A young dark elf stood outside a large city. It had high stone walls around it. Guards were patrolling its lengthy walls in the waning sun. Over the walls were many large towers and other big stone buildings. The young boy that was wearing a long flowing cloak to keep the sun off of his skin had no visible weapon on him.

He cautiously approached the walls carefully. There were no patrols around as far as he could see. He dashed towards the wall and dropped into his shadow. It zoomed up the wall and halted at the top allowing the young boy to hop out and onto the top of the wall.

Young Belirhac'yrd smiled to himself and he brushed dust off his robes.

His joy didn't last long for a guard turned the corner and saw him.

"Hey boy, what are you doing up here? You should know kids are not allowed up here alone."

Belir halted and turned around slowly, keeping his gaze on the floor and his hood up high.

When an elf is unconscious, its mind retreats. It allows the body to work on its own with little command. While the mind, goes over memories, thinks and the alike.

A Drow was unconscious on one the beds in the cave, not very surprising really. He had exhausted his energy and magic. Not to mention the many wounds that littered his body like the… hole's in Swiss cheese? Even so, his mind was in a very hazy state.

The guard slumped to the ground as Belir removed his knife from the elf's lung.

"You're going to have to forgive me for that." The young dark elf whispered "You are lucky I did not kill you."

"Hey! Who's over there?" A guard yelled turning around the bend, seeing a cloaked person standing over a fallen body of one of his fellow guards.

Belirhac'yrd cursed under his breath. His arms whipped out, sending several small knives into the guard.

As the second guard fell to one knee he caught a look under the young elf's hood.

"Drow!" he hissed in pain "You won't get far."

Belir shrugged and turned around "You catching me are the least of my problem right now." With that he turned and leaped over the wall.

He landed in a roll on a low roof; sprinting away he could hear the city bell ringing. Meaning, they knew he was there and his job was going to be a lot harder. He hated Gotham, but if his master needed him here, that is what he would do.

Jumping from one roof to another was easy for the young elf, he could keep this pace up for at the very least another hour. Enough time to take out his objective, steal a few things and get the hell out before… the 'Batman' would find him.

"He's going to be okay." A female said over an unconscious body, "I don't understand how he got us here though. He's completely magically exhausted. He has absolutely no magic in him whatsoever."

"You never know with him." someone said behind her

The cleric turned around to see a wrinkly old man. He was wearing near nothing except a loincloth to cover… certain areas. He was leaning heavily on a stick that looked like it once belonged to a broom. He had a small twinkle in his eye as he looked at the

"Who are you?"

The old man looked at the injured teenagers around him. With a sigh he ignored the question and began helping the only one with any sort of training in healing

"Quest complete, target has been disposed of." Belir muttered to himself, turning back to the window he came in through. It wasn't hard to find the fat old man. When he heard that there was a Drow in the city he thought hiding under his bed would offer protection. Maybe so… but not enough protection from a large acid grenade.

"Ohh shiny!" Belir exclaimed to himself, seeing a large golden goblet on the bed-stand. It was full of dark red liquid. Before sipping it, Belir gave it a small sniff. "Poison." He mutter, dumping the contents onto the floor "Seems someone was here first."

Belir dropped to the ground and rolled behind a dresser. Dodging several crossbow bolts by a hair's breadth. Not waiting for a second attack he shot into the air, whipping out his own bow, and firing several arrows into the figure that attacked him. There was a quick flash of metal and his arrows lay in pieces on the floor.

He landed on his feet and immediately attacked the figure with his bow, but to no avail. The dark figure lashed out at him, chopping his bow cleanly in half with a sword before knocking Belir across the room with a backhand.

"Ouch…" The Drow moaned rolling over onto his back and glaring at the approaching person. "You know, one of these days I'm going to get the first hit."

The figure walked into the light, sheathing his sword. "And when that day comes I'm going to retire." He said with a chuckled, the moonlight floating through the open windows, shinned off his eye.

"Of laugh it up Deathstroke."

