What joy! My second chapter! I do not own Young Justice or Naruto.
Time runs short...you must awaken... you must awaken now! A voice echoed in my head. I gasped and looked around to see that my hands were cuffed above me and inside a pod... great. I noticed that Superboy was glaring at us. Well this is just great! Note sarcasm.
"What... What do you want? Quit staring, you're creeping me out!" Kid Flash snapped at him.
"Uh... KF? How about we not tick off the guy who can fry us with a look?" Robin advised as his friend as he started to pick his cuffs. You can fry people with a look in this world? If an Uchiha was here, everybody would turn into ice. (Uchiha's have a very infamous glare.)
"We only sought to help you," Aqualad slowly explained, but Kid Flash broke in.
"Yeah, we free you and you turn on us, how's that for grat-"
"Shut it, your voice has already gotten us into enough trouble." I growled angrily.
"And I believe our new friend was not in full control of his actions." Aqualad calmly said.
"What if I..." Superboy's voice started out as a stutter. "What if I wasn't?"
"He can talk?" Kid Flash asked in surprise.
"Yes, he can." Superboy snapped at the young speedster. The rest of us looked at KF.
"Not like I said it."
"The genomorphs taught you? Telepathically?" Aqualad asked.
"They taught me much. I can read, write... I know the names of things."
"But have you really seen them?" Robin asked gently. "Have they ever let you see the sky... or the Sun?"
"Images are implanted in my, but..." Superboy's eyes lingered down. "No, I haven't really seen them."
"There is a difference between in seeing it images and seeing it with your own eyes." I gently said.
"Do you know what you are? Who you are?" Aqualad asked.
Superboy's head snapped up. "I am the Superboy. A genomorph, A clone made from the DNA of Superman. Created to replace should he perish... to destroy him should he turn from the light." Yet again, who is Superman?
"To be Superman is a... worthy aspiration." Aqualad said carefully. "But like Superman, you deserve a life of your own. Beyond the solar suit, beyond that pod... beyond Cadmus."
"I live because of Cadmus! It is my home!" The clone snapped, I stared at him emotionless wondering if we were all gonna tell our life stories or something and I was a bit wishing that my arms weren't restrained.
Robin snorted. "You're home is a test tube. We can show you the sun." He affords.
"Uh, pretty sure it's after midnight, but we can show you the moon." Kid Flash smiled.
"We can show you, introduce you to Superman." Aqualad told him. Supes looked up hopefully…. I think.
"No they can't. They will be preoccupied." I heard Desmand's voice and he walked in with Guardian, and the female worker. I glared at him. He ignored me and turned to the female worker. "Activate the cloning process."
"Pass! Batcave's crowded enough." Robin smirked.
Desmand ignored him and glared at Guardian. "And get the weapon back in its pod!" He snapped. Guardian put a hand on the clone's shoulder.
"Hey! How come he gets to call Supey an it?" Kid Flash whined.
"Help us." Aqualad pleaded. Superboy shoved Guardian's hand off.
"Oh don't start thinking now!" Desmand walked over to Superboy, the G-gnome on his shoulder hopped onto his shoulder and the horn started to glow red. "You see, you're not a real boy. You're a weapon and you belong to me... well to Cadmus. Same thing! Now get to your pod." Superboy obliged without saying a word.
I snorted. "Yeah, right."
"Who are you?" He snarled at me.
"None of your business." I glared down at him.
He turned toward the female; she nodded and activated the cloning process. Needles popped out from the machines, it pierced my skin and electricity moved inside me. I bit my lip and did my best not to scream vas my blood was drawn threw the needles.
After the couple minutes of being electrocuted, Superboy ripped the door off its hinges. Somehow causing the electricity to stop.
"I told you to ge-" Desmand didn't finish 'cause he and the others in the room were pushed into the walls.
"You here to help us or fry us?" Kid Flash asked.
Superboy narrowed his eyes, but nothing happened. "Huh, I don't seem to have heat vision so I guess helping is my only option."
With a click, Robin's cuff was released. "Ugh! Finally! Batman would have my head for taking so long." Robin jumped out of the pod, rubbing his wrist. I continued to wonder who Batman was, probably Robin's sensei.
"Seriously? That's what you're worried about? The whole League will have our heads for this!" Kid Flash snapped.
"League?" I muttered to myself wondering who they were talking about. Robin pushed a button and the pods opened up and the needles went away.
Robin sighed and turned toward Superboy. "You get Aqualad while I get Kid Mouth and Mystery girl."
"Don't you give me orders either!" He snapped. I used a teleportation jutsu and appeared on top of my pod.
