HEROES OF TOMORROW

ISSUE # 2: One of the Spiders

When the alarm on his nightstand went off, Wade's arm reached over and taped the 'off' button.

He looked opened up at his ceiling with a depressed and lonely look for a lone second. He then threw the covers off and sat up on the edge of his bed. Wade hung his head low and shook it lightly, before looking to his left at a picture on the nightstand. In the photo was him and his dad, as they were fishing one day.

It's been three days since the incident that killed Daniel Walker. An incident that Wade still very much blames himself for.

He sighed and picked up the photo. Standing up, he walked around the moving boxes that were around his room. With no father, Wade would have had to be sent to an orphanage. However, a friend of the family contacted him last night. They knew about Daniel and begged Wade to let them help him. Wade didn't want to be rude and make them any sadder, so he agreed.

He asked All Might for help in packing his belongs and the Hero agreed. It wasn't made public, which meant Wade didn't have to deal with people asking for autographs from the man or the media covering it and making up false stories. It was a very private matter that he didn't want people to use for their known proposes.

That was yesterday, and now Wade just need to do was to wait for the family friend.

As he did, Wade placed the photo, the last item he was going to take with him into the last box. Afterwards, there was a knock at the door. Thinking it was the person, he quickly walked out of his room.

But when he opened his front door, Wade instantly stopped. His eyes and jaws were wide open with shock and disbelief, as he found himself staring right at a shiny silver, and expensive looking security briefcase hanging in front of his door. However, the most shocking part was that the case was hung up by a long, larger than average spider web.

It didn't break, it didn't snap. The string held up the case strong and steady.

Wade walked out of his apartment and stared at it some more. He then looked right, towards the end of the hallway to see if there was anyone there that could have put it up. There wasn't, so he then looked left. Again, no one. Just an empty hallway.

He looked back at the briefcase and cautiously approached it. For all he knew it could be a bomb. However, on the web that covered the handle, with was a folded piece of paper. He reached and took it off the web.

Unfolding it, Wade saw that some was written on it.

"For the one who the spider bite."

Wade then looked at the case again and saw something on it. It said 'Developed by Stark Industries'. Wade wasn't even sure if that was even a company that existed.

He grabbed and pulled the case, but the web wouldn't break away. He tried again, harder, and the case broke away from the string. It was heavy, but Wade wasn't too bothered by it. He turned and flipped it around a few times, looking at every angle of it.

Whatever was in it, he was going to find out. So, he turned and walked back into the apartment room with the briefcase.

After the door closed behind him, his phone rang from his room. He placed the case down and ran to answer it, leaving it alone in the hall.

Hours later, in a house that would be his new home for a while, the owner opened a bedroom door for Wade. The teenager walked in and looked around. "It's not much, but I hope you like it," said the person, Inko Midoriya; the friend of the Walker family.

Wade has met Inko many times in his life. Enough to be surprised by her changed image. She was often the one that Daniel would ask to babysit him as a child after his fight with Bakugo. In her younger years, Inko was a slim woman who had short hair with a ponytail on the left. However, she had now gained weight and is showing signs of her more mature age.

Wade looked around the bedroom and was a little surprised that it had almost everything he would need. A bed, bookshelf, work desk, dresser, and nightstand. "It's great, Inko," he said genuinely. "I didn't think you had a room like this."

"Well…" Inko's expression turned miserable. "When we got the house, my husband and I wanted something for our child to grow up in. But…it wasn't to be."

Wade's gratitude towards her turned to sorrow and sympathy. He could remember the last time she babysat him, Inko talked about always wanting to have a child of her own. But in a cruel twist of fate, the doctor revealed to her that she was infertile. The fact she was never going to be able to have a baby is what led to her gaining weight. It wasn't fair to her. Inko was a kind woman who always tried to support those she's close to. Even if she didn't like that Wade's father was participating in dangerous fights, she would turn the channel to the fight and cheer Daniel on.

Inko quickly tried and changed her somber attitude to a more positive one. "Anyways, let's go get the rest of your things," she said, before walking out of the room. Wade agreed and placed his backpack on the ground, rushing out to join her.

Later that night, Wade sat on his bed, with his hands together on his lap and his right foot taping anxiously on the floor. He had gotten his belonging in the room, and settled in. He kept all that was his father's in a wooden box that was placed under his bed. Everything else from his old apartment was going to be sold.