After almost everyone was healed they all sat around the odd cave they were in. When they had tried to leave they were hit by the old man. He gave them VERY stern orders not to move until he came back and to make sure they didn't, he had the bear sit at the entrance.

Beowulf already had to bite the tall human boy twice, glare at one of the girls and sit on the annoying redheads.

He checked on the two most injured. One was a raven haired girl. She was also magically exhausted, seemingly had used up not only her reserves but had sucked in the magic around her which her body was not used to. She wasn't in a critical state anymore and was resting quietly.

That's when the figure on the bed began coughing wildly. His body began to shake and convulse. The old man dashed into the cave and over to him. He pressed the end of his staff against the unconscious body's chest causing it to settle a bit, but continue coughing. The wrinkly old man sighed. He was too old for this…

Belir closed the window after his mentor and smile as he slipped his hood back on."So?"

"You need to work on your stealth" Slade said to his young protégé, "and your awareness of your surroundings. You let me sneak right up to you."

"Oh I knew you were there." Belir said dismissively

"Sure you did."

"I just didn't think you would attack me until I had to dodge your godsdamned mini-crossbow's bolts."

"Are you saying I'm wrong?" Deathstroke demanded

"Nope, I'm just saying I'm right."

"And now you're sassing me?"

"Yup."

Belir narrowly dodged the backhand that would have collided with his face

"We'll see how right I am when you have to do a thousand pushups tomorrow morning." Deathstroke threatened

They jumped off the roof and began running back towards the wall where horses were waiting to help them get away.

"Why did you poison his wine?" Belir asked suddenly "Why were you even there in the first place?"

"First of all, you need to learn not every job has to be big and flashy. Sometime just a bit of poison in wine can get the job done and no one will know it was you. Most people know your style now, you need to be unpredictable. Second of all I wanted to see if you were smart enough to check it before just gulping it down like last time. I know you like shiny gold things."

Belir groaned at the memory but nodded and stored the knowledge as he ran next to his master. "So what's next, sire?"

"We get home, maybe hit a quick brothel on the way and work on your training."

"Actually I think prison might be a better place for you two." Said a childish voice above them

Two shadows swooped in. The large one landed on Deathstroke and they both rolled off the building into the street below.

Belir immediately dropped into his shadow followed by a young boy who had attempted to do the same to him.

The shadows spat young attacker out and Belir followed out slowly. The young elf landed deftly on his feet and faced the hooded person who dared enter his city

They both drew their weapons. One was holding two short eskrima stick. While under his cloak, Belir had a short sword in one hand and a small crossbow in the other.

"Holy gods above that shadows thing was cool." The younger elf said "If I wasn't supposed to capture you right now I'd ask you to teach me." He leaped into the air and did a flip to dodge several bolts that shot from Belirhac'yrd's small crossbow. "Not very nice are you?"

"You talk a lot." Belir said "And I'm in a hurry."

"No I'm Robin. Nice to meet you 'in a hurry." The cheeky elf said as he ran up to Belir

Metal clanged against the magical sticks as Belir whisked his hand out of his cloak to push Robin away. Robin knocked the sword aside with one stick and swung the other at the hooded elf's face. Belir spun out of the way of the eskrima stick and swiped at Robin with his short sword before firing several small bolts at him again

Robin did a handspring away from his silent opponent. Watching Belir cautiously, he picked up one of the bolts from the ground. He looked at it for a few seconds before gasping in astonishment. "This is made by the Drow!" he exclaimed "Only Drow hold Drow weapons."

"You, sir, are a genius." Agni said sarcastically

"Oh so you can talk?"

"He's stable now." The old man said "He should be waking up soon."

"How badly was he hurt." Asked one of the boys, he seemed very familiar to the old man, but the heavens know he's lived for so long it could be this kid's great great grandfather that he knew.

"Very bad. I'm not quite sure how he survived. It doesn't make sense to me."

"Nothing about that boy makes sense." The cleric who tried to help before muttered under he breath hoping no one heard.

