I Don't Own Young Justice or Naruto
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Gotham City; Wayne Manor; April 17th; 6:00AM.
Sasuke awoke with a startle; his eyes scanned the room prepared to lash out at any given threat. He found the loud beeping that awoke him; the clock next to his bed flashed six in the morning. Sasuke pulled the covers off of him and placed his feet on the cold tile. He hated waking up this early, everything was hazy, even for his shinobi senses, and everything seemed colder. Sasuke ignored the tender calls of the warm blankets and began getting ready for his first day at the academy.
After his brief shower, he faced himself in the mirror. He looked as his Rinnegan blazed in no general direction. He sighed, "How am I supposed to keep you a secret all day? I guess I could keep my eye closed but, that seems like too much work." Sasuke's thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door.
Sasuke quickly wrapped himself in a towel and made his way to the door to answer it, he swung the door open lazily to find an awestricken Barbara who was as red as Sasuke's Sharingan.
"What? We dont leave for another hour," he deadpanned.
Barbara gulped audibly as she ripped her eyes from his chest; she extended her hands which held a gift in them, wrapped neatly in a small box, "What is it?" Sasuke opened the box and found a black leather eye-patch, folded neatly in the center.
"I knew you wouldn't want to keep your eye closed all day long or risk anyone seeing it so, I bought this for you yesterday at the mall." Barbara's blush faded for a moment as Sasuke scoffed slightly.
"I don't think this is my kinda-" Sasuke was going to finish his sentence until he saw Barbara's disappointed face at the sound of the first part of his sentence. Sasuke sighed softly and grabbed the eye-patch from the box, "Whatever," he said in his stoic monotone; grabbing it, he placed it over his Rinnegan and looked around for a moment.
"Do you like it, because we could totally go and get it exchanged if you want to? I mean as long as we're there we could get lunch or something?" Sasuke narrowed his eye at her, he looked disappointed in something but he didn't let it show too much.
"No, thanks for the gift," He closed the door in her face and turned around, a loud sigh escaping his lips. The one thing he hated about all the girls in Konoha is that they fawned over him. They went out of their way to give him unnecessary gifts and ask him out on a daily basis, he had nothing against Barbara, in fact she was far more tolerable than the other girls of Konoha but, he could see her already becoming more like Sakura as time passed. Sakura was a good team mate and a better friend but, he had never met anyone more annoying than her back when they were still in the Academy. Sasuke shook the thought and readied himself for school.
He sighed as he looked himself up and down in the mirror; Sasuke wore a suit, which he hated, with burgundy trim and a black vest under an even darker jacket. He wore long dark dress pants and socks to match. Sasuke sighed once again and touched the material of his eye-patch, it was soft but firm, he suddenly knew what Kakashi felt like having to keep one eye shut all the time.
Barbara walked past Sasuke's door on her way to the front exit; she groaned slightly but not only at her earlier rejection but, the fact that it was Monday was enough reason to groan. She approached the front and checked if she had everything she needed. Rummaging through her bag she blew a crimson strand of hair from her face and continued to the door.
Sasuke emerged from his room in his uniform and walked up to Barbara, she never really realized how tall he was until he looked down on her and sighed, "So we have to wear these dumb out-fits every single day?"
"Pretty much, now let me hear your best English."
Sasuke sighed and cleared his throat, "Hello, how are you?" He still had a faint accent but otherwise his English was perfect, spot on.
"Wow that was impressive for someone who started learning two days ago," Barbara commented in English as Sasuke continued in English as well.
"Well I kind of cheated but, I guess that counts anyways," Sasuke walked past her and towards the door; he had studied the night before, using his Mangekyou to memorize the letters, the pronunciations, the definitions; he studied relentlessly for hours through the night, he was sort of a perfectionist when it came to things like this.
"So, should we go?" Sasuke asked as Dick stepped out into the room, rubbing the sleep from his eyes as he did so.
"Nine hours of sleep isn't enough," Dick groaned as he walked to the door and nearly smacked his head on the door-frame.
Barbara smiled as best she could this early in the morning, "All-set, let's get going."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow and looked around for a moment before turning back to Barbara, "Where's Bruce?"
"Probably still prowling the Gotham skyline, putting the fear of God into drug dealers and what-not," Barbara chuckled and walked out the door.
"I've seen Gods; Bruce isn't that scary," Sasuke followed her as Dick followed him, bumping his shoulder on the door by accident on the way out.
"Bruce doesn't usually get back until seven or eight in the morning, and then he'll sleep until four in the afternoon." Dick recited as a long black limousine pulled up in front of them; Alfred emerged and opened the door for them when suddenly his eyes snapped open, "Wait a sec, is Sasuke speaking English? Since when?"
