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Chapter 2

Six years passed in the blink of an eye as Asura traveled the Elemental Nations training under his tou-san and the knowledge stored inside both the scarab and the ring. It amazed the child seeing the images Ma'alefe'ak collected from the planet called Earth making his wish to travel there more with every show he watched or book the ring had stored in its memories grow stronger every day.

It amused his tou-san knowing that he enjoyed the same shows as his predecessor something called the Mixed Martial Arts or MMA Fighting. Both of them might enjoy watching the humans without chakra fighting each other but Asura enjoyed watching the few news reports Ma'alefe'ak collected on Earth's heroes his favorite one being about the man calling himself The Flash. Kurama teased his kit for days after figuring out Asura had a small crush on the speedster.

We now look on an island off of the coast of Hi no Kuni to find the young hero in-training standing upon his clans former home, Uzu no Kuni. There we find him wearing a blindfold over his eyes and wearing nothing else but a pair of swimming trunks made using a construct from the ring as he held the Yellow Power Battery in his left hand that had a chain construct that connected it with another jagged looking scythe construct. As the child practices the use of his weapons under the watchful gaze of his tou-san who's temporarily possessing a Kage Bunshin nearby we can see the two small piercings in his right ear that were made from some rare ore called Gelel.

That was Asura's first little adventure after spotting an orange haired man wearing a black cloak with red clouds standing on the tallest roof during his stay in Amegakure no Sato three months into his journey. He looked so badass with all the piercings covering him that Asura wanted just as many himself. So after begging, trying to blackmail, and then a shouting match he finally got his tou-san's permission to get two only after the great demon crumbled under the gaze of his kit's watering puppy dog eyes.

His first adventure flew by within days since his tou-san knew where an ore that wouldn't become a hindrance during battle was located. Asura found the deposit with little trouble and using his scarab's plasma cannon blasted through the sealed mine taking the entire deposit when his tou-san told him adventurers needed a large vault filled with treasures to prove their journeys weren't made up. Kurama never told him he really just didn't want the scum of this world to get their hands on an ore that powerful after reading the scans the scarab did on a small sample. Besides they were going to leave for Earth anyway when his kit got older so why should he really care about what happens to the planet.

Picking up a few pebbles near his feet Kurama tossed them in the air watching his kit practice the style he picked from the scrolls with a hidden grin before tossing a pebble at superhuman speeds towards him. The pride in his eyes couldn't be missed as watched his kit dodge the first one then the following three without breaking his movements only for the fifth pebble to nail him between on his forehead sending Asura stumbling backwards into the water.

"Better but you lost focus causing your constructs to fall apart on you again. That's something you'll master before we leave for Earth." Kurama lectured watching the kit pulling himself out of the water naked because his constructs vanished. "And put some clothes on we're going to Yuki no Kuni today, the scarab's scans show they have the most advanced tech on the planet so will check if there's have anything useful." After saying that he burst into flames his crimson chakra flowing back into Asura as the red-head scrambled to dry himself off then pulled his clothes out of the backpack nearby.

After a few minutes of pulling on clothes Asura took a look around making sure he had everything before nodding to himself as a fiery orange full-body suit in an insect like theme covered him with the lanterns symbol on the suits chest plate. The material of the suit was cool and slick as water with a few changes from the normal armour a scarab should look like. Parts that were normally supposed to be black mainly the area around his hands, feet, and the visor covering his eyes now had some yellow from his tou-san's ring powering it. With his little check to make sure he had everything Asura let the four large bug like wings extend from his back and holding the backpack in his hands took off into the air.

'Your Fuinjutsu is improving along with your skills using the ring, scarab and the Chakra Chains just remember.' "It's not the weapon that matters but the man who wields it. I remember tou-san it's the saying you've told me my whole life ever since I could walk." Asura told him snickering some when he heard his tou-san's mumbled brat. 'Just remember even you have all the power in the world it means nothing if you become stagnant relying on the same things constantly.'

"I know tou-san that's why I wanted to know more about Fuinjutsu like your first container Mito did." Asura told him humming a small tune as he flew through the air still excited at the thought that he shared a Kekkei Genkai and a clan name with the woman his tou-san always spoke fondly of when reminiscing about the past. 'I know kit I just worry that's why I led you to the hidden vault Mito set up for her clan in case something happened that scattered them.'

