Next chap is up, and Amazing Spider-Man 2 is ok 7/10. Electro was great, Goblin was crap, and Rhino just beyond stupid. Gwen's death was expected and done pretty well, overall I like it much better than the first one cause I thought the first movie was a pretty weak reboot start off to me. And I don't think I'll ever like the casting for this films, expect Jamie Foxx best actor in the series yet. Meh I think I'll always like the originals better though. I'm very disappointed by the game though, but like a loyal Spider-Man fan I'll get it just to have a Spider-Man game been a while since we had a really good one. Here's to hoping for a Web Of Shadows 2 :D yea never gonna happen I know...:/
Vol 2, Chapter 2: The Lizard
Naruto stared at the giant 10 foot tall lizard looking down at him. Both stood their ground waiting for the other to make a move "So what's your story? Bitten by a super mutant lizard or what?" Naruto asked the reptile. The Lizard suddenly roared again as he pounced to attack, Naruto's reflexes kicked in and he jumped to avoid him but the Lizard grabbed Naruto by the leg and slammed him down. Naruto groaned in pain as the Lizard pinned him onto the ground and growled in his face. As the creature's breath hit Naruto's face he swear he was going to puke in his mask "Oh Kami! Hey buddy there's a thing called mouth wash, I think you should try it sometime!" He said as he used his legs to try to pull the Lizard off with no luck and then shot web fluid into it's eyes.
The Lizard then got off of Naruto and started to claw at the webs in his eyes and swing his body around widely. His tail then hit Naruto sending him flying into car, as he freed his vision he then sniffed the air as smelled the scent of his target. "Danzo..." He growled out then leaped ahead to find his prey, just as Naruto came to and chased after him.
With Danzo
Danzo was in the back seat of his limo drinking a glass of wine. He was very happy with how the meeting went, he made it clear he wanted this Spider-Man dealt with immediately. Luckily he had the Uchiha police captain Madara under his thumb, he'd either agree or he'd expose the Uchiha clan for what they really are. He felt the limo stop "What's the hold up?" He asked the driver Fuu with Torune on the side.
"A traffic jam of some sort Danzo-sama." He answered.
The aged CEO sighed, he hated traffic. He then felt the car shake "What was that?" He wondered then suddenly he heard growling.
Fuu and Torune looked to the roof of the car and saw claws cutting through and the top being pulled off, they stepped out and readied their gun as they saw the beast.
"The hell is that!?" Torune yelled in shock and froze.
Fuu shouted and aimed his gun "Who knows questions later! Shoot now!" He shouted to his partner.
Danzo looked up to the Lizard with no fear as the creature lowered his head to his "Something you needed?" He asked.
The Lizard growled "I have your results Danzo-san!" The large reptile roared out.
Danzo's eye went wide as he realized who he was "Iruka?" He questioned.
The Lizard hearing his real name snapped and roared and swung his claw to strike. Before he could connect he was shot down by Fuu and Torune, he held his hands up to shield himself from the bullets but his healing factor kicked in and stopped him from having any serious damage done. As the shots halted he looked to the two gunmen with furry and he leaped to attack.
"Heads up!" Naruto yelled as he came crushing into the Lizard after he used his webs to slingshot himself.
As he landed after kicking the Lizard the two stared at him "Spider-Man?" Torune asked.
Naruto looked to the two "Yes thank you civilians for holding him back for me, but I'll take care of the rest. Cause never fear Spider-Man is here!" He said pointing to himself making a cheesy pose and the servants sweat dropped. "What too lame?" He asked as he heard a roar. "That's my queue! Get to safety!" He jumped to reach the Lizard.
The Lizard growled as Naruto appeared before him "This isn't your business!" The monster said.
Naruto laughed "Yea see when innocent lives are at risk I make it my business!" He than jumped to kick the Lizard in the face and then uppercutted him making him back up. He then shot multi web shots at him making the Lizard furious "Oh what don't like my webs?" He mocked the beast then his spider senses tingled.
The Lizard roared as he rushed Naruto who was caught off guard and then pinned him on the ground again "You'll die for that..." He then took his right mutated hand and clawed at Naruto's chest.
Naruto yelled in pain as he felt blood leaking out "You know normally I like to be top for once!" He then rolled on his back kicked the Lizard in the jaw. Naruto narrowed his eyes "Lets end this!" He then ignored the pain as he jumped as high as he could and shot to web lines at the Lizards shoulders and yanked to sent himself flying at his opponent. He thrusted his legs forward and with all this strength on impact send the Lizard flying off the off the bridge.