Sasuke sighed nonchalantly, "Last night," He looked outside the window as they pulled away from Wayne Manor; he watched the sunrise and contemplated the last few days. He couldn't understand any of this. "Why is Bruce so forth coming with me? From what you say he doesn't trust anybody so, why me?" Sasuke's question drew the attention of Barbara and Dick; they shared looks before turning back to him.
"We asked ourselves the same question; he already revealed his secret I.D to you and it took him days to that with me, weeks for Babs." Dick jabbed his thumb over to Barbara who shrugged in response.
"Bruce seems to see something in you, he usually has a killer instinct for danger but, it looks like he doesn't get that vibe off of you."
Sasuke grumbled, "I've killed plenty, I'm no saint."
Barbara smiled humbly, "Even the devil can be trustworthy, if you know him well enough." She reached over and placed a hand on Sasuke's but, he yanked it away from hers abruptly.
"You don't know me!" Sasuke nearly shouted, it made no sense, someone who was revered as the greatest martial artist and detective on the planet wouldn't trust him automatically for any reason, would he? And these people were so nice and forgiving, he didn't understand at all.
"Look, Bruce is a complicated person; you can never really know why he does something unless he flat out tells you, if you really want to know than you should ask him yourself," Dick sat back in his seat and plugged his headphones into his ear in frustration.
It was several minutes of contemplation before they arrived at the Academy that the two spoke about. It looked more like a castle for a Lord of Land rather than a school. Sasuke sighed; it was going to be a very long day.
…
Sasuke walked through the halls, students and teachers alike stared at him in awe, girls fawned and boys shuttered at his frightening demeanor; He made his way to the front office with Barbara and Dick leading the way, once they entered, they approached the front desk and requested Sasuke's schedule.
"Students name?" the bored secretary asked as she typed away on the computer in front of her. Her breath reeked of coffee and failure, she definitely hated her job.
"Sasuke Wayne," Barbara announced as Sasuke immediately spoke up in contradiction.
"That's not my-" Sasuke was hushed by Dick who quickly covered his mouth with his hands. He pushed Dick off of him and dusted himself off, "What was that for? Why did you lie about my name?"
"Bruce adopted you, that means your last name is legally 'Wayne' now; besides, a secret identity works better if you use an alias."
Sasuke scoffed, "Who said I wanted a secret identity?"
Barbara looked down at the ground, "Trust me, you'll want one," She walked past them both and back into the crowded halls.
"That's so stupid," Sasuke muttered as Dick stood and walked besides him.
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Konohagakure; Land of Fire; 6:27AM.
"No prison on Earth can hold you, we both know that," Naruto whispered as the man behind bars shifted in his shackles. He was strung up by his arms and legs, with a metal clamp covering his eyes. A device strapped to his neck blinked to life as Madara was shocked painfully. It was the first of its kind, made specifically to block chakra and shock the user when he attempted to use it.
"So then why haven't you killed me yet, young Jinchūriki?" Madara Uchiha, both injured and dehydrated, manage to mumble under his breath.
Naruto narrowed his eyes, "You'll get what's coming to you, Kakashi, Tsunade, and I will make sure of it."
"You're not sure you can, are you boy?"
"Everyone can die! You made that very clear to me, the people you murdered in the name of false peace will not go unavenged; I promise you that." Naruto forced himself to stay put as every cell in his body wanted to rip the man to pieces.
"I fought with Hashirama for twenty-four hours straight, I was then stabbed repeatedly and left for dead and I still managed to live for sixty more years before passing of old age, what do you possibly think you can do to me that I haven't already survived?" Madara chuckled lightly but began coughing violently mid-laugh.
"I'll cut your damn head off if I have to," Naruto turned and walked passed the three Hyugas who had their Byakugan trained on the prisoner 24/7.
Madara laughed harder as he looked down at his collar, it beeped and a hummed tranquilly, 'Now, we play the waiting game'.
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Gotham City; Gotham Academy; 3:35PM.
Sasuke awoke with a small amount of drool slipping down his cheek, the classroom was empty and the teacher was standing above him with an angered look on her face, "Mr. Wayne, sleeping on your first day doesn't make a good first impression you know…"
"So?" Sasuke asked as he couldn't truly care less about her or her class; he stood and collected his things casually.
"The bell rang four minutes ago; I'm surprised you could sleep through it," The teacher turned and walked back to her desk, "You should probably make your way to the parent pick-up, I'm sure your father is waiting?"
"Whatever."
