Storytime: Had 80% finished a version of this chapter here with the events of the school taking place... and found I really didn't like how it came together. So I threw that out and redid EVERYTHING, also added a LOT MORE. plus, I want to remake chapter one, I have come to not like it. Sorry that this came out so late
Captain Marvel review: It's okay. Marketing was bad, but the film itself was okay (Stupid 'Avengers' plane retcon aside). I can already see ways to use that story here, maybe a short story using the character meeting young versions of Gid and Selphie, seems like She get along with Gid a lot, making Selphie not like her a lot.
I do not own any of the intellectual properties or the music. good day.
Yuuki Rito was not your average ordinary guy, That was clear before the aliens came to live in his house, or even when that Spider decided to bite him. He claims to have been just a boy, albeit extremely smart. That can't really be the case however, being saved personally by a superhero isn't something most people could say happen to them. Neither is becoming solely responsible for caring for a younger sibling and a whole household. And then there was the trouble with women, before He simply had trouble looking one in the face if They weren't blood-related, Now...
"Ugh!" A masked figure swing quickly through the air, He lands on the edge of a roof and leaps off and free-fell through the air "DAMN IT LALA!"
(Earlier)
Rito walked to school alongside Lala Satalin Deviluke, 1st princess and heiress to the alien plant of Deviluke. Yes. You heard that right. Not the alien princess part, the 'Walk to school' part.
Why was the Amazing Spider-Man walking to school instead of swinging, you may ask? Simple. He was out of his artificial web fluid. He would normally synthesize more whenever He was low but the hotplate He bought in a thrift shop years ago broke and He couldn't heat up the mixture to what it needed to be so He could replicate real webbing. He needed to replace it later so for now He was just going to use the labs at school and Synthesize in secret.
...Now why did He sound like Walter White just now...
"...Lala, We need to cook."
"Huh?" The pink haired princess blinked, not understanding the reference. Maybe She would if She'd stop watching Magical Kyouko and started a actual good show. "Oh well, Rito, It's the last day of school, right?"
Recap: The school year this year is shifting slightly. A trip to New York City is planned for the class with the highest average in Sainan High. To accommodate a last-minute trip of this caliber, the year is ending a few weeks early. "Today is the last day for testing, Tomorrow is only for showcasing the winners and the school to celebrate the end." Rito shrugged, not really caring.
"Huh?" Lala blinked "Are you not excited?"
"I am, I am just not literally jumping for joy.." He mutters while watching the hopping princess as Her breasts bounced up and down as She smiled her carefree smile
She peered into his eyes "How is New York anyway? I wanna know everything about it!"
Rito chuckled while shaking his head "I might be half American but I've only been to America a handful of times."
"Half?.." Lala tilts her head confused
"I didn't mention this already?... No I don't think I think I was clear enough," Rito placed a finger under his lip before looking at Lala "My mom was born in America, Y'see? She married Dad who was born here so Both Mikan and I are Half-N-Half's, She is more like Dad with their interests pertaining to a Japanese lifestyle while I took after Mom and how America does it, I prefer the American way as blasphemous as that sounds."
"Huh?..."
"Like how America does their monetary exchanges, We don't just hand over Yen by hand but in America, that's how all exchanges are done," Rito offered up an example "Japan is very polite but also very conservative while America is rougher but as a whole, WAY more expansive!"
"How so?"
"You noticed everyone here looks about the same, pale skin and darker hair as such?" The princess nodded "Well In America, their are all sorts of races, from Asians, African-Americans, Latinos and other groups as well, It is 'Diverse' as They say." Rito began to count on his fingers "You have their different politic viewpoints, sexualities as diverse They are represented by the colors of a rainbow, how They treat their justice system, their parking nightmares, their ability to deep fry any food and sell it on a stick, They live as free as can be."
Lala blinked "Wow... On Deviluke, the only real distinction between everyone is hair color and gender, to think that so many different people could live together..." She taps her chest "... I really want to see America."
Rito smiled "It's not perfect like You're making it out to be but... It's honestly really beautiful." Suddenly his hands were held in Lala's own hands as She smiled brightly while looking him in the eyes, Her irises sparkling
"Rito, We should do lots in New York!"
Rito stepped back a little, Such earnest joy... "W-Well... There is no clue as if We are winning that trip and besides, He have to stay with the group.." He said, looking away. When She does something like that, She comes off as a little too cute... Oh god, get your head out of the gutter! It's Haruna-Chan you like, dumbass! He opens his phone to check the time and distract himself "Hmm... We're not making good time, We're gonna be a bit late..."
Lala tilts her head "Hmm... Ah!" She pulls out her D-Dial "We could use Pyon-Pyon Warp-Kun!"
Rito blinked and thought 'Hmm... Lala's teleporter? I get to actually use a teleporter?!' He coughed "Well, It seems to be the only way We could make good time..."
Lala smiled, tapping a few buttons allowing a silver bracelet to materialize as She clips it to her wrist. She smiles "With one push of the button, We'll be in school in no time!"
Rito throws a fist into the air "Teleportation, yeah!" He chanted happily, ready to experience teleportation for the first time, it would be perfect if not for the strange itch in his ear...
Lala wrapped an arm around his left one, She smiled as She tangled one finger over a big red button on 'Pyon-', Her teleportation machine "Here We go in 3!"
Rito smiled faltered a smidge, that itch was getting bigger and-Wait... He knows this..
"2!'
This itch was... Spider-Sense! But why? Was there Danger nearby?!
"1!" Lala pressed the button and Rito's body was covered by a warm glow of energy as He was lifted off his feet...
And soon, all He saw was darkness... He opened his eyes to only see black. Did He react badly to the teleportation? How would this pan out? Will He see soon? Wait... Oh The color is returning now.
Rito blinked as He now noticed a rather large splash of white, What is it? Not there was something... skin-colored? What was He-?!
Rito blinked, He saw something He had seen only when He had to hang up both his and Mikan's Laundry to dry... Specifically Mikan's...
