Thought I should mention that there are some references to the Webtoon series Batman: Wayne Family Adventures. I will try my best not to mention stuff from the locked episodes, but I might forget to double check and slip out. Also if you haven't read it, then do it. It's not needed to understand my story, but you should read it.

"Dinner is ready," Alfred informed.

Thank God.

I walked in between Jason and Adrien who pretended to gag once he saw mine and Jason's pinkies intertwine. I only rolled my eyes in response.

Jason pulled out a chair for me to sit down.

"Thanks Jay Jay. I really glad to see you again," I whispered in his ear as I sat down.

"You're never that polite to us," Adrien said to me as Jason pushed my chair in.

"You guys don't deserve it."

"Instead, you throw us from your balcony to the Effie Tower."

"Hey! I have not. I've only threatened, and you're no better. Remember what happened to Kim."

"That's not as bad as you throwing me in a trash can!"

"I was taking out the trash! It never would have happened if your cat didn't drop his cheese on my sketchbook!"

"You scared him when you opened the door yelling how Hawk... Ow!"

"They don't need to hear the rest of that."

"Oh no we really do," Steph said getting us out of our own world. I saw everyone just staring at us causing me to go red with embarrassment.

"It really isn't PG, and I didn't realize how loud our bickering was getting," I said scratching my arm like Adrien tends to do in situations like this.

"Now I really want to know what you were saying," Tim joined in.

"Not appropriate for dinner. We wouldn't want to upset Alfred with that type of language."

"Can't believe you pulled the Alfred card. It's for special needs," Jason said.

"Like when you threatened to burn the manor down, but Mr. Wayne said you wouldn't because Alfred was in it." I heard a fork hit a plate. Dick's mouth was partway opened maybe surprised I knew that story.

"What? You're acting like I shared a secret. Mr. Wayne was engulfed with work, so Alfred said he'd make cookies if you got him away from the computer. Is there more to the story than that?"

"Nope. I was just a bit surprised Jason already mentioned his tendency to threaten others."

"Like you haven't. With a big family like this, people are bound to get on each other's nerves. You already heard what I threatened to do to Adrien, and we've known each other for only a little over a year."

"Touché."

"So how are you two liking Gotham so far?" Mr. Wayne asked.

"Honestly, why do some people live here? I mean no offense, but you can't go to the movies yet because the Riddler took them over," Adrien blurted out with no filter.

"Adrien! You can't say that to the guy who is literally paying for us to be here. And remember the perk of being here," I whispered the last part to him.

"I was just messing around. It's not like we can do that back home," he whispered back.

"We have a lead. It's not a good looking one, but it's still there." I held my fist out. Seconds later, Adrien's made contact.

"Anyways, it's more lively than Paris," I said out loud.

"It's not every day that you get stalked by vigilantes when you just want to spar on a rooftop," Adrien joked.

"I heard that you had a couple encounters with them Marinette," Mr. Wayne said with a slight smile.

"I knew he'd snitch! You can never trust a grown man in tights," I replied shaking my head.

"Batman does not wear tights."

"Not now but he did. It was a fashion disaster. Hell all the vigilantes have had horrible uniforms at one point. Well expect for the girls and maybe Signal and Batwing. They know how to dress."

"And how's that?" Tim asked.

"Red Robin looked like he had a condom on his head, and Red Hood's helmet once looked like a weird face. Don't get me started on Discowing."

"I think Nightwing's outfit looked good. He was able to pull it off," Dick defended.

"No one can pull of that deep of a v."

"What about Robin then? You said all the guys," Steph asked.

"It's the color scheme but at least he has pants. Plus he's so serious for a twelve year old."

"And what makes the girls' uniforms so good compared to the guys?"

"Not only do the look bad ass, they fit their personalities and obviously don't look ridiculous."

"I like her," Barbara said.

Not long after, everyone began to talk amongst themselves with a whole bunch of conversations happening at once. Everything appeared to be going smoothly. However, that didn't last long.

Across from me, I saw Damian staring once more. It was more glaring with the intent of murder.

"I'm not sure about here, but in France it's considered rude to stare. If you have a question to ask me Damian, then go ahead and ask."

"What's your intent with Todd?"

"If all goes well tonight, I was intending on going on another date with Jason. But that's not what you mean is it? You want to know if I'm after the Wayne fortune."

"Damian! You can't ask that!" someone yelled but I paid no attention to them.

"Oh no. It's quite alright." I sighed.

"Now you've done it," Adrien warned.

"I'm not a gold digging whore or a harlot as you might call them. Not only do I have my own, I do have friends with money also. Adrien here is a famous model. Chole is the mayor's daughter and is studying law. Knowing her she'd be quite successful and make a name for herself. Nino is a talented director and upcoming DJ who got accepted into his dream school. Nath is a successful artist with different comic series published. Alix and Kim are amazing athletes. Both got athletic scholarships giving them a full ride. Luca is a musician who has even had his work stolen from him. I believe that shows his talent. Kagami is a world known fencer. I don't think she wants to pursue it full time like her parents did.

Not to mention, I would go to my friends if I happened to get myself in financial trouble. I think it would be best to know someone before making these accusations."

The table was silent, but I had a grin on my face. I understand why they call him demon now. I'm not going to let his stupid question bug me though.

"I'm sorry about my son. I don't know why he would ask such a thing," Mr. Wayne apologized.

"No offensive to you, but your apology means nothing to me. If anything it should be Damian who says something. Although he may deny it, he was just looking out for his older brother. I don't want any of you to think his question bugged me though. The name Wayne is just that. A name. I prefer Todd anyhow," I replied with a smirk.

Jason spit out the water he had in his mouth with coughing following. I could hear Steph laughing across the table.

"I warned you," Adrien said louder than last time with a goofy grin.

I was about to reply but our two phones rang. All I did was sigh knowing what was to come. I pulled it for us to look at only to see my mom akumizated.

"Momma..." Tears were threatening to fall. It had been some time since I have seen her like this. My heart couldn't help but break.

"Go. I'll handle things and meet you soon," Adrien whispered.

"I can't exactly explain it, but trust Alfred. He knows more than he is letting on and will be a great ally," I whispered back.

"If you'll excuse me, I have something to take care of." My voice almost broke, but I didn't want anyone to thing I was weak.

~Adrien's POV~

Marinette slowly walked away, but as soon as the door closed you could hear running.

"I can't believe you did that demon! I really liked her. Now she'll want nothing to do with me!" Jason exclaimed about to get up. I put my hand on his shoulder preventing him from doing so.

"That has nothing to do with why she left. You heard her. Marinette could care less about what Damian said. I'll go after her though. I know you really care about her Jason, but I am the only one who can help at the moment. Thank you for dinner. I hope to see you all soon," I said while walking out the door.

Ok don't get mad at Damian. There's a reason why I wrote that. Also if you don't know which helmet I'm talking about, I put it as the photo for this chapter.

While I was working through my writers block, I made this bad boy.