Tatsu Toro
??? POV
My life changed the day I met Maseo and Takeo, my childhood friends. As we played and trained together, there was laughter. Those were some of the most precious memories I have. As time went on, however, a complex dynamic developed among the three of us. Takeo and Maseo had both developed feelings for me.
Eventually, I made the hard decision to choose Maseo. This choice angered Takeo, leading him to leave us and join the Yakuza, distancing himself from our once tight-knit group.
Maseo and I started a family, having twins, but our happiness was short-lived. One fateful night, Takeo returned and murdered Maseo and our children. In a fit of rage, I grabbed his sword and killed him.
After I overcame their death, I began training and fighting for justice under the codename Katana. Life resumed, but I couldn't shake the desire to reunite with Maseo.
But fate had other plans. The Joker makes Superman kill his wife, leading Superman to become a tyrannical ruler. While others saw this as a nightmare come true, for me, it was different.
Superman maintained order and brought peace to the world, but his methods were questionable. He killed those who opposed him, starting with John Jones. Time passed, his reign ended, and the Brainiac invasion happened although it ended with the help of all superheroes. Although I carried a bomb inside me throughout these events.
But Superman and Batman still have something that needs to be done. They started fighting, but everyone knew. Normal humans and Kryptonians. The end is what everyone expected.
He is knocked out and Superman brainwashes him using Brainiac's technology. But Batman has a plan. He created a special tool to send consciousness to the past.
But Batman had a plan. He created a special tool to send his consciousness back in time. Talia, along with her daughter, and I served as her bodyguard, as her daughter didn't exist in that timeline. Talia sent her daughter's consciousness back to her younger self and decided to create a clone for her daughter to use as a body.
"Miss Athanasia, I will first meet my husband." Now, I am on my way to reunite with my husband. This time, I will protect him at any cost.
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3rd POV
'How did she call someone who didn't exist? No, this is weird. Tatsu should be around my age, not in this gap. As Hiroto thought about it, he secretly picked up the card deck.
"Sorry, Maseo, I shouldn't do that." Katana apologized with a gentle bow.
"Follow me," Hiroto said as he walked toward the Rust Bucket. Tatsu also followed him 2 meters away.
Hiroto activates the cosmic key and pushes her into the portal.
The other side of the portal is a normal old-style Japanese room that Keroro created for Dororo if he ever sleeps at the base.
(AN: There's a room like this in the manga, but they used it for other reasons.)
"Want some tea?" Hiroto asked.
"Yes, please", she replied, making Hiroto brew the tea for both of them.
After finishing, he sat down opposite her.
"So, who are you?" Hiroto asked. He has many choices in his head right now.
"Hello, I am Tatsu Toro. I am Metahuman, like those superheroes in WW2. I'm here because many things will happen in the future. We will marry and have twins. But all of you will die at your brother's hands. I'm here to prevent it." Tatsu said with her fist clenched.
'She's lying. I have Cypher mutant ability. Body language is something I can translate. As Hiroto sipped the tea, he thought. His Cypher assimilation rate increases while observing his conversation partner.
"So, why are you here?" As you might know, I killed my brother. So, why have you approached me?"Hiroto asked.
"I'd like to invite you. I'm in a group of people who want to change the future. Currently, there are three of us. I want you to be part of our group." She said.
'She already sees how I fight. I already have an escape route.' His eyes are fixed on the card deck in his hand.
"I'm in." Hiroto extended his hand to Tatsu, who did the same for the handshake.
"So, can you tell me what you want to change?" Hiroto asked.
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"So it was like that," Hiroto said.
Tatsu took about 3 hours to summarize what happened. He knows the story well. It's Injustice 1 and 2, but it's the bad end. As long as he stays on the line, this Superman version could become one of the best. He doesn't care if Superman becomes a Tyrant or not. If the world is at peace.
But he's crossed the line. Martian Manhunter's death is almost like a line he crossed. The line for Hiroto is when he decides to trust Sinestro.
"So, you want to stop him, or do you want to kill Joker?" asked Hiroto.
"No. We have a better goal than that. We want to create a utopia for everyone on earth and some humans.", she said.
Sorry Tatsu, this world is different from yours. I've confirmed Steve Trevor is an American soldier, so that leads to what Batman's machine does. It's not the past, it's an alternate universe." With the Acceptance Chalk, Hiroto quickly took the blackboard out. By writing her name on it, this chalk can hypnotize, but only remove doubt.
"I know it because I am like you came from an alternate universe. I called it Earth-Prime. In our universe, you all are comics. No, let me rephrase it. The universes are capable of communicating with each other through comic books, chronicles of the adventures of the heroes of the universes being published on various worlds." He continues writing on a blackboard to show her how the universe really is.
(AN: This has been shown many times in DC. Don't know why most authors choose to use the other way like, "You are a comic character in my world." blah blah blah telling someone their life is created by someone is destroying them. I do not hate those stories or their way, just there's a better way to tell them.)
Unknown to Hiroto, Tatsu listens and is surprised. This wasn't what she expected. She only wants to reunite with her husband even if he doesn't have memories of her, but she found the other version of her husband who came back to the past like her.
"Tatsu, do you want to join my group instead? Not only you, but this includesthis Talia and her daughter. Don't worry, we have similar goals. But mine is different from yours because I'll prevent anything from affecting myself and everyone I want to protect." Hiroto stands up and extends his hand toward her.
"Please Maseo, no, it's Hiroto in this universe, right? Can I talk about this with everyone first?" She asked and Hiroto nodded in approval.
"Okay if you want to contact me with this." Hiroto gave her a rectangle object with a star symbol which could be used to communicate.
(AN: Giroro has a similar one that gives Natsumi Ep 101)
"Hopefully we'll see each other again" Hiroto activated the Cosmic Key. to send her out.
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Hiroto's POV
I sat down in Kururu's room to note about her, "Never expected to meet that version so fast."
In 1967, injustice happened, a big joke for me. She's really from the future but a different reality. I look at the notes I made with a copy robot.
Once, I checked the wiki about all the DC multiverses. So, I have many places to use for my experiment.
"I'll just live around the tournament first. In three days, it will start." I activated the autopilot and let it drive while I read the Rust Bucket's manual.
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End, This chapter took time with how I find the version of Tatsu. In the end I use Injustice because her destiny is unknown in that one (Probably death or join Grodd's team).
I read Injustice to write this chapter, so it took me longer than I expected.