Chapter 3
Naruto had responded to a distress call by the police, Cheetah was back and she was out for blood. Naruto flew towards the humanoid cat's location; Wonder Woman had disappeared somewhere last night and Naruto didn't have the luxury of being able to contact her.
Barbara Minerva aka the Cheetah cackled as she began slicing the policemen's weapons, they had surrounded the shopping mall which she currently occupied. The sounds of gunshots scared the people in the mall into a frenzy which gave Cheetah the needed distraction to get close and begin the massacre.
Cheetah began chocking the last policeman and hoisted him upwards, she heard the familiar clicking of armour in the distance. A bloodthirsty grin placated her lips, "Kage. It's been far too long."
Naruto landed and a crater formed in the middle of the mall. "I would have thought you would have learnt your lesson by now, Cheetah."
Cheetah threw the limp body of the policeman and turned to face her adversary, she grinned ferally, "Oh and what would that lesson be."
Naruto unsheathed Kusangi, "That you cannot beat me."
Cheetah laughed, "I've been upgraded." She dashed towards her long claws unsheathed, Naruto stepped backwards in surprise at Cheetah's new found speed. He used his sword to block a powerful slash towards his torso, he jumped to the side to avoid another. Cheetah's claws ripped through an entire pillar holding the mall.
Damn! She is not just faster.
Cheetah shouted, "Tell me where your master is, Kage."
Naruto's visor flashed red and the Cheetah was sent to the ground by a wave of gravity. "I am no one's slave, Cheetah."
"You sure fooled me." She cackled trying her best to rile the young hero up. Naruto kicked the downed beast and sent her threw the opening mall and crashing into a car. She groaned as she slowly got up, 'I need to distract him.'
Naruto was suddenly in front of her, he was faster than her. Cheetah gritted her teeth as she went sent flying into the air and was sent back hurtling back into the street by Naruto's gravity pull. She coughed up blood, he was ruthless even more so than her rival, Wonder Woman. She got up slowly and saw a blue energy beam coming towards her with what little balance she had, she rolled out of it's way only to be hit by an explosion of a vehicle next to her.
She lay on the ground and saw Naruto's kusangi pointed between her eyes, "Yield."
She growled, "Never." And in a flash, she got up surprising Naruto and her claws clashed against his armour. Naruto dodged a roundhouse kick but was punched in the torso sending him flying into a car. The Cheetah was getting faster and stronger.
He flew into the air just in time to watch Cheetah barrelling into the dented car and hurling it across the street. A powerful jet of chakra flew from his visor and went towards Cheetah but she managed to dodge it. In an act of desperation, Naruto increased the gravity hundredfold sending Minerva to the ground but also crushing everything in the block. Naruto was shocked to see Cheetah resisting the increase in gravity, her body was turning more and more into that of a beast. A sigh of relief overcame Naruto when a lasso whipped past him and around the Cheetah's neck. Cheetah was sent flying through the already damaged mall. Naruto returned the gravity to normal as Wonder Woman zoomed past him and towards the injured Cheetah. Naruto followed in suit.
Cheetah was capable of keeping up with just Naruto but the deadly combination of him and Wonder Woman proved too much for her. She was knocked unconscious by a blow to the head by Naruto.
Naruto said, "Where were you?"
Wonder Woman replied, "Metropolis, I was assisting Superman against Metallo and Lex Luthor."
Naruto merely grunted. "I am heading home, now."
Wonder Woman shouted, "Aren't you forgetting what today is."
Naruto shouted back as he was about to take off, "No. I will preserve my excitement should it prove it to be everything that was promised." Of course, he cared very little about this little get together that Batman and the other Leaguers had planned for their little sidekicks. From his experience, Batman had a way of lying without actually lying.
Hall of Justice
Naruto and Wonder Woman arrived a few minutes later than Flash and Kid Flash, Kid Flash turned around to his mentor, "Hah I told you we wouldn't be the last ones here."
Naruto raised his eyebrow at the childish speedster but kept quiet; he wasn't acquainted with any of the sidekicks except for Robin. Naruto said bored, "Shall we get going then Batman; I do have other things to do."
