Hello my wonderful peoples! It's me again back with yet another action filled chapter...actually it's just a chill episode, and canon is back on so there's nothing to worry about. Now, I have a few announcements to make. First, I would just like to thank everyone who have read this story and have given me support, you guys rock. I keep saying this but the idea for this story just came out of nowhere and then I just got up and typed it all in one day. Second, for those who haven't noticed yet, I have not been updating some of my other stories, that being because I'm in a slump. May I live once in peace hasn't been updated because, my motivation levels have gone down a bit. The others...I just can't think of anything, and I just brought back that Inuyasha/Dragon ball z story XC. Third, I'm still making new stories. I know I should be working on other things...(cough my friends story cough) but I've been preoccupied with life and brainstorms filled with new ideas. I just couldn't help it. Frankly guys, I've been riding a roller coaster for the past few months filled with depression and happiness. I'm never sure which loop I'll turn into if I keep going the way I'm going, and to top it off I've had zero success in finding another job...life is hard. Wish me luck guys and pray for me, cause I'm struggling.

Okay, depressing stuff aside, lets get on with this chapter.

Disclaimer – I do not own Naruto or Young Justice. Masashi Kishimoto and DC/Warner Bros owns them, not me. I only own my very lovable and very humorous oc's.

~~Chapter 25~

Yukine didn't know why he was at Mountain of Justice, and he really didn't care at the moment. What mattered was that his brothers and sister had called him telling him all that had happened 4 days ago. Now he wasn't one to break down and cry over anything...but just to hear what happened to his mother, the woman that brought him into this world made his shed a few tears. He had not said a word to his youngest brothers, Ryo and Ryuji for the sake of their mentality. He did not want their 10 year old minds to break from this.

A sigh left his lips as he walked out of the zeta. He began to look around and noticed the lack of bodies hanging around the front entrance of the cave. The first thought that came to his mind is that no one is here, that is until he heard footsteps coming from his right. He turned to his head swiftly but smoothly to see who had finally came to see him. There, in front of him was a young male, with short ebony hair with the features of a very familiar leaguer.

"Superman," he thought as he watched the boy give him a suspicious look. What caught Yukine off guard was the look of realization and surprise on his face.

"You're Yukine, right," the teen asked as he took a few steps closer to the older male.

Yukine nodded slowly before giving the teen a small smile. "Yes, and who might you be if I may be so kind as to ask?" From his expression now, the boy must have been surprised by his speech.

"...you talk weird," the teen blurted out bluntly.

Yukine blinked. He was quite taken aback by this boy's boldness to speak so-rudely-but he brushed it off as being something that a normal teen would do and chuckled. "Yes, well, I suppose from how I was raised I have come to speak rather formally for someone as young as I am..." It was silent afterwards, and still the teen had not answered his question from a few seconds ago.

"Well...um, I haven't yet heard what your name is." If he found out the teens name maybe afterwards he can ask about his siblings, and his parents.

"...Superboy," the teen answered, then he tilted his head and crossed his arms over his chest with a mild frown. "You're one of Majesty and A.I's kids, right?"

Yukine nodded. "Yes, I am...tell me, are my parents and Angel-sama here or are they up in that tower in space?"

Superboy opened his mouth to answer but stopped when he heard voices coming from the kitchen. M'gann, Artemis and that girl, Kiyo must have just gotten back from walking around Happy Harbor. He turned his attention back to Yukine who had his hands in is pocket and a neutral look on his face.

"My mom and your parents are up there," he told the older male, ignoring the look of shock on his face as he continued, "Your sister is here but I don't know about your brothers."

"...O-Okay, thanks for telling me...can I go see my sister?" Superboy grunted, as I saying it was okay. "Thank you, can you lead me to her, please?" The latter shrugged, looking quite solemn now as he waved his hand for him to follow.

On their way to the kitchen Yukine took the moment to admire the inside of the cave, and he had to say everything looked absolutely amazing. His parents had only mentioned to him once or twice of the cave that had been found out by Joker himself, yet was being used again for a band of young heroes, not that much younger than him. The only protege he was familiar with was Roy, who he had met one time when he was but a little boy.

As the two males turned into the kitchen area, Yukine saw his sister, speaking to two other females. Only one of them he knew since she bore a striking resemblance to Martian Manhunter, the other he had not clue as to who she was at all.

"Kiyo," Yukine called out to his sister in Japanese making her jump. He saw her turn around slowly with widened amber eyes. He smirked at the guilty look on her face. "So, this is where you've been for the past 3 days...tell me, how on earth did you and Kaname manage to get here?"

Kiyo winced at the glaring tone in her brothers voice, looking down to her sandal clad feet in a sulky manner. "Gomen aniki, we just wanted to help-"

"I don't care! You were given specific orders by mom to stay home, the both of you were, and what did you do, you disobeyed them!" Yukine walked up to his sister, ignoring the pointed gazes he was receiving from the teens. He stopped in front of her and stared down at her with a scowl. He moved his hand up making it look like he was going to smack her, but he unexpectedly threw both of his arms around her and pulled her to him. "...You don't know how worried I was about you guys. I literally had to have Takahashi of all people try and keep me calm down. Takahashi darn it!"

