Hello everyone! ...I apologize for not updating this sooner. I had something to take care of for awhile. Everything is done, aside from a few things...hehehe but don't worry about it. Now without further ado, chapter 21.
Disclaimer – I do not own Naruto or Young Justice. Masashi Kishimoto and DC own them.
Chapter 21
Connor walked up the stairs of the complex, back pack in hand as he slowly made his was to his destination. Today had been somewhat of a hassle at school. It wasn't like he was having any trouble with his school work, no that wasn't the case at all. It was the complete opposite for him. For a guy who knew almost everything his classes were pretty boring. At least he had M'gann with him. They both had at least 3 classes together, the rest of them he had to brave on his own.
At the sight of the front door to his home he quirked a smile. There was a mat where underneath it is where the key to the door was kept. What was pretty nice was that she had managed to get a duplicate key just in case someone tried something. When he asked her how she got it done she gave him a mysterious smile and a pat on the back. Since then he hasn't given up on asking her about it.
He reached his hand out towards the welcome mat and lifted it up. There laying on the ground was a bright orange key. Connor rolled his eyes at that and smiled. Why his mom decided on the key being orange he would never know. He picked it up off of the floor and put the mat back down, then moved to unlock the door. He stopped midway when he heard the sound of glass breaking. It sounded like ti come from inside. Putting the key into the lock and turning it quickly he moved his hand to the knob and opened the door, more like swung it open. Once inside the condo he saw one of his mothers prized Japanese styled vases on the floor in pieces.
"Man is she going to be upset when she sees this," Connor mumbled in shock as he walked over to the broken vase. He crouched down to get a better look when he heard the sound of a door being opened from down the hall. He swiftly turned his head in the direction of where the sound was coming from while slowly lifting himself from his crouch. His eyes narrowed as he glanced down the hall while taking cautious steps. He could hear the sound of another door being opened this time, though he was pretty sure where the noise was coming from now.
Someone was in his mom's room.
He kept a slow paced walk as he approached his mothers room, breathing slow and steady so that he wasn't heard by the intruder. Then with a speed he didn't know he had rushed into the room with his fists held up in front of him.
"Well...what do we have here." There standing a few feet from him stood someone he had not seen in a while.
Connor scowled. "You're that guy that we fought in that village. Sasuke, right?" Said man turned his body halfway giving the teen a once over before turning all the way around. His sharigan swirled once in both of his eyes as he stared at the younger male. He smirked.
"I am," he replied. The man stepped forward making Connor tense up. Something about the man really didn't sit well with him, and it wasn't because they had met on bad terms. There was something about those red eyes with the weird shapes in them that made him feel uneasy. It would have been nice of his mom to mention that his eyes did that.
"What are you doing here?" Better to go with a different approach then attack, Connor thought as he kept his guard up. During his training sessions with Naruko, she had taught him not to underestimate an opponent who appears to look weak. They are the ones that end up being stronger than they look. She told him that she had gotten that a lot when she was growing up. He could see why. She could take Superman in a fight if she wanted to.
"Why I'm here is of no concern to you," Sasuke scoffed.
"It's a huge concern when someone breaks into my home," Connor growled back.
"...So it's true, Naruko has taken in a stray," he heard the man mutter under his breath. That comment brought out anther growl from Connor as his fists clenched tighter.
"She adopted me as her son," he barked out in anger. He knew it was bad to lose his calm composer but this guy was really grating on his nerves.
Sasuke shrugged. "It doesn't really matter to me," he smirked at the teens scowl and backed up towards the nearest window which was right behind him. "Since it seems like Naruko isn't here, I'll be making my leave." He took one last look at the teen before jumping through the window.
"Wait," Connor shouted and ran to the window. He looked to the ground and saw that the man was not there. He didn't seem to be anywhere around the area outside at all. "Weird," he muttered to himself and backed away from the window. He needed to inform his mother about this.
"Yo, is anyone here," the sounds of a males voice called out from the front of the condo. Oh, that was right, Naruko had mentioned yesterday that A.I and Majesties son would be stopping by.
"I'm back here," Connor called out. He heard fast paced footsteps approaching and turned his head towards the door when he heard it creak open.
There standing outside the door was a young asian male teen with spike black hair, amber eyes that looks kind of like molten lava, a male japanese school uniform, and a weird looking lion gauge on his left ear.
"What's up, you must be Connor, the guy that Naruko adopted," the young teen walked up to him with his hand out grinning, "My name is Kaname Kasagawa. It's nice to meet 'cha!"
Connor took Kanamae's hand and shook it awkwardly. This guy was certainly... happy, and he seemed really laid back, like his dad. He looks like him too. "Like wise." They let go of each others hands and just stood there for a good minute until Kaname decided to speak.
