Hello, readers of the world! This is my first fanfic, so I hope you enjoy! I will try to reference Naruto as little as possible.

I do not own Young Justice or anything from Naruto.


The Batman, Aquaman, Green Arrow, and their protégés stood in front of them as they were in front of the Hall of Justice.

"Today's the day." Batman smiled down at the Boy Wonder

"Aw man!" They all turned around to see Flash and Kid Flash. "I knew we were the last one."

The heroes and sidekicks walk down to the entrance. The tourists were excitedly taking pictures of them.

"Ready to see the inner sanctum?" Green Arrow whispered.

Speedy smirked. "Born ready."

"I'm glad we're all here." Aqualad smiled at his friends.

Kid Flash grinned wildly. "How cool is this? Have all four sidekicks been seen together?"

Speedy gave a quick glare at the young speedster. "Don't call us sidekicks, not after today." The said speedster dropped his grin.

"Sorry, I'm just a little overwhelmed." Kid Flash grinned again.

Robin huffed irritably. "You're overwhelmed, Freeze was underwhelmed, why can't anyone just be whelmed?" They got inside, and they were greeted by the statues of the founding members of the League. "Whoa... maybe that's why."

They stopped in front of the door that said Authorized Personnel Only. The door swished open and out came Martian Manhunter and Red Tornado.

"Robin, Speedy, Aqualad, Kid Flash... welcome." Robin and Kid Flash fist bumped as they were led inside. "You now have full access to our gym, our fully stocked galley and our library." They were inside a neat setting room.

"Make yourselves at home." Flash said.

Robin and Kid Flashed jumped into two chairs, Aqualad sat down on the seat in front of them while Speedy remained standing. Speedy watched the mentors silently discussing. Batman looked over their direction.

"Quick debrief to discuss the incidents of four ice villains attacking on the same day. We won't be long." He turned around.

The scanner scanned the League members.

"Recognized... Batman Zero Two, Aquaman Zero Six, Flash Zero Four, Green Arrow Zero Eight, Martin Manhunter Zero Seven, Red Tornado One Six."

"That's it? You promised us a real look inside, not some glorified back stage pass." Speedy exclaimed angrily.

"It's a first step." Aquaman calmly replied. "You've been granted access few others get."

"Oh really?" Speedy gestured to the windows where the tourists were taking their pictures, their cameras flashing. "Who cares what side of the glass we're on?"

Green Arrow stepped forward. "Roy, you need to be a little more patient."

"What I need is respect!" Speedy snapped at his mentor. He turned toward the other three. "They're treating us like kids! Worse, like sidekicks. We deserve better than this!" The others stared blankly at him. "You're kidding me. You're playing their game? Why? Because you think they play fair? Today was supposed to be the day! Step one in becoming full-fledged members of the League!"

"But I thought the first step was the tour of the HQ." Kid Flash frowned.

"Except that this isn't the real HQ!" Speedy snapped at them. The adults and kids eyes widen. "I bet they didn't even tell you. That the Hall is just a false front for tourists! And a pit stop for catching a zeta beam teleporter tubes you to the real thing. An orbiting satellite called the Watch Tower."

Green Arrow slowly turned around to see Batman giving his infamous glare. "I know, I know, but I thought we could make an exception?" He smiled hopefully, but Batman's eyes narrowed and Green Arrow dropped his smile. "Or not."

Aquaman stepped forward. "You are not helping your cause here, son. Stand down..."

"Or else what? You'll send me to my room?" Speedy glared at the Anlatean. "I'm not your son... I'm not even his." Speedy looked disgusted. "I thought I was his partner, but... guess I was wrong." He grabbed his hat and threw it down on the ground. Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad's eyes widen. "Guess they're right, you're not ready." They all watched Speedy walk out the door.

They were all silent for a moment, the air tense, and it was interrupted as an alarm went off and the computer screen turned on. "Superman to Justice League. There's been an explosion on building Project Cadmus."

"I've had my suspicions on Cadmus. I'll-."

"Zatara to Justice League!" Another image popped up. "Wotan is using the Amulet of Aten to block out the sun! Requesting full League response." The man said urgently.

"Superman?"

"It's a small fire, local authorities have it under control." He replied.

"Then Cadmus can wait." Batman switched the screen off and pressed another button on the keyboard. "All League members report to Zatara's coordinates. Batman out." The rest of the League members assembled in the front door. Batman, Aquaman, and Flash stood in front of the kids.

"You three stay put." Batman ordered.

"What?" Robin exclaimed. "Why?"

