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Part Two of The Bat and The Cat! The Catwoman was gone from the Batman's life for six years...and now she's back. But why did she leave? Why did she return? And Holy Exposure, what could happen next after the first part's shock ending, when the Catwoman revealed she knows Batman is Bruce Wayne?

The answers might surprise you, but they're proof that no matter how 'super' a hero is, they're also so, so very human...
Part Two

The Batman stared at the Catwoman with shock as they stood on the high rooftop overlooking Gotham City. The darkening storm clouds were gathering fast above, but the Batman didn't care at all because he was trying to absorb what the Catwoman just said...she just called him Bruce. He asked haltingly, "You know...?"

The Catwoman smiled. "That you're Bruce Wayne, Gotham City's favorite son, one of the richest men on the planet? I've known for years, darling."

The Caped Crusader shook his head. "Why didn't you say something sooner...?"

The Catwoman hesitated to answer...until she finally said very softly, "Because I...I-I didn't know how." She felt the sudden urge to giggle. "Huh, in the end, all I had to do was say it." Selina Kyle really looked at the Batman's priceless expression and asked, "What? You may be a great detective, but you're not the only one who can solve a puzzle! You fascinated me from the first time you caught me as The Cat, darling...and it's not so strange I wanted to know who was behind that cowl of yours. I mean, you wouldn't just take it off if I asked." She said solemnly, "I meant it when I said you're the one who made me want to make my life into a long Halloween, too. You've always been the reason I'm Catwoman."

The Batman's eyes assessed the beauty. "You had a unique way of expressing your fascination...by starting a cat and mouse game with me so long ago."

Selina laughed. "Ha-ha, a bat does look like a mouse with wings...it's natural for a cat to want to play with you! But I didn't become Catwoman to pursue you, Bruce. I wanted you to be the one to chase me."

"And I did, Selina. You fascinated me so much, too. I always wanted to pursue you...and sometimes I caught you."

"Mmm, you sure did..." The lady frowned then. "...but then you gave me to the police. You've always had to be the boy scout. You couldn't give an inch, huh?"

The Batman became cross with her then. "What did you expect? You were a criminal then! Especially that time when you joined forces with the Joker, Penguin and Riddler..."

She began to look away as she said dismissively, "We've had this conversation before."

But Batman kept going: "...and you posed as that journalist, Miss Kitka...!"

Catwoman suddenly whirled to face him, impatient. "That was because I was so angry with you after the last time you turned me over to the police! I...!"

They both looked at each other blankly for a long moment, really recalling that moment in their history...and then they both couldn't help but burst out in laughter! The Catwoman could barely control herself as she managed, "Ha-ha-ha! God, that whole caper was so silly, wasn't it!"

The Batman remembered it like it was yesterday, and he almost doubled over. "Exploding sharks...! Ha-ha-ha! That damn bomb I couldn't get rid of...!"

Selina laughed gaily...she couldn't help herself. "Ha-ha-ha! The whole crazy plan to de...dehydrate...oh god, I can't even SAY it!" They both laughed for a couple of long, wonderful moments before they managed to compose themselves. The Catwoman looked at the Batman with a lame yet still heartstopping smile as she said, "That was when I knew supervillain team-ups never work out! Thank god Lex Luthor never asked me to join the Legion of Doom! I would have said 'NO thanks!'" She looked at Bruce more seriously. "But really, getting into trouble with you time and again made me realize I needed to try harder to be a good little kitty."

Bruce smiled gently at the lady. "And you succeeded...we worked together for even longer fighting the true villains of this world. You never lost your naughty streak, though."

She gave him a grin then. "And I'll never lose it, darling. Be honest, I'd be less fascinating if I wasn't at least a little naughty!"

"Honestly, you're right."

"We were so good together for so long...it felt so good being with you..."

"It got even better over time, Selina."

"The feelings got so much better..." Her voice drifted off for a moment. Her expression shifted. "...a-and then..."

The Batman said quietly, "And then you left." The world seemed to pause then. They both stared at each other. Bruce said, "I thought what we had, it was growing to become something...something wonderful. I got to the point where I was ready to take off my cowl, share my life and all of myself with you."

Selina's expression became so solemn then... "I know, Bruce. I could feel it. And I wanted to give you all of myself, too. I mean, we had been romantic before, but...never really serious. Emotionally and intimately. But in a way, it had always been so serious..."

"We both have so much in common. We both wanted to be careful...I know I didn't want to go too far too soon." He looked down at the roof where he stood. "I didn't want to hurt you or push you away somehow...and yet..."

"I left you anyway." He looked up and saw the Catwoman was facing away from him. Her body was incredible. Her deep purr of a voice felt like a siren's call. She said, "You have to understand that I am like a cat in most every way, darling. What's the defining trait of my fellow felines?"

The Batman answered quietly, "Cats are solitary creatures...independent."

She nodded. "Bruce, the more I wanted to give myself to you...the more I...the more I fell in love with you...the more frightened I felt. All of the jewels and treasures and pretty, shiny things in the world didn't matter in the end. What I always wanted, more than anything, was you..." She fell silent for a moment. Slowly, carefully, the Batman moved to her.

