An Amazing Fantasy
(AN: Hello true believers! Now I'm sure that many of you think that this is a story of Korra as Spider-Girl, you're sadly mistaken. If you want to see the wall crawler in Korra's time, you can check out the main story this is based off of, Legend of the Spider-Man. But this…...is something different.)
Republic City has changed in the past Five Years.
Within that time, a Revolution has been stomped out, a new age has begun, an old civilization from the past has reemerged along with it an older foe, and a Uniter's forces became divided. But the city could not withstand all of that and go on without any damage.
So the city was rebuilt, bigger and better than before. Skyscrapers all but made up what was downtown, most of the city skyline in fact was now filled with skyscrapers. In the center of the city was a large column of light, reaching up to the sky past the clouds, at its base was a large empty park with a rotunda building in the center where the spirit portal touched the ground.
In the bay of the city sat Air Temple Island, the island itself had actually grown in size. The island's size has doubled, the Avatar had risen the earth from the sea to accommodate the airbenders as well as any family and citizens who chose to live on the island.
Another addition that had been made was a pair of bridges that went both both north and south to the mainland, which was about two miles in length each.
The island had also gained an village around the temple for housing, which was not only limited to Airbenders and acolytes, but average citizens as well. Mainly because it was more comfortable than dorms, and families were now more common than ever.
Now on the island near the edge of town was a house, a medium sized two story house. A basement and an attic sandwiches the floors between one another. The ground floor had a kitchen squared off in the back of the house, the door leading to it was through the dining room with a table set up for four right beside the front door.
To the left of the door was the stairs leading up to the second floor. In front of the stairwell was the living room, with a sitting area as well as the newest invention to the city, Television. In the room sat a young woman, stretched over the couch.
Her body was toned from regular exercise, she was attractive for a young woman in her early twenties. Her eyes were dark blue and stunning, but what would catch everyone's eye was her hair, a mixture of red and black that went down past her shoulders and over her upper back. She was Akiko Rupa-Orou.
And she was smiling, she had been for the past hour while her mind was in a daze. She felt a mix of emotions, anxious, afraid, but overall she felt a sense overwhelming joy at what she found out.
The sound of a noise upstairs made her spring up from her seat. She went into a all out sprint upstairs, passing a number of photos on the wall of the stairs. One of her family, Keito, Wong her father, and Kasumi her mother and her all together a few years ago. Another was of his family, his Uncle Tenzin, Aunt Pema, and cousins surrounding him.
Down the hall and into their bedroom she all but flung the door off it's hinges. She stopped dead in her tracks at the sight of him, her husband, Jason Orou. The Amazing, Spectacular, Sensational, and above all Legendary, Spider-Man.
Whose costume was covered in feathers.
"...ok I have news, but you look like yours is way more interesting." she said, a smile spread out over her face. Her news could wait a little longer, and she could use something to lighten the uneasy feeling in her gut. And honestly when Jason came home with something like this? It eight times out of ten made her feel better.
The adult in front of her pulled off his mask, his blue eyes showing a slightly irritated look along with his brown hair. "You really want to know?" he asked. She quirked an eye before waving a palm in front of her towards him, "...yeah ok I see your point." he said understandingly.
The hero began to shed parts of his costume, laying it down on the bed as he dressed in his regular clothes. "Well it all started when I saw Mysterio at the zoo."
"Oh god this is already good." Akiko said, smirking with anticipation, wanting him to continue the story.
"So he goes on and on like usual, 'Spider-Man I'll *blah blah blah*' you usual." he continued as they both sat down on the bed. Jason fell back onto the sheets, his wife laid down ontop of him, her head laying back against his chest. "So, I'm bouncing around, making sure I don't get my butt blasted by his stupid pyrotechnics. My Spidy sense warns me and I barely doge an explosion that sends me into the ostrich horse pen."
Akiko snorted out a laugh, "Oh my god! So what happened? Did you beat him?" she asked.
"Oh yeah I beat him. I threw one of the eggs at him." he said, making Akiko gasp, "It was all dudes in there, no baby ostrich horses were harmed." he said, crossing his finger over her forehead. "Cross my heart."
"Wait how did you know-Oh my god ou got trampled!" she shouted in realization as she imagined Jason in his costume getting run over by the animals. "This is the greatest day of my life."
"Even more than our wedding?" he asked with some hurt in his voice. She nodded, making him out on a stern face, "Wow that's mean."
She turned over and lifted herself up with her arms, her smile was huge. "It's the best day for both our lives Tiger." she said.
Jason quirked an eyebrow, "Ok sweetie…...your starting to worry me what's wrong? Is it Carnage? No wait, Verrick, what did he say? Oh god wait! I know it's Korra and Asami!" he rambled.
"Jason." she tried.
He didn't stop, "Look I get that a trip to the Spirit World was romantic to them, but that place freaks me out! I got Vertigo! Me! The guy who dives off the side of skyscrapers with homemade webshooters! That says something." he continued.
"Jas-wait seriously?" she asked.
"Last trip there? I was eaten by a toad, and landed in a desert." Jason said plainly. "I mean there's a reason why so little people live there. I mean-" he started before Akiko's hand covered his mouth.
