A/N: Huh, I actually thought I would have had this chapter posted way before episode 25 came out—oh wells. I have warned you guys that this is an AU fic, it will not—from this point—follow the show: Since I do not want to include Rocket until much later, and I do not want the team to find out who the mole is until later—or their secrets to be revealed. Some of this fic will not follow along the plot that the show has created, as if I do try to follow the plot of the show, I will get a headache trying to keep it as canon as possible. And after seeing the first episode of the 2nd season, I hope you'll realize that I'm probably going to steer it into a different direction that doesn't follow the timeline of the show.

I do not own Young Justice. The only thing I own is any spelling errors and grammar errors below (if there are any).

Chapter 1: The Beginning.

"Is it me or is it awfully quiet today?" Zatanna asked, looking at M'gann. The two of them were lounging in her room, going over fashion magazines in hopes that they would find something that would inspire their next outfit. She glanced at the clock on her nightstand, and her left eyebrow shot up. "Wow, it really is quiet today."

"Perhaps Wally and Artemis are getting along?" M'gann suggested, looking up from the page that she was on. A frown appeared on her face as she shook her head. "We all know that that can't happen—but we can always hope." She pushed her red hair over her shoulders, giving Zatanna a weak smile.

"I don't think Wally and Artemis are here," Zatanna finally said, turning off her radio with the small, silver remote in her hands. She looked at M'gann, an alarmed look appeared on her face. "Did you hear something?"

The two girls were immediately on alert as they heard what appeared to be explosions coming from the living room. M'gann and Zatanna immediately raced towards the living room, only to be shocked at the sight of Kaldur'ahm, Robin, Wally, and Conner seated in front of the television; all of them calm and glued to the television program that was broadcasting at the moment.

"You girls alright?" Kaldur'ahm asked, looking at them. He glanced at them for a brief second from the corner of his eyes.

"We thought we heard an explosion," M'gann replied meekly, looking at the television from the corner of her eyes.

"You did," Wally replied, nodding, "From the TV, of course. It's this brilliant show, Young Titans. It's about a bunch of teenagers who were brought together to fight evil and all that. Some of them have superpowers, and it's crazy how they were all inspired by their mentors, who are just as awesome as they are." He quickly glanced at his smart-phone before returning his attention towards the television screen.

"I thought that the TV was broken," Zatanna said, exchanging glances with M'gann. "I mean, isn't that why the TV's feed is always static?"

"It was," Conner replied, grumpily, "but then Robin fixed it."

Robin flashed Zatanna and M'gann a smug smile, giving them both a small wave from where he sat. "Speedy—correction, Red Arrow—kind of had a fit over the fact that there was only one channel that the TV was playing."

"The static channel," Wally commented, his sea green eyes still locked on the screen.

"Well, where is Red Arrow?" Zatanna asked, glancing at the empty seat between where Robin and Conner sat.

"Out," Conner grunted. A look of annoyance appeared on his face when Wally's hands shot out in the air, waving the smart-phone frantically. "C'mon—signal! Signal!"

"Signal what?" M'gann asked, confused.

"I think he meant his phone's reception when he was referring to signal," Kaldur'ahm said, a smile surpassing his lips as he watched Wally shake his smart-phone.

"Who are you texting?" Zatanna asked, quickly interested. Immediately, everyone—except Wally—glared at her. She gave them a weak shrug. "Wouldn't hurt to know," she mouthed. There had been a bet going around among the team, as the holidays were coming around the corners. At first, the gang would make silly bets—such as whether or not Conner would get upset over the giant plush monkey that Wally had left in Conner's closet—or to see how long they could trick Wally into believing that the world around him was slowing down every second.

"Some girl," Wally replied.

"As in Artemis?" M'gaan asked. She has always assumed that the two of them would be together, as her knowledge from television shows her uncle would broadcast back home on Mars would portray, the two friends that fought the most only fought each other due to attraction towards one another, and their denial of attraction towards one another. Usually, they would end up either the cutest couple ever or the most dysfunctional couple ever.

Wally looked up at her, his eyebrows knitted together. "Nope. This girl I met online—"

"You resorted to online dating?" Kaldur'ahm teased, his eyes crinkling as a kind smile appeared on his face. "Wally, you are still young—and there is that human saying, 'there's always more fishes in the sea.'"

Wally snorted. "Ha, ha. Very funny guys. It's a homework assignment. We're supposed to keep in contact with one another, get along, ya-da, ya-da, ya-da. I think it's stupid, but hey—who am I to judge?"

-x-

Artemis could feel her smart-phone going off again, as she was reaching towards the highest shelf, where the last bottle of honey was. Not now, she thought as the back of her hand gently brushed the bottle. Her hand was practically swatting the shelf as she tried to grip the bottle. A grin appeared on her face the second her hand curled around the bottle, right before she tossed the bottle of honey into the grocery cart that she had been pushing around.

