Chapter 10: High Schools

So the last chapter's been up for a while, and to The Black and White Knight, I don't care if you're a "bad" reviewer, but you're awesome at giving critiques. Thanks Knight, you're probably the most helpful when it comes to pointing out details that need improvement that I for some reason overlooked, and you are awesome for that! I think I should explain why Red Hawk is Jason code/hero name. Red symbolizes many things, anger, bravery, passion, love, etc, while a Hawk has been know to represent a warrior, and it's also a slight bow of respect The Blackhawk Tribe that original lived in Illinois. Then a shout out to Kyle West.

"Loving the Kara/Jason pairing is is amazing and so real. I can't wait tell their first kiss and the start of their relationship. Although how about some jealously of Kara side. How about bringing in Stargirl as the romantic enemy of Kara." -Kyle West.

Dude this is an idea that I never thought of, I literally kicked myself when I woke up and found your review in my Gmail inbox. So I've decided to add her in, wether she joins the team permanently depends on what you guys think about how I present her. Also there less action in this chapter, and a mission I made, up enjoy. Also thank you guys for your support you guys are awesome.

September 14th

Mount Justice, 5:30am

Jason woke up and groaned slightly. If someone were to say he was still feeling he effects from last night, they would be hitting the nail on the head. He could still feel the slight sting of where a bullet grazed his back, and his left shoulder felt like it had been through a day of abuse. Even with the experimental bandage Batman had given him for his back, which had some chemical that somehow speed up the healing process, Jason was still slightly concerned about the wound reopening. Yet despite all of this, he was more worried about having to explain how he end up in this condition to the girl of steel. He knew she would not hurt him, but once she knew the story, she would probably want to go on a warpath. Yet with a weak sigh, he decided the soon he got it over with the better.

After showering, freshening up, grabbing his red bat-logo shirt, dark jeans, and grey jacket, then he walked into the common room, and found Kara sitting there with two plates of scrambled eggs, toast, and bacon waiting with her. Kara was wearing a blue t-shirt, grey and yellow striped hoodie, faded jean shorts, and white vans. Jason could not deny she looked good in the morning, until she gave him a stern look, that felt ice cold. Kara had gotten up an hour before him, and used the fact that they were the only ones in the cave to her advantage. She was going to get him to tell her everything that happened last night, or else he might get a new mark in his face. As soon as he finished his bacon and toast, she cleared her throat.

"Now then about last night?" She seriously asked/demanded, and almost smirked when she noticed Jason's adams apple had moved nervously. Knowing better than to piss her off, Jason told her about his run in with Two-Face, and how he was saved by the mad-man's ignorance. He purposely left out the details of the murder that Two-Face left as a calling card, wanting to Kara to keep her food. Speaking of which there was something about that whole deal that still bugged him. Jason had previously thought of Two-Face as a self-centered man, but according to Batman's case files, Dent had no direct relation to that old theater, the only link was through the case Bruce Wayne had made to protect the building. Could it be that some of Dent's original personality was alive and was actually trying to do some good? However, he was brought out of his thoughts, when he noticed Kara looked extremely pissed off.

"Look Kara," he quickly said nervously, "I'm fine, alright? It's not like last time. Two-Face was a cake walk compare to a man eating lizard-human hybrid. Besides I barely felt a thing." Kara looked at him, and gave him a weak smile. She felt a little silly for being so worried about him, but she could not stop herself for some reason. Maybe it had to with the fact that she was nearly invincible, and Jason was human. He-

"Now come on," he said rising from his chair, "We're probably going to be late, if we sit here fussing over me." He nervously smiled, and motioned for them to leave with one hand, and extending her the other. She mentally smiled, accepted his hand, and the both left.

"Yes he maybe be human," she thought to herself, "He's human. A species that is so fragile, yet so undeniably strong, and not to mention stubborn. Maybe that's why Kal loves it here? Because we can learn something from them."