"It does once you get to know him." Said another female

The old man watched the two carefully. They looked nearly exactly the same except for choice in clothing color.

That's never good…

Belir spun his swords in a style Robin had never fought before and only the gods know how many swordsmen and woman he has fought in his short life.

Robin closed in again with his own unique fighting style. His eskrima stick had combined into a boa staff that he was much comfortable fighting with. He jabbed one end at Belir who sidestepped it.

Spinning around the other end of the staff, Robin hit the mysterious hooded one in the side causing him to grunt in pain. Robin continued his attack by switching his grip on the staff. Now holding it more like it was a spear it was harder for Belir to come in close enough to hit him with his short swords.

Several jabs and swipes later, Robin had Belir pinned against a wall , with his staff, crackling lighting magic, under his chin.

"So… uh… get on your knees and drop your weapons?"

Belir rolled his eyes. "I suggest you drop that spear."

"And why would I do that?" inquired Robin with a grin

Before Belir replied, Robin felt something sharp poke into his back.

"I could always puncture your kidney instead." Said the same voice of the person in front of them

Robin slowly lowered his staff and its magic died out.

A sharp blow was dealt to his head knocked him aside as the two hooded figures stood over him with a sword under his chin.

The one he had pinned to the wall nodded to the other and it disappeared.

"Shadow clone?" Robin muttered "When did you summon one?"

Belir smirked at having outsmarted Batman's sidekick "Never take your eyes off your opponent."

"Is that what that scum Deathstroke taught you?"

"Maybe. Maybe not. Either way it doesn't matter. You should be concerned right now whether I let you live or not."

Robin glared up at him. "I'm not scared of death."

Belir shrugged "That makes little difference to me. If I kill you it's be out of pure amusement"

"If you are going to kill me, get it over with already." Robin spat

Belir slowly lowered his sword "You bore me." He said turning around and walking away.

Robin stared at his back in surprise and slowly slid a knife from his belt.

The Drow barely heard the knife whistle through the air. He moved just in time for it not to kill him. Instead it nicked his hood, pulling it off.

Robin stared at Belir in surprise again "Wait a moment… I know you!"

The assassin hissed and flipped his hood back on

"Y-Your Belirhac'yrd. The Dark elf from the academy."

"I'm a Drow. Get it right! Stupid fool. Do you realize I must kill you know?"

Robin flipped himself up and picked up his staff. Instead of attack he broke it back into his two eskrima sticks and clipped them to his belt. "I won't fight you." He said firmly

Belir laughed hollowly "And why not?"

"You saved my life once."

The Drow paused for a moment. "I did?"

Richie nodded "Three years ago in spring on top of the Main Branch."

Belir thought back for a few moments. He looked at the young elf for a few seconds then it clicked

"Richard Grayson. Orphaned, used to be in the circus until he parents were brutally murdered by some low time criminal. Apprentice and adopted son of General Bruce Wayne. Used to cry all the time and blubber about his parent's death."

Robin glared at him but nodded at him all the same

"You were being force to walk across a robe from the Main Branch to the Secondary a boy named Draco and… Hilal."

"So you remember me?"

Belir nearly face-palmed "No I'm just sprouting facts that just suddenly popped into my head for absolutely no reason whatsoever."

"I'll take your sarcastic answer as a yes."

Belir laughed hollowly again "Funny how things work. I saved your life and now your are the protégé of my master's greatest rival. I bet if I killed you I could get a raise."

"You get paid?!"

"Of course."

"That is so not fair."

Belir shrugged and walked closer "Doesn't matter. I'm going to kill you now anyways."

Robin shrugged "And that is so not whelming."

Pausing his stride, the Drow looked at the odd young elf "What?"

Robin laughed "Doesn't matter."

"Then shut up and just let me kill you."

"What happened to you?" Robin asked

"What do you mean?"

"You disappeared from the academy last year."

"I couldn't stand it there anymore. I left and was found by Deathstroke."

"How?"

"He just… did. Taught me how to use a bow and fight. Now I work with him."

