"The Plant Factory? How cliché…"

Kitsune stood on a nearby roof top, his red eyes gazing down at the abandoned factory which was currently being occupied. Outside guarding the door were several of Gaia's goons currently packing. However they were not something he was really worried about, he was worried about getting hit too hard by anything. If he got hit, then he would dispel. He wasn't sure if boss would stop his late night activity just to create another clone, so he had to be careful. In and out.

Crouching, Kitsune jumped off the roof, soaring. He directed himself down towards the goons who were talking amongst themselves. They simply glanced up, and saw an imposing shadow with red eyes. "Shit!" one goon cursed as he readied his gun but he already took a boot to the face, his head being smashed against the wall. Kitsune dropped down and quickly swept one off his feet so fast that the guy knocked himself out upon impacting the floor. The last one was just about to fire but, Kitsune snatched his shotgun from him and beat him with it, knocking him out too. Destroying the gun, Kitsune kicked open the door heading inside to find Gaia.

As he traveled into the garden he cursed to himself, this room was filled with plants…he should have expected that. He was in her territory now, a complete disadvantage. "Oh Kitsune! I was expecting you to be here sooner darling," he heard Rosalie say, throwing her voice so he couldn't exactly locate her. "Let me guess, you're here for the antidote for that strapping whisker guy?"

"Something like that, yeah." Kitsune muttered as he glanced around. "But honestly, I'm just here to stop you. You're sick Gaia, you need help."

"Help? Help?!" Rosalie hissed and Kitsune expertly back flipped from the group of vines that tried to slam into him. As he skidded to a stop, he threw out shuriken as needles were fired from some plants to impale him. His shuriken deflected the needles and he jumped high, landing on the ceiling, using the darkness as his cover. "I am Mother Nature herself! I am an embodiment of her will! I don't need help! I am not sick! This foolish world filled with cheating, lying and conniving greedy fucking men is fucking sick! And I am going to be it's cure!"

"By taking out innocents? Women and children too?"

"This world was Mother's long before man! And it will continue to be hers long after it! New York is just the start! Once I'm done with you…" Kitsune narrowed his eyes in thought when the earth began to shake. "I'll purge the rest of the world!" Kitsune had wide eyes when trees, roots and pillars of wood began to sprout from the ground and fill up the entire garden, weaving together.

Kitsune was caught in the middle of it's formation, avoiding pillars and spikes off wood. He had a feeling of what was going on, because now the building was coming apart. She was growing a giant tree, and that would not be good at all. As the giant tree continued to form, Kitsune was constantly on the move but he was also on defense as the tree started to grow monsters of plant and wood that attacked him. Bringing out his katana, Kitsune easily slashed through them, but it didn't stop them from still attacking him as they either reformed and multiplied or even attacked him with their open wounds.

"You can't stop this Fox man!" Gaia mocked him from below as she watched Kitsune fend off more and more off her minions while also avoiding being stabbed or caught up by her tree's growth. Gaia's eyes glowed green as she had a flower on a tree shoot out rue sap which was intended to scald Kitsune. However Kitsune managed to grab two wood monsters as a defense, having the rue sap scald them instead. "Tch, well played darling. But as I said! You can't stop me!" Gaia grinned as she beheld her beautiful creation which was the giant tree that was just done growing. It stood close too 100 meters, able to be seen by most from the city. The plant factory was shambles around it, but she could care less about it. "I was hoping for my ten million to do this but…oh well." Rosalie chuckled as she made hand motions and a certain kind of flower began to grow all over the tree in different sizes.

Kitsune who was still fighting off the wood monsters took note of the pink flower that was growing on the tree and he scowled. He had to take care of this before it was too late. With a certain focus, Kitsune began to build up his chakra and while he did that, destroyed the incoming monsters with one powerful swing of his sword. He then began to venture up the tree, heading to the top, avoiding all that tried to stop him. Gaia didn't know what he was up too, but she wasn't going to let anything stand in her way! Not when she was so close! Her eyes glowed furiously and she brought up her hands and concentrated to get her tree's defenses up to destroy him. "You won't stop me!"

