Jump City Assassin

by Shinobi of Greed

My name is Naruto Namikaze. Eleven years ago my father and sister were killed before my very eyes. Since then I've trained with an elite group, honing my skills in hopes of finding justice for my sister and father. But to avenge my family I have to become something else, someone else. I am the Black Fox!

5. Chapter 5 Helping an Enemy

Chapter 5. Helping an Enemy

Naruto walked into his shop, while Shikamaru was right on his heel. Currently the blond was leading the teenager to his headquarters so they could devise a rescue plan. As they made their way into Naruto'a office, the blond stopped at his hidden bookcase, causing Shikamaru to groan.

"Do you really have a room hidden behind a bookcase? Now that is cliché." The lazy teen mumbled.

Naruto smirked and grabbed a book and pulled it back. Causing a mechanism to make a clicking noise and the bookcase to slide out of the way. Revealing a large elevator to Shikamaru.

"Please I'm a billionaire, I have much better tricks than just a simple room." Naruto replied, while stepping into his hidden elevator. "You coming?"

Shikamaru placed his hands into his pockets and walked into the elevator. "Troublesome blond." The teen grumbled, before the door closed and they began their descent.

Naruto smiled and placed his hands behind his back and waited for the elevator to reach its destination. While Shikamaru just stood by and tried to think how anyone could build this without alerting a large crowd of people to its existence. Though as the elevator made a ding and its doors slide open, Shikamaru was instantly amazed.

Naruto smiled and walked into his headquarters. "Welcome to my little secret lair, I've been working names in my head. I'm leaning more towards the Fox Den, but I'll put some more thought into it."

Shikamaru ignored the blond and walked past Naruto. "This is state of the art tech, do you even know how to work half of this?" The black haired teen began, as he took a seat and started to type on one of the many computers.

Naruto walked over and watched Shikamaru work on the computer. Though all he saw was numbers scrolling quickly down the screen. "Besides playing online poker? Not much."

"Amateur." Shikamaru mumbled, while standing up and walking over to a display case. Taking notice to Naruto's uniform he began to rub his chin. "That's not a very effective uniform, seems primitive. A gun would tear you to shreds, plus I doubt it's heat and cold resistant."

Naruto narrowed his eyes. "It's the uniform the League of Assassins has used for centuries. It's designed for stealth not a gun fight." The blond assassins pointed out.

Shikamaru nodded and walked off. "I could still make a better one." The teen replied before stopping at the station where Naruto kept his weapons. "Could make some improvements to your arsenal as well. Ever think of using trick arrows?"

Naruto sighed and held his arms out. "Are we gonna talk about saving your mom, or are you gonna keep critiquing me?"

"Most likely both." Shikamaru replied without emotion, while walking over to the board where Naruto kept all his evidence to his family's murder. "What are you gathering all this information on? Wait don't answer that."

Naruto groaned and looked to the ceiling, while Shikamaru began running his fingers across the different pieces of info Naruto had.

"That makes sense." Shikamaru mumbled, as he turned to look at Naruto. "You're in Jump City to find who was responsible for the attack that killed your father and sister. And I'm guessing that phone has the next clue you need."

Naruto nodded. "Well look here, I've got my own little junior detective." The blond spoke sarcastically.

Shikamaru rolled his eyes. "Dick." The teenage genius mumbled.

Naruto folded his arms and narrowed his gaze. "Excuse me?"

"You're excused." Shikamaru replied, while walking over to the computer he was on moments ago. Then as he took a seat, he began to type once more.

Naruto grabbed a chair and placed it beside Shikamaru, then as he took a seat he began to speak. "Alright are we gonna talk about saving your mom? Cause I need intel, like who has her and where are her captives holding her. I'd also like to know why your mother got kidnapped in the first place, but all you seem interested in doing is screwing around!"

Shikamaru sighed and stopped typing. "For starters she was taken by the Russian mob."

"Jump City has a Russian mob?" Naruto replied in a confused tone.

"Every shitty big city has a Russian mob." Shikamaru pointed out. "Though that's why I'm on this computer. I was suppose to meet with a man and pay the money I owe the mob. They would then give me my mother back, but I'm not stupid. I know even if I had the money to pay them, they wouldn't give me my mom back. So I'm trying to scan known areas used by the mob while hacking security street camera footage for any sign of my mom."

