She was expecting lots of things when she arrived to Japan.

She was expecting to have some troubles when it came to reading literally anything due to the fact that they wrote things from right to left instead of left to right. She was expecting to see the blossom of Sakuras at some point. She was even expecting to see a giant monster rampaging through Tokyo while the city defended itself from it with a robot clone of said monster while also being aided by another more benevolent monster. Preferably one that had two pixies that sang songs about the benevolent monster.

What she was not expecting was to encounter the family of the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man on her first day since arriving to Musutafu, much less learn that her legal guardian was taking her and her adoptive sister to a boutique that was owned by the wall crawler's wife.

The day that Valerie arrived at Avengers Academy after her escape, she met and befriended three of the school's students. Miles Gonzalo Morales, Lana Baumgartner and Samuel Alexander. Two of those kids; Miles and Lana, were very close to the wall crawler and his family. Miles who idolized the hero in red ever since he was young and the mutant Lana practically owing him her chance of having the chance of not only having a decent life free of crime, but also the opportunity of doing good in the world despite the fact that she was the daughter of a criminal that tried to indoctrinate her in a life of crime ever since she was just a little girl.

They were some of the few that knew of Spider-Man's secret identity, which led them to also befriend his second daughter. Even before the unmasking of the hero in live T.V, the blue girl was already aware that they had a close bond with the arachnid vigilante. Surprising no one, she did what anyone would have done and asked the two if they could get him to meet her or even get her an autograph of either him, his wife, or his daughter (although she did ask it in a very shy way). Naturally, they told her that while they were close to the hero, he and his family (especially his older daughter) were very busy with the whole 'Arachnid Guardians of New York'. Not that they didn't want to try, but rather they wanted for her to know that it would be a bit difficult. After the whole 'Regent fiasco' it became even harder to do.

Every time she would ask, they would reply that the Parker family was going through difficult times and that Spider-Man himself was planning… something. They were always very vague about it and she was not entirely sure if they actually knew something or not. But now, she was wondering if they were actually trying to hide this from her and more importantly: did Jarvis know of this?

… Of course he did, he used to be the Avengers butler.

"Oh my, what an energetic lot. Why don't we go over there and introduce ourselves?" said Jarvis, getting out of the vehicle while also opening the doors of the young girls' seats.

"That's… they are... Huh!" said Valerie, pointing specifically at the two red-heads while trying to process what she was seeing.

"Now, miss Valeri. Pointing is considered to be a rude action."

"They look familiar. Who are they?" asked Nadia.

"Why don't we go and find out?" said the butler, guiding the two girls to the front of the boutique.

"OH MY GOD! I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I'M ACTUALLY MEETING YOU IN PERSON!" screamed Kamala, gushing over having Spinnerette in front of her.

"... Do you know her?" asked Shinsou to Annie.

"I haven't got the slightest clue."

"My name's Kamala Khan and I just want you to know that I'm a huge fan of yours!" she presented herself to the elder of the red-heads, gushing quite a bit.

"Oh, thank you. Always glad to meet a fan I guess." replied Mary Jane, offering a polite smile.

"Hey Khan-chan, is she supposed to be like, important or something?" asked the girl with the cream-colored hair.

"Are you kidding Asami, I mean Chinen, I mean…" said Kamala, struggling with trying to call her friend in an appropriate manner. "She is-"

"Mary Jane Watson, why you look as marvelous today as always." said Jarvis, walking to the frame while being accompanied by a chirpy young brunette and a shy white-haired girl with blue skin.

"Jarvis! It's so good to see you!" she greeted, happy to see an old friend. The mention of man's name made Kamala's eyes grow wide open alongside both Robbie and even Annie. "You always know what to say to make a lady feel special!"

"What can I say? I was raised to be a gentleman." he replied.

"No doubt about it." she replied, suddenly looking at the two girls that stood next to the man. "I see you're in the company of two little girls."

"Quite indeed." he said, placing his hands on each of the girls shoulders. "Please, allow me to introduce you to miss Valerie and miss Nadia."

"Hi! I'm Nadia!" said the chipper brunette.

"I-I…" said Valerie, too nervous to have any words coming out of her mouth. Still, after struggling some more, she finally managed to say something. "Can I have your autograph?!" she asked, a blush forming on her face.

"Me too! Me too!" said Kamala turning to face Jarvis as well. "Can I also get yours?!"

"Seeing that they're apparently very famous, might as well get their autograph, right Chinen?" said the girl with reptilian eyes to the cream-haired girl who nodded.

"... Please tell me you two are just as confused as I am." said Robbie to the other two teens.

"If I'm being honest I'm probably more confused than you are." replied Shinso.

"So why is Jarvis here in Japan with two girls by his side?" asked Annie.

"No idea." replied Robbie before turning to face her. "So you're Anna-May, right?" he asked, surprising the two teens.

