*Happy, up-tuned, jingly version of Justice League theme*
Hunters of Justice Chibi!
Clowning Around
Clowns were everywhere. Some were doing tricks, some were putting on acts, and some were just moving around to various areas and amenities – not uncommonly, via unicycle. There were clown cakes, clown cookies, hot dogs of a clownish size. Interspersed among the clowns were several everyday people enjoying the antics, getting their faces painted by clown artists, and there were even a couple of mimes. The teams of alien teenagers were actually in awe of this odd spectacle for different reasons.
"Man! I never knew there were so many clowns!" Jaune exclaimed as Pyrrha put on some finishing touches to his makeup.
"I know right!" Ruby answered with a wide smile that matched her own makeup. "And there's a whole week to celebrate them."
"Oh, there you are," a voice called out as a clown man came over to them. "You're the young supers helping with security, right?"
"Thaaaat's us!" Nora said as she popped up in a pink tutu, dragging Ren along, who was recently face-painted and wearing a more poufy, exaggerated form of his green martial arts coat.
"While I'm always happy to see young folks get in the spirit, you know you didn't have to dress up," the clown president pointed out. Weiss, looking almost like a rosy-cheeked porcelain doll in a frilly baby blue dress, glared at Ruby, who just offered her an awkward smile and a shrug.
"Yeah, but it was too tempting not to," the pink Huntress explained. "Me and Re- er, Lotus had a backup plan that if being superheroes didn't pan out, we'd join a circus. Ooh, what's that behind your ear?" she suddenly called out before reaching behind the clown's ear and pulling out a coin. "It's a nickel!"
"A classic," he said before taking out a white handkerchief and unfurling it with a flick. "Though you should remember to clean behind your own." He made to wipe behind Nora's, then pulled it away, only for it to have colorful cloths tied to it and each other, end to end, be pulled from her ear. Nora's face turned into an 'O' and she began excitedly waving her arms around as he seemed to pull an impossible length of handkerchiefs out of nowhere.
"Hey, where are the other two?" Pyrrha asked as she released Jaune, who was now staring at the trick in awe.
"Just a sec," Yang called ahead. She was dressed in over-sized shorts with suspenders and had the classic red nose, along with cartoonish boxing mitts. Blake, following behind her, had cat whiskers painted on her face as well as a bow tied and colored to look like cat ears. "Took a minute to get that bow on. You have to do it exactly right or it looks completely wrong."
"I'm never letting you pick out my costume for anything ever again."
"Well, if that's everyone, let me show you all what you're guarding."
The clown president brought them into the Clown Gallery-Museum and showed them to a set of rooms where shelves were lined with small, painted eggs, each one bearing a unique clown face upon them.
"The Clown Egg Register!" he announced with a dramatic flourish. "Some of the greatest clowns in history have had their makeup immortalized in this hall. It's an unwritten rule that no two clown faces can be alike. To make sure no one was copying, clowns started putting their faces on hen's eggs to keep up with their own styles. Now it's a tradition."
"Whoa! Do you have every clown face on Earth in here?" Jaune asked.
"Well, not every face. You have to be submitted and pass. Some clowns don't send in for their eggs. Others don't make the cut. In fact, you're here for that." He turned towards them, then rolled one of his arms like an actual crank as his face shifted from jovial to serious. "Years ago, the Joker tried to submit an egg."
"Wait, the Joker?" Yang asked him to clarify. "Guy who terrorizes Gotham City in the weirdest, wackiest ways, Joker."
"The evil villain, yes. Well, like I said, years ago he submitted for an egg in the Register. Obviously, it was rejected."
"I guess there are rules against being an evil villain with a long list of crimes of all types," Pyrrha stated.
"Not only that, but he's not really a clown." The teens were a little stumped by that, but the president continued on. "Ever since that day, he's tried every year, during International Clown Week no less, to break in and either steal all the eggs or put his own in. Sometimes at the Trinity Church, sometimes here in Wookey Hole. But in the last few he's tried hitting both."
"Oh, so that's why Batman and the others are watching out over in Dalston," Ruby figured.
"The Joker doesn't just try to bomb it?" Weiss asked with a shrug. "He's certainly not above that."
"I hate to try and get in the mind of a psycho like that, but I think he sees it as a game," the president sadly admitted. "Though I suppose we're a bit fortunate there. Well, let's hope this year goes as well as last year."
