"talk"
'thoughts(demon conversation)'
'private thoughts'
"demonic voice"
I don't own 'Naruto' anime or manga, nor do I own 'Justice League'. This is just a story, written by me with beta-reader Sithmaster56a for the fans to read.
Chapter 31: WarWorld: Dungeons and masters…
Earth
It was a rainy night with some intense lightning and wind.
Two figures walked towards an abandoned building. One behind the other they were unconcerned about the rain due to the black raincoats.
"This is the place. Now…"
"Open it"
The lead person preceded to do just that and opened the door and took the lead. As they did, they entered a empty room and the guided walked up to the wall. They then traced their hands on a seemingly random pattern of bricks before getting up.
"(Tzaashhh)(Crack!)" A light started to trace the cement holding the bricks in a place before the brick started to implode before disappearing all together presenting a stairwell to descend.
"Impressive…" said one quirking an eyebrow, gesturing inside. "After you."
They then walked down the stairs where torches lit automatically shedding light.
After a while they appeared in a huge brick room with a fire place, couches, working table, and a huge collection of books, scrolls, paintings and a tabled covered by some kind of cloth with weird seals and writing covering it with an orb of some kind in the center.
"Why the need for a bunker like this?"
"This is where the more destructive and special objects are hidden. It's too much of a risk to hide them all in one place." The guide said taking a step back.
"I see. Pretty reckless leaving it like that… (Tjhhsss)" said the other grinning. Just as he took a step forward through the entrance, three huge balls of energy lit up with multiple sheets of energy covering the entrance like a barrier separating the two.
"Yes it was… before we installed the alarm system to protect against intruders." Said the guide looking unfazed.
"Bitch…!" The person grit his teeth in anger as the orb started charging up and fires rays of purple energy at the intruder who jumped back and avoided them.
"Don't worry, after you die, I'll be sure to put your carcass to use…" the guide taunted.
"When not if I get out of here, I'm going to make you pay, not because you stabbed me in the back but because you insult me with these little trinkets…"
The guide swallowed watching before restoring the smirk. "You'll find that those aren't the only sentries you must be wary of. "
Fueling Moon somewhere in space
Green Lantern John Stuart and Hawkgirl waited to meet the magistrate of the Moon, they didn't have to wait long.
"Good day to you, Green Lantern." asked the creature present in some kind of robes.
"Good day, magistrate. Sorry to have caused any interruptions." Returned GL politely.
"No interruptions, at all, what can I do for you?" asked the magistrate.
"We have been following a ship that we believe has taken some of our friends, we've been tracking her to this sector of the galaxy. We believe it might have stopped by this fueling moon for supplies." started Lantern slowly.
"I see… that's quite unfortunate. I will do anything we can to help you." Returned the Magistrate.
"That's great, then just give us the name of the ship, its cargo scans, and personnel file which should include our three friends and the destination they would reach and we'll be out of your hair." asked/demanded Hawkgirl in her blunt 'to-do' mode of speech.
"I'm afraid that is not as easy as it sounds." Returned the magistrate a little weary.
"Why? You just said you'd help us." Asked Hawkgirl arching an eyebrow, her detective senses tingling.
Lantern sighed before squinting his eyes and pulling Hawkgirl back by the arm. "Would you let me do the talking?" He whispered in his 'stop jerking off' tone. "I'm sorry about that, my friend is about as blunt as metal pipe."
Hawkgirl proceeded to send him one of her special death glares at his head.
"No apologies necessary, Lantern. I understand your plight, which grieves me to tell you that my help is limited." said the magistrate with his hands behind his back.
"What do you mean?" asked Lantern curious.
"Walk with me. " He said turning to leave signaling the heroes to follow him. " You see, this moon belongs to the Galactic Commonwealth, making it a private economic resource, and our policies have changed lately: cargo scans, personnel files and any personal delicate information was declared a violation of personal rights and property, so the information we can provide is limited."
Lantern's eyes widened in surprise, he had known that the Commonwealth was a fast growing organization of planets but he didn't know their influence spread this far nor that their policies were not in accordance with the Green Lantern standards. This was going to be a lot trickier then he had thought.
