inucrossoverlover: I'm here with the new chapter of Facing the Past.
Wally: Already? You don't have anything else to do with your free time do you?
inucrossoverlover: Doesn't seem like it.
Robin: You don't seem to mind that too much.
inucrossoverlover: After a while it became less and less of a big deal. Now let's get started!
Conner: Do we really have too?
inucrossoverlover: Yes we do. Now again let's get this started already. Can you say the disclaimer Kaldur?
Kaldur: Fine. inucrossoverlover doesn't own anything other than her own original characters and the plot.
-Facing the Past-
Chapter 2: Conner's Transformation
*Flashback*
"Talking"
'Thinking'
-Facing the Past-
Conner Kent, also known as Superboy, sat on the cliff overlooking the ocean outside of Mount Justice. His knees were drawn up to his chest, his arms wrapped around them.
While it was a beautiful night out, with the stars shining brightly, the moon almost full and all of it being reflected off the calm ocean, but Conner wasn't paying any of the scenery any attention. His sapphire blue eyes were half lidded and unfocused. A few tears escaped every now and then. It was a Tuesday at about 3 am. so all of his friends were more likely than not at their homes sleeping. Well he couldn't be too sure about Robin. He was Batman's partner after all.
"I hate this." Conner muttered to himself. He was tired of Superman's rejections, tired of being left alone, he was tired of everything and depressed. He hid it from his friends. He didn't want them to worry about him when they could be living their own lives. He also knew that no one else had heard the comment. After two weeks of him doing this, Red Tornado had stopped checking on him. That had been almost two months since his release. He had been free of Cadmus for three months since then.
"I thought I told you to stop doing this." A male voice said. Conner blinked and lifted his head to see a small black kitten with violet tipped ears and tail staring at him with large bright baby blue eyes. Now most people would freak out at seeing a cat talking to them, but Conner was a clone of a super-powered alien, who was friends with a boy with super speed, an odd blonde archer, a teen trained by one of the scariest people he's ever met, an Atlantean, and a Martian with a crush on him. They fought things way weirder than a talking cat nearly every week.
"You did, but I can't help it Yami. It hurts! And it's just getting worse!" Conner said before hiding his face in his knees. The little cat sighed before he padded over to Conner and nuzzled the boy's leg.
"My offer still stands Conner." The newly named cat said.
"I can't just leave my friends Yami." Conner said shaking his head. Yami sighed but nodded.
"Hey, you think anyone would care if I stayed with you for a few days?" Yami suddenly asked after a few moments of silence.
"Probably not, but you would need a cover story." Conner pointed out.
"You saved me from drowning and I've been following you ever since." Yami said. Conner nodded after thinking it over for a few minutes.
"It could work. And this way you could keep me company for the week." Conner said, a smile brightening his face. Conner then yawned sleepily.
"Come on Yami. Bedtime." Conner said as he stood up and picked up Yami. The black and violet kitten nuzzled closer to the boy's heat before settling down in his arms.
Once back in his room, Conner set Yami down on his bed before he stripped down to his boxers and climbed into the bed. He then giggled as Yami curled up against his neck, the cat's soft, silky fur tickling his neck. He then buried his face in Yami's back. He yawned with a giggle.
"Soft. Good night Yami." Conner said as his eyes slipped closed.
"Good night. My little one." Yami said once he was sure Conner was asleep. His eyes then closed as he joined Conner in the land of dreams.
At about ten the next morning, Red Tornado and Black Canary were in Mount Justice searching for Conner.
"Where is he? He's usually up and staring at the TV by now." Canary said. Before Red Tornado could answer a scream echoed throughout the base. The two superheroes rushed to the origin of the noise: Conner's bedroom. Canary kicked the door down and her jaw dropped at what she found. Red Tornado looked as shocked as a robot could. Two sets of eyes turned to them; one was a pair of amused baby blue while the other was a confused sapphire blue.
"… I will go contact Batman." Red Tornado said after a pause and left the room. Canary didn't seem to notice.
"Canary?" a soft confused voice questioned. That seemed to snap the woman out of her shock.
"C-Conner?" the pale haired woman asked. The owner of sapphire blue eyes nodded.
"What did you do to yourself?" she asked as she took in Conner's changes.
The boy had lost most of his muscle mass. No that was wrong, Canary thought to herself as she looked closer. He still had muscles. They were just much leaner and smaller than before. However Canary doubted that Conner would do any less damage then he already did with the change in muscle mass. It also looked like he had shrunk, however Canary couldn't to be too sure about that seeing as Conner was sitting on the floor. Due to loss of muscle and possibly height, Conner now had a slender, lithe build filled with lean muscles covered in pale skin and he even had feminine curves. She wondered if the clone's skin was as soft as it looked. His black hair had grown, now reaching his hips in long silky waves. His sapphire blue eyes were large and framed by long thick black lashes. He also had a small cute nose, high cheekbones, and full, pouty, pink lips. All in all, if she didn't know any better, she would have thought that the person sitting on floor in front of her was a very cute girl. Canary smirked thinking about the rest of the teams' reactions once they saw Conner's new look. She then frowned, wondering what had caused the boy's new appearance.
