"talk"

'thoughts(demon conversation)'

'private thoughts'

"demonic voice"

Sorry it took so long, now I'm back and here's the chapter, it hasn't been proof-checked yet, so some spelling errors might be present, but it's going to be corrected by the end of the week.

I don't own 'Naruto' anime or manga, nor do I own 'Justice League'. This is just a story, my story with beta-reader Sithmaster56a for the fans to read.

Also, I'd like to thank my readers, this week it reached over 900 favorite readers. It must mean that I'm writing something good… Enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 21: Paradise Lost – Amazonian law- part 2

'I've lived an interesting life.'

The ninja had to avoid projectile after projectile jumping from one side to the other. They were so fast that avoiding them was a real problem in his condition.

'I've met a lot of interesting people.'

Jumping from side to side, the adversary finally stopped the assault and waited for his next move. "How long are you going to jump? Face me like a real man!"

The blond man stopped his assault and looked around. "I bet you'd like that, wouldn't you? No thanks, I'd rather be a smart non-man, then a stupid dead-man."

"Cocky bastard. You'll have to face me sooner or later…" the person fired three more arrows.

'I've done things that people can't even imagine.'

The ninja evaded the two arrows but deflected the third with his kunai.

Around them, a crowd of amazons were cheering but watching intently.

Out of all of them, one certain black haired amazon was concerned. 'Evasion is not enough, with every second that passes, she's reading more of your movements and will find a weakness in your technique…' she thought looking between them.

'If I could put in a few words what I've learned it's this:… '

A few more arrows flew by his sides, but he evaded them easily.

Turning back to his opponent and to his horror, the first thing he saw tip of an arrow approaching his head. Everything seemed to go in slow motion as it was getting closer.

"No good deed goes unpunished"

-24 hours ago-

The red haired Artemis was having a very bad day. She had argued with the queen and the princess not too long ago about these men and why she wanted them out so fast.

"Men are all the same, they treat women as positions. They think they're better, use us for their own pleasures and when we try to stand up for ourselves, they beat us sometimes for no reason." She mumbled to herself, every step she took became more forced as she recalled the naïve princess standing up for them.

Right now, she was going to bathe in the waterfall and maybe ignore the intruders.

On the way, she meets with the princess, the queen and a few other amazons.

"My queen..." she bowed with respect.

"Artemis." Returned the Queen with authority.

"Princess…" she glared at the princess but bowed, this time not with the same respect.

"Sister…" said the princess seeing the glare and feeling uncomfortable.

Artemis continued her path, while Diana turned to her and wanted to chase after her but was stopped by a firm hand on her shoulder courtesy of her mother. "Let her go, Diana. Artemis needs some time to compose herself."

"Why, mother? Why is Artemis so hostile against men?" she turned to her mother.

The queen sighed deeply. "Out of all the amazons, Artemis had one of the worst experiences with men, and their kind. When I first meet her, I could sense that she hated them with a fury unmatched. When we fought them, she didn't fight for freedom; she fought them for the pleasure of killing them."

Diana's face turned from confusion to horror and shock. She never heard about this about Artemis.

"Sometimes I wonder, if she was one of us. She's a lone wolf Diana, isn't very approachable, but she is one of the best commanders in our ranks." Returned the queen.

"In all this time she never forgot about her experience?" Diana asked concerned.

"No, maybe, in some way, she doesn't want to forget…" Finished the queen resuming their return to the temple, mostly in silence.

-Meanwhile-

Artemis reached her destination, and after a few moments, she began to strip her garments before a sudden 'thud' was heard just a few meters from her.

She turned quickly and found the source. It was none other than the blond man fully dressed who turned to her shocked.

The two stared at each other with wide eyes for what seemed like hours when it was just seconds.

Birds flew above their heads singing all the way, but went completely unnoticed.

Finally Artemis lowered her head and tightened her grip around the piece of cloth still in her hand.

Naruto caught the movement as a sign and snapped out of his shock. "T-this… is… is an accident! …. Sorry!" he said taking a step back. "I didn't mean to jump in like that!" he said covering his eyes. "I didn't see anything! Gomenasai!"

