Welcome one and all, Merry Christmas, and happy new years, yadda yadda, onward to ADOM!.. Or, as he is currently dressed as Slate. ENJOY!

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The sun was setting as a man in robes looked out from his penthouse office. His organization hard at work preparing for their god to arise once again. Though he was not impressed with their ability to use Adom at the current moment in time. Luring him out brought unwanted attention, and then the Hulk came crashing down. Ever since then, he's been off the radar. Not a single sighting to be had. He was getting anxious. He needed something big to finally bring him out of hiding and capture him. He needed help. Fortunately, he knew just how to do this. Turning to his secretary, he smiled. "I'm sorry to interrupt your… spy activity. But I wanted to ask if you could get a message to your masters."

The woman looked shocked at this and started getting just slightly nervous. "I'm sorry, sir, but… I don't have a single clue what you are talking about."

Coming up to the woman, he put a hand on her shoulder. "No need to be coy. You've been watching me for months now. You've been putting on quite the act, but we both know time is of the essence. At the time I found out, I waited for an assassin to jump me. None came, and it's been a pleasure seeing you help our work here. But it's time for this little ruse to end. You're alien masters, can you get a message to them?"

After a few minutes, the woman nodded. "I can… But you may not like their reaction to this."

Patting her back, he started walking back to his office. "Oh, I suspect I can handle it… Thank you." Looking out into the city, he smirked. "We will have our sacrifice... One way or another."

XxX Harlem XxX

Sliding through alley's, Naruto kept his hood up as he followed Jennifer, who was walking down the street normally. She had given him a comms device to keep in contact. "So, this is the big man's corner of the city huh? His face is put up like graffiti all over the place. Hero of Harlem, huh?"

Passing into a store for a quick drink, Jennifer answered softly. "He is. He's done amazing things since he started here. When the Civil War started, they stood up strongly for him."

"Well, hopefully, I can earn his trust. Well everyone else as well, but you get my point." They were gaining close to what they found was a potential hiding spot for the people who planted the bombs. Naruto had to start working the shadows and playing it slowly like he did when he was a rookie in the ANBU Corps back in his world.

Walking in front of the building, Jennifer started walking around into the alley's to find a safe spot to enter. Going to the side, she found a fire escape that was being used as a clothesline air dry service. "Found your way in. west side, back corner, window four on floor three, vending area. Looks clear."

With that said she went to the other side of the back and just acted casual as if hiding for a moment to smoke. Naruto quickly ran up the wall to the fire escape and jumped calmly to each floor. He was silent as he kept momentum before jumping into the window and rolling to a soft stop. He quickly went to a machine and started making it seem he was getting a drink in case anyone walked by.

Setting the drink down, he started walking. As he was making it down the hall to the room, he started hearing shouting until in a burst of chaos the door broke into splinters and a man in a white robe was knocked out cold. Patiently, he stopped in his tracks and watched until, after what sounded like a quick but brutal fight, two people came out of the room. Both of which he knew. As the dark-haired woman turned, she noticed the cloaked figure of Naruto. "Well, another mask… Popping up like flies. What brings you here? We've been discreet."

With narrowed eyes, the blonde stepped closer. "Was looking for another party. Seems you took them out. Masque, right? And you're bodyguard Bushwacker?"

Putting his rifle arm against the only still living member of the robed figures, Bushwacker pulled the trigger on that life, silenced shot to the heart. "And who in the hell is this? Never seen you before."

Looking the man up and down, Madame Masque hummed. "He might be a part of this group…"

Keeping calm, the blonde narrowed his eyes as he kept an eye on their movements. He wasn't invincible till nighttime, and although his ANBU armor was tough, he'd not tested it against this worlds weapons yet. "I'm only here to find out about some bombs, that's all. Heard a recent bombing came from people in this area. That you two?"

