Sorry about the unexplained hiatus as some...problems...occurred during the summer. I'm okay, just trying to deal with them. Hopefully no more unwanted surprises happen, knock on wood.
On a final note, I do not own Naruto or anything related to DC. If I did, Lee and Guy/Gai would be using more weapons and Teen Titans Go! wouldn't even happen.
"Reaper..." normal speech
"Reaper..." thought/mind speak
"(Reaper...)" language switch
Chapter 4
In the Watchtower, Batman was talking to Cyborg and J'onn while Ray was looking over the Zeta tube that had somehow gone active briefly a few days ago. "So that Zeta tube had suddenly turned on and you saw a man that almost looks like Naruto Wilson?" Batman asked as J'onn nodded. "Yeah," Cyborg answered with a serious tone, "just slap whisker marks on his face and you have the Talented Mr. Fox." Batman looked over towards Ray as the scientist nodded before continuing to examine the machine.
"Alright," said Batman as he wanted to investigate this more for a moment, "We will look into this while the Teen Titans go on patrol in Metropolis. Should you require backup call the tower, but only for dire emergencies." Cyborg nodded as he headed out of the room to let the other Titans know. "What do you think we should do?" J'onn asked as Batman looked at the machine. Grabbing a small welding torch, the Caped Crusader walked towards the Zeta tube and said, "We should recreate the incident and go from there."
At the Namikaze-Uzumaki Mansion, Minato had just finished telling Kushina and a reluctant Jiraiya about what had happened. Jiraiya didn't want to be here after what his student had done to Naruto, but then again he wasn't half of a godparent Tsunade was. He was glad he did listen as this could possibly lead to Naruto as the Toad Sage was just as guilty for what all has happened and Tsunade wasn't the same after the little blonde godson vanished twelve years ago. The Slug Princess was gambling and drinking her sorrows away before accepting the mantle of Hokage, but not even all that could make her forget as everyday she sees her little Naru-chan when she sees Minato.
"So what do we do?" Kushina asked as she recalled everything her husband had said. Minato leaned back in his seat as he was wondering that too until Jiraiya said, "What if we took another look at the seal and go from there? If we do happen to find out more about space-time manipulation, we may be able to find Naruto providing that those we talk to are willing to help us." Minato looked at his mentor and said, "But even so, it would be a very slim chance of the same thing happening again. Who knows what the next attempt will bring?" Kushina rose from her seat with determination in her eyes and said, "If it's a chance to find our little Naruto, then I'm willing to take that chance as Naruto needs to know that we're sorry for neglecting him for all those years and let him know that we DO love him!"
"I agree," said a new voice as everyone looked to see Tsunade in the open doorway after so many years away since learning of Naruto's disappearance, "that is why I'm placing you two responsible for this investigation as Yamato will be in charge. Now get to it." Minato and Jiraiya stood up immediately as they both said, "Yes, Lord Hokage." Tsunade watched the two men charge up towards Minato's study before turning around as she prayed that wherever Naruto was that he was safe and okay.
Cyborg was driving through Metropolis as he and the others had split up to cover more ground. "Anything yet, Cyborg?" Robin asked through the communicator from his location. "Nothing so far," the cybernetic teen said, "just some minor traffic violations that really doesn't require our attention. I'll call if anything comes up." Cyborg continued driving through the road until he saw shuriken jam themselves into the windshield, causing him to screech to a halt on the side of the road. "Hey!" Cyborg yelled as he got out of his car, "Who threw ninja stars at my car!" A loud, metallic thud alerted the Teen Titan to turn around and see a figure wearing a raggedy black cloak and a face mask over a skull-like mask standing on the roof of the T-Car. "Guess this is a small world after all," said the figure with a disguised voice, "Never thought I would have seen a member of the Teen Titans again. What do you think of him, Inazuna-chan?" Cyborg turned again to see Livewire to his side as the villainess said, "He doesn't look like he'll be much of fight once I hack into his system." Cyborg prepared his Sonic Cannon as he said, "No one's going to be doing any hacking today."
