An orphan who was the sole survivor of the destruction of a hijacked plane, Aki was a girl with incredible telekinetic power who was abducted by Zodiac to use her powers as a weapon. She managed to escape and found Tony Stark, hoping that he could protect and adopt her. After nearly being run over in the street, she tried to convince Tony that she was special, levitating cutlery at the restaurant he had taken her to. In response, Tony started demanding answers, causing Aki to burst into tears. Tony immediately backpedaled, asking the waiter to bring over ice cream.

After spending the night in Tony's bed (Iron Man himself spending it on the couch), he awoke to find the girl cleaning. He soon finds that in doing so, she had shredded multiple important documents that had littered his workspace and after making a request to try his Repulsors, she ended up firing one of the gauntlets of the Iron Man armor straight into a large flat-screen television, destroying it. As he started to scold her for her actions, Aki backed into a control panel, causing two robotic hands to pick up Tony and carry him off, crashing into a desk chair moments after. As Tony recovered from this ordeal, the doorbell rung, prompting Aki to answer it. Meeting Dr. Tanaka at the door, she introduced herself as Tony's daughter, surprising the older woman.