Damian rolled his eyes as he walks along the hallway, the fangirls all cooing and trying to get his attention. "I wonder how the others survived this shit." he mutters as he keeps walking, ignoring them. Colin, Maps and the rest of the Detective Team follow him. "Poor Damian. Guy never quite catches a break." says Maps. Olive does not say anything, simply nodding. Being the Son of Bruce Wayne most certainly does that to you. You get all the adoration, the attention but the downside is lack of privacy. Over the years, the Baby Bat had matured into a fine young man. At 15, he was slightly taller than Dick and was a bit muscular though not to Jason's level. His dark locks had grown longer and make him look somewhat like Dick. As a result of his dark and mysterious aura and good looks, everyone refers to Damian as Prince Charming, a nickname that he is secretly proud of.
Damian then stops as he catches resident Mean Queen Raquel Thompson towering over a poor pink haired chick who was in tears. Angered by this, Damian hands over his bag to Colin and walks over to confront said girl. However another person beats him to it. A girl around his age with long raven hair and a slightly dark skin tone though not as dark as Damian's and pretty yet piercing black eyes, stands in front of the girl and glares daggers at Raquel. Damian immediately recognizes this girl as Rei Azuna, a good friend of his and perhaps the first person he ever truly befriended in school besides Maps plus his crush.
FLASHBACK:
""Say sorry to that kid Damian! Rei yells at him. The kid in question was huddled up in the corner, breaking down in tears. Damian merely folds his arms and smirks arrogantly. "Why should I? I mean, this little weakling got in t-" Before he could complete his sentence, Rei had already punched him in the face. Damian staggers backwards and rubs his now bleeding nose. "Why you-" A fight between the two erupts with the classroom. The two end up in the Principal's office shortly afterwards.
Their guardians Bruce Wayne and Lance Azuna merely shake their heads. "Rei-chan how many times must I tell you?! That is unladylike behaviour?!" Lance scolds her. Rei fumes at this. "I DID WHAT I HAD TO DO BESIDES THIS IDIOT HERE WAS BULLYING ANOTHER KID SO I HAD TO TAKE MATTERS INTO MY OWN HANDS!" Damian glares at her. "EXCUSE ME, YOU STARTED THIS FIRST BY HANGING AROUND WITH THAT LOSER!" he barked. "YEAH BUT WHO ARE YOU TO TELL ME WHO TO HANG OUT WITH?! YOU ARE NOT EVEN MY FATHER TALKLESS OF MY BROTHER!" she fired back. "Enough both of you!" They both stop and turn to look up at Bruce who had a stern look in place. "I believe it's best we have a chat with these two on the way to the house." says Bruce. Lance nods.
END OF FLASHBACK
"How dare you bully my sister you bitch?!" Rei says, red eyes blazing in anger. Olive and Maps walk over to Rei's sister and help her up. "You ok Usagi?' Olive asks. Usagi nods. Raquel merely smirks. "So damn what if I-" A hand meets her nose, stopping her sentence. Raquel literally passes out after the punch Rei gives her. Damian smirks. If there is one thing he likes about her, it is the fact that she is feisty and does not take bullshit from anyone, not even him. Heck she is the one responsible for his change in character. "Onee-chan what happened?" They turn around as the other Azuna sisters make their entrance. The one with blue hair is Ami and she is the second youngest and the most level headed and smartest chick in the family. Her sisters call her, "Professor-sama". The one with messy green hair packed in a ponytail is Makoto and she is the other hotblooded one after Rei and occasionally gets into fights with her sister at times and the sister with black hair is Minako and she is the quiet one who rarely speaks and is very shy. Rei points at simply cracks her knuckles. "You sure you want to be sent to hell bitch?" she growls. Raquel simply gets up and runs out of the room crying.
"Won't she report this?" Colin asked. "I doubt she would because she brought it upon herself anyway." says Ami. Rei looks up and smiles at them. "Hey guys. Excuse my unladylike behaviour."she says sarcastically. Damian snorts. "Oh come on, you call that unladylike. I call it pure undiluted sass." Maps and Olive facepalm at this whilst the others snicker. It is no secret that Damian has a strong crush on her and when he is crushing on a girl, he would shower her with compliments and be nice, not just to her but to everyone. Heck, it is even thanks to Rei's no nonsense attitude that Damian changed from a stuck up arrogant little brat into a refined charming yet fierce young man. Still Gotham's Little Prince is still as snarky as ever.
Rei chuckles. "Oh Dami, you have not changed." she says. It was that she hears a beeping sound. "Oh I gotta go attend to something. Please take care of Usagi for me." she says and dashes off. The other siblings minus Usagi Riko follow Rei "She is safe with us no worries." Colin calls after her. They then takes the girl to the infirmary to take care of her bleeding nose.
Later that evening, Robin heads out on his own as he patrols his own end of the city. So far nothing out of the ordinary save for a few bank robberies here and there and the occasional run in to some Arkham inmates that thought it would be nice to go cause mischief. The rest of the family were patrolling other parts of Gotham too.
