Hi guys! Here with with Chapter 2 of My Avengers Academia! Now, we will meet some new characters, some will return. Who knows? Maybe an Avenger will show up... ;). Anyway, I've been getting questions on what exactly is the deal with this story.

No, Tony is not replacing Izuku, in case anyone is wondering. But this story centers around the Marvel characters, not the MHA characters. The Avengers have been already established in this story. So, Phase 1 Iron Man isn't Tony, you've probably already figured out who is. I can't say any more, for risk of revealing too much.

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Chapter Two: Avengers, Assemble!

Today was the day! The UA entrance exams were here!

Tony and Rhodey were as prepared as the possibly could be. The written exam was simple enough, both easily knew they passed. But the practical exams were where the day got interesting...

Tony was not yet finished with the Mark III armor, nor was War Machine finished either. Thankfully, Tony had built the necessary components for both. Tony and Rhodey now stood at the entrance of Battle Center C. President Mic was giving a typical opening speech on what to do for the exam. As the duo stood, they looked around them, finding faces of all kinds. "Man, it's incredible at the number of people want in to the hero course." Concluded Tony, who wore a clearly half-finished suit (Rank 3 Iron Man/Avengers Academy). Rhodey playfully punched his shoulder, "You getting cold feet?" He joked, Rhodey also wore an incomplete suit (Rank 1 War Machine/Avengers Academy). Tony smirked, "Nah, I'm just gonna feel guilty about everyone I'm running out of the job." The two snickered and joked a little more, until the time came.

The Center's massive doors opened, and the test began. The teenage applicants mobbed the entrance, trying to get ahead of each other in order to get first pickings. Tony and Rhodey launched into the air, and flew above everyone else. Although Tony had his head in the game, something nagged him. There were the average Villain drones, each of them worth points. But there was the Arena Trap, a faux villain worth absolutely nothing. President Mic simply said to ignore it and move on. That weirded Tony out, why would a Pro Hero of all people discourage something to test them as heroes?

Tony's thoughts were quickly paused as he began to engage in combat, several Villains caught sight of him, and converged on his position. Tony had already taken care of several drones before now, he had a score of 28. He fired explosive darts from his collar plating. the darts hit their targets, after a few moments, they exploded, taking the Villains with them. Before he could finish off another Villain, Rhodey stole his shot and blew it up with shoulder missiles. "Ha! Gotcha!" Cheered the heavy-duty armored hero. Tony growled a little as Rhodey smirked in victory. "Keep this up, and you might get to my sidekick someday!" Rhodey jeered.

"Nu-uh! Yeah-huh!" The two bickered as they raced off trying to outdo each other. Little paid attention to just how much points they got.

Steve (Rank 1 Captain America/Avengers Academy) raced through the Battle Center, he already had an excelling percentage, but wanted to secure his spot in the exam a little more. His weapon of choice to assist him was a triangular shield he and his dad had crafted. He weapon choice wasn't because he wanted to fight villains, but rather, protect civilians from danger.

He leapt off the ground, and slammed the point of his shield into a 2-point Villain's head. Easily finishing it off, he moved on.

He then noticed a handful of applicants trapped by Villains, and raced to their rescue. A few of them cowered in fear, one Villain moved in for an attack, was was stopped short as Steve smashed the robot, and set of a chain reaction of attacks to defeat the rest. "You're okay, don't worry. Let's get back in the fight!" He reassured. The applicants and Steve then parted ways.

As Steve raced across a street, a 1-point Villain almost clothes lined him. But just as suddenly, several small explosion popped all over the Villain, breaking and destroying it. He then turned to his right, hoping to see whom who it was. "Uh, I aiming for the robot, in case you were wondering." Said a nervous African-American boy, "My name's Sam, Sam Wilson." Sam wore a jetpack, with grey metal wings to help maneuver (Rank 1 Falcon/Avengers Academy). "Thanks Sam," Said Steve, "My name's Steve Rodgers." Sam gawked at Steve, "You're Steve Rodgers! Your famous for fighting off bullies back in America!" Steve blushed, "Well, I mean, I was trying to make them stop bullying people, I got in trouble with the school afterwards." Sam cheerfully declared, "Pfft! You're a hero to kids back home! I knew people who wanted to be just like you! Um, is it alright if I tag along?" Steve nodded to say yes. Sam shouted, "Yes!" as he and Steve went off to fight more Villains.

Everything was going smooth, for the most part.