Spitting his cigar from his mouth, Bushwacker stepped up, turning his arms into rifles. "Don't need bombs with the info we got, just dead assholes. These occult shits have been moving in on our masters' Turf. I'm only asking this once. Who are you?" He said as he whipped one gun arm at the blank mask in front of him.

"Thankfully he doesn't remember me… Good thing when I faced these assholes it was with my powers." Shifting slightly, Naruto took a full step forward, the gun pressing against his forehead. "Doesn't matter who I am. You just fucked me over. But let's compromise. You tell me who these assholes are, and I leave you and your 'turf' alone."

Naruto knew how tough guys acted, as soon as Bushwacker scoffed and rolled his head around, the blonde suddenly spun on the spot, his head shifting to the side and raising a leg up, kicking the former CIA agent in the chin and his head into the ceiling.

Though one was down, his next opponent was quick to fight, firing two shots into the masked hero as she bypassed the dangling form of her co-worker. Masque flipped one gun in the air and threw a jab with the other hand, Naruto pulling himself back to dodge the gun barrel looking to scrape his mask, though Masque herself turned and slammed a hell into his chest as he stood his ground.

Grabbing the foot, the blonde huffed in exertion as he found her strength was nothing to scoff at, though as he looked up at her, she twisted and slammed her foot to his face, making him turn and spin backward, hitting the ground.

Getting up, Naruto was quickly on the defensive, rolling out of the way of the woman who jumped and was aiming to crush him under her knee, only for her to roll with him then flip backward and cartwheel kicking forward. Thankfully, Naruto was no rookie fighter, as he swept out of the way.

Though his opponent was far from done as she landed and got in close, looking to jab into him rapidly. Pushing against her fist, Naruto leaped up, twisted his body and swung his foot out, slamming it down against the woman's shoulder, causing her to flinch and kneel. Naruto skidded along the ground a bit before getting back into stance. However, just as he did, he was instantly surprised by the rocket coming at him. Ducking, he let it fly over, only for his opponent, Madame Masque, to kick up into his chin and then slam her heel into his stomach, forcing him to bounce on the ground.

Before he could get up, she slammed her heel back to his chest and kept him to the ground, shoving her pistol into his face. "Die…"

The blonde's luck, however, was not out yet as suddenly the woman as kicked hard into the side wall, and above him he could see another woman, one he recognized, jumping up the stairs and grabbing the villain by the shoulders and then punching her back into her guard. Naruto saw her around and knew it was Jessica Jones from the other day. "Get up, asshole, you aren't dying on us that easy!" Quickly picking him up, she took stock of the two villains regaining themselves before they started shooting.

Quickly, Jessica pulled Naruto to the side and jumped out the window with him. As they landed, Jennifer was instantly by their side. "Jessica? What the hell are you doing here?"

Standing up, the investigator huffed. "Saving this dude's scrawny ass. We gotta go, and now, It's Madame Masque and her little boy toy Bushwacker. And they aren't happy about us being here." As if on cue, they were being fired at from above. Quickly pushing Naruto along, Jennifer following them, the trip started running out of there. "See what I mean?"

As they ran, being chased, Naruto could only wonder about his former captain. "Shit… Should have given Taijutsu practice more of a chance."

"Are these two the ones who bombed everything? I didn't think they knew you!" It was clear to She-hulk that things escalated a tad too quickly for a recon mission like this.

As they managed to shake the duo for a bit, hiding in a train tunnel, Naruto huffed as he answered. "They killed these cultists who I fear are the true hands behind the bombings. Whatever's got these two after them it isn't as simple as that though. The Hood is taking control of the sector, he's planning something big." Looking to Jessica, he could only sigh in relief. "Thanks for the save Jess."

"Thank me later when we aren't in deep shit. I thought you were supposed to be a skilled combatant, what had Masque beating your ass?" Jessica asked as she led them through the tunnel system to the next exit to the surface.