Artemis stood still for a moment until her hands suddenly released the cloth and she stood still reveling her feminine beauty. Her body was perfectly, fit with lean muscles, round full breasts and attractive hips.

Naruto, disturbed by the sound turned to look and was shocked by this sight. Artemis, though brash and arrogant, was a perfect beauty with a warrior's body because underneath the beauty he could still trace scars, from fights or training.

Now the blond was confused, he didn't see this coming. "A-aren't you… mad?"

Artemis stood still with the bangs of her red hair covering her eyes from sight.

"'Mad'? Hahakukuku." The laugh itself made his hair stand on end. "I'm not mad… You like this don't you? Look at me all you want…" she said.

Naruto was stunned feeling something crawl up his spine…

"… but, you'll have to pay me back…" she raised her face revealing an insane evil grin. "in pain…"

In a moment the blond found himself hit with a punch in the face sending him in the water a good
20 feet away…

"Look all you want…" She continued before jumping up high and landing on the blond pushing his body under the water with her weight on his abs pushing his head underwater with her hands. "It will be the last thing you see before you go to the Underworld."

Naruto started struggling, this crazy chick was trying to drown him and he had to fight back.

He tried to break her grip on his neck with his hands but to no avail. 'Guh, she won't budge… if I don't do something, I'm going to drawn…'

"I can't understand what the queen or the spoiled princess sees in you!" spoke Artemis pushing all her weight on her hands trying to drown the ninja. "To me, you're just another savage of this world… and like a savage you will die by my hands...!"

'I, guh, I got to get her off…'. The ninja released his hold on her arms and put them on her head and face trying to push her back.

Artemis retaliated and bit on one on his left hand hard enough to draw blood. The ninja had to hold a scream and keep pushing. 'Just… a little more….NOW!' The man pushed all his weight on his back and lifted his right leg as much as he could hitting the amazon on the top of the head.

Artemis released her grip to run her hands on her head.

Naruto could hold his breath anymore and in desperation plunged his hands on the amazon's chest with so much force that he pushed her back to the shore and into the ground.

"(Ughaaa!) ha ha ha, you… ha ha ha, trying to… ha ha ha… kill me…!" he managed to speak out, trying to get some air in his lungs.

"You caught me, I guess you're head isn't just for show…" said the amazon rubbing her head but getting in a fighting stance with both firsts in front of her.

Naruto responded by rising on his feet and entering his own stance. However looking forward he could see her full nakedness and averted his eyes hiding a blush.

Artemis saw this and smirked. "How innocent of you, does seeing a woman's naked body weaken you men this much now? Pathetic..." She jumped in a dash in the water towards the ninja in the water and threw punch after punch.

But the blond blocked all of them focused entirely on her face which was in a scowl.

Hits were exchanged but the hero's were just defensive, meant to block her own fists.

Artemis tried to use her strong legs to kick him to the side, but he used his own knees to block her hits, she had to admit, he had great balance if he was able to block her onslaught.

Finally she jumped up and went for a jump kick…

The blond was surprised by the sudden view and lost focus for a few moments…

'An opening!'thought Artemis seeing his shocked face and pushed even harder.

The ninja didn't have time to block or evade and was struck in the chest with a huge force that pushed him several meters to the shore.

He didn't have time to feel the pain, as the blond found himself dodging and being pushed back by another kick, but this time he managed to block with his forearms.

Retreating back, he started dodging and blocking punches and kicks from the amazon as she tried to advance again. Her hits getting more intense as her anger rose.

Naruto blocked all her punches, pulling blocking another right fist, he saw an opening and pushed for a falcon punch but his eyes caught hers and stopped just an inch from her face.

Artemis felt the wind pressure from the fist blow her messy red hair back and both stood perfectly shocked for a few moments.

Naruto managed to unfreeze from his shock fast enough to g\block a kick before her other leg hit his face.

"So weak! How did a coward like you, who fears to fight back, even defeat Hades?" taunted the amazon.

The blond looked back holding his bruised arm. "Hell if I know. Maybe, he just underestimated me." He said pulling a smirk. "… just like you have." As soon as he finished, the amazon captain felt a sudden impact to back push her in mud as a weight landed on her back. Fortunately it wasn't very heavy.

