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This is the first piece of that crackfic I mentioned last night. I can't say it's all merfilly's fault, but a lot of it is!

Title: Gift, or Curse? (Or Both?)
Fandom: DC comics
Characters: Batman, Jason Blood, Dr. Fate
Continuity: Umm... pre IdC. pre War Games. pre Dick's apartment blowing up and him leaving the force. early Titans and Outsiders.
Rating: G (wtf?)
Summary: The oddest things happen to Bruce around Jason.


"..up. Batman, wake up now!"

The voice over dazed ears was familiar, strident and urgent, commanding.... //Who is...?// His head was pounding, nausea in his throat, and everything hurt.

"Now, Batman!" Deep voice, male, tight with controlled emotion....

//Jason.// Few people dared order him, and of those that did, only Jason sounded so--and if Blood was under that kind of strain, he had best listen.

"I'm awake, Jason..." //My voice is wrong...// Even though he had tightened his vocal cords to the Bat's tone, it had come out wrong... Uneasy, he struggled to open his eyes. His vision swam for several moments before coming into focus.

"Welcome back," Jason's voice was just to his left and up, and he looked towards him, seeing lines of unusual strain and concern.

"Jason, wh--" he stopped, cleared his throat, and tried again. "What is it?" //I still don't sound right.// He shifted to sit up--and the suit felt off... loose over his arm, not fitted right at the shoulder...

"Old friend, something has happened. I fear my attempt to shield you has caused a greater harm..."

"Don't mince words, Jason," he snapped--then stilled at the tone of his own voice. He remembered sounding like that, saying those same words... //Oh, no.//

"I am not. I'm not certain, yet, though I grow more so by the moment. Our foe is vanquished, let us go and see the truth of this."

That simple sentence threw the events of the last two days back into sharp focus. First, the realization that there was a sorcerer working within and outside of Gotham--and when would they learn to stay out of his city--to his request for Jason's aid and the difficult if short hunt for the sorcerer, to the beginning of the fight between them, a blaze of dark light coming towards him and Jason's voice spellcasting, blocking it even as it struck him... then nothing. He nodded carefully and shifted to stand--then frowned as the entirety of the armor settled out-of-place, off-kilter, hollow through the chest, thigh, even the calves... //Too large...//

He bit back the soft hiss as he moved in the ill-fitted suit, allowing Jason's assistance as they left the battlefield for first the Car, then Jason's residence. Had he still had doubts that something was very wrong, the very act of settling into the Car would have erased them... now the only question was how far they spread. The drive finished, he rejoined Jason within his sanctum after a few moments, the armor even more uncomfortable during the brief flight. With all lines of sight closed, he pushed back the cowl, looking at Jason through narrowed eyes.

"Good God."

"Jason..." When he was willing to upset Etrigan by that oath, things were never good.

"Look in the mirror behind you, Bruce..."

He turned, slowly... and an annoyed Latin vulgarity spilled from his lips as he took in the sight. Almost all of the lines of stress and worry had fallen away, along with some of the breadth of his jaw, and his hair fell longer and with more wave than he had worn in years. His eyes burned dark with anger due to the situation, but he kept his voice calm with a struggle as he studied further details with hard eyes. "How many years do you think I've lost, Jason?"

"Look at me again." He turned his head, looking over his shoulder. Jason's eyes were dark as he studied him. "Ten at the least, Bruce, though I would tend more towards fifteen or sixteen, given how very much you resemble the young man that first came to me to learn the ways of magic..."

Bruce nodded. "That's what I thought. Were I evaluating my own age... I would say nineteen. Possibly twenty. Can you reverse it, Jason?"

The mage shook his head. "I can attempt. That armor must be uncomfortable in the extreme. I believe I have such a thing as a robe, a moment." He disappeared, and returned a few moments later with a heavy, dark gray robe. "Here."

Bruce nodded once, and stripped out of the suit, frowning as he noticed that the majority of his scars were gone... though the ones he still had, he remembered vividly, training-marks, all of them--//dear god. Jason, fix this.//

Wrapped in the heavy fabric, he settled where Jason had indicated, and watched as he began to study the spell. The mystic gestures were half-familiar, recalled sharply from early lessons... While he waited, he worked at the underlying armor, attempting to make it fit at least somewhat better when he was forced to place it on again.

