It was only a few days into summer, Flash, Sandalwood and Micro Chips hung out like old times, Flash and his mother somewhat went their separate ways as he moved into an Apartment downtown to be near Equestria state while she moved into a nice townhome with her boyfriend, whom Flash was finally gonna meet.

Flash, though he had his own personal transportation took a bus to the townhome so he could avoid paying a fee for parking and so him and his mother could bond for a bit while they were on the road. Flash got out of the bus and stood right at the sidewalk and stared at the town home. He wore a black bomber jacket, black pants, he wore a snapback on his head and held a duffle bag in his hand.

It looked really nice, it had two stories, had brown bricks at the exterior and had a grey a nice triangular roof, "Gee whoever this guy is he has good tastes in housing." Flash walked up the steps of the home and made sure not to knock on the wrong door.

"Okay this should be number 567" Flash looked up and it indeed said that three digit number, Flash took a deep breath, "Okay Sentry this is it, the big reveal!" He knocked on the door and waited for a while.

Then the door opened and there stood a man with his back slumped, he had black hair and a few chin whiskers, Flash's eyes widened, he knew the man, "MR. CRANKY DOODLE?!"

"Hey kid! Aw Man I haven't seen you since Graduation, how's life been eh?"

Flash shook his head and smacked the side of it, "Wait, wait, wait, wait , wait, wait.... Wait. You're dating my mother?"

"Yup!" He replied.

"You're being a hundred percent."

"That is affirmative." He nodded.

"But wait--- what?! When?! How?!" Flash was beyond confused at this point

"Well it all started a few..... weeks ago, maybe about two months ago, somewhere around that." We had met in book reading club and--"

Flash interrupted, "Wait, you attend the 'Charlotte Nancy series of books' Book reading club?"

"Look kid there's a lot I don't tell my students okay! Anyways we both had an assignment together and well. from there we began to talk and talk, until we didn't even talk about the book anymore and just talked about life in general, she and I have a lot in common, ya know? So I may have fell in love with her and well I asked her out an.--"

"Okay, OKAY! I get the picture from their, it took off from there and you two went on regular dates until she eventually sold our house and moved in with you. Is that about right?!" Flash had seen that love story too many times.

"Wow, you're sharp kid." Cranky Doodle complimented.

"Well I like to think of myself as a smart fella, anyways where's my mother?"

"Oh she's upstairs taking a shower, uh hey why don't we have some coffee and maybe some dinner or something huh?" Cranky Doodle suggested.

Flash chuckled, "I'd love to sir but I kinda on crunch time right now. Ya see I'm going to Japan in a few hours and I have to get to the airport on time."

"Ohhh... Yeah Sabrina told me that... was it this Sunday, I thought it was the next Sunday."

Flash shrugged, "Well I'm kinda gonna be there for half the summer so yeah, but I guess I'll come in and wait."

"Well that's fantastic!" Cranky Doodle and Flash both entered the home, closing the door behind them. Flash marveled at the home, it was a really nice home, everything well taken care of, things organized, the kitchen was way more modern then the one back at his old home but it didn't phase him even the living room was a bit bigger.

"So why are you going to Tokyo?" Mr. Cranky Doodle pondered.

"Well I'm going to go see some family I haven't seen in a while, ya know I thought it be nice to go see them."

That prompted Mr. Cranky Doodle to ask another question, "Why isn't your mother going with you then?"

Flash shrugged, "It's not that she doesn't want to... but it's like she lost the adventurous side of her after dad died, she's kind of become much more contempt here in Canterlot, so I asked to go alone if she didn't want to, obviously she said no on the spot but after weeks of convincing she finally changed her mind."

"Well if you are going alone you might need this." Cranky Doodle pulled out his wallet and handed Flash $500, you can convert it to Yen when you get their but for now you should probably take this."

Flash shot his hand up, "What, I can't take you money! This is your's I can't strip you of it."

"It's not an offer it's a gift!" There it was again, that same phrase that was used against him at Grad by Circuit Breaker.

"But--"

"I'll give you detention once you come back!" Flash rolled his eyes, he knew well enough at that point there was no arguing with Canterlot's famous Math Teahcer.

"Okay, OKAY! I'll take your money." Flash took the cash, "But If I don't put it to good use I'm giving it back."

Soon, Flash's mother came rushing down the stairs holding gifts for her sister's family, "Flash! Oh thank goodness you're here on time, I got some gifts for Thunderstar, make sure to give them every single one! And Make sure to call me when you get there as soon as possible!" She was in her mama bear mode, otherwise known was her stressing her head off, this would be the first time Flash would be really far from her and she was making sure he was well prepared. "well what are you waiting for, The Kings to win a championship?! Let's GO!" She rushed everyone out the door including Mr. Cranky Doodle who was sipping some tea.

"Make sure to call me as soon as you get there okay!" His mother pleaded, still in mama bear mode.

"I know mom, you told me a thousand times at this point."

Sabrina was heating up as she could sense some arrogance and some bad attitude from her child, so she let him, "LISTEN HERE FLASH! I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE BEST EXPIRENCE ON YOUR OWN, YOU WILL REPSECT ME AND MY EVERY CALL RIGHT NOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND!" That scared Flash and Mr. Cranky Doodle. Flash's eyes widened, he felt a bit displaced, not saying, not daring to utter anything he slowly nodded his head and gulped.

His mother smiled and closed her eyes, "Have a good trip!" Flash got out of the car and took his duffle bag, he kissed his mother on the cheek and headed for the gate entrance.

He looked at the photo that was taken when he'd last went to Tokyo, it was with him, his mother, father and his two Aunts in Tokyo, along with his two cousins both female.

"Yeah... Tokyo should be fun!"

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Author's Note

So that caps off FSTSS Issue #2 Rebooted, This was more of a cpmedic chapter but that's kinda what I had in mind, so this leads right into issue #3 as well most of you know takes place in Tokyo.