Acceptance

I don't own Naruto, The Flash, Young Justice, or any other licensed properties in this story.

In Gotham City, several thugs groaned in an ally as Moon Knight stood over them. She jumped onto the top of a building as the police were coming, landing right in front of Batman. The caped crusader kept his normal frown on his face as Moon Knight walked past him.

"That was… adequate," commended Batman.

"I know Gotham is your city but what are you doing here, Bruce?" questioned Moon Knight as she stopped in her tracks.

"The League has finished debating about your situation," explained Batman.

"And?" asked Moon Knight as she looked up at the moon.

"You're expected to be with the team for training tomorrow," said Batman.

"The League actually called an emergency meeting to discuss just that?" questioned Moon Knight in amusement.

"No," replied Batman, "The League thought it best if you were to create a team like the one you're a part of."

"A team of sidekicks?" poised Moon Knight before she picked up a rock, crushing it in her hand with quite a bit of effort.

"No," said Batman, "You're to train them into becoming the next generation of heroes."

Moon Knight smirked under her hood and turned to Batman.

"I should warn you that my screening process is going to be difficult," stated Moon Knight.

"Not a problem," said Batman, "Just make sure that these heroes are up to the task."

With that, he fired his grappling hook and swung off into the night. Moon Knight saw her suit fading in and out of existence then sighed.

"It just had to be around the time of the new moon," said Moon Knight as she entered a Boom Tube.

(The Next Day)

Naruto entered Mount Justice through a Boom Tube and watched from a hall as Aqualad and Superboy were sparring from behind everyone.

"Kaldur's, uh, nice, don't you think?" asked Artemis of Megan, "Handsome. Commanding. You should totally ask him out."

"I personally prefer my significant other to actually be female," commented Naruto as everyone stopped what they were doing to look at her.

"When did you get here?" questioned Wally.

"About a minute ago," said Naruto, "And Batman said that the League wants me to remain on the team."

"Well, while you're here, you wanna spar?" asked Artemis.

"No thanks," declined Naruto politely, "I wouldn't want to injure you too badly."

She held up her hand and saw it was fading in and out of existence.

"It still doing that?" asked Kaldur as Naruto sighed.

"Yeah," she said as she leaned against the wall, "And it's even worse since it's the night of the new moon tonight. That's when Khonsu's at his weakest."

Red Tornado came in through the hatch in the ceiling and everyone went over to see him.

"Do you have a mission for us?" asked Wally as he sped over to Red Tornado.

"Mission assignments are the Batman's responsibility," stated Red Tornado as he stopped to look at Wally.

"Yeah," said Wally in defeat, "But the Batman's with Robin doing the dynamic duo thing in Gotham. But you're headed somewhere, right?"

"Wally, before you go any further, I just want to let you know that I'm a little hungover and I don't want to deal with your stupidity right now," said Naruto as she rubbed her head.

"If we can be of help…" inquired Kaldur.

Red Tornado turned around and brought of a picture of an old man.

"This is Kent Nelson, a friend" explained Red Tornado, "He is 106 years old."

"Guy doesn't look a day over 90," whispered Wally to Artemis when a shoe hit him in the back of the head, "Ow!"

"And he has been missing for over 23 days," explained Red Tornado as Kent's picture turned to one of a man wearing blue spandex and a golden helmet, "Kent was a charter member of the Justice Society, the precursor to your mentors' Justice League."

"Of course," said Kaldur as he recalled some information, "Nelson was Earth's Sorcerer Supreme. He was Doctor Fate."

"More like a poor man's Doctor Strange," remarked Naruto, causing everyone to look at him with questioning looks, "I'm just breaking the fourth wall right now. Please, continue."

She noticed Wally's stupid remark then rubbed her temples.

"Kent may be on one of his walkabouts, but he is the caretaker of the Helmet of Fate, the source of the Doctor's mystic might, and it is unwise to leave such power unguarded," explained Red Tornado.

"He is like the great sorcerer priests and priestesses of Mars," said Megan in delight, "I would be honored to help him."

"Me too!" said Wally almost instantly as he raised his hand, "So honored I can barely stand it. Magic… rocks!"

"Can I bring in an expert on these sorts of problems?" asked Naruto with a sigh, "He specializes in magic and might be of help in securing the Helmet of Fate."

"If the helmet is protected then I don't see the problem," said Red Tornado as he went up to Naruto and handed her a key, "Take this. It is the key to the Tower of Fate."

