Disclaimer Young Justice Belong to DC Ranma belong to Rumiko Takahashi
Special thanks to Morgoroth for helping edit this chapter! It's only because of him and him alone that you can actually make out the sentences to read this fic.
Wild Justice
UPDATE 10-3-13: I might have hit a snag with Ranma new superhero name. It was just pointed out to me that Ranma new Superhero name that I am using was once use in another fanfic. I might need another good name and might have to redo the scene from this chapter before I can continue. Opinions?
Chapter 6
Timeline - Takes place during Episode 11 of young justice.
"Why do I need a codename and new identity? I'm proud of who I am and where I am from."
"It's all about misdirection, as a martial artist you should be familiar with misdirection when battling against your opponents, These secret identities serves the same purpose."
+++In Flight+++
Ranma dressed in his black costume watched as the other teens focused on the debriefing given to them by Batman. They had left with seven teens but came back with only four. Superboy and Miss Martian was going undercover. As far as the rest of the team was concerned their mission was accomplished.
Ranma had been hyped , even eager to prove his mettle against meta human supervillains but it turned out to be for naught as the arrival of Martian Manhunter and THE Superman stopped the Terror twins in their tracks.
For the majority of the mission he just hung back and watched Aqualad coordinated with Superman and apprehend the twins while Black Canary gave Superboy a makeover for his undercover mission.
He had to admit he was kind of disappointed at not being able to do anything but witnessed firsthand how efficiently they handled the situation. Had it been him he would have just confronted the Terror Twins and engaged them right away. As a team they took down the villain duo without much effort. It was humbling to say the least.
"Ranma, any questions?" Aqualad asked for their new teammate benefits.
"I'm good." Ranma said as he really couldn't see what else he could contribute.
Aqualad nodded and then started to talk with Black Canary as Wally flew the Bio-ship back to their base.
"Nice first mission under your belt right?" Robin asked as he sat in the chair next to Ranma.
"I didn't even do anything." Ranma said honestly. Could this really count as his first mission?
"That's the best kind I say," Wally said turning his head around and smirking at Ranma. "No need for a big fight nice and easy take downs are always the best."
"True but you would have been ready if things went south though right?" Robin said with a grin.
"Of course." Wally answered causally. "You were ready, right Ranma?"
"You bet." Ranma said with bravado. He was ready he just never got a chance to prove himself.
"Then that is all we ask of you." Aqualad said firmly as he walked over to their newest team mate. "We must always be vigilant and be thankful our plan went as smoothly as it did today, that means potentially less causalities."
Ranma looked through his masked and down at his gloved hands. In Nerima they didn't have to worry about causalities, they usually were able to do damage control themselves being martial artists. Hmm maybe they were right the best fight was one he didn't have to fight at all.
++++Mount Justice+++++
As the team undocked and went their separate ways Black Canary dismissed the group only keeping back Aqualad for this infiltration mission.
Ranma was making his way over to his room when Artemis cut in front of him. "Hello Artemis." he said politely. He wasn't completely comfortable with them but he was getting used to it.
"So Ranma," Artemis said walking step by step with him. "How about you help me go out on patrol and bag some bad guys?" she asked nonchalantly with her arms behind her back.
Ranma turned to look at her. "I thought we were done with the mission?" he questioned.
"We are but this is what we normally do, we patrol the streets for crooks and keep people safe. Not glamorous like fighting super villains but it's what we do." Artemis said firmly, conviction filling her voice.
Ranma was amazed as it had not occurred to him to go and stop petty crime. He thought he was going to fight super villains and that was all. Shaking his head ruefully, he should have guessed. They were heroes after all. "Count me in." he said with a confident grin.
"Ohh, Can I tag along or is this just a date between you two?" Robin said falling back two the two teens.
Ranma flushed red but was about to deny it when Artemis bapped Robins head. "Idiot! I'm showing Ranma what we normally do. Come if you want." she said haughtily but there was a slight tinge of red on her cheeks.
Robin smirked knowingly and turned to Kid Flash. "Wal-man, you up for a night of patrol?" he asked his friend.
"Nah, got a test tomorrow. Gotta study. Don't have too much fun!" Wally said as he was now dressed in his civilian outfit after blurring to his room and walked out through the zeta tube.
