I do not own any characters from the Justice League Unlimited series or from Kamen Rider OOO. They belong to their creators. I will only claim ownership of any original characters, monsters, Core Medals, Combos and Greeed that appear in this story. This story is set as a cross-section between the JLU and KR OOO.

A/N: Just so everyone knows, this is a chapter dedicated solely to Ankh.

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Justice League: OOO Unlimited

The three things that happened last time…

~ Hitotsu – Diana's little sister, Donna Troy, comes to Man's World as the new liaison between Man's World and Themyscira.

~ Futatsu – Uva creates the Wasp Yummy from a homeless man which then devours its parent to gain great power.

~ Soshite Mittsu – Birth, together with assistance from the JLU and Donna, activates the CLAWS Sasori and then BirthDAY form to defeat the Yummy.

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Located deep inside the tower that housed the many different dimensions of the home of Dr. Fate, said sorcerer was currently entertaining a guest for the day and that guest was non other than the Greeed of fire and birds, Ankh. Ankh, only having woken up a few hours earlier, had received a communicator call from Fate to come and visit him as he had a few things that he wanted to show and teach him. Knowing full well that this worlds villains were nothing to laugh at and that Uva was getting stronger by the day, he was not about to let an opportunity to make himself stronger pass him by.

"So Fate, what is it that you needed to show me?" Ankh asked as he followed Fate to a dimension that looked like a lush tropical garden.

"It's quite simple my friend. Like Mr. Hino, you can control a certain element due to being a Greeed and that element is fire, correct?" Ankh nodded. "Then I shall show you a special technique that is called Fire Bending. It will allow you to manipulate any form of fire within the area with your own free will and use it at your own discretion."

Ankh smiled at the sound of that. He had come here in his human form which was based off of Shingo Izumi from their original Earth and he currently had his hands in his pockets. He then noticed that they soon came to a stop next to what appeared to be a spring filled with nothing but fire. And not just any fire but holy fire from the different realms of the Elysian Fields, Heaven and all other forms of holy grounds.

"Oi, what's with the holy pit?" Ankh said as he removed his hands from his pockets, revealing one of the two gold Core Medals Eiji had given him back in Gotham upon his revival. He began to roll the Core along the top of his fingers in a back-n-forth motion and soon noticed Fate looking at him.

"This holy pit, as you just referred to it, contains holy fire from many different realms of holy ground. If you can bend this type of fire to your will then you can bend any flame that exists." Fate then noticed the strange Core Medal Ankh was messing with and became curious. Walking over to him, "My friend, what kind of Core Medal is that?"

"Oh this, it's something that Eiji gave to me." He then gave the sorcerer a look that meant not to ask any more questions pertaining to the new Core so Fate let the subject go…for the moment.

"Very well then. Now, shall we begin with learning some new tricks?"

Ankh just smiled as he reabsorbed the gold Core and then shifted to his Greeed form. Now, since Fate was already used to seeing Ankh in his Greeed form, he already knew the way he was supposed to look by heart. But Ankh's Greeed appearance was now a bit different from before. The segmented silver belt around his waist now had gold runes etched into it and his fluffy and feathery white mane that rested around his neck now had hints of gold highlights in it. His grey feather shoulder pads now had some slight gold feather-like armor protrusions attached to them and the feathery protrusions on his head now had a few solid gold protrusions next to them as well, forming a makeshift crown of some sort. His forearm and lower leg armor also had gold tinges to them now and a few new ornaments-like orbs embedded in them. His chest also had a few gold runes etched into it and his singular eye lens seemed to radiate with a mixture of gold and red now instead of just red like it used to before.

"Ankh, what has happened to your body?" Fate asked in a somewhat surprised tone.

"Huh, what do you mean?" Fate then conjured up a mirror so that Ankh could look at his Greeed form and even he was a bit shocked. He then thought about it for a moment and then came to a small conclusion. "Hmm…maybe these God Core Medals are actually evolving us physically as well instead of just at the genetic level." Fate, of course, overheard him.

"God Core Medals?" Ankh mentally cursed at himself as he knew that Eiji had asked to keep the existence of these new medals quiet until Batman could study them more. Since he blabbed though, now he had no choice.

"Well, I might as well explain to you about these new medals. You got a few minutes before we begin the lessons?" Fate just nodded and then Ankh began to reveal to him what it was that they actually saw in the void before arriving on this new world.

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OP Theme: Anything Goes!

By: Maki Ogurou

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Chapter 10:

Hinted Evolution, New Tricks and the Fiery New Friend

Author: Toku Warrior

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Standing before the fiery pit before him, Ankh performed a few kata's while trying to harmonize his mind and body as one single force of will as he focused his thoughts on the fire. He had been at it for almost several hours now and had only just begun to get the fire to bend to his will, albeit just a tiny bit. With a slight movement of his arm and a wave of his hand, he raised the fire up into the air and then, with a twirl and a simple flick of the wrist, caused the small tower of fire to take on the appearance of a fiery twister. Fate stood there with his wife, Inza; both of them amazed at the progress Ankh was making in such an extremely short amount of time. As for Ankh, he was solely focused on his desire to become stronger and to evolve into a more powerful life form. To that end, he would not let anything stand in his way.

As Fate watched him, he began to go back to the discussion from earlier which involved the God Medals. If what Ankh said was true, then slowly, over time, both he and Eiji would evolve into entirely different beings beyond normal human levels of comprehension. And Fate was already well versed in many different levels but it would seem that Ankh and Eiji were slowly becoming something more than human, more then Greeed. They were becoming both as well as something…more. Only time would tell and each of them experienced this evolution differently due to their own inherent abilities and their inner desires of power which varied greatly.