Gaia couldn't see but as Kitsune climbed the top of the tree with haste, he was leaving behind tags and tags and more tags. Nearing the top, he began forming hand signs and he just as he reached the top, he pushed off the tree heading up into the air and he finished his combo with one last seal. Cocking back his head he fired out a massive ball of fire that overtook the tree. Gaia was in complete shock when she watched the fire consume her creation but not only that…it exploded all over, blowing in to chunks. The explosion itself was so intense and unexpected that the shockwave knocked Gaia off her feet, and slammed her against a wall, knocking her unconscious.

Once Kitsune was sure the tree was no longer a threat, he walked up to Gaia, checking on her. She was still alive, but she had a few sprained ribs, a broken wrist and a few burn marks, but she would live. Kitsune looked over her with careful studying eyes and could feel an energy flowing through her, however it wasn't chakra exactly, related, but not quite. The closest thing he could compare it too would be Nature Energy. He sighed a bit as he figured out what it was. She is a mutant. Kitsune frowned in thought as he rested a hand on her forehead and closed his eyes a bit. After several moments he removed his hand and scooped her up, heading towards the exit where there was a group of police cars and a few SWAT trucks. "Freeze!" the police force barked out as Kitsune approached them.

"Lower your weapons!" they all heard and Captain Stacy walked forward giving Kitsune a look. "I suspected you were involved, what happened?" he questioned looking over the unconscious Gaia.

"She needs medical attention, but she'll live." Kitsune told him as he then glanced to the ambulance. "Be careful with this one though. I've made a few precautions but I don't know how long they'll hold. If you need any help, contact this man," Kitsune provided a card and Stacy looked it over with a raised brow.

"Professor Charles Xavier?"

"Yeah. Anyway, I got to go. Your cops look rather trigger happy," Kitsune muttered as he rested Gaia on a gurney before he gave a mock salute to Stacy then disappeared in a puff of smoke. Stacy coughed a bit as he waved his hand a bit to get rid of the smoke, though he grumbled.

"Damn ninja."

"Good morning…"

Felicia smiled as she sat up in the bed, gazing at the handsome blond that held a smile as he brought her a plate of food and coffee. As he made his way to her, Felicia couldn't help but appreciate the ninety-eight percent naked form of Naruto Uzumaki. The only article of clothing he had was his boxers, which weren't really hiding what he was packing. "What're you doing up so early?" Felicia wondered curiously as he leaned over to her and claimed her lips in a slow steady kiss that began to rouse her awake as she wanted more. Naruto chuckled a bit as he gave her a bit of what she wanted but he soon pulled away, "Why'd you stop?" she pouted.

"Because you need to eat," Naruto smirked a bit as he set the plate on her lap and she looked to see it was hard scrambled eggs, hashbrowns, pancakes and crispy bacon. She could tell the pancakes were already buttered and there was a cup of hot syrup waiting to be used. She also took note that her eggs were seasoned as well as her hashbrowns. Her pout turned into a happy smile as he also handed her coffee too. She took a tentative sip of the coffee and moaned a bit at the taste, it was better than what she usually has. "This is…" she couldn't even describe it.

Naruto sat beside her on the bed as he chuckled a bit, "I know how much of a coffee snob you are, so I hope it's to your liking." Felicia seemed to have heart eyes as she looked to him.

"I love it!" she then gestured to the food. "I haven't even tasted the food but I already know it's going to be good! But…there is more to things that meet the eye," she wagged her brows and took a stab at her eggs and popped them into her mouth. Felicia gave another soft moan as she looked to Naruto and swallowed her food. "Oh…I think I'm in love!"

"It's good?"

"It's wonderful!" Felicia beamed as she took a sip of her coffee. "And I'm not just saying that! How'd you know I liked my eggs like this?" she wondered with Naruto giving a shrug as he leaned back a bit in the bed.

"I listened." He told her which surprised her a bit. "On our date, we talked about lots of things. One of the things we talked about is how much of a food snob you are. You like your eggs cooked so hard and pre-seasoned so it has flavor before they are even ready. You like your pancakes already buttered, but you also like cinnamon," Naruto winked which made her eyes widened as she glanced to the pancakes. "Cinnamon…makes your toes curl?"

"It does! It does!" Felicia squeaked as she now excitedly began to dig into her pancakes. Naruto watched her with amusement as she ate, taking note of her facial expressions as she ate a bit quickly once the flavor smashed against her taste buds. "How come I've never had your cooking before?"

