….Okay I know what you all want to say, "Why haven't you updated this story yet?!" Well here's my answer...I've been lazy. There I said it. You happy. Okay, so here's the deal, I have like 10 other stories that I have along with college work and searching for a job. I got a lot on my plate and little time to update stuff.

Everyone satisfied...okay. On with the chapter XD.

Disclaimer – I do not own Naruto or the Justice League series.


~Chapter 4~


New York

"Tell me again why we're doing this," Daichi A.K.A Majesty yelled as he dodged a flying car and avoided all of the screaming civilians.

His wife, Aini A.K.A A.I, quickly took out her pistols and shot directly at the flying vehicle. She frowned. "I told you already why we're doing this," she yelled right back. "Incoming!" A large piece of a building quickly descended towards making them jump to the side to avoid being crushed.

Majesty coughed as dust and debris fell near him. He got up slowly watching as the people ran away in panic from the flying alien ships above them.

"I know but why," he said as he brushed his hands against his pants. He looked back at his wife who was standing a few inches away from him. He flinched slightly at the scowl she was giving him and took a small step back.

"Ugh you are so dumb sometimes," she sniffed at him. Quickly she raised her gun at him which freaked him out. Was she going to shoot him?

"Uh honey what are yo-." Before he could finish he heard a shot being fired but did not close his eyes. He heard something fall to the ground behind then turned his head to look. On the ground behind him was one of the aliens laying down with a large red mark on it's head. Daichi gaped in shock.

"A.I!" The woman gave him a stoic look before she jogged away. Daichi frowned at her back and jogged to catch up with her.

"Honey why did you-"

"They are invading Majesty, and you know that it's either us or them...besides it's not really dead just unconscious," she stopped and looked over her shoulder smirking then she jogged off again.

"...What?! Why didn't you tell me you were using stun bullets?" Daichi jogged after his wife again but with a small pout on his face this time.

His wife was something else.

The two continued to their way through the city saving those that were in need, and taking down more of the invaders. About three streets and two blocks later, the couple had finally made it to Central Park where a large group of the invaders were setting up another one of their weird machines.

"I don't think I have enough bullets for that," Aini spoke as she looked up at the machine.

Daichi chuckled. "Well I don't think I'm that strong to take it down either, but maybe if we strategize taking that thing down will be a peace of cake. What do you say we do that thing that you love so much?"

Aini's eyes widened only slightly then narrowed. "Are you saying you want us to do that thing, cause if you're suggesting that then there's no going back...I'm in," she smirked, taking out more bullets from the inside of her kimono so she can reload her pistols. Daichi moved his hand to his pocket and took out a mini staff that Naruko had given to him for his birthday last year.

"Good, now when I give you the signal we go for the big finish."

Aini nodded. "Right!"

Daichi smiled then with a burst of speed he ran heading straight for the giant machine. While in mid run he pulled his arm back with his mini staff in hand, and when he got close enough he whipped his arm forward.

"Hah!" Like a whip he swung the staff out in a wide arc hitting some of the aliens as well as the bottom of the machine. It didn't do much since only a small piece of the thing broke off but it was enough for a distraction. Daichi turned around and nodded at his wife.

"That's the signal," she muttered. She smiled in a very eerie fashion then raised her guns once again and began to shoot at the broken area of the machine (really tired of saying this). "Eat high induced metal with purely accurate combustion!"

"Oh crap!" Daichi jumped to the side when he saw mini sized rockets flying at him.

Boom!

"Whoo," Aini cheered when she saw the side of the alien machine begin to crumble away, revealing what looked like the inside of a ship. Her smile turned into a sneer when she saw it.

"Gosh Darn it!"

Across from where Aini was, Daichi stood up from the grass and dirt watching as his wife yelled in anger while shooting off her guns at the remaining invaders. He sighed.

"I bet Naruko is doing so much better than us," he commented before he ran over to aid his wife.


Somewhere in Metropolis

Naruko frowned grimly as she stared at all of the screaming people who ran past the building she was standing on. They all looked panicked, fearful, and helpless. She gripped her hands on the metal beam that she was leaning onto. She couldn't shake the horrible feeling that overtook her after they escaped from the alien space craft/machine. Leaving Batman behind had left her feeling horrible, heck, leaving anybody behind would make anyone feel bad. She was obviously capable of doing something that could have helped him, but why didn't she?

"Hey kit, don't beat yourself up okay? The guys going to be alright," she heard Kurama say from within her head. Her lips quirked only so slightly yet not enough to make a smile.

"I only met the guy a few hours ago and we bonded," she snorted at her words, "You know it's weird though, from the way we were talking with each other, I felt like I knew him."

"...Is that so," Kurama said. Man was she dense. Naruko nodded.

"Yeah, I don't know what it is but...wait," Naruko paused, "The way Batman interacted with me, that same brooding disposition, someone else I know acts the same way, but who?" Before she could ponder on her thought any further she heard someone call her name out from behind.

"Angel," she saw John Stewart approaching her along with Flash right behind him. The speedster gave her a flirtatious smile which she rolled her eyes at.

