14 I am Truth
[A/N* 10K READERS YEAAHH BABBY THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
I'd like to thank my glorious, succulent, glazworthy, adorable, seductive, slightly racist, honoured white haired king for making this all possible
Then a special thanks to Miguel for inspiring me, next I'd like to thank JaxWolf for always being there to glaze me and Toji and finally Gege for bringing back Gojo in chapter 260
...I may just be him *]
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Plunging my fist into his torso creating a satisfying crunch as his ribs shattered
His eyes dilated and rolled back exposing eerie white and the world lost all colour for those around me as a mixture of blood and spit was expunged from his mouth only to be blocked by limitless- sent cascaded down the technique unnaturally
'His soul…I knew it, its artificial as expected of a fake,' I confirmed my suspicions with a glance, 'It looks patched, stitched and welded like... Frankenstein's monster. An abomination and at it's core is something...sinister, beyond malice and cursed energy - something chaotic'
For the first time since my incarnation, I could feel it - a sense of utter dread crawled into my body and writhed in my conscious, '...Klarion'
Continuing my onslaught to the utter bewilderment and scorn of my teammates and members who lacked the speed and reaction to react to my movements not that they could - I was just too powerful and their minds were clouded by shock
I followed a rhythmic beat down, slamming my palms into the central part of his torso, increasing the damage upon his ribs until they broke entirely. I finished this assault by punting him into the base wall forming cracks akin to a spider web to creep along the walls
I scanned the area and my surroundings, observing the reactions of each person - shock, anger, analytical, stoicism, puzzlement, too many of them to count, 'Yep this is going to be a hassle to explain'
I was surrounded. A lone soldier confronted by questions -lots of questions.
Slightly swivelling my head to gaze upon them with one eye, the familiar streak of red rushed towards me
In a blur of speed, rapid direct punches fuelled with rage were sent my way, the origin of them, I don't believe you're dumb enough not to not be able to know who
"The fuck do you think you're doing," Kid screamed even as his punches led to nothing due to infinity. With a simple flicking motion, a blue hue shrouded his being and sent him skidding back to his former position
Everyone was in combat stances. Ready and willing to take The Strongest on if the need were to arise, however each asked the question
Why?
"Calm down guys~ there's a perfectly good reason for me beating the shit out of your lifetime friend," I sighed a little, never allowing my grin to leave my face, 'Perchance I could've phrased that better?'
"And I can give you a good reason why we should why we should just kick your ass and ask questions lat-!" Robin tried to shout but was interrupted
"Robin! Kid Flash! Stand down." Batman glared at me with analytical eyes bearing down on me, searching for ways to take me down if I had truly gone rogue. Sensing Robin and Wally's reluctance he repeated once more severely, "Now."
The duo relented however the tension in the room remained and silence loomed before it was broken by Batman speaking once more, "Talk." This time his words were wholly directed towards my figure leaving no room for jokes or humour but an explanation good enough to warrant harming another member
"~Promise not to react too harshly?" I asked rhetorically as I ran my finger through my white locks, "Your so called friend Speedster over there." I pointed to his down body
'Someone really needs to attend to him, I may have gone a little too rough'
"He's a clone." I declared with absolute certainty
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Ear splitting Silence hung loosely in the air, that it made the skin crawl and writhe in displeasure. Their expressions were that of sheer terror and disbelief
Green Arrow, Wally and Robins were the worst, denial practically oozed from their being in spades that it became overwhelmingly sickening to bear
"This isn't the time for jokes Satoru!" the Atlantean exclaimed with fury
Superboy who seemed to have made a vow of silence around the whole altercation finally spoke with trembling hands and a shaky voice, "W-what do you mean clone?"
