Naruto x Young Justice Fanfiction
Hello, my peeps and welcome to the fourteenth installment of this beautiful story, back-to-back chapters as it should be, I'm kidding
Now the last chapter was a transitional chapter that's why the fighting at the end was meh, I hated that chapter in the series, it did nothing to move the story forward and I just wanted to get rid of it
I hope this chapter pleases you and if you like please leave a review, and if you don't also do, respectful obviously it helps me improve and figure out how to move the story forward
Chapter 14: Wake up Naruto
Have you ever felt like there's something out there, in space, watching, learning, now this world is no stranger to aliens but sometimes this world feels like is too small in comparison, to outer space, and while most space threats are handled by our great green lantern heroes, there's bound to be an extreme threat there in space
Today such a threat came knocking on our door, today I realize who I am.
Earth's orbit
"Deploying sensors," Batman said from his ship as two green lanterns approach a massive red alien ship nearing earth
"Attention," An African American green lantern known by many as Jon Stewart called out to the ship "You have trespassed earth's boundaries unauthorize, stand down and state your business on this planet," he said and for a moment nothing happened, but then a high pitch sound rang, and two red beams fired at the green lanterns evaporating them from existence in the process
"Code red, full offensive maneuvers," A shocked Batman called and the whole league exited the Atalaya as they went in and confront the red ship but again the ring sounded off and laser red beams shoot out of the ship killing the heroes in the process
Only Batman survived the onslaught but then a red beam caught him, and he too banish from existence
Mount Justice
"Canary did you-?" Zatara who was on the call with the mountain asked but then Black Canary finish before he could end his question
"Yes, we saw," Canary said, and surprisingly the team felt nothing as they saw their mentors and the Justice league banished from existence, they were ready for whatever came next "Orbital defense is a no, start terrestrial defenses" Canary ordered at Zatara as the feed close up
"I have to join them and protect the earth in case we fail," Canary said as she turned to Nate in full seriousness "You're our next line of defense got it?" Canary asked rhetorically and Nate nodded representing the feeling the whole team had
"Good luck," Nate said as he saw Canary entering the zeta tube to join the league unto the chaos
Robin then turn on the holograms to check the news and the team winded in surprise at what was happening
"This is Iris West reporting live from the streets of Central City, extraterrestrial beings have brought their onslaught to Central City" The reporter from the television
Multiple ships head straight into the city firing beams into the people and right before a ship could hit Iris Zatara flash came into her rescue
"Thanks, Zatara and Flash" Iris said while catching her breath and Flash put a hand on her shoulder before taking off again
"Danny are you ok?" Iris asked the camera operator as the camera nodded and focused again on the heroes " A you can see the league is trying to maintain the line but it's proving to be more difficult than it first seemed" the camera zoomed in on the heroes but then an explosion on that building where the heroes were shook it and a faintly no could be heard from Iris
The feed cut to Cat Grand back at the studio "Iris get out of there!" she shouted as several ships ran to where Iris was, but it was of no use as the ships disintegrate them from existence
The news kept showing feeds of the league being destroyed one by one by the alien's ships and Black Canary called the team out of breath
"Guys I'm the last one remaining, you're in charge now," she said as she saw a ship heading her way and a beam shoot right at her killing her in an instant
Nate took a deep breath before facing his team and in seriousness spoke aloud "You heard Canary, we are in charge now" Nate said
"So, what are we waiting for? A theme song?" Superboy asked rhetorically making Nate sigh
"A plan more like it, we need a new way of fighting them," Nate said as he started thinking of ideas "We need to know how to kill them or fight back, we need to capture one of them, Robin?" Nate said and then face the youngest of them all as Robin started typing on the computer
"Checking satellite image," Robin said as a light bright on one of the arctic poles, and then everyone paid attention to Robin
"This one got lost?" Conner asked pointing at the light in the north pole
"It's Superman's fort of solitude," Robin said as Conner frowned in confusion
