Hello. Since I have seen such massive backlash against this chapter, which I see as completely understandable no matter how I spin it, I have decided to make a revision to it in order to please all of you. So please, try not to be raging so much. Other than that, sit back, relax, and read as you will.
Oh, and could you please rid yourselves of any torches and pitchforks? They slightly scare me.
Pepper walked briskly through Stark Industries with a huge knot in her stomach at what she was about to do. Just a little earlier today, she had learned that Tony had made a mechanized armored suit, and that Naruto was an alien. To drive deeper, the craziness of her day, Tony had dropped the revelation that Obadiah Stane, the man who Tony had worked with for years, was possibly supplying weapons to terrorists. Pepper walked up to the doorway of Obadiah's office and looked around the room to see if anyone was watching. When she was certain that there was no one there, she walked through the threshold and around Obadiah's desk to where the computer was.
She quickly took out the flashdrive that Tony had given her and put it into the computer. She quickly began the hacking program which stole the files in Obadiah's computer. One file though, interested Pepper so she clicked it open. What she found which made Pepper completely scared, was a video of Tony tied to a chair, groggy and barely functioning, while a few terrorists stood around her shouting demands at the camera. She clicked the translate button and was horrified.
"You did not tell us that the target you paid us to kill was the great Tony Stark. As you can see, Obadiah Stane," Pepper put her hand over her mouth at this. "your deception and lies will cost you dearly. The price to kill Tony Stark has just gone up." Pepper couldn't watch this anymore and closed the file. She saw that the flashdrive wasn't finished hacking the computer. It still had a minute more before the download was complete.
"So, what are we going to do about this?" Obadiah Stane asked from the doorway. Pepper stood stock still in fear. "I know what you're going through, Pepper." Obadiah began walking over to her area of the room. Pepper looked down at the flashdrive sticking out of the computer and she grabbed the newspaper next to the computer and slowly put it over the flashdrive to conceal it.
"Antonia, she always gets the good stuff, doesn't she? I was so happy when she came home. It was like she came back from the dead." Obadiah slowly walked closer and thankfully for Pepper, the computer showed that the download had finished. "Now I realize, well, Tony never really did come home, did she? It doesn't help that Naruto had been whispering into her ear all of these years. After her great moment of weakness, she has finally flung herself at the man. It breaks my heart." Obadiah said in a slightly somber tone. What scared Pepper was how jovial Obadiah said all of this.
"Well, she's a complicated person. She's been through a lot and Naruto helps her. I think she'll be all right." Pepper replied. She tried to be courteous to the man as she didn't want to be discovered. She also really wished to get away from him.
"You are a very rare woman. Tony doesn't know how lucky she is to have you working for her." Now she wanted to get away. With that, she stood up and took the flashdrive out of the computer while also covering it with the newspaper.
"Thank you. Thanks. I have to leave." Pepper said as she walked past Obadiah.
"Is that today's paper?" Obadiah asked. Pepper palmed the flashdrive and held the paper separate in her other hand.
"Yes." Pepper responded.
"Do you mind?" Obadiah asked while motioning to the paper. Pepper shook her head and put it into Obadiah's outstretched hand.
"Not at all." Obadiah smiled and nodded.
"Puzzle." He stated with a smile.
"Of course." She quickly began walking out of the office and away from the man. With this new information, she was frightened that Obadiah would have her killed. After all, he did try to have Tony killed. As she made a turn and walked down the stairs, she also noticed a man in a black suit that had agent written all over him. That must be the man who Naruto told her about. She never knew that she could be so glad to see a government agent in her life until now.
"Ms. Potts?" The man said in slight surprise, "We had an appointment. Did you forget about our appointment?" The agent asked. That man must have been strong of will to have dealt with Naruto's and Tony's antics.
"Nope, right now. Come with me." Pepper replied. She would give the man the appointment of a lifetime.
"Right now?" He said in confusion.
"We're going to have it right now." The agent began to follow her down the stairs and Pepper took this as her chance to look behind her to see Obadiah with a stern look on his face, he must have found out about her hacking into his files already. "Walk with me. I'm going to give you the meeting of your life. Your office." Pepper said with a slight breath of relief. As long as she got out of here safely, she would tell the man whatever he wanted to know.
