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Chapter 3: Power Of The Sun
Naruto looked at the slip that was currently in his hand. He had been nominated for the Chunin exam that was coming up in 3 weeks time. Naruto couldn't help but feel giddy that he was going to compete in an exam that could pit him against strong shinobi. Naruto was in a secluded part of the forest doing training. Mostly trying to see how far he could jump. He now could control how far he could jump.

Naruto was now walking back to his home when he felt some one tap his shoulder. Naruto turned his head around to see the wonderful yet sarcastic face of Yamanaka Ino.

"Well Naruto you smell…wonderful" Ino said while grabbing her nose. Naruto gave her a withered look. Naruto didn't want to explain that he had spent the whole hour jumping through the forest.

"So what were you doing in the secluded part of the forest" Ino asked with questioning look. Naruto looked at the object of his affection suspiciously. Naruto started to feel worried that she might have seen him do those gravity-defying jumps. Luckily Naruto was saved by her quick answer.

"Don't tell you were training at this time of day" Ino said with disbelief as she looked at her watch to see it was already 6 and the sun hadn't even set yet. Naruto looked slightly relived when Ino came up with the answer. Ino looked at Naruto trying to find some sort of chink in the armour. Ino's gaze was diverted however when she looked at the Uchiha heartthrob. Naruto looked down in sadness and whished just one time Ino would look at him the way she looked at Sasuke.

Naruto though couldn't take much more of this and walked away from Ino. He made his way to his apartment hoping that there were at least some cups of ramen left. Naruto knew it was rude to just leave but why did the whole town seem to love Uchiha Sasuke. Naruto kept on walking but when he looked to the corner of his eye he could see some bearded guy lying in an alley. Naruto looked around to see if anyone was there but found no one and slowly walked up to the man. Naruto looked at the hobo who seemed to be sleeping or was just dead. The first thing Naruto noticed was that this guy was not Japanese and looked a bit like him. Naruto knew enough to know that this guy was from the west.

"Oi what are you doing lying here man" Naruto asked the unconscious man who was looking rather pale more than Sasuke. Naruto tried to wake the man but he seemed to be really bruised and beaten. Now if this were any other child, they would have left the man. Your parents tell you not to talk to strangers on the streets that are apparently knocked out. But this was Uzumaki Naruto, so the Kryptonian boy dragged the man through the alley towards his apartment


Bruce had never felt so shitty in his entire life, some 14-year kids had beaten him up and they didn't even look strong. Bruce had thought that he new Martial arts but these guys were strong as hell. He had come here seeking training and fights. He had pulled some connections to here about a hidden place where strong Ninjas lived. But now he seemed to wake up in a place, which looked like a shit hole. Bruce knew that he must have been thrown in jail.

"Hey your finally awake" Bruce heard a voice speak to him on his right. Naruto looked at the man who finally sat up and looked around slowly.

"I found you beaten up in an alley not far from here, are you okay"? Naruto spoke to the man who seemed to be in a daze. Naruto waited for a couple of minutes till he realized that this guy probably didn't speak Japanese.

"Hey do you even understand what I am saying" Naruto asked the man who gave him a blank look. Naruto looked at his charcoal eyes to see he carried a lot of anger and pain behind them. Naruto was no genius, but he knew how to read peoples emotions. Naruto sighed and hoped this man was all right. Naruto was sitting down on a chair next to his bed watching the man. But he started to realize that this wasn't going to talk so got up and started to walk back to his kitchen.

"What's your name" Naruto stopped when he heard the man speak Japanese to him. Naruto looked at the man and smiled.

"The names Uzumaki Naruto, what's yours" Naruto told the man and asked in the end. Usually Naruto would have said he was the next Hokage but this guy probably didn't even know where he was"

"My name…is Bru…Wayne Bruce" Bruce told the boy whose name was Naruto. He knew it was in Japanese cultural to say the surname first and the forename last. That's why he switched his name around so he wouldn't confuse the boy. Naruto noticed that the man had switched his name around so he wouldn't confuse him.