"I didn't know Superman had a fortress," Conner said, and Nate looked at him
"If it serves you of any consolation, me neither," Nate said and Superboy nodded in appreciation as Nate frowned looking at the map
"The ship must have been drawn by the fortress power and got stuck quite convenient," Nate said as he scratched his chin in deep thought
"My thoughts exactly," Wally said as he too look at the map
"We have our target then," Nate said as he nodded at Robin and the wonder boy turn off the map
"Yeah, we break it, make some more, and hit those ugly aliens with their own technology," Wally exclaimed in excitement but winced when Artemis hit him on the head
"Dude, Kryptonian and martian here," Artemis said pointing at Megan and Conner, and the speedster smiled sheepishly
"Ignoring that, get your winter suits out, we´re going to the north pole guys," Nate said as he prepare mentally for the mission
Fortress of solitude
The team dressed in their winters outfit got to the artic pole inside the ship and Nate ordered Robin to scan the area to look for where the ship had landed
"There, two o'clock," Robin said as he pointed at where the alien ship was patrolling, and Nate quickly made a signal to Megan to enter camouflaged mode
"Stick to the plan guys," Nate said over the now established mental link as the bioship approached the alien ship
Aqualad and Superboy dropped first followed by the rest of the team and Ciri and wolf, Aqualad with his weapons stun the alien ship and Superboy brought it down with his strength, Nate and Robin quickly went to the alien ship to help Superboy dismantle it, Nate got there first and started helping Superboy they continue to dismantle the cables from the laser guns and because of that they didn't realize that they were being targeted by the lasers
Both wolves push away their respective owners and got stuck in the lasers disintegrating them in an instant, Nate and Superboy got out of their shock quickly and quickly got unto the ship to continue dismantling the guns of the Alien ship
"I'm sorry guys," Megan said across the field, but the two non-blood-related brothers shook their heads and continue working
"Not the time, stick to the plan guys," Nate said in a surprisingly calm tone as he and Superboy cut out one of the lasers and throw it to Megan, who quickly with the help of the team started integrating it into her bioship
"Rerouting systems to integrate weapon material into the bio-ship matrix, we´ll need to de-camouflage for a few minutes," Megan said over the mental link as Robin twitch in annoyance
"We may not have a few minutes," Robin said as he saw two alien ships flying near where they were
"Megan open fire," Aqualad quickly order as Nate and Superboy started to head towards the bioship
"Can't, Weapons systems are offline to incorporate the new one, and that's not done yet," Megan said as Nate and Superboy arrived at the bioship with the rest of the team except Artemis who had stood back a little
"Gotcha covered, get inside I'm almost there," Artemis said and the team except Nate listen to her as they stood near the entrance of the bioship
Nate saw how Artemis with a well-placed arrow took one of the alien ships, but the second ship had managed to escape the attack and started loading the laser, Nate heard the loading sound and saw how Artemis was in their sights, the world slow down for him and he saw how Artemis would've died to unless he does something
And he took a step forward and in a blink of an eye, with speeds like Kid Flash's, he was next to her pushing her away from the red laser, he saw the laser coming and manage to dodge to the right but quickly enough as his left arm got stuck in the red laser disintegrate it in the process and making him tumble to the right
Back at the bioship all of that had happened in a blink of an eye, and thanks to the force that Nate had used to get to where Artemis was, he had created a blur of snow, and Megan, fearing the worst couldn't help to shout in fear
"Artemis, Nate!" She shouted in fear and shock because from her point of view it looked like her two friends and teammates had died
Aqualad, angry at what had just happened, use his powers at maximum efficiency and drop a bomb of water into the alien ship "Get inside all of you!" He said as he quickly dispose of the Alien ship, he was preparing to board the ship also but under his peripheral, he saw Artemis carrying a wounded Nate towards the ship, he quickly ran to them and help Artemis carry Nate
Aqualad winced as he saw how Nate had lost his left arm but was surprised to see that Nate was still conscious and ready to go
"We need to get out of here quickly," Nate said as they entered the bioship, and the ship quickly took to the air.
