Naruto x Young Justice fanfiction
AN
Hey guys and welcome to the 9th instalment of the story, sorry it took so long but here it is.
So, I don't really have anything major to discuss so without further ado, I hope you enjoy reading the following chapter and like always I do not own Naruto or Young justice
"Normal talk"
"Thought, mental links and phone communications"
"A.I, Demons and Magic spells"
Chapter 9: Does this mean I'm going on a field trip?
Mount Justice
"You wanted to see me?" Nate asked tiredly as he arrived at the debriefing room, he was sleeping until he got a call from Batman saying he needed him ASAP
"Yes, I have a mission for you" Batman said as he stared at the half naked teen "You couldn't get dressed?" he asked as he noticed Nate had only had black pants on him
"You told me to get here ASAP" Nate said as he rubbed his head "I thought something bad had happened, that's why I didn't have time to put on a shirt" he said as he put his hands on his pockets "So, what's the mission?" he asked as Batman typed on the hologram
"Rhelasia has always have been torn between the north and south of the country, they been fighting since the formation of the country" Batman said as the hologram showed a map of Rhelasia and two people "This people are the presidents and leaders of the north and south Rhelasia respectively" Batman said as Nate nodded taking in all the information
"Yeah, I heard about it" Nate said as he frowned at the hologram "They say that the north holds international and political power and the south military power" Nate said looking at each leader respectively "Is this about the peace summit?" He asked as Batman nodded
"As you know, both leaders of Rhelasia have agreed to come to terms on a peace summit in Taipei" Batman said as the hologram showed the building where the peace summit was going to take place "Both leaders have agreed to have an independent arbitrator" Batman said as Nate gained a curiosity look on his face "Right now people don't know who he or she is" Batman said making Nate smirk
"But you do, don't you ?" Nate asked sarcastically as Batman nodded "Who?" Nate asked as a picture of a bald mand with a salesman suit appeared on the hologram "Lex Luthor!?" Nate exclaimed in shock looking at the picture
"Yes, intel has shown this revelation" Batman said as he stared explaining how he got the intel "He recently bought a ticket to Taipei and a room on the building the summit is taking place" Batman said making Nate hum
"I wonder how did you got this intel" Nate said with a chuckle annoying the dark knight "I didn't knew the justice league was in favor of spying people" Nate said mockingly making the dark knight grumble
"We aren't" Batman said making Nate scoff "But desperate times mean desperate measures" Batman said making Nate nodded at that comment
"So, what do you want me to do?" Nate asked as he crossed his arms
"Peace is something the league is searching for" Batman explained making Nate nod "So, your mission is to make sure that this happens" Batman said making Nate frown
"You want me to protect the leaders and Luthor?" Nate asked in curiosity
"Yes, but I don't want you to reveal yourself unless it's absolutely necessary" Batman said as his eyes narrowed on Nate
"You want me to do something else don't you?" Nate asked narrowing his eyes at the Dark Knight "You could've asked Kaldur or Robin to a simple protection job, so why me?" Nate asked Batman in curiosity
"Yes, there's a reason I wanted you for this mission" Batman said trying to form his idea
"Is about Luthor isn't it?" Nate wonder as the dark knight nodded
"If he's there it isn't for the goodness of his heart" Batman said as Nate agreed with the statement "I want you to find what he is planning and who he's working with" Batman ordered
"Got it" Nate said as he out his arms on his back "Just one question sir, How I'm supposed to get to Taipei?" He asked in curiosity
"You'll go at this location after you get dressed" Batman order showing a map of Gotham with a red dot on it "I'll send you the location to your phone, your ride will be waiting for you there" Batman explain, and Nate nodded, Nate was starting to leave so he could get changed but Batman stopped him in his tracks "One last thing, your moving out of the cave after the mission" Batman said making Nate turn back in shock
"What? Why?!" Nate exclaimed in shock and confusion as he stared at the dark knight
"Because you're going to school" Batman said simply, and Nate could swore that the dark knight was making fun of him "In Gotham" Batman said smirking at the dumbfounded face of Nate
"Why can't I go to the one in Happy Harbor like Megan and Superboy?" Nate asked in confusion "Why the hell I have to go to the one in Gotham?" Nate asked in frustration trying to come with an excuse to not leave the cave
"Because Nathan Drake" Batman said making Nate freeze as he saw his fake birth certificate on the hologram "Was born on Gotham and according to this" Batman said pointing at the fake birth certificate "Lives there" he said with a smirk
"How did you get that?" Nate asked in fear as he couldn't stare at the dark Knight
"I have my resources" Batman said with a smirk "I know that's a fake name, but don't worry I won't make you reveal your real name" Batman said reassuring the blond teen
"Do you know my real name?" Nate asked in curiosity
"Yes" Batman said making Nate freeze at that comment "But that's the only thing I could find out, everything else you did a good job burying everything Naruto" Batman said as Nate frowned at that name
"Please don't call me that, that name only carries pain and suffering" Nate said as he frowned at the floor "Are you going to kick me out of the team?" Nate asked in fear as he stared at the dark knight
"If I'm being honest, when I found out about your real name, I wanted to kick you out of the team" Batman said as a question formed on Nate's head
"Wait, how long have you known?" Nate asked in wonder trying to figure where he had slipped of
"Since your mission on Santa Prisca" Batman said looking at the confused teen in front of him "I've been searching you since you join the team, it really took me a while" Batman said as Nate paid full attention to his words "When you came back from that mission, I was ready to kick you out, but I saw how everyone followed you, and I saw how you bonded with the team, that day you earned my respect" Batman said as Nate stood proudly from the first time in the conversation "But there was something that worried me" Batman said
"What?" Nate asked the dark knight in curiosity
"I saw myself in you" Batman said as Nate raised an eyebrow "And trust me, that's not a good thing" The dark knight said with narrowed eyes "Enrolling in school will prevent that" he said as Nate sighed
"Fine" Nate said with a sigh "Where will I live?" Nate asked in curiosity
"I will tell you that after the mission" Batman said as Nate remember he had a mission and turn mission mode "Your ride leaves in an hour so hurry up" The dark knight said as Nate nodded leaving the debriefing room
