The Zenko of the DC
Chapter 2: Roving the Big City and The Night Encounter
"Ladies and Gentlemen, we are now arriving at the Metropolis so please remain in your seats with seatbelts on until the plane lands and comes to a complete stop. Thank you for flying with us and do have a nice day," said the air hostess who was currently speaking out to the passengers on board the Metro Airline as it flies towards its marked destination.
A couple of minutes later, the plane landed on the runway and taxied over to the terminal, there the passengers disboarded the aircraft while the workers proceeded to move the luggage unaware of a blur zipping past them and into the terminal where it moved into the washroom then into one of the stalls. The blur revealed to be Naruto who had snuck into the aircraft back at Japan with his pet bird Sigmis which was tucked into his hood.
"That was a long flight, now to change into something so I can blend into the crowd for now," Naruto took out a scroll and unfurled it to unseal some casual clothes which consists of a brown jacket over a white t-shirt with brown trousers and black boots, then he used a Henge to change his spiky blond hair to smooth crimson hair and Sigmis tucked itself into his collar. He calmly walked out of the washroom and left through the arrivals hall. Naruto let out a low whistle upon seeing the city of metropolis and its tall buildings "Man, check these out. Gotta provide some awesome views from up top!"
"That's nice and all kit, but remember why we came here instead of going straight back to Gotham," said Kurama.
"I know, I know, good thing I studied the map a bit on the way here," thought Naruto, then he hailed a cab to give him a ride into the city. He dropped off near the park and took out the guidebook from his pocket to look at the map once to pick out his next destination which happens to be somewhere in Chinatown and made his way over there.
Naruto walked along the streets and looked around the area, had to resist going into ramen shops much to his mortification. His eyes set upon an Internet café down an alleyway and smirked before entering it. He walked over to the reception desk and whispered out to the person behind.
"Hey man, I was told that you could help me with something?" said Naruto.
The receptionist looked up with a quirked eyebrow "And what exactly do you need help with?"
"Just a couple of papers and IDs which would help me get a footing around here, and I got some green which I'm willing to hand out for the favor," Naruto rubbed the tips of his thumb and forefinger together, getting the man to narrow his eyes at what exactly he means as he looked around to make sure that no one was eavesdropping on their conversation.
The man got up from his seat and whispered to Naruto "Follow me to the back and we'll get started," Naruto nodded in affirmation and walked after him to the staffroom out back. (an: I have no idea how fake documents are made) there the man took Naruto's picture, then inputted some information like his birth certificate, national identity, and other papers before hacking into the database and placing them there. The man finally created the hardcopy and cards before putting them into a dossier which he handed over to Naruto who then handed the money over him as payment. Naruto had used a Henge of Kakashi to earn some bounty by catching criminals on the most wanted list.
"Here you go man, but remember…we never knew each other," said the man.
"I won't tell a soul," said Naruto as he walked away back into the streets where he took out the guidebook again to read "Now that is over and dealt with, our next step would be to find a way to gain a stipend,"
"Why not republish your godfather's books?" said Kurama.
"Good idea, might as well use their perversions to my advantage then as well as give a book the attention that it truly deserves," thought Naruto with a smile.
He chartered another taxi and had it transport him to a publishing house, he spoke to the receptionist and requested for an appointment with the one in charge then was told to wait for a while. It took at least an hour with him purchasing a drink from a nearby vending machine to quench his thirst till the receptionist called out for him to be led to the office of the man in charge. Once passing through the door, Naruto saw a man sitting behind a writing desk with a computer on top of it. The director looked up with a stern disposition.
"So how may I help you?" asked the director.
"Good afternoon sir, I'm actually wanting to republish some books made by my late godfather. I have a collection of them right here," said Naruto before reaching into a pocket and took out a book with an orange cover which depicts an image of a man chasing after a woman, both laughing.
The director quirked an eyebrow and took the book then proceeded to read, it wasn't long that Naruto heard a perverted giggle with caused him to rolled his eyes. Why does some of the people he encounters tend to be a certain variety of a pervert? A super pervert, a closet pervert and just plain pervert, what else is there? The director closed the book with a pink tinge on his cheeks as he faced Naruto.