"I am, but how do you know that?" asked Annie, becoming wary of the boy.

"Well I could tell you that I saw that picture that went viral after your dad's secret identity got revealed of you eating that hotdog like a starving wolf..." said Robbie, making Annie blush out of embarrassment and making Shinso look at the girl curiously and not only because of the hotdog thing. "... but the truth is that the guy that got me here told me a bit about you."

"And that person was?"

"A friend of her dad. He told me about you because he thought that I could use a friend or something. Which is kind of annoying since it feels like he thinks that I'm unable to make friends by myself." complained Robbie.

"... How long have you been here?" asked Annie.

"About four months or so."

"And how many friends have you made?" asked Shinso.

"... So Jarvis uh? Any idea as to why he's here with two girls by his side?"

"He's dodging the question." the two thought.

"And what do I owe the visit?" asked Mary Jane.

"Well, I heard that today was the opening of a boutique owned by a very talented and fashionable person and I thought it would be a brilliant idea for these two to hear the opinion of a professional." said Jarvis.

"Well then, I would be more than happy to do so. The grand opening will officially start in just a couple more minutes."

"Very well then. Girls, what do you think?"

"Sure!"

"Can I have your autograph?!"

"They're ecstatic!" said the butler.

And so, once that was done, the grand opening of the boutique began. At first, it was just those that were currently present at the store, but it did not take long before more people started to enter the establishment. Among them, a woman in her early twenties with a young boy in a wheelchair.

"Robbie! Thank goodness you're here!" said Yu, walking to her warden.

"Where else was I going to be? Besides, I told you that I was going to go ahead while you and Gabe were watching that street performance."

"I know that, but I thought for a second that you may have seen something that got your inte-" said Yu, but stopped upon seeing Jarvis. "Y-Y-Y-You're-"

"Yeah, yeah, he's Jarvis. Can we not do this again?" said Robbie, rolling his eyes.

"You must be, miss Yu Takeyama if I'm not mistaken. It is an honor to meet you." said Jarvis to the young pro-hero, making a slight bow. "I heard quite a lot from you. And this must be young Gabriel Reyes, right?" asked Jarvis, turning to the boy in the wheelchair.

"... Jarvis knows who we are…" said Yu.

"Let me guess, it was Strange, wasn't he?" said Robbie, already expecting the answer.

"While it is true that master Strange did in fact talk about your guardian, I myself have been a follower of her career ever since her debut." said Jarvis, much to the surprise of the heroine.

"Y-You have?!" she asked in disbelief, only for Jarvis to nod, surprising her even more.

"While it is true that you may be… a bit reckless. I do believe that you do have the potential of becoming something special."

"A-A-A-Are you serious?!"

"Miss, I've worked with some of the bravest men and women of the world. And I do believe that I'm good when it comes to being a judge of these kinds of things."

"... Robbie, pinch me."

"What?"

"Freaking Jarvis is here, fully aware of my existence and I want to make sure it's not a dream, so pinch me."

"I'm not going to pinch you."

"I can assure you miss Takeyama, this is no dream."

"See? He's telling you already that he's real."

"... Can I take a picture?"

"Jesus Christ." said Robbie, somewhat embarrassed by his guardian's actions.

Soon enough, both Annie and Shinso, as well as Valerie and Kamala approached the young Reyes. "So, you know Dr. Strange? That's pretty cool. I think I met him a couple of times." said Annie.

"You know Dr. Strange?! Could you get me his autograph?!" exclaimed Kamala.

"Man, you're loud." said Robbie, wincing at the volume of Kamala's voice. "So I'm guessing you also want me to get you his autograph too?" he asked, to the shy blue girl.

"N-N-N-No! I-I-I mean, sure I would l-love it if you could do t-t-that. B-B-But it's ok if you don't. I don't want to bother you or anything." said Valerie, stuttering quite a bit.

"Good to hear. But seriously, you don't have to be so nervous, you know? We're not going to rip your head out of anything like that." told Robbie to the shy girl.

"S-S-Sorry."

"Well, in her defense, it probably doesn't help that you look a bit too thuggish, you know?" said Annie.

"... Well at least you didn't say that I look like a 90's biker."

"Hey guys, Dr. Strange was a wizard, right?" asked Shinso, unsure of who they were talking about.

The three american girls all turned with surprised expressions on their faces. How was it that possible for someone not to know about one of the greatest heroes on the planet. Robbie of course knew the answer, but before either one could usher another word Jarvis approached the five teenagers.

"I see that you're starting to socialize a bit more, miss Valerie. That's always a good thing." stated Jarvis, as he turned to the other teenagers. "I don't believe I properly introduced her to you. This is Valerie Vector Van Dyne. I hope you could become acquaintances." he said, surprising everyone but Shinsou.

"Van Dyne?!" they all asked.

"Sooo, I'm guessing that's supposed to be a very important name, right?" asked Shinsou.

