Hello People of the Fan and the Fiction of the dot net. I know it has been awhile well a long while since I have updated anyone of my stories and I apologize for that. They are all undergoing a uh what's the word redo I think. Anyways I'm redoing them don't worry they are going to be done and my school work is starting to cool down.

Now to start I am a very busy student and a lazy kid. I have so many stories for you guys to read I just need to finish working n the first chapter. I will be trying to update as much as I can if anything it will be a chapter a month that I know for sure on which story I do not know which ever I happen to be working on at the time.

Anyways lets get on with the information about this story. Now I may not have a vast knowledge of the Dc universe or should I saw none at all and I'll admit I haven't even watched a lot of Young Justice I remember Artemis joining the team and the invasion episode where all the Justice League members die. This story wasn't going to follow that plot line anyways but I like to know as much of the original as possible. Anyways I hope I was able to get Batman right I feel like he would be the hardest to write.

Now as for pairings well Conner/Megan for sure and as for Artemis I don't know yet I'm used to reading her with Wally but I feel like she could also go well with Robin I don't know yet. Aqualad shall be partnered with one of my Oc's who his also part of the team and joins the same time Artemis joined in. Now this is an Au and there is a lot of Oc's so if that's not your thing then well I'm sorry. Ages of the Team and my Oc's and anyone else I feel that may need clarifying shall be at the bottom.

Disclaimer : I do not own any of who ever owns young justice and the other Dc stuff I only own my Oc's

Young Justice-The Ghost

Chapter 1

The night was cold, winter had just rolled in as the few people that were outside bundled up in warm clothing. Although there were some unfortunate people who had to take warmth in their small can fires and their tattered clothing. The buildings surrounding them were all burned down, in a pile of rubble, or abandon and ready to collapse. The entire area was just depressing as the cool air dragged on. A depressing area like this could only belong to the city of Gotham. Although it wasn't the worst place in the crime ridden city it wasn't the best. The most common crimes here were prostitution, illegal drug activities, the occasional murder or two a month. Still not a bad place compared to the rest of Gotham. It has been lucky for the fact that many of the villains never bother with this small part of Gotham since the large fire that wiped out most of the buildings.

A lone figure stood atop one of the only few building that were still standing and not ready to collapse. A cheap apartment building it was. He stood there clad in a black clothes his chest forearm and legs covered in armor. A hood covering his head and a white blue trimmed mask hiding his face. Strapped on his back were two small swords as they laid neatly in there black sheaths. Hanging around his waist and pants were small pouches as well as two holstered pistols. He gave off and aura of immense power as his blood red eyes surveyed the ground below him behind his mask. 'A slow night tonight, must be the cold' he thought as he jumped onto a destroyed building. 'I might as well check on a few places' He thought as he continued to move across broken buildings and alleyways.

He was name was Yurei. A merciless man on a mission that mission looking out for himself, an unknown Hero or villain or whatever you picked. He never really cared how the public saw him but he knew the Bat was looking for considering his past crimes but he's been able to successfully avoid him for the time being. He frowned as he thought about that man. Batman was someone he felt like he could relate to a little. Like him he lost his parents in front of his eyes, like him he trained, like him he fought criminals, but unlike him he was a thief, a murderer, a teen, a survivor. He lived everyday afraid of how he would survive the next day? How he could keep his sister safe? How he could keep his friends safe? He had a few run-ins with him each time and each time he would order him like if he was one of his sidekicks to go home. He got tired of it and after a few of his murders became public the Bat has constantly been tailing him.

Carefully landing on a rickety fire escape Yurei looked below. He watched on as a few thugs cornered a poor woman in the corner. He let out a small sigh as they viciously pushed her against the wall about to tear her clothes. Honestly he had half a mind to leave her there so she could learn her lesson and stay inside at night but sometimes these things are unavoidable. Quickly counting them he jumped down quietly taking out a small foldable knife from behind him as he snuck up on the man closest to him. Quickly he reached for he's throat and sliced it opened. The man made a few gurgling noises before falling to the ground dead gaining the attention of the other men. He smiled behind his mask as he looked at the four remaining each one with fear ridden faces. One of them escaping his fear pulled out a pocket knife and charged at him. He easily dodged as the man began to swing erratically. He swung wide at one point and he quickly grabbed the man's arm twisting it easily braking it as he forced him down and smashing his head on the pavement. Two more came out of there stupor as the both charged one holding a bat and the other a pipe. Ducking under the man with the pipe he moved behind him and landed a hard punch into the other man's stomach. The man staggered back while he turned around blocking the strike from the pipe with his arm. Grabbing the man's wrist he threw a punch into his face hearing a satisfying crunch of his skull. He heard movement behind him, ducking and moving under the thug he just punched he watched as the other ended up hitting him hard on the head. The man fell down ether unconscious or dead from the hits to his skull. The man dropped the bat as soon as it made contact with his friend's skull. Moving up quickly he began to punch the man mercilessly. He landed a hard kick onto his knee as he feel to the floor crying out in pain as he broke it. Looking down at him the man meet his gaze before he lost consciousness as he punted his head.

