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Clash of Realms	By : RaphaelTMNT Category: -Misc Anime > Crossovers Views: 3294 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Clash of Realms
CHP18: Team Devising

While walking down the halls and through his estate, much of the guards and other persons bowed their heads as each and every one of them recognized and admired princess Akasha. She was loved and valued just as much as the emperor. Moka was at the Dark Lord's side as they approached the double doors to his quarters and two guards who stood in front of it stepped aside as she approached, bowing their heads. Right away the two vampires entered and while Apollo wasn't at his desk, the harbinger stood in front of a board to the left of his workspace with a map and long list of names compiled over it. The map itself was of Lagooz forest.
"My daughter and grandchild," Apollo spoke with his eyes dialed into his work. "How may I be of service?"
Without looking he knew it was them by their monster energy signatures. Moka keyed in on some of the names over the board and as did Akasha; the Dark Lord recognizing a few small time and mid-level criminals within the realm.
"What's all this you're working on?" Moka asked out of curiosity.
"Much, my child," Apollo responded, but with his back to them. "Nothing has come of the investigations functioned by the grand kingdoms and their independent investigations. I find it rather improbable that after weeks and weeks the status quo remains as it has been, which leads me to believe this was the work of one of the outlaw groups mentioned, or perhaps someone else... but only on hindsight. So not to create panic the general public has mostly been kept in the dark on the matter."
A quick moment of quiet ensued before Apollo spoke up again.
"None captured, defeated, killed or rendered unconscious from their end, and I recognize we've been through the possibility of ghost like beings more than enough. Some of the weapons used in this incident will be examined closely by the Western Legions and Cornelia leading the charge and reporting back to me."
Both Akasha and Moka took his words in, giving it some thought.
"An all-out battle with hundreds of demons, and more than a handful of National Wexers, only six prisoners taken and not one lost casualty from our side, the whole thing reeks," Akasha nodded.
There wasn't any documented yokai ranked higher than that of a werewolf, vampire, kitsune or phoenix, signifying that whoever responsible weren't to be taken lightly.
"Clearly you're busy with important matters, which I hate to disturb, but I think there's something you need to tell me. Something you've kept to yourself that you had no right to keep from me!" Akasha sneered as her passions came pouring out in that single instant.
The yokai emperor slowly lowered his writing utensil as he turned and faced her. Moka stayed silent but close at her mother's side.
"Excuse me, I do not follow. What troubles you, my child?"
Whatever was on mind clearly caused her much stress, Apollo inspecting this in her shaky posture as well as her fingers twitching and the unbalance in the flow of her aura.
"I do not have all day my child, please do speak," Apollo voiced after seconds of no response.
She had been waiting for this moment of confrontation and to express herself letting it all out.
"I love you father, I do. But how dare you raise your fists and threaten to kill my Sasha! I don't care if it was without merit! You're supposed to be her grandfather, someone she can love and trust and with this you're off to a really bad start! Growing up under your care, you never would have done something like that to Sasha-nee or myself, so why do it to my daughter... I don't care that what she did was against the rules, she's only a child and my child!"
The door behind them swayed open as the valkyrie Eris stepped through, hearing the commotion from all the way down the hall. She hadn't any idea the context of anything that was being said, but Akasha was visibly heated and upset while Apollo stood across from her, and his expression a blank one. There was much that he took into consideration as there was equally as much thoughts flowing through his head, understanding Akasha's perspective completely but also very much blindsided by the subject material. Just who was it that enlightened her of that night?! Only himself, Superman and the Justice League were in tuned with what happened... had one of its members reached out to her?
But aside from that, he was a father and parent understanding the anger fuming from within her and directed at him. Had it been the other way around and he learned someone had threatened her at an age equivalent to young Sasha's he would have lost his cool and shown that person and or persons a piece of his mind!
"Answer me dammit, you of all people I would have expected to be the last person I to do something like this, and then to keep it all too yourself and pretend this whole time you had no clue where she was! Goodness, you knew how much it was consuming me and you said nothing... at one point I was even on the brink of losing my mind!"
A step behind the two vampires was Eris who lightly bit at her tongue, now knowing what had come to light and why the Dark Lord was so animated. But even as she stood there a singular question did come to mind, and that being how/who? How had Akasha learned of Sasha's whereabouts and the situation evolving around it and who had told her. The league was the first set of individuals that came to mind but even that didn't make very much sense given the circumstance. If their aim was to protect the child from harm and viewing Apollo as a potential threat to Sasha, alerting her mother of this would only further complicate and jeopardize that very principle.
There was many ways Apollo could have responded to Akasha's outburst accusing him of hiding things and being deceitful. He very much could have brought up some of her recent blunders in the past couple years. She allied herself with Fairy Tale, working undercover and therefore putting mankind in jeopardy with no intent of seeking him. And then of course came her following actions to dupe everyone into believing she hadn't survived the dusk of Vheuto lazz, living within the yokai realm in secret for the next several years.
