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Metamorphosis

By Chibi Michi

Trust

The guests were already starting to gather in large estate of Wayne Manor. The gala was being hosted outside due to the lovely garden Wayne Manor kept. The beautiful roses, and the wonderful benches made for a cozy scene that any couple would enjoy. Which is what was on the mind of all the available bachelorette as they swamped the wealthiest bachelor, who was also the host.

"And its only an hour into the party," commented Dick as he watched his mentor be swarmed by women in all shapes and sizes. Dick smiled amused at the attention that Bruce was receiving, and was most likely dreading it. The man could put on quite a mask to the public.

Barbara stood next time him, sipping on some punch, "He's just the ladies man, with more charm then he knows what to do with," she grinned.

"Your no exception you know. You fell for his charm too," said Dick. He remembered that time all too well. He couldn't help but want to snap some sense into her. It would never happen between those two. Plus, work was all that Bruce could think of, whether it be detective work or Wayne Enterprises.

"Fell, being the keyword. I'm completely over it now," waved Barbara as she finished off her punch and set her cup on the table.

Dick rolled his eyes. "Sure you are."

Barbara rolled her eyes back at him. Then she saw out of the corner of her eye, "Hey, there's Serena with her grandma," she pointed out.

"Who's the snobbish looking man with her?" asked Dick as he looked in that direction.

"Ken Ganssle. He holds all the cards in her father's company right now," replied Barbara, of course Barbara was up with the recent events. That's all she was allowed to do while working at the police station under her father's supervision.

The trio made there way over to Barbara and Dick. Usagi smiled and waved at the two. Dorris paused, but Ken kept walking towards where Bruce Wayne were buried under a crowd of females, no doubt not wanting to socialize but to get down to business.

"Hey Babs, hey Dick," Usagi greeted the two.

"Hey," the pair said in unison.

"This is my grandmother, Dorris Davis," introduced Usagi as she gestured to the elderly woman by her side. The elder work a simple dress that failed in comparison with all the other rich debutantes at the party.

"Nice to meet you two. Serena has told me so much about you two," said Dorris in a kind voice. "Now let me introduce you to Mr. Wayne and you can spend time with your two friends."

Usagi nodded and turned away with Dorris.

Barbara then noticed Usagi's dress. "Oh! Love your dress Serena!" called Barbara after them.

Usagi turned and smiled. Usagi was wearing a spagetti strapped pink Betsey Johnson dress. At the end it had black lace hemmed along the bottom. Usagi had her traditional "odangos". But she added ribbons in her hair for an added touch. "Thanks," she called back. "I like yours too." Barbara wore an elegant black dress that was "easy to slip off," in the words of Dick.

The crowd of females dispersed and Usagi and Dorris could make out the forms of Bruce Wayne and Ken Ganssle talking, most likely about business.

"Mr. Wayne," addressed Dorris as they drew closer. She stopped in front of him, Usagi by her side.

Bruce turned to Dorris and smiled, "Ah Dorris, nice of you to make it," he politely took her hand and kissed the top of it as gentlemen would, which was what Bruce Wayne was.

Dorris smiled, "Always a charmer." She then gestured to the nervous blonde next to her. "Yes. Let me introduce you to my granddaughter, Serena."

Usagi bowed politely to Bruce. Bruce, accustomed to the Japanese culture, returned the bow. "Pleased to meet you," said Bruce in Japanese.

"You speak Japanese?" asked Usagi in the language she has known for most of her life. She finally felt a security in herself, as she was able to find someone she could relate to in this strange land. True, she had her understanding grandmother, but this was a good way to cure her homesickness.

Bruce nodded, and drew from his bow. "Yes. I am bilingual. What is your Japanese name?"

Usagi smiled and straightened. "Tsukino Usagi."

Bruce chuckled. "Rabbit of the Moon?" he questioned in English. "Interesting."

Usagi liked Bruce; he managed to calm her nerves. She wasn't too sure how or why, he just did. "I was always teased about my hairstyle. I was called 'odango atama'," said Usagi.

"I think rabbit is more suited then 'odango'," replied Bruce. It was true, Usagi came across him as more of an innocent rabbit lost in the forest, especially with those trusting sapphire eyes.

Dick and Barbara made their way over. "Ready Serena?" asked Dick.

Usagi turned and smiled at her friends. "Yeah."

Dorris waved her off. "Go. You can spend time with your friends," smiled Dorris. She was glad that Usagi had made good friends, and you couldn't get any better with Bruce's charge or Commissioner Gordon's daughter.

Bruce recalled the words that Dick just said, and knowing his charge, and the look on his face, they were up to something. Bruce raised an eyebrow at his charge, "Ready for what?"