A pair of white panties... He was looking at a girl's underwear?! He notices the top of his head was covered by fabric... that looked like the skirt of the female uniform... This could not get any worse?!
"Uh... UH..." A girl mumbled... A familiar girl...
Rito slowly the skirt off his head as He looked up to see... "SAIRENJI?!"
The violet haired girl's eyes were diluted to the smallest they could before seemingly turning into swirls. He couldn't blame her as He, UNWITTINGLY MIND YOU, just peeked up her- Is there a draft?
He looked down his body to see his his blazer, tie and dress shirt gone. And his belt... And his pants... And HIS UNDERWEAR?!
(Present)
Rito lands on a rooftop and rips his mask off to reveal He had a red slap mark engraved into his face as He clenched his teeth tight. "Of all the things to happen, Lala had to have us go to school NAKED and even worse, Haruna -Chan had to see me in the buff?!" He grab the sides of his head
That explains why Lala was naked in the bathtub when He met her the first time. Now He has permanently banned all further uses for Pyon-Pyon Warp-Kun and snapped said device in half in anger with his Spider strength much to Lala's dismay
He glared at the moon "Oh Sorry! Just because You don't mind being naked doesn't mean I do!" He slips the mask on and leaps off the building. He needs to blow off this steam. He needed a bad guy to beat up, this was the only way He could let off this anger! But where...
He then noticed some commotion at the ground below. He sees two people in Gothic Lolita attire wearing surgical mask walk into what looked like a condemned building...
Rito, as his Spider-Man persona, focused on these people as He swings close by and enters through a broken window. He listens to the sounds of a large group of people talking further inside. He walks in and cracks his knuckles, prepared to face what lay inside.
He walks into a room that could have been a office for a manager and goes to another broken window to see a large and wide area that looked to be an only shipping area, now it was filled to the brim with racks of clothing, stolen loud speakers for music, large mirrors and tables for make up and motorbikes in the middle of repair everywhere. In the center of the room stood an army of women in Gothic Lolita attire, black and white dresses with frills and each carrying a parasol...
This was the all-girl gang [ARSENIC CANDY] or what He knew better, The gang that made him Swiss cheese before He could escape to Mikado-Sensei's house. He'd been meaning to have a word these girls about manners... The fist of justice is Multicultural, unisex, multilingual and most definitely painful.
Suddenly, A woman stands atop of a mountain of crates and raises her arm to call for silence. This causes the army in front of her to quiet down, She seemed to be some sort of leader, She stood tall above them as She looked to average out as at least 5'9 tall. This woman wore a whitetail jacket with a pink interior, the main area only covering her breast area as the coattail fell down her backside like a cape going down to just under her butt. She wore brown pants, black gloves, a pair of black and white boots with heels, her mid section was clothed in what looked like a corset that shows off her hips. She had long brown? hair, Pink hair? it was sort of half and half.
She gives a confidant smirk as She pulls out her parasol that had a blade popping out of the spike on top, stabbing it into the crate underneath her, placing her hands on the handle. She says aloud for to hear "Sisters! Another day and We are close to accomplishing our takeover of the entire West side of Sainan!"
Sainan had become one of the biggest cities in all of Japan, thanks in part to the high-leveled business powers housed here. They play off as having a camaraderie but are real cut-throat in their practices. There was a way of how these powers coincide with each other by each having a side of the city for themselves. The east was The Tenjouin Families domain, The North was Sarutech's, The west is property of the incoming Fisk Industries and the south being were most of the Suburbs are and where most people reside if you don't have a fancy hotel. The west is currently a savage ground of many gangs trying to move up in the world, some even from nearby cities and even regions. Spider-Man himself had dealt with a few already like the H-Bombers, Dragon Tail, that one group... atacolapse? or something..
The group cheers "It's all thanks to you, Big sister Neo!" This 'Neo' beamed with pride as the woman in front of her cheered and-Wait a minute... Neo.. Pink, brown and white... By god almighty, this chick is a walking ice cream pun!
Neo nodded to her followers, lifting one hand and clenching it into a fist "Yes, Yes, but none of this could be possible without you so now We 'CELEBRATE'." She said, suddenly gaining a sadistic look to her face. She points to a girl at a terminal who pushed a lever, causing chains hanging from the ceiling to move closer to them. Spider-Man inspected these chains and was shocked.
At the end of a chain was a man, looking pretty beaten as the wounds, blood and tears on his outfit were anything to go by.
Neo smirks "This little boy's from that puny upstart group 'APOCALYPSE' who thinks they could step up to us!" The crowd boo's and throws things at the men, stirring one of them awake
"Shit..."
Neo laughs tauntingly "Ahaha! And now! We rip this bastard a new asshole and show all who step up to us just WHO ARE THE REAL QUEEN BEE'S IN THIS CITY!"
"Neo!" "Sister!" "Let's kick his ass!" Were the responses of all the girls in the crowd, pleasing Neo
"You bitch!" The man in chains screams "Apocalypse ain't gonna bend to a bunch o' cunts like you! Especially with We have planned for that prep school!"
Spider-Man's eyes widened "That prep school?...What school is this guy talking about..."
Neo tilted her head, a poor expression on her face "Eh? That prep school?... Meh, I don't care." Neo snaps her fingers as her flock of sheep all raise similar looking parasols as they all made strange cocking noises, reminding Spider-Man that the sun catchers serve as both swords and guns. Kinda impractical if you ask him... also PAINFUL.
Spider-Man took a step and clenched his fists "Sorry, Neo-Chan, but I need to have a word with this good fellow.." He fires two web shots at each side of the window and pulls hard
Neo could be heard smugly saying "Ready?!..."
He pulls harder on the web before leaping off the ground...
"SE-!?"