Those were things he very well could have countered with, but he was hardly that petty and also understood what she was going through and feeling. Bringing these instances to light and claiming her a hypocrite wasn't in his interest as he loved Akasha as if she were his own flesh and blood. There was that and then of course he had his very own reasons for doing what he did. With a deep sigh Apollo gave the Dark Lord his full undivided attention.
"I am very sorry for this, my child," he went on, inspecting the hurt and sense of betrayal in her eyes. "But you must understand I did what I did to avoid skirmish with both sides, and yes I do understand my very actions worsened the situation. Superman gave me his word the league would see to it that she was taken care of."
"And what of me, I'm her mother! She belongs with myself and the rest of her family!"
The emperor took a deep breath and closed his eyes for a singular moment before looking back to her.
"My choice of words to young Sasha left them suspect of her safety, though you know she was never in any real danger. I could never bring myself to harm any within this family, I'd rather perish if possible than slay loved ones. And my decision to hold this from you is really quite simple, tell me something child had you known the league was holding young Sasha what would you have done?"
"I would have demanded they returned her, that's what! She's mine, I gave birth to her and had they not I would have confronted them and taken her by force if I had to! They have no claim to her father, she's my daughter... I just don't understand how you could allow something such as this to slide!"
Apollo took another deep breath, but his eyes never looking away from hers.
"And that's the very reason I didn't speak a word, my child. Confronting and creating quarrel with those of good intentions with no hard will against young Sasha would have done no one any good, and now I ask out of curiosity, how did you come to this realization?"
"A reliable and trusted source, which has little to do with any of what's important. And since we're on this subject and as I don't want to run around in secrecy hiding things, there's something else you should know," Akasha then took a deep breath. "And before I tell you this I'll have you know that you aren't to lay a single finger on him."
Apollo bit back and even without the mention of a name he had a pretty good indication of who she referred to.
"I went and saw him... Sasha's father. And I don't think we need to go over that night again where you stumbled upon Sasha in Gotham. I'm here to confirm that what you saw that night and what you tried to stop from happening did in fact happen. Sasha's infused blood into Bruce, it... it turned him."
Right away the emperor's heart sunk, even though he had anticipated this very outcome. Hearing it and essentially having it confirmed was a whole lot different than presuming what he believed might have happened and so for a few seconds he just closed his eyes and silently deliberated to himself. He did so for what felt like over a minute before his eyes opened and his gaze returned to Akasha's.
"Wayne has lost his humanity, profaned... such a atrocity is unnatural and so too did he lose his purity. There's a reason regulations for such instances are in place, men are better off acceding to death then suffering the torture of morphing into a ghoul or vampire and living the life of such."
Akasha grimaced as she broke eye contact with her father and even rolling her eyes.
"Bruce isn't suffering," the Dark Lord responded with her fists clinched. "Did you not hear what I just said, I saw him with my own two eyes."
Apollo exhaled as he shook his head.
"Perhaps, but I do not refer to the short term, my child. It's been what, just over four months since his turning, yes? I've lived for millenniums and have seen men who've experienced exactly what he's going through right in this instant, don't usually end well. Maybe not yet, but unsupervised as is and with no understanding of what he's going through, Wayne will become a danger to himself and everyone around him. There's a reason turned vampires don't usually last through a full century. You say he's doing fine, but I shall determine this for myself!"
"Gee that's funny, wasn't aware that I became a danger to society and or myself... and hhhhmmmmm, I'd say I've lived far and beyond a century. And maybe it's just me, but I think I've done pretty well considering."
Not at all amused with the Dark Lord's mockery, Apollo frowned upon her but still managed to maintain his composure.
"Under my guidance that is, so tell me my child, who does Wayne have in his corner? The Justice League? They know not of his current and incoming physical complications. Those super beings, great as they may be won't be able to save him from what they do not understand, this is far beyond their abilities or understanding. You know good and well the first year of ones turning is the most important to learn the ins and outs of what they're going through or he or she will completely evade themselves and lose whatever humanity in they had! I will not have that with him, I will never allow for the rising of another Alucard!"
"That won't happen with him, I just know it won't," Akasha shook her head. "And he's had the proper supervision since his turning, believe me."
With tensed shoulders Apollo let out a chuckle, still with his eyes over the pink haired vampire.
"Supervision you say, I'd hardly say the likes of Superman or a single of the other leaguers qualify as the proper guidance. Wayne will work his way into his own self destruction if he does not acquaint himself with those who understand and can properly aid him with what he's going through. Four months without a watchful expert and you say he's just fine, excuse my skepticism child, but I'll hold off on judgement of what's just fine or not when we gather."
She had mostly told him everything, but there was however one small detail left out that the vampire neglected to mention and that was the very involvement of Selene Kayeda. Truth be told she didn't know how her father would react to the very notion a member of the Asagao three was training him in secret the entire time without their knowledge. The Dark Lord herself still hadn't gotten over the fact Selene had done this and didn't say anything until now, contemplating some form of punishment if any at all.
"Grandfather I can confirm," Moka stepped forward. "I've seen and talked with him as well and it's as mother says, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference if he was vampire or not. And I've seen him fight too."
This caught the three of them off guard which included Akasha, as both she and Eris stood with narrowed eyes.