"Didn't think that this would happen so soon." A voice behind Conner said. The two blue eyed heroes turned to the black and violet cat on his bed.
"Did that cat just talk?" Canary asked. The little feline nodded his head.
"You knew that this would happen?" Conner asked, looking hurt. The cat caught sight of the look and sighed as he was engulfed by a violet light. In the cat's place was a male of about twenty. He had black hair with natural violet highlights that reached the back of his neck. He also had shocking baby blue eyes. He was slightly tanned with a well-muscled build. He wore violet tank top under a black hoodie. It clung to him like a second skin, which showed off his muscled chest. Black skinny jeans that had a series of violet paw prints going up his left leg covered his bottom half. They cling to his muscled legs and his ass. Black Air Force Ones with violet laces rested on his feet. He has pearly white fangs. Black jaguar ears with a violet tip sat on top of his head. A black jaguar tail with a violet tip sprouted from the base of his spine.
"My name is Yami Youkai and I know what is going on. However, we should wait until Batman shows up. It'll be easier to both explain and understand when explained at one time." Yami said as he moved to nuzzle Conner.
"You're probably right. Come on. Might as well be comfortable when you explain." Canary said.
"Ah, maybe we should find Conner something that fits first." Yami said while pointing at the boxers that where to big on Conner's smaller frame. Conner and Canary blushed before the woman turned and left the room. Yami went through Conner's entire wardrobe before finding some clothes that looked like they would fit his new frame. One was a black t-shirt with the red S-Shield on it that was longer than the others, running down to the other males thighs. He also managed to find a pair of black shorts that ran to mid-thigh. He gave them to Conner and turned so that the boy could have some privacy.
Once Conner had grabbed the edge of his hoodie the two headed for the living room. There they found Batman, Black Canary, and Red Tornado waiting for them. Conner tensed when he noticed that Superman was also there. Yami narrowed his eyes at the man before sitting down on the couch opposite them, dragging Conner down with him.
Batman and Superman both raised a brow at Conner's new appearance and the outfit he wore.
"Someone want to explain what is going on? And who are you exactly and how did you get in?" Batman questioned. Yami sweated slightly as he could feel the glare trained on him by the mask wearing male. Conner fiddled with his now longer hair as he bit his lower lip. Yami noticed and sighed before reaching over and tapping the boy on the chin. Conner let go of his lip and turned towards the black and violet haired male.
"Don't do that. Anyway, I'm Yami Youkai. I'm a black jaguar demon from another dimension. My siblings and I have control over the elements and we go to different dimensions and help people who need our help. We also sometimes train people with the ability to use our elements. The element I control is Darkness and Shadows and I'm the Guardian of that element. My siblings and I came to this dimension a little over one hundred years ago. A group who called themselves The Light managed to get samples of my DNA. We escaped and haven't come back until now. And Conner let me in." Yami said.
"Why are you coming back now?" Superman questioned.
"The Light managed to put my DNA in suspended animation. Nine months ago, those samples were used to create a clone. Conner is that clone. It's impossible to replicate what Kryptonian DNA does naturally. Therefore, my demon DNA was used to stabilize what couldn't be replicated. The reason that Conner looks so different is because being released about two months early, affected his DNA. His DNA hadn't settled and he wasn't finished developing. The Kryptonian DNA only settled last night. Thus the changes determined by my demon DNA are happening." Yami explained. He jumped slightly when Conner cuddled closer to him yawning sleepily. He smiled softly when he noticed that the boy was fast asleep. He waved his hand over the teen's body, a frown on his face as he pulled it away.
"Jeez, the transformation is pulling on his reserves this much? No wonder he's so exhausted." Yami muttered more to himself than the adults and robot in the room.
"His body is undergoing a huge change. Therefore, it's going through his energy reserves to have energy to complete this change. So for the next day or so, he's probably going to eat twice as much as normal." Yami stated in response to the unasked questions.
"So Superboy's appearance was due to his unsettled DNA?" Superman asked.
"His name is Conner. And yes. Along with his attitude." Yami growled. Batman and Canary glared at the man.
"Because his DNA was unsettled and unstable, they let out chemical signals, which influenced his thought pattern and emotional output?" Red Tornado questioned.
"Yeah." Yami said. He smiled when Conner nuzzled closer in his sleep.
"We're going to have to go shopping soon aren't we?" Canary stated more than asked. Yami nodded and Batman groaned at that.
"Oh crap! Koori's gonna kill me!" Yami groaned to himself as he pulled out a violet cell phone with black orb designs and snapped a picture of Conner before texting it to someone.
"Koori?" the Justice League members asked.
