Disclaimer: Well Come Ladies and Gentlemen to the first ever Batman Beyond and Naruto Crossover…Please keep in mind that I and my partner own neither and are writing this story for purely our own enjoyment…It means no profit sadly
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This is a collaboration of me, Kaishi no Kokuei, and Ld1449 in our efforts to fuse together Batman Beyond and Naruto.
…and here is the fruit of our turmoil.
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Beyond The Maelstrom
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A Dark Knight in the Evening Sky
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"We do have an agreement, don't we?" Derek powers, the former CEO of WaynePowers Corporation and still multi billion dollar fortune holder asked rhetorically as his eyes turned to his hooded companion, narrowing slightly when they finally landed on him. "If you assassins try to weasel your way out of our deal…" he trailed off allowing his threat to hang. Now normally one might question why anyone in their right mind would be at all intimidated by what was in essence, an over stuffed rich boy. But his companion knew better. Powers had stopped being a physically weak rich boy years ago, when he had been turned into the radioactive super villain known only as Blight, only a mixture of synthetic skin and radioactive resistant chemicals kept him looking normal enough to interact with other human beings, namely the board of trustee's that helped run WaynePowers Inc. But even that iron hold he had exerted for years over the company was waning in face of his constant absences as well as Bruce Wayne, the son of the man who founded Wayne enterprises was once again moving in on his old proving grounds, slowly taking control of the company as more and more of the board members rallied behind the older, and very intimidating senior citizen.
"Of course..." The man trailed off his stoic expression never faltering, even as he knew the dangers of walking next to this man, both immediate and more long term effects. "...I and my companions very well know our agreement with you. We kill the Batman. Then, we kill Bruce Wayne, in exchange you provide funding for our experiments."
"This had better be worth the money I'm spending." Power's stated as he walked into a room, at the center of which was a man laying on a pentagram and rune's circle, written in either red paint, or fresh blood. Most likely the latter if Power's sense of smell was anything to go by.
"Mr. Power's...this worth so much more than you can imagine." The assassin next to him spoke with a smirk and a deadly glint in his eye.
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Meanwhile, several miles away, Terry McGinnis, AKA: The Batman, was currently running his usual patrols over the city of Gotham in the
Batmobile, he was no doubt quite a sight to those he passed by. It had been a very slow night in Gotham, little to nothing he had to get involved in that the cops hadn't been able to deal with. With that new grant that had been given to the police from Wayne Powers corp. It seemed like the cops would finally be able to get their act together. Rumors had it that Commissioner Gordon, also known to Bruce and himself as the former Batgirl was authorizing the formation of a new special SWAT team that would have top notch training and be able to handle nearly any situation. Terry had his doubts, but he'd seen Barbara do miracles before. Maybe she could do it again.
"Maybe I will be able to make it to Dana's birthday tonight." He remarked to himself casually. Dana Tan was his girlfriend, and often times Terry couldn't help but feel guilty over the situation he made her go through. As the Batman, he barely had time for her now a days and he stood her up on many occasions. Something he desperately wanted to make up for, especially considering the patience she exhibited by remaining as his girlfriend over the years.
"Don't hang up the suit just yet McGinnis." A firm, hard voice spoke up from the other end. Causing Batman to grimace. He'd forgotten to turn that damn radio off. Bruce hated it when he got complacent or when he slacked off, cut corners. "You still have one more round over the city and your head can't be in the clouds should you actually find something."
Bruce Wayne, the original Batman, also one of the hardest taskmasters in all of Gotham. Barbara had once said that Bruce would outlive them all...because he was just too stubborn to die and Terry had to agree. Suddenly the alarms on the Vehicle began to go off.
"McGinnis. The computer's picking up strange power fluctuations down town."
The teenager had to sigh. So much for getting to the party on time.
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Meanwhile in the next dimension over we have our blond-haired hero working away on a very complex seal...one that could very much save the world in the right situation.
He was working on a seal that would generate endless RAMEN!
...Now the downside to all of this is that if one thing goes wrong...then BOOOOM!
"Come on just one more seal." He stated sweat dripping down his face his tongue stick out of the right side of his mouth as the concentration took its toil. His charka still relatively full but is the small amount he has to let trickle in that was really all the concentration was about. "Come on one more brush stroke!" he said as his sweating doubled as he started to put even more effort into he creation.
"That looks really complicated." Kakashi stated looking right over his students shoulder with a lazy eye. "What is it going to do?" He asked backing up to get a full view of the Large Scroll Naruto was writing on.