"You've seen him in battle, when?!" Akasha demanded of her daughter.
Moka didn't want to freak them out, so made sure to choose her words carefully. Even she couldn't believe he was out on patrol so soon after his turning but more intriguing was the handling he had over his speed, strength and movement which raised queries to what sort of drills Selene put him through to reach such a level in four short months! He looked much like a seasoned vampire warrior who'd been at it for years.
"Well sort of, it was just a couple seconds of his routine exercise... that is all," Moka lied. "But from a physical standpoint he seems to be coming along."
Coming along was an understatement and the word on her mind, "Arrived," certainly was more accurate but Moka didn't want to speak much on the matter. There was that, but he was only fighting in a compressed state without the use of his inner monster aura so even she didn't know how powerful and what else he picked up on. Listening to his daughter and granddaughter speak on the matter in addition to what he'd seen in the past, captivated his attention further.
"And now I ask, where is Wayne?" Apollo questioned, his eyes surveying both Moka and Akasha.
XXX
It was inside the cave that he stood in front of the massive computer screen inspecting schematics for a new suit design but the caped crusader wasn't alone, as on either side of him were two separate individuals. To his left was the succubus with long green hair, dressed in purple nylons with bat patterns and on the other side of him was an individual dressed in red armor, mask, yellow boots, and thunder bolt symbol over his chest. They were Morrigan Aensland and the Flash.
"I'm not exactly one in tuned with all your tech and gadgetry, but what am I looking at?" the succubus looked to Batman.
The speedster was quick to speak up, doing so before his teammate.
"It's a new suit design, with various internal kinks but the upper armor looks to be similar with slight altercations," Barry looked to Morrigan. "Yup, he's putting together a new suit."
The succubus nudged her shoulder against Batman, looking up at him as she did.
"That right?" she inquired.
"Something like that," Batman simply nodded. "The period of over a year I spent inside the realm of Alvasleha gave me plenty of time to not only retrain my body and mind, study the yokai realm and its history, but also ponder some of the changes to my equipment and atop that list the bat suit. The vampire bloodline that I'm connected to has one glaring weakness and that's to the purity of water and in my line of work that could prove problematic."
"So you've developed a suit to diffuse that drawback?" Morrigan questioned.
"Very much so," Batman answered. "It's ready to be put into production as this is something I started nearly seven months back while on that island, and let's say it's a downpour or somehow I find myself in a pool of water, the suit has a built in system connected to my vitals and nervous system and alerted if my body is exposed and suffering damages from this exposure."
"What then, an electric shock?" the Flash joked.
"Not quite," the caped crusader shook his head, but with his eyes still over the computer screen. "The alert system will trigger if my heart rate or other vitals drop below normal levels from exposure to water. An automatic mechanism in place would inject a fixed amount of herbal treated water into my bloodstream, combating against the poisonous effects."
The speedster took two steps back and with a raised eyebrow beneath his mask and Morrigan picked up on the look in his eyes. So with this in mind the succubus queen looked to add on.
"You're uninformed in the aspect of the monster world and its different species, which is understandable as you're a citizen of man's world and we monsters rarely show our true selves among humans. But what Batman refers to is the herb water itself which doesn't damage vampires."
The succubus then looked strictly to Batman as she continued on.
"Stop me if I'm wrong, but the idea here is that if by some chance you're exposed to a large pool of water your suit's alarm system or whatever its called would immediately disperse herb treated water into your system and combining with the pure water, canceling out its deadly effects."
"Exactly," Batman nodded.
Morrigan then proceeded to jump up and down with her hands clasped together.
"While I might not be genius intellect in tech like you people I have no issue keeping up and speaking in the same language."
The Flash stared at Makai's ruler as she looked far too enthusiastic by this. It was Superman that informed Barry of Batman's return from his hiatus and so with a little extra time on his hands the speedster was in Gotham and to the manor in seconds and coincidently Morrigan was already there. It was just in a single click over the keyboard that Batman maximized a separate window with a couple faces on screen.
"Mirror Master, Weather Wizard and Captain Cold," the Flash crossed his arms. "We have evidence supporting that the three of them were recruited by Fairy Tale. Only limited imagery all in black and white and hard to make out. Yes, we've all but confirmed Fairy Tale is responsible for the collection of the Chirismoy shells while you were vacationing."
"And when did this occur?" Batman inquired.
"Over two months ago while you were inside that realm. Two of your own are also suspected recruits and while you've probably heard the rumors about Basil Karlo's recruitment as it is, there's info also suggesting they freed Pamela Isley."
The Dark Knight's fists immediately clinched at this very notion.
"Poison Ivy," he grimaced. "What's your evidence?"
"All files are on the leagues database. You should be able to access them from here and everything else that's been compiled since your absence, which is quite the stack I should warn you in advance."
Not another word was said as their attention was diverted to the staircase on the opposite side of the room. Two persons appeared down the steps and the first was Alfred and beside him was a woman with long purple hair, fair skin, red rose colored eyes with a slit through them and wearing lightweight armor with much of her cleavage exposed and her stomach. Both Flash and Morrigan were surprised to see this woman, but it wasn't so with the caped crusader, as he made contact. Pennyworth coughed and freed his throat, looking to Batman specifically.
