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Chapter Two: A New Life

"That's a lot of people." Shadow Fox muttered in a testy tone, he stared at the reporters that waited for the heroes at the footsteps of the Hall of Justice, the reporters and the people behind them. It made him worry if any of them were concealing a weapon –licensed or not- and that unnerved him.

"You could have waited in the Hall." Batman replied, he knew how his partner wasn't very accustomed to large crowds, it was one of the factors that made his PTSD start kicking up. So far, the fox themed hero was strong enough on his own to stop the impulses that raged for him to make a public spectacle, but that would change real soon if he stayed out in the open for a long while.

"Pfft, no way I would've waited. Today's squirt's day and I wouldn't miss it, not after the whole week of reminding me," He replied after ruffling up Robin's hair, the said Boy Wonder took offense to both the ruffle and the nickname, "I'm not a squirt! I've taken down most of Gotham's worst, I think that entitles me to a new nickname."

"Really? Cuz you're kinda small for your age, and that's a dent in your man card in my books," he teased while pulling at Robin's cheek. "I would love to break your hand if the moves I know weren't taught by you." "To me, it sounds like you're scared," the blonde cooed.

"It would seem we are late," King Arthur, or Aquaman, declared behind the three. Naruto's fellow blonde had also brought along his protégé, an African…well, he guessed African-Atlantean male with a lighter blonde color for hair that was cut short. The boy wore a sleeveless armor that was red with black pants and no shoes, he also had two handles on his back.

"Well, you're here before Flash, that's not bad." The two clasped hands before Shadow Fox addressed the Atlantean teenager, "I'm to assume you are Aqualad." The sidekick nodded in a respectful manner, "I am. You must be Shadow Fox, Batman's assistant in Gotham. My king has spoke of you. He tells me when the Batman was reluctant to join the Justice League, you convinced him." "Be glad I did, otherwise it would've been unorganized, inefficient, and seriously in debt," Naruto laughed.

He glanced behind Aqualad to see Green Arrow along with his short-fuse of a sidekick. "I told you we were going to be late." Well, he hadn't have shown up for five seconds, and he was already having an attitude. "Relax, Flash isn't here yet, I'd say we're still pretty early." Green Arrow assured his redheaded partner, "Well if it ain't Jolly Saint Ollie, now the party's shown up," Queen flinched at Fox, "It's nice of you say that., but I feel that it's unfair of you to know my secret identity but not know yours."

"That's because we may both be smart-alecks, but only one of us is actually smart." Naruto replied in an honest tone. "I mean, I still haven't forgotten the time when you actually placed your company's logo on your arrows." "Wait a second, you did that? Seriously?" Speedy stared in an incredulous manner at his mentor, as if he never knew the man was capable of that level of ignorance, arrogance, and/or stupidity.

"I was new in the gig, okay!" The Emerald Archer hastily defended himself, "Unlike you Speedy, I didn't have somebody who scolded me for forgetting to cross the t's and dot the i's!" Naruto snickered, "That's kind of ironic to hear that from you since your superhero gig is emphasized on precision."

"Gentlemen, can we be serious for a moment." Ugh, leave it to the Bat to ruin all the fun, it's still a wonder how he makes even questions sound like statements. Heroes and sidekicks turned to face the Hall of Justice in all it's splendor glory with its title etched into stone at the entrance, its luscious fountains that shot out the purest of blue water, and-yes, it was quite boring.

"Today's the day," Batman congratulated, "Welcome to the Hall of Justice," "Headquarters of the Justice League," both Green Arrow and Aquaman finished. Naruto widened his eyes, he had completely forgotten that they were still running with that belief, he personally thought that they would've been told the day before, perhaps they would be told inside and behind soundproof windows.

"I knew we'd be the last ones here!" Oh, looks like Barry couldn't stall his sidekick after all, sounds like one Scarlet Speedster owes him money.

Reporters and the public took photos of the heroes entering the Hall, the sidekicks talked eagerly amongst themselves while Shadow Fox and Flash held a silent discussion. They entered the main room of the Hall where they were all treated to the golden statues of America's golden heroes, why Shadow Fox's own statue wasn't up there was actually a personal request for Naruto himself. The world saw him as a hero, he'd start believing them once he believed he was a hero.

The tour was brief because they had probably seen the Hall before, so they went straight to the unauthorized zone where Martian Manhunter and Red Tornado awaited them. 'With Red and J'onn here with Bats, guess we can assemble the Stiff trio.' Naruto privately thought, well he thought it was private, J'onn claims he doesn't invade the privacy of minds, but the blonde had a theory that Martians were more sarcastic than honest.

…why does it feel like J'onn is staring at him?