Batman watched the leaving form of Nate as he brought a paper out "I hope I'm not making a mistake here" he whispered to himself as he looked at the acceptance later of Nate to Gotham Academy he had paid for "I really hope not" he said as he left the cave
Gotham
Nate arrived at the location Batman had provided and the first thing he saw was a big hangar and a road for planes to go out, you didn't have to be a genius to figure out that in the hangar was a plane waiting for him
He entered the hangar and he looked in surprise as on the inside of the hangar was a beautiful looking black private jet, he approached the plane, and the doors open revealing a stair for him to get in the plane
He walked to the stairs of the plain and entered the plane and couldn't help to be amazed by the sheer beauty of the inside
"How the hell did Batman got this?" Nate thought as he walked into plane, he was going to take a sit but a voice behind him prevented him for doing so
"Master Drake, I presume?" A voice behind Nate asked making Nate turn around
Nate saw an old man in a suit standing in the entrance of the plane with his hands on his back, Nate could see this man was a butler but the fact he could get here without Nate noticing meant the butler in front of him had some sort of military training
"Yes, I'm in the right place?" Nate asked the old man
"Yes," The old man said smiling "It's a pleasure to meet you Master Drake, please call me Alfred" the old man now known as Alfred said, "We will be departing to Taipei shortly, is there anything I can get you?" Alfred said giving Nate a menu
Nate put the suitcase where his pistols were down on the floor and looked at the menu he had received "Uh can I get a stake well done and a lemonade?" he asked not believing the man would bring him that
"I will bring it shortly, in the meantime if you want you can charge your weapons here" Alfred said pointing at a compartment where he could put his suitcase "I'll be back with your meal" the old man said leaving the area into another part of the plane
Nate put the suitcase where the butler had told him to do so, he noticed how his suitcase showed a green light "A charger compartment on a plane" Nate thought "I'm really moving up in society" he thought as he took a sit, he then felt the plane started moving, he leaned back as he heard an announcement on the plane
"Master Drake" Nate heard the butler speak on the coms of the plane "We are taking off, please take a seat and strap on" The butler said as Nate complied and put the seat belt on and leaned back on the plane sit, he felt the plane take off as he saw the fading hangar from the window on his left
For a few minutes he just stood there looking outside from the window, he looked at the fading city of Gotham in deep thought trying to come up with a plan for the mission, his thoughts were interrupted by the butler coming towards him with a plate and a glass
"Here you master Drake" The butler said putting the food and the lemonade on the desk in front of Nate "I hope you enjoy it" The butler said as he bowed, and Nate nodded as he started eating the stake as he noticed something about the table, he pressed a button and a hologram showed up, Nate looked down and noticed a keyboard on the table
"Lex Luthor" He whispered as he type the same name on the keyboard and started researching the main nemesis of Superman and his reasons for being on the peace summit "Why would the CEO of Lex Corp be chosen as the intermediate?" He wonder out loud as he stared at the hologram looking for information on Superman's nemesis
Taipei some time later
Nate at some point on the flight had fallen asleep, he had finished his meal and had looked enough information for the mission at hand, he was sleeping peacefully until he felt a hand on his shoulder, Nate wake up and the first thing he saw was the butler standing in the hallway of the plane
"We will be arriving shortly master Drake" Alfred said with a smile as Nate yawned and nodded as he stood up and went to the bathroom, Nate enter the bathroom and stretched as he cleaned his face trying to get rid of the tiredness in his body, he looked up and saw the signal saying to strap on
Nate headed towards where he was sitting, he sat and put his belt on as he felt the plane heading down.
It took a few moments, but the plane landed perfectly on a nearby hangar on the outskirts of Taipei, the plane stopped, and Nate went for the suitcase
"Mater Drake" A voice behind Nate said as he turn and face Alfred "The plane will be waiting you here" Alfred said as Nate nodded
"How am I supposed to get to the summit?" Nate asked the butler in curiosity
"Please follow me" Alfred said as he walked towards the end of the plane "You can leave your suitcase here" Alfred said as Nate opened the suitcase and took out the guns and put them in his holster, he checked to see if he had everything, he nodded and followed the butler to the back of the plane and found a familiar motorcycle
"I took the liberty of placing your bike on the plane" Alfred said as Nate put a hand on the bike
"Did you carry it here?" Nate asked the butler in amazement
"Master Drake" Alfred said with a smirk and Nate could swore he heard a chuckle from the butler "You left the keys on the bike" Alfred said simply making Nate sweat dropped remembering how he had left the keys there
"Well, I need to get going" Nate said as he took a sit on his bike "Summit's starting soon, and I want to see the entrance of Mr. Luthor" Nate said as he put his helmet on
"Good luck master Drake" Alfred said as Nate took off on his bike
Nate travel through the roads of Taipei as he saw the massive building where the summit was supposed to take place, he arrived and saw how a bunch of vehicles were on the entrance of the tower, he also notice the press in the building as a familiar blond reporter was setting up
He looked around and found a vantage point on the tower and headed that way, he put his bike in a nearby alley "This place offers the best gateway if things go south" Nate thought as he took out his helmet and hide his bike on the alley "They always do" Nate thought as he started climbing the building
He got into a terrace of the building where the summit was taking place, he approached the end of the terrace and crouched down as he looked towards the entrance of the building, he saw a bunch police motorcycles surrounding a with limo heading towards the entrance of the building
"Talk about an entrance Mr. Luthor" Nate thought as he stared at the limo, he looked how the limo parked at the entrance of the building, he then saw a familiar looking figure entering the scene with a rocket launcher pointed at the limo, he stood up prepared to take down the assassin, but he saw an arrow headed towards the assassin "The cat and her mouse came out to play don't they?" Nate thought with a chuckle as he saw how Red Arrow fight Cheshire
