5 Meeting a redhead

Finally, after a whole decade since my powers awoke, my Zanpakuto woke up. Unlike what I always saw in the Bleach series, when I entered my inner world, I did not meet the spirit of my Zanpakuto. The only thing I found was Shiki Tohno. When my training with Tohno ended, he was replaced by Uchiha Itachi. And when my training with Itachi concluded, it was Yamamoto's turn. I know that when my training with the old monster is over, it will be his time to go. But at no time has the supposed spirit of my Zanpakuto ever shown itself. This has been a matter of concern for me from the moment I first entered my inner world. Now that my Zanpakuto has awakened, I instinctively know the reason for this.

If what I understand is correct, Ryūjin Jakka is the spirit born of Yamamoto, and although I gained the powers from him, this does not mean they behave exactly the same way. In other words, I gained the power of the zanpakuto without the need for the spirit; the same goes for my inner hollow, it doesn't exist, but the powers are present. Speaking of my zanpakuto, its abilities are exactly those of Ryūjin Jakka, even the release command is the same, the only difference being in the intensity of the flames and their scent. According to the old man, it is probably due to the affinity that my body has with fire. If the old man says it must be so, his wisdom is not something to be underestimated.

I remember when I asked him about the Shunko, just out of curiosity, he told me that he could help me develop it if I wished; when I asked him if he knew the technique, he told me that he did not, but that he had seen it in action and that it was not as difficult as it seemed. It was not difficult, now I laugh to think how I believed him at that time. When we started developing the technique, it only took the old man four days to develop it and two more days to master it. I still cannot keep the technique active for more than fifteen minutes and it has already been a year since then.

Now that I think about it, the time I spent with Tohno wasn't much. Itachi and I had very different points of view regarding everything that happened in his world, and even a little bit in the way we faced life. So, in a certain way, their games didn't affect me; at most, I considered them acquaintances for whom I am very grateful. However, with the old monster it's different. I guess even with his strict way of acting, I've come to see him as a kind of grandfather, a somewhat cantankerous grandfather. Luckily, it will be some time before he gets the bankai.

Later on, [MONTHS LATER].

I'm heading over to Peter's house to see how he and his aunt are doing. Apparently, business is the only thing that seems to be on the right track in the past few months; the rest has been a lot of difficult things to deal with. First, Jessica woke up from her coma, which would have been wonderful if it weren't for the news that her entire family had died and now she had no one. It was devastating, and it was super hard trying to cheer her up for a long time. She even tried to have sex with me on one occasion. For a moment, I felt in danger of being raped - the girl has somehow gained superhuman powers, strength, durability, stamina, speed, agility, and regeneration.

The only funny thing about that occasion was her face when she saw me dominate her with ease. Her strength allows her to lift a little over a ton, I can lift up to 15 without any problem, and if I give it my all, I can lift up to 20. After that day, she started to calm down and try to move forward after I assured her that I would always be there for her. By the way, now as an orphan, she is living in the same foster home as me. Helen knew that she was important to me, so she asked for temporary custody of her.

Flashback!

"Jessica calmed down, and I thought about what you were doing. You're still very young," she told Aegon after he climbed on top of her and told her that he wanted to have sex with her.

"Don't come to me with that," she said. "Besides, we're the same age. And why not? We don't have anyone to tell us what to do, we're alone." It was obvious to Aegon that the girl was still very affected by everything that had happened.

"Jessica, you are not alone, you have me," I said as I caressed the girl and she stood up, surprised that she was aware that I was exerting an enormous amount of force on Aegon to prevent her from escaping him.

"What do you mean by 'how'?"

"What, did you think you were the only one with a little more strength than the rest?"

Did you know?

"Yes, there are many topics to discuss."

[END FLASHBACK]

With Jessica rejoining her life again, it seemed that everything would return to normal. The only problem now was with the girls who were engaged in a kind of cold war between them to see who would stay with me. When God said that he would give me a hand with forming a harem, I thought that he would make them accept each other without problems and form a kind of brotherhood. However, so far none of them seem to agree with sharing, and they nearly crucified me when I suggested it.

Just when it seemed like a teen drama, more drama. Uncle Ben turns out to have cancer and by the time they detect it, he is already in a terminal state. I was worried that Peter's uncle wouldn't be killed in a robbery or something like that and the old man would come here to die of cancer from one day to the next. If he seemed healthier even than May. Ben's death has been lethal for Peter, bringing back bad memories of when his parents died. Damn, I'm not good at dealing with these kinds of situations. When I get to the entrance of Peter's house, I see him walking out the door.

"Peter, are you going somewhere?"

"Aegon, what brings you here today?"

Really? I've been coming quite often the last few days. It's obvious I'm here to see how your aunt is doing. We're friends and everything, but it's May who makes me delicious sweets.

