Greetings once more my lovely fans and readers, the largely anticipated World War Hulk Saga in this story will now be commencing, ready to rumble? Because our heroes sure aren't! Let's check in on our star hero for the story, Adom, AKA Naruto.
NOTE: IN THIS STORY, NARUTO'S UNIVERSE IS AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE FAN-ON, NOT TRADITIONAL MANGA OR ANIME CANON! SO BE WARNED IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT DO NOT MAKE SENSE TO THE NORMAL UNIVERSE YOU ARE ALL AWARE OF!
Thank you and enjoy!
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Standing on the top of the Empire State Building, stood Naruto, watching the sky was clear of clouds. The sun beaming onto him, Ra's gift today to give him the strength to stand against any of Hulk's soldiers. Ra himself was giving him a very bad pep talk, making Naruto cringe every now and again.
Such advice was 'Do not stand in his way, for the Hulk will crush you under his strength. Even the fastest have trouble with him, but this is something more, not just limitless rage but a focused raw nerve of power, targeted right here in this city.' And 'Try not to anger him any more, if you can avoid making him furious you will stand a chance, but any attack, no matter how small, will annoy him, so do not attack without your full power.'
The only thing Ra has said as any kind of good news is 'when you attack, use every ounce of your strength, if you must fight him, do not hold back a single ounce of your power, if you hit him hard enough, you may knock him out, and end this rampage.' But even then it was held against him with, 'your strength may not be enough to even scratch him.'
Groaning loudly, Naruto just leaned against the pole on the top of the building and sat down. "Ra, seriously. This guy is this strong, and you expect me to fight him? Did you even hear what he said? He will destroy this city in order to take down Reed, Stark, and Strange. He's going to take them down… Last time I seen so much rage focused on someone, it was for revenge, and it was not pretty. She was against us from the start, and she did something out of revenge that happened long ago… Seeing this, I feel I should stay out of it, but if he and his gang want to destroy this city, I need to protect the civilians, at the very least."
That took Ra out of his lectures. "What do you mean? You have experienced this before? I was not aware of anyone like the Hulk in your universe."
Scoffing, the blonde toyed with his gauntlet. "You must not have seen all my history. Besides, last time I seen that, I killed one I used to call friend, who killed one I called family. I know why they did that, and seeing this I see a similarity. Hulk wants revenge, who am I to get in his way? But those he targets are at fault, not the people who live here. And if I am seeing this correctly…" Looking down at the rioting city as many heroes and controlled villains were trying to get everyone organized into an evacuation, he knew it wasn't going to fully complete in time. "…We will have Civilian casualties if we don't do something. So that is my primary concern, Crowd Protection."
That got Ra to be quiet for the time being. Standing up, the golden hero stood again and dropped from the side of the building, letting gravity draw him to the ground. Just before he hit the roofs, he opened his glider and let the wind carry him above the buildings, through the streets as he warned everyone to run out of town or be crushed under the Hulk's wrath. He hoped it would be enough.
XxX Sundown XxX
Naruto stood along the civilian line, trying to help Spiderman and others get the Civilians out of the bridge through town. Looking at the sky, Naruto knew this was when his power would no longer replenish, and his defensive barrier would activate. All he hoped was that the Hulk waits just a little longer. "Come on, get going, the Hulk's deadline is near!"
Spiderman zipped beside him. "You heard the man, keep moving!"
Apparently, this was more a resistance against the evac than an evac. One resident shouted at the two. "Yeah right, like we're going to just up and go! This is our home! Stark can kiss my ass! Same guy who put you out in the cold had a few buddies with him to shoot the Hulk into space. If he wants to take our homes now, he'll have to go through me!"
Clearly they were not awake when the Hulk made his announcement, and Spidey was attempting to clear it up. "Look, you got it all wrong here, I'm not exactly helping Iron Man take your homes, and trust me this is not something you want to stay around-"
"WE AINT LEAVING!" the Civilian and a crowd behind him roared for this whole Evac to stop. Just then, a huge rumble shook the ground. "Oh, SHIT! It's him!"
Looking at the impact crater, it was big and green alright, but was wearing white and purple with long green hair. "No, it's the She-Hulk." Crossing her arms she glared at the crowd.
Another Civilian turned to the group who were against the Evac. "The He-Hulk smashes about a thousand times harder than that."
Deciding to put the nail in the coffin for this rebellion, Jennifer smirked. "You really don't want to hang around to meet him."
