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"Mr. Arrow this is starting to get old!" Naruto called rolling out of the way a split second before an arrow was embedded in the ground where he was just standing.
"Twice a week for the past few weeks you show up and attack me, and I don't even know why. "
Rising to his feet Naruto holstered the pistol in his right hand just in time to catch another arrow aimed for his heart. "Seriously if you're going to keep trying to kill me at least have the decency to tell me why."
"You know why!" The distorted vigilante's voice came from the shadows, followed by two more arrows.
Dodging the arrows Naruto ducked behind a parked car his feet sliding on the ice covered asphalt. "Fighting outside in the winter always sucks." He thought his teeth chattering bitterly. Thugs and gangbangers didn't understand to look up or to watch their sixes. All they cared about was their target so sneaking up and taking them out without having actually to fight was easy. Peeking over the hood he reeled back as a fifth arrow whizzed by inches from his face. That was not the case with Oliver however. The green hooded vigilante seemed to have no problem fighting in the freezing weather. "Well, no shit Naruto he spent five years in the North China Sea."
"I don't have time for this shit tonight." He muttered. Reaching into his jacket he pulled out the burner phone he kept with him and drew his pistol.
"911, what's your emergency?"
Aiming at the brick wall across the street he held the phone next to the gun and squeezed off four shots before hanging up.
"The police will be here in less than five minutes! I'm going to wait for three then stand up and leave. You can wait to try and shoot me when I do, but you'll be risking being arrested if you do!" Naruto called snapping the burner phone in half and throwing the two pieces into the snow.
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(Rooftop, with Oliver)
Arrow notched, and bow string pulled taunt Oliver glared at the red mini-van the assassin was hiding behind. Calling the police to get him to leave without fighting, a risky move for someone who knew they could win the fight. And now his family wouldn't be safe for another week because he failed. Failed to keep his identity as the Hood a secret only those he trusted knew and failed to kill the one person he didn't trust. "Dig meet me back at the foundry. We need to find out who this guy is before he decides to share my identity with the world."
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"178...179...180. Let's see if Queen is crazier than I think he is." Jumping from his hiding spot Naruto raised both hands, his right holding a cold steel Ka-bar ready to deflect any arrows and his left empty to catch them if Oliver decided to stick around.
Which after a minute of waiting and fighting dropping his guard twice he sheathed his knife and started running as red and blue flashing lights, and the sound of sirens grew closer. Sprinting through snow packed alleyways, Naruto groaned as his boots began to fill with snow and his toes started freezing. He was half the city away from his apartment. By the time he got home, his toes would be icicles.
...
"What the hell," Naruto muttered juggling the handle to his balcony door. It was locked. He never locked the door, and neither did Rick so that only left.
"Tsunade! Unlock the door it's cold as hell out here!"
Numb hands stinging as they banged on the ice covered glass Naruto glared at Tsunade as she stood on the other side of the glass shaking her head and smirking.
"No can do Naruto. It has been weeks since I told you to make time to leave the city and you haven't." She said unlocking the door. "It's almost Christmas Naruto. When are you going to get you head out of your ass and start preparing?"
"I already did." He answered stepping into the apartment quickly closing the door behind him.
Collapsing on the couch he kicked off his boots, pulling the frozen socks off his feet letting the warm heat in the room defrost his toes. "Why the hell did you lock the door? It's like the freaking Ice age out there!"
"To get your attention! I have been asking you to do something! Anything!" Tsunade sighed frustrated at how the conversation was going. Why didn't he understand that this was serious? "I know you've made a life for yourself here Naruto, and that's good, but it's time to drop this normal kid facade and start being who you really are."
"What a cold blooded Killer? I stop being that years ago Tsunade and I'm never going back!" Naruto growled cursing himself under his breath when Tsunade flinched back. He didn't want to scare her. "I didn't mean to snap at you; it's just...what he did to us sucked and it's never going away."
"Is that why you run around at night stopping criminals? You think it somehow atones for what you did working for Danzo?" She closed her eyes as soon as the words left her mouth.