"Because everyone thinks I just make ramen," Naruto laughed and she chuckled sheepishly. "Not many people know the taste of my actual cooking. So consider yourself lucky I guess," he teased with Felicia holding back a giggle, lest she choke, so she just gave a smile.

"You didn't have to cook for me," Felicia said between bites. Naruto smiled softly as he laid his head back and relaxed a bit. Felicia glanced towards his abs then trailed her eyes back up to his lips, then his eyes. She suddenly became hungry for something else that wasn't exactly food. But she couldn't waste such a treat.

"I know, but I wanted too," Naruto shrugged lightly. "I mean I'm sure you built up quite an appetite after last night," teased and she had a light blush on her cheeks as she now drank her coffee. "Besides, we didn't get to really eat last night, so I just figured you were hungry." Felicia hummed as she put away her empty plate and laid back down beside him. Naruto turned to face her, and the two just gazed into each others eyes and Felicia smiled softly.

"I feel so…comfortable with you," she whispered quietly and Naruto allowed a small smile to grace his lips. "It's been so long since I've done something like this, I thought I would have a panic attack or something but you…" Felicia couldn't help but get a flash of the gentleness and the consideration Naruto showed her last night that brought her even closer to orgasm. The feeling of his lips laying softly along her entire body came back to her and her breath hitched a bit. "Were so amazing. I loved every minute of it,"

Naruto smiled as he raised his hand and brushed aside her hair and he then leaned forward in for a kiss which she happily accepted. The kiss was slow and gentle, chaste if anything. But then Felicia felt his hand run down her shoulder down to her thigh where he gripped it lightly, but enough for her to shiver a bit. The two began moving their lips against the other in perfect sync. This time Felicia felt bold enough to take the lead and she moved in for more, having access to his mouth. Felicia soon found herself straddling her lover and delved her tongue between his lips, meeting with his tongue and the two moved against each other.

Felicia then pulled away and gazed into his eyes, "I want you inside of me," she whispered huskily and Naruto didn't respond. He simply began to take off his boxers, grabbed a condom to slip it on then direct it inside but she grabbed him, "I got it." Felicia gave a confident smile as she directed his cock to her wet slit and she raised her hips a bit and slowly sat down on his pelvis, having his cock sink into her. Felicia's eyes rolled back into her head slowly as she enjoyed the feeling of Naruto's girth stretching her walls while his length reached deep within her. "Mmmnnh!" Felicia bit her lip, placing her hands on his chest then looking down at him.

She gauged his reaction to see that she wasn't the only one enjoying the feeling of their joining. The look on his face told her that he was just as lost in the pleasure as she was, his eyes half lidded, his lips spread apart a bit and the grip his hands had on her ass. "Felicia…" he called out and she lowered her lips to his, kissing him softly.

"Yes baby?" Felicia responded as she kissed along side of his jaw, heading to his neck and sucking on it a bit, knowing that was his spot. She heard him hiss as one hand gripped the sheets and his body tensed, which was the reaction she wanted. It gave her joy to know that she could get such a reaction from this beautiful man, that this experience of pleasure was not just one sided. After enjoying the first several moments of being one, Felicia began to rock her hips and she heard Naruto give a light moan once movement was thrown in. Felicia bit her bottom lip as she took a deep breath and began to squeeze her pussy tight around the large cock. This action caused a reaction as Naruto's cock seemed to pulse and grow even bigger within her. "Uuooh!" Felicia moaned, not expecting that but it didn't stop her. If anything it made her move faster, back and forth, back and forth.

It was time for some fun.

"So pretty wild what happened last night right?"

Naruto looked up from the register to see one of his employees, Danny giving him a small smirk. "What are you talking about?" Naruto wondered and Danny pulled up a picture showing Naruto a tree. "Okay…it's a tree." Danny scoffed as he gave Naruto a look.

"Not just any tree boss! That is a giant tree that nearly stood over the entire city!" Danny exclaimed with Naruto shrugging. "Don't just shrug! That's pretty cool! But what's cooler is that it just suddenly exploded!" Danny then tilted his head a bit as Naruto still had a blank look. "Weren't you paying attention to what was going on at all?"

