Author's Notes: Yello minna-san, Soul here, and welcome back to The Fox of Overwatch with the new subtitle: The Fox of Overwatch: The Anti-Heroes of Infinity! Hope you guys like it!
Special thanks to NorthSouthGorum and darkmagicdragon for beta-reading! And I know I may have got Izaya's character wrong in this, so please forgive me! Anywho, enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 04: Game On
(Overwatch HQ)
'DECRYPTION: 60%'
That's what the screen said on a computer that one Hinata Hyuuga commandeered a few days ago. It was right after the Wuncler gala that when she got back to headquarters; she'd made a beeline to the IT Department and gave them the flash drive she'd used, for them to decrypt. Since the Wuncler's were pretty much revealed to be Talon, she was hoping that their files might lead her to Naruto's location. After all she'd learned about Talon and how they operated, she wouldn't put it past them to have been the ones to kidnap Naruto during his mission to rescue Gaara.
Hinata had gone into hysterics when she learned of Naruto's disappearance. He had just returned from a three-year training trip with his mentor, Jiraiya of the Sannin and ready to return to active duty. After meeting with Tsunade, Kakashi, and Sakura, the young man had reunited with his girlfriends. That's right, Hinata was not Naruto's only girlfriend. Shinobi International Law stated that if he was the last of a prominent clan, he was to have multiple wives to restore it. However, he kept it a secret, to keep his lovers from harm.
When Naruto never came back with the others after rescuing Gaara, Hinata had demanded answers, showing a ferocity that she and no one else thought she had, and was not happy when no one had the answers. She was acting like a literal hellcat until news came from the Land of Spring of a terrorist organization from the world outside the mist. They were kidnapping chakra users for no doubt nefarious reasons, with Naruto being the latest victim. During a meeting on who to send to the outside world, Hinata interjected herself into the proceedings to volunteer. The Hokage, Tsunade Senju, instantly approved, while ignoring the 'all-knowing' Shinobi Advisory Board on the Konoha Council.
When Hinata left Konoha for the Land of Spring, she also took her sister Hanabi with her, effectively saving her from the traditionalist Hyuuga Council. They were attempting to corrupt her into making her see things their way. Upon arriving in the Land of Spring, they were granted a short audience with the Daimyo, Koyuki Kazahana, before taking the first flight out to the world beyond the mist. They were making their way to Japan, but something shot down the plane, stranding it on an island. Most of the passengers died on impact, sans Hinata and Hanabi. Unknown soldiers appeared outside the plane with strange weapons.
Before they could board the downed aircraft, they were intercepted and taken out by another group. While Hinata was healing Hanabi, the other group boarded and took the sisters to safety. The surviving passengers were taken to a hospital in Japan, while the Hyuuga sisters were taken into their custody after witnessing Hinata's healing jutsu. The next thing the sisters knew, they were at the headquarters of the international task force known as Overwatch.
After Hinata and Hanabi were tended to, Hinata was questioned about her origins and her reason for heading to Japan. Because of Hinata's language, Genji Shimada was brought in to translate for Hinata, since they both spoke Japanese. Thanks to Hinata's story about her world, they realized what Talon has been aiming for; to gather an army of metahumans to combat them and prevent them from interfering in their plans.
Thus, Gabrielle personally extended an invitation for her to join Overwatch and help find her boyfriend. Well, due to a certain law in the Elemental Nations, her shared boyfriend; a fact that'd led to a few more additions to Overwatch. It made Mercy's proposed Valkyrie Squad a reality, something that made the Director and Head Medic very, very happy.
Hinata could only sigh and exit the room, calculating in her head that the decryption process would be done in a few days. She was lucky that the IT department could spare their processing power for the decryption; they had to use the rest to find anything related to Foxhound or Talon.
"That's quite the sigh there, Hinata-san. A yen for your thoughts?" asked Gabrielle as she walked down the hallway towards her. She used a Japanese honorific instead of the normal English version, as a sign of respect.
"I'm fine, Gabrielle-san. It's just… I may have a lead on my beloved, but does it usually take this long? The longer the lead takes to decode, the further away he gets." Hinata admitted, not looking at the concerned Gabrielle. "I don't think I can take waiting a few more days until that drive unlocks."
"Is that right? I'll see what I can do. Since that drive is Talon-related and your boyfriend may be connected to it, I'll have the IT Department free up some processing power. If my calculations are correct from last checking the report from there, it should be done by tonight. Not only will we have more of Talon's secrets, you'll be one step closer to your boyfriend."
"Thank you very much, Director." said Hinata gratefully, bowing and taking her leave.
As Hinata rounded the corner, she picked up Gabrielle's raised voice. She read the riot act, questioning what the hell was taking so long to decrypt the drive that could lead them to Talon. Sweatdropping, Hinata quickly boarded an elevator and closed it before Gabrielle's killing intent flooded the entire floor she was on.
For a Founder of Overwatch and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Gabrielle Adawe was quite the interesting person. She was in a position of power, but never let it get to her head, as she used it to ensure the safety of the world. As one of the key architects in creating Overwatch during the Omnic Crisis, she herself had doubts it would succeed. But, after seeing the original taskforce and other new recruits shatter her expectations and end the war, she was blown away. Under her command as its Director, she made Overwatch a permanent peacekeeping taskforce.
However, before she could take full control, certain members of the UN meddled in her affairs. They wanted a piece of the action by adding a militant force to Overwatch. They'd added a black-ops sub-group within Overwatch, Blackwatch, before she could take full control.
But that's an explanation for another time, as Hinata made her way outside to the large garage. She looked around before spotting her sister, who noticed her from a workstation and waved.
"Onee-chan!"
"Hanabi!"
Indeed, her youngest sister was also a member of Overwatch. She was seriously injured when crash landing in the Sea of Japan, but survived thanks to Hinata's Healing Jutsu and Overwatch's advanced healing technology. While recovering, she came across the garage, watched what the technicians at work did and was fascinated by them. After she fully recovered and Hinata officially joined Overwatch, she didn't want to stay on the base and do nothing but train, so Hanabi joined the Overwatch mechanics in their work. Much to her surprise, she'd discovered she had quite the talent for crafting, repairing and such. She caught the attention of Overwatch's premier Head Mechanic and granddaughter of the world's legendary engineer Cid Sophiar, Cidney Aurum. From there, she took Hanabi under her wing.
"I brought you lunch," said Hinata, handing her a bento box.
"Thanks, saves me a trip to the mess hall." Said Hanabi gratefully, accepting it and setting it on her work station. "Any luck with the drive?"
