The Spectacular Spider Student
The UA practical entrance exam was a rather significant event for any aspiring hero. It attracted individuals from all walks of life to approach this remarkable heroic institution, inspired by the stories of remarkable heroes such All-Might, Endeavour and dozens more. One such student bears a name belonging to a great hero. His name is Keiji Parker. This is his story.
Keiji's father was a magnificent hero from America, known to the public as Spider-Man. He was kind, and good looking and all of the usual things one would expect from a professional hero. Keiji learned a great deal of English from his father, and was rather close to him. Despite All-Might getting all of the attention, to Keiji, Spider-Man was the greatest hero of all time. No, not Spider-Man. Peter Parker, his father.
And then he died.
Peter Parker was pronounced dead after a crippling battle against a villain. Keiji never found out which one of his father's numerous enemies was the one to end him. He had, of course, heard of the court case of now convicted criminal, The Green Goblin, who was charged with the murder. Keiji felt sick just thinking of the man, and so attempted to ignore everything about him. He never heard the villain's real name and he hoped it would remain that way. His father's life was his own, and he wanted to avoid it. This was why he was sent to live with his mother.
She was a similarly nice woman. It was from her that Keiji gained his name, his knowledge of Japanese culture, especially it's heroes and his good looks, as she was fond of teasingly reminding him. He smiled at that memory. Her name was Rita Akita, and she was his other favourite hero. Though, he supposed it didn't really count as, despite her useful Quirk, known as Danger Sense, she never officially went into the heroics business. She owned a small restaurant in Tokyo, and made quite the living off of it. Especially with the official sponsorship from his father's hero agency, as well as the full rights to his heroic identity. This was pledged to her in his father's will, although oddly, the name Spider-Man was entrusted to him.
He shook his head. Now wasn't the time to be focused on his past. The last thing he needed was tears on the exam floor. As the bus transporting the applicants to the model city where the exam was being held moved ever onwards, he chose to instead focus on the present. He looked around, seeing a number of interesting applicants. There was a blonde boy sitting near him that looked genuinely ready to explode at any minute. His battle hungry expression sent a shiver down Keiji's spine, so he looked away. His eyes landed on another boy who looked to be the complete opposite. A nervous expression, shaking hands and sweating like crazy, his entire form screamed "I'm terrified!" Keiji smirked a little. It was good to know that other people felt as nervous as he was. Despite his heroic father, he wasn't exactly the best combatant, nor the best strategist. He could only hope that his Quirk could let him get by in this test.
"I hope you're proud, Dad." He whispered to himself. The bus quickly came to a stop and he left it eagerly. Despite his nervousness, he really wanted to stretch his legs and get moving. His mother would say that he was the most energetic person she had ever met. His father would call him the second. After Electro. That would always crack them both up.
"And… Begin!" A loud voice screamed as the exam was officially beginning, and suddenly the energy that Keiji had pent up was flowing throughout his body. He held out his hands and webs attached to the buildings, allowing him to quickly rush into the exam grounds.
He had inherited his father's Quirk, Spider Form, for the most part, but his mother's power was also mixed in with it, a trait his mother jokingly dubbed his "Spider-Sense". The name used to annoy Keiji, but he had grown to like the name. He could also spin his own organic webbing that was launched through small holes in his forearms, which had the strength to easily lift him off the ground. He leapt from his first set of webs and dived onto his first target, a three pointer robot. His strength and momentum carried his legs through the machine's head, leaving it crushed. His smirk quickly grew into a wide grin. He could do this. He would do this.
The minutes passed in a blur as he swung from one part of the model city to another, colliding with dozens of robots. By Keiji's count, he had managed to earn 38 points. Somehow, he had managed to run into ten three point machines and four two pointers but not a single one pointer. He guessed that they were all near the front of the exam centre, while the more difficult machines were further into the city. He landed on the ground, desperate for a quick rest. His hands had rope burn from hanging onto his webs for so long and his head was aching. With machines everywhere and some reckless examinees that could be just as dangerous, his Spider-Sense had been going crazy. He had thought that the worst of it was over when without warning, his head seemed to practically explode and the ground beneath him shook.
"What the hell?! Agh, this is bad." Keiji loudly spoke to no one in particular. He turned around and his jaw dropped at the sight of a gigantic machine, heading forwards, away from him and towards most of the other examinees. His first thought was to run away. After all, the thing was heading away from him. If he was quick, he could web sling out before the thing had reached a single examinee, or even use his wall crawling to move stealthily. He was certain he had enough points to pass the test, so there was nothing wrong with getting out of there, right?
It wasn't until after his rant on running away that he had realised that he was running. Running towards the giant robot that could crush him like an ant with barely a thought. Somehow, his body had thought that this was the sane option. On pure impulse, he webbed onto the back of the machine and stuck himself to the metal surface. In a panic, his mind raced to find a way out of this situation.
"Okay, we could bust through its armour and get out through the surface, or just swing off, or—" His thoughts were interrupted by large explosive sound. He looked up to see that the machine's head had been destroyed. If it wasn't for the fact that he had stuck himself to the machine's back, this would've amazed him.
However he was, and was now more terrified than he thought was possible. His Spider Sense screamed at him to move, but in his panic, he found himself paralyzed as the machine started to fall backwards. After a few moments in which he felt perilously close to imminent death, he managed to swing himself onto the roof of a building, from which he saw the machine topple to the ground. He also saw a boy with a broken arm falling to his death. Just like would've. Once again, his mind raced with ideas. He couldn't risk swinging to him, in case he hit the broken arm. He could try building a net of web to catch him, but his reserves were pretty low after the exam. He suddenly stopped. He couldn't do anything. Someone was about to die, and he couldn't do anything.
Thankfully, his fall was stopped by someone at ground level. Although Keiji couldn't help feeling unpleasant about the situation. He had rushed in to stop the robot without even thinking, and because he was so reckless, he used up the rest of his webs in such a panic that when the time to do something heroic arrived, he was useless. He hadn't even known why he had leapt up to the machine. Did he somehow think he could stop it? Did he want to save someone in its line of fire? He couldn't tell. On the bright side, he was sure he had enough points to pass. He just had to make up for that less than stellar conclusion in the written test. He rushed down to the ground and practically sprinted back outside the fake city.
The written exam was where Keiji really felt at home. He wasn't the most aggressive person and wasn't much good in a straight fight. He had only managed to beat so many robots in the practical test by slamming into them with his momentum and strength. If he was fighting the machines on level ground, it wouldn't have gone nearly as well. He shuddered at the thought.
But a test of intelligence and hero trivia? That was his element. By his own calculations, he had gotten up to about 80%, an almost definite pass. Now, he just had to wait.
A.N: I think I'll leave the results scene for next time. This story was something I had briefly considered among other ideas, but I pretty much decided to start writing it on impulse. I hope that you enjoy this Spider-Man Pseudo crossover. I'll go into more detail about just about everything, such as Peter Parker, Keiji's mother, his Quirk and all sorts of things that I didn't expand on in this introductory chapter. For now though, I'll just leave it at this.
Plus Ultra, Readers. Plus Ultra!
Sincerely,
Lord Terronus
P.S: I'll try update this relatively soon, but my school exams are coming up so I haven't had a whole lot of free time for writing lately. Just in case don't update in a while, that's probably why.