"My full attention was somewhere else," Naruto responded casually as he glanced to a customer who wanted to pay for a comic book. "I mean I heard about it this morning, but it's no big deal really right?" Naruto shrugged, ringing up a customer.

"It is a big deal! Because Kitsune was there!"

"Who?"

"Kitsune!"

"What's it now?"

"Dude!"

"Uzumaki!" he heard and tensed a bit as he and everyone turned their attention to a not so thrilled Gwen Stacy as she stomped into building, heading straight for him. "You have some explaining to do!" she growled with Naruto giving a quiet whine as she came behind the counter and he put Danny in front of him, using him as a shield.

"Bro! Not cool! Don't hit me!"

Gwen huffed as she could see Naruto was not going to let Danny ago until she calmed down. Crossing her arms she straightened her posture. "I'm calm." She told him with Naruto and Danny looking to each other. "I promise." She nodded her head and Naruto released Danny who quickly scurried away, leaving Gwen right in front of Naruto.

"Good morning Gwen,"

"What the hell Naruto…" Gwen hissed out at him and he took a small step back. "Why the hell were you not answering my calls last night? I was worried sick about you! You weren't at your apartment either!" Naruto scratched his cheek a bit, somewhat sheepish. "I wanted to see if you were okay or something! Dad told me about you being poisoned!"

"I'm fine Gwen," Naruto promised with Gwen glaring at him. "Seriously I am! If I wasn't do you really think I would show up today and deal with Danny?"

"Hey!"

"No offense bud."

"Just because you say no offense doesn't mean that offense isn't taken! I'm still offended!"

"Get over it." Naruto then turned back to Gwen who still glared at him. "I'm fine, I promise." He whispered sincerely with Gwen's glare lightening up a bit but she gave a soft sigh.

"If you were fine, how come you didn't answer my calls or anything? Why aren't you home?" she demanded with Naruto helping the next few customers. Gwen waited as Naruto dealt with them before looking to her,

"I had a date." Hearing this Gwen frowned a bit, her father didn't mention anything about Naruto having a date. He just said that he showed up to the dinner. But she guessed it would make sense to go to a dinner with a date. How come she didn't know about it?

"A date?" Gwen muttered out a bit with Naruto nodding his head. "With who?" she pried a bit which Naruto took note of, but he kept his composure as he answered her, seeing that she was dying to know. It was in her eyes.

"Felicia Hardy," He then went back to work and Gwen stood there watching after him with somewhat jealous eyes. She remembered Felicia Hardy coming in the shop both times, looking rather fabulous and quite mature. She knew that the older girl was friends with her friend, but she didn't think it was like that. Plus she could put two and two together which made her even more jealous. He hadn't been home? He didn't answer her calls or texts? He was on a date with Felicia Hardy?

The mere thought of it ticked her off and she turned around heading to the back to get ready for her shift. Naruto glanced up from the register to see Gwen walk off and he glanced to Danny who gave a shrug in response. Soon enough, Naruto and Danny weren't the only ones working the morning shift as a few more of his employees came in for work, allowing him to focus a bit more in the kitchen to get orders of ramen ready. As he worked he thought about Gwen's reaction to hearing Felicia's name. He knew it ticked her off and probably made her jealous simply for the fact because she had quite the crush on him and he wouldn't even consider dating her seriously simply because she wasn't eighteen.

He's known her for quite sometime, and even he himself has developed some feelings for her, but he had limits. Sure he could have maybe ventured into such waters, but he didn't feel comfortable with it. When she graduated high school, then he would be more than happy to take her on a date and maybe pursue a relationship with her, but right now wasn't the time for that. Hell, he wasn't even really trying to pursue a relationship with Felicia, which she understood and had no problems with. They were simply enjoying spending time with each other and having fun. If something serious developed from such, then it happens. But neither of them really wanted to force it.

He could have explained this to Gwen, but he didn't see why he should have too. Sure they were friends, but no one needed to be all up in his business with Felicia. Only the two of them needed to know and that was it. He understood Gwen is somewhat hurt, but she is mature for her age and he knows she will get over it. Naruto returned back to the lobby to hear some chatters about the Giant Tree and Kitsune's involvement. Apparently, the fox masked vigilante's name was getting around even more, especially considering what he did last night.