"Which helps us how? There is hundreds of hours of footage on those cameras. There is no way you could locate your mother." Naruto replied in disbelief.

Shikamaru began typing once more. "That would be true, except I'm using your state of the art tech to run facial scans for my mom. In a few minutes I should know her exact location."

Naruto was impressed, he had to admit that Shikamaru was defiantly useful.

"Alright so answer me this then. Why do you owe the mob money?" Naruto asked.

Shikamaru spun around and faced Naruto with a blank expression. "When I was thirteen my dad died in a car accident. He survived the collision, but he died later in the hospital. Though before he died, my dad spoke his last words to me. He asked me to always make him proud and watch over my mom. So when my mom became deathly ill, and we didn't have the money for medical bills. I got some money from some dangerous people to help my mom. And now here I am, working with a killer to stop killers."

Naruto nodded and began to think to himself, while at the same time walking over to his uniform. Shikamaru was just like himself, a boy who lost his father and would do anything to protect his mother.

"Alright I'll go suit up for the rescue mission, I'll lend you a spare uniform to wear. That way the mob shouldn't recognize you." Naruto explained as he grabbed his uniform. "After all some of the mob may still come after you."

"Yeah about that." Shikamaru began, while folding his hands and looking to Naruto. "I'm not coming with you."

Naruto looked confused as he held his uniform. "What do you mean? Your powers could be helpful in saving your mom."

"True, but I'm not like you. You can jump around, shoot arrows and fight with your hands and sword." Shikamaru then pointed to his head. "This is my greatest weapon. Powers or no powers, I would just hold you back."

Naruto didn't argue, Shikamaru did make a point. Especially since Naruto always did work better alone anyways.

"Alright I'll go after your mom, but what will you be doing?" Naruto asked.

Shikamaru reached beside the computer and grabbed a small device, then with little effort he tossed it to Naruto. "I'm on overwatch." Shikamaru explained, while placing a headset on. "Take that head piece and I'll walk you through everything, building schematics, enemy locations and anything else I can pull up for assistance."

Naruto smirked. "That should be helpful."

"Yeah because I thought of it." Shikamaru dead panned. "Now suit up and we can discuss rescue plans."

Naruto rolled his eyes and walked off. "Don't order me around." The blond grumbled, while doing what Shikamaru told him to do.

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(Titans Tower)

Robin had just recently called his team in for a meeting. The topic at hand was of course Theaelab, aka Naruto. As Robin waited impatiently in front of a computer screen, his team slowly walked into the room one at a time.

Beast Boy and Cyborg walked in almost at the same time, both teens were wearing a carefree expression on their faces. Neither really knowing the reason their leader called this meeting.

Starfire was the next to enter the room, she was floating in the air and humming a happy tone to herself. She like her other teammates, was unaware of the reason behind this meeting

Finally Raven stalked into the room with a board expression, she had a book tucked between her arms. Showing she was in the middle of reading a book and Robin interrupted that.

Soon the whole team took a seat and Robin cleared his throat. Then by clicking a remote control in his hand, pictures of Theaelab appeared on screen.

"As you all surly know, for that past couple of days we have had difficulties with this Theaelab." The Boy Wonder began. "He's already killed countless criminals, but he's finally went too far."

Robin then clicked to a picture of a smiling man. "Within the previous twenty four hours, Theaelab has killed famous businessman Garfield Sharp. A man who had no criminal record or criminal involvement whatsoever."

Raven looked to the picture and folded her arms. "He mentioned having a target, could this be the target he spoke of?" The female hero mused.

Robin looked to Raven and sighed. "Possibly, but there is no way of knowing for sure. That is unless we capture Theaelab and get the information out of him."

Cyborg frowned. "So we have to assume there is more targets he is after." The half teen half robot pointed out.

"Unfortunately." Robin answered with a small nod. "But there is good news, as I've finally figured out why this Theaelab seemed so familiar."

Starfire looked surprised. "Have you fought the Theaelab before?" The alien princess asked.

Robin shook his head. "Not exactly, but I have fought the organization he works or worked for. It's a group that's gone by many names, the most notable ones being the League of Shadows and League of Assassins."

Robin then clicked the remote and a picture of Ra's came on screen. "This is their leader, Ra's Al Ghul. Who I assume is Theaelab's master and if I'm right, we are in trouble."

