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Otsutsuki no Yami: I completely understand your concern, but I assure you that I shall resolve the matter. It was done to open the story on a different manner from similar stories however the concerns from fellow fans of the show has shown me that it wasn't necessarily a good idea. However, I plead that you stick with me as I prove that I can change it around for the better.

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As you suggested I plan on going back and editing the first chapter and bring it up to scratch. However, in terms of the relationship between Goku and Lois I attempted to write it in way of showing it as being one sided, but I guess my inexperience in writing anything related to romance reared its ugly head, but I shall edit it and make it as such.

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"No.." replied Goku with a shake of his head, "I asked a friend to send me away from home for a while to help clear my head."

"And why was that necessary?" Goku eyed Superman momentarily before he sighed, "I came back from training with the Dragons when I discovered that my wife had died whilst I was gone. I was devastated and to try and forget it I asked to be moved away from things that remind me of her"

"He is speaking the truth." commented Superman from the back of the room, "I'm curious as to how someone as young as you could have a wife already?" questioned the bald hero, he watched as Goku chuckled lightly before replying "It's a long story actually..."

"Go ahead, I have all day." replied Luthor before leaning backwards and getting comfortable,

- Chapter 2 -

Goku grabbed the pitcher before filling the nearby cup to the brim. The cup was brought to his lips and the clear liquid swallowed in a few gulps. He let out a sigh, wiping away the remnants of the drink from his lips with the back of his hand. With his thirst temporarily quenched the orange clad martial artist began speaking.

"My name is Son Goku and I come from another universe. I belong to a race of proud warriors called the Saiyans. Our home planet was called Vegeta, named in honour of our leader and King who had led our race to victory over our enemies called the Tuffles. We are distinguishable by our spiky raven black hair, dark eyes and tails." to prove his words Goku got up before turning around to show his tail. The furry brown appendage was swaying lazily back and forth. Goku turned around once again before taking his seat. He received a curt nod of understanding from Luthor and he took it as a cue to continue his tale.

"However, the Saiyans were ruthless, and loved nothing more than getting into a good fight. They were feared universally for their strength and ferocity amidst a battle. So naturally they were hired by the most notorious space pirate in the universe, an alien named Frieza." Goku spat out the name as if it left a bad taste on his tongue, and this action did not go unnoticed by either Luthor and Clark. There was a terse moment of silence in the room, which Luthor then took the liberty of eliminating by clearing his throat before speaking once more. "Goku I can't help but notice that you have referred to your race in the past tense thus far, care to explain why?"

Goku moved his gaze towards the table "It's because I'm one of only a few of us left, there is one more full blood other than me and a few half-bloods, and it's all because of Frieza. He destroyed our home planet when he felt that the Saiyan's were getting too powerful for his liking." there was a pause of silence as Goku stopped his tale to look at the reaction of his other companions in the room. "However, what he feared was the legend of the 'Super Saiyan' which entailed how every thousand years a saiyan would be born with a power so vast it would lay waste to the universe. So, in fear of this legend coming to fruition Frieza destroyed my home planet, vanquishing the lives of countless Saiyans at the same time."

Luthor had a hard face on masking his true feelings but his Ki signature told a different story. Goku had faced many an opponent capable of masking their true intentions through a stony face but he had learned to read them through their Ki and Luthor was certainly no different. His Ki held a mixture of disgust and something akin to fear, and honestly the Saiyan couldn't blame him considering what he had just heard. However, his companion Superman was like an open book. Goku could sense a mixture of rage, disgust and understanding. The last one certainly puzzled the saiyan, and as such he made a mental note to question the cape wearing male after his interrogation.

"If this Frieza guy destroyed your planet then how are you here?"

"I was lucky enough to be shipped of the planet moments before its destruction. My space pod was sent in the direction of Earth, where upon landing I was discovered by a retired martial artist who became my adoptive Grandfather and guardian on earth." Luthor noticed a look of longing in the younger man's eyes when he spoke of his grandfather, before it switched to something akin to guilt, "Sadly I was the one who killed him, my own grandpa..." continued Goku his voice getting progressively weaker as it trailed off towards the end.

