New Year Final Challenge.

(Anyone who has read more than one of my fanfics knows the tradition is to continue. My Characters ALWAYS have pets. I am an animal person.)

Once Victor acquired his house, his first order of business was to furnish it because he was still human. He still needed to eat, sleep, drink, and live because as annoying as it was to say, he was human. A Heavenly Restriction didn't make him a god, so he used his Shadow Powers to steal furniture from Supermarkets.

Those multibillion-dollar companies could afford to lose a few thousand dollars worth of items, so he stole from Walmarts, Ikeas, and Costcos. For the Master Bedroom, he stole a king-sized bed, a couch, a TV, a gaming system, a mini fridge, and a dresser to store the clothes he stole. 

He turned one of the rooms into a personal gym because he wanted to see if he could improve with the training of Mash or Goku. If it couldn't, he at least wanted to improve his impressive physique. He knew he had many options with mana, as magic was always versatile depending on how you used it.

For the last beddroom, he turned it into a guest beddroom in case he ever made a friend(Unlikely). He got a table, four chairs, a fridge, some pots, pans, utensils, and plates for the Kitchen.

As for Knives, he didn't need to steal any because Yami made all the blades he needed. He got two couches, a TV, dark curtains, and a couch chair for the living room. He even stole a washing machine, dryer, and several clothes up to his massive size.

He did not forget food and bath supplies, and to make the home feel more special, he broke into the animal shelter and took three dogs about to be put down. He named those beautiful Pitbulls Samantha, Raze, and Mark. He always liked naming dogs with people's names because he found it funny.

However, he had to replace the front door with a pet door for his new pet, who was getting used to him. However, with plenty of love, food, and patience and Yami speaking to them for him, they came around.

He even found a stray cat he named Jack. He wanted to learn how to turn them into his Familiars, but for now, they were just good dogs that guarded the home. With that, the house he took for himself was his now, and so far, the owner had not come to check it out.

With the house ready, he began to focus on his training. He was still off the radar of the League because, other than Flash, he had been keeping hidden. His thefts were not very serious because, other than those three rapists he killed, no one knew about him yet.

Every day, he kept himself in his gym for hours, where he replicated Goku and Mash's training regiment while circulating his Mana through his body. This improved not just his Mana Control, but the sheer intensity and amount of reps he did were working.

He would train with Yami late at night for another part of the day to work on their cooperation. According to Yami, Victor could go to Balance Breaker any time he wanted. His body was more than strong enough, a trump card that could save his life.

However, he did give bad news that as long as Yami was a puppy, the strength he could tap into would be reduced. The upside was that Yami would grow to his full adult size in only a few weeks.

The time could be reduced if Victor continued using Canis Lykaon's power. That was exactly what he did over the next two weeks. Over that time, he learned something interesting. Dallas had a hero, but it was not famous or even from the comics.

The guy called himself Gladiator. He was like the Batman, Green Arrow, or Nightwing of Dallas. Unlike them, though, he had powers, which Victor described as shock absorption and redirection. As for his name, it was because he wore a Gladiator-themed Armor suit.

To Victor, that made some sense because this was the real world now and not a show with 20-minute episodes. At least there were no Marvel Heroes, so he ignored it. However, occasionally, a meta-human from the gangs would cause a stir before they were stopped.

That was happening now while Victor sat in his living room with Jack, the cat on his lap, and Yami beside him. His pitbulls were outside in the front yard as they liked the outdoors now that they were no longer in the shelter. Next to him was a bowl of butter popcorn, and in his hand, he had a beer(Modelo).

After two weeks of demanding training and constant mana circulation, Victor seemed even more shredded and cut than before. The regiment he started was starting to show results quickly.

Even now, he was passively circulating mana through his body. As for Yami, after two weeks, he was the size of a boxer, and he was still nowhere near done growing. By the time he finished growing, he would be twice the size of a Grey Wolf, so he was a ways off. 

Both of them improved exceptionally quickly, but two weeks was still not enough time. Victor kept his head down and only stole what he needed. 

"No one can prove it anyway."

He brought his beer and chugged it down. He crushed it with his hands and tossed it into the garbage can by the door. He couldn't get drunk because even after he drank 50 beers, his advanced kidneys and liver burned right through it.

It didn't help that the mana circulating through his system saw it as a poison and cleared it out—still, no harm in knocking back a few beers to unwind. He focused back on the News as the gangs were causing more trouble later.

They wanted to turn Dallas into another Gotham or Chicago. Currently, a blonde news reporter spoke up in the daily news.

"Breaking News: I'm in Downtown Dallas as a battle is underway between Seismic, a famed gangster, and our resident hero, Gladiator. The battle is brutal and vicious, with the threat of building collapses at any moment. 

If not for Gladiator, the death toll would be uncountable. Rescue crews are on standby as Seismic, despite the heroic efforts of Gladiator, still had brought massive damage to the city. Will the situation get any worse in the following weeks?"

Victor squinted his eyes as he could feel the vibrations from there.

'Should I intervene?'

Just as he was thinking, he saw a familiar red blur.

'Flash.'

The camera could barely capture his movements, but Flash began to run through the dangerous area around Seismic. The large man, covered in black clothes, seemed to snarl when he noticed Flash.

He raised his arms and began to charge them with energy.

"FLASH! YOU JUST FOUND YOUR DEATH!"

Just as he was going to smash his arms down, Gladiator moved in and raised his arms. He caught the axe blow of Seismic and absorbed all the energy. He pulled his armored head back and redirected the power from Seismic into his head.