"I'm afraid, I can only give you the registry to search and any recordings…" He said opening a door to the command center.
"How many entries are there in the last 30 time cycles(hours)?" asked the hero.
The magistrate sighed. "100 at least… known. This is a very busy commercial route." He answered with an unsure tone to his voice.
Hawkgirl opened her mouth in awe. She grit her teeth before sighing. "Crap…"
The green hero sighed with defeat pressing his hand on his forehead. "… I agree."
War World
As Shadowman slept he was woken up by the sound of his door opening.
"Wake up." Said a voice of some kind of brute. "We're going for a walk?"
"Where?" asked the ninja trying to stare at this person.
"It doesn't matter. Up…" said the guard with his stun lance ready, trying to be intimidating. When the ninja did not respond he turned the handle allowing a pulse of electricity to travel through the top to the tip, and thrust it at the ninja's shoulder. "… now!(TZZzz!)"
"(Agh!)" Naruto yelped in pain wide awake as he felt 1000 or more Volts surge through his body. He held his shoulder glaring at the sadistic guard as he got up slowly.
The guard grinned back overwhelmed by the feeling of superiority that came with his job. He loved it… "Faster!" he charged his lance again and aimed it at the young man's leg.
Naruto hearing the weapon powering up, was aware of what followed and moved his leg a foot aside avoiding the stun lance as the stupid guard stumbled to the side. He took another chance to twist the lance back at the damn kid but felt a strong grip on his hand holding him back before receiving a haymaker to the side of the face.
Naruto quickly grabbed the lance before it hit the ground and trust it into the guard's gut but not to stab.
"(Arrghhhhh!)" The guard screamed and babbled for a few seconds as he felt the electricity run through his body and fry his insides. When the pain finally went away he expected maybe the cold comfort of the floor but was only granted the force of a boot to the face as he was flung out of the cell in a back-flip and landed on his face outside.
The half a dozen guards outside took steps back in shock and readied their weapons as the ninja calmly walked out with lance in hand.
He glanced at the down guard and sighed. "I don't like being told what to do…" he said walking away to the exit as the guards followed ahead and behind him. "And a little 'please' will get you far."
As he was lead through the halls he couldn't help but notice that the other people were giving him stares, granted seeing someone being escorted by guards armed to the teeth and ready to kill was a real eyesore in itself, it was strange that they only glanced his way and not the guards.
He was lead through a few levels and he noticed that as he got higher and higher, the rooms were getting more pleasing and… clean. It seemed that either they were giving him the tour of the place or he was going to meet the head hancho or the person giving the orders.
Finally, they stopped at a door and after the captain of the guards pressed some buttons on a console, the door opened to reveal some strange music, hot tubs (or Jacuzzis if he recalled correctly) of actually clean water or some other organic material, a table full of plates of food, drinks on another table, and maybe two dozen naked women or at least that's what he suspected from the their more delicate looks and curves of those that looked similar to humans.
His jaw dropped as he looked at the scene before him and turned away slightly getting a blush on his face causing the girls to laugh at his innocent attempt to turn away. But he did turn to peek when he heard the laughter
"(Ahahah!)" laughed a voice from behind the girls causing the ninja to get back to reality or somewhat return at least. "A powerful warrior that has no skills with women. How humiliating… and entertaining!" he continued with observational objectivity and a hit of amusement. "The girls just love the innocent ones, don't you girls?"
"(Hehahahaahaaa)" They all laughed softly.
"What…?" asked the ninja weakly trying not to look too out of place.
"Girls, I think our friend needs to unwind his stress level. Show him some well deserved treatment of yours will you?"
"Yes master…" They all returned as about five of them stepped up to the ninja's side as he left himself open to be lead to a room with some simple covers.
"Hey where are you?... Hey!... Wait…. Wha-?... No don't!... Ahahahaha… don't touch!... hey not there!… watch where you're touching!" No sooner did he enter that he felt their arms on his person and trying to take his ripped clothes off, from his worthless armor to his underwear, they were ruthless and didn't waste a chance to touch him on his chest, his shoulder, arms, legs, even ass and… ahem manly parts. It was a full on sexual treatment.