"Ok, I can understand you not knowing Jarvis. But how in the world is it that you don't know about the name Van Dyne?!" asked Kamala to the purple-haired boy.

"It's mainly due to the hero system of Japan. You could say that they make so much mouse here that they barely hear about the other parts of the world." said Robbie, explaining what he has seen this past four months. "Still, how can you not know about who that name belongs to?"

"Sorry."

"Please, young Reyes. Don't be so hard on the young lad. I'm sure that he didn't intend to sound rude or anything." said Jarvis, turning to face the purple-haired boy. "I don't think I have yet to introduce myself to you young man. My name is Edwin Jarvis, it is a pleasure to meet you." he said, bowing ever so slightly.

"Thanks for that. I'm Shinso Hitoshi, nice to meet you sir." said Shinso, bowing as well.

"Valerie! Valerie! Look!" exclaimed Naddia, showing a red jacket to her sister. "Doesn't it look cool?!"

"I guess it does, but isn't it a little too big for you?"

"I'll grow into it!"

"You certainly will miss Nadia." said Jarvis, turning his gaze from the chippery Nadia to the shy Valerie. "How about you miss Valerie? Have you found something that caught your interest?"

"N-Not really… Then again, I haven't really started to look for something to begin with… Sorry."

"Don't apologize, miss Valerie. I rather you socialize than anything else. We can always shop for clothing any time we want." said Jarvis to the blue girl.

Before anyone could utter yet another word, Mary Jane approached the group of teenagers. "Look at you. Only four days and you're already making friends." said Mary Jane to her daughter, roughing her hair, much to the girl's embarrassment, before taking the sleepy Benjy from her. "You kids found anything you like?" she asked.

"I have!... But I didn't bring enough money to buy it." said Kamala, thinking of

"It's ok. If you want, you could show it to me and I can set it aside for you to buy when you have the money." she offered to the young girl.

"Y-You mean it?!"

"Of course! It will be no trouble whatsoever." said Mary Jane, making the young teenager look at her in awe before smiling.

"Thank you!" she exclaimed, making Mary Jane smile before turning to her daughter.

"Say, why don't you go hang around with them a bit some more?"

"You sure?" asked Anie.

"Positive! Come on, the sun is still out there. Go have some fun."

"I wholeheartedly support that idea!" said Jarvis, turning to the blue girl. "Go on miss Valerie, it will do you good to spend time with people your own age. Meanwhile, both miss Nadia and I can have another look around the store. Maybe even help miss Annie's mother around."

"Oh, you don't have to Jarvis."

"Please, let this old man feel useful around."

"R-Robbie, if you want to go then there's no problem with me." told Yu to her older warden. "G-Gabe and I'll stay here a little bit and if W-Watson-san needs any help then maybe I can be of service." she said, turning to the older red-head and the butler.

"... You're only saying that so that she could give you a discount or something, don't you?

"W-What?! C-Come on Robbie, I'm a p-pro-hero! It's my job to help p-people!"

"Suuuuure." he said, looking at the nervous blonde, not buying her reason completely.

"Well, I did tell Hitoshi that I was planning on taking a walk around the beach, so it's ok with me." said Annie, suddenly remembering the costume that people of Japan had when it came to talking to others. "Hey Hitoshi, should I call you Hitoshi or by your family name? And speaking of, Shinso is your family name, right? Or am I getting things confused?" she asked the boy, who had a small blush on his face (which thankfully for him, went unnoticed by the other teenagers) due to the fact that a girl that he just met was already calling him by his first name.

"W-Well Parker, since you're already calling me by my name so casually then I guess it's ok… Although I would feel a bit more comfortable if you called me Shinso for the time being."

"Ok Hitoshi."

"She completely ignored the second thing that he said."

"Also, you can call me Annie, I don't mind." she said with an ignorant smile.

"You're only making things more awkward for me!" he thought.

"Hey, would it be ok for me to tag along?" asked Kamala, to which they nodded, not minding having another person around. "Great! Let me tell Asami and Hitome about it… Or should I call them Chinen and Katō? I'm already confused."

"You and me both." said Annie.

Then, as if she was in a classroom, Valerie raised her hand, wanting to ask something.

"Why are you doing that? We're in a boutique, not a classroom. And we're not teachers, we're teenagers like you, if you want to say something just say it." told Robbie to the blue girl.

"S-Sorry." she sheepishly apologized before asking what she wanted to say. "W-Where exactly is the beach here? T-Today's my first day here and I still don't know my way around." she asked, turning to the young wallcrawler, who was the one that suggested the idea.

"... Honestly, I have no idea. I was just going to wander around until I found the place." she admitted, making the other teenagers almost fall to the ground.

"... You're lucky that I already know where the beach is." said Robbie. Was this really the daughter of Spider-Man?

"And over here is the training area." said Bigshot to Mayday.