He couldn't see her face as she continued. But her voice thickened with emotion with every word. "...but I had been alone and independent for so long. I knew if I took that big step, if I gave into all I was feeling...I'd lose my freedom. I-I mean, our flirting with each other, running through the night daring everything, it was all so perfect, why the hell did we have to ruin it with...with promises and oaths and...a-and maybe even vows...?" The Batman was close behind the Catwoman as she said with a nearly depthless regret, "It was never anything you did wrong, it was me, all of it...it was me because I was so damn scared, and then I...I..."

"Selina..." Bruce tentatively reached out...

...and one of his hands gently fell on one of her shoulders, and she shuddered. So, so needfully. She moaned, "And then I left you. I...I-I thought the fear would go away after I left you, right? And it did...when I finally began to realize how cowardly and stupid I was. You're the best man I ever knew...you were the only man I knew could make me happy...and I left you because I was afraid of, what? Of always being with you? Always being happy? God, I wanted to come back to you so badly, my heart ached for you...but I got scared again." Her voice was so choked with emotion, he realized she was crying. "I thought you had to be mad at me for leaving, that you would have seen me as big of a fool as I did...!"

"Selina..." Both of his hands were on her shoulders. "...my heart ached for you, too."

Feeling his strong, warm touch made the Catwoman's shudders ease, but finally she was giving release to all she had felt, as well. "For the past six years I fuh...I felt like I was dying without you, Bruce. I never ever should have left...and now finally, finally I got the courage to come back after hurting you...!"

With a sob, she spun around to look at him...and the Batman saw in the Catwoman's wet eyes as much love for him as he felt for her. Then the lady took hold of him desperately in her arms...her lovely masked face pressed desperately into his chest. Selina Kyle said needfully into her one true love: "Oh Bruce, please forgive me...please...!"

With a deep sigh, the Batman held the Catwoman gratefully. He soothed carefully, "Shhh...shhh..."

They held each other for a long time as the storm clouds darkened more and more above.

TO BE CONTINUED

Here's where you can go to see Part Three!
charlesws.deviantart.com/art/T…

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Giving credit where it's due!

XNALara created by Dusan Pavlicek

XPS created by Dusan and XNAaraL

Models:

TDKR Batman from Batman: Arkham City by and The Long Halloween Catwoman from same by
City from Burnout Paradise by
Background:
Storm Stock by

Description

Part Two of The Bat and The Cat! The Catwoman was gone from the Batman's life for six years...and now she's back. But why did she leave? Why did she return? And Holy Exposure, what could happen next after the first part's shock ending, when the Catwoman revealed she knows Batman is Bruce Wayne?

The answers might surprise you, but they're proof that no matter how 'super' a hero is, they're also so, so very human...
Part Two

The Batman stared at the Catwoman with shock as they stood on the high rooftop overlooking Gotham City. The darkening storm clouds were gathering fast above, but the Batman didn't care at all because he was trying to absorb what the Catwoman just said...she just called him Bruce. He asked haltingly, "You know...?"

The Catwoman smiled. "That you're Bruce Wayne, Gotham City's favorite son, one of the richest men on the planet? I've known for years, darling."

The Caped Crusader shook his head. "Why didn't you say something sooner...?"

The Catwoman hesitated to answer...until she finally said very softly, "Because I...I-I didn't know how." She felt the sudden urge to giggle. "Huh, in the end, all I had to do was say it." Selina Kyle really looked at the Batman's priceless expression and asked, "What? You may be a great detective, but you're not the only one who can solve a puzzle! You fascinated me from the first time you caught me as The Cat, darling...and it's not so strange I wanted to know who was behind that cowl of yours. I mean, you wouldn't just take it off if I asked." She said solemnly, "I meant it when I said you're the one who made me want to make my life into a long Halloween, too. You've always been the reason I'm Catwoman."

The Batman's eyes assessed the beauty. "You had a unique way of expressing your fascination...by starting a cat and mouse game with me so long ago."

Selina laughed. "Ha-ha, a bat does look like a mouse with wings...it's natural for a cat to want to play with you! But I didn't become Catwoman to pursue you, Bruce. I wanted you to be the one to chase me."

"And I did, Selina. You fascinated me so much, too. I always wanted to pursue you...and sometimes I caught you."

"Mmm, you sure did..." The lady frowned then. "...but then you gave me to the police. You've always had to be the boy scout. You couldn't give an inch, huh?"

The Batman became cross with her then. "What did you expect? You were a criminal then! Especially that time when you joined forces with the Joker, Penguin and Riddler..."

She began to look away as she said dismissively, "We've had this conversation before."

But Batman kept going: "...and you posed as that journalist, Miss Kitka...!"

Catwoman suddenly whirled to face him, impatient. "That was because I was so angry with you after the last time you turned me over to the police! I...!"

