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

"Flash."

Flash slowly blinked his eyes opened. Confused of what's going on.

"Huh?"

He sat up and looked to his right to see his Aunt Thunderstar standing right beside his bed while giggling a little, shooting her a confused look."

"You know just because your on vacation doesn't mean were gonna let you sleep in all day." Thunderstar chuckled, "Now come on, breakfast is ready."

She walked out of the room. Leaving Flash sitting on his bed. He rubbed his head, still dazed.

"D-Did I fall asleep?" He looked at the clock hanging on the wall, the hour hand on the nine and the minute hand on 3 while the second clock kept rotating. In other words it was nine-thirty.

Flash looked at himself. To his relief he was wearing ordinary clothes, a white air Jordan shirt and black shorts. But that's when the less, more unsettling realization came to him. He had just dressed up as a Canterlot Vigilante in Tokyo, stopping a robbery which has probably already been named the news of the whole day.

Flash facepalmed himself, "Stupid, Stupid, Stupid. That is me right now." He got off his bed and started for the door, "Let's just hope that never happens again."

He walked down the stairs. Making it to the living room. The television was on, and what was being played on it caught Flash by surprise. A news anchor commentating about that exact robbery with Spider-Man's picture in the top left.

His eyes widened. "CRAP!" No one was sitting around so he acted quickly. Swiftly walking over to the couch, he grabbed the remote and quickly pushed three number buttons. He let out a sigh of relief.

The channel now playing was a show about a blue earless robotic cat from the future. Or at least, how Flash remembered it to be. He arched an eyebrow, watching what was going on in front of him. "Man, this is even more bad ass than I remembered it to be!"

He walked away and into the kitchen. Walking inside, his jaw dropped to see the meal bestowed upon him. Everyone at the table noticed and coukdn't help but chuckle and giggle.

"You like it?" Asked Thunderstar, "It's Steamed Rice with Natto , Miso Soup and some fried pork."

Flash pulled up a chair and sat right in front if his meal, dumbfounded for a moment. "When did you find the time to do all of this? How did you find time to do all of this?"

Thunderstar gave him smug look, "Flash, me and your Mother have skills that require years of practice, precision and.....some stress here and there but mostly just practice!"

Flash scratched the back of his head and simply chuckled, "Gosh, some cereal could've cut it. You didn't have to go all out."

Spark swallowed some soup and turned her head at Flash, "Flash, you may have forgotten this about your Aunt, but cereal doesn't cut it for her."

Flash shrugged "If you say so." He began to dig in and eat the first Japanese breakfast he'd have in a long time.

"So. Today I thought we could spend the whole day in the city." Said Thunderstar. "I mean Flash has been here for ages and I think it would be an even great way to help him get comfy here. What do you think Flash?"

Flash stopped eating for a moment. His eyes widened almost immediately after hearing her plan. He was on edge after the whole Bank incident. But if he said no then and there, he might come off as rude. Along with that half of him wanted to go to the city again and check it out. So he hesitantly agreed. "Uhhh.....Yeah? Sure!"

Meanwhile in his head, "OH MY GOD FLASH! WHAT HAVE YOU JUST AGREED TOO! MAN I JUST HAD TO BE SPIDER-MAN THIS MORNING DIDN'T I?"

"When do you want to go?" Asked Spark.

"Half Past Ten. I got a few placed in mind."

As the adults were talking, Snowstorm approached Flash. Tugging on his shirt a little and catching his attention.

"What is it Snowstorm?"

She smiled and giggled, "Do you think we can play tea time?"

Flash smirked and found himself chuckling. He shrugged, "Sure. But let me finish breakfast okay?"

Flash had done many things in his life. Fight a 'deranged Goblin', an even more mentally messed up 'Electric Man', heck he's even been through a breakup with the girl of his dreams. But this, this was a new level of adversity!

Snowstorm pretended to pour some tea into a cup, "Would you like some more tea Princess?"