Sasuke didn't like this new system of school; it was hardly worth anything to learn about advanced math and how to analyze twentieth century poetry, learning how to kill properly was much more efficient and useful.
...
Sasuke entered his new home with delight; being done with an activity had never been so refreshing. School was long, boring and pointless in Sasuke's eyes so he refused to pay it any mind. As they entered the mansion, Barbara and Dick noticed something immediately; there was a small light next to the entrance to the Cave; it blinked red as if notifying someone of something.
Barbara gained a serious look on her face, "Where's Bruce?" she asked Alfred as he sighed and shut the door behind them.
"Master Bruce is still in his chamber sleeping, he asked that he not be disturbed."
Dick scoffed, "Well tell him to get turbed, we need to talk."
Sasuke turned and raised an eyebrow, "What? What's wrong?"
Alfred lowered his head, "I do apologize, Master Dick, but he specifically told me not to disturb him under any circumstance."
Dick and Barbara sucked their teeth simultaneously and moved for the Cave, "If he wants to sleep, than fine, let him, we can do this on our own!" Dick announced.
"Do what?" Sasuke asked again following them into the cave becoming more tediously frustrated.
Barbara pumped her fist into the air, "Totally, we can just swoop in and save the day ourselves!" they pranced down the stairs with Sasuke close behind.
"Can someone please tell me what's going on!?" Sasuke shouted as Dick pulled himself into Bruce's chair.
"Looks like Bane's old factory is up and running again, this'll be easy." Dick chuckled as Sasuke came from behind him and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Who's Bane? I'm so confused..." he leaned against the wall with a stoic uninterested demeanor.
Barbara sighed, "Bane's is probably Batman's physically strongest reoccurring enemy; he developed a special toxin that causes extreme muscle growth and density. His muscles are as dense as concrete."
"So?"
Barbara grabbed a small case from a desk beside Sasuke and walked behind a small changing wall.
Dick typed away on the computer expertly, an image of a small island appeared as Dick narrated, "Bane's central operations took place on this Island, Isla, Santa Prisca." The location displayed itself on the screen above him in detail, "Batman's computer just detected a shipment departing Santa Prisca's docks only 3 hours ago. If we go and do some recon, maybe we can find out who the buyer is!"
Barbara stepped out from behind the changing wall in a skin-tight spandex onesie; her cowl was pulled back allowing her long red locks to spill out around her neck. The bat symbol was displayed across her chest in bright yellow, matching her utility belt and gloves. Sasuke sighed and turned towards the desk that held his blade and bag, "I guess I'll grab my kunai," Sasuke stated as he turned towards the stairs.
Barbara and Dick shared a look that stopped Sasuke in his tracks, "Actually, maybe you shouldn't go." Barbara muttered rubbing her arm nervously.
"Why?" Sasuke turned with an eyebrow raised, "I haven't stretched my legs in a while."
Dick stepped forwards, "We know that but, you don't know anything about this world, Bane could have some advanced tech and we don't have time to stop and explain everything," they were so clearly making a random excuse when in reality they didn't want him stealing their thunder of saving the day.
Sasuke scoffed, "What? So now I'm dead weight?"
Barbara sighed, "Maybe you can come on the next trip but, for now, just stay put so we can handle Bane; we've fought him before we can do it again," Barbara turned and headed for the Batmobile as Sasuke turned and realized Dick was already in his costume, how he was capable of changing so fast was beyond even him. The Batmobile shifted parts at the press of a button, the vehicle morphed and transformed into the Batwing as it was designed to; a sleek, black, fast jet-plane that can fly at under Mach 6 with ease.
"Don't tell Bruce we left, if he asks, make something up;" Barbara hopped into the jet, next to Dick, in the pilot seat. The engines blared before sounding a loud roar and taking off out of the cave.
"Whatever," Sasuke turned towards the stairs and let out an exasperated groan; he didn't care enough to go after them and if they said they could handle it than he trusted that at least. If he wanted he could defy them but, he was too disinterested to try.
Sasuke felt his thoughts run wild, he was still new to the Rinnegan and hadn't used it much at all save for stopping Madara Uchiha. Something in him was bothering him, he was genuinely bored and couldn't think of anything better to do with his time. He remembered something about the war, he remembered Naruto's new jutsu, what did he call it? the Wind Style: Rasen-shuriken? Maybe, since he was becoming a different person as best he could, perhaps honoring an old friend by mastering his signature jutsu was an appropriate use of his time? Maybe he had no business learning this move but, it was better than being bored and honoring his friend is something he didn't think he'd ever do, so... why not? Sasuke halted his inner thoughts and tapped his fist into the palm of his hand, he was going to master the Rasenshuriken!