"AAHHHHHH!" Naruto as he whipped his head to look at the owner of the voice, not noticing that instead of making the final 'C' shaped stroke he made and 'S' shaped on over a 'J' like stroke. He shock also causing a lapse in his control sending a wave instead of a trickle. "Kakashi-Sensei, What are you doing here?!" he screamed forgetting about his scroll in order to hop up and point his brush as his teacher.
"Well is it a crime for a teacher to drop by and check on his students once every one in awhile?" The silver-haired man asked with an Eye-smile.
"DROPING BY AND SCARING ME HALF TWO DEATH ARE TO COMPLETE DIFFERENT THINGS!" Naruto yelled point accusingly as Kakashi, who did his best to look like an innocent child. "What are doing here anyway?" Naruto asked after taking a couple deep breaths and slowing his heart rate, ignoring the slightly sizzling and glowing scroll at his feet.
"Naruto…is your scroll supposed to be doing that?" Kakashi asked point out the aforementioned object that now let out a couple plumes of smoke.
"Oh SH-" Naruto was cut of by a loud but rather small explosion.
:BOOM:
Kakashi just covered his eye as the explosion occurred and smoke obscured his vision. Coughing slightly he called out for his student "Naruto? Are you still alive?" looking around the now slightly foggy room only to find not a single trace of his student.
"Ohhh shit." Kakashi said to himself before he reached down and grabbed the still slightly glowing scroll. He used the Shushin as fast as his hands could form the seals, and vanished in a small poof, he needed to report this to Tsunade, hopefully she could get a seal master here to examine and determine just what his blond student had been working on.
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"Mr. Powers this little 'experiment' of ours requires you to, so to speak, shed you 'skin'" The leader of the small pack of assassins said as he and his cohorts each taking off their clothes to show a skin-tight radioactive suit. "The ritual we have re-acquired from our distant past. We have done a little tweaking for it to suit our purposes." He continued as he snapped off the final article of clothing. "Once Ra's al Ghul's Lazarus Ritual, we have changed it so that it rather helps improves one's control over the body rather than adding youth." He said putting all his non protected objects into a bag. "Theoretically the same principle can be applied to your certain problem." He finally concluded donning a skin-tight radioactive mask like his allies.
"Theoretically?" Derek asked skeptically with a bit of ire in his voice. "I don't Like the sound of that…"He trailed off as his skin started cracking and a greenish glow emanated from underneath. "…I don't like the sound of that all." He stated rather bluntly as his synthetic skin burst off his body in a pulse of green radioactive energy, it made quite the intimidating show. "I don't want theories, I want facts." He said approaching the group leader, Malik, raising a single fist and letting it glow an ominous green that would surely spell death for the unfortunate man. "Hopefully the next batch that comes through will satisfy me better."
"Mr. Powers, This is a fact…" Malik trailed off looking as the still
approaching form of what was now undoubtedly the super villain known to most as Blight. "The theoretical part is only pertaining to the amount of control you have over your powers, no pun intended." He finished effectively halting the walking nuclear reactor. "Theoretically you should have complete control over your radioactive powers, but in the worst case scenario it would only halt from progressing any further than it already has." He continued in his now trademark monotonous voice.
"Ohh! How so?" Blight inquired raising, well one would think, an eyebrow.
"We have run this specific test many times, this won't be any different." Malik stated firmly "The test only differs from person to person due to amounts of radiation expose and adaptability." He stopped but continued once again seeing his benefactor waving a hand for him to elaborate on what he had just said. "The person body chemistry influences how well the radiation takes root. The better if happens the better the result will be."
"Very well…" The powerhouse said contemplating this thought. "But excuse me for sounding a bit skeptical, so there are no negative repercussions of this ceremony?" The suspicions clear in his voice as he voice his thoughts
"Well not exactly…" Malik's companion stated off to the side
"What do you mean not exactly?" He asked through gritted teeth and in his burst of anger, he started to glow once again.
"Well if anything would interrupt the ritual…" the same man trailed off looking a little flustered "…would be explosive to say in the least.
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Batman landed on the roof of one of Wayne power's many sub facilities in Gotham, just a few one way windows, a single door with solid brick all round. Nothing looked out of place still, the suits receptors as well as the Batmobile's sensors were going well off the charts. Something was up, and he hoped it was legit, every time the sensors went crazy like this was around Blight. His kids would be showing up with three eyes and green skin at this rate.
Activating the suits camouflage McGinnis leapt down to one of the windows, using his claws to grip the wall as he pressed his eyes to the window to peer in, the suits advanced optics able to view past the mirror reflection and allow him to view inside as he used the suits advanced microphone to listen to the conversation inside as well.