Bioship
"They're dead, every single alien. Even if the last thing I do," Wally said in anger as he thought that the alien ship had killed two of his friends
"So serious Wally, I got goosebumps," Nate said sarcastically as he accompanied by Kaldur, and Artemis entered the main hall and the rest of the team looked at him and Artemis in relief
"Thank god you are alright guys," Megan said as she hugged both blond teens tightly
"I wouldn't say alright," Robin said as he look at the empty spot where Nate's left arm was supposed to be "Dude your arm," he said, and Nate waved him off telling him not to worry about him
"I'll be fine, the laser practically made it, so I didn't feel anything, but we need to get out of here ASAP," Nate said in full seriousness and Megan nodded
"Where to?" The martian girl said and Nate looked at the outside in seriousness
"We still have a job to do, defend earth, we need to regroup and access the situation," Nate said as he looked down and realize he had lost one of his guns
"Back to the cave?" Megan asked and Nate shook his head in a negation manner
"No, get us to the Hall of Justice, we need to send a message to the general people," Nate said, and everyone nodded, Nate then turn to Robin and ask him for a favor
"Rob, do you have the schematics of the alien's guns?" Nate asked the boy wonder and Robin nodded and pass them to Nate
"What are you going to do?" Robin asked in concern and Nate smirked
"I'm going to see if I can adapt my gun so it can fire the same lasers at them," Nate said as he started to walk to the back of the ship "Tell me when we're close to our destination," Nate said to Megan and the martian girl nodded
Artemis followed him closely intending to thank him for saving her life, and no one made a motion to stop her as the team took a seat in their respective chairs
She saw Nate connecting Robin's pad to his gun and saw the gun changing colors to a yellowish red, she hugged him from behind and spoke in a whispered
"Thank you for saving me back there," Artemis said as Nate turn around not separating from the hug to face her
"You would've done the same for me," he said, and the Artemis looked at his missing arm of Nate and went for a medical kit that was laying around the area
"We need to close off the wound, take your jacket off," Artemis said as Nate complied with her orders
Artemis and Nate fell into a comfortable silence as Artemis with a pair of bandages started to wrap them around the remains on Nate's left arm, a ring brought Nate's attention back to his gun and saw that the process had already finished, as the gun was shining in a bright red color
"Did it work?" Artemis asked looking at Nate's gun
Nate with his right arm grabbed the gun and brought it close to his face to inspect it "Yeah it did," Nate said as he smirked looking at the gun "One shot with this and it will disintegrate anything from its path," Nate said, and Artemis smirked and was preparing to say something but the voice of Megan on their heads interrupted them
"Guys, we're approaching the Hall of Justice," Megan said over the mental link and Nate put the gun back into the holster
"Okay guys plan's simple, help anyone you can and get into the hall quickly, no detours," Nate said, and a chorus of affirmatives rang over the mental link as the team prepared for the descent towards the hall
Hall of Justice
The bioship flew over the hall as several marines and soldiers were battling left and right against the multiple alien ships surrounding the area "Now open fire!" A soldier shouted as the tanks kept shooting at the alien's ships
But it was of no use as the ships evade the missiles and aimed their lasers at the soldiers on the ground but before the ships could fire, a red laser struck them and disintegrate them in the process from the bioship, Superboy drop out and landed on one of the alien's ships ad started to reap it apart before landing on the ground
The soldiers cheer as the bioship lands on the ground safely and the soldiers approach Superboy some of them thinking he was Superman, while others didn't
"I'm not Superman," Conner corrects them as an old-looking soldier approaches him and talks to the dark-haired teen
"I don't know who you are son," The general said as the rest of the team dispersed to help the wounded and everyone who need it, Nate decided to walk to where Conner was "And right now I don't care, you wear the S and you got the job done," The general said as Nate approaches them
"I'm not Superman," Conner said in a defeated tone