Kiyo whimpered at the tone of her brothers voice. She really didn't expect him to be this mad with her, but her was...is. She slowly moved her hands to the leather of his jacket before grasping onto it. "I'm sorry...Yuki-nii, I'm sorry," a small sob escaped from her mouth as tears began to fall from her eyes.

M'gann, Artemis and Superboy could only watch the two siblings in what could be considered awe, but it wasn't just that. They were dumbstruck by the unexpected arrival of a stranger who was not identified as Yukine's brother, if the word "aniki" was anything to go by.

"Um, excuse me, I hate to break up this lovely moment but can you please tell us why you're here," Artemis asked with a look of piqued interest on her face. She had to admit the guy was pretty hot, with his half maroon half ebony hair and green eyes, though his were a bit lighter than Wally's. He had on a leather biker jacket with a white short sleeved v-neck underneath, a pair of loose navy blue jeans, a pair of knee high black combat boots with silver buckles on the sides, and his ears pierced with black earrings. He was by her definition, cool.

Yukine narrowed his eyes at the blonde making her flinch a bit, then sighed as he pulled from the hug with his sister. "I suppose I owe you all an explanation for my outburst...I figure you three know by now that I am Kiyo, Kaname and Seijirou's older brother. I came here today because of the news I received of my parents and Angel-sama being severely injured in battle," he gave Kiyo a pointed glance, "I also came here because I was informed that the team does not have a trainer, so I will be filling in for both Angel-sama and Black Canary."

At the word 'trainer' Superboy gave the man a once over then snorted. The man may look like a fighter but can he back up his looks with actual fight.

M'gann smiled. Though it was sad that the teams usual trainers would not be here to teach them, having someone that at least one of the members already knew training them sounded rather exciting. "I look forward to training with you..uh?"

"Yukine, my name is Yukine Kasagawa." The man gave a small bow to the three before him then raised himself back up. "I don't know how long I'll have to be doing this, but I'll try to teach you all with the best of my abilities."

Artemis smirked. "Speaking of abilities, your siblings have displayed some interesting powers. By chance, would you tell us yours?" Kiyo quirked a brow at the blonde's tone of speech. A sounded like she was, flirting, with her brother of all people. She thought she had a thing for Seijrou...or was that just a huge lie.

Yukine was about to answer when the sound of the zeta tube went off announcing the arrival of Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Sora(Seijirou), and Kaname. He sighed and gave Artemis a small smile. "You'll just have to wait and see." And he left the kitchen with yet another mystery hanging over the teens heads.

Kiyo raised a hand to her face and rubbed the bridge of her nose in irritation. And her brother said that she was a pain, yet here he was playing a stupid game unbeknownst to the three standing around her. Only another member of the Kasagawa family or Batman himself could notice him doing that.

Serious my behind, she thought before giving the three an awkward smile. "Don't mind him, he's always been a little on the weird side."

Artemis tilted her head in thought before another smirk graced itself upon her face. "I don't know, I think I like weird," she said and swiftly walked out of the ktichen, leaving Kiyo to gape at her retreating form in shock...what in the world just happened.

"...I can see how he's related to you guys," was Superboy's comment. M'gann giggled.

Kiyo's eye twitched as her shoulder slumped. "...I know."

Yukine stood at the center of the training area with his arms behind his back, legs a few inches apart from the other, and his shoulder squared. He look down the line of the team standing before him with a stern look on his face, before it melted into a neutral one. With an intake of breath he began to speak.

"As all of you know, the both of your trainers are-indisposed-and as of today I will be both your trainer and den mother until they have recovered."

The few that had not been present when Yukine had arrived gaped in a stunned fashion. They had not seen this coming.

"Wait, you're telling us that until Angel and BC recover, you're going to be here, as our den mother and trainer," Wally recalled back with disbelief his green eyes wide with uncertainty.

Robin rolled his eyes at his friends dumbstruck look. "That's what he said Kid."

"Ya need to get the wax our of your ears man," Kaname joked with a straight face, though the twitching of his lips gave away that he was about to chuckle. Seijirou whacked the back of his brothers head with a glare. Kaname shut up real quick, not wanting to be whacked a second time.

Wally huffed and crossed his arms over his spandex covered chest. Everyone just loved to pick on him these days.

Aqualad shook his head at his friends behavior. "Enough, if Yukine is to be our teacher then we must show him respect." He heard enough of that when they were on missions.

Yukine grinned at the atlantian. "Thanks. Now, since this is my first time as your teacher I want to see what each of you can do so I can know how to help you. Be warned, I'm not as nice in the ring when I get serious." He smirked. "So, who will be my first opponent?"

"I will," Superboy called out before making his way to the center of the training circle.

"Nice, well, shall we begin?" Yukine moved his hands to his pockets and took out a pair of black finger less gloves with small metal balls on the top of the knuckles. "I want you to know ahead of time that I am very quick."

Superboy narrowed his eyes and frowned. "What, are you a speedster?"

