Hida Haraka was someone who took her job as a superhero very seriously. She had immense pride in it.
And why shouldn't she? She was the Sakura Spider. Member of Japan's premier superhero team Big Hero 6. She saved lives, had fans, was the first to throw herself into a situation no matter the danger she may experience.
But now…
"Do I really have to?"
Hiro Hamada pinched his nose and sighed, "Yes, you do."
Her teammates were hanging around the break room, for the most part relaxing while their leader sat with her at the 'office table'.
Said office table also doubled for a snack table when they had to treat members of government and tourists.
Hida bit the bottom of her lip to keep a groan from erupting out. Instead, she said, "B-But why?! Isn't Deadpool now considered a foreign leader? Shouldn't the Prime Minister be meeting with him or something?"
GoGo Tomago chuckled as she opened a beer bottle. "Yeah, that's what Hiro said!" The tomboy member of the team pointed at the diminutive leader and continued. "You know what they said?" She put on a stuffy baritone and said, "What good is a superhero team if they can't deal with those damned foreign heroes themselves?!" She scoffed and took a swig of her bottle. "Fricken' bastard."
"Hey, I should've won that!" Honey Lemon shouted as she threw down the controller to Hida's right. The bleach blond woman pointed at Wasabi and shouted, "This controller is busted!"
The dark-skinned Japanese sushi chief rolled his eyes. "Come on, Lemon! Don't blame the controller for you sucking!"
"Rematch! I want a rematch!"
Hida slowly turned to Hiro and asked, "But isn't Deadpool an acquaintance of yours? Surely the senior members of the team are more suited for this."
Hiro was about to answer when Betamax awoke from power-save mode. "I believe I can answer that question." The big, white, air-filled robot walked over while his stubby legs made tiny little squeaks "Whenever Wilson-san talks to Hiro-sama, his body temperature rises considerably." Bayamax lifted one finger. "Such as the time when my programming instructed me to explain to Hiro the process of puberty and erec-."
"OKAY! That's enough Bayamax!" Hiro leapt right out of his chair and began to push his robot away. Hida only heard Bayamax say something about pictures before Hiro slammed the door on him.
She felt a sympathetic hand on her shoulder.
"Sorry, squirt." GoGo shrugged. "No getting out of this one."
This time, Hida did let herself groan.
"This is ridiculous." Hida muttered to herself as she swung through Tokyo. "I understand that I'm a junior member of the team, but can't they stop giving me the tasks they don't want to do?!"
She had been brought into Big Hero Six as a replacement sixth member. Once, the team had the national superhero Sunfire and even the Silver Samurai as part of their numbers. But they were long gone, and their sixth member Fredzilla had since decided to retire from superheroics. She was the youngest member of their team, a first year in high school, and as such her seniors tended shunt their less appealing work to her.
Hida knew that they probably didn't mean it maliciously. In fact, assigning your junior work that was too much of a bother was something all seniors did in the working world.
But still… being forced to meet with Deadpool? The madman of North America? Former Canadian mercenary?
The sovereign of New Staten Island?
The current King of Monsters?
"They probably want to give me stuff to do…" Hida muttered as she approached the port.
Crime and crisis' that needed superheroes slowly became a trickle once all the kaiju relocated to Deadpool's domain. The citizens were elated and the government relieved that they no longer had to pay Damage Control, but it left the members of Big Hero 6 with nothing but free time. They either lazed around in the base, played video games, worked out, or just slept. Hell, aside from Hiro and Bayamax, she was the only one that still went out for regular patrols! Wasabi even opened up his sushi restaurant again and was doing soy sauce commercials!
"But I… I must remember what it means to be a superhero! I must do what it takes to honor my idol, my inspiration! My savior…"
She soon spotted Deadpool, and wished she hadn't.
There was the infamous 'Merc With A Mouth'. Sprawled on a beach chair with a reflecting mirror held in his hands. He was wearing nothing but a speedo and his mask, revealing raw pink skin with blisters everywhere. It took all of Hida's inner strength not to vomit.
"Well, here goes nothing…"
Hida let go of her web and landed behind Deadpool. She ignored the slight pain in her knees as she got up.
"Y'know…" Deadpool's said in his slightly muffled voice. "You should really stop with the superhero landings. They do hell on your knees. But you're young, so you still got time to stop the habit before those babies just pop."
Despite herself, Hiro just blushed and pointed at him. She began to speak in English. "M-Mr. Deadpool! My name is Sakura Spider, and I'm here to escort you to the designated embassy for New Staten Island so that you may prepare for your meeting with the Prime Minister!"
"No can do, Wannabe Spider-Man."