"I'm sorry Naruto, I didn't mean to be that blunt, it's just...I don't want you to die. And you will if you don't take this seriously! You know what Danzo is capable of. I just want you to be safe."
"I know what I'm doing!" Naruto stressed. "I don't want you to worry about me; you shouldn't have to. You were living a quiet life safe and sound in the middle of god knows where. And now, now you're in Starling because I wasn't careful enough and Danzo found me! Which puts you in his crosshairs."
It was a terrible feeling knowing that you could be the person responsible for the death of a friend. And that's what made excepting help from her so hard. Standing from the couch Naruto began to pace the room, each step calming his nerves a little more than the last. Why couldn't she just understand that he wanted her safe as much as she did for him?
Tsunade didn't like that answer; he was dodging the question. "Why don't you give me a straight answer instead of a sob story brat? I'm here, and there is nothing you can do that will make me leave, so it'd be better to loop me in now on whatever it is you have planned."
"Tomorrow I'll show you. For now, I'm going to get some sleep. It's been a long night."
"Good night Naruto."
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(Next Day)
"Naruto where are we going?"
Naruto had been getting the question all day, and he was trying his hardest not to be annoyed. Tsunade was a good person and a better doctor, but patience was not her strong suit when it came to surprises. He could still feel the bruises from the surprise party two years ago. "We're almost there, a few more minutes."
"Storage units?" Tsunade asked a few minutes later as Naruto pulled into one of the lots. "Not the most secure place to hide guns."
Steering the black SUV he had rented through the lanes of storage units Naruto pulled up to the last one in the back corner of the lot.
"This isn't a government friendly Storage place Tsunade. I did a job in a Hong Kong a few months ago, and the owner of this site owes me a favor." He said pulling the key for the door out of his jacket.
Pushing the key into the oversize lock, he twisted unlocking the door letting it slide up halfway before stopping it. Ducking under he stepped into the half lit container with Tsunade following after him.
"An RV?" She asked incredously as he turned on the lights illuminating the sleek metal mobile home. "So you decided not to leave Starling after all. That's good."
It was surprising considering how adamantly he fought her on actually leaving, but good none the less. Fighting all the assassins Danzo sent after him would kill the brat and probably her.
Naruto shook his head opening the door to the RV. "This may be what I would use if I decided to run but that's not the reason we are here. I had some old friends who owed me refit this after you ordered me to I think you said I needed to get my head out of my ass'. This is me doing just that. Go ahead look around inside while I hook it up to the car."
Leaving Tsunade alone Naruto pushed the storage door the rest of the way up and out of the way to back the SUV in. The parking garage across the street from his apartment would be a good place to park the RV now that he would be actually using it instead of waiting to hook it up and vanish. He would have to pay a little chunk of change to the owner to let him reserve a spot, but it would be worth it to have an actual base of operations for his nightlife.
It would only take one nosy neighbor to see him climbing the fire escape to his apartment, and he would be not only ousted as a vigilante but also imprisoned. And then he'd be on the run from not only Danzo but also the law. "Yeah moving the RV is a good choice." He thought climbing back into the SUV. Shifting the clutch to reverse, he pushed on the gas pedal slowly reversing into the unit. Leaving the car running he hopped out and began hooking the trailer up.
Checking his watch he grinned at the time. Eight minutes a new personal record.
"Hey, Tsunade come on! We have to leave now, and you can't ride in the Rv while I'm pulling it." He called banging a fist on the side of the RV.
"I heard you brat no need to start pounding on stuff." "Tsunade said coming out of the trailer.
"What took you so long? Ogling all my new gadgets?"
Tsunade gave an unladylike snort at the questions passing Naruto and getting into the Suv. "You got a lot more than gadgets in there."
"Pretty sweet isn't it. 34ft long, 8ft wide and I bet you didn't even see the computers did you?" Naruto asked smugly. Weeks of calling in favors and emptying one of his offshore accounts entirely had all gone into the creation of the mobile home. And she was a beauty.
