Annie woke up to the sound of her alarm.

Looking around, she saw the walls of her new room decorated with all of her belongings. A poster of Captain Marvel among others, a few christmas lights, a small bookcase, a glass cage for her tortoise pet, a desk with a science kit nearby, etc…

But what could gain the attention of most, was that on top of her desk was a peculiar silver bracelet. Or at least that's how many could see it. But in reality, it was a single web shooter. The very same that her father wore back when he was her and Miles' age. Next to it, were many papers with either formulas or drafts for web shooters of her own design.

It was still odd for her. Having spent her entire life sharing the same room with her older sister, she was still getting used to having her own room and not seeing her sister there. The new house was nice, but she was still getting used to a lot of things: she was still getting used to taking off her shoes when entering, getting used to having to read from right to left, getting used to some of the shows that air in Japan, getting used to some of the food and snacks… getting used to not having her father around.

Annie turned the alarm off and yawned loudly while stretching her arms. Sure, she was still trying to get used to things, but that's no reason to get depressed. After all, today was the grand opening of her mother boutique, MJ's. Probably not as creative as it could have been, but she always did like the ring of it.

Annie turned to her pet tortoise and smiled. "Someone slept well didn't you?" she asked and of course, Speedy didn't answer but Annie decided to keep the conversation anyway. "Today is mom's grand opening and if I remember correctly, Mayday is supposed to meet that pro-hero guy that's supposed to help her get a footing here. What do you think I should do?"

Again, no response. But that didn't stop her from imagining that he talked back.

"I mean, yeah I could do that, but I would look weird going to the mall alone, wouldn't I?" she said, imagining that Speedy replied to her answer. "Of course I know that a lot of people do that, but I don't know, I don't think it goes with me, you know?"

Speedy simply blinked and started to look around in a very slow manner, so Annie kept on thinking that he recommended her something. "Stay with mom and help around the boutique? I don't know, I have a feeling that she would simply tell me to go outside or something." she said. Speedy then saw one of the rocks that were on his cage and started to bite on it for a little bit. "Yeah, I guess she would tell me that. To be honest, taking Benjy for a walk could help her feel less stressed. Plus, the fresh air could do him some good."

Speedy stopped chewing on the rock and then turned to one of the fake plants in his cage, so of course he began to walk towards it. "You're right, that's future Annie's problem. I'll see what happens after breakfast, speaking of which, I should probably take a shower about now. I do wonder what's for breakfast though." she said, finally getting up. Speedy had already arrived at where the fake plant was and started to chew on it. "Thanks for getting me Speedy, you were always a good listener." she said, taking her stuff and heading for the bathroom. Speedy on the other hand, turned to where she went and after she closed the door, he returned on chewing on the fake plant.

After taking a quick shower, Annie took Speedy out of her room and headed for the kitchen so that they could have some actual breakfast. Once there, she was greeted by her mother, who was already feeding little Benjy some baby food while Gog ate a couple of grapes.

"Hi sweetie, did you sleep well?" asked Mary Jane to her middle child.

"Yep. Tell me mom, are you excited about the grand opening?"

"More like nervous. I could barely sleep from the nerves of today. What if something goes wrong? What if some some dumb 'villain' goes wild nearby and scares the costumers? What if I come across one of those demanding and snuck up clients that always wants to speak with the manager? I am the manager! And that's without mentioning that both Yu and Emma won't be arriving until Friday because of some stupid borucrat nonesense or something along the lines!" complained her mother.

This was bound to happen. Today's an important day for her mother but unlike previous important moments in her life she didn't have Peter by her side to comfort her and tell her that everything would be fine. Granted, he sometimes missed a few of those moments as well, but that was because of some bad guy always getting in his way. Plus, he always did his best to try and arrive on time and he always accepted when he screwed up, something that not many people would have done if they were on his shoes. But now, he won't be able to even try to arrive in time, for they were currently residing on another continent all together with an entire ocean separating them. That was also without acknowledging the fact that he wasn't even there to try and ease her nerves with comforting words. Which is why it was now a task that her daughters would have to carry.

"Wow mom, calm down. You're exaggerating, everything's going to be fine." said Annie, doing her best to calm her mother.

"And how can you be so sure?" she asked.

"How can I be sure, you ask? Simple; you're my mother." she said as she then started to list her mother's attributes. "You've managed to keep a family of spider people together for almost twenty years. No villain, not even here, would be dumb enough to try and cause chaos near you on your big day. And do you honestly believe that a mere Karen could be a match for you? You're Mary Jane! When villains try to take you as a damsel in distress, you knock them down by yourself. You tricked the new electro into zapping herself while pretending to be some third rate actress and you even shot the freaking Green Goblin when he tried to dump you from the top of a bridge! If anything, I feel sorry for whoever that tries to pissed you off today!"