"Dear, do you think that those strange new Core Medals will be the bringers of a new light or of a great tragedy?" Inza asked her husband with concern in her voice.

"I do not know Inza. But I will say this. As long as both Ankh and Mr. Hino keep a clear focus on what they truly want then they should be fine. What I am more worried about is the other Greeed, Uva."

"Why?"

"From what Ankh has told me, he too holds some of these God Medals within his body so it would mean that he is also undergoing some strange evolution." Fate then looked on as he watched Ankh progress even further as he bent the fire to his will even more, creating complex forms, pathways and even a few attack patterns as well. With a few more training sessions, Ankh would come close to becoming a master fire bender. Though, this was mostly due in fact with his affinity with the fire element already. "But with evolution also comes new powers and abilities; which means that we may have more to fear from Uva as time goes on."

Inza then looked over at Ankh as well and could easily see that he was actually enjoying himself. As a Greeed, he was already well versed with the emotions of joy, deceit, anger, distrust and also camaraderie. She also felt that, as he evolved, he may begin to feel even more emotions. If so, he would truly become a being that surpassed the Greeed.

"Well, my beloved husband, as long as you are here to guide him, I feel that Ankh will not take the dark path of that power. But Mr. Hino may need more attention as time goes on."

"How so?"

"Because dear," she began as she then looked up to the sky of the dimension that they were in, "I feel much fear and darkness hidden deep within him. He has no true source of light to call his own. It is as if he is void of light."

"Well his purple Core Medals do represent the 'Absence of Desire' so that could be it."

"Perhaps, but he has shown that those Core's are also bending to his will and his new found desire now. So they, too, are changing. Did Batman not say that his purple Rider form was showing new abilities as well?"

Fate looked at her and then back at Ankh. He knew that his wife may be right and, if she was, he would need to speak with J'onn and Batman to have a close eye kept on Eiji at all times. He then focused more on Ankh and he knew that the Bird Greeed also housed an inner darkness as well. He would need to be there for both of them so as to keep them on the right path. He then noticed as Ankh lowered his arms and relaxed his body into a calmed state as he shifted back to his human form.

"Are you done, my friend?"

"Yes, I think I've done enough practice at fire bending for the moment." He wiped a bit of sweat from his brow as he grabbed an offered towel from Inza, drying himself off. "So, what's next?"

"Well, first we shall take a small break to replenish you energy with some food and tea that Inza has prepared and then we shall begin teaching you a few spells that you might find useful in your line of work."

"Really, like what?" Ankh asked, his interest peeked. He had come to find that the magic that Fate wielded seemed to be very powerful so if he could learn even just a small handful of what the sorcerer knew then he would have an advantage over a lot of his enemies.

"Nothing too grand for the moment. Just a healing spell, teleportation, a time freeze spell and then a reversal spell."

"Reversal spell?"

"Yes, a spell that can be used to reverse an opponents attack and send it right back at them." Ankh developed his all too famous smirk as he liked the sound of that. Once he learned these new spells he would want to try them out in the training simulator.

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About an hour later, after finally getting Ankh to agree to eat something besides sweet things, the three of them went towards Fate's study and made their way towards the center of the room. On the floor was what appeared to be a type of magic circle with runes and inscriptions etched all around it and within it. In the very center of the circle was what appeared to be a small glowing sphere, the glow like that of the northern lights.

"So, what's this supposed to be?" Ankh asked as he was dressed back in his usual outfit of jeans, boots, white shirt and a black bomber jacket with white fluffy frills around the collar and sleeves as well as the right sleeve being nothing but red in color.

"This, my friend, is a magic circle which will help you in learning these spells."

"What does it do and how does it work?" Ankh asked as he stopped right in front of it.

"It is used to imprint the seals of the spells within your mind so that it will make it easier for you to remember them. This way, you only need to think it and the spell will do the rest. As to how it works, you just stand in the center and I recite a chant and then it sends a rush of energy throughout your entire body as it imprints itself within your mind." Fate explained as he took a position on one side while Inza took her spot on the other while Ankh stood in the center.

"I see, so it's like doing an alchemic transmutation but without having to draw out a transmutation circle as the circle is already inscribed within the mind?"

"Exactly. Now, if you would please stay very still and slow your breathing down a bit, we can then begin."

Ankh did as told as he stood there and began to slow his breathing and relaxed his body, all the while trying to keep his mind clear and focused. He soon heard both Fate and Inza start reciting some strange incantation that he had never heard of before and then noticed the glow of the circle and the orb erupt into a bright blue glow. His body was then flooded with energy as his hair stiffened and his muscles tightened at the sensation.

To Ankh, it felt like electricity was instantly jolting throughout his entire body as the light got brighter and brighter. That was when the pain started to set in and Ankh quickly let out a roar of intense rage as the pain seared throughout his body, hitting him right down to his very core. He could even feel the power traveling through and around his Core Medals and even his three God Medals were quickly reacting to the power, as if trying to place it as the new energy invaded their hosts' body. Ankh screamed even louder as the bright light intensified and Fate and Inza's chants grew louder and faster with every passing second.

The whole room then began to spin around and around within Ankh's eyes as the pain finally became too much for him to bear, the powerful Greeed passing out from the pain. Hitting the floor as the glow died down and the energy field removed itself from his body, Ankh lay there in a heap as his body convulsed from the power overload. To him the whole world had gone dark. After a few moments he slowly started to stir as his eyes opened up. The first thing he saw was his body being cradled by Inza as she had her hand held over his chest while she performed a healing spell. He felt the pain slowly leave his body and then he slowly pushed himself up. Looking up he noticed Fate starring at him with a look of slight concern.