Flash meanwhile had a less than enthusiastic face and held a tea cup and had a tiara on his head and a tutu on his waist. He sat criss crossed, he replied to Snowstorm with forced enthusiasm "Oh I'd looove more tea Queen Snowstorm. That'd be absolutely pleasant of you."

Meanwhile, Firestar who had been forced to play was having the time of her life. Also wearing a tiara and laughing at Flash's expense. "HAHAHAHAHA! I-I-I Can't right now!"

That's right, the newest level of adversity he faced was pretending to be a princess while drinking 'air tea'. "How did I end up in this situation!"

The laughing from Firestar got louder and louder. So loud, Flash eventually had to budge in, glaring at Firestar "Oh whatever! At least I'm taking this like a man! Alright I--" He was interrupted, not by Firestar or Snowstorm. But his phone. He got an incoming call from Sandalwood.

So he answered, "Ey What's Good Sandalwood?"

"Not Much Dude, Not Du--Why are you wearing a Tiara?"

Flash shrugged, "Uhh...I'm kinda stuck in an intense game of Tea Time."

"Oh. That's....well I can't say I haven't done that in my life. Anyway, how's Tokyo been for you?"

"I don't know man. This place is kinda cool. I think I might overstay my visit and never return."

Sandalwood chuckled and rolled his eyes, sensing dorky sarcasm.

"How long did it take you to come up with that one?"

Flash chuckled, "I'm here all week. Well all month" Then he noticed something, he noticed some a kitchen in the background. It was a place Flash had never seen before, "Uh hey. I might be having Jet Lag or something but are you at someone's place or something?"

Sandalwood smirked,

"Ohhhh. You must be talking about the new crib. Yeah, see Fluttershy's friend Rarity bought this huge condo in uptown for all of us to live in. It's sick, I mean I gotta pay rent and all that to Rarity but this place is awesome!"

Flash's eyes widened, he remembered having a conversation with Sunset Shimmer about Rarity looking for a place in the city. "Uh, say Sandalwood if you don't mind me asking, who else lives there?"

"Well.... There's Me, Soarin, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Twilight and uh, oh...well you know who."

Flash let out a dry laugh, "Yeah how could I forgot.

"Sorry man. I didn't mean to bring it up."

"It's fine. I mean we at least somewhat talked before I left."

Sandalwood stroked his chin for a moment, he knew that it'd been really awkward between Flash and Sunset over the few months. But then an idea popped up in his head,

"Wait, I got something!"

Flash arched an eyebrow, "What?"

Without any hesitation, Sandalwood turned his head from the camera and screamed for Sunset Shimmer's name,

"YO SUNSET! CAN YOU COME OVER HERE?"

Flash's eyes widened, "Wait WHAT!? SANDALWOOD NO!"

But it was too late, he heard a very familiar female voice say, 'what is it?' and that was when he realized, he was f***ed. Flash facepalmed as this was not good, "Oh no."

The Phone was handed over to Flash's ex Sunset Shimmer of all people. Hearing Sandalwood say, 'Can you keep him some company, I gotta go do something real quick.'

As soon as Sunset turned to look at who Sandalwood was video chatting her eyes also widened as she was staring at her ex. Heck even though Firestar and Snowstorm weren't even a part of the conversation, they could sense the awkwardness in the air.

"Uh...Sunset." Flash nodded.

She nodded back,

"Flash."

What made things even more awkward was the fact that the last time they'd even speak to each other, Sunset was crying over another breakup and she called Flash of all people for comfort. But after that call got cut short due to some, 'shocking circumstances' the two just kept their distance from each other.

"Sooo uhhh, what's with the Tiara?"

"Well uh, I'm in a game of Tea time." The sounds of snickering began to come out of Sunset. Flash's eyebrows furrowed and he quickly responded, "Alright well if that's all you gotta say I might as well end this call--"

"Flash, Flash, Flash wait, wait! Come on, I'm not gonna do you like that."

"Well, that's more like it." He took the tiara off. "So Sandalwood tells me that y'all live in a packed place now."

"Well I wouldn't call it packed. It's kinda really spacious. Anyway, So Sandalwood tells me you're in Tokyo."