Things were pretty quiet – as quiet as one of the world's biggest clown festivals could be – for the first few hours, with RWBY and JNPR changing and mixing up shifts to guard the museum and join the festivities. Nora soon found her new upper limit for cotton candy. Yang was banned from the strength testing games. Weiss was actually getting into the spirit of things. And usually when they were all posted the tourists figured it to be a part of their act. They even posed for pictures around a dozen times each.
"I don't know what "Five Nights at Freddy's" is, but I'm going to figure it out," Weiss declared as they readied for another shift change.
"Huh, what happened?" Jaune asked them.
"A lot of people were pointing out that Weiss looks just like a character called Baby Doll from a video game," Ruby explained. "Sounds kinda adorable. I mean, a game about a pizza place with characters like that? Don't know why they were so insistent we try it when we mentioned we'd never heard of it. Wouldn't let their friends give us any spoilers either."
"Yeah, that does sound interesting. Maybe I should-"
Suddenly, several cars veered in, narrowly missing people who scattered to get out of their paths. Several clowns with gangster getups (or was it the other way around?) then jumped out and started pulling out guns before opening fire on the teams, who ducked for cover as actual bullets either missed them or painfully bounced off of their Auras.
"Okay, who invited them?!" Yang yelled.
"It's the Joker's goons!" Ruby answered before pulling out Crescent Rose. "I'll give you covering fire! Go!"
She then popped over her cover and took three shots, hitting three bad guys in the foreheads and causing them to fall backward unconscious. Yang and Blake were the first up and over, Yang speeding along the ground and Blake throwing out her Gambol Shroud and then yanking herself forward with the ribbon. Blake kicked two goons while at the same time tying a few more together with a long strand of multi-colored handkerchiefs that she seemingly pulled out of nowhere. Yang, meanwhile, bodied one then started punching out others, forgetting for a moment about her boxing gloves, which made squeaks with every blow. She found it humorous, more than anything else.
Some bad guys tried to flank, but Jaune threw a large pie into the lead bad guy's face, making him stumble and, causing a gangster clown pileup that Nora jumped beside with her hammer ready.
"Fore!" she yelled before swinging, smacking them all through the air with a loud squeak. Pyrrha then used her Semblance to move one of their cars around, catching each bad guy inside of it as they fell. The few who hadn't been sent flying by Nora were trying to fend off Ren's balloon-animal attacks or were juggled by Weiss. When they were done, they threw their opponents towards Pyrrha, who immediately caught them with the clown cars. After the last of them were captured, she bent each of the doors so that they were stuck shut, trapping the evil clowns within. Several people started clapping, apparently thinking the whole thing had been a show.
"Looks like no one got hurt," Ren announced as he came up.
"And the Joker himself wasn't here," Jaune realized before snapping his fingers. "Let's call up Bats."
Dick received a call on his phone and answered it when he saw that it was Red Reaper. "Nightwing here."
"Hey, we just beat up some of Joker's goons. Everything okay at Clown Church?"
Dick looked over to where Batman was currently 'apprehending' the Joker.
"Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep," the Batman said as he rapidly punched the Joker's face, said clown somehow still conscious and laughing after around half a minute of that. Even Harley Quinn went out like a light after a few socks and a chokehold.
"Yeah, we've got it covered."
[~][~]
Super-Club
"Um, Superman?" Ruby asked as Superman walked Ruby down a long corridor.
"Yes, Ruby?" Superman replied as they continued to walk. "What's on your mind?"
"It's just, well…" Ruby fumbled for her words as she glanced from side to side, "Not that I don't like hanging out with you and all, but…where are we going? And how come the others couldn't come?"
Superman chuckled and patted Ruby's head. "As to why the others couldn't come, they weren't invited. As to where we're going, just wait and see. Trust me, you'll like it."
Ruby nodded and accepted Superman's answer. They continued to walk down the corridor, their footsteps lightly echoing across its metallic walls. Along the side were a series of doors, and Ruby wondered if they would enter one. With each passed door, however, her confusion only grew.
Frankly, she was getting kind of bored. Eventually, however, the pair stopped in front of one, which Superman opened and gestured Ruby inside.
