The guy did turn out to be Jason, but he wasn’t in a very good mood with Tim. He basically didn’t talk at all. That was fair. Tim had hit him. He hung back and tried to not be annoying as Jason contacted the police, found the hostage, and talked to her in a low voice. When they heard sirens Jason grabbed Tim and took him out the door and onto his motorcycle. They went like, really fast.
The motorcycle was cool, but where it stopped was even better. Tim l...
2024-08-13 17:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Hashirama was a scary motherfucker like this, cold with fury. Aiko walked towards him with a serenity she did not fucking feel as his chakra roiled all around them. He was spread out into the trees above and the roots below, simmering through the grass under her feet.
“You are angry,” Aiko said, because it was obvious. “I have not deliberately harmed you.” That bit of honesty out of the way, she made the executive decision to fold down into seiza as if they ...
2024-08-11 05:09:46 +0000 UTC
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(I re-did my plot a bit and realized that this will take more than 4 chapters to resolve to my satisfaction, so it will be 5 at the very least.)
Attacking Superman was probably the best thing that Aiko had done in this lifetime. Her parents gave her so much attention now, and also lots of other adults wanted to hear what she had to say all the time. She was pretty sure that President Luthor had been talking about her on TV when he said nice things about the new generation sta...
2024-08-06 18:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Having a mission changed everything.
Tim took full advantage of his new knowledge of the holy manuals. The first rule that he took to heart was that he was meant to be armed. Of course! It made sense.
Unfortunately, he was also not meant to take any weapon onto the field that he hadn’t trained with. Tim thought hard for a while whether or not a suburban house counted as ‘in the field’, but it seemed like he should pay lip servi...
2024-07-30 17:00:01 +0000 UTC
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“Princess Aiko!” Daddy snatched her up. Her crayons rolled away. Aiko giggled and let him, then shrieked and squirmed when he tickled her. “It's time to go see the child therapist! Yay, child therapist!”
“Yay!” Aiko shouted along with him, getting hyped up because Dad was hyped up. Things were great now! Mom and Dad paid so much attention to her! So did other adults, who wanted to hear her thoughts and about how she was going to grow up to kill Superman and ...
2024-07-23 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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He did not go to bed. He went to the computer and he searched up Batman. Wikipedia had the same article. He clicked on it and scrolled down to the list of associates. It was…
A really long list. Tim’s eyes crossed. There were a whole bunch of boring irrelevant people in other states. But more importantly, there was a list of speculated Robins. Robins, as in plural.
“Four or five, depending on who you believe,” Tim muttered incre...
2024-07-17 05:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Hashirama was a scary motherfucker like this, cold with fury. Aiko walked towards him with a serenity she did not fucking feel as his chakra roiled all around them. He was spread out into the trees above and the roots below, simmering all the way through the grass under her feet.
“You are angry,” Aiko said, because it was obvious. “I have not deliberately harmed you.” That bit of honesty out of the way, she made the executive decision to fold down into seiza as ...
2024-07-16 08:24:09 +0000 UTC
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By the time Aiko was 6, she was more of a human person and less of a small sack full of screaming id and ego.
Luckily, she did not get rid of her twin. She was older and wiser and now very confident that Mommy did not want him gone, she just didn't want him squashed by a car.
At this point, Aiko was pretty sure she was stranded in some stupid world that was terrible and boring. It couldn't be a normal reincarnation in the same place, because no one here...
2024-07-09 16:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Tim had one major takeaway about his experience when he got back to the right part of town and could stop looking over his shoulder for the Sausage Guy: He had to get better at this.
Tim went right back to his hideout and then into the secret hideout portion, determined. He knew himself. There would be lots of useful information on the computer.
It took a while to find anything. But he was right. There was a treasure trove of information. There were yea...
2024-07-03 05:00:31 +0000 UTC
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“I'm actually a God in human flesh.” She put both hands on the edge of the counter and peered over to watch how both of her parents had gone perfectly still to stare at her. So civilian of them. “When I'm bigger I'll be able to manipulate the elements, the human mind, and at least one dimension of reality. You should listen to me.”
Daddy came around the island counter to kneel in front of her. “That may be so, babygirl,” he said, making direct eye contact wi...
2024-06-30 02:49:02 +0000 UTC
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CHAPTER 35
“You are not making the choices of a victor. Neither of those clans is worthy of your association. But if you choose to grant that, please do not grant them your trust.”
