A/N: I've had this written down on Paper for over a year, so I thought I'd finally get it on the site. Also Artemis will have been on The Team for the same amount of time as Miss Martian; Gohan will NOT be going back to the DBZverse, so don't ask about that in any reviews; and as for pairings—Robtanna, AquaRocket, Spitfire, SuperMartian, and GohanXSupergirl (SuperSaiyan…LOL).
Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ, the DCAU, or YJ.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Group Psychic Link"
"Spells/Ki Attacks"
-Read and Review-
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~DBZ Universe~
"NO, I CANNOT BE BEATEN . . . NOT LIKE THIS!" screamed Cell, as his body was racked with pain as Gohan's Kamehameha overwhelmed him. 'And YOU, Gohan, shall not enjoy this victory . . . not in THIS world, that I PROMISE!' he thought to himself; as he produced a swirling purple disk of light that he fired off to his right, having locked it onto Gohan's energy.
The only 2 Z-fighters that noticed the disk were Gohan and Piccolo— having seen it leave the blast, instead of sensing it— as it somehow emitted no energy. Gohan, upon seeing that the disk had changed direction and was now headed right at him, pushed his blast to its limits . . . vaporizing Cell completely.
Gohan then fell out of the Super Saiyan 2 and into the Full Power Super Saiyan; while he fell to his knees, no longer able to stand because of the massive amount of energy he'd used against Cell.
"…I'm sorry dad; if I'd destroyed Cell when you told me too, then you'd still be alive." Gohan began quietly. "Piccolo, I know you can hear me…please…take care of my mom for me…I don't have the energy to stop that attack…good bye, old friend." Gohan finished, just as the disk stopped above his head.
"What is THAT?" screamed Vegeta; confused as to where it came from and why it had no energy signature, it was obviously some kind of energy.
"NO, GOHAN!" shouted Piccolo, knowing the danger, as he rushed to his young student (and oldest friend)— just barely making it a millisecond after the vortex closed… but still too late to help Gohan.
"Wha…What…What just happened? Didn't Gohan win? Cell's gone, so where'd that light come from…and where's Gohan? Someone, anyone…please, tell me…tell me you know?" begged Krillin, tears streaming down his face.
*Growls* "NO ONE KNOWS YOU NIT WIT!" Vegeta yelled, before picking up the body of his deceased son. "Now come on, we have to wish everyone back to life that Cell killed. That should make Gohan come back."
The others seemed to realize the logic in Vegeta's thinking and took off to follow the Saiyan Prince back to Kami's Lookout.
"I hope you're right Vegeta, I hope you're right." Piccolo said to himself, as he looked to the sky.
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~Earth-16, DCverse: July 12; 09:45 EDT~
"So Tornado, what's the plan for today? Are we training with Black Canary, or are we finally going to get a mission from Batman?" asked Robin, who'd just arrived from his rounds in Gotham— it had been a week since the whole Cadmus thing, and four days since they became an official team, and they STILL haven't gotten any missions from the Dark Knight.
"I do not know. The Batman has not informed me of his intentions for The Team today." Replied the Crimson Android, who was currently viewing several news Channels from around the world on a single screen.
"Okay, then I guess I'll see if the others want to head to—"
"Batman to Robin." The incoming transmission cut the Boy Wonder off.
"I got you Batman, what's up?"
"The Watchtower's sensors just detected an inter-dimensional energy anomaly; another universe may have moved to close too ours, and is now opening up a wormhole. The signature is approximately five point five miles north by north west of your current location, send The Team to investigate. I will see which League member can take some time to assist you."
"Got it, robin out." Just as Robin cut the transmission, the rest of The Team decided to join their "feathered friend" as Wally tended to joke.
"Robin, what did Batman want?" Kaldur asked; in his usual calm, cool, and collected monotone— having been the first to arrive to the cave other than Miss Martian and Superboy (for obvious reasons), and had been able to catch the part of Batman's transmission from "five point five miles" and on.
"I'll explain on the way— M'gann, get the Bioship ready." Was the Boy Wonder's answer, as he turned to make his way to the hanger.
"Robin, do not forget to track the anomaly to its exact location by locking onto its energy signature with a quantum detector." Red Tornado in formed the bird themed protégé, as the rest of The Team followed after him.
"Will do, Tornado; see you later."
-5 minutes later-
"Okay team; remember we don't know what this thing might spit out, or if any civilians saw something when it opened up. So stay focused, and watch for anything that might cause trouble." Robin informed the others.
"Hey who put you in charge? Last time I checked, we still hadn't decided on a leader." Stated Artemis, clearly annoyed at Robin's attitude.
Aqualad responded, trying to explain why Robin had taken charge. "Robin has more experience with these kinds of things than the rest of us do; so, for now, he's in charge."
"Oh, okay . . . but still, there's no way any civvies are going to see something out here." Artemis responded, trying to cover for her lack of realization…with a hint of arrogance in her voice.
"We don't know that! There are public camp grounds about half a mile to the southeast of the location of where the anomaly appeared; someone could have seen something, so get focused . . . and if you see any civvies approaching the area, than use any nonviolent method necessary to get them to leave." An angry Robin responded, before looking at the detectors he was using. "We're getting close, put the bioship in park and we'll move on foot from here."
-2½ minutes later-
As they approached the clearing where the energy was coming from; they saw a flash of purple light as the vortex dumped whatever was coming through, causing them to immediately spread out to surround whatever came out and make sure no villains were around to meet them.
Robin was the first to move towards the…was that a person?
Robin moved closer to the being and noticed that he was a kid, and had what looked like a broken arm; as well as some minor burns, bruises, scratches, cuts, scrapes, and one or two severe burns . . . what Robin wanted to know was if the kid was alive, though, so he placed his fingers on the kids neck— right on top of the artery— and was instantly rewarded with a pulse.
*Sighs in relief* "OK we need to get this kid back to The Cave for medical attention." Robin told the team, who looked wary of taking the kid anywhere.
Artemis, after some thought and looking at the state the kid was in, was the first too agree with Robin, *sigh* "You're right; he needs medical attention and if any villains detected that energy signature, then we need to leave now in order to avoid a fight…cause the kid looks like he went thirteen losing rounds with Superman."
"Ok, M'gann…call the bioship; the quicker we get him back, the faster we can treat him, the faster we can find out if he's a potential threat." Robin told them as he picked up the kid. *Grunt* "He's heavier than he looks…what does this kid eat."