"As an assassin?"

"As a Sellsword." Belir corrected "And a very righteous one at that."

"And how do you see that? You just murdered one of Gotham's wealthiest traders."

"Did you know what he traded? He was a slaver, particularly of little girls. Do the math."

Robin sunk into thought for a moment. "How do you know that?"

"I asked around. I watched him and listened in on his meetings."

"Why didn't you just and him over to the guards?"

"So he can come out of jail in a few days? Do you know how much harder it would have been to capture him a second time if her new I was on to him? You don't put criminals like that in jail. You kill them."

"Killing is never the way."

"And that right there is why our masters will never be friends. We believe in putting evil men down and you believe in putting them in a cell for a few days so they can go back to their evils ways when they get out."

"Bruce is a monk. Monks believe all life is sacred."

"I couldn't give a damn if I wanted to."

"If you're a Sellsword. Why did you kill him?"

"I was paid to of course."

"So you only kill bad people if you're paid to?"

"Pretty much. There're several exceptions, but for the most part that's how it is." Belir said, lowering his swords slightly

There stared at each other for a few moments, deciding what to do.

Sighing, Belir sheathed his swords "There is no reason for us to be enemies. I'll leave you alive and I'll assume you won't try to throw another knife at me."

Robin held up his hands to show he was holding nothing.

As Belir walked away, Robin called out to him "When am I going to see you again?"

The Drow turned around and smiled genuinely "We'll see…" he said before disappearing into the shadows.

Robin grinned before dashing off himself.

Above them, two men were sitting on a gargoyle with identical smiles; one's that barely showed up on their faces

"Seems our plan worked." General Bruce said. He was an oldish man wearing a dark cloak much like Belir's. One that covered his entire body aside from his face that had a cowl with bat ears on it.

"I think they'll become great friends." Deathstroke answered, stretching his shoulder a bit and wincing "You didn't need to land on me so hard you know."

"It needed to look real."

"It was real, it still hurts like fuck."

Bruce shrugged and they fell silent.

"Thank you for taking him in." he said suddenly

Deathstroke looked up at his companion "How could I say no? You brought up every single godamned time you saved my life and helped me out."

"He needed a master. It was that or let someone like Riddle or Ilai take him and we know how disastrous that would have been. Even though I disagree with your methods you were still better."

"You will learn that not everyone can be saved or put into prison." Deathstroke said "Oliver learnt, that gnome who's name I can never remember, Arthur never tried to stop killing, even Clark learnt that,. Hell, Nabu is the one who told me I would learn."

"Nabu is insane."

"That is coming from the man dressed like a bat, sitting on top of a gargoyle in the middle of the night with the world's best Sellsword, after they set up their two protégé who are nothing alike to be best friends and somehow succeeded."

"Touché."

They both stood up and looked at each other

"I have a feeling someone will be back at the academy next month." Slade

"I hope you are right, Slade. He needs to learn how to control… it." Bruce replied, unsure of how to label Belir's problem that he didn't even know he had.

They turned to walk away but Deathstroke called out "I'm going to tell Belir I won our fight!"

Bruce spun around and glared at the Sellsword "Slade-" but the mercenary was gone.

"Agni?" echoed in the unconscious elf's mind

Slowly coming to his senses in his own mind, Agni could immediately tell Zatanna was in his head.

Forming a body to meet her in his mind, Agni found her in the central part of his min, the place where the link through the necklace was strongest.

Zatanna sigh as she saw her… what she wasn't sure what exactly they were, forming in front of her.

"Greetings." Agni greeted her before being squashed into a tight hug. "Can't breathe!" Agni spluttered

The magician let him go for a moment "We are in your mind… how do you need to breathe? Do you want me to let you go?"

"On seconds thought…" Agni said, hugging her back

When they let each other go, Agni rubbed his temples. "I have the worst migraine ever…"

"That could be because you barely survived." Zatanna said "But common, everyone is waiting for you outside."

"Where am I going to wake up?"

