Welcome to the Justice League
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Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Justice League.(Got it) Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and the Justice League belongs to DC Comics. (Understood) The only character I own is Karin. (Take that fools) I make no profit off this fanfic. (I assumed as much.) Please don't sue me.
Chapter 4: A Talking What Now?
Over the next month and a half, Kagome continued with her hero persona Miko. She made a bit of a name for herself in Tokyo. Although, she doesn't have any actual super villains like the other Justice League members, she does have stop a few thugs every now and again. She even managed to purify some rouge yōkai that kill or eat humans.
Today was Sunday, and it was Kagome's last day off before reporting back to the Watchtower. She spent those days with her family, but she mostly spent it with Karin.
They did simple things together, watching movies, going to the park, or getting ice cream. She also told Karin stories of her missions. The more stories Karin heard, the more excepting she was of her mother going to be with the Justice League, 'Kaa-san is cool.'
"Would it really be so bad if I tell a few people?" Souta asked his sister. "How often do people get to say that their sister is a super hero?"
Kagome rolled her eyes at her brother's question. Even though he was in middle school now, he still didn't see the big picture.
"Souta, if people knew who I was, all the people that I've put away can hurt you, Kaa-san, or Kar-chan. Do you really think broadcasting my identity to impress your friends is really worth it?" she asked him.
Souta pouted and then stuck his tongue out at her when her head was turned. Karin laughed at his face from her spot on the living room floor. 'Watching Kaa-san and Souta Oji-chan arguing is funny.'
Suddenly, Kagome's com-link in went off, she pressed the button inside her ear, "Moshi-moshi,"she answered.
Batman knew this to be a Japanese getting for someone on the phone, "We got a problem."
"How bad?" she asked.
"Central City is gone," he informed.
Kagome's eyes widened, "I'm on my way."
A whole city and its people just gone, 'Yep, that's bad.'
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Outside Central City (Or where it used to be)
Kagome arrived on her Javelin to a giant crater where a city should have resided.
Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl, and J`onn were already on the ground.
"What happened?" she asked her team mates.
Diana walked up and placed her hand in midair to show Miko the problem, "It's some kind of energy field," she informed her.
J`onn attempted to phase through it but it forced him back, while electrocuting him.
Hawkgirl hit the field to try and take it down with her mace only causing it to electrocute her and throwing her back to hit Diana, knocking them both down. "Perhaps, we should try another approach," said Diana after she collected herself.
"I wonder," Kagome said as she pulled out one of her arrows and drew her bow. She released her arrow, only to make it half way through the field before it broke in half. Her arrows destroyed demonic or magical barriers but not science made ones, "Stupid technology," she muttered.
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Batman analyzed the energy that the barrier was giving. Although he didn't know how to get through it yet, he did discover the same type of energy barrier coming from Africa.
'What the hell is one of these things doing there?' Kagome wondered.
"Could the city have been transported there," J`onn opinionated.
"I don't know," Batman told him from his Bat Cave. "But we need to investigate."
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Africa
"No mistake," Batman said when the team arrived on the Javelin. "This is identical to the one in Central City."
'Which means they're connected in some way,' Kagome concluded in her mind.
Hawkgirl touched the barrier, "How can we get through it?"
"Maybe if we," Diana began to say before they were all hit with some type of energy blast that electrocuted them all unconsciousness.
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Kagome groaned as she awoke from a throbbing headache, where ever she was, it was not outside. The ground was metal and cold. She tried to move her hands but found that she was bound by some high tech cuffs. A look at her team mates showed that they were in the same situation as her. To make matters worse, her katana and bow and arrows were gone.
The door to the room opened to show the last thing Kagome ever would have guessed; A walking and talking gorilla holding a gun, 'It's official, I've seen everything.'
"Where are we?" Diana demanded, unfazed by the fact she was talking to a gorilla. "Who's in charge?"
The gray gorilla chuckled, "You misunderstand the situation," he told the Justice League. "You answer 'my' questions."
