Okay, time to continue the arc! This chapter will open in Smallville and we'll get to know more about the Kents before we hit the next fight and make some headway in the Daichi-Roy situation.
And hey, chapter 10! A small, but still important milestone! Here's to another ten, twenty, thirty chapters!
On another, more annoying note, the website seems to have been broken since the time I posted the last chapter, as a few people couldn't read it, myself included. I then looked at other stories and saw the same thing. Then the website seemed broken at two other times. I'm thinking about making an Archive of Our Own account and posting the stories there, what do you think?
And now to reply to a review!
AlexFalTon: Honestly, I only explained Jinx so that you guys know she looks more like her comic version rather than her animated counterpart, so she won't have much to do with Daichi and Roy. But like I said, where Roy is, Cheshire is sure to follow, and that's actually pretty soon.
Honestly don't have much to say here, so, let's get on with the story!
Staunch the Bleeding
I'm sit down at the table as Martha begins to make some food for us, and while she does she tells me stories of Clark's time here, during the storytelling Lois and an excited Jon sit at the table as well, Clark and Jonathan putting the luggage away.
"And then he sneezed the tractor down to the other side of the field! And that's how we learned about his super breath," Martha finishes.
"Wow, it's a good thing no one else was around to see that happen," I mutter as I lean back in my seat. "What about his frost breath?"
"Oh, when we got the tractor back, we noticed some frost was all over it. Two powers with one stone," Martha answers.
"That's pretty awesome, gotta admit. Sucks that I don't have frost breath," I say as I rest my head in my hand.
"What powers do you have, dear?" Martha asks.
"Superhuman physical powers, flight, telekinesis, telepathy, a whole bunch of vision powers, energy absorption and redirection, accelerated regenerative healing factor, and superhuman senses. I can do a whole lot with the powers I have too, like create hard light structures with my energy," for example, I create an energy bird and have it fly around the kitchen. "Though I'm not as skilled as the Lanterns are with that particular skill."
Martha hums before putting a plate down in front of me, a massive helping of food on it. "I see. And what about those Teen Titans you're with? I've only met Wally, Dick, and Donna, but I admit I don't know much about them or the others."
"Starfire's fun. Naïve though, then again, she's only been on Earth for a few months. Omen's scary, but she's cool also. I think it's safe to say Aqualad's my best friend. Zatanna's cool, though her magic can be a little unnerving. Bumblebee's smart, and she can easily trick Wally, which isn't an easy thing to do," I answer as I eat.
"What about Speedy?" Lois asks, her eyebrow arched curiously.
"Speedy's…stubborn, but he's a good teammate," I answer, avoiding eye contact with anyone.
Martha hums before she picks up Jon and sits down next to Lois, placing her grandson in her lap. "You should invite them for Christmas. I mean, they have homes to go to, but they should come over for a bit, exchange some gifts here."
"Yeah, I can bring that up with them," I shrug.
Jonathan and Clark come downstairs, the latter takes some food off of my plate and eats it. "Hey, Daichi, are you busy right now?"
"Clark, can't you see the boy's eating right now?" Martha chides.
"I know, Ma, but it's important. The longer your tractor's out the more worried I get," he admits as he rubs the back of his head.
She smiles gently. "Glad to see the city hasn't shrunk that big heart of yours, Clark. But seriously, let the boy-"
She stares in shock at the now empty plate.
"Superspeed," I explain. "So, what about this tractor?"
Jonathan, Clark, and I head over to the barn, and inside I see the tractor sitting in a back corner. The three of us walk towards it and Jonathan opens up a panel on the side. "It's been like this for a while now, but I have no idea what's wrong. Clark's told me you're pretty smart, think you can figure out what's wrong?"
I crouch down next to the tractor before humming and telekinetically taking it apart. I look through the pieces before eventually finding the part with the problem. Well, parts would be better.
Now, I don't know anything about tractors, so I won't even pretend to understand what I'm looking at, but I bring the three parts over to Clark and Jonathan, the two lean in to get closer looks.
"It seems these two parts are burnt out, and the coolant device seems to be malfunctioning. I can't exactly fix them, but we can get you new parts," I say.
Jonathan hums and holds the two burnt out parts while Clark holds the coolant. "I'll see if Bruce can send you some parts, Pa."
"Thank you, son. Both of you," Jonathan says.
I smile and rub the back of my head. "It's no big deal," as I put the tractor back to normal, I hear something rapidly approaching, a speedster. "You hear that too?" I ask Clark.
He looks outside with his x-ray vision. "It's Wally. He's in his suit, too."
The three of us head outside, and not a moment later Wally stops in front of us, skidding to a halt and kicking up snow that lands on all three of us. "I knew I should've worn a coat," Clark mutters as he wipes the snow off.
"Wally, hey! Want some hot chocolate?" Jonathan asks as he wipes the snow off of himself.
"No, I'm good, Mr. Kent," Wally politely declines. He then turns to me. "Dude, we gotta get back to the Tower yesterday."
"Why? What happened?" I ask, immediately getting worried.
Before Wally can begin to speak, we see some people walking outside towards the farm. Clark puts his hands on mine and Wally's shoulders and leads us inside as Jonathan goes to talk to the visitors.
Once inside, Martha and Lois quickly notice Wally in his suit. "Geez, can't even be gone for more than a day before something happens, eh, Daichi?" Lois jokes.
"Guess so," I then turn to Wally. "So, what happened?"
"We were just hanging out, right? When a jet came onto the island, it was somehow able to bypass our defenses, Red Tornado and Robin are already looking into that," Wally explains.
"Who attacked?" Clark asks.
Wally shakes his head. "Most of them were unknowns. A kid with high-tech gear," Gizmo, I'd guess. "A girl with pink hair who could do magic," Jinx for sure. "Some dude wearing a red and white suit who can clone himself," I have no idea who that is. "But the last two were pretty important: Mammoth and Shimmer."
Oh crap, it's the Hive Five.
"Wait, why didn't you call me?" I ask as I look in my pockets for my phone. Wait, where is it? Crap, I left it in the car.
"We tried to, but their ship has a jammer active, that's why we couldn't get to you or the Justice League or the Society. Teleporters are down too," Wally answers.
I sigh deeply before heading towards the stairs. "Which room am I in?"
"Third door on the right," Clark answers.
I go inside and change into my suit. Once I come back downstairs, I see Wally's drinking some hot chocolate at the dinner table. So much for being "good."