"W-what…the hell…just happened?" Ankh demanded as he grabbed Fate by his cloak and lifted him up in the air, his body filled with rage as his irises glowed a blood curdling red.

"Ankh, please, you must relax. It was all part of the incantation. The pain you experienced was the magic and the seal being etched and becoming one with your body." Ankh slowly set him down as he formed a dumbfounded look on his face.

"Eh?"

"What my husband is saying Ankh is that you can now cast spells without having to verbally say them. You won't know them right away though as my husband will have to teach them to you first. But over time you will learn much." Inza told him which he seemed to accept.

"…thanks…and…sorry." Fate was surprised to hear Ankh apologizing to anyone so he took it as a good sign.

"It is of no trouble at all my friend. Now, come, let us sequester ourselves for a few more hours so that I can teach you some of those spells that I told you about earlier."

"Alright then. Let's get this party started." Ankh then followed Fate as the sorcerer opened up one of his portals that sent them to a new dimension where Fate would teach him how to perform a few spells for the moment.

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— Brazil: Rio de Janeiro —

The sounds of ample talking and shouts of joy filled the air as people enjoyed themselves at one of the many beaches located in Rio. The white sandy beaches of Barra da Tijuca were soft and warm to the touch and the waters of the ocean caressed the edges of the border between land and sea ever few seconds. People could be seen out in the ocean either swimming with friends and family or riding the waves on surf boards. As everyone else enjoyed the waves and the surf and some others played games in the sand, two women were currently just enjoying themselves by lying in a couple of beach chairs with a beach umbrella set up next to them, sunbathing and enjoying the rich and wonderful atmosphere.

One of the women had a fair complexion and short cut white hair and crystal blue eyes. She wore a pair of white orb earrings and a thin silver bracelet on her left wrist. She also wore a two-piece bikini which was white in color and had light blue icicle designs set within it. The bikini top was held to her well sized breasts with two spaghetti straps that tied behind the base of her neck and behind her upper back. The lower half of her bikini was held to her body with tied bands at the edges and was covered by a pale blue sarong that was tied around her hip.

Lying in the chair next to her, the other woman had a sun kissed skin tone like that of the rest of her people and was a native to the country, Brazil. Lying on her back so that the sun could caress her front, the woman could be seen wearing a pair of looped green earrings and had long wavy emerald green hair and also sported a shade of deep green lipstick. She also wore a very skimpy and very thin strap bikini that barely covered her nipples and left her body almost completely bare for all to see. And boy, did they ever see as many of the men and even a few women in the area constantly looked over at her and either developed a blush or a few nose bleeds.

"Hey, Tora?" the Brazilian woman called over to her friend.

"Hmm, what is it Bea?" Tora asked.

"What do you think of some of the men in the League? I mean, they all seem real nice but do any of them stand out to you?" Tora gave her friend a skeptical look and sighed.

"Bea, you're not insisting that you want to date one of them, are you?"

"Well, don't you? I mean, there area few good looking ones that I've had the chance to see out of costume."

Tora rolled over and faced her friend while laying her head down on her arms, allowing the rays of the sun to caress her backside now. "Look Bea, I already have a boyfriend so I don't think of our teammates in that way."

"You mean Guy, right? How's he doing these days?"

"He's doing just fine. Though he would like it if those Guardians would give him a bit of leave so he could come back here for a few days." Tora said as she sighed and began to envision the look of the Green Lantern, Guy Gardner, in her mind. She missed him a lot and couldn't wait until he got some time off. She would go and visit him once every so often but now she wanted to spend time with him here on Earth and so did he.

"Well, maybe GL can switch with him for a bit. He's been wanting to go back to Oa for awhile now but no one knows the reason why."

"Well, from what I've heard, he still can't get over that Hawkgirl woman and Vixen just won't leave him alone." Beatriz just sighed digestedly as she too turned over and allowed the sun to work on her backside as well.

"I wish I could find some romance. Do you know how hard it is to want to find a decent guy yet the only guys that seem to be around are just perverted brainless idiots?"

"Bea…" Beatriz looked over to her friend, "There is someone out there for everyone. You'll find yourself a good man one day so just keep looking." Beatriz just smiled and then closed her eyes as she continued to enjoy the beach. Tora just continued to look at her friend and thought about what she had been asked earlier. 'Though, maybe someone who would be a challenge for you tame might be good as well.'

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— Brazil: Tijuca Forest —

As they walked through the forest, listening to the sounds of all the animals within the area, a group of people slowly made their way as they griped about their current job. Following a path along the forest floor while also making sure as not to draw the attention of the locals, this small group of people each had a look about them that could easily say that they did not fear any of the locals even if they did learn of their presence.

"Someone tell me why we're out here in the freakin' Amazon again cuz I can't stand it here!" a man shouted. He wore a skin tight green body suit that left his arms bear. Over this body suit he wore dark green armor that covered his chest and shoulders and he also wore dark green arm guards and boots. Around his waist was a blast belt with green circular studs and, fastened on the collar of his chest armor, there was a metal high collar. Was really set him apart from any other person was the fact that he didn't have a face as only his skull was visible and it was covered in intense green atomic flames.

"Oh, shut up already, Skull. And this is Tijuca, not the Amazon." a woman shot back at him. She only wore a single pink dress that was strapped around the top of her left shoulder and came down to about mid thigh. She wore no other clothing except for a golden belt around her hips, a pair of golden earrings and a golden neck band. She had long wavy red hair which she kept in a ponytail which went down to the small of her back. She glared back at the form of Atomic Skull with her crystal blue eyes.

"Tijuca, Amazon, same damn difference. Every forest on this damn continent usually holds some powerful and ancient artifact from ancient times so what's the big deal?" Skull asked her.

