Gotham's "Foodie" [Western Crossover]

I've been finding it harder and harder to write lately, so I've decided to cut the outline down substantially and wrap things up. I'm very sorry, and thank you all for your support (bows).

Chapter 38 is Tim's birthday special, and Chapter 53 is Jason's birthday special. Please enjoy these sweet little treats!

Original title: Living at Wayne Manor, Living an Unusual Life

Bruce's adopted daughter is no ordinary girl.

He knew his adopted daughter was special. From the moment he saw the girl at the hospital, he seemed able to glimpse the extraordinary future ahead of her.

And without outside interference, that future would lead her down a dark path with no return.

-- Marianne Wayne, formerly known as Marianne Zanya Mercklins.

She died on the same day as Jason, then woke up again six years later.

She said, "As long as I can be with my family again, it doesn't matter how I came back to life. Nothing is more important to me or makes me happier."

She said, "Don't leave me, Bruce. If you leave me, I'll fall apart. I'll kill anyone who means to hurt you, and I'll destroy any plan that could get you killed. And if you choose to leave me..."

"..."

"I hope that never happens... because I love you."

Marin could smile at them over the breakfast table in the morning, and she could give them that same smile while standing in a pool of blood.

Because what mattered to her was the person standing in front of her, not anything around them.

Because her family deserved every good thing in life, and she was willing to do anything to give it to them.

She didn't care that her file was encrypted and marked in red on the Batcomputer, or that people called her dangerous.

Wayne Manor would always be her home, and Bruce and the others would always be her family. They would spend one day together, and then another, and another, and another...

She would never leave them.

Seven days after Marin woke up, Clayface was killed at her coming-of-age party.

Three days later, she hunted down a gang leader.

Two weeks later, news of the Joker's strange death spread across Gotham.

Then came the Court hidden in the darkness, a branch of a terrorist organization from another universe, and then...

Two Jokers.

When all the chaos was over, she opened her eyes in another world.

-

: What's it like to constantly smell food coming from other people?

Marin: Thanks for asking. I don't know how it works, but my family smells delicious. I'm getting a little hungry.

: So would you...

Marin: No.

: I haven't finished asking.

Marin: No, I won't.

Also known as: A dragon protects its treasure, except the treasure is the Batfamily.

Warnings:

1. A fairly serious story. The female lead has no romance and is a resident of Earth-24 (I think it's an unknown universe). Out-of-character warning. If you can accept that, please treat anything that differs from your impressions as a parallel-universe difference.

2. Death warnings: Clayface, the female lead, the Joker, the female lead, the Court of Owls... Read according to your tolerance!

3. Happy ending.

4. Let's have the Batfamily heal the protagonist, and then heal one another.

5. If you're interested, check out my other upcoming stories in my author's collection!

Next story: [Western Crossover] The Evil God Cat's Superhero Adoptions

As Mewltus passed by a blue planet, she saw a sight she would never forget:

A group of life-forms of all colors and sizes, all soft and fluffy, with two soft little horns on their heads and parasitic creatures of various lengths attached to their backsides!

Some flew through the sky above the planet, some swam in the blue, flowing substance, and even more scampered across the planet's surface...

They were just too adorable!!

Mewltus watched them, completely enthralled. She watched them fight and bite one another, watched them groom each other, and even descended to the planet for their sake. That's how she learned that these adorable little creatures were called cats.

Unless something unexpected happened, Mewltus would watch over the cats she loved forever. Until one day, a black-and-white cat covered in wounds was nearly killed when a strong human man, three times its size and covered in tubes, broke its spine.

Mewltus thought, this can't go on.

She couldn't bear to see the cat suffer so much, so she immediately took it home.

Then she brought home a Maine Coon.

Then she brought home a Bombay cat.

Mewltus brought home almost every cat on Earth. As strays accustomed to freedom, they were a little stressed at first, but Mewltus wasn't worried about getting hurt by them.

And she believed that all the kitties would come to love her. It was only a matter of time.

Theme: Mutual love is neither a shackle nor a curse, but protection and blessing.