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Konoha
The era of peace for the nations were over once again, the Lord of the Land of Fire's unwise decision to keep Madara Uchiha alive has back fired. The village of Konohagakure was in ruin, buildings still burning and people still dying.
In the center of the village, a familiar face lay; A massive glowing blade of chakra pultruding from her lifeless body. The former Hokage, Tsunade Senju, had passed. Even with her One-Thousand Healings technique, she still fell victim to the power of Madara Uchiha. The fight still went on, massive tremors spread throughout the village as the battle came to its closing.
A blitz of lightening whooshed through the battle field, passing the blue avatar of chakra and slamming attacks it whenever the chance was given. The Raikage ran at his trademark lightening speeds, his body was lightened by the Tsuchikage's Jutsu but, it wasn't enough. The Raikage was strong but his physical strength was not as impressive as Tsunade's.
Raikage slid to a halt next to the only remaining fighters against Madara; Naruto, Kakashi and, the Mizukage all wiped some blood from one spot or another on their body. They were worn and out of chakra, the battle had been at its peak for days. They had lost many fighters, Tsunade, Gai, Rock-Lee, Onoki, and thousands of individual shinobi who gave their lives for a fight that wasn't truly theirs.
"Where are you, little Jinchūriki?" Madara's voice hissed through the smoke and fire surrounding the city. Naruto raised his head, his flaming chakra had dimmed over the last 72 hours but it was still evident, with all nine Bijuu powering you, you gain high reserves for chakra. Naruto stood and flashed his aura, powering up for another assault, he increased his physical strength as well as his speed and durability by pumping chakra through his entire body.
"Madara!" Naruto shouted as the mad man appeared, using rubble as a stepping stone. His long silver hair danced in the breeze as he smiled brightly.
"This game is getting old, nine-tails, give up already." Madara used an inviting tone as if what he had in store was somehow worth giving up the fight.
"I won't give anything up until I draw my last breath!"
Naruto disappeared in a flash of speed, he was faster than any eye could track although; a Rinnegan wasn't just any eye. Madara changed positions, blocking Naruto's fist and causing a massive shockwave throughout the Land of Fire, the entire continent shook in terror as two Gods battled for dominance.
The Raikage witnessed the over whelming power and sighed, "In all my years…"
The Mizukage walked up next to him, "We can't fight him; we were considered the strongest of our villages but, he was considered the strongest on the Planet. How do we fight something like that?"
Raikage smirked, "We hit harder." He flashed away, disappearing into the cloud of dust and battle.
Naruto dodged a left-cross from Madara, just barely avoiding his attack, he spun and formed an orb of energy in his right palm, "Sage Art: Magnet Release Rasengan!" the energy slammed into Madara's chest propelling him across the battle field.
Madara dug his foot into the ground, forcing himself to a halt, and uprooting hundreds of tons of solid Earth in the process, "Sage Art: Yin Release, Lightening Claw!" from Madara's palms came forth purple lightening, it spread across the battle field, it caught Naruto, the Mizukage and Raikage all at once. "Did you all really think you stood a chance? Your fates were sealed the moment I became a deity!" a sickening smile crossed his face as the life slowly slipped from his targets, the smile disappeared completely as a sudden realization hit him like a truck, "Wait a second, where is-" he was cut off by a shocking pain surging through his back and up his spine. His Jutsu was interrupted by the pain freeing the others in the process.
Madara turned in aggravation, "Kakashi Hatake!" he shouted as the Jounin backed away immediately, flipping back several feet. As he landed, he lost sight of Madara. Something he wasn't used to from all his years with a Sharingan. He looked around until he felt a palm on his shoulder and his eyes widened in horror, "The fact that a non-Uchiha wore a Sharingan for so long was extreamly aggravating, just know that my dis-pleasure ends with your death."
Naruto looked up, still recovering from his wounds, he watched as Madara snapped Kakashi's neck. The lifeless body flopped to the ground in a heap. A tear slipped down Naruto's cheek as he stared in shock.
Naruto was drained of chakra; his stamina was at its breaking point. He had been able to shake continents and destroy moons at full power but now, he wasn't sure he could even stand. But as Naruto does, he pulled himself up his bones begging; every cell in his body pleading for him to stay down but, he wouldn't listen. That wasn't his ninja way.
Naruto stood and amassed every drop of chakra in both Kurama and Naruto's body, he focused as, in his palm, a spinning energy formed, cutting through the air as it spun. As his trademark attack spun and grew, small amounts of red and blue chakra began covering its center, leaving the blade spinning on the outside. As he prepared for his final attack, he made sure it would count.
"Jinchūriki Art: Tailed Beast Planetary Rasenshuriken!"
He launched the attack as it grew in size with every passing moment; Madara simply stared as it grew closer with every passing moment. A small smile curled across his lips as the flash of light blinded everyone in the area, the explosion was concentrated to a single point as the dome of energy decimated anything within it; it could have leveled an entire continent if that was its intention however; its true intention was not fulfilled.
After a few minutes, the high winds died down and the light faded, a silhouette was visible.
"Impossible…" Naruto mumbled, shaking in fear. His golden aura faded and he returned to his normal state. Madara stepped out from the dust and ash, he was injured, his robes torn, his skin burnt and his pride intact. He waved his smile around as if it were a victory flag; he looked over at Naruto as his own features began to regenerate.
"That was impressive, you could have killed me; unfortunately for you I was able to absorb the bulk of that attack. The only damage I took was from the shockwave." Madara stepped down towards the three remaining warriors as they quivered in fear. He approached the Mizukage first, ejecting a long black pole from his palm as he did so.
Naruto listened to the horrifying sounds of a nation's leader's body hitting the ground with a lifeless thud. A black pole pultruded from her chest as a pool of crimson formed around her.
A flash of blue lightening zoomed through the village, gaining speed and accelerating all the while. Madara leaned down and placed his palm on the Mizukage's abdomen smiling as he drained her of her left over chakra. The flash of light zipped into range of Madara who turned and caught a mountain shattering fist that was aimed for the back of his head.
The Raikage cringed and Madara squeezed his fist, calling him to his knees. Madara smiled even wider as he slowly drained the chakra from his body; lightening surged through out them but eventually faded from A and grew larger in Madara. The Raikage sank to the ground; lying flat on his stomach as his chakra was drained completely.
"Honestly, A, you shouldn't be surprised by this outcome," Madara pulled a long black pole from seemingly nowhere and raised it above his head, "You only survived this long because I was trying to get your chakra but, now that I have that…" Madara trailed off as he brought the pole down into A's back, using his ocular prowess to pierce his heart accurately.