Yukine slipped his gloves on before taking off his jacket and throwing it to the side. "Eh, something like that, now, lets begin."

Initiating combat mode

The two took up their respective stances, standing about a good foot away, then the fight officially began. Superboy started the fight off with a few melee attacks so as to confuse the older male and somehow managed to land a single punch to the mans face.

"...Uh, was that supposed to happen," Wally asked sounding non-impressed. Yukine was practically losing this fight, receiving each blow and being nonchalant about it. "Can your brother really fight," he asked Kiyo, who was standing next to him. She did not answer but she did give him a smile, that seemed to be hiding something.

"He can fight," Seijirou answered grabbing the others attention, "He just hasn't reached the point where he's serious about this yet."

"You mean he's just letting Superboy beat him to a pulp," Artemis blanched, her gray eyes shifting between Seijirou and Yukine.

Kiyo shook her head. "Nope, he's waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike is all." She ignored the skeptic glances coming from the blonde. She'd soon see that her brother was an opponent not to underestimate.

As the one sided fight continued, the three Kasagawa siblings noticed a glint in their brothers eye and smirked.

It was time for him to show everyone what he can do.

Before Superboy could land a kick to Yukine's right side, the older male moved back a bit before raising his hand and snapping his fingers. A bright white light flickered all around his body before enveloping him, then just like that, he was gone. The kryptonian stared wide eyed at the place the male used to be.

What the?

Kid Flash gaped in shock while the other four stood their with wide eyes.

"Uh, what just happened," Artemis asked as she turned to look at the siblings.

Kaname smirked. "He disappeared."

Robin rolled his eyes. "We can see that, but where did he g-" Before the teen could finish what he was saying a bright light flickered behind Superboy which was followed by a swift kick to Superboy's back. Yukine was now behind him with a rather large grin on his face. He turned to the teens behind him and cocked his hip to the side with his arms on his waist.

"As you can see ladies and gents, I have the ability to teleport with the snap of my finger," Yukine turned his head back around and moved his left hand out, grabbing Superboy by his right that was thrust out in a fist, and swung his fight leg out in a sweep kick tripping him.

Superboy:Fail

"Ugh," Superboy scowled at the sound of the computer announcing his failure. He growled lowly before raising himself up.

The others, aside from the three siblings, were highly surprised that someone other than Black Canary and Angel could do that...but from the tales that they were told of A.I and Majesty, this guy was most certainly trained for combat.

Aqualad smiled with sympathy for his friend before looking back over to Yukine. "That is a most intriguing power, but I must ask why you did not use it at the beginning of the fight."

Yukine opened his mouth to answer but was cut off. "He was studying SB's fight patterns, he wanted to catch him off guard at the right moment," answered Robin.

"Yes, that's exactly what I was doing...uh, Robin was it? Next time, please let me answer the questions. Black Canary told me about your tendency to answering for the teacher." Yukine narrowed his eyes slightly at the boy wonders smug smirk.

"My bad."

Yukine sighed. If this is what he had to deal with until Angel and Black Canary were healed, then he wouldn't have minded babysitting Ryuji and Ryo instead...although those two were a tad bit worse than a group of teenagers.

"Alright, since I showed you what I can do let's see who else wants to spar." He looked at each teen seeing if any were willing to get in the sparring ring with him. None seemed to be saying anything. Great. "Okay, since there aren't any takers, I'm going to pick who my next vict-I mean opponent will be."

Kaname flinched at the growing smirk on his brothers face. Anytime he did smirk it always spelled trouble for them. "Uh...aniki, I don't think-" Before he could finish speaking his sister moved to cover his mouth with a look of panic on her face.

"Shut it you idiot," she hissed under her breath. She turned her head slowly to see if her brother had heard. From the look on his face it seemed like he hadn't heard.

Artemis quirked a brow. "What's your problem? He couldn't possibly be that ba-"

"Ah, Artemis was it? How about stepping in the ring with me." Yukine's voice dropped an octave as he spoke.

M'gann shivered. She didn't need to use her telepathy to know what the man was thinking. He kind of scared her.

"Dude, what's his problem," Kid whispered to Seijirou. The young shinobi shook his head, trying his best to keep a straight face, although on the inside he was terrified.

Superboy, who was now standing next to M'gann, frowned. After facing the guy for a while he could just somehow tell that Yukine was a sadist. He could see the look in his eyes when he had made him fall to the floor. It almost scared him, almost.

Yukine's smirk dropped from his face, replacing it with a bored frown. "Artemis, I'm not going to wait all day."

"Okay," she muttered slowly making her way to the sparring ring. While making her way over to where Yukine was, she caught Seijirou looking her way. He gave her a small smile and a nod saying "good luck". On the outside her face was normal as she gave him a small nod back, but on the inside she couldn't help the feeling she got from just that one smile. Yeah, when she first saw Yukine she thought he was hot, but that was natural to think of someone with his looks as hot. The one she was really interested in was-

"Don't let his eyes deceive you Artie. Yukine's just going to try and trick you," Kiyo blurted out from her spot next to Kaname and Kid.

