Note : Sorry for the wait, I was busy and got a bad writer block but I posted two chapters to apologise although the second is shorter.

For the review

Tulip Olsen : Isekai is a term for a character in another world (I just discovered it a week before i wrote the last chapter.)

to fangirl : yes he is sad.

thefirstspectator : glad that you enjoyed it and got interested in wakfu

Also for those who wonder. Zack has a different view on the world and that explain his interactions with others.

Chapter 7 : picture day

"I never skipped school in my life before but I did it, I knew it was wrong and I'm sorry I worried you but … I needed to get out, it was just too much for me."

It was the afternoon and right now, I was talking to the Zeuls about what happened with Kara.

The school phoned them about what happened but fortunately since it was just the beginning of school the two hours I skipped were just an introduction to the program so no harm done. But I still decided to be clean with them so now I was sitting on the couch talking to them as they were worried about me_ although Doris wasn't there_

"Why was it too much for you?" Beatrice told me

She was worried about me, how could I have done that to her, she was so nice to me.

"I talked with Kara and she brought up her family then I just became upset and… walked away to wash my mind."

They looked at each other, unsure of what to say but then Francis spoke to me.

"Look, the death of your parents was tragic and losing them has been hard for you…. I … I can barely tell you how it felt when I also went through it… Your parents were good people and you miss them but life goes on, it's just like . People face hardship in life but keep going, that's just life … "

"I understand but …. I 'm struggling to get through it."

"We are here for you. Never forget that." Beatrice Hugged me after and I just accepted the warmth.

I'm a terrible person.

-0-

Doris was doing bench-press in the garage of the house, there was her sport material here; she wanted to have her own bodybuilding room but all the rooms were occupied since Zack came to live with her family.

She was also using her computer next to her in order to chat with her friend, Leslie Willis. She had short black hair with blue highlights on one side of her head, brown eyes, light pale skin, and wore a black choker, a full gray-blue bodysuit underneath, a black jacket with diamonds, along with a short black ripped skirt with two diamonds. And also wears black/blue boots and has grey piercings at her ears.

"So how is it to live with the morron?" Leslie asked her.

"He is a freeloader, he eats, he sleeps, he tries to get attention and he complains 'Doris please don't talk like this to your parents, Doris help me with dishes' who the hell he thinks he is." the more she talked about Zack the harder she pushed her weights.

Seriously, he comes to her home and her parents treat him like a godsend. Always polite with them and interested in their work. It's like the child they always wanted

"You know, I saw him yesterday. Puberty really did a good job.

She knew him for years. Had to tolerate the little crybaby when her parents visited his parents. Although she had to admit he really changed a lot. He went from a shy fat kid to a taller and more muscular teen. But he was still annoying.

"Doesn't seem like a big deal."

"That's not what Danvers thinks."

Doris stopped just after that.

"What?"

Doris knew Leslie loves gossip but if something juicy happened at school she knew it.

"Yesterday. They had a lovers' quarrel and he skipped school because of it." Leslie laughed after that. "I didn't know Danvers loved them young." She laughed again.

That was so wrong. Sure Zack's love life doesn't concern her and she doesn't like him very much but he is fourteen and she is seventeen, almost eighteen. Worst of all, Zack isn't in a normal state after all the stuff he went through.

"You're sure?"

"He yelled 'not in public'. If it's not enough, Kara also skipped school to look for him."

What were they talking about? They could have only met last week. It has been a long time but she knows the only thing the nerd knows about romance is from his mangas.

Why does he have to complicate everything?

-0-

The morning after was Just another school day. I got up, took my breakfast and walked to school although the Zeuls will have to work at Star Labs. To my surprise Star lab isn't too far from their home. That would explain why Superman often went there.

So on the way to school I started to think of what to do. I got my ass kicked when I fought Star Sapphire, no surprise considering she is a lantern. I really need to level up but the thing is that beating up some punks in the street would be a problem because :

It wouldn't bring too much Exp.

It would be difficult to keep my secret identity while spending too much time beating up thiefs considering the time it would take.

I'm not familiar enough with Metropolis to know where to strike gangs and go back home in time.

I could use my meta-knowledge to find powerful villains or good missions but I only know the animated series and some stuff I read on the internet although I could try to get a power up. I could ask Karen for a suit like her. Flying and teleportation would be awesome!