That put most rebellions to rest as Spiderman hung from a web beside her, upside down. "Yeah, what she said." Getting a smirk back for that, he scratched his head. "Uh, hey, just a quick question, but what's the deal? I thought Stark took your powers away."
Jennifer huffed at that, rolling her eyes. "He took his stupid machines out of me, I made sure to get several opinions before coming here on the matter. I'm clean of his influence, so I'll keep my word and try and talk some sense into my cousin."
Looking up to a whistle, the two saw Adom waving. "So, that's what you look like all green. Not bad. Think you can take your Cousin if you have to?"
Seeing her eyes drop a bit in thought, Naruto could see she didn't want to. He didn't want to either if he was in her position, and he kind of was when he was younger. "I see… Do what you can, and know that whatever happens, we'll find a way out of this mess. Let's hope his rage stops at Tony and the others he targeted. Oh, almost forgot."
Tossing something her way, Jennifer grabbed a pair of gloves he tossed her way. "What's this?"
Standing, the blonde smiled. "Shock Gloves. Produces a kinetic impact shock based on G-force. Harder you hit, the more shock it produces. I figured you might want to be prepared. Based on a design I saw when I was a teenager, took me forever to find the components needed. Test them out, tell me how they do. I'm not sure how strong you are, but these should handle enough force to stay going for awhile."
Slipping them on after taking her other pair off, they fit rather well. "I'm a men's triple extra large glove, how did you manage to get these to my size if you didn't know how I looked?"
With a chuckle, Naruto pointed to them. "I made them a one size fits all. They start huge, but there's a strap that pulls it tighter."
Seeing it, she tugged it a bit and the gloves got snug, but not tight enough to hurt. Smiling, She-Hulk popped her knuckles. "Thanks. Let's go get these Civilians out of here." Agreeing, the blonde helped lead them to the ships.
XxX xx XxX
Almost everyone was out, but it was still a good lot of people that were staying, even voluntarily. As the huge government ship was calling everyone on or stay voluntarily, some of the Police were talking about how they could just leave, and why they can't just do what they did before to calm down the Hulk.
Not a very good plan, it seemed, as one woman told the officer about the beating Black Bolt had received. That got Spiderman's group thinking, and middle aged man turned to him in confusion. "Who's this Black Bolt character?"
Spidey shrugged. "Well? Before I saw what the Hulk did to him, I would have said he was the second most powerful guy in the galaxy."
That got the man's eyes to widen. "So now I guess he's the third?"
Waving it off, Spiderman explained. "Yeah, but don't worry." Seeing a very bright flare in the sky flying their way, he pointed to it. "Numero Uno is on his way." Turned out, however, as the streak came closer, it was Iron Man, in a large suit of armor. "Aw nuts…."
Landing in front of the group and Spiderman, Tony spoke up. "Not exactly the effect I was going for."
Groaning a bit, the spider was not amused. "No offense, 'boss' but we were kind of hoping for Sentry to make it here in time."
Knowing full well what happened, Tony solemnly answered. "He'll be here when the time is right."
Adom was just watching and listening as the whole spectacle was taking place. Though as he looked up he saw Hulk's ship coming back, just in time for Spiderman's spider-sense to kick in, causing alarm somewhat. Turns out, his sense was spot on with how powerfully painful it was, because here came the pain…
Iron Man turned to face the Ship. "Get the civilians back and out of the combat zone, under those barricades! She-Hulk, Samson, Cage, Wonder-man, Ms. Marvel, keep them clear." Looking to the newest addition to their little squad, Adom, he kept his composure. "Adom, you too. Stay back and keep everyone safe."
Giving a mock salute, Naruto rolled his eyes. "Yes sir, Iron Man sir, just face this guy head on. I'll be watching and taking notes oh great one." Getting a glare, Naruto just shrugged it off. He had gotten worse glares from worse people in the past. "Whatever. I'll do my part, just do yours."
That being said, the big suited Iron Man roared out and into the sky once more, and as he did that, the Hulk had jumped form his ship, directly for Iron Man, ready for a fight.
Looking at this, the blonde started talking to Spiderman. "You know, I kind of feel sorry for you… As much as I still believe he may have been doing the wrong thing for the right reasons, I can see why you really don't like him. How you been by the way?"
Shrugging, the black costumed spider hero watched apprehensively. "In hell… My Aunt…. Well… you probably know already."