It was 10:05 pm, and Wade was thinking for a moment. He remained there in silence, before coming to a decision. He stood up and then kneeled down. Looking under his bed, Wade saw the mysterious briefcase that he got that morning. Set right next to the box he had Daniel's belongings in.

With his right hand, Wade reached in, grabbed the handle, and pulled it out. All the webbing was gone. He slides it out in front of him on the floor, and then grabbed a flashlight.

Turning it on and shining it onto the 'Stark Industries' briefcase, Wade looked at the case carefully and with caution reached for the two locks. He flipped up one, and then the other, unlocking the case. He then slowly opened it.

And the result was rather anticlimactic, as all there was in it was a metal card on top of a foam surface that covered something underneath.

Wade picked up the card and examined it. It was silver, with a little black square piece on it. Below, it said, 'You thumb here.' Wade hesitantly did as it said. When he placed it there, a blue light shined from under his thumb as it scanned his finger print.

Suddenly it poked into his thumb with a nettle. Wade yelped in pain and dropped the card.

The card landed on its back with the nettle still sticking out of the square. The edges of the card of the flashing bright green lights. "Spider DNA conformed."

"It talked!?" Wade exclaimed, before being further shocked when out of the nettle came a blue light. That light shined and projected a hologram the size of a large TV.

In the hologram there was a man with far-skin and short brown hair. What he was wearing was very unique and makes Wade wonder if he was a Hero. The costume was a full-body suit made of a skintight cloth, most likely Spandex. The costume was mostly blue with red gloves, boots, midsection, and there was a design of web pattern that covered the red portions of the suit. The suit also has a black spider in the center of the chest.

The man smiled and started talking. "Hi there. You don't know who I am so let's start with that. My name is Peter Parker," he said, now known as Peter Parker. "I know that you're probably freaked out about all this, and we wouldn't really do something like this, but we figure that we might help you understand what's going on."

Wade cautiously stood up and picked up the card, still watching the transmission.

"About three days ago, you were bitten by a spider and you started gaining the powers of a spider."

The fact that he knows about the bite and his powers surprised Wade, and he looked down at his bite.

"That's right, I know. It's because I've been bitten by a similar spider long ago. It's why I'm able to do many of the things you're able to do." Peter then turned the camera around and Wade was shocked that the man was literal hanging on the side of a skyscraper.

Peter then turned his body and stretched out his right arm up at the top of the skyscraper and pressed his middle and ring finger on his palm. Wade was then amazed when a line of web shot out from his wrist and he projected himself upwards.

Peter landed up on the top of the building and set the camera down. He then sat down in front of it and clapped his hands together. "Cool, right? That's not a part of our powers, but a device I invented to shoot out webs. It allows me to swing around the city. Right, sorry, I forgot to tell you, which is not something I really do. I'm a superhero called Spider-Man. And to make things simple, you are also a Spider-Man."

"What?" Wade was now even more confused.

"I know it's strange but just let me explain. You ever heard of the multiverse? The idea of multiple universes that exist together? It's real, and there are hundreds of other Spider-Men for a universe. I'm from Earth-616, and yours is Earth #675."

Wade nodded his head and sat down on the bed. It was all making a little bit of sense.

"The spider that bite you wasn't normal at all. It was developed by my archenemy, Norman Osborn, also known as the Green Goblin. He wanted to recreate my powers to battle against me, while also building an interdimensional portal he could use to kill other Spider-Men. Luckily, with the help of this team called the Avengers, we stopped him, but the battle caused the spider he was working on to fall into the portal.

"I knew it wouldn't be long before it created another Spider-Man. Normally I would leave you allow to figure out what to do, and I am. However, I decided to help you start out being a hero with a little 'Welcome to the Spider-Family' gift. There's always room for more of us, and you're the now the protector of your city now, with great and wondrous powers. But just remember, with great power…"

"…comes great responsibility," Wade said with Peter, as a smile grew on his face.

The hologram recording disappeared, ending the transmission. Wade then set it down and took a deep breath. It was still hard to believe any of this was happening. Multiverse? Different versions of the same hero? He then looked at the open briefcase.

Getting up from his bed, he walked over to it and kneeled down. Wade grabbed the foam layer and pulled it out. His breath was taken from his lungs when he saw what was inside.

