Flash Sentry The Spectacular Spider-Man Issue #3: Welcome to Tokyo (REMASTERED)

"Okayyyy, here!"

"Wow so this is the place?"

Flash and Firestar were looking at the live feed the small drone was getting. Directly from a laptop. What they saw was 'interesting' to say the least. A full on drug dealing was happening right there while other members of the Yakuza were interacting with one and other.

Flash grit his teeth. "There doesnt seem to be any sign of him here!"

"You sure he isn't dressed as one of them?"

Flash shook his head. "His voice was a bit higher. So it's pretty distinct from the rest. And these guys don't sound a thing like them."

"Well then what are we supposed to do while we wait?" Asked Firestar.

"I wish I knew."

There was some silence. The two just sat there staring at the laptop. But that's when something in Firestar's head went off. She looked back at Flash. "Hold on, I recall that earlier this afternoon you agreed to take a little Taekwondo, right?"

Flash turned his head. Arching an eyebrow, "Yeah. Why?--Wait why Taekwondo?"

"Because you're pretty flexible. Sooo, high kicks could be a strength of yours. But anyway, you agreed to take a little Taekwondo right?"

Flash shrugged. "Sure, I guess."

"Well then why don't you go over to his Dojo and get yourself acquainted with him. Hell he might teach you a thing or two on your first day."

Flash sighed, "First of all, I don't know where that is. Second off all, I don't even know if I'll be able to communicate with him. And finally, if Aunt T and S find out I just left they're gonna get mighty suspicious."

Firestar stretched her arms and leaned back in her chair. "Lucky for you, I got all the answers. This guy speaks a lot of languages, English being one of them. Also, I used to take his classes for like two years after we moved here. I know where the place is. And finally."

"Okay. But then there comes the whole. How am I supposed to sneak off into the night and got to this place huh? I don't wanna have to dress up as Spider-Man and do this whole thing everyday y'know. That'll just attract too much attention."

"Well you don't have to necessarily dress up as Spider-Man. Now do you."

"Okay so then what?" Flash asked.

"Sooo you have plenty of clothes in that bag. Just dress in something that'll disguise you pretty well. Heck put on some glasses and a hat and that should be the solution."

Flash looked down at the clothes he was wearing. A plain white shirt and some black sweatpants. He sighed. "Alright fine, I'll be right back." He got up and started for the door.

When Flash came back. He simply put on some layers. The same two zippered pocket black bomber jacket he'd worn at the airport. His ESU cap and in his arms he carried his only other pair of shoes. A pair of Nike Red Hi-Tops. "I didn't have any pair of glasses so I hope this'll do."

"Not bad. But I can help with the glasses problem." She went into her drawer again. Pulling out a pair of sunglasses. "Here try these on." She threw them over to Flash who quickly caught it by the temple. However in the process, he dropped his shoes. Much to his dismay. He looked over at Firestar who gave him a sheepish smile and chuckled. "Okay maybe I shoulda payed more attention."

"I-It's fine." He put the glasses on and knelt down to put his shoes on. "Say how am I gonna know if Aunty T and S might be needing me for something. I mean my phone doesn't exactly work all that well without Internet. The SIM card is practically useless here."

"Easy. We go back in time to the good ol' days." She went into her desk and pulled out two black walkie talkies. "Until we can figure out the phone situation, we'll just use these. And.... an earpiece for you. That is if I can..."

She backened her seat so she could see a little better. Eventually, she pulled out a wired earpiece complete with a microphone and two Bluetooth receivers. "Just plug that into there. Pair these two up and.....Done!"

She handed him the Walkie Talkie and ear piece. "Now just put that into your ear and we'll be able to stay in touch."

Flash again arched his eyebrow. He took the walkie talkie and put it in his pocket, zipping it up. He then grabbed the earpiece, putting it in his left right ear and speaking into the Microphone. Seeing the microphone right in front of him actually got him to smirk. "Uh, testing, testing."

Firestar rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Hold on let me at least turn mines on." she went over to her desk and grabbed the other Walkie Talkie, turning it on. "Okay now."

"Testing."

"##Testing##"

"Well doesn't sound too bad so I guess we got that covered."

