DC: I am Bruce Wayne

By AnuraagBanerjee

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I am not really that good at writing a synopsis but here goes nothing, * * * Synopsis : Its about a guy who t... More

Chapter 1: Crossing into the Dark
Chapter 2: A new home and a new watch
Chapter 3: No Pain, no gain
Chapter 4: Books and Chilled Coffee
Chapter 5: The First Invention
Chapter 6: I hate yelling
Chapter 7: Pinky Promises
Chapter 8: Sleeping Together with no lewd thoughts
Chapter 9: Wayne Murder Case - The Arrest
Chapter 10: Wayne Murder Case - The Lineup
Chapter 11: The Funeral (1)
Chapter 12: The Funeral (2)
Chapter 13: The Bat-list
Chapter 14: First Day at school & meeting a Princess
Chapter 15: Choosing a Dragon as a Teacher
Chapter 16: The Court of Owls
Chapter 17: The Night of the Hunt (1)
Chapter 18: The Night of the Hunt (2)
Chapter 19: The Night of the Hunt - Aftermath
Chapter 20: Goodbyes are not Forever
Chapter 21: Dragon meets Bat
Chapter 22: If you aren't cheating, you aren't trying
Chapter 23: A magical Birthday (1)
Chapter 24: A magical Birthday (2)
Chapter 25: A Magical Birthday (3)
Chapter 27: Money and Steroids
Chapter 28: The Last year Dragon Grind
Chapter 29: Deathstroke and Smallville
Chapter 30: Meeting Clark
Chapter 31: A Visit to the Kent Farm (1)
Chapter 32: A Visit to the Kent Farm (2)
Chapter 33: A Wild Kryptonian appears?
Chapter 34: Kryptonians are the biggest cheats
Chapter 35: Mental problems
Chapter 36: A Hero Complex
Chapter 37: Smallville is a Treasure trove
Chapter 38: Can a Dog Be a Bat?
Chapter 39: Kryptonite & Preparations
Chapter 40: Life's just a game full of Disappointment
Chapter 41: A Dog's Life
Chapter 42: Growing Wealth
Chapter 43: An Ordinary Human No Longer
Chapter 44: The Chad Bat
Chapter 45: The Demon's Letter
Chapter 46: Young Love & Dirty Minds
Chapter 47: Final goodbyes
Chapter 48: A Trip to Kathmandu
Chapter 49: It Begins
Chapter 50: Mind over Matter
Chapter 51: The Ultimate Mindscape
Chapter 52: Brutal Training is The Only Training
Chapter 53: Arrows and Ambition
Chapter 54: Undead on the Horizon
Chapter 55: Balance of Chi
Chapter 56: A Pivotal Decision: Immortality or Blades?
Chapter 57: A Demon's Deception
Chapter 58: Fury of the All-Blades
Chapter 59: A Moment of Respite
Chapter 60: Deadly Connections
Chapter 61: Reunion and Revelations
Chapter 62: A Change of Heart
Chapter 63: A Dangerous Proposition
Chapter 64: Pawns in a Deadly Game
Chapter 65: Loyalty and Betrayal
IMPORTANT! [Not a Chapter!!]
Author's Humble Note!
Chapter 66: Coup Unveiled & Monstrous Showdown
Chapter 67: Echoes of Regret
Chapter 68: Dance of the Fireflies
Chapter 69: Echoes of the Demon
Chapter 70: Young Bat vs Old Demon (1)
Chapter 71: Young Bat vs Old Demon (2) - A Soup for the Soul
Chapter 72: Furry Vigilantes
Chapter 73: Reshaping Shadows
Chapter 74: It Is Finally Time
Chapter 75: A Hunt of Owls and Bats
Chapter 76: Homecoming (1)
Chapter 77: Homecoming (2)
Chapter 78: An Alliance of Cats and Bats
Chapter 79: The Wayne Corporation Gambit
Chapter 80: Legacy Redeemed (1)
Chapter 81: Legacy Redeemed (2)
Chapter 82: Dark Knight's Debut
Chapter 83: Seduction, Manipulation & The Era of Bats
Chapter 84: The Darkest Knight Emerges
Chapter 85: Navigating Moral Gray
Chapter 86: An Enigma & Primal Instincts
Chapter 87: A Bat and Cat's First Time (R-18)
Chapter 88: A Falcon's Soiree & A Cat's Revenge (1)
Chapter 89: A Falcon's Soiree & A Cat's Revenge (2)
Chapter 90: A Falcon's Soiree & A Cat's Revenge (3)
Chapter 91: The Fateful Encounter Between the Bat and the Cop
Chapter 92: End of The Falcon's Reign (1)
Chapter 93: End of The Falcon's Reign (2)
Chapter 94: After The Falcon's Fall
Chapter 95: Solving a Freezing Problem
Chapter 96: A Bat Hidden Within (1)
Chapter 97: A Bat Hidden Within (2)
Chapter 98: Hope: the Wayne Legacy
Chapter 99: The Colony (1)
Chapter 100: The Colony (2)
Chapter 101: A Bat's Day Out
Chapter 102: A Mexican Standoff
Chapter 103: A Win for Wayne
Chapter 104: The Godmother
Chapter 105: The Offer
Chapter 106: Code Yellow
Chapter 107: A Brush with Madness---
Chapter 108: Ending Madness
Chapter 109: A World Apart
Chapter 110: The Calm Before the Storm
Chapter 111: From Themyscira with Love
Chapter 112: Naked and Not Afraid (1)
Chapter 113: Naked and Not Afraid (2)
Chapter 114: Innocent Until Proven Prisoner
Chapter 115: The Uninvited Gladiator
Chapter 116: The Butler Did It (Sort of)
Chapter 117: Ares' Army of Trolls
Chapter 118: A Godly Smackdown (1)
Chapter 119: A Godly Smackdown (2)
Chapter 120: A Bat Against the Gods
Chapter 121: Hercules' Guide to Becoming a Disney Villain
Chapter 122: A Bat Vs A God
Chapter 123: A Merciless Greek Tragedy (1)
Chapter 124: A Merciless Greek Tragedy (2)
Chapter 125: A Bat God or a Demon Bat?
Chapter 126: Fall of a Titan
Chapter 127: Bat Meets Olympians
Chapter 128: A Prize and A Rescue