The trio grinned in unison. "We're letting Dick live his dream of being a pimp," replied Barbara, a sparkle of amusement in her green eyes.

Dorris and Bruce laughed silently at the idea, and Ken rolled his eyes at their childish antics. Dick offered an arm to each of the young ladies, and they accepted. Thus, the trio was on their way.

"Alright so what shall we do after I pimp?" asked Dick. Pimping can only go for so long. This was also a long event, and Dick was trying not to go hiding in the kitchens and be bored for the rest of the night.

Before anyone could answer, another voice intervened. "Do I even want to know?"

Barbara immediately recognized that voice. "Hey Daddy," she greeted him with a hug.

In a black suit stood Commissioner Jim Gordon. "Hey."

Barbara took the liberty of introducing Usagi. "Daddy, this is Serena."

"Nice to meet you," said Usagi as she bowed politely.

"Same here," replied Jim Gordon.

The happy atmosphere was then abruptly cut off. The classical music that was projected all around the garden was cut off by a loud crash into the system. All eyes were moving frantic as they looked for the source, and soon enough the source made its way with a friend, through the guests.

"Nice party," commented a girl in a strange outfit of red and black. Another female companion in a green leotard and matching boots followed her.

"You could've opted for a graceful entrance Harl," spoke the redhead in the green leotard. She flipped her luscious red hair over her shoulder, the look on her face told everyone that she always got what she wanted and had the wit to get it.

"This was so much better Red," replied the bubbly girl. This girl looked to be more of an innocent in comparison. She gave off the aura of a child and had a 'toy' in her hand. The toy looked to be a long bazooka but it seemed to have a boxing glove attached with it. By the looks of the dent in the sound system, it seems that the blonde had already played with her toy.

'Red' rolled her eyes at the childish antics of her partner. But she wouldn't dare complain about her partner. At the beginning, she viewed her as such an annoyance, but her childish behavior grew on her, and she began to feel the need to look out for her female companion. They were (with the exception of Catwoman) the only two female criminals in the category of 'super villains.'

"That's Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn!" gasped one of the guests, who were a gaudy looking woman with too much jewelry on her.

Dick and Barbara glared at the two uninvited guests. Their instincts were telling them to get ready for action, but they had to make sure that Usagi was safe.

"Usagi, you need to get out of here," muttered Dick to Usagi.

Usagi looked at him puzzled. "But what about you?" She dare not want to leave. Especially with the person that she came halfway across the globe for was les then twelve feet away for her. I've looked at clippings of your heists, and seen pictures of you before your change. But it never compared to this, thought Usagi. This was surreal for her, and she wasn't going to pass up this opportunity, but how was she going to get to talk to her?

At that moment Poison Ivy brought out a large bag, obviously for anything they could steal.

"Alright, this can be quick and painless, just hand over the valuables and we shall make a graceful exit," said Poison Ivy. She maneuvered through the crowd, with Harley in tow, as she collected what she could.

"This must be killing dad," mumbled Barbara to herself. "He can't do anything without backup or he could endanger everyone."

The female duo made it over to Dorris, and we're ready to take what they wanted from her, except at this moment, Harley froze as soon as she locked gazes with her. Poison Ivy glanced at her comrade curiously. "Harl?"

Dorris looked defiantly into Harley Quinn's eyes. "This is not how I wanted her to have seen you."

"Who?" asked Harley, slightly puzzled.

"You two know each other?" said Poison Ivy, she didn't know much about Harley's past, she just knew her present; which was that she was the lover of the Joker.

"You are not worthy of her getting to know you," continued Dorris, a hard edge in her voice. "You've become nothing."

"I am never good enough, am I?" started Harley, darkly, "I wasn't good enough for you back then, and I'm not good enough now? You're the absolute worse."

She aimed her weapon at the Dorris, but Dorris dare not flinch. She would never show fear to her. In a second before Harley could pull the trigger, her weapon was knocked out of her hand by a bat-a-rang.

The female duo turned to the roof, where the Dark Knight was indeed perched on.

When did Bruce go change? Wondered Dick to himself. And more importantly, when can I sneak off to go change? But the boy wonder would not get his chance since Usagi would immediately worry.

"You two have worn out your welcome," said Batman.

Poison Ivy tied up her bag and brought out a small capsule. "Your right Batman. So we shall take our leave now!" Poison Ivy threw the capsule down and gas released from it and filled the whole area; even from where Batman was perched, the gas filled.

Usagi placed a hand over her mouth, but she was still breathing in the fume and coughing. She felt the urge to pass out, but she tried to stay standing. She opened her eyes and scanned the area. Where is she?