And smashes through the window in breakneck speeds, shattering the glass into thousands of tiny fragments making those on the ground to look up as to see the falling glass. They shielded their eyes just in time to allow Spider-Man to quickly web strike one of them to reach the ground quicker, knocking the member out and surprising her comrades. Not giving them a chance to retaliate, Spider-Man does a one handed handstand, spread his legs and proceeded to spin, sending a tornado of kicks at the group of girls "Aw yeah, just what the doctor ordered, ladies!"
Neo growled on top of the crates She was on as She watch her forces start to dwindle and glared at the spider "Tch! Spider-Man!"
"Oh?" Spider-Man stopped and placed both hands on the ground, bended his elbows slightly and bounced towards a girl, swiftly kicking her in the stomach and sending her flying into several other girls "You mean 'MOI'?" He notices in his field of vision was a Bluetooth signal popping up, syncing with the speakers, making him chuckle.
Neo grips her parasol and aims at the spider "KILL HIM!"
"Sorry Ladies..." Spider-Man softly said... while connecting to the speakers in the room. "But let's dance!"
(Peter Yorn - Ever fallen in love)
The occupants of the warehouse became alarmed of the speakers blasting on, giving Spider-Man time to web one of the motorbikes close by, bringing it to him only to kick it towards the crowd of people, knocking them down
(You spurn my natural emotion)
He chuckles as He runs towards the crowd of girls He just hit with the motorcycle, who all looked shocked, before He leaps into the air, firing a web and start swinging towards the man in chains
(You make me feel like dirt and I am hurt)
Neo growled and aim her parasol, having it shift to reveal it's hidden gun as She angrily fired at Spider-Man who dodged effortlessly in midair
(If I start a commotion)
Spider-Man angles his swing to no longer being aimed at the man and rather, to her surprise, Neo. She aims again, ready to fire...
(I run the risk of losing you, and it's worse)
He pivots in midair to make Neo unable to make a clear enough shot, She shots but misses making the hero smirk as her pupils dilate as He is so close now
(Ever fallen in love with someone)
He shifts his momentum to swerve his body to have his feet forward, pressing against Neo's face, shoving her off her crate.
(Ever fallen in love, in love with someone)
Spider-Man kicks off her face and aims himself straight to the man in in chains, firing to web shots to secure his path and grabbed onto the chain.
(Ever fallen in love, in love with someone)
Neo fell from the top of the crates into a crowd of her people, who broke her fall. She grits her teeth and points menacingly at the men in the room, non-verbally ordering to shot the men
(You shouldn't have fallen in love with?)
Spider-Man, seeing this, pushes forward on the chain and begins to swing like Tarzan, allowing the men on the chain to evade gun fire
(Ever fallen in love with someone)
The hero pulls on the chain to form a small knot in the frame, "Here We go!"
(Ever fallen in love, in love with someone)
He breaks the chain and causes them to fall from the air for a split second before He fires a web with his left arm, holding the chain with his right, and begins to back to the office He jumped out of.
(Ever fallen in love, in love with someone)
Spider-Man begins to spin the chain in his hand like a lasso, causing the man to swear heavily before the hero throws him through the broken window
(You shouldn't have fallen in love with?)
Spider-Man lets go of the web, curls into a ball and falls down toward the window,
(Fallen in love with)
He touches the ground and bounces before uncurling
(Ever fallen in love with someone)
Spider-Man slams his fist into the floor and lands on the floor of the office in a pose that could be labeled as a 'Superhero landing', not a scratch on him
(You shouldn't have fallen in love with?)
The masked hero chuckled to himself "Hehe... Good thing I downloaded the Shrek 2 edit for just an occasion like this..." He gets up and makes his way to the man tied in chains with a jaunty little jog. He bends over and breaks the chains on the man's legs. He looks the man in the eyes "Look, I want to talk to you about what you meant by 'That prep school', but I first have to make sure we don't get shot. You stay here and I'll deal with Arsenic candy, capiche?"
The man only stared warily but was saved from answering when a voice shouted from outside the window
"THEY'RE UP THERE! KILL THEM NOW!"
The hero shakes his head, annoyed "Just STAY here, okay?" He sad before turning and leaping out the window back to the gang outside.
The man got up defiantly "To hell with that!" He said, scrambling to get up.
The hero groaned when He heard this, but expected this from someone who willingly chose a life like that, so He placed a tracker on his person when the man wasn't looking. If He tried to run, which was now the case, He would catch him later. Now though?
He landed on the cold stone ground to face Neo, who was sporting a black eye, a few members of Arsenic candy who were still there as the others decided to cut their losses. Oh well, that was later-Yuuki Rito's problem...
Neo, who had a cigar in hand, placed it in her mouth and lit it with a lighter. She takes a quick inhale before removing it and letting out a small puff, never taking her eyes off the spider She speaks "What a tenacious little boy you are, but you are just that... A boy!" The cigar in her hand snaps in half.
"Aw come on, it's in the name, Spider-MAN." Spider-Man said a little annoyed
"Then I'll just make you a woman." She grabs her parasol as the hidden blade extends further as She lunges at the hero and produces a quick flurry of strikes that were easy enough to dodge thanks to spider-sense.
(Music insert: Tango music)
"Will you stop messing with the god damn speakers?!" Neo said angrily as She switched up her attacks to include a few low kicks, which He tried blocking only to allow Neo to parry with her parasol smacking him multiple times in the face
...Not enough to get him to shut up, though "Nah, you're really cute when you're angry."
"Then I'm fucking beautiful!" She does a quick axle kick, getting him by surprised as She upper-kicked his chin. She back-flips to get distance before pressing a button on the handle of her weapon. The blade retracts as She presents it forward to show it was in it's shooter-mode. She fires at the hero causing the hero to dodge quickly.
"You said it, not me!"
"Oh to hell with you!" She stops firing and gave a look to her remaining crew "Whoever kills him gets a bonus, double if you bring me his head."
"Oh Neo, it only takes two to tango."
"Make it BRUTAL." Neo turns her back and makes to leave, Spidey quickly tries to ensnare her with a web, but his shot was intercepted by one of the members, who honestly looked like a discount Harley Quinn, slicing the web with her parasol.
