RWOL is here with the first of its kind story! It is a crossover between the Iron Man movies with Sekirei; known as "The Invincible Iron Ashikabi". Minato Stark, son of Tony and Pepper Stark, gets involved in the Sekirei Plan six months after the events of Iron Man 1. Now an Ashikabi on top of being a trillionnaire CEO, philanthropist and worldwide superhero known as Iron Man; Minato fights to free the Sekirei, keep his tech out of the wrongs hands, and battles the embittered Whiplash.

Read on my fans witness the adventure of the Invincible Iron Ashikabi!

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Chapter 1: Birth of the Legend

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(Tokyo, Japan 1998: Fujikawa Enterprises)

Tony Stark, son of legendary weapons manufacturer Howard Stark, sighed as he waited for the negotiations between Stark International and Fujikawa Enterprises to continue. The reason for negotiations was due to Fujikawa being Japan's number one electronics supplier, and if Stark could successfully negotiate a deal with Hikaru Fujikawa – head of Fujikawa Enterprises then it would lead to a possible treaty between the United States and Japan that would benefit both countries and bring peace between them.

Tony Stark excused himself, heading towards the restroom as negotiations wouldn't start up again for another twenty minutes. In his mind, it was plenty of time to sort out his thoughts. Once reaching the men's restroom, he immediately headed towards the sinks, turning on the cold water and splashed some on his face. Looking at his appearance, he gave a sad smile. He may have been able to hide it well, but if one took a look into his eyes, one would see a troubled man. He also had semi-bags under his eyes that he hid with make up so Hikaru wouldn't perceive him as being weak.

The reason for his troubled look was his marriage with his longtime friend/love interest and secretary Virginia "Pepper" Potts-Stark. It came as shock to the world when renowned playboy (cough womanizer cough) had secretly married his secretary/friend/assistant Pepper. Ever since they first laid eyes on each when he first took the reins of Stark Industries at 21, they had been madly in love with each other but too cowardly to tell each other. For seven years years, they skirted around each other; him taking numerous women to his bed for one night stands, and her alone at night with nothing but her trusty vibrator and magic wand. Eventually Tony grew tired of his playboy life and his cowardice; so in the tried, true and trusted Stark way, he called Pepper in office one day, and told her to her face "I'm in love with you!" before taking her lips with his own.

Shocked, Pepper could only let Tony violate her mouth until her brain rebooted and she understood the situation and kissed him back. The kissing was heated, twelve years of pent up love and frustration overflowing as they gave into it and the kissing evolved into something more. It was pretty awkward when a nondescriptant Stark International employee walked in right when the two screamed their release. The poor bastard is still in therapy to this very day. After that, Tony had popped the question and Pepper said yes. Three years happily married later, they hit their first roadblock per say.

Pepper was pregnant, which came as both a great shock and later joy to the couple. But then they were hit with dire news; Pepper was having problems gestating their child and said child's life expectancy would be extremely low. Tony had set out trying to find a way to cure his unborn child but he had yet to find anything.

Coming back the present, he checked the time to see had five minutes before the negotiations started again. Steeling himself, Tony Stark left to convince Hikaru Fujikawa to partner with Stark International.

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Tony sighed, feeling a bit better now he successfully got a partnership with Fujikawa Enterprises. Walking out the elevator and into the underground parking of Fujikawa Corp, he approached his car a Porsche 911 SC (Stark Custom). Sliding into the leather seat, Tony turned the ignition and reeved his car before pulling out and headed towards his rented penthouse suite.

The traffic was light and Tony maid it 'home' in no time. Riding the elevator up to his suite all the while wishing for different music to be played, Stark wondered how his wife Pepper was doing. She had turned down his offer to join him for the meeting, something that saddened him as they have been spending less time together since they found out about her gestating problem and him searching for a possible cure.

I need to find a way to bring Pepper back to me, but how. Tony thought as he used his immense intellect to figure this out. We could adopt, but the child will only be ours through name only, and we'll have to reveal why we adopted in the first place and Pepper wouldn't want that. Tony thought as he entered the high-end suite, noticing the two voices in conversation, wondering who his wife was talking to.

"Ah. Mr. Stark you have finally arrived." the owner's suave voice stated upon seeing Tony enter. Tony saw that the speaker was a distinguished and scholarly young man with chestnut brown hair cur short and stone gray eyes and semi-rimmed glasses only enhancing his intellectual look. He wore a full smart suit, waistcoat included and matched his stone gray eyes with pristine white dress shirt and black gator shoes.

