Chapter 8

Mariko was taken to Belle Reve; I'm not going into detail on that—instead I'll be time skipping cause that wasn't supposed to happen so soon; but by the time I finished typing chapter 7 it was too late. So sorry. But don't worry the story will still be good—I hope—haha anyhow read on my lovely and loyal readers! I'm in a better mood now can ya tell? ONWARD TO THE BATTLE FIELD!

"Takumi nii-chan!" Young Mariko shouted happily running down the street to catch up with a much older boy with blue-black hair. The boy turned to Mariko and smiled.

"Mariko-chan! Good morning." He said as he stooped down to pick the young Mariko up. He noticed a bruise around her neck, and frowned, "Mariko-chan, are you ok?"

"Uh-uh." Mariko said innocently, "Ne, Takumi nii-chan; can you show Mariko how you to use your computer again."

The older boy, Takumi smiles at the girl with love and pity, then nods. Ruffling her hair while he held her in his arms as he walked down the streets of Tokyo.

"Of course Mariko-chan. How bout this; we'll start after school, I'll pick you up at the middle school." He said kindly. At the time Mariko was seven years old and already a second year in middle school Mariko smiled happily and nodded.

"H-hai! Can Mariko play with Sumi too?" She asked.

"Of course; fact I think she likes it better when you play with her instead of me. You spoil that dog too much." Takumi said with a laugh.

~0~

Mariko immediately sat up and bed and glared at the darkness around her. It had been a month since she had been sent to belle Reve by the Justice league. Shortly after arriving Mariko had demanded to talk to the man in charge; Hugo Strange. From there she was released after saying how it would be unwise to keep here there since she worked directly under Vandal Savage.

She glared and looked around her room. She had been moved once again, she was still in Gotham however. Since her arrest was never released to the press, no one ever found out about it. Mariko growled.

"Klarion you little punk; get over here." She said in a low growling tone, suddenly she felt the weight on her bed shift to her left side.

"You call?" Klarion asked in a mock-kind voice. Then in one swift moment the grabbed Klarion by his tie.

"You…you jerk! You put that into my head didn't you?" She growled, biting her lip, "You're a sadist, of all the things you could have made me dream about you chose him. Why?"

"To get a reaction." Klarion said, Mariko looked up at him, "I'm a sadist remember? So now that you're awake what's your next plan of attack?"

Mariko released Klarion's tie and sat in bed clutching a giant stuffed plush dog. It was still dark out, or at least Mariko assumed that, since she didn't have any windows in her room.

"Tomorrow I go find Tony; since I did put so much work into him I'm not going to just leaving him. Then I'm bound for my home town in Japan." She mumbled. Klarion looked to Mariko in the dark.

"You're pathetic; all because Savage didn't say a word to you about being caught." He growled, Mariko glared.

"Why wouldn't I be upset about that; Savage-sama didn't say a word to me. He didn't scold me, he didn't say anything to me!" She shouted as her eyes began to water, "He's beyond mad at me! He's sending me away to Tokyo because I got caught! But I'm the smartest person alive! I—"

Suddenly Mariko was pushed over, Klarion's hand was wrapped around her neck so tightly she couldn't scream or yell at him. Even though it was dark his eyes burned enough that Mariko could see the anger and irritation.

"I hate it when little girls like you whine and cry over how pathetic your lives are." He said in a low growl. Mariko clawed at his hand for him to release so she could breathe, however her efforts were in vain. "I could always help you remember how you ended up here in the first place."

With that statement Mariko reached for her bedside and grabbed her table lamp. She then glared at Klarion as she brought the lamp down on his head. It smashed on impact, and he released her.

"Don't. EVER! Do that to me again!" She shouted, the grabbed for her control remote and pressed the big button. A beam of electricity came out and shocked Klarion. This went on for several minutes before Mariko began to breath heavily and threw the remote away, and began to laugh. Klarion looked up and smirked.