"Yeah, I mean I'm pretty sure I have Jet Lag or something. Other than that I'm kinda tempted to stay here forever."

Sunset chuckled,

"So what you're just gonna abandon ESU?"

Flash, "Maybe."

There was another wave of silence again. At this point Firestar wanted some popcorn because this was kind of interesting to watch. Meanwhile, Snowstorm wanted to continue there very intense game of tea time. So without hesitation, she approached Flash and tugged on his shoulder.

"Cousin Flash!" She pouted, "Tea Time."

Flash looked back at Snowstorm and patted her head and smiled, "In a minute Snowstorm."

Sunset arched an eyebrow, looking genuinely confused

"Who's Snowstorm?"

Flash's eyes widened for a moment, he almost forgot he was talking to Sunset. But then realizing that he could possibly get a hilarious reaction out of Sunset. He looked back at Snowstorm and gestured for her to come closer. He moved the camera so it show her face and not his.

"Sunset....this is my four year old cousin, Snowstorm."

There was another wave of silence in the room for a moment. But it wasn't out of awkwardness. Sunset's eyes lit up and a big smile began to form across her face.

Meanwhile, Flash was counting down in his head, waiting for 'the reaction' "3,2,1"

"Awwwwoohhh! She's SO CUTE! Hi there you! My Name's Sunset Shimmer, uhh you're cousin's friend. Can you tell me a little a bit about yourself"

Though she couldn't see it, Flash found himself smirking and blushing a little from hearing Sunset's coos.

Meanwhile, Snowstorm looked up at Flash and noticed his 'lovestruck' like look. Putting two and two together, she looked back at Sunset and asked her one of the most personal questions ever with the biggest most innocent smile ever, "Are you Flash's kissy, kissy friend?"

Both Flash's and Sunset's eyes widened as big as they'd ever been before. There faces both became completely red, crimson in fact. Flash quickly lifted the phone back to his face, still more flustered than ever.

"UhH! So Sunset, uh I actually have to go if you uh don't mind."

Sunset almost matched Flash's embarrassment,

"WELI uh that's okay yeah. I, pfft, I have to-to go do some stuff anyway. Uhh see ya!"

Both simultaneously ended the call. Flash immediately let out one of the most heaviest sighs ever. Meanwhile, Firestar broke out into laughter and began teasing Flash on what she just witnessed.

"Pfffft, HAHAHAHAHAA! Oh Man. I've never seen something so GOD DAMN FUNNY!"

Flash's eyes narrowed on Firestar, "Hey! I---You! Have you ever even had to talk to an ex before?"

Firestar wiped a tear off her eye, but still continuously laughing, "No, because I've never dated anyone before."

Flash was about to reply, when he realized that was kind of a good point. He crossed his arms and pouted, "You know what. Touché Firestar, Touché."

Sunset placed Sandalwood's phone on the coffee table right in front of her. As soon as she got that over with, she let out a deep sigh herself and got onto her knees. Completely sunk her head into the cushion of the couch. Letting out all her annoyance in one muffled scream.

"DAAAMMIT!"

Twilight unlocked the entrance of the home. Walking inside and closing the door, locking it. As soon as she walked in, she noticed Sunset almost immediately. Looking as if she was crying or something. She took her jacket off and walked over to Sunset, "Sunset? What happened?"

Sunset had a muffled reply, "I just went through the most awkward experience in my life."

Twilight let out a relieved sigh. She didn't sound like she was crying but sounded more blunt. But still, she continued, "And that would be?"

Sunset turned her head and looked at Twi, "Talking to Flash Sentry."

Twilight's eyes widened behind her glasses, "Oh. Wait, didn't Sandalwood say Flash was overseas? How did you get into contact with him?"

"Well there's your answer." said Sunset, "Sandalwood was talking to him in a video chat. Then for some reason, 'sticks for brains' decided to have me keep him company while he 'had to do something real quick.'"

"Sunset, come on. That's Fluttershy's boyfriend."