"I have a name, it's Moriko Hatake" they looked surprised at my simple jutsu…. Oh yeah, I keep forgetting that I'm in a different dimension.
"Thank you." Aqualad told Superboy as he freed Aqualad.
"You can't get away from here! I'll put you back in the pods by morning!" Desmand snapped as he got up.
"This guy is not whelmed. Not whelmed at all." Robin commented before through his batarang at the cloning machine, blowing up the pods and their blood inside the tube.
"What is it with you and whelmed thing?" Kid Flash asked. I grunted in agreement.
The five rushed down the hallway, Aqualad taking the lead. "We're still 42 levels below the ground. But if we can make it to the elevator...!" But they were stopped by a horde of g-trolls. They looked back to see other more behind them.
"What do we do now?" Kid Flash looked over at the G-trolls.
'Ox, Rabbit, Monkey, Dragon, Rat, Bird, Ox, Snake, Dog, Tiger, Monkey' I preformed the hand seals.
"Leave it to me. Chidori!" I place my hands down as my hand began to grow blue and you could hear birds chirping. I ran forwards and blew the g-trolls back from the shock.
(…)
"Well? Aren't we going to escape?" She sneered at them. "Come on!" She ordered running down the hall toward the elevator.
The others followed her as they ran towards the elevator.
"Uh... What are you, exactly?" Kid Flash asked.
"I'm a shinobi from the village hidden in the leaves." She told them.
"Shinobi?" Robin glares suspiciously at her as Aqualad ripped open the doors to the elevator shaft.
"I'll explain once we get out of here." She told them as she jump inside the elevator shaft and started to move up, jumping from ledge to ledge.
Superboy jumped, holding Aqualad, but his eyes widen when he started to fall. "I'm... falling?"
Moriko realized what was happening and threw a kunai into the wall, which Aqualad grabbed.
"Superman can fly... why can't I fly?" Superboy looked confused.
"Don't know, but you can still leap tall buildings in a single bound, still cool." Kid Flash gave him a reassuring smile. Helping him onto a ledge.
"Thank you." He told Aqualad.
"Guys! This will have to be our exit!" Robin yelled, as he noticed an elevator coming down.
"Looks like it." she commented as Superboy punched the door of its hinges. They narrowly missed being hit by the elevator.
The group ran as a group of Genomorphs headed in their direction.
They went silent after a few minutes before Superboy heard a voice.
Turn left brother.
"Go left! Left!" They turned left.
Turn right.
"Right!" It was a dead end.
"Great sense of direction Supes, are trying to get repoded?" Kid Flash exclaimed.
"No! I... I don't understand." Superboy looked down.
"Don't apologize. This is perfect." Robin smiled as he stared at the air vent.
Soon they were all squeezed into the stuffy air vent, Robin in the lead.
"Okay, who let one rip." Moriko complained as she covered her nose with her glove.
"Sorry." KF said.
"Last time I ever crawl behind boys in an air vent." There was a moment of silence.
"We're never gonna get out of here at this rate." Kid Flash grunted.
"Kid Idiot has a point there." Moriko agreed.
"Hey!"
"Shh!" Superboy hushed everyone. They stopped moving. "Listen." They all heard light rumbling, the noise of the genomorphs walking through the air vent.
Robin quickly kicked off air vent cover and jumped down from the stuffy room and out into the open, then Kid Flash. Moriko was after him, landing safely on her feet, she noticed him crouched in front of bunch of wires.
"What are you doing?"
"Something," He smirked. "I hacked the motion sensor."
"Sweet!" KF smirked.
'This place has a lot of weird stuff.' Moriko thought.
"But we are still plenty of them between us and out." Robin looked up.
"But I finally got room to move." Kid Flash grinned as he put on his goggles. He rushed through the door and ran up the stairs, the others followed after him. They ran passed knocked down genomorphs.
Robin glanced down at the hologram screen. "More behind us!"
Superboy and Moriko turned around toward a newer group of genomorphs. "Don't they ever get tired?" She growled. Superboy swiftly stomped the staircase, breaking it. One of the genomorph clutched on to the edge, but a kick to the face knocked it down; screeching as it fell.
"C'mon, we better hurry before they leave us." The two rushed off.
They hurried on out of the staircase and into the hallway, the sirens blared and the hallway, their way was blocked by the emergency door.
"We're cut off from the street."
"Thanks my head hadn't noticed." KF complained. Superboy and Aqualad punched the door and tried to pry the door open by force.
"I can't hack this fast enough." Robin hissed.