"Not yet, but I'm hopeful that it'll be done tonight." Hinata sat next to Hanabi, who just clocked out for her break.
"Ne, onee-chan… even when we find onii-chan, will we be able to bring him back with us to Konoha? What if he wants to stay here in this world?" Hanabi questioned.
"If he does, then I won't stop him. I'll even stay here with him, so that we can both escape from the darkness that is Konoha and our clan." Stated the older sister, watching a hovercar being modified.
"Does that mean the Exodus is still on?" Asked the younger Hyuuga, to which Hinata nodded.
"Kazahana-sama forwarded a message from Tsunade-sama after the incident with the Wunclers," she reported, "She estimates it'll be another month before everything and everyone is ready."
Hanabi nodded and hugged her. "Good thing she sent backup to help you," she teased with a smile, "and I'm glad you took me along for the ride so that tou-san and the Hyuuga Elders would stop breathing down my neck."
"Anything for my little sister." Hinata kissed her on the cheek, making her giggle.
"All members of Strike Team Alpha, please report to the Briefing Room ASAP! I repeat, all members of Strike Team Alpha, please report to the Briefing Room ASAP!" A male voice over the PA boomed throughout the base.
"What could that be about?" Hanabi wondered with a frown.
"ASAP…" Hinata muttered with her own frown, "It would be Talon… or Foxhound. I should go. Be careful, Hanabi."
"Always, onee-chan."
(With the Strike Team)
"Everyone's here? Good. All of you, grab your gear and head out immediately." Strike-Commander Morrison wasted no time once everyone was assembled. "We've just received word from the South Korean Government that Foxhound is at Orihara Industries, targeting the CEO, Izaya Orihara."
"Why would Foxhound go after Orihara?" Asked Mercy sensibly. "His company is supplying South Korea with MEKA to combat the kaijin Omnic haunting its waters. It doesn't make sense."
"Isn't it obvious?" Asked Reyes grimly, folding his arms. "Foxhound's changing their MO. It's not about just Talon, but the world's military as well. They're probably nervous that those MEKA will be turned against them during their little campaign against Talon, so they're striking now."
"We don't know that for sure, Reyes."
To everyone's surprise, it was Gabrielle who rebuked him. "Foxhound's MO has been consistent and because of that, it confirms some suspicions about Orihara Industries."
"Orihara Industries was being investigated as well?" Asked Morrison, noting a trend with the companies targeted by Foxhound being under investigation.
"As a matter of fact, yes." She confirmed, producing a file. "Orihara Industries was once Rhee Enterprises, run by the late Ji-yeon Rhee. Her company was contracted to create MEKA for the South Korean Government to combat the aforementioned evolving kaijin Omnic. That is, until she committed suicide."
"You suspect foul play?" Mercy guessed, but Gabrielle shook her head.
"Not at first. I chalked it up to the pressure of running a multi-billion dollar enterprise. That is, until her successor popped up on the radar." A picture of Izaya Orihara appeared on the screens.
"I've heard rumors about this man." Genji supplied, studying the photo, "He's sly, intelligent and deceptively strong. The women he fancies are independent and influential. Thing is, those women were found dead, appearing to have conmmited suicide is the only thread that connects them. I spied on a couple of men from my former family who told this story."
"Did these women have any trouble in their lives?" Asked Gabriel with a frown, arms still folded.
"As a matter of fact, they did, on a deep and personal level." Genji confirmed.
"The only conclusion I can come up with is Orihara making them commit suicide, with his latest conquest netting him a large business. Now he's joined Talon?" Mercy wondered thoughtfully.
The director nodded. "It would appear so. While running Orihara Industries, he slipped up twice. Some of the numbers coming out of his company were not adding up. It's the reason he's on the radar of those hunting Talon, like us… and Foxhound."
"And now Foxhound is after him." Concluded McCree, adjusting his hat. "Only this time, he was ready for them and sounded the alarm."
"Yes. Orihara was having tests conducted on the new mechs his company is developing. The test pilots are chosen by the South Korean government, with special test pilots being added in as well. They are currently engaging Foxhound to hold them off until the rest of the military arrives, and the government wants us there to help apprehend the trio." Gabrielle dismissed the screens, "So, move out. Time is of the essence. And be sure to bring them all in… alive!"
"Yes, ma'am!" Chorused the main Overwatch Strike Team.
(Orihara Industries, Testing Hangar)
"How could they still be fighting us after hearing Orihara out himself as a Talon agent?" Chikage wondered out loud, over the sound of continuous gunfire.
"I guess the walls were soundproofed from where we are, so they couldn't hear." Guessed Naruto, before shielding his head and the girls from the debris. "Guess we can rule out dumb and tone deaf…"
Naruto, Chikage, and Harley were pinned down behind a large pillar, with multiple Tachikoma MEKA firing on their positions. The structural integrity was strong, but when the mechs started firing missiles, their hiding place quickly crumbled.
"Geez! Mi-chan, instructions!" Harley yelled through the comms, returning fire with her Rhino revolver.
"I wish I could help you, but there's some kind of field that's locking me out, and- Shit!" Miki cried out as she furiously started typing. "Gah! They're counter-hacking to trace us back to base! I gotta go!"
"Mi-chan? Mi-chan!" Harley called into her comms, only to receive static.
"Looks like we're on our own." Chikage murmured as she prepared some firebombs. "Izaya was well prepared for us, which means our last target, Haruka Seameyer, might be just as prepared."
"That's then. This is now. And I've got a plan," Naruto began, "I'll swarm the field with my Shadow Clones to keep those mechs busy. Fever, you use those bombs of yours to distract that pink MEKA trying to flank us. Jinx, you sneak through the chaos and take out Izaya."
"You got it, toots. I'll be sure to leave you guys a bone or somethin'," Harley said, grinning.
"Well, let's get to it." Said the blond young man, before dropping multiple smoke bombs that shielded them from view.
"I figured you would do something like that." Izaya mused, while the mech pilots swapped their viewing modes from normal to thermal to see through the smoke.
…Only to see dozens of copies of Fox springing out from behind the pillars with their Plasma Katanas and zooming towards them.
"ZERG RUSH!" Screamed the pilot in the pink Tachikoma MEKA. "Spread out!"
The other pilots complied, expertly maneuvering away from them, but thanks to Naruto's distraction, Chikage had managed to get to the rafters to drop fire bombs on them. She used the storage scroll that Naruto taught her to use to rain down as much hell as possible. The explosives impacted the metal lugs, with the fire damaging the mech's viewing systems in the process.
"Careful! There're still people in those mechs that aren't part of Talon!" Harley shouted over the coms.
