What Makes A Hero(Naruto/Injustice)

[Bonzoluv]

There were ten minutes left until Tim's execution and the sun started to rise over the Hall Of Justice. He stood alongside Zatanna, Starfire, Superboy, Wondergirl, Manhunter, Batgirl, Catwoman, Batman, and Aquaman and Mera who were both disguised as Billy and Hal with Itachi's jutsu. There was also a clone of Itachi disguised as Damian. The three of them that were in disguises had fake cuffs on to act like they were restrained. The Atlantean army was on standby ready to be reversed summoned.

On the other side of what would soon be a desolate battlefield, there stood Superman with his yellow lantern ring, Wonder Woman, Raven, Cyborg, Ares, a brainwashed Doomsday and Bizarro, and Black Adam who was ready to switch sides at any moment. And at the center was Tim who was kneeled on the ground unconscious with Raven next to him ready to kill him. 'Superman. I should thank you for making Tim such an easy target. I thought that this might have been harder.' There was also an army of Super Soldiers behind them.

They all looked up at the helicopters above that pointed cameras down at them, and there were crowds gathering from a close enough distance to see them all, but for enough to not get blown away from stray blasts.

Up in the helicopters every single news channel active in America was getting in on the potential action. "It seems like the terrorist Itachi has decided to respond to Superman's ultimatum and is now standing in front of him at the Hall Of Justice. Everyone is holding their breath in anticipation of what he'll do next. In the past week he has taken down multiple members of Superman's Regime. Will it all end here, or will he let his teammate die as an opportunity to fight Superman? We'll find out soon."

Manhunter connected them all mentally and Wondergirl asked, "Does anyone know why there are thousands of people gathered around this place?"

"It sounds like they're all making bets on the outcome of this."

"What do they think the outcome is gonna be?"

"Whether or not Itachi will really surrender himself or not. And if he doesn't, then who will win the fight."

"Are you able to keep track of who's getting the most bets?"

"Yeah.... right now it sounds like Superman has eighty percent of the bets."

"Oh... those aren't good odds."

Itachi cut in, "I'd say that our odds are almost perfect."

Batgirl said, "Let's not get overly optimistic. We're fighting against some heavy hitters here. I never even knew they had Doomsday on their side."

Zatanna looked back at her and smiled, "It's not something he's saying just to be positive. He doesn't make claims like that unless he's absolutely certain."

Batgirl looked at the Titans and Manhunter and noticed that they all had the same look in their eyes. She smirked and raised a brow, "Alright then. Well if you've all put so much faith into him then I'll believe it."

Wondergirl started looking at everyone on her team, "So who calls dibs on who?"

Itachi went first, "I'm going after Superman."

"Going straight for the most dangerous guy? Are you sure you can take him on your own?"

"Well I didn't go straight to a red sun just to fight Cyborg."

Wondergirl put a hand on her chin, "Fair... Hey, Zatanna. You should take on Raven."

Zatanna looked back at her with an unamused look, "Is it just because we both use magic?"

She smiled and rubbed the back of her head, "You read my mind."

"We're all reading each other's minds."

"Would you all stop squabbling about such silly things and start the fight already? Why am I even connected to your minds?"

Everyone glanced at Black Adam across the battlefield who had his arms crossed and he kept finger tapping. Starfire stated, "Because you're on our team."

Catwoman asked, "Well who are you taking on?"

"I'll take on whoever I get my hands on first."

She tilted her head, "But there's gotta be someone specific, right? Someone you really wanna get revenge on?" Black Adam briefly glanced at Wonder Woman. "It's Wonder Woman?"

His forehead tensed, "She humiliated me with her Lasso, she'll pay dearly for that."

"Alright big guy, as long as you don't kill her then go right ahead."

"Hmph, well we don't have much time left. Let's get started already."

Batman said, "I agree with Black Adam. We only have two minutes left."

"Alright, everyone. Brace yourselves. This is our final stand. Zatanna, ready?"

She nodded and they both stepped forward, she put a hand on his shoulder and in an instant before a synapse could fire in the brains of any of the thousands of people watching, Itachi's Totsuka blade stabbed straight through Tim Drake. Ignoring the obvious shock the Regime and audience was at his action, Raven couldn't have done anything. Because killing Tim would have put her in the way of the attack. "Zatanna, now!"

