Shinobiville
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and DC Comic characters.
Italics: Thoughts
Chapter 1 – Beginning of a Legend
On the night where Kyuubi was planning to feed his hunger, something strange happened. It was if the sky was falling, marking the end of the world. Tons of meteors struck the Hidden Leaf Village without warning. Many died while some were left homeless and alone. One of the rocks slammed down from the heaven and landed right next to the Hokage Tower. Yondaime was one of the lucky ones whose life was spared. While everyone was in a state of panic, Yondaime went to check out what it was that almost killed him. What he found was a metal object that he has never seen before. Some sort of door opened when he tried to examine the object. To his surprise, inside was a blond baby boy with blue eyes. The child looked at him with full attention and gave him a very cute smile. Yondaime cautiously picked the child up into his arms and continued to survey the village and investigate the unseen attack.
16 Years Later
"Hey Ero-sennin, isn't it time for us to return to Konoha?" asked a teenage Naruto. The blond Genin had grown tall over the years as his growth spurt finally kicked in. No longer was he the little shrimp whom was over looked by everyone. The academy years weren't very kind to him, since most people thought he was a lower classman even though he was a year ahead. He is dawned with blue clothing and red fighting gloves.
"We'll be coming back when I feel you are ready to come back," answered the Jiraiya. "It's true that you have grown very strong over the years but I can still see room for improvement. Your dad told me to look after you after that Sasuke incident. He knows that you have an abnormally high chakra reserve and wanted me to train you on how to use them effectively."
"Say, am I stronger than my dad back when he was my age?"
"Not that question again. Your dad was a very brilliant ninja, which is why he is the Hokage now. It's hard to compare to someone like him." Jiraiya laughed hard but that was only a distraction. He didn't want to answer 'yes' and make the boy arrogant. Naruto had grown tremendously after their journey began. The boy's strength and speed today could not be compared to the Naruto of three years ago. Furthermore, his chakra reserves seem to have grown larger, giving the boy what looks to be unlimited stamina. The blond boy soaked up jutsus like a sponge and a couple of them were high level jutsu that depletes a large amount of chakra. What he finds amazing is that Naruto recovers seconds after performing those jutsus.
"Where are we going now?"
"We're going to visit an old friend of mine," said the toad sennin. "He is more of Tsunade's friend actually but I know the person. He's the head of a large clan and I'm hoping he has some information about the Akatsuki.
A few days later, the duo made it to town.
Naruto surveyed the town and felt something familiar about the place. "I think I've been here before."
"We're in the Tea Country now kid."
"Tea Country? Oh right, I had a mission here before. There is something here called the Todori Burning Fire Race that happens ever four years. Two of the large clans in this country don't get along and so by orders of the feudal lords, they compete against each other in a race to see who will gain superiority over the other. My team and I guarded the runner from the Wasabi Clan who hired us after getting the word that the opposing clan, the Wagarashi Clan planned to cheat by hiring shinobis from the Hidden Rain."
Jiraiya was amused. "So you know Jirochou then. That's good because we're going to pay him a visit."
"So that's who we're here to see."
The village hasn't changed a bit from what Naruto remembered. Only that the place was more cheery and less gloomy as the last time he was here. Suddenly, he heard a commotion coming from his left.
As Jiraiya and Naruto got to the scene, they saw a couple of drunks not wanting to pay their bar tab. The drunks were arguing with the bar owners and the situation looks like it could get out of hand. Before Naruto could act, he saw a red and yellow blur for a split instance and vanished. The drunks were knocked out and the owners had a bag of gold in their hands.
"What just happened?" a confused Naruto asked.
"Someone fast just came back and took care of the job." Jiraiya looked at his student seriously. "I've never seen someone that fast Naruto. He is likely faster than you."
The world is such a big place. I didn't think it was possible to go any faster than me but here in this village there is someone. I still got a long way to go.
"It's good to see you again Boss Jirochou," Naruto greeted. "How have you been doing?"
The head of the Wasabi smiled as he saw that Naruto was as energetic as ever. "I'm doing very well thanks to you and your team. You've gotten a lot taller." Jirochou looked at the older man standing next to the blond ninja. "Jiraiya?"
The toad sennin was a bit miffed at his old friend. "What? You don't recognize me because I'm not Tsunade?"
"Don't be like that Jiraiya. It's just that we have not seen each other for so long. Come, let us get some drinks and talk about old times." Jirochou gestures his old friend to sit down and have a drink. He then arches his head towards the door to call for some drinks to be brought in. "Idate! I have a special guest today. Can you bring some sake?"
