Into The Cosmos!

Hello everyone! Thanks for the reviews in the last chapter.

Naruto is gonna be showing off a lot of his powers in this chapter, some you already know of, others I will be showing for the first time. I originally wasn't going to show one of his powers in this chapter, but the opportunity was just too good to pass up. Here's a hint: it's a bloodline.

More characters are gonna be introduced, along with some from the past chapters who may be joining Naruto!

Enjoy!


Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel, DC, or Naruto or any of the characters or Stories. They all belong to their respective creators and companies.


Naruto was not having a good day.

When he agreed to join the Invaders, he was under the impression that they were going to end the war through the shadows. Not this, definitely not this.

"Hold still!" Bellowed the God of Thunder and Lightning.

While he wasn't adverse to fighting out in the open nor going against those who felt they were superior to him, it still didn't justify this. The others were fighting dangerous opponent to be sure, but compared to the one standing in front of him, they may as well have been fighting children.

So far, his agile moves and quick reflexes were allowing him to parry everything the god in front of him had been throwing. However, just because he could direct the blows elsewhere didn't mean he wasn't affected by the power behind them. The sheer force behind one blow would be enough to shatter bones or crush organs.

His eyes were allowing him to read the muscle movements, thus keeping him one step ahead. He didn't know if he believed the man in front of him was truly a god, but then again ever since he had come here he had seen things he never would have thought possible. People flew over here like it was as easy as breathing, while only one shinobi back in his other home could fly.

BOOM!

Naruto backpedaled as the mighty hammer had been brought down, leaving a small crater in the ground. Figuring that hand-to-hand was doing him little good, he decided that some other type of firepower was needed. Gathering his chakra, he weaved his seals quickly and fired.

"Katon: Karyū Endan(Fire Dragon Flame Bullet)!"

Inhaling a deep breath and culminating the fire in his mouth, he exhaled. Expecting to see his regular fire, he was surprised to see it had come out blue. Apparently, he wasn't the only one.

"What manner of sorcery is this?!" Thor had never seen a mortal breath fire before, let alone match him in hand-to-hand combat.

Not knowing what manner the flames could affect him, he braced himself.

Seeing this, Naruto did not let up. Instead, he blew harder, turning the blue flames into a white inferno, bathing the man in their heat.

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Awe.

It was the only feeling Valkyrie felt was sufficient enough to describe what she was feeling whilst watching two warriors fight. She knew Thor, and while he still cut an imposing figure with his long blonde hair and rippling muscles, her attention was focused on the other one.

While not as bulging in muscle mass as her Asgardian brother, the mortal still had some, she just had to look closely. His body was lean, built for speed and if need be, strength. His hair was just as sun kissed if not more so than Thor's.

There was little doubt now, she knew this man was the one who wielded the abnormal chakra.

Valkyrie was getting giddy, like a little girl who had just received her first sword and shield. She knew she had found an interesting one.

She leaned forward more, wanting to watch more of this spectacle.

"What else can you do?" she told herself watching the two blondes.

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He couldn't believe it, no matter how much he had poured into the attack, it appeared it wasn't going to be enough.

"Most Impressive!"

Naruto watched as the man whom had been covered in fire all but a moment ago, stepped out of harms way. He could see the small burn marks here and there, a few singed hairs, but nothing substantial.

"Whatever manner of fire you used on me did more damage than normal. Your fire felt hot far away but cold to the touch. Truly, you are a sorcerer of great magnitude." Thor complimented. "To commend you on this, allow me to show you my element."

The blonde Sharingan user watched as the man raised his hammer high in the air and noticed a small electrical spark crackle from it.

BOOOM!

Naruto's head shot up towards the sky, the clouds had darkened and thunder beginning to boom. A bolt, so bright he had to shield his eyes, erupted with a violent roar as it descended towards earth. He knew it was aimed at him.

No manner of earth technique that he knew of would be able to withstand this nor would it be fast enough. There was only one thing that could protect him and react in time to be used. He closed his eyes, and did something he never thought he would ever do, pray.

But he was praying for a specific purpose, he chose one god in particular. It was time to see if all of his research would prove true, or if he was to be a stain on the earth.

~Flashback~

"Argh!" Naruto threw the papers off of his desk in anger.

Never had he been so stressed in his life, it was to the point he would be pulling his hair out. And if it continued, he wouldn't have any left to pull.

It had all started with that incident involving Hitler and the spear. Or more to the point, the group of females he had summoned from the sky. Just how had he done that? And were they really goddesses?

His mind just couldn't wrap itself around the notion of their being actual gods and goddesses, beings who existed on higher planes. The only person he ever considered to be truly god-like was the rabbit goddess; Ōtsutsuki Kaguya. And that was only because of her abilities.

If she had to consume a fruit in order gain said god-like abilities then she was born a human, thus proving that gods and goddesses did not exist.

He shook his head, he was veering way off course. His problems weren't dealing with her anymore, it was with the here and now.

Another problem he had was just how many of these so called pantheons existed. One book in front of him gave a few as examples: Norse, Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Celtic, and Hindu. And those were some of the bigger ones, there were many religions in this new world, so hence that meant there were many pantheons.

However, there was one that did catch his eye.

Shintō.

It couldn't have been mere coincidence that all of his ocular techniques were named after this particular pantheon. There was a connection there.

He had further read that worshipers, in order to make contact with these deity's, would often pray to them or offer a sacrifice. He wasn't sure he bought about people being able to meet such beings, but who was he to say what people should believe in.

There was only one way to see if this was true, he would need to pray.

~Flashback Over~

'...If your real, then I pray to you for help in my moment of need. Show me! Make me believe that you are real! Show me...'

He prayed to the god he needed the most right now.

"...Susanoo(Tempestuous God of Valour)!"

The mighty force of nature struck the earth, blinding everything in light.

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Valkyrie had to shield her own eyes from the powerful bolt.

'Oh, I hope he isn't dead.' She thought as her eyes were trying to adjust to the brightness.

As the light began to die down, she blinked a few times to clear her eyes, hoping to see the mortal alive and well. What she came to see next would be forever burned into her mind.

"What in the name of-" started Valkyrie.

xxx

"-Odin's undergarments." finished the god of thunder.

Thor was in as much shock as the hidden Asgardian was. Never had he encountered an opponent such as this, whatever type of magic he was using, it was certainly something he had never seen before. Wrapped around his adversary were bones, very very large bones, akin to that of ribs, all of them coiling around his person, offering protection.

"Okay." breathed the adversary of Thor, smoke released from his mouth. "I'm a believer now." Thor heard the man say in a low raspy voice. It sounded demonic.

Naruto looked around, he noticed his Susanoo was incomplete. Concentrating, he wanted to see if he could call upon one of the forms his guardian could take.

Both Asgardians watched in amazement as the large bones began to shrink in size, wrapping and fitting into place atop the man. It was like they were looking at pieces of armor. Ethereal bones covered his chest, back, legs, neck, head, and arms. And speaking of arms, two more ethereal arms grew out from his shoulders.

However, out of all the changes, his face looked the most different. His face was no longer visible, what now replaced it was a face of bones, one resembling an animal. Long pointed ears, high cheek bones, pushed in nose, slanted eyes, and a crazed smile.

It was quite a sight.

However, the most unnerving were the ominous crimson eyes peering at him from behind the mask. He had seen the change in the eyes before he had fired his bolt and was now wondering if their transformation was the cause of the abomination in front of him.

"What-"

The bone warrior vanished from the god' sight at blistering speeds and reappeared in front of Thor. Said god reacted as any would to a thrown punch; he dodged.

Big mistake.

He had forgotten of the other limbs and paid the price. The first had landed on his jaw, sending him backwards, the second in the stomach, doubling him over. The final and third shot went to his chest, sending him flying backwards with force.

'HahaHaha! This feels good, really good!'

Naruto had never moved that fast before in the past whenever he used this form. It was plenty fast back then which was why he developed this form for his Susanoo, but it was never this fast. A feeling of dread entered his body then as a very scary and real notion popped into his head.

'Did the people who brought me here do something to my body?'

His question would have to wait for an answer, the man with the hammer was getting back up. Naruto held his arm out, wondering if he could call upon the weapon he had used to rain down destruction on his enemies.

Itachi had the Totsuka-no-Tsurugi, his brother Sasuke had the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi while he on the other hand had a different sacred weapon. His was not a sword but a Naginata.

The legends referred to it as the Ame-no-Nuhoko, the Heavenly Jeweled Spear. If he read correctly, then it was wielded in this world by Izanagi-no-Mikoto to create the islands of Japan. Since it did not manifest then that meant it was still with it's original owner.

He would need to make a trip to Japan sometime in the future.

Clang!

"Oof!"

Naruto was on the ground looking up at the sky. Wondering what happened, he looked down to his chest as a massive weight rested on it, it was Thor's hammer. He needed to get this thing off of him, the man was coming towards him at a sedate pace.

Thor watched in amusement as the man turned monster tried lifting the hammer.

"Fool! You are not worthy of lifting Mjölnir-"

THUD

The hammer had moved just a smidge, but it was enough to allow him to get back up. "You were saying." The blonde Uzumaki replied smugly.

Thor shook his head in astonishment. "Perhaps someday you would be worthy, but that shant be today!"

Mjölnir flew back into the outstretched hand of it's master. Seeing how his attacks were lacking in some power, Naruto decided to hit a bit harder.

"Tomogoroshi no Haikotsu(All-Killing Ash Bones)!"