"Now there's the Mariko Miko I remember. Insane, twisted and sadistic!" He shouted, Mariko laid back in bed and sighed, drying her eyes as she leered at Klarion.

"Klarion; do you make deals like demons?" she asked. Klarion cocked an eyebrow.

"Feel like selling your soul do you Mariko Miko?" he asked, "That's rich considering your name."

"Shut up and answer my question." Mariko hissed.

"I can; why?" Klarion asked with an amused smirk, Mariko shook her head and settled back into her bed.

"Just a passing thought; forget it." She mumbled, "Oh and if you ever do that again—any of that I'll kill your cat."

Klarion frowned and looked down at Teekl who hissed.

"Oh don't get your tail in a bind; she's crazy—but not enough to do that." Klarion responded, then disappeared, cleaning the mess up behind him as he allowed Mariko to sleep peacefully for once.

~0~

"Yukie! Here girl!" Tony shouted, he was outside his apartment building with his dog Yukie. The dog barked and ran back to him wagging her tail behind her.

"Who's a good girl?" He said petting the dog behind her ears. The dog barked, while Tony sighed; it had been a long time since Mariko left his world. Yukie whimpered.

"Miss her too huh? Maybe I am a masochist like that guy said." He mumbled.

'Well then that's just perfect for me isn't it Tony-boy?' Mariko's voice said inside his head Tony sat up.

"M-miss Mariko?" He asked, then looked around to find no one, "Where are you?"

'In a car headed your way; get ready you're going on a trip with me.' She said 'oh and bring your doggie too!'

"Y-yes ma'am." He said, "U-uhm Miss Mariko; how long have you been listening in on me?"

'Long enough to know you're bored with your normal life. Now quite screwin around and get ready I'm almost there.' Mariko shouted.

~0~

"That boy I swear; idiot." Mariko sighed sitting in the back seat of an expensive limo when a TV screen came down in front of her, Mariko froze; it was Savage.

"Ohiyo Savage-sama!" She said, to her relief Savage smiled warmly at her.

"Good morning Mariko," He said, "I trust you slept well."

"Hai-hai; Right now I'm en route to my assistant's home now. From there we'll be headed to the plane bound for Tokyo." Mariko said somberly. Savage frowned.

"Mariko? You seem out of character. Why?" He asked, Mariko looked up, "I am not angry with you. You've never been in the field it was unwise on my part to expect you do act like the others."

"So you're not mad at me?" she asked happily. Savage nodded.

"Who I am angry with is the Justice League. Taking a poor young girl from her home. Such a heinous act." He said. Mariko nodded and crossed her arms. "Though that doesn't explain why you went after the Boy-Wonder."

"Oh yeah; he's the one who hacked my computers! I wanted him—still do actually." Mariko said, "Robin-kun's mind is the only one who's been able to match my own. It's, exciting, and I want him!"

"Then have him you shall; just be sure to be careful this time Dear Miko." Savage cooed, "Speaking of being careful; I have something I think you'll find most interesting."

Suddenly a hatch opened up in the middle console of the limo. Mariko looked over seeing a slender black box. She opened it; the contents of the box glowing with an eerie green glow.

"Oh Savage-sama it's so pretty." She said with a smile. Savage smiled.

"This should help you should you run into Super-boy again." He said.

"Stupid-boy; he destroyed my computer you know." Mariko said, "I'll never understand why idiots always have to break things."

"I will contact you when you in Tokyo." Savage said, then ended the transmission as Mariko arrived at Tony's apartment building; where Tony and his dog stood waiting.

"Hello Tony been a while." Mariko said, Tony blushed.

"Y-yes…too long Miss Mariko." He said, Mariko rolled her eyes then looked to Yukie.

"Yukie-chan! Hello you adorable little doggie." She said sweetly, "Come on hurry up; we're off to Tokyo!"

~0~

The Team had assembled in the main hall of the Cave awaiting Batman's orders. Even Aqualad—who had been in Atlantice during the last few ordeals—was in attendance, after being briefed on all that happened until this point.