Looking at the man in spandex, Naruto gave him a look that Spiderman could only guess was empathy. "I lost family... know what it means, but before you go off the deep end about this, understand this. Your enemy? They won't stop. Not until you stop them."
As the fight started with Iron Man, the Hulk taking a few punches and the two landing in a street ahead, Spiderman could only listen to Naruto. After hearing that, Spiderman spoke softly. "I can't protect them from all my enemies… These rogues, they.. there's too many, they are too strong to take on all at once, and Stark left me out in a creek with no paddle. I can't protect them…"
The fight raged on, and as it did, Stark started a pre-recorded message that was being played everywhere he could cast it. Naruto gave his final piece of advice to Spiderman before they just watched in silence. "Don't think about how strong they are. To beat them, you need to be strong. You've beat them, right? Then do it again. Don't doubt. If you doubt, if you have any feelings for them that isn't focused on their downfall, you will fail, like I failed. You are strong enough, you just need to do it."
For a brief moment, Spiderman looked at Adom with surprise, but also curiosity. But before he could ask, things escalated, even after the sacred quote Spiderman himself told Stark about responsibility. Just then, the entire world watched as Tony used missiles and bunker busters to take the Hulk down once and for all.
Things seemed to stand still, the Hulk burning in light as everyone watched from afar, and Naruto could see the Hulk's expression change from pain to rage. He looked wide-eyed as time resumed, and the Hulk stood in a crater alone. With a single rage filled roar, everyone heard him shout at Tony. "YOU KILLED HER!"
As Tony flew his way to the Hulk to finish the job, the entire team staying behind watched the Hulk tackle him to a huge tower, and as lights blasted from the collapsing building, they knew the fight was still on, but as the entire building crushed whatever was inside, She-Hulk started running for it.
That had many of the heroes, and even Adom, following her. Finding the huge crater in the middle of the rubble and the destroyed building, Adom even had to do a double take as he seen hulk, unscathed, with Iron Man in a state he wouldn't even wish upon his own enemies. Broken, in pieces, ripped from his armor and bleeding with broken legs amongst the scrap metal of what USED to be his greatest armor.
This was not the Hulk he heard about, and Ra himself was speechless seeing this from Naruto's eyes. He could only speak once in whisper before Hulk roared in rage. "This is not the Incredible Hulk.. This is the WorldBreaker. This is the monster we've feared since the beginning of time… World Breaker, a Hulk indeed."
Luke Cage was glaring with fear, but even he knew they needed to stop this destruction. "If we're going to do something, now's the time! He's only one guy, after a-" Though his optimism was interrupted by several more falling from the sky, and they all wore similar armor to the Hulk, aiming weapons at them.
A blue man with a sword glared at the group of heroes. "We are the WARBOUND of Sakaar! I am Hiroim the Shamed!"
A large rock man growled his name. "Korg, the Kronan!"
A red woman in golden armor gripped her spear. "Elloe Kaifi."
A large insectoid creature behind them flew up, hissing. "Meik the Unhived!"
Beside him was a red insectoid who hissed back. "No-Name of the Brood… And we stand with the Hulk!"
Luke cursed as his optimism crumbled. Hiroim spoke up for the Hulk and his group of Warbound. "He is our King, a Hero. The Sakaarson made flesh who saved our world from destruction. Whilst you stand with Iron Man, Richards and Strange. Murderers, child killers, world breakers. But we will give you one chance, humans. Speak your name's and be bound to us forever. Serve the Green King and he will serve-"
The man's speech was disrupted by a heavily armored warrior with an axe, who started rushing for them. "To hell with that! Atta-" And he himself was interrupted as a gloved hand caught his axe and stopped him.
It was She-Hulk, who glared at the man. "Wait, Ares!"
The warrior glared at the woman, seething a bit in rage. "Want to lose that hand, woman?"
Letting go of the Axe as Samson told Ms. Marvel about who's side Jennifer was on, she looked his way. "That's your problem in a nutshell Samson, you think there has to be sides. I'm just here to talk."
Samson came up pointing at her. "You tried this trick the last time, Jen. And the Hulk nearly killed you during his rampage in Jericho."
Giving the muscle man an accusing glare, She-Hulk spoke through her teeth. "Because you had the bright idea of separating Bruce Banner from the Hulk. Len."
