"This is not a story of what happened. This is a story of what could have happened. I am Uatu, the Watcher. And this is Uzumaki Naruto, the Venom. In his life, he will fight odds that most cannot see through. A warrior born and bred, he bonded with a symbiont by the name of Venom. He fought against a man named Zabuza, eventually saving him as well as the woman that would one day become one of his wives, Momichi Haku. He fought and killed a man named Orochimaru, the one of the greatest traitors his village has ever known. He even fought the likes of Uchiha Madara, the descendant of the Roku Sannin. His ultimate test was to recapture the beast that through his actions long ago, were set free. He went on to be a father and leader of his village. Yet this was only one of the many possibilities. During his battle against the bijuu, things had to go precisely right for them to turn out as they did. What if they had not?"

—oo000oo—

Naruto stole both Samehada from Carnage and was about to kill him but luck wasn't on his side. Famine saw him about to strike and jumped to intervene. "I don't think so," he growled.

Carnage coughed up blood, "Thanks, brother. In a moment, I will be back at my original power."

"Now, I can't have that," Famine said, his claws beginning to glow.

"What?"

"I was just thinking it was time for a promotion, from second strongest to strongest, but with you around, that will never be." Naruto got back to his feet and charged at them. "I just needed you alive a moment longer." He slashed at the air, tearing a hole in it that began to suck air in. "Naruto, allow me!" He ripped Carnage's head off his shoulders and burned the body. "Now, before you go, take a look over there!" Naruto couldn't help but look. His eyes widened at seeing both Haku and Hinata dead on the ground. "Let that be the last thing to go through your mind!" Famine shot him with a web as he ran to help them. Pulling him from his feet, Naruto was pulled into the hole and it closed behind him. Famine grinned as Fenrir reached the tree unopposed, ripped into it, and the world was covered in a bright light.

—oo000oo—

Naruto tumbled for what seemed like forever before he felt the wind again on his face and realized he was falling through the air. Securing both Samehada to his back, he caught a web on the nearest object and swung around it. He spun around it until he landed on top of it and staring in confusion. He was back in New York, on top of the Empire State Building but not his New York, Venom's New York. "Where are we...HAKU! HINATA!" He looked up at the portal to see it vanish and knew it was too late. He could never go back. Dropping his head to his chest, he let the tears flow. He didn't know how long he was there but he noticed that Mjolnir was missing. It had lost his grip on it when Famine attacked him. He tried to summon it to his hand and it didn't appear. "Impossible, nothing can keep it away from the wielder's call... We're not home anymore, are we, Venom?" The Symbiont told him not likely. "Thought so." Hopelessness setting in, he jumped off and dropped down to the city. Dropping down into an ally, he pulled back his hood and look around on the street. No one held weapons like he did so he doubt he would go unnoticed with two swords the size of a man each. Writing a seal on his arms, he placed them inside, changed into his chunin uniform, and walked out into the street. He got a few stares but no one really said anything.

'...Venom, what are we going to do? Is it possible to head back? And if so...do we want to? Hinata and Haku meant everything to us.' Naruto just walked, not really watching where he was going, and his boots carried him into China Town. The only reason he stopped there was because his spider sense was tingling. Looking to the right, he saw a store with the front lights off. Something was about to happen here. He went through the door and saw a guy with a gas can. "...Somehow, we doubt the owners are redecorating."

"Buddy, you just walked into something you really shouldn't have." He dropped the can and pulled a pistol from his jacket, aimed it at Naruto, and fired. Naruto twisted and straightened, looked at the guy, and held out the bullet he caught. "Jesus Christ!" He was going to fire again when Naruto threw the bullet back in the barrel, blocking it. The guy pulled the trigger and the slide shot back off the gun, into his shoulder. Before he could cry out in pain, Naruto had him on the floor.

"What are you doing!?"

"Oh god....god my arm. AGH!" Naruto slammed a fist into the wound. "They refused to pay protection so we were sent to make an example out of them!" Naruto knocked him unconscious and headed in back.