She had to admit, Idaten seemed to be like a nice place to be around so far. She, alongside the japanese sidekick had just arrived to where the hero Ingenium was supposed to be. Opening the door, she saw a vast room that was almost the equivalent as three and a half basketball courtyards.

"Well… this is certainly bigger than I imagined." she said, noticing a man running around at high speeds.

While to many, it would be incredibly hard to follow something, or in this case, someone traveling at such tremendous speeds, Mayday did not have such an issue. Her eyes could easily track the speeding man with relative ease, although for what she was seeing, she believed that the man could easily go faster if he wanted. The man in question was wearing what looked to be a primarily white armor, somewhat reminiscent of a knight's armor. Well, with the exception of the exhaust pipes that were located on the upper arm part of the armor.

"Boss! Someone came to see you!" shouted Bigshot, getting the attention of the speed-base hero.

"Uh?" he said, turning to where Bigshot was standing alongside the american vigilante. "Oh Hi! I'll be with you in a sec-" he was saying, but in his sudden distraction, he tripped. "Huh."

And so, he went rolling, crashing into the nearest wall, much to the worry of Mayday, who quickly rushed to his side to make sure he was ok. As for the hero, he ended up making a descent crater on the wall. Which would have been even bigger, as well as more painful, if not for the airbags that came with his hero suit.

"Not exactly how I wanted to stop." said Ingenium, taking his helmet off and rubbing his head just as the spider based hero came to his side.

"Hey, are you ok?" Mayday asked, helping the hero up before thinking what she asked. Did she really ask him if he was ok? Of course he wasn't! He just crashed into a wall at high speeds. Who on earth will be ok after that?!... Well, outside of Thor, or Hulk, or All Might, or the Thing, or She-Hulk, or … "Now that I think about it, there are a lot of people in the world that would think of this as nothing."

"I'm ok, thanks for asking. The airbags did help out a lot, although if I'm honest, this isn't exactly the kind of impression that I wanted to have." he said.

Now that everything was clear, Mayday was able to take a closer look on his appearance. He had squared features, short, dark blue, spiked hair, blue eyes and arrow-shaped eyebrows. He also seemed to be around ten, maybe thirteen centimeters taller than her.

"Let's start things better this time." he said, holding his hand to Mayday. "I'm the hero Ingenium, but outside of the suit, I'm Ida Tensei."

"Mayday Parker, but you can just call me either Mayday or May. Nice to meet you." she said, taking his hand and shaking it.

"Oh, so you're the Mayday Parker that was supposed to come. I guess I forgot about the meeting. My bad." he said, laughing awkwardly.

"I was actually supposed to come here like, two days ago, but we were still unpacking."

"Well then, that just makes me look worse doesn't it?"

"Don't worry, as far as first impressions go, yours wasn't that bad."

"Even with me crashing into a wall?"

"... Well, I did say that it wasn't that bad."

After the two heroes introduced themselves, Bigshot then approached the two of them. "It seems like the upgrades you asked worked fine boss." he said, looking at the somewhat human-shaped whole in the wall.

"Yeah. Not exactly how I was planning on testing that one out. But I guess it's better than nothing." he said before turning to Mayday. "I know that I've already had you wait for me a lot already, but could you wait some more? I would prefer for me to be a little bit more presentable for our meeting than I am right now." asked Tensei.

"Oh yeah, don't worry. It's fine by me." she assured him.

"Thanks, again sorry for making you wait some more." he said, bowing to her before turning to Bigshot. "Could you take Parker to the cafeteria? She's probably hungry."

"Sure thing. That is if you're ok with it Parker-san."

"Yeah, I could use a snack. Although seriously, you can just call me Mayday." she told them.

"Oh, I simply do not wish to sound rude by being too forward." said Bigshot.

"Well, then I guess I'll just have to get used to it." said Mayday, also not wanting to be rude either.

"Great! I'll be with you as soon as I can." he said, bowing to her a little bit. "Excuse me." he said, before walking away.

"Now Parker-san, I'll guide you to where the cafeteria is located." said the sidekick, as he started to guide her out of the training area and towards their destination.

"Mr. Bigshot sir, do all hero agencies have a cafeteria?" asked Mayday while walking.

"Not really. Most of them aren't that big, nor have the necessity for it. But as you can see, Idaten is admittedly, a bit larger than the average hero agency."

"I think 'a bit' wouldn't be the words that I would use to describe the place." answered Mayday.

"Perhaps you are right." he said, as the two soon arrived at the entrance of the agency's cafeteria.

"So, about those tricks that you mentioned?" asked Sinso, as he was walking to where the beach was alongside four other teenagers. A fact that he was still somewhat surprised by.

"Seriously?! You don't know about her?!" asked Kamala, shocked by what he said.

