Disclaimer: Me: Hi everyone. Here's Chapter Two, sorry if the first was a bit... rushed.

Title: Bat of the Future

Author: AnimeGirl 144

Chapter 2: Rise of Batgirl

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The twilight moon looked over New Gotham as it slept. But, not everyone was sleeping. In downtown New Gotham, two robbers broke into a jewelry store, setting off a silent alarm that they didn't even know. They walked over to the glass counter and looked in to see the priceless jewelery.

"So, do we take them all? Or do we take them all?" one said to the other, who grinned and nodded.

"How about, you leave here with nothing," a female voice said from behind.

The two turned on their heels and saw a shadow at the entrance the two made.

"Who are you?" the other, shorter one, demanded.

"I'm your worst nightmare," she said, lunging out and landing a kick in the first one's face.

The taller one that she had just kick fell to the ground with a thud and a grunt. The shorter one looked in surprise at his friend. He turned only to get punched in the face by the female. He fell back aswell. The female smirked, taking out two cuffs and cuffing the two to a nearby poll. She smiked.

"Now stay here boys, and play nice with the police," she said, pushing a small button on a thing that looked identical to that of the iPhone.

She walked to the man-made entrance, and was about to leave, when one of the men looked up.

"Who-who are you?" he asked.

She turned, as the moonlight shone down on her. She wore a gray jumpsuit that clung to her body with black boots, black gloves that matched Batman's gloves, a black cape that went just above her ankles and connected to her mask, the bottom of the cape also mimicking Batman's cape. The mask had a see-through fabric over her eyes, yet it showed the bottom part of the face from the nose down. From the yellow utility belt was a black breathable mini skirt and on the chest was the infamous black bat.

"Ba-Batman?" the same man asked.

"Nope," she said. "My name is Batgirl."

With that said, she took out her grapple gun and shot it. It latched onto a building, and she swung off, just as the Science Police arrived to take the two to jail. Batgirl landed inside an open window and placed the grapple gun in her utility belt. She was about to take off her mask when the light shone on.

"I would have guessed you were out," a familiar voice said.

Batgirl turned quickly and saw Alfred at the doorway. He had a raised eyebrow with his arms crossed. Batgirl sighed as she took off her mask, her black hair coming out of the mask. Kari looked up at Alfred.

"You knew?" she asked.

"History tends to repeat itself," Alfred said.

She sighed.

"Listen, I know you want to find whoever killed your parents, but with your late night crime fighting, you're grades will fall," Alfred said.

She sighed as she walked to her closet and quickly changed into her pj's. She walked over to her bed and sighed.

"Okay Alfred, I'll try to get back before ten," she said, pulling back the covers.

Alfred nodded.

"That sounds reasonable," Alfred said, turning out the lights the minute he saw her eyes close.

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"Hey Kari, can I ask you something?" Lucas said to her at lunch. "Now!"

"Sure," she said, getting up from her table and following Lucas.

They stopped by a tree. He turned quickly and looked at her.

"When were you going to tell me?" he asked.

"Tell you what?" she asked.

"About this!" Lucas said, shoving a newspad in her face.

Kari swatted the pad out of his hands and held it in her hands. Her eyes looked at the pad with annoyence, her left eyebrow twitching.

"Stupid video cameras," she thought as she watched the tape that continully showed her, as Batgirl, saying who she was.

She looked up at her friend who was looking at her with eager eyes. She sighed.

"How do you know it's me?" she asked.

"Come on, everything leads up to it!" Lucas said. "The belt matches the belt you showed me that Batman gave you."

She sighed, knowing she didn't give Lucas enough credict for his detective skills.

"You're not going to tell a soul, right?" she asked.

"Of course not! That would throw off the whole Batman feeling!" Lucas said.

"For the last time, I'm not a man, I'm a girl," she said in a low tone so no one would hear her. "Making me Batgirl!"

"Oh right, sorry," he sheepishly said. "I'm just... It's exciting to think that New Gotham has the Black Knight again."

She glared at him in annoyence.

"Sorry," Lucas said. "I'll get use to it, I swear."

"Whatever, just don't tell anyone or that will be the last time your lips will ever move!" she threatened. "That's a promise!"

"I won't!" Lucas said defensivly, placing his hands up in defense.

"Good," she said.

Silence hung over the two.

"So, does Alfred know?" he asked.

"Alfred knew probably since the day I became Batgirl," she answered.