Naruto slammed his fist into the ground in frustration, he tried to think of an ending where he didn't pull the short straw but, things were hopeless. He looked as Madara stood above him, "Now for the main course!" The mad man held his hand out and from Naruto's chest came nine glowing spirits each shaped in a unique way resembling beasts. They screamed as they were pulled into Madara, "Yes! This time it is I who is in control and not Kaguya! I have all the power!"
Naruto fell in a choking and coughing heap, pulling himself to his hands and knees he chuckled stopping Madara's laughter instantly. He drew his eyes down to Naruto who continued to chuckle and cough when necessary, "Oh your still alive, must be the Sage's blessing keeping you alive without your Bijuu." Madara watched as Naruto pulled himself to his feet.
"You're an idiot," Naruto coughed.
"Well now you're just being a sore loser…" Madara lifted himself into a sitting position, levitating in front of Naruto, "I've won, I've beaten you; everyone is dead and you couldn't stop me. So why are you laughing?"
"Your goal was peace, through forceful and inhumane methods but peace none-the-less. You killed all the shinobi, destroyed most of the villages and killed all the Kage. Who are you going to use the Infinite Tsukuyomi on now?"
Madara's eyes widened, he was right. Madara had become caught up in revenge and hatred. He had forgotten why he started this fight in the first place. Naruto was right. Then an idea popped into his head.
"I overheard some Hyugas that were guarding me the other day," Madara floated down next to Naruto and smiled, "If Sasuke is alive, that means he landed in a populated dimension."
Naruto looked at him in confusion, "Populated dimension? I thought he just landed in another barren wasteland like the one Obito's Mangekyou transported us to."
"On the contrary, the space-time Jutsu that Obito used transported people to a single barren dimension with no life. However, the hole Sasuke went through wasn't created by Obito or Kakashi, it was created by me wielding Obito's Mangekyou and it was amplified by my God Chakra and Rinnegan. It could have led to any number of dimensions in the multiverse!"
"Whatever!" Naruto shouted, "You'll never get there, Kakashi had his Sharingan removed and destroyed, and Obito has long since been dead! No thanks to you."
Madara smiled and floated to the ground, he used his god like abilities levitate boulders and mounds of rubble out of a path way, he walked down the path way dropping the massive boulders. A depowered Naruto barely managed to evade being crushed, "Wait! Where are you going?" Naruto got up, nearly tripping in the process as he ran after Madara.
Naruto was no threat without his Bijuu powering him; he was just an average shinobi on his own. Madara couldn't bring himself to fear Naruto just knowing how weak he currently was, and as the last two living beings for thousands of miles… Madara needed someone to 'talk' to.
Naruto followed Madara into a medical center of some sort, the walked past multiple dead bodies and flat-lined heart rate machines that Naruto nearly lost count. "Hey! Where are you going?"
Madara chuckled, "Shouldn't you be mourning? A lot of people died today I heard."
Naruto dashed and aimed a kunai at the back of Madara's oversized head but, he hit nothing but air. Madara appeared behind him and mumbled, "Universal Pull," Naruto stopped midair and spun around, flying towards Madara's outstretched hand and landing perfectly by the neck into his palm.
"I'll mourn when you're lying on your back bleeding to death! The mission isn't over you bastard!" Naruto choked out as a clone fell from above, wielding a Rasengan in its palm, the orange pigmentation around his eyes clearly indicated he was in his Honored Sage Mode. Madara held his other hand out and attempted to absorb the Rasengan into himself but failed allowing the attack to connect with his face, slightly burning and twisting it before it dispersed altogether. Madara dropped Naruto to his feet and held his cheek in pain.
"Insolent little-" Madara was cut-off by Naruto who grew a cocky smile across his face.
"Can't absorb Senjutsu chakra, can you? You can't absorb my Sage Mode!"
Madara smiled slightly as Naruto pushed with a single glare, his body flew through the wall of the hospital building they were in; landing him outside in a pile of rubble.
After a few moments of searing pain, Naruto managed to get into a sitting position, he silently gathered nature energy as Madara emerged from the hole he was thrown through, holding something in triumph. "Behold the eye that holds a thousand Jutsu! Kakashi's Sharingan!"
Naruto's mouth gaped, "Impossible!"
"You think you Kakashi would ever just destroy his Sharingan? Fool! He is more cunning than you give him credit for. My Rinnegan sensed this power the instant I wondered if it was intact."
Naruto smiled, "So what? Give up a Rinnegan for a Sharingan? Not really a fair trade, is it?"
Madara frowned, "Hm you're right," he floated back into a sitting position, staring at the eye as its crimson glow glistened in the smoky sunlight. "I know; I'll just absorb some of its power! That way I don't need the eye itself to perform the Jutsu." He looked down at Naruto who tightened his jaw in anger, "How's that? There's a solution to every problem…"
"Damn you!" Naruto muttered through his clenched teeth, he closed his eyes and focused, drawing in the natural energy around him as quickly as possible.
Madara's fist closed on the Sharingan as his own Rinnegan eyes flared with their own power, his hands began to glow as he was filled with the Sharingans power. "Excellent," Madara mumbled as he reached his hand out, seemingly grasping for air. Suddenly the space in front of his palm began to warp and twist; a portal slowly twisted open, leading to utter blackness.
Naruto activated his Sage Mode, leaping into the air and aiming a fist at Madara's head but, he stopped midair, frozen he had no traction, nothing to push himself off of to move. "You'll never learn, will you?" Madara held his hand out and placed Kakashi's eye into Naruto's open palm, "Take it, I have no use for it. You can follow me if you'd like, I don't care." Madara dropped Naruto to the ground below and floated through the portal, leaving it floating in mid-air.
"Come back here! Coward!" Naruto shouted as he starred up at the spiraling portal. He looked down at the slimy eye in his hands, "What do I do with you?"
…
Gotham City: 3 Months Later, July 3rd, 10:56PM.
Sasuke stood in the middle of the Batcave; he was shirtless wearing only the pants from a Karate Gi. He was also blindfolded and surrounded. Barbara, Dick, and Bruce all wore the same outfit aside for Barbara who also wore a violet sports-bra and her hair tied up in a pony-tail.
"You have good eyes, but that isn't good enough." Bruce stated as Sasuke moved his head around trying to locate his opponents. Dick leaped and aimed a flying side-kick for Sasuke's back; Sasuke turned avoiding his foot and grabbed his ankle, tossing him aside and towards the edge of the make-shift ring they had put together.
"You need to learn to fight without your powers, use your other senses: sent, hearing, feel the vibrations on the ground. You need to rely less on your chakra and more on your physical attributes," Bruce surveyed Sasuke's fighting stance; it was nearly perfect… nearly.
Barbara spun and threw a round house kick aimed at Sasuke's right temple; the hit would surely knock him out or at least down. The kick sliced at air as Sasuke bobbed his head back dodging it; Barbara was relentless, she stepped forwards throwing multiple hooks and jabs which were all also dodged. Sasuke smiled and grabbed her wrist, spinning her towards him and wrapping her own arm around her neck, her back slamming against Sasuke's chest.