Aiko twitched with the effort of keeping a straight face. She really, really did not like being criticized or told what to do. The implication that she might get outmaneuvered by the Senju or the Uchiha put her hackles up.
‘I prefer it when peop...
2024-06-25 18:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Mrs. Henderson was a lot friendlier with that explanation. He was grateful because that gave him a little space to think about escape plans. “You’re lucky I was here at all,” Mrs. Henderson chattered. “Goodness knows I’ll be out of town soon. My grandson is getting married this weekend, down in that shithole Metropolis.” She shut the window that he’d come in through, which looked a little difficult with her mace wedged in her armpit.
It would probably be r...
2024-06-18 17:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“You are not making the choices of a victor. Neither of those clans is worthy of your association. But if you choose to grant that, please do not grant them your trust”
Aiko twitched with the effort of keeping a straight face.
‘I prefer it when people are honest with me,’ she chanted. She liked Mayumi, she respected her. So she swallowed her pride enough to listen to the criticism. “How so?” she eked out.
2024-06-11 18:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Tim spent a while laying back and thinking about the life that he was living. It was kind of bizarre, wasn’t it? It was so different from what he had been doing before at elementary school.
But it was clearly his life. Tim fit into this routine like a missing puzzle piece. He already had the skills that big Tim did. He took a moment to feel proud that he was managing big Tim’s real job. He could all but feel the phantom touch of his Dad ruffling his hair....
2024-06-04 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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CHAPTER 34
The next few days were wasted in politicking. Aiko visited the Uchiha twice more and stopped by the Senju to drop off a message, unwilling to get stuck talking to the rat bastards if she didn’t have to. Luckily, Hashirama was still acting cagey about being in close proximity to her, ever since the whole “but that's treason” hand wringing bit.
Things continued on the microseasonal schedule in her little village. Aiko managed to show up f...
2024-05-28 21:00:02 +0000 UTC
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“Alright, have a good day.” Tim handed the clipboard back to a stone-faced delivery guy and took the package from Miss Fox back to his lair. He got a glass of water on the way down and then went about reproducing the experiment that Tam asked for.
She wouldn't give him details. But from the instructions and reported results, Tim was pretty sure that some employee had misrepresented their process. To what end, he didn't know. He was just the science guy, n...
2024-05-26 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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CHAPTER 34
The next few days were wasted in politicking. Aiko visited the Uchiha twice more and stopped by the Senju to drop off a message, unwilling to get stuck talking to the rat bastards if she didn’t have to. Luckily, Hashirama was still acting cagey about being in close proximity to her, ever since the whole “but that's treason” hand wringing bit.
Things continued on the microseasonal schedule in her little village. Aiko managed t...
2024-05-22 02:23:44 +0000 UTC
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Yeah, the guy who lived here was never going to be able to scrape Tim out of the building. He would come back like Trichoderma spores, he would insinuate himself underneath the wallpaper like Aureobasidium. They were going to have to coexist, because it was like this place was a theme park that had been designed and built to thrill him in specific.
This was without a doubt the best day that Tim Drake had ever had. It was probably the best day any Drake ever had, actually....
2024-05-20 10:00:06 +0000 UTC
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The stairs were that creepy, kinda futuristic design where they seemed to float in midair. Tim ran a nervous hand over the joint that connected the first step to the wall. It seemed secure, right? Right? He swallowed and lowered himself down on his butt, scooting from stair to stair. The metal was cold and weirdly textured, probably for grip.
If the entrance had been hidden, there might be a trap. What if it was meant to fall out from underneath an intruder when someon...
2024-05-17 15:03:00 +0000 UTC
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CHAPTER 33
She found herself being welcomed into the Uchiha’s territory by one of the same female home guards from the last time. They led her to the main house. It was true morning. Aiko deeply breathed in the scent wafting off of the dew-wet grass. Birdsong twittered all around them. It was a beautiful morning and the dawn was still splashing pale orange and yellow across the sky as she crossed the Uchiha stronghold.
Madara was waiting inside, and he look...
2024-05-16 08:27:37 +0000 UTC
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His first observation worth noting was that this wasn't his house.
Tim prowled around in his socked feet in total silence, investigating by the little light that came in through mostly shut curtains. He wasn't in his own clothes, which was kind of scary. He had to keep hiking up his sweatpants to keep them on, and he rolled down his socks three times to tighten them up. At least the floors didn't creak at all, even when he stepped on the dark wood panels in between dark red r...