Naruto had put Alex to bed when he decided to join Tony on the couch. "So, what do you think the plan should be when Pepper gets back?" Naruto asked.
"I'm going to track down each and every single one of Obadiah's buyers and then I'm going to destroy their weapon stash and have the man arrested. Then after that, I think that being a hero is just too much fun to let go. What do you think?" Tony asked
"Sounds like a great idea. I'm all for it because just between you and me, I really need to do something besides train all day. Who knows, I may even take a break from the company to be a hero full time." Tony smirked at this before poking Naruto in the ribs.
"If that is your decision, then I want to set some rules. One of them is that you'll have to be back home by the end of the day. I refuse to be all alone here alone and Alex would be upset that his father isn't home at all." Tony said. Naruto nodded to this with a smirk.
"If that's all, then it'll be easy."
"Nope, we aren't done yet, mister. Number two is that if there is anything big, then I want in."
"Got it. What else do you wish for Mrs. Stark?" Naruto asked. Tony began to crawl on the couch until she was straddling Naruto and looking deep into his eyes.
"I want you to be safe. Can you do that?" Tony asked with a relaxed expression on her face as she leaned closer to Naruto.
"I promise you, I'll be back safe and sound for you. Don't worry." Just as the two were about to lean in and kiss one another, the phone rang which immediately killed the mood for both of them. "Come on!" Naruto groaned out in annoyance. His annoyed yell was answered by a knock on the door which did more to sour his mood so he stood up from the couch and began walking to the door.
The only person Naruto thought would be coming here late during a time like this was Rhodey. After all, he did say that he would be coming by so this would explain it. When he reached the door and opened it, much to his surprise and anger, Obadiah stood there with a grin.
"What the hell-" Naruto was cut off as his body became completely paralysed. Obadiah then pulled out a syringe which he stabbed into Naruto's neck before pushing past the man and into the house where Tony sat paralyzed on the couch.
"Tony?" Tony wanted to answer Pepper. She wanted to tell her that she needed help but the words just wouldn't form on her lips. It horrified her. She couldn't move any part of her body and she could only barely move her eyes. "Tony, are you there? Hello?" Pepper asked with worry in her voice. That was the last Tony heard of Pepper's voice as the phone was removed from her ear.
With some pain she turned her eyes and looked to see Obadiah right there with a smile on his face. She couldn't turn her head to look at Naruto who she was worried about. What scared her further was how she wouldn't be able to go to Alex if he needed help.
"Breathe." Obadiah said as he leaned Tony back onto the couch, "Easy, easy." Obadiah said before pulling out a suitcase and placing it on the table in front of the couch. He opened it up and pulled out an object which looked like a drill with an open center.
At the front door, Naruto dared not move, lest whatever was circulating in his veins spread. It burned as it traveled through his body. Naruto moan in pain as whatever was inside that thing was traveling through his veins.
'KURAMA! HELP!' Naruto internally screamed.
'Hold…on…' Kurama growled out 'We are definitely going to need to work on our detection skills after this.' Kurama stated. Wow, even now Kurama had to criticize him, even if both of them deserved it. Obadiah walked over to Tony and sat next to her.
"You remember this one, right?" Obadiah said while holding a remote in his hands. He flicked it off and then took two buds out of each of his ears. "It's a shame the government didn't approve it. There's so many applications for causing short-term paralysis. For instance, it allowed me to easily poison your husband with a toxin that the boys in the lab cooked up. Completely against the Geneva Convention I might add." Obadiah began to rummage through his briefcase. "When I ordered the hit on you, I was worried that I was killing the golden goose." He then leaned over Tony and placed the drill device over the area where her Arc reactor glowed under her shirt.
Obadiah pressed a button and it began drilling through her shirt and into the casing of her Arc reactor. "But, you see, it was just fate that you survived that. You had one last golden egg to give." Obadiah then pulled the Arc reactor from her chest and held it before each of them. "Do you really think that just because you have an idea, it belongs to you? Your father, he helped give us the atomic bomb. Now, what kind of world would it be today if he was as selfish as you?" Obadiah took a moment to admire the glowing device.