"Nice try," he whispered in her ear, she elbowed him in the stomach and he reeled back, holding his stomach as Barbara spun herself and assumed a fighting stance.
"This is so stupid!" Sasuke shouted as ripped the blindfold off, "I don't need to learn to fight without my powers, chakra is natural and it can't be negated."
"Really?" Bruce stated walking closer, "I did an analysis on your chakra network, it seems you have multiple points across the network that can be used to stop your chakra flow. Did you know about that?"
Sasuke rubbed the back of his neck, "Yea, so? No one is fast enough to get within my Sharingan and-" in an instant, Bruce was in front of him crouched underneath his arms reach. The vigilante quickly struck multiple points across Sasuke's body, points which he studied Sasuke's chakra network to learn.
Sasuke wasn't quick enough, every time he would attempt to stop a point from being blocked, Bruce would already be attacking the next one. Bruce pushed on Sasuke's shoulder turning him around; another kick to the back of the leg sent Sasuke to his knees.
Barbara smiled and Dick chuckled, Bruce was the only person who could get the better of Sasuke in battle, it had been like that for a while now and Sasuke was getting aggravated by it.
"You studied my chakra network?" Sasuke asked in a shout as Bruce smiled.
"Of course I did, knowledge is power and I'm very powerful."
Sasuke turned on a dime with his fist raised; he struck with all of his strength but was surprised to find his fist never connected. Bruce caught Sasuke's strike with a single hand, his other arm tucked behind his back.
Sasuke's eyes widened in shock, "Without your chakra, you're just a normal person. A punch like that normally would have broken my arm in a best case scenario but, since I exploited your weakness, we're on equal terms."
Sasuke furrowed his brow as he pumped chakra throughout his body; he forced chakra through the blocked points flooding his arm with strength. His fist practically exploded in Bruce's palm sending the dark knight skidding back on his feet. Sasuke breathed heavily as smoke visibly floated up and off his hand; Bruce rubbed his own palm and felt the slight burn he had contracted.
"Pushing chakra through the blocked points with enough force to flood your body? Impressive but, look at you." Sasuke raised an eyebrow and immediately felt it, "You're almost out of chakra, aren't you? That little stunt takes a lot of power, doesn't it?"
Sasuke felt the anger build up until he finally shouted in rage and brought his fist down on the ground. Aside from making an impressive hole in the solid stone floor of the cave, Sasuke also shook the entire mansion and the estate around it.
"Don't presume to know me!" Sasuke stood to his feet and approached Bruce who didn't waver even slightly, putting a finger in his face he scoffed, "And stop studying me," he pronounced every syllable to make sure Bruce understood as he grabbed his hoodie and walked up the stairs.
Barbara sighed, "Should I go after him this time or do you want to?"
Dick threw his hands up, "I'm not going near that with a ten-foot pole."
Barbara rolled her eyes and ran to catch up to Sasuke as Dick motioned to Bruce, "Why do you let him talk to you like that? He's been here for months; he should know to respect you by now."
"I let him because I've been in his state of mind before, he doesn't want help and the more we offer it the less he wants it but, he seems to have a weakness for Barbara so let her take care of it. For now, your own training isn't done yet."
…
Sasuke practically kicked the door to his room down and grabbed the eye-patch sitting on his desk before heading back to the door, "Where are you going?" Barbara asked as Sasuke scoffed and walked past her and into the hall.
"None of your business."
She ran past him and stood in front of him again, "It is actually because you could get into a lot of trouble out there," Sasuke walked past her again and towards the door to the mansion.
"I can handle anything that tries to hurt me out there," Sasuke reached for the door handle but Barbara grabbed his wrist.
"I said you could get into trouble, I didn't say someone else would start it. I'm worried about you, Sasuke." Barbara gave him a worried look which he didn't reciprocate.
"Well, don't. I don't do well with my emotions and I get carried away sometimes, you saw me in there, right? I should be more worried about you."
"Why would you worry about me? I can protect myself." Barbara let go of his wrist and placed a soft hand on Sasuke's. He pulled his hand away abruptly opened the door. He slipped his hoodie on and stepped onto the porch, "You don't need to shut me out, let me be the one you can open up to."
"I can't open up to you or anyone, if I did you'd see me differently and not as some badass ninja assassin," He walked past her and reached for the handle again, "You'd see me as broken." He closed the door in her face, leaving her to her own thoughts. She had bonded with Sasuke over the last few months but, he had never gotten as close to her as she wanted to be with him; She wanted him to open up to her but, something was holding him back.
Sasuke wandered through the small forest that surrounded the mansion; he walked up to a tree and held his palm out, effortlessly forming a Rasengan the size of a basketball in it. He spun around in the blink-of-an-eye and slammed the orb into a tree directly behind him. The bark split and warped until the trunk toppled over.
Sasuke breathed, he had gotten better at using the Rasengan; he had nearly mastered it but, progress was stunted by the Rasenshuriken.
Sasuke formed another Rasengan; he grabbed his wrist and pumped chakra into his hand, using his Rinnegan to attempt a change in chakra nature but, the orb collapsed inward and exploded sending Sasuke into a tree, snapping it in half and causing it to fall over behind him.
"God damn it!" he shouted and slammed his fist into the ground causing birds to fly from their perch and into the night air. "Why can't I do it? Naruto, I need your help."
At that moment, Sasuke's Sharingan caught something in the trees. Someone or something was watching him. He tried to analyze it without tipping his hand but, even his Rinnegan couldn't fully catch the figure's appearance without looking directly in that direction; whoever it was, they're good. Sasuke casually grabbed a thin stick from the ground, not tipping off his stalker. He whirled around in an instant and launched the twig at the intruder. The figure disappeared faster than Sasuke could track as the twig flew through where the the figure was and snapped a thick branch in two in the background.
"Oh no you don't," Sasuke leaped after him, jumping from branch to branch in the trees, Sasuke watched the figure expertly leaping from tree to tree, he squinted as the figure leaped towards the ground and Sasuke followed.
"Are you ready to tell me who you are? Or are we going to play tag again?" Sasuke asked crossing his arms.
The figure stepped into a strip of moon light revealing a white-cat mask wrapped around his face, his armor resembled an ANBU Black-Ops agent and his hair was as black as the night they stood in.
The man spoke up in prefect Japanese, "You've grown stronger, but mastering a technique like that will take more than just determination." The man turned and looked back slightly, just enough for Sasuke to catch the sight of a crimson-red Sharingan staring back at him, "I'll be watching, Sasuke." The man vanished just as quickly as he had appeared.