Adom stood near, his arms crossed. He was keeping behind, waiting to use his power and separating anything coming to destroy the civilians. He heard enough. "Let her go talk to him. If things escalate, then we're here to keep the Civilians from harm. End of story."
Seeing the others allow it, Jennifer walked to Bruce. "If my cousin is in there… He'll listen to me." Which may be a problem, as no one knows but Hulk himself what happened to him on Sakaar. With accepting arms, Jennifer smiled. "Some mess, huh Bruce? Let me help."
Meik, the huge insectoid spoke in rage. "Can you bring back the Hivelings who died in Crown City? Can you bring Elloe's mother back to her? The Elders of Hiroim? Caiera the Oldstrong. Hulk's wife and Queen?"
With a glare, clenching her fists, Jennifer shouted at Meik. "I wasn't talking to you, Bug!"
Her cousin the Hulk stepped forth. "Walk away." A gesture Naruto saw clear as day. This was Bruce's influence, this was his one chance to give, to get Jennifer away from harm, he still cared for family even in his rage.
Jennifer didn't want to see it, she wanted her Cousin to calm down and think logically, which was near impossible. "Bruce, if Tony and the others were involved in this, we'll figure it out. We'll put them on trial!" She stepped forward again, open arms, trying to bring the peace. "You know me. I'll stand by you to the end. But we have to do this right. And-"
He wasn't on board, he was giving her a final choice. "Now!" The two Hulks stood, facing each other, one enraged, holding himself back from killing his own family, the other trying to calm him down to keep things civil, in an uncivil situation.
Even though she herself would not want to harm her Cousin, even though she would stand by him to the end to see Tony in a cell for everything he did, She-Hulk knew she needed to protect the others she cared for. "… I can't."
Narrowing his eyes, clenching his fists, the green WorldBreaker of a man spoke in soft rage. "Then stop talking, and start fighting. "Ms. Marvel levitated a bit, moving up to try and talk to her friend. "Jen."
Putting her arm up to the heroes behind her, Jennifer tried to keep the peace, even if her Cousin was up to a pounding. "Just wait, if we don't throw the first-" Too late.
The roaring green monster threw the first punch, skimming along his cousin's abdomen and tearing the fabric with a single punch. In retaliation, Jennifer clenched her fists and threw her own, a clean knock to the head as her new gloves sparked, causing intense pain to the Hulk, but shorting out soon after.
Not even letting the pain effect his actions, the green war king grabbed her arm with one hand, and grabbed her neck with another, right after she finished speaking from before, interrupted and cursing her Cousin's actions. IN a split second, she was slammed into the ground and them punched in the chest with the other fist, knocking her out of the fight.
Every Hero behind her saw this and went on the attack, with Ares and his battle cry screaming for Hulk's destruction. "ATTACK!"
Her ribs almost caved in, her body barely getting enough air, Jennifer only looked in horror as her Cousin grabbed a sword from his back, and grabbed his Shield that was carried by Korg, the rock man. "God help us…"
Naruto, though not wanting in the fight, was seized by action, seeing the Brood known as No Name flying right for him, as the other Warbound fought the remaining heroes, Ares getting knocked cold with a single bash of Hulk's massive shield. Slapping his hands together, Naruto erupted in a beam of light before casting a large shield behind him. "You won't kill these people, Brood! If you want to fight, then fight me, but leave these innocents alone!"
Brood looked at the golden hero. She and the other Warbound were informed of many heroes they may face, but none who could do something like this. "Fine, you wish to die to protect these people, then you're wish is granted. HAH!"
Stepping down with an arm blade, No Name struck with a heavy strike that cracked the asphalt when missing the golden hero. Grabbing his Eskrima sticks, he struck back, slamming the end against the insects head as she slashed up at him swiftly. As her blade connected, it only cut against a barrier around his body. Ra's power bestowed upon him protecting him as he smacked the Brood queen aside.
Landing gracefully, No Name flew at him with fierce speed, but was forced to fly up in chase when Naruto activated his booster boots and opened his glider, flying into the air and getting away from the civilians. Looking under him, he was quickly caught by the red insectoid Warbound, being grabbed by her red claws and forced off his path before being flown and kicked into the roof of a nearby building.
Skidding along the ground, Naruto kept his eyes on No Name as the force was crushing him, but as they stopped he had to act fast. As the red Brood reared her arms back, he quickly activated his weapons and slammed them against her legs, shocking her briefly. Using this distraction, Naruto activated his boosters once more and flew from under her, causing her to fly in order not to fall on her back.