Nudging the cart towards the produce section with the wrist of her hands, she quickly pulled her smart-phone out of her back pocket. "Another text, from Speedster X. Why doesn't that surprise me?"

Stopping in the middle of the aisle, she quickly scanned through his messages.

So, "A,"

Is there any more letters to follow that, or will I have to picture myself speaking with a letter of the alphabet? I kid, I kid. But seriously though, any more letters after that?

"Move!" a lady from behind her shouts, a look of frustration on her face as she tapped her foot impatiently onto the floor. "Some of us aren't getting younger, ya'know?"

Artemis immediately pushed her cart to the side, allowing the lady and others to pass on by, before glancing back at her smart-phone.

My friends believe that I'm not doing this pen pal assignment, but that I'm actually doing those silly online-dating websites.

She couldn't help but snort, a grin appearing on her face. Pushing her cart closer to the produce aisle, she quickly started to text a reply to him.

You might as well troll your friends. Give them a run for their money.

Glancing at the sea of red and yellow apples in front of her, she immediately started to wonder what name she would give to him. She could go with the obvious, and tell him her name—but that was the last thing she needed. What happens if the person that was her pen pal was close friends with one of her teammates? You'd never know. Thinking, she immediately started to list off a few things in her head. Artemis, Greek goddess of the hunt and the moon. Well—I could go with Apollo, her twin, but that's a guy… Think, Artemis. Greek goddesses or mythology with A—Aphrodite? No way in hell. Atalanta. Besides, she's a great hunter as well.

Looking at the two sentences she had texted out so far, she continued to add to it.

As for the namesake, it's Atalanta. I know, Greek.

The second she sent her text to him, she knew she had to hurry up and finish her grocery shopping—she had her job to get too. What she would give to forget about her responsibilities for one day, and just sit back and relax. If it wasn't hunting down and fighting bad guys one minute, she's busy catching up on homework that she always has to put aside.

Grabbing random apples from the stack, she quickly gave them a cursory glance before stuffing them into a plastic bag. She didn't mind doing the grocery shopping—someone had to. With her mother in a wheelchair, the task of being the provider for the family fell on her. It wasn't much of a burden to her; she knew that somebody had to be there for her mother. Especially since her sister and father out of the picture of what used to be their family.

She barely made it to the check-out lane when she received another text.

I know somebody that has a Greek name.

-x-

There was something about his pen pal, "Atalanta," who reminded him of someone… he just couldn't place his finger on it. But before he could come up with some reasonable explanation as to why this "Atalanta" girl reminded him of somebody, he felt a painful jab in his stomach, realizing that his best friend had just elbowed him. "Dude, I—"

Robin shot him a dirty look—technically, he tried to shoot him a dirty look, as the sunglasses that concealed his eyes and his identity to the rest of the team also concealed the dirty look he was trying to give him—before whispering to him, "With suspicions and names being thrown around about who the mole could be, it's not a safe idea to communicate with the 'outside world.' Who knows what crazy theory Red Arrow might come up with next."

Zatanna shook her head, looking towards their direction. "I highly doubt Red Arrow would think you're the mole, Wally. I mean, it's obvious who his top three suspects are."

Wally grimaced. "Not this again. What if it's just a trick—a lie? What if there is no mole. I mean, Supey, wouldn't do it. He's too busy brooding over the fact that Superman is basically doing everything he can to avoid him."

"I heard that," Conner grunted, glaring at the redhead. "And I'm not buy brooding over him," he added, folding his arms over his chest, a scowl appearing on his face.

Wally let out a few nervous chuckles. "And M'gann—she's just too sweet and loyal. And c'mon—she saved that Garfield Logan boy's life. And-and she bakes the best cookies ever."

Kaldur glanced at him. "It's nice to see that you're defending Conner and M'gann, Wally—but what do you feel about Artemis?"

"Artemis?" Wally snorted. "What about her?"

"She is just as loyal to the team—perhaps even more—as the rest of us are," Kaldur'ahm said, glancing at him. "She's always trying to prove herself to the team Wally. Maybe it would be nice of you if you weren't so hard on her?"

"When am I ever hard on her?" Wally asked, staring at Kaldur'ahm in confusion. It was right then that he realized that everyone was staring at him. "R-right. Roger that." He quickly glanced at his smart-phone, realizing that "Atalanta" had sent him another message when he was busy talking to the team.

That's funny. We could have a shindig. Throw some wild parties for everyone who has a name after someone in the Greek Mythology.

He couldn't help but chuckle at what he had just read. Why couldn't some of the people in his life have that kind of a personality? Glancing at Conner, he couldn't see Conner with a personality like that. Everybody on the team was unique when it came to personalities. It was hard for him to see anybody on the team with that kind of personality. Especially Artemis, whom he always bickered with.

