"Hey Val, your friends are going to arrive soon. Aren't you excited?!" asked the young Nadia to the blue girl.

"Yes… No… Jarvis, what do I do?!" she asked in a panic to Jarvis.

"Relax miss Valerie. No need to overreact, they're your friends." he told the girl.

Ever since their meeting, the five teenagers have gang out every once in a while for a couple of weeks. Actually, a decent amount of things have happened in that period of time

Kamala's other friends, Asami Chime and Hitome Katō, ended up liking MJ's boutique so much that they ended up getting jobs there. Which Mary Jane gladly appreciated since, Yu and Emma's flight got delayed for about a week. It originally got delayed by two days because White Rabbit got pissed off at the airport for some reason she wasn't really aware. So, she trashed the place with her giant rabbit. Then, it got delayed again, even though they were taking their flight now in another airport, because some weird anomaly appeared above the eastern coast of the U.S. And apparently, whatever the origin of said anomaly, was mystic in nature since the League of Realms suddenly appeared to deal with it.

It's safe to say that whatever it was that happened, involved Asgard or another one of the Ten Realms. Another thing to take, was that apparently her husband was asked to join in since not only was he a member of the team (having been appointed lease by Thor himself during the War of the Realms), but was also approached by them to join in. She at least knows that thanks to one of the members, Honeyshot (a light elf) said something like that in the interview after everything was settled. He would have probably elaborated a bit more if not for the troll Ud pulling the other members aside so that they could celebrate their victory over some mead.

Suffice it to say, it was a very stressful day for both of them. One was stressed over seeing the man that he loved being in some small crisis. And the other one because he had to be the responsible adult and make sure that the troll and dwarf didn't get themselves killed while intoxicated.

Outside that debacle, May had already started her, well, internship with Ingenium. It was kind of annoying to her, since she was already an experienced adventurer herself. Probably not a season hero just yet, but she was good enough to tangle with some of the meanest criminals of New York. Tensei himself had a similar train of thought, having spair with her a couple of times already. He knew she was good and wanted to do normal patrolls with her as partners, not as trainer and trainee.

Annie herself met up with the woman that she talked to in their flight to Japan, alongside her niece. The two ended up getting along pretty well and of course, Pony ended up asking a lot of questions about her father. Still, they became decently close, but it was obvious that, while they will no doubt be good friends in the future. They didn't have the same spark as the one shared by Annie, Robbie, Kamala, Shinso and Valerie. The latter of which was currently nervous because she had invited them to hang at her place.

"But I've never done this before. I don't know what to do. Like, is this too formal, or not formal enough?" she asked, referring to her clothes. Which were a pair of black slippers, a black long skirt and a white long sleeve shirt.

"You look perfectly fine to me, miss Valerie. Besides, you just need to act like yourself. After all, they are your friends, as stated before."

"But… but… Jarvis, why can't you stay here? I'll feel better that way."

"I'm afraid I can't do that. Must I remind you that I met with the housekeeper of a very important and wealthy family not that long ago when I went to buy some groceries? She ended up setting up a meeting between me and her bosses so that we could talk about possible partnerships." Jarvis told the blue girl. "Stark Industries doesn't have that much presence here in Japan. This could open the possibilities of introducing our products here, like the newly developed Stark backup generator. Just imagine miss Valerie. If this goes well, we could install one of those in every hospital of the region. It could potentially save many lives in the case there's ever a power deficiency. Besides, I do believe that the Yaoyurozu family have a daughter that is roughly your age. Maybe we can arrange a meeting with you two and with luck, you would have gained another friend."

"Another one? But I already have friends." she told him, in all of her shyness.

"It does not hurt to expand on your list of friends now, does it?"

"And why is she going?" she asked, pointing at the young Nadia.

"Because I aim high and this could help me in some way! Duh!" she said.

"B-But, you're twelve!"

"And she's already one of the smartest people that I have met. And believe me, I have met a lot of smart individuals throughout my years." he told her.

"B-But-"

"Apologies miss Valerie, but we must be going. Punctuality is quite important in this part of the world and we wouldn't want to be disrespectful, would we?" Jarvis mentioned, walking towards the main door alongside Nadia. "I left some money if you and your guests are hungry, as well as a list of places from which you can order. Don't worry, I made sure that they each had at least three dishes that would be appropriate for young miss Khan to consume. I wish you the best of luck."

"Bye, Valerie!" waved the young scientist, before the pair left.

Valerie stood alone, in the middle of a small mansion, thinking of what was about to transpire. Her four new friends will soon be arriving, it was a simple reunion. Kids her age did these kinds of things, surely she could do as well, right? It will only be them with her… alone… with no help from Jarvis, or Janet,… or Tony (something that Janet would no doubt be thankful about),... or Cap… she was going to do this all by herself… in a forgein country no less...

In a flash, Valerie quickly took out her phone and typed: How to socialize with people? and just as she was done, she received a message from one of said friends.

Anna-May: Hey Valerie! How's it going?

Anna-May: Just wanted to let you know that I'm already halfway to your house… I think? Still getting used to the streets and all.

Anna-May: So, I'll probably arrive in around, fifteen minutes or something. Hope that's not a problem with you.

Valerie froze upon reading the message of the young arachnid, not thinking that fifteen minutes were enough to calm her nerves. "... Has enough money to buy a country, but apparently can't afford a good internet connection?" she cried, tears falling comedicaly down her face as she stared at the screen of her phone.

It took around twelve minutes for her to realize that she had forgotten to do something important.

She had yet to press search.

"Everyone remain calm! The situation is being taken care of!" said a sidekick from Idaten.

While doing their normal routine of patrolling their designated area, Ingenium got word of a fire occurring not that far from where they were. Quickly, he told all personnel of his agency that was nearby to converge where the fire was and aid in whatever way they could. After that, he then headed there himself, while being accompanied by Spider-Girl.