"My sister. She's the Guardian of Ice and Snow. She's also a psychopath. She adores cute things, especially boys who look like girls. So she'll love Conner and I'll get yelled at for not telling her earlier. Oh God!" Yami groaned. He then dialed a number on the phone. Everyone in the room raised a brow when they heard it ring on speaker mode. Yami just pointed to his cute cat ears.
"Koori here. What's up Yami?" a female on the other end questioned.
"You remember the clone that was created using some of my DNA?" Yami asked.
"Yeah. Why?" Koori asked.
"The transformation started early this morning." Yami stated.
"I want a picture." Koori demanded.
"It should be in your email by now." Yami said, twirling a lock of Conner's hair around his finger. There was the sound of computer keys typing. A squeal sounded a few seconds later.
"Oh my God! He is so cute! I'll be there in about five minutes. With more clothes. Ja ne Onii-chan!" Koori said happily before the line went dead. Yami blinked a few times at his sister's behavior before he sighed and shook Conner. A soft mewl sounded as a pair of sleepy sapphire blue eyes looked at him. He tilted his head to the side.
"Come on Conner. One of my sisters is coming and she wants to meet you." Yami said. Conner blinked a few times before he nodded and sat up.
"So which one is it?" Conner asked as he stretched.
"Koori." Yami answered. He didn't seem to notice the ice blue and black vortex or the ice blue haired girl that exited it before it closed.
"You mean the one you say is completely out of her mind?" Conner questioned innocently with a head tilt. Yami nodded before freezing when he heard growling behind him. He slowly turned and gulped when he saw the ice blue haired girl glaring at him while growling.
Yami yelped as the girl pounced on him. The two rolled around on the floor and ended up behind the couch. There was the sound of a punch being landed before the ice blue haired girl climbed over the back of the couch. Yami climbed over a few seconds later with a black eye. The girl placed a hand over his black eye and it glowed an ice blue color. A few seconds she took her hand away, showing that the black eye was gone. Everyone took the time to look her over.
She had long ice blue hair to her waist. Her eyes are a mixture of blue and purple. She had a slightly tanned complexion and stood at 5'11. She wore a black hooded crop jacket that stopped just under her C-cup chest. The hood was lined in ice blue fake fur. She also wore a black mini skirt lined in ice blue fake fur. Along with three inch black boots with ice blue laces that reached her knees. She had ice blue tiger ears with black stripes on her head. She also had an ice blue tiger tail with black stripes.
The two sat on either side of Conner and glared at each other over his head.
"So what's your name Chibi-chan?" Koori asked.
"Conner." Conner answered.
"No last name?" Koori questioned.
"Not really." Conner said ducking his head. Koori glanced at her brother. The dark haired male nodded towards Superman. Koori glanced between Superman and Conner a few times before her eyes narrowed into a glare at the older male before she turned back to Conner and ignored him.
"And how old are you Hime-chan?" Koori questioned.
"I am not a princess and I'm 16." Conner said with a glare. Everyone raised a brow at that.
"You can understand Japanese?" Yami asked.
"Yeah. I just have to hear a minimum of at least five words and I can perfectly understand most languages." Conner answered with a shrug.
"So you know what our names mean?" Koori questioned.
"Yeah. Your name literally means ice demon and his means darkness demon." Conner answered before he yawned. He yelped as Koori pulled him into a hug.
"Oh! You are so cute! My adorable little nephew!" Koori gushed. Conner pulled out of the embrace in confusion.
"Nephew?" the clone questioned.
"Yep. Easier to explain that the fact that you're a clone created using the DNA of my brother and a super-powered alien dead-beat of a father." Koori explained.
"I am not a dead-beat nor am I his father." Superman growled out.
"All paternity tests will say different. 50% of Conner DNA comes from you. The other 50% comes from me. Despite how he came to be, you're his father. You became a dead-beat by denying the child you helped bring into the world, whether it be voluntary or involuntary. Conner is your son, whether you like it or not. But don't worry; you don't have to be concerned about him any more." Yami said, a dark smirk crossing his face. At the confused looks, Koori took over the explanation.
"You showed Conner that you don't want him. You've made it perfectly clear that you want nothing to do with Conner. And truthfully, I think Con's getting close to accepting it. If you keep it up, Conner will get over it. He'll also hate you, but I doubt that matters to you. Anyway, we're here to show Conner that we do want him. And we're sure the rest of our siblings will adore him. We've known about Conner for two months and we've spent this time with us in our animal forms observing our newest family member. Most of us haven't met him formally, but we love him already. And we accept everything about Conner there is." Koori said a dark smirk rested on her pretty face.
"You want me? Wait! You've been watching me for two months?" Conner questioned with an eye twitch.
"Give or take a few days. And of course we want you. And from what we've seen the fast few weeks, so do your friends and their mentors." Yami stated.
"Yeah I guess you're right. Isn't watching a person for an extended period of time without their consent or knowledge considered stalking?" Conner asked questioned innocently, with a head tilt. Koori fell off the couch laughing while Yami floundered for an answer to that. Superman turned to leave with a growl.