Moriko noticed another horde of genomorphs coming toward them. She kicked a nearby door open.
"This way!" But their run was not that far as they were once again blocked off, this time by more genomorphs and Guardian. "Seriously?" Moriko's eyes narrowed. They all got into their fighting stance, but the G-gnomes' horns glowed red; exhaustion came over the young heroes as they fell to the ground.
'Perhaps for the sake of all genomorphs, our brother Superboy should make up his own mind.' The creature that had lead the group here and that had attack them appeared from the shadows.
'It was you!' Superboy thought.
'Yes brother, I set the fire and lured your new friends down to Cadmus, woke them when they were in danger-'
'And guided my. Why?'
'Because you are our hope. The genomorph hero, you will blaze a trail for all our brothers, showing us the way to freedom.'
'What is your choice brother?'
"I... choose... freedom." Superboy said firmly.
The G-gnome on Guardian's shoulder left his side. He held his head, eyes closed. "Uh... my head... feels like... fog lifting." The others got up, shaking their head away the odd feeling out of their system. "Go, I'll take care of Desmand."
"I don't think so." Desmand's voice rang out. The genomorph parted ways to show the scientist holding a blue glowing tube. "Project Blockbuster will give me the power to restore order to Cadmus." He gulped down the blue liquid.
He fell down toward the ground, groaning in pain. Guardian back stepped toward the young heroes, cautiously glaring at the scientist. Desmand's bones cracked as his bone structure was changing. His skin started to rip into shreds and he grew bigger in size. The whites of his eyes turned back, he started to grow fangs and his new skin looked rock hard. His now broken glasses lie on the ground and in front of the heavily breathing monster.
Everyone, except for Moriko, looked horrified at the change. Moriko had been taught to show no emotion in battle, so on the outside she looked calm, but on the inside she was freaking out herself.
"Everyone, Back!" Guardian shouted as he ran at the monster, only to be swatted into a wall.
Superboy rushed forward and punched the Blockbuster in the face. They exchanged a couple more punches until Blockbuster grabbed Superboy and jumped through the ceiling.
"Well... that's one way to bust through the ceiling." Robin shakily stated before following them up.
"Do you think lab coat planned all that?" Kid Flash asked, grabbing on to Robin's arm.
"I doubt he is planning anything, anymore." Aqualad said grimly.
Once they all made it to the upper level, Blockbuster threw Superboy into Aqualad, sending them both flying back. Robin, Kid Flash, and Moriko ran back to make sure they were alright.
Kid Flash ran up to Blockbuster and slid beneath him. Distracted, Blockbuster quickly turned back just as Superboy and Aqualad punched him. Kid Flash knelt down so Blockbuster tripped over him.
"Learned that one in kindergarten." He said.
Robin jumped over Kid Flash and threw two projectiles at Blockbuster who blocked them with his arm.
"What are we going to do? This guy isn't going down without a fight!" cried Moriko.
"Yeah, tell me about it. We need a plan," said Robin.
Blockbuster punched one of the pillars just as Kid Flash dodged, causing the above structure to crumble slightly.
"That's it!" Robin's digital computer brought up a diagram of the building they were currently in. "KF, get over here!"
Kid Flash managed to get up and made his way over to Robin and Moriko.
"If we can break all the pillars, we can collapse the building on him. You distract him and I'll get Superboy and Aqualad caught up." Explained Robin.
"Got it." Kid Flash ran over and punched Blockbuster, drawing his attention away from Superboy and Aqualad.
Superboy, Aqualad and Moriko smashed the remaining pillars as Robin drew an X in the middle of the room with some chalk.
Kid Flash then ran over to Blockbuster and punched him in the head, making Blockbuster chase him. Aqualad sprayed the floor with water as Kid Flash used it to slide to a stop just in front of the X. Superboy jumped up from behind Kid Flash and punched Blockbuster to the ground. Aqualad sent a powerful electric shock into the water, which carried the electricity to Blockbuster.
"Move!" cried Robin. Everyone began running for the door just as several of Robin's projectiles on the broken pillars detonated causing the entire building to collapse.
Superboy and Aqualad quickly covered Kid Flash, Robin, and Moriko.
Once the building had fallen, Superboy lifted a large piece of debris off them. Everyone was fine and had only a few minor scratches and rips on their clothes.
"We…did it," said Aqualad.
"Was there…ever any doubt?" asked Robin. He and Kid Flash high-fived each other before grabbing their chests in pain.
"That was awesome! Let's do it again!" cried Moriko.
Superboy walked over to the crushed Blockbuster.