Groaning a little, the blonde ninja could only wonder. "I'm skilled at stealth, and I've gotten pretty good at using my powers. Because I am restricting my powers, and I was found before I could take them silently, they had the upper hand. I'm no hand to hand master. Weapons? I can deal with short weapons like clubs or short swords, but I'm no high-level fist fighter."

As they made it out of the tunnels, Jennifer took on her She-Hulk form. "Well, thankfully you have me here. So, a cult. ANything else? No specifics? Or are we back to square one?"

Sighing, the blonde could only answer in disappointment. "All I know is their uniforms. So unless we can hack into Tony's database at SHIELD, we're back to square one. Either that or we beat the information from Bushwacker."

"Try your best, numbskull!" The trio instantly dodged out of the way of a missile hitting their exit, they scattered to get out of the way quick enough. Though they found themselves between Madame Masque and Bushwacker. "Remind me to get Micro his favorite snack for leading us to their exit. And for telling us we had a third hero to face down. Now we can take out more!"

Naruto had to groan loudly in irritation. Today was not his day. "Alright, we have a hacker viewing our movements for the villains. This cannot be good." In his mind, he could already see the implications if he went back to base, though, in reality, he has to start running away from the gunfire and suppressive fire coming at him from Bushwacker, who She-Hulk was going after as he tried to get out of the way.

Jessica herself was trying not to get too hurt by Masque, whose skills were too much even for the strong woman and athletic jumper. Seeing this, Naruto had an idea. As soon as his green friend started into Bushwacker, he came in behind Masque and started taking attention, sweeping for the legs as the martial arts master got out from between him and Jessica, who was getting up from being knocked down.

Turning to Naruto, she huffed. "Gonna use your powers now, jackass? Kind of need them."

Getting into a stance, Naruto just shook his head. "Sorry, can't risk it. We're being watched. Listen, just keep her attention divided, find an opening, and hammer in. Together we can bring her down."

As Masque came back to start taking the duo down, she was met with resistance as Naruto blocked her wide kick and pushed back against her, forcing her to flip backward and swing into him. Ducking under her fist, the blonde rolled out of the way in time for Jessica to power in and slam a fist into the villain's shoulder, popping it out of place.

This caused Masque to step back and recalculate her chances. She had little time, Naruto rushing in with Jessica as they both attacked at once, putting on the pressure as the strong woman tried to pound her into the ground and the masked man tried to trip up her moveset, attacking her legs and making her dance away with a broken shoulder.

Whirling around, she found purchase as she clocked Jessica in the head and managed to get Naruto to step back. It was starting to get rather dicey for her, but she was not done yet. Pulling out her SMG from her back, she started shooting at the two in front of her, only for someone to grab her head and slam her to the ground, and knocking her out cold.

She-Hulk was standing over her, holding an unconscious Bushwacker as she looked at Naruto protecting Jessica with his cape. Smiling, she could see just the kind of hero he was. "She's downed."

Seeing this, Naruto sighed and helped Jessica up on her feet. "Could have taken her, but appreciate the help… Bushwacker give you any trouble?"

"Not really, though I managed to interrogate him real quick. We have a lead." Naruto knew she was a lawyer but didn't realize how intimidating she could be in spandex. "Though we can't follow it until we get out of sight from cameras. My guess is we have a major hacker if they can get past Tony's surveillance."

"Know of anyone who might be that capable of such a feat? Because I am still trying to learn how to hack through that myself, on archaic hardware no less." Truthfully, he was having some trouble learning what he needed to do just from surfing the web itself, and nothing was certain. He Found not everything was true on the internet, that in fact there were many fallacies.

Shaking her head, Jennifer could only speculate. "Not really, after the Civil War, many heroes and villains who used to hate each other teamed up together. It made friend and foe a bit of a gray area, so we could be looking at some top-level intelligence agency to a grungy man in his pajamas in some warehouse off the coast. Though Micro sounds familiar to me, I doubt it's the same one I am thinking of."