"Honey who is your guest?" Tony asked feeling guarded.

"Tony this is Omoikane-san, He just arrived before you did asking to meet with you." Pepper Stark said to her husband.

"Its and honor to finally meet you Mr. Stark. I've followed your illustrious career for long time now." Omoikane said as Tony walked over and sat by his wife. "The reason I'm here so late in the evening is due to a sensitive issue you two are facing; your child gestating." he said getting the Starks to stiffen. How in the world did he know that?! They kept that closely guarded until Tony could find a cure to save their child. "Calm yourselves please. I am no stalker if you're thinking that. I a merely concerned with keeping my bloodline alive."

"What?!" the Starks demanded/questioned.

Omoikane smiled. "Tell me do you believe in aliens?" he said taking out a small metal disc to help with his presentation.

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The Starks were stunned in numb silence after the educational info dump Omoikane gave them. Like all rational humans, they tried to deny Omoikane's claims of him being of alien origin but after he presented cold hard facts and other proofs to back up his claim (including teleporting them to his personal spaceship), the Starks could not deny that they were in the presence of a real-life alien and not the cute ET kind.

"So... you're really an alien? A Sekirei?" Tony ventured still dealing with the shock of the information dumped on him. He was also taking in the hyper-advance tech around him that his human brain could not handle despite his gifted 295 IQ. He also dealing with the fact that his was talking with his freaking ancestor of all beings, still alive and kicking.

Omoikane merely smirked, amused at his descendant's shock. "As I presented my son, I am indeed an alien, of the species known as Sekirei. As I explained I am one of 864 survivors after the destruction of our home planet Athos."

"We understand that Omoikane buy exactly why are you here now?" Pepper asked.

"As I said, I'm here to keep my bloodline alive." Omoikane said seriously. "Several thousand years ago, our Sekirei ancestors traveled the cosmos and came across the still young humanity. After some studies, it was discovered that humans not only have a similar genetic code to us Sekirei but also a similar evolutionary path. As such we have been interested in seeing how you will evolve over the centuries. When the Great Exodus happened, it was decided that the eight ships containing our survivors would relocate here." he explained getting nods from the Starks who were finally over their shock. "We Sekriei have integrated with humanity, which means we reproduced with you humans, over the centuries since the Great Exodus. After a specific amount of time, we left the planet, traveling the cosmos once again while making periodic check-ups on our descendants and at times breeding with the non-Sekirei descended humans." he continued.

"So this means that every human has a Sekirei ancestor." Tony breathed realizing the magnitude of this revelation. This meant that humanity has had unknown contact with an extraterrestrial species for thousands of years.

Omoikane nodded. "Yes. By now, more than of half of the world's population has Sekirei genes, though said genes are recessive." he said not telling them that it was possible to make those recessive genes dominate. "Though for me, I am one of the few that secretly watches over his descendants, helping them from the shadows and doing what I can without exposing myself and the Sekirei race as a whole. As such I am here to keep what has become known as the Stark bloodline alive." he finished.

"You... you have a cure for my baby?" Pepper whispered hoping it was true, a small glimmer of hope in her eyes. She had agonized over the months since that fateful day when she learned to her horror she her first child might not live. Like many women, Pepper dreamed of having children of her own; children she would raise with tender love and care. Children she would teach right from wrong. Children she teach how to be proper and responsible adults. Children who would one day carry on Tony's legacy of being war mongers. (But she hoped one would take a different path from his/her father.)

Every day she just went through the motions, not really being there. But now, she had hope; hope that she could give Tony heirs to legacy, children she could raise and love.

"Of course my dear. The Sekriei are a literal hyper-advance race where anything is possible. As such I can save your child and allow you a safe pregnancy." Omoikane promised. "That is why I brought us here so that I can save the next generation of Stark and keep my illustrious bloodline strong. So shall we?"

Pepper wiped a tear away as she nodded, Omoikane gently taking Pepper's hand as he led the Starks to the med-bay of his ship. Once there, and laying Pepper on the medical bed, the systems quickly activated and went to work with the genetic engineering of the Stark Heir. Having already planned this in advance, Omoikane altered his latest descendant, making the unborn child a Sekirei/Human hybrid. But Omoikane secretly added a "genetic clock" that would gradually evolve the child into a "true" Brain-type Sekirei by awakening his recessive Sekirei genes and making them dominate by assimilating his human genes. He also enhanced the child's thought process and enhancing his intelligence, in order to make him think differently and more practically... basically creating the ultimate genius.

