A City of Heroes
I do not own anything a part of Marvel, Naruto, or anything else for that matter. I'm basically just here to write and entertain as all the other authors do so well at. Just a little side note, my story Warhammer: Changing of the Guard is not retconned, I'm just exploring other possible story ideas. I'll work on that when I feel the Warhammer vibe kicking back into me, but until then have fun reading this story and review for whatever you feel necessary.
This Is Our Life
Superheroes huh? I don't see anything super about us. What they call "gifts" is our stigma that keeps us in hiding. My "gift" is the entire reason I was kicked out of every orphanage I was sent to. It was because they did not understand, they cannot understand….They will never see, the way I do.
I never knew my parents, never really cared until my appearance on the hero stage. It ate away at me to think that even when an entire city's worth population adores you, you still feel lonely. It's because even though they know me, at the same time they really don't know me. How can they? According to the hero code you're never supposed to reveal your identity. Those few who do know me are my tormentors from my childhood, and they'll never acknowledge me the way I would want people to. It's such a lonely life.
The way I look at it my life is ending one minute at a time, and I ask myself would it really matter if I died right now. Would they mourn me or look to the other hypocrites flying around in this city. I am just one little piece in this cluster-fuck of a city called Tokyo; an insignificant hero without a cause. The reality of it all is that my Great Depression is my own life; my Great War is within myself. I am the epitome of what a tragic hero should be.
But yet I continue…..
Why you may ask, and the fact is I really don't know. Do I feel some sort of inclination to protect those who don't deserve the light of day? What we really are doing is creating a supply and demand service to them. Whenever they want us, whatever it is we're there. Well I for one am tired, but yet I'm unwilling to stop. Despite it all it's for those few faint rays of hope I see that I protect and serve, for all those shining lights in the Tokyo underground. Far be from me to let all the vices in society snuff out those too innocent to understand, too weak to protect themselves. I am their shield and I constantly get beat for it. Maybe I like the abuse because it makes me feel something, I don't know.
This "life" isn't meant for the faint of heart, and right now I'm thinking if it's the life I want. Regardless I will be there when you are hurt, panicked, threatened, or abused.
My name is Naruto Uzumaki and I am Tokyo's FireFox. My tale is not unlike the rest of the supers hangin' around this city. Basically what we do day in and day out is just a way of life. A way of life that some of us never even asked to be a part of, but I will fight. I will fight until there's nothing left in me. I am not one to give up or one to accept failure. If one thing is for certain, it's that I will always be here for you, for everyone. You can sure as hell believe that.