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deniigi · 5 years

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concept developed after reading baby!matt in the sprawl: adventures in spider-babysitting. can you imagine the super/vigilante community/spiderverse gang + co. dealing with spiderman but small. bite-sized. little baby hands as spider-sticky as always. theres a baby on the ceiling. good god

Hi Anon.

Not quite what you asked for, but here’s some baby Pete from Tony’s POV I wrote yesterday to play with this concept. I don’t write Tony very much for many reasons, but I thought that this time, it might be pretty cute.

It cuts off kind of abruptly, but yeah. I didn’t really have the interest to finish it as a complete story. ANYWAYS

Long post under the cut (sorry mobile users!!)

“Tony,” Pepper said calmly, “I know that you want to help.But she is basically his mom.”

Yes, yes, yes.

But.

Consider this.

Small.

Pepper paused in typing and raised an eyebrow.

Tony got up in case she couldn’t see and showed her with hishands.

“Small,” he emphasized.

“Yes, he is very small,” she agreed.

“Very,” Tony told her firmly.

“And he is? Not our child?”

Yes, but again. Please consider: Small.

“So what I think I’m getting here is that you’re feelingpaternal today,” Pepper said during another pause in her typing.

Yes. Very.

“Why don’t we make a new baby robot then?” she offered himlike he was, himself, a child very studiously kicking the back of her seat in amovie theatre.

Because small.

“Tony. Peter is terrified of you right now.”

Yes, yes. But small,honey. So, so small.

“The second you touch him, he will start crying all overagain.”

Life is cruel.

“Have a seat, Tony. We will find you something small to holdin just a minute.”

Pete was always the size of a beansprout, height andwidth-wise, but at the present, he was but a bean. Sometimes, in their line ofwork, these things happen, and mostly they are unavoidable and Bruce and Dr.Cho had pronounced this particular affliction short-term and non-lethal andnone of that did anything to help the klaxons screaming in Tony’s head to gofind. And hold. The baby.

“You know, Tones, I think this might have affected you morethan him,” Bruce said, poking at him in the lab. Probably testing the frequencyat which he was fucking vibrating.

Must hold. The small.

“You stay here, Imma go get Rhodey.”

Yes, whatever, kindly fuck off unless there was a child inneed of holding in your possession.

Rhodey took one look at him and rolled his eyes and fuckedoff because he understood the highly complex workings of Tony’s mind. He cameback with a rabbit from one of the labs and stuffed it into his arms.

It was.

Unsatisfactory.

But closer.

“Tony. Peter is so scared of you right now, man,” Rhodeytold him.

Right. Yes. Logically, he knew this. But his brain would not compute. He could not make itstop fixating.

“He’s more scared of you then Barnes.”

Fucking horrible is what that was. Unfair on scales unknownto man. Peter and his smallness had,once separated from Tony, his apparent nightmare, wrapped tiny fingers aroundBarnes’s metal ones in silent fascination. Barnes was a baby-thief, however,and could not be trusted with children. They all ended up in Rogers’spossession and he was, every time, very confused. As were the police. Sam hadintervened to stop this this last time before it went to far and gave tiny,precious, baby-Pete a little toss which had banished the last of theTony-inspired upset and had resulted in giggling.

Tony had believed that what he had felt right then wasextreme jealously. He now knew this to be fact. He also knew that baby-Pete hadzero self-preservation instincts because preferred even Natasha’s company toTony’s.

It was problematic.

Everyone else got to hold baby-Pete, but not Tony. Tootraumatic.

Why.

May told him that it probably had to do with his facial hairwhich was horrifying. Like. Why. She said that this had always been a thing,but neglected to notice that half of Thor’s face was covered in fur and Sam hada moustache and goatee and there was no crying happening for those two.

“Yes, well. I guess they don’t seem very threatening,” shesaid, letting baby-Pete bury himself in her hair to hide from him.

He was so cute.

The universe was so hurtful.

Rhodey sighed and pet the rabbit while he clutched at it.

The moment of truth came when May brought Peter by for aquick check-up on Day two. Peter was very busy counting the beads on hernecklace. He was a great counter. For a toddler. That is. He was a very poorcounter by any other standard. He kept skipping the prime numbers with stunningaccuracy. No matter how many times May gently said, “One, two, three.” Healmost always started with “Fo’. Sis. Ni’.”

So cute.

So fucking cute.

Tony needed to sit down.

Rhodey told him that he was embarrassing the AvengersInitiative and he said, “I can’t fucking help it.” May got a phone call andasked Bruce if he could take her kid for a second. Bruce did, but notwillingly. Bruce didn’t deal with anything under the age of five. He could not.He didn’t understand their language or codes and he had very strong feelingsaround their breakability. So he handed Peter off to Rhodey as soon as hepossibly could. Rhodey saw Tony’s suffering and sighed.

“He’s just gonna start wailin’ Tones,” he said, bouncing thekid. Peter had become very interested in the seam of his sleeve.

Yes, yes, yes. But! But!

“I’m gonna give him to you, but you cannot, I repeat, cannotbe disappointed when he starts crying, we clear?”

Crystal.

“Alright.” Rhodey detached Peter from his shoulder andhanded him over to Tony’s hands and everything was fine. The klaxons shut offlike a switch had been flicked. Peter chewed on some fingers and looked up athim with big, liquid brown eyes. He did not scream. A good sign. He even dug afew of the fingers of the other hand into Tony’s shoulder. He was warm and softand so, so small.

After a moment, he stopped chewing and looked down to theground and cooed “Waaaay.”

“Oh yeah?” Tony asked him, adjusting him a little bit closerto his chest.