Agni clearly saw Zatanna gulp "You'll see." She said before disappearing.

The unconscious body on the bed jolted and took a deep breath as Agni's mind took full control again.

"I'm going to open my eyes now." Agni called out "If I catch anyone staring at me, I'm going to gut them with a rusty spoon."

He could hear everyone quickly turning away.

Opening his eyes, the first thing he saw was the ceiling of a cave. Not THE cave. HIS cave.

Zatanna came into his view. She was pale, her white skin lost most of the color it did have. She had several bandages on her arms and one clearly on her chest.

Agni sat up slowly, testing his body. There was no pain anywhere.

Anywhere

Not even where several bullets ripped through his leg or the sword wound on his side, the arrow that struck his knee (insert not very funny joke with a Skyrim reference here.)…

He looked around. Everyone that was with him was there (insert sigh of relief here) he didn't know how… but he was glad they were.

"Oh look, sleeping beauty has finally decided to grace us with her- I mean his presence on this plane of existence." Richie said.

Out of everyone, the two Boy Wonders were least injured. Richie had a bandage on the side of his head and Robin was limping slightly. Everyone except for Agni had at least five bandages on several different places on their bodies.

"Agni…" Anna began dangerously

He would have sunk into the floor if his magic reserves were completely empty. Something that had never happened to him before.

"Yah?"

"You pushed us all off of the Hellicarrier."

"Did-"

"Don't even bother." Red Arrow interrupted "We all felt our shadows push us off."

Agni gulped

"And we have been locked in this cave for the past 72 hours." Anna said

"Okay?"

"WHERE ARE WE?!" She demanded, towering over him

"Zatanna." Agni muttered

"Yes?"

"First of all, please get your crazy counterpart off of me."

The magician sighed and hauled Anan away from Agni before she murdered him

"And pray tell, why didn't you tell them?" he asked as softly as he could

"Truthfully? I didn't think you would want them to know where we are." She answered

"I have several theories to where we are." Robin said, speaking up

"And I know definitely where we are." Richie added

"How? That old man didn't even let us see outside this cave."

"We caught a glimpse when he left." Robin said

"And you didn't tell us?!" One of the Roys shouted

"I'm not going to break Agni's trust. Besides, it's nice in here." Richie said defensively

Kal shrugged "I don't really care, but dudes… the Guild is like so not going to be happy we've been gone and stuff."

"Answers would help about now, Agni." Kaldur said from next to his counterpart

Walking towards the large curtain and his pet bear that was blocking the exit, Agni sighed and nodded gravely.

Beowulf moved out of his master's way and gave a large toothy grin.

Agni grabbed the edge of the curtain and paused dramatically.

"Guys." He said slowly "Welcome to the Astral Plane."

The curtain slid open allowing a shadowy sunlight filter in.

The teenagers exited the cave and stared around in awe

It was around midday in the Astral Plane. The trees were swaying in a small breeze. Flocks of birds could be heard above them and the quite sound of elk and deer could be heard around them

"Welcome to my home away from home." Agni said with a small side smile, already imagining the damage they were going to do to it.

"So this is where he takes you for your dates?" Red Arrow asked Zatanna

Before Agni answered Zatanna confirmed

"About that whole dating thing…" Anna commented

"Yes we are together now." Zatanna answered before her counterpart could finish the question. To prove her point she kissed Agni on the lips.

Agni looked up dazedly "We are?"

"You think I didn't hear the choice Abaddon gave you? You gave up your revenge to save me."

"You did?"

"Do you have a problem with us being together?"

"Do I?"

"No you don't." Bloody Arrow said sagely

"Then I don't" Agni replied staring blankly

"I think you might have broken him." Richie said

"He's in shock." Red Arrow said with a chuckle "He was so clueless."

"You're a banana." Robin said to Agni

"And you are quite obviously very stupid." Agni retorted

"He's still an ass mentally even when he's in shock?" Richie offered

Agni blinked rapidly for a second "What just happened?"