"Well, someone just stole my thunder." they suddenly heard. Turning around, they both saw Mayday, walking towards them still somewhat sleepy and still in her pajamas. "Still, Annie's right. You'll do great today mom and if it makes you feel any better, I can always help you out at the boutique."

"Oh no young lady, I see what you're trying to do."

"What?"

"Don't think that I haven't forgotten about it. Today's supposed to be the day that you go meet up with that Ingenium guy."

"W-well, yeah but I could always-"

"No buts, you should have met up with him two days ago, you're not going to delay it any longer."

"You were supposed to meet with the guy two days ago? Why didn't you?" asked Annie to her older sister.

"Because we were still unpacking and all of that, or did you already forget how I had to move the fridge because someone wasn't capable of doing it?" said Mayday to her sister, who frowned.

"What the- I could have moved the fridge by myself! The only reason that I didn't was because someone forgot Speedy's snacks and I had to go to the store to buy some carrots!" she replied.

"I don't know what you're talking about. Besides, why would you buy carrots? You said that that makes him gassi. Also, you said that he loves cabbages and we had plenty of them here at home."

"No, I said the opposite of that! Speedy loves carrots and cabbages are the ones that give him gases! No wonder it sounded like something was being killed inside of him that day! Do you know how bad it smelled?!"

"Are you sure about that?"

"I'm pretty sure that I know my pet tortoise better than you!"

"Ok, enough you two!" shouted Mary Jane, silencing her daughters who flinched and gulped at the sound of their mother's voice being raised.

"Sh-she started it!" said Annie, pointing at her older sister.

"N-no I didn't!"

"I don't care who started it, I just care that it stops."

"B-but-" tried to say Mayday before being interrupted by her mother suddenly pointing at her.

"You. Go take a shower, get dressed in an appropriate manner and go meet Ingenium." said Mary Jane before pointing at Annie. "And you. I don't want you to get stuck inside. Go take your younger brother for a walk and have some fresh air hit your faces, got it? Now, it's already late for me, so I'm going to the boutique to get ready and I'm taking Gog with me to have an extra pair of hands. You two get something to eat and do what I say."

The two Parker sisters remained silent. Their father has faced off against some of the greatest threads in not only the world, but maybe existence itself. He has bested the infernal Firelord in combat, faced the wrath of the mad titan Thanos, survived the onslaught created by the Phoenix Five, stood tall against Malekith's forces in the War of Realms, protected New York from the malice created by Carnage, defended the Web of Life from the Inheritors and even witnessed the birth of a multiverse after the battle against the Beyonders. Yet he could barely beat their mother in an argument, if he can barely do that, then what chances do they have?

After cleaning little Benjy's mouth, Mary Jane took her purse, she gave Benjy a goodbye kiss and walked towards her two daughters alongside Gog. Once she was next to them, she ruffled their hair. "You girls have fun. Wish me luck!" she said as Gog rushed to her side and climbed up her shoulder before the two left the house, leaving the three Parker siblings be.

"... Wow, it was just like you said. Are you a psychic or something?" asked Annie to Speedy, raising him to meet her height.

"Don't know. Let's just get something to eat, ok?" said Mayday as she and her sister went towards the fridge to look for some breakfast.

"This place is huge!" said a chirpy Nadia.

She, alongside her new sister Valerie Vector Vandine and their guardian Jarvis were currently standing in front of a massive building.

When Valerie mentioned that she wanted to attend a hero school to become a hero herself, her first instinct was to ask Janett if she could attend Avengers Academy. However, the Wondrous Avenger didn't feel comfortable with the idea. After the battle against Regent's forces, things became a bit hectic after a month, it also didn't help that Spider-Man's secret identity was revealed to the public. So, with that in mind, not only did she and many other headmasters increase the security of their schools, but also tried their best to send some students aboard for their own safety. Valerie was no exception. She didn't really want to send her away, for the months that she had spent with the two girls she grew rather fond of them and was willing to do anything within her power to keep them safe. After thinking about Cristopher's offer around a year ago, she opted to have the blue-skinned girl to go to U.A with Nadia tagging along. Not just because she wanted the two of them to be there for the other, but also because rumor has it that some of the members of the infamous Red Room were starting to act in a rather suspicious manner, so she just srucked two birds with one stone.