"That's why they're being neutralized first!" Naruto shot back, summoning another wave of Shadow Clones before turning on his active camo.
With Chikage running distractions from above, Naruto threw a large scroll into the air. It exploded, raining down a horde of Hiraishin knives that stabbed into the ground all around the hangar. With a snap of his fingers, the Shadow Clones disappeared in a flash.
"Where'd they all go?!" One of the mech pilots cried out.
"They just disappeared- Hey!"
Suddenly the Shadow Clones reappeared, sheathing their blades. In an instant, almost all of the limbs of the Tachikoma MEKA detached cleanly from the main bodies. With them rendered unable to move properly, it allowed Naruto to slice off the machine gun arms for good measure. However, he was unable to get the pink MEKA, who unleashed a small energy burst with the force of a concussive blast at the last second. It dispelled some of the clones that got close and jetted away. She zipped nimbly through the air, making sharp turns that made each and every bomb miss her.
"What? How'd she do that? It shouldn't be possible…" Naruto muttered, frowning pensively behind his mask.
"What is with that pilot? Who is she?" Wondered Chikage, amazed that the pilot could evade Naruto's attack so easily.
"Not bad, D. Va. You are indeed a credit to gamers everywhere, with their superior reaction time." Izaya praised the pilot grandly.
"Thank you, Izaya-nim. For the sake of my country, I won't let you down!" D. Va answered cheerily.
"This one's different from the others." Naruto noted, reappearing in front of her and resting his Plasma Katana on his shoulder.
"So I've noticed. How do we proceed?" Asked Chikage, landing next to him and preparing her Judge revolver.
"Keep distracting this mech so Harley can get the jump on Izaya." Instructed Naruto, before charging at D. Va himself.
"Roger that." Chikage confirmed, opening fire at the Korean pilot.
To Chikage's shock, D. Va quickly maneuvered out of the way, manipulating the limbs to move at impossible angles. She returned fire with her arm-mounted machine guns rattling with pulse fire. The two vigilantes quickly jumped in opposite directions to avoid the bullets. When Naruto got back on his feet, he saw D. Va bearing down on him like a pink truck. Quickly, he threw out an EMP grenade, but she managed to knock it away before it detonated.
"What the fuck!" Yelped Naruto. He shot a dagger-tipped chakra chain from his hand and zipped upward to avoid D. Va.
The MEKA pilot turned to follow and was about to trigger her thrusters when Chikage suddenly bombarded her, running around while firebombing her mech with incendiary grenades.
"Geh. If only that Defense Matrix was ready!" D. Va growled to herself. Punching one of the big red buttons with a rocket icon, it made her mech deploy missiles at Chikage.
Chikage managed to shoot a few missiles down with her Judge revolver. She was then forced to run to try and avoid them, but they started following her. Realizing that they were homing missiles, Chikage ran to some nearby pillars for cover. Weaving in and out with her agility, she used the pillars to her advantage to shoot the rest of homing missiles down.
D. Va started to say, "Heh, not bad for-" only to stop in surprise as her mech rattled.
She looked around in a panic to see a piece of scaffolding bent over her mech, holding her in place while Naruto bore down on her. She used her machine guns to gun him down, but the blond young man easily deflected the shots away, with one bullet hitting the mech's joints. D. Va tried to roll away, but was blindsided by a flashbang from Chikage that blinded her visual sight. D. Va quickly maneuvered away, but the damaged joint slowed her mech, and her machine gun ports were slashed away.
"Dammit!" Cursed D. Va, rolling away to a safe distance and assessing the situation, "Foxhound's definitely no joke! Looks like video game experience can only take me so far in this. Maybe it's time to use that special ability Izaya-nim had installed. With the way the other's MEKA are positioned, we can trap Foxhound in an explosive Zerg Rush of our own!"
While D. Va prepared to execute her plan, Izaya was surveying the situation from the rafters. He frowned when he realized that Naruto and Chikage were the only ones fighting D. Va.
"Jinx." Muttered the crafty CEO, whipping out his trusty, prized knife and stabbing blindly behind him.
He scowled when he didn't feel his blade piercing flesh, only a wooden dummy. When he turned to look, it was decorated as a crude likeness of Harley.
"Shit…" grunted Izaya, noting HA HA HA! scrawled on the wood.
Just as he yanked his knife out of the dummy, the back of his leg exploded in pain, making him cried out in surprise. As he fell to his good knee, he saw that the object that hit him was a bat, belonging to one Harley Quinn. She smiled a Cheshire Cat grin as she withdrew her spiked bat, the spikes retracting. Izaya tried to retaliate with a swing of his knife, but Harley beat him to the punch. Her blunt weapon whacked him around the face, knocking his head into a railing and making him lose his balance.
"Nice try, Izaya. Now, be a good boy and die!" She shrieked, raising her bat to smash his head into a pulp. "Say hi to Glenn and Abe for me, bitch!"
"Now that's a spoiler…" Izaya groaned as Harley's bat came down on him…
Only for it to be shot out of her hands.
"What the fucking fuck?" Asked Harley stupidly, before more shots made her duck. "Eek!"
One of the pilots managed to pop out of his mech and shoot at her with his sidearm, "Stay away from him!"
Unfortunately, he didn't notice that Chikage was right next to him. As he shouted at Harley, the arsonist leapt at him after he fired a couple more shots, and knocked him out with a snap kick to his face. At the same time, Izaya swung at Harley, knocking her off the railing. Fortunately, she landed back-first on the pink MEKA before hopping off.
"Jinx, are you okay?" Asked Chikage, with she and Naruto running up to her.
"I'll live, but we may have a mental situation with these pilots. One of them seemed pretty concerned about Izaya, like, personally worried." Harley noted as she rubbed her sore back. "Sounds like Izaya has the South Korean Government fooled and the pilots drinking the kool-aid."
"Even when the guy is a complete scumbag? The government must be pretty desperate to get rid of that monster in their waters," sighed Naruto, looking up at Izaya, "by any means necessary."
"You're right! Izaya-nim is our only hope in stopping that menace. We won't let you kill him, just because you think he's with Talon! If he's with Talon, then why is he helping us, huh?!" D. Va shouted at the Foxhound Trio, who looked annoyed beneath their various masks.
"Spoken like a puppet with strings, who doesn't realize that she and the entire country is being played." Drawled the blonde young man, twirling his blade idly. "Izaya isn't here to help you, and those mechs won't be used by Korea. He's just using you as guinea pigs to test the mechs that'll actually be used by Talon. If you listen to him, you'll die."