"After you," he said courteously. Ruby smiled then, with the utmost confidence she could muster, she walked inside to a collection of superheroes talking among themselves. Many she recognized, including Starfire, Miss Martian, and Martian Manhunter, yet there were others she didn't know. Slightly confused, she saw Starfire excitedly wave her over to join her and Miss Martian, and so Ruby went to join them. She thought of perhaps striking a small conversation, if only to discover just what was going on, but the sight of Superman walking up to a podium preemptively silenced her. The Man of Steel cleared his throat, causing the assembled heroes to focus their attention on him.
"Hello, everyone," Superman started. "I have a very special announcement today. Ruby, if you would come over here, please?"
Ruby, slightly surprised, felt everyone's eyes close in on her. Taking a deep gulp, she stood up and hurried over to Superman, who gently led her to the podium. She looked out across the heroes, wondering what she was supposed to say. After a few seconds of silence, she decided to be like Yang and went with her gut.
"Um, hi," Ruby greeted her apparent audience with a wave. The heroes kindly waved back, and Ruby felt her spirits rise just a little. "My name is Ruby Rose. You've probably seen me around here before."
"Hello, Ruby," all the heroes, even the ones she knew, responded. Superman then stepped forward and gestured towards her.
"Recently, Ruby here discovered a new power of hers. Like the rest of us, this power came from her eyes."
"Hmm," the heroes hummed.
"What power is this, exactly?" a hero she didn't recognize asked. Rather than answering himself, Superman turned towards Ruby, who was finally beginning to understand what this was about.
"Oh, um… I can fire a wave of light from my eyes that can kill Grimm." Ruby paused, then quickly added, "And apparently demons, too, but we don't know if that's my limit."
"Intriguing," Martian Manhunter mused while sneaking a Choco into his mouth.
"My thoughts exactly," Superman replied. "So, as club president, I motion to induct Ruby Rose as the newest member of the Superhero Eye-Powers Club."
"I second the motion," Miss Martian declared instantly, followed by a chorus of 'ayes'. Ruby, slightly confused, turned to face Superman.
"The 'Superhero Eye-Powers Club?'" she asked.
"Yes, the Superhero Eye-Powers Club," he replied. "Over the years, as Earth's superhero community expanded, we found that although each hero was unique in his or her own way, commonalities existed between them. For example, eye powers."
"Oh, like your heat vision! And x-ray vision…and telescopic vision…and microvision, and – Just how many powers do you have, again?"
"I'll give you and your team a list one day," Superman said then pointed to the rest of the assembled heroes. "You see, Ruby, each superhero in the Superhero Eye-Powers Club has, in some form or fashion, powers related to their eyes. Some, like Aquaman—"
"Yo!" a bearded man wearing scaled gold armor with green gauntlets waved out, prompting Ruby to smile and wave back. He seemed nice, if a little boisterous.
"are relatively simple. His eyes are adapted to see underwater, which enables him to see in the dark extremely well. Others are more exotic, like my own or Martian Manhunter's Martian Vision."
"Speaking of which, what's the difference between that and your heat vision?" Ruby asked.
"Oh, that's simple. It's…uh…" Superman struggled for an answer, prompting Miss Martian to sigh. Ruby giggled at Superman's face, causing the Man of Steel to slightly blush and rub the back of his head.
"Anyway," he stated, his voice flush with embarrassment, "since you've unlocked the power of your Silver-Eyes, I felt that you belonged here. What do you say, you in?"
Ruby thought it over for a second, then nodded. "Sure!"
"Most exceptional!" Starfire exclaimed. "You will have a joyous time here!"
"Thank you! I must admit, never been part of a club before. I'm a little bit excited," Ruby admitted, then paused and rubbed her chin. "Come to think of it, you said that a lot of heroes shared traits, right?"
"Correct," Superman nodded.
"Then how many other clubs are there?"
Extreme Durability Club
"Yeah, so although I'm not the strongest person on my team," Jaune continued to an assembled group of heroes, "I can tank a hit like no one else. If I need to take a blow meant for one of my friends, I'll gladly do it."
"Your dedication and loyalty is commendable," Wonder Woman gently told the young teen while placing her hand on his shoulder, "but you must be careful regardless of how durable you are. You won't be much help if you're too injured to fight."
"And remember to value yourself as well," Captain Atom emphasized. "Even if you can take a hit, it's often just as useful to dodge it."
"I'll keep that in mind. Thank you."
Electricity Powers Club
"So, if you think about it, I'm basically a living battery!" Nora proclaimed.
