The Kitsune in Starling City

by choejhulkp9

Hello everyone, this is my first attempt at a story, A crossover between my favorite two shows of Naruto and Arrow. I hope you guys like it. What if Naruto was born into the Arrow universe. Would he live a normal life with his parents and friends, No. Oliver and his friends better look out because the Arrow won't be the only vigilante in Starling City. Discontinued

10. Blast Radius-Blind Spot

Here is Chapter 9 based on the episodes Blast Radius and Blind Spot. Team Arrow faces some problems as Shrapnel brings some tension between the group. Laurel finds out the truth of Sebastian Blood and goes to the Arrow and Kitsune for help, but Slade anticipated her move and has sent his own in motion.

My name is Oliver Queen. After five years trapped on a hellish island, I have come home with only one goal—to save my city. But to do so, I can't be the killer I once was. To honor my friend's memory, I must be someone else, I must be something else.

My name is Naruto Uzumaki. For my entire life I have undergone training that forged me into a weapon. After my parents died, they wanted me to use my gifts to change the world and find something worth fighting for. And I have, to honor their memory, I have become Kitsune. And I will defend Starling city and keep the innocent safe, but my parents killer is still out there and as long as he still breaths free air, I will not stop until he is brought to justice. And no one will get in my way.

Blast Radius

After an eventful Christmas in Starling City with a mirakuru-powered maniac who nearly killed Oliver and Naruto, things began to settle down but there was still a larger issue to deal with. After Oliver saved Roy and destroyed the centrifuge with the mirakuru, the man in the skull mask disappeared. Oliver and Naruto then tried to track down every lead and any person who knew the Glades to try and find out who the man in the skull mask was.

After the man in the mask disappeared, Naruto saw on the news that the Central City Star Lab's particle accelerator exploded and many people were killed and injured in the explosion. One of who, was Barry, he was struck by lightning and was in a coma. Oliver let Naruto and Felicity go to Central city to check on their friend while Oliver stayed behind and continued to try and find a lead on the mysterious man in the skull mask.

Oliver got suited up and was tracking down another lead in the Glades. The man he was after was in a car, driving as fast as he could to escape the Arrow. He drove through a construction yard as he stopped, to see if he was followed. The Arrow then arrived on his motorcycle, stopped and got out, a few meters in front of the man. The man then revved his car and stomped on the accelerator as he was going to run over the Starling City archer. He opened his car window and shot his gun, trying to hit the Arrow but missed every shot. Arrow just stood there and then shot an arrow at the engine. It caused a small explosion, which caused the car to veer to the side and crash.

Arrow readied his bow as he walked to the car. He got to the driver's side but saw the perp was gone. He then saw the perp run through the construction yard and Arrow took another route to run him down. The perp ran as Arrow took the higher ground and followed him on the second floor of the construction yard. The perp saw the vigilante and drew his gun and fired his entire clip. Arrow dodged the bullets and took cover as the perp ran. He then stopped to reload his gun and looked up to see the Arrow. Arrow shot a bolo/grapple arrow at the perp's feet. He then jumped off the scaffold he was on and pulled the rope with him which brought the perp into the air by his feet.

Arrow loosened the rope line, so the perp was lowered right in front of the Arrow. Arrow then twisted his arm as the perp groaned in pain.

"The man in the skull mask, who is he?!" Arrow yelled.

"I—I don't know?" The man said scared.

"You're the biggest street dealer in Crescent Circle. You know everything that goes on over there. Who is he?!" Arrow yelled.

"I ain't seen the guy before! A skull mask, are you freaking kidding me?! Come on, man. I'm still on parole!" The guy said.

"Not anymore." Arrow said as he knocked him out.

In the Arrow Cave, Diggle was at the computer watching the news coverage about the recent Star Labs Particle Accelerator explosion. Oliver walked in to see the news coverage about the explosion and Diggle at the computer but Naruto and Felicity weren't back.

"Is Felicity not back yet?" Oliver asked.

"No, she and Naruto wanted to spend a few more days with Barry." Diggle said.

"Any improvement in his condition?" Oliver asked.

"Still comatose." Diggle said. "How'd it go out there tonight?"

"Same as every other pointed conversation I have with these lowlifes in Crescent Circle. Nobody…has seen a man in a skull mask." Oliver said as he put his bow away. "But he's still out there."

"Oliver, for the past five weeks, you've pushed yourself pretty hard looking for this guy." Diggle said.

"He has the mirakuru, Diggle! I mean, you saw what it took to kill one guy that had been injected. We practically had to drop a building on him. So imagine ten, or a hundred, imagined a thousand." Oliver said, worried.

"You said Roy was injected." Diggle said.

"Yeah." Oliver replied.

"I've just never seen you spooked like this before." Diggle said.

"That should tell you something." Oliver told him.

Line Break xxxxx Flash Back

On the island, after Slade saved Oliver and Sarah, they buried Shado in a grave next to her father, and next to Oliver's father as well. Slade placed the last stone on Shado's grave, his eyes red from crying over Shado's death. Oliver and Sarah stood back and paid their respect.

"Shado always told me that I wouldn't die here. But looking back, I realized that she never once said that about herself. I just hope she's with her father now." Oliver said.

Slade held Shado's hood as he stood up and held his hand out, giving it to Oliver. "Here kid."

"She'd want you to have that." Oliver said.

"You're the one she cared for." Slade said as Oliver looked at him, not knowing what to say. He took the hood as Slade left. Oliver couldn't stand seeing Slade like this and needed to say something.

"Slade…" "Hey, Ollie, just give him some space." Sarah told him.

"I can't keep lying to him, Sara. I need to tell him how Shado really died." Oliver said.

"Ivo killed Shado. He pulled the trigger." Sara told him.

"Because I chose to save you." Oliver told her. "He needs to know the truth."

"Wait, Ollie, he has the Mirakuru in his system now." Sarah said.

"What does that have to do with anything?" Oliver asked.

"Look, the Japanese, they experimented on hundreds of men working to develop the Mirakuru. And I read the research. The people who died? They were the lucky ones. The ones who survived, they were deformed. Either their bones or their minds. They became someone else." Sarah told Oliver.

Line Break xxxxx (End of Flashback)

At Thea's club Verdant, Oliver was hosting a party to announce his support for Sebastian Blood in his mayoral campaign. "He is the man we need to see in the mayor's office. So, please, join me in our efforts to send Starling's favorite so there. To Sebastian Blood. Sebastian for Starling." Oliver said as everyone clapped and Oliver stepped down so Sebastian could speak to the people.

"Thank you, Oliver. And not just for your support, but also for your friendship." Sebastian said as Oliver smiled and lifted his champagne class up. "And thank you all for coming. You know, when Oliver calls me a son of Starling City, it feels like the literal truth. I was a street orphan, and this city raised me as one of its own. I am the man that I am today because of my Starling City Family. So it's time that I start to give back. So thank you all for your support." Sebastian said as everyone clapped.

Sebastian stepped down as Laurel walked up to hug him. Oliver smiled as Thea walked up to his side. "Nice speech, Ollie." Thea said. "Who knew you cared so much about politics?"

"Well, I care about the city, and…Sebastian has becoming something of a friend." Oliver told her.

"He's got a way of doing that, apparently." Thea said as she saw Sebastian talking with Laurel.

"That's very cute." Oliver replied. "Speaking of which, how's Roy?"

"Handsome, brooding, usual. Why is my boyfriend such a topic of interest?" Thea asked.

"Well, Thea, his idol put an arrow in him, and I just…wanted to make sure there weren't any lingering issues." Oliver said.

"Oh my god, now that I think about it. You know, he did something completely out of character this morning." Thea said.

"What?" Oliver asked.

"He showed up for work on time." Thea joked as Oliver chuckled.

Moira then walked over to Thea and Oliver. "Thea! Oh, it's—Its just wonderful." Moira said as she saw the club.

"Just proud to do my civic duty." Thea said.

"No, I'm the one who's proud. You've taken Oliver's…hobby, and turned it into a successful business." Moira said.

"Hobby?" Oliver asked as they laughed as Thea and Moira mingled with the guests as Sebastian and Laurel walked up to him.

"Oliver, thank you so much for your kind words." Sebastian said as the two shook hands and hugged.

"I'm just speaking the truth." Oliver said.

"And thank you, for doing this. I know Naruto said he would but he couldn't make it." Sebastian said.

"Naruto and I spoke and a friend of his was injured by the particle accelerator in Central City and he needed to be there. But he sends his support." Oliver said as Sebastian nodded.

"Oh, forgive me, a friend just walked in." Sebastian said as he walked in.

"Hi." Laurel said as she hugged Oliver and Oliver kissed her cheek.

"Glad you could come." Oliver said.

"Sebastian invited me." Laurel said.

"Yes, I hear the two of you have been spending some time together. Should I be worried?" Oliver joked.

"We're just friends." Laurel said.

"Does he know that?" Oliver asked.

"I believe he does." Laurel said as Oliver saw she had a look on her face.

"What's wrong?" Oliver asked.

"Sometimes I feel like I don't know the real Sebastian. He reminds me a little of you that way." Laurel joked as Oliver drank some champagne. Oliver then leaned forward and kissed Laurel as she kissed back.

"Hope the mystery doesn't change how you feel?" Oliver asked.

"No." Laurel said with a smile.

Soon, as the party for Sebastian Blood was still going strong, everyone heard a sound wave that was similar to an explosion. Thea turned on the news and an explosion went off at one of the buildings. Everyone watched the news with intensity and some left for home while Oliver and Diggle snuck away to the Arrow cave in the basement of the club.

"Anyone in the building?" Oliver asked Diggle.

"Cleaning crew and a couple of bankers working out a late night deal." Diggle told Oliver.

"Can you patch me into Police and Fire?" Oliver asked.

"I'm on it." Diggle said as he sat down at the computers and began typing away but it was taking him a little longer than it would Felicity.

"Diggle…" "Hey man, this is not my thing." Diggle told Oliver as he finally got the police and fire radio signal.

"It's too hot. We're falling back." One of the policeman said.

"We've still got people on the 19th floor." A fireman said as Oliver grabbed his bow and suited up.

The police and fire department were busy on trying to extinguish the flames as the fires were still going strong. A woman on one of the floors was coughing and yelling for help when she turned the corner and saw the Arrow.

"Help! Gary's still back there." The woman said.

"Get to safety." Arrow told her. Arrow made his way over to her and lifted off a piece of the fallen scaffold that fell on him. Arrow saw that the ceiling was getting more and more unstable. "Give me your hand." Arrow told him as the Arrow hoisted the man up and helped him to safety as the ceiling fell down.

"Thank you." The man said as the Arrow was gone and the firefighters came in and got him to safety.

Line Break xxxxx Flashback

Oliver, Sara and Slade were walking through the forest and away from the graves. Oliver was carrying some bags of gear when Slade pushed passed him and seemed to be heading somewhere in a hurry.

"Hey. You ok? Where you going?" Oliver asked Slade.

"To the plane, to get geared up." Slade said.

"For what?" Oliver asked.

"Ivo is still out there. I'm going to find him and when I do I'm going to cut pieces off of him." Slade told Oliver.

"You can't. Ivo has a ship full of me, of killers. And I don't care what you did before, you can't take them all out. The only play here is to find safe ground and wait him out." Sarah said as Slade walked up to her.

"Well, of course you would say that. You were working for Ivo. You're probable still working for him!" Slade yelled as Oliver held him back.

"Hey, hey! She's not." Oliver said as he got in front of her.

"Get out of my way, kid." Slade said.

"Look, you just need to take it easy—" Oliver was cut off as Slade began to choke him with one hand and lifted him off the ground.

"I said…get out of my way!" Slade yelled as Oliver's windpipe was beginning to crush.

Oliver struggled to breathe as Slade kept squeezing and his eyes were filled with rage. Then Sarah grabbed a giant branch and hit Slade in the back, which made Slade let go of Oliver. Oliver fell to the floor, gasping and holding his throat as he coughed and tried to catch his breath. Slade then looked at Oliver on the ground and Sara holding a branch, ready to fight and realized what he did.