“Mm.”

Fuck.

Goddamnit.

“What’s down there?” Tony asked, looking down to see whatthe kid was staring at. The question brought Pete’s attention right back up tohis face. He blinked at Tony like he’d never seen him before. Tony practicallyfelt Rhodey brace for impact beside him.

But still. No crying.

Thank god.

“Hey, there. Welcome back,” Tony said, bouncing a bit.

Peter hummed at him again and patted gently at his face. Hislittle hands were warm and soft. Tony could die. He could die happy now. Noklaxons. No crying.

“I would kill for you,” he said mournfully. Peter leaned upand pressed their cheeks together. His was almost entirely chubby baby fat.Inconceivably soft. He was really into the rasp Tony’s own cheek made and wentto business giving himself beard burn in his enthusiasm. Tony had to pull himaway before he rubbed his face raw.

“You,” he told the boy seriously, “I would kill for you.”

Peter cocked his head like he hadn’t quite caught that. Tonyrepeated it for his edification. He accepted it with grace and went back tochewing on his fingers.

“Ah, he’s not scared of you today,” May noted when she cameback in from her phone call.

No. Praise be. He handed the child back and felt lessdesperate than before. She laughed at the visible relief on his face.

“He was pretty volatile the other day, don’t take itpersonally,” she said. “You should have seen him with Wade.”

Ahahahaha. Yeah.

Wait.

What?

Peter loved Wilson. He admired the fuck out of the guynormal-sized and was obsessed with him while fun-sized. May explained thatWilson had heard what had happened and had dropped in to make sure all wasright with their tiny family and to offer his services in the case of any bumpsin the road. He evidently had not planned on becoming Peter’s obsession.

“He’s kind of a natural,” May said, “Although, I’m not surehe’s overly comfortable with it.”

Yeah. You don’t say.

“Pete cried for nearly half an hour after he left, it waspretty surprising. He’s not much of a crier.”

You. don’t. Say.

“He’s fine, of course. Wade would never hurt him.”

No, because Tony would kill him if he did.

May took Peter’s tiny hand and had him wave to them all onthe way out, once a clean bill of health had been acquired. Pete didn’t seem tofully appreciate the gesture, but he was into the waving part and smiled widefor it, which was more than enough for Tony.

“I think I might have to murder Wilson,” he admitted toRhodey once they were gone.

“I think you’re being dramatic,” Rhodey said.

No, he was probably right.

He was definitely right.

Tony actually got to see this beautiful friendship when Maycalled him out of the blue and said that someone had bugged their house. She’dfelt a little uncomfortable as of late and so had called Wilson for aprofessional opinion and Wilson had located three bugs in the Parker residence.He was trying to do one last sweep when Tony got there to collect them. Tonysuspected it was SHIELD. He suspected this because Cap had had the same problemthe other day.

He didn’t make it a habit to go to the Parker residence andwas always taken aback by the sheer amount of foliage in the front room. Itlooked like May had pushed some of the more fragile containers to the backs ofshelves or moved them up out of the reach of tiny hands. But she needn’t beconcerned at the moment, because Peter was dead set on ruining Wilson’sbug-sweep.

He definitely thought that Wilson’s time was better used, inthat moment, in playing with him. Wilson, for his part, was just trying to dohis damn job for once. He’d take two steps and nearly trip over the kid andthen grab him and dump him on the couch, which Peter thought was the height ofexcitement. He scrambled off the couch and went to go throw himself back intoWilson’s field of vision as soon as humanly possible.

Wade, bless him, could only deal with this so much.

“Baby boy,” he said, holding Peter at eye level the thirdtime he’d done this, just in the time Tony had been there. “I am trying to do athing. You are being a very, very, verygood disrupter. The best disrupter.”

Peter decided this was high praise. When Wade tried to puthim back down on the couch this time, Peter whined and latched onto his neck.Wade gently extricated him and held his hands at his sides when he sat him downthis time.

“That’s a no,” he said firmly.

Peter made an upset hiccup.

Wade valiantly did not do what Tony would have done whichwas shatter to bits and give the kid anything he wanted.

“You stay here,” Wilson instructed. Then he let go of Pete’shands and stood up and went back to his careful sweeping.

Peter watched him for a few seconds before he got bored ofbeing in one place. He started to off the couch, but Wilson caught him in theact.

“Ah,” he said with a finger. Peter squirmed back into place.

A new game.

And Wilson knew it. He turned very slowly back to his work.Within moments, Pete was at it again.

“AH.”

Back on the cushion.

The kid practically rattled in happiness.

May hid her smile while she handed Tony the found bugs.Yeah. SHIELD grade. He sighed.

“Wilson, last time I ran into this, there was five.”

“Copy that. Here’s four.”

Huh. What do you know? Guy knew what he was doing. Tony tookthe fourth bug and inspected it for insignia. Peter made a noise of triumph.

Tony looked over and they all saw that he was proud ofhimself for having escaped the couch while Wilson had been occupied liberatingthe most recent bug. He’d latched himself to Wilson’s arm.

“Not this again,” Wade moaned.

Again?

“No sticking,” Wade threatened.

“Ya.”

“I said no.”

“Ya!”

“Aigh. If you’re fucking sticking—no, of course, you’resticking. Peter.”

Uh.

“He likes to stick to Wade’s suit,” May said evenly.

“PETER.”

Yeah, he was getting that impression.

“OFF.”

“No!”

“Yes!”

“Nooo!”

“Oh my god. Child. I am doing work.”

Tony very very rarely saw Wilson any kind of serious, so itwas kind of amazing to see him so put out.

“Way!”

“What?”