The said weight got off, but not before making sure to push her head in the mud, allowing the amazon to get up.

"Ugh…eh… What happened?" screamed the amazon getting some of the mud out of her eyes. She looked up and saw two identical men in front of her. "By the gods…"

"Not gods, but close. Ninja…." Said the blond with a smirk looking at her muddy face and body. "I hope you enjoyed your mud treatment."

"You basterd!"

"Don't underestimate me. I just don't like to fight girls… and I don't want to hurt you. You've been suffocating me with threats and trying to kill me since we meet. We shouldn't be doing this… I don't know what you have against me, but I want to know, tell me why you hate me so much…" he returned with determination. 'Especially sexy girls…'

"Girl?" The amazon looked into his eyes before narrowing her own. She whipped some of the mud off and spun around planting a strong kick in the boy's abdomen. It was so strong that it sent him in a tree shattering the trunk. "You call me a girl? I am an amazon! And I am a WOMAN, BOY! Trash like you hide behind noble words! 'I don't like to fight girls' To me means, I want to sleep with you, 'I'm understanding' means I'd do anything to get in bed with you!" She returned before approaching the young man that was now holding his renewed cracked ribs in pain and placed her foot on his shoulder. "You like my body, don't you? You're attracted to it in such a way that you don't want to injure it, but what if I were a ugly old hag, would you still hold back?" she asked looking down on him.

"(cough) E-even (cough) Even then…" he coughed feeling his ribs hurt. "You don't get it… we don't fight for money, or women, or fame…". 'well maybe I do…'. "We fight to help people who can't help themselves, we fight for justice and peace, and not just for one country, we fight for everyone…!" he returned looking with fierce determination in the amazon's eyes.

Artemis looked into his eyes, searching for any signs of lies or weakness, but could find none, and for a few seconds she had to admire the boy's courage and determination. "Huh, we don't need your help. Does it look like we're powerless?" she returned before turning to leave.

The boy looked at her back leaving and couldn't understand what was in this woman's head, one minute she was trying to kill him, the next she was just turning her back on him and leaving, not to mention that she didn't have the decency to change in clothes… maybe she was stupid. "Yeah, riiight… try saying that when you're made of stone…" he whispered more to himself trying to get up.

Unfortunately, Artemis heard him from quite a distance. "What did YOU say?" she asked turning around with fire in her eyes charging it with great speed.

'Or maybe I'm stupider…' "Uh-oh…" he reached into his ninja pouch and threw three shuriken with ninja wires tied.

Artemis saw some kind of stars being thrown by the ninja but they completely avoided her, so she ignored them and kept running, but when she looked to her right and saw the stars turning around her and the thin metallic string attached, she couldn't understand what was happening until it was too late. "What is this magic?" she shouted feeling her whole body loosing movement as the wires wrapped around her arms waist and legs tying her up like a role of string.

The red head trips and her momentum push her forward falling right on the ninja.

Naruto, in reflex wraps his arms around the wired woman, cushioning her fall on his body.

"Aghhh. That hurt…" he hisses in pain feeling the pain in his ribs course through his body.

Silence settles as both stand motionlessly, full shock overwhelms both of them since this was a completely new for both of them.

The first one to break the shock is the blond, and his mind registers that his hands had been holding her butt since she fell on him. In a second, he's quick to move his hands away and push her to the side.

By this time the amazon had recovered from her own shock and realized that she was unable to move. "Release me at once!" she hollard on top of her lungs.

The ninja grunted and sighed in exasperation. 'Shikamaru was right. Women are really, REALLY troublesome… Damn, I'm even starting to think like him... next thing I know, I'll start looking at the clouds.' He thought before looking up and realizing something. 'Which I am doing right now… Damn it!'

"Hey, you basterd! Are you listening to me!" screamed the red head trying furiously to break the wire but it just seemed to sink in her skin the more she tried.

Naruto got up and looking himself over he sighed. "Damn, I got dirty again. Now I have to wash these again!" he said before starting a silent rant about crazy-psichotic-pmsing-loud-women.

