Spider-Man: Fire And Desire

Author's Note: At last, the time has come. With all the freaking Spider-Man references in all of my fanfics, I've FINALLY decided to make an actual Spider-Man fanfic. He's my favorite superhero of all time and I couldn't be more excited to start writing this. Just to give you guys a heads up, there's going to be multiple references to various forms of Spider-Man media, whether it's from the comics, movies, TV Shows, games… you get the point. Also, Peter's webbing is going to be organic in this. Are we good? I think we're good. Goodie. Hope y'all enjoy!

Intro Music: Spider-Man 2002 Main Title by Danny Elfman

Chapter 1: A New Start

Who am I? You sure you wanna know? The story of my life is not for the faint of heart. If somebody said it was a happy little tale…

Boring, Peter! Could you at least try to sound excited?

I was trying to sound monotone to give a slightly more mysterious vibe, Miles… Ah, forget it. Alright people, let's do this one last time. My name is Peter Parker, and because of some radioactive spider deciding to bite me, I am now The Amazing Spider-Man!

Spectacular Spider-Man sounds better to me, in my opinion.

Harry…

While that's fine, I think Ultimate Spider-Man has a better ring to it.

Gwen, seriously?

How about Astonishing Spider-Man?

No, MJ.

The Superior Spider-Man gives more power to your name.

Felicia! This is my story!

Technically, it's both our stories.

Oh, forget the narration!

Aunt May's House

A young, brown haired boy with hazel eyes was currently sleeping on his bed, not feeling any type of need to get up whatsoever. He was cozy in his red and blue pajamas. Nobody could disturb this man's peace right now-

"Peter! Are you up, dear?" an older voice called out.

Peter's eyes started to flutter, sighing at his sleeping time being interrupted. "Yeah, Aunt May! I'm up!" he exclaimed, still not making a move to get out the bed.

Aunt May would continue to talk from downstairs. "You do remember it's your first day back at school, right? It's your senior year in high school! You don't want to be late to start off your final year!"

Hearing this, that's when Peter's eyes immediately went big, shooting out of his bed on pure adrenaline and looked at the clock. "Oh crap!" he shouted in realization, scrambling around his messy room as he put on a blue shirt, brown pants, while putting on black and white converse shoes.

He frantically looked around for his backpack, soon spotting it and put it on. "Guess I went too crazy on stopping thugs last night. Probably why the first day of senior year completely slipped my mind." If this was a year ago, he might have been out of luck when it came to getting to school on time. Of course, that was before a radioactive spider bit him. For a whole year now, he's been the hero known as Spider-Man. Well, hero to some, anyway. There's people that still don't like the web-slinging wall crawler, and the one that's the most vocal about it would be J. Jonah Jameson. If you asked him for his opinion on Spider-Man, he would shout out that he's a menace to society.

Can't please everybody, I guess.

Peter very well might miss the bus, but if push came to shove, then he could just web swing to school. No big deal.

After quickly getting ready, Peter sped down the steps, making his way to the kitchen as Aunt May was doing her best to make her nephew some breakfast with the limited amount of time she had. Thankfully, she already did make his lunch, which was sitting on the table inside a brown bag.

"Good morning, Aunt May." Peter told the grey-haired woman, kissing her on the cheek.

"Morning, Peter." she replied sweetly. "I'm trying to work as fast as I can so you can at least have some breakfast in your stomach."

Peter smiled. "Trust me, it's much appreciated." As he began to wait, he looked over at the kitchen table, a few papers catching his eye. Knowing that Aunt May wasn't paying attention, he looked at the papers and saw that they were all bills. Not only were they all bills, but all of them were past due. His eyes became saddened by this, taking a look at Aunt May then back at the bills. Ever since Uncle Ben died, it's been tough for Aunt May to pay all the bills. Peter's tried to pick up the slack and help, which is the main reason why he got a job at the Daily Bugle, but he isn't making that much money either.

"JJ seriously needs to give me a raise." Peter thought, continuing to look at the papers. "I'm going to do whatever I can to help you, Aunt May. That's a promise."