"Hey, um, have you heard anything from my brother, Seijirou, my sister, Naruko, or my parents. They haven't contacted me in a while?"
"No," Connor answered bluntly.
Kaname chuckled nervously. "I-Is that so... cough so, um, how are thin-"
"You didn't just come here to make small talk, did you?"
"...Uh, no I didn't... geez this is embarrassing~! Hey, Connor, if any of them show up after I leave please tell them I was here." Kaname backed out of the room giving the other male a small wave then bolted down the hall.
Connor heard the front door of the condo being opened and closed. The place was quiet again. He sighed.
"I can't catch a break can I," he muttered and made his way to his room. Before he walked out the door of his mothers room he heard a loud beeping sound. He quickly turned his head around and looked to see where it was coming from. There on her desk was a small ear-comm that looked like the ones the League had given out... it was one of there's. He walked over to the desk, stared down at the ear-comm for a few seconds before picking it up and putting it to his ear. He pressed the answer button and spoke.
"Hello."
"Hello! Angel is that you," someone who sounded like Black Canary spoke from the other line.
"No it's Superboy. Is there something you need from her?"
"Yes. It seems there's a problem at the warehouse near where her condo is. Somehow there was a small issue that had happened earlier today which escalated pretty quickly. The man she's been looking for,
uh what was his name again?"
"Morinaga Seishuu," Connor answered.
"Yes, that's him. It seems that he called in a band of ninja to aid him. Green Arrow and I showed up maybe about an hour ago because we had gotten a distress call from Majesty. After we showed up...well things looked pretty bad. A.I is in serious need of medical help and Majesty looks like he is about to collapse. We really need Angel's help right now. Can you get in contact with her?"
"I don't know. I mean she hasn't really given me anything to contact her with... wait, there might be something, just hold on a second."
"We're getting beat up pretty bad out here, but I think we can spare a few seconds to wait. Just hurry please." Connor grunted out a yes then ran to his room. He swung the door wide open revealing his still very clean room. He walked towards his dresser and opened up the first drawer that was closest to the door. There inside next to his endless amount of black shirts was a three pronged kunai with a seal tag wrapped around it. He smiled and picked it up from off of his shirts. He stepped back from his dresser after he closed the drawer back up then with a quick fling of his arm he threw the kunai to the ground which embedded itself into the black carpeted floor. There was a bright flash of light then a big puff of smoke.
"Cough! Cough! Goodness, why does there have to be this much smoke every time," a familiar voice coughed out. Connor smiled and moved his hand up to his ear.
"I think I got her," he relayed as he watched the smoke clear, revealing his mothers distinct form. She was in her 'Angel' unform she she must have been out dealing with something.
"Oh good, get her on the line please." Connor walked over to his mom with her ear-comm in his hand.
"Hey mom, Canary's on the line for you, something about there being trouble at a warehouse." Naruko stopped her coughing and turned to look at her son. Her blue eyes were filled with surprise and a little bit of anger. She took the comm from his hand and put it up to her ear.
"Canary I was on my way there, I got a distress call from Majesty hours ago, but someone decided to call me back home," she gave Connor a small glare at which he rolled his eyes at.
"Oh, is so then you should head back this way, now," Canary stated sounding very panicked. The two heard a very loud screeching sound; it sounded like two swords clashing with one another.
Naruko's frowned. "Is everything alri-"
Clang! Boom! The sound of more steel clashing against rang over the comm along with a very loud explosion. It sounded like it was very very close.
"Aaaaah!"Naruko and Connor stared wide eyed at the comm then at each other. They just heard a scream come from Canary and it did not sound like one of those normal screams, no, it sounded like she had gotten seriously hurt.
"Canary! Canary are you okay!" Naruko didn't hear a response making it pretty obvious that something really bad happened. She clicked her teeth and set her comm down on the dresser next to her, then turned her head swiftly giving her son a stern look.
"Connor, I want you to go to the cave," she ordered, hastily making her way out of his room.
"What? Why," he asked following behind her. He saw her stop in front of him, glancing back at him with...red eyes? He had never seen her eyes that color before.
"Because I said so," was the last thing she said before she poofed away, leaving Connor to stare at the spot were she had been standing at. His lips were drawn in a deep frown matched with narrowed blue eyes.
He would go to the cave, but if his mother didn't show-
He was going after her.
Seattle, Washington
Abandoned Warehouse
15:20 p.m.
Naruko sped through the streets of her city, eyes as red as crimson narrowed down into a menacing glare. She jumped from roof to roof with great speed getting closer to her destination.
"Kit, you need to calm down. I can practically feel the fur on my back standing up right now, and that's never a good sign." Naruko did no respond to his words. It seemed like the only thing that was on her mind right now was getting to her friends and saving them. She didn't want to waste time chatting with Kurama, even if he was trying to get her to calm down. There would be none of that.