"Don't ignore me, you stupid back-end of a hourse of a man!"(A.N. trans. in English: Jackass) screamed the amazon trying to get free. "When I get out of this, I'm going to castrate you! YOU HEAR ME! I'M GOING TO CUT YOUR BALLS OFF!" screamed the amazon trying harder to break the wire.

Naruto had enough, everything in his body ached, even his hair. 'No more mister nice ninja!'

"Argghh! Let me go, you excrement! (Splat) Ughhh!" before she could continue she found herself being hit in the face with mud. " Ahhe! You… you hit me… with MUD!"

Naruto now faced her with and evil grin on his face. "I've had enough of your dirty mouth! So if you don't keep quiet I'm going to feed your face a mud pie!"

"Well, you can kiss my butt! (splat) ugh!" another mud pie was thrown in her face as she felt the taste of mud and even swallowed some of it.

"I'm sorry, were you going to say something? You know, you screech with your mouth full…" returned the blond.

"Ughh! I'm going to kill you! (splat)!" and another…

"Here's mud in your face!… of I'm sorry, I mean, there's mud on your face… Hahaha"

Artemis swallowed her anger. "… release me." She said.

"What was that? Please speak louder!" he said comically leaning forward.

"Release me." She said louder.

"Hmm… let me think about it…" he said turning around in a thoughtful position.

A minute passed and then another….

"Well! Release me already you (splat)!" another mud pie hit her face. "ptew… hey, you didn't even let me finish!"

"Yeah. But I know what you were thinking."

Artemis grit her teeth, for all the crunchy sensation between her teeth, she couldn't help it. She hated this man, she really REALLY hated him, he is annoying beyond reason, a true monument to every frustrating mistake in the world! 'By the gods, I swear, if I'm to ever get my hands on him, I'm going to kill him, and not just fast, NO definitely not a fast death, but slow, ravaging even like a wild cat that likes to play with its prey. But I'm not going to only play with him, I'm going to humiliate him, make him beg on his hands and knees for me… '

" '… I'm going to make him beg on his hands and knees for me to stop…' that's what you were thinking wasn't it?" he asked looking to her face for confirmation.

"…" Artemis looked flustered with a mix of shock as he somehow managed to read her thoughts. "H-how did you…?"

"You just confirmed it…" he snickered as reality hit the red haired amazon. "You're a real pervy woman, aren't you?"

"Y-you tricked me! YOU…." She stopped herself as she saw the blond making another mud ball ready for throwing.

"…it's your choice, I can do this all day." He said with a smirk.

Artemis swallowed really hard and kept her words for herself as she followed closed her mouth and stared daggers into the blond.

"See, was that so hard?"

"…"

"… oh, the silent treatment now. Works for me…" the blond said turning around to the pond and started washing his hands and face.

Artemis continued to stare at him, unconsciously hoping she could stare a hole in him… when something happened.

The ninja started removing his gear and clothes. She looked disturbed as he removed his coat, armor. 'What is he? Oh no, oh no, no, no, no, no, NO!' thought the amazon fearing her fate. '… is he going to collect his 'prize'?' she thought as she saw him taking his shirt off and finally his pants. All stops were off as the amazon started worrying this time very visibly as she tried even harder to rip her restraints but with little success.

The blond looked back and saw her shift. "Stop moving so much, you're going to cut yourself if you push too hard…"

She stopped to look back at him and saw that he had his face turned to the pond, now only in a pair of dark blue boxers as he started washing his clothes.

"I'm not going to do anything to you, just washing my clothes… Actually I really hate those kinds of people."

The amazon felt a slightly calmer by his words but was very much still on guard. Getting a closer look on his back, she could see his bare back in the light and some visible scars could be seen, and not just small ones, but cuts and even some holes, but they were so hard to spot that it was only thanks to her own experience with scars that she recognized his. Whoever this person was, he knew battle, and knew it for a long time.

"… you have seen many battles." she spoke without thinking, but closed her mouth soon after.

The ninja was surprised; he really didn't expect her to even bat an eyelash at him, unless that bat could kill him. "Heh… yeah, and I can tell that you did as well."

