answers to reviewers questions or statements:

Harbinger of Kaos: It was put their for comedic relief. The first of many between the duo and a few others.

superpierce: In this universe, yes it was.

Jason Hunter: I might do something like that, with another girl or three thrown into the mix.

CRUDEN: Simon after a while would of, but Jess would have probably joined in.

Guest: Who's doing that?

Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or DC characters seen, mentioned or used.

When Peter got his first actual in person view of the Justice League Unlimited, he'd be lying if he said he wasn't a tad bit nervous. These were men and women who've grown up hearing who knows how many stories from their parents and mentors about them. A small part of Peter hoped they were the good ones, but another part, a dark twisted part of him wondered if all they heard of him was his final days on earth before he went into exile...

Before Peter stood five individuals, Warkhawk, son of John Stewart and Shayera, Aquagirl, daughter of Aquaman and Mera, Kai-Ro, the current Green Lantern of sector 2814, Big Barda a former Fury of Darkseid and ambassador of New Genesis and finally Micron who from what Peer gas heard, was like a mixture of both the Atom and Atom-Smasher. The five young heroes, or four and anceint New Goddess, all stared at Peter as he stood a little behind Superman.

"Spider-man..." Clark said as he turned to his old teammate before he gestured to the current Justice League "I give you, the Justice League Unlimited"

Peter eyed them all before he gave a small wave "Hey everyone..."

"So, this is the legendary Spider-man..." Warhawk said as he took in Peter's appearance "Huh, thought you'd be bigger"

"I get that a lot" Peter said as he took in Warhawk's appearance "So what do they call you? Mecha Vulture or Cyborg Chicken?"

"Well, that humor of yours is spot on" Warhawk said with narrowed eyes.

"I'm told it was one of my most endearing qualities" Peter replied.

"My mother said differently" Warhawk said in an even tone.

"Clearly she didn't tell you everything" Peter snickered as he turned to Barda "Big 'B', how's Scott?"

"Fine" she replied in a icy tone.

Peter mentally winced at this "Sorry..."

"He holds no ill against you if that helps" Barda said with her eyes narrowing "But I do..."

Peter nodded a little solemnly at this "Figured"

"I must say, it's an honor to meet you Spider-man" Kai-Ro said as he floated over to Peter and gave the man a respectful bow "Despite the animosity the Green Lanterns and the Guardians of the Galaxy hold against one another"

"It's more on you guys' side then ours" Peter said as he held his hand out to shake "Still, nice to meet a Lantern not trying to arrest me. Or induct me into their Corps"

"You've been offered to join us?" Kai-Ro said with surprise.

"Not your Corps" Peter said with a grim chuckle.

"Oh..." Kai-Ro said with a nod before he shook Peter's hand.

'So far so good' Peter thought as he turned towards the last member of the group, Aquagirl "And I take it your Arthur and-"

Peter was interrupted by the sound of Aquagirl's head slamming against the ground as she fell back. Peter blinked at the unconscious girl before he looked around at the other Leaguers who were watching him with a combination of amusement and exasperation, the latter towards the unconscious woman.

"Uhhhh, what just happened?"

"She's a really big fan of yours" Warhawk said dryly as he went over and picked Aquagirl up as if she weighed nothing and prepared to carry her to a nearby pool to throw her in and wake her up "Like, I'm pretty sure she has a crush on you"

"She also has a tattoo of you on her" Micron said with a laugh "It's a spider web that looks like it's made of coral with a red and blue spider on her naval that looks almost like a jellyfish. It's pretty awesome looking to be honest"

"Oh... uh, cool?" Peter said, unsure what to say in regards to Arthur and Mera's daughter having a full blown fangirl crush on him 'Wish Orm would have mentioned that before I came back here. Make this whole thing less awkward'

Though Peter was certain that Orm intentionally kept quiet on his estranged niece's infatuation for Peter quiet just so this would happen. The exiled Prince could be a real asshole when he wanted to be in the wall crawler's opinion. Peter quickly shook those thoughts away as he turned to Superman who looked to be trying and failing not to laugh at Peter.