"Okay....soooo the place I'm going to. Where is it?"

Firestar got out a piece of paper and ripped it. She grabbed a pen from the pen holder and began writing down the place's name and address. "Okay, Master Akira's Martial Art's Dojo. Just plop that into Google Maps and you'll be on your way."

Flash grabbed the piece of paper and got out his phone. "Man I gotta say, a lot of these streets don't have names. It's kinda interesting actually."

Firestar shrugged, "Yeah. And I gotta say, America streets seem to have a lot of names. I mean I know I lived there and all, but I don't remember there being that much names."

Flash chuckled, putting the paper in his other pocket. "Emphasis on live. Trust me I wouldn't expect a five year old to remember that much about the good ol' days."

He went over to the window. Opening it and putting his leg through the hole. "Alright, I'll see you whenever." As he turned his head however, he saw the weird expression from Firestar's face. A mix of 'wow' and 'what the hell are you doing?' He put his leg back in and stood there confused. "What?"

She snapped back into reality. Replying. "Oh um...no. It's just uh...."

Flash looked back at the window. Putting together the pieces he sighed. "Okay look so this looks a little odd. But....this kinda how I used to sneak out of my own home. It's kind of a habit alright."

"Umm, yeah whatever." She gestured for him to go on. So he did. Crawling out of the window. Firestar ran over to the window just as Flash had become out of her gaze.

He made his way onto the exterior wall. Looking down at the sidewalk. He narrowed his eyes onto the ground before jumping right off. Firestar watched as he took a 15 foot fall. She gasped, for a moment completely forgetting Flash had super powers.

However as she gasped. Flash made a perfect landing. Making it look effortless. He looked back at Firestar. Giving her a wide grin and playfully adjusting his glasses.

Firestar sighed in relief. Then giving Flash a smug look. She went on her walkie talkie.

"Okay, Okay. Ya got me. Just go already! And uhh, don't take too long."

"Aye, Aye Cap'." Flash turned the other way. Looking at his phone and following the waypoint to his destination. Running.

Meanwhile in Canterlot. It was a crisp 9 AM morning there. Sunset laid her in room. Hair a mess and the side of her face buried deep in her pillow. Her room was lit with red LED Lights. With a white couch and television. And of course, a nice little gaming setup. She'd been there for a while. After the little incident, she'd completely confine herself in her room. On the floor were some snack packets and some fast food packets.

The door to her room creaked open. Twilight walked in with a smirk to her face. "Uhh, well I know I already did it. But can I come in?"

Sunset groaned, turning her head so the other side of her face would be buried into the pillow and the side that was before could be visible to Twilight. "You here to tell me that you have a press conference in place?"

Twilight kept her smirk. Walking inside and grabbing the chair from Sunset's gaming setup. "No...well not yet anyways."

"Hilarious." Sunset said bluntly with an emotionless expression.

Twilight pulled the chair up just a few inches away from Sunset's bed. "So....how's life?"

"I don't know."

Twilight folder her arms and leaned back into the chair. "Look Sunset. Maybe I kinda dropped the ball on the whole." Her smirk grew a little wider but she held back her snickers. "Kissy, Kissy thing." Sunset raised her arm up and gave Twilight the finger. In-turn getting a chuckle out of her. She leaned forward. "I mean come on don't be hypocritical. You'd do the same when it comes to me and Timber. But then that makes me hypocritical because the rest of us would do the same to Rainbow Dash when it comes to Soarin. Then there's Applejack and Rarity. Which honestly we just tease the both out of. Fluttershy. Man Fluttershy's probably the best at this because she somehow keeps her love life in check. And well let's be honest. Pinkie Pie being flustered will never happen--"

Sunset moaned. Turning her head so her face was fully buried in the pillow. Twilight sighed, patting Sunset on the back of the head. "Well I probably should get going. I got a thing to do with Timber. But...." She got up off the chair and reached into her pocket. "I did you a favour. I asked Rainbow Dash to ask Soarin to give me Flash's new number. You know, so you two could talk and stuff." Sunset's head jerked up in an instance. That emotionless look became an almost taken back look. "Uhh, granted the likeliness of him picking up varies. Umm, texting though. That might work out."