"Electricity-boosted strength, eh?" Static Shock mused while rubbing his chin, then smirked and held up a sparking hand. "Wanna see if your Semblance works on our powers?"
"YES!"
Terrible Parents Club
"My father, Jacques Schnee, was a cruel, selfish man who wanted nothing more than for me to be his puppet and continue his twisted legacy. Sad thing is, he's not even a Schnee and yet he's managed to completely supplant my grandfather's legacy."
"My father is a demon who tried to, and did, possess me in order to destroy the world."
"My mother drugged my father and slept with him, which is how I was conceived. And she's a terrorist who tried to kill me when I chose my father over her."
"Yeah," Orion cut in, "my father's Darkseid."
"… Oh, you poor thing."
Dead Parent's Club
"My mother was crushed by our house before my very eyes after telling me everything would be okay, and my father sacrificed himself to buy me time to run and hide. All because of a single Grimm," Ren solemnly admitted while Batman and Nightwing, among others, nodded stoically. "It all happened so fast."
"A child losing their parents at a young age is always…difficult," Batman replied. "But know this, Ren. You honor them with your actions."
"As do you, Batman."
Extraterrestrial Club
"Oh, hey guys!" Ruby greeted the rest of her team and team JNPR, then looked around to the massive group of heroes around them. "Wow… Sure are a lot of heroes in here."
"Just how many aliens protect the Earth?" Jaune wondered.
"Apparently just as many as were born here."
[~][~]
How "Hunters of Justice: Part One" Should Have Ended
Brainiac stared over the planet below, manipulating his fleet of capture vessels with machine-like efficiency.
"People of Remnant," he began. "I…am Brainiac. Do not be alarmed, for I offer salvation. Your people, your cultures, your knowledge will be preserved for eternity, spared from the ravages of time. Do not resist."
As Brainiac prepared the first capture, he considered a show of force. "The weakest capital of Shade has no defenses to consider, making it an easy target. Capturing it and showing it to the world would surely bring them under heel, making my preservation all the easier."
"Hey, here's a bright idea," a human man with glasses and a lab coat said as he came in from the side with his finger raised. "How about instead of capturing one city, which will just make the rest of them fight against you as hard as they can, leading to a dramatic waste of time and lives, why don't you just bottle all of the cities at the same time?"
Brainiac blinked at the surprisingly reasonable and helpful man, before nodding and quickly orienting his ships above each city he intended to capture. A moment later, preservation beams engulfed each one, storing them in bottles for the archives.
"Hmm… That was easy. Don't know why I don't always do this."
FFWD
"What are these things?!" a soldier shouted as he fired his rifle at the black mass of monsters before him. Superman hovered overhead, firing his heat vision at any that came too close. The horde was massive, quickly covering the entire street with fangs and claws. He furrowed his brow and clenched his fists, freezing another with his freeze breath and shattering it with a single punch.
"There's too many of them!" another soldier shouted fearfully as a wolf-like creature lunged towards her. Before contact could be made, however, Superman burst in between them with inhuman speed, catching the wolf's paw effortlessly. The wolf snarled and tried to wrest its arm free while swiping with the other, but Superman merely tore off the arm and shot his heat vision through its head.
'This is taking too long,' he thought as he took in the situation. He wondered how he was going to contain this, then a thought sprang to mind.
'Oh right, superspeed,' he remembered. Superman then disappeared in a red-and-blue blur. The soldiers watched dumbfoundedly as Superman abused his superspeed to destroy each creature effortlessly. Soon, a second blur appeared, the red-and-blue afterimage joined by a red-and-yellow.
"And I'm here, too!" Flash declared as he sped through the creatures as well. Batman watched from his perch, mildly annoyed at having his thunder stolen from him, but he knew that he'd get it back soon. Accepting his fate, he reached into his utility belt and pulled out a mug somehow filled with steaming hot coffee.
"Uh, Mr. Batman?" a solider asked while Batman took a sip. "Why do you have coffee in your belt?"
Batman took another sip, watching as Superman and Flash mopped up the rest of the creatures, then turned towards the soldiers.
"Because I'm Batman."
"Curse that Superman!" Lex Luthor shouted from his high-rise, looking down at the streets below. In mere moments, every single creature was killed, leaving no trace of their existence.
