"It was, Naruto was it not?"
"Yeah and you go by Aqualad right"
"Yes that is correct.."
"Say when you get older do you inherit the Aquaman title, or do pick another handle"
"To be honest I haven't given it much thought"
"oh oh oh how about Tempest do you like that it sounds badass"
"Actually the title Tempest is given to the best student at The Conservatory of Sorcery"
"con-serv-atory?"
"It is a school that teaches the art of Atlantean sorcery"
"Oh back home we had academy that taught us the basics of ninjutsu, or I guess what you'd call ninja magic"
"Ah guys"
Naruto and Aqualad stopped their conversation as a voice from the floor interrupted them. They both stopped and looked down.
"Look I like talking about fake impossible magic as much as the next guy, but if it's not too much trouble COULD YOU PLEASE GET OFF ME!"
When Kid Flash asked Naruto if he was serious about his business card, he wasn't talking about the seriousness of his Notary statues but more along the lines of his ninja one. Needless to say the moment he uttered the words "Ninja's don't wear orange track pants" through a short series of Naruto events the fastest boy alive ended up getting nut slapped, falling to the floor, and getting sat on by a blond haired demon who event though was a few inches shorter than him weight as much as the statue of liberty getting visited by the complete cast of the biggest losers before the weight loss.
Naruto who was still sitting on Kid Flash's back pressed a little more weight "are you going to question my Shinobi swagger"
"NO!" the yellow speedster wheezed out as loudly as he could.
"So what colors are appropriate for any ninja?"
"ANY COLOR THEY WANT!" with that said Naruto leaped of Kid Flash and helped him back on his feet.
"oh and Fyi there 50 states in the U.S. not 52" Kid said as he dusted himself off
"That you know off trust me there's 52"
Robin and Kurama who had stood mostly silent through the exchange finally broke their silence.
"gezz I'm just glad the red head didn't insult ramen" Kurama said quietly to Robin.
"Why would that upset Naruto…wait what would he have done differently?" the young hero asked.
"well number 1 it's his favorite food, and 2 as forgiving and patient Naruto is he would have thrown him off a bridge while he was tied to a Prius, I've seen him do it"
"omg why?"
"Naruto also hates Prius' "
Kid Flash messaged his left shoulder and moved it around "alright I hate to sound like a broken record, but before another ninja decide to sucker punch me"
Naruto flipped Kid Flash off
Kid Flash turned his attention toward Kurama "just what are you exactly"
Naruto walked over to Kurama and put his hand on top of his head ruffling his fur. "This is my buddy, Kurama aka the nine tailed demon fox"
Kurama shrugged off Naruto and shot him a glair "for the hundredth time It's not the nine tailed demon fox, it's just the nine tailed fox you idiot" Kurama looked toward K.F. "basically kid I'm a sentient mass of energy that was given the physical form of a fox. My father created my siblings and I from essence of an extra dimensional creature called the ten tailed beast that not only created the world me and Naruto are from but it also was the catalyst that gave Naruto and his ancestors their powers".
"…." The three heroes' had no response to that statement
Naruto couldn't help but wonder "what are you guys even doing down here did your sensei's send you guys on a mission or something?"
"No they broke in here by themselves to prove to the Justice League that their not children anymore" Kurama answered.
The trio where bewildered at the fox for knowing that. "I was spying on the Hall of Justice trying to get the nerve to talk to Batman…" Kurama answered their unasked question while looking down trying to hide his shame.
"ahahahah some great power fox monster you turned out to be" Naruto laughed at his oldest friend "you took on the hidden leave village and the Fourth Hokage no sweat, but you get all chocked up trying to introduce yourself to one guy ahahaha your so lame."
Kurama shot an angry look at Naruto. "Hey do you guys want to hear how Naruto's first mission he took to prove he was an adult went"
Naruto stopped laughing and went a little pale. "Ah come on Kurama, these guys don't want to hear about that"
Kid Flash's face lit up its payback time "You know what. I'd love to hear how Naruto's first real mission went"
"I ended up going to second base with a girl when I was supposed to be on lookout duty!" Naruto said quickly trying to save face.
Kid's face dropped "what's so bad about…"
"She was actually a guy" Kurama said
On the other side of the door
Guardian, Dr. Spence along with a few Genomorph Elves momentarily stopped trying to open the doors to Project Kr when they heard the sound of laughter erupting from within the room. They all looked at each other and shrugged trying to guess what could have possibly have been so funny… a lass of only they knew.
Back in Project Kr
Whatever level of mutual respect Naruto had was washed out the door as the other four occupants in the room where laughing on the floor.
"yeah, yeah laugh it up I still dated more girls then all of you guys combined" Naruto said his arms crossed in anger.
"th…that may be true" Robin tired saying while holding his sides "but why'd it take you up to second base to realize he was a guy"
"I was in the zone and started going into third…wait! wait! I didn't mean that!" to late
Naruto just added more fuel to the fire. Naruto but couldn't help but wonder what ever after life Haku was in he was probably looking down on them and laughing it up with his dead friends at Naruto's expense.
Kid Flash got up from the floor and walked over to a command panel. Funny set aside they still had work to do. He hit the dimer switch turning the lights on all the way. Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash all stopped laughing at what the rest of the room reveled.
"Oh that guy has been in that tanning bed for a while now" Aqualad, Kid Flash, and Robin gave Naruto a look of well I'd say disappointment in his intelligence.
"What?"