He chuckled, before his face brightened. She knew that was a bad sign. It meant he had a thought.

"Hey, why not join the Legion!" Lucas said.

"The Legion of Superheroes?" she asked. "Note the name super?"

"What about Karate Kid? He doesn't have powers," Lucas countered.

Kari glared at her friend. She didn't have a good come-back.

"Darn! He's right!" she thought.

Lucas smirked at her, agrivating her even more. Instead of making him have a bloody nose, she simply turned and stomped off. She heard Lucas's footsteps behind her.

"Are you mad?" he teased.

She growled under her breath, but knew how to handle the situation without a visit to the hospital (and she wasn't going to be the one in it!). She simple continued walking, not acknowledging his question. She could hear him laughing, but she knew he wouldn't be laughing long. He would want answers from her, and if she didn't answer, it would drive him mad.

"Let's see how long till he cracks," she thought, a wicked smile crossing her lips.

She was right. After school, Lucas pestered her with questions, but she kept her mouth shut, pretending to not even hear him. This at first agrivated him, but he suddenly lost it and began to try and get her to speak to him. She kept quiet until she arrived to the front door of the Wanye Enterprise where she said only these words:

"See ya tomorrow Lucas."

She quickly walked in, the doors sliding behind her. Though the doors quickly closed, she could still hear him whine. She chuckled to herself as she made her way to the elevator. When she arrived on her floor, she walked into her room and placed her bag down before going to the kitchen and grabbing some food. Alfred walked in.

"Hello Miss Kari," he said.

"Hey Alfred," she said. "Any problems?"

"No, the city as been quite quiet," he said.

Kari sighed.

"Darn, I was hoping for some action," she said.

"Need to take your mind off of school?" he asked.

"No, Lucas," she said.

"He found out?" he asked.

"Unfortuanally yes," she said, before grinning, "but I got him back."

Alfred rose an eyebrow.

"Yes, I'm sure you did," he said, before going back to dusting.

She chuckled a bit, knowing he wasn't quite too sure of how to deal with her. She was about to take a bite into her pear, when the Batsignal went off. She inwardly gasped and picked up the iPhone look-a-like (I'm calling it, the BatCom!). She looked over the details and blinked, but none-the-less ran into her room and to her closet. Alfred poked his head in.

"Trouble madame?" he asked.

"Yeah. A weird group called "the Scavengers" is over in East New Gotham, stealing from Wayne Enterprise's warehouses," she said, jumping out of the closet in her Batgirl outfit.

"How are you going to leave the building without being spotted?" he asked.

"I'll think of a way," she said, running to the elevator. "I'll be back in time for dinner!!"

"Good luck," Alfred said, knowing she might need it.

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"I still can't believe that worked!" she said to herself as she flew her Batmobile in the air to East New Gotham.

She had taken the elevator down, but if someone was to look, she wouldn't be there because of the suction cups on her gloves that allowed her to scale the roof. Thankfully, no one dared look up to see her. She went into her special garage and saw the vehicle she had been working on for a while. It was the Batmobile, that was identical to that of the old Batmobile. She got inside, and took off into the sky, no one really caring.

"Okay, so now I've got to figure out who the Scavengers are, and why they're stealing from the warehouses," she said to herself.

On the moniter, she saw that she was coming upon the warehouses. She looked down, out of the tinted window to see that they already but a hole in the roof of one of the seven warehouses. She groaned and silently landed the mobile in a nearby alley. She jumped out and stealthy ran over to the entrance of the warehouse, to see that they made a larger hole. She rolled her eyes and walked inside to see them, grabbing whatever machinery they could grab.

"Hey boys!" she said, covering her voice to be a bit darker. "Don't you know that mooching off of someone else is wrong!"

The Scavengers growled and shot lasers at her from their wrists. She did cartwheels, dodging all of the lasers. She smirked.

"Nice try boys," she said, taking out her Batarangs and throwing them at the Scavengers, sucessfully hitting most of the lasers.

She smirked, but was taken by surprised when a laser beam went right by her, hitting her left arm and scrapping it. She held it as blood came out. She turned to see even more Scavengers behind her. She looked around, knowing she was surrounded. She stood up and placed her fists up.

"This might be fun," she said to herself.

She was about to charge at them, or dodge if they shot first, when a lightning bolt blasted by, hitting most of the Scavengers. She blinked and looked to see that at the hole in the garage door, were two people, Lightning Lad and Superman. Lightning Lad's hands were charging.