"How exactly did you manage such a task if you were a child?" questioned the bald hero with an eyebrow raised, and in response Goku continued to stare at the table as he replied "I... uhm... turned into a giant monkey and crushed my grandfather, and before you ask how it's all because of our tails. When a saiyan looks at the full moon they transform into a large ape like creature that's filled with nothing but rage and a want for destruction called an Oozaru."

"How powerful is this Oozaru then?"

"It multiplies the user's base strength by a factor of ten, so the more powerful your base form the more powerful your Oozaru form." Luthor nodded in understanding before motioning with his hand for the young man to continue his tale.

"After the death of my grandpa by my own hands I lived alone for two years. I hunted, gathered berries and fished in the local lake if I got too hungry. It was during this time that I met my first friend Bulma. Funny thing is she drove her car into me, but I was strong and, so it didn't hurt much. I had never seen a car before and thought it was a monster. So, I picked up the car and threw it along with Bulma who was still inside it." Goku chuckled momentarily before continuing, "She wasn't happy as she got out of the car and shot me six times on my forehead, but the bullets just bounced off." the bald male opened his mouth to speak but was cut off by Superman "She shot a child!?"

Goku chuckled once more "Well I don't blame her to be honest, she has my gratitude." a wistful smile appeared on his lips as he recalled his childhood "She offered to take me along with her on her adventure, and if she hadn't I probably would have stayed as naive as I was as a child."

Goku then continued recalling his adventures such as travelling with Bulma, training with the esteemed but perverted Master Roshi who had also been the mentor of his late grandfather, he recalled how he had agreed to marry his wife when they were both young because he believed marriage was a type of food which earned him a chuckle from Clark and Luthor, he mentioned his training with the Guardian of Earth to defeat the tyrant called King Piccolo Daimao.

However, he purposefully neglected to mention the Dragon Balls, he had witnessed how knowledge of the powerful orbs could change people with Frieza and Vegeta being prime examples.

He however continued with his tale by mentioning the 23rd Martial Arts tournament where he had fought the son of the former Demon King Piccolo to the death and also fulfilled his promise to marry his wife from when they were younger, retold his life with his new wife and first son Gohan until the arrival of his brother Raditz which had resulted in him requiring the assistance of his rival just to kill his brother however he once again avoided the topic of him dying and getting revived by the dragon balls.

Goku stopped momentarily to pour himself another cup of water to soothe his parched throat and whilst he went along with his task Luthor glanced over his shoulder and looked at Superman, who just gave a brief nod in response. Luthor turned around just as their captive was placing the cup back on the table, "Ready to continue?"

"Yes, so what happened next was..." the epic tale of Goku's life continued with him recalling how after the death of Raditz, two more Saiyans had begun a year long journey to Earth to get revenge for Raditz, and once again the young saiyan was twisting the truth to avoid the topic of the Dragon Balls. He explained in detail how the lengthy fight with the duo of Saiyans had left most of his allies injured and standing on deaths door but had pulled through with miraculous recoveries. He had a giddy smile when he began recalling his legendary battle with the Prince of their race for the fate of his adopted home planet, and how he had barely won in the end.

However, when he revealed how he had spared the monarch there was the instant outcry from the duo of heroes of "Why would you do that!?" both glanced at each other whilst Goku chuckled in the background "It may sound selfish however I did it because I wanted to fight him once more." casually commented Goku with a shrug of his shoulders. Clark opened his mouth to protest however Goku quickly raised a hand to cut him off. "However, it was more to prove that I could defeat him without the assistance of my allies."

There was another moment of silence as both heroes gaped at Goku's words. "You can't be serious?" the bald hero exclaimed, eyebrows knitted. "You're telling me that you endangered the lives of the people on Earth for a rematch!" Goku said nothing, he knew Luthor was correct in claiming that he had endangered countless lives over his greed for battle, but he was certain he could have taken Vegeta once more and won.