"Got it! Ekard mit fo ydob ehe evreserp!" As Tim Drake's body was being pulled into Itachi's gourd, Zatanna placed a spell on Tim's body that preserved his brain activity for much longer than normal, guaranteeing a safe resurrection later on.

Right after that was done, the non powered members of Itachi's team took their green pills, and Itachi undid all of his seals and started to overflow with the chakra he's built up over the past week. He lifted one hand sign and reverse summoned the Atlantean army which was relative to the Regime one in numbers. The disguises of Mera and Aquaman also dropped and he yelled, "Charge, Atlantians!" And for the first time since fighting against Parademons in Tokyo. His red Susanoo rose to its full height of one hundred and thirty-five meters. Causing Helicopters to fly away or higher into the sky to avoid getting destroyed.

He manifested a blade in his left arm and swept it across the battlefield, taking out some of the Super Soldiers before Superman stopped the blade and destroyed it. "When I finish dealing with all of you, I'll make sure I destroy your pathetic nation first, Aquaman. Attack!"

The full on war broke out and everyone started taking on their own opponents. Black Adam started to fight Wonder Woman, Manhunter attacked Doomsday, Zatanna fought Raven, The three Titans took on Cyborg and Ares who was getting powered by the battlefield, and Aquaman and Batman took on Bizarro while Catwoman, Batgirl, and Mera fought against the Super Soldiers with the Atlantians. Then last but definitely not least, Itachi started to take on Superman.

Starfire and Cyborg started shooting multiple blasts at each other. Wondergirl dashed at Ares with a straight right, although Ares diverted it to the side. So she used the momentum to spin into a roundhouse kick to his head which sent him into the ground. Although he got up moments later and was glowing. He grabbed her by the neck and lifted her off the ground. "This war fuels me, half sister. Not even Diana couldn't beat me in this state, so there's no way that you could beat me."

Superboy hit him with an overhead left which made him lose his grip on Wondergirls neck. She took advantage of the loose grip and wrapped her arm around his and started punching him with the other one. The last punch sent him skidding across the ground and she rubbed her neck, "Good thing I'm not alone then."

Starfire was weaving through Cyborg's shots and moved the fight into a closer battle. She tried to hit him with a left hook, but he ducked under it and landed a body shot on her. She got dazed, but was fine. She destroyed the ground under them with a powerful blast, and while he was off balance she was going to try and attack again, but stopped when she noticed that Cyborg's chest was glowing. She leaned back far enough to almost fall on her back, and Cyborg tried capitalizing on that by shooting her with multiple cannons at the same time. But she started to levitate and spun in mid air kicking his arm cannon to the side before haymakering him into the ground. "How could you team up with Superman?! He nearly killed Superboy and then trapped the rest of us inside the Phantom Zone. If it weren't for Itachi we'd all be dead right now!"

Cyborg got back up and his expression didn't change. Starfire's eyes went wide and her eyes tensed, "You.... knew," but then that was replaced with a snarl and clenched fist. "You knew!"

On the other side of the battle field Zatanna and Raven were currently at a stalemate, Manhunter was starting to have trouble with a seemingly stronger Doomsday, and Aquaman and Batman were holding their own, but everytime it seemed like they were coming close to beating Bizarro, he blew them away or shot beams that made them have to back off.

Aquaman gripped his Trident tightly, "Batman. How do you suppose that we defeat this Superman clone? Everytime we get close it just blows us away."

Batman flipped over another heat blast, "While I distract it with smoke, try to restrain him."

Aquaman started dashing towards Bizarro, "I doubt that I could restrain that monster, but it's as good of a plan as any," Batman threw lead based smoke pellets at the clone which confused it. And in the confusion Aquaman grabbed it from behind and started holding it in place. Batman revealed red sun knuckle dusters from his belt and was about to get within punching distance of Bizarro, but then Bizarro flew up into the air with Aquaman still grabbing him, "Let go of him, Aquaman!" But it was too late and Bizarro broke his trident.

While Aquaman was falling helplessly a hundred meters away from the ground, it seemed like Bizarro was going to finish him off. But then suddenly Bizarro was in cased in ice and a gust of wind made sure Aquaman safely landed.