Then they just stopped and took a step back causing the young man to quirk an eyebrow whilst covering his groin. "(SPLASH!)" A huge bucket of water splashed him down from head to toes.
"Aghh!" Naruto actually squealed like a little girl from the cold water which caused the girls to laugh at his funny reaction.
As he tried to get as warm as he could from the sudden rinse of cold water, he was met by 6 other naked girls as they surrounded him and pulled out sponges as they started to clean him up from top to bottom, top of the head to toenails.
Naruto tried to fight back but women were always his weakness, something that he suspected he inherited from his master. It was a simple matter of just punching them away or jumping away, doing something...! But it just felt… soooo goooood! :D
'This is not so bad… I could get used to…. WAIT! What am I thinking? STUPID, ERO-BAKA Naruto! Get your head together!' As he tried to regain his composure he caught a hand that was going for his groin. "That's enough! Stop it!" he called to whoever the hand belonged to following it to its source. "Huh?" he shuddered surprised at one girl in front of his face.
She smiled at him and placed her other hand on his eyes before placing a soft kiss on his lips shushing him.
"Don't lose focus…" said a voice from behind him as he turned around to the person who was washing his shoulders and saw a young woman with auburn hair in a long ponytail, green eyes and light purple skin.
Mongule smiled in the hot tub before he gestured to the women behind him.
As he did, Naruto found himself being dressed into an oversized robe.
"Sorry sir, we couldn't find one your size… hehehe" said one of the girls running her fingers down his chin and neck causing him to shudder and the girls to laugh softly.
"Hey...!" he then found himself being led and pushed in front of Mongule himself who was still steaming in the Jacuzzi.
"There… much better." Said the yellow skinned alien. "Now, give him a seat and we can talk…" he gestured to one of the nearby hot tubs.
Naruto seeing his 'benefactor' grit his teeth and wanted to show him what he really thought of his hospitality but a hand on his arm stopped him from taking any action, he turned to his holder and found the same orange haired woman and some of the other girls giving him looks of worry. She just shook her head very subtly.
The hero gave her a look of surprise mixed with anger but she maintained eyelock and refused to look away, he understood that she was very serious and complied by keeping his anger at bay… for now.
He then accepted and took off his robe with the utmost awareness of his surroundings, swallowing his nervousness away he lowered himself in the hot water never loosing Mongule out of his sight as the alien continued to grin at him.
When Naruto was in the water, he decided to humor the people present and let his body sink inside before emerging out and folding his arms in his chest.
Mongule was served a drink by one of the servantgirls next to him. "The best drink you'll find in this hemisphere?" he said emptying the cup in seconds. "Girls, serve our new friend, he must be famished."
The servantgirls were gressed in rather revealing clothes just barely covering their privates brought food and drinks to the ninja who hesitated to touch any of it.
"Don't hold back, the best food, the best drinks, it's a shame to let it go to waste." commented the warlord.
The young man hesitated but his growling stomach was having none of it. In the end, he conceded, better to eat a little and keep his strength then starve to nothing. He took only small bites and pieces of meat that didn't look too suspicious, and drank only plain water. After a few bites and drinks enough to satisfy, he turned to Mongule. "Why?"
"'Why?' Why what?" asked the warlord.
"Why are you doing this for me?" asked the ninja plainly.
"Aha, I'm just humoring a guest. Is hospitality that alien to you?" asked Mongule with his most honest tone he could call.
"Yesterday, you almost killed me…" stated the hero bluntly.
"Yes, well… consider it your trial of fire… your test to assess your level on the 'food chain'. And it was quite a surprise, reading your initial analysis, you are a level 25, that might seem like a big number but here it's between a weakling and 'dead man' all together. That's an impressive ascension." Returned the Mongule with a praising tone.
"Thanks, but you didn't answer my question." countered the ninja.
"That's right. Hmm,… interesting. You're sharper than I thought. " answered the warlord quirking an eyebrow.
"…" Naruto tilted his head to the side.
"Your abilities are strange to say the least, rarely have I seen anything like them, tell me, are your powers the result genetic manipulation or did your physiology evolve naturally?" asked Mongule with interest.