"Dude" Kid Said while pointing at the sleeping boy "what do you think that S on his chest stands for"
Naruto scratched the back of his head thinking long and hard until something clicked "oh my Glob!, that's not some guy in a tanning booth it all makes sense know, the Name Cadmus, the secret underground lab and now him!" he said pointing at the tank "someone IS building an army of Alphabet Men to force kids to do their homework"
Everyone fell over at that statement "WHAT!"
"You guys might not know this but Cadmus was a legendary warrior who brought the Phoenician alphabet to the Greek world. Now his disciples have built an army of alphabet men to force homework on the populace starting with the S MAN no doubt S for science, or sports, or dare I say Super Science Sports!"
"…..please tell me he's kidding"
"mmmmmm I wish he was" Kurama said
"Naruto I believe you are confused" Aqualad said
"That's putting it mildly" Kid Said
Aqualad ignored that and continued "I believe Cadmus is following the other parts of the Warriors legacy, about planting dragon's teeth into the earth to create a warrior race"
Naruto was about to respond but Aqualad cut him off "the word sewed is used instead of planted."
"But the S?"
"Dude that's Superman's logo, please tell me you know who Superman is?"
"Yeah I know who he is Banana pants" Naruto responded
Kurama looked above the tube and so the project symbol "big K little r, my chemistry's a little rusty but if I'm not mistaken that's the atomic symbol for Krypton."
"Clone?" Kid asked his friends
"Robin hack" Aqualad ordered, the youngest hero followed the command accessing the terminal through his hollow computer.
"Weapon designation Superboy" Robin read off his computer "a grown forced clone created in 16 weeks! Made from dna acquired from Superman"
"Stolen from Superman" Aqualad said folding his arms
"No way the big guy knows about this" Kid Flash said a little edgy at that thought of an army of Superman clones.
"You guys don't know that" Naruto said
They all hesitantly turned around and look at Naruto
"Think about it the guy can't exactly take a girl out and make the beast with two backs without you know tearing her in half beside you know there's that joke about him being as fast as a speeding built!" Naruto said without blinking or pausing for breath.
"His jizz is probably like an AK 47"
"Ok first off gross, second so what are you saying Superman gave his dna to Cadmus" Robin asked
"Maybe he wanted a side kick of his own, that's all I'm saying" Naruto said holding his hands up in defense
"If that is true then why would he want a fully mature one" Aqualad asked.
I don't know maybe so said sidekick doesn't go running off on his own to prove he's a man"
"Wait a minute" Robin scrolled down and read the rest of the info " he's wearing a solar suite designed to absorb yellow sun radiation 24/7"
Kurama looked over to Robins screen and back at the tank seeing a group of three small creatures above Superboy.
"Robin, what are these creatures" the Fox asked
"Genomorph Gnomes, telepathically force feeding him an education."
"mmmm I can guess what their teaching him, their making him into a slave" if there was one thing Kurama hated in existence more than anything it was freedom of choice being denied to any sentient creature.
"All right playtimes over I think it's time you contact your mentors" Kurama advised Aqualad and Robin nodded and tried their communicators, but no luck.
"Where in too deep" Robin said revering single wise
"Literally" Kid said
"I have an idea, but it'll take some time" Kurama said "Naruto I'll be right back and for the love of all things holy don't do anting stupid while I'm gone" Kurama put his hands to the rat seal and disappeared in a puff of red smoke.
"Did he just ditch use" Kid asked
"No, just trust him he'll be back in the meantime" Naruto looked to Superboy and then back to the other hero's "how about we wake up the boy from Brazil, or rather….what's the opposite of Brazil, Canada?"
"I'm with spiky, not on the Canada part but about waking up Superboy."
"Agreed Robin" Aqualad asked
The junior detective was a step ahead of them "already on it". As Robin hit a few buttons a sound indicated the chamber had opened as it did open. Naruto saw that as the air from the chamber escaped as it opened he saw that the three Genomorph Gnomes' horns glowed briefly; did they just give Superboy a command?
As the other three waited for Superboy to awaken Aqualad couldn't help but smell smoke? He turned around and saw that Naruto had pulled a mid-sized round chocolate Birthday cake out of nowhere with an assortment of candles as Naruto got closer Aqualad read the words "Happy Birth Day America" written out in red white and blue frosting.
Kid and Robin turned around and saw the cake
"What?" Naruto said looking back and forth between them "it's Independence day before Kurama had me go down the rabbit hole to Wonderland I was planning on going to a Barbecue"
Superboy woke up flexing his finger and fixated his gaze upon those who awoke him from his slumber, three of them had turned around and where facing the forth one who was holding a cake.
Naruto who even tough was facing Superboy did notice him awake made the following statement "I don't know about you guys but all I had to eat today was like three gummy bears and a bottle of Sunny D so I'm going to eat most of the slices, or maybe not"
Before they knew it Superboy had leaped across from his tank toward Naruto intending on beating him down. The second he was in Naruto field of close range combat, Naruto without even looked straight at him throw the Birthday cake right into Superboy's face with such force the momentum reversed causing Superboy to fall back and knock him to the ground.
Kid Flash was shocked on how fast Naruto defended himself but what surprised him even more was how Naruto knocked back Superboy with a mere cake.
Naruto walked up to Superboy who groaned out in pain for your see an assortment of glowing green crystals sticking onto Superboy's Solar Suit had been the real reason for his K.O.
"It's just like dear old Granny Uzumaki always says the secret ingredient is in the Kryptonite, it'll knock them off their feet every time".
A.N. Read and Review
oh and fyi I was thinking of changing the picture of this story to be Naruto's business card so ha
P.S. I apologize for spelling and grammar that is all