You don't know just how special your child will be my son and daughter. He will be the one to uplift humanity and bring them into the next era. Omoikane thought to himself as he told the Starks the process was completed. He smirked at their shocked expressions and reminded them of his hyper-advance tech, meaning that genetic alterations were very easy to do and can be done in a few minutes. Your child will be one of the Earth's greatest champions and legend the likes you've never seen. Omoikane thought as he smiled at the happy couple.

Yes. His bloodline would remain strong as long as he wills it.

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"I'll be a mother soon. I'll really get the chance to be a mother." Pepper said as a tear fell from her eye. Tony reached over and wiped it away, getting his wife to almost bear hug him and kiss him stupid. Tony merely smiled, happy that his wife would get to live out her dream of being a mother and that he would have an heir. Unlike his father, he'll be there for his son and accept him/her for who he/she is. Omoikane had teleported them back to their suite, telling them to raise their child responsibly and that he continue his 'duty' of watching over his bloodline.

"Your child will be great, the greatest of all those who carry my blood." Omoikane claimed to them before he teleported out.

The Starks didn't know how great their child would be and become in the future.

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(Nine Months later)

"Push Mrs. Stark I can see the head coming." A doctor said as a heavily pregnant Pepper Stark screamed. Tony held her hand, wincing every now and then due to her uncanny strength.

Guess what they say is true; a woman gains superhuman strength when she delivers the child. Tony thought as he grimaced when Pepper put even more pressure on his already strained hand.

"It's almost over Mrs. Stark. A few more pushes should do it." the doctor said.

"A FEW MORE PUSHES! YOU SAID THAT EARLIER YOU FUCKING BASTARD! YOU TRY CARRYING THIS FUCKER'S CHILD FOR NINE MONTHS AND THEN LIE HERE WITH AN ASSHOLE TELLING YOU TO REPEATEDLY PUSH THE DAMN THING OUT!" Pepper screamed/cursed at the doctor who was used to it as he's done this before. A few more screams, curses and threats later, the sound of crying echoed off the walls and the doctor gently handled the small miracle of life. Going through the normal procedure of helping the father cut the cord, tie it and letting the nurses clean the baby, the doctor handed the bundle of joy to the Starks.

"Congratulations Starks, you have a healthy baby boy." the doctor said happily as Pepper cradled her son gently in her arms.

"He's so beautiful!" Pepper cried happily as her son opened his eyes, revealing their smoky gray color. His eyes were full of life and a natural curiosity he focused on his mother's voice. Pepper smiled as her son focused on her, reaching up with his stubby little arm to touch her. She raised her right hand and extended her index finger to her son who quickly grasped it in his tiny hand. She cooed happily as her son gurgled as he played with her finger. "What will your name be little one?" she asked as she remembered a tip from a baby book she read months earlier.

"If you have problems deciding on a name for your child(ren) then let him/her/them decide. Call out the names and see which one(s) gets a positive reaction. That will be the name your son(s) or daughter(s) will have."

Seeing as how they had taken a liking to the Japanese culture due to their first/only/last meeting with Omoikane, the Starks decided on a Japanese first name since his last name would naturally be Stark. So they listed off the small list of names they had decided on to see which would get a positive reaction. They were on the sixth name when their son gurgled happily.

"So you like Minato eh?" Tony laughed as his son gurgled again at the name. "It's settled then! Your name will be Minato Stark!" Tony exclaimed with theatrical flair getting more gurgles from the newly named Minato Stark. Pepper rolled her eyes at her husband's theatrics before looking at her son.

"I hope you don't get your father's flair for theatrics." she deadpanned as her son only gurgled more. "You probably will." she sighed sadly only to get more gurgles from her son that caused her to smile. Ever since that day back in Tokyo, Japan, she had happily prayed to God for giving her blessing in finally having a child. Now she had her child, here in her arms and she wouldn't let him go for anything.

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(Seven Years Later (2005): Manhattan, New York; Manhattan Psychiatric Center)

A seven year old boy with ebony hair sat in the waiting room with half a dozen books at his side. Another was held in his hand David Weber's 'A Short Victorious War.' The boy's eyes were moving over the text rapidly. At first glance it would seem as if he was an ordinary bookish boy reading a science fiction novel. But a close examination of the texts beside him would reveal - a book on high end mathematics, a book on theoretical physics, two treatises dealing with electric and vehicular engineering, a book on metallurgy and Sun Tzu's 'Art of War'. A small notepad lay next to him and occasionally the young child would write in it. Although if anyone tried reading the notes they would be perplexing consisting of confusing mathematical formulas and some kind of strange gibberish language that resembled both English and Japanese.