'RING RING' the offending sound echoed throughout the small room, originating from Luthor's pocket. Said owner scrambled to get the cause of the noise in the room quickly from its location. "RING RING" the tone became louder as he pulled out a cell phone from his pocket, before it was hastily cut off by the press of a button.

"Hello." there was silence from both Goku and Clark as Luthor addressed the caller. "Mr President to what do I owe the honour of your call?"

"Lex Luthor, I have received word of you and your teams exploit in taking down the Crime Syndicate and as such I would like to meet and congratulate all of you in person."

Luthor turned to look over his right shoulder, or more specifically the corner of the wall. He then proceeded to make a cutting motion with his hand across his neck before responding. "We would be honoured, what day shall we meet?"

Goku meanwhile had moved his gaze to leer curiously at the corner Luthor had motioned to 'They were recording me, I wonder why?' the saiyan was curious as to what their intentions were with the video 'I guess its best if I wait and see for myself.' he snapped out of musings in time to hear to the last snippet of Luthor's phone conversation "…. we would be honoured." he had a confused look as Luthor addressed them.

"Good news, we have a meeting with the President later. Superman tell the rest of your teammates to get ready and to also look their best." said hero sighed "Luthor I believe it's time we get going, we helped you out in taking out the Crime Syndicate even if we didn't have to do anything." Clark glanced at Goku before continuing. "All of us have obligations back in our respective universe and as such its best if we get going."

"Are you certain that you can't stay a few more hours?" a shake of the head was the only response. "In that case what are we going to do about him?" questioned the human in the room as he motioned to where Goku sat. Superman ran a strong hand through his slick locks with a sigh "I know he can't be trusted now but considering how he's not from this universe I was thinking we could bring him back with us." Luthor opened his mouth to protest but Superman cut him off "We have a high security prison we can put him in until we are certain that he is of no threat to the world, and any ways if he tries anything we can easily take him down like we did before." there was a sudden snort of laughter from behind the conversing heroes, both turned quickly around before glaring at the only other member of the room. Both watched as Goku awkwardly cleared his throat before he averted his eyes towards the wall to his right.

"Just…" Luthor let out a sigh before continuing "….take him with you." Clark nodded his consent, "Goku come, we're leaving." said Saiyan stood up slowly from his seat. Luthor and Clark's eyes followed him as he walked up to stand besides Superman. It was clear who was the taller of the two with Superman looking down slightly at Goku.

Luthor chose this moment to brush past both to get to the door. He reached into his pocket and retrieved a card which he promptly swiped on the scanner located besides the door. The door opened with a hiss as the hydraulic arm located atop it pushed it. It opened to reveal an empty and long hallway with drab grey walls and another singular door located at the end. The first to exit the room was Luthor, then Goku who was given a gentle nudge by Superman who then followed in the smaller Saiyans footsteps. The walk was completed in silence with the buzzing of the electric lights in the ceiling accompanying the heavy footsteps curtsey of Luthor and his power armour.

Meanwhile:

Mary came too and as a reaction reared her head up, however she tried to do so quickly but instantly regretted it as a sharp sting of pain ran throughout the entirety of her brain. An attempt to relieve the pain by rubbing her temple failed to come to fruition as her arms failed to respond to her request. 'Huh!' she thought as a feeling of panic slowly built up. Glancing down she noticed the thick golden rope wrapped securely around her waist, 'N-No, that's not mine.' the magic she could feel from this certain rope was different from her own and as such she couldn't manipulate it to her will.

It was at this stage that she chose to look at her surroundings. The female villain noted that she was seated at the end of a long table whilst around her sat the remaining members of the group that had infiltrated the Syndicates base of operations earlier.

All were seated at the table located in the centre of the room, as they casually chatted and laughed amongst themselves. A Martian lookalike to J'arkus was seated at the end of the table, eyes closed in concentration whilst tuning out the conversation taking place around him.

