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Chapter XVII: True Heroes.
Last Time.
"You said 'Our' fight? That means you're going to help us?"
"That's what you wanted, isn't it?"
"And you?" Manny asked turning to the ninja.
"If John calls." Naruto relied stabbing a three-bladed kunai on the bar. It also has a thicker handle with kanji on it. "But I do have to help the kids that are being kidnapped," Naruto said as John put the kunai in his coat pocket that as draped over his seat.
"I don't think I'll use it," John said leaving as Naruto left with him.
"And why is that?" Naruto asked as Manny left the man he replaced.
"It's a path I gotta walk alone."
"You don't really have too," Naruto said as John smirked and turned down an alley.
"Who'd be crazy enough to walk it with me?"
Naruto stared for a moment before leaving himself.
Now.
Gotham City, October 23, 19:02 EDT.
Kage brought his knee up to a masked man's head as he stopped him from robbing a convenience store before tying him up and walked outside before walking towards his home. Once getting there, and walking inside a secret elevator that came up to his hall closet, he walked out to see Talia holding their tired daughter.
"Hey, Athanasia. Shouldn't you be asleep?"
She reached up for him before he picked her up and she closed her eyes. "She wanted you, Beloved."
Naruto smiled as he held his wife before resting his head against hers. "I'll hold her for a while while we fix dinner." He said as Athanasia yawned while Naruto walked into the living room.
He put on headphones and turned on the TV to watch without waking up his youngest kids while waiting on the others to get to the penthouse from school or work.
Happy Harbor October 31, 17:42 EDT.
Helga, standing beside Jefferson took pictures of Brion and Violet who have skeleton face paint on for Halloween.
Victor was looking at his phone with the hood of his vest on as Fred stood by him looking at the Halloween decorations on the house.
"You two look adorable." Helga sad as Violet looked confused.
"I thought we were supposed to be scary?"
"We're scary enough… On the inside." Brion said with a chuckle.
"Oh yes, we're freaks. Can we get a picture with all the freaks?"
"Of course, come on."
Fred nudged Victor and had them both walk over and had their picture taken. "Fred Bugg is ready for the Happy Harbor Halloween dance."
"No costume Fred?" Jefferson asked as Fred reached for his necklace and took it off.
"Fred Bugg will go as Forager," Forager said with all his exoskeleton back although it was soft.
"No costume Victor?" Violet asked Victor who looked up.
"I don't know how you talked me into going."
"Forager understands, Victor Stone won't know any of the other teens."
"That's the bright side! I could say I'm rocking a costume." Victor said bringing up his robotic arm as Violet walked over.
"And the Halloween dance will be big fun!"
"Halloween's canceled, sorry guys."
Looking to the garage, they saw Naruto, Stephanie, Dick, and Conner walking over, Dick having a suit bag over his shoulder. "We're going to Greater Bialya. And we're going now." Dick finished as Naruto went to Bio-Ship and had her turn into her ship form.
"Itching for a mission girl?"
(Beep-Beep!)
"I thought so, sorry M'gann won't be here, she'll be with the Team getting the other site." He said as he heard Dick tell Brion they're going to the Meta-Human ring that most likely has his sister having him burn off his make-up.
They then left with Dick saying Violet would need to stay with Vic in case his tech took over again causing the teen to start to hyperventilate before Naruto walked up to her. "Violet, I won't let anything happen to him, I promise."
That got her to calm down a little as the Team walked to Bio-Ship. Brion turned and looked to Violet. "Violet, I want you to know-!"
"No speeches, Prince, we're going. Now!" Dick said before they all got in, and floated before flying off.
Earth's Upper Atmosphere October 31, 21:46 UTC.
The Team flew up above Earth with Conner flying Bio-Ship. "Using the rotation of the Earth, Bio-Ship should reach Greater Bialya in the hour." He said before Forager looked back.
"May Forager drive?"
"It's up to Bio-Ship," Naruto said knowing the Team took turns flying Bio-Ship to get used to flying her.
Bio-Ship then pulled her controls over to the alien who clicked happily. "Good girl."
Dick then explains to everyone what he and Naruto found out. That the VR Goggles manufactured by Goode World Studios were designed to test for the Meta-Gene. Subjects who tested positive received subliminal messages that brainwashed them and sent them to a nearby depot where meta-humans were captured.