"So what makes you so sure this Theaelab guy is part of The League of Shadows?" Beast Boy asked.

"I referenced his fighting style and uniform with data that Batman has collected over the years. It seems to be a perfect match." Robin answered in a grim tone. "Which is bad, considering he probably has hundreds of allies within the League."

"Great, we are fighting a whole army of assassins." Raven mumbled unenthusiastically.

"Near immortal assassins." Robin added in, causing his team to be left in confusion.

"What are you talking about Rob?" Cyborg asked.

The Boy Wonder sighed. "The League of Shadows has this mystical pool, called the Lazarus Pit. It's a powerful tool that Ra's has used to keep himself alive for centuries. Batman even told me it has the power to bring the dead back to life."

Beast Boy tossed his hands into the air. "An immortal assassin army, I'm so done!" The boy grumbled.

Robin turned the screen behind him off and looked around his team. "Things are not that hopeless, so far I'm going on assumptions. However, we need to plan for taking Theaelab out for good. So until his capture we are taking shifts patrolling the city at night."

"Is that the safest plan of action Robin?" Starfire began in a worried voice. "Theaelab did escape when we fought together, and he did say next time we get in his way, he will try to kill us. So is sending one person out alone a good idea?"

"It's the best we can do for now." Robin answered in a low voice. "We can't let him kill anyone else. And Theaelab seems to prefer night attacks, but we can't all go fighting crime 24 hours of the day. So we have to take shifts to stay at our best. After all, Theaelab isn't the only threat to this city."

Raven stepped forward. "Alright then I'll be the first one to take night-watch." The female hero announced.

Robin shook his head. "No I was gonna take first shift, it's my idea so I should be the one to go. Besides working with Batman I'm accustomed to working at night."

Raven smiled. "Robin you're exhausted, you've been going crazy with catching Theaelab. Take a night to rest up and get back up at your best. Besides you said it yourself, the first innocent he kills is on me. After all, I was the one who let him go. So let me take first shift."

Robin opened his mouth to protest, but he knew Raven wouldn't listen. "Alright, just radio your communicator if you get in trouble."

Raven nodded and stood up. "I should be fine." She replied, while walking towards the exit. "You four just rest up and don't worry."

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(With Naruto)

Naruto was currently fully geared up, and driving his motorcycle down an abandoned underground subway tunnel. See the blond's HQ was actually connected to a whole network of abandoned subway tunnels, so Naruto is able to move freely around the city without being traced.

Soon he started to move up an incline of stairs, before shooting his way into the streets of Jump City. Once Naruto hit the streets, he began to speed his way through traffic while disregarding other vehicles and traffic signs.

"Naruto, take your next right." Shikamaru instructed over their radio communications. "Traffic cameras show there is a JCPD patrol car ahead, so it's best to avoid a high speed chase."

"Understood." Naruto replied, while moving to his right. "Hey do you think that you can hack the traffic lights and make them all green?"

There was a snort on the other end. "With ease." Shikamaru answered, while typing on the computer from his end. "You should have all green lights from here on out."

"Thanks." Naruto spoke with a small smirk, while revving up his motorcycle and taking off at a faster speed.

"No problem." Shikamaru replied, while taking a moment of silence. "Well that could be an issue."

"I don't like that tone." Naruto began, while taking a sharp turn. "What's wrong?"

Shikamaru started to type faster than before, while his eyes scanned across multiple screens. "You're being followed, I'm not sure by what. Though something is definitely tailing your movements."

Naruto tightened his grip on his handlebars. "Where are you seeing this?" Naruto asked, trying to look in his rear view mirrors.

"Check your seven, it looks like someone is flying by your side." Shikamaru explained, while trying to figure out who was following the blond.

Naruto looked over and up, allowing him to spot the person following him. This of course caused Naruto to groan. "It's Raven." The blond revealed. "Though I don't see her team, Shikamaru what do you see?"

Said teen started to inspect multiple cameras around the blond. "So far it appears she is alone, but your should try to lose her."

"What do you think I'm trying to do?" Naruto replied in an annoyed tone. "It's hard when the other person can fly."

Shikamaru raised his eyebrow. "Did you try shooting at her?" The teen asked.