Next to him sat his parents; Mr. & Mrs. Stark. The two looked at their son with a mixture of love and concern. Tony raised his hand to gently stroke his son's hair even as the boy's eyes continued to scan the pages in front of him with near-frightening speed. The receptionist across the room spoke up.

"Mr. & Mrs. Stark, Dr. Kyle will see you now."

The two sat up with Pepper kneeling to kiss her son on the forehead. "We'll be back soon Minato be safe."

The boy looked up and his eyes held the uncomplicated love of a child for his mother. "Of course mother." Then they immediately went back to scanning the page in front of him.

The Starks walked into the doctor's office and sat down. Across from them sat a bald man with a trim black beard and round glasses. "Mr. & Mrs. Stark, we have completed our tests and I can assure you of this. Your son does not suffer from any mental defect or illness."

Their faces showed relief.

"He's alright." Pepper asked, her heart feeling lighter.

"No Mrs. Stark, in fact he is very much alright. Your son is smart. In fact your son has a super-genius level intellect that places him in the top ten percent of people on the planet. He is not only smarter than me; his IQ is higher than the most experienced professors at Columbia and Stanford Universities. I know because I checked the survey records." Dr. Kyle said as he stroked his beard.

Pepper Stark raised her right eyebrow slightly. "If this is the case then why is he having such trouble at school?"

"Mrs. Stark I believe it is because of his intellect that he is experiencing trouble. As I understand they have already moved him up a grade. But he has already made it through his year's curriculum by independent study. He is skipping classes to study in the library on his own because he does not feel challenged or enlightened by the level of his lessons. The same is true of his classmates. He is frustrated and angry over their inability to understand what he is talking about. They in turn react negatively to the realization that he is so much smarter than them; which has led to bullying."

"Those who have tried have done so only once." Tony said. "I've hired the best self-defense and martial-arts masters to teach him how to properly defend himself. They claimed he is the greatest student they've ever had, claiming him a martial-arts prodigy."

"The fact you say that he has won conclusively in every fight he has been in also prevents people from approaching him out of any sense of pity. The martial training has certainly helped him avoid being badly hurt but it is my belief that he will only be happy if he is moved up to a high school grade at the least."

"He's not even ten. Even if what you say is true putting him amongst teenagers will not be easy for him. What are the other complications?"

"Well Mrs. Stark as you have seen people who exhibit such a degree of intelligence at his age often suffers from a sense of social isolation from their peers. This will be true whether he remains in primary school or not but you must be aware that it can seriously affect his ability to interact with people in later life."

"He's pretty much paralleling my childhood." Tony said a bit depressed. He remembered his childhood when his genius intellect was discovered; the hateful glares and whisper from the children due to jealously, the pride from the teachers who wanted the honor of teaching him, his father's unimpressed and blank expression. It was one the many reasons that Tony vowed to never be cold and distant man his father was, and be there to support his son no matter what. "We understand Dr. Kyle, thank you for your time." Tony said as he and wife stood and left the doctor's office. Upon entering the lobby, they saw son sitting patiently, reading another of his books.

"I should have figured that he would be a prodigy." Pepper said sadly. While proud she gave birth to such a gifted child, she was saddened at the fact he wouldn't have a normal childhood that many children are privileged to have. Minato acted more like an adult at times than a seven year old, and Pepper worried about him. "He has to know that we'll always be there to help him no matter what happens."

"Agreed. I promised myself that I wouldn't be like my father who despised me and saw me as an embarrassment." Tony sighed as he remembered those oppressive times in his youth. "My genius is what made Stark Industries into Stark International; I ushered in a new era of the weapons industry. I bet that old bastard is rolling in grave at how I brought his company to higher levels that he couldn't." Tony said sardonically. "Well let's get Minato and head out. I have a meeting later at three." Tony said as he grasped his wife's hand headed towards their son. Minato looked up at hearing his parents' approach, gathered up his books in his book bag, before getting to his feet as they took his hands and walked out the doctor's office.

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(Seven Years later (2012): Silicon Valley, California; Circuits Maximus's HQ)

Minato Stark, the fourteen year old super-genius and CEO of the recently created Circuits Maximus, looked over the various paperwork he needed to do. Two years ago at the tender age of twelve he graduated from ITT Technical Institute, MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and SAIC (School of the Art Institute of Chicago) having achieved the highest of all the Latin honors; the rare fourth distinction, egregia cum laude (with outstanding honor), because of his perfect 5.0 GPA and the rigorous courses he took when he attended those three.