"Sir, I'm afraid the teams weren't able to obtain a sample. As it turns out, there wasn't enough time to organize before Superman and the Flash killed them all," Mercy revealed, causing Lex to curse yet again.
"Grrh, and I was beginning to have plans for those things!" he grunted, disappointed at how a new avenue for his vengeance to explore was prematurely closed off. Then, he took a few calming breaths and a drink from his glass, and finally sighed.
"Oh well, it's not as though we've invested anything substantial into them. At the very least, we can use the property damage from Superman's superspeed in a hit piece. I want it plastered all over our news stations tonight."
"Of course, sir. At once."
FFWD
"Brothers and sisters, rejoice!" Brother Blood regaled to his fellow cultists. "The time of victory is nigh! Soon, we shall all achieve enlightenment!"
"Glory to the Allfather!" the cultists chanted, and Brother Blood smiled.
"Yes! Glory to the Allfather, for it is through Him that our salvation will be achieved!"
Brother Blood continued to preach to his flock, kept in rapturous attendance, only for a sudden explosion to course through the church. Brother Blood and the cultists were sent sprawling into the ground, and in a daze, he saw the Titans march inside with their weapons drawn. The police were behind them, as were eight newcomers he didn't recognize.
"But… I don't…" Blood mumbled as a pair of police officers forced him to his feet and handcuffed him.
"Sebastian Blood the Seventh, you are under arrest," one of the police officers started while another read him his rights. As he and his cultists were led outside, Brother Blood stared at the Titans with confusion. That confusion turned into fury, and as they neared one, he briefly tore away from the officers' grip and marched up to her.
"How?!" he demanded to know. The young hooded girl slightly wavered under his gaze, then coughed.
"I mean… Raven used her magic to look into Mumbo's mind," she answered. "We saw you in there and figured it out."
Blood looked at Ruby dumbfoundedly. How had he missed that oversight?
"Also, it was kind of obvious," continued another girl, a blonde wielding a pair of gauntlets. "I mean, you call yourself 'Brother Blood', and lead the 'Church of Blood'. You literally could not have chosen a more obviously evil name. Seriously, a child could have figured it out."
"Holy cow! Guys, there's Grimm down here!" a third voice, this one belonging to a male, declared from deep beneath Blood's church. "And a guy, too! I think he's been tortured!"
At once, everyone around him looked at Brother Blood with intense stares, and for once the cult leader had nothing to say. Finally, as the police grabbed hold of him once again, he found the courage to say one final declaration.
"Glory to Tri-!" he started, only for Raven to immediately shut him up with a magical barrier formed around his mouth. One by one, the rest of Blood's cultists were piled into armored cars, and once they were filled, left to throw the criminals into jail.
"Once again, thank you, Titans," the police chief said as he shook Starfire's hand.
"Not a problem!" Starfire decreed jubilantly, happy at how easily Brother Blood went down. The police chief nodded, then got into his squad car and drove off, leaving the Titans behind.
"You know, I'm glad we nipped this in the bud really quick," Nora admitted as Raven prepared to portal them home. "Like, could you imagine what could've happened had we decided not to look into Mumbo's mind?"
"Probably something epic and meaningful to everyone involved, but with a lot of property damage," Beast Boy suggested. "It's kind of how things tend to roll around here. You'll get used to it."
"True," Nora nodded, and Raven finished making the portal.
"You know, I can't help but feel that we might have prevented something important from being discovered," Ruby suggested, tapping her finger against her chin, "but I can't figure out what."
"Eh, if it's important, it'll come back eventually." Yang shrugged, then stepped through the portal. "Now come on. I just found this movie called 'The Fast and the Furious', and it looked cool. Wanna watch it with me?"
"Sure!"
But this is how it really Should have Ended
"Look, all I'm saying is this," Superman told Batman as they sat at their favorite booth in their favorite café. "Why does everything have to be dark and broody all the time? Whatever happened to just having fun?"
"A change in the times," Batman pointed out as he took a sip from his coffee. "And you're just jealous everyone's trying to emulate me and not you."
"That is not true," Superman countered, pointing at Batman. "Not everything has to be like you."
"And I'm not saying it should," Batman said, taking another sip. "Even I thought your moody phase was a bit overbearing."
"Not as bad as when he shaved!" Aquaman called out as he walked on by. Superman covered his head in shame, trying to block that memory from his mind, while Batman chuckled.