"So, how did things go on your end," Naruko asked the two of them.

"We were able to take care of some of the invaders but there are still a whole lot of them out there," he sighed, "There was just no end to them."

"Yeah," Flash agreed speeding up next to the blonde haired kuniochi. He waved when he noticed Diana and J'onn standing not too far from where they were.

"I see that you guys managed to make it, but uh, where's Bats," he asked looking all around for the brooding hero. The three of them looked down solemnly giving away their answer. "Oh man...h-he didn't ma-"

"He did," Naruko interjected making the heroes look at her in surprise at her outburst, "I know he made it out okay, definitely."

Flash nodded slowly. "You're right, I mean he is Batman after all." Naruko smiled.

"Exactly."

"So," John began, "if Batman's MIA, where are Superman and Hawkgirl?"

"They were captured," J'onn answered. John cursed under his breath then sighed again.

"We have to rescue them," Diana said with conviction in her tone. The others nodded in agreement as they turned their attention to the people down below on the street.

The group, thanks to J'onn, had managed to track Superman and Hawkgirls whereabouts, but Naruko knew in her mind that something was up when they had arrived. It was like a nagging feeling that wouldn't leave, it bothered her that much. Most of the time the nagging came from Kurama but that wasn't the case this time.

"Something wrong," John asked when he saw that Naruko was falling behind them. One of his eyebrows rose at the tensed looked on her face.

"I-I'm fine, just a bad feeling is all," she replied trying to assure him that she was alright. Deep down she wasn't alright, that nagging feeling was still bothering her.

John didn't look convinced but he let it slide. "Okay, just be sure you stay close alright, don't know what kind of surprises they got for us in here."

"Ain't that the truth," Kurama snickered. Naruko wanted to growl but then the others would wonder why. She wasn't willing to explain anything, not yet anyway.

As they continued further into the space craft Naruko began to become more and more guarded. Her gut was telling her that something was going to happen and soon. She could also feel another presence lingering around, but she couldn't tell who or what it was.

Naruko stopped in her tracks behind the group, turning her head to look behind her. Her blue eyes narrowed slightly. She knew she couldn't let the feeling go.

"Guys," she spoke catching everyone's attention, "I think something's wrong. I don't know what but..."

Diana walked up to Naruko touching her shoulder. "Are you sure?" The blonde nodded. The princess smiled and moved her hand away from her shoulder.

"Yeah, I'm sure." J'onn gave her a small nod.

"If that is what you wish, then we will not stop you." He gave her a smile which returned with a grin. Hawkgirl and John smirked at her giving her nods.

"We'll catch up with ya later," Flash called out as he and the others left, leaving Naruko behind.

"...Guess that means I start searching," she muttered, speeding away (ha! Ninja run). Naruko ran through each corridor, each section of the alien space craft searching aimlessly for, well, she wasn't sure just yet but she wasn't going to deny what her gut was telling her.


After about a good 7 minutes of running around Naruko stopped. She sighed in frustration, taking a few steps more before leaning up against one of the weird looking walls.

"I pretty much looked everywhere and still couldn't find anything. I mean, what in the world am I looking for," she spat out in annoyance.

"I thought you knew kit," Kurama remarked. Naruko thought she knew too, but her senses were running a little hay-wire at the moment. All she could do was search, which had ended up being a hassle to begin with.

"Maybe you should head back to meet the others," the fox suggested.

"Yeah, that sounds goo-" Naruko stopped talking when she heard a loud clicking sound that seemed to be coming from the pathway in front of her. She stood up straight and moved into a fighting position, kunai and fists ready.

"Whose there," she called taking a few steps forward. There was no response. Naruko growled and punched one of the walls completely destroying it.

"I won't ask again! Whose the-"

"Long time no see, Angel." A familiar figure jumped down from who knows where, right in front of Naruko making her step back still on guard. At first she was a little put off by this random strangers appearance, but when Naruko got a closer look at the person her blue eyes grew wide in shock.

"B-Batman!" Yes, the man was still alive and slightly ticked that she was openly gaping at him like he was one of those invaders. His jaw tightened a bit at those light blue eyes of hers. They were so familiar that it irritated him a bit that he didn't know who she was, and that was something that usually didn't happen to him.

Naruko smiled beamingly behind her mouth mask. "You have no idea how glad I am to see you," she began, "I knew deep down that you were able to make it out okay."

Batman grunted, giving the woman a once over before looking around. "It wasn't easy...we need to get to the others," he relayed, moving one of his hands to his utility belt, taking out a weird looking blue (was it blue?) rock from out of it.

Naruko nodded. "Right!"

The two headed through the strangely shaped halls while avoiding as many of the invaders as possible. Several times they had to break through some of the walls in order to get where they were going. Angel threw some comments of how it was taking to long, while Batman tried his best to ignore her. He did have to admit though that when they were in a pinch she took the initiative to take out everything in their path. She was a whirlwind.