He then felt his phone started to vibrate as he took it out and saw that Kaldur was calling him
"Kaldur my favorite Atlantean" Nate said as he put the phone on his ear "To what do I owe the pleasure my friend?" he asked as he saw the fight below him
"Roy called, he wanted to know the stature of Cheshire" Kaldur said not making small talk and getting to the point "He's on Taipei I think he wants to capture her, I checked the map and you where there" Kaldur said as Nate saw how Cheshire handle easily the former sidekick "Its everything alright?" Kaldur asked as Nate saw the assassin being surrounded by different soldiers from the leaders of Rhelasia
"Yes, I'm just here on a mission from Batman" Nate said as he saw how the officers were taking Cheshire away and put her "You say your friend asked you about Cheshire?" Nate asked as he heard the Atlantean say yes "He asked for her specifically?" Nate asked Kaldur in curiosity
"He asked for the assassin specifically, but he didn't know she was a female" Kaldur said making Nate frown "Why?" the Atlantean asked in curiosity
"Nothing, something smells funny that's all" Nate said as he saw the car with Cheshire stared to head towards the back of the building "Talk to you later Kaldur, I need to talk to a little cat" Nate said as he hung up and followed the car that had Cheshire on
Police station of Taipei
Nate had followed the car into the police department on Taipei as he scanned the building, he found the cell that the police had put Cheshire on, he found it and entered the precinct from the back
He travel into the hallways of the precinct unnoticed by the camaras, as he found the holding cell, he opened the door and saw the assassin stretching on the cell
"Excuse me, is this the yoga class of 9 pm or I'm in the wrong place?" Nate asked sarcastically as the assassin turned around and stared at the blond teen
"Class doesn't start until another 30 minutes Dragon" Cheshire said with a small smirk "What brings you to Taipei pretty boy?" She asked as Nate took a sit on a desk
"I'm on a field trip" Nate said sarcastically "Taipei is lovely this time around or so they say" he said with a smirk "The real question here is, what are you doing here?" Nate asked in curiosity "I didn't knew that the shadows like peace summits" he said with a chuckle
"Hey, the job is the job don't blame me" Cheshire said with a smirk
"And what job would that be?" Nate asked with curiosity, but Cheshire didn't speak as she made a sign of sealing her lips "Right, I should've know better" Nate said with a sigh as he heard the assassin chuckle "Although if it is killing someone on the peace summit, they hired the wrong assassin" Nate said with a smirk as he saw the eyes of Cheshire narrowing
"What's that supposed to mean?" She growled thinking he was underestimating her
"Ah sorry, I didn't mean that you weren't capable of doing so" Nate reasoned as he put his hands up "But the two times we have faced, you did your job to in the open" Nate said as he looked at her eyes "You aren't here to kill anyone aren't you?" he asked sarcastically with a smirk as the eyes of the assassin winded "So, ready to tell me what the job is?" He asked mockingly as he stood up from the desk
"I'm not telling you shit" Cheshire said frowning as she glared at the teen
"Don't worry, I didn't came here looking for anything" Nate said smirking "Although I'm leaving here with more that I wanted" he said with a chuckle
"Then why did you came here?" She asked as she looked at the teen in curiosity
"I came to ask you two things" he said as he looked at the eyes of the assassin "Did your father forced you to work for the shadows or did you chose to?" He asked as the eyes of the assassin narrowed
"I didn't choose to join willingly" The assassin answered truthfully "But I can't escape, once you become a shadow, you're always a shadow, if I decided to leave, they will hunt me down and kill me" she said truthfully knowing he could keep this a secret and with a feeling what he had in mind
"Interesting" Nate said humming at the statements "I need to know if she is trustworthy, if I could get her on the underground, it will be amazing" he thought as he stared at the assassin
"What's your second question?" She asked the teen frowning
"Ah yes," Nate said scratching his head nervously "Do you mind if I ask your sister out on a date?" he asked nervously as the assassin sweat dropped staring at the nervous teen
"Shouldn't you be asking that question to her?" The assassin asked with mirk as she stared at the blond teen
"I will, its just that I'm old school, I wanted to ask her father" Nate said with a chuckle as Cheshire scoff
"Yeah, don't do that, that's a terrible idea" She said with a sigh as Nate chuckle and nodded "Look I don't have any issue, my sister can date who ever she wants just do me a favor please" she said as Nate nodded
"Name it, I'll see what I can do" he said as he crossed his arms
"Please keep her safe" She pleaded as Nate could see the desperation on her eyes
"I will, she is an important person to me, they will have to go through me before they even think of hurting her" he said full seriousness as he heard the assassin gasp
"You're eyes" She said in shock and fear as Nate frowned "They changed color" she said still in shock as Nate eyes winded and he took out his phone
He stared at the reflection on his phone as he stared at his eyes expecting to find their usual blue color, but he only saw his eyes glowing a bright yellow color with a black iris on the missile of it, he blinked a few times as he saw his eyes changing to their usual color
"The hell was that?" Cheshire asked in shock and concern making Nate stared at her in confusion
"Believe me I wish I knew" He said with a sigh as he put his phone on his pocket "Well, I need to go, I'm not exactly here legally and I don't want the city boy know that I'm here unless is necessary" Nate said as he headed towards the exit
"Good luck with my sister" Cheshire said as Nate freeze and stared at the assassin nervously
"Thanks" Nate said as he stared at the assassin "Please don't tell Red Arrow I'm here, and in return I wont tell him that you don't want to kill anyone" he said with a smirk as he saw the assassin nod
"See you around pretty boy" He heard the assassin said as he left the building, he got on his bike and started heading towards the building where the summit was being held until he heard an explosion coming from the police precinct, he turned and saw how Cheshire was escaping the cell as an helicopters stood there where the explosion had occurred
"You really don't belong on the shadows Cheshire" Nate thought as he saw the explosion and the helicopter leaved the building "You have to much flare to be one" he thought with a chuckle as he saw Red Arrow following them, he thought for a second on following them too, but he didn't wanted to leave the peace summit unprotected, so he headed towards the peace summit
Taipei peace summit
