Hello peoples! Here I am with a brand new story for you all. I said I would make another one didn't I. I just hope it starts off as well as I hope. Introductions to plot though, this will not follow the Justice League series exactly because I vaguely remembere anything from the show...it's been a long time since I've seen it, but that doesn't mean that I won't look up some episodes. I would also like to mention again that this story is not that closely related to my Tenshii no Destiny one. Naruko and Bruce are the main pairing. This is just a reminder for you all if you didn't catch this last time. Okay then, without further ado here is the first chapter of Tenshii no Fate.
Disclaimer – I do not own Naruto or the Justice League series.
~Chapter1~
Prologue
"Hey, Bruce," a blonde girl spoke as she lay on the soft green grass. The male laying next to her turned his head and grunted, meaning he heard her.
"Do you think when we get older that anything will be different?" Bruce quirked an eyebrow at her question.
"Of course not. Gotham will always be a filthy criminal infested place," he answered sourly. The blonde rolled her blue eyes. She turned towards him and looked him with seriousness in her eyes.
"No, I don't mean the city, I mean the people, us. Do you think we'll be any different?"
"...I don't know. We don't know what the future will hold for us. All we can do is keep moving forward with our lives like usual."
Naruko hummed at his answer. She sighed and closed her eyes. "You're right about that, but what if fate says differently. What if we were called to do something big? Something bigger than we've ever done before," she stated enthusiastically. Bruce watched as her blue eyes widened along with her grin. He wondered how on earth she could make a face like that, yet have gone through such horrible things. Envy was not a thing he had wanted to have, especially when it came to her. He continued to listen to her excited banter, a small smile appearing on his lips. He loved the way her face brightened when she talked of things that excited her. He couldn't get enough of how her pink plump lips, that he really wanted to kiss, turned up into a wide grin when she looked at him. Before, there would have been no way that he would have allowed himself to show any emotion on his face,not even a smile. The day his parents died was the day that he died inside. Nothing would be able to get him up and moving again in a happy manner, that is until he met Naruko.
It was about a few years after his parents death that he met her. There was a dinner party at the Gotham's Royal Hotels, some award ceremony. He barely remembered the thing, but he did remember how exactly he met her. He had been on his merry way to the men's room clearly not paying attention to the speeding figure approaching him. And suddenly he and figure crashed into each other, both falling to the floor. He was about to tell whoever bumped into him a few chose words but stopped himself when he saw who bumped into him. It was a girl but not just any girl, she was an angel. Her long flowing sun kissed blonde hair went all the way down to her waist with her bangs sweeped to one side, her eyes were a bright blue color that sparkled as he stared at them, her skin was teetering between pale and tan but was creamy looking none the less. She had on a white strap less knee length dress with a rather pleasing bust he might add. She had on a pair of white open toed heels with straps around her ankles. Her finger nails were painted white with a pink flower on all of them, and her eyes were done up in white as well to match the whole look along with black mascara and eyeliner. The feature that caught his attention the most besides her beautiful eyes were the whiskered marks on her cheeks.
Yeah, he also remembered her yelling at him for being so distracted; hitting him for not being careful...he deadpanned at her words but kept his mouth shut. He could also recall her being with another female and male who looked like they came from Asian descent. Daichi and Aini were their names when he met up with Naruko and the two later on. For awhile he and Naruko had met up with one another by accident, not that he minded. He was all for seeing the pretty blonde again and talking to her. He didn't account for her two friends to tag along with her though and was slightly disappointed that he couldn't be alone with her...not that he would do anything, he just wanted to get to know her better, which he did. On the rare occasion that he did get to be alone with her he got to talk with her, about many things. Family, friends, life, anything that he asked her she answered but with certain restraints. She told him that certain things he wanted to know she couldn't tell him because it was a matter that couldn't be said, even to him. Other than that the two grew closer, visiting each other when they could, that sometimes included Daichi and Aini much to Bruce's chagrin. Alfred, the Wayne families butler, had noticed a change in his young ward and he knew it had to do with the young woman that he had been hanging out with. He was more than delighted with the fact that Bruce was becoming like he once was, but there was still that certain something in him that made him retreat back to his gloomy self.
Bruce took a breath and looked to the blue sky, watching the distorted white clouds float by. "We won't know what the future holds for us, Naruko. But as long as we stick together, maybe just maybe, we can make a difference in this city. Just the two of us," he said, his voice filled with sure conviction of his words. He had not spoken of it to Naruko but he had planned on taking a long journey, a journey to train both his mental and physical self so her can prepare for what his future held. He was about to tell her but saw that she had fallen asleep. Her long blond eyelashes touched her cheeks and her pink lips where slightly agape as she breathed in and out. He chuckled and moved his hand to caress her cheek.