Flipping on his feet again, the blonde huffed before taking a stance. "Let's see how well you do against this… I've been training it recently, but I believe it's time I use it." Racing against the flying bug queen, Naruto spun and swung with a fierce strike, only to miss as No Name flew over him, and landed behind him, turning with a kick to his back, but he quickly rose his other stick and deflected the strike, turning with the kick and swinging with a shocking tip, clashing against the exoskeletal armor of the bug queen.
No Name could hardly feel the electrical charge, but the strike was strong enough to back her up. Grabbing the next swinging arm, she pulled Naruto up and flew into the air, twisting them in the air before throwing him into the roof. As he landed and bounced, she raced to him, grabbing him again and flying up before kicking him as hard as she could down into the streets.
Flipping upright, Naruto landed gracefully on the ground as he used his body to lessen the shock of the fall. Seeing the incest flying down at him, Naruto quickly slipped sun disks to his Gauntlets before tossing a few more up at her. Dodging them, No Name slashed down with her blades against Naruto, who caught them with his Gauntlets. The disks spun and kicked the bladed back, giving Naruto room to stab forward, but even those did not penetrate the heavy armor of the bug's exoskeletal skin.
Being grabbed again, Naruto was tossed against the building before being kicked through the wall. Having little energy left, Naruto was pinned to the ground. No Name put her blade against his neck. "Any last words?"
Naruto grabbed the blade with both hands. "Yeah, Praise the sun, bug!" Exploding with all the energy he collected that day, the light sent the Brood Queen through the roof of the building, the entire structure of it weakened by the blast of sun energy that permutated the area. Getting up and flying into the sky, the blonde raced to end this fight, but was sent flying back into the roof of the building he was in when No Name stabbed into him with extreme force, enough so to cut into the barrier he was protected by, but his armor stopped the rest of the blow from cutting into him. Seeing this, Naruto was shocked. This enemy was willing to end him, and had the means to do it.
Being pressed into, Naruto stopped the arms from cutting further, grabbing them and trying to use his strength to push her off, but the bug queen was too powerful. "I will spare innocent lives, but if you fight with Stark, Strange and Richards, you are guilty, and the guilty die!"
Huffing and trying harder, Naruto was feeling the pressure, the blades sinking into his armor slowly with enough force. "How.. UGH! Honorable of you, but I do not work for them, I only wish to save those who cannot protect themselves… And if it means I have to fight to the death, then so be it!"
Closing his eyes, Naruto remembered back to his first hard choice, the first time he was pressured into a situation he would die in. Focusing his power, Naruto pulled upon everything he could muster and with a snap of his eyes opening, the blonde quickly opened his Glider again, and used the suit's power to blow the side of the building, leaving him room to move and push off No Name's attack. As she tried to follow, Naruto directed her arms away. As they fell and flipped, Naruto kicked No Name to the ground and stomped on her chest. The last of his boot's power supply was used as a welder, burning into the Brood queen's chest, making her scream.
Before killing her, Naruto stopped. He had hoped this was enough to end the fight, but was shocked when No Name cut his feet from under him, but not cutting the barrier he was protected by this time. Grabbing him, She flew up into the air. Stuck in her grasp, Naruto tried to kick at her, but was being carried into the sky. Naruto, as he was in the air, saw Hulk launching his way to another building, a flaming entity flying around it. He could only guess that was Richards and the Fantastic Four.
Roaring in pain, Naruto was being crushed by the impressive strength of No Name. The blonde was then taken against a building, slammed into it and the through it as No Name crashed him into every wall, trying to knock him against something solid. Finally, she managed to stop breaking walls and pinned him on the roof of their ship. "Die!"
Naruto freed one arm just in time to catch the blade coming for his head, but the strength of the Queen was enough to penetrate his barrier again, and through his hand, but not through his armor just yet. As she used the other, he was forced to move his head and let his arm get pinned, crossing his chest. The second blade missed, but was pulled back for another try. Naruto could see her, ready to end him, his chest bleeding. Seeing his life in the balance, her final strike coming, Naruto did what he thought was his only choice. Having cut a hole to her chest, Naruto had a chance to end this, but he needed a hand. Roaring, the blonde forced his hand from being pinned, half his hand cut and unusable, his barrier activated again but he was still unable to use most his fingers.