Sasuke immediately crossed his legs and fell into a sitting position still on the floor of the Bat-cave. He held his left palm out and grasped his wrist with his right hand; he focused on the center of his palm and allowed his Rinnegan to blaze behind his eye-patch, a light blue energy swirled around into the center forming the basic Rasengan. A bead of sweat grazed his cheek and swung down his chin, Sasuke sighed, "This may be harder than I expected."
Sasuke attempted the next step, he focused intently and tried with all of his chakra to form the Rasenshuriken, the energy spun and began to spread out before warping. The energy collapsed and exploded sending Sasuke into the air and onto his back with a plume of smoke.
"A lot harder than I expected."
2 hours later
Bruce's eyes snapped open, his training allowed him to survey the room with a single glance; everything seemed normal except, it was far too quite. Dick should be playing loud music and Barbara should be doing her hair with the loudest hair drier known to man. Bruce stepped towards the door and swung it open only to face Alfred holding a silver platter of food.
"Alfred?"
The butler sighed with a small smile, "You always wake up hungry, sir."
"Where are Barbara and Dick?" he questioned.
"Ah, you should ask Master Sasuke, he's in the cave if I recall."
As if on cue, a loud shouting echoed through Wayne Manor, "God damn it!"
Bruce rolled his eyes and stepped down the stairs, he walked until he entered the room that led to the cave. Once down the stairs, he witnessed the reason behind the shouting.
Sasuke was shirtless covered in ash and burnt clothing standing in the middle of the Cave with his arm outstretched, "God damn it!"
"What are you doing?" Bruce asked.
"Training, leave me alone." Sasuke attempted to shift the Rasengan once more as the orb of energy hummed and collapsed once again, causing a small explosion that sent Sasuke across the room, flying past Bruce who stopped and followed him with his eyes as he flew into the wall behind him.
"Where are Barbara and Dick?" He asked in a deadly tone as Sasuke pulled himself from the stone wall.
"They left to Santa Prisca, wherever that is."
"What?!" Bruce ran to his computer and began typing to find the alert for Santa Prisca's activity; he found the active report from 3 hours ago.
"You let them go alone?" Bruce asked turning towards Sasuke whom stood and cracked his neck.
"They aren't alone, they have each other," He replied as he dusted the ash from his body, it sounded silly but, he wasn't smiling, Sasuke was completely serious.
"Idiot!"
"What? They made it sound like Bane was low-pickings," Sasuke said shrugging nonchalantly.
Bruce stomped over to the wall where his armor and suit were displayed, "Maybe to Superman, but Bane has an army of soldiers and has enough skill to go up against me, he was trained by the League of Assassins and has deadly precision backed by incredible strength. They couldn't take him down on a good day." Bruce pulled his armor on and clasped it tight, "They said it was just recon to see who the buyer of his drug was, no big deal." Sasuke muttered as Bruce pulled his cowl over his head and marched towards the Batmobile; or the spot the Batmobile used to be in.
"They took my car didn't they?"
Sasuke shrugged and Bruce ran to the computer and typed a few keys, as the wall to the cave opened up and spat a new, identical Batmobile that immediately shifted into the Batwing.
"Let me go and rescue them, I'm a lot faster anyways," Sasuke reached out to put his hand on Bruce's shoulder but was shrugged off by the dark knight.
"If I can't trust you to at least keep them from doing something as stupid as this, than why should I trust you to rescue them? Stay put, I'll take care of this myself," Bruce hopped into the pilot seat and rocketed towards the exit in one swift motion.
"I am not a child!" Sasuke shouted as he stared at the empty room lost in thought.
His eyes glanced over to an outfit in a glass case worn by a manikin; it was a long black cloak that covered the entire body from ankles to neck, the cloaks length spread upwards, surrounding his head up to his nose. Sasuke rubbed his chin and looked over at the stripped bat-suit helmet; it was robbed of its rubber insulator and became just a hunk of reinforced ceramic plastic, the helmets design spread all across the face and the back of the head. It resembled a sleek motorcycle helmet more than anything.
...
After several long minutes of painting, Sasuke was left with a new helmet and cloak, one colored white with black rings painted across it, he also cut two symmetrical holes shaped like tomoe allowing him to see with the helmet on along with red-clouds designed on his cloak, "Perfect, just like Obito wore when he called himself Madara Uchiha."
