Rhino Rampage

Spider-Man zoomed over the streets, jumping off a webline and shooting another to pull himself further down the street. "No no no no no! I can't be late!" he yelled to himself. He had to take care of a turf war near Diamond Borough before school started and he was running late for first period. But if he could just keep his current speed-

"Stop! Thief!"

Oh of course. Jason thought as he fired to webs to the sides of the buildings behind him, slowing himself down. Below was a man running down the sidewalk with a bag in one hand, and a knife in the other. Jason angled himself and crashed into the man feet first, he cartwheeled midair and sprayed the man to the ground with webs and caught the bag of money as well with a web.

"You know you just cost me my education. I hope your happy!" He yelled back as he jumped back into the air and started on his way towards the school. He attacked to webs down the street and pulled as hard as he could, he zoomed past street lamps and cars as the school came into sight.

"Yes! I can still make it!" Jason exclaimed as he pulled his clothes out of his backpack and took off his Spider shoes, "Gah! Hot roof! Hot roof!" he called out as he hopped across the blacktop roof while trying to get his socks on.

The teen took a few second to put his civilian clothes on and take off his mask. The teen crawled around the side of a building and peeked into a open window that was in the library. "Gotta make it." Jason muttered as he slipped inside and jumped to the floor with a front flip before running towards the door and nearly breaking it off it's hinges.

The teen sprinted down the hall towards his class, the teen passed a few students as he ran at top speed, Jason saw his class at the end of the hall, he opened the door and took his seat beside Xang while Mis. Obi's back was to the class and the bell rung out, "Oh thank god." the teen muttered.

Xang leaned over with a smirk, "That was the end of the period bell."

The teen wanted to lay down and cry.

…

"How many times does it make it?" Kong asked his fellow jock. Jason was sitting across from the two in lunch, he had to do extra homework tonight just to make up for it. Which is exactly what he was doing now instead of eating.

"Fourth time this week. And I thought I had problems with the exams next week." Xang said, looking at the book worm. "So is there any reason why your missing more class than usual?" he asked with curiosity and partial concern.

Jason sighed as he finished reading another section of the paragraph he had to read for homework, "I've been busy at work lately and I haven't exactly been sleeping a lot lately." he explained quiet truthfully. It's better than saying for no reason at all. he thought.

Kong gave the teen a sympathetic look, "Hey it's rough living on your own. They should cut you some slack." he said in Jason's defense. Glad someone other than me thinks so. the teen thought as he continued filling out his homework.

Jason shrugged, "Well things should go down after exams. So I just need to stick it out for now and I should be golden." he said, thinking on the bright side of things.

"Why the hell are you doing homework during lunch?" the three boys' heads turned to see Akiko looking away Jason like he just started flying. Because I got a guilty conscious? Jason thought.

"He came into first period just when it was over. For the fourth time this week." Xang explained. It's times like this that I miss not having any friends. Jason thought as he brought the book up to his nose do they couldn't see his face.

Akiko looked down at Jason with a amused expression on her face, "And here I thought you where one of those guys who worked hard." she said taking a seat next to her friend. She turned to Xang, "I'm sorry, my name's Akiko. Jason's friend." she said, patting the teen's shoulder.

Xang smiled, "Xang. Jason's friend. And this is Kong." he said, gesturing to the big guy and tilting his head to the studious teen. Wait so she just gives a complete stranger her name when she makes me guess it for a day after she gives me a bloody nose? How is that fair? Jason thought.

"You guys realize that I'm trying to study right?" Jason said, shaking his book in a attempt to get his point across to the rest of the table's occupants.

Akiko shook her head, "You need to relax. Look the dance is tomorrow. You go there, have a good time, loosen up that noose around your neck a little. Have fun for god's sake." she said, trying to get through the teen's head.

Xang's eyes widened, "Wait your going to the dance! Holy shit. I can't believe it." he muttered. Making the teen gave his friend a look.

"Thank you for that boost in my confidence. And frankly with how much my work is piling up I may have to stay home instead of going." he stated, making Akiko give him a pointed look.

She put her hand on her shoulder and squeezed, making Jason drop his book and let out a 'ettt!'. "I'm sorry Jason, it sounded like you just threw the last five days of my work with you out the window. Would you kindly repeat that?" she asked in a voice that sent chills down Jason's spine and making the two jocks back away from her.