Slade's hand began to shake as he began to hyperventilate. "I'm sorry." Slade said as he sat down next to a tree.

"Slade, you're not well." Sarah said.

"Hey…It's the mirakuru. It's messing with your head." Oliver told Slade.

"It's going to be dark soon. We should make camp." Sarah said.

Line Break xxxxx End of Flashback

After the night of saving people from that building fire tracking down some more leads on the man in the skull mask, Oliver was a little tired. He walked into his office as Diggle was looking over some files.

"Look tired? Long night?" Diggle asked.

"Yeah. News report said the bomber didn't steal any money." Oliver said as he went to his computer.

"I think this guy just wants to make a statement. That went online an hour ago." Diggle said as he showed Oliver an online blog with a long manifesto. "His manifesto. 300 pages of anti-government hate. You think this psycho's any way connected to our psycho in the skull mask?" Diggle asked.

"{exhale} This guys has a completely separate agenda. He's a lone wolf that we need to find before he finds his next target." Oliver said.

"I'd start with the bomb. Everyone's unique. Maybe we can get some kind of signature on this guy. But the bomb residue is with SCPD." Diggle said.

"Fortunately we have an in with one of the people in the department." A voice said as Oliver and Diggle saw Naruto and Felicity walk in with bags.

"I thought you guys were staying in Central City a few more days." Oliver said.

"We got a news alert about the bombing and we got the first train this morning." Naruto said.

"Good. We need you two here." Oliver said. "How's Barry?" Oliver asked.

"Still sleeping. I prefer sleeping to coma, 'cause coma sounds, you know…not fun. I'll reach out to Detective Lance." Felicity said as she and Naruto left to put their bags away.

Line Break xxxxx

Sebastian Blood was in his office at his Mayoral headquarters signing some papers. He then handed some papers to one of his file clerks to sort out as Laurel walked in.

"Hey. I wasn't aware you and I had a meeting today?" Blood said.

"We don't. I was just in the neighborhood. Thought I'd stop by, but if this is a bad time, I mean, I could always come back." Laurel said.

"Oh no, not at all, they're still setting up out there." Blood said as Laurel walked into his office.

"Wow, this is pretty impressive for a street orphan." Laurel said.

"Are you suggesting I spread it on a bit too thick last night?" Blood asked.

"No, it's just…" "Laurel, if there's something on your mind, give it voice. I don't bite. I promise." Blood told her.

"You know my father's with the department." Laurel said.

"Yes." Blood said.

"He said the suspect that he was investigating when he and his partner were attacked by a man named Cyrus Gold." Laurel said as Blood sat down.

"Cyrus Gold…was a preacher at the orphanage where I was raised. Cyrus was a very good friend to me—like an older brother. Or even a father figure, to be honest." Blood said. He was the first person I said a word to, and this was after a month of not speaking at all." Blood said.

"You talk a lot about being an orphan, but you don't talk about your parents." Laurel said as Blood put his head down. "Did you know them?"

"My father was a very unhappy man. One night he came home soaked in whiskey. He lost his job again, so he broke her arm." Blood said, as he choked a little at remembering the bad memories. "I tried to stop him, but he threw me off. And the next thing I saw was my mother holding my father's gun in her hand. And I watched her shoot him. She panicked. Ran and was gone before the police even arrived. It was the last time I saw my parents."

"I'm so sorry." Laurel said.

"I don't know…why Cyrus' life took the turn that it did, I'm sad to say. All I know…is that he helped a very young, very frightened boy find his voice again." Blood said as his mayoral manager knocked on his door to get his attention. "I'm sorry. More later?" Blood asked as Laurel nodded.

Blood left for his T.V. interview while Laurel stayed behind in his office to do a little more digging. She looked at his papers and saw an invoice for a St. Walkers hospital for a patient, Maya Resik. Sebastian was somehow connected to this woman and Laurel was going to find out why.

Back at Verdant, Roy was stacking the storage shelves with the latest shipments of alcohol that arrived. He put a case of vodka on the shelf as Thea walked in. "Didn't hear you come in." Thea said.

"Yeah, sorry, I—I got here early. I just want to get these crates unpacked before lunch." Roy said.

"Are you ok?" Thea asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just…haven't been sleeping much lately. I got a lot on my mind." Roy said.

"You want to talk about it?" Thea asked.

"Talk about what?" Roy asked.

"Whatever's been going on with you the last five weeks." Thea said.

"Look, I'm fine." Roy told her.

"Look, ever since the Arrow shot you, you've been acting really weird, Roy. With me, with everything." Thea said.

"This isn't about the Arrow." Roy told her as she put another box on the shelf.

"Is it me?" Thea asked. "It is us?"

"Look, I really just want to get through this, ok?" Roy said.

"Ok. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help." Thea said as she got up and Roy sighed.

"Thea. You do help. Every day. And honestly, right now you're the only thing that's keeping me together." Roy said.

"I do what I can." Thea replied.

"How did I get to be so lucky?" Roy asked.

"You stole my purse." Thea joked as the two kissed. Roy moved her over to one of the shelves, which was a mistake because as the two kissed a box of drinking glasses fell from the top shelf and hit Roy.

"Thea, you ok?" Roy asked as he held his arm in pain, seeing a large piece of glass in it.

"Yeah. Oh your arm." Thea said as she saw the glass in his arm. Roy then grit his teeth and pulled the glass shard out. "That looks really deep. It might need stitches. I'm going to go downstairs and get the first aid kit, ok?" Thea said as she went downstairs. Roy looked at his arm and saw this wound but noticed no blood was pouring out of it and it began to hurt less and less.

Line Break xxxxx

On the SCPD rooftop, Office Lance walked up the roof as he waited for the Arrow and Kitsune. He then heard a noise and turned to see the Arrow and Kitsune on the roof.

"You know most cops, they meet their informants in the backseat of a cruiser or maybe a coffee shop or something, but…what's with the mask?" Lance asked the Arrow.

"Gift from a friend." Arrow said.

"You have friends?" Lance asked.

"Did you bring us what we asked for?" Kitsune asked as Lance gave them a small pouch.

"That's a sample of everything that CSU collected from the blast. There's melted glass, multiple explosive fragments, and trace residue, and it looks like nitroglycerine. Which means that we're dealing with more than just a basement nut job." Lance said.

"Someone with training." Arrow said as Lance nodded. "Thank you Detective." Arrow said as he and Kitsune were about to leave but Lance spoke.

"I need a favor, too. The son of a bitch, who killed my men, my partner…" "He's dead." Arrow told Lance.

"But whoever tipped him off, told him we were coming, he's doing just fine." Lance said.

"What do you need?" Kitsune asked.

"Cell phone records for every cop in my precinct." Lance said.

"You think there's a leak in the department?" Arrow asked.

"I think those phone records are the only way to know for sure, and your blonde friend, she's pretty good with computers." Lance said.

"I'll ask her—" {BOOM} Arrow was cut off as another building went up in flames. The bomber struck again.

"He's hit another." Arrow said as he contacted Felicity.

"Starling City Municipal Building." Diggle said.

"Give us a location." Kitsune said.

"I've give you one better—I'm checking the surrounding cell towers. There was a GSM spike of 3,800 megahertz two seconds before the blast. That frequency's way outside the approved frequency for U.S. Carriers." Felicity told them. She typed away bringing up a map and the detonation sight and got a signal from the original detonation sight and got a signal from the orig.

"Signal's moving, I think he's mobile." Felicity said.

"Give me an intersection." Arrow said.

"Oliver, there are still people in that building." Diggle said.

"I'm on it, Felicity give Oliver the signal location." Kitsune said as he headed for the burning building while Oliver got on his bike and followed Felicity's directions.

Arrow drove down the street on his motorcycle as Felicity fed him the coordinates of the signal origin.

"He's right in front of you, 400 meters." Felicity told Oliver.

"I see him." Arrow said as he saw a white van.

The bomber saw the Arrow coming closer and hit the gas and sped through a red light with the Arrow right on his ass.

"Turn left on 67th." Felicity said.

Arrow turned left as he saw the van drive ahead, weaving through cars. The bomber saw the Arrow getting closer and reached into his pack to get a grenade. He pulled the pin and dropped it outside the window. Arrow pulled out of the seat and leaned on the side of the bike to avoid the explosion. He got back on his seat and sped up to catch the bomber as a some grenade was dropped. The smoke obscured the Arrow's vision and when the he drove past it, he lost sight of the bomber.

"Felicity, I lost him." Arrow said.

"What?" Felicity said as she lost the signal on the map. "Me too, hold on." Felicity told him as she tried to get the signal back. "Got him. Bank left on Gerrard Street. You're almost right on top of him." Felicity told him.

Arrow drove down the street and turned left but nearly hit a truck and bus and barely stopped in time. "It's not him, Felicity. You picked up the wrong signal." Oliver told her.

"What? I thought—He must have scramble the signal." Felicity said.

"It doesn't matter. He's gone." Oliver said.

Oliver and Naruto arrived back at the cave and Oliver was pissed that the bomber got away. "What happened?" Oliver asked Felicity.

"He's using cellular technology to detonate his bombs. Clearly, his expertise extends to obscuring that signal." Felicity said as Naruto pat her shoulder.

"Felicity, your expertise are suppose to trump his." Oliver told her as Felicity and Naruto noticed his tone.

"Excuse me? If you have something to say to me, say it." Felicity said.

"People are dying. So I would like you to pull your head out of Central City and fix your attitude, and get back in the game." Oliver told her.

"Sure, right after you get yours out of your ass." Felicity told him.

"Excuse me." Oliver said.

"All right. Maybe we should just take a breath here." Diggle said.

"No wait, I want to know exactly what that crack about Central City and my attitude suppose to mean?" Felicity asked.

"When the first bomb went off, you weren't here. And when the second bomb went off, you sent me the wrong way." Oliver told her.

"After you didn't catch him in the first place!" Felicity said.

"Don't blame me because you didn't have it tonight." Oliver said.

"I need some air." Felicity said as she left and Naruto followed her, glaring at Oliver as he followed Felicity.

"At the risk of me getting my head knocked off…playing the blame game's not going to helps us catch this son of a bitch." Diggle said.

"Neither is doing things halfway." Oliver replied.

"Is that what's going on here? You think she was distracted? She wasn't giving it her all?" Diggle asked.

"She almost ran me into a bus, Diggle? What do you think?" Oliver asked.

"I think you didn't have a problem with Felicity's performance until she and Naruto really started dating." Diggle said as Oliver thought for a second.

Line Break xxxxx

In the SCPD station, Officer Lance was talking with Officer Dailey. Dailey noticed that Lance kept touching his shoulder.

"You all right?" Dailey asked.

"Yeah, it's just, arm still hurts whenever it's cold and I lost the pain meds that the doctor gave me." Lance said. "How's yours healing up?"

"Ah, you know, good days and bad." Dailey said.

"I'll see you later." Lance said as he saw Laurel. "Hey." Lance said as he walked up to his daughter.

"Pretty crazy." Laurel said.

"Yeah. You doing all right?" Lance asked.

"I thought I could use your help, if you have a second." Laurel said.

"You being at the DA's office now, it's almost like you joined the family business. Come on." Lance said as they walked.

"I'm trying to find someone name Maya Resik. I searched the internet, the DMV records, social security…nothing." Laurel said.

"Why are you looking for a ghost?" Lance asked.

"Sebastian's paying her bills. A woman who doesn't seem to exist; I find that suspicious." Laurel said.

"Thinking that you friend's up to no good, that's typically more my thing than yours." Lance said.

"Well, I just want to check on something." Laurel said as she left but her dad spoke.

"Hey, Laurel. If I bring you something back, you know I'm going to want to know why." Lance said.

"Of course you are." Laurel said as she left.

Oliver returned home to hear the television in the living room on the news channel. He walked in to see his mother sitting on the couch and watching the news coverage about the latest bombing. Moira saw her son walk in.

"Ah, you're just in time to see the show." Moira said as she increased the volume.

"What's he doing?" Oliver asked, seeing Sebastian on T.V.

"Bringing the city together. And if I'm not mistaken, campaigning." Moira said.