Her eyes then moved over to the one supposedly called Barry from what she heard, who was leaning back on the chair with his feet up and crossed on the table. seated across from Barry and leaning lazily on his elbows was the counterpart to Power Ring, she had no name associate him with, whilst to his left sat Diana who had her sword out on the table.

Mary chose to continue seating in silence besides the amazon, her head bowed towards the table. Her eyes were wide as they quivered and there were a few droplets of sweat on her brow, gone was the confident smirk and aura of superiority she usually had, leaving her looking like an empty shell of herself.

"Uh guys, do you think she's ok?" commented Barry Allen when he noticed the beads of sweat and wide eyes of hers from the corner of his eye. "Why should we care? She has killed many people so in my eyes she deserves what she's getting." quipped Green Lantern whilst keeping his eyes trained away from Mary. "I guess so, but no one deserves to have their memories drained out like that."

" If she had complied, that would not have been necessary." cut in Diana as she added her own thoughts to the matter. She held her sword in one hand and a rag in the other that was being used to polish the weapon. "Myself and J'ohn had to do what we both deemed necessary to attain the knowledge on her male friend."

'T-They viewed my memories! B-but how, and why Goku?'

"Do you mean Goku?" questioned Barry, the Amazon warrior opened her mouth to respond but Hal silenced her by cutting her off "Why does it matter what he is called, we defeated him, and he is going to be put on trial for his association with her and her former crew." added Hal before he pointed the motionless form of Superwoman who continued to stare at the surface of the table. "We both know that wasn't the case Hal, remember she mentioned Goku showing up randomly at their base and triggering the intruder alarm. Hell, even J'ohn confirmed it after infiltrating her mind, so as far as we know Goku is innocent."

"Also, we may have defeated him, however the security system recordings show that we may have been lucky." responded Diana who had stopped polishing her sword and was now inspecting it under the light of the electric lighting in the room. She stood up and sheathed her sword before walking to stand besides Lois, grabbing her Lasso of Truth earned her a low groan of discomfort from its wearer. She slowly unwound it from around the female villain, and once done she rolled it before securing it to her waist. Diana then walked back and took her respective seat.

"Luck or not we have the advantage in numbers, and we have already fought him so essentially we know what to expect if we have to do so once again." Barry chuckled lightly "As much as I don't want to, I have to give the guy some credit. He challenged the Syndicate by himself and came out unharmed, and if you look back at our fight if Diana hadn't distracted him we may not have won." Hal opened his mouth to protest however he then decided against it and instead chose to close his mouth. It certainly wasn't every day that your own teammates commended the enemy for defeating them all handily, and it was only made more apparent by the overwhelming evidence that proved his case.

The sound of an electric door opening drew the attention of the trio of heroes with their eyes open, who turned to look in the direction of said door. They watched as Luthor stepped into the room first, then the topic of their recent discussion Goku followed in Luthor's footsteps and then finally he was followed by Clark. Both Luthor and Clark moved to stand at the head of the table facing everyone, whilst Goku chose to stand at the door.

A few quick greetings were exchanged however the lone saiyan paid them no heed as his eyes roamed over everyone present before they settled on the form of Superwoman who was slumped cheek first on the table, and he didn't like what he was seeing. With his keen eyesight he noted her shallow breathing as evident by her chest moving slightly, he then moved his gaze up only to notice beads of sweat on her brow.

The young saiyan then scanned her Ki signature and found it be quite weak but erratic at the same time. 'What happened to her?' he mused, a frown etching itself on his features before he moved to make his way towards Lois as everybody bar Green Lantern watched in silence. "Where do you think you're going?" questioned Hal as he glared at the tailed male, who turned to answer but was beat to it by Clark.

"Hal drop it, we have more important matters to attend to. He is showing compassion for his teammate, leave him be." said male growled lowly at being made to look like a fool but chose to drop it, Superman then cleared his throat before he continued. "I take it the interrogation went well." he commented to change the subject, with his gaze settled on the slumped form of the female villain.