...and it was quite some time before Jason stopped, and looked at him with a sigh of defeat. "I cannot. Were I to attempt to undo the protection I placed, the original spell would take effect, and I know not if I could stop it before you were returned to infancy or aged to senility. Quite a nasty bit of magic, and one I shall remember. Zatanna would have no more luck, the two spells have conjoined, her brute-force approach could only do more harm than good. Dr. Fate might be capable of setting things as they ought to be, if you are willing to have him see you so..."

"I have little choice, Jason. This... is hardly tolerable. I appear younger than Dick."

"Only slightly," Jason replied, and Bruce could not see any reaction more than that in the careful stillness of his face. "I can contact Fate, if you wish. If you remember Dick, your memories must be safe..."

Bruce nodded once. "I will go to his Tower. I know you prefer not to allow others within your domain." He paused, thinking on that. "They... seem mostly to be." Some things were clouded, but it was not as if they had been removed. He still knew his allies, and enemies.

"Unnecessary, Bruce. I can tolerate Fate's presence, given the situation. Let me speak with him."

While Jason went to contract Fate, Bruce pulled the suit back on, leaving the cowl down. He refused to be seen by one of the lords of magic in a robe and his underwear. It still fit poorly, but the alterations had helped.

Silence between the two of them was still comfortable, fortunate with the length of time it took for Fate to arrive. Jason went to let him in, and Bruce listened through the half-open sanctum door.

"Rare for you to call me, Blood."

"There's a problem, one I hope you can assist in solving. I have done all that I can."

"This problem is?"

"Within. This way." Jason walked back through the door, Fate following... and the helmed man stopped in shock barely within the doorway. "Batman?"

"Fate." If he was very careful, he could sound like himself.

"..Definitely you. What has occurred? You have lost several years."

Jason spoke, explaining the situation and what he had attempted in phrases Bruce was familiar with from those studies, but still did not fully understand. Fate shook his head as Jason finished. "Let me study this."

It was some time before he came out of the almost trance, and Bruce had felt traces of magic sliding along his skin. "There is nothing to be done, Batman. Jason was correct, the mixture of the attacking and defensive spells makes it... most unwise to attempt further meddling. I regret it, however it is best to prod at it with no more magic, lest..."

"The chance of either outcome is not worth the risk, agreed," Bruce finished the trailed-off thought, and some measure of his frustration must have crossed his face as Fate spoke again.

"Batman, consider this... it is not everyone that receives such an extension to their lifespan. The youth may be inconvenient at first... but your city has been gifted with her protector's strong arm for many more years. I urge you to consider it a gift, not such a curse."

The Bat considered that, and finally nodded once. "Not without merit," he finally said. He was far from taking this setback with anything resembling good grace, but it was wise to listen to what Dr. Fate had to say.

"Be well," Fate said to both of them, then quietly left.

Jason just looked at him in the wake of Fate's departure, as if even the Demon was at a loss for words. "Bruce, I..."

"Don't, Jason. I'll deal with this. I'm alive, at least, and have you to thank for it. It's going to be trouble... but I'll manage." //I don't want to do this again, being a teenager was frustrating enough the first time...//

"Yes, I suppose you will. It's what you're best at. Be safe, Bruce."

He snorted softly. Jason knew better. Farewells done, he too left. //Alfred is not going to take this well... Let alone Tim, when he returns from the Titans--and oh, good lord. Dick's reaction, when he learns...//


So, should I bother continuing?

Date: 2006-11-29 10:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hockeyiris.livejournal.com
I vote to continue!

Oh, Brucie.

At least you didn't make him a five year old... (like I did)

I'm intrigued.

I can't WAIT to see how Tim and Dick and Alfred react.

I'd say more, but I'm about to ditch out of work.