“Way!!”

“Volume does not equal clarity, tiny monster. What?”

Peter hunkered in, beyond happy with his work. He did notlet go of Wilson’s arm. He cuddled his forehead into Wilson’s pec and the guylegitimately took a few calming breaths.

“You,” he said slowly to the side of Peter’s head, “Are a lot.”

“Way.”

“Glad you know. Alright, fine. That’s your decision. Up wego.”

Peter, for whatever reason, was chill with latching ontoWade when he was on the ground, but as soon as there was air-time involved,this relationship broke down.

No.

He did not want to be held. Or carried. Or any of that. No.He wanted down. Immediately.

“No, no. We are making decisions today,” Wade said over thewhining. “You made that one, so you gotta live with it.”

Peter huffed and puffed and then hiccupped like he was goingto cry, but Wilson just carried on with his business, one-handed this time. Andsomehow, this ignoring process worked? Peter’s hiccupping settled down withWade’s jerky, searching movements. Peter watched his chin as he felt under ashelve blindly. He grabbed at it..

May smiled again and then turned to Tony and mouthed ‘anatural.’

Yeah, so it would seem.

Wilson found two more bugs and, once Peter had settled infor a nap and could be transferred to May’s arms without incident, completedone good last sweep and declared the home bug-free. He said that he needed totake off, he hadn’t anticipated this taking so much time. He informed May thathe’d be in touch and started to leave, but it was as if Peter had a fuckin’Wilson alert in his head. He woke up instantly. Wilson was half through thedoor when he startled just wailing. The way he had when Tony had tried to holdhim the first time.

Devastated. Devastating.

May shushed him and muffled him by tucking him into herneck. Wilson’s body spoke tons of guilt.

“He’s fine, Wade. Go ahead. Thank you for your help,” Maysaid.

Wilson nodded, hesitant. And then hurried off to whatevercrow’s nest he needed to go perch in.

Tony took the bugs back to the lab.

Peter didn’t want to play later that week, when Bruce wastrying to take his temperature. He scowled at the thermometer and hid in his aunt’sneck.

“Bad day?” Bruce asked once the child had been traumatizedto obtain the temp.

“Very,” May sighed. Tony felt bad for her. She was still asingle mom. She didn’t exactly have a whole lot of extra time or support inthis surprise toddler business. He’d offered to help, but while Pete was happyto be held by him, and by Pepper, he would not tolerate their prolongedpresence without his aunt. That was asking for tears and frustration.

May said that her husband had been a big help back whenPeter had first come to live with them. He hadn’t quite been this little, butBen, as an electrician, had had a little more flexibility in his schedule andso could do a lot of the childcare that May’s job didn’t really allow for.

It was harder without him and harder with a younger,traumatized kid who only had one relative to cling to. She mentioned offhandthat Wilson had babysat for her for a few hours that week, and that had gonefine. But she was thinking that maybe she’d ask Franklin Nelson to do it, sincehe was really good with kids this age.

And like?

Franklin Nelson? Like, the lawyer? The one who worked forHB&C? The guy who took the Jessica Jones and Punisher cases? That FranklinNelson?

“He’s a friend of our family,” May explained.

Huh.

No shit.

“Peter is very fond of his friend Matt.”

What, like. Matt Murdock, Matt? Infamous blind legalbulldog, Matt Murdock?

“That’s the one.”

Like. Okay? That was weird. Would he be alright with them?

“Oh, I’m sure of it.”

Well, if she was sure.

She asked if she could give Tony’s number to the lawyers incase something happened and she couldn’t leave work and she absolutely could dothat.

Tony heard not a peep from the lawyers the next day. Or theone after that. Franklin Nelson, he knew, was a very responsible guy. And if hewas used to little kids, then it made sense that he had the situation undercontrol.

Tony did, however, get a text from May respectfully askingif he could grab the kid and hold him for an hour or so, as her shift had beenunexpectedly prolonged.

Which was how Tony found himself in Hell’s Kitchen, underPepper’s orders to be respectful and not get shot, knocking on the closed upoffice door of Nelson, Murdock & Page.

Page, if he recalled, was the crazy reporter who picked afight with half of the hotshot murderers in the city. The Punisher. WilsonFisk. Union Allied. Gal didn’t know how to quit. He was somewhat surprisedthen, for the door to open to the lady herself with Peter securely settled on herhip.

“Go away, he’s mine,” she said. And closed the door.

Uh.

Awkward.

The door reopened to the tune of Nelson scolding hispartner. He invited Tony into the place with greater politeness. It was a hugechange from the guy’s old office at HB&C. Much tighter. Warmer. Very homey.

Karen Page had settled herself behind the secretary’s deskto bounce Peter in her lap. The kid hummed with the movement and seemed to becomforted by this.

“May said she was working late, but she didn’t have to sendyou around,” Nelson said. He himself had changed into warmer colors with themove it seemed. No more stiff blue suits for this guy. Tony could dig it.“Really, we can watch him until she’s done with work.”

“It’s fine, I’m being selfish, too,” Tony admitted offhandedly.Nelson seemed to understand this. He looked over to where Karen Page hadwrapped Pete up in her arms and was going through the ABCs with him. He mumbledalong, more or less in time.

“Kare, I’m afraid the time has come,” Nelson said withfinality.

“Noooooo.”

“Now is the time, girl. Nothing you can do.”

“Matt! Foggy is abusing me!”

“Thank you, I’ll take that.”

“Kidnapping, Matt! This man is kidnapping my ward!”

Peter went easily into Nelson’s arms and buried his fingersinto his collar. Page took it hard and slumped down in despair. Nelson cluckedat her and rolled his eyes and went to hand Peter over but two things happened.