He left the bike on the previous location as he quietly entered the building, he was amazed by the sheer luxury of the hotel, he walked into the lobby of the hotel as he bumped into a security guard of the hotel
"I'm really sorry sir" He said in English as the security guard glared at him but didn't say anything, Nate looked at his hand and saw the keycard from the security officer "I still got it" Nate thought with a chuckle as he entered the security room from the hotel
He looked into the room and noticed two guards on the room, one was focused on the camaras, and the other was closer to the door, Nate entered the room quickly, chocking out into unconsciousness the guy that was closest to the door, he looked up and saw the guy on the camaras hadn't noticed him, he grabbed the guard by his neck and applied enough force to choke him out into unconsciousness
Nate saw the man dropped to the floor as he took a sit where the security was previously, he started hacking the security feed and sending it towards his phone as he searched for where Luthor was
"I'll have to thank Cheshire, if anyone sees this, they will think it was the shadows" Nate thought as he found the camara on Luthor's room
Nate saw how Luthor was talking to someone on the phone as a brown-haired girl with a suit served some drinks
"Your assassin almost blew it" Luthor said with a frown "Thank god Red Arrow was here, but we need a bigger stage, I think I can convince the sidekick to help but your assassins will have to play their part very well" Luthor said as he hung up
"So Luthor is working with the assassins" Nate whispered in deep thought as he saw the hacking finishing "Interesting, winder who is on the other line" Nate thought as he finished downloading the security feed on his phone
He exited the room as he felt his phone vibrating, he looked at his phone and answer the call
"Kaldur, two calls in one day" Nate said with a chuckle
"I have important news" Kaldur said from the other line making Nate frown and turn serious
"What is it?" Nate said as he took a sit on the lobby 0of the hotel
"Roy called again, he followed the assassin and got beat up" Kaldur said "He told me Ra's Al Ghul hired the assassins" Kaldur said making Nate's eyes winded
"Assassins? More than one?" Nate asked in curiosity as he only had face Cheshire
"Yes, he hired Cheshire and Sportsmaster" Kaldur said making Nate's eyes gleamed in excitement
"Round two then motherfucker" Nate thought with a smirk at the possibility of fighting Sportsmaster again
"Roy also asked for our help, I think getting his ass beaten make him reconsider about working with the junior league as he put it" Kaldur said with a chuckle, but something seem off to Nate
"You told him I was here?" Nate asked in curiosity
"No, I told him we had someone there, but I didn't said who" Kaldur said
"Good" Nate said with a nod "And I suppose you want to come here to help him?" Nate asked sarcastically
"Yes, but I can't get there in time" Kaldur said in frustration
"Don't worry dude, I got it from here" Nate said as he saw Red Arrow arriving at the entrance " Got to go, I'll keep you posted" Nate said as he hung up and stood up and walked towards Red Arrow
"What are you doing here?" Red Arrow asked narrowing his eyes at the blond teen in front of him
"Aqualad said you had trouble and I was in the neighborhood" Nate said with a smirk "I thought we weren't on your same league" he said with a chuckle
"I made a mistake" Red arrow said as he crossed his arms
"Yeah, I heard, so what did you found out?" Nate asked raising an eyebrow
"Follow me, I also need to tell this to Luthor, and I don't like repeating myself" Red Arrow said as he started walking towards the elevator
"I get the feeling you don't like many things" Nate said with a smirk as he followed the red-haired teen towards the elevator
They entered the elevator in silence and headed towards the top floor without any word, they arrived outside of the suite of Luthor and Red Arrow knock on the door
The door opened revealing a brown-haired woman in a business suit, she opened the door fully and glared at them as Nate scratched his head nervously
"I'm here to se Mr. Luthor, he's been expecting me" Red arrow said pompously making the girl glared harder
"Its alright Mercy, let them through" A voice inside the room called out as the girl stepped to a side letting the teens passed through
"I'm sorry about him, to many hit on his head if you know what I mean" Nate said with a chuckle, but the woman's face didn't change as she kept glaring at them "Tough crowd" Nate whispered as he followed the older teen inside the suite
"So, Mr. Red Arrow, what did you manage to find?" Lex Luthor said as he face the teens, he looked at Nate in curiosity and address him "And who are you?" Lex said with a raised eyebrow looking at Nate
"Backup" Nate said simply as he took a sit on a nearby couch "But he is the important guy here, I'm just here to blend with the decor" Nate said with a smirk as he looked at Red Arrow
"I found out who hired the assassins to kill you and the leaders of the peace summit" Red Arrow said, "Ra's al Ghul hired Cheshire and Sportsmaster to kill you sir" Red Arrow said making Nate frown
"The Grandmaster hiring his own soldiers? Weird" Nate thought as he stared at the two males in the room
"Ra's huh?" Luthor said as his assistant handed him his suit "Can't say I'm not surprise, Ra's has always been a competitor of mine" Luthor said with a chuckle as he put on his suit
"In that case" Red Arrow said as his eyes narrowed at the bald man "Maybe I should stand aside and let you two take out each other" Red Arrow said making Nate and Luthor chuckle
"Dude, that's cold, are you sure you are a hero?" Nate asked sarcastically as Red Arrow glared at him
"Calm down young man" Luthor said looking at the former sidekick of Green Arrow "While I find your stab at pragmatism, well, adorable" Luthor said with a chuckle "The summit and peace is at stake, isn't it?" Lex asked rhetorically making Red Arrow frown
"He's right" Nate said as he stood up "I don't like this just as you don't like this, but we need to work with him, other wise those old fools will be doom" Nate said as he stared at the red-haired teen
"Your wise for your age young man" Luthor said with mirk on his voice "So, are we on the same team?" Lex Luthor asked with a smirk as Nate looked at the red-haired teen
"Fine, just for now" Red Arrow said as he glared at the businessman
"Fair warning Mr. Luthor" Nate said as both males turn to looked at him in curiosity "If they try something explosive again, we have no way of protecting you" Nate said in fake frustration, Nate had an idea of why Luthor was here he just needed a bait, even if it meant giving him what he wanted
"Don't worry about that young man" Luthor said with a smirk "Leave that to me" Lex said as Mate nodded and prepare for what was about to come
Taipei peace summit sometime later
"Reunification is unthinkable" Nate heard the leader in military uniform say as he sighed and ignore the conversation in front of him