It didn't hurt all that much but Jason had to make it look like it did. "What I meant to say is that I'll totally blow off my schoolwork to go to the dance!" he said, making the girl smile and let go of him. "My god how did you do that? Your about as skinny as I am and I can barely lift this table!" he said, pointing to the lunch table.

Akiko shrugged and smiled, "Never mess with a girl who chooses not to use fire bending." she said, making Jason give her a sympathetic look. "Well it was nice meeting you Xang, Kong. But I better be going. See you guys later." she said, waving them goodbye.

Jason rubbed his shoulder while his friends waved her goodbye. The three sat at the table for a few seconds before Kong spoke up, "So much for the whole not having a girlfriend."

Jason nearly popped his shoulder out of place, "W-What! Nononono! It's not like that. She's a friend." he explained to the smiling duo.

"Uh-huh." Xang said. "Try and sat that when we catch you two all over each other I'm the janitor's closet." he said, causing Jason's face to flush deep red. Oh please god let me be late and be banned from the dance. Jason thought as he covered his face with his book once again.

…

"So what is this man's story?" Kingpin asked, looking down at the photo. The photo had a humanoid looking mass that had it's head looking towards the sky with a horn pointing upwards. The figure was easily bigger than a trolly car and could probably tip it over.

"They call him the Rhino. And before you ask, just that, not the Rhinobear, Rhinolozard. Just Rhino. As for his story, he was a resident of Zaofu, that metealbending city, anyway; he found out a way to make the ultimate armor." he explained.

Kingpin gave the man a look of interest, "He had the benders of the city encase him in meteorite." the thug said, making the Kingpin laugh.

"That is the kind of dedication that I can appreciate. So what happened?" he asked, wanting to know more of the possible employee.

"Well he had them shape the suit of his into a shape of...well that." he said, gesturing to the photograph that came with the man's file. "He used to be the only thing protecting the city from any threats, but he got pretty violent because of all his work, coupled with the fact he can't remove his suit, he left Zaofu and became a mercenary." the thug explained.

Kingpin read over the file a and smirked, "He seems perfect for the job. Are the teams ready to carry out the plan?" he asked, setting the file on his large oak desk.

The man nodded, "Yes sir. Everything is ready."

…

"Can I ask you something?" Jason asked as he and Akiko exited the high school. The day seemed to go by fast today, making seem that the world was making it so that Jason had to attend the dance sooner than he'd like.

Akiko nodded while they walked through the crosswalk, "Well...if had something that you chose to do, but it affected the way you live, would you still do it?" he asked. He still had the internal debate from his fight with Kraven going through his head, if he hadn't become Spider-Man would these crazies even be coming to Republic City?

Akiko thought for a moment, "Well I guess that depends on what it is you choose to do. I mean if it's something that you do for the fun of it I'd give it up. But if it was important I'd still do it." she said honestly. "Why?" she questioned.

Jason scratched the back of his neck, "I do my job at the Marvel because I need money. But my mom left me a lot of money so I wouldn't need it...but I don't feel right using that money." he lied.

Akiko gave a small smile, "Look, it may not be my place to say but your mom is the one who left you all that money. It's yours, not hers. And she'd want you to use it however you wanted. Maybe a suit for the dance would fall in that category." she said, taking note of his current attire.

"Well not all of us dress like kings and queens. Now come on, let's get this over with." he said as they turned the corner that his apartment resided on. Akiko and him had been going to his house after school for her to teach him about dancing.

It was also in part to when Akiko told her mother and father of what happened, they decided to play it safe and rent a motel for a week or so to throw the man off their scent. Jason had advised Akiko to hold onto the Spider Tracer for the worst case scenario.

The teens entered Jason's apartment and set their bags near the door, "You know I know that deep down you enjoy this. Spending time with someone outside of school that is." she said as she turned the radio to the usual station.

Akiko did the same as last time and put one of her hands in his and the other on his shoulder while Jason put his hand in her waist, "And no blushing this time. Thank god. Now for the final step of Akiko's dance academy." she said dramatically. "Actual dancing."

Oh god. Jason thought, "It's easy, you just really need to make sure you don't step on your partner's feet." she explained before she started moving her feet, Jason's eyes stayed glued to her shoes as they moved along, making sure not to step on them.

I think I'm actually starting to get the hang of this. The teen thought as they moved about the apartment, "Stop looking down." Akiko advised.