"Do you have any substantial evidence to support your claims? What reason do we have to believe your accusation?" Always so prone to logic and rationality, The Bat of Gotham spoke and questioned my declaration
"…The Six Eyes," I grasped hold of my darkened shades and unveiled its radiance to the anticipation of the group, "It's a clan inheritance of the Gojo clan. An innate sorcerer ability. With them I can see the very soul and his soul is artificial"
"Pffttt like we're supposed to believe that! Souls aren't real dummy neither is magic!" Wally cried out in disbelief at what he believed to be pure stupidity
"How are we supposed to believe any of your empty words when you still fail to provide evidence?!" Green Arrow screamed, notching an arrow upon his bow ready to xhoot at a moments notice not like it would do anything in the first place
Raising my fingers and i steered my arms to point to the two - Artemis and him, "I can tell, you guys being related is a complete sham and you Artemis are actually related to a certain guy who has a hard on for hockey pucks"
Artemis' eyes widen while Batman's whitened slits of his cowl do the same however on a much shorter degree
"That enough? Can we stop here? There's been too many revelations for one episode it'll burn out the viewers brains," I shrugged as I shook my head
The current sentiment that was shared across the room was pure shock at what to do, whilst a few dumb souls still in denial wanted to protest against my claims
"Green Arrow contact Martian Manhunter and bring along 'Speedy' with us. There's much to discuss with the League for all we know our entire structure has been compromised," Robotically turning his back to us m, the cape fluttering behind him he moved towards the the Zeta tubes before staring right at me, "You as well"
With each step I took as I passed my teammates the fluctuations of negative emotions was immense, not only were some of them directed towards me but to themselves, a special type of curse was born in three of their hearts
Self Loathing
"As for the rest of you, the team shall still continue to complete this mission however tread with extreme caution, if we are to believe this then our enemies may be more powerful then we could have ever imagined," Batman finished solemnly, tapping in unknown coordinates that would transport us to an unknown destination
'Next time, I'm only going the hedonistic route, this path is way too much effort' waving to the disappearing images of my teammates I allowed the ambiance of the tubes to absorb my being entirely
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--3rd POV--
The atmosphere was engulfed in a sea of sharp pins that would slice anyway that would attempted to break it only those with hardened thick skin could withstand its texture
"You don't seriously believe him do you?!" Kid venomously shouted, "What? Some guy we barely even know shows up talking about souls and voodoo BS and were supposed to believe the Speedy we've known for years is a clone!"
The interior of the bioship from start to finish had abstained from any noise or sound, unresponsive to Wally's shouts but one meek voice chimed in
"...Wally, magic is real," M'gann spoke, a little unsure whether to intervene in his rants
"Yeah right! And I'm George Washington!" His voice devoid of any mirth or humour it usually contained as he clutched his head with his hands, "Speedy! The guy we've known for more than 5 years has just been a clone!"
"Wally... for all we know he could've been replaced weeks ago let alone five ye-" Aqualad tried to protest
"Yeah but we don't know! That's the thing...what if it turns we never even knew the original Speedy in the first place?! What then 'leader', you failed to recognise that your lifelong friend was just a fake! How can you even call yourself a friend when you didn't realise that he was just a pretender! How can you call yourself a hero when you can't even save a friend!" The rope that held Wally's current mental state was unravelling at speeds no one could predict and all that replaced his formal joy was misery laced with denial and rage at everyone ... and himself, "...say something Rob"
His gaze fell upon the silent sidekick in the front who watched the scarlet weld of the bioship with false eyes
"SAY SOMETHING! Or are you just gonna stay the same gloomy, self centred guy Batman-wannabe that you've always been!" His rage had reached a breaking point while he stared at the indifferent turned face of Robin who looked to be unperturbed by the turn of events, "right...that's just the the type of guy you've always been."
"And you," Finally as the last of his blaze withered under the chill of despair, he turned towards Artemis, one of the two characters who chose to remain silent in this one sided discussion, "I bet that your glad and ecstatic now that Speedy's out of the picture, you can just go ahead and replace him - 'Green Arrow's Niec-' "
"WALLY! STOP IT!" Robin shouted, "..You think we don't care?! You think we don't know we failed him!"
The lodge in Wally's throat became denser and bigger so much so that he failed to even produce a word so Robin continued without interruption, "...I'm mean to be Batman's successor, and I couldn't even realise that one of my closest friend isn't even real!
I can't even call myself a hero cause I'm not!
I'm no hero
I am a fraud..."
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[A/N* Just like Sukuna, Robin - you're a fraud
Anywho, I may be on a roll with these chapters 🙏 I may low-key be him
Also I've been reading through my fic from start to finish and the start kinda sucks - not even kinda its 91.5% garbage
Like I've improved a lot when it comes to my writing since that first chapter and it's annoying that the start to my fic isn't what I thought it was when compared to how I felt about it when I was writing it
And I want to rewrite it but I'm gonna lose a lot of funny comments which is really annoying
Still how did you guys enjoy the chapter? Did it make you feel things bubbly and gushy inside? Did I portray these complex characters well?
Please tell if they're any mistakes or errors
That's all see ya
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