Yurei looked up at the last thug. He was frozen with fear as he watched him tear his friends apart. Yurei smiled behind his mask as one hand reached for his sword and the other for his gun. He screamed and turned around and ran like a mad man. He couldn't help but let out a dark chuckle. The woman looked at were the thug had ran as she covered her chest. She turned to look at the man who had saved her only to see him gone leaving behind an echo of his dark chuckle. She felt a chill run down her spin. Picking up a few of her belongings and covering herself best she could in the cold she ran back home.

Yurei stood back atop the shaky fire escape watching the girl leave. He felt a slight vibration from his pocket. He reached in a pulled out a phone. Looking at the number he frowned before answering it. "Any luck" He asked. "He is located in an apartment complex just south of your location, you better hurry though I don't know how long he's going to stay there" A feminine voice replied back. He smiled as he thought about his soon to be dead target. "Great I'll be sure to tell Bartley you said hi" Yurei said darkly. "Yurei… be careful" the girl said before she hung up.

Yurei let out a small dark chuckle. Finally he was going to start his plan as he thought about the man. His target was Jason Bradley a former agent to an organization call S.H.E., Super Human Evolution, and one of his first and his last mentors. S.H.E. was a former government funded program where scientist studied the powers of the hero's like Flash and Black Canary. They were hell bent on discovering how some of them got there powers and if they could be replicated. This of course led to human experimenting and many deaths. Once the President got word of this they shut it down immediately and ordered all information on the program to be destroyed. Even though they were shut down they continued to work in secrecy. Turning to crime syndicates and other criminals for funding and test subjects. They didn't care who or how they got test subjects, preferably children though, just that they had people to test their theories.

He was one of the many children taken from his family along with his sister. They were orphaned after they witnessed their parents die in front of them when he was 5 years old followed by an explosion that should have killed them. They had survived somehow and it wouldn't be till later that they realized that they had powers of their own. They were both taken in by a man named Walter Jackson who was part of S.H.E. and was their caregiver. They endured so much pain after that as they were forced to become trained killers while they were experimented on. It wasn't until 11 years later that Walter try and escape sadly it came at a cost. He lost his sister along with Walter as they tried to escape along with many others. The plan was for Walter to blow the building they were in as a distraction. It backfired and the explosion ended up separating them as he was watched the building crumble. Even if people were able to escape out of the crumbling building they were gun downed the moment they stepped foot outside. As far as he knows no one else made it out except a handful of people he help escape.

'First Bradly then I'll find the man who started all this' Yurei thought as he let out a small growl. Landing in a nearby ally Yurei watched as he saw a few guards at the entrance of the building. He looked at the roof and smiled as he noticed a few guards patrolling the roof tops of the building and a few others. Too many there would be no way to sneak in unless you were to launch a full scale assault or if you could become invisible and walk through walls. Well he wasn't there best subject for nothing and it didn't help that he could do exactly that walk through walls and become invisible. Closing his eyes he focused and before long his body disappeared.

He began to sneak up to the guards careful to not make any noise. Walking past them he stayed hidden as he began searching each floor looking to see which was the most guarded. He reached the top floor and noticed a few of them guarding a single door. He counted a total of four two guarding the door and two more at the end of the hallways. He quietly stood in front of the two guards as he took out two small throwing knives one in each had. Throwing them they became visible as the few quickly towards their intended targets. Becoming visible himself after throwing them he quickly reached for his sword and slicing the two of them in half as the two knives hit their mark lodging them into the other two guards throats. All four were dead within seconds as their bodies fell to the floor with a soft thud. 'Obstacles removed time for a reunion'. Focusing again he became invisible and began to walk into the door without opening it. Phasing though the door and staying invisible he looked around for his target.