Livewire changed into her electrical form and jumped into a nearby electrical pole to dodge a shot from Cyborg before the hooded figure charged towards the teen. Cyborg blocked a punch and noted that this guy was stronger than he looked and thought, He's not as strong as Atlas, but he's no pushover either. "Cyborg, coming in!" the teen spoke in the communicator, "I'm under attack by Livewire and a hooded figure." The communicator beeped as Robin said, "We're on our way, just hold on!" Cyborg nodded before he saw Livewire appear in the driver seat of the T-Car and revved it up. "Nice ride," said the villainess with a smirk, "but my boyfriend has better rides than this. Hope you don't mind us borrowing your car!"
Cyborg had to jump to the side to avoid getting run over by his own car with a growl escaping his throat. The T-Car swerved around and headed towards Cyborg again until Robin sped in on his cycle with his quarter staff ready for the fight. The sound of metal clicking behind him reminded Cyborg of the hooded figure and he couldn't react in time to stop a kick to his face. "Never take your eyes off of your opponents," said the figure as he rushed towards Cyborg until a green energy bolt hit the pavement before the figure. Starfire flew in towards the cloaked figure and threw a small barrage of Starbolts, but the figure easily dodged each shot without much difficulty.
"Same old tactics," said the figure as he saw Raven along with Beast Boy fly in with the changeling turning into a bull, "I would have thought that you would have at least tried something new." The figure jumped into a backflip as the T-Car rushed through as the figure landed on the dented roof with the car still driving on through. "After them!" Robin said as he, Starfire, and Raven rushed towards the direction of the car while Beast Boy changed into a T-Rex and allowed Cyborg to hop on his back before following.
The chase continued onto an interstate as Robin had sped closer to the hijacked car until the figure pulled out an Uzi and began shooting at the Boy Wonder. Seeing the two flyers chasing him, the figure threw shuriken towards the two before throwing a knife that had a flashbang tied to it. "Azarath Metrion Zenthos!" Raven chanted as she saw the flashbang and encased it in a black sphere while Starfire destroyed the throwing stars. The flashbang had gone off without blinding the two as they continued their chase. The figure continued to shoot at Robin before the gun was magically ripped out of his hands by Raven before she later crushed it. This bought Robin enough time to put his cycle of autopilot and jump onto the T-Car.
"We have got to stop meeting like this," said the figure as Robin went into a fighting stance. "What are you talking about?" Robin asked as he began to fight the hooded figure while Livewire drove around to avoid Starfire's and Raven's attacks. "I'm hurt, Robin," said the figure as he blocked each attack, using the hidden spikes in his boots to hold onto the car, "you don't remember me from when I stole your other persona?"
"Red X!" Robin said as he knew that this person was the one who stole the suit, "Where's the suit?" The figure blocked an attack as he held Robin's fists in his hands and said, "I got tired of having to rely on a highly explosive material to run the suit, so I ditched it. The name's Reaper." Seeing Starfire charge towards him, Reaper threw Robin to the side of the road before the Tamaranean flew towards the hero to prevent heavy injury. "Punch it!" Reaper yelled as the T-Car picked up speed while swerving through traffic. Jumping into the car, Reaper pulled out a suitcase and opened it to reveal small parts held neatly in place by grey foam. With his hands flying around, Reaper jammed in the clip of his newly assembled AK-47 just in time to see Robin speeding towards them on his bike. "Looks like we're a regular Bonnie and Clyde," Livewire joked as Reaper leaned out and fired a short burst of bullets towards the Boy Wonder. "Got that right, Dollface," Reaper said in a mock 1920's gangster voice as he jammed in a fresh clip. The assassin was about to lean out when he took a look at the side mirror to see Cyborg riding a green T-Rex. "They have a T-Rex," Reaper said as he looked to see a very large green T-Rex chasing after them, "Got any lawyers to feed it?" Livewire looked at the rearview mirror to see the T-Rex and said, "Sorry, but all my lawyers quit after my little incident thanks to Supe'."