Standing up, Wade pulled out a Spider-Man costume that was very similar to Peter's. The red and blue design were still there, but there was a large white spider in the center of the chest and on the back, both of different designs. (AN: to put it simply, Spider-Man PS4 costume. That's Wade's costume.)

He set the costume on the bed and continued looking in the briefcase. He found the devices that were worn on Peter's wrists to make him shoot out webs. A belt of some kind.

There were some other things in the case, but Wade moved them aside to get out the next thing that caught his attention. A red full mask with the same web pattern, large white eyes and a black outlining.

Wade held up the mask and stared at it. He knew only one thing. He had to tell All Might.

And the next day, he did.

Early the next morning, they met at Takoba Municipal Beach Park, a part of the beach that was covered almost completely in trash and pollution. It's been like that for years, with the currents of the ocean pushing the trash people throw out ashore. It's because of this, a lot of people don't bother to throw away their trash properly and dump it all on the beach, even though it wasn't legal.

In the center of the blanket of pollution was a small clear space. That's where Wade and All Might were standing.

Wade had just explained everything about last night and even showed him the video and the case, including everything in it. Now all he was waiting for was a response.

"You honestly don't think that it's all some kind of prank," asked All Might. Not even he was sure of it all.

"If it really was a prank, then the guy was going the extra mile just to get me," Wade insisted. "But it makes sense. The spider. The company that made it. This really could be why it's happening to me."

"I'll definitely have to look into this and contact some friends to tell them. But for now, we should focus on your training."

Wade sighed and then looked around. "Okay, so why are we here, in this place?"

All Might laughed heartily, before pull out his phone and started snapping pictures of Wade. "Because, you're not ready for my powers."

Wade stayed faced away from the Hero, before turning his head to him with a funny, anime-like face. "What?"

"I'm talking about your weak body." All Might approached him, still taking pictures.

"Oh, come on!" Wade exclaimed, aggravated. "How can I be weak if I have the strength of a spider?"

"You do know that spiders are tiny things, right? It's true that your strength has increased to pick up things much heavier that your body and you have many other powers, One for All is a whole lot to handle. It binds the physical strength of many people in one," All Might explained. "While you are strong, your body is still unprepared. Your limb would pop right off!"

"YOU WERE GOING TO TELL ME THAT, RIGHT!?"

"…Slipped my mind."

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?" Wade shouted with eyes popping out and his teeth as sharp as a shark. When he calmed down, he then looked around. "We're here because you're training me to receive that power, right?"

"That's right." All Might turned and walked over to a refrigerator and placed his hand on top of it. "All the young Heroes today are only concerned about the frame and glory." The mighty hero then started to push down the fridge, crushing it. "But being a hero is all about volunteer work! No matter how unglamorous!"

Wade watched with wide-eyed wonder as All Might quickly crushed the fridge completely flat, which many other trashes around him to be blown away. Now, where once there was a wall behind All Might, there was an opening that allowed Wade to gaze at the sun over the Horizon.

"You are going to bring back the beautiful ocean view! This is your first step on your path to being a Hero, Wade Walker!"

Wade's expression showed his disbelief by the order his training was giving him and scanned around at all the pollution surrounding them. "You want me… to clean up this mess?" He asked, having a little bit of trouble forming words. "That's impossible!"

"Tell me, Wade," said All Might. "If you were able to go to any school, would you want to go to U.A.?"

Wade was a little puzzled about why he would ask him that. He was suspended, and its ruined any chance of him being able to go to a hero school like U.A. was unthinkable. "In all honesty, before getting the spider-powers, I never would have imagined going," he said truthfully. "It's one of the top hero schools around. Almost every great Hero, including you, went there."

"Now things are different, boy," All Might said, turning around. "And I understand. It's not possible for someone who's Quirkless. It's the sad reality."

"Not to mention that U.A.'s Hero Course is the toughest there is," Wade said. "And there's also the fact that I'm—"

"Expelled?" Wade looked up at All Might, as he looked at him over his right shoulder. "Not anymore you're not."

"What?"

"Let's just say that I have a friend who contacted your school. They told them able your heroic action in saving that girl. They were able to convince the principle to take you back in. Now you'll be able to attempt the Hero Course."

With eyes wide, Wade stared at All Might in wonder. Was he really serious? Was he able to actually go to U.A.? But first there was work to be done. "Then, if I'm going to beat the Hero Course, I've got ten mouths learn my powers and mold my body into a suitable vessel!" He said, looking at the pollution surrounding them.