"Tomorrow night, I am holding Starling's first ever unity rally at the City Plaza. We are going to show the world that the people of this great city will not back down to terrorists." Blood said in a press conference as Oliver watched in shock.

"He's committing suicide and he just invited the entire city to join him." Oliver said.

"Sebastian's your friend. Can't you talk him out of this, Oliver?" Moira asked.

"Well, he won't listen to me or Naruto." Oliver said, knowing what he needed to do.

In Sebastian's office, he was alone in the office, doing some late night work when the power and lights were shut off. "Sebastian Blood…" Sebastian heard as he put his phone down and reached under his desk where a gun was held and he kept his hand on it just in case.

"This rally tomorrow night, you need to call it off." Arrow told him.

"The Starling City vigilante paying a visit to wave me off. I'm flattered." Blood said he removed his hand from the gun.

"This event, Mr. Blood, you might as well be painting a giant bulls eye on your chest." The Arrow said.

"This city needs to come together. And I need to show them how." Blood said.

"You won't be able to show them anything if you're dead." Arrow said.

"Every night, you risk your life for the people of this city. How can you expect me to do any less?" Blood asked.

"And what about the lives of the people coming to the rally?" Arrow asked.

"This rally is about Starling City standing up and declaring with one voice that living afraid isn't living. I wont send a contrary message to the people telling them to stay home, to stay scared. I've made my decision." Blood said.

"That's the thing, Alderman…whatever happens tomorrow night, it's not up to you." Arrow said as the lights came back on. Blood looked around and noticed that the Arrow was gone.

Line Break xxxxx

The next day, Oliver, Naruto, Diggle and Felicity were in the cave as Felicity tried to run down some leads while watching the news coverage of the unity rally. "Tried to get him to stand down." Oliver said.

"He seems as stubborn as you when it comes to fight back." Diggle said.

"Or everything." Felicity added as Naruto chuckled.

"Hey, is this how it's going to be with you two from now on?" Diggle asked, talking about Felicity and Oliver's tension.

"Maybe we should just head down to the rally." Oliver said to Diggle.

"Maybe we won't have to. I analyzed the bomb remnants we got from Lance. The design's identical to the bombs used by an Anti-government militia group called the government. Lucky for us, they have a very active and hackable message board. One of their most prolific fans has an IP address right here in Starling." Felicity said.

"Where?" Naruto asked.

"The computer's in a local souvenir shop. The whackadoo in question goes by the username Shrapnel." Felicity said.

"You want backup?" Diggle asked.

"No, I need you at the rally. Cover our bases." Oliver told him.

"There's another thing. When I was checking the IP address, our bomber set up an identical one in a nearby warehouse. It could be where he has more bombs ready." Felicity said.

"I'm on it." Naruto said as he and Oliver got suited up and left.

At the SCPD building, Felicity was able to get the phone records the Lance wanted and he was looking through them when Laurel walked up to him.

"Is this all for me?" She asked.

"No, for me. SCPD phone records." Lance said.

"Why are you going through the Department's phone records?" Laurel asked as Lance didn't want to tell her.

"Um, so I checked up on your friend." Lance said.

"And? Did you find anything?" Laurel asked.

"Yeah, it turns out he's a hell of a guy. Covers the expenses of his dear aunt…your Maya Resik." Lance told her.

"If Sebastian has other family, then why was he placed in an orphanage?" Laurel asked.

"Well, maybe 'cause Aunt Maya is nuttier than a snickers bars. She's a patient at St. Walkers Hospital. It's a mental institution, the kind you don't check out of. Now, listen, are you going to tell me what this is all about?" Lance asked.

"Something just seems off about him." Laurel said.

"Laurel, there is nothing sinister about a guy who is covering the expenses of his only living relative. The truth is, it's kind of nice. Listen, I got to get to the City Plaza. Pike wants all hands on deck at this unity rally. You're not going right?" Lance asked.

"No, I need to look into this more." Laurel said.

"Laurel, he seems like a good guy and I don't understand why you won't stop. With everything that has happened, it's not a bad idea to have some good friends. So, stop looking into this." Lance told her as he left.

Diggle went to the rally and blended in with the crowd with an earpiece tied to the cave. Naruto got suited up and headed to the coordinates of the warehouse that Shrapnel may be using to house his bombs. Oliver went to the store to see if he could find Shrapnel.

Arrow snuck into the shop, the lights were off and he didn't see anyone inside. He slowly walked forward until he heard something. He stopped in his tracks, drew an arrow and readied to fire when red sensor lights came up around him.

"Boom. You're dead." Arrow heard from a speaker. "Or will be if you take one more step or move a single muscle. And then you'll miss the show." The voice said as the T.V. turned on to show a video feed of the rally. "Candidate's Blood Unity Rally. Already rigged with 50 pounds of RDX high explosives. Not unlike what's packed inside the drywall of my store. This city thinks Sebastian Blood can keep them safe. Tonight, they learn that the only thing politicians care about protecting is their jobs." The voice said as Oliver said his mother and sister arrive at the rally.

Line Break xxxxx

Arrow then activated his communicator and contacted Felicity. "Felicity." Arrow called.

"Here." Felicity replied. "Did you get him?"

"No. He said he rigged the plaza with an explosive device." Arrow told her.

"Oliver, it's crazy town there. That bomb could be anywhere." Felicity said.

"I can narrow that down. Get me Diggle." Arrow said as Felicity patched in Diggle.

"Go." Diggle said as he was patched in.

"Shrapnel said he rigged the perimeter with RDX." Arrow told him.

"I'm on it." Diggle said.

"Felicity, contact Naruto. Tell him to head over there as soon as possible, Shrapnel may have some countermeasures in place." Arrow said.

"Right." Felicity said as she sent a message to Naruto. "You're heading to the plaza, too, right?"

"Not yet. I need you to pull up anything you can on the store. Blue prints, permit schematics, anything." Arrow told her.

"What's going on?" Felicity asked.

"Shrapnel left behind a surprise. Said he packed the drywall with explosives, but the trigger needs to be—" "Would need to be hooked up to some sore of power supply. That's assuming that the detonator's connected to the store's electricity and not something independent. Like a car battery. I know not helpful." Felicity said as she typed away.

"You sure you want me doing this? My head might not be exactly in the game." Felicity said.

"Felicity!" Arrow said, getting her attention.

"The building was built in the seventies. That's good news. The wiring in a lot of construction back then is defective. So if you sever one wire, it will blow fuses in the entire building and shut off power to the bomb." Felicity told him.

"Hold tight, I see a fuse box." Arrow said.

"Oliver, be careful." Felicity said.

Arrow lined up a shot at the fuse box at the far corner, moving slowly and careful so he didn't hit a sensor light and let the arrow loose, which hit the fuse box and exploded. Felicity then lost the radio feed.

"Oliver? Oliver?" Felicity called out.

"It's all right. I'm all right." Arrow said as Felicity exhaled in relief. "Get to the rally. Help Naruto and Diggle, I'm on my way." Arrow said as he left the store.

Diggle walked around the perimeter of the Rally, inspecting the sound speakers as a possible place to where the bomb might be set up. Moira and Thea walked up to the Rally but Moira stopped Thea.

"Thea, I really don't think coming here was a good idea." Moira told her.

"It's going to be fine. Let's just go find Roy." Thea said as they walked to the crowd.

Sebastian Blood than stepped on stage and the crowd cheered. "Please, please. You're the ones who deserve an ovation. 8 months ago this city survived a devastating attack…" Blood kept on talking as Diggle finally found the bomb trigger in one of the speakers.

"Dig, I'm on site." Felicity said as she arrived.

"I'm on the east side. I think I found the trigger. Oliver said the whole place was ringed with explosives. It's in the sound equipment." Diggle said as Felicity found him. "And this is the trigger."

"Shrapnel activates it by cellular transmission." Felicity said.

"Listen, we don't have to disarm it, just disable it." Diggle told her.

"I can do that. I think." Felicity said. "I hope."

"Listen, just be careful. He probably put in a safeguard. Tampering with it will set off a dead man's switch." Diggle said.

"That's a really depressing term. And a little bit sexist." Felicity said.

"Step away." They heard as they saw Shrapnel standing behind them, pointing a gun at them. He then held up a detonator. "Or we all know how this ends."

Diggle than ran forward but Shrapnel shot him in the shoulder. "DIG!" Felicity shouted as Diggle fell to the ground. The crowd heard the shot and ran for safety as the police took Blood away.

Kitsune arrived to the rally on his motorcycle and saw the people running for cover. He saw Felicity trying to help Diggle and Shrapnel looking at the crowd. Kitsune saw Shrapnel reach into his jacket and pull out a grenade. He pulled the pin and threw it at the crowd but Kitsune threw a kunai and hit the grenade in the air, causing it to explode over the crowd, so no one got hurt. Shrapnel saw Kitsune and ran away as Kitsune revved up his motorcycle and followed him.

The explosion caused a cable that was holding one of the lights up to break. Roy saw the wire break and was going to fall on top of Moira so Roy ran in front of her and covered her as the light fell on his back. Roy then slowly stood up with the large light fixture on his back and tossed it to the side. Roy and Thea were shocked that he did this and that he was unharmed.

Shrapnel ran through the plaza as Kitsune was on his ass following him on his motorcycle. Shrapnel shot at Kitsune but missed and kept running. He fired at Kitsune more but he kept missing and Kitsune drove forward and rammed Shrapnel with his bike. Kitsune got off his bike and drew four shuriken, ready to throw but he saw Shrapnel take out a wired detonator that was connected to his jacket.

"Drop the throwing stars. I've got charges planted all over Starling. I drop this stick, they all blow." Shrapnel warned as he saw Kitsune not backing down. "Did you hear what I just said?"

"Yep." Kitsune said as he threw the shuriken and cut the detonator wire. Shrapnel then pressed the detonator but nothing happened and saw the wire was cut. Kitsune then walked up and knocked him out. Shrapnel fell to the floor unconscious and saw Arrow arrive. Kitsune nodded to Arrow who nodded back.

Line Break xxxxx

After the drama at the rally, Roy went back to Verdant where he was going to wait for Thea after she drove her mother back home. Roy was watching the news coverage at the rally as the police were dragging the unity rally bomber through the crowd to a police car. Roy turned and saw Thea walk in.

"Hey. How's your mom?" Roy asked.

"She's fine. Just a little shaken up. You saved her." Thea said.

"I got lucky." Roy said.

"That wasn't luck. That was impossible." Thea said.

"You know those stories of mom's lifting cars to save their kids? Things you can do when adrenaline hits. It was…it was one of those." Roy said as Thea looked at his arm.

"Your arm. There's not even a mark." Thea said as she was shocked to see it completely healed.

"Its…I heal fast." Roy said. "It's fine. I'm kind of tired. It's been a long night, you know. I got to go." Roy said as he quickly left.

Underneath the club, Felicity was watching the news, Diggle was putting his arm in a sling and Naruto was sitting next to Felicity and Oliver was sitting by a desk, filling his quiver.

"With you dropping fewer bodies, Starling City should probably build a bigger jail." Felicity said to Oliver as Diggle walked up to him.

"Another night of skull mask hunting?" Diggle asked.

"Not exactly." Oliver said. "How's your shoulder?"

"Oh, just a through-and-through. Walk in the park." Diggle said.

"Still, Diggle, you should go home and get some rest." Oliver said as Diggle and Naruto recognized the look in Oliver's face.

"I'll help you to your car." Naruto told Diggle as they left leaving Oliver and Felicity with some uncomfortable silence.

"I'm sorry." Oliver said as Felicity looked at him and saw he was staring at the wall.

"Are you apologizing to me or were you talking to your quiver?" Felicity asked.

"I didn't snap at my quiver." Oliver said as he stood up.

"You kind of more than snapped." Felicity said.

"I know. And I'm sorry." Oliver told her.

"I understand that the Mirakuru thing has you freaked out. And I may have been spending a lot of time away from here." Felicity said.

"Felicity, it's not that." Oliver said as she tried to speak and she saw it was pretty difficult for him to do so. "When you aren't around, well, it just made me realize how much I need you here. In the beg…in the beginning, I was just going—I was going to do all of this myself. And now with you, Diggle and Naruto…I rely on you." Oliver said as Felicity started to get a smile.