Sasuke would have followed but he was dumbfounded, he stared at the spot where the man had been, his jaw was slightly ajar, his eye widened and his hands sweaty. He was… scared.
Sasuke shook the look off of his face; it had been so long since he saw a Sharingan other than in a mirror, he had forgotten how terrifying it could be.
He questioned everything he knew, was there a way to go home? Or was this just a cheap trick to throw him off his game? The man clearly had a chakra network, he had to be from his world but, what other Uchiha could it be? Madara was dead and Kakashi would never make his way here without revealing himself. These thoughts swirled and spun in Sasuke's head as he walked back to the mansion. He had only been gone for a few minutes; they would probably be surprised by him returning so early. Should he tell them? Is it a good idea? Or is it another disaster waiting to happen?
As he walked through the door, he was greeted by Alfred who raised an eyebrow at him.
"What?" Sasuke asked nonchalantly.
"Mistress Barbara ran to her room crying about fifteen minutes ago…" Alfred's eyes drifted down to Sasuke's feet as he looked away as if trying not to care more about what he saw, "Also you're tracking mud onto the carpet."
Sasuke rolled his eyes and sighed, "What a drag," he reached down a removed his shoes and handed them to Alfred who smiled, "Thank you sir, but you really should attend to Mistress Barbara." The wise butler walked away and into another room of the house.
Sasuke sighed and approached Barbara's door, he didn't know why she would cry over something so miniscule but he couldn't bear letting her cry all alone because of him. He knocked on the door lightly and waited for a response.
The door cracked open as if checking who it was, it swung open revealing a perfectly emotionally sound Barbara staring at him in confusion, "Sasuke? I thought you left."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow, "You… aren't crying?"
"Why would I be crying?" Barbara opened the door further revealing a paused movie and a bowl of popcorn laying on her bed.
"Alfred told me…"
"Stop right there, Alfred does that sometimes," Barbara put a hand up with a smile.
"What do you mean?" Sasuke asked.
"Sometimes when me and Dick fight, he'll tell us something like the other is crying or angry so one of us would go to the other to apologize. He can be tricky and pretty wise about it sometimes." Barbara smiled and crossed her arms, leaning against the door frame. "You thought I was crying and you came to comfort me? Pretty chivalrous for the broken ninja assassin, don't ya think?"
Sasuke lowered his head and sighed, "Ugh, look I didn't come here for a guilt trip."
"No, you came to apologize for being rude and mysterious earlier, or was that not why you came?" Barbara let a coy smile curl across her lips as Sasuke scoffed and turned around.
"Whatever, bye," Sasuke stepped to leave when he felt a hand grasp his arm, he turned back to see Barbara smiling but it wasn't a coy smile, it was a genuine smile. She pulled him quickly into an embrace and whispered, "Nice try; I forgive you."
Sasuke returned the embrace but, just barely. He wrapped his arms around her like wet noodles and turned his head away, trying not to show his rosy cheeks.
"Look, I should get to bed, i'm sorry for being a dick," he shortly stepped back and turned, "Goodnight."
Barbara stared at his back as he walked away from her, she didnt know how she felt about him but, perhaps it was too soon to tell?
…
July 4th 11:21AM
…
Gotham City Square was funded by Wayne Enterprise and transformed from the ghetto, drug slinging, gangster infested rat hole to the grass filled, family friendly environment it currently was. However, no amount of money is going to protect the people from super-criminals.
Happy couples walking their dogs couldn't even manage a scream before they were encased in ice; the father playing catch with his son didn't even see the blast of cold coming. But the mother pushing her toddler's stroller through the park managed to witness the eight-foot tall mechanical monstrosity aim his freeze gun at her face, "I'm so sorry, today's independence day has had a slight change in forecast. There is a blizzard in town I'm afraid." His deep, raspy voice was muffled by the glass case that encased his blue, mutated head.
He moved to pull the trigger but as he did, something got between him and his victim, "Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu!" a massive flame erupted and met the freezing blast, pushing it back. When the resulting steam cleared away slightly, he saw Pain standing with a protective arm outstretched in front of the mother and her child.
Pain jumped into the air and formed another hand-sign, "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Flame!" Multiple blasts of fire exploded from Pain's mask towards Mr. Freeze who countered with multiple shots of his freeze gun.
"Oh, it's just you." Freeze lowered his gun and smiled, "I've heard about you, prowling the streets with him." Freeze whirled around and raised his gun up where he saw Robin and Batgirl smiling and holding shuriken in each hand.
"Wait, are all of you…" Freeze turned and only inches from him was the Bat shaped cowl he had learned to fear so much. He didn't register anything other than a fist aimed directly at his face before he was knocked unconscious.
Robin threw his hands up, "Come on! We don't have time for this! Today is the day!"
…
Washington D.C
About 20 minutes later Pain, Batgirl, Robin and Batman stepped onto the grass less than a mile from the White House, they faced an even more advanced and iconic building in the same vicinity. The Hall of Justice.
Only about ten minutes went by until other heroes arrived with their protégés. Green Arrow arrived with Speedy standing only a few feet away, the red headed archer looked Pain up and down.
"So you're Batman's new protégé? Funny I haven't heard much about you," The archer spoke sarcastically as Pain turned his head without even paying the boy much attention.
"I'm sorry, who are you again?"
Speedy crossed his arms and scoffed, "Funny guy, huh?"
Pain turned his head completely aggravating the archer to no end; "Hey, does this guy look familiar?" He asked Batgirl who raised an eyebrow behind her cowl.
"Oh that's Green Arrow's partner; he goes by Speedy," Batgirl said before turning back to look at the hall, "Don't mind him btw, He's not from around here. He wouldn't recognize you even if you were Superman," Speedy cocked his head back and grew a coy smile, "Oh yea, where ya from?"
Pain tipped his head back and placed a finger to his chin, "Hmm… a world beyond yours."
Pain turned around and walked away towards Batman as Aquaman and his protégé arrived.
Batgirl leaned over and whispered to Speedy, "He doesn't really like anybody at first, but he'll come around… eventually." She sped up to walk side-by-side with Pain.
Speedy simply grunted and walked behind them.
Aquaman walked over and greeted everyone with a handshake, his protégé, Aqualad, walked close behind him waiting to introduce himself.
"Hello there, you two look new." Aqualad, a tall, tan, muscular specimen with blue eyes and a blonde buzz-cut spoke referring to the only two new protégés Pain and Batgirl.
"Call me Pain," he held his hand out and Aqualad gripped his hand.
Aqualad smiled as their hands tightened, "You have quite the grip, Pain." Pain smiled under his mask but didn't attempt to show it, "Likewise."
Aqualad released his grip with Pain and moved towards Batgirl leaving his hand out to greet, "I know how it's like to be new, so I hope we can all be good friends."