"If I do that then I'll step on you toe." Jason defended. And he didn't want to accidentally break her foot with his super strength...if that was even possible that is.

"If you keep doing that girls are going to think that your staring at their breasts." she said in a sing-song tone. This make Jason's head snap right up to her's with his face beat red.

"I-I-I'm not-" he stuttered out.

Akiko laughed, "Relax Jason. I know you weren't. Besides you should save it for your date." she said, making the teen blush even darker red.

Something dawned on the teen. He didn't have a date. "Ummmm...about that date part..." he started. Akiko stopped moving and gave him a pointed idiot.

"I taught you how to ask a girl out! How hard could you possibly make this?!" she demanded, sticking a finger in his chest. In all honestly she did this because she wanted to spend some time with Jason. It wasn't that she liked him like that, but mostly because he's her best friend.

Jason rubbed the back of his head, "Very much apparently." Akiko folded her arms over her chest, "And I've had a load of crap I've had to do over the past few days. Work, school, homework, buying groceries, paying for rent, I'm living on my own here, give me a break." he said defensively.

Akiko put her hand over her eyes and walked to the couch, "Look, I'm sorry. I'm just a little pissed off is all." she said as she sat down on the couch. Jason went to the fridge and got a drink of waters for the two of them.

"Wanna talk about it ?" he asked, sitting down next to her and giving her a water.

She took the drink and looked down at it and sighed, "Remember at luck today when I told you about my fire bending?" she asked. Jason nodded, "Well some guys overheard me as they told me they don't want any benders at the school." she said.

Jason's eyes widened, "What! That's stupid! I mean I get that Dragon Flats has a big non bender population...but still..." he trailed off. He'd heard of a few instances where non benders would assault benders in crowds. "Wait, they didn't try anything with you did they?" he asked with concern in his voice.

Akiko shook her head, "Nah it was mainly a warning. And they just expressed that they where uncomfortable, I just took it as they didn't want me at school." she explained, easing the teen's worries.

"Just in case, you still got that thing that Spidy gave you?" he asked. The next time he saw Akiko after giving her the tracer she was kind of showing it off, and and just showing that she IS a big five year old.

The girl grinned and pulled the Spider shaped gadget out of her pocket and waved it in front of his face, "Never leave home without it. You know I've been thinking of testing it to see if he does show up, who knows maybe he can give you pointers on asking girls out." she said nonchalantly.

Jason couldn't hold back the laugh, "I'm sure your right about that Aki. But I wouldn't call him out of the blue like that, he already may be doing something really important." he explained. That and I'm already working non-stop nearly 24/7. Jason thought to himself.

Akiko nodded, "Yeah that's a good point. So who are you thinking of taking to the dance?" she asked. Jason gave her a pointed look, Akiko chuckled nervously, "Never mind. It's perfectly fine." she said quickly.

"You wanna say something Aki say it." he replied.

Akiko gulped, "It's not a big deal. If it makes you feel better I don't have a date either." she supplied. Jason couldn't only find minimal comfort in the fact, but it was comforting nonetheless.

…

Spider-Man attached his web to the building ahead of him, flying over the street lamps and pedestrians below him. He let go of the web and shot another on the left side of the street, pulling him over and changing his course slightly. Jason decided that finding out more about this 'Kingpin' character should be on the top of his list today.

The Triple Threats have been laying low ever since their change in leadership, and the Red Monsoons aren't taking any chances, well as much as they used to, and are going under the radar as well. Jason was proud of the face that he's been able to do as much as he has in a short amount of time, if this keeps up he may be able to take a few patrols off.

The teen spun his body in the air and shot a web on the corner of a building, making him take a quick right around the corner of it, "Ok, Triple Threats keep to Dragon Flats. Red Monsoons are by the docks. And Diamond was the Agni Kai turf. So where else could they be?" Jason wondered as he landed on a trolly car.

From what little he could get from Whitney at the Daily Marvel, the Kingpin is the man behind the gangs. Not that he's in charge of all three of them, but he's so powerful that the gangs stay out of his reach out of respect. "I gotta find a guy who knows the gangs...and I think I just may know someone." Jason said as he jumped off the trolly and shot a web to the side of a building and pulled himself up past it.

Jackie, he was Detective Wei's brother. And if he could get in contact with him, he may just be able to find out more about the Kingpin. He used to run with the Agni Kai, but since he broke that gang apart he should be perfect for finding the Kingpin.