This was one technique he had discovered by watching his ancestor use it openly against the allied shinobi villages.

As the bones traveled from his forearms to his palms and then towards their target, his other two ethereal arms began to gather swirling orbs of chakra. Two long bones extruded from his palms once more, but these were for melee purposes.

If his previous attack hit, then there would be no more god. It was supposed to kill someone at the molecular level, but he didn't know how it would react to something like Thor, it worked pretty well on humans though.

He dashed forward.

"You fiend- Argh!"

The bone projectile had struck true, but in the arm. Not exactly where he was aiming, but he guessed it was wishful thinking the god would stand still and take the attack in his arrogance.

Thor continued to howl in pain, whatever he had been struck with hurt very much. His healing factor was struggling to keep up with the damage, it was trying, but very slowly.

'This attack will leave a scar.' Thor was now even more determined to best his opponent. He respected warriors who held strength. This was a scar he would wear proudly.

Naruto needed more information on the god's physiology if all his attack could do was leave a small gaping hole. The attack should have spread to the rest of his body but it didn't.

Knowing he only had a few seconds to take advantage of Thor's distracted state, he moved. His two ethereal arms moved behind his back while he brought his other two up above his head, bone blades jutting out of his palms. He jumped high into the air and brought them down, both blades aimed to pierce the shoulders deeply, they were stopped by two muscular arms.

BOOM

A wave of pressurized air blew out from the impact of one force being stopped mid-air while the other absorbed said blow with his body.

Seeing his first wave of attack stopped, Naruto moved onto the next.

"Rasengan(Spiraling Sphere)!"

He brought both spiraling sphere's of chakra into the chest of Thor who knew they would hit. He could do very little to dodge the attacks at point blank, he did the only thing he could. He braced himself and held steadfast.

BOOOM

xxx

Valkyrie was on her haunches, blade and shield at the ready to defend her Asgardian brother. She very much wanted to rush in and help, her instincts just screamed at her to do so but she withstood them. Had she done what her feelings had told her, she would have disgraced Thor, a prideful god who loved a good fight.

This was still a battle between two warriors, she had no right to interfere.

But now she knew for a fact, the mortal down below is the one with the chakra and the user who wields bones for weapons. She idly wondered if Thor knew what it was he was dealing with.

"Perhaps he is a Demi-God?" she wondered. It certainly would explain why he was so powerful, but then if he was, then who had sired him?

His chakra was a dead giveaway of a Hindu god being involved, but what of his other abilities. As far as she knew, no other god wielded bones.

Valkyrie didn't have much more time to ponder on this subject, she spotted someone trying to sneak away from the battlefield. It was the little worm who had dared summon her friend. Had she not been on Midgard for a month already, she would have been ignorant of the man, just like Thor was. And she would have probably believed any story he had given her.

'The mortals of Midgard are more devious and heinous than some gods, and more tricky than Loki.'

xxx

'Did that get him?!'

Naruto cautiously watched the crater his attack had caused, his eyes widened when he caught sight of movement. His momentary shock cost him as the hammer came flying out hitting him square in the jaw before flying back to the outstretched arm.

As the smoke cleared, he saw just what state Thor was in. The cuts on his body had become gashes while pieces of his armor were broken and his cape was nowhere in sight.

'Just what does it take to bring this guy down!'

Did he need to pray to more Shintō deities?

"Why?"

The Sharingan user tensed as the god of thunder spoke. "Why what?" he asked in return.

"Why, when you have so much power do you try and destroy that man's home and country?" Thor pointed over to Hitler but to his shock the man was not there.

Naruto was surprised that Thor could sense he had more power he could unleash at his command, he did, but he wasn't going to confirm it to the man.

"Precisely for the reason why your summoner is no longer here. That man is nothing but an evil sniveling coward. He is the reason why the world is at war, he is nothing but chaos. Look me in the eyes and tell me you do not sense the ill intent that man radiated. Even if he is not here, his presence still lingers."

The blonde Uzumaki figured that if this god could sense his power, then he should be able to sense the evil Hitler gave off.

Thor closed his eyes and did as he was asked. He frowned soon after.

"Perhaps this was an alliance made in haste..."

"No, really." Naruto remarked sarcastically. "You need to think and ask questions before you rush off into battle. It could be what saves you from making a big mistake." stated Naruto. He had seen it enough times to know what he was talking about.

"Wise words for one so young. Thank you my friend, you held me off long enough to make me realize the error of my ways today."

Naruto was surprised. "Friend?" He didn't expect after having a battle with the man to up and suddenly name him a friend.

"Do you not wish to be allies? I would be honored to fight by your side another day or roam the halls of Valhalla and share a cup of mead with thee!" Thor cheered.

He couldn't figure out why Thor was so excited and began to cheer but he shrugged. "Sure, why not. My name is Naruto Namikaze." He introduced himself. Even if he did give his name out, what good what it do a god.

"A strange name to be sure, but I welcome thee, Naruto, as my friend and ally. You may call me Thor Odinson and together the two of us shall by nigh unstoppable in any battle we fight!"

Naruto chuckled. "Try to rein in the arrogance a bit buddy. It is unbecoming of such a warrior as yourself, no?"

Thor stopped mid-speech. "Once more my friend your words hold wisdom. I shall try but it will take me some time."

"As long as you try, it's all anyone can really ask for."

"Indeed but I must ask thee thy same query. You only do yourself and your opponents a disservice by not fighting with all your might."

"And you were?"

"Unfortunately no, I underestimated you. But that will not happen again! Now, tell me, why do you handicap yourself?"

"It's a bit complicated to explain but just rest assured that the next time you and I meet, I will be at full power. Or you could stay, help my side of the war, and watch as I become stronger?" offered Naruto.

"Splendid and as tempting as that sounds, I believe it is not meant to be." stated Thor.

Naruto looked at him confused. "Why's that?"

"It seems that whatever was used to summon me is no longer in effect. Since I am to return to Asgard, I cannot leave without approval from my father." Naruto understood a bit. Since he was summoned by force, it's not like he left voluntarily so his father shouldn't have a problem with that. But if he were to leave of his own accord, well...

"Worry not though friend, we will meet again in the future. I will tell your tale to my comrades in arms of how you almost bested the Mighty Thor!" And just like that he was gone.

Naruto shook his head in amusement, he was pretty sure he had bested the god in their fight.

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Valkyrie sighed.

She had left the battlefield prior to it's ending so she didn't even know the mortal's name, but she was sure Thor would get it and give it to her if asked. While not getting to talk to him she would not let that get her down, she could always just track him down again. It really was quite fun for her, it was like hunting for her.

But, alas, duty calls. Her objective was only a few feet in front of her. She focused on the mongrel in front of her.

He was bowing down to her.

"Do not bow your head to me mortal!" She spat. "You are lucky my people are forbidden from interacting in mortal affairs or I would strike thee down. Thy weapon you once held was the only reason we saw fit to make an exception."

Valkyrie had taken hold of the spear the moment the mortal had set it down so he could rest. She didn't hold it for too long though, a malevolent force now lurked within it. All it now held was hate and malice.

She looked down at the cowering man, he had infected the once pure spear with his vileness. He wasn't even worth staining her blade with his blood, she would give that honor to those fighting this war. It was the least she could do, let them have their vengeance.

Not bothering to spare him any words, she stored the spear away and vanished.

Hitler had pissed his pants and passed out in his bunker after her tongue lashing.

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"Naruto!"

Said blonde heard his name being called and turned to see his team plus the two JSA members running towards him.

"Thank you, Susanoo-sama." he muttered respectfully, thanking the god in question for allowing him to utilize one of his ocular techniques.

Hippolyta was the first to arrive. "Great Hera! What manner of foe did you battle to do this?" she asked, looking around the destroyed piece of forest.

By this point, everyone had arrived and heard the warrioress question.

"If you can believe this, it was Thor, God of Thunder and Lightning."

"Your right, I don't believe you." deadpanned Flash. A few others shared his skepticism.

"No, if he says he fought with a god then I believe him. Thor is just as real as the Olympians resting on top of Olympus." stated Wonder-Woman giving him a nod of respect.

"I believe him to!" Anna cut in quickly. She wasn't about to let the most interesting man she's met be taken by another.

Steve decided to add in his own two cents. "I'm not sure whether I believe it or not but what I do believe is that he fought something very powerful here and made it out. Let's just be glad we still have our teammate." Namor and Jim were of like mind with the Captain on that point.

Naruto sent his teammate a grateful nod. "Thanks Steve."

Cap nodded. "Hitler?" he asked.

The blonde shinobi shook his head. "Escaped while I was fighting; needed my full concentration on my opponent."

"And the weapon?" This time Namor asked. As a king, he needed to ensure his sister and people were protected at all costs.

Naruto once more shook his head, he just nothing but bad news to give. "Gone as well."

The remaining members all shared a collective sigh. Once again, they had failed in capturing their two primary targets.

"How about you guys? How did your fights go?" questioned the blonde ninja.

The group seemed to deflate even more after he asked. Nobody wanted to talk about it.

"We underestimated Lady Lotus." began Steve. "We had beaten them all and then she sends psychic blast after psychic blast at us, we got tagged a few times. They escaped soon after. However, there is one piece of good news."

"What's that?"

"We captured Asbestos Lady, we have her tied up. She's getting shipped off soon enough." Steve saw a few of the looks he was getting at that news. "She's going to trial for all the crimes she's committed in America." A tone of finality in his voice as he finished.