Sasuke brought his hand up to his eye, removing his eye patch as he slid the helmet over his head. The helmets shadow shrouded his Sharingan and Rinnegan in darkness, from the outside there were was nothing but darkness behind his mask. Sasuke donned the cloak flipping up its collar to shroud his identity further; he stepped towards the exit to the Batcave, he could see the empty fields that surrounded the single road that leads to the city. His gaze fell on the coordinates of Isla, Santa Prisca, his eyes narrowed and he instantly memorized the location and calculated the direction he had to take in his mind.
"They might recognize my voice," Sasuke rubbed the chin of his helmet and sighed before turning his gaze to the stairs where Alfred once again stood, lurking.
"You wouldn't happen to know where I could find something that changes voices or something?" Sasuke's voice sounded muffled behind the mask but Alfred simply rolled his eyes in understanding.
After letting out a long, grief filled sigh, Alfred pointed to Bruce's desk in front of the computer console, "Bottom drawer; third cupboard to the left; it's black a has a red button on its tip."
Sasuke smirked coyly behind his mask before leaping the distance between him and the desk in a single second, he rummaged and pulled drawers off their hinges but finally came across a small black device, located exactly where Alfred had said it would be. He placed the device in his pocket under his cloak and switched it on.
The device sent a pulse that surrounded him and modified any sonic frequencies, including those produced by our vocal chords, and giving the user the ability to lower and raise the voice with the switch of a button. Sasuke opted for a deepened but clarified voice, so it would sound less muffled.
Sasuke stepped out onto the exit to the cave, a small tunnel that lead out to a lake and onto land on the other side, being submerged the entire time. Sasuke had no need for that; he stepped around the tunnel and towards the exit.
And then, he ran.
Sasuke flashed like a bolt of lightning, crossing the massive lake in seconds, he left a jet stream of wind across the ocean behind him. Blue lightening surged around his body and behind him as he ran; a lesser known ability similar to the Raikage's lightening chakra which is only possible for Sasuke thanks to the Rinnegan.
Impressively, lightening travels at 224,000 miles per hour, to put it into perspective, take the Batwing for example. It travels at Mach 6 or 6 times the speed of sound, Lightening travels at Mach 298 or 298 times the speed of sound. Sasuke crossed the ocean at speeds nearly a hundred times faster than the Batwing, he would arrive to show everyone just how qualified to be a hero he was in just minutes.
...
Isla; Santa Prisca; 5:57PM.
While being covered in mostly forests and jungles, there were small amounts of untouched land all across the island, only a few miles but it was worth it. This island could remain completely neutral as it had no owner; it was also in international waters where America's laws had no jurisdiction.
Two posts dug into the ground, tied to them were Barbara and Dick, also known as Batgirl and Robin. Robin was knocked out cold; Batgirl had just barely managed to stay conscious as Bane waited. It was simple, capture his brats and the Batman comes running, and this time he wouldn't walk out alive. Bane raised a hand that actively summoned the entire army of soldiers surrounding the two captives. Bane turned to Barbara and spoke, "It must be my lucky day finding you chiquita, when your boss comes running, he'll get a lifetimes worth of revenge served all at once." The buff man spoke with a thick Spanish accent before laughing heartily at Batgirl.
Barbara grunted, "You know the scenario Bane, you can't beat him! Soldiers like these can't stop Batman; they won't even slow him down."
Bane ceased his laughter and walked over to Barbara, "Soldiers like these? Perhaps if they were the average soldier your little scenario may play out in your favor, however, these aren't ordinary men and women. The League of Assassins is having a civil war within its ranks, dozens are opposing Ra's Al Ghul's authority, and they were slaughtered, never even reached the surface. These are the ones who survived; following me in my crusade to go against Ra's and form my own League!" all the men and women around them cheered in support until Bane raised his hand to silence them.
"You must have like fifty people here? Batman can take twice that many enemies in his sleep." Barbara looked towards the ground in worry, 'Bruce had better bring the League with him otherwise we're dead in the water.'
In the distance, a silhouette approached the captives as the former assassins intercepted him and surrounded him. Bane's eyes widened from behind the circle of trained men surrounding the new comer, "You aren't Batman, who are you?"
The man chuckled and in a flash he was gone, the men searched for him all around them until they heard a deep menacing voice, "People call me the thing everyone fears the most, and only those who are immune to me can hope to defeat me," Bane turned around to find the cloaked figure lurking behind him; the figure looked up revealing his mask, white with black rings.
"They call me, Pain," His deep voice growled as he narrowed his eyes behind his mask.
"I'll show you pain! Kill him!" The assassins flushed from behind him jumping at Pain who simply disappeared; jumping into the air and flying over the armies head. Landing behind them, they slowly realized and turned to face him.
"These are trained warriors? Pathetic."