"We're working in tandem with the League and the Team," Naruto said as Jefferson looked to him.
"Why are we working with the League?"
"Because A: Garfield gave M'gann and I the intel, and B: We need to hit all the depots simultaneously or they'll alert each other and a bunch of kids goes into space so we need every hero we have on Earth. That answer your question?"
"Yeah."
"Good, remember Jeff even though this team isn't affiliated with the League doesn't mean we're on different sides. We both want the same thing. I made sure we got the Bialya location because of the connection to Tara Markov."
"What is the Tara connection?"
Brion asked as Naruto explains that he investigated the League of Shadows and overheard that Tara had been turned over to someone named Granny. "'Granny' was too generic of a name. But we now believe that means it's Gretchen Goode's nickname by the media 'Granny Goodness'." He finished as Dick continued.
Dick adds that Jaqqar Marlo, believed to be killed with a Shadows member with earth powers, worked for Goode R&D on the goggles and ran a shell company that purchased an abandoned mall in Bialya. The mall is actually a front for a meta-human depot and the list of meta-humans held there included a 15-year-old female with earth powers.
"Tara!"
Happy Harbor October 31, 17:49 EDT.
Violet looked out the seat by the widow in worry, deciding to skip the dance as the others sat on the sofa and chair beside it. She walked over apologizing to Victor who waved her off, not wanting to go anyways. She then sat on the sofa by Helga and started to hyperventilate before Helga started to calm her down by wiping off her make-up and reached for a hairbrush.
Violet reached for her hijab before Helga motioned for Vic to leave. "Victor, if you wouldn't mind."
"Got it, pretend I'm not here." He said walking behind them to the kitchen.
As Helga talks to Violet about what she's going through is hormones and not knowing how to handle it, Victor was getting a glass of water before speaking up. "I-I know I said to pretend I'm not here... But I am here, so-!"
"So you can behave like a mature adult," Helga said before Victor's lights turned purple.
Greater Bialya November 01, 01:43 UTC+3.
"Entering Greater Bialya now," Conner said as the Bio-Ship turned invisible.
"M'gann and Donna took Sphere for their depot where they're less likely to create an international incident," Naruto said as they started to descend.
Al-Qawiya November 01, 01:44 UTC+3.
The Bio-Ship flew to the 'Abandoned' mall and saw soldiers and tanks guarding it.
"We're here," Naruto said before walking in front of Bio-Ship as the others minus Forager stood and their chairs receded into Bio-Ship.
Dick let his bug camera fly into the building and hummed. "You wanna share with the rest of the class?" Stephanie sarcastically asked as Dick blinked.
"Oh! Sorry."
Reaching up in his vision, he moved his feed to the Ship's as the video overtook the ship making it look like they're floating above inside. Naruto looked at all the people in suits and dresses all wearing white owl masks. 'Interesting.' he thought, feeling he's seen the mask before.
"Fancy crowd, don't look too tough," Jefferson said crossing his arms.
"It's the ones who fear losing their lifestyles against the stronger ones that want Meta-Teens for protection," Naruto said before seeing teens in fighting armor in a laser cage.
"I'm more concerned about the security, Queen Bee's enforcer's, code-named: Onslaught," Dick said zooming in on a group on the second floor.
The first is a young Caucasian woman with short, red hair and green eyes. The right half of her head is bald and adorned with a black snakehead tattoo. She has blue lipstick and several earrings. She's wearing cargo pants and heavy boots and has a belt with a plain, gray buckle and a holster for a machete.
She's also wearing a black, high-cut, one-piece swimsuit with a hole revealing her cleavage. She has a small, black band around her left elbow and black, fingerless gloves.
This is Shimmer.
The next person is a tall muscular man with a greenish-brown color skin, with red hair. His teeth became pointed. As a result of his treatment, his skin cracked in places, exposing red muscles underneath. He wore black shorts after he was transformed.
This is Mammoth.
In front of them is Psimon wearing his jacket.
Beside him is a heavyset Caucasian woman with blue eyes and brown hair. Her hair is arranged in cornrows and shaved on the sides. She also has thorn tattoos on her body. She's wearing a tank top, spandex shorts, fingerless gloves with armor on her right arm, knee pads and boots.