"This is a League's mission." Aquaman replied.

"You're not trained." Flash added.

"Since when?" Kid frowned.

"I meant you're not trained to work as part of this team." Flash motioned to the other adults.

"There will be other missions when you're ready." Aquaman continued. "But for now..."

Batman glared down at them. "Stay put." The three League members left the sidekicks alone. Green Arrow glanced over at the martian.

"Glad you didn't bring you know who?" He whispered

"Indeed." Manhunter and Green Arrow followed the three.

After a minute of silence with the three sidekicks, Kid Flash was the first to speak up.

"When we're ready?" Kid snapped. "How are we ever going to be ready when they treat us like... like sidekicks." He spat out.

"My mentor, my king... I thought he trusted me." Aqualad said, disappointed.

"Trust? They don't even trust us with the basics. They got a secret HQ in space!" Kid gestured toward the sky.

"What else aren't they telling us?" Aqualad asked.

"I have a better question. Why didn't we leave with Speedy?" Robin sighed. Their eyes down casted guiltily, but something hit Aqualad; an idea.

"What is… project Cadmus?"

Robin looked up. "I don't know, but I can find out." His face lit up.

They walked and huddled over to the computer. "Access denied." Said the computer in a feminine voice.

Robin snorted. "Wanna bet?" He started his hacking on the computer. Many green numbers popped up on a screen as Robin typed in vigorously.

"Whoa, how are you doing that?" Kid looked bewildered.

"Same system as the batcave." Robin smirked. "Access Granted." "Okay, Project Cadmus, genetics lab, here in Washington... that's it." He scanned over the file. "But if Batman's suspicious about it we should investigate."

"Solve the case before they do... it is poetic justice." Aqualad thought, smiling.

"Hey, they're all about justice." Robin smiled.

Aqualad's smile dropped. "But they said to stay put."

"On blotting out the sun mission, not this." Robin said, putting his fists on his hips.

"Wait... are you going? Cause if you're going, I'm going." They turned to Aqualad with and excited grin on their face.

"Just like that? We're a team on a mission?"

Robin smirked. "We didn't come here for play date." He stated.

Now it was Aqualad's turn to smirk.


"Appreciate the help." Aqualad glared at the two sidekicks on the computer.

"Hey, you handled it." Robin said, not looking up from the computer. "Poetic justice, remember?"

Aqualad ignored him and walked around the area, scanning something from out of the ordinary. He walked out of the room, from the corner of his eyes he saw the elevator door closing with a strange looking creature in it. The Aqualad's eyes widen.

"What the..."

"What's wrong?" Robin asked.

"Elevators should be locked down." Kid commented, the three rushed over to the elevator. Robin pressed the button, but nothing happened.

"This is wrong." Robin pressed a button on his glove and a hologram screen popped up, scanning the elevator. "Thought so. This is high speed express elevator; it doesn't belong to a two story building."

"Neither does what I saw." Aqualad stepped forward, forcing the door opened. Aqualad was surprised to see an endless bottom.

"And that's why they need an express elevator." Robin said.

Robin reached for his grappling hook and aimed it at the roof. After he made sure the rope was secure, he jumped down. The other two looked at each other before grabbing the rope themselves and following down. Robin watched the numbers blur by as he got in deeper, he stopped at the letters, SL 26.

"I'm at the end of my rope." He swung toward ledge, Aqualad and Kid Flash was not far behind him. "Bypassing security... now. Go!"

Aqualad opened the door with a grunt. His eyes widen in shock. The others felt the same as they looked around.

"Welcome to Project Cadmus." Robin said, still a bit bewildered.

They took a few steps forward before Kid Flash rushed off.

"Wait!" Aqualad whispered after him, but it was too late.

As Kid was running, he heard loud and heavy thumping sounds, and from the corner of his eyes he saw enormous monsters walking down the hallway. Surprised he tried to stop, but ended up only sliding on his back. Kid's eyes grew wide and rolled out of the way before he could get crushed. He sighed with relief and went back to his group. The three sidekicks stared in shock, lost for any words.

"No... Nothing odd going on here." Aqualad said sarcastically.

"Now we really need to check things out." Robin said as he watched the large monsters disappear. "Come on!" He ran the other way the monsters came. The others followed the Boy Wonder.

He stopped in front of a locked door and started to hack the door. Aqualad and Kid Flash were on guard, just in case. The door swished open, and they were again in shock in what they have discovered. They saw bug like creatures inside tubes, electricity flowing around them.

"Okay... I'm officially whelmed."