When they had finally managed to get to their destination Batman stopped, followed by Naruko who stopped a few inches behind him.

"Don't move until I say so, understand," Batman stated.

The blonde nodded. "Okay."

Slowly but carefully the two silently crept around the guards that stood in waiting for any other intruder. Naruko had to control herself when they came across the others trapped in some type of..thing. She didn't know what to call it but still it looked bad. What was even worse is that J'onn had been brought forward and was being poked, prodded, and electrocuted by the invaders.

"Easy Angel, we have to wait for the signal," she heard Batman utter in a low voice to her. Naruko turned him and saw that he himself wanted nothing more than to go out but from what he told her along the way they could only come out when J'onn gave them the okay to appear.

After a good 1 minuted, the signal was given.

"Now!" They heard J'onn yell cuing them to jump into action.

Naruko smirked in glee as she jumped down from her hiding place, taking tree of the invaders with her as she descended to the ground. She raised her head to where she had just jumped from when she heard an explosion, smirking up at Batman in with glee.

"Ah, you gotta love technology!" With quick agility she bounded up to where the group was being held, watching in excitement as the reversed ion crystal sent out a burst of light to the sky, clearing away all of the smog that blocked the sun.

"Man, am I ever glad to see you two," Flash sighed in relief and gave Naruko a flirtatious smirk. "Glad you chose me first." Cue a groan from Green Lantern and Hawkgirl. Diana and Superman chuckled while Batman just stayed neutral as he tried to free the dark haired princess.

Naruko rolled her eyes as she took out a kunai and swiped past the hard material holding the speedster. Pieces of it crumbled to the ground as she continued to swipe back and forth. She growled with frustration with getting him. She was about to give up when she saw a red laser that managed to free Flash.

"Thanks," she said as she smiled up at Superman. The latter nodded with a soft smile before freeing Hawkgirl who which freed Green Lantern. And thus the fight began when all were free.

Hawkgirl soared into the sky before going back down with her mace at the ready. She swung back and forth with a battle cry, leaving no invader standing. She grinned as she watched Flash speed on through each one knocking them all aside with a cocky grin on his face.

"Hah!" Green Lantern zapped and punched every invader that tried so desperately to get away. "Take this!" He pulled back his hand, creating a large fist construct with his ring, then sent his fist flying straight for the walls, causing the bright light outside to shine on them.

Not to far from him, Naruko jumped around in annoying fashion, evading every shot that the invaders tried to shoot at her. She cackled as she sent a round house kick to one and a back handed punch to another. "I think it's about time I bring out the big guns." With quick hand signs she shouted, "Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!" All around her appeared multiple amounts of clones of herself. Each one smirked with glee watching as the invaders took nervous steps back. Naruko chuckled before leaping into action along with her clones, flooding out the majority of the place with her copies, dragging the stragglers into the light so they couldn't get away.

Flash stopped for a moment with his eyes wide behind his mask, before a goofy grin formed on his lips. "Wow, pinch me I must be dreaming...ow!" He felt a fist clunk the side of his head yelped in pain. "What was that for," he asked the one who hit him, that being Batman who scowled at him. The red clad speedster raised his hands in surrender.

"Stop gawking and get moving, this place is going to blow soon." To show he was being serious he looked up making Flash follow his gaze. He saw large chunks falling to the ground and electricity floating all around them erratically.

"...Good point." He knew it was bad to gawk but the chick made clones of herself, he couldn't help it. Batman rolled his eyes at the younger males behavior before grappling away to help the others, while Flash sped away to do the same.


Miraculously the group had managed to save not only the ones that had been held captive, but they also were able to destroy the invaders base/factory leaving only pieces of it to remain. That, as well as the emporium, the one that J'onn has described as being the leader, was brought to its own destruction when it tried to make a hasty escape. Diana and Hawkgirl made sure of that. Aside from the that, everything turned out fine in the end.

Now, what was left was to drive out the other invaders across the globe. What happens after, Naruko wasn't sure of, but Batman had told her to stay behind so that he could speak to her. The others had already left to help out, which she wanted to do but the man had grabbed for her arm before she could shunshin away.

Here they are now atop one of the unaffected buildings in Metropolis, which was ironically one of the Bruce's company buildings.

Naruko blinked and blinked, thinking to herself why on earth did this man drag here here of all places to talk. She looked up at him with her cerulean eyes in confusion. Batman was staring straight at her, like he could see through or something, though it had no effect...it was still weird.

"So~...what did you need to talk to me about...is it something bad?" Batman tensed a bit before shaking his head. "Okay...what is it then?" She watched as he took a small breath before looking back and forth, then moving his hand to the edge of his cowl. Naruko gasped. Was he really going to take that off in front of her and in public where someone could see?

"Hey! Wait, I thought you only did that with people that you trust, and I know I'm not really one of those people. I haven't known you that long." Her blue eyes grew wide with shock as he slowly removed the cowl from his face, then her mouth dropped open.

"...B-Bruce Wayne?"