"Oh fine, we can kiss and make up later, Kay babe?" Spidey takes a look at his new opponents and ponders his next course of actions "Okay... four of you, one of me... Oh, whatever shall I do?" He jokingly pleaded
(Music insert: Naked mole rap)
"Wait, that's not what I want.."
(Music insert: Bombastic)
"Nah.."
(Music insert: Donald Trump Bing bong Mario)
"Why do I have that download-Whoa!" Spider-Sense went off, making him duck backwards to avoid a swift slash of a parasol as one of the girls breaks formation to attack while He was distracted, He grabs said accessory and yanking it out of her hand, Stabbing it into the ground
(Music insert: I am a little teapot)
"Huh, You know what? Screw it... here we go!" Shutting off the music, He leaps up, grabbing the umbrella handle and sending a quick kick at the girl He took the parasol from, sending her flying. He positions himself to do a handstand on the handle of the parasol while looking at everything upside down.
Two more of the girls breaks formation, both thrusting their weapons forward, trying to stand his hand while it was on the handle. He bounces off for a second, catching them off guard and in their moment of surprise, He stretches his arms out and punches both girls in the face knocking them down, before landing perfectly on the handle "Hup.."
He tilts his head up to view the last member standing, a girl with orange hair covering one eye, wearing a white coat over her Gothic outfit, her visible eye bearing an overabundance of mascara, She seems to but a lot of care into her appearance "So, hot stuff, it's just you and me now," He bounces off the parasol and lands on the ground in a roll before standing up "Mind doing a solid and tell who it is I will be giving a buttkicking to?"
The girl glared and raised her weapon, different from the others as it was a cane "Romana, and mind doing me a solid and going to hell!" She cries, pulling a trigger and firing a flare from the bottom of the cane. Spider-Man hops to the side and dodges the blast that instead hits the abandoned parasol, destroying it and several boxes behind it as the blast traveled far.
"Sorry, I believe the hotels there are atrocious as well as overpriced, that's the real deal breaker." Spider-Man quips before running at Romana, who fires another flare shot at Spider-Man. He aims his web-shooters to the ceiling, fired two shots and pulled himself out of danger, making the shot destroy some background items
"Damn, hit the speakers.."
Spider-Man let go of the web and freefalled to the girl, landing in front of her allowing to try and kick his head off, but He ducked and offered a sweep kick. She hops over it when-
*Thwip*
Her face was caught in a lot of webbing!
Spider-Man pulls on his webshot and sends her head crashing into the concrete below. She flipped over and landed on her back, unconscious as Spider-Man picked himself up "Heh, Sorry Romana, But it is a school night."
He turns on his visor and scans for his tracer, seeing it was nearby. He chuckled and swung out a broken window "Okay, just got to find him and-"
*BANG*
A gunshot throws him off guard, It wasn't aimed at him so- "Oh no..." It's direction was where his tracker was!
He swang toward the blip on his visor and saw... The man holding his gut as a member of Arsenic Candy standing over him, the barrel of her parasol smoking.
Spider-Man quickly flicked a web shot and ensnared her to the ground. He lands and looks to the man, He kneels close by and inspects the injury. It looked very bad...
"Hold on, I'll call for paramedics, so stay awake, please!"
The man did not respond, his eyelids slowly shut as his breathing stopped.
Spider-Man stared at the man before gently tapping his shoulder giving a light push. The man did not respond.
Spider-Man began to shake "No... Not again..." A twitch of his head cause a flash of red to envelope his vision. The man was replaced with a man in green armor and then a woman.
Before He could lose himself, He dialed his emergency number
(Yuri Watanabe, Who is this?)
Hearing her voice, Spider-Man shook his head, clearing his thoughts if only for as long as the call could last "Yuri, It's me."
(Spider-Man? Do you have anything I need to worry about?)
The hero looked at the dead man before him "...Yes..." He said solemnly
Spider-Man told her of the events that transpired and fled to a roof top, waiting. He stayed until the police and paramedics arrived and collected their respective targets, Spider-Man watching as the man was placed in a body-bag and taken away in a ambulance. He held his head in shame.
He silently began to swing away, just wanting to go back home and try and sleep this off.
He swung for a few minutes before a blip on his visor warned one of web-shooters were low. He sighed but stayed focus, He swung to a large building He could attached to and refill. He landed on the wall of the building-
"You and I are not so different!"
And could not attach himself. Spider-Man blinked as He rubbed his hands on the wall trying to stick, not getting any results as gravity resumed. He screamed as He began to fall
"AAAHHH!"
He quickly fires a web shot at the building and comes to a stop, He took a few breaths before looking at the wall in question. It looked relatively untampered with, aside from some bird droppings, so sabotage was out, it didn't rain so lubrication was out... was the problem... Him?
He place his free hand off the wall and tried to attach again, not being able to before finally getting to stick again. He took his hand off and stared at it.
"What the hell was that?..."
Sairenji Haruna was just your average ordinary girl. She looked okay enough and She got good grades, What more could someone really ask for?
...Proper communication skills would be one...
She could talk to Mio and Risa just fine, Run-Chan and Lala-San as well! Run's brother less so... Saruyama-kun even less... Yuuki-Kun...
"AAAAAAH!" Even THINKING about him made her mind explode! She will admit it, She loved Yuuki Rito.
She loved him since middle school when He was an unofficial student aid, aiding children with failing grades. He aided her just like He did Saruyama, but He probably didn't remember... Maybe because Saruyama-Kun kept annoying him...
"Sairenji-San."
The young girl blinked as She paused in her preparation to leave to the voice of her teacher calling out to her. Her teacher looked at her sadly while holding a sheet of paper, making her worried "Yes, sensei?"
The man gave a sigh "I have the result of this week's quiz, yours was... lacking to say the least."