"Jason…...I'm pregnant." she said finally.
The adult's eyes widened, he'd hand pulled away from his mouth. She waited for his reaction, dreading the worst but at the same time hoping for the best possible one, "You….your…" he tried.
And he smiled.
"YOUR PREGNANT!" He shouted before wrapping her up in his arms. He was bouncing around the room, the two laughing at the top of their lungs as Jason stopped on a wall, carrying her bridal style. "You're pregnant…..you're gonna be a mom and I'm…" fear crossed over his face. "Oh god Aki…...how the hell am I going to…" he asked.
Her hands cupped his cheeks, lifting his head to meet her's before kissing him fully on the lips. Pulling back she laid her forehead on his. "I don't know….I'm scared Jason but…." she lowered her hands from his face and pressed them against her stomach. "But I'm excited….I'm excited that you and I are going to be parents."
Jason smiled once more, "I am too….it's weird right? Both happy and scared? Right?"
She nodded, "Yeah…..oh god it's gonna be worse when pregnant hormones come into play." she said with a small groan in her voice. "Oh god I'm gonna get fat aren't I?" she asked, her head falling back.
Jason smiled, "No you'll be glowing like you are now." he said, kissing her on the cheek. The husband and wife stayed quiet for a few seconds before the hero grinned, "We gotta tell everyone." he said excitedly.
Akiko's eyes widened before she too smiled, "Your right!" she said before he stepped off the wall and began to carry her out the door to the bedroom. "Ok so should we tell everyone all at once or one at a time?" she asked.
Jason thought for a moment, "All at once, it'll spread like wildfire anyway. But where? Home can only fit so many people." he said. When he helped build this house he thought about essentials, he and Akiko agreed to keep it plain and simple. But now? He wanted there to be a tree outside and a swing on it.
"Yeah…..but what about outside? The backyard, we'll invite everyone over, have a big dinner and then…...yea, we'll break the news." she said excitedly.
He stopped walking in the middle of the room and looked at her, "Just when I think I'm the smart one here." he said before setting her down on her own two feet. "You take care of the guests, I'll see everything up." he said before running out the back door and around the side to where the basement entrance was.
Akiko went to the kitchen and took the phone off the wall and began dialing numbers, "Here's hoping the Orou luck doesn't screw everything up." she muttered.
(000)
It took the couple a few hours but they managed to pull it off. Now in their backyard sat two long tables end to end with enough room for everyone. With enough plates, cups, utensils and everything else needed. Veggies for the Airbenders, flat out meat for anyone else, and desert of course.
"You two look like you threw this together pretty quickly." Pema said, walking beside her husband and nephew. The older couple had brought their children with them, the four ran ahead after quickly greeting the couple.
Jason smiled, "Well we thought it's been awhile since we had everyone together." she explained, giving them a little white lie for the time being. "Besides, feels like Horner since I've seen my family." he added, watching as Meelo and Rohan took their seats, both of them ready to dig in only to have Jinora swath their hands away.
[My kid is going to love sweets I just know it. Just like his mother…...or her mother…...eh, I'll be happy either way.] he thought before turning his attention back to his aunt and uncle. "Look you guys find a seat, we'll talk more later. Ok?" he asked.
The two nodded before going to join their children.
Meanwhile in the house, Akiko, and Korra were busy putting the finishing touches on the food. "You know we should do this more often." she said, lifting one of the pans up and swirling the food on it around. Between the two of them, Korra had much more experience with cooking meals than Asami I'm account of her months alone.
The redhead beside her smiled, they may have ulterior motives to this dinner but overall this was fun, getting everyone together and sitting down to eat. "Definitely. So how's life treating you, you guys left after the wedding and you've both been so busy getting everything put together we've hardly seen you." she said as she took a wooden spoon and swirled it in a pot of baked beans.
Korra smiled sheepishly, "Yeah I'm sorry about that, but between the city and the Earth Empire Remnants I've been a little busy." she explained.
Akiko shook her head, "Hey don't fret over it. You're the Avatar, you know with great power and all that." she said with a shrug, making Korra smile. Having someone else to talk to about Jason's activities was so reliving, keeping it a secret had been hard but it was nice to talk about it with someone not entirely involved.
Korra smiled, "I love that saying, you know you could base a lot off that idea."
"Yeah…...you could." Akiko responded with a small smile as she thought about the little life growing inside her.
Eventually all the guests had arrived, Mako and Bolin, Akiko's parents and brother, as their fourteen guests began to eat, Jason say beside his wife at the head of the table.
It was at this moment they realized they had no idea exactly HOW to tell them.
"How did we not think of this?" he whispered to her low enough so that only she could hear him.
"I don't know! I blame you." she said.
"Me? Why?"
"One, I'm with child, it can't be my fault. Two, your stupid 'Orou luck' seems to be the culprit." she pointed out to him.
"...ok those are fair points. How about we just stand up, and tell everyone?" he asked. She gave him a strange look, "Oh come on it's not the worst way to do this." he said.
