A/N: MISS ME GUYS?!

Lo and behold, the daily updates continue!

Well I've gone crazy, but thankfully we're nearly done.

I'm working almost daily and I feel like crap, as to that effect. But nevertheless, despite this pesky little hiccup-I wanted to get word out any way I could, and since for some strange reason the site is being buggy, I wasn't able to work on this anywhere near as much as I would've liked. Still...so many reviews!

Also, getting a lot of flak and angry words. Someone *that was the tag they left* keeps saying that each Naruto I write has no personality and that I recycle concepts from my stories. As they're anonymous and I can't respond to them, I feel this is the only way I can address them:

"I'm sorry.

You're right. I need to do better-no! I HAVE to do better. But what good does tearing me down do? That just perpetuates the cycle of violence. If you don't like my stories, then I understand. You don't have to read them but you have made your voice heard loud and clear. Can't we just agree to leave one another alone and let bygones be bygones? I thank you for your time and words of criticism.

You have been heard, my friend."

Warm regards,

~Nz.

Now, onto the rest.

I love you guys so much! *Cries*

I own no references or quotes related to other media.

I am not sorry for the title. Nope. Not at all. Not in the least.

Sorry if its short, but I'm working the next seven days in a row, here.

And I'm going to try and keep my daily update spree going for as long as I can.

Its been, what, almost two weeks of those continous posts now? I'll try to make it last.

"So long as you believe, I'm here."

~?

Disco Inferno (Interlude)

For the second time in as many days, Harley found herself waking in an unfamiliar place.

"Whuzzat...?"

Pale eyes opened to an unfamiliar red ceiling she didn't recognize, and the warm blankets wrapped around her sore body. Did she mention sore? She felt like she'd been run over by a truck and subsequently wrung out on a rack and left there to dry. Moving alone required a supreme effort of will, but she propped herself and grabbed the headboard to lever herself up, the wood snapped in her hand. What the hell? Startled by her own surge of strength as much as the broken piece of timber in her hand, she never once thought to listen for the sound of an opened door. Her attention was decidedly elsewhere.

This...this room looked nice.

Harely wasn't much used to nice things.

Simple but well-maintained furniture dotted the room, a simple cabinet carved from oak and a small glass table laid atop a green carpet. There was even a tiny little dresser laid out by the bed. Everything looked...comfy, all things considered. Funny. She hadn't thought Naruto the sort to value comfort. He seemed too much of an oddball to have any definable structure to his living quarters. Downright homey, that. There was even a nice little fireplace safely secured in the corner; faint firelight casting a pleasant shadow across the room. Really, it almost made her want to snuggle back into the bed and fall asleep again.

So she did.

"Banzai!"

With a delighted whoop, the blond jester ripped off her dirty uniform-by now little more than a shredded mess after all she'd been through-followed shortly thereafter by her ruined undergarments. Then she cast away the ties binding her hair. Ah. Bliss. If those blankets had been warm before, now they felt positively divine against her sore skin now.

As such, she was quite startled when she heard a familiar voice.

"C'mon, don't go back to sleep now. You were already out for three days."

Azure orbs snapped upright a moment before a pair of warm lips claimed her own.

He kissed her like it was the first time and she swooned, her world spinning like a top.

Speaking of warm, was that tray of browned waffles and blueberries meant for her? Ohhhh, she hoped they were!

"Naruto?"

"In the flesh." came the bemused rumble.

She squirmed when he set it aside on the dresser. Her stomach gave a plaintive whine, reminding her that she hadn't eaten in ages, but his lips claimed hers again and a different kind of hunger stirred in her. A low growl built in the back of her throat as she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him closer, uncaring as the sheets slipped away from her torso. Her skin began to buzz pleasantly as her fingers trailed a across his chest, trying and failing to find the clasp of his coat, to no avail.

Her tummy growled again.

"Puddin'," she purred softly between tender kisses, "You better stop that." he didn't. Not in the least. "I mean it, buster!" She gasped, arching her back as he began to plant a descending line of delicate kisses against her bare neck. "I'm hungry; I wanna eat and I'm gonna eat you in a minute if you don't stop...!"

When he didn't, Harley grabbed him and pulled.

"HEY!"

To her great delight, she actually found herself able to pin him, holding him for the merest of moments. Blue eyes bulged in comprehension. Then that cheery grin flashed out at her and Naruto did something with his legs; not a heartbeat later she found herself trapped beneath him once again. This time, when his lips descended on her again she interposed a hand between the two of them.

"Breakfast. First." her tone brooked no argument. "Or you're gonna get bit."

"Yes, dear."

An appreciative whistle answered her, but the whiskered madman relented happily enough.

"Oh, goodie." he hummed, finally noting the broken headboard overhead. "Looks like the ramen worked."

"Worked for what now?"

So he told her.