Batgirl smiled enthusiastically, "Likewise."
After about ten minutes past again as they waited they noticed more and more people gathering along the sides of the hall. Finally, a gust of wind picked up in the distance.
Pain stepped forwards, "It's them, you weren't lying when you said they were fast. Well, the one in red, Flash I presume. The other one seems to be topped off just keeping up."
Speedy stepped forwards and squinted out into the distance, "How can you tell all of that?"
"You can't? I thought archers had hawk-eyes?" Pain scoffed as they approached and within seconds they were skidding to a halt at their feet.
The one in yellow, Kid Flash, threw his hands up into the air, "Aw man, I knew we'd be the last ones here!"
Flash chuckled, "Stop complaining, we're here aren't we?"
Kid Flash ignored his comment and continued on towards the other protégés and heroes. As time passed other heroes arrived including Martian Manhunter and Red Tornado, they all made their way to the hall passing dozens of people who took pictures and shouted their names.
"Wow, do ya think all the sidekicks have been in the same place at the same time before?" Kid Flash asked in curiosity and excitement.
Pain and Speedy both looked towards him abruptly speaking in unison, "Don't call us sidekicks."
Kid scratched his neck in embarrassment, "Sorry, first time at the hall, I'm a little overwhelmed."
Robin elbowed him in the stomach playfully, "Well get whelmed buddy; we're in for the time of our lives!"
Martian Manhunter took the lead as he walked them all in the front door, Pain entered and looked up to see the massive thirty foot statues of the first seven Leaguers; "Wow, kinda reminds me of Hokage Mountain."
"You now have full unlimited access to the gym, fully stocked galley, and of course, the library." They walked in to a large open room lined with books and tables, in the far upper left-hand wall; a huge space was cut out and replaced with a large plate of glass. Multiple people on the other side snapped pictures and spectated.
Kid, Robin, Aqualad, and Pain all sat in comfortable chairs, feeling them up as these were the same chairs used by the Justice League on occasion. Batgirl came from behind and placed a comforting hand on Pain's shoulder; he didn't react.
"A quick debrief on the coincidence of four different ice themed villains attacking various unrelated locations on the same day and time," Batman announced as he looked towards the protégées, "We shouldn't be long."
Speedy narrowed his eyes and stepped forwards towards the heroes as the computer recognized each of them individually.
"That's it?"
All of the heroes turned to face Speedy as he crossed his arms in disappointment.
"You promised us a real look inside, not a glorified backstage pass," Speedy growled under his breath as the heroes stepped towards him.
Aquaman raised his hands in debate, "It's a first step, you have been granted access few others get."
"Oh really?" Speedy raised his hand and pointed towards the plate of glass, "Who cares what side of the glass we're on?"
Green Arrow sighed, "Roy, you just need to be patient…"
"What I need is respect!" He turned around and faced the others, "Their treating us like kids or worse, like sidekicks. We deserve better than this."
The heroes exchanged confused and neutral looks as Speedy or 'Roy' stared at them incredulously, "You're kidding me, right? You're playing their game? Why? Today was supposed to be the day! Step one to becoming full-fledged League members."
Kid raised an eyebrow, "I thought step one was tour of their HQ?"
"Except the hall isn't their real head-quarters! I bet they never even told you, did they? The hall is just a front for tourist and a Zeta-Beam pit-stop to the real thing, an orbiting satellite called the Watchtower!"
The protégés were dumbfounded and Batman turned to give Green Arrow a threatening look; "What? I thought we could make an acceptation?" Batman didn't even flinch, intensifying his glare, "Or not…"
"You are not helping your cause here, son." Aquaman stepped up coming face to face with Roy, "Stand down or-"
"Or what? You'll send me to my room? And I'm not your son or your partner." Roy took a glance at Green Arrow, "I thought I was his, but anymore." He grabbed his yellow hat and pulled it off dropping it to the ground and stepping on it on the way out. "No more."
He walked past the protégés and sighed, "Guess they're right, you guys aren't ready after all."
With that, he walked out of the room and presumably out of the hall; Pain cleared his throat and sighed, "I know I have good eyes but I can physically see the tension in the room… is that bad?"
Batman sighed aloud and looked over as a video message came through the large computer screen to his right, "Superman to Hall," a tall, muscular man in a blue and red costume came across the screen, "There's been an explosion at Project Cadmus, it's on fire."
Batman rubbed his chin, "Hm, I've had my suspicions about Cadmus in the past, this may prove the perfect moment to inve-" Batman was cut off by an image of a classic magician with an Italian mustache talking in rushed tone.
"Zatara to Justice League, Wotan the Sorcerer is planning to use the Amulet of Atin to blot out the sun. Requesting full League response!"
Batman turned to Superman who simply sighed, "It's a small fire; the local authorities have it under control." Batman turned to the computer console and pressed a single button.
"All Leaguers rendezvous at Zatara's coordinates, Batman out." Batman turned to leave but faced the teenagers first, "Stay put."
Pain threw his hands up, "What? After all of that?"
Flash stepped forwards, "You're not trained to-"
"Since when?" Kid interrupted.
"I meant you aren't trained to work as a part of this team," He responded referring to himself and the other heroes.
Aquaman smiled, "They're will be other missions, when you are ready."
"Until then, stay put." With that Batman exited along with the other heroes.
Green Arrow leaned over to Manhunter and whispered, "Glad you didn't bring 'you-know-who'?"
"Indeed."
Kid sighed in frustration, "Ready? How are we ever supposed to be ready if they keep treating us like… like sidekicks?"
"My mentor, my king, I thought he trusted me," Aqualad clenched his fist and closed his eyes.
"Trust? They don't even trust us with the basics! They have a secret orbiting satellite in space!" Kid announced throwing his hands up once more.
"Then we have to ask; what else aren't they telling us?"
"For all those who aren't going to whine all day, I ask, what is Project Cadmus?" Pain surmised as he approached the large computer screen.
Robin smiled, "Dunno, but I can find out."
He walked past Pain and the other protégées until his fingers met firmly with the holographic keyboard, "Let's see here," He began typing as several boxes of code and numbers appeared on screen.
Kid watched in amazement, "Whoa, how are you doing that?"
"Same system as the Batcave," Robin gleefully continued typing as several 'access denied' panels turned green and said 'access granted' instead.
"Alright; Project Cadmus, genetics lab here in DC… That's all there is." Robin smiled and looked over to Pain who gave him a look.
"But if Batman was suspicious, maybe taking a look wouldn't be such a bad idea?" Pain suggested as he looked back to Kid and Aqualad.
Robin smiled, "What you say?"
Kid stopped in his tracks, "Whoa wait, are you going to Cadmus? Cause if you're going, I'm going!" Kid wrapped Robin around his arm and looked over to Aqualad and Batgirl.