Haruna gulped, She hadn't studied as hard as She usually did. She had caught wind of her father planning to leave the city and taking her along and away from her friends. She did her best to try and temper him jumping the gun like that and letting her stay with her sister... Ironically causing her to miss on her math quiz review
She was handed the paper and She let out a pained whine, If She didn't get a consistent enough grade, The likelihood of Her not having enough ground to stand on here will make her leave. She CAN NOT let that happen!
"Sensei, I promise to do better! I will study!"
The man sighed "I can't just go on good faith, Sairenji-San." He scratched the back of his head "I could maybe allow a retry on Sunday but... This material is too hard to study on your own, I will have to get you an afterschool tutor."
Haruna swallowed her saliva and bowed her head in shame "Of course, Sensei..."
Haruna stayed until closing time and walked in the hall while reading a note "I will have to study under a 'Yuuki Rito', I wonder how He'll be?" She said in wonder, She was supposed to meet him in the library where He was already helping someone who came to him.
She entered and heard talking, from the sound of the voices, it was two boys. She lowly moved closer, not liking to have deal with boys...
So She just listened as They screamed at each other
"This is Elementary!"
"This, in fact, is bullshit!"
She sneaked a peak behind the shelf closest to them to see two boys, one with spiky black hair and the other, spiky brown hair. The boy with brown hair stood over the other one as the black haired boy glared at a paper at the table.
"It's simple, you have the Dividend, You then look for the closest number from the first two numbers of the dividend, So 7,770: You then use the divisor 37 and look at 77, and then-"
"Speak ENGLISH!"
"Want me to speak English? Fine! *Quit your bellyaching or I'm smacking you upside your head!*" The brown haired boy said, switching languages at the drop of a hat. She only recognized what He said after studying the language herself
"Damn, walked into that one..."
"Ano..."
The boys heads suddenly snapped to her, making her jump. The brown haired boy blinked wildly behind a pair of large glasses, while the black haired boy quirked a brow "Huh? A girl?"
The brown haired boy fingers twitched as He looked to the table and picked up a paper, He turned to her direction but not giving her eye contact "S-Sairenji Haruna?"
She nodded
"A-Ah... Okay, You need help with Algebra, correct?"
"Yes... I don't want to interrupt..."
"No, No, It's fine Um... Just take a seat, I'll get to you in a moment." He quickly said before turning back to the elementary school work
Haruna silently work to the farthest seat at the table and unpacked her things, She placed her review packet in front of her. She quickly checked her phone to see any message from her sister, who was now just sitting on the couch, eating ice cream as She job hunted AGAIN. She sighed, her sister was always kinda shameless, She had no doubt it will only cause her trouble in the future.
She shivered as a chill when up her spine, She could only fear if She ever got married!
"Oh, I see you already started."
Haruna jumped as the voice of the brown haired boy returned, just over her shoulder as He peered at her work. "Ah!"
The boy steps back, a little flustered "I'm sorry!"
Haruna calmed down first "No, No... I'm sorry for overreacting."
"I'm sorry for making you sorry, so sorry..."
"I'm sor-" She halted as She looked at him in question, did He really say that?
The boy, embarrassed by his comeback, said flustered "S-Sorry... I make bad jokes sometimes.."
She looked at him for a second before giggling "It's okay... Yuuki-San?"
Yuuki looked to the ground next to him before nodding "Yes, Well... Let;s get started, shall we?"
For the next half hour, Yuuki broke down the basics of her algebra homework, explaining it in a way She could very easily digest. He switched back and forth between her and the other boy, the rich kid known as Saruyama Kenichi, working up a sweat on his body as He panted heavily. He waved off concerns and worked with her until it was the end of their session.
Saruyama exclaimed as He stretched in his seat "Ah, quitting time!"
"Yeah, what you said.." Yuuki replied as He drank from a bottle of water He got from a vending machine. He bought some for them as well, though She tried denying at first, worked up a bit of a thirst and finished half her bottle
Haruna looked at her packet, almost half done! She smiled as She will surely pass!
A voice called out "Sairenji-San! We have to leave before it get's too dark!"
She turned to see both boys at the entrance of the library, Saruyama already leaving as Yuuki waited for her. She blushed As She got up and left
(We repeated the same course of events for the next few day, with him helping me and reviewing what I had done. Soon, I just came by to see redo what I had done before to master it and looked into other questions as well... as well as looking into other homework I needed help with. It was always strange though, Yuuki-Kun would NEVER look me in the face during that time... I wonder why?
Anyway... Then the time came, I took the test and the next day, came for my results...)
Haruna smiled as She walked to her homeroom, looking at her test results in her hand, 100
She had done well and she couldn't be happier. She would have to thank Yuuki-San for all his help.
Then She heard...
"Can't you believe that jerk?"
"Yuuki Rito?"
Haruna blinked as She not so subtlety eavesdropped on a nearby conversation between two girls, What did they mean?
"Yeah, haven't you heard? He destroyed the flower garden!"
"No way!"
HUH?! Haruna's brain tried to work the situation, Yuuki-San.. destroyed the garden? That... That did not seem right in the slightest!
"Yeah, He was caught red handed in the middle of the carnage! Pots broken, flowers ripped from the earth and tools broken!"
"Why was He even there? He isn't in the gardening club, is He?"
"Nah, I heard He is, or was, with the newspaper club, No one knows what happened, but He was the last one seen with them alive and the next thing people knew was absolute flower hell."
Haruna stopped listening as They walked away, How could something like this happen? Yuuki-San was not that kind of person!
For the rest of the day, Yuuki-San was everyone's focus. Never before had She noticed him in the crowd until now. He looked frightened as everyone glared at him and begun throwing things at him. all day, She heard jeers from her classmates condemning him to an unfair existence, calling him names and opening mocking him and his family
When lunchtime rolled around, She saw a brown blur run past her classroom and away as an angry mob followed. She gulped, not feeling very hungry and tried to follow. She followed as the mob broke open doors and windows to try and find him. She sighed as She sat on a bench by a air vent. She only now realized She had her bento still in her hands
Then She heard a grumble in the air vent next to her, She looked at it and saw a small spike of brown poking out. "Yuuki-San?"
