Sorry, this took a while, I finished it a few days ago but it wouldn't upload for some reason. I split this one into individual chapters so you guys didn't have to wait longer for an update. I'm going to update my others stories as well as this as often as I can but it's getting really busy so please be patient.
Here is Chapter 10 of Kitsune in Starling City based on the episode Tremors. Oliver trains Roy to better control his new Mirakuru powers while Naruto isolates himself from the group to train with someone he thought was dead.
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.
Tremors
At Iron Heights prison, the jail that held all the people that the Arrow and Kitsune had busted was now getting a new prisoner. They brought the prisoner over to the checkpoint to register and check his belongings.
"Got your latest customer. Genius here held up the convenience store across the street from a police precinct. Not the smartest plan." The guard who escorted the prisoner in said as they left.
"Come on through." The checkpoint guard said as the prisoner walked through a metal detector and it went off.
"Bum knee. Had it replaced a few years ago." The prisoner said.
"Well, I guess we'll have to do this old-fashioned-like. Arms up." The guard said as he did a pat down.
He was then put in a prison uniform and then taken to his new cell and his new cellmate. "Got your new bunk mate. Place nice." The guard said as the prisoner walked in and saw his new cellmate: Ben Turner aka Bronze Tiger.
"Ben Turner?" The prisoner asked as Turner turned his head to the new guy. "Tonight. Midnight. Redwood drive and Larkspur Avenue."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Turner asked.
"Redwood and Larkspur. The rooftop. Be there." The prisoner said.
"I don't know if you looked around, but we don't exactly have in and out privileges here." Turner said.
"My son is with his mother. I won't get to see him, anyway. This way, he's set. I do this, he gets the money." The prisoner said.
"Do what?" Turner asked.
The prisoner then opened his sleeve to show a small knife cut and began to press against it, forcing the wound open and blood to pour out and something else along with it. A sharp blade came out of the mans arm and he did the process three more times and Turner smiled as he saw his tiger knuckle blades.
One of the guards walked to the cell having heard some shouts of pain and saw the new prisoner was lying on the floor in a pool of blood with Turner sitting on the bed.
"Crap." The guard said as he unlocked the cell and walked in. "What the hell did you do to him?"
"I didn't do anything." Turner said as the guard looked over the dead prisoner. Turner then walked up behind the guard and slashed his throat, took his keys and left the prison.
Line Break xxxxx
Back with Naruto and Felicity, they were asleep in his apartment. Well, Felicity was sound asleep while Naruto was sweating and fidgeting. His head jerked back and forth as he was having a nightmare,…about his new mirakuru abilities and the rage that accompanied. He remembers the man in the skull mask sticking the needle in his arm and Naruto feeling excruciating pain and after he almost died, nothing. Nothing but pure rage and anger in its most concentrated form…so strong that it impacted his judgment and control his actions.
Naruto then sprang up from bed in a sweat, breathing heavily as he saw Felicity sleeping peacefully with her head in a pillow. Naruto got up and put the covers over her as he grabbed a shirt and walked to the kitchen. He grabbed a glass and filled it with water as he saw it was about 7 in the morning. He drank the glass in one gulp as Kurama then jumped onto the kitchen counter and dropped his snake chew toy and looked at Naruto.
"Hey, buddy. Just can't sleep." Naruto said as he pet Kurama's head.
"Nightmares?" Naruto heard as he looked up and saw Felicity standing in the doorway wearing one of his shirts that went up to about her knees.
"You should be asleep. You have work soon and you need your rest." Naruto told her.
"So do you." Felicity said as he walked up to him. "Naruto, you've haven't slept well for the past 3 days. We've been lucky that things have calmed down a bit but this is not healthy."
"Pretty much everything I do is not healthy: physically or mentally." Naruto joked as Felicity chuckled a bit and then looked at him.
"Naruto, I'm serious. Ever since that night at the cannery you haven't been the same." Felicity said as Naruto sat on the couch as Felicity sat next to him.
"I know. I've seen some really strange and bizarre things,…but this mirakuru is a first." Naruto said as he tightened his hands into a fist. "Oliver told us that mirakuru turns a person into a monster and after that night…I believe him. All that rage…anger…strength…it's like I wasn't myself. What's to stop me from snapping and turning into a monster?" Naruto said as Felicity turned his head to her and kissed him.
"Me. I'm here." Felicity said as Naruto smiled.
"Just being around you helps keep me calm." Naruto said as she smiled. Then they heard a knock on the front door.
"I'll get the door if you make some coffee." Felicity said.
"Deal. But put on a robe." Naruto joked as she chuckled and got her robe while Naruto went to the kitchen.
Naruto started the coffee maker as Felicity put on a robe and answered the door. He got two cups and put them in the coffee maker as the machine poured the coffee. "Naruto…there's someone here to see you." Felicity called out as Naruto walked out of the kitchen, looked at the front door and dropped his cup of coffee.
"Hello, Naruto. It's nice to see you again,…kid." Naruto heard as he couldn't believe what he saw. In the doorway was a women with blonde hair, a gem on her forehead, a green jacket and grey shirt that was able to hold her large bust and blue jeans. Accompanying her was a brunette woman wearing a black shirt and grey and white colored jacket with a sash on her waist like a belt and black pants, holding a small pig.
"It's nice to see you again, Naruto." The other woman said as Naruto was still dumbstruck.
"Granny?" Naruto asked.
Line Break xxxxx
Meanwhile as the rest of Starling was up and getting to work or started their day, Oliver was busy as well. After Roy accepted the Arrows invitation to train, he and Roy have been working for the past few days in an abandoned apartment complex in the Glades so no one would disturb them.
"Again." Arrow said as Roy slapped his hand into a bowl filled with water and splashed some water out.
"{sigh} You know I slapped water out of a bowl yesterday. And I slapped water out of a bowl the day before." Roy said.
"You must be getting pretty good at it." Arrow said.
"Yeah, well, I can't wait to get attacked by a dog dish." Roy said.
"This is how an archer builds arm strength." Arrow told him.
"I'm not sure if you've been paying attention, but strength isn't my problem." Roy told him.
"No, controlling it is. Again." Arrow said as Roy got frustrated and punched through the bowl and table. "And that is how you put a guy in the hospital the other day." Arrow said as he saw Roy's hand was shaking as Roy put his hands in his hoodie pockets.
"How'd you know about that? It's none of your business." Roy said.
"You made it my business when you agreed to let me help you." Arrow told Roy. "I knew someone like you. Someone injected with the Mirakuru. He was my friend. But it warped his mind to the point where I didn't even recognize him anymore."
"Who was this guy? How come I've never heard of him? Or a Mirakuru?" Roy asked as he saw the Arrow didn't want to answer. "Is there anything you can tell me about him?" Roy asked.
"Yeah. I had to put an arrow through his eye." Arrow said.
Line Break xxxxx Oliver Flashback
Oliver and Sara returned to the plane to try and find Slade but he was not there. So they spent the night and after Sarah agreed to not give into Ivo's demand because he was nuts, they tried to find Slade. Oliver took the motion sensor to try and locate Slade. He and Sarah walked through the forests as they used the motion sensor device to find him.
"If I'm reading this right, then Slade is back at the cave." Oliver said.
"Why would he go back to where the caves are?" Sarah asked.