"That's what this is for!" All Might turned around and presented Wade was a stack of a few papers. "My self-designed 'Pass the test, American Dream' plan," he proclaimed, giving the paper a hit with his right pointer figure.

Wade took the papers and looked at it. He was amazed to see that the plan was a training regimen that consisted of weekly schedules with set plans, meal plans, all for every day (including weekdays) from today to ten months from now.

"A training regimen to help you clean up the garbage and then some! You can chart your entire lifestyle with this!"

"Why did you include how much I sleep," Wade asked with a deadpanned face.

All Might came over and patted him on the back. "If I'm being honest, this is going to be super hard. Think you're up to it?"

"Well, yeah!" Wade said, looking at the plan with a smile and serious eyes. "But I also want to mast my spider powers first, before I start using One for All. I know that I've got a long way to go, but I'm not giving up on this!"

And with that, the mouths of hell began for Wade. He spent the rest of the day pushing and carrying trash all over the beach that day, as a deflated All Might encouraged him from the sideline. Wade could feel his body using all of his muscles, including those that he didn't know he have. He would fall at times, but quickly stood back up and keep on going.

In the briefcase Peter sent him, Wade found also a notebook that contained a list of powers and abilities he had, based on the data taken from the OSCORP computers. It also had instructions for the web-shooters and the belt, how to make the webs, and how to successfully swing across buildings. So, when it was time for Wade to go back to school, he took it, the web-shooters, and the belt.

When he walked the hall, many of the kids were surprised to see him back. The news of what had happened to Bakugo spread like wildfire, from the Heroes' side of things, and they were certain that Wade wasn't going to come back. He talked to no one. He didn't even look at anyone. All Wade was focused on was the notebook.

Even in class, Wade would only really pay attention if the instructor was going over something important. But he could barely keep himself awake. He was exhausted from the workout yesterday it really showed on his face.

When the teacher looked away, Wade pushed the school book he was covering the notebook with aside and starting reading over it. While reading, he secretly placed his hand into his pocket and pulled out his right-hand web-shooter. He then put it on.

After school, he ran back to the beach. Turned out that one of the powers he had was super speed, so he got there in no time. He was now standing in front of a freezer with an outline of a person drawn on it. Today he was going to test out the web-shooters for the first time. All Might was standing to the side, observing the attempt.

Wade spread his feet a little and ready himself. He read the instructions carefully and so he thrusted his right arm out and pressed his middle and ring finger to the button at the right pressure. Add as quickly as he pressed the pressure pad, a web sting shot out from the shooter and stuck to the head of the figure.

All Might looked impressed, and Wade smiled at a successful test. He then shot his left web-shooter and it stuck to the torso of the figure. He then pulled the webs hard.

This turned out to be a mistake, as the freezer came speeding right at him. Wade's super reflexes and agility kicked in and he jumped over the freezer, doing a front flip in the process. He landed on the sand and looked back at the freezer in amazement.

When he came home for the day, he talked to Inko about his meal plan, and she agreed. That night he ate healthy.

Before going to bed, he looked over the notebook and read more about his abilities. He did it while standing upside down on the ceiling and turn invisible. It wasn't really hard to use his spider powers. It seemed almost second nature to him.

It's continued like this for the next seven mouths. Wade would work his body to the limit and would train with his abilities. In class, he would struggle to stay awake. At home, he would eat heartily, and then go for a midnight run. He pushed all sorts of garbage all across the beach in the blazing sun like abandoned vehicles, to carrying smaller things like tin barrels. He would blow away some of the garbage away with his 'venom blast', as Peter called it. Wade would build his muscle by weight lifting and swimming. All Might wasn't really much help, as he would attract the attention of the ladies and get distracted. Wade would load the truck they were using to carry the trash off the beach and study hard at school.

But on one day, only three months before the exam, and Wade wasn't at training today. He called All Might and told him that he was going to be training in the gym that his father used to use.

But that was over five hours ago.

All Might, in his deflated form, opened the door of the gym, surprised that it was open. But Wade did say that the owner was a friend to the Walker family and gave Daniel a key to the building. When he closed the door, all he could hear was the sounds of punching. He walked down the corridor and entered into the main room. There was a boxing ring in the middle of the room, but the sound was coming from the left.

