The Zenko of the DC
Chapter 7: Not Again…
In a laidback neighborhood where people were going about their daily business, something suddenly descended from the skies above and landed on the streets. Witnesses saw them to be trio of humanoid beings with a color scheme of two shades of red and blue while wielding white batons, however closer observations identify their behavior to be akin of robots. These robotics were walking down the streets and looking around as if in search of something or someone.
"Stop!"
They all looked up to see J'onn, Hawkgirl carrying Flash as they descended from a ship hovering in the air called the Javelin and landed on the ground. Hawkgirl took a tri-pronged knife and tossed it into the air for a yellow flash to occur and dissipate to reveal Naruto in his Zenko gear along with Kurama and Sigmis on his shoulders.
"What do you want here?" asked J'onn sternly.
"John Stewart, the Green Lantern," the leading robot replied.
"What for?" asked Flash.
"That's not your concern," the robot replied bluntly.
"Then we have a problem, John's our teammate and anything concerning him involves us," said Naruto, the others nodded in agreement.
"I repeat, that's not your concern," the robot was about to walk past them.
Hawkgirl stood before it with her mace battle ready "Wanna bet?" the robot swiped a hand at her but she ducked below then lunged with a swing, then the robot intercepted by grabbing the mace's handle and tossed her over his shoulder. Flash quickly dashed to catch her before she crashed to the ground.
"Looks like negotiations just flew out the window," said Kurama.
"Pretty much!" thought Naruto.
he rushed at one of the robots with a kunai shooting out from a sleeve into his hand, he caught sight of energy channeled at the tip of its baton and dodged to the side at the last second then performed a low sweep kick to knock it off its feet but had to jump away with the other robot attempted to strike him from behind. However a furry tail wrapped around one of the robot's leg and pulled it hard, revealing it to be Kurama who flung it high into air right at Hawkgirl who swung her mace to send it crashing back to the ground.
Flash dashed next to Naruto with a look of surprise "Whoa man, what have you been feeding him?"
"The five basic food groups," Naruto responded jokingly, Kurama ran back next to Naruto but not before giving Flash a look of mischief.
"Note to self, don't get on his bad side," thought Flash.
Both snapped back to attention when they saw J'onn getting blown back by one of the robots who had transformed their batons into staff-like weapons. The duo scattered to evade the energy bolts being fired at them, Naruto ran along the sides of the buildings before jumping into the air whilst weaving through a set of handsigns "Wind style; Air Cannon!" wind swirled around his arms before thrusting them forward to launch spheres of wind to strike one of the robots but the rest projected energy shields to deflect the others. J'onn phased from the ground behind one of the robots and punched it hard at the back of its head but it turned round and blasted him with its staff, Sigmis swooped from the sky to catch him on its back before landing on the ground.
"Thank you my feathered friend," said J'onn gratefully with Sigmis chirping in response.
Hawkgirl was swinging her mace at the opponent but they were defending against her attacks and were countering with a blast from the staff when a glowing chain wrapped around it and jerked to the side to change trajectory, Hawkgirl seized the opportunity to swing her mace again and send it crashing into the wall of a nearby building.
"Zenko, look behind you!" Flash called out suddenly.
Naruto didn't need to ask as he quickly jumped into the air in time to avoid an energy blast from behind by one of the robots which continued to shoot at him but he fired a chakra chain at a wall and pulled himself over to it whilst evading the shots. The robot would have fired some more if not for a red and blue blur appearing out of nowhere and slamming into it, revealing to be Superman.
Naruto landed next to him "What took you so long?"
"Had to deal with an earthquake, turns out it was just a 4.0. Do you mind telling me what's going on here?" Superman responded.
"These buckets of bolts are looking for Green Lantern and refuse to tell us why, then you came to meet the rest," something caught his eye and he turned to see one of the robots lift a car over its head and flung it towards them.
"I got it!" Superman flew at the airborne vehicle and managed to catch, however Naruto saw the robot take out its staff and aimed it at Superman.