"So , who's stomping grounds should we go to, yours?" Artemis asked Robin.
"Hmmm, I don't think Gotham is the best place to cut Ranma's teeth without more experience. Let's hit up your area." Robin said after a few moment of deep thoughts.
"Coast City it is!" Artemis said generously.
Ranma just smiled at the camaraderie he noticed they all shared. He hope to be a part of this some day.
++++Night time in Coast City ++++
Three figures were standing high a top of one of coast city five story building. One was dressed in black from head to toe , one a mixture of red,black and green and the last was a blond female dressed in a forest green outfit.
Artemis was using her binoculars to find spot anything out of the ordinary while Robin was listening in the police chatter for some actions by tapping into their lines.
"Ah there I see something! Two guys following an a old couple." Artemis said pointing into the distance and then handing Ranma the binoculars.
Taking it from the archer, Ranma put the binoculars to his eyes and saw exactly what she was talking about. The shady looks on their face and the conspicuous distance they kept away from the unsuspecting well dressed elderly couple was a dead give away. He seen that look before. "See em,what do we do about it?" he asked putting down the binoculars.
"Well, we can't really bust them until they actually try something. In America, they are innocent until proven guilty." Robin reminded Artemis but it was really more for Ranma benefit.
Ranma though it was stupid rule, the two thugs clearly wanted to rob the couple any train fool could see that but he acknowledged his Sempai's advice. The law of the land was different here. "Well, let's go then." he said and silently jumped from building to building until he was in the shadowing the two thieves from above.
"Ranma! You left us back here!" Artemis voice radioed in his ear. Her tone was clearly chiding.
"You gotta teach me how to do that!" Robin cut in through the com channel. His voice sounding excited.
Surprised he turned around to see Robin and Artemis, while jumping from roof top like him were actually going about it slower. Artemis actually was running all the way to the very edge of the roof top before leaping while Robin actually had some time of harpoon gun that reeled him in from building to buildings. After a a couple of seconds they caught up to him, Artemis panting a bit and even Robin seem to have a bit of sweat on him.
"Sorry guys." Ranma said bashfully. "Forgot we had different training methods."
"It's okay." Artemis said with a smile. " See! We gotta learn stuff like this about you!" she said exuberantly.
"Yeah, even Batman can't travel that fast so effortlessly and you didn't leave any small craters like Superboy!" Robin said. He saw Ranma leaped pretty high into the air but landed light as a cat.
"AIEEEE! HELP!"
Ranma turned around and saw the two thugs had made their move and cornered the couple in a dark alley. He turned to the two teen veterans.
"Ok Ranma, this is your debut. We'll watch your back. Time to introduce yourself to the world!" Artemis said giving Ranma a thumbs up.
Robin also grinned and pointed down to the situation down in the alley way.
Ranma seeing their trust in him nodded and casually back flipped off the roof down the three five story building. He missed the complete look of shocked on his two teammates face as they rushed over to the side and saw him land easily in the alley putting himself between the two thugs and their would be victim.
"What the hell! Is that the Batman Charlie!?" The first thug asked his friend Charlie.
"Fuck I though he was in Gotham!" Charlies the thug answered his friend fearfully until they actually saw the figure. While he was wearing all black, he looked NOTHING like the Batman. "Oh thank you Jesus, just some punk kid trying to play hero." he breathed in relief.
Ranma kept his eyes on the two thug and was about to launched himself at the felon when his radio cut in.
"Ranma, you have to offer them a chance to turn themselves in before you take them out. We're not lawless vigilantes." Robin voice sounded in his ear.
Stopping himself he drew himself to his full height and looked at the two thugs. " Turn yourself in now or face the consequences." Ranma said firmly.
"Tch. He sounds like Batman." Artemis said over the com.
"Cut him some slack it's his first time! I did the same thing myself during my first outing, He'll find his niche when he gets use to it." Robin replied back.
The victims and the thugs sweat dropped when they saw the black masked boy hung his head low as dark cloud of depression floated above his head.
"Leave punk or else we'll have to hurt ya." Charlie said after recovering and pulled out a gun.
"Take your Batman wanna be ass outta here, we just want the little rich folks behind ya." Charlie's partner said taking out a wicked looking knife.