"Big old fools argue while their people suffer" Nate thought with a frown as he stared at the two leaders of Rhelasia "Tale's old as time, it's quite ironic isn't it, in another life I would be here to kill one of them" Nate thought with a chuckle remembering his past enslavement, he then felt a familiar presence behind him and started to turn
"You're late Cheshi…" Nate said turning around as he saw the familiar assassin pushing a cart with tea, but what stood out to him was the outfit she was wearing, she had drees in a traditional Asiatic red dress and white face paint "Pfft" Nate exclaimed as he stared laughing hard at the sight of the woman in front of him "What in the actual hell are you wearing?" Nate asked sarcastically as he managed to control his laughter
Cheshire eyes narrowed as she pressed a button on the cart and she pushed the cart forwards and dive back, because of that she couldn't see Nate pressing a button on a remote device, Cheshire waited for the explosion to happen but turn around in shock as she didn't hear or see any explosion
"This device is pretty nice" Nate said as he showed her a type of remote control "When I press it, it makes all technology useless for as long as I press it" Nate said as he remove the blanket of the cart and saw the dynamite there, he cut a cable and made the cart useless as he stopped pressing the device "Curtesy of LexCorp" he said with a smirk as he dropped the control
"It's over Cheshire" Red Arrow growled behind Nate as he pointed his bow at the assassin
The girl smirked at the two teens and said "I beg to disagree" she said as the glass behind her exploded as a chopper stood there
Nate smirked under his facemask as he saw the familiar mercenary, he wanted to fight him again since Santa Prisca, he heard the leaders of Rhelasia shouting for their men to stop the assassins, he also heard Red Arrow shouting at him, but he ignored all the noise as his mind was focused completely at Sportsmaster
Both of them stared at each other for quite a while as both sides didn't move, Cheshire looked at Sportsmaster in confusion trying to figure what he was thinking, and Red Arrow did the same as he looked at Nate
"Hey there Sporty" Nate said with a chuckle "I haven't seen you in a while, missed me?" Nate asked sarcastically as he walked towards the mercenary
"Please I have better things to do than worry about a green boy" Sportsmaster said as his eyes narrowed at the young teen
"He totally missed me" Nate said sarcastically at Cheshire, and she smirked seeing the anger of her father
"You take Sportsmaster, Cheshire is mine" Red Arrow said to Nate as the battle started
Nate ran pass Cheshire and straight towards Sportsmaster, he decided not to use his guns because of pride, he wanted to beat the mercenary with his bare hands, two shadows soldiers stood in his way, so he prepared mentally and took out one pf his tantos
He clashed swords with an assassin and grabbed his arm and flip the assassin over, he kicked the head of the downed assassin knocking him our as the other one came with a sword, Nate clashed with the assassin for a while, then with a powerful swing of his tanto he managed to make the assassin drop his sword, Nate then threw a round house kick to the side of the assassin head, he connected and knock the assassin out cold
He then turn around and saw Sportsmaster dealing with a few soldiers from the leaders of the peace summit, Sportsmaster kick one of the soldiers away and turned to face Nate, they both glared at each other as Nate put his tanto away and put his guard up
Nate ran towards the mercenary and jumped as he threw a kick to the face of Sportsmaster, the older mand ducked down and managed to dodge the kick, he threw a hook at the head of the young teen as Nate sidestepped just in time to dodge the punch
Nate and Sportsmaster traded punched neither getting the advantage on the other, they were equally matched, and people couldn't see it because of their mask but both of them had massive grins on their faces, they both were enjoying the fight between them
Nate then dodged a punch coming to his face and in the process threw a kick to the side of the mercenary, he managed to connect as the mercenary took a step back holding his side in pain
"Heh, not bad kid" Sportsmaster said as he brought a mini version of a fencing sword "Better than your team did in Santa Prisca or Bialya" The mercenary said chuckling
"You mean the mission I slashed you and the one I left you a present?" Nate asked chuckling "How would you know how my team performed?" He asked sarcastically not expecting a response, but he got one
"Let's just say I have a source on the inside" Sportsmaster said chuckling as his eyes narrowed "Very inside" the mercenary said as Nate frown
"A traitor on my team, yeah right" Nate thought as he fake the frown on his face "I know what game your playing sporty, I'll play along for now" he thought as he saw Cheshire dropped in front of him, she dropped a smoke bomb between in front of here
Nate saw an assassin jumped out of the smoke towards the leaders and Luthor, Nate was going to stopped him, but he saw the assistant of Luthor stepped up, her arm changed into a weapon as she shoot a bean towards the incoming assassin knocking him out cold
Nate sighed in relief and turn around where Cheshire and Sportsmaster had disappeared "I'll see you around little cat" Nate thought as he felt someone approach him
"Can you believe this, we did all the major work and they're all thanking him" Red Arrow said growling as Nate looked at the leaders shaking Luthor's hand
"That's Luthor for you" Nate said as he frown at the sight in front of him "Even if you win, you still loose somehow" Nate said as Roy grumble and nodded
"So, that's your endgame huh?" Nate thought as he stared at Luthor "Bring peace to Rhelasia under your control" Nate thought with a frown "Clever, but you didn't do this alone" He thought as he and Roy headed towards the first floor of the building "Competitor my ass" He thought as he remembered the conversation about Ra's al Ghul in the penthouse
Taipei some time later
"You know" Nate said with a chuckle as he stared at Red Arrow "You've been glaring at him for 5 min straight, its kind of creepy" Nate said as Roy stopped glaring at Lex Luthor
"It's just that" Roy said with a sigh "I can't believe we did a solid for Luthor" Roy said as Nate nodded
"You have to focus on the small victory here" Nate said as he stared at the signing of the peace between countries "I know Luthor won, but now Rhelasia takes its first step towards peace, I call that a win don't you think?" Nate asked rhetorically making Roy sigh
"Yeah, I guess you're right" Roy said as both teens exited the building "So, what are you going to do about what Sportsmaster said?" Red Arrow asked
"About what?" Nate asked in curiosity with a raised eyebrow
"I heard what he said to you" Red Arrow said "Do you think there's a mole on your team? Giving information to the bad guys?" Roy asked Nate as the blond teen crossed his arms