It was too predictable even for the caped crusader. Naruto knew that Batman would be up to something and surprise, surprise he was right. The Hall of Justice was a front for the Justice League whilst the real headquarters was in space. It was classified and he doubted that any of the sidekicks knew about it except for Robin.
Green Arrow's sidekick snarled, "Like what?"
Naruto looked at the boy with a lazy eye. He asked, "What was your name again? Red Hood…. Red…Speedy. That was it."
Speedy's eyebrows twitched, "You damned…" He was silenced when he was faulted to the ground by Naruto flexing his arm.
Naruto said, "I can control gravity, Arrow boy. There is nothing you can actually do that will harm me."
Kid Flash announced, "Gravity Manipulation…That is so cool."
Naruto sighed and pushed passed everyone as he made his way to the Hall of Justice. Batman and Wonder Woman both heard Naruto muttering something about immature brats and that he would collapse the building if he was put on a team with them. Batman sincerely hoped that Naruto wouldn't do such a thing.
Inside Hall of Justice
Naruto was reading a book written by Arthur Schophenuer as he watched Batman and the rest of the Justice League mutter a few unimportant things. However Speedy or Arrow boy had decided to get cranky and take out his justified frustration on the Justice League.
Speedy or Roy Harper snarled, "That's it? You promised us a real look inside."
Aquaman replied, "It's a first step."
Martian Manhunter added, "You've been granted access that very few get."
Roy snorted, gesturing to the window above where many people were taking pictures. He snarled "Oh really? Who cares what side of the glass we're on?"
Green Arrow pleaded, "Calm down Roy."
Roy snorted, "You're telling me to calm down. You and your pathetic league are treating us as if were children. This isn't even the real headquarters." The last bit was directed towards the sidekicks. The sidekicks had a look of betrayal but nonetheless kept quiet.
Aquaman said, "You're not helping your cause here." But Roy looked towards his fellow sidekicks and said, "Well?"
Robin spoke, "Well what? It's a first step."
Naruto closed his book and looked at Roy, he said, "What is your point Arrow Boy. You're not going to change their mind. You're too immature to join the league, they think of every sidekick as canon fodders that needs to be controlled."
Roy looked at Naruto with a glare but nonetheless muttered, "You're right," He proceeded to walk out of the door. No one tried to stop, neither the older heroes nor the sidekicks who were stunned by Naruto's comment. Batman's eyes trailed towards Naruto who was already seemed to be turning heel. Naruto announced, "I am heading home. Please inform me on how the induction goes." His voice was dripping with a mixture of sarcasm and indifference. The sound of heavy armoured footsteps echoed through the silent room. Batman narrowed his eyes at Naruto; he could have sworn he saw Naruto's visor flash red for a second.
Hours later
Naruto silently stalked the streets of Washington DC; he was hungry after doing his usual exercises and homework routine. People walking around him, hurrying to work or to whatever they were usually doing…Humans. How odd it was that he said it with such disdain. After reading the minds of so many people, Naruto beginning to see why the Uzumaki clan decided to hide themselves from the world.
Naruto trudged through the streets so busy in thought until he was interrupted by a beeping on his watch. He pressed a button and saw Robin's face appear, "Kage, we need your help."
Naruto sighed, "What is it."
"We've been captured by Cadmus. I'll send you the coordinates."
"I'll be right there." With a burst of speed, Uzumaki Naruto had disappeared from the street as if he was never there. Unknown to him however, a small camera on the street sent a message to the owner and that was when Naruto had finally been recognised by the infamous Amanda Waller.
Cadmus
Naruto dressed in his armour flew straight towards Cadmus, his HUD identifying Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash and an unknown friendly in combat with one hideous blue monster. A grin formed as he increased his speed.
Superboy was struggling to deal with Blockbuster; the being was for some odd reason too strong for the Superman clone. Blockbuster grabbed Superman's arm and threw him into the far wall. Aqualad quickly moved to the side as a blur smashed into Blockbusters chest. The being was sent through the wall and into the air, the blur continued to follow the trajectory of the blue skinned monster.