"Robin, Speedy, Aqualad, Kid Flash, welcome." J'onn greeted in his usual manner: short sentences composed with awkward staring. The group departed into the authorized personnel zone as Martian Manhunter continued the tour. "You now have unlimited access to our gym, fully stocked gallery, and of course, our library."A door automatically slid open to reveal a room filled with books as well as lounging chairs for comfort.

"In short, this is your home away from home," Shadow Fox explained, Flash zipped to his side before he spoke. "Make yourselves at home," "Tch, piggybacking off of me you leech?" The Fox muttered, "don't be mad that I don't owe you any money." Flash replied.

Aqualad, Robin, and Kid Flash didn't need to be told twice as they found some comfortable positions in their chairs, but Speedy stood and scowled for some strange reason, he was clearly dissatisfied with something.

"When do you think we should tell them the truth?" Shadow Fox asked as he joined in the huddle of heroes, "This is a matter we should discuss with the rest." Batman replied lowly before speaking out loud, "We'll need a quick debrief to discuss the coincidences of four ice villains attacking on the same day. We shouldn't be long."

With that the heroes headed towards the gray door that held "Justice League Only" written in big letters, a computer came out of the ceiling, scanned the seven of them and repeating their official designation. "Well that wasn't as bad as I thought," Shadow Fox muttered, "I do believe the worst is ov-" "That's it!?"

….Great.

People ran in random directions as well as screamed pure murder at the magical spectacle that appeared over their heads. It looked like a solar eclipse, but it was actually far more sinister than that. Some people did not run at all, rather marched in a straight, robotic line, kind of like they were hypnotized, "This way, all of you! Get behind me regular people!" Shadow Fox yelled as he landed in the path of the marching citizens.

"Fool, you cannot stop the destruction of the Earth." They all spoke in a monotone voice simultaneously, Shadow Fox's reply came in a groan, "Seriously Eclipso? You've been around since the League's founding, and you're still doing the same thing, trying to destroy the Earth. You shook things up a little by taking control of Wotan, but you're still so unoriginal."

"You cannot stop me, you cannot escape, you can only die." They replied and moved forward, feeling outnumbered, Naruto made a cross with his two fingers, "Multi Shadow-clone jutsu!" In response, thousands of Shadow Foxes puffed into existence and struck a defensive pose. They knew the orders: incapacitate the enemy but don't kill. They were innocent.
"I keep forgetting that we have our own personal crowd control on board." Naruto turned to see the only heroine on the League who dared to include fishnets as a part of her costume since she had a pretty powerful singing voice to go along with it. "Black Canary. Quick question: are you and GA still going out?" "Why are you asking?" Canary replied suspiciously, it wasn't the type of things to bring up during a battle of course. "Because he wouldn't tell me," "Did you ever think he had a reason?" "ARGH! We are not doing twenty-questions today!" Naruto rage-quit, causing Dinah Lance to laugh.

"By the way, how did it go today?" "Sigh, if you know Speedy well, you can guess that he didn't take being lied to very well…"

FLASHBACK TIME, YEAH!

"Roy, you just need to be patient," Green Arrow stepped towards the fuming Speedy, Naruto watched as the boy let his own anger get the better of him. "What I 'need' is respect!" He turned to face his fellow sidekicks, "They're treating us like kids! Or worse, sidekicks! We deserve better than this." Naruto narrowed his eyes at the declaration, so he wanted to play it that way?

"Naruto…" Batman caught the blonde's arm as he stepped forward, but he shot him a single glare. It was a rare glare from the normally wisecracking hero, a powerful glare that held somewhat the same merit of Batman's glare, he normally used it when during Dick's training in the Batcave, particularly on the days when the boy wasn't being cooperative. It said 'Let me go, I need to teach somebody a lesson.'

And the Detective did.

"So you want respect? You wanna be a hero, with all the privileges?" He questioned, Robin widened his eyes as he saw Naruto's face, words the Boy Wonder did not have to tell his friend how much in trouble he was. "Okay then, we'll play it by your rules." Shadow Fox's statement confused the Scarlet Archer, but all was to be clear once Shadow Fox backed away from Speedy.

"If you can get me on my knees, then you'll be a full-time Leaguer." Everyone stared in shock at Naruto's statement. "Just like that? If I beat you, I'll be given some actual respect?" Speedy questioned, "I can only promise that you'll be a full-time League member. The respect part is your problem."

"I hate to interrupt, but there are people watching-" "Then make sure they don't interfere Red." Naruto snapped. Red Tornado's limited knowledge on human emotions deduced for him that the Fox themed defender of Gotham was not overly fond of being interrupted.