From the corner of his eye, he saw that Aunt May was beginning to turn around, making sure that he quickly put the papers back on the table without her noticing. She now had two pancakes on a plate, putting Peter's breakfast on the table. With Peter running low on time, he was rushing on eating his pancakes. Heck, with the way he was going, he couldn't even really taste the darn things.

Though, it didn't take long for those pancakes to go out of sight. Picking up the pace, Peter grabbed his brown lunch bag, yelling, "Thanks, Aunt May! Love you!" before speeding out the door. Aunt May could only giggle. If there was one thing her nephew was good at, it was being grateful for everything she did.

"Love you too, Peter." she muttered, her head turning to the bills on the table. She could only sigh at the sight, not having a clue on how she was going to pay for everything.

Now on his way to Midtown High, Peter was making good progress. As of right now, no web swinging was needed. Maybe for once in his life, he can actually make it to class on time. That would be nice.

Too bad nice things and Peter Parker don't mix.

BGM: Seal – Fly Like An Eagle

In mere moments, he heard police sirens, making Peter stop dead in his tracks as he saw a few police cars speeding past him. Great, just great. He groaned in frustration, running off into a nearby alley to change. "Whatever the situation is, I'm gonna make this quick." he told himself, putting on his iconic red and blue Spider-Man suit. Aiming his arm at a nearby building, he shot a web, now web swinging with the police cars to God knows where.

As he followed the police, he landed on a building as he stopped himself. The police cars also stopped, surrounding the store known as Joe's Pizza. Seems like the problem was your typical thugs trying to make a robbery, but couldn't get out in time so they were now holding hostages.

While it seemed typical, this may have gotten personal for Spidey. "That's my favorite pizza place…" he said, now getting newfound determination as he web swinged closer to the pizza shop. Of course, saving the people came first, but saving Joe's Pizza was also important to him.

"Please, I'll give you whatever you want! You like pizza, right? How about a discount on all your future purchases?" This was the owner of the shop speaking, the owner's name being Mr. Aziz.

"Shut up! We don't care about the pizza, we care about the money!" The leader of the thugs said, while his two other teammates were holding a gun to Mr. Aziz's workers.

"Boss, how are we gonna get outta here?!" One thug asked, seeing the police surround the shop.

"I'm working on it!"

Too bad the leader didn't work on it a little faster, because soon afterwards, Spidey crashed through the glass, shattering it as he made his epic entrance while analyzing the three thugs.

BGM: Spider-Man 2 The Game – Pizza Theme

"Let's see. Generic thug number one, generic thug number two, and generic thug number three." said Spider-Man, folding his arms as he shook his head. "Honestly, where do you guys come from?"

Seeing Spider-Man show up instantly made the thugs more on their guard than usual. "It's Spider-Man!"

The leader brought the gun closer to Mr. Aziz's head. "Better be careful, Spider-Man. One wrong move and you'll have some deaths on your hands." he said with a smirk. "Wouldn't want that happening, now would you?"

Spider-Man decided to play along. "Oh my, you know me so well. I guess this means I'm beaten. There's no possible way that I could get out of this one." The thugs didn't realize it, but Spidey was being sarcastic all along. His tone was dripping with it. He got down on his knees, acting like he was surrendering.

"I give up! You all have won!" Spider-Man exclaimed. The thugs looked at each other in confusion, not expecting it to be this easy in the slightest. But hey, it looked like Spider-Man was giving up. This caused them to put their guns down for one little short moment.

That's all Spidey needed.

"Gotchya!"

Wasting no time whatsoever, Spider-Man shot a web right at one of the thug's mouths. Then, with his supreme agility, he flipped all over the pizza shop, getting close to the other thug and kicked him in the balls. "Hope you like knuckle sandwiches!" he exclaimed, punching the thug in the jaw and sent him flying into the other thug, knocking both out at once.

The leader obviously wasn't too pleased with this, now aiming his gun at Spider-Man and was about to shoot. But, you know, Spider-Man wasn't dumb. He knew that was going to happen.

He turned around, shooting a web at the gun as it attached itself to it. "I'll be taking that!" he said, yanking the gun out the leader's hands and performed a kick to his gut, knocking the leader out the store with just enough force to make him unconscious.

