Alright, so here is the first chapter of my revamp of my third story, Konoha's Batman! Now before this was a Naruto and Batman Beyond crossover, but I feel like the Beyond costume should be saved for the Shippuden story line. I haven't decided which batsuit Naruto will wear yet, as this chapter is more of a way to get him introduced to the Batman story and get the fundamentals began. In your reviews for this chapter, and the coming chapters until I announce which suit he will be donning, please tell me which suit you think he should wear, as well as your arguments for that particular suit.

Now enough of my yammering! Onto what you all came for!

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Naruto walked down the streets of his home village with an uncharasteristic look of deep thought on his face. Inside his mind, the blonde was going over everything that happened during the mission to the land of waves. Frowning, Naruto came to the realization that without all of the luck he had, along with that boost from the fox towards the end of the fight with Haku, he would have died early on in the mission.

"I need to start taking my training more seriously, as well as improving everywhere I'm lacking. Sadly… that's almost everywhere. I need to find Kakashi-sensei and ask him for tips on how to improve my skills."

Naruto then began to think about Haku and how skilled the older shinobi was. He had been the true definition of a shinobi as well, hiding in the shadows until the perfect time to strike and not letting any of them know of his presence until he decided to let them know. Gaining a pensive look on his face, Naruto began thinking about his current goals. "I know I want to become Hokage, but what about before that? Sure, I'll become a chunin and a jonin before then, but there's so many other types of ninja that I could become before then."

Thinking back on Haku's disguise of a hunter nin, Naruto thought about the mask the boy had worn to hide his identity. "The best way to surprise my enemies and beat them is to get them before they even know I'm there… "

Seeing something out of the corner of his eye, Naruto turned and saw what seemed to be a new comic book that was released at the book store. Walking up to the window, the blonde looked at the cover and felt a slight shiver go down his spine at the look of the man on the cover: he was in all black with the only visible skin being around his jaw and chin, his muscles easily visible under his suit that looked to have many hidden weapons on it. The man was obviously strong and had to be skilled at taijutsu, given the way his body looked.

Glancing around, Naruto snuck into an alley and performed the transformation jutsu to appear like a random child that anyone would over look. Going inside, the boy in disguise bought the comic book, as well as the previous issues, before heading back to his apartment. Dispelling the jutsu as he entered his apartment, the blonde sat on his couch and began reading the comic books. Roughly two hours later, the blonde set the latest issue down and had a thoughtful look on his face before he began speaking his thoughts to himself.

"This Batman guy is like the perfect ninja, if you ignore his way of not killing. He's smart, strong, skilled, and is proficient in all of his weapons and fighting styles."

Gaining a determined look in his eyes, the blonde knew just what he needed to do. Leaving his apartment, the blonde took to the rooftops to get to his destination faster.

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Arriving at the building he was looking for, Naruto walked into the library with his eyes burning with determination to become the best he could.

Looking around the stacks of books that gennin could access, Naruto started pulling down everything he thought he would need: books on tactics, pressure points and anatomy, chakra control, strength and speed training, and stealth. Realizing he was running out of arms to carry his books, Naruto set them down before making a couple of shadow clones to carry them for him. Looking to the section on taijutsu, the blonde began looking for a taijutsu style that jumped out at him.

Naruto almost gave up before finding a scroll that caught his eye. It was black with yellow streaks through it, versus the plain white the other scrolls were. Pulling the scroll from its spot on the shelf, he looked at the name of the style, the Keysi Style. Opening the scroll, the blonde was amazed at the katas and how they flowed, how the style worked to help fight against multiple opponents, and how each strike was designed to disable an opponent.

Grinning, the blonde turned to his clones and found them at a table reading some of the books he had picked up. Shaking his head, the blonde brought the clones out of their reading and brought all of the books and the scroll to the front counter where he checked them out. Leaving the library quickly, the blonde hurried home with his clones so that he could begin his journey to becoming a hunter nin.

"Look out everybody, Naruto Uzumaki is going to take the world by storm, and he's going to do it as Konoha's Batman!"

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Okay, I know that this chapter is pretty short, but it got everything done that I wanted done before we head to his training. Like I mentioned before, review and tell me what batsuit you think he should wear, or what suit you think he should base his upcoming outfit on. I can't wait to read all of your reviews and see all of your opinions!