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Chapter 4: Vengeance. The Night.
"Ok just don't freak out or anything." Superman said to Itachi, levitating above him.
"(You're going to be staying with Superman for the time being.)" Batman said to Itachi.
"This could have been so much more convenient if you would just let him upstairs you know." Superman to Batman unamused with a deadpan face.
"You're the one who did not find it acceptable to let him stay down here." Batman countered.
"Yeah, yeah. Totally acceptable. If this ends up being awkward, it's your fault Batman." Superman said with sarcasm, which did not bother Bats.
Superman was hovering over Itachi. "Come on, let's go." Reaching out with both of his hands for Itachi. Understanding, Itachi reached up to grab Superman's hands.
Superman flew up higher with Itachi, the Uchiha's feet left the ground. Superman flew to the Batwing airstrip and out of the Batcave. Itachi was going to have the grand feeling of flight for the first time in his life, in this new world.
Superman flew out of the airstrip in the Batcave, and out into the night, taking flight to Metropolis.
"Whoa…whoa…wha…wha…" Itachi tried to be silent as best he could feeling the sensation of flight. Using chakra to leap great bounds is one thing, but flying with no chakra, unbound by gravity, to soar high in the sky was more than a breath taking experience.
Superman flew across Gotham City, with Itachi taking in the bird's eye view over Gotham City, its skyscrapers below Itachi's feet. The clouds brushing against Itachi's face, his fair flowing gracefully with the wind. The streets was so far below him, the street lamps giving off small dots light.
He heard of the Tsuchikage having the ability to levitate and move in the sky, but it was nothing compared this, flying with incredible speed.
A grin slowly crept into Itachi's mouth, a small laugh leaked out of Itachi. A joy he had not experienced before as he was flying in the sky thanks to Superman.
Soon, they have left Gotham City, now the view consisted of trees and grasslands, and then they were over the bay between the two cities, the Uchiha looked down, seeing the large stretch of water. Itachi was still having a sense of elation as he flew with Superman's assistance.
Shortly after, Superman said to Itachi. "There it is Itachi, Metropolis."
The sight of the new city appear in the distance, the City Of Tomorrow. The buildings were even taller than those he'd seen in Gotham, piercing through the sky and more, with its lights in buildings and streets shining bright in the night.
"Me…tropolis." Itachi repeated what Superman said, he didn't know what he was saying, but could only guess that that was the city's name.
"Sugoi…"
They flew cross the first building, Itachi was taking the sight of so many huge, bright and towering buildings everywhere. Trees, buildings, perhaps even mountains in Konohagakure could not match to the height these buildings were reaching. Neither was it this brightly lit at night in Konohagakure.
They crossed another building, this one in particular had a golden sphere, and the sphere looked like a map he'd never seen before.
"That's Daily Planet Itachi. Daily Planet." Superman said, looking at the building and Itachi set his eyes on it.
"Daily Planet." Itachi repeated.
Superman continued holding onto Itachi by his hands, still flying through Metropolis. Both were trying to ignore the fact that they were holdings hand for a certain amount of time.
"Alright there's my place Itachi." Superman said, heading for an apartment building, just as tall like the rest of the other buildings around.
Superman was then levitating over his apartment's open window, "Welcome to my place Itachi." Superman said to Itachi, he let go of his hands and the Uchiha landed inside, followed by Superman.
Itachi took off his sneakers before he stepped inside further, still taking in the fact that he had just flown.
"Well uh this the first time someone as ever stayed over at my place." Superman said to Itachi. The Uchiha listened, but all Itachi did in reply was shrugged his shoulders.
"Right, you still don't understand English." Superman said. "This is going to be a problem." Thinking of what to do, he went to get a pillow from his bedroom and an extra blanket from his cupboard.
"Over here Itachi." Superman pointed at the sofa in the living room. "You could get some sleep here." He placd the pillow and blanket on the sofa.
Itachi understood, with the pillow and blanket. "Arigatou gozaimasu."
Superman nodded with a smile. At least he knew what was 'thank you' in Japanese.
"Oh yeah, one more thing." He zipped into the bathroom, the bedroom and back into the living room.
"These are for you." Superman handed Itachi a spare toothbrush, a towel, a white t-shirt and dark grey shorts. "So you don't have to sleep in those outdoor clothes."
"Arigatou." Itachi took them.
"Good night Itachi."
Superman allowed Itachi to use the bathroom, he didn't need to. Just a quick change of clothes and Clark Kent was already hitting the bed.
In the bathroom, Itachi had his quick shower, this world was not that different from his world, and not everything was completely alien to him.
