Chapter 25
Mom ran up to us first, making the motion to hug, but stopped midway while looking at the hole where my arm and part of my body are supposed to be. I was crying and unable to stop, even though it did not hurt. Mom finally hugged me while making sure not to get too close to my wounds. Dad came, saw the wounds, and started to call the ambulance while getting closer.
“Dad, you don’t need to call an ambulance. We have healing quirks, so we will be as good as new in a few hours… Well, Sora will at least... I might take a bit longer,” Fluffy said, looking down.
“Are you sure?” Dad said he was still holding a hand over the dial button.
"Ya, or we would be already dead.” This was not the right thing to say as mom head snapped to look at Fluffy with an oh, you screwed up glare.
“What happened?” Dad asked Fluffy while putting his phone away reluctantly.
“We fought a mommy dragon who was going on a rampage to stop her before she killed any more people.”
“That is not your job,” Mom said.
“I mean, it kind of was our fault…” Fluffy said it in a defeated tone.
“Explain. NOW,” mom said.
"Well, the last week… uh, sleepover, we have been doing quests for the guild for fun and helping people. And on a mission, we were tasked with killing a group of wyverns who were attacking a group of miners in the mountains, so we fought them and, well… I went to find their nest while Sora and Izuku... oh, we forgot to get Izuku out of the inventory.” Fluffy said and quickly used the front door to open the inventory.
Izuku walked out with a lot of bruises, and his clothing was almost all rags hanging off him. He walked out and sat down on the floor, looking exhausted and worried for me and Fluffy.
“Are you ok, Izuku?” dad asked him.
"Ya, it’s mostly cuts and bruises, but nothing that would take too long to heal… I think.”
"Ok, continue with the explanation,” mom said.
“So Sora and Izuku went to turn in the quest while I went and explored to find the wyvern’s nest. I thought I had found the nest, so I took the eggs, as there were no more wyverns to take care of them, but instead I had found the dragon's nest, and I had taken the dragon's eggs instead. So when the dragon came home, it found its eggs gone and went on into a bloodrage. So we wanted to stop the dragon before she hurt any more people, but we never expected the dragon to be so strong or have its own quirk.”
“I… I don’t even know where to start… EXCEPT I DO, you have all KILLED and gotten into fights with monsters!” mom said with a cold furry
“NO!... well… Izuku and Sora never killed anything, only I killed the monsters... and animals... they only helped to take them down. And… well, nothing else was able to hurt us, so… I guess we got maybe a tiny bit cocky and thought we could stop the dragon by ourselves, but… Uhh… Sora and I were not as strong or tough as Izuku.” Fluffy said while looking away.
“I… I… you are all grounded for eternity, and no more traveling to other worlds without an adult. I should have put my foot down years ago and…” She started to sniffle.
“Look at you now; my babies almost died,” she said, pulling Fluffy into a hug as well.
Izuku looked awkwardly from the side, not knowing what to do when dad pulled him into the hugpile as well. After mom had calmed down, they noticed that I had fallen asleep sometime in mom’s rant. She had been holding and rubbing my back, so no one had noticed until then.
“Do not even believe for a second that this is over, for we are going to have a long discussion about all of this tomorrow.” Mom said as she carried me into my room while peeling off the damaged hero suit and throwing it into a corner. She could see the wound had already been healing a bit, so it did not look as bad as it did right after the bite.
The next day, I woke up early in the morning and froze when I stretched my arms. I looked at my new arm, which had regrown. I kept opening and closing my hand over and over, just marveling at having my arm back again. That's when Fluffy woke up from me moving around too much.
“What happened?” I asked Fluffy.
“You fell asleep in mom's arms while she was ranting at us... well, me as you feel asleep... It’s not going to be a fun morning.” He said getting a 1000 yard stare.
“Maybe if we go to sleep and never wake up again," I said, looking dejected.
“You think that would stop mom from finding a way to wake us up anyway?” Fluffy said, sounding defeated.
“What happened after I fell unconscious?”