Naruto had been about to open his mouth to say something regarding her deciding to participate in this war usually meant death upon capture. But then again, it wasn't his capture so he couldn't decide her fate. She was lucky he, Namor, or the boy Toro hadn't caught her. He had seen the hate in Toro's eyes when he looked at her.

"Well so much for the debut of The Invaders. We lost our two primary objectives and lose four super-powered criminals only to have them leave one behind on purpose." stated Naruto, clearly seeing why they had left her.

"On purpose?" asked Anna, not quite understanding the logic behind this.

"Yeah, on purpose. It not only slowed us down since we have to escort her back and then ship her off but we can't risk a chase now in threat of ambush. She was just cut loose, dead weight to them since she was the weakest."

Steve really wished Naruto had kept his mouth shut and not bring everyone down once more. "He's right, but we couldn't just leave her there. She needs to be taken back and judged for what she's done." Cap was looking right at the other blonde as he said this.

Naruto sighed, already heads were bumping and it was only their first mission. The ideals of the group were just to far apart.

"If you say so Captain." said Namor, he was of like mind with Naruto. They really should have just killed her. This was war, people die in it all the time. What makes her so different from the Nazi's they kill. He will never understand certain surface dwellers.

Jim could see the tension rising. "So what now?" he asked, cutting right into it.

"Now, we head back to our base in Britain and await further orders. If nothing comes up then we head our own ways inside of the country until we get called." Ordered Steve.

It was part of the deal that they all resided in Britain or as close as they could manage. This was really more for those who could not fly nor swim fast in water. After all, Britain was closer to Germany than most other countries and it was one of the leaders in the war.

Naruto had no qualms about heading home, he could use some rest. He went over to speak with Hippolyta as she and the scarlet speedster were preparing to leave.

"We wish you nothing but success in your future endeavors, but we must also return to our own team. Perhaps sometime in the future they will cross paths. Goodbye." Hippolyta began to levitate off the ground.

"Agreed and hopefully we can have our date soon." stated Naruto.

"I agree, I cannot wait for our spar."

"Spar? No, no, it was for a date."

"Is a date not a spar in your peoples terms?" questioned Hippolyta, she was a bit rusty on the lingo of modern day civilization.

"Well, I guess it is in some ways." Conceded Naruto, he sighed. "Then I await our spar and then our date afterwords, what do you say?" If he was going to have to fight her then he was going to add something of his own in.

"Hmm..." Hippolyta thought on this, she nodded. It was a good compromise. "I agree." she said and then flew off.

"Great, can't wait." He watched her leave, his eyes taking in her form until she was but a dot in the sky. His team was waiting on him. "Sorry about that guys, I was just clearing up some business with our friend."

Naruto briefly checked his watch to see what time it was and surprise surprise, it was a brand new day, literally.

"Happy New Year." He told the group in a not overly cheerful tone.

Steve wondered what he was talking about when it clicked. They had fought their battles a few hours before the clock had struck twelve midnight. It was a brand new year and what a way to bring it in.

Everyone began to shake hands or in some cases give hugs to those they knew more personally than others. Anna, knowing some of the customs of New Years, began to give pecks on the cheeks of the men.

The adult men, Steve, Jim, and Namor all had small smiles while Bucky became red faced and shy. Toro was in a euphoria, he had just been kissed by a very attractive woman, his hormones were shouting at him.

Naruto was last on her list and instead of giving him a peck, she gave him a bit of extra service, to show him she was better than that other woman. Her tongue forced it's way into his mouth, wrestling for domination over his.

As this was going on, deep in the back of Naruto's mind something was beginning to stir from it's slumber. A perverted chuckle escaping. He would have heard it had his entire focus not been occupied with the need for air or the tongue raping Anna was giving him.

~Meanwhile~

Asgard

Valkyrie was on a knee, head bowed before her leader.

"...And that's what I witnessed while on Midgard, All-Father."

She had just finished recounting her tale to Odin.

The Sky-Father hummed in thought while stroking his long beard. Never would he have imagined a day where a mortal could match his son Thor in combat. After losing his first heir, his daughter Aldrif, he wanted to ensure that he never lost another. So he mated with Gaea, whose identity was unknown to him at the time, and they had Thor, a god who would not only be strong on Asgard but on Earth as well.

But now this matter fell onto his lap, he could not in good conscience lie to himself, he was intrigued with this mortal who could prove a worthy rival for his son. Even if they were both holding back much of their power, according to Valkyrie. Such mortals have been far and few since the ancient days of Midgard.

"What do you think of this mortal?" he asked the blonde warrioress.

"I...find him interesting, captivating almost. Too long has it been since we've seen such a warrior who calls Midgard home."

Odin nodded his head, agreeing with her. Most if not all warriors who caught their attention came from one of the other realms. It was laughable at how so few ever came from Midgard, but not now, along with the mortal of their discussion, others have emerged alongside him.

"Also...he can use the chakra' of the body but in a manner I have never seen before. Regular mortals use it for medicinal purposes, but he uses his for combat. I don't believe I've ever seen a God or Goddess of the Hindu pantheon use it similarly."

"Indeed, the use of his inner energy is cause for questions. Those of which I will ask when I seek an audience with Vishnu."

Valkyrie shuddered a bit at the mention of another Sky-Father. Names held much power, even when the pantheons were separated in their own pocket dimensions, their influence may not be as big, but that did not mean they were any less powerful. There were many Sky-Fathers, but only three were counted amongst the strongest: Odin, Zeus Panhellenios of Olympus, and Vishnu.

Seeing as their conversation about the mortal being over, Odin moved onto the next topic at hand.

"Have you the spear?"

She nodded and reached out to the Heavenly Realm. "I apologize for the long duration, I present to you the Spear of Destiny." She presented it to him.

Odin gave a tilt of his head, acknowledging her apology, and grabbed the mystical weapon. Almost immediately he could feel something trying to influence his mind.

"The spear..." He quelled the emotion trying to enter his psyche. "It is no longer pure. All that it emanates is hatred, greed, superiority, and madness."

"My deepest apologies!" She couldn't even look him in the eye. "Had I acted faster this never would have happened."

"Fret not Brunnhilde. My main concern was removing it from Midgard and mortal hands, not what condition it came back in. For accomplishing the quest set upon you, I will allow you one request that you may ask of me."

Valkyrie was surprised. Odin was never this generous, she would need to take advantage.

"I..."

"Yes?"

"I...request to be sent back to Midgard."

Odin was blindsided by this, never would he have expected this. He knew she and a few other females were eying his son Thor, he half expected her to request some formal duel with him. But not this.

"May I ask why?"

"The mortal...Naruto...I..."

The old leader sighed. "Brunnhilde, you know we cannot interfere with mortals. It is against the laws laid down many years ago. We practice neutrality."

She could have retorted in a manner of ways of certain other pantheons not abiding by these laws but held her tongue.

"I understand this..."

"They why?"

"I want to be the one to personally escort him through the halls of Valhalla, sit across from him as equals sharing stories of battle and conquest while we feast. Both of us enjoying the company of our comrades."

Odin knew there was more to it than this, he motioned for her to continue.

"When I saw him battle Thor to a standstill and at times getting the better of him, something in me began to stir. The way he moved...such fluidity, agility, and power in his strikes. I..."

He held up his hand. "Say no more Valkyrie, I understand. I once too felt the same way about a mortal woman I met on Midgard. She proved a worthy opponent." he said before sighing. "I will grant you this request, but there will be some consequences for interacting with him and Midgard as a whole."

She nodded, ready to hear them.

"If you are to do this, then you must make sure his soul reaches Valhalla, I do not want such a hero roaming another pantheon. With that being said, you cannot return to Asgard until he dies."

She nodded once more, that one didn't sound so bad. She accepted that term.

"You will no longer be a shield-maiden of Asgard nor will you lead the Valkyrior."

That one caught her off guard. She could understand not being a shield-maiden but to take away her sisters in arms? A thought occurred to her, something he didn't bring up.

"You would let me keep the title of Valkyrie? Even when I no longer lead them?" She asked her own questions.

"The name Valkyrie is a name unto whom I choose to bestow it upon, and I see none more fit to carry that more than you. Even if you are away from Asgard and are to have no interaction with us."

"But...why?"

Odin's steely gaze softened a bit when looking at the woman before him.

"Brunnhilde, I think of you as my daughter, you and Sif. You two are the closest I have to them next to my own flesh and blood sons. No matter how far apart we are or how angry I may get, my wife and I still see you as one of our own. And besides, does it not behoove a father to spoil his daughter."

Valkyrie was a little ticked off that Odin would presume she was a princess who needed to be coddled but a deep part of her did enjoy it. It was an experience she had never felt before, for she knew not either of her birth parents nor if they were even still alive.

Shaking her head of such things, she thought about all of the consequences. She would be away for who knows how long, not being able to leave his side to see her comrades or other Asgardians. Was one mortal really worth this?

Remaining quiet and contemplating for a moment, she had her answer.

"I accept."

"So be it. Gather your equipment and say your goodbyes. Once you step out of Asgard and onto the soil of Midgard, your journey begins."

The blonde warrioress nodded and went to prepare. Odin meanwhile decided to see just what made this mortal so special that he was to lose one of his best, even if it may be momentarily.

Unleashing the power of the Odinforce, he searched the Earth and found him easily. As much power as he was using, he couldn't see anything on the mortal. Something was blocking him, HIM! Odin Borson, King of Asgard.

'Whomever is doing this does not want anything found out about the man. And there are only scant few who have more power than myself to do this...' His eye narrowed dangerously, he did not like unknowns.

