Hey~ What's up everyone XD. Oh man I so happy right now, I can't believe all of you like this story. I figured that it was liked because it's the only one of it's kind in this type of crossover. I just feel so excited though. Okay no more wasting time, on with the story!
Disclaimer – I do not own Naruto or Young Justice. Masashi Kishimoto and DC own then, not me.
Chapter 3
Bright.
Bright, Beautiful, and Strong.
These three words could be used to describe Naruko, even though there were other things to say about her, but these are the only words that came to mind when Batman thought of the woman. And he was darn sure that he wasn't the only one that saw her, like really saw her. He wasn't stupid, he could tell that as the years passed by that more competition arose from out of nowhere. Superman for example, has been very keen on getting the woman to go out to dinner with him. He's made several attempts at getting her to say yes, but sadly he just couldn't do it. Now Green Lantern or Hal Jordan, he's made a complete fool of himself at times when he really wanted to, but seeing as how he's been trying to flirt with Naruko, he's obviously made an even bigger fool out himself. There were other guys out there that he had not known of, that were clearly trying their best to out shine him in being a man. For Pete's sake , he was the gosh darn Batman. He was also Bruce Wayne, playboy/millionaire/all around handsomest man in Gotham. If he couldn't win the woman's affections then he might as well jump off the top of the Wayne building right now.
Bruce sighed at his desk as he filled out the usual paperwork. Here he was stuck in his office thinking about a woman who gave him nor any other guy the time of day. It was stupid because something like this has never happened before, and he just didn't know how to deal with it.
He could rid himself of his feelings for her completely or just accept them and fight for her heart...those sound a bit cliché.
"Man, how far have I fallen," Bruce muttered to himself. He looked to his phone when he heard a ring. He picked it up from his desk, pressed the answer button and put it up to his ear. "Hello," he answered.
"Hey Bruce it's Naruko," he heard her voice in his ear. Darn it. Just when he was trying to get thoughts of her out of his head she comes back randomly.
"Hello Naruko," he said stoically.
Naruko chuckled. "As stoic as ever. Well, I was just calling to tell you that I'll be able to be at the cave today. I apologize for not being there as often as I should."
"It's no problem at all. I understand that you have a ...guest staying with you for awhile until other arrangements are made. I have to ask you this though, is it really okay for him to stay with you," he asked her with a hint of worry in his tone. When he had heard that someone broke into the Watchtower looking for Naruko he immediately beamed up there to find out what had happened. After some prying and a few glares, he finally got the information he needed, and he was not at all pleased to hear any of it.
"You mean Seijirou," Bruce flinched when she said the boys name, "Oh he's okay. I mean I don't really understand why you just asked me that. Sei's completely harmless." She says that but she didn't see the way the boy was looking at her. Yes, he went to stop by her place after he left the Watchtower. He wanted to talk to her about what happened and why she was so quick to just accept that the kid came to see her. He got to meet the kid and also see why the boy was so insistent on staying with her...and now he sees why he can't leave her alone for even a second without some other guy giving her leering and lustful looks. It was just one thing after another.
"I see...well if that is all you wanted to tell me-"
"Ne~ that wasn't all I wanted to tell you. I'm going to bring Seijirou to the cave today and introduce him to the team as my protege," the woman said cheerfully over the phone.
Bruce nodded his head and swiveled his chair around to look out his giant glass window. "That means that he and Green Arrows new protege will be joining the team."
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot that the Green Elf was bringin' someone new," Bruce's lips quirked at the name, "It's funny, here he is moping over Roy leaving then comes right back with a replacement...I don't think some of the boys are going to take that well. Kid's going to be mad, dattebayo..."
A smirk formed on the man's face as he heard the woman shriek in the background, saying things like 'I can't believe I said that' or 'I thought I got rid of that habit'. He chuckled. "You really want to stop saying that Naruko?"
"You have no idea. It's been a whole 3 months since I stopped saying that...this is all your fault," she accused. He couldn't see her face but he knew that she was pouting.
"Well I for one find it rather cute," he said smoothly giving no hint of an oncoming chuckle. He smiled softly when he heard her coughing and sputtering out her words. She was embarrassed now and clearly didn't know what to say. It wasn't like it was a bad thing, no, it was more like an accomplishment for him. Getting someone like Naruko flustered was a hard thing to do; he was lucky he was the first to do it...he hoped he was the first.
"I-I...I really don't know what to say to that Bruce...you really think me saying 'dattebayo' is cute, cause I sure don't think so," she stated.
"I assure you that it is...I also think that you are cute as well," the man said softly as he closed his eyes. He took the chance to say what he was thinking, now he wanted to hear how she would react.
"..." Naruko didn't say anything at all as time ticked by. "...Do you really think that," she finally said as her voice wavered. He could hear her voice growing soft and smiled.
"Yes, yes I do and I would be delighted to take you out to dinner tonight if you'll allow me the chance."
"...O-Okay," she stuttered out.
"Good, I'll pick you up at 8."