"Tell that to the enemy," The general said and saluted Nate who had just arrived, "General Wade Eiling, U.S air force," The general said saluting Nate and Nate nodded
"At ease soldier," Nate said shocking Conner by the formality Nate was speaking but leaving his confusion for another time "You're in charge general?" Nate asked as he looked around the area accessing the situation
"Yes sir," The general said feeling like he need to respect the kid in front of him
Nate thanks the gods mentally that the soldier did not bring out the fact that he had one arm only and turns serious "I'm Red Dragon, from the justice league, what's the situation?" Nate asked and the soldier went into full report mode
"We were tasked to protect the hall of justice sir and to try and bring the alien technology back to headquarters but it's proven to be more difficult than we anticipate at first," General Wade said, and Nate nodded
"My team will help you with that, we can adapt your gear and your tanks whit the alien technology, so you can face them and win," Nate said as the general left out a breath of relief "And then we will enter the main hall to see if we can make an evacuation plan, tell your men to be ready for anything," Nate ordered and the general salute him and went to speak to his men
"Red dragon?" Conner couldn't help to ask in confusion and Nate turned to look at him with a smirk
"It's better than just Nate, isn't it?" Nate asked rhetorically and Superboy let out a chuckle as he followed Nate into the hall of Justice
Inside the Hall of Justice
The team look around while outside the soldiers with their new improved armory stood outside watching and protecting the hall
The team looks around at the fallen statues of the heroes of the original members of the Justice League and as a sense of defeat invades most of the team
Conner was looking at the fallen statue of Superman and the rest were staring at their mentors, Nate and Artemis, who in reality had no mentors, were standing a little bit far letting the team process their lost
"They are really gone aren't they," Robin said looking at the statue of Batman
Megan was sobbing but suddenly stop as she felt a presence coming from under the statue "Uncle J'onn!" She exclaimed as everybody looked at her lifting the statue of Martian Manhunter revealing the wounded hero under the statue
"Megan, check his mind," Aqualad said over the mental link standing in front of her preventing her from running to him
"Aqualad's right he could be an impostor," Nate said pointing his gun at the hero
"It's him, he's real and alive," Megan said, and Nate put down his gun and his guard
"But we saw you being disintegrated, you, Superman, and everyone else," Superboy accuses the martian hero in distrust
"Yes, I remember that but," Martian Manhunter said as he try to stand up with the help of Megan "I cannot remember how I survive, or how I got here," J'onn said, and Nate blocked out the conversation as a headache invade his system and he frowns
Nothing happening in front of him made sense and he was trying to figure out how the hero had gotten here and was not dead as Superboy said it, but his thoughts were interrupted by Kid flash who speak up on the mental link
"Hello Wally," Kid Flash said mimicking what Megan does, and he playfully punch his head "Robin come on," Kid flash and Robin exited the Hall and went towards a jeep outside being watched by everyone
Robin started to scan a weapon of the aliens they had acquired and Wally pointed towards the scan "I knew it look, its giving signs of Zanopenes, the same stuff that powers our zeta tubes," Kid flash said smiling brightly and continue talking "That thing doesn't kill it transports, everybody still alive,"
Robin looked at him in worry and confusion "Maybe but-" He started to say but was cut off by Wally's enthusiasm
"No maybes, they are all alive," Kid Flash said, and Megan smiled hearing that conversation
"Maybe that's what you wanted to tell us," Megan said to her uncle but the rest of the team wasn't convinced
Nate was going to voice his thoughts but something in the sky caught his eye "Kid, Robin get back here now,"
Nate ordered and saw the alien ships heading not the area "Megan get into the bioship now, and star opening fire," Nate said out loud, but it was too late as the alien ships fired their lasers at the bioship and disintegrate it
Megan and Martian Manhunter fell to the ground at the feeling of losing the ship, "That didn't feel like-" Megan whispered in agony and Nate took charge quickly
"We can't stay here, everybody to the zeta tubes we will regroup on the cave," Nate said and started shooting at the ships that were entering the hall disintegrating them one by one