He needed to look more into this.


~ A Few Days Later ~

Ideals are peaceful, History is violent.

Naruto agreed wholeheartedly, never had truer or accurate words been spoken as he sidestepped a swipe from a Nazi and then cut him down. Desperation for any type of advantage in war helped to create some of the most notorious advancements in weaponry; chemical warfare. Or the belief that killing oneself while taking out a multitude of others was good for their country.

'A Kamikaze is what I believe they are called.' mused Naruto.

The reason he was on the ground and not on a plane heading to the groups next mission was very simple; it got shot down. They were currently splintered at the moment. He was one of the unlucky ones to have been sucked out of the plane when the hatch had been torn off. He didn't even know where he was, he knew the country just not the actual place. And wouldn't until he found some landmarks of some sort.

He had no doubt that those who could fly would be scouring the ground looking for everyone. But they would be doing this amidst the invading forces of the Axis powers and Africa or more to the small nation they were starting with, Wakanda.

It would prove difficult, so for now he was on his own.

Miles of desert lay in front of him, to the north, east, west, and south. He sighed and just picked a direction.

xxx

Naruto sighed again, he had been walking for miles already, pondering about life and where his would lead him. So far he had seen no signs of civilization and the only signs of life were the reptiles scampering around on the ground or the vultures high above his head.

'How anyone can call this place home is beyond me.'

BOOM!

A tremor shook the ground.

BOOM!

He noticed that none of the wildlife of the desert even moved to travel in the direction he was heading, their instincts forbade them.

'Is it possible that the Nazi scourge is all the way over here?'

He picked up the pace and began to climb the slope of sand that would give him a better view of the sight in front of him. When he reached the top, he wasn't disappointed.

It definitely wasn't the Nazi's but something much more powerful. And he finally knew where he was at due to the man made wonders he was looking at. The pyramids.

He was in Egypt.

From his vantage point, he spotted three bodies and felt another four off to the east. Focusing on the trio in front of him he came to notice that two were clearly female.

They had bodies that were physically fit beyond belief while still being buxom, they would make any kunoichi jealous with envy. And make any shinobi, whether they be male or female, jealous at their speed and agile movements. The way these two moved was just unnatural, at least to the common ninja.

The two appeared to be related in some way but he could see the small differences. While both shared the same raven colored hair their eyes were different; one was emerald green, the other azure blue. The type of beauty they held just seemed otherworldly.

And the other one, from what he could see was something that once resembled a male. He just looked otherworldly, not even as a form or expression, the man literally looked like an alien. Gray skin and blue lines ran across his lips and face. By his estimation the man stood at just about seven feet and was rippled with muscle.

'Definitely the oddest trio of people I've ever seen.'

BOOM!

However all of them shared one thing in common; power. It just rolled off of them in waves and they were throwing it around like a child would their toys. They had no qualms with destroying the area nor any who may dwell within it.

Blast after destructive blast was being thrown around, all of them missing their mark. The trio was just to swift in their own movements for anything to really tag them.

From what he could tell, only one of them was really more powerful than his friend Thor and that was only by a small margin. It was the male.

And the only reason he seemed to be having some trouble was because he was being double teamed by the two females.

BOOM!

'Oh crap, there went one of the pyramids.'

Naruto had watched as two blasts had veered off course and rammed right into the side of one of the man made structures. It took a chunk out from the side.

BOOM!

The male was proving to be superior as he was gaining the upper hand and blasted the two females right in his direction. Taking a closer look at them he could see they were pretty banged up and were only just preventing the inevitable.

He looked down to check on the male, he was looking right at him.

'Oh shit!'

He had been spotted and only his swift reflexes allowed him to dodge the blast aimed for his head. He gripped four kunai's with explosive tags attached and threw them.

BOOM!

Quickly checking to see if the two females were alive, he slid down the dune while his Mangekyō blared to life, his Susanoo slowly surfacing around him.

With the enhanced speed of his armor, the blonde was deftly dodging each and every blast with an unnatural grace. All of his movements had a path and that path would lead him right into the personal space of the man firing at him.

Finally within striking distance, he pulled his two arms back and launched two open palm strikes on his enemy' chest.

It only moved him a few feet.

'No way! That attack would have normally sent anyone flying away. His armor must be something else to withstand that.'

Naruto gave the man before him an appraising eye once more, perhaps there was more to him than met his eyes.

"You are strong." grunted the man. "But not strong enough to defeat me! Bring back those two eternal whores who dared attack me so that they may know true terror."

The blonde didn't pay any attention to his rant and instead concentrated harder on his Susanoo. If his speedier version did him little good then he would need something more powerful. His Susanoo began to morph, it began to bulge with more mass as it grew.

'Hmm.'

Naruto hummed in thought at looking at his Susanoo and nodded. While he was missing his favored weapon, he still had the others. One arm held a Tantō for defensive purposes, another held a Ninjatō while the last two arms held a Katana. Or more accurately, one of them held the sheath while the other held the tsuba.

The entire body of his Susanoo was covered by a white Haori with a hood covering it's head. The only two things that could be seen from underneath the hood were the mad Cheshire like grin and the two crimson red iris' his eyes conveyed.

It had been a nice little trick he had discovered when forming his Susanoo, he could form his eyes over his own guardian. It gave quite the fright to those who battled him.

Naruto motioned for his guardian to follow his movements. He gripped the blade while bending his knee's a quarter of an inch. He concentrated, one sole target in his sights, power beginning to build up inside of the sheath.

The man merely watched him as he did these things but from what Naruto could see, he was beginning to take him seriously. Or seriously enough that he put up a subtle guard while being in reach of a weapon.

Both men locked eyes with one another, their breathing calm, their heartbeat steady, neither willing to look away. Each ready for when the other makes their move.

Click

The ethereal blade exploded out of it's sheath.

Swoosh!

With it's unleashing, a giant wave of pure energy tore through the surface of the planet, destroying everything in it's path.

"You think this will be enough!" bellowed the man.

His booming voice was drowned out as the slash of energy ran it's course right through him. The attack not only traveled through him but it took out a couple of pyramids in the process.

Naruto didn't even bat an eyelash at their destruction.

BOOM!

His head snapped towards the direction of the boom and found an incredible sight. The man was somehow fighting back against the slash of power and throwing his own straight at him.

The attacks hit the lumbering giant with some force but Naruto knew it would take something more than that to crack his armor. Of course, he wouldn't let it even get that far for such a thing to happen.

His Susanoo began to shrink in size, fading from it's once majestic form. Instead, now stood two robust looking and massive skeletons on light, both facing away from each other but joined at the back. The two with mad grins on their faces.

"This is the end for you." His voice resonated all throughout their battlefield, everyone hearing it.

Naruto spotted the two females from earlier rushing back in after they had healed. This was something he didn't need to happen. Even though he was sure they had heard him earlier.

"Stop! I need you to retreat to a safe distance or the both of you will get caught in the next attack!" He shouted for them to stop, but they ignored him.

It seemed he would need to save the two idiots who were blindly rushing in and while he didn't know them personally, they didn't attack him outright either. Not like the other one.

"Come to me, my Horsemen!" Naruto didn't know why the enemy called Horsemen but he could see four figures coming from the west at high speeds towards their location.

Seeing them, he quickly weaved his three hand-seals, Susanoo following suit.

High above the males and females fighting, the skies began to rumble and scream as if being shattered repeatedly by a roaring thunder. All of the combatants paused momentarily each of them peering up at the sky.

They all watched as the sky was blocked completely by an enormous falling black meteor of unfathomable dimensions.

'What in the name of Titan?' thought the two females.

Seeing as everyone was gaping, he quickly took out five tags that would leave any who they were attached to immobile. Throwing them with pinpoint accuracy, they latched onto the four horsemen and the male leader.

While that did it's job, he made a mad dash for the two women and took hold of their hands and called upon another of his ocular powers. One of which he found didn't have anything to do with the Shintō gods, but with that of the Ainu gods.

They were a much much smaller pantheon but he figured that they would help him if he gave a few prayers here and there, turns out he was right.

"Kamui(Authority of the Gods)"

Using both of his eyes at the same time, the distortion around the trio moved even more rapidly, quickly enveloping them, but not before the man could get in one last word. The man glared hatefully down at the trio but more so at the blonde.

"Mark my words and mark them well. Even if you are part of my species, you have made a very powerful enemy today, I will not stop until you lay dead beneath my feet. I will find out who you are and when I do, you will rue the day that you crossed Apocalypse!"

Naruto could see the four horsemen trying to move but to no avail while the newly minted Apocalypse just stood there, unflinching as a piece of the cosmos crashed down upon him. Not the least bit worried he might die.

xxx

BOOM!

Naruto felt the ground tremble as the meteor fell unto the earth and let out a sigh, he was a little tired after all of that. Not enough that he couldn't defend himself though as he still might have to do that if the two glares he was receiving was anything to go by.

"So..." he began.

"Why did you take us away! We were close to getting the information we needed!" shouted one of the females while the other remained quiet.

"Well, from my point of view it didn't look like that. That guy would have eventually killed the both of you and all for some information?" he questioned. "I know how important info can be but it wouldn't have mattered if you had gotten it only to get killed in the end." he pointed out.

Before the same woman could retort, the other spoke up. "He speaks the truth. It would have done us little good to have died before completing our goal."

"And what goal is that?" he asked.