Yukine pouted. "How could you say that. You know as well as I do that I wouldn't try anything, Ine*." He chuckled as he watched his sister visibly bristle and blush at her childhood name.

Robin smirked. "I highly doubt that." Being with Batman for so long made it kind of easier to read people, especially since the man had been recently showing more emotion(cough because of Naruko cough).

Aqualad shook his head as he let out a small exhale.

Will this team ever take anything seriously?

"Baka! Just get on with the spar already," Kaname spouted.

Artemis glared back at him. "No need to yell!"

"Yeah," came a side comment from Kid.

"Don't need any side comments from the peanut gallery Baywatch."

"Ha, Baywatch," Kiyo snickered.

Kid blushed. "Hey!"

"She's just calling it like it is...Baywatch," Seijirou smirked.

….

Only when something less important happens is when the team acts like fools. So no, they won't be taking this seriously.

Aqualad wondered if Angel would have allowed this foolishness to happen during training. He knew Black Canary wouldn't have.

"What's wrong," M'gann asked him.

"Nothing really," he answered.

Superboy snorted. "Knowing you there is definitely something wrong."

Aqualad smiled. "It is nothing that you should worry yourself about," Superboy narrowed his eyes at him, "Well, it is something we shouldn't be worrying ourselves over, but I couldn't but think of how Angel is doing right now, as well as the others."

At the sound of his mothers hero name Superboy's shoulders sagged. For the past few days that had no received any word of how she, Black Canary, Green Arrow, or A. I were doing. He was fine at first but now he was close to breaking the rules and going up to the watchtower to see his mother.

M'gann gave her boyfriend a look of sympathy whilst moving her hand to touch his. "She'll be alright. She's a tough woman. She is your mother after all."

Aqualad nodded in agreement. "She is right my friend. Angel will be fine."

Superboy sighed, looking down at his boot clad feet. "I hope so." (A/N if your wondering, this whole conversation happened while the other 7 people were arguing back and forth. Just to let you know so you aren't confused)

He hoped she was alright. Not just physically, but mentally.

Watchtower

Infirmary

Beep! Beep! Beep!

"You always gotta be reckless don't ya," Hal muttered as he stared down at Naruko's sleeping form. One of his gloved hands moved to touch her face, sliding his palm ever so slowly down her whiskered cheek. From her face his hand moved to touch her golden blonde hair, moving his fingers through her long locks.

"...I never got the chance to thank you, for what you did for me," Hal chuckled, "I know you wouldn't remember it since it was so long ago, but I still want to say thanks..." He moved his hand to grip hers that lay over the white covers of the infirmary bed. His hold on her hand tightened as he recalled what had happened that day, the day she saved him.

"You...you really are one of a kind. I can't tell you how many times I just wanted to bail out back when I was with Carol...but you were there...I know you can't here me right now but...if ever given the chance, would you give me a chance to tell you how I feel about you. Would you except my feelings for you." Hal rubbed the back of her hand with his slowly. His masked covered eyes roamed over the woman's sleeping face taking note of some of her injuries that she had sustained when she fought Morinaga. It wasn't a secret that she was a really fast healer. She once told everyone of the demon that resided within her, the one that was sealed up in her gut. Her explanation of his(she told them the demons gender) power made some wary of her, but she brushed the treatment off as if it meant nothing to her. Yeah, she mentioned to the original seven, and only the original seven, of how she was treated back in her home. His teeth clenched at the though.

"You may be strong on the outside, but most of us can tell when you're about to break," he whispered, picking up her hand and kissing it. He owed her not just for saving him, but for making sure to keep an eye on him. Carol still did that on occasion but Naruko made sure to check up on everyone 24/7. That's what he liked most about her, aside from how absolutely beautiful she was. He wouldn't forget the first time he laid eyes on her. Not much time had passed after the league was formed when Wonder Woman had introduced her to them. He was visibly stunned by how pretty she was, and it wasn't just the blue eyes and blonde hair that got him. Later on he had come to realize how stubborn she was and how determined she could be. She was also headstrong and courageous, but also very humorous and silly. She was also oblivious, which to Hal kind of complicated things.

"Can't really tell if you're aware of all the men pining after you or not," he uttered with disdain. The other guys, he though. Only one had a clear advantage over her and that was Batman. The man could pull the whole "childhood friend" card whenever he wanted to. He's known her longer too, since they were teenagers, which was so unfair. A sixteen year old Naruko would have been interesting to see.

Hal heard the door to the room sliding open followed by footsteps. He made no move to turn his head and see who it was, cause he figured it was the other person that came to check on her. He growled lowly at the thought.

"Figured you be coming soon, Batman," Hal spoke with a bit of tenseness in his voice.

"..." The man said nothing as he made his way over to the other side of Naruko's bed holding what looked like a syringe in his right hand. Hal eyed the object with scrutiny.

"What is that?"

"Nutrients," was Batman's answer as he raised Naruko's arm and carefully putting the needle into her vein. He lowered her arm to rest back at her side and took a step back.

