Disclaimer: I own Nate and Alex the characters. Yoshi3000 owns the Warper Multiverse idea. We work together. Neither of Us owns Justice League, Misa from Death Note, nor the two franchises mentioned.
Warning: Strong language, Sexual references and scenes, Adult humour.
A/N (AlexCephon): Due to changes to Chapter 1, it affects the timeline of the story, but the effects of the change will not be revealed until Yoshi and myself say so.
A/N (Yoshi3000): Hey everyone. Originally, it was planned to prank Luthor. But I decided to step in to focus on developing the family. Plus, there's the matter of welcoming Diana to the warping world. So, you'll get the backstory, family fluff, and Nate not being a total ass. (There's also a small reference to the events of my own fic, Steven UniverseBlackthorned, Episode 36 "Reflective Purple")
Chapter 6: First Days for the Cephon Family
Two days since had passed Superman heard anything from Diana. He was still steamed about Nate taking her in his family's ship off to settle somewhere in Gotham. Superman just could not understand how one could have a laissez-faire attitude towards lives, especially one so young.
"This is getting out of hand. One boy is driving Superman to pace around in constant thought... Something needs to be done." Batman mumbles into a recorder before sliding back into the shadows.
Alex and Misa had wound up buying a home on the far side of Gotham, Cranston Estates, a mountainous area in the North. The home was a pleasant place with enough space for them to train without bringing harm to anyone. Things seemed to be alright, other than a few arguments between Nate and Alex. Nate hated Alex for creating and then killing him in his first life, while Alex hated the responsibility of taking care of Nate being forced onto him by one of the higher-ups in the Order. Regardless, if Nate ended up going down the villainous road, Alex knew full well that the Order and most warpers would hunt him down for it. Over their time settling into their new home, Diana had joined the household as a guardian for Nate, despite both Alex and Misa being young adults. She insisted that she wanted to keep the peace, and Misa welcomed her with open arms. Diana considered taking Nate to Thymiscara but was concerned about the backlash from the other Amazons for bringing him and Alex there.
The next day, Nate had awoken, screaming from a nightmare that appeared all too real. Misa had to use Warper's Will to calm the panicked teen down. Diana had to soothe the kid while Alex paced wondering what got Nate to flip out like he had a PTSD episode only for his phone to ring. Alex rolled his eyes and picked it up. He saw it was an unknown number, but answered anyway.
"Hello, this is Alex," Alex said.
"It's Ryker's Blackthorn, and do you know how hard it is to connect with your phone?" Ryker said annoyed with him.
Alex did not expect Ryker, of all people, to be calling back. Alex seemed a bit irritated at the fact Ryker was already pissed with him.
"Look, I don't need to be lectured by you." Alex shot back.
"Until you can fight me on even footing, I can. Plus, it's urgent!" Ryker explained emphasizing the urgency.
Alex groaned putting the phone on speaker. He knew that Ryker could and full well come over and make a meat pie out of him. He hated being reminded of that, and Nate's snickering did not help. Alex snickered under his breath when Nate screamed out from a stinging pain.
"Ok fine, what is it?" Alex remarked.
"It's Pinkamena. She fucked with Nate's mind." Ryker remarked seriously. "She screwed with his head before sealing the kid to cause him pain."
"Who's Pinkamena?" Nate and Diana asked Misa who paled at the name's mention.
Nate had a feeling this was bad if Misa was holding him close looking terrified.
"And how the hell do you even know this?" Alex said doubting Ryker.
"I watched Nate's "show" on Interdimensional Cable, Alex. Speaking of, you really should start watching that kind of cable more often to stay informed," Ryker said promptly shutting Alex up. "By now, he's probably going to have a bit of a breakdown. Comfort your son, and by the way, if you mess this up, I will personally come over there for you."
"Why does the universe hate me?!" Alex thought.
Alex asked why only for Ryker to chide them for writing the story and not controlling his warper energy while doing so to which Alex had to admit guilt on that.
"Make sure you train well and keep an eye out. Pinkamena's been getting active and I fear she may come for you all." Ryker said. "Goodbye and stay safe."
Ryker hung up and Alex felt awful for snickering. Misa and Diana had discovered the seal that Pinkamena left on Nate's stomach which was restraining his warper energy.
"Well shit, this got just messier," Alex said to himself.
"Alex, can't you do something?" Misa asked.
"I'm not a sealmaster, but I'm going to try to override it by pumping it with too much warper energy to handle," Alex said cracking his knuckles. "Nate, I need you to turn off your nerves make you feel pain because this is going to hurt a lot."