"It's a possibility" Nat said nodding "If I'm being honest, I don't think there is one but…" Nate started but Roy finished for him
"You don't want to rule it out, don't you?" Roy asked sarcastically with a smirk "Are you going to tell your team?" Red Arrow asked and was shocked when he saw the blond teen shake his head "Are you sure? Robin, Wally and Kaldur started the team because the league kept secrets from them, are you sure this is the best way?" Red Arrow asked in concern as Nate frowned at the floor
"Handling a mole is tricky" Nate said as he stared at the young hero "I don't want to scare him or her off, I'll have to wait and see" Nate said as Roy smirked "Besides id what Sportsmaster said was pure bullshit, then there is no harm of keeping it from my team" Nate said with a chuckle
"Good luck with that then" Roy said as he mock saluted him
"I have a question of my own, you could've called Green Arrow or the league" Nate said as his eyes narrowed at the red-haired teen "Why did you call Kaldur instead?" Nate asked in curiosity "I thought you didn't want anything to do with us" he said sarcastically making the older male grumble
"You're right, your team deserves my respect, specially after today" Red Arrow said as he stared at the building where things had occurred "I'm still getting used to the solo act but if you ever need my help, I'll be there" Reed arrow said as he put a hand in front of him
"If I could offer some advice" Nate said as he took the hand of the archer with his own "Take one day at a time" Nate said with a smirk as Red Arrow nodded
They parted ways as Nate headed towards where he had left his bike parked, he took out his phone and dial a number on his phone
"Alfred?" Nate asked as he put his phone on his ear
"Master Drake?" An older voice said from the other line
"I finished the mission and heading towards the jet" Nate said as he arrived where he had put his motorcycle
"Very well, did the mission went well?" Alfred asked in curiosity as Nate sat on the motorbike
"A few bumps and bruises but all around a pretty easy mission" Nate said as he recalled the video footage he had recover "A very enlightening one if I say so myself" Nate said smirking as he turn on the bike, he was going to say something, but he stopped as he felt a presence next to him "I'll talk to later" Nate said as he hung up
"Hi there Cheshire, fancy meeting you here" Nate said with a smirk "You come here often?" he said with a chuckle as Cheshire stepped out of the shadows
"You caused quite the stir up there" Cheshire said as she approached the young teen "I wanted to give you a heads up, my bosses don't know I'm here" she said, and Nate smirked
"Your lying" Nate said with a smirk as he saw the assassin freeze "Its one of my many gifts, although I forget I have it since not a lot of people lie to me, I can sense dark intentions, lying is one of them" Nate said with a chuckle "Plus I'm from the underground, you pick a thing or two about how to tell when someone is lying" Nate said as he face the assassin "Try again" he said with a frown as Cheshire took out her mask
"They wanted me to try and recruit you" She said Making Nate scoff "Yeah I know, it's pretty dumb" she said as she sighed
"But the job is the job" Nate said with a chuckle "Why did they want to recruit me?" He asked as he raised an eyebrow
"They wanted intel on the underground, and a way in" Cheshire said simply making Nate glare at the thought of someone messing with the underground
"Why did you tell me all of this?" Nate said as he glared at the black-haired woman "You could get kill from this" he said in curiosity
"Is it true?" She asked as Nate looked at her in confusion not knowing what she was referring to "What they say about the underground, that is a safe heaven for all people?" she asked and Nate could see the hopefulness on her eyes
"Yes" Nate answer sincerely "You want in, don't you?" he ask in sympathy, he saw himself two years ago on the girl
"Maybe, I don't know" Cheshire said with a sigh "I want to live my own life, not something my father force me too" she said with conviction and Nate couldn't find any lie on her statement
"You have somewhere to write on?" Nate asked as the assassin took out a notepad and a pen and give it to Nate, Nate grabbed it and started writing something on it as the assassin stared at him in curiosity "This is my phone number, take some time to think about it and if your answer is yes give me call, got it?" Nate asked as he handed the notepad to Cheshire, the assassin nodded and put the note on her pocket
"I'll see you around then" Cheshire said as she dropped a smoke bomb in front of her, Nate coughed as the smoke dissipated
"Talk about an exit" Nate whispered as he looked at where the assassin had been, he put his helmet on and turn on the bike as he started heading towards where the private jet was "I hope I don't get in trouble for this" Nate thought remembering the conversation he had with his boss Charlotte
Mount Justice some time later
Nate had arrived at the cave and was heading towards the library as Batman wanted to have the mission report just between the two of them, Nate entered the library and headed towards a private study as he saw Batman inside already inside
"Please take a sit" Batman ordered as he pointed to the couch in front of him, Nate did as he was told and took a sit on the couch "Report" he said simply
"Straight to the point, that's the dark knight for you" Nate thought with a chuckle as he leaned back on the couch "The mission started normally, I arrived at the peace summit and waited for Luthor to arrive, when he did the assassin known as Cheshire appeared with a rocket launcher, I was going to step in, but Red Arrow was there and he took care of it, so I decided to wait and see" Nate said
"Why didn't you stepped in?" Batman asked trying to get all the facts together
"You told me to only stepped in I the situation call for it" Nate said making Batman nod "Plus I wanted to see how the assassin fight, the last time we faced her she didn't really wanted to kill her target, and this time it was the same" Nate said as Batman raised an eyebrow
"Explain" The dark knight order as Nate nodded and continued talking
"I know how to read people, and I have the ability to feel dark intentions" Nate said as Batman looked at him in confusion "It's like a passive ability, when someone has dark intentions, like wanting to kill, lying or stuff, I feel it, its like a sixth sense it's really weird" Nate said scratching his head
"How long had you have this power?" Batman asked taking a mental note of putting this power on Nate's profile
"Since I was 7, I think" Nate said trying to remember when he had showed it for the first time "I don't usually tell people I have this power, people don't like it when someone knows their lying, so I don't broadcast it" Nate said with a chuckle as Batman nodded