With his strength and Seismic, he head-butted him, causing the gangster to be hit with his power and more. Victor rolled his eyes as he turned off the TV with the remote.

"Seismic and Gladiator? Who else is in this verse?"

He reached into his pocket and saw the phone he had bought. It was one of the few things he had bought before, which he used to begin searching the Internet for Heroes and Vllians.

As expected, most of the League, including their sidekicks, were famous. The current date was September 10th, 2008. The first episode of Young Justice took place on July 4th, 2010, a year and ten months until then.

As he searched through the lists of heroes and villains, he saw a few new names.

"Gladiator, Minuteman, Seismic, who the fuck are these dudes?"

His cat suddenly flipped around on his lap to reveal his belly. Focusing on the cat, Victor rubbed its white belly. Purring, the cat began to give air biscuits, making Victor smile.

"Guess that gambling god is still interested in making this fun. Oh well."

Victor gently picked up his cat and placed him on the couch as he got up. Yami tilted his head as he looked at the cat, which had crawled onto his back. Victor turned to address Yami, who now had a cat on his back.

"Alright, my deadly fluffy friends, I am not from this world. I was sent here by a riddler god who likes to gamble. Now that I am in this world, we have a few paths to follow. The path of being good people and trying to be heroes. That is borring, lame, and stupid, so let us consider this a bad option. That or we be bad people who work for the Light and cause as much evil as we can for Vandal's goal, which is gay.

If I will serve anyone's goals, it is me, and I don't care enough about world domination to follow a caveman's will. Or, the fun side, where we take no sides. We fight the Heroes and Villains as we follow the path of Anti-Hero. WHICH DO WE PICK, MY FLUFFY FRIENDS!?"

He raised his arms in the air, and right on cue, Samantha, Raze, and Mark ran inside through the pet door. When they saw Yami and Jack, they jumped on the couch to get into the cuddle game.

Yami frowned as the three Pitbulls covered him in drool. Victor laughed as this is why he got these dogs. As for Jack, the cat got his fair share of kisses, which he dealt with by running away.

"Anyway, option three it is. Let's have fun with this, shall we?"

He hugged his four dogs with his eyes glowing a deep shade of blue. Things were going to become quite 'dark' in the following weeks. Victor was here to have fun, and he would break all rules, laws, and codes that got in his way.

—-

The goal was to get into the game of Heroes and Villains, but his allegiance was, in the end, all to him. He kept himself hidden for the next three months rather than paint a target on his pack.

In that time, he learned a few things about his neighbors. Most were primarily Hispanic and Black, but with his three Pitbulls, they saw he wanted to be left alone. However, two weeks into his isolated training, the house owner came to show it to the new tenants who wanted it. 

Rather than give up his home, he placed the fear of the darkness into the young couple and the middle-aged woman who owned 'his' house. He dragged them into his shadow, where he used absolute darkness and isolation to get them to agree to his demands. 

Complete secrecy, or he would leave them in the shadows forever. They didn't need long in the shadows, just 2 hours, and they begged to be free of the absolute void of Victor's shadow. 

He allowed them to leave, but he and Yami created a 'Shadow Dog,' one of Yami's abilities. This shadow was ordered to kill their target should they speak, but there was no need. Once his living situation was resolved, he returned to his secret training. 

By day, he worked on his body and magic; by night, he trained his mastery of weapons. Lykaon could create every physical weapon type: swords, Spears, Axes, maces, Kunais, Glaives, Chains, Katanas, and Greatswords.

Thanks to his evolved senses from his Heavenly Restriction, his instincts for the weapons Yami created were far better than a newbie like him should have. As for magic, Yami was a surprisingly good teacher because he had been a Sacred Gear for centuries. His memories of his previous hosts were as sharp as ever.

Through this, Victor began to use his magic for more than just Darkness, Cursed Fire, or physical enhancement. The first actual magic element he unlocked, as expected, was lightning. However, because of his dark affinity, his lightning was pitch black. It was faster, stronger, and heavier than regular lightning magic. 

The second element he managed to grasp was the wind. Though, much like his lightning, it was black as darkness, making him think he was a Fairy Tail God Slayer. Technically, he was a god slayer, just not from Fairy Tail. 

By this time, Yami had finished growing, and Victor had figured out how to turn his cat and three dogs into his familiars. With a proper mana diet, his four pets also started to get magic powers. 

Three months after he came to this new world, Victor was ready. When the year changed to 2009, Victor was already ready. He was in his backyard, hanging upside down from a large Oak Tree.

His eyes were closed as he circulated his mana through his body. His current training was to suppress his magic at all times, much like Frieren's. This would allow him to hide himself from other Magi perfectly. 

As for his pets, Jack was up in the tree sleeping while Samantha, Mark, Raze, and Yami were under him. They looked at him, waiting for him to finish today's training. 

It was his last training day before he went out to hunt. He was currently trying to unlock one ability that he knew would be useful. The 10 Shadows Technique, but he wanted to see if he could change how the Innate Technique Worked. 

He could never use Cursed Energy, but Mana was a magical energy. Through Lykaon, he controlled Shadows, much like the 10 Shadows Technique, but he still had yet to unlock it. He was starting to doubt he could make it work at all. Would he fail or succeed in gaining the Zenin Technique?

(All power is needed even since Young Justice is still part of the DC multiverse Earth 16. At any time, he or someone else could move through the multiverse to Earth Zero/Prime, where the Comics takes place. Or even Earth 3, where Owlman and the Crime Syndicate are from. Earth 49 is Injustice. Still, should he or shouldn't he?)