With Nate doing so, Alex pumped as much of his warper flames as he could into the seal. Being that the seal was already set to break over time, this only took seconds before it cracked and the feedback blasted Alex into the wall.
"Ow...my back!" Alex said staggering to his back.
Misa helped him up and brought him over to Nate who was reeling but slowly healing.
"Sweetheart-kun, how do you feel?" Misa asking both Alex and Nate.
"I feel like I want to treat the League to a massage parlour for their backs. How the hell do you take blows like that, Diana?" Alex complained.
"Practice," Diana said simply.
"Mom, I feel different. I feel much less angry." Nate said feeling relieved.
Misa was merely excited for him to finally call her mother at least. With the seal broken, Nate felt more opened up.
"I have a rotten feeling that seal did more to me than mess with my powers. I'm surprised I even called Misa, mom." Nate thought before looking at Alex.
He was still upset with Alex for getting him into this mess, but it wasn't the murderous hate that it was before. Being that, it was still going to take time, but now it was looking all the more possible for them to work on building a better relationship. Alex seemed relieved to see Nate open up only for him to say "Iron Body". Before Alex could realize it, Nate had kneed him in the balls with his hardened knee getting poor Alex into the ground holding his bruised family jewels.
"I'm still mad, but I'm willing to forgive. You got me killed, but you got me powers and a family now. So, I'll consider putting up with you." Nate said springing up out of bed. "As for your balls, I am still not a completely nice guy. You should know, you created me, Father."
Alex full well knew that "Father" was hidden sarcasm.
"Well, I'll go and cook breakfast for us all," Misa said skipping her way to the kitchen with Nate following along.
"Diana, get me an ice pack, please!" Alex pleaded.
Diana sighed and dragged Alex to get him a needed ice pack.
"I'm going to get him back for this!" Alex thought coldly.
Diana, Nate, and Alex all sat around the kitchen table while Misa was happily cooking up a storm for everyone. Nate and Diana had both asked about Pinkamena, which got Misa twitching a little in fear.
"I suppose I have no choice but to explain in full. The multiverse is not really a nice place. The Order of Reality runs on the law of neutrality basically allowing reality warpers to do whatever they want as long as they follow the rules. Basically, it's Purge every day. This part you two know already." Alex said beginning his explanation. "The part I did not go out on the current state of the multiverse."
"Admittingly, this is because Alex is a bit recent to all this," Misa remarked.
"Think the Hidden Leaf Village with the Order of Reality as Hokage and everyone else as clans or peasants," Alex said using an analogy that he hoped they would get.
"So, there are clans?" Diana asked.
"Yes, but I think I should take over this exposition," Misa said as she lowered the flames. "Alex-kin, make sure these pancakes don't burn."
Alex had to push his ice pack on the table to hobble over to cook, while Misa gave him the apron and took his seat.
"Yes. There are currently four clans that qualify as a major clan. They either had lots of territories, extremely powerful, and/or influential to other clans." Misa mused getting her holo-sphere to produce a screen showing four insignias. "From what I've read, there used to be three major clans in the past. The Tenins, The Frost, and the Blackthorns were starting out. After wars and the wars dragged, the Blackthorn clan rose to power, while the other two diminished."
"Why's that? Blackthorns' declared war?" Nate asked.
"No, the opposite really. The Blackthorn clan was the first recorded known clan, by the Order's database at least, lead by a tenth level warper. They had introduced new technology for warpers, and while they kept the good stuff for themselves, we got some of it in our tech today. The Tenins wanted to steal it, and The Frost wanted the Blackthorns dead. At that time, the Blackthorn clan consisted of five people." Misa said playing the role of historian.
"Just three?" Diana asked in shock.
"And the Frost clan had millions, and they went to war only to get utterly wrecked by Akira and Genevieve, who was pregnant with their first at the time. The Frost Clan was reduced to less than a hundred thousand...before the clan slowly fell apart in recent times." Misa said going on.
Diana was shocked to hear that two people fought an army with millions and won with no casualties at all. A small part of her Amazonian mind called to find him to challenge them to a fight.
"The last clan heads, Leo, Elvin, and Leiko, were all killed by a Blackthorn in recent times, specifically this and last year," Diana said being chipper.
"I'm going to assume no one liked the Frost clan at all, and everyone celebrated its fall," Nate said dryly.
"So, how big is the Blackthorn clan?" Diana asked curiously.
"Well, at its core, 14. I'm not counting fiancees or Ryder's harem wives." Misa said affirmatively.
"Are they all strong?" Nate asked bluntly.
Misa sighed.