"Oh God! I needed that after being so serious." Koori said climbing back up on the couch.
"This means that I have to inform the rest of the League." Batman said with a silent groan, feeling a headache forming.
"Mind if I come with? It might help if I was there to explain some things." Yami asked, finally snapping out of his shock. Batman considered it for a few seconds before he agreed. Yami nodded and sat up, stretching with a yawn.
They headed for the zeta-platform to take them to the Watch Tower and call a meeting for the League.
"Don't forget about his friends!" Koori shouted after them. "Oh right. I brought some more clothes for you Conner. I doubt you want to wear that until we can go shopping later today. Now move it!" Koori said before handing him a black shopping bag and shoving him towards the hall.
"Ne Black Canary? What do you say we find something to eat?" Koori asked turning to the blonde woman. Said blonde nodded and they headed for the kitchen.
"So Koori, what's your family like?" Canary questioned as the two females made a lot of sandwiches for lunch/ breakfast.
"Well there's me, Yami, our siblings, and our guardian Yon Hikaru. Yon's also known as the God of Time Chronos. We've been alive so long we don't have any real memories of our lives before we met and Yon became our guardian. When we all became the guardians of the elements, we became each other's family. Anyway there's Tsuchi the oldest and he's the Guardian of Earth and Plants. He's the strong silent type. Then there are the twins. First is Butsurigaku, who's the Guardian of the Mind and Emotions and she's the sweetest thing you'll ever met. Shin's her younger brother and he's the Guardian of Death and Ghosts. He's the normal one of us all. After them is Kootetsu, the Guardian of Metal and Steel, and he's the responsible yet joking type. Kaze's next. The Guardian of Wind and Air and our leader. Kaji's the Guardian of Fire and Heat and he's the emo one. Also our second in command. Yami is next, the Guardian of Darkness and Shadows and he's a perverted flirt most of the time. Then there's me. I'm the Guardian of Ice and Snow and I'm completely crazy. I also have blackmail on just about everyone in Haven. Mizu is after me, the Guardian of Water and Moisture and the innocent and manipulative one. Raito's after that. He's the idealist of the Youkai siblings and the Guardian of Thunder and Lightning. And then there's Doku, the Guardian of Poison/Acid and the youngest and care-free, fun-loving of us all. After him is Midnight, who's the Guardian of Storms and Weather who's pretty cool, even if he is something of a contradiction. Kean is next and he's the Guardian of Energy and Mana and he's pretty quiet, but damn he's fast. And then there's Vixenique, the Guardian of Chaos and Illusions and she might be even crazier than me and finally there's Saito, the Guardian of Animals and Nature, who's a lazy ass most of the time. " Koori answered.
"Koori? Is this all you brought?" Conner asked entering the kitchen. Both female's jaws dropped at the boy's attire.
Conner wore an open sleeveless white vest with a violet stripe going down either side. Underneath it wore a skin-tight, violet shirt that stopped two inches above his belly button with black fishnet long-sleeves. To go along with it he wore skin-tight, low cut, black jeans with a white belt lopped through his right side and a violet belt looped through his left side. Because of the way they were looped, they fell on the opposite thigh while creating an x. On his feet were black boots with violet laces. On his wrists were white and violet bangles. Around his neck sat a black collar with a white star shaped diamond hanging from it while there was a smaller violet star shaped diamond inside the diamond.
"Damn! I think we just found a clubbing outfit Conner." Koori cackled to herself while Canary let out a wolf-whistle. This caused the teen to blush a bright red.
"Hmm. Something's missing. But what? Oh right!" Koori said as she pulled two ribbons out of her pocket. One was violet while the other was pure white. She walked over and wound them through Conner's thick black locks. When she pulled back, Conner's hair had been pulled into a pony tail using both ribbons with the rest of the ribbons wound in an alternating pattern through the length to mid-back.
"Nice. You have an eye for detail." Canary complemented. Koori beamed before her eyes narrowed and she sniffed the air around Conner. Said boy looked slightly uncomfortable at that. His look became worse when Koori grabbed his wrist and pulled him closer to sniff his neck.
"This wasn't supposed to happen so soon." The ice blue haired girl groaned. The blonde and black haired heroes looked confused.
"Conner's letting out pheromones that give off a scent that attracts males to dominate him. That also answers the debate my brother and I have been having." Koori said.
"Debate?" Conner and Canary asked.
"Yep. There are hundreds of demon breeds out there but they all have something in common. They are either born dominate or submissive. Dominates are just that. They dominate others and take care of their families even at the cost of their lives. Submissives are more emotional than dominates and sometimes weaker mentally or emotionally. Submissives also have the ability to get pregnant. There are both male and female dominates just as there are male and female submissives. Male submissives tend to be pretty rare in this day and age. You Conner are a submissive male, so more likely than not, your mate or mates will be male." Koori explained.
