AN: Previously, on Batman X Re:Zero! Some Society screwed up everything! Earth is all kinds of messed up! Everyone is separated!...And the Prom is tomorrow!

Nah, but seriously, here is the next chapter, hope you like it...ENJOY!

ARC Nine: Infinite Crisis

Chapter Seventy Two: New Age of Heroes

Beatrice was petting Puck as they all sat in their provided room within the palace. Emilia was gazing at the impressive architecture of Kahndaq.

"From what I was told by Black Adam-sama, this place is really well protected by some powerful magic."

"Seeing what that man is capable of, I am not surprised, I suppose."

"Yeah, you're right."

She sat back down on her bed and yawned a bit. She was pretty tired, but didn't want to fall asleep just yet.

Just then Black Adam entered the room with Leonard, the both had left to discuss things, most likely pertaining to Adam obtaining the Frost Gun for military purposes.

"I hope you are all comfortable with your accommodations."

"Yes, thank you so much Black Adam-sama, we are really relaxing thanks to you."

He nodded but looked over at Beatrice, he was the most curious about the supposedly four hundred year old spirit in the shape of a young girl.

"Are you still not able to find your friends, spirit?"

"Betty is trying, but I believe that your barrier around this country may be interrupting my search considerably, I suppose."

"Hmmm...I will see if I can use the Rock of Eternity to help you."

"Rock of Eternity?"

Black Adam nodded as he crossed his arms.

"Yes, it is a powerful item that harnesses powers that can be used for multiple purposes. I house it in another dimension, here in Kahndaq."

"Was it always here, I suppose?"

"No, it was in another city...but since the death of Shazam and his host Billy Batson, I have been tasked with protecting it."

Beatrice seemed interested in the Rock of Eternity but dropped the subject altogether.

"Now then, as it has come to our attention that you three are from another world, we can be sure to-"

Everyone was soon distracted by a glowing light that appeared in front of them.

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Garfiel sat at the edge of the arena seats, clearly away from the others there. He was allowed to stay in Themyscira, with his head in tact, on the condition that he came into no contact with the other residents. This because of tradition, but also that some of the citizens were slightly scared of his unusual teeth.

It didn't bother him much as he watched Rem practice combat with a sword with a fellow Amazonian warrior. She had never used a sword before but she was quickly getting the hang of it. She traded strikes with the girl as many in the arena were cheering for Rem. Rem low kicked the girl into the ground and placed the sword towards her face. The girl sighed and surrendered to Rem.

Rem smiled and helped the girl up, Rem was quite humble about her fight, which the Amazonians around her respected. It seemed Rem was becoming quite popular on the island.

Rem looked up at the arena seats and found Garfiel, she motioned to him to step forward. He thought about it for a moment.

"Ah, wha' th' hell?"

He leapt down and was now on the fighting grounds. He rolled his shoulders and stretched a bit. Rem did some Radio Calisthenics, something her beloved Subaru taught her in the months they had before the Royal Selections end. She then put on a proud smile.

"Just to let Garf know, Rem will not be going easy on you."

"Hell, yer sis never did anyways, so I'd expect nothin' less from her lil' sis."

"Then how about we use our fists then?"

"Now yer talkin'."

Rem tossed her sword away and put up a martial arts stance. Garfiel put up his own boxing stance.

They charged forward, Rem tried to high kick Garfiel, but he tilted his head out of the way. Only to see Rem twirl in the air use her palm to push his face. He smirked a his Divine Protection lessened the damage. Garfiel threw a punch, she grabbed his arm and attempted to judo throw him, he pressed his legs down and used his strength to toss Rem away. But the followed the momentum and flipped around before landing perfectly.

Garfiel charged at her so she attempted to low kick him away, but he jumped up, so she focused her fists and they began trading blows. None of them hit, but it would cut up their cheeks and send dirt and wind flying. The Amazonians were watching with impressed eyes.

Garfiel quickly kicked down, Rem blocked the hit and was able to kick his side, he was sent flying a bit before he punched the ground to stop himself. Garfiel dashed to her so she flipped in the air and kicked him to the ground. But as she retreated he spun on the ground and landed a kick to her abdomen, sending her flying. He then took the opportunity to grab her foot and slam her to the ground, as her body hit the ground her free foot stomped on his face, sending him back.

Garfiel were now both standing up and were tossing punches and kicks at each other, Rem landed a corkscrew punch on Garfiel's chin, making him stumble a bit. This didn't last too long as Garfiel kicked her sides, she almost lost her balance but got in a position to karate chop him on the neck, then land a knee to his face. She then tried to backfist him, but did a spin kick to the side of her head.

And that was it, Rem stumbled to the ground, Garfiel then aimed an axe kick to the top of her head. He stopped his foot just above her blue hair. Rem and Garfiel breathed ragged breaths, then sighed as Rem smiled up at him.

"Rem loses."

"Ya did real good there."

"Heh Rem hopes so."

Garfiel began healing Rem, then they looked around and saw they were now surrounded by curious Amazonians.

"Beast man, what are doing with Lady Rem?"

"Is thi' how Otto-nii feels? Um oh, jus' usin' healin' magic on Rem is all."

The Amazonians did recall that after their meeting with Queen Diana, Rem pleaded with her to allow herself and Garfiel to heal all the warriors they injured. So after a few hours the warriors were amazed to see that they were all healed.

"So is it possible for us to use magic?"

"Rem thinks it's possible."

Rem asked the girl to close her eyes and focus and visualize. When the girl opened her eyes, she was shocked to see that a small ice ball formed in front of her.