"Have some trouble, buddy," another guy said, working on a bomb.

"You could say that," Naruto said before spinning him around and punching him in the face, making him drop like a rock. Looking at the bomb, he pulled the wires out of the gas and tossed the timer away. Finally, he looked at the old man and woman that were tied up. "Don't worry, we're here to help."

Stepping on the guy to get to them, he cut their ropes. "Thank you, young man," the woman said after pulling away her gag.

"Yes, thank you, what can we do to repay you," the man said.

"You don't have to," Naruto said, bowing to them.

"Can we at least get you name," the woman asked.

"...Uzumaki Naruto."

"You're Japanese," she asked in surprise.

"Hai, though we look like our father, we were raised as our mother was."

They bowed to him in return, "I didn't expect to meet any of the Uzumaki clan outside of Japan, or ever again for that matter."

"You've met others?"

"Yes," the husband replied. "They were a dwindling shinobi clan back when we lived in japan long ago."

Naruto smiled a little. "We must go, we still need to find a place to stay." He was about to turn when they grabbed his arm.

"Now wait a second, child," the woman said. "You mean to say you don't have a home?"

"We don't," he replied.

"Then how do you take care of yourself?" Naruto remembered the several missions he had taken and bounties he had hunted. He made sure to keep gold and gems sealed on his person for times when he couldn't take ryu.

"We do odd jobs."

"And your parents?"

Naruto looked away, "Everyone we care for is dead..."

They looked at each other, "Then you are staying here," the wife told him. "Tatsuo, call the police, I'll take Naruto upstairs and show him his room." He nodded and went to the phone while she took him to an empty room. "You a spider-man fan?"

"Uh, yeah, you could say that."

"I like the red and blue spider-man over the black one working with the Avengers now."

Naruto looked at her confused, "What do you mean?"

"You don't know," she asked him.

"We've...been out of the loop for a while."

"Must be. After the hero civil war, Norman Osborn restarted the Avengers. Thing is, they aren't the Avengers we know. The Spider-man that works for them isn't the original, he is still out there, freelancing."

"...And the one in the Avengers wears cloths like this?"

"Yes."

"Venom," Naruto stated. "Wonder if its Mat Gargan or Eddie Brock?"

"Doesn't matter," the woman said, "he's reformed so that is all that matters. By the way, I am Kinoto, my husand is Tatsuo."

"It's our pleasure to meet you," he said. He looked around the room and said, "We don't suppose you have a spare bed, do you?"

"Yes, I'll get it down from the attic later."

"We will," Naruto said, looking for the stairs to it.

"Down the hall, to the left." Kinoto left and Naruto went and got the furiture for his room. While he was setting it up, the police came by and took the thugs away. As he laid there, that evening, he wondered what he would do. He suddenly shot up and ran to the window, several cars pulled up out in front, and he doubted that they were there for a friendly cup of tea.

"This will show them for messing with us," one said, holding up a machine gun. That was all Naruto needed to confirm it. He threw open his window, changed into his normal clothes, and jumped down in front of them. "Its Spider-man!"

"Wrong! We are Shinobi!" He shot one with a web, swinging him into several others. As guns started going off around him, he jumped, twisted, and dodged, avoiding them with ease. The bullets ended up hitting their own cars and each other. In moments, Naruto was holding one up by his throat. "Who do you work for!?"

"He'll kill me!"

Naruto slammed him into a car, "WE'LL KILL YOU! We'll just enjoy it more!"

He struggled a moment before shouting, "Eight Ball! He runs all the gangs in the East Side!"

"Where do we find him," Naruto asked dangerously.

—oo000oo—

"Where are they," Eight Ball demanded. "How long can it take to kill an old man and woman!?"

Darkness descended throughout the room. "A long time when we are around," Naruto said, dropping down on the table. All anyone could see of him was the white spider. He lifted the darkness, holding both Samehada. "We need to talk."