It was at that point that the Bioship arrived, Robin having Miss Martian use her telekinesis to levitate the young stranger into the ship so they could get going faster
"Black Canary to Team."
""Robin here, what's up?"
"I'm the one Batman got a hold of, I called to let you know that I'm on my way."
"Yeeeaaah, uuumm, about that…how are you at treating severe wounds?"
"WHAT! WHO'S HURT?" she yelled over the video-com-link.
"The kid who fell out of the dimensional rift— it's already closed by-the-way. When the kid, who looks no older than me, fell out…he looked like he'd just went thirteen rounds with Superman, and lost each round."
"Okay, so none of you are hurt; what are you going to do with the kid, you can't treat wounds in the woods without something noticing."
"Yeah, I know, that's why we're taking him back to the Cave."
"Batman's not going to like that, you know."
"Yeah, I do…but he's going to have to deal with his paranoia issues later, the kid's unconscious."
"Ok, I'll meet you back at the Cave."
-7 days later at the Cave; July 19, 13:15 EDT-
"Batman, for the thousandth time, he hasn't woken up yet; he said nothing when he arrived, he was unconscious after all. So just leave him alone!" Robin told his mentor, as they walked towards the infirmary.
"I am just checking his conditions."
"We've been changing their bandages, and he has yet to respond to anything we've done. M'gann even tried to wake him up with her telepathy, and she couldn't even get inside. She said he had instinctual mental shields keeping his minds from being read. And more importantly; you just checked up on him, YESTERDAY!" Robin responded.
"I'm just checking." Batman said in his monotone. "And I've heard you before; but we have no knowledge of how the child sustained his injuries, or if what caused them will attempt to get to our dimension."
"Yeah, okay, I get that. But you don't need to be here when he wakes up, if he even does, just so you can give him the third degree." Robin countered, slightly irritated by his mentor's apparent lack of concern when it came to the kid's health.
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They arrived at the infirmary after about five more minutes; and upon their arrival, they heard that a certain someone inside had woken up.
"Um, hello…can anyone hear me? I would like to know where I am, and why I have all these bandages on?"
"Good, he's awake. Now I can get some answers." The Dark Knight said, his monotone never failing.
"Ohcome on!" Robin nearly shouted, officially angry. "He must've just woken up, and you're already getting ready for an interrogation?!"
"Yes." Was Batman's simple reply before entering the room with Robin.
As they entered, they saw the Kid looking at them…almost as if he'd been expecting them to come in.
(A/N: I'm gonna say that the walls and doors of Mount Justice are sound proof from the inside; i.e.: If your outside the room, you can hear what's going on inside the room, but the people inside can't hear you— the only exception is the bedrooms, they're the exact opposite.)
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~DBZ UNIVERSE~
Krillin sat rubbing his head— it had been around five days since he told Chichi what happened at the Cell Games…including Gohan's apparent fate.
He was immediately introduced to the one thing Goku feared…Chichi's Frying Pan of Death, while at the same time Chichi shouted— at the top of her VERY HEALTHY lungs, "WHY DIDN'T YOU PROTECT MY BABY BOY?"
He also remembered what happened half an hour later that same day.
Flashback sequence:
"Shenron, come fourth and grant us our wish!" shouted Roshi at the top of his lungs.
"You who have summoned me, speak to me your hearts' desires. I will grant you any two wishes within my power. Speak your first wish." Said the mighty Dragon God of Wishes, Shenron the Eternal Dragon.
"We wish for everyone who died because of Cell to be brought back to life!" Yelled Bulma, who was also worried about Gohan's safety.
"This wish is within my power. It shall be done."After about thirty seconds, Shenron spoke once more, "It is done, speak to me your final wish so that I may return to my slumber."
"Wait, Shenron…where're Goku and Gohan?" Krillin asked in confusion.
"The one known as Goku cannot be revived, he has already been returned to life before. The one known as Gohan cannot be summoned because he does not exist in the Other World." The great dragon answered.
"WHAT!" shouted everyone at the same time, with the exception of Piccolo.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN GOHAN'S NOT IN THE OTHER WORLD?! HE HAS TO BE THERE, MY BABY BOY WOULD HAVE FOUND A WAY TO CONTACT ME BY NOW IF HE WAS STILL ALIVE!" Chichi screamed.
"I believe that I can answer this little problem you're having." Said a voice from nowhere.
"King Kai, is that you?" Krillin asked out loud.
"Yes it is. And you can thank Goku for my former state of being deceased, thank you by-the-way for the revival, anyway…I can search the other dimensions for Gohan, and if I can't find him, than I know someone who can. I'll contact you with the results when I have them." King Kai informed the defenders of the Earth.
"Thank you, King Kai. We'll be waiting patiently for the news." Tien spoke, trying to show respect for his former teacher.
"I am growing impatient, speak to me your final wish so that I may return to my rest!"
(A/N: The rest of the scene at the Lookout plays out like in Canon DBZ. Oh, and Time in the DBZ Universe will move at approx. a third the speed as in reality of DC's Earth-16.)
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~Earth-16; DCverse~
"Hi there! Nice to see someone finally decided to come in." the kid said, in an almost chipper voice. "Could you tell me where I am, and why I'm in these casts? Oh, and could you hand me one of those beans I had on me?"
"You're inside Mount Justice, former Headquarters of the Justice League. Now it is the headquarters for the Young Justice Team, or The Team for short, a stealth division of the League for potential members who are too young or inexperienced to join the actual League itself." Batman started, testing this boy's reactions to his information. "You are in those cats because your arm was broken in three places, as well as having a dislocated shoulder, and multiple third and second degree burns." So far the kid had a pretty good poker face, he wasn't giving away anything until he had the full story.
Batman continued, but not before casting a glance at the bag of beans on table by the boy's bed, "You also had several three broken ribs, several cracked ribs, your knee and hip were dislocated, your leg was broken just below the knee, and you had one twisted— the other sprained— ankle. You had a slipped disk, and almost all of your muscles had severe blunt force trauma with several of them being torn."
"Yeah, it's a miracle you're even able to talk right now." Robin added, trying to get his opinion in.
"Ok, so could you get me a Senzu Bean?" the kid asked once more.
"Seriously! We just told you that you should still be unconscious right now, and you're worried about a little snack." Robin couldn't believe how nonchalantly the kid seemed to be taking his injuries, it was almost like he was used to being injured like he was.
"Give a Senzu Bean, and you'll understand." The kid told him.