"What!?" Conner squeaked.
"There is a very high chance that any mates you have will be male. Female dominates are just as rare as male submissives." Koori explained.
"Do you have a problem with being with males Conner?" Canary questioned, slightly worried about the boy's reaction. They turned to see that Conner was no longer standing between them. They found him sitting on the counter eating some of the sandwiches the two females had made.
"No, not really. I was a little shocked about the statement that I'll end up with a male. The G-gnomes don't seem to have any problem with homosexual or heterosexual relationships. I don't either. As far as I'm concerned, you don't control who you fall in love with. I don't see why everyone makes such a big thing out of it." Conner said with shrug while taking a bite of a sandwich.
The females in the room glanced at each other before shrugging and heading over to get some sandwiches before Conner ate all of them. Koori first sending a text to her older brother.
"Damn! You do eat twice as much as normal." Canary said as the two girls eyed the empty plate that had held enough sandwiches to create a mini tower.
"Sorry." Conner said with a red blush.
"Don't worry about it Con. Now let's go shopping!" Koori said with a fist in the air. The two blue eyed heroes eyed the girl like she was insane before slowly nodding. The trio then headed for the mall.
Once they entered they were the centers of everyone attention. The two females looked used to this and ignored. Conner however was a different story. He looked nervous and was blushing shyly at all of the attention.
After ten minutes of just aimlessly wandering around Koori stopped with a huff.
"You have no idea what you want to be in your new wardrobe do you?" she questioned. Conner shook his head in negative.
"Why don't we go try some things on and work from there?" Canary offered. The two nodded and headed for a random store.
Three hours later found the three of them entering Mount Justice. All of them were carrying an armful of bags, Conner carrying more than the two girls. It was during the trip that they found out that the transformation had strengthened Conner's existing powers, especially his super strength.
"I never want to do that again." Conner stated after all of the bags had been placed in his room. Koori nodded from where she was sprawled across Conner's bed. Black Canary, who had been fixing the door she had kicked open, agreed as well.
"It could have been worse." Koori stated. The blonde and black haired heroes looked at her as if she was crazy.
"We could have gone when it was full of teenagers." the ice blue haired girl explained. She rolled over onto her stomach to pat Conner on the head as he groaned and paled. He sent a sapphire blue glare at the girl, though it looked more like a pout than anything.
"Everyone's going to be here soon. So why don't you two get everything put away." Canary suggested. Koori and Conner groaned before nodding and standing up. Forty minutes later found Koori and Canary waiting in the living room for Conner, who had decided to change into something more comfortable. Conner entered the living room wearing a white sweat-shirt that was a bit on the baggy side. It had 'Darkness's Ruler' on it in violet with black stars around it. He also wore black shorts that reached mid-thigh with a violet and white stripped belt looped through it. He kept the black collar with the white and violet diamonds and went barefoot. He had also taken out the ribbons and left his long black locks hang loose all the way to his hips.
Two hours later found the rest of the Young Justice team, their mentors, and Yami arriving at Mount Justice. Wonder Woman, Captain Atom, Captain Marvel, all of the Green Lanterns, Hawkman and Hawkwoman, Superman, and Zatara were there as well. They were all curious as to the changes that Superman's clone had gone through while Superman had been dragged there by Wonder Woman and Batman. Yami stretched with a sigh before turning to look at the Justice League members who weren't mentors.
"So the only reason you all came was to gawk at my little kitten?" He asked with a raised brow.
"About you time you guys got back here." Canary said as she entered the room.
"Yo Black Canary! So what exactly have you guys been doing since we left?" Yami questioned, ignoring the glares aimed at his back by various Justice League members.
"Conner's been torturing your sister with bad movie parodies." Canary answered with a smirk.
"Wait, you mean movies like Scream and Action movie?" Yami answered. Canary nodded with a demented grin. Yami cackled insanely while heading for the living room with Canary following him. Everyone glanced at each other before shrugging and walking into the living room.
They found Yami on the ground laughing his ass off. There was an ice blue haired girl with ice blue and black tiger striped ears on the ground with tears running down her face. A person with long black hair to their hips was patting her back soothingly. Canary was shaking her head in exasperated amusement.
"What is going on here?" Batman questioned. Bright sapphire blue eyes turned to stare at the group before black locks were pushed behind an ear. A thin black brow arched in question. All of the members of Young Justice gasped once they figured out who it was. Their mentors did the same a few seconds later.
"No way. Conner?" Artemis questioned in shock. The black haired boy nodded before his head tilted to the side as he eyed the Justice League, glaring at Superman for a second. He suddenly squealed as he was pulled into a hug. His face was buried into a black covered chest. He sighed and relaxed once he realized who it was.
Everyone watched five minutes later as Conner was buried in the ice blue haired girl's chest. The girl suddenly yelled and pushed Conner away.
"You did not just bite me!" Koori growled out with a glare.