But seriously, I'm green when it comes to fighting supervillains. My experiences in fighting is limited to boxing (I was a fan of Ippo and Rocky so I took a few classes) and getting my ass kicked by an amazon, Star Sapphire and almost getting my head crushed by Metallo.

Maybe there are some dungeons like in the gamer fanfics, if there are dungeons I could enter in one of them and conquer it over and over again to level up.

Now that I think about it I think there is a troll in the sewer … his name was started by sle…. sleep… no ...SLEEZ!

PING!

[Quest alert]

"Sewer threat"

Sleez, the most depraved of apokoliptian. This creature disgust even Darkseid. You can't let such an abomination live in suicid slumn 's sewers.

{Objective} :

Kill Sleez

{reward} :

?

Exp points.

WARNING: You are discouraged to start this quest. An apokoliptian is too dangerous for your actual level. His mind control makes him a fearsome foe.

You have no obligation concerning the quest, you can start it whenever you want.

I… I don't know how to react to that. I barely remember that thing but heck the system itself asks me to kill him. TO KILL! I mean is he that horrible? Am I actually allowed to kill? When do I know I'm ready?

"Hi Zack!"

"Ah!" I was taken from my thoughts by Babs when she greeted me.

"Are you okay?" She looked at me worried

"Yeah… you just surprised me."

"Okay… So why are you hair spiky? you forgot to brush them?"

"I never brush them. It's a waste of time."

"But today is picture day." She answered me as I blinked…

"Is that important?" I probably didn't listen when they talked about picture day but seriously what was going to happen anyway.

PING!

[Quest Alert!]

'Picture day'!

Ah picture day, some people await this day but to you it's nothing but a waste of time. Unfortunately This is going to be a busy day for you.

{Objective}:

· Help Hal (expire at 10 a.m)

-Help Zee to look good

-join the newspaper club

talk to Karen about a supersuit.

apologise to Zee

Don't use your power during the quest

{Reward}:

· Free EXP

· ?

Now that I think about it, I don't remember apologising to Zee for what happened at Sweet justice. I should do it, she saved my life after all

But then a dumpster with a pair of legs rolled in front of me. I know it's weird but considering what happened in the last few days it was rather tame.

Without wasting my time. I ran toward it and quickly caught it. That was the advantage of my new body.

But then I noticed it was a girl wearing a dress in that dumpster and without the kinetic energy it had, the dress fell…. exposing her panty.

"OH MY GOD OH MY GOD! I 'M SORRY I ...I." Oh god, it was way worse than what happened with Star Sapphire.

"Zack? Is that you?" JESS! What was she doing in a dumpster? Seriously, I probably won't be able to look at her for a while. How could it get worse?

"What was thaaaat?" Babs just caught up and saw what was surely an awkward moment

I sighed. Fate will never stop screwing me over.

-0-

It was quite embarrassing to get Jessica out of the dumpster after the little 'incident'. Babs and I just got her out of it and we walked to the line for the photos.

A lot of people let us pass before them because of Jess's new smell.

"So…" I started

"Let's never talk about that." The green lantern.

"Okay." … It was a bit awkward so I was glad to spot Hal although he seemed to be wary.

Jess discreetly walked behind him to surprise him. "GOTCHA!"

Hal was surprised by her actions as he jumped behind. "Aw...Jess! Thank goodness it's only you."

He was acting just like saturday.

Wait, the 'help Hal.' the fact he was acting just like with Carol. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!

"Do you need something?" Please not Carol, not Carol, not Carol.

"Do you know how to block someone with my phone?" Oh thanks angel.

"It's easy, go to settings, click on the 'lock button' and you tape the number."

He followed my instructions but seconds later, someone bursted out of the door. The crazy yandere that put me to hospital. She looked furious. "Did you block me, HAL JORDAN?!"

DID SHE CAME FROM HER SCHOOL TO HERE IN A SECOND?!, That's girl is a yandere.

Hal hid behind me and Star Sapphire stopped yelling to look at me intensely. "You." she frowned.

"Do I know you?" I lied to her.

"YOU'RE THE SAVAGE WHO HIT ME!" She shrieked before jumping on me.