"Well Bruce I hope you like ramen" Naruto said as he walked into the kitchen to put in some "Cup Ramen" (Hehehe I love saying that). Bruce chuckled as heard the boy curse out loud when he stated to heat up water. Loud crashing noises and shouting made Bruce smile, something he hadn't done in a long time. Naruto eventually walked into the room with two steaming cups of ramen with chopsticks hanging out. Naruto sat down on his chair and gave the hungry Bruce the cup. Bruce though looked at the cup and couldn't help but voice his nagging thoughts.

"Hey kid wont your parents mind…you know brining in a total strangers" Bruce asked in fluent Japanese. Naruto looked at the man and quickly masked his feelings and emotions.

"I don't have any parents…I am an orphan" Naruto replied back to the white male man who looked angry with himself. He should have realized when he saw the crap shack this kid lived in. Bruce looked around the place to see that there were cups and pieces of clothing around the apartment. The paint on the wall was no longer yellow but a pale disgusting colour. Also the paint and parts of the building were peeling off. It may not have been the most hygienic place on earth but it was liveable. Bruce however had no right to judge this place as he looked a like a tramp. Naruto however had forgotten the comment and was tearing into his ramen. Bruce smiled at the blonde enthusiastic boy tear into his cup of noodles and soup. Bruce was not one to pass up a hot meal and tore into his meal. He hadn't eaten in days and this fast food noodles tasted like heaven. Bruce being the curios billionaire that he was couldn't help but notice Naruto didn't look Japanese at all and the people in this village had very odd appearances. Most look Japanese however some looked completely different.

"So Bruce-san why are were you in an alley looking like you got your ass whooped" Naruto asked the bearded man who looked at Naruto with a blank look. Bruce snorted to himself. He didn't even know why he was here in the first place. He told himself that he needed to become a better fighter but was he just looking to die.

"I am trying to find who I am…to see what my destiny is," Bruce said in a hoarse voice. Naruto quickly ran to his kitchen and gave Bruce a nice long glass of water. Naruto looked as the man finished his water and got off the bed. Naruto saw that he put his long coat on.

"Well anyways thanks kid for the help and the meal," Bruce said as he got up and started towards the door. Naruto noticed that this couldn't be more older than 20. What was he doing in konoha of all places? Naruto saw him turn the handle on the door and open it.

"Maybe we will see each other in the future" Naruto said as the man walked through the door. Bruce smiled as he heard the boy tell him an enthusiastic speech.

"Yeah…maybe…if you're ever in America kid give me a ring…Gotham city" Bruce said and walked away from the apartment complex. Bruce still didn't know why this kid lived by himself but maybe if he went back to America, he could find out why. But the playboy billionaire was finally happy in a long time. The world may have been full of sick murders but there were still some good people. Maybe humanity wasn't doomed if there good humans around like that boy. But the future dark knight didn't know that this boy's destiny would tie with his.

Naruto smiled as the man left he went up to the door and closed it. If Naruto ever did go to America he would try and meet up with this guy. Naruto though brushed off the meeting thinking he would never go to that country. He was just helping a guy get back on his feet and get some food into him. Naruto would have to think ahead for the Chunin exam. This would be a great opportunity to test his skill and maybe finally show Ino his worth.


Naruto was lagging behind both his team-mates as they walked off to the forest off doom. He was still thinking about the pervious test and how he had just narrowly passed. Naruto had no skills to pass that test besides just bluffing his way. He looked forward to his team felt huge shame and guilt build up in him. Naruto started to feel that he would hold his team back and only be a burden.

Flashback

Uzumaki Naruto looked around the sea of heads and all he could here was scribbling of pencil on paper. Naruto looked at his watch and saw that 20 minutes had already passed. There wasn't a single word on his sheet. Naruto just didn't understand a single thing on this sheet. The Kyuubi vessel looked to his left to see Chunins smirk at the unsuspecting Genin. Naruto was screwed and he would fail the first test of this damn exam.

Flashback end

Naruto didn't want to remember to those events anymore. He would look to the future; this exam most likely would make him shine his quality.

Ino looked back with worry at Naruto. She would never admit it, but she hated it when Naruto was sad, he had a very cute smile…"Wait a sec did I just use cute and Naruto in the same sentence" Ino quickly shock her head and quickly forgot that she ever thought of such an absurd thing. Sasuke had also noticed that Naruto was unusually quiet. However Sasuke couldn't care less for the Dobe and needed to focus on becoming stronger. Naruto quickly caught up to his team-mates and smiled at both of them telling them that he was fine.