"Well, to summarize it, Izuku went on a rampage and kicked the dragon around. Then the dude in the forest came and helped. He was a high-ranking adventurer, and together they got the dragon to calm down long enough for me to give the eggs back, and almost got killed if the dragon had not been too exhausted. I apologized to the dragon, and that’s about it.”
"Huh, I thought the dragon would die before its bloodrage ended.”
“Apparently not.”
“So do you think Mom will ground us into the next millennium?”
“I think she already did.”
“Daaang it!” I pulled Fluffy into a closer hug while burying my face in his fur.
“So no more adventures?”
“Probably not for a while, and mom said not without an adult.”
“I’m not surprised it didn’t happen earlier, to be honest.”
“True”
"So, what do you think will happen today?”
“Mom will interrogate us all the way to school and continue afterwards, probably... And Izuku is probably in as much trouble as us.”
“Do you think we did the right thing?”
“Hmm… ya… I would rather get in trouble with mom than have more people die from our mistakes.”
“I guess you are right,” I said, thinking about what to do next.
“We have to go back to Edna and get my costume fixed... or get a new, upgraded one.”
"Yupp, I saw when mom took it off you... It did not look so great.”
“Maybe we need to find a better material.”
“Like what? Vibranium? Unobtanium?” I snorted when Fluffy suggested unobtanium.
"Ya, but mom would never let us steal some now... I could get some from the claws guy, or whatever his name is, that got that stash of vibranium, but mom or dad would not let us go alone, so I guess we got to go with normal suits for now.”
“I don’t think Mom would even let us travel to another world for a long time.”
“I’m already feeling claustrophobic.“
“Ahh yes, to only be locked to one entire universe, oh poor us." Fluffy answered sarcastically.
"Yupp, you need to feel sad for me now." I said sitting up in bed.
“I will feel sad for the both of us when mom wakes up and starts to interrogate us and fuss over us.”
I groaned at the thought as I got out of bed and walked to the bathroom to get ready for the day. After getting dressed in my school uniform, I went downstairs and made some breakfast, and while eating, I heard my parents wake up. I then heard footsteps and a door opening.
“Sora, where are you?!”
“Kitchen Mom, I’m eating breakfast,” I shouted back.
Soon, mom came downstairs all flustered and started to check that not a chunk of my body was still missing before she was satisfied. She did also check Fluffy, but it’s a lot easier to see that he was fully healed than me.
“Is anything hurting? Are you okay?" she said moving around my new arm and patting my side.
“I’m fine, mom I… I feel better now." I said, squirming under her motherly care.
"Good,” she said, hugging me… Then her switch flipped.
“YOU TWO ARE SO GROUNDED.”
“I understand,” I said, looking down at the ground. Mom tilted my head up, so I had to look her in the eyes.
“You know I love you, but that was super reckless and stupid. You two are very precious to me and your father, and we want what’s best for you, but to do that, we sometimes have to be strict for your own good. Don’t think we don’t love you or anything, but... For the foreseeable future, there will be no traveling, no getting into danger, and no fighting. Am I making myself understood?” I wanted to look away, but she kept a firm hold of my chin.
"Yes, mom,” I said.
"Good, now I will get dressed, and your father will be here soon.” she said, giving me a gentle stroke on the chin before walking back to her bedroom.
“Did… I… I expected more yelling and maybe tears." I said to Fluffy mentally
“She did have the entire night before bed to probably vent to dad and come up with a game plan for us,” he sent back mentally.
“Ohh… that makes sense… I expect more talk when they both come down.” I said mentally
"Yupp,” Fluffy said out loud before taking a catnap in my arms.
Not long after, dad came down and gave us a hug and reassured us in his own way before making breakfast for himself and mom. Together, we had a light conversation to Mom came down to the kitchen. She gave dad a kiss before taking a seat on the other side from us with her game face on.
“Soo… first of all, I want to start out by asking how long Fluffy has been killing stuff,” Mom said, looking at us demanding an answer. Talk about going for the hard answers first.
“You answer her,” I said to Fluffy mentally.
“Why me?” Fluffy answered back mentally.
“Because it’s about you, now answer her!” I said emphasizing the answer part.
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“Are we talking like monsters? Or… like anything?” Fluffy said, sounding reluctant.