T'Challa (Rank 1 Black Panther/Avengers Academy) was impressed. The test proctors purposely set the available number of points so possibly low, that one would have to put effort into this test to pass. But impressed was all this test would earn from T'Challa, simply because of it's lackluster roster of Villains. The problem with the test was that it wasn't creative enough to feel like a challenge for him.

The Villains were so weak, it was instantly obvious why they were worth so little. But the real nagging question was why is the Faux Villain, the easily most threatening obstacle to this test, worth absolutely nothing? Unless, clearly, there were other factors that everyone simply glossed over when President Mic went through the instructions. Perhaps, something else was in play when in came to the Faux Villain.

T'Challa already had 80 points, and just finished a 2-point Villain. Putting him at the top of the leader board. But that was to be expected of the Prince of Wakanda. He was simply to good for the initial exam to have any lesser expectations.

He had already saved several other applicants, and gave each one of them a scolding for not being careful. He noticed that other students were teaming up in order to effectively fight. Just like he, Tony, and Steve did against the Sludge Villain. It was strange, the heir to the mantle of the Black Panther, working with others? Sure, he had heard stories of his father doing so, but the idea of him doing it was very...alien to T'Challa.

But fate had taken a rough turn. For events that would bring our heroes together once more were about to set in motion.

"Who are those two?" Said Power loader, "In Battle Center C, the boys with the armor. Those outfits look like something out of a comic book! The support gear built in the suits are damn incredible." Ectoplasm said, "I don't think those boys even have quirks, but they are fine pilots."

Nezu chimed in, "Yes, they are quite astounding pilots, but the pair I'm more interested in is the duo of boys with the shield and wings. They work in perfect tandem, able to use combo attacks as if they practiced together." Snipe turned to a big red button, "I think it's time we give 'em a little scare." The rest of the spectators agreed. Cementoss pressed the button.

And so began the second time the Avengers assembled.

The ground began to shake with massive tremors. A building completely collapsed, leaving a pillar of dust to cover it's destruction. Not long after, a massive robot on treads the size of the building before it was destroyed rolled out of the cloud of dust. Tony, Rhodey, Sam, Steve, and T'Challa all turned to see the cause of the situation.

The Faux Villain, the one thing they were told to avoid, had just shown up right in front of them.

Any other applicants around simply screamed in fear and ran away, or tried to. The Arena Trap began to smash buildings, throwing debris everywhere. It didn't take long after rubble hit the ground. No doubt several people were trapped by the monstrosity.

"Sam!" Said Steve, quickly recovering from the shock, "We need to help them, come on!" And ran towards the victims, Sam quickly followed.

Rhodey pointed to the Faux Villain, "Hey Tony! Winner takes all!" And flew off to combat the massive Villain. Tony shouted, "No fair! False start!" As he gave chase.

Tony and Rhodey both opened fire upon the Arena Trap, but strangely, very little, if not nothing had an effect on it. Rhodey then stepped up his firepower, and launched several missiles from the silos on his collars. Tony used his anti-tank missiles, despite the numerous micro missiles, the anti-tank missiles had far more explosive power. Although they did something, it wasn't much.

T'Challa saw the Faux Villain, but held no responsibility to help. After all, it was absolutely worthless to finishing this test. He then began to walk away and continue to fight Villains. He looked at the two fools who were trying to fight it. He then looked at the ground in front of the Faux Villain. It was Steve, he remembered him. Steve and another boy with what T'Challa assumed to be home-made wings were attempting to protect and evacuate any other applicants who were trapped by the Faux Villain's antics.

Another glance at the duo trying to fight the Villain head-on. It didn't a scientist to recognize both were wearing armor similar to Tony's, making T'Challa assume either one was Tony. He remembered how Tony hardheadedly charged at the Sludge Villain when they met.

Clearly Tony hadn't changed one bit ever since then.

But all the while, he then remembered the nagging question, why was it worthless? Why would the Pro Hero of all people say it was best to avoid it? Then, it finally hit him; It wasn't worthless, because there was something else they were being tested on! He then turned back to look at the area of the battle, and ran right for it.

"Doesn't look like anything's working!" Shouted Rhodey. Tony opened up at the Faux Villain with repulsor blasts. "Pfft, I got this!" Tony boasted.

He made a flying charge for the Faux Villain, only to get knocked out of the sky as it retorted.

Rhodey snatched Tony and broke his fall. "Yeah, nice job hero." Tony shot him a glare.