"Solving their case before they do? It would be poetic justice," Aqualad pointed out as he continued to think.
Batgirl stepped forwards and sighed, "But they said stay put."
Kid got in her face with excitement, "For the blotting out the sun mission, not this!"
"It's way too risky! What if we don't find anything? Then we'll be in trouble and it would be for nothing too." She explained as Pain scoffed and walked behind her.
"Oh come on, you have to be curious." Pain put his hand on her shoulder as she contemplated, "Are you afraid of the Bat?" He whispered into her ear softly.
She scoffed and pushed him away with a slight blush, "Fine, whatever but seriously, just like that we're a team on a mission?"
Robin grinned once again, "We didn't come for a play date."
…
A small office building burned large amounts of smoke into the air above as multiple firetrucks aimed their powerful hoses through the window and at the fire.
Pain was the first to arrive as leapt into the air and onto the firetruck assisting the fire, Pain threw his hands together in front of his face, "Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!"
As if on command, the water pooling below the office building along with the water being aimed at the fire began collecting and moving to form a twenty foot tall dragon made completely of water. Pain leapt from the truck onto his chakra creation and allowed it to carry him up to a window of a room which was currently on fire. The dragon slowly lowered Pain to the ground inside the room and then dispersed itself around him putting out the fires.
Pain approached the left wall and analyzed it with his Sharingan, "Appropriate I suppose." He reached his hand out and flicked the wall lightly causing it to crumble and form a large hole. Pain navigated through the smoke and fire using his ocular prowess; he grabbed two men by their collars and leaped out of the window they were shouting from.
As he did this, Kid Flash arrived followed by three multi-colored motor-cycles.
"I know its not the mission but I decided to save these guys first!" Pain shouted towards Kid who raised an eyebrow and ran over.
"What do you mean?" Kid asked as Pain let the men go to the ambulance for treatment.
"I didn't want you to think I was jeopardizing our mission."
"Dude, saving lives always comes first. You never really jeopardize a mission that way because every hero's real goal is to protect people." Kid explained as he zipped up the wall and into the room.
"I guess things are little different here," Pain remembered back when he was just a Genin and he was taught that the mission always came first, until he met his less formal teacher. "Those who abandon the mission may be scum, but those who abandon their comrades are worse than scum!" which was both iconic and true but it only referred to ones comrades, not the civilian populace. Here things seem to be different; saving any life is more valuable than any mission objective. "Interesting," Pain mumbled as Batgirl, Robin and Aqualad parked their motor-cycles and approached the building.
Aqualad walked towards Robin as he hacked through a computer in the far corner of the room, "Anything interesting?"
"Nothing! Just junk files and trip schedules; what kind of genetics lab is this?"
Pain walked towards a file cabinet and began reading through files when something caught his Sharingan's attention down the hall; He squinted behind his mask at an elevator closing in the distance, and just as the doors closed, his Sharingan caught sight of some creature's silhouette including horns and red eyes.
Pain stepped down the hall, "There was something in the elevator."
Kid sped around the corner, "Elevators should be locked down."
Robin ran passed Pain towards the elevator, "No, this is wrong."
Pain looked down at the ground and focused chakra into his Sharingan causing the tomoe to spin and form into an atom design with a pinwheel overlapping it, "Mangekyou Sharingan."
The others looked over to Pain as he stepped towards the elevator shaft, "This elevator goes down way past two floors; I'd say around fifty-floors total"
Robin, who had plugged into the elevators maintenance grid, spoke up in refute, "Fifty-two sub levels actually, but you were close."
Batgirl stepped forwards with a hand on her hip, "What are you waiting for? Pry it open and lets go looking or is that not what we came here to do?" She walked past the men and gripped the edge of each elevator door, prying it open slowly and pencil diving down the shaft.
"Wow, she's uh strong." Kid stated as they heard her grappling hook fire, "I'm sure she's a keeper."
Pain smiled behind his mask, stepping closer to the elevator doors which had shut after Batgirl released her own grip, the closer he got the stronger the small black flames became as they slowly burned a hole through the door. "You don't know the half of it," He walked through the empty space that used to be the stainless steel door and then took a step and began walked down the elevator shaft vertically as if it were still horizontal.
"Burning through steel doors and walking on walls? Who is this guy?" Kid asked as Robin shot a small pod to the ceiling and began grappling with the rope it left behind.
Aqualad shrugged in response and grabbed hold of Robin's rope and began sliding down, Kid grunted and jumped after them.
Pain walked until he saw Batgirl trying unsuccessfully to pry open another set of elevator doors, "Need some help?" He asked as he jumped down to the thin platform she stood on.
"I think this one is locked," She pulled some more but couldn't open it.
"Let me give it a-"
"Don't!" Robin exclaimed as he leapt to the platform, "You'll tip off whoever runs this gig. Let me bypass security first." Robin pulled up a small holo-screen above his wrist and began typing away, several clanks could be heard as Robin finished his hacking, "Door is unlocked, go!"
Pain outstretched his hand towards the elevator door, "Almighty Push." An invisible force pushed on the doors with incredible force, it tore through the metal pushed both doors off there hinges.
The hall they revealed was lined with futuristic designs, Kid immediately pushed past the others and slipped his goggles over his eyes breaking the sound barrier in seconds. Pain's eye widened behind his mask as he shot forwards at far superior speeds, the gust of wind pushed the others slightly as he flashed in front of Kid and socked him in the jaw. Kid was knocked to the ground a few feet from another hall which began marching massive ten-ton beasts and different demon looking creatures with sharp claws and fangs.
"What did you do that for?" Kid asked as he held his jaw.
"You're kidding right? You could have killed yourself!" Pain walked past Kid regrouping with the others, "Next time think before you take off like that."
Kid stepped up and stared at the line of massive beasts as the others joined next to him, "Welcome to Project Cadmus," announced Aqualad as the beasts grunted and blew smoke from their nostrils.
…
Deeper in the facility, a man in a white lab coat and black glasses studied multiple strands of code as he reffered back and forth to his notes. He placed a small crystalline structure in a test tube and poured a corrosive red liquid over it. The liquid broke down the crystal and formed a glowing neon blue substance that illuminated his face ominously.
His thoughts were interrupted by the elevator emitting a loud beeping noise, notifying him that someone was in the elevator. He placed the small blue test tube in carousel of multiple other similar tubes and faced the elevator as it opened revealing a man.
The man wore blue armor with golden plates and a golden helmet, attached to his forearm was a golden shield hence his former hero name, Guardian.
"What is it? I'm busy!" The scientist shouted in aggravation.
"Sorry, Dr. Desmond, but a G-gnome on sub level 26 reports five intruders." Guardian stated as he scratched his own creatures head.