"Does that mean I have a shot at employee of the month?" Felicity joked.

"No. Because you're not my employee. You're my partner." Oliver said as Felicity smiled. "You are Naruto are together…and I need to understand that he will be a priority to you."

"Don't worry, I know my priorities." Felicity said as Oliver smiled. "But next time you yell at me, I will have Naruto beat you up…and I believe he can." Felicity joked.

"I don't think so." Oliver said with a chuckle as Naruto walked in and saw that Felicity and Oliver patched things up.

Line Break xxxxx Flashback

Oliver and Sara were asleep at their camp when they heard the radio turn on, it was Ivo.

"Sara. Sara, I know you're listening. Answer me." Ivo said over the radio. "This is very simple, Sara. I know you and your new friends have the mirakuru. You know I will Ivo waste to this entire island to get it."

"Get Slade." Oliver said to Sara. Sara got up and went to his spot to see he was gone.

"But it doesn't have to be that way. All I want is the serum. In exchange, I'll promise you and your friends safe passage off this island, I promise. Within 10 days, you and your new friends could be making port in Shanghai. The alternatives is I send my men into the jungle to take the serum from you. They'll be under orders not to kill any of you. Instead, you'll remain alive enough for me to indulge my scientific curiosity. Think about it, Sara." Ivo said as he cut the radio feed.

"He's gone." Sara said.

"What?" Oliver asked.

"Slade's gone and he took the mirakuru with him." Sara said.

Line Break xxxxx End of flashback

Laurel was following up on the Maya Resik lead and went to St. Walkers Hospital. She asked one of the nurses to talk to her but the nurses didn't understand why.

"You can ask all the questions you want, but I wouldn't count on getting anything back. She probably won't even know you're there." The nurse said as she unlocked Maya Resik's door. "I'll be down the hall if you need anything." The Nurse said as Laurel walked in.

Laurel saw a woman sitting in the corner, speaking Spanish and holding a cross necklace. "Maya? I'm here to talk to you about your nephew." Laurel said as Maya didn't respond. "Maya, my name's Laurel Lance. Maya? I'm here to talk about your nephew." Laurel heard Maya repeat something about a Chico.

"Maya? Maya, que chico?" Laurel asked. "Que chico? Sebastian?" Laurel asked as Maya looked at her.

"Sebastian." Maya said.

"Yes, Sebastian Blood. Maya can you talk to me about Sebastian. It's ok. You can trust me. Sebastian is my friend." Laurel said as Maya grabbed her hand.

"Sebastian is the Devil. He's the one who put me here. He made everybody think I'm insane." Maya said.

"But why would he do that?" Laurel asked.

"He killed his father. And I was there. I saw it." Maya said as Laurel put the pieces together.

"Oh, my god. Sebastian isn't your nephew, he's your son." Laurel said.

"Don't trust a word he says. You can't trust Sebastian Blood." Maya said.

End of Blast Radius

Line Break xxxxx

Blind Spot

Oliver and Naruto were tracking another possible lead on the man in the skull Mask. They trapped him in a old factory as the man was backed against some old machines and Oliver and Naruto needed him to talk. Oliver shot another arrow inches from him as the man shook in fear.

"AH, I don't know anything." The man said, terrified.

"The man in the skull mask. Where is he?" Arrow asked Kitsune drew four kunai.

"I don't know what you're talking about." The man said as Kitsune threw a kunai near the mans foot.

"He's been experimenting on people in the Glades. He's leaving a trail of corpses with blood running from their eyes." Kitsune said.

"No, no, no. I deal in stolen merchandise, that is it." The man said as Arrow shot another near his hand.

"Ask him what colors his shoes are." Felicity said to Oliver.

"What?" Oliver replied.

"You want this guy to take a polygraph via Bluetooth cool, but I need to hear him establish a base line. I need to hear him tell the truth just once." Felicity said.

"What color are your shoes?" Arrow asked.

"What?" The man asked as he quickly looked at his shoes. "They're blue." The man said as Felicity saw he was telling the truth.

"He's not lying." Felicity told them.

"Please..." The man said as he saw that the 2 vigilantes were gone.

Oliver and Naruto were on a roof, looking over the city. "He's out there. Somewhere." Oliver said.

"Come home. We can't do anymore tonight." Felicity said as Naruto nodded.

Naruto returned to his apartment to find Felicity there waiting for him. Naruto quickly took a shower and changed and the two went to bed.

Naruto woke up the next morning to see the side of his bed was empty, Felicity must have gotten up already. Naruto put on a shirt and walked went to the kitchen to see Felicity sitting at the kitchen counter with Kurama napping on the table next to her. Naruto smiled as he got himself a cup of coffee and saw that she was looking at something.

"What are you looking at?" Naruto asked.

"I saw an old picture book of yours and I decided to go through it to find more adorable pictures of you when you were a kid." Felicity joked as Naruto went up behind her and hugged her.

"You sneaking behind my back?" Naruto joked as he kissed her cheek.

"Just a bit curious." Felicity said as she turned the page and saw Naruto with his parents but two people she didn't know. "Who are they?" Felicity asked as Naruto saw and remembered some memories.

"Those are my god parents." Naruto said as Felicity was surprised. "The white haired man was my father's teacher, Jiraiya. One of the best members of Konoha that ever existed, he was feared as well as respected. Eventually he retired and became a writer but he would stop by everyone now and then for visits."

"And the woman?" Felicity asked.

"That would be my godmother, Tsunade Senju. She was Konoha's greatest medical doctor and ninja that ever existed. Not to mention a complete powerhouse, I once saw her knock a guy over 300 yards once." Naruto said as Felicity chuckled.

"Is she retired too?" Felicity asked as Naruto took a deep breath.

"No, she died on a mission about five years ago." Naruto said as Felicity looked at him.

"Naruto, I'm sorry I didn't mean—" "It's all right. She died fighting and Jiraiya avenged her death." Naruto said as Felicity kissed his cheek. She then turned the page to see some more people she didn't know but had the same headband that Naruto wore.

"I can't believe you actually took pictures of fully trained assassins. I mean…isn't that dangerous, having their identities known with the possibility of exposure?" Felicity asked as Naruto chuckled.

"They prefer the term Shinobi, and I wouldn't worry about that. They trusted me with these photos when I met them. I am a member of Konoha and it helps remind me of the training I've overcome and that even though they are dangerous…they are still people." Naruto said as Felicity smiled.

"And who are these people?" Felicity asked as Naruto pointed to the first photo on the page.

"That would be Kakashi Hatake, The White Fang." Naruto said as Felicity looked at him. "It's his code name."

"Oh." Felicity said.

"He was one of my father's students and currently one of the best members of Konoha. He's a good fighter with his sword." Naruto said as Felicity smiled.

"And these 3 guys?" Felicity asked as she saw one man with a dark green jumpsuit and bowl-head haircut, another with spiky hair and smoking a cigarette and the third was wearing a Konoha head guard and holding a wooden bo staff.

"Oh those 3 are some more Konoha members I met during my years overseas. I met them on missions and trained with them. The guy in the green jumpsuit is Might Guy. He's one of the best martial artists in Konoha and with his nunchaku, he's even deadlier. He even developed a set of 8 special soldier pills that he calls the 8 Inner gates. The pills are capable of allowing Guy to access to his bodies inner strength and become tremendously stronger and faster. Although, using the pills will severely weaken the person and possibly kill the user but Guy's trained enough to last longer than most." Naruto said as Felicity nodded.

"And the smoker?" Felicity asked.

"That would be Asuma Sarutobi. Asuma is the son of one of Konoha's oldest and greatest fighters, Hiruzen Sarutobi. Asuma was trained by his father and eventually became one of the secret 12 guardians." Naruto said as Felicity was confused.

"12 Guardians?" Felicity asked.

"Well this is just a legend now, but centuries ago, 12 of the elite Konoha trained warriors were given the opportunity to guard the old leaders of Konoha and they were called the Guardian 12. With Asuma, he became a member of the new Guardian 12 who were tasked with protecting the last of the eldest and revered of Konoha. Now Asuma is just a regular Konoha shinobi and he is good. His trench knives are deadly and he has a move called the Thousand-Armed Murder." Naruto said.

"I can guess what that does by the name." Felicity joked as Naruto chuckled.

"And the last guy is Yamato. He actually trained and worked with Kakashi over the years. Yamato can be a bit of a stick in the mud but he's always prepared to fight. He actually uses a wooden staff that is suppose to be hundreds of years old and has never broken. He says it's because of how in tune with nature he is." Naruto said as Felicity smiled and saw three women in a photo wearing headbands.

"Who are they?" Felicity asked.

"Those three are what I call the Konoha Ice Queens." Naruto said as she looked at him. "It's just a playful nickname I gave them, they are as cold as ice when they fight, and you don't want to get on their bad side. That's Kurenai Yuhi, Hana Inuzuka, and Yugao Uzuki."

"And I'm guessing they all have their own specialties?" Felicity asked.

"Of course. Kurenai happened to be a great illusionist. She can make incredible illusions and is a master of poisons that can cause hallucinations and even death. Hana is an excellent tracker. He ancestors were wolf warriors in Konoha, having wolf partners and she's a really good vet as well, taking care of other animals. But never piss her off, or she will go feral on you. Yugao happens to be a great swordsman. She even taught me some new moves when I ran into her on a mission." Naruto said as Felicity smiled.

"You had a lot of training when you were over seas, huh?" Felicity asked.

"Yeah…they all knew my parents and…after following in their footsteps, they offered some advice and training." Naruto said as Felicity smiled, she then looked at the clock and saw she needed to get ready for work.

"Oh, I got to get ready. I'll see you at the cave later?" Felicity asked.

"Of course." Naruto said as they two kissed and Felicity went to get changed. Naruto smiled as he looked at the photos in his book and saw one of him, Guy and Yamato and remembered when he met them.

Line Break xxxxx Naruto Flashback

After his training sessions with Kakashi, Naruto resumed tracking down any leads he could in Japan but came up empty. Naruto then decided to try somewhere else, so he was heading to Shanghai, China. Naruto packed his stuff and Kurama and got a flight there.

After arriving in Shanghai, he walked around to get a feel for the city. Naruto decided that if he was going to find answers…he needed to focus on the criminals and get answers. Criminals liked to talk and he was going to find any lead he could on this mercenary and any news coming out of Bialya that was on the hush-hush. After a day of walking around parts of the city, looking and scoping out places he figured criminals and the cities dark underbelly liked to hang out, he was going to act.

He returned to his apartment and fed Kurama before he opened his bag and got out his weapons and suit that Kakashi said he had connections to sneak into any city. Naruto suited up in the outfit his parents left in which was just the black outfit with the hoodie and face mask. Naruto strapped on some pouches of kunai, shuriken and bombs and then strapped on 2 katanas. He pat Kurama on the head as he opened his hotel window and left, climbing and jumping from building to building to find his first person to interrogate.

Two other figures from far away were looking at Naruto as he jumped and flipped from building to building. "Not bad." One of the figures said, wearing a green hood that obscured his face.

"He's well trained. Let's see what he's got." The other said as they followed him.

Line Break xxxxx End of Naruto Flashback

With Laurel Lance, she was walking into work at the D.A.'s office and sat down at her desk and looked around to make sure that no one was looking at her. She then reached into her purse and took out a prescription bottle of pills that was prescribed to her father. She unscrew it and took one out. "Ms. Lance?" Laurel heard as she quickly hid the bottle and the pill in her hands and turned to see Katherine. "I have a phone call on line 2 for you."

"Thank you Katherine." Laurel said with a smile as Katherine left. When she left, Laurel quickly swallowed the pill and picked up the phone. "Laurel Lance."

"This is Nurse Downy from St. Walker's. You asked me to call if there was any changes in Maya Resik's condition. I'm sad to report she passed away." The Nurse said.

"What?" Laurel asked, shocked.

"Her heart gave out on her, poor soul." The Nurse said as Laurel realized that a tie to Sebastian's Blood was gone and he killed her.