Robin looked at his mentor, who nodded in the affirmative, before he walked over to the bag of beans and looked inside the bag. "How many do you want?" The Boy Wonder asked.
"Just one, please." The kid answered.
Robin grabbed out one of the beans, and fed it to the strange (in his opinion) kid.
*crunching sounds* "Thanks." The kid said as he as ate the bean; immediately after which he leapt from the bed, and ripped the casts off. He then started to rotate his arm and foot, getting them used to moving again.
"What the heck?! How'd you do that?" Asked Robin, shocked at what he'd just seen.
"Huh? How'd I do what?" the kid asked, confused about the question.
"How'd you recover so quickly, and what happened to all of your scars and burns?" Robin explained, getting more specific about his question.
"Why don't I wait to answer that until everyone else gets here." The kid said, confusing Robin…but gaining Batman's suspicions.
"There are no other people else here but us three." Batman said, confusing Robin even more.
"No, we're not." The kid said, openly disagreeing with Batman— which got duel looks of interest from the Dynamic Duo, " There're at least eight people in this place, besides us three in this room."
"Actually, there's nine others here…by the way, you're going to have to explain to me how you did whatever it is you just did to get that close."
"Nine, huh? One of them must be an android." The kid said, before asking an obviously needed question, "Oh, and what are your names."
The two heroes looked at each other, and assumed that whatever alternate universe the kid was from…they either didn't exist, the went around in different costumes and used different names, or they weren't known to the public.
"I'm Robin, the Boy Wonder."
"I am Batman." The Dark Knight said, before getting back to the topic at hand. "Now that the introductions are over, I have some questions that you will answer."
"Later, once everyone is here. Oh! And I'm Son Gohan by the way." The now identified Gohan said.
"Your first name's Sone?" Robin asked, wondering what kind of name that was.
"It's not sone, Robin. His last name is Son, spelled s o n. his first name's Gohan…it's a Japanese custom." Batman explained, wondering how the kid spoke English so well— without an accent— when both of his names were Japanese in origin.
"Ok, I don't even want to know how you know that." Robin said, before whispering to Batman, "I'll contact Miss M, and tell her the situation…something about this kid tells me that this kid isn't going to answer any of your questions until everyone's here. And if he decides to get rough, we have you, and Superman to handle him."
"Agreed." Batman said, giving his protégé the ok to contact the others.
"Um…you guys do know that I can hear you, right?" Gohan said, making Robin flinch at being caught— Batman, on the other hand, filed the information away for later questions.
~Where The Team's at~
Black Canary and Superboy were having a spar, with Black Canary giving Superboy instructions about how to fight without letting your opponent control the fight. "Superboy, you need to look for a weak point in your enemies guard before you Strike. If you break your opponent's defenses, before they break yours, then you increase the amount of control you have in a fight…thus increasing your chances of winning."
Superboy just growled as he got up from the floor, having found himself on his back after 5 minutes. (A/N: I believe the only reason Conner lost so quickly against Canary in Canon, was because he was letting his emotions from the Superman thing that day bother him and cloud his judgment.)
"Don't worry Superboy, You'll get it eventually. Besides, you last longer than any of us…with the exception of Robin, but that's because he's trained with Batman for four years." Miss Martian stated, trying to comfort the super clone.
"M'gann, can you bring the rest of The Team, as well as the other Leaguers, to the infirmary. Our guest has woken up, and he's already started to do one-armed-hand-stand pushups. He said that he'd explain once everyone else was here…he said he could…I don't know…sense? Eight of you, and when I told him there were nine of you…he immediately recognized the one he couldn't 'sense' as an Android." Robin said in M'gann's mind.
"Sure thing Robin." The Martian telepath responded. "Hey guys! Robin just contacted me, and said that our guest is awake. Apparently the kid wants us, even the Leaguers, to go to the infirmary. Robin says the kid's doing one-handed hand-stand pushups." She informed the others, before taking off down the hall— wanting to see for herself the amazing recovery.
"Wait, seriously?!" Both Kid Flash, and the Flash said at the same time. "How could he be doing that with all of those injuries?" Kid Flash continued, before both speedsters ran ahead to see if Robin was just pulling their legs.
*hums in thought* "If he is healthy, and skilled, enough to be doing that already after sustaining such grave injuries; then perhaps Batman was right in keeping him under almost constant surveillance, it would be best to make sure he's not a possible threat." Aqualad stated, before he and the others followed after M'gann and Wally.
~5 minutes later, in the infirmary~
"Ok Gohan, That's everyone. So can you please explain how you recovered so fast, and how you knew about the others…and What Red Tornado being an android had to do with you not knowing about him?"
"I'll start with the second part of your question, which will also answer the third one." Gohan started, "You see, I simply felt their Ki…which I'm surprised you didn't know, based off of how large yours is compared to a normal human. Androids, Robots, and Cyborgs don't have Ki; so I am unable to sense them."
"Um, what's Ki?" Robin and Kid Flash asked at the same time.
"I'll explain; 'Ki' is a martial arts term that originated in eastern Asia. It is roughly translated into 'Life Energy' and is synonymous with the Shaolin 'Chi' energy." Batman responded. "In theory; when you control your Chi, or Ki as Gohan calls it, you can become stronger, faster, you can gain an increase in the sensitivity of your physical senses, you can also become more powerful. Also, with the right kind of training, the use of this energy can allow one to sense the energy and intent of others. The fact that Gohan was sensing our Ki explains why Red Tornado cannot be sensed by Gohan, it's because he is not alive in the same way the rest of us are."
"How do you know all of this, Batman?" Superman asked, wondering what it took to master this energy…and whether or not it could help his clone with the problems he'd been having with some of his Kryptonean powers.
"I was trained by an ancient, and hidden, sect of Shaolin warrior monks; who taught me how to use this energy to sense the life force of others by focusing all of my senses, my mind, and my Chi together." Batman replied.
"Ok, so how about I tell you about my recovery now." Gohan stated, trying to get everyone back on topic.
"Go ahead Gohan." Robin replied, wanting to know what was in those beans.
"Ok. It was the Senzu Bean you gave me. You see, the beans have medicinal properties that allow them to instantly heal any injury when consumed. And as an added bonus, they can even keep you full for ten days." Gohan explained.
The Team except for Robin— who'd seen it with his own eyes, as well as having been taught by Batman when NOT to show his emotions. The adults, however, were impassive, being used to the strange and the bizarre.