Hal glared at him. "You know she'll be mad when she finds out what that ring you gave her was for."

Batman's jaw tightened. "...I know, but she'll get over it." He gave one last look at Naruko before heading to the door. As the door slid open for him to leave her heard Hal mutter something.

"Is that because she's your childhood friend." His voice was practically dripping venom as he spoke those words. Hal knew saying them hurt him but he knew it hurt Batman more. Just the thought of the man's utter guilt for hurting his precious friend, strangely enough, made Hal smile. It was mean but the man sometimes went to far with some of the things he's done, especially when it concerned Naruko.

Hal heard the door slide shut and sighed. He looked up at the digital clock that hung on the wall next to him. It was 7:30. He's been here for almost 5 hours.

Once again the door slid open but this time Majesty came in with a very sullen look on his face. Hal didn't need to ask to know why he looked like that.

"Yo," Majesty greeted as he stopped to stand next to Hal.

"Hey...uh, how's it going?"

"I-It's going fine. How about you?"

Hal shrugged. " I can't really complain...how's A.I doing?"

Majesty's eyes widened a bit before closing. " She's doing better than she did a few days ago...she still has a fever but I think it's gone down a bit. How's Ang doing?"

"She's still sleeping. Most of her injuries have healed so I think she's be fine physically... To much as happened over the span of a week."

Majesty gave a dry laugh. "Ain't that the truth...I'm just worried about how Naruko will be when she wakes up," he clenched his fist, "She saw A.I get stabbed right in front of her. Her best friend...I'm A.I husband but the bond between those two has always been strong."

Hal couldn't help but smirk at that. "Strong bond huh? Are you jealous of them being so close?"

The man shook his head and chuckled. "No, in fact I love seeing them together. And not it's not because their women," he said when he saw Hal open his mouth to speak..

"Uh huh...so you've never been jealous of them before?" Majesty shook his head. "Never?"

"No. Angel, A.I, Batman and I have always been close with one another since we were in our teens. Never have I once been jealous of any of them getting close with Aini." At the sound of Batman's name Hal's eyes narrowed.

"...You do know that Batman is the cause of why Naruko is like this right?"

Majesty stared at Hal for a few seconds, looking at his anger stricken face. He could tell the man hadn't been too fond of Batman since finding out that he's known Naruko longer. Past incidences were proof of the man's distinct dislike for the dark knight, and Majesty couldn't really blame him. At times he wanted nothing but to smack the man upside his head for some of the things he's said to Aini in the past. Over time he learned that he needed to be patient with him. Ever since they were teens Bruce has always had a problem expressing his emotions. When he couldn't get his point across he would brood, which got on both Naruko and Aini's nerves. In some aspects he could agree with the man's behavior when it was appropriate, other times he though he was acting out. Batman was a grown man with good control over his emotions or some think. But many in the league aside from him, Aini and Naruko could tell when the man was feeling off. So, he couldn't really say for sure whether he should get mad at him or go talk to him in a peaceful manner.

"I can't really say for sure," Majesty answered, ignoring Hal's scowling face, "He had good intentions, but he himself knew the consequences of his actions. I think him feeling guilty is punishment enough don't you think?"

"...How are Black Canary and Green Arrow doing?"

Majesty winced. Ah, he changed the subject. "Uh, they're doing alright. Canary got the okay to leave but GA needs bed rest. He kind of got the worst of it, aside form A.I that is."

Hal nodded. "That's good to hear..." He gave Naruko's hand one last rub with his thumb before letting it go and standing up from his seat. He gave Majesty a sympathetic pat on his shoulder before walking past him towards the door.

"See you later," he said and left the infirmary without another word.

"...I don't think he's ever going to understand," Majesty sighed. He turned to look down at Naruko. "Hey, maybe when you wake up you can smack some sense into these idiots. They can't seem to get it through their thick heads that you're fully capable of taking care of yourself," he smiled, "Heh, A.I and I can attest to that."

Unexpectedly, Majesty saw Naruko's face twitch. His eyes widened in shock and he quickly made his way over to where Hal had just been sitting.

"Naruko," he called out her name, watching as her face scrunched up.

"Naruko," he called again but this time a little louder. Majesty smiled a bit as he saw the woman's eyes flicker a bit, showing that she was about to awaken. He decided to call her one last time.

"Hey, whiskers, wake up." His smile widened when he saw her eyes fully open revealing that cerulean color that everyone loved.

"Mmmm," she groaned loudly. Naruko's blinked a few times to get adjusted to bright lights in the room.

"Where am I," she asked as she tried to sit up in the bed. She winced in pain.

"Hey, don't strain yourself," Majesty got closer to her and moved his hands to help her sit up properly. "You're in the watchtowers infirmary. You've been asleep for the past 2 days and a half."

"...Oh." In her mind she thought she was back home laying down in her bed, but she guessed wrong. She looked down at herself and noticed the obvious hospital gown on her person. "Who changed me out of my clothes?"

"Wonder Woman," Majesty answered. "She was pretty aggressive about it to since she wanted no males present when she was changing you."