Laurel immediately got up and went to ADA Donner and told him what she thought was going on and for help. "You think Sebastian Blood, the Saint of Starling City, killed his own mother?" Donner asked her like she was crazy.

"He was the last person to see her alive. That isn't a coincidence." Laurel said.

"He's a devoted nephew visiting a sick relative. You're right, that's very suspicious." Donner said, sarcastically.

"He didn't go there to visit her. He went there to kill her; to cover up the fact that as a child, he killed his father. Maya Resik told me what happened." Laurel told him.

"From inside a padded room, right?" Donner asked.

"He had her forcibly committed. She tells me the truth and the two days later has a heart attack. You don't find that strange?" Laurel asked.

"Well, for one thing, there's no record that Maya Resik was even Blood's mother, and according to the hospital, she was in the late stage of heart disease." Donner said as Laurel walked up to him.

"I need you to call in a favor with Judge Carlin. Get a search warrant for Sebastian's campaign headquarters, his phone records; I need to start somewhere." Laurel said.

"Laurel, this isn't a casual request. I'm the ADA who took Vertigo on live T.V. I take a shot on Sebastian Blood and miss, my career is done." Donner said as he tried to leave but Laurel stopped him.

"Adam! Please." Laurel begged.

"I'm sorry, Laurel. You're on your own." Laurel said as Donner left and Laurel needed a backup plan.

Back at Verdant, Roy was throwing out some trash when he heard a voice. "Hello Roy." Roy heard as he turned to see Oliver.

"Lurking in an alley. That's not at all creepy." Roy said as he walked to the club.

"When I ran the club, I learned all the secret entrances. I never got a chance to thank you for saving my mother's life. Thea told me. She said that you were very brave." Oliver said.

"I did what anyone would have done." Roy said.

"Not anyone. It takes a lot to run towards danger, not away from it." Oliver said as Roy got a weird look.

"That sounded like praise. I thought were I was concerned, you didn't approve." Roy said as Oliver chuckled.

"Thea said that you also got hit by some falling debris. How are you feeling?" Oliver asked.

"Actually, it mostly missed me. I'm fine. Look, I got to get back to work." Roy said as he went back to work and Oliver went down to the Arrow cave where Felicity was watching the camera footage of the club with Naruto and Diggle.

"Has Roy mentioned anything about the man in the skull mask who injected him?" Felicity asked.

"Roy's not the kind of guy who's comfortable with discussing his feelings." Oliver said.

"Not like you or me." Diggle joked.

"Don't yell at me, but I really think we need a new plan on how to find this creepy mask guy. Scaring the crap out of low-lifes isn't yielding results." Felicity said.

"Felicity, I am open to any and all suggestions." Oliver said.

"Oliver, maybe we're over thinking this. What if the mask simply got wind that you were after him and decided to skip town?" Naruto asked.

"No, he didn't go through all the trouble of recreated the serum and testing it on people just to walk away. He is still out there, and we need to locate him." Oliver said as the cell phone went off.

"Lance, for the Arrow." Felicity said as she handed Oliver the phone.

"Yes, detective?" Oliver asked as the phone changed his voice.

"Can we meet?" Lance asked.

"What is it?" Oliver asked.

"Someone wants to talk to you." Lance said as he looked at Laurel who asked him to make the call.

Later at night, Laurel was waiting on a rooftop of one of the buildings in the Glades to talk to the Arrow. "Hello, Laurel." Laurel heard as she turned to see the Arrow.

"You're late." Laurel said.

"I had to circle around to make sure there wasn't a SWAT team waiting for me again." Arrow said.

"That's fair. Trust me, I wouldn't have asked my father to put me in touch with you if I had any other choice." Laurel said.

"What do you need?" Arrow asked.

"Sebastian Blood. He's about to be the new mayor of Starling City." Laurel said.

"I know who he is." Arrow said.

"No, you don't. No one does. A few weeks ago, I was approached by your groupie, Roy Harper, and his girlfriend." Laurel said as he handed her the file of information she piled together. "They asked me to investigate the death of Max Stanton." Laurel said as Oliver remembered when Roy asked him about the weird death.

"You think Blood was involved in Stanton's death?" Arrow asked.

"Blood, or a man that works for him named Cyrus Gold." Laurel said as Oliver saw the picture of Blood and Gold. "Gold killed four cops, including my father's partner, Lucas Hilton. Blood and Gold knew each other from the orphanage that Blood was raised at. He would do anything to keep the truth about his past hidden. Including murdering his own mother." Laurel said.

"Why would he do that?" Arrow asked.

"To cover up the fact that he killed his father. I tried going to the DA. No one will believe me. I swear to you, Sebastian Blood is dangerous. And you're the only person in this city who can stop him." Laurel said.

Line Break xxxxx

The next morning, Oliver was in his office's meeting room talking with Felicity, Naruto and Diggle about the information and insinuation that Laurel had against Sebastian Blood.

"Laurel was right. I hacked Blood's cell phone records. The Alderman and Gold have stayed buddies since Zandia orphanage." Felicity said.

"So what? They kept in touch. Doesn't exactly mean that Sebastian Blood is the man in the Skull Mask." Diggle said.

"His last name is Blood. That can't be a good sign." Felicity said.

"Felicity, he's dedicated his life, risked his life to help the people of the Glades. And in his spare time, he's a murderer trying to create an army of human weapons?" Diggle asked.

"You're a personal bodyguard who fights crime at night with his billionaire boss and my boyfriend is a member of ancient order of ninja warriors. Not a lot of people show their real face in public." Felicity said.

"Sebastian has always been a good friend. He's a kind man who really wants to help this city, but Felicity may have a point. Oliver, what do you think?" Naruto asked.

"Laurel gave me a case number to start with. We need to know if Sebastian really killed his father, then we figure out if there's a chance he has the Mirakuru formula." Oliver said as he handed the file to Felicity.

"I'm on it." Felicity said.

"And what if this is just another trap, set by Laurel? She could be setting you up, and this time, you wouldn't have Sara to save you." Diggle said as Oliver nodded.

Meanwhile with Roy, after the past few days of wondering what he was inject with and what it did to him and after the glass in his arm and not getting hurt by the falling debris at the Peace rally, Roy needed to at least talk to someone…so he called Sin to meet him in an alley.

"Asking a cute girl to meet you down by the tracks, Harper? Good thing Thea and I are tight." Sin said.

"I have to show you something." Roy said.

"Easy there, Tiger." Sin said as Roy punched clean through a concrete railing. Sin was shocked and looked at his hand to see it was fine. "You're not even bleeding! When did you start juicing?!"

"I'm not." Roy said.

"Then how do you explain what I just say?" Sin asked as Roy looked around and they walked.

"You remember that night around Christmas when I went missing?" Roy asked.

"Yeah, Thea and I were pissed." Sin said.

"I never told you guys what really happened. You were right about your friend, Max. He didn't OD, he was murdered. He was injected with something, and I was injected with the same thing, but it didn't kill me. It made me—It made me stronger." Roy told her.

"Thea must be freaking." Sin said.

"No, she doesn't know, I don't want her to know." Roy said.

"Why not?" Sin asked.

"No, I can't. Not yet. Not until I know more about what happened to me. I don't want to scare her." Roy said.

"And you're not worried about scaring me?" Sin asked.

"Come on, I was going crazy not telling someone." Roy said.

"So what are you going to do?" Sin asked.

"Well, the Arrow once told me all I was good for was taking a beating. Maybe it's time I started handing out a few of my own." Roy said.

"I don't follow." Sin said.

"Now I don't need his help to protect this city. Let's find us a bad guy." Roy said.

Soon night descended in Starling as Oliver, Felicity, Naruto and Diggle were at Queen Consolidated because Felicity had some news.

"I have good news and bad news. I suggest the good news first; it tends to soften the blow of the bad news." Felicity told Oliver as he just looked at her. "Ok, dealers choice. Good news is we found the case file on Sebastian's' dad's murder."

"Anything in it to suggest he killed him?" Oliver asked.

"Oliver, meet the bad news." Felicity said.

"That file was sealed years ago." Diggle said.

"And since the file is over 27 years old, there is no digital copy for us to hack. The only hard copy is stored the old-fashioned way in the city archives." Naruto told him.

"So we go in and take it—the old fashioned way." Oliver told Naruto.

"Except security in the file room is so old school, you need a key card to get in, which, even if you had, you wouldn't know where to start looking for the file." Felicity said as they thought for a moment.

"An assistant DA would." Naruto pointed out as Oliver nodded and they left to get suited up.

Laurel was at home and swallowed a pill as she heard her window open. She walked into the next room and saw the Arrow and Kitsune. "You said you needed my help. Now I need yours." Arrow said.

"What do you need?" Laurel asked.

"You." Kitsune said as Laurel grabbed her coat.

Line Break xxxxx Naruto Flashback.

Naruto had arrived at one of the bars that was a haven for the criminals of Shanghai and also a known spot where people could get connections to mercenaries for hire. The perfect place for Naruto to start.

If a person was stupid enough to walk into the bar, they would see the criminals in the bar beaten and bruised as Naruto in his hood had came into the bar to find a lead. But they were…less than amicable and one thing led to another and Naruto ended up beating up the rest of the bar. He finished knocking out the last thug and looked to find the man he was looking for…an bookie who was known in Shanghai to have connections with the worlds best mercenaries. Naruto walked around and saw him cowering under a table.

Naruto unsheathed his katana, sliced the table he was hiding under, grabbed him and held him against the wall and stabbed his katana next to his head.

"Wha—What do you want?!" The man yelled in Mandarin.

"I want a name. You have connections with the worlds top mercenaries! I want to know who hired a merc to kill 2 Konoha members in America!" Naruto shouted in Mandarin as the man cowered in fear.

"I don't know who you're talking about?!" The man said.

"You're the man in this part of the world to talk to about hire killers! No contract or deal goes pass without you knowing about it! I WANT HIS NAME!" Naruto shouted as he pulled out a kunai and stabbed very close to the mans head, cutting off a few locks of hair.

"I don't know his name! All I know is that he's been working up a body trail! He's been pretty busy!" The man said as he pulled out a phone. "I know a guy who supposedly did a job with him! Here!" The man said Naruto took the phone and then knocked the guy out.

Naruto then heard police sirens and left, heading up to the roof and jumped to another rooftop as he saw the police arrive and burst into the bar. Naruto jumped away and was heading back to his room when he stopped on a roof top. He then ducked and narrowly avoided a flying kick at his head and then back flipped and avoided 5 kunai that were thrown at him. Naruto drew his 2 katanas as his enemies fought with nunchaku and a wooden bo staff. Naruto fought the 2 as he parried and blocked strikes from the bo staff and ducked and rolled to avoid the nunchaku. One of Naruto's katanas got caught with the nunchaku so Naruto pulled out one of his dad's 3 pronged kunai and fought back.

He then rolled forward, threw 4 shuriken at the enemy with the nunchaku who blocked them. Naruto then stabbed the man with the bo staff using his kunai. He stabbed forward as the enemy used the bo staff to block. Naruto smirked as he then stabbed down and the bo staff got caught by the prongs of the kunai and stuck to the ground. Naruto then managed to kick the man in the face and knocked him back and then threw 4 boomerang shuriken at the other enemy but they went wide. The man with the nunchaku then saw something attached to the shuriken and realized they were ninja wire. Naruto then pulled back causing the shuriken to hook back and would have hit the enemy but his jumped up to avoid them. Naruto then readied to continue the fight but his opponent motioned him to stop.

"Impressive. The Spirit of Youth is strong with you." The man said as the other man joined him and Naruto saw their Konoha headbands.

"You two are Konoha Shinobi?! What, do you guys always attack the new guy?" Naruto asked sarcastically.

"More or less. As a test of skill." The other one said as he and the other man removed their hoods and masks to show their faces. "My name is Yamato and this is Guy. Nice to meet you, Naruto."

"How do you know my name?" Naruto asked.

"My good friend Kakashi told us about you!" Guy said.

"You know Kakashi?" Naruto asked.

"Of course. I am his eternal rival!" Guy shouted as Yamato knocked his head with his staff to get him to be quiet.