She shrugged in agreement, "Ok." she submitted before they both stand up. "Excuse me, everyone? Friends, family, children, Bolin." she finished, causing the lava bender yell out an indignant 'hey' at him. The table became quiet at her request, "So we gathered you all here today for…...well for one it's been too long." she said, a few heads nodding in agreement.
Jason smiled, "Yeah it's great to see everyone sitting down here enjoying themselves. But me and Akiko…...well we have a fairly important announcement to make. And we wanted to tell all our loved ones….but you guys were closer so we'll settle." he joked, making them break out in smiles as well as few chuckles.
The couple looked at one another, Jason reached for her hand and she gave it a tight squeeze. "Ladies and Gentlemen, and also Avatar, small children, and….." he tried to think of he was missing anyone.
"Well of Bumi came we were going to say madman but he's out of town." Akiko adding, her heart pounding in her chest like a jackhammer. Jason gave her a nudge, and a confident smile.
"Everyone…your all family. And me and Aki both know that family isn't limited to blood, it's who loves you and cares for you. Like everyone here." he said, his arm wrapped around Akiko's side, resting on her stomach. "And…...that family is going to get a little bigger."
The kids' didn't seem to understand, Bolin didn't either the lovable goofball, but Tenzin, Pema, Kasumi, and Wong's eyes widened.
Akiko smiled, "Everyone. I'm…..we're pregnant." she said with a laugh.
The table bursted out with cheers. The couple was immediately swarmed, Akiko's parents wrapping her up in a bear hug while Keito did the same, tears of joy in his eyes (which his sister called him out on).
Jason Was in a similar situation, only Rohan and Meelo had his legs while their sisters had his arms. "Jason this is wonderful! How long have you known?" Pema asked, wrapping
her nephew up in a hug as Tenzin followed suit after her.
"I just found out today." he explained, he looked over to see Akiko being embraced by an overjoyed Bolin, who was on his knees talking to Akiko's stomach. She didn't have the heart to tell him that he would have to wait a while before the baby could actually hear anything.
Jason turned back to his aunt and uncle, he gave them a string smile. But the two knew he was nervous from the look in his eyes, "You're going to be an amazing father." Tenzin said confidently while his children scrambled over and approached Akiko.
"There you four are. Give your cuz a hug." she said, kneeling down and wrapping the four of them up in a bear hug.
Pulling away, the four unleashed a flurry of questions at her. Was it a boy or girl? When will they be here? Does she want a boy or a girl more? She could barely answer them, mainly because she didn't know and didn't care right now for the moment. She was just happy.
(000)
"So….you kinda blew everyone's mind today." Korra said, taking a seat beside him on the front porch. Jason smiled, the party was pretty much over, only a few people were here now and would probably be heading home anytime soon.
"Yeah…..I'm gonna be a dad." he replied before laughing a little, "How insane is that!?" he asked excitedly. Korra beamed at his expression, seeing him like this? This happy? It really made the mood lift, and she knew that Jason's life wasn't entirely easy, but right now he just seemed so happy it was unreal.
"You ever need anything you call me ok? I mean it." she said, gently hitting his shoulder with her fist.
The man smiled, "I know." he said nodding. The two were silent for a few moments before he sighed, "I'm scared." he said, making Korra look at him, "I mean my powers are in my blood, if this kid gets my powers…..oh god what if they're deformed?" he asked in horror at the thought. His blood was irradiated by spirit energy, who knows what kind of effects that could have on an unborn infant?
Korra put a stern hand on his shoulder and gripped him tightly, "Hey don't you dare think like that. God forbid Akiko heard you." she said, Jason put his hands over his face. "Look you got Ren and Tobi, Iron Man and Mr. Fantastic, they're the two smartest guys in the world, they can help you two. You'll find a way Jason, you always do." she said confidently.
The hero sighed, "I hope so…...I pray to god this…...that this doesn't go south like everything else." he said, bowing his head forward. "Can you like bless us or something? You know, have some Avatar Mumbo-Jumbo or something?" he asked. Korra shook her head, "You're useless, you know that?" He asked jokingly, making her hot his shoulder again.
The two laughed before the Avatar sat up, reaching a hand down to the hero. He took it, Korra lifting him up and the two turned towards the house.
(000)
"HHHUGGGGLLLLGGGG!"
It has been two weeks since Jason and Akiko found out about the new life within Akiko. Both of them had been in a state of pure bliss about the idea.
"RRRRAIUUUUGGHHH!"
But even though it was one of life's most beautiful experiences. Akiko attested that whoever said that must have been a man, and if she ever met him she would crack his skull open like a egg.
The redhead lifted her head up from the toilet, "Please…..please god no more…." she moaned out as Jason dabbed her lips with a some TP as he flushed the toilet. Morning sickness, for the first time it wasn't so bad, but neither of them knew that.
Jason's hand soothingly ran down her back, "It's ok darling. Let it all out." he said in a sympathetic voice. He truly felt bad that his wife had to go through this, in fact he felt outright responsible for this, which he completely was, so he wasn't going to leave her side until she could get up off the floor.
He wrapped an arm around her and pulled Akiko close, she rested the side of her head against his chest. "I feel gross." she said.
"You're not gross you're beautiful."