"We're going to kill the man who is a cancer to the universe, the scum who destroyed my home and murdered our people. We're going to kill my son." declared the second woman.

Naruto felt it may have been a bit much to call someone a cancer and of the universe but then again he's learned that there are bigger things out there. Much bigger than him.

"Why don't we settle down a bit and start off with introductions. My name is Naruto Namikaze. And the two of you?"

The two women looked at one another and then at him.

"My name is Sersi, an Eternal of Earth and a descendant of Titan."

Naruto was about to ask what an Eternal was but the other one spoke.

"And my name is Sui-San, an Eternal of Titan and mother of Thanos."

The blonde had a feeling there was a story behind this Thanos character and that he would hear it as they walked away further from the battlefield.


~Meanwhile~

Britain

Two blonde women were getting ready to start their missions.

Zinda Blake had been approached by Winston Churchill to fly over to Africa to search for Naruto ever since they heard their plane had been shot down. She had agreed immediately and was just getting her last preparations out of the way.

She would be ready for lift off in a few minutes to help her friend.

xxx

The other blonde female was Brunnhilde, who had just arrived on Midgard.

'Odin was generous to have Heimdall transport me so close to Naruto's home.' As she had suspected, when she asked Thor for his name he had given it freely.

Knowing that her armored appearance would cause more problems that she wished, she discarded it along with the visible weapons into the Heavenly dimension. All that remained was her tight fitting black and blue tunic, black pants, fur boots, her belt and a few very well concealed daggers.

She began to walk towards the front gate.

'Hm?'

Her attention was focused on the beating engine of the flying machine she watched leave. She shook her head, never really quite understanding how metal could fly or what kind of enchantments the humans put on them to make them do such things.

"Halt!"

She stopped in front of the guarded gate.

"Who are you? And what are you doing at this location?"

Unknown to either the guardsmen or the Asgardian, a certain blue skinned woman was watching the proceeding. Mystique had made her way outside at the behest of her lover. She could now see why.

The woman in front of her was a giant by her standards yet even still, she had this certain charm about her that would make any man bend to her whims. It also helped that she had curves in all the right places and with the right proportions.

"We asked you some questions!" screamed one of the armed men, cocking his weapon.

"Greetings, I am Brunnhilde of Asgard. I seek an audience with the one you call Naruto."

Mystique slapped a hand over her face and groaned. 'Why does it always involve something with that blonde idiot?' She looked back at Brunnhilde. 'And why is it always with drop dead gorgeous women?'

"You a friend of his?" she asked the giant as she stepped forward.

"I...I am. I have come from a long distance to see him." replied Brunnhilde with a smile.

"Then I have unfortunate news for you. He and the others were sent on a mission as soon as their last one was over. His plane was shot down and we sent someone out to go and search for him." stated Mystique.

"Where?!" Brunnhilde was a bit forceful in her question but she had not sacrificed her life in Asgard to just see him die before she could get to him.

Mystique was a bit taken aback with the forceful questioning but answered her. "He's in Africa, going to a small nation called Wakanda."

Brunnhilde breathed a small breath of relief, at least she knew where he was at. He could still be alive and she would find him. At least now she had direction. Suddenly, she grinned.

'I look forward to the game once more Naruto. You hide while I seek.'

Before the shapeshifter could question her smile, a giant white winged horse appeared out of nowhere. She watched as the woman named Brunnhilde leapt onto the bare back of the Pegasus and flew off in the direction of Wakanda.

Mystique shook her head. "I need a drink." She had seen some weird stuff in her time but never a flying horse or a giant woman who could control it.


~Back in Africa~

Naruto, Sersi, and Sui-San silently watched as a part of the Nazi army ran around the area they were looking at. All of them guarding a giant metal ship.

After the trio had spoken with one another, the two Eternals had decided to join up with Naruto. The reason being they couldn't peer into him, meaning they couldn't see anything about him, he was just static to their all seeing eyes.

This of course prompted them to believe he was some sort of sign, that should they follow him then they will eventually run into Thanos the Mad Titan. Who believed he had killed Sui-San when in reality he had gone mad long before and killed someone he believed to be his mother.

And it was the statement made by Sui-San that got him thinking about the possibility of a meeting between he and Thanos or those of higher standings. "Only beings of Cosmic power can hide things from those of us who dwell on higher planes of existence. You will eventually run into afoul with Thanos when news of you spreads to the farthest reaches of space. Especially after what you did to Apocalypse." She had said.

Naruto wasn't sure if she was being serious or not but hey, who was he to stop them from wanting to join him, and by extension his side of the war. He shrugged and continued to watch as the men tinkered around the giant ship.

'Perhaps this is the reason why the Nazi's wanted to suddenly conquer Wakanda?' Naruto was trying to piece this puzzle together. Sersi must have seen his face and decided to impart some knowledge.

"Try not to hurt your head trying to figure out what that is down there." she said condescendingly. "It is just a ship not a puzzle to figure out." Her smirk grew larger when she saw his annoyed face.

"I know what a ship is." he replied just as rudely. "I just want to know what kind it is."

"Oh, well if that's all you wanted to know then why didn't you just say so." Sersi shook her head at him like it was his fault for being so dumb.

Naruto grit his teeth. He didn't like how she kept trying to get under his skin.

"That down there is a Kree warship, from the Kree Empire." Sersi said in a slow tone.

The blonde growled. "You got a problem with me? Not happy that I saved your life back there when it was obvious you were getting your ass kicked." Naruto questioned her completely forgetting to question further about what the Kree were. He would ask later.

Sersi' smirk vanished, her eyes narrowed. "Watch how you speak to me human. I can crush you with a flick of my finger." she threatened.

Sui-San just watched as the two continued to bicker back and forth.

Naruto snorted. "I've heard that before. Listen, just tell me what I've done to you so we can move past this. I still have a mission to complete and by extension so do you."

That got the both of them upright. Sui-San elbowed her comrade.

Sersi sighed. "Fine, you have done nothing wrong to me. I just love messing with mortals, been doing it since ancient Greece, even messed with Merlin and Arthur Pendragon back in Camelot." She sighed in reminiscence, those were the days.

"You just wanted to mess with me?" deadpanned Naruto.

"Mmhm...your the first mortal who's piqued my interest in a long while. I know Sui-San agrees with me, neither of us have ever seen or heard of someone with your abilities." Sui-San didn't voice it but she nodded her head.

Before he could question her on this, the scene down below shifted. Out came a man he had seen once before fighting against the Captain; Master-Man. But it was who he had in his strong grip that raised more questions.

It was a small black child, dressed in extravagant clothes, small golden rings and head pieces.

'It seems that two more objectives have been added to this mission.'

In his eyes this child was important, he was obviously kidnapped and judging by his attire, he was someone of importance. The second was getting this ship under HIS control, not any governments. This ship may just give him some idea of who brought him here.

The last thing on his agenda was getting back to his teammates.

So far from the looks of things, the Germans were having no luck opening the hatch to get inside.

"Argh! Let me go!" yelled the child.

"Why don't you make me, little prince." sneered the Nazi super-soldier, slapping the boy around for his amusement.

'Well, that settles it. Have to try and get the kid.' Naruto was now focusing on the child with more intensity. 'Let's see now, how do I go about this.'

He surveyed the entire area and first decided to hide all of it from any eyes that may come upon it.

'Magen: Nijū Kokoni Arazu no Jutsu(Double False Surroundings Technique)'

Naruto noticed the men looking around, some of them even spouting about feeling a strange feeling overcome them suddenly.

He would have summoned 100 clones to take care of the men but he had two super-powered femme fatale' with him. So the three of them would be enough for the 300 man army, a hundred to each person.

"I'm going to blackout the area, is that going to be a problem for either of you?" he questioned, looking at the two Eternals.

"Not at all." answered Sui-San. "All we await is your signal."

He nodded and did his hand-seals, Sersi and Sui-San both watching in fascination, wondering how doing this with his hands equaled all the power he wielded.

"Kokuangyo no Jutsu(Bringer-of-Darkness Technique)"

That was the signal.

Both female Eternals watched as an everlasting darkness crept closer to them, completely shrouding their vision. It was a good thing they had an eyesight superior to most or they would be in the same boat as the screaming men down below.

Naruto turned to them. "The man holding the child is mine, kill all of the others."

They nodded.

"Now then, shall we dance, ladies?" he smiled viciously, earning a similar one from Sersi and a small one from Sui-San.

xxx

He was panicking.

He didn't know what was going on. His vision was nothing but darkness and the only thing keeping him firmly anchored was his grip on the boy.

His hearing still worked but all he could hear at the moment was the screams of his men, something was attacking them while they were blind. The screams were getting closer to his location, his legs were shaking.

'Is this fear? Am I afraid?'

He suddenly felt a prickle on his skin and felt something moist traveling down his chest and arm. Using his free hand, he reached up to where he felt the prickle and found himself gasping for air.

His throat had been slashed!

Both of his hands reached up to his open wound, trying to cover it the best he could. He fell to the ground in a heap.

Suddenly the darkness faded and he found himself looking into the eyes of the devil; crimson orbs looking down on him with hate in their eyes. Tears were beginning to form around his eyes.

Naruto was looking down at the man and at the wound he had inflicted. Ear to ear, the slash resembled that of a sick twisted smile.

'Everyone always see's something different before they die. What do you see?'

The blonde removed his mask and looked right at him a small smile on his face as his revealing left the Nazi super-soldier shocked.