"I'll be near if you need anything, sir."
Only with a nod, his eyes then fell over the woman as Alfred took off up the steps.
"Selene..." his voice dragged off.
The purple haired vampire gazed at the ground with no intent to look him in the face, the feeling much like being disciplined by a parent. When taking the call and so quickly after his training, the medic had a pretty good indication of why he summoned her so abruptly.
"This is about Akasha-sama?" Selene's eyes rose from the ground and met with his. "If you give me a chance I'd like to explain myself."
Though his eyes were covered by the white glowing lenses, she could still almost feel them glaring down over her behind them.
"You promised me Kayeda, you told me you wouldn't say a word..." the caped crusader marched forward as the vampire did the same and they met halfway.
"I did, no denying it but I had my reasons for going back on that promise and if you let me I'll clarify," Selene looked passed him and to the Flash and Morrigan. "But I'd rather discuss in private."
"Anything you wish to say to me can be said in front of them."
Selene rolled her eyes at this whilst Morrigan moved in and with her head lowered over Batman's left shoulder.
"It's okay hun, you and little miss vampire can have your private conversation, while speedo and I take off."
"Not speedo, Flash," the speedster face palmed.
"Whatever," the succubus chuckled as she pushed away from the dark knight. "Be upstairs when yur finished."
Bats formed around Morrigan as she dressed into casual human clothing and took off up the steps.
"We're holding a board meeting in a couple hours and..."
"I'll be there," Batman looked to Flash.
"Good to know."
With that he saluted Batman and in the blink of an eye he was gone, leaving the two vampires as Batman instantly looked to Selene.
"Talk."
She first took a deep breath and cleared her mind before talking while Batman stood across from her but never looking away.
"Okay so here goes," her body eased as she straightened her posture. "When I originally told you that your secret was safe with me, I intended it. I didn't mean to tell her until after her marriage ceremony, just as you had wanted."
"What changed?"
"Everything," Selene responded but then bit over her tongue as she looked to correct herself. "Or nothing at all, I guess you could say I finally was afforded the opportunity to see what Akasha-sama had seen all along and... and I couldn't in my right mind allow things to progress as they were. She is my master and while she doesn't see it that way, considering us three her colleagues; we strive to be exactly what she is. She's queen of our species, the most powerful and valued and such a woman deserves nothing short of the best and I mean that in every regard."
Batman's eyes narrowed as he had not yet fully deduced what Selene was getting at.
"She was to be mated to Colton Orsic as you know, a vampire born into great riches with an abundance of connections and insight of the monster world. He's knowledgeable fella, but too habitually does he not use that brain of his and instead spends most his time partying and entertaining ladies which is fine, I love a man with a sense of adventure and lets loose... but he's no warrior and his insufficiency of responsibility is quite alarming. His family name alone puts him on the map for a potential mate to my master, aside from Issa Shuzen who was ten times the better choice! He's got everything that Colton's got and then some, a true soldier, ambassador and also holds a fear factor which grants him respect. I believed he and my master were the perfect match, pity it fell through."
"Why are you telling me any of this?" Batman questioned.
The purple haired vampire snickered as she played with a strand of hair that fell over the right side of her face.
"A bit off topic I suppose, but there's a reason and the point is I will not allow my master to settle for anything less than the best. I didn't know much about you before your turning, other than the folklore and what Akasha-sama shared during the time we were concealed in the past seven years. Most of what she said about you went through one ear and out the other, you were the father of her child so of course she'd say good things and me being who I am didn't believe much of it all because you... you were a human."
Their eyes were locked at this point as she continued on.
"I suppose you could say I was ignorant and hateful of your kind, and only put on face for my master. To say my entire outlook has changed in regards to humans would be a lie, but individually you've opened my eyes, Wayne. If you're any indication all men aren't so bad, and in fact can reach for and accomplish unimaginable things when selfishness brushed aside as our great emperor would say, and now I see what he meant and why he cherishes mankind in the way that he does. And while bodily you're no longer that, in spirit and mind you are," Selene smiled at him. "And hold onto that for long as you live. Never lose sight of what got you to this point, never forget what drove and made you the man that you are."
"The point, Selene."
Intriguing as the conversation might have been he was losing his patience and had others things to look over and places to be.
"While training you for all that time and being so close, I truly gathered who you are beneath it all. Your mentality, sense of justice, edge, pain and means to grow and do better by pushing yourself through the unachievable. You're one of, if not the brightest mind I've ever encountered! It's funny, you have the thinkers, fighters, planners, brawlers, weapons experts, tacticians, detectives, creators and... and somehow you're all of that rolled up in one! Regardless of how you present yourself in such a dark fashion and aim to spread fear, deep down you truly care for those you seek to protect, the faceless. Do you understand now?"
Selene's eyes grew more intense than he'd ever seen them.
"I will not allow my master, the greatest of our species to settle for anything less than the best," the female vampire looked him off. "And you're exactly that, and it isn't a matter of if but when."