Thankfully, Rhodey and Tony's efforts yielded a favorable circumstance. While they tried to obliterate the Faux Villain, the robot wound up piling debris in front of itself. Steve and Sam had managed to evacuate the trapped applicants. The pile-up of debris wound up temporarily blocking the Arena Trap's path, giving our heroes a small, but effective moment to catch their breath. Finally, our four heroes noticed each other.

Tony and Rhodey dropped and landed next to Steve and Sam. "Tony? Is that you?" Asked Steve, "Hey, Steve right? How've ya been?" Said Tony. "Tony, this is serious; we don't have time for catch-up."

"Pfft, live a little, the thing's trapped for the moment." Tony said. Sam spoke up, "Looks like you didn't do much to that giant robot. We need to make some sort of plan."

T'Challa, whom had just arrived to see the group, piped in, "Perhaps I could be of assistance?"

"Nice to see we got a group, but I got this." Boasted Tony, and quickly launched to restart his fight with the Faux Villain. Rhodey stayed behind with the others, "He's usually this pig-headed, sorry 'bout him. I'm Rhodey, nice to meet you guys." The other 3 introduced themselves, "Doesn't matter, I'm Steve by the way."

"I'm Sam, nice suit ya got there."

"I am T'Challa, Prince of Wakanda."

The 4 heard an explosion, followed by yelling. They turned to see Tony flung backwards towards them. He hit the ground with a grunt, "Okay, maybe that wasn't my best idea." Rhodey teased, "You think? What'd you think was gonna happen?"

Before Tony could retort, the sounds of crumbling and destruction boomed. The group turned only to find that the Faux Villain had broke through the blockade of debris, and made its way towards them.

"We're gonna have to work together if we want to beat this thing." Declared Steve. "Rhodey, get it's attention, Sam, you're with me, we'll try and find any weak points Tony and Rhodey made earlier, T'Challa, see if you slow it down, Tony, you're on troubleshoot, you try to make some more chinks in the armor for us. Let's roll!"

Tony reluctantly did as he was told, flying close to Rhodey to help draw the Faux Villain's attention away from the rest of the team. Everyone else quickly followed Steve's lead, using combo attacks to bring the Arena Trap down.

"Hm, some of the applicants in Battle Center C are teaming up to fight the Faux Villain, interesting." Said Nezu, clearly impressed that they were actually beginning to be successful in their efforts.

"Hold on, looks like the Faux Villain has other plans." Said Eraserhead. The spectators all turned back to the view screen to see what he meant.

Rhodey flew hard and fast, it looked like the Faux Villain wouldn't even have the chance to catch him. He gave a look back as he narrowly evaded another swing.

He shouldn't have looked back.

The moment he turned to face forwards again, the Faux Villain had been proactive. The Faux Villain had its massive hand right in Rhodey's flight path, and Rhodey flew right into it. The giant robot snapped its fist shut, trapping Rhodey.

"Rhodey!" Cried Tony, he broke off his attack to save his best friend. There was no way he would let Rhodey get hurt, or anyone else for that matter. He charged for the Villain's closed fist, it suddenly jerked its arm back, as if to throw a baseball. Tony pushed his thrusters to their limits to catch Rhodey in time.

But his effort was all for naught.

The massive Villain threw Rhodey as hard as it could, Rhodey couldn't pull out of his current path, nor could Tony save him in time. Rhodey hit the ground, hard. Tony's eyes went wide with shock at the horror of his best friend's misfortune. "RHODEY!" Cried Tony as he broke away from the fight completely to help his best friend.

The other 3 noticed Tony, but could do nothing to help. T'Challa immediately stepped up the pace, going from slowing the robot, to full on attacking it. Steve and Sam did the same.

Tony hit the ground running as he raced to Rhodey's side. "Gimme a sign, James!" He called to his friend. "Armor, vitals. NOW!" He demanded. "James Rhodes is in ideal health conditions, but currently inoperative due to unconsciousness." Tony clenched his fist. His actions now driven by emotion, rather than logic. He roared as he took off right for the Faux Villain's head.

"What's that boy doing? He's insane if he's taking the Villain in a head-on collision." Questioned Snipe. The rest of the spectators, save one, all began to try to explain Tony's rash actions.

The silent spectator had a big, mustard yellow mane of hair, but his body was skinny, almost to the point of skeletal. "There's no merit to fight the Faux Villain head-on, but he's doing it because he wants to protect people. I just know it." He thought as he watched on.