After that, he wondered about his future; would he take over the family business of making weapons, or would he walk a different path? At the age of thirteen, he was the youngest college graduate in the Stark family history, and most of his life was left up to him to decide for. As he thought about his future and what to do, he got inspiration from his late grandfather Howard Stark.

It was something of ritual for Tony Stark to break out the 'Stark Expo 1974' film on the anniversary of Howard's death. It was watching this movie reel that Minato Stark found his calling. For years, Howard Stark had this grand dream of showing the world what was possible through the advancement of technology; science to help the world. Despite the 'controversial' and morally compromising path he embarked on, Howard wanted to show the world the benefit that technology could have for all of mankind; even those countries that were not yet so advanced.

This dream resonated with Minato, and he knew how he would make that dream a reality. For months he pushed his super-genius intellect to the limit, figuring out everything he needed to embark on his own path in life and crave out his own legacy. Where his grandfather walked the path of a war monger and weapons maker, a path Tony himself took and thusly continued on the 'family' business of weapons manufacturing, Minato would create newer and more sophisticated technologies. Having researched into the death of grandfather and grandmother, Minato realized that there needed to better technologies so such accidents didn't happen, but also bring Howard's dream closer to reality without being controversial and morally compromising.

Thusly, Minato resolved himself that he would be the innovator of cutting edge technologies the world so desperately needed.

When he took his idea to his parents, he got mixed reactions. His mother didn't want him to suffer the rigors of running a business at such a young age, and asked him to hold off until he was older so he could better learn from Tony and herself. Tony on the other hand was proud of his son for wanting to walk his path in life; instead of making newer and more powerful weapons, Minato wanted to create newer and more powerful technologies. As such he gave Minato his blessing and whatever support he needed, which got him an "ANTHONY STARK!" from his enraged wife.

It took a while for Minato and Tony to convince Pepper let Minato go through with this and support him, but she gave in after issuing a compromise; she'll act as Minato's assistant to help him better cope with the immense duress of running a company. Knowing it would be the best and only offer from his mother, Minato reluctantly accepted the compromise because he saw it as diminishing his ability to cope and adapt to stress.

While Tony and Pepper helped him with the financial aspects of getting starting and keeping a company afloat, Minato proved once again to be a master multitasker; tracking down other known geniuses who were "like minded" about new technologies. He found the twin geniuses Morley and Clytemnestra Erwin, Ho Yinsen (the man that would save his life seven years later); Hungarian scientist Gregor Shapanka, Mark Scralotti, Basil Sandhurst and many others who believed that technology could indeed better the world. Yes they were apprehensive about working under a thirteen year old, buy when said thirteen year old is Minato Stark a proven super-genius with an immense fortune (his trust fund) and personally backed by his father Tony Stark, and well they changed their tune pretty quickly.

Thus Circuits Maximus was born.

Minato's first contribution was the beginning of the clean energy race he'll unknowing continue years later after he becomes the Invincible Iron Man. This contribution was the Arc Reactor originally created by Howard Stark; a near-limitless source of true clean energy that Minato hoped would be the start of bringing his grandfather's dream into reality, if he could only perfect the damned thing! Everything was there but one crucial element that would complete the Arc Reactor and allow him to start the "Clean Energy Race" as scientists were projecting that oil reserves would begin to run low around 2020. The Arc Trinity System (ATS), in which three massive Arc Reactors he developed gave every building of Circuits Maximus near-limitless energy; and the best part was since Circuits Maximus was off the energy grid, he didn't have to pay energy bills!

When explaining the Arc Reactors full capabilities, Minato said this; "The Arc Reactor could power this facility for fifty lifetimes."

Minato then created the most sophisticated A.I. the world has ever seen; being fully capable of creative thought. Minato named his A.I. after the late Edwin Jarvis, the Stark family butler and a kindly uncle to Minato; thusly JARVIS helped Minato with virtually everything and became his trusted confidant. JARVIS can uplink 'himself' to any location that has a Stark computer station; Circuits Maximus and Minato's newly built Southern California mansion that is fully automated and powered by an Arc Reactor. Again no energy bills to pay.

"JARVIS what's on the agenda for today?" Minato asked the Super A.I.

(Sir you have an appointment with Ms. Erwin about her Titanium Variant Project.) JARVIS said over the speakers in Minato's office. Minato nodded as he finished up his sorting the paperwork on his computer terminal. Minato smirked at that; thanks to JARVIS he could get done with his paperwork much faster than other people. Oh he kept physical copies of everything, but he was very confident in his anti-hack programs and encryptions.