What he found though made him very nearly curse out loud.
It was Blight, and around him were several other men dressed in skin tight black radiation suits. The walking skeleton was pushing a constant stream of radioactive energy into a single point on the floor.
"Terry, what's going on. The computer's picking up a strange type of energy signature, its unlike anything we've seen before."
"What do you mean...so far all I'm seeing is Blight with...oh what in the hell..."
"Turn on your vid link." Bruce barked, and Terry did as asked, activating the link allowing Bruce to see just what he was seeing.
As the Batman, Bruce had seen a great many things, unimaginable things, unspeakable things, wondrous things. But even all his years couldn't fully stifle his surprise at what was happening.
As more and more of Blights radioactive essence surge into that single spot on the ground it spread, following a pattern. Towards four other figures in the room. As it approached them, the glowing green of the toxic energy waves changed, slowly turning from its signature green to a blue color. It formed around the four men, becoming almost flame like in its appearance.
"What are they doing?" Terry questioned.
"I don't know, but whatever it is. Stop it, anything involving Power's can't be good."
"Right!" McGinnis nodded before he leapt off the wall, his boot rockets activating as his wings extended. He swerved in a U turn, putting both fits in front of him before he smashed through the window.
"WHAT!" He heard Blight roar as he turned, the green aura growing to nearly double its usual size as his eyes landed on Batman's black form. "YOU!"
"DONT BREAK THE RITUAL!" Malik roared to his men before several assassins took out their rifles and began firing at the bat.
Terry swerved and twirled in mid air, able to dodge the plasma beams that shot through the air in their attempt to hit him. Grabbing several bombs and flash bangs from his belt he landed on the roof before he threw them all around, covering his eyes with the wings of his cape as the explosions went off
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"Well you sack of flesh, I must say you always manage to bring more trouble to yourself than I ever did." A deep rumbling echoed off the wall awaking the dozing blond in the water.
"Kyuubi?" the blond attentively asked his vision blurry but one could not mistake the large cage bar and the vile feeling that came from it.
"Here I thought you would have enough power to finally take care of yourself…It seems you proved me wrong yet again." The demon stated showing it grin and a mouthful of razor sharp teeth with the smallest still bigger than him. "I am disgusted with myself to even lower myself to depend on you for even the smallest of things." The giant fox said glaring the human that glared with back only to buckle a little while later as it released a good dosage of its Killer Intent. "Now…leave!" he yelled before retreating backing into the dark recesses of his cage.
Naruto on the other hand was still dazed from waking up in his mind. Swaying back and forth as he tried to stand, Kyuubi's words only help further to add to the confusion. 'What the hell's going on?' he thought as he finally managed to stand only to get blasted out of his mind and back into sweet oblivion.
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"Hokage-sama!" Kakashi burst in office breathing hard the anxiety got to him. "Naruto-"
"Naruto? What happened to Naruto?" Tsunade instantly awake as Kakashi said the magic word. "Was there and attack?"
"No…" Kakashi trailed off than gave a recollection on what had happened careful to leave out the part that linked him directly to incident.
"I see." Was all she said before she reached into her robes and pulled out a small slug medallion and channeled some chakra into it. Then not even a second later, the Legendary Frog Sannin, Jiraiya, showed up clutching his own small frog medallion. It was something they had given each other incase another situation like the one Jiraiya had barely managed to escape from Pein years ago. A means to call for help, or to escape.
"Jiraiya, Look at this scroll and tell me what it's supposed to do." Tsunade said getting right to the point.
"Scroll...you called me here to read a scroll?" Jiraiya asked dead-panned
"It if was just a normal scroll, do you think I would have called you?" She asked rhetorically as she mention for Kakashi to hand over the dimmed down scroll to the seal master.
"I see." Jiraiya taking the scroll and reading from the very beginning, his eye's instantly deciphering all the various symbols. "Well this is certainly the work of the brat." Jiraiya stated with pride as he read, as his eyebrows rose higher and higher ever so often.
"So what does it do?" Kakashi asked breaking the silence that met Jiraiya's last words.
"Well from what the brat was trying to do, I would say that it would either give him an endless supply of Ramen…" Jiraiya told trailing off "…but this last symbol changed the whole scroll, instead of giving him his ramen it changed to something akin to a space-time jutsu." Jiraiya stated in a slightly puzzled scroll as he looked over the scroll as his two fellow Ninja's did the same.
"I hear a 'but' coming about?" Tsunade asked looking closely as her former teammate.
"But." Jiraiya said with a slight pause. "This technique is infinitely more powerful than just a simple space-time jutsu, but, apparently, it can only be done in a random fashion."