"Just you wait Naruko," he began as he moved his hand to cup her whiskered cheek, "I'm going to make things better, for the both of us. You'll see." He leaned next to her face and gave her lips a chaste kiss, reveling in how soft they were. He moved away with a small twinge of pink on his cheeks. He flinched when he heard coughing and turned around quickly to see Aini standing above him with Daichi right behind her. She gave him a stern look which he returned with a scowl.
"What are you doing to Naru you perv," she questioned suspiciously as she knelt down next to the sleeping blonde. Bruce scoffed at her and stood up from the grass.
"I didn't do anything to her, and I'm not a perv," he argued back. Daichi sighed. Here they go again, he thought and knelt down next to his girlfriend.
"Need I remind you both that Naruko is not very nice when woken up from a nap," he said with a smirk when he saw them stiffen. They knew not to make a whole lot of noise when Naruko was either sleeping or meditating. If she were ever interrupted she would go on a rampage which is something none of them wanted to happen, especially since today was a special day.
Aini frowned at her boyfriend and huffed. "I don't see why we should let him off without punishment." She glared at Bruce. "I saw you kissing Naru, admit it, you want to sleep with her right. You wanna touch all over her-" Daichi covered her mouth before she could say anymore.
"He's not that type of guy Aini-chan," the spikey black haired male hissed at her. He removed his hand from her mouth and gave her a stern look. "You need to learn how to filter your words sweetheart, or else you're going drive people away."
"I didn't drive you away," Aini said with a seductive smirk on her face. Daichi's face turned bright red and he quickly averted his gaze to the grass below him. He could still feel her gaze on him. "Come on Dai I was only teasing," she chuckled.
"Your teasing is something that not even I can take. Like I said, learn to filter your words."
Aini pouted."Fine." Bruce looked at the two in amusement, thinking how on earth they've managed to keep their hands to themselves for so long. Seeing as how Daichi was somewhat the mediator for their group of friends he could see how the girls were able to be tamed, but there was still a bit of weakness on his part; Aini. That girl was a born seductress which probably wasn't a very good thing considering Daichi was trying so hard to not jump her in front of them, he was still holding on though but barely.
"Ngh, what's going on," Naruko said, rubbing her eyes as she sat up on the grassy hill. The three turned their gazes to her and smiled.
"Did you sleep well Naru," Aini asked, glomping the blonde from behind. Naruko nodded her head and grinned.
"Yeah, I dreamed that Bruce gave me a whole bouquet of red roses, and the two of you gave me a heart shaped pendant with a picture of the four of us in it."
Daichi laughed nervously. "Ha ha yeah...um so should we head inside now. I think Alfred's getting antsy, seeing all of us laying in the dirt," he quickly said trying to change the subject. He looked over to the other two who were giving Naruko nervous glances. How on earth did she dream about what they were going to give her for her birthday today. Was she psychic or something? (or something)~
"I suggest we get inside right now," Aini spoke warily. "Al is making his way over here right now." The four saw the elderly man making his way towards them with a blank look on his face, but even with that look they could still tell that he was ruffled by their long absence from the manner.
They all got up from the ground and walked up to the manor with wary looks on their faces, knowing that they were all in for it when they got back inside. But when they saw that the man's back was turned they chuckled. In trouble or not they would still be allowed to have fun today, it was Naruko's 20th birthday after all.
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Bruce looked down at the small photograph in his hands, staring down at the happy faces of his old friends and unrequited love. He remembered way back when they just hung out with each other on that grassy hill a few feet behind the manor, where they spent most summers and winter vacations together. Those were happy times, but when it came time for him to leave things began to fall apart. Daichi was told (more like ordered) by his father to take his place as the head of the Kasagawa family since he was of age to do so, but he had to go back to japan to do that and he didn't want to leave Aini behind. So, he begged and pleaded with his parents to take her and their son with them. Yes, a son. The two had done some stupid things, but having unprotected sex with each other was one of the dumbest things they could have done. He and Naruko weren't ones to judge though and were very happy for them. The boys name was Yukine and he was a complete mix of his parents in looks, but not personality. He knew the boy was already starting to act like his father from how he cried, to how he expressed what he wanted with his whining. Naruko was already attached to the kid when she first saw him, she was so happy to be an aunt. But when it came time for them to leave things got pretty depressing for them. They saw the small family off at the airport, giving out hugs and kisses to each other before they got on the plane. Once the plane took off Naruko grew silent and did not speak a word the whole day. Soon after it was time for him to leave, and he knew it was going to be hard since he was leaving Naruko behind, all alone like she was before she had met any of them.