Team 7 went up their gate with their own scroll in Sasuke's hands. Naruto couldn't contain the excitement that was building up inside him. They had received a scroll to protect and they would another, which would be an earth scroll seeing that they had heaven one already. The teams looked around to wait for the signal from the examiners. Ino looked at both boys and started to get very worried. It wasn't that she didn't have confidence but it was just the fact that she couldn't shake this terrible feeling off. She didn't know if she was being paranoid or over cautious but something big was going to happen. Ever since the Chunin exam had been announced and the trip to wave her father had been very hard in training her.

Flashback 2 months ago

Ino was sitting down having breakfast with her family while listening her mum go on about how much of gossip Mrs Haruno was. Ino snorted to her self as she looked at her dad whom smiled at her behind his mug of coffee. Ino loved these weekend breakfasts with her parents. But Ino couldn't help but feel sad that Sasuke and Naruto would be having breakfast alone.

"Ino-Chan…after breakfast we going to the training grounds" Ino heard her father tell her as he got up and went to the back of the estate. Ever since she became a part of Team 7 she suddenly realized how spoiled she was. This revelation didn't happen over night. It happened quickly yet slowly. Naruto was the person that opened her eyes as well as the trip to wave country. It was the small yet big things Naruto did that made Ino realize how lucky she was. Like when they went to have lunch Naruto would only have ramen. There were two reasons to it. One it was Naruto's favourite food and two it was the only thing he could afford regularly. There was the time Naruto arrived to practise without any weapons and the weapons he did buy were very rusted and blunt.

Ino didn't pry any information out of him but she knew from the look he gave Sasuke when pulled out a fresh kunai set that Naruto couldn't afford it. Also whenever they were on a D-Ranked mission the villager would always give Naruto a tough time. At this time Ino only had theories, nothing solid or concrete. It wasn't until she went to his house to give him a note from Kakashi that training had been cancelled the whole week. Kakashi had hunted her down and told her too give this information to Sasuke and Naruto. Ino knew where Sasuke lived but didn't know where orange boy lived. Ino sheepishly had to ask Kakashi where he lived. She was shocked that he lived in the very poor side of Konoha. When Ino had arrived at the apartment it was something that made her sick. The place was a mess and the building looked like it was about to fall.

Ino knew ever since that day she took things for granted and that some of her comments to Naruto were insensitive and cruel. She made sure ever since that day she would become a better friend to Naruto and hopefully Sasuke. Ino chuckled to her self as she walked to training ground behind her home. She didn't think she could have ever thought her and Naruto would ever be friends. Ino saw her father leaning against a training post and smiled.

"Ino I think its time we start the real training…in a couple of weeks the Chunin exams are starting…and if your nominated I want you prepared…not like the wave trip" Inochi explained to his daughter who started to nod. Ino was ready she really needed to become stronger and not be a burden.

Flashback end

Even though Ino was confident in her ability to go through this exam she was still uncertain. Both blondes were showing that they were confident on the outside but the inside that was a completely different story. The gates of the forest of doom opened up and team 7 sprung into action. The three shinobi would be unaware of what would transpire during this exam. This would be the beginning of Naruto and his destiny to become one of greatest symbols of hope and justice.


Naruto had this groggy feeling ever since he had woken up. The whole of Team 7 and Kabuto were walking through the forest. Naruto had never felt so out of energy and because the forest was so densely populated with trees there was hardly any sunlight. Naruto knew that it was the sun that gave him power but didn't know why. Naruto didn't want to think about what had happened during the fight with elastic man.

Naruto Flashback (okay reasons for flashback segments will be explained at the bottom)

Naruto had just stepped through the shrubs to relieve him self. He brought both his hands behind his back and started to whistle as he did number 1. Naruto slowly brought his orange pants back up and started to walk back to his comrades.

"SNAP"

Naruto turned his head to the direction the sound came from while drawing a kunai. The area seemed to be clear, but Naruto didn't move because the area seemed too eerie. Naruto suddenly fell onto the ground feeling incredibly weak. Naruto's hand started to quiver and he could see his veins become more prominent on his hand. Naruto looked around frantically until he saw a crater of kryptonite not far from him. Naruto could feel his entire body betray him, as it didn't want to move. Naruto cursed his damn weakness and wished he didn't have it. But things were only going to get worse as Naruto saw a huge snake emerge from the forest.