Valerie was also surprised, but turned to Robbie, since he did give them a sort of answer as to why last time. He saw her and as if reading her mind he spoke. "Honestly, I can't even defend that one. That news was a big deal even here." he said.

"Sorry, but by the way you're reacting and the way you were talking about her when we met him, I'm guessing that she's kind of famous. Or am I mistaken.?" he asked, turning to the red-head, who chuckled awkwardly.

"HeHe, you're only half right." he said, scratching the back of her head. "It's more like I'm… well, you know… kiiiinda related to someone important…"

"I-I don't want to sound r-rude or anything. But I wouldn't say that being his daughter would classify as a 'kinda'." said Valerie, a bit shy.

"Girl's got a point."

"Yup."

This only got him even more curious. Apparently, her father was some sort of big deal. He was thinking about her name a bit more carefully; Anna-May Parker. Something about her last name was very, very familiar. Sure, she said that it was a rather common name where she came from and maybe she was right. But by the way the others were reacting, that was probably not why it sounded familiar to him. And by the way Reyes was talking, it was some sort of big news. So, Shinso started to try and remember anything related with the name Parker that has occured recently.

"Umm… Hey, why don't we talk about the fact that her last name is apparently Van Dyne? I-If you ask me, that's way more interested than me." said Annie, pointing to the blue teenager.

"Nice try, but you're not changing the subject." said Robbbie.

"Why don't you want to talk about it?" asked Kamala.

"It's not that, it's just that… I don't want to talk about it in public, you know."

As their conversation kept on going, Shinso kept on trying to remember as to why her name was so familiar to him. A musician maybe? He did hear of a musician named Parker in Australia… then again, she did say that her family came from New York, so that was obviously not right.

"Why not? If I were on your shoes, I would probably shout it out loud." said Kamala, confused as to why she didn't want to say a thing just yet.

"N-Not to sound rude, but I don't think anyone would do that if they were on her shoes. You know, considering who her father is." told Valerie to Kamala.

"Oh, shoot, you're right. My bad." she said, realizing where she was going with her statement. "But that was before his identity got revealed. It shouldn't be that much trouble now right?"

Kamala's point did give Shinso a hint. Apparently her father's identity was a secret, but then who could it be? A hero maybe? But then again, why would his identity be a secret? Maybe it's something that is done back in America? He wasn't that familiar with foreigner heroes anyway.

"Nah, I think it would be a bigger pain in the ass. I mean, can you imagine just how annoying it would be to deal with a bunch of paparazzis chasing after you because they want some gossip about one of your parents?" Commented Robbie.

"But that would be in New York. Maybe that's not likely to happen here in Japan, right?" said Kamala.

Shinso tried to remember as many foreigner heroes as he could. Wolverine?... Nah, way too hairy. He didn't know as much about him, but what he knew was that he was very animalistic and kind of had anger issues. It would be possible for his kids to be similar in that regard and as far as he has seen, Parker is probably the almost complete opposite of him.

"I guess that's true. I mean sure, Japan is kind of crazy about heroes and all. But they only care about their heroes." said Robbie.

"But they're not that fond of vigilantes, remember?" mentioned Annie.

Vigilante? Her father was a vigilante? As if things weren't already hard enough for him. He didn't know that much about other countries' heroes, let alone their vigilantes. The only one that came to mind was…

At the realization, Shinso stopped on his tracks. Action which surprised the other four teenagers, who were looking at him wondering why he stopped.

"You okay Hitoshi?"

Shinso didn't respond outright. Instead, he looked at the red-head with wide eyes before slowly pointing at her. "... You're Spider-Man's daughter, aren't' you?" he asked, receiving an awkward chuckle from her, confirming what he said, which only made him more surprised.

"'Bout time he figured it out." said Robbie.

"You mean to tell me that you're Sp-" Shinso started talking, the volume of his voice a bit louder than usual, but was stopped when Annie rushed in and covered his mouth with her hands.

"Shhh! Keep it to yourself!" she whispered at him, gaining a weird look from the other people walking by. "Hehe… soooo, All Might… pretty cool guy, right?" she said awkwardly, before they all shrugged it off and went their way.

"What was that about?" asked Kamala before Annie finally pulled her hands away of Shinso's face.

"What do you mean what was that about? My dad is the most well-known vigilante in the whole world! Japan hates vigilantes and as his daughter, I'm practically the antichrist to them!" she said, with a somewhat lower voice.

"Don't you think you're exaggerating?" asked Valerie.

"Am I?!"

"Yes. Yes you are." answered Robbie.

While they were talking, Shinso slowly turned to Annie, still getting a grip on the idea that he was hanging out with the daughter of what Japan considers to be the number one vigilante of the whole world. "So… you really are…"

"Umm… surprise?" she said awkwardly.

"You were on the fence about it because of the whole vigilante thing?" asked Robbie.

"That's one of the reasons, yeah."

"And the other?" asked Shinso.