Batgirl watched as the man disappeared and reappeared across the battle field, tossing men around like rag dolls. He tore through them, using his physical strength alone to knock them several feet away. Pain landed on his toes, he was ready to strike again however one enemy caught him off guard from behind, and he raised his blade above his head, screaming in preparation for a killing blow. Pain turned around and flashed his Sharingan at the man. He froze in his place, fear pulsed through his body paralyzing his every muscle, the blade fell from his hands and he collapsed completely helpless. The other men jumped at him, leaping in his direction with their weapons drawn and prepared to strike.
"Enough of this," Pain pulled his hands in and stretched them out around him, "Almighty Push," An invisible force surrounded him, creating a dome like force field which expanded and knocked all of the fighters onto their backs, leaving them groaning in agony. Pain turned and pulled two kunai from his sleeve, launching them into two other agents who prepared for attacks behind him. They collapsed and Pain turned to the last group of warriors who cringed at the sight before them.
Pain flashed towards them, sending a slight jab into each of their abdomens, which knocked each and every one of them out, except for one. One woman left, her long tangled black hair sprung in every direction, she looked around in fear, cowering as she gripped her weapon. She saw a flicker of movement and she sent her blade down expertly, she plunged her blade into her target, slipping it into Pain's abdomen.
Pain looked down at his wound and back up at the woman who's face went from one of triumph to one of horrifying fear, the man grabbed the blade with his bare hand and pulled it from his chest without so much as a whimper. "You think you can inflict Pain on me? Only those immune to me can hope to defeat me," Pain snapped the blade in two with only his fingers causing the woman to slip onto her back and attempt to crawl backwards.
"What's your name?" Pain asked as she swallowed audibly and stuttered awkwardly.
"J-Jade."
Pain sighed and flashed his Mangekyou Sharingan at her, "Run. I plan on getting far stronger than I am right now, so run and tell anyone who'll listen about what you saw here today."
Jade backed away and ran off the battle field and past Bane who watched on in absolute rage, "Who the hell do you think you are?" Bane pressed a button on his glove causing his muscles to expand massively, his entire body bulged with pure strength as his muscles became denser.
Pain looked back unimpressed, "Is that all? Give it your best shot."
Bane raised a fist above his head and struck with the force of ten men, the strike echoed through the air as made direct contact with Pain's palm. The fist was caught mid-swing; he pulled on the fist pulling Bane to his knees in pain.
Pain chuckled, "I just decimated an army and you think you can stop me like that?" Pain dropped his wrist and immediately brought his knee up and dug it into Bane's solar-plexus, forcing the air from his lungs. Bane collapsed in a heap, a single strike brought him down effortlessly.
Pain brought his eyes to the captives; Robin was still unconscious while Barbara struggled to get free. Pain approached her as she struggled faster to get free. "Get away from me!" she shouted.
"Pshh…" He scoffed.
Barbara froze; she raised an eye brow under her cowl as Pain slowly came behind her and cut the restraints binding her to her post. The moment he cut her leg restraints, she dropped her body to ground, landing perfectly in a crouch; she used her legs to propel herself in a backflip over the post and attempting to drop her leg on top of Pain's head. Barbara witnessed it, one second his head was undefended and the next, his arm was up guarding it. Incredible speed.
She landed behind him and threw a jab to the back of his head but he moved to the right, dodging the attack, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her over his head attempting to slam her body on the ground. She countered, by spinning her wrist in his grip; she swung her feet inside and slammed them into Pain's chest. The move was intended to use the opponents strength against him but, Pain didn't even budge.
"Impressive," Pain started as Batgirl pushed off of his chest and back flipped to a halt several feet away, "I'm surprised that over grown ape managed to capture you."
Pain walked over to Robin's post and began to untie him, severing his restraints and picking him up.
Batgirl raised two throwing stars and glared at Pain, "Put him down."
Pain handed Robin into his left arm and gripped his helmet with his left hand, "Relax, Barbara," Pain removed his helmet revealing Sasuke's messy raven colored hair, "It's me." Sasuke reached into his pocket and shut off the voice-modifier.
Barbara's jaw dropped instantly, she looked around at the decimation, a small army of trained assassins were picked apart effortlessly by a single man, and it was Sasuke?
Sasuke held his helmet in one hand and Robin in the other with a stoic frown, "Next time you tell me to stay put, consider your options carefully."
"Why didn't you tell me you were capable of that!?" Barbara motioned to the scene behind her, "You're a monster!"
Sasuke turned and gave her a nonchalant shrug, "I guess?"