"What? What's so funny?" he asked with a scowl.

"Just, ironic is all" Clark said with a smirk "You had a crush on Mera, now her daughter has a crush on you"

"Yes the universe works in mysterious and hilarious ways" Peter said with a unimpressed look at the man of steel before he began to look around "Alright, where are they?"

"They who?" Clark asked, making a poor attempt to feign innocence.

"Batman's replacement" Peter said as he looked behind himself just to be sure, even though the suit would have done something if a person was indeed behind him. Something incredibly violent if it acted off his memories and the emotions connected to said memories at the very least "I know for a fact he'd have someone he can control on any Justice League team to spy on them and take out when they 'got out of line' if given the chance"

"He's not wrong" Micron said as he leaned against the wall "But the new Batman, isn't a full time member. Hell he's barely a reserve one"

"His choice..." Barda stated.

"Ah" Peter said with a nod before he glanced at the rest of the League "Is she the only one or are you all waiting for me to leave the room before you start to fanboy over me like something out of an anime?"

"I was more of a fan of Alan Scott when he was the Green Lantern" Warhawk said with a shrug "Dad was kinda annoyed by that but he couldn't deny the man was awesome"

"Hey so was I" Peter said with a grin before he glanced at Kai-Ro "What about you short stop?"

"I'm a great admirer of Naropa" Kai-Ro said with a grin, causing Peter to look at Clark with a confused look on his face.

"Who?" he asked.

"A ancient Buddhist monk" the man of steel replied with a snort "Heroes are kinda low on Kai's list"

Peter blinked at this "Oookay?"

Peter than turned to Big Barda and gave her a sheepish chuckle at the minor annoyance flashing through her eyes "I guess I know where you stand"

"Obviously" she said with an eye roll.

Peter chuckled a little at this before he looked around the room "So, who was the latest big bad this week? Darkseid? Starro? Lobo? Or some new guy that after you beat him, he swore ever lasting vengeance on you all"

"Haven't been any 'big bads' as you call them since I sentenced Luthor to the Phantom Zone" Clark said with a distant look in his eye "The last of the 'old guard' when it comes to villainy. I fought his daughter and Grundy last week though if that counts"

Peter's train of thought came to a screeching end as Clark's words registered in his brain and his head snapped towards the man so fast, that several of the other Leaguers swore they heard his neck actually snap.

"You threw Luthor into the Phantom Zone?" Peter said with surprise. While a part of him was shocked at the fact that not only did Lex have a kid, but he actually had sex with someone, he was more surprised that the crazed cue ball wasn't already in the Phantom Zone or dead by now.

"I did... just over a year ago" Clark said with a nod "It's a long story"

Peter stared at the man for a moment before he spoke "How the hell did it take this long for you to do that? I figured you'd toss him in there with Zod, Jax-Ur and the others like that decades ago"

"Mind controlling parasite" Clark said with a shrug "Apparently it didn't think taking Luthor out was important enough"

Peter shook his head at this, a grin on his face "I really need to hear the full story of this. Along with apparent Luthor junior running around somewhere"

"Sure, long as I get the full story of you and Shayera and the incident with Kraven" Clark said with a smirk.

"Man, you really want to know what happened, don't you?" Peter said.

"Peter, everyone did" Clark said with an eye roll.

"All right, fair enough" Peter said with a nod before he looked around the room "So, where's the guest rooms? I'm a little exhausted flying several thousand lightyears nonstop to get here"

"Their this way" Clark said as he gestured for Peter to follow him.

The rest of the League watched Peter and Clark leave before they glanced at one another. Warkhawk was the first to speak as he turned towards the direction that the two older heroes went with a thoughtful look on his face.

"So that's him..."