Aquaman and Batman looked at where the attacks seemed to have come from and saw Killer Frost and the Rogues coming into the battlefield from seemingly nowhere. Batman raised a brow, "Villians? What are you doing here?"

Mirror Master said, "We used to be in Superman's prison, if he wins then we're probably all going to be killed."

Killer Frost continued, "And technically Itachi set us free. So we're just returning the favor."

Batman was satisfied with the answer and showed that to them in his own Batman kind of way. "Alright then. Well you should start returning that favor by helping us take these guys down."

At the center of the battlefield Itachi condensed his Susanoo into something resembling body armor and both him and Superman dashed at each other. Itachi easily weaved through Superman's punches and tried to uppercut him. But Superman blew him away and Itachi flipped to catch himself. Superman started shooting multiple heat blasts at him and Itachi evaded them all and countered by throwing shrunken at him. Superman just lifted a hand to block them, but groaned in pain when they Pentwater his arm. He took a closer look at the Shuriken, "Red Sun Radiation. Petty tricks aren't going to help you win anymore, Itachi."

Itachi raised a hand sign and made two clones. All three of them used Water Dragon jutsu which Superman countered with a shield bubble. While inside the bubble the two clones started shooting multiple Yasaka beads at him which broke through the shield and hit him. Superman fell to the ground, and when he landed he landed on a bed of Kunai that Itachi set up earlier while he was dodging him.

Superman just ignored the pain and his eyes started glowing more red than ever before. Itachi tensed up and looked behind him, 'This next blast is going to take out hundreds of people behind me if I dodge it.'

Superman shot a huge blast at Itachi that Itachi had to block with the Yata Mirror. 'I might have to seal him with the Totsuka blade,' he glanced over at Zatanna, Manhunter, and everyone else fighting, 'Nevermind. I'll only have three minutes from there to bring him back, and the fighting won't be over by then.'

The two clones started raining Yasaka beads at Superman which seemed like they were hurting him a lot. Although when the assault there was a huge cloud of dust that was hard to see through. A beam shot through the smoke taking out one clone, and when the dust settled, Superman got up to his feet wobbling, breathing heavily. But he quickly recovered and rushed at the other clone. The clone was going to jump out of the way, but it's feet were frozen in place.

'He must have frozen the ground under him while he was getting assaulted. The clone put up its shield, but Superman used the ring to hit it with a hooked blade from behind that went through its back. Making it disappear. Itachi narrowed his eyes, 'He seems exhausted. But that ring has made him considerably stronger, it's going to take more than that to take him down.'

Superman shook his head, "I still don't get it, Itachi. For someone that hates war so much it sure seems like you want nothing more than to keep fighting."

"I know that you won't see it this way, but I'm doing this for your sake, Clark."

Clark scoffed and chuckled, "You know what? It doesn't matter. It's clear to me now that none of you will ever be loyal to me, so I'll just have to kill you all."

Superman started shooting another huge beam that Itachi blocked. After a few seconds Superman took advantage of Itachi's line of sight being blocked and grabbed him and started flying up into the sky. 'Where is he taking me?'

Itachi used Amaterasu and Superman grunted in pain, but he powered through it and they started flying into space further away from Earth.

'Wait..... he's going to throw me into the sun! Ill be dead in just a matter of seconds!' Itachi started to feel the extreme heat of the sun as it got bigger and bigger as he got closer to it. Zatanna talked to him trhougg their minds with clear concern in her voice, "Did you say that you're near the sun?? Do you need assistance up there?"

".... No, I have it covered. Thank you."

Itachi's eyes became cold, 'Well if you're this close to the sun, you'll heal from anything I do. So I'm not going to hold back on you anymore.'

 

[Bonzoluv]

'Letting me get this close to you was the biggest mistake you've ever made, Clark,' Itachi ate the only green pill he had on him and pulled out two kunai. He stabbed into the shoulder of Superman's right arm and into his spinal cord in his neck. Superman's grip instantly got loose, he tried to grab Itachi again with his left arm, but Itachi went under it and stabbed the kunai into his wrist and ran it down all the way to his armpit, spilling a gallon of blood. Superman tried to shoot a heat blast, but then Itachi stabbed his fingers into both of his eyes. When Superman screamed in pain, Itachi used a chakta string to pull his tounge out of his mouth. He then grabbed the top of Superman's head and kneed him in his jaw, making him bite his own tongue off.

