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Okay, so, I was working on the next update for Red Eyed Master when I was interrupted by the doctors as they found something in my scans that wasn't good. So I was under bed rest and stuck watching television when I was introduced to a TV Series called Young Justice. It was surprisingly awesome, and it prompted me to have this idea getting stuck in my head.

I hope it comes out okay, but please enjoy. :D

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I DO NOT OWN NARUTO, WARNER BROS. OR DC COMICS.

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"Ramen" – Speech

'Ramen' – Thoughts

"Ramen" – Bijuu/Summon Speech

'Ramen' – Bijuu/Summon Thoughts

"Ramen" – God/Deity Speech

'Ramen' – God/Deity Thoughts

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Orochimaru grinned as his serpentine gaze watched the baby suspended in the tank before him – the tube that provided air and the slight moving of its chest was the only thing that indicated the child was alive. The baby floated in some kind of bubbling green liquid that kept the child asleep.

"I can't believe how easy it was to steal her from Konoha," a voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Yes," Orochimaru responded. "My vengeance against Konoha will soon be complete, and this child will be the instrument of their destruction … and Minato will be powerless to prevent it from happening."

"Lord Orochimaru," the voice continued. "Are you completely certain that you wish to continue with the experiment? Previous experiments proved … fatal."

"Yes, my dear Kabuto," Orochimaru hissed smoothly. "Even if it will be fatal to her, and likewise makes her body incapable of hosting me in the future – we will continue. If she proves to be the deciding factor in bringing positive results to our experiments, she will be nigh indestructible."

"And if she proves too difficult to control?" the now identified Kabuto inquired.

"Then we shall use the fragment of the meteor that we found along with the strange DNA in Uzu," Orochimaru easily replied. "It has been proven to subdue the DNA in its entirety, so we will simply fashion a device to keep her docile."

"As you command, Lord Orochimaru," Kabuto bowed. "I shall begin the preparations at once; we can only hope it succeeds."

"Ku-Ku-Ku," Orochimaru chuckled. "You will be powerless against your own flesh and blood, Minato Namikaze."

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Orochimaru's scrutinising gaze analysed the young redhead as she slid under an attack aimed at her, before retaliating with a swift punch to her foe's chest. It sent her foe flying across the training room and through four walls before coming to a halt with blood escaping their mouth.

"Excellent Naru-chan," Orochimaru praised – instantly the redhead was at her master's feet.

"Thank you for your praise, my Lord," the redhead's young voice exclaimed.

The girl was only six years old and possessed dark, blood-red hair that almost appeared black. Her hair was up in a simple high ponytail. She had a pale, porcelain-like complexion and deep, mesmerising blue eyes. Despite Orochimaru's attempts to genetically alter her appearance, she hadn't changed in the slightest since the fateful night when she was stolen from right under Konoha's noses, those six years prior.

For you see, in an attempt to improve the effects of his curse seals, he had travelled the perilous waters and swirls of the ocean to reach Uzu. Once there, he managed to force his way, almost dying several times in the process, to get inside a hidden chamber under what was left of the main Uzumaki Compound. Instead of finding the knowledge he sought so desperately, he found a tiny meteor fragment covered in blood.

Not looking to leave empty handed, Orochimaru tested the blood … it wasn't anything from their world. From what he could discern, the fragment had been called Kryptonite by the once known Uzumaki Tribe … long before the founding of the Hidden Villages. He immediately longed to discover the secrets of the DNA and began experimenting at once. Unfortunately, every attempt to integrate the blood resulted in complete failure.

Then he realised his error – he needed a fresh Uzumaki to have any chance of success. It wasn't long before his research on the lineage of the Uzumaki Royal Family led him to his old home: Konoha, and the home of the only surviving pure Uzumaki: Kushina Uzumaki – heiress to the throne of Uzu.

Now all he needed was access to the woman – except she was not only an S-Ranked Kunoichi … but she was the Nidaime Jinchūriki to the Kyuubi no Kitsune – the Nine-Tailed Fox.

In a stroke of luck, he discovered that the woman was pregnant with twins to his old nemesis and rival for Hokage: Minato Namikaze. Suddenly, all the pieces of his revenge fell into place … all he needed to do was wait for his moment to strike, for if any of Kushina's children possessed the Uzumaki red hair, then that child would be pure enough to be used in the experiment.

During the birthing of the twins, complications arose as the eldest twin – a girl named Naru, was born with complications to her chakra network whilst the youngest twin – a boy named Kenji was completely healthy … why he didn't know, but he didn't care either … as the girl was born with the Uzumaki red hair.

