*Kind of a young justice perspective on my Batman The Return of the Children of the Night series, hope you like and review.*

Prologue

It had been a busy day of saving the world with a total of twenty emergencies that had almost spread the Justice League thin with the Martian Man Hunter sending almost every superhero to help with the emergencies. A huge sigh rushed out of Batman's mouth as he walked through the halls of the Tower doing his last duty for today before he could head back to the Manor for the night. He was worn out with all the recent work that been piling up upon the Justice League members for the last couple of months and it didn't help that half of the seven founding members have been out of commission for the rest of the year. Barry had retired being a speedster to let Wally join the Justice League as the new Flash, but with his wife Artemis about to give birth he had requested for a leave of absence at least until his wife gave birth. Hawk girl was in the same boat as Artemis she was also expecting to deliver soon and was on a leave of absence along with Hawk man her husband. And ever since Wonder Woman took the throne as Queen of Themiscyra she has been a no show at any of the Justice League meetings or at her number one occupation being a superhero. Now the only members left were Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, and the Martian Man Hunter to lead the Justice League.

Just one more room to inspect, just one more…a whimpering sound interrupted Batman's thoughts as he rushed into the last room that was listed for him to inspect before going back home. He stormed into the room with such urgency that it caused the woman that was sobbing softly to herself to utter a terrified scream inside the dimly lit room that had nothing but a long dark blue table with over a hundred chairs around it, one for each leaguer to seat on during league meetings. The woman's scream died out as suddenly as it came as her gaze met with the masked face of one of her most cherished teammates; one that she may have cherished to much for her own good.

"Diana?" was all that Batman could utter as he raised an eyebrow that could be seen under his mask. The thought of seeing the woman that he had considered one of the strongest women both physically and mentally he had ever met; here seating in front of him almost in pieces shocked him although he didn't let it register on his face. Diana sighed as she instinctively hid her face from him ashamed that he of all people had caught her in this weak moment. As minutes flew by in silence Batman grew impatient for Diana's reply so he sat down in the chair next to her as he dismissed the notion of getting back to Gotham in time to catch up on his sleep and go on a late night patrol with both Nightwing and his son Robin. He knew when women got like this it was going to take a lot more than a few charming words. "What's wrong Diana? You know you can't keep things from me."

Diana sighed in defeat knowing very well that he was right; he loved the challenge of figuring out even the most complex puzzles of the mind and as she remembered what led her to this state of dejection would probably be as easy as solving a crossword in the local Gotham newspaper for Bruce Wayne. "I don't really know where to start…"

"Perhaps the beginning maybe the best choice," Bruce replied in a soothing voice trying as hard as he could to keep sarcasm out of his voice. She shifted closer towards him and placed her hand on his that was placed on the table as she began her tail.

"Well it all started when I became Queen of the Amazons. It's nice to be in control of things and making decisions to better the Amazons as people that can be more excepting to people in the outside world. But the real problem is that the elders told me that I would need to produce an heir to the throne, and the gods have chosen my partner to increase the percentage that it is a female that will up hold Amazonian law."

"So in other words they want you to have an arranged marriage? I don't see that as hardly a reason to bring out the water works Diana-"

"Bruce, I love someone else…"

"Oh," Bruce uttered as he shifted uncomfortably in his chair as he ran through the possible candidates that could be this mysterious man that gotten the Queen of the Amazons so conflicted between her duty to herself and to her people, but Bruce didn't like whom the possibilities were. "Look Diana, who ever it is I'm sure if you just discuss it with the council I'm sure-"

"You can't be sure of anything Bruce! You don't know anything about the Amazonian law…and even if it was that easy do you think that I would be seeking consoling?"

Bruce sighed wishing it really were that easy knowing that Alfred was going to have a thing or two to say about missing dinner again.

"Diana, that can't be the only reason you came back to the tower?"

This question left Diana with her eyebrows creasing together with worry, fear, and a lot of anxiety to the point that Diana now had Bruce's full and undivided attention. This time Bruce waited patiently as she worked up the courage to say what was really on her mind and what she really wanted from the Watch Tower.

"Well…I came here because I don't want to get married knowing that I still loved another man…and I at least wanted to tell him how I felt about him before I have to say goodbye to my feelings."

"If that's the case I'll go get him just say the name of the lucky guy," Bruce replied with a light tone as he got up a little to quickly to be polite, but Bruce knew he couldn't handle what he was expecting to happen next. To him the person who was on Diana's mind was so obvious that even the most stupid of criminals he ever locked up would be able to guess it right.

Diana grabbed his black-gloved hand to stop him from leaving, which caused a huge lump to form in the young bachelor's throat as he wondered what would be the right thing to do in this situation.

"Really Bruce really, you aren't fooling anyone by playing innocent as if you didn't already know who the person was."

"I know Diana, but you know already that I can't return your feelings no matter what," Bruce stated firmly, but deep down as he scanned the curvy muscular woman dressed in her sort of revealing Wonder Woman uniform a part of him wanted to waver. Tension was all round them as they stared at one another with Bruce seating there unwavering from his earlier statement; he wanted to chose the right thing, which was stopping Diana's feelings from growing any further so they could both leave this room with their emotions and dignities still in intact.

An amusing smile played at the edge of Diana's lips as she leaned quickly towards Bruce, and before he could react or stop the kiss he was sharing a passionate one with her that lit his entire system with a shocking electricity that quickly went away as he began to part take in the kiss knowing that he shouldn't be guilty after all he had warned her on so many occasions that this wouldn't workout partly because it wouldn't and the fact he never had that much resistance to say no to a woman especially one like Wonder Woman. All he knew as his senses melted with the heat he was feeling through his suit and off Diana's that he hope this was the right choice to get her to be able to live up to her people's expectations, because the last thing he wanted was to be blamed for Diana not marrying that man that the gods had chosen for her.