"Oh no you don't!" Naruto took out a shuriken then channeled his wind chakra into it, then threw it to slice the staff cleanly in half. He rushed at the robot while weaving through a set of handsigns "Wind style: Pressure Palm!" Naruto slammed an open palm in the robot's torso then a jet of wind burst forth to send it flying into another building "We can do this all day, unless you unmute your mouths and tell us why you guys are looking for Green Lantern,"
The robots regrouped despite the large number of dents on their bodies and only two of them wielded their staves then took aim ready to fire, the team also got ready to retaliate with Superman preparing his heat vision and Naruto summoning Gunshin into his hands to cut them down this time.
"Stop!"
Everyone looked up to see that it was none other than Green Lantern who was the very reason why both sides had been fighting. The man slowly descended to land near the rest of the Justice League and face the robots.
"Better late than never," said Flash, however Green Lantern didn't responded and approached the robots much to the group's confusion and Kurama's eyes narrowed as he stared at the man.
"You are the Green Lantern known as John Stewart?" asked the robot.
"I am," Green Lantern replied.
The robot then held a hand out to him "Your ring," Green Lantern looked at the hand bearing the ring for a few moments before taking it off and giving it to the robot, further confusing the group.
"John…" Superman spoke and was interrupted.
"What are you doing?!" asked Flash.
Green Lantern looked and spoke sternly "Stay out of this," but Naruto and Kurama noticed something in his eyes.
"You will come with us," the robots clasped handcuffs onto his hands then a large yellow beam of light shone from above and lifted them up into space away from Earth and the Justice League with the members looking at each other with the same unasked question of what just happened.
Some time later in the Watchtower, most of the members were currently in the control room, trying to figure out what's going on and why Green Lantern didn't tell them anything before letting himself be arrested without a struggle. Kurama had returned to the seal to rest a bit and hold a small discussion with Naruto about the situation while Sigmis had reverted to its chick form and nestled in the blonde ninja's hood, the others were trying to figure out as well with J'onn using his psychic abilities to try and detect Green Lantern.
"I sense turmoil, a heavy heart," said J'onn.
"I could have told you that," Flash piped up.
"What I don't understand is why Green Lantern gave up his ring just like that," said Hawkgirl with a small frown.
"I sensed guilt and self-loathing from Green Lantern when he was taken away, it was as if he had done something very bad to the extent that he felt that he needed to be arrested and punished for it," Naruto spoke up after talking to Kurama.
"But what could he have done that's so bad that he wouldn't tell us?" asked Flash confusedly.
"That's what we're going to find put when we get to where he's been taken to," Superman determinedly.
"He's looking at stars," said J'onn.
"But the question is which stars," Superman flew over to a console and pressed a few buttons to activate a holographic projector to display a map of the entire galaxy. The rest approached the map, then J'onn pointed at a certain part of the map.
"There…that's where he is," the planet he pointed at was identified as Ajuris 5.
"Then that's where we're going,"
Naruto then spoke up "Uh guys, I've decided to stay back," this confused the group and Flash was more vocal about it.
"Why not? Don't you want to help us find out what's going on with GL and those robots too?" asked Flash confusedly.
"I do but then five out of eight members will be gone from the Earth, and it worries me if any your enemies were to catch wind of your absence and go on a rampage. I think it's best that I stay behind to help out Batman and Wonder Woman just in case anything else were to happening while you're gone, and I'm sure you guys can handle any problems over there," said Naruto.
"I see what you mean," Superman agreed to Naruto's explanation, if someone like Lex Luthor were to learn of him being gone, he wouldn't put it past the power hungry man to do some drastic that would put Metropolis or the planet at risk. He might not have known Zenko for long, but he could tell that he possesses power which he is yet to reveal and was one of the major reasons for the defeat of the white alien invaders "But you must contact in the case a situation too big for you and the others to handle comes up,"
"Got it," Naruto nodded in affirmation.
"Guess we'll see you later then," said Flash.
"Be sure to snap a couple of selfies while you're over," said Naruto jokingly, getting a thumbs up from the red speedster.