The man nodded. "Yeah" He quickly put his cowl back on before moving closer to Naruko. He saw her flinch a but as he lifted his hand to the cloth that covered her mouth, then slowly he removed it from her face.

"H-Hey! What are you doing?" Naruko swiped the cloth from his hand before quickly putting back on over her mouth. Today was not a good day for someone to find out her identity...eh, even if they did she could fix that, but that wasn't the point. "You can take off your cowl but you can't take off mine Tomato face..." Wait, why did she just say that?

Batman, or in this case Bruce, gave a small smile. "As I thought," he began before taking a step back from Naruko, "Not knowing who you were was nagging me so I had to be sure, and what do you know, I was right."

Naruko gaped in shock. "W-Wha...you...I...How did you figure it out? I was so careful too."

"Well for starters your hair and eyes are a dead give away, you should fix that so no one else figures out who you are," Batman advised with a serious tone. Seeing her out on the battlefield may have eased his mental image of the Naruko from when they were younger, but that still didn't mean he wasn't worried for her. What happened to her a few weeks ago made him feel sick to his stomach. Coming to find out that the woman you've loved since being a teen had suffered all those years without him even knowing it.

"Earth to Batman," Naruko called as she waved her hand in front of his face, "Yo! Tomato Face!" At the sound of that nickname Batman shook his head out of his stupor. "Heh, was wondering why you were spacing out. You weren't really one to do stuff like that."

Batman sighed. And this was another one of the hints that he had seen that gave away her identity. Back then Naruko was highly known for being hyperactive and loud. It seemed over the years that she had calmed down a bit, though some of what she used to be remains...not that that was a bad thing. To tell the truth he loved her personality, he wasn't going to tell her that though.

"Listen, now that you know my identity it's imperative that you keep it to yourself. Only a handful of people, that now includes you, know about Batman being Bruce Wayne."

"Does that handful include Aini and Daichi." Batman nodded his head. "Oh...well that's great. Kind of nice to know that our little group is in the know...um, was that all you needed to tell me?"

"No, there's something I need to ask you." Naruko tilted her head and blinked while quirking a thin blonde brow.

"And that would be-"

"Where were you for the past 13 years?" The look on Naruko's face caught Batman off guard after he asked his question. It was one of distress and fear, a series of mixed emotions that he had never seen on her face before. Clearly he had asked the wrong question, but still...

"..." Naruko didn't say anything, well, she didn't want to say anything. Everything that happened during that span of time was something she did not want to remember. The thought of it made her heart clench with hurt and guilt.

"Please...I don't..." Batman's brows furrowed with worry. He knew that tone of voice she was taking too. She wanted him to drop the subject. He sighed.

"I won't ask anymore if you don't want me to, I just wanted to know what happened is all," he stated, his lips quirking a bit before falling back down.

Naruko nodded, giving him one of her brightest smiles in thanks. "Thanks...I just don't really feel up to talking about that right now, but when I do, you'll be the first one I go to 'ttebayo." She covered her mouth in shock when she realized what she said.

Batman gave an amused snort. So, she still had that verbal tick. He had always that it was amusing to hear her blurt out that same line each time she got excited. It reminded him of all the times they used to share back when they were teens. But, those days were gone, he thought as he watched the blonde woman shake her head back and forth.

Maybe, they could start over.

"Naruko, I want you to know that if you need anything, anything at all, you can come to me."

The woman stopped mid freak out to turn to look at Batman. Her blue eyes widened slightly as she mentally went over what he just said. Though it has been 13 years, she still felt like it was just yesterday that the two met, but with subtle changes to their bodies. She had to admit that the years have been good for her, and him. The caring tone he had in his voice was something she was glad that did not change about him, even if he was some dark crusader now putting the fear of God into countless thugs on the street at night.

He was still her close friend.

A smile made it's way on her lips, a very soft looking one that put the grin she had on before to shame. And it made her all the more beautiful, Batman thought.

"I'll take you up on that offer," Naruko took a few steps forward closing the wide gap between them by just a few inches, "...It was really good to see you again." She tilted her head to the side giving him a bright closed eyes smile, with her hands behind her back and her white teeth showing.

Batman tensed a bit at her sudden closeness but calmed himself when he saw her smile. There goes that same cheeky smile. He raised his hand to give her shoulder a small squeeze before stepping back and taking his grappling hook out. He turned to give the woman one last look before shooting his grapple and soaring away into the city.

Naruko waved at him as she watched him leave and yelled, "Bye Tomato Face!" From a distance she could see that he was too far away to hear, but deep down she knew he had somehow heard her.

"Well, wasn't that a grand reunion. One I didn't expect to happen right after an invasion," Kurama spoke with a passive tone.

The blonde nodded. "Yeah. It was good to see him again though. I thought after me being gone so long that he would have just forgotten me, but he didn't and I'm rather happy about that." Bruce tended to brood a lot as a teen, and it seemed to have gotten worse over the years from what she saw on the battlefield, but the way he had just interacted with her a few minutes ago gave her a different perspective on what he was like now. She wondered if he interacted with others like he just did with her.