"Kill him!" Over twenty guns were pulled out and aimed at Naruto. He started the blades spinning around him and several people started dying from the ricochets. Throwing the swords, impaling two of them, he ran forward, slid along the ground, and came up behind Eight Ball, a blade at his throat. "STOP!"

"We see you have some intelligence," Naruto growled. "So let us make this clear. We are Shinobi, we live in China Town. Repeat it."

"You are Shinobi, you live in China Town," he said, shaking in fear.

"Good. You work for us and we want our peace and quiet."

"I work for you and you want your peace and quiet."

"If any of your goons come into China Town again, we are coming back for another visit. And when we do, we are going to shave the flesh from your bones before we kill you." Naruto threw him to the ground, grabbed his swords, ran and jumped out a window. Thirty minutes later, he was back in China Town, looking around. "...Until we figure things out, Venom, this is our home and we protect our home."

—oo000oo—

Jay Joana Jameson was furious. He honestly couldn't believe it! It was bad enough when there was a single Spider-man running around back when he was the owner of the Daily Bugle. Then when he became mayor of New York, that second one showed up with the Avengers. Now, there was one running around in China Town calling himself Shinobi and he acted more like the Punisher! "Can someone tell me why something hasn't been done!?"

The Police Chief sighed, "We can't get the citizens to help, sir. The first night he showed up, crime dropped. There has been almost no gang activities there in a week. They don't want him to go."

"He's a criminal," Jameson shouted. "Our own Government has said it! All those that wear a mask must be registered, so why in the name of Mary, mother of god, can't we catch him!? Keep in mind, I'm getting chewed out up top during this whole thing!"

"Excuse me, sir," a man said, walking in the room. "I assume you know who I am."

Jameson scowled, "Yeah, I do, Osborn. All of who you are, if you will remember."

"If you are referring to those incidents years ago, they are the past," Norman replied. "I hear you are having trouble in China Town."

"Yeah, a vigilante is doing what your men should be," he shouted. "That's what you're here for, right!? Fight crime, protect the world!?"

"Sir, you mistake me, don't forget that my Avengers are privately funded with the permission of the government, not by the government."

"What do you want, Osborn," Jameson demanded.

"How about my team deals with this 'Shinobi'? No mess, no fuss."

Jameson turned away, "Chief, what have you found out on him."

"He's a young teenager," the police chief stated. "His voice is unbroken, his size medium. Probably around thirteen."

"A thirteen year old has been escaping you," Norman asked before laughing. "Will wonders never cease."

The Chief glared at him and turned back. "From those we have arrested that survived the encounter, they say he wields two very large swords. From the wounds...these swords don't cut mister mayor, they shave off in layers."

"Who has he killed," Jameson asked.

"...The worst," the Chief replied. "The die hard gangers. Mostly, he knocks them out, knocks them around, gives them a real good beating, but he leaves them alive and whole."

"Have the Police even seen him?"

"Nope."

"My team can," Norman stated. "Give us one day, and Shinobi will be a memory of a boy locked behind bars."

Jameson looked at him, annoyed, "One."

—oo000oo—

Naruto tightened a bolt, "Try it now," he call from the basement.

There was a hum and the freezer turned back on. "You did it," Kinoto called to him. "How did we get by without you?"

Naruto wiped his hands on a rag and threw it in the dirty clothes, "We don't know, Kinoto-san." He headed into the shower and started washing down, "You know, Venom, this place isn't so bad. It would be better..." He left it unfinished, refusing to get depressed right now. Changing Venom into some jeans, a tee shirt, and his combat boots, he headed outside. "Kinoto-san, we're going out for a while. We'll be back in an hour."

"Okay, take care."

Naruto walked for a bit before ducking into an alley. Changing to his ninja gear, he climbed up top a building and started practicing his taijutsu and kenjutsu. After about twenty minutes, he slowed and stopped. "Come on out, we sense you are there."