“...You…I… Explain yourself." Mom did not look happy at that answer.
“Well… Erm… The earliest one I remember is the Minecraft world. I would hunt sheep, cows, and stuff like that. I think Sora was maybe 6-7 years old around then, but that world was kind of gamie where stuff did not really bleed, so it doesn’t really count, I think. ”
“Did Sora ever see you kill?”
“I… Yes, but it was like a kid-friendly world... you kill stuff it poof into smoke and food appear on the ground." Fluffy tried to make it not sound so bad…
“Have you killed anything more?”
“Erm…”
“I’m ripping off the bandage,” Fluffy said to me before he said it.
“I killed a group of bandits, wolves, the Wyverns, and a lot of other creatures while we were doing quests in that fantasy world.” He said it all in almost one long sentence.
“You… You killed humans…” Mom said in disbelief.
"Well, they were going to murder us... Try to at least... and we could not leave the people there to die... so… yes…?” Fluffy looked like he wanted to bolt away.
“I… Did Sora see it?”
“Erm…” he looked at me… I sighed
“For like a second or two before I looked away... It was kind of disgusting,” I said, shuttering at the memory.
Mom sighed loudly before going quiet for a while, thinking about what we said.
“Do any of you have nightmares about stuff that has happened to you when traveling alone?” I looked at Fluffy, as I had never asked him this and just assumed he was okay as he had never told me anything.
“I rarely to never have nightmares and those are the normal stuff like killer bats” I said to mom thinking of that one nightmare and then, looking at Fluffy.
“I don’t have nightmares,” Fluffy says, and mom looks at us both before sighing.
“People that see scary things can get something called PTSD from traumatic events, and I want you to come to me or your dad if you ever start having nightmares or start getting problems, ok?”
"Yes, mom,” we both answered.
“We can continue this after school. I think this is as much as I can take right now.” Mom says this before taking my hand and giving me a reassuring squeeze.
We then talked about some lighter topics to mom and dad were done eating. It was then time to drive us to school, where we met up with Izuku by the front gate.
“Are you two all right?" Izuku asked us while being flustered.
“Yes, thanks for asking. How are you? I don’t really remember much from last night.”
“Oh… I’m fine.” Izuku said, rubbing the back of his head.
"So, what happened after I fell asleep?”
"Well, your mom took you and Fluffy upstairs and put you to bed while your dad stayed with me. Then Mom came and picked me up.”
“You are forgetting where she started crying,” Fluffy piped up. Izuku flushed red and squirmed a bit.
"Well, mom kind of tends to cry very easily, and there were maybe a lot of hugs and kisses and stuff…” Izuku said, turning red.
“Wait… How did you know that?” Izuku said, pointing at Fluffy.
“You forgot we got super hearing? And it’s kind of hard to fall asleep listening to that.” oh… I forgot… Izuku knows all of our powers, as he tends to go on rambles, and we like to talk about quirks, power combinations, and stuff.
“So... did your mom punish you as our mom did?”
"No, not really, but mom only got the cliff notes, and your mom and my mom were going to talk to one another about what happened more when she had the full story.”
“Oh… Our mom grounded us for life, and no more travels without my parents.”
“Ouch…” Izuku said as we walked into class.
The rest of the day was not that eventful and went over without too much trouble. Izuku and we talked and had fun for the most part until it was time for our parents to pick us up. I waved goodbye to Izuku and felt more energized after having some time for myself.
“Hi mom and dad,” we said as I climbed into the backseat and buckled up.
“How was school today, sweety?” mom asked me.
“Nothing special happened today, and the school work was easy.”
“And how was Izuku? Was he still hurt? Is he okay?”
"Ya, he is fine, Mom; he didn't even have a scratch on him. Izuku is much stronger than me and Fluffy.”
“That’s good. I would not want to see such a young boy with scars.”
“What am I, chopped liver?” I asked, making mom turn around and look at me in the eyes.
“Sora, I already checked you two this morning... And while we are on the subject, what happened to get you all so hurt exactly? We only know you fought a dragon.”