"... It's just that… Look, when I was growing up, I had a couple of friends and it was good. But as time went on, we… we kind of went our separate ways. Now, I only speak to one of them and that's mostly thanks to the fact that my dad and her mom are close friends themselves." she started explaining, taking a deep breath before continuing. "Last year in middle school was not my best year when it came with making friends… At first I thought it went well… but after that dumb Regent fiasco got my dad's secret identity out, everyone started to treat me diferently. Whether it were kids avoiding me, or trying to get close to me all because of who my dad was. Once again, I only had that one friend in school and even then, he still distanced himself from me for a few days because he was confused and didn't know how to feel. It's just… everyone stopped seeing me as well, me! The only thing I was to them was just the other daughter of Spider-Man and it was just… so annoying!" she complained.

She could still picture their faces on her mind. Of the ones that tried to get close to her with their fake smiles, or the ones that, when they spotted her on the hallways, looked away and turned around. Either because they bought that old 'menace' propaganda of before either she or her sister were born, or because they simply didn't want to meddle with her in fear of angering a hero that was mocked for most of his career, yet was comparable to an Avenger.

She loved her family with all her heart, but it was still annoying to be compared or to be seen as a relative of someone else instead of her own person. It was already bad enough to be compared to her older sister, but now she was being compared to not only Mayday (and to a certain degree, Peter Parker), but now she was also being seen as the sister of Spider-Girl and the other daughter of both Spinnerette and Spider-Man.

"Wow… I… I kind of feel a bit like a jerk now." said Kamala.

"M-Me too." said Valerie.

Robbie and Shinso were silent, but after a couple of seconds, Robbie spoke. "Man… you're worse at socializing than I am." he said, getting the attention of other teenagers. "I mean, wow. Now I think that Strange wanted the two of us to be friends because he knew just how much you sucked at it." he said with a bit of humor.

"Excuse me?!" she said, getting in front of him. "I just told you a sad story of how much of an antisocial introvert I was and the first thing you do is make a joke?!"

"Hey, in my defense you kinda had it coming for that comment about me looking like a thug."

"I said thuggish!"

"Plus, wow. I never thought possible that there would be someone so bad at socializing that she only had one true friend her whole life. And here I thought that that was only something that happened on T.V."

"What the-?! You.. Grrrr!" she growled in frustration, before yelling at the blacked haired boy with the white stripe. "For your information, I may be bad, but I still have more than one friend!"

"Oh really?"

"Really!"

"Then how many do you have, three?"

"No!...Five actually." she said, making Robbie chuckle a bit. "Oh, haha. Yeah, go ahead and laugh. I bet you had even less friends."

"Ehh, not really. I was kind of pretty good buddies with pretty much everyone at the workshop that I worked at."

"I mean friends our age!"

"I mean, I was on good terms with a decent amount of kids in my class. So, I guess I still beat you there."

"Why you… If that's true, then how come I've already socialized with more people here in four days than you did in four months?" she asked, a small grin on her face.

"... That doesn't count, only one of those people is japanese."

"Ha!"

"A-Are… are they seriously competing to see which one is less socially awkward?" asked Shinso.

"I never thought that that kind of competition existed… and I probably would lose to the both of them." said Valerie, with Shinso nodding in agreement. Truth be told, he was also a bit of a mess when it came to making friends.

"Umm…" said Kamala, getting everyone's attention. "I've been here for three weeks and outside of you, I've also made friends with two other girls… does that mean I win?" she asked, as the two remained silent, trying to come up with some way to nullify her victory.

"Wait, how long have you been here?" asked Shinso to Valerie.

"O-One day."

"And in that single day, you've already socialized with about the same amount of people as they have… So I guess that would mean that you won, right?"

"I-I did?"

"...Dam, she won/Shit, she won." said both Annie and Robbie.

After a few seconds of silence, there were a few chuckles from all of them before Robbie sighed "I guess we all suck at speaking to other people" he said, turning to the red-head of the group. "Hey, if it makes you feel any better. So far, I've only seen you as some socially awkward girl that eats hotdogs like a starving wolf and not as the daughter of the guy that once led an army of hell spiders against another army made up of frost giants."

"You're dad actually did that?" asked Shinso, having a hard time believing that.

"Oh yeah… He also told me about going to the land of the frost giants alongside other heroes and making friends with a flying horse thanks to a magical helmet or something." she said, chuckling a bit when she saw everyone's shocked expression. "Yeah, I know. But as hard to believe as it is, it's actually apparently a true story. I asked Wolverine that in one of the summer camps that I went when I was a kid and apparently, that actually happened."

"... Wow… So you're telling me that all those stories about My Little Pony and Spider-Man are actually canon?!" asked Kamala.

"... Oh, so you're one of those." she said, before turning to Shinso. "So, umm… What do you think Hitoshi? Are you willing to spend time with the daughter of a vigilante? I know they're not exactly popular here."