"Oh shut up." she responded. "If you find me puking in a toilet beautiful? Then you need some serious therapy." she responded, making the both of them chuckle before she groaned again, "OK, it's obvious our kid hates…..wait what did we have last night?"
"Pema's sticky buns." Jason responded.
"Yea, our kid hates sticky buns. So cross that off the list of food I can have." she said, drawing her legs in close to him.
"Aki morning sickness just happens, in fact the baby isn't even getting your food yet. This is just your body adjusting to-" he darted before seeing Akiko's gills go green. She lunged at the Parsalin bowl, Jason holding her hair back as she did. "I'm just gonna call Ren and Tobi tomorrow." he decided.
(000)
"This is gross." Jon-Li Storm, the Human Torch, said as Jason paced up and down the outside wall of the Baxter Building. "I mean I'm happy for you Spidy, but seriously babies are gross." he said, making the husband's lenses narrow at himZ
"So my kid isn't even born yet and you're calling her-im gross? Real nice." he said, deciding to stop and lay his back against the wall. Akiko was currently inside, Iron Man had flown over to help Ren examine Akiko and the baby but needed a shamble of his blood for reference.
"First off, her-im?"
"I don't know if it's a boy or girl yet." Jason answered.
"And second, I had to help deliver Ray, so trust me when I say babies are gross." the Human Torch explained. Ray was the son of Ren and Tsu, otherwise known as Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman. The small boy came into the world three years ago and was already walking around.
Jason shuttered, he planned on getting Akiko to a hospital the second her contractions started. He heard stories of having to deliver a baby and he wanted to avoid that at all costs. "Just be glad my wife isn't around to hear you say that." he said before the window beside them opened, Ren's head popped out of the window.
"Come on in. We just finished." he said, Jason climbed inside the window before jumping past Ren's elongated neck. "Your nervous." he said.
"Weren't you?" Jason asked, walking alongside Ren's head as the neck reeled back towards his body.
The scientist smiled, "I couldn't stop running worst case scenarios through my head. It's natural." he said calmly as they entered his lab.
The room was fairly cleared out, only a examination table and a few machines behind it were present with Tobi Statish beside Akiko. "Congratulations your baby is going to have all the right body parts." he said jokingly.
Jason walked over to Akiko, the wife giving him a smile. "See, nothing to worry about." She said confidently.
The hero wasn't entirely convinced, "Ok but what about my powers?" he asked. The two scientists looked at one another, making the air in Jason's throat freeze, Akiko felt her husband tense up beside her.
"Well we can't tell anything now. We'll have to wait until the child is born to find anything out. But you shouldn't worry about it right now." Tobi said confidently. He could tell that the new parents were both insanely nervous about this, "Look you two will be fine. So far there's been nothing to even hint that your child will have spider powers."
The two gave each other a look, one of concern and uncertainty. But Akiko managed to smile, "Ok. We can't do anything about it. So we'll just deal with it as it comes." she said, being the positive voice for the both of them.
Jason could only nod.
(000)
Jason landed on the ledge outside his window, on his back was a sack of webbing. Sliding open the window he climbed inside to see Akiko sitting against the headboard. She was two month along now, her shirt rode up slightly against her stomach. The young woman was somewhat saddened that her figure was taking a hit, she took pride in her looks.
"Your conquering hero has returned my lady. And this time? I got it!" he said proudly as he set the web bag on the bed and ripped it open. Within the bed was a number food items, "I got rice balls from that little stand near the park, pork noodles, and those sugar cookies you love." he said with pride in his voice.
The cravings were coining almost twice a day now and Jason has been trying to get ahead of them by getting food in advance based on what she craves before. A solid plan actually…..but….
"Um…...sweetie….I'm kinda in the mood for some cereal." she said sheepishly, making the young man freeze and stare at her with his lenses widening. She raised her hands up to her defense, "Hey don't blame me, blame this one." she said, gesturing to her baby bump.
Jason was silent, "This is mine." he said scooping up the food.
Akiko laughed, "Really? You're gonna eat all that food? By yourself?" she asked jokingly as he carries the bag with him to the door.
"Hey, despite what I wear I'm not a fool." he said as he exited the room. Akiko simply rolled her eyes, a few minutes later he came up with a bowl of cereal for her. "Here, I know you love the ones with marshmallows in them." he said as he laid down beside her, handing her the bowl.
"That was a quick meal." she crossed as she began to eat.
"I skipped lunch. I had room." he joked back as he rolled into his side. Reaching over he pressed his hand against her stomach. "Little guy is picky isn't he? Or she, I just don't want to call them an 'it' or something." he said.
The two agreed that no matter what their child was, boy or girl, they would love it all the same. Having the baby in the first place was enough for the both of them, "Yeah. I think that's a mix of both of us. Maybe your side more than mine." Akiko said, setting the spoon back in the bowl and setting her hand over his.
The hero smiled, "Yeah that makes sense….i think they'll be an artist like you." he said.
She shook her head as she swallowed some of her food, "No, no, nope. If anything they need to be smart like you. But have my creativity." she pointed out. That caused her husband to laugh, "What?"
"How am I not creative?" he asked.