Everyone was now ecstatic and excited to see if they too could use magic.

Just then, Diana arrived from the skies and landed in the arena grounds, she crossed her arms as what she was looking at.

"And what do you think you're doing Garfiel?"

"AH! Um, nothin..?"

"Doesn't look like nothing."

She sighed as she walked over to them, the other women stood back to let her through.

"Garfiel, I asked you to stay out of contact with my people."

"I know but-"

One of the Amazonian warriors took a step forward.

"Um, my Queen, Garfiel and Lady Rem were teaching us the basics of magic."

"Magic?"

"Yes, apparently they explained that people with the right qualifications can use it."

Diana looked over at the two who put on quite bashful faces.

"So then even I can use magic?"

"Well, we won't know unless we try, will we Diana-sama?"

The two helped her concentrate, she took two deep breaths and visualized. Then as she opened her eyes...a fireball was in front of her eyes.

"Great Hera!"

Everyone was in awe of what they were seeing, Garfiel crossed his arms and chuckled.

"Woulda' look at tha' Diana-ojou sama is able ta use Fire Magic."

"Incredible...and you two?"

The two nodded at her.

"Rem is able to use magic, though not high leveled I can use Water Magic."

"My amazin' self can only use Healing Magic, but hey, it can be useful."

Diana allowed the fire to dissipate as she remembered something.

"I recall you said Batman can use magic as well...is that correct?"

"Hell yeah, he's th' Ligh', Bat-aniki is consider'd the stronges' Yang magic user in all th' Kingdom."

"Unbelievable...to think he would delve into magic at all, a lot must have happened to him."

As they both nodded in understanding...Rem yanked on Garfiel's ear.

"OWOWOWOW! Th' hell Rem?!"

"Don't say that to Rem! Look at my uniform."

She had a sour look as Garfiel took a look at her uniform, and he shivered intensely. There were tears, wrinkles and her shoulder piece was falling off.

"Subaru-kun worked hard on this uniform! This is one of Rem's only remaining treasures, now you ruined it! Garf better prepare for his punishment…"

"W-W-W-Wai' Rem! I'm sorry abou' tha'! Let's figure this out together!"

Diana was happily laughing at the two, she took a breath as she went over and held both of their shoulders.

"Relax Rem, I'll have some of the best clothes makers repair it."

"R-Really? Thank you so much Diana-sama!"

She gave a respectful bow to her.

"Until then, how about I give you some new clothes fitting of a warrior of your stature?"

"Oh...Rem humbly accepts, your kind offer."

Diana nodded and had Rem be taken to the armory to find some new clothes, though she could see that Garfiel kicked at the ground while grumbling, probably because he wanted to go look around the armory as well. This made the Amazonian Queen sigh.

"Garfiel, if you behave yourself, I will allow you to go with them."

"For real? Hell yeah! I'm off, ya won't regret this!"

He raced off, but remembered to bow one last time to her, then made his way to catch up with them.

When the time came for them to come back Diana was more than surprised.

"Well now, those fit you two most elegantly. I especially would've mistaken Rem for a true Amazonian warrior."

"You're words are truly most kind to Rem."

She came back with her own steel and gold armor that made her look exactly like an Amazonian fighter, she didn't want a helmet of course.

"Otherwise it would cover my hair, Subaru-kun says my hair is cute...so I want him to see it everyday."

"Your love for this man is truly something, he is a lucky man."

Rem smiled and looked over at Garfiel. Now he had two twin shields that were offered to him, while not exactly like the ones he used, he was comfortable with it.

"You take your title as Strongest Shield very seriously don't you?"

"Hehe, yup."

He scratched his nose and smiled at her. But as she was going to say something, a light appeared behind her, grabbing everyone's attention.

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At the Batcave, Subaru was sipping on some coffee as he giggled at Frederica quickly get a little hyper from it. In their world, they didn't have coffee so it was her first time trying some….and she had a bit too much.

"Subaru-sama, how does anyone function with such a drink?"

"Hehe, you get used to it. My dad could drink like ten cups a day and it would barely keep him going."

"This world is such an oddity."

As they chatted away Flash zipped back into the cave chewing on a donut, carrying two pink boxes.

He quickly ate it and put the boxes down on a counter.

"Alright everyone, donuts are here."

Subaru took Frederica to go see them, he opened the top box and she gazed inside.

"These are?"

"Donuts, we have them in Japan, but I hear the best are made here in America. Grab one and see for yourself, they go great with coffee."

She relented and nervously got one, she looked over and saw Subaru enjoying a maple bar. She put on a brave face and took a bite of her powdered sugar variety, her face lit up as she chewed.

"Subaru-sama this is really good! I've never had something like this before."

She took a big sip of coffee.

"Ah, and it does go great with coffee. This world cease to amaze me!"

She smiled happily at Subaru who nodded back. They also were amazed at seeing Flash eat so many of them.

"Um, Barry-san...are you sure you'll be okay?"

"Yup, I have a super fast metabolism due to the Speedforce. So I'll be alright."

The two were quite amazed.

Dick returned from whatever he was doing earlier and grabbed a donut himself. He took a bite as he walked to the computer column.

"Now what's this?"

"What's up Grayson-san?"

"Seems like we have visitors."

Dick proceeded to type in something and the computer voiced out:

-Target Sighted. Superman. And. Supergirl. Are inbound. Care to proceed?

"Oh, it's Clark and Kara...might be important. Computer let them in."

The large doors opened above them. From there Superman landed down, carrying what appeared to be carriage. When Subaru saw him he spat out his coffee and began coughing.

"Subaru-sama? Are you okay?"