"...I can't explain what I don't know." answered the ninja.
When the alien failed to ask, the ninja answered the unasked question. "You haven't answered my question, yet."
"Quite the rebellious one… to answer your question, I am interested in you. This is why, I wish to work in collaboration, you help me and I help you…"
''Help'? Help my ass, he just wants to get information out of me so he can use it against me, what else would a psycho that makes people fight to the death want?'
"I… wish I could help you, but I don't know any of that stuff…" returned the ninja with a forced smile.
"That's unfortunate-"
"How about you? All we've been talking about is me, what about you? Who are you? What is this place?" asked the ninja waving his hand.
Mongule chuckled. "My name is Mongule, the current ruler of this continent, and I won't bother telling you a name that is unpronounceable in your tongue, just call it WarWorld."
"I see..."
"Now, maybe you can answer my questions, starting with who you are…"
He had to give him a name, this was his chance to get some information. "You can call me… Tobi." 'Tobi? FUCKING TOBI! What the hell was I thinking!'
"Tobi, that's a start. Tell me Tobi, do you enjoy fighting?"
"It depends what I'm fighting for…"
"Why does it matter?"
"A man without a direction is just a senseless beast."
"You talk like a mercenary, Tobi."
"… I am."
"You surprise me, Tobi. You don't look or talk like the average mercenary." Said Mongule.
"I'm not your 'average' mercenary."
"I can see that… I could use a man of your ability, how about fighting for me? I can pay you very well."
"Sorry, I don't take just any jobs… especially those I don't like."
The Warlord sighed. "Tobi… I'm going to be as honest with you as I can." Said Mongule getting up close to see the hero. "I'm trying to create order in this lost world. For over 100 years, it's been killing itself, drowning in violence, corruption and depravity. I am the first ray of light it's seen since an age. And to do that I need to use any means necessary to quell these people's needs, even if my methods don't seem reliable or pleasant. These people want violence, I give them violence, they need a show, I give them one. To an outsider this may seem like a cheap superficial method, but I give what I can when I can, and now-…" returned the yellow beaurocrat.
"That's a lie…" interrupted the ninja. "If you really cared that much about these people, you'd use your ships to bring food and water instead of bringing slaves for your show." Argued the ninja.
"We tried that, and it worked while it did, but then more and more people started killing each other over scraps of food, in the end riots were inevitable. It was then that I realized that though I established order, I did not kill their thirst for violence..." returned the alien making his point.
"So now, instead of dealing with it, you just feed them more violence?"
"(Sigh) Maybe I gave you too much credit, you clearly don't understand the implications and don't even want to. But what you need to understand right now, is that here, on this world, your life depends on the people, if you fight well, you get cheered, you get rewarded, if you don't and the people don't care about you anymore, then you die… and… make no mistake, insurrection will result in discipline. Understand?"
Naruto didn't bother answering back and opted to just stare back at Mongule.
"Okay then. Later today, you have an exhibition match with a random gladiator. To show my appreciation, I'm going to arrange for you to have some new armor and new quarters. I recommend you give it your best, but make it slow, a quick kill lacks tension" explained Mongule with an arrogant smirk.". Now escort him to his new quarters."
As Naruto was given a robe and some sandals for his feet, he followed his escort to his new room.
It was a lot bigger than the last and with a bed this time, a bathroom and food. Just one room though, and a window with some bars on it.
He sat on the bed and waited…
"(Knock, knock)" a knock on the door.
"Now what…?" he wondered.
Meanwhile : Mongule
As the warlord dried himself in his robes. He was joined by his emissary.
"Pardon my questioning, sire, but why did you want to meet him in such a insecure location?" he asked timidly.
"Huh, if I didn't know any better, I would take that as a questioning of my power…"
The emissary's eyes widened in fear. "F-forgive me, sire, I meant no disrespect."
"Forgiven. I like to see the men that challenge me, to test their character, open them up and read their very beings and see if they can be useful to me… and I have found something interesting to amuse me…"
"Something interesting?"
"He calls himself a mercenary, yet he can't be bought easily; others, I've deal with had weaknesses like money, power, land, instincts, or women, but not him. If those things aren't what he wants, then what does that leave?"