"Oh crap" Naruto muttered as the snake scooped him up and swallowed him whole.

Naruto started to feel better as he was shielded from the kryptonite. But now the Kyuubi vessel was trapped in a snake and he couldn't get out. Naruto finally reached the snake's belly. Naruto started to smell cooked food until he looked down to see his clothes were being dissolved by the snake's stomach acid.

"Oh crap" Naruto muttered again as he had to think of a way out their and fast.

Naruto Flashback end

Needless to say it was quite an ordeal for Naruto as he used his KageBunshin to escape from the belly of the beast. When Naruto returned to his team he had found his team were off fighting some weird grass shinobi. Naruto was able to keep fighting until that weirdo used some weird Jutsu on his seal. Ever since then he couldn't mould chakra properly. Anytime he used KageBunshin, the number of clones would be vastly different. The Kyuubi vessel looked to his right to see Ino had been incredibly quiet through the whole trip. Naruto could tell something big had happened and they weren't telling him. Naruto hated that they were keeping something from him but he had no right to pry as he held so many secrets himself.

Ino didn't know what to say or do; it was like her body was on autopilot. She looked between Sasuke and Naruto, both of them being beaten very easily most likely their egos taking a huge blow. Sasuke was currently massaging his neck after taking that bite from the weird grass shinobi. He started to think back to the fight with the grass shinobi.

Sasuke was waiting for that idiot Naruto to finish doing his business but he hadn't come back and some guy had disguised himself as Naruto. But that wasn't the real problem. Some grass shinobi who was beyond there power was fighting him and he didn't know why. Sasuke was broken out of his train of thoughts when they had suddenly realized they had made it through the whole forest and now had reached their destination.

"Well Kabuto I will see you there" Naruto told Kabuto who walked off with his team. They were lucky in finding the guy who stopped Naruto from opening the scrolls. Sasuke looked at the glasses wearing shinobi and knew there was something really wrong with this guy. Ino was glad to have gotten out of the forest. If it weren't for Sakura's team coming while they did she would have been dead. Ino was thankful to whoever was looking out for them that they were safe.


Shishi Rendan (Lion Combo)

"Show off" Naruto muttered as the chakra sucking shinobi was knocked out by Sasuke's new move. The first match was between Sasuke and one of Kabuto's teammates. Naruto looked to a worried looking Ino and began to feel hurt. When he woke up all Ino was doing was seeing if Sasuke was all right. Now she was doing the same thing. Naruto didn't want to give up on Ino but the more he came to know her the more he began to realize that he would never get her. Naruto would have to dwell on his thoughts another time as he saw Kakashi take Sasuke somewhere else. Ino was still worried when she saw that mark on his neck. The man told Ino that Sasuke would seek him out for power. Ever since she saw Sasuke's purple chakra mayhem she didn't know what to think.

Naruto looked at Ino with concern as he felt left out of the loop and even Kakashi knew what had happened except him. Naruto though felt strange ever since he started to rest. He couldn't quite describe it but he felt so full of energy yet empty. Ino walked out of the balcony towards the bathroom. The orange boy just had to look on hopefully being able to help his team-mates. Ino finally walked out of the bathroom to see her name on the board and that she would be facing Haruno Sakura.


Naruto had been standing on the balcony waiting for such a long time waiting for his match to start. Both of his team-mates had passed and Ino had passed quite convincingly by just using her Jutsu to make Sakura give. Naruto never really liked the fan girl Sakura and her voice grated Naruto's nerves. Naruto had to wait for fight after fight to finish until finally his match was on. Kiba started to jump for joy as he thought Naruto would be an easy opponent.

"Oi Orange boy don't you dare lose" Naruto heard Ino tell him as he started to walk down the balcony towards the middle area. Naruto just gave Ino a small smile and continued off to the arena. Kakashi was looking at Naruto with a lot of worry. The whole team was acting funny since they came out of the forest. He understood Ino and Sasuke but Naruto was knocked out for most of it. His movements were very…strange like he didn't know how to walk in his own body.

"You think Naruto is going to be fine" Ino asked with questioning look her sensei as she saw his gaze linger on the fabled orange boy.