Jason grabbed a flagpole and launched himself into the air with it by twirling around on it. Jason fired two webs to either side of him to slow his decent to the rooftop across from the police station. "And now for my least favorite thing to do. Waiting." he said as he made a web hammock from the webs on either side of him.

God what am I doing? I bet that Akiko's at home right now listening to the radio with her family. And Xang is probably out on a date right now thinking of how sad I am. This isn't what a teenager like me should be doing! I should be at home, studying my ass off for the exams next week. Or going to try and find a girl to go to the dance tomorrow. Jason thought to himself.

And it's just a matter of time until another super villain attacks the city. Even if I stop what's behind it, I got like four or five guys who want me dead for putting them in jail that have powers. God my life is weird. The teen thought as he looked at the entrance to the police station. His eyes trailed to the statue of Toph over the door, "Wonder of you'd throw me away, or give me a medal for what I've been doing."

…

Wei was just getting off his shift. It seems as though he's been doing that earlier and earlier every week. Ever since the Agni Kai fell, his workload has been cut in half, but what bothered him about it was that it was ever so slowly rising again. The man crossed the sidewalk at a brisk pace, trying to get to his car as soon as he could so he could go home and get some shut eye.

"Detective Wei?" The man jumped back and fired his wire at the voice that came from. The top of the streetlamp where Spider-Mam was crouching, he was faster than the wire and jumped out of the way, "Hey! I'm just trying to start a conversation!" he said as he landed on the man's car.

Wei retracted his cable, "In all fairness I should arrest you...but you did get my workload cut in half." he said, bringing the teen at ease. "So what do you want?" he asked, putting his hands in his pockets. He shouldn't be talking to the vigilante, but a good amount of the police think that he's actually done good for the city.

"Im going after this guy called the Kingpin. What do you know about him?" Spider-Man questioned.

Wei's eyes widened at the teen's proclamation, "Ok...you are crazy. Look kid, the Kingpin is the biggest crime lord in Republic City. It's the same as signing your death certificate." he explained. Every time someone tries to take him down, they wind up dead." He said.

"And that gives him a free pass to do whatever he wants? That's intimidation, I thought Bei-Fong would be more 'affirmative action' than this." he said crossing his arms. Lin Bei-Fong was known all over the city for her ruthlessness on crime, and also for her anger issues, word has it they're still repairing Air Temple Island from her rampage a few years back.

Wei shook his head quickly, "First off, if you care for your well being at all, don't ever, EVER, Say anything like that out loud near the police HQ. And second she knows that there's a difference between sending men to their doom and building a case against someone." he explained.

"So you already know who the Kingpin is then?" he asked skeptically.

Wei shook his head, "All the criminals know who he is. Big or small. They know him." he explained, "It's to intimidate them, that way they know he's so confidant about how powerful he is that he isn't afraid to tell people who he is."

Spider-Man pin riches the bridge of his nose through his mask, "Look, I'm almost completely certain that the Kingpin is responsible for the bad guys who've been trashing Republic City lately. Kraven, Electro, when's the next big-"

'All units all units. We have reports of a man in a gigantic metal like suit destroying property in the uptown district. All units please report.' The radio on Jason's gauntlet said. Wei and Spider-Man looked down at the gauntlet, then back at one another.

"See? What did I say?" Spider-Man said, folding his arms over one another.

Wei shook his head and got into his car while the vigilante shot a web and pulled back on it, pulling himself into the air. The teen fallowed Detective Wei's car towards the uptown district.

…

"Holy crap." Jason muttered as he sung over the path of destruction. Massive footprints where embedded in the concrete, cars where flipped on their sides, some on their roofs. "Oh my god." Jason said in shock at the hole of the building ahead of him. The teen lowered his altitude and fired a web at the wall above the hole and swung through the hole.

Put a whole new spin to the whole Bull in a potter shop thing.

The teen landed on the other side of the hole and his jaw nearly fell off his face. "I am going to die. I'm not joking. I'm gonna die." he said in pure shock at what he was seeing.

A man in a massive suit of armor was twirling policemen in the air by their wires. The armored man threw them into the air, "I got 'em!" Jason yelled as he jumped into the air and weaves a large web between two buildings where they landed, the men hit the web one by one, making the webbing slowly sink towards the ground.

My he teen landed back on the road as Detective Wei pulled up in his car beside him, "Holy shit." he said as he exited the car.

