Writing this chapter, that date for that trip was finally revealed. July 17. Enough time to see Far from home in theaters before I leave to see the movie again in Spanish. #Notsponsered
To love-Ru and everything Marvel are owned by their respective owners, You got that?
Yuuki Saibai sat on his couch and stared at his ceiling. It has been a good few months since He last had.
Since his son and house-guest were currently on vacation, and the fact his daughter would've been home alone otherwise, The Mangaka decided to move his operations back home, something his daughter enjoyed.
But not really the reason He was expecting.
"Yami-San!"
The author smiled as his only daughter hovering his new story editor. At first He was a little skeptical at letting a little girl be under his employ, despite the recommendation from his son and the guardsman saying to never call Yami-Chan little to her face, but She truly outdone herself with fight choreography
From what Zastin kept saying in his hushed whispers, She was some big bounty hunter? She just looked any other cute girl to him...
Said cute girl looked at his daughter with faint interest. "Yes?.." She says in a cool tone
Mikan didn't seemed bothered as She presented the only other girl a cup of cocoa. The blonde looks at the cup in front of her warily. The younger assured her "Don't worry, it tastes good!"
Yami looks at the cup before nodding, She slowly takes the cups and puts it to her lip. Most wouldn't see it it, but Saibai caught the slight jump the blonde did as She sipped on the drink. Nor did He miss the light blush that graced her cheeks. The girl coughs and places the cup down "...You are correct, Yuuki Mikan."
His daughter smiled "Thank you!"
It was honestly quite heartwarming to see his daughter make a new friend, as He usually takes a lot of time away from home, He normally doesn't get to see how his children really deal with aliens living in their attic. A sore spot for him and one even worse for his dear wife, as She never got to see these strange but fantastical people...
But now was not the time to mourn, He had several months to do that when debt came around, Now was the time for action!
"God, I napped on the plane, why am I still tired!"
Yuuki Rito slipped past the X-Ray machine of the airport. It was early in the morning when everyone left the plane, though it still left many people jet-lagged.
The moaner was a dirty-blonde girl who groaned as She sat in a chair with her other classmates.
Rito ignored their moans and inspected the airport He was in, the famed JFK international. He smiled, knowing He was home.
"Wow-wee~! This place is half the size of my dining room!" His alien princess companion just dropped a humble little bombshell as She looked around, also apparently immune to jetlag. The hero rolled his eyes before Mikado Ryouko strolled in, as healthy as ever dragging a barfing greened haired g- Run?
The doctor/Chaperone rose her hand "Hello dear students! As you know, I am your nurse, but also the head of this trip so our dear principal wouldn't come."
Rito shivered, He had absolutely no idea how they were able to keep the man down, well... that was kinda a lie. Yuu once called him yesterday to help keep down a dangerous fugitive/ public nudist, so it wasn't hard to line up the dots.
The doctor pulled out a small paper "When I call you up, you will go into specific pairs, These pairs will stay together for the duration of the trip, okay?"
Pairs? We have to partner up?! This will make being a superhero harder if He had to detach himself from some random Joe-schmoe every five minutes...
"Pair one: Arai Sayaka! and...Shirayuri Koyumi!"
A blonde haired girl and a... 'Hold on, was it it green or brown with this one? I thought it was black... Why does this one girl keep changing her hair color!' girl both cheer and walk to Mikado-Sensei in the first pair. it become just a waiting game as the number of students were sorted into groups.
"Next: Momioka Risa... and Sawada Mio!"
Both noticeable girls cheered before walking next to the teacher, who continued.
"Next: Kotegawa Yui... and Run Elsie Jeweria!"
A girl with long black hair walks forward calmly to the teacher and, specifically, Run, who gulped nervously as She looked at the girl
"Umm... I-I'll be in your care, Kotegawa-San..." The other princess politely bows
The other nodded and replied "As am I, Jeweria-San" She says with a curtsy before pairing up
Rito felt a tap on his shoulder, making him turn to see Lala who pointed at Kotegawa "Rito, who is that? I think I seen her a lot."
"Of course you would, She's in our class, but more specifically, She the head of the disciplinary committee, She's in charge of our safety in our school."