Kai-Ro nodded in agreement "He's much different from what I've read in the archives on Oa and in the Watchtower's database"

Micron nodded in agreement "Yeah, he seemed... distant. Still talkative, but distant"

"After what he's been through, anyone would be" Barda said as she turned to leave "If you'll excuse me, I'm going to call Scott and let him know that Peter has returned to Earth. He'd like to meet up with him again after so long... despite my advice not to"

Warkhawk nodded as he and the others watched the New God leave before another door opened to reveal a now awake and wet Aquagirl with a confused frown on her face.

"What happened?" Aquagirl asked as she stepped back into the room and looked for signs of Spider-man.

"You saw Spider-man, he spoke to you and you passed out" Warhawk said with a smirk "And I may have smelled a little of arousal from you when I was carrying you back. Hoping it was his arms you were in?"

"I did?" the Atlantean royal said with a pale face before she slapped her forehead "Ahhh by Poseidon's grace!"

...

"So is it just the six of you?" Peter asked as he followed Clark to his room.

"For the moment. Usually there's eight of us, the other two being Shazam and Manhunter, but their both busy so it's just us" Clark said as they passed a few holographic images on the wall that showed several different teams of the Justice League over the years, including the Justice Society and Titans "Maybe you could pick up the slack?"

Peter quirked a brow at this "Really? That's your sales pitch?"

"Would you prefer I say something along the lines of 'You've become part of a bigger world, you just don't know it yet?'" Clark said with a grin.

"...Point taken" Peter said with a nod "I don't know... I really wasn't planning to stay very long. Just a few hours to admire the planet before leaving"

"...You can't stay away forever Peter" Clark said in a low voice.

"The last few decades say otherwise" Peter said, his tone grimmer and his eyes colder "My life here ended decades ago Clark... there's nothing left to live for here"

"I used to think the same thing" Clark said with a nod of understanding "After Lois passed away. I felt like there was nothing left for me here, that my entire reason for living was gone..."

It was than he came to a stop, his gaze directed at a window that gave a view of the Metropolis skyline at night "So I stopped being Clark Kent... I stopped being the man that I was and devoted myself to being Superman for as long as I could. But it didn't make a difference, I still felt alone... empty on the inside"

"What changed?" Peter asked, curious to see where Clark was going with this.

"I remembered that just because one road of life ends, doesn't mean the journey is over. It just means I have to find a new one to take" Clark said as he turned towards Peter "That road led me to this team, to my new family and for a while, it was enough"

"But...?" Peter inquired.

"But, it was missing something important" Clark said as he placed his hand on Peter's shoulder "My best friend"

"Krypto?" Peter asked with a small grin.

"No, Doomsday you idiot" Clark said with a shake of his head, a smile on his face "Be nice to have you around again. I mean that"

"I'm sure Aquagirl would agree" Peter said with a laugh.

"She may or may not drown me if I couldn't convince you" Clark agreed with a laugh of his own "She's as terrifying as her mother was"

Peter smirked at this "Red heads, gotta love them"

"Amen to that" Clark said as he slapped Peter on the shoulder "Come on, your room is up ahead"

Peter followed Clark to a door at the nd of the hall and watched as it slid open automatically and the lights came on and adjusted their brightness. Peter stepped in while Clark stood at the door and watched as Peter examined the room with wide eyes under his mask.

"This is..."

"Your room, from the old days" Clark said with a grin as he watched Peter wander around the old but familiar space "After you left, I had your things put into storage and once I convinced you to come back with me, I may have asked the drones here to start making your room while you were introduced to the League"

"Sneaky..." Peter said with a grunt as he looked at the bed and a painful memory began to take shape before he banished it away to the deepest parts of his mind.

"My hero..."

"You okay?" Clark asked, seeming to sense a change in the air around Peter.

"Fine... just... lot of memories this place is dredging up" Peter said in a quiet voice as he approached the nightstand and picked up one of the four phots on it.