Twilight walked over to Sunset's desk where she placed the piece of paper. She looked back at Sunset. "And uh by the way. Clean your room." She closed the door behind her. Leaving Sunset alone.

Sunset got out of her bed slowly. Walking over to her desk where she picked up the piece of paper. She bit her lip as a anxious expression formed on her face.

Flash's mouth hung open. He stood in an alleyway. Right between two apartments. He was confused. He pressed his earpiece, speaking into the microphone. "Uhh...yo?"

There was some static for a moment. Just before Firestar responded.

"Yo. What sup?"

"Uhh eyeah. Uhh the place you sent me too turns out to be an alleyway. Where's the School or whatever?"

Flash heard Firestar giggle a little.

"Oh maybe I should've been more clear about where the place is."

Flash. Because he was in a foreign area. Got a bit anxious . Widening his eyes. "You didn't send me to the wrong place did you?"

Firestar laughed. Clearly sensing it.

"No, No. If I did it'd be funny but-but no. There should be a railing to your left, right?"

Flash turned his head. Taking off his glasses to get a better view of things. He saw a silver railing coming out of the wall. His shoulders dropped. "How did I miss that?"

"Y'know. Scientist say Arachnaids aren't exactly known for their eyesight."

"Okay you know what screw you too."

Firestar chuckled.

"Right. Anyway just walk around them and you should find a set of stairs leading to a room beneath those apartments. From what I remember, he has night classes that usually end before midnight. So you should be fine."

Flash sighed. "Man when you said Dojo, I kind of envisioned something else."

"Well life isn't always a movie either. Now get going. If something bad happens, I'll let you know. For now just take out earpiece for now so you don't look suspicious. Oh and whatever you do, don't say you're real name. Try and give yourself a fake identity. This guy's kinda close with my Mom's and...well I guess you get the rest. Kay good luck."

Flash's shoulders dropped. He scratched the back of his head and sighed. "Well isn't that a shocker. I gotta hide my identity." He put his glasses on and approached the railings.

Flash walked around the railings and surprise, surprise. A small set of stairs leading to a door in what looked like a lobby. Nothing too exquisite. A line of plastic chairs, some beige floral wallpaper and a wall mounted coat rack. Flash sighed in relief. "Well it's not an underground club or anything so that's a good sign." Upon entering the place. He could hear what sounded like a sensei instructing his students. "Yup this is definitely the place."

Flash took his hat off and set it on the rack. He walked towards the only other room. The Dojo itself. Upon entering, the place was a lot bigger than Flash would've thought it out to be. It was just a wide and narrow room with place mats. One set on both sides of the room. All being parallel to one another.

On those placemats were students, people all as old as Flash. If not just a little older. They were reciprocating exactly what their sensei was doing. The Sensei himself, he was a tall and well built guy. He had black hair and a long goatee. Doing drills with his class.

Flash didn't know how to really approach this. He'd already been standing there for a few seconds. "Wait should I like approach him or something? Or do I wait here. Dam--Wait what am I supposed to do? Umm..." Flash decided to just lean on the doorway. Moving slowly and awkwardly until his arm leaned on it.

As soon as the Sensei turned his head. His gaze met Flash. This caused him to freeze in place as Flash's presence was a little bit of a surprise. Instead of finishing the action he was going to do. He paused the session. So he addressed the class.

"やめる (Stop.)"

It confused the whole class. They looked into the same direction the Sensei was looking at. In other words, all the eyes were on Flash and he quickly noticed. It dawned on him that he had to say something whether he liked it or not. So he did, but his voice cracked. "Hi--HI! Hi...Hi."

Already a sheepish smile grew on his face. If it weren't for the glasses covering his eyes, the whole class would've seen his nervous look.

The Sensei approached Flash. Stopping a few feet away from Flash and crossing his arms. Speaking sternly with an accent to his voice, "And you are?"

Flash took a deep breath. In his head he was trying to think of something clever and non generic. "Uhh, my name is....John..knee. Johnny, My name is Johnny O'Conner." A confident grin crept on his face, trying to discard that slight struggle he'd just have.