"Computers?"
"Oh yeah, the walls in certain areas slide away or down and there are computers hidden. It's why you may have noticed the inside doesn't look eight feet wide. " It was one of his favorite parts of the whole thing...right behind his weapons room.
"I was more focused on the amount of cash. I mean really Naruto, Gold bars? Japanese Yen? Don't get me started on the passports or the Pre-paid Gold cards. You must have at least a dozen different identities."
Nodding Naruto pulled out into traffic. "Yes, I do, but that's not what is going to help us fight Danzo. You wanted me to get weapons, so I did, now we need a plan."
"A plan can wait. We won't know when or where he's going to strike first and trying to find out."
"We'll never even get close. He interjected.
Tsunade nodded. "But what I do have is a list of known assets he has as of six months ago. You knew most of the people in the program worked with them even. You need to learn how to and prepare to fight them. All of them."
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(Two Weeks Later)
"Sasuke Uchiha?"
"Prefers Hand to Hand or using a sword over guns. Sick bastard that one. Are we done now?
It had been two weeks since Naruto had revealed his new base of operations to Tsunade and since then the older blonde had been on a complete warpath to get him prepared to combat his old co-workers. Every morning and night it was either training or re-reading the files she had. Mission reports, test scores and personality tests. He had no idea where she could have gotten them considering how private Danzo kept his affairs, but things had definitely changed since he went AWOL.
Flipping through the files Tsunade had given him he couldn't stop from cringing at each KIA he read about. She hadn't lied about Danzo nearly losing everything in the war against the League. The man should have cut his losses and stopped gunning for the dark age freaks. They were trained maybe not as good as Danzo's weapons but that was because they joined the League as adults and Danzo raised his soldiers, it was no surprise the man thought they could take down an entire sect of assassins.
"Obviously it didn't go as planned." He thought setting aside the twelve files. It was time for a break. "Tsunade I'm ordering dinner you want anything special? It's Christmas Eve after all."
"Umm, you might want to hold off on that!" Tsunade called from the kitchen. "And get in here!"
"Why don't we use are inside-"
"I will kill one hostage... every hour in the name of this vigilante until he surrenders himself to my authority."
Naruto stared at the crying woman's picture on the small TV stationed above the counter top next to his refrigerator. "So the fake shows himself?"
"Wait...You know who's doing this?" Tsunade asked pointing a finger at the TV, shocked Naruto was at home instead of out in the street. "maybe this is a stupid question but if you know who did this why haven't you killed them?"
"I don't know who it is; the fake is just what I call whoever has been impersonating the hood. But you're right; I should have killed him." He said his fist clenching in anger as the newscast froze on a picture of the terrified woman. "I'll remedy that now."
"Wait Naruto! All of your gear is in the RV now, and you don't even know where the hostages are being kept." Tsunade said trailing Naruto as he left the kitchen and grabbed his hidden pistol from underneath the coffee table.
Sliding the magazine clip out then back in Naruto loaded a round into the chamber before tucking the gun between his belt and his pants concealing it beneath his jacket. "There's no time, besides you wanted me to drop my normal kid act? This is me doing that. Besides whoever this fake Archer is he dragged innocent people into whatever vendetta he had against the hood just to draw him out."
Opening the balcony door, he looked back at Tsunade who was glaring. No doubt pissed he was going in without a plan or proper gear, but one of the hostages only had an hour to live, and he didn't have the time to get to the RV, gear up, locate where the captives were being taken and then get there to stop fake archer. "If I have my way, I'll kill him with my bare hands instead of the pistol."
"Naruto!"
Pulling up to the abandoned buildings surrounded by Police cars, SWAT vans, and news helicopters Naruto cut the engine to his motorcycle. Pushing the dead weight bike into an alley he used it as a stepping stone to climb the broken fire escape on the side of one of the buildings. Quietly pulling himself up he began jumping from roof to roof thanking whatever company that had built the buildings so close together.