Mr. Aziz and his workers got up, thanking Spider-Man for saving them. "Oh, thank you, Spider-Man! Thank you! I don't know what we would've done without you!" exclaimed Mr. Aziz. "From now on, you are always welcome here for a free pizza! It's the least we could do!"

Spider-Man smiled under his mask, being happy that these people were thanking him. Sometimes, he doesn't even get that. "Always welcome for a free pizza, eh? I do like my pizza time." he confirmed, nodding his head. Still, it's not like he could really take advantage of it, not as Peter Parker anyway.

Spidey and Mr. Aziz shook hands, before he swung off into the distance. He landed on a building, checking out his camera and the pictures he was able to take. He set it up close by before charging into Joe's Pizza. Nodding his head in approval at the pictures he took, he was sure that he was going to get more money this time around.

"JJ's gonna love these… At least, I hope." He told himself, continuing to look at his camera until a sudden realization hit him.

He still had school.

And he needed to be there, like, now.

"My life in a nutshell!" Spidey yelled, getting back on track as he swung over to Midtown High as fast as possible.

Midtown High

Jesus, he finally made it. And yes, he was late. "Geez, isn't senior year supposed to be the year where everything comes together? I mean, from what I heard, senior year is supposed to be the greatest year ever." Peter asked himself, now out of costume. "And look at me, still struggling to get to class on time because balancing Spider-Man and Peter Parker is extremely hard." He shook his head, running into Midtown High.

"I doubt I'm gonna have time for other senior activities. The one I'm betting on to blow up right in my face is prom, no doubt about it. Why? Parker luck, that's why." Peter continued to talk to himself, being late for his literature class. He opened the door, seeing all his fellow seniors beginning to walk out. The teacher of the class, Mr. Webb, also was beginning to walk out. He stopped when he saw Peter, having a frown on his face. Peter's tardiness has been a signature for the past year, and as of right now, nothing has changed.

"Mr. Parker. Nice of you to join us, after class is over mind you."

Peter facepalmed himself, not really wanting to make eye contact with Mr. Webb. "Sorry, Mr. Webb. It won't happen again, I promise."

Mr. Webb crossed his arms, shaking his head. "Don't make promises you can't keep, Mr. Parker." he told him. "You're going to have a long senior year if you keep this up, so I advise you get to class on time." Giving his one warning, Mr. Webb walked away, leaving Peter to himself.

Peter pinched the bridge of his nose out of frustration. "Is there any way I can actually show up on time while trying to be Spider-Man?" he thought to himself, but he could only shake his head and sigh. "Never mind, I already know the answer to that."

"Hey, Peter!"

Peter turned around to hear a voice call out to him. He smirked, knowing the voice all too well. "What's up, Harry? Where have you been all summer?"

Harry Osborn, son of Norman Osborn who is the owner of Oscorp Industries. A fairly slender guy with auburn hair, blue eyes, black pants, red shirt with a blue collar, with a green jacket somewhat covering it. Peter and Harry did a fist bump. "Well, you know Dad and his business. Guess he wanted to take me along for the ride this time around so I can be ready when it's time to 'continue the Osborn legacy.'" Harry put finger quotations around that particular quote, doing his best Norman impression which caused the two to share a laugh.

"But seriously pal, you gotta stop showing up late all the time." Harry told him with a smirk.

Peter started scratching the back of his head. "I know, I know. Guess I overslept again."

"You and this oversleeping thing, Peter. What do you do? Party every day?"

"Ehhh… he's kinda right. Different kind of party than the one he's thinking about, though." thought Peter, but then he suddenly felt an arm come around him.

"You party every day and don't invite us? Come on, man!"

Now this was the voice of Miles Morales. Mini black afro, brown eyes, slender build, and having a darker complexion compared to Peter and Harry. Blue and red hoodie, a red spider being on his black shirt that represents Spider-Man, grey shorts, and Chicago Air Jordan 1's for his footwear.

"I was wondering when you were going to show up." Peter told Miles, the two smirking at each other. Then another person would show up with Miles. A rather pretty girl with long blonde hair, blue eyes, green jacket, black shirt, and purple shorts.

Gwen Stacy, everybody.