"I thought we got rid of these people a long time ago," Lightning Lad said, a little confusion in his voice. "Huh?"

The two just saw Batgirl.

"Who's that?" Superman asked.

"Don't know," Lightning Lad replied back.

Batgirl looked to see that the Scavengers weren't going to wait for the Legion members to stop talking as two of them shot lasers at the two. Batgirl took out two Batarangs and threw them at the others, hitting them in the head and knocking out some of them.

Superman flew in the sky and punched the laser cannons first, then hitting the owner of the laser's in the face. Lightning Lad threw lightning at them, hitting both the cannons on the wrists and the person. To him, it was a double plus. Batgirl turned to see that a Scavenger was about to hit Lightning Lad in the back.

"Hey, look out!" she said, taking out her Bat-bolas and throwing it at the Scavenger's feet.

Lightning Lad turned to see the Scavenger fall to the ground. Lightning Lad was surprised and looked up to see Batgirl kick the last guy in the face. All three heroes stood around the beaten up Scavengers. Batgirl looked around and sighed.

"Damn, the clean up crew will not be happy about this," she thought.

"Hey," Superman's voice said, catching her attention.

She turned and watched the two walk up to her.

"Yeah?" she asked.

"Nicly done out there," Superman said, placing his hand out for her to shake.

She blushed on her cheeks, hoping the mask hid it well.

"Um... thanks," she said, shaking hands with him.

"Better contact Brainy and have him call the Science Police," Lightning Lad said.

Superman turned to his teammate and nodded, before looking back at Batgirl.

"You know, we're always looking for new members," he said. "If you want, I can put in a good word for you."

Batgirl placed her hand under her chin in thought.

"Okay, I guess," she said.

"Sounds good," Superman says. "Come by the tower this Saturday, we're having our annual auditions."

Lightning Lad cringed at the word. He hated the auditions more than he hated Imperiex. He suddenly scowled at the thought of the dead villain. Batgirl smirked and nodded, not paying attention to Lightning Lad.

"Okay, I'll try out," she said.

Superman nodded, before turning with Lightning Lad following behind. Batgirl smirked before running to the Batmobile and heading back to her building.

"I'm sure Lucas will flip when he hears about this," she thought.

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"So, are you thinking of joining my dear?" Alfred asked, hanging up the costume in the closet.

"I think so," Kari said as she brushed her hair out.

"Will you tell young master Lucas?" Alfred asked, coming out of the closet.

"He'll probably find out on his own," she answered.

She sighed as she fell back on her bed.

"Something wrong Miss?" Alfred asked.

"Well," she said, sitting up quickly. "HowamIsupposetobeintheLegionofSuperheroesandschoolandrunthebusinessandbeBatgirl?Ijustdon'tseethishappening!"

Alfred looked a bit surprised at how fast she spoke.

"Miss, you really must stop watching those ancient anime shows," he said.

She looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Why? They're very enjoyable to watch," she said. "But that's not the point! How am I suppose to balance my life?"

"You are a resourceful young girl, I'm sure you can figure this out," Alfred said.

She sighed as she got under the covers.

"I guess so," she said.

"If you want, I'll help you and give you a plan," Alfred said.

Kari's face brightened.

"Really? What's the plan?" she asked.

"Well, continue what you are doing now, going to school and everything. Go to the auditions, and if you are accepted, we shall tell the school that you are being sent to a private school. Then, for the business, you can opererate it over your computer," Alfred said.

"Okay, sounds good, but what if someone wants to speak with me and I'm not here?" she asked.

"Simple," he said. "Make a robot and camoflogue it to be just like you, and you can program it from your small BatCom. Then, no one will think anything's suspicious."

Kari smiled and hugged Alfred.

"Oh Alfred, it's brilliant!" she said happily.

Alfred chuckled.

"Now now, you need some rest for tomorrow," he said.

"Oh yeah, Lucas will be bugging me I bet," she said.

She yawned and stretched her limbs out before falling into her cushiony bed.

"Night Alfred," she said.

"Good night young miss," he said, turning out the lights as he left.

To be continued ...

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Me: Yeah, I finished my second chapter. Okay, she's taken on the family name and she's even met two of the Legion members. How will she be able to handle her life, and will Alfred's plan work? Please continue to read to find out. Please review.