Barbara's fearful look turned completely inside out, she smiled and remembered the last few days and the Sasuke she had been getting to know as of late, a kind hearted person, if a bit abrassive but, still kind all the same. Sasuke knew he was being out of character, usually he was a serious and quiet man with angst pouring off of him in waves but, in light of losing his entire old life, he decided to make the best of the life he has left. He shared a very short smile almost perceivable with Barbara who still noticed and smiled back.
…
The three of them were lined up in the Batcave; Sasuke, Barbara and Dick, who had regained consciousness, were being reprimanded for their actions or at least they thought they were. Batman paced in front of them, he did so for several minutes and continued for many more. After about ten minutes of silence Batman shattered it like glass with a solid, "Good work."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow, "You aren't mad?"
Batman gripped his cowl and pulled it back revealing his jet black hair, "I was young once too, I know how impressing your parental figures can be satisfying but, if Sasuke hadn't shown up, you would have been dead meat.," Bruce smiled, "You're still grounded, I'm just saying I understand why you did what you did."
Sasuke raised a brow a little confused, "I dont know what a grounding is but, i'm definitely not doing it."
"No, not you, I have something specific in mind for you." Bruce turned and walked towards his computer, "Killer Croc escaped from prison three hours ago, I've been tracking him through sightings but I can't get a fix on his location."
Sasuke shrugged, "So? What do you want me to do?"
"Help me catch him," Bruce pulled his cowl over his head once again, "Your ocular prowess would be useful and since you already have the costume on…" Batman trailed off as Sasuke sighed.
"Ugh, fine," Sasuke slid his helmet on and flipped the voice modifier on.
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Konohagakure; Land of Fire; 6:30PM
"Did you hear the news?" A Hyuga shouted outside of Madara Uchiha's cell.
"What?" the other Hyuga responded, looking away from Madara.
The villainous Uchiha listened; he focused all his senses and felt out the situation, his years of training and experience helped hone these senses allowing him to virtually see without the use of his eyes.
"Sasuke Uchiha is alive!"
Madara's eyes widened under his brace, he could feel their enthusiasm and it was sickening.
"How do you know that? Who told you?" the Hyuga asked as his clan member answered.
"Lord Naruto said he was able to sense Sasuke's chakra with his Honored Sage Mode, he said they were going to find a way to bring him home but, it could be years-" The Hyuga continued on with insignificant details. Madara perked up, he could feel them. Turning away, conversing amongst each other, their attention to him was minimal.
He took this opportunity; he negated all of his chakra and relied only on his physical strength. He yanked on his arm and leg shackles and in seconds he snapped all four in a single stroke. His next move was to tear off his collar, and the moment he did, he felt a rush of power overwhelm him.
"Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation!" From Madara's mouth spewed massive flames, instantly frying the Hyugas who guarded him.
Alarms sound, people scramble, and a massive, four-armed blue avatar emerged from the prison building.
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Naruto slammed his palm on the desk as people ran in and out of his office in a hurry. "I told you we should have killed him back when Sasuke left!" He stood abruptly and faced Tsunade, "This was inevitable and I can't fight Madara without my other half."
Tsunade sighed, "Madara can't fight all five nations at once all by himself, and the other Kages are on their way to-"
"Madara beat all five of you before! The only chance we have is me…" Naruto turned and looked out his window as burning buildings collapsed and multiple shinobi attempted Jutsu on the blue prison escapee.
Naruto jumped out the window, ignoring Tsunade's calls of warning, he leaped fist first; slamming his knuckles into the Susanoo's abdomen, the raw strength Naruto possessed cracked the exterior of the avatar's skin and knocked it on its side.
"You want a fight you pick it with me!" Naruto shouted, "I'm the current Hokage and I say this won't stand! I've decided that you just died, Madara." His skin was quickly covered in yellow burning chakra, his aura ignited and his pupils shifted, the truth seeking orbs formed and floated around Naruto as one formed a long black staff and felt itself right into the palm of the jinchūriki's hand.
The tall Susanoo watched him for a single moment before allowing four blades of chakra to form in its hands.
Naruto narrowed his eyes as his blazing chakra became thicker and more pronounced, he grew until the nine-tailed demon formed around him, he stood at over a hundred feet tall.
"You want to battle me? You are nothing without Sasuke, at least compared to a God." Madara allowed his sacred God Tree Chakra to ignite inside himself, his red armor melted and morphed until it resembled a white cloak, his own truth seeking orbs formed around him as his cloak extended just passed his ankles, his Rinnegan formed and spun in both of his eyes.
"You're no God! This ends now!"
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Gotham City; Downtown; 10:15PM.