And her eyes bulged.

"Whaddya mean your ramen gave me superpowers?!"

"Well, technically," he demurred as he climbed off her, "It also gave them to most of Gotham and a good half the east coast...that was part of the plan all along."

"I...you...but why?!"

Naruto tilted his head. "Why not?"

"Bullshit! You must've had a reason for this!"

"But that's the best kind!" the whiskered warrior whined, offering her the tray. "Speaking of which, be a dear and look outside, will you?"

Reluctantly, Harley did as she'd been bade, stealing a glance toward the nearest window.

At first, she didn't understand what she was looking at. That wasn't Gotham outside, glimmering in the fading evening light. Yet for some reason the buildings were still absurdly bright. Her sleep-addled mind turned them over in her head, trying-and briefly failing-to understand what she was looking at. All at once, something clinched in the back of her mind. It wasn't the setting sun that was bright. Rather, it was the buildings. Her jaw did a small pop as it gaped open, a proverbial lightbulb popping into existence over her head.

Oh.

Oho.

Ohoho!

Ohohoho?!

"Why is Metropolis ORANGE?!"

"Why not?" Her blond beloved gave a rusty chuckle. "Had to keep myself occupied somehow while you were out. Speaking of occupied. I may or may not have done a few things while you were out. Your dearest tried to do some nasty work in the interim. Had to lay hands on a few people. Break a few bones. Crushed a few hearts...among other things." he set the tray down before her and turned to grab another as she heartily dug into the warm meal. "Also made sure the Joker stayed dead," and didn't that just make her choke, "Did you know he followed us all the way here to Metropolis? I had a devil of a time putting him down. But I...may have attracted some attention.

The roof shook above them like it had been struck by the fist of an angry god.

Harley absolutely froze. "Waitaminute. You didn't.

His smile chilled her blood.

...nope. I did."

BA-KRAM!

"Aha!"

All at once the ceiling flew apart; no, wait, perhaps that wasn't the right metaphor. A portion of it simply ceased to exist. One moment it was there; the next, it wasn't. A scouring blast of heat scoured a quick and clean man-shaped hole through which a red-and-blue caped crusader dropped like a falling meteor. Harley squeaked, not out of any real sense of modesty for herself-she didn't give a damn-but rather, out of fear. She knew a hero when she saw them, and this was perhaps the most recognizable one of all.

She didn't have to ask who it was. The blazing 'S' on his chest was a dead giveaway in any case.

"And here is!" Naruto beamed. "The man of the hour! Come to thank me, have ya?"

The fact that he was actively clapping only made it all the more surreal.

Superman felt a muscle jump in his jaw.

By all accounts, a part of him was grateful that the Joker was gone. Who knew what that madmen had been planning? Lois was safe thanks in part to his timely intervention. In that regard alone, he owed the blond more than he cared to admit. And all without breaking his most solemn vow. The young man hadn't hesitated to thrust his hand through the clown's chest. Indeed, he'd seemed almost happy to finally put him down for good-if that beatific smile was any real indication. Yet, on the other hand...after all he'd done...

No.

He had a duty.

"I'm here to take you in."

He hadn't meant the words literally; but of course, the blond seized on the opening with vicious glee.

A blond brow rose. "But we're already inside."

Well that settled it; he was arguing with a madman. "You're insane."

"Am I?" propping one foot against the bench, Naruto cocked his head aside. "I think I'm delightfully sane. Consider this." he held up a finger, causing the Man of Steel to blink. "I get to have mind-blowing sex every day, and I get paid to kill people I don't like. I also just saved your future wife and her unborn child. If that's not a win-win situation then I don't know what is. But you aren't here for that, are ya? You've got those silly little morals of yours; they're not going to let you walk away from this, are they?"

No. He wasn't.

"You need to be put behind bars." Drifting closer, he extended a hand. "Come quietly and you won't be hurt."

Instead the whiskered warrior shook his head and offered him a small smile. "Don't feel like it. In the words of an old friend...

The blond crooked four fingers forward. "Come at me, bro. I'll knock your spandex-clad ass right into the stratosphere. So. GET OVER HERE!"

That was all Clark heard before clenched knuckles barreled into his chin; the next he knew, he was hurtling through the clouds to the sound of wild laughter.

A/N: There we go! Naruto and Harley! I left the ending deliberately ambiguous, considering that these two can raise all sorts of hell together. You think this is crazy? Check out my Naruto x Killer Frost fic! Then there's the Poison Ivy one.

So...in the immortal words of Atlas...

...Review, Would You Kindly?

Nearly done now!

(Preview)

"So here we are! The final chapter! One last fight, a marriage, and we're done! Been fun, hasn't it?

*Taps glass*

"Hello? You there, reader? C'mon, don't tell me you fainted a little fourth wall break. Hello? Oi! Is this thing on?"

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