"I already went over that. Look, take your men and have them start extracting civilians from the area." Spider-Man advised, the last thing he wanted was a high fatality count when the day was over with.

"And what are you going to do?" Wei asked questionably.

The masked teen shrugged, "What else? I'm gonna play with our new friend over there." he said, pointing to the armored man looking thing. Well that's what Jason called it in his head.

Wei's eyes widened, "You ARE insane." he said bluntly.

"Pretty much." Spider-Man said with a shrug before jumping over towards the large mass if armor. The teen landed right behind the man, the suit turned to face him, showing the man's face under the tusk on his head, "Hey is that a horn-" he began to stand upright, towering over the small teen, "or...are...you...just...happy to...I am so scared right now I can't even finish my stupid joke."

The man raised his fist above his head and shot it towards the wall crawler, "Mother F-" Spider-Man was sent flying through the air towards Wei's car.

"Oh come on!" Wei shouted as he ducked down as the masked teen crashed into the vehicle. Almost destroying the front of it, "Holy shit! Spider-Man! Are you alright?" he asked as he helped the teen off the wreckage.

Surprisingly Spider-Man shakily stood on his feet, "My head, and everything below it hurts more than you can imagine." he stated as he began to make his way back towards the armored man.

"Wait your going back! Your going to get yourself killed!" he said, trying to stop the teen from going any further.

"Hey he just sucker punched me! I'll be fine." he said, acting like he wasn't on the verge of his bones cracking. Before Wei could stop him, Spider-Man shot two webs to the lampposts and pulled himself through the air and towards the massive man.

Rhino was immensely surprised that the small teen was still standing, "I'll admit kid. I didn't expect you to get back up. Your the first person to not die from a punch from the Rhino."

Jason raised a eye under his mask, "The Rhino what?" he questioned as Rhino raised his hands above his head and brought them crashing down. Spider-Man was quick to react and back flipped out of the way.

"It's just the Rhino! And they're going to engrave it on your tombstone!" he cried out as he got into a sprinting position.

"So, wait. Just Rhino...my life is so weird." he said as Rhino charged towards him, his hands and feet all coming his way. Spider-Man jumped towards the large man and grasped his horn, "Yeeeha! It's a first class rodeo!" he yelled out, making Rhino slow himself to a halt.

He reached up to try and grab the Spider but he slid off and delivered a solid kick to Rhino's exposed face, making him back step, "That hurt." he said simply before he jumped towards the teen. Spider-Man dived out if the way of the massive man as the concrete where he was standing was crushed.

More cop cars began to pull up to the scene of the fight, many of them watching in awe of the Spider-Man face off against the Rhino. The evacuations where going smoothly, no one was throwing any complaints when they saw what they where in danger of.

Detective Wei was unofficially in charge of making sure the evacuation was going well, "What the hell is going on here!" the police seemed to stop at the sound of Lin's voice.

Wei stepped forward, "Spider-Man is distracting the big guy while we get everyone out of the area. Evacuations are going well. But..." he looked over as Rhino smashed a hole in a wall as Spider-Man hopped backwards, further up the wall.

Lin pinched the bridge of her nose, "And we started taking orders from vigilantes when exactly?" she asked. Wei and the other officers looked down at their shoes, "Never mind that now. Keep up evacuations." she said as she went to join in on the fight.

"Im gonna crush you like the big you are!" Rhino shouted as he tore off the wall that Spider-Man was clinging to and threw it into the air. Thinking quick, the teen shot two webs on either side of Rhino and suck them to the wall, making a slingshot.

The teen jumped off as the brick and mortar came crashing into Rhino as Spider-Man landed a few feet away, "Does that even hurt? I'm really trying here and I'm really starting to feel like I'm just doing a crap job right now." he called out, making Rhino turn to him.

As he prepared to charge, metal cables wrapped around his legs and where pulled out from under him. Indenting the concrete, "Rhino. It's time to stop this." the two looked behind Rhino and saw the chief of police retracting her metal cables.

Rhino grinned, "Mis. Bei- Fong. Your sister sends her regards." he said as he got back up and Lin's expression turned deadly.

Rhino got into a sprinting stance as Lin fired her cables at him only for Rhino to grab them, he grasped the lines and snapped the cables, rendering them useless. Lin's eyes widened as she retracted them and Rhino began to charge.