It was then that an explosion catches his attention. "Tt!" Thinking that it was one of the main players of the Gotham crime scene, he heads off towards that direction only to stop at his tracks. Some girl that looked like a vampire as a result of her chalky white skin, reddish eyes, long raven black hair and overall black clothing that reminded him of Raven walks towards a young girl, who seemed to be around his age wearing a pink tank top and a pair of baggy jeans and sneakers, her neck length blonde hair fluttering in the night sky as she glares at the girl who looks hellbent on killing her. He nearly gasps as he recognizes the girl. Rei ?!
Damian perches at a rooftop a couple of miles away, making sure not to make a sound as it could give him away, watching the scene intently, looking for the opportunity to strike. Rei had gotten into a fight stance.What is she doing?! Robin asks inwardly as he watches. "Didn't you miss me Sister Dearest?" The young vigilante raises an eyebrow. So the girl is her sister huh? The girl then looks around as though looking for someone. "Where is that cursed fairy when you need him?!" she tilts his head. A fairy? Why would she need a fairy? The evil vamp chuckles evilly and points at a cage. In said cage was a cute little pink kitty with a red bell collar on its neck and purple wings looking malnourished. Damian growls at this as nothing pisses him off than someone hurting a cute creature like that.
The girl flares up understandably at this. "Opal snap out of it?!" Just that made Damian stop still. Could the other one be brainwashed? As much as he wants to help her, he would rather hide and watch and see just how strong she was as he sees that blazing fire in girl chuckles softly. "Oh so it is now you value your precious pet that much?! " she says in a mocking tone. Damian clenches his fists at this.
Rei smirks at this. "You do realise who it is you are mocking right?" she countered, a hint of pride seeping into her voice. Damian smirks.I like dem strong hot blonde chicks. Infuriated at this, the girl aims a kick at Rei who blocks it well taking him aback. Damian nearly drools at this. Wow, I would so date her! He then shakes his head. Calm down Robin, you do not know this chick well. "You can do better than that Opal besides I have gotten better since last time!" With that, she grabs her leg and flings her across the field.
Opal screeches as his back lands against a tree. "Man I have forgotten just how strong she is even when she is not transformed." He mutters. She pulls out a red magical phone, presses a bunch of numbers and yells, "PRECURE SPARKLING TRANSMISSION!"Damian's eyes widened at this. "What the-"
A flash of light engulfs the entire scenery. Once the light fades, Rei appears however in a much different form. Her hair was now longer and blonde and styled up in twin buns, making her kinda look like Sailor Moon who so happens to be Damian's favourite anime character. A red tiara sat perfectly on her head and her tank top and baggy pants and sneakers were replaced with a fancy red and black top with poofy sleeves and a matching red skirt and red boots. "Wow….."
"The roaring flames of love...Cure Ruby!" she introduces herself. "Cure Ruby huh?" Damian whispers to himself. Now that is quite a fancy name. The other girl scoffs. "We shall see just how strong you are Ruby-chan."
She points his hand at a nearby bench. "Come forth Hosesha!" Using dark energy, he transforms the bench into a monster. Damian clicks his tongue. Ruby charges at the monster, throwing a couple of punches and kicks along the way, dealing a lot of damage to the creature. Oh look at her go, ain't she fabo- Hold up, did you just fight that thing in a skirt?!
Once the creature was knocked out, she takes in a deep breath. "Here goes nothing!" A magic circle appears beneath her. "PRETTY CURE! FLAMING RHAPSODY!" she yells. A gulf of fire bursts out of the magic circle and hits the monster, purifying it.
"Grrr…I shall have my revenge Ruby!" Opal yelled and disappears. Ruby smirks. "Oh the others are gonna be mad when they hear this but I had to do what I had to do." Both she and Robin did not realise that someone else was watching the entire scene, an evil shit-eating grin plastered upon his face, one that everyone in Gotham was familiar with.
The next day in school, Rei walks along the hallways with her sisters giggling and chatting with them. It was at that moment that Damian Wayne walks in with his friend Colin walking behind him. Both of them look eyes with each other for brief seconds. Damian winks playfully at her and walks off whilst she blushes.
"Aww, someone has caught Prince Dami's eye!" Minako teases. Rei pouts. "It is not what you think!" she shrieked. Colin glares back at the girls and then at his friend. "Say, do you like her?" Damian smirks. "Even if I do like her, I would so not tell you Colin." He replies, even though he does have a crush on her and knows her biggest secret.
Later that same day at Wayne Manor, Damian gets out his laptop and undergoes a bit of research into Ruby. Why didn't I know she had powers and stuff? Damian says to himself as he conducts some research. He then comes upon a site which later turns out to be a database for a group of young female warriors who call themselves Pretty Cure or Precure for short. Wait, so there are more of them?! Turns out that these girls are placed into different teams, each with a unique power and ability. They all have fairy partners who actually give them their powers in the first place, well majority of the girls.