The mother of the group frowned as the two talked before speaking her mind. "You do realize they can still see us? Who knows if they can hear us, let alone if they are coming or sending more our way. You two done yet? faster we figure out how to get away from their gaze, the faster we can meet with the others. They should be coming back soon."

It was true, they had little time, and before they could figure out where to go, and fast, they were set upon by yet another foe. Suddenly, the earth shook as they the trio dodged out of the way of a large man and his weapon, which caused quite the quake.

As Naruto stood up, he saw who they were surprised by, a big man in a jacket and mask wielding a crowbar. Though he was imposing, Naruto didn't see how he had made such an impact on the ground. Ra, however, knew of the reason. "His weapon. That is no ordinary crowbar. That is a magical weapon."

Raising from the crater, smirking, the large man grinned. "Good move, jumping out of the way… Huh, She-Hulk herself, a little kid in a mask, and a puny girl. Not much of a match if you ask me, I faced Thor after all. But, if the order is to kill you all for the sum paid, can't argue with the buyer."

Naruto was no having a good day, it would seem. First, his lead gets killed, then he's being watched at all times from a mystery hacker, and now he was fighting a big brute of a man with a magical weapon who claims to have faced Thor. "Can my life get any harder at the moment? At this rate, I'll NEED to use my powers just to survive."

"Can we suggest going through with this another day, Wrecker? We're sort of busy." Jennifer was hoping to find a way to give Naruto a way out. She could fight Wrecker on even ground, but her new blonde friend was trying to play things smart. She wasn't even sure the lead she got was worth him unmasking to whoever was watching.

"HAHAHAHA! Not likely! Sorry sweetheart, but you're not going anywhere. I'm taking you three off the board…" With that, Wrecker ran forward with his crowbar ready to swing.

Seeing as he wasn't taking no for an answer, the trip broke off and got some space as Wrecker started aiming to crush the darkly hooded hero of the group. Dodging under one swing, and then flipping away from the next, Naruto was seeing this guy wasn't an ordinary fighter either. He was a brawler. This turned things slightly into his favor if his next epiphany wasn't this villain being resilient, as he rocketed up with a serious upper kick to the stomach, only for Wrecker to take the gut hit and then slam the crowbar into the would-be hero, sending him flying into the nearby building.

Groaning, Naruto could only see stars as blurs of green and rocking of earth came into play. Perfect time for his inner light to speak up. "You're out of your league without your powers with him. That crowbar isn't just a weapon, it makes him more powerful as well. As long as he wields it, he isn't going to be your traditional bruiser. I hate to say it, but you might need to expose yourself here."

Slowly slipping from his impact crater of a landing, the blonde got on his feet and wobbled forward before steadying himself. "I wouldn't… Count me out yet. As long as he's a bruiser, I can handle him. Masque was a top-notch fighter… As long as I can dodge him… I can wear him out, or find a crack to break." With that, he slowly started walking back into the fight.

Wrecker was busy slamming She-Hulk into the ground with his Crowbar, keeping her pinned as Jessica was also launched back and hit into a concrete floor. "Come on, this is too easy! Put up a little more fight, will ya? Your cousin came in with a big fucking army a while ago, where's your fighting spirit?!"

"Right here, asswipe!" Turning towards the voice, he saw the dark hooded hero in the white mask walking slowly to him. Slow, standing tall, Wrecker could only arch a brow in curiosity how this guy could even think to stand another blow.

Patting his hand with the weapon he was using, Wrecker smirked. "There's some spirit… Too bad it's from a punk-ass weakling. Gonna hit me with another pillow kick, short stuff?"

"Depends, gonna give me another love-tap, big boy?" Stepping up against the larger man, Naruto smirked inwardly. "One lesson I learned… Momentum equals strength. Only works on bruisers who don't know how to fucking dodge!"