"Your godfather must have been truly inspired to create such grand art of literature, I'll send it to the boys downstairs to begin the press. I'll be sure to inform you through either email or phone. It will be a pleasure working with you," he stood up from his seat and stretched a hand out to Naruto who accepted it with a smile on his face.
"The feeling is mutual sir," said Naruto. After exchanging a few more pleasantries, he left the office and was soon standing in front of the building with a look of satisfaction "Glad that's over and done with,"
"So what will you be doing next?" asked Kurama.
"I'll send a shadow clone to rent a room for our stay here, while I go on a real exploration of this place. If we're lucky, we might run into Superman along the way," thought Naruto.
"With your devil's luck, it's possible,"
Naruto walked into a nearby alley that he found to be dark enough for cover then he created a shadow clone handing over a wallet to pay for the room. He took out a scroll and unsealed his ninja gear that he quickly put on and undid the Henge on his hair. Naruto swiftly ran up the side of the building with chakra emitting from the soles of his sandals to latch on and flipped over the land on top. He dashed forward and leapt off the edge and shot a chakra chain to latch onto a nearby building before swinging over to land on another as he vaulted over an air vent and pushed his arms against it to launch himself high into the air then land onto the railings to grind along before leaping off the edge for a free-fall. He drew close to the ground when he launched another chakra chain while using the momentum to increase his swinging speed before launching himself high into the air whilst performing a few flips and then sending out another chain to swing again.
Down below on the streets, many pedestrians had been catching glimpses of the Shinobi swinging along the buildings and were raising quite a chatter when at first they thought that it was their iconic hero or his cohorts.
"Look! It's that Zenko guy!" said a man.
"You mean that new hero we've been hearing of on TV? What's he doing here?" asked another.
"I heard that he was in Gotham, then in japan stopping a gang war. He must be traveling through the countries,"
"Think he'll run into Superman?"
"Who knows?"
Elsewhere, Naruto was running along the side of a skyscraper when he jumped off to land on top of a building with a tuck and roll then using the momentum to leap high to grab onto a vertical pole and spin around a few times before letting go to launch himself into the air. He was in midair when he caught of something in the air and it smelt like smoke followed by the sounds of sirens, Naruto landed on a rooftop and traced the scent and sounds to a building which was on fire and the fire department were on the scene, attempting to put out the flames before going in to rescue the victims inside.
"Time to lend them a hand…or a hundred in my terms," said Naruto, then he jumped off the edge and fired a chain to swing low a couple times before landing on the streets where the spectators stared at him wide-eyed for his presence. Naruto turned towards one of the firemen and spoke to them "I'm here to help you guys out with the fire outbreak, but I might have to borrow your water though," Naruto crossed the middle and index finger of each hand to create a group of shadow clones who quickly positioned themselves to the water hoses and fire hydrant nearby before proceeding to weave through a long set of handsigns "Water style: Marine Battle Formation jutsu!" large volumes of water burst from the hydrant and water hose to form multiple large spiraling streams of water as they shot towards the flames to put them out.
"Thanks for the help Zenko but there are people still in there," said one of the firemen.
"Got it, I'm going in there to get them out!" Naruto ran into the building before anything else could be said. Once inside, he created several more shadow clones as they took off in multiple directions and avoiding the debris falling from above. Naruto was traversing through the burning building when his sensor ability picked out two traces of negative just a few doors ahead of him. He ran forwards and kicked down the door to find a black haired woman and her daughter cowering in a corner.
The woman looked up to see Naruto and called out to him "Please help us!"
"Don't worry, I'm gonna get you two out of here!" Naruto was approaching them when he heard a hissing sound from his left and turned to see a gas cylinder leaking, he rushed towards the woman and her daughter and covered them with his cloak whilst preparing to activate his chakra mode when Sigmis flew out of his hood "Sigmis, what are you doing?! Get back here!" however he was too late as the cylinder ignited into flames and he covered them while bracing for the flames…but he didn't feel any heat envelop them but heard a melodious cry and then looked back only to be stunned.