One, Peter took the opportunity to stick to Nelson’s shirtand jacket and two, Murdock came out of his cave to investigate the aura ofdespair emitting from Page, who was evidently slowing descending to the flooras goo.

“We lose Karen?” Murdock asked in a surprisingly pleasanttone.

“That’s a yes. Peter, let go, honey.”

Ooh. Tricky. How to handle this one without revealing Peteto be Spiderkid. Tony moved forward and began to help Nelson dislodge thefingers. They did not come willingly and as soon as one hand was removed, Petermade an unhappy grunt and dug the other one in deeper.

“C’mon, kiddo,” Tony encouraged. No dice.

Murdock raised an eyebrow their way and then busied himselfcurling over the desk to tap at Page. Possibly to revive her. Who knew?

“Matty, can you come here?” Nelson finally asked when bothhis and Tony’s attempts had run their course. Pete wasn’t budging and he’dhidden his face in Nelson’s neck to prove it. Murdock lifted himself up frombehind the desk as if to say, ‘who? Me?”

“Matt.”

“Alright, alright.”

Wow, so begrudging.

Murdock kept a hand out when he moved forward without astick or anything to help him, and found Nelson’s shoulder without muchtrouble. He then, somewhat playfully, felt around until he was dancing fingersacross Peter’s face. The kid giggled.

“Who’s this?” Murdock asked.

More giggling.

“Well, certainly doesn’t seem like Foggy. Not grumpy enough.”

Nelson gave him a flat look that he couldn’t see, but musthave been able to somehow feel. Murdock had perfectly straight teeth. It waskind of eerie.

He trailed his hand a little further along until he wastickling Peter’s neck and, in his moment of weakness, swept the kid right offof Foggy’s shoulder. Like some kind of ninja. It happened so fast that Tonyalmost missed it entirely. Like.

How the fuck did he do that? Could he figure out wherePeter’s arms were just by sound?

Dude. He needed to look into how blind people experiencedthe world. That shit was incredible.

“Thank you,” Nelson sighed. Murdock tucked the kid into hisown neck. Nelson stiffened. “Matt. Matty. What are you doing?”

“Nothing.” He spun around and headed back towards hisoffice.

Oh.

Tony got it now.

“Matthew. Bring him back.”

“What? Can’t see you, Fogs. Can you speak a little louder?”

Nelson’s irritation, which Tony had seen go as high as afour out of ten, ratcheted up to a six in no time at all.

“You two are insufferable,” he said.

“WHAT?”

“WHAT, FOGGY?” Page echoed from the floor.

Nelson very clearly had strong feelings about his partnerswhich he was actively repressing to save face in front of Tony.

“I am so sorry. Give me five minutes,” he said and then leftTony standing in the waiting room while he went into Murdock’s office andclosed the door behind him. Two minutes passed in silence, then Page sniffedand picked herself up off the floor, collected her shit from her own office andheaded out. She resolutely called Tony a pig before she closed the door behindher, which was, in retrospect, understandable.

He didn’t know which part of his being in specific hadoffended her, but he was used to this treatment.

Nelson remerged around the three minute mark with a verygrumpy Peter once again in his arms, although this time, less interested inclinging to him. Apparently, he didn’t want to be separated from Murdock. Thiswas conveyed by the whining and grabby hands over Nelson’s shoulder.

Nelson handed him off to Tony without a struggle this time.Peter huffed up at him and pointedly looked back towards Murdock, now skulkingirritably in his office entrance. Defeated, but only for now.

Right.

Tony wasn’t sticking around for that battle. He thankedNelson and made a hasty retreat.

Peter wailed half of the way back to the tower. Didn’t likethe car seat. Didn’t like the car. Didn’t like Tony at the minute either.

Ah, well. T’was the toddler life, wasn’t it?

#fic #also I eschew basically everything about endgame #i am aware that tony and pepper have a baby #that is fine #in my verses they do not

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flatsuke · 7 years

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Just for fun: The 2nd Generation Bidders

Ok, so I know the substories with the bidders and their children were released already, but I’ve had these kids in my head waaaay before the stories came out lmfao

A continuation of this post.

This is pretty self-indulgent so lol

edit: I added Inui’s and Samejima’s kids!!

@alolan-lillie you said you were interested in my ocs :^D

Eisuke:

Kazuma (19)

Eisuke’s son and Naoko’s twin brother. Tatsuya’s best friend.

Personality: Just like his father, he’s overbearing and self-assured. He’s also meticulous to a fault. When it comes to the people he cares about, he gets overprotective, almost unbearably so. He tries to act as the big brother figure for the rest of the group, but most of them see him as the resident Mom Friend™ because of his anal-retentive personality. He has a childish competitive side.

Background: He’s the next heir to the Ichinomiya Group, but he secretly doesn’t want to be next in line. He’s only doing it so Naoko won’t have to worry about anything. Deep down, he’s actually insecure about being the successor, but he tries to hide it. Though he respects Eisuke as a businessman, he somewhat resents him for not being the best father and husband.

Likes: Being organized, iced coffee, soap operas, cooking

Dislikes: Being compared to his father, bad smells, spicy food, animals that shed fur

Naoko (19)

Eisuke’s daughter and Kazuma’s twin sister. Ema’s best friend.

Personality: She’s serious to a fault, so much that she takes jokes too literally sometimes. Between her and Kazuma, she’s the more levelheaded and altruistic one. She often serves as his damage control and voice of reason when he does something dangerous or rash. She’s the type to solve conflicts by negotiating instead of outwardly fighting.