This is Devastation.
Beside her are twins, a man, and a woman. The man has blue eyes and short blond hair. He's wearing a white sleeveless shirt, black pants, boots, and red suspenders. He wears a padlock on a chain around his neck. He also has black fingerless gloves. He has a very muscular upper body.
This is Tommy Terror.
The woman also has short blonde hair with the sides shaved, blue eyes with eye-shadow a scar on her right cheek and a slightly muscular physique. She's wearing just the black sleeves and collar of a shirt under a white vest showing her cleavage inside of her elbows, and a six-pack. She has red gloves, tight black leggings with red suspenders hanging off and matching harness. She also has black knee pads and boots.
This is Tuppence Terror.
Beside them is a man who is slightly muscular and has spiky white hair, blue eyes, and a chinstrap beard. His skin is a light blue color due to a shell of ice around him. There are spikes on his shoulders, and right elbow with his left arm being slightly more muscular. He's wearing a sleeveless shirt that's blue on the shoulders and black on the chest with matching pants and shoes.
This is Icicle Jr., real name Cameron Mahkent.
Naruto then heard a man greet the crowd in French before settling on English. "Welcome, everyone. I am your host, Mister Bliss!"
Mister Bliss is a Caucasian man in a tuxedo holding a cane with white gloves. He has black slicked-back hair and has his face in white make-up with black around his eyes and black lipstick.
"And these are our first items up for bid… In this corner!" Bliss then gestured to a muscular, dark-skinned teen with black hair in dreadlocks and reddish eyes. He is wearing a mostly orange armor, including a chest plate with a stylized 'H' written on his left chest, which was made to look as if it was painted with blood.
"Holocaust!"
They then looked to see Tara, a short, skinny teenage girl with blond hair and brown eyes. She has a pointed chin, and a round nose wearing purple armor.
"And in that corner, Tara!"
"This is a fighting ring to show off the teens," Naruto said looking around.
"Tara!" Brion shouted before Naruto glanced at him.
"Brion, be-!"
"You cannot be telling me to be patient!"
"No, to be calm, Psimon down there is a very powerful psychic and can feel strong emotions. Plus he has mind control powers and could order the teens plus Tara to kill the people here and film it, or kill themselves so there's no one to save, so stay calm."
"Yeah, stay whelmed," Conner said as Naruto looked to him.
"You all are just trying to piss me off with that lingo! (Sigh) here's the plan."
Happy Harbor October 31, 18:00 EDT.
Wolf woke up and growled at Victor confusing the two women. "Wolf? What's going on?
The lights went off as Victor's lights glowed.
Outside, Meg got out of a black sports car before hearing Wolf Yipe. "Wolf?!"
Flying in, she saw Victor attacking Helga and Violet before flying over. "Hold on bub!" She flew in front of the teen and grabbed his fist in her hand before throwing him back, breaking furniture. "(Sigh) Damn it! I just got those!"
She then brought her arms up in an X in front of her showing silver gauntlets to deflect Victor's laser having them glow red for a second. "Violet! Do that cleaning thing!"
Violet tried to heal Victor only for nothing to happen. "I can't!"
"Of course you can't!" Meg yelled before turning and was punched by Victor into a bookcase, breaking it.
She got up and saw Victor chase Violet into the bathroom before flying after and wrapped her arms around him for a sleeper hold before looking to see Violet glowing purple.
Al-Qawiya November 01, 01:46 UTC+3.
Naruto in a suit and an owl mask got out of a limo with Stephanie who's wearing a black dress with a V cut showing her cleavage and slit on the right leg. Following them are Jefferson and Brion also in suits and owl masks.
They then walked inside to see Tara flying on a rock fighting against Holocaust who's shooting fire at her. Brion growled getting Psimon's attention who looked around, leaning on the metal railing before Jefferson had lightning shoot through it, shocking the psychic.
"Baby!" Devastation exclaimed getting Naruto to raise an eyebrow.
'Love is weird.' He thought as Holocaust easily took out Tara.
"Tell them, Bliss, the girl is toast. Or should I toast her to prove it?" Holocaust said standing over Tara.