Wally quickly downs the rest of the drink before getting up and putting on his cowl. "C'mon, we can get this done real quick, twenty minutes, in and out."
"I'll be sure to tell the League what happened. Good luck you two," Clark says.
"Let's do it. See you guys later," I say as Wally and I head back to Titans Tower.
The Hive Five stumble forward as they return to their base of operations.
Brother Blood smirks as he watches the five return, he opens his arms. "And so you've returned, successful!"
Mammoth grunts. "Successful? We didn't even win!" He clenches his fist and grits his teeth. "Apex wasn't even there."
"All in due time, Baran, all in due time," he turns around and heads to the doors. "Come, your rewards await you."
The Hive Five share a quick glance, Billy Numerous then shrugs and follows Brother Blood. "He hasn't proved us wrong before, may as well see this through."
The others nod in agreement before following.
After a few minutes they arrive in what looks to be a ritual room, a small fountain in the center surrounded by a blood-red pentagram on the floor.
"Whoa, we're not summoning Satan, are we?" Gizmo asks. "Because I did not sign up for that."
Brother Blood smirks. "No, my dear boy, we aren't summoning Satan (though we have another demon in mind). This is your reward. Stand in a point."
Jinx is the first to move forward. "I can smell the magic reeking off of this. You plan on increasing our power. Well, I'm all for it," she stands in one point.
At that, Mammoth immediately moves into another point, an excited grin on his face. "Apex won't know what hit him."
"Geez, you got one hell of a hate-boner for the guy, huh?" Billy Numerous quips as he stands in another point. He raises his hands in surrender when Mammoth growls at him. "Sorry!"
"This better be worth it, Blood," Shimmer warns as she stands next to her brother.
Gizmo floats into the final point. "So now what? Do we sing? Chant? Sacrifice our blood?"
"Yes, to that last one," Brother Blood puts a knife into Billy Numerous' hand. "Cut your palm, then place it on the pedestal in front of you," Billy Numerous does just that. "Now pass it down."
Gizmo takes the knife and hesitates a little. "If I get a bloodborne disease I'm blaming you," he then cuts his palm and passes it to Shimmer.
Shimmer's silent as she looks at Blood suspiciously before cutting her palm and placing her hand on the pedestal.
Mammoth takes the knife and quickly cuts his hand; he stares in surprise at how easily it pierced his skin before shrugging and handing it to Jinx.
"Oh, this is gonna be good," she comments before repeating everyone else's actions.
Brother Blood then takes the knife and cuts his palm. "Today is a new day for the Hive Five!" The walls around the group break apart, revealing that they're standing on a stage, Cult of Blood members all around, watching the ritual. "Yesterday, these children were defeated, tossed aside, but today? Today they grow! And tomorrow they win!" Brother Blood then slams his uncut fist into his chest. "Hail, Trigon!"
The crowd repeats the action. "Hail Trigon! Hail Trigon! Hail Trigon!"
Brother Blood's blood then flows from his cut palm to the center of the pedestal, filling the small pool quickly, pipes then move the blood over to the cut palms of the Hive Five and enters their bodies through their cuts.
The five groan in pain and discomfort as their bodies change, some within, some both within and without.
For Shimmer there isn't a physical change, but she can feel the increase in power. Now, she can use her transmutation to create anything, without having to know the chemical makeup of the object she's changing, and what her target is.
Gizmo gains green tech lines along his skin. The technology in his gear begins to speak to him, and he speaks to it. Not just his tech, but he can speak to all the electronics in the building, he feels as if his eyes have been opened for the first time.
Billy Numerous feels like he's overflowing, like he has too much to contain in so little. Without needing to find out, he now knows, he can create far more clones than just three, but how much? Only one way to find out.
Jinx has a physical change as well. Her dyed pink hair now becomes natural, and her eyes become pink as well. Her arms have also changed from their dark brown to a pale gray. She feels her connection to the magic of the universe strengthen exponentially.
Of the five, Mammoth's change is the most glaring. He seemingly doubles in size, his massive frame now becoming gargantuan. His skin becomes a greenish-brown hide, but there are cracks in places, exposing his muscles. His teeth become fangs and he gains claws. Due to the change in size, the top half of his suit is shredded, but his pants manage to stay intact.
The ritual then ends and the five stumble back, they all look at each other in shock and surprise before turning to a smiling Brother Blood.
"This time you won't lose," he states.
Titans Tower
The two of us arrive at the entrance to the Tower. Once I land, I turn around and look at the destroyed courtyard behind me, the jet in the distance also catches my attention.
"We would have Zee clean it all up, but that other mage did something to her, now she's got a sore throat," Wally says as we enter the elevator to head to the top floor.
The elevator doors open and we head over to the mission room, and as soon as the doors open a blur of red slams into me and pins me to the wall. "Where the hell were you!?" Roy shouts.
I slowly take his hands off the collar of my suit and glare at him. "Hate to say it, but Wally told me communications were cut, so you can't blame me for not answering your calls," I pull out my phone and show him the call history. "Nothing. But I'm here now, how's it looking?"
"No, we aren't done yet, Akiyama," Roy says. "Okay, we couldn't call you, but why didn't you hear what was happening!? Seriously, you've got these super senses and yet you fail to use them!"
"They're my powers, Harper, I use them how I see fit," I counter as the two of us glare at each other.
"You haven't used them effectively lately," he argues.
"Harper, we had more pressing matters at the time, and now? I was busy with something else. I mean, why are you mad!? Everyone's still alive and no one's captured!" I shout.
"ENOUGH!"
We're both pushed apart by an angry looking Donna, I see a bandage around her head and some dried blood around the wound. "The two of you can have your measuring contest later! Right now, we need to retaliate against the people who attacked our base! Got it, Harper?"
Roy glares at me for a moment before scoffing and joining the others.
Donna turns to me, her glare still on her face. "And you. You're one of our leaders, you need to be above petty things like this on the mission. Got it?"
I look down in shame before looking back into her eyes and giving her a determined nod. "Got it," the two of us walk over to join the others, I stand next to Dick as footage of the fight is shown on a holographic screen. "Looks like you guys did good without me."
Roy scoffs and begins to mutter something, but Donna's elbow stops him.
"You're right, we probably would've won, but our injuries would be a whole lot worse. Doesn't help that they attacked our home, that was pretty jarring to happen so soon in our team's lifespan," Dick replies.