The 3 boys whom remained to fight the Faux Villain were growing more tired of fending it off. Sam had blundered as he made a fatal twist and turn to evade the Faux Villain's attacks. He dodged the first massive fist, his torso hurting from the sudden and painful twisting he made to evade. And wound up hitting the Faux Villain's second attack, causing him to fly into a building's window. He felt so lucky that he didn't hit the wall.

Steve wasn't so lucky. He made his way atop another building, level with the giant robot's midsection. But before he could make a move, the Villain spotted him. The Arena Trap swung with it's right arm, chopping a slanted portion of the building Steve was on. The debris slid off, taking Steve with it. Thankfully, Steve managed to land correctly, but hit the ground hard when he landed. It hurt to move, Steve felt so weak, and laid on his, exhausted.

T'Challa narrowly escaped from being crushed by debris and the Faux Villain's treads. He ran away from the Faux Villain as he dashed and sidestepped from falling debris. He was extremely tired, and could only retreat to lick his wounds. But he didn't get far enough. A massive chunk of debris fell right behind T'Challa, and sent him flying from the impact. Due to his exhaustion, he hit the ground on his front. He slowly and painfully rolled over to lay on his back.

All three had the same feeling of despair on their faces. They failed, despite how hard they fought, they were beaten, one by one. All they could do now was wait, and pray the timer was mere seconds to stopping. Steve, however, didn't despair.

For as long as one Hero remained, there would always be hope that the light of justice would overtake the darkness and despair.

Steve, Sam, and T'Challa all watched as Tony did something unthinkable to them. Tony took off from the ground with insane amounts of speed. The thrust exhaust from his boot jets was clearly bigger than before, indicating he was putting more power into into his flight.

T'Challa had thought Tony had made many stupid decisions before, but the one he made now would certainly be the most memorable.

Tony flew directly for the Faux Villain's head, going at full speed for a collision. His charge was so fast, and so powerful, that the Faux Villain didn't even have the chance to move or counter. Tony made sure his charge connected at full speed. And so it did.

He rammed the Faux Villain's face so hard, he broke through the armor plating, and came to a crashing stop inside its head.

His stupid, yet brave action had yielded some favorable results. Rhodey had very slowly pulled out of comatose, although he was groggy, he woke up as fast as he could. Steve, although enfeebled, had found the strength to stand up, and take his shield. Sam, whose wings were nearly torn, recovered from hitting the window with his head, and prepared to take flight once again. T'Challa, whom didn't have faith Tony would be successful, had become encouraged to continue to fight, no matter how much of a struggle it was to do so.

All-Might, whose body was skeletal and frail at the moment, smiled. "That's what it means to be a hero, the spirit of self-sacrifice!" He thought as he watched our heroes all get up, and continue to fight.

Tony had encouraged all of them to go beyond, and keep fighting, no matter what the cost.

One by one, all the spectators broke into grins, smirks, and smiles, as they saw the next Avengers unite, and stand.

The 4 applicants suddenly began to work in tandem. As if they practiced for their entire lives together. Sam picked up Steve and flew them up to the upper-torso of the Villain. "Come on! Let's show Tony what working together can do!" Cheered Steve. Rhodey and T'Challa made a quick, but uneasy team-up as they fought alongside each other. As did Sam and Steve.

They began to slowly, but surely pick apart the Faux Villain, something that none of them did on their own.

But how long, they all wondered, could they hold out?

Tony hit his hard as he rammed the Faux Villain. He was knocked out, only his subconscious kept him company. His mind began to wander...back to the day where he began his dream of being a hero.

The incident happened so suddenly. Tony and Rhodey were having fun, playing in the woods. Since Tony's father had a manision out in a great forested area, Rhodey and Tony were able to have fun playing in the woods.

It became very apparent Tony couldn't climb trees.

Eventually, the duo were running around, pretending to be Pro Heroes. "I'm the military hero; Army Man!" Shouted Rhodey in pure bliss. "I'm the industructable hero; Metal man!" Cheered Tony. The two young boys ran around playing pretend. They fought imaginary villains, cheered on by imaginary bystanders. Until eventually they came accross a raging river.

They weren't paying attention.

Rhodey and Tony raced around, making sounds to add effects to their playing. Rhodey proclaimed, "Ultimate Spin Attack!" As he began to spin around. Unfortunatley, he spun around so much, he got dizzy, and stumbled closer to the fast-flowing river.