When Naruko was finally close enough to see the warehouse she picked up speed, kicking up dirt and wind. The people that she ran by would have thought she was the flash from how fast she was going, but seeing an orange and black streak running through the city made it evident that it wasn't him.
"I'm finally here," she uttered and stopped in her tracks right in front of the barb-wired gate, that looked to be chained up. Naruko bent her legs then sprung up jumping over the fence and landing on the other side. Before her feet could even tough the ground she felt someone behind her making her push her body away. She did a back handspring to evade any oncoming attack, took out one of her kunai and threw it towards the moving shadow that was coming towards her.
Clang! Out from nowhere another kunai appeared hitting hers, sending it to the ground. Naruko growled and looked around for the other person that she felt.
"Kit," she heard Kurama shout in warning.
"I know!" Naruko sprung back into another handspring then quickly jumped away avoiding an array of shuriken, that pierced through the metal top of the dumpster she had been standing on. She pivoted her body around swiftly with anther kunai in her hand, blocking a familiar long sword, one that she had not seen in a long time.
"It's been awhile, Naruko."
"What are you doing here, Sasuke," she spat out his name coldly. The man smirked, pushing more of his weight against his sword. Naruko grit her teeth as her feet began to slide back against the sheet metal roof they were standing on.
"Isn't it obvious," Sasuke leaned his face into Naruko's, "I'm here to make you mine."
"What," Naruko blanched in shock. Her cheeks tinged pink as she saw his face getting closer and closer. Her blue eyes grew wide as his breath wafted against her face sending shivers up her spine.
"I can see that nothing has changed," Sasuke smirked at her facial expression. "I still have quite the affect on you" He pushed more weight onto his sword then pulled one of his hands from the handle, moving to touch her cheek. The tips of his fingers slowly caressed the soft texture of her skin.
"What are you doing?! S-Stop it," Naruko sputtered in anger. She tried to move away from his touch but the way his hand and finger roamed over her cheek made her feel vulnerable. Vulnerable, was something that she was not used to being.
"Enough playing around Sasuke, Master Morinaga wants her to see them, and you are not needed at the moment," a man in ninja garb (ryu hayabusa's outfit) spoke, appearing right next to Sasuke. The latter growled, mad that he had been interrupted. He pulled his hand away from Naruko's cheek, but did not pull his sword back.
"It seems we'll have to continue this some other time. I'll be seeing you again, Naruko." Sasuke's moved his face close enough to kiss Naruko on her lips, enjoying the way she squirmed, then pulled back with a satisfied smirk on his face. He stepped away from her, re-sheathing his sword and poofing away, leaving the ninja and Naruko behind.
"I would advise you not to try anything. Your friends are at the mercy of my master, and if you want them to keep on living, I suggest you do as I say," the ninja unsheathed a short sword from his back and held it out in front of him in a backwards hand style (think of it like Asoka's from Star wars the clone wars).
Naruko felt her jaw grow tight. The grip on her kunai got looser and looser before falling down next to her booted feet. She glared at the man with hatred and disdain. Who did this guy think he was? Saying stuff like that was a taboo around her, and it made her blood boil in rage.
She closed her gloved hands into fists, tightening so much that she could hear the leather material squeak. Deep in the pit of her stomach she could feel Kurama's power stirring, growing hotter and hotter by the second. Her eyes turned red again, her teeth and nails grew sharper, and her blonde hair began to float.
"Oooh, you must be really mad right now kit!" Kurama sounded excited, like he knew what was going to happen next. He was right though, Naruko was mad, and she was ready to take it out on the nearest person.
The ninja flinched at the blonde woman's enraged look, but he held his ground. "No matter what kind of trick you pull, you still will not be able to get past m-" It was like a blur. Naruko had disappeared so fast without giving the man a chance to blink or finish his sentence then with her fist she punched the man square in the jaw, sending him flying. He was sent barreling through at least 3 walls of the warehouse before he finally stopped.
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"What was that? It sounded like something caved in just now, a wall maybe," Majesty muttered, coughing in pain as he attempted to sit up. He winced when he felt the muscles in his leg begin to hurt. He looked down at his wife who was unconscious next him, face bruised with dried up blood on her forehead, neck and everywhere else he could see. His amber eyes glossed over at the sight. That fight...that fight with Morinaga and his ninja guard was awful and seeing his wife in this state was proof enough that they were powerful. He looked down at himself noticing that his arm had started bleeding again. He sighed.
"Geez. Hey, BC you alright over there?"
Canary sat up from her spot on the hard cement floor, wincing every few second in pain. She nodded her head. "As alright as I'll ever be. GA, you okay over there?" Her boyfriend, who was laying on his back gave a pained grunt and a thumbs up in reply, meaning he was semi okay.
