Welcome to the Justice League
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Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Justice League. (If I did, I would be drunk with power) Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and the Justice League belongs to DC Comics. (But the power belongs to them *insert tear*) The only character I own is Karin. (At least I own something *insert smile*) I make no profit off this fanfic. (No wait, put the tear back *place back the tear*) Please don't sue me. (*insert cute anime eyes* Pretty please)
Chapter 3: The Gates of Hell
"You wish to work from home?" Sesshomaru said to make sure he had heard Kagome correctly.
"Yes," said Kagome confidently.
It had been three months since she had agreed to be a member of the Justice League. However, do to her work and hero schedule, it was difficult for Kagome to go on any missions or spend time with her family. Already she had missed an outer space trial regarding Green Lantern and the issue regarding Atlantis and its king, Aquaman.
"I want to help the Justice League, and I can't do that, plus work full time and take care of Karin. Something has to give, and I'm afraid it has to be my position here," she explained.
Sesshomaru nodded, "I would be surprised if it wasn't," he knew the young miko well, and knew that if she had a chance to help other then she would take it. "You request will be granted," he told her. "But you must come into the office at least once a month."
Kagome nodded to the agreement.
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"For real sis," Souta said in total fan boy mode. "You're gonna be a real super hero."
Kagome nodded at her brother's giddiness. She was currently packing some of the things that she'll need for the Watchtower. Such as her weapons, extra cloths, etc.
After having a long discussion with her family, on her decision about joining the Justice League full time, almost all of them supported her.
Shippo remained skeptical thinking that she shouldn't have to put her life on the line. After some begging on Kagome's end, and a little persuasion from Rin, he finally agreed.
Karin was the hardest to convince, she didn't want her mother to be away from her, possibly for days on end. However, Kagome promised her that she would come see her every night and weekends when she could. Karin reluctantly agreed, 'Kaa-san is a hero now and other people need her.'
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Four Months Later
"So Diana, went back to Themyscira?" Kagome asked Superman as they wondered the halls of the Watchtower.
Over these past few months Kagome had been able to earn a respectable place among the team. She became good friends, with all of them.
Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl were like sisters to her.
Green Lantern and Superman were like protective older brothers.
Flash continued to flirt with her but she knew that he just did it to tease her.
Unfortunately, she didn't get a chance to know Batman so well, since he wasn't a full time member.
J`onn, became a really good friend to her as well. In fact, he seemed to open up more to her than any other member of the team. He told her about his life and family on Mars. She repaid the favor by telling him her story of the Feudal Era and about Karin, something not even Batman knew about.
Even though J`onn knew of Kagome's past and family, he was flattered that she trusted him with such personal information.
"Yes," answered Superman, "She missed her home, and I thought she could use the time off."
"Geez, how come I can't get some of that?" asked Flash, who came up next to them, wishing he'd get time off too.
Kagome chuckled at this, "You would be bored within five minutes, Flash-kun."
"True," Flash admitted.
They all made their way to the control room, where J`onn was on monitor duty, when they got an emergency call, "There is a break in at the museum in Metropolis," J`onn informed them. When he took a look at the security cameras his eyes widened, "It's Wonder Woman."
"Nani?" Kagome said surprised, when she looked at the monitors to see that he was right.
"What is she thinking?" asked Flash.
"We got to go and ask her," Superman said. He wanted answers from her, and he was gonna get them.
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When they had arrived at the Museum of Metropolis, there was a gigantic hole in the ceiling.
"Diana," Superman yelled to get her attention.
Wonder Woman looked up and saw Flash, Miko, J`onn, and Superman standing on the roof looking down on her. "This doesn't concern you," she told them.
"It does when you start tearing up museums," Flash scolded her.
"Nee-san," Kagome said to the amazon woman. She told Diana about seeing her as a sister and asked if she could call her so. "Please, tell us what is going on."
Diana took one look at Kagome's pleading eyes and sighed. She flew up to the roof and folded her arms before speaking, "When I arrived at Themyscira, it was in ruins from a recent battle. My sisters and my mother…they were all turned to stone by a sorcerer named Felix Faust. He told me that the only way he'll turn them back is if I find these relics," she lifted her hand to show them the stone relic that she fought a giant statue for, "He's giving me twenty four to find the last two."
