Just one chapter left after this on. Also, thanks to KKCooper for the martial arts help, she gave me some insight to Taekwondo, and I'm glad, it's really going to help in future chapters and other stories.

Chapter 11

Two Weeks Later

Bruce had spent the last few days working out training regimens for the kids. Today was when Bruce would start training them.

"Dick, Reiena, can you meet me in the cave in 20 minutes." Bruce hollered down the hall to the kids' rooms.

Both kids popped their heads out of Dick's room door and nodded. Bruce then walked down the stairs and headed for the study. When he arrived he went straight for the clock. He descended the stairs after the clock moved aside, and once in the cave, he walked over to the bat computer. Bruce started typing and after a moment, a blonde haired man appeared on the screen.

"Aquaman here, what seems to be the trouble, Batman?" Aquaman stated.

"I have a couple of children that I'm going to train to be my protégés, but one has a meta power, I was wondering if there was anyone in Atlantis that you know of that can help her to train and control her power." Bruce explained.

"She has the power over water?" Aquaman questioned.

"No, her power is over fire, but I feel that you are the only person I can turn to who would know of someone about her age that can help her, an eight year old or even a little older." Bruce answered.

"I believe my wife has a student at the conservatory of sorcery that is very talented, and his water control is very good. I shall bring him to you, when you are ready." Aquaman replied.

"Would now be alright, I'm about to start the training, but I want the girl to start with her fire power training right away." Bruce stated.

"That is fine, I shall go and get Kaldur'ahm and we will arrive in the Batcave via zeta beam when we are ready." Aquaman said.

"Thank you, Orin." Bruce said and with that the screen turned off. Just as the screen turned off, the twins arrived and walked right up to Bruce.

"Who's Orin?" Dick questioned.

"That's what I call Aquaman when we are not on missions. He's bringing someone to help Reiena with her powers." Bruce said. "Until they get here, I'm going to start you into some simple sparring."

Dick and Reiena nodded, and Bruce headed over to put on his uniform, and when he came back, he had 2 small masks in his hand. As he handed them to the kids, they had confused looks on their faces.

"Orin know who I am, but his young friend, Kaldur'ahm does not. Secret identities are to keep you safe, don't tell anyone who you are unless I tell you. Aquaman knows not to call me Bruce in front of anyone that doesn't know, so he will call me Batman in front of Kaldur'ahm." Bruce explained, and with that explanation, the kids put the masks on.

Batman then walked over to an area of the cave that had mats down, and the kids were right behind him.

"I've seen what you can do in your comfortable fields, but I want to see how you can use that to dodge attacks." Batman said, and Dick walked up first.

The two got into fighting stances and Batman went after Dick with a switch kick, but Dick saw it coming and jumped out of the way. Just as Dick landed, Batman came at the acrobat with a mid-section punch, which Dick blocked at the mid-section. Batman somewhat smirked at the acrobat. Batman then did a snap kick that caught Dick off guard and he was unable to block. Dick took the hit full on and went down.

Batman decided to stop and go check on his ward. Reiena came running in also, and just as they got there, Dick was standing up.

"Are you okay?" Reiena asked as she looked at Dick.

"Yea, sis, just got caught off guard." Dick said as he stood straight.

"I think you'd better rest, I didn't put must power behind that kick, but it was still harsh." Batman said.

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Meanwhile in Atlantis, King Orin goes to look for his wife, Mera, to ask where he might find Kaldur'ahm. Orin found his lovely wife; she was teaching a class of three students. One of them was a dark skinned boy with blondish hair and silver eyes, the other boy had a light skin, and dark hair. The other student was a young girl with red hair.

"My love, what brings you here?" Mera asked as she was confused as to why her husband was there.

"I was wondering how Kaldur'ahm was doing in his studies." Orin answered

"He is doing very well, his control over water is coming along, and he is farther than Garth and Tula in that area." Mera stated. "Why do you ask?"

"Batman is taking on two children as his protégés, and one has a Meta power. He has asked if I knew anyone around the children's age that can help her. My first thought turned to Kaldur'ahm." Orin replied.

"Very well, Kaldur'ahm, please come here." Mera called out to her student. Kaldur'ahm swam over to his queen/teacher.

"Yes, my queen." Kaldur'ahm, the blonde student, said as he showed his respect by placing his right fist to his forehead.

"King Orin needs your help; his friend Batman has requested someone that is very skilled in controlling water. Batman has taken on two protégés and one has the power over fire, but Batman could only think of my husband as someone that may be able to help, would you like to help this girl?" Mera explained to the 10 year old Atlantean.

"Yes, I would be happy to accept this task from the king." Kaldur'ahm said, not having to even think about it.

"We shall leave right now, Batman is training them, and wants to get the girl started in her special training as soon as possible." Orin said, and started to swim off, Kaldur'ahm was right behind his king and the two headed toward the Atlantean based Zeta Beam Transporter.

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"Guess that means I'm up." Reiena stated and she stepped into the sparring area.

Batman arrived, and Dick stayed on the sidelines to watch. The Dark Knight got into his stance, and immediately went with a flying snap kick, but Reiena was able to block it by crossing her wrists and holding them out to block. When Batman's foot made contact with Reiena's arms, the young girl put all her strength into pushing the Dark Knight back. Just as Batman landed, the Zeta Beam Transporter started to activate.