Once they reached their destination, they found that the origin of the fire was an apartment building that was currently covered in a blazing fire. They quickly got to work, doing what they could to help. Tensei told his subordinates to form a perimeter around the building while he and those that had the ability to help headed inside to search for anyone that could not evacuate in time. He then turned to his intern so that he could instruct her, but when he turned, the american had already jumped into the air and into one building.

He sighed, knowing that, although she definitely had the skills to do the job, she was not legally allowed to act like that. He didn't doubt her skills, but she had to remember that she was no longer a vigilante that could do as she pleased, but rather an intern of Idaten that had to earn her hero license.

"How's the situation?!" Ingenium asked, to one of the heroes that were aiding in them.

"Most of the tenants were able to evacuate safely! There's no one in floors seven, and two! We're currently working on getting everyone outside!" he replied.

"Ingenium-san! We have a problem!" said a hero that had the features of a bee, wings included.

"What is it?"

"There's apparently a family that was unable to evacuate the fifth floor. Their trap there and the only entrance that we've been able to locate is a window from one of the apartments, but the flames are still too strong for me to get there." she told him.

"What about the stairs?"

"Burned to a crisp." she told the turbo hero, who cursed after hearing that.

Suddenly, Spider-Girl came out of a window from the fourth floor with a couple of tenants clinging to her as she descended from a thread of weeb. "Thank you for choosing Spider-Airlines! Please don't forget your belongings and leave in an orderly fashion way!" quipped the arachnid girl, as she set the two tenants down carefully before a pair of other heroes could help them get away from the fiery building so that they could receive medical treatment.

"Are you seriously joking at a moment like this? This is a serious matter!" complained one of the heroes that was next to Ingenium.

"Yeah, this is how I roll things." she told him, infuriating the pro. "So, how are things going?" she asked Ingenium.

"Apparently there's a family trapped in the fourth floor and the only way to get there is through a window from one of the apartments." he told the young wall-crawler.

"What about the stairs?"

"Burned to a crisp in that part of the building."

"Damm." she cursed, turning up to analyze the building, she saw an open window on the fourth floor. "I'll take a leap of faith and say that that's the window you're referring to?" she asked, pointing at the window, receiving a nod from the bee-based heroine.

"Yeah, but the flames nearby don't let me get close enough to enter it." she told them, lamenting her fear of having her wings catch fire if not careful. "I'm sorry, my inexperience with these kinds of disasters is putting a family in danger."

"Don't lament yourself. I'm sure that an appropriate pro is soon to arrive to deal with the situation in an appropriate manner." said the other pro-hero.

"They don't have the luxury of waiting. I'm going in." said Spider-Girl.

"Are you suicidal?! The flames are too strong for someone without proper protection to enter! Not only that, but even if you manage to get there, how do you expect to get the family to safety?!" asked the pro.

Spider-Girl did not answer outright. Instead, she switched a cartridge of one of her web shooters for another one and then made what looked to be two decently sized web mantles. After which, she then turned towards the turbo hero. "You think you can make it there?" she asked, handing him one of the blankets.

"Well, it's a bit high. But I doubt you'll let me fall." he told her, taking the blanket.

"Wait, don't tell me you're actually considering doing this? This is extremely risky!" argued the pro.

"But it's probably the best option that we have to save that family." said Ingenium.

"I'm not saying otherwise, but one worng move and things will go south in no time."

"Well then, let's make sure not to do that." said Spider-Girl, turning to her companion. "Well, Ingy, are you ready?"

"Very much, you?"

"Please, I was born ready." she told him.

Then, the turbo hero started to put distance between him and the building, as the friendly web-slinger prepared herself to jump, having already switched the cartridge to the normal one. Then, she jumped and shot two web lines, which she used to pull herself upwards until she got to the window, quickly entering the apartment. As she was doing this, Ingenium started to run towards the building and when he thought it to be appropriate, he used his quirk to propel himself upwards. Spider-Girl then shot a web string at him once he saw that he was starting to lose speed and then pulled him towards her. Upon reaching the window, Spider-Girl quickly got a hold of him and then helped him enter the building.

"That wasn't so bad." said the arachnid girl to the turbo hero.

"Come, we have to hurry!" exclaimed Ingenium, as the two heroes rushed to find the trapped family.

The two then entered the hallway, splitting up so that they could try and find the family. Inerly cursing at themselves, for they forgot to ask which apartment the family resided. After what felt like an eternity to the two adventurers (which in reality was a couple of minutes), one of them managed to hear the cries of help from the family. The other one was called quickly and once the two were together, they tried to open the door, only to find it locked.

Not wanting to wait any minute longer, Spider-Girl charged at the door, opening and almost falling into a cavity that was before her. Luckily for her, Ingenium was quick in grabbing her arm, saving her from a nasty and fiery fall. Not like it was necessary, since with her spider powers, she was sure she could have saved herself, but the help was nice and well received.

"Thanks." she told him, getting back in solid ground.

"Don't mention it." he replied, turning to see the cavity that had formed in between the door and the family.

The family consisted of a man that looked to be around forty years old, a woman of a similar age, a girl that looked to be around thirteen and a boy, no older than six, who had in one of his arms what looked to be a stuffed animal. It looked like a monkey, which was not what they expected as far as stuffed animals, but hey, it's not like it didn't look cute or anything like that. The family turned to them, with fear being the only emotion that their faces showed.

"P-Please… help -cough- help us!" cried the father, holding his family tightly.

"Don't worry, we'll get you all out of here safely!" exclaimed Ingenium, before looking at the floor in which both the two of them, as well as the family, stood on.

The two heroes knew that the floor was weakened and could give in at any moment. So, Spider-Girl decided to carefully make her way to the other side of the room and gently landed on the floor. By the way it felt, she wasn't sure if it could support Ingenium's weight, especially since he was heavier than her. It also didn't help the fact that he was wearing armor on top of that.