"Is She like you?"
"Um... Kinda?" He shrugs "No powers but She what cans to help kids, help me out of a few swirlies..."
"Swirlies?"
"Don't ask..."
"Ano..."
We both take a step back to see Haruna-Chan standing right behind us. I move my gaze to see who else was left, and totally so I wouldn't be caught staring at her, and saw... noone else?
Mikado-Sensei, probably sensing our confusion, Fu-Fu's as She taps her clipboard "The inclusion of Jeweria-San made our total number of participants odd, so you three will have to be one group."
...I'm now paired with Haruna-Chan... On a dangerous mission... and I have to keep my secret from her at all times while with her...while also trying to confess... and take down some weapon dealers...
I think I can officially say God hates me...
(3rd person)
Soon the groups were filed into several filed into a american school bus and sent down the JFK highway, on route to our hotel and afterward, Horizon high. Many of the newly established groups all view the wayside and marvel at the sights, or just taken this time to talk to friends.
Yuuki Rito's group however was as silent as could be.
The boy slowly shifted his gaze to meet the violet haired girl, only for her to 'Epp!' and turn away. 'Ah! Damn it, why is this so awkward!' He mentally reprimanded himself while gnawing on his bottom lip
On the other side of the seat, Haruna Sairenji was also bad-mouthing herself 'Come on! You scared him off! That was your chance!' She thinks while biting into a handkerchief
Both socially awkward teens sat in silence as They fiddled with their fingers and stared off in the opposite direction of the other. This would be a most awkward situation for anyone..
Suddenly a firm and tight butt bumps right into Rito's face knocking him out of his stupor. He reorientated to see Lala standing on the seat and looking out the window. The girl was reacting to the sights like a newborn baby leaving the hospital. "Wow~! So many buildings, and they all got pretty paintings!"
Rito looked at where She was looking at and saw some street graffiti, Perhaps in another life, seeing such things would make him balk at the apparent disrespect to the buildings as vandalism, like how Kotegawa was currently talking Run's ear off, but the him of right now?
The teen simply smiled "Home..." He blinked as He actually recognized this section of the city. He pointed at a large structure "Jamaica hospital!"
Both Lala and Haruna looked at the apparent hospital in wonder, what was so special about it?
Rito chuckled "Feast your eyes on the birthplace of the next great Stark employee, Yuuki Rito."
Both girls' eyes widened in surprise "Really? You were born here, Yuuki-kun?" Haruna said, trying to start a conversation while also keeping her eyes on the hospital. Thoughts of Baby Rito currently on her mind were not helping her focus.
The boy, upon realizing Haruna-Chan was trying to break the ice as well, began to flub up "Y-Yeah! I'm kinda a half and half on my mom's side, this was her hometown as well..."
Lala took this opportunity to speak "Wow~! Maybe we can see her house then?"
Rito sighed in relief, speaking to Lala was WAY easier than speaking to Haruna "Yeah, well... it's my Aunt May's house, but I did promise I would see her... if that's okay with the both of you..."
Haruna smiled and nodded, hoping to enjoy some of the familiar sights with her crush and also get more help from Mary-Jane as well if She could only find 'Queens'?...
Lala nodded "Well duh! Grandmama-Rito will be awesome for sure!"
The boy nervously chuckled, praying Aunt May had it in her heart to survive any time with Lala...
...Actually yeah, Aunt May was immortal to him.
Time passed and the kids arrived at their hotel, each departing to leave their items and regroup in a hour. This left the kids time to claim the bed they would use for the rest of the week. One group had a problem though...
Yuuki Rito gulped as He looked at their hotel room: A standard two twin bed room with a bathroom, TV, couch and a small coffee table. Perfectly satisfactory for 2 people...
His eyes drifted over to Haruna who was also reeling back with the situation, She turns to him only to look away in embarrassment, a shared trait
"Bouncy bouncy!" Lala Satalin Deviluke happily cried as She bounced up and down on the bed She chosen.
"...Y-You can take the bed..." Both Rito and Haruna step back to look at each other in shock.
"N-No, I'm the guy, I can just take the couch or a broom closet."