"I don't know. We'll find out when we find him." Oliver said.
"And when we do…you can't tell him." Sarah said.
"Tell him what?" Oliver asked.
"Don't talk to me like I'm other people." Sarah said as she stopped Oliver. "You've got that look on your face. The same one that you had after the first time we kissed. Pure guilt."
"It's because I am guilty. Ivo killed Shado because of me." Oliver said.
"But that's true. And even if it was, I mean, nothing good comes from telling Slade that you think that you're responsible for the death of the women he loved. Love's the most powerful emotion. And that makes it the most dangerous." Sarah said as the motion sensor loss power and turned off.
"Great." Oliver said.
"You still know how to get to the cave?" Sarah asked.
"Yeah. It's this way." Oliver said as he led Sarah.
Line Break xxxxx End of Flashback.
Back at Naruto's apartment, Felicity was all dressed and ready for work as Naruto was dressed as well. That was normal except for the two guests in his living room, one of whom was possibly his godmother who was suppose to be dead for about 5 years. Naruto escorted Felicity to the door.
"Are you sure I should leave?" Felicity asked.
"Yeah it's fine. Look, just go about your day as normal and tell Oliver…I'll be busy for a while. I'll contact you guys when I done." Naruto said as he kissed her and she smiled. "I'll be fine, go." Naruto said as she nodded and walked away. Naruto then closed the door as Tsunade then clapped her hands.
"Well, now that that's done. I'm sure you have some—" Tsunade was cut off when she saw a katana pointed at her face.
"Who are you?" Naruto asked with a glare.
"Kid, relax it's me." Tsunade said.
"Yeah right, my godmother died 5 years ago. Now I'm going to ask again, who…are…you?" Naruto asked.
"It's me. I know you thought I was dead, but it was a lie. I wanted out of the life so on my last mission, I faked my death. I wanted everyone to think I was dead, I got tired of the life so Jiraiya helped me disappear." Tsunade said.
"Ha, you think I'm an idiot?" Naruto asked.
"Easy, kid it's the truth." Tsunade said.
"Oh yeah, then answer this: who was the person you had a drunken one night stand with?" Naruto asked as Tsunade wasn't comfortable answering that.
"Oh, come on." Tsunade said.
"Answer it." Naruto said.
"Egh…Jiraiya." Tsunade said as Naruto knew that was correct.
"I'm still not convinced." Naruto said as Tsunade got angry and then punched him in the face and sent him flying across the room and smacked against the wall.
"JEEZ KID, IT'S ME! I ANSWERED THE ONE QUESTION THAT YOU KNOW I NEVER WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT AGAIN!" Tsunade yelled as the other woman held her back.
"Lady Tsunade, please calm yourself." Shizune said.
"Ow, all right, you're granny. No one else acts like that except for Tsunade." Naruto said as he stood up and cracked his neck.
"Told you. Now—" Tsunade was cut off again as Naruto hugged her close. She smiled and hugged back.
"I missed you." Naruto said.
"I missed you too." Tsunade said as she pat Naruto on the back as the two separated from the hug. "Oh sorry. Naruto, you remember my old assistant Shizune."
"It's nice to see you again, Naruto." Shizune said.
"Likewise, Shizune. I take it you helped Tsunade with her disappearing trick." Naruto said.
"Yes. I've also been able to expand on my training and have helped send out helpful leads to Konoha members. Just because I'm not out there fighting, doesn't mean I can't help." Shizune said as Naruto smiled.
"How'd you do it? Jiraiya told us you were dead." Naruto said.
"I know, but he told you they found my body in a warehouse that exploded." Tsunade said as it clicked with Naruto.
"Oh wow, how did I not put it together." Naruto said as Tsunade smiled. "So you went into a secret retirement?"
"Yup, no one looks for a dead woman." Tsunade said.
"Why, granny?" Naruto asked.
"I got tired. I've been with Konoha for years, since I was a kid when my grandfather began to train me. Believe me, Naruto, I love Konoha and everyone,…it's just that I got tired." Tsunade said as Naruto looked at her.
"Well, I can't say I agree with why you left, but I'm glad your alive." Naruto said as Tsunade smiled. "So what brings you to Starling City?"
"Even though I'm dead, I still know the tricks of Konoha's spy connections and Jiraiya does have his spy network out there. I keep tabs on it now and then, and I heard about an incident here in Starling. You and a woman named Laurel were kidnapped and then the Arrow saved you." Tsunade said.
"Yeah." Naruto said.
"Well I came as soon as I could and I can see that something is different." Tsunade said.
"Yeah, it's a long story." Naruto said as he sat down.
"Well, I'm here to help." Tsunade said as Shizune set up some equipment.
Naruto then explained to Tsunade and Shizune about what he was told about the Mirakuru from Oliver. How it was Japanese early stem cell research to create human weapons and how it changes the body and mind. He also told them how he was able to walk away from four bullets to the chest and heal in a matter of hours,…and the uncontrollable rage that nearly drove him to kill someone.
"Wow, that's a lot to take in. I mean my training and the muscle enhancing serum I use increases my strength but I've never encountered rapid regeneration on the scale you're talking about." Tsunade said as Shizune took notes and also began a preliminary diagnosis and observation of Naruto. Looking at his pupils, taking his pulse and also checked his muscle reflexes as Naruto was a bit uncomfortable with what Shizune was doing.
"Uh…is this really necessary?" Naruto asked as Shizune kept looking at him.
"Yes, Naruto. We needed to figure out what this Mirakuru has done to your body to best figure out how to help you." Tsunade said as Shizune then took out a syringe and stab Naruto.
"Hey." Naruto said as Shizune and Tsunade chuckled as Shizune took some blood.
"Sorry, Naruto. But with a blood sample, we can figure out what's going on." Shizune said as she took the syringe and went over to the medical equipment to analyze the blood.
"It's not my blood I'm worried about. It's my strength and my mind. When I went berserk I was incredibly strong and I've been having nightmares since. I need help to control my strength…and to control myself as well." Naruto said as Tsunade looked at him and saw he was a bit scared.
"Don't worry, Naruto. We're here to help." Tsunade said.
Line Break xxxxx
Night had settled over the rest of Starling as Laurel was in her apartment when she heard a knock on the door and opened it and saw her dad. She opened the door and he walked right in.
"No, please, dad, come right in." Laurel said as her dad walked around and saw the place was a mess.
"Well, I guess you're going for that lived-in look." Lance said.
"Can't afford a housekeeper without a job." Laurel said as she sat down on her couch and read a book.
"Got enough beverage money, I see." Lance said, looking at all the empty bottles of wine.
"I'm going to need to crack open another bottle if we're going to fight." Laurel said.
"I didn't come here to fight." Lance said.
"Then why are you here? Because I'm fine, really. In fact, I have a job interview. At Joanna's new firm." Laurel said.
"That's good. Good. But the real reason I came here is—" "Is because you realized that you didn't reach your weekly quota of reminding me how much I'm ruining my life?" Laurel interrupted.
"It's 'cause I miss you, Laurel." Lance said as he sat down next to her. "For a long time, it was just you and me. Whatever else was going on, no matter how bad either of us was doing, we didn't disappear on each other. Because you're my family. And I miss my family. So how about we have dinner? You and me, tonight."