"Did you try shooting her?" Naruto mimicked in a childish voice, while taking his hands off his bike and grabbing his bow. Then while bending backwards, he took aim and fired an arrow at Raven.

Shikamaru watched the arrow travel towards Raven, only for the teen to fly out of the way. "Nice miss." Shikamaru mocked, causing Naruto to growl through the headset.

"Little hard to be accurate, while driving at night and shooting at a flying target. Who just happens to like dressing in dark clothing." Naruto replied, placing his bow back onto his back and continuing to drive.

Up above Naruto, Raven squinted her eyes and watched Naruto. "That's definitely Theaelab." The teen mumbled, while reaching for her communicator, but deciding to leave it be. "I don't need backup for this."

Looking over to Raven, Naruto tried to lose the hero by taking a sharp turn into a large alley way. Though a simple tactic like that was no use as Raven stayed hot on Naruto's trail.

Quickly Raven flew down so she was flying beside Naruto. Then as her hands started to glow black, she focused on the wheels to Naruto's bike. This caused the wheels to be coated in a black aura, and begin to stop on their own.

Naruto found it increasingly difficult to control his motorcycle. Because he was still accelerating his bike, but Raven was forcing it to stop with her powers. So knowing he was nearly caught, Naruto slammed his brakes and made his bike slide down the alleyway. Coming to a stop where he was face to mask with Raven herself, who was flying above the assassin.

"I'm in a rush Raven, so why don't you take fly off pretty bird." The persona of Theaelab began in his disguised voice.

Raven slowly floated onto the ground and glared at the assassin. "Why did you kill Garfield Sharp?"

Shrugging his shoulders, Naruto laughed. "Someone asked me to kill him, so I did." The masked assassin replied. "See that's how assassination contracts work."

Raven'a hands started to glow black. "Is that why you are in my city? Just so you could get the chance to kill that man?"

"Please I have my own agenda for being here, killing Mr. Sharp was just a favor for someone." Naruto responded offhandedly, before pointing to his bike. "Now if you don't mind Raven, I'm on a time table here. So I have to be on my way."

Raven held one hand forward, causing Naruto's body to be incased in black aura. "azarath metrion zinthos!" The teen chanted, before tossing her hand to the side. Forcing Naruto's body to fly off his bike and smack into a building.

Landing onto the ground with a grunt, the blond haired assassin slammed his hands onto the ground and started to push his body upward. "Shit that hurt." The blond whined in a low voice, while looking over to Raven with a scowl. "I'd love to play, but I have more important things to do."

Raven tightened her fists and glared at the assassin. "What, are you going to go kill more people for the League of Shadows?" Raven asked in a enraged tone. "Because I'm not allowing you to take another life!"

Naruto was caught off guard, but he tried to not show his surprise to the female. 'How did she know about my time in the League? Did I slip up and let even more information about me get out? No I've been clumsy recently, but not to that extent.' Naruto thought to himself, before dusting himself off and deciding to play the teens comment off. "Heh, so you know I use to work for the League of Shadows. Though I'm no longer affiliated with my old master or his little band of assassins."

"So it seems Robin was right about you being a member of the League, or should I say previous member. I wasn't even positive about you being apart of the League, thanks for clarifying that." Raven began with a cocky smirk, one that made Naruto grin behind his mask.

'She was bluffing, of course the boy blunder would know about the League. After all, he and Uncle Bruce would have had some run in with Ra's and the League. Though I must say I'm slightly impressed by how she used her wording to get more information out of me.' Naruto thought to himself.

"You don't fail to impress me Raven, makes me curious why you hang out with your little band of rejects." Naruto began in a casual tone.

"Don't talk about my friends that way." Raven ordered with a glare of rage, causing a pipe on a buildings side to break. Due to Raven momentarily losing control of her emotions. "They are great heroes, if anyone is a reject it's you! You have so much potential, but you waste it by taking lives that are not yours to take!"

"I only kill those who deserve death! Like drug dealers, rapists, crime lords, corrupt businessmen and other scum the earth has created! If anything, I help protect this city more than you and your team ever could dream of." Naruto tightened his fists, and took a deep breath. He really didn't have time to debate morals with Raven right now.

"That's not how justice works, you cannot be judge, jury and executioner whenever you feel like! Killing just makes you a monster like the people you kill." Raven shouted her anger slowly growing out of her control.

