The next 10 months were rough for young Peter Parker as he spent most of his time isolated, even celebrating his birthday alone (or rather completely ignoring it, and playing online games all day). Peter has run into Deku here and there, but Deku seemed way too busy doing other things so Peter left him be till there was a right time to socialize with him. As for Spider-Man? Well...he vanished as soon as he came onto the scene. Peter doesn't have a hero license, so he can't act as Spider-Man, which honestly caused Peter more frustration as he felt he wasn't living up to his uncle's words.

Currently, Peter was lying on his bed in his pj's watching the classic Godzilla vs King Kong movie as he had nothing better to do as the test was in two more days. Since he had nothing else better to do, Peter improved greatly on his 'geekiness' by reading up, listening, or watching more pop culture; to which was surprising to Peter since he didn't think both worlds had almost perfect similar ideals when it came to entertainment purposes. However, he noticed one thing that they did not have in common: Music. No Red Hot Chili Peppers, AC/DC, Beatles, Aerosmith, Rolling Stones, Queen, Guns N' Roses, Backstreet Boys, etc. You name it, they don't have it.

"Geez. You think that maybe since they have Mario, Sonic, DOOM, Overwatch, Team Fortress 2, Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, Death Note, Batman, Superman, they might at least share one common band? But they don't." Peter says as he takes a bite out his Onigiri. Though he is lazing around, he still kept his shape or rather improved on it during the ten months. A thought popped into Peter's head as he says all this stuff out loud, "What if I was in a comic book? What if in a different universe, Superman reads Spider-man comic books? That would be very interesting to see how people make out my life." Peter then looked at the time, "Alright. Enough fooling around now lets train for these last two days."

Today was the day. The U.A was having their test and Peter was focused on being enrolled in it. Peter had thought of his identity being the sole reason why he couldn't make it, but All Might told him not to worry about that. Peter was wearing the suit that was provided to him by All Might too, and he had his backpack. As he is walking towards the entrance, he noticed how massive it was. "Wow. I bet Hulk would still smash it even though he fits." Peter said as he walked through. Seeing many other students made Peter feel he fit in, especially since he wasn't the only one with powers. As he was walking, he saw Deku standing in front of the-"Wait what?!" Peter said in his head. "I thought he didn't have any powers! Why is he here?! Isn't this reserved for powers only, or is it for any type of hero whatsoever?!" Peter then saw Deku tripping as his fall was broken, so suddenly too.

Peter watched on as this sweet and adorable girl was talking to him as Deku attempted to talk back. "Very smooth Deku. A cute girl talks to you and you freeze up, luckily she didn't seem to notice. Oh, how we have two things in common now." Peter shook his head and smiled. "Got a long way to go, buddy." Peter caught up to Deku and looked at him as he was making a fool of himself. To stop him, Peter randomly said, "So, you excited for this?" He said as Deku snapped out of his trance and looked back at Peter.

"Huh? Oh, you bet I am ready! I have been waiting my whole life for this!" Deku said as he looked at Peter closely, "Have I seen you before? You look familiar."

Peter smiled and nodded, "Yeah, I ran into you a couple of times the past few months, though you seemed too busy to socialize with at the time so I just left you be." Peter said as Deku rubbed the back of his head.

"Yeah, sorry about that. I was training my body for a quirk I recently-eeeeeeee-I mean had to get more control over." Deku said as he almost spilled the secret already.

Peter just chuckled and passed off Deku's mistake. "I am Peter Parker by the way."

Deku tilted his head a bit to the left, "Peter Parker? That doesn't sound Japanese to me. You from a different country?"

"Yup, I am from the US of A, specifically, Queens, New York." Peter said as Deku looked a bit surprised, "Wow, long way from home huh?" Peter suddenly felt homesick and depressed but kept his smile plastered on his face.

"Yup, though I am enjoying it here. What is your name?" Peter smiled at him.

Deku smiled back at this and held out his hand, "Izuku Midoriya."

Peter shook his hand and chuckled, "Nice to meet you Midoriya." Peter had a thought in his head, "I guess people close call him 'Deku' or is there another reason for that?" Peter said as he looked at his watch, "We should get going Midoriya, can't be late."

Deku's face changed into one with determination as he gave Peter a firm nod, "Right." The pair both headed into the high school.

Peter and Deku sat together, with Peter noticing Kacchan sitting on Deku's right, as Present Mic began his presentation. "For all you examinee listeners tuning in, welcome to my show today! Everybody say 'hey'!" Silence was the answer as Peter noticed no one said anything

"Wow, you managed to get as much feedback as M.O.D.O.K. does at an elementary school," Peter said in his head as Present Mic continued.