The vent grate shook "I didn't do it!" He whispered
Haruna just stared at the vent before nodding "Okay.."
"Eh?.." He said surprised "You... believe me?"
"I want to hear the full story first, there is a lot going around... But I want to hear your side of the story before I make a judgement."
The grate was silent for a moment "I was tasked by the newspaper club president to photograph the school flowers, to do a piece on how the clubs work together and stuff, but I was tasked after hours so I snuck into the garden area and... Nothing."
"Nothing? What do you mean?" Haruna said skeptically
"Nothing! I mean like, I somehow fell asleep! I woke up the morning after with a really bad headache and everything was destroyed! My hands were muddy even though I never touched the flowers!"
"Headache?" She questions
"Yeah, I found a big gash on the back of my head so I think I was ambushed... I don't know why but I know for a fact I did not do it... I tried to get the president to confirm what happened but He just said 'I have no idea what you are talking about'"
"Eh?"
"I know! I tell him to vouch for me but He just said We didn't talk at all the day before and dodges the question!"
That... sounds very sketchy... The more He described the events, the more implausible it seemed. She wanted to believe him but...
"I know it sounds crazy, but I swear, I didn't do anything! I... I don't know what to do.."
Haruna looked at the grate to see Yuuki rested his head against the metal looking quite defeated. She... She wants to really believe him.
Then She heard the grumble from before happen again. She looks at him curiously as He lifts his head up and blushes.
"Was that... You?"
"Y-Yeah... The lunch I brought from home was destroyed earlier.. I tried to get something from the cafeteria but... The flower club found me.."
Haruna looked at the boy for a few seconds before opening her bento up and taking a small piece of chicken and placing it in her mouth.
"That is cruel, Y-"
Haruna lifted her pink bento box up to the grate, shutting him up. He stares at it, uncertain of what She meant. She clears it up post-haste "Go on, You look like you are hungry, take it.."
The grate slowly lifted as a hand slowly peaked itself out close enough to the pink box, hoping it wasn't pulled before grasping it. Haruna let go for only a second before it was yanked into the grate. Soon enough, violent slobbering sounds came from the vent "Oh, so good... My compliments to the chef."
Haruna giggled "Why thank you.."
She waited in silence as Yuuki finished her lunch
"Yuuki-San?.."
"Hmm?" Said the boy in the airvent
"I'm wondering... What are you going to do? Talk to a teacher?"
The boy sighed "Without any evidence, they would assume the same as everyone else.." Munch "I do need to think of something, my whole future could be destroyed by this.."
Haruna nodded "Yeah, the whole school would be against you.."
"True, but not what I'm talking about."
"Huh? Then what do you mean?"
"I... got a dream..." She waited for him to continue "I want to go to America and... Apply for Stark Industries."
"Stark Industries?" She said surprised "Why? Isn't that really far away?"
"I know, but I still want to try my best and earn a place in their ranks."
"Still... Why not just work here? Maybe try Sarutech?"
"I... I've had my mind set for Stark Industries since I was a little boy, and I don't want look like I was using Kenichi.. I wanted to be his friend, plain and simple, not to use it for personal gain..."
Haruna stared in silence, contemplating this information. Everything in her being just wants to support him, but still had her reservations
She pulls out her phone and sees it was almost time for class, so She stood up
"It's time to go, Yuuki-San..."
"Oh, Okay." The grate slowly opens as the teenage boy slipped out, shoulders covered in dust. He looked at her before presenting the box "Thanks for letting me vent.."
Haruna took the box and looked up "Well... You certainly picked a good place to do that, Yuuki-Kun." She smiles before leaving the boy who suddenly had a stunned face.
After a few seconds, She could hear him chuckle down the hall, which made her a little happy
Later, She heard nothing from him. The entire school noticed He seemed to not come in for the next periods of the day with many commenting on how it proved him guilty and He was a cowardly runaway. Haruna thought differently, thinking over her conversation had her thinking of what He could be doing to clear his name. She could only hope He didn't get hurt...
As Haruna walked home, She went her usual path through an admittingly rough part of town. She mostly sped her way past a few convenience stores that were commonly terrorized by delinquents, trying to avoid any trouble...
"Leave him alone!"
Haruna's eyes widened as She heard a cry in a alleyway "Saruyama-San?..." She said, recognizing the voice. What was Saruyama here for?... Curiosity got the better of her and sneaked in the nearby alley to hid behind a close enough trashcan. She peaked her head off the top for a quick peak...
to see the heir of Sarutech get slammed into the ground with a sickening thud. She watches as several large teens gang up on him, one of them, a delinquent with a green Mohawk, raise his foot and brings it down on his ribcage enticing a pained scream
"Stop it! It's me you want!"
Haruna's eyes widened as She learn the voice of the boy She was thinking about all day. Her gaze turns to where the voice came from to see Yuuki Rito caught in a headlock by one of the boys as He tried to break free but lacked the strength
"Hehe.." A tall teen walked to where Rito was, he wore a longtailed jacket with the symbol 'AKU' written on it. He snickered while punching the palm of his hands as He stood before Rito "You certainly got guts..." He delivers a harsh punch to Rito's stomach making him violently cough up saliva "Too bad I gotta rip them out of ya."
"Uhh... You're not sorry..." The teen gasped for air
"You ARE smart." 'Aku' remarked before punching Rito again, making him now throw up the lunch She made... "Still fucking retarded you are."
Haruna slumped down and covered her ears as Rito was continuously beaten. She pulls out her phone and dials the police but hesitates on pressing the call button. If she was spotted, no doubt would similar acts of violence would be used on her... And She was too scared...
'Aku' laughed as He backs away from Rito, who was sweating with a mouth covered in bile. The older teen smirked "I don't know what you tried to prove to me, besides having guts ready to fall on the ground..."