After the shower and brushing his teeth, Itachi tried out his new clothes.
Unfortunately, the new clothes were sized for Clark Kent, not for Itachi Uchiha. He looked at himself, the white t-shirt was very loose, and so was his shorts. He would have to get a hair tie for his hair.
"Well this will have to do." Itachi thought, and went back to the sofa. He plopped right onto the sofa, an arm covering his eyes.
He had just gotten a taste of what flying felt like. He had formed bonds and alliances with exceptional people. He was thankful that this world was not exactly completely different. Clothes are still clothes, buildings are still buildings, and people are still people.
A part of him however still had hesitation in this. He does not know how to speak the language Superman and Batman were speaking, he knew he would have to learn it very quickly. But Batman had mentioned that his language was named Japanese, which means his language exist in this word, and people do speak it. It was incredibly peculiar to him, a world with multiple languages.
However, now as when he could put his mind at rest, he could think more clearly. And right now he was feeling intimidated, daunted…afraid.
The Academy did not train him for this, to be brought into a whole new world. Not even being an Akatsuki member prepared him for such things.
He wondered how he was supposed to live in this new world, where to stay, how to earn money, and what he supposed to do with what the Sage told him.
His mind drifted on what would be happening right now back at the Shinobi world, did the war end? Did Naruto save Sasuke? What became of Konoha?
His teeth clenched a bit as horrible thoughts went into his head. After that genjutsu he had casted on Batman and Superman, he faced what he had done once again as well. His mind trailed back to his parents' last moments. He let out a grieving sigh, his parents may not hold him any ill-will, but it did not make him feel any better.
He shifted his body to lie on his side, closing his eyes. Trying to get some sleep was first thing he needed to do right now, try to at least.
Morning came and the sunlight hit Itachi's face from the window. His eyes twitched and opened, he scanned his surroundings, and nothing was different than when he arrived at night.
Only thing different was the smell of toast hitting his nose. Getting up from the sofa and straightening his hair, he turned to see the kitchen in the apartment.
A plate of toast on the dining table, a cup of coffee, and a book.
"Ohayo Gozaimasu." He heard Superman saying, Itachi turned around to see him. However, he was not exactly dressed like how he was when he first met him. Now he was wearing glasses, and was in an office clothes.
If anyone was not really paying attention, they might not know the difference.
"Ohayo Gozaimasu…uh Superman?" Itachi greeted, looking at him in his clothes.
Realising Itachi's confusion in the new apparel. Clark Kent got his blue outfit.
"Oh this." Clark took off his glasses and held the blue uniform with the 'S' in front of him.
"Superman." He said. Then he put on the glasses again and lowered the blue outfit.
"Clark Kent." He said. Taking off his glasses and holding up the blue suit again he said once more.
"Superman." He wore the glasses and lowered the costume.
"Clark Kent?" Itachi said. Clark smiled and nodded. It reminded him when he was an ANBU, where he had to wear a mask, concealing who you are when you are in another attire.
"I got up early and got this from a bookstore, it's for you." Clark said, and pointed at the book. He took it and handed it to Itachi.
He read the title flipped through the thick book, from the right.
"Oh no, no you read it from the left." Clark said, taking the book and pointed at the other side of the book. Clark flipped through the book from the left, showing it to Itachi how to read it from the start.
Itachi raised an eyebrow, but he understood how the book was supposed to read. Flipping it from the left, he read the first few pages, seeing a mix of Japanese characters and characters of another language he assumed was the language Superman and Batman was using.
"(A wordbook, a vocabulary list.)" Itachi said.
"Right, uh well listen Itachi. I have to leave and attend the for the nation's capital. So just don't go anywhere alright?" Superman, and all Itachi did was shrug his shoulders, still not understanding.
With a sigh, Clark changed into the outfit with super speed.
"Just stay here ok? Stay here." Superman gestured him to stay put and handed him a particular watch.
"It's a signal watch if you need help press the button." Superman pointed at the dial.
And with that, he flew out through the window, leaving Itachi in the apartment.
"Guess I'm stuck here. Might as well start with the book." Itachi sat on the dining table with the book, putting the watch around his wrist.
"Itadakimasu." Itachi took a piece of toast and opened the book. If he was going to learn a new language, he'd better do it fast.
He activated his Sharingan.
Now Itachi was back in his red t-shirt and grey pants, sitting on the sofa and flipping through the pages catching everything as fast as he could seeing every character translated.