The frail analyst tried to think of it. His sire had already counted everything logical he could think. "I don't know, sire. I can't think of anything."
Mongule turned around with his hands behind his back. "Not surprising, you can't understand a man like him with the limits of your logical mind." He answered smugly. "Think about it, if there's nothing logical that he wants, then that means he wants something else, something beyond logic: 'purpose'..."
"'Purpose'? I don't understand, sir."
"He is a tool without a use, a weapon without a wielder. It would be a waste to leave such potential loyalty to be squandered away…"
"But sire, can't you just buy his loyalty like other mercenaries, or threaten him into our service?"
"No, not this one..."
Naruto…
What was on the other side was an interesting change…
"Aya…?" he questioned surprised.
"Nice to see you again. Oh my…" she laughed in silently. "We just seem to meet when we least expect it." she continued with a smile.
"What are you doing here?" he questioned and pulled her in quickly before checking outside. "Were you followed?"
"No, I was not… I was sent to bring you this new armor." She returned presenting a set of light-weight armor. It has intricate metal plating on the arms, shoulders, chest and back, offering good protection. The pants were also plated at the knees, legs and shins. She also presented a set of boots. "I chose them myself, I think these will fit your very well."
He gave them a look testing the metal and giving them a carful eye. "It's pretty rigid and rusty, but these plates are going to cause problems for flexibility…" he commented to see her face only to find a sad, disappointed look. He sighed and leaned in and planted a kiss on her cheek. "Thank you. It's great." He said grinning.
She returned a shocked look before smiling back. She instantly closed the distance between them and planted a kiss on his lips.
Naruto's eyebrows rose in shock as his senses were going wild for some reason. He wanted to turn back, to remove himself from the kiss but she held his head and neck in a vice grip with her hands preventing him from separating. He struggled weakly but felt himself losing to temptation.
'It's been so long… frustration is so hard I can't stand it… I just want… I need this so much…' thoughts seem to spring in his mind one moment after the other as a shudder run down his body and his found himself returning the kiss and even exploring her body.
"(Knock)(Knock)"
"Who's that?" he asked as they broke the kiss but she wasn't letting go and continued to explore his body with her hands.
"I don't care…" she announced as she planted kissed on his head before getting on his lap, facing him and pulled his head in her cleavage. "Just ignore them and they'll go away."
"(Knock)(Knock)"
"They aren't leaving." He returned with a pause and gave a peek at the door.
"Don't get distracted..." she said lifting his head to stare at her purple-green eyes. She wrapped her arms around his torso and started grinding into him and bouncing in his lap slightly.
He let it go and traveled one of his hands down her back and on her ass and gave it a squeeze before tracing its firm roundness. He was losing himself to ecstasy.
"(Knock)(Knock)"
"Oh for fuck's sake!" he called frustrated, in one move he got up and dumped Aya on the floor for his sudden movement. "Oh sorry…"
(Knock)(Knock)
"Oh you bastard!" he called back angrily before marching angrily to the door. "When I'm going to be done with you, you'll need every doctor in this whole frickin' planet!"
He opened the door with a huff before sicking his mouth on the pest at the door. "What the hell is wrong with you! Are you stupid or is your brain broke! If I'm not answering then I don't care! Get out!" he slammed the door in whoever's face.
"(Knock)(Knock)" He had only gotten a few feet away.
He gritted his teeth and sighed palming his face.
He returned and opened the door in frustration and actually got a look at the person. "What!" he asked sharply.
It was a female by the looks, long auburn hair and slightly purple skin, he recognized her as the one that washed his shoulders. She was dressed in a rather skimpy, in a top that barely covered her breasts and a loincloth that covered her lower parts. She gave him a tired annoyed glare.
He cleared his voice feeling awkward. "What?" he asked considerably quieter.
"Food, drinks, service." She returned presenting a cart.
"N-no thanks, I did't order that." He returned.
"It's not a request." She pushed it in and forced her way past him.
"Hey-! Wait a second! You can't just-!" he tried to voice his disapproval but she ignored him completely and waltz in.