"I see, that's quite a nice power" Batman said as Nate scratched his head nervously "Can you give me an example of how you use it?" Batman ordered, and Nate nodded
"When Artemis and Green Arrow said they were related" Nate said as Batman nodded remembering that confrontation "I knew they were lying" he said with a smirk
"Why didn't you call them out?" Batman asked as he saw a smile form on the face od the blond teen
"Everyone is entitled to their secrets, wouldn't you agree?" Nate asked sarcastically as Batman nodded
"You're right" The dark knight said, "But we got off track, the mission" he said as Nate nodded and continue explaining the mission
"So, I followed Cheshire and asked her some question that led me to believe she wasn't there to kill anyone" Nate said as Batman order him to continue "So, I headed back into the hotel and hacked the surveillance camaras, that's where I found this interesting footage" Nate said as he handed his phone to the dark knight
Batman saw the footage and grew curious, he handed the phone back to Nate and looked at the blond teen in curiosity
"Explain" Batman said but Nate put a hand up
"Let me finish giving the report and then I'll explain" Nate said as Batman nodded and Nate continued explaining "Then Aqualad called me saying Red Arrow asked for help, I joined him because that gave me the chance to make an alibi, so we talked to Luthor and Roy said that Ra's al Ghul hired the assassins to kill Luthor" Nate said as Batman frowned "You could smell the bullshit from everywhere but I couldn't risked the peace summit not happening so I played their games" Nate said
"Good thinking" Batman praised as Nate thanked him for his comments
"So then, me and Red Arrow guard the treaty as the assassins attacked again, we handle them pretty easily until one of them slipped off, but the assistant of Luthor handle it" Nate said remembering the fight "The peace summit was a success but its now under the watch of Luthor" Nate said as he lean forward "My theory is that Ra's and Luthor were working together to have Rhelasia under their control" Nate said as Batman frown
"You have any evidence?" Batman asked as his eyes narrowed at the young man
"The only thing I managed to get out was that footage" Nate said as he sighed "And against Luthor, that is pretty much useless" Nate said sighing as Batman nodded
"Either way you did a pretty good job" Batman said, "We now know to keep an eye on Luthor, it's the only thing we can do for now, if that's all you dismiss and also remember your leaving the cave, we already move your stuff, head into the debriefing room in an hour and then I'll take you to your new home" Batman said
"There's one more thing" Nate said with a frown preventing Batman from getting up as the dark knight looked at him in curiosity "Something Sportsmaster said trying to rile me up" Nate said as Barman narrowed his eyes at Nate
"What did he tell you?" Batman said as Nate sighed
"He tole me that he had a mole on the team" Nate said as he saw the eyes pf batman narrowing further "He mention Santa Prisca and Bialya but those missions we weren't covert, so that information could've come from anywhere" Nate said as he frowned at the floor "Personally I don't think there is a mole but" Nate said as Batman finished for him
"That's something we can't ignore, I need to think I'll see you at the exit in an hour" Batman said as Nate nodded as he stood up and head towards the exit of the study "Ah one more thing" Batman said as Nate turn around and face the dark knight "Don't tell anybody about Alfred" Batman said glaring at the blond teen
"My lips are seal" Nate said with a smile as Batman nodded, Nate exited the study and headed towards the kitchen, he didn't eat anything on the plane, and he was quite hungry, he knew he only had one hour but he could manage just fine
Nate entered the kitchen as a strong smell of chicken entered his nose, he entered and saw Megan happily cooking on the oven and Superboy chilling on the couch, Superboy felt a presence on his right and turn as he saw his brother entering the kitchen
"Hey" Superboy called out as Nate sat nest to him
"Sup'" Nate said as he bumped fists with Superboy "What is she cooking?" Nate said as he looked at the Martian girl in curiosity
"Chicken wings" Superboy said without looking at her "They served it on the lunch break, and she wanted to try too cook it" Superboy said
"Oh yeah, you went to school today, didn't you?" Nate asked mockingly as he smirked at the clone "How was your first day at school, did you make any friends?" he asked with a chuckle
"It was alright, Meg got on the cheerleaders, and I got a name" Superboy said with a small smile
"A name?" Nate in curiosity "Did you came up with it?" Nate asked in curiosity
"No, why?" Superboy asked as his eyes narrowed at the blond teen
"I mean no offense but" Nate said as he sighed "You suck at giving names" Nate said with a nervous chuckle
"Give me one example" Superboy challenged
"You name the sphere, sphere" Nate deadpanned as Superboy scratched his head nervously "So, what did they name you?" Nate asked in curiosity
"Conner" Superboy said with a smile looking at Megan, Nate looked at where he was looking at and turn smirking at the clone "Conner Kent" Superboy said as Nate chuckle
"Megan gave it to you, didn't she?" Nate asked smirking as the dark-haired teen blushed
"Shut up, so what if she did?" Conner said with a blush as Nate laughed, Nate was going to say something else, but Megan interrupted as she called the two of them to eat
"Guys the meal is ready" Megan said as both teen stood up and headed towards the dinner table
Briefing room Mount Justice 1 hour later
"You guys" Nate said as he turn and looked at Conner and Megan "You really didn't need to see me off" Nate said with a smile as he saw the tear eye of Megan "Don't cry Meg, its not like I'm not coming back" Nate said as he hugged the Martian girl
"I know, I'm just sentimental that's all" Megan said with a smile as the break their hug
Nate turned and looked at Conner "You're going to be alright?" Nate asked as he put a hand on the shoulder of Conner
"Yeah, I'll be fine" Conner said as he hugged Nate and while they were hugging Nate whispered to Conner
"You'll be all alone with Meg, make sure to use protection" Nate said as Conner turn red from the embarrassment and Nate laughed at his misfortune as he broke the hug
"I'll se you around guys" Nate said as he entered the zeta tube following Batman
Gotham
Nate exited the zeta tube as he arrived at an abandoned alley, he looked around trying to find the dark knight, but he couldn't fin him
"What took you so long?" A voice on top of him said as Nate looked up and saw the world's greatest detective on top of a building
"I was saying goodbye to my friends" Nate said as he looked at Batman "Do I need to climb up there?" Nate said as he looked up, Batman said nothing and dropped from the building
Batman landed gracefully and without making a sound in front of Nate "Follow me" the dark knight said as he turn around and headed towards the street