Kid Flash was the first to speak up, "Yeah right, come on…tell us the real reason."
"He's neither lying nor kidding, Kid Flash." Superman and Batman said at the same time.
"How do you know?" KF asked.
Superman answered first, "His heart rate stayed normal, and he didn't have any of the physical reactions that come from lying or joking."
Batman spoke next, "I know because, on my trips around the world, learning martial arts and espionage techniques…I found a monk in the Himalayas, that grew those beans. He told me that he'd acquired the knowledge of the bean from a mystical cat that he met in a dream. When he woke the next day, he had one of the beans in his hand. He took it as a sign, and while he continued to practice a sacred form of martial arts, he planted the bean and grew more of them. He taught me how to grow them as well, and gave me a bag of beans when I left. It is thanks to those beans that I am still alive today."
"That cat sounds like the Sage Korin…hm…I wonder how he crossed the dimensional barriers to enter that man's dream…then again, he is more than five times as old as Roshi, and knows things even my dad didn't." Gohan said to himself, before looking and seeing that he was getting strange looks from the protégées. "What? What'd I say?"
"How do you know you're in another dimension?" asked Batman hoping for a quick and simple answer.
"Because there is no 'Justice League' on the Earth I'm from. Neither is there any 'Young Justice' there either. I know I'm on Earth because you, Robin, the lady in Black, the Archer girl, and the two fast guys in red and yellow are all humans. The black kid with blond hair, and the kid with the 'S' on his chest both feel close to human…but I can also tell that they're not. The girl who looks like a Namekian feels close to one, but she obviously isn't one. And last the big guy with the 'S' on his chest feels similar to the kid standing next to him, except the big guy doesn't feel anything like a human…if I had to guess, I'd say the kid next to him is a half human, half whatever the big guy is and that the big guy is his dad." Gohan explained, also unintentionally giving spoilers as to the probable cause of Superboy's problems with some of his Kryptonean powers.
"Wait, what do you mea—" Kid Flash was interrupted by Superboy.
"What else can you do with this 'Ki" thing; besides gaining strength, speed, and sensing others?" the Boy of Steel asked, thinking that learning how to use it might allow him to at least mimic the powers of a Kryptonean…as well as having the secondary benefit of helping him with his combat training and Fighting style.
"I can fire blasts of energy from my hands and mouth, through the concentration of Ki into a single point. I can use it to teleport by focusing on a single person, or even a group's, energy. I can use it to fire beams from my eyes. And I can use it to fly." Gohan said, mixing some of the basics with some of the more advanced things he'd learned…though he did catch everyone's attention when he mentioned the last two parts.
"Wait, wait, wait…you can fly?" KF asked; thinking that this would be perfect for Superboy to learn.
"Yeah, a lot of people can fly where I'm from; even the most average of humans can fly, if they get the right training." Gohan answered, before asking a question of his own. "By the way…what are the rest of your names…or, at least the one's you're allowed to tell me…because I doubt that 'Batman' and 'Robin' are their real names." *points at Batman and Robin*
The group looked at Batman, who nodded; letting them know it was ok to tell them their CODE names.
"Hello Gohan. I am Black Canary."
"Hello! I'm Miss Martian."
"Hey, I'm Artemis."
"I'm Superboy."
"Greetings Gohan. I am known as Aqualad."
"Yo dude, what's up. The name's Kid Flash."
"I'm the Flash."
"Hello Gohan. I'm Superman."
"Salutations Son Gohan. I am called Red Tornado."
"Alright, now that the formalities are over; I have a couple of questions for Gohan. First— what is the last thing you remember before waking up here?" Batman ordered and then asked.
"Getting forcibly sucked into a purple vortex, and passing out in pain while inside of it." Gohan answered honestly.
"Second, did anyone else come through?" Batman asked, getting to the point.
Gohan once more answered truthfully, "Not unless they got to the vortex after I entered it, it literally opened right above my head."
"Then no, The Team informed Black Canary the vortex closed as soon as you came through." Superman responded.
"Third; how did you sustain your injuries, and should we prepare for an invasion by them?" Batman asked, this one getting even more to the point.
"I was fighting a genetically engineered life form named Cell that wanted to destroy the Earth. And no, you don't have to prepare for anything…he's dead." Gohan told them, hinting at the fact that he was the winner of the battle.
"H-How did you win, with those injuries?" M'gann asked.
"If any of you know how to read minds, I can show you." Gohan said.
"I can read minds, but I can't enter your mind for some reason." M'gann responded once more.
"Oh! Hehe, Sorry about that, I'm still perfecting my mind training…so I didn't even realize that I was preventing you…um, why don't you try now?" Gohan seamed rather embarrassed about the fact that he'd been subconsciously preventing her from finding out who he was.
"Ok." Miss M started to read his mind, he was showing her the entirety of the thing…starting with the Androids, and ending with him passing out inside of the vortex. "Wow, just…okay, I guess it's my turn to show you guys what I saw." She said, before she showed the others present— sans Red Tornado, who's mind she couldn't sense— just what exactly she'd seen inside Gohan's head.
When she was done, she left their minds— letting everyone think about what they'd seen, which included some of Gohan's incredible power…they were almost positive that he'd get more powerful if given the right training, but they could tell from Gohan's memories that he already feared the power he had and what it did to him.
"Wow…you totally destroyed that Cell guy!" Kid Flash stated, astonished by Gohan's might.
"I can't believe that this Cell guy was going to destroy the Earth just because you were stronger than him! Seriously, if someone's stronger than you…you don't destroy a planet, you train and get better as well as finding any weaknesses they might have and use them against them!" Artemis commented.
"You have a point Artemis, Cell was a coward…however, he was also smart. He knew that I wouldn't give him a chance to get better." Gohan responded; but, from the tone of his voice, he was clearly angry with himself for not finishing off Cell when he'd first had the chance.
"Ok, well if there's no more questions, The Team needs to get back to combat training. Gohan, why don't you join us?" Black Canary said/asked, wanting to see what Gohan could do in terms of just Hand-to Hand combat…no Ki involved…especially now that he was back in control of his emotions.
"Ok, but if I end up hurting anyone…it's not my fault." Gohan semi-joked.
As they started to leave, Gohan was held back grabbed by Superboy. "Hey, uh, Gohan…do you think you could teach me some of that Ki stuff…I think it would help me with some problems I've been having with my powers."