Ranma froze at the sight of the gun. While he could dodge the bullets if it they fired, that would leave the couple behind him defenseless. However he saw Robin toss a bat shape shuriken right where the loading chamber was jamming the weapon piece.
Not wasting time, Ranma charged the two thugs and double gut punched the two knocking them flat on their back and the wind out of them.
"Ughh!"
"Offf!
Taking off the two thug shirt he hog tied them together expertly. Turning to the couple he nodded to them. "You're safe sir, ma'am." He said politely.
"Why thank you young man!" The elderly lady gratefully stepping up to her black clad savior. "Heaven's know what would had happen had you not been here to save little ole me."
"Indeed, you must be those new superheroes that we see on TV, although you look a bit young to be doing this kind of heroics." The elderly man said gratefully.
"Ah! I 'm not quite at their level yet." Ranma said bashfully rubbing his hand behind his head.
"Nonsense! It's so good to see young folks take after such worthy role models instead of turning to a life of crime." The elderly woman chided. She then take out her purse and took out some money. "Take this as a sign of our gratitude." she said offering him ten hundred dollar bills .
"Ah! Umm, No- No thank you! J-just doing my part." Ranma said waving the elderly couple money away. "I- I didn't do this for money, just wanting to help." he said. Luckily the mask hid his face well or else they couldn't see how red his face was.
The Elderly couple looked disappointed when Ranma turned down their offer. "Well may we asked your name perhaps?" The man ventured.
"Ah , well . I have to keep my identity a secret, for safety reason of course." Ranma explained hurriedly.
"Oh, of course, have family to protect I gather." The man said in understanding. "Got one of those fancy nicknames then?" he asked trying to find the proper way to addressed his savior.
"Oh. I ah-, Don't have one yet. I'm new to this whole..business." Ranma said in an embarrassed tone.
"Oh! So you haven't chosen a name?" The Elderly woman asked excitedly.
"No ma'am." Ranma replied politely.
"Then might I suggested since you are following in these Super heroes footsteps and striving to become just like them. How about I call you Paragon?" The Elderly lady asked grinning.
"Ohh that sounds cool!" Robin said over the radio.
"BAD ASS!" Artemis chimed in.
"Hmm, they do represent what we all strive to be, helping without asking for anything in return. Paragon indeed. It fits you young man." The elderly man said. "Personally I would have called you The Dark Knight seeing as how you dressed." he said eyeing Ranma's outfit.
"Ahahahahahaha!" Robin laughed loudly in Ranma ear causing him to wince.
"What's so funny?" Artemis asked curious as Robin could still be heard guffawing.
"The-ahahha-Dark- Ahhah-Knight- AHAHA- I gotta tell Batman!" Robin voice said over the radio.
"I would be honored." Ranma said as he decided to ignore Robin's laughter then formally bowed to the elderly couple, his Japanese culture kicking in.
"My my so polite!" The elderly woman said. " I look forward to seeing you on the news Mr. Paragon." she said smiling at her savior.
"We'll we should be going dear. Thank you again young man." The elderly man said, nodding to the black clad boy and then he left with his wife in tow.
The moment the two left, Robin, who had composed himself, dropped down with the assistance of his grappling hook while Artemis had a grappling arrow that she used to drop down from.
Ranma was about to speak when Robin held up an hand cutting him off. "First we secure these jokers. " he said he took out a wired and wrapped it around the two .
"Don't forget to tape the evidence onto them so the police can run finger prints." Artemis said as she took out small duct tape and taped the gun and knife to the unconscious felons.
"Then we hoist them up like so the nice police men can bag them and tag them. "Robin lectured as he tossed the wire over the lamp post and hoisted them up until they were near the light. "And Viola! Special deliver for Coast City P.D."
Just then the sound of siren piece the air near them. "Old folks must have told someone, cops are headed this way." Artemis said tilting her head and listened to the siren getting closer.
"Time to get out of here." Robin said tugging on his grapple wire and was reeled quickly back to the rooftop.
"Need a lift?" Artemis asked as she grabbed onto her bow and looked at their new teammate.
Ranma smirked behind his masked and effortlessly jumped high up, bouncing diagonally from wall to wall until he disappeared over the rooftop.