Her eyes again returned to his.
"You will surpass her, I saw it in your very training and the look in your eyes. Whether that be the initial awakening of your shinso blood... or somewhere down the line. There's something that drives and pushes you in ways I've never seen in anyone. Akasha-sama doesn't have this and nor do many. You have my endorsement... you're who I want at her side as king of Hiklorhan, the kingdom of vampires. She doesn't love Colton Bruce, this arrangement of theirs was for the sake of convenience."
Right away an undeniable smirk shaped over Selene's lips.
"There is however someone that she does love, very, very much."
"Who?"
"I'm not at liberty to say, but you're the detective and if you haven't figured it yet believe me you will soon enough. And do keep in mind while I did inform Akasha-sama that I've been looking after you this whole time, that didn't include very many details."
Batman looked to her with inquiring eyes.
"Your intense training inside the realm of Alvasleha is unknown to her. And while they believe you've been turned for just over four months, in reality you've had over a year and with training that your ordinary vampire would see in a span of ten years. I put you through torture, but you survived and are better for it. No one knows yet how powerful you've become and with such control, but they soon will when the time is right. For now however, that power must be kept to a minimum."
XXX
Members of the Justice League were assembled inside the conference room within the watchtower and discussing matters related to their dilemma but there was a nonmember in attendance, being the queen of Makai. Cyborg had taken the charge and leading the conversation with a huge hologram screen visible. Three separate items were displayed over the hologram and in 3D form. All members in attendance included Aquaman, Wonder Woman, both Green Lanterns, Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz, Batman, the Flash and lastly Superman.
"Those things there," Simon pointed out over the hologram. "Are they the Lastiaz spheres?"
"Uh hu," Victor responded with the bob of his head. "This plan or whatever it is that Fairy Tale aspires to accomplish absolutely cannot be done without the three of these."
"So theoretically speaking if they obtained all the Chirismoy shells they'd be unable to achieve anything without the spheres in addition," Arthur chuckled.
Superman exhaled from where he sat and with his eyes still over the hologram.
"It goes both ways," Kal voiced. "Say someone had possession of the Lastiaz spheres and all shells except one, the combined pieces wouldn't activate. All fifty shells are essential."
"So when all parts are brought together their purpose is to open realms, any guesses to what they're intending to accomplish? This whole unchaining worlds stuff seems like pretty dangerous territory," Jessica added.
A long moment of silence followed before the caped crusader spoke up.
"Zelliatos. This is Fairy Tale at the wheel and seven years ago their objective was to open that dimension and it wouldn't be farfetched to assume they're looking to finish what they started."
"Looks like I'm not the only one," Superman added. "We won't allow things to escalate that far to where we find out."
"And I'm already in the process of speaking with some of my own representatives of Makai and will soon return and assemble a meeting between all the nobles," Morrigan joined in on the conversation. "And the subject matter revolving around the shells and locations of them within the realm."
Wonder Woman repositioned in her seat and looking to Morrigan.
"You plan to gather them before the enemy does?"
"Even if just a few," the succubus concurred. "And if I'm able to do this the pieces would be stored somewhere not so very easily attainable. How about your magic girl, does she have the means of tracking these things?"
"Not as of now, but perhaps if we manage to get our hands on a single of them, that could change if there's a magical connection between each piece, but I wouldn't bank on it. Nothing ever comes easy," Superman emphasized.
The Flash nodded in agreement as he sat forward with his hands atop the table.
"Iris and I are attending some pageant event and I caught a sneak peak of some of the prizes."
"What of them?" Aquaman questioned.
"One out of the bunch greatly resembled our shells, and I won't know for sure if it is or not until after the event. I'll act accordingly from then."
"Whatever the case we can't sit on the defense and play a game of read and react, staying proactive is how we assure they don't have their way."
"Clearly and this couldn't be truer when you stop and realize what exactly is happening here. With the addition of powerful foes tied to us makes them just that much more dangerous."
As they had gone through the details of what the enemy sought, the attention was then shifted to those believed to have been recruited by the group of rouge yokai. They barely got off anything else as the automatic doors to the conference room sprung open and two non-members entered through as both Superman and Batman stood. Morrigan on the other hand jumped up from her seat and racing across the table. The first woman had long purple hair with red eyes and a slit through them and wearing lightweight armor. The other beside her had long pink hair and a black bow tied in it while dressed in a black dress.
"Akasha!"
The succubus jumped with her arms wrapped around the vampire queen as she embraced her tightly.
"So good to see you!" Morrigan held on tightly. "How's return to the throne life been, adjusting okay?"
"It's been fine, great to see you again," the Dark Lord smiled as she too held onto Morrigan.
The Flash looked on with confusion and even scratching at the side of his mask.
"And no explanation for how they even got up here," the speedster recognized the purple haired vampire but hadn't any clue of the second individual.
By that point Superman and Batman moved out in that direction and were joined by Cyborg who was also already standing. The remainder of the league members remained seated as Morrigan backed away from Akasha, giving her space to breath.
"How did the two of you get up here?" Superman questioned.
