Don't hate me, i had to okay? I was flooded with ideas this weekend and well, i couldn't let this one go to waste. Sometimes I can't turn down a story idea. I guess you could say, i'm weak minded, or my mind isn't the best at focusing on one thing. Sorry...

Just to let you guys know, NO ONE, but Howard (and the few others), know who Iron man is. The secret never got out, but the alien invasion did happen, and without the 'kiss' at the end..sorry. Just part of the plot...

Disclaimer: IMAA is NOT mine, i really hate having to write that all the time. ITS OBVIOUS, IMAA isn't mine!

Tony rubbed circles around his temples in frustration; trying to ease his rising headache. He closed his eyes in deep thought, ignoring the warning sirens blaring from his phone that was set a bit too loud. Finally deciding that the noise was too much for his poor mind to handle, he shut off the alarm, not bothering to check what the situation was.

For he knew, it wasn't really trouble. Like the last time his phone blared in warning. "Supposedly" Killer Shriek and Unicorn had gone on an evil rampage, destroying everything. When he'd arrived at the 'scene' he could honestly say that almost half of New York was there. Or the entirety of NYC. No Killer Shriek or Unicorn in sight. Never in his life, had he expected the reason for the fake distress calls.

Even the Governor was there, standing on a raised pedestal. At first he thought it was some sort of celebration or something to praise his hard work in keeping New York safe, in keeping the world safe. Oh how wrong he was. Actually, technically speaking, or in short terms, they were trying to kick him out of New York. Of course hiding behind the reason that he 'attracted' unwanted attention to New York and bringing back his dad's one comment about Iron man causing more damage than the villains themselves.

Of course almost the whole state would miraculously come to back them up.

So far, all that Tony did was back off and give them space. He originally thought that it was just a 'phase' that the state was going through since after all in only about one month there was almost 3 major attacks on New York alone. Only one of which, was actually looking for Iron man.

But as weeks passed, nothing changed. Every time NY was attacked and Tony saved the day, only some pedestrians cheered for him. The rest just shook their heads as they thought of how much the city would have to pay for damage. Tony was glad that kids were still on his side. Whenever they had a chance, they stopped Tony and told him that adults were dumb and stupid and that he shouldn't go away. It was sweet really.

Though as more weeks passed and yet another major attack went by New York, almost all of the state were enraged that Iron man hasn't left. All over the news they were telling iron man to leave the state, to leave the country, to go away, to go anywhere but NY.

Pepper and Rhodey tried to be supportive, but after the first few weeks, Tony stopped listening. School became more and more difficult for him to concentrate with all the gossip of the students flying around about their opinions on the big Iron Man ordeal. Some said that he should stay, cause who else will stand up to giant alien monsters? But others said that we wouldn't need a hero if Iron man didn't attract all the villains to them. Some even went so far as to say that Iron man was evil and just wanted attention and fame so calls villains to attack, then stops them. Their evidence was simple; the fact that Tony never killed the villain.

Tony was brought out of his thoughts by the armory door opening. He looked over to see Pepper and Rhodey walk in with their arms crossed.

They both looked at him with disappointment. Tony tried to pretend that the disappointment wasn't aimed at him.

"What are you doing?" Pepper asked. "The Maggia are getting away!"

"The Maggia?" he asked.

"Yeah," Pepper said to Tony slowly as if he had no brain. "The. Maggia. Are. Robbing. A. Jewelry. Store. With. Guns."

"Why can't you deal with it?" Tony asked.

"Because I can't." Pepper said loudly. "My armor is still broken down from three weeks ago."

"I've been busy." Tony said looking away. He really should have fixed it by now.

"You've been busy?" Pepper said with raised eyebrows. "You've apparently been able to fix both yours and Rhodey's, and even upgrade his armor. His of all the armors. In only two of the three weeks."

When Tony didn't answer, Rhodey walked over. "Tony, are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Tony said.

Rhodey rolled his eyes. "I doubt it, but fine. Have it your way. I'll go deal with it since you don't want to."

Tony sighed and took a seat at the controller chair. "Thanks, I'll watch over from here."