Before him and hovering in the air is a large bird engulfed in flames, the tips of its wings are red, and the plumage has flame-like patterns. The long feathers under the wings are rainbow-colored. It has an elaborate tail, like that of a bird of paradise, with the same flame-like pattern.
"Wow, what a pretty bird," said the little girl in wonder.
"Sigmis, is that you?" asked Naruto in shock, the flaming avian let out another cry as if to confirm his question, he could see that the flames were being absorbed into its wings all which concludes into one thing "You're a phoenix,"
"Kit, we don't have time to be distracted. Your clones are done with the rescue and you're the only ones left inside," said Kurama.
"Oh right," Naruto created a shadow clone to pick up the girl while he carried the women, then both jumped through the window and were running down the side of the building as the remaining clones had completely extinguished the remainder of the flames, Naruto looked around for Sigmis when he heard a cheep from his hood and looked to see that it was back to its smaller form and sleeping.
A group of people covered in soot approached the ninja with looks of gratitude.
"Thank you for saving us, Zenko. We're truly grateful for your help," said a man.
"You really helped us out with this one," said one of the firemen.
"Thank you and the fire bird for saving me and mommy," said the little girl cutely.
Naruto simply nodded in affirmation "You're all welcome, I was glad to help. I'll see you all later," he jumped into the air and stretched an arm out as a golden chakra chain shot from his palm to hit a building before swinging away with the onlookers watching with admiration. The ninja swung around a few buildings before landing on a rooftop where he perched on top of a water tower and gently reached into his hood then held out Sigmis in his cupped hands "I never would have thought that you would be a bona fide phoenix,"
"But it somehow makes sense now, I recall the number of times when the bird would acting excited whenever you practice your fire jutsu and would try to get close to the flames," said Kurama.
"You're right, and it also explains why Sigmis was alone when we found him back at japan," thought Naruto.
"Yeah…heads up kit, there's someone approaching us,"
At his words, Naruto picked up a trace of foreign energy heading towards them and turned to see who it is before recognizing the person due to the media. He was looking at a teenage girl with long blond hair, wearing a white short-sleeved shirt with a red S emblem which has the midriff exposed and a red mantle reaching her waist, white gloves, blue short skirt, and red boots reaching up to her shins.
"Hey I know you, you're that new hero Zenko," said the girl as she hovered in the air before him.
"And you must be Supergirl, it's nice to meet you," said Naruto with a slight bow.
"You're a ninja right? How come you're operating in the daytime, I thought ninjas prefer acting in the dark," said Supergirl confusedly.
"That's stereotyping, where I'm from, ninjas can operate both in nighttime and daytime," Naruto replied with a quirked eyebrow.
"So what brings you here? Last I heard, you were at Japan. You're on some kind of tour or something?"
"Pretty much, I was doing some training before deciding to take some detours along the way," said Naruto.
"Saw anything interesting before you came here?" Supergirl appeared to be curious about the ninja, from what she knows, they were supposed to be the silent types and very secretive but this one happens to function out of the norm, her friend Batgirl often told her of how her mentor Batman lacked a sense of humor and also about he was looking for Zenko.
"Well I've been to the Ogasawara Islands which is an awesome place to lounge at the beach, then there's Akihabara where you can get some awesome stuff like manga, gadgets among other awesome stuff. I recommend that you check it out on your free days,"
Supergirl smirked in response "I think I will, that is once my cousin can manage on his own,"
"I remember that Superman is your cousin, how's the big guy doing? I've heard of the incident with him and that Darkseid dude," said Naruto.
The young heroine looked down in depression as she knows of what he was talking about, her older cousin Superman had been brainwashed by the lord of the planet Apokolips Darkseid into thinking that he was his son and leading an assault on Earth. She tried to stop him and was defeated but he eventually broke free of the mind control and defeated Darkseid, however there was an immense damage to his reputation with the Earth's populace and the trust was severely damaged. Superman didn't reveal much but she knew that he had been overworking himself to regain the people's trust again.
"He's doing fine, but he was really bothered about what happened then," said Supergirl.