"Yes, it did, and we concluded that Goku is in fact innocent and had no prior association with the Crime Syndicate." responded Wonder Woman, before J'ohn opened his eyes and added to her answer "What she says is correct, I infiltrated the mind of Lois and scanned her memories when she began resisting the Lasso of Truth." at this stage everyone turned to look at Goku.

Currently the martial artist was kneeling on the ground hugging Mary. His left hand rubbing her back gently, whilst the other cradled her head on his powerful shoulder. Everybody present watched in disbelief as tears rolled gently down the captured villains cheeks. Quiet sobs shook her frame as the saiyan continued to comfort her.

Goku could be seen whispering something, his words barely above a whisper. Any attempt to say anything was ruined by the fact that her voice was thick with emotion, and thus it came out weak and barely distinguishable from a croak, yet the martial artist continued to hold her close.

The clearing of a throat snapped everyone back to the present, or more specifically to the visage of Luthor who had been the only one to not stare at the crying villain. "It's best If I bring you guys back now, I wouldn't want to be held responsible for you all failing to get back in time to attend to your obligations." he commented with a small smile, receiving murmurs of agreement from the small group of costumed heroes.

They stood up and made their way to stand in a group around Luthor and Superman. However, they all failed to notice the presence of the Saiyan until he moved to stand besides Barry Allen, whilst he carried a sleeping Mary bridal in his strong arms.

Her arms were wrapped securely around his neck with her head cradled into Goku's chest. She looked at peace that one wouldn't be blamed for believing her to be innocent. Luthor opened his mouth to protest however Goku cut him off quickly, "She's coming with me." There was a staring contest between the heroes from different backgrounds until sighing the bald hero turned to Superman to get help, and luckily for him Clark noted his silent plea, "But Goku she is a villain, she has to be punished for what she has done."

"That may be true, but I believe that people can change. Most of my friends were my former enemies but I showed them mercy and they became good friends and allies" Diana's eyes widened ever so slightly when the young male concluded with his answer. "Tien, Piccolo, Yamcha, Vegeta, Majin Buu..." whispered the daughter of Zeus under her breath however Hal was close enough to catch some of it. "Did you say something Diana?" asked the green clad male,

Diana answered instantly however "N-No... I was just thinking to myself." she mentally cursed herself for stuttering as Hal raised an eyebrow before shrugging and turning away. She let out a breath she didn't know she had been holding before listening once more to the conversation between the saiyan and her companions. "Fine, she can come along but only on one condition." said Clark, sighing in defeat.

"Clark are you sure that's a good idea, she killed people before. What's to stop her from doing so again?" Superman turned to the owner of the question, and he was looking at Luthor "That may be true but just hear me out okay." Luthor just reluctantly nodded as The Man of Steel Faced Son Goku once more. "She can come along however she has to stay in the Hall of Justice until we feel she can be trusted." Goku opened his mouth to protest but a raised hand from the caped hero silenced him.

"Let me finish first." Clark said as he chastised the orange clad martial artist to which he received a nod in return. "Now as I was saying she must stay with us until she can be trusted, however you can stay with her at the Hall as a temporary member of the league. What do you say?" the caped hero concluded by stretching out his hand for Goku to shake.

There was a moment of silence as Goku mulled over the proposition. Suddenly he shifted the weight off the sleeping female to his left arm momentarily before reaching out and clasping Clark's outstretched left hand with his right hand. "We have a deal."

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And cut, now I know this is quite a short chapter when compared to the previous one but that's because I wanted to get something out for you guys, but I don't have the time to sit down and write long chapters anymore.

So, from now on the chapters will tend to be about 4000 words or so, still long but nowhere near the 10,000 from the previous chapter.

Next chapter will see the beginning of a new start for both Goku and Mary and honestly, I can't wait to write about it :D

Review and follow means a lot :)

-Edited 12/12/2017-

Changed Lois to Mary. Realised I had been using the name of Lois Lane who had been Superwoman after getting Kryptonian powers.

Edited some of the grammar and paragraphs.