"I already ate." Laurel said.
"How about tomorrow night?" Lance asked.
"Sure." Laurel said. "Dinner tomorrow."
"Thank you." Lance said as he left.
Back at the Arrow cave, Oliver was training on the salmon ladder and talking about the training with Roy.
"How's it going with Roy?" Diggle asked Oliver, who climbed up to another ledge on the salmon ladder.
"Not well." Oliver grunted as he climbed another ledge.
"I don't know the kid all too well, but he seems to be five kinds of angry." Diggle said.
"You might be underestimating. Roy was mad at the world before he was injected with the Mirakuru." Oliver said.
"You say you've seen this before?" Diggle asked.
"Slade Wilson, he was my friend." Oliver said.
"Troubling use of past tense there." Felicity said.
"I thought I could help him control it. I was wrong. But I know more now, and I'm not going to make the same mistake with Roy." Oliver said as the computer went off.
"What's that?" Diggle asked as Felicity activated the computer.
"Iron Heights. Due to their low security post quake, I thought it would be a good idea to keep an eye on their internal communications for a while." Felicity said.
"You hacked into a prison system network?" Oliver asked.
"Is that judgment I'm hearing?" Felicity asked.
"Pride." Oliver said.
"Iron Heights just put out a bolo on Ben Turner, aka Bronze Tiger, which, btw, is a terrible nickname, because tigers are not bronze." Felicity said.
"Turner escaped?" Oliver asked.
"Killed ten guards on the way out." Felicity said.
"You think that would have made the news." Diggle said.
"Iron Heights is better at keeping secrets than they are at keeping prisoners." Felicity said.
"Any idea where he's headed?" Oliver asked.
"No." Felicity said.,
"Get one." Oliver said as he walked to his hood.
"Should we get Naruto?" Diggle asked.
"Naruto's busy right now. I'll contact him and let him know what's going on." Felicity said.
Line Break xxxxx
Back with Naruto, Tsunade was walking him through some new meditation exercises that would help calm his mind. From what Naruto told her, his anger and rage clouded his mind and impacted his judgment so the best way to fix that was to gain complete control over your mind.
Naruto was sitting in a meditative position, his eyes closed and breathing in and out, as he seemed to be a peace. But that was soon ended when he was hit across the head with a wooden yardstick.
"Hey, what was that for?" Naruto asked as he saw Tsunade standing above him with the yardstick.
"Training. Meditation and finding your center is good an all, but it won't be of much use if your not able to do it properly. For example, in situations of stress or annoyance." Tsunade said as she bonked Naruto on the head again.
"Hey." Naruto said.
"Find your peace. If what you said is true about the Mirakuru, you're going to need complete mastery of your mind." Tsunade said as Naruto glared at her and then began to try and focus. Tsunade kept bonking Naruto on the head and even began poking and pinching him as Naruto felt himself getting irritated. He could feel some anger beginning to form and began to feel his mind slip but he was quickly brought out of his thoughts when Shizune spoke.
"Lady Tsunade, Naruto's blood work is done." Shizune said as Naruto and Tsunade walked over to Shizune, who had set up a lot of medical equipment, including a small centrifuge, a laptop, a microscope, and a small case that held some medicinal herbs and special elixirs and liquids that Tsunade had made over the years.
"And what do we got?" Tsunade asked.
"Honestly, it's like nothing I've ever seen before." Shizune said as she brought up some images of Naruto's blood on the laptop. It showed a picture of Naruto's blood from the microscope but it was very different than a normal view of a blood sample. Naruto's red blood vessels and white blood cells were much larger and there were a higher number of them, probably the Mirakuru serum's affect of healing.
"Impressive." Tsunade said as she saw the blood sample. "The Mirakuru serum not only increased your strength but it's also increased your healing. The increase amount of red blood cells means you won't bleed out as much and the white blood cells makes sure your body stays healthier. This is incredible."
"Yeah, incredible. Anything you can see to possible cure it?" Naruto asked.
"Sorry, Naruto. This is only a rough understanding of it. To even think about curing this, which I'm not sure is possible, I would need the original documents and recipe." Shizune said.
"But this does give us an idea of what this is doing to your body." Tsunade said as she began to write stuff down and handed it to Shizune. "And that's the best starting point. Shizune get to work on the items on this list and Naruto,…let's continue training. Now to train your new found strength." Tsunade said as Naruto smiled.
His phone then went off and he saw it was Felicity. "Naruto,…I wouldn't go out on patrol tonight or put on your hood just yet." Tsunade told him.
"But I need to. They may need my help." Naruto said.
"I know. But until you get better control on your new abilities, you'd be more of a liability then help." Tsunade told him.
"Lady Tsunade is right, Naruto. We have just broken the surface on the Mirakuru. You just need to be patient." Shizune said as Naruto looked at them and knew they were right.
Line Break xxxxx Naruto Flashback
7 years ago, Naruto was in his junior year of college and was home for Spring Break. His parents were happy to have their son back after being at school and they were all together in the kitchen making dinner when the doorbell went off.
"I'll get it." Naruto said as he walked to the door and opened it to see Tsunade, Shizune and Jiraiya.
"Hey, kid. How's college?" Jiraiya asked as Naruto smiled and hugged them.
"Mom, dad! Jiraiya, Tsunade and Shizune are here." Naruto called out as his parents walked out of the kitchen and were happy to see them here.
They all enjoyed a little reunion and a nice dinner. After dinner, they ate some desserts and enjoyed a nice conversation.
"So Naruto's how's it been in College. Any girls you find interesting yet?" Jiraiya asked as Tsunade bonk him on the head.
"Don't be a perv." Tsunade said.
"Not really, Pervy sage." Naruto said.
"Good. You need to focus on your study's first. And if you do meet a girl, she should be funny, smart and very kind." Minato said.
"Just like me." Kushina said.
"Yeah, and ill tempered." Naruto whispered.
"What was that?" Kushina asked.
"Nothing." Naruto quickly said.
"So, Naruto how's your training been?" Tsunade asked.
"Well, I've stayed in shape and try to practice as much as I can. But it's a bit hard to try train at Columbia. I can't exactly carry swords and a bow to the gym." Naruto joked.
"Well, let's see if your not slipping." Tsunade said as she stood up.
"Seriously?" Naruto asked.
"Come on, kid. Let's see if you can take your godmother." Tsunade said as Naruto chuckled and stood up.
They all walked over to the training room in the house. A large training mat was set up on the floor, racks and shelves of training weapons, wooden swords, bo staffs, training dummies, and a whole bunch of other training supplies.
Naruto took off his shoes and stood on the training mat and grabbed a wooden sword as Tsunade stood across from Naruto with a sword in her hand.
"Shall we?" Tsunade asked.
"Age before beauty." Naruto joked as Tsunade glared at him and the two began to fight. Naruto charged forward and lunged with his sword as Tsunade blocked the lung and then swung her fist at Naruto's head but Naruto ducked. He ducked and spun around Tsunade, and brought his sword to hit her head but she then put her sword behind her back to block it. Tsunade then swung her elbow at Naruto but Naruto ducked and kneed Tsunade in the back, getting some distance.