Aqualad and Nate stayed behind as the team carried Megan and Martian Manhunter into the zeta tubes, the soldiers went through first, and then the rest of the team
Aqualad and Nate entered the area where the tubes were and kept firing at the alien's ships with their respective weapons
"You go first I´ll follow you closely," Nate said as he disintegrate one of the ships and notice his gun was at 72% of capacity
"No, they need you more than me," Aqualad said as he grabbed the back of Nate's shirt and push him into the zeta tube
Nate didn't have time to exclaim as he saw how Aqualad was disintegrated from existence and then he saw yellow
Mount Justice
Nate fell back in shock as he landed safely in the cave with his gun still in his hand, Artemis quickly went towards him and help him stand up as Nate still was in shock at what had just happened
"Dammit," Robin said as he looked at his face of Nate, which took the shock out of him, and face the team
"We will mourn later," Nate said as he shook his head when he saw the concerned look Artemis was giving him "Robin any ideas?" Nate said trying to keep the team active
"If we believe what KF said, that the alien is transporting their victims-" Robin said and Kid flash cut him off
"We do," Wally said in frustration and Robin kept talking
"Then the only reasonable facility is their mothership, isn't it?" Nate said as he look at Robin
"Yes, here it is in Smallville," Robin said putting the image of the mother ship on the hollo map "Ring any bells?" Robin asked Martian Manhunter but sighed when the hero shook his head no
"We´ll need a distraction, and we all know that I'm the best candidate for it," Superboy said, and Robin nodded in defeat
"Yeah, you're right, Superboy is the most likely person to be perceived as a threat," Robin said and Nate continue talking
"And it´ll motivate the aliens to gather around him, I don't like it, but you are our best bet," Nate said as Artemis put a hand on his shoulder in comfort
Megan looked as conflicted as everyone else and said nothing as everyone disperse to prepare for what was about to come
Moments later
Nate left the group as they were giving a message to the world, he didn't feel like he was the best suited up to give hope to the world, so he chose to get some quiet alone time to mourn the death of Aqualad
"Hey," Artemis said approaching Nate who was seating on the floor with his back leaning on the wall
"Hey," Nate responded in a defeated tone and didn't look at her and continued to look at the floor "I didn't want to say anything, but I don't think Wally's theory is right," Nate said, and Artemis put a hand on his left shoulder
"Me neither, so Aqualad is really gone, isn't he?" Artemis said with tears in her eyes as Nate nodded
"I saw it, just as it happened, he sacrifice himself and I couldn't do anything," Nate said with tears threatening to leave his eyes "Jesus I haven't felt this powerless since Ethan," Nate said as he rubbed his eyes keeping his tears back
"It's okay, you can let go, I will not judge you," Artemis said as she hugged him "You don't have to be strong now Nate, not with me," she said as Nate let out his tears and sobbed on the shoulder of Artemis
They stood there, crying and holding each other for a while until they felt like they had no more tears to let out
"What should we do now, moving forward?" Artemis asked with red tear eyes and Nate took a deep breath and look at her directly in her eyes
"We keep moving forward, to save those we can," Nate said with a small smile, and Artemis also smile remembering the words Nate had told her a while ago
"For those that we can´t" She finished, and they embrace again knowing that it could be the last time they will embrace each other
Sometime later
The team minus Superboy, Robin, and Nate had prepared for the mission, Robin was still gearing up and Nate and Superboy were chatting outside the debriefing room
"You know, we still haven't gone on that double date Megan wanted to go," Nate said with a smirk on his face and Superboy nodded
"Yeah, we haven't, maybe after this is all over, we will," Superboy said, and Nate sighed in defeat
"You know we might not be coming back from this do you," Nate said to Conner and the clone nodded
"Yeah, I know, but one can hope," Conner said as the two brothers shared a hug and Conner left to talk to Megan
Nate waited for Robin to arrive and smile when he saw the youngster walking toward him
