Author's Note: Guys chill, Sunnydale will totally be featured in this fic a lot more than you think. It's the 90s, he's going to keep in contact with Willow and Jessie. What do you expect he'll do when he finds out Sunnydale is too much for just one Slayer to handle? Anyways disclaimer was in the first chapter and if I do any other DC crossovers, even minor ones, I'll add more. And Dick marrying Starfire totally falls under the Batman mythos because it is in a Nightwing comic. If I include an actual character exclusively from Teen Titans, Young Justice, or another group I'll add it.
o-Training and Family-o
Xander Harris was a bit overwhelmed by the first few months of his training. The second Bruce had heard about it he'd taken his academic lessons to a whole new level. Suddenly the boy was being taught history, chemistry, physics, engineering (not his best subject he tended to break things), military strategy, guerrilla strategy, etiquette (but that was for the whole Wayne Enterprises deal not super-hero stuff), and electronics (also not his best subject if he was asked to do anything other than press a button). It was two different subjects every day on a rotating schedule with Sundays off. Xander had never been so encouraged to learn before in his life, and he liked it. Being praised when he succeeded, the teacher being patient with him, it was something that made him actually strive to do his best.
Even while his mind was being overloaded so was his body. He was a pretty sturdy young boy, years of abuse would do that, but he was much lacking in the flexibility, agility, and speed necessary for his family's fighting style. They focused on that first. Grueling hours of stretches, hurdles, rope climbing, gymnastics, and judo took up most of his spare time in those first months.
It was on a night about two months in that he was talking to his best friend Willow Rosenburg on the phone. "Yeah Wills, I love it here. They treat me like I'm something special." He started to tear up but quickly blinked them away.
"I'm so happy for you Xander! You totally deserve this so much! I just wish I could see you!" The redhead babbled at about a mile a minute.
That action, so purely Willow, brought a huge smile to his face. "Thanks Wills. I miss you too! Maybe I'll ask if you can visit us here in Gotham for Thanksgiving next month since your parents have that umm..." He tried to remember if it was an symposium or a convention. "Well psychological thingy," His friend giggled at that and he gave a joking 'ahem'. "As I was saying...across the river in NYC?"
Willow's excitement seemed to radiate across the phone line. "I'd get to see your new home? And meet the Waynes? That would be so amazing!"
Xander grinned, "Well yeah I'll ask you know? I think they'll say yes, they've been trying to get me to make more friends but a lot of kids in Gotham are weary because my new family is well...rich. And the rest don't want to talk to me for me." He sighed at that last bit.
Little known to the children Xander's foster mom, Stephanie, was listening from the other side of his door. "Oh poor Alex...I know Dick, Tim, and Damien used to feel the same way." She turned around and walked towards her husband's den, determined to get Alex's little girl friend an invite.
Almost a month later Xander lay huffing and puffing on an authentic tatami mat in the Wayne Manor dojo after an intense spar with his dad. "I...*huff* will..." He took another gasp of air. "Kick your...*huff* ass someday...*huff* dad." He froze at the smirk on his father's face then turned his head to look at the door.
"Oh..." And that was when the two females standing there both started in on him.
"Alexander Lavelle Harris! Language!" Willow Rosenburg and Stephanie Wayne, who had picked the girl up from the airport, turned to look at each other with bewilderment as they spoke the same words at the exact same time.
With a groan Xander laid his head back against the mat. "Thanks...moms." He purposely used plural there.
Willow walked over and looked down at him, "If you weren't looking so pathetic and beat up and if I wasn't so happy to see you I'd smack you." Instead she put on a playful grin and leaned down to give him a big, tight, hug.
"Oww oww wow ow!" Xander groaned as he returned the hug. "Happy to see you too Wills but oww hug of death much?"
The two adults chuckled at the children's antics.
"Now go get cleaned up so you can give me a tour silly!" She gave him her resolve face and he could just chuckles. "I missed ya Wills. Be right back." He leapt up to his feet and ran off to his room, shocking Willow as he'd just been on the ground in exhaustion earlier.
"How- he...but?" She stumbled over which question to ask.
Damien shook his head in amusement, "Alex has improved greatly since he came here."
The redhead looked quizzically at her friend's father. "Why do you guys call him Alex? He's always gone by Xander."
Stephanie blinked and looked over at Damien, "We never did ask him did we? I guess we should."
It was at this point that Xander returned, "Hey Willow! Let's go see the trophy room first, we'll do the library last since I know you'll want to stay there the longest."
Willow let out a huff of indignation but didn't contradict him.
They saw the trophy room, the dining room, random rooms 4-19, the observatory, the ballroom, the conservatory, the kitchen, the other kitchen, the unused tower, the tower used for storage, and many other rooms before they came to their second to last stop, the main study.
As he pointed to various cool trinkets his dad had on his desk Xander tripped and fell, his head barely missed the edge of the desk and when he looked up he saw a button. "Hey...what's this do?" Being a naturally curious eleven year old he pressed it.
A panel on the back wall fell away with a swish. The two children looked over to see two firepoles. "Willow...are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Secret panels and firepoles? We gotta check this out!" The two rushed over and slid down the poles.
"Wheeeeeeeeeeee!" They both cried out as they slid down quite a distance.
With a solid oomph they landed at the bottom and looked about the strange hi-tech cave.
"I've never been here before..." Xander muttered as he looked around curiously.
"Xander..." Willow whispered as he glanced over at a strange computer console. "Yeah Wills?" He absentmindedly replied. "Look at this." She growled when he didn't respond, "Xander LOOK!" He turned and looked where she pointed and his jaw dropped.
"The...Batsuit?" Both teens were in shock. Sitting in glass tubes along a wall were a variety of Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Batwoman, Nightwing, and Red Robin suits.
Upstairs Stephanie was searching for the pre-teens and found the open panel. "Oh..." She gathered her patience and calm and..."DAMIEN!" She shouted.