Naruto and Tsunade then fought, sword for sword, striking and blocking and kept on fighting. Blocking strikes and slashes from the side or head, countering and parrying attacks as the two seemed pretty even. Naruto then blocked a sword strike to the head, rolled forward and put his sword in reverse grip and stabbed it backward but Tsunade blocked the slash and swung at his stomach. Naruto then stabbed the sword in the ground to block the slash and then did a windmill kick at Tsunade who raised her foot to avoid it. She then swung down hard as Naruto used his sword to block but Tsunade's strength broke the sword in half. Naruto then rolled backward and threw three punches at her head and body but she blocked them and then he delivered a kick to her side.
She then grabbed his leg while it was still in the air and spun him. Naruto spun in the air and then rolled on his back as Tsunade them jumped in the air and stabbed her wooden sword right next to his head.
"Done. You've still got a lot to learn." Tsunade said as she saw Naruto smirked and saw his broken wooden sword pointed at her stomach.
"I know. But I'm getting better." Naruto said as Tsunade smiled and helped him up.
"That you are, kid. You'll be a force of nature, one day." Tsunade said.
"Well that's something we kind of want to avoid." Kushina said as she walked over and hugged Naruto.
Line Break xxxxx End of flashback
Happening at the same time that Naruto is training with Tsunade
Back with Oliver, he was having another training session with Roy. He brought a training dummy and was going through fighting forms and then ended with a punch to the dummy head.
"Now you." Arrow told Roy. "Go slowly." Arrow said as Roy walked up to the training dummy with a semi-annoyed look and began punching the middle with some force.
"Stop! This is not about learning to throw a punch. This is about learning to control your strength." Arrow told him.
Roy then went through the training exercise. "First water slapping, now this. When are you going to run out of ideas to make me look stupid?!" Roy said in anger as he punched the head off of the training dummy. "All I'm learning is new ways to get pissed off. And in case you haven't noticed, I'm already good at that."
"There's nothing wrong with anger, Roy. Anger is energy. But you need to learn to channel it in a positive way." Arrow said.
"Like putting the hurt on guys going after the city. Let me try hitting something that'll actually hit back." Roy said.
"Too soon." Arrow said.
"Get me out there with you. One night. All this, it would be a lot easier to take." Roy told him as Oliver thought for a moment. Oliver then heard his cell phone go off and answered it.
"Go ahead." Arrow said.
"SCPD's network just lit up with a fresh homicide. Multiple stab wounds. Like claw marks." Diggle said.
"The victim was an architect. Tuner ransacked his place; took blueprints of his designs. One of the aforementioned designs—Malcolm Merlyn's house. I don't know much about architecture but this can't be good." Felicity said.
"What would Turner want with Merlyn's house?" Arrow asked.
"Not sure yet. All of Malcolm's holdings, including the house, are in receivership." Felicity told him.
"Who's that you're talking to?" Roy asked. "Oh, wait, let me guess, you can't tell me that either."
"Any word from Kitsune?" Arrow asked.
"I've tried calling him but no answer." Felicity said as Arrow made a decision, not sure if it was the right one, but a decision none the less.
"A guy I put in prison got out, and I have an idea where he's headed. Do you have one of your hoodies?" Arrow asked.
"Do you seriously have to ask?" Roy asked, jokingly.
The Arrow took Roy to Malcolm Merlyn's mansion in the suburbs of Starling City. They snuck in through a window and walked around the second floor of the mansion to see a lot of things covered up with tarps or gathering dust.
"Whatever happens, whoever we run into, do not engage." Arrow told Roy as Roy looked around and picked up a picture. "And don't touch anything."
"This is his kid, right? The guy that died?" Roy asked as Oliver saw Roy picked up a picture of Tommy.
"Yes." Arrow said.
"You know your way around this place. You been here before?" Roy asked Arrow kept walking but then heard some noise coming from a floor below. "What was that?"
"It came from underground. Merlyn has a large garage. Let's go." Arrow said.
In Merlyn's garage, Ben Turner and a group of men walked into the garage looking to take something and had a large truck to transport whatever it was. Turner walked over to the far wall and saw some shutters and an electronic lock. He used his claws and destroyed the keypad, causing the electronic lock to short circuit. Turner opened the shutter and saw what they came for.
"What the hell is that?" The mercenary asked.
"Looks like a prototype." Turner said.
"Of what?" The Merc asked.
"A machine that killed 503 people. Merlyn's earthquake machine." Turner said as the merc and his men loaded it in the truck.
"Ok, a simple snatch and grab. Don't know why Mr. Armitage thought we needed you." The merc said.
"For that." Turner said as they saw the Arrow and some kid with a red hoodie enter the garage. The merc went back to the truck as Oliver saw the device and immediately recognized it.
"Step away from the device. You don't know what it is you're dealing with." Arrow said.
"Big machine, makes earthquakes?" Turner asked, rhetorically.
"Do you have any ideas what happens if the wrong people have it?!" Arrow asked.
"Yeah, I get paid. Close it up." Turner said as the mercs closed the truck.
The Arrow shot an arrow at Turner but he slashed it with his claws. The Arrow fought Turner while Roy ran to the truck. Arrow blocked and dodged claw strikes from Turner and Turner ducked under kicks and punches. The merc started the truck as Roy smashed the driver seat window, pulled him out and threw him on the ground.
Roy then stepped on the gun and destroyed it. "That thing killed 8 of my friends." Roy growled as he punched the merc in the face over and over again.
Turner kicked the Arrow to the ground and ran back to the truck, started it and drove away. Arrow fired three arrows at the truck but the truck got away. Arrow then saw Roy continuously punching the merc in the face and was going to kill him.
"Hey! That's enough!" Arrow said as he grabbed Roy's arm and stopped him.
Line Break xxxxx
After the fiasco at Merlyn's mansion, Oliver sent Roy home and returned to the arrow cave as Felicity and Diggle saw Oliver was in a mood.
"Uh-Oh. You got angry face." Felicity said.
"What happened?" Diggle asked.
"Roy Harper." Oliver said.
"You took him out on the field—" "He wasn't listening to me, Diggle! I'm trying to reach him, but he lost control. Then he nearly killed somebody, which I obviously couldn't let happen and in the process—" "Turner got away." Felicity said, finishing his sentence.
"What was he there to steal? Merlyn's art collection?" Felicity asked.
"Something much more dangerous. It's a prototype earthquake machine." Oliver said.
"Oh holy god." Diggle said.
"Why would Turner want to destroy the city?" Felicity asked.
"He doesn't. He's a mercenary selling his services to the highest bidder." Oliver said as he took out a watch from his pocket. "This watch belonged to one of the guys that Turner was working with."
"Fingerprints." Felicity said.
"Turner's a longer, which means that this guy works for his client. Fingerprint equals name, equals known associates. I'm on it." Felicity said as she began to work on her computer.
"It was the look in Roy's eyes. It was Slade all over again." Oliver said.
"Oliver, what happened with Slade?" Diggle asked.
"Me. Someone killed Shado. Slade loved Shado and it was my fault." Oliver said as Diggle and Felicity looked at him. "I wanted to tell him, because it would have been better coming from me, but I didn't."
"And he found out another way." Felicity said.
"If I had just told him the truth, I could have gotten through to him." Oliver said.
"And that's why it's so important for you to get through to Roy." Diggle said.