Superman was hardly able to fight back anymore and Itachi pulled off a spinning side kick which sent him into the sun. Itachi looked back at Earth and started flying back there as fast as he could.

Back on Earth, Manhunter was starting to go on the defensive against Doomsday, and Zatanna started to have an advantage over Raven.

Starfire shot an onslaught of blast at Cyborg that forced him on the defensive, "Cyborg, we fought together for years. Have you really forgotten who your friends are?"

Cyborg faltered for a second and ended up getting hit by the onslaught of blast. He groaned, "I.... I don't know."

Wondergirl tried to kick Ares, but Ares grabbed her leg and threw her into Superboy who caught her. "This isn't working."

Wondergirl looked up at him, "Wait. Why don't we use what Itachi taught us to do?"

"We've only been practicing it for a couple days, I doubt we could do it in a real fight yet."

"Yes... normally. But Manhunter linked all our minds, remember?"

Superboy paused for a moment as he came to a sudden realization, "Oh yeah! It'll be much easier now."

Starfire, Superboy, and Wondergirl shared a quick glance and then Superboy went for a haymaker. Ares fell for the feint and started to back step, but then Wondergirl jumped over Superboy and side kicked him to the face. While she did that, Superboy swept his legs from below. While he was in the air Superboy grabbed Wondergirl's arm and threw her at Cyborg who was caught off guard and received a drop kick to the chest while Starfire hit Ares with a full blast from above.

While Ares was on the ground, Superboy axe kicked him in the head while Starfire started assaulting him with more blasts. Eventually Ares stopped moving, and he was defeated.

After Cyborg got drop kicked, Wondergirl grabbed his fully robotic arm and ripped it off while kicking him in the chest again. Right after that both Starfire and Superboy joined her and they all charged Cyborg at once who became helpless to the rain of blows he started receiving from the three of them at the same time. There was no opening. He was receiving two hits at the same time at any given time. He'd get punched on his left and then his head would get kicked on his right while also getting punched in the gut. Eventually he fell to the ground unconscious.

They all looked down at him with solemn expressions. Starfire said, "Maybe once this is all over. We'll get a clear answer from you."

They were all about to start helping Manhunter fight Doomsday, but then helicopters with the Regimes insignia started to fly in. Causing the news copters to have to fly farther away. The doors on them opened and more soldiers started dropping off while some got in miniguns and started shooting down at the battlefield below, killing some Atlanteans.

While they fought the air support, Bizarro was getting overwhelmed. Although none of their attacks were doing enough damage to put him down for good. Batman came up with another plan and mentally shared it with Arthur who nodded. Batman charged at Bizarro and glanced at Weather Wizard who instantly knew his role. When Bizarro tried his freeze breath, Weather Wizard countered the wind trajectory of his breath. Aquaman said, "Golden Glider. I need your intangibility."

She ran up to him, "What's the plan?"

Bizarro's eyes started to glow red and Aquaman picked her up and threw her at Bizarro, "This is the plan."

"A heads up first would have been nice!" She grabbed onto Bizarro who shot a laser beam through her and at Batman. But the beam went right through Batman since Bizarro was intangible himself. Batman finally got either striking distance and started to lay it into Bizarro. He front kicked him in the gut which made him hunch over and then he uppercut him. He followed it with two hooks and then lastly he did a meia lua de compasso which hit Bizarro with enough force to send him flying back, unconscious.

Itachi finally landed back on Earth and the crowd that was watching the fight started cheering as if they were watching a boxing match. Although he could only catch his breath for a few seconds, because he could see a red and blue blur about to crash right into the battlefield. "Damn it. After having a dip in the Sun he's going to be even more powerful than he already was."

Superman crashed into the battlefield almost like a nuke which sent everyone on their feet. Even the people watching the fight from far away. Itachi started to fight more on the defensive, but he was still able to keep up with Superman. 'I thought that being inside the sun would destroy the ring, but they must be a lot more durable than I thought they were.'