"O-Okay...I-I'll see you later." He heard the line go off and then a beeping sound.
"See ya later...Naruko," he said as he pressed the end call button and set his phone in front of him...
As the man sat there in his large leather chair, his small smile that he had slowly grew into a smirk. Out of all the guys that she could have said yes to for a date, it was he that she had chosen, and he was going to enjoy every minute of rubbing it in the other guys faces when he got the chance.
Things were finally looking up for Bruce.
Mount Justice
It's been a few weeks since the last mission that the team had gone on. Everything had gone out of proportion before when Superboy decided to pursue the robot monkeys, ended up getting his butt beat by a humanoid looking robot, and finally managing to disassemble the thing with quite a lot of damage to Gotham Academy. To the team it felt like the usual thing, but they still felt that any mission they get should go without any sort of problem.
Today, the team, sans Kid Flash, had been given some time to hang out, and what better way to do it than to spend it at the beach. They had splashed about in the wide open water, played a little volleyball, ate some hot dogs, and they also ended up burying Superboy in the sand much to his dismay. He was kind of ticked when he saw what his teammates had done but let a small smile show when he saw them laugh at him. Yes, they had a good time for a while, until Batman had called them back to the cave.
After the four teens were all clean and suited up, they came back out into the common area where they saw Batman, Red Tornado, Green Arrow, Angel and two people they didn't know waiting for them.
"Hey guys," Angel said waving at them, "how was the beach? Did you have fun?"
Miss Martian flew over to her with a smile. "It was wonderful Angel. If you don't mind me asking but how was your day." The blonde woman blinked at the young martian girls question then smiled underneath her mask.
"I don't mind Miss M and my day was great, thank you for asking." Naruko was grateful that she had her mask over her mouth mask as she blushed. She still couldn't believe she said yes to the man standing next to her. She turned her eyes slightly to look at the man then turned them away quickly when she saw him look at her. This did not go unnoticed by some, they being Robin and Superboy.
"Where is Kid Flash," Batman asked the team, as he turned his gaze away from Angel to look at them.
"He's in school today," Robin answered as a smirk slowly appeared on his face.
"Well he'll have to meet the new additions to the team when he gets here, but for now why don't you guys introduce yourselves," Green Arrow said as he pointed to the two people standing n between him and Angel. The teams attention was on them now as they took a few steps forward.
"I'm Artemis," a girl with long blonde hair, tan skin and a green outfit similar to GA's said. Her outfit comprised of a green mask that covered the top half of her face, a green crop top with a lighter green arrow pointing up, a pair of green tights, black combat boots, and a green bow to go with her green arrows.
Aqualad stared at her in surprise then gave her a small smile. "It is nice to meet you Artemis. I am Aqualad, the teams leader, but off duty my friends call me Kaldur." The two shook hands.
M'gann flew up to her with a wide grin. "Hi, I'm Miss Martian. You can call me M'gann," she said as she shook the girls hand. Artemis flinched at the girls cheery attitude but held her calm composure.
Robin walked up to the young blonde archer and grinned. "I'm Robin. I'm whelmed that you're here (A/N I don't mean to repeat this is this line is in anybodyelse's story).
"Uh...yeah." Artemis was a little irked by his closeness. She then turned to look at Superboy introduced himself gruffly...now this was somebody she could get used to, she thought as she stared at him lingeringly.
As the team conversed with Artemis, Angel looked at Seijirou who was still standing next to her. She nudged his shoulder causing him to flinch. He looked back her giving her a small frown behind his mouth mask. The woman pushed him forward. "Come on Sei, introduce yourself." The young male furrowed his brows as he turned to look at the team.
"I do not feel comfortable with this Naruko-sama," Angel nudge him again for saying her real name, "why do I have to be here with these amateurs?"
Angel sighed. "These 'amatuers' as you so call them are going to be your new teammates, and I expect you to treat them as such," she pushed again as she saw everyone turn to look at Sei, "now go and introduce yourself before I make you, dattebayo." She kept her gaze on the kids as she felt someone look at her. She knew it was Batman. Her cheeks started to burn again as she stepped back form behind her protege. She watched as he introduced himself as Sora, he also told them what it meant in English. She beamed at the boy seeing him quirk a smile as the others introduced themselves.
"I'm so proud, dattebayo," she wiped a non-existent tear from her blue eyes. Green Arrow chuckled at her then stopped when he saw he glare at him. Batman was the one to smile as he watched her continue to glare at the blonde man.
Recognize Kid Flash B0?
Everyone turned to look at the zeta as they saw the young speedster in only his swim trunks. He had on a pair of sunglasses and was holding a beach ball and a towel.
"The Wall-man is here now lets get this party star-" he tripped on his own feet as he sped from the zeta causing everything in his arms to fall everywhere. "-ted...uh hi." He blushed in embarrassment when he saw his beach pal hit Angel in the face. "Sor-" he tried to apologize but stopped when he saw Batman, Superboy, and some unknown guy glaring at him. He kept his mouth shut.