Making a quick adjustment to her web-shooters' nozzle, the heroine shot three thick strings of webs connecting the two sides of the room. One of them was slightly above ground level while the other two were at a height that was around a meter fifty. Seeing the makeshift bridge that the arachnid heroine made, Ingenium used it to get to the other side, knowing that not only would the family be too scared to use, but that even if they did it would take them too long to cross it.

Once the two heroes were together with the family, they both used the blankets that they had with them and wrapped the family with them. Ingenium decided to take both the parents while Spider-Girl took the two kids. They then jumped to the other side of the room, knowing that at least that part of the fool was more stable, while holding two civilians each. Once there, they made a run towards the room with the window that they had come in. On their way there the smoke grew thicker, and the temperature started to rise. They could hear the family coughing and the young webhead could have sworn that she heard the boy accidentally dropped his stuffed animal. Still, neither of the two crime fighters slowed down, arriving at the apartment from which they had come from.

When they reached the window, Spider-Girl agreed to lower the kids first before coming back up again to help Ingenium with one of the parents. Not like he couldn't do it himself, but rather he simply wanted to do this as carefully as possible. It didn't take them long getting to the street, where the family happily embraced each other, knowing that they were now safe. According to the other heroes and sidekicks, the building was now clear, the family being the last ones that were required to be saved. Which is why Spider-Girl's decision to go back to the building came to their surprise.

They tried to call her out, but it was no use. She was already inside of the building once again. They waited for her to come back, Ingenium already preparing to follow her inside. After a couple of minutes, the young adventurer came out, holding something in her hands.

"Made it!" she said, having a graceful landing… or at least it would have been graceful if not for part of her arm being in fire, something that she found out quickly when she noticed that the smell of grill meat did not disappear. "Damm! Damm! Damm! Someone! Bring a hose or something! Spider on fire! I repeat, Spider on fire!" she screamed, waving her right arm like crazy in an attempt to turn the flames off.

Luckily for her, the hero known as Backdraft, hero known for his water quirk, had finally arrived to aid in the efforts of putting the fire down and seeing the arachnid girl in distress, he used his powers to help her out. "I got it!" he said, quickly arriving to her side and putting the fire out.

"Phew! Thanks pal." she told him.

"Don't mention it." he said as Ingenium and the other two heroes came to her side.

"You're hurt!" said the bee based hero to the american.

"This? Don't worry, it's not that bad. Believe me, I have had worse." she assured her.

Just then, the other hero took notice of what it was that she had in her other hand. "You… Don't tell me that you went up there again, risking your own wellbeing and getting injured, all because of a stuffed animal?" he asked.

"It's not just some stuffed animal." she said, walking towards the family that she and Ingenium had rescued and kneeling to be around the same height as the boy "It is a special friend to someone equally special." she said, handing the boy his stuffed animal, which surprisingly was still somewhat intact.

The boy smiled and thanked the spider themed heroine, even calling her onēsan, or basically older sister. Spider-Girl smiled at the boy, for a moment seeing the faces of both her younger siblings, before he went off to his family, who thanked her and Ingenium as well.

"Just so you know, you almost gave me a heart attack with that stunt you did." Ingenium told his intern.

"Sorry, my bad. But sometimes I'm like that, but thankfully no one got hurt."

"That's technically a lie, you did get hurt, remember?" he told her, pointing at her forearm, which was where she had caught fire.

"You know what I'm referring to." she replied.

"Hey, I have a question." he said, pulling one of the blankets that the two had used before. "I saw you making a switch in cartridges when you made these, why?"

"Oh, easy. The cartridge that I used to make those had a special web formula that made them resistant to fire. I thought it would be good to use it." she told him.

"Isn't that handy?"

"Don't get used to them. I don't have much of it." she said.

Actually, even if she still had a lot of web with her and at home (even if it was just the standar one), she was starting to wonder how long it would last. Her sister had yet to crack the web formula family secret. She told Ingenium a bit of this and that she was hoping for either; Annie being able to figure out how to make web fluid soon or for her to swallow her pride and ask their dad for the recipe. It was safe to say that the latter was not going to happen, knowing how stubborn her family is.

It took some time, but soon enough, the fires died out. A lot of belongings were lost; memories, both good and bad, were gone as well. Furniture, toys, pictures, belongings, all devoured by the blazing fire. Still, while painful, the tenants were still grateful to the heroes that had saved their lives. They all hailed the heroes, something that they gratefully accepted. Although Spider-Girl did encourage Ingenium that they had to return to their patrol. After all, somewhere in the city no doubt needed help in some way. He nodded and so, they parted ways with the heroes that they had aided and the civilians that they saved.

Before they could leave though, the family did stop them, for they wanted to thank the two heroes once more. The little boy in particular looked in awe at the new arachnid heroine. There was one thing that they simply needed to know: "W-What's your name?" asked the little boy, holding his stuffed animal tight.

The american looked at the boy and smiled. "I'm your friendly web-slinger Spider-Girl!" she told him, before she and the turbo hero left. Not without Spider-Girl gave the boy and his family a thumbs up.

"Geez, she's loaded!" said Annie, getting smacked in the back of her head by Robbie, who was next to her. "Ow!" she complained. Rubbing the back of her head while glaring at the boy.

"Hey, you had it coming." he told her.

"I mean, she's not wrong." said Shinsou.

The group of teenagers, consisting of Robbie Reyes, Hitoshi Shinsou, Annie Parker and Kamala Khan had all arrived at their destination almost at the same time. They greeted each other before turning to walk some more till they were in front of their other friend's house… Well, house doesn't quite cut it. Standing in front of them, were a pair of what looked to be iron gates. On the other side of said gates, was a mansion, one that looked like what many people believed a mansion should look.