"And if you don't defeat him, you'll never defeat the kaijin haunting your country." Izaya suddenly spoke up, now standing and leaning on the rail above. "Only through me will your country thrive! Listen to him and you'll condemn it."
"Wait, he's standing? His leg!" Harley suddenly shouted, pointing at it. The limb was completely healed, as if it had never been mangled by Harley's spiked bat.
"What?! How?! That's impossible!" She snarled, looking furiously back and forth from her beloved weapon to Izaya's leg. "How in the fuck?"
"Don't underestimate me. And by me, you know exactly what I mean." Said Izaya smoothly, tossing a green bottle to them.
Naruto caught the object and examined it. "Strong… First Aid Med?" He questioned.
"Did he get that goop juice from a zombie game or somethin'?" Harley wondered out loud, leaning in for a closer look herself.
"Whatever the case, it can probably heal fatal wounds, like the one you dealt him. It just means that we should expect our other targets to have this ace up their sleeves." Chikage mused, while Naruto sealed the bottle in a scroll.
"Your so-called target will be safe from your wrath. These fine people of South Korea will see to that! Now, for the coup de grace…" Izaya raised his hand towards Foxhound, motioning for the Tachikoma MEKA units to attack.
"Here they come!" Shouted Naruto as he readied his Plasma Katana. "Scatter!"
The three vigilantes leapt high into the air, dodging the swarming Tachikoma MEKA. They landed a ways away before whipping around and opened fire with their respective long-ranged weapons, Westars, Rhino, and Judge.
"Hmm. Do it." Izaya suddenly commanded over the mech's comms, smirking.
"Roger that!" D. Va confirmed. "Let's go everyone!"
"Yes ma'am!" Answered the pilots.
"Careful, they're planning something!" Chikage warned her comrades as she reloaded.
"They're going to boost their mechs towards you and make them self-destruct."
The lone male and females of Foxhound jumped when a feminine voice suddenly reverberated through their own comm devices. One thing they knew for sure; it wasn't either of them and it was not Miki, who'd gone radio-silent earlier.
"You can either listen to me, or be blown to smithereens. I don't care which, so it's your choice."
"Wait, who is this? Identify yourself!" Naruto demanded, putting a finger to his comm ear, only to receive static in response, "Shit!"
"Huh, honey-boo, I don't know exactly who the hell that was, but she's probably kinda right!" Harley shouted, rapidly pointing at the MEKA.
"Uh-oh…" Chikage moaned, taking a step back.
The three sweated heavily as the mechs sped up their charge, causing them to take several steps back.
"Destroy them!" Yelled one of the pilots.
"Yeah!" Roared the other pilots. They all pushed a special button in their mechs.
"Take this, Foxhound!"
"How 'bout no!?" Retorted Harley, as she and the others leapt over them at the last second.
They bounded off the metal lugs and ran for it, knowing that the mechs are going to explode soon, going by the faint whirling sounds emanating from their metal bodies. But there was one more obstacle in the form of the pink MEKA, about to slam it's body into them.
"Oh no you don't! You're gonna take this nerf!" D. Va shouted, pushing her button and pulling a lever next to her seat.
At the same time, Harley and Chikage rolled to the sides, while Naruto spun and cut the legs off the mech, sending it skidding and rendering it immobile.
"W-what? There's no way! It's like they knew what we were planning!" Exclaimed D. Va, looking to see Foxhound running towards Izaya and taking aim on the move. "Dammit- wait a minute," she said, finding another lever just as frantic voices started to sound off in the comms channel, "The eject lever-!"
"Nice try, Izaya. A bunch of tin cans can't shield your ass from being pumped full of lead!" Harley taunted, firing at the support beams of the rafters.
Izaya gritted his teeth and tried to escape through the door behind him, but one of Naruto's bullets caught him in the ankle. He cried in pain as the back of his wounded knee gave way, causing him to fall. He reached for the door, but fell along with the rafters to the ground.
"Think he has any more of that goop juice?" Chikage wondered rhetorically.
"You mean the Strong First Aid Med, right?" Teased Harley as she reloaded her revolver.
Izaya took the opportunity to whip out a hidden sidearm and open fire. However, Naruto was ready and quickly deflected the bullets, then flicked an explosive shuriken into Izaya's hand. It exploded, leaving a stump with the fingers sent flying along with pieces of the gun. Izaya cried out in pain as he cradled his stump, and glared daggers at his killers.
"If he does, let's see him try and heal that." said Naruto coldly as he sheathed his Plasma Katana.
"Heh! You poor, defective weapons of Talon." Sneered Izaya, as if he wasn't being held at gun/sword-point. "You really think killing me will change anything? Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you're only delaying the inevitable. I look forward to seeing your faces when you see all your efforts were for naught. Talon will be at the world's helm and all will bend to its will! Our leader will see to that."
"You make it sound as if you'll live to see it. Hope you didn't make a bet on that." Drawled Naruto, taking aim.
"Actually, I will." Retorted the dark-haired man with a sinister leer in response.
Before the threesome could respond to that, they suddenly heard a horrified cry. Whipping around, Naruto and the girls saw one of the Tachikoma MEKA units exploding, abruptly cutting off the cry.
"What the? Why aren't they shooting out of those hunks of junk?" Asked Harley frantically, over the sound of more terrified cries and whirring sounds.
"You. You did something." Chikage growled at Izaya, who laughed.
"Actually, no. I never thought there'd be a defect in the eject mechanism, but I'll take it." Izaya quickly pulled a grenade out of his pocket with his good arm and rolled it along the ground towards them.
"Son of a bitch!" Harley yelled in a way that would make a certain team from Blood Gulch proud.
Foxhound jumped out of the way as it exploded, knocking them back, but thankfully not injuring them. At the same time, another mech exploded, as panicked voices sounded over the screams.
"I can't eject! I can't eject-!" *boom*
"No!"
"Dammit! Is the terror so much that they can't use an emergency latch to get out?!" Chikage shouted as the mechs detonated one by one.
"It wasn't supposed to be like this-" *boom*
"Help me, please!"
D. Va could only look on in horror and confusion through her viewscreen as she witnessed her fellow pilots explode one-by-one. Dangerously close to hyperventilating, she attempted to cancel out the self-destruct sequence, only to receive a blinking "ERROR" message in return. She was about to call out to Izaya when she heard the exchange between Foxhound and Izaya.
"So, Fox, Jinx, Fever. You have two paths here. You can continue your quest for revenge and kill me. Or you can save those disposable pilots in those defective machines. Your choice. Choose wisely." Izaya turned around and held out a switch. "You don't have much time."
