Meet Leiko Tanaka, a Korean girl with short black hair and a tough attitude. On her eighth birthday, she developed a love of Captain America when her father gave her The First Avenger on DVD. Since then, she painted a frisbee to look like Cap's shield and played pretend, imagining herself as the patriotic superhero.

Unfortunately, Leiko's fangirlism (as she called it) resulted in her getting into trouble. At school, kids constantly mocked her for admiring Captain America, saying he wasn't the best Avenger. But unlike most kids, Leiko actually fought back, even using her frisbee as a weapon. Of course, her father didn't have a problem with that. Every day, after a fight at school, Mr. Tanaka would tell his daughter: "Don't hold back. Running away is what cowards do and you are no coward."

Then everything changed that fateful day. As usual, Leiko got into a fight. But the outcome was different this time.

"Your hero was a lab rat!" a Thor fan said. "Everything special about him came from a bottle!"

But before Leiko could say anything, another boy stepped forward. He was skinny and lanky, wearing a light blue turtle neck, black jeans, and black sneakers. His short black hair was slightly messy and he wore thick glasses concealing his hazel eyes.

"You're wrong," the skinny boy said. "The super soldier serum actually amplifies the user's personality traits to match their physical appearance. Steve Roger was naturally a good-hearted person, so when he took the serum, his appearance matched his kind personality, resulting in him becoming a super soldier. However, if someone with a bitter personality were to take the serum, like Emil Blonsky, they would end up looking as hideous as their black hearts. So what do you have to say about that?"

Unable to come up with a response, the Thor fan gave up and left. "What the shock was that all about?!" Leiko asked the skinny boy. "I could have handled it by myself!"

"How?" the skinny boy asked. "Throw your makeshift shield at him again? Like you've been doing for the past few weeks?"

"Well yeah!" Leiko said, showing off her frisbee. "That's what Steve Rogers would do!"

The skinny boy lowered Leiko's arm. "No he wouldn't," he said. "Not for the minor threats."

"How would you know?!" Leiko asked. "I've seen every single Captain America film a bunch of times!"

"I've seen the movies too," the skinny boy said. "And I know he wouldn't be like that. He would never fight back in everything."

"You're wrong!" Leiko insisted. "I'm the biggest fan in all of San Fransokyo! What makes you think-"

The skinny boy silenced the Leiko by pulling her in for a right hug. "Shhh..." he whispered, patting her head.

"What are you doing?!" Leiko asked, struggling to get free. "Let go of me!"

"Not until you calm down," the skinny boy said, tightening his grip.

They were in that position for a while. Eventually, Leiko started to relax. When she did, the skinny boy let go of her. "How did you know that would work?" Leiko asked.

"It works on my younger brother," the skinny boy explained. He held out his hand. "I'm Tadashi."

Leiko shook hand with the boy. "My name's Leiko," she said.

And that was the beginning of what would be a wonderful friendship.