Wade was wearing a sweatshirt and a pair of sweatpants, punching a punching bag hard and strong. He was so strong that it moved the hanger back inch by inch, until Wade had it against the wall, so it couldn't move anymore. It was even more shocking to know that the punching bag was used by fighters with Quirks, and inside of it was an iron cylinder.

All Might walked around while approaching the young man. He stopped at Wade's right and luckily there was a light hanging above and shining down on the boy. Wade's torso, back, neck, and face were dripping with sweat. His fist, while covered with the proper bandages, were bleeding as Wade beat the punching bag with every ouch of his strength.

Wade's breathing was heavy and uneven. All Might sighed. "You're over working yourself," he said. Wade didn't look at him, but stopped and leaned his body against the bag, panting heavily in exhaustion. "My 'Pass the Test, American Dream' plan was designed based on what you'd need to do with your body and your spider powers to make it before the exam date…but even with your increased stamina, you're not sticking to the plan, are you?"

Wade's hands clenched into fists on the punching bag, as he pushed himself away from it. He hung his head down, shadowing his eyes under his hair and still panting.

"And overworking yourself like this isn't going to help you either! It's just going to have the opposite effect of what we want!"

Wade didn't lift up his head, but he clenched is teeth hard. Then a single tear ran down his cheek, before falling. "It's dad's birthday today," he said softly.

But All Might heard him and gasped.

The boy's body was still as a rock. "I know that I've been pushing myself too hard, but I don't just want to pass." He began to sob, as more tears mixed in with the sweat and his body trembled. "But I…I don't just want to pass! I have to work harder than anyone else to make it! Not just to make into U.A., but as a Hero! That way, I can be the strongest hero, like you. I may not have been able to save dad, but I'll be able to protect everyone else!"

All Might was a little surprised by his proclaim. He remembered that day and the image of Wade's father all too well. No matter what he said to him, Wade wasn't going to stop blaming himself for what had happened. It was amazing, really. He's met a lot of Heroes in the past, but this one boy was one of, if not the only one that was motivated by grief. It's his desire to protect and make up for his mistake that's allowed him to look on far into the future.

All Might's body buffed up again, and he placed his hand on Wade's shoulder. "You really are something else, Walker! I've looked up your father's fights and a have to say you've got his fighting spirit!" He proclaimed proudly. "I get where you're coming from, but this is not the day for you to push yourself. Go on home and by tomorrow, this old man will have you're plan modified for you!"

Wade stopped crying for a moment and snickered. "You're not that old," he mocked, getting All Might to laugh out loud.

And the training continued until yesterday, when Wade had finally cleared Takoba Municiple beach of all pollution. All Might was amazed to see that actually did it, and there wasn't a single trace of trash left in the sand. And with wasn't the beach that had changed for the better. Wade had gained impressive results from his training. He's gained an array of well-developed muscles after his ten months of extensive training.

He had certainly exceeded all expectations. But now there was one thing that Wade wanted to do before receiving One for All.

It was 6:00 A.M. on the day of the exam, and the sun was starting to rise. High up and sticking to the side of a tall skyscraper was Wade.

He was facing out at the city and he was looking down, with his foot on the wind on the building, and praying that what he was about to do goes well. He was even wearing his new costume. The Spider-Man outfit fit perfectly to his body, showing his muscular body. However, he also wore his hoodie and workout shorts over it.

The goal was to web-sling all the way a building many blocks away. That was where All Might was waiting for him.

"…Amen." Wade finished his prayer and opened his eyes. This was perhaps the stupidest and dangerous thing he's ever done, but he was determined. If he was going to become this world's Spider-Man, then he had to learn to web-sling. Wade learned all there is to know about the web-shooter and how it works. All he had to do was succeed and he would be ready for One for All.

He took several deep breaths, and placed his hands firmly on the glass, before moving his legs in to get ready to jump as far out as he could. Wade's target was the crane on the other side of the street from the skyscraper. If he could get his webbing on its arm, then he's good to go.

Wade took in one last breath, and jumped off. His powerful legs launched him forward with so much force that his fingers ripped away some of the glass from the window.

He flew many feet away from the skyscraper, before his momentum decreased, and he started to fall. Wade quickly aimed his right arm at the crane and shot a web line. It succeeded in catching the arm of the crane, and Wade grabbed the web as tight as he could, before his body was swung forward.

Screaming at the top of his lungs, Wade was swinging forward at such fast speeds. Faster than he's ever been. He was surprised, but please to realize the mask protected his eyes from the fast blowing air.