"I also trained with Kakashi as well. He told us a lot about you, Naruto. Your skill…and how you want to track down the mercenary who killed your parents." Yamato said.

"Yeah, and I got a lead." Naruto said.

"Good. We'd like to help you find him…and give you some more training." Yamato said.

"Why?" Naruto asked.

"Because believe it or not, your parents were valued members of Konoha…and good teachers and friends. Konoha members stick together…and besides, you've still got some training to go through." Yamato said as Naruto smiled at the opportunity to get extra training and to track down his parent's killer.

Line Break xxxxx End of Naruto Flashback

Arrow, Kitsune and Laurel were on the roof of the Starling City Municipal records building in an attempt to get the file on Sebastian's father's death. Arrow shot an explosive shot at the radiator fan to get an access point into the building.

"You ready for this?" Arrow asked.

"Whatever it takes." Laurel said.

Kitsune then opened the vent and contacted Felicity. "We're going in." He said.

"At least the security cameras are from this century. And now they're toast. You have exactly 7 minutes until the system reboots" Felicity said.

The security guards at the front desk were greeted with security camera footage that was scrambled and just showed static. "Hey, check it out." The guard said.

Laurel used her key card to swipe them in to the records building and saw rows of files. "This could take a while." Laurel said.

"You have six minutes." Arrow said as they walked down the rows to find the right file.

"I'm rebooting the monitors." The guard said as he reboot the system. "There's a Trojan plugging our system. It's probably some punk."

"Uh-oh. Naruto?" Felicity called out.

"What's wrong?" Kitsune replied.

"It's looks like there's a rent-a-cop with a brain here. If there's a camera nearby, I recommend hiding." Felicity said as Oliver heard her to and they both ducked into another row but the guards saw them on camera.

"Look there." The guard said as he saw the 2 vigilantes duck into another row. "You got to send some officers here."

"Starling's finest will be there any minute. You need to get out of there now." Felicity said.

"We're not leaving without the file. Laurel…" Arrow said as he saw her go through boxes of files.

"I can't find it!" Laurel said as she kept looking. "Wait! Case number SC43878! This is it!" Laurel said as the Anti-Vigilante Task force team busted in.

"Vigilantes, we know you're here!" The Task leader said. "Close everything off, now!"

Arrow, Kitsune and Laurel were off at the far end of the room. "They're blocking our only way out!" Laurel said.

"It's not our only way. Get to the East wall and wait for us." Arrow said.

Arrow and Kitsune then turned corner to see 4 police men waiting. "Drop your weapons!" The captain said as Arrow fired a flash bang arrow and Kitsune threw flash bang shuriken. They exploded and the police men fell down in pain.

They then ran as another policeman fired his rifle, trying to his the vigilantes but the rows of shelf's and files provided cover as the two ran to the far wall where Laurel was waiting for them. Arrow then shot an arrow and destroyed the glass on the window while Kitsune threw a taser shuriken at the police man, knocking him out. They then ran to the window as Arrow grabbed Laurel and they jumped out of the window and used their grapple lines to slower their descent to the ground.

Laurel gasped, after being in that small firefight and being grappled down 3 flights of stairs. She then regained composure and opened the file…to find it empty. They needed to find out what happened to the file. Laurel went home while Naruto and Oliver returned to the cave and asked Felicity to go through the camera footage to see if she could find anything.

"We tried going through all the security footage at the city archives to see if anyone swiped the file in the last few days." Felicity said.

"Did you see anyone?" Oliver asked.

"Just this." Felicity said as she played the footage and it showed that the camera footage soon turned to static. "It's all been erased."

"So what happens when you reverse the footprint to see who hacked in before you?" Naruto asked.

"I struck out again. It must have been an inside job." Felicity said.

"Meaning?" Oliver asked.

"As a city Alderman, Blood would have access to those files." Felicity said.

"Oliver, anyone on city payroll could have done this." Diggle said.

"He's running for Mayor. One hint that he killed his father and his political future is dead in the water." Oliver said.

"Laurel goes to see Maya Resik and she tells her that Sebastian killed his father and she conveniently dies of heart failure. We dig up information on Sebastian and try to look at the case file to see it's been taken only a few days before. That's way too much of a coincidence." Naruto said.

"Wait, Naruto. I thought you too were good friends. Don't you think you ought to give him the benefit of the doubt?" Diggle asked.

"Felicity, please keep looking into Sebastian's past and see if there's anything else that could help us." Naruto told her as she nodded. Naruto then nodded to Oliver and left.

"Where are you going?" Diggle asked Naruto.

"To give a friend the benefit of the doubt." Naruto said as he left.

Just above the club, Roy was working getting the club ready for tonight as he walked by Thea who ignored him.

"What, are you still giving me the cold shoulder?" Roy asked.

"{Sigh} Are you still not telling me what the hell is going on with you?" Thea asked.

"Am I interrupting?" Sin asked as she walked in.

"He and I would actually have to be talking for you to be interrupting." Thea said.

"Can I try?" Sin asked.

"Be my guest." Thea said as she left.

"Tell her." Sin told Roy.

"No. Now what do you got for me?" Roy asked.

"This guy in the Glades, the Starling Slasher. Word on the street is, he's got a thing for prostitutes. And by thing, I mean he has a thing for slicing them up. Mostly hunts in Crescent Circle." Sin said.

"Sounds like a great guy." Roy joked.

"Hm, yeah. Problem is, he's some big shot lawyer, so no one has the sack to ID him." Sin said.

"Wait, this sounds exactly like someone the Arrow would go after." Roy said.

"But we don't need the Arrow anymore." Sin said.

"We're going to have to bait him." Roy said.

"What pro is going to let us dangle her in front of a psycho?" Sin asked as she saw Roy looking at her and knew his idea. "No, no way—" "Thea." Roy called out her.

"Um, Sin has a date. She was hoping to borrow an outfit. You know, something slutty." Roy said.

"I have the perfect first date outfit." Thea said. "Guarantees a second one."

"Great." Sin said as she glared at Roy while he just chuckled.

"This guy won't know what hit him. Or girl, whatever you're into. I could do your make-up or your hair." Thea said.

"You are not touching the hair, Queen." Sin told her.

"Ok." Thea said as she led Sin away. Sin turned around the gestured that she was going to kill Roy later as he just chuckled.

Line Break xxxxx

Naruto got changed and went to Sebastian's Campaign headquarters to talk to him. He walked in to see the entire place was busy with people taking calls and readying files as Naruto looked around and Sebastian saw him and walked up him.

"You looking for me?" Sebastian asked as Naruto turned and smiled.

"Sebastian. Good to see you." Naruto said a the two shared a bro hug.

"You too, man." Sebastian said. "Listen, I'm so sorry, but I'm right in the middle of a polling Snafu."

"I'll be quick. I just had a question about Laurel." Naruto said.

"Of course. Is everything ok?" Blood asked.

"Not sure. I ran into her the other day, and something just seemed off. I know the two of you have been spending a lot of time together, working on cases and such. I just wanted to know if you knew anything." Naruto said.

"Well, we've traded phone calls, but she's in trial, I've been campaigning. We haven't really talked as much." Blood said. "I thought you and Laurel were good friends?"

"We are, but I've been busy so I haven't really seen her much." Naruto said.

"Well, I know you and Oliver are friends, and they are sort of dating. Did you ask him?" Sebastian asked.

"No, this is sort of my own investigation if you will. Did she seem sad, angry of distracted lately?" Naruto asked as Sebastian chuckled.

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were coming to me like a jealous friend." Sebastian joked.

"No, I'm just looking out for a friend. And I hope you do the same." Naruto said.

"Of course. Listen, I will look out for Laurel and if I see some things that need attention, you'll be the first person I call. Thank you for letting me know" Blood said as he left.

Naruto watched Sebastian leave, still not completely sure if Laurel was right and that Blood was dangerous…or if Blood was his friend and this was all circumstance…but that was a Big if.

Later that night, Roy and Sin's plan to find the Starling City Slasher was underway and unfortunately for Sin…she had to wear the dress that Thea gave her and pose as a prostitute. She was walking on the sidewalk where a lot of the other prostitutes were working and looked uncomfortable but it was their plan to find the killer.

She then saw a car pull up right next to her and she saw the guy driving. "You're new." The man said.

"Got to start somewhere, right?" Sin said.

"Get in." The man said as Sin did. The man then drove them to an empty parking garage.

"Romantic." Sin said in disgust.

"You're pretty." The man said.

"You're disgusting." Sin said as the man just shook his head.

"I see you'd like to play rough." The man said as he pulled out a knife and Sin saw him. She tried to leave but the man grabbed her, but before he could even get his knife close enough, the driver's door was ripped off it's hinges and thrown across the room as Sin and the Slasher saw Roy.

Roy then grabbed the Slasher and threw him away from the car and onto the ground, as the man groaned in pain and his face got scratched up. Roy then walked over to the Slasher as he tried to get up.

"Please…I have money." The Slasher said.

"Keep it." Roy said as he kicked the man, and the force knocked the man into the car windshield, and then over the car until the cement support pillar stopped him.

Roy then walked up to the Slasher who was on the ground groaning in pain and kicked the man in the stomach…and kept kicking. He kept kicking as rage filled his eyes and Sin saw that if Roy kept going the Slasher would be dead.

"Roy, Roy, stop it, you're killing him!" Sin said as she tried to stop him but Roy accidently hit her in the face and knocked her to the ground. Roy then saw Sin on the ground and got out of his rage haze.

"Sin? Sin, I'm sorry." Roy said.

"We have to call an ambulance." Sin said as they saw the Slasher was bloody and unconscious.

Sebastian Blood was at his office, coming back from the file room and saw someone in his office, Slade Wilson who was looking at an old police file.

"Point Blank Range. Single shot to the heart from a low angle. Obviously the handiwork of someone quite scared, and very small." Slade said as he put the file on the desk. "How come the police didn't arrest you?"

"I knew how to cover my tracks." Sebastian said.

"A skill you've obviously lost since you've gotten bigger. You know how close you came to allowing the Arrow and Kitsune to destroy everything?" Slade asked.

"Someone spoke out of turn. I've taken care of the problem." Sebastian said as Slade pounded the desk and stood up.

"Your mother was not our problem. Laurel Lance is." Slade said.

"You're the one who told me to try and get close to her. You said it was part of the plan to hurt the two vigilantes." Sebastian said.

"It is. But you being sloppy isn't. Fix this, Mr. Blood." Slade said as he grabbed Blood's tie and held him up in their air, momentarily chocking him. "You don't want me to fix it for you." Slade said as he left.

Blood caught his breath and then pulled out his phone and dialed a number. "Brother Daily. I need you to take care of something for me." Blood said.

Laurel walked into her apartment, her hands fidgeting because it's been a while since her last pill. She entered her apartment to see it looked like it was ransacked. "Whoever you are, I'm calling the police!" Laurel shouted.

"No need to. Remember me?" Officer Daily said as he stepped out and Laurel saw him.

"Officer Daily, right? What's this all about? What are you doing in my apartment?" Laurel asked.

"I have a warrant." Daily said as Laurel took it and looked it over.

"A warrant for what?" Laurel asked as 2 other police officers walked into the room.

"We found these in your bedroom, Ms. Lance. These aren't prescribed to you. That's a felony." Daily said as Laurel saw the officer holding a bag with the pills she took from her father.

"What?! This is ridiculous!" Laurel shouted as they handcuffed her.

"You're under arrest for possession of a controlled substance. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law." Daily recited her the Miranda rights as they took her to the station.

Line Break xxxxx

Laurel was in one of the interrogation rooms at the precinct, sitting near the window. Her eyes were red, after having cried for a while and her hands were fidgeting…a sign of substance withdrawal. The door to the room then opened and Laurel saw her father walk in.

"I know what this looks like. But you have to listen to me." Laurel said as she went up to her father. "I know what's happening. Sebastian Blood…he's setting me up, because he knows I'm onto it. He's—He's trying to frame me!"

"So he planted drugs in your apartment?" Her dad asked.