"What a refined response. Then I'll quickly present to you the rundown on the practical exam! Are you ready? Yeah!" Same as before, silence.

"By now M.O.D.O.K. would have gotten a response." Peter thought as he heard Deku talking about Present Mic and his radio podcast, only to hear Kacchan tell him to shut up.

"As it says in the application requirements, you listeners will be conducting ten-minute mock urban battles after this! You can bring whatever you want with you. After the presentation, you'll head to the specified battle center, okay?" Again, just silence. Present Mic then repeated, with a little more authority, "Okay?!" Peter felt bad for the guy as he was trying to win the crowd over, but failed miserably.

"In other words, they won't let you work with your friends, huh?" Kacchan said as Peter turned to see Deku and him whispering.

"Y-you're right. Even though our examinee numbers are consecutive, we're assigned to different battle centers." Deku said as Kacchan immediately said.

"Don't look. I'll kill you. Damn, now I can't crush you." Deku shrunk back in fear as Peter glared at Kacchan though Kacchan didn't notice Peter's glare. Peter placed his hand on Deku's shoulder. Deku looked back at Peter and Peter gave him a reassuring smile.

"You'll be fine Midoriya. Just keep calm and do your best." Deku smiled back and nodded before both of them turned attention to Present Mic.

"Three different types of faux villains are stationed in each battle center. You earn points for each of them based on their level of difficulty. Your goal, dear listeners, is to use your Quirks to earn points by immobilizing the faux villains. Of course, attacking other examinees and any other unheroic actions are prohibited!"

Present Mic finished up saying as an examinee with glasses raised his hand. "May I ask a question?"

Present Mic pointed to said listener, "Okay!"

A spotlight was shined above the examinee as he began his question, "On the printout, there are four types of villains. If that is a misprint, then U.A, the most prominent school in Japan, should be ashamed of that foolish mistake!" The examinee said loudly and with authority as Peter groaned.

"Oh god, the world is ending! Please, everyone! Save the women and children. The U.A. made a mistake!"

The examinee continued, "We examinees are here in this place because we wish to be molded into exemplary heroes. In addition, you over there with the curly hair-" He then pointed to Deku as Peter looked down with his hands in his face.

"Man this guy would give Nick Fury's seriousness a run for his money!" Peter ignored this rather irritating examinee until he heard Present Mic speaking, to which he gave his full attention too again.

"Okay, okay, Examinee Number 7111." Present Mic proceeded to give him a thumbs-up, "Thanks for the great message. The fourth type of villain is worth zero points. That guy is an obstacle, so to speak. There's one in every battle center. An obstacle that will go crazy in narrow spaces. It's not impossible to defeat, but there's no reason to defeat it, either. I recommend that you listeners try to avoid it."

The examinee then bowed, "Thank you very much! Please excuse the interruption!" He said as sat back down.

Peter began to ponder in his head, "If it has no value, why add it then? Heroes don't run from a battle unless they need to. Are they trying to teach us that sometimes we can not win all our battles, so it is best to run? I don't think that is it. There is more than Present Mic is letting on about this fourth robot."

"That's all from me! Finally, I'll give you listeners a present-our school motto!" Present Mic said as he was wrapping up his presentation, "The hero Napoleon Bonaparte once said: 'A true hero is someone who overcomes life's misfortunes.' Go beyond. Plus Ultra! Now, everyone, good luck suffering!"

As everyone was filling out of the building and going to their designated battle centers, Peter and Deku looked at each other. "So, you got Battle Center B, Deku?"

Peter asked as Deku nodded, "Yeah, seems you got C. Oh, I am nervous Parker." Deku said as Peter cringed a bit, "Something wrong Parker?" Deku asked as Peter signed.

"I don't like being called my last name, it was what bullies called me in middle school," Peter admitted as Deku looked guilty.

"I am sorry Peter, I had no idea! I can relate to you, though. Kacchan calls me 'Deku' as a way to torment me since we were kids."

Hearing that made Peter glad he never called him 'Deku' to his face, but he still felt guilty about calling him that every time he thought of him or saw him.

"I'm sorry Midoriya." Peter was quick to give him a determined and brightful look, "But now isn't the time to be down, we have a test to take and we are going to pass!" Peter exclaimed as Deku gave Peter the same look and fire.