Time has passed till it was late afternoon, he read most of the dictionary. Any attempt to speak the English language sounded crude and broken, thankfully no one was around to watch. But there was a substantial progress.
He got up from the sofa and went to the television mounted on wall, which looked way more advanced than the ones he'd seen back home. Flat screen and without any antenna on the top.
With his Sharingan still up, he inspected the television trying to find the on switch.
Finding it at the side of the television, he turned it on. And it started up quickly compared to the ones he'd seen.
The screen lit up, the news channel was on and Superman was actually on the television, standing behind a podium.
"Superman? What are you doing over there? Where is that place?" Itachi sat back down on the sofa with the book in his hands, flipping through the pages and watching Superman on television.
"I have fought hard over the years to earn your trust, and I solemnly swear to all of you, that I will continue to uphold the ideals of truth and justice. Not just for America, but for all the world." Superman said to the audience. Itachi tried to understand what Superman had said with his dictionary, all he could catch was about upholding truth and justice.
Itachi studied the rest of the people in the auditorium that Superman was in.
"Who are those people?" Itachi wondered, seeing them. They all looked different, in skin tone, in age, in attire, different people, all in one place, all applauding after Superman's speech, and the Man of Steel shook hands with the man in the black suit who stood with him on stage.
"This is a summit, a meeting. Are these the leaders or representatives? Of villages? Countries?" Itachi thought, he had no idea so many countries existed.
Itachi continued watching the news channel, trying the nest he can in learning the English language with the help of his dictionary.
The channel showed Superman in a secured room, with plenty of cylinders with sharp ends, he continued to listen the news as attentively as he could
"War…head? Warhead? Missiles? What's that?" Itachi flipped through the dictionary, to learn of such an advanced weapon of destructive power. He figured it would take an incredibly high tier jutsu to match it.
He watched Superman opening the warhead and pulling out a compartment inside the missile, he then saw two red beams coming from each eye from Superman, burning the wires in the compartment of the missile.
"Dojutsu?" Itachi questioned. He wondered just what else could Superman do, apart from flight, super breath and heat vision. He continued watching the news.
"Superman rocks!" A group of civilians cheered in support of Superman and Senator Carter plans of warhead dismemberment.
Then there was a change in scene on the television as the news continued, now showing a man in a red outfit, with a lightning bolt in circle on his chest, his eyes were concealed with white lens and he had two lightning bolts on each side of his head. Apparently he was getting an interview on the streets.
"Hey the big man's heart is in the right place, but give me a break. I'm the fastest man alive." The man zipped out of screen and appeared behind the interviewer, tapping him on the back. And then he zipped back in his original position. "And even I can't be at five places at once."
"The fast…est man alive." Itachi said in his mind. "The fastest man alive."
The news channel still played its footage, Itachi got up from the sofa and stepped to the window, seeing Metropolis in bright daylight, the spectacular and towering city.
He turned off the television. With chakra applied on his feet he stepped outside, standing on the wall gazing the streets and the Sun shining on him. His hair flowed with the breeze.
He walked up the wall to the roof, surveying Metropolis. It was such a marvellous view. But at the same time, his concerns he thought of last night came back into his head.
With a sigh, he walked back down the wall and back into the room, intending to finish the vocabulary list book.
Evening came and Itachi did not leave the apartment. Just on the last few pages of the book, Itachi used his Sharingan to scan them all.
Superman still had not return, Itachi assumed he was going to be very busy after that summit he had attended, disarming all those missiles. Heading to the kitchen, he searched the cabinets to find where Clark kept the pans and pots.
He found one at last, placed it on the stove and lit up the flame. He then went to check in the fridge, seeing all Clark had in his fridge was fruit juice, water, milk, grape jam, butter, and a carton of eggs. That was what Itachi was looking for.
He took one egg and the oil in one of the cabinets. Pouring a bit of oil in the hot pan, he held the egg and waited. As a bubble in the oil burst, Itachi quickly cracked the egg and its contents spread in the pan. Itachi got a bit of salt on the egg, and then with a small glass of water he poured the water and covered the pan with the lid.
After a short while, he removed the lid and out came a burst of steam and the cooked egg was revealed. Now at the dining table, he had his simple dinner on a plate and a fork in his hand.
"Itadakimasu." Itachi dug in, and his dinner was settled. A quick wash at the sink and the plate was cleaned up.
Soon, night has fallen. With a glass of water in his hand he went to the window of the living room and took in the sight of the new city once more, Metropolis.
Taking a gulp of water he said, "(I know you came in from the bedroom window, Batman.)" He turned around, "(What do you need?)"