Reaper climbed back out onto the roof of the car before firing more short bursts towards the Titans. Like before, Raven used her magic to rip the gun out of the assassin's hands and destroyed it effortlessly until she saw a flashbang go off with the disorientation causing her to crash into a sign before falling onto the concrete road. "One down," Reaper said as a large roar alerted him to the charging dinosaur, "Now to deal with ugly." The assassin pulled out two pineapple grenades and tossed them towards Beast Boy and Cyborg after pulling the pins. The half-robot teen was able to blast one of the grenades, but the other one had gone off next to Beast Boy. Even though his thick hide had protected him from the blast and the less serious shrapnel, the changeling still felt the powerful shockwave due to the explosion as his step faltered. Reaper then somehow had tossed a small batch of grenades that had the pins pulled with a few flashbangs alongside. "Shit!" Cyborg cursed as the green T-Rex gently grabbed his arm and tossed him towards the T-Car. The explosives had gone off as Starfire caught Cyborg and the smoke cleared to reveal an unconscious Beast Boy laying on the pavement. Reaper smirked under his mask as he pulled out a small pistol, but a flying bird-shaped disk knocked the gun away as Robin was getting closer.
"Use the nitro to get a better lead," Reaper said as he saw the passing vehicles that traveled alongside the car, "I'll keep them off your back!" Livewire looked to see Reaper just landing on a nearby car before she shouted, "Give them hell, Skully!" The assassin nodded as the T-Car was now blasting away ahead of the traffic before facing the remaining Titans. "Dammit," Robin cursed as Starfire and Cyborg caught up to him, "Be careful, we can't afford to harm innocent civilians!" The two nodded before having to dodge shuriken as Reaper had just jumped onto another car. The assassin then saw a loaded tractor trailer and jumped onto its side before running up to the top before jumping on top. "Come on," the assassin goaded as he rolled his neck, "afraid to get your hands dirty? Maybe a robot and a space alien aren't enough to take down little old me?"
"It will be you who will be taken down," Starfire said as she and Cyborg got close enough to land on the trailer before the two of them and Reaper got into their fighting stances. The two Titans charged towards the assassin and threw simultaneous punches towards their target, but they both missed as Reaper slid beneath them and jumped to his feet before giving both of them a powerful kick to their backs. Inside the cab, the driver heard was hearing a series of dull thuds from the trailers and turned up his music to drown the sound out as he said, "Those dumbasses never get the supplies strapped in properly." Back on top of the trailer, Starfire charged towards Reaper with a haymaker ready but Reaper had quickly avoided the punch before delivering a series of quick and powerful jabs to certain points on the girl's body. Starfire felt her body freeze up before getting kicked off the trailer and into a nearby truck with its bed filled with cacti. "Starfire!" Cyborg shouted as the Tamaranean girl's painful cries were heard before he face Reaper, "How did you do that?" The assassin chuckled and said, "I was actually taking a bit of a chance considering that Tamaraneans have a similar physical structure to humans with the exception of having to hit a little extra harder. Didn't think it would actually work." Cyborg charged towards the assassin with a punch ready to throw, but Reaper had somehow got behind him and gave the cybernetic teen a powerful knockout chop to the neck.
"And then there was one," Reaper said as Robin was still following, "Just you and me, Little Sparrow." The assassin saw a series of tractor trailers and jumped towards one of them while throwing shuriken towards Robin. The Boy Wonder had to swerve to avoid getting hit as he still chased after Reaper, who was jumping from one wall of a tractor trailer to another while still throwing shuriken and knives at Robin. Seeing the T-Car ahead of the two leading trucks, Reaper gave Robin a quick farewell salute before jumping off of one of the two truck and hitting the windshield of both trucks with smoke bombs, causing the two trucks to crash into each other and setting off a chain reaction of collisions. Robin quickly pulled the brakes and twisted his bike to the side to slide into a stop with his foot as assistance. Unfortunately, the bike had hit a pothole in the road and had pole vaulted Robin into a trailer as the teen was smacked into the metal side which created a Robin-shaped indent in the trailer.
