AN: Hey guys, this idea just occurred to me after watching Young Justice to the end. I know that there are a lot of chalant haters out there because it isn't in the comics.
Well I see it this way: The thing I hate is 'out of characters' and from the things I read about Zatanna, she is not at all a different person, only in this version she ends up with Dick instead of Bruce, big deal!

Chalant is just a fun idea from the makers of Young Justice and it could have been in the comics, only it didn't. So I will stick to chalant, but I don't hate Barbara, I like her just fine :)

Sorry, I just had to say this, now on to the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the written characters.

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What lies beneath

Prologue

Silence fell in the Watchtower, no one spoke or dared to speak in this moment of silence in honour of Wally West aka Kid Flash. It was just one hour after the accident, but no one seemed to notice that time went on, in their heads they were still at the moment of Artemis and Kaldur's return, ignorant of the danger that would cost them their friend.
Zatanna kept herself busy by looking at the earth below, but in truth she didn't even see it. She was deep in thought and suddenly Artemis stood next to her, the person who lost more today than a friend, she lost her soul-mate.

"Hey." She said grimly to let Zatanna know of her presence.

"I'm so sorry." Said Zatanna softly as she turned to face her friend. It was an useless comment, but she had to say it.

"Thanks for the necklace though." It was clear Artemis didn't want to talk about Wally and Zatanna accepted that.

"Oh yeah, you're welcome."

"Here, I don't know whether it can still be of use, now that it's broken." Artemis retrieved the broken necklace with the gold pendant and gave it to its maker. Zatanna took it and stuffed it into her pocket.

"What made you make it without questioning its purpose?" wanted Artemis to know. She kept her voice low and casual, but the hurt she was feeling was very clear.

"I did question it, but Dick was very clear about its need to remain a secret."

"And you swallowed that?"

"Well it is not odd for Dick to keep secrets, he is Batman's adoptive son after all and he kept that from us for a long time.

"Yeah, but you're in The League." Suddenly the old headstrong Artemis spoke, she couldn't believe her best friend to have been so obedient and she wanted answers.

"Look, there's a reason why Dick never joint The League. He wants to be able to do things his way. You know that he never wanted to be leader. I suspect he will let Kaldur take over again and he will disappear for a while." Zatanna looked behind her, to a group of man who were talking a few feet away. Dick Grayson, in full Nightwing costume was talking to Robin and Mal. She knew her ex-boyfriend well and she had learned his tragic past. He had suffered great losses in his live and now he had lost his best friend. She knew the feeling after losing her father to Dr. Fate, the thought of Artemis dead was unbearable, but this time it was even worse. Wally was really gone. He had never been much to Zatanna, to her he had been just a teammate, the guy who's always there, but to Dick Wally meant the world. Dick would disappear, Zatanna was sure of it, he would need time to find himself again and blow off some steam and then, maybe he would come back and talk to her again.

"Zatanna." Artemis woke her up from her thoughts and she turned round to see her friend's rather stern face.

"You're not still thinking about him, aren't you?" it was weird to hear Artemis talk about Dick with this much disapproval, she and Dick always had a good relationship, but this dislike was not personal.

"You didn't kiss him, did you?"
Zatanna didn't answer, but her silence told Artemis enough.

"When?" Artemis demanded.

"On his birthday, on the first day at The League."

"So that makes it right? You guys broke up for a reason!"

"I know Artemis." Said Zatanna and she turned fully towards her friend again, but Artemis was not satisfied.

"It was simple Zatanna, it was Dick or The League and you choose The League."

"I wasn't much of a choice, we both wanted to keep our hero-lives."

"So you going to wait for him? You need to move on with your live and quit looking back. Dick did!"

Zatanna didn't reply, Artemis had figures her out completely, but she didn't want to admit it. She had thought she moved on when she joined The League, do her job and even go on mission with him as an ordinary teammate. Now that she knew that Dick would be completely out of reach soon, made her very scared and desperate. It made the longing feeling she once had for him kick in again.

"You know what it means if you get back together. You will be unconsciously worried about each other during crucial times. It will be a matter of time before you do something stupid." Artemis' voice shook for a moment and she closed her eyes to calm herself, but as she opened them to look at Zatanna they were dead serious.

"I don't think it will be so different from now." Said Zatanna flatly. She knew Dick could look after himself and she was sure he thought the same thing about her. It was this insecurity about not being together that made her have these reckless urges to run after him to make sure of his safety. She smiled to herself for being so pathetic.

"I'm serious Zatanna." Artemis sighed irritated. "But it's your life, I won't say anymore I promise."

" That's ok Artemis, I know you mean well." Zatanna smiled to her reassuringly. "I will be there for you too, if you ever need me."

"Thanks." Said Artemis, but she didn't look at Zatanna, instead she stared at the left side of her feet. Without another word she left. Zatanna assumed she would go home to give in to her tears. True enough she heard not long after that thought the zeta-tube pronounce Artemis' new name Tigress and number.

AN: This conversation has been long on my mind and I had to write it down, but if you write something down you to do more, so I thought of this story, I hope you like it and please review!