With a scowl, Wrecker reared back and launched a downward strike at the smaller hero before him, and as the weapon hit the guard Naruto put up, the blonde quickly used the force given to spin his body, but the downward thrust wouldn't allow him to simply launch back up. Instead, he balanced himself on his head as his feet kicked out and spun like a top, heels slamming into Wrecker's head twice before kicking him in the side, then tripping him and then launching him s the final kick lost momentum.

Laying on the ground, slightly dizzy, Naruto sighed in relief. "Cannot thank her enough for teaching me that. Thank you, Hinata." Getting his bearings, Naruto launched his body back up and quickly went to check on Jennifer. "Hey, you alright?" Offering her a hand, she grabbed it and nodded.

The two went to help Jessica just as Wrecker recovered. "No idea how you did that one, brat, but no one humiliates me like that!"

Seeing the man come his way in rage, Naruto could only push the ladies aside and braced for it. With the full force of the big hired hand slamming into him into the side of a concrete wall, Naruto could only groan in pain as his best brae was still painful as all hell. Slumping to his knees, the blonde could only look up as Wrecker raised his crowbar.

Thankfully, he wasn't alone, as Jessica kicked his leg from under him, giving Jennifer enough of a leverage to grab his crowbar from him and slam him into the pavement, ripping the weapon from his grasp and slamming it into his head, knocking him out. Finally, as the big bruiser of a villain was out cold, the trio could relax from fighting. But not from moving, as Naruto quickly got to his feet. "Follow me, grab that bastard Bushwacker and let's take some scenic routes out of here…"

With that said, She-hulk grabbed their lead and the three started following the hurt blonde as he led the through alley's and also underground, through sewers and old building basements. Finally, they managed to get out of the way and Naruto took his mask off and twisted his cape into a hoodie. "Alright. Jess, you're gonna have to make it from here by yourself. I'll go grab something to eat an head to one of my far entrances. Jennifer?"

With a nod, she sighed. "I'll head in from the beach. You be careful, got it?" Though she was still skeptical of the man, she knew he could at the current moment be trusted. And she had her lead and everything.

Jessica crossed her arms. "Listen, you two find a way to get back to the mansion. I'm not going to have you two running rogue as the rest of the team fight in Japan. We need to stick together."

The green strong-woman smiled. "Agreed. After we confirm a lead, we'll be right there. Promise."

Trusting the lawyer of the group, Jessica went to find a way out and get herself lost in the crowd, a skill she was very good at.

Naruto turned to his partner. "Alright… Meet me at the base. Let's see how well this lead follows." With that said, the two split up to find their way back to his base. Though they were safe from surveillance by the super hacker, their future was not certain.

XxX HQ of the Cult XxX

As he oversaw the sun setting, he could only let the radiance of the sun wash over him warmly before speaking to his newest guests. Purple-skinned and alien, they waited for his acknowledgment. As minutes passed, one became impatient. "You called us here. You asked to meet. What business do you have with us before we enslave every single human on the planet?"

Turning towards his guests, the man grinned. "Simple. I have a deal… Considering your entire invasion is planned in the public eye not knowing who or where your agents are, you have a high success to fool the people… Not their heroes. Who have been investigating very close ties to your infiltration? I am not saying you haven't done an expert job, just that you should strike soon."

The alien beings before him looked at each other and murmured before continuing. "And why should we do business with you at all?"

"Because my organization and cult are very organized, and very street level, able to grant your cause extra help lifting the dumb populace off their feet and in your waiting arms. Though, of course, this is determined on two ways of completion. First, and the most unlikely, you kill and replace me in order to take control. Which would not work for several reasons. The second way, being the best course of action, I help you… If you help me."

One of the aliens stepped forward, grinning "And who says that the first option isn't viable?" With that said, he instantly came for the cult leader with fists flying. Though he was stopped as his arm was broken, his body flipped, and a foot crushing his throat became evidence to the contrary.