Kurama snorted. "I highly doubt he acts that way around others Kit, well, other than you that is."

Naruko looked confused. "Wait are you saying I'm a special case or something?"

Oh boy.

"...yeah, something like that." Oh if only she knew why the man acted the way he did in front of her...yet, even if she knew she would still be oblivious to the fact his tone practically screamed "I'm in love with you".

Kurama could feel a headache coming on as he raised his paw up to his fur covered forehead. "Why do I always end up being sealed inside ignorant and oblivious women? Why?" He shook his head and growled.

Naruko had not clue what the fox demon was talking about, and right now she didn't really care. She wanted to get back to her condo immediately so she could pig out on her stash of Miso Pork Ramen, and watch some of her favorite soaps that she had recorded a while back.

"I still don't understand the appeal in soap opera's," she heard Kurama mutter.

She rolled her eyes and cocked one of her hips to the side. "It's the drama that makes it so appealing Kura-chan. Just the way the characters interact with one another is what makes the stories so juicy, just like ramen." A bit of drool came to the edge of her lips at the thought of ramen. "Ah man, I'm getting super hungry now!" She moved both of her hands to her stomach and pouted. "I need to head home, ugh, but I know that once I get home that I have patrol...Duh!" She smacked her forehead. "I'll just make shadow clones of myself. That will definitely make things easier 'ttebayo!"

Kurama smacked his forehead. "Kami, why did I have to be sealed inside such an idiot."


Metropolis

Daily Planet

Clark stared out of the large window of the building, looking down at eh city below him. It was still pretty much wrecked from all of the damage that those invaders had caused, but the people working hard to rebuild it as best as they can. He had helped as Superman of course since this was his city. He had caused a lot of the damage too trying to fight those things off.

"Smallville," a familiar voice called him bringing him out of his thoughts. He turned around and smiled when he saw none other than Lois Lane walking up to him with a small frown on her face. He could tell by her furrowed eyebrows and scowl that she was irritated about something. He had a pretty good guess on what was.

"Hello Lois," he greeted with his usual smile. He moved his hands to his pockets and tilted his head. "Something wrong?"

Lois nodded. "Oh there is definitely something wrong. That dingbat Perry is what's wrong!" She threw her hands up into the air as she growled. "He has the nerve to give me a 22 hour deadline! I mean I'm fully capable of getting it done but to just throw that on me when I have another story that I'm working on in the process!"

Clark chuckled. "I can see him doing that," he moved his hand to her shoulder and gave it a pat, "Don't worry, you'll get it done. You are 'the' Lois Lane after all." He gave her another smile before removing his hand.

"Yeah," she sighed as her shoulders slumped, "You really know what to say don't ya Smallville? You'll make one lucky girl happy. Speaking of a lucky girl," she moved her hand to her pocket, taking out her phone before flipping it open and dialing a number, then putting it up to her ear, "Hello...Yes it's me. Who else did you expect to call you at this time of day...I know you stayed up late last night I can hear it in your voice...No, I'm not trying to kill you, that wouldn't sit well with me...Okay so you have the right to kill me but I can't do anything to defend myself...That was one time," Lois screeched into her phone causing the others in the room to look over at her with raised eyebrows. Some looked peeved that she had screeched. She looked back and waved them off before continuing to speak to whoever it was on the other line of the phone. Clark had gone back to his desk seeing that he wouldn't be able to talk with her until her call was done. From the look on her face she was really happy with whomever she was talking to.

After about 7 minutes of talking Lois finally hung up her phone with a large grin on her face. She walked back to her desk with a bit of a skip in her step.

"Ah, life is good," Lois sighed happily as she sat down in her swivel chair.

Clark smiled. "You sound awfully chipper now."

"Indeed I do. I just got off of the phone with a close friend of mine, she said that she was heading over here to visit since she was in town for the next couple of days." Lois spun around in her chair one time with a giddy smile. Clark couldn't help but chuckle. This was kind out of character for her since all he's ever seen is smirks and serious grins.

"Sounds nice. When is she coming?"

Lois grinned grew wider. "Today."

Clark blinked. "Today? You mean she's headed over here right this very second?"

"Yep," the reporter said with a pop the 'p'. "Oh man, I haven't talked to her in so long."

"Did you say you spoke to her a few days ago?"

Lois gave him an 'are you stupid look'. "It's not the same as talking with her in person, and besides-" She grabbed her bag and stood up from her chair, "I haven't seen her in so long. I wonder if her hairs gotten any longer, or if she's gotten that job she said she always wanted."

Clark couldn't help but chuckle. "Are the two of you close?"

"Oh yes, as thick as thieves, though there's these three friends of hers that she's known longer than me," Lois huffed, "They have free reign to the best friend card, while I'm stuck with college buddy."

Now that was interesting to hear. "College buddies, huh? You've known each other for that long."