"No, what you have given me is absolutely amazing. You first gave me your suit, then it was this beauty, and after both you and Naruto die of cardiac arrest, and yes, that little mixture I put into Naruto should kill him in a few minutes, then I'll take control of both your company and your son. He inherited your mind after all, and he's still young enough to teach the lessons that I was unable to make stick in your mind. And look at it like this, I at least gave you enough time to say goodbye to Naruto first. If only you could see the prototype armor that I've made. It's not as…conservative as yours, but it will get the job done. Now, I'm sadly going to need to kill Pepper, I would've preferred if she lived."
Obadiah stood up from where he was sitting and put the Arc reactor and the drill into the suitcase. He walked to the front door and then stood over Naruto. "Oh, I never really hated you, Naruto. You were such a loyal security guard. It's why I convinced Howard to hire you. Sadly, I'm going to have to let you go." Obadiah then walked over Naruto's prone and out the front door.
It would be a minute before Tony regained the ability to move. When she did, she ran over to Naruto who was unmoving on the ground.
"Naruto! Please don't die on me!" Tony ordered. She was completely thankful that Naruto had pulled out the shrapnel in her chest. Though she did feel slightly depowered from the experience. That reactor did a lot more than power an electromagnet, it powered her in a way.
"Take care of…Obadiah. Kurama…fixing me." Naruto replied as he breathed heavily. Kurama was trying to burn the poison out of Naruto as quickly as he could. This was one issue that both Naruto and Kurama noticed. While normal injuries were easy to fix, it was poison that took a while to remove. Probably due to how poison was a substance that wasn't really related to injuries at all. Another couple of minutes and Kurama could burn out the rest of it.
Tony nodded and kissed Naruto before rushing off. She would definitely kick Obadiah's ass for this. She then took off running to the lab and to the Arc reactor that Pepper had earlier dropped off when she had stopped by after Naruto' and Tony's flight together. It was the one that Tony had given to Naruto in order to dispose. Pepper had instead put it in a box which Tony really appreciated now.
When she got down to the lab, Tony broke open the box on the table and pulled the Arc reactor from the wreckage. She quickly placed it into the hole in her chest when she heard the door behind her open. "Tony, what is happening? Naruto told me to come down to the lab since you would be able to explain." Rhodey said with some worry.
"To put it in simple matters, Obadiah hired the people who kidnapped me, then he tried to kill Naruto and I, and now he is going to try and kill Pepper." Tony replied before rushing over to the black plated floor. "Is Pepper okay?" Tony asked.
"She's fine. She's with five agents and they're about to arrest Obadiah." Rhodey replied.
"That's not going to be enough. Want to see something cool?" Tony asked. "JARVIS, armor up!" The metal floor broke apart and quickly began to assemble the armor pieces onto her body. When it was finally assembled, Tony turned around. "What do you think?" Tony asked with a grin.
"That's the coolest thing that I've ever seen." Rhodey replied.
"Not bad, huh? Let's do it." Tony let the faceplate drop down which completely covered her face.
"You need me to do anything else?" Rhodey asked.
"Make sure that Naruto is alright and keep the skies clear." Tony quickly walked with the armor out to the garage and took off which left Rhodey alone in the lab. He turned and looked at the other set of armor that Tony had made.
"Next time, baby." Rhodey then ran out of the lab and up the stairs and saw Naruto standing on his feet and breathing heavily. "Woah, woah, you need to rest!" Rhodey said.
"Is Tony flying out there?" Naruto asked while looking at Rhodey.
"Yeah. Why?" Rhodey asked. Naruto let the illusion hiding his Rinnegan fall to reveal his rippled eye to Rhodey. "What is that?"
"Just one of my secrets. Here's another one." Naruto was quickly covered in his chakra cloak which began to heal him faster and he found that he was breathing much more easily. Rhodey's jaw fell open at this. "Yeah, I have superpowers. Now I need to catch up to Tony. Watch Alex." Naruto sped to the door and opened it in a flash of yellow. Then he stood still and absorbed natural energy until her could take off into the sky.