Kagome shifted her feet to sit up and realized something, the gorillas didn't take the switch blades that she kept in her boots. By moving her feet behind her and bending ever so slightly she was able to reach one of the blades.
Before she could flip it she saw a movement from Batman at the corner of her eye. He was in the process of unlocking his cuffs. One look at his eyes told her what he couldn't say, 'Not yet.'
Kagome was brought out of their 'conversation' when she heard J`onn screaming in agony, the talking gorilla's were electrocuting him for speaking out, "J`onn," she cried in concern.
"You will find Gorilla City much harder to leave then it was to enter," the gray gorilla informed them. "Now, who do you work for?"
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For over half an hour the gorillas interrogated the League. Until, the gray gorilla got tired of their 'we don't work for anyone' excuse. So the gorilla began to beat up J`onn in order for them to get some answers.
Kagome cringed watching J`onn getting punched in the face. "Stop it," Miko begged the gorilla, who continued to ignore her plea.
"Enough stalling," the gray gorilla said frustrated. "Who sent you?"
"No one," J`onn said honestly.
"LIES," the gray gorilla yelled hitting the Martian again. "You are drying my patience. One of you will talk." He looked around to see who to interrogate next. "I'll start with you," he said to Hawkgirl.
"Take your best shot," Hawkgirl taunted.
The gorilla raised his hand ready to slap her.
"NO," yelled Batman as he escaped his hand cuffs and trapped the gray gorilla in one of his handy bat bolas.
Guessing that was the signal, Kagome spin kicked the gorilla, that was next to her, from behind its legs, forcing him to fall on his ass.
Using a batarang, Batman freed Diana who broke the cuffs and fought off the other gorillas in the room.
Even with Hawkgirl still bond she managed to fight off the gorillas as well.
Kagome defended herself the best she could with the switch blade she cut the hand of a nearby armed gorilla forcing him to drop his gun.
J`onn rammed the same gorilla with his shoulder away from Kagome forcing the gorilla to hit his head against the wall, knocking him unconscious.
With the help of Batman's batarang J`onn freed himself from his cuffs and used his super strength to free Kagome from her cuffs. "You keep a knife in your boot?" J`onn questioned, he was unaware that she had one.
"Never leave home without it," said Kagome.
"Nice," Hawkgirl said in approval.
Diana freed Hawkgirl from her hand cuffs after all of the gorillas were taken down. At the corner of the room was both Hawkgirl's mace and Kagome's other weapons. Once the two heroes retrieved what was theirs, Hawkgirl used her mace to make a hole in the wall to escape from the building.
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J`onn carried Kagome as they and the others tried to exit Gorilla City.
However, they forgot about the energy field, both Hawkgirl and Wonder Woman hit the wall causing them to fall to the ground.
"Damn it," Kagome muttered as they all gathered together.
"Try to escape like that again," the gray gorilla said as he caught up to them, "And you will regret it."
Kagome drew her sword ready for a fight against the intelligent talking other heroes were getting ready to defend themselves as well.
That is until something strange happened.
The energy field that surrounded and hid Gorilla City was lowered.
"Get it back up immediately," the gray gorilla demanded.
A gorilla officer tried to do so by remote control, "It's not responding. Someone's over run the system."
"Grodd," the gray gorilla said with malice.
'So, that's who they think we worked for,' Kagome concluded.
"Sir," said another gorilla officer. "We detected armed missiles heading this way."
The gray gorilla made a tactical decision, "Forget the prisoners, and evacuate the city."
"We can help," Diana told the gray gorilla.
The gray gorilla looked skeptically, "What could you possibly do?"
Hawkgirl smirked, "Just watch."
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Two missiles came into view of Gorilla City.
J`onn used his phasing abilities to go through the first missile and took out the explosive.
The remains of that missile then hit a building causing pieces to crumble to the ground where gorilla citizens were standing. Kagome used her powers to create a barrier around the citizens to protect them from the daubery.
Hawkgirl used her mace on the other missile causing it to split in half. She hit the front piece of the missile again causing it to explode in the sky.