At School

People had noticed Megan and Conner being absent for the last two days, and Jason was able to cover for them, explaining that they both had some family issues going on. Surprisingly people bought it, and Jason was relieved. He had gone most of the day surprisingly well, however he was not looking foreword to his next class weight lifting. Granted, the class was his most preferable choice, but it was by no means was enjoyable. Most of the students had taken the class due to it being label a "blowoff" class, so a good amount of the people in the class either pretended to lift, or did nothing without care. And there was no one in the class that seemed to be able to match his strength. And while he was fine not overworking himself, considering that everyday held the possibility of a new mission, hence why he took the class, but he was getting annoyed that no one was willing to be his spotter. Kara had made a small group of friends in the class, and did her best to pass off as human, so she would try and avoid the weights and machines to lower the risk of showing her powers. Jason still had no idea she had taken the class, when he knew full well, she could probably lift all the weights in this room without so much as breaking a sweat. He shrugged off his curiosity, and headed towards a pull up bar. Dressed in black sweat pants, a red running shirt, basically what he wore in the cave, but he felt off. Maybe it had to do with there being so many people around, after all he usually worked out alone, and he was unused to the way people were looking at him. Forcing himself to ignore it, and to get started on the pull ups, he gritted his teeth as he could feel the sore tenderness of the muscles in his left pectoral. However the feeling hardly bothered him and he powered through it. After he did his thirtieth pull up, he was getting bored and decided to spice things up a bit. He stuck his legs out at ninety degrees, and slid the rest of his follow his legs, until his back was facing the ground, and continued doing pull ups. He remembered that before being brainwashed, his instructors would make him do at least twenty of these, which he barely managed. His actions, though did not go unnoticed.

Kara was talking with Sarah Jane, a kind hearted girl that Kara had met recently, and Kim Sanders(Go to Chapter 8 for some clarity). Actually, hanging around them is probably a better way to put, because while Sarah and Kim discussed another class, Kara's attention was else where. Jason. She studied his movements very carefully, watching for any signs of discomfort or pain that threatened him, and was relieved to not see any. She had originally taken the class because she did not want to be too far from her closets friend, but now she felt the need to protect him.

"So Kara," Sarah asked getting the blondes attention, "You and Jason?" Kara felt a slight burning in her checks, and turned to she Sarah grinning weirdly, while Kim had neutral expression.

"Wha-what about us-I mean him?" She stuttered, and felt the need to face palm at her nervousness. This just seem to amuse Sarah more, as her grin grew, and she giggle a bit.

"Well," she dragged out, "I was going ask how long you guys have know each other. But now I'm a bit more curious about your reaction just now." Kara did not like the playful look Sarah had in her eyes, and Kim gave Sarah a look the emotionlessly asked "are you serious?" But before Kara could respond, her super-hearing picked up the sound of something similar to someone falling. Fearing the worst she turned around, and nearly gasped at what she saw.

Jason was on his fourth seventh mid-air reverse push-up, and he barely noticed that someone was approaching him, but paid little attention and continued his work. However, he quickly felt something gripping his ankles, and attempted to drag him down. Recognizing that it was someone's hand, Jason's anger kicked in, he instinctively tighten his hands grip on the bar, and then pulled his legs to his chest, catching whoever grabbed him off guard and crashing to the wall behind Jason. Still riding his anger, Jason dropped from the bar, and glared angrily at the person he'd slammed into the wall. It did not shock him that it Tony, who's very appearance made Jason want to thrash into the next week. Unfortunately, Jason had to restrain himself from doing physically violent, however, with that in mind, he did not mind using foul language.

"What the hell is your deal?!" He bitterly demanded, "What are you trying to do crush my spine?!" Tony gave no answer, as he nursed the bruise that was starting form on his forehead.

"Hey what's going on here?" The teacher asked, before noticing Tony on the ground, "Are you two fighting?" Jason was amazed by this teacher, not only did he not seem to notice that barely anyone was working out, but that he also missed the part where Tony tried to yank him down by his ankles. It pissed him off that this guy was barely doing his job.

"What?" Jason asked, "Are you serious? Come on. I was just doing so reverse push-ups on the pull up bar, and this moron tried to pull me down by my ankles!" The teacher did not like Jason's attitude, but knew that Tony had a history of acting this way, but he still did not tolerate either actions taken by both students.

(And now we approach the part that I wrote with zero sleep...haha)

They had both been told to wait out in the hall, until the teacher had sorted out the mess, leaving Jason a dangerously tempting opportunity to break Tony's bones. However, straining the ever growing restraint he was developing, he held back his violent impulses, and forced a neutral expression. They both sat in silence, both refusing to speak to the other. The school had contacted Tony's parents, and "John Smith" Jason's legal guardian. Jason knew he would be in for it when he returned to the cave, he just hoped the League would at least understand the situation better than the school.

September 14

Pacific Ocean, 8:45pm (US Time) 10:45am (Japan Time)

Red Hawk sat in the bio-ship, triple checking his utility belt weaponry, and mentally sighed when he was finally sure he had all fifty modified V shurikens, twenty explosive pellets, ten smoke pellets, and his two concussion grenades. He was a little nervous, as expected for his first mission, but he was scolding himself, mentally lecturing himself that he was ready. He looked around and noticed that Artemis, Miss Martian, and KF looked nervous like him. After the briefing they had, he was not too shocked.