"Kurama, how am I looking?" Naruto asked.
'I nearly burned out the rest of the poison. You're going to be tired by the end of this but aside from that, you'll be able to kick ass.' Kurama replied. Naruto grinned at this. Yeah, he did have ass to kick, specifically, an old bald man's. It took Naruto a few minutes to fly over to Stark Industries and when he finally made it, he was surprised to see Tony already battling a giant version of her suit in the sky as both were flying together.
Well, he was always good at crashing parties, with that in mind, he flew at Obadiah and smashed into the giant metal suit which he sadly crashed into one side of the Stark building and out of the other side. When let go of the suit and Obadiah smashed into the ground.
"What the hell?" Obadiah said as he pushed himself off the ground.
"Hey Obadiah, did you forget about me?" Naruto asked with a grin. Even when hidden inside the metal suit, Naruto could easily tell that Obadiah was in shock. "Yeah, Tony wasn't the only person who was hiding something."
"How are you still alive?! That poison should have killed you!" Obadiah shouted out. His voice was distorted by his suit.
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze Stark. I have fought a goddess. Your poison is small shit compared to what I've had to deal with. Now," Naruto willed a chakra fist from his body which smashed and dented Obadiah's suit, "this is for poisoning me! This," Naruto smashed another chakra fist into the suit, "is for trying to kill Pepper! And this," Naruto jumped onto the fallen form of Obadiah and punched his fist into the glowing panel of the Arc reactor before ripping it out, "is for trying to touch my family!" He heard the sound of Tony landing behind him.
"Well, I guess you took all the fun out of beating up Stane. Do you feel better?" Tony asked.
"Yeah, a lot better." Naruto looked around to see that they were in the parking lot of Stark Industries and there were a huge amount of people taking pictures and videos of what had just happened. "Yeah, Tony, I think that we need to get out of here." Naruto said.
"Not that possible for me. I'm running low on power right now. You'd have to carry me, and I really don't want to be embarrassed by a bunch of people recording me due to you holding me." Naruto scoffed at this. It was ridiculous but he would support what his wife wanted.
"I'll teleport us inside the building. Anywhere you want us to go?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah, I already contacted Pepper, she and a bunch of agents are waiting inside for us. Now, can we please go, I really don't feel like dealing with a bunch of cops." Naruto nodded and stood up from the fallen metal titan that once was Obadiah Stane. Before he reached Tony, he turned around and made a few hand signs before slamming them into the ground. Quickly the ground reacted by creating four triangles of concrete and dirt which formed a tent over Obadiah's prone form.
"Just to make sure he can't escape." Naruto explained and put his hand on Tony's shoulder. In a single second, the couple teleported into Stark Industries where Pepper was waiting with a couple agents. One agent was quite familiar to Naruto and Tony. "Hey Phil. So, about that explanation…"
"I think I understand now, Mr. Stark." Phil replied with a nod. Naruto let his chakra mode disperse which lift him slightly tired.
"What now?"
Tony sat in a chair in her office reading a paper that would dictate what Tony would say for the press conference. Naruto read the paper from over her shoulder while Pepper fussed with Tony's appearance. Tony read it aloud.
"You've all received the official statement of what occurred at Stark Industries last night. There have been unconfirmed reports that a robotic prototype malfunctioned and caused damage to the building. Fortunately, a member of Tony Stark's personal security staff... 'Iron Man' joined by another person known as the Yellow Flash stopped the rampage." Tony grumbled out at the end. When Naruto had finished reading the paper, he began laughing.
"Iron Man? Wow Tony, that is amazing! And it's even funnier that I got that name." He received a punch to the shoulder in retaliation. Tony looked slightly miffed at this.
"What do I need to do? Hammer a pair of breasts onto the armor? And iron, really? It's a gold-titanium alloy. This is a terrible statement. At least if it's going to be fake, then they should do a better job." When Tony said this, agent Coulson walked into the office with Alex following after him.