Tony had his back turned, only a moment, and disaster struck.

One moment, both he and his best friend were laughing, playing, and oblivious to the world beyond them. But now, Rhodey was in danger.

All Tony heard was a yelp. He snapped around as fast as he could to see why. Rhodey fell into the river, normally it wouldn't be a problem. But Rhodey hadn't learned to swim, and the water was very deep. Rhodey, due to his dizziness, had stumbled over and fell into the water. The river's current was powerful, and could pull Rhodey under in seconds. Without even thinking, Tony jumped in after him. The current swept Tony up instantly, and tossed him over and over.

Rhodey felt nothing but pure, unadulterated fear. He could only keep his head above the water for so long before he drowned.

Tony was also consumed by fear. He would lose his best friend, but he had no idea what got him to push past his fear. He finally managed to preform a doggy-paddle as he swam towards Rhodey.

He almost reached Rhodey, He was so close now! Just a little further...

But the world was cruel with misfortune. Rhodey couldn't kick or pull anymore, his head dunked below the surface. Tony gasped for air, the undertow had Rhodey in its grasp! But he had come too far just to lose to nature. He dove as deep as he could possibly go into the raging current. He could barely make out an image of Rhodey's body. Despite being dragged under, Rhodey still fought, even if he was scared to death by his current predicament.

Suddenly, Rhodey's eyes momentarily widened, and fell shut. He stopped struggling, and went limp. Tony was about to have a mental breakdown, Neither Rhodey's mom nor his dad knew where they were, they had nothing to pull Rhodey out with, and Rhodey stopped moving. Even through his mind snapping, he pushed his lungs to their absolute limits to reach his drowning best friend.

Tony snatched Rhodey's wrist with one hand, and used the other to pull. He would not let this end this way. He was out of air, and Rhodey was barely clinging to life. Tony's eyelids grew heavy, He was fighting on borrowed time, and could not win.

But he never let defeat stop him before, and he definitely won't let that start now.

Finally, both Tony and Rhodey's head broke through the water's surface. Tony, with Rhodey in tow, had swam to the side of the river. He pulled Rhodey out, and Rhodey began to cough and move. "Rhodey! You're alive!" Cried Tony. The two began to hug, crying as they survived such a horrifying incident.

Tony and Rhodey knew what would happen when they returned, but neither cared.

From that day forward, even though he had no Quirk, Tony Stark vowed to become a hero. So that His best friend, or anyone else for that matter, would be hurt or scared again.

Tony reached for his aching head. But he soon realized he couldn't move his arm. He was inside a little hole he made inside the Faux Villain. He damaged something, and hoped it didn't put the robot into a frenzy. He recollected the memory of his ramming charge. "Wait, if I can pierce the armor with enough repulsor power, then I can do more internal damage." He suddenly got several ideas to demolish the Villain in one fell swoop.

"Despite all the applicants fighting the Faux Villain already have secure spots in the entrance exams, they seem to be set upon stopping the Villain." Observed Nezu. "Well, they're certainly trying to act like heroes." Ectoplasm stated. "Who're those kids by the way?" Asked Midnight.

Eraserhead quickly looked at the list of applicants in the Battle Center, "Hm, says here those applicants are T'Challa, the prince of Wakanda. He was offered a recommendation, but insisted on taking the exams. Sam Wilson, he was born quirk-less, but he still passed the written exam, his little backpack got him a secure spot for approval. Steve Rodgers, his Quirk is super-enhance. Basically, from what we can tell, it's a mutational Quirk that magnifies his body's functions a thousandfold. Then, there's James Rhodes, his armor appears to be similar in design with our next person, Tony Stark. Looks like Tony was also offered a recommendation, and also turned it down."

Midnight blinked in surprise, then turned her face back to the screen, confused. "Doesn't that mean...?" Eraserhead simply nodded. Midnight's eyes widened, "R-REALLY!?" Eraserhead nodded again. Midnight looked flabbergasted as she looked closer to the battle being fought before her eyes.

"Although, they aren't the only children to be in the same case." Said Nezu, as he pointed to several other screens. One screen had a boy wearing a ski mask and hoodie, wearing red and blue apparel. Another showed a girl with a quirk that allowed her to change proportions of her body. Many more showed interesting displays of power and skill.