"You've been watching Ancient Aliens on the History Channel again, haven't you?"

"Hey, I get bored easily when there's no one to fight. And besides, what about you, Giganta? Didn't you have a date to go on today?" Giganta just huffed for a second and then smiled.

"I did, but I found the man hitting on another woman before I came here so, let's just say, he won't be flirting with any women for a long while."

While Atomic Skull and Giganta continued to talk the third member of their small group just kept her focus on the mission ahead of them. She wore skin tight blackish red pants that helped to accentuate the curves of her hips and showed just how well toned her legs were. She also wore a blackish red tank top that had a hole in the center to show off her cleavage and impressive bust size. She also sported thin blackish red arm bands on her upper arms. She wore red gloves and also wore red knee high boots. Her hair was long and red and flowed around her body as it nearly reached the ground. She continued to look forward with her piercing red eyes as she kept her vision trained on her surroundings. But the talking of her two teammates made that part of the job a bit harder.

"Hey, will you two keep it down back there?" the woman snapped. "We don't need the locals catching on to our presence here."

"Oh, take a chill pill V. And besides, it's not like these weaklings could really hurt us." Giganta said as she waved her off.

"She's right, Volcana, just relax a bit." Volcana just shot both of them a glare and then noticed something glinting out of the corner of her eye. Holding up her hand to motion them to stop, she quietly made her way to some brush to get a better view. "What, what is it?" Volcana just smiled as she caught sight of what they had come for.

"Guys, we just hit the jack pot." Volcana said as she made her way past the brush and moved towards a small stone statue that looked as old as some of the ancient cities that one would find in South America.

Before them, the stone statue looked like a soldier or god and, embedded within its chest cavity was a small red orb that radiated with a fiery red glow. Surrounding the statue and wrapping around was a heap of vines and moss, suggesting that it had been there for quite some time. As they cleared away some of the vines and moss they noticed some strange writing etched into the statue. Volcana brushed her fingertips against the statue and, when she brushed them against the red orb it began to glow wildly. Her eyes widened in shock as the orb burst from the statue and embedded itself within her sternum, surging her body with untold power.

Her fiery red eyes now glowed red as her whole body became covered in flames, her clothes holding out due to being fire resistant. Atomic Skull and Giganta stepped back as they watched Volcana shout out in both agony and twisted pleasure from the power that had begun to course through her veins. As the two of them were currently attentive to the orb and their now powered up teammate, none of them noticed a small group of people coming up behind them. Noticing the red orb missing from the statue and now embedded with the chest of a mad and crazy woman, the group of people held up their guns and took aim.

"Halt!" one of them shouted, causing the three villains to turn to look at the gathered group of villagers.

"Oh great, the locals." Atomic Skull complained.

Looking back at the statue and then at Volcana, "What have you done to the sacred stone?" the man in front asked as he took aim at Volcana's head. "Answer me, you thieves!"

"I got your answer," Volcana began as she formed a powerful fireball in her right hand, "right here!" With that she flung the fire ball at them, causing the group of villagers to scatter.

Giganta increased her height a bit so as to tower over her opponents and Atomic Skull rushed forward and grabbed two of them by their collars and slammed their heads together, knocking them out. But Volcana wasn't done as she began to set fire to the whole forest around them. Atomic Skull and Giganta could hear her laughing and shouting in apparent joy as she continued her arsenic warpath.

"I think V's gone nuts!" Atomic Skull shouted as he ducked from an oncoming flame blast that went over his head, engulfing a portion of the villagers behind them. Skull and Giganta looked on in disbelief as the villagers were burned to death and then looked to see Volcana laughing and smiling as she continued to set the forest ablaze.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Volcana continued to laugh as she created a fiery twister around her body, ejecting it outwards so as to torch everything in her path.

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— WatchTower —

As J'onn stood at his station within the Watchtower, he carefully kept a close look on all the current missions. On one screen he noticed Black Canary and Wildcat taking on a group of terrorists while Wonder Woman and Vixen were helping out with saving people from a burning apartment complex. He also noticed Batman fighting against the combined forces of Bane and Cheetah but he had help in the form of OOO who was fighting as LaToraTah. He then spotted another mission were Birth was teaming up with Captain Atom and Green Lantern to take on Sinestro and the Shade. A few other missions were going on as well and J'onn made sure to keep track of all of them. Sitting in a chair next to him was his assistant, Mr. Terrific, and the two of them pretty much had everything under control.

"You know, J'onn, is it me or are the missions starting become a lot easier?" Mr. Terrific asked.

"Yes, I too have noticed this and it could have something to do with the League having more powerful members as of late."

"You mean members like OOO, Birth, Ankh, Fire, Ice and even Supergirl and Wonder Girl?" J'onn nodded his head. "Well, you're right. Our new female heavy hitters sure can get the job done and Kara seems to be adjusting to being a team player at a much better rate after that incident in Chong Mai. Then there're members like those two Kamen Riders and the bird guy. The three of them all have unusual abilities and not much is known about them. I mean, sure, the founders know just about all there is to know on them but they're still a mystery."

J'onn just looked at him and then back at the screen before them. 'You have no idea just how close you are to the truth, my friend.' His attention was suddenly averted to a small emergency alert on the screen and he quickly brought it up for the two of them to see. "We have a problem."

"What's up?"

"It appears that there's a fire raging throughout the Tijuca Forest of Rio de Janeiro." J'onn replied as he brought up a satellite image. "One moment…bringing up the current image…there." What J'onn and Mr. Terrific saw was none other than Volcana, Giganta and Atomic Skull but what shocked them was the amount of power that Volcana was letting out.

"My god, I don't ever remember Volcana having that much power." Mr. Terrific said as he watched on in horror.