Sure, she was pretty—and was actually cool sometimes… but he wasn't going to tell her that. Ever. He's too stubborn to admit that. She'd probably never let him forget it, and that's the last thing he—or his pride—needed. Besides, they had another fight as of recently. Over personal space.

It was just the eight of them; Zatanna, M'gann, Conner, Kaldur'ahm, Robin, Artemis, Red Arrow, and him on a mission that Batman had deployed him on. They were supposed to look for evidence of where Cheshire was last seen. Originally, a mission meant for just Red Arrow, Kaldur'ahm, Robin, and him, himself, the second the rest of the team found out that they were given a mission, they had wanted to tag along too.

He couldn't blame them. Nobody wants to be cooped up in one place for such a long time.

A simple mission, which was what Batman had described it to be. They were to find evidence, pick up her trail, and notify the league as soon as possible. Somehow, when the team split up to cover more grounds, both Artemis and he got stuck with patrol the perimeters. He couldn't remember the mission precisely; all he could remember was that the two of them were fighting over being stuck with one another while the rest of the team was to surveil the abandoned warehouse, where Cheshire was last seen.

All he could remember was that there was a lot of fighting between the two of them, a lot of words that even his mother would be ashamed to hear coming from his mouth were being tossed around, and a lot of yelling. They were so busy yelling at each other, they were oblivious to the fact that there were a few bad guys lurking in the shadow, waiting for the right moment to ambush them. Cheshire had been prepared for them from the start.

It was a miracle that they all made it out alive, and with just a few minor injuries too. Of course, the mission—the "easy" mission that Batman has assigned them on—was a bust. And when the two of them found out that it was kind of their fault that the rest of the team, including them, were ambushed, they immediately started pointing the finger at each other, and the fighting between them continues. Hey, it wasn't his fault that she has a personality of a cactus sometimes. And no matter how many times M'gann or Zatanna tries to tell him either wise, until he sees it… he's not going to believe it.

"So, how long is it before you apologize to Artemis?" his best friend asked, glancing at him. It was as if his best friend had just read his mind. "I mean, it's not entirely her fault."

"I am not going to apologize for something I didn't do," Wally murmured.

"You know that we don't blame you—or Artemis—for what happened on our last mission, right?" M'gann asked, looking at him with curiosity and concern.

"It's not my fault! It's Artemis," Wally hissed. "She's always—"

"She's always what?" Everybody in the room—including Wally—turned to their left to see Artemis standing a few feet away from them, her hands on her hip.

"It's nice to know that when I'm not here, my teammates talk behind my back," Artemis said, her tone slightly icy. She turned on her heels and walked towards the direction that she had come from.

"Nice going," Robin hissed, elbowing his friend in the stomach.

"You should really be nicer to her," M'gann softly said.

Wally didn't know how to respond to that. For some strange, odd reason, he just felt crummy on the inside. But how do you apologize to someone you never get along with without offending her?

-x-

"He will apologize," M'gann said, putting her hand on Artemis's shoulder. "He's just… stubborn sometimes. He tends to be closed-minded on some things for a while. But he'll get there."

Artemis shrugged, hugging her knees. "I don't care." It was a lie. She did care a little bit, perhaps even more than a little bit. Hearing her smart-phone go off, alerting her that she has received another message from her pen pal.

I need your help. I think I messed up bad time.

Speedster X.

A/N: I'm so, so sorry for the late update. I normally update once every week, but this month was so hectic for me (State testing, which will occur for the next three weeks for me, prepping for SATs, etc). So, apparently, in this fic, Red Arrow's part of the team. Rocket will be part of the team—but probably towards the end of this fic (I'm not sure yet. I haven't worked out the plot yet).

Young Titans, the TV show that Wally and the boys were watching: A parody in where it's a mix between Teen Titans and Young Justice. I don't know how I came up with this, the idea just popped into my head where the team would be watching Young Titans and criticizing the characters that are a counterpart to them.

Atalanta, the name that Artemis picked for the pen-pal assignment. Besides the obvious fact that the name is Greek, just like Artemis, I picked it because in Greek myth, Atalanta was a great hunter. I don't know—the name made sense to me a while back.

Yes, the fighting that happened in the prologue (the previous chapter) was due to their last mission. I know what you're thinking: why are they fighting so much? Because they kind of do fight a lot on the show—in the beginning, of course. But things will change. With the pen-pal assignment, they will start to understand each other better (and not their pen pal personas, but their real personas).

So, who saw the episode "Happy New Year?" I'm still in denial to as what has happened. They split up my OTP, and now I'm just in a state of denial. For those of you who have seen the episode, whether it was online, on tv, or etc, you'd know what I was talking about. If you haven't seen it, you should see it. Hopefully, things will start making sense sooner or later on YJ Invasion. Until then, I need to get traught.

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