"Yeah...ahem...but...I can't believe it. It really is Superman!"

"Superman?! You mean the one Bruce has said is the strongest member of his team?"

"Yup, and man is it so odd to see him in the flesh."

Landing soon after was Supergirl.

-INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! UNKNOWN OBJECT INBOUND!

Superman quickly dashed to Dick.

"Call it off, those are some friends of ours!"

"Right! Computer disengage, allow entry. Code: 19670!"

-...Understood. Access Granted.

"Whew!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, when a recognizable face floated down.

"Oh Roswaal!"

"Subaru-kun, I aaaaaam so glad to see you and Frederica saaaafe and sound."

Roswaal landed safely with someone he recognized in his arms, he lowered her down.

"...! Ram, thank god you're okay!"

Ram flinched when she heard this voice. Her eyes darkened as she slowly turned her eyes to face the man hurrying towards them.

Natsuki Subaru.

"...You."

Her words shook as much as her eyes wavered. She saw that he had a metal left hand and one of his eyes was no longer normal….it didn't matter.

She saw the images.

Her sister returning to the mansion and in tears.

The endless nights where Rem waited by the entrance...hoping Subaru would walk through them.

The days where Rem would struggle even with the simplest tasks, due to her mana being drained.

The painful sight of her crying in the shower all by herself.

The disgusting dreams of Rem crying in the streets as Subaru laughed as he ran away from her.

She made a promise to herself. If she ever saw him again, ever found out where he was hiding she would-

"NATSUKI SUBARU!"

"Huh?!"

She ran forward and fired a powerful wind attack at him, this very attack would definitely cut his head clean off. But he disappeared in an instant, the blast smashing the ground. Ram looked around and looked behind herself to see the Flash carrying Subaru over his shoulder.

"Now listen miss, we just need you to-"

"-GET OUT OF THE WAY!"

She tried to kick him, but he was now back to his original spot.

"What are you doing?! Why are trying to kill Subaru?!"

"NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!"

Ram charged at with her wand in hand, but Flash put Subaru down and quickly grabbed Ram and took her out of the Batcave.

He was back inside, but they could hear noises outside. It was obvious she was trying to break her way in and firing wind magic at the closed off cave.

"LET ME IN! I'M GOING TO KILL HIM! I'LL KILL HIM! HOW DARE HE STILL BE ALIVE!?"

Flash was back outside and tried to calm Ram down.

"Listen, tell me your name. I'm the Flash, and you are-"

"-DIE!"

He easily dodged her windblade and nodded at her.

"I'd be mad too if I was named that."

"Enough of your jokes, get out of my way and let me see Subaru!"

"Why?"

"So I can kill him...he hurt my sister and betrayed us! That cowardly scum is dead to me already...so I'll kill him and free my sister from her obsession with him."

"...I'm sorry to hear that. However, I can't let you do that."

Ram now had tears fall from her eyes as she was now beyond upset, sad and enraged with the strange man in front of her.

She was aiming her wand at him...but Flash quickly knocked her out with a chop to the neck. He caught her before she fell and carefully carried her.

Flash dashed back into the cave and sat Ram down on a spare chair. He sighed as he then heard a voice come up behind him, from the open carriage door.

"Thanks for that Barry."

"That voice…"

From the carriage emerged a knight that looked like a certain someone they knew.

He removed his helmet and both Barry and Dick saw a face they had not seen in over six years.

"I'm back everyone."

Dick kicked off his chair and rushed over and gave a strong hug to Bruce.

"Bruce! You're alive! You're alive!"

"Yeah...glad to see you doing fine Dick. Thank you for taking care of things for me."

Dick let go of him and wiped away his tears, he was more than happy to see his father-figure back, though he was surprised to see he had more scars on his face and his left eyebrow was white.

"You've been through a ton huh?"

"That obvious?"

"Sure."

Flash passed by Dick and gave Bruce a hug as well.

"Oh man! Oh man! Bruce is back! I missed you! We missed you!"

"Thanks Barry, now let me go."

"Still the broody guy, huh?"

"Not fully."

Then someone ran over that he was more than happy to hug.

"Bruce!"

She embraced him and gave him a deep passionate kiss. Making Dick and Barry look away for a moment.

With their kiss parted he cupped her cheek and smiled at her.

"You okay Frederica?"

"Yes, Grayson-sama and Barry-sama were very hospitable."

"Good to hear."

She continued to hug his arm as she looked back and saw a familiar face.

"Beatrice-sama!"

Beatrice slowly got out of the carriage and almost sprinted to stand behind Batman.

Subaru walked over and was more than excited to see her.

"Beako!"

"...Betty is unsure of what to think of your new look."

Subaru stopped dead in his tracks when noticed Beatrice was really clinging to Batman and was no too thrilled to see him.

"Wait a minute…Bruce, is Beako-"

"-Yes, she is from an alternate reality."

Everyone was dead quiet when they heard this...so Bruce took a deep breath and decided to explain things further.

"Damn...I really fucked up in that world."

Subaru held his head in disappointment from what he had heard in all fairness Subaru did remember he considered running away, but it was Rem's words that brought him back, so he was the man he was today.

"If I ever that version of me, I'll give him a good beating for putting everyone through that."

Subaru nodded this when he saw more people cautiously coming of the carriage.

"S-Subaru?"

Emilia came out staring at the man in front of her, she honestly wanted to run up to him and give him a big hug...but she soon calmed down, and even looked at the floor sadly.

"...That's right."

She knew that this man in front of her was not the same Natsuki Subaru she remembered in her world. She could glance up and down and see the actual differences.