Surrounding the mansion, which size was large enough to encompass the area of a stadium, was a greenery of beauty. The grass and bushes all perfectly pruned. Trees growing tall and healthy. Flowers blooming, bringing colors and life to the majestic garden that laid in front of them.

And as if that wasn't enough, there was even a masterfully built fountain just in front of the massive building.

"Soooo... I guess we just need to press the doorbell?" asked Kamala, as she pressed what she thought to be the doorbell.

After a couple of seconds of waiting, something came in floating towards the gates. It was rather small, no bigger than a garden gnome. It seemed to be a robot of some sorts; its head was squared in shape with a black screen that had what looked to be a minimalistic blue eye in its display. Its body was rectangular in shape, although it was noticeably smaller in comparison to its head. Its arms were also very small, being oval in shape with no fingers at all. Lastly, it had some sort of piece beneath its body that allowed the small machine to float around. In all honesty, its body resembles one of those big heads toys.

"Greeting meat-bags! I am the Stark aid unit HLPR-2483, or as I was designated by scientist ultra-supreme Nadia Pym; Bill!" it said.

"Oh my god! Guys, they have a cute flying robot!" said Kamala, excited to see the flying machine and believing that Bruno would have geeked out more if he was present.

"Bill? Seriously? couldn't she think of something better?" asked Robbie to the robot.

"It is not my place to question, she who's mind stands above the rest!"

"Well, someone definitely has an ego." muttered Hitoshi to Robbie, who nodded.

"Now then, state your name and reasons to be here, or be vaporized within the next fifteen seconds!" said Bill, causing both Hitoshi and Kamala's eyes to widen to the statement.

"Um… I'm sorry, did you say, vaporized?" asked Kamala.

"That is correct meat-bag!" he said, making the purple-haired boy and the inhuman to panic.

The arachnid red-head and the young mechanic… not so much.

"Really? I thought you were built by Tony Stark, not Hank Pym." Annie quipped.

"Oh wow, how original. Like I haven't heard that one before. You must feel pretty proud making such a basic joke at the expense of a dead man." said Bill driedly.

"Hey, it's not my fault you practically handed it to me on a silver plate."

"Awful and insensitive jokes of questionable taste. You must be the offspring of the one called Spider-Man, right? I believe the expression 'the apple does not fall far from the tree' should be applied in this situation."

"Pfff, you're just jealous that I have more articulations in one finger than you do your whole body." she replied, not making that much sense to her friends.

"That can't be it. I'm sure the reason he's all cranky is because he's a poor man's version of H.E.R.B.I.E." said Robbie, making Hitoshi and Kamala feel even more uneasy than before.

"Um guys? Could you not make fun of the robot that just threatened us with vaporization?" asked Hitoshi to his two friends.

"Nah, it's pretty fun. You should try it, Hitoshi." Annie told him, as his pleads fell to deaf ears.

"Well, good news meat-bags! You no longer have to answer within the next fifteen seconds!"

"Probably because it's already been fifteen seconds."

"Which is why I am now giving you five seconds to comply!" Bill told Robbie, as a countdown appeared on his face. "Four, three, two-"

"WeareAnna-MayParkerRobertoReyesKamalaKhanandHitoshiShinsowe'refriendsofValerieandwecametoseeherpleasedon'tkillus!" said Kamala so fast, one could have mistaken her for having superspeed.

"... What?" asked Bill, a question mark appearing on his screen.

"We're friends of Valerie. We came to see her." said Robbie in a calmer fashion than that of his friend.

"Well, why didn't you say so before?" he asked.

"It probably has to do with the whole, 'threatening to kill us' thing. But then again, maybe I'm just saying things." said Annie, all while the gates opened before them.

"Come in! Lady Valerie is waiting for you all!"

"Lady Valerie?" they all questioned as they followed the flying robot.

In only a matter of seconds, the group of teenagers and the robot of questionable sanity arrived at the front of the mansion. "Excuse me while I inform Princess Valerie of your arrival!"

"Princess?"

Before they could even question Bill about that one, a small antenna popped out of the small robot's head. "Attention Lady Valerie! Four meat-bags, that have identified themselves as your underlings, have entered the premise and are waiting to be graced by your presence!" said the small robot, his message being transmitted through the mansions own inner coms. The four teenagers for a brief second, could have sworn that they heard their friend weep or something like that. For she was still not feeling confident in her abilities to speak to another living person. "She seems to be ecstatic!" he told the group.

"Somehow I know that you're lying." they all thought.

After a few seconds of waiting, the doors opened, as Valerie nervously came outside to greet her friends. "Um… hi guys." the shy girl awkwardly said.

"Sup Val! Nice clothes!" complemented Annie.

The blue girl was going to thank her friend and complement her as well, but stopped until she saw what it was that the group was wearing and then compared it to what she herself was wearing. Unlike her, who was currently wearing a white dress (even if it was casual), her friends were wearing clothes that were… more on the mundane side of the specter. "I knew that this was too formal!" she berated herself

"Sooo, can we get in?" asked Shinso, snapping the blue girl back to reality.

"Uh? Oh, right, sorry." she apologized, turning to the robotic aid. "Thanks Bill, I'll take it from here."

"Excellent! Now, if you excuse me, I'm sure that my presence is needed somewhere else!" said the robotic aid, before floating away.

Once he was away from the group of friends, Annie turned to Valerie and smiled. "We, thy humble servants, are rejoiced to be enlightened by thy presence! Oh, gracious Lady Valerie!" she joked, making a reverence to the blue girl.

The blue girl was confused as to why she would say that. Then, she remembered that not only was Bill the one to meet them, but how he referred to her a couple of minutes ago. "P-Please tell me he didn't say anything weird."

"Don't worry, it wasn't that odd… Well… you know, outside of the fact that he referred to you as 'Lady' or Princess Valerie and that apparently he referred to Nadia as 'Scientist ultra-supreme."