As Naruto was about to grab something and go back to the kitchen he stopped as he felt a tremor in the earth. He frowned as he could feel the tremor become stronger, then he glanced to what he was about to grab to see it was rattling a bit. Then the entire building began to shake, taking some people off guard. "An Earthquake?! Someone yelled out as they tried to grab onto something. Naruto however frowned as he focused on the tremors. It wasn't an earthquake, not exactly. It was something different, not completely organic. Then everything went silent.

And they heard it.

"YYYYGGGGRRRRAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"

Then outside they saw people running away and Naruto was the first to go outside to see what they were running from. His eyes widened slightly when he saw a giant green spiked creature with menacing red eyes roaring as it came up from the ground, causing nothing but a mess. It looked like some kind of lizard monster, almost like an iguana. He didn't know what it was, but it was making a mess of his city. He saw the beast began to travel, causing the earth to shake, making a mess of manhattan. "Everyone stay inside!" Naruto barked towards his customers as he saw the monster was going another direction, not coming towards the shop. He would rather have everyone stay inside, relatively safe then outside and be amongst the danger of a panicking crowd.

"What's going on Naruto?" he heard and looked to the freshman high school student who looked worried like everyone else, Sabrina was her name. Naruto gave a sheepish chuckle but they could all tell he was serious.

"Well I think Godzilla is roaming Manhattan," Naruto said which took them by surprise. "No one leaves, got it? Not until everything is clear. I'm going to go check the back door to see if anyone needs help," Naruto told Danny who nodded and Naruto took off quickly, he glanced to Gwen. "If people need refuge, let them in." Naruto then went to the back. Then someone blinked,

"Wait did he say Godzilla?"

"How am I going to kill this thing without blowing up the city?"

Kitsune stood on a roof top as he looked over Manhattan, watching the strange creature stomp through the streets. He could try various techniques, but all of them resulted in the city being more damaged than what it needed to be. And considering he didn't want to be responsible for damages or needless death, he was going to hold off on it. His attention however was given to a streak of fire in the sky, and he looked to see it wasn't a fire ball…but a man…on fire…heading towards the lizard. "What the hell?" he whispered to himself as he then saw an older looking man in a blue space suit began to stretch his body and wrap around the creature.

Kitsune saw a nearby helicopter trying to film what was going on, but he didn't stay on the roof long as the lizard began pick up it's foot knocking away the stretching man while also about to crush innocents. Just as he was about to zip in and stop the monster, he caught sight of a blond woman wearing a similar blue suit and she protected the people by creating a force field. She did her best to hold onto the weight of the creature, while people escaped. Unsheathing his sword, he applied a bit of wind chakra and pushed off the ground, heading straight for the hand.

"KKKKKEEEYYYYAAAHH!" the creature screamed as he cut straight through it's hand, nearly lobbing it off. It made the creature lift it's arm taking the weight off her just as the man on fire threw a hot stream of fire at it. But it bounced off and slammed right into a building.

"Oi! Are you trying to save these people or kill them?!" Kitsune snapped at the man before forming a single hand sign and used the water from a hydrant to put out the fire.

"Sorry! Didn't mean to do that!"

Kitsune rolled his eyes as he then looked to the creature but then glanced to the woman and man in the space suits, seeing that they were having a conversation. "Do you think it followed us back here?" she questioned the man and Kitsune decided to step in a bit as the monster was licking it's wounds.

"Oi! Do you have something to do with this thing?" Kitsune questioned, getting their attention. The man had a grim expression with Kitsune sighing, "How do we kill it? Do you know?" he questioned but the man suddenly zoned out. "Hey! Buddy I'm talking to you!" Kitsune tried getting the man's attention but he didn't respond. "What's up with him?"

"I don't know, Reed!" The woman barked at her boyfriend. "Reed! Are you listening?!" she demanded quite annoyed just as they heard the monster roar, earning their attention. "Damn. How were you able to get past it's skin?"

"I have abilities just like you have abilities," Kitsune responded evenly with her humming. Kitsune saw some…thing…it looked like some kind of burly rock creature, suddenly stop the creature from stomping on them. "Okay! I got a plan! We need to get this fucker out of the city! We don't need to do more damage!" he glanced to the fire man who had the decency to look sheepish. "Oi! Rock guy!" Naruto called the rock man who glanced to him. "If you can toss it up!"