"Listen I'd love to sit here and waste more time arguing with you. But while you are out hunting me, I'm trying to go save someone's life!" Naruto yelled back, causing Raven to go silent.

"What do you mean?" Raven asked in a low voice, as she was caught off guard by the assassin's words.

"It really doesn't need explaining, a woman was kidnapped and I'm saving her. Since you and your team have done nothing to help her." Naruto replied while walking towards his bike. "Some heroes you are."

Naruto's words left a mark as Raven winced, she always believed her and her team were the saving force of the city. Though she had no knowledge of a missing and kidnapped woman. Honestly for the first time since joining the Titans, Raven started to question if what they did was enough.

Ignoring Raven, Naruto got back on his bike and was about to take off. Though he stopped as Raven suddenly called out to him.

"I'm not letting you leave, after all you could be lying. So if there really is a woman in danger I will help you in saving her."

Naruto snorted. "Sorry pretty bird, but I don't need your help."

"And I don't need your permission, I'm coming. And if there isn't a woman in danger."

"Yeah, yeah, you'll try to capture me." Naruto cut in while waving his hands around. Though as he revved his motorcycle, Naruto smirked under his mask. "Try to keep up."

Naruto took off at high speeds out of the alleyway, causing Raven to scowl as she followed him.

"Shouldn't we avoid help from her?" Shikamaru asked through the com link.

Naruto looked over his shoulder and saw Raven flying closely behind. "Well I don't have time to take her out, and like I've said. We are on a time table to save your mom. So I will deal with her once your mother is safe and out of harms way. However, Raven is unaware I have a partner. We should keep it that way."

"Agreed." Shikamaru replied. "I'll only contact you and feed you information, so you shouldn't try to contact me only listen. Also don't give away any indication that you have a partner who is feeding you intel. After all, I believe giving the illusion you work alone could be beneficial."

"Copy that, I'm going radio silent for the rest of the rescue." Naruto informed, before switching his focus back onto Raven. "Not how I pictured this day going."

High above, Raven looked down to the assassin known as Theaelab with a carful gaze. Wondering to herself if he was actually telling the truth about a captured woman. Or if this was just some facade for him to escape, or even lead her into a trap.

"I didn't sense any deceit when he spoke about the kidnapped woman. however, he is a killer and I should keep on my guard." Raven mumbled to herself.

Back down with Naruto, the blond haired assassin made a sharp turn before coming down an empty street. Then as he traveled another hundred or so feet, he turned into an empty parking garage. Which just happened to be located across a not so empty storage warehouse, that was used by the local mob.

Then as Naruto kicked up his speed, he quickly made his way to the top of the parking garage. Coming to a stop at the ledge, and allowing him a birds eye view of the warehouse.

"Let's see what we are dealing with." Naruto mumbled, while dismounting his bike and kicking the bike stand open.

Raven floated down behind Naruto, who was already over looking the warehouse through a small pair of binoculars.

"Here take a look." Naruto offered, while tossing the binoculars over to Raven. Who caught them with relative ease. "There is two men stationed on the rooftop, while six men are patrolling the area around the building."

Raven looked to each area Naruto pointed out and sighed. "So eight men in total with automatic weapons are guarding the entrance to the building. While there is an unknown amount of mobsters inside the warehouse."

"Taking out the gunmen should be easy, the hard part is locating and extracting the target." Naruto replied in a causal tone. "I can take out the six on the ground, can you deal with the two on the roof?"

Raven nodded. "Yeah I can take them down, but if you want my help I have a condition. And that is no killing while we are working together."

Naruto looked to Raven, and was about to protest her no killing rule. Though once he saw how serious she was about the rule. The blond haired assassin chuckled to himself and decided to accept her terms.

"Alright pretty bird, no killing. Only life crippling injuries." Naruto replied in a cheeky voice, while he smiled under his mask.

Raven rolled her eyes and tossed the binoculars back at Naruto. "That's not what I had in mind either, couldn't you just knock them unconscious? You are clearly strong enough to take out six gunmen without killing or disfiguring them."

Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "What? Batman kicks the holy hell out of bad guys all the time." The blond fired back in response. "Just be glad I'm not going to kill those men, and focus on taking out the two on the roof. Can you do that pretty bird?"