"Wannabe?!" The nerve of…! She wore this costume to honor him! "I'll have you know that Sakura Spider is a well respected superhero here in Japan!"
"Yeah, because you remind them of the real deal." Deadpool waved his hand. "Seriously, you didn't even really alter the look! It's just his costume on a hoodie! At least that other kid completely redesigned his and his daughter wore his dead clone's costume instead." Deadpool looked up in wonder. "I wonder what dead clone smells like… probably rotting back issues and nerd tears."
For once, Hiro was at a loss for words. Well, except for a few. "What on Earth are you talking about?"
"Just a bunch of nonsense." He shrugged. "Right now I'm just here to kill time and because someone's too lazy to write what happens next where things are actually important."
"What."
"Never mind." Deadpool began muttering to himself. "Fuckin' Fourth Wall. Never lets me do anything really important. Could stop events before they happen and tell them where Pete is but noooo. 'That would mean there's no story!'. I wish some of these jackasses could pull a Morrison so I can shove my first right up their…"
"Deadpool, sir…" She couldn't stand listening to anymore of this man's ravings. "If you have no important business here, then surely you can follow me to the embassy."
"Actually, I am here for something." Deadpool pointed to the water. "I'm finally gonna settle things with that big lizard bastard."
"Big lizard…"
"Godzilla."
Hida turned white. She began to shake as memories flooded back into her mind.
Mommy… Daddy… both of them were dead. Crushed under rubble. Hida screamed as she ran to the balcony. She watched as the gigantic thing with purple scales and burnt skin trudged his way through Tokyo. The building was shaking… it was gonna fall!
She was gonna die. Going to die like Mommy and Daddy and… and…!
"Gotcha!"
She felt a powerful arm wrap around her as she was picked up. She blinked as the wind rustled through her hair as she watched her home collapse under its own weight.
She turned her head and saw him for the first time.
Spider-Man.
"Don't worry, kid. You're gonna be okay." He whispered as he continued to swing.
"Mommy… daddy"
"Yeah. I know." He didn't lie to her, and even as a child she was glad for that. Adults liked to lie, think kids were dumb and needed to be shielded. "And it's going to hurt. It's going to hurt for a long time, and you're going to be lonely. But you need to know that they'll still be with you no matter what happens. You'll still have your memories. You'll feel their warmth when you need it."
She began to cry. She cried all the way as Spider-Man brought her to the Fantastic Four's evacuation platform. She didn't understand his words then, but she always remembered them and deciphered them when she got older.
She always was thankful for his kindness during her darkest hour.
And Hida knew from that day forward… she would be a hero like him.
"Yo!"
Deadpool snapped his fingers and Hida was brought back to reality. Brought back to see his practically naked body…
Hida's cheeks bulged and she ran over to the edge of the pier to throw up.
"Man, overreact much?" He muttered while scratching the back of his head. "Look, I'm sorry for bringing up a flashback and all. This doesn't really happen to me. It ain't the writing style I'm used to."
Before Hida could reply, she heard a ring from her communicator. Wiping her mouth, she tapped her right earpiece. "Yes?"
"Sakura Spider! We need you at Shibuya ASAP!"
The alarm in Hiro's voice made her stand up. "What happened?
"That new idol! Nero Shinichi! She's gone berserk!" She could hear the wind rushing against his helmet. "We think she's wearing something similar to the Symbiote that the superhero Venom wears! It has some sort of red spiral on its face! We need assistance!"
Neiro Shinichi? The idol she'd been crushing on since her debut? She'd gone berserk? It seemed impossible, but crazier things have happened. "I'm on my way!"
"Ooh! Is this a team up? Mind if I join?"
Hida turned to see Deadpool, no longer practically naked and now wearing a red and black bodysuit with with two drawn katanas.
"How…? When…?" She shook her head. A part of her suspected that she'd be better off not asking. "I'd advise you to remain here. You are a sovereign nation's leader and…"
"Please, like I could sit aside and let these King in Black shenanigans happen without doing anything!" He pointed to the city. "Let us go, Sakura Spider! It's time for the Samurai Squad's first mission!"
"Samurai Squad?!"
Deadpool looked down and muttered, "Wonder if I could maybe convince All Might to show up and save our asses before the idol rips out my spine…"
Note: Yeah, so this was basically the flipside of my little Gwenpool snippet explaining what she was doing during all this and me showing what Deadpool has been up to.
Plus, its also my little tongue-in-cheek poking at the Deadpool: Samurai manga with Sakura Spider who is basically the creator going 'yeah, I can't feature Spider-Man but here's a blatant stand-in', as well as Big Hero 6 which did start as a Marvel comic.
It wasn't that great, hence why I mixed it with stuff from the Pixar movie.
Hope you liked it!