“So we came into the guild, and there were people running around trying to get a party together to fight the dragon, but there were not enough strong adventurers to fight it. They also talked about finding the thieves that stole the eggs and maybe getting them back to the dragon's mother to get the rampage to stop. However, we did not know that Fluffy had taken them, so when we got outside, he told us that the eggs he took might be the dragon's eggs, so we confirmed it. We were too afraid to tell the guild that we had the eggs and get punished or maybe killed, or put in jail, so we thought what if we stopped the dragon ourselves, it would be fine.
“So you then decided to go after the dragon alone and got beaten?” mom asked for confirmation.
"Ya,” I said dejectedly.
“The dragon had sparks... I mean quirks of its own or something, and its scales were so hard that none of our attacks seemed to hurt it more than send it flying.”
"So, how were you able to stop the dragon?”
“I… Don’t know… After the dragon bit me and sent me flying into the forest, I fell unconscious from the chock.”
“Oh my sweety, you are ok now at least." Mom looks like she wants to hug all the hurt away right now.
“Fluffy was still awake, though.”
"Ugh, why do you have to drag me into this?" Fluffy said mentally
“I have no idea what happened and also want to know." I answered back mentally.
“Uhg fine. After Sora was sent flying, Izuku went into a rage and started to seriously punch the dragon around quicker than it could react. So after checking that Izuku would be fine, I went after Sora and found him unconscious but alive. I then got out a standalone door and threw him inside the storage before going back to help Izuku.”
“Did you really throw me in storage?” I asked
“What NO It’s just a saying; it just means I put you in there quickly.”
“You better have been,” Mom said. I was not even entirely sure he was telling the truth.
"Well, after that, I flew to check on Izuku and watched him fight the dragon from afar. The longer they fought, the more exhausted the dragon got, and after a while, this guy came and helped Izuku long enough for Izuku to beat the dragon into the ground. And if I had not stopped him, the dragon might have died, as Izuku thought Sora had died.”
“Oh the poor boy, but he is such a good friend, never let him go, Sora.”
“Yes mom“
“After that, I translated what the dragon said so we could talk with the dragon, and we apologized and explained that we never really intended to take her eggs. The adventurer dude was a really nice guy and told us to go, and he would stay with the dragon until she could go home. I then flew a bit away and got Izuku inside the inventory and took Sora with me back home, and well, here we are.”
We had just gotten home when we were done telling our parents about our little misadventure. Mom got out of the car and opened our car door as we unbuckled from the booster seat. Yes, we still need them, as I'm still as short as when I was five. She then picked us up, and she started to hug the stuffing out of us as she walked inside.
“Mom?”
“Ya?”
“Are you angry with us?”
“Yes… no… You two drive your mom up the walls, but I’m not angry with you, but... You are so grounded for the next 1000 years, you hear me.“
"WHAT? That’s not fair; that is like forever!”
“And no traveling without any of us anywhere.”
“Not even to dad... I mean, Bruce alone?”
"Hmm, we've got to discuss that with him.”
Time passed, and another year had passed. It’s my birthday, and a few things have happened over the past year. Mom got pregnant with another child and is heavily pregnant, and will probably give birth any day now. I’m very excited to see if I am getting a little brother or sister to spoil rotten… Well, within reason, of course… I’m just going to add one more playroom to my inventory… I promise it will be the last one… probably. I will even offer them Fluffy as a tribute!
“Are you offering me up as some toy for our future sibling!” Fluffy complained
“Yupp! Now let them drool on you so they will love me more!” I said it with an evil smile.
“Noooooo! You evil monster,” Fluffy said in jest, as he was almost as excited to meet our new sibling.
In other exciting news, mom and dad let me travel to dad alone after visiting him a while after the dragon event, and they would check on me to see that I only went there and home. I really miss being able to travel to other worlds when I want without having my parents come with me. But I really don’t want to disappoint them and make them more mad at me. And I expect that if I show myself to be more responsible, that will let me travel again soon, but until then, I just have to suck it up and wait.
