Becoming a Vigilante

Both Peter and Izo discussed further and decided to start the next day. Izo told him that the earlier he started, the better he would be. Ofcourse he did not tell his aunt and uncle about this. They would never allow their innocent 'Petey' to be involved in such activities.

But they were too busy to keep an eye on him. His aunt also had a job now, so she would work all day. On Mondays she would also attend a yoga class and on weekends she went for French cooking classes, which did not affect her lovely technique of making burnt pancakes. His uncle was already busy with his work and came home late. So he could sneak out without alerting anyone.

Due to his superhuman stamina, endurance and all the chi training, Peter required less sleep than an average person. He would be as active as others with just 4 hrs of sleep. Even with all this, he knew if went out every night, the difference would be too big. Those close to him would quickly notice a difference. He was not that good of an actor and would also be too exhausted to act with the same usual enthusiasm.

So the master and student decided to work only twice a week for the first 6 months. People won't notice any difference if things changed slowly.

Peter also realized that he must hide his identity while fighting crime. He did not want to alert any of the masterminds about his existence yet. So he could not go out as Peter Parker to fight crime. He also did not want to put the lives of his friends and family on the line.

The solution? It was easy. Peter decided to become a masked vigilante who would be known as the 'Dark Knight'. He wore a black ninja uniform that covered him from head to toe. His Dark Knight persona would use traditional cold weapons like a steel katana, nunchakus, some shuriken, small knifes, other small weapons which were borrowed from his master. The old man reluctantly gave him the weapons but still reminded him to take care of them.

The Dark Knight would not kill in any situation. He would beat criminals, break their bones, and sometimes heavily injure them based on the gravity of their crimes.

Peter thought that at this point of time, it was enough to beat and injure the criminals. He was already taking law in his own hands, but he was not ready for blood right now. Ofcourse he knew this would change later. He was not a hypocrite, he had the memories of a soldier killing others to protect in what he believed. He would do the same. But not now.

He also applied at his Oscorp Young Scholars Program to attend the General Techtronics Laboratories East's convention on radiation which would be held in Queens on October 16,2006. Peter knew this was where the spider will bite him. In the memories, the convention was a public event but now the convention only allowed authorized people to attend.

As the event was organized by Oscorp in partnership with General Techtronics, he knew that with his past academic credentials and projects, he will be authorized to attend the convention without any issue. Had it been one of his friends who applied for the convention, their application would have been rejected.

Talking about his friends, Peter's group was very close to each other now. Flash was already dating Liz, and Tommy pursued Sally. When Charles' family shifted out of New York, everyone came together to give him a farewell party. MJ was not only hot but also single. She had a little crush on Parker about which everyone already knew.

The past 18 months have been wonderful for Peter and his friends. Thanks to his self defense classes, everyone knew the basics of how to defend themselves. With the study group, everyone was able to improve academically. They also participated in various group activities, went for movies, picnics, etc.

Even Flash had changed. Although he still bragged a lot and was a little aggressive, Flash was now more approachable. The group discovered that Flash had an abusive father and not that good of a family, so everyone tried to help him in their own ways. Flash knew that everyone was trying to help him and he reciprocated their feelings.

Peter was happy with this. Flash went from a bully to a friend in this reality. He was slowly changing everything.

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-Next Day-

Dressed in his ninja attire, Peter went to meet Izo. He was really excited about his first mission and finally using his abilities for good. Peter believed that he could now finally change the fate of Uncle Ben.

Since acquiring the memories, Peter never thought much about the future incident in which Uncle Ben dies. But this news constantly fueled his desire to protect those he loved. Influenced by the future, and the memories of a soldier, he wanted to become powerful enough to stop it before it could happen. Now the chance has arrived.

"Your capable student reporting for duty, master. Hope you won't make me do any weird stuff." he greeted his master. Thinking about all the weird things his master could make him do, Peter shuddered.

He did not let the old man know what he was thinking or he knew he would die without knowing how. Too used to his shenanigans, Izo sighed, "Hope you survive this vigilante act of yours little devil, or I will have to bid my drinks a goodbye without all that money."

Of course both knew that Izo himself would be hiding in the shadows to protect him but neither of them said it aloud. Aside from all the bickering, they loved and supported each other.

Peter sneered, "Who's a little devil? I am the friendly ninja Dark Knight, who will soon send the other vigilantes out of business. Come on, let's go old man."