"You're right," he continued. "Not everything has to be dark and gritty. You get too dark, people just don't care anymore. They figure, what's the point. It's all about balance."
"Yeah, I know," Superman groaned, sitting upright. He was about to speak yet again, only to stop and focus on something faint.
"What is it?" Batman asked, slightly worried.
"I… I hear something," Superman answered. "From deep space."
"How can you hear something in space? There's no air."
"I just can! It sounds like…" Superman paused, then shot to his feet. "I gotta go!"
"Wait, what's—" Before Batman could finish his question, Superman took off, flying at top speed through the roof of the Super Café. "Uggh, of course."
Batman took another drink from his coffee just as a group of customers walked by his booth. When they were gone, so was he.
"Hey guys, just got our food!" Wonder Woman declared as she came back to the table, carrying trays of burgers and milkshakes. "Sorry it took so long. There was a—"
She paused and looked around the empty table, then slowly tilted her head to the hole in the roof.
"Oh, come on! Again?! You leave without me again?!"
"You monster!" teams RWBY and JNPR shouted as they fought Brainiac with ruthless vigor. The Coluan retaliated dispassionately, blocking their moves with ease. Any that landed did nothing to him, and one by one they fell until they lay sprawled before him.
"I told you," he said as prepared to bottle the last city of Remnant. "I am…inevitable."
"No!" Ruby shouted, reaching out with her hand as though trying to psychically stop him. Brainiac ignored her, his hand slightly pressing down on the button. Then, to her surprise, a faint rumble was heard throughout the ship, followed by an intense shake and loud squeal of metal being ripped apart. The sound was getting closer, and Brainiac sharply turned around to face a wall just as it exploded outward. As though in slow motion, Ruby saw a red-and-blue clad man wearing a cape plow into Brainiac, sending the alien warlord into a wall.
"Uh… What?" Ruby mumbled as the man flew over to her and her friends. He looked down towards them with a compassionate look, and a bombastic theme music started playing out of nowhere.
"Hello there," he greeted with a smile.
"…Hi," Ruby greeted back as the man helped her and her friends to their feet. As Brainiac tore himself from his ship's hull, the man turned his head to face him.
"This guy giving you trouble?" he asked, and Jaune nodded.
"That's one way of putting it," Jaune spat, and the strange underwear-clad man nodded.
"How dare you?!" Brainiac cursed as he rose to his feet. "You think that you can stand against me, whose will is absolute?!"
"That may be," the man countered, "but I believe in two absolutes. Truth, and Justice."
With that declaration, RWBY and JNPR bore witness to the greatest fight they had ever seen, a spectacle beyond recognition. Also, a bit anti-climactic, given how easily the newcomer was tearing into Brainiac, but they honestly didn't care about that. Soon, Brainiac lay defeated at the man's feet, who smugly looked down upon him with his hands resting on his hips.
"Oh my…God," Weiss muttered, while Jaune and Ruby looked at the man with stars in their eyes.
"So cool!" they both cheered, while Yang walked over to Brainiac's unconscious body. Taking a second to look down on him, she gave Brainiac a few good kicks, letting out a few frustrations, then turned to the man.
"So, Mr.…?"
"Superman," he answered.
"Ah, okay. Superman – by the way, awesome name, and you are officially the coolest guy I've ever met – how are we going to put the cities back?"
"Leave that to me," another voice called out to them. In surprise, they all turned to see a man wearing a black batsuit walking up to Brainiac's throne. The young huntsmen and huntresses in training were wondering where this guy came from, while Superman looked exasperated.
"Okay, how?" Superman asked as the man strapped himself in.
"Because!" he shouted as electricity coursed through his body. "I'm! BATMAN!"
Then, at once, blue beams shot towards the planet, putting each captured city back into its original place. When the job was finished, the ship powered down, and Batman rose out of the throne none the worse for wear. Everyone stared at each other, wondering what to do next.
"So," Batman began, "you guys got any coffee?"
"… You know what, we actually do," Ren said as they began to walk out the door.
Later
"Does anyone else find it weird that humans somehow exist on multiple planets?" Blake pointed out as Old Man Shopkeep gave everyone their orders.
"Eh, you get used to it after a while," Superman replied as he drank another cup of coffee, exhausted after flying around the planet so fast to turn back time.
"But…I feel that should be something more explored."