2024-04-30 22:44:02 +0000 UTC
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CHAPTER 33
She found herself being welcomed into the Uchiha’s territory by one of the same female home guards from the last time. They led her to the main house. It was true morning. Aiko deeply breathed in the scent wafting off of the dew-wet grass. Birdsong twittered all around them. It was a beautiful morning and the dawn was still splashing pale orange and yellow across the sky as she crossed the Uchiha stronghold.
Madara was waiting inside, and he look...
2024-04-30 13:07:47 +0000 UTC
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CHAPTER 45
“Nice country you have here,” Prince Marcel said. “Very damp.” He tried to huddle further underneath his hood. “Exquisitely wet. Wetter than any other kingdom yet established. No wonder you all seek to spread this glory.”
“Oh, cease your babble,” Vivian said. Her mood was much improved now that they were near her family seat of power.
Kian shot her an impressed look. She had really loosened ...
2024-04-30 09:03:21 +0000 UTC
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CHAPTER 32
“She’s proposing treason,” Hashirama said. His hand tightened around Madara’s bicep. “I am not comfortable-”
Madara shook him off with a scowl and wheeled on his old friend. “It’s not treason,” he said scornfully. “The will of Heaven supersedes any political allegiance. Besides.” He tossed his hair. “We pledged loyalty to the Daimyo. And there is no Daimyo.”
“There is no Daimyo,” Hashirama...
2024-03-31 21:16:01 +0000 UTC
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“She’s proposing treason,” Hashirama said. His hand tightened around Madara’s bicep. “I am not comfortable-”
Madara shook him off with a scowl and wheeled on his old friend. “It’s not treason,” he said scornfully. “The will of Heaven supersedes any political allegiance. Besides.” He tossed his hair. “We pledged loyalty to the Daimyo. And there is no Daimyo.”
“There is no Daimyo,” Hashirama said slowly, “because she murde...
2024-03-31 03:30:47 +0000 UTC
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She started to come down from the adrenaline high while Izuna and Hashirama exchanged weirdly tense politesse about the micro season. Doubtlessly it was some kind of intellectual sniping. Aiko did her best not to analyze what they were saying- fuck, were they referencing poets? They were referencing court poetry in an attempt to establish their cultural credentials, because no one could be honest scuzzy murderers, they had to pretend to be classy–
Anyway. Aiko foun...
2024-03-27 11:00:07 +0000 UTC
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She started to come down from the adrenaline high while Izuna and Hashirama exchanged weirdly tense politesse about the micro season. Doubtlessly it was some kind of intellectual sniping. Aiko did her best not to analyze what they were saying- fuck, were they referencing poets? They were referencing court poetry in an attempt to establish their cultural credentials, because no one could be honest scuzzy murderers, they had to pretend to be classy–
Anyway. Aiko foun...
2024-03-24 04:48:05 +0000 UTC
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Part 4
Aiko didn't actually like living in the brand new Konoha. It felt wrong and a little creepy. She wasn't sure how much her input had changed things, so she had tried to stay out of discussions about zoning and layout. She was mostly counting down the days until her term of service to Izanami was concluded and she'd get her payoff: transportation home.
It was still eerie to walk around. She didn't know if it was more painful to notice the familiari...
2024-03-23 09:53:41 +0000 UTC
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Part 3
Unfortunately, she was remembering that Tobirama had always been her history class crush. Aiko pushed that fact down far into her black little soul and tried falling back on professionalism.
That veneer felt pretty pathetic after what she now recognized as half a week of pigtail pulling.
“Is this meal not to your liking?” the hostess seemed ready to have it taken away and replaced with something entirely new.
Aiko blinked back to the real world, where everyo...
2024-02-29 09:47:59 +0000 UTC
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“Nice country you have here,” Prince Marcel said. “Very damp.” He tried to huddle further underneath his hood. “Exquisitely wet. Wetter than any other kingdom yet established. No wonder you all seek to spread this glory.”
“Oh, cease your babble,” Vivian said. Her mood was much improved now that they were near her family seat of power.
Kian shot her an impressed look. She had really loosened up on the road.
The Prince let out a long, dramatic sigh. ...
2024-02-26 22:00:04 +0000 UTC
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