"… how would you know…" she returned silently more to herself.

"… I just do… I learned to read a person's feelings when I fight them…" returned the blond finishing washing his clothes. "… and you were fighting like someone troubled, but not inexperienced…"

The amazon looked back at the blond wordlessly but still with suspicion.

-Meanwhile – Back at the temple-

Diana felt worried, Shadowman had been gone a long time.

When he left on his walk, she could feel that he was very disappointed and angry but felt that some time alone would do him some good. But that was hours ago.

Could something have happened? Or worse, what if he ran into Artemis?

Her attention quickly came to the Flash who zipped right next to her. "Hey, princess. How's it going?"

"Flash, you haven't left yet?" she asked.

"Nope, I though I could stick around and try to break the ice between our worlds, you know." He said,

"And? Any luck?" she asked with a small smile. She knew Flash, he was just a big flirt, not the bad kind of man, according to Hawkgirl.

"Not one bit. The ladies here really like to play hard-to-get." He returned sadly. "But what about you? You look worried."

"I haven't heard a word out of Shadowman in hours. His communicator is off and I can't find him anywhere." She returned.

"I wouldn't worry about him. He knows how to take care of himself." He returned.

"Yes, but I fear that Artemis might try to attack him again, and she isn't here either." She returned.

"Relax, I mean this is Naruto were talking about…" the red costumed here returned.

"Exactly…" she returned with a deadpan look.

"… I can see where you're coming from. But you need to chill, what are the chances of them seeing each other in this big of an island? And it's not like she'd really kill him…"

-Back to Naruto -

"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" screamed the red haired amazon, Artemis chasing the blond ninja through the jungle.

'How did it turn out like this! One minute we were making progress, the next she's after my hide…' thought the blond running from the angry, naked, amazon who was chasing him armed with a large branch.

After he finished washing his clothes, and some small talk, he decided to cut her loose, with a clone of course, but then he had to do, he just had to drop the ball when it counted the most… the ninja slapped his face cursing his bluntness… and before he knew it, the red haired warrior was on his tail harder than ever trying to rip him to shreds…

Now he was jumping through the forest trying to lose her, but she was proving to be very tenacious.

Then an idea struck him and in a second he made a shadow clone which started running in his place while he transformed into a bush which she jumped over to catch up to the clone.

After not hearing her footsteps anymore, he released the jutsu and whipped the blood that was leaking from his nose. "What the hell is with this island? Ever since coming here, I've gone 20 rounds with a insane god, saved a bunch of crazy women who almost killed me, and been a victim of reverse sexual harassment! I got to get out of here before I start talking to myself… like I'm doing just now… oh crap…" said the ninja slapping his head.

"AHAHAHAhahahah. Getting crazy there boy?" said a certain fox making its entrance.

"Oh great. Exactly what I didn't miss… today my luck just keeps getting worse and worse…"

The fox responded with a chuckle before responding. "If you didn't have such rotten luck, I would have gone as insane as Shukaku by now. Your dangerous, active, perverted and even stupid way of living just makes it all more bearable to be trapped in you… "

"I'm not stupid or a pervert, you stupid fuzzball! And if you were even half as crazy as that guy, I would have shoved your furry ass in a cage till the day I die… so consider yourself lucky that you get stuck with me…" returned the blond irritatingly while looking around making sure he isn't followed.

"Huh, don't be surprised if I say 'I agree with you there'. Fate seems to have dealt you a real weird hand, and that makes it very interesting show to watch, but the one thing that ruins it all is the player, meaning you. " returned the fox.

"Oh, so now I'm getting complaints about how I live my life for an oversized fur rug? I suppose you would have done something better…"

"Oh yes, bitchy females like her are quite the screamers when you mate, they act all feral and defensive, but once you show her who the dominant one is, they literally become clay in your hand to sculpt in your own image." Said the fox.

"Thanks for the advice but I have no intention of signing myself up for mating season…"

"That's why you're a very bad character, kid. You're too innocent…"

Naruto snapped into reality and looked around cautiously, he felt it just a second ago, the clone's memories came to him. The insanely beautiful yet mental amazon had chased the clone all the way to the beach where it pounced on him and ended his life in one quick punch in the face and now he knew that she was coming for him.