"..Wow."

She saw that he had his left eye different, like it was an entirely different entity; his left hand was made of strong looking metal and his physique seemed stronger than when she last him.

"Emilia...hey, are you okay?"

"Um, oh yes just fine."

She was quite unaware of how to speak with him, it had been so long since they last spoke, but she felt the weight in her soul weigh her down.

"Subaru...I'm sorry…"

"For what? Oh, the whole capital thing right? Listen Emilia, there is nothing to apologize for, I messed on my own part with that whole ordeal. Unlike...the other me, I got over it and became a better person from it."

"...You really are a different Subaru aren't you?"

Emilia stared wide eyed at Subaru...even Ferris who was exiting the carriage was not just looking at him in disbelief, but gazing around the place they were in. He just couldn't believe the stuff he was looking at, nor the strangely dressed people around him.

"Ferris, you alright there?"

"...Just, catching my breath is nyall."

Ferris locked eyes with the Subaru in front of him...even he had to confirm it.

"You really are a different Subaru-kyun…"

"Wow, this other me must have a shitty reputation...not that I'd be against it."

Subaru chuckled a bit rubbing the back of his head. Bruce looked at his quite beaten up armor and sighed.

"Dick, do we still have some suits on reserve?"

"Yeah, you'll find some there...also, we have that design you completed before you left."

"Perfect, while I appreciate this armor, I'd prefer one of my own suits."

As Bruce was about to leave to fix himself up, Beatrice grabbed his cape.

"Beatrice?"

"Betty has come to an understanding...that I may encounter the other betty is that right? The one contracted with Natsuki Subaru, I suppose?"

"I would assume so."

"Then...I'll need to differentiate Betty from the other, I suppose."

"And how will you do that?"

"...That's where you'll help, Bruce."

She smiled up at him, then ran around and pulled him by his hand. Subaru breathed out refreshed as he leaned his back on the carriage and watched Bruce lead Beatrice away.

Unknown to him, someone with blue eyes was holding their breath as they cried in the carriage, looking at him.

The doors upstairs opened and out came Bruce, Barry clapped happily seeing him, Subaru whistled at him in applause and Frederica had a graceful smile on her face. Barry did his usual shtick.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome back...the one and only, Batman!"

Batman came out of the doors with his new Batsuit; this one dark grey, verging close to black, with the cowl, mask, gauntlets and boots this very color. The rest of his suit was normal grey, on his chest a black bat symbol with yellow outline around it. His new utility belt was shaped like a bat, with fangs on front and wings on the obliques, it was black with yellow piping, and he carried his ceremonial sword still in its sheath. His vicious white eyes were still there…

"It's honestly good to be back in a suit."

"It really takes me back Bruce."

"Come to think of it, I guess it does."

Bruce smirked at Subaru.

Frederica ran upstairs and hugged him tightly around his arm.

"I also really did miss seeing you dressed like this, it almost seemed wrong not to see you like this."

Bruce patted her shoulder before someone else came through the door, with her hands on his hips.

"You may be closest to Bruce physically, but Betty is even more closer to him than even you can be, I suppose."

Beatrice came out with a proud face and a brand new dress. Apparently they used an advanced 3-D printer to create one that looked exactly identical to Beatrice's usual dress...except this one was black and white, instead of pink and white.

She walked over and floated up just to sit on Bruce's shoulder.

"Betty will allow this maid to marry Bruce, but it will not deter Bettyu from showing him affection when it is needed, I suppose."

"I don't think I can handle sharing Bruce anymore than I already am."

The ladies stared each other down as sparks flew between them. Subaru and Flash raised their palms and shook their heads.

"I'm not going anywhere near that situation."

Dick chuckled seeing the odd occurrence Bruce found himself in.

Subaru didn't like the fact that is was obviously a lie that made Beatrice come out of the library with Bruce, but was happy to see her express herself and be actually free of her ordeal.

Then Subaru watched as someone else emerged from the carriage.

"Su-Subaru-kun."

Subaru froze as he see a certain maid stumble out of the carriage. Her eyes were bloodshot and her face was dry, probably from crying so much.

"Rem."

"...SUBARU-KUN!"

She ran over and tackled him to the ground, she hugged him tightly as she literally clawed at his back. She took in every scent his body casted out she looked into his eyes, though they were different she still liked them. She felt his chest and how much firmer it felt in her palms.

"Subaru-kun...you left Rem all by herself...left her and said all those things to her."

"Rem...I just-"

Everyone was surprised when she slapped him across the face.

Known to only to Superman and Supergirl, Ram had woke up and saw the moment Rem slapped him. She held her breath as she continued to watch.

"Rem...is...Rem is….SO ANGRY WITH SUBARU-KUN!"

"...You have every right to-"

"-DON'T INTERRUPT ME!"

Subaru held his breath as she saw how red with anger Rem was.

"Rem was abandoned! The love of her life ran away from her as if she was the plague….yelled at Rem, called her many things...sacrificed so much to find her hero! HER HERO WHO RAN AWAY! AND...do you know why?!"

"...!"

"Subaru-kun...Subaru-kun...Rem loves you."

"...I know."

Subaru reached out and cupped her cheek, she slapped it away and brought him in for a kiss. She hugged around his neck and had tears drenching her cheeks. She let go of him, and stood up. Subaru caught his breath and got back up, he looked at Rem who seemed to calm down a bit, she looked down then and asked him a simple question.

"And what of the other Rem?"

"...I'm planning on marrying her."

"That Rem, is very lucky."

She smiled, but it was obvious to Batman and the other heroes that she was putting on a fake smile. Subaru went over and hugged Rem tightly.