"And how's 'The' Gwen Stacy doing?" Peter asked, Gwen forming a smile.

"Fine. Was busy during science camp this summer, but hey, gotta make sure I go out with a bang in our last year." she said, Harry groaning at the three science musketeers being together again. Sure, he was in this group too, but he usually dealt with a bunch of nerd talk among Peter, Gwen, and Miles. Not that Harry isn't intelligent himself, because he is, but trying to keep up with the three nerds of Midtown High was mentally stressful.

Regardless, the gang's all here. Maybe for the last time? Maybe not? Peter already knows what college he's going to, and Gwen is on the cusp of making her decision as well. But for Miles? Safe to say that the dude has no idea where he wants to go. Harry? He personally thinks why he should even consider going to college. I mean, Norman is freaking rich, and Oscorp will eventually be his one day, one way or another.

"Since some of us are still unsure about what we're doing with our future, it's important that we spend as much time with each other as possible." Miles proclaimed with a grin. "Might be the last run, might not be, who knows? But what I do know is that we're gonna kill senior year."

Gwen smiled. "Looks like somebody's amped up for the year."

Miles smirked. "I just get the feeling that this is gonna be a senior year for the ages."

Hearing this, Peter was deep in thought. Miles might very well be right. He knew he was relating senior year to everybody, but for Peter himself, he got the strange feeling that this year… was going to be something special.

For better or worse.

Most likely worse just because he's Peter Parker.

BGM: Roy Orbison – Oh, Pretty Woman

As Peter was thinking to himself, his attention went somewhere else. Specifically, all his attention went straight to a woman that carried a certain aura around her that could make any man drop to their knees. Platinum Blonde hair, green eyes, smokin' body… Let's just call this woman straight up gorgeous. She was wearing a red shirt with blue jeans.

She was hanging out with the popular crowd, as somebody with her looks should. One would think that she's dated people at her high school, but honestly, she hasn't. And trust me, she's had guys try to shoot their shot with her, but she's shot everybody down. This woman was seemingly unattainable. Not even the best athletes at the school could get her, no matter how hard they tried.

It's safe to say that if a guy ever finds a way to get through to her, he would go down as an absolute legend for the rest of time.

Peter could honestly care less about that last part.

Harry, however, was confused at what Peter was staring at. "Hey Pete, what are you-" Aaaand it didn't take long for Harry to figure it out. His eyes were now glued to the platinum blonde woman, Miles now joining in. He could only shake his head at the beauty he was seeing.

"I didn't think it was possible for her to get hotter… But yeah, she got hotter." Miles confirmed, Gwen's palm now meeting with her face.

"It wouldn't be a Midtown High School year without boys fawning over the great Felicia Hardy." Gwen stated, sighing as she rolled her eyes. She may have been a teensy bit jealous.

While the boys were stuck in their trance, Peter's Spider Senses started to go off, looking behind him to see no one other than Flash Thompson pushing him down to the floor. Flash was a big guy, physically imposing really. I guess that's what happens when you compare a star football player to nerds. Strawberry blond hair, blue eyes, Midtown High clothing all over him that basically said, 'look at me, I'm on the football team.' "Long time no see, Puny Parker! You ready for me to kick your butt this entire year again? I mean, this is only the grand finale! For all I know, I may never get the chance to do this again!"

"Oh great… Flash. Couldn't wait to see him." Peter sarcastically thought in his head, seeing his entourage show up. Cheerleaders, other football players, yep, this is exactly how Peter wanted his senior year to start off. Right by Flash's side was his girlfriend Liz Allan, the number one cheerleader of Midtown High and she was darn pretty herself. Coming from Hispanic descent, Liz was in tip top shape for her cheer-leading duties, being in her cheer-leading getup. She had brown hair and brown eyes, giggling to herself when Flash pushed Peter down.

"Even after all these years, you still let your guard down." Liz told Peter, continuing to laugh.

Nearby the group and eventually joining them was Felicia, who was showing no reaction to what was happening.

"I'm not in the mood, Flash." Peter told him seriously, making Flash raise his eyebrow.