"Showoff." Artemis muttered under her breath and tugged on her bow and let the grapple from her arrow pulled her up.
When Artemis got up to the roof she saw Robin waved to her and was grinning cheekily at her. " What took ya!" he asked playfully.
"We all can't have super powers like he can!" Artemis said jabbing her thumb at Ranma.
"He's human or have you forgotten." Robin replied cheekily.
"Bleeeh!" Artemis said sticking her tongue our childishly at the boy wonder.
Robin returned her tongue with his own sticking out before taking on a serious tone. Looking over at Ranma he fold his arms and looked at the masked boy seriously. "Ok, evaluation time. Tell me did you know what you did wrong down there?" he asked.
Ranma closed his eyes and let out a sigh. "I let them pull a gun out and should have disarmed them the moment I saw it and not freeze up like I did." he explained.
"Correct." Artemis said smiling, glad to know Ranma knew he made a mistake. "If it was me, I would have had my arrows out and firing in their gun barrel the moment I saw it. You saw what Robin did. With your speed, which was quick, you could have closed the distance and taken them out."
Ranma hanged his head dejectedly. "I-m sorry." he said miserably.
"I think where Ranma is from they don't have guns in the populace like we do right?" Robin asked Ranma for confirmation to which Ranma nodded. "Well, we just have to train you to deal with firearms."
"Yeah, I think we'll have to experiment on what the best way for you to deal with them. However, while you executed everything correctly, your timing was a bit to slow." Artemis said honestly. "The moment they refused to go surrender was the moment you should have been on them. We're not Superman, bullets don't bounce off of us." she explained and watch as Ranma nodded.
"I'll think of something." Ranma said earnestly his mind already working on a quick method to disarm firearms.
*Bssstrt! Robbery in progress at Kay's Jewelers on Metro street, requesting back up. Fours males suspect in their late twenties to early thirties. Suspect could be potentially armed .* Robin police scanner picked up.
Artemis grinned at Robin who then looked at Ranma. "Well , the night's still young. Up for a few more?" she asked.
"Damn right, This time I'll perform flawlessly!" Ranma said confidently. "Oh you guys have some change on you?" he asked.
Robin gave Ranma his five pennies, three quarters and a dime. Ranma then took out a single penny and held it between his thumb and middle finger as if plucking it. Then to their amazement he flicked the penny with his middle finger. Artemis eyes sharper then Robins traced the trajectory and saw it strike the brick wall across from them forming a inch deep and wide crater at the point of impact.
Robin whistled loudly as he traced the sound and saw where the pennies impacted. "Yeah, that's going to disarm them really nicely." he muttered to himself.
"I'll pay ya back. Promise." Ranma said grinning. Pocketing the change jumped away from the group.
"WAIT FOR US!" Artemis shouted after the pig tailed boy.
"He doesn't even know the way." Robin muttered to himself. He saw Ranma silhouette actually turned around and jumped toward Artemis and had to grinned as he saw the Artemis shadow clearly lecturing the new guy. "At least he's learning."
Putting a hand to his ears he called head quarters. "Red Tornado Here." The robotic superhero answered.
"Hey teach! I need you to update the Database for our new friend here." Robin said and proceeded to tell Red Tornado.
+++ Two days later+++
Superboy still in his Terror outfit was washing the bleach out of his hair when he hear the familiar boom of the Zeta tube. Megan was in her room trying out a new outfit while Aqualad was training his sword fighting skill inside the holographic training pad with Black Canary.
"Recognize Kid Flash Bee Zero Three, Robing Bee Zero One, Artemis Bee Zero Seven."
"Hey Hey Hey, Wally the Wal-man in da hizzle!" Wally in his civilian identity introduced himself loudly. Seeing Superboy he grinned. "You're back! Everything went well I assume?"
"Yeah, had a bit of a complication but we foiled their break out." Superboy said as he washed more of the blonde dyed out of his hair.
"What cha guys been up too?" Megan said flying from her room as she heard her team mates arrived.
"Oh nothing much , fighting crime showing the new guy the ropes." Robin said grinning. He was clothes in his civilian garb and next to him was a pleased looking Artemis also in civilian garb.