Chapter 26: Cards of Fate

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By AnuraagBanerjee

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"My advice is, never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time."

— Charles Dickens, (David Copperfield)

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"Today I am going to teach you both a special technique that only a very few martial artists in the entire world are privy to. It was a technique that my own master taught me when I was young. At first, I wasn't sure if you three were worthy of learning it but seeing as how you have mastered everything I had taught you till now, I am positive that I am making the right decision to teach this to you." Richard said with a nostalgic expression on his face.

Richard had truly been confused for the last few months if he should teach them the most powerful martial technique in his arsenal, the use of chi or not. But after seeing their 'legendary genius' level talent, he had accepted that not teaching them just because of a few worries in his mind about their future would be the biggest mistake in his life.

"He is probably just talking about those flying kicks he showed earlier. I still think he was using hidden springs under his feet for that trick." Vicki whispered to Bruce and Selina.

"Shh." Selina shushed her.

Helena had already left for her uncle's house in Italy about two days ago after Bruce's birthday celebration. But even though they missed their friend, Helena, they still didn't halt their training for even a single day. They were determined to learn everything they could within the limited timeframe they had.

"I didn't use springs in my shoes Vicki. What you saw that day during training was also a small function of chi. Chi is the very life force flowing within us just like it flows through every living organism on the planet. It is the spiritual energy that connects our souls to our bodies. It has been called a lot of names in different civilizations. Chi, Qi, Ki, Chakra. They are all the same." Richard began teaching.

"So, it's magic?" Selina asked disbelief written on her face.

"No, it isn't exactly magic. It's a mystique art but not proper magic. Instead, it is the flow of one's life force. We don't learn how to control it but simply how to direct it. As long as we can control its flow, we can do a lot of impossible things with it." Richard explained as suddenly a calm slightly golden aura began to flow around him.

"The fundamental process of using chi is not to implement force but to simply remain calm and meditate to combine yourself with nature to augment your chi." He said as he raised his arm while breathing slowly, approaching the dojo wall with his raised arm and lightly punched it.

The moment his arm touched the wall, the flawless wall caved in, and huge spider web-shaped cracks developed on it looking like it was punched by a monster.

"That's amazing. How is that even possible? Did your chi increase your strength?" Vicki asked not believing what she was currently seeing.

"Not really, Chi doesn't magically increase your strength per se. Instead, it influences your muscles and forces them to act to their full extent and its energy might also affect the target and try to destroy it from within. That's why a person with chi is ten times more dangerous than another person with the same physical abilities but without chi." Richard said as he pointed at his handwork on the wall.

"So, does anyone can use chi?" Bruce asked the question which has been plaguing his mind for a while now.

"Yep, as long as the person is alive and has a soul, he or she will be able to learn to use chi," Richard answered. "Now let's see which one of you can learn chi the fastest. It's quite different than the other martial arts techniques I have taught you till now. While those mostly depended on your physical abilities, this one depends on your state of mind and tranquility of soul."