"Ohhhh, what is this? I would think by the tone of your voice that you grew somewhat of a backbone over the summer." Oh, Flash was enjoying this. Probably way more than he should, honestly. "But you can't fool me, Parker. I know you're still that same nerd on the inside."

Ending on that note, Flash took Peter's lunch bag, looking inside and saw a PB&J sandwich. "Sweet! How'd you know PB&J was one of my favorites?" He started eating right in front of Peter. These were the moments that made it excruciatingly hard for Peter to not stuff Flash in a locker with his spider strength.

Taking his lunch, Flash and his crew walked away. Peter held his head, truly being sick of Flash's stunts, but he knew he had to control himself. When he was about to get up, he felt that somebody was helping him get back on his feet. He just assumed it was Harry, Miles, or Gwen, but when he saw who was really helping him, a bright blush appeared on his face.

"Sorry about Flash. You know how he gets." It was no one other than Felicia Hardy helping Peter up. Peter was speechless, trying to overcome his shock. After helping Peter get back on his feet, Felicia winked at him, before walking away. That wink only made Peter's blush increase tenfold, with Miles' and Harry's mouths being agape. Gwen had a calmer reaction compared to the guys, but she was still quite surprised herself.

"Did… she just wink at you?" Harry asked, Peter still being in a trance.

"I… Uh, I guess she did." Peter confirmed, still not believing it for himself.

Miles had his own opinion on the matter.

"Dude, you're so in there!" he shouted proudly, hyping Peter up which only made Gwen groan.

"You guys know nothing about girls." she told them all.

Regardless, they had to get to chemistry class now.

The school day was now over. Miles suggested that all four of them would hang out, but Peter's schedule, as usual, was preventing him from having fun with his friends. He had to get to the Daily Bugle and give JJ some pictures. "Sorry guys, gotta get to work. Though, maybe we can get together some other time?"

Gwen smiled. "We have the whole year, so no worries."

Peter smiled back. "Great. I'll catch you guys later!" he shouted, waving them goodbye as he began to walk away. Going outside, he was on his way to the Daily Bugle until someone stopped him.

"Hey, Parker!"

Peter stopped dead in his tracks, turning around to see it was…

"Felicia?"

Felicia caught up to Peter, having a grin on her face. "You mind if I ask you something?"

Yet another shocker for Peter, who couldn't quite get the words out. "Um, uh…" He cleared his throat, trying to be cool. "Ahem. Uh, sure. What's up?"

"You're good at science, right? I'm not bad at it, but I think my grade is going to need a boost since it was difficult for me to grasp all the concepts last year. You mind if you could tutor me? I'd really appreciate the help."

...Well Jesus.

It may not have been out of the blue for Miss Hardy to ask this question, but for Mr. Parker, he didn't know how to react. The hottest girl in school, arguably on the planet, just asked him for tutoring sessions. This golden opportunity has fallen right into his lap.

"Maybe senior year won't be so bad after all." he told himself.

"Um, sure!" he exclaimed, probably louder than he should have. "Really Peter?! Don't seem so eager!" he thought, trying his absolute hardest to play it cool. "How's your schedule looking?"

Felicia held her chin. "Well, I'm booked for tonight, but maybe we can start tomorrow?" She thought about the time. "How about 7:30 at the nearby coffee shop in Times Square?"

Peter grinned. "Sounds good. I'll be there at 7:30 sharp."

"I sure hope so," Felicia began, "because you have a reputation of being late to everything." she stated, getting closer and closer to Peter's face. Like, extremely close. Peter was sure that he was sweating at this point.

"Tell me, Parker… Why are you so late all the time?" she asked with curiosity, putting the pressure on him. Peter did not expect for Felicia to get this close. It was so odd because she didn't do this with anybody. Why in the world would she do this with a nerd like him?

Maybe she's into mysterious men?

"I oversleep. Like, a lot. Real bad habit of mine, I guess." Peter awkwardly said, using his oversleeping excuse again. Felicia stared into Peter's eyes, before backing away and shrugged.

"Have to get your rest, Parker. It's not good to miss out on valuable sleep." she told him, now starting to walk away.