"Meaning he'll have no way of knowing where he ends up?" Tsunade questioned with a raised eyebrow. Jiraiya nodded.
"Exactly."
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Terry McGinnis was not have a nice night. Blight firing radioactive blast at him along with half-a-dozen or so assassins only added to that fact. The smoke bombs and flash bangs did little to deter both Blight and his group. Hell, it gave them an advantage as they were trained to fight in situations like this. The only think keeping him ahead at this point was the physical enhancements of the bat-suit, otherwise the more skillful death dealers would have taken care of him long ago. Sidestepping an overhead slash from one of the assassins that favored edge-weapons he lashed out with a ruthless left hook that sent the man careening back. Only to get kicked in the back sending him toward the same man he just hit, the man on the other hand was getting ready to lob his targets head off. Terry seeing this activated his boots, catching the man off guard has he plowed both fists right into him. But it was all for naught as another assassin did a double heel drop to his back.
"If we stop now, it would bode well for all of us." Malik said over looking the continuation of the ritual as he let his men deal with their intruding friend.
Blight just let out a deep growl and pulsed angrily as he watched his most hated foe right in front of him. But not seeing any other choice, other than to stand their and grit his teeth at his current predicament.
"Let my men handle this." Malik said to the angry super villain hope to appease him some what before he ups the radiation levels to something beyond their suits are capable of. "Concentrate on the ritual, rather than the bat."
Malik on the other hand just signal to some of the loose guards to use lethal weapons. Breaking out rifles and other various guns the assassins took their spots and put a trained eye on their target.
Terry on the other hand was dodging and attacking on two different fronts right now. One was a sword-wielding expert and the other looked to be a Taekwondo and Hapkido expert. Both were keeping him on is toes and then some as they landed a couple bone-crunching hits on him. He ducked a left horizontal side slash and not even a second later had to block a low kick aimed as the right side of his gut. Using the transferred force of the kick, he stuck out his right leg and pivoted on his left foot making a full sweep. Catching the martial artist off guard knocking him toward the ground, the sword master on the other hand had more time to react and easily jumped over the sweep and tried angled his sword down for a downward strike. Terry on the other hand jump up as soon as the man hopped over his leg still spinning as he delivered the corkscrew uppercut that was aided by his booster jets. His punch connected quite forcefully with the man's jaw effectively knocking the man out. As the man continued to fly upward due to the force of the punch, he grabbed him by the ankle and held him in front of him and put his feet on his chest. Carefully angling him activated him jets once again sending the man flying into his partner who just managed to stand send both of them to the floor once again.
"Fire at will." Was the only command Malik gave to his gunman as they each went into something like a trace where they each become so incorporated in their actions that they actually seem like machines.
Just when Terry finally got the upper hand his was looking for he gets shot down…and this time quite literally.
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Four simultaneous gunshots rang out and right after you could hear the impact of each bullet against its target. Terry on the other hand was knocked off his feet and five feet back by the bullets. Clutching the upper left side of his ribcage, right above his heart, he immediately rolled on to his back and shot off to the left and hid behind a pillar.
"Terry…Terry can you hear me?" a voice rasped over the comm. Link.
"Y-yea." Terry answered painfully clutching his injured chest.
"Terry, you been hurt…bail out of there." Bruce said knowing when to make a tactical withdrawal
"You don't need to tell me twice." He said holding out his left forearm and hitting a couple holographic button that appeared with is right hand.
Terry otherwise just stood up painfully and grabbed a handful of batarangs in both hands he dive-rolled out from his hiding place and hurled the projectiles in the general vicinity of Blight and the sharpshooters. Continuing with his roll he hid behind another pillar, clutching his side in pain. He had been his once again this time on two on his right arm another on his leg and the final one on the right side of his gut. Then grabbing another handful this time only with his left hand he peaked out over the corner and hurled them with all his might and then turned back and slumped against the pillar.
Malik's eyes widen ever so slightly as he saw the sixteen explosive bat-shaped projectiles approaching. "Shoot them down!" He commanded and as such one by one as they approached they exploded. He never saw a second group approaching amidst the smoke of the first batch. As the second group approached his eyes definitely widened as he pointed at them and said "Take them down, They must not disrupt the ritual!" and the shooters did so with out hesitation until only one still approached with deadly speed.
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"Oh Shit." Was all Malik could say as it connected with the chest of one of the people in the ritual, blasting him out of his assigned spot.
Immediately leaping out of the way he laid on his stomach and covered his head an instant reaction happened as soon as his comrade left his designated area.