He watched as the group boarded the Javelin and flew away from the Watchtower then went into hyperlight drive towards Ajuris 5, the blonde ninja made his way back to the control room and slumped on the chair "Great, so what do I do now?" at that moment, the large monitor switched on to display Batman before him "…never mind,"
"I heard the news about a trio of robots appearing in the city and you along with the others intercepted them, care to tell me more about it?" asked Batman.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly "Well it went down like this…," he proceeded to explained what happened up to the situation with Green Lantern "…and so they set out for Ajuris 5 to learn more and hopefully clear his name of any crime he was accused of,"
"I suspect that there's more going on than seen at face value, but that leaves with the problem of being underhanded at the moment," said Batman thoughtfully.
"I can leave a small group of shadow clones at the Watchtower before I return to San Francisco with my Hirashin kunai," said Naruto.
"Noted, I'll let you know if anything comes up," said Batman.
"Same here," Naruto ended the transmission before hopping off the chair and creating a small group of shadow clones to watch over the place, then he closed his eyes to focus on one of the Hirashin seals and warped towards it in a yellow flash. He opened his eyes to find himself standing atop the Golden Gate Bridge "I think I'll have some ramen before resuming hero work, I'm starved,"
"Better make it quick, I'm in the mood for some trouble," said Kurama.
"Yeah yeah,"
Naruto jumped off the platform and slid along the thick wires then leapt high into the air and firing a chakra chain from his palm to latch on to the side of a building and swung across to land atop another building before jumping from roof to roof till he arrived at Chinatown. Naruto stealthily landed in a dark alleyway and unsealed some casual clothes from a scroll to put them on, he emerged from the alleyway while wearing a t-shirt with a white open shirt worn over it, blue jeans and a pair of sneakers whilst using a Henge to change his spiky blond hair to smooth crimson hair and hide his whisker marks, to take on his alter ego.
Naruto strolled through the streets and calmly viewing the activities of the passersby and shopkeepers with a smile on his face, soon he arrived at one of his favorite ramen shacks and sat on one of the stools and ordered for a couple bowls of Miso pork ramen before slurping away while giving Sigmis a noodle to eat each time, he was finishing up on the last bowl of ramen when he felt one of his shadow clones which he had posted at certain parts of the city dispel to transfer its memory and he quirked an eyebrow in interest.
"Now this is rather interesting, I wonder what she's doing here," said Kurama.
"Might as well meet up with her and find out," thought Naruto.
He quickly drank the remainder of the broth and placed the money required for payment with a little tip in addition then he made his way into another dark alleyway to change back into his Zenko gear before taking to the roofs with Sigmis flying close to him in eagle size. Naruto tracked the signature of whom he was searching till he found her, turns out that it was Wonder Woman flying about so he landed atop a tall water tower and let out a loud whistle which seemed to have caught her attention as she was flying towards him.
"Fancy seeing you here Wonder Woman, what's up?" asked Naruto sitting on the water tower with Sigmis perching on his shoulder when the amazon flew closer.
"One of your shadow clones told me of what had happened, there seems to be something else at play here," said Wonder Woman thoughtfully.
"That's what we all thought which was why Superman and the others have gone over to Ajuris 5 to find out what's going on," said Naruto.
Wonder Woman nodded in agreement then she looked at the blonde ninja and couldn't help but feel curious about him every time they met each other, she's read about ninjas in Man's world but he doesn't exactly match them entirely "Zenko, there's something I've been wondering about concerning you,"
"What is it?" Naruto quirked an eyebrow in curiosity.
"Your techniques and abilities share some similarities to the ninjas I've been reading of but theirs were rather artificial compared to yours, I'm wondering how so,"
"Well the things we do in my homeland can be viewed as the real deal unlike these ones over here, they can only be any more than the academy level in a way. The jutsu are branched into a lot of variants, Genjutsu for illusions, Taijutsu for hand to hand combat, Ninjutsu for elemental and non-elemental attacks like the ones you have been seeing me doing. Heh the list is so long that you might need a notebook to write all of them down," said Naruto humorously.
Wonder Woman smiled at his little joke "Sounds to me like your home is full of strong warriors,"
"I can say the same, with how you hold yourself whenever we engage the enemy. Maybe one of these days we could spar with each other, both hand to hand and weapons," Naruto suggested.
"That certainly sounds like a good idea," said Wonder Woman now feeling the urge to spar with the ninja.