After that Richard showed them a set of meditation and specific breathing techniques for them to best harness the power of chi. They weren't quite hard for them to follow but performing them constantly as Richard demanded it was a sweat-inducing task.

Bruce was quite excited to learn chi because he had thought that chi would enable him to achieve the impossible. In his mind, he had even imagined himself as a Wuxia protagonist who could just by cultivating all day long increase his power but he soon understood the difference between chi in DC verse and chi in Wuxia or Xin Xia novels.

Chi here was only a temporary method of increasing one's physical abilities through contact with one's spiritual side. But there was no tempering your body or stuff. In a word, this chi was meant for combat, not cultivation.

Bruce had already successfully copied the breathing and meditation techniques of Richard a long time ago, the moment when he had first shown it to Bruce and the girls but copying and learning weren't the same thing.

Bruce had merely copied those techniques but to learn them he needed to find 'inner peace' according to Shifu..., uh, Richard Dragon. And that was where he was finding some difficulties. He didn't even understand what inner peace was because he was quite sure that he was already as fucking calm and peaceful as he could be.

So he wondered what he was truly missing in his quest for learning chi.

'Well, probably nothing a hundred hours of constant grind on my Nerve Gear won't solve.' He thought to himself as he smirked and looked at the two girls practicing the techniques and trying to copy them to the t.

They were really working hard, probably even more than him since they had to work harder to keep up with him despite him cheating his way through with his Photographic reflexes.

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<(Omniscient pov)>

"Ah, you are back. So, did you find anything about the... anomaly?" A humanoid figure with a deep voice asked without turning back.

"I did. I went to his house with my daughter. And don't call him an anomaly, that's not a respectable way to address anyone. He is not a thing but a living person and only a kid at that." Giovanni Zatara said with an annoyed expression on his face.

"Ah, humans and their petty manners. It's funny. You behave with the utmost respect for people yet still backstab them the first chance you people get." The person with the deep voice said after giving a small laugh.

"You are talking like you weren't a human yourself once. Don't forget that you were one of the very humans you are currently looking down upon." Giovanni sighed as he looked at the figure.

"I indeed was. But I ascended. I found my higher purpose and now I must guide humanity itself from the numerous threats it faces daily." The voice said with a little bit of arrogance mixed with it.

"Yeah, sure. And this arrogance right here like you are some sort of blueblood noble is the reason I don't like you. The only reason I am even working with you is because of Thomas. He was a good friend who had once helped me in my time of need, and I am just returning the favor by checking up on his son. So here, I did your stupid test." Giovanni snorted as he took out a set of tarot cards from his pocket.

"The Fool, the Lovers and Death. Interesting. And what about the possession test?" The figure asked as the three cards flew toward him from Zatara's hand.

"None. No demon or Ghost or otherworldly entity in his body. He was squeaky clean. Just regular old Bruce Wayne like the last time I saw him. Although, his soul did seem quite a bit stronger than kids of that age normally have." Giovanni said as he remembered what he had sensed when he had cast his spell on Bruce that day.

"Probably an effect of coming back from the dead. It's quite common. Happened with another kid I know who came back from hell recently.

"I see. So can I ask what those cards mean?" Zatara asked not able to hold back his curiosity.

"The Fool for him means that he is a nexus point of this particular world, representing the beginning, and end of this universe. He has unlimited and endless potential. The Lovers signify that he would have to face a lot of trials, experience lots of relationships, and would have to make choices that would determine not only his but the fate of the world itself. As for the third card, that's the tricky part." The figure said as he held the card of death in his hand while the other two cards continued to float in the air.

"Death or the Grim Reaper," Giovanni said with his brows furrowed.

"Yes. In this combination for the kid, it could mean either of two things. One, he is an avatar of death herself, spreading death to all those who deserve it, or two..., he is meant to be already dead." The person said as he turned around to face Zatara.

"But that's not possible. He is alive and quite well. I saw him myself. So it must be the other meaning." Giovanni said as he looked at the now floating death card.

"Yes, it seems so, doesn't it? Fate is a fickle thing after all. Sometimes it is written in stone and sometimes it can be changed as easily as a butterfly flapping its wings. I wonder what his fate will be, will he be a slave to his own fate or will he be able to break out of it?" The figure murmured.

Giovanni however didn't answer anything as he just continued to look thoughtfully at the golden helmet-wearing figure in front of him wondering why the mighty lord of Order was suddenly interested in the rich little orphan and how he mattered in the grand scheme of things that was the everchanging universe.

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