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If Terry had not been behind a pillar he was certain the force of the blast would have thrown him through the wall of the building he was currently in. Pressing one of the buttons on his forearm he called in the Batmobile. He needed to get out while there was still some confusion.
A second later another, smaller shockwave, this time with a low humm kind of sound came from the area and the lights went out. Terry moved to activate the suits night vision when he realized it didn't work. "Wha-" he began but was interrupted as his vehicle crashed through the far wall. Terry looked around the pillar, barely with enough time to see the massive hunk of metal crash directly over a visibly surprised Blight, as well as a few other of the assassins the light of the full moon now filtering in through the hole.
"What the hell!?" Terry questioned himself, the Batmobile was a full proof machine. It could take a rocket to the side and still manage to remain relatively airborne for a good period of time. For it to just fall like that something...
"E.M.P." Bruce's voice filtered in through the comm. link.
"Electro Magnetic pulse...but then how are you talking to me?" Terry questioned again. "It's supposed to knock out all electrical equipment."
"It does. Hence the Batmobile's state. I have some fail safes to protect the suit from such a thing, which includes the comm. link the vid. link, the suits enhanced strength as well as flight. But night vision, infrared, your enhanced hearing the retractable claws as well as the electric batarangs are useless for now. The Batmobile was too hardwired to protect from E.M.P
"Great" Terry growled to himself.
The sound of siren's started coming from the distance. The police were on their way. Terry had never been more relieved to hear any other sound in his life.
"We must leave." One of the assassins, the apparent leader said to his comrades, all off whom simply nodded before they began to take their leave.
There was another blast as Blight tore apart the Batmobile with a roar. "No one's going anywhere." He spoke darkly as his eyes looked to where he'd last seen Batman. Pointing he spoke again. "There's you're target. Finish your end of the bargain."
"Mr Power's." Malik said through gritted teeth. "The police are on their way, and you are not exactly the easiest person to extract with stealth. We have to leave now.
"You leave Malik." Blight growled. "And you can consider our contract void. So unless you want your little experiments dead in the water you will kill the Batman, NOW!"
Malik gritted his teeth hard This funding was crucial to the society of assassins. Though very wealthy and powerful, since Curare's defection the Society could not waste money on what the society leaders called. "A possibly worthless campaign" so they needed blight, if their experiments were to succeed.
"Go...Kill the bat." Malik ordered and as one the assassins moved forward. Very coordinated, very professional.
Before they were halfway across the room however another shockwave, this time throwing everyone, even Batman who had been behind the pillar into the nearby walls.
Dazed and confused, Terry tried to regain his bearings, his ears were ringing and the room wouldn't stay still. He could see many of the others, even Blight were in a similar state to his own. He felt the coppery taste of his own blood in his mouth and the pain in his ribs was practically burning across his chest.
Finally the red and blue lights of the police were coming into view, terry could see them, as could everyone else. Even Blight managed to come to his senses enough to realize it was time for all of them to get out.
"McGinnis." Bruce's voice broke through his dazed mind. "Are you alright?"
"Just peachy." He answered sarcastically.
"You have to hide, there are cops everywhere! Barbara can only do so much to stall the cops from shooting or arresting you. And you're in no condition to fight or run from the police, especially without the Batmobile."
"Damnit." Terry cursed as he looked for a nearby place to hide.
"I'm working on your cloaking device now. It'll take about five minutes to get back online, but in the meantime you must hide from the police, they can't see you."
"Right." Terry nodded as he found a particular space behind one of the many computer terminals.
When he was safely hidden behind the terminal, he stole a glance back to the warehouse to see what was happening when his eyes came across something, or rather, someone who wasn't there before.
It was a man, probably a few years his junior, or maybe even his age, blond hair with a black and orange outfit, as well as a green vest and finally a strange headband.
McGinnis didn't have time to contemplate this mans arrival, much less his identity, before Barbara Gordon and practically the whole A team busted through the doors and jumped in from the hole on the side of the building caused by his car. Hiding behind the terminal he heard the sounds of a quick Gunfight between the retreating assassins, Blight and the Police before the imposing sound of Barbara's voice reached his ears. "Get a pursuit unit! Everyone else, search this area."
"Commissioner Gordon!" Another voice called. "This vehicle, it's the Batman's."
Barbara didn't answer but he could practically hear the mental cursing she was delivering him for putting her in this position. "Find him too. I want this building and every rooftop in a six block radius sweep you got that!"
"Yes ma'mn." The man replied.
"Huh, What the HELL!" Terry heard another police scream before his form was bodily thrown against the wall next to the terminal. A momentary panic gripped Terry as he realized the cop could see him, but it was for nothing seeing as how the man fell unconscious a moment later from the impact.