"See?" Superboy turned over to Kid Flash. "The moon."
Superboy looked up at the moon and squinted. A figure in red and blue flew towards the teenagers and landed before them. Many other superhero-like figures landed behind Superman
'God Damnit! Why is everyone wearing spandex!' thought Moriko
"Oh, and Superman! Do we keep our promises or what?" asked Kid Flash.
"We are so busted!" muttered Moriko.
Superboy walked up to Superman and showed him the red S on his chest causing Superman's eyes to widen. Superboy smiled slightly but it quickly faded when Superman's face turned serious.
"Is that what I think it is?" asked Batman.
"He doesn't like being called an it," whispered Kid Flash.
"I'm Superman's clone." Declared Superboy, causing the other supers to look at each other in shock.
Batman glared at the teenagers. "Start taking."
After the teenagers explained what happened, most of the superheroes hauled Blockbuster away while Superboy looked over and saw Superman speaking with Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter.
Superman walked over to Superboy. "We'll, uh, figure something out for you. The League will, I mean. For now, I, uh, better make sure they get that Blockbuster creature locked up straight away." With that, Superman departed.
Batman, Flash, and Aquaman walked up to the teenagers. "Cadmus will be investigated, all 52 levels, but let's get one thing straight," said Batman.
"You should have called," said Flash. "And who is the girl?"
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here." Grumbled Moriko.
"End results aside, we are not happy. You hacked League computers, disobeyed direct orders and endangered lives. You will not be doing it again," said Batman.
"I'm sorry but we will." Aqualad told them. The heroes looked shocked at Aqualad for disagreeing.
"Aqualad, stand down." Aquaman commanded.
"Apologies my king, but no. We did good work here tonight: the kind of work you trained us to do. Together, on our own, we forged something powerful… important," said Aqualad.
"If this is about your treatment at the hall, the three of you…" said Flash.
"The five of us," said Kid Flash. "And it's not."
"Batman, we're ready to use what you taught us, or why teach us at all?" Said Robin.
"Why let them tell us what to do?" asked Superboy. It was clear he didn't like being given orders. "It's simple, either get on board, or get out of the way."
"I can't help but agree." Moriko stood with them.
(…)
Soon after, I told the League about where I was from, about whom I was, and what I did. They seemed slightly sad/angered when I told them that I was a shinobi, or ninja as they call it, and that a shinobi was kinda like a soldier. They told me they would help me get home in any way possible, but for now I would be staying at Mt. Justice and joining the team. I also had to hand over all of my belongings, so they could analyze them.
(…)
Mt. Justice. July 8th, 08:04 EDT
The same team that had escaped from Cadmus was now standing in front of Batman, Aquaman, Black Canary, Flash, Red Tornado, and Hawkman inside Mt. Justice.
"This cave was the original sanctuary of the justice league." Batman told the group standing in front of him. "We're calling it into service again, since you four are determined to stay together and fight the good fight." He turned to face them. "You'll do it on league terms. Red Tornado volunteered to live here and be your supervisor. Black Canary is in charge of training. I will deploy you on missions."
"Real missions?" Robin asked.
"Yes, but covert." Batman answered.
"Perfect for me." Moriko whispered under her breath so that no one could hear.
"The league will still handle the oblivious stuff." They turned to look at Flash. "There's a reason we have the targets on our chest."
"But Cadmus proves that the bad guys are getting smarter." Aquaman said. "Batman needs a team that can operate on the sly."
"The six of you will be the team." Batman ended.
"Cool! Wait? Six?" Batman glance behind them and all of them turned around.
"This is the Martian Manhunter's niece, Miss Martian." A girl walked up to them. she had green skin and red hair.
"Hi." She raised a hand and waved timidly.
"I'm liking this gig more every minute!" Wally whispered to Robin. "Welcome aboard! I'm Kid Flash, that's Robin, Aqualad. It's cool if you forget their names."
"I'm honored to be included." Miss Martian clasped her hands together. All of the team besides Superboy went up to meet her.
"I'm so relieved that I won't be the only girl on the team!" Moriko told the newcomer.
"Same here." She gave them a polite smile.
"Hey Superboy!" Robin called to him. "Come meet Miss M." So Superboy joined them.
Miss Martian changed her t-shirt color to black and glance shyly up at Superboy. "I like your t-shirt." Superboy's frown turned into a slight smile.
"Today is the day."
Sorry if you didn't think it was that good. I promise to make it more interesting. Those who watch Naruto know that Kakashi has had silver hair since he was a little kid, and you will find out why I told you this in the next chapter!
See ya,
Raven's Black Wings