Gravity had peeled Robin off of the trailer and onto the pavement with the teen slowly sitting up. Taking off his helmet, Robin looked to see the massive pile-up of tractor trailers and vehicles as he said, "Dammit…they got away." Pulling out his communicator, Robin contacted the Watchtower and said, "Robin to Watchtower. We need assistance…we ran into Livewire and Reaper. We couldn't stop them and now there's a massive pile-up thanks to Reaper. We also need…medical attention." Robin held a hand to his aching head as Batman's voice was heard from the communicator. "I'm sending in a clean-up crew and a few medical teams to check on those involved in the collision as well as the other Titans." Robin weakly smiled before succumbing into unconsciousness from his aching body and concussion.
Miles away, Livewire smirked as Reaper was now sitting in the passenger seat next to her. "Nice job with handling the brats," the villainess said as she continued to drive down the road, "That truck delivering the cactus was pretty convenient with your fight." Reaper was looking at some of the many gadgets of the car as Livewire then said, "Don't worry Skully, I fried all means of them tracking us, including the radio and MP3 player." A small growl from both Livewire's and Reaper's stomachs was heard as Reaper said, "How about we drop this off at a friend of mine's and grab ourselves some lunch Leslie-chan? My treat." The villainess chuckled as she said, "Sure thing Foxy, but first…" Livewire pulled to the side of the road before she seductively said, "…how about a little brunch of some sweet little kisses? I can have some cream filling later." Reaper removed his masks to reveal his bare whiskered face before the two of them began kissing each other.
In the abandoned streets of a dusty town, two cowboys were staring each other down with their hands ready to reach for their guns while the clock tower nearby loudly ticked away. "You must have balls of steels, Sheriff," said the cowboy wearing a black and gold poncho over his upper body, tan pants, snakeskin boots, and a tannish-brown cowboy hat, "No sane dumbass would ever go toe-to-toe with Black Scorpion." The gruff sheriff moved the toothpick between his lips before spitting it out as he said, "Yer days of terrorizing this here gulch 'r over, Scorpion." The two continued to stare each other down until the clock tower had finally struck high noon.
"CUT!" the director cried out through his megaphone as a bell sounded through the studio, "Great job you two. Bring in the stunt doubles!" The two cowboys walked off the stage as two other cowboys that looked exactly like them got on the stage. "Good job out there, Naruto," said the actor playing the sheriff as he removed his hat to reveal an auburn mullet, "You're really playing the villain role perfectly." Naruto removed his hat and began to fan himself as he said, "Thanks. I just wish that I didn't have to wear this damn thing, because I'm sweating buckets here!" The other actor chuckled as he said, "Well, we're almost done shooting anyway and I can't wait either. These pants are cutting right into my loins. Maybe I can see if any of the bar dames need help with their costumes." Naruto chuckled a bit as he rolled his eyes at his co-star's antics.
"Well," said Naruto as he was fighting the temptation of wiping the sweat of his brow, "unlike you, I actually have a girlfriend waiting for me to take her to dinner after we're done shooting for the day." The other actor smirked as he said, "So the rumors are true that you've got yourself girlfriend. So is she porn star hot or…" Naruto sent the actor a sharp look as he said, "How my girlfriend looks is none of your damn business as we met in an alley. I was running from the more rabid members of my fan club while she was running from a guy who ruined her life. We hid in the same spot and began talking. Turns out that we had a few things in common."
"CUT!" the director called out as he waved towards Naruto and the other actor, "You two are up now! Make this good so we could call it early." Naruto smirked as he placed the hat back onto his head and said, "Let's see Black Scorpion live to ride once more, shall we?"
In the Namikaze-Uzumaki Mansion, Minato and Jiraiya had just finished recreating the seal from a few days ago and were ready to give the experiment a shot. "There," said Minato as he finished adding the last touch to the seal, "now all that's left is to set it off and pray to Kami that this works out as we hope."