"You're ready?" Nate asked Robin and the dark-haired teen nodded "It was a good plan you came up with if anything happens to me Rob," Nate said and put his hand on Robin's right shoulder "You'll need to lead this team, ok?" Nate said and Batman's protégé nodded in affirmation
"I won't let you down Nate, I promise," Robin said, and Nate nodded
"Then let's get this show started," Nate whispered, and they walk to where the rest of the team where waiting
Smallville
The team arrived at the city by the zeta tube and got near the mothership, Robin was scouting the area as the rest of them prepare themselves mentally for the fight
"Okay Megan open the link," Nate ordered, and Megan nodded as she opened a mental link to everyone
"We´ll go on your say Rob, and Megan stick closely to J'onn just in case," Nate said, and Megan nodded in understanding as she walk to put herself closer to her uncle
"Okay first team deploy," Robin said and Martian Manhunter followed by Megan flew towards the mothership thanks to the help of martian manhunter they got in the mothership safely
"Ready and in position," Megan said over the link from inside the mothership and Nate nodded at robin who then nodded at Conner telling him to be ready "Be careful Conner, I love you," Megan said and Superboy smiled as he jumped into a part of the mothership
He starts attacking one of the guns and Robin reminds him of not disconnecting the power source "All right you glorified trespassers! You want to see how a real alien fights!?" Conner shouted grabbing the attention of the aliens and shooting at some guns nearby him
The doors below him opened and several ships started to fly out in droves towards him "Now or never guys," he told them over the mental link
"Way is clear go, now!" Robin ordered from behind the back of Kid flash who was carrying him, Nate carried Artemis, and the red-haired speedster and the blond teen sped up towards the entrance of the ship and enter safely into the ship while the doors close up behind them
Outside, Conner kept battling and sweeping the ships that were coming after him one by one, for several minutes he kept this process grinning as he kept winning
Until one of the ships crashed beside him and an explosion dropped him around and that left an opening for a ship to shoot a laser beam toward him disintegrating him in the process
Inside the mothership, the rest of the team had made incredible progress getting into the main hall of the ship bit them Megan felt the death of Superboy and fell to the ground
"No, he's gone," Megan said over the mental link and Nate close his fist in pain and anger, but he kept serious for the rest of them
"It's alright we´ll find him with the rest of them, I know it," Wally said and before anyone could interject J'onn spoke out loud
"No, my mind is clearer now," he said as everyone look at him "The disintegration beam is exactly that, there's no detention facility, no prisoners to rescue, our mission holds no purpose," J'onn said, and Wally fell to the ground in suffering as the reality came crashing down unto him
"That may be true, but our mission can still be complete, we need to destroy the mothership to stop them from keeping attacking us," Robin said and then Artemis noticed that Nate had separated himself from the group
"Nate, what's going on?" Artemis asked as she looked at him in confusion
"They're coming," Nate said as he heard the alien's ships approaching them, he turn to look at the team, and with a smile on his face he spoke to Robin "Hey Rob, you're in charge now, I believe in you," he said as he threw a knife into a nearby panel and a red laser shield appeared between Nate and the team
"Nate what are you doing!?" Artemis said punching the shield but getting nothing out of it
"I'll hold the line, give you guys enough time for you to destroy the mothership," Nate said over the link as he stared at Artemis with a small smile on his face "I love you, Art, I'll come to find you I promise," Nate whispered at Artemis and then turn around and ignoring the yells of protest of Artemis he ran towards where he heard the ships coming from
Later Artemis would've told him that right then his eyes were glowing in bright orange light and that she could feel a great power coming from him
He turn right into the hallway and with a combat yell started shooting at the ships, disintegrating them one by one, he dodge left and right the lasers that the ships were firing at him and kept shooting at them
He kept this process as he finished with the first wave of ships and look down at his gun which show that it was at 45% of its capacity he cursed mentally as he heard the second wave of ships coming towards him