"I came..." Rito breathed heavily, looking at the leader "to see if you were the one who framed me..."
The leader looked unamused "The hell you talking about? I never-"
"One week ago, you came to me... Looking to make me create a cheat sheet for several lengthy exams. I refuse and you got angry, as I called the local librarian to remove you, you specifically said 'Best realize how you should trust idiots'-"
"Superiors!" 'Aku' screamed before blinking, he shakes his head "I still don't see-"
"Next, I check to see who exactly would gain from having me framed, upgrade in to status to plain personal satisfaction... And those connected any to Narusawa-San.."
'Aku' glared heavily
"And I found... A Facebook page.. Of one Narusawa kanna.. And how She recently broke up with a certain someone.." He finishes, glsing at the leader who returned the stare before smiling
"Pfft, you're pretty good, kid." 'Aku' remarked "You some kinda 'Detective Conan' or something?"
"I prefer being compared to Death note's L but sure, have it your way." Rito breathed a large breath "What I still don't know is... How did you get Narusawa-San to do you dirty work..."
'Aku' smiled pulling out his phone "I'll give you the courtesy.. It was real simple" he grinned evilly "His bitch-in-heat sister gave me all I need to make him do as I say~" he said, pressing a button on his phone
"Ah- Ahh~!"
Rito eyes widened, Looking like He was clearly not expected that. Haruna herself was horrifyed! That sounded so-so! Pervy!
"T-too big! Ahh!"
All a rounded the area, the gang members were getting into it as they smiled stupidly with there pants started to pitch up tents. Saruyama had a similar face as He gained a nosebleed.
"P-Please don't recorded me.. Ahh!
"Nah, I want use this later for just me, wouldn't want me upset?.."
"N-No... Ahh!"
"You bastard!" Rito screamed "You are using THAT as blackmail!" Haruna flinches at his harsh tone, He always looked happy before so seeing him this angry was... Horrifying...
She turns her gaze away to see Saruyama, realizing the sickness of the situation, drop the lustful eyes and began to try and removed the older teen's foot off of his chest. Haruna realized what She had to do as well. She hit call and waited with the phone pressed against her ear
(Sainan police d-)
Haruna harshly whispered "Help, two boys are being beaten up by a gang on south side of town. Behind a Super Vegeta marketplace."
The call was silent (We have a cop in the area, hold on for a few moments until She arrives)
"Hurry!" She ends the calls as She sees Rito thrashing about in the teen's arms.
Rito glares with his teeth gritted "You're an absolute monster."
'Aku' laughed cockily "Oh yeah? Sore fuckin loser aren't ya?"
"You won't win!"
"Aku' Scoffs' "Oh yeah? Prove it.."
"Boss..."
The leader and Rito, along with everyone else, turned their attentions to the single member who spoke up. He looked nervously as He stared up at an tree that was closeby, the leader glared "What is it.."
"Are trees supposed to have blinking red lights?..."
Haruna blinks and looks at the tree He was talking about, Sure enough, She sees a blinking red light, connected to a gray box. She blinks as She watches everyone else staring perplexed at the box... everyone except Rito, who was currently lifting his legs up. He quickly brings his legs down and slams them into the teen who had his arms around him's legs, making him yell and release his grip on Rito.
'Aku' looks down at him in surprise before glaring "You son of a b-OHH!" He quickly went to cover his groin as He whimpered in pain, falling to his knees. shocking everyone in the area
Rito, looking a little surprised, meekly smirks as He runs to the tree "That's for my perfect attendence record!" He said, running to the tree
'Aku', glaring at the boy who just kicked him in the crotch, as He raised a shaky finger "K-Kill that bug!" He said in a pitched voice as every member made a beeline for the smart student, worrying Haruna on if He would be okay..
But She needn't fear as Rito retaliated by.. Trip on a rock and rolling into a ball... Oh well, At least He knocked over a few thugs.
The worry return as one thug managed to grab Rito out of his ball form and begin to choke him.. right as Saruyama jumped onto his back, sticking his fingers deep into the teens ears, making him release Rito, who quickly goes and kicks his legs from under him, making him fall over with the heir of the Sarutech corporation on his back. The younger teen snarked, saying "And THAT'S for stepping on me, you prick!"
One of the thugs, ignoring Rito and Saruyama, aims a rock at the camera knocking it over to fall on the ground. Rito, seeing this, sprints over and just manages to save said camera. Haruna then watches it becomes a game of keep-away between the two middle school students and all the delinquents, It was actually kinda comical.
It came to a closed when one of the teen managed to tackle Saruyama and sent the camera flying... into the hands of 'Aku' who was in front of the trash cans She was hidden behind. She stared at the the back of the teen as She cowered behind the cans, doing her best to not be seen
Both Rito and Saruyama were pinned to the ground as They stare at the leader who was laughing while standing over them. The cocky attitude finally start to grate on the young girl's nerves, this was the only Rito can be free! She had to do something!
She quietly got up and walked calmly to the leader of the gang, who raised the camera high into the sky, ready to toss it into the ground. At the last second, Haruna tapped his shoulder, making him pause. The leader turned to face her with an angry scowl before looking perplexed "A girl?..."
Haruna frowned as She pulled her fist back "You are mean." She said before slamming her fist into the leader's face, knocking him back and tossing the camera into the sky where it came down right into Haruna's hands. The leader lay unconscious on the ground, taking the girl aback, She didn't hit too hard... Did she?
"B-Boss!" The gang all scream as They watch their leader sprawled on the concrete. Rito and Saruyama look at her, bewildered, though She kinda understood, She did just come out of nowhere...
"Sairenji is kinda hot now..." Eh?! Who said that! And.. Did Rito just kick Saruyama in the shins?...
Moments later, when the gang try to make a move on her, the female cop who She called for arrived. Haruna presented the camera and the leader's phone as evidence. She promised to take it up to the principal of her school and clear Rito's name as She took the gang in as they were later sentenced to community service, She sees them still, but now they do their best to avoid her... for some reason.