"I-I wouldn't want to put Yuuki-Kun through something like that, I don't mind, I use to sleep on the floor sometimes when I first moved in with my sister.."
"It's fine really-"
"Oh! I have an idea!" Lala announced
Lala got on one side of her bed and pushed them to the other bed, combining them
"Now We don't have to worry, we can all share the same bed!... Haruna? Rito? Why are your mouths open like that?"
"Greetings our brothers and sisters at Sainan!"
The students all stood inside of a large room gymnasium to a the american elite school, Horizon High. Standing before them was a small group who identified themselves as the school's pride and joy, the decathlon team. The speaker was a African American girl with a peppy attitude that made her kinda cute.
The girl proudly step forward from her compatriots and raises her arms to all of Sainan's residents. "I hope that we all can come together and make friends with each other! I am the captain of Horizon High's decathlon team, but you can just call me Liz, Liz-"
"WOO~!" A cry from the Sainan group interrupted the speaker, making everyone look to where the sound originated. Onlookers were surprised to see it was the pervert Dirty blonde of the class. "Get it, girl!"
Rito raised a brow 'Huh, She usually never interrupts someone... and that Liz girl looks rather annoyed too.'
Liz had a, as said before, annoyed expression while glaring at Momioka "Risa... I appreciate the enthusiam but please..."
The spider blinked 'They know each other?'
The blonde waves all nonchalant "But Liz-Chan, this is the first time we get to see face to face!"
'Face to face? If I guess correctly, These two might be pen pals.. Strange, never picked Momioka to be one for long distance relationships... Especially when She could not physically grope them..' Rito thought
Liz coughed into her head, trying to regain composure "Where was- Where was I... Oh whatever," She said, giving up on her previous train of thought "I welcome you all to our school, We will all have a small luncheon in our cafeteria and afterward, We will have be allowed a free period where you may all visit our school, enjoy the library, visit our computer lab, see the science center..." She halted as She could see a few people's eyes wandering off "OR, since We have permission, Be allowed to swim in our swimming pool!"
Rito nodded along as his class cheered. 'Good, I can finally get some work done while everyone will be distracted by having fun, just a quick lap around the city while everyone plays and no one will be the wiser..'
The Spider-Teen sat at his table, spearing his plate of spaghetti, spinning his fork and putting the utensil in his mouth. He chews and swallows the food before going in for a second helping.
"Whoa whoa! Slow down Yuuki or You'll get a stomach cramp!"
Rito looked up to see Risa looking at him in a teasing tone. She sat on the other side of his table along Mio, Lala and Haruna. They were just talking among themselves while He waited for all of them to finish so He could excuse himself.
"Yeah!" The glasses wearing girl said "You won't be able to swim then!"
He shrugged "I'm not swimming." He says with conviction
"Eh?" The table altogether said, invoking shockingly wide eyes from all of them, except Lala who probably understood but felt disappointed nonetheless
"Yeah, I think I'll go visit the business center, catch up on some stuff... call my aunt maybe?" He said quickly, trying to come up with a good excuse
"I see what's going on here.." Risa said solemnly, drawing attention from the table, She pointed accusingly "You just don't want us to see what kind of flabbly body underneath all those clothes, right?"
"F-Flabby?!" Oh you little B-!
"Greetings humble guests, might I offer some refreshments?" Said a voice behind him. Rito turned around to see a chubby teen with dark skin, a brown shirt and hoodie, blue jeans and sneakers. he was pushing a cart full of drinks
Rito stood up "Why sure, guy I never met before! Might I question your products?"
"Why yes fine gentleman that I too never met before, I have classic cola, root beer, orange soda and grape at your selection." The teen said, playing along
"Classic cola, My good man, it is my favorite after all." He said taking a can
"I wouldn't have known that." The teen shrugged
"Thanks Ned."
"Oh You're welcome, Rito." Both boys then proceeded to before a quick handshake before ending with finger guns. Ned begins to walk away with the cart slowly as Rito sits down. The entire table gives him an incredulous look, making him quit the bit and break into a fit of laughter which caused Ned to buckle onto his knees and laugh as well.
Risa folds her arms "I guess you two know each other?"