Naruko blinked. "Not even the male doctor?"

"Not even the male doctor. She made it clear that no male comes into your room unless given permission. Well, she gave me a free pass since she knows I won't do anything to you."

"That's because she knows you won't do anything, and you're married."

Majesty rubbed the back of his neck as he chuckled. "Heheh, yeah. I just thought she saw me as being-"

"Like minded. Yeah, I can see that. You've always had this air about you that made women see you in another light," Naruko smirked up at him with a glint in her eye, "When I first met you I thought you were into guys."

"Ugh, please don't remind me," Majesty groaned, covering his face with both hands, "Aini and you have never let me forget about that."

"Of course not. You were very pretty back then, but now you're like super sexy...don't tell Aini I said that. She'll kill me."

"Oh I won't." They've reached a point in their lives where if either one said something that would get Aini mad, then they would keep it to themselves. No body wanted to see that woman get mad, not even on a good day.

Naruko giggled. "So, how are things with the team?"

Majesty sat back down in his seat. "They're doing alright. They were pretty shaken up but I think they're just fine now. Yukine is with them today as their den mother. He wasn't willing to at first but when he got the news about Aini he booked the first flight over here. He was really worried."

"Hmmm, he's always been a little worry wart, every since he was little. Is it weird that I think he's better off staying that way?"

"No," the man answered bluntly, "Yuki's better of staying the same. It would be strange to see him act any other way."

Naruko slumped down a bit in the bed. "Yeah. You said he was there den mother today; don't you think that's a bad idea? I mean the kid can get a little-" she twirled her finger in a circle next to her head "-when he spars with people."

Majesty sweat dropped. "I believe he got his sadism from his mother. Everything else he got from me."

The two laughed a bit before silencing themselves. Neither one talked for awhile which was making it pretty awkward.

"How...how is Connor," Naruko asked, her voice hoarse from talking and laughing so much.

"I'm not really sure. The last I saw him was when I took Aini to the watchtower. Seijirou's called a few times to give me details on whats going on down there," Majesty paused for a second before speaking again, "He said that since the incident Connor's been a little down. Hasn't really been acting like himself." Though the call was made a few nights ago so he wasn't sure I he was still acting out of character.

Naruko nodded slowly and looked down at the white blanket that covered her with a frown. "...I see." So, she's worried yet another person, but it was her son this time. Her cerulean eyes dimmed a bit at the thought of her son, sitting around, worrying about her. She didn't want him nor anyone to worry about her, but she knew that was impossible. So many of her fellow leaguers, her childhood friends, the team, and her son, cared about her more than she thought. Aini herself, a few days ago proved just how much she cared about her by getting stabbed.

Naruko winced at the memory. The image of Aini getting stabbed through the chest made her feel sick to her stomach. She's seen many of her loved ones back in Konoha do that for her; taking the enemies attack head on for was both courageous and stupid. Her life wasn't worth her closet friends life. Aini and Daichi have six children. If one of them perished in a fight with one of their villains then the kids would be devastated.

"Look," Majesty sighed tiredly, "I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that your life isn't worth saving. Your life is worth so much and you should know that all of us, your family and friends would do anything to make sure you have a good life. We would blame ourselves everyday if something detrimental happened to you. Aini knew that when she ran off to save you. She did it to protect you because you matter." He took hold of her hand and squeezed it, giving her a serious look. " Don't think of yourself as being worthless or nothing. You are something. That's why you're here, with us. Screw whatever happened back in your world, you're here with us now and none of us want that to change. For goodness sake, Aini, Bruce, me and you have been friends for more than ten years. We don't want you to forget how much we love you...I just wanted you to know that you are a very important factor in the League. Without you than what would we be..." Majesty gave Naruko's hand one last squeeze before getting up from his seat and heading for the door.

"...Daichi," Naruko called his name. He turned back to look at her. She gave him a small smile. "Thank you...if it's alright, I'd like to go see Aini."

Majesty smiled back and nodded. "Of course. I'll try to see if she's awa-"

"No, I just want to see how she's doing. We don't really have to talk."

"Oh...okay." Majesty looked back at the woman with uncertainty. He wasn't sure whether to protest against that or just comply with her request. He would have that maybe Naruko wanted to talk with Aini, but he guessed that the guilt she was feeling right now was a little too great for a talk with his wife.

Naruko smile did not reach her eyes as she waved to him, watching as he waved back and left without another word. Her hand stayed up in the air for a few more seconds before falling back down to her lap. With her shoulders slumped and her head down she felt tears begin to surface, slowly making their way down past her cheeks to her hands.

"...Kit," was all Kurama could say, but he stopped short. He really no words to say to her. All he could do is listen as she cried silently to herself. Her lips quivered and her shoulders shook as a much louder sob echoed through out the infirmary.

Justice League Conference Room

The highest members(sans Angel, A.I, Majesty, and Green Arrow), sat around the large table in silence. They had discussed the recent events that had occurred, but one word about the ones who were injured shut them up. They just couldn't fathom the thought of how they must be feeling, especially Angel.