"Okay, so everyone besides A.I are okay...great. Now we just need to find a way out of here." Majesty looked around the dark room that they were in, looking a for any small opening that could be broken through. He looked right and left, up and down but could find nothing that even resemble a way out. Darn that Morinaga for locking them in a room with just one window that was too high up any of them to reach.
"Maybe that strange noise we heard is someone from the league," Canary hissed lightly, trying to get up on her feet. She moved her hands to the wall to the keep herself steady, slowly standing up. Her arms and legs ached with pain but she wasn't going to let that stop her form getting free from their prison.
"It could be," she heard Green Arrow mumble from the floor.
"Were any of you, besides A.I, able to get in contact with the Watchtower," Majesty asked as he scooted himself closer to his wife, pulling her and carefully laying her head on his thighs.
Canary shook her head. "No. I think while we were unconscious, Morinaga or one of his subordinates took our comms."
"Oh that's just perfect," Majesty said with sarcasm dripping from the tone in his voice.
"I was able to get in contact with Angel's comm before that explosion went off though." The ebony haired man's eyes widened as he his lips quirked into a wide grin.
"Then that sound we heard a few minutes ago was-" Canary nodded with a smile of her own. "Yes," he cheered. Angel was finally here, and she already kicking butt.
"I wouldn't cheer so soon." Majesty, Canary and Green Arrow saw the door to their prison open wide revealing the very man that kept them here, Morinaga himself with a smirk on his face.
Majesty glared daggers at the man, keeping a tight hold on his wife. "Why would you say that? You gonna try and kill us now, cause you already tried that you jaku*."
Morinaga chuckled, making his way into the dark room with one of his ninjas right behind him. "Oh Mr. Kasagawa, you frankly no nothing about what I plan to do, do you?"
"Uh, no. I figured you were just trying to kill us on the spot." Majesty ignored the glare that Canary and Green Arrow were giving him.
"I do plan on killing you, yes, but I want to revel in victory first."
"Victory? What do you mean," Canary asked staring the man in suspicion.
A sinister chuckle came from the man's lips making the already cold temperature in the room drop even more. When a guy laughs like that, you know he has something big and bad planned.
"All in due time my dear, all in due time."
"Sir, Naruko has just broken through our third wave of men," one of the ninja's shouted from the hall outside of the room.
Pale, thin lips stretched into a wider smirk as another chuckled erupted from Morinaga. "Excellent," he replied giving the man a nod. He looked down at the four injured heroes on the floor, eyes glowing crimson red as his chuckles slowly turned into maniacal laughter.
"It is finally time!" He moved his hand to the inside of his large over coat, taking what looked like the sword that they had been looking for. When he unsheathed the sword a large gust of wind picked up in the small room, pushing everyone that wasn't Morinaga to the steel walls, making human sized dents in it.
Majesty grabbed hold of his wife, pulling her in front of him as his back connected with the steel wall. He cried out in pain as he felt one of his shoulder hit the wall with enormous force. That was going to leave a very large bruise, he thought.
"What is he doing," Green Arrow tried to yell over the loud sounds coming from the string gusts of wind.
"I don't know," Canary yelled back.
"Hahahahahaha, now I shall eradicate this pitiful world and turn it anew!" Morinaga pointed his sword at them, smiling as he did so. "I'll start with you four!"
Crash! The ceiling above them broke sending large chunks of it to the ground.
"I don't think so," a familiar feminine voice shouted from above. Everyone looked up and saw blonde, orange, and black.
"She here," Majesty whispered in relief. His grip on A.I did not let up as he watched Naruko sailing past the falling debris looking mad as heck. He could see that her eyes were red meaning she must;ve already been super furious.
Oh Morinaga was going to get it.
So, I went over my limit for words, but I know you all don't mind that at all. I apologize again for the long wait. I've been super busy with college work, finding a job, helping people out with stuff (Princess De Luna, here's a shout out for ya X3). I've just been so tired too. I do hope that you all like this chapter though cause I re-did a lot of things that I had before this. Next chapter will have the final battle between Naruko and Morinaga, a very sad and shocking scene, and more harem magic(yeah, just like you guys wanted). I haven't forgotten about my original purpose for the story, I just wanted something else going on besides Canon.
Hope to hear from all of my lovely readers. Maker sure to R&R, I do love nice reviews...not mean ones. Those hurt my heart XC.
Oh before I sign off, look up Naruto Shippuuden ost -My name. Listen to that while you read this, I did the same while I typed it out from 12a.m to this 9a.m. It pretty much got me through typing out this whole thing. Music helps guys, music helps.
Anyway, Bye Bye, see ya next chapter.
~Anime hotty lover. 18