As the flew through the clouds Kurama closed his eyes from within the seal remembering the day Mito sealed her clans knowledge away not wanting to risk any of it getting abused if Uzu no Kuni fell during the war. The once proud nation reduced to nomads scattered across the world because the other villages feared them. 'At least one of your descendants has the knowledge instead of another village like Konoha.' Even thinking of that village left a sour taste in his mouth as Kurama thought of ways to retrieve the kits things without getting caught. Suddenly a loud explosion got their attention as the mountain's nearby shook causing avalanches from the sudden noise.

"This unit is detecting an immense power surge from the following coördinates, Latitude - 53.45781, Longitude - 115.90025, Distortion - 2. analysis shows elements extraterrestrial in origin, advised caution if looked into." The scarabs report got Asura curious and before Kurama could utter a word of protest he shot down towards the mountain where the source of the explosion came from with an excited grin on his face.

Getting closer he saw the area that used to be a mountaintop was nothing more than rubble showing someone unconscious in the epicenter of the blast. Landing Asura started walking closer ignoring the scarab and ring working under his tou-san's commands in favour of staring at the green-skinned being with blond hair looking just as wild as his, and three circles on his forehead. He looked around his own age if not younger judging by his height and as the armour around his right hand peeled away Asura touched his face feeling the warmth of a faint pulse. 'He needs a medic if you want him to survive the night kit.' With his tou-san's voice bringing him back to reality Asura picked him off the ground being as gentle as possible before heading back towards Uzu no Kuni, the thoughts of investigating Yuki no Kuni gone from his mind, for now.

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A week passed by fast as Asura did everything possible to keep his new friend alive even if it ment hunting down the worlds greatest medic for help. Laying down on the bed resting from the nights spent keeping the blond being alive Asura watched through tired eyes, studying the gentle rise and fall of the teen's stomach lying in the bed opposite his as he recalled his crash course in Medic-nin training.

{Flashback}

Asura flies over Na no Kuni at top speeds following the rings directions towards the only medic on the planet able to help him. "Are you sure this medic's close, I don't think he'll make it if we take to long?" Asura asked glancing down at the monitor telling him about the blondes condition that the suits nanotech helped him set before leaving.

"Affirmative change directions by two degrees." The rings computerized voice told him as he neared a large building with lights spelling out lucky and drunk men stumbling out the building's doors. "The only medic able to help me without running to the nearest ninja village screaming about monsters is in here?" Asura asked not even bothering to hide the disbelief in his voice. "Affirmative."

"Waiter give me more sake I'm thirsty!" A drunken voice called out as the suit retracted back into the scarab. No need to scare the civilians just yet.

"Tsunade-sama please stop you've already had one to many!" Another distressed voice called out as he walked through the doors.

"Twenty feet away, the third table near the back." Following the ring's directions Asura saw the table with an old-looking blond woman slumped across the table with a pile of empty bottles stacked near her. Across from her though sat a black-haired woman with slender build trying to stop the blond woman from downing another cup. 'Please don't let it be the drunk, please not the drunck baa-chan.' Asura chanted in his mind following them as they left back towards the hotel. Checking the ring every few seconds Asura released the breath he was holding watching it point towards the black-haired woman seconds before he appeared behind her in a burst of speed clamping a hand over the womans mouth.

"Please don't scream medic-san, I don't like doing this but my friend needs help." Watching the woman jerk her head slightly showing that she understood him Asura released his hold stepping back raising his hands.

"You're a kid." Watching her looking him over he saw her sigh rubbing her forehead at her luck. "Take me to your friend then." He grew nervous as the ring on his hand started glowing seconds before engulfing her in a bubble. Rising into the air they shot off towards his small home in Uzu no Kuni.

During the trip back Asura explained what he could without giving away the alien technology writing it off as a jutsu and lying about his friend saying he had a Kekkei Genkai. After flying at top speeds to get there he finally landed setting her down outside the small cottage he built.

"Ne, never again." She told him stumbling slightly before composing herself as he led her inside.