She saw two figures running in towards the woods and Usagi bolted after them. She had to talk to her. She needed her mother to answer so many questions. She soon ran outside of the gas and saw them several feet ahead. Soon they exited the wooded area and down a hill where a parked car was waiting for them. Once they got into the car, Usagi would never see her again.

"Harlene!" she called out her mother's name.

Harley stopped and turned for a fraction of a second, but with the urgency of Poison Ivy, she was about to keep going, but Usagi called her again. "Mother!"

Harley froze, as did Poison Ivy. Harley turned around. "What did you call me?" Harley held puzzlement in her eyes.

Usagi caught up with her and stood only a few feet away. "Mother. You are my mother."

Harley took a moment, and looked at Usagi. Her gaze froze at the sapphire eyes that stared into her crystal clear ones. She had his eyes. "Serena?"

Usagi nodded. She tilted her head to the side slightly. "I was hoping that you would recognize me…after all, you are the one who gave birth to me. But I guess that doesn't mean anything since you abandoned me."

Harley gasped. "Is that what Dorris told you? No…I would never…"

Police sirens interrupted Harley. Poison Ivy turned to the two, and tugged on Harley's arm. "We have to go!"

Harley turned and looked back and forth between Usagi and Poison Ivy. "I'm sorry," she said to Usagi.

Usagi felt anger, but tried her best to hide it. "That's alright. I should be used to the disappointment by now, huh?"

Usagi was close to tears; maybe it was a little too idealistic to expect her mother to give up on her life of crime to maybe spend time with her. She knew running away from the cops was way more important then worrying about the confused, eighteen year old daughter you abandoned eighteen years ago.

"Serena, I—"

The sirens got louder.

"We have to go!" yelled Poison Ivy.

"Go, mother. I would hate for you to get caught again," mumbled Usagi, and she turned in towards the mansion.

Harley was torn; she knew she was hurting her, but what more could she do? If the police, that meant returning to Arkham, caught her and then she would really never see her daughter again. But abandoning her again, that was the lowest thing she could do. She did have some humanity left; the Joker didn't take all of it away.

She then decided to follow Poison Ivy in the car and drove away. She looked back at Usagi who was watching them as they sped into the night. Sorry baby, but I will find you, and I will explain to you my story.

The gas finally settled and before Dick could even blink, Bruce was by his side. "That was fast," commented Dick, surprise at the speed of his mentor.

"I couldn't very well go after them. This is after all, my party. I'm sure I'll be questioned later," said Bruce, and he checked to make sure that Barbara and Dick were alright.

"So I'm guessing this was just a quick heist for those two," added in Barbara.

Bruce nodded. "Probably. Police are here now."

"No doubt Daddy called them as soon as they showed up. Poor dad, he must feel like kicking himself for not doing anything," said Barbara, looking in her dad's direction with sympathy.

"No one can blame him, there are just too many lives at stake to try and stop them, he didn't know his limit on this one," said Dick. "And anything is possible with those two."

"Usagi! Serena!"

Dick, Bruce and Barbara turned to where Dorris was calling for her granddaughter, she walked over to the three of them, worry etched on her face. "I don't know where she went…"

"Serena is missing?" asked Dick.

Dorris nodded. "Yes. I hope she is alright…"

"We'll go find her," said Barbara. She was concerned for the blonde, and she didn't think that Usagi would run after the two female criminals, or that they would take her hostage, it would make no sense.

"Thank you, child," said Dorris. Gratitude was in her eyes and she took a deep, shaking breath.

Dick and Barbara set off to find their friend while Bruce consoled Dorris. "I'm sure she is alright Dorris," said Bruce.

Dorris nodded. "I know. Maybe I am worrying too much, but with this situation…I can't help it…"

Bruce raised an eyebrow. "Situation…?" Bruce wasn't able to question it further when Commissioner Gordon and two police officers approached them for questioning.

Usagi was walking back through the woods when Dick and Barbara found her. "Serena!" they called in unison and Usagi looked at the two, and forced a smile to her face.

She waved to them. "Hey."

"What happened to you back there?" asked Dick as he stopped in front of her.

"Yeah, your grandmother is worried about you," said Barbara as she stopped right beside Dick.

"Sorry. I…I needed to find out something," replied Usagi.

"What?" questioned Dick.

"I needed to have a word with my mother," said Usagi.

"Your mother?" wondered Barbara. This was starting to make sense, of her guesswork was becoming right on this one. But for once, she hoped that she wasn't right, for Usagi's sake.

Usagi nodded. "Yes. Harlene Quinzelle, or Harley Quinn as you know her, is my mother."

Well a good cliffhanger if I do say so myself. This chapter is a little longer then the others. I got inspired to writing it after watching some Batman episodes. Hopefully next chapter will be out sooner.