"Yeah, we will!" Both of them clapped each other's hand and held them, "See you on the first day, Midoriya!"

Peter said as Deku grinned, "You too Peter!" Both of them then separated, feeling more motivated than before.

Peter was dressed up in a red training gi as he and others waited for the doors to open. Peter had taken his web-shooters with him and hid them under his gi, with an opening in the sleeve so the web could be shot out. Peter had taken a look around to examine the other students while they waited. They all stuck out to him as everyone looked different in many ways. There were mutants, rock people, regular people, and many others; however, one person stood out the most: A girl with an extremely long tongue and looks like she resembles a frog. "She reminds me of Toad from Magneto's Brotherhood, or Frogman or Leap-Frog. Except she is a hero in training while they aren't. And she is pretty cute." Peter thought as he looked elsewhere before she caught him looking at her.

"Okay start!"

Peter suddenly heard as he saw the doors open, and with no hesitation, shot two webs and swung himself in, taking an early lead.

Peter had already found two robots and easily disposed of them with crushing kicks to the head while everyone else was barely making their way in. Peter encountered more bots as he smirked, "Seven easy points here!" Peter said as suddenly a tongue gripped one the robots and threw it into the others, destroying them in the process. Peter looked and saw the girl he was staring at earlier. "That's some tongue you got there! You suppose to have the Quirk of a frog?"

Peter asked as the frog girl looked at him, "Yup. And I see you have the Quirk of a spider." She said before jumping away to find more bots. Peter swung in a different direction as he claimed, and destroyed, more bots to add to his points.

"Six and a half minutes!" Present Mic yelled out as Peter was destroying bots as fast as he shot web. "Geez, I destroyed so many bots I honestly lost track of my points," Peter said as he was sticking on a side of the wall. "Okay, let's see if I can help anyone instead," Peter said as he swung around to help others in need, or to give them words of encouragement. Some took his help, while others blew him off, but Peter didn't mind one bit, he just liked helping others. Three minutes had passed by as Peter had spotted the frog girl, but she was sitting on a rooftop looking down at the ground. Peter noticed that no one was going after any more bots, "Are they all gone?" Peter thought as a sudden earthquake happened. His spider-senses shot up instantly to a new danger as he saw a massive dust storm.

The frog girl looked up and saw it too, "Huh? What is that?" She said with a 'kero' as Peter swung next to her.

"I think that is the fourth robot Present Mic was talking about!" Peter said as he and the frog girl got ready to fight.

Out of the dust storm was a giant robot that dwarfed the entire made-up city came out as Peter and the frog girl looked at it in shock, "That is a massive robot!"

She said as Peter thought in head, "If Deadpool were here, he would say 'Holyshit Balls'."

Peter looked down and saw many people running away from it, some of them losing their balance and getting trampled or trapped. "Oh no! Those people down there could get seriously hurt!" Peter said as he jumped down and began to evacuate the others. As Peter was doing so, he noticed the number of people needing help was going down pretty fast. He turned to see the frog girl was also moving people out of the way with her tongue. "Hey! Frog girl!"

Peter yelled at her as she looked at him, "Call me Tsu!" She said, revealing part of her name.

"Okay then! Tsu, evacuate everyone! I'll deal with our Transformer reject!"

Peter said as Tsu giggled a bit, "That was a horrible joke spider boy!"

Peter jumped on the robots arm as he looked at it, "Hey tin can! I bet a Commodore 64 works better than you!" Peter felt that the robot understood what he said as the robot stopped all motions and focused onto him. Suddenly, Peter didn't feel so clever anymore. The robot swung its other hand to hit Peter, but Peter jumped and dodged the hit. He shot web at the robots head and pulled himself to it. "Aww come on! I've seen a grandma swing her cane faster than you swung that arm!" The robot then tried to grab him as Peter jumped off and onto a building. "Got to lead it away from everyone!" Peter inwardly said as he shot web at some debris and tossed it as the robot causing the robot to speed towards him.

Peter ran and jumped from building to building as he was leading the robot away from everyone. "One minute left!" Peter heard as he looked at the bot, "Alright Metal Gear knockoff, time to wrap this up!" Peter said as he led the robot towards a large building. "Just keep avoiding it till then, no reason to destroy it if it won't be active for much longer!" Peter said as he kept running, but then he suddenly tripped and skidded across the floor as the robot proceeded to try and step on Peter. Before he could be squashed, however, Peter shot web at the building and pulled himself away from the robot fast as he looked up. "Oh boy that was close!" Peter said as he began to scale the building.