Date: 2006-11-29 10:31 pm (UTC)
ilyena_sylph: picture of Labyrinth!faerie with 'careful, i bite' as text (youngbat)
From: [personal profile] ilyena_sylph
*grin* Thanks!

*snicker* oh, Brucie, indeed.

True, it could be worse...

*grin* Yay!

*snicker* OH, not well...

Come back and tell me later?

Date: 2006-11-29 10:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coldfiredragon.livejournal.com
You can't leave it there silly. *grin* You at least have to show the reaction of his *cough, cough* son, not that said son is older than he is.

I am in love with your brand of crack by the way. It is wonderful crack. I'm looking forward to seeing more of Bruce as a teenager.

Date: 2006-11-29 10:32 pm (UTC)
ilyena_sylph: picture of Labyrinth!faerie with 'careful, i bite' as text (youngbat)
From: [personal profile] ilyena_sylph
*giggle* Okay, okay! Thanks for the reassurance. "*cough, cough* son" indeed. Said person... yeeeeah. *snicker*

*grin* My brand of crack is sure something else. *chuckle* I'm not so sure I'm looking forward to writing him that way, but it should at least be amusing...

Date: 2006-11-29 10:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wachey.livejournal.com
and oh, good lord. Dick's reaction, when he learns...//

That he's now the old fart!! XD

I love this! I can't wait to see what you write next!

Date: 2006-11-29 10:33 pm (UTC)
ilyena_sylph: picture of Labyrinth!faerie with 'careful, i bite' as text (youngbat)
From: [personal profile] ilyena_sylph
*giggle* Well, that's one way to look at it... Yeah.

*grin* Thanks for the yes vote!

Date: 2006-11-29 10:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] midorihime.livejournal.com
You know, it's probably a good thing they don't sell this kind of crack on street corners. I really can't afford another addiction right now. Comics are bad enough!

Please continue!! Even if to only show the reactions of Alfred, Dick, and Tim! Pretty please, with cherries on top!

Date: 2006-11-29 10:34 pm (UTC)
ilyena_sylph: picture of Labyrinth!faerie with 'careful, i bite' as text (youngbat)
From: [personal profile] ilyena_sylph
*giggle!* True enough. True enough. I'm glad I don't have to pay for it, for sure...

*g* Okay, okay. I'll work on it, since people seem to like it!

Date: 2006-11-29 10:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cero-ate.livejournal.com
Oh, this is good. You've got to continue. You make very good crack. Comment more later hopefully. Wonderful crack.

Date: 2006-11-29 10:34 pm (UTC)
ilyena_sylph: picture of Labyrinth!faerie with 'careful, i bite' as text (youngbat)
From: [personal profile] ilyena_sylph
eeee, yay! Thanks! That's enough yes votes for me to keep working and then some!

Also, I'll be delighted to see what you say!

*G*

Date: 2006-11-30 09:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cero-ate.livejournal.com
Alright, back with a more in depth review

--and when would they learn to stay out of his city--

Pigs flying will be involved probably. Criminals are a stupid lot Bats, remember?

and an annoyed Latin vulgarity spilled from his lips as he took in the sight.

It amuses the heck out of me that your boys tend to swear in foreign languages.

"Ten at the least, Bruce, though I would tend more towards fifteen or sixteen, given how very much you resemble the young man that first came to me to learn the ways of magic..."

*snicker* He beat Ollie at de-aging.

"They... seem mostly to be." Some things were clouded, but it was not as if they had been removed. He still knew his allies, and enemies.

Eesh, so far his memories are fine,sort of, but it hasn't even been a full day yet.

He refused to be seen by one of the lords of magic in a robe and his underwear.

and yet is perfectly find wandering around Blood's apartment that way.

Bruce had felt traces of magic sliding along his skin.

that alway sounds uncomfortable to me. Don't know why, but that much energy would probably have someone vibrating like a bass drum.

//Alfred is not going to take this well... Let alone Tim, when he returns from the Titans--and oh, good lord. Dick's reaction, when he learns...//

Oh boy, angsty, hormonal, bats. This is going to be one interesting ride. Can't wait for the next part. Great job.