I cringe as I see Mammoth's punch against Donna that sends her flying away. Well, now I know how she got that injury, Mammoth's gonna regret that. I look closer at Jinx's part of the footage, perfect. I zoom in on her. "I think I figured out her magic specialty."
"What is it?" Zatanna asks in a hoarse voice.
"Luck magic. I mean, look at this, she should've hit the fountain, yet Dick just happened to get in the way. And for you, when you were about to make a spell, she caused you to choke on air, and mess up your vocal chords," I fold my arms and look at the footage again. "She's definitely a dangerous one."
"The others were pretty straight forward," Dick says as he pulls up their files. "The tech genius calls himself Gizmo, he's the son of the first Gizmo who would occasionally fight the Justice Society. The cloning guy is called Billy Numerous, he can only make three clones of himself, totaling to four of him. And the girl's Jinx, she's a low-level mage, and as Daichi said, her specialty is in luck magic. They called themselves the Hive Five."
"That's not all, they have a benefactor," Garth adds. "Don't know who though, they never thought to divulge that information."
Hm, I think I know who, but I can't say anything without even any way of pinning it to him. "Well, 'least we know what they can do. What about the jet on our front lawn?"
"I've got a program breaking the encryption to tell us where they came from. It's surprisingly strong," Dick admits. "Gizmo's influence, no doubt."
"Right," I fold my arms and take a deep breath through my nose. "All right, Superman's telling the League what happened, but we shouldn't expect any assistance as always. When we get the location, we'll meet back here and think up a plan of attack. Until then, break."
Roy's the first to leave, followed by Karen and Zatanna, then Wally, Garth, and Lilith leave, Dick and Kory then get out of the mission room, leaving me and Donna.
She sighs before walking over to me and taking my hand. She then leads me over to her room and locks the door behind her. Donna walks me over to her bed and sits me down on it, she then sits on my lap and rests her arms on my shoulders, I rest my hands on her hips.
"This is getting out of hand," she begins. "You're normally calm, but now Roy's getting under your skin, it won't end well."
"I know, I know. It's just-" I pause for a moment. "Who is he to tell me how to use my powers? I was busy meeting Martha and Jonathan; I didn't want to be rude and listen for things all the way in California."
Donna smiles before leaning in for a quick kiss on the cheek. "I know, and that's sweet of you. But you need to understand, Roy doesn't know what it's like to have senses like yours, he thinks it's as simple as listening out for a simple sign when it really isn't. He has to understand."
"How do I-" My eyes widen as an idea comes to mind. "I could telepathically link him to my senses, show him it's not as easy as he thinks to filter them all out."
"Smart idea, but that sounds dangerous. Most people usually aren't good with a sudden increase to their senses, you of all people should know that," Donna warns.
I groan and lean back, flopping down on the bed and bringing Donna down with me. "You're right, as always. What should I do then?"
Donna smiles and nuzzles her head into my cheek. "You'll figure something out, you always do."
The two of us lay down in silence as her hand traces circles on my chest and I do the same with her lower back. Eventually Donna sits up and straddles my waist, a mischievous smile on her face. "Well, while we're waiting for Dick's techno-thingy to do its thing, maybe you and I can do some exploring?"
"What do you have in mind?" I ask with an arched brow.
Donna just leans in closer, her long hair creating a sort of curtain separating us from the rest of the world. "Why say when I can show you?"
She pulls me into a deep kiss, her tongue immediately wrestles mine for control. Oh. Well, I'm more than willing to explore this, but she should know, I won't let her win this little match of ours.
I begin to move my own tongue in tandem with hers, causing Donna to moan in delight and pleasure as I pull her closer to me. Her hands rest on each of my cheeks and lightly caress them as we continue.
There's a knock on the door that interrupts our make-out session, Donna groans in annoyance as she pulls back slightly and turns her head to the door. "This better be important!"
"Dick's algorithm managed to crack the code to the Hive Five's jet, he wants us in the mission room," Karen replies before I hear her walking away.
Donna sighs before she sits up, I come up with her. "Should've seen that one coming. We can't make-out all day, you know."
"I know," Donna's sly smirk then returns. "Would love too, though."
I shake my head in amusement as the two of us get up and exit her room, we then head downstairs and run into Lilith and Garth as they get out of the latter's room. "Sooo, what'd you two do in there?" Lilith asks as she and Donna walk together, arms around each other's waists.
"Oh, you know, made-out. You two?" Donna asks with a grin.
Lilith looks at Garth and winks, causing the Atlantean to blush. "Same thing."
The two girls laugh and talk amongst themselves as Garth and I share a glance. He then shrugs. "Girls."
I nod. "Girls."
We enter the mission room to find most of the others waiting, Wally not being here yet. I walk over to stand next to Dick as we wait, and after a few minutes he runs in with a massive sandwich in his hands.
Dick sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose before muttering, "Goddammit, Wally," he claps his hands and brings up a holographic screen. "Okay! According to the jet (and the trackers I placed on them) they came from a location in Jump City. That's over in New York," he says once he notices mine and Kory's confused looks.
"They're based in New York? They do know Superman and the Justice Society work out of there, right?" I ask. Why would they choose there as the base of operations?
"No idea. I will say this though, for a moment my tracker told me they were in New York, but then it was immediately blocked, so wherever they are they've got decent defenses against Batman's tech," Dick replies. "Thankfully, their jet can tell us their exact location."
Wally raises his hand. "Uh, we aren't gonna fly it, are we? 'Cause I'll be the first to say, I'm not comfortable with flying one of their ships."
"No, I'm gonna check through the data then input the coordinates to our Javelin. The teleporters are still down, Gizmo's blocking of our systems is surprisingly effective," Dick answers.
"How long will this take?" Karen asks.
Dick pulls up a holographic screen and inputs some commands, he then leans back in shock and stares at the screen with wide eyes. "Um…huh, longer than expected. It's looking like fifteen hours."
The other's look at him in surprise, instead I hum and cup my chin. "We could use this," I begin. "It'll be pretty late at night in New York around that time, we can move under cover of night and test out our new stealth tech. Zatanna can use this time to help soothe her throat and you guys can heal from your injuries."
Dick nods. "Perfect. All right, guys, we'll do the plan later, until then, dismissed. Daichi, can we talk?"
I give Donna a quick smile before she and the others leave the room. Once the door closes, I turn to Dick. "What's up?"
"Talk to Roy. Now."