The one in his hand was that of him and his Aunt and Uncle. He placed it down and glanced at the other three, one with him and the first incarnation of the Justice League, just a few weeks after it was created and Barry convinced everyone to take a group photo. The second was of him with the rest of the New York based heroes, even a few of the 'Anti-Heroes'. And the final one was of... her.

Peter picked up the photo, aware that Clark was watching him intently as he stared at the image of-

"Thank you. For keeping these, I mean. I didn't think to grab them until I already left Earth and was passing Pluto" Peter said as he placed the picture face down so he wouldn't have to look at the image any longer. Already he could feel the tears trying to form, but his sheer stubbornness refused to let them fall "I almost forgot what she looked like back then..."

"I know showing you that was risky but... you can't keep blaming yourself for what happened. Keep letting it tear you up like this" Clark said with a small nod "She would have wanted you to be happy. Hell she'd be smacking you upside the head right about now for being this stubborn for so long"

Peter gave Clark a sad smile under his mask "What can I say? Beating myself up over things I couldn't control is part of DNA. All Parkers got it to some degree"

"So I've noticed" Clark said as he pushed himself off the wall and turned to leave "Micron's making steak tonight. Your more than welcome to join when your up for it"

Peter nodded "I'll keep that in mind"

Clark nodded as the door closed and Peter sensed the Kryptonian walk away, leaving him alone.

Peter waited until he was sure he was alone before he had the mask recede and he picked up the face down image and looked at it again, this time with his own eyes in decades. He smiled a little sadly at the image of the woman in it before he placed it back down, it's image facing the bed and sat down on the mattress. He let out a sigh and looked down at his hand with a thoughtful look on his face as it started to slowly change into that of a meter long blade.

"Down girl... you've behaved the past few months. Don't break that streak"

The blade stop forming halfway before it began to revert back into a hand before it began to recede, exposing Peter's pale hand. He opened and closed his hand for a few minutes before he sent a mental command for the rest of the suit to recede back into him, exposing more and more of his pale, scarred flesh. Once the suit was gone, Peter laid back and stared up at the ceiling with a frown when something occured to him.

"Wait... did I leave my room on the C.I.T.T. unlokced?"

If he did, there was going to be no stopping Rocket from getting in and stealing his new web shooters and all the other little gadgets he's been collecting and making for the past year.

"Ahh dammit all!"

Peter was just about to get up and find a communicator that could send intergalactic messages, even if he had to go all the way to Superman's fortress to do it when he heard a knock at the door. Peter frowned as he stood up and approached it and had it slide open to reveal Aquagirl standing there.

"Uh, hi?" Peter said, a little surprised to see the young Atlantean up and walking again. He could have sworn she'd be out the rest of the day as her brain rebooted at being in his presence.

"H-Hello" she said with a blush on her face "S-Sorry about earlier, I'm just... a big fan. My father talked about you a lot when me and my brother were growing up"

"I know, Junior told me" Peter said with a nod before he gave his fellow Guardians of the Galaxy teammate's sister a smirk "Though he never mentioned having a crush on me"

"Oh..." the platinum blonde haired woman thought as she felt a wave of anger at her fellow Leaguers 'Whoever told him, their dead... all of them'

"It's fine, I'm kinda used to it by now" Peter said with a chuckle.

"Heh, that's good" Aquagirl said with a sheepish chuckle.

"So, not that I don't mind an attractive Atlantean knocking on my door, but do you need something?" Peter asked with a pointed but friendly look.

"Oh, uh no. I just wanted to properly greet you" Aquagirl said as she adverted her gaze from the man's face and tried to keep her heartbeat from beating like waves against the coastline.

Kind of hard to do when Spider-man remarked that she was attractive.

Peter nodded at this "Well, you have. Sorry if I wasn't exactly what you were hoping for. Wasn't expecting anyone to be glad that I'm back"

"Why?" she asked with confusion "Your one of the greatest heroes that ever lived!"