The Lizard hissed as he was caught off guard and was falling 30 feet into the river. Naruto panted and looked down the bridge as he watched the Lizard drive head first into the river below. "Spider-Man the vermin exterminator at your service." He said as a joke to himself and he then turned his head to see police cars on their way. "Oh that my exit queue." He said as he began to swing away.
Danzo who was watching from a far called his servants "Fuu, Torune get me Madara on the phone change of plans."
With The Lizard
The Lizard growled as he crawled into the sewers from the river and yelled as he felt his body transforming back into his human form. Iruka looked to his surroundings he noticed he was naked, wet, cold and felt light-headed. He then swam to somewhere he could stand on, he was dizzy and weak and his eyes felt so heavy. He then closed his eyes and passed out.
The Next Day
Naruto put his hand over his chest rubbing it. He could still feel a little pain from that area and he swear the Lizard's attack would leave a mark but it didn't. To his surprise his wounds had completely healed over night without a trace. Naruto was now eating his lunch with his friends his mind though drifted off to last nights events.
"Did you hear? Spider-Man was seen again, they said he was fighting that giant monster on the bridge last night!" Kiba said waving his arms around.
Shino nodded "Yes it sounds very interesting."
"What do you think Naruto?...Naruto!" Kiba yelled to the daydreaming blonde.
Naruto was snapped out of his thoughts "Oh sorry. Yea Kiba?"
Kiba snorted at being ignored "I said did you hear Spider-Man and that giant monster thing?" He asked again.
Naruto nodded "You mean the lizard?"
Everyone stared at him "How you know it was a lizard?" Shikamaru questioned him.
Naruto felt like slapping himself in the forehead, he needed to be careful about what he says. He sheepishly rubs the back of his head "Oh I was near the bridge last night tutoring so I caught a glimpse at it hehe." He nervously chuckled.
Kiba snapped his fingers "Oh yea that's right! You were tutoring with Ino!" He shouted.
Hinata looked to Naruto "You're tutoring Ino-san, Naruto-kun?" She asked.
Naruto frowned and sighed "Unfortunately yes." He then told the group at the table of his study session. He explained how he had to pay for their meals for being late and how Ino didn't take anything he was trying to teach her seriously. "So you know what? I told her off, if she doesn't care than I don't either."
Everyone, expect Sasuke was shocked to hear this.
"Wow about time you told her off." Shikamaru said as Choji munched on his lunch and nodded to agree.
Shino did as well and Kiba laughed "Ha nice man, it's good to see you finally got a back bone."
Sasuke hmped "And here I thought you were afraid of girls." He chuckled.
Naruto shrugged "Hey she had it coming."
Kiba smirked "Finish Neji, now Ino. I'm liking the new Naruto." He said but then realized he mentioned Neji in front of Hinata "Oh I'm sorry Hinata I didn't mean anything!" He quickly apologized.
Hinata waved her hands "It's fine Kiba-kun I know." Hinata then though about what Kiba said. She was very suspicious of Naruto's behavior as of late, it was as if he was a completely different person this year. "You know Naruto-kun you have changed lately." She told her love.
Naruto stared questionably at here and Sasuke nodded "You know Hinata is right, you're very different from last year. Just what happened?" He asked his best friend.
Naruto looked to the people around him staring at him with questioning eyes and he sighed "I just got tired of being weak I guess." He answered honestly. Ever since gaining his powers he has felt a large spike in his self-confidence. He wasn't afraid to speak his mind anymore or what people would view him as. He was the new Uzumaki Naruto, no longer a weakling. No, now he could stand his own ground.
"Huh excuse me Naruto-san?" Came a soft female voice.
Everyone turned to see Ino standing behind Naruto with a light blush smiling nervously "Hi." She greeted.
"Hey..." Kiba said frowning at the blonde "You need something?" He asked rudely.
Ino frowned at Kiba's rudeness "I just wanted to talk to Naruto-san." She told them.
"-san?" Naruto questioned in his mind "What did you want Ino?" He asked her as he stood up folding his arms giving her a questioning look.
Ino sighed "Mind if we talk somewhere private like the roof?"
Naruto looked back to his friends then back to Ino and nodded "Sure I guess." He then lead the way as she followed.
Naruto's friends were puzzled by this "What the do you thinks she wants with him?" Choji asked.
Shikamaru shrugged "Who knows but knowing Ino she's probably gonna yell his head off after what he said yesterday." He told his large friend.
Kiba snickered "I hope he tells her off again."
