Chapter 2
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The next day Mariko sat at her desk looking at the security feed from the day before. She paid especially close attention to the masked boy who managed to hack her. She frowned.
"No one can hack me, and yet this 'Robin' boy found a hole through my system." She mumbled she had managed to figure out who each and every person from the Young Justice Team was thanks to internet blogs. Since she didn't watch much TV—save for her anime shows on her special network—she didn't know much about the Young Justice Team except that Savage hated them. "I know I shouldn't but I want him."
"What who exactly?" A voice asked behind her. Mariko perked up and turned in her chair to see Vandal Savage standing behind her. She stood immediately and smiled.
"Savage-sama; it's so good to see you in person again. You hardly ever come to my labs anymore." She said with a bit of a pouty face. Savage nodded.
"I haven't had a need to in quite some time Miko." He said, Mariko stared up at him with confusion.
"So then...What brings ya here?" She asked placing her hands behind her back innocently. Savage sighed, looking down at the girl-genius.
"After yesterday's break in from the Justice League's young justice members; we are being forced to move you." He explained, Mariko gave Savage a look.
"Move?! I hate moving!" She shouted stomping her foot, "It's a pain and they lose things—important things!"
"Now, now Miko; you know we cannot risk losing you to the League, after all you're a key component in showing the world it's route to evolution." Savage said calming the girl. Mariko huffed and crossed her arms as she plopped back down in her chair.
"Yeah, yeah I know Savage-sama, and I wanna do good for the world; but I hate moving. The movers always lose my plushies and anime DVDs. That stuff's hard to get ahold of in the U.S." she whined. Savage nodded as if he actually understood the young teen's pain. He then patted the girl on the head before speaking again.
"This will be the last time, and in the meantime; I have a job for you." He said, Mariko perked.
"Another job? Already Savage-sama?" she asked, Savage nodded.
"Yes; however this job is different."
"Different how? I'm not gonna have another stupid assistant am I? Those people you have working below me are really stupid. I'm the smartest girl alive; I don't need an assistant." Mariko huffed. Savage shook his head.
"Not that kind of job Mariko Miko. This one's a field job." He said, Mariko looked up at her leader..
"Field job? You mean I'm goin' out?" She asked Savage nodded. Mariko jumped out of her chair with excitement, "Yay! Whoopee, I'm goin' out! BONZAI!"
"Calm Miko." Savage said sternly, Mariko paused in an awkward position. She then laughed and stood up straight.
"Gomenasai." She mumbled with a smile. "So what am I doing?"
"Going to school." Savage said vaguely. Mariko's smile dropped as she once again found her way back to her chair.
"School? Savage-sama don't insult me; I'm the smartest person alive, I don't have any use for something so stupid." She said turning around in her chair. Savage narrowed his eyes.
"Not what I mean Miko." He said, "I want you to do some recruiting."
"Recruiting? Can't you get some grunt to so that?" Mariko said crossing her arms as she exited out the browser she was using and clicked onto a file with different types of TV show clips on them. Savage stood behind her patiently.
"None that could infiltrate a high school." He said, Mariko Miko looked over her shoulder.
"Are you trying to say you need my sociopathic skills on this?" She asked, Savage nodded. Mariko then laughed and spun around in her chair happily; "Alrighty then! To school it is! For Savage-sama!"
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Dick Grayson stared out the window to the car he was riding in with distain. He was still trying to figure out who it was that counter hacked Robin, and what it was they were trying to hide. Wilfred, his driver and Bruce Wayne's family butler, looked through the rear view mirror at the young boy.
"Is everything alright master Grayson?" He asked, "You seem a bit melancholy."
"Yesterday while the Team was on a mission; someone was able to counter hack me." Dick explained, "I have no idea who this person is; but they're a genius. I was just barely able to get into their computers and immediately they were able to find and sabotage me."
"I wouldn't worry too much about it Master Grayson; I'm sure it was just a temporary slip up. Nothing at all to worry about." Wilfred said, Dick shrugged as Wilfred pulled up to Gotham Academy's front gates.
"I'll try to stay straught about it." He said as he then got out of the car and shut the door behind him. As he did another Limousine pulled up behind him. He and the other students at the front entrance stared, as the limo slowed to a stop and a girl with blue-green colored hair stepped out in a Gotham Academy uniform.
"Who's the new girl?" Dick asked as the still unknowing Artemis walked past. She looked over and shrugged.
"Beats me; this is the first time seein her too." She said crossing her arms as she looked at the strange new girl.