"This," Selene tossed the small JL teleport device to the kryptonian. "I forgot to return it, but seeing as I will have no further use for it you may have it back."
Kal simply nodded and recalled the night the mechanism was given to her, allowing the medic to come and go during the three day stretch that Bruce was out cold before waking as a vampire. The Dark Lord's eyes fell over the caped crusader as she held back a smirk.
"Hello Bruce," she said sheepishly.
This somewhat threw him for a curb, uncertain why she was reacting to him this way but even so he just swept the thought idea tilting his head. Her eyes then looked to that of Superman with an arm extended outward and an earnest smile.
"We never properly introduced ourselves," the vampire shook hands with him. "It's a shame we met under such circumstances seven years ago, but it's good to know we're on the same side this time around."
"That it is," Superman returned the smirk.
Cyborg also introduced himself to the Dark Lord as she did the same, and the vampire very interested in his robotics. But that was only for a moment as she then gawked past both and at the full table of members.
"We aren't interrupting anything, are we?" the pink haired vampire asked.
"Yes," Batman responded. "We're in the middle of a briefing."
"But it's okay," Superman interposed. "A brief recess was coming either way, how can we help?"
The Dark Lord's eyes immediately fell over Batman as she took a single step forward.
"Father knows of your turning and as you know I've told him. You likely aren't interested in a sit down or meeting but it's something that needs to happen. He's so on edge and uptight with all that's been going on recently and your turning, it would really ease tensions if..."
"Unwarranted," Batman responded.
The pink haired vampire closed her eyes and let out a deep sigh, expecting this exact response.
"Don't say that," she shook her head while looking into his eyes. "It will only be for a little while, a simple conversation and maybe a day or two… to a week of observation, but that would be it."
"A day or two... right," the dark knight spoke unconvincingly.
In a single step forward he frowned.
"There isn't time for issues with your father's anxieties, not with the predicament presenting both worlds. My wellbeing should be the least of his concerns, I'm fine and you can clearly see that. Return to your father and tell him that."
His continued denial was anticipated, but that didn't stop the Dark Lord from rolling her eyes in provocation.
"Always so difficult, why? If not for him then do it for me," the vampire clasped her hands together with insistent eyes. "I could personally take you under my wing for the foreseeable future and help you through setbacks that come with being turned. The first nine months to a year are the most crucial to..."
"Thanks," Batman interjected, shaking his head. "I'll pass."
"Pass!" Akasha snarled. "That isn't a choice you're in a position to make! Do you even understand what occurs inside a turned subject's body? You could potentially lose your rationality, Bruce! Selene's looked after you for the past four months and I'm thankful, but that's hardly enough time to consider you out of the danger zone."
Selene then stepped forward, throwing her hair back with a hint of confidence.
"Excuse my interruption Akasha-sama, but I'm inclined to side with Mister Wayne here. I've seen and been with him this whole time."
Akasha couldn't believe her ears as she looked to her dependable maiden with a feeling of puzzlement and surprise. It wasn't just because the vampire was one of her very own right hands and shield, but because of her knowledge and understanding on so many different matters related to monsters and yokai. Of all people she was possibly the last person the Dark Lord believed would authorize something so inconceivable!
"Selene," Akasha shook her head as she looked to the vampire. "You can't really mean that, you're the specialist and recognize the ins and outs of what'll happen to himself if he isn't properly directed through all that..."
"I've had the conversation with him more times than I can count. So when I tell you he's fine, there should be no doubts. I am after all the professional in this field," Selene grinned.
There was a certain confidence about her grin and a peculiar look in her eyes that Akasha had never seen before and there was a hidden reason for this. That period of four months for both she and Bruce, was that plus an entire year. The drills he went through were intense and just about ten times the load and conditions that Akasha herself trained under, and the hours grueling and unyielding. Akasha, nor Apollo would have ever considered putting a newly turned through half of what she did. Selene herself knew it was a huge gamble but put all that she knew aside and put all her faith in him.
"And what brought you to this conclusion?" the pink haired vampire asked with her arms crossed. "This isn't like you to make such an assertion that goes against your own studies and research... are you hiding something?"
Not at all phased by the question, Selene maintained her posture.
"You trust my judgement don't you, Akasha-sama?"
The inquiry left the Dark Lord silent and by then it was clear to Morrigan that Akasha hadn't been given all details revolving around Bruce's turning. It wasn't in her place to reveal or say anything and so she stayed quiet.
"If that's all, then we have a meeting to resume," Batman turned, but Akasha immediately taking hold of his arm.
"I trust Selene's word, that's the honest truth but I'd feel a whole lot better if you put everything aside for a moment and met with father. If you're worried about his intents and if he's out to hunt you, then don't. That isn't going to happen, we talked and he assured me."
Batman didn't reply, nor look at her as he wiggled her off and that's when the Dark Lord made eye contact with the amazon princess across the room and though it was only for a moment she felt her core gallop. This woman had supposedly struck a secret relationship with him from what she'd been told, but this was no ordinary woman. She was Diana Prince, champion of the amazons and also their princess, an immense warrior and beauty to boot. But the vampire knew now wasn't the time to bring any of that to light and so she stayed quiet.
