2017

"Avengers:

The name of a popular visual kei group in Japan" Fury-Sensei pointed to the black board, where he had written 'Avengers' in Kanji.

"But... Fury-Sensei! The Avengers are American..." Piped up one of his students,

"Nonsense brat, Widow-san is from Russia, and Thor-kun isn't even from earth!" The high school teacher snapped,

"...Fury-Sensei?" One of the girls asked shyly,

"Yes?"

"What about Loki-Sama?" That was a long story. How had the God of Mischief ended up as the lead singer in Japan's favourite band? Few knew the answer, but Fury-Sensei had seen it all happen.

"Well..."

1996

The classroom was filled with the sound of bubbling flasks and Bunsen burners firing away, heating up the strange coloured liquids of the lesson's experiment. Tony Stark was more interested however, in the mechanics of the gas taps,

"Pass me a spanner Banban-kun?" He asked his friend absent-mindedly, wanting to tinker with the device,

"This is a science lab Stark-kun, we don't have spanners..." Bruce sighed, causing Tony to turn to face him,

"But... but how am I ever going to learn more about physics if we're just doing chemistry all the time?" Tony was frustrated: third grade junior high school science lacked the true depth that he desired,

"Maybe if you do well in this class, you'll get to pick physics in senior high Stark-kun." Bruce suggested. "Can you pass the universal indicator Stark-kun?" Tony frowned,

"Don't you ever get tired of chemistry? I thought radiation was your thing."

"Yup. I'm aiming for physics class too Stark-kun!" Bruce beamed at him, his eyes all dreamy a the thought of their future of being science buddies.

On the other side of the class room, Natasha was struggling with her work. Science was not her area. She felt more comfortable in sports class, though at least in the academic subjects the boys wouldn't stare at her gym shorts. Instead they stared at her tiny pleated skirt, the uniform worn by all female students in Japan. Natasha was working with Steve on the assignment for that lesson, but was failing to follow the instructions in the right order,

"No Taz-chan you're not suppose to boil it!" The blonde boy protested as Natasha opened the gas tap more, causing the flame to grow,

"But Rogers-kun... Its... isn't it like... not science if I don't make it bubble?" Natasha asked, blank faced,

"No Taz-chan, we're adding potassium to this, you'll blow us up." Steve replied. Natasha smiled and stuck her tongue out,

"Oops, silly me." She swatted him on the back in good humour, but forgetting her strength. Thankfully Steve was well built for a young teen, so the slap was resisted by his developing muscled back.

"Minna?" Thor called to the class, "Minna-san?" Everyone turned to look at the outcast. Nobody liked Thor, with his British accent, and his terrible grasp on the Japanese language, "Everyone, please help... I think I poisoned Loki."

Shocked gasps and cries issued from the room,

"LAUFEYSON-SENPAI!" called the young girls with their noses pressed to the glass windows of the classroom,

"Loki-kun!" Cried Tony,

"NII-SAN~!" Thor wailed. Loki was lying with crosses for eyes, and cross hatching on his cheeks. His skin had turned a plum purple, indicating that he had clearly drunk something toxic,

"What did you feed him Thor-kun?" Asked Natasha, hands flying to her head in horror,

"I was trying to make Asguardian Mead with the chemicals~!" Thor wailed, "I only wanted him to taste home..."

"Home always was like snake venom." Loki coughed out quietly. "Hey..." Everyone looked down at Loki. He sat up, a strangely shocked look in his green eyes. His head cleared, "Hey something has happened... I-" And then Loki tossed back his locks of raven black, before bursting into song... Generic Japanese style:

"Now! From here on out, we're starting our advance to the next door and stage.
Spark! Step! Mjolnir! Let's jump high to Asguard.
Hey! Whenever it is, say One! Two! Three!
And with everyone, Smile! Smile! Smile!
Let's never forget to smile.

Hide the meaning of the Jotun blood in your heart
And boldly and bravely,
Yeah! Live on, look

If you just admire it, it'll just end as a dream.
Move on! Move on without fearing anything.
Don't give up; Believe in yourself.
Look! Take a look upward.
Geez! Don't ever look back."

Everyone just stared at Loki, wondering what in Kami's name had gotten into him,

"It must have been the drink! Oh Nii-san... I've ruined you." Thor howled, and sunk to fetal position to cry in the corner. And that is where the story begins. The story of the Avengers visual kei band...

"Also they are not in Japan for any reason other than to be in chibi mode. It is physically impossible to enter into chibi mode outside of Japanese national borders." Fury-Sensei explained to his student. The young Barton stared up at him,

"So can I join the band some day?" His eyes sparkled with hope,

"Don't be ridiculous, everyone forgets you." Fury-Sensei snapped back at him.