"This is how they hide this massive underground facility from the world. The real Cadmus isn't on the grid, it generates its own power with these... things. Must be what their bred for." Kid looked closely at the tube.

"Of course, even the name is the clue." Aqualad frowned. "The Cadmus of myth created a new race by sewing dragon's teeth into the Earth."

"And this Cadmus creates new life too." Aqualad and Robin exchanged glances, Robin quickly walked over to the monitor and plugged his use cable into it. "Let's find out why." His hologram popped up again. "They call them... Genomorphs. Whoa! Look at the stats on these things. Super strength, telepathy, razor claws, these are living weapons!"

"Their engineering an army." Kid frowned. "But for who?"

"Wait. There's something else... Project Kr." Robin scanned the file. "Ugh! The file is triple encrypted. I can't-" A thud cut his attention. "What was that?" They all looked around, on full alert.

"Itai! Itai! This is what happens when the send a new Jounin to do an ANBU's job!" Shouted a feminine voice.

A girl about Robin's age madly marched out from behind the shelves. She had a pale complexion, with straight dark brown hair that ran down to her waist. She had red eyes that looked furious and ticked. She was wearing a black body suite with a grey cloth armor, metal arm guards and black gloves, black sandals, a weird pouch on the back of her waist, and a sword strapped to her back. To complete the look, she had a growling wolf mask lying on the top of her head. (Standard ANBU uniform… for those of you who watch Naruto.)

"How did you get down here?" Kid Flash asked.

"If I knew that I would tell you dimwit!" Snapped the girl.

"Don't move!" A voice caught all their attention. A man in gold helmet came in with several large grey monsters, the man noticed something. "Wait... Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad... and who are you?"

"At lease he got your name right." Robin smirked.

The girl looked around again, taking in her surrounding, her eyes completely wide in confusion and shock. "What's going on?" She took a few steps back, standing next to Robin.

"That's what I like to know." Guardian replied.

"Wait." Aqualad said. "I know you; you're Guardian... a hero."

"I do my best."

"Then what are you doing here?" Kid Flash asked in a demanding voice, taking a step forward.

"That's my question, Kid. I'm chief of security." Guardian's fists went to his hip. "You're trespassing here. But we can call the Justice League and work this out."

"You think the League's gonna approve of you breeding weapons?" Kid shouted.

"Weapons?" The little creature on Guardian's shoulder stared at him, its horns glowing red. "What are you...? What have I...?" Guardian clutched his head looking down. When he looked up, glared at them "Take them down hard! No mercy!" He ordered the monsters and they lunged forward.

Robin, completing the down load of the file, dropped a few smoke screens, and the monsters screeched. His arm went around the girl's waist as he used his grappling gun and flew them toward the door.

"Come on." He tugged on her wrist, and she happily obliged, still confused on what was happening.


How? How is this happening? I was on a mission in the Land of Wind doing a mission for Konoha! I never have seen things like this! I took a minute to think it over and the best theory I could come up with was that I'm in an alternative dimension. I may not be as smart as my Uncle Kakashi, but I figured that if I stayed with these guys, I would find out where I was.

We stopped in front of the elevator. Robin pressed the button on his glove and started to hack the elevator, my heart thumped hard against my chest. I heard a familiar zoom and looked to see Kid Flash.

"Way to be team player Rob!" Kid Flash snapped.

"Weren't you right behind me?"

Kid Flash frowned. The elevator dinged and opened the door we quickly rushed in. Running down the hallway was Aqualad and right behind him was the genomorphs. I backed away from the entrance, giving Aqualad more room as he jumped inside, and the door closed. I could hear the thudding sounds as the creatures crashed into the door. I sighed in relief.

"We're headed down?" Aqualad frowned.

"Dude! Out is up!" Kid Flash exclaimed. "Not to mention we have someone that is considered a civilian here!" He pointed at me. "How did you get in here, anyways?" I just shrugged, because I still had no clue on how I got here myself.

"Excuse me?" Robin raised a brow. "Project Kr is on Sub Level fifty two."

Aqualad took deep breaths, rubbing the back of his neck. "This has gotten out of control." He looked disappointed as he said this, no, reluctant. "Perhaps... we should contact the League."

I watched them; they looked sad about the idea. I had to agree, they were not qualified for the mission that they were on.

But before they could decide what to do, the elevator door opened on sub level fifty two. I followed them out of the elevator, looking around. (I will not describe the hallways, because I don't know how to describe them.)

"Which way?" Aqualad turned toward Robin.