"I lived a five year nightmare. But if I learned something that could help me reach Roy now…it'll all be worth it." Oliver said.
Oliver then restocked on some weapons as Felicity diligently tried to find the person who the watch belonged to. As she was on the computer she also text Naruto to see if he could possible help.
Back with Naruto, he and Tsunade were in the middle of training Naruto's new strength. They were in Naruto's garage at his apartment so they didn't accidently break anything in his apartment. Tsunade had set up a large pile of bricks, a training dummy and had a bow and quiver of arrows set up with a target at the far end of the garage.
"Here are some of the training exercised I did to control my strength when I first created my strength serum." Tsunade said.
"Bricks?" Naruto asked.
"Trust me. Now first put the brick down and grabbed the bow." Tsunade said as Naruto put the brick down and grabbed the bow and an arrow. "Now pull the string back and fire at the target."
Naruto did that but when he pulled back the string snapped. "What the?" Naruto asked.
"I switched out the string from the bow and replaced it with waxed linen string which is a lot weaker then that Dacron polyester strings we use in our bows. So it takes precise muscle and strength control to use without breaking. It's also helps you learn control over your new strength." Tsunade said as she quickly replaced the broken string with a new string. "Try again."
Naruto took the bow and looked at the target and then the bow. He pulled the bow up, grabbed the bow string, and slowly pulled it back. When the string reached his face, the top knot snapped from the bow.
"This may take a while." Naruto said as he replaced the string again.
After about an hour of trying and several broken strings and even a broken bow, Naruto was beginning to get frustrated. "Easy, Naruto. I know this is difficult, but it's necessary." Tsunade said as Naruto huffed. "Ok, let's try again." Tsunade said as Naruto replaced the bow string.
"Breathe,…Naruto. Everything your body does needs to breathe. Every muscle in your arm, every bone in your body,…your mind and your soul,…breathe." Tsunade said as Naruto breathed in an out.
He slowed his heart rate, closed his eyes and calmed down. He let his hands and arms relax as he then pulled his bow up. He grabbed an arrow and put it on the string. He took a breath and then pulled the arrow and string back slowly, using very careful strength. He was able to pull the string back enough so it hit his cheek and then released the string and the arrow flew through the air and hit the dead center of the target. Naruto smiled as Tsunade clapped.
"Well done." Tsunade said. "Again."
Line Break xxxxx
Back with Roy, he walked into Verdant looking for Thea and saw her walking down from the managers office on the second floor. Thea was walking down the stairs as she saw Roy walked in. "Oh, thank god you're here. I need your help." Thea said as Roy walked up to her.
"I have to talk to you. It's important." Roy said.
"Ok, you look stressed out, is everything ok?" Thea asked.
"You have to leave town. Grab your mother and your brother if you can and leave." Roy said to her. "It's just for a few days."
"A reason would be nice." Thea said.
"I need you to trust me, Thea." Roy said.
"I do. I just, I can't up and leave with my family without a reason." Thea said.
"No, you have to." Roy said.
"Roy, you're not making any sense right now. Would you just tell me what's going on?" Thea asked.
"No, why aren't you listening to me? I need you to listen to me!" Roy said as he began to squeeze her arm.
"Roy, you're hurting me!" Thea shouted as Roy saw what he was doing and removed his hand, but it was shaking.
"I didn't…I didn't…I didn't mean to. I'm sorry." Roy said as he left.
"I know. Wait!" Thea said as Roy left the club, leaving Thea worried and confused.
Back with Laurel, she had just arrived at Joanna's new law firm. She walked into Joanna's new office and saw her working on some papers.
"Well, your work environment has definitely improved since CNRI. This place is bigger than my apartment." Laurel said as she hugged Joanna.
"Well, there is a limit to the glamour, unfortunately. I spend my days in document production—and answering interrogatories." Joanna said as her office phone went off. "It doesn't feel like practicing law as much as pushing papers."
"If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were trying to talk me out of the job here." Laurel joked while Joanna had a serious/gloomy look. "I guess I do know better."
"I'm sorry." Joanna said.
"What's going on?" Laurel asked.
"One of the partners serves on the bar association's disciplinary committee, and…well, when I sent your resume, he did some checking." Joanna said as Laurel realized what was going on.
"That was a complete misunderstanding. I mean, sure, yeah, I had some problems, but I'm fine now." Laurel said.
"The bar is going to open disciplinary proceedings." Joanna said.
"What for?" Laurel asked.
"Conduct affecting your fitness to practice." Joanna said as Laurel scoffed.
"That's ridiculous." Laurel said.
"I know. But while this is out there, the firm can't hire you." Joanna said.
"Thanks." Laurel said, as tears began to form and she walked out as Joanna went up to her. "Thanks for letting me know, I have to go."
"Laurel, we can fight this, ok? I'll help you and—" "I need some time to…process. I'll call you." Laurel said as she left.
Back with Naruto, after about a few dozen shots with the bow and arrow and Naruto feeling comfortable with the exercise it was time for the next part of the training. Tsunade placed some bricks over some pieces of wood, like a martial arts studio would if they wanted to demonstrate brick breaking. Tsunade placed one brick as Naruto wondered what was going on.
"So we're breaking bricks now?" Naruto asked.
"Pretty much, but this is still strength controlling. Now that we've got precise muscle control with the bow exercise, let's try precise power release." Tsunade said. "Now punch right through the brick."
Naruto walked up to the brick, brought his hand up and smashed it to pieces. Tsunade then placed 2 bricks on the training stool and Naruto smashed through them with ease. "See, I got this down." Naruto said.
"Sure, but this is precise power release." Tsunade said as she placed three bricks on the stool. "Now I want you to do the same thing…but only break 2 bricks."
"2?" Naruto asked.
"Only 2. This is where the precise power release comes into play. You have to choose the right amount of strength to use, you can't just swing and punch wildly. With your new strength you can seriously hurt someone, so let's try and prevent that." Tsunade said as Naruto looked at the bricks and open and closed his fist. He then took a deep breath and swung down at the bricks, smashing completely through 2 and cracked the third halfway through.
"Not bad. Now try again." Tsunade said as she replaced the broken bricks.
Naruto concentrated, breathing in an out at a slow pace and clenched his fist. He then swung up and then down and smashed the first two bricks and kept the third one intact.
"Excellent, we're making some headway here. Let's keep going." Tsunade said as they kept on training.
Line Break xxxxx
Oliver noticed it was time to meet with Roy to continue his training and talk to him about what happened at the mansion. He got suited up and put on his hood and was waiting at the warehouse as Roy walked in.
"You're late." Arrow said.
"I tried to get my girlfriend to leave town. But she won't." Roy said as Arrow stood up, worried that Roy got Thea involved.
"You cannot bring her into this." Arrow told him.
"But how am I suppose to lie to her and protect her at the same time?" Roy asked. "How do you do it? How do you keep secrets from people in your life?"
"By remembering it's the only way to keep them safe." Arrow said.
"No, keeping them safe is what keeps them safe. Telling people the truth. But you, you won't tell me anything. Not about the Mirakuru, and this other guy. You got me slapping water and hitting dummies instead." Roy said as his anger began to boil.
"Roy, you're spiraling and you need to calm down." Arrow told her.
"No, I need to save Thea." Roy said as he moved to leave but Arrow grabbed his arm.