Lois nodded, pulling the strap of her purse over her shoulder. "I went to college for journalism, she went for business and administration, yet somehow our paths crossed." A soft smile graced itself on her face at the memory of their first meeting. "She was very hyperactive, loud, brash, said what she thought and didn't let anyone tell her otherwise. She also had this obsession with ramen noodles that I couldn't even comprehend."

Clark smirked. "Sounds like your type of friend."

"Right! I met her in some English and Writing class that I barely remember, we unknowingly sat next to each other and somehow we ended up talking. We immediately hit it off, and well, the rest is history. Things after that were pretty wild." The countless messes they got into still surprised her to this day. She thought college was already fun, but that chick gave her an even better experience of college fun.

"Well, she sounds like a nice girl. Maybe I'll get to meet her today." Clark wanted to know what type of girl could handle being friends with Lois Lane, and if she was everything that Lois described her as.

Lois smiled. "Of course, but uh, you've meet her before."

"What?" He would have remembered meeting someone like that.

"Yeah, though it was a long time ago. I think about a year or two ago." At the sound of ding Lois shifted her head towards the elevator. She grinned. "She's here." She gave the bespectacled man a quick wave for him to follow before heading towards the elevator.

Clark, still looking confused got up from his set to follow after the woman. As he walked he tried to rack his brain to find out which of Lois' friends he met in the past. Not a single one came to mind, except for-

"Naruko," Lois called out as the elevator doors opened to reveal a blonde haired blue eyed woman.

Clark's eyes grew wide as he stared in shock.

That was the same woman he had picked up from that building a few weeks ago, and the same one he had met when Lois had invited him to go out to lunch with her and her friend.

"Lois," Naruko called right back and quickly ran out of the elevator, in black high heels, a short sleeved knee length peach dress with a sweet heart neck line, a silver choker with a white pendant, and her long golden blonde hair cascading behind her. She came barreling towards the brunette with a wide grin on her tanned face, cheeks pink with excitement, and her blonde hair bouncing behind her(as well as her other assets). Her arms grabbed hold of her friend as she giggled in delight, pulling her into a tight hug. Lois returned the hug with less intensity but just the right amount to show how much she missed her.

"Oooh, it's so good to see you! How long has it been?" The two pulled away from each other but did not remove their hands.

Lois chuckled. "Long enough. I mean seriously, how long is your hair now. It practically touches your butt now." She picked up a strand of blond hair giving it a quick inspection before letting it fall.

Naruko moved a slender hand to touch her hair giving it a quick comb through with her fingers. "I know, but I told you that I never wanted to cut it. Long hair is also fun to take care of."

Lois gave an unladylike snort. "I find that hard to believe. Long hair is a hassle, but what ever floats your boat hun." Blue eyes slowly drifted from Naruko's face to her chest. "Uh, Naruko, not to be rude but how big are-"

Naruko blinked and looked down then looked back up. "Double D's," she mouthed. It would be strange to yell out what cup size she was in a public place, not to mention the leering and lustful looks she would get afterward. Its happened before.

"Ah...they were way smaller back in college, but still kind of big. Must be why the boys kept staring at you so much back then."

"Huh? What boys?" Naruko tilted her head looking confused.

"...Are you serious," Lois smacked her forehead. Even to this day the girl was still oblivious to the male majority. How on earth was she ever going to know if a guy liked her or not? She didn't want to call her a dumb blonde, but gosh darn it she was one.

Ding! The elevator rung again. The doors slid open revealing a wide grinning Jimmy Olsen with his camera in hand and a...flower.

"Hey! Lois, Clark, I just saw this really hot chick go up the elevator, and-" Jimmy stopped talking when his eyes caught sight of the very blonde he was speaking of. "Oh! It's you!"

Naruko grinned when she saw the red headed male and gave him a small wave. "Hi again, Thanks for telling me where to go. I would have ended up on the wrong floor if not for you." She gave him a beaming smile that literally had his face turn the same shade as his hair.

"N-No problem," Jimmy stuttered, looking very flustered.

Lois had to hold back her laughter. This was too funny to watch. The appeal her friend had on men was incredible, so incredible in fact that she had no clue she was even affecting them. It was like her super power. The moment was adorable but sadly she had to put a stop to it. She and Naruko had made plans to hang out after all.

"Sorry to cut this conversation short but me and Naru hear have a lunch date," Lois looped an arm through Naruko's and waved with the other, "Tell Perry I'll be back by 3." The two women made their way into the elevator with smiling faces, waving one last time as the doors shut, and then they were gone.

"...I had no clue Lois knew such a beautiful gal," Jimmy breathed in awe. "Man, I should have asked if she could pose for a picture. It would have looked so nice too, right Clark?"

Said man shook himself from earlier shock and gave a slow nod. "Yeah...it would have definitely looked nice."

So nice in fact that he would have asked for the photo right after it was taken, not that he was a creeper or anything but it would have been a nice keep sake.

Jimmy nodded as he hummed in agreement. "Next time I see here I'm going to ask." The young man walked past Clark, giving him a small pat, and heading to Perry's office.

"Hey, uh, Clark, are you going to stand there all day," one of his fellow journalists asked trying to get by.