"Normally, she doesn't." J'onn then went through the roster of available members and then noticed that both Fire and Ice were close by. "Mr. Terrific, get the coordinates set while I contact some of our members that are on standby."

"On it."

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— Brazil: Barra de Tijuca —

Both Tora and Beatriz had both been close to falling asleep when both of the communicators began to go off. Sitting up while looking at one another, they both nodded and moved away so that they were out of ear shot. Once they made it to a small shack where no one was currently around, they brought their fingers up to the communicators held within their ears.

"This is Fire and Ice, what's wrong?" Beatriz asked.

"Fire, Ice, there is currently a situation taking place not too far from your current location." J'onn told them. "Currently Atomic Skull, Giganta and Volcana are causing havoc in the Tijuca Forest and seem to be near some type of old statue." Beatriz didn't like the sound of that as, during her time with her country's government, she had learned of many national secrets and that statue was supposedly one of them. "Volcana is currently setting the forest on fire and there appear to be human deaths involved as well. You two are to move out and stop them before they can cause anymore damage to the surrounding area."

"We're on it. Fire and Ice out." Tora replied and then she covered herself in ice which, after a moment, shattered away to reveal her in her Ice persona.

Now, instead of wearing her two-piece bikini, she now wore a blue sleeveless leotard with white coloring on the inner areas of her legs and up to the center of her stomach. She also wore long fingerless white gloves and white knee high boots that had furry leggings to them. The center of her outfit had a hole in the shape of an iceberg cut out, showing off some of her cleavage; her whole suit in general showing off her curvy and well toned body very well.

Beatriz quickly covered herself in emerald green flames, taking on the form of her Fire persona. Her whole body was emerald green in color and emerald green flames now flowed where her hair once was. Her hips as well as her more private area, wrists, ankles and even her breasts had emerald green flames flaring around them, concealing her now naked body with some form of decency. Fire and Ice then waited until they were teleported away and sent to the location of the Tijuca Forest where Volcana and the other villains were at.

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— Fate's Tower —

"And that, my friend, is the final spell that I can teach you today." Fate told Ankh as he finished teaching him how to perform the four spells he had wanted to show him.

"Oi, why only four for now?" Ankh asked as he took a sip of some tea, resting his body after all the grueling training he had gone through for most of the day.

"Because, Ankh, your body needs time to adjust to this new power I've given you and anymore could cause you to pass out and possibly become comatose for a short while. And that is one thing that I do not wish to happen to you."

Ankh nodded his head in understanding and then finished his tea before moving onto an ice pop that was sitting next to him in a wrapper. Taking it out and stuffing it in his mouth, he enjoyed the cool and flavored treat just like any other ice pop he had ever had. "Hmm…blueberry, nice."

"Well then," Fate got up out of his chair and opened a portal for Ankh which would take him back to the Watchtower, "I must attend to some other matters for the remainder of the day so why not go and report to J'onn for a few moments and then head home and relax for the rest of the day. It would not be wise to overwork your body too much, no matter what enhancing traits those God Medals have currently given you."

"Eh, you're probably right." Ankh said as he got up and tossed away both the wrapper and left over ice pop stick into a small trash can. "Well, thanks for the training and I guess I'll see you around, Fate." With that, Ankh went through the portal and over to the Watchtower. Did he have no idea that his day was not over yet, not by a long shot.

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— Brazil: Tijuca Forest —

Both Atomic Skull and Giganta just kept their distance as Volcana was still going out of control. She had already burned down a good few square acres of the forest and she did not look like she was about to stop anytime soon. "Man, I think that stone drove her insane or something." Skull said as he looked over to Giganta.

"Tell me about it. Who hired us to get this stone anyway?"

"Beats me, but I can see why they would want it so badly."

"Then you'll understand why we cannot let you leave with that stone!" Skull and Giganta both looked up to see Fire flying towards them with Ice holding onto her hands.

"Crap, it's the League!" Skull shouted as he started firing atomic fire balls at the two heroines.

Fire let go of Ice who landed on the ground with a roll and then jumped up and flipped over another atomic blast that had been fired at her. Landing on the ground she then charged forward and punched Skull across the face, forming a pair of icy spike knuckles on her hand, sending him staggering backwards for a second. Giganta, increasing her size by a few feet, threw a right hook at Ice who brought up her arms and blocked the strike and then pushed her away before performing a roundhouse kick, kicking a charging Atomic Skull away from her. Skull, shaking his head, then launched a powerful atomic energy beam from his mouth right at Ice who dodged by performing a set of hand-spring backflips. With her last backflip, she launched herself into the air and came down in the form of a drop kick, landing a blow into Giganta's chest and sending her down to the ground.

Smiling at that one small victory, Ice soon found herself sidestepping another atomic energy blast and then another as Skull kept up the fireworks, trying his best to hit the swift and agile heroine, but to no avail. Giganta, shaking the dizzies out of her head, then got up and let out a roar as she ran straight for Ice who quickly dropped down and performed a sweep kick. This time though, Giganta jumped over Ice's attack and landed right behind her. She then struck out with a backhand, sending Ice right into a burned tree, causing it to topple over.

"That'll teach you to mess with us." Giganta huffed as she admired her handy work. She then noticed Ice push herself up with a smile on her face as she wiped away a bit of blood from her lip. Giganta noticed the smirk and growled. "What's so damn funny?"

"Sorry, but I never was a good student!" Ice shouted as she unleashed a powerful wave of freezing energy upon Giganta, encasing the villainess in a block of ice.

"No, Giganta!" Skull shouted and then he looked over at Ice who took a fighting stance.

"Okay, skull face, round two." Ice then ran at Atomic Skull and jumped up and fired a beam of ice energy at him only for Skull to counter it with a beam of his atomic energy.