Naruto saw that Aya was already on her feet and freshened herself up.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"I'm the maid. It's my job to clean up after you, now if you'll let me do my job, we can both get this over with." She told him indignantly.
"Really? REALLY? Right now?" he asked rubbing his head feeling a migraine. 'This just can't get any more frustrating...'
"It's alright,she's just doing her job, besides we can catch up later, you have a match today." She returned with a smile.
"(Sigh) yeah, the match…"
"Don't worry, it's not a deathmatch so just rough him up a little and it will all be over before you know it."
"Hah… yeah."
"I guess I'm done." said the maid as she left the food and came from the bathroom. "Unless there's anything else you might want?" she asked placing her hands on her sides.
"N-no, no thanks." He returned.
"I'll go with you then." Added Aya.
They both left the room one after the other leaving a very frustrated ninja.
"Damn this sucks… I just want to get this over with." He grit his teeth getting annoyed at all this crap. He made a quick set of handseals and stopped at the last one… "Too far away… " he let his hands down and rested his head on the bed and stared at the ceiling. "I've got to keep it together…" He closed his eyes and tried to look into his mind.
He felt a few flashes run in his face but nothing really tangible. As he focused his breathing he tried to relax and break down whatever barrier was keeping him from stabilizing his bijuu chakra.
But he just couldn't hold on to it. He then sighed and closed his eyes. "I just have to risk it, sage mode always helped me stabilize and control my chakra better."
He allowed as much natural energy as he could to try to control the vortex of messed up chakra in his seal and for his troubles it was actually paying off, the more natural chakra he pulled the more he could feel Kurama's chakra getting closer to his hold and actually bringing it together.
When he felt a good portion in his grasp he pulled it into one single place and kept it together with the seal, making a pocket of chakra he could pull from. 'Let's try it.' He pulled the chakra and indeed he felt the chakra running in his body.
When he opened his eyes his powers felt replenished.
His eyes turned to his hands because he felt something strange about them. When he looked his eyes widened; his hands had turned turned slightly black but his knuckles had some kind of growth to them almost like spikes coming out when he made fists.
He made his way to the mirror, he was even more surprised. His whole body had turned some kind of organic very thin plates on them, in areas like his elbows, feet and knees had specific plates, but maybe harder ones for hitting.
His eyes however were slitted and red, like his fox mode, yet now there was some black pigmentation around his eyes, and when he opened his mouth he noticed that the teeth looked sharper like they could bite and rip through flesh in a blink.
He smirked before looking around the room and saw a life sized training dummy slightly bigger than him. "That will do…"
He walked over to it and have it a good kick to the legs sweeping its feet from under it, and breaking the metal inside that acted as bone. He didn't stop there as he assaulted the dummy with a barrage of punches and heard the metal skeleton breaking inside. He grinned his teeth and narrowed his eyes before delivering a powerful uppercut to the dummy's head breaking it off its body.
He relaxed his body before walking to the dummy head and lifting it up in his hands. He examined it for a seconds before he squeezed in his hands making it burst in his hands. "Who's next?"
Earth
"I- impossible…."
The ground was riddled with broken statues.
"Heh…(boom!)(crack!)" One powerful punch later and the barrier separating them shattered like glass.
"Stay away!"
"Now let's have a little talk…"
"AGHHAA!"
"Why are you screaming? I haven't even touched you... yet."
To be continued…
Omake – This omake has been brought to you by sithmaster56a in collaboration with DarkShadowRaven, enjoy.
Its one messed up universe
'thoughts'
'demon thoughts'
"non English conversation"
"English conversation"
"radio/phone"
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Actions and events in this omake will have little to no bearing on pregress of the main story and happens at a undefined time
-start-
A deathly silence settled in the Javelin.
"What happened to you anyway?" Diana asked as she put a plaster on his forehead, to cover a small cut that he had failed to cover with a plaster himself.
"Well-" Naruto started only to be talked over by Hawkgirl.
"That's a no brainer. Cheetah flashed him and shoved his ass out the window… again" Hawkgirl stated critically. She didn't hate the ninja, she just had a problem with his lack of… 'commitment' when it came to catching the bad guys... well one bad girl really.
