"To be honest, I am very tempted to just tell my uncle and Ozpin that I only saw two karate men trying to kill each other if they ask me what happened in the vault one more time."

"That's an interesting way to get back at them." Astro Boy noted, "But aside from that, there's not a whole lot to be gained from Jin being here."

"My opponent was clearly remorseful of his actions, and firmly believes that he is too dangerous to be around." Ryu pointed out, "He is certainly not a hero, but allowing evildoers like Lex Luthor and Ganon try to take his powers is too dangerous of a risk."

"I mean, it's a step in the right direction." Yang pointed out, "Vegeta started off as a guy who obliterated planets, and ordered Nappa to kill Tien and Yamcha. It's not that far a stretch to want to give Jin a chance."

"He basically started World War Three." Iron Man pointed out, "I'm pretty sure that qualifies him to be a 'bad guy.'"

"There are plenty of people here who can take on and defeat Jin if he ever goes out of control though." Astro pointed out, "And my morality discernment ability is telling me that he is not completely evil."

"One could say the same about the other villains, though. This guy just sounds like he has more evil than good."

"I have to agree with Shellhead on this one, and when I'm saying it, you know it's a big deal." Hawkeye added, "He's not like Bowser, who occasionally teams up with the heroes to take down a common threat, and doesn't do much evil nowadays outside of serving as someone for Mario to beat in his games."

"Yang brings up a good point though," Ryu added, "If we are so willing to forgive the likes of Vegeta and Bowser, we should be willing to forgive Jin for his transgressions."

"Or at least, hear him out." Yang clarified, "It's not like I'm willing to let what he did slide, but we should, at the very least, hear him out."

"Hawkeye, didn't you start out as Iron Man's rival or something?" Orchid asked, "I don't think you're in a position to say people can't be forgiven for their actions, no matter how misguided."

"I never caused chaos to break out in the entire world!" Hawkeye pointed out, "Look, we all have to come to a conclusion here. Why can't we get it over with?"

"What about you, Subs?- What's your opinion?"

"Manipulation can cause one's judgement to be impaired. I believe Jin's thirst for vengeance and an end to the suffering the Devil Gene caused is his primary goal."

"So, what?- Are you saying to put him out of his misery?- I don't feel comfortable doing that." Yang said.

"Yeah, I kinda gotta agree with Yang on this one. We might live in a world where death is cheap, but t still hurts like hell." Natsu added, "Besides that, is having him around any different than having Raven around?- Both of them are harbingers of destruction and chaos, but Raven managed to find kindred spirits with others and become good guys."

"Didn't know your vocabulary was that big." Iron Man muttered under his breath, "But, Natsu does have a point in keeping him alive. We might at some point, need his help with something. Maybe Heihachi or Azazel show up."

"But we have bigger guys like Carol and 18 to back us up." Hawkeye pointed out, "I don't think we'd be in any major danger if we just kill Jin right now. Plus, if we absolutely need him, we could just resurrect him."

"It'd be an unwanted revival though. Doctors have been sued for saving a person's life when they didn't want to be." Yang said, "Off topic question, do you think Ryu or Akuma's Raging Demon could kill Professor Possess-a-kid's soul, and still leave the other soul intact?"

"'Possess-a-kid?'- You mean Ozpin?"

"I know what I said."

"Focus!"

"Wow. When Hawkeye's the one telling people to focus, you know that this is a big situation."

"Clearly, he wants to repent for his sins, but his drive to cleanse the world of those who possess the Devil Gene clouds his judgment." Sub-Zero added, "Perhaps not death, but incarceration?"

"That's likely to be the best outcome we're going to get to." Iron Man pointed out, "We don't really have much of a choice in who deserves to die. We aren't exactly judge, jury, and executioner."

"Again, death is cheap here. We had to rez sixteen people because of Joker last week."

"Thirteen, actually." Tony clarified, "Three of them had those special markers that indicated that they didn't want to be rez'd if found dead. It never gets any easier."

"Yeah. At least it wasn't as many as when Doomsday attacked. Lost thirty people there. And only half of them were willing to be rez'd."

The group held a moment of silence for those that had fallen.

"Not to pay any disrespect for the dead or anything, but why did that vault smell like there was a dead body in it when Jin and I got there?"

"The decoy Spring Maiden died there."

"What was her name again?"

"Vernal. Because apparently, the idea of the decoy Spring Maiden literally being named 'spring' was a subtle idea that my mom probably cooked up."