Thankfully she didn't have her ring at the time and I became stronger than an average human after I reached level five so restraining her was quite simple and I grabbed her hands quickly.

"Calm down."

"Fuck you." Then she kicked me between my legs.

I won't lie, it was the worst pain ever! I could barely stand after that

"WHAT HAPPENED HERE!" someone yelled It was Mr Chaplin.

"She kicked Walker!" Someone yelled as I did my best to keep Carol restrained.

The principal quickly caught Carol, "Follow me and someone take Mr Walker to the Nurse!"

-0-

So, now I had a bag of ice resting on my injured parts, I recovered quickly and went to my classes. There isn't much to say about it.

Now it was chemistry.

"So, everyone pair up and follow the instructions I gave you on the table." Sivana told us.

"Hey Karen, want to work with me?" I asked her

"Sorry, I'm paired with Zee." The magician was next to her but while everyone put on their gear there was a problem.

"Where is your blouse?" I asked Zee.

"I don't have to wear it, only the glasses are obligatory." She answered me.

"You could at least do something for your hair." her long hair was free. It was dangerous to have your hair like that during chemistry.

"good point." she agreed

"Jessica?" I asked the lantern.

"Sorry, I'm with Pam." The future poison Ivy didn't look pleased at the partnership.

"Okay," I looked at the teacher. "Hey Mr Sivanna, I'm alone."

"My name is Braun! just go with Mr. Queen." The teacher quickly answered.

He pointed to a blond with a goatee.

That was Oliver Queen, aka Arrow. The protagonist of the show introduced me to the flash and lost quality after two seasons. But meeting him didn't surprised me as much as the other heroes since I was getting used to it, no what surprised me was his goatee

"How old are you?" I asked him

0000

After the first classes it was lunch time, I was sitting next to Karen.

"Wait, you build your suit with pocket money?" I shouldn't be surprised since it's DC but I'm still getting used to the world.

"Yes."

If her suit was so easily made then maybe I could pay for my own version. "So if I give you the money could you make one for me?"

"Maybe but some parts may be difficult to find."

"Well I live with scientists who work at Starlabs so it can help."

Karen looked quite interested at the mention of the famous lab.

"Really?"

"Mr and Ms Zeul work in biologie and machines but I'm pretty sure they can help us to make an upgraded suit. Also, could you make one for me if it's possible?"

Karen didn't answer, she paused when I said 'Zeul'. "Karen? Are you okay?"

"Sorry. Did you say 'Zeul'?"

"Yes, they are my foster parents."

"Do they have a daughter named Doris?"

"Yes. You know her?"

Karen hesiated. "She trapped me in a locker last year…. multiple times."

I stopped eating when she told me that. "I'm gonna talk to her parents."

Karen didn't answer me although she looked uncomfortable. Just after that someone dropped a necklace in front of me.

"Here. That's your disguise problem." I raised my head and saw Zee.

Well that's nice."Thank you… How does it work?"

"It's easy. touch it and think about a suit but be careful you can only have one suit and I don't advise you to use the last one now that you passed on the news" She warned me.

I already got an Idea of what I want.

"That's nice. Also I'm sorry for what happened at the shop."

Zee looked at my eyes for a moment. "Don't apologize if you don't mean it." Then she left.

The fact I only did it because the quest reminded me of it didn't help.

"Wow, she's angry."" I looked at my interlocutor and saw a total stranger. Her entire face was painted in blue as was her shredded hippy dress. She had a spiky dog collar and blond hair. And her arms were quite muscular.

"Do I know you?" I asked her.

"Yeah" She flexed her arm.

"Kara? What happened to you"

"My clothes are being washed so I have to wear this for today."

"You look great."

So now the three of us were sitting at the table. It was quite awkward.

The rest of the afternoon wasn't worth being noticed. I just got to class and waited until I got to the newspaper club.

So being in the club was quite nice. Sure the room was messy with all the papers around it but I found it funny.

Right now I'm sitting in front of Lois as she is at her desk.

"So. Zachary Walker?" She asked me.

"No, It's Zack. Z-A-C-K. My parents named me after a videogame character." I changed my name back in my original world but the other me never did it. Considering my situation I don't think I will change my name again.

"That's… unusual."

"But the character was great so I'm fine with it." Zack Fair was truly a badass.