"I-Izaya-nim, what are you doing?!" D. Va cried out, just as Izaya pushed the switch.
"Getting rid of the trash. You and the pilot's testing the faults of the future MEKA was glorious, but I have no more use for you. It's quite amusing to see you fighting to protect me and the future of your country, when in reality, you were protecting the future… of Talon." Izaya revealed as he walked away to the exit, now pressing the button on the switch he was holding.
At the same time, the entire area of Orihara Industries blared with an announcement, "SELF-DESTRUCT SEQUENCE ACTIVATED. PLEASE EVACUATE THE VICINITY"
"W-what…?" Asked D. Va, still shellshocked at the revelation of her employer's true colors.
"It's because of your sacrifices that new and improved MEKA will be created. They'll be safe for Talon to use to continue our conquests. Sadly, as Foxhound put it, you won't live to see it. But don't worry your pretty little head, Song-san. I'm sure you'll be remembered in some game memorial in that Starcraft game, or something. Farewell." Izaya gave a grin and a wave of his remaining hand before returning it to his throbbing stump.
"N-N-NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" D. Va screamed, her impending death finally sinking in. She pulled the emergency lever, only to find it jammed. "NO! I DON'T WANT TO DIE! HELP! HELP ME!"
"You rotten bastard!" Chikage yelled after him.
"Now now, a poor maiden is calling for her savior. Are you going to ignore her, or am I really that important to kill?" Asked Izaya smoothly over his shoulder. "You're Talon's work, alright."
"Fuck. Leave him! We gotta save them!" Naruto yelled, running towards the exploding mechs.
"Gaahhh, fine!" Harley yelled, following behind him.
Chikage looked at Izaya's retreating form, then back at the doomed pilots, before following her Foxhound teammates.
Izaya smirked when he sensed that Foxhound wasn't coming after him.
"In the end, despite your ways, you're still like the heroes of old. And I walk a free man. I may have lost a hand, but it can be easily replaced. At least I'm the only one who survived Foxhound. Talon wins- no. I win!" Izaya praised himself before laughing out loud.
As Izaya reached the exit, he never noticed Naruto grabbing Chikage, jumping with her and spinning her around. Chikage had Judge at the ready and after a few revolutions, fired one incendiary round. The bullet curved in the air and scored a direct hit.
Izaya gasped and stumbled when searing pain erupted through his chest, and saw chunks of flaming flesh land in front of him. He looked down to see a flaming hole in his chest, where his heart, some of his lungs, and other vital organs had been. He fell to his knees as pain seared through his body. He could not even voice his disbelief.
As for Foxhound, Harley joined in on the spin, allowing Naruto to toss her and Chikage close to the rest of the exploding mechs. He let go and landed on the pink mech, whose pilot is still screaming her head off. Harley and Chikage rolled on the ground and ran to try and save who they can.
"Oi, press yourself to the side!" Naruto yelled, raising his Plasma Katana.
"Eh?" Squeaked D. Va, momentarily shocked out of her despairing wailing. Only to cry out and press her back to the side as Naruto's blade stabbed through the top of the cockpit. He made a circular motion that cut the top open, allowing Naruto to hop through the hole. D. Va gasped as Naruto grabbed her, and was pulling himself and the girl out when the mech with her finally exploded. Chikage and Harley were close to the other mechs when the last of them exploded, knocking them back. As for Izaya, he looked back to see Foxhound getting blown away. Still flying through the air, Naruto noticed him, and grinned behind his mask. Hugging D. Va close to him, Naruto whipped out a Westar, took aim, and fired two shots.
The two superheated bullets hit home with a double-tap that blew up Izaya's head. Now headless, Izaya's body flopped to the ground.
Naruto twisted his body so that he'd land back-first as he hit the ground, making sure D. Va wouldn't get hurt by the fall. Miraculously, Harley and Chikage crashed next to them and skidded along the ground until they stopped.
"Ugh… spinning…" Harley moaned out, holding her head "Still alive, though…"
"But… the pilots…" Chikage murmured, lying on her back and looking upside-down at the wreckage of the other MEKA.
The mechs were in pieces, burning and billowing with smoke. Worse, the only evidence left of D. Va's fellow test pilots were pieces of charred flesh and bones. It was due to this gruesome sight that Naruto kept a shivering D. Va's face close to his chest, his hands covering her eyes.
"There's nothing we can do for them. We need to go. This place's about to blow." Naruto groaned, climbing shakily to his feet.
"Yeah, and not the… happy-ending kind of blow." Harley replied cheekily. She winked at Naruto, who sweatdropped.
Chikage gained a tickmark and none too gently pulled Harley to her feet. The blonde woman blew a sour raspberry at the flame girl before taking off, said flame girl in hot pursuit. Naruto could only shake his head and follow behind them. He was still carrying D. Va in his arms.
Despite their fooling around, they made sure to step on Izaya's dead corpse.
"*static* Hello?! *static* Hello?! Fox! Jinx! Fever! Can any of you hear me?!" Miki suddenly called through Foxhound's comms.
"Miki, you're back! What took ya so long, eh?" Harley snapped at her.
"Sorry, whatever was hacking me was really, really annoying!" Miki revealed, "They had me multitasking like crazy. I was keeping them out of our comms network and stopping them from tracing me back to base. I also had to reinforce the firewalls they haven't managed to breach. Still, I would've lost that fight if I hadn't had help like I did." As she relayed this information, she surfed through the cameras, watching for any enemies in her friends' path.
"Help?" Naruto repeated, noting that barely anyone was in their path of escape.
"Yeah, some third-party." She answered. "They countered the hacker, letting me reinforce the firewalls and deploy attack programs. They just disappeared after I melted their computer, which I traced back there to Orihara Industries. Speaking of Orihara, did you-?" Miki started to ask, hoping the answer would be good.
"We got him. He won't be healing from the deathblow we gave 'em. But, we… couldn't save the test pilots, 'cept one. Izaya used them as guinea pigs, giving them faulty MEKA prototypes that were literally graves for them. Even if they didn't trigger the self-destruct to their mechs, I doubt Izaya would've let them live." Naruto grimaced at the thought.
"Hey!"
Naruto jumped when D. Va suddenly shouted at him and started beating at his armor with her fists, forcing them to stop.
"I'm fine now! Let me go! I can't see!" She yelled in Korean.
"Damn is she feisty!" Harley laughed when D. Va's flailing nearly knocked his mask off.
"Okay, fine. Geez!" Naruto groaned lightly, dropping her unceremoniously on her rear end. "Happy?"
