He just Ninja'ed us!

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D/C: I own nothing.

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White walls.

The constant beeping.

Doctors or nurses coming in and out, no one telling him anything.

Looking out the window, he was several stories up high, who knows where.

"What a drag…" Shikamaru Nara sighed aloud, mentally cursing out the reason he was in that predicament. It wasn't for the fact he was chained to the medical cot, or that he was somewhere unknown, or being unable to recognize anything around him.

It was the fact he was back in his twelve-year-old body.

Heck, even those high-ranking looking officials that were going into the room and wanting(demanding) answers out of them, were merely an annoyance compared to lousy food they serve here. Or the fact there the news has been blasting off every five seconds on his supposed arrival at this hell hole.

Witnesses stating that the 'preteen' appeared in a mass of shadows that seemed to protect him from the impact of hitting the earth from who knows what. That once the shadows receded to reveal, people scrambled down to check on him while others stayed a good distance away. Apparently, this place has… aliens? Ugh… and this place has superheroes?

Hm…

"Hello there."

Shikamaru shifted his head towards the sound of the voice to see a ma… is that spandex? No… armor like spandex with the underwear on the outside. Behind the man is a woman that looked to be wearing armor like a swimsuit and a man that looked like a bat…with his underwear out and about. "Ugh…"

"You okay there? Water? Would you like water? Do you understand what I am saying?"

Shikamaru raised his hands and the chains went taut, showing the visitors his current state. Might as well playoff as the innocent kid that has no clue what's going on. The one in blue appears to be more gullible than the other two.

"…I'm going to take those things off you."

Oh yes… gullible indeed.

-.-

In Miss. Martian's ship….

"I want to thank you all of taking care of my friend, Superboy!"

"They named me Conner Kent."

"Conner! Such a name to be named, my friend Conner!"

The Team watched on, perplexed of what was happening in front of them. In the short time they all gotten back, or tried, to get to know the clone of Superman, not once did they ever see him act so… animated? Well, not completely animated like Rock Lee. They could see how easily he responds to Lee's questions, in his shrugs or very short answers.

"What the hell happened to you back at the lab? How did you escape?" Conner questioned Lee.

"Yeah, when we raided the place, there was no record of you there?" Robin interjected himself into the conversation.

Lee sat in his seat as he thought over his answer. "When the alarms went off, I quickly made my escape. I was always been able to do that, there wasn't the right time for me to do so. I made sure… my friend was found and taken to safety before I made my leave."

"You followed us?" Kaldur asked.

"Yosh!"

Everyone looked over at Conner for a translation. "That means yes or, of course."

"Have you been following us the entire time we were there?"

"Yosh! The amount of youth that emitted from all of you showed me how you were there to help!"

"Youth?" Artemis whispered to Conner.

"You don't want to know…" Conner shook his head and inwardly shivered, the memories he had of Lee when it came to Youth… were traumatizing and he was thankful enough that they were memories that only left a clear warning.

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"He's hiding something from us." Batman stated to Wonder Woman, he and the Amazonian were on the rooftop of the hospital and were discussing the status of… the kid in the hospital room.

"What makes you say that?"

Batman pulled out what appears to be a pouch and handed it over to Wonder Woman. Said heroine raised an eyebrow at the pouch but took it and opened it to examine its contents. Her eyes flew open at the sight of what was in there. "It looks, like ninja gear?"

"It is. I've gone through my contacts, none of them recognize him or the penmanship of the gear." Batman responded he stuck out his hand for the pouch to be returned to him. Once it was returned, he placed it in his person.

"How long do you believe, J'onn will take?"

"He should be done any minute now."

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Martian Manhunter was tasked with reading the mind of an unknown that appeared out from nowhere. There is a fear the child could possibly part of Cadmus and would bring about some sort of disaster to the city. What they saw is a child being put in a stretcher and being taken to a nearby hospital. Once getting some clearance, Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman went ahead while he camouflaged into the surroundings to hide.

Once Superman started to chat up with the child, while the other hero's left, is when the Martian got to work.

Well…

He would… if he could get a decent read on the kid that is known as Shikamaru Nara. That was the only piece of information Manhunter got from the kid. It was as if the moment he attempted to read his mind, Shikamaru immediately sensed something was off before he started to put up walls to block him out. When the alien managed to get around that, he had to get out of the room before he could make a noise of pain.

Manhunter made himself visible, rubbing his head in an attempt to ward off an upcoming headache. The kid thoughts were going a thousand miles a second and showed no sign of slowing down. This… is going to complicate things…

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"Welcome to the Cave!" Kid Flash introduced Green Beast to the cave. "This is where we train, get missions and all that jazz. Some of us live here, and you might even live here too!"

"Train? Does this place have a training room?"

"Yes, of course, it does."

"YOSH!"

To be continued…

R/R.