"Alright Team," Batman said entering the main hall, the team stood at attention to listen, "It seems our old friend has been released from Belle REve."

Robin groaned; there was only one person he could be talking about. Kidflash elbowed him in the side and laughed.

"Looks like your girlfriend really couldn't wait to see you again." He joked. Robin frowned.

"Shut up." He said. Batman ignored the two and went on, turning to the computer screen that light up behind him.

"Mariko Miko was seen in an airport on a plane bound for Tokyo." He explained as he pulled up several images of security feed, one of the images showed Mariko looking straight into the security camera and blowing a kiss, "In fact she even posed for this one."

Robin shivered, that girl was creepy, and she was definitely out for him.

"It seems as though she actually wants us to follow her." Kaldur said. Batman nodded.

"She does; look at this video." He said then brought up a video and hit play. The first thing to pop up on screen was a close up of Mariko's two colored eyes.

'Hellllooooo Young Justice Team!' she shouted, 'You all remember me I hope. I know you do Robin baby.'

Robin grimaced.

'Anyway, you see that?' the video then showed a picture of a metal tower, 'That's my new baby; it's a mock-version of Tokyo Tower. Pretty isn't she? This baby can store up enough power to hold an entire country for ransom. I designed her myself I call her; Dendō ga ki!'

"Electric Brat, fitting." Robin translated, the video continued.

'However, she hasn't exactly been tested yet. But thanks to my leader the glorious Savage-sama; Dendō ga ki will be taking her first field test sometime within the week.' Mariko continued, 'On the Tokyo American Embassy! All those kind political people will be fried by the time Ga ki gets through with 'em. That is of course if you can stop me. The problem with that is; I have over a dozen safe houses in Tokyo, and only one of those belongs to the light. Good luck! I'll be seein' you Robin-kun~!'

With that the video ended, Robin winced; if only she could take an interest in someone—anyone else.

"Prep the Bio-ship, you're all going to Tokyo." Batman said, "Even if this is just a distraction we can't risk people's lives. So get ready and move out."

~0~

"Do you think they watched you're video Miss Mariko?" Tony asked while Mariko sat on a chair dangled a treat in front of his dog's face.

"Of course they did; a video like that would get anyone's attention." She said, then tossed the treat in the air, Yukie jumped and caught the biscuit in her mouth. "Oh! Good girl!"

"I haven't been in Japan for a while; left when I was eleven haven't been back since." She said scratching Yukie behind the ears.

"Why is that anyhow?" Tony asked.

"Huh?"

"W-well you said you think the world is rotten remember? What happened?" he asked moving to sit next to her. Mariko extended her arm to keep him at bay.

"That's not a story for you." She said, walking to the large window of the building they were staying in. when the duo—trio if you count Yukie—arrived at the airport in Tokyo. From there another car was waiting to bring them to a fairly large building. The room they stayed in was extravagant with two bedrooms, a living room and a large window which showed a grand view of Tokyo City

"So then what now?" Tony then asked. Mariko looked up.

"You're an anime Lover right?" she asked, "How about a nice time in Harijuku or Akihabera!"

"Really?" Tony asked, Mariko nodded.

"Yes; however we should be sure to wear a disguise." She said, "There's some extra clothes in the closet; go get changed. Our guests will be arriving soon."

"Eh? Ah! Sou*." Tony mumbled, Mariko looked over.

That's it for today; Mariko and Tony will be wearing Cosplay in the next chapter. I wonder if you can guess what they'll cosplay as. Haha ah I found this weird anime on hulu today it's called 'Mystery Girlfriend X' its very strange and yet I can't stop watching it. I think it's because I fell inlove with the main female character the moment I saw her. She's beautiful! And her Japanese voice actress, her voice is beautiful! Sigh, I don't know if the anime is in English tho, Hulu only has the original dubs. Anyhow review!

(*) Eh? Ah, Sou. Translates to Eh? Ah, Yeah. It's a song by hatsune miku. 'See you later armadillos—unless I see you first! Haha!'