"What are the chances we both so admirer the mystic arts?" asked Wally, trying to flirt with Megan.

Naruto threw her other shoe at Wally and made him flinch when it hit. She then pulled her phone out and dialed.

"It's me," said Naruto when the person on the other end picked up, "I need you to meet me at the Tower of Fate. There's been a situation with the good doctor and we need to guard the helmet."

"Who do you think she's talking to?" whispered Superboy to Kaldur.

"Don't know," replied Kaldur as equally quiet.

"And I'm bringing company," said Naruto, "So, you need to keep it under wraps."

She hung up and saw the looks the team was giving her.

"What?" she asked.

Savitar looked at his hand, seeing it was vibrating slowly, before he swiped everything off the table in front of him while roaring in anger.

"You really need to learn to control your temper," said Lady Shiva as she entered the room with several medical instruments.

"That child partially severed my connection to the Speed Force," spat out Savitar, "I have every right to pissed off."

"Well, I've been tracking down Alchemy and it's going to take a while before he's found," said Lady Shiva as she prepared a syringe, "This may sting."

She stuck the syringe into Savitar's arm and injected the contents inside. Savitar took several deep breaths as the drug entered his system. His entire body began shaking at high speeds before suddenly stopping.

"It would seem I need to work on the duration of the effects," said Lady Shiva as she exited the room.

Savitar leaned on the arm of her chair and palmed his face while glaring through his fingers.

"I will kill that brat," he thought as he glared holes through his fingers.

"When did you first realize your honest affinity for sorcery?" questioned Artemis with a scowl on her face.

The team was currently in Megan's bioship and heading for the Tower of Fate. Naruto, meanwhile, rolled her eyes before turning away.

"We've reached Tornado's coordinates, but…" said Megan as they approached the location.

"Nothing's there," finished Superboy.

"Take us down," said Kaldur.

Megan landed the ship and they all filed out.

"So, where's this friend of yours?" asked Artemis of Naruto.

As if on cue, a wooden door appeared in front of them and Constantine opened it then walked through while he closed it behind him. The door then vanished and Wally rubbed his eyes.

"This is John Constantine," said Naruto as she introduced Constantine to the team, "He's an expert on every type of magic you can think of."

"A pleasure," said Constantine as he looked down at Naruto, "Now, what exactly is going on?"

"Mr. Nelson has gone missing and we need to secure the Helmet of Fate," said Naruto calmly as she held up the key, "If you wouldn't mind unlocking the door then that would be nice."

"Well, let's go treasure hunting," said Constantine as he took the key and went into the park.

Naruto sighed and felt a tug in the back of her head.

(Naruto's Mind)

Naruto sighed as she entered the living room of her house to find Meena sitting there.

"What is it now?" asked Naruto in annoyance.

"I can't take to my favorite person in the world?" asked Meena with a smile.

"No," said Naruto as she sat down in a chair, "Where are the kids?"

"I sent them off so we could talk," said Meena as she leaned forward toward Naruto, "You haven't been trying to get your speed back lately."

"Well… I've been busy," said Naruto uncomfortably.

"You're actually starting to like it on this Earth," teased Meena.

"No," said Naruto quickly, her face flushed, "It's just that… I'm being more cautious is all."

"You always were a bad liar," chuckled Meena, "But you have to be cautious with Reaper hanging about."

"I don't really remember much of that encounter at all," said Naruto as she held her head, "It's like… someone put up a titanium wall around that memory and is preventing me from accessing it."

"That does sound like Reaper," commented Meena as she began reading a book.

"Who is he anyway?" asked Naruto.

"Reaper is an agent of Death," explained Meena as she turned a page of her book, "Death sends him out when a soul has escaped the afterlife and returned to the realm of the living."

"But that's crazy," said Naruto, "I never died."

"The particle accelerator explosion that gave you your speed in the first place," reminded Meena as she continued reading, "Then there was the first Speed Bomb you used. Plus, you were medically dead when you first landed on this Earth."

"But why did he choose now to come after me?" asked Naruto curiously.

"Reaper is also a member of the League of Shadows," said Meena as she closed her book and began looking at apps on her phone, "He's the only member that's allowed to decline targets. When he's not hunting down rogue souls, he functions like any normal grim reaper or mercenary."

"Great," said Naruto in annoyance, "Not only did I have to face my evil twin but now I also have to deal with Death himself."

"Death is a she and Reaper is male," said Meena as she put her phone away, "I think it's time you should get back to your friends."