"That thing is out in the open because of you. I think you've done enough." Arrow said.
"Let go of me." Roy said as his frustration began to grow.
"Roy…" "I said let go of me!" Roy shouted.
"Get control. If not for me or yourself, then do it for Thea." Arrow said as Roy pulled his arm away.
"What the hell do you know about Thea? Don't you talk about her!" Roy shouted as he tried to swing at the Arrow but Arrow just moved to the side and Roy missed.
Roy spun around and swung twice at the Arrow's head but the Arrow just backed away and ducked. He then grabbed Roy's punch, spun him around, pushed him forward and then grabbed his hoodie, which choked Roy.
"Are you done?" Arrow asked as Roy began to boil with anger. He then spun around and pushed the Arrow at least 20 feet away and crashed into the training table they used.
"No, I'm not done." Roy said as he walked up to the Arrow, his frustration and anger very apparent and seemed to be controlling his actions. "I'm going to stop this thing. And if you want to stop me, try. Try putting another arrow in me. Go ahead. 'Cause I heal fast now. But if you get in my way, then I'll give you a look at that anger you're so worried about me losing control of." Roy said as he left.
Oliver returned to the Arrow cave as Felicity gave him an ice pack to put on his neck. He told them both what happened with Roy and it was going to be a problem. "You both scoffed when I said we should invest in an x-ray machine down here." Felicity said.
"What do you want to do about Roy?" Diggle asked as Oliver didn't seem to have an answer and wanted to change the subject.
"Where are we with the fingerprint?" Oliver asked.
"I struck out on domestic agencies, but I'm checking Interpol, PRC Public Security, and MVD databases now." Felicity said as she scrolled through the monitors on the computers.
"Oliver, I know you've taken on Roy, and why, but Roy, Slade, a lot of guys I served with…{exhale} some people are just broken, man. And nobody can put them back together." Diggle said.
"I refuse to believe that." Oliver told Diggle. "I'm not letting what happened to Slade happen to Roy. I'm not."
Then Oliver's phone went off. Diggle picked it up off the counter and saw it was Thea calling for him and handed him the phone. "Yeah." Oliver answered.
"Are you near the club?" Thea asked as Oliver looked up to the club above his lair.
"I'm pretty close, why?" Oliver asked.
"Laurel's here. And she doesn't look good." Thea said as she saw Laurel drinking at the bar and wasn't looking good.
"Hey, Laurel's upstairs." Oliver whispered to Felicity as Felicity brought up the club's security cameras and they saw Laurel at the bar.
Laurel just finished drink and was leaning on the bar as the bartender walked by. "Excuse me, can I get something with olives? I don't care what it is, as long as there are a lot of olives." Laurel said as Oliver walked up next to her.
"How about coffee?" Oliver asked.
"Coffee and olives? Bad combination." Laurel said as Thea walked over as well.
"What are you doing?" Oliver asked Laurel.
"This is where it's happening, right? The big club?" Laurel said as the bartender handed her a martini.
"Laurel, go home." Thea said, hating to see Laurel like this.
"Thea Queen, telling me enough is enough. Now that is priceless." Laurel joked but saw Thea and Oliver were serious and stopped. "Fine. Bar me from your bar. That's today's theme, right? Disbarment."
"Laurel, are you being disbarred?" Oliver asked.
"Yeah, looks like my law career's over. But you know what? Maybe Thea here can hire me as a waitress. Or, Ollie, I could come be your secretary. But that would mean you would have to fire her." Laurel said, pointing to Felicity who was standing next to the stairs.
"Hi, Laurel? How are you?" Felicity asked.
Laurel moved to get her keys but Oliver grabbed them first. "Did you need to borrow my car? Did you limo break down?" Laurel joked as she leaned on Oliver.
"Ger her a cab, please." Oliver told Thea who nodded.
Oliver then walked over to Felicity. "The fingerprint was in Interpol's database. The guy worked for Milo Armitage. He's a black market arms merchant." Felicity said.
"He's trying to sell the device. I need for you to search for any indication that Armitage is in Starling." Oliver told her.
"I already did. His ship filed a loading manifest at the Starling City docks. I'll get you the slip number." Felicity said as she walked back to the cave as Oliver looked at Laurel and decided to make a call.
"Hi, it's Oliver. I just ran into Laurel, and something's wrong. She needs you." Oliver said as he hung up and left, missing that the man sitting next to Laurel at the bar, watched Laurel leave the bar and slip an empty vial in his jacket pocket.
Back with Naruto, he was up to the last part of the brick breaking exercise. He had gotten the hang of up and was on the last part of the exercise. Tsunade had set not a pyramid of 22 bricks and the goal was to use enough strength so that he only smashed 16 of the bricks and the bottom 6 would be unscratched which was the ultimate test of complete mastery of his new mirakuru strength.
He closed his eyes and concentrated and the smashed down and split 19 bricks with the bottom 3 bricks remaining completely intact. "Not bad, but you're getting there." Tsunade said as she replaced the bricks as Naruto smiled. He felt more comfortable with his strength but he had no idea what would happen in the field. Naruto then felt his phone ring and saw it was Felicity. He didn't answer her call before so this time he decided he would.
"Hey, Felicity what's up?" Naruto asked as Tsunade saw him talk on the phone and was happy that Naruto found a special someone. "Wait what? Whoa, Felicity, slow down…what. Ben Turner? All right." Naruto said as he looked back at Tsunade and made a decision. "No, I'll be there." Naruto said as he hung up and walked to the door and went back to his apartment as Tsunade followed him.
"Naruto, what's going on? Who's Ben Turner?" Tsunade asked.
"I guy I helped put away. He's out and he's up to something big and Felicity needs my help." Naruto said as he walked back into his apartment and into his room as Shizune came out of the bathroom.
Naruto went to his room to get dressed in a spare outfit since he didn't want to waste time going to the cave when he would just use a spare. "Naruto, we agreed that you shouldn't go out in the field until we learn more about this mirakuru and you have complete control." Tsunade said.
"And when will that be? When I can punch through a building without it crumbling down." Naruto said as he put on his jacket.
"Naruto, we're in uncharted territory here and from what you told us you could put a lot of people in danger, including Felicity." Tsunade told him.
"They'll be in danger if I do nothing!" Naruto shouted as Tsunade and Shizune were a bit taken back by his screaming. "Turner is out there with a device that could kill millions of people including Felicity and I am not going to let that happen." Naruto said as he strapped on his vambraces.
"Naruto, I understand you want to protect her—" "No you don't! You quit being a shinobi. You turned your back on everything my parents stood for and faked your own death just because you didn't want to fight anymore. Well I am not you. I made a vow to honor my parents death by promising to never stop protecting people…and I promised myself that I would do anything protect Felicity." Naruto said as he strapped on his swords and left for the garage as Tsunade watched him leave, still shocked.
"My lady—" "It's all right Shizune. Something tells me that Naruto's been keeping that bottled in for a while. Come, let me help you finish the project." Tsunade said as Shizune nodded.
Line Break xxxxx
At the shipping yard of Starling City, Ben Turner was meeting with Milo Armitage and his men as they were securing the earthquake device into a shipping container and Turner was being wired his payment.
"10 million dollars, I believe was the negotiated amount." Armitage said as he showed Turner his phone and the money was transferred. "Congratulations, you're now in a new tax bracket."