Naruto nodded his head to her words "I can understand how he feels as I was in a situation similar to his,"
"What's that supposed to mean?! What could you have possibly experienced to be the same as my cousin's?!" Supergirl glared at the ninja, questioning how he could tell the pain of ostracism be equal to her cousin's?
Naruto chuckled softly at her question, how many people had he met to have asked just that? "On the night of my birth, something terrible happened in my village and since then they hated me because I reminded them of what happened back then. To them, I wasn't one of their own kind but a monster who took away their loved ones and treated me as such. But instead of responding to their hatred with my own, I rather chose to seek their acknowledgement by becoming the leader of the village but that changed to wanting to protect them,"
Supergirl was rather skeptical and used her super hearing to listen to his heartbeat only to be surprised that it was beating normally which meant that he wasn't lying at all, this made her feel a little guilty at what she said before "But then how could you forgive them so easily, just like that?"
"Thing was that deep within there was a part of me that truly hated the village and I met it before. At first I fought against it but later on made peace with it, with the assurance that I still trust the village as they are important to me and gave me the confidence to live up to their eventual trust. So when I heard of what happened with Superman, I knew that he would be in the same situation but I believed that he would eventually regain their through his hard work and offer my support to him,"
Wanting to know more about the ninja, Supergirl use her x-ray vision and a tinge of pink appeared on her cheeks when she saw the spiky blond hair and the whisker marks on his cheeks, not to mention his cerulean blue eyes. She was about to say something else when she heard something and it seems like Zenko sensed the same thing as he turned to the same direction sharply.
"I'm sensing a large surge of electrical energy from here," said Naruto.
Supergirl's eyes widened in realization of what he was implying, if it was who she think it is "I think I know exactly who it is," she flew off before Naruto could say anything.
"Hey wait up! How am I gonna catch up with her?" suddenly Sigmis jumped out of his hood again and burst into flame, revealing his phoenix form but much larger than at first. Sigmis screeched a few times and beckoned to its back as if saying to get on which he caught on to "Thanks for the ride Sigmis, now let's go after her!" he leapt onto the phoenix's back and was surprised to see that he wasn't burnt before it flew off at high-speed whilst leaving behind a trail of embers and soon caught up with Supergirl who was wide-eyed at the sight.
"Where did this one come from?" she asked confusedly.
"This is my first time actually, let's get to the source of the surge and stop it as soon as possible," Naruto responded.
As the duo drew close, they saw arcs of electricity bursting outwardly and numerous vehicles exploded with the citizens and police officers taking cover from the currently unknown source of the chaos until they finally got a visual. Apparently it was a girl with ghostly white skin and blue hair which stood on end, she wears a black leotard with a lightning bolt down the front and black boots as electricity emitting from her body.
"Just as I thought, it's Livewire," said Supergirl with a frown.
"I take it you know her well?" asked Naruto as he jumped from Sigmis' back to land on the street next to Supergirl.
"Too well, a friend of mine and I went up against her, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn, and were able to take them down. Looks like she got out of prison,"
"Then I hope you don't mind another team up with me?" Naruto took a fighting stance with Supergirl smirking at him.
"Sure thing, I'm kinda curious to see what you can do anyway,"
"Then you won't disappointed,"
The villainess turned around and saw the heroes, one of whom she was familiar with as she glared at Supergirl "Well, well, well. Aren't you a sight for sore eyes Supergirl, and you brought along that ninja wannabe whom I heard of on TV,"
"I'd appreciate you not mouthing off about things you don't know about, you walking battery," said Naruto with a tick mark on his head with Supergirl snickering at the snarky reply.
Livewire frowned at the ninja "What did you call me?"
"Did I stutter?"
"That's it, I'm gonna light you up like a Christmas tree!"
"Sorry but we're in the middle of April,"
Electricity surged from Livewire's hands as she thrust them forward to fire off a dual blast towards them, Naruto dashed to the side and flung a handful of shuriken at her only for them to be deflected when she created a dome of electricity around her. Supergirl flew straight at Livewire with her fist reared but the villainess transformed herself into a bolt of lightning and flowed into the electric pole to zip along the power lines for her to punch the ground and form a large crater.