Naruto got up and headed for the door.

"Just one last thing before you go," said Meena as Naruto stopped with his hand on the knob, "Would you really want to give up seeing your kids again if it meant staying here?"

Naruto lowered her head and opened the door.

(Back in the Real World)

"Here we are," said Constantine as they all stopped in the middle of the park.

"But there's nothing here," said Wally.

"All you've gotta to is believe," said Constantine with a smirk as he held up the key Naruto had handed him.

He walked forward then inserted the key into an invisible keyhole. A large stone tower appeared around the key and everyone's jaw but Naruto's dropped. The door opened and everyone walked inside, the door shutting behind them and vanishing.

"Uh, where'd the door go?" questioned Superboy before an image of Kent Nelson appeared in front of them.

"It's been a long time, John," said the image, "While I don't mind you being here, you entered with several unknowns. What is their business here?"

Naruto was about to speak when Wally stepped forward.

"We are true believers here to find Doctor Fate," he said with a smile.

"You idiot!" shouted Naruto as the floor beneath all of them vanished.

They all screamed as they plummeted toward the lava at the bottom of the pit. Constantine gritted his teeth and brought his hands together. Everyone started glowing but continued to slowly fall.

"Nice call," complimented Kaldur.

"Thanks," grunted Constantine, "But I can't hold this for long."

"This is all your fault!" shouted Artemis at Wally.

"What did I do?!" shouted back Wally.

"If we could just put this little spat on hold, that would be nice!" said Constantine as he was almost at his wit's end.

"Hello, Megan," said Megan as she palmed her head in realization, "We never truly answered the question," she then held her hand up to her mouth, "Red Tornado sent us to see if Mr. Nelson and the Helmet were safe!"

A slab of stone appeared over the lava just as Constantine ran out of strength but luckily, they were only about a foot from the stone disc. Everyone took several deep breaths before they got to their feet.

"This platform," said Kaldur as he knelt down to feel the disc, "It should be hot because of the lava. But it is cool to the touch."

Wally made to flirt with Megan again and Artemis was about to storm over to him when Naruto got in front of Wally and punched him in the face.

"I've had just about enough of you!" yelled Naruto in anger, "Because you can't control your boner for Megan, you nearly got us all killed!"

"When did this become my fault?!" argued Wally.

"When you lied to that apparition of Nelson and called yourself a true believer!" snapped Naruto.

"Wally, you don't believe?" questioned Megan.

"Fine!" relented Wally, "Fine! I lied about believing in magic. But magic is the real lie, a major load."

"Wally, I studied for a year at the Conservatory of Sorcery in Atlantis," said Kaldur, "The mystic arts created the skin icons that power my water bearers."

"Not to mention that I just levitated us and stopped us from falling into a volcanic jacuzzi," reminded Constantine.

"And I'm possessed by the Egyptian God of the Moon," said Naruto.

"Have you ever heard of bioelectricity?" questioned Wally arrogantly, "Then there's telepathy and you have multiple personalities."

Naruto sighed in annoyance and looked away. She clapped her hands and time suddenly froze for everyone but her and Constantine.

"Something wrong?" he asked the young girl.

"Everything," said Naruto in frustration, "First I lose my parents to my doppelganger. Then I lose my wife. After that, I lose my speed and I'm going to eventually fade out of existence. And then I doom my wife's doppelganger to an early grave. It doesn't make it any easier to deal with it when I have to put together two teams and I've got the Speed Force itself breathing down my neck while Reaper is constantly hunting me down."

"Easy," said Constantine as he placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder, "There is a way for you to live actually."

"How?" questioned Naruto as she looked up at her elder.

"If you become Doctor Fate, you'll be immortal," said Constantine, "Doctor Fate doesn't need to eat, drink, or sleep. Also, Nabu can cure any aliment his host comes across."

Naruto seemed to take this into consideration as her spell faded away and time resumed. Kaldur found a handle and grabbed ahold of it.

"Wait!" exclaimed Wally, "The backdraft from the lava will roast us alive!"

Kaldur pulled up the hatch and a cold breeze greeted them with snow blowing up at them.

"It's snow," said Megan in joy as she felt the snow.

"Do you ever get tired of being wrong?" taunted Artemis at Wally.

Naruto jumped through the hole but felt gravity shift the instant she went through. She managed to land on her feet with Constantine right behind her.

"I always did love this type of magic," said Constantine as the rest of the team came through with Wally being the last.

"Well?" questioned Artemis.