"You just…..aren't! Sorry." she said through a laugh before Jason pulled her closer, almost causing her to spill her bowl. He nuzzled his head into her neck, "Hey stop! Ok HAHAHAHA! I'm gonna spill it!" she shouted loudly as he tickled her.
Her balance wavered, spilling her bowl onto Jason, "GAH THAT'S COLD!" he yelled out.
(000)
The couple was at the six month mark, Akiko laid on the couch as Jason, Bolin, and Mako hauled in the materials for the nursery. The crib, diaper station, toy chest, and others were being brought in. Suffice to say Jason could have easily carried all this inside, he could bench press a car for crying out loud, but it was more easy with two sets of hands.
"You're coming along nicely." Asami said, watching as Mako and Jason carried in a large box. "You two guys gonna be ok?" she asked.
"Well we could use some more manpower. Korra! We need your man hands!" Jason called out, resulting in a puff of air being shot at him by the Avatar, sitting across from Akiko. "Sorry, couldn't resist."
Korra rolled her eyes before focusing her attention back to Akiko, "So…...what's it like? You know, being…"
"Pregnant?" Akiko asked, both the ladies nodded. "Well morning sickness was the worst part by far. And thank his Jason doesn't mind running out to get me food in the dead of night. The mood swings are what terrifies him." she explained.
"She's mad, sad, happy, depressed, and then goes to giddy! It's scary!" Jason called down.
Akiko rolled her eyes, "The weight gain kinda annoys me, I mean you two agree that I kept in shape before right?" she asked, her hands going to the sides of her stomach and rubbing it affectionately, "Not that mommy minds, not at all. I could be fat as the Blob and I'd still love you."
"Baby you're beautiful!" Jason called down, making Akiko smile. Either his spider sense now picked up on her emotions or they had paper thin walls. Ones which had to be fixed.
Asami and Korra smiled, "But?" Asami asked.
Aki beamed, "It's like…..I can't even describe how happy I am. But I also got fears, anyone would I guess. But Jason talks me through it, and I do the same with him when he gets the same way." she explained. She noticed the couple gain a sort of sad smile, "Are you two thinking of…."
The two blushed bright red, but Asami couldn't help smiling, "Um, Aki I don't know how you know this but it takes a MAN and a WOMAN to have a baby. I don't know what your husband told you-" Korra threw a pillow from the chair to shut her up, her face going from flushed to deep red.
Akiko was grinning, "I meant like adopting. I mean you guys could always try that one thing, donating…...you know, from someone." she said, the idea of saying the actual work grossing her out a little. [What? Say the word sperm in front of your friends and family, see how everyone reacts.]
Korra shook her head, "Nah, besides there's how many kids without parents in the world? Trust me I know what it's like growing up with your parents not being a big part of your life." she said knowingly, her younger years coming to her mind in the compound.
The sound of feet going down the stairs harkened the arrival of Jason. The man walked past Korra and sat down on the floor in front of Akiko, reaching his hand over his shoulder he grasped her hand. "That's all of it, Mako is upstairs moving stuff aside and Bolin went out to get celebration milkshakes." he said, making his wife let out a 'mmmm' at the mention of the drink.
"Hey, have you guys thought of any names yet?" Korra asked curiously.
Jason looked at Akiko, she gave him a nod with a smile. "Well if it's a boy we were thinking something like Sun or Tai, or something like that." Akiko explained.
"If it's a girl…...we're going to name her Ava. After my mom." Jason explained with a small smile. He could only imagine what his mother's reaction to being a grandma would be, but if he had to guess? She would probably be overjoyed at the prospect.
He felt a hand on his shoulder, he turned his head to see Korra smiling at him. "I'm sure she would love that." she explained. Asami nodded in agreement, smiling softly at the couple.
(000)
Jason's body turned over in bed, his arm reaching out for his wife only to find a empty space. His eyes slowly blinked open when he found the missing form of his wife. "Mmmmhh, honey?" he asked as he looked around the room for her. Finding her nowhere in sight, he slid out of bed, he walked out the door to their room and looked down the hall, finding her in the doorway of the nursery.
They decided that since they didn't know the sex of their child that they should paint the room a sort of neutrally, blue with clouds. Walking over to her, he reached his hand out and placed his hand on her shoulder. When she turned to look at him, the tears on her face caught his attention, "Hey what's wrong?" he asked with concern.
The woman wiped the tears away, "N-Nothing. It's just hormones." She said dismissively, Jason pressed his lips together, giving her a pleasing look. Akiko took a shaky breath, "I'm scared Tiger." she said, Jason taking a step forward wrapped his arms around her from behind. "God I'm gonna be a mom…..but my dad was…..he was so messed up and….."
"Hey, hey, hey, don't think like that." he said soothingly, "Aki I'm terrified. I mean….I didn't even have a dad…...but that's kinda good because it means I now how NOT to raise our kid." he explained.
Akiko snorted out a chuckle, "Yeah. I guess so…...and my mom is awesome…..and we got Tenzin and Pema to help." she said. Jason gently turned her around towards the bedroom. "You know…...when we became friends i kinda got that 'father figure' vibe from you." she said.