"It sure is. Is it really ok for us to live here mister Jarvis?" asked Valerie to the Avengers' buttler.

"Worry not miss Valerie, mister Stark was more than happy to provide us with his small mansion here at Musutafu. Besides, not only does he hardly use this one, but he also has many more across the world. It's not like it could affect him." said the butler, much to the girls' surprise.

"In what world is this supposed to be small?" the two thought, taking a look at their new home once again.

Tony Stark is many things, eccentric is definitely one of them.

Soon enough, multiple drones and androids descended from an aircraft that was hovering on top of the property. After landing, the hangar's doors opened and their mechanical aid started to unload its containment.

"This won't take long, but why don't we go have a look around? It would be nice to know what the city has to offer." suggested Jarvis.

"Would that-"

"I want to go have some ice cream!" exclaimed Nadia, interrupting Valerie.

"Ice cream? Now, miss Nadia, it is still very early in the morning to have such a thing. It will most certainly mess your stomach and I will not stand still and allow such a thing to occur." said the butler in quite the professional manner.

"... What?" asked Nadia, tilting her head.

"In simple terms. He said no."

"Eh! Not fair!" said the young Pym, puffing her cheeks and crossing her arms.

"Now, now. Instead of behaving as if you were five, why don't we have a look around?" said Jarvis, placing a hand on each of the girls shoulders. "Why I heard that there's a certain boutique that is soon to open today. Maybe we should start there."

"Bou- what now?" asked the blue girl.

"Oh, I know this one. That's a fancy way of saying clothing store, right?" said Nadia.

"It is indeed."

"But why? We already have clothes." said Valerie.

"We'll miss Valerie, you two are growing girls and you specifically, are going to start a new stage of your life soon enough. Anyone in your shoes would like to have something nice to wear outside of school when you go out with the friends that I'm sure you'll make."

"Why?" said the two girls, causing Jarvis to chuckle.

"Hehe, oh my. A pre teen and a teenage girl that don't want to go shopping? Why I'm sure that many parents would kill to have their girls behave like you two in that regard."

"I don't get it." said Valerie, causing Jarvis to chuckle even more.

"Now girls, come on. We have a city to explore and a boutique to visit." he said as he started to walk the girls out of the property and into a fancy car parked near the mansion's gates.

"Ok, by the way Jarvis. What's the name of the boutique?" asked Nadia.

"Oh who knows. We'll see soon enough." said Jarvis with a smirk on his face. "Master Morales, I must properly thank you for keeping it a secret." he thought, guiding the two girls inside of the fancy car before entering the pilot seat and starting the engine.

"Why?" asked an annoyed Robbie to his guardian.

"Come on, you two need new clothes besides, it'll be fun!" said a blonde woman to his warden while pushing a wheelchair that had her younger warden in it.

"You mean for you? Come on Yu, be honest. The only reason we're going to that place is for you to have an excuse to look at pretty looking clothes." he replied.

"You're not exactly wrong… but I also mean what I said. Come on Robbie, don't you want to look good for the girls at U.A?" she said with a teasing smile, which only grew wider when she noticed a small blush on his face.

After his somewhat dead-like experience, young Robbie Reyes had a meeting with Doctor Stephen Strange. Sorcerer Supreme and one of the elite heroes of, not only the U.S, but the world as a whole, that's without mentioning the go to guy when it comes to the supernatural. After being notified of the boy's meeting with the dreadful spirit of vengeance itself by the human host of the demon, Dr. Strange was quick to approach the young boy.

It only took one glance at the young man's vicinity to see that his body and soul were infused with a certain amount of hellfire. Courtesy of one of the most powerful and dangerous entities in all of existence. Because that's what kids are into these days… maybe… he wasn't entirely sure, but he really hoped for it to not be the case.

Thankfully for the boy (and probably for the balance of order in their and many other planes of existence), the mystic and hellish side of the flames that were now burning within him were rather minimal. To the point that, outside of his ability to suddenly take the appearance of some kind of skeleton-looking being (mainly his head, that turned into some kind of skull) and his ability of not only producing durable chains from his hands, but also being able to endure his flames into objects, it could probably pass as some kind of eccentric mutant power and/or even some kind of fricky quirk.

Well… there was one other thing within the boy, but so far it didn't show any signs of being a problem at the moment.

The good doctor could have tried to extract the hellish power from the boy. Sure, it would take a lot of time and effort even for someone as skilled and mighty as him. But then he saw the boy's lifestyle. It was one that no boy his age should have yet one that him and many others across the world had to endure. So he started to research the boy and thanks to his mystic powers, he saw that deep down, beneath the rough exterior, was a kind and caring heart.