"Cloaking's back online." Bruce spoke up through the com.
"Good." Terry said before he activated said device. Slipping past the unconscious cop and between the two who went top check on him as he looked at the scene unfolding.
Apparently, the blond stranger had woken up to the cops arresting him and was now holding one of the cops in a lock with a strange diamond shaped knife to his throat.
"Okay kid. Let the officer go and put the knife down...slowly." Barbara said, pointing her hand gun at the blond, aiming her shot to hit the kid in the head should worse come to worst.
"Where am I?...who are you people?!" Naruto questioned glancing around at the two dozen or so police who were all pointing strange devices, most likely weapons at him.
Barbara looked at his confused and fearful eyes, knowing through years of experience and study that he was indeed quite frightened and unknowing of either his location or who they were. She decided to take the slow and steady approach. "Ok...look kid...you're obviously very confused, let the man go and we'll help you alright."
Naruto looked around, his confusion over where he was growing all the more as strange, putrid scents assaulted his nose. He growled and shook his head trying to clear it, one of the rookie cops thought that he could be taken down while he was distracted with this action and so didn't hesitate to fire a single shot that connected with Naruto's shoulder.
He succeeded in his purpose of getting his fellow officer released, but the price was a bit too steep for him as Naruto retaliated, throwing his kunai knife on instinct and catching the man on the side of his throat.
'Damn that fucking hurt.' He thought as the small projectile connected with his right shoulder.
This was the open key for all officers to open fire.
"HOLD YOUR FIRE!" Barbara's outcry was drowned out by the sounds of gunfire, until she could finally get her voice to rise over the deafening roars and the officers followed her command.
She watched, to her and everyone else in the room's immense surprise as the blond young man vanished in a loud poof of smoke, a log with multiple holes in it falling to the ground in his place.
"What th-urk" One of the cops was cut off as a blade made of some kind of weird energy pierced him from the back, sticking out of his chest, right through his left lung. Barbara, Terry and the others turned only to see the Blond boy behind the individual holding the strange blade-like which, on closer inspection seemed to be made of wind, as difficult as that was to believe. The once confused and fearful looking young man no longer stood before them, the look of his eyes was that of a trained killer. Though Bruce, who had managed to get the vid. link back up, and was able to piece together what had happened from the sounds on the comm. link could still see that he was still very confused, and very afraid, but those two emotions had been overridden by the instinct of self preservation.
The police once again opened fire, but this time the blond was ready, the blasts, easily visible to the naked eye were avoided with some difficulty as he rushed them, ducking swerving and pivoting as quickly as he could before he slashed off one of his attackers limbs, the man's scream of pain barely reaching his mind before he kicked him away, into two others before he rushed sideways, avoiding the shots from the police, including Barbara at this point behind him. Instantly grabbing another man by the neck, he used him as a human meat shield against his unknown assailants.
Reaching into his pouch he pulled out several explosive notes, wrapped them into his kunai and threw them up to the ceiling, watching as they each landed with a 'thunk' sound shortly before they exploded. Barbara glanced up to the ceiling and barely had time to yell out her command to move before the whole thing came crashing down. Quickly forming a Rasengan in his free hand he plowed it into the gut of the struggling man, sending him plowing into the fleeing crowds of Police. Luckily for the police office her managed to put up his rifle, It took the blunt of the force. None the less, it still hurt as the less spherical looking ball still hurt as it plowed his gut.
"What the hell was that?" one officer could be heard saying. Barbara on the other hand could see what was happening 'It caused internal damage! If he hadn't blocked part of it with his rifle he would be dead.' She though as she saw the said man cough up blood as he flew.
Naruto, still confused and unwilling to stick around bolted hopping on top of the falling debris, rushing out through the hole in the wall out into the street. Where he was immediately blinded by one of the police's spotlights. "Freeze! This is the Gotham City Police Department" The cop with the loud speaker ordered. "Put your weapons down and place your hands behind your head."
Naruto glanced all around him his hand covering his eyes from the bright light, hundreds of strange flying metal boxes were zipping past them, buildings easily taller than the Hokage tower boxing him in and more of these strange people with even stranger weapons, all pointing these things at him.
Not willing to take another chance with these Police he ran again.
"OPEN FIRE." He heard the man state before more of those strange shots began zipping past him. Rushing up the wall to get some high ground the blond was surprised when something busted through said wall, grabbing him as it did. Setting into an immediate reaction, he grabbed a hold of whatever was grabbing him and have a sharp jerk and a planting both feet on something before giving a mighty heave, sending him flying. A feeling of vertigo settling into his stomach as he flew through the air and slammed against the floor of another adjacent buildings roof.