She was unimpressed. probably not a gamer as she looked at me. "Let's get to the topic, you want to join the newspaper club but this is serious. I don't want you to join and leave a month later because it isn't as 'fun' as you thought" She looked at me in the eyes.

I didn't know her eyes were purple. "What contribution can you give? Why would you be qualified and why did you choose this club."

kay, calm down take a deep breathe and explain.

"Well I can help you at the club. After considering what I saw yesterday, It seem to be understaffed. About my qualifications, well to be fair my orthography is pretty bad but I know French andI know some jokes we could use … in comic strips."

Lois wasn't impressed. "I can also do what you tell me to do or take photos."

"So an errand boy."

"Wouldn't bother me."

"And why would you want to join this club rather than another one?"

"Well first I got a bad first impression with the president of the Drama club and I don't like sports. I also enjoy stories about superheroes but I'm quite upset that no one talks about serious subjects like how an eight years old stole a warsuit from Lex Luthor… I also need to socialise more." I added the last part in an akward tone.

Lois looked at me. "Can't be so bad. You start thursday. Also, I got something for you." She opened her desk and…

My Batman hoodie!

"I found it on the football field."

"Thank you." I was smiling when I put it on. I really love this hoodie.

"No problem." Lois smiled to me.

-0-

I was outside of the club when the notification appeared

[Quest Completed!]

'Picture day'!

Ah picture day, some people await this day but to you it's nothing but a waste of time. Unfortunately This is going to be a busy day for you.

{Objective}:

· Help Hal (expire at 10 a.m) succeed

-Help Zee to look good succeed

-join the newspaper club succeed

talk to Karen about a supersuit. succeed

apologise to Zee (It was not an objective, You just acter like a jerk)

Don't use your power during the quest Succeed

{Reward}:

· Free EXP

· membership to the newspaper club

Magic necklace

Batman Hoodie.

You unlocked the quest 'ant-man."

You gained the title 'Errand boy."

Errand boy : This title increase the EXP points by 10% for every quest requiring a service.

[Quest Alert!]

'Ant man'

You know Bumblebee, you saw both ant-man movies so what are you waiting for? Get your own suit.

{Objectives}:

Complete a shrinking suit with karen help.

{Reward}:

Shrinking suit.

Free EXP

Level up!

Name: Zack Walkers

Species: Human/Eliatrope Hybrid

Level: 8 | EXP: 0.00%

Title: The [Apprentice hero], [The errand boy]

HP: 1500/1500

WAKFU: 3700/3700

STR: 19

VIT: 15

DEX: 16

INT: 28

WIS: 35

CHA: -5

LUK: 0

Attribute Points: 2

Money: $0

You unlocked new options :

Spells will be soon at your disposition.

Camera, thanks to a new option you can get pictures of the events of the day without taking it, the photos will be automatically on your phone.

Oh my… That's awesome! I mean I got a power up, I got a way to gain more EXP. But what about the spells?

|Spells}:

[Some power from the mmorpg wakfu can be attributed to you.]

Warning : You are limited to one spell, you will be able to be equipped of more when your become high enough.

Speells:

Ardent Aegis : this power boost your defense

Flood : You switch place with an objet of your choice from your surrounding

Siphon : You can trigger a repulsion or an attraction on your enemies

Good to know, I choose to get equipped with 'Flood' before I went back home.

By pure envy I used Zee's necklace and turned into an alter ego. My thoughts were actually on spiderman, magic surrounded me as the black and white suit covered me.

Now my suit was made to look like the one from 'far from home'. since I will never see its sequel I should consider the post credit as no -canon. It reminded me of when I used to dress as him for halloween when I was eight.

Although there were modifications, the spider and web were retired from the suit, the symbol on the chest was now the eliotrope's emblem. Also while the suit was covering me I wasn't bothered by the heat, as if it was nothing.

Now I felt more like a superhero.

Note : Zack helped zee by preventing her hair to get on fire and thus to get water on her and later food. I always thought it was weird that Oliver has a goatee at seventeen.

Also yes Lois found his jacket and I will be important later.

About what happened well recently I started to play the game wakfu and I thought some of theses power could be useful but I wanted to keep a game aspect so here it is

Also, Anyone read 'I'm not Starfire?' I swear It's that sort of thing that prevent me from buying modern comics.