"Oh no, you're not going anywhere shocky!" Naruto aimed with a chakra-coated kunai and threw it ahead to cut the power line, forcing Livewire to emerge. He then crossed the middle and index fingers before calling out "Shadow Clone jutsu!" a small group of copies appeared next to him before charging forwards to engage the target.
Livewire was momentarily surprised before firing electric blasts at them with the clones disappearing, not before making witty replies.
"Got the wrong one, try again!"
"Your poor choices of target is why you never get a boyfriend!"
"Oh thanks for charging up the boss's phone!"
"Hey, we know a guy who loves lightning and also funerals too!"
The villainess was gritting her as her anger towards the ninja grew with each taunt "Shut up and let me zap you already!" suddenly she felt something wrap around her waist and turned around to see Naruto holding a golden chain in his hand "Big mistake you made here," electricity emitted from her body which she expected to flow through the chain and electrify the ninja only for nothing to happen "Hey what gives?! You're supposed to be zapped!"
Naruto smirked behind his mask "That would be the case if my chain was made of metal," then he jerked hard on the chain to pull Livewire before swinging around several times before flinging her into the air and called out "Serving up, Supergirl!"
Overhead, said heroine came diving in and lashed out with a powerful punch to send Livewire careening to the ground and slamming into a car.
"How do you like that, sparky?" said Supergirl with a grin.
Livewire got out from the busted car and glared at the heroic duo with anger "I'm far from done, Blondie!" she ran over to an electric pole and grabbed onto it as electric currents surged and were absorbed into her body, Naruto saw what was going on before unfolding a windmill shuriken and throwing it to cut off the connection to the electricity. However she had already absorbed a lot of energy with electricity arcing from her body "Time for some payback!" she took aim at both and fired a large blast of lightning towards them.
Naruto quickly swung into as he stood in front of Supergirl with the purple dragon tattoo glowing before the Japanese spear appeared in his hands "Byakko, calling forth the cleaving wind!" he twirled the weapon above his head for a purple tornado to swirl around them before swinging it to launch a crescent wave of wind which split the lightning blast in half much to Livewire's surprise, then she saw a flicker of movement before noticing four more of those clones closing in from different directions.
"Na…Ru…To!" all four clones performed a simultaneous high kick to send the villainess into the air for the original to come from above with a somersault "Uzumaki Uprising Barrage!" he lashed out with an uppercut from the butt end of Byakko to send her up higher towards Supergirl to be hammered back into the ground and this time she wasn't getting back up from the crater formed on the ground with the electricity surrounding her to fizzle out.
The duo approached the defeated villainess with Supergirl using her breath to create an ice cocoon from the neck down in order to restrain her with the citizens looking on and taking pictures with their phones.
"I gotta say, you're pretty god," said Supergirl.
"And you pack one hell of a punch, reminds me of two women who can dish em out just as well," Naruto replied whilst thinking of his teammate Sakura and mother figure Tsunade.
"Thanks for the compliment, so what happens now?"
"I'll be heading back to rest for a while before moving back to Gotham, it's been a long day for me,"
Supergirl looked a bit disappointed at hearing that "oh, so I guess I'll see you later then huh?"
"Yeah, but I'll be passing through here from time to time so don't think that you'll be seeing the last of me," said Naruto with a wink, though he got confused when she turned away. What he didn't know was that she was using her x-ray vision to look through his mask and saw him wink at her. He heard a screech and saw Sigmis swopping towards him then he somersaulted in midair to land on the phoenix's back, and together they flew away before the media could approach him.
"He really has a cute face, but it feels like I'm forgetting about something. Guess it's not that much of a big deal," thought Supergirl before flying away to patrol the rest of the city for any signs of trouble.
Two days later, Naruto was back in Gotham city after taking a train from Metropolis and was currently swinging through the city with Sigmis flying next to him in its smaller phoenix form in the middle of the night. He had taken down a certain thug whom he had extracted information of where his leader is situated at.