"Sure; when we're done with training today, I'll start to teach you about the basics of Ki. But for now I think we should catch up to the others." Gohan said
"Yeah, your right." SB said, looking in front of them to view Superman…before making up his mind about something that had been bothering him. "Do you think that maybe you could talk to Superman for, and find out why he won't talk to me?"
"Sure, though if I may ask…what's your relation to him?" Gohan responded before asking, trying to see if his earlier guess was right.
"I'm…his clone, but I have been having problems with some of his powers…I don't seem to be able to use them the same way he does." Superboy responded.
Gohan nodded in understanding, before the two of them ran to catch up to the others.
-5 minutes later-
"Ok, we're going to start with a hand-to-hand combat only spar between Gohan and Superboy. I want to see what you can do when you're in control of your emotions." Black Canary said, getting ready to analyze how Gohan fights— incase he ever becomes a threat.
"Don't think I'll go easy on you Gohan, so get ready." Superboy said, thinking he'd at least do some damage if they were only allowed to use hand-to-hand fighting.
"Ok, I'm ready." Gohan said, getting into the same stance his father always takes before engaging in a fight.
Superboy waited a minute, looking for a weakness in Gohan's guard— when he thought he'd found one, he charged with his fist raised.
'He left himself open in ten spots, he needs to learn the basics of Martial Arts first before he can even think of learning how to use Ki.' Gohan thought to himself, as he prepared his counterattack. 'Stop, deflect, strike.'
Superboy went for a punch to the left side of Gohan's face; when Gohan's left hand caught the fist…and stopped it dead in its tracks! "What the?!" The Boy of Steel exclaimed, astonished at the strength Gohan had. He quickly composed himself and went for a knee strike to Gohan's stomach…only for Gohan to slap it to the ground with his right hand.
Gohan then performed a roundhouse kick to the Demi-Kryptonean and (in effect) sent the Boy of Steel flying. Before the teenage Demi-Kryptonean could land, Gohan vanished from sight— for all but four people— before reappearing in front, and to the right, of SB. He proceeded to do a back flip when the Boy of Steel reached him— sending the teenage Superhero soaring towards the ceiling. Gohan vanished once more, this time appearing directly under the "flying" Demi-Kryptonean…who was starting to descend after hitting the ceiling.
Gohan caught him before he could hit the floor, and started to spin incredibly fast before launching Superboy across the floor…Gohan vanished for a final time, reappearing to the right of Superboy and three feet in front of him. He timed it just right, and clasping both his hands together, he brought them down on SB's stomach…causing him to finally hit the floor…on his feet, in a crouched position, before launching an uppercut into Gohan's jaw sending the Demi Saiyan flying into forty feet into the air before he vanished, and reappeared thirty feet away, on the edge of the ring.
"Dude! How's Gohan moving that fast?" Kid Flash asked, one of the four who could see Gohan moving, while he watched the bout between the two super strong fighters.
"Wait, you mean he wasn't teleporting? How the heck is it possible to move that fast?!" Artemis asked, now looking at Gohan in a different light…and a look of deep thought on her face.
"Because of hi training with Ki. Gohan is moving faster than the speed of sound, with instantaneous acceleration…in theory, there's no telling how fast Gohan could go if he wanted to." Batman replied, looking at the sparring match with a look of indifference.
'How do YOU know that? Just how good a Martial Artist are you Batman?' Superman thought to himself; he too was able to see Gohan while he moved, better than Kid Flash, though not as well as the Flash.
Back at the fight, Superboy was still being dominated by Gohan…though he was still getting in the occasional hit that surprised Gohan due to Superboy's near invulnerability. Superboy sent a powerful left kick at Gohan's head…only for Gohan to dodge the kick and get behind SB…where he sent he sent a right roundhouse kick to the Demi-Kryptonean's back. Gohan than vanished once more, appearing just in front of The Boy of Steel. Gohan then delivered a mid-air scissor kick to Superboy's mid-section; slamming the boy into the ground, clearly in pain.
"Superboy, Fail." The computerized voice rang out.
"Holy cow! Look what you did to SB!" exclaimed KF, who rushed to help the Demi-Kryptonean sit up.
Gohan walked up to the two, the three of them quickly being joined by the other members of The Team, and produced a Senzu Bean. "Here, give him this." Gohan told the teen speedster.
KF looked at it for a second, before grabbing it and feeding it to his friend.
"Ugh…it tastes like fish." Superboy said as he stood up and stretched, feeling completely better, before looking at Gohan. "How'd you beat me so fast?"
"Simple…I'm faster than you are, as well as having years of experience as a fighter." Gohan stated, before hearing something that none of the Young Justice members— except maybe Robin— expected.
"Fight me." It came from Superman.
"Um…okay, but…why?" Gohan asked.
"I want to check something." Superman replied.
"Ok, just give me a sec." Gohan stated, before a large wind started to blow off of him as his hair turned into a muted yellowish-gold color and his eyes, including his pupils, turned a sea-green color. "There, I'm ready." Gohan said before taking his Bag of Senzu Beans from his waist and throwing it to Robin. "Hold onto those for me would you? I need to plant the rest, and they take about a month to grow."
"Sure, no problem." Robin responded, putting the bag in one of his belt compartments.
"OH, and Superboy…don't get discouraged about losing to me, I may be leagues faster than you…but when it some to actual physical strength…before I enter Super Saiyan, we're actually pretty equal in strength." Gohan said. Shocking all present— except Batman— about what seemed to be denial of one's own strength.
"If that's true, then how'd you stop Superboy's fists and other attacks like that?" KF asked.
Gohan responded by falling out of FPSS, before shouting, "KAIOKEN!"
Gohan was instantly surrounded in a fiery blood red aura, his skin taking on a reddish glow, and even his hair was tinged with a reddish shade to it. "This is how I did it."
"What the…?!" Superman shouted, shocked at the aura. "I never saw you do anything like that against my so…er… against Superboy." He caught himself from saying something he might regret— he still wasn't sure what Superboy thought of him, so he was uncomfortable voicing the fact that he thought of SB as the son that he was.
Batman, Black Canary, Red Tornado, and Superboy himself caught the slip up though…causing all of them but the Android to have small smiles on his face…with a feeling of relief practically saturating the air coming from Superboy, who felt it would be far easier to approach Superman than he'd thought.
Batman spoke to break the silence that had followed, "I saw it."
"Huh?" everyone except Gohan said at the same time, thinking they'd heard him wrong.
"I said I saw Gohan use his 'Kaioken' technique." Batman repeated.