"Here's your alibi." Coulson said while handing her a paper. Tony took a look at it and her eyebrow rose.
"Okay."
"You and your family were on your yacht."
"Yeah." Tony was already thinking of what to do about this. She couldn't take having to hide her adventures. And Naruto would be going out to be a superhero, this would be totally unfair.
"We have port papers that put you in Avalon all night, and sworn statements from fifty of your guests. And we have three complaints about you and Mr. Stark being too loud." Tony just thought this was too much. Yeah, she would be spinning all of this around.
"I was just thinking that a night out at sea with Naruto, Alex, and I playing Scrabble on an island together would be a better explanation."
"That's what happened." Coulson said unfazed.
"All right." Tony replied with annoyance. Alex walked over to Tony with a smile.
"Mom, even if no one knows about you being in that armor, I still think that you were awesome, y'know." Alex said which made Tony smile fondly at her son.
"Thanks Kiddo." Tony replied. She looked at the alibi and she felt something was off. "There's nothing about Stane here." Tony remarked. She wondered what explanation would be used to say why the old man wouldn't be showing up to work any time soon.
"Officially: he's on vacation. Small aircrafts have such a poor safety record. Unofficially: he will never see the light of day again." Coulson replied. Naruto and Tony looked at each other with relief. Both would never want to deal with that old man again.
"But what about the whole cover story that it's a bodyguard and some random guy who wanted to help? He's my… I mean, is that… That's kind of flimsy, don't you think?" Tony said with skepticism.
"Just stick to the official statement, and soon, this will all be behind you. You've also have two minutes." Coulson replied before he began to walk out of the room. Naruto and Pepper walked over to the agent together.
"Agent Coulson? I just wanted to say thank you very much for all of your help." Pepper said with a smile. Naruto was much simpler in his approach of just holding his hand out. Agent Coulson shook it in reply.
"That's what we do. You'll be hearing from us. Especially you." Coulson said as he looked at Naruto.
"From the Strategic Homeland-" Pepper began but was interrupted.
"Just call us S.H.I.E.l.D." Coulson replied.
"Okay then." Naruto said. Both he and Pepper walked back over to Alex and Tony.
"So, honey, what was so funny about the name that you received?" Tony asked. Even Alex was curious about it when his mother told him about it. Naruto smirked at this.
"Back in my world, that was my dad's moniker. The Yellow Flash of the leaf. He got it due to being able to teleport in a yellow flash." Tony smiled.
"Then you got more from your father than just his looks." Tony stood up from her chair and looked herself up and down. She had been put much against her will, into a skirt and white blouse. Beneath the blouse, her Arc reactor glowed. "I look good." Tony stated. Naruto walked over to Tony and out his arm over her shoulder.
"You always look good." Both Naruto and Tony kissed one another much to their son's disgust. They eventually separated with smiles on their faces. "So, are we going?"
"Peps?" Tony asked.
"We're good. Now let's go. Come on Alex." Pepper said. Both she and Alex would be going to their seats. Tony and Naruto would be up on stage together with Tony speaking and Naruto doing his job of being a bodyguard, not that he would be one for long, what with Tony and Naruto's discussions about Naruto going out to be a hero.
As Tony and Naruto walked out of the office and towards the press conference, Tony just couldn't let the thought of what it would mean if she just let the alibi take control of her life. It was just completely against her mindset to let someone take credit for what she had done. Eventually she walked onto the stage and the photographers began to take their pictures.
"Been a while since I was in front of you. I figure I'll stick to the cards this time." She internally groaned at this. "There's been speculation that I was involved in the events that occurred near the building." Tony said. One reporter interrupted her.
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Stark, but do you honestly expect us to believe that that was a bodyguard in a suit that conveniently appeared, despite the fact that you-"
"I know that it's confusing." Tony interrupted. "It is one thing to question the official story, and another thing entirely to make wild accusations, or insinuate that I'm a superhero." Tony said this with barely any effort in trying to hide her identity.
"I never said you were a superhero." The reporter responded.