"W-What would give you that idea?.." Rito said, trying to calm down. He held a arm out to the teen who on the floor "Ladies and Momioka, I introduce Sir Ned Leeds of 'Queens-Shire'."
The fat teen regains his composure and stands "Why thank you, Sir Yuuki Rito, also of 'Queens-Shire'." He looks at all the girls at the table "W-Whoa, How N-Nice to meet you, ladies." He gives a small bow
Risa smirks "A guy with some manners who doesn't immediately pounces? Cute. My name is Momioka Risa."
"I'm Lala!"
"Sawada Mio!"
"I-I'm Sairenji Haruna.."
Ned blinks "Oooh! So you are Haruna! Rito talked a lot about you."
"Eh?" The girls, except Lala, said
"Yeah He's always talking about how-YEEOW!"
"Oh no, looks like you are needed elsewhere Neddy-boy, don't want to get in trouble with your commitee, RIGHT?" Rito ends his line with a firm warning
"R-right.." The other teen boy replied, leaving a few cans of soda on the table, one of each, and left. As He was leaving, the girls notice him hopping on one foot away.
Rito plays it off "Oh Ned, That kidder~! Spouts off a lot of weird stuff, don't pay him no mind, Ahaha..." He ended with a nervous laugh.
Risa scoffed hotly "Yuuki-Kun, you are so full of it.."
The boy rubbed his hair nervously
"But I'll let it slide when We all take a dip in that pool~!"
"I'm still not good at swimming, I'll just visit the library instead." Rito said quickly
"Seriously?!" Risa and Mio stare at him like He was the biggest killjoy on the face of the earth, Lala nodded even if She knew his reasoning and Haruna?...
She had an idea.
Rito stretched his arms, walking down the halls of Horizon high. Just about everyone should be in the pool area now, Kotegawa will be patrolling the pool, Mikado-Sensei is 'Supervising' aka 'Taking a load off', Lala is keeping all their classmates distracted (God bless their souls) So all He had to do was find a nice bathroom, Change into his buttkicking clothes, find the bad guys, beat their butts into the dirt, save the day and get the girl... Preferably in that order...
"Spider-Man... Spider-Man... Does whatever a Spider can..." He said, humming a tune He heard on a radio show Lala listened to, He had a small guess it was Magical Kyouko She was listening to and for some reason, She was writing Lyrics pertaining to him. She must've been really thankful for that rescue if She was making a theme song.. Though it won't be as cool as the ones made for Iron Man, one of which was his ringtone.
"Spins a web.. any size..."
"Catches thieves just like flies?"
"Gah?!" The teen spins around to the visitor "Ha- S-S-Sairenji-San?..." The girl of his dreams stood before him, alone as far as He could see as He pans his eye sight to confirm their solitude.
The girl had a light blush on her face as She looked at him "Ano... Yuuki-Kun, are you sure about staying in the libary?"
The boys heart beat extra hard at the tone of her voice, a nice and shy tone that made him flutter "Y-Yeah... Y-You going t-too?..." He asked, if she did, He wouldn't be able to get away and change without alerting her if it was only the two of them... if his heart won't stop attacking him right now!
"No... Risa is dead set on getting every girl in the pool, and nothing will stop or She... I don't want to think of her Screwball-ish pranks.." She shivered
As well as He, everyone remembered the prank Momioka did on Saruyama when She found He bought some of Motemitsu's pictures of her in the locker rooms. A small fortune saved Saruyama as Motemitsu was found hanging from a lamppost in just his socks. JUST his socks.
On the bright side, He now knows He's bigger in one aspect more than his bully.
"I was wondering..."
He shook his head and return his attention to Haruna "Yes?"
The girl bit her lip "Do you know... Where Queens is, right?"
Rito blinked, what an odd question? "Oh yeah, that's where my Aunt lives."
Haruna took a breath "I was wondering... if it would be okay... ifIbroughtafriendfromherewithus?!" She said quickly
He caught it even if it was hard to understand her words "A friend?... You have a friend here?" Oh god, don't be a guy!
"Yes... a pen pal... I know She's nice, so if isn't any trouble?..."