Background: Being the youngest in the family, Kazuma is naturally overprotective of her. Although she appreciates his concern, she believes he’s being too paranoid. Deep down, she does not like her position as the youngest female; she feels powerless both in the family and in the Ichinomiya Group. She’s somewhat afraid of Eisuke and views him as an authority figure rather than a father, much to his dismay.

Likes: Reading, black coffee, stuffed animals, ribbons

Dislikes: Being looked down on, flying cockroaches, green peas, hot weather

Soryu:

Tatsuya (19)

Soryu’s only son. Kazuma’s best friend.

Personality: He’s hot-blooded and stubborn to a fault. Also, he has a hard time articulating what he really wants to say without making it sound brusque. Though he has a gruff exterior, he actually has a very strong sense of justice. Despite coming from a line of mobsters, he does not like violence at all. He actively tries to avoid fights, but because of his rough demeanor, he gets dragged into them unwittingly.

Background: Soryu is somewhat reluctant about letting him inherit the Ice Dragons because of his earnest nature. Tatsuya, no matter how much he tries to put on a brave face, is too honest for his own good, and Soryu knows the mafia isn’t the best place for someone as truthful as him. Because of that, Tatsuya feels a bit ashamed for not being the best mobster candidate, so he always tries to make himself seem more fearless than he actually is. He has a secret crush on Naoko, but he’d never admit it out loud because Eisuke and Kazuma would skin him alive if they found out.

Likes: Cold weather, green tea, exercise, action cartoons

Dislikes: Being told how he’ll never compare to his father, flat pillows, wet socks, bell peppers

Baba:

Setsuna (18)

Baba’s only daughter. Yuu’s best friend.

Personality: Among the group, she has the most playful demeanor and serves as the instigator of trouble most of the time. More often than not, she drags everyone into her antics, much to their dismay. She has no inhibitions when it comes to anything, and she rarely gets embarrassed, even when she changes clothes in front of people. She can talk to just about anybody without feeling shy or uneasy at all. However, she’s the scariest when pissed.

Background: She openly shows interest at her father’s line of work, but he tries to dissuade her, knowing that his daughter shouldn’t take any part in any thievery. Despite her father’s wishes, she secretly has an identity as the ‘Red Robin Hood’, a vigilante masked thief. The only other person who knows about her side job is Kazuma; he caught her trying to steal something from his office one time, and since then, she had to swear him to absolute secrecy.

Likes: Cute boys and girls, magic tricks, strawberry cheesecake, traveling

Dislikes: Quiet places, being restrained, conferences, accidentally biting her tongue

Ota:

Yuu (17)

Ota’s only son. Setsuna’s best friend.

Personality: He shares the same ‘two-faced’ attribute Ota has, thought it isn’t as malicious as his father’s. In the limelight, he’d act friendly and cute. When no one’s looking, he’d let loose and act a bit more impish. He and Setsuna get along very well because of their shared love for fun and trouble. It’s easy for him to pull the wool over people’s eyes and get away with a lot of things. Only Ryoko isn’t fooled by his ruse.

Background: Although he didn’t inherit his father’s talent in visual arts, he was blessed in the performing arts instead. He’s an idol, and quite a famous one at that. That being the case, he didn’t want people thinking he was famous just because of the Kisaki name. He uses ‘Yuuki’ as a stage name. (Yuu + Kisaki) Despite being part of a highly commercialized industry, he always strives to retain his artistic integrity. He writes and composes his own songs without any outside help.

Likes: Singing, dancing, dogs, milk tea

Dislikes: People plagiarizing his music, bugs, taking tests, getting bored

Mamoru:

Ryoko (18)

Mamoru’s only daughter.

Personality: Ryoko, just like Mamoru, basically exudes an aura of calm and quiet. She’s the most easygoing one in the group, and she is almost never seen stressing about anything. More often than not, people mistake her for being apathetic, when in reality, she just underreacts to everything. Her carefree lifestyle made her develop imperviousness to sarcasm. Yuu usually tries to provoke her, but Ryoko reacts the same way she always has—with a lopsided smile.

Background: Mamoru is genuinely worried for her because she doesn’t seem to be interested in anything at all. She doesn’t show any worry or anticipation for the future, rather, it seems she usually lives for the present. People like Naoko and Tatsuya confuse her because they take things so seriously. She thinks they should just kick back and enjoy what life has to offer, or else they’d grow old too fast with regrets. Though if she had to be honest, she’s secretly a big fan of photography…

Likes: Photography, exercise, bomber jackets, instant noodles

Dislikes: People asking her what she wants to do in the future, career survey forms, peanut butter, stubbed toes

Shuichi:

Junya (20)

Shuichi’s only son. Hayato’s best friend.

Personality: He’s normally cool and collected, but it’s surprisingly easy to annoy him (just ask Hayato or Kazuma). He may look organized on the outside, but he’s actually the messiest person there is, much to everyone’s amusement. He has a sharp tongue, which often leads to people misinterpreting what he says. However, to anyone who knows him well, he’s just not good at expressing himself. Honestly, he tries to give off an aloof persona, but he’s willing to help anyone if they ask him.

Background: Junya’s torn between following Shuichi’s footsteps in politics, or actually doing what he wants to do — writing. He has a double-life as a famous internet author under an almost painfully-obvious pseudonym, “Jun.” Only Hayato knows his secret identity. He doesn’t really get along with Kazuma, similar to his father’s rivalry with Eisuke, but he does respect Kazuma’s sense in business — not that he’ll ever say it out loud.

Likes: Writing, long car rides, ambient music, melon soda

Dislikes: People telling him to clean his room, iced coffee, dried fish, writer’s block

Luke:

Ema (17)

Luke’s only daughter. Naoko’s best friend.

