The Girl Who Was Enraged


Sakura was the first person to arrive at the location that Batman provided her. She glanced around noting that it seemed awfully quiet pre-battle. The thought made her slightly jittery. She stood atop a gothic looking building waiting for one of the others to show up when Batman was suddenly at her side. When they first met and he did that very thing it scared her half to death. Now she was used to it. She smiled at him and for some reason felt herself slightly relax.

"You made it!" His lips curled upward slightly before the smile left his face entirely, but Sakura wasn't fooled. For some reason, he was amused.

"You sound like you invited me to a dinner party."

Sakura's mouth formed a slight o shape. "Are you saying you don't think Mongul's son will be serving champagne and hors d'oeuvres?" Batman gave her a look that she ignored pointedly. "So where is everyone else? Where are your people and Superman's people?"

Batman pointed to the skies just as a voice called out, "Alright, all aboard who's coming aboard." Sakura squinted her eyes and once she realized she couldn't see well she used a bit of chakra to enhance her vision. What she saw left her momentarily stunned. A man stood on a flying machine in the sky. That was simplifying things a bit. A man wearing as much metal as Cyborg stood in the sky. He had a familiar S on his chest and Sakura frowned wondering whether or not it was Superman's cousin. She could have sworn he said it was a female.

Sakura assumed that whatever he was flying on was the ride they were going to take to Jochi's spacecraft so she made a move to join the metal appearing man, but Batman grabbed her arm halting her progress. Sakura turned her head and looked at him curiously but he was looking at the sky and noting the arrival of some of the others.

Superman was in the sky with the female that flew just like he did. Sakura's eyes widened. Was this the aforementioned cousin? Her hair was blonde and like the metal man she had an S on her chest. She wore the red, yellow, and blue that she had come to associate with Superman. Even from the distance Sakura could see that she was a beautiful woman. She wondered if she was as strong as Superman. Sakura tried to move again only to realize that Batman still hadn't let her go.

"What's going on DB?"

He focused on her then and Sakura raised a brow. "When all this is over we need to talk."

"About what?" Although Sakura could think about many things to talk to him about…like his spying.

Sakura didn't get a chance to hear his reply as Superman interrupted them. "I've got Supergirl and Steel Batman. I see Red Hood, but where's your third?" Sakura took a quick glance and saw what she presumed to be a guy with his head covered by a red mask. She could have been wrong but it was possible that he was the Red Hood Superman spoke of. "And where are Sakura's people?"

Sakura had that very question as well.

"Kunoichi is my-" Batman began but was cut off by a feminine voice.

"I'm right here."

Batman turned so fast it surprised Sakura. "Batgirl? No!" His voice was stern and harsher than Sakura had ever heard it. Judging by the outfit, she was obviously his protégé and fit the bill of being part of his Clan. It made Sakura wonder why he was so against her joining them.

Her hair was a flaming red and it fanned behind her as she joined them. She wore a cape and cowl similar to Batman's and she had the famed bat on her chest. Sakura could tell just by the way she moved that she was agile and the kunoichi thought it might come in handy.

"Mongul's son said you had to bring two people," Batgirl stated looking at Batman defiantly.

"And I have a second." Batman gestured to Sakura who, while surprised that was Batman's plan still waved her fingers at Batgirl. She was ignored, but she figured that was okay. When fighting with Batman it was important to give him your full attention or else you lost. Not to mention Sakura had a lot to ponder it those seconds about the fact that Batman had just claimed her as one of his. She felt something tight in her chest and she knew that her fondness for the man had grown exponentially. "How did you even know about this?"

Batgirl chuckled. "You're not the only one listening in on your communicators."

Sakura snorted being drawn back into the conversation and Red Hood laughed outright which earned them both a dirty look. Sakura quietly waited to see if Batman would send her away, but he didn't. Batgirl must have known that because she strolled away toward Steel who had brought his craft down to their level.

"You're a techie?" Steel asked Batgirl.

"Yeah. Plus I have an eidetic memory." Batgirl wasn't the only one, but Sakura saw no reason to bring that up.

"Alright, this is good." Steel continued. "Superman tasked me to disable War World's guns, so—"

"Wait." Batman interrupted causing them all to look at him. Sakura could tell at a glance that something was wrong. And it had to be something major because it was almost impossible to tell when something was bothering the Batman. "You should know…"

"DB?" Sakura questioned. He was starting to scare her and she was certain it showed. He shook his head dismissing her concern.

"You should know that we might not come back."

Sakura saw Batgirl bow her head, but his words Sakura let out a small sigh of relief. He was worried about his protégé. He wasn't going to back out of the battle at the last minute as she had been thinking. She was almost certain they couldn't win this without him.

"Are you kidding me?" Red Hood asked. He wore a red hood hiding all of his features, but whereas BatGirl's bat was gold his was red. Over his costume instead of a cape, he wore a tan coat. It was then that Sakura realized that there was no way she'd blend in with Batman's people.

She didn't even wear the same symbol like Superman and his people and like Batman and his. Sakura closed her eyes once more feeling the loss of her people and her way of life.

"I'm serious. This is the most dangerous-"

Red Hood stepped forward and into Batman's personal space. His manner was threatening and Sakura didn't like it-not even a little. Her hands automatically clenched at her side. "That was the case every single time we walked out of the damn cave. And you're just figuring that out right now? No wonder you've lost so many of us."

It didn't take long, but Sakura had enough.

One does not simply approach Batman threateningly. Especially not while Sakura was around.

So it went without saying that she wasn't going to let the situation go on a second longer. She smoothly maneuvered herself so that she was standing

+ between Batman and Red Hood. Her back was to Batman, and the Dark Knight made a move to pull her out of the way but she wouldn't allow it. Sakura thought, after her silent refusal to move that he'd take a step back to give her more room, but he didn't. She didn't mind, though. She let her attention focus fully on the man in front of her.

"Red Hood, isn't it?"

"Yeah, and who are you?" Sakura could tell, somehow, that he knew exactly who she was but was just being an ass about it. She felt her lip start to curl into a snarl.

"Kunoichi. I'd like to say it's a pleasure, but as it stands I'm not quite sure about that."

"Likewise."

Sakura took a deep breath and then smiled grimly. She had a few things she needed to get off her chest before they went off to battle.