"But—No, no! Forget about the drugs. The point is, is that he is the one behind this witch hunt." Laurel said.

"Sebastian called your boss. He's worried about you. So is Naruto and Oliver." Lance said.

"No, no! He wasn't worried about me. He's trying to discredit me! Don't you see what he's doing?" Laurel asked.

"What I see is that you have tested positive for Opiates. I see that you have been lying to me, and I see that you have been stealing from me!" Lance yelled as he slammed his prescription bottle that Laurel has been using.

"I can explain that." Laurel said.

"Every person that stands where you're standing now says the same thing." Lance said.

"Dad…" "The DUI. The paranoia about Blood, you're looking like hell. You got a problem, Laurel." Lance said as Laurel began to cry.

"No." Laurel said.

"It's addiction. It runs in the family. You can't pin it on Sebastian Blood." Lance said as he moved to the door.

"Daddy, please, you have to believe me!" Laurel begged him. "Please! Please."

"I don't, baby." Lance said with a heavy heart and left the interrogation room.

Naruto and Oliver were in the precinct as well, still reeling from the news of Laurel's arrest and her drug addiction. Naruto ran his hands through his hair and took a deep breath while Oliver just leaned against a wall.

"How is she?" Oliver asked Lance as he walked past the two of them.

"I don't know. I don't know anything anymore." Lance said with a heavy heart.

"Mr. Lance…we'll get her home." Naruto said as Lance nodded.

"Thanks." Lance said as he left.

Oliver and Naruto then saw Laurel being escorted out of the interrogation room by a police officer. Laurel saw Naruto and Oliver there and her day was getting from bad to worse.

"You all right, Oliver?" Naruto asked.

"All these months…and I never picked up on this. All that time together…hoping that we could try again…after everything we've been through. She lied to me." Oliver said as Naruto pat his shoulder.

Line Break xxxxx Naruto Flashback

Yamato and Guy helped Naruto track down the name of the guy who supposedly worked with the mercenary who killed Naruto's parents. They found out his name was Mizuki and then hacked into the Shanghai Police database to find out where he haunts. He had no address but he was affiliated with the local Triads who often operated out of the abandoned warehouses in the factory district.

Naruto, Yamato and Guy scoped out the warehouse and saw that there were about 30 Triad members in the warehouse, with Mizuki having just arrived and walked into the warehouse to discuss a weapon deal.

"He's here." Naruto said as he handed his binoculars to Yamato who then passed it to Guy.

"All right, let's get this started. We first need to make sure that Mizuki gets out. Guy take the roof entrance, Naruto, you and I will take the North entrance." Yamato said.

"All right, let's do this." Naruto said as he put his mask on and sheathed his katanas as they went to the warehouse.

Mizuki walked in to the warehouse to get a brief case of money as payment for setting up a recent drug deal exchange. Mizuki walked in and began talking with the leader to get his money when the lights went out. The triads got their guns out as some of the men began to move throughout the warehouse to secure the perimeter. Mizuki drew his pistol as he looked around and hear something fall over behind him and they all turned to see a box fall.

The triad leader ordered one of his men to see what happened and when the man stepped up to the box, he stepped on a rope trap and he was pulled into the air and hung by his feet. Then 9 of the men who were securing the perimeter outside were hit with tranq darts and knocked out leaving only 20 Triad enforcers left plus Mizuki and the Triad boss.

Naruto then dropped down onto one of the walkways in the warehouse and threw 4 tazer shuriken and hit 4 Triad enforcers knocking them out. Yamato then dropped down on the other walkway, used his bo staff to knock one of the enforcers off the walkway and hit the ground, and then threw a flash bang kunai, disorientating the enforcers. He used this as his opportunity to push another enforcer off the walkway, kick the 2nd off his feet and punched the 3rd in the face, knocking him out. Yamato then knocked out the enforcer he kicked as he and Naruto ran to avoid gun fire.

Mizuki fired at the 2 mysterious attackers as Guy then dropped down from the ceiling and grabbed Mizuki and threw him into some crates. He then spin kicked an enforcer and used his nunchaku to trip an enforcer off his feet and when he was in the air, Guy then elbow dropped him in the chest and knocked him out. He then flipped back to his feet, threw a bolo at one of the enforcers and ran for cover as 3 enforcers opened fire at him.

The enforcer then cut himself free of the bolo and joined the others in firing at the strange attackers. Naruto then parkoured over a crate and double kicked an enforcer into 3 others. He then drew his katanas and blocked and parried strikes from clubs and knives. Naruto then ducked under a club swing and then began to spin and swing his swords in a circular motion, similar to that of a whirlpool. He spun around, moving up and down, slicing and swinging his swords in a circular motion and he then stopped and when he did, the 4 enforcers fell down from cuts to tendons that caused them to fall to the floor, unable to move.

Yamato and Guy then ran from cover and each took on 3 enforcers to get rid of the 6 remaining. Yamato blocked club strikes and punches using his bo staff, he then kicked one of the enforcers away and rolled forward to give him some space. He then made a wide swing and hit one of the enforcers in the stomach, causing him to fall to his knees and clutch his stomach. When Yamato hit the guy in the stomach, he let go of his bo staff and the force of the hit caused the staff to spin. Yamato then spun around then grabbed the staff and swung down and hit the guy on the back and knocked him out. He then spun his staff and delivered a upward swing to the last enforcer and knocked him off his feet and onto his back. Guy delivered a flying kick and knocked one of the enforcers and sent him flying into a crate. He then uppercut the 2nd enforcer with such strength that he flew off his feet and fell a few feet away. He then nut kicked the last guy causing the guy to pass out.

"AH, OUR SPIRIT OF YOUTH IS STRONG!" Guy shouted as Yamato knocked his head with his bo staff.

"Quite Guy." Yamato said as they saw Naruto walk up to Mizuki who crawled out of the crushed boxes. Mizuki looked up to see a guy wearing a black hoodie and face mask.

"Who the fuck are you suppose to be?!" Mizuki asked as Naruto picked him up and threw him against a crate. Mizuki fell on his butt in pain as Naruto held him up and pushed him against the crate and stabbed kunai next to his head. "What do you want?!"

"I want a name." Naruto said.

"Name of who, you're going to have to be specific." Mizuki said as Naruto head butted him.

"The name of a merc you did a job with a year ago. He had an accent and has left a bloody trail of bodies all over the world and his most recent killings were of two former Konoha members in America! What's his name?!" Naruto shouted as Mizuki was only slightly frightened.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Mizuki said as Naruto then threw him against another crate and stabbed his hand with a kunai.

"ARGHH!" Mizuki shouted in pain as blood dripped from his hand.

"Hurts doesn't it?! If I twist this kunai 45 degrees, say goodbye to your right hand! What's his name?! Naruto shouted as Mizuki grunted in pain. Naruto then slightly twisted the kunai as Mizuki shouted in pain. "That's 15 degrees! Only 30 more!" Naruto shouted.

"OK! OK! I know the guy you're talking about! He's the only merc I ever worked with. The Triads wanted a guy dead so they called him in and I was suppose to give him information and any assistance to complete the contract." Mizuki said.

"Go on." Naruto said.

"This guy…he's good…and I mean real good. But he seemed different. Like this was just part of a larger plan. That all his kills were just leading up to something." Mizuki said.

"I don't want his back story, I want his name!" Naruto shouted.

"I don't know his name. After the job, he cut all ties with us. Never left us anything…not a contact number or anything." Mizuki said as Naruto slightly twisted the kunai more. "All I know is that he had some kind of accent and he was missing an eye. His helmet didn't have a right eye slot so I guess he lost it…and he mentioned something about moving across Europe to head to America! That's it!" Mizuki shouted as Yamato patted Naruto on the shoulder. Naruto stood up and then punched Mizuki out.

Naruto, Yamato and Guy then heard some sirens. "Let's get out of here." Naruto said as they left.

Line Break xxxxx End of Naruto flashback

Oliver and Naruto took Laurel back to her apartment and were trying to help her get her place cleaned up. Oliver picked up a photo of her and Sarah while Naruto fixed some furniture. Naruto was in the living room while Laurel and Oliver were in the dining room near the kitchen.

"You haven't said much. Are you working on your lecture?" Laurel asked Oliver.

"No lecture." Oliver said.

"I suppose you think I was wrong about Sebastian, too, though?" Laurel asked.

"{exhale} I think…you have everyone fooled, because you want people to think that none of this gets to you. And that you don't need anyone's help." Oliver said.

"I don't!" Laurel said.

"Except, I know you! I know you better than anyone else. This isn't you." Oliver said.

"What happened to no lectures?" Laurel asked as she took a deep breath. "I just—I need a glass of water. Do you mind? Please." Laurel asked as Oliver walked over to the kitchen and got a glass of water.

Oliver walked back out with a glass of water but as soon as he stepped out of the kitchen he was hit in the head with a club and knocked out. Naruto heard some glass drop and quickly ran in but got hit with a tranq dart and passed out. Laurel screamed as two men grabbed her.

She then saw the man in the skull mask, Brother Blood walk in. "Leave him. He's not important." Brother Blood said, pointing to Oliver. "Bring him. We have plans for him." Blood said pointing to Naruto. "Hello, Laurel." Blood said as Laurel screamed.

Oliver then gasped as he stood up and looked around to see he was alone. "Laurel?! Naruto?!" Oliver called out as he stood up and saw something and immediately called Felicity.

"It's me. Someone came after Laurel." Oliver said.

"Do you know where they took her?" Felicity asked.

"I think I have a pretty good idea." Oliver said as he walked out and saw on the wall a sign, Tell the Arrow Starling Cannery.

Naruto groaned in pain as he tried to move but found his arms and feet tied to a chair. He shook his head free and his vision got clearer and saw he tied to a chair in some old warehouse factory. He tried to move but was still feeling the effects of the tranq dart so he wasn't back to his full strength. He then heard a noise.

"Good, you're awake." Naruto heard as the man in the skull mask walked out in front of him. Naruto narrowed his eyes at the man that he and Oliver have been trying to find for the past month.

"Who the hell are you?!" Naruto asked as he tried to get free.

"A savior…a savior for this city. And someone who wants to give you a gift." Brother Blood said as he pulled out a syringe with a green liquid that Naruto guesses was the Mirakuru.

"Get that away from me." Naruto warned him as he tried to get free.

"You should be honored. After the Arrow destroyed our supply, this was the last one. And someone wants you to have it." Brother Blood said.

"Who?!" Naruto shouted as he tried to get free.

"You'll find out. Join us, Brother Naruto." Brother Blood said as he injected Naruto in his shoulder and as soon as the mirakuru entered his system and the syringe was pulled out, Naruto began to scream.

"ARGHH!" Naruto shouted at the top of his lungs as he felt his body being destroyed from the inside out and blood drip from his eyes. "ARHGGG! AHHH!" Naruto shouted as he then passed out.

Laurel suddenly woke up having heard a scream and saw she was in a old factory like you would see in an old slasher/horror movie. Laurel was breathing heavily as she slowly walked through the factory. Brother Blood watcher her from afar as she walked through the factory and Laurel managed to see Blood wearing a skull mask.

"If that mask is suppose to scare me…all that it's doing is confirming that I've already known for a while now. You're one sick son of a bitch, Sebastian!" Laurel shouted as she ran away.

"30,000 years ago, masks invested their wearer with authority, like a god." Brother Blood said.

"You're insane!" Laurel shouted.

"I'm not the one make drug-addled, unsubstantiated accusations against Starling's favorite son." Brother Blood said.

"If I can find out the truth, then other can too." Laurel said.

"You've found out nothing. You know nothing. And because of your digging…you have hurt the ones close to you." Brother Blood said as Laurel ran around a corner and saw what she couldn't believe…Naruto tied to a chair with blood dripping from his eyes and his head to the side…like he was dead.

"NARUTO!" Laurel shouted as she went up to him to check on him. She checked his pulse to see it was gone and he was dead. "No…Naruto wake up, wake up!" Laurel shouted as she tried to wake him but he was not responding.

"A shame…he was a good man." Brother Blood said.

"You're one sick son of a bitch, Sebastian! Naruto was your friend!" Laurel shouted as Brother Blood grabbed her from behind.