"Subaru-kun?"

"I'm sorry for what the other me did, I really am...but rest assured Rem, one day I'll find that bastard and we'll all teach him a lesson together, okay?"

Subaru helped to wipe away Rem's stray tears, causing her to smile happily. Subaru turned his head to see Ram had walked over behind him.

"...Ram."

"...I can see now that you are not the same Barusu that broke my sister's heart. I-I apologize for my earlier actions."

She did a humble bow, of which Subaru cringed at, but relented and put a hand on her shoulder.

"I forgive you Ram...I don't hold you against it. Hell, I'll even join you in beating some sense into the other me's ass."

"...I'll hold you too it."

For the first time since they met, Ram smiled a bit looking up at Subaru.

Rem was more than happy seeing her sister finally relax.

Batman walked down the stairs finally and went to speak with Superman.

"Clark, have you been able to make any contact with the other Leaugers?"

"I can hear them, but I think they're all separated due to the convergence."

"We'll need to contact them."

Beatrice was still sitting on Batman's shoulder when she pointed behind Subaru.

"What's that?"

Subaru turned around to see a ball of light forming, then it began to take shape.

"Wh-Who are you?"

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"Can't have you running around like that!"

Green Lantern created a giant fist with his ring and punched away Red Volcano, who crashed through several buildings...before he could get up Batman flew by and fired several Yang beams at him, littering him with dents.

"Damn meatbags! Get the hell away from me!"

He fired some heat beams up at Batman, but he flew through a tear in space and ended up behind him, kicking into Halibel who used his sword to slice off his arm.

"DAMN!"

Red Volcano chopped off Halibel's head...only to reveal he was actually a log with a puff of smoke.

"WHAT?!"

"Comin' in hot head!"

Blue Beetle created some maces with his hands and slammed him to the ground, before changing them to cannons and firing blasts down all over him.

He used his his wing jets to fly over...only to dodge a blast from Red Volcano, his face half destroyed, then Sarah sliced off one of his legs and tossed an explosive sack at him, making him lean forward.

"Got you now!"

Green Lantern created a Rocket Launcher and fired it at the top of his head, it smashed most of it away, Halibel saw his chance and tossed a sword in the open broken part, causing further damage.

Red Volcano began to short circuit and was doing badly, Batman jetted down and kicked a ball of Yang magic destroying half his head.

"Hu-Hu-MAN! Will-NNnnNot S-ss-s-s-s-s-sSTOP! Me-!"

Blue Beetle appeared behind him and sliced his head clean off. Then Halibel sliced him in two. Green Lantern created a dome around him...just as Red Volcano's body self destructed. The dome saved them from the blast.

Petra brushed her outfit free of debris and slowly walked over to see the others. Green Lantern and Blue Beetle were simply in disbelief in who they were seeing.

"I can't believe you're still alive, it's good to see you again Bruce."

"Yeah man, it was totally the worst when you weren't around! We are so glad to see you back carnale!"

Batman nodded as he peeked over and saw Petra, he walked past the two and bent down and took off his helmet. A grizzly looking Bruce Wayne with many scars all over his face and a small ponytail was seen.

"Petra, you're alive…"

"Of course I'm alive, you and Subaru saved me."

"...I don't believe it."

Petra shook her head, not believing what she was seeing, but she clapped her hands and nodded.

"That's it! You're a different Bruce-sama! This is another world!"

"...Then, that means you're from a world where me and Subaru didn't come to Kararagi."

"That would be the case."

Petra patted him on the shoulder and smiled.

"Petra...you've gotten so big."

"No doubt! I'm still going to continue growing until my beauty rivals Emilia-sama and Rem onee-chan!"

Batman and Subaru's faces flinched in fear.

"Petra...who is dead...where you are from?"

"...I don't understand...no one has died from our camp."

Subaru was choking on spit as he tried not to panic or scream, to learn that there was a world where he didn't run away but instead worked with Batman to save everyone...it was soul crushing.

"Dear?"

Rem held his shoulder...making him breathe out slowly. He had to. He was going to be happy for his new family, he still felt disgusted in himself that he failed to save the others...but he wouldn't let it stop him from being a good father to his children, a good husband to Rem, or a good friend to Bruce, Halibel or Tia.

For now, he had to be strong.

Rigel walked over and glanced at Petra. Petra held her cheeks and gasped at who she was seeing.

"Oh my! Are you Subaru's son?!"

"Ahhhh, my facial features make it obvious don't they?"

"Yeah, especially the eyes!"

"Give me a break!"

He made a sour face and turned to face his dad, making him chuckle a bit. Rem walked over still holding hands with Spica as she went to speak with the new strangers.

"So, you two are friends from Bruce's world?"

"Well yeah, we go back a long time."

"I see, then maybe you have an answer of what's going on?"

"No ma'am, we're sort of stuck in the bushes with this situation as well."

Rem nodded, then Spica waved at John, who smiled and waved back at the young girl. Blue Beetle was speaking matters with Halibel…

"So you're like a shinobi right?"

"What the? How do you know about my profession?"

"Where I'm from, there's a lot of kick ass stories about ninjas and stuff! But um, is it okay if I mention this? Isn't it like, against your job priorities to speak about this kind of stuff?"

"...Meh, I think I'll let it slide for now...though in different circumstances I'd have to...y'know? Silence you."

"Que manera de ir!"

The two chuckled a bit as Sarah walked over to speak with Batman.

"Yes, so I assume that you are this world's version right?"

"Yes...and you are?"

"...I see..you don't know me."

She sighed sadly and looked up at him.