Shinso, simply smiled at her question "Well, you're probably the first person to ever believe that I could be a hero despite the nature of my quirk. Whoever your dad is, is an afterthought to me. Besides, I would probably look like a jerk if I didn't." he said, making Annie smile.

"Thanks Hitoshi."

"Alright, enough chit chat, weren't we going to the beach or something?" asked Robbie.

"Heck yeah, we were!" replied Annie, pretty pumped up, then he turned to Valerie. "By the way, don't think that I have forgotten about you miss 'my last name is Van Dyne and I hang out with freaking Edwin Jarvis and a somewhat hyperactive girl'."

"Uh… umm… c-could I… I don't know… keep that one for myself a little longer?" asked Valerie.

"Sure, no problem." said Kamala.

Valerie smiled and so, the five teenafers reasumed their walk. Now on the move once again, Shinso decided to ask Annie something. "Hey Par- I mean, Annie. I know that I did say that your dad would be an afterthought to me, but… do you mind if I ask you about him from time to time?"

"I thought that the people of Japan weren't fond of vigilantes?" asked Robbie.

"They aren't, but I guess it wouldn't do any wrong to ask, right?"

Annie looked at him and nodded, "Sure, I guess I can do that." she said.

Shinso smiled, for right now, he felt like he was surrounded by people that were willing to try and understand him for who he was. And truth be told, the others were thinking the same thing.

"Sorry for keeping you waiting." apologized Tensei, finally arriving at the cafeteria where Mayday was sitting eating.

After meeting the Parker vigilante after crashing into a wall, he headed for the showers. After not that long, he put away his hero suit and headed for the cafeteria. He was now wearing a squared shirt that was primarily white with blue lines, a pair of jeans and some sneakers. He wasn't the kind to be that formal and for what Skyline told him about Parker and her family, they were pretty relaxed themselves.

"No problem. You didn't have me waiting that much." she said, taking a bite out of a sandwich… a surprisingly big sandwich.

Looking at the table, he also saw a very large soda cup, a couple of chip bags and some chicken nuggets. "So, I'll take it you were hungry." he said, taking a seat.

"Kinda. It has to do with my powers."

"There's a power that lets you eat a lot with no drawbacks? Where do I sign?" he joked, making Mayday chuckle a bit.

"It's my metabolism. Thanks to my spider-powers I burn more energy than the average person. Because of that, I tend to at times eat a lot."

"Does the same thing happen to the rest of your family?"

"Just my dad and my sister, since they also have spider-powers. It probably happens to my uncle Kane as well." she said, taking another bite.

"You have an uncle?"

"I actually had two. One of them died before I met him. Actually, the costume that I wore is inspired by one of the costumes that he once wore."

"Oh, I didn't know that."

"Yeah… Dad said that he died a hero and that his last words were that he takes care of me…. and that he told me about him."

"Sounds like he was a pretty cool guy."

"Yeah, I guess he was. I haven't talked to my uncle Kane since… I think two years ago? I also have an aunt. Pretty cool lady." she said, remembering the last time that she saw her aunt Theresa. "How about you? Does your powers also have something like mine?"

"Yeah, although it's not as awesome as being able to eat the equivalent of a family dinner by myself." he said, making May frown, but she was still smiling despite that.

"Hey, I don't eat that much! We probably would have gone broke if I did."

"Sorry." he said, playfully lifting his hands in the air in a playful manner. "Anyway, in order for my quirk to fully function I need to consume grapefruit juice as some sort of fuel."

"Hey, that's pretty nice." she said, taking one of the chicken nuggets and eating it before offering Tensei one as well. "Want some?"

"Don't mind if I do." he said, taking one and eating it as well. "You know, funny thing is that every member of my family drinks different kinds of juices as fuel. For example, my little bro Tenya powers his quirk via orange juice."

"You have a little brother?" asked Mayday.

"Yep. Little Ida Tenya. He's actually planning on entering U.A this year like your little sister." he said, eating another chicken nugget. "He's a little too by the book and at least to me, kind of goofy sometimes, but he's a good guy. Also, sometimes I think that he admires me a little too much."

"Same with me… well outside of the whole by the book thing. My sister is kind of a hothead at times and pretty… out there, if you know what I mean."

"I think I do. Apparently our siblings are the complete opposites of one another. Let's just pray that they get along."

"Ho boy, I hope they do. This is already stressful as it is without either me or my mom having to go to school because that maniac of a sister did something." she said, taking a drink out of her soda before asking something to Tensei. "By the way, how am I going to do the whole, you kno; hero thing without a license?"

"Easy!... kinda." he said, taking another chicken nugget. "You see, it will be like if you were my intern, only instead of doing it for a grade at a school your performance will be graded by the hero association. In short, I'll be responsible for you and your actions until you're deemed capable of being a pro-hero and granted a license. Once that's done, you're good to go."