Never would he have thought to have seen one of the good guys doing this. "B-But I thought...you were supposed...to be a hero! That's why you...kept...Asbestos Lady alive!" Choked out Master-Man, blood filling his lungs making it harder to speak or breath.

Naruto looked at him in confusion. "A hero? What's that?"

He saw the horror in the man's eyes knowing he would not be saved by him and soon Naruto saw the light fade completely; he was gone.

The blonde shook his head as he went to seal up the body for later, who knew what he could learn. Him a hero, what a stupid idea from a man who was fighting in a war. The man should have expected this to happen to him at one point, death lives on the fields of war.

He moved over to untie the boy.

"Stay away!"

He ignored the cries and before the child could try and escape, he cut him loose.

"You are free." he told the child, wanting to see what he would do now.

He could see the gears working behind his eyes, the prince was trying to figure him out. Naruto could appreciate genius and this boy had it in spades.

"Thank you." The boy finally said, his eyes warily watching him and the two females who suddenly joined him.

"Your welcome." replied Naruto. "Tell me, why did they take you hostage?" He feigned ignorance and sent a look towards Sersi, telling her to keep her mouth shut. She had been about to call him out on his ignorance and was instead pouting.

The child spat. "Cowards, they took me because I am prince of Wakanda and next in line of succession for the mantle of King once my father passes on."

Naruto nodded and had a calculating look on his face. 'He has a good shoulder on his head and next in line to be King. I should see if he would like to learn under me, maybe become an apprentice.'

He had been looking for someone to partner with him and continue on the skills he's learned over the years. Plus, it would be a good alliance to have a King at his side should he ever need it.

"What's your name. I can't keep calling someone who is of royal blood boy all the time?"

The child waved him off. "Do not worry over such trivial things. You are my savior and as such may call me by my birth name."

"And that is?"

"You may call me T'Chaka."

xxx

The original trio were following prince T'Chaka as he led them back to his nation, explaining to them the wonders of his home. Along with some of his goals.

"So you wish to know more about battle?" Naruto asked T'Chaka.

"Yes, it is my goal to excel in the ways of the warrior while preserving Wakanda' heritage and old forms of magic."

Naruto wondered about this magic part but didn't say anything on it. "That is a lofty goal, but one I know you can achieve. Perhaps I can add a little of my own teachings?"

"And some of ours." chirped Sersi, smiling at Naruto's annoyed face. Even though they didn't call some of their abilities magic they could still help T'Chaka.

"...Like what?" T'Chaka finally asked.

"How to fight in the shadows, knowing when to take an advantage in times of battle or war. Remember this, in a fight to the death, only one will emerge and doing so by any means necessary."

"You mean to fight dishonorably?" T'Chaka wasn't unfamiliar with such tactics.

"I do. You do not sound displeased as most would be."

T'Chaka let out a humorless laugh. "I am not most people, I am being groomed to rule over a nation one day. If I can not do the things necessary to protect my people, then what point is there for me to be ruling."

Naruto nodded his head, he was getting more and more impressed with the teen in front of him.

"How would you like to learn under me permanently?" He asked the question that was on his mind. Perhaps he could find here what Steve and Jim found in Bucky and Toro; partners.

The young prince answered immediately. "While the offer is most tempting, I must decline. You are my savior, but that does not make us friends. I also do not wish to leave my people during such a time as this."

The blonde sighed in resignation. "You do have a good head on your shoulders, T'Chaka. I can also understand what it's like having to be in charge of a nation, albeit not as large as this one. I respect your choice but if you will allow it, how about I try and teach you some of my tactics before we reach your home."

T'Chaka thought about it for a moment, if this man truly wanted him dead, he would have done it or he wanted him to lead him to his country. If it was the later, he would find himself in trouble soon enough with his father.

"I would enjoy to see and learn another' tactics of battle."

Naruto nodded and began to explain somethings to him while Sersi added in a few things of her own, both annoying Naruto and intriguing him.

They were growing ever closer to Wakanda.

xxx

"Wow."

The scene in front of him was captured with that one word alone. In front of him stood perhaps the most technologically advanced place he had ever seen. He's seen buildings from Germany, Britain and a few other places, but none matched the craftsmanship to these here.

"I've seen better." spoke Sui-San, Sersi agreeing with her. "But it's not bad for humans."

T'Chaka chuckled. "Thank you for the one word compliment." He also took note of what the two women said and wondered what nation they were speaking about.

"T'Chaka, if your nation is advanced as you claim, then why have you not driven off the invading forces of the Axis?" asked Sui-San, seeing as advanced as they were how had they not driven them off.

Before he could answer, another voice spoke for T'Chaka. "Because we are still a young nation, we do not want others to know of us and our resources before we are ready. We only fight now because we must."

Naruto turned around, stopping his sightseeing, and came to land on an even weirder sight. A man, a man dressed in a cat suit.

"And you are?" he asked.

"You may call me Black Panther, or my more formal name, Azzuri; King of Wakanda."

Naruto bowed a bit, showing his respect for the man. Neither of the Eternals bowed, they would not bow before men or kings.

"I am sorry for my companions, one does not wish to show respect while the other is just too dumb to know what it is." His last statement was referring to Sersi, which got him a glare.

"It is quite alright, but tell me, why does a man such as yourself travel alone without his other comrades, Kagebōshi."

The blonde didn't show his surprise. "You know of me?"

"Even we have heard stories of a red eyed demon stalking the shadows of German soldiers. You are a kind of bogey man to the children of our nation." The King chuckled.

Naruto wasn't sure how he felt about that.

"And your team arrived a few hours ago, they told us to look out for someone of your description. They made no mention of your two...concubines?" Azzuri asked, not sure if they were or were not.

Sersi and Sui-San bristled at that and were about to tear the king a new one. "Unfortunately no, although I wouldn't mind Sui-San since she is very helpful. But definitely not the other one, all she does is joke around and tease me."

Both women had different reactions. Sersi was frowning at his dismissal of her, she could be a great wife to someone, she just hadn't found the right man. Meanwhile, Sui-San didn't know how to react to the sudden information, sure she found the man attractive but she was far too old for him and far too old to love again. All she had was anger and vengeance on her mind and heart.

"You do know what they say about a woman who torments a man, right?" questioned Panther.

"No, what."

"They usually always have some form of feelings for that person."

Naruto looked at Sersi. "Me and her, ha!"

Sersi looked downright murderous and was about to blast him until she and everyone else heard a strange sound.

It sounded like a whistle, a very high pitched one at that.

They all looked around and then they felt it.

BOOM!

All of them looked up and could now see what the noise was, planes loaded with bombs were flying over the country.

'Shit!" cursed Naruto. 'If they can't take the country by force then the next best option is to wipe them off the map so no one can have them.' He figured the Germans might have been getting desperate, but to resort to this.

"Go and get the team, tell them what's happening while me and the other two try and take out as many of the bombers as we can." Azzuri nodded, if the man had saved his son and was working with Captain America, then he could trust him with this. T'Chaka followed after his father.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Sui-San and Sersi both watched as Naruto created another solid copy of himself and wondered why only one appeared. He had told them he could make as many as a thousand on a normal day.

"Why only one?" asked Sui-San.

"Because with the amount of firepower each of these bombs pack, my clones will get destroyed instantaneously. This one clone is more durable and it has more chakra, it can also use a lot of high level techniques." He informed them, a glint in his eye. He was positive they would be surprised with what it could do.

Sui-San nodded at the explanation, it made sense.

"The two of you are going with my clone and the three of you will try to destroy as many of the falling bombs as you can."

"And what are you going to be doing?" questioned Sersi, arms crossed over her bust.

He sent her a smile. "I'm going to board one of their planes and then shoot them down causing untold amounts of chaos between their ranks." The air around him began to distort around him, he was gone.

"Show off." huffed Sersi.

"C'mon ladies, let's get our jobs done." said the clone. The trio took off towards the middle of the chaos.


~Up in the Sky~

"Adjust the coordinates for the bombs!" shouted the pilot of the carrier.

He received no response.

"Did you copy that?!" He raised his voice louder over the propellers and engine of his plane hoping he was heard this time.

Still no answer. He risked turning his head around for a few seconds and saw two things. The first was the bodies of his two comrades lying dead atop two bombs. The second thing he saw were the two blood red orbs staring right at him, down to his very soul.

He suddenly flinched as he felt something prick his chest. Looking down, he could see why. There were two steel knives of some kind embedded where his heart was.

Naruto watched as the man slumped, dropping down to the ground dead.

"Whoa!" Naruto quickly took control of the plane as it had begun a descent downwards. He steadily began to guide it back on course. He had gotten lucky when he had entered this plane, he didn't really have an idea of what one of these planes looked like inside so he had just winged it, and here he was.

After getting the plane righted and avoiding his own fiery death, he began to look around the control module.

He began to sweat.

'Oh shit! I don't know what any of these switches do!'

This was nothing like what the movie him and Winston caught one day said it would be like, all he saw the person do was push two buttons and out came bullets. As far as he could see there were no buttons.

'Okay...so the original plan I had is out the window-!'

He just got an idea so crazy that it just might work.

First he needed a target and as far as he could see, there were hundreds to choose from. Picking one at random, he guided the plane and then put it into a nose dive when zero-g took over.

Floating in the air, he moved over to the front windshield and busted it open while launching himself out of it. Free falling from thousands of feet up, he maneuvered his body so it pointed in the direction he wanted to go, he applied wind chakra to his feet and palms and used them as thrusters.

BOOM!

There was the first plane to take out another, it was time to move onto the next.