"Okay, so before they arrive, what will you call yourselves?" Batman asked.

"Mom use to call me her little Robin." Dick stated.

"I was always called red bird, but I like Cardinal better." Reiena said.

"Alright, whenever Kaldur'ahm is here, you will call each other those names." Batman said, and just as he finished talked, the transporter went really bright.

"Recognized Aquaman 06 with one guest"

Aquaman and his young friend arrived, and were greeted by the Dark Knight and two small children.

"Welcome, Aquaman, and this must be Kaldur'ahm." Batman said as he walked up to his fellow superhero.

"Thank you Batman, and these must be the children you told me about." Aquaman said as he looked from Batman to the two raven haired children a little ways behind him.

"Yes, the boy is Robin, and the girl is Cardinal." Batman said as he turned from the two Atlanteans and motioned for the twins to come forward.

"Hello." The twins said at the same time.

"So, you two are Batman's protégés, I am glad to meet you. My name is Aquaman, and this is Kaldur'ahm. He is here to help Cardinal to gain control over her fire power." Aquaman said as he introduced himself and his young friend.

"Okay, well it's nice to meet you Aquaman; you too Kaldur'ahm." Cardinal said as she stepped forward, and offered her hand.

"Please, Cardinal, call me Kaldur." The young Atlantean said as he stepped forward and took her hand.

"You two go ahead and start. Kaldur, right now her powers activate when she's in trouble, I'd like you to start by attacking with your sorcery powers, let's see if she can do more than move fire." Batman explained to the young Atlantean.

"Yes, sir; Cardinal, where shall we train?" Kaldur asked.

"There's a big area where there's nothing but bats, and I'm sure we won't bother them." Cardinal said as she started to walk toward the area she was talking about. Kaldur followed her.

"Thank you, Orin. I think Kaldur will be a good teacher." Batman said as he walked right up to the Atlantean king and shook his hand.

"Just contact me when they are through for the day, and I shall return to take him home." Orin said as he turned to leave for Atlantis. "It was nice to meet you, Robin."

With that, Aquaman walked into the transporter and typed in his destination.

"Recognized Aquaman 06"

"While Cardinal trains with Kaldur, I shall start you into some basic martial arts." Batman said as he turned from the Zeta Beam Transporter and looked at Robin.

"Okay." Robin said as he and Batman headed back over to the training mats, and Batman got into a basic stance, then Robin got into the same stance.

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Cardinal and Kaldur arrived at the spot the young girl had mentioned, and Kaldur followed Batman's instructions and started to power up a spell and sent it right at Cardinal. The spell went out and all over so Cardinal couldn't dodge it. The young girl then held out her hands, and all of a sudden, a wall of fire surrounded her.

"Very impressive, Cardinal. Batman says that right now your powers are only defensive, but that is why he has asked for my help. I can teach you to actually use your powers when you need to attack, as I just did with my sorcery." Kaldur said.

Cardinal was impressed with the ten-year-old, she could tell that he was wise for his age. She knew he was the right person to help her gain total control over her powers, even though his was over water and sorcery, and hers was over fire.

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2 hours later

Cardinal and Kaldur had made some amazing progress with the young girl's training went exceptionally well. Just at the end of the session, she was able to create fireballs and send them toward Kaldur. The two of them decided that was enough for the day and headed over to the training area where Batman and Robin were.

When they arrived, Robin was getting the hang of the basic martial arts that Batman was teaching him, and Batman had begun a small sparring session to see how the young boy could use what he had just learned in combat. Robin was doing well, and with every flying kick, he added his own acrobatic flair to it. Just as Batman blocked the last kick, he spotted the two kids out of the corner of his eye.

"Okay, Robin, that's enough for today. Kaldur, how did Cardinal do?" Batman said as he let his cape fall over his shoulders, covering his arms completely.

"She was wonderful; just as we finished with her session, she was able to create small fireballs." Kaldur explained to Cardinal's new mentor.

"That's good, can you come back once a week and help her more?" Batman questioned.

"Yes, I would like to get to know both Robin and Cardinal, and I think Cardinal can make some excellent progress with each session." Kaldur said as he looked from Batman to Cardinal then to Robin.

Just then, the Zeta Beam transporter activated and announced the arrival of a League member

"Recognized Aquaman 06"

"Greetings, My King." Kaldur said as he saluted Aquaman.

"Well, Kaldur, you seem to be in good spirits, how did it go?" Aquaman questioned.

"I shall tell you on the way home, sire." Kaldur stated.

"Very well, it's time to go." Aquaman said and with that, the two Atlanteans walked toward the Zeta Beams.

"Bye, Kaldur, can't wait for next week." Cardinal said after the two.

"See you around, Kaldur." Robin said as he started to wave goodbye.

I sure that Robin didn't meet Kaldur at such an early age, but I couldn't think of anyone else I could use. I may also be off on the age, I'm just going with my gut, but this was a good chapter, sorry I took so long in updating. I'm going to go ahead and finish this story before I work on my Batman Beyond story.