Rhodey sighed in return as he armored up. Not so excited to go out there, since he too was under fire for all of this.

…

The next few days, luckily went flying by with no attacks or anything. The news finally stopped putting their threats of using 'armed forces' to bring iron man down if he didn't back off and leave, as the top story. Which didn't mean that they stopped, they just stopped putting it up as a priority.

But Tony still listened for anything new to pop up since something always did. He pretended to ignore his father's worried glances when he stormed out of the living room or in some cases, the house. He tried to ignore the sidelong glares he kept getting from Pepper who was currently ignoring him, but only walked with him because Rhodey still did.

Rhodey mainly followed Tony to find the right moment to try and knock some sense into Tony since after days and days of ignoring the need to save the city. But he was worried that something might snap in Tony and he could hurt himself. It was hard to imagine that only a little over a month ago, it was almost impossible to stop Tony from throwing his life on the line for some stranger, but now, he was the one that had to do so.

It was also hard to think that Tony had also smiled back then, but smiles seemed like only a distant memory.

"Tony, you've got to ignore them." Rhodey insisted on the walk home. "Just think about it, just because they don't want you here, it doesn't mean that they don't need you."

"Well, I saved lives because it made me feel like I was more than just a rich arrogant teen that everyone pitied because I lost my dad. It made me feel like even I was able to inspire the kids and the adults." Tony said stopping, before walking ahead. "Now, all I do is spread hate, and I really would like to hold on to the little amount of respect that this city had for me."

"Tony, they'll get over it." Rhodey pressed. "I know we thought that at first, but you're Tony Stark. You'll find a way to get back in their good books again."

"Trust is so hard to build up, yet easy to lose," Tony started. "Yet, I trusted the city to back me up instantly. I hadn't thought twice before saving their lives, now they turn their backs on me. Rhodey, they're ready to send the military after me."

"I know it seems bad, but you really need to calm down. They don't want to send the military after you. You just need to prove to them that they need you." Rhodey said looking to his best friend. "Just prove to them that the military isn't an option."

Tony stopped with a thoughtful look on his face and his two friend turned to face him. A small smile spread on Tony's lips, but his eyes were anything but happy. "You know what Rhodey? You're right, thanks!"

Rhodey and Pepper shared a worried glance at Tony's mischievous tone. They stayed behind has Tony walked cheerfully to his house. When he was out of ear shot, Pepper elbowed Rhodey.

"Ow!" Rhodey said shooting Pepper a glare. "What was that for?"

"You just gave Tony an idea." Pepper said. "A bad one by the looks of it."

"Oh…crap."

So, i hope this was good enough to spend my time on. I really hope you guys enjoy this story. The idea was simply to good to pass, well in my opinion. Plus, i think it's unique. I haven't seen any stories like this, that i remember at least...but enough babbling.

Tell me what you guys think! I'm real excited to hear what you guys have to say! :) I think i really should focus more on you guys then myself, so next chapter, I'll do some shout outs! :) How 'bout it? But for now i'll stick with the good o'fashioned THANKS! So, thank you so much for reading my story! (all my stories) Before i found FanFicion, I swear, my days were filled of watching boring TV and being lost if i didn't have a book i was interested in reading, but now, theres a never ending list of stories to read from WONDERFUl authors!

Fun Fact: I'm really a sucker for candy, yes i have a humungous sweet tooth, and you could bribe me with candy and i'll pretty much just drop what i'm doing to get it.

So before i go, you guys all know of the cars that only have two doors, but still have a back seat right? And you have to move the seat forward to get back? well, we have one of those, and well the other day I was trying to climb into the back seat, since the front seat was taken, and um well, the seat broke the other week and only the top part of the seat moves forward instead of the whole seat so, i managed to get my bottom stuck between where the back door 'would' be if there was one and the front seat and my feet got stuck in the broken seat belt that was hanging by the floor. I was stuck there for almost 10 minutes while my mom laughed going, "Big butt so what," quoting Ed, Edd, and eddy. -.-

Well, enough of that, i don't want to bore you away, SO BYE!