Wonder Woman used her super strength to try to stop the other half of the missile from hurting the gorilla citizens.
"Hera, give me strength," the Amazon prayed, when the force of the missile was too great for her.
Unfortunately, the weight of the missile ended up crushing on top of her.
"DIANA," Batman screamed as he tried to dig her out of the small crater that the missile created.
Hawkgirl, Kagome, and J`onn came just in time to see Diana be crushed. The women were teary eyed thinking they had lost a 'sister.'
J'onn went down to the crater and placed his hand on Batman's shoulder to stop him from his actions. Batman sighed defeated that he lost a friend.
Or so they thought.
The missile then began to move and Diana emerged from the crater unharmed.
"The Fates were kind today," Diana told the gorilla citizens. "Your city is safe."
This caused the crowed to cheer.
Diana looked down at Batman's hands to see them covered in dirt. He tried to hide them from her sight but she saw them. Flattered that he tried to save her, Diana kissed him on the check causing him to blush.
"How sweet," Kagome said silently.
J`onn saw what had transpired, and then he looked down to the young woman next to him after she spoke. Slowly she reached for her hand and embraced it, with his own. Kagome looked up at him with her surprised blue eyes and then smiled. "We did it," she said to him in her mind.
He smirked, "Yes we did," he replied telepathically.
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Watchtower
After the League transported Gorilla Grodd back to Gorilla City, they returned to the Watchtower.
"So Miko, what's up with you and J`onn?" Hawkgirl asked Kagome.
Kagome was in the kitchen getting a snack when was ambushed by both Diana and Shayera.
"Wh what are you talking about?" she asked the Thanagarion stuttering.
"Oh come on,"Shayera said teasingly, "I see the way you two act around each other. Not to mention the way you reacted today."
Diana nodded in agreement, "You did seem upset when they were interrogating him."
"Well…yea, my friend was getting hurt," Kagome told them as she took her mask off to take a bite of an apple that she chose to eat. "I would act the same toward you two."
Diana and Shayera gave her a knowing glare that said, 'Oh really.'
Kagome blushed slightly at their gaze. She had to admit that she had never met anyone like J'onn before. He was kind, a good listener and he cared about her, both on the field and off it.
"Okay, maybe I do care for him," she admitted as the woman smiled in victory. "But I don't know if I'm ready to be with someone again."
The women were now confused, "Were you in a bad relationship before?" asked Diana.
Kagome nodded.
"What happened?" Shayera asked as they all sat at the table in the kitchen.
"Basically, he admitted he loved me, then said he wanted to marry me, then he cheated on me with his ex, and then tried to kill me," Kagome answered honestly while placing her apple down.
"Hera," said Diana said shocked. From what they knew of their young female friend, she was a kind and loving girl, 'Why would someone who supposedly loved her want her dead?' Diana thought.
"What happened to the bastard?" Shayera asked wanting to hunt the man down and skin him for hurting her friend.
"His brother, err half-brother, saved me before he could actually do anything," Kagome explained. "He hasn't bothered me since," she told them honestly. Sesshomaru explained how hanyous had shorter life spans then full blooded yōkai . Even if Inuyasha was still alive, he would resemble and be as weak as an eighty year old human man. "Why are you two so interested in my love life anyway?"
"Because you don't look as sad when you're with him," Shayera said honestly. Though Kagome didn't act like it, they could all see the hurt and pain hidden in her eyes. When she was with J`onn, the sadness always seemed to fade.
"We can tell you've been through a lot little sister," Diana told Kagome, "But that doesn't mean you should be denied what Eros gives to man's world…love."
Kagome gave a deep sigh. Yes, she did want to love again and she knew that a part of her may already be in love with J`onn, 'But what if he doesn't feel the same way?' She shook her head of the thought and tried to change the subject.
"Well, what about you Nee-san?" she asked the Amazon woman. "What's up between you and Batman-san?"
Diana blinked and blushed a little for being put on the spot like that. Kagome chuckled a little at her friend.
Shayera laughed out loud, "She got you there."
"I wouldn't be laughing Mrs. Green Lantern," Kagome teased.