Hinata looked to where Naruto had left and wondered why did Ino come over so un-casually of her normal self. The light blush on her shy face vs. her normal confident look, the soft voice instead of her loud voice. And since when did Ino start calling Naruto san? Hinata then put a worried look on her face, just what really happened between those two?
On The Roof
Naruto walked the finally set of stairs until he and Ino reached the roof. Both silent the whole walk not saying a word to one another.
Naruto turned to Ino "Ok Ino so what did you want to talk about?"
Ino immediately bowed her head to Naruto "I'm sorry." She apologized. Naruto went wide eye and was caught off guard by this and his mouth hung as Ino went on "I was a total bitch to you like you said, I shouldn't have acted like that." She picked her head up "I'm sorry Naruto-san." She finished.
Never in a million years did Naruto think he's heard someone like Ino say at. "Ino." He said "Look I'm sorry too I lost my cool and totally barked you out."
Ino shrugged "Not like I didn't have it coming." She said bluntly.
"True." Naruto thought.
"But.." Ino said stepping forward "I was wonder if you'd still be willing to tutor me." She avoided eye contact "I do need to pass Ebisu-sensei's class."
Naruto hmmed he was unsure and needed to ask something "I have to know first, why do you act like the way you do in school." He asked.
Ino stared at Naruto strangely "What do you mean?" She asked confused.
Naruto crossed his arms and sighed "So fake." He asked as the wind blew past them. "Shika and Choji told me you three were great friends until about middle school where you started to change into someone you're not. And you know I believe them, so why?"
Ino looked down and giggled lightly "Because I'm a shallow person." She said as she picked up her head with a smile trying to hide her pain inside "You know you were the first person to ever tell me to my face I was so fake and you know what your completely right." Her smile dropped some "I wanted to be popular. To be like the beautiful girls, to go out with the best looking guys. I dropped and abandoned a lot of friends along the way because I didn't want to be held back by them. I know I sound like a bitch saying I chose popularity over friends but it's true. But even after all I did to stay on top, and all the dieting I did to stay beautiful I still couldn't get the one guy I really wanted." Naruto knew she meant Sasuke but he stayed quiet as she continued "I've gone out with a lot of guys and they always move on to the next pretty girl who came their way leaving me heartbroken of course but I...I just..." She then started to choke on sobs as tears ran down her face and she tried to wipe them "When you called me fake that night, I couldn't help but think about how right you were...I am fake, so fake I've forgotten what the real me is like." She then grabbed and shook her head "It hurts...it hurts so much." She said as she openly cried.
Naruto had enough and stepped forward gripped her shoulders "Ino look at me." He said as he looked down to her.
"Naruto?" Ino questioned as the taller blonde engulfed her into a tight hug.
"It's ok Ino." Naruto whispered into her ear "You are Ino, and I can tell you're a wonderful person on the inside but you've just hid it for a long time, you've forgotten how to express it." He then pulled back and wiped her tears with his right thumb "So please stop crying, I hate to see beautiful girls cry." He smile brightly at her.
"Naruto.." Ino said in a low voice and sobbed harder more tears coming down.
Naruto panicked, did he make it worse? "Hey Ino! I'm sorry!" He waved his hands apologizing.
Ino wiped her tears and laughed "You baka I'm not crying about that anymore." She smiled him a real smile "These are different tears." She told him and he sighed in relief. Ino giggled "You're a not half a bad guy Naruto. Why didn't I notice it before?"
Naruto shrugged "I can think of a few reasons." They both shared a laugh but then Naruto got serious as the laughter died down "But seriously, be yourself not who others want you to be. Your real friend will stick by you no matter what, trust me I know from experience."
Ino nodded and stood on her toes and kissed Naruto on his cheek "I think I just made a new one today, thank you Naruto-kun." She then skipped to the room "See ya." She waved to him walking down the stairs.
Naruto blushed as he stood their dumbfounded and rubbed his cheek "Women, their something else." He then followed Ino down the stairs, smiling as his good deed. And this time not as Spider-Man but regular old Uzumaki Naruto.
Later
"Hello? Iruka-senpai?" Naruto asked as he creeped opened Iruka's house's front door "Senpai? Huh the front door was unlocked so I hmmm.." Naruto said as his voice echoed throughout the house as he took his shoes off that the front and walked in. He looked around for Iruka but had no luck "Where are you senpai?" Naruto asked himself as he went into the basement.
As Naruto went down into the lab underneath he noticed liquids and shattered glass all over the floor so he watched his step. He saw a smashed computer with Iruka's formula notes scattered all over. "Senpai what the hell happened?" He said.