"Naruto's grown a lot Ino you should have some belief in him he did believe in you" Kakashi told her with smile behind his mask, as he picked his orange book from his jacket. Ino grumbled when she Kakashi's perverted book and returned her gaze back to the match.

"Hey Akamaru we got lucky" Kiba shouted out as he dog barked in agreement. Naruto started to get angry at the same repetitive statement.

"HEY, are you going to fight or just talk crap all day" Naruto shouted at with extreme anger laced in his voice. Naruto hated it when people under-estimated him. Naruto would show this idiot how to fight.

The match started with Akamaru by Kiba's side, which Naruto complained about, for letting dogs fight in a match. Kiba just smirked as he started to feed Akamaru a solider pill.

"Oi stop feeding your dog dope" Naruto shouted out rage as Kiba fed his dog a solider pill. Kiba looked up angrily but didn't answer as Akamaru's fur turned red.

Shikyaku no Jutsu (Four Legs Technique)

Naruto suddenly took a step backwards as Kiba got on all fours and suddenly looked primal. Kiba didn't even tell Akamaru to fight with him he just lunged after Naruto. The Kyuubi vessel was unprepared for Kiba's surprise attack as he was tossed around like rag doll. Kiba finished attacking the poor shinobi and immediately thought he had won. But Kiba clearly didn't know Naruto and was going shocked beyond words.

Naruto slowly brought his feet on to the ground and levelled himself. The Kryptonian didn't know why he was so much out of chakra. But he wouldn't give up no matter what. Bringing both hands in his favourite seal Naruto attempted to do his shadow clone technique.

Ino and Kakashi started to get worried when they saw Naruto have trouble doing his favourite technique. Kakashi didn't know why Naruto was so exhausted but he was defiantly having chakra moulding issues. Ino was looking down with equal worry she knew that Naruto had used a lot of chakra to help them get the second scroll and now he was paying the price.

Naruto was on the defensive and kept dodging Kiba's swipes hoping that would wear him down so he could get the advantage.

"God your so weak Naruto you can't even do any technique what kind of shinobi are you" Kiba said to Naruto in a taunting voice which only angered Naruto further. Inside the Kyuubi vessels head, he knew that Kiba was right. He was weak and a useless shinobi that should give up. Naruto knew never to give up but now it was hopeless, without chakra he was practically useless. Kiba had a huge smirk as he saw the uncertainty of Naruto grow.

Jūjin Bunshin (Beast Human Clone)

From above the balcony everyone looked down knowing that this match was over and Naruto would lose terribly. However one blonde shinobi was gritting her teeth and her knuckles were turning white as she was holding the railing. Kiba and his dog became identical to one another. Ino was on the brink of exploding as she saw Naruto slump his shoulders and wait for the attack from both Kiba and Akamaru. "Why is that idiot, standing there and waiting for the attack, what the hell is wrong with him" Ino was fuming inside and thinking these angry thoughts. Kakashi looked at Ino and smiled as he saw her angry expression "She's going to pop" Kakashi thought to himself.

"NARUTO, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING, STOP GOOFING AROUND AND FIGHT DAMN IT" Ino screamed out with anger. Everyone grabbed their ears to stop the shrill scream of Ino breaking their eardrums. Every Konoha shinobis thoughts were exactly the same "Damn she's louder than Naruto" Ino didn't care, as she was still angry with Naruto for giving up.

Naruto was shocked that Ino would actually give some words of encouragement even though it sounded like she was telling him off. Naruto's slightly tan faced was suddenly graced with a smile.

"Thanks Ino-Chan" Naruto whispered in a soft voice as he saw Kiba and Akamaru ready to punch him. Both their fists were going to land at the same time. Naruto knew he couldn't dodge in time or counter so he hoped this worked. The boy from Krypton brought his head down ready to take the blow and…

"CRUNCH!!!"

All you could hear was the distinct sound of either bone breaking or something else breaking. Kiba and Akamaru brought their hands away from Naruto's head and started to scream in pain. Naruto smirked as he saw their anguish. Naruto knew he had finally grasped his Invulnerability power.