Wonder Woman let out a heavy sigh. "I can not even begin to say how much I am feeling at this moment." The others could not agree more.

Aquaman shifted his right arm to lay across the table as he nodded in agreement. "If there had been any other option that day to prevent those event form happening, do you think they would have helped much?"

"I'm not entirely sure anything else would have worked," Canary answered, wincing as she tried to move her shoulder. It was still pretty sore.

"But if we had known how to stop Morinaga from unleashing partial Armageddon before hand, then we would have been able to stop those events from happening in the first place," Martian Manhunter responded.

Hal's body tensed up in his seat as he recalled everything that had happened. "That's a subtle thought but have any of you considered the possibility of someone dying, like I don't know Angel. A.I got stabbed, I feel deeply sorry for her, really I do, but if things had gone about differently than she or anyone else would have died."

Batman white covered eyes narrowed into slits. He didn't want to say the man was wrong, cause he wasn't, but the sheer ounce of feeling he had in his voice showed that he didn't really care what was coming out of his mouth right now. He was letting his emotion get in the way, again.

"You're putting a lot of focus on Angel right now Hal," Hawkgirl pointed out.

John pinched the bridge of his nose. "That's because she's his only focus," he thought.

Captain Marvel shivered. He had a feeling this conversation was about to make a turn for the worst.

Hal scowled at the woman sitting across from him. "She should be. The man threatened to kill her. Not to mention steal her power and make it his own."

"Which is why I had Zatara make a ring for her to prevent that from happening again," Batman divulged bluntly.

"...Uh, you said what now," Captain Marvel spoke first getting over his shock.

Superman frowned. "When did this occur?"

"Not to long before everything happened." Batman leaned forward in his seat with his elbows on the table steepling his fingers. "Angel told me a great deal in the past about her powers and the beast that resides within her. The amount of power, or in her case chakra is high and of course most of us witnessed her power for themselves." Said individuals turned their heads away so as not to catch Batman's eyes looking at them. It wasn't really a topic they wished to discuss.

Canary's jaw tightened. She had not see it happen up close but somehow she could feel the ground shaking from the power Naruko had released. There was no fear from her, but fear for her friends. She told her what would happen if she delved further in the abyss that was that demon's power. Though she had been relentless in her attacks against that horrid man known as Morinaga, she did not kill him, but she knew she wanted to.

"Zatara, can you attest to this," Superman asked.

He nodded. "Yes. I myself was curious as to how one such as Angel could hold such demonic power within her, and then it came to me. She mentioned a seal to me once when we were discussing what each of our powers could do. It was quick but I did hear her mention that she had a very powerful demon sealed in her. I asked her who was it that did it but she became tense and changed the subject."

Batman mentally berated himself. He himself asked the same thing resulting in Naruko tensing up at his question and changing the subject. He remembered the look she had on her face; downcast and somber.

"What of that man, Morinaga," Wonder Woman brought up, smoothly changing the subject.

"He's being held in Seattle Penitentiary. His sword was also confiscated and is being held in a secure room in the Watchtower," Batman answered.

Flash's eyes widened a bit. "Don't you think that prison is a little, I don't know, subtle for the guy. I mean he did wreak havoc and destruction on Angel's city causing some pretty large property damages."

"The prison has a large quantity of guards who are highly trained in dealing with meta's." Still it was best to check every one and a while, Batman thought.

"Okay, so that's taken care of, what about that Sasuke guy. I mean he was working with Morinaga,right?"

"I almost forgot about that guy," Hal muttered to himself. The way Sasuke interacted with Naruko after that whole explosion happened made his stomach turn. He had been the one to pick her up since she was knocked unconscious, though the guy told them that it was because of chakra exhaustion, whatever that is. The way he held onto her, the looks he was giving her, like he was in love, just made him feel-envious. He heard from Majesty that Sasuke knew Naruko longer than he or the others did; since the were 6 or 7 years old. He didn't want to admit that the was jealous, but he was and the pain from it made his heart feel heavy.

Superman looked to each member that was present and sighed. "We'll reconvene at a later date to discuss the other occurrences that have either been dealt with or not. The meeting is adjourned." With that the leaguers rose up from their seats and headed for the exit.

After almost everyone left, those that stayed behind began speaking.

"Has anyone gone to check on A.I in the past few hours," Wonder Woman asked.

"Besides Majesty, I don't think so," Canary answered turning her gaze to Batman. "Have you by chance gone in to see either Angel or A.I at all?"

Batman inwardly groaned. Even if she asked him that the answer was obvious. "I have," was all he said.

Superman snorted. "I guess the only answer we're getting out of you huh?" Batman said nothing. He was too stubborn to admit that he had visited one of them at least 5 times in the past 2 days.

"...I'm just glad that both of them are okay," Wonder Woman smiled. "Hera knows it could have been worse." She was right. It could have gone worse. Hal practically gave a whole scenario on how much worse it could have been if not for what happened.

Even though she was heavily injured, they were all very grateful for A.I, and Angel.

