A/N Takes place a day after chapter 4. Also thanks for all of the great reviews and too Batchick, I emailed you to explain myself. I wrote over three versions for this chapter, but this was the only one I thought would make sense and would be something that Batman would actually do.

Chapter 5

The Cat's Out of The Bag

"Thanks for believing in me guys." Xander said as he took a sharp turn down a narrow street. The news department called him shortly after, that news report and they said they were going to have an expose' at his house. If he and Bruce were found to be Batman then they would be arrested on the spot, for being vigilante's.

"Well come on man." Jesse said as he slapped him on the arm. "There's no way you can be the Batman."

"Yeah, Xand. I mean he's muscular and smart..."

"Oh, thanks for cheering me up, Buff." Xander said with a pout.

"Hey, what happened to your face?" Willow asked as she noticed the sore spot on his lip and the bruise on his jaw line.

"Oh, umm...when I arrived at the club and tried to walk in a vampire slugged me." Xander lied. "I guess Batman, might have saved me when I was unconcious."

"But..."

"Hey Xander this is my house." Jesse said interrupting Buffy, before she could question Xander.

"Alright, man I'll see you later." Xander said as he stopped the car, while Jesse jumped out of the passengars side.

"Bye, Jesse." both of the girls chorused as Xander drove off.

Whistling a jaunty tune, Jesse walked up to his front door. Fumbling for his keys he heard a dark voice talking from behind him.

"Are you Jesse McNally?" the voice asked.

"Yeah, who wants to..." Jesse trailed off as he turned around and saw the figure standing behind him. Before Jesse could even get the courage to scream, the figure picked him up by the throat and took him off into the night.

Sunnydale High

The next day

"Batboy...Batboy..." some of the teens chorused as Xander walked down the halls of Sunnydale high. That had been going on all day in every class. Now he knew how alot of nerds felt when they would get picked on. Oddly enough, it didn't bother him that much. It was like it was strangely familiar to him.

Turning a corner and going into his locker, someone tapped him on the shoulder. With a sigh, expecting to get harrassed again, he turned only to find that it was only Cordelia.

"Hey, Xand." she greeted warmly.

"Ummm...hi Cordelia." Xander replied ackwardly. "Umm, what's up?"

"Well according to my dad, not your father." she answered. "He said that because of this scandal, some key sponsors have pulled away from Wayne Enterprises and the stock is starting to plummet."

'Damn, I'm sorry dad.' Xander thought to himself. "So I guess you don't want anything to do with me now?" Xander asked. "Seeing as though, I'm going broke."

"Hey, I just came over here to give you the what's up and this is the thanks, I get?" Cordelia asked with a scoff as she turned away.

"Cor wait! I'm sorry." he apologized as he grabbed her by the shoulders and spun her around. "I'm just real frustrated by this whole thing. I...I had no right to take it out on you."

"You should be sorry." Cordelia said in a huff. "I'm risking my social status just being seen with you."

"I'll treat you too a Cappichino, later." Xander said, putting his Wayne charm into affect with his puppy dog eyes.

"Alright." Cordelia replied with a smile. "But this doesn't let you off the hook, Alex." she said as she walked off shaking her money-maker. With a smile, Xander arched his head and started to check her out. Feeling somebody behind him he turned around.

"I wasn't doing nothing." he immediately blurted out as he saw Buffy and Willow standing behind him.

"Uh, huh." Buffy said giving him a look. "It looked like you were checking out Cordelia." Buffy said as she crossed her arms over her chest, making Xander smile sheepishly.

"Anyway, we came by to ask if you've seen Jesse?" Willow cut in. "He hasn't been to school all day and when I called his mom, she said he never came home last night."

'Ah...man.' Xander thought to himself. 'Jesse's another person, I let down.' "Do you think that Master guy, has anything to do with it?" he asked Buffy.

"It, could be." Buffy said as they started to walk towards the library. "That's why I want to talk to Giles and see what he thinks."

Later that night

Wayne Manor

Giles didn't have much to say in the way of finding Jesse. The police wouldn't launch a serious investigation into his dissappearance and all the gang could do was just wait for Jesse's body to turn up. Whether it was a vampire body or not.

And then on top of that the press might have figured out that he was the Batman and that his father was now failing in his company because of it. Of all the things that Batman had done for Gotham, for him to be caught by the police, he would probably spend the rest of his life in jail.