"I'll put it this way. Akira, Genevieve, Kaneda, and Katsumi I could easily hold up universes with the tiniest bit of their warper energy. In combat, no one on this planet could stop them. The kids, the League would maybe have a chance of beating them, but seeing all of them don't have warping powers, they'd be screwed." Misa said not holding anything back.
"Would I have a chance?" Diana asked.
"As you are now, you probably would not fall the warper tricks. But in a direct hit, you'd be beaten easily." Misa said crossing her arms. "You're still green, and a 4th level warper."
Misa cleared her throat before moving on.
"The Frost clan came apart when people from the clan started to rebel and thus the Torukori clan was formed as it's being lead by the former family of Elvin's. The Tenins had a similar story which ended up with the Kage clan being formed. And lastly, there's the Loveless clan. I would rather not speak about it in front of Nate, as I want to preserve the little innocence he has left." Misa said finishing her explanation of the major clans.
Nate made a note to find out about the Loveless clan on his own, and Diana asked about the Order and how it was run. When she heard it was a council running things, Diana had a worried look on her face.
"Well, I finished the pancakes," Alex said turning off the stove. "Dig in."
Breakfast was a quiet affair with Diana having much to process. The warping world seemed so complex and had a wild west feel to the whole thing. Supersanity did have it's perks to let her think this all logically, but this was a lot to take in. And then there were the major villains, Misa had filled them on those who made themselves public, Josho Blackthorn (Diana was horrified to hear that there was a villainous Blackthorn), Pinkamena (who Alex and Nate growled at the mention of), Turbo Mecha Rebecca and Mortimer. With breakfast, Misa was ready to begin training. Diana and Nate were given the rundown on the basics of how to create, use Warper Edit, how to delete things, and how to hone warper energy. Nate found himself worked much harder due to his mimic power, but Misa told him that he had to naturally learn it for himself.
"You're only able to use your mimic to only get a small portion of the real deal. That's why I'm pushing to actually learn this, so you can fully use it." Misa insisted. "I want to make sure that you can handle yourself."
"Yes, mom," Nate said with a groan. "At least, Alex is struggling with me."
Diana was in deep thought looking at the falcon she had created her warping energy. To bring life into the world felt calming, but reinforced she had to be responsible for her "gifts" now more than ever. Misa looked quite impressed with Diana.
"You know, you could make it a summon animal for you to use in battle," Misa said assuring Diana. "While the sealing method is what I read off WarpWiki and very basic, I can seal the deal."
Thus Diana now had a tattoo of a falcon on her right arm that hid the falcon within thanks to Misa. Alex was slowly realizing that his girlfriend was fully taking advantage of being a warper and was going all out to learn things in the multiverse. Within the hours, the group was done and Misa brought up it was time for combat training. Diana thought it was easy, but Misa explained they would learn how to use ki.
"You know, we should get Batman here. Considering Batman's skills, he's essentially the "Videl" of this world. He could grasp this much easier." Misa said in thought.
Nate paled at the idea of Batman being able to sense people, teleport, fly, and have ki in his arsenal. While it was scary, the idea of criminals pissing themselves in fear of Batman with ki was tempting to see actually happen. Alex actually found the idea funny and something he had to do down the line.
"Mom, maybe we should hold off until I can hide my po- I mean learn some things myself," Nate said cheekily.
Diana was thinking, "What could probably go wrong?"
At Wayne Manor, Bruce Wayne was having a late breakfast alone. Dick was still leading the Teen Titans, Barbara was out dealing with something in Bludhaven, and Tim was in school. All and all, a quiet morning for Bruce who about to finish his coffee. [BOOM!] An explosion in the distance that rocked the ground and got Bruce to spill his coffee. Bruce got up and had a feeling he was going to be paying the world's newest residents a visit. Alfred already had the Batsuit ready to go.
"Wow, Diana-chan. That was powerful, but also sloppy." Misa chided. "You need to work on your control before releasing a blast like that! You could have harmed us or wrecked the house!"
"Ease up, Misa! She's practically divine! Of course, she'd have trouble controlling it." Alex said in Diana's defence.
Nate was slightly singed but still had a grin on his face, clearly impressed. Misa delegated Diana to meditation much to the Amazon's chagrin, and she turned her attention back to Nate. Thanks to his powers, controlling ki, ki sensing, and flying was super easy thanks to his memory recall. However, it was the physical aspect that proved to be difficult.
"Couldn't I use Parasite's powers and absorb the skills?" Nate asked.
"Yes, but not on people like Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman just yet. It would be information overload for you, so you need to work your way up. However, I would not recommend absorbing from them anyway because it would make you predictable." Misa said sharply. "But I suppose I can get you, someone, to absorb to start you off with. Wait here, Nate-kun."