Aunt May is out doing some shopping, and I'm fine, thanks for asking.

"Don't act like a girl; we are men, so we should put our hands on each other's shoulders and nod. Affectionate words are only for women and children. Have you ever listened to anything I said to you?"

"I try not to," this time Peter seemed to have lifted his mood.

"Well, if you had, you would have already moved on with Cindy. Look at all the things I've accomplished with the girls."

"Cindy and I are just friends, but what you have with Jessica, Gwen, and Liz is a big problem. Those girls are going to lynch you one of these days."

"Well, you didn't tell me; are you going somewhere?"

"To Cindy's."

So just friends. I'm her friend too, but Cindy doesn't invite me over to her house.

It's just to help me catch up on classes I've missed; nothing more. Unlike a certain idiot I know, who takes notes and actually uses them, I don't.

"Without him, that idiot would have no need to take notes."

While the boys continued talking on the porch of the house, they heard inside the house next door an argument that was escalating.

"Looks like my new neighbors are a bit of a problem," Peter mentioned when he heard the discussion. At that moment, a beautiful redhead ran out of the house.

"Damn insolent brat, come here!" a man yelled from the door of the house to the girl.

"Far away from you."

"Mary Jane, come here please; we need to fix this. You just have to apologize." Behind the man came a woman who looked very similar to the girl, it was obvious that she was her mother, especially when he referred to her as his daughter.

"He hit me, why should I apologize?"

"Leave her!" the man looked furious as he said, "She's just ungrateful."

Realizing who the girl was, Aegon decided to take a chance. Seeing the look on his friend's face, Peter understood his intentions.

"This seems to be a personal problem," Aegon said. "You shouldn't meddle with it." Even he seemed uncomfortable when he heard that the man had hit the girl.

Without hesitation, Aegon walked over to the girl and handed her a handkerchief. "Beautiful women shouldn't cry," he said, "and you are very beautiful."

"Sir, I don't know what the problem might have been, but it's wrong for any man to hurt a girl, even if she is his own daughter."

The redhead immediately reacted with some anger at his words, "That fool is not my father."

"Stay out of this, brat, and get out of my sight."

"John, please let's go inside," MJ's mother said, seeming to want to defuse the situation.

"Mary Jane, right?" Seeing the girl nod, Aegon continued. "You're very upset, do me a favor, see my friend Peter, maybe you know him, he's your neighbor. Why don't you let me walk you to the park where you can calm down a bit? Meanwhile, I'll have a talk with your mom and dad." Without waiting for MJ to answer, Aegon walked towards where MJ's mother and what seemed to be her father were.

For some reason she couldn't understand, MJ decided to listen to Aegon. Peter didn't say anything about it and simply went with her; Cindy's house was in that direction anyway. Minutes later, Aegon arrived at the park and saw MJ sitting on a bench.

"Clever," he said as he sat down next to her.

"Ready?" she asked. "I don't understand what you mean. By the way, thanks for what you did a little while ago." She handed him the handkerchief.

Aren't you supposed to wash it, mark it with a kiss and then hand it over to me?

MJ just watched for a few seconds and then laughed. "You know what? I will. Tell me what color lipstick you like?"

"Red, just like your hair; it's beautiful," he said as he handed her back the handkerchief. She just blushed.

"What exactly did you mean when you said that everything was ready earlier?"

I was talking to your mom and John. A lot of things could have been resolved if you had talked to them. Your mom kicked John out of the house after we finished talking, and she seemed anxious to leave. I gave your mom the address of an acquaintance. I am the one who can get you a job, so everything should be fine from now on.

"Why are you doing this? Why are you helping us?" MJ couldn't understand why the man in front of him would bother to help them.

"Well, I have a few friends that I love very much. If they were in a similar situation and I wasn't there for them, I would want someone to help them. I'm not a particularly good-hearted person, but sometimes I have moments where I can see things from another perspective. Today, you'll get to see this side of me."

"Anyway, we haven't introduced ourselves properly. I'm Aegon Targaryen; it's nice to meet you."

"Mary Jane Watson, enamored. Aegon Targaryen, what a name. What are you? Some kind of noble, prince, or member of an ancient house?"

"Not at all, I'm just an orphan boy. But handsome and charming." Seeing the look on MJ's face when she thought she had said something wrong, Aegon continued. "Don't make that face, I've never felt so unhappy in my life." She added. "At least not this one."

Aegon and MJ talked for a long time until it seemed like it was time to go home.

Since you'll also be attending Midtown High, ask Peter to come with you. Make sure no ill-intentioned boys approach you.

Thanks. I thought you were my knight in shining armor though.

I am. But even knights need minions. Peter's a good friend you can trust him. Come let him take you home.

That's how Aegon met MJ. "How am I going to make it up to Peter for trying to steal all his girls?" Aegon thought, as he left MJ at home to fend for himself.