"Yeah, bizarre looking hallway one? Or bizarre looking hallway two?" Robin looked both ways with a frown.

"Halt!"a dry voice called out. We turned to see a strange blue looking man/creature, in lab coat came out of bizarre looking hallway one. The horns on his head started to glow and two gas tanks lifted up and were thrown at us. We quickly ran toward the other hallway.

"Hurry!" Aqualad shouted. I quickly jumped through the door that was making straining noises as the door could not close. Aqualad then kicked the barrel out of the way, and the door shut immediately.

"Okay, I disabled the door. We're safe." Robin said, catching his breath.

"We're trapped." Aqualad corrected.

"Uh guys? You might want to see this." Kid Flash called toward us, he switched the lights on to show a boy with black hair wearing a white spandex suite with a giant 'S' in the middle.

I then realized I was locked in a room full of guys wearing spandex. I shivered and thanked Kami-sama that Gai or his mini me, Rock Lee, weren't here.

"Big K, little r! The atomic symbol for Krypton!" KF exclaimed. "Clone?"

I frowned, I thought it wasn't possible to make clones, besides shadow clones.

Aqualad frowned. "Robin, hack."

"Oh. Right, right." Robin connected the computer to his glove and started to hack into the system. "Weapon designation Superboy. A clone force grown in... Sixteen weeks! From DNA acquired from Superman."

"Stolen from Superman." Aqualad corrected.

Kid Flash shook his head. "No way the big guy knows about this." I wonder, what is so great about this Superman?

Robin continued to read the file. "Solar suit allows him to absorb yellow sun radiation 24/7."

"And these... creatures?" Aqualad pointed to the G-gnomes above Superboy.

"Genomorphs G-gnomes," Robin answered. "Telepathic. Force feeding him an education."

"And we can get what else," Kid Flash looked up from the screen. "They're making a slave out of... well… Superman's son."

"Now, we contact the League." Aqualad frowned.

"No signal." Robin told them.

"We're in too deep, literally." Kid Flash said, serious. My instincts told me that something bad was gonna happen, and when you're a ninja, you always listen to your instincts. "This is wrong."

"We can't leave him like this." The Robin told Aqualad.

"Set him free, do it." Aqualad ordered. Robin pressed a couple buttons on the computer on his wrist.

We watched as the pod opened, and waited anxiously. I felt his chakra pulse like he was getting ready to attack. I had a feeling that it would be a bad idea to kill him, so I decided to use taijutsu.

Superboy burst out of his pod and Aqualad was knocked backwards by Superboy, and was punched repeatedly. "Aqualad!" Kid Flash exclaimed as he and Robin rushed over to their friend's aid.

"Hang on, Supey!" KF grunted.

"We're on your side!" Robin told the clone. Kid Flash grunted as he tried his best to restrain the clone, but was punched back to a glass tube which knocked him out cold.

"I really didn't want to do this!" Robin pulled out a gas bomb and activating it. I swear, I'm so happy I wasn't an Inuzuka right now, but it was even bad for me.

Kaldur quickly kicked him off as Superboy was choking on the gas. Robin tried to electrify the boy with some weird wires, but it had no effect. Superboy grabbed the wire and tugged on it hard, pulling Robin with it. He threw Robin toward the ground with ease and slammed his foot on the Boy Wonder's chest, crushing him slowly. Kaldur regained his breath and glared at Superboy, but before he could get there I was able to punch him off of Robin with a chakra enhanced fist.

Robin made an attempt to get back up, but quickly lost his conscious. So I picked him up and moved him out of the way. Kaldur looked straight at Superboy.

"We are trying to help you." But Superboy didn't listen as he charged again. Aqualad swiftly dodged and tackled him into a lock-hold. Electricity flowed through his arm and shocked Superboy.

Superboy screamed in pain, and glared at the young Atlantean. He jumped and rammed Aqualad into the ceiling, the said boy grunted in pain, but refused to release him. Superboy rammed Aqualad into the ceiling again, only this time harder which knocked the boy out this time, and he slumped to the ground.

It was only me and him, after watching the others fight, I concluded that he probably hit as hard as Sakura Haruno, but wasn't as smart. I slowly circled him, talking up a fighting stance waiting for him to strike. And he did.

He charged at me with his fists and I easily evaded all of his attacks. I beginning to think that this would be easy, but that thought distracted me, allowing Superboy to land one hard punch on me and slam me into the metal door, I fell and blacked out.

Superboy walked over to the locked door and forced it open. Dr. Desmend walked in and took in his surrounding, and smirked at the fallen intruders.


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