"Ha ha, very funny… annoying little teme." Naruto responded annoyed keeping the last part to himself.
"I don't know what you just said, but by your tone, I probably like it. And stop being a pest about it! What is your deal! Can't you complete one simple capture operation?" called back Hawkgirl in her you're-an-idiot tone.
"Would you cut me some slack!" He called back irritated. "What do you want me to do? Drag her by her tail with a water pistol?"
"I don't care if you need a dog-man! This is no place for crying hearts! Just do your job..." She returned angrily before smirking. "At least it's better then last time..." She called back smugly.
"Shut your trap!" he called back in a grumble.
"Well last time was quite… hilarious. Wasn't it?" Diana asked jokingly with a small lady like smile.
"Yeah. That was a good one! He ended up handcuffed to a radiator in his underwear." Hawkgirl laughed heartily at the flustered and angry blond between the heroines.
"Ahaha, wha-what was his excuse again?" wonder woman asked, trying to keep her giggles in.
"She 'surprised him'." The winged hero said calming slightly and making quotation gestures as she spoke.
"Very fucking funny! Let me see what you do when you get your ass fricasseed by two tasers, a stun gun and enough tranquilizer darts to knock out a horse, then we'll see who's got their goose cooked me or you!"
"Sure we will… was this before or after she convinced you to strip?"
"Hey! She stripped me! I am the victim here!" he exclaimed at the two madly laughing women.
"E-enough Hawkgirl, I think our friend has had enough humiliation for a day." said Diana trying to drown the laughter.
"Why? All I want to know is if he has a thing for furries." Hawkgirl interjected, laughing at the slight blush she got from Diana and Naruto.
"Why? You hoping he's interested in feathers?" Flash, the current pilot decided to add his two cents, after being cut off by the winged hero every time he had tried to poke fun at Naruto earlier in the conversation. "Jealous much? I thought Cheetah was supposed to be Diana's archenemy."
"Right on!" This comment got a laugh from Naruto, Wonder Woman seemed to be ignoring it.
"Just keep your face on the windshield, flyboy." But if you were Hawkgirl you'd be noticing the barely perceptible stare from Diana at Hawkgirl who was flushed from anger and embarrassment. "What would a guy with no experience in women know?"
"Huh?" was the stupefied response that was given by the others.
Diana felt slightly bad for Shayera and decided to help her out.
"Regardless, it seems strange that you are the one that seems to cross paths with her the most. It's like you're targeting each other." she said with a sly almost teasing tone, while receiving a gracious and curious look from Hawkgirl
"I don't know… coincidence?" Shadowman returned trying to seem unimpressed.
"There's a limit to coincidence. I'm telling you man, maybe she has a thing against you, maybe she's stalking you…" Flash called out, making him slump back in his seat with in a sigh.
"You know I think something happened between them." wonder woman said slyly, glancing suspiciously at the now nervous Shadowman.
"hehehe-huh- (bam)"
Shadowman suddenly dropped face first out of his seat to the floor of the cabin.
The other two passengers were startled and instantly moved to check on him. Finding him alive and breathing, they sat him up finding him with a rather angry look on his face.
"are you-" Hawkgirl started.
"TEME! SHE DID IT AGAIN!" he roared as he was held up by his comrades, who shied away from him.
20 minutes later...
Diana had agreed to get Naruto to his apartment, the jinchuriki was a bit hesitant to agree but after some forcefulness on the part of his comrades he agreed.
Flash had quickly changed him after, in one of the strangest events of the day, talking Hawkgirl and wonder woman out of doing it.
"So it's a matter of pride?" wonder woman asked with Naruto held bridal style by her as she approached his apartment door.
They had continued to discuss cheetah, Naruto having disclosed the fact that she kept...'drugging' him and then having her way with him, luckily she had keep him dressed, excluding the time he was handcuffed. Not that he admitted that to her, he left it out, how can a self respecting ninja admit to being 'handled' by a non-ninja, he was going to take that to the grave before admitting it.
"ehehe...yeah. I don't want to talk about it." he admitted. "...could you not carry me like this?"
"Why what's wrong with this? Are you hurt?"