"Yes, I am Sarah W. Remendis, I am bodyguard to the Emilia Camp and fiance to Bruce Wayne."

"...! You're engaged with the other me?!"

"Correct."

"...How odd, and here I'm in a relationship with a deadly Great Spirit."

Sarah held her breath as she figured out he was somehow in relationship with the powerful spirit of Kararagi; Zarestia. But she controlled her composure and sighed.

"Yes, My fiance truly gets into strange relationships…"

"What was that?"

"Nothing…"

She chuckled to herself.

Green Lantern and Blue Beetle were getting ready to leave and were going to ask Batman and Halibel to watch over these people...but then a light shined above them, making everyone ready to combat whatever threat came next.

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Anastasia and the others were sitting in the main dining hall. Mimi was expecting to see Garfiel so she was giddy with excitement.

Mister Miracle glanced around., he then began whispering to Ricardo who sat across from him.

"I don't think this is a trap, but we should be on guard…"

"Yeah, they didn't seem too bad...but I gotta say they looked...familiar."

Just then, entering the room was was a girl with slightly spiky long hair that went down as a ponytail, scary looking hazel eyes and a tracksuit that-

"HUH?! Natsuki-san is that you?!"

"Huh? Do I know you?"

Anastasia and the others, minus Miracle and Barda had their mouths hung open as they stared at this girl.

"Um, how do you know me?"

"I-Ignoring that much you are Natsuki Subaru!"

"S-Subaru?"

She scratched the back of her head and slightly giggled at the comment.

"No no, I'm Natsuki Saia. Did you mistake me for someone else?"

"...How is this even possible?!"

From behind Saia, came a handsome man with violet eyes and gorgeous silver hair tied to a ponytail, he had slightly sharp ears and was wearing a white purple tuxedo.

"Hello there strangers, um...I'm Erick and we welcome you to our home!"

"This isn't real is it?"

From behind Erick emerged a grey cat with pink backpack and a light purple ribbon around its neck.

"Oh, Pax! You're up already!"

"Of course my son! Eri must have been lonely without me!"

"Not so, Saia was keeping me company."

"Such a good girl."

The three laughed off the comment...further confusing the attendants.

Just then they took their seats and out came a young blonde boy with a braided part hairstyle came out wearing a pink and white suit.

"Can't believe I have to eat with so many people today...what an annoyance, I concur. Borris should've just stayed in the library..."

"Oh my god, when is this going to end?!"

Anastatsia held her head as she thought she couldn't take it anymore.

The two butlers with matching black and white tuxedos returned. They were quite handsome and looked like two certain maids everyone there remembered. The pink haired butler bowed first.

"Welcome to our residence, I am Rey."

The blue haired one smiled and bowed as well.

"We welcome you dear guest, I am Roy."

Just then they both turned around motioned to the door behind them, and here right now is our master Roswaal L. Mathers. Anastasia and the others eyes lit up, they were literally praying that they were getting back to normal reality-

"Hellooooo! Welcooome to my humble residence my dear guests."

Coming out...was just a very sexy female version of Roswaal...everyone hung their heads low, while Miracle and Barda just shrugged at each other.

Roswaal sipped on some tea as he mad quite the comment.

"Forgive me fooooor saying this Anastasia-san, but you remind me of a certain someone."

"Oh?"

"Yes...you wouldn't happen to be related to Rasputin Hoshin would you? You have the same hair color and eyes as that man-"

"-Enough! I get it, in this world everyone's gender is switched! Let's drop the subject, I don't even want to think about what I look like as a guy."

Mimi looked around and realized that Garfiel wasn't around, so she sighed loudly. Seeing this Miracle looked over at Roswaal.

"Ms. Mathers, I'm sure you now understand the situation we are currently in then. That light from before seems to have converged this world with several other ones."

"This is quite the predicament then...would yooooooou say this would hamper the Royal Selection we are currently in?"

Erick seemed down that the Royal Selection was put on hold-

"ARE YOU INSANE!?"

Barda slammed her fist on the table, almost cracking it two. Everyone, especially the two butlers were now on high alert.

"You're worried about some damn election?! The world is in danger, we have a world that could collapse at any moment! We have no idea how it got this way and we need to solve it fast...live could be at stake!"

"I apologize, IIIIIII now realize the severity of the situation we are currently in. Please forgive me."

Roswaal did a slight bow, this seemed to be enough for Barda as she sat back down. Mr. Miracle took the reins of this conversation.

"Ms. Mathers, I need you to help us out."

"Aaaaaand how may I do that?"

"We'll need to stay here and repair our communications systems to get in contact with our team...right now heading out there might be too dangerous, so I suggest we all stay put and find out more information."

Roswaal rubbed her chin and looked straight into Mr. Miracle's blue eyes.

"Very well then, I shaaaaall do so then. You are free to stay here."

Roy was seeing to Saia as she was grumbling at her green peppers.

"Saia-chan, Roy is sorry that those were prepared, if you wish, Roy can take them away for you."

"Nah, don't worry, I need to get over my childish taste anyways...it's what a cool person does right?"

"Yes, Saia-chan is right as alway."

Roy blushed a bit as Saia gave him thumbs up and a wink.

Anastasia saw this and chuckled.

"No matter what world, I guess some things don't change."

Everyone was now leaving to the hallway, when a light appeared in the middle of the hallway. Roy stepped in front of Saia, while Erick and Pax aimed ice spears at it.

As everyone was on guard, Roswaal continued sitting on her chair and pulled out a hidden metia from her breasts.

She opened it up and seductively whispered to it…

"Something iiiiis happening."