"You are Zatanna are a couple now." Richie informed him

"I didn't just dream that?" he asked pausing as everyone began laughing at him

Zatanna walked over to him and pulled him into a kiss.

After returning it, Agni let her go and looked into her eyes "I guess not."

"Ugh… kids." Someone said behind them.

Sitting casually on a branch of a large tree near the entrance to the cave was the wrinkly old man who saved his life.

"Agni." He greeted cheerfully

"Were you standing there watching me kiss her?" Agni demanded as Zatanna blushed

"No, I was sitting." The old man said, motioning to his legs as proof

"Pervert." Agni hissed

"Martyr." He responded

"Annoying."

"Foolish."

"Pagan old man."

"Self-righteous Drow."

Agni paused for a moment while glowered at the old man

"BALDY"

The old man's jaw dropped and gazed at him furiously "That was just a low blow, Agni!"

Agni smiled as everyone laughed

"Oh be silent you young hoodwinks." The Old man snapped

"Who are you?" Conner asked suspiciously

"I'm Lu Tze."

"Lucy?" Robin asked

"No… LU TZE." He repeated. The younger generations just had no respect for their elders anymore. "And even I see you hooligans find me hilarious. I'm here to speak with Agni."

Agni nodded and went to follow

"You can bring your foolish friends if you so choose." Lu Tze muttered

"I'm going." Zatanna said, sliding her hand into Agni's.

After a few seconds, The Boy Wonders and the White Cleric decided to go along with them. Even if it was to make sure that Lu Tze wasn't some weird pedophile.

"Please try not to destroy the place." Agni begged after a few minutes of everyone exploring.

"The speedsters aren't here. The place will be fine." Anna said

"I can only hope."

They followed Lu Tze deeper into the Astral Plane for about five minutes until they came to a small thatched hut next to a small pond of water.

"Welcome to my home." He proclaimed. He waved his stick and several cushions appeared.

They all sat around him and looked up to him expectantly

"What?" he asked

"You called us here…"

"Oh right. I wanted to speak with Agni."

"I'm here." Agni said waving his hand; he was reclining on a large cushion with Zatanna leaning against him. He had one arm around her and the other was propping him up.

"Agni…" Lu Tze began

"I know!" Agni groaned "It was stupid."

"What was?" Robin asked curiously."

"Frankly… bringing you here." Lu Tze said "Twas was a mistake on his end."

"Why? I'm here all the time." Zatanna asked

"Bringing you here isn't too bad." Lu Tze said "Your spirit was sealed to here when you to began to bond."

"What do you mean 'bond'?" Anna asked warily

Lu Tze raised a white eyebrow at Agni and Zatanna "You have not felt it?"

Agni shook his head "I'm not the most… experience when it comes to these things."

"You two share a bond, a strong one too at that." Lu Tze said "Which is odd since you are both from separate dimensions and should never have met in the first place. But that is the Fates business not mine's. I feel that this bond might have just recently been strengthened… maybe twice."

"How do you know this?" Agni questioned the old man

"Agni, have you not notice our connection?"

"Definitely a pedophile…" Richie muttered, earning him a whack from Lu Tze's stick

"Not like that, foolish child." Lu Tze scolded "Get your mind out of the gutter."

Richie glared at the man as he rubbed his sore head; luckily he was hit on the side that didn't have a bandage

"Am I right to assume you know Agni is the Guardian of the Astral Plane?"

"Yes we know. He almost killed Batman over it." Robin said shame facedly at the memory

"Do you know how he became Guardian?"

"He almost died and someone offered him life to take over his job as guardian." Richie replied

"That was me." Lu Tze explained "I knew Agni's father… a good friend. So when Agni died I offered him Guardianship of this plane for his life."

"Wait… how could you give him his life back?" Robin asked

"I cut a deal with death."

"Beat him in chess?" Agni asked

Lu Tze nodded

"How do you beat Death at chess?" Robin asked in disbelief

"By cheating of course. How else did you think?" Lu Tze said like it was the most obvious thing in the world

"Oh right, sill me for thinking you can cheat death… oh." Robin's voice trailed off when he realized what he said

"Exactly, but we are going off track." Lu Tze interrupted "That is why I keep Agni alive."