Instinctively rolling with the fall he got to his feet and came face to face with a man in a strange black suit with the insignia of a red bat on its chest.
'What the fuck?' He thought staring down the man in tights, undeniably cool tights but tights none the less.
Terry meanwhile was once again feeling the strain of his injuries as he stared at the blond who was looking at everything around him almost frantically. He had been arguing with Bruce about dropping this particular case into the Polices hands since he was injured and more than likely needed medical attention. Bruce had been reluctant about allowing him to bring down this unknown blond in his state, but after witnessing how he managed to escape two dozen officers and Barbara without so much as a scratch, except for the initial shot to the shoulder Bruce had relented and allowed him to go after him.
'What the hell! There's no bullet hole!' Terry though in amazement as he looked as the blonde's supposedly injured shoulder to indeed find their was a hole in the clothing but none in the unblemished flesh underneath.
The police spotlight once again descended on the two, momentarily distracting Terry, which was enough of an opportunity for the blond who once again took off running.
"Ahh hell." Terry groaned, more to himself than anyone else before he took off after the blond. Activating his jet boots he took off after the blurring yellow streak.
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Naruto didn't even need to look back to see if the freak-in-tights was chasing him, he could hear the sound of his footsteps behind him. Turning down at the edge of the building he ran parallel to the ground along its side, he suddenly leaped off and clung onto on of the many flying rectangle things, feeling it lean a bit to the side due to his additional weight. Looking back he could see the same man still chasing him, albeit this time he was flying not walking though it was with a bit more trouble than walking seeing as he struggled to and narrowly dodge the huge flying boxes. Quickly jumping off his current ride and onto the underside of another, this time only it was heading in the opposite direction. He shot past his chaser, who quickly struggled to change direction and catch up with him.
"Kage Bunshin" and with those two magical words three clones popped up next to him on the underside of their ride.
"Uzumaki Naruto Redan: Inverse Motion" all four Naruto said as they did an on the spot revision of the Uzumaki Naruto Redan.
Terry's eyes widened behind the cowl in surprise at seeing the blond man suddenly split into four separate copies, or perhaps three copies and the real one, and with speed Terry didn't think anyone that wasn't Curare, or who couldn't fly could achieve the blond was attacking him.
The first he was able to get rid of easily enough, just one punch to the face and he was gone, the second and third however, were not so easy, the second smashing a foot into his stomach and the third grabbing him from behind, causing him to spin out of control as he griped and pulled at his wings
"MCGINNIS!!" Bruce cried out and Terry only had a second to realize why. The struggle had dragged him in front of an incoming car.
Naruto himself could only give a wince at the sight of the black clad figure get slammed by the big flying box thing and subsequently slammed into the side of a building, smashing through the glass window. He was about to continue his run when the red and blue lights he had come to recognize as the strange police people that liked to shoot him appear in his peripheral vision.
He spun around but didn't get to see much more than the flash of red and blue before he felt a massive, wall smash into him, or what felt like a wall. It was in reality, the car Police Commissioner Gordon had commandeered the second she got out from the rubble that was the warehouse.
She had managed to see Batman, otherwise known as "The Kid" to her engage the suspect in the middle of traffic and get hit by a car for his efforts.
Now Barbara Gordon was not ignorant of the risk Batman went through every day, in fact she was probably one of the few who could really appreciate it to the full extent. But to see the kid actually get hurt like that rose her anger quite a bit. Unwilling to let her moment of surprise slip past her she immediately positioned her car to incapacitate the apparent superhuman blond.
Naruto cursed as he hit two more cars on his way down to the city street, something which he couldn't decide if they helped or made the situation worse seeing as how they hurt, but still managed to slow down his fall.
Smashing on top of some trash cans the blond couldn't help but wince as he felt something move in a way it wasn't supposed to. "Shit."
Terry meanwhile groaned as he picked himself off the floor a trickle of blood flowing down from his lips as he swallowed down the coppery liquid. Finding the sight of the blond man, now in a similar state staggering to his feet. The spotlight of the police car glaring down on him as Barbara's voice drifted through the loudspeaker.
"Don't move. This is the Gotham City police, if you move we will open fire!"
Terry saw the blond guy's fear shine in his eyes as he looked around, it was as if he was looking at great terrible beasts that were bearing down on him. Terry had seen a similar look in the crooks, but that was different, that was the fear of the realization that they were going to prison, and that they more than likely would be a little to popular.