"Don't disappoint me." Felicia finally said, soon being out of sight. Peter was watching her walk away, admiring the view and-

"Pull yourself together, Parker! Go to work!" he yelled at himself, refusing to be distracted any longer and made his way to the Daily Bugle.

Daily Bugle

BGM: Spider-Man 3 Game – Daily Bugle #1

"PARKER! WHERE'S PARKER?!" Jameson yelled. Black hair, blue eyes, brown suit, and an heir of authority. J. Jonah Jameson made sure that the Daily Bugle was at the top of everything, especially when it came to portraying Spider-Man as a menace. "Thugs rob a pizza shop, that menace Spider-Man shows up, and we don't have pictures!"

"Peter said he's on his way with pictures right now, Jonah." Robbie Robertson said, sporting a black suit, grey hair, brown eyes, and one of the only people that could keep JJ in check.

"Well, tell him to hurry up! We don't have all day, we have papers to sell! HOFFMAN!"

Hoffman came running through the door, replying, "Yes, Mr. Jameson?"

"I've been waiting for my coffee for exactly 60 seconds! How hard is it to make coffee these days?!"

"I'll be right on it, Mr. Jameso-"

"WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE?! GET OUT! OUUUT!"

Hoffman ran out of Jameson's office, wondering how in the world his boss hasn't developed a sore throat after all these years.

"Miss Brant! Where the heck is Miss Jones?! Last time she came here, she gave me a bunch of pictures with old geezers playing chess!"

Betty Brant rushed into the office, a cute woman with short brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a professional all black attire, getting ready to speak to JJ. "Miss Jones said that the Bugle should diversify their topics, because she thinks there's too much Spider-Man in them."

"TOO MUCH SPIDER-MAN?!" Jameson repeated, not believing what he just heard. "HE'S A MENACE! A MENACE TO THE ENTIRE CITY THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT DOWN! AS LONG AS HE'S OUT THERE, THE PEOPLE NEED TO BE ON GUARD BY READING ABOUT HIM IN MY PAPERS! AND WHERE IS MY COFFEE?!"

Another girl came rushing in, and coincidentally, this is the Miss Jones that Betty was talking about. She was a beauty too, and Peter may secretly have a crush on her as well. He did have a thing for redheads. Long red hair, green eyes, yellow jacket and shirt, to go along with blue jeans. She was hot.

Like, quite literally hot.

This was Angelica Jones.

"Mr. Jameson, I have more pictures of-"

Jameson cut her off. "If it isn't Spider-Man, I'm not interested! WHERE'S PARKER?!"

Speak of the devil, as soon as Jameson called his name again, Peter showed up. "Here you go, Mr. Jameson!" he said, bringing out all the pictures he took. "Spider-Man stopping the robbers from this morning!"

Jameson snatched the pictures out of Parker's hands, looking at all of them quickly. "They're crap. Crap, crap, mega crap." He put the pictures on his desk, looking at Peter. "I'll give you 150 for all of them."

"300." Peter replied. "And you're going to take Angelica's pictures too. She's right when she says the Bugle needs more diversity."

Jameson stood up, exaggeratingly pointing at Peter. "THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS!" he paused, before sitting back down. "Done." he confirmed, having a complete personality change in less than a second. He would take Peter's pictures and Angelica's pictures.

The two would walk out of Jameson's office. "Thanks for sticking up for me, Pete." Angelica told him sweetly, smiling at him.

"Hey, it's the least I could do. We have to deal with his craziness every day, so we need to look out for each other." Peter smiled back, making Angelica have a small laugh.

"Now that's something I can agree on." confirmed Angelica, walking away to the elevator. "I'll repay you somehow. Just gotta think of something, because I owe ya one."

Peter sort of looked surprised. "You don't have to owe me anything, really."

"Nah, I'll find out what to do. Trust me." She told him, being serious. "See you around?"

Peter grinned at his friend, nodding. "Yeah, see you around."

Angelica smiled, the doors of the elevator now closing as that was the last image Peter would see of her for the time being.

Nighttime in New York

"I guess today wasn't so bad," Spider-Man told himself, swinging around New York City. "It started off a bit rocky, but it eventually picked back up. Honestly, I'm still in shock that Felicia Hardy asked me to be her tutor. Never in a million years did I think that would happen. Though, she's probably only focused on the tutoring aspect, so I don't need to give myself any false hope."