Peter gave her a grim smile "I'm assuming that Arthur never mentioned the details of my... leaving?"

"He's... he told me once" Aquagirl said in a low voice "When I asked why you left and I couldn't find any information on the Atlantean archives or the League's database"

"And?" Peter asked as he watched the young woman closely.

Aquagirl was silent for a minute as she tried to think of an appropriate answer before she found one.

"I can't say I agree with what you did, but I won't deny that you did what many others, regardless of what they say, would have done if they were placed in the same situation you were" she said as she looked him dead in the eye.

Peter held the younger hero's gaze for a moment before he smirked "Your the second person to tell me that"

"Who was the first?" Aquagirl asked with curiosity.

Peter was silent for a minute before he came to some sort of conclusion and gave the young woman a grin that caused her heart to flutter "Tell you what Aquagirl, you give me a more in-depth tour of this place and I'll tell you who it was"

"It's... Mareena. But can I hear it?" she asked with excitement.

"Sure, but be warned, it's a long story" Peter said with a laugh.

"I like things long" she said before her words registered "Stories, I like my stories long"

"Don't we all" Peter said with a wink as he turned to head back into his room "See you at dinner Mareena"

"We'll be waiting" she said before the door closed, leaving her alone in the hall for a few minutes before she took a deep breath and spun on her heel to head back to her room to freshen up when she saw Warhawk looking at her. she paused and gave him a frown "What?"

The armored Thangarian hybrid said nothing as he approached the Atlantean hybrid before he pulled out a small towel.

"You drip anymore and you'll flood the place" he said with a smirk "And I'm not talking about just the drool"

"Fuck you!"

...

Half an hour later, Peter was sitting at a surprisingly small table that just about fit all the present members of the League. Before them was several plates f steak all cooked to varying degrees, a few bowls of fruits and vegetables for Kai-Ro, a few sea food platters and more liquor than what should be appropriate for a dinner setting.

"So Webs, what's it liking working with the Guardians of the Galaxy?" Micron asked as he poked at his steak.

"Fine, a little harrowing, mostly because Rocket likes to steal things and then we have to deal with the guys he stole from trying to get it back and kill us" Peter said as he stated down at his untouched food.

"And your teammates, what are they like?" Mareena asked as she took a sip of her drink.

Peter's mind wandered to his teammates, Star Lord... Gamora... Drax... Groot and Rocket... Carol... Mantis... Orm… Nova.

"Their... an interesting bunch, You'd like them" Peter said before he nodded towards Warhawk as he scarfed down his third steak "Though I'm pretty sure he'd be either fighting Drax or trying to skin Rocket for taking his Nth metal"

"He can try" the Thangarian said in between mouthfuls"

"He will" Peter said with a snort.

"Sounds like a fun bunch" Mareena said with a giggle.

"They are" Peter agreed as he poked at his food some more, his appetite still absent.

"Not a fan of beef?" Micron Barda asked as she stabbed at her food.

Peter shrugged "Just not very hungry. Haven't really been hungry in a while"

"What do you mean?" Clark asked as he leaned forward on his elbows and interlaced his fingers.

"I..." Peter paused as he tried to think of a proper way to put it without disgusting everyone present or more likely horrifying them "There's still left overs I'm lasting on"

"Oh..." Clark said with a small nod "Forgot about that. Self subsidence"

"On what?" Warhawk asked with suspicion.

"Chicken..." Peter said with a grin towards the son of John and Shayera "And maybe a bit of hawk"

"Bite me" he growled out.

"He just might" Mircron said with a snort as he reached for his glass "And serve you up with a side of rice"

"Yum" Peter said with a wink thrown towards Mareena, causing her to blush as Warhawk scowled at him.

"Any time anywhere old man" Warhawk challenged.

"Careful son, before I whoop your ass and sent it to your room without dessert" Peter joked.

"Burn..." Micron said as he took a sip of his drink.

