THAT!"

Peter is thankful of the current state of the stage as it's battered form now provides him with terrain that makes his movements much more effective as the jagged pieces of rock and ice are used as spring boards for him to evade the powerful blasts his classmate keeps firing. Bakugo growls and launches himself into the air. Peter tips back, rolling backwards out the way of Bakugo's charge but is caught in the chest with another blast. He coughs but shoots web line and yanks Bakugo down with him, turning in the air and using him to take the brunt of the fall. "This is pretty exciting for a first fight, us both young and stupid!"

Peter leg swipes the blonde and kicks him back shooting webballs as well to which Bakugo destroys in a single blast. But is caught with a foot to the face from the spider powered teens flying side kick.

"Well you being more stupid."

"You talk too much!"

"Well that's a matter of opinion!"

Peter leans back and catches debris in a net of webs and swings it into Bakugo. He destroys them but his blasts aren't as strong as before as instead of destroying them completely, the debris is broken into smaller chunks that pelt the explosive teen painfully. He pants heavily as he charges Peter throwing, blast after blast that Peter for the most part is able to avoid. Though once in a while one explosion will be big enough to catch him and leave a mark.

He grabs Bakugo by the collar and rolls back with a foot planted at his hip, the resulting throw sails Bakugo through the air and near the border of the stage.

"I mean are there any standard metrics for how much talking one should do? And who determines the ideal ratio of talking versus not talking anyway?!"

Peter dashes in and throws an axe punch, he continues his movement with a butterfly kick, plants one hand on the ground and throws another knee. The last attack landing right at Bakugo's cheek. He shakes his dazed head and grabs Peter by the neck and places his other hand on his chest.

"Me you moron!" And fires off a double explosion.

Peter rolls and clutches his throat, coughing painfully. "AGH, cheap-cough- shot!"

His voice comes out strained and Bakugo is on all fours, his heavy breathing a clear indication of his exhaustion but he's still pushing through. "I WON'T LOSE!"

He using all the remaining energy he has left in his body, he sprints to the American teen, his right arm raised and he leaps up in the air. Peter sprints at him and meets him half way, his right arm cocked back as well. The crowd gasp as the two collide, but Peter was the only one who managed to land his punch. Bakugo starts flying back and Peter catches him mid air with his webs and pulls him down to the ground. He flips and lands on his opponent, his fist raised and ready to deliver one last blow when he notices something. Bakugo is knocked out.

"I… I won?... I won… I WON!?"

The crowd is stunned as well for only a few more seconds before they all stand and scream with everything their lungs have. Even Midnight had trouble being heard as she checks Bakugo to make sure he is alright aside from the knock out and she gives Peter an appraising wink, "Todoroki is out of bounds and Bakugo is knocked out. That means Parker is the winner!"

For the first time Peer doesn't feel his stage fright. He feels, good, he feels happy to be cheered on by the crowd. He laughs and waves, though his voice is still strained by the last attack. His class is losing it as well, most like Sero and Kaminari had doubted that he'd be the victor and yet he was. Midoriya cheers loudly for his friend, he and Ochaco hugging each other and jumping in excitement… until they realized what they were doing and let go.

"AND WITH THAT THE FINAL MATCH IS OFFICIALLY OVER! THE FIRST YEAR CHAMPION OF THE UA SPORTS FESTIVAL IS… PETER PARKER FROM CLASS 1-A!"

Even class 1-B is cheering in congratulations to the webhead, all except Monoma who's fists are shaking with anger. It seems I was wrong. Katsuki Bakugo isn't my enemy. It's Peter Parker.

It didn't take long for the field to finally be cleared and for the students to be treated by Recovery Girl. Soon enough All attendants, whether even the ones who lost the very first obstacle, are gathered back to the field. Midnight now stands on a newly placed stage that allows her to comfortably address the crowd. "The first year students have completed all the events for the UA Sports Festival." She gestures to the screens that stylistically display the Award Ceremony logo, fireworks activating all along the roof of the stadium. "Now it's time to relax and enjoy the award ceremony!"

She poses like a show girl to display the rising stages where each of the last 3 contestants now stand. Peter in first place watching the crowd in awe and fully recovered thanks to a combo of Recovery Girl's quirk and his healing factor. On the second was a raving and bound Bakugo who doesn't seem to be taking his loss all too well. In fact his classmates are a little concerned,

"Whoa." Mineta fearfully grumbles.

"What the heck?" Jiro asks incredulously.

"He's been goin nuts ever since he woke up… Man Bakugo pull yourself together." Kirishima bemoans.

Todoroki stands stoically on the third platform, betraying no emotion as he stares at the floor ahead of him. Peter glances at the raging blonde pitifully and asks Midnight, "I know he's freaking out but is this really necessary? That all seems a bit much."

"We didn't want to but it's been hard to keep him contained, he almost attacked the staff." She explains, though she does feel the same pity Peter does as she watches the chained up student.

But now wasn't the time to dwell on that. She smiles for the camera again, "Now let's break out the hardware! Of course there's only one person worthy of distributing the awards." And she points to the roof where All Might appears, heartily laughing his signature laugh.

For obvious reasons the crowd is excited once again as he leaps mightily off the roof and lands in a perfect hero's landing. "Citizens, I am Here! With the medals!"

"THE NUMBER ONE HERO!"

He sweat drops and gives Midnight a look as she bows guiltily, "Ruined that didn't I?"

He sighs but graciously begins the presentation, first giving Todoroki his 3rd place medal. "Todoroki Shonen, congratulations." He places it around his neck, "I'm assuming there's a reason you didn't use your left side, though it cost you the final."