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Wilhelm, Ferris, Black Canary and Red Tornado were sitting across from the members of this resistance movement.

Petra and Crusch sat across them, surrounded by their other members:

Julius Juukulis, he was much older and had a bandholz beard with a man bun hairstyle. His face was still impeccable...but he was missing his entire left arm.

Mimi Pearlbaton, an adult woman now, ahe had her haired tied to a single braid and had an eyepatch over her left eye...luckily she was still smiling.

Felt, she was taller and wore sleeveless armor, but her entire arms and neck were covered in scars...and apparently her tongue was gone.

Halibel, he was the same...if you counted having a peg leg for his right side and missing his tail normal that is.

Rom, was essentially blind and had his right hand replaced with a hook hand.

Cecilus, had a peg leg for is left leg and was missing his left ear.

Meili, she was missing both arms and had a definite scar across her neck.

Chin, had a buzzed haircut, wore a Vollachian Knight suit and had a blade as a replacement for his missing left hand.

Wilhelm, much older, he had an unkempt long beard and was now bald. Half his face was burned and he wore shoulder pads.

Sarah, she was missing her left ear, had an eyepatch over her right eye...she was also holding onto what appeared to be a rapier.

Pamela, she wore her hair as a single bun, she also seemed to have seen better days.

There in front of them were the commanders of this resistance movement….but Black Canary was still confused about one aspect.

"You mean to tell me...Batman took over this world?"

"Yes...that...MONSTER took down the entirety of this world within a year."

Red Tornado and Canary looked at each other in disillusionment.

Wilhelm shook his head though.

"But Crusch-sama, you said you were fighting the Master Swordsman?"

"Yes...somehow, Batman fused with the late Sword Saint, Reinhard Van Astrea and became the Master Swordsman…"

The very idea she spoke of was disgusting. The friend and hero they all knew, stooping to such despicable lengths...it had to be a mistake, it must have been a trick...but the evidence was there.

The Tower.

The Soldiers.

The Man himself.

Petra trembled as she held herself.

"It happened year and a half ago...Subaru and the others left to the capital for the Royal Selection to start...then, before I knew Subaru came back with his arm missing...from the roof of my house...I could see the smoke...the fire and the-the...the Tower when it fell from the sky."

"..."

"It began firing beams from above it, so much destruction."

She wiped away stray tears, then put on a crazed smile, sending shiver down everyone's spines.

"When that happened, we had to run for our lives...his soldiers came...it was a scene of madness. Bandits and merchants, Witch Cultists and Knights, Emilia-sama and the Sin Archbishop of Sloth...haha, all working together to try and fight him and his Justice Elite."

"...!"

"Ohhhhh, but one by one...people died...Rem-sama...Ram-sama...Mom….DAAAD…"

She tried to hide back her sadness…

"Even when we made it to the Priscilla encampment...we saw it ablaze and the Justice Commander, Garfiel, waiting for us. He killed...my friends...my neighbors...Beatrice-chan."

"...!"

"Then, Subaru pushed me into the forest, he distracted them so I could escape….in the end, all I found was his tracksuit...and some bloody teeth."

"My god…."

Julius stepped forward.

"Yes, it as she said, they suddenly appeared that day and attacked the palace, iot seems they were there to kill all of us."

"..."

"And did they ever….the Sage Council was slaughtered, all the nobles were sliced apart and Captain Marcos had his head crushed in by the Master Swordsman."

"...Julius...where is Anastasia-sama?"

Julius held back any tears he wished to shed, putting on an expression of pain.

"She was holding onto my arm...then they were both frozen solid...and DESTROYED."

"...Dear god."

Ferris raised his hand.

"Julius...what happened to Ferri-chan?"

"...You were taken away by his Justice Executioner...that man told us he had every intention of killing us, and that having Ferris around would cause him problems."

"...Did he...kill Ferri-chan?"

"...We don't know."

Ferris held his breath as the others were in deep thought. Crusch took a sip of water and glanced at them.

"But! You all seem to be from...another world was it? Yes, you are all from a world where Batman has not reached the level of threat he is meant to become."

"Wait there Crusch-sama, Ferri-chan knows that this Batman is the scourge of the world...but the Batman-san we knyow….is a hero!"

"P-Preposterous! That filth doesn't have a shred of goodness or mercy in him!"

Wilhelm shook his head and calmly put his hand together.

"Crusch-sama, where we are from, Batman-dono and Natsuki Subaru-dono are heroes, they have defeated many Sin Archbishops, killed two Great Demon Beasts and have effectively saved us many times over-"

"-That is insane!"

Wilhelm looked over and saw that the older Meili, a woman who was beyond gorgeous and voluptuous...was snarling at him.

"Don't bring us that crap here! Batman is a fucking monster!"

"Young miss…"

"Shut up! My big sister...my mother were killed, and my entire country of Gutseko was sacked by him and his STUPID army! So don't tell me that there is a good version of him...BECAUSE I WON'T BELIEVE IT!"

Meili was panting from her screaming only to be calmed down by the other Wilhelm.

Crusch sighed as they looked over the facts.

"Regardless, you may stay here for the time being, make yourselves comfortable…"

The four of them decided to take a break...Ferris was especially tired, he would love to treat their injuries...but it seemed that their injuries were too old to heal and some of them were adamant about letting a stranger near them.

As the four walked downstairs...Crusch looked back at her followers...Felt crossed her arms.

"What do ya think Crusch?"

"...They have been brainwashed by Batman, we may need to help them as well. It is obvious he is trying to trick them."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"If what they said is true and many worlds have been combined into one...this may be our chance to kill Batman...NO...all the Batmen that have ever existed."