"That and the fact that he threatened us to kill us." said Hitoshi, complementing what Kamala had said and draining the color of Valerie's face.

"He… to… wha…" Valerie stuttered, trying to comprehend what she was just told. "I'm sorry! Nadia has been tinkering with that HLPR unit as of lately!" she apologized, a blush of embarrassment on her face.

"Don't worry, it's fine. Besides, it was fun to see their faces while they believed that they were actually in the risk of dying." chuckled Robbie, pointing at both Kamala and Hitoshi.

"Hey man, not cool." complained Hitoshi, Kamala nodding in agreement.

"Come on guys, you had to admit that it was kind of funny." Annie lauged, seeing the somewhat annoyed expressions of her friends.

"You know? If I'm going to be made fun of, at least let me be made fun of while inside a mansion." said Kamala.

"Eh?... Oh right, sorry. Come in." Valerie said, as her guest entered the mansion.

To say that they were amazed, would be an understatement. The building somehow felt larger inside than it looked on the outside. The entrance hall was incredibly large with a large chandelier hanging from the ceiling. Why would someone have a chandelier in their house? They didn't know, it was probably something only rich people understood. Valerie guided her friends to the living room, which by the way, was larger than their own houses and/or apartments.

"You really are loaded." stated Annie, looking around. Then, remembering what happened last time she said that, she placed Kamala in between her and Robbie, just in case.

"I-It's not that big." she stuttered, but not really believing what she had said. "Seriously, how is this supposed to be small?" she thought, remembering that, according to the butler of the Armored Avenger, this was but a small state compared to Ironman's other properties.

"Not that big? You kidding, right? Our apartment could probably fit in your living room about three times easy." stated Robbie.

"... I know." she silently said.

"Well, what do we do now?" asked Kamala.

"I… don't know. This is my first time doing something like this." admitted Valerie.

"We could watch a movie." suggested Robbie, turning to the screen that was in the living room. "That is a stupidly large T.V if you ask me."

"I know." Valerie said, embarrassed as she asked herself one question: Why is everything in this house so godam big?

"Well, I brought my guidebook to study for the written portion of the exam. We could probably do that too." said Shinso, pulling the book out of his backpack.

"Ugh! Seriously? Study?" complained Kamala. "Come on, we still have a couple of weeks away from the exam. Can't we just relax?"

"I don't see any harm in doing some extra study."

"Me neither." said Robbie, as he second what Annie had just said. Much to the surprise of the inhuman.

"Wait, you guys are ok with studying?" she asked them.

"What is that supposed to mean?" asked Robbie as he and Annie had an undignified look on their faces.

"I mean… you two don't look like the study kind of person."

"Excuse me?! I'll have you know that, had I attended Midtown High, then I would no doubt be the brightest student to attend since my father. Who by the way, can woop out an interdimensional detection network in his sleep."

"And I was literally the top student of my classes, even while taking in consideration that I had a job at a repair shop. Also, I was doing that while looking after my little brother all by myself."

"Ok, ok, I get it! You guys are smarter than you look, I shouldn't have judged the book by its cover!"

"The heck/The hell!"

"W-What I'm trying to say is, that I think we can handle the written portion of the test just fine." she said, in an attempt to calm the spider powered girl and the apparently hellish flamed boy. "Maybe we could try and practice with our powers or something? I mean, I'm sure that there has to be some kind of practical portion of the exam."

"I-I do remember reading about something like that. I don't know the details, but U.A has a practical exam in which the students have to show up their quirks." informed Valerie.

"You know something Rob?" asked Annie to Robbie, since he was living with a U.A graduated.

"Unfortunately no. I tried to ask Yu a couple of times about the entrance exam, but she refused to tell me about it. But she did tell me that they sometimes switch things up each year, so the exam she took will probably be different than the one we'll take."

"Still, we should train for that, don't you think?" asked the inhuman.

"Meh. I'll practice when I can, but I'm confident enough that I can pass the exam." said Robbie.

"I used to practice with my powers and in hand to hand combat back in the states, maybe I can resume from where I left." said Valerie, remembering whenever she could be taught by both Black Knight and Captain America.

"I do get some workout in the morning. I even asked Hitoshi to join me, but doesn't want to come anymore." mentioned Annie.

"No thank you. I think I'll manage myself from now on." mentioned the purple-haired boy.

"Why? Was the training bad or something?" asked the human hybrid.

"If you can call that torture training."

"It wasn't that bad."

"I threw up four times."

"No you didn't. You only threw up three times."

"No, it was four. When we were running in the park I threw up near a bush and when I turned around I saw that you were already like god knows how many meters away from me. So I tried to catch up to you and when I did, I threw up again and that was when you turned to see me." Hitoshi commented.

"Let me guess, you made him do some routine that only someone with spider powers could do with no trouble at all." Kamala said, believing that to be the reason.

"No I didn't. Heck, I didn't even use my powers." Annie commented to the group. "Look, since I had my powers since I was a baby, my dad decided to make a special bracelet that would suppress my powers until I finally got a hand of them. Heck, sometimes I still used it to feel somewhat normal and/or for gym or a soccer game."

"And were you any good without them?" asked Robbie.

"You know it!" she replied with pride.

"So in other words; you basically had a scrawny boy trying to keep up with a girl in top physical condition even without powers. Yeah, I can see why he doesn't want to do it again."

Annie thought of what Robbie had said. Even without powers both she and her sister were in good physical condition. Definitely leagues more than their father when he was their age. Looking at Hitoshi now, she finally noticed that he was very skinny. "You know… I think I'm starting to see what you mean." she said.

"Hey guys, if we're watching a movie, what kind will it be?" asked Kamala.

"I don't know. Let's just look them up and pick whatever looks interesting." said Robbie.

The other teens nodded and so, Valerie turned the television on. She then opened one of the streaming apps and started to look for whatever seemed nice. While she was doing that, they all decided to talk about how they've been doing lately. Annie told them that she met up with a girl named Pony. She asked them all if they had met someone new as of recently. Robbie told them that he hasn't, but Kamala said that she did meet someone a few days ago.