Aqualad asked Robin, "Why did you call Kage? We didn't need a him; the guy is probably going to kill Desmond."
Robin face palmed, he muttered "Oh shit. He is going to kill Desmond. We need to go after him."
"You're not going anywhere." A gruff voice scared the hell out of the teenagers, Batman and the Justice league had arrived.
Robin turned around and quickly said, "We can explain."
Superboy who had just climbed out of the wall said, "We don't need to explain anything." Batman and Superman's eyes travelled to the house of El insignia placed on the boy's chest. A frown was etched on Superman's face.
Robin asked, "But we have to stop Naruto from killing Blockbuster."
Superman answered, "Supergirl is handling it. Now please tell us what happened here."
Robin scratched his head and said "Well…"
Back with Naruto
The beast landed in a children's playground, Naruto flew above it. "So, you're the beast that Robin was talking about. You're not tough at all. I suppose it's time I finished you off." His silver blade glistened in the moonlight and he pointed it at the beast before beginning his descent.
However, his HUD detected a blur about to him and he was forced to dodge, he hit the ground to the side of the beast. Naruto dusted himself and saw Supergirl looked down at him. "Ah Supergirl…What are you doing here?"
Supergirl spoke with an authoritative voice, "I can't allow you to kill that beast."
"Why can't you? It's not even human."
"Yes, it is. It's a human transformed into a beast."
Naruto questioned her logic, "Yes but it is now a beast."
Supergirl sighed, "I was told to stop you."
Naruto grinned in his mask, "So do you want to fight. I haven't fought a worthy foe in a long time." A very dark aura appeared around him and gravity increased around him. The swings bent and the metal poles started to bend towards the ground. He disliked the girl immensely, she was his age and yet she was allowed into the Justice League. He doubted that it was because of her skill but because Superman was her cousin.
Supergirl warily asked her fellow hero to stand down; Kage didn't like her for obvious reasons. He said she was spoilt and had no skill, she resented him because of his comments but they never actually fought and she honestly didn't want to fight him. "I don't want to fight. Also the Justice League is waiting."
Naruto sighed, "Fine. You're going to take the beast then." And with those words he flew towards the destroyed Cadmus building.
Supergirl looked at the icky beast; she thought 'Perhaps I should have let Kage kill it.'
Cadmus
Naruto arrived to see Superboy standing up to the Justice League and demanding that they be allowed to do missions. Naruto laughed internally at idiocy of letting this group do missions but he knew that Batman was in a pickle especially when Robin sided with the clone.
Wonder Woman approached her student, she hissed at him. "Please tell me you weren't involved with this."
Naruto answered with a smirk, "No. Sadly this isn't my handiwork although I must admit that they make a good demolition team but I would have wiped this building out of existence and the clone wouldn't be standing here."
Wonder Woman nodded, "We are going to talk about what you said in the hall of Justice later." Naruto merely shrugged.
Batman said, "Fine but there will be some conditions as to what you can or cannot do. You can be overruled by any member of the Justice League." That last bit was directed towards Naruto. Supergirl who heard Batman looked smug but decided to keep her expression neutral when she saw Naruto's visor flash red.
Naruto said, "If you excuse me, I have to head home." Everyone watched as Naruto blasted himself into the air. Superman gritted his teeth at the blatant disrespect the teenager held towards his elders and WW narrowed her eyes dangerously. Her protégé was doing this on purpose and she would find out why, one way or another.
Wonder Woman quickly flew after Naruto; she arrived at her penthouse seconds after Naruto. She quickly moved to grab Naruto's shoulders. She watched as Naruto's masked face turn towards her, his visor flashing red. Ignoring the threat of violence, she asked softly, "Naruto, what is going on with you today?"
Naruto replied, "Nothing. Leave me alone."
"No. I will not let leave you alone until you tell me what has come over you today. "
Naruto questioned, "Why do you care?"
Diana's facial expression explained it all, she cared about him. "I care about you Naruto. There is something bothering you, I just want to help you."