Then the momentum stopped, and Wade knew that he was going to be sent swinging back, he remembered what the notebook said and looked for another place to swing onto.

He saw a building not too far away from him to the right.

Though it was another thing that he knew was idiotic, Wade let go of the web line before it was too late for him to. With his left arm, he quickly aimed at the edge of the roof and shot another web line.

Luckily it got to the roof, and Wade was swinging forward again. But he was swinging to the right, and towards the wall of the building. So, to avoid a collision and keep himself moving, Wade stuck his legs out and he landed on the wall. He then ran to the left while still hanging onto the line, before reaching the edge and jumping off.

Wade saw another building and he shot a line to it. He swung to increase his speed and momentum, and saw another building to swing on, before letting go at just the right moment. Wade quickly shot a line at it and was back to swinging again.

This time when he let go, he backflipped and shouted "WOOHOO!"

On the roof of the small building he was at, All Might heard the sound of Wade's voice and looked towards it. He was left in amazement when he saw the boy swing from the building without any trouble. "Holy…stinkin…" He was quickly turned into his true form. "SUPER CRAP!"

Wade swung again and get go to land on the roof on the building, but he was hit in the face by a random bird. It threw him off balance, and he hit the roof face first.

Groaning in agony, Wade got on his hands and knees. But then All Might came and pulled him right back up. "Hahahaha! Excellent work!"

Wade snickered and pulled off his mask. "The landing could have worked out better, but I'm glad I read the whole notebook," he said with a big grin. That was perhaps the most exciting thing he's ever done in his life. "I did it. I'm actually ready!"

"I second that! You're remarkable! I've seen many Heroes come and go, but you're really something else," said All Might, proud of the young Walker boy. "The path forward is ever-so-slightly clearer! You've proven yourself a fine vessel, now!"

"I'm ready." Wade stood straight and proud. He couldn't help but feel as though he's cheated. Getting all this help from All Might. But at the same time, he felt blessed. "I wouldn't let you down."

"I know you wouldn't, Wade Walker—or should I say, Spider-Man." All Might called Wade the hero-name that he was certain that he was going to use. The same one that the many like him use in the multiverse. He then reached up at one of his standing bangs and plunked out a piece of air. "You know, someone told me once there's a big difference between being born with that silver spoon, and those that work their butts off to earn it! Take this to heart, kid. You've earned this power, fair and square."

But then, like a twist form a comic book, Wade reached would reach out with his once Quirkless hands, and would grab the future.

All Might held out the hair he plucked. "Eat this."

"…Dur?!"

"To inherit my powers, you have to swallow some of my DNA! That's how it works."

"Are you serious!? That's how it works!?"

"Come on! You'll be late to the exam!"

Wade started to panic. He was right. There were only three hours left before the entrance exam and if he out here in the big city. He snatched the hair out of All Might's hand and quickly started chomping down on it. Wade swallowed, and All Might threw him his backpack, and he caught it. It contained his uniform and shoes.

Wanting to quickly get there, Wade ran off towards the edge and jumped. As he started swinging towards U.A., All Might ran to the edge and called out. "Wait, Wade! Do you even know where U.A. is?!"

Turned out, he didn't. But on the bright side, Wade had just made it before the exam started. It was only 8:40 A.M.

Wade swung high into the air and jumped over the wall before anyone could see him and ducked into a tree. Landing on a branch. He didn't even bother to take off the costume and quickly took off the hoodie and workout shorts. He then put on the uniform and pants over the costume to conceal it. Slipped on his shoes, took off his mask and gloves, before placing them into the bag.

After all was down, Wade jumped down from the tree and stepped onto the main path of U.A.. Some students thought it was weird of him, but didn't dwell on it too much. He panted slightly. "Made it," Wade said and waited for a moment. He ate the hair, but wasn't really feeling any different.

However, that didn't matter now. All he was focused on was the building in front of him. There was a reason that U.A. High School was the most difficult school to get into, and the most popular. The Hero Course was designed to give students everything they need to go Pro. It's so tough, that only 1 in 300 applicants are accepted.

Many great Heroes came from this school alone. All Might, who magnanimously declined the People's Choice Award, was one of them. Then there was Endeavor, the man who's stopped more crimes than anyone else in history. And even Best Jeanist; the Hero who's won the Best Jeanist Award eight years running.

To put it simply, if you graduate from U.A., then you've met the one requirement for becoming a great Hero.