Clark blinked and shook his head. "Oh, yeah. Sorry." He smiled apologetically.

The person waved their hand at him. "It's okay, just don't space out. You look weird when you do." And they were gone, leaving Clark by himself once again.

With a heavy sigh he made his way back over to his desk, taking a seat as he began to type up his article. As he worked his mind slowly drifted to the blonde woman that was here only moments ago. If he had known that she was the same woman he saw that one time then he would have...

Clark shook his head. She wouldn't have been all too interested in him anyway. Another sigh escaped past his lips. If she was anything like Lois than it would be hard to catch her eye, not that he wasn't confident or anything. Back when he still liked Lois he had a hard time trying to get her to like him as Clark, though she had a thing for his other self.

Just then, his phone rang. Clark moved his hand to his pocket and took out his phone, flipping it open, pressing the answer button and putting it up to his ear.

"Hello...oh, hey. What's going on...is that so, well it's to be expected...wait, what...you want to do what now...your kidding...okay, your not kidding...well, where do you want this to be located...that's by far the craziest thing you've said to me...okay, well how long do you think this little project will take...that long huh...of course, but I can only get in contact with two of them...you have a way to get in contact with the rest...alright, well I'll leave that up to you then...okay...by-" Clark pulled his phone away from his face and closed it shut.

"...Bruce, you're definitely one of a kind." The man wanted to build a 'watchtower' in space, which for the most part would be highly expensive and tedious to build. He suggested that they get in contact with the others since this idea pertained to the rest of them too.

Guess he had some calls to make after he got off work today.


A month or two later(A/N Not sure how long it took to build the Watchtower)

Naruko/Angel stared out at the view in front of her in awe. It was incredible and so breathtaking that she had to steady herself as she stood. Just the sight of earth and space made her feel excited.

"Incredible," she heard Superman say. She turned away from the window to see the man of steel meters away from her with Batman standing behind him. They had not noticed that she was there so she kept silent, moving her eyes back to the view in front of her.

"Do your stockholders know about this, Bruce?" Oh, so Superman knew who Batman really was too. She would ask Batman about that later. "A line item hidden in the Aerospace R&D budget."

Batman gave a small grunt. "This watchtower will act as an early warning system for detecting threats of invasion."

"Subtle," Naruko smirked. She walked over to the two men. She stopped next to Batman and crossed her arms under her chest. "Might have to ask you to build me my own security system," she whispered to him.

"Maybe," was the dark knights reply. There was a small hint of a smile on his face, then it was gone.

Flash sped into the room with what looked like a sup of coffee in his hand. He took a small sip of it before saying, "This place has a fully stocked kitchen too." That included a large stash of miso pork ramen in various cabinets, Naruko thought with a grin.

"Iced mocha," Flash offered to Hawkgirl. She shook her head as she crossed her arms.

"No thanks."

Diana took a sip from the small cup in her hand and smiled. " Hmm, they don't have these on Themyscira."

Flash grinned. "Stick around, I'll show you the ropes."

Diana smiled. "Perhaps I will." She turned her attention to the blonde woman who stood across from her. "Have you gotten the chance to see everything?"

Naruko nodded giving the woman a cheeky grin. "Of course. I stocked up a ramen stash just in case."

Hawkgirl quirked a brow. "Just in case for what?"

"Just in case I need a cup of ramen up here. Being in space will get stuffy so I'm going to need a bowl a day to de-stress myself." Her cheeky grin widened a bit at the exasperated looks on some of the groups faces.

Flash sped up to Naruko and made to put his arm around her shoulder, but one look from Batman made him back up. He settled for giving her a friendly smile. "You wouldn't happen to have gotten enough for me would ya?" He gave her a mock pleading look and clasped his hands together.

Naruko giggled. "Of course. Why wouldn't I deny you the honor of trying my favorite food." Her bright demeanor darkened a bit as she continued to speak. "Don't go crazy though. My ramen stashes are precious."

Batman mid his smirk as he watched the speedster back up a bit in fear of getting hit. So, her ramen obsession was still the same too. Figures.

Green Lantern rolled his eyes and turned his attention to Superman. "This is all impressive but what's ti got to do with us?"

Superman sighed and turned his back to the group, looking out towards earth. "Once, I thought I could protect the earth by myself, but I was wrong. Working together, we saved the planet. And I believe if we stay together as a team we could be a force that could work for the ideals of peace and justice."

Flash crossed his arms, tilting his head to the side with a lopsided grin. "What, like a bunch of super friends?" Naruko covered her mouth to prevent herself form laughing. That was actually funny.

Superman smiled. "More like a justice league."

"...Do you have any idea how corny that sounds?" Flash snorted.

"He does have a point though," Naruko pointed out giving the man a small smile.

Green Lantern nodded in agreement. "Yeah, with all of us behind it, it just might work." He stuck his hand out and grinned. "Count me in."

"Me too," Hawkgirl placed her hand on top of his and smirked.

"And me," Flash followed her lead and placed his hand on top of hers.