The Dark Knight stepped into the living room, his black cape cloaking his body.
The two stood in front of each other.
"You've been learning the English language." Batman noticed the dictionary on the sofa.
"I, try." Itachi said. "What do you need?"
"I need you to follow me." Batman said. "Also, this belongs to you." He revealed his hand that was hidden in the cape, which was holding his Edo Tensei robe, washed and cleaned.
He tossed it to Itachi and the Uchiha caught it.
"Where we going?" Itachi asked.
"To check on an abandoned STAR labs facility. I want to know if there's something you would recognise in the case I'm working on." Batman said stepping towards the window.
"Abandoned what sorry?" Itachi asked, still trying to catch what he said.
"(An abandoned facility from the company called STAR labs.)" Batman explained. "We have to go already."
"Superman?" Itachi asked.
"We can't wait for him. We got to go." Batman replied.
Knowing that Itachi can walk on walls, Batman was not worried that he could not keep up.
Grabbing his grapnel launcher from his belt Batman fired the cable, and he pulled himself up onto the roof top of the apartment.
Itachi put the glass of water back in the kitchen. He was wearing his red t-shirt, dark grey pants and he went to get his sneakers he got from Superman. Now he donned his Edo Tensei robe.
Climbing out of the window he stood on the wall outside, he could see Batman was up on top waiting for him.
Applying more chakra in the feet, Itachi leapt up to the roof in a single bound, surprising Batman a little. He landed gracefully in front of Batman and they faced each other, long hair and long cape flowing with the wind.
"You can jump far." Batman stated the obvious.
"You saw some things I can do. I showed you. Genjutsu." Itachi said.
"Good it will make things faster for us. Keep up." He jumped off the building, his cape stretched out and became rigid, appearing like wings. Gliding across the city to another roof. Itachi looked down at the streets, the incredible height he was at.
With chakra in his feet, he jumped up high and far, across the streets far below. He landed next to Batman. Running across the rooftops, Itachi followed behind Batman with zero effort.
The Dark Knight led on. Vengeance in the Night.
Batman fired his grapnel launcher and zipped up to another roof.
"You and Superman, don't have chakra?" Itachi asked as he made a leap, easily catching up with Batman.
"Whatever this chakra you have, no one has it here. You are the only who does." Batman replied as they both landed on the roof.
"How you alive then?" Itachi asked.
"You need chakra to stay alive?" Batman asked back, running through the roof.
"(Chakra is what flows through…people like me, everyone else, and every life. The Shinobi use chakra to perform Jutsu.)" Itachi ran at the same pace.
"(So it's your fuel?)" Batman asked.
"(Not exactly a fuel. It's our life essence, spiritual and physical. If it is gone from us, we die.)" Itachi answered.
The two leapt across to another roof, with Batman gliding and Itachi jumping with chakra at the feet.
"What is happening?" Itachi asked in English.
"There have been breaches in our deep space global security network developed from STAR labs and Wayne Tech partnership. Scanner has picked up a small amount of data flow in this abandoned facility." Batman explained.
"Deep space? Wayne Tech? Data flow? I do not understand." Itachi said.
"(Wayne Tech is branch from the multi-billion dollar company Wayne Enterprises. Maybe in your world technology is not that advanced to explore and survey outer space. Up there, the moon, the stars and planets.)" Batman said.
Itachi looked to the night sky. The thought of the capability to venture into space, the moon and beyond. It made him think, he was a Shinobi of Konohagakure from another world, and now he was brought into this world. The fact that there is actually another world apart from his Shinobi world was nerve-wracking. And now the thought of how big the universe was, a world with so many countries, and multiple continents, and the universe stretching across the Earth, the Moon, the Sun, and more.
With all this knowledge to take, Itachi Uchiha felt so small.
"(With these breaches in our deep space monitoring network, along your sudden appearance, I want to see if there is a connection. Hopefully there isn't any.)" Batman explained.
"And if you can help, all the better." Batman added.
"Thank you." Itachi said.
Gliding, grappling and leaping over rooftops, the Dark Knight and Itachi stood on the roof, across the street was the STAR Lab building, looking old and unused.
"There is it. Being a shinobi or a ninja, you should know infiltration don't you?" Batman asked with a stoic voice.
"I am average." Itachi gave his modest answer.
"Good. If there is something in there that you would be able to identify I want to know." Batman ordered.
"Hai." Itachi responded, pulling the hood of his Edo Tensei robe over his head.
With Batman's wings and Itachi's chakra, they glided and leapt respectively to the roof of the abandoned facility.
Their investigation was about to commence.
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