Maybe it was the wrong choice, but Stephen saw that within the boy, was a just spirit that could do some good in the world. Not only that, but maybe that way he could be able to aid his younger brother as well. He could have taken him in, but unfortunately he already had to carry the responsibility of looking after more than seven billion souls, without mentioning that he also had to deal with threads to their plane of reality that were beyond the understanding of not only mortal but even immortal minds as well. With that kind of work he would no doubt neglect the two boys from time to time, something that he didn't want to do, it would no doubt be a rather stressful way to live and with the nature of the boy's possible might that was someone that he couldn't allow to happen.

At the time, he had yet to come up with the project that he and Dr. Voodoo were currently working on, so that was also out of the question. Then he thought, what about a hero school?

At first he thought the idea to be ridiculous, but then as he thought about it, he saw that it could work, but the question was then; where?

Xavier's was out of the question. He wanted the boys to live in a less stressful place. The last thing he wanted was for them to be in a place that had the same probabilities of exploding as a pair of malfunctional headphones. Avengers Academy, alongside Braddock Academy were also good options at first, especially since they also had a magic department each, so they could be of great help if he needed it. But those two required the students to live there for as long as they were students and he didn't want to separate the two brothers. Then he thought, what about U.A?

Sure, at first the idea was almost thrown out the window as quickly as it came. But then he started to think really carefully about it. Japan was on average safer than most places in the world with their crisis (with the exception of natural ones and other none villain related) not as extreme as the ones from other countries. U.A was not that bad of a school. Captain Celebrity has given the school his very own seal of approval. That's also without mentioning that Toshinori Yagi once attended the school in his youth.

It had to have done something good if All Might came out of it.

The only problem was his brother. He didn't want to separate the two of them and he was well aware that only someone that could be trustworthy could look after Robbie and his younger brother. Unfortunately for the Sorcerer Supreme, the people that he trusted were currently busy at the moment so he couldn't just barge in and have them carry on an extra responsibility. Thankfully for him, Captain Celebrity offered himself to look for a suitable guardian for the two kids.

Her name was Yu Takeyama.

At first, Stephen was not entirely sure about it. She was a newcomer to Japan's hero system and didn't seem that responsible of a person. But she was also one of the youngest heroes to ever start her own agency. Besides also having experience in other countries due to the fact that the nature of her quirk made it hard for her to have some proper education in her own country. It seemed like a good opportunity for both the boys and the pro-hero as well. At first things weren't exactly smooth. Yu was at first not 100% on board, but at the end she decided to go forth after hearing about their lifestyle. Robbie was also wary of it as well. He didn't know that much about Japan, but one thing that he knew was that a decent amount of them were in it for fame and glory and something like the situation that he and his brother had could be a great publicity stunt and he was not a fan of it. But Yu assured the older brother that she wouldn't do such a thing. The first couple of days were very hectic at best, but over time they grew close to one another and so, they have been living together for around four months already.

"That doesn't even make sense. We'll be wearing uniforms Yu!" he said, still with a faint blush on his face, which only made his guardian laugh.

"Well, what about when you go hang out at the mall or something like that? Or are you telling me that you're going to use your uniform all the time?"

"... Maybe." he said.

"Come on Robbie you're young, live a little! Besides, when we're done here, I'll take you kids to get some ice cream!"

"Yeah, ice cream!" shouted Gabe, making them smile.

"That's right Gabe and do you know who comes when we go get some ice cream?" asked Yu with Robbie then ruffling his hair.

"The ice cream monster!" he said, making his younger brother laugh after Robbie made a funny roar.

"Rawr!" he said, as the trio laughed alongside the young boy.

"See? This is what I'm talking about!" said Yu with a smile and making Robbie sigh.

"Fine, you win. So, where are we going exactly?" he asked the blonde woman.

"I was thinking about this new place that's supposed to open today. I saw it the other day and for what I heard, the owner moved all the way from New York." she answered.

"And what's its name?"

"MJ's or something like that. I think that she's expanding her business."

"Probably. Although it is weird for the owner to move here from New York, don't you think?"

"Maybe he or she couldn't find someone trustworthy to see things through."

"Maybe. I just hope that there's something of my style there."

"Don't worry Robbie, I'm sure that they probably have tough guy clothes there. Or are you finally going to outgrow that 90's bikers style?" said Yu with a smirk.

"I do not look like a 90's biker!" he replied, making her laugh.

"Whatever you say Johnny Strabler."

"That's from a 50's movie!"