"Just out of curiosity, you pay me ten million, and you get…" "Three times that." Armitage said.
"You already have a buyer?" Turner asked as Armitage nodded.
"I recommend that you stay clear of Markovia for a few months. I believe our business is now concluded." Armitage said as Turner nodded.
They then heard a zip-line go by as the Arrow dropped down in the shipping yard. "Not yet." The Arrow said as he shot one of Armitage's men. Turner ran away as Arrow fired another shot in Armitage's leg, preventing him from escaping.
The Arrow walked forward and saw that Turner ran. "Looks like your partner abandoned you." Arrow said.
"He's not my partner. He's someone I hired to do a job." Armitage said as Turner jumped down from a crate and stabbed the Arrow in the back, pushing him down and keeping him pinned. "And it turns out it was money well spent."
The Arrow then kicked Turner away from him and pulled his claws out but then heard the cocking of a gun and saw another of Armitage's men with his gun pointed right at him, walk up next to Turner.
"Just too dumb to stay down." Turner said as he and the goon were then pushed away from the Arrow by Roy who had arrived. The goon pulled out his gun and pointed it at Roy, but Roy just swatted it away and punched the goon across the face and knocked him further away. Turner got up and saw Roy but before he could charge at him, a kunai flew through the air and hit the ground near his feet. He then looked up to see Kitsune jump off a storage container and land on the ground and stare at him.
"I've been wondering where you went. Time for round 2." Turner said as Kitsune drew one of his swords and the two fought.
Arrow stood up and saw that Kitsune had arrived but also saw Armitage walk away and pull out the detonator switch for the earthquake device. "Don't do it! You'll kill everyone here!" Arrow yelled.
"If I don't deliver this device to my buyer in Markovia, I'm dead anyway." Armitage said as he activated the detonator.
"NO!" Arrow yelled as the earthquake device turned on and Armitage destroyed the detonator so it couldn't be deactivated. Arrow then knocked out Armitage with a punch across the face and then fired an explosive arrow at the storage container but it didn't open. He fired another as it exploded against the container but it was still in one piece. The Arrow looked to see Kitsune occupied with his fight against Bronze Tiger but saw Roy punching the mercenary in the face and needed his help.
With Kitsune, he was fighting against Turner as the two fought near some extra shipping containers near the docks. Kitsune was using one of his swords and his spiked forearm guards to block Turner's tiger claws as Turner pushed the offensive. Turner swung at Kitsune's head as Kitsune used his vambraces to block the strike and then blocked Turners swing to his midsection using his katana. Kitsune then pushed Turner away, stabbed forward with his katana as Turner then blocked and parried the strike with his claws and then sliced Kitsune in the leg, and then in the stomach as Kitsune reared back a bit. Turner then smirked as he pulled his fist back and launched it forward, determined to deliver a claw strike to the heart but Kitsune reached up and grabbed his wrist and stopped him.
Turner was shocked that Kitsune was able to recover so fast. The slice to the tendons in the leg and stomach should have kept him in pain but he seemed fine. He then began to twist Turner's slowly as Turner swung with his other arm but Kitsune caught that one as well. Turner then looked at Kitsune and saw a determination and strength look that he didn't remember seeing when they fought before. Kitsune continued to twist as the pain kept rising. Turner was then forced to his knees and dropped his claws as Kitsune then kicked Turner in the air and knocked him against a shipping container as Turner hit the ground hard and groaned in pain.
Turner then grabbed one pair of his claws, stood up and swung at Kitsune's head as Kitsune ducked under and spun around Turner and then punched him in the stomach, hard enough that he was sent flying 20 feet away and tumbled across the ground.
Turner groaned in pain and looked up at Kitsune who walked up to him. "What happened to you?" Turner asked as he then fell down, unconscious.
"A lot happened." Kitsune said as he looked at his hands and they weren't shaking. He then clenched his fist and smiled, he had control. He then tied up Turner with ninja wire as he heard an explosion.
(As Turner and Kitsune are fighting)
Roy kept punching the merc in the face as he was unconscious. Roy kept swinging and swing, cursing and swearing as his rage kept him swinging at the Merc.
"Roy! Roy, I need you to stop! Roy, I need your help! Roy, stop! Roy, I need you to stop!" Roy heard as his arm was grabbed. He turned and saw the hand of the Arrow grabbed his arm but his hood and mask were off to reveal it was Oliver, Thea's brother. "The earthquake device is in there. The steel is military grade; built to withstand a bomb, but not you." Oliver said as Roy shook his head.
"Think about Thea. Because she could die without your help. I know you love her…because I've seen it. Save my sister. Control. Focus on Thea. She needs you right now, or she is dead. Everyone is dead." Oliver said as Roy took a large breath and tightened his fist, so it wasn't shaking. They then walked up to the storage container and Roy punched through the steel and made a hole. Oliver then shoved an explosive arrow with a 5 second timer and they ran away.
After 5 seconds, the arrow exploded and destroyed the earthquake device and the container as well. Roy then looked at Oliver and still couldn't believe he was the arrow. "You're…"
"Yeah." Oliver said.
"Last year, you saved my life. And I don't mean from the guy who kidnapped me. I mean, you…saved me. You gave me purpose." Roy said as he stuck his hand out and Oliver looked at Roy with a small smile.
Oliver then shook Roy's hand. "We're just getting started." Oliver said as Roy nodded.
Naruto was in the distance and saw Roy and Oliver and smiled. He would stop by the cave to see Felicity, it's been a while…after he took care of some business.
Line Break xxxxx
Naruto returned to his apartment and saw that Tsunade was drinking some tea and sitting on the couch, but he didn't see Shizune. Kurama yipped as he saw Naruto return and walked over to him as Naruto smiled and pet Kurama on the head as Tsunade turned and saw Naruto.
"I'm guessing your night out went well?" Tsunade asked.
"Yeah, it did." Naruto said, feeling bad about what he said before he left. "Tsunade, I'm sorry for what I said before I left—" "No, it's all right, Naruto."
Naruto looked up as Tsunade stood up. "Something tells me that you've been keeping that bottled up since you found out I was alive. You're right, Naruto. I did turn my back on everyone when I left, I don't really have a good excuse but it was my decision to make and I've face consequences for that. But you…" Tsunade said as she walked up to him and placed her hands on his shoulders. "are not me. I know that much, you won't ever stop doing this. That's why I want to give you something."
"What?" Naruto asked.
Tsunade reached around her neck and took off her jade necklace she got from her grandfather. "I want you to have this." Tsunade said.
"Granny, this is yours though." Naruto said.
"I know. I remember when my grandfather first gave me this, he told me to live by the number one code of Konoha for as long as I live: to never stop protecting the innocent. I can't say that I've been able to keep the code alive, but I know you can." Tsunade said as she handed him the necklace.
"I don't know what to say." Naruto said.
"You don't have to say anything. Just know that I am proud of you." Tsunade said as she kissed his forehead and hugged Naruto as Naruto hugged back.
"Thanks, granny." Naruto said as Tsunade glared a little but then chuckled and bonked him on the head.
"Just promise me one thing? Never stop fighting to protect the people you care for." Tsunade said.
"Believe it." Naruto said as Tsunade smiled. Then Shizune walked in carrying in some bags.