"Heh, not bad bub," a man said, dropping down. Naruto looked at him and thought he was Wolverine. "So, you must be this Shinobi we keep hearing about."

"That makes you...who? Wolverine?"

He snarled at him, "I'm not my old man!"

"Oh? He has a son, eh? So, sonny boy, what do you want?"

"Your head."

"Sorry, can't have it, its kind of attached."

"Then we should rip it off," a voice said behind Naruto, surprising him. He looked and saw Venom on a grown up.

"...Mat Gargan, we're honored. Who else from the villian rejects are here?" Naruto blocked an arrow shot at him from another building.

"Name's Bullseye, brat," he shouted.

"So...the replacement Wolverine, Spider-man, and Hawkeye are here...to kill us?"

"Well, not kill, but if you don't come quietly," Bullseye said, leaving it unfinished as he drew another arrow.

Naruto smirked under his mask. "You never give a shinobi the chance to move." He back flipped, pushing off a pipe with his hand, and landing on another with perfect balance.

"So, you are a ninja, and not just calling yourself that," Wolverine stated.

"You have no idea. Bunshin no Jutsu." Two clones appeared and they all jumped at Bullseye. Bullseye shot the one in the middle with an arrow that passed right through, dispelling the clone. Naruto landed beside him, striking him with a knife hand to his throat. Wolverine jumped off a higher roof to land on the real Naruto, trying to drive his claws into him. Naruto grabbed him by the wrist, fell back, and kicked him off down into the streets. He looked around and found Gargan had vanished.

"You stole our image," Gargan said from nowhere.

"Hardly, you stole it from Eddie Brock, a good friend of ours." He rolled to the side, dodging Gargan. "You are dangerous, we can see that easily, but you have no training. You rely on your symbiont, we are part of it." His hands became a cross, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Seven clones appeared and all grabbed their swords.

"More illusions," Gargan growled.

"Not quiet," the Naruto on the right called. They all ran forward and started attacking and, to Gargan's shock, they were all very real. Though he was able to release a few of them, he was outmatched and quickly restrained. "Don't even try to use Venom to fight us," one clone holding him said when his symbiont fought off Gargan's. "We are far to strong for that," another said.

"Venom," the real Naruto in front of Gargan said, "is he truly worthy of your power?" He said no more before bringing his right sword back to take his head off. A laser shot at it, and though the sword survived, it was knocked from his hand. Naruto spun around and saw what looked like a combination of Iron Man and Captain America. "Who are you? The Iron America?"

"The Iron Patriot, Norman Osborn."

"Oh, the Green Goblin." He shot Samehada with a web line and pulled it back. "We take it you sic these dogs on us?"

"Yes, though I thought they would do better."

"We are the best at what we do," Naruto said. "And what we do isn't nice."

"And what is that?"

"Back where we came from, we were the best assassin in a village full of them. There was no target we couldn't hunt. Now, you are screwed. Demonic Ice Mirrors!" The dome appeared around Norman and Naruto jumped inside the mirrors. Though Norman destroyed a few with his lasers, Naruto was moving far too fast for him to do more before Naruto had him on the ground, beaten like a drum, his armor ruined. He looked around, Bullseye was still on the ground, choking, the clones held Gargan still, and Wolverine had finally climbed back up. "Is that all?" Naruto reached down and ripped the armor helm off of Osborn. "Let us make this clear to you, Goblin. We are not going to be messed with. Try something like this again, and we will unleash a horror that you will never see even in your dreams. Try us, see if we don't. You're little team of wannabes will never match up." He ripped the suit apart, piece by piece. "Get him out of our sight and out of China Town." He threw Osborn to Wolverine and Bullseye to Gargan. Naruto watched them run with their tails between their legs, thoroughly enjoying todays warm up.

"Not bad," someone said above him. Naruto looked at him, his hands resting on his swords, though he did drop one with a smile on his face. It was Spider-man, the real one. "Now, when I heard there was some new spidey in china town, taking out the bad guys, I decided to snoop around. And here I find you trouncing the Dark Avengers like they're amateurs."