They both looked at each other blankly for a long moment, really recalling that moment in their history...and then they both couldn't help but burst out in laughter! The Catwoman could barely control herself as she managed, "Ha-ha-ha! God, that whole caper was so silly, wasn't it!"

The Batman remembered it like it was yesterday, and he almost doubled over. "Exploding sharks...! Ha-ha-ha! That damn bomb I couldn't get rid of...!"

Selina laughed gaily...she couldn't help herself. "Ha-ha-ha! The whole crazy plan to de...dehydrate...oh god, I can't even SAY it!" They both laughed for a couple of long, wonderful moments before they managed to compose themselves. The Catwoman looked at the Batman with a lame yet still heartstopping smile as she said, "That was when I knew supervillain team-ups never work out! Thank god Lex Luthor never asked me to join the Legion of Doom! I would have said 'NO thanks!'" She looked at Bruce more seriously. "But really, getting into trouble with you time and again made me realize I needed to try harder to be a good little kitty."

Bruce smiled gently at the lady. "And you succeeded...we worked together for even longer fighting the true villains of this world. You never lost your naughty streak, though."

She gave him a grin then. "And I'll never lose it, darling. Be honest, I'd be less fascinating if I wasn't at least a little naughty!"

"Honestly, you're right."

"We were so good together for so long...it felt so good being with you..."

"It got even better over time, Selina."

"The feelings got so much better..." Her voice drifted off for a moment. Her expression shifted. "...a-and then..."

The Batman said quietly, "And then you left." The world seemed to pause then. They both stared at each other. Bruce said, "I thought what we had, it was growing to become something...something wonderful. I got to the point where I was ready to take off my cowl, share my life and all of myself with you."

Selina's expression became so solemn then... "I know, Bruce. I could feel it. And I wanted to give you all of myself, too. I mean, we had been romantic before, but...never really serious. Emotionally and intimately. But in a way, it had always been so serious..."

"We both have so much in common. We both wanted to be careful...I know I didn't want to go too far too soon." He looked down at the roof where he stood. "I didn't want to hurt you or push you away somehow...and yet..."

"I left you anyway." He looked up and saw the Catwoman was facing away from him. Her body was incredible. Her deep purr of a voice felt like a siren's call. She said, "You have to understand that I am like a cat in most every way, darling. What's the defining trait of my fellow felines?"

The Batman answered quietly, "Cats are solitary creatures...independent."

She nodded. "Bruce, the more I wanted to give myself to you...the more I...the more I fell in love with you...the more frightened I felt. All of the jewels and treasures and pretty, shiny things in the world didn't matter in the end. What I always wanted, more than anything, was you..." She fell silent for a moment. Slowly, carefully, the Batman moved to her.

He couldn't see her face as she continued. But her voice thickened with emotion with every word. "...but I had been alone and independent for so long. I knew if I took that big step, if I gave into all I was feeling...I'd lose my freedom. I-I mean, our flirting with each other, running through the night daring everything, it was all so perfect, why the hell did we have to ruin it with...with promises and oaths and...a-and maybe even vows...?" The Batman was close behind the Catwoman as she said with a nearly depthless regret, "It was never anything you did wrong, it was me, all of it...it was me because I was so damn scared, and then I...I..."

"Selina..." Bruce tentatively reached out...

...and one of his hands gently fell on one of her shoulders, and she shuddered. So, so needfully. She moaned, "And then I left you. I...I-I thought the fear would go away after I left you, right? And it did...when I finally began to realize how cowardly and stupid I was. You're the best man I ever knew...you were the only man I knew could make me happy...and I left you because I was afraid of, what? Of always being with you? Always being happy? God, I wanted to come back to you so badly, my heart ached for you...but I got scared again." Her voice was so choked with emotion, he realized she was crying. "I thought you had to be mad at me for leaving, that you would have seen me as big of a fool as I did...!"

"Selina..." Both of his hands were on her shoulders. "...my heart ached for you, too."

Feeling his strong, warm touch made the Catwoman's shudders ease, but finally she was giving release to all she had felt, as well. "For the past six years I fuh...I felt like I was dying without you, Bruce. I never ever should have left...and now finally, finally I got the courage to come back after hurting you...!"

With a sob, she spun around to look at him...and the Batman saw in the Catwoman's wet eyes as much love for him as he felt for her. Then the lady took hold of him desperately in her arms...her lovely masked face pressed desperately into his chest. Selina Kyle said needfully into her one true love: "Oh Bruce, please forgive me...please...!"

With a deep sigh, the Batman held the Catwoman gratefully. He soothed carefully, "Shhh...shhh..."

They held each other for a long time as the storm clouds darkened more and more above.

TO BE CONTINUED

Here's where you can go to see Part Three!
charlesws.deviantart.com/art/T…

---

Giving credit where it's due!

XNALara created by Dusan Pavlicek

XPS created by Dusan and XNAaraL

Models:

TDKR Batman from Batman: Arkham City by and The Long Halloween Catwoman from same by
City from Burnout Paradise by
Background:
Storm Stock by