"Haven't you heard of string theory?" questioned Wally in defiance, "We're in a pocket dimension."

Naruto and Artemis groaned while Constantine looked off to the side.

"Looks like we won't have to wait to find Mr. Kent," he said smugly.

Everyone looked at what Constantine was talking about to see a cane floating a short distance away.

"Maybe it's Nelson's magic wand," said Wally sarcastically.

He raced over to it just as Naruto and Artemis reached it and they grabbed it at the same time.

"I've got it," they each said at the same time before they realized something was wrong, "I can't let go."

They all were pulled into the air by the cane and vanished in a flash of light.

"Well, that was new," said Constantine to break the awkward silence.

They started walking and tried to find a way out of the frozen tundra.

"I don't understand Wally," said Megan, "It's almost like he needs to believe the impossible can't happen."

"He's just using science to control what he can't comprehend," said Constantine, "I've met many people like him before. To those kinds of people, acknowledging it would be relinquishing that last little bit of control."

"How did you get involved in magic, Constantine?" questioned Kaldur.

"I come from a line of magicians that would play jokes on the old gods," said Constantine casually.

They all heard a loud creak and thud then looked to see a staircase that led to an open portal somewhere.

Naruto, Wally, and Artemis appeared in a room filled with flights of stairs and looked up to see two people torturing Nelson.

"Abra Kadabra," said Wally seriously.

"Well, would you look at that," said Kent with a smile.

Nelson's cane began glowing as the people standing over Nelson turned around with Nelson himself levitating and flying toward them. He knelt with the three teens and grabbed his cane, the ropes binding his hands vanishing and the kids being able to let go of the cane. Naruto pulled out a pair of pistols out from behind her and fired at the two people that had been holding Nelson prisoner, forcing the one with the cat to create a barrier.

"In here," said Kent as he held his cane up to the wall behind the teens and an elevator opened.

Everyone filed inside with Naruto providing covering fire as she slowly backed up. The doors closed Naruto sighed with relief as they felt themselves being pulled up. Elevator music played as they stood in silence before Nelson looked back at them.

"I'm Kent Nelson, by the way," said Kent as he introduced himself.

"I'm Rio," said Naruto, getting Wally and Artemis to raise their eyebrows, "The other blond beauty is Artemis and miss manners next to her is Wally."

"Well, Rio, we're up against an opponent with tremendous mystic power," said Kent seriously.

"Abra Kadabra?" scoffed Wally, "Flash proved his uses futuristic technology to simulate magic. Guy's all show and no biz."

"Right you are," said Kent with an approving smile.

"He is?" asked Artemis is disbelief.

"Abra is a charlatan," said Kent.

"Mr. Nelson is talking about Klarion, the Witch Boy," said Naruto, "The boy with the cat. He's what's called a Lord of Chaos, which is the exact opposite of Doctor Fate."

Everyone looked at Naruto, who frowned and folded her arms.

"I'm possessed by an Egyptian god so I thought I'd dabble in the magical realm a little," said Naruto with a blush on her face.

"Where did you learn about magic?" asked Kent.

"A little on my own," said Naruto, "The rest from an old friend of yours. John Constantine."

"Ah, yes," said Kent as he recalled the man in question, "He often comes to the tower for afternoon tea."

"Here we go with the magic talk about," said Wally in annoyance, "You're supposed to be a Lord of Order?"

"Oh, no," said Kent as he took out his pocket watch and looked at the picture inside, "Not me. I'm just an old coot Fate used to put on. Until my wife, Inza, convinced me there could be more to life."

"I miss my wife," thought Naruto with a sigh as she looked at the wedding ring on the cord of her necklace.

"Anyhow, Klarion's after the Helmet," said Kent as he closed the watch and looked at them, "If he gets his sticky little mitts on it, he'll turn the planet into his own personal playground of pandemonium."

The elevator dinged and the doors opened. They walked out and up a small set of stairs to a giant bell. A ringing went off behind them and they turned around and looked up to see a trapdoor appear above them. It fell open and Constantine fell out with Superboy, Kaldur, and Megan fell out of it.

"If you all could stop crushing my spine, that would be swell," grunted Constantine in pain as Artemis went over to help.

"John always did like to make entrances," commented Kent before Naruto tackled him and Wally to the ground to dodge a beam of energy coming from Abra Kadabra.

"I'm guessing these guys also like to make entrances?" questioned Wally as they all dodged another blast from Abra.