Xander was glad that Buffy and Willow were going to be there for him though. Looking behind himself, he smiled at them gratefully. Letting out a sigh Xander opened his door to let the first of the cameramen in. For today was possibly going to be one of the worst of his life.

"My name is Chloe Sullivan." the woman reporter said into the camera. "For those who don't know who I am, I'm the reporter that made the connection with the Batman and the Wayne's. Right now I'm in Bruce Wayne's son Alexander Wayne's home. He said he isn't the Batman of Sunnydale, so we're going to give him the benefit of doubt and let him explain himself. If the reports are true and it's found that he is the Batman, then he and his father will be arrested." she said as the camera panned over to show three armed police officers, standing to Xander's right.

"Now, Alex Wayne what do you have to say about these allegations against you?" Chloe asked.

"Well first off, I would like to say that me and my dad are in no way involved with Batman or are we Batman at all."

"If that's true Mr. Wayne then explain how Batman could just show up in Sunnydale?" she asked. "We've checked and the one in Gotham was still there. Which could only mean that there's another one."

"I came to Sunnydale after my dad told me about the deaths of my real parents." Xander said sadly. "I wanted to spend some time down here so I could learn of my past and find out who Alexander Harris really is."

"Very touching story, Mr. Wayne." she said as though she didn't care. "But that still doesn't explain why the Batman has been sighted in Sunnydale around the same time of your arrival. And let's not forget that you have the motive, resources, and the money to become Batman."

'Damn, this lady is sharp.' Xander thought to himself. "I don't know why Batman is here." Xander lied. "And as far as me having a motive and the money to pull it off, lady I'm just sixteen years old."

"True, but with my experience Mr. Wayne, I never count anyone out because of their age." she said thinking about her time in Smallville. "Now understandably Bruce Wayne couldn't be here tonight, but we have him via satellite. Mr. Wayne." she said as she turned to a tv monitor and a moment later, Bruce Wayne appeared on the screen.

"Yes, Miss Sullivan. I'm here." Bruce said.

"Mister Wayne, I hope that tonight I can prove that you are the Batman." Chloe informed him.

"And I Miss Sullivan will prove you wrong." Bruce replied. Seconds later the skylight above where Xander and Chloe were shattered, startling everyone. As the police pulled out there guns expecting an attack, two dark figures dropped down the newly made hole.

Before the police could utter a word, one of the Batmen hurled a smoke bomb at them, that sent them to the floor unconcious.

"Hello, Mr. Wayne." Batman said as he stood up from his crouch and stared at Xander. "You look surprised to see me."

"But...but..." Chloe said flustered out of lack for words. She was so sure. "I..I don't understand. How can you be here?"

"Because, Miss Sullivan violence and crime will not be tolerated." the lead Batman said as he easily strolled up to her, crunching glass under foot as he walked. "And like Gotham, Sunnydale is nothing but a sispool of evil and corruption. So because I can't protect both places at once, I've trained another Batman to take my place." he said as he pointed at the other Batman behind him, who only nodded his head and grunted darkly.

"So you see Miss Sullivan, I'm not the Batman." Bruce said as he calmly sat back in his leather chair.

"But, this just doesn't make sense." Chloe said shaking her head. "My reports..."

"Are probably doctored up to make me look bad." Bruce interrupted. "Miss Sullivan you have cost me and my company alot of money. Not only that but you have publicly embarressed me and my boy. If you or your station ever accuse me of something so absurd again, I'll sue the both of you until you are pennyless, do I make myself clear?"

"Yes sir." Chloe said with wide eyes. "This reporter, knows when she's wrong. I want to say that I'm sorry to Alexander and Bruce Wayne. It's clear to me now that they're not the Batman." Chloe said into the camera, even though she didn't truly believe it. 'Maybe, I should stick around Sunnydale for awhile.' "This has been Chloe Sullivan...signing off."

"Now that, that's over." the lead Batman said lowly as he grabbed Xander around the neck and roughly lifted him off of his feet. "Ineed to have a word with you, Mr. Wayne." Before Xander could protest and before Buffy could run to help him, Batman took out his grappling hook gun and in two seconds flat they were through the broken skylight and on top of the roof.

"You don't look well, Mr. Wayne." Batman said as he glared at Xander.

"Who...who are you?" Xander gasped out, as Batman tightened his grip.

Not being able to keep a straight face Batman smiled and then chuckled a bit.

"Bruce?" Xander asked as Batman let him go. "But how..."

"About four years ago my identity was almost revealed. After I cleared that up, I had Lucius Fox, whip up a non sentient android."