Shayera sent her a death glare.
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J'onn was around the corner of the door way that led to the kitchen. He had heard every bit of the women's conversation.
He knew that ease dropping was rude but he couldn't help it, they were talking about him after all.
Not only did he hear what they said out loud but he also heard what Kagome was thinking. 'A part of her…might love me.'
He couldn't deny that he had too has feelings for the young human woman. At first he was worried about her not wanting to be with him due to his Martian heritage, but after learning that her former love was half yōkai, he knew that wouldn't matter to her.
'Maybe I…maybe both of us…can find happiness again.'
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Kagome was now in her favorite part of the Watchtower; the green house.
Batman learned of Kagome's dealing with healing herbs and thought it would be a useful thing to have.
Kagome sat down on a bench, enjoying the calm and delightful smells that the plants were giving. It was a few moments later that felt a familiar presence come toward her.
"Hello J`onn-san," she said opening her eyes to see him in front of her.
He sat himself down next to her on the bench.
"I'm sorry we haven't had a chance to talk as of late," he told her.
"Gomenasai," she said in apology as well.
J`onn smiled at this. He liked how she didn't want others to feel upset because of her. "It's quite alright, we've both been busy, so it's understandable. How is Karin doing?" he asked.
Kagome smiled as well, J`onn often asked about her daughter, "She's doing well. She seems to be adjusting to my life in the League alright. But she has been upset lately since my Jii-san passed away last month."
After ninety years of living Kagome's grandfather had passed away peacefully in his sleep. The family was saddened by his passing and Karin definitely took it the hardest out of all of them.
"Hopefully, her mood will change in a few weeks. Her birthday is coming up in a month and everyone is ready to celebrate it. She'll be turning six this year." Kagome couldn't help but lower her smile a little, "She's growing up so fast."
J`onn nodded in understanding, he felt the same way when his own children were growing up, "All parents feel that way."
She nodded, "But it also means she'll start school soon," she looked out the window toward the Earth. "I'm worried for her. She hasn't shown any form of yōkai strength yet but I'm worried that she'll be discovered at school and people will hate her for it," she admitted her fears. "People are so closed minded of what they don't understand."
J`onn put his hand on hers, which was placed on her lap. "She'll be fine," he reassured her.
"How do you know?" she asked.
"Because she has a loving mother," he said simply. "Who would do anything to protect her child."
Kagome blushed at the compliment, "Arigato, J`onn-san."
This last thing she said reminded him, "You add '-san' to those you respect, correct?"
She nodded.
"What do you use when you are more…familiar with a person?
Kagome blinked in confusion not understanding why he was asking her this, "For a man, we use the '-kun' when we're familiar with them or close in age. Otherwise, we just say their first name."
"Well then, that's what I want," he said to her, "Would you call me by my first name?"
For the third time today Kagome blushed, "O-okay…J`onn."
He smiled at the way she said his name, her voice alone was able to make his heart beat thrice its normal capacity. "Arigato, Kagome," he said in her native tongue.
Kagome stared at J`onn's amazing orange eyes and he stared back into her blue ones. Both of them didn't seem to notice how they were slowly leaning in towards each other.
"Kagome," J`onn spoke to her in her mind. "I…"
"Hey guys," Flash came into the green house, startling the couple. "There's a case that needs our attention," he informed them, completely oblivious to what he had just interrupted.
"We'll be right there Flash-kun," Kagome told him.
Flash nodded and ran off using super speed.
J`onn was never one to be frustrated but he was definitely frustrated now. He was so close to telling her how he felt, 'What if she'll be scared off now?'
His thoughts were interrupted when he felt the pressure of someone's lips on his check.
When Kagome leaned back she saw J`onn's stunned face and chuckled a little, "To be continued" she said as she stood up and headed to the jet hanger.
She didn't see how J`onn reached up to touch the spot where she had kissed him or see him smile.
Darn it Flash. We love you but you have really bad timing. So what do you guys think? Next time: A plague, a party, and fluff.
Till then my readers