Personality: On the outside, she seems really cold and inexpressive, but she’s actually just painfully shy. She tries to act like she isn’t affected by everything, but deep down, she has a hard time making friends because she’s not good at socializing, and she’s secretly afraid of what people think of her because of her, ahem, unique interests. On the other hand, she’s fiercely devoted to the people she cares about. For that reason, she’s extremely attached to Naoko.

Background: Her fascination with the human anatomy led to her wanting to pursue a career as a surgeon, to which Luke was more than happy to acquaint her with. However, the combination of her eccentric interests, plus her introverted personality left her with a crippling fear of socialization. Eventually, her social anxiety became so bad that she wouldn’t leave the house for days on end. Luke, in his worry, decided to introduce her to his close friend’s children—namely, Kazuma and Naoko —in hopes that they would somehow get along. Fortunately, the twins, Naoko especially, managed to coax her out of her shell and befriend her. Now, they’re practically siblings.

Likes: Anatomy textbooks, tea, kittens, rainy days

Dislikes: Crowds, going out, roller coasters, greasy food

Hikaru:

Hayato (20)

Hikaru’s only son. Junya’s best friend.

Personality: He’s a bit of a trickster who likes to mess with people just to see their reactions. It’s hard to tell what he’s thinking because he always has the same enigmatic smile on his face. He especially likes to tease the serious types, namely, Junya, Naoko, and Tatsuya. According to him, they have the best responses. However, to anyone who knew him well, he’s actually a pretty loyal person amidst all the teasing. He’s the type to bail someone out if they’re in a pinch, or come up with an elaborate revenge scheme if someone messed with his a friend of his.

Background: He’s the most skilled hacker in the group. He likes to label himself as an “informant”, mostly because he can find out anything and everything with his elaborate information network. He and Hikaru get along pretty well despite their personalities, and the latter taught him everything he could about hacking, thus Hayato’s interest in computer science. He’s been friends with Junya for as long as he can remember, but he honestly thinks Junya’s too high-strung sometimes; Hayato always tries to get him to relax.

Likes: Computers, fast food, hoodies, rpg games

Dislikes: People who try to “figure him out”, milk, wearing formal attire, running out of battery

Samejima:

Daiki (17)

Samejima’s only son. Amane’s frenemy/rival/boyfriend.

Personality: He seems like a serious guy, but he’s actually a casual dude who likes to joke with a straight face. Like his father before him, he’s extremely loyal and devoted to Tatsuya (though Tatsuya wants Daiki to treat him normally). Despite being in a relationship with Amane, he constantly competes with her for everything (eating contests, grades, Tatsuya’s praise, etc.). He’s pretty relaxed and friendly with everyone except Amane. With her, he immediately becomes snarky and competitive.

Background: He’s a swimmer, and a very good one – so much so that his teammates on his swim team nicknamed him “The Shark” because of his aggressive swimming style. If he’s not hanging around Tatsuya or Amane, he can usually be found doing laps at the pool. He’s aware of his father’s involvement in the mafia, and he fully understands the responsibilities that comes with it. In fact, he’s long accepted the fact that he’d one day take his father’s place in the Ice Dragons, serving as a shield for Tatsuya. Both he and Amane are in the same position, and underneath their constant rivalry is a nigh unbreakable relationship.

Likes: Swimming, sharks, spicy food, beating Amane

Dislikes: Oversleeping, sour food, clothes that don’t fit, people questioning his decisions

Inui:

Amane (17)

Inui’s only daughter. Daiki’s frenemy/rival/girlfriend.

Personality: She’s a very energetic person, rivaling only Setsuna in that department. Like her father, she’s earnest, cheerful, and painfully optimistic. She’s also extremely loyal and protective of Tatsuya, who wants nothing more than to be treated like a normal friend. Currently, she’s dating her childhood friend and longtime rival, Daiki. Despite dating him, they still bicker like an old married couple over everything. She may be the very essence of sunshine around most people, but around Daiki, her blood boils.

Background: Much to Inui’s dismay, her love of dogs has her working part-time at an animal care shelter (to which Samejima finds hilariously ironic). If she’s not around Tatsuya or Daiki, then she’s at the shelter helping out or walking dogs around a park. She knows what he father does in the mafia, and while she disapproves of what they do, she eventually comes to accept her future role as Tatsuya’s shield. She and Daiki are on the same boat, and have an inseparable bond amidst their constant bickering and competing.

Likes: Dogs, bright colors, fruit shakes, beating Daiki

Dislikes: Stormy days, mushrooms, scraped knees, people who abuse the weak

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Clicker Training Puppies, Start Right Away!

Ohhhhh puppies!!! They are probably one of the cutest furry forces on earth! I love just about everything about puppies.

And, I love clicker training puppies, too!

Honestly, as a trainer, I am having a bit of puppy fever right now. Both of my dogs are getting on in age and I have an insane yearning for a young dog to play and compete with at the moment. I will keep you all posted on how that goes and how I arrive at whatever decision I make. Because, adding a puppy or any pet isn’t something to be taken lightly, it is something that should take a lot of consideration and you should weigh the pros and cons first! The dog will be with you for ten years or more! As dog trainers, and vet techs I have learned this wholeheartedly.

But, back to puppies! Who doesn’t love puppy breath, and puppy naps and puppy zoomies? Seeing the world for the first time through your puppy’s eyes is also mesmerizing. His first snow, his first meeting with family and friends are memories that will last you and your dog a lifetime!