It was hard for him really, seeing as how she was so downcast from Daichi, Aini, and their son Yukine heading over to Japan. It made things lonely for her, which is something he didn't want for her at all. He had wanted to confess to her before he left but doing so would have made things much worse than they were already. Leaving her with a confession then going off to who knows where, that would have dug even deeper until she was nothing but an empty shell.
Now almost 10 years later here he is as a vigilante cleaning up Gotham's criminals and keeping the city safe. Making sure that people could rest easy at night. He had made quite the reputation in the city dealing with super villains that sought out to take and destroy what peace the city had left. He even ended up gaining protege's along the way, but there was just one thing he still wanted.
Naruko.
He hadn't seen her since he came back all those years ago, and that wasn't a good thing. He was able to get in contact with Daichi and Aini who were relocated to America. The Kasagawa's had a branch of their company over in New York which was good for them since they felt stifled and tied down in Japan. Since their family had grown they wanted a new start, and they wanted their children to experience new things. But back on topic, he had asked the two if they had heard anything from Naruko at all. They had told her that nothing was heard at all from their friend. It seemed like she had just up and vanished from their lives.
Bruce sighed as he set the picture back down on his desk. He turned to picture next to his filed papers and picked it up. It was a smaller photograph of Naruko who was only sixteen at the time, but her beauty was as radiant then as it was when she got older. He wondered if she still looked the same, if her hair was still as long and silky, or if her eyes still sparkled when they grew wide with excitement. All of those things about her he dreamed of almost every night. No matter how many women he had been with, Naruko was his number one and he wanted to see her.
"Master Bruce," he heard Alfred call from outside his office doors. He clicked his teeth and set the picture frame back down.
"What is it?" He heard the door click open and saw the elderly man look standing in the hallway with an envelope in his hands. He walked over to the desk and set it down in front of Bruce. The man looked down at it then back up at the elderly man.
"What's this," he asked as he picked it up to inspect it. He saw an address on the front to him.
Alfred straightened himself. "I believe that it is from the Kasagawa's sir."
"I find it strange."
"Sir?"
"Why would they send me a letter when they could just call me?"
Alfred quirked an eyebrow. "Is that the detective talking Master Bruce?"
"No Alfred, I'm just curious is all." He opened the drawer on his left and took out his letter opener, cutting the envelope open slowly. Once it was open he set the letter opener down and took the contents out, setting them in front of him. There was a letter that looked like it was written in Aini's handwriting but it looked rushed and next to it a picture of their family. In the back were Daichi and Aini, then Yukine who looked to be in his early teens, his maroon/black hair had grown to the base of his neck an his green eyes looked brighter. Next was a little boy, an 8 year old, with black hair and amber eyes, that was their second son Kaname. There were two more kids standing next to him, one, a little girl with long black hair and doe eyes filled with amber, the other had tanned skin with maroon hair. He also had amber eyes. It seemed like almost all of the kids took after their father except for the last one with the tanned skin, Seijirou was his name. He and the little girl, Kiyo, looked to be 5 or 6 years old.
"Yukine has taken after his father in looks I see," Alfred pointed out as he looked at the photo. "The youngest boy looks to be a rowdy one though."
Bruce couldn't agree more. He had a feeling that it wasn't just his mothers looks that he had inherited but her temperament as well. He looked over to the letter and picked it up, reading it over slowly so he wouldn't miss a word. As soon as he got to the last few sentences his eyes had turned into slits and his mouth turned downward.
"What seems to be the matter sir?" Bruce looked up at the man with a grim look.
"It looks like they managed to find Naruko's whereabouts, but..."
"But what sir?"
"...They found her beaten and..." Bruce couldn't say the rest. It was too much for him to think about at the moment. He handed the letter to Alfred who read over it carefully, and when he was finished his expression was sullen.
"I am truly sorry to hear this sir. Words can not describe how disgusted I am at her situation, but I will tell you now that brooding will not fix the problem. Might I suggest visiting her where she is being held ?"
"You had me at 'might I suggest'." Bruce got up from his chair and walked over to his closet. He opened it up and moved a few of his jacket aside. Behind them was a small panel which his a small red button. He pressed it making the room shake a bit. An entrance opened up inside the closet that led to the Batcave, his oh so secret lair.
"Will you be needing any assistance sir?" Bruce shook his head and made his way down the shoot leaving the man staring at the closet. "As you wish," he sighed and fixed the closet back to the way it was before.
And there it is. I hope you liked my first official chapter cause it's going to be awhile until I come out with the next one. I don't really have anything else to say besides R&R. See ya all next time.
~Anime hotty lover. 18