"And you trust him?" asked Superman.
"Of course not," Diana admitted, "But I don't have a choice."
"I say we go there and kick that sorcerers ass," suggested Flash.
"No," Diana objected, "Men are forbidden to enter Themyscira."
"You and I can take him," Kagome said, wanting to take down the one who hurt her Nee-san.
Diana smirked at her sister's confidence. "I'm sorry sister, but even strangers are unwelcome. Besides, I promised to go alone," Diana said regrettably.
"Then there's only one solution," said J`onn, "We'll have to help you find the other relics."
Diana smiled at the offer, as everyone nodded in agreement.
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Superman and Wonder Woman took one of the two crystals, that tells where the other relics are, and J`onn, Kagome and Flash took the other.
The last group took Javelin 7, since Flash and Kagome couldn't fly, to the Amazons where a relic was hidden.
"Just picture it," said Flash, describing his fantasy, "The sun, the sea, hundreds of women running around and me the first man they had ever seen. Oh and what do I have? Iced Mocha's for everyone."
"Hentai," Kagome murmured. J`onn smirked, being the only one who heard her.
"I fail to see the attraction," J`onn said honestly. Once you found a potential mate on Mars, all other members of the opposite gender simply cease their notice. This ends once a mate dies, of course.
"Man, you really are from Mars," Flash complained.
"Well excuse him for respecting woman," Kagome defended the Martian.
"Hey I respect woman," Flash objected, "I just like showing good looking girls a good time."
"Riiiight," said Kagome. 'Flash and Miroku would have gotten along great.'
"Perhaps we should concentrate on finding the relic," J`onn suggested, to regain their focus on the mission.
"No problem," said Flash, before grabbing the crystal and running into the pyramid. It took preciously three seconds for him to come back holding a clay pot where the relic was hidden,"That was easy." The second Flash took the lid off of the clay pot and pulled out the relic, all hell broke loose. A giant snake monster emerged from the ground ready to attack the group of heroes with its fire attacks, "or not."
Kagome immediately put a barrier around them in order to protect them from the flames.
Once the snake stopped the fire breathing assault, Flash ran out of Miko's barrier. With his super speed he ran up the snakes back and managed to get the beasts head tied in a knot.
With one fatal punch, J`onn hit the snake in its jaw and the snake went down for good.
Kagome's jaw dropped, 'I knew he was strong but I had no idea how much.'
"Remind me to never piss you off," said Flash as he picked up the relic.
The team re-entered the Javelin after the fight. Once inside they got a message from Batman, to meet him at Felix Faust's office.
"Hopefully, we can find some answers there," said J`onn.
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Office of Felix Faust
Kagome's body shivered.
"You cold?" asked Flash.
"No," she answered to him, "All the power that's in here…it makes my hair stand on end."
The heroes were looking around the office to see the many relics and books that Faust owned. Out of curiosity, Flash picked up a staff and inspected it. Unknowingly, the staff shot a lightning bolt at a wall where Batman's head would have been if he didn't duck in time.
"Don't. Touch. Anything," Batman gritted through his teeth. "We don't know what powers we are dealing with."
Everyone who was holding an artifact item put it down immediately.
"So, who is this guy?" asked Superman.
Batman began to tell them about how Felix Faust was once a respected professor in archaeology. He was kicked out of the University once he began to study the mystic arts. "He swore revenge on those who mocked him. Several later disappeared," Batman concluded.
"Oh my Kami," Kagome said disturbingly, pointing to the stoned heads mantled on the wall. All with terrified expressions on their faces, 'That's sick.'
"Eww," the Flash cringed.
"He's mad," said Superman.
"It gets worse," Batman continued, "I found his journal. The last entry makes references to Tartarus."
Kagome's hands covered her over her mask at the mention of the name. She had to deal with the gates of Hell before, when she and her friends in the Feudal Era dealt with So'unga, and didn't wish to go through that experience again.
Diana then explained how her mother, Hippolyta, had to guard the gates of Tartarus, or the Pit of Lost Souls, after Hades tricked her into opening the gates of Olympus. "To make sure the gates could never be unlocked. The key was broken and scattered across the globe," Diana finished.