"I'll be going now, miss Aikawa!" said Kamala to her host Nozami Aikawa.

After her encounter with both the villain Griffin and her all time favorite hero Captain Marvel, Kamala had a talk with her father. He told her that even though she was grounded for doing something that could have gotten them both killed. Yet, he also told her that despite the fact that he wasn't a fan of her daughter choosing a dangerous lifestyle like becoming a hero, he was more than willingly to try and support her as best as possible. So, he told her that he would choose which school she would be attending.

Xavier's School for gifted youngsters was an instant no. Sure, the X-men ran the institute and the tension between the inhumans and mutants had finally quelled down a little bit. But he didn't want to risk her daughter being attacked by a group of angry mutants out of nowhere. Granted, the teachers would more likely do their best to make sure such thing doesn't happen, but just in case it was probably better to keep looking. Besides, he wasn't sure what to think about the 'in case the school gets seized by xenophobic giant robots and blows the institute up' feed.

Avengers Academy was a very obvious choice to them, but after what happened with that Regent guy, the headmaster Janet Van Dyne warned the parents of possible new students that with the possibility of the nation going wild because of the aftermath of the villains assault, it was likely that the school more than many others could be targeted by many dangerous criminals. She assured them that she would quadruple the security of the school and that just in case would see into sending a few students abroad, as well as telling them that if they felt like doing the same, then she and her school could offer guidance for them to make the best decision possible. So, he decided to take her offer.

Braddock Academy seemed nice, plus the headmaster was not only a former Avenger, but also the top hero of England, but for some reason he wasn't fully convinced. The Atlas Pan Asian School for Unusually Gifted did intrigued him for a moment, but he decided to pass on it as well. Victor Von Doom Institute for Gifted Youths was big no. No one on their right mind would ever send their children there… well, outside of the brainwashed inhabitants of Latveria, which for who knows why loved the ruthless Dr. Doom.

After going through many other school pamphlets and going to way too many websites, he ended up going for U.A. It was the top hero school of Japan with only Shiketsu High rivaling it. At first it was a tough call between choosing between the two of them, but then he saw that there were a decent amount of heroes that graduated from U.A that not only grew to become popular, but they also became good enough to maybe be almost on par with the likes of the Avengers. More specifically, All Might, Endeavor, Mirko, among many others. So at the end he chose U.A.

At first it was hard to wrap their minds on the idea of sending their daughter away, but they told themselves that it was for the better. After all, not only was she preparing to enter one of the most elite hero schools across the world, but she was also going to one of the safest nations of the world. And so, Kamala departed to Japan and has been living alongside miss Aikawa, a woman who was already in her 60's, for three weeks.

"Be careful dear and take your jacket with you. The weather report said that it was going to be rather windy today." she told the girl.

"Don't worry, I have it with me. I won't take too long, bye!" she said, exiting the apartment.

She then started to head to a comic store… or manga? whatever it was basically the same thing. She was heading there so that she could buy the weekly issue of a magazine that she started to grow very fond of. Her favorite story there, was without a doubt the one on which a man in his thirties suddenly gained the ability to become a kaiju almost at will and so, he decided to use his newly founded abilities to fight other evil kaijus. For her, it was a premise that instantly hooked her up.

On the way she might as well get something to eat. Maybe she could get lucky and find a hero in action like Kamui Woods or Gunhead. If that happens, then she has to be there. After all, if she was to attend U.A, then she has to know how the heroes here operate as opposed as how they operate back in the States.

"Oooh, what if one of them ends up becoming one of my teachers? I can already picture it: me learning botany from Kamui, then gym class with Gunhead, or maybe even Fourth Kind and then after that, hero course with All Might!" she said, full of excitement before she started laughing. "Haha, yeah right. Like that could ever happen. Sure, U.A is the Avengers Academy of Japan, but if Captain America can only be a guest teacher there then there's no way that All Might could ever be a teacher here?"

While Kamala kept on walking, she couldn't help but to overhear a couple of girls older than her. Normally she would just ignore it and walk away, after all she was not one to meddle into someone else's lives. But this time she heard something that caught her attention. New York.

Granted, it could be just two girls talking about places that they would like to visit or something like that, but she also heard the words boutique, MJ's and grand opening. At the end, her curiosity got the better of her and she decided to approach the two girls and ask. They couldn't be older than eighteen, with one of them being rather pale with white cream color haired while the other one had dark green hair and had yellow reptilian eyes.

"Umm…" she started, approaching the cream-haired girl. "Excuse me, but I was wondering. Did you mention New York?"