"Sadly, this is a matter that only I can resolve. Besides you are only doing this because I am only your so-called Protégé. You and the Justice League just want me in the palm of your hands so that you can use me whenever you want and discard of me when you please."
Diana protested "T-that's not true."
But Naruto didn't care. His apathy had only increased in the past few days; he saw no reason to care about these people. He saw no reason to live at all. His entire purpose of living had been destroyed.
"This is about Uzushiogakure isn't it?"
Naruto didn't even reply as he walked upstairs, his silence spoke for itself. Diana had expected this, she knew that Naruto would resent this world just like she had. She was surprised that it had taken this long for him to become depressed. She at least had her people, her family and something to fight for. Naruto had nothing and from the looks of things, he was beginning to question why he was fighting anyway.
Naruto's room.
Naruto stared at the only photo he had of his mother. He looked at how happy she looked, how happy they looked. His mind flashed to the memory of his mother being atomized and he unconsciously clenched his fists. Damn him! Why did he have to destroy everything? He hated Ryuu for doing what he did. If only he could justice for what that man had did to his family, he would have made him suffer.
Unbeknownst to the young Uzumaki, Ryuu was helped by outside forces that wanted Uzushiogakure destroyed.
3 days later
Mount Justice
Naruto, Kid Flash, Robin, Superboy and Aqualad all lined up in front of Batman who explained to them the terms of service. "You will do this on league terms." He pointed to Red Tornado, "Red Tornado has volunteered to live here and supervise you."
"Black Canary will be your fighting instructor and I…Only I will deploy you on missions." Batman finished with a tone of finality. He gazed at each of the young sidekicks and paused at Kage who gave him the tiniest of nods.
"You will be deployed on covert operations."
Aquaman began to explain, "The existence of Cadmus and their operations has shown us of the need for a team that is capable of acting under the radar."
Batman finished, "The six of you will be that team."
Kid Flash excitedly exclaimed, "Awesome, I can't wait to kick ass."
Robin asked the more obvious question, "Wait! You said six."
Batman pointed to the Zeta tube and the team turned to see the Martian Manhunter escorting a young female Martian with red hair. "That is the Martian's niece, Miss Martian. I believe she will be a unique asset on missions."
Everyone began to introduce themselves to the new addition. Miss Martian seemed very flustered with all the attention.
Naruto turned heel and walked towards the zeta tube. Batman said, "Kage."
Naruto turned towards the caped crusader. "What?"
Batman said, "The Justice League has decided to put you on this team to see whether you can be inducted into the league. There are conditions…"
Naruto snorted, a scorching fire emitted from his armour. "Do not think me so weak to beg, Batman." Batman narrowed his eyes as Kage left the mountain.
Unknown Location
In the middle of a dark room, several screens with silhouettes made out of light watched the footage of Kage fighting Cheetah and his attack on Blockbuster was played throughout the room. A deep and gruff voice asked, "I thought all the Uzumaki had been destroyed."
A childish boyish voice replied, "He is the last one, I have been keeping tabs on him and might I say, he is more than I expected."
A feminine voice said uncaringly, "He was not responsible for the destruction of our Cadmus facility, I don't see what is so interesting about this Kage."
The boy replied, "Of course you wouldn't, you don't appreciate anything besides your goddamned HIVE."
A growl was emitted from the screen with the silhouette of a woman. The first voice replied, "From the intel we have received Kage can still be swayed to our side."
Another voice agreed, "Yes. He would be a irreplaceable asset and his unique physiology would allow us to create more powerful clones." No one voiced any opposition.
The first voice announced, "Very well. It is decided, Uzumaki Naruto will see the light one way or another."
A/N
I can't believe it' been a year since I updated this story. I am sorry for the long wait, I was just was so busy. I will be updating the story every other week, that should allow me to make longer chapters.
This chapter was essentially about setting the team up and Naruto being noticed by the Light and Amanda Waller. Anyway, next chapter will be about Diana bonding with Naruto and the team's first mission.
I have yet to decide on whether I should make this a harem or a single pairing. Tell me in the review section, if you want a harem and who should be in it.
Anyway, thank you for reading and please leave a review.