"You wanted to see the girl I imagine, your daughter?" Kal asked.
"She's here?!" Akasha asked blissfully as her spirits raised.
Superman only smiled as he stepped out and gestured for the vampire to follow which she did with Selene and Morrigan doing the same. For a couple seconds longer the caped crusader stood in place but then Cyborg tapped at his shoulder moving in front of him.
"You should go," his teammate smiled. "We'll commence afterwards."
He didn't make any immediate moves but after a few moments of thinking he let out a sigh before making his way through the automatic doors and Wonder Woman standing from her seat. It was just down the hall and around the corner that the child sat in front of a television screen over her stomach with her legs swinging upward and behind her. Sasha's ears perked up to the sounds of footsteps outside the door but she didn't bother looking back as she was so heavily absorbed in the cartoon.
"Sasha!" Akasha raced into the room as her daughter rolled over on her side.
She didn't have much time to react or say anything as she was smothered by her mother tightly and Akasha lifting her up off the ground and into her arms.
"Oh my little Sasha, I've missed you so much," the pink haired vampire rubbed the side of her face against Sasha's as she held back sniffles.
The moment was heartwarming for both Superman and Morrigan, watching Akasha drop kisses all over the child.
"I've missed you too mommy," Sasha wrapped her legs around the Dark Lord just as Batman stepped through.
It was for a little while longer that they embraced each other before Akasha lowered Sasha on her feet and kissed at her forehead while dropping to her knees.
"How would you like to return to the castle?" Akasha lowered her hands over Sasha's shoulders. "I promise you things will be so much better this time around, I'll be..."
"No," Sasha squirmed her way out of Akasha's grasp. "Don't wanna go back there, I want to go home."
It was then that Sasha spotted Batman across the room and that's where she ran and with her arms wrapped around him.
"Daddy said I dunno have to go back," she looked up at him. "Right?"
Batman patted at her head and ran two gloved fingers through her hair.
"You don't have to do anything you don't want."
Akasha bit back, but for only a moment as she again smiled at her daughter lovingly.
"How about if your father comes to, would you be willing to return then?"
Right away Batman's eyes narrowed at this and his fists tightened and Superman silently picking up on this reaction. Sasha looked back and forth between her parents before her gaze specifically rested on her mother.
"If daddy goes, then yeah," Sasha held tight over the caped crusader. "I wanna be with daddy, and then way we can be all together!"
"That's right?" Akasha smiled.
"I don't think," Batman glared.
The automatic doors slid open behind them as it was Wonder Woman that entered this time.
"That doesn't sound like such a bad idea," the amazon princess moved in on the group. "Taking a trip to this yokai world doesn't seem like such a bad idea, and I was thinking that a few of us might accompany you there. If nothing else we can discuss matters more closely with the monster emperor, concerning our latest findings on Fairy Tale and a breakdown of what he should expect from its newest recruits."
A moment of silence followed before a single of them responded.
"Can't argue against that," Superman looked to Batman directly. "A meet with Apollo isn't such a bad thing, exhibit to him what you have shown us and rid him of his doubts. And from the bigger picture we gain a well-informed ally in a world we know little about. He's the surrogate father to the mother of your child, and seeing as I'm sure he'd like to have a presence in her life, things should at least be bearable between the two of you."
"So what's it going to be?" Wonder Woman questioned.
All eyes fell over the caped crusader who stood still and none more anxious to hear his response than Akasha. Not only would his cooperation return Sasha to the yokai realm, but it would also afford her the opportunity to spend more time with him.
XXX
With the bandages wrapped in place Luke sat in one of the recovery rooms over the sofa with his back leaned up against the soft material. A mirror was across from him and he was without a shirt but a bandage wrapped around the arm and shoulder where he had taken an arrow through. The queen, king and prince had since returned from their trip and received news of what had happened, with what was supposed to be loyal soldiers to Vindellorien. Each induvial had been imprisoned and being questioned since that night. King Delbert had also authorized a background check on more than a handful of others to assure the safety of his family and the kingdom as a whole. If anyone else was secretly working undercover against the kingdom he was going to find out and each and every one of them would be punished.
There wasn't anything particularly over his mind as Luke felt himself slowly fade as he closed and rested his eyes from exhaustion that was the last few days. This moment wasn't for very long as the door behind him pushed open and a singular individual stepping through, and it was through the mirror that he spotted her, knowing exactly who it was without looking back. Her long green hair waved from side to side as she was dressed in white and gold gear with a silver tiara over her head. She was the lieutenant general of the Vindellorien army, walking around the sofa and taking a seat next to him. Since the night she put an arrow in him, Elsa hadn't conversed his him since.
"Any pain?" she resituated over the sofa and looking him over.
Luke was drawn off guard by the question or why she chose now of all times to finally speak.
"It's not so bad, I've had worse."