"It's not as bad as that Cinder woman though." Hawkeye commented, "I mean, you could be like Goku's bald buddy, and have a name that more or less means 'walnut.'"

"Pretty sure it means 'chestnut.'" Tony replied.

"Did J.A.R.V.I.S give you that information?" Ryu asked, "Because you also forgot to mention that the word 'lin' derives from the word 'Shaolin.'"

"Do you… Do you just have this information lying around on notecards or something so that you can spout random facts about people's names or something?"

"Yes. I keep track of all the etymology of people's names. For instance, Jin's first name means 'Benevolence,' whilst his surname means 'while the wind is blowing.'"

"Ironic considering he started World War Three." Sub-Zero muttered.

"Damn, that's a burn."

"You mean freezerburn!" Hawkeye quipped.

"Can't. Weiss isn't here yet." Yang smirked.

"Joking aside, are we all in agreement?" Orchid asked, "Jin is to be imprisoned until we can definitively determine that he's ready for interaction with others, right?"

"I think so." Astro Boy agreed, "Is there anyone against?"

Hawkeye raised his hand, "I just want to know if we have a contingency plan in case he gets loose and goes on a rampage."

"We do. His name is Ryu. Which translates to 'Dragon.' Kinda like my name." Yang gestured to the martial artist in question, "We'll be fine."

"Is there a reason you're keeping me here alive?" Jin asked, as he was behind an energy barrier, "I'm not exactly one who wants to keep my line going. Not to mention, that there's no need for a guard. I don't plan on escaping anyways."

"Doesn't matter. Once you go Devil Gene, you're a threat. And unlike you, I can actually control my demonic half." Dante glared.

"Whatever. It's not like there's much for me to do around here." Jin sighed, "I just need this accursed line… You'll let me out if Kazuya shows up though, right?- I have some unfinished business to take care of with him."

"You'll have to take it up with the others." Dante answered, "It's not my call to make-"

*SLAM!*

"Okay, Jin. We've reached an agreement." Iron Man said as he entered the holding facility, "You've obviously been through a lot. A lot of us have. But we're not a hundred percent that we can trust you to not go nuts and murder everyone until Ryu blows out your chest again with a Kamehameha, so we're just going to hold you in this cell until we can definitely say that you won't."

"He killed him with a Hadoken." Dante corrected, "Shinku Hadoken to be more precise. But, I'd say that this is probably the best call."

"Here's a communications device." Iron Man said as he slipped one through the energy barrier, "It'll let you talk in our chatrooms, and have a virtual look around the place."

"It should also let you order stuff from the cafeteria." Orchid added, "We're also going to have some other people stop by to make sure you don't do anything too nuts, and to check up on your progress."

"I still believe that it would be beneficial if you were to kill me." Jin said as he took the communicator.

"That's not how we see it. You want to atone for your sins?"

Jin nodded.

"Then start by making a difference in how you interact with people. Then move on to saving them." Iron Man replied.

"Besides, if we killed you, you wouldn't get a shot at taking down your gramps or the other Devil Gene users on the chance they show their ugly mugs." Dante quipped, "That's at least got to be a bit more exciting than lounging around in the afterlife."

Jin chuckled. It wasn't an unwelcome sound, but it also wasn't expected. "Okay then. I take it Ryu is going to be the one who keeps me in check?"

"Well, Kenshiro and Jotaro typically just wander the desert areas and only come back for the big threats, but other than them, you're pretty much in check by Ryu, Dante, Wolverine, and a few others."

"Out of general curiosity, who keeps Kenshiro in check?" Jin asked as he lied down in the cot of his cell.

"Ichigo, Deadpool, Pinkie Pie, Naruto, and Wonder Woman." Orchid replied, "Kirby's on that list too, but he keeps pretty much everyone else in check."

"Can you believe that he's still technically a baby?" Dante asked, "I'd probably crap myself a few times over if I were to see the amount of power he'd have as an adult."

Everyone shuddered at the thought.

"Well, we don't have to worry about that right now." Iron Man said, "For now, let's rest up. It's been a long day for a lot of people."

X: Back from hiatus, and it feels so good!

Wade: Yeah, been meaning to ask; what the hell happened?

X: Life. Life happened. Trust me, if I could make a living off of these chapters, I wouldn't need a job. But, y'know… Them's the breaks.