He shoot left and right not giving an inch as he kept fighting the wave of ships coming towards him, he dodge and shoot, and kept repeating the process as smoke started to surround him as a product of the many disintegrations and he look down at his gun and it said it was at 23% of capacity
He prepared himself for the next round, but the smoke made it difficult for him to see so he relied on his hearing and reflexes as he kept dodging the lasers, the ships were also affected by the smoke as one of them crashed into the ground making Nate tripped by it and twist his ankle
He cursed mentally and leaned on the wall as he kept shooting at the incoming ships the 3rd wave faded away and Nate look back again to his gun and winced when he saw it was a 5% capacity
While he was checking his gun he didn't realize that the crashed ship was still functional as a gun aimed at him and the ship fired a red beam at him, Nate couldn't evade the beam and just accepted his fate knowing he had given his team time for them to destroy the mothership he closes his eyes as he felt the disintegration beam hitting him and he went out of existence with a smile on his face
Nate's mindscape
Nate woke with a gasp on one of the chairs of his mental scape and the first thing he saw was the voice standing in front of the castle with a smile on his face
"Fancy seeing you here," The voice remarked as Nate look down and saw his left arm as if he never lost it
"What happened, am I dead?" Nate said as he kept staring at both of his hands
"Not really, you only think you are," The voice said as he paced back and forth in front of Nate "Do you remember how the day started, you were in the underground discussing things with Silverhand," The voice said, and Nate frowned trying to remember
Flashback earlier in the day
"Hey Markus, is Jonny around, I have something to talk to him about," Nate said as he entered the empty bar and found Markus preparing for tonight's shift
"Booth 3 he has been expecting you," Markus said with a smirk on his face and Nate nodded as he head into booth three
He found his boss Jonny Silverhand there drinking some booze and took a sit in front of him "Nathaniel, to what do I owe the pleasure?" Jonny said
"I came here to discuss the possible acceptance of someone into the underground," Nate said while crossing his arms
"You mean Cheshire, right?" Jonny asked rhetorically but Nate nodded nonetheless
"Yes, exactly, how did you know?" Nate asked in curiosity as he saw Jonny pouring a drink for him "No thank you, sir, I have training later,"
"Suit yourself, and Markus likes to chat, that's how I know," Jonny said drinking the cup he had just served Nate in one sip "Your request is granted she can join the underground if she wishes but," Jonny said
"But?" Nate asked in confusion
"Because she is a shadow a certain precaution needs to be taken, here," Jonny passed a dial with a blue liquid on it
"What's this?" Nate asked holding the vial close to his face
"A truth serum, courtesy of Viktor, you drink this and for the next 30 in nothing, but the truth will come out of you," Jonny said and Nate whistled in appreciation
"Quite handy," Nate said, and Jonny nodded
"Another thing, now that you're here, you´ll be please to know that we have caught the traitors," Jonny said, and Nate got a look of shock on his face
"Traitors? I thought that it was only one," Nate said, and Jonny shook his head no
"Unfortunately, we discovered that there were two traitors Tom and Greg," Jonny said and Nate winded in shock
"Shea's bouncers, how is she?" Nate asked in concern
"She's pissed but otherwise she's fine, she is conducting the interrogations herself, but the thing is," Jonny said as he took a sip of his drink "They were working for someone, we just don't know who yet,"
End of flashback
"I remember now, we were on an exercise from batman, everything that happened wasn't real, was it?" Nate asked the voice and his doppelganger nodded
"Yes, exactly," The voice said
"Then why did it feel so real?" Nate asked in confusion and the voice sighed
"Because of Megan," The voice said as Nate stood up from his seat and walk towards the voice, "When she thought you and Artemis had died, she hack the mental link Martian Manhunter had over you and make it feel like it was real," The voice said
"Then why I'm here and not awake?" Nate asked in confusion, as he scratched his head in a nervous manner
"You already know why you are here Nate, you remember now don't you?" The voice said as Nate took a step back