"That's a little disturbing." he said with a laugh as they both climbed into bed. Akiko turned over onto her side, Jason moved in behind her wrapped his arm around her, resting his hand on her stomach. "Look don't worry. You love this little one right?" he asked
"Yeah of course." she answered without hesitation.
Jason smiled, "There you go. As long as you give if love, our kid will be alright." he said confidently. "I mean my mom raised me completely alone, and I turned out ok."
"Well…." Akiko trailed off. "That's a little debatable." she said jokingly. "I mean you do have a thing for running around in spandex."
Jason sighed, "I never want our kid to do that. I don't care if they can do it better than me, there's no way on earth I'll let them." he said.
Akiko looked back with a smirk, "Please. Your stubbornness mixed with my Independence? Jason this kid may be the next Dr. Doom." she said jokingly, making them both chuckle.
(000)
"AAAIGGGGGGHHHHHHHGGGGGOOOODDD WHY!? WHY!?" Akiko wailed as another contraction came over her. Her water had broken five hours ago and had been in labor since then. Luckily she and Jason were in the city and he managed to get a cab to rush them to the hospital.
Jason was right by her side, her hand holding his as tight as humanly possible. [Sweet merciful God woman! When did you get super strength!?] he asked himself as he felt bones crack in his hand. "Your doing amazing honey. Don't worry it'll be over soo-ACK!" he stopped short when Akiko's hand managed to grab his throat.
[May God have mercy on my soul.]
"YOU DID THIS TO ME YOU STUPID BASTARD I SWEAR TO WHATEVER GOD THERE IS I WILL CASTRATE YOU SO NEXT TIME WE DO IT THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN!" she shouted as she quite literally rang his neck back and forth.
The woman wailed as she contracted again, her grip loosening enough for him to fall to the floor. He gasped for breath as a nurse helped him up onto his feet. "You might want to leave until she calms down."
"I AM PERFECTLY CALM!" Aki yelled, making her husband jump.
(000)
"I am never getting her pregnant again. I'll do whatever it takes." he said as Korra healed his hand. The avatar found that Akiko had actually dislocated a few small bones in his hand, she had heard of pregnant Women being stronger during their pregnancy but she just assumed it was a myth.
The waiting room was empty except her the two of them and Asami. The doors to the room opened, allowing the airbending family, Akiko's family, and the bending brothers to come in and join them, "How is she doing?" Keito asked, walking over to Jason, he raised his hand, two of his fingers bending painfully, "Oooooooh, wow she must really hate you right now." he said in realization.
"You should have heard her earlier." he said, another wail coming from the delivery room. Jason bit down on his lip before standing up, he's gone toe to toe with the Sinister Six, he's taken on Dr. Doom, his wife yells at him and he backs off? No way that flies with him. "If I'm not back and it's a boy? Name him after me." he said before heating for the delivery room again.
Bolin was the first to speak, "Godspeed you brave, foolish man." he said, the other men in the room nodding in agreement.
(000)
Akiko's cries of pain had stopped, and in her place was the sound of a new life's wails. She opened her eyes, her entire face drenched in sweat while every inch of her felt exhausted. But when she saw the bundle of blankets, she felt a fraction of her strength return, "D-Doctor?" she mumbled out, her fears growing more and more with every second.
The man in white turned to her, "Congratulations Miss. Orou. It's a healthy baby girl." he said, handing the bundle to her. Looking down at what was held within the blankets, her heart stopped.
She was beautiful, her rosy cheeks, her small patch of black hair. Her eyes were a mirror of her own, blue and beautiful, "H-Hi there…..hi…." she whispered, her voice quivering as she smiled. "Wait, where's my husband at?" she asked. The doctor L nodded over to the side, she looked over to see Jason in his seat with a large red mark around his neck. "D-did I…."
"You were very violent towards him. You strangled him a few times until he passed out. He'll be fine." the doctor said reassuringly as the new mother blushed out of embarrassment. "I will leave you three alone." he said as he walked towards the door.
As soon as he left, she looked back down to her daughter and smiled. "You know…..your a whole lot cuter than I thought you were gonna be." she said, the baby whining a little. Akiko wasn't worried though, after birth it's natural for babies to make noises like that.
"Hmmmgggh? What?" Jason asked, his voice a little horse. He covered his throat, "Oh god! Ok! We'll never have sex again I promise!" he yelped as he recoiled back before noticing the bundle in her arms. Akiko couldn't help but chuckle at his expression, "I-I-Is that…."
He slowly came over and looked down at the newborn. "Jason. Meet your daughter, Ava Lee Orou." she said, Jason's eyes starting to water. His hands were shaking from a mix of excitement and fear of not being sure what to do, "You wanna hold her? I'm barely awake here." she said, her exhaustion starting to catch up with her.
Jason could only nod, Akiko lifted the small newborn to him slightly, his arms automatically wrapped around her, one going down her back and supporting her head on his bicep while the other protectively wrapped around her side. The baby looked up at him, kaffing up some spit, "W-W-What do I do?" he asked, clearly scared.