Desmond turned around slowly, "Did I miss a perimeter breach?"
"No," He responded frustrated.
"Then the dumb thing is confused; whatever might occur above ground will never affect our real operation. The real Cadmus is the most secure facility in DC." Desmond turned back to his work and began analyzing test tubes.
"My job to keep it that way," Guardian stated as he placed his hands on his hips.
"Fine, take a squad." Desmond muttered as he continued working.
Guardian bowed slightly before turning and walking out of the room, on his way though, another creature, taller and more humanoid, approached him. "Might I suggest that Guardian leave his G-gnome behind? Should the situation be lethal, he might get in the way."
"The little guy might get hurt."
"No!" Desmond practically shouted, "The advantage of instant telepathic communication outweighs any concern." He pet his own G-gnome causing it purr and close its eyes, "Besides…" his G-gnome's horns began to glow as well as the horns of the gnome on Guardian's shoulder.
Guardian slowly turned his head and looked off in a blank stare, "I must have my G-gnome with me at all times."
The taller creature sighed slightly and turned to leave with him.
…
The five wandering heroes found themselves in a massive room, the walls lined with pods. Each pod contained a creature that generated large amounts of electricity around them.
"Ok, I'm officially whelmed." Robin announced as he stepped further into the room.
"This must be how they keep such a massive compound a secret," Kid surmised, he turned to Aqualad and continued; "The real Cadmus isn't on the grid; they generate their own power with these… things."
"Even the name is a clue," Aqualad stated as he turned to the others, "The Cadmus of myth created a new race by sowing dragon's teeth into the Earth."
Pain approached a case and placed his hand over it, "This Cadmus created its own life too." Pain turned to Robin who smiled.
"Right, on it." The boy wonder practically skipped towards the nearby console and plugged in his holo-computer, "They're called Genomorphs…" Robin scrolled through files in shock, "Whoa! Look at these stats, razer claws, super strength, telepathy, these are living weapons!"
Batgirl stepped forwards and started with a serious tone, "Their building an army…"
"But for who?" Pain rubbed the chin of his mask in curiosity as he tried to connect the dots. Was the appearance of this new Sharingan wielding warrior a coincidence? Or was he connected somehow?
Robin sighed, "There's something else, Project Kr. Its triple encrypted, how am I supposed to-"
"Questions for later," Pain stated out loud as he turned and pointed to the group of Genomorphs standing in the doorway where they entered along with a golden-clad hero.
"Don't move or I'll… Wait? Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash?"
Aqualad stepped forwards, "I know you, Guardian, a hero!"
"I do my best," He stated trying not to boast.
Pain stepped forwards, "Then what are you doing breeding weapons?"
"Weapons?"
Pain disappeared; no one could find him for countless seconds until Guardian felt something cold and sharp against the base of his throat, "Don't play games with me!"
Guardian threw his hands in the air as the kunai dug into his uniform slowly, "Talk! The living weapons you've been creating here! Who's creating them? I want a name!" Pain shouted as sweat visibly slipped down Guardian's temple.
The Genomorphs stood confused staring at the situation as the heroes did as well, "I don't know about any weapons." Guardian stated calmly.
"That's not a name!" the kunai dug slightly deeper as Guardian gulped audibly.
"Okay! You want a name, right? Dr. Desmond is the head scientist here, if what you say is true, he is the guy you need to put a knife to!"
They all watched as Pain lowered his kunai and walked away slowly, "Thank you… would you fight me now or leave peacefully? Either is okay with me."
Guardian wasn't sure if he should be terrified, humiliated or down-right dumbfounded. He scratched his head for a moment, "Uh, I'm chief of security here but, uh… considering your reputations maybe we can confront Desmond or…" the Genomorph on his shoulder looked at him and allowed its own tiny horns to glow bright red as Guardian's face changed completely from confusion to unbridled rage.
"Take them down hard! No mercy!" he pointed at the intruders as the small army of creatures leaped at them.
Pain smirked behind his mask as punched, kicked, or otherwise deflected every enemy sent his way.
Robin smiled at his holo-computer which read 'download complete', "Let's go!" he shot his grappling hook at a nearby support rafter and swung over the chaos.
"Finally!" Pain back handed a creature as he and Batgirl sprinted towards the exit.
Kid sped towards a wall and used it as a spring board to whirl around and knock two of the creatures out; he then made his way towards the exit as well.
Aqualad confronted Guardian, trying to push past him but the man's obvious skill proved detrimental. Guardian pushed the Atlantean into a metal shaft, denting it as he did so. He tried to throw a jab at the heroes face but Guardian ducked under it and pushed him back again. Aqualad snarled and allowed his tattoos to glow neon blue with mystical electricity surging around him and into Guardian. The electricity stunned the hero allowing Aqualad to use his feet to push the man off and onto his back.
They all dashed from the room and into the hall from which they arrived, back tracking to the elevator. They heard the snarling and grumbling of a massive number of creatures on their way through the hall.
Robin began hacking at the elevators computer again, "This may take a few!"
"We don't have a few!" Kid shouted as the others prepared themselves for battle.
"I'll make a diversion!" Pain shouted as he formed an iconic hand sign, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
In an explosion of smoke, four clones of Pain appeared at either side of the original, "Create a distraction," he ordered them, "Create as much chaos as possible!"
One of the clones immediately ran towards the army, which had just turned the corner, and slammed his fist into the ground in front of them. The entire compound shook in terror as even Robin had trouble concentrating on his hacking and he was most familiar with Pain's strength.
The other clones turned and ran down the intersecting halls, destroying and wrecking anything they could. The other clone began taking on the army one by one in a swift manner.
The elevator doors finally slid open behind them as they all piled in, "Close it! Now!" Pain shouted as his clone was dispersed and the army began its course for the original.
"Closing!" the doors shut just in time to stop a Genomorph from entering.
"Ok, insane super strength, cloning, wall walking, and water manipulation? What can't you do?" Kid threw his hands up in frustration.
"Hm… I can't speak Spanish."
"That doesn't count!"
Aqualad put a hand on Robin's shoulder, "Why are we going down?"
Kid turned to the boy wonder with even more frustration, "Dude! Out is up!"
"Uh, dude!" he mocked, "Project Kr is down! On Sub-level 52."
"This is going way out of hand," Aqualad stated as he paced, "Perhaps we should call the Justice League?"
Pain stepped forwards, "Nonsense! No matter what goes on down here, I promise I can get you all out safely. We don't need the league! Let's prove to them we're just as good as they are!"
The elevator dinged and they all shared glances, Robin looked over to Aqualad and sighed, "Well, while we're here…" he trailed off as he opened the doors and ran out along with Kid. The Atlantean sighed with grief, "I suppose," as he ran off to catch up to them.