"I remember the experiment, how they change me, I remember the missions I did, and I also remember your name," Nate said as the voice nodded
"What's my name?" The doppelganger asked and Nate took a deep breath and with a whisper, he let out the name of the voice
"Kurama," Nate whispered as the voice started to change into a massive yellow fox with nine tails on his back and a bright pair of red eyes stared at him
"That's right, it's good to see a descendant from my friend Naruto Uzumaki," Kurama said as Nate looked at him in confusion
"But I thought I was Naruto?" Nate said as he remembered everything from his past lives
"At first you weren't, but with that experiment they did to you, they brought Naruto back into your body, and they controlled him," Kurama said, and Nate kept looking at him in confusion
"You were born Nathan Wu-Sang and then your mother enter you in that program and the blood cells from your ancestors turn you into a replica of, or rather a second Naruto Uzumaki," Kurama said, and Nate took a seat on the floor as he listens to every word Kurama was saying
"You cease to be Nathan Wu-Sang and became Naruto Uzumaki for a while, and that guy, that Naruto created me so he could survive the hardships your sensei was putting him through,"
"So, when the doctors shut that part of me, I became Nathan again, and I forgot everything Naruto experienced right?" Nate asked in confusion
"Not exactly, you two combine and created this new Nathan, you are Naruto Uzumaki and at the same time you are Nathan Wu-Sang," Kurama explained, and Nate nodded
"I guess I´m sort of getting it, I have the memories and personalities of both of them, don't I?" Nate asked and Kurama nodded then he stepped aside and let Nate see the castle
"No matter what you choose o who you choose to be, nothing will change who you are, and after remember well, men like us have many faces," Kurama said as he started to fade from existence "We will meet again Naruto, I promise you that," Kurama said as he faded from existence and only Nate and the castle remained in the mindscape
"I will be Nate for my close friends and allies, and Naruto for my foes, like my ancestor before me, I am ready," Nate whispered as he entered the castle and a bright light adorn his eyes
Inside the castle
What Nate saw first was a big library surrounding the area and he couldn't see the end of the library, he saw a blond man, in his 30s in the middle of the library, he approach the man and tapped the man's shoulder bringing the man's attention to him
"Ah Nathaniel, you finally came, I'm John Constantine, a pleasure to meet you," The man said as he put the book he was reading up and the book flew with magic at the bookshelves landing in between books gracefully
"Dad?" Nate asked in confusion at the man who just chuckle at that question
"Sorry lad, but I'm another version of your dad, from another universe," Constantine laughed off and face in full seriousness at Nate "I know you may have a lot of questions but it's time you wake up Nate, I´ll see you later, okay?" John touch and pushed back Nate's forehead and Nate felt like he was falling into the abyss
Mount Justice
Nate woke up with a gasp and the first thing he saw was the concerning eyes of Artemis looking at him
"Thank god you are alright," Artemis said while hugging him, and Nate not knowing what was happened, just hug Artemis back and saw how the rest of them were looking at him in concern
"What happened?" Nate asked as Artemis separate herself from him but kept her left hand on his right hand
"You took longer to wake up than the others," J'onn said as Nate saw the beds they were in and remember the exercise they just had "How are you feeling?" J'onn asked in concern at Nate and the blond just shrugged his shoulders
"I don't know fine, I guess?" Nate said in confusion and Martian Manhunter nodded
"Black Canary will be holding some mandatory therapy sessions with all of you," Batman said, and the team nodded but no one actually spoke up
"Don´t go anywhere got it?" Batman ordered and everyone nodded feeling the aftermath of what just had happened, and Nate looked at his left hand and he could have sworn he saw a spark coming from that hand
End of episode 14
Well, that's a wrap, a little shorter than the other ones but the material from the series is not that long
Anyone who knows what the last name Nate means don't spoil it for the rest of them, it won't be important until later on
With that make sure you leave your reviews and I´ll see you in the next chapter
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