Speedy began to pull out his bow before he was stopped by Shadow Fox. "You can't use that." "Why not!?" Speedy demanded, "That bow and quiver full of arrows were purchased by Olliver. Real heroes bought their own crime-fighting gear, even the clothes on your back isn't even yours, but it'd be embarrassing to fight naked," Naruto replied matter-of-factly.

Green Arrow flinched, Speedy's personal pride was a main pillar for the boy, an attack like that was sure to set him off. Speedy growled as he ran to the Fox, but Naruto grabbed the boy by the arm and threw him over his shoulder, the boy landed unceremoniously to the ground.

"That's a basic maneuver, one where you'd be dead if I had a firearm of any kind. Killed by your own anger, no hero I know would be killed so easily." Naruto taunted. Speedy growled as he got back on his feet and got into a defensive pose, there were miniscule weak points in his defense, showing that he was taking the fight seriously.

It was quick, but Speedy clearly felt a fist strike his face, "Was that too fast? Do you need me to slow down for you?" Naruto cooed, "Quit treating me like a child!" Speedy roared as he struck to the left and the right, Naruto smoothly dodged then grabbed Speedy's leg after he tried to kick him in the chest. "Your style is a loose reflection of Black Canary, did you even bother to learn some martial arts of your own? Were you that certain of yourself, or that arrogant?"

"Now that's taking things to far!" Green Arrow decided to butt in, but Naruto had made his point, so he let the boy go.

"You demand respect? You disrespect your partner-the man who practically made you a man-by complaining like a child, you disrespect your mentor's training by not bothering to follow her footsteps and try to find some fighting styles of your own. Did you ever think that if you had faced someone like me in the field and died, that your death would be on their conscience? That they'd believe you died because they failed?" Naruto questioned, the amusement left his voice real quick.

"You, Roy, have given no respect and you think that you're automatically entitled to the same amount given to you? I loathe people who were given so much but are too consumed by what they don't have to even see it. That is not good hero material, not even a good man material."

FLASHBACK END

"-of course, he left like a crybaby, but not before telling the others about the Watchtower. Ollie's raised a real brat for sure." Naruto concluded.

"It sounds like you were treating him too hard." "That's what Ollie said to me, but I told him, 'I treat Robin even harsher, and he's the kid who's not even old enough to drink his pain away.'" Both Black Canary and Shadow Fox were lounging on the neat grass as the army of Narutos kept the hypnotized citizens back. Naruto was so used to getting Crowd Control due to his cloning ability that he lounged around and allowed all his clones to do all the heavy work. This certainly annoyed more than a few Leaguers, but it hasn't raised any arguments.

Wonder Woman fell out of the sky and made a small crater right next to the two, she got on her feet and noticed them just sitting. "What are you two doing, we could use some help!" "I am helping Princess, crowd control." Naruto pointed at his own army, "I can't fly," was Black Canary's response.

"Batman can't fly and he's helping us!" "He's Batman, Di. He could redecorate the entire Watchtower into a bat-theme and everyone is either powerless to stop him, or too afraid." Naruto replied. Wonder Woman stared for a bit, then launched herself back into the sky, as a warrior princess, she knew when to concede.

"So where was I? Oh yeah, the other sidekicks got all mad that we kept the Watchtower from them, I knew that was a bad idea from the beginning." "How are they?" She asked, he merely gave a shrug. "If I was in their shoes, I'd probably be punching something to help relieve my stress."

Meanwhile…..

"Robin, hack the door!" "It's not working!" "Then punch it or something!" "GET OUT OF MY WAY!" "Move! Angry Kryptonian clone!" "THOSE THINGS ARE COMING UP THE STAIRS!" "Calm down, Kid Flash!" "THIS WAS A TERRIBLE IDEA!"

"But that's just me, I've no idea what they'd be doing now." There was an explosion above the two, they stared upward to see the League gather around Superman who held an unconscious Wotan.

"The Amulet's been destroyed and the Eclipso shards have been gathered together, I'd say that the crisis is now over." Superman declared, the League remained silent, there would be no celebrations since another apocalyptic crisis could happen the next day or even that night.

"Hey Bats, you alright?" Flash asked the Batman, he was placing his focus on a hologram on his wrist. "Nothing about the matter at hand, but the main computer at the Hall has pulled up all information on Cadmus while we were gone." "Well you did talk about it being on fire, maybe you left it up and the janitors turned it on by accident?" Flash deduced, he was very optimistic for a police detective.

"It would require my password to the Batcave to operate, and the only people to know that is me and-" He didn't need to finish the sentence, both him and Shadow Fox suspected the horrible truth. "Everyone, to Cadmus immediately! The sidekicks may be in trouble!"