His foot crushing, but not quite fully or quickly, the windpipe of his foe, the leader smirked as he stood like he did before, nonplussed. " The second way we do this… Is if you help me with one very small favor. You help me find and capture a single masked superhero. The very thing you have done and replaced added to the bonus of your cause, but for me. Capture and give to me the very man I want in my captivity. I will help further your cause and help you take control of this city. As simple as that. We have a deal?"

The leader of the entourage looked to his partner and then back to the cult leader. "And if we refuse?"

Smirking more, the leader let his foot off the alien he had beaten. "Then you are welcome to kill me… but then everyone will know to fight you. My superiors, as few as they are, and the subordinates whom I feel are not your replacements… They will be notified, and will instead help beat your kind back from taking control. Simple as that. All my organization wishes for is the resurgence of our God, who needs a sacrifice worthy of his honor. Give us this, and we will accept and help you. Refuse, and we fight you, like all others will when you finally invade. The choice is yours."

Turning and walking back to the window, the leader of the Cult of the Jackal stood and waited for his answer. Smirking, he felt he knew the answer, and was ready to deliver on his promise.

XxX Underground Base Somewhere XxX

Breaking through the doors of the old, retired and very broken down apartment building, a man in red and gold armor, glowing heart, came through and analyzed the structure of the building. Finding a secret path to a hidden basement, he blew it open with an energized blast.

Going down and finding a metal door, he melted the lock and kicked the door in. Aiming his weapons, Iron Man aimed for the leader at the center. "Hands above your head, no funny business. You're under arrest."

Standing from his desk and clapping, a man in black could only applaud the hero. "Good job tracking us down, in fact, I am quite impressed we got your attention… Even though we already knew you were coming, and that you were very adamant about not accepting help apparently."

Aiming his blasters, Tony glared at the dark cloaked man before him more. "I said, arms above your head and get on the ground…"

Sighing, the man jumped his desk as the people around him just sat watching. "Listen, it's been a tough month, getting all this together. mind letting us settle in first?"

"I am not letting criminal elements 'settle in' when I can take them down." Ironman kept his stand on the matter.

Groaning loudly, the cloaked man turned. "Alright… Tell me. What exactly am I charged with? What am I being arrested for?"

Given the reason, he was here was to, in fact, arrest the criminal element before him, Ironman went through the list he made. "Extortion, hacking government agencies, bribery, and slavery."

Before the cloaked man could respond, the men around him laughed. One, very scruffy, just inserted through his laughter. "Man, you are jacked up if you think he is enslaving anyone. Damn, iron man was supposed to be some super smart billionaire right?"

The cloaked figure shrugged. "I am not enslaving anyone. in fact, take every employee I have and ask if they have been enslaved… Go ahead. But you won't find a thing. Bribery? I don't make bribes. I pay for information and then sell it. It's called being an information broker. hacking? We've not hacked a single thing. Visited sites OF government agencies? sure. To make sure we were abiding the fucking law, which you say we broke by visiting law sites. Very apt of you, Ironman. Extortion is also false. So try again. Why am I under arrest?"

Keeping his guard up, the registered super-star of the government aided side of the Civil War scoffed. "Because you are still breaking the law… Somehow."

Sighing heavily, the hooded man clumped a little. He then stood back up and gestured the Iron Man to him. "Follow me… We have a lot of business to discuss. You can put the weapons away, I won't resist. And you won't arrest me. We both know you being here is a courtesy call rather than an actual arrest."

Turning and opening the door to his inner working, the hooded man grinned. "Let's talk shop, Iron Man…"

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And there it is. To tell you the truth, this chapter gave me a lot of trouble, cause I wanted to make everything coherent to the world built by Marvel, whilst still changing things to support Naruto being a part of this world. But I hope you enjoyed! I will hopefully be much faster with other chapters of other stories… it will still be awhile before I can change things willy-nilly to comic activities in this story. After all, this is only one man with powers of different circumstance.