Stowing those thoughts, he smiled he looked around arguably his crowning achievement. Even though they were only up and running in a year, they were already making waves. Several high-profile projects have been released, and had such a smashing success.

(Minato, sir, your mother is here to see you.) JARVIS said to Minato who sighed slightly.

"Oh don't sigh son. No matter how grown up you think you are or act, you're still my baby boy." Pepper Starks said as entered her son's office, approached him and enveloped him in a hug that he returned. "You know, when I gave you that compromise a year ago, I didn't expect you to get things set up so quickly."

Minato snorted before retorting. "You underestimated me mother. When I decided on this course of action I researched everything I needed to know in order to make it work. Besides JARVIS was in the final stages by then even with your compromise."

"Yeah I get replaced by a super A.I. you created and barely get any work."

"As I said you underestimated me. I designed JARVIS with the intention to help me design and create new technologies as well as help manage this business." Minato explained as he turned to look out his office window. "But seeing as how I didn't want to hurt your feelings, I merely had JARVIS double and triple check everything so there are no mistakes."

"Are you doubting my skill?"

"No but I understand why you were so hesitant to support when I came forth with my idea. Being so young and starting a company, father's rivals will target me to get to him. I know just how cutthroat being a business tycoon is and I have to show that I'm not my father's son for nothing." Minato explained. "Having JARVIS go everything to make sure there are no errors mean there is little to no chance for exploitation through that route."

Pepper sighed; this was exactly why she didn't want her son to do this at such a young age. Fourteen and starting up his Fortune 500 Company would make him a target from Tony's rivals. They would try to undermine him in any way possible; to destroy what he wanted to create before he had a chance to really do some good for the world. It was why she convinced Tony to keep this under wraps as long as he could, so that Minato would have an actual fighting chance against those who would try to destroy him.

Little did she know that her baby boy would alright.

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(Seven Years later (2019); Circuits Maximus)

Minato smiled happily as he stood in his office, looking over his company. In the seven years since he started Circuits Maximus, the small but brilliant electronics and technologies company evolved into a virtual TITAN in technologies research and development. He has numerous branches across the country and world; Circuits Maximus functioning as a think tank where Minato and his scientist devise new concepts in electronics and cutting edge technologies; technology that is quite literally super advanced.

Minato proved that he took his parents' business teachings to heart; making well played maneuvers and business deals that not only made Circuits Maximus stronger, but avoided from being used by his father's business rivals. Oh, they did try to various schemes to either control him, take his company away or destroy him but Minato was always several steps ahead of them. From using their daughters to seduce him, to various political moves; attempted scandals, black mail and extortion, and any other trick they could come up with but failing spectacularly.

His company is the only leading supplier of the WORLD's technology, Circuits Maximus being a megacorporation in all but name. He couldn't help but chuckle at how his father's rivals now have to rely on him and his company for their technology. Yes, Minato was close to making his grandfather's dream a reality. Howard may have been a war monger to some, a mass murderer to others, but he really did care about the world and what would happen to it down the road. And nearly thirty years later, his dream was slowly but surely making the world a better place.

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"YINSEN!" Minato Stark screamed as he saw the bloodied form of his fellow Ten Rings captive. Moving his clunky Mark I armor towards the injured man, he was forced to jump back when Yinsen gave a weak "Look out!" Turing his head, Minato glared at the Ten Rings leader Raza who had held him captive for three months. Quickly raising his left arm, Minato fired a round from his make-shift grenade launcher at the warlord that detonated a cache of ammo near him, scaring his body's right side as they went off and getting the cave's roof to collapse on top of him, hopefully crushing him.

It had all started when he went over to Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan's Helmand Province as a favor to his father to show off the capabilities the Jericho cluster missile. Minato was reluctant to get involved with the military as that was his father's area, but they had already spoken with Tony and found out that Minato would not get into military weapons and so approached him for other areas they needed help in. Minato agreed as long he didn't cross into his "father's domain" and they agreed. It was because of this he met his brother-from-another-mother, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force.

The two hit it off well and became fast friends, with Rhodey acting as military liaison between Circuits Maximus and the US Armed Forces.