I sigh in annoyance before running my hand through my hair, which is now returning to its shoulder length form. "Yeah, I know. Man, you're like, the eighth person to tell me that."
"Then you should know how important it is for you to do this," Dick says as he folds his arms. "We're gonna hit them back, and the two of you need to put this aside, otherwise we won't win."
"No, we won't," I agree before smiling. "You know, you're pretty good at this keeping us together thing. Though Donna's better at stopping a fight from breaking out."
Dick smiles and rubs the back of his head nervously. "Yeah, she is. And you're good at being a leader. You sure you never had to lead people back up in space?"
"No, I was-" I remember the sound of bone's cracking, a scream right after.
Dick's hand is suddenly on my shoulder, I shake my head to see a concerned look on his face. "Hey, you okay? You were out of it for a bit."
"Uh, yeah, I'm fine. Sorry. What'd you say again?" I ask.
Dick's concerned face wavers before he smiles. "Nothing important. Hey, after you talk to Roy maybe you can head over to the Kent Farm, take some time to get ready. Tell Jonathan and Martha "hi" for me also."
I nod as the two of us exit the mission room. "You got it," we then look around but find no Zatanna, Karen, Wally, or Roy. "Where're the others?"
"They returned home. Wally took Karen and Roy while Zatanna teleported," Kory answers. "I plan to return to Wayne Manor as well."
"Yeah, I'm gonna head to Atlantis with Garth, some of the mages there can teleport me home," Lilith adds as she and Garth stand by the elevator.
I notice Dick look at me from the corner of my eye, I just wave it away. "Donna? What about you?"
She comes from her room, the door open, and leans on the railing, a small travel bag in her arms. "I was thinking I could go to Smallville with you. That's not too much, is it?"
I shrug. "No, should be fine. Just expect a lot of teasing from Lois."
Donna smiles before jumping over the railing and floating down next to me as the rest of us walk to the elevator. "It's nothing I can't handle," she boasts.
"You say that now…" I whisper. "So, the Hive Five, no hints as to who's giving them shelter?"
Garth shakes his head. "No, they just said someone gave them their jet and that's it. Chances are, whoever gave them their jet also got Mammoth and Shimmer out way back during the fight against the Fearsome Five."
"Huh, two teams of Five, wonder what's up with that," Lilith comments. "Ah well, we have literally double their numbers, and four heavy hitters whereas they have one. We got this."
The others nod and are determined, me on the other hand, I'm not so sure. The elevator doors then open and we all exit the Tower, and I can see that everything's fixed, thank you, Zatanna.
We all say our goodbyes before going our separate ways.
Donna and I fly through the cold air of San Francisco, the snow falling on us, but we don't really feel cold, thanks to our bodies. As we fly Donna slowly floats closer to me, she then flies parallel to me, our fronts facing each other.
I look down with a small smile. "Yeah?"
She smiles back. "You make a great leader, you know that? But you know what'd make you an even better leader?"
"What?" I ask with a tilt of my head.
She grabs my hands and drags me along in a different direction, northwards. "Donna? Where are you taking me?" I don't get an answer. "Donna?"
"Oliver has a cabin in the woods outside of Star City, he, Dinah, and Roy stay there around this time of year," Donna answers. "Get ready, we're doing this now. Got it?"
"Yeah, got it," I reply with a nod. Geez, if I'm the leader then she's the boss.
She is right though, may as well deal with it now.
Outskirts of Star City
The two of us land nearby a log cabin, the lights on and smoke coming out of the chimney. Using my super hearing I can tell that there are four people inside, three in the kitchen, and one in a bedroom.
Donna lightly elbows my side before walking up on the porch and knocking the door. Oliver and Dinah stop talking, and Oliver moves to a hiding spot as Dinah comes over to the door, she then opens it and looks surprised before smiling and pulling us in with a hug as she holds a blond boy around Helena's age with her other arm.
"Daichi! Donna! What are you two doing here? Oh, Daichi, this is our son, Connor. Say hi, Connor," She says as Oliver comes out of a corner, his bow in his hands.
"Hi," the boy waves.
"Hi," I wave back.
Donna not so subtly points her thumb at me. "Oh, you know, we just wanna deal with some in-team drama, and Daichi here's gonna deal with it. Like a leader. Right, Dai?"
I nod. "Right."
"Roy's room is the-" Oliver cuts himself off. "Wait, super hearing, you can find it no problem."
I nod before walking over to Roy's door, Donna, Oliver, and Dinah begin talking as they head over to the kitchen. Connor plays with Donna's hair.
I stand in front of the door and raise my fist to knock, but just before I can, it opens. "Come in," Roy simply says as he steps aside.
I hum before walking into the room. I look around to see some posters of rock bands and some movies along the wall, a target for darts on his closet door, a table with a spinning chair, and a TV across the bed.
"Pretty luxurious for a seasonal place," I comment.
"Just say what you want to and get out, Akiyama," Roy folds his arms.
I sigh before turning around and looking at Roy. "Look, Roy, this whole feud between me and you is stupid. I know it has more to do than me and Donna being together, but none of that matters. It's pretty damn obvious we aren't like the League, we're closer than they are, so that means any infighting can be far more catastrophic for us. This needs to be solved now, especially before we deal with the Hive Five."
"…All right, how do we solve this then?" Roy asks.
"That's the thing, it's all on you. I have no problem, Donna has no problem, it's you with the problem, you have to fix this," I say.
Roy scoffs. "And here I thought you'd be able to solve this. After all, you always go on about how you're sooo much smarter than the curriculum."
I grumble and pinch the bridge of my nose. "You- okay. Stay calm, Dai," I whisper. "Look, that's different, we don't have classes for jealousy and love triangles between superhero teens. This could have multiple ways of ending, the way World War II ended? Only one answer."
Roy looks away and takes a deep breath. "Look, there's a lot of reasons I'm angry, I'll admit. Just-just give me some time to think about it, okay?"
"Yeah, sure," I agree.
The two of us walk over to the kitchen where we find Oliver handing Donna a bag, using my infrared I can see heat radiating off of it. "What's in the bag?" I ask.
"It's some of Ollie's chili," Roy says. "Be careful, I'm not sure if even you could handle it. Well, see you guys later."
Donna hugs Oliver, Dinah, and Connor really quick before pulling Roy into a hug. "See you later, Roy! Ollie, Dinah, Connor, Merry Christmas and happy holidays!"
I follow after her and give them a two-finger salute. "What she said."