"Well I guess Naruto really is hard-headed" Kakashi said with a chuckle. The surrounding shinobi looked at Kakashi with sweat drops. Ino looks at Naruto to see him smiling at her, and giving her thanks. Ino's face can be seen with a pink flush.

"AHH!!…What the hell are you made of?" Kiba asked as he nursed his injured hand. Naruto only smirked as he saw the furious face of Kiba. Kiba though couldn't take it anymore and wouldn't let a dead last best him.

"That's it dead last, no more playing around…Akamaru" Kiba spoke out loud as he and both got into a stance.

Up above in the stands Kurenai smiled knowing that Kiba had this match in the bag and Naruto would not be able to stand against his Jutsu. Ino however had more hope that Naruto would definitely be able to win this match. Back at the arena Kiba and Akamaru finally unleashed their attack.

Gatsūga (Double Piercing Fang)

Naruto definitely wasn't expecting this kind of attack, as Kiba and Akamaru started to do some rapid spins. Naruto quickly dodged to the left and then to the right. The shinobi on the balcony were impressed with Naruto's dodging skills as well as Kiba's technique. Kakashi didn't want to admit it but Naruto was on the verge of losing this fight quite badly. Ino kept her words of encouragement up but Naruto was finding it hard to dodge.

The Kryptonian knew that either he had to come up with something or Kiba was going to get bragging rights for the whole year and he didn't want to hear that mutt gloat.

"Its over Naruto" Naruto heard Kiba shout as he was in the air. Naruto's lapse in concentration made Akamaru come from behind. Slowly but surely Kiba was going to hit…

"Wait a minute…slowly" Naruto thought as he looked to see Kiba travelling towards him. Naruto could clearly see Kiba and Akamaru spin to him incredibly slowly. Naruto looked around to see everyone else seemed to very slowly. Naruto didn't know how to describe it, it was like everyone was in slow motion and he was the only one moving properly. Naruto walked behind Kiba and wait for him to collide with Akamaru. When Naruto was out of the way Kiba and Akamaru collide with such force that Akamaru was completely blown away and reverted back to his normal form.

Every shinobi in the room was completely shocked as to how Naruto was able to dodge that attack. Kiba slowly got up to see Akamaru was knocked because of their head on collision. Kiba didn't know how to react because one second Naruto was their the next he was gone.

"Behind you" Kiba heard a voice speak from behind him; he quickly turned around to see no one.

"Behind you again" Kiba kept hearing and every time he turned the voice was gone, was he trapped in some sort of Genjutsu. The crowd of shinobis on the balcony didn't know how Naruto could move that fast. One shinobi in particular knew that his speed surpassed his in every shape and form. Rock Lee looked at his sensei that was also perplexed at the blonde's speed.

"Kaka-Sensei, I have never seen Naruto move that fast, or anyone" Ino told Kakashi in a hushed voice. Kakashi could only nod, as he had never seen anyone move that fast except his old sensei.

Naruto looked at Kiba who seemed perplexed beyond words and was starting to get freaked out. Naruto now had the upper hand and ran behind him to punch the dog boy in the air. Naruto wasn't finished as he readied his body for a big jump and launched his body into the air with his arms in front of him. Kiba was the one who was unprepared for the blow as Naruto launched him into the ceiling of the building with Naruto's fists in his back. Naruto landed on the ground safely and looked up to see Kiba fall to the ground knocked out. Naruto turned his gaze to the other shinobi see that their eyes were wide open and mouths hanging.

"Naruto is that another one of your powers," The Sandaime Hokage thought as he saw Naruto blistering speed. Hayate finally announced Naruto as the winner and Kiba was stretchered of to the infirmary. Naruto was huffing and puffing so much that it took him a little longer to get back to the balcony. Ino though looked at Naruto in a new light.

Who was Uzumaki Naruto?


A/N: Well that is Chapter 3 done and dusted I know some parts were cut out but they had to because they were repetitive from the manga and I know as a reader there is no point reading it. However I will be putting flashbacks throughout the whole of the story so that it can at least flow properly. I hope people liked my little guess appearance for Batman. Hopefully there will be more appearances of DC characters. Also I am in need of a proper Beta who can read through my stories and sort of the mistakes I have made such as spelling and grammatical. Well from me as always happy reading and reviewing. If anyone has questions I will just PM you okay just give a question through the review or PM.