Wade was then about walk towards the entrance of the school when he heard the one voice of the one person he was hoping not to run into today. "Walker!"

He turned around and saw Bakugo walking right for him. "Oh crap."

"Get out of my way, or you're dead," the bully threatened.

But Wade wasn't having any of it. "You can go around, jackass," he stated. Bakugo stopped and the two enemies stood off against each other. This was the first time they spoke to each other since the incident, as Bakugo stopped tormenting Wade. And now the air between them was tensing up again. Some of the students stopped to watch, as they recognized Bakugo because of that incident.

Wade knew how this was going to play out. Bakugo would start acting all superior and call him weak, and even insult his dad. And if the blonde did, Wade wasn't sure if he was going to hold in his anger.

But Bakugo surprised him by actually walking around him. But not before hitting his shoulder into Wade's.

While Wade was thankful that the bully didn't continue with his harassment, he looked as Bakugo walked away and wondered why he didn't continue. Was he trying to ignore him? Or was it something else?

But Wade pushed that aside and focused on what was ahead. He's trained hard for the past ten mouths to become Spider-Man and he wasn't surrendering now. Suddenly his phone went off in his phone and he reached into his pocket. Most likely it was Inko wondering where he was.

Wade pulled out the phone, but it slipped out of his hands and he desperately tried to catch it. But it wasn't going to happen. It was going to fall and hit the ground.

However, it didn't.

Wade's eyes widened after seeing a person's arm from his left reach out and touch the phone, without grabbing it. And the phone just floated there for a moment.

He turned his head and looked at the person. Wade gasped when he saw a girl his age with a shorter height and petite build, with fair skin with her cheeks blushing, big round brown eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair which sported two long locks beside her face and a short bob at the back. "That was a close one, huh," she asked.

"Uh, yeah," said Wade, still amazed that she was able to do that, while admitting to himself that she was very cute. He reached and grabbed his phone. He looked it over, wondering if it was going to float again. "Was that you're…?"

"Yep!" The girl smiled happily and clapped her hands together. "I'm sorry I didn't ask first, but I didn't want you to break your phone on the exam."

"Well, for all its worth, thanks," Wade said gratefully. He then bowed his head. "I'm Wade Walker."

"Wow! I didn't think an American would come all the way to Japan to be a Hero," said the girl before bowing her head. "I'm Ochaco Uraraka, and it was nice to meet you. Good luck to you." She then ran off towards the school.

Wade stayed where he was and stared. He's not even in the school, and he's already made a friend.

All students made it into the auditorium of U.A. for the Exam Orientation.

The auditorium was dark with the lights turned off. It stayed like that for a moment, before they turned on, along with the large flat screen in the front that showed the symbol of U.A.

"What's up, U.A. candidates?" Said the announcer, Pro Hero Present Mic. He was a tall, slender man with long, spiky blonde hair and a small mustache. He wore a pair of headphones with the word "HAGE" written on the headband and a pair of sunglasses. "Thanks for tuning into me, your school D.J." He threw up his hands and smiled big, while speaking into the microphone. "Welcome to today's live performance! Everybody say 'hey'!"

He put his hand to his left ear, wanting to hear them said "Hey", but all he got was silence.

"Well, that's cool, my examinee listeners! I'm here to present the guidelines of your practical! ARE YOU READY?!" He sang that last part, but again, he was met with silence.

"Huh, didn't think he'd be here," Wade said, leaning forward a bit. Unfortunately, he could find a good seat when he arrived and had to sit right next to Bakugo.

"Why are you next to me, Walker," asked Bakugo, not looking away from Present Mic.

"If I had any other place to sit, trust me, I'd be there than here."

"This is how the test will go, my listeners!" said Present Mic, before the TV screen showed a square that said current location, then smaller boxes appeared with lines attaching them to the 'current location' box. Each one had a letter, from A-G "You'll be experiencing ten-minute long 'Mock Cityscape Maneuvers'! Bring along whatever you want! After this presentation, you'll each head to your assigned testing location!"

All the students silently pulled out their exam cards and looked at them. Wade and Bakugo did the same. Looked like Wade had Battle Center B. "I see, that's so kids from the same middle school can't help each other out," said the blonde.

Wade looked at his card and saw he was going to Battle Center A. "And why consecutive I.D. numbers were assigned to different locations."