Itachi tried to sweep his legs but Superman jumped above it and tried to hit Itachi with an overhand which was barely dodged. Itachi backed away on his hands and flipped back on his feet and tried a fire ball jutsu which didn't phase Superman in the slightest. He threw a couple of huge shuriken which Superman swatted away with a yellow energy hand. Itachi tried to pull them back so they could stab him from behind, but Superman saw the metal cord that was attached to one and sliced it. The second one was attached to a string made out of Chakra, but Superman heard the blade slicing through the wind and destroyed it.

Superman gritted his teeth in anger, "I'm done with all of your tricks Itachi, I'm ending this now. Cyborg, send it."

Cyborg, who was barely clinging to consciousness, complied with Superman's order and sent something. Itschi had a scrunched brow, "Send it? What did he send?"

Inside the crowds people started looking down at their phones which all turned on on their own. Many of them started to have faces contorted in distraught or fear after watching what was sent to their phones. "When I'm done with your resistance, Itachi. I'm absolving all of the world governments. All the countries of the world will begin to answer to me and me alone. And my first step as the Supreme ruler will be to instill fear in them so that they won't think of starting another silly rebellion like you."

It suddenly clicked in Itachi's head that the video all of the people of Earth suddenly saw was the clip of him killing hundreds of people in a warehouse. Superman's ring started glowing a vibrant sickly yellow. "Oh no"- Before he could finish his sentence, Superman blitzed him and punched him in his gut, nearly destroying his Susanoo armor and sending him skidding across the ground.

"You can't beat me anymore, Itachi. Just give up and I'll make sure that it's quick," Superman started to glance around the battlefield until he saw Zatanna. "Hey, that combo you did earlier with Zatanna on Tim. Was that something special to make sure he didn't die?" Itachi didn't respond and he continued, "She seems quite fond of you. If I kill her first then would you finally give up?"

Itachi caught his breath and stood up, 'I can no longer beat him in a normal fight. The clmbined power of a sun dipped Superman and a ring powered by the fear of the whole planet is way too much..... but that's fine.' Itachi showed no emotion on his face and steeled his expression, "Clark. A few years ago when you first started this Regime. You still had a heroic look in your eyes. Like you were just taking responsibility for your previous failures by making the world safer. But now..... you're nothing but trash. And trash never ends up winning in the end."

Superman started to walk towards him. A piece of a helicopter blade fell near his left and he stepped over a piece of a statue's head. "The only trash that I see here is the rebel in front of me."

Itachi did something that made Superman stop in his tracks. He reached out his hand to Superman, "Superman, it's not too late for you. Accept the reality of the evil of your actions and we can all go home."

Superman gritted his teeth and charged at Itachi. Superman tried to punch him but he ducked under it and jumped away. While jumping away he tried a huge Water Dragon Jutsu which Superman destroyed with a heat blast. He also tried to use Amaterasu on Superman again, but he just blocked it with a yellow shield. Superman decided to go at full speed and destroyed Itachi's armor and drove a fist straight through his torso.

Itachi started to cough up blood and Superman ripped his hand out of him. Although when he did, Itachi turned into a log and appeared a few meters away from him. Superman grunted, "Another trick."

Itachi reached out a hand to him, "If you accept the reality of the evil of your actions, then we can all go home, Clark."

Superman's brow tensed, "It's not going to happen!"

A piece of a helicopter blade landed near him and he stepped onto a piece of a statue head, but he ignored it and attacked Itachi again. Itachi ducked under his punch and used a water dragon on him that got destroyed by Superman's heat blast. "You're using the same attacks again? You must be getting desperate."

Itachi tried Amaterasu again but Superman blocked it with his ring and gutted Itachi again."

But he disappeared and appeared a few meters away from him, reaching out his hand to him, "Accept the reality of the evil of your actions, and we'll all go home, Clark."

Superman stopped moving for a second, "What the hell?" A piece of a helicopter blade landed near him and he backed away in shock. He accidentally stepped onto a piece of a broken statue head and let out a small yelp of shock and started flying. Itachi was still reaching out his hand and Superman's face contorted in anger, "What the hell did you do?!?"