"Well I did have to breath you know." Conner answered with a growl of his own.
"Enough you two." Yami said. Conner nodded while Koori stuck her tongue out at her brother before turning away with a huff. Yami did the exact same. Conner rolled his eyes before standing up and pushing some of his hair behind his ear.
"So you all know what's going on?" Conner questioned a few minutes later after everyone had taken a seat.
"There are things that don't make sense. Why did it take almost five months for this change to happen?" Kaldur asked.
"You guys freed Conner at the very least two months before he was supposed to be released. Because of this, his DNA took even longer to settle. His DNA was unstable not enough to do lasting damage so don't worry. Add in emotional, mental, and physical stimulation and it took even longer to settle. Thus, five months and now the transformation." Yami explanation. He raised a brow as everyone turned too stared at him.
"What, our guardian Yon Hikaru gave all of us on Conner when he found out about him. He wanted all of us to keep an eye on him in case any of my powers showed up. He also knew that I would want to know about what is essentially my son. Something you didn't seem to bother to do." Yami explained, sending his sister a glare. Koori glared right back at him over Conner's head. Conner sighed wondering why he had decided to sit in between the two of them.
'Oh right. If I didn't they might just kill each other.' Conner thought to himself sighing again. He yelped and held his head.
"Would you two calm down?!" Conner growled while holding his head in pain.
"Conner what's wrong?" Yami questioned. Conner twitched and curled closer to Koori.
"Ow! Stop feeling things! It hurts!" Conner growled, not seeming to notice what he was saying.
"Stop…feeling? Oh crap! Yami calm down! You're just making it worse!" Koori said while placing a glowing ice blue hand on Conner's head.
The boy's twitching finally slowed down and he sighed before leaning against Koori's shoulder.
"I think Conner has an emphatic ability." Koori stated as Conner calmed down. She raised a brow when she heard a purr. Yami chuckled before pulling Conner to his side; the teen's purring increasing as Yami joined in purring.
"Is Conner…purring?" Robin questioned.
"Yep. Conner was created using both Superman's and Yami's DNA. He's a Kryptonian and jaguar demon hybrid. He's half demon. It's only natural that he has some of the instincts that he gained from Yami." Koori explained with a shrug.
"Wait. Yami is Conner's father?" Kid Flash asked. Koori nodded.
"How old is Yami?" Megan asked.
"I don't think Yami even knows how old he is. I think he's well over nine hundred years old though." Koori stated before grabbing a soda from the table that had been loaded with snacks.
"N-nine hundred years old!" everyone shouted.
"Yeah, we're demons. We just age that slowly. Hell we haven't aged since we were twenty." Koori answered with a shrug.
"I wonder if Conner has any other abilities." Koori wondered before reaching over and poking the teen. One of Conner's bright sapphire blue eyes opened, the purring was still going strong.
"Aside from the empathy ability, notice any other abilities that you didn't gain from your father?" Koori asked.
"Dead beat or the over grown house cat?" Conner questioned the purring going quitter. Koori giggle at the nicknames he had for his fathers. She ignored the glare aimed at her nephew.
"The over grown house cat." Koori answered, still giggling.
"I can talk to animals. All kinds, just not cats." Conner answered, before closing his eye and the purring getting louder again.
"How did you know that?" Canary asked.
"Pet shop, escape, male swarm." Conner purred out, sounding gravely.
"Oh right." Both Koori and Canary said in unison with a wince.
"You and Koori are acting way too alike." Yami muttered to Black Canary, his purring finally coming to a stop.
"What do you expect? Three hour shopping trips plus two hours of bad parody movies and junk food will do that to you." Conner said before yawning sleepily while he rubbed one of his eyes.
Before anything else could be said 'Bottom's Up' by Trey Songz ft. Nicki Minaj could be heard coming from Koori's pocket. The girl pulled out an ice blue cell phone with black snow-flakes on it and put it on speaker.
"Yo Yon! What's up?" Koori questioned happily munching on a bag on dark chocolate she had grabbed before Black Canary. Said woman was glaring at her.
"Koori? Where in the seven rings of hell are you and Yami?" the male on the other end now known as Yon questioned with a growl.
"Hey Yon. We're here with my kitten." Yami stated in answer to Yon's question. He smirked as Conner turned a bright red.
"Never figured you for the father type Yami. Then again it might do you good. Get you to stop being a playboy and all." Yon said. Koori burst out laughing and chocked on a piece of chocolate. She downed a bottle of water to free the chocolate before falling to the floor laughing again. Yami turned bright red and glared at the phone while Conner giggled at the look on his 'father's' face.
"We're going to be bringing him to Haven sometime soon. Probably a few days after the transformation is complete so that he's used to his new body when he meets his aunts and uncles. Kaji's going to have a fit." Yami said, chuckling darkly at the last part. Koori joined in on the evil chuckling. Conner scooted away from his father at that.