Sunset stood up straight and massaged the bridges of her nose, "Yeah. You're right and all. But when your Ex's best friend decides to have you talk to said Ex sooner than you expected. I think it's fair to be a bit agitated."

Both Twilight and Sunset sat down on the couch. "Well....did you make any progress with Flash. You know like, talking the way you two used to?"

"Well a little bit. It was going a little well, but then Flash introduced me to his little cousin or something. That's when she asked me in the most innocent voice, 'Are you Flash's Kissy, Kissy Friend?'" Twilight snickered almost immediately. A smirk basically slapped itself onto Twilights face, as she was trying to hold back her laughter. Sunset saw this and narrowed her eyes on Twilight, "Oh why don't you just laugh it up will ya?"

And Twilight did just that, bursting out in laughter. Falling back, her head hit the arm of the couch but she was too busy laughing to almost recognize it.

Sunset got even more mad, yelling at Twilight, "I WAS KIDDING DAMMIT!"

Twilight's laughter went on for a few more seconds. She got back up, rubbing her head a little. She put her hand on Sunset's shoulder, "Okay. Okay, it's not something to be ashamed of. Kids can be oblivious but they don't mean any harm do they?"

"WEL-- No. But it killed both are moods. I mean I felt like steam was blowing out of my ears. And don't even get me started on Flash, he was the most redest I've ever seen."

"Well, that makes two of you then." Twilight giggled, "But...….you do want to be Flash's 'kissy, kissy' friend again though, don't you?"

Sunset felt herself reaching her boiling point. "TWILIGHT! I SWEAR TO GOD!"

That's when Rarity and Applejack walked into the living room.

"What's all the commotion about y'all?" asked Applejack.

Sunset's eyes widened. More people coming into the situation wasn't exactly what she'd ordered. But Twilight meanwhile, found her smugly looking at Sunset before turning to Rarity and Applejack. She got off the couch and walked over to them.

"You guys will never believe what Sunset was doing."

Sunset clench her teeth, "She....Wouldn't!"

……….

Both Rarity and Applejack burst into laughter after hearing what Twilight had to say about the ongoing Flash-Sunset incident.

Sunset had already been growing inside by that point. So without a second thought, she let it all out.

"TWILGIHT!"

"FIRESTAR!"

Meanwhile, Flash was just as livid. They were all about to leave to go into the city, that's when Firestar just had to tell her parents about what happened and much to no one's surprise. They were laughing at Flash's expense, heck even Snowstorm was laughing at Flash's expense. "HOW COULD YOU TELL THEM THIS!"

Between all their laughs, Firestar tried to form a sentence, "I-I-I'm Sorry Flash but I--" She lost it however, not being able to go less than ten seconds without laughing.

Flash felt his blood boiling. He hadn't been this mad since the Green Goblin incident. But another side of him was completely embarrassed.

Spark got a hold of herself. She put her hand on his shoulder and looked up at him, "Flash come on. Lighten up just a bit."

"Have you ever been in this type of situation?!" Flash scowled.

Spark chuckled, "No. Not really."

An angered grunt escaped Flash's mouth as his teeth were gritted.

Spark chuckled even more, "Flash. Family are aloud to pull on each other's legs sometimes. As long as it stays with the family." Flash's angered look let up, instead it turned skeptical. In-turn, he also crossed his arms.

"Flash it's not something you should be ashamed of." said Thunderstar, "Look if it makes you feel any better, I wasn't so good at dating either when I started out. Neither was Sabrina. But hey, if it runs in our genes then surely you'll find that someone. Right?"

Flash's skeptical face became more of a confused one. He thought about it for a moment, shrugging he nodded. "Uhh, I mean I gues--"

"Good!" Thunderstar smiled, "Now that we've resolved that. Firestar dear cut your cousin a little slack. And Snowstorm dear, try and not to embarrass the young adults. They're sensitive." Flash was a bit taken back by that claim, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Thunderstar quickly interjected, "Now come on everyone, let's get a move on! Were all already a few minutes behind."

Thunderstar picked up Snowstorm and rushed everyone else out the door. Slamming the entrance behind her and locking it.

…….