Those who could took to the skies and those who couldn't were carried by both Green Lanterns amongst others. "Not you," Batman stopped Naruto who was about to jump onto a construct pad. "Why not!?" "You have cleanup duty." "Nani!?" "Don't think for a moment that because I was pre-occupied I wasn't watching you sit around and let your clones do all the work."

Nothing else needed to be said, Batman joined the rest of League, leaving Naruto in the dirt to curse in fluent Japanese. Why? Because he's the Batman.

The Next Morning….

"-I've decided to start a team for our sidekicks." After a brief recount of what happened at Cadmus for those who couldn't make and/or were busy with cleaning up the rubble and answering questions by the reporters, Batman declared his plan at the meeting room in the Watchtower. A scowling Shadow Fox was present as well.

"Intriguing. What does this team of yours do?" Red Tornado naturally went to the root of the problem, "We all know that crime happens in front of our faces and we cannot act upon it due to the fact that it could raise a political problem, or that our presence would scare them away only to return another day." Batman spoke to the Justice League.

"In short, the fear of causing an international incident, say a war, has stopped us from pursuing the root of crime." "So you want children to break international laws like some sort of covert team?" Wonder Woman questioned, she and Batman may have been-or could be- an old flame, but there was no question that she didn't agree with a lot of his ethics.

"Mostly dealing with reconnaissance and sample collecting, but in a tight nutshell, yes." Batman agreed, "Batman, suggestions like that is what make people like Amanda Waller and Glorious Godfrey, your willingness to bend the law-even break it sometimes- is what places the Justice League in the highest of scrutiny!"

"Princess, you saw what I saw in Cadmus. A government approved facility was making illegal components and shipping them to persons or persons unknown. The villains are getting smarter, playing the law against itself, it won't be long until they start coordinating their efforts."

"What, people like the Joker working with Lex Luthor? As if!" Captain Marvel brushed aside in a very childlike manner. "It's been done before," Batman replied darkly.

"I agree with Batman."

All heads turned incredulously to face Superman, the Man of Steel disagrees with Batman about as much as Wonder Woman disagreed with Batman. "We're too flashy to find the bad guys in their lair. Batman's covert team suggestion gives us a chance to find where they're hiding and put them behind bars for good." Being an ex-ninja and Batman's partner, Naruto knew exactly why Superman was siding with the Detective. It was all about his clone, the nerve of somebody to take the Invincible Superman's DNA to clone a weapon against him, it was Doomsday all over again.

"If this is being considered, then I would like to request that my niece be apart of this team." J'onn spoke as an image of a smiling girl with red hair and freckles appeared in the center for all to see. "I don't know J'onn, you sure she's ready for Earth?" Hawkgirl questioned.

"This will be good for her, I assure you," He promised, "There's still the factor of where they would be, who would watch over them," Diana persisted. "I've made all the necessary arrangements. Mount Justice is abandoned and no villains have recently attacked it, and by recently, I mean years." Batman replied instantly, "And I have volunteered to act as their custodian of sorts," Red Tornado added, Wonder Woman narrowed her eyes at the Detective, "Can't help but stay ahead of everyone, can you?"

Batman stared blankly, but the hidden smirk was oh so obvious. "They'll need a trainer. Someone to teach them how to fight and how to act in the covert missions to come." Black Canary reminded, Batman nodded, "I understand that you'll want to volunteer, however you'll be busy for a while for….other work. Any volunteers?"

Maybe it was the prospect of teaching, or the urge to not be bored anymore, it didn't matter much. What mattered was when all the other hands laid on the table, Naruto's hand went in the air, "I'll do it," He declared. There wasn't a major shock, only Batman raised an eyebrow.

"Then it's settled. With Red Tornado and Shadow Fox acting as the custodians, let's begin voting for this new Team to be ratified."

Chapter Done!

That's a lot of words if I do say so myself! I had to make the Amulet of Aten part a bit more interesting because seriously? One guy wants to block out the sun and that causes a full-League response? Not even the ol cliché of sun-blocking was interesting!

So, let's officially open the harem polls, shall we?

Harley Quinn: 0 Why: Naruto's funny, she's funny and attached to an abusive boyfriend, why not?

Catwoman: 0 Why: Naruto's been working with Batman since Batman started the gig, so who do you think Selina's gonna hit on more? Funny guy or his partner the Stiff?

Black Canary: 0 Why: They're both gonna teach the Team, spend lots of time together, the usual….

Wonder Woman: 0 Why: I'm bored, and I hate odd numbers

Begin your voting process now! Every vote counts! SPOILERS: With enough reviews, I WILL make Naruto and the Team go through Arkham City as well as the movie SON OF BATMAN, and with Talia in love with Naruto, how do you think that'll end?

See Ya! MAY THE YOUTH BE WITH YOU, ALWAYS.