Raven glared at the masked assassin. "I can and why do you keep calling me that?"

Naruto leaned over the edge of the building and smirked. "You said not to call you beautiful, so since a raven is a bird and you're pretty. I feel the name suits you." Naruto explained before grabbing his bow and drawing an arrow back.

"You know Raven isn't even my real name." Raven revealed in an annoyed tone. "Like I'd tell you my real name anyway."

Naruto released his bow, and an arrow with a line attached hit a building besides the warehouse. "I'm sure one day you will." Naruto replied while tugging on the line.

Raven rolled her eyes and started to float into the air. "Yeah, that will happen after you take me on a date. Meaning it will never happen."

Naruto chuckled and prepared to jump off the building, but before he took his dive. Naruto gave Raven one look over, while smirking behind his mask. "Oh I'll remember those words." The blond assassin chuckled as he jumped off the building and moved towards the warehouse.

Watching her temporary ally zip line towards his targets. Raven shook her head and flew high over the two men she was assigned to take out.

"Stupid Theaelab." The teen growled as she was now in position over the two men on the roof. "I swear after this whole ordeal I'm locking his ass in a prison cell."

Raven'a hands sudden started to glow, along with her eyes. Then within seconds, the two gun men on the roof flew towards each other like magnets. Their heads colliding and knocking them both unconscious within seconds. Causing their bodies to drop hard on the roof, and their guns to slip out of their grasp.

"I should probably help Theaelab with his six, one wrong move and the men could alert anyone inside." Raven mumbled, as she looked down towards where Naruto was. Though as she did, the superhero female's eyes were opened wide in shock.

Down with Naruto, the blond was leaning casually against a storage crate. Six beaten, bloody and arrow filled bodies were unconscious around him.

"Took you long enough." Naruto began while he watched Raven float down to him.

Raven seemed a little offended by his words and tightened her fists. "Took me long enough? It didn't even take me a minute to take those guys out!" Raven retorted while glaring at Naruto and pointing at the downed men. "And I thought we said no killing!"

Naruto stood up straight and walked past Raven. "Relax pretty bird, they are very much alive." Naruto then smirked under his mask and released a chuckle. "I told you I wouldn't go easy on them. So that beating should teach them a lesson for engaging in illegal activities. As for taking to long, when Ra's trained me he expected the best. If I took to long dispatching an enemy during a fight, I would be punished. So I learned how to be quick and brutal in a fight."

Raven followed after Naruto slowly, she was a little enraged with the assassin. Though at least he kept his word and didn't kill the men. However, her rage was taken back as she thought about the assassin's words. Thinking about if he would really be punished if he didn't meet his old master's expectations?

This question started to bug Raven beyond belief, as she stared hard into Naruto's backside. The latter of whom was approaching a small metal door.

"What was the League like, surly it wasn't a good upbringing?" Raven finally asked, deciding to try and get more information out of her enemy.

Naruto froze for a moment as his hand neared the door. Memories of brutal beatings, fierce fights to the death and his body being placed in the worse pain possible coming back to him.

He started to hear the voice of his younger self shrieking in pain, while Ra's yelled in disappointment.

'Work harder, don't be weak.' The voice of Ra's echoed in his head. 'You are my will!'

Naruto grabbed the door handle with his trembling hand. Memories he has repressed over the years slowly coming over him. His first time disappointing Ra's, his first punishment, his first time taking a life.

'I trusted you.' A weak female voice spoke in his head. Causing Naruto to tighten up and zone out.

'Traitor.'

'Failure.'

'Killer.'

'Monster.'

Naruto gritted his teeth as he heard different voices from his past and present. All of them bringing out the repressed feelings buried under Naruto's killer persona of Theaelab.

"Theaelab?" Raven spoke up, touching the assassin's backside. Forcing Naruto to jump around in surprise. "Is something the matter?"

Naruto shook his head and placed his hand back on the door. "Nothing is wrong, I was just remembering my past. Trust me, it's nothing you want to hear." The blond explained, while slightly opening the door and peaking inside. "The coast is clear, let's move in."

Raven watched Naruto move inside with a carful gaze. Obviously mentioning his past brought fourth some painful memories. Raven could easily feel his emotions that his past with the League wasn't a very pleasant one.

'Maybe he isn't all that bad. He seems like a lost soul, one that no one has tried to save.' Raven thought to herself, while following after Naruto.

