Injustice Book 2: Darkness in the Light (Naruto + Young Justice Crossover)

Chapter CLV - The Golem

"Normal Speech."

'Normal Thought.'

"Demon Speech."

'Demon Thought.'

"Other Speech variants."

Location/Time.

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Saturday 13th February 2016, 22:05.

Washington D.C,

Hall of Justice.

"What the hell is that?" Naruto wondered, looking down at the strange creature that lumbered out of the side of the Hall of Justice. It was quiet at this time of day, people had returned to their homes with the festival and the surrounding areas being shut down and closed off to the public.

The golem, formed of stone, gold, rock and crystal screeched out to the world that it was alive. With a body and one large, seemingly muscular right arm formed entirely of stone, legs and a skinny left arm made of wood and two wings protruding from its back. Crystals sprouted out from the top of its headless body, almost like hair or some strangely shaped head, with similar crystals sprouting out along both hands, larger ones upon the wood, compared to the smaller ones on the stone. All along its body, gold was dotted, glowing an unnatural colour.

"I have no idea," Koriand'r muttered, looking down at her clothes with a frown.

Naruto noticed it and smiled amusedly. "Guess I did have a reason to worry after all." He jested, both noticing sphere in her cycle form racing down from the sky, Wolf, Superboy and Blue Beetle rushing into action. "Do you wish you listened to me now when I suggested we bring our costumes with us, rather than leaving them at the Hall of Justice?"

Her frown deepened but blew her hair from her face in frustration. She had only just bought these clothes recently and if there was one thing this life had taught her, it was that her clothes often got damaged. That was one of the reasons her costume was so revealing, there was less damage done to her clothes overall, and she had nothing to be ashamed of.

"Don't worry about it, I'll replace them after this is over with." Koriand'r shook her head.

"That is unnecessary." She replied as the two closed in upon the Hall of Justice and the battle taking place just outside. "I will replace them once this is over with. It is just frustrating because I bought them not so long ago."

"Well, I still think you look beautiful whatever you wear." That response caught them both a little off-guard, Naruto quickly picking up the pace afterwards, Koriand'r trailing behind before picking up the speed.

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Sunday 14th February 2016, 00:05.

Washington D.C,

Hall of Justice.

The Appellexians.

A race of creatures formed entirely of energy that had possessed hosts formed of different minerals. They had arrived for reasons that had initially been unknown, though Hal Jordan had revealed that their goal had been to see which of the four of them would be able to conquer Earth first.

The reason behind this?

Whoever conquered Earth first would become the new ruler of the Appellexian race.

A simple goal, one that had been the precursor for many foes to also attempt world conquest that the only thing that made them stand out from the rest was what had followed their failed conquest of Earth. They had been the first foes that individually, heroes like Superman had been unable to defeat and so, the Justice League had formed. It was the Appellexians that had led to the formation of the greatest superhero team this world had ever seen.