"… Midoriya opened my eyes during our match, but then I started to doubt myself. I think I understand a little about why you're so interested in him." Todoroki finally looks up from the ground, gazing at All Might with the hope he had long thought was lost in him. "I want to be the kind of hero you are, but my path isn't as clear as I thought it was. I have a lot to think about. And I still need to settle things with someone very soon." Todoroki explains.

The number one hero nods appraisingly at the young man, "I've never seen this sort of look on your face before." He hugs him and privately says, "I won't ask for details, but trust yourself. I'm sure you'll work things out."

"Right."

All Might leaves for the second place podium where Bakugo seems to be raving even worse than before, "Bakugo Shonen! Hmm, this is a little much!"

"That's what I said!"

He unhooks the muzzle that was placed on Bakugo, "Though you didn't do as you had pledged, you still fought very bravely! Remember that failure isn't the end, but one of the many stepping blocks on your way to becoming a hero!"

"… All Miiiiiight! I don't want that medal! Second place is nothing! I didn't prove that I'm the best one here! I refuse to accept it!" Bakugo growls loudly.

Look at that face! All Might clears his throat, "In a world where we're constantly being compared to one another, there are very few who can keep their eyes focused on the top spot. You're one of them!" He brandishes the silver medal, "Please accept this. Even if you have to think of it as a scar! Something you'll never forget!"

Bakugo tries to back away to prevent the necklace from being placed on his person. All Might does his best to nicely hand the medal over but soon gives up and lodges it between the teens teeth. Peter stares dumbfounded, How do they get away with half the stuff they do here?

"Now last but not least! Well actually first! HA HA HA HA HA HA! Parker shonen, you've proven once again that you have the heart of a mighty warrior! Remember this day whenever you feel as though you're facing insurmountable odds, the triumph you felt at winning a seemingly unwinnable obstacle!"

Peter raises an eyebrow, "This compliment feels pretty backhanded."

"HA HA HA! I'm happy to present to you, first place gold medal! You did very well, I'm sure Tony stark is very proud of you!"

I hope you are too Uncle Ben.

All Might waves at the crowd, "Here they are! The winners of this years Sport's Festival! But listen closely, any of you first years could have ended up standing on these podiums. Think about what you've done today. You've challenged each other, learned, and climbed even closer toward your goals of being pros. I think the next generations of heroes are proving to be our most promising one yet! So I have one more thing to say, I want everyone to yell it with me. You know what it is!—"

"Plus Ultra!"

"—Thanks everyone for your hardwork!"

… "WHAT?! THAT WAS THE PERFECT TIME TO SAY "PLUS ULTRA" ALL MIGHT!"

"AHHHH PETER I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!"

Peter smiles as he holds his cell phone away from his ear, He appreciates May's enthusiasm but he could do without a ruptured ear drum.

"Thanks May!"

"Oh but wait until till I give that 'splody kid a piece of my mind! He almost killed you!"

"Oh come on Aunt May it wouldn't have gone that far… I-I think!"

"And tht Midnight!? What a harlot! I can't believe they let someone like her dress up like, like a prostitute!"

"I-I think that 's considered slut shaming May."

"You know what I mean! Just wait until the school hears about this!"

"Please don't!"

"You bet I will!"

Ironman lands near him and he quickly bids farewell to his aunt, "Gotta go aunt may something came up bye!"

"But Pete—"

Click.

"Those were some pretty good moves kid!"

Peter rubs his arm, "It was more improvisation to be honest."

"Doesn't matter what it was, it worked! Not bad for a nerd from queens." The billionaire smirks. "Bet every agency out there is gonna want you in their ranks for internship!"

"Yes including mine."Mikro appears, causing the two men to jump.

"Mirko? You were serious about that?"

She smirks at Ironman smugly, "Of course. Talent like yours should be cultivated by the best!"

"Which is why he'll be joining with me. Ahem right kid?"

The two adults stare at the teen ho stammers as he begins to choke from the sudden attention, "W-Well I-I mean I'd love to but I kinda pro-promised Mr Stark before I started UA."

"HA!"

She rolls her eyes at the immature antics of the Armored hero, "It's ok. Just know the offers still there whenever the tin man gets on your nerves. Good job by the way!"

Ironman sticks his tongue out at the retreating form of the bunny hero. "She's right though, you did amazing. You parents would've been very proud of you."

"I hope so. But I don't think they ever thought I'd be attending a sports festival to fight against other heroes in training."

"Life's full of surprises kid, we just gotta roll with the punches."

"OR explosions and ice blasts and what not."

"Now you're thinking like a pro hero!"

Osborn turns off the Tv that had the Highlights of The UA Festival playing on repeat. He didn't need to watch it again, he had already watched the entire event and had it recorded for further studies. Standing behind his desk with him was his employee, Aldrich. "Mr Osborn? Are you sure it's a good idea to make a move against Parker now?"

"I've invested far too much to let the formula slip out of my fingers when it's so close." He growls, the skin around his neck slowly turning green.

"I understand sir. But it's very risky. One thing goes wrong and it could be the end of Oscorp." He advises, getting tense as he sees the skin turn green before his very eyes.

Osborn takes a few controlling breaths before he addresses his employee, "You make a good point. Though, that's only if they can connect anything to Oscorp."

"Sir?"

"Call the enforcers through a secure line, mention Phineas Mason specifically. He still owes me."

"Rigth away sir."

He begins to leave before Norman asks, "And the bug Chameleon placed in the League of villains hideout, is it still operational?"

"Yes, and it remains undetected."

Norman grins toothily, a maniacal glint in his eyes, "Good. I have a feeling they'll be useful to us very soon."