My hero costume is still broken, and my mother won’t let me get a new one or even get it repaired. She thinks I need to wait until I'm in U.A. to get it fixed, but I have stuff I really need to get done before U.A. even starts, like getting my suit upgraded and getting my own hero equipment. I need my own Batman utility belt or something, as it will look cool if I can combine it with my inventory and pull out anything from the belt.
I also never used the enchanted glitter after the dragon incident, as I kind of lost interest in all of that afterwards. But at least I have it as a backup for the future, right? Might be useful for something.
I invited my entire class to my birthday, and most of them came except Bakugo, who, even after getting a bit less… volatile, still did not like me that much as I was best friends with Izuku. The birthday was a huge success, and I had a lot of happy memories from the event. Izuku had made me a home-made hero statue of me in my full hero outfit and several drawings, analyses, and suggestions as my birthday present. It was really thoughtful and made me really happy, as I really love that outfit.
On the 19 of april at 11:11, my parents had to rush to the hospital as my mother's water broke. They had already talked this over with me, and I had to stay with Izuku and his mother for a while until the baby was born. I was given permission to go to Izuku by myself and have Inko give them a message that I got there safely so they could focus on the delivery. I got to stay with Izuku for a week before my parents came and picked me up. They stubbornly kept the baby's gender a secret, as I had not been allowed to see mom at the hospital by the hospital staff. I eagerly jumped into the car and looked over to the baby. I saw a lot of pink colors and figured it was a girl. That’s when mom told me they named her Hana, which means flower in Japanese. Thankfully, she was asleep, as I expected; she might have been crying or something. I asked my parents at what time she was born, and my dad started to snicker. Mom sighed and told me that she had been born at 4:20 p.m. and that my immature dad found it hilarious.
Do you remember that me and Fluffy have both enhanced hearing? Well, my sister did not get that memo and woke me and Fluffy up at all hours of the day. We had to start sleeping in my inventory to get some shut-eye. I love my new sister, but please let me sleep. I'm not her dad, so I can get some sleep right… please… We had a lot of fun playing with her, and she loved to pull on any hair that got too close, and Fluffy got a lot of it.
Mom and dad took a lot of pictures of us together, as mom had gotten it in her head to put up photos of us together along the staircase, and she forced me to wear all kinds of ridiculously cute clothing, as she called it. It was really embarrassing, as the pictures would be there for all to see. Fluffy snickered and made fun commentary as Hana was laying beside him. The first few months afterwards, we spent a lot of time with my little sister playing with her, as it was a lot of fun, and when she inevitably went potty in her diapers, I just had to tell mom and never needed to do any of the dirty work. Haza for being kid-sized and not being asked to do the dirty stuff.
So today I was allowed to go to dad as I wanted to get away from home for a while, and I hoped to get some more training while I was at it. I did not want to get rusty, as Tim and Jayson would lord it over me if I started to fall behind. I gave mom, dad, and little Hana hugs before leaving through my rift, waving goodbye. After tumbling through the rift for a while, I soon appeared in the manor and soon found Alfred.
“Hi Alfred, how’s it hanging?”
“Welcome back, master Leo. How is Hana doing?” I had to come here soon after to brag about my new little sister. And my parents came with me to show off the new baby, too.
“She is adorable and still pulling on Fluffy’s hair,” I said, fakely pulling on Fluffy’s fur.
“How can I be mad at that adorable face?" Say’s Fluffy with a smile
“Ahh indeed, I remember when Bruce was born; he was such an adorable baby,” Alfred said, getting a faraway look.
“Anyway, where is Dad?”
“He is down in his man cave with some new cases; there seems to be a new vigilante in town.”
“Oh? Who got any information on them?”
“Not much, but he looks to be a teenager who has a spider themed suit.” I froze up at that, and he noticed.
“Do you know him by chance?”
“I… Uhh… Maybe? I would have to see a picture, but I only know of one person with a Spider-Man suit.”
"Well, get down to Bruce, as he has had no luck finding where the spider lives yet.”
“I’m on it,” I said, giving a salute before running off to the secret staircase in dad's office. After getting down to the batcave, I see dad sitting at the bat computer, typing away.