As the two energies collided, Fire was busy fighting against Volcana. Fire eyed Volcana closely and then noticed a bright red glow emanating from the center of her chest. A scowl developed on her face as she realized what Volcana had come into possession of. Volcana, seeing a fellow fire bender/pyrokinetic, shot out a huge stream of flames at Fire only for the emerald femme fatale to fly straight into the air and, with both hands, send out a wave of emerald flames of her own. Volcana flew backwards while shooting out another wave of flames to counter those of Fire, the two intense flame attacks slamming into one another and canceling each other out.

Both women landed on the ground and charged at one another with each of them cocking a flame covered fist back. Volcana struck first as she struck out with a flaming right hook which Fire blocked with her right forearm and then, using said forearm, rolled her arm around and locked it with Volcana's. She then pulled Volcana close and rammed her knee into her gut, knocking the wind out of her. She then rolled her arm around again, pinned Volcana's arm behind her back while using her left arm to fasten a strangle hold around Volcana's neck. Chocking and slowly running out of breath, Volcana quickly erupted into a pillar of flames which did little to harm Fire. Blinded by the intense light though, Fire was then shocked when Volcana performed a powerful headbutt by smashing the back of her head into Fire's face.

Fire released her grip and held her nose, blood slowly dripping out of it. She touched it only to wince in pain and then looked up to only get a flaming side kick rammed right into her gut, knocking her backwards and into the statue which the red orb had come from. Her body crashed into the statue, smashing it to pieces from the force of the impact. Lying on the ground, Fire grabbed her head while slowly lifting herself up, "Man, and here I thought Black Canary could hit hard. That felt like I was almost hit by Wonder Woman of Supergirl."

"There's plenty more where that came from, bitch!" Volcana shouted in a crazed and sadistic manner as she let loose a blast of flames from both of her hands. The blast slammed into Fire, sending her sprawling into more of the forest as she screamed in agony.

Blocking a punch with both of her arms, Ice quickly took hold of Atomic Skull and then sent him flying as she grabbed his arm and rolled backwards, flinging him over her with her feet and sending him right into the ice block that held Giganta. The block barely cracked and Skull held his head as he tried to stop seeing more than three Ices'. Ice, wanting to quickly finish this so she could go and help Fire, sent out a powerful wave of ice energy. The blast slammed into Atomic Skull who screamed out as he was frozen solid with the ice block that contained Giganta.

"Well, that should keep them busy for awhile." She then looked over to see Volcana grab Fire by her hair and then slam a fire covered fist right into her face. "Hang on, Bea! I'm coming!"

"That's what you think!" Volcana shouted as she dropped Fire and jumped up and over a charging Ice who was surging towards them on a sheet of ice. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" she shouted as she let loose a set of twin fire streams from her hands, the flames converging upon Ice who screamed in agony as she felt the fire burn her skin and hair. The attack brought Ice to her knees and Volcana was about to finish it when an emerald fireball slammed into her head, knocking her down to the ground.

Volcana, after taking a few seconds to shake away the dizzies in her head, leaned up and looked over to see Fire helping Ice by absorbing the extra flames into her body. Fire then looked back at Volcana with an enraged look in her eyes.

"Okay, you wanna play, then let's play!" Volcana shouted as she got back up and flew at the two heroines in a fit of rage.

—

— WatchTower —

"I've never seen Volcana this enraged before. It's like she's an entirely different person." J'onn stated as he watched the battle.

As they watched the ensuing battle they soon noticed one of Dr. Fate's portals appear. After a few seconds the human form of Ankh stepped out, allowing the portal to vanish from sight. Stretching out his body while letting out a yawn, Ankh then looked up to see J'onn and Mr. Terrific looking at him and then back at the monitor on the screen behind him.

"Oi, what's with that look?" Ankh asked as he went up to the observation deck.

"Nothing, we were just surprised to see you here today seeing as you have today off from duty so that you can train under Fate." J'onn replied.

"Well, training's done for the day. The Doc said to take a few days off from training so that I don't over do it."

Mr. Terrific and J'onn both looked at Ankh and then at each other and thought of an idea. They turned their attention back to the monitor and Mr. Terrific brought up a data file that they had on Volcana.

"Ankh, if you would, look at this file." J'onn asked and Ankh did so. He noticed the woman in the picture and read her file and let out a whistle.

"Well, well, at least the villains have a fire-based powerhouse that I can possibly consider a challenge."

"Then here's your chance." Mr. Terrific said as he pointed to the monitor. Ankh looked at the screen to see Volcana beating the living hell out of both Fire and Ice. Ankh continued to watch and then noticed something strange.

"Wait a sec, rewind that feed a few frames for me." Mr. Terrific did just that and replayed the scene. After a few seconds, "There, pause the image." Terrific did so again. "Create a selection on the center of her chest." He noticed the two of them giving him a strange look. "She has a strange object embedded in her chest you morons, now do it!" Mr. Terrific sighed and selected the image. "Now, magnify…" The image was magnified and what they saw was a fiery red orb glowing with power. Now Ankh was starting to get curious. He noticed the current battle strength of Volcana and then looked her file back over and it didn't match up. "I'm willing to bet my secret stash of ice pops that that stone is what's giving her that increased strength of hers."

"It's a possibility. But how would we remove it?" J'onn asked.

"Simple," Ankh said as he jumped over the observation deck and landed down near the teleporter pad. Once he was standing on the pad he looked back up at J'onn and Mr. Terrific. "We just knock her out and rip it out." He then looked over at the woman manning the teleporter controls. "You there, send me to the battle zone, now." The woman looked up to J'onn for confirmation and he gave her his approval. She did as told and activated the teleportation sequence. In a matter of seconds Ankh was covered in light as his molecules were broken down into tachyons and sent to the location of the battle with Volcana.