"Non sentient?" Xander asked confused.

"It's basically a robot copy made to look like me. It doesn't have much intelligence so, Alfred had to talk through it with a voice analyzer to make it sound like me."

"Alright, I get that part." Xander said as he walked up to him and looked down through the skylight. "But who is that guy?" he asked as he spotted the other Batman.

"Alfred has been telling me what's been going on in Sunnydale since the beginning." Batman told him.

"So he's been lying to me this whole time." Xander said with a grin.

"You'll find that he does that from time to time." Batman said with a grin of his own. "But then he told me of your friend Jesse. So when I arrived in Sunnydale last night I followed you, kidnapped him, and explained to him what's been going on. I trained him in mannerism's and a few other things all night." he said as he shuddered at that memory. It had taken him almost an hour just to stop the boy from saying, "Oh shit, it's Batman."

"So you revealed your secret?"

"Yeah, but don't worry. When we leave from here, I'm going to inject him with a symbiotic sedative and then take him home. When he wakes up, he want even remember anything from the last 48 hours."

"So you are leaving then?" Xander asked sadly. "Why not stay at least a little while and meet my friends."

"I can't." Batman said as he walked up to the skylight. "The public believes that Bruce Wayne is in Gotham, so it'll be a little strange if I just showed up tonight. Besides..." he said with a shrug. "I have to get back to Gotham, the criminals are no doubt running a muck in my absense."

"Dad, I wanted to say I'm sor..."

"Don't apologize." Batman said as he turned to face him. "I'm the one that's been lying to you for years. But I want you to understand that I lied to you to keep you safe. Blood or not, you're still my son Xander."

"Even if I follow behind your footsteps?" Xander asked nervously.

"Even then. And one more thing, why are you going by Batman? Why not Dark Raven, Night wing, or..or Batboy?" he said causing Xander to growl at the last one. "Goodbye son." Batman said as he put his hand on his shoulder. Seeing that the cops were about to wake up, he shot down his grappling hook and swung down to collect Jesse.

"Hey wait! How am I going to get down from here?" he yelled out as he saw that both Batmen were gone.

"So what did, Batman want to talk to you about?" Buffy asked as the news crew took all of their equipment and left.

"Oh, he wanted to tell me about Jesse." Xander said thinking quickly. "He said that he arrived in Sunnydale last night and saw him about to get snacked on by some vamps."

"Is he alright?" Willow asked. She had almost lost Jesse before and she didn't know if she could handle losing him again.

"He's fine. After checking to see that he wasn't a vampire or anything he dropped him off at home."

"Good...that's good." Buffy said in relief.

"So let's go out and party or something." Xander said as he looped his arm around the both of them. "We can celebrate, me not being Batman."

"Are you kidding?" Buffy asked. "Your parent might not be in town, but mines is. She'll kill me if I don't get home soon." Buffy said as Willow nodded her head in agreement.

"Fine, I'll play with myself then." Xander replied with a pout. Then he thought about what he had said and before he could correct himself both girls were snickering.

Somewhere in Gotham

later that night

"Ahh...phooey..." a voice said in the darkness of his room as he threw his remote control through his televison set making it explode. He had finally thought he had one up on Batman, by learning his true identity, but now...

"What's the matter Mr. J?" a woman with a slightly high pitched voice, wearing a red and black court jester's outfit asked.

"I thought I finally had Fatman exactly where I wanted him but no...nooooo... he had to make another one in Sunnydale." the man replied as he stood to his feet and started to pace. The room was still so dark that his face couldn't be seen, but he was wearing a purple suit and had green hair.

"So what do you want to do about it?" Harley Quinn asked.

"Pack your bags, baby." the Joker said as he stepped into the light. His psychotic smile never leaving his face. "We're going to Sunnydale." 'Right after I handle some unfinished business.' he thought to himself as he started to laugh maniacally.

A/N I originally wrote this chapter about three different ways. The scene where Batman showed up instead of it being Bruce it was going to either be a shapeshifter from the Marvel/DC universe or it was going to be Superman wearing a Batman costume doing Bruce a favor. I got that idea from an episode of Superman the animated series. It was when Bruce was kidnapped and Superman had to go undercover in Gotham as Batman to find him.

Also I'm thinking of skipping a few episodes in favor of writing my own episodes. If you want me to do all of the episodes of Buffy, plus my own missions, or do some of the Buffy episodes and then my missions, then cast your votes now.

TBC...

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