The man rose an eyebrow at Flash. "Okay. What brings you here?"

"Well uh....I heard from a uh...book! Yeah a uh book that you taught some different styles of Martial Arts." Flash ran that

"So, you heard about this place from some...book?"

Flash's eyes widened. Getting a bit anxious. "Uh-DumUh Yessssss?" He shrugged. Feeling unsure of his own response.

The Sensei smirked chuckled and nodded. "Okay then."

Flash sighed in relief. "Well I think I made a... great impression."

The Sensei bowed. "I am Akira. But if you it is learning you have come here to seek. Then see to it that you shall address me as Akira-Sensei."

Flash nodded. For the first time since he arrived, he had a confident demeanor. "Okay, Akira Sensei."

Akira tilted his head up. His smile had faded away. He was in deep thought, analyzing the person in front of him. "Though I feel it to be rude of me. Why is it that you want to take up Martial Arts?"

Flash's eyes widened a little. That confident demeanor practically faded. The reason, he hadn't even formulated a good excuse. No less expecting that question. "Umm....Pffffffttttt--I thought it could be useful to learn a style of Martial Arts. As a means of self defense.."

Akira sighed. "And that is the term of emphasis young man. 'Self Defense'. A term that many have forgotten. And with that forgetfulness, lead to many, many consequences. Some that somehow I find myself responsible for." He put his hand on Flash's shoulder. "If it is my teachings you want to commit yourself to. Then you must remember. You do this for Self Defense. No more, no less. The tools you acquire are not used to cause havoc or to escalate discord. do you understand me?"

Flash let those words sink in. He now realized that excuse he just said. To him it felt no different to lying to his Dad about the whole Wrestling thing. Because in reality, the only reason he's doing this is to beat Serpent. But at the same time, Firestar wants him to do this. So he could possibly put up a better fight and take Serpent Down. So he nodded. "Yes, I understand."

Akira smiled. "Then you are now officially my student. But what is it you want to learn from me?"

Flash took a deep breath. Standing up straight. "Taekwondo."

Akria's eyes widened a little. He put his hand under his hairy chin. "Taekwondo. That is an interesting one. One that requires some intricate reaction time and movement. Do you fall under that category?"

Flash nodded and responded quickly. "Yes."

Akira raised an eyebrow. It wasn't out of the ordinary that he chose it. He turned around to look at the class he was currently teaching. He looked at each student. Eventually he found a student he thought would be perfect. He pointed at him. Speaking rather sternly.

"ここ春樹! (Haruki here!)"

A student, the same age of Flash. Like the rest of the class, wore a blue training gi. He was a little shorter than Flash but he was also a pretty skilled student.

Akria then glanced at Flash. Gesturing at him to stand in front of The student Using the same stern demeanor. "Johnny Here!"

Flash was a bit taken back by his tone. But he obeyed. Stuffing his hands in his pockets and casually walking over. He stood in front of Haruki. Not really knowing what to do, he rose his hand up. "Uhhh.....Hey." Haruki stood silent. Staring intensely at Flash and not as much replying to him. Flash's smile somewhat faded away. "Or not...."

Akira stood in between both of them. Without giving any further instruction. He put up three fingers and began to count down.
三

二

一

"行け! (GO!)"

Haruki in an instant, charged at Flash. Going immediately for a kinfehand for Flash's gut. Flash's eyes widened behind his glasses. He let out a "Woah!" Before pivoting to the left and dodging the strike. Flash's shoulders rose a little as he was put in a very tough situation.

"Wait I have to fight this guy!?"

Haruki also pivoted. Clenching his fist and going at Flash again. Flash again dodged, avoiding the jab to his face. While still freakin' out a little.

"I can't actually hurt this guy. That goes against everything I believe in."

Haruki narrowed his eyes at Flash as he would not stay still. So he decided to go all out. Going at Flash with a chain of punches and kicks. Flash let out another brief scream. Bracing himself.

He was dodging as much as he can. Ducking and pivoting mostly. He was much too scared to actually physically touch the student.

"Well I mean I fought Curly Winds when I thought my powers suddenly resurged. That's when, midway through it all his eyes narrowed at the thought. "Wait he had that coming! I was not about to let his comments about Mom slide."