A girl? Okay good, No need for to worry... "Yeah, sure. If it is okay with Sensei, then it's fine by me, plus Lala likes making friends so more the merrier." He shrugs
The girl smiled "Thank you... Yuuki-kun?"
"Hmm?" He perked
"Are you... sure you aren't going to swim?" She asks
Why would She ask? Seriously, WHY WOULD SHE ASK?! "M-Maybe not... I-I'm not good at swimming..." Which wasn't a big lie, He was never good at swimming before the bite so It gave a good enough alibi if any boys were curious and the girls wouldn't know since they had different times for the pool back at school.
"Is that so... What if I help?"
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"Eh?"
"EEHH?!" She screams, realizing what She just said "I mean, after you see the library! I-I!?...Ah!" She ran down the hall
..."WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED?!"
When Rito exited the building in full Spider-Man garb from the window of a bathroom, He saw it was already close to nighttime. He climbed out the bathroom window and climbed along the wall to reach the rooftop. As He was making his ascent, He passed several windows...
That led straight into the swimming area.
He could see the plethora of students who wished to play in the water. As He predicted, everyone was there. And having fun as well. All were wearing bathing suits that looked supplied by the school.
He couldn't hear them through the glass but He could see Kotegawa telling off a few of the boys, He could see Mikado lounging on a chair (In a extremely skimpy swimsuit She must've brought herself), He could see Lala (In a two-piece Peke swimsuit) splashing water onto Momioka and Sawada.
And He could see Haruna looking around the pool area, as if searching for something... searching for him...
Rito quickly leaps beyond the window and scurries to the roof. After making it there, Rito pulls off his mask and runs a hand through his hair.
"Crap... I.. I need to find out about these weapons but..."
For the first time in his career as a superhero, with complete costume and everything, Yuuki Rito truly wished to be back to being just Yuuki Rito. Regular smart kid. With more than enough time to hang out with friends.. and even the girl of his dreams.
"Do the avengers... ever wish to not be... themselves? To just hang out with the people they care about without all this pressure..."
No... They had the benefit of having half their friends either be avengers or know well enough about their identity so They could excuse themselves without looking or feeling like douches, him? Quite the opposite
"I mean... Would it really be bad if I... skip the first day? I mean... This is meant to be a recreational trip, and I will barely spent time on actually relaxing..." The hero pondered "You know what? If in the next five seconds, if Spidey-sense does not go off, I'll just hang out with everyone, and make up for it double time tomorrow, That's fair right?"
He will get to take it easy this one night, and maybe even...
"Okay Yuuki-Kun, take it easy and we'll practice a backstroke..."
"Wow! You're really getting the hang of this, Yuuki-Kun!"
"Oh no! You swam too far and almost drowned!"
"I just have to give you... Mouth-To-Mouth..."
*Chu*
Rito stood at the ready "It's decided! If nothing happens with Spider-Sense, I'll have fun!"
Les't start!
Fi-
*Spider-sense*
His Spider-sense carried his vision beyond the tall buildings surrounding him and to a lone bridge way into the distance.
And the small blue explosion that was there.
With a groan, Rito slipped his mask on and fired two web shots at nearby flagpoles in the direction of the bridge.
"It's official, I can say it. God just hates me.." *Fling!*
For the first time in forever,Aka since this story first began, 2 chapters released in one day!
So yes, Rito is finally having the comic-Peter issue of 'Can I really not have any fun while as a hero'. One common complaint of the MCU Peter is that He is just way too happy to put on the suit. There are few days that He is reluctant to even look at the thing. Of course that isn't all the time, but a fair amount. Far from home seems to have it only be dropped immediately by Aunt May and Nick Fury.
Was it kind of super selfish to just ignore the first day of investigation like that? Kind of yeah, it goes to show that Rito would at least think of more selfish desires. Like how Canon Rito would try his best to gain what HE wants, even if it blows up in his face. The weight of being Spider-Man will steer him on his path this journey but will it become too much to carry?
By the way, most off the story will focus in the island of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, just too have it clear where the characters are, I'll be sure to mention any location changes that are important
Next: Brooklyn, Butts, Birds and Buildings