As we fly away, I notice Donna look at me with a smile. "Yeah?"
"You did good," she compliments. "How're things with you and Roy?"
"He's gonna think on it, but I guess you can say things are getting better," I answer with a shrug. I then point at the bag in her hands. "What's up with that? When using my infrared, it looked as hot as my heat vision."
"Oh, this is Ollie's infamous chili," Donna answers, confirming my suspicions. "I've never had it, but I hear it's extremely spicy. I once saw a bowl back at the manor a few years ago, but Diana stopped me before I could even get the spoon in."
"Huh, must be hot," I say.
"Yeah, but I'm hotter, right?" She asks as she spins around me.
I smile and hold her by the waist. "The hottest," we then kiss as we fly through some clouds.
Donna pulls out of the kiss and flies a little faster. "Hey, can you hold these telekinetically?" Once I do so she smirks. "Race you to Smallville!" Donna suddenly speeds ahead.
"Wha- Donna! Hold up!" I groan before speeding after her, careful to make sure the food and her clothes don't start raining down and confusing the general populace.
Smallville
"Ha! I win!" Donna announces as she thumps her chest proudly.
I land next to her and vibrate the snow off of me. "I'm just saying, if I didn't have to worry about the chili or your stuff, I'd win."
Donna just smirks and has her fists on her hips. "I didn't know you learned to complain up in space."
I just smile and shrug before heading to the house, on the way there Clark opens the door. "Donna! How are you?"
The two of us walk onto the porch and look around for any civilians before she answers. "Oh, I'm good. Just thought I'd visit while we wait for Dick to get the data from the Hive Five to our Javelin."
Clark nods. "Right. Do Bruce and Diana know you're here?"
Donna shrugs.
Clark shakes his head in amusement before he notices the chili floating by me. His face pales slightly and he points at it. "So, uh, is that what I think it is?"
"Oliver's chili? Yeah," I answer. "Where should I put it?"
"Oh, you can put it in the kitchen," he then sighs deeply. "Ma's gonna make us eat it. Dammit."
The door opens and Lois sticks her head out. "Clark, what's taking so long?" She then notices why it's taking so long. "Oh, hey Dai, Donna!"
"Hello, Lois," Donna replies as the two hug. "Is Jon awake?"
"Kid's getting tired, but I'm sure he'd be excited to see you, Ma and Pa also," Lois says as she leads her inside.
We enter the living room to see Jonathan sitting on the couch, his tired grandson sitting in his lap as they watch a relatively old movie, looks like one of the Indiana Jones movies.
Martha comes from upstairs, wearing pajamas, she's surprised for a moment before greeting us. "Oh, hello, Donna! To what do we owe this visit?"
Donna shrugs. "I just thought I'd visit while we wait. I brought my stuff, too."
"You mean I brought it," I mutter.
"Semantics, babe," Donna says. "So, is there a room for me to stay in?"
"Well all the rooms are taken," Lois says, a devious smirk then grows on her face. "Buuut you could room with Daichi."
"Just don't be too loud," Martha adds.
My face heats up exponentially and I suddenly wish Darkseid would choose now to attack. Donna stutters before grabbing her bag and hurrying upstairs, avoiding eye contact with me, I notice her face is beet red the entire time.
As Lois and Martha break out in laughter, I glare at them. "Seriously?"
Martha ruffles my hair. "Seriously. I'm going to sleep, you'd better wake up early tomorrow, otherwise you'll miss breakfast. Good night, all."
Lois then yawns loudly and goes over to pick up Jon. "Looks like me and Tinyville are getting tired, too. 'Night guys."
And then there were three.
Clark sits next to his dad as I sit down on the couch next to them, the three of us watching Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade silently for a while. "So, Daichi," Jonathan eventually says. "How did things go with this Roy Harper boy?"
I blink in surprise and look at him. "You know about that?"
"I told him. But yeah, how did it go?" Clark asks.
"It's…improving? Donna and I don't have problems with Roy, he has the problem with us, me. He's gonna take some time to think on it. I just hope he comes to a decision tomorrow, that's when we plan to hit the Hive Five in their home base," I answer.
Clark hums. "The Hive Five, who were they?"
"Some guy who can clone himself, a girl with luck magic, a kid calling himself Gizmo, and everyone's favorite Australian supervillain sibling duo, Mammoth and Shimmer," I reply.
"Huh, the first Gizmo had a kid? Definitely didn't see that one coming," Clark whispers as he looks up at the ceiling.
"Look, Daichi," Jonathan says. "This moment is something you need to remember. You'll make choices that will make you happy, but not everyone will be happy with what you choose, but don't listen to them. Stick with your ideals and don't let them knock you over, got it?"
I nod. "Got it."
Jonathan nods before getting up and stretching. "Well, time to hit the hay for this old man. Good luck on your hit against the Hive Five. Hit that Mammoth extra hard for me, will ya?"
"You've got it," I reply with a salute as he heads upstairs.
Once he enters his bedroom Clark looks at me with a smirk. "So, is he the same in the comics?"
"Just about," I answer. "It's because of him and Martha that you're one of the greatest superheroes out there."
"Well, I wouldn't be me without them. I just hope I'm the same for Jon. And you," he admits.
"I think you're doing a pretty good job," I then get up. "I'm gonna go to sleep. See you tomorrow."
"Don't be too loud," Clark laughs as I grumble and head upstairs.
I enter the room to find Donna now wearing pajama pants and a plain black t-shirt; she's sitting on the bed, her chin resting on one knee as she scrolls through her phone. She looks at me and blushes slightly as I take off my suit and change into some shorts.
"What was it you said earlier? Oh, right "nothing I can't handle." Still feel the same?" I tease as I sit down next to her.
"Shut up, you were just as embarrassed as me, maybe even more so," she pouts. Her face then becomes redder as she reads a text. "Diana nooo…"
"What?" I arch a brow.
She just gives me her phone and I read the text. I feel my face heat up before giving her the phone back. "Oh."
"Oh indeed," Donna groans. "I'm not sure what I'd prefer, strict adults, or teasing adults."
"Eh, if we had strict adults in our lives, I'd have to sleep on the couch in the living room. Which wouldn't be so bad since I can't feel the cold," I reply.
"Oh, so you don't want to sleep in the same bed as me? Keep me warm in the cold winter night?" Donna says with a pout.