Pain, which was Sasuke's official hero codename, leapt across alley ways in the dead of night. They had spent hours in the cave tracking Killer Croc's where-abouts and connecting sightings for a possible location or area to search.
Batman long jumped across an alley; landing on the gravel and surveying the area before continuing on to the next. It all happened in a matter of seconds.
"So, is he normally only spotted in sewers or is that new?"
"Croc adapted the tendencies of his namesake, he finds the sewers comfortable and anyone who comes down there is trespassing in his eyes." Batman leapt off the edge of a building but instead of landing on the next, he glided down with the use of his custom cape.
Pain pencil dropped off the building nonchalantly yet landed gracefully on the ground next to the dark knight. They walked around the corner and faced a rather large manhole.
"It's a maintenance hatch, meant to fit all the tools and equipment needed down in the sewer. The perfect size for Croc to wiggle his way down," Batman stepped closer and pulled out a crowbar.
"We don't have time for that," Pain's deep voice muttered as he used his chakra to stick his hand to the sewer cover.
"Are you sure you can lift it, it weighs-" Pain effortlessly lifted his hand bringing the sewer cap with him, "A lot, you sure are full of surprises."
Pain dropped into the sewer and looked around, the smell was intensely vomit inducing, but he didn't have much of a problem with it. His Rinnegan scanned the entire sewer line in seconds, "He's this way."
Batman followed the shinobi through the dark, holding a bright green glow stick for his personal sight.
Pain turned his head slightly as he walked, "Why do you trust me?"
Batman raised an eyebrow under his cowl, "What does that mean?"
Pain scoffed, "You know what I mean, the most dangerous and prepared fighter on Earth and you trust me on the spot, you confirmed my story without any evidence, you pay for my clothes, my food. Why?"
"I did an X-Ray scan on you while you were unconscious, blood tests, DNA tests… you're body has an entirely separate system of veins, nearly identical to ours, that transports chakra through-out your body. I was able to instantly confirm the fact that you weren't from this Dimension." Batman concluded as he walked.
"And then why trust the rest of my story? Why trust the fact that I wouldn't turn on you?"
Batman was silent; he turned and looked into the sewer water as they passed, "I saw myself in you."
Pain was so surprised by his words; he lost focus for the slightest of moments.
Suddenly, a massive thirteen foot tall creature emerged from the sewer water; his green scaly skin glistened at the light from Batman's glow stick. The light pushed a shadow over the creature, shrouding him from view. But you can't hide from a Sharingan.
Pain leapt into the air, disappearing from Batman's site.
"Fire style: Fire Ball Jutsu," a massive concentration of fire broke out from the distance, the flame lite the sewer for a moment as Croc screeched and retreated into the water.
Pain ran towards he was seen last, he stepped on the water, using his chakra to walk across the liquid as if it were a solid.
"This is a first but I can't see him," Pain announced as the Bat pulled a shuriken from his belt and held it up in wait.
A few moments past and a giant clawed hand reached out from below, grabbing hold of Pain's foot up to his ankle. Croc rose from the water and slammed Pain into the concrete tunnel beside them, cracking and rupturing cement structure.
Batman launched his shuriken but instead of piercing, cutting or exploding. It burst to life, a flash of light bright enough to blind Kaguya exploded in front of the giant creature causing him to loosen his grip on Pain. He pulled his foot from Croc's grip and jumped onto his back, holding his palm up; he allowed blue chakra to swirl in his palm forming an orb the size of a baseball. If he had mastered the technique it would be the size of a basketball and if he could add Sage chakra it could become the size of a small truck. For now, he drove the baseball sized orb into Croc's back and let out a deep roar of satisfaction, "Rasengan!"
Croc screamed in agony as his reptile skin was warped and twisted; the attack burnt his skin and tore it apart easily, Croc screamed for longer until he passed out from the pain, sinking into the water, Pain grabbed the villain by the scruff of his neck and dragged him onto dry land. "How was that?"
"I could've taken him, nice attack, did you develop it yourself?"
"What makes you say that?"
"You had a lot of emotion behind your attack," Batman pulled a small black box from his belt which extended into a small collar which he placed on Croc's neck.
"Just some Deja-vu," Pain muttered as they heard sirens from above, "We should leave."
"Right," The two disappeared into the tunnel.
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There is chapter 2! OMG!
A lot of people had a problem with how OOC Sasuke and Bruce were so I explained why they have both been acting that way.
Bruce sees Sasuke like a younger version of himself.
Sasuke sees this new life as a new life and wants to good, he is still stubborn and stoic but I gave him emotion beyond barely smiling through-out 700 chapters of Naruto.
Keep reviewing and keep reading!