Pain turned towards Batgirl, "Well, what's your verdict?"
She sighed and placed a hand on Pain's chest, gently caressing it, "I'll go along with whatever you think is best… for now." She patted his chest one last time and walked past him, "But I swear if you get us into trouble I'll knock you senseless!"
They walked for only a few minutes before they came across a fork in the hall, "Which way?"
Pain took a single glance with his Mangekyou and walked directly towards the right-hand path, "Project Kr is this way."
"How do you know that?!" Kid asked, exasperated from the man's mystery.
"Halt!" a tall creature came from the opposing hall and lifted two canisters with its mind, launching them at the hero's feet. The canisters exploded as Batgirl and Robin unleashed their shuriken which simply stopped mid-air before they reached their target.
The hero's ran towards an open vault door as a female scientist came walking out; the thick metal vault began closing behind her as Pain approached.
"Damn it," he mumbled as he got between the two slowly closing towards and pushed against both sides, his muscles strained and veins bulged as he kept the door from closing. He pumped chakra into his limbs but it was clear he was only a temporary door-stopper. Kid came first, sliding past him at super speeds, then came Aqualad and Robin. Batgirl came last although there wasn't enough space for her to fit through anymore.
"I can't fit!"
Pain moved, faster than the eye could see, faster than sound, faster than lightening… he released his grip on the metal doors, reached out grabbing Batgirl by her waste, he yanked her towards him and they both fell into the room, Batgirl firmly on top of Pain.
"Can you get off?" Pain remarked annoyed as Batgirl shook her temporary daze away.
"Oh shut it," She enthusiastically used his head as a way to help herself up off of him.
Robin immediately hacked through the security system, "I deactivated the door, we're safe."
Pain stepped forwards towards a large center pod in the center of the room, "Wrong, we're trapped."
"Cornered like mice," Aqualad added, "Please tell me this 'Project Kr' is worth all of this."
Pain sighed, "It is, take a look at this." He walked over to the pod and wiped a thick layer of frost off the glass revealing a young teenage face to the team.
"A person?" Batgirl asked, "So they're kidnapping people?"
Robin tapped into the console next to the pod, "Not exactly, Project Kr, weapon designation Superboy. A clone force grown in sixteen weeks!" Robin looked around at the surprised faces around him before continuing, "He was cloned from DNA acquired from Superman!"
"Stolen from Superman," Pain interrupted, "Let him out."
"What?" Robin exclaimed, "We should tell the league and-"
"Be their errand boys? So they can swoop in and be the heroes? No, we take the clone and bring him to them, besides; we cant just leave here to be enslaved."
Batgirl sighed, "Maybe we should think about this first?"
"Robin, open the pod or I'm opening it myself."
"Pain, let's not be too hasty about this," Robin pleaded as Pain casually strolled towards the pod.
"We don't have the time and I don't have the patience to wait around," Pain gripped both sides of the canister and crushed the metal like tin-foil, "They're gonna break those doors down in a matter of minutes." He quickly ripped the door off the pod and tossed it aside.
The boy was in an all-white jump suit with the iconic logo blazed in red across his chest, he was surrounded by bright white lights and three small Genomorphs each with glowing horns.
The boy's eyes snapped open in an instant, taking in all of his surroundings at once, "See? Nothing bad happ-"
Pain was interrupted by a fist with tremendous strength striking him in the face, completely breaking apart his mask and sending him across the room and into the vault door.
The clone stepped from the pod with Batgirl approaching him, "We know you must be confused but, we're just trying to- Woah!" She was lifted off her feet and tossed across the room in the blink of an eye.
Robin quickly unplugged his computer and began tossing shuriken at the clone who simply dodged or tanked the attacks, he ran, using the boys chest as spring board he back flipped off of him, kicking him in the process. He brought a taser from his belt and shot it at him, "I don't want to hurt you!" he shouted as the electricity surged from the wire into Superboy.
The clone didn't even flinch as he pulled the taser wire towards him and back handed Robin into unconsciousness. He turned and was met by a wet, blunt object knocking him on his side.
Aqualad stood above him, holding his water-bearers in the form of hammers, "Stay down, we are not your enemies!"
The clone roared with rage and leapt at the Atlantean pushing him into the console. Aqualad swung his hammers expertly, unfortunately Superboy dodged each one with just as much expertise. Aqualad landed a kick to his side but, the clone didn't flinch before grabbing the leg and using it as leverage to toss Aqualad across the room. He ran towards his current opponent and finished the job by slamming the hero's head against the metal wall multiple times until he fell unconscious too.
Kid Flash dashed around him, running literal circles around the boy of steel. The clone raised an eyebrow and simply stuck his hand out at slightly impressive speeds. The speedster ran into his arm and flipped under landing on his stomach, he too received a few head bangs to the ground before falling unconscious.
Superboy turned receiving two shuriken to his back, he shrugged them off and turned around facing Batgirl in a defensive stance.
"Don't think I'll go down easy."
The clone rolled his eyes and used a super speed round house kick to knock her aside and into the wall; she slipped to the ground as she fell out of synch with the rest of the world.
"Guess it's just you and me, huh?"
Superboy turned around to see Pain removing what was left of his mask and tossing it aside, "And unlike her, I really won't go down as easy."
The clone leapt at him only to be met with a massive ball of flame, "Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu!"
The flame launched him into his pod, crushing the metal and glass to dust. The clone gathered his bearings and looked up as Pain approached, "What? Don't like the heat?"
He roared again, this time more viciously as he gained even more speed and sent a right straight towards Pain's chest but, the fist never connected. Pain caught this fist with one palm, he pretended it was effortless but he was pumping an impressive amount of chakra into his arm just to keep it from punching his lung out.
"You're strong," Pain stated releasing the clones fist, "But untrained and sloppy." The shinobi continued to dodge multiple strikes that could've easily meant the end of the fight had they connected.
Pain used his superior speed and reaction time to swivel around his last sloppy hay-maker; he got behind the clone just as the attack missed entirely. Pushing on the center of his back with a little chakra, he replicated a different technique, "Gentle Step: Air Palm," a blast of chakra sent the clone face first into the vault, denting it with his forehead.
"See?" Pain asked as he stepped closer to the clone who had his down in pain, "That's why they call me-"
"You talk too much," Superboy mumbled as he whirled around and landed an upper-cut directly to Pain's chin, sending him up into the air and back down to the ground several feet away.
As Pain was trying to recover, Superboy came from the side and super-kicked him across the temple, knocking him unconscious.
The clone surveyed his victory, five to zero. He walked towards the vault door and pried it open effortlessly. He was faced with multiple Genomorphs of different sizes and shapes, multiple scientists of different fields and race, and one angry doctor whom finally smiled at the sight behind the clone.
"Atta boy."
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So! That is Chapter 3!
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