He stumbles upon the entry on Cure Ruby and her team Sparkling Crystallite Precure which said Not much is known about them except that they are princesses of a now defunct kingdom and also they did not get their powers from their fairies. He pauses for a moment. They call this a database yet they do not know much about these ones. Unless the girls themselves did not say much about their past.
Heading to the Batcave, he quickly suits up for patrol. "Heading for patrol this early son?" He turns around as his father dressed in slacks walks into the cave. "I am bored and need to be more active." he replies. No way in hell was he telling his dad about Rei's little secret but then again, he is Batman, World's Greatest Detective. He would find out without him telling him. Bruce nods. "I will not stop you since you are one stubborn bat but I will advice you to be careful son."
Damian nods and hops on his bike and drives off. "Don't you think that it is a little dangerous to let the young master to wander around by himself?" says Alfred, his voice laden in concern. Bruce smirks. "Like the saying goes, curiosity kills the cat."
Robin keeps driving, keeping his eye out for any distractions. He stops as soon as he feels the ground grumbling. He then packs the car in the corner somewhere and gets his grapple gun out. He perches on the roof and watches a very interesting scene. Sparkling Crystallite Precure engage with some muscular dude in chains in the middle of the streets. The girl in green, Cure Emerald blocks the guy's punch and punches him square in the face. The girls in blue and pink, Cures Sapphire and Garnet then punch him in the gut. "Man that gotta hurt." Robin mutters.
"Let's do it Topaz." says Ruby. Topaz nodded and attacked first. "PRECURE! SONIC SHOCK!" A stroke of lightening hits Opal. Ruby then finishes it off. "PRECURE! FLAMING RHAPSODY!" The flames surround Opal, seemingly burning him. "Way to go guys!" says Mimi who flies over dragging a sleeping Sally. "Did Sally sleep off again?" says Sapphire with a light chuckle. Mimi sighed. "You know how lazy the git is." He then pinches Sally who squeaks and jerks awake. "Why you-' Sally then chases Mimi around, making the girls laugh. Rei then feels a strong presence and looks up at the roof just opposite where they were seated only to see no one there. I swore I saw someone there.
The girls then head back to their Uncle Lance's mansion which is where they are currently staying in Gotham. A couple years ago prior to them moving to Gotham, they were in Japan for a while. Things were peaceful till Opal traced them down there. It got to the point where they kept on changing schools as Opal kept burning down all the schools that they were in. Opal would have succeeded in Gotham had Batman's presence not scared her off. That is why she has yet to do something crazy because Batman might hunt her down and kick her sorry ass.
"I am glad to see you all in one piece." The girls smile as their uncle, an elderly man in his forties with long black hair with hints of grey in it walks down wearing red dress robes, his pet kitty Miu perching on his shoulder, girls put their hands together in a prayer pose and bow their heads. "Namaste." they say, a reflection of their Indian heritage. Lance does the same and greets them in a similar manner. Usagi walks over to grab the cat and hugs her. "Hayo Miu." Miu meows and nuzzles Usagi, earning a giggle from the little princess.
"It was a close call but we still defeated the monster and stopped Opal.." says Ami. Makoto grins. "Yesh and we gave him a this and a that and whoopppaahhh!" she says, doing demonstration of the fight in question. The others laughed. Trust Makoto to always give a battle commentary and sometimes overexaggerate about this. Their butler Shu walks over. "Ladies go rest. dinner would soon be ready." The girls then head upstairs.
Later that same night, Lance sighs as he looks through some reports. If there is one thing that irritates him about work, it is the endless paperwork. "Busy?" came a deep voice. He looks up at a faint shadow shrouding itself in the darkness. "No need to hide yourself Bruce." says Lance. Batman then makes his presence known to him. "It has been a while huh Lance?" Lance nods, smiling. "Most certainly." The kids do know about the business partnership between them. What they do not know is about Lance knowing about Bruce's secret identity as Batman. "Damian was doing some research on your niece and discovered her little secret. I think he might have seen her in action." says Batman.
Lance sighed. "We had to keep it on the down low because of that sister of theirs." Batman raises an eyebrow. "Their sister?" Lance nods and gets up from his seat. "Opal is the leader of Dark Circus, a mysterious evil organization. Rei is what we call a Precure, a mysterious magical warrior that was created for the sole purpose to destroy evil forces like him and protect humanity. Opal was brainwashed by a mysterious force to lead that organization and the girls are trying to free her. "
Batman nods. "I see. That explains why Rei especially is concerned about this." Lance sighs. "Indeed. I myself am confused about everything."
Batman sighs. "I guess I may have to do some underground investigation into the kid as the last thing you would want is another excuse for the girls to move again." Before Lance could respond, Batman vanishes. Lance merely shakes his head. "As expected of the World's Greatest Detective."
Namastey is the Hindu way of greeting