"Uh? Yeah, we were talking about the new place that was opening today." she replied.

"Oh, and what's its name?"

"You mean you haven't heard?" said the girl with reptilian eyes, to which Kamala shook her head. "Well, that's a shocker. It's been the only thing that the girls at our school want to talk about." she told her and then her friend decided to elaborate on what she said.

"For what we know, there's this place in New York called MJ's. Apparently the owner moved here to expand her business and today is the grand opening. We were planning on going and checking the place out. Who knows, maybe we can find something interesting there. I've always wanted to go to New York." she said, smiling ass she imagined herself atop of the Empire State building.

"Wait a minute… No. No way it couldn't be!?... could it?" she thought to herself before asking something to the two girls. "Just out of curiosity, you wouldn't happen to know how the owner looks, would you?"

"That's kind of an odd thing to ask kid, but I did see her picture in a magazine once. She had red hair, green eyes and truth be told, she may as well be a model. God would I kill to look half as good as she did." said the green-haired girl as her friend nodded.

"Right! Like, I have a feeling that she even wakes up out of bed looking as stunning as both Uwabami and Midnight! I'm kind of jealous to be honest."

"Whoever ended up marrying her definitely hit bullseye in my book!" said the girl with reptilian eyes.

Somewhere not that far from where the trio of girls were talking, Mary Jane suddenly sneezed after feeling something odd.

"Gog, why did I suddenly feel a disturbance? Like, as if someone butchered something sacred." she said, much to the confusion of the interdimensional creature.

Back with the trio of girls, the two older teens were gushing about the owner of the boutique while wondering how she could keep her skin as stunning as it did. All the while Kamala stared with widen eyes. "Oh my god it is her!" she said before shooking her head to try and calming herself. "No wait Kamala, relax, just relax. I mean sure, their description could fit her, but who knows? Red hair and green eyes are not as rare as one would think. Especially here. Maybe it's someone else… someone that named her store just like hers, matches her description and also comes from New York."

"Hey kid, want to tag along? We were just on our way there." said the girl with reptilian eyes.

"Oh, umm… sure I guess. Who knows, maybe they got Ironman shirts or something."

"Ironman? Wait a minute… isn't he the hottie that flies around in that red armored?!"

"Hottie?"

"Oh yeah! He's so dreamy!"

"Dreamy?"

"Hey, now that you mention it, they could have merch from heroes from other countries!"

"Oh my god, please yes! I remember this guy with like, red eyes and a trench coat. Oh my, would I like to meet him!"

"Trench- Oh you mean Gambit."

"Is he the one with the bo staff and cards that can explode?" asked the cream-haired girl as Kamala nodded. "Then yes, I do mean him."

"Kid, what's your name?" asked the girl with reptilian eyes as she wrapped her arm around her.

"Umm, Kamala Kan, or should it be Kan Kamal?"

"Well Kan-chan, you seem like a nice kid. We should hang out sometime later."

"Kan-chan?!"

"That's exactly what I was thinking. Hey Kan-chan, do you happen to know about other abroad heroes?" asked the cream-haired girl as they all started walking towards the boutique with a somewhat confused Kamala.

"What did I get myself into now?" she thought, still not sure what happened.

"Well, this is it." said Mayday.

Before her, was the office building belonging to Ingenium. The hero that was supposed to help her become a legal pro-hero in Japan. For what her father and Captain Celebrity told her, Ingenium was a very high ranking pro hero with his own agency, dozens of sidekicks and apparently comes from a family of heroes himself. Much like her in a way.

Apparently, his agency or the name of his team was Idaten or something like that. And while most other agencies wouldn't really dare to take in a foreigner vigilante among them (specifically not one of Spider-Girl's caliber), the turbo hero was not like that. While not many knew it, he actually worked alongside vigilantes from Japan a couple of times. He has even stated that even illegal or unlicensed heroes could find a place among his team and in time, earn their hero license.

Entering the building, she saw a rather… big man. He was wearing a body pale costume complemented by darkened trunks, boots, gloves and a short cape. The cowl of his costume covers half of his face, ending in two protuberances that resemble pointy ears. There is an insignia emblazoned on his chest resembling a downwards pointing arrow. The man soon took notice of her and started to approach her.

"Hi miss, are you in need of anything?" he asked politely.

"I guess. My name is Mayday Parker and I was supposed to meet a guy named Ingenium. Is he around?"

"Parker? Where did I… of course, now I remember! You're that american vigilante that was supposed to come meet the boss, right?"

"That would be me."