The robot kept trying to punch or smack where Peter was, but Peter would dodge it by jumping further up higher or side jumping away. As the robot destroyed the building, the building itself as getting weaker and weaker as Peter felt it would soon topple over. "Gotta move fast before I-what the hell?!" The part of the building Peter was on broke off as the robot hand smacked Peter through a building. Peter was in serious pain as he looked up and saw a fist heading straight towards him.

Peter instantly jumped away as the robot kept smashing its fist into the building. Peter tried to shoot web, but to no avail. "Oh come on! Not now!" He looked at his web-shooters and saw they were busted, most likely from the robots hit. "Crap crap crap!" Peter kept saying as he jumped back as the robot used its other hand to trap him. "Oh, this isn't good!" Peter said as he was trapped between two hands. "Oh, the irony! I've seen Aunt May do this to spiders when they were hanging by their web!" Peter said as he braced for impact. As the hands were closing in, Peter felt his waist get wrapped around by something rather rough and wet. Before he could process it, he was yanked away from the building as he saw Tsu on the robot and pulling him away. "Oh, am I glad to see you, Tsu!" Tsu then wrapped one arm around Peter as she used her tongue to swing away from the robot.

"Times up!" Present Mic yelled out as the robot was deactivated straight away. It's glowing red eyes turned black as its head looked down, not moving an inch. Tsu and Peter landed on top of a building as they both looked at each other. "Wow...you are amazing Tsu…" Peter said.

Tsu smiled, "And you are amazing yourself spider boy." Tsu said as Peter laughed a bit, "Name's Peter Parker. I come from Queens, New York, USA. Just call me Peter." Peter said as they both looked at each other for a bit as if they were caught in a daze.

Tsu was the first one to break the stare as both of them looked away and chuckled, or giggled. "Thanks, though. Had you not been there, I would have been looking splat."

Peter said as Tsu nodded, "You are welcome. Kero."

Everyone was exiting the battle center as Tsu and Peter were chatting along just finely about other topics.

"So, is the frog Quirk just for you or does it run in the family?" Peter asked.

Tsu replied, "It runs in the family; everyone is a frog. How about yours?"

"Nah just me. I'm the only one with the spider Quirk."

"What does your family have then?"

Peter stopped in his tracks as Tsu did too. "Peter?" Tsu asked as Peter looked down and signed. "None of them have powers. I don't want to talk about it…" Tsu nodded in understanding as he looked back at her, "Sorry Tsu."

Tsu waved her hand, "It's okay, we all have things we don't want to share." Peter smiled and they resumed walking. "So, does the web shoot from your wrists?" Tsu asked as Peter popped open his sleeve to reveal his web shooter.

"Oh no, I had to design the web myself. I didn't get the powers to shoot web, so I crafted my web-shooters from scrap pieces from garbage and recycling centers that let me collect scrap, then my web using chemicals from chemistry sets."

Peter said as Tsu was impressed, "Wow, quite the brain you have."

Peter laughed, a little embarrassed. "I'm a geek and a nerd, but I enjoy those parts of me. Make me who I am."

"And you should be happy about that, if you aren't, change it. No point in being something you hate. It might be hard, but if you are willing to put the effort and not back down, it can change."

"Couldn't agree more."

"When did you discover your Quirk, Peter?"

"Oh, I wasn't born with it. I was bitten by a radioactive spider when I was on a field trip to a science department." This time it was Tsu who stopped in her tracks as she looked at Peter with a stunned look.

"Wait...you were Quirkless, and you only got these quirks by chance?" Tsu asked as Peter felt a bit nervous now.

"Yeah. That is exactly how it sounds." Tsu looked at him for a bit and then spoke.

"That is amazing actually. It is like some weird destiny kind of thing." Tsu said with a smile as Peter smiled back.

"I tend to think of it like that. Say you are a nice person to be around Tsu. We should hang out sometime."

"We could if we set up a day. I'm not that fond of last-minute decisions. I like to plan things out first so I know what to finish up before the hour arrives."

"Well, I am not doing much for a while, to be honest. Parents are gone usually, and I am an only child, so I am usually out looking around, at home doing nothing, or fiddling with my web-shooters."

"Maybe after we get our letters of acceptance."

"So in one week?"

"Yeah. Next Friday."

"Where and when?"

"Comic book store by the mall, I need to check if the next issue of Dragon Ball Super is out. After that, we can just do whatever."