Seeing his next target, he guided himself over and spotted the surprised pilot within. He used one of his hands to fish out a kunai and threw it directly in the direction of the pilot's head. The plane started to spiral out of control.

He saw one closer to him and decided to do the same thing he did earlier. Pushing his chakra once more, he launched himself like a bullet, crashing right through the window of the plane.

"Who-!"

Squelch

The pilot died before he could finish his question.

"Glad I made it inside."

"Too bad it will be the last one handsome." Naruto looked up and was surprised to see Warrior Woman in the same plane as him. But more than that, she looked pretty sexy straddling a giant bomb.

"That's dangerous you know." he pointed out.

"Nonsense darling, I live for danger." she said as she patted the giant weapon with one hand while the other held the trigger. The question running through Naruto's mind was if the trigger was for the bomb or something else.

"If you say so." He needed to keep her talking. "You know I killed your husband. He's lying down in some ditch, dead."

It didn't even faze her. "So? I never loved him, that was a marriage I only conceded to because my Führer asked me to."

'Damn, that's cold hearted.'

She smiled at his frown, she knew what he was trying to do.

"What is it the Americans say?" Pushing the button, the hatch below the bomb disappeared. "Yippie Ky Yay?!" she said as she and the bomb she rode plummeted thousands of feet below, laughing while falling to a certain death.

"Damn." muttered Naruto. "What a crazy woman..."

Suddenly his world was turned upside down as he felt gravity take hold of him. "Oompf!" His head had met the steel roof of the plane. He looked around and could see that the button she pushed did more than drop the bomb; it destroyed the panel. Naruto saw a small spark in the control panel and knew he only had seconds to get out before it blew.

Grabbing hold of two beams to steady himself and so his feet could steady on something hard, he bent his knee's and sprung himself out of the plane like a spring. The only place to go was the same opening the crazy Nazi woman had used.

BOOM!

Having made it out just in time to avoid that death, he was now in another jam. Now he was facing death if he didn't catch a ride. Only problem was there were no planes for him to get over to, and even if he did, they would just keep moving to avoid him. He wouldn't catch anymore by surprise now after some of them had seen him do what he did; no doubt radioing it in.

He was positive he wouldn't die from the fall since he could just slow himself down but he needed to do what he could while up here to help those down below. It was then he spotted a symbol one of his friends just wouldn't stop clamoring about.

The Blackhawks.

Only problem was he spotted eight planes, from what he was told, Zinda would have been the ninth. So where was she?

'Maybe she hasn't gotten here yet or she's helping someone? Or she never made it into the squadron?' Whatever the case was, he needed to figure something out before he hit dirt.

xxx

Sersi and Sui-San were easily destroying planes left and right, what with them being capable of flight and energy blasts. They were a force unto themselves.

"Rah!" Sersi angrily shot another out of the sky.

"...What's wrong Sersi?" asked Sui-San, she could see the pent up emotion in her fellow Eternal.

"It's Naruto!" she raged. "Where does he get off telling us what to do?! We're both Eternals, both considered to be goddesses." Sersi looked to Sui-San. "You, who have been hailed as the most beautiful of all Eternals. Why do we follow him!?" She was pissed.

"...Is this still about being considered his concubines?" She had hit the nail on the head, Sersi looked away from her.

Sui-San sighed.

"Why do you take such offense? You are immortal, in a few years you will not even remember him, he will be but bones in the ground." stated the older Eternal.

"That's not the point!" shouted Sersi. "How is he not enamored with me! With us! We are what all men seek in women, he should be putty in our hands, following our every command. Yet here we are following his." Sersi stomped her foot on the ground in anger while a huge piece of earth launched up into the sky.

'So she throws a tantrum when she does not get her way.' Sui-San shook her head. For someone like Sersi who has lived for so long, you'd think she would have grown up some.

"And you!" Sersi turned to the clone. "Are you going to do anything aside from just stand and watch as we do all the work, huh?!" She jabbed a finger in his chest.

"Well, the views were nice." commented the clone, completely taking Sersi off guard with said comments.

Sui-San cracked a smile at how easily the clone was able to get Sersi to quiet down.

"And don't worry, I am going to help. I was just trying to figure out how many I was going to need."

Both Eternals looked at one another and then at him, giving him quizzical looks. "How many of what?" asked Sui-San.

"Of these."

Once more, both Eternals watched as he clapped his hands together once and then do one of those weird signs with his hands.

"Mokuton: Hotei no Jutsu(Laughing Buddha Technique)!"

Sui-San seemed to notice how everything on the ground below with them, plants, animals, and even the very air became still. And then the rumbling began, out of the earth, beneath her feet, giant wooden hands erupted. Each as tall if not taller than the buildings located in Wakanda.

The behemoth hands had gotten to work quickly, swatting any bombs they could get to out of the sky as if they were bothersome flies. In some instances, they would catch the weapons and hurtle them back to whence they came.

She marveled at such power and precision being wielded by a mortal or if he even really was one. After seeing this and the other things he could do, she began to question this. She looked over to her companion and could see she to was marveling at the phenomena before her.

It really was refreshing to see something new in the cosmos, but this would undoubtedly draw attention to the blonde. Which is what she wanted, she knew it was wrong of her to use the blonde in such a way but he didn't seem to mind, so he went with it as long as she helped him.

'It is a good trade off.' thought Sui-San.

She looked over to the blonde or to his clone. To those with average eyes, all they would see was a fine body, but she could see the beads of sweat rolling down the clone's face and hear his breathing become deeper.

The clone let out a sigh, it had used the Wood Release before but never to such a degree. It would eventually take it's toll on him and he would disappear but it was the reason he was created. Such was the burden and blessing of having such an ability.

The blonde clone could still remember how the original had gotten this ability which unlike his other three bloodlines didn't come naturally. This one was artificial. Information on this was something he head gleamed from the mind of Kabuto when the man had been trying to recruit Kimimaro to his cause and by extension, Orochimaru.

He had put a stop to that and he instead had gained a loyal shinobi, soldier, friend, and family member in one of the last Kaguya members.

And who would have thought that his body would be much more adept at taking in Hashirama's cells unlike the fools Danzō and Obito. Or any other who had tried. But unlike the others who had drawbacks, his only grew stronger as time went on he knew it was thanks to his Uzumaki heritage and possibly his others.

However, the clone's mind was like that of the originals. He to felt something had been done to the originals body as the face of Hashirama was no longer on his body. It was there to mark you as someone who went into forbidden areas and come out a monster.

So with it gone, he knew the original had been adjusted before waking up in this new world. The clone suddenly looked up into the sky.

'I wonder how the original is doing? Probably having fun up there feeling what its' like to fly.' thought the clone.

xxx

Contrary to what the clone was thinking, the original was not having a good time. No sir, not one bit.

He had been falling for a few seconds now and he could finally start to make out the ground due to the giant wooden hands doing untold amounts of damage. He would have used his Jikūkan Idō to transport himself but he wasn't sure if all the planes had similar interior's nor did he know what his pocket dimension would look like or where it would take him if he used it.

"Naruto!"

'Hm?' He turned to the sound of his name being called and spotted just the woman he was hoping would find him; Zinda Blake.

"Took you long enough!" he joked.

"Hey! You try finding a small dot in the sky full of people who want to pump you full of holes. Besides, I was helping my friend from the Blackhawk squadron!" She was irate and didn't need any lip from the other blonde.

"Sorry, sorry." he chuckled. "How about I make it up to you over breakfast? Meet me at my place say around seven tonight?"

"Ha! I'll have to hand it to you Naruto, even when facing certain death your one persistent bastard." Blake replied with a smirk.

"I'm not hearing a no...but seriously, can you help me out."

Zinda rolled her eyes. "Such a scaredy cat...but I guess I can help. Listen up, I'm going to open up the hatch behind the plane, your going to need to get your ass in here quick!" she shouted. Zinda didn't want to risk being shot out of the sky from a tank down below.

"Gotcha!" Naruto saluted.

He once more gathered wind chakra into his palms and feet and propelled himself over to safety. Once he landed inside, he went up to the cockpit.

"Thanks! I owe you one." he told her. "Now let's go and meet the others."

She shook her head. "Don't thank me yet! And no can do, you have new orders. Straight from Wintson's mouth." she hollered.

Naruto frowned. "New orders? What are they?"

"You are to travel to Stalingrad and help the Soviet's in repelling the invading forces of Germany."

"Why them?" he questioned. He didn't really know much about the country itself, just that they were in the war but not belonging to one side.

"Winston wants Joseph Stalin and the Soviet's on our side of the war and this is the perfect opportunity to show them we can help. With him on our side, the chances of this war ending go up."

Naruto nodded at the explanation. "Very well then, can you take us there right now?"

"Us?"

He nodded. "That's right, two women are following me and they'll be pissed I don't tell them about me leaving." He summoned a clone and gave it the information which would then move over to the clone down below.

"Are you done?!" she shouted. "Can we go!"

"Yeah! Let's go!"

And so off went the two blonds towards their new location, leaving the others behind for the moment.

xxx

"Naruto!" The clone heard his name called; it was the Invaders.

All of them, including Azzuri and T'Chaka showed up.

"Are you okay?" asked Steve, the first one to arrive.

"What the hell are those!?" shouted Toro, watching as the wooden constructs continued to perform their duty.

"Who are these two women?" questioned Anna.

The clone sighed, he really didn't have time for this, the technique would soon drain him completely, he needed to take down as many as he could.

