Disclaimer: I do not own Batman or any of the other Batman characters. I also don't own the Justice league.

Barbara Gordon was excited. She was finally starting her final path towards full induction into the Justice League going from being the sidekick Bat-girl to becoming full heroine Bat-woman. She had stood in front of the council of founders and it had been agreed that she would go on one patrol supervised by her mentor, Batman, as her final evaluation before her actual induction. How she did on the patrol would be scored and ranked by Batman and reported to the other founders, determining whether or not she would be inducted. She was in her room on the tower, pulling on her costume, her latest one having had to be done due to growth spurts in height, waist and chest. Not saying her waist was huge as in fat because it wasn't but it was the change that took place as a girl went from being a teenager to an actual woman.

Bruce was sitting before the police monitoring console deep within the bat-cave. He was waiting for Bat-girl.... Bat-woman to arrive. Earlier they had both attended the council of founders meeting regarding her induction as a full member. It was not unusual for the council to mandate a final examination before they bestowed full membership. Still, Bruce was troubled by the decision. He would have preferred that someone else receive the assignment of evaluating Barbara's performance this one last time.

Bruce began to stare at the console more deeply and he slowly drifted into daydreaming. Images of her training flashed into his mind. Barbara Gordon was an unusually gifted student and had taken to crime fighting well. He saw images of her when she first came to him, full of fervor to destroy Gotham's criminal element single handed. Bruce smiled at that memory, Dick Grayson had also come to him filled with energy. Of course Grayson's drive came from a wholly other source than young Barbara's.

She was so young when she had first donned the Bat-girl suit. Bruce recalled how she looked standing before the council in her Bat-girl suit. It didn't fit her as it once had. It was a bit tighter than usual. He mused for a moment longer after he realized how much Barbara had changed. Bruce felt a stirring in his heart at that last heart. He could not change how he felt about Barbara Gordon. However, he could continue to suppress his feelings as long as he had a job to do.

Barbara teleported into the bat-cave using the teleporter on the satellite.

"Hey Batman, I'm ready to go when you are." She had always had a crush on him, ever since she first worked with him. She envied all the women that got to sleep with Bruce or even just be eye candy on his arm and just once she wished that she had that chance. One day, she promised herself, she would show him that she was no longer that little girl he first sent told to go home and let him handle crime. One day, she would show him just how much of a woman she had truly become

Bruce was snapped out of his wandering by her greeting. Although he was no longer allowing his mind to glide through fantasy, he could not help but linger a moment or two longer. He looked up an saw Barbara standing there fully outfitted and fitting into her Bat-woman suit fully. He grinned furtively at that last bit of crude humor.

"I see you have a new uniform. I approve Bat-woman." He said as he pulled the cowl over his head. Noting that she had made some alterations to her uniform corresponding to her adult figure. Batman could hide his feelings easily behind the cowl and armored suit. However, if Bruce Wayne were ever allowed to be in Bat-woman's presence for a moment it would be an entirely different matter.

She smirked. "You approve Batman or Bruce Wayne approves?" she nodded. "Of course I had to make a new uniform. Especially with the induction and all."

Feeling a bit uncomfortable, he motioned her toward the bat-mobile.

"Shall we. Your final examination awaits. As does the criminal element of Gotham." Almost as soon as it had leaped from his lips he regretted the implied meaning of his statement. As an after thought he added, "Bruce Wayne definitely approves of the change in uniform. It's much more appropriate. . ." He trailed off and did not dare finish the thought.