Misa walked inside right as Batman came down on his Batplane and leapt out of it landing with grace.
"I saw the explosion. What happened?" Batman said with his glare up.
"Don't worry. That was me learning how to use ki. I tried to form a small blast and I overdid it." Diana said sheepishly getting Batman to relax.
"What's ki?" Batman asked.
"It's your life energy. All life has it, and all life can hone it. Like you, if you learned to harness your ki, you could fly and do all kinds of stuff." Alex said excitedly.
"You're joking, right?" Batman said with a raised eyebrow under his cowl.
Alex decided to try that memory transfer thing he had seen other warpers do on Batman giving him knowledge on the basic of ki. Nate told his "father" that was a terrible idea, but Alex merely saw the good in it. Batman blinked as the new knowledge settled in his hand and walked to his Batplane. He hoisted up letting his newfound access to his ki augment his body.
"Whoa!/Oh shit..." Diana/Nate said at the same time.
"So, mind if I stay and train with you for a bit?" Batman said putting the plane down. "I fear Alex has only the basics."
Misa came back with a disc and said disc was a video game. A copy of Def Jam: Fight for NY which Alex realized that she took from his stash of games, and Alex panicked.
"Misa-chan, not that game!" Alex pleaded.
"Alex-kun, you can get another copy. Plus, Nate needs it than you want it." Misa said staring down her lover.
Alex pouted as Misa handed Nate the disc telling him to try and absorb it. Using a combination of Static and Parasite's abilities, he absorbs the data within the game, but slow as Misa instructed. It took five minutes before the disc turned to ash with Alex crying over it.
"Now, you will spar with Batman to see the effects. As for you, Alex, you will spar with me." Misa said cracking her knuckles. "And Diana."
"Fuck. I guess she really wants me in shape." Alex said sweating as Diana got up.
Nate had not won against the Dark Knight, but he did show a variety of moves. Him suplexing the Dark Knight was a sight to behold. As for Alex, he dodged and weaved through Diana and Misa's attacks. Diana kept up the offensive and Alex caught her right hand before swinging her into Misa sending them tumbling into the ground. Raising his hand, Alex readied himself.
"[Big Bang Attack!]" Alex said as a ball of blue ki formed in his hand as it fired after them.
Diana flipped right out of the way while Misa punched the energy sphere right into the ground minimizing the explosion, much to Alex's surprise. Misa charged forward with her own energy attack formed in her hand which, thanks to Alex's speed, he caught in time before it could hit.
"Good, your reaction time's getting better," Misa said with a smirk. "But you missed the real attack."
"Wha-" Alex said before being cut off with a surprise kiss.
Nate rolled his eyes at this as they locked lips for a few seconds. At the very least, they were done training for the morning. Nate dragged his exhausted body into his bathroom for a shower. Batman had left to return to his cave to meditate further, and Diana decided to at the very least report to the League on Nate's progress. Nate finished his shower, took on some fresh clothes, and fall down on the couch. He was drained, but he felt he progressed somewhat. He clearly watched Alex and Misa mack each other, and it was obvious they were going to be taking it to their bedroom. The squeaks of a bed soon came and Nate decided to flip on the television. They said that the Interdimensional Cable Box had infinite channels, maybe he could drown it all out with something good on TV. He had come across a universe where there was a modern remake of Prank Patrol with Rick Sanchez hosting it.
"All right, you turds. *urrp* I'm going to teach you how to make pills of laxatives and hot sauce!" Rick said with a devious grin.
Nate begins to laugh to himself before breaking out into full-grown devious laughter. Oh the fun, he could have! Upstairs, a chill went down Alex's back.
"I got a bad feeling about, Misa," Alex said nervously.
"Nonsense, I promise I won't run you dry," Misa said trailing a finger over Alex's chest. "I've adjusted to having unlimited ki reserves."
In reality, he had a chill come up due to Nate's laughter, but Alex was too distracted with Misa's ample chest in his face. He would complain about Misa's infinite energy reserves thanks to her cybernetics, but he wouldn't have it any other way.
(A/N: (Yoshi3000)): I wanted to try to work on giving the new family, a few moments of bonding while training while also getting a small bit of exposition on warpers. Misa being a lot more capable than Alex was a bit of an idea I had in mind to motivate Alex to get stronger. And the seal from Pinkie comes full circle. Don't expect Nate to suddenly become a lot nicer, he's still a jerk. However, he'll be a lot less savage. Also, Batman having ki had to happen.)