Kamala was walking across town, not doing anything in particular. She simply decided to have a look around since she was feeling pretty boring. The young inhuman thought that maybe she could find something interesting; either it be a nice store, an arcade or even a pro-hero passing through. After what felt like an eternity of sightseeing, Kamala grew hungry. Looking around, she found a convenient store not that far from where she was.

Once there, she started to look for something that could ease her hunger. Eventually, she opted to have classic chips. She took a bag and headed for the cashier, where in front of her, was a girl of around the same age as her with a rather flashy appearance.

Her skin, as well as her hair were both pink in color. Her hair in question was short but fluffy and quite rebellious. Outside from that, she seemed to have a pair of short yellow horns that jumped out of her hair. Had she been facing Kamal, she would have shown her distinguished eyes which had a yellow iris and black sclera.

The girl in question was about to buy a can of soda (or tea) and a few snacks, but was apparently a little short in cash. Right now, she was searching in her bag for a couple of coins that she needed to complete her purchase.

"Hang on, one moment. I'm sure I had some extra cash around here." she said, as she searched her bag.

"Kid, not to rush you or anything, but there's other customers behind you." said the clerk.

"I know, just… wait a bit more." she said.

Seeing that the girl was in distress (and that the people behind her were starting to get a little restless), Kamala decided to help out. "If you'll like, I can pay for the rest." she offered as she placed her own items next to hers.

"Huh? I wouldn't want to be-"

"Just say yes!" the rest of the customers exclaimed.

The two girls winced at the volume of their voices. Looking at each other, they awkwardly laugh as Kamala paid for both her bag and for the rest that the girl owed.

"Thanks, sorry for that. I'll pay you back I swear." the girl apologized.

"Don't sweat it. It's not like it was that much." replied Kamala.

"By the way, you don't sound like you're from around. You know, from your accent."

"Oh yeah, I'm from the US actually." replied Kamala.

"Really? Are you visiting?"

"No, I'm going to try for U.A."

"No way, really?! Me too!" she exclaimed happily.

"Really, that's pretty cool." said Kamala, before she decided to present herself. "I'm Kamala Khan… Or Khan Kamala… whatever, just know that my last name's Khan."

"Ashido Mina, nice to meet you!" replied the girl, now known as Mina… or Ashido… one of those two. "So, I'm guessing that you have a pretty awesome quirk if you're planning on going to U.A."

"Not exactly." said Kamala as she signaled the pink girl to get in closer. She did and once the two were closer, Kamala whispered. "I'm actually an inhuman."

Mina looked at the girl and said. "I don't know, you look pretty human to me."

"No, as in superpowers inhuman." she told her.

"Oh… Oooooohhhhh, I've never met an inhuman before!" she said. "By the way, why did you whisper that to me?"

"... You know… now that you mentioned it, why did I whisper that to you?" Kamala asked herself.

And so, the two spent the rest of the day in each other's company.

"She seemed cool if I'm honest. For what she told me, her quirk is called acid or something like that. Take a guess at what it does."

"... Um… it makes acid?" asked Valerie as she raised her hand.

"She didn't mean it literally." said Shinso.

"Oh…" she replied, lowering her hand.

"What about you Val? Met anyone recently?" asked the wall-crawler.

"... I think I did… maybe… don't know…" she said, not wanting to remember how she embarrassed herself to that boy that she met at a fast food restaurant.

"Hey guys, what about this one?" asked Shinso, getting the attention of everyone.

"Race across the stars?" asked Robbie. "Isn't that one of Wonder Man's movies?"

"Oh yeah, I remember the fuss about it when it came out. I heard that it was actually pretty good. I tried to go see it, but never had the time." said Kamala.

"Well I was always curious about that one." said Annie.

And so, it was decided. The group decided to watch the movie that starred the ionic Avenger. Soon, the days started to pass, the group became closer to each other and the entrance exam grew ever so closer to them.

It was a normal day back at U.A. The teachers of the prestigious hero school were making the final bureaucratic preparations for the entrance exam. Something that was quite important, for each year, over a thousand kids try to take the exam and earn a spot in the halls of U.A.

Right now, someone was walking towards the principal's office. The man looked rather frail, so much so that he often joked how he must ressemble Captain America before the super soldier serum. He had blonde hair with two strands falling down his face. He had blue eyes and his face was very skeleton-like. If he was any other person, he could go unnoticed if he were to walk around the streets. But what many people were not aware of, was that there was more to the man that meets the eye.

His name was Toshinori Yagi. But to the rest of the world, he was better known for another name. One, that was synonymous to justice, hope and heroism.

He, was All Might.

Japan's very own Symbol of Peace. The number one hero ranked in his home country. A hero, whose achievements were recognized by the Avengers themselves as well as heroes of similar caliber.

"May I?" asked Toshinori, knocking on the door of the principal's office.

"Come in!" said the principal.

Toshinori nodded (mostly to himself) as he entered the office. In the principal's desk, sat not a man, but rather what looked to be a mouse, a dog, even a bear to some. The small creature had white fur, was wearing a small suit and had a rather large scar running down his right eye.

The small quimera was Nezu, principal of U.A and one of the few people on the planet that knew of the nature of the number one hero.

"All Might! I haven't seen you recently!" said the principal in a happy demeanor, while sipping a cup of tea.

"Apologies, I've been rather busy with young Midoriya's training regiment. He's truly giving it his all to inherit my power. So much so that it makes me excited for the exam even more so."

"Is that so? And how is the young boy doing?"

"Very well. I do have my concerns about him, but I truly believe that has the potential of becoming the next symbol of peace! He may not be in U.A just yet, but he's already going beyond! Plus Ultra!"