Naruto meanwhile was starting to understand the full implications of his situation, he didn't know where he was, who these people were, where he could find help, if there was help or anything else for that matter.
Quickly running out of options, with his arm burning up from a rather large gash he'd gotten on the way down Naruto did the only thing he could think of. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
Instantly twenty clones poofed into existence and they each began running all in different directions.
"What in the hell!" The blond could faintly hear a cry from one of the cops.
Terry meanwhile was not so surprised at this point, he'd seen that before. And so he resorted to switching through his various forms of vision, finally settling on infrared. The real one was apparently the only one who let out body heat.
"Don't even think about it McGinnis. You're in no condition to be going arou-"
"The cops can't track this guy, I can." He replied curtly, cutting the old man off, switching on his cloaking technology he went in pursuit of the blond, who was now running down the side of an alley.
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A few hours later Naruto stood on the edge of one of the taller skyscrapers along Gotham, trying to peer out into the distance, to see if he could recognize ANYTHING. But even here on these heights he saw nothing, only this wide spanning...metropolis of activity.
He sat back, taking a moment to catch his breath, but as he did he heard the sound of footsteps to the side. Turning his head he found the guy in black. He was breathing very heavily and looked more than just a bit uncomfortable, actually he was sure he was more than likely collapse.
Getting back onto his feet Naruto's teeth showed in a feral snarl as he reached back to his kunai pouch.
"Easy there." The man in black said, holding up his hands in a placating gesture. "Calm down."
While normally Terry would have gone in swinging, his injuries, as well as the fact that Bruce was telling him that this blond exhibited all of the normal symptoms of someone suffering amnesia, given his body language, made him decide to take a more...passive approach…meaning he had both hands raised to show he was unarmed and moved very slowly.
Naruto calmed a bit, realizing that the freak with pointy ears wasn't attacking him yet. So thinking up a question he spoke the first one that came to mind.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Batman." Terry replied dropping his hands.
Naruto raised an eyebrow, his face scrunching up in distaste at the name, but decided that nothing else made sense in this place. So why not the weird choices in names. "Alright...what is this place?"
This time it was Terry's turn to raise a skeptical eyebrow. As far as he knew, amnesiacs knew something about where they were, some piece of memory would survive whatever brought on the amnesia. "This is Gotham City."
"Where is the village of Konoha?"
"Konoha?" Terry questioned wincing slightly as a hard updraft forced him to move a bit too quickly. "Urgh
"Looking it up." Bruce replied through the com link. A second later he replied. "There's no place in the known world called Konoha McGinnis."
Terry nodded, he needed to be careful now, he could be crazy...well...most likely was. Which made him even more dangerous.
"Alright look buddy, its obvious you're very confused. Come with me down to the Police station and they can get you some help, probably find out where your family is."
"Police!? You mean those assholes that shot me with those weird square things?! Are you nuts!" Naruto yelled glaring at the man in black.
"Look you need a hospital now lets get off this ledge before you fa-" Again another updraft, only this one, much stronger than the previous ones as it slammed Terry against the wall, unyielding concrete meeting his right side, where the assassins had first shot.
He heard a sickening snap...and Terry knew that it had come from inside his body. That...wasn't good.
Naruto saw the guy in black stumble and clutch his side, his breathing growing heavy as blood started pouring from his mouth. dripping onto the cold concrete of the skyscraper.
"Uhh, hey guy...you ok?" Naruto questioned uncertainly, recognizing the signs as someone with a punctured lung. "Aww hell." He groaned before he rushed forward, managing to catch the guy as he collapsed. "Hey bud. Where do I take you? Don't die on me now you're the only one who seems willing to give me some answers damnit."
Naruto then heard something else, a faint little voice.
"MCGINNIS!! MCGINNIS!! DAMNIT MCGINNIS!!"
Naruto leaned into the guy's ear. "Look whoever you are in the radio! He ain't really in the best health right now where the hell do I take him!!
Bruce leaned heavily in his chair. Cursing Terry for his stubbornness (which he strangely had adopted from him initially) Now the Batmobile, which he would have normally sent was out of commission the suits diagnostics systems said that Terry had some severe internal damage along the upper right side of his chest and Bruce was nowhere near the area so Terry would most likely die before he got there, and even if he did get there he had no way of getting that high up.
"HEY YOU STILL THERE GUY!! COME ON THIS FUCKERS DYING ON ME!!"
Coming to a decision, Bruce activated the comm. link. "Pick him up, follow my directions."
Naruto grumbled about the bossy voice in the radio but complied with it, picking the man up and positioning him so he could still hear the radio Voice Naruto spoke. "Alright now what?"
"Head north."
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