"Wall-man huh. Nice costume but what exactly are your powers," Artemis said haughtily with a smirk on her face as she stared at the red head.
Wally frowned at her as he got up from the floor, his embarrassment gone. "Uh who is this," he asked as he looked her over. She was pretty he had to admit but he didn't appreciate being made fun of, especially in front of Angel.
"Artemis, your new teammate," she said confidently as she put her free hand on her hip.
"Kid Flash, never heard of you."
"She's my new protege," Green Arrow said to him. Wally's eyes bugged out of his head in shock.
"What?! What happened to your old one," he sputtered. And right on cue the zeta tube went off.
Recognize Speedy B06 (A/N hahahaha I remembered this one)
"I don't go by that name anymore. Call me Red Arrow," the red headed archer said as he walked towards everyone. He looked at everyone with scowl on his face, but when his gaze landed on Angel's his eyes softened. He quickly got rid of the look and scowled again.
Green Arrow stared at his ex-protege in shock. "Roy...you look-"
"Replaceable." Roy glared at the blonde haired man.
Green Arrow shook his head. "It's not like that. You told me you were going solo."
"But you get a new partner right after," he turned to scowl at Artemis, "Can she even use that bow?"
Artemis glared at him. "Yes, she can," she snarled out at him. Wally scoffed causing her to turn and glare at him too.
"Okay," Angel moved between the two and gave them both a glare, "That's enough. Now Roy you came here for a reason." Roy looked at her for a second then turned away.
"Yeah, a reason called Doctor Roquette."
Robin pulled up his holo-computer. "It says that she's a nano-tech specialist. She's recently made something called the FOG, a machine that can steal data and wipe out anything...oh man that sounds terrible," Robin shivered when he read the rest. The thing can cut through human bones too.
"Wasn't she kidnapped," Angel asked Roy. He nodded his head.
"Yeah, she was, by the League of Shadows."
"Whoah, so you want us to rescue her. Sweet~" Robin and Wally high fived each other.
"I already rescued her. I stashed her away at the local high school." The two boys shoulders slumped. There goes a potential rescue mission.
"You left her alone," Green Arrow blanched. Roy rolled his eyes.
"She's safe."
"Well, let's you and I hope she stay's that way."
Roy glared at the older man. "You and I, don't you want to take your new protege," he said dryly. Artemis glared at him.
Green Arrow was about to say something to him but Batman and Angel stopped him. He sighed and looked back at Roy. "She's apart of this team now, so that makes this her mission too."
Roy scoffed and walked away back over to the zeta. "Fine, I'm done here...I'll talk to you later Angel," he said causing several eyes to look at her. She chuckled nervously as she waved at him.
Recognize Speedy-
"It's Red Arrow, B06 update," Roy said as he was zetaed away.
Wally and Artemis turned to glare at one another. Angel sighed as she looked at the two. " Man it's tense in here," she muttered then turned to look at the team, "Alright guys, I'll see you later."
"What, I thought you were going to be here when we get back," Wally sped up to her. He saw her shake her head.
"No I have a prior engagement to attend," her blue eyes turned to look at the man clad in black kevlar and a black cape."
Robin looked at her curiously. "What is this 'prior engagement' that you have to attend?"
Naruko blushed underneath her mask. "A date."
"What?!" The two boys screeched in shock. Seijirou frowned. He already knew about her date but that still didn't mean that he liked it. He was hoping she would here when he got back from the mission to greet them. Not be on some stupid date with Batman.
"What do you mean you have a date? Who with," Wally asked her in shock, mentally scolding himself for not thinking of doing that sooner.
"It's...It's with this guy...and that's all you need to know," she said as she sped past everyone to the zeta. She was transported away leaving the boys to gape.
"Okay now I really want to know who this guy is," Wally said as he crossed his arms over his bare chest.
"She could have at least told us what he was like," Robin commented.
"Not that it matters but why are you two so gung ho about this. It's just a date," Artemis stared at the two boys with a frown as she watched them look at her with an 'are you serious look'. "What?"
"Not that it matters," Wally mocked, "but that is none of your business blondie."
"You don't have to get sassy with me! I was just asking," she said in irritation.
"That's enough," Batman said causing them to shut their mouths, "You have your mission, and Wally."
"Y-Yes." Batman glared at him.
"Suit up." Wally squeaked and sped away to change out of his swim wear into his Kid Flash suit.
Batman turned to look at Aqualad. "I expect to hear good things later." The male nodded his head and proceeded along with the others to the hangar. He turned to leave when he felt a hand on his shoulder and looked back to glare at whoever it was.
"And where are you going in such a hurry Bats," Green Arrow said with a smirk on his face...Oh God he knew.
"Not that it's any of your business...I have a prior engagement," he said as he walked to the zeta, trying to ignore Green Arrows laughing.
What up everyone! I hope you enjoyed this installment. I want to hear from you, the reader, about what you thought. Any comments or concerns with the story will be greatly appreciated...but no flames please. I'm a very emotional person, I don't need a broken heart.
R&R please
Ja ne~
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