"Crap!" Spider-Man shouted as he pressed down on his web shooters. But no webs came out. Shit! I was supposed to make more web fluid last night but I had to study! he thought as he jumped onto the side of a building and ran towards Lin. God I really hope this works! Jason thought as the teen jumped in front of Lin and Rhino.

The teen grasped Rhino's horn, and planted his feet firmly on the ground, he was pushed back by Rhino's strength but eventually stopped him with his horn being held in a vice grip under Spider-Man's arm. "Here comes the fun part!" Jason said through gritted teeth as he leaned back and actually lifted the man off the ground slightly.

Jason's muscles where on fire but he couldn't stop, "Didn't. Your. Mother. Tell. You. Not. To. Hit. Girls!" He shouted as he rammed the man into the wall of a building a few times. Lin watched in awe at the display of the teen's strength, but snapped out of it and used her Earthbending to lift a large block of the concrete from the street and use it to smash Rhino clean through the wall and out if the vigilante's grip.

"Oh god..." Jason muttered as he crumbled to his knees. "That. Hurt." he stated as Lin came up beside him, looking at the wall that they sent Rhino through.

"This doesn't change a thing. I just want to put this guy away, after that your next." she explained as she focused on where she sent the armored man. Jason slowly stood and looked back at the hole in the street that Lin made, the smell of the sewers coming from the hole.

"I got a idea."

…

Rhino was pissed, "Little bitch. I'm gonna make her pay for that!" he said as he brushed the rubble off himself and charged through the hole he came through towards the bug.

He came crashing through the building, when the dust settled, Spider-Man was in the center of the street waving at him, "Hey there horn head! What took you so long? I didn't think that someone calling himself Rhino could get beat up by a girl!"

And that was the last straw.

Rhino got on all fours and charged towards the wall crawler. But instead of getting ready to jump out of the way, he sat down in the middle of the road! "Your dead you little insect!" he roared out.

Jason smiled under his mask, "I'm a arachnid. There's a difference." Rhino was only ten feet away.

"Like trap door spiders. Now!" he shouted.

The street in front of Spider-Man caved in as Rhino ran over it. The man was left speechless as he went under the ground, seeing Lin giving him a sneer in the sewer passages as he fell into a deep hole that he had no chance of crawling out of. When he hit the ground, the back of his head hit the ground. Hard, knocking him out cold.

When Lin opened the man cover, she saw that Spider-Man had left the scene of destruction, "I'll admit. That was quick thinking." she admitted to herself as her fellow police to check on her state of health.

…

Jason let out a hiss as he wrapped the bandages around his chest cavity. He wished that he had a chance to question Rhino about who have him the idea of trashing a good amount of the city. Actually I really want to know how a guy that big got into Republic City without being spotted. Jason thought as he wrapped the gaws around his bicep.

He took today off from school because he was so sore this morning he couldn't get out of bed. The radio had reported that Rhino was in custody and was in route to somewhere called The Vault, a maximum security prison that was housing dangerous criminals.

It was almost 7pm and Jason was feeling genuinely relaxed, "Maybe a day off from patrols isn't as bad as I thought." he said to himself as he put a long sleeve shirt on to cover his bruises. The dance was tonight, he realized that earlier today, and he wasn't sure about going or not.

He felt like his muscles where about healed, they where incredibly sore. So he could go...and Akiko's half serious threat was still in his mind. The teen began to pace the room, "It's just a dance. People go dancing all the time. What's the big deal? Normal guys do it all the time...well I'm not exactly normal." he said, looking up at the floor from the ceiling.

He dropped to the floor. And let out a sigh, "I don't have date...so what?" he said decisively, heading to his room to change into a new dress suit he had bought, per Akiko's orders. Hiding his spider suit under it, he got his hair as nice as he could before he headed out the door and towards the school.

…

The school dance was being held in the cafeteria, there where balloons attached to the tables that surrounded the dance floor. "Ok...this was a mistake." Jason said as he searched for Xang and his friends while music was played over the radios scattered throughout the room.

After searching the room for a bit, he caught sight of Xang and company waving over towards him. "Holy crap. I thought I'd never see the day." he said as Jason rolled his eyes.

"Shut up Xang." he said as he sat down with the other boys.

Kong gave the teen a smirk, "Don't let him get to you. By the way we saw your story." he said, passing the teen a cup of punch. Jason submitted his paper on his fight with Rhino though the mail to Stan at the Marvel. They published it this morning, and it was selling out all over the city.