Itachi only said, "Accept the reality of"-"ARRGGH" Superman charged at him in anger and tried to hit him at full speed, but Itachi ducked and Superman caught himself mid flight and destroyed the water dragon. "This isn't right..." He was almost caught by the Amaterasu that he quickly swatted away. Itachi charged at him and tried to land a few blows that Superman blocked and responded too with another gutting. But he just appeared near him again.

Superman just looked at him with wide eyes and started to breathe heavier. Itachi repeated the same words again and Superman started to have a cold sweat.

Outside of Superman's mind, Zatanna maintained an advantage over Raven who started getting agitated. "Raven, you were a member of the Titans. How come"-"Shut up and fight!"

Zatanna dodged a blast by Raven and responded with another, "This is a serious question though. Why are you with the Regime? Your old teammates are right here and you aren't even going to talk to them?"

"They're dead to me."

"I doubt that, you're telling me that you can just forget all those years you spent together? All the good times and the bad?"

For a second it seemed like the real Raven was looking back at Zatanna, who took full advantage of what looked like emotional instability, "Enim dnal." An explosion hit Raven head on while she was off guard and took her out instantly. Zatanna looked around the battlefield and saw that Doomsday was defeated along with Wonder Woman and almost all of the Super Soldiers. She also noticed that Itachi was just standing in front of Superman and walked over to him curiously, "Did he give up?"

Itachi looked back at her and she gasped in shock when she saw that he was blind in his right eye. "He hasn't given up yet, but that doesn't matter anymore."

She held the right side of his face and got a closer look, "What happened to your eye?!"

He lowered her hand and gave her a reassuring smile, "This is Izanami. It was the sacrifice needed to ensure our victory." He took his yellow ring off of his finger and crushed it.

More of the Resistance came over and shared the same looks of concern. Batman asked, "Itachi, what is Izanami?"

Itachi stared at him for a moment in thought, 'I guess it's alright to tell everyone now. We've won and there's no counter for it anyways,' "It's the ability to warp reality into an infinite time loop for my target until they accept reality. Superman will only come back when he accepts that his actions during the past five years have been evil with no excuses. The sacrifice required to use this ability is permanent blindness in one eye."

There was a collective shock that everyone there shared for a minute. Catwoman scratched the back of her head, "I'm glad he's on our side."

Zatanna's mouth tensed and she bit her lip while looking at the ground, "It can't be permanent. There's gotta be a way to bring your eye back."

"Well the Sage who sent me here restored my eyesight, but I doubt anything else could do it."

"That means that it's possible," She grabbed his hand with both hands and squeezed it tightly, "I'll find a way, alright?"

Itachi remained speechless for a minute at her concern. "..... Alright."

Manhunter said, "Shouldn't we bring back Tim Drake now?"

Zatanna's and Itachi's heads perked up, "That's right." Itachi manifested the gourd of the Susanoo and pulled Tim's body out of it. After a few seconds the body started to move. As the clouds parted and the sun shined down. Tim weakly lifted a hand to cover his eyes as they slowly opened and he sat up.

Tim looked around at everyone who stood above him. "Did we win?" Batman kneeled down in front of him and hugged him, "We did, son." Tim returned the hug. All of the Titans also joined in on the hug. "We missed you man!"

"Make sure you don't get captured again!"

After the hug was over he looked at Itachi, "What happened to the eye?"

"I'll tell you later."

"Oh.... well you could have warned me that you were going to stab me you know. That hurt like hell!"

"Sorry, I didn't want to risk Raven reading your mind or anything like that." Black Adam glanced at the crowd that still watched them after the fighting had already ended, "Itachi, you should show them that you have won."

"Show them?"

"Yes, after today you'll be everyone's hero, so show your people that you're their champion."

"Oh..... alright. Thank you, Black Adam."

Black Adam waved a dismissive hand and turned away with his arms crossed, "Do not misunderstand. We are not friends..... although because of you my kingdom will be independent again. And for that I will no longer give any of you heroes trouble."

Wondergirl's mouth dropped slightly, "Really?"

"Yes, I am a man of my word."

She smiled, "You really aren't that bad of an old dude."

A tick was on his forehead, "Right... Well, I'm going back to Khandaq now."

