No Lie

Registration Day

If Pepper thought getting Tony out of the lab was hard, then getting Shuri and Peter out was impossible. It was great that Tony encouraged the two to spend time in Peter's personal lab, coming up with new ideas and having fun. However, that made it even harder to convince them that sleeping, eating, and other things they need to do—like attend registration for school—were important too. Therefore, Pepper was left with no other option but to cut all power—including the emergency backup power—to Peter's lab when the teens refused to leave.

They came upstairs five minutes later, grumbling about Pepper not being fair.

"If you came up when I called you, I wouldn't have had to cut the power," she replied, not really worried about them being upset with her. They had to be somewhere on the other side of town in less than fifteen minutes.

"We lost our work," Peter whined.

Pepper gave him a mocking pout then kissed his head.

"Come up when I call, then," she said.

He groaned and she sent them off to put on shoes (ones that weren't Shuri's sneakers). Five minutes later, they were all piled in a car and headed to Peter's school for registration.

* * * * *

When they arrived at the school, Shuri was the first one to bounce out of the car. She'd never been to an American school and couldn't wait to see if cafeterias were actually a thing. Although Tony made them join for the beginning orientation, Peter and Shuri were allowed to explore the school while Tony and Pepper finished up Peter's registration.

The second Principal Morita finished speaking, Peter turned to his dad and asked, "Can we go now, Dad?"

Tony nodded, waving them off as he followed Pepper through a sea of parents, wearing his familiar disguise of a hat and glasses. Grabbing Shuri's arm, Peter didn't wait for his mom to have a chance to stop them before he tugged Shuri down the hall to the robotics lab.

"Slow down," she grumbled, stumbling after him. "We have an hour."

"That's barely enough time," Peter told her.

She sighed and ran beside him down the hall and into the robotics lab. Despite everything being less advanced than his home lab, Peter excitedly showed her everything. Once he was certain that Shuri had seen enough of the school's 'cute' technology, Peter pulled her off to another room.

* * * * *

Peter and Shuri were determined to see the whole school in an hour and had very nearly completed their goal. Peter was even starting to think they would get through the whole visit without seeing Flash.

It was the exact moment Peter thought this when Flash and his two friends stopped them on their way back to the gym. Peter stopped and stared at him blankly, but Shuri looked between Peter and the boys in confusion. Grinning at the two, Flash blocked their path and crossed his arms.

"Got yourself a girlfriend, Penis?"

Shuri frowned.

"Shut up, Flash," Peter answered, casting a worried glance at Shuri.

For a princess, she had an impressively short temper and an absolutely wicked right hook. As badly as Peter wanted to see how a fight would go between her and Flash, he knew it was better for everyone if he did his best to prevent it.

"Why? Will she disappear if she knows you're weak?" Flash taunted.

As expected, Shuri moved to punch Flash. Fortunately, Peter anticipated it and grabbed her arm before she could swing.

"Peter, let me go!" she growled, fighting against Peter in hopes of reaching Flash. "I'll beat him so hard he'll—"

She broke off into rapid, angry Wakandan and Peter wrapped his arms around her tighter.

Flash rolled his eyes and looked at Peter. "What? Can she not speak English?"

Peter shot him a warning glare and his grip on Shuri loosened just enough she was able to reach out and scratch his face.

"Insult me again, colonizer!" she yelled, lunging for him.

When Peter tried to adjust his grip on her, he accidentally let her go. Quick as lightening, she flew at Flash and he fell to the ground. She swung at his face with both hands, getting three solid hits in before Peter grabbed her and tossed her behind him.

"Shuri! You can't just attack people!" Peter exclaimed, blocking her from ripping Flash's eyes out.

"He insulted you," she growled, trying to scurry around Peter. He grabbed her and yanked her back. "He's a no-good piece of trash that I could kill in my sleep!"

"She's a homicidal maniac!" Flash cried, struggling to regain composure after her attack.

Peter was a little thrilled to see Shuri had actually succeeded at hurting him. His right cheek was bleeding from where she'd scratched him and his nose was busted from one of her hits.

"I'll have you arrested for this!" Flash declared. This only made Shuri fume more.

"I am the Princess of Wakanda," she told him furiously. From behind Peter, she jabbed a finger at him and warned, "If you so much as lay a hand on me or Peter, I'll have you imprisoned for assault on a royal."

"Would you both stop it?" Peter yelled. Both Flash and Shuri glared at him. "Any louder and everyone will hear you."

"I don't believe your stupid girlfriend is the princess," Flash said haughtily.

Peter sighed. Flash wasn't going to let this go unless someone proved him wrong, was he?

"I would know if a princess was standing in front of me."

"Then you should know there is," Tony said from behind Peter.

Peter and Shuri both looked up to see Tony and Pepper walking up behind them. At the sight of Tony Stark in front of him, Flash's eyes widened.

"Tony Stark!" he exclaimed in surprise.

Tony rolled his eyes.

"That's my name," he replied dryly, "Don't wear it out." While Flash quickly apologised, Tony put a hand on Peter's shoulder and asked, "What's going on, kid?"

"Nothing," Peter said much too quickly.

Tony raised an eyebrow at him then turned to Shuri who angrily recounted the entire event, but conveniently left out the part about punching Flash.

"Yes," Tony said, glancing back at Flash. "Clearly you just yelled at him." He waved her off when she tried to correct him. "If I'm not told, I don't have to tell your brother."

"Yes," Shuri whispered happily, grinning at Peter. She'd beaten up someone and wouldn't get in trouble for it? Best trip to America ever!

"Now you," Tony said, rounding on Flash. Flash trembled as he nodded. "You're going to apologise to the Princess and my son, then you're going to leave them alone for the rest of eternity, understood?"

Flash nodded quickly and Tony motioned for him to apologise now.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness," he whispered, giving a small bow. "Sorry, Peter."

Tony nodded, satisfied, then sent him off. He turned to Shuri and Peter next and raised an eyebrow at the two. "Now, you two get your asses in the car before the press rolls up here, got it?"

They didn't have to be told twice.