"No, thank you, Holocaust. A living loser still knits a pretty penny." Bliss said as a spotlight shown on Tara who sat on her knees looking around. "Let's start at 500,000 US... AH! Our first bid!"
A spotlight then came on Stephanie who held a bidding paddle with the number 16 on it. Naruto stood by her, knowing he had the money for Tara if these people needed the money before leaving. After winning, the group walked back to the limo where Naruto then saw Greater Biayla's Ambassador Sumaan Harjavti with Holocaust getting in his limo.
They left as Brion pulled his mask off followed by the others getting his sister to hug him as the limo turned into the Bio-Ship and became invisible. "Good girl," Forager said as they flew before Brion pulled Tara's chip off her neck and crushed it.
She gasped before hugging her brother as the rest came out in their Dark Wear. "What are you doing?"
"We didn't come here for just Tara, we're getting the rest of the kids," Naruto said fixing his glasses on. "You all stay inside, it'll be safer."
"Forager wants to help too."
"You will. But your exoskeleton is still too soft for combat. Stay hidden and lay down cover fire if we need it." Nightwing said as they dropped through a hatch Bio-Ship opened.
Black Lightning went to the power breaker and overloaded it having the power go out. Only for it to come back on a moment later
"Emergency generator. Don't you hate it when the bad guys are prepared?" Black Bat said to Nightwing and Naruto as they hid near the captured teens before Nightwing radioed Bio-Ship to create a distraction.
The building shook as they hear an explosion.
Outside, Superboy attacked the guards before picking up a motorcycle and had it freeze to his hands.
"That mask doesn't fool me! I know you're Superboy."
"Hey Junior, good to see you!" Superboy greeted hitting another group remembering going undercover in prison and got the ice villain as a cellmate back in 2010.
"Don't play nice! You think I've forgiven you? You stole my girl! I mean, sure, I didn't know she was Troia, but I was totally into her and you knew that!" Icicle yelled jumping on a tank.
Superboy jumped on the tank as well and bent the cannon back. "Yeah, but I was into her first. I just hadn't figured it out till you helped bring us together. I owe you for that. Hey, we're engaged now." He then dodged ice that was shot at him.
Icicle Jr. grinned at that as he continued his attack. "Dude, congratulations! No, really, that's awesome! I always thought you guys made a great couple. Maybe that means there's hope for me too." He finished created a club out of ice between his hands and gripped it.
"I hope so," Superboy said kicking Junior into a limo grill.
"Ow."
Shimmer and Mammoth ran out and dodged blasts from the invisible Bio-Ship.
Inside, Naruto activated his cloak as he heard Tommy speak to his sister. "Dang it Tup! We're missing all the action!" He yelled in a thick Southern accent.
(A/N: I won't write the accent, the Ah instead of I so please imagine it.)
Naruto tackled Tuppence who fell to her back and flipped him off of her before he flipped to stand up. "Aw, does my Southern Belle hate me?" He asked, his voice distorted.
"Watch it! Only one man has the right to call me that!" She spoke also in a Southern accent.
Naruto sweat dropped at that knowing her crush on his alter ego. (1.) He then dashed to her, jumped up, feint a kick and then punched her in the face with a cross punch. Only for her to not even flinch as Naruto took a step back from her, gripped his hand, and fell to his knees. "Damn it that hurt!" He cursed as Tuppence walked to him.
Naruto quickly punched her in the abs with his other hand. "AH! Son of a bitch! Do you eat rocks?!"
She grinned at that before picking him up by the hair and had him kicked her in the face. She just grabbed him by the leg, twists it, having him fall on his face and threw him into a wall.
"I'm… Just… Getting started." Naruto woozily said, voice back to normal as when he hit the floor, his voice changer was turned off.
"Kage?!" She quickly walked over, picked him up, pushed him against the wall, and grinned at him as she placed her left hand by his head. "It's… Been a while."
Naruto blinked at the sultry attitude before she pouted at him. "Don't like the new me?" She asked running her fingers through her short hair. "My new physique?" She trailed her hand over her right breast and then brought it down to trail a finger down her six-pack.
"(Sigh) I'd be lying if I say no." He replied knowing Diana, Dinah, Talia, Artemis, and Jade had the same, or close to the same physique as Tuppence.