The female elf smiled at this while raising one leg over the other and repositioning slightly. For a while they just sat and Isla's foot dangling about as she swallowed her own saliva. The moment became somewhat awkward and he wondered why the lieutenant general was around him, as it appeared so didn't have much to say. A moment later she exhaled with her fingers tapping at the sofa's fabric, feeling somewhat uneasy while she really went through her thoughts. She was royalty and didn't owe anyone anything, and especially not an apology to someone like him with absolutely a zero rank. But even so it had been eating her up inside since that night and she needed to say something.
"I am," she spoke in almost a whisper. "I'm sorry."
Luke's shoulders tightened at those words as he slowly gave eye contact and Isla tilting her head.
"You... you don't have to do that," Luke shook his head. "It was all a misunderstanding and I'm alive, so that's all that matters. I don't hold what happened against you, after all you were just looking after your family and in this case, the princess."
"So cliché," Isla chuckled. "Please just accept the apology, that's all I..."
"Apology accepted," Luke cut her off. "Feel better?"
The female elf smiled at him with a nod.
"So I've heard you described to my father how you stumbled upon these persons who planned to abduct the princess. Honestly Luke you should have told someone about what you heard, other than your companion. We could have stopped this from escalating like it did."
Luke let out a silent sigh and shaking his head.
"Easy to say that now, but that never would have ended well. A situation of he said, she said and I would have been in an unfavorable position. Anyone would have taken their word against mine."
"I would have believed you," Isla said abruptly but then backtracked. "Or I at least would have looked into the matter myself."
She sat further back and her eyes over the ceiling.
"You're right, the masses wouldn't have been on your favor," Isla admitted with the nod of her head. "But why did you do it, you had nothing to gain from protecting the princess and you've been held here in the palace against your own will and personal interest. Why go through all the trouble of that?"
A moment of silence followed as he took a deep breath.
"All that's happened here and with us isn't her doing. She seems like a decent person and to be fair we haven't been treated all bad since the battle royal and freed from the living conditions of a prisoner. Yes, I would very much love to return home but it could have been worse. But when it's all said and done the bad guys got caught and no one hurt, which is all that matters."
Isla smirked at these words as her leg lowered and she moved closer beside him as her eyes again looked over him.
"You don't realize how appreciative I am of you and that woman's actions, my older sister Sienna means the world to me just as the rest of my family. I wish there was some way I could repay the two of you and if it were up to me, I would grant your return to man's world but of course I have no control over that," the lieutenant general posed. "I like you Luke, I have for a while... you seem like a good man."
Right away he looked to her as their eyes again met, but he said nothing as she then lowered a hand over his and her palm so soft. They stayed like that for a moment without a word, but then Isla leaned her face in towards his and straightaway Luke felt the hairs over his back stand and his blood tingling. Then came a cracking sound from the door behind them as it was being pushed open and Isla immediately falling back as she removed her hand from his and looking out in front of her.
"Lady Isla you're needed in the conference room, your mother has summoned you."
The female elf stood and faced her attendant Cecily who she followed out the door and without a word to Luke. And so he watched them disappear through the doors and left pondering what the hell almost happened. There was no doubt in his mind what would have happened had Cecily not shown up, as the atmosphere was there and so to was the look in Isla's eyes. But why, she was the king's daughter and he was essentially a prisoner! He didn't have much further time to think any of this over as the door again. Another woman stepped through with light brown skin, green hair tied in two pigtails with red bows, red tunic, black skirt and boots.
"You just have a nag for finding me don't you?" Luke gazed at the vampire through the mirror.
"Nah, it's just I can smell the sweet scent of your blood from a mile away," Miukei clasped her hands together as she skipped forward, jumping up and over the sofa. "I craved your blood the entire trip."
She spoke with sparkles in her eyes and Luke dropping his head into the palm of his hand.
"Why am I even in this situation?" he murmured to himself.
The vampire pulled his arm away and lowered herself into his lap.
"So I hear you and your girlfriend saved the princess, wanna tell me about it?"
"Didn't think you'd care to know," Luke said with surprise.
"You know me too well, I don't give a damn."
Just like that her fangs were buried into the left side of his neck while she held onto him tight and drank away.
XXX
A lone woman walked down the dark halls of Fairy Tale's headquarter's with a strong sense of focus. She had dark black hair tied in two pigtail. She was dressed in dark blue Chinese cheongsam with knee high combat boots. Her walk led to the open door of a single of the recruits who was lied out over a bed with her back to the vampire and a hand mirror in her grasp. Lightly knocking at the open doorway she got the attention of the woman lying in bed who rolled over facing the pale skinned vampire.
"Akua," Circe smiled up at her. "You wish to speak?"
"Vlet requests your presence, he requires your assist in yet another mission. The human world this time, in a place called Central City," the vampire responded.
Holding a smirk, Circe chortled as she pushed up and out of bed and with the use of her magic the sorceress changed out of her nightgown and into her battle attire.
"Where to in Central City?"
"Beauty pageant," Akua responded. "Ched has confirmed one of the Chirismoy shells will be given out as a prize. It'll be the two of us with two others."
The vampire gestured for the vampire to follow with the tilt of her head as Circe did exactly that. Though she hadn't voiced it, Akua admired the abilities of Circe and what she brought to the table just as the sorceress felt similarly of the vampire.
To be continued
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