"That was pretty badass" Nate whispered as he started to followed Batman into the street, exit the alley and found a black super car in front of him "Its that the Batmovil?" Nate asked in wonder as Batman looked at him in confusion
"Batmovil? What is that?" Batman asked as the blond teen sweat dropped
"I guess he doesn't know what people call his car" Nate thought as he saw the doors of the car open
"Get in" Batman order as he enter the pilot sit, Nate entered the car numbed he couldn't believe he was on the Batmovil, he strapped on as he secured himself, he felt the car turn on as Batman grabbed the wheel "Brace yourself" the dark knight said as the car took off
"Holy shit!" Nate screamed as the car speed off into the streets, Nate was loving every second of it, even if he wasn't seeing anything because of the speed of the car, they headed into the outskirts of Gotham and into a hill, the car started too slowed down and stopped in front of a beautiful looking 2 floored house
"We are here" Batman said as he stepped out of the car
Nate took a moment to compose himself as he exited the car and looked at the house in wonder "You don't think this is too much for only one guy?" Nate asked as he approach the dark knight
"You lived in a massive underground cave, I think this is fine" Batman said simply as they headed towards the side of the house into the garage
"This is your garage" Batman said as he clicked a button on a remote controller and the gate of the garage opened "It can hold two cars or 4 motorcycles, yours is already here" Batman said as Nate noticed his own bike on the middle of the garage, Nate also notice a small room on the inside of the garage "That room is where all the tools you need to keep your vehicles in good condition are located" Batman said pointing at the room
"I'll have to check it later" Nate thought as he followed the dark knight into the other side of the garage
"The garage also has the laundry machines for you two clean your clothes" Batman said as he pointed at the washing and drying machine "The garages is connected to the kitchen" Batman said as he opened a door revealing a beautiful modern looking kitchen, with a dining table on one side and the ovens and sink on the other, on one side of the oven a big fridge was located and on the right side of it two big doors where located, Batman open the door and inside where shells of food and stuff "Here is where you can store all food and stuff like that" Batman said as Nate looked in wonder at the food
"And if I run out?" Nate asked as he closed the doors
"I send you Alfred's number, once you run out of stuff call him and he will bring the food here" Batman said as he walked towards a different room "He has a key so don't be afraid if you see the room with more food" Batman said as Nate nodded
"Here's the main entrance and to your left is the living room, it has a dinning table and more stuff" Batman said as he walked to the stairs "You can see later what its inside, follow me" Batman said as he saw the young teen looking at the living room in curiosity, Nate nodded and followed the dark knight upstairs
"On the top floor there's three rooms, a guest room, the main room and the study" Batman said heading towards the room closest to them "This is the study, the main room and the guest room are up ahead you can check them on your own later" Batman said as he open the door and entered the room
Nate entered and the first thing he saw was the desk on the right side, it had a computer and a chair attached to it, on the wall facing the door a with board was placed there with some markers and on the left side Nate saw there was a place he could hang his weapons there, it wasn't much but it worked
"This is the study room, for you to keep track of bad guys or when your tracking a crime you can keep track of it here" Batman said as he stood in front of the whiteboard "I brought you here because I have a mission for you" Batman said causing a glare to form on Nate's face
"You want me to find out who the mole is, don't you?" N ate asked as he glared at the dark knight, Batman nodded as the eyes of Nate narrowed "I refuse" he said and before Batman could protest Nate continued talking
"I have tow reasons for refusing" Nate said as Batman grew quiet and focused on the young teen "First, we don't know if the mole is doing this things on free will or not, so I could be the mole and I wouldn't even noticed it, so I think you should handle it, keep an eye on everybody just in case" Nate said as Batman nodded as he could see the reasoning of the young teen "And second and most important reason, I refuse to investigate my friends they are entitle to their secrets and I won't mess with that on a word of a petty criminal" Nate said in conviction and Batman smirked seeing the resolve of the teen n front of him
"Very well then" Batman said as he approached the teen "I will investigate on my on then" Batman said as Nate nodded in affirmation "Here, the keys to your new house" The dark knight said as he handed a set of keys to Nate and headed towards the exit of the study "I'll leave you be then" Batman said as he exited the study
Nate stared at the study in amazement, he couldn't believe he had all this house for himself, he walked towards the main room as he heard Batman's car turn on and drive away, Nate entered the main room and saw a king size bed in the middle of it
"Cozy" Nate thought as he stared at his room, it didn't have much, but Nate didn't mind, Nate was preparing to go to sleep as he have had an eventful day, but he heard his phone ringing, so he stopped what he was doing and answered the phone
"Markus? It's very late, it's everything okay?" Nate asked as he knew Markus only called him at this hour if there was an emergency
"Yeah, everything's fine kid" Markus said as Nate let out a breath of relief "But we need to talk, bosses have a job for you" Markus said as Nate frown and stared at the distance "Swing by when you have the chance" Markus said as Nate nodded
"I'll drop by tomorrow" Nate said as he hung up the phone "Shit" Nate thought as he prepared mentally for what's about to come, he then noticed a letter on his nightstand and approached the nightstand to read it
"Gotham academy? Its this the school batman wants me to enter?" Nate wonder out loud ad he opened the letter and read out loud "You have been awarded with a full Wayne Foundation scholarship to the Gotham academy, your transfer will begin on October 9" Nate said out loud as he stared in curiosity at the date "Great just one day before my birthday" Nate thought as he put the letter back on the nightstand, he went to the bathroom as he cleaned his face to get ready for sleep and as he stared at the mirror a realization came to Nate
"Holy shit!" He thought as he stared in surprise at his reflection "Bruce Wayne is Batman!"
End of chapter 9
So that's it for this chapter
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