"Sounds good. Should we exchange ways of communication just in case one of us needs to opt-out for some unknown reason?"

"Sure."

Both of them exchanged numbers as each one waved bye to the other. Peter was now thinking his head about Tsu. "Cute and amazing." He simply said as Tsu had Peter in her mind.

"Who knew USA had such adorable and handsome geeks? I sure didn't. Peter is a keeper if he stays inbounds and doesn't try to do anything irrational."

Peter had made his way to the front entrance of the U.A. where he saw Deku barely coming out with his arm wrapped up in bandages. Peter ran to him, "Midoriya!" Peter yelled at him as he stopped in front of him, "Are you okay?!" Peter said as Deku looked down and sighed.

"Yeah...I'm fine Peter…" Peter took notice of his attitude and knew something was wrong.

"What's wrong Midoriya? Is it your arm?" Peter said as Deku shook his head and began to walk, Peter following him.

"Hey...Midoriya. I know we just met a few hours ago, but I want to help you in any way I can. I don't like to see friends, new or old, all down in the dumps." Peter spoke.

Deku kept walking silently, "Yeah…that is where I am going to...the dumps…"

Peter looked at him, "Midoriya…" Peter signed as Deku looked at him.

"I failed Peter."

The two stopped walking as Peter looked at him, "What do you mean failed?"

Deku looked close to the verge of tears, "I failed Peter! I didn't even destroy a single robot! I was scared when I faced robots! I didn't attack them, and everyone else destroyed them! I even had a late start as I was distracted!" Deku said as he looked down with tears now flowing down his cheeks. "I didn't even get a single point, Peter…"

Peter had no idea what to say to Deku right now. He knew that no matter what he said, nothing would make Deku feel better. Deku spent his whole life chasing this dream, only to see it fade away because he was…"Wait…something doesn't add up. I remember seeing him take on that sludge monster without fear, how did fear stop him now?" Peter thought as he saw Deku crying more.

"Midoriya...something had to have happened, you couldn't go through the whole thing without doing anything…"

Deku wiped his tears and snot away with his sleeve as he looked to Peter, "Yeah...something did happen." Peter gave him a face that said 'go-ahead'. "Well…there was this girl who was trapped under some rubble when the fourth robot came out. You know the giant one?" Peter nodded as Deku continued, "Yeah, her leg was caught under a piece of debris. I couldn't just stand by and do nothing. She could have gotten hurt or worse. I felt my body surging with energy as I jumped up high and punched the robot out in one hit." Deku said as Peter clearly showed his level of surprise with his facial expression. "Yeah. So I did rescue her, but they said that the robot wasn't worth anything so even though I did save her, I still got no points."

At this point, Peter knew Deku didn't know what he did. "Midoriya. I don't think you needed to destroy any robots. You saved someone." Peter said as Deku looked at him, having a feeling of Deja Vu. Before Peter found Deku, he thought in his head about whether or not he should reveal that he is Spider-Man. Now, Peter had made up his mind. "You were brave enough to rush into a battle when everyone else with powers stood around. That girl could have died if it weren't for you. A real hero does what it is right whether or not they have powers. I think you are a real hero pal." Peter said as Deku looked at him in pure shock.

"W-w-wait, but I was told that from…" Peter smiled and gave Deku a thumbs up.

"From your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man."

Deku looked at Peter in pure amazement. "That was you, Peter! You saved me and Kacchan from that sludge monster 10 months ago!" Peter laughed and smiled back widely.

"Yeah Midoriya, that was me," Peter said as Deku was speechless.

"I…I don't know what to say...I am speechless Peter! You are Spider-Man!" Deku then realized something, "But you don't have your hero license yet! Why do it if-"

"Because Midoriya, sometimes you have to break the rules to do the right thing." Peter interrupted Deku as he was taken aback when Deku suddenly gave him a tight hug. "Peter, you have no idea how much your words meant to me when you told me I could be a hero if I had powers or not."

Deku said as Peter relaxed and hugged him back. "You have the heart for it Midoriya. I know you'll be a great hero someday." Peter said as Deku let him go.

"Going home still Midoriya?" Peter asked as Deku pondered. "There is still time in the day. We can just hang out if you want to Peter."

Deku said Peter grinned, "Arcade?"

Deku returned the grin, "You bet."

A/N: I am going a little off-script with Tsuyu since, in the show, she is almost a closed book as she has the best poker face out of everyone. So...I'm removing the poker face attitude when it comes to Peter only. Everyone gets the same treatment as they do in the show/manga.