"I- whoa- wait! No, no, nonononono! T-that's not what I meant! I'd love to sleep with you!" Hold up. My face heats up. "Wait, no, not like that! I-I-I-I…"
Donna laughs, a melodious tune that quickly drowns out my stuttering. "Oh, Dai, I love messing with you," she leans in and kisses me. "But I love kissing you even more," she rolls over and turns off the lamp on her side. "Good night, babe."
I turn off the lamp on my side before laying down next to her, an arm around her waist. "Good night, love."
"Get up, love birds!" Lois shouts from the other side of the door.
I slowly open my eyes and get up, looking behind me to see the clock go from 6:59 to 7:00 AM sharp. They weren't lying when they said they got up early, but why do I feel like this is a late morning for them?
I get up (much to Donna's chagrin) and grab a shirt and change into a pair of black sweatpants, and once that's done, I walk over to the Amazon and shake her by the shoulder. "Donna, hey, breakfast."
She groans in protest and digs herself deeper in the bed. "Daichi, what time is it?"
"7:04 AM."
"That's way too early. Let me sleep, if I miss breakfast, I miss breakfast, big deal," she mutters.
"But it's Martha Kent's breakfast," I say.
Donna suddenly shoots up from bed and runs through the door, nearly knocking Clark over in the process. "Huh, guess she's willing to wake up early for somethings."
"I guess so," I reply as we walk downstairs together. "If I'm right, we'll leave sometime around the night, so yeah, we'll be here for a while. At least now we can test our stealth tech for real."
"You seem pretty excited for that," Clark comments as we sit down at the table, Martha puts down some plates in front of us.
"Excited for what?" Donna asks as she eats.
"Stealth tech," I answer.
"Yeah, what's up with that? What, you so excited to be a ninja? I won't lie, I am too," Donna agrees.
"Stealth tech?" Jonathan asks.
"A lot of us have colorful suits, with the stealth tech we can move a lot easier in places where we need to be quiet. I mean, yeah, my suit's mainly black, but there's still enough orange to catch me. Don't even get me started on Donna's red, white, and blue," I smile as I nod my head towards her.
Donna just smiles before grabbing some bacon off of my plate. What is it with everyone and taking my food? She notices my look. "Hey, just because you can't take my food doesn't mean I can't take yours."
"I wouldn't fight her if I were you, Daichi, Martha's the same," Jonathan advises.
Said woman lightly smacks his hand away from her plate. "Shut up, Jonathan," the Kryptonian-Human hybrid begins to cry out, Martha turns to him and feeds him a small part of her pancake. "No, not you, dear, the other Jonathan."
Jon nods before reaching out for my plate. "Dai! Dai!"
I sigh before giving him some eggs. "May as well give everyone my food."
"I thought you didn't need to eat?" Clark asks with a smirk.
"Ha! Nice!" Lois laughs as they high five.
I grumble and rest my head on the table as the others laugh at my expense. Using my telekinesis, I manage to eat another one of my pancakes, but in doing so I draw Martha's attention.
"No powers at the table!" She admonishes.
"Sorry," I reply before using my hands again. "Was just curious, is all."
For the next few minutes, we just eat and generally have a good time, once the food's done, Donna and I sit on the roof as the snow falls lightly. We're both wearing coats to keep up appearances as we sit close to each other, occasionally whispering sweet nothings to each other and kissing.
Donna lets out a breath and the two of us watch the mist in the air, I then do the same, our mists swirling together before fading away. "It's weird how similar yet different things are here when compared to the manor," Donna says.
"How so?" I ask.
"Well for one, we've got a bigger table, so there's no need to worry about bumping elbows with each other. Two, there's a more, I don't know, professional air about the room, doesn't mean we don't have fun though. You should've seen it, this one time, Helena got borderline depressed when she found a dead squirrel, right, so she wanted to do an investigation to find Mr. Cheeky's murderer. So Bruce was dressed as Batman while she was in a customized Robin costume, the two spent the entire day solving the mystery!" Donna chuckles.
"So, who did Mr. Cheeky in?" I ask.
"Titus did," Donna answers. "Helena was mad at him for like a minute before the two became best friends again."
"Yeah, sounds like Helena all right," I whisper as I catch a snowflake on the tip of my finger. "How are Diana and the other kid?"
"They're both fine. In fact, we've found out the child's gender—a boy," Donna says. "Helena's extremely excited to have a little brother, says she'll be the best big sister around. What about Lois' child?"
"A girl. They've been thinking about names for a while now. Well, human names, she's already got a Kryptonian one, Cir-El," I answer.
"Huh, "Cir-El", it's a beautiful name," she whispers. "Wait, what's Jon's?"
"Van-El," I answer. It was honestly funny when I learned that, the first thing that came to mind was the Justice League Unlimited episode "For the Man Who Has Everything." That was the name of Clark's son in that story.
"Hey, Donna!" We both look over to see Lois and Martha standing just in front of the house, the former shouting. "We were planning on getting some groceries, but Clark's worried and doesn't want us going out alone, what with the snow and all that. Wanna come with?"
"Yeah, sure," Donna kisses me on the cheek before hopping down and walking with Lois and Martha over to the car.
"Can you get me some Life Savers!? Gummy, to be precise!" I shout.
Donna turns around and gives me a thumbs up before the ladies drive off.
I lay on my back and let out a powerful breath, the snow getting blown away, placing the house in a little bubble momentarily before the snow comes flying back down. How does Clark's ice breath work? I should ask, if it isn't a Kryptonian only thing maybe I can get ice breath, add that to my laundry list of powers.
Well, let me try on my own, first.
I hold my hand out in front of me as I take a deep breath, compress the air, and then blow it out through a narrow hole. Heh, looks like it worked, and on the first try.
My hand's covered in a thin shell of ice. I study it and turn my hand, looking it over. Okay, I can work with this. If I wanna use this against Mammoth I'm going to need a lot of ice, Shimmer and Jinx are a whole other matter, it could work, if I get them instantly, otherwise they'd escape easily, Gizmo probably has something to deal with ice, but the cloning guy? I might get him.
I smirk before shooting some beams of heat vision, melting the ice around my hands.
"Looks like you've got a new power," Clark says as he hops up to sit next to me, Jon in his arms.
"Eh, just wanted to see if I could use ice breath. Looks like I can," I reply. I then reach out and poke Jon in his belly, pulling my finger back when he reaches for it and poking again. "Gotta be faster than that, little man."
