Chapter 5: 5 MIDTOWN HIGH AND CURSES
[Midtown High, Queens NYC]
---Mc's POV---
'Hello, my name is Akira Hayama - nice to meet you all..' I say with confidence. I can already feel quite a few gazes, some envious stares - mostly due to the attention I was receiving- some lustful from mostly girls but also some from... THE MEN?! I'm sorry but I don't swing that way, only for the homies...
There were also some surprised individuals as if something about me shocked, they mostly came from key characters. Interesting... it seems my presence changed quite a few things.
'I'm sorry Akira but before you continue, Peter please sit down ,'
'y-eah hahaha sorry Sir,'
'Now then... please continue Akira,'
'Ok... my name's Akira Hayama, I recently moved here from Japan and currently own a restaurant just east of here by the name of TGI Mondays if you could please give some support I would be grateful - not to brag but I'm a pretty good cook,' I say chuckling, shamelessly shouting out my restaurant. What? I need some patronage (cash), I can't move up the fast food restaurant chain without some dough, 'My hobbies are cooking, exercising and reading, any questions?' I see a very key person raise there had.
'What is that purple energy surrounding you,' MJ askes to the bewilderment of her class. So the Mary J- no the Michelle Jones of this universe has potential to be a jujustu sorcerer - a very strong one at that. I can see it - the strong talent she has for cursed energy is quite high maybe even around Yuta Okkotsu's level, just from the fact she can see tight CE around me is proof of that.
What is even more interesting is the fact that even our snobby rich kid, Flash Thompson and our favourite arachnid themed hero also have potential, granted not as good as MJ, but just enough to sense, see and exorcise curses if given the correct guidance.
'What do you mean miss...' I ask inquiring even though I already know the answer.
'Michelle... I am asking why I can see a energy around you,' she says, the class looks at her even more weirdly thinking she's on some drugs
'I do not know what you mean though,' I say nonchalantly, grinning on the inside.
'Michelle, that is enough, please apologise to Akira and see in my office after school,' hehe the teacher probably thinks she's on drugs.
'I apologise,' she replies quick and simply and sits down, avoiding the gaze of her classmates. I never really got her personality all too well from the movies so it'll be difficult to communicate with her later on.
'So do you have anymore questions you want to ask?' I questioned the class with a grin, trying to get rid of the awkward atmosphere that had managed to wash over the room.
'yeah I have one!' a brown haired boy with his hand raised shouted out, 'Hey, the name's Alex, I wanted ask what food you serve at your restaurant.'
'~Eh? But telling you that now. Wouldn't that ruin the surprise though~,' I said watching the questioner's and my classmates' expressions morph into dumbfounded and curious ones, 'I guess you'll just have to find out when you get there.' they thought they could get the krabby patty secret formula so early in the game? They must think I'm a chump.
'But I can tell you this - you can expect nothing but the best from our restaurant,' I said flashing my most charming business smile.
And my classmates well.. lets jut say they feel hook line and sinker and not to brag but I saw quite a few love eyes from the corner of my eyes when I was assigned my seat. So my dream of bagging some hot cheerleader girls is not as far as I thought - TAKE THAT GOD!
After a couple more minutes of questions like what life in Japan was like or if I could speak fluently in Japanese or how I learnt how to cook etc, Mr Harrington ended the interrogation.
'Akira, please take a seat in the middle next to Ned and Peter,' Mr Harrington said while both of the two raised their hands to signify who they are, 'These two will help show you around and get to know the place,'
'Yes, thank you for your help,' I say as I sat down next to Ned and Peter, ' Hey, nice too meet you.'
'Likewise,' Peter said, he was clearly on edge especially with this close contact between us adding onto the effect.
'Yeah, hey you look like cool dude so I hope we get along,' Ned says, while grinning.
'Me too,' I say waiting for the bell to ring as Mr Harrington drones on about upcoming school events in the year.
[Ring] Finally, the bell bailed me out very nicely. I stand up and wait for Peter and Ned to come...
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---Ned's POV---
'So that's the science block over there where the labs are...' I said pointing to the labs. Currently I was directing the new kid, Akira , where everything was. And I have to hand it to myself, I was doing a pretty good job and I could tell that my efforts... were not going unrewarded.