As he was talking to himself, he heard an alarm go off close by. He looked down, realizing that the alarm was coming from a bank. "Uh oh. Wonder if it's another generic thug or an actual challenge this time."

BGM: Spider-Man 2 Enter Electro – Spidey vs. Shocker

Soon enough, he would get his answer. A man came running out the bank with two large suitcases of cash. He was about to speed off until Spidey landed on an unattended taxi. "Herman! I missed you old buddy! I was beginning to think that you quit on me!"

Shocker turned around to see Spider-Man, immediately getting enraged by his presence alone. "You?! Oh, of course you're here!"

Spidey shot two webs at the suitcases of money Shocker was carrying, yanking them out his hands and throwing them back inside the bank. "It's been a minute since we've fought. Hopefully, you haven't gotten rusty on me!"

"I'll show you rusty!" Shocker yelled, shooting a powerful shockwave at Spidey, to which he easily avoided. Spider-Man shot a web, swinging on it and used the momentum he gained to kick Shocker high in the air, sending the crook on top of a building. Landing on top of the building, Shocker rolled around all over the place. Spider-Man landed with him, although he had a much more graceful landing.

"Uh oh, Shocker! I think you are getting rusty on me!"

"Shut up!"

Shocker quickly recovered and shot multiple shockwaves at Spider-Man. Though, our favorite web-slinging wall crawler was casually avoiding them with a variety of flips. Really, he was showing off at this point. "Here, let me show you some real attacks!"

Spider-Man then shot his webs at Shocker's feet, making him stationary which gave him the best chance to attack. He charged at Shocker, now pulling his fist back to punch him.

"Nice try!" Shocker shouted, creating a force field that blocked Spider-Man's oncoming punch. "Let me show you some new tricks I learned, Bug." With Shocker's suit absorbing the energy from his own force field, he supercharged it and extended his arms, creating a massive shockwave that sent Spidey into a completely different building.

That wasn't going to feel good in the morning.

Heck, it isn't going to feel good now.

"Gotta say, I do love the improvements to this suit. Boss definitely outdid himself this time." Shocker smirked, getting ready to go into the building he blasted Spider-Man in, until another foe of his showed up. A grappling hook attached itself to the building Shocker was on, making him look up.

"Surprise!"

Shortly afterwards, Shocker got kicked right in the face, the villain not expecting anybody else to show up as he got pushed to the edge of the building. He was losing his balance, and he would completely lose his balance when his face was swiped, the impact feeling like he got sliced by claws. He was sent falling to his doom until a grappling hook tied him up, leaving his fate to the police. That is, of course, if the police make it in time before he breaks free.

Sometime Later…

BGM: Spider-Man PS4 – Black Cat Theme

"Spider? Spider, can you hear me?"

Spider-Man was slowly starting to wake up after that powerful blast Shocker gave him. He groaned, holding his head as his senses were trying to fully come back to him. "Huh?" he slowly replied.

A few more seconds passed, and Spider-Man soon realized who it was. With his vision getting clearer, he saw that it was no one other than his sometimes friend, sometimes enemy, sometimes partner, and sometimes cat burglar.

Black Cat.

Fully equipped with an all-black leather suit that showed some cleavage while also increasing all her… features, black mask, long platinum blonde hair, green eyes, she was dangerously beautiful.

"Cat?"

"Good. You're not dead." Black Cat told him, Spider-Man now sitting up and felt like he had the worst back pain currently.

"What happened?" he asked.

"Shocker blasted the crap out of you, I eventually ended up saving you, and now we're here on another rooftop." She gave the simplified version, but hey, it got the job done.

Spider-Man got up, trying to shake the pain off as he looked at the city that never sleeps. "What happened to Shocker exactly?"

Black Cat shrugged. "I tied him up with one of my grappling hooks. Have no idea if he escaped or not, though."

Spider-Man turned to Black Cat folding his arms. "You know, it's these things right here that make you so confusing."

Black Cat rolled her eyes. "Here we go…" She knew where this was going. It was evident that this wasn't the first time she and Spidey had this conversation.