"Sui-San, Sersi meet the Invaders. Invaders, meet Sersi and Sui-San." He introduced the two groups to each other. The clone suddenly closed it's eyes, he had just received information from a different clone.

"What's wrong Naruto?" questioned the Captain.

"Chaos Captain, chaos" he turned to the Eternals. "Sui-San and Sersi, I'm going to be running out of chakra soon and disappear, if you want to catch up to the original then I suggest you leave now."

Before they could ask what he meant, Steve beat them to it. "What do you mean leave? We still need you here!"

"I'm sorry Captain but he's got orders from Winston to travel to Stalingrad and help them repel the Nazi's over there. Hopefully when your done here we will have a new ally in Stalin." he told them.

Steve was reluctant to let such an asset as Naruto leave but if this would help in the war then he would allow it.

Azzuri stepped up. "Well, if that is the case, then I wish for you to give him this. Tell him it is a gift for not only bringing my son back to me but in helping our country." The Black Panther gave Sui-San a large chunk of metal.

"What is it?" she asked.

"Wakandan Vibranium, that piece is one of our most purest. Tell him to use it well."

The others wondered what this metal was but had no time to ask any questions as shadows drew their attention away from it. The shadows belonged to people they had fought once before.

"SKULL!" shouted Steve, going straight at the man who was the exact opposite of everything he stood for. The two began battle.

King Azzuri watched as the Star themed soldier went off on his own while the others squared off against their own enemies.

He could see Namor fighting against the other Atlantean. His sister going against Lady Lotus, he could faintly see both Toro and Jim in the air continuing where the blonde warrior Kagebōshi left off, destroying any plane they saw.

All that was left was a man in a manacle with some seventy men behind him.

"Strucker." growled Bucky.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Captain America Jr and a big black cat. Are the two of you supposed to stop us?" laughed the Baron.

"No, it ain't gonna be them but US!" shouted a man with fourteen men behind him.

"Tch, if it isn't Nick Fury." spat Strucker, glaring hatefully at the man.

"And his Howling Commandos!" shouted the rest of the unit.

"Sorry bout this your highness but this man is mine." stated Fury. "You and Bucky help the commandos with the rest of Strucker's men."

Bucky was about to protest but a hand resting on his shoulders prevented him from doing so. King Azzuri shook his head and told him to just move on. Some fights were not theirs to battle.

And so the battle for Wakanda began.


Naruto had long since dispelled his first clone and had seen the looks on the faces of his teammates when he told them he was leaving. They understood but it still didn't stop them from looking disappointed.

Right now he was currently on the plane headed for the Soviet and he was trying to get some sleep before he had to begin another mission so soon. After all, he wasn't sure how long he was going to be there nor the next time he would be getting sleep.

He was also pretty sure that Sersi was trying to stop him from getting sleep by trying to argue with Zinda, even though he was positive there was nothing to argue about. The trip itself would take a day, two at most.

The two Eternals had also delivered the metal that Azzuri said was for him, he didn't know what to do with it at the moment. So he just sealed it away until he could come up with something.

Out of the corner of his eye he could see Sui-San coming over to him. She sat down a seat over from him and said nothing, he heard some light snores.

'She's asleep?' He shook his head at that, he was a bit envious of people who could just close their eyes and fall asleep. It always took him a moment.

Naruto looked away from her and then up to the cockpit where Sersi and Zinda had bonded. Over what he wasn't sure, but they had nonetheless.

Thump

'Hm?' Naruto looked to his side since he felt some weight resting on his shoulder. Sui-San had her head resting on him.

He didn't really know her too well but he wasn't about to just shake her off, what kind of man would he be if he did. He sighed softly and laid his head atop of hers, letting her soft humming lull him to sleep.

Click

Zinda had to stave off her laughter or else end up in some ditch, she had given the camera to Sersi so they could get some material on the blonde. Well, she wanted some material on him, she wasn't too sure about Sersi.

'I think she just wanted something on the both of them.' thought Zinda.

Zinda was right, Sersi did indeed just want something she could throw in both of their faces.

"Thanks for the camera Zinda." said Sersi, handing back said camera to it's owner.

"No problem, but be sure to send me a copy."

"Sure thing." Sersi said. "If you don't mind me asking but what made you choose to fly all the way out here to save him? And how did you two meet anyways?" she asked.

"I don't mind telling a story or two, only if you offer me the same courtesy."

Sersi and Zinda began to trade stories back and forth while they continued to fly.


~ A Few Days Later ~

Stalingrad, Soviet Union

They had arrived a few days in Stalingrad and had scouted the area out for a place to lay low for a while. Naruto didn't have a timetable to finish this mission and he would be doing it alone this time.

Zinda would be staying to take him back but she was not field ready. Meanwhile, both Sui-San and Sersi went to meet with four other Eternals who were part of the KGB, he didn't know what for and he didn't bother to ask, it wasn't his business. Hopefully it wouldn't interfere with his.

Right now he was out, moving from roof to roof watching as houses were being lit ablaze with the residents still inside.

'Damn Germans!'

He sped off even faster and jumped, hurdling two houses, landing on the streets. Screams rung in his ears, families were being burned alive but not by the Germans. They were dead, he could clearly make out their uniforms, they had been killed by the man who was torching the homes.

Naruto recognized the man immediately. When the foursome had arrived in Stalingrad they had seen wanted posters of a man, or as Sui-San had said it best, a beast in human flesh. Arkady Rossovich, his crimes ranged from rape, murder, arson, treason, you name it this man has done it.

It was obvious he didn't care who he killed. So Naruto's first order of business was killing this man and then moving onto the Nazi's.

He pulled out a kunai and was about to speed over to him and tear his head off but a loud yell stopped him in his tracks.

"SAVE HER!"

Naruto heard the yell and looked up and ran full speed. Out of one of the burning buildings at the highest point he saw a pair of arms toss a small bundle out of it.

'Shit!'

A parent had just let go of their child hoping someone outside would catch them and raise them to be their own. Naruto ran over, put his weapons away and caught the small bundle.

He breathed a sigh of relief and quickly looked up, the entire building the child had been thrown out was now fully lit ablaze, the mother or father most likely dead.

'This child is all that is left of their line.'

He slowly unfurled the top cover and his eyebrows rose, surprise clear on his features at who exactly he was looking at. It was someone he knew.

"What are the chances we meet again, Natalia." It was the little girl he, Steve, Logan, and Ivan had saved from the Hand ninja clan.

"Hehehehe..."

Naruto spun around when he heard the cackle behind him and cursed silently, Arkady had snuck up on him and was ready to cleave him in half, child and all.

The least he could do was move Natalia out of the way, but he didn't need to apparently.

Arkady suddenly fell to the ground, reaching for his back as he moaned in pain. Naruto looked and could see a giant slash across his back, shoulder to shoulder.

'Who did that?'

He didn't see Sersi or Sui-San. And Zinda shouldn't have even been in the area.

"Who?"

"Me."

He looked up and found a drop dead gorgeous woman who was easily twice his size with a large broadsword at her side, blood dripping from it's point.

"Who are you?" he asked, getting ready for a fight.

"I'm Brunnhilde of Asgard and I've been looking for you for a long time now, Naruto Namikaze."


End of Chapter 4


AN:

Finally does Brunnhilde catch up to Naruto! And she drops Arkady Rossovich like a ton of bricks to help him! Some of you may be asking who this man is as you may not recognize his name, perhaps you will recognize his villain name: Omega Red

Natalia Romanova makes her second appearance and she is going to be in a ton of future chapters of this story! I in good conscience couldn't take T'Chaka away from Wakanda to be apprenticed to Naruto so instead I decided that the future Black Widow would be better instead. Bet ya didn't see this coming. – There are a few more characters who will appear in later chapters who will also be under the guidance of Naruto; they are big name characters. Try and guess who?

Dropped tons of names in this chapter! Thanos, Apocalypse, and the Kree. Have plans for all of them in the future along with certain characters that are in relation to them.

Naruto kicked ton's of ass in this chapter: Matching Thor and often times beating him, Dropping a meteor on Apocalypse and the four horsemen, and then using Mokuton to swat bombs out of the sky! Told you I had another bloodline to unveil this chapter.

Hopefully the explanation made sense for how Naruto acquire Wood Release, and since his body has been 'modified' in this story, the mutation of Mokuton is a lot stronger.

Didn't go into too much detail regarding his Susanoo nor the mode of the smaller one. If ya want a better view of what the smaller one looks like then just think Espada from Bleach. I will post a pic of what the mask he wears when he goes into his Susanoo on my profile.

Just to be clear, Naruto is not a Demi-God in this story. It was just what Valkyrie believed him to be, that will be cleared up next chapter.

Know as to questions regarding pairings of this story:

Not Pairings but friends w/Benefits

1.)Anna Curry(Aquawoman)

2.)Hippolyta(Current Wonder-Woman)

3.)Sersi

4.)Sui-San

Potential Pairings But Not Definitive

1.)Brunnhilde(Valkyrie): I've liked her ever since I began reading Secret Avengers and when she helped Green She-Hulk against Red Hulk.

Last note: I'm not to sure how well I write out fight scenes so if there is anyone out there who is rather good at writing descriptive scenes and characters then let me know. I could use some help in that department if your willing.

Oh! and before I forget, the perverted chuckle in Naruto's head, that may be revealed in the next chapter or the one after that. Who knows, some of you may even already know who it is.

That's all from me, if ya got any questions or if I didn't mention something then leave them in the reviews section or send me a message.

Later!

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