The two boys from her school breathed a sigh of relief as They leaned their backs against a wall
"Hehe..." The glasses boy chuckled "That was.. the first time I willingly got pummeled..." He had several scratches on his body and face, glasses broken and a little bit of blood on the side of his mouth
"Ugh... Next time, I'll just hire a private investigator, let him get beat up instead.." Grumbled the heir of Sarutech who had similar injuries including the nosebleed from earlier, along with holding his side on the count of all the jabs to his ribs
"Hehe.. Maybe..." Rito said calmly before looking at her "Thanks... Sairenji-San... You really saved our necks there..."
Haruna, a little red, shakes her head "I... I didn't really do anything.."
"You serious?" Rito looked her right in the eyes "I had actually given up hope I could make it when that jerk got his hands on the evidence and suddenly, you just George Mcfly his sorry butt like 'POW!'" He made a punching gesture "You... saved my future. I can never be more thankful." He smiled at her before He had to look away suddenly, his face.. red for some reason...
Haruna, blushing at the praise, notices the blood on his face. She searches her pockets and pulls out her handkerchief and presents it to him, He watches as She cleans the small amount of blood on his lip "I hope... You are successful... with your dream, Yuuki-kun..." She smiles, knowing.. He can do it
Now why was Saruyama sighing dejectedly?
It was at that moment in time when She started to fall in love.
It hurt seeing him everyday and having these loud poundings of her heart as She watched him study his hardest and prepare for his future. She was in awe of his strong will and mental strength, his tenacity, his-
"AHH!" Whoops, her brain overheated again. She placed a hand on her heart "Deep breaths... Deep breaths... Ah...Ho.. Okay, I'm good."
The girl calmed down as She typed on her computer. She needed to seek advice, advice on how to strengthen her own resolve, She knew the world She lived in wasn't the one of nearly 5 years ago, where Woman waited on Men to do the asking and the hard parts in relationships. Not when two of the strongest people on Earth were a master fem-fatale spy and a girl who can bend reality with her shiny fingers. If She wanted Rito to notice her, and have a slight chance at reciprocating her own feelings, She needed help. And She knew who to call.
Risa was out as She would rather tease and grope her than give actually good advice, Mio for similar reasons, Her sister?... UGH. Not even going to bother.
The one She was calling was a girl She had met during a writing pen pal assignment. She was a rather crude but all the round cool girl, She lived with her parents in the city they will be traveling to, or at least close by. She always tried to talk about them in her previous writings but her pen pal had always steered away from those discussions. She did however learn that She was a sort of queen bee in her school, somewhat like Tenjouin-Senpai but less... arrogant? Yeah, that works.
After a few seconds, a box of a live feed into a teenage girls room appeared, with a girl the right age sitting in front of her computer. She had flowing red hair that trailed over one of her shoulders, her makeup bringing some of her natural beauty to a higher level and had piercing green eyes that closely resembled Lala's own emeralds. A truly beautiful maiden...
The girl then placed her arm on her desk, tilting her head allowing more red hair to fall over her shoulder as a playful smirk crossed her face.
"Hello, tiger~"
Haruna gulped, hoping She didn't make a big mistake.
And that's it for now. Next chapter will be the end of school and the first time Rito will face Toome's weapons.
Anyone remembers the destroyed garden? The reason BEHIND Rito falling for Haruna? No one? Well it was literally a single scene in the anime (I forget if it was in the manga, might've been a single page if so) and NEVER elaborated on! Rito was made an explicit victim of hate and suddenly it was all hunky doory when Lala arrived? I know it was middle school but still! People TEND to remember something like that... Of course I knew it having a backstory such as that will not doubt bring some criticism, but it is to show that these characters aren't 5 years old. That They CAN understand darker themes without backpedaling to kid humor.
Rito losing his powers? I took some looks at how Homecoming was structured and realized Peter certainly took having his entire future crumble before his eyes very well. Watching Spider-Man 2 and Homecoming back to back made me realize that those events would break most kids, especially when your hero is telling you that You aren't any good. Ala the first half of episode 2 of My Hero Academia. It will also start to work with some nitpicks on Homecoming's side. Being a hero is hard, Being a hero while everyone is judging you harshly as you are suffering through PTSD? Even worse.
Haruna getting top billing this chapter? It is honestly an apology since I blanked on her your most of season one, because in the grand scheme of To Love-Ru, Haruna is not important in the slightest besides being the girl our protagonist is actually trying to impress. That is all She is. And all She would ever be without the proper help as her personality as the quiet girl won't get anywhere, so I'm bringing Mary-Jane Watson to be her hype girl this season, to help Haruna try and be more assertive. The results will vary but would certainly be more than 100 chapter of mostly just ecchi gags before She actually puts up any effort. In the sequel. With majorly reduced screen time. Yeah, just a TEENY bit more. Also if you think her retelling of her memory is a bit lackluster, it was kind of the point, Haruna wasn't as emotionally invested in the grand scheme of the things
Each season will focus on a specific group of characters who will be the main draw on attention, Rito and Lala as the CONSISTENT main characters as They are the most important in this story, growing up into capable adults along with their friends and enemies. I have several characters planned for the future so just be on the lock out
Season one was an origin, so it took things nice and slowly as Rito and Lala began their relationship, helping background characters out of the shadows and present the characters who will have the most impact.
Season two will mostly expand on how the characters react on being in a different environment, with Rito wanting to prove his worth. With Haruna trying to grow into a adult. With Lala learning more of what really is Responsibility. The theme of this season will be seen shortly.
Important characters
Season one: Yuuki Rito, Lala Satalin Deviluke, Saruyama Kenichi/Norman Osborn and Golden Darkness
Season two: Yuuki Rito, Lala Satalin Deviluke, Adrian Toomes, Sairenji Haruna/Mary-Jane Watson and "?"