"You could do so much good, Cat. As a matter of fact, you have done a lot of good already, but you always go back to your cat burglar ways and we usually end up on opposite sides. You don't have to be like this." Spidey told her honestly.

"You chose your path, and I chose mine." Black Cat stated simply, getting closer to Spider-Man. "Besides…" she came closer to his ear, turning her voice into a seductive whisper. "Don't you like chasing me around?" she asked with a confident smirk. "That's what makes it fun."

Under his mask, Spider-Man was blushing, but stepped back to give himself some space. The worst part about it was Black Cat was right in some respect, there was a part of him that did enjoy chasing her around. "It would be better if you could always use your skills for good." He continued to look at her. "Why can't you do it, Cat? I know there's good in you. I've seen it while being by your side so many times in the past year."

Black Cat remained silent, getting closer to the edge of the building as she looked down. "There's a lot of things you don't know about me, Spider." she replied, still looking at the city. She then felt Spider-Man's hand on her shoulder, making her turn around.

"Cat… All I want to do is help you."

Black Cat stared at Spider-Man, gracefully and gently moving her hand towards his chin and held it.

"You're too nice for your own good, sweetie."

That was one part that Black Cat did like about him, though.

It also infuriated her to no end.

Shortly afterwards, she jumped off the building and shot her grappling hook, resembling Spider-Man with her swinging techniques. Spider-Man watched as Black Cat went away into the night, sighing loudly.

"I think it's time to go home…" he said, being mentally and physically drained from everything. As he was about to swing off, he heard his phone ringing. He pulled it out and saw that it was Aunt May who was calling him.

Accepting the call, he put it close to his ear. "Hello?"

"Peter, where are you? It's getting late." Aunt May asked with concern.

"I'm on my way Aunt May, don't worry." Peter told her, Aunt May having a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness. Oh, while I have you right now, have you thought about the person you're taking to prom this year?"

Prom? Asking about prom when the school year has only just begun? When it's months away?

Peter slightly laughed. "Aunt May, prom is like, months away. I have some time to think about it."

"But it's always nice to have a head start!" Aunt May proclaimed. "I was just talking to Anna Watson about her niece, Mary Jane. She seems like such a lovely girl. That's the type of girl you should take to prom."

Peter rubbed his temples, sighing silently when he pretty much heard Aunt May was trying to play matchmaker. It was only the first day and prom was already being a thorn in his side. Granted, he has no idea what Mary Jane looks like, but blind stuff, more specifically blind dates, when does that ever work out well?

"I'm sure she is," Peter quickly replied, wanting to get this conversation over with. "Anyway, I should be home shortly."

"Alright dear, be safe. Love you."

"Love you too."

They ended the call, Spider-Man now jumping off the building and started web swinging back home.

"Like Miles said, this is going to be a year for the ages."

END OF CHAPTER 1: A NEW START

BGM: Spider-Man TAS 1994 – Ending

Peter: Hey everybody, Peter Parker here! That was some chapter, huh?

Felicia: The next one should be even better since you're giving me a tutoring session.

Miles: I told you guys he was so in there!

Peter: Not like that, Miles…

Next time on Spider-Man: Fire And Desire!

Parker Luck

Peter: I already hate this title!

Author's Note: There it is, everybody. After so many years, the first chapter of my first Spider-Man fanfic is finally done. As you can see, multiple references are being made, whether it's the character designs, the quotes, etc. This chapter was mainly like a TAS, Spectacular, and Raimi film hybrid, lol. I assure you, there's more where that came from. As always, if you like what you read, leave a follow and a favorite! Don't forget to READ AND REVIEW! See you guys next chapter!

Also, while the second chapter is being made, be sure to check out my other stories as well. I have Sonic and Avatar fanfics, where one is about Sonic being in the universe of the original Gaang, More Than One Lifetime. The other one is Don't Think Twice where Sonic is in the Korra universe. I also have a Ben 10 fanfic, a Persona 5 fanfic, Sonic and RWBY, My Hero Academia… And now I realize I have too many fanfics to update, lol. Regardless, if any of those things interest you, be sure to check them out! Peace out and be safe!