Now, there are two schools of thought for dog trainers when it comes to puppy training. The first is to wait until your puppy is about 6 months old or so to begin training, and the second is to begin positive reinforcement, rewarding good behavior and puppy clicker training right away.

Why is there such a big difference of opinion?

Because there are two very different schools of thought when it comes to dog trainers. Not all dog trainers are created equally, and it is important to find the right trainer, and method for your puppy.

Wait Till 6 Months or Older

This is very a very “old school” thought process, because this is for using excessive force to teach your puppy.

Puppies that are younger than six months can be easily intimidated, scared, and “broken” (emotionally) if dog owners use excessive force.

A puppy over six months can handle more of a physical correction when it comes to obedience training, without as much risk of making him fearful or aggressive.

Unfortunately, in my early years, this is the mentality that I was taught. And, I can attest to it being true in most cases, although some 6 month old puppies can’t handle this kind of stress or correction either. Many of these puppies are then just labeled difficult or aggressive or unworthy of staying in their homes.

This mentality is for dog trainers who are using; choke chains, pinch collars, shock collars and other forms of corrective devices. Now, for those reading this who are undoubtedly becoming offended, I am simply being honest.

I had a trainer contact me several articles ago and said “they are not called choke chains, or pinch collars, or shock collars anymore. They are called slip collars, prong collars or sprenger collars, and e-collars. Anything else is false and misleading.” I have never been one for being overly politically correct or sugar coating it. Choke chains, choke. Pinch collars, pinch. Shock collars, shock. Period.

Feel free to use your devices, but know that they are not all they are cracked up to be and they can do more damage than they do good. I have seen damaged and aggressive dog time and time again because of this kind of training. After all, if you shock me or hit me in the name of teaching me good behavior, you had better be ready for an all out aggressive brawl because I will defend myself no matter how big or intimidating you are.

Shock collars HURT! Don’t believe me? Strap one onto your neck and give me the remote. For more on why they can be harmful for your pet, click here.

The whole reason many trainers wait until the dog is older is so that the dog can handle the pain of the correction. I know of a local well known and unfortunately successful dog training company in my area that regularly puts 8 week old puppies in prong collars. In my opinion, that is no way to train. Sure it will affect your dog’s behavior… but is that how YOU would like to learn a task?

Read why this veterinarian hates pinch collars, here.

Begin Positive Reinforcement and Clicker Training Puppies Right Away

The second theory, among dog trainers, is to begin puppy clicker training with rewards, and positive reinforcement right away. Sessions don’t have to be long!

Heck, I start puppy obedience training when I am at the breeder picking out or picking up my puppy! I have rewards and tasty treats and I immediately begin positive reinforcement of good behavior in an attempt to open up good communication as quickly as possible.

Dogs aren’t people. I know that is hard for some to understand. They have a whole different way of communicating and understanding their environment. In order or us to communicate effectively, one of us has to learn the other’s language. And, let’s face it, humans are waaaay too self absorbed to learn operative canine communication skills. So, we must TEACH our dogs. I put that in caps, so that we remember they aren’t hard wired to know our rules and expectations.

In the aforementioned example, we aren’t really teaching the dog how to communicate with us, we are waiting until he is 6 months and has established many bad behaviors and then trying to “correct” them.

By teaching your dog clicker training, we open up the lines of communications through marker training.

Marker training is a simple way of saying “training with a marker signal”. The signal “marks” the EXACT moment the dog does what you are wanting and is followed by something desirable to the dog. Using a marker signal is a science based teaching method where the marker identifies for the animal when it is doing the right thing. In dog training we use clickers, with marine mammal trainers (like whales or sea lions) they use whistles, etc. For more on that click here. Dog clickers can be purchased almost anywhere.

I always tell my clients, “We are so busy telling our dogs when they do something wrong! How often do you actually tell them when they do something right?” “Do you reward your puppy when he lies down? Do you reward him when he is quietly chewing his toys? Do you reward him for paying attention to you?” Teach your puppy that good behavior brings reward.

The honest answer is usually, NO. I mean, a lot of times people want to convince me that they do… but typically your “rewards” don’t come fast enough and don’t have enough meaning. Simply praising isn’t generally enough to teach the dog to continue doing what he is doing.

So in order to communicate effectively with him when he does something exactly right, we need to cue or teach a marker! Again, sessions don’t have to be long training sessions should be fairly short and should leave your puppy wanting more. Teach your dog often and for short periods of fun and excitement.

A clicker is not a magical “dog remote” you can’t take it out of it’s package and click it to turn your dog’s good behavior on or stop his unwanted behavior. You have to pair the clicker with a primary reinforcement (something the dog wants like food or a toy). A click always followed by a treat conditions your dog that the click = the treat. Search Google there are many dog clickers to choose from. lic

Remember old Pavlov? He rang a bell each night before he fed his dog. After several nights, just ringing the bell inspired the dog to drool because the dog was conditioned that the bell = dinner. We can use this to our advantage in training to mark, or click the exact moment our dog or puppy does something that we like or want to continue to see.

But, like Pavlov in following studies; if you stop rewarding after the click, the clicker or marker loses it’s meaning and the dog is desensitized or no longer conditioned to the marker. We certainly don’t want this! So if you click you must reward.

I know it sounds like a lot of work! But it isn’t! Trust me most dog owners will prefer positive reinforcement, marker training and clicker training puppies over trying to correct unwanted behaviors later.

It’s Simple Science

By rewarding your pet (and any pet can learn, even chickens) you are teaching him what your expectations are and what your rules are and what you like when it comes to behavior. From here it is easy to get these behaviors on cue or command. This means you control the behavior and when it happens and you can simply avoid bad behavior. By avoiding bad behavior you are avoiding conflict and sculpting the dog that you want! Make sense?