"Lady Tsunade, that's everything." Shizune said.
"You're leaving?" Naruto asked.
"Yup. I came here to make sure you were ok, and help you. My job is done. We've done all we can to help you, the rest is up to you." Tsunade said as Shizune handed her a case. She then opened it and showed it to Naruto to reveal 5 vials of greenish-blue liquid and a jet injector. "Shizune and I made these for you."
"What are they?" Naruto asked.
"Enhanced muscle relaxants and brain stimulants. We made a serum that will help you if something happens. We'll keep on working to try and understand the mirakuru more but this should help until we find more answers. This will help if you find yourself slipping or your strength gets too much." Tsunade said as she handed him the case.
"Thanks, granny. So where are you going?" Naruto asked.
"Well, I'll head back to Vegas for a little." Tsunade said as Naruto glared at her, and shook his head. "And after, I'll find Jiraiya. I have some unfinished business to discuss." She said as he smiled.
"Take care of yourself." Naruto said as Tsunade smiled and grabbed her bag as Shizune walked up to Naruto and they hugged.
"Stay safe, Naruto." Shizune said.
"I will, and keep an eye on her." Naruto said as Shizune nodded and the two grabbed their bags and walked out the door as Tsunade turned to him one last time.
"Take care, Naruto. And if you ever need anything, I'll be there." Tsunade said as Naruto nodded and she left as Naruto smiled as he looked at the jade necklace in his hands and then put it around his neck and then left to see Oliver, Diggle and Felicity at the cave.
Oliver returned to the arrow cave and told Felicity and Diggle what happened. He destroyed the earthquake device and stopped Armitage from selling the device and Turner was sent back to jail. He even mentioned that Naruto was fine since he helped in the fight so Felicity felt a bit better. But he then mentioned that he showed Roy who the Arrow really was, which did raise a serious issue.
"So…the secret society gets a new member." Diggle said as Oliver was getting his wounds fixed by Felicity. "Where is he now?"
"Home. He's uh…processing." Oliver said as Felicity finished bandaging the wound and Oliver put on a sweatshirt.
"When I found out who you and Naruto really were, I processed my way through a pint of mint chip. I stress eat." Felicity said as Oliver and Diggle chuckled. "Speaking of stress…I'm not trying to Monday morning quarterback here—it's Wednesday. Didn't all of this start because you were worried that Roy's marble collection was on the short side?"
"She has a point, Oliver. Roy's a loose cannon. Now he knows your secret." Diggle said.
"You're right, and I wasn't thinking about the consequences. I only knew that I needed his strength. His power. On the island, Sara told me that love is the most powerful emotion. Well, the Arrow couldn't get Roy to think about Thea. But I could." Oliver said.
"She's right, love is the most powerful, but it's also the most dangerous." They heard as they saw Naruto walk in.
"Naruto!" Felicity said as she ran up to him and hugged him as Naruto hugged back. Oliver and Diggle smiled to see Naruto back after being gone for a while.
"Sorry, I've been unavailable for a while, but it was for a good reason." Naruto said.
"Really?" Diggle asked as he shook Naruto's hand.
"Yup, had some family matters to deal with but some training and guidance as well." Naruto said.
"Family matters?" Oliver asked.
"Long story, so how did it go?" Felicity asked.
"Some drama but I feel better. I feel in control of the mirakuru for now and should something happen…" Naruto said as he placed the case on the table and opened it to reveal the 5 vials Tsunade gave him. "I have some help."
"What are those?" Oliver asked.
"Some help should the mirakuru take over. Don't hesitate to inject me or Roy with this. It should stop the mirakuru from taking over." Naruto said as they nodded. "So, what else has been going on?"
Line Break xxxxx
Turner was returned to his cell at Iron Heights and sentenced to an isolated cell and under high security. Turner was relaxing on his bed in his cell as he heard the sound of high heels in the hall and turned to his cell door and saw an African-American woman walk up to his cell.
"Mr. Turner." The woman said as Turner sat up and got to his feet.
"I didn't know this place allowed conjugal visits." Turner said.
"My name is Amanda Waller." Waller said.
"You say that like it's supposed to mean something." Turner said.
"To the contrary. My identity is highly classified." Waller said.
"Then why are you introducing yourself to me?" Turner asked.
"I have an offer for you. A way to work off your sentence. As it turns out, I have need of someone with your…singular qualifications." Waller said.
"For what?" Turner asked.
"For a unit, I'm putting together." Waller said.
"For what type of unit?" Turner asked.
"Actually…it's more of a squad." Waller said.
Back with Oliver, he got Roy to meet him at Verdant so they could discuss Roy learning Oliver's secret and to discuss about what to do next with Roy's training. Roy and Oliver entered through one of the secret locked doors from the club and walked down the stairs to the cave.
"Is this the part where you kill me 'cause I know your secret?" Roy asked.
"Do you actually think that I'd kill my sister's boyfriend?" Oliver asked.
"Well, you did shoot me in the leg. Forgiven, by the way." Roy said as Oliver stopped and turned around and grabbed Roy's arm.
"Thea. She can never know." Oliver told him.
"I get the feeling that if I did tell her, that would be when you kill me." Roy said.
"Trust that instinct." Oliver said.
"Ok, all right. How many people know what—who you are?" Roy asked.
"Too many. But these three are the only ones that matter." Roy said as he showed Roy the cave and saw Felicity, Naruto and Diggle.
"John Diggle, Felicity Smoak and Naruto Uzumaki." Oliver said.
"Does group have a name? Like Team Arrow, or something?" Roy asked.
"We don't call ourselves that." Oliver said.
"I do, occasionally." Felicity said.
"Stop." Oliver said.
"Whatever. Welcome aboard." Diggle said as he shook Roy's hand.
Back with Laurel, she stumbled into her apartment after getting escorted out of Verdant and walked into her apartment. She closed her door, dropped her bags and stumbled into the living room as it seems all those drinks were taking effect. She stumbled into the living room and then fell to the floor as she felt dizzy and weird.
She opened her eyes to and saw someone walk up to her but her vision was blurred. She shook her head and blinked her eyes a few times as her vision cleared up and she couldn't believe what she saw: her sister Sara, looking over her with concern.
"Sara…" Laurel said as she then passed out.
End of Tremors
And Roy has officially joined the team to get training with Oliver and Naruto. I hoped you guys liked the chapter. Sorry, it's been so long but things have just gotten so crazy with tests, exams and internship stuff that I haven't been able to write as much as I would like so again sorry. And so that you guys didn't go so long without an update, I just wrote one episode Tremors, I'll write the other one separate.
Next Chapter, Sara returns to Starling to look over Laurel and her family and unexpectedly brings two fearsome foes, one of which has a grudge against Naruto, but he's more than ready to fight.
Again, sorry it took so long. Things got crazy and hectic and are only going to get more hectic, so it may take me some time to update my other stories. I'm almost finished with an update to Game of thrones Crossover and halfway down with my X-men Evolution update so please be patient. We'll see more of Tsunade and Shizune later as well as other Naruto characters so look forward to that.
Hoped you guys like it and if you didn't, I'm sorry. No flamers.
Disclaimer: I don't own Arrow or Naruto, both belong to their respective owners, I'm just a fan.