He took a few careful steps into the room before he heard a soft clicking noise. A larger man stood behind him as he pointed the gun at his invisible head. "There's no use in hiding, we had enough information to counter measure every one of your powers. You may be invisible but thermal goggles can easily find you but finding a way to kill you well that was the hard part seeing as you could basically phase through almost everything but thanks to our oh so gracious scientist we found a way" He spoke. Yurei became visible and turned around as he stared down the barrel of the gun. He looked past the gun and at the larger man. He was dressed in a black suit as his hair was neatly combed back while he stared at him behind his eye's hiding behind a pair of sunglasses. "Well I knew it was too good to be true. No wonder it was so easy to get up here… so how have you been Gilbert. I see that you're not taking that ridiculous drug anymore" Yurei said as he smirked behind the mask. "My body couldn't handle the venom but with a few alterations to the serum we were able to eliminate all the negatives behind the original formula" he explained indifferently. "It has been a long time though has it Yurei, I can see though you've been busy with some of our… suppliers." He said as he growled the last bit. Yurei smirked as he spoke "Well where's good old Bradley still beating on his students". "Oh you'll be seeing him soon. You're coming back with me" He said as he reached for a small device in his back pocket.

Taking his chance he grabbed his wrist and "tired" twisting it. He was surprised and didn't notice his other hand punching him square in the chest. Groaning he felt something pinch his chest. Looking down he noticed a small circular device latched onto him. "Another gift from our scientist. This little device latches onto a person and blocks out all their powers from being used" He explained as he watched on amused as Yurei tried to remove the device from his chest. "Don't bother trying to remove it the pinchers are strong enough to pierce through a tank and they never let go" He explained. Yurei stopped trying to pull it out and wobbly stood up. 'He's got one strong punch' he thought. He pulled out both his pistols and aimed them at him 'looks like stealth is going out the window' he thought.

He pulled the trigger multiple times into the man. The bullets just bounced off him as they tore through his suit. "This was my favorite suit you know" he said before he too started to pull the trigger. He moved quickly breaking through the glass window. He landed onto the awning ripping through it and landing in front of the two guards. The two guards were caught off guard from his sudden appearance. Yurei acted quickly as he aimed and shot the two guards. He looked up as he heard Gilbert scream out "You can't run forever". He ran as he looked down and into the doorway. Many of the guards we running out the door firing at him as he too ran back into the ally. He didn't get far as he turned the corner only to have a bullet to pierce his should making him drop one of his pistols.

He moved beck behind the corner for cover. Luck wasn't on his side as he had to find better cover as more of the guards entered the ally. He fired at the few he could see with his good arm. He waited until the firing stopped. He moved out of his cover standing up. He quickly counted his targets and fired not wasting a single bullet. 'One, two, three, four' he counted as the bodies began to fall. He quickly fell back behind cover as he fired his last shot having to reload. He peaked out of his cover frowning as more men started to file into the ally. He knew he couldn't keep this up but his only form of escape was blocked by a sniper and he couldn't climb up the building because of the onslaught of guards. His frowned deepened as he tried to focus on becoming invisible again. He felt slight pain in his chest as the device tightened its hold. He popped out of his cover again and fired more rounds.

He had to move now or else he would be overwhelmed with guards. Thinking quickly he reached into one of his pouch and pulled to small balls. He threw one down in front of himself watching as it busted and released a thick cloud of black smoke. He threw the other one just around the corner and watched as he saw the smoke released from it as well. He moved quickly as to not get hit by any stay bullets and ran back to the corner. He peeked to see if the smoke was covering him. He smiled as he ran around the corner and into the smoke. He raised his pistol ready to shot at the sniper. Coming out of the smoke he spotted him quickly and before the sniper could react he fired the gun killing the man. He had his chance to escape. He continued to run down many ally's careful not to run into any more snipers. He finally came to his destination as he reached a manhole. Uncovering it with he climbed down and was able to close the manhole back up somehow.

Once he reached the bottom of the ladder he sighed. He pulled out his phone dialing a number. "Hello" the same feminine voice spoke. "Scarlet I need you to meet me at sewer exit seven I should be there in a few minutes" Yurei said careful not to worry her. "Are you okay Yurei" she replied back. 'I can never hide from her'. "I'm okay just a bit banged up" he said hoping to ease her worry "Just get there quick" he continued before he quickly closed the phone. Looking down at his shoulder he frowned 'it's been awhile since I got shot'. Sighing he continued to walk down the tunnel.

Batman's frown deepened more than usual as he surveyed the area. Bodies laid everywhere as policed passed by him blocking off the area from the public. He had already checked the inside apartment complex finding four more bodies not counting the two outside. He had looked over the area and could already guess what happened. He could only guess though why there was so many guards maybe a drug deal gone wrong but that was just a quick glance at the entire situation. Though that could never be the case though since there would be casualties on both sides and the bodies would all very instead of all of them wearing the same black suit. No this looked more like the work of one person and he had a good idea who. He heard someone come close to him bringing him out of his thoughts.