"I'm happy to hear that. With the entrance exam coming up, I'm curious to see what the successor that you have chosen is capable of." he said taking another sip of his tea. "This is turning pretty interesting, pretty quick."

"Indeed it is. I'm really looking forward to seeing young Midorya grow into a promising hero!"

"And he's not the only one."

"Right! There's the other students as well. If I remember correctly, Endevor's son is coming through recommendation, right?" asked the number one pro-hero, curious as for the son of the number two hero.

"Oh, of course. But I wasn't really referring to him in particular."

"Really? Is there another possible student that has picked your interest?"

"You could say that, but before that I do have a question." said Nezu, picking up a newspaper. "Have you seen the news recently?"

"I'm afraid not. With the entrance exam soon approaching, I've been focusing solely on young Midoriya's training for inheriting One For All."

"Then you might want to see this." said the chimera, handing him the newspaper.

Toshinori took the newspaper and started reading it. It was from around two weeks ago and was about a building on fire. The story told about how a safety hazard caused the building to catch fire, trapping many tenants inside. The story told about how a decent amount of heroes joined forces with the fire department inthe rescue of the trapped civilians. There was a list of the prominent heroes that aided the rescue efforts, as well as a picture of the events that unfold. The heroes included a couple of small heroes and some more recognizable ones. For example, there was the water hero Backdraft, the turbo hero Ingenium and even the likes of…

"... OH MY GOODNESS!" screamed All Might, spilling blood from his mouth.

"Careful, you're spewing blood again." commented Nezu rather calmly.

"I-Is… is this true?" asked All Might, pointing at the picture of a female hero with a costume that was rather familiar to the symbol of peace.

"As far as I'm aware, it is. I don't blame you for being surprised. I myself had to double check to make sure that my eyes were not playing any kind of mind tricks." explained Nezu, pulling out four folders out of his desk. "Then again, looking over this year's batch of examinees could have confirmed my doubts." he said, handing All Might one of the folders.

The Symbol of Peace took the folder, still shocked at seeing the newspaper. Unfortunately for him and his heart, the surprises will only increase. Opening the folder, he saw that it had the profile of one of the examinees of the entrance exam. The picture was of a red-headed girl with emerald eyes. There was something oddly familiar in her face that Toshinori couldn't pinpoint. Thankfully for him, reading the name of the girl helped him out.

"Anna-May… Parker?" he questioned, until the idea crossed his mind. He looked back and forth between the folder and the newspaper for at least a dozen times until it finally sinked into him. "Parker?! As in Peter Parker?! As in Spider-Man Peter Parker?! That Parker?!"

"The very same."

"But… I… wow."

"I know." said the chimera, taking one last sip of his tea. "If I recall correctly, during your time in America you spent at least a semester in New York city, or am I mistaken?"

"No, I did. David and I were originally studying in California. But we ended up being selected to spend some time in New York's Empire State University. David of course, studied like most other students. I myself was splitting my time in between attending college and learning under the wings of the Avengers." he said, reminiscing about his time back in the states. Back when he had yet to become the man that he is today.

"Did you have an encounter with the number one vigilante while you were there?"

"I did… it was… our first encounter was not something that I'm proud of." he started to explain. "I was still learning the ropes of how the city that never sleeps worked. I remember having the same mentality that everyone here has. Vigilantism equals criminal, criminal equals to villain. Captain America did of course try to explain to me the kind of relationship that they had with Spider-Man and I was actually trying to not cause a ruckus. At the end of the day we both ended up looking like fools because of a clash of cultures and a misunderstandment. And I was the bigger fool of the two."

"So is it safe to say that you two don't have the best of relationships?"

"Oh no absolutely not… I think… Or at least I hope not." said Toshinori, not sure of what to thik. "That was our first encounter. Sure, we did hit a couple of bumps from time to time while I was still a student… and by a couple I mean more than I would like to admit… But as time went on, our relationship mended. I want to believe that we are on good terms now."

"Did you by any chance had an encounter with his alter ego, Peter Parker?"

"You could say that again. He was David and I's biology tutor." he said, surprising the chimera a bit.

"You're saying that David Shield had to rely on a tutor while in college?"

"I know, I was surprised to. For as long as I remembered, David was the smartest person that I had ever known. But here comes Peter, somehow beating him in that regard."

"Was your relationship with mister Parker only profesional?"

"Not entirely. David and I became integrated in his own personal circle of friends. David more than me, but it was nice."

"Was?"

"... Let's just say that… tragedy happened… it… it affected everyone. And upon learning that Peter Parker and Spider-Man were one in the same… let's just say that it explains a lot of things." Toshinori stated, remembering how surprised he was when he saw the broadcast of the battle of Regent and Spider-Man. When he saw the face of the elusive vigilante being revealed to the world, his jaw dropped to the floor. Then, a thought crossed his mind. "Wait, if these two are his daughters and one of them is actually planning on enrolling into U.A, does that mean that-"

"No. At least as far as I'm aware." Nezu told him, knowing where he was going. "I saw a news broadcast of America and saw him and other heroes battling some sort of giant monster near Central Park. So it seems that Spider-Man has not left the states. Only his family apparently."

Toshinori was confused by that statement. Why would that be? He wanted to linger on that question for a bit longer, why? But then, he noticed the other three folders. He had to put a pin on that thought for later. He soon took the other folders and opened them as well. They had the profiles of a boy with primarily black hair with a white stripe and his eyes being of different color each. A girl with brown skin and a blue girl, whose name caused a similar reaction to the one he had about Spider-Man's daughters.

"Van Dyne?!" he said, spewing blood from his mouth yet again.

"Yes, for what we know, the legendary Wasp apparently took two girls under her wing and this one is the oldest of the two. But she's not the only one with connections to the Avengers and heroes of a similar weight class."

"She's not?!"