Meanwhile Mariko scoffed inwardly at her appearance; not only was she forced to move further away from her beloved Vandal Savage, being put in school to recruit young protégé students; but she was also being forced to wear a boring uniform. She looked down at her wrists which were at the moment free from anything punk related. She let out a slight groan.
"Well this is going to be boring; these uniforms aren't even cute. American's have no style." She said as she began fiddling with her bag, "Oh well it's for Savage-sama; and I'll do anything for him."
With that she huffed and walked up the walk-way with pride, walking straight past Dick and Artemis, looking out of the corner of her eye and smiling at them as she passed. She was then greeted by a girl with blue eyes and medium length curly blonde hair.
"Hello; I'm Bette Kane; part of the welcoming committee." The girl said sweetly. Mariko gave a smile.
"Mariko Miko." She said kindly, "I'm new—obviously; I hope to get to know everyone here at Gotham; it's quite magnificent. Though not as interesting as the schools in Tokyo."
"Oh are you a transfer from Tokyo?" Bette asked, Mariko nodded. "I've always wanted to go to Tokyo."
"Oh? It's not really all that great." Mariko said, Bette frowned as Mariko walked past her and smiled, "Well I hope to get to know you while I'm attending Gotham Academy. Ja-ne."
As Mariko walked into the school she passed a boy with shaggy brown hair and a slightly messy uniform. The boy gawked as she passed, but was ultimately ignored by Mariko, who sighed and pulled out a neon blue cellphone and rounded the corner and went into the girl's bathroom, dialing a number as she brought the phone to her ear.
"Ohiyo! Savage-sama." She said happily, "Eh? Ah no not yet; so far I haven't found anyone who looks remotely promising—but don't worry; Mariko Miko—girl-genius—will find your busy bodies. Heehee."
With that she hung up.
"Someone sounds confident." A voice said behind her. Mariko jumped and spun around to see Klarion standing behind her. She glared.
"Klarion, you creep! This is the girl's bathroom you pervert!" She shouted, "What do you want?!"
Klarion looked around at his surroundings and smirked.
"So it is." He said, "Anyway I only came to see what you were doing; you're really boring Mariko."
"And you're a pervert; but feel free to stick around. I'm sure I can provide you with some entertainment for the next for weeks." Mariko said with a slight smirk, "I'm a sociopath after all; you'll get to really see my acting skills as I dupe the student body while I pick off their child protégés one by one."
"Sounds promising." Klarion said, Teekl meowed from his shoulders, "Oh yeah hey did you ever find the name of your mystery hacker?"
"Not yet; but rest assure Jigoku Shonen, "Mariko said grinning like mad, "I'll figure it out—I am the smartest person alive after all—but that's not important right now. What is important is my job for my Savage-sama."
"Lame."
"Whatever now get lost before you ruin things for me!" Mariko shouted, pushing Klarion out the door only to have him dematerialize and disappear. Mariko growled, "Creepy little witch-boy."
Meanwhile further away from Mariko Artemis and Dick stood next to each other looking at the strange new girl. Artemis narrowed her eyes.
"There's something about her I just don't like." She said Dick shrugged.
"Who knows maybe you're just paranoid." He said, "I'm going to go say hi."
"You go do that." Artemis said, "I'm keeping my distance."
Artemis then walked off leaving Dick behind who shrugged and walked up to Mariko with a smile.
"Hey; welcome to Gotham City Academy." He said, Mariko looked down at him; he was much shorter than she was. Dick then looked into Mariko's eyes.
"Woaw…mutation.."
"What was that?!" She snapped, "I'm not a mutant."
"Sorry that's not what I meant; your eyes are two different colors; blue and purple." He pointed out. Mariko paused, then smirked with a sigh and crossed her arms.
"Hai-hai; I know all about that. Sa—er my father says it's the best trait about me." She said then looked down at the boy, "Ne, who are you again?"
"Dick Grayson." Dick introduced holding out his hand—which Mariko ignored.
"Mariko Miko." She said with a bow, "Pleasure to meet you. Now if you will excuse me; I must be getting to class."
"Uh; yeah…right. Well I'll see you around then Mariko." Dick said, Mariko said nothing simply waving him off as she walked away.
Yay I get this updated today! The day after I uploaded chapter 1 version 2 so did anyone else notice the fact that our favorite show is returning to Cartoon Network? January 5th people! Are you as stoked about it as I am? I just hope my favorite Witch-boy has more episodes! n_n. anyway review hope you all like it. 'See you later armadillos—unless I see you first. Hahaha!'