Another spectator, whom had an average build for his body, and wore a lab coat narrowed his eyes at our heroes. A smile curled up on his face as he said, "Wait for it..."

Outside the Faux Villain, Steve, Rhodey, Sam, and T'Challa were not in peak shape. Despite putting dents into the Faux Villain, they weren't doing enough. The applicants could only do so much before they were spent completely. Before, they were tired, but now, it was hurting to fight on. Tony was a super-genius, and could probably think of so many different ways to destroy the Faux Villain in mere seconds. But none of the others could, even T'Challa, whom had self-proclaimed superior intellect, was bewildered by Stark's ARC Reactor, the pinnacle of power for Stark Industries. They were running out of ideas, and everything else.

They needed Tony, and they needed him now.

Almost as if it were on cue, a massive light began to glow from the top of the Faux Villain's head. The armor plating made a very audible crack as a gigantic beam of blue energy blasted through.

A lone figure climbed out of the hole, revealing to be none other than Tony. "Hey everybody," Tony said boldly as he folded his arms with a cocksure smile on his face, "Didja miss me?"

The Faux Villain reached up to crush Tony like a gnat. Tony jumped off of the robot's head just before it could hit him. He fired off his repulsors as he neared the ground, dropping into a superhero landing as he touched down.

"We can pierce that thing if we hit it right. I know a way I can bring that junk heap down in one move." Explained Tony. Steve said, "Do it! We're almost out of time! Everyone, cover Tony!"

The Faux Villain rolled towards them, our heroes finally stood, side-by-side, making an inspiring stance to anyone watching. They would fight, and win, as one!

Tony turned around, and dropped into a squat. The children stood their ground as the bought Tony time. The heir had began to remove the armor on his torso and head, Rhodey glanced and asked, "What're you doing? I don't think ditching the suit's battery won't help."

Tony, without even giving a reaction, "Don't worry, The limbs each come with their own sub-battery, in case the main ARC Reactor should fail. But I've pushed the thrusters too hard, I dunno if they'll hold out until we get this done."

T'Challa noticed Tony had removed the armor on his thighs as well, and began to fit the removed armor together into some sort of device. "What are you making?" Asked the prince. Tony responded, "I can set the Arc Reactor to overload and explode, with the munitions I still have in the armor-" He began to remove cladding on his gauntlets, and pried out what T'Challa assumed to be rockets or missiles of some sort, "-I can use them to help create bigger and more explosions. If I can place this "bomb" in the Faux Villain properly, I can create a chain of several explosions all over the inner-workings.

"That being said, I-" He was cut short as Steve interjected, "No, what if you can't get out in time? You'd be trapped. Besides, you said yourself the flight systems are breaking down. It's too risky!" He scolded Tony. Tony didn't listen and picked up the improvised explosive. "Don't you dare, Tony!" Threatened Steve.

Tony rested his hand on Steve's shoulder and opened up his mouth, as his was about to retort. But before he, or anyone else could react, had launched with great speed in order to escape a lecture. "NO! GET BACK HERE, RIGHT NOW!" Tony didn't listen, and continued on his way. "Leave him be, Steven," Said T'Challa, "If the man thinks it will work, we've got to try. We're too tired to refuse." Steve reluctantly nodded in agreement.

But Steve then noticed; his shield was missing. He looked at his back, then to Tony. Tony took Steve's shield, and did so without anyone noticing? "Maybe there's more to Tony than I thought."

Tony evaded anything the Faux Villain threw at him. Suddenly, he felt a very alarming shift in propulsion from his feet. His boots were failing, if he pushed hard enough, he might get distance, but destroy the boots in the process.

Tony reached the open hole in the Faux Villain's head, and dropped inside.

The lab-coated spectator's grin grew, "Just like the old man." He said as he watched Tony. Eraserhead turned to look at him, "Banner, you can't be serious." Banner turned to Eraserhead, "Believe me, the sap did the same type of thing, actually, the same exact thing every time."

Power Loader noticed what was going on, "So, he rigged parts of his suit into a bomb. By the looks of it, he's built all of his explosive weaponry into it. I think Stark's gonna try and make a catalyst of explosions. What a smart kid."

"As much as I hate to feed a Stark's ego, he's more than that. He's a Stark, meaning he's not going to play by the book."

Nezu piped up, "Of course. After all, one way or another, they're all related to heroes."

Banner had a single thought, "Just like their parents..."

