Great Man, Revealed Chapter 6

As always with this fic, the line breaks indicate different points of view between the characters. ~JoWashington

((Koriand'r/Starfire POV))

When Spoiler had come back to the Tower, I was elated. I had planned many surprises for Dick; I had also found a way for the Tart of Gladness to be edible for humans, so I was eager for him to taste it.

But when Spoiler had asked me to stay away, for all the Titans to stay away from Gotham I was disappointed. Red Robin was looking curiously at Spoiler, and she had dragged him off to the all-encompassing-shadows to speak. It was something that none of we Titans had been able to master.

Red Robin had unfortunately agreed with Spoiler and added that if anyone attempted to come to Gotham before his or Nightwing's say-so, that there would be dire consequences.

Unfortunately, my Tart of Gladness would not last that long; at most it would have three days.

((Tim/Red Robin POV))

I warned the Titans, I especially warned Koriand'r. Dick did Not Need an ex-girlfriend around his daughter.

If she took my meaning, then all would be well- But Tamaraneans tended to march to the beat of their own drum; and I mentally began tallying what I knew about Tamaraneans and their abilities, in order to remind her that you don't mess about in the City of The Bat.

I turned back to Stephanie/Spoiler/Bat-Girl and nodded to her.

She nodded back understanding that she was going to keep an eye on Star-Fire, while I returned to Gotham to deal with whatever was happening with Dick. Last I heard, a lost-relative was 'Coming For Him'. The Capitols in his sentence, when he'd mentioned it to me, had made me laugh.

I prepped my things to return to Gotham. Who knew just how long I was going to be there.

Spoiler's and my warning didn't take as well as we hoped.

When I arrived in Gotham, after finally tying up the loose ends in Jump and promising Bart that I would play his newest video game with him when I got back; I arrived just early enough to get in a round of Patrol.

When I was out and about, Batman, Robin and Nightwing were chasing down the Joker and Harley Quinn. When the dastardly duo had run a somewhat familiar car off the road, I heard Nightwing snarl and heard his motorcycle rev.

That was when Batman reminded Nightwing why they were after Joker and Harley. So, apparently, I was ordered to help the civilian instead.

After helping the young woman, Kagome, who had apparently been driving one of 'B's Cars. I headed back to the Cave where-upon I was greeted by the others and was given the 411 on Kagome Greyson.

So, after getting the 411; I found that Koriand'r had gone against my orders/heavily worded request and was in Gotham.

I may be the Tidy-Robin, but my training methods are Machiavellian according to Kon and Bart. I mentally shrugged.

This whole thing of dealing with Dick's daughter and terrifying/ mentally scarring Star-Fire in training was going to be interesting.

((Kagome POV))

It took only a few phone calls to get the ball rolling in the direction I needed it to. It took three hours before I was able to take the dodecahedron and round its corners until it was somewhat ball shaped and didn't send the conversation/discussion of terms we were having about the whole Hakkaku issue.

Both father and Mister Wayne disagreed with several of my ideas which were solid. Because I'd done similar with Sango or Miroku or even Hachi and Shippo in the past. But they almost acted like Inuyasha; it had to be their way or not at all. But I knew a few tricks that made them edge over to my side of the fence.

How did it go in that one movie that Yuka, Aymui and Eri made me watch? 'A man may be the head, but the woman is the neck and she can turn the head any way she wants.' Well, this woman was working with a crick, so it made turning the head harder than it had been in the past.

So now here we were:

On the roof of the Police Headquarters with 'the Bat-Signal' (or so I'm told) Lighting up the overcast Night-Sky.

I knew from experience with Inuyasha that a 'pack' our group in particular, can have a 'territory' covering at the very least one-hundred miles. So what did that mean for Hakakku?

I mentally went over what I knew about wolves again as I waited with my father, Mister Wayne, Commissioner Gordon and Damien.

Wolves were pack animals, they were hardy. Depending on pack size their territory could range anywhere from 80 to 1,200 square miles.

But with only one wolf, that would be severely less. Especially if he was as paranoid as Kouga suspected.

"Hey Sis!" I heard Kouga call behind me as he walked from the stairwell towards the Wayne-Clan and the Commissioner.

"What do you want Ookami?" Commissioner Gordon asked, more-like demanded.

"No need to get in a huff Commish. Kagome here is my little sister through adoption. I'm here to help."

I felt more than saw my father tense up.

"Right." I said drolly; "but you only started calling 'Me' Sister after you and Ayame got married."

"Yeah, she finally wore me down… Fireball." He said fondly. "So, who are we waiting for? The Signal's on but no-one's here…"

((Bruce/Batman POV))

'Oh, if only he knew…!' I thought to myself.