Roy shifted back and forth in front of Naruko's condo. He knew she wasn't home at the moment but he just had to come here. For what reason he did not know, he just knew he had to be here. He looked left and then right before crouching down and moving the welcome mat in front of her door. There underneath it was the spare key she always leaves there. Unlocking the door he turned the knob and opened it. This wasn't really considered trespassing if the woman allowed a number of her closest friends to come crash at her place. There were like 4 rooms here in the back and one extra one which was hidden under the couch.

He closed the door behind him and locked the door as quietly as he could. He stepped back from the door and turned towards the living room where her television was. When he got here he hadn't expected to see Yukine, Seijirou. Kiyo, and...Superman's clone lounging on the couch watching tv.

"Hey, it's Roy," Yukine got up from his place on the couch to greet the red head. His arms were wide and his lips were stretched across his face in a grin. "How's my bestest buddy doing?"

Roy quickly evaded the older males hug by stepping to the side. "I'm doing fine, I guess...I heard about what happened."

Yukine's happy demeanor turned gloomy at the mention of the 'incident'. He looked back to see if his siblings and Connor heard, which they did, and sighed. "It's pretty much all over the news now so everyone is in the know...why did you come over? You know she isn't here Roy."

Roy nodded, shifting nervously. "I know, I just wanted to leave something. A get well gift." He moved his hand to his pocket and pulled out what looked like a small sheet of paper folded neatly. "I kind of ran into that Sasuke guy not to long ago," the mention of the Uchiha everyone gaped, "My first instinct was to attack but the guy made no move to try and hurt me. He...he walked up to me and handed me this piece of paper saying to give it to Naruko when I got the chance. I figured since she's currently up in the watchtower that one of you could give to her when she comes back."

"Why couldn't you have just waited until after she came home," Kaname questioned.

"I have...something I need to do, so I don't really have time to come by." Roy handed the note over to Yukine who took it and placed it in his jacket pocket. "Make sure you get that to her, is what he said."

Seijirou, Kaname, Kiyo and Connor all looked at one another as the same thought crossed their minds.

Sasuke was planning on leaving, and that note in Yukine's pocket was his goodbye letter.

Kiyo's lips drew into a frown. "You know, I never really got to meet the guy but I heard a lot about him from Naruko. She told us about everything that he and she had gone through back when they were still in their world. It must have hit her so hard when she saw him again." The sight of ones best friend, one who tried to kill you appearing in front of you again must have felt like sledge hammer slamming into the ground with force. The anger and pain she felt must have been great.

"...It wasn't like that afterwards," Connor spoke, "After that mission, the one in that village, she was pretty calm when I asked her questions about him. Told me stories about her days in the academy and how the two of them were rivals or something like that." His lips quirked as he thought back to the happy feeling he felt come off of her when she talked about the past. He could tell from her eyes and attitude that she felt dull and empty when she talked about everything that happened after that.

"I'd love to here more but I really got to go," Roy said heading back to the door, "When you see Naruko, tell her Roy was here."

Yukine grinned. "Alright, take care bestest buddy!"

Roy's right eye twitched. "For the last time Yukine, stop calling me that." And those were the last words he said before walking out the door and closing it behind him.

Kaname sweat dropped. "Aniki, are you making fun of him or are you serious?"

"Can't I be both," the older male answered with a cheeky grin.

Seijirou sighed. "Every time you see Roy you act like this. Is there any specific reason why?"

Yukine taped his chin with his finger in thought. "Hmmm, I'm not really sure, but there's just something about him that makes me want to mess with him. I'm not usually all that sadistic though. You three know that right?" He grinned beamingly at his siblings.

Kiyo snorted. "I beg to differ nii-san."

"Oh, you all are so mean to your big brother," Yukine whined, sounding so much like his father. He pranced(yes, pranced) over to Kaname who scooted away with a wary look on his face. He knew what his brother was about to do.

"Hug me brother," the man yelled before pouncing the teen making both of them fall to the floor.

"Agh, get off me!" Kaname squirmed trying his best to remove his brother off of his person, but the older male was just a tad bit stronger than him.

"Yoi Kanashimi*," Seijirou sighed.

Connor stared over at the brothers. "...Is it always like this?"

Kiyo deadpanned. "Yes, yes it is. And it gets worse if he doesn't get his healthy dose of sibling love." She gave her brother a look of pity as she watched him continue to squirm. "The longer he struggles the tighter Yukine's hold will get. It's best to just give in."

The young kryptonian didn't really know what to say other than-

"I pity the three of you," he said bluntly.

Seijirou's right eye twitched and he growled. " I said this before and I'll say it again. I don't need your pity!"

And that's the chapter. It was pretty straightforward and simple. Didn't really have any action because there was plenty of that chapters ago. It's cold down time, up until I get back on track with the plot.

Oh here are a few things:

Yoi kanashimi – means good grief in japanese

You guys saw a few references near the end of the chapter. If you figure out where they're from you get virtual cookies XD.

Next chapter won't be as boring. Naruko's is going to see Aini, maybe have something that'll give you all the feels.

Well, I have nothing else to say.

R&R, I love seeing good reviews.

~Anime hotty lover. 18