"How did you see it when we didn't?!" Asked the three super speed empowered heroes that were present.
"Simple, you were looking with your eyes. I was using all of my senses, and noticed the things you didn't. Gohan only used that Technique to stop Superboy's attacks, he never attacked with it." Batman replied.
While the adults were conversing amongst themselves, Gohan was deep in thought…not realizing that his mental shields were down, and that M'gann was broadcasting his thoughts to the other members of The Team. 'I knew that Batman was strong for a human…and that he was suppressing his skills and some of his power…but to be suppressing that much of his skill, just who is he? If he could see that split millisecond where I used the Kaioken, then just how good is he? He is the strongest full human I've felt since waking up…but from what I can sense, his energy is nowhere near where it should be too see me move even when I'm NOT using the Kaioken…argh, this is all too confusing…' Gohan was drawn out of his thoughts by the way Batman ended the conversation.
"Enough. Superman, are you going to spar with Gohan. Or are you going to keep wasting time with useless questions." There wasn't a question anywhere to be found in Batman's tone…rather, it was a threat. A threat that needed no emphasis— Shut up and fight the kid, or I will end you.
"Fine."
"Ok, so you're ready now right?" asked Gohan who went FPSS, after feeling Superman's power he knew that he'd need it to come out even let alone win…he failed to realize the jump in power he'd taken thanks to the fight with Cell.
"Yes, begin." Said Superman, who was studying Gohan's defensive stance…when he thought he'd found one, he began to formulate a plan to bring Gohan down a peg or two.
'Now.' Superman thought to himself as he rushed at Gohan with his super speed.
'Hm…fast…but not fast enough.' Gohan thought to himself, before doing his disappearing act on Superman and vanishing from sight for all but Batman…just as Superman had gotten close enough to throw what would have otherwise have been a devastating punch.
Gohan reappeared 16 feet behind the Man of Steel, and to everyone's confusion— except Batman, who is never confused just curious— he had his hands raised above his head, crossed in an 'X' shape with his palms facing out. "Masenko-Ha!" Gohan shouted and thrust his hands forward, a yellow beam of light being produced and shot towards Superman. The not-so-Last Son of Krypton barely dodged, his cape getting burnt in the process.
"I made that one easy…here's another." Gohan said, firing another Masenko at Superman. Gohan was starting to get into a pattern; Masenko, Masenko, Eye beams, Masenko, Masenko, Eye beams. He was hoping to wear out the Kryptonean by having him dodge ranged attacks, before finishing the fight with Ki infused punches and kicks.
Gohan once more fired his eye beams, colored white with his Ki. Superman, who was shocked that the beams could hurt him, forgot to dodge the attack— and was nailed with a direct hit by the painful heat-vision-like beams.
Superman yelled out in pain as the attack struck home, hitting him directly in the chest…but affecting his whole body like a thunder bolt from Captain Marvel.
*groans* "I don't remember my heat vision striking like a thunder bolt…there's something strange about Gohan…I might need to stop—" Superman was cut off as he was forced to dodge yet another Ki blast from Gohan…the Man of Steel barely being able to move out of the way in time. 'And those Ki blasts are getting harder and harder to dodge…is Gohan really holding back that much?'
However, the direction Superman took…lead him directly into the path of another Ki blast.
BOOM!
The attack flew straight and true, striking home and exploding upon impact— creating a large black smoke cloud that obscured the Man of Steel from the sights of all but 3 people; Gohan, Superboy, and Batman. Gohan has had training with his senses so that he could see through the smoke and pick out the slightly darker outline of the person inside a cloud of smoke, the same thing could be said of Batman.
"Gohan defeated Superboy in approximately 57.968 seconds. As of this break in the bout between Superman and Gohan has lasted approximately 39.542 seconds." Commented Red Tornado, alerting the others to just how much more powerful Superman was than Superboy— Gohan had defeated/dominated SB in just under a minute WITHOUT using any of his Ki based techniques, and here was Superman less than twenty seconds away from matching that…with Gohan firing off Ki blasts left and right.
And even though Superman had told no one except Batman this…Superman had already accepted Superboy as his son, he just didn't know how to talk to him without it being awkward…he also felt a small amount of pride in his "son" for choosing to be a hero on his own, rather than being told to by someone else.
As the smoke cleared, it showed Superman just floating there, his outfit was slightly scorched but there was no real damage taken by the Man of Steel…although he did look a little dazed, as though he'd been given a dizzying blow to the head.
"I have to admit…" Superman began, after he was able to shake his head clear. "…that was pretty god; distracting me so that I wouldn't see the second blast coming at me, but if that's all you're willing to use…than I will win this fight."
*Hums to self* "You're pretty good yourself, aren't you. I guess now would be a good time to tell you that I'm not even using a fifth of what I can do." Gohan replied nonchalantly, as if he was used to holding back against someone who could level entire cities by themselves in under a minute…which he kind of was— because; while Super man was "the Man of Steel," Gohan was the epitome of "A Force of Nature" and even steel yields to Nature given time.
"What! Gohan's not even going at half of his full power! Just how strong is he?" exclaimed KF out loud; the declaration of Gohan's sparking an interest in Aqualad and Robin— both now trying to pay even closer attention to the bout, hoping to gain some new fighting ideas and tips from Gohan's fight with Superman; although they thought it was a forgone, unanimous, conclusion as to who'd win the match: 'Superman.'
~3 minutes, 50.458 seconds later~
"I can't believe this! Gohan and Superman have been going at it for over four minutes now…and there's still no clear idea who's going to win!" KF shouted, as Gohan slammed a powerful knee into Superman's chest before delivering a devastating roundhouse kick to his back while sideways in the air…sending Superman hurtling towards the ground.
Superman managed to right himself and dodged a right hook that had been aimed at his head; before he took the offensive— slamming Gohan with punishing kicks and punches to his face, back, abdomen, and chest.
Gohan, after an elbow was slammed into his back, was sent hurtling towards the floor of the ring— the fight looking like it'd been decided— when the Demi-Saiyan suddenly shouted out "KAIOKEN!" at the top of his lungs.
Immediately a crimson red fiery energy mixed with his golden aura, with Gohan's skin taking on a reddish tint, as Gohan's power skyrocketed…allowing him to right himself while falling and stop in the air, before vanishing and reappearing with his elbow buried in Superman's stomach.