Want to read more about the science, click here.

As Proven by a Shelter Dog Experiment

I have worked in numerous animal, pet and dog shelters in my career. I have run temperament tests, I have walked dogs, I have trained dogs and I have done much of the grunt work at the shelter to help the animals. I have even sat on the board of directors at one shelter.

But we decided to implement an experiment that another well known shelter had seen great progress with when it came to adoptions.

Adopting “wild” and uncontrollable young dogs from shelters can be tough, at best. Many of these dogs are simply euthanized because no one wants to deal with their unruly behavior. Although, sad, in some cases I understand no one wants to take home a dog they think they can’t control.

Jumping is one of the number one issues for failed probable adoptions. The new family takes the dog, who has been in a kennel run almost 24 hours a day 7 days a week into a room or a yard and the dog is so very excited he begins to jump all over the people and run and flail himself with excitement.

As trainers and shelter workers, we stuffed our pouches with treats or their meals, armed ourselves with clickers and headed into those runs. We taught those dogs, that if they “Sit” when we entered, they would get a reward. We DID NOT put it on cue or command. We simply clicked and rewarded.

Why?

Because most people wont shout or demand “Sit”. We wanted the act of entering their run with a pouch of rewards and then entering the adoption room to bring about the behavior without having to ask for the behavior.

It is even less likely that school of thought number one would have worked. If we had had to use a physical correction and a correction collar, it would have had to have been used by the potential adopters in the same exact manner. What are the odds of that? No one wants to pop a sad shelter dog they are looking to adopt with a leash.

Adoptions skyrocketed! Gone were the uncontrollable dogs! In front of people were the dogs sitting for attention and reward and looking like well trained and easy to train dogs.

This game also taught these dogs to control their impulses even when they were most excited (with no physical or verbal correction), which was an even more important lesson for them!

Can you see, that by using positive reinforcement and marker training, you can literally help the dog to make the correct behavior decisions without even using a cue or a command? You are actually conditioning him that the behavior, in and of itself, is rewarding and should be continued.

Science is amazing!

Want to help your shelter pets out? Click here.

Getting Started with Puppy Clicker Training

What You Will Need as a new Dog Owner

A Treat Pouch or something that you can strap around your middle so that you have treats available whenever you need them.

A Leash (to control your puppy’s wandering

A Clicker (they even have ones that strap to your finger or your wrist) I like searching Amazon or going to your local pet supply store to look at their selection.

Great soft small treats (I prefer human food over dog treats because I know I can control the salt and the fat and the ingredients if I make the treats; with premade dog treats I have no idea what is really in them).

Their very own puppy food, measured out and accounted for can also be used as a treat for training or used throughout the day for training.

Load the Clicker

Find his favorite treat! I like boiled chicken breast, liver or cheese. I even use his own kibble when it is feeding time. Use the smallest treat possible to elicit excitement (pea sized or smaller). And, avoid fatty foods like bacon which can be bad for dogs, or foods high in salt!

Remember that clicker you just bought isn’t a magical dog remote! It must be loaded or the dog must be taught that it has meaning. So, begin “Click = Reward, Click = Reward, Click = Reward” until you click and your dog looks at you with excitement and anticipation because he knows his favorite snack is coming.

What if your puppy is afraid of the clicker? Read This!

Jackpots Are Where it’s At

A jackpot is a bigger or better reward to drive home the idea that listening to you can bring REALLY GOOD rewards. So a small handful of chicken breast or a piece of chicken breast if I am using his kibble are both considered a jackpot. The jackpot is what he is working for, ultimately.

Jackpot Theory

In order to not have to use bribery (where you have to show the dog the treat in order to get him to listen to you, even when he is 2) you must begin teaching him the jackpot theory.

Dogs are gamblers just like humans. We play the slots because there are odds, even if small, that we could in fact hit the jackpot. Sometimes we win double more of our money, sometimes we lose and get nothing but sometimes we win enough to make the gamble worth it.

So, the key to good dog and puppy training is that once they know the behavior and are fairly reliable, you don’t have to reward them each time anymore! Sometimes you reward, sometimes you don’t (very important) and sometimes you jackpot them (even more important).

Begin Training

I like to keep my puppies on leash when they come home. This allows me to restrict their access to my whole house, helps me teach them manners and allows me to better potty train them.

The leash also allows me to be in control and in the “know” when they show good behavior so that I can click or mark and reward.

Let’s say that the puppy sits down on the ground himself, I would click and reward. When he lies down, click and reward. When he looks at me or recognizes his name, click and reward.

By puppy clicker training in this manner, I am teaching him what I like so that if he wants a reward and if he wants to make me happy (most dogs want to please but don’t know how) he knows how to do that.

The Only Time I Don’t Use a Clicker or Treats

I know this probably doesn’t make sense, after what I explained earlier; but I refuse to use or recommend using food or treats for potty training.

I kept having clients coming to me saying “My puppy will go potty outside and then go inside and squat and go again, right in front of me”.

It took me a bit of time to understand that the puppy was understanding that going potty in front of the owner was rewarding, NOT going potty outside. He was understanding the behavior that was being rewarded but not where it was being rewarded, which makes total sense now!

If we reward a behavior, that means we want to see it often, right? YES!

So instead, I recommend a very quiet praising when he goes potty outside. Not overly loud so as to stop what he is doing, but calm and soft so that he just understands the behavior he is showing is correct but not rewarding enough to do in front of you all of the time (i.e. in the house).

So grab your leash, your puppy and your clicker and get started with a training program today!

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