"Then the relics are parts of this key," J`onn pieced together.
"He wants to unlock the gate to Tartarus," Kagome concluded.
"Where is the gate?" Superman asked Wonder Woman.
"Beneath Themyscira," Diana informed them.
"You can't give him the key," Kagome begged the Amazon.
"If I don't, my mother and my sisters will remain petrified forever," she told Kagome regrettably.
"If you do, it could be the end of the world," scolded Batman.
Diana struggled with what to do. She needed to save her mother but couldn't put the world in jeopardy.
Kagome put her hand on Diana's shoulder, "Desperate times, call for desperate measures Nee-san."
Diana nodded understanding what she meant. If she was going to save her mother and sisters, she had to break Themyscirain law.
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Themyscira: Temple
The League waited for Diana to go first into the temple, to make Faust believe that he had won. As a reward for Diana's cooperation, he un-petrified Hippolyta.
Of course, he wasn't planning on keeping her that way. Felix Faust began to chant the spell to petrify both Hippolyta and Diana.
He was stopped as Flash ran by and snatched the sorcerer's charm out of the his hand.
The rest of the team revealed themselves to Faust, who was angered by their presents.
"You brought men to Themyscira," said an appalled Hippolyta.
"Hey she brought me too," Kagome said hopping to cheer the woman up. By the look on Hippolyta's face, it didn't work.
"It's over Faust," said Superman.
"NEVER," cried Faust as he shot an energy ball. By using other of his mystical powers he was able to evade most of the heroes' attacks. He summoned a plant monster to trap the heroes.
Everyone struggled fighting this living plant thing. Even Kagome's sword had trouble purifying the plant monster.
With the team distracted, Faust took the key and Hippolyta to the gates of Tartarus. Once Faust was gone, the plant vines began to wither and then die, allowing the heroes to free themselves.
"It's too late," said Flash.
"No," Diana said worried for her mother but knew all was not lost yet, "There is only one place they could have gone."
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Diana led the team down a stair way in the temple, which lead to underneath the temple that held the gates of Tartarus. The smell of something dead and rotting was growing stronger the deeper they got into the temple. It was enough to make all the heroes gag.
Suddenly, the ground beneath them began to shake, as the gates of Tartarus opened and released the Lord of the Underworld, Hades.
Diana, Superman, who was carrying Batman, J`onn, who was carrying Kagome flew and Flash ran to the location of the gate. They all stopped at a safe distance and watched the conversation happening between Faust and Hades.
For being the God of the Underworld, Hades wasn't as menacing as Kagome expected him to be. He just looked like an ordinary muscular human man with armor on. That is, until he betrayed Faust and transformed the sorcerer into an old man. Faust asked the God for ultimate knowledge, which Hades gave to him in his own twisted way.
"Good Lord," Superman said quietly out loud.
Diana had seen enough and grabbed a discarded sword nearby, and freed her mother from her chained prison, "This way mother," she said dragging Hippolyta to safety.
"Hippolyta, you didn't tell me you had a daughter," said Hades amused, "I wonder if she's as loving as her mother."
'Sick bastard,' Kagome thought, as she and the other heroes came out of hiding in order to battle Lord Hades.
Superman and Batman attacked the God of the Underworld but failed to do any real damage.
Kagome shot one of her arrows at Hades to see if any damage can be done. Surprisingly, her usual lighten arrow ran out of power and turned into a regular wooden arrow which the God caught with ease.
"Well well well," said Hades tauntingly but still interested as he looked at Kagome, "A priestess. A servant of the Gods, thinks that she can bring down the God of the Underworld," he laughed, "Silly child."
'Damn it,' Kagome swore mentally, not considering that. It didn't stop her from trying to attack using her katana though.
Everyone continued to attack Hades but he just couldn't be stopped.
"We got to get him back into the Pit," Kagome told Diana, who was protecting her mother.
"YOU DARE CHALLENGE A GOD," said an angry Hades, as he summoned undead warriors to attack the heroes.
"Uh oh," said Flash.
"Not this again," Kagome groaned, referring to the undead soldiers she faced with So'unga. She used her katana to slice and purify the undead soldiers.
All the heroes struggled with the undead warriors and only the ones Kagome struck stayed down completely, as she purified them with her katana.