"Anything else I should know before I let you two go so that Yami can spoil his son rotten?" Yon questioned, the amusement in his voice clear even over the phone.
"Are you sure you don't have cameras on us?" Koori questioned suspiciously from her place on the floor.
"Shut up Koori. Anyway, Conner has the ability to talk to animals and he has empathy, though it seems to still be developing." Yami answered.
"Koori, I'm a god. Of course I keep an eye on you and no it's not cameras. And I'll see what I can do about finding someone to train Conner in his empathy when you get here. And since I know that you'll be spoiling him rotten when you aren't training him into the ground, I'll leave his training to you Yami. Welcome to the family Conner. Hopefully you won't be as insane as the others." Yon said with a chuckle.
"T-thank you." Conner stuttered with a blush.
"Until we meet. Ja ne." Yon said before the line went dead.
"What does Conner need training in?" Wonder Woman asked.
"Well as my son Conner has control over the element of darkness and shadows. He also needs to be trained in the instincts he has from being a jaguar demon." Yami answered.
"Ne Yami. Do you think that Con will be able to use other elements like you can?" Koori questioned.
"Other elements?" Megan asked with head tilt.
"Wow. You are adorable. I thought Mizu was joking when she told me about you. Anyway, while we and all of our siblings are the guardian of one certain element, we can use other elements as well." Koori said in awe at the cuteness of the alien girl.
"They've been watching me, and by extension, all of you, for almost two months." Conner explained at the raised brows at Koori's statement.
"So what does the element of darkness and shadows consist of?" Batman asked.
"The ability to control light and darkness. Being able to control shadows and create anything we want from transparent violet energy. We can also travel through the shadows to anywhere we want. I also plan on teaching Conner how to wield a weapon, but that will wait until he has the basics of shadow manipulation down pact." Yami said a finger on his chin.
"Cool. And if I can use other elements?" Conner asked.
"Then you'll be trained by my siblings as well as me." Yami answered. 'Fly' by Nicki Minaj ft. Rihanna was heard coming from his pocket.
Yami pulled out his phone and read a text message.
"Huh. Looks like you'll have three other boys you're age to go through this with" Yami stated a few seconds later.
"No way. Whose are they?" Koori questioned.
"Kaji, Kaze, and Tsuchi. Kaji's runt is named Yusuke, Kaze's is Kiba, and Tsuchi's is Jacob." Yami said his head tilted to the side.
"So, the other boys will be my cousins?" Conner asked, looking interested.
"Something like that yeah." Yami muttered with a dismissive wave.
"I have a question. Why does Conner look like a girl?" Wonder Woman asked. Conner turned red at that question while Yami twitched.
"He's submissive." Koori answered simply.
"Submissive?" everyone in the room questioned. Conner squeaked and buried his face in his father's chest.
"Oh come on. It's not that bad. Anyway, there are two types of demons out of the thousand different breeds. Dominates, who are usually leaders and protectors. Submissives are follows, not in a bad way though, and nurturers, looking after those weaker and children. Submissives, both male and female, can get pregnant and give birth, no matter what gender their dominate mate is." Koori explained. Conner squeaked again and nuzzled even farther into his father's chest. Said male was growling slightly as he wrapped an arm around Conner's shoulders.
"I told you this earlier. Why are you so shocked now?" Koori asked confused.
"The pregnancy thing didn't kick into until now." Yami said in response to Conner's muted mutters into his chest.
"I was kind of wondering why you didn't say anything about it earlier. Now calm down and stop freaking out." Koori said while cleaning her nails.
"The submissive thing isn't freaking me out, the fact that my mate will more likely than not be male isn't freaking me out, the fact that I can get pregnant and give birth is freaking me out dammit!" Conner growled, finally lifting his head from Yami's chest while snarling, showing off pearly white fangs.
Yami sighed before making a cut in his palm using one of his claws. He let his palm fill with blood before grabbing Conner's chin and forcing him to sallow the blood. Conner struggled for a few seconds before settling down. Yami pulled his hand back licking the remaining blood from his hand.
"You're blood reminds me of dark chocolate." Conner stated completely calm.
"That's because of my darkness ability." Yami explained. Batman cleared his throat before the group could get even more side-tracked.
"We'll have to leave for Haven soon, so Conner can be trained." Yami said.
"I have to leave?" Conner questioned, looking depressed.
"I'm sorry but yes. Your emotions are controlled by your emotions. And even though you'll have more control over your emotions now that the transformation is complete, you're a sixteen year old male. And no offense, but none of the people here can teach you like I can. I know all of the darkness and shadow powers you'll gain and help you control any others you might gain. I'm also the only one who can train you in your new demonic instincts. Besides, it doesn't seem like you'll be gaining anymore of Superman's powers for the time being, so there's nothing you'll learn from him." Yami explained, a serious look resting on his face. Conner looked upset but understanding while Koori stared at her brother in awe.