"Oh, no, I'm not feeling anything yet. It's just kinda of embarrassing." Naruto muttered blushing slightly.
"How so?" Diana asked a spark of mischief in her eyes.
Naruto having spotted this groaned, thinking she felt like letting her hair down.
"Well I can walk, you know."
"Oh" there was a rather long and awkward pause. "...I'll put you down then." Diana said finally.
"Thanks." he said as he stood rather unsteadily, before his right leg buckled for a second.
"Careful." wonder woman said as she grabbed him and held him close.
"Thanks" the blond man said as he turned to face her, looking into her face, and realizing the distance between them had been shortened.
The dark haired princess however seemed to be continuing to close the space between them, seemingly lost in his eyes. The blond Uzumaki seemed to be more concerned by the developing redness on her cheeks and her steadily closing eyes than the gradual reduction of distance between their faces.
Just as the Amazonian princess was about to make a great and difficult leap in her life...she felt a hand on her forehead which then moved to her cheek.
Startled she opened her almost closed eyes, to see Naruto staring intently at her, so close she could feel his breath on her ever reddening face.
"Diana? I-"
Naruto was interrupted by the rather sudden super powered push he received from her, which sent him sprawling to the floor outside his door.
"I-I...I want to move at my own pace...ok?" she whispered embarrassed to the down ninja as she turned and rushed away.
There was a minute of silence in the hallway.
'That's my ramen!' thought the ninja as he tried to make the stars stop spinning.
"Brat are you alright?" asked the curious voice of his 'life companion' as the kitsune described it.
'If you consider breaking your ass 'alright' then yes, I think so, she shoved me pretty hard though.'
"I know...I'm not sure why she looked about to fall asleep."
'What did she say before she ran off?'
"Something about doing it out herself or her own pace. I'm not too sure" Kurama thought that it might have been her trying to make a move on him, but that seemed a bit...sudden and the shove threw the demon through a loop.
He just groaned in response and fiddled with his apartment keys, his fine motor control seemed to be a bit off.
"Hey Naruto!" he heard the voice of Sam call from the top of the stairs.
"Oh...hi boss. What are you doing here?" he asked scratching the back of his head, and wincing as his keys scratched his neck.
"Don't tell me you forgot! We've got an award ceremony to go to in half an hour and you're not even ready!" Sam observed now towering over her taller employee, who was now cowering against his apartment door.
"I'll" he paused to clear his throat. "I'll get changed now." he muttered doing his best to placate her, he proceeded to unlock his apartment and held the door open for her.
"Something's different about you Naruto. " she said giving him a judging look.
"R-really?" asked the ninja twitching all over from full body pins and needles.
"Yes, I'm a reporter; it's my job to read people. That tired tone in your voice, those blood shot eyes, that slumped posture." She counted seeing the young man look a little worried. "Have you been drinking?"
"W-what? No! I'm just not feeling so great. Must have caught a cold or something." He answered just a little relieved.
"Hmm, well release it(cold) and get ready." She returned not convinced.
'Great, I'm stalked by an oversized cat, I've got no respect from my teammates and my boss thinks I'm an alcoholic, can this day get any worse?' he wondered opening the door.
She entered calmly, as he only now got a decent look at the elegant dress she was wearing.
"Wow! You look amazing!" he gasped starting to stare at her.
"Why thank you." she commented, coyly. "But you're in too much trouble to get out with flattery. Now get changed or I'll change you myself."
Naruto wasn't sure if the smile on her face was the sort he got from cheetah or the kind he'd get from a woman that was going to make sure he was going to be speaking in a higher pitch then normal for the rest of the night.
"Right away chief!" he said snapping to attention and hurrying to get changed.
In the javelin...
Flash saw Diana looking nervous, unfocused and fidgety.
"Diana are you ok? You look all hot and bothered?...and I don't mean this as a come on." he asked concerned from the pilots seat.
"She's fine!" their winged comrade stated firmly. "I'm sure the kid just made her feel stupid or something."
"I suppose that's experience talking." wonder woman rebuked.
Flash did not miss the sparks flying between the two heroines.
'this...is freaky. What the hell is going on?'
To be continued…