Immediately, bottles of sake appeared on the table from thin air.
Naruto was shocked to see that. Then he felt a presence next to him. As he turned to have a look, he found his old friend Idate beside him. Idate still dressed simply like before but changed into red and yellow garbs. He wore yellow shorts and a red shirt. "You were that blur we saw at that bar today."
Idate gave his friend a shocked look. "You were there? Anyways, let's go out and talk and let them drink."
"It looks like you've gotten faster," said Naruto.
Idate kept walking and stopped at a nearby tree in the garden of his master's house. "Yeah, I think it happened weeks after we departed. I was running errands for Boss Jirochou when suddenly I got attacked by men from the Wagarashi Clan. They have a huge grudge against me for winning the race. It was then that I burst into high speed. Those Wagarashi Clansmen looked as if they were standing still throughout the whole time I fought them. From then on, I've been going in and out of places like a flash."
Naruto was puzzled. Usually it takes months to years of hard training to reach the speed Idate was going. Then again, Ero-sennin said that he improved greatly more over others who underwent the same training regime. "You didn't do any special training?"
"Nope. I just got fast all of a sudden. I can't even explain it."
"Perhaps it's a bloodline limit."
"Maybe, but my brother doesn't have this speed and I never heard our family saying anything about this. Anyways, it just mysteriously appeared on that day. How are your other teammates?"
This earned a sad expression from Naruto. "They are both dead."
This gave Idate quite a shock. It seems like the day was full of surprise. "How?"
"It was a little after we departed. Our village's sworn enemy Orochimaru sent some of his shinobis to abduct the last member of the Uchiha Clan. This wasn't the first time he attacked Konoha. That snake allied with the Sand Village and attacked the Leaf during the Chuunin Exam three years ago. All of the Leaf Ninjas lead by my father drove them away. There were many deaths on both sides. One of people that died was my Jounin sensei. The Third also died in the attack. He was the main target whom Orochimaru wanted dead. Anyways, the Sound shinobis abducted Uchiha Sasuke who was actually willing to go. My father sent my team and a few Chuunins to recover him. However the mission was a failure with my teammates ended up dieing."
"I can remember that day as if it was yesterday. You wouldn't like what I saw. I was so close in bringing Sasuke back but he did something unexpected. He changed, morphed into a winged demon and made a hole on my chest. Tsunade-obachan said I would have died too if not for my quick healing which aided in the healing jutsu the medic-nins preformed on me. This is why I am here now I guess. I'm on a training mission so that there won't be anymore deaths while I'm here."
The conversation between the two lasted even till the afternoon. Both decided they were hungry and chose to eat at a restaurant.
"You know, I have been hearing about you lately," said Idate. "With my speed, I get to travel to any place I want and still come home in time for supper. Everywhere I go I hear the name Naruto the Superman and the exploits of how you save people."
Naruto laughed. "I'm just as surprised as you are. Picturing me wondering around town and hearing my name with a goofy title and then hear heroic stories about how I vanquish evil and the like. With that speed of yours, I may eventually start to hear your name mention at places as well."
"You bet because when I start moving, everything else starts slowing."
Naruto was looking at the time and wondered what the old pervert was doing. "You think its okay for you to leave right now? What if those old men finished all the drinks you brought?"
"Don't worry about it. The new guy we hired will be able to get them more drinks if needed. His name is Umenokouji Taski I believe."
Moments later, someone dashed into the restaurant and caused a scene.
"Please, anyone! They have my wife and daughter! Someone save them!"
When the guys turn towards the person making the noise, they saw the bar owner from earlier today.
Idate blinked and reappeared quickly in front of the bar owner. "Sir, what's wrong? Who has your wife and daughter?"
"It was those drunken men who refused to pay their tab. They said they are from the Wagarashi Clan and demanded payment for the humiliation they've suffered. But it wasn't me who knocked them out though. Please help me."
From hearing the story, Idate felt guilty since this was partly his fault. "Where are they?"
"At the Wagarashi Main House. They said to have the money by eight tonight."
Idate nodded his head. "Don't worry, I'll get your family back safely in a flash." The ex-ninja of the Leaf zoomed out of the building and headed toward the Wagarashi Main House. At the moment, time seemed to have stopped as he maneuvers himself around the street full of people. To him, the people were just standing still like lifeless dummies. Even the leaves that were falling from the trees were just laying still in midair. Idate was now in a world where maybe only he was able to travel.