"Hmmm, according to the lackey, his boss's base of operations should be right around…here," he landed on the roof of a warehouse as he overlooked a harbor before him. He scoped out the area and could see several thugs armed with machine guns patrolling the area, confirming the info acquired and began planning a way to infiltrate the warehouse they were guarding "Sigmis, I need you back in the hood cause your flames might attract attention," the phoenix chirped before shrinking and jumping into the hood as told.
He took a running leap from the roof and landed on the ground before quickly dashing for some cover behind several stacks of wooden crates then slightly poked his head out to see a thug walking by then shot out a chakra chain to wrap around his target before sharply pulling him over and dealing a haymaker punch to knock him unconscious before restraining with ninja wire. He climbed up to the rooftop of the warehouse and created several shadow clones to take out the rest of the sentries, he approached the skylight and saw more thugs with some operating forklifts to move crates full of weapons before taking note of one standing in the center and supervising them. He is a man with short black hair, only that half of his face and hair is hideously scarred, he wears a suit with one half white and the other black with the same going for his tie, and also he was constantly flipping a coin.
"So that's Two-Face," Naruto murmured.
"He certainly has half a face which only a mother would love," said Kurama, Naruto rolled his eyes at the fox's pun.
He quietly opened the window and crept inside as he moved along the rafters overhead before listening to the conversation below.
"Hurry it up, boys! We need to get these weapon caches to the ship for some serious payday from the dealers soon to arrive!" said Two-Face.
"You got it boss!" one of the thugs replied as he drove a forklift.
Naruto's eyes narrowed upon hearing this and created a shadow clone before having it disappear to inform his clones outside of what is happening. He took out a single shuriken and flung it puncture one of the forklift's tires much to the driver's confusion. He got down to check on the tire and saw something sticking out then pulled it out to see what appears to be some sort of metallic star, the thug was about to speak up when he got blindsided with two feet to the face and was out for the count. The sudden noise caught everyone's attention as they turned towards the newcomer and immediately recognized who it is.
"Oh snap, it's Zenko!" said one of the thugs.
"But I thought he was in metropolis!" said another.
Two-Face then spoke up "Like it matters, kill him and let's resume our business!" the thugs armed themselves with firearms and took aim at the ninja.
"Sorry but not only am I not going to die, but I'll be shutting down your operation," Naruto sharply threw a handful of shuriken to disarm of them before taking evasive action from the gunfire as he vaulted over stacks of wooden crates and ran along conveyor belts and proceeded to weave through a set of handsigns "Wind style: Great Wind Blast!" he thrust his palms forward to produce a large blast of non-lethal wind to send most of the thugs flying into walls and craters, knocking them out.
"Argh, just shoot him already!" Two-Face yelled in anger.
"We're trying boss, but we can't seem to keep a beat on him," said a thug right before a chakra chain wrapped around the arm holding the gun and was swung around to slam into one of his cohorts.
Naruto would have smirked but he had to leap high into the air to avoid gunfire from behind and threw two kunai to disarm his attackers before descending towards them with a double punch to knock them out. He turned around to face an annoyed Two-Face flipping a coin "Now it's just you and me buddy,"
"True, then in that case let's play a game of chance," said Two-Face.
Naruto quirked an eyebrow at that "A game?"
"Of course, if I win then you let me go but if you win then I'll come in silently," Two-Face knew that he couldn't beat Zenko head-on and so resorted to another option which is to gamble his way out.
Naruto thought deeply about this before giving his answer "Sure, I agree to your terms,"
Two-Face smirked at this and flipped the coin high into the air before catching it and slapping on the back of his other hand "Alright call it, heads or tails,"
"Tails"
Two-Face opened his palm and his eyes widened at what the coin was revealing to him, Naruto took note of the criminal's silence and spoke up for him to hear.
"I guess I win huh? If it's any consolation, I've never lost a gamble with my devil's luck," said Naruto with a smirk, Two-Face turned around to run when he felt a chain wrap around his waist and he was suddenly pulled towards the ninja who had a fist reared back before slamming it into his face, knocking him to the ground unconscious "I was aiming for the good side of your face, even though you're all bad,"
"Heh, good one," said Kurama.