Then the Kyuubi Attack happened. Kushina's seal was weakened enough to release the demon fox and it was left to Hiruzen to stall until Minato could reseal the beast. He watched in glee as Minato was prepared to sacrifice his life to seal the fox, when Hiruzen knocked the blonde out and completed the sacrifice himself. Hiruzen sealed the Yang Chakra into the youngest twin, whilst he resealed the Yin Chakra back into Kushina. Since Tsunade was on the scene to heal Kushina, she recovered and watched helplessly as the Sandaime (Third) Hokage died to save the village. While the Village was in mourning, it was child's play to have Kabuto infiltrate the hospital and steal the Uzumaki girl away, and by the time Konoha or her parents were aware of her disappearance … it was already too late.

Using the very last drop of what remained of the blood on the meteor fragment known as Kryptonite – he experimented on the child. He crowed victoriously when the baby not only survived the infusion … but thrived under it. Her readings were incredible, and through the foreign DNA, her chakra network repaired itself. His only regret was that any DNA extracted from the child afterwards to replicate the results proved futile and he was returned to his run of failures … so he stopped trying.

Instead, he used the genetic material provided by a silent partner of his to integrate a different kind of DNA into his creation … Uchiha Blood. He named the Project, Project: Supergirl. The integration was a resounding success and she surpassed all his expectations when she awakened the Sharingan – the Uchiha Clan's coveted Kekkei Genkai (Bloodline Limit), not one week after his success.

Her Kryptonian DNA – as he'd started calling it – was potent enough to prevent the child from having negative reactions to the foreign DNA. Almost a year after her training increased, she awakened the secondary stage of the Sharingan, known as the Mangekyo Sharingan. His silent partner surprised the snake-like man when he presented the Hebi no Sannin (Snake Sage) with a complete set of Mangekyo Sharingan to transplant. Her readings went off the charts when she proved their theory correct and unlocked the famed and mysterious Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan or EMS for short.

His creation was absolutely perfect … until it happened. Soon after waking from the surgery and awakening the EMS, she started resisting his control. Somehow, she began to become immune to the Kryptonite's effects to suppress her godlike abilities. They were forced to use their failsafe plan by creating a circlet made of chakra metal to harness the strange power of the Kryptonite to supress her mind and keep her docile. Once in contact with her body, it took her resistance away and he returned to the obedient servant she once was.

So yes, his creation was perfect once under his control. So perfect in fact, that he attempted to take her body for his own, but unfortunately, as they predicted – her Kryptonian DNA blocked his attempts each and every time.

Orochimaru blinked to snap himself back to reality as he gazed once more at the kneeling redhead.

"Soon, my dearest Naru-chan," he hissed as he petted her hair. "Your new training begins today, and soon you will be the instrument of my vengeance and Konoha's destruction."

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-Ten Years Later-

"Your invasion will fail, Orochimaru," Minato Namikaze, the Yondaime (Fourth) Hokage growled as he dodged an otherwise fatal strike from the snake-like man. He used his famed Hiraishin no Jutsu (Thunder Flying God Technique) seconds later to sweep under an attack from the recently summoned form of the Nidaime (Second) Hokage before slapping a seal on the man to send his poor soul back to the death's realm.

Kushina and Jiraiya, who had taken on the Shodaime (First) Hokage and barely survived, appeared beside Minato and together they stood as tall as they could against the Snake Sannin.

"Oh, my dearest Jiraiya," Orochimaru snickered. "You're here too, how fortuitous for me … I can kill you as well."

"Enough," Jiraiya declared. "It's over, my old teammate."

"Ku-Ku-Ku," Orochimaru cackled. "Did you really think that I wouldn't have a back-up plan, my old friend?"

The three tensed as Orochimaru went through hand-seals at a blistering pace.

"Summoning Jutsu: Project SG," Orochimaru grinned.

Instead of a coffin, a girl appeared in a tank – an incredibly beautiful girl that looked exactly like a younger Kushina, except for her deep blue eyes.

"I-It can't be," Kushina stuttered with tears forming in her eyes.

"Ku-Ku-Ku, oh but it is," Orochimaru grinned sadistically. "Your dearest daughter has returned to be the tool of your precious village's demise."

The tank hissed as it opened and Naru took a single step out into the fresh air. Her gaze analysed everything before her with a curious gleam.

"Naru-chan," Orochimaru got her attention. "Take flight and prepare for battle."

Naru hesitated, but the glowing green crystal on her circlet dimly lit up. Her eyes glazed slightly in response, before she began to float into the air – startling the onlookers. Minato and Kushina blinked in awe at their beautiful child.