After the demonstration, Minato was on his way back to the airport when his military convoy was attacked and resulted with him being crippled and captured by Ten Rings. Here, he was barely saved by Ho Yinsen, his own employee who vanished nearly eight months earlier. Minato then discovered to his horror that his father's weapons had somehow ended up in the hands of Ten Rings, who had used the advanced Stark weapons to take control of most of the Middle East. Raza, the leader of Ten Rings, gave Minato an ultimatum: create him a super weapon or die.

Minato had agreed, secretly plotting to escape. With the shrapnel pieces slowly moving towards his heart, Minato only had a week left to live, but his super-genius prevealed once again when he created a miniature Arc Reactor to power the electro magnet and keep the shrapnel from his heart. After that, Minato and Yinsen slaved for three months to create the armor that Minato drew up and barely managed to finish when Raza threatened to kill them no matter what if he didn't get his weapon. The armor was barely booted up when Raza's second-in-command notice his 'disappearance' and sent a group of grunts to 'find him'. Using himself as a distraction, Yinsen left to give Minato the time for the armor to boot up and online.

When the bar reached 100%, Minato went to town on Ten Rings, leading up the situation he's now in.

With Raza dealt with, Minato rushed to Yinsen, the man that saved his live looked to be on his last leg. "Come Yinsen, we have to go. We have to stick to the plan and get out of together." Minato said raising the face plate of the helmet, trying to keep his voice from cracking. "Come on Yinsen, you can't die here. Not yet. Not when you can finally see your family again."

"This… this was always the plan Minato." Yinsen gasped. "My family is dead; has been for months. He made sure of it!" Yinsen growled as best he could as he weakly pointed to the pile of rubble on top of Raza. "Soon, very soon I'll be seeing them again… don't cry Minato I want this… I want this…" he said seeing the tears form in the young man's eyes. "Now… now you understand that science is a double-edged sword… the military will find a way to pervert your creations into weapons of mass destruction. You've seen the firepower Ten Rings possesses… weapons your father created… Ten Rings are his biggest fans and most loyal customers… but don't despair Minato… keep to the path you've set… you are meant for great things my boy… great things…" Yinsen said as his final breath left him.

Minato looked at the man, the man who was like another father to him, the man who saved his life as best he could, the man who had willingly given his life to allow him to live. "YINSEN!" Minato howled in anger and rage, hatred grasping his heart and soul in its dark and corruptive hand. Growling like an animal, Minato lowered his face plate, rose to his feet and marched to the mouth of the cave. He was met with opposition; most of the Ten Rings was there firing on him, but his armor held firm and he marched on, striking down the terrorists and destroying his father's weapons. Soon he caused a chain reaction that resulted in a massive explosion, killing a large number of Ten Rings members. Minato barely managed to activate his booster rockets to escape from the encampment and the blast.

Yes he had a spectacular crash landing, but his armor protected him. He was alive and he wouldn't let Yinsen's sacrifice go to waste.

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(Several Weeks Later)

Minato snarled as he stared at the man responsible for the hell he had endured since he was captured by Ten Rings; Obadiah Stane. Upon his return to the states, Minato again suffered tragedy when learned of his parents' death and the still in motion hostile takeover of Stark International by Obadiah Stane, a heated rival of his father Tony. Not only that, Obadiah was also trying to take over Circuits Maximus, but Minato's return put an abrupt end to that. Despite the emotional and physical abuse he endured, Minato charge onward, taking Obadiah to court for the murder of his parents.

While Minato had no physical proof of such actions, he was able to successfully file an injunction against Stane when he presented evidence of Stane immediately attacking Stark International only hours after Tony's death. This evidence was enough to prompt an investigation against Stane. With this done, Minato thought he could breathe easy, but Stane would not be denied.

With Stane dealt with the for time being, Minato secretly perfected his armored suit, creating a Mark II and III models and used them to demolish Ten Rings all the while trying to keep his company under his control and finding something on Stane. Meanwhile, Stane had secretly acquired Minato's Mark I armor thanks to backstabbing the Ten Rings for failing in killing Minato. Having his top scientist reverse engineer the Mark I, Stane created his own armor; the Iron Monger Mark I. But he had one problem; his scientists could not replicate the Arc Reactor tech, so Stane had a creation of Tony Stark put into his armor... a miniaturized nuclear reactor.

After several weeks, Minato and JARVIS finally managed to successfully hack all of Stane's mainframes; gaining all the evidence he needed to put Stane away for life as well as information of Project Zero; Stane's own armor. With a new resolve to avenge his parents, and some serious modifications to his Mark III armor, Minato took the fight to Stane.