"Ow! That hurt, you jerk!" D. Va yelled at him as she shot up.
"Are you sure you want to insult the guy who saved your life?" Naruto retorted in D. Va's native tongue, while getting a proper look at her.
She was young, maybe 14 years-old, with brown hair and eyes. She wore a pink and purple, form-fitting, high-tech plugsuit with a rabbit symbol on her chest. In addition, she also had a pair of headphones with a rabbit-ear motif and pink markings on her cheeks.
"I'm grateful that you did, but you literally forgot about me when you were running. It was really uncomfortable!" D. Va complained, waving her arms childishly.
"We don't have time to stop to hear you complaining. We have to continue moving." Chikage snapped. She and Naruto each grabbed one of D. Va's arms and took off, with Harley bringing up the rear.
"Wait, what about the others?!" D. Va asked, referring to her fellow pilots.
"They didn't make it. Then again, all of you were doomed from the start. Be grateful that you avoided that little mishap." Harley told her in rough Korean.
"Regardless, Fever's right. You guys have less than six minutes to clear the compound before it blows skyhigh." Miki reported. "Also, the military is almost there, with Overwatch arriving to back them up in five minutes tops."
"Roger that. Don't worry, we'll be clear by then- GAH!"
Just as they rounded a corner, a gunshot echoed through the area, followed by Naruto's mask shattering. He staggered back and used his body to shield D. Va's, while Chikage and Harley pulled them both around the corner to hide.
"Foxy-kun!" Harley freaked out, examining her beloved.
Upon examination, she sighed in relief, seeing that Naruto was fine. He'd just lost this mask, but was bleeding from the temple.
"Fox, are you alright? Please, answer me!" Miki wailed into the comms, alarmed by the sudden gunshot.
"Don't worry, I'm fine." Grunted the young man, his head ringing as he held it. "Guh… my bell got rung, but that's all…"
"Miki, we need a location on the shooter." Chikage whispered in her comms device. "Now!"
"I'm looking! I'm looking! There's literally hundreds of cameras around the complex, and that sniper disappeared from where they fired!" Miki complained, sweeping through each camera as quickly as possible.
"They shot at us, and disappeared that quick? That's shouldn't be possible… unless…" Chikage murmured before her eyes widened. "Miki, scan for any mines! Venom mines in particular!"
"I was wondering what those little dots were." Miki suddenly said, focusing on the screen. She frowned when she saw eight legs branching off them. "They look like… spiders…?"
"Guys? What's wrong?" Asked D. Va, growing nervous when she saw her female saviors paling.
Naruto, meanwhile, was blocking out the rest of the sounds and voices to track the shooter. He clicked his tongue, the sound providing an echolocation-like effect that surrounded the area. His eyes snapped open as he located the shooter, who was close to putting a round into D. Va's head.
He quickly grabbed D. Va and blocked the shot with his body. The bullet punched through his armor into his shoulder. He grunted in pain, but managed to spot the shooter.
"Etape dans mon salon…" the sniper muttered as she aimed her rifle.
A black suit with white armor. A sniper rifle that doubled as an assault. A white helmet with seven camera eyes. Blue skin symbolizing an unnaturally slow heartbeat. A real pain in the rear for all of Foxhound and the enemies of Talon.
"It's Widowmaker." Naruto growled out, trying to ignore the pain.
"That edgy bitch? She's here?" Harley asked, hissing angrily like a cat.
"All the more reason to get a location and tag her, Miki!" Chikage snapped, shooting at the spot where they'd seen her.
"Okay, just stop pressuring me!" Miki wailed with anime tears. "You know how Widow is!"
A year after Foxhound had been formed by Naruto, Harley, and Miki, they encountered a woman called Widowmaker. She was a sniper of unmatched skill, who'd nearly gunned down Naruto and Harley on multiple occasions. She could usually be found guarding Talon VIPs and was known as the only countermeasure to Foxhound.
That may change soon.
"What do we do? We can't stay here! How much time do we have?" Asked D. Va frantically, causing Chikage to check her smartwatch.
"Less than two minutes." She whispered through gritted teeth. She said it in her native Japanese tongue to keep it from D. Va.
Unbeknownst to her, D. Va knew Japanese as well. She was about to freak out again when she noticed Naruto moving his hand away from his head. When she saw his face, everything around her seemed to stop, as she now focused on Naruto and him alone. She blushed, feeling the heat rise in her face as she examined the features on Naruto's face.
"He's so cute… and handsome!" She squealed in her mind, as an image of a shining white knight was replaced by Naruto in her imagination. "I don't care if he's an assassin! I hope he isn't taken! Maybe he plays World of Warcraft? Oh, I don't know!"
"Gah, and the exit is right there!" Cried Harley, pointing at said entrance.
"We just need to get this Diva girl here to safety. Once we do that, I'll use Hiraishin to get us the hell out of here." Naruto said, after managing to fish out the bullet in his shoulder, and let his healing factor take over.
"I found Widowmaker!" Miki suddenly spoke up. "She's perched several yards on a roof to your left. But the way she's positioned, she's covering the path to the exit! You'll be shot down in no time when you make a break for it!" She swallowed, growing increasingly worried for her friends.
"One minute and fifteen seconds." Chikage hissed, peeking at their path. She withdrew her head when Widowmaker took a shot, the bullet barely missing her. "Shit!"
"So stay and get blown to smithereens, or run and get bullets in our heads. Either way, we're so fucked in the ass… without the lube." Harley grumbled and stuck her tongue out.
'So, this is the end of Hana Song. What a way to go… at least I'll die in the arms of a handsome yeou like Fox." D. Va sighed and held on tighter to Naruto, who noticed her pressing her head into his armored chest.
"Hnn-hn-hn… and so ends zis game of ze spider and ze foxes."
Widowmaker had her prototype thermal sights activated, making sure that Foxhound and their plus one stayed where they were. With the amount of explosives Izaya had install in the complex, Foxhound would not be able to wait out their escape.
"Eet ees too bad. Our game actually made me feel something, but alas. It was never meant to last. No matter what, the enemies of Talon will be destroyed." Widowmaker stated solemnly, being sure to keep them pinned down.
'Finally, Talon will be free of the Foxhound nuisance, and Talon will be free to-'
*BZZZT*
"Quoi?!"
The visuals in Widowmaker's visor suddenly fizzed out, then showed only continuous pictures of laughing skulls. Finding herself unable to see, Widowmaker retracted her visor.
"What was that?" She wondered, quickly looking through the scope of her rifle…
Only to be greeted by a laughing skull there as well. Bewildered, Widowmaker recoiled from her scope.
