Penelope Leilana Jones

-Eleven Years Ago; New York, Bell Boulevard-

Summer had arrived in the states of America.

The sun shined on the city of New York, as many of its citizens enjoyed the beat of the warm rays, as they went to get some ice cream or play in the park. On that day, a little boy and a certain Pro Hero decided to go and enjoy something cool yet sweet.

A little boy with paintbrush-like hair that is.

He was humming to himself as he had been happy to be with the young woman beside him. He had been practically jumping in place as he had been humming happily. The woman beside him laughed at this enthusiasm.

"Alright now, Flo-Flo, settle down. We're almost to the ice cream store." The woman spoke warmly, "Did you decide on what flavor you want to get, or am I gonna have to pick for you?"

The little boy smiled happily as he replied gleefully, "The Akakon-Seikon Special!"

"One cherry and Blueberry Ice Cream swirl it is!" The woman replied, "Now, you remember our agreement? I'll get you the ice cream…" She soon made a monster looking face causing the boy to laugh, "... And I don't tell your demon mommy that you didn't spoil your appetite before dinner!"

The little boy gave a nod as he said "It's a deal!"

The woman chuckled, before rubbing his cheeks,"That's my good handsome little nephew!"

The little boy giggled, as he pretended to hate it, "Nooo, Auntie Penny!"

When they arrived at the Ice Cream store, they saw that it had been packed; the sign reading "New Summer Flavor! The Seikon-Akakon Special from the hit Kayefi TV Series on Kester Team! Try now!"

"Goodness, it's a bit more packed than I thought it would be." She said, "Looks like you're not the only little kid who wants this ice cream."

The boy pouted, "Oh man! I knew I should have came earlier"

"Now, now little man, don't give me that face." She said amused, "As a Hero and your Aunt, I'll get you that Ice Cream one way another! Think you can be a good boy and find us a good seat outside?"

The boy gave a nod as he smiled, "Yeah! I'll be good Auntie Penny!"

She ruffled his hair before they proceeded towards the shop. The lady went into the store as the little boy went to climb on one of the chairs. Though he had been taken back when he saw a light blue paper plane go by his head as the wind picked up.

A little girl with dark skin and brown and blue hair ran past him chasing after it, eventually the paper plane hit a tree branch.

The girl, wearing light blue overalls and yellow sneakers tried jumping for it.

"Aw man…" He heard the little girl say, "I just made that!"

The boy soon approached the little girl with long brown and blue hair. He asked her, as he gave her a tap on the shoulder, "Hey. Is everything okay?"

The little girl jumped, revealing that her eyes were of blue, "Oh, hi there." She said, before looking at the tree, pointing to where the paper plane was, "Big brother and sister showed me how to make a paper plane, but the wind carried it into the branches of a kite eating tree."

The little boy looked at the paper plane, before he gave the girl with brown and blue hair a smile, "Don't worry! I got this!"

"Huh?"

The little boy took out from his small brown backpack a small sketchbook. He soon used hands to draw a fishing rod before pulling it out of the page.

"My daddy taught me this trick!" He said with a smile.

He then threw the line with the hook landing on the paper, before he reeled it in. He handed the plane to the girl, "Here you go! One paper airplane!"

"Thanks…" The girl said before taking notice of his hair, "... You look kind of funny."

The boy felt slightly offended by this as he gave an angry pout, "HEY! I do not look funny!"

"But your hair looks like a paintbrush." She pointed out.

The boy grumbled angrly before saying, "What about you? You have two different hair colors..

"It's my natural style! Anyway, thanks for getting my plane back!" The girl said gleefully, "I'm Nwanji Rose Carter-Takeuchi by the way! But everyone calls me Wan! What's your name?"

"It's Floyd! Floyd Norman Aihara!"

Just than a woman's voice called out to the girl. "Wan, come on!" She said, "Let's hurry home!"

"Kay mommy!" The girl named Wan said, before she turned to Floyd, "Let's play together sometime, okay?"

The boy named Floyd smiled as he said, "Yeah sure!"

With that said Wan in the direction of her rather large family, just as his aunt Penny approached. "Oh? Did I just see you make a new friend Flo-Flo?" The woman whom Floyd called Penny asked.

Floyd smiled as he replied, "Yeah! Her name is Wan!"

"Wan huh?" Penny said, kneeling down to him, "I bet she'll make you a fine wife when you're older!"

Floyd gagged at this before saying to his aunt, "Auntie! That's gross, I don't want cooties!"

Penny laughed, before handing him the cone of ice cream, "Here you are, one special for the little man!"

Floyd looked at the ice cream as he jumped with glee, "Thank you Aunt Penny!"