As the two snuck through the warehouse, Naruto heard Shikamaru speak in a low voice into Naruto's earpiece.

"There is ten men inside the building, my mother is held in a small office in the fair right corner."

Nodding his head Naruto snuck behind a large stack of crates, while Raven followed. Then as he peeked around the crates, Naruto pretended to start counting the thugs he could spot.

"There is ten in total." Naruto explained to Raven in a low voice. "Then in the far right I see a small room, the hostage is most likely inside."

"What's the plan?" Raven asked.

"How good are you with stealth?" Naruto quickly asked, causing Raven to create a black portal in the ground, which she slowly sunk into.

"Good enough." The teen replied with a smirk before coming back out of the ground.

"Then it's your job to save the hostage, I will eliminate and distract the kidnappers." Naruto explained, while grabbing his bow and an arrow.

"Remember..."

"Yeah, yeah, no killing I got you." Naruto mumbled before slowly walking off and sticking to the shadows.

Raven watched Naruto move into action and decided to move off as well. "Try not to get shot." The girl mumbled in a low voice, so only she could hear.

Over with Naruto, the assassin was hunched over the top of a stack of wooden crates. Down below, he could spot two men talking to each other about their next big score. Across the two men was a third, who was standing by himself and smoking a cigarette.

"Filthy habit." Naruto mumbled, before taking a leap off the crates and landing on the two men. Then by grabbing their heads, Naruto slammed their faces into the concrete floor, knocking them unconscious.

Next Naruto released his hold on the men, and preformed a forward roll. Then in one swift mention, he grabbed his bow and stopped his momentum by planting a foot forward.

"Three down." The blond chuckled, before firing an arrow into the smoking thug. Making the man yell in pain and fall over. Though this earned the attention of the other seven mobsters in the room.

"What! An intruder!" One of the men yelled, before machine gun fire rained down towards Naruto. "It's the Black Hood, kill him boys!"

"Shit, shit, shit!" Naruto cursed, while running and firing his bow. Managing to take three more men out in a quick exchange before diving into cover and taking a deep breath. "Getting real sick and tired of cowards using guns!"

Naruto quickly peeked around his cover, only to move back into hiding as more bullets flew towards him. "Really hate guns, makes me wish I trained my powers more." Naruto grumbled, before noticing a fuze box in the distance. "Though let's see how they can aim without any light."

With Raven, the female hero had finally snuck into the room where the hostage was located. Though as she heard gun fire, Raven sighed and shook her head.

"He better not kill anyone." The purple haired girl mumbled, before noticing a women tied to a chair in the back. "But at least he wasn't lying about the kidnapped woman."

Quickly rushing over to the woman, Raven noted she was most likely in her late thirties to early forties. She had long black hair, which was greasy and unkept. Making Raven wonder how long she had been held captive. Her hands were bound behind her back, and her mouth was tapped shut.

"Are you ok?" Raven asked, while she started to untie the woman and removed the tape around her mouth.

"I'm... Fine (cough) who are you?" The woman asked in a weak voice. "Is my son okay?"

Raven frowned, this woman was a mother whose child was probably worried sick about her.

"I'm Raven of the Teen Titans, and don't worry everything is okay." Raven explained, hoping to ease her worries without lying. Since Raven knew nothing about a son, and wondered if Theaelab did. "What is your name?"

"Yoshino Nara." Yoshino revealed in a low voice, before she started to cough loudly.

Raven held a hand to support the woman, who was clearly sick. Though suddenly the lights went out, and sounds of screams soon followed.

"What's going on?" Yoshino asked in a fearful voice, as he eyes didn't adjust to the darkness.

"Just the other person who came to rescue you, he's probably taking out the rest of your captors." Raven explained before picking the woman up with her magic. "Though don't worry about that, I'm going to get you out of here."

"Th...- thank you." Yoshino spoke in a weak voice, before passing out.

Raven smirked as the room grew silent, showing the fight outside was finished. "Don't thank me, I was just a tag along. You have someone else to thank for your rescue, not me or my team."

"Awww, that's sweet of you to say." Naruto chuckled, while he leaned against the entrance to the room. "How is she?"

Raven watched with a calculated gaze as Naruto entered the room and walked to inspect Yoshino.