*BANG*
A bullet smashed the sniper rifle's side, sending it flying out of her hands. Widowmaker jumped back at that, her heart beating a little faster at being caught off guard.
"Yeah, sorry 'bout that, buuut I'm going to need those guys to make it out of here alive. Personal reasons, I'm sure you understand."
Widowmaker whipped around to see a figure, draped in a robe from neck to foot, with a… revolver gun for a head?!
"What… are you?" Widowmaker questioned, not sure if what she was seeing was real.
After all, the person had a human body with a gun for a head. No eyes or anything, just a jagged metal jaw underneath a massive magnum.
"Ah, that's not important." He denied, waving his hand dismissively. As he did so, she spied a revolver carousel imbedded in the back of his hand and a barrel in his knuckle. "I figured I'd hang about here and see what kinda stuff Izaya was keeping behind closed doors." He tsked, rather disconcerting since he didn't appear to have a proper mouth for that. "What a sore loser, blowing up a whole factory just 'cause he died." Then he shrugged. "Ah well, I know when to call it quits. My work here's done. Keep an eye out, Ms. Widow… or would you prefer Mrs.? Seeya 'round!"
With that, smoke abruptly blew out of the gun-headed man's sleeves. It covered his form, then abruptly dispersed, showing that he'd vanished.
Widowmaker 'tched' at that, her deadened emotions suppressing the disconcerting nature of the encounter, and turned to see Foxhound and their plus one finally making a break for it. They'd heard the gunshots, but no bullets hitting their position. Chikage had looked to see a cloaked figure confronting Widowmaker, and told the others to run.
To the latter's shock, none of the venom mines she'd laid in their path beforehand were detonating. Instead, they were being destroyed simultaneously by another sniper, nested a mile out of Orihara Industries and wielding a heavily modified Barrett M82.
"Sniper, huh?" Widowmaker noted. She moved her head to the side when the sniper fired at her, letting it miss by inches, "Amateur… alas…"
Widowmaker turned to see Foxhound finally reach the exit, with the countdown now fifteen seconds and counting.
"Our little game continues. Au revoir." She murmured to herself.
She jumped off the roof, before firing her grappling hook to retreat.
Back with Foxhound, they continued running until Orihara Industries was way behind them. As soon as the timer hit zero, the compound exploded sky-high, the force knocking the foursome forward and bowling them over.
"Woo! We made it!" Harley panted, taking a look back at where the building had been. "Hard to believe there were two snipers and one has the heart to save us!"
"Maybe Moxxi sent 'em. Wouldn't be the first time she's helped us. Sadly, we'll owe her a lot now, but that's beside the point." Naruto commented, covering his head with an arm.
"We've got company…" said Chikage, pointing to the horizon.
South Korean law enforcement and military vehicles were half a mile out, with hoverships bearing the Overwatch logo following them closely.
"Well, time to go!" Naruto said brightly. He made a Shadow Clone with an ANBU mask intact. "Wait here until Diva is safely in their hands."
"Got it, Boss." The Shadow Clone saluted.
"W-Wait!" Hana spoke up, but Naruto had already grabbed Harley and Chikage and flashed out, leaving her with the Shadow Clone.
As soon as the vehicles arrived, the police and military came pouring to create a perimeter. As they approached the Shadow Clone and Hana, the clone pushed the gamer girl towards them before disappearing in a cloud of smoke.
"We have Song. She's safe." Reported one of the female officers, taking her into custody. "Fan out. Foxhound couldn't have gotten far! And find Orihara! Hopefully he's not in that mess over there…"
As her fellow officers carried out her orders, the Captain lead Hana to the back of an ambulance, where a doctor looked her over.
"I'm fine." Hana tried to say, but the doctor insisted that she get looked over.
"Hana Song, what happened in there? Is Orihara okay? Foxhound didn't get to him, did they? And what about the other pilots?" The Captain questioned, but Hana shook her head.
"They… they didn't make it. It turns out that Orihara was part of Talon." Hana explained as an ice pack was brought to her. "Foxhound killed him while trying to rescue me and the others. That bastard even admitted it while he left us to die!"
"But… he was the only one who had the means to defend us from that omnic!" The captain protested.
Hana shook her head bitterly. "In the end, we were nothing about expendable crash dummies for Talon." She said sadly. In the distance, she saw Overwatch land and interact with the military superiors of South Korea. "No, more like a repeat of that SAO incident. A first-level tutorial had nothing on this…"
"What will we do now?" The Captain wondered, thinking of the previous attack of the Omnic kaijin that claimed numerous lives.
Hana didn't hear her, her mind wandering to the handsome Fox that saved her. Her cheeks turned red as she remembered the feeling of being in his arms. At first, she'd been a bit repulsed, but looking back, she felt safe. Before she knew it, she was missing him terribly.
"I hope to see you again, my yeou…" she whispered in Japanese.
(Foxhound Lair)
"Ow!" Naruto yelled out.
"Oh, sorry!" Miki apologized, as she patched up Naruto's shoulder injury.
"No worries. I've had worse." Naruto played it off, trying to keep still.
"It's worth it. Now we have one more target to go before we hit Talon's secret base." Chikage commented, unzipping her inner suit from her neck to her navel to let her skin breathe.
"About that, Chi-chan. After I countered Orihara's cyberattack, the third-party who was helping me sent me an information package." Miki revealed to everyone's shock. "It contains the location of Talon's headquarters, somewhere in New York."
"Right in Batman and Superman's home turf. That is, until their deaths…" Harley noted, grimacing slightly.
Once, the world had two great heroes; Batman and Superman. That was, until an incident had nuked the latter's home Metropolis, along with his wife. The one responsible had been the Joker, Batman's greatest nemesis. Superman had attempted to kill him, but Batman interfered, allowing Joker to escape. Fed up with Batman's no-killing policy, Superman had established the short-lived One Earth Government, to take over the Earth and put it under his protection. With Batman leading a resistance movement against him, this had caused one of the first Civil Wars between superheroes. As a result, the supervillains struck, killing most of their adversities. Batman and Superman had died from major injuries they'd inflicted upon each other in their final battle. By the end, the number of hero and villain metahumans decreased dramatically and all hero and villain operations became nonexistent.
"Still hard to believe that it happened so long ago. Stupid Bats was such a goody two-shoes Boy Scout." Harley muttered bitterly "If only he didn't stop his fellow boy scout…"
"That's all in the past." Said Naruto firmly, letting Miki treat him in silence. "Let's just deal with the future. I'll see if Moxxi can confirm with one of her contacts to see if they're really based in New York. For now, let's just lay low."