"Damn. You knowing about Conner is making you more serious and fatherly. It's both awe-inspiring and terror-inspiring." Koori whispered.
"I can still stay in contact with my friends right?" Conner questioned after a few minutes of silence as what Yami said sank in. Megan and Artemis looked close to tears while Wally, Robin, and Kaldur looked sad. The adults didn't know what to think.
"Of course. We won't be leaving for close to a week anyway." Yami stated.
Conner yelped as both Yami and Koori pounced on him and pulled him into a hug.
"Drive by hugs!" Koori squealed happily. (Thank you Kizmet for creating this line.) Conner struggled even more at that.
"What the hell?!" Conner squealed as everyone else watched in both amusement and confusion. He turned red as Yami nuzzled his neck, letting out a purr. He turned even redder as Koori rubbed their cheeks together with a purr. Slowly, Conner's struggles came to a stop as he let out a purr.
"It's something we do back home. Most demons are naturally group-oriented. So the more the physical contact, the happier the demon. It has an even stronger effect on submissive demons." Yami explained his voice was deeper.
Koori suddenly let go of Conner and pounced on Kid Flash and Megan. She nuzzled the redheads. They blinked confused a few times before they started laughing.
"It tickles!" Megan said happily between giggles.
"It's supposed to. Demons do this to those close to them, usually family and close friends." Yami explained. He had stopped nuzzling Conner and now the boy was braiding some of his silky locks.
Koori grabbed Kaldur and Robin and started nuzzling them as well, getting laughs. A few minutes later, she grabbed Artemis. The girl struggled for a few minutes before she gave in and started giggling.
Koori released the girl and skipped back over to Conner and Yami and settled down.
"Not that I mind, but what was that about?" Robin asked.
"Marking!" Koori said happily.
"By doing that she was marking you as close family friends to those with a strong enough sense of smell. And even those who can't smell it will hesitate to attack you. Well most will. And the smell will last for about a month, even with the changing of clothes and showers. It's a defensive mechanism for demons worried about those of their packs." Yami explained in more detail.
"Now that all the serious business is over with, what do everyone want to do?" Kid Flash asked.
"DDR!" Koori growled.
"DDR?" Both Conner and Megan asked in confusion, complete with head tilts.
"Dance Dance Revolution. It's a dancing matching game." Robin said.
"Come on Conner. I'll go easy on you so you can learn how to play." Koori said. Conner shrugged and followed the girl as she set up the game. Everyone settled down to watch in interest.
Thirty minutes later found Conner with seven games to Koori's zero.
"Can we please find something else to do now?" Conner questioned after beating Koori for the eighth time in under an hour. Koori nodded from where she was curled up in a ball of miserable and depressed demoness.
"Finally!" Yami exclaimed as he reached behind the couch to pull out a duffle bag.
"We have all of the Mortal Kombat games, all of Devil May Cry, all of God of War, the Tekken series, and Halo. Nice choices Koori." Yami stated as everyone below the age of twenty crowded around him to get a closer look at the games. The adults took that as their cue to leave.
"So what have you noticed about Conner since the transformation?" Batman asked Black Canary.
"He's much calmer, he trusts those two, and he no longer seems to care about Superman's opinion, which is a good thing. He also seems shyer and more reserved and he has better control of his emotions. He also seems to like physical attention. He's also more, I don't know, innocent is the only way I can describe it." Canary explained. Everyone else nodded.
"Noooo!" came from the living room. The adults rushed back in to find Kid Flash and Robin curled up with each other on the ground crying. Everyone but Megan and Conner was sweat-dropping while the other two looked confused.
"Meg and Con beat those two on their very first try at Mortal Kombat. In three seconds." Koori explained as she walked over to poke the two with a bottle of water.
"That is seriously why they're like this?" Conner questioned with an eye twitch. He sighed when Youkai siblings nodded.
"Oh brother." He muttered to himself while shaking his head. Everyone gasped and stared at the clone.
"What?" Conner questioned with a blush when he notice that everyone was staring at him. Yami snapped his fingers and in a violet flash of light a mirror appeared in front of him. Conner blinked and raised a finger to poke at his new appendages. He squeaked as his new appendages folded back at the poking. He froze as something brushed against his leg. He glanced over his shoulder slowly before his sapphire blue eyes rolled into the back of his head as he passed out.
Yami poked at one of Conner's new cat ears. They were black with a violet tip, twitching at every sound. His tail brushed against Conner's new cat tail. It was also black with a violet tip. All in all, his new appendages made it look like he and Yami were brothers.
"Well at least that answers my question of whether or not he can manifest ears and a tail." Yami said to break the silence.
-Facing the Past-
inucrossoverlover: And cut! Chapter two of Facing The Past is complete.
Yami: So I have a son now? Cool.
Koori: And we know who the others are, even though we knew that in the first chapter.
inucrossoverlover: I know! Now off to read fanfiction. Oh read and review everyone! Ja Ne!
Koori and Yami: Ja ne!