Meanwhile, Hades attacked the heroes with fire ball. "BOW DOWN TO ME MORTALS," he yelled, before Faust suddenly attacked the God of the Underworld in the back. This single attack, had enough power to make Hades show his true form; a terrifying monster, with gray skin, bull horns horns and three tongues.
"Great Hera," said Diana.
'Now that's what you expect the Lord of the Dead to look like,' thought Kagome.
Hades lunged his body to Hippolyta and pinned her to the ground using his body.
"Diana, destroy the key," Hippolyta yelled to her daughter as she struggled underneath God of the Underworld.
Diana hurried to do as she was told. It wasn't easy to turn the key from to lock the gate. Lightning shocks traveled through Diana's entire body causing her to scream in agony. Eventually, she was able to free the key and threw it to the ground breaking it, "BACK TO THE PIT YOU MONSTER!"
The Gates of Tarturus began to close, with high winds forcing everything, that wasn't nailed down, to fly in the direction of the Pit.
Kagome couldn't grab something fast enough and began flying into the gate entrance. She screamed in terror before he was saved by J`onn, who phased through the ruble in order to get to her. J`onn dragged her down to the ground and used his body to protect her from flying daubery. "Arigato J`onn-san," Kagome said so relieved that she didn't bother speaking English. Her gaze shifted to the gate, and in horror, she watched Diana and her mother almost get sucked in. Luckily they made it out before the gate closed, with Hades still inside.
"He's gone," said Hippolyta relieved that it was all over.
"What did you ever see in him?" Diana asked her mother.
"Ancient history," Hippolyta answered, not wanting to talk about it.
'I've been there,' Kagome couldn't help but sympathize.
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Once the sun rose over Themyscira, the Amazon's were free from their petrified stone prisons. The battle was now truly over.
As a reward for saving Themyscira, Flash, Superman, Batman, J`onn and Kagome were rewarded with royal offerings, making them 'true' heroes.
"We owe you eternal gratitude," said Hippolyta.
"Hear that," Flash said to an Amazon warrior trying to impress her, "'Eternal gratitude.'" The Amazon glared at his flirting. "She wants me," he told J`onn smugly.
"Indeed," was all J`onn could say. Kagome chuckled next to him.
Once the ceremony was over Hippolyta said she was grateful for Diana's return but couldn't ignore the fact that she had broken the law and brought men to the Themyscira. Hippolyta had no choice but to banish her own daughter.
"Nani?" Kagome said surprised that Diana's own mother did that to her.
"Hey," defended Flash, "She risked her ass to save all of you."
"Please, she did this because she loves you," begged Superman. "Don't punish her for that."
"No," said an emotionless Diana. "I did break the law and I humbly accept your judgment...The Fates were against us mother. Goodbye," she said the last part while holding back her tears.
"Present arms," said one of the Amazon soldiers as their princess left to the Javelin.
"This is total bull," complained Flash who was then scolded by Batman.
"Don't make this any harder," warned the Dark Knight.
As Diana made it to the Javelin she was approached by J`onn and Kagome.
"Diana," J'onn said as he put his hand on the woman shoulder.
Kagome hugged Diana wanting to comfort her friend. If it were not for the torn look on Hippolyta's face, she would have thought the woman to be cruel.
Diana hugged her back but pulled back a moment later, "Let's go," Diana told the others.
They entered the Javelin and went back to the Watchtower.
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Higurashi Shrine
"Kaa-san, you're holding me too tight," Karin said to Kagome, who was holding her in a loving embrace.
Once the mission was over, Kagome took one of the Javelin's that was assigned to her and headed straight home. The minute she landed she went to her daughter's room.
"I'm sorry Kar-chan," Kagome told her. "I just love you so much."
"I love you too, Kaa-san," said Karin.
Kagome didn't realize how lucky she was to have her daughter in her life. Hippolyta made one of the most difficult decisions of her life.
And as a mother, Kagome knew what anguish it will cause her.
Kagome is now an official member of the Justice League. Keep in mind that it doesn't mean that she will be in every single mission. So what do readers think? Good? Bad? Ugly? Pretty? What? Next time: Their will finally be some Kagome and J`onn fluff…and talking gorillas.
Till then my readers