"There! All done!" Miki put away her first-aid kit. "Say, Naruto…"
"Hmm?"
"I know that we have to lay low, but how low are you talking about?" She wondered.
"If you want to go on a date with him, all you have to do is ask." Chikage deadpanned, making Miki sputter at being found out.
"Yeah. Besides, I don't mind. It's not like we're outcasts here. The whole neighborhood knows us." Harley pointed out.
"Geez! Why did you have to ruin my chance?" Miki whined, while Harley and Chikage laughed.
Naruto snorted. "They didn't. I'd be happy to go out on a date with you, Miki-chan. You've done so much for me, after all. Besides, it's good to unwind after a mission like that."
She blushed. "R-really? Well, in that case…"
She slowly walked up to Naruto to kiss him. When she got close enough though, Naruto kissed her first, wrapping his arms around her waist. Miki moaned at that and pressed herself into the embrace.
"I'm surprised you're not interfering." Chikage noted, casting a sideways glance at Harley.
"I just wanted to get to Naru-chan first." Said the blonde woman with a shrug. "Now that I've done that, I don't mind other girls joining our flock." Her eyes gained a lewd look. "So, you still have a chance. I really suggest you take it."
The other female fidgeted, looking everywhere but at her. "I… w-well…"
"Take it from me, toots. Once you spend a night with Naru-chan, any past rapist or pretend-lover will pale in comparison. It'll make you forget the bad times. I sleep like a baby now, for the first time in three years." Said Harley, her tone surprisingly mature and genuine. "I know you're crushing on Naruto too, so stop being a voyeur, 'kay?"
Chikage gained a tickmark at that, which further increased when Harley stuck her tongue at her, between her middle and ring finger.
Meanwhile…
Outside in the street, a figure spied on the maid café that was connected to Foxhound's Lair. Said mysterious figure smiled under her hood, and lifted up a skull mask from her face.
"Te encontré, amigos…"
(South Korea)
"The CEO of Orihara Industries, Orihara Izaya, is confirmed dead, killed by Foxhound. Many brave men and women also lost their lives in defense of our savior. However, it has been confirmed by multiple sources that Orihara was really a Talon agent, using our people as guinea pigs to test mecha that will actually be used for Talon." The reporter said, with Hana Song next to her. "Despite Foxhound ending him for his criminal ways, it still does not make it right. Officials statements are that Orihara should have been tried in court for his deceptions. While an arrest warrant's been put out for Foxhound, one Hana Song, aka D. Va, video game Twitch Streamer extraordinaire and sole survivor of the experiments, disagrees."
"What happened was not Foxhound's fault." Hana stated flatly. "They saw through Orihara Izaya when no one else did. We were fooled by him and they tried to save us." She gave a lovely, grateful smile. "Foxhound saved my life and if they're watching this, then all I have to say to them is… thank you."
Nearby, the cloaked figure who'd confronted Widowmaker, watched the interview from a corner. He no longer had a revolver for a head, as his hood covered his face as he leaned on the wall.
Smirking, he disappeared into the alleyway, opening a laptop that showed the results of his latest creation. Eyeing it speculatively, he tapped a small earpiece, switching it on.
"Hey Gisha, mind booking us a flight outta here? I think it's time I headed back to the States."
"Understood, Doctor. I'll get on that. Shall I cancel your upcoming appointments too?"
He twitched, grimacing slightly. "Aagh… n-no, move those up. Better get those outta the way 'fore I go. Damn it…"
"I did warn you that establishing yourself as a back-alley doctor would tie you down unnecessarily-"
"I know, I know!" Snapped the man irritably, tapping his earpiece off. "Smartass hug-bot."
(Aces and Eights)
"I did what you asked, Miss Moxxi. Will this really get me in with Foxhound?" A busty, redheaded girl with a rifle on her back questioned anxiously.
"I have no doubt." Agreed Moxxi. "You want to avenge the orphans Talon's evil plans affected, right? After all, when they find out you saved them from Widowmaker, they'll realize they need a sniper to support them. That's where you come in."
"Sounds like you have beef with Talon as well. Almost everyone in the bar does." The redhead noted with a grimace. "What's your excuse?"
"Sorry sweetie, but that's for another chapter…" Moxxi retorted airly, serving the redhead with a piña colada.
"I… I see…" the redhead mumbled, sweatdropping.
"As for you, I can only hope that I'm not wrong and you have what it takes to run with Fox, Jinx, and Fever."
"Ha! If anyone bets against me on that fact, they'll lose. After all," the busty redhead adjusted the sniper rifle on her back, "it can be a real pain being as tough as I am!"
(Overwatch HQ, the next day)
Hinata was in the IT Department, waiting with bated breath as she saw the decryption near completion. Her eyes never left the screen as she tapped her foot, and bit her thumbnail.
99%
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100%
As soon as the files started unlocking, Hinata was immediately in the chair, her hands at the mouse and keyboard. The mouse darted about with accuracy, her fingers typing with pinpoint precision.
With each file flashing on the screen, Hinata quickly read through them. A few moments later, she stopped at one that caught her eye.
It was Project Fox, with a picture of a young man trapped in a testing tube. Upon further inspection, Hinata saw that he had blonde hair and whisker-marks on his cheeks
There was no mistaking him.
"Naruto-kun…" Hinata whispered, holding back tears. "This is it. I've finally found you!"
Wasting no time, she immediately opened the Project Fox file, intent on studying the contents within.
END OF CHAPTER 04
Next time: An Incredible Weapon
-Foxhound is close to completing their mission to cripple Talon and their final target is Haruka Seameyer, of Omnica Corporation. Close to home in Yokohama, Japan, Foxhound goes after him to cut off Talon's supply of omnics that are as dangerous as a Bastion unit. However, they soon find that Seameyer's creations are more than they can handle.
-After-chapter notes
The next two updates will be for Shinigami's Devil Huntsmen, completing the events for Volume 1. As for this chapter here, I added the seeds for Foxhound to undergo an aggressive explanation. Also, special thanks to NorthSouthGorem for letting me use one (well two) of his OCs for Overwatch.
NS: I'm always happy to let an overpowered SOB loose on the world!
Indeed. Plus, he's perfect for Foxhound, as well as being a friend of Naruto's. Naruto won't be the lone man anymore! So, if you like this, please fave, alert, and even share it too. Also, I will not stop plugging this, but check out my Let's Play Channel on Youtube, SoulEmbrace2010 GAMING. Peace out, ja ne, and see you in the next update!
Released: Sunday, February 12, 2017