Itachi manifested his full Susanoo. 'Show them that I won...' He lifted his left fist in the air to symbolize his victory and the crowd erupted in cheers. 'A hero....' Itachi thought back to when the forces of Apokolips invaded Earth and how Batman responded to how Superman dealt with it, 'Could I really be called a hero after all the people I've killed though?' Itachi stared down at Superman who stood in place still in the Izanami. 'Maybe you'll be able to tell me, Clark.'

It's been a week since then. In that week everything seemed to go back to some level of normalcy. Every country regained their independence, heroes came back out of hiding, and many other things happened.

Many of the heroes that were in the Resistance gained a lot of popularity, and Itachi in particular became almost like an icon. To a lot of people the defeat of Superman signified Itachi becoming the new symbol of heroism.

Luther eventually returned back to health and finished his procedures on the villians that Itachi sent him. Two Face became a normal One Face and his alter ego seemingly disappeared, Killer Croc was cured of his skin condition and looked like a human, and Mr.Freeze's wife was able to survive outside of cryostasis now so Freeze spent all of his time with her. Similar stories happened for the rest of the surviving villains of Earth.

Zatanna was working tirelessly trying to figure out how she could restore Itachi's eye sight and he spent a lot of time around her to help her do so. Although whether or not they'll succeed is a mystery.

Despite the fact that their team was no longer necessary, Itachi maintained close ties with Manhunter, Aquaman, the Titans, and even Black Adam to a very small degree.

The Bat family would never be the same again after three of their members died and another betrayed them. The most that they could do at the moment was try to talk to Damian.

Raven was broken out of the control that Trigon had over her and she reconciled with the Titans.

Cyborg lost all hope and fell into despair after he thought all the Titans died, although realizing they were alive seemed to have messed with his head. His mental recovery is questionable, but the Titans want to give him a chance once he's done serving for his crimes.

Wonder Woman was going to initially receive a worse sentence, but Tim defended her for being the only reason he wasn't killed by Superman. Which gave her a lighter sentence and she was temporarily banished to Themyscira.

Because of the fact that no one could really kill Doomsday. He was mostly left alone and he eventually disappeared along with the controls for him.

No one really knew what to do with Ares. Although when he was given the option of going back to Apokolips or not causing trouble he chose the obvious answer.

Hal Jordan was given to the Green Lanterns who decided they would give him another chance, although his path towards redemption would be very long and hard.

Shazam or Billy Batson was let off easier than most of the Regime due to the fact that he was a child.

Hawkgirl more than likely won't return to Earth for a very long time since she's helping her husband fight a war on Thanagar now.

Flash and all of the soldiers of the Regime were imprisoned.

Itachi himself was currently surveying a government building he was about to break into. He Shunshined to a vent and shrunk himself by turning into a crowd as he flew through the vents. After flying for a few minutes he stopped and looked down out of the vent and saw Doomsday inside of a cell with the pad for his controls. He turned on his comms and contacted Luthor, "I found Doomsday and the controls."

He dropped down and picked up the tablet, "Were you seen?"

Itachi heard a gun clambering behind him, "I'll call you back--Waller."

"Itachi, how about you put the Tablet down?"

Itachi turned towards her, "No. Sorry, but I don't want Doomsday to be a part of your shadow operations."

Her eyes narrowed, "I'm afraid that that isn't your choice, Itachi. And if you don't comply, do you know what we could do to you?"

Itachi sighed and walked towards her and slapped the gun out of her hand, "I'll keep this brief. You know that I can kill without hesitation if I have to. And there's no one close to me that you would be able to take advantage of either. There's nothing that you can do to me."

Waller glared at him and he order Doomsday to follow him, "And one more thing," his eye flashed red, "If you try to put any of the remaining villians back onto your suicide squad, then I'll be back." Later the next day. Doomsday was safely in Lex's hands

Superman stayed in Izanami for an entire day, but eventually he accepted reality and was released from the time loop. When he came to the realization of everything that he had done, from killing his friends to making the world that previously loved him fear him. He broke down and was safely escorted to a red sun prison cell designed specifically for him. The reanimation of Lois Lane stayed with Superman for a few days until he had found some small piece, and her reanimation was un done.

"There's only one thing left to do." Itachi walked into Superman's cell and Clark looked up at him.

"How is it out there without me?"