Akiko couldn't help but smile, "It's ok, it'll pass, give her a second." she advised. No sooner than she said it did the infant kaffing, she instead cooed at her father. "See? She's fine." Akiko said happily.
Jason smiled, tears going down his face, "Hi Ava…...I'm your dad." he greeted.
(000)
Jason leapt into the air, reaching his arm out he sprayed a webline to a tree and swung around it to his house. Landing on the wall of the house, he climbed around the side to where his bedroom was. Sliding the window open he climbed inside, pulling his mask off, his eyes had bags under his eyes.
Just as he was about to flop on the bed and fall asleep, it happened.
Ava started crying. Looking over to Akiko, he saw her begin to stir, he smiled. He walked over to her and pushed her back down onto the bed, "I got her." he said.
"Yyyyooour a god." she moaned out before falling back on the pillow. Jason walked out the door and down the hall to the nursery, opening the door, Ava's cries made his ears start to ring. The pumpkin bombs explosions from earlier had a slight effect on his hearing, Hobgoblin added flash bang grenades to his arsenal and now he was going to have to find some earplugs, either that or web his ears.
"Hey sweet pea." he greeted as he picked the crying baby up in his arms and rocked her from side to side as he walked around the room. "Hush little baby don't say a word, spider daddy's gonna buy you some webshooters, if those webshooters don't work, I'll sell them to the highest bidder…...for your college fund." he added the last part in a whisper to his own little nursery rhyme.
Ava didn't stop, he kept rocking. "Uhhhhh, ok what else? You got any requests?" he asked Ava, who simply kept crying. An idea came to mind, "Ok Ava, how about this?" he whispered before shooting a webline from his palm, the infant's eyes fallowed the webbing as Jason weaved a arc, staring from the ceiling.
Sitting down on the winning, he began to swing back and forth like a rocking chair. "Rock a bye baby, in the webbn', the swing will rock, and you'll get lovin'." he sung as Ava's cries began to die down.
[That's my girl.] Jason thought happily as Ava fell back to sleep.
(000)
"Our baby is a poop machine!" Jason yelled as he dropped the last diaper in the wastebin beside the changing table. Akiko stood beside him, looking down at their giggling daughter, clearly amused by her parent's misfortune.
The mother's eyes narrowed at her, "You're going to do pay for this when you're older. I don't know how but you will pay." she said, pointing her finger at her child's face. Cash grasped her finger with both her hands and pulled it towards her mouth, sloppily kissing it. "...curse your cuteness." she said before leaning down and planting a kiss on her daughter's forehead.
"There is…..one thing we could do." Jason said, Akiko looked over and noticed his webshooters were on.
"No."
"Woman we are desperate!" he protested.
"...fine. But your cleaning it up."
(For everyone's sake the visual will be cut out of this portion)
"Ok. Let's see, this goes here, a little spray there and-"
"No no, that goes there and, as crap, Jason could you-"
"On it. There. Your hand is free."
"Ok so we got an hour. I'll drive to the store and you look after her. Ok? And apply another layer if I take longer."
"Hurry back! The webbing is starting to harden!"
(000)
"Come on, say daddy! Dada, pappy, papa, anything!" Jason pleaded with his daughter.
He was laying on the floor in front of Ava, the infant merely giggled loudly as she threw one of her stuffed animals at her father's face, "That's rude, your rude you know that?" he asked, handing her favorite row, a blue octopus in a sailor's cap, back to her. "Mr. Bubbles is not a fan of rude people Ava." he said.
Ava pulled the toy out of her father's hands as the door opened in closed, "Mommy's home! And I got company!" Akiko called out as she entered the house along with Korra and Pema. "Auntie Korra and Nana!" Akiko said excitedly as she went over to Ava and picked her up, hugging her and giving her a kiss. "Thanks for watching her." she thanked Jason.
"You kidding? I love spending time with one of my favorite ladies. Even if she's rude." he said, kissing Akiko on the cheek as Ava threw her toy at Korra.
The Avatar easily caught it and handed the you back to the baby girl, "Well you're energetic aren't you?" she asked.
Pema smiled, "They all are at that age." she said before Akiko handed Ava to the older woman. "Trying to get her first words out already? Usually it takes longer." she said, the baby cooing at her nana.
Jason smiled, "She's a smart one. Watch, Ava, do your thing." he said. The small baby looked around at everyone staring at her before hiding behind her toy. Jason felt a huge pang of guilt, "Oh I'm so sorry baby girl." he said apologetically for putting his daughter on the spot like that.
The girls all chuckled, making Ava peek out from her toy. She reached out to her father, "Da…..dada." she said, making everyone gasp as Jason smiled.
"That's right! I'm dada!" he said excitedly as Akiko walked over. Jason gestures to her, "This is moma, can you say moma?" he asked, Akiko smiling broadly at her daughter.
"Mm…..m….mo-"
(000)
"Mom!" Ava cheered happily as she ran into mother's arms. Akiko smiled widely as she hugged the six year old, "Mom I loved school!" she said, looking up at her mother as the school bus behind her drive off to drop off the next child. Akiko wrapped an arm around her daughter and walked with her back to the house.