Date: 2006-12-01 03:33 am (UTC)
ilyena_sylph: picture of Labyrinth!faerie with 'careful, i bite' as text (youngbat)
From: [personal profile] ilyena_sylph
Alright, back with a more in depth review

Yaaay!!

"--and when would they learn to stay out of his city--"

Pigs flying will be involved probably. Criminals are a stupid lot Bats, remember?


True enough. Very much true enough, but the magic users really ought to learn that Gotham doesn't like them.

It amuses the heck out of me that your boys tend to swear in foreign languages.

I figure they know them, they'd use them... and Bruce's only two years from having learned most of those...

*snicker* He beat Ollie at de-aging.

Yes, yes he did. By a decent bit, too.

Eesh, so far his memories are fine,sort of, but it hasn't even been a full day yet.

"Fine sort-of" is an excellent way to put it. Thank you!

and yet is perfectly find wandering around Blood's apartment that way.

Yes, but Jason is his friend.

that alway sounds uncomfortable to me. Don't know why, but that much energy would probably have someone vibrating like a bass drum.

I tend to think so, too.

Oh boy, angsty, hormonal, bats. This is going to be one interesting ride. Can't wait for the next part. Great job.

*snicker* yes, yes it is. Very interesting indeed.

Date: 2006-11-29 10:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] greeneyelove.livejournal.com
LOL. I have to see Alfred's reaction to this!!!

Love it. You've got to go on with this.

:-)

Date: 2006-11-29 11:04 pm (UTC)
ilyena_sylph: picture of Labyrinth!faerie with 'careful, i bite' as text (youngbat)
From: [personal profile] ilyena_sylph
*GRIN* Thanks!

Oh, Alfred will be interesting... the poor, poor man.

Thanks for the vote!

:)

Date: 2006-11-29 11:00 pm (UTC)
ext_8873: (Timmy)
From: [identity profile] darkdanc3r.livejournal.com
. . .

OMG! You're evil and I love it... and *cackles* lfred is not going to take this well... Let alone Tim, when he returns from the Titans--and oh, good lord. Dick's reaction, when he learns...

OMG Yes!!

If you decide not to continue this, I will strangle you in your sleep.

Date: 2006-11-29 11:06 pm (UTC)
ilyena_sylph: picture of Labyrinth!faerie with 'careful, i bite' as text (youngbat)
From: [personal profile] ilyena_sylph
*GRIN* And you knew this was coming...

Of course Alfred's not going to take this well.

*GRIN*

*eeeeekkkk!!!!!*

Date: 2006-11-29 11:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladyoneill.livejournal.com
So, should I bother continuing?

Heck yes! If only to reveal Dick and Tim's reactions. :)

Very interesting so far.

Date: 2006-11-29 11:15 pm (UTC)
ilyena_sylph: picture of Labyrinth!faerie with 'careful, i bite' as text (youngbat)
From: [personal profile] ilyena_sylph
*G* Thanks!

Glad you like it so far!

Date: 2006-11-29 11:53 pm (UTC)
senmut: modern style black canary on right in front of modern style deathstroke (Dick)
From: [personal profile] senmut
I vote yes...if that counts to anything.

*g*

Date: 2006-11-29 11:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] travellingone.livejournal.com
You have to continue!

Dick gets to be Batman, Bruce is Nightwing so he can experience it all first hand...

Sorry. *goes off to feed the rabbits*

Date: 2006-11-30 12:07 am (UTC)
ilyena_sylph: picture of Labyrinth!faerie with 'careful, i bite' as text (youngbat)
From: [personal profile] ilyena_sylph
*blink* Are you new over here? How'd you find me?

But thanks! I like yes votes! *grin*

...not sure about them swapping names, but *snicker* that would be kind of amusing...

*grin* Eh, rabbits are fun.

Date: 2006-11-30 12:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] travellingone.livejournal.com
Yes, I'm new.

I found you through the DCindex, I think. And then met your Dark Path series and have been hanging around ever since.

I'm housebroken, if that helps?