Before she could end him, he used his wounded hand to enter her chest and find whatever he could destroy, crushing some kind of organ instantly. Just as he crushed the organ, No Name stopped dead, gasping for breath. Her eyes turned closed and she fell from the ship. Naruto fell back down as well, but decided to catch No Name. Catching her from falling and reducing the impact of their fall, Naruto laid her on the ground before kneeling beside her.
Trying to use his life power, Naruto tried to undo what he had done, but his power fizzled out. He was too weak, and he didn't know if it would even work. Was she supposed to die here? Or was he just unable to save her because she died at his hands? He wouldn't know, as he couldn't help.
After a few minutes, he felt the ground rumble. Beside him, the Hulk stood, and Meik as well. Hulk glared at Adom. "Who's the real monster?"
Looking up at the green beast, Naruto spoke softly with sympathy. "The one who doesn't care…. The one who kills because they want to… That's the real monster."
Meik roared and screeched in anger and rage, tackling Naruto and beating him in, his fists colliding with enough power to cause a crater. Standing up, Meik screamed in so much rage before landing a final blow, knocking Naruto completely out with a stomp to the head.
XxX Six Hours Later XxX
Groaning as his senses came back to him, Naruto noticed he was sprawled against a locker. His limbs feeling numb, he curled them up, rubbing them to soothe the pain. Before he could look around, he heard a voice. "Hey, he's up."
Looking up at the voice, ne noticed a few heroes held in a locker room with him, some he knew, others he only knew by name. He noticed She-Hulk and Spiderman, as well as Black Panther. Apparently, She-Hulk refused to look his way, and he wondered why. Panther came up to him with a collar on and his hands tied. "You're awake."
Looking at Panther, Naruto sighed. "Wish I wasn't, to be honest. If Hulk has us captured, then it's for something even worse."
Kneeling in front of the golden hero, the King of Wakanda was face to face with the one who talked to his wife a day before the building blew. "Worse than you nearly killing my wife?"
Narrowing his eyes, Naruto spoke evenly. "If I wanted her dead then I wouldn't have talked to her first. All I did was talk to her about wanting an audience with you, and to ask about Mutants. No, the ones who blew up X-Corp are an enemy I made when I first came to this world."
"So you are an alien then?" Panther knew all too well with Thor that there are many different races amongst the stars.
Thinking on it, Naruto lowered his gaze. "I'm unsure… From what Ra told me, I'm not from this world, but I am still, I guess, Human. Or, I thought so until talking to your wife."
Hearing this, Panther huffed. He knew of Moon Knight and his psychosis. "You believe in the Gods like Khonshu? Maybe you are a lunatic."
Snapping from his thoughts, Naruto glared at Panther and spoke harshly. "Coming from a man who is gifted by the great Panther god whom protects Wakanda and her people through their king, their greatest warrior. You have been given power by this god, and you think other's beliefs are nothing but lunacy? Moon Knight is Schizophrenic by nature as a human, whether he has been given guidance by a god or not doesn't effect his lunacy. But I will not talk down to a man with honor in his heart, or of a man with honor in his heart."
That got some attention, Spiderman, once silent, turned. "Coming from someone who killed another last night."
Turning to Spiderman, the blonde, for a second, wanted to retort. But before he could, he felt the guilt He didn't wish death, but he wasn't going to die in a fit of vengeance. "I didn't do this casually. I didn't want to kill No Name, I just wanted to protect the civilians. When that bug was going to kill me, I cut myself from her blades just to end the fight." He had noticed his hand was sore, but mostly healed. It was still numb on the tips of his fingers, but he could see the bleeding had stopped. "I then tried to save her, but to no avail… I do not understand why, but my power to save those from death didn't work on her."
The Black Panther knew well the gifts gods gave. Hearing Naruto speak such conviction for this subject, he knew he was telling the truth. "And what powers do you hold over life and death?"
With a sigh, the blonde spoke softly. "Ra gave me three abilities. One was to produce anything I desire, to create with solar energy anything I needed. The second was a barrier, a field around my body that would stop any force that would harm me, but apparently it is not infallible. It is only effective during the night, but it has never broken until tonight. And the third ability is the power to bring back those who have died. But there is a catch. I can only bring those who were not meant to perish back from the dead. So I only have two theories. No Name was supposed to die, or I cannot save those I kill with my own hands. Ra hasn't answered me yet. He's been quiet."