"Commissioner". "Batman" he replied back. "I take it you've found out who's done this already" He asked. Batman said nothing at first as he moved to examine the ally more closely now that the bodies were removed. "I have my suspicions" was all he said as he looked around. He noticed a point where there was no bodies or much blood for that matter. 'This must have been where the person was holding out' he thought. Looking around he examined every crack and crevice till a lone splotch of blood caught his attention. He then noticed what looked like bullet hole a few feet away on one of the buildings. 'It looks like this person was injured during their escape'. He traced back the bullet to a small building roof top judging by the angle and shape of the whole. He then noticed a small trial of blood drops. "I think you should have your men take a look at that rood top over there while I continue to follow this trail. Hopefully it will lead us to where this person could be". The commissioner nodded his head as he called out at a few of the other police men. He continued to follow the small trail after taking a sample of it for himself. He followed it for a good bit till it lead to a manhole cover. He hoped he could be able to catch up with him if it was him but it was highly unlikely he thought as he opened the manhole and began to climb down.

'For fucks sake it had to be in my shoulder and not somewhere else…. Well it could have been in a worse place now that I think about it' Yurei thought as he slowly ascended the ladder to escape the awful sewer. Reaching the top he hooked his arm over the ladder as he used is good arm to uncover the hole. Climbing out him heard a gasp. Looking over his shoulder wincing slightly he saw a teen aged girl running over to him looking around 18 maybe 19. She had long brown hair that fell just below her shoulders with bright neon green eyes. She was dressed in casual clothing as a large brown overcoat covered from the cold night. "Alex what happened?" She said as she helped him up careful not to harm his injured shoulder.

"He wasn't there it was a setup from our gracious Druggy" He said as she helped him walk towards a dark blue car. "Gilbert was there" She asked shocked almost letting him fall down. "Yea man's taking some serious stuff or he's been eating his veggies and drinking his milk either way he was there and I got fucked up slightly". Scarlet nodded as she sat him down into the passenger's seat. It was then that she noticed the device latched onto his chest. "What's that" she asked pointing at his chest. Looking down he remembered about the device Gilbert had latched onto his chest. "When Gilbert punched me he latched this thing onto me saying that it neutralizes all our powers. They've upgraded their tech because now they've got bullets that can hit me even if I try and phase through them and this thing here that basically makes us as close to normal as possible" he explained. "Think you can pull. It off its best we get it off now instead of back home in case there's a tracking device on it" He asked looking at her through his mask. She stood there for a moment before nodding.

Reaching for the device she paused "This is probably going to hurt… a lot". Before he could retort some kind of joke she pulled yanking out the small object out of his chest. He stifled a yell as she pulled out the device and destroyed it in her palm. "Ha, ha got to love enhanced strength though now let's go before I get blood all over your car" He joked coughing slightly. Scarlet rushed over to the Drivers side and took off quickly home.

Batman continued to follow the trail down in the sewers until it reached a ladder that lead up. 'Looks like he went up. He's gone by now' He thought as he climbed the ladder. Reaching the top he looked around finding himself in an ally close to Robin's school. Searching the area he only found more blood and tire marks. Sighing he reached for his grappling hook and took to the roof tops. A beeping noise rang off in his ear. Taping it he listened to Red Tornado speak "The team has just finished their latest mission and will be returning shortly I thought I might let you know". "Affirmative Batman over and out" he said. Looks like I'll have to deal with this later for now I'll head back to the mountain and see what the team found out about Kent'. With that said Batman began to run across the roof tops to the nearest Zeta tube.

In the future I will make them longer hopefully. Now the Cover image is Yurei and if you're wondering Yurei means Ghost I think in Japanese which will be explained later on. Now I hope Batman was not to out of character I was trying to think like a detective when I was writing him now for ages.

Yurei-18

Scarlet-18

Robin-13

Artemis-15

Wally-15

Conner-16

Megan-16

Aqualad-16

I am sorry if these are not there exact age and that I probably made them younger but that's how it is for this story. Now I hope not to butcher the characters to much but I can only wish. Now for something new I will be leaving a recommended song in the end that helped me write this chapter or if it was one that I just constantly listened to.

I will not bow- by Breaking Benjamin I listened to this song constantly while I wrote this chapter I don't know why.

anyways I hope you guys enjoyed and I will try and update as soon as I can

Chow (0v0)/