"Thanks,"
After tying up Two-Face and the other thugs in ninja wire, Naruto and his shadow clones waited until the weapons dealers arrived and they pounced on them as well before making an anonymous call to the Gotham police on his phone. He waited until hearing the sounds of sirens before taking his leave and was swinging away from the harbor back into the city. He leapt from one building to another when he skidded to a stop on top of an apartment and Sigmis perched on his shoulder before calling out.
"You can come out now, I know that you've been following me for a while now," said Naruto, a black silhouette appeared from the shadows and stepped into the moonlight as the ninja turned around to see that it was none other than the Dark Knight of Gotham "I never thought that I would meet you Batman,"
"And I was searching for you Zenko," said Batman stoically.
"For what reason?" asked Naruto confusedly.
"To inquire of your purpose here in Gotham,"
"What is that supposed to mean? I've been helping out with the police wherever I go, whether it is here in Gotham or any other city which I've been to," Naruto was getting a little annoyed at the question.
"I am well aware of your participation in stopping the gang war at Japan and the recent assistance to Supergirl against Livewire…with most skills similar to that of a ninja," said Batman.
"From the way he speaks and how he operates, this human must have had interactions with Shinobi in the past," said Kurama with Naruto nodding in agreement.
"So what it is that you want with me?" asked Naruto.
"To make sure that you're not a potential threat in disguise, so I'll have you come with me to learn of who you are and your ninja clan," said Batman.
Naruto frowned at this "I can't let you do that, you of all people know how one's background is to be kept secret to protect oneself as a Shinobi. Besides my clan is almost nonexistent, you wouldn't be able to find them anyway. One is to judge by actions not always by background, so you'll just have to keep observing me like you did earlier,"
Batman's eyes narrowed behind the mask, he had positioned himself far from the harbor to observe the ninja, and he never would have thought that he still be detected. He was unaware that Naruto always leaves shadow clones around to keep an eye out for surrounding areas and one of them had located Batman then dispersed to inform him. He saw Naruto walking away then reached into his utility belt and threw a pair of bola at the Shinobi as it wrapped around its target, however the ninja was engulfed in white smoke before dissipating to reveal a wooden log which has a note attached to it. Batman cautiously approached the note and read off it.
'You really need to work on your trust issues, and quit being a brooding emo,' The Dark Knight's eye twitched in annoyance from what he read, however seeing this only adds more to the skill list which he has so far observed from the Shinobi.
Somewhere else on top of a clock tower, Naruto was currently standing on one of the tower spires with Sigmis tucked in behind his hood. He was smiling mischievously at the note that he left behind, his playful ways are still with him.
"I gotta say, he's one shrewd person. Don't you think Kurama?" thought Naruto.
"You're telling me, he has about as much emotion as a frozen fish. Even the damn Uchiha has about just as much expressions," said Kurama.
"Well he really needs to learn how to trust others, if he could gain partners. Anyways, let's patrol for one more crime then call it a night,"
Naruto jumped from the spire to the ground below before shooting out a chakra chain and swing away as he jumps across buildings in search of the next crime to help the Gotham police resolve.
This is Hussbek online with the latest chapter, Naruto arrived at Metropolis to forge an ID for himself and publish one of his Godfather's books for some income. During a rescue in a burning apartment, Naruto discovers that Sigmis was actually a phoenix then he has an encounter with the cousin of Superman. Both he and Supergirl team up to take down a rampaging Livewire before he makes his return to Gotham city.
Naruto tracks down a well-known criminal by the name Two-Face and successfully detains him for the police, but on his way he meets the Caped Crusader himself who begins questioning his reasons much to the Uzumaki's annoyance before leaving with a bit of advice. The first impression seems to be a bit tense, what else will happen between these users of the night?
I've received quite a number of readers requesting Raven to be added to the harem and so decided to include her into the harem, there's also talk about adding in Wonder Woman. But it depends, if I do so then who would be paired with Batman? Anyways, here's the current harem list:
Supergirl
Cheetah
Poison Ivy
Katana
Zatanna
Starfire
Batgirl
Raven
Read and Review as always, and be sure to look forward to this story in the future.
This is Hussbek from Ghana.
Signing out.