"She's asleep, but she needs medical attention." Raven explained, causing Naruto to nod.

"Then I'm trusting her to you." Naruto revealed with a small laugh. "After all, they might try to arrest me if I take her to the hospital."

"You're lucky I don't try to capture you here and now." Raven replied in a stern voice. "But since this women needs medical attention, her life comes before your capture."

"Oh is that it, or do you just want another night on the town with me?" Naruto asked in a playful manor. "We make a pretty good team after all."

Raven glared at the blond. "Don't take this the wrong way, you did good tonight. But you're still a criminal and I will capture you." The girl declared with determination.

"Then I look forward to out next meeting pretty bird." Naruto replied, before slowly walking away and leaving the hero behind.

Raven tightened her fist, but as she noticed the assassin leave the room, she relaxed. "Pretty bird huh?" Raven mumbled the name, while walking towards the exit with Yoshino floating beside her. "Sorry Theaelab, but I'm more into blonds."

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(At Naruto's HQ)

Shikamaru watched as a large car sized door opened in Naruto's headquarters. Which was soon followed by the blond assassin driving inside on his motorcycle. Naruto parked his bike and then by pulling down his mask and removing his hood, he walked over to Shikamaru. The latter of whom was approaching the blond with a smile and outstretched hand.

"Thank you." Shikamaru thanked, as Naruto took his hand. "I'm in your debt."

Naruto broke the handshake and walked over to where he stored his weaponry. Then as he unbuckled his belt, Naruto placed his sword onto a table. "Think nothing of it, we both needed something so I helped you." Naruto began, while placing his bow on a display rack. "Now it's your turn to help me."

Shikamaru nodded. "The phone, which might have information on the Mizuki man you're looking for.." Then teen explained before his voice turned a little frustrated. "I've already began looking into that for you."

"And?" Naruto asked, as he made his way over to a chair to sit.

Shikamaru grabbed the phone and tossed it to Naruto. "I cracked the decryption, but there is a complication. The phone has dates of different drug deals, but the buyers and sellers all have code names. So we know when and where drug deals are going down, but we don't know who is at said deals."

"Son of a bitch!" Naruto shouted, while standing to his feet and punching the nearest wall.

"However, I did some digging on this Mizuki Sato, which turned out to be quite fruitful. I now have a photo of his appearance and a list of his crimes and known associates." Shikamaru explained, causing Naruto to beam with joy. "I don't have a location, but it's more information to add to our manhunt."

"Our?" Naruto questioned in a confused voice. "I just needed you to keep my secret and get me the Intel I need. Which you did and I thank you, but there isn't a need for you to keep helping me."

Shikamaru nodded and walked over to Naruto. "I know that, but I've done some thinking. We both have the capability to be a real help to this city." The teen began with conviction is his words. "This list of drug deals and finding the people responsible for your families deaths is only the beginning. We have the technology and the skill to be the vigilantes this town needs. Think about it, we can make sure no family suffers like yours did."

"You have a point." Naruto began in a low voice. "I did always question what I would do after I avenged my family. And it felt good when I saved your mother and played the hero."

Shikamaru smiled. "My brains and your skill, we can do anything. Though first I'd have to update your uniform and arsenal."

Naruto smirked. "And I will have to teach you how to throw a punch." The blond fired back.

"So partners?" Shikamaru asked, while holding a hand out to Naruto.

Naruto grasped firmly onto Shikamaru's hand. "Partners." The blond replied with a wide grin. "We will find those responsible for my Dad and Mito's deaths, but along the way we will protect this city."

Shikamaru backed away and smiled, then by digging his hands into his pockets he walked off. "Good, tomorrow we will start our crusade and work everything out. Though for now I'm going to go check on my mother."

Naruto smiled and waved his new partner goodbye. Things were changing fast, but they were working in the favor of Naruto. Which was just how the assassin preferred things.

Chapter end!

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And here is the next chapter and I hoped you all liked it, as I bet no one saw a Naruto and Raven team up coming! I really can't wait to keep writing this story and develop Naruto and Raven's relationship and Theaelab and Raven's relationship.

I have a lot of great things planned and I can't wait to get the next chapter ready and written. Though for now tell me what you think and if you have any questions leave a review or PM me and I well try to answer them!

Until next time have a great day and enjoy the summer!