Date: 2006-11-30 12:15 am (UTC)
ilyena_sylph: picture of Labyrinth!faerie with 'careful, i bite' as text (prettyboydick)
From: [personal profile] ilyena_sylph
I LIKE new people, comment away!

Yeah ADP. I promise we haven't given up on it. Just figuring out how to pull everything in is very difficult.

*chuckles, amused* Always nice to know, welcome to the craziness!

Date: 2006-11-30 12:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arch-schatten.livejournal.com
Yes, pleaaaaase!!! Contiue *beg begs begs* Can we have Jason around for eternity, please please please? You're Jason is so adorable, he's so concerned, and yet they are both so dry... and comfortable around each other. Eeeee! I cannot take this much squee in my current state of brain-dead!

"Good God."

"Jason..." When he was willing to upset Etrigan by that oath, things were never good.


That bit got me extremly giddy. Upsetting Etrigan by saying Good God! because he's worried about his little B! I so need to see Bruce's training years with Jason. *pokes* I want to see Dick's reaction to having an.. erm.. younger brother-thing! And Alfie, tehee! *beeegs*

Date: 2006-11-30 12:56 am (UTC)
ilyena_sylph: picture of Labyrinth!faerie with 'careful, i bite' as text (youngbat)
From: [personal profile] ilyena_sylph
*giggle* Thanks! Good to hear!

*smile* Glad you like my Jason. He's... interesting. And he's feeling quite guilty at the moment. Which he doesn't much care for. But yes, he's also quite worried... but still very much the dry, 'I know and have seen more than you', elder. And I blame the animated series for that my Bruce has no trouble whatsoever being basically nude around Jason. theirloveissocanon

*chuckle* Well, Etrigan is a demon, having his Host calling on the name of the Most High (in Jason's own eyes, not mine) can't be comfortable...

his little B! Just about made me die laughing. Just so you know.

I want that fic, Bruce's training I mean, too.

*giggle* Dick's... not all that likely to feel "brotherly" about Bruce, but we'll see...

And Alfie wants a very large Scotch. Or possibly just vodka... Yes, yes, I have every intention of continuing.

also? *cuddles your icon*

Date: 2006-11-30 01:59 am (UTC)
ext_11844: (Bitch Please)
From: [identity profile] amarin-rose.livejournal.com
You mention Jason and at first I thought you meant Jason Todd, but this makes more sense. Hmm, Bruce is now the right age for some Dick sexin'! Ironically, Tim would probably take this best - until he finds out thay Bruce has 'cloudy' memories. Oooh, the possibilities...

Date: 2006-11-30 02:20 am (UTC)
ilyena_sylph: picture of Labyrinth!faerie with 'careful, i bite' as text (youngbat)
From: [personal profile] ilyena_sylph
Nah. Jason would be Jay in Bruce's head. And besides which, he's currently dead. This is pre IdC.

*chuckle* Oh, Trust Me, Dick is well aware of that.

And yes, Tim's going to handle it sooo much better than Dick will...

Date: 2006-11-30 02:43 am (UTC)
ext_11763: kate snark (five)
From: [identity profile] pervyficgirl.livejournal.com
Continuation = Yah.

This was a fab start, even if it now makes me want to read/seek out Jason/Bruce porn.

Date: 2006-11-30 02:46 am (UTC)
ilyena_sylph: picture of Labyrinth!faerie with 'careful, i bite' as text (youngbat)
From: [personal profile] ilyena_sylph
Glad you think so!


That's okay. It keeps making me want to write it.

Date: 2006-12-01 01:05 am (UTC)
swingandswirl: text 'tammy' in white on a blue background.  (crack)
From: [personal profile] swingandswirl
Oooh, lovely! *luffs this story very much*

Please, please continue? I'm dying to see the others' reactions- Dick and Tim and Alfred. Clark and the rest of the JL are going to have a FIT! *is laughing too hard to type*

Date: 2006-12-01 03:37 am (UTC)
ilyena_sylph: picture of Labyrinth!faerie with 'careful, i bite' as text (youngbat)
From: [personal profile] ilyena_sylph
Thank you so much!

*G* I'm working on it. Honest.