"So what'd you think?" he asked as he sipped on his drink.

Lee smirked, "Ok you must be insane to get in the middle of all that." he said bluntly. Jason gave him a look, "But damn you give good stories." he added, making the teen smirk.

Xang nodded in agreement, "Yeah, I mean where could you possibly hide that they couldn't see you? They where evacuating people for a couple blocks from what I heard."

Jason tugged on the collar on his shirt, "Um...rooftop. They didn't check out the roof for people." he lied. It's not like they'll check out his accuracy.

"Are like obsessed with rooftops or something?" Jason saw his friends' jaws drop, the teen turned in his chair and felt his jaw nearly fall off his hinges as well.

Akiko was pretty. No pretty didn't begin to describe it, she was beautiful. Not like the other girls here, they looked nice, but Akiko blew them out of the water in Jason's eyes. Instead of her usual red and black, outfit she wore, she had a mainly black dress that went just above her knees, the bottom of her dress giving her legs enough room to move in any direction.

The dress made a X shape across her chest, the lower crossing showed her cleave, not that Jason was staring, and went around her shoulders and connected to her back. A small red rose was sewn into the center of the X on her front, "I'm surprised, I thought I scared you off Jason." she said.

Her hair was out of her usual ponytail and went down just past her shoulder blades, she had cherry lips and black eye liner, "I...I'm speechless." he said simply, making the girl giggle and Jason's blush increase.

Xang and the others could only silently cheer their friend on as he successfully talked to the stunning girl. "Thanks. You don't look too bad yourself." she said, gesturing to his outfit. Jason blushed wildly, "Oh quit blushing dude. Come on let's dance." she said, pulling the embarrassed boy from his seat and basically dragged him to the dance floor.

"W-What? Akiko-" he started, his voice raising a octave.

She rolled her eyes, "Just imagine we're back at practice. Just relax. You look a little dorky with your face that red."

"Thanks for the boost in my confidence." he said in a deadpanned manner. It was a slow song and people all around the pair where swaying to the slow beat of the song.

"Your welcome." she replied as she put her hands around his shoulders. Jason had to hold back a wince, he was sore all over from his last fight. Touching is something he shouldn't be doing, but he put his hands on Akiko's waist nonetheless. The two slowly began to move to the music, "There ya go. Just like that." Akiko said supportively.

Jason couldn't help but smile at her words of encouragement, "So where were you today? I didn't think I was going to see you here." she explained as they turned in a miniature circle.

"Well did you hear about that Rhino story?" he asked, making Akiko stop dead and her eyes widen. "I'm fine! I got hit with a little debris of wood is all. I'm a tad sore but I'm fine." he explained, making her give him a wary look.

"Just...be careful from now on...I don't want to all those lessons to be a waste." she said.

"Uh huh. Lessons. That really makes me feel loved, really, I can feel all the affection just oozing off you." He said jokingly, making her roll her eyes with a tiny smile.

"You know what I mean...I...don't want to lose you...ok?" she said, her face turning the same color of her hair.

"Oh my god your blushing. It's a once in a lifetime miracle." he said, making her shoe hit his toe, "Ow! And you told me to watch my feet."

"Actually I told you to keep your eyes off of girl's breasts." she countered. Making Jason's face return to beat red once more. "Crap. I need to stop saying that word. If I do your going to be in a coma before we graduate." she said.

"Well what do I look at? That could be some helpful information. Instead of talking about the parts of girls that my mother awkwardly talked about to me when I hit puberty." he replied, his blush dying down.

"Well you can start with the face. Just don't stare. That's creepy." she advise as Jason fallowed her advise.

"What the hell do you mean don't stare? If I look at your face then I'm looking at your face continuously. And that's staring." he countered.

Akiko rolled her eyes, "Well look at something specific...like her eyes, or her lips." she explained. Jason stared into her eyes for a few seconds as she stared back, they broke eye contact after a few moments when their cheeks turned red. Jason focused on her red lips.

The curve they had with she smirked, Jason couldn't help but stare at the flesh. It looked...welcoming. He felt heat rise to his cheeks, then he saw the small slice in the flesh that went from the skin above her lip to the tip of her bottom. "What happened to your lip?" he asked.

Akiko gave him a confused look, "What do ya mean? It's lipstick." she said, looking at him like he asked of she was a girl.