Working his way through the jungle, he heard a sound from the bushes. "Who's there?" pulling two stars from his pouch in his hands he got ready when he saw the outline of a woman with red hair. "Stay back!" he threw the stars in reflex but the target moved and the starts hit a tree trunk close to her face. Shock beset in the blond as the figure came into the sun revealing not the dangerous red head from before but the sweet doctor that helped heal him back at the temple, Alexis if he remembered correctly.

Naruto panicked looking at the Alexis's face that was full of fear and shock. "I-I'm sorry... I wasn't…"

But before he could finish the doctor turned around and started running for her life in the jungle.

"Wait!" the ninja gave chase running after the frightened woman. "It was an accident!"

"Don't come near me!" she screamed back.

"Damn it! Why do I always screw up!" he scold himself giving chase. "I'm sorry! I swear I thought you were someone else!"

"Stop chasing me!" she screamed back running even faster. "Leave me alone!"

"Slow down!" he yelled back.

But the frightened young woman ran even faster. Unfortunately, the jungle was very treacherous, The dense vegetation and humid weather made the soil very soft and slippery, and as the amazon ran down a hill she tripped in a tree root and found herself falling and sliding on the ground, and screaming as she found herself getting scratched by sharp rocks and braches. "AAhh, ahhh." To her horror she neglected to remember where she was running and found herself ascending to the edge of a 70 foot cliff over a river. She was going to die, the impact would at least knock her out but the fact that she wasn't a very good swimmer only made it more certain. "AAAAAAHHHhhhhhh!"

She closed her eyes waiting for the impact to hit. But what came didn't feel at all like water, they were a pair of arms that wrapped around her head and back pushing her in a soft fabric. Looking up in a flash she caught sight of black and red flowing fabric and looking up for a second she saw a through with someone's Adam's apple, meaning it was a man. It was THAT man, the one that was chasing her, the one she helped treat…

She didn't have time to continue as the impact came and she found herself surrounded by water, and sinking. But before she could be pulled in deeper or taken by the current in the river, she felt the same hands pulling her upwards and out of the water…

Shadowman had jumped after her and managed to break her fall with some injury. He then pulled her out before she would sink and was now carrying her to land.

Alexis was frightened. She didn't know what to do, he might have saved her from the water, but maybe it was just to have her all to himself. Now, she couldn't run away, he was too close. 'What do I do? Maybe if I play dead he'll just leave me alone and go away…' And that was exactly what she was doing.

The ninja placed her on the ground softly and looked worried. She wasn't opening her eyes or breathing. "Come on, don't die!" he tried slapping her gently to get her to wake up but she didn't respond. "Oh no, is she…?" He lifted her hand to feel a pulse and dropped to her chest to hear her heartbeat but water in his ears made it very hard to concentrate.

Alexis blushed slightly, feeling the strange man's head on her chest but pushed it down. It was too late to back off now…

"Damn it..." cursed the blond putting her arms to the side, removing his jacket and remembering his medical training. 'CPR. Open the victim's mouth and blow air in the victim's lungs until the chest visibly moves, followed by gentle pushes into the victim's chest between the breasts only a third in… '

The blond placed his hand on her forehead to secure her and opened her mouth to look for any obstruction, and the pulled air in his lungs and approached the amazon.

Alexis didn't know what was happening when she felt the head on her forehead and him opening her mouth. She feared he had some sick ideas in his head and opened her eyes only to meet the man's own eyes mere inches from hers as their lips collided.

Everything seemed frozen in time, dark blue eyes met dark blue eyes staring at each other, and even the fish that jumped out of the water didn't faze them.

Their lips parted as the ninja pulled back and tried to pull some words out. "I-… you-… I didn't…(boom)".

The amazon responded with a punch to his face that sent him back in the water... feeling a red blush coming to her face…

"Oh yeah… this is a very bad day…"

That's it people. Next chapter will be the end of the Amazon arc and a trailer for the next.

AN: I wanted to finish the arc this chapter, but I put this chapter off for too long.

Happy Halloween to Everyone.