Tony Landed deeper into the Faux Villain's inner-workings. They were so dated, it was insulting that this thing gave Tony a hard time. He had just broke through a few pieces of machinery.

"Just as I thought," Thought Tony, "They didn't leave any of the important stuff in the head. Which means the control and power systems are most likely in the center." He had snatched Steve's shield before he took off. He'd make sure to apologize later for what he was about to do. "I hope Steve built this thing tough, because this is gonna be big!"

Tony gouged out even more of the interior. If he was right, which of course he was, he should be at the ideal location now.

The Faux Villain was shaking, meaning everyone outside was doing their job, good.

Tony quickly set down his homemade bomb next to what he assumed to be important. He snatched his incomplete helmet from the device, and put it back on.

"Armor, overload ARC Reactor on my signal...NOW!"

The ARC Reactor in the bomb began to glow, and hum with power. Tony knew it wouldn't even be a few seconds, and blasted off with utmost speed.

The hum got higher and higher in pitch, and the glow got brighter and brighter. Tony's boot jets were overclocking, and definitely beginning to meltdown.

The bomb went off.

Tony didn't escape the explosion in time, and was swept up in the shock-wave. Thankfully, his boot jets weren't through yet. He had Steve's shield to thank for blocking the shock to his back. He flew out into the sky, too far too fast.

Steve, T'Challa, Sam, and Rhodey all jumped a little when they heard a massive explosion. The flare from the explosion was bright blue, like from Tony's Reactor. "Tony!" Called Rhodey, and everyone started to move towards the Faux Villain.

They stopped in their tracks to see that Tony was right; The explosion spread throughout the massive robot, and set off a chain of explosions through the entire inner-structure.

But what happened to Tony?

Banner watched in amusement, "It took him long enough, it took Iron Man less than 20 seconds."

"Really?"

"Yup, those were the days. I didn't give Howie enough credit. He was Quirk-less, you'd think everyone would be doing hero work for him. He'd just take it as an insult. Honestly, I kinda admired how much effort he put into being a Pro. He was secretly trying harder than anyone else. With his utility belt full of gizmos that bewildered me-" Banner quickly realized he was going into a tangent.

"What? Not even Hank put in as much effort to being a Pro Hero, and he was Quirk-less too." The other spectators chuckled as they turned to see the aftermath of our heroes' team-up.

Tony messed up, badly. He over-taxed his jet boots, a big mistake. Although he escaped the explosion, he flew too fast to turn back and land. He blew into the sky, and his boots shut down. But how!? It only took Tony a second to realize the problem.

He pushed the repulsors in the boots so hard that they wound up melting and fusing the thrusters and circuitry; he was wearing literal dead weight on his feet.

He didn't make spare boots, mistake number one. He was careless about Steve's shield, mistake number two. Although the shield useful, it was utterly useless now that it was destroyed. He'd made a mental note to make a new one for Steve later, if he survived.

"There he is! We have to catch him!" Shouted Rhodey. Sam had taken off with incredible speed to catch Tony. Sam met Tony several miles above the ground. Although Sam did indeed catch Tony, the speed of Tony's fall gave too much an impact to stop. Both Tony and Sam were falling now.

Rhodey took off to make another attempt to brake the fall. Only Rhodey succeeded. He narrowly snatched both Tony and Sam before using whatever air-brakes Tony had been able to install.

The three still made a small crash as they landed, "Okay, we needa work on that." Tony belted out as he did his best to stand up. Stark wound up falling on his rear, only to have Steve extend a hand to help. "Well, working as a team has its perks, huh?" Tony took Steve's hand and helped pull himself up, "I'll think about my answer, I'm still not too sure it's something I want to do often." He joked

The team had regrouped. T'Challa started, "It appears forming an official team should be in order. After all, we do seem to keep crossing paths too often." The others began to voice their opinions.

President Mic's booming voice called out, "TEN SECONDS!" Making our heroes realize that this was still the Entrance Exam. "Well, I already got enough points. How 'bout you all?" Asked Tony. "Same here." Said Steve.

"Me too."

"Of course I know I have passed."

"Pfft, I bet I got more points than you."

Tony and Rhodey began to bicker over who got more points. Steve and Sam began to compliment each other for their attributes. Suddenly Steve asked, "Wait, Tony, where's my shield?" Tony froze with a blank expression on his face. "I-i'll make you a new one?" He said nervously. "Really!?" Eagerly asked Steve. "Y-yeah, totally." Tony said, masking his fear that Steve would pummel him.