"You do know this is the second time you left me to pay the tab don't you?" Naruto asked.
The ex-Leaf ninja's eyes widen. He turned his head back and saw Naruto running behind him. He was shocked since this was the first time anyone was able to follow him with this speed. "What the? How are you able to run this fast?"
"Don't know. Like you I was just able to gain this type of speed without special training. I haven't even attached weights to my legs before."
"Well, you can just run back because I don't need your help. This is my mess so I'll clean it up on my own."
"Didn't you learn anything about teamwork from our last meeting?"
As soon as Idate reached a block away from the Wagarashi Main House, he stopped running. Naruto followed his friend's action.
"That large compound there is the Wagarashi Main House. Now like I said before, I don't need your help Naruto. When I get in there, those people would just be standing still to me."
"You know what; speed isn't the only thing you gained. Your arrogance meter is off the charts."
"Look, just stay here at this tea shop and wait for my return." Not saying another word, Idate ran into the compound. In minutes, Idate pretty much covered the whole area of the compound and still haven't found any traces of the kidnapped victims. I guess it would help to know what they look like, he thought. With no where else to run, he decided to take a short break and create a plan. It was then he heard a conversation concerning the next Todori Burning Fire Race.
Idate got closer to the closed room to overhear the conversation. It seemed that the new head of the Wagarashi Clan plans on cheating yet again on the next race that was coming up next year. He heard before that the ex-head of the Clan suffered from illness and passed away a year ago. Now his son is taking charge of the family operations. Like his father, this guy is wicked, he thought. He started to clench his fist tightly. The next thing he overheard was how the enemies were planning to kill Boss Jirochou so that the Wasabi Clan would become weak and disorientated before the race. They even have a spy planted in the Wasabi Main House under the name Umenokouji Taski and the assassination is planned for tonight.
Idate was downright pissed and was about to storm inside the room when a guard spotted him. The feeling of being caught washed away his angry emotions. Before he could be caught, Idate went into hyper drive. As he was running, he remembered what his original purpose was and continued to look for the bar owner's missing family. Unknown to Idate, the guard that caught him eavesdropping was ordered to turn on all traps within the compound.
Naruto the Superman was sipping a cup of tea relaxingly until he heard explosions coming from the Wagarashi Main House. Immediately, he follows pursuit of his friend.
All the guards were now on high alert. The ex-Leaf ninja had activated a couple of traps as he was running. By the time the explosion occurred, Idate was already away from the scene. To his dislike, most of the guards ran out from their rooms and started patrolling the area. What seems to be a blessing in disguise came when he notice the kidnappers coming out from a hidden entrance behind the man-size waterfall within the backyard garden.
Working his feet once more, Idate ran into the secret room and knocked out the guards inside. Once his fist connected a face, he instantly ran towards the next guard following with the same attack. All five guards were knocked out in seconds. Idate looked around the room and saw it was some type of prison and storage area combined. Inside one of the prison cell, he saw a middle-aged lady with a little girl. He quickly searches the guards for the key and opened the prison cell. "Don't worry, I'm a friend. I'm here to save you and bring you back home."
Unlucky for the ex-Leaf ninja, the kidnappers were back and called for reinforcements once they saw a stranger inside the hidden room. Sweat started to flow down Idate's face as the only exit was now barricaded.
"We really need to work on teamwork," said a voice coming from outside the entrance. A figure stepped into view and it turns out to be Naruto. As Naruto walked towards his friend, he skillfully knocks out the opponents with power and speed. He sent his right elbow to the solarplex of a guy on his right then a back fist to the guy on his right which follows by a straight punch with his left with another guy on the left. A man pulled out a sword he was carrying and swung it at the blond Genin. Naruto simply caught the blade between his index and middle finger and snap it in half. Next, he delivers what appears to be an open palm strike to the man's forehead to knock the person out like the rest. This continues on until there was no one else as he reaches Idate.
The blond Genin bowed to the lady. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I have come here to save you and your daughter." Another man came from the entrance and ran towards Naruto only to be knocked aside into some wooden crates. Black powder started spilling out from the crates.
"We have to hurry out of here Naruto. I overhead the new head of the Wagarashi Clan. They plan to kill Boss Jirochou and they hired Taski to do it."
"Who's Taski?" Naruto asked.
"I told you, he's the new guy we hired around the house. His background seemed okay so we hired him without a problem."
As the group got outside of the hidden room, they found themselves surrounded by more guards.