The amount of attention I was getting especially from the ladies was - let's just say a lot. I knew they would come to realise my charm. Look out Midtown High, we got a new prom king coming.
'Ned!' Akira said snapping me out of my thoughts,' *AHEM* I was curious if you and Peter would like to come to my restaurant today as I know no matter how much you boast of your skills one of the key factors is seeing is believing well rather in this case - tasting is believing.'
'...Sure, as long as I'm back by 6:00 so my Nana doesn't worry, I can g-,' I tried to say but I was shortly disrupted.
'-but Ned I thought we were building that ego deathstar of yours, this evening at my place,' Pete interrupts.
'...But you've been avoiding building the deathstar all week like a plague, what gives?' I say. Pete's been acting very restless ever since Akira stepped through the door, do they know each other or something?
'A-ah I forgot to tell you today that Aunt May said it's cool,' he really sucks at lying but I'll go along with it, there must be a reason, right?
'hmmm...ok. Sorry Akira, maybe tomorrow or something?' I say
'Sure, come along anytime, you're always welcome,' Akira says waving his hand as he turns around going to his lesson. And when he was out of earshot I asked Pete,
'Do you guys know each other or something?'
'N-not at all, I just get this weird feeling around him that puts me on edge,' Yeah I can see that.
'Pete, you know what your Aunt says,'
'Yeah don't judge people so quickly without getting to know them I know but I cant just shake that feeling,'
'Fine,' I sighed,' Anyway were you serious about the Lego death star cause seriously I need help.'
'haha look at the time, don't want to be late for English - and you know how cranky Mrs Williams gets,' he says running off nervously.
THIS GUY
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---Mc's POV---
{6 hours later}
The rest of day continued at a excruciatingly boring rate but one thig that did interest me was the fact that I got one little stalker. A stalker trying to figure out my secret.
MJ was secretly following me similar to what she did in Far from Home for Peter. I could feel her prying eyes halfway across the canteen boring into the back of my head even as I left. It was mildly weirding experience for me but not one that I couldn't adapt since there was no negative intent I decided it would be best to face it head on.
I walked down alleyway where the mouse then fell into my perfectly et up trap (it was not) and cornered her.
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---MJ POV---
*I never really got her whole personality from the movie but I'm going to try here*
It all started 2 weeks when I was sitting in my room listening to music, when a migraine suddenly attacked my mind and from it came my very useless power to see monsters and mildly enhance my strength
Out of the whole superpower fortune cookies or whatever I got the worst one. I couldn't even interact with them and they're mostly just mindless animals at most points. And seriously one thing they all have in common is that they're all so disgusting as heck.
I found one in my room in the middle of the night, it was shaped like a chameleon with wings attached onto its back and it had a tongue rolled out but to make it even worse it had bug like eyes.
I swear whoever gave me the power to see these eldritch monstrosities, I'm gonna kill them.
And in my act of frustration, I punched it without thinking and with this my hand erupted in a red energy connecting with the monster's grotesque face I had never been so shocked in my life, I thought watched as the chameo-insect thingy was slammed against the wall.
The creature dispersed into ash before withering away and the energy stayed on my arm for quite a while before flaking and also disappearing. When I tell you my jaw dropped, I'm not kidding at all.
I now know that this energy is emitted though negative emotions so thanks to my never ending curiosity I studied it. And I am not going to lie, I may have ran over fifty tests on how to control it and put myself through literal hell.
I exposed myself to the most horrid stuff the internet could provide: bad movies, cringey videos, disgusting pranks, Big Bang Theory and the sorts.
And I finally managed to full body coat myself in this negative energy- NE for short- it gave me a boot in all abilities whether it be strength, speed, durability perception, agility and stamina.
What I had come to realise is the fact I had a lot of this supposed NE, so much of it that it never ran out so I was on an all time high with these boosts and I believed my life could continue relatively normal aside from the occasional negative being extermination from around my house-NB for short- but then came the day...
Akira Hayama... as soon as he came, I felt like a lamb under a shepherd - ready to obey its leader as a loyal follower. I felt a natural suppression along with that overflowing purple energy of his, I knew with certainiy that he was like me - a NE user. I asked him about it during class but he acted clueless, I know he's playing dumb so I followed after school to find out more but that was when...
*CLIFFHANGER-KUN STRIKES AGAIN*
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