"...Yes Captain."

"We...will save everyone from that monster."

Just then a flash of light appeared in front of them.

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Julius and Priscilla sat in table as Heretic removed his helmet and sat across from him.

"Well that was quite the story."

"Indeed, we have been through alot with Batman."

Julius was taken aback at how the young man looked like Bruce, except he had jade eyes and a buzzcut haircut.

"So I take it you are Damian then?"

"Oh, Batman has told you about me?"

"Yes. He told us how you stabbed him."

He narrowed his eyes at him, then they both returned the gesture. However, Damian sat back and gazed at the woman in the red dress.

"So...Priscilla was it? What do you have to say about this?"

"I have nothing to say to a boy who would betray his own father."

He chuckled a bit as he grabbed his glass of water and chugged it down. He put the cup back down and leered at them

"I didn't betray my father...he betrayed the world."

"How is that?"

"He was against the changing times...ever since the event of the Blackest Night, death has been a constant in this world. They said life was going to start again, but what a joke that was."

"...?"

"Shazam, Miss Martian, Fire and Ice, Steel, Speedy, Vibe, Aqualad, Grifter...they're all dead...there are more...but I can't remember all their names. And do you know why? Because they never tried to kill their enemies. That's what I'm doing here, making the world a safer place by killing those who would harm it…It's a new age of heroes!"

He looked back and spread his arms wide.

"My League of Assassins will kill in the shadows to make the world of light that much brighter. Isn't that better than what my father does?"

It was silent for a moment, before both of them gave their answers.

"Hmph! You besmirch your father's goals...I have nothing more to say to Heretic."

"Batman, is a man who devotes himself to the sanctity of life, even when the rest of us did kill he did his damndest to never take a life, but you go around murdering everyone you see as a threat...you really did betray your father."

Damian scoffed at them before he put his helmet back on.

"We'll see who history remembers."

Then a bright light shined a ways away from them...it began to take shape.

"By the spirits!"

Dr. Fate appeared in front of them.

He appeared to all the groups that were gathered together and gave them a message.

"Our worlds are under peril, we must come together to face this threat...lest our world crumble away into nothingness. We must put our differences aside, be rid of our grudges and strive to save our homes...in a few moments I will return to gather you all so we may plan out our movements to stop the true aggressors of this vile action. Be ready…"



He disappeared.

Emilia and Beatrice stared at what they had seen.

"Who was that Adam-sama?"

"Dr. Fate, he is one of the most powerful magic users in this world, we may need to-"

Just then loud crashes and noises were heard outside. Black Adam saw that someone was causing trouble in his city.

"I will see what is is happening!"

"We're coming too!"

"No, stay here Emilia!"

"No way...if Subaru and Batman don't run from danger, then neither will we!"

Black Adam saw the determination in their eyes and relented.

"Alright, you may follow but be quick!"

"Yes sir!"

Emilia saluted him and the rest of them followed...Emilia looked back at Leonard who seemed hesitant to come. She gave him a smile and ran off.

Snart clicked his tongue and looked at his briefcase.

"God...Damn it…"

Now in the city, many buildings were destroyed, corpses lay about and cars were overturned or on fire. They soon found who were responsible for the vile actions...Beatrice clenching her fists.

"Gluttony."

Louis and Ley tossed away some of their victims as three cars were on fire behind them.

"Ley, look...the spirit we require is right there. It's time to finally get her."

"YES! And we also get to eat some of those people's NAMES and MEMORIES! AHHH What a feast…"

Ley charged forward, Emilia and Puck were prepared to form and ice barrier-

"Impudent boy!"

Black Adam, used his great speed to grab Ley by the hair and toss him through several cars. Louis charged at him with his hand reaching for his face, but an ice blast stopped him midair, Black Adam then headbutted him away into a cafe.

The monarch turned his head to face the new fighter.

"I didn't think you would come out of retirement Snart."

"What can I say? I got guilt tripped into it."

Captain Cold arrived with his Frost Gun and smirked.

He walked past Emilia and Beatrice and smiled at them.

"Sit back and watch these two get their asses handed to them."

Emilia and Beatrice nodded, with Puck giving him a thumbs up. Black Adam and Captain Cold stood side by side as they watched the two Sin Archbishops get back up and narrow their eyes at them...the two teams were now ready for combat.

Dr. Fate stopped his message as he looked over at Constantine. The man nodded took one last puff of smoke and put it out, fixing his tie as he got up.

"Where are you two going?"

"We got a uninvited guest, you all stay here...oh here watch the mighty nice pay per view event with this."

He placed a crystal ball in front of them and the two magical users of them teleported away by Fate. The three remaining patrons watched as an image came up on the crystal...

Now outside, on a snow capped mountain below the floating House of Mystery, the mystical men looked over as they saw a cute girl in a purple cloak with pink hair start walking up to them.

"Listen lady, don't know what you're trying to pull, but you ain't the first shapeshifter I've had a tussle with."

"I suggest you leave before we force you to leave...WITCH CULTIST."

The girl began to laugh as she licked her lips and smiled seductively at them.

"Two darling men who don't know how to give me their looooove...I can't wait to beat that information into you."

Two large dragon wings sprouted out of her back, Constantine summoned a magic circle beneath his feet and Dr. Fate summoned magic orbs around him, his white eyes narrowed at the disgusting being in front of him.

"Today is the day you are destroyed...LUST."

Before our heroes can finally regroup, the final three Sin Archbishops, reveal themselves to do battle, with warriors from a world they know nothing about...