—

— Battle Zone: Tijuca Forest —

In a flash of tachyon based light, Ankh appeared on the battle field and what he saw completely horrified him. As a lover of birds he also loved nature as well and he couldn't stand the needless destruction of a forest habitat. With a look of seething anger on his face, he looked around and quickly snapped his head up at the sound of a person screaming and noticed Ice get sent hurtling into a tree right next to him.

Ankh went over to the tree and removed some of the debris to see the form of a battered and bloody Ice lying there with her uniform torn in dozens of places. She also sported a few second and third degree burns and would need treatment soon before her injuries could get any worse. Ice, using whatever strength she had left, opened her eyes as she felt the soft touch of a pair of arms propping her up. To her surprise, she saw a young man who appeared to be of Asian decent and looked a bit attractive to boot.

"You okay, Ice?" Ankh asked and Ice nodded her head.

"Yeah, I'll live." She slowly got back to her feet with Ankh giving her a bit of support. "So, you apart of the League as well?" she asked and Ankh nodded in reply. "Good, we could use the help."

"Well, from what we could figure out back on the Watchtower, it seems that stone that's embedded within the center of Volcana's chest is what's augmenting her powers and abilities."

"I see, so that's why she's so powered up right now and acting like an insane killing machine." Ankh looked at Ice and she looked right back at him. "What?"

"Was it Volcana who caused this destruction or was it your friend, Fire?"

"Yes, it was Volcana. Bea wouldn't cause such destruction as long as she can help it but I doubt her powers are really doing this place any good right now since she's battling a pyrokinetic."

"I see…huh?" They both looked up to see the form of Fire come crashing down to the ground before them and they both headed over to her and helped her up. They soon heard maniacal laughing though and looked up to see Volcana whose body was slowly being consumed by flames.

"Oh…ow…my head." Fire complained and then looked up to her left to see Ice supporting some of her weight. "You okay, Tora?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." She replied with a small smile.

"That's good." Fire then noticed that someone else was supporting her weight from her right side and looked over and began to blush a bit. She saw Ankh's face and she had to admit that she had never seen someone as attractive as him…well, in a weird and scary kind of way. She saw an intensity in his eyes and could sense his affinity with fire as his body felt so warm to the touch. "Who are you?"

Ankh set her down on a log behind them and then turned back towards Volcana. "The name's Ankh…and I'll take things from here." With that Ankh shot his arms out as his body was engulfed in red and golden fiery cell medal energy. In a matter of seconds his human body was replaced by his Greeed form which still resembled the slightly evolved form that he had displayed at Fate's home earlier that day. Fire and Ice both looked on at him and they both recognized him as one of the newest members of the League. He looked a bit different now but they could still tell it was him from how some of his appearance stayed the same.

"What are you?" Ice asked as Ankh summoned his wings, flying into the air.

"I am the Greeed the represents Heaven, the Greeed known as Ankh!"

(Insert Song: Time Judged All)

Volcana looked down at her new opponent and screamed out in insanity as she flew at him in a fiery blaze. Ankh, not wanting to cause any further destruction to the forest, flew high into the skies, making Volcana follow after him. Both Fire and Ice just watched as Ankh fought off Volcana with incredible speed and agility and even greater power. Volcana fired a powerful stream of flames at Ankh only for the Greeed to bend the flames to his will, causing them to make a u-turn and head right back for Volcana. Surprised by the reversal of her own attack, Volcana was knocked back hard as she fell towards the ground.

"No way, he can perform Fire Bending?" Fire asked out loud.

"I guess so." Ice added.

Volcana got back up and looked up at Ankh with rage filled eyes and could easily hear him laughing at her. "Come on, I thought that you would be more of a challenge. If that's all the power you've got then you won't even be able to last another minute against a being of my caliber." Ankh said as he baited Volcana who fell for it hook, line and sinker.

Volcana launched herself into the air and struck at Ankh with a fire covered fist, slamming her fist into his face. But she was surprised when Ankh slid his face against her fist and then, without even trying, sent her reeling with a powerful backhand. Volcana went sailing through the air but was able to stop herself and then she launched right back at Ankh. She struck with a forward roundhouse which Ankh blocked with his left arm and then he countered by using a force of flames to send her away from him.

"I…HATE…YOU!" Volcana shouted as she fired a twin fire stream at Ankh who just bent the fire to his will once more, shaping into the form of a fiery phoenix which then went back and attacked Volcana in a fiery explosion. "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"

"Pheh, I guess I should just wrap this up. No sense in me using my full power on her." Ankh said to himself. 'Of course, I don't want them to find out that I'm completely exhausted from my training with Fate so I'm having enough trouble just trying to keep myself aloft. Hell, I can barely predict her moves right now.'

And Ankh wasn't kidding as he was doing the best he could to make sure that no one noticed his heavy breathing. While Volcana didn't notice it, both Fire and Ice could see that Ankh was having trouble. But they dare not say anything unless Volcana were to overhear them. So they continued to watch as Volcana flew right back at Ankh with her whole body engulfed in flames.

'I see, so that stone is granting her intense powers but at the cost of it slowly killing her. I'll just have to rectify that then.' Ankh quickly flew high into the sky as Volcana fired a huge stream of flames at him. His was engulfed by the flames but he easily flew out of them and higher still. 'I'll only get one shot at this.' he thought as he summoned his rainbow energy missiles that took on the forms of peacock feathers. Volcana rushed at him at an even faster rate of speed than before and Ankh, not wanting to get hit by another one of her attacks, fired all of the energy missiles at her. Volcana reacted by slowing her ascent and then tried to flee but soon realized that the energy missiles kept following her.