Nezu simply responded by pointing at the folders. "For what I was able to gather, miss Vector Van Dyne not only has a founding Avenger as her legal guardian. But apparently also has the likes of Captain America, Black Knight and Ironman all vouching for her." he said, going from pointing to Valerie's folder to Kamala's. "Similarly, young miss Khan also has primarily two Avengers vouching for her as well. One of them being Ironman, while the other one is Captain Marvel. I also believed it said something about an X-Men, but I'm not sure how accurate that is." finally, Nezu pointed to Robbie's folder. "As for young Reyes, all we can confirm with certainty is that as of now, Mt. Lady is acting as the legal guardian of both him and his brother, while also having Doctor Strange himself vouching for the young boy. And all four of them are going to take the entrance exam in a couple of weeks."

All Might was stunted. Two girls having Avengers, season Avengers, founding Avengers even vouching for them. The master of the mystic arts doing something similar to the young boy. Combined that with the fact that the daughter of Spider-Man was also there. Vigilante or not, the arachnid adventurer could probably ask for a few favors from the Avengers, Fantastic Four, X-Men even. These four kids could easily have entered via recommendation and yet, they were going to enter through the entrance exam?

The Symbol of Peace had many thoughts running on his mind, but of one thing he was certain. This year was going to be different alright.

On a beach covered in trash in the city of Musutafu, was a boy no older than fifteen. He was of green messy hair with his eyes being of similar color. He had a freckled face and right now, was pushing what looked to be a big oven out of the beach. This boy has been cleaning the beach for almost ten months all by himself. The reason? To become a suitable vessel to inherit the power of his idol.

While he was doing what at this point was his morning routine, another boy of similar age came to view. He was simply passing by, when he noticed the boy and decided to walk by.

"Need a hand?" asked the boy, scaring the boy with green hair.

"Wha-! I mean…" stuttered the green-haired boy nervously, which only became worse when he saw the face of the other boy. "S-Scary!"

"So you've been the one that was cleaning the beach." said the other boy.

"Um… y-yes. I-I-I've been."

"Well, for being just one person, I say you've been doing fine." he said, looking around the beach. "You know, I could lend you a hand if you want." he offered.

"Oh… um… thank you, r-really. B-But I rather do it alone." said the green-haired boy awkwardly.

"Why? Are you that socially awkward? Or are you doing this just for attention?" asked the other boy.

He didn't intend to, but to the green-haired boy, the stranger sounded really intimidating. It was probably something to do with his face, looking pretty roguish.

"N-N-N-No! I-I-I mean, sure being recognized s-sounds ok, but t-that's not why I'm doing it!" the boy replied in a panic, trying to explain himself to the scary stranger.

"Then?"

"It's…" he started, but immediately stopped speaking. He couldn't just tell a complete stranger why he was doing what he was doing. Hell, he hasn't even told this to his own mother. But looking at the boy, he knew that he was expecting an answer and the boy didn't want to just act as if he was ignoring him (partly because of how scary he was and he didn't want to end on the bad list of anyone that looked that scary). "... It's… a test."

"A test?"

"Y-Yeah." he stuttered as he anwer. "T-To… to enter U.A. If I clean this beach before the entrance exam, then that means I can get into U.A.'' he asid, technically not lying, but rather omitting a few things.

The other boy looked around the beach and everything within it. After a quick inspection, he turned to the freckled green-haired boy. "You know, the entrance exam is only two weeks away at most. Don't want to be negative or anything, but even if it were to be a month, I don't think you could clean this place up all by yourself."

"... I… I know… It does seem like a fantasy, but that… that doesn't mean I shouldn't just try, you know?"

"... You really want to get to U.A?"

"... Y-Yes. I… was always told to give up on my dreams. That I should choose another path in life… but I want to help people… So even if the world is against me, as long as there's even the smallest chance of me achieving my dream… I have to try it!" he said.

The other boy looked at the green-haired individual for a bit, deciding to walk past him and towards the stairs without uttering a word. It was only when he reached them that he stopped and spoke.

"You know, me and a couple of friends are also planning on going to U.A." he said, surprising the green-haired individual. "Hey, got a name?"

"Uh?"

"You have a name?" he said, still without facing him.

"Oh… It's M-Midoriya Izuku."

"Midoriya Izuku?"

"Y-Yes… H-How about you?"

"I'm not telling you my name." he said, sounding a little cold to the freckled boy. But then, the other boy turned to face him. Izuku no longer saw that scary and intimidating face from before, but rather a sincere smile. "I'll tell you when we both get to U.A, deal?" he said, taking the boy by surprise.

He didn't say if, or probable, or maybe. He said when. To many, that may not be much, but to Izuku, it meant something. It meant that this person, whoever he was, was already assuming that he was going to get into U.A. No, assuming is not the right word, he was declaring that Izuku was going to get into U.A. Before he could question the stranger, he started to walk away.

"Midoriya Izuku, hurry up. I'm rooting for you." declared the boy.

When he heard those words, a feeling rose within young Midoriya. Suddenly, the image of a skeleton man standing in front of him as the sun set flashed in his mind. A memory in which an unimaginable joy and a feeling of hope washed over him as tears fell down his face. An emotion that he felt when the skeleton person told him:

"You can be a hero."

"Yes!" he replied, a big smile on his face.

People are not born equal. That's the harsh truth that he learned at the age of four. But now, he was content. For even if that was true. Even though he lived his life, knowing that that is the harsh reality in which he lived on. He now knew that he had two people rooting for him. His idol and a person that he had yet to know. And the reason? Because of his actions, his ideals… his heart.

With that in mind, Midoriya went back to work. Putting double the effort, for he now had someone else that he couldn't let down.

Later that day, the boy met with his friends and when a certain red-headed individual mentioned going to the beach to help put in cleaning it up, the boy told them that there was no need. His friends were a bit confused, so they asked him what that was supposed to mean. His response:

"Someone already called dibs. And is doing a hell of a job."