Floyd took a bite from the ice cream, and his eyes sparkled at the taste, "It's delicious~!"

"Good, I won't have to ask for my money back." Penny said, nudging him slightly.

Floyd gave a laugh but then everyone had been taken back by a shriek of horror. The first that Floyd saw when he looked to the scream was that of a police car flying towards him and his aunt--

***

"FLOYD-NII! STOP NAPPING!"

"IT'S ALMOST DINNERTIME!"

Floyd nearly jumped up off the couch when his youngest siblings landed right on his stomach as he had taken a nap on the couch earlier that same school day. Floyd gasped for air as he said to Hana and Eliot, "WHAT DID I TELL YOU TWO ABOUT USING MY STOMACH AS A BOUNCE PAD! THIS AINT SONIC THE HEDGEHOG DAMN IT!"

"Mom says you gotta go wash your hands unless you want to eat the beef patties!" Hana said.

Eliot soon added, "She said if you don't do a good job, she won't let you watch that new Cross Dimension Crew episode on Toonami!"

Floyd gasped as he sat up, "OH CRAP FOR REAL?!"

"For real!" The twins said in unison.

"SO YOU BETTER GET TO WASHING MISTER!" They heard their mom shout from the kitchen, "AND I BETTER NOT SEE A SPECK OF DIRT UNDER YOUR NAILS!"

"YES MA'AM!"

Floyd quickly ran up the stairs and towards the bathroom, though his pacing soon slowed down when he passed by his parents home office. He looked to the door as he couldn't help but have a thought in his head.

"I need you to sneak into your parents office. Find a profile on that girl's mother and send the info to me. The profile you're looking for should be labeled as Harumi Dokubutsu. Can you do this for me?"

Those words from Reina repeated in his head, over and over again. Why would Reina need a file on this… Harumi Dokubutsu? What could she possibly hope to do with it if she had such a thing? He knows she's his friend but it didn't make a lick of sense.

Floyd let out a sigh as he went towards the office door, thinking aloud, "Reina-chan, I hope you know what you're doing asking me this.. Or rather I hope I know what I'm doing.."

Floyd turned the knob and opened the door, thankful for the fact that his parents would sometimes leave it unlocked. Though he didn't turn on the lights, but instead used his phone to light the way. The office had been filled with medals and trophies having two desks on opposite ends of the room with a file cabinet in between them.

The file cabinets had been labeled accordingly as Floyd took note of the fact that the files had been alphabetical by last name. He soon opened the drawer that had been labeled D-F and skimmed through the folders before spotting the one he had been looking for.

"Jackpot!"

Floyd picked up the folder and placed it on his dad's desk. He started to look through the continents that had been inside the folder that had old newspaper clippings as well as a profile; one of the clippings read, "Local crazy villain murders family at Howard Beach". He looked at the photo with the name Harumi Dokubutsu.

"So this is her… Dad's crazy Ex..." Floyd thought aloud looking at the photograph, "Come to think of it.. I think I saw her face before...but I don't know where.."

He soon noticed another headline, one that seemed to bear a familiar face; the headline and description read, "Liquid Eraser Foiled! The Ballpoint Ink Hero, PenPen strikes and captures Villain at Rockaway!" Floyd looked closely to the woman in the photograph, brushing a hand across the photo of the hero.

He thought aloud again, "And here too! Aunt Penny.." He couldn't help but look at the photo curiously, "... I wonder why mom and dad won't tell me anything about her…?"

Just as this was said, Floyd heard his mother shouting from down the stairs, "FLOYD NORMAN AIHARA!! I DON'T HEAR ANY WATER RUNNING!"

Floyd yelled back as he got his phone into camera mode, "SORRY!"

Floyd laid out the papers on the desks before he started to take the photos after making sure the flash was on. He stopped for a moment looking at the headline with the Hero named PenPen in it.

He let out a sigh before saying, "Hopefully I find out more about what happened to you that day.."

He took a photo of the last newspaper clipping before he looked through his contacts till he found Reina's number, before he sent the photos to her.

"Let's hope Reina-chan will put this to good use." Floyd said to himself, "Whatever she's thinking…"

"FLOYD!" His sister soon yelled down the stairs, "YOU BETTER HURRY UP BEFORE AARON AND I EAT ALL THE BEEF PATTIES!"

Floyd let out a squeak and quickly put the papers back in the folder before he put it back in the file cabinet, before he shouted, "YOU BETTER NOT!" He shouted as he went to put the folder into the file cabinet before heading out the door, "THOSE ARE MY BEEF PATTIES!"

Lena shouted from down the stairs, "FINDERS KEEPERS!"