"Naruto?" Came a voice.
Naruto turned to see Iruka standing behind him but looking exhausted. He was sweating and had baggy eyes "Iruka-senpai!" Naruto said surprised to see him in such a shape "What happened to you." He then pointed to the mess "And here?" He asked.
Iruka looked to his lab's and waved his head "Oh nothing. I just got a little frustrated last night and well I guess I forgot to clean up." He rubbed his head "Come up stairs it's pretty dangerous down here." He told Naruto as he nodded and followed him to the upstairs.
Naruto had a million questions right now "So what happened to you? You look like you had a bad night's sleep."
Iruka chuckled "Well you see Danzo is pressuring me to finish my work a bit earlier then I had planned so I'm never nervous he'll cut my funding's and cancel my project."
Naruto had wide eyes "That's no good. Look Iruka-senpai have some free time I can help you today."
"NO!" He snapped as Naruto stepped back from the out burst "I mean no." Iruka said as he cleared his throat "No it's fine Naruto. I'll finish then myself."
Naruto raised an eyebrow "You sure you're ok Iruka-senpai?" He questioned the scientist.
Iruka smiled "Fine Naruto just fine. Just tired and stressed that's all, it happens to the best of us."
Naruto stared at Iruka and then noticed something "Your arm, it grow!" He said as he stared at his stump of an arm "It's longer..." Naruto stated in shock.
Iruka gripped his arm to hide it "No it's always been this long you just haven't notic..." He paused as he sniffed the air, smelling a familiar scent. The same smell as Spider-Man's and it was coming from Naruto. "Naruto where you again last night?" He asked.
Naruto looked Iruka in the eyes "Tutoring." He answered.
Iruka narrowed his eyes "But just where?"
"At the coffee chop down town."
"You wouldn't happened to had been at Kurama Bridge were you?" He questioned Naruto moving closer.
Naruto shook his head and moved back "No just at the coffee shop...oh look I just if you don't need me I'll be going." Naruto then turned around and quickly waked to the front door to leave.
Iruka watched Naruto leave and he whispered to himself "Yes see you soon Spider-Man." His eyes flashed the Lizard's with his voice deepening. He then gripped his left stumped arm that tingled and let out a small growl. "You won't stand in my way Naruto...no one will. I'll save you, all of you..."
With Naruto
Naruto swung quickly to the Uchiha police headquarters. It all made sense now, the giant lizard and Iruka-senpai's odd behavior. He was the Lizard! Somehow Iruka turned himself into that monster Naruto fought last night, he must had use an incomplete version of the formula and tested it on himself. Naruto had to stop him before anyone could seriously get hurt like on the bridge.
So here stood in front of the HQ, he needed to expose Iruka-senpai and Naruto though this be the best way. "You need help kid?" Asked a police officer his hair raven and curly with black eyes, clear signs he was an Uchiha.
Naruto nodded "Yes I have information on that giant lizard that attacked last night." Naruto said lowly.
The officer raised an eyebrow "Really?"
"Yes his name is Umino Iruka, I have his address. He works at Root Industries, he was working on a project to create a way to regrow limbs. I think he tried it on himself and he transformed into that lizard!" he explained.
The officer looked at him like he was insane "Ok kid you got 5 minutes to get out face before I send your ass to an asylum." He warned Naruto.
"But I'm serious!" Naruto pleaded.
"And so am I."
"What's going on here?"
Both turned to see Obito standing before them. "Obito-san!" Naruto said.
Obito was surprised to see Naruto here but smiled "Hey Naruto, what are you doing here?"
Naruto sighed as he explained to Obito the situation. Obito nodded "Umino Iruka huh?" He questioned.
The other Uchiha pointed to Naruto "You hear him right Obito, he's crazy!"
Obito closed his eyes and sighed "Listen Naruto it's not I don't believe you but we can't just go around breaking doors. We need a warrant first." He explained to Naruto who shook his head in response.
"I'm telling you Obito-san I'm sure of it, hell I even hell helped him create it." Naruto had a serious face on "You need to stop him fast."
Obito nodded "I'll look into it I promise." Naruto sighed but and walked out. Obito turned to the other officer "Go research the name." He told him.
The officer looked to Obito with a deluded face "Really you can't be serious."
Obito shook his head "I mean it Shisui." When it came to the people of Konoha's protection he was always serious.
Chapter's End
Done and finally done. We got more drama building up and the Lizard is ready to move forward with his plan.
Next chapter the Lizard makes an assault at Naruto's school. Until then fav, follow, and review. Vicks Out :P
