The World Begins Hunting the Devil Fruits
1. The Light's Emergency Meeting
For the first time in months, every member of The Light appeared at the same table.
No proxies.
No holograms.
No substitutes.
The matter was too important.
A single image hovered above the table:
Superboy creating a quake with one stomp.
Every member stared at it in silence.
Vandal Savage
"…This 'devil fruit' power. We underestimated it."
Lex Luthor
(voice tight, controlled fury)
"There are two.
Two fruits.
Two artifacts capable of reshaping geological structure—
and both were found by a child."
The others watched him with amusement.
This was personal for Luthor.
Queen Bee
"If the son of Batman found two…
how many exist on this planet?"
Ra's al Ghul
"We have searched for centuries. Artifacts with such power should leave trace signatures. Yet—there was nothing."
Lex
(teeth grinding)
"Which means the fruits were hidden from ALL detection systems.
Including mine."
That sentence alone frightened the room.
Lex's technology bypassed governments, metahumans, magicians, and alien sensors.
But it could not detect a single fruit.
Let alone two.
2. "Why Was Damian Analyzing Heroes?"
Vandal Savage replayed months of footage of Damian Wayne:
Studying Wonder Woman's restraint
Testing Aqualad's leadership
Pushing Superboy's emotional control
Observing the Justice League
Documenting weaknesses
Measuring psychological stability
Savage
"He was not gathering information.
He was evaluating."
Queen Bee
"For what purpose?"
Lex
(slams fist on table)
"To choose who receives the second fruit."
A heavy silence followed.
They all knew what that meant.
Vandal Savage
"He was selecting a host.
A weapon.
A successor to a world-breaking power."
Lex leaned back, eyes burning.
Lex
"And he chose the clone.
My clone.
The weakest one."
Savage narrowed his eyes.
Savage
"Weak?
He destroyed bedrock with one strike.
He damaged space.
Power is irrelevant.
Temperament is what the Wayne boy was measuring."
Queen Bee
"Are there more devil fruits?"
Lex
"We don't know.
That is the problem."
3. The Question That Terrifies Them
Ra's al Ghul spoke the words they were all thinking:
**"If Damian had a second fruit…
could he have a third?"**
Lex swallowed hard.
Lex
"He hid one from the Justice League for six months.
He could be hiding more from us all."
Queen Bee leaned forward.
Queen Bee
"And if he is…
He holds the balance of world power."
Silence.
Then:
Vandal Savage
"We must find out how many exist.
How he found them.
And where the next one may appear."
The Light agreed.
This was now their top priority.
Not Superman.
Not Atlantis.
Not the Amazons.
The devil fruits.
4. The League of Assassins Reacts
Far away, in the cold stone chambers of the League of Assassins, Ra's al Ghul held his own internal meeting.
Talia stood beside him.
Lady Shiva watched silently.
The elite assassins filled the room.
Projected on the wall was the same image The Light had studied:
Superboy cracking the earth open.
Ra's spoke first.
Ra's al Ghul
"How did Damian acquire a second devil fruit—
and when?"
Assassins whispered, confused, unsettled.
Talia stepped forward.
Talia al Ghul
"If more fruits exist that can grant this kind of power…
We cannot let The Light have them.
Nor the Justice League.
Nor the governments."
Her voice hardened.
Talia
"We must find them before anyone else does."
Shiva crossed her arms, smirking darkly.
Lady Shiva
"Assuming more exist.
The boy is full of secrets.
If he hid one, he could hide others."
Ra's nodded.
Ra's
"My grandson does nothing without purpose.
If he withheld knowledge of more fruits…
there must be a reason."
Talia stepped forward, her tone colder.
Talia
"And if there are more,
we need his cooperation.
His insight.
His knowledge.
His access."
Her eyes narrowed.
Talia
"He belongs to us.
He is my son.
And if the world seeks to claim these powers—
the League of Assassins must be stronger than The Light."
The assassins kneeled.
5. The Final Decision of the League of Assassins
Ra's spoke the order:
Ra's al Ghul
"Find out everything Damian knows.
Every fruit he has.
Every fruit he may yet find.
And do it before the League or The Light."
Talia added:
Talia
"If there are more devil fruits that suit my son…
we will secure them.
For him.
For us.
For the future of the League."
The assassins bowed.
The hunt began.