"Didn't? Well, good, because that would be outlandish and fantastic. I'm not the hero type. I have too many flaws." She took a deep breath and sighed. Yeah, this story would stick. Screw it and the script. "I am Iron Man. And the Yellow Flash is my husband." Tony finished while pointing to Naruto.
Naruto smirked at what his wife had done. He expected something to be different from the script provided, but this was something completely ridiculous…something completely Tony. Naruto walked forward so that he stood next to Tony. Then he activated his chakra mode.
After the demonstration, the Stark family were driven back home in a limo by Happy. They were in a way, excited at what had happened. Now, they just wished to go home and figure out what to do next. They entered the mansion together.
"JARVIS!" Tony announced.
"Welcome home, ma'am and sirs." JARVIS replied. Naruto began pulling his tie off with Alex doing the same. Both hated having to wear these formal clothes.
"How about you go get changed, and well follow up after you." Naruto said to his son. Alex nodded and ran off while Tony and Naruto continued their march through the house and to the kitchen. "'I am Iron Man. And my husband is the Yellow Flash'." A voice said mockingly. Naruto transformed his arm into a chakra cannon and aimed it at the intruder in their house.
The person stepped out of a corner of the house and came into view of the couple. He was bald with dark skin and an eye hidden behind an eye patch. He wore black clothing and a black trench coat. "You think you're the only superheroes in the world? Starks, you've become part of a bigger universe. You just don't know it yet." The man said. Naruto kept his cannon trained on the man's head.
"Who are you? Because right now, Naruto and I are not very fond of home intruders." Tony said with open hostility. The man was completely calm during all of this.
"Nick Fury, Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. I'm here to talk to both of you about the Avenger Initiative." Nick walked over to the kitchen and pulled up a chair before sitting down. He acted with an ease of a man who knew what was about to happen. Tony also grabbed a chair and sat down.
"Well then, go ahead. We're all ears." Tony replied.
"I've been, for the past few years, constructing a roster of people with special…talents. They were to be put together in order to combat threats against the world."
"Then you chose the wrong person. Naruto would be for it, but me, I'm not a team player."
"I can see that, but I came here to let both of you know, I've got my eye on you. I've had it on you, Naruto, ever since you first popped into Stark Industries. Tell me, how is it that no database in the world has any true info about you besides the bull that Antonia made for you? It's almost like you were never born. Well, on this world at least."
"You've got my interest, Fury. Now what?" Naruto said as he let the chakra cannon merge back into his normal hand. It always felt weird to transform parts of his body into machines.
"While the Avenger's initiative is on the back burner as of now, I was wondering if you would like to act as consultants for us?" Fury asked. Naruto and Tony looked at one another. They had an internal debate that was completely unspoken. Then they turned to Fury.
"We'll do it." They responded together.
And that is the end of Iron Man 1. Now the next chapter will take place during The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man 2 and I may decide to enter Iron Man 2 as well. So, I hoped you enjoyed how the first movie went down.
Now it's almost like I'm forgetting something. I got Stan Lee, and now there is only one thing that is possibly missing…
Oh yeah, the stinger.
In a darker part of space two men looked at one another. Both wore white clothing and had familial resemblances to one another. They had the same pale color of skin which was a pale white along with pale eyes that didn't have pupils. They each had a pair of horns that twisted in different ways. One was a large man, completely dwarfing the other man who was much smaller.
"Kinshiki, I sense power of the God Tree." The man said calmly. The other grunted out a response and nodded.
"Shall we go, Momoshiki?" The larger man asked.
"Yes. We must find this power soon, or else we shall lose our own power." The duo nodded before they began flying to where they sensed this power. Soon they would become even stronger than they already are.
Ooh, cliffhanger. See you next time. Stay frosty my friends.
Addendum: So yeah, I made a revision which I hope will keep all of you off my back for a little while. I see what I have done wrong and I have made amends as best I could. And to explain for most of you, Naruto is rusty due to being away for two decades from a world in which a person teleporting into your house to assassinate you is considered average. So yes, he's not going to always be prepared for situations like these.
Now I'm going to rest and take a break and then I'll be back with the next chapter. Hoped that helped.