He got a little angry by the thought. So much so that when his Spider-Sense went off due to the oncoming barrage of strikes. He ended up catching Haruki's hand and grasped it firmly. A little too firmly. It kind of surprised everyone, including Akira Sensei.

It wasn't until that he heard Haruki yelp that Flash snapped back into reality. His eyes widened as he looked to what he had grabbed a hold of. He almost immediately let go, took a step back and began apologizing. "Oh my god. Dude I am so sorry."

Haruki rubbed his hand. Glaring at Flash, getting ready to strike back. That was until Akira Sensei stopped them. "さて、それで十分です! (Okay, that's enough!)"

The two glanced at the Teacher. He put both his hands behind his back. Walking over to Flash. "Okay, you're not exactly a work of art. But you aren't very lousy. I think with a little steering in the right direction. You can make some good progress."

"So you'll teach me?"

Akira Sensei nodded. "Yes."

"When?" Flash asked

Akira Sensei stroked his chin. Looking at Flash's posture. He turned and looked away from Flash. "5:00 in the Morning sharp."

Flash's shoulders dropped. "5:00?! In the Morning!?"

"Discipline plays a huge factor in learning." He glanced at Flash with a smirk. "Have you not ever attended school before? We all must leave the comfort of our bed at an early time so we have better focus on what we are doing."

Flash, would've argued otherwise. Being the lazy couch potato he was, he didn't want to actually wake up practically before Dawn. Even if it were for one day out of his summer. Sleeping was just so very, very valuable to him. But, he agreed to do this. So he felt he had to brace for whatever is necessary to make it work.

He sighed. "You know--Fine. Just fine, I'll be here at 5 AM sharp." He started for the exit. Stuffing his hands in his pockets. "Man this is gonna blow so hard!"

Firestar sat in her chair. Going through her phone as nothing on the drone's camera feed had picked up anything of relevance.

But then, out of nowhere. She heard a knock at her window.

*Knock, Knock*

The noise alone made her jump from out of her seat. Glancing over she saw Flash who at that point had already looked like he was about to burst out laughing. Her eyes narrowed on the boy. She walked over to the window and opened it. Giving Flash one of the most nicest greetings she'd ever have.

"You scared the CRAP out of me!"

Flash laughed upon entering the room. Putting his hand on Firetsar's shoulder for a brief moment before she pushed it away in a fit of annoyance.

He shrugged. "Well I do like making dramatic entrances."

Firestar sighed upon Flash striking one of her annoyance chords. She got straight to business. "So how'd it go."

Flash took the glasses and hat off. Putting away all the Walkie Talkie stuff as well. Then responding. "Great, I have to wake up at 5 every morning though. But Great, I think I made a pretty good impression. But I also interrupted his class. And sparred with some guy."

Firestar smiled at the news. "Well. That's a step in the right direction. I mean think about it. If you haves classes at 5 then you can basically sneak out without a sweat."

"Yeah....I guess losing valuable sleeping time is worth this." Flash looked over at Firestar's laptop. "Say what about crime alley?"

Firestar sighed. "Nothing of interest. I'm getting the drone back here for a full charge. Then maybe we could see if anything happens tommorow."

"Alright."

"Say, you have Money on your right. Y'know I mean like Yen."

Flash sighed and gave Firestar a smirk. "Well whether I like it or not, why?"

"Just in case. A little advice about sneaking out: Always have some cash on you, it might prove useful later."

Flash shrugged. "Alright. He started for the door. "Well I better hit the hay. Uh good luck with the drone and all that."

Flash saw her nod before he walked out on her. Entering the hallway, it was clear that his Aunts were still up. But lucky for him, they weren't even near the room to hear the conversation. He entered his room and closed the door shut.

"Alright, I guess I'm doing this now. Have my cousin help me with this whole case and take martial arts classes to make myself better. Man this is so not what I had in mind when it came to vacation."

He took his jacket off and dropped it on the ground. Lying on the bed he took his phone out to go set an alarm. But it was upon doing that, he found out that he had been getting some texts. His eyes widened at the person who was sending them.

"Sunset Shimmer?"