This was not the way I had originally planned on. The plan had involved Tim or myself suiting up and aiding Kagome Greyson with her 'investigation'; but at almost every step, she had a different idea in mind.

This was the one thing that the both of us planned on. Her waiting here with Dick and the Commissioner at least.

It only took me a look at Koriand'r to make her decide to go back to Jump City. This was Not something that someone outside the Family needed to be present for; especially one with powers. I still did not understand why Dick allowed his teammates to know who he was and that bled down to Tim. Now, practically everyone in the Justice League and its affiliates knew who was whom in the Bat-Clan.

Somewhere in the multi-universe, I was able to keep a lid on our identities…

But now here we were dealing with Dick's daughter and her need to get in the middle of things. Granted she knew a lot about Gotham, her binder of my Rogues proved that; but it didn't mean she knew How to deal with things here in Gotham.

Tim had given us the 411 on what happened to Kagome after Nightwing and I chased the Joker and Harley down; and her reactions were good.

But this situation was an unknown.

I had a plan in case Kagome was able to find and work with this 'Kouga' person. I didn't count on the 'adoption' thing he mentioned.

"Why do you say adopted?" I asked.

He shrugged under the short leather coat. He was wearing clothing that should have looked out of place. He was wearing a brand-new Brown Leather jacket, black and Grey tank-top, Black Jeans and brown loafers.

"Before he moved to the docks, right after I noticed his truly odd behavior, I noticed something weird about him, so I took a sample, he wasn't as far gone as he is now…"

Kouga Ookami reached into the folder he carried with him and handed a paper absolutely littered with scientific jargon to Kagome.

"As far as I can tell, it's an infection."

He handed another copy to me and one more to Gordon.

"Here's a Question:" I heard Tim speak up; Good he finally got here, and his technique is better. "Why hasn't anyone called Animal Control if I'm supposed to be looking for a Wolf?"

All eyes turned to Red Robin.

Good, Tim finally got here.

((Dick/Nightwing POV))

This Kouga person was getting on my nerves, I didn't like that whole 'adopted sister' thing.

Kagome Had- Has Family. She still has her Mom, brother, grandfather and Me… Now she also has the Wayne-clan. How did she get adopted by another family entirely?

Kagome looked Red Robin right in the eye and said: "Hakakku is not just a wolf…" She stepped closer, she was obviously wondering how much he knew. "He's a Demon. A Wolf-Demon, and one of the friendliest of the entire clan." I saw Kouga nod in confirmation when the others looked at him. "If he's as bad as Kouga says he is, I believe him."

Demon. I did Not see That Coming. I felt more than saw Bruce grimace. If we were dealing with a demon, we'd have to deal with Magic. That meant Zatanna or Constantine; not great.

I hate magic.

"Are you a wolf-demon too?" Gordon asked Kouga skeptically.

Kouga Ookami rolled his eyes: "Oh, yes. I'm hundreds of years old, I kidnapped Kagome, made to eat her but thought she smelled good and when she slapped me, I decided that I was going to marry her." He huffed at the Commissioner.

"Forgetting your promise to Ayame in the moment."

"Give me a break! She was like eight…! I said it to comfort her!"

"Well, you comforted her alright…" Kagome rolled her eyes playfully. "Last I heard she was heavily pregnant and it's all your fault."

"Yeah," he said goofily. "Twins… both girls." An extremely happy smile graced his face, thinking of his family.

He was no competition to my family; Direct or Extended. I don't know why I was so leery.

Red Robin turned to Kagome; "You know a Wolf Demon." He stated the question instead of asking it.

"I don't discriminate… Much." She said with a grin.

"Seconded!" Kouga chimed in. "Do you still scream when you see a spider or a wasp?"

Kagome spun and glared at him. "Wasps are Spies and you know it!" She declared. "Now, give!" She demanded, pulling the rest of the folder from his arm and into her waiting grasp.

((Tim/Red Robin POV))

I Leaned over Kagome Greyson's shoulder in order to better look at what she stole from Kouga.

In the folder were photos of a young man, around Kouga's age, most of his head was bald save for the spiked mohawk that was on the blonder side of grey. His outfits varied, but in every picture, he had a chain that attached to the front of his left shoulder, draped around his right-side and returned to the left shoulder and attached at the back.

In some of the photos, the older ones, there were pictures of him with others, Kagome was in one of them, Kouga in some and another young man with Grey short-cut hair and a black patch right at the widows' peak area in almost all of the others.

In the more recent photos, he looked drawn. His eyes had dark circles around them, and his clothes were even more of a mess then they had been in the older photos.

In the most recent photo, he was by the docks. Around the mouth, there was swelling and ulceration as well as the nose and he had what looked like a rash all along his exposed skin.

I had no idea what could have caused this, and I wasn't too keen to take on a paranoid wolf demon without some background information first.

tbc!