"Fine!"

"Hotshot! When he tosses it up, hit it as hard as you can away from the city!" Kitsune ordered the guy who nodded just as the rock guy grunted and tossed up the monster as best as he could. The guy on fire then fired away at the creature sending it up. While this was going on Kitsune had already created an orb of chakra that had blade of wind spinning around it, creating a whistling sound. Throwing the rasenshuriken at the beast, the attack flew and landed straight against the monsters torso and expanded, sending it flying by pushing it out of the city, then exploding in a dome of dangerous winds. Kitsune was pleased that the heavily wounded creature then fell into the Hudson. "Cool."

He then turned back to the woman and the man in the space suits to see the guy who the woman referred to as Reed snap out of his trance. "Seems like you're back from whatever mind fuck you went through," Kitsune grumbled as the man held his head. "Suck it up, we need to check the immediate area for any casualties. I'll handle the fires," Kitsune stated but his ears twitched upon seeing a reporter. "I hate the media," Kitsune groaned quietly as they approached.

"Hey! Can we get a comment on camera! That was incredible! Who are you people?!" she questioned them, looking towards the blond woman and the man. Kitsune was glad she didn't address him, instead he got to the work at hand while the guy gave her the comment she desired.

"I'm…ah, Reed Richards. I'm…a scientist. There's no reason to be alarmed," Reed told her and the camera. "I believe my colleagues and I have successfully corralled this creature and…well, he will no longer pose a threat to our fellow New Yorkers," Reed supplied while Kitsune was busy helping people, and rolling his eyes. While helped someone up, the blond woman approached him and held out her hand, making his brow raise under the mask.

"Thank you for aiding us today, Kitsune." She expressed with Kitsune looking a bit surprised. "I'm sure without your help, much more damage would have been caused. I know whom to give credit, when credit is due. So I thank you for helping us," she told him with Kitsune taking her hand though he did speak a little dryly.

"I was just helping the city. You guys just happened to be in the area," he shared his thoughts. "Who are you guys anyway? Mutants don't try to help, they try to blend in," Kitsune brought up which she caused her to shake her head.

"We're not mutants…well born mutants anyway. But I'm Sue Storm, the fire guy is my brother Johnny, that rock guy is Ben Grimm and then there is Reed," she gestured to her boyfriend who was still talking to the camera. "We're really just a few people who feel they could do some good with the gifts we have," Sue explained with Kitsune hummed as he glanced to Reed.

"Well it seems to me your leader is just doing it for attention," Kitsune then turned away as he began to leave. "It was nice meeting you, Sue." Sue watched Kitsune leave and she couldn't help feel…a bit less than. But not because of Kitsune's skill or abilities, but simply because he denied to comment yet Reed was eager to.

It just made her wonder.

"Did you hear?"

"What's up?"

"Those four weird guys from the other day are moving into the Baxter building on 42nd and Madison…"

"…All that construction, and they're going to move in by the end of the month!"

"You're kidding me! They're going to live right here in the city?!"

"-I read all about the big time renovations!"

"I heard one of them can catch himself on fire!"

"You saw the monster fight on the news? How much more crap are we gonna have to put up with when they're hanging around full time?!"

"…makes me kinda nervous, seeing what they're doing over there!"

"Yeah…looks like they're building some kind of Missile Silo onto one side of it. I mean…can they do that?!"

"…heard they paid off the city. Big time!"

"Who, the feds? That figures. Whether we like it or not…"

"Friend of mine works next door. Said she's seen the craziest stuff being hauled up in there…"

"…Man this is crazy. We got all kinds of Superfolks taking up residence. Only in New York dude!"

"What are they calling themselves?" Naruto raised a brow as he handed Felicia a cup of coffee as she sat at the counter. She smiled, taking a quick sip of the delicious beverage before answering him.

"The Fantastic Four…"

"Sounds corny," Naruto grumbled with Felicia giggling as she glanced to the other customers in the shop. "I mean, sure there is four of them…and what they can do is pretty fantastic depending on how you look at it. But still, corny. To each their own I guess," he shrugged as he wiped down the counter. "I've had to deal with nothing but chatter about their move in since the other day," Naruto groaned as he pinched his brows a bit.