Jon grumbles and tries to bite my finger. Clark laughs and ruffles his hair. "I know Bruce said to not talk about possible futures for us and all, but I gotta ask: does Jon have a good future?"
"I'm not sure," I answer. "See, your stories started way back in the late thirties, in fact, you're one of the first superheroes (Zatara, too, which is kind of surprising). But Jon's actually really recent in the grand scheme of things, so there's a lot I don't know about his future."
Clark hums and hugs Jon closer to him. "Got it. Do you want me to tell Lois? Trust me when I say, she can keep a secret."
I hum and look forward, I then nod. "Yeah, well, I wanna tell her. Maybe Jonathan and Martha as well."
"You know you can call them Ma and Pa, right?" Clark asks.
"I don't know, that seems pretty personal, you know? I'm not sure if it'd be right," I reply as I scratch my cheek.
I notice him open his mouth before closing it, he smirks before looking ahead. "Whatever you say," he then becomes serious. "These Hive Five guys, where are they?"
"Before his tracker deactivated Robin found them somewhere in New York, their jet says the same thing. We're gonna get the data and then strike them in their home," I reply. "But it makes me wonder, why New York? We operate out there, the Justice Society is based there, and there are other superheroes in the area."
"That's a good question. If you get the chance you should find out, who knows what you'll learn," Clark replies.
I hum before blowing some snow away, again creating a bubble for the house. "That sounds like a good idea."
"Of course it does, it's one of mine," Clark replies with a superior smirk as he puffs his chest out.
I roll my eyes in amusement. "Got it. Hey, what'd you get Lois?"
"Oh, you know, a diamond necklace made by yours truly," Clark replies nonchalantly. "Got some coal, crushed it up, BOOM, diamond necklace. What'd you get Donna?"
"This super expensive camera she eyed during a date a few weeks ago. Took almost all of my money to buy it, but it'll be worth it," I answer with a faint smile.
"It always is for the woman you love," Clark whispers.
My eyes widen as I shake my hands. "Whoa! Love is, uh…"
"You two have been dating for what? Three months now?" Clark asks.
"Yeah! So it's a little too much to say love this early in our relationship!" I reply.
"I'm sure you've heard this before, but in our life it's best to say everything you can when you can, never know if tomorrow might not come," he looks down and sighs. "I almost lost that chance with Lois when I revealed my identity to her."
I'm silent as I look at him for a moment before facing forward, looking over Smallville and eventually finding Donna, Lois, and Martha at the nearby market, the three talking about something that makes Donna gasp and become excited.
"You're not listening in, are you?" Clark asks. "Lois sometimes hates it when I keep an eye on her, but considering the danger she puts herself in…"
"I know what you mean," I then rub the back of my head. "I may have kept an eye on her every now and again," I sheepishly admit.
Clark does a zipping motion with his mouth. "Stays between us. But you never answered."
"No, I'm not. I mean, it's rude to listen in on other people's conversations unless you absolutely have to," I answer. I then look down and clench my fist. "Even if The Evolutionary says otherwise."
"What was your time like with him?" Clark asks carefully.
I grab some snow and throw it up as hard as I can, the snowball doesn't last long, burns up almost immediately. "I hated it. I was only an experiment, a number, to him, Subject-111. I named myself Daichi Akiyama when I was about five. As much as I love to test myself, I'd much rather fight enemies I at least have chances against. In my early days I'd fight people I'd have no chance against, all to improve my strength to where it is now. And more. So much more."
The sound of bones breaking, the smell of blood. Everything comes back again, taking me away from the peaceful present and into the bloody past.
I feel a hand on my shoulder.
I turn to see Clark looking at me concerned. "Daichi, you aren't there anymore, you're here, with me, with Jon, my Ma and Pa, Lois, and Donna," he squeezes his hand comfortingly. "Sorry for bringing it up."
I shake my head and quickly look away as I feel a tear threaten to drop from my right eye, I then wipe it away. "It wasn't your fault, you were curious, that's all."
"Still, I shouldn't have brought it up, you've mentioned in the past how bad your time with The Evolutionary was, I should've known bringing it up would've been bad," Clark continues to apologize.
I chuckle, Lois was right, he'd apologize no matter what. "Clark, seriously, it's all right," I then take a deep breath. "Is there any headway in the whole New Gods situation?"
Clark sighs. "Still nothing. Like John said, the New Gods aren't saying a thing about The Evolutionary. We've only recently gotten into contact with Mister Miracle and Big Barda, and they say it might be a challenge for even Scott to get in, get info, and get out."
"Those must be some tough defenses then. What did The Evolutionary do to them?" I wonder aloud.
"Mister Miracle wanted to ask you that," Clark replies. "When everything's calmed down and we get the chance, I'll make sure you can talk to them."
"That'd be great," I get up and wipe the snow off my pants. "So, what do you do on a farm in the winter anyway?"
Clark smiles before standing up. "Come on, I'll show you."
For the next few minutes, the three of us make snowmen, snow forts, and other snow things, Jonathan later joins and the three of us have a snowball free-for-all just before the ladies come back with the groceries. Donna has a large smile on her face as she heads inside holding practically all the bags in her two hands.
I look at her with an arched brow before turning to Lois. "What's with her?"
Lois just ruffles my hair. "You'll find out soon."
I look over at Clark, he just shrugs before picking up Jon and heading inside with the others.
They've got something planned, and I don't know how I feel about it.
A few hours later Clark, Donna, and I are putting on the finishing touches of our suits as we get a text from Dick over the group chat. Time to hit the Hive Five.
Donna checks the sharpness of her sword before nodding and sheathing it. "You ready to kick some ass?"
I extend my hand outward and some energy arcs along my arm before I rotate my arm. "Yeah," I turn to the adults and the baby. "Well, see you guys later."
"Good luck," Jonathan says.
"You two got this," Lois says as she puts a hand on each of our shoulders. "Make 'em regret messing with you. And Clark, whatever you Leaguers are planning, you'd better keep the kids safe."
Clark nods. "We don't need to; they can handle themselves."
"Of course we will," Donna replies with a smirk. "We should get going."
"Oh, before you leave be sure to tell Speedy thank you for the chili! Sorry you two won't have some though," Martha says.
"Yeah, it sucks," I hope that was convincing. I then activate my communicator. "Hey, WG and I are ready to teleport."
"Watchtower, I'm ready," Clark says at the same time.
"Beamin' you up," Garth replies.
All right, time to hit them where it hurts.
