Writing prompt-

"How much for that?", i asked the merchant, nodding to my sword hanging on the wall.

Chapter 9

By: janahjean

"How much for that?" Bruce Wayne asked nodding at the katana that was hanging on the wall behind a merchant in one of the stalls at a mall. His keen eyesight had him realized that this might be the same katana damian had misplaced several weeks ago during their raid at the smuggler's ring by the dock.

That night, batman receive a hug from his usually cool son.

"How much for that?" Bruce wayne sounded unhappy to trade and haggle with a black market seller by the corner of a building. He was disguised enroute toward a mission undercover but had caught the familiariarity of one of the guns being displayed (yup, i dont even care if it sounded unbelievable anymore) and remember Jason.

That night, batman left the gun in one of jason's supposedly secure bat-free safehouse.

"How much for - i mean, would a donation do?" Bruce asked automatically pulling out a wallet when he feel in love with the staff one of the shaolin monk is using as he show off his martial art skill in a holiday.

Batman was thankful that night that he have armour as red robin whacked him in the head with his new staff as the two tested it out in mock combat.

"How much is that?" Bruce wayne asked as he tried to pick Dick's pair of escrima stick from the boxes of broken/secondhand garage sale he found when he visit the college dick had graduated from. Obviously, dick had cleaned up his dorm but forgot some of his stuff. The only reason the school didnt trace and recognize that the stuff was actually nightwing's is because its a prototype.

That night, batman had to pry nightwing loose from opening the new glass cabinet where his original stick were housed.

"How much for that?" The four boys tried to outbid each other when they found out that barbara still have one of the very first batarang in her person. Oracle calmly sip her tea and watch with amusement at the live video of the four robins resorting to fighting each other just so they can give bruce that batarang for father's day.

Batman who was keeping an eye on the drug ring sneezed that night as his kids revive the "battle for the cowl" back in the batcave.

-finl

An:/ yes folks. Its been confirmed i post lousy stories just so i can reach the end and post my personal life and share that instead. The story above is just a flimsy excuse to make this a public "dear diary" of sorts.