A single booming shout rang out, "AND THAT'S IT! TIME'S UUUUP!" Shouted President Mic.

The crack-pot team returned to conversing with each other. Except for T'Challa, he was looking at the others, confused. "Is this what my father did? When he was a part of the Avengers? If so, it feels so...strange." The prince never knew how his father worked with others. T'Challa felt that, as the next Black Panther, he must stand alone. Perhaps, just maybe, that wouldn't have to be so...

One Week Later...

Tony had been working non-stop to complete the Mark 3, he wouldn't let the mistakes he made in the Entrance Exam happen again. He'd also been improving the incomplete War Machine. He wanted to make sure Rhodey would never get hurt when he wore it.

He also eventually got around to working on Steve's new shield. He was using Stark Industries' very limited stock of Vibranium to make it.

Tony had just finished the final touches on his new helmet. This new helmet had a remote control feature to access the many functions and equipment in the suit. It retained the design features of the Mark II, but with more color. Tony also realized his armor wasn't modular enough to handle bizarre situations. To compensate, he added a utility belt and other features to the armor. He also added manual and remote triggers for armor functions, definitely a worthy shot for most advanced armor yet.

But another contender was the completed War Machine. He finished it hours ago, but it was still incredible. The finished product(War Machine armor, Iron Man Model 11) was a prototype designed to be more advanced and combat-oriented than the Mark 3.

Tony went from his new helmet to check up on Steve's shield, he still need to paint it, but that can wait.

Rhodey broke through the door, "Tony! We got mail from U.A.!" Announced Rhodey. The two had both picked up their letters, and opened them. Inside the letters were holo-disks. "Yes!" Shouted Tony, "I know for a fact I got in!"

Tony went to one side of the room and turned his on, Rhodey did the same on the opposite side of the room, both had their backs turned to each other, focused on their results.

"I AM HERE! AS A PROJECTION!" Declared the world's greatest hero, All Might. Both boys were taken aback, shocked that All Might was the one announcing their results. The Avengers were famous, but All Might was seen like a demi-god.

"Anthony Stark, James Rhodes. You two were incredible on the written exams, perfect scores, both of you. Even if half of the practical exam you were fighting a Zero-point Faux Villain, you both got stunning, even awe-inspiring scores on the exam. Young Stark, you scored 160 points, tying with Young Rhodes for 2nd place."

Both Tony and Rhodey were a little upset that they tied. They wanted to outdo each other, and the exam didn't prove which was the better.

"Even though you both had overwhelming amounts of combat points, combat points weren't the only factor!" Both boys were confused, only to realize simultaneously what All Might meant. "A panel of judges watched the exams, searching for those who display heroic traits; Perseverance, Awareness, and most importantly, Selflessness. Even though you seemingly fought the Faux Villain out of sport, you both recognized the danger as time progressed. You and a handful of other examinees took action when none of the rest did. You both fought at the risk of your own safety, when you recognized the threat. As such, the judges saw fit to award you and the other applicants with rescue points!"

The screen changed from All Might's face to a scoreboard, the contents being the list of top 10 highest scores of applicants. At the top was T'Challa, with a score of 200 Combat points, and 90 Rescue points. Tony came in 2nd with 160 Combat points, and 100 Rescue points. Rhodey tied with Tony for second, but was the lower slot since he had 60 Rescue points. Steve came in 3rd with 150 Combat points, and had 50 rescue points. Sam came in 4th with 100 Combat points, and 30 Rescue points.

Tony's eyes scrolled over the board, noting several Japanese, and American names. A real eye-opener for the duo was the last-place slot-holder. The last-place person managed to get in on Rescue points alone, with a tally of 60 points.

"Young Stark, Young Rhodes, both of you, welcome to the Hero Academia."

A/N: WOO! At long last, Chapter 2 is here! I hope some people caught the references to Spider Man and Ms Marvel, even if a little shoe-horned in. Don't worry, the roster for the Avengers will grow in time, in fact, you get new additions next chapter! Unfortunately, some of the more mythological characters won't be in this story...BUT! But, they might be featured in a spin-off story I felt about writing.

In other news, Quirk-Less in going to be completely re-written, I'll write a note and post it in Quirk-Less ASAP to explain why, Ratchet's Journey will get a new chapter soon, same goes for The American Knight.

Here's to hoping I can make a schedule for writing and actually get the next chapter out soon!

oh, one more thing.

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