"Is it me or has the Wagarashi Clan grown bigger since the last time I saw them." Naruto surveyed his opponents and didn't see anyone that could pose a problem.
"You must be very skilled if you took down all those men," said the current head of the Wagarashi Clan. "My name is Umenokouji Nakago."
"Umenokouji?" Idate repeated. "What relations do you have with Umenokouji Taski?"
"He's my younger brother. The two of us are adopted by the late head of the Wagarashi Clan. Since the man couldn't have children on his own, he adopted us." The well clothed man stepped forward. "My guard tells me that you have overheard my conversation about Jirochou of the Wasabi Clan. I cannot allow any of you to leave. Please stay and become permanent guest of our clan."
"You must be joking if you think we are going to fall for that. I'm Morino Idate from the Wasabi Clan."
"So you are the winner of the last Todori Burning Fire Race. Even more reason not to let you leave."
Naruto stepped up in front of the woman and child. "Let the lady and child go. They are innocent in all of this."
"And whom would you be to order me around?" Nakago asked.
"Uzumaki Naruto, a lowly ninja of the Hidden Leaf."
"Uzumaki Naruto?" The name rung a bell inside Nakago's head. "You must be Superman whom I have heard so much about. I've heard many stories about you. You're a busybody that sticks his nose where it doesn't belong am I correct?" With a wave of his hand, he commands his men to start attacking. "Not one of them live past tonight."
The majority of the men carried swords while two men beside Nakago carried bows and arrows
Naruto formed quick hand seals. "Katon - Housenka no Jutsu!" Naruto started to blow out multiple fireballs from his mouth. The jutsu was very effective on multiple and moving targets.
The little girl and her mom were surprised that there was no heat given off from the fireball. Unknown to them, Naruto used a smaller amount of chakra then what was needed, making the jutsu less deadly. The attack was only meant to knock the opponent unconscious. Not one opponent was left standing but one person remained conscious. Although the fireballs were very light, it did manage to set a couple of small areas on fire.
"Warn me before you do something like that," Idate stated. He then turned to his clan's enemy. "That's low Nakago. You used your own men as a shield."
"That is what they were paid to do."
Idate was thinking of ending Nakago's life. It was a fitting way for someone whose heart was black as coal.
"Don't kill him if you don't have to," said Naruto. Naruto was one who doesn't like senseless killings. He began to hate death since he was a child. There were many times when ninjas stormed into his home and report about deaths and such with his father. Being a ninja himself meant he needed to kill at some point. Naruto had thought long and hard and believes if it meant protecting someone, killing was unfortunately necessary. Therefore, to kill was okay but not senseless killing where you can avoid it.
"You know what he's going to do. I should just kill him now before it's harder to do so later."
"If he takes this chance and repents, it is worth letting him go."
Seeing that the two intruders were distracted, Nakago quickly picked up his guard's bow and arrow. The arrow held some burning grass of its head. "You should have killed me when you had the chance." Nakago let loose the arrow and it went sailing towards the hidden room behind the waterfall.
Naruto saw the arrow coming. He moved his head aside and let the arrow harmlessly pass by.
Nakago stood there laughing while Idate landed several punches on his face. Everything seemed fine again until the little girl screamed.
With inhuman speed, Naruto turned around and saw a giant wall of fire coming out from the hidden room. The fire was just inches away from them and Naruto almost hit himself for letting down his guard and reacting too late. He maneuvered himself in front of the entrance to the hidden room with his back facing it. He was holding onto both the mother and child in his arms in hopes he could at least shield them from the approaching fire.
Fire shot out of the room and engulf the area with flame. The radius surrounding the entrance of the hidden room was burnt while everything else was untouched. Both Idate and Nakago were knocked down from the blast. As Idate got up, he saw that his blond friend had shielded the family with his own body.
"Naruto! Are you okay?" Idate ran towards his friend and placed a hand his friend's shoulder. He quickly lifted his hand away because it felt like he was touching an open flame. Naruto's back was boiling hot from the heat given by the fire.
Naruto looked at his friend and leased the mother and child from his embrace. "Are you both okay?"
The bar owner's family nodded their heads and said they weren't harmed.
"How did you survive from that man?" Idate asked. "Are you hurt?"
The blond ninja stood up and stretched. "I don't know how it's possible but I'm not even slightly hurt. Where is Nakago?"
"Out cold. Do you still want to let him go?"
"One strike and you're out. I gave him a chance and he didn't take it. Do whatever you want with him."