Titans Tower
Donna and I arrive to see Garth and Karen waiting next to the teleporters, their costumes on but her cowl's down. Garth and Donna fist bump before she and Karen side hug, I do the same with the two as we walk towards the mission room. "Everyone's here?" I ask.
"Everyone but Wally," Karen sighs. "Seriously man, if I had superspeed I'd never be late."
"It's how speedsters work," Donna replies with a shrug of her arms. "I heard Jay Garrick was the same with the Justice Society."
"It's totally the universe's way of compensating," Garth says as we enter the mission room.
I look around at the others waiting, Roy and I make eye contact before we both nod. Well, that's an improvement. Donna notices and bumps her uncovered shoulder into mine, I look to see a smile on her face, and she gives me a proud nod.
"You guys eat the chili?" Roy asks.
I shake my head. "They're eating it now."
"Lucky you. Man, I actually feel bad for the kid," Roy shakes his head in amusement.
Garth lightly elbows my other side and smirks before sitting between Lilith and Zatanna. "Sooo, Christmas, what's the plan?"
"Oh, Jonathan and Martha would like for the team to visit the Kent farm in the morning. We could stay there for a few hours before coming back here and exchanging gifts," Donna says.
The others look at each other and nod.
"Yeah, I'd say that sounds good," Dick agrees.
I tilt my head towards the outside of the room. "What sounds better is Wally in the elevator right now."
The others get serious and stretch their muscles as Wally races into the room. "Sorry I'm late! I just-"
"We get it, Wally, you're a speedster, that explains enough," Garth interrupts. "So, what's the plan?"
Dick and I stand next to the holographic screen as a map of the world appears, a few red dots appearing in certain places, a larger one in New York. "Thanks to the data I was able to learn the location of not just where the Hive Five are, but multiple possible safe houses for them. As you no doubt know, the League's getting ready as well, they plan to hit the other locations, while New York will be ours."
"That explains it," Zatanna comments.
"As expected, we can't just teleport into their base, we've gotta use the Javelin to get there," Dick nods to me.
I do my best to hold back a smile as I rub my hands. "We're gonna use stealth tech," Donna, Lilith, Garth, and Zatanna chuckle at my excitement. "Now, they're five of them, and ten of us, we'll hit most of them two on one, Robin here will sneak by and hack as much data as he can from them."
"Sounds good," Garth compliments. "Who's with who?"
"Garth, you and Wally will deal with the cloning guy. Your power and his speed can deal with him. Kory and Roy, Shimmer's your target. Roy can keep his distance and Kory's aerial superiority can help her avoid Shimmer's attacks. Zatanna and Donna will deal with the magic girl. Zatanna for obvious reasons, and Donna's more than capable for fighting magic beings. Lilith, Karen, Gizmo's yours. Karen, your genius can help take on his tech, Lilith's telepathy can cause Gizmo problems, and if he has a psionic shield, Karen can deal with it," I plan.
"And that leaves you against Mammoth," Wally says. "I actually wanna see this rematch. Hey, Garth, let's deal with Naruto real quick then watch Daichi's fight, I'll bring popcorn."
"I've got the drinks," Garth replies.
Karen looks between the two before looking at our resident mage, the two shrug.
"Daichi and Mammoth fought during our battle against the Fearsome Five. Pretty sure Mammoth wanted revenge when they attacked," Donna says as she notices their confusion.
"Oh, great, testosterone battle," Zatanna dryly comments. "Yaaay…"
"It is what it is," Dick shrugs. "Chances are their benefactor might be there, as well as your run-of-the-mill goons, so we still need to be careful regarding them," he looks around before nodding and putting on his domino mask, fully becoming Robin. "All right, let's go Teen Titans!"
Those with masks put them on as we exit the mission room and head towards the elevator. On the way there, Speedy walks to the back of the group, walking next to me. "Good luck with Mammoth."
"Good luck with Shimmer," I reply. "They won't escape. Not this time."
Speedy nods as we enter the elevator and head down to the hangar, on the way Robin's communicator activates. He presses some buttons on the holographic screen above his glove and Batman appears.
"The Justice League is currently moving out to the other locations for the Hive Five, New York will be under your jurisdiction," he begins. "The Justice Society will not be available to help, they're currently in Chong-Mai dealing with a nuclear crisis, so don't expect any assistance any time soon."
"We won't need it," Speedy confidently replies.
Batman hums. "We'll see," and he ends the call.
The ten of us are silent for a moment.
"Well, that couldn't have been more ominous, couldn't it?" Zatanna sarcastically asks.
"Batman would be great as a Tamaranean Shadow Hunter," Starfire comments. "They are what you would call our "black ops" unit."
"How do those guys work?" Omen asks.
"Oh, they do many things for the royal family. For example: when wanting to capture a target, they move amongst the shadows, killing anyone in their way after cutting off communications, they then capture their target, destroy the location of the mission, and bring the target to a designated location," Kory answers.
The elevator doors open and we walk over to the Javelin. "What happens to the target?" Omen asks.
"They are tortured, the plans in their head are forcibly extracted by a mind render, and then their husks are disposed of," Starfire answers.
We just stare at her as the Javelin ramp lowers. "Oh," Omen quietly replies.
"Let's not focus on that," I say as we all sit down in our seats. I then begin the flight sequence, and shortly after the Javelin launches outwards. The console has a map for our target location.
"Hey, how will we get there silently?" Zatanna asks. "The only reason the Hive Five got so close was 'cause they cloaked themselves from our radar."
Robin smirks and looks over his seat. "I'm doing the same thing here. Also helps that the Javelin can turn invisible."
"Wait, how?" Zatanna asks.
"Oh, that's thanks to the Amazons. We have a special metal that, when put under the right circumstances, can become entirely invisible. My sister's jet is what our Javelin is based on," Wonder Girl answers.
"The Invisible Jet's real!?" Bumblebee shouts in shock.
"Yeah," Wonder Girl simply answers.
The team continues to socialize during the flight, the entire time I'm silent, focusing entirely on the flight to New York.
Hive Five, you're gonna reap what you sow.
And that's the end to chapter four. There's gonna be two more chapters to this arc, the next one being mainly about the battle between the Teen Titans and the Hive Five, whereas the following will be the aftermath and the setup to the next arc, which has been seen in this chapter.
Well, that's all from me. If you have any questions or want to leave a constructive review you know where to leave 'em! Remember to stay awesome and see you next time you beautiful people!