It was a fight that culminated with Stane's death. While his Iron Monger suit had thicker and stronger armor, Minato's was just too advance and too powerful to handle. Minato slapped Stane around like a pimp does his bitch, even hacking Stane's armor and forcing him to eject.

When Minato revealed that he hacked all of Stane's mainframes and gained the evidence needed to not only ruin him, but also his partners, Stane committed suicide in a cowardly attempt to escape judgment. Minato merely scoffed, spitting on Stane's body and taking his armor with him. He had avenged his parents and now they could rest in peace knowing their killer was now burning in hell.

Minato immediately took the evidence to court, revealing everything to the world about Stane's goal as well as staging hostile take overs of his own against those that had thrown in with Stane (which included several CM and SI employees). Bruno Horgan of Horgan Munitions, Accutech Research and Development, Barstow Enterprises, Centrex, Pendyne Inc., and Stane Enterprises. After the absorption of Stark International, Stane Enterprises, and the others he had taken over, Circuits Maximus was now Stark Enterprises. He also exposed several corrupted US officials from all levels of government who were immediately arrested for various abuses of power.

To garner more support and give his new company a more positive image, Minato held a press conference explaining the red and gold armored warrior that has been seen lately was his cybernetic bodyguard he called Iron Man. Iron Man's sole purpose was to protect the 'Stark Interest', claiming Iron Man was the company's guardian/enforcer. He further explained the reason for Iron Man's 'interference' in the Middle East was due to Stark tech being illegally sold to terrorists through double dealing as well as threats from Ten Rings who were partly responsible for his three month long 'enslavement'. He also revealed that Iron Man successfully stopped an attempted bombing of SE headquarters therefore proving Iron Man's effectiveness.

Within the next six months, Minato continued his role as Iron Man using his new Mark IV, stabilizing the East-West relations while at times using a LMD (Life-Model-Decoy) for running his company and other public images. Many of the terrorists were secretly being supplied with weapons from the various companies that Minato had taken down, which left them gradually losing their power and even turning on each other to eliminate the competition and consolidate power. Their attempts were futile as Iron Man tore them to pieces, finally ending the era of oppression that has plagued the Middle East for so long.

With the Middle East stabilized and on the road to recovery and true peace, Minato turned to his next challenge; the S-Tournament hosted MBI founder and CEO Minaka Hiroto. A competition where super-hot, well-endowed alien beauties known as Sekirei battle it out with their mates known as Ashikabi for the grand prize of gaining control of MBI and the Sekirei Spaceship filled with literal Hyper-Advanced tech that makes his look primitive.

He is Minato Stark; billionnaire CEO, philanthropist, worldwide superhero known as Iron Man and now the Iron Ashikabi. The Legend is here!

And cut! "The Invincible Iron Ashikabi" is here and ready to rock your world. This is first of its kind story, Iron Man meets Sekirei. I'm surprised I thought it up. The reason for this is because I got on an Iron Man fix after getting a special edition of the Iron Man where on the second disk it has a feature called The Invincible Iron Man: 6-Part "History of the Hero" where it traces the origins of Iron Man up to now. Then watched Iron Man 2 which I bought months before I got Iron Man 1, and with the information about Iron Man 3, I'm on Iron Man crack!

As for the Sekirei, I got that from looking up more information and watching the episodes for my stories. Then it fucking hit me! Why not a crossover between the two!? I looked it up and found nothing! Nothing between the two!

I said YES! With this, I can usher in a new era of Sekirei fandom. Now I could have made Tony an Ashikabi, but wanted to do this differently than a normal crossover where on character comes in and messes with story of another. I wanted to seamlessly blend to two together into one, unique world. I didn't want two worlds colliding together, but one singular world. So I made Minato Tony and Pepper's son, and with the latest information from the comic special "The Secret Origins of Tony Stark", I took that and reworked it to where it is Minato who is the one being modified instead.

So with my basis done, I heavily researched Iron Man, thankfully I have a Special Tribute Issue titled Iron Man the Legend. I watched, paused, rewound, and rewatched the Iron Man 1 movie again and again to get the dialogue of specific scenes that would be in the story.

This chapter, as titled is the chapter that covers the rise of Minato Stark from birth, to his super-genius be revealed, to his triumph in creating his own company, to his low when he was captured by Ten Rings, his harrowing escape, his return to the states to find his life once again tarnished with loss, to fighting Stane and avenging his parents', and taking down those how helped Stane.

Now I've combined part of the comic with the movie to truly make this my own, and if your a true Iron Man fan you'll recongnize which parts I intergrated into the story.

Now read and review but not flames as they'll be ignored.