"My mother may not approve but I find man's world to be intriguing," she placed her hand on topd of Flash's giving a smile, "I'll gladly join you."

"Don't forget about me," Naruko chuckled and placed her hand on top of the princess'. She turned her head noticing that Batman had not made a move to join them. It looked like he was leaving. "Hey, what's about you Batman."

"I'm not a people person," the man answered bluntly.

Naruko snorted. She begged to differ.

Batman turned to leave but he stopped a few feet from them looking back at them. "But when you need help, and you will, call me." And off he went, heading for his "Batplane" as he so dubbed it.

Superman smiled as he watched his friend leave. "Understood."

Naruko couldn't help but stare at the exit with her brows furrowed. She really wanted to talk to Batman but she also wanted to stay with her new teammates... "Uh I'll be right back," she said before bolting away leaving everyone with confused looks on their faces.

"Wait," Superman called after her, but he was too later. She was already gone out of the room.


Batman gave a heavy sigh as she made his way to the hangar, heading straight for his ride. He wasn't really all for the whole teaming up thing with these other heroes(aside from Naruko that is), but if it would help lessen the stress that each of them had dealing with their villains than why should he complain. As long as they stayed out of his city than he didn't care what they did.

When his plane was in view he tapped a button on his utility belt, opening the top of the jet. As he was about to jump inside he heard someone yelling for him. He would have ignored them if if weren't for the fact that a certain blonde woman was running towards him with a grin on her face. Now, he wasn't weak minded or just weak in general, but he couldn't help but smile when he saw her...he must have fallen harder than he thought. The same thought had crossed his mind when he had talked to her after they had driven off the invaders, but he hadn't actually thought of what that really meant.

Naruko jogged up to him with that same cheeky grin on her face that he just couldn't help liking...darn his hormones.

"Hey, Batman," she stopped in front of him, leaning down on her knees to catch her breath, not that she really needed to. She looked up at him keeping that grin on her face. "I wanted to talk before you left."

Batman secretly hid a smirk as he stared down at the woman. He couldn't help but notice how short she was when he saw her standing up straight. She's as short now as she was back when they were teens. She hadn't grown an inch.

"And what is it that you wanted to talk about," he asked taking note of how nervous she suddenly got. She was shifting her feet back and forth, moving her hands behind her back, and her cheeks were turning slightly pink.

"Uh...I just wanted to ask if you wanted to get together sometime-"

...Did she just ask him out? What strange occurrence was this? Naruko "oblivious" Uzumaki was asking him-

"-Aini and Daichi said that maybe we could all get together, like for a reunion. I don't know what they're planning but they wanted us to spend some quality time with one another. You know, reminisce about the old days." Naruko peered up at him through long blonde eyelashes as if to plead him to give in to her request.

Batman mentally face palmed himself. He should have figured. Naruko would never do something like asking him out since she was indeed oblivious. He pushed the thoughts he had before down into his mind before turning his attention back to Naruko.

"...I'll think about," he replied softly. In a manner of speaking, he would only take this type of tone with her, and occasionally his protege's as well as Alfred too.

Naruko's expression turned from bashful to happy in a matter of seconds. She grabbed hold of Batman's hand in her small ones giving it a soft squeeze before letting go. "Arigato gozaimasu Tomato face," she giggled with glee. She gave the man one last smile before jogging back to where the others were.

Batman said nothing as he watched the woman's tiny form disappear. He stood there for a few seconds before getting into his plane. While setting up to leave he moved his hand, the one that Naruko touched, up to his face. A small smile made its way on his face as he stared at it. A warm tingly feeling spread over him right before it disappeared. He shook his head.

"Can't get distracted," he told himself. No matter how much he loved her, he couldn't be held back by his feelings. The many years she was gone he had missed her dearly, but he had found ways to cope during her absence.

He couldn't, wouldn't, be distracted.

With that final thought he set off into space, headed back home with thoughts of a certain blonde on the brain.


Aw Batman, you can't deny how you feel XD.

Well, I know I'm like how many months late...don't kill me. I hadn't meant to take this long just to update but I've had so much happen since the last time that I just couldn't find time to update this. Yes, I know I updated some of my other stories but I found time to do them. Some took longer than I expected, just like this one. I assure you all that I will be trying my hardest try and come out with the next chapter for this story. And by that I mean I'll literally be starting on the next chapter tomorrow. I've been also trying to start this story that I've been planning with my friend Princess de la Luna. Shout out to you girl XD. I've been a lazy know it all because I'm literally stuck trying to figure out how to continue what I'm doing with that. If any of you have any advice for me just P.M me. If it's good advice I'll take it, but if it's crappy advice, don't get mad if I say no.

Okay, well I'm done talking. Hope to see some R&R. No flames please, my poor heart can't take that XC. Got enough heat from some folks online, that's why I don't always update. I'm not scared or a punk, I just don't like dealing with those types of people. It's better to just avodi trouble like that.

Anyway, I'll see you all next chapter.

~Ja ne

~Anime hotty lover. 18