Yotsuba & A Jumbled Night by: Kounellii

Kou's comments: Duralumin is the name of Yotsuba's teddy bear (v9). Thanks to Said Author for her Spider-Man suggestion and to those of you who checked this lil story out.

Disclaimer: Azuma Kiyohiko owns "Yotsuba&!" Superman is owned by D.C. Comics. Marvel Comics owns Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk and Wolverine. I own this story.

-+Fight for Duralumin+-

After Yanda made hurling noises to gross everyone out, they all settled down once again around the coffee table. With a new batch of hot cocoa the four were warmed up instantly. Jumbo and Yanda were filled in with the details as to Yotsuba's new secret identity.

Yanda took a long drought from his mug. When he placed it down, he noticed the odd print work on the mugs.

"So did you guys get her mad at you too? Because those are some weird designs."

Yotsuba puffed out her chest proudly with a glare in her nemesis' direction. "I made them specially for Daddy and Jumbo. And one for me too."

She raised her little yellow mug into the air like a wrestler holding up the championship belt. It bore the words "Made Bye Yotsuba" in blue ink. Below it was a scrawled drawing of a bunny with a big smile.

The others played along and clapped. They "ooh'd" and "ah'd" in approval over her coffee cup.

"So where's mine? I wanna see it," asked Yanda cheerfully. He thought they were pretty cute now that he got a better look at the mugs.

Yotsuba flashed an evil grin. Yanda sweatdropped.

She playfully turned her face away from him and declared, "I accidentally broke yours! Too bad Yanda."

Then she stuck her tongue out at him.

But Yanda wasn't ticked off in the least. Instead he made a tearful face and made Yotsuba look at him. She saw his lower lip tremble and began to feel guilty. He proceeded with his made-up sob story.

"B-but Yotsuba! I really wanted to have one like your Dad and Jumbo. It's so sad. When I was a little boy… I (pretend sniffles) made my dad a cup that said 'Wurrld's Greatest Papa.' But when I finally gave it to him, I dropped it and it broke into a million pieces. I tried to put it back together… but it never made it through the glue operation."

She patted him on the shoulder with a cute worried expression on her face. "Daddy, did you finish fixing it?"

Oh, so now she wants it fixed. "Yep, the super glue should be dry by now. But whatever happened to 'If it's broke. It was meant to be broke!'"

"No time for that Daddy! Yanda's crying!" countered Yotsuba, side-stepping the issue as she noticed Yanda's suspicious look on his face. Like maybe Yotsuba broke it on purpose ((she totally didn't but she wasn't sorry about it either)).

"Well luckily I decided not to listen to you and fixed it for Yanda anyway. Here, I'll get it," said Koiwai in an amused tone of voice. He walked over to the top cabinet and pulled down the mug. He placed it right in front of his friend.

Jumbo let out a roaring laugh at the sight of it.

"That's some healing job. It looks like your coffee cup just got out of battle. Those are scars of survival!"

Yanda laughed too. "Aww, it doesn't look that bad. It looks like it broke into nice clean pieces. Nothing too ugly to put back together, y'know, unlike my old cup that didn't survive the surgery."

He turned the mug around to the front and grinned.

"You really think of me as your 'Greatest Ena Me'? I've always fought for the side of justice. Just ask the Incredible Hulk over here," suggested Yanda jokingly.

They all turned to look at Jumbo.

Who turned to look at Koiwai.

"HE MEANT YOU!" protested Koiwai, finally getting the chance to throw the dingy red briefs at Jumbo. Luckily it was an old pair he was going to throw out anyway.

"GROWR! Jumbo angry! Jumbo no like Superman's undies!" Jumbo threw the briefs on the floor and pounded it with his fist.

"Hey! That's my Superman underwear!" yelled Yotsuba eagerly.

She ran quickly over and tried to wrench the briefs from under Jumbo's fist. But Jumbo just kept his fist over it. They all watched as she yanked the tip of the briefs over her shoulder as she struggled to walk forward.

"Yotsuba! You're stretching it!" panicked Koiwai. He saw with a shocked look on his face that it was too late. When she let go, the briefs was about 2 feet long.

"Least now it can fit Jumbo," remarked Yanda nonchalantly.