He then saw Nightwing handle Tommy by using Tommy's weight/momentum against him while Lightning handled Devastation who seemed unfazed by his lightning. 'I'm apologizing in advance girls.' He thought before bringing his hands just above Tuppence's firm ass getting her eyes to widen before he spun them around and dashed away with the others.
"You're not getting away that easy lover!" Tuppence yelled before smoke covered the area.
They ran outside where Naruto saw Superboy knockout Shimmer who's hands glowed blue and melted what she touched and ran to Mammoth as he was shot by Bio-Ship. Superboy then punched him across the parking lot before they all ran in Bio-Ship.
"I can take anything you throw at me."
Naruto looked to see Black Lightning in front of them as Devastation walked out. "You have no idea what a relief that is." He said as lightning covered his arms before shooting large bolts at Devastation and succeeded in knocking her out.
Happy Harbor November 01, 03:16 EDT.
The Team with their masks down stood outside with Meg, Helga, and Victor before Naruto spoke. "Just heard from M'gann… All the Teams and League's missions were a success as well. And all the teens are safe at Taos Meta-Teen Youth Center." He said as Victor walked up and explained Violet was able to permanently cleanse him as he doesn't feel the Fatherbox's influence like he did before.
"You sure?" Naruto asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, as I said. I feel the difference."
"So can I," Violet said walking forward as Helga apologized to Tara for what she did and that her parents had to die because of her uncle before Geo-Force brought his sister to Violet.
"Tara, I'd like you to meet my girlfriend Violet Harper."
Naruto's eyebrow twitched at that, still miffed at her choosing Will's name. "Girlfriend?"
Geo-Force nodded at Violet's question before Violet leaped into the air with her flying aura before the others minus Violet, Tara, Geo-Force, Victor and Forager went inside to talk.
"Not sure about Vic… But Geo-Force, Tara, Halo, and Forager… Maybe, just maybe, they might be ready for the Team." Nightwing said as Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"Really? Tara?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Because she's been controlled to do this, and Vic has been here for about a month before her. Look, it is your Team here and yours and ultimately M'gann's decision. But extend the invitation to Tara, and even Vic since he's living with half of this Team already don't force them."
Gotham City; Naruto's Penthouse November 01, 09:23 EDT.
Violet floated above her bed in her new room she now shared with Tara, Naruto giving them the day off from school as they didn't get back home until three-thirty in the morning. Tara woke up from her bed across the room, got up showing her blue pajamas, and went to the window before texting on her phone.
Santa Prisca November 01, 12:24 ECT.
Deathstroke without his mask on stood on his helipad before his cell rang and picked it up. He saw a text message on the screen beside a blue unknown picture.
I'm in.
He looked up and smiled as he put his phone away.
To Be Continued.
A/N: Thanks for reading and let me know of any mistakes.
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1. A reader asked me to have her have a crush on Naruto in the first story as at the time she was only in like 3/4 episodes and they wanted to see more of her even if the harem is locked.
For those that'll say "Naruto would know of her invulnerability" I did that as to establish her powers for those that do not know her/this series and there are those that do not because I have gotten P.M's saying they only finally checked the show out due to these stories. I'm sure those of you who have X-Over stories get the same P.M.'s from time to time.
And She's also becoming a favorite character for me, same as for Rogue and Gambit being my favorite X-Men... And it's only 85% because Rogue is hot! OK, in seriousness the reason they are my favorites is that they are the first cartoon characters, (I watched the 90's show first.) That did not portray someone from the American South as very stupid and/or inbred hicks.
And I have lived in the South all my life and it got grading for lack of a better word even as a kid whenever I saw an episode of a cartoon I watched that had a character from this region come in for an episode, or the MCs going there and everyone there is extremely stupid, using early 1900's tech at best and marrying their family.
And seeing Rogue and Gambit not being any of those made me happy that Marvel knows we're not like that
OK, we are halfway through the season in just under a year, almost 2 weeks to the date. I think I'll let you know, for Season 4, I'll probably do the same thing, wait until episode 13 airs (The Friday after, or the Saturday after if they air on Fridays) and do a once a month update until the season ends then go for twice a month if it gets a 5th season to stretch out doing the 4th season, or if 4th is the last, just update regularly.
Nothing else to say.
Talk To You Later,
Lone Wolf Out.