He fought the urge to roll his eyes, he touched the part of his lip where the cut would be if it where him, "Right here. There's a small cut." he explained. Akiko touched the part of her lip that he instructed but missed where he meant, "No." he lightly scolded. He took her finger and moved it over to the cut, making her let out a small hiss.

"Oh...that." she said in a low voice. Her eyes darted away from his. She had been found out.

Jason softened his look, "Aki." he said plainly. Inviting her to tell him what had happened.

She sighed, "Remember those guys I told you about yesterday?" she asked, "I met their more violent brothers in arms yesterday." Jason's eyes widened at the word 'arms'. "Relax cowboy. I broke one of their noses and kicked another guy in the groin. They're not gonna hurt anyone else anytime soon I think." she said proudly.

"For some reason I'm suddenly a little scared of you right now." he said making her chuckle.

She leaned up to his ear, "I only hurt assholes. Your safe...for now."

"That's really reassuring Aki. Truely." Jason replied.

Xang and the others watched the scene play out in front of them, the earth bender let out a groan of annoyance, "Damnit I owe you ten bucks Kong." he muttered in defeat while Lee and the big man did a fist bump.

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Jason and Akiko stood outside the school while they awaited Akiko's parents to arrive and pick her up. "We can just give you a lift. They won't mind Jason." she explained for the fifth time.

"I live a few blocks away. Walking is not going to hurt me. Besides by the time I get home I'll barely have enough time to study even of you give me a lift." he said.

Akiko let out a groan, "Oh god...any chance you can help me study for science?" she asked weakly.

Jason crossed his arms, "Well what do I get out of it?" he asked.

"More time with your favorite redhead?"

"Aren't you technically a red and black head?"

"Shut up. Are you helping me or not?" she asked/pleaded. Jason sighed and stayed silent for a moment for dramatic effect, "Only assholes keep girls in suspense. And remember what I do to assholes."

"So your place or mine?" Jason asked not a second after she spoke.

Akiko thought for a moment, "A change in scenery would be nice. Why not my place? I'll roll out the red carpet for ya."

Jason smiled and nodded, "Sure. But just remember-"

"Yeah yeah, hectic schedule, may not make it, blah blah blah, just say you'll try and I'll be satisfied." she said waving her hand nonchalantly.

"Hey little red!" the two teens themed to see a older boy with black hair that barely went over his eyes beside them. He had a brown leather jacket with black pants, his eyes where the same as Akiko's.

"Jason, meet my dumb brother Keito. Keito, Jason O-rou." she said, introducing the two men to one another.

Keito's eyes widened, "Wait, how did little red get a date?" he asked right before Akiko slugged his arm, "Gah! I swear I get hit every time I see you." he said rubbing his arm.

Akiko gave him a agitated look, "If you weren't such a jerk maybe I wouldn't. And stop calling me little red. Nobody me that in years."

"But I call you little red."

"Exactly. Your nobody. Get it?"

Jason could only watch as the two siblings took jabs at one another. Good god and I asked my mother for a baby brother? What the hell was I thinking? the teen thought to himself. Keito turned to the other teen, "Anyway, thanks for making sure litt-Akiko, didn't get into trouble tonight."

Jason shook his head, "No problem. It's a full time job though-Ow!" he yelped out as Akiko slugged his shoulder. "Sorry, couldn't resist." he apologized.

Akiko stuck her tongue at the teen, "Whatever Jason. Look, I'll see you later...and thanks for the dance." she said quickly before dragging her brother towards his car.

Keito grinned and waved to the teen as he was dragged away, "Nice meeting you!" he called out.

"Likewise." Jason shouted back.

Jason stood there and watched until he saw Akiko get into the car with her brother and drive away. When they were out of his sight and the coast was clear, Jason took out his web shooters and shot a web to the streetlight and pulled himself ontop of it and began to jump his way home.

Ok, so now I have a group of violent bending haters to deal with now...no problem. He thought as he landed on a building rooftop.

But first things first. I need to find the Kingpin.

AN: Ok first off, Spider-Man can lift a maximum of 10 tons when he first gets his powers, and even more when he is under pressure. So the whole part of him lifting up Rhino is possible if he pushed himself.

And the kingpin may or may not be who you think it is. I'm just going to say that.

I really appreciate all the support that I've revived from you guys who have reviewed and I truely appreciate the feedback that I receive so thank you. And thank you for reading my story, I hope your all enjoying it!

Until next time!