{Flashback End}

He felt bad about guilty about wiping her mind after learning from the lady called Shizune for over a week and copying her memories even if she said he could but he needed to protect himself from Konoha. 'It'll help down the road and watching over the green humanoid gave you some experience in the basics, besides you gave her enough money to pay off a large chunk of the blonde woman's debts.' The voice of his tou-san sounded in his head lulling him to sleep as he closed his eyes. Asura fell asleep in seconds not knowing the blonde he saved would wake up soon.

Opening his pale green eyes with a sharp gasp for air as he forced himself up only for his body to scream in pain bringing him crashing back into the bed. His mind ran through a hundred different thoughts at once before settling on the fact that he felt lighter than normal and someone found him if the room he's in is anything to go by. The memories of what happened came to him in fragments after focusing on them for a few minutes trying to get his mind back into order.

Querl Dox or Brainy a nickname he went by recalled the fight with the original Brainiac and turning human. 'Then, then I left the Legion to live alone on an uncharted planet I found, then...' He tried remembering what happened next but the only thing he could recall was working on his time-bubble then a wire getting crossed as he fell back then nothing. "I have to find out where I am first." Querl muttered under his breath as he tried moving slightly succeeding at leaning forward before the urge to vomit hit him hard.

Swallowing the urge Querl slowly swung his legs over the side of the bed feeling the multiple bandages covering him. Slowly while trying not to open any injuries he might have Querl looked around spotting a mirror on the nearby wall that him jumping back shocked. His mind went through every scenario he could think of to explain why he looked around twelve instead of his normal age.

He would have continued trying to figure his apparent de-aging out if a small snore didn't interrupt his thoughts letting Querl focus on the red-head sleeping in the bed opposite him. The red-headed boy had whisker marks and looking closer Querl could see the bags under his eyes meaning the teen sleeping in the bed had been the one taking care of him unless someone else lived with him. That's when Querl caught sight of the yellow ring adorning the teens finger and stiffened slightly knowing which Corps it belonged to.

'A Yellow Lantern, a kid Yellow Lantern's been taking care of me.' His mind was a jumbled mess of thoughts now trying to remember any kind of mention of the apparent kid lantern only for him to come up with nothing narrowing down the number of things that might have happened to him during the accident. 'Either an alternate dimension, timeline or I might have some kind of concussion.'

Forcing himself to stand ignoring the pain he felt Querl contemplated what to do as he slowly walked over towards the red-head, his goal the small journal resting on the nightstand. He knew reading someone's journal was wrong from the number of times his friends lectured him for spying on them but he needed to know where he was and wasn't healthy enough to fight of a lantern of any age right now. Picking the small book covered in doodles of the different heroes symbols up, Querl was about to find a place to seat and read it when his legs gave out and he dropped grabbing the covers from the bed as he did.

Pulling himself up using the little strength he had left Querl was able to lift himself onto the bed his body too tired too try getting up again. So after offering an apology for what he was about to do Querl started reading the journal ignoring the red-head sleeping next to him since he inadvertently crawled into his bed.

Ignoring the more personal entries he focused on the dates and the few mentions of Earth losing any hope of returning home with each page that didn't add up with what he knew from his own timeline. 'No Injustice League yet, there's more than one Martian alive, and the Justice League isn't anywhere near as large as it should be if the dates match up.' Those were just a number of thoughts running through his mind as Querl looked through the journal seeing mentions of this dimension's Superman. But it wasn't the Superman he knew reading about him falling under the control of Darkseid when he lost his memories that never happened in his timeline.

"Great I'm stuck in the past of an alternate dimension." Querl muttered placing the journal back on the nightstand feeling drained from everything he's read so far and apparently the uncharted planet had a form of humans living on it in this dimension.

'Is that really such a bad thing you left the Legion to avoid hurting them again and know you can't.' Querl hated the fact that due to his level of intelligence his subconscious would sometimes speak up when he became frazzled like now to get his mind working again. But he really hated that it had a point.

"Let us talk while my kit sleeps humanoid." Jumping slightly Querl watched as a construct formed on its own while the red-head still slept taking the form of a large kitsune's head floating in the air above him. Watching as the eyes of the construct focused solely on him Querl never felt smaller than before in his life and he faced down the original Brainiac.