In the Watchtower, Batman was standing before the Zeta tube as Ray was tightening the last bolt he remembers working on. "All that's left is to tighten this and pray that this works," said Ray as he mentally had his fingers crossed. "Alright," said Batman as he prepared himself for whatever might happen, "On my mark."
"One…" said Jiraiya as Kushina, Yamato, and Arashi were nearby to watch would might happen. This better be worth pulling me from my training, Arashi thought as he crossed his arms.
"Two…" said Batman with a stoic expression on his face. Hopefully we might get some aide for the Titans, the Caped Crusader mentally added as Reaper had beaten all five founding members of the Teen Titans without much effort.
"Three!" said Jiraiya and Batman at the same time as Minato applied chakra to the seal while Ray tightened the bolt as the same time. The seal's markings glowed a bright gold while the Zeta tube began to spark as a golden ring opened up as a portal that connected the two places appeared. From Jiraiya's, Yamato's, and the Namikaze-Uzumaki's perspectives, they saw what looked like a man wearing a dark cloak that was connected to a hood that had pointed tips at the top of the man's head to give the stranger the appearance of a bat. From Batman's perspective, he saw a man that looked like Naruto Wilson, a woman with long red hair similar to Starfire's hair, a boy about Naruto's age that had chin length red hair similar to the woman and had the man's facial structure, a man with short brown hair, and the last was a man with snow-white hair in a long spiked ponytail wearing what looked like Japanese sage garments.
J'onn appeared next to Batman and read through the minds of the group before them. The Naruto look-alike was Minato Namikaze, the former Fourth Hokage and the feared Yellow Flash which got a confused reaction from J'onn as he also hoped that this man wasn't like their Flash. The woman was Kushina Uzumaki, also known as the Red-Hot Habanero and former jinchuriki of the Kyuubi. Power of Human Sacrifice, the Martian thought as he hid his disgust at a few images of this Nine-Tailed Fox demon, quite a disgusting and horrible idea. The brown haired man was Yamato, captain of ANBU. J'onn couldn't get any more information from Yamato as the captain seemed to have had some training in dealing with telepaths. The white-haired man was Jiraiya, one of the legendary three Sannin and author of the Icha Icha series. J'onn quickly decided to leave Jiraiya's mind as many images and memories of nude women, either bathing or having intercourse, were filled inside the man's mind. The young boy was Arashi Namikaze-Uzumaki and that was all that J'onn got before something vile and evil kicked him out. J'onn sent the information to Batman through the mental link while mentioning to keep an eye on Arashi.
"(Do not be alarmed,)" said J'onn as he spoke in Japanese, shocking the group, "(we were checking a few problems with one our many gateways. I am Martian Manhunter and the man next to me is Batman. Us and a few others have founded an organization of heroes known as the Justice League. If you do not mind-"
"(Could you please help us?)" Kushina interrupted with slight desperation in her voice, "(We're looking for our little boy, Naruto, as he's been missing for 12 years! Please, do you have anything that could help us?)" Batman turned towards J'onn while keeping an eye on the group as the woman pointed to Minato. "(He looks like my husband, only with my facial features,)" Kushina said as she took a few steps towards the portal, "(Please…help us find our little Naruto.)" J'onn looked at Batman before he faced Kushina and said, "(My friend would like to see a picture of Naruto as we do know of a Naruto and we may know someone who can help.)" The woman reached into a pocket and pulled out a small picture and was about to give hand the photo when she tripped through the portal. "(Kushina!)" Minato and Jiraiya called out, but saw that said woman was now on the other side of the portal as Batman picked up the photo with J'onn helping Kushina onto her feet. "J'onn," Batman said as he reveal the picture to the Martian, "This is a picture of Naruto Wilson."
What will happen now that the Namikaze-Uzumakis and the Justice League have met? How will Naruto react at the sight of his former family?
Ja ne.