She-Hulk scoffed heavily. "Now you can TALK to this God? And you say you aren't crazy?"
Rolling his eyes, Naruto knew this was not going to be easy. "IN my world, I was known as a human sacrifice, I held a being of immense power within me, a beast who could cause earthquakes with a twitch of it's tail. My father died to protect those he cared for by sealing it within me. When I arrived to this world, Ra took away that monster, sent him back to my world in stone. With an emptiness inside me, grown by the power of that beast, Ra took it's place. I am not just Ra's avatar, I am also his vessel." Looking to Panther, Adom scoffed. "Gods can be cruel to their subjects from time to time."
Groaning, Naruto stood up, leaning on the locker as he looked around. "It doesn't matter. Before he stopped talking, he mentioned the Hulk was a WorldBreaker, one who would destroy everything. I'm not sure what that means, but I do know that we're not going anywhere until we find out."
Panther could see Naruto's pain, and his conviction, his determination and his wisdom. Standing, the Wakanda King spoke. "You've killed before, how you speak of killing that insectoid suggests remorse, but not apologies."
Taking a deep breath, Naruto sighed to calm down. "I've killed before, this is true. But only when absolutely necessary. See, my world isn't like your own. In this world, you have heroes fighting armies and other powerful beings. In my world, the armies are powerful beings. Armies of people capable of preforming feats that can wipe out villages, crumble mountains, cause a firestorm of destruction. I was a pariah of my village, trained to be the best and spit out like used bubblegum because of something that was never my choice. Hated, beaten, tortured by my own village. I was nothing but their toy. So when I tried to be what they wanted me to be, they sent me out on missions that would kill a normal man. I had to make hard choices, I had to do everything just to survive."
Everyone was looking at him as he spoke with determination, and something none of them could describe. "Survive… That was all I was to do. My mother wanted me to survive, did everything she could to give me the tools to do so, and to never show pain, fear, or anything that gave away they could get to me. SO when they tried to kill me, I did everything in my power to stop that, and yes, sometimes it meant killing them. But I didn't do it casually, I didn't do it for pleasure,. I did it to survive. I killed people I called friend because they betrayed me, I killed someone I loved because they had a mission to get close to me since the day we met, I was forced to watch my mother butchered so I would give away secrets, valuable secrets, that would destroy those that gave me a home, so yes I killed out of hatred, but never did I like it, never did I relish it, and never did I want it. If I ever had the chance to spare my enemy, I took it, even if it almost killed me or those I cared about!"
Seeing he was starting to get out of control, Naruto relaxed. Leaning back onto the locker, the blonde looked at the ceiling. "I killed a girl who killed my godmother, the only other family I had left…. That pink hair turning red with my godmother's blood, I snapped. I can't fault her for why she killed her, it's no different than how the Hulk feels. Which is why I didn't want to get in his way. But what I did want to do was halt collateral damage and casualties, unlike what happened when I fought her…."
Silence permeated the room. Naruto let it sink in before looking to Spiderman and She-Hulk. "I'm sorry I killed, and I know it's against your moral code. But if I had another option, trust me when I say I would have taken it. You're welcome to be disgusted with me now, but don't condemn me with hatred. It only breeds worse things to come."
Just as he finished saying that, the collars turned on, and caused the entire room of people to convulse. Many of Hulk's Warbound grabbed them in their weakened state and started dragging them out of the locker room. "Come, it is almost time for the big event!"
The golden avatar of Ra watched as they were being taken into a stadium. "What event?"
One of the Warbound growled at him. "The Gladiatorial arena, what else? And many of you will be participating, to the death."
That left a bad taste to Naruto's buds. He already killed one of their Warbound, he didn't want to kill anyone else, but if he had no choice, he would do what was needed. He just hoped he found another way out. "Ra… Give me strength."
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Hey, hey, hey, how is everyone doing? Well, Hulk came down and wrecked the joint, now we head into the Arena, but first I would like to, once more, mention a VERY big elephant in the chapter.
THIS NARUTO IS AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE NARUTO! THERE WILL BE THINGS DIFFERENT FROM CANON, INCLUDING RELATIONSHIPS AND TEAMS, ALL THE WAY TO DIFFERENT SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY INCLUDED!
So I hope you get that VERY clearly, and enjoy this Alternate Universe Naruto. Be ready, there are many fights to come, and many more secrets and background information concerning Naruto's universe in this story.