"How did he do?" Aqualad said as he disengaged from his teacher. He had been with the point man for their undercover operation and had been away from the base.
"Oh a bit rocky but I think he got the hang of it." Robin said grinning.
"He even got his code name now." Artemis said grinning.
"Really?" Wally said turning around. "And you didn't tell me?" he pouted.
"Heh,heh, we wanted it to be a surprise." Robin said grinning even wider now while Artemis sported a Cheshire cat grin.
Black Canary also grinned, she saw the new code name and she had to admit it was aptly chosen with all the potential he had.
"So is it Dragon kid? Karate Kid? Something of Japanese decent..Oh oh, Kabuki!" Wally said rattling off his suggestion.
"That's terrible!" His friends and mentor thought as one.
"You'll see." Robin said as he went and unloaded the duffel bag full of stuff Batman had made for Ranma.
"Recognize Paragon Bee Zero Nine."
A zeta tube open and deposited a Ranma dressed in his preferred Chinese style outfit making him look like one of those martial artist from those old movies.
"Hey guys!" Ranma greeted as he saw the entire team in the area before a blurred that was Wally materialized in front of his face.
"Your name is Paragon?" Wally said incredulously.
"Ye-yeah, you don't like it?" Ranma asked.
"Like it? I love it!" Wally said grinning. "That's a bad ass name!" he gushed.
"It does roll off the tongue doesn't it?" Aqualad said with a grin.
"Not bad, not bad at all." Superboy said as he heard Ranma's new name.
"Paragon sounds sexy, I like it." Miss Martian said grinning.
"Ok, enough, Ranma. Let's see you practice some of the new tools you got from Batman and then you can help me train your team mates to react to you." Black Canary said bringing back their attention.
"Sure thing Black Canary- Sensei." Ranma said eagerly as he pulled out some black wired rope and what looks like small mini pellets.
"Oh, and don't go easy on them either. I want them to feel the burn!" Black Canary said with an evil glint in her eye.
"E-evil!" Wally said hugging his arms around himself. He could feel the bruises already.
TBC...
Remember if you like it leave a review , the more I get the better motivated I am to write something.
Author Corner: As promised thanks to the crazy hits I received right away and the reviews it motivated me to write this next chapter quickly! The last one was because there was seem so little interest so I in turn was disinterest. I kind of view this fic as being written by me and the readers as they point out stuff that I might use or discard and then incorporate it into the fic. I have a general outline of where I want to go but reader feedback is important!
Special Thanks to 7 Winds and Readerofgoodfanfictions. Their review inspired me to write this part and help me take it in a new direction! Paragon for Male Ranma Wildfire for Female Ranma :D
Honorable mention to the other who actually toss in their suggestion most notably Raidaa, Kurosaki Ranma and Stanely. Tetraci. I have to say I considered going toward Asian theme name but felt that Batman would never leave such an obvious opening to be exploited so that as out. I thought about "Chaos" but then they sounded more like a villain name the more I played around with it. With Rider, what is he riding? Everyone power had something to do with them and Paragon in the end won out because of man amongst men but also what Ranma aim to achieve. Then there is Wildfire which is like perfectly obvious for girl side Ranma.
In the end I have to asked myself what would Batman do?As for Blinded in a bolthole. Of course Ryoga and crew won't be bottle for long, the entire strike by Batman was to get rid of the core support structure of Ranma foundation and problem in this case the Tendo's. Remember they have Zeta tubes so Ranma cropping up all over the world would make it difficult for the Amazon to pin down. They might find him, who knows. Ryoga will definitely find Ranma though, because his luck just work that way. However the core of Ranma problem was Nabiki and what does Nabiki like? Money, and a fast track in the big corporate world. She also worry about her family that was suddenly taken care of, why look a gift horse in the mouth? Money is Nabiki kryptonite and the Justice League have plenty of it to toss around.
Funny thing that I don't think I would ever get a chance to mention in the fic itself would be what Batman is doing and exploiting is base on the information he attained from Nabiki herself via a third party. That's Batman!
Also the Justice League is not only limited to America as the world leaders actually agreed to open the borders to the JLA. What goes on behind the scene was clearance then superman showed up to bag and tag Saffron.
Next up! Ranma secret identity and other stuff not sure yet!