Not stopping till he was right next to the target building Naruto jumped over patrolling police officers searching the alleyways and even a surveillance van before ducking behind an air conditioner unit as SWAT sniper took up their positions across the street. He needed to come up with a foolproof plan to get inside and free the hostages in less than fifteen minutes without alerting the fake Archer of his presence in case the man was trigger happy. Civilians getting in the crossfire of a fight was always best to avoid.
"Guess stealth won't matter now." He growled as Oliver zip lined through one of the windows. Leaping through a window himself he landed in a crouch gun drawn.
Moving slowly he checked each room for the hostages stopping at the stairwell as the sound of footsteps coming up reached his ears.
Pressing himself against the wall, he kneeled down aiming at the top of the stairs.
"Please don't shoot!"
Exhaling sharply he lowered his weapon recognizing the scared face of the woman who had been on TV. "The Vigilante which way did he go? I'm here to help."
"I...He just told us to get to the roof. I don't know where he went."
Nodding Naruto motioned for them to keep moving before raising his pistol back to eye level and heading down the stairs.
Jumping the last flight, he followed the trail of arrows and the sound of arrows hitting wood down the narrow halls stopping just outside the room where the sounds of fighting were the loudest.
"First Hunt! Then Ravich! Now You! I know about the list. And the man who authored it wants you dead!"
Rearing his foot back he kicked as hard as he could knocking the rotten wooden door clean off its hinges. Rushing into the room he saw Oliver on the ground with two arrows stuck in his back at the feet of another shadowed hooded figure. Letting go of the bottom of his pistol he slide his left hand underneath the sleeve of his jacket grabbing hold of the hidden throwing knife he kept there.
With a flick of his wrist, he sent the little blade fly as fast as he could at the fake archer.
Spinning the bow in his hands, the other archer blocked the small blade effortlessly. "So the hood as an accomplice. Then you can die with him!"
Catching the first arrow shot at him Naruto used it to block the next two as he rushed the other archer sending the hooded man back with a swift kick to the chest. The quick blow had opened the archer up to another attack which Naruto took advantage of by grabbing the man's head yanking it down and raising his knee at the same time.
"Not so tough without your arrows are you?" Naruto said bringing his knee up twice more to loud cracks filled the air. Going for a third he grunted when the archer lurched forward toppling both of them over.
"I don't need the arrows." The Archer said holding Naruto down and picking up a loose brick punctuating each of his words with a powerful hit to the teen's face. Grabbing the incoming hand Naruto twisted his body wrapping his legs around the archer's throat and arm shoving his hips upward into the elbow joint as hard as he could trying to break the man's arm.
Flipping them over Naruto tightened his legs cutting the archer's air supply. Letting go with one arm he grabbed the stray brick and raised his arm high above his head ready to finish the fight. He froze. "What the Hell?"
Taking advantage of Naruto's hesitation, the fake archer drew an arrow stabbing it deep into Naruto's left thigh. Following it up with another brick this time connecting the loose stone to Naruto's temple sending him tumbling to the floor.
Laying on his side blood dripping from the fresh wounds on his body the worst being the large gash right above his ear Naruto sat up drawing his pistol for the first time since the fight began.
"Naruto what happened?" Tsunade's angry voice boomed from his ear. "I've been trying to contact you. Let you know we need to leave; the Police are swarming the place. I'm waiting for you where you left the motorcycle. Hurry Up!"
Struggling to his feet, Naruto looked over at an equally exhausted Oliver holding onto the wall for support. "The parking garage on 24th ST. When you feel up to it, head over there. Level Five the RV in the farthest west corner. And here?"
Picking up his throwing knife he tossed it at Oliver's feet stopping the vigilante from limping way before he was finished. "Flashed that in one of the windows and someone will let you in. We need to stop fighting each other. Starling City just got a First Class ride to hell."
Turning he limped away he leaving a shocked Oliver to get home on his own. "Did you hear that Tsunade, we'll be using the RV a lot more from now on."
"And why is that?"
Naruto yanked the arrow from his thigh bringing it up to his eye."The League of Assassins is in town."
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