The bar owner was extremely happy that his family returned to him. They have been say thank you nonstop.
"Looks like they forgot that I had a hand in this rescue," Idate said sadly. "It looks like another story is going to be added into your heroic tale." Idate looked at his watch frantically and disappeared.
That's right. Nakago wants old man Jirochou dead. It should be okay with Ero-sennin there. Well, it's better to be safe than sorry I guess.
When Naruto got to the facility, he saw Idate standing next to Jirochou with a wrapped up Taki on the ground.
"So I guess you made it in time and captured the spy," said Naruto.
"No, it wasn't me. Turns out Jiraiya-sama apprehended him after noticing poison in the drinks. Luckily he noticed it right away after Taski brought out the new batch of sake."
"Looks like I owe you once again Naruto," said Jirochou. "Idate explained part of the story to me already. I'll have someone contact the feudal lords and have them take over this case. Murder and attempted murder is something very serious in the Tea Country."
Naruto nodded his head. "So where is Ero-sennin?"
"Jiraiya left moments after Taski was caught. He said he has urgent business to take care of and wants you to meet up with him immediately tomorrow morning at the Hot Spring Village."
"Think he just want to peep on girls." Naruto started to worry for his old master. The old man should just find someone and settle down or something, he thought.
"Where's Idate?" Naruto asked. He wanted to say goodbye to his friend before he departed.
"I'm not sure but I have a feeling you'll see each other again."
The blond Genin nodded his had and disappeared from sight.
Once again, time seemed to have stopped as Naruto was traveling at top speed. Strangely enough, he felt someone approaching behind him.
"Leaving without saying goodbye?"
"So you finally showed your face now huh Idate. I'm going to meet up with Jiraiya at the Hot Springs Village. Maybe I'll find myself a girlfriend when I'm there."
"And I'm running errand at Cow Village. They have the best beef there and Boss Jirochou wanted me to get some for the feast tonight with the feudal lords. I did the hero thing. I decided to let Nakago go and let the justice system handle him."
Naruto laughed. "Why don't you come back to the Hidden Leaf? I bet you miss the place."
"No reason to come back that's all. I don't have the face to come back anymore. I would only be causing my brother problems."
"I'm sure he misses you. They say blood is thicker than water. Beside, we can form a new team or a league or something. With my strength and our speed together, we'll be unstoppable."
"There's only a trial there that's waiting for me for the crime I committed. I'm already listed in the books as being dead. It is better that way."
"You can't continue to run away forever you know. You may run fast but the past is known to catch up with you no matter how far you run. Like on our last meeting, you got to reunite with your brother."
"The Tea Country is my new home now Naruto. Boss Jirochou is my Hokage and the Wasabi Clan is my Hidden Leaf Village."
Naruto understood the difficult position his friend was in. Even though the Sword of Raijin and the jutsu scroll have been returned to the village, the fact that he had a hand in its disappearance still remains. Perhaps he could have a chat with his father about this when he gets back.
Idate smiled. "Tell you what. If you can catch me, I'll think about it." With that said and done, Idate increased his speed and ran in front of Naruto.
Naruto also increased his speed but found that he couldn't keep up. Seconds later, Idate waved goodbye to him and increase even more speed and disappeared from sight.
Damn that guy. He was holding back his speed. Anyway, off to Hot SpringsVillage to meet up with Ero-sennin.
Author's Notes:
This is a Naruto Crossover with DC Comics. Naruto is a blond hair, blue eyes Kyptonian without Kyuubi sealed within him. He is going to gain some new abilities but lose of what he has now. Some might say that Naruto's powers are downgraded. Superman's powers will be enhanced due to the ninja training. Anyways, as you can see, I changed the original story around a bit so that this story would work. Naruto may be a boy-scout now but wait until he gets a hold of Red Kryptonite.
Uzumaki Naruto - Superman
Powers: Naruto's Kryptonian body act as a living solar battery that stores yellow light coming from the sun. The solar energy within his body heightens all normal human ability hundreds of times over. Like in the DC Comics, Naruto will gain new powers as his body matures. Super strength, speed, flight, invulnerability, super hearing, heightened nose, x-ray vision, infrared vision, telescope vision, heat vision, holding breath for a long time, blow cold temperature from mouth
Morino Idate - The Flash
Powers: Body can move at super speed that can travel as fast as the speed of light. Powers comes from the Speed Force, a realm still unknown. When traveling at light speed, the Flash merges with the Speed Force. The Flash is able to vibrate his body and pass through solid object.
