Author's Note: I will be publishing every two weeks on Sunday from now on. Hope that helps ease your minds as to when I will update. Next chapter will come April 30th. Still haven't gotten any responses over the cover art request. I am a bad artist and wish I was talented on the other side of my brain.

Ra's al Ghul smiled with pleasure. He was close to gaining another pawn to use against the Detective. Imagine the look of horror when he realized who the person was in time, one of his old proteges. The body wrapped in burial linens was slowly lowered by chains into the Lazarus Pit, edging closer to becoming alive again.

Talia waited by his right side, possibly viewing this as a chance to become close to the Detective again. Ra's shook his head in pity, her vision of how things were going to turn out would have no part in his plans. Batman had rejected him and a chance to become his heir. Now it was time for him to show that fool what happens when one of his own heirs was turned against him.

The corpse vanished underneath the surface of the pool, smoke rising from where the chains had gone under.

Moments passed until something broke the surface, screaming in agony. Talia rushed over and helped the linen-wrapped figure out of the pool. Remnants of the Lazarus Pit dripped off his body like sweat, still writhing in agony over being woken up from the slumber of death.

Ra's smiled.

Vengeance would be coming for the Detective soon enough. A few months of training and Jason Todd will be ready to take his revenge and violent philosophy to the streets of Gotham…

Five months later.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, HE ISN'T TAKING VENGEANCE?!" Ra's screamed at the fool who had interrupted him from his meeting.

"Just that, my lord. I came to his chambers and found a note." The assassin spoke calmly, as if he weren't close to becoming the next Fillet al a Killer. "The message stated his eternal gratitude for your help and allowing him a second chance at life, but that he does not wish to take revenge on the Detective or his proteges. The only target, he says, is the Joker…and the Light."

Ra's sighed. The boy was not yet aware that he was a member of the Light as well. He was so close to gaining a pawn to enact his revenge and further the Light's agenda. The League had stopped letting their heads being shoved up their asses and actually began investigating locations that those…youngsters had been spotted in. No stone was left unturned and it resulted in Luther becoming Public Enemy Number 1 when he began losing resources and credibility after several…incriminating photos had been published to all forms of media. He initially claimed fraud and slander, until several videos and bribes had left him struggling in the corner.

And if that wasn't enough, the League had sent for assistance from New Genesis to deal with Darkseid and his impending attempts to take over the Earth. Long story short, Savage and Queen Bee were left without resources as well, Savage being stuck on Apokolips due to interference from the Guardians of the Universe – damn those little, blue men – as well as combined efforts from all magic users from Earth and New Genesis to maintain Klarion the Witch Boy.

The Light was falling and desperate for allies, which is where Ra's got the idea of bringing back Jason Todd in the first place. Such a shame too, if that boy were smart enough to not become a pawn, he should have at least been aware of the bomb Ra's himself had implanted during his recovery. One movement towards his blade, and the assassin was silenced. Permanently.

Another movement later into the folds of his cloak brought out a small remote. One push of a button and the plan would be scrapped and not be the end of the Light.

There. Now it was all taken care of –

One trip to the Lazarus Pit later and multiple stiches in places where Ra's refused to let anyone know about and he was cursing Talia at the top of his lungs too. One could say that his problems began ever since Talia had seen Batman pull out his personal batarang and shown it into her cave.

God, he shouldn't try sounding hip. What would the other villains say?

"Jason, I am happy that you're alive, but I won't let you kill the Joker." Batman said bluntly.

"Jason? Who the hell is Jason?" Joker scrunched his face in thought while the Red-Hood fellow flipped Batman the bird for saying something that was obviously his real name in front of an old enemy. "You wouldn't happen to be connected to Jason Voorhees, now would you? Because you really should be wearing a hockey mask and taunting horny campers."

"Shut up, clown!" He-Who-Was-Called-Jason yelled. He turned to Batman. "And you. Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill the same man who has murdered half a million people that doesn't involve saying it would break your code – because let's be honest, you've technically broken that rule the second time you let that monster live!"

"It would be too easy –"

"Boring."

"He would win –" Batman began again.

"Joker wants a glorified death, not one witnessed by one person and a person that was dead until a few months ago." He-Who-Had-Stolen-Joker's-First-Gimmick-And-Was-Also-Named-Jason cut off Batman again.

Batman started gritting his teeth. "I can't do it –"

BAM!

"Batman, what part of 'I was going to kill the Joker and save you the trouble' did you not understand?!" Jason snapped. "My God, I love you and all, but you are a thick-headed moron!"

Batman looked at the place where the Joker once sat. Alive, at least. No time to even smile, either.

"You killed him…"

"No shit, Sherlock." Jason said bluntly.

"And I didn't do anything to stop you." Batman slumped to the ground. "I –"

Jason couldn't take it anymore. "I swear to God, if you start angsting over something that wasn't your fault and happened to someone who deserved it, I might start offing the others from Wacky-Shack World!"

"But –"

"I didn't give you a choice and I wasn't planning on letting you choose between killing me or him, because obviously, you're going to pull some Batman gimmick that would hurt me and ensure more misery in Gotham." Jason began walking away. "Did you really think I was going to listen to another word from you that wouldn't really hold up that well in a reasonable argument?"

"I don't approve of your methods." Batman could only say.

"And I don't approve of yours, but you were a good parent to me, Bruce." Jason mumbled. "Tell the Replacement that if he tried doing something stupid or gets in my way, I will make him regret it."

"How did you go from saying I was a decent parent to threatening your younger brother?" Batman glared at him.

Jason looked at him like he was a moron. "I said I didn't hate you, but that doesn't mean I won't feel upset over being replaced by someone you just met. Imagine how Dick would react if that happened to him."

"Yeah, it probably wouldn't have made sense." Batman agreed. He then threw handcuffs at Jason, chaining him up to a pillar. Justified or not, Jason would still have to deal with murdering several gangs over the past few weeks. And then therapy to deal with potential PTSD.

Two weeks later, Alfred asked him if he was on crack for letting a wanted murderer stay at Wayne Manor near Tim.

Author's Notes: Dick and Jason were confirmed to be close in YJ, and I could contribute that to Batman not firing Dick over a stupid reason and letting him leave on his own accord. Jason wouldn't want vengeance over Bruce not saving him - he says in Red Hood that he forgave him - and wanted only the Joker...and a few gangs on top of that. No way he would become an enemy to the Team like that or become an enemy to people he has worked with in the past that quickly if he had a happier time as Robin with Dick being a nice older brother, although I was afraid of making him into someone who wanted hugs like most fanfics do. Hence the threats to do harm to Tim.

Ra's probably wouldn't have let Jason go that freely, even after receiving a letter outright stating that, but Jason would have only sent it if he was certain nothing would happen. He was trained to be a detective after all. Not to mention, Talia would have helped him if Jason didn't figure it out.

And yeah, Batman should come up with better excuses over why letting the Joker die is a bad idea other than "There's always another way." And should make sure those attempting to off the clown are unable to kill said clown. Talking does not mean everyone will listen. And Jason should have gotten away from the scene faster, he was still wanted for murdering other people who weren't as dangerous as the Joker but still threats to the public.

And any fanfics showing a Jason who kills living in Wayne Manor automatically have a Bruce Wayne/Batman on crack. Especially near people he would most likely kill.

Not my best chapter, but not as short as I expected, considering how this was written within an hour and a half.

Happy Easter.