"I'm Bigshot and if I remember correctly, your hero name was… SpiderGal?"

"Spider-Girl actually. There's a hyphen between Spider and Girl. Nice to meet you mister Bigshot."

"The pleasure is mine Parker-san. We've actually been looking forward to meeting you for quite a while."

"Really?"

"Why so surprised?"

"Well, I thought that with me being a vigilante and all of that, that you wouldn't be too thrilled about me coming here."

"Yeah, that would have been the case in any other agency. But here at Idaten you won't have to worry about it too much. The boss is rather flexible compared to other pro-heroes."

"Well, that's good news to me. Speaking of the guy in charge, any chance that I could meet him?"

"Sure. He's probably training, I can take you to him right now if you want. That is unless you want to avoid the smell of sweat and all of that."

"Bigshot sir, I'm a New Yorker. I took the subway long before I swung across the city. There's no way that some sweat could ever drive me away."

"... Fair point. Well, then what are we waiting for? Let's get going." said the sidekick.

"Going we shall do." said Mayday as the two started to walk towards where the turbo hero was.

"Well Benjy, the mall was nice. Although I could have probably done without people looking at me weird because I had a baby with me." said Annie, to the sleeping Benjy that was strapped on her back as she was walking on the streets. "Seriously, apparently having snakes for arms is a.o.k, but a teenage girl carrying her baby brother? Oh no, call the national guard, she's going to corrupt the mind of our children." she said sarcastically.

Annie did as her mother had told her to do and took a walk around the mall. It was nice, but she grew bored rather quickly. Maybe had she been accompanied by someone her own age she could have had a bit more fun instead of her baby brother. Still, Benjy was a nice companion, even if he did drooled all over that bench.

Well, sucks to be the guy that has to sit there.

After that was over, Annie looked at her phone to see the time. If memory serves her right, her mother's grand opening was going to start soon. Maybe she could make a quick stop there to wish her good luck on her big day. Then, she could take Benjy to the beach or something.

As she was walking, she noticed a boy with purple hair in front of her. Nothing odd really… well outside of the purple hair. Then again, she's a girl that could climb walls, spent her summer vacations on a school with a blue genius fur ball as a teacher and she rode the bus with a man that had three pointy… thingies on his head yesterday, purple hair was not that special in comparison. She then noticed that the boy had a backpack with him and that something fell out of it when someone bumped on him by accident.

He didn't seem to notice, so Annie decided to pick it up. It was a guide that was probably meant to help kids study for U.A's entrance exam. Naturally, Annie decided to try and reach the boy as she called him out.

"Umm, excuse me. The kid with purple hair!" she shouted, gaining his attention as he turned around. She kind of flinched when she saw the bags on his face. "Dear lord, and I thought I had troubles falling asleep!" she thought in shock as the boy stared at her.

"Yeah?" he asked, so Annie simply showed her the book.

"You dropped this when that guy bumped into you." she said, handing him the book.

"Huh, thanks. I didn't notice." he said, taking the book and putting in on his back. This time, making sure it remained shut.

"You know, japanese isn't my native language, but was that a guide for U.A's entrance exam?" she asked.

"Something like that. You're not from around here are you?"

"No, I'm from New York. Me and the rest of my family moved here like, four days ago." she said as the two started walking. "So I take it you plan on going to U.A?"

"That's the plan. How about you? Planning on doing something interesting?"

"Well, I'm also hoping to get to U.A through the overseas program. Although I still need to take the exam."

"Really? Well I would tell you good luck, but in all honesty you probably have better chances of entering U.A than me."

"Uh? How so?"

"Your quirk is probably better than mine."

"Quirk?" asked Annie before she finally got the idea of what he was talking about. "Oh right, I forgot that Japan has mostly quirks rather than anything else."

"So you have no quirk?" asked the boy in shock.

"No it's… complicated, but what about yours? It can't really be that bad."

"It's not like that, besides if you're really planning on going to U.A then why would I tell you what my quirk is? You're my competition."

"I guess you're right. Mmmm… how about this; you tell me what your quirk is and I'll tell you about my tricks, deal?"

"... It's not just that, it's-"

"If you think that I'll judge you then don't worry. I'm not that kind of person."

"Promise?"

"Girl scout honor." she said holding her hand up before remembering something. "Wait, I was never a girl scout. How about theater girl honor? Now, that only makes me sound dumber. Umm…."

"You know, you can stop. I get the idea." he said, stopping the red-head from making a fool of herself. "It's… it's called brainwashing."

"Brainwashing?"

"Yeah. Basically if I want to, I can force someone to do certain things as long as they verbally respond to me."