Suddenly the earpiece on Naruto's ear started up with static before clearing itself up as he listened to the police scanner [Attention all unit, we have a bank robbery in operation over at downtown. Requesting backup to converge and contain the situation]
Naruto quickly got to his with a small frown behind his mask "There's a robbery going on downtown!"
"Then I'll come along as well," said Wonder Woman.
"Thanks, let's go Sigmis!" said Naruto as the phoenix screeched before transforming into its larger form for Naruto to jump and took off with Wonder Woman flying next to them. It didn't take them too long to reach the location and could hear the sound of gunshots as they drew closer, the duo looked down below at the streets to see a gunfight between the police and the masked armed robbers in front of the bank.
Wonder Woman quickly swooped down to the streets to land in front of the policemen and began to swiftly deflect the incoming bullets with her bracers as the robbers continued to fire at her. Naruto leapt off Sigmis' back and reached into his ninja pouch to take out two handfuls of kunai and channeled lightning chakra into them before flinging at the firearms which caused them to malfunction and not able to fire anymore.
"Didn't your mommas teach you never to play with guns?" asked Naruto playfully, then one of the robbers took out a hand grenade and pulled out the pin before throwing it at them "…or bombs for that matter," he shot out a chakra chain to wrap around the hand grenade then whipped round to send it high into the air to explode harmlessly.
"They're making a break for it!" one of the policemen cried, getting Naruto and Wonder Women to turn and see the robbers getting into a black van and about to drive away.
"They flee like cowards!" said Diana angrily, there's nothing more insulting to a warrior than a foe running from the battlefield.
"They're not going anywhere," Naruto took out another kunai but one with a seal tag attached which he threw to strike the back of the car, then he formed a handsign "Seal activate!" the tag glowed for a moment then suddenly the wheels bent outwardly with the van collapsing to the ground. The robbers jumped out and tried to run away but a chakra chain and golden lasso flew in the air and snagged them before they could take any more than five steps and were pulled out to the heroic duo "Now now boys, you shouldn't be skipping from time out,"
"Thanks for the help, Zenko and Wonder Woman. We should be able to take it from here," said a policeman.
"No thanks necessary, we were glad to help,"" said Wonder Woman.
"Ditto," said Naruto with a grin behind his mask, then they took to the skies with Naruto riding on Sigmis' back once again.
"I'm beginning to wonder when there'll be a time when I'm needed," Kurama grumbled, he hasn't tasted action for months now and he's feeling edgy already, same could be said for the draconic weapons.
"Well we're yet to meet someone which requires your help, maybe next time I'll have you showboat a little," said Naruto with a smirk.
"I hope so, I really want to punch something,"
"I'll be returning to the Watchtower in the meantime, in case anything else happens," Diana spoke up.
"Well since the Javelin is already taken, I can get you there with my Hirashin seal. Just an early warning, you might feel a bit queasy from the aftereffects," Naruto stretched a hand out for Diana to take before locking on to the seal in the Watchtower and warped them all towards it then appearing in the command center, Diana felt a bit woozy but was quick to recover from that state then turned to see Naruto rubbing the back of his head sheepishly with his porcelain mask off "Sorry about that,"
"It's alright, but it's rather convenient to get around without wasting any time at all," said Diana.
"It actually belonged to my father before I inherited from him, he was given the moniker 'Yellow Flash' as that was all the enemy could see before being defeated and was even given a flee on sight because of his prowess," said Naruto.
"I can tell by the tone of your voice that you're very proud of him," said Diana with a soft smile, thinking back when her mother would watch her with pride and began to feel a bit homesick.
"I was wondering if you have a civilian disguise to use to blend in the cities," said Naruto curiously.
"Actually I don't have one at the moment,"
"Hmmm that won't do, I think we should help set one up for you for the times you need to relax amongst other things. We can do that when Superman and the others return," said Naruto.
"I don't really think it's that necessary," Diana protested.
"Oh come on, it will be a lot of fun and I can show you the places where they sell some good ramen, and there's also the awesome sights too to check out," Naruto said this with looks of excitement, Diana giggled at how childlike the ninja was acting.