Date: 2006-12-03 04:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sasha-anu.livejournal.com
Very, VERY good story.

And if you DON'T continue it, I may have to hurt you.

I'd also like to see more Vegeta/Goku too, but a girl can't have everything. lol

Date: 2006-12-03 08:23 pm (UTC)
ilyena_sylph: picture of Labyrinth!faerie with 'careful, i bite' as text (youngbat)
From: [personal profile] ilyena_sylph
Thank you. I'm on it. I'm just having some difficulty with Tim.

*chuckle* I'll see if I can get them to talk to me again.

Date: 2006-12-04 01:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sasha-anu.livejournal.com
As long as you're not having difficulty with Dick you'll be fine. lol

Vegeta always has been very stubborn.

Date: 2006-12-05 01:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jij.livejournal.com
Well, it's obviously late for me to vote on continuing, but I would have, and since you are--all is well!

Oh, the Jason/Bruce dynamic here is yummy in the extreme. For some reason, these lines:

"I have little choice, Jason. This... is hardly tolerable. I appear younger than Dick."

"Only slightly," Jason replied, and Bruce could not see any reaction more than that in the careful stillness of his face.


Made me desperately want some Jason/Bruce going on. I just couldn't help but read that as Jason being disturbed at how attractive Bruce was.

And loved the image of Bruce in his robe, "traces of magic sliding along his skin"--it sounds somewhat erotic and unnerving at the same time.

*runs off to read the next part*

Date: 2006-12-05 02:04 am (UTC)
ilyena_sylph: picture of Labyrinth!faerie with 'careful, i bite' as text (youngbat)
From: [personal profile] ilyena_sylph
*hugs you tight* Thank you! Glad to hear you would have voted yes!

*GRIN* I... have a teeny-tiny bit of a Blood/Bruce serious, serious shipper thing. For which I blame B:TAS, and some pages of the comics. It's just... blatant.

Jason's a lot disturbed. Well, not at all about Bruce being attractive, he knew that the first time around, but by those reactions cropping up when his friend needs his support and help. And the Demon is not pleased by the damage done his Bat. Not at all.

Bruce is, unfortunately, a bit miffed with Jason. He'll get over it, but...

That *nod* "erotic and unnerving" is an excellent description of what that would have to be like.

*beams, pleased, and very eagerly awaits any response*

Date: 2007-08-12 03:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cosmicastaway.livejournal.com
Oooh, you wrote this one way back. ^__^;;

This one is good. I'll be reading the others too, so I guess I don't have to encourage you to go further.

Date: 2008-03-30 12:58 am (UTC)
ilyena_sylph: picture of Labyrinth!faerie with 'careful, i bite' as text (youngbat)
From: [personal profile] ilyena_sylph
*grins* you're a sweetheart, and I totally never got this comment.

oh no, encourage away! LOL.

Date: 2008-03-30 12:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stalinglim.livejournal.com
(grins) I just read this for the first time.

I LOVE IT! I'm a huge fan of deaged Bruce. :)

Date: 2008-03-30 12:58 am (UTC)
ilyena_sylph: picture of Labyrinth!faerie with 'careful, i bite' as text (Dangerous)
From: [personal profile] ilyena_sylph
*grins*

I need to get back to this series. I really do.

Thank you so much, hon.

Date: 2011-01-27 08:10 pm (UTC)
mekare: Flower patterned Japanese paper (Default)
From: [personal profile] mekare
Whee I'm glad I am reading this now, *knowing* that there is going to be a sequel. :-)
And I wouldn't even categorize this as crack, just another "what if..." scenario. And isn't all fanfiction that in one way or another?
I am looking forward to the reactions of the batfamily!

Date: 2011-01-27 08:19 pm (UTC)
ilyena_sylph: Dinah Lance from DC, ID-ing a pistol  (DC: Dinah with gun)
From: [personal profile] ilyena_sylph
+grins+ thank you so very much!

I had a lot of fun writing this one, but the basic premise, especially since I never intended to let him get out of it, was enough for me to label it crack. But thank you for the compliment!

Oh, the Batfamily. They have no idea what to do with this.

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