Jumbo flicked the briefs at him.

Yotsuba giggled and pumped her fist into the air. "Take that Yanda!"

"OUCH! Hey quit it!"

Yanda got up and began to run away from Jumbo, who pursued him. He slid across the floor in his socks and grabbed some seat cushions at the same time.

"HAHA! I'll have you know that I'm the amazing Spider-Man! You'll never be a match for me. I'm even more popular than the Hulk with the ladies."

Jumbo gave him a big THWACK! in response with the briefs. Yanda whirled the cushions around like martial artists do with nunchaks.

Yotsuba skidded to a halt beside Jumbo.

"Haha! Daddy's coming! Together we'll take you down Spider-Yanda!"

Yanda feigned a look of anger. "Why don't you guys believe me? Making me the villain in all this, eh… Fine, then I'll just take her."

Yotsuba's eyes widened as she watched her Duralumin being kidnapped. "AH!"

"Her name will now be, Mary Jane Watson!" he threatened.

Then a low growl came from the top of the stairs. They looked up. Koiwai was wearing a bright yellow t-shirt. Three markers were taped onto the back of his hands.

"WOLVERINE!"

"YAHOO!" shouted Koiwai as he jumped the stairs three steps at a time. He faced Yanda who looked at him with a stupefied expression.

"What? Wolverine is my favorite comic book hero. He's a badass."

"I know he is, but wouldn't you look better as Robin? Last time I checked, Wolverine was packing some muscles."

"How dare you! These are genuine muscles," said Koiwai as he did a number of muscle man poses. He flexed his arms and made his rather flabby biceps move up and down.

Jumbo stepped between them. He held his right arm out as if to hold his allies back.

"Don't interfere. This is a battle between Spider-Yanda and the Incredible Jumbo."

Yotsuba jumped up and down. "Don't forget to save Duralumin! Mary Jane is an ugly name!"

"No it isn't! It's a pretty name," argued Yanda seriously. He placed her carefully behind him on a table next to the house phone.

Jumbo held the briefs out and tugged both ends until they were taut.

"Don't you get it? That's not MJ. The real one is in New York City."

Yanda looked flabbergasted. "No way! Prove it!"

Koiwai and Yotsuba watched as Jumbo scratched his chin in deep thought. They saw him pick up the phone behind Yanda and dialed some numbers. After a few rings the phone on the other line clicked in answer.

"Hello?," answered a female voice.

"It's for you Spider-Yanda," said Jumbo, smiling as he offered the cordless handset to his friend.

But Yanda was gaping at him. He recognized the voice on the phone of course.

"Hey Miki! You remember me right? Jumbo. Long time no see. Don't worry, this isn't using any minutes. I'm calling from Koiwai's house phone. We heard that you broke up with Spider-Yanda. Hm? Yep, this guy here-"

"GIVE ME THAT! Hello Miki? I'm so sorry. We were just playing around with Koiwai's daughter. Yeah, they moved here awhile ago. Er, Spider-Man is my fave hero and well, Jumbo was Hulk, and Koiwai was Wolverine. Haha, yeah. Oh! Sure, sorry to bother you again. Uhm, maybe I could call you later? Huh? Dang, she hung up," sighed Yanda.

He hung up and tossed the phone to Jumbo.

Then Koiwai walked up and smiled determinedly. He extended his hand to Yanda, who blinked in surprise and then graciously shook it.

"Don't worry, Spidey," reassured Jumbo as he clapped an arm around both his friends and gave them a hearty shake, "Getting dumped happens to the best of us. But you'll always have your Super Friends."

He thought it sounded pretty corny. But still. His glum feeling was chased away by Jumbo's words. Yanda flashed his widest grin.

"Yeah. You're right!"

Yotsuba took down Duralumin and hugged her. Then a puzzling thought occurred to her as she looked up at her father and his friends.

"Daddy, who's the strongest superhero?"

The boys said in unison, "Eh?"

"Um, it's Superman isn't it?" muttered Koiwai bewilderingly.

Yotsuba giggled. "I think so too!"

EXTRA: Miki was Yanda's girlfriend (v9). I hope Kiyohiko-sensei will reveal more about her. I mean, how can anyone break up with Yanda? Please review!