I apologise for this in advance. I'm gonna skip over this madarame arc and go to the aftermath of the change in heart. I tried writing another chapter but i really did not like it. I will try to address some of the exposition during that arc but i really am hype to write about the Makoto arc. Thanks guys

"Same instance again. How do these guys do it?" Barbara thought as she was sitting in cafe leblanc. The news was all about the mysterious Phantom Thieves. An elderly man went up to Sojiro and asked if he could change the channel. Sojiro obliged and turned it to a talk show.

"Today we have a special guest today. May I introduce, The 2nd detective prince Goro Akechi!"

Barbara looked confused "There was a first detective prince?"

Sojiro gave her a confused look, then he remembered that she was foreign. "There was a detective prince a long time ago. They worked on a case in Inaba but hasn't been seen since. The kid on tv is a detective too. Started up like 5 months ago."

Barbara nodded. She noticed that Goro was very young to be a detective. Then again, Damian is 11 so there.

"So Goro with the recent arrest of Madarame what is your opinion of these thefts?"

Goro smiled charismatically "Excellent question, although they did reveal the fraud of the man that doesn't cover up that they are criminals. They supposedly change the hearts of their victims but what if they were to implant crimes into them? It seems no different than brainwashing."

Barbara thought over that. They seemed safe but Goro did make a point. On the other hand every time the thieves intervene they did reveal true crimes.

"Great answer Goro. Our next question refers to the vigilante "Bat-girl" who fights crime at night, what are your thoughts about this?"

"Ah once again, a citizen who thinks they can do the police's job for them. In my opinion she is distrustful as she takes away from our police leaving our citizens with a shady person who only shows up at night and not the trusting police force. If they were smart they would stop putting on the weird cosplay and let the police do their job."

Barbara griped her mug from home a little harder than normal. This is probably what Bruce felt like when he started his career as Bat-man.

Sojiro walked over to her and refilled her cup for her. "You feeling ok? I know you come from Gotham so having a hero being booed isn't something new."

"It's fine thank you."

"Your one of my favorite customer"

"Why is that?"

"Your hair, really reminds me of someone. I don't want to get into it."

"Alright."

Just then Akira entered from school inside the shop. With a cat following behind.

"Hello Sojiro, hey Barbara"

"I did not know you had a cat" Barbara smiled

"Oh sorry I carry him around in my bag most of the time. His name is Morgana. I was taking him for a walk because he needs the exercise."

"It's so cute." Barbara squealed as she knelt towards Morgana to pet him."I have to get going. Thanks for the curry and drink Sojiro"

"Any time Barbara." said Sojiro as she excited Leblanc.

Later that night

Bat-girl decided to practice her brooding side alone on the roof top. She could not get Goro's words out of her head.

I seen better detectives from a freaking chimp"

Before the brooding part of her night she was booed for saving a man's life committing suicide.

"Miss take off the costume before you get hurt" she remembered what the officers told her.

She then got a fun idea to take some stress by visiting the so called prince.

BREAK

Goro was preparing to have a late night snack for the night before he went to bed. He decided to heat up some frozen pancakes to make him feel warm as he went to bed.

"I would not recommend the pancakes, that would totally mess with your head when you sleep."

Goro quickly grabbed a knife from the counter a pointed it towards the figure.

"Oh it's the girl playing hero by breaking and entering."

"I just wanted a chat Detective, I know what you said on the news."

"Yes and most people agree that you are not a real hero."

"Your one to talk Goro, I have helped this city while you sit high and mighty."

Goro shrugged his shoulders. "You know that you are just a vigilante. You are not helping. Cops are not able to help the people they protect."

Bat-girl stood tall "I don't know how you do it here but in the states we go over the crime you miss. Admit it, If the phantom thieves did not intervene at all over the weeks, they city would be anarchy."

"So then what is your opinion? What does the crime fighter say about the thieves?"

"I know who they are and they seem just for now but, if they cross the line I will take them out."

"Let's make a deal then. Don't tell me who they are because I want to find out for myself and I will not bring any favor or hate to you. I will hold you to your word."

He turned away and looked back to see that she disappeared.

BREAK

That felt refreshing

She was gliding up and down to land on her end of day building. She knew that soon that she needed to find the thieves soon. She did not expect the bluff to work like a charm. She got to the roof and quickly entered the apartment. She was going to bed when she decided to check on her phone. She had one message that she missed. She looked on it was a request for tutoring on campus.

It was from a girl named Makoto Niijima a 3rd year at Shujin. It looked like she needed help with her literature and Miss Kawakami recommend her. She was happy to help out, but first a coffee was in order.

Later

It was after school and barbara was walking towards the student council room. That was where Makoto said to meet up. She entered the room to where a girl was sitting. She had short hair and was reading a book with her legs crossed. Barbara sat in the chair next to her and brought out her backpack.

"Are you Makoto?" Barbara asked.

She looked and nodded her head. "And you must be miss Gordon. I apologize for this."

"For what?"

Makoto stood up and walked to her. "I lied to you. I need your help to enter a club of sorts."

Finally done with this chapter. Took me about 3 days i think for this. I think this and chp 4 were one of my favorites to write. Unfortunately this next chapter might take a little longer as well. I currently have two drafts in my head about how it goes down. Please review this so i know if i'm doing bad or good. Thank you.