"Really? Why's that sweet pea?" she asked with a smile as she opened the door to the house, Ava pulled her mother into the home. The little girl was all but bouncing around when she got into the house, "Ava, talk honey." she said still smiling.
Ava turned on a heel to her mother, "I met this girl, her name is Dezra, and she's so cool! She has a braid, and she's fun, and she's an Earthbender and can move pebbles!" she spurted out excitedly.
"What's this about pebbles?" Ava and Akiko both turned to the stairwell to see Jason walk downstairs.
"Dad!" Ava ran over and hugged her father's waist, "Dad I met this girl Dezra, she likes being called Dez, and we're super awesome best friends!" she said excitedly. "I'm gonna call her!" she said, suddenly remembering that they traded phone numbers. Before she could run to the kitchen to use the phone, her father put a hand on her shoulder.
"Hold up, do you have homework?" he asked. Ava looked away, Jason couldn't help but smile at his daughter's behavior. "Sweet pea, once you finish your homework you can call her." he said.
"But dad-" Ava protested.
Jason reached out and put his hand on her shoulder, "I'm gonna help you get through it. And you can tell me all about your day too." he said, making Ava's eyes widen with joy. "First time I help you, next time your on your own unless you don't get it. Got it?" he asked.
She nodded, "Got it dad." she said in agreement. Her father raised the hand off her shoulder and held it up, she high fived him before barreling up the stairs.
As he stood up, Akiko crossed her arms over her chest and smiled, "You know your spoiling her." she said, walking over and wrapping her arms around his neck as he hugged her close and kissed her full on the lips. Drawing away, she smirked, "Me too. But I like it."
The hero shrugged, "I've been putting in time as Spidy a lot lately with the Avengers. Between that and my new job I haven't seen my two favorite girls in the world as much." he explained before pecking her on the lips. "I'm making it up to you." he said before kissing her again.
She smiled as he kept kissing her all over the face, "Tiger, make it up to me later and go help her before she pulls you up there." she said before getting out of his grasp and circling around him, pushing him towards the stairs she gave his rear a slap, making his cheeks turn a little pink as Akiko giggled.
(000)
"Dez seems nice." Jason said, pulling the covers down on Ava's bed. The little girl climbed into bed, Jason pulled her comforter up and tucked her into bed. "We're going to the park with them on Sunday right?" he asked. The little girl looked away, not meeting his eyes, "Ok hun, what's wrong?" he asked.
Ava was quiet for a moment, "Dad you're gonna be there right?" she asked.
Jason felt a pang of guilt in his chest, last month was a play at Ava's school. And he couldn't make it on account of Sandman taking over a construction site. Ever since, Ava hasn't been all that faithful with him, "Of course I am." he said, but Ava didn't look convinced.
Be kneeled down beside her bed, "Honey…...you know that I love you more than life itself right?" he asked, Ava nodded. "Now I know that your miffed with me for missing your play. And you're allowed to be, but I want you to know that…...I have responsibilities, but I'll always put you and your mother above them." he said, making the girl smile.
"Ok dad." she said simply before Jason finished tucking her in and kissing her on the forehead before walking out the door and turning off the light.
"Love you sweetie." he whispered before closing the door silently. Turning around he found himself facing Akiko, with a serious look on her face. "Whatever it is the answer is no."
She shook her head in bewilderment, "I'm sorry what?"
"You only get that face when your asking me to do something, first time it was doing your homework for you back in high school, last time…" he smirked, "Well….last time was pretty fun."
She blushed a shade before becoming serious again, "Jason….what are we gonna do?" she asked as she walked down the hall to the bedroom. Jason fallowing behind her, "I mean…..lying about Santa? That's one thing, but…..Jason I feel like crap lying to her about you." she explained as he shut the door behind them.
Jason looked at her with sympathy, "I know but….now is not the time." He said.
Akiko nodded, "I know I know I just….I just wish we could tell her already instead of waiting." she explained as she stripped to her underwear and changed into her pajamas.
Jason did the same, the two were in bed in a few moments, wrapped up in each other's arms. "Ava made her first friend today." he said proudly.
"She's had friends." Akiko stated.
"Yeah but this is a best friend. Completely different." he pointed out, turning over he looked at her and smiled. "I mean you're my best friend." he explained, making her smile.
"I'm a lot more than your best friend." she stated.
"And I'm more than a normal, handsome, genius husband." he responded. The two smiled before laying back before letting sleep overtake them both.
But, neither of them knew that Ava also was more than normal as well.
AN: So obviously I kinda put thought bubbles in this because my italics don't work. But enough of that, unlike my other story this isn't going to go on for a absurdly long time, maybe twenty chapters or something.
Now Ava isn't going to be a little girl forever, next chapter we get to see the Ava Orou you'll all come to know.
Now as for Jason and Aki, well Jason kinda is like Peter was in the Renew your Vows story, he's Spider-Man still but doesn't go out solo as much as he used to. Aki…..well she's Aki so I'm sure you guys will love her either way.
Also republic city has changed mainly because after book four, they did say that the city would be expanded after all. Besides if you look at a map of the city, you could span a bridge to the island from the north and south.
So think of Air Temple Island as Queens.
So until next time guys :)