Naruto shrugged, "We've been attacked by professionals."

Spider-man chuckled, "Must of been trained by professionals too. That magic?"

"You could call it that. They're ninjutsus."

"Wait, ninja skills? As in cloak and dagger, blow darts, throwing knives, black suit ninjas?"

"Aren't we wearing a black suit," Naruto asked. "And blow darts are so old timers now a days."

Spider-man looked at him a moment and said, "Sweet. Ninja superhero, never thought I'd see the day." He looked after the Avengers. "They'll be back, you hurt them, more so since you also hurt their pride."

"We know," Naruto said. "Kami help them when they do though, we weren't joking."

"...Yeah, about that, you aren't going to get anyone killed doing that, are you?"

"Only them. Parker," he said suddenly, surprising him, "we know how you work. You don't like to kill people. We don't like to kill people either but it is something we are will to do to those that fight us."

After a moment, Spider-man nodded, "You and Punisher would get along."

"If we do, we do," Naruto said with a shrug. "Go ahead, we know you are dying to know."

"How did you know who I am?"

Naruto stretched his arms. "We sometimes go by another name. Venom. The symbiont was a gift from Eddie Brock."

"Wait, I just saw Venom."

"Yes, you saw a Venom, not thee Venom." He looked back to him. "Don't worry, we aren't going on a killing spree, we're just trying to figure out our new situation."

"So...no bad guy?"

"No bad guy. And here," he pulled his mask off, "Uzumaki Naruto. We know you, you know us. We're even." Slipping the mask back on, he shot a web and swung off. Not a half hour later, he saw a passing chopper so he swung to it and caught a ride on its underbelly. "What an interesting city. Doesn't it ever sleep? How do people go on everyday with no rest?" He looked around and saw something that made him groan. Juggernaut was running down the street. "Not our problem, not our problem. We're outside of China Town...Damn it." He dropped down, swinging his way until he landed on Juggernaut's helmet. "Hey big guy, pull over! You're going the wrong way on a one way street!"

"Spider-man! I thought you learned you can't stop me!?"

Naruto moved his face in view, "We're not Spider-man." Juggernaut reached for him and Naruto flipped over to the other side. "Just calm down." He crawled onto his back, avoiding another grab. "Fine, have it your way." He slid between his legs and formed a chakra sphere. "Going up! Rasengan!" Fortunately, he wasn't moving so he wasn't unstoppable. Juggernaut was launched up threw the air. Naruto lost sight of him with the low lying clouds and looked around after a moment. He checked his watch, web shot a forgotten news paper over to him, and waited

"....aaaaaaagh!" Naruto looked up, swearing he heard something. "Aaaaaagh!" There it was again. "AAAAAAGH!" Juggernaut hit the ground, hard. Naruto walked over to the crater and looked down. "Ow."

"You okay down there?"

Juggernaut grabbed the lip of the hole he was in and pulled himself up. "Of course I am! Do you know who I am? I'm the Juggernaut!"

"You are also breaking traffic laws," Naruto said, pulling out a pad of paper from his pocket with a pen. "We're giving you a ticket for going to wrong way down the road as well as refusing to pull over." He wrote it out, pulled it off, and stuck it to his helmet with some webbing. "Have a nice day."

Juggernaut pulled it off with a scowl. "Kid, I already hate you as much as the original."

"Thank you. Now, you going to stop all the chaos?"

"What, you're not here to stop me?"

"We don't know what you are doing, we just know you tossed a car like it was a toy into traffic."

"...Fine, just buzz off, swing off, whatever."

Naruto nodded and started swinging off. "Is this normal for New York?" He reached an intersection and saw a rather large, single wheel vehicle go rolling down it. "Guess so." A moment later, a bike with flames for tires went by, with the rider having a flaming skull. "...Kisame would fit right in." He shrugged and swung off.