"His fate is on your hands." Brother Blood said as an arrow then shot down next to him.

"Get away from her! Or I will put…you…down!" Arrow shouted as Brother Blood and Laurel saw him on one of the rafters.

"And to think, a few short months ago, you were trying to arrest him." Brother Blood said to Laurel.

Oliver then saw Naruto tied to a chair with blood dripping from his eyes and his head off to the side…he was dead. Oliver tightened his hand on his bow and pulled his arrow back with anger in his eyes. "You wanted me here! I'm here! Let…her…go!" Arrow shouted.

Brother Blood tossed Laurel to the side and pulled out his gun while Arrow jumped to another rafter. "No, I think she should witness this." Brother Blood said as he raised his gun but Arrow shot an arrow at it, knocking it out of his hand and to the floor. Arrow then jumped down and tackled Brother Blood away from Laurel.

Brother Blood swung with his right fist at Arrow's head but Arrow ducked and smacked Brother Blood in the stomach, pushing him back. He then blocked two punches to the chest and kicked Brother Blood in the stomach, pushing him back and then hit Brother Blood with a swing to the face, which knocked Brother Blood back. Arrow then jumped off the wall and landed a punch to Brother Bloods face as he then ducked as Blood kicked at his head. Oliver stopped a moment to see that Laurel was gone. He then swung upward but Brother Blood was gone.

Arrow ran after him as Laurel left leaving Naruto alone in the chair, seemingly dead but then his fingers began to move as they made a fist. Arrow was looking for the man in the Skull Mask but got tackled to the ground from behind. Arrow fell to the floor and his bow was knocked away as Brother Blood managed to locked his arm and began to twist, and after a minute, he would break Arrow arm but then someone grabbed Brother Blood from behind and pulled him off the Arrow.

Oliver turned to see Naruto alive, with the blood still on his face but extremely angry. He then grabbed the man in the skull mask and threw him across the room, causing him to crash into the wall. Naruto shook with anger as Oliver saw Naruto's hands shaking…just like Slade's did on the island. The man in the skull mask then slowly stood up as Naruto walked over to him.

Brother Blood pulled out a spare gun from his leg holster and shot four times as Naruto but Naruto just kept walking as the rage and anger kept him from felling pain. Brother Blood then swung at Naruto but he ducked and Naruto punched him to the side, sending him flying in the air and skidding on the ground. Oliver saw the rage in Naruto's eyes and he needed to stop.

"Naruto, stop!" Arrow shouted, as he got in front of him. Brother Blood stood up and aim his gun at the arrow but was shot four times and fell over. Laurel then stepped out, holding the gun as she fired two more shots, causing Brother Blood to fall to the ground, blood spilling out and coughing.

Laurel then walked over to the Arrow. "Take off his mask. I need to see." Laurel said as Arrow kneeled down and pulled the mask off to reveal it was Officer Daily. Laurel couldn't believe she was wrong. Officer Daily turned his head and smiled before he died. Laurel couldn't believe she was wrong…about Sebastian Blood and the man in the Skull mask and Oliver couldn't believe it either. He believed her about Blood…he allowed her to cloud his judgment because of how close he was to her.

Naruto saw that it was Officer Daily in the mask and was the one who injected him with the Mirakuru. Naruto tried to calm down as his hands were shaking and sat down against a pipe. Laurel turned to Naruto and was glad to see he was alive. She walked up to him and hugged him close.

"I'm sorry." Laurel said as she hugged him and Naruto and Oliver exchanged a glance…things had gotten complicated.

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After the event at the Cannery, Laurel called the police to come get her and take Daily's body while the Arrow said he would take care of Naruto. Laurel was sitting in the precinct with a blanket over her and holding a cup of water. She was just sitting there as her father came over.

"Sweetheart." Lance said as he hugged his daughter. "Are you all right?"

"{Exhale} I'm fine." Laurel said.

"Looks like Daily was behind this whole thing. Son of a bitch volunteered for the raid that got Hilton killed. And we found the accelerant that he used to torch the Langford institute in his apartment. And he saw you leaving with Naruto and Oliver which is why he grabbed you too." Lance said.

"How's Naruto?" Laurel asked.

"I got a call from our hooded protector. He's going to be looking after him. Whatever he was injected with, he said it could be dangerous. So he's going to make sure that he's stable." Lance said.

"I thought it was Sebastian. I was so sure." Laurel said.

"Yeah. Well, that's the thing about the booze and the pills. You know, same thing that dulls your pain…clouds the judgment." Lance said as he hugged her close and ADA Donner walked over.

"Can we have a minute?" Donner asked.

"Yeah." Lance said as he left.

"Are you here to say I told you so?" Laurel asked.

"We're dropping the possession charges and you won't be charged in Daily's shooting. It was clearly self defense." Donner said.

"You don't seem that thrilled for me." Laurel said.

"Are you going to look me in the eye and tell me you don't have a substance abuse problem?" Donner asked as Laurel didn't answer because she did. "The DA's office has a generous severance package."

"Wait! Wait, let me explain to DA Spencer. I can—I can tell her everything!" Laurel said.

"This isn't coming from Spencer, Laurel. This is me. I'm the one who hired you. I'm sorry. But you're done." Donner said as Laurel's career in the DA's office was gone…and possibly her entire law career as well.

Back in the cave, Naruto was sitting on the table as Felicity hugged him, happy to see he was alive but trying to soothe him. Naruto remembered what he felt when he attacked Daily, he felt incredible strength and energy…but also incredible rage…and it scared him.

Oliver walked around as everyone digested the information that Laurel killed the man in the skull mask.

"Did Laurel really shoot him?" Diggle asked.

"She saved my life." Oliver said. "And so did you, Naruto." Oliver said as he looked over to Naruto who was just trying to clear his head.

"That's a good thing, Oliver." Felicity told him.

"You ok?" Diggle asked.

"She really had me believing that Sebastian Blood was a criminal mastermind, and the only reason that I nearly believed her because it was Laurel. I do have a blind spot where she's concerned. Not anymore." Oliver said.

"Certainly know how to talk yourself out of a victory." Naruto finally spoke as they all smiled…that the real Naruto was still there.

"It's a gift." Oliver said.

"Take the win, man. Daily's dead, you destroyed the serum. It's over." Diggle said as Oliver exhaled.

"No it isn't." Oliver said looking at Naruto and then at camera feed of Roy in the club.

"Talk to him, Oliver. Now knowing what he's going through…he needs all the help he can get." Naruto said as Oliver nodded.

Naruto then stood up and put the blanket away. "Where you going?" Diggle asked.

"Home. I need some peace and quiet." Naruto said as he left.

"Felicity." Oliver said to her. "Watch over him…he needs you, now more than ever."

"Always." Felicity said as she followed Naruto.

Line Break xxxxx Naruto Flashback.

After the confrontation with Mizuki, Naruto wasn't getting any closer to finding out the identity of his parents killer and it was frustrating. Mizuki offered nothing resembling the idea of help. Naruto got back to his apartment and held his head in his hands.

"Months of searching in Japan and this stinking city, dozens of dirt bags beaten and I am no closer to finding out who he is then when I started." Naruto said in frustration.

"I'm sorry that Mizuki wasn't able to provide you with anything Naruto. I truly am, but you did a good deed tonight. You helped bust 30 Triad members and stop an illegal weapons shipment. It's what Konoha Shinobi do." Yamato said.

"I'm not a Konoha Shinobi. I might have the headband, but my parents were Shinobi, I'm not." Naruto said.

"Don't say that, Naruto. Your spirit of youth is strong and resembles that of a great Konoha Shinobi, one that your parents would be proud of." Guy said.

"Guy's right, Naruto. You are a Konoha Shinobi. And don't get frustrated with this…it will take time, but we're here to help." Yamato said as Naruto smiled. "We've already sent out messages to other Konoha members to watch out for any news or info on this merc, and should they find anything to give us a call."

"Thanks." Naruto said.

"Don't thanks us yet. We still must train." Guy said.

"What?" Naruto asked.

"Guy's right. You've still got some stuff to learn…and we're here to help." Yamato said.

"Thank you…sensei." Naruto said they nodded. Naruto's journey to become a Konoha Shinobi was only just beginning.

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In Las Vegas, Nevada, the city of Sin where lust and greed ruled, there was one person in particular who was gambling and drinking and having the time of her life…not necessarily winning but it's the effort that counts. Anyway, the woman returned to her room and laid on her bed as another woman walked in.

"I'm sorry, my lady but I have some information I think you should know about." The woman said.

"And what would that be?" The woman asked, speaking into the bed.

"It's about Naruto Uzumaki." The woman said which caused the other one to sit up.

"What about him?" The woman asked.

"Something happened." The woman said.

"Pack our things. We're going to Starling City." The woman said.

"Yes, my lady." The woman said.

Back in Starling, Blood and three of his followers walked into Slade Wilson's office to report that any lingering doubt or suspicion on Blood was gone.

"It's done. They think it was all Daily. He sacrificed himself for our cause." Blood said.

"A good start, but the magnitude of your negligence requires a greater sacrifice." Blood heard Slade said.

Slade then appeared and unsheathed a katana, and slashed the back of the first guy's knees, causing him to fall down. He then slashed the side of the second and kicked Blood in the chest, knocking him away. He then slashed the throat of the first man killing him. He spun around slashing and slicing, legs and bodies as the three men fell down dead.

Blood saw his men die and moved to run but turned to see a blade at his neck. He saw Slade Wilson decked out in his mercenary armor with bullets, knives, shotgun shells, a pistol on the side and armor on his chest with a special orange and black mask with only one eye hole.

"Your incompetence has not cost four lives, Alderman." Slade said as he took off his mask. "Fail me again, and yours will be the fifth." Slade said as he left and Blood knowing not to screw up again.

Meanwhile with Roy, he was wheeling an empty beer keg into the back alley when he heard something fly through the air and hit the wall behind him. Roy turned to see his mini-arrow he painted red, that he used to contact the Arrow, embedded into the wall.

"If that was suppose to go through my other leg, you missed." Roy said as the Arrow walked out into the alley.

"You seem to be healing pretty well." Arrow said. Roy then walked up to him and swung at his head but Arrow ducked. He swung at his chest but the Arrow moved to the side and Roy then released a right cross but Arrow dodged to the side as Roy's punch hit through the brick wall, destroying a small part of it.

"You're stronger, you heal faster, but you're not in control. The serum that you were exposed to, it changes your body but it also warps your mind." Arrow said.

"How do you know so much about it?" Roy asked.

"I've seen it before. It twists men. Turns them into someone they don't recognize. Someone dangerous." Arrow said.

Maybe you should put another arrow through me. This time through my heart." Roy said.

"There's another way, Roy. I can teach you…to control your new ability…and to control yourself. Let me help you." Arrow said as Roy looked at him, determined.

"When do we start?" Roy asked.

End of Chapter 9

I hope you guys liked it. Oliver and Naruto took care of Shrapnel but Brother Blood has complicated things and now we have a Mirakuru infused Naruto and Roy. Things are starting to pick after these sort of filler episodes after the mid-season finale. Slade's plan begins to come into play more and Naruto will have an interesting meeting with Slade Wilson in the future, so look forward to that. Hoped you guys likes the flashback with Yamato and Guy and the introduction of the other Naruto characters we'll see in Flashbacks. For those who wanted to see Naruto and Slade meet now, please be patience, it's still too early for them to meet but soon.

Next chapter, will be a double feature. Oliver begins to train Roy with his Mirakuru abilities and Naruto gets some special training from someone he thought was dead. Sarah comes back and she brings the League of Assassins, including Nyssa and a person that Naruto has faced before.

Sorry it took so long, I know you guys have been waiting and I'm so sorry. Between some family stuff, school restarting and spilling water onto my keyboard, I've had some distractions. Don't worry, I got a new one and I saved my story. Also, this chapter was a bit more complicated then I thought in the sense that I had different angles to pursue it before setting in on this one.

Hoped you guys like it, and if you didn't I'm sorry and don't hate me. No flamers.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Arrow, both belong to their respective owners, I'm just a fan.