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Querl would never tell another living soul about what the Kyubi no Yuko or Kurama as his adopted son calls him because not a single soul would believe him other than Asura who already knew. The knowledge that the event that changed the fate of this world once rested on the shoulders of one man who in this dimension challenged and split one of the Old Gods into nine different beings was mind-blowing. It explained much like why the world in his dimension was lifeless because the man lost and why Darkseid came to the planet in his timeline, so he could defeat one of the last remaining Old Gods.

Querl worked up the courage asking why Kurama would tell him his history among others things before he fell asleep from exhaustion and the only thing he got in return before the construct fell apart is that he wasn't from this planet. Kurama left out the fact that his kit needed a friend and begged him using those puppy dog eyes to tell the Coluan.

Querl pushed those thoughts aside when he woke up the next day to see the red-head leaning over him worried as he mumbled to himself only to get an excited smile seeing him awake. Being around Asura for the two days he still needed to heal reminded Querl of an energetic puppy he once heard his dimensions Superman talk of. But he enjoyed the time though because the red heads energetic personality helped keep his mind off of thinking about his old friends. The only downside to it was because of his now shortened height Asure felt the need to carry him around as soon as he could move safely.

And Asura is doing exactly that as he shows his new friend Brainy all the things he's gathered so far. "See Brainy this is my vault~." Asura told him puffing his chest out with pride as he floats through his vault showing him around while still holding his new friend bridal style.

"I can walk Asura." Brainy muttered with a light blush as Asura kept talking wanting to tell him everything he knew about his treasures and gadgets. 'At least he doesn't care about me being related to Brainiac.' He thought knowing Asura didn't care when the scarab brought up the similarities between them only to smile since they both were the black sheep of their families with evil or reformed evil parents.

"That scroll over there has some strange ore I used to make my piercings, while that over there is the pile of Fuinjutsu and Medical scrolls. Oh and that's the Mother Box tou-san got from Ma'alefa'ak before he blew himself up~!" Asura told him with a happy smile flying over towards the small red and gold-colored handheld supercomputer resting on the shelf. Brainy already knew everything about the tech Ma'alefa'ak stole from the Sinestro Corps from Kurama and that the overprotective father already talked with the Mother Box so Asura couldn't open Boom-Tube to Earth until they both thought he was ready.

"She's really nice when I take her bounty hunting but my scarab and tou-san's ring are scared of her for some reason." Asura had his held tilted sideways with a confused look after saying that making Brainy think of a fox with those whisker marks of his.

"Oh! I know she can stay with you when I go to Yuki no Kuni tomorrow~!" Asura told him smiling like he just figured out the meaning of the universe as he plopped the Mother Box into Brainy's lap enjoying the pings she gave off that only he could understand.

Holding the piece of New God technology Brainy looked up at Asura who is still chatting happily about the rest of his things with a small smile of his own. 'Maybe I can start over.'

Author's Notes -

I quoted Lex Luthor in my other story and now I'm using the background based off of Owlman's speech near the end of Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths for this one. I'm not going to write the whole thing out just for my notes but he talks about every choice made creating another Earth going on infinitely.

I wrote Kaguya / Jubi as an Old God to help fit the Narutoverse into the DC world somewhat. There's not a lot of info on the Old Gods are if there is I can't find it and they worshipped her as a Goddess so I ran with the idea once I had it.

swordsmanwielder gave me the idea but I don't know anybody that draws fanart. So I'm putting this up if anybody can draw a cover image for the story.

Yep I chose Querl Dox (Brainiac 5) from the Legion of Super Heroes. Its him getting blown into the past of an alternate dimension after the events of season two when he becomes human and leaves the team. Might be a wierd match to some people but it isn't any wierder than the ones with Naruto and nine or more different girls falling over themselves to please him anyway possible. I have reasons for picking the people I pick for all my stories and won't bother posting all of them unless someone ask but there pretty good reasons in my opinion besides has a pulse.

Besides like I've already told swordsmanwielder and ShiroHollow96 his younger form makes me want to hug him to death. That's one of the reasons I'm bringing in a Mother Box so Brainy could have some powers besides his mind since he's human now. Another is combine that with the Gelel ore and I can have him recreate his battle form into a suit of armour.

For the piercings think of the ones in the ears of Nagato's Paths but only two on the helix of his ear instead of everywhere.

The coordinates are completely random after using a random geographic coordinates generator.

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