Constantine managed to get over to Naruto, Wally. and Kent as the old man hit the bell with his cane, causing it to glow. They quickly walked inside it as Klarion jumped in as well with his cat, Teekl.

The quartet appeared on the roof of the Tower of Fate with the Helmet of Fate floating in the air above them. Kent reached for it when Klarion appeared and fired sickly red energy at him.

"Mr. Nelson!" exclaimed Wally as he quickly caught Kent.

Constantine turned to Klarion with a scowl as Kent steadied himself and both recited a spell in a language only the two of them and Klarion understood. Klarion fired off another magical blast as a barrier appeared over the heroes.

"No!" shouted Klarion in a rage.

"Not bad for a former "Doctor Fake", eh, kid?" questioned Kent as he turned to Wally before he collapsed.

Naruto closed her eyes and clenched her fists.

"John," said Naruto with controlled anger in her voice, "There's a girl in the hospital in Happy Harbor named Meena. Tell her Moon Knight is with Bailey. And keep Wally out of this."

She ran over to the Helmet of Fate and grabbed it.

"Hey, girl!" shouted Klarion, "If you put that helmet on, you'll never take it off!"

Naruto took a deep breath as Constantine shrunk the barrier to leave Naruto outside of it. She then put on the helmet just as Klarion fired another beam of magical energy at her. The beam struck but a bright light emanated from it and cast the magic aside to reveal Naruto had become Doctor Fate.

Fate floated up into the air and held out her hand, casting an ankh-shaped shield of energy to deflect Klarion's magic.

"Give it up, Nabu!" shouted Klarion, "Order went out of style in the 20th century!"

"Nabu isn't here right now," said Fate with her distorted voice, "Please leave a message at the tone."

She flicked her wrist, dispelling Klarion's attack and surprising him as well.

"How are you holding Nabu back?!" demanded Klarion.

"Wouldn't you like to know," said Fate.

Klarion roared and two pillars of stone rose out of the floor then came together on Fate. A glowing ankh appeared on the outside of the stone, blasting it apart to reveal Fate was unharmed.

"Tsalb," said Fate calmly as she fired a beam from an ankh made of energy from her hand.

It struck the ground and Klarion disintegrated while his cat went flying.

"Behind you!" shouted Wally.

Fate was too slow as Klarion's attack hit her in the back and she fell to the ground. Klarion appeared in front of her and fired off a ball of energy shaped like a demonic head. Fate dove out of the way then shielded herself from the retuning attack. Klarion, however, used that opening to hit Fate again and sent her rolling on the ground. Fate pushed herself up and case a shield that quickly cracked and shattered under the force of Klarion's magical bullets. After getting knocked back again, Fate took to the sky and flew around, dodging Klarion's attack before getting hit by the last one. She landed on the ground, grunting as her entire body ached.

"You may have Nabu's powers but you don't even know how to use them!" declared Klarion confidently.

He created a large magical storm that caused a bolt of lightning to head towards Fate, who created a rainbow barrier around herself.

"Ooh, Rainbow power," cooed Klarion sarcastically before Teekl meowed at him, "I am paying attention, you stupid cat!"

The cat meowed again and Klarion glared at it.

"In case you haven't noticed, I'm winning," he started.

Fate saw this and broke through the lightning to disperse it.

"Shinra Tensei," she said in a commanding tone while holding out her hand toward Teekl.

The cat flew back and hit one of the many stones atop the tower.

"Teekl!" exclaimed Klarion as he hurried over to the cat to check on it before glaring at Fate, "I can't believe you would attack a defenseless pussycat."

"You really didn't think I wouldn't find out that that cat is your tether to this realm?" questioned Fate as Klarion faded in and out of existence.

"You'll pay for this!" shouted Klarion as he grabbed Teekl and vanished.

"Get in line," said Fate calmly before she floated down to the ground.

The rest of the team yelled and grunted in pain as Kadabra's nets shocked them. Kadabra smirked and raised his wand when a large glowing ankh appeared behind him and removed his clothes, save his underwear, and wand. He gasped in surprise as Superboy got up and knocked him out with a single blow to the head.

"That was so cool, Naruto!" exclaimed Wally as he went up to Fate, but noticed that she wasn't even acknowledging he was there, "Uh, hello? Earth to Naruto! You in there?"

"Oh, she's in there," said Constantine as he walked up to them, "But she's not in control of her body right now. Good old Nabu doesn't like it when people put him down so they can move their own bodies while using his power."

"Can't you do something?!" exclaimed Wally as he looked at Constantine.