Gohan— having proved that the bout wasn't over just yet— then started to unleash his own barrage of earth shattering punches, kicks, elbows, and knees— not letting up for even a second, refusing to give the supposed "Last Son of Krypton" a chance to counter attack or to catch his breath; before a front-flip-downward kick to Superman's spine (having bent the Man of Steel over with a devastating left Roundhouse Kick) that sent the Kryptonean to the ground for the sixth time during the bout.
Gohan once more placed his hands above his head in an "X" formation, palms facing out with one hand on top of another. "MASENKO-HA!" Gohan shouted, as he fired off his terrifying blast.
The yellow beam struck Superman just as he was able to stop his decent; and forced him into a crouched position on the floor of the ring by the combined might of the Kaioken, Full Power Super Saiyan, and the Masenko-ha.
However, failing to hear the buzz go off that signals a loss…Gohan prepared for round three.
Superman floated out of the smoke created when he was struck by the Yellow blast of destruction, breathing heavily and look like he'd seen better days. His signature "S" on his chest had been burnt away, his cape was little more than a charred rag, his boots were non-existent, his pants were now nothing more than summer time shorts, and the back of his shirt was almost completely useless— there being no protective quality to it all, even for a normal human from the elements.
Gohan was now charging another attack, one he felt for sure would end the fight as it was the second strongest attack he knew…it was the signature attack of his father— the Kamehameha. He was also taking this little break to catch his breath, the fight starting to take its toll on him as well.
"Ok, time to end this. I believe we've done enough damage to the training room." Stated Superman; as he looked to Gohan, preparing to fire the most powerful blast of Heat vision he'd ever unleashed.
"I couldn't agree more." Gohan stated, as his Kaioken flared in synch with his FPSS aura. "Kaioken times two!" Gohan's power once more shot up like a rocket, now being twice as powerful as he was as a FPSS…but still weak in comparison to his Super Saiyan 2 form. The sudden rise in power from Gohan caused a massive continuous blast of hurricane force winds to appear— rushing out from Gohan's person in every possible direction while Gohan was airborne.
"WHAT THE HECK! HOW'S GOHAN CREATING THIS WIND? AND WHY IS THE DEBRIS FROM HIS FIGHTS FLOATING IN THE AIR?" Artemis shouted, struggling to be heard above the wind, when all of a sudden Superman unleashed the largest blast of heat vision any of the people present had ever seen— being comparable to a literal sheet of heat from his eyes.
Gohan then decided that his Kamehameha would have to be charged enough. He brought his hands forward and aimed at the Man of Steel. "KAMEHAMEHA!"
Batman's eyes narrowed when he saw the attack, trying to decide whether or not this new attack was a good thing or not…it was the one that disintegrated Cell.
The two "beams" collided with each other, and the Kamehameha split the heat vision blast— sending two separate arcs of heat at the walls of the Cave— but the Heat vision still had enough power to hold the Kamehameha in place…causing the two fighters to engage in a battle of wills, neither of them willing to surrender or admit defeat.
After a minute long battle, Superman's heat vision seemed to be gaining the edge in the battle for dominance between he and Gohan's blasts…that is, it did, until Gohan shouted out once more with an all too familiar battle cry at this point.
"KAIOKEN TIMES 3!"
With the added boost in power, Gohan's Kamehameha started to push back the Kryptonean's Heat vision until it finally passed the point of no return; slamming into Superman with earth shattering force, literally, causing the ground behind and under the Kryptonean to shatter and lift into the air as Super man tried to fight the powerful energy blast back, when the blue beam suddenly exploded in a flash of white light…causing everyone to shield their eyes because of the intensity.
Once the light died down, all anyone could see was black smoke— the smoke having filled the entire room because of the power behind Gohan's attack…which he'd thankfully cancelled before it destroyed the entire mountain base.
Red tornado used his powers over wind to clear away the smoke; revealing Superman and Gohan in an obviously painful exchange of fists, knees, elbows, and kicks— neither of them were willing to admit a loss to the other, as they continued their punishing exchange of blows that was quickly becoming a double edged sword as each blow was hurting them just as much as it did the recipient of the strike.
Finally— after realizing that by flying, they were wasting energy that could be used in the fight— they descended towards the ground, not letting up on their exchange of blows for even a second. Once they touched the ground, the on lookers got a chance to see how truly battered the two of them were after their bout— as everyone, even those without super speed or vision, could see the two of them clearly now…a testament to how truly tired they were.
"they've been at it for over eight minutes now, how can they still have the energy to fight after everything they've done to each other!" exclaimed Kid, not really asking a question— but instead speaking his thoughts aloud as Superman and Gohan continued to beat each other senseless.
"Correction. It has been approximately 9 minutes and 49.823 seconds since the start of Gohan's and Superman's fight." Red Tornado stated; who, although he couldn't show it physically, was watching the fight with great interest.
As Gohan and Superman continued their barrage against each other, they suddenly stopped and broke apart— breathing incredibly heavily— and stood looking at each other…both of them in more pain than either of them had ever physically experienced before.
Suddenly, Gohan fell to one knee— still breathing heavily, but refusing to pass out— when out of nowhere Superman fell to the ground, unconscious, giving Gohan the victory by default.
Gohan looked to Robin, his look being all that needed to be said.
"Oh, right. You gave your beans to me." He said, as he threw the bag over to the worn out Demi-Saiyan.
Gohan gratefully caught the bag and pulled one out before eating it. "Thanks." Gohan said; as he looked at Superman, before walking over to him and force feeding the man a bean to heal his injuries.
The bean's healing properties instantly went to work, allowing the Man of Steel to get up…though he looked somewhat embarrassed at losing a fight to what he thought was a 13year old.
"I guess you win, huh? Never thought I would lose a fight against a kid that's barely higher than my waist. Good job Gohan." Superman commented, looking at his clone the whole time— believing that he'd just found the perfect solution to his son's problems with some of his Kryptonean powers after experiencing the strength of Ki first hand.
"Hey can you do me a favor and teach some of those Ki techniques to Superboy? I think it would help him with his emotional control, as well as helping him with some problems he's been having while trying to use my powers." Superman whispered to Gohan; who just nodded in response, not telling the Man of Steel that Superboy had already asked him to do just that.
"Thanks."
Just then the others walked over to Gohan and Superman, and Artemis asked Gohan three rapid fire questions. "How'd you beat SUPERMAN ? Just how strong are you, Gohan? Can you teach me that Ki stuff?"