"Blake, just accept it and move on," Yang insisted as they continued to eat. As they did, Batman looked over to Glynda Goodwitch and leaned closer.
"Hey, I'm Batman," he introduced himself. "Wanna know my secret identity?"
"Not really, no," Glynda admitted, causing Batman to sputter and Superman to laugh at his friend's expense.
"Hey, guys!" they heard someone call in from the outside. They turned to see the Flash waving towards them, Green Lantern hovering behind him holding a group of people inside a green sphere of hard light. "Found these guys hiding out in this weird castle. This is – What was your name again, miss?"
"SALEM! AND I WILL CARVE IT INTO YOUR BONES!"
"Ah, that's right. This 'Salem' lady was leading them. I think she's half-Grimm. Also, she's immortal. What do I do with her?"
"Can she be redeemed?"
"I dunno. Maybe?"
"Probably not," Ozpin added, Salem shooting him a wrathful look, and Superman nodded.
"Throw her in the Phantom Zone. That should hold her."
"Right, got it. Come on, everyone!"
"I HATE YOU! YOU CANNOT COMPREHEND THE POWER I WIELD!"
"Yeah, yeah. Tell that to every other supervillain we've come across," Green Lantern countered. "Lady, you're not special. Get over yourself."
"GAGH!"
As the group was escorted away, Professor Ozpin looked smug as he drank his hot beverage alongside the superheroes, basking in their victory. Ozpin then saw Velvet Scarlatina walk inside the café, looking around for someone, then finding the group's table. She walked over to them, looking towards Superman.
"Um, Mr. Superman?" she asked.
"Yes, Velvet?"
"Wonder Woman's with you, right?" Superman nodded at her question, and Velvet threw her hand back. "Well, we have a bit of a problem."
"Oh God, tell me Cardin didn't do something stupid," Jaune groaned.
"Or Neptune," Weiss added, but Velvet shook her head.
"No. I mean, they did, but she took care of that real quick. Used her Lasso of Truth on them. It was actually pretty funny." Velvet laughed at what the two boys were subjected to, holding her hand above her mouth, but refocused herself quickly.
"Then what's the problem?" Yang asked, and Velvet looked her in the eye.
"Coco saw her, and now I can't get her to move."
[~][~]
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the latest chapter of Hunters of Justice Chibi! Just something to tie you all over before the actual chapter gets posted in a few days. I'm particularly proud of the HISHE we made, as that was just a blast to write.
Now, onto the Q&A:
jb4280218: I do, actually. Won't say whom, but part of this story's appeal to me is being able to just go all out with how weird DC gets at times. When it's appropriate, of course.
Jebest4781: We have a few in the pipes. What they are, you'll have to wait and see.
Dracus6: I do, and Red X does not exist in this continuity. Especially given how I'm convinced Red X was a kid-friendly version of Red Hood.
6tailedninja: I'm glad you liked them! We have more in store for the future.
Croniklerx: Glad to have you with us, and I hope you continue to enjoy this story in the future.
Jackalope89: Yep. On Spacebattles, the interludes are a bit more common, due to it being easier to just post it there, but on and AO3, I try to accumulate them and post at once. As for future Elseworlds themes, they will be a bit more serious. Not necessarily dark, but not to the extent of Chibi. That's what it is for, after all, while Elseworlds is meant to explore different areas of DC that Prime RWBY simply can't.
meeyaaargh3412: Yeah, Death is very familiar with Ozpin, given how many times he's died.
Vein Bloodborne: In regards to there being two Ravens, I will be differentiating. It will either be as Raven (DC) vs Raven (RWBY), or I will be using Raven (DC)'s actual name, Rachel Roth vs Raven Branwen. There's ways to differentiate between them. As for the Elseworlds, I'm glad you liked it. Don't worry, not all of them will be that dark. It's just that 'Kingdom Come' is a very dark story, so the author felt the tone was appropriate. And yeah, the Fast and Furious reference is something I was proud of. Plus, in this universe I can totally see the filmmakers taking the franchise in that direction in a post-Darkseid War world.
I Am The Prophet: Ruby will not be getting Speed Force powers. That belongs to the Flash, and she already has her Semblance and her Eyes. She doesn't need anything else. Jaune will also not be getting power armor, as his Aura more than makes up for it.
D. : It was also us poking fun at the concept of comicbook death.
That's it for today. See you guys next time!