"Get your eyes off my card," Bakugo hissed, before scuffing. "All that means is that you get to live another day, Walker."

Looked like he hadn't changed a bit.

The TV then showed a small 3D model of a city. Then three black silhouetted, robotic figures appeared around it, each with a number of points. "Each site is filled with three kinds of Faux Villains," said Present Mic. "Points are awarded for defeating each according to their respective difficulty levels! Use your Quirks to disable the Faux Villains and earn points! That's your goal, listeners! Of course, no playing the antihero!"

Then a student a couple rolls in front of Wade and Bakugo stood up with his hand raised. "Excuse me, sir?! May I ask a question?!" he said, and a light shined down on him. This was Tenya Iida, a tall and muscular young man with black hair and wore rectangular half-rim glasses, which went with his serious attitude. "There appear to be no fewer than four variants of faux villains, on this handout! Such a blatant error, if it is one, is highly unbecoming for U.A., Japan's top academy! We're all here today in hopes of being molded into model Heroes!"

Wade looked at him, thinking that he's found another person with a stick up their ass.

"Alright, alright. Examinee 7111, nice catch. Thanks!" Present Mic said. "But the fourth faux villain variety gets you zero points! He's more of an obstacle!"

"So, like a thwomp from Super Mario Brothers," Wade said.

"That's correct!" A light shined on Wade, startling him greatly. "Luckily there's only one at each site! All they do is rampage around in close quarters!"

"Got it…" Tenya said, bowing his head. "So, it's like a gimmick to be avoided. Thank you, sir. My apologies for the interruption!" He sat back down.

"That's all from me!" Present Mic told then students. "I'll leave my listeners with our school motto. The great hero Napoleon Bonaparte once said: 'true heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life.' PLUS UTRA! Break a leg, everyone!"

Wade grinned in excitement. This is it. The moment he's been training for was about to start. But what will happen is anyone's guess.

AN: You all asked for it, and so here it is! The second chapter of "Heroes of Tomorrow."

Now before we get into anything serious, I just like to say thank you for supporting the story by Favoriting, Following, and Reviewing the first chapter.

So, let get down to business. When I started this story, I thought that people wouldn't be happy with replacing Izuku with Wade. I didn't think that people would be against the idea of Wade having a harem.

I really do appreciate all your Reviews, as it motivates me to keep doing this. Your reasonable objections against the idea of a harem is taken into account, but then there are those of you who don't give a reasonable objection. So, what I'm going to do is defend my decision for giving Wade a harem.

Look, here's the deal: The reason I have the harem is because I couldn't really choose between Momo, Mina, and Ochaco. What can I say, almost all of the girls in My Hero Academia are great. Isn't that why other fanfic writers have the main character, canon or OC, with a harem.

So, what I did was that I took the two girls that I was going to Wade hook up with back when this story was still a My Hero Academia/Jurassic Park crossover, Momo and Mina, and added in Ochaco. Ochaco was added because #1; who doesn't like her, and #2; Wade has replaced Izuku, so it's logical to think that she would fall for Wade in the story.

And the idea of a harem for Wade came from the Spider-Man series. Peter may not have a harem, and possibly never will, but he's attracted many girls. Gwen, M.J., Black Cat. If there's more, then please tell me. Wade's harem just mirrors that, but My Hero Academia is an anime, and you know how most anime series do it when many girls after one guy.

Besides, I've planned for Wade to have a harem.

That's all I've got to say on the matter. I hope you understand why I've picked for Wade to have a harem. I do listen and that's why I've come up with a compromise.

Momo Yaoyorozu, Mina Ashido, and Ochaco Uraraka will be the ONLY girls in the harem. PERIOD! No other girls will be added. They will be the only ones! They are the ones that I picked in the beginning for Wade, and that's all there's going to be!

I hope that's enough to satisfy everyone, we can more on with this story in the future. All I want is to give you readers an enjoyable and an awesome story.

I didn't talk about the other things in the story, as I think it's all self-explanatory and there's nothing really to say.

Also, before I end things, I just started another story. My Steven Universe story; "Gem of War"

If you're interested in it and/or are a SU fan, go check it out.

That's it for this story. Please be sure to Favorite and Follow if you like the story, and if you want me to keep writing this story, then please leave a REVIEW. I would really appreciate it if you do. If you any questions or discussions you'd have for me, then please PM me.

Thank you for reading, may God bless you, and have a wonderful day.