"Sounds simple enough."

"Also, I technically have to test you to see if you're good enough to even try that out."

"Test me? As in what, I have to do a written exam, or something?"

"More like it will be a practical test. Things like; how does your quirk, or in your case spider-powers, work, its limitations, how you use it, how you would handle certain things, etc.."

"Sounds… not gonna lie, it sounds kind of tedious."

"And boring too, but I saw a bunch of videos of you in action from the internet. So I kind of cheated and used them as bases of your evaluation. So technically, you already took it and passed with flying colors." he said, about to grab another chicken nugget before realizing that it was already empty.

"That… doesn't sound legal. Are you even allowed to do that?" she asked, opening two bags of chips and handing one to Tensei.

"Well, they said that I had to evaluate you in whatever way I saw fit. I just saw a small loopwhole and decided to use it." he said, taking a chip and eating it. "I'm not that much of a fan of doing the paperwork for the test. Besides, I believe I'm pretty good when it comes to seeing just how good someone is and let me tell you, you're pretty good."

"Well, most would have used the word amazing, but I guess that works too." she said, eating a chip.

"Okay, lets move from that. I think we should get to know each other so that we can work together better. Then, we can talk legal stuff involving getting your name and all of that stuff registered, etc…" said Tensei.

"Sure, why not? Ok, where do you want me to start?"

"How about, when did you first discover you had powers?"

"Oh, funny story actually. It was in the middle of a basketball game when I was fourteen years old…" she started telling him.

They started talking about their backstories, likes, dislikes, experiences, etc… The more they talked, the more they realized that they were getting along pretty nicely. Mayday knew that in no time at all, they would be very good friends and maybe an even better team.

"... This is not what I was expecting." said Annie, looking at the beach.

"It's not that bad… right?" said Valerie, trying to be optimistic.

"Believe it or not, it looked worse before." said Shinso.

"I can testify. The first time I came here, I thought that I got lost and I somehow found myself in a junkyard." mentioned Robbie.

"And you two didn't tell us because?" asked Annie to the two boys.

"Well… Actually, now that I think about it; why didn't we tell them?" asked Robbie to Shinso, who was wandering the same thing.

"I actually feel a bit nostalgic looking at it. Reminds me of the junkyard back home where I practiced." said Kamala.

"Why did you practice at a junkyard?"

"Because it was retro." she answered Annie, who was asking herself; what does that supposed to mean?

The group of teenagers were currently standing behind a rail, looking down to the beach that was covered in trash. From fridges, to sinks to even a couple of trucks, covered the sand. They were close to the stairs that lead to the beach, but upon seeing just how much trash it had, decided not to. Now, the group of teenagers were currently asking themselves, what are they going to do now?

"Anyone's hungry?" asked Kamala.

"A little, you guys?" asked Robbie, receiving a nod from the others.

"There's a sushi place not that far from here, if you're interested." mentioned Shinso.

"I don't know, I'm carving something… meatier."

"I vote for sushi, that way none of you can torture me with you being able to eat bacon and all of that." said Kamala, forcing herself to not be tempted by something like a double bacon cheeseburger.

While they were talking, a person approached where they were standing. "Look at that, it looks cleaner than before." said a man that looked to be around his seventies.

"Uh?" they said, turning to face the man.

"The beach. It's even cleaner than it was yesterday and the day before it." he said, a smile on his face. "I remember when I was younger, I used to spend a lot of my free time here with my friends. They were good times, but it saddened me when it started to get filled with trash."

"Then I guess you're happy that someone's cleaning it up." said Shinso, receiving a nod from the man.

"More than you can imagine, young man. Now I'm able to see where it was where I proposed to my wife all those years ago." he said, pointing at a specific place that was between an old truck and a pile of trash that had a couch on it. "And it's all thanks to whoever it is that takes the time to come here and clean it up. That's a hero in the book of this old man."

The group all looked at the man and then turned to the beach before smiling. He was right, this is what a hero would do. After that, the man excused himself, for he had to be somewhere else to be. They all waved him goodbye and stared at the beach once again. None of them said anything, but they all thought the same thing. They wanted to be this exact kind of hero after graduating.

"You know what guys, I think sushi will be fine." said Annie.

"Now that I think about it, I never had sushi before." said Valerie, getting everyone's attention.

"You're kidding, right?"

"N-No." answered Valerie to the purple-haired boy.

"Well, we're going to change that! Right?" asked Kamala, as everyone else nodded.

"Then what are we waiting for? Hitoshi, lead the way." said Annie, as they all started to walk to the sushi place that Shinso mentioned.

And so, the new group of friends headed to get something to eat. Most of them never thought of coming to Japan, at least one of them still hated the idea deep down. But at least for the day, spending time with people that they will one day call true friends…

They were glad to have come here and glad to have met them all as well.