Warhawk scowled at the man as he returned to his food while Kai-Ro formed a pair of emerald scoops to pile more salad on his plate and Mareena refilled her glass with more liquor, some import from Atlantis from the smell of it. Clark was meanwhile talking to Micron about some of the things he and Peter got up to before they joined the Justice League while Barda ate her food silently, but Peter could tell she was keeping an eye on him, not that he could blame her.

'At least she's not trying to kill me' Peter thought as he stared back at his food again and tried to summon the will to take a bite of it.

It looked great, and it's been years since Peter has had any actual food. But for some reason, something kept him from trying it.

'You don't need that anymore to survive... not with me...' a cool feminine voice echoed at the back of Peter's mind.

'I know...' Peter thought with a sad sigh as he was once again reminded with how much he changed over the years.

Peter was certain that if his past self looked at him now, he wouldn't even recognize him.

'Guess it's a good thing that me or the other's past selves don't travel this far into the future' Peter thought as he leaned back in his chair, his gaze still on the table 'I always wondered where I was and why some people were so hesitant to talk about me. Now I know, they didn't want to tell me how far I've fallen-'

"Peter?"

The wall crawler almost jumped at the sound of his name rolling off Mareena's tongue as she looked at him with a worried expression, as were the others. Peter blinked at them as he straightened himself in his chair.

"Yeah?"

"You okay man?" Warhawk asked with a frown "You've been staring at the table for almost ten minutes straight"

Peter nodded, a little too quickly as he spoke "I'm fine, just a lot on my mind is all"

"Want to share?" Micron asked.

Peter chuckled at the man "Your gonna have to buy me a few dinners and save my butt a few times before we get to that level Micron. Also, your a little too young"

"Pfft, you wouldn't be able to keep up anyway" the size changing hero said with a scoff "Hell, Supes here can barely make it to orbit without getting winded"

"Well, having to carry your weight all the time puts a strain even on Kryptonians" Clark said mildly as he took a sip of his water while Micron flipped him off.

"Old ass dregg"

Peter snickered at the two before he addressed everyone "I'm fine guys. Just worrying about some of my stuff I left with the Guardians. I didn't lock my room and now Rocket's gonna pillage it"

"Anything valuable in it?" Kai-Ro inquired.

"Starro's entire porn collection" Peter said with a straight face.

Clark and Barda, who were both in the middle of drinking their respective glasses, spat it's contents out while the former chocked a little. Mareena blushed at this while Warhawk and Micron broke out into fits of laughter all the while Kai-Ro looked around in confusion.

"What's he mean by that?"

"When your older kid... much older" Warhawk said as he wiped away a few tears.

"And you start to broaden your horizon" Micron snickered "Though since you work in space, that shouldn't be too hard"

Kai-Ro frowned at this "What?"

"Micron, Warhawk" Barda said with a weighted gaze towards the two men "Quiet before I send you both through a wall"

"Yes ma'am" they both chorused before they broke into fits of laughter again while Barda turned towards Peter with a scowl.

"Please refrain from such topics with children present"

"Yes mom..." Peter said with a drawl as he looked at Warhawk and Micron "Sorry boys, but you hard the lady. No grown up talk till you've all experienced your first universal threat"

"Aww, but we never get those anymore" Micron said in a whiny voice.

"I'm sure we'll get one soon enough, we're long overdue anyway" Clark said as he refilled his glass with something stronger than water.

"Yeesh Supes, you really have gotten darker with age..." Peter said with a frown before he gave the man a thumbs up "I like it!"

"Thanks, had plenty of time to brood while picking out a retirement home" Clark said with a laugh as he took a sip of his whiskey.

As the night dragged on, the first peaceful one that Peter could remember ever having as part of the Justice League the young looking but aged hero sat back and watched the team interact with a look of content on his face, something he hasn't felt in years.

'I guess I can get used to these guys... it's almost starting to feel like the good old days again'

...

And done.

Next chapter, The good old days...