Naru was undoubtedly stunning. She had a flawless porcelain-like complexion and regal features. Her eyes that remained their gorgeous blue caught the attention and stunned the onlookers who chanced a glance. She was dressed in black skin-tight pants that led to closed off shinobi sandals that reached her knees. An equally black, skin-tight sports bra/top that revealed her toned stomach to the world was all that protected her torso. Her dark red, almost black hair was done up in a high ponytail, that reached her lower back and blew gracefully in Konoha's breeze as Naru floated in mid-air. Her hands to her elbows were covered in opera styled fingerless gloves that were made from the same skin-tight fabric as the rest of her outfit, whilst a circlet made of chakra metal with a dimly glowing green crystal shaped in the Uzumaki Swirl adorned her forehead.

Kushina nodded to Minato and Jiraiya to get their attention and then gestured to the circlet. The men nodded in unison, knowing what she was implying. It only confirmed their suspicions when the crystal glowed a little brighter at Orochimaru's commands to their estranged child. Orochimaru watched the gestures and cursed – of course they'd figure it out sooner rather than later … but it mattered little at this point.

"Naru, I order you to kill them," Orochimaru ordered with a victorious smirk. Naru resisted the order – why she didn't know, but the woman's chakra was familiar to her. The Kryptonite Circlet glowed and those thoughts disappeared instantly. Naru raised herself up in the sky whilst her eyes began to glow red.

Mere moments later, Minato flashed his sensei and wife away as red hot beams of energy was unleashed from Naru's eyes. It blew straight through the roof of where they were previously standing in an explosive manner. The trio gaped at the power, but quickly dodged as another soon followed. Naru narrowed her gaze and flew straight at Jiraiya – who had dodged further away from Kushina and Minato. It was only Jiraiya's honed senses from years of active duty that saved him as he leapt to the side to dodge the bullet that was Naru as she slammed straight into the roof. She didn't remain there for long as she too, dodged to the side as Minato flashed to where she was with a glowing Suppression Seal. He was too slow as Naru turned her head and blew icy wind at the blonde. Minato retreated to Jiraiya's side and rubbed his arm that had almost been frozen entirely.

Kushina scored a lucky strike as her Kongō Fūsa (Adamantine Chakra Chains) wrapped tightly around the younger woman. Naru glared at Kushina and Kushina found herself gasping as Naru's eyes spun to become Sharingan.

"Kushina – Genjutsu (Illusionary Technique)!" shouted Jiraiya in warning.

Kushina instantly focussed her chakra to release the minor Genjutsu, but watched in shock as once the Genjutsu was released – a growling Naru destroyed her chains by sheer force of strength.

Orochimaru watched the trio struggle as he began his preparations to retreat. He had underestimated the Konoha Shinobi and Kunoichi as they successfully drove back the combined forces of the Sand-nin and Oto-nin. The sudden burst of Bijuu Chakra was felt in the air and all the people present turned their gazes to the foreboding visage of the Ichibi no Tanuki, otherwise known as the One-Tailed Raccoon. Despite being considered the weakest of the Bijuu, the Ichibi was still a formidable foe.

"K-Kenji," Kushina whispered in fear.

Kenji had gone to defend that area of Konoha, and was right in the line of fire from the Raccoon. Their brief moment of distraction cost them dearly as Naru appeared right before them and sent Jiraiya flying with a monstrous punch that made Tsunade's punches seem like a love tap.

"Whoa," Minato exclaimed at the sight, before swiftly dodging her follow-up kick.

Orochimaru growled savagely. "Naru … I order you to stall them whilst I escape. If you survive this encounter, return to the main base."

Naru clenched her teeth as the Kryptonite prevented her to refuse the command.

"As you command, Lord Orochimaru," she intoned blankly – her attempts to resist were getting stronger and Orochimaru noticed, but before he could change the order, Minato intervened.

"Rasengan!" Minato yelled as he struck the Circlet on Naru's forehead.

The Chakra metal absorbed the damage, but the Kryptonite shard was completely obliterated by the blow – the powdered remains destroyed by the wisps of chakra that still lingered. Naru blinked as control returned to her.

"W-What am I … no … where am I?" she questioned in confusion.

A confusion that Orochimaru capitalized on by signalling the retreat of the four people maintaining the barrier that surrounded the battlefield – Naru saw his retreating form and growled.

"I don't think so, snake," Naru spat.

She flew high into the air, before charging forward as her eyes glowed their ominous red as she prepared to use her heat vision. Naru unleashed said heat vision in a spectacular show of light as she snarled at the Snake Sannin. Orochimaru gritted his teeth in pain as the strike obliterated the use of his arms, but the man still managed an escape … one of his minions – not so much. The poor redheaded girl fleeing with Orochimaru was caught in the backlash of power and was knocked right into the path of oncoming ANBU – she was captured as she passed out.