"You don't think they're cool?"

"I think they're going to attract a lot attention to themselves, which makes New York even more of a target I guess you could say," he muttered in thought. "I mean, that Fox guy or whatever has been working for months almost a year now to clean up crime as best as he can. But what happened last week? I'm afraid that there is gonna be a lot more monster sightings with these guys showing up."

"Well I feel that it just makes New York even more exciting," Felicia winked at him with Naruto shaking his head. "You're such an old man!" she laughed at him causing him to pout a bit. "I think owning a shop is aging you whiskers. You know how I feel about old men," she gave him a playful warning look while she drank her coffee.

"I may be old," Naruto shrugged without a care, "Or maybe I just don't want to be one day caught in the middle of some super natural action flick. That monster caused millions in damages," Naruto defended his case with Felicia humming. "And you know who has to pay for that? Tax payers. Which means me. Because of this, now taxes are going to go up. I don't feel that's cool, it's already high to begin with," Naruto grumbled with Felicia just looking at him. "What?"

"You really are sounding like a stingy old man. Are you sure you're Twenty-One?" she wondered with a raised brow and he gave her a dry look with a laugh just as dry. "I'm just saying. I mean yeah taxes are high, but I've never heard someone my age complain about them like you just did. I've only heard old people do it," Felicia said pointedly with Naruto waving her off. "So what are you going to do next? Petition for the Fantastic Four to find a new city to live in?" she asked with Naruto rolling his eyes.

"Ha ha ha."

Felicia giggled as she blew him a kiss but he dodged it causing her to pout. "Anyway, are you almost done? We're supposed to catch that monster flick," she reminded with Naruto nodding his head as glanced to the time to see it was ten till five. "Chop chop."

"So rude," Naruto stuck his tongue out at her as he went to the back to clean up his mess on the grills and such. As he left Felicia continued sipping her coffee before she caught sight of a younger boy having a lost gaze…at her? She raised a brow, and shifted in her seat a bit but realized that he wasn't staring at her, he wasn't even looking at her. Turning her head a bit, she looked to see a young blond woman currently tending to a rather decent line of people at the register. Felicia admitted at the girl was very pretty, beautiful even. Just a few more years or so and she would be stunning. Felicia glanced back to the boy who was just staring at her. "Alright you ready?"

"Yeah," Felicia said a bit off handedly. She then glanced between the two younger teens then asked Naruto, "You know your customers pretty well right?" Naruto nodded his head, he made it his job to make sure he knew every regular customer and built a mutual relationship with them. "Whose the kid?" she gestured to the younger boy and Naruto followed her gesture to see who it was.

"That's Peter Parker," Naruto answered before he noticed the look in Peter's eyes then followed his gaze. "And he's staring at Gwen…" he muttered. "This kid," Naruto sighed as he ran a hand through his hair. He then walked over to Peter and slammed his book shut, causing the kid to snap out of his day dream. "Parker…aren't you supposed to be studying?"

"I-I am!"

"Yeah? What class…"

"Uhhh…"

"Gwen Stacy isn't a class Peter," Naruto reminded. "But if you keep staring so hard like a creep, you are going to fail as if she was a class," Naruto warned as he then grabbed the boys head and pushed it down so he could gaze at the book. "Study. You can gawk and drool over Gwen later," he advised before he left with Felicia following him with a giggle. The two walked to his car and Felicia laughed a bit more, earning his attention. "What's so funny?"

"The fact that you actually did that," Felicia giggled. "I mean you could have just let the kid be," she suggested and Naruto scoffed as he opened the door for her, letting her in. Once she was in, he closed the door and walked to the other side. "Why that face?"

"Because if I let Peter be then he would just be embarrassing himself even more," Naruto answered, fully buckling his seat belt. "Peter already deals with enough shit at his school. The Whirlpool is supposed to be a place where everyone can come, relax and feel comfortable, not have to worry about much. A Sanctuary. I don't need Peter dealing with that embarrassment if Gwen catches him staring at her or someone not so friendly with Peter calls him out. So no, I couldn't just let him be," Naruto refused as he began to pull off and Felicia hummed to herself.

"Interesting."