"Pretty good. Although there is still a lot of lingering fear from your Regime. Things more than likely won't be fully back to normal for years.... hopefully within that time you'll be able to become a hero again."

Clark smirked and shook his head while it hung low, "Sorry, Itachi. But I can't just become a hero again after everything that happened. I'd love to, but they'll all just look at me like I'm still the dictator that I was."

Itachi put a hand on his shoulder, "You can't give up like that, Clark. Because now you have someone that's going to rely on you."

Clark's brow scrunched and Itachi continued, "Black Adam found a ship in orbit. When he brought it down he contacted me because it had the symbol of the House of El on it, after I opened it. I met a girl named Kara. She's your cousin."

Clark's jaw hung open and his eyes stayed wide. "I have a cousin?"

"Yes, Clark. I'm telling you this because this is a second chance for you to go out there and help people again. Your cousin will need your guidance."

Clark started pacing back and forth with his hand on his chin for a while. He would occasionally pause in place then start walking again. Eventually he approached Itachi, "Alright. I'll try. What are you going to do now though?"

Itachi put a hand on his chin and looked down, "He didn't say it, but I'm assuming that the Sage wanted me to help with the war that we had. Since I've completed the mission. I should probably go back to my original home."

Clark had a small frown on his face, but Itachi continued, "Although... I've done everything I need to on that planet though. I'll visit, but I'll come back here right after," he looked up at Clark, "Wouldn't you feel the same if Krypton came back?"

Clark closed his eyes and smiled, "Yeah.... I would."

"Before I go, I need you to tell me something, Clark...... lately a lot of people have been calling me a hero, but based on what I learned from watching you and Bruce, I don't really think I am, and since you used to be the symbol of heroism I think you'd know better than anyone. So tell me, what makes a hero, a hero?"

Clark put a hand on his chin and looked up at the ceiling. After a minute he answered, "I know that a lot of what I've done in the past five years has been wrong, but it's still given me some perspective...... Itachi, you've always been a great hero. The fact that you've killed doesn't make any difference. You've sacrificed love, your family, and any chance of a peaceful life to protect everyone. Instead of being blinded by idealism you ran head first into my prison and killed the ones who would never change to save any potential future victim, knowing full well that it could have destroyed your relationship with any hero. And you managed to save the world while bringing us back to the light at the same time," he put a hand on his shoulder, "Itachi, if you don't have in you what makes a hero. Then I don't know who does."

Itachi smiled, "You're right. Although I don't think It fits for me to be the guy in the spotlight everyone looks up to, so hopefully you'll be able to take up that spot again."

Clark chuckled, "I'll try, it'll take a long time though."

Itachi started to walk out of the cell, "Right. Well then, I'll have to bring your cousin here first. Not everyone has complete trust in my Izanami changing you."

Clark lost his smile and winced at the mention of Izanami, "I'm sorry about your eye, Itachi. That wouldn't have happened if I hadn't snapped.

Itachi stopped at the doorway and looked back at him, "You lost almost everyone, your best friend didn't console you, and Sinestro and Wonder Woman pressured you into becoming something worse."

"Even still...."

Itachi gave him a reassuring smile and an uncharacteristic thumbs up and spoke to him with the first words of broken English he ever told him, "Is fine."

It clicked in Clark's head and he just smiled back. "You're a true hero, Itachi."

Itachi left the prison and thought about the words the Sage told him. About living a life where he didn't suffer from the same unfortunate circumstances that made him have to live life as a liar. "Well, mission accomplished."

End: Year Five

AN: This is the end of the story, although I might do a special small continuation based on the Injustice 2 events later this year so I won't label it complete yet.

 

[AlreadyGoneAway]

Just read this in one sitting. Very pleased with it overall. Wish it had an epilogue with the Elemental Nations and Zatanna though.

 

[Shaedy Hoe]

Bro... did you, like, post a whole chapter in the description box?

 

[Bonzoluv]

Bro... did you, like, post a whole chapter in the description box?

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Yeah sorry this was my first time using this site

 

[Bonzoluv]

Just read this in one sitting. Very pleased with it overall. Wish it had an epilogue with the Elemental Nations and Zatanna though.

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Jeez that's insane, hope you liked it a lot then. I'll more than likely have something like an epilog later this year