Four Hours Ago

The Cave

Shortly after Superboy and Miss Martian had returned, Batman had assembled the entire team at the holo-pad.

"We've noticed an up in crime in Japan," Batman began, "Tokyo to be exact."

"Wait wouldn't our involvement in Japan be considered illegal?" Wally rudely asked, resulting in Batman firing a deadly look his way, and shut the speedster up.

"As I was saying," batman continued, "We've noticed a rise in kidnappings, human trafficking, and Yakuza gang activity. However, isn't of their usual MO of kidnapping young women, they're targeting people over the age of forty, the reason is unknown. However, I have sources that tell me that they believe some kind of new crime syndicate is responsible. And our agreement with UN, of only interfering with other countries in times of crisis, does not apply to this Team. This more than a simple recon mission, track down the missing people, confirm this rumored syndicates existence, and put a stop do whatever they're doing." Jason noticed that Kara looked a little nervous, and Jason assumed it had something to do with her being unsure of how much control of her powers she had. He knew how she felt...well sort of, as he was unsure of how he'd be able to manage his anger. The thought of human trafficking made him sick to his stomach, and with his Shadow training, he had been taught to eliminate trash like that. And though he swore he would never take a life, he did not trust himself entirely, given there was a chance he would slip up, and actually kill someone.

Present

That fear was still lingering with him, until he finally shook his head, and reminded himself that he had been controlling his action just fine in Gotham. He took pride in that. One step closer to being truly free, he mentally smiled.

"We're two minutes out from Tokyo bay," Miss Martian announced, "Switching Bio-Ship to camouflage mode." As she did this, everyone switched their uniforms to stealth mode, and Red Hawk followed in suit. Savoring the sight of his uniformed Turing jet black, and the sound of its transformation.

"Alright so does anyone have a plan on how we're going to find these guys?" Artemis asked bluntly, "Cause quite frankly, I'm coming with zero ideas." Everyone looked to Aqualad, who was still trying to put together the plan himself. Hawk suddenly snapped his fingers.

"I think I might have an idea," He simply said, "But I'm only sixty-five percent it'll work." Aqualad smirked, curious to hear his ally's plan, nodding for him to go ahead.

"If Miss M, can reconfigure the bio-ship for one of us to fly it," Hawk began, "Then she can shape-shift to look like an everyday citizen, and gather some intel from people. While me, Robin, and Artemis crack down on some Yakuza's and see if we can make them talk. Supergirl could do an ex-ray sweep of the city, and see if she can find any of the missing people. And you and Kid Flash could try the docks, with Kid's speed he shouldn't be seen, and you can probably ask the aquatic life if they've noticed anything weird." Hawk smirked a bit, proud that he managed to come up with that quickly.

"Um Hawk there is one problem with your plan," Miss Martian chimed, "I can't speak or understand Japanese, so I would not be able to gather anything useful." Hawk smirk faded, and felt his pride take a hit.

"And I cannot speak to marine life." Aqualad added, cause Hawk to feel like a total idiot for just assuming his friend could do that.

"Yeah plus how are we supposed to find any Yakuza?" Artemis bitterly added, and Hawk's face hardened a bit, not because of disappointment, but of anger.

"Ra's brought me here to train once, while I was still collared," he grimly admitted, "To teach me how to..."interrogate" people. He had me kidnap a Yakuza trigger man from this bar, which is actually one of their hangouts. I tortured him, I don't remember for what. That was three months ago, I doubt Ra's let the guy live, so they're bound to still be there. I feel like a monster." He was met by a silence that cut him like needles, but he was not surprised. He had basically just admitted that he may have killed a man, he could not tell if they looked at him with pity or disgust, and he did not like the idea of either two. Until he felt something wrap around his arm, and was shocked to see it was Kara hugging his arm.

"Hey you're not a monster," she softly said, "Whatever happened back then wasn't your fault. Plus, that's not the kind of person you are, right?" She gave him a smile, that made his heart skip a beat, and then speed up, and he forced his cheeks to stay cool.

"We do not blame you for anything in the past," Aqualad added, "This included, you are one of us now." Hawk smiled, and took the words to heart, grateful that he had such caring friends.

"This might be a bit weird," Superboy spoke up, "But I can speak Japanese." Everyone just looked at the Boy of Steel, with an "Are you serious" look on their faces, however Hawk shook it off and smirked.

Alright so this chapter...is sadly shorter than I thought it would be, but the only reason that is because I'm sick of not updating, and I'm sick of being down. So here's to a new chapter, hope you enjoyed it. I'll make the next chapter soon, don't worry. Til next time guys.