"How are you keeping me alive?"

"Haven't you notice the voice literally whispering in your ear, the one that tells you when to duck, when to run… how to deal with annoying spirits?"

Agni looked up in realization "That was you this whole time? I thought it was… him."

"Him?" Richie asked

"It doesn't matter." Zatanna butt in

"Do you know what it is?" Anna asked

Zatanna held up the necklace and nodded

"How else did you think you opened that portal?"

Everyone went silent and looked at Agni while Lu Tze smiled

Agni glared at him "Fuck you, old man."

"YOU PUSHED US OFF THE FALLING HELLICARRIER WHEN YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH MAGIC TO OPEN THE PORTAL?!" Everyone screamed at him

Lu Tze openly laughed "And that was for calling me bald."

"But you are bald?" Robin pointed out

And he was whacked with the stick too

Lu Tze glared at him but then his gaze went soft and moved to Anna

"What are you thinking?" Agni asked carefully

"It seems not only you have a bond forming." Lu Tze murmured

Agni cocked his head at them then nodded "I can see that." He muttered

"See what?" Zatanna asked

Agni shrugged, "Nothing."

Lu Tze yawned and looked at the sun "It is time for you five to get going."

Everyone agreed and stood and stacked their cushions, not realizing that Lu Tze would most likely just magic them away

"Just a sword of wisdom for everyone before you go." The old man said.

He over to Anna and looked her in the eye for several seconds

"He better not go on with that stupid riddle mumbo jumbo." Agni muttered

"You are a powerful mage, Anna Zatara." Lu Tze said "But do not let tradition and rules control your life. Follow your heart, live a little and most importantly don't stop. You are a strong magician and healer. Your feats will be legendary."

He turned to Richie and gave him a warm smile "Last time I gave you my words of wisdom you laughed."

"Yeah, I was young."

"It was last year." Lu Tze pointed out

"Which is a long time for a human." Richie countered

"You're not human"

"Just shut up and give me some wise words already, will ya?"

Lu Tze sighed "Stop worrying about your image. You are a hero and a soldier in your own right. You stand in nobody's shadow, but I have a feeling many will stand in yours. Be careful, not all is what it seems. You are a warrior and a hero. One day your name will be said in hushes around fires and when children are put to sleep."

Robin was next

"You are unsure of yourself. You look at Richie in wonder."

Robin nodded

Lu Tze cracked a smile "Then stop. All will work out in the end. What you worry about will not happen. You will stick to your morals and principles because they are what make you who you are. You are strong in your own right. There is no need to wish to be like someone else. You are human, we all make mistakes. You are a hero and a man of justice. Nothing will ever remove you from that path"

He looked at Zatanna "You worry about them. They worry about you. You are afraid you might lose them to what controls them?"

"I do." Zatanna said with a bit of sadness

Lu Tze put a comforting arm on her shoulder "Then stop. You're future is mostly bright and happy. You are also unsure of yourself. But do not be for they love you for who you are. Agni and your father will be beside you no matter what choices you make. Even if they die, remember that they are always with you. You are the Mistress of Magic and a Sorcerers of Light. Your dreams will come true in the end."

When he came to Agni, the dark elf turned up his nose at him.

"I do not need to be told riddles, old man."

He never saw the stick swinging until he was laying flat on his back clutching his face because it felt like a mallet was just rammed into it

"You are stubborn and oh so foolish at times, Agni." Lu Tze said calmly "You are scared of whom you are and you are scared of 'him'. You believe you are worthless just as much you believe you will never find happiness. You need to stop glaring at the past and look towards the future. Your hate is strong and you think yourself not capable of love. Let those around you help guide you and believe in yourself much more. You are a protector and guardian. You will find what you are looking for."

"I don't need riddles." Agni shouted standing back up.