Unable to keep from being hit, Volcana screamed out in severe pain as the energy missile slammed against her back, sending her careening to the ground below. But Ankh wasn't done yet as he suddenly dropped down out of the sky and came down upon her in the form of a fiery drop kick; his own version of the Prominence Drop.

"HYAH!"

Volcana turned her body around in mid air only to get the full powered drop kick slammed right into her chest. The red orb dislodged itself from her body and fell to the ground below as a powerful explosion erupted throughout the air. Fire and Ice looked in the sky to see if they could see Ankh but there was no sign of him. They then heard the sound of feet landing on the ground behind them and saw Ankh touch down to the ground with Volcana in his arms, being held bridal style. They looked him up and down and noticed he was practically out of breath as he shifted back to his human form while setting Volcana down on the ground.

(End Song: Time Judged All)

"That was amazing!" Fire exclaimed as she looked Ankh in the eyes, her own eyes sparkling with admiration. Ice just shook her head and then shot out a bit of her ice energy at any of the remaining flames within the forest, putting out the last of the fires. "Say, where did you learn Fire Bending?" Fire asked excitedly and Ice just chuckled at the sight. It would seem that Fire had possibly found a guy that she thought was interesting. Ankh, on the other hand, found Fire to be a tad annoying and reacted with his usually mannerisms.

"Grrr….URUSAI, BAKA!"

—

— Barra de Tijuca: 2 Hours later —

After getting in touch with J'onn, the League had sent a recovery team to pick up and arrest Giganta, Atomic Skull and Volcana while The Atom placed the red stone within a containment case so that it could be studied and kept out of the wrong hands. Now Ankh just wanted to relax and, after constantly having Beatriz nag him, he reluctantly agreed to join her and Tora at the beach to watch the relaxing sunset. Of course, the moment they got to the beach Tora was taken by surprise as her boyfriend, Guy Gardner, showed up and scooped her up in his arms and gave her a passionate kiss which she returned. Beatriz just watched in envy and then looked back at Ankh who had taken a seat at a small table after purchasing an ice pop and was enjoying his treat.

"Soooo…I was hoping we could get to know each other a little better and I was thinking—" she began until Ankh cut her off.

"Word of advice, don't bug me when I'm eating. And I'm not looking to make friends with people. I only care about achieving my desire of evolving into an entirely new life form." Beatriz just hung her head a bit with a hurt look on her face but then quickly brightened back up. She was persistent and would not give up on getting Ankh to agree to going out on at least one date with her.

"Oh, come now. Everyone needs at least one friend." she countered.

"And I already have five which include OOO, Birth, Dr. Fate and his wife and the Martian. I could care less for the other founders…well, maybe Batman as he's not as hopelessly cheery as the others."

"Well, one more friend couldn't hurt. Come on."

"Are you def and dumb, baka-onna?"

"Nope, just persistent." Beatriz added as she sat next to Ankh on the table and hooked one of her arm around his, causing him to tense up as the feeling of her soft skin against his own.

'Damn it! Okay, downside to evolution…gaining human feelings and sensations can REALLY suck!' Ankh thought as a blush crept up on his face. He was about to snap at her until he actually got a good look at her in her bikini and then turned back around so as not to get a nose bleed. 'How do human men deal with women like her?'

Beatriz noticed the embarrassed look on his face and just smiled as she also bought a couple of ice pops from the vendor and began licking one. Ankh couldn't help but look at her and Beatriz decided to increase her flirting by posing her body in a seductive manner while placing the ice pop next to her lips, gently caressing and licking the treat with her tongue while starring right into Ankh's red rimed irises with her emerald green ones. With each lick of the ice pop she made her body more pronounced as she would slightly alter her pose.

It took all the will power Ankh had at the moment to not give into his newly felt emotions and jump her right there on the spot. Beatriz the bit off the top of the pop gently while making a moaning sound and even Tora and Guy could only stare at her in disbelief. After finishing her first ice pop she then offered Ankh her extra one. Ankh was about to take it until she unwrapped it and told him to say 'Ah'. That was the last straw for Ankh and he tried to get up and leave but then he looked back and the sight of a barely clothed woman offering him an ice pop was something new to him and he was really starting to hate his evolution.

"Kuuusssoooo…Evolution sucks!" Ankh shouted aloud at no one in particular, causing Beatriz, Tora and Guy to start laughing at him.

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Next time on Justice League: OOO Unlimited:

Ankh, Gotou and Eiji spend their day off from duty as members of the League by doing things that could only be counted as normal day life. Ankh tries his best at working at the atrium but is finding it hard now that Beatriz has taken an interest in him. Gotou spends the day at the Watchtower with John and Batman in helping them program in the information of the many different Yummies and Greeeds from their original world. He then tests this new system in a friendly game of 2 person battle with Donna Troy. Eiji on the other hand spends his day looking for work and soon finds a place of employment and even makes a few new friends along the way. It's just going to be a day in the life for these three heroes but anything can happen to shatter that life, whether it be good or bad is up to the interpretation of the one suffering from the events.

Chapter 11:

Daily Life, Hints of Attraction and a New Job

Toku Warrior: Hey guys, been a couple of weeks since I updated this series. And now this finishes up the Ankh chapter. Don't worry though, Ankh and Gotou will get more single chapters to themselves again sometime down the road. But I can guarantee you that next chapter will be less action and more comedy and slice-of-life as we delve in deeper into the characters of our three heroes. As usual, like it, hate it, got any suggestions or ideas then let me know by R&R. Well, I hope everyone had a great Christmas and I hope you all enjoy this new year of 2012. Until the next update.