"Umm…I was lucky; I'm not really sure how strong I am; and sure, I can teach you and Superboy." Gohan responded, after processing the questions long enough to make out what she said— she hadn't taken breaths between her words.
"Robin and I would also like to be taught by you in the ways of Ki manipulation." Stated Aqualad calmly— not letting his surprise of Gohan's victory over Superman show.
"Sure. Hey why don't you two join as well?" Gohan asked Miss Martian and Kid Flash. "It could be a team building exercise."
"Okay!" Miss M and KF said at the same time, the excitement barely contained as they spoke.
"Since training has been cut short due to Superman and Gohan's fight; The Team is dismissed, while the League talks to Gohan about the necessary equipment he'll need to train you…as well as what he'll need for his stay at the Cave." Black Canary said.
Batman nodded in agreement; he knew how he'd been trained in the ways of Ki, but he had no idea in what way Gohan was taught.
"Okay." Was the simultaneous reply from every member of The Team.
Once the team left, Batman got straight to business. "We will need a list of required equipment for your Ki training of the Team."
"I will need weighted training clothes, an artificial Gravity chamber capable of producing a heated environment with a maximum temperature of one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit as well as extreme cold as low as one hundred twenty degrees Farhenheit below. I will also need a map of every piece of land within one hundred miles of here…including physical features of the land scape."
"That's quite a list you have there Gohan…are you sure you didn't leave out your bull whip?" Flash joked, making a reference to a slave driver.
Gohan laughed before actually answering. "Nope. That's what my Ki blasts are for."
Both Flash and, surprisingly, Superman laughed at this…Superman, having been on the receiving end of those blasts, knew that you didn't want to be hit by one (unless you had a death wish) or even have one threatened to be thrown at you— it had taken every bit of Superman's strength to weaken the Kamehameha enough to stop himself from seeing if there was an afterlife for aliens.
"You said 'weighted training clothes' what do you mean, and how do we go about recreating it?" Batman asked.
"See this cape? It's denser than any normal cloth, and it's weighted down to provide extra weight to boost my strength and speed training further when I train." Gohan explained. "Just analyze it and reproduce it; only with improvements to make it stronger and heavier than it already is…or was, as the case may be."
"Ok, should we make any other changes?" Superman asked, honestly curious.
"Yeah, the weights should be specific towards the one using them; the stronger the trainee, the heavier the weights should be. And, in Aqualad's case, the training gear should probably produce extra drag in the water, besides just its weight." Gohan responded. "Oh, and the training gear should probably match each person's own personality; that way they won't get confused as to which weights belong to who."
"How do we do that?" Flash began, "Color code them?"
"Or we could base the weights off of who they are to the team. Artemis's having a Bow and Arrow on her weights from example." Canary told the Flash.
"That's actually what I was thinking." Gohan said.
"Now that those issues are settled, we have two more to discuss with you Gohan." Batman stated, confusing the other Heroes, "First, there is the matter of where you'll be staying and going to school. Second…what size clothes do you wear?"
This shocked the rest of the Leaguers present, because Batman had just asked such…such a…normal question.
Superman was the first to recover from his shock, "Here's an idea. Gohan could stay at the Cave for the Summer and Holiday breaks, while during the School year he could stay with you and Robin." He began. "You do offer the most financial security. You have the most in common with him. And besides, I can't think of anyone else who would let someone as young as Gohan fight crime."
"Um, I'm right here. Don't I get a say in this?" Gohan asked, getting annoyed of Superman talking about him as if he weren't even there. "Oh, and by-the-way, I've been fighting evil since I was FIVE YEARS OLD! I am now eleven, please…do the math."
"What's the matter Gohan?" Superman asked, confused as to the anger in Gohan's voice.
"What's the matter is that you're talking about me like I'm still a little kid. I literally had the crybaby beaten out of me for six months at the age of four when I was forced to survive in the wild, with a desert surrounding the only inhabitable part I of the island I was on. Add to that the fact that there were Dinosaurs, giant crocodiles, and Sabertooth Tigers in the same place I was that were all trying to eat me."
"Did you just say 'Dinosaurs'? Aren't they extinct?" Black Canary asked, worrying about Gohan's mental state.
*scoff* "Maybe on your version of Earth, but on mine…they are very much alive and well. I even made friends with a baby pterodactyl." Gohan replied. The adults, except for Batman and Red Tornado, all stared at Gohan like he was nuts.
"Don't believe me? I can have Miss Martian show you that entire year. As well as every fight I've been in since I first met my Uncle Raditz who was trying to use me as black mail to get my dad to kill one hundred humans." Gohan said, pretty sure of what the answer was going to be.
"No, that's fine. I'll take your word for it." Was Canary's reply.
"Now that we've agreed." Batman started, ignoring the fact that no one really agreed to anything— just using Batman-speak to tell those present that he'd made a decision and that was what they were going with. "Gohan, go get Robin and tell him to bring you to the Batcave— without the blindfold. I will arrive shortly after you."
"Um, sure." Gohan said, before stifling a yawn— the Senzu Beans may have healed him and restored his energy, but that didn't mean he wasn't tired from his fight with Superman.
"Here Gohan, I'll show you the way." Black Canary said.
"Ok, thank you mam." Gohan said, easily slipping into his normally polite self.
"Call me either Canary or Black Canary, please. Mam makes me feel old." Canary told Gohan
"Ok Black Canary." Gohan said, respecting her wish.
Once they were out of hearing range Superman asked Batman a question. "Why are you taking him there now? Isn't he going to be staying here during the summer?"
"Yes he is. I am taking him to the Batcave so that he can familiarize himself with it before he officially comes under my charge." Batman replied simply.
"Uh-huh; I can't tell if you're telling the truth or not, but I still get the feeling that's not the real reason." Superman said, looking doubtful.
"It is your choice whether you choose to doubt me or not. I will not attempt to change your mind." Was Batman's response to the allegation.
Superman looked at Batman for a while, before sighing and flying off towards the Zeta Tubes…he had something he needed to tell someone— and he'd been putting it off for too long already. Flash, on the other hand, looked around for a second before running off to find his nephew.
A/N: I just want to say this now: Batman is NOT more powerful than Superman…he's just better at sensory observations in my story…basically, while Batman may not be as powerful as Krillin, Tien, or even Yamcha…he is better than them at "seeing" incredibly fast opponents and the like because he's trained his senses to their absolute peak…basically, in my story, if Batman were a Ninja in Naruto— he'd be a sensor type.