The stick was swung at his face again but he managed to catch it and yank it out of Lu Tze's hand.

His triumph was short live because the stick jumped out of his hand into the air and began whacking him repeatedly

"Stop fighting against yourself and begin fighting with yourself."

The stick slowly returned to his hand as Lu Tze looked at Agni sternly.

The Dark elf slowly got up and bowed to his predecessor. Richie was quick to follow him and Anna wasn't far behind him.

Robin and Zatanna hesitated but they bowed as well.

Lu Tze smiled tenderly at them "Farewell young ones." He whispered, shimmering away into nothing.

They stood up and looked at each other solemnly for a few minutes in silence.

"Stupid bald old man." Agni muttered rubbing his head.

Lu Tze's stick popped into existence behind him. It pulled back and a golden shadow of a mallet formed around it. It swung it Agni, slamming him into the ground before disappearing.

Agni stood up groaning, clutching his shoulder

"I really hate that bastard."

Might Possibly Be a Long AN:

Well, even though this story hasn't gotten nearly as much favorites/follows/reviews as I had hoped it would, I'm still finishing it and writing a sequel.

So SUCK IT haterz

Yes I made Deathstroke an anti-hero. I like him better that way. Sue me.

Sorry I'm in a bad mood…

I'm making a soundtrack for this story. Songs that go well with, songs that I listen to while writing and character theme songs (but those will be in the Character Bios.) I'm going to post it on my profile probably around the time of the Final Battle or slightly before.

I have predicted the story will be approximately 55 chapters long (including characters bio (as per request) and the epilogue). The next chapter will be * Not very important spoiler alert* about a certain red headed archer *spoiler alert over* as many of you have requested and for the plot in general. After that is mainly the final battle and something I'm not going to spoil for all of you :P

(Past here is only for those curious about the sequel. If you do not care or just not curious you can skip to the very bottom and answer some questions I want to know if you're smart enough to answer them.)

Now even though I haven't actually had any real complaints about the story being about Agni and rarely following anyone else for more than a few paragraphs I have decided to change that somewhat.

This story and the next are still really about Agni. They always will be, but the sequel will have several chapters that will follow certain characters (I.E. Robin or Zatanna). And as some of you have probably guessed it will take place in Agni and the Ranger's dimension (MY dimension) and not in the Young Justice Dimension.

Thus is the greatness of Fanfiction

The title of the story is still a work in progress… I haven't found one that fits the story yet. I've tried Adventures in Another Dimension, Adventures in a Different Dimension, Adventures in a Darker Land, Journeys In the Darklands… SEVERAL titles, but I haven't found one yet. If you wish to help me out PM me. Also I will be accepting OC requests for it, since the story is going to be HUGE. Like at least twice the size of CoAD. So PM meh.

A few things 'Journeys In the Darklands' and the future of this series will contain:

MUCH longer chapters (like 10-20 thousand words PER chapter)

Several different Characters from DC Comics and several other things I do not own.

Music both original and covers. (In the story itself…)

Journals by Robin, Zatanna and someone else I have not decided yet

One possible two side stories about the Rangers (How they met etc, etc and etc)

It will Crossover with 'The Next Great Adventure' (You might want to go read that… ) for 2-5 chapters

The rest of the 'New Team' and their counterparts. (Some of them have got some pretty big twists. Like seriously. Things you would never expect)

More info on my profile for those who are interested.

Still no one answered two questions I posted a short whole back… so I'm going to post them here and whoever answers one of them correctly and first Will get a definite spot for an OC whether good or bad.

Question 1: Agni's fighting style and personality loosely is based off of two people. Both of them have several similarities to him. Who are they? This question might be quite simple to gamers and fantasy geeks (like myself) If you analyze his personality and fighting style it is not hard. To answer this question you have to have BOTH people not just one since one of them is PAINFULLY obvious

Question 2: Whose powers are Jarred the Blood Angel's powers based off of? This question is much harder because Jarred's powers are based off of one person in particular.

Hopefully this time someone will answer the question…

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