Just as everything seemed to be settling down, a joyous shriek announced that the Jinchūriki of the Ichibi had relinquished his control over the demon and was free to rampage. A giant toad soon appeared to face the creature, but its attempts to put the Bijuu down were painfully weak against the beast. Naru ignored the calling of those trying to get her attention and instead took off at incredible speeds towards the two giants doing battle.

Those that were watching were in awe as a single blink saw the girl appear at the battle – surveying the scene with an analysing gaze that would've put Minato's 'Hokage face' to shame. She watched the blonde haired boy struggle with the toad and clutched her chest where her heart was.

'Why do I feel a connection to that boy?' Naru pondered – her Sharingan unconsciously activating to remember the boy. 'Come to think of it … those people on the roof … they looked familiar too, and their chakra resonates so peacefully with my own.'

She redirected her attention to the battle as the Bijuu seemed to finally notice her presence.

"H-How is a pure-blooded Uzumaki here?" the Bijuu screamed. His scream drew the attention of those watching.

In one of the trees, a certain Uchiha gaped at the sight of a flying girl. He could feel the sheer power rolling off of her and felt a shiver go down his spine. "What a beautiful girl … who is she?"

The blonde haired boy on the giant toad gasped as he laid eyes on the floating girl. "K-Kaa-chan? N-No, it's not her, but s-she looks like her … who is she?"

The giant toad also gasped in shock and reverence. 'One has finally returned to the Elemental Nations … a pure-blooded Uzumaki.'

Naru tilted her head at the people commenting on her appearance … her super hearing allowing her to listen to their own mutterings – but the blonde haired boy's comments startled her.

'I look like his mother?" she questioned mentally. 'That woman on the building … why do I feel so connected to this place?'

"Die!" screamed the Bijuu as it unleashed a Futon (Wind) attack at the flying figure. Naru hummed and merely glided to the side – effectively dodging the attack with grace that royalty would kill to possess.

Naru didn't take kindly to the attack and swooped towards the terrified Bijuu. She sucked in a breath and unleashed her frost breath at the creature. The Ichibi screeched in pain as it found its lower half frozen to the ground. The Bijuu struggled to attack the flying girl, but couldn't hit her as she effortlessly glided around its frantic attacks.

Naru frowned as she saw the Bijuu begin to recover as her frost breath failed to completely subdue it.

"The boy on the Ichibi's head," interrupted the boy. "It's the weak-spot … wake Gaara up!"

Naru blinked at the boy, but otherwise obeyed. She shot off towards the sleeping redhead and used her super strength to punch the boy through the Bijuu's body and into the ground. The shock woke the boy and the Ichibi screamed murder as he dissolved once more into Gaara's seal.

"Woohoo, you did it!" the blonde boy cheered loudly as he released his summon from battle, and Naru found herself giggling softly at the boy's excitement.

Naru smiled softly as she gracefully floated to where Gaara had been literally knocked unconscious. Minato flashed into the area using a seal placed on Kenji, and inspected the Ichibi Jinchūriki.

"Hmm, that won't do at all," he muttered. "Jiraiya-sensei … please prepare the sealing chamber … we'll fix this seal once and for all."

The large, white-haired man nodded seriously and sped off towards the village to do as ordered. Tsunade appeared soon after and checked the people over, cautiously avoiding the girl in black that looked too much like Kushina.

"Pleased to meet you," Minato bowed – barely holding back his tears as he saw identical blue eyes meet his own. "I am Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage … and you are?"

Naru stared at the man … his chakra soothed her beating heart, and he looked so familiar. It had been a side-effect of the integration of her Kryptonian DNA that she could remember and recall everything since the time of her birth … except she couldn't quite place the man.

"Naru," she eventually replied. "Orochimaru only ever addressed me as Naru."

A gasp got her attention and her gaze drifted to the blonde haired boy. "B-But that means that you're m-my …"

"Kenji, that's enough," Minato ordered. "I can tell that she doesn't remember."

"Pardon … remember what exactly?" Naru inquired with a head tilt.

Before Minato could stop him, Kenji blurted out: "That you're my twin sister … Naru Uzumaki-Namikaze!"

Naru blinked several times before slowly moving her gaze to the others assembled … she repeated the action several times before merely responding with an "Oh."

She proved that she was still human by fainting.

"Oh dear," Minato sighed tiredly, before glaring at Kenji. "That's why I didn't want you to tell her."

"S-Sorry Tou-chan," Kenji stuttered.

"It can't be changed now," Tsunade interjected. "Let's just get her to the Hospital … luckily it wasn't damaged too badly in the Invasion."

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That's it for this concept chapter. I don't know if I managed to draw you in, but hopefully I did. I shall resume my work on Red Eyed Master now … that is assuming that I don't get another idea stuck in my head ne?

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AS ALWAYS: PLEASE READ AND REVIEW.

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