"Oh. So for example: if you really want to, you could tell me to stand still as you kick me in the shin just because I talked to you?"

"I guess."

"Wow. That's-"

"I know. My quirk seems pretty vil-"

"Really awesome!" said Annie with a smile and shocking the boy.

"... Excuse me?"

"Come on, you have to admit that it is kind of cool. Just think about it. Some baddie takes hostages and no one knows what to do. Then, out of nowhere you come in, throwing jabs at his hair cut alongside a few 'Your mama' jokes and when he talks back to you, BAM! He's suddenly under your control. You tell him to free the hostage, the day is safe and who knows. Maybe you could tell him to do an embarrassing dance as punishment before the police takes him away."

"... Who tells 'your mama' jokes nowadays?"

"It's just an example dude."

"... Don't you think it's a villainous quirk?"

"Huh? Why?"

"You said it. I could just force you to do something that I want just because you spoke with me. For example, I could order you to give me that baby that you have on your back or… other things. That doesn't seem like someone a hero would do."

"Well, yeah I guess. But you haven't done that. Besides, you're planning on going to U.A. Someone that does that can't be a bad person." she said, taking the boy by surprise.

"Y-you really think so?" he asked. Most people always told him that his quirk always seemed like one that a villain would have, yet this girl was complementing him?

"Sure I do. I bet you could become an awesome hero. I can already tell that you're one of the good guys." she said with a smile before remembering something. "Now that I think of it, I haven't got your name." she said, scratching her right cheek and making the boy chuckle.

"Shinso Hitoshi. What about you?"

"Anna-May Parker, but my friends call me Annie."

"Parker? It sounds familiar." said Shinso, making Annie nervous.

"W-well, it's a bit of a common name where I come from."

"I guess. By the way, where were you going?"

"Oh, well my mother has this boutique that's going to open today. I was planning on going there and wishing her good luck before going to the beach for a walk. Wanna come?"

"To the boutique?"

"Well yeah, but also to the beach. You probably need the sun you know?"

"Rude… fine. I don't have anything better to do. But you still need to tell me about those tricks of yours."

"Fine, but could it wait until after I see my mom?"

"As long as you tell me then it's fine."

"Great! If I remember correctly, the boutique is… there!" she said, pointing at a direction before taking Shinso's hand and pulling him there, much to his embarrassment.

After a couple of minutes, the two arrived at the boutique and it was only once they passed through the gates that Annie finally let go of Shinso's hand.

"You know I could walk right?" he said with a faint blush on his face.

"Oh, don't be a baby." she replied, oblivious to Shinso's blush (something that he was quite thankful for). They arrived with five minutes to spare, knowing that in five minutes the store will be filled by many clients. Out of nowhere, Mary Jane came out of nowhere alongside Gog. She was quite shocked to see one of her daughters there, specifically alongside a random boy. She was about to say something, but was interrupted by someone's screams.

The three of them (or five counting both Benjy and Gog) all rushed outside where they saw a man running away with the purse of the woman that was suddenly on the floor.

"P-please, a pro-hero, someone help me!" she screams as she tried to get up all while the criminal laughed at the woman… or at least until he suddenly fell flat on his face.

"Oops." said Annie, as she made the criminal trip with her foot.

"Grrt, why you little!" he shouted, getting up and growing spikes on his fist that resembled those of a rose. Shinso suddenly tensed up and Gog would have jumped at the man if not for the fact that both mother and daughter were completely unfazed by the criminal's action. That was because first of all, either of them could have dealt with him with ease. And second of all, because they saw someone approaching.

Before he could even begin his strike, someone got a hold of his wrist and twisted it. Causing the man pain. "Hey jackass, were you seriously trying to hit a girl with a baby on her back?" asked the boy with black hair with a white stripe.

Just then, a couple of police officers suddenly appeared and apprehended the criminal. Not before thanking him and asking if everyone was ok

"Everything is fine officer, thank you for asking." said MJ as the officers nodded and began to escort the criminal away. She then turned to the boy and was about to thank him as well before being interrupted by another scream.

"OH MY GOD, IT REALLY IS YOU! shouted a girl that was accompanied by two older teenagers. All the while a fancy car was parked nearby. From within it, a girl looked through the window with widened eyes as the driver smiled. She definitely didn't see it coming. And no doubt it was a way to meet new friends. Or at least that's what the butler believed.

On that day, five souls meet up. For that was the day, that marked the beginning of a friendship that none of them could have ever thought of having.

For this, was how some of the world's future great defenders met up with one another.