“HI DAD!” I say running over
“Welcome back, Leo,” Dad says, giving me a smile and a hug. I turn to the computer and see pictures of Spider-Man, crime reports, and other data.
“Wow! So it’s really is Spider-Man.” I say, looking up at the screen.
“You know who he is?” Dad says while his head snaps, looking at me in surprise.
“Ya! He is such a cool hero, like in my top 10 favorite heroes.”
“What information can you give me about him?” Dad asks me, and by asking, he means tell me everything right now.
"Well, I am like 90% sure he is NOT from this universe, as I know him from another universe. You know how I can see into other worlds and stuff, and there is this other world with superheroes, and there Spider-Man is a famous hero who lives and works in New York City. In some worlds, he joins the Avengers, which is like that world's version of the Justice League.”
“You seem to know a lot about this world,” Dad notes, and the translation means explain now.
"Well, I accidentally traveled to that world several years ago and appeared in Tony Stark's home. I left soon after, but I got curious about those worlds and liked to watch.”
I really did spy on the Marvel universe, just not that specific one, as I wanted to travel back to that specific universe some time in the future when I knew I wouldn’t get my ass kicked by the chitauri and got some defense against the time stone, as I did expect the ancient one would come looking for me if I stayed sooner or later.
“So you are saying this Spiderman is from that universe?”
"Ya, he has the exact same costume he has in that world, and he spells his name with Spider-Hyphen-Man,” as I saw that Dad had not done that in the notes.
"Hmm, noted,” dad says while looking at the pictures.
“Do you know his secret identity?”
“Yupp…”
“...And what is it?" I did not know if I wanted to say as Spider-Man would not want people to know, but if he really is stuck in this world, he is going to need help, and it’s not like Dad would not find out sooner or later, so I might as well… right?
“His name is Peter Parker, and he lives with his aunt May and uncle Ben. He was bitten by a radioactive spider when he was like 15 when visiting Oscorp,” I said with a resigned tone.
“... How much time do you spend watching other worlds?” I totally did not fidget.
“Uhh… I plead the fifth amendment,” I say, looking away… I was not allowed to world jumping and collecting information was important… I totally did not look for epic fight scenes… It’s not the same in real life, though… No epic music or badass cinematic shots.
Dad just sighed and typed in the information I gave him on Spider-Man and did a search on his name. He actually found a married couple in New York City called May and Ben; however, their nephew Peter Parker had died a few years earlier with his parents.
"Wow, there really was another version of Peter Parker in this world.”
“Apparently,” Dad said with a hum before getting up from his chair and pulling up the cowl.
“Where are you going?”
“To talk with his aunt and uncle to see if he has been in contact with them.”
“Oh ok”
“Do you want to come with me?” Dad asked, as he knew I wanted to have some adventure for a long time now... I might have complained... a few times...
“Is it okay? Can I? I don’t even have a costume.”
"Yes, it’s ok, it’s not a combat mission. Come with me." He tells me as he guides me towards the costumes before pressing a secret button I have never seen before.
The display cases move to the sides, and from the ground, a new display station rises up with black-tinted glass. After finally stopping, the glass slowly turned opaque, and inside I saw a hero costume that looked a bit like my old one but was made more in the style of Batman. It even had the Batman logo in orange colors and trims to offset the black colors. It looks really good, and I have missed my old suit a ton, so seeing this made me really happy.
“I made this suit for your birthday and had a planned event, but then we had that breakout, and I had to postpone it. But now you can come with me on an official mission to get some information about Spider-Man and see if we can find him, and if there is any fighting, you are to stay behind. Are we clear?” he said the last part with the typical Batman way that tells you to listen or else.
“YES!” I said, giving him a hug.
He showed me how to put on the costume and then led me over to the batwing.
“Won’t the league teleport be faster?" I asked Dad while looking at the batwing.
"Yes, but in the case of needing backup from the batwing or to get somewhere outside of the teleports, it’s better.”
"Oh, ok,” I said eloquently as he helped me into the bathwing and buckled me in… He even had a booster seat prepared just for my short build... I really need to become taller soon, I moaned in my head to Fluffy.
And so we were off to meet this world's Uncle Ben and Aunt May.