"Nope," said Constantine causally as they both looked at Fate, "She knew the risks already and paid the price to make sure that you lot survived."

Fate reached up to her helmet and removed it, to the shock of Constantine and Wally, causing her outfit to fade.

"That I did," said Naruto with a smile.

"How did you convince Nabu to let you take the helmet off?" questioned Constantine in disbelief.

"Nabu decided I wasn't suited for his powers and is allowing me to find him a suitable replacement," explained Naruto.

"Seriously?" asked Wally.

"Well, I did have a little help convincing him," said Naruto solemnly as she looked over at Kent's body.

(Later)

Naruto sat the Helmet of Fate next to the rest of Wally's souvenirs then sighed. Artemis cleared her throat behind Naruto and the girl turned to her.

"Rio?" asked Artemis.

"It's… sort of my name now," said "Rio" sheepishly, "Before I sold that patent to LexCorp, I hacked the US Government systems and put my name down as Rio August Uzumaki."

"Why didn't you tell us?" questioned Artemis as she and Rio went and sat on a couch.

"I didn't see that it was any of your business," said Rio as she looked at the floor, "I figured that since I'm new to this Earth, I'd start out fresh as someone else."

"But you should've at least told the team about it," said Artemis.

"I was going to tell you all after that little incident with Cheshire and Reaper," said Rio with a sad chuckle.

"Oh," said Artemis embarrassingly as she looked away.

"I've actually got to get going," said Rio as she stood up, "Cheshire hates it when I'm late."

She headed for the door and walked into a Boom Tube.

Rio appeared in a deserted quarry and walked further into it when an oak door appeared in front of her. She pulled the door open and entered the House of Mystery. She closed the door behind her and turned around to face a purple being that looked feminine.

"Hello, Rio," said the being in a slightly questioning tone.

"Hello, Orchid," said Naruto as she removed her hoodie, "Is everyone else here?"

"They are in the library," said Orchid.

"Great," said Rio as she patted Orchid on the shoulder while passing her.

Rio entered the library to see several people sitting in front of the fireplace.

"And here's our fearless leader now," said Constantine as he held up a flask.

"A child?" questioned the only other man in the room, "Our leader is a child?"

Rio smirked and waved her hand. Fire leapt from the fireplace, causing everyone to jump back.

"I assure you, I'm more than capable with my abilities," said Rio as she went up to Jade, "Hello, dear."

She kissed Jade on the cheek then took the seat in front of the fireplace.

"I assume introductions are in order," said Rio, "I am Moon Knight. But my actual name is Rio Uzumaki and I am possessed by the Egyptian God of the Moon."

"I'm John Constantine," said Constantine, "I'm a… I guess you could say I'm a consultant on the things we're dealing with."

"I'm Jason Blood," said the other man, "I am possessed by the demon Etrigan."

"I'm Cheshire," said Jade in a bored tone, "And as my little girlfriend put it, my actual name is Jade. I have vast knowledge about various Asian myths and legends."

"I am called Katana," said the oldest woman in the room, "I possess the mystical sword known as Soutaker."

They all then looked at the last person, a girl about Naruto's age and dressed like a circus magician.

"I'm Zatanna Zatara," said the girl, "My father is Zatara of the Justice League and my powers are the same as his."

"Excellent," said Rio as a glass of wine appeared in her hand, "We have maybe one or two more pending members but this is about as good as we're going to do for right now."

"What is this all about exactly?" questioned Blood.

"Yeah," said Zatanna, "You said something about problems only we could handle."

Rio got up and stood in front of the fire.

"There are many things in all worlds," said Rio as she stared at the flames, "Each of them have a certain… element to them that people like the Justice League can't handle. John and I gathered you all here because you all possess knowledge, skills, or the tools to deal with these threats."

She turned around to look at her team as the flames died.

"We are the only ones that can stop those threats," said Rio as it grew darker and darker with each passing second, "We… are Justice League Dark."

I've been getting multiple complaints about Naruto's gender recently and I give up. Those of you that want to know about it, fine. Naruto was eventually going to become male again after I was finished with the first season of Young Justice. I hope you morons who complained about Naruto's gender are happy because it's your fault that I don't get to surprise anyone with that particular bit. You all ruined the story because you all have been constantly bugging me with PMs and guest reviews that I have to delete and I can't take all that any more.

Until further notice, this story is going on hiatus until I actually feel like uploading again or when I quit getting complaints about Naruto's damn gender.