"Very well, we'll just have to see," said Diana amusedly.
Naruto eyesmiled in response "Great, I'll see you later then,"
He focused on one of his seals and disappeared in a yellow flash before reappearing within his home. Naruto took off his gear and placed some of them into the washing machine to clean off the dirt stench while he himself went to take a shower before exiting to put on some clothes. Naruto had ordered for some takeout and waited till it arrived before relaxing in the sitting room and watching some TV, he went to bed but not before setting up an alarm to wake him later.
*Riiiiiiinnnnnnnnngggggg*
Naruto was roused from his sleep by the alarm clock which he had set up and looked outside to see that it was already nighttime, he got off his bed and when to fix up a light dinner of macaroni and cheese then ate it before changing into his Zenko gear. Now that he was all set, Naruto warped to one of the Hirashin seals in the city to avoid being seen leaving his apartment room.
Naruto had deployed several of his shadow clones to scout the city for anything new while he sat cross-legged and began drawing in natural energy to enter the Sage mode to be able to sense any oddities. He called to check up with Batman in case there was anything new and all he got was a blunt no…sometimes Naruto wonders just what is needed to get the caped crusader to loosed up around them, that or he's being a paranoid stereotypical ninja like the few he had met back in the Elemental Nations.
"I wonder how everyone's doing back in Konoha…hm? Kurama, do you sense that?" thought Naruto with a slight frown.
"Yeah, and the amount of energy is something to behold," said Kurama.
Naruto looked up to see a comet of sorts and was descending at a rapid pace towards a part of the city, he judged the trajectory and used his heightened senses to scope the possible areas for the impact and was relieved to detect no civilians in the area which gives him much better conditions of investigation.
"Whatever or whoever is in that, I suggest we get there and check it out before the police do and cause a scene,"
"I was thinking the same thing,"
Naruto began leaping along the rooftops at high-speed than he normally does and had soon arrived at the desolate section of the city where he saw a long trench along the street, leading to a large flaming crater. He took note that the police are yet to arrive at the crash site and reckoned that they're being more cautious due to their past encounter with the Imperium, the blonde ninja carefully approached the burning crater. Suddenly his senses picked up something diving towards him from above and quickly backflipped several times just in time as where he once stood turned into a large crater with a cloud of dust. Naruto took a combat stance as the source of the energy began to approach him until it revealed…correction SHE revealed herself to him, making Naruto's eyes widen at what he's seeing here.
"Yowza, I expected a lot of things but nothing like this," Kurama was just as stunned like his partner.
Naruto can tell that she is an alien but her looks make him choke on his own breath, she has a figure which could surpass that of Shion, Hinata, Ino, Mei Terumi altogether, her skin color is ORANGE with hair color being fire red and her emerald green eyes reminds Naruto of the forests on Konoha…but it was her outfit that made him just stand there and stare. It's a purple monokini with the bottoms having two straps of fabric go up her sides, leaving the center completely exposed and then wrapping around her neck, there is a large orange gem in the center where a belt buckle is supposed to be but seems to be decorative instead, and wears a pair of purple boots which reaches up to her thighs. (Refer to Starfire's Original comics outfit on Google)
Naruto then noticed something was off and noticed a pair of handcuffs which reach up to her elbows, causing him to frown slightly. Looking at those cuffs hints that she could be powerful, and another it that she might be an escaped prisoner or convict. The woman glared at Naruto with a snarl and started yelling at him in a language which he couldn't understand, next thing was that she rushed at him with the restraints raised above her head in a form of an attack but Naruto jumped away in time to dodge another crater forming attack.
"Yikes! She's got strength close to that of Superman!" thought Naruto, he continued to evade the swings and kicks from the alien girl who kept yelling in a language which he couldn't understand and any attempt to talk back leads to nothing good "Damn, why is she attacking me when I haven't done anything?!" Naruto looked at the alien and began to notice something with his partial empathic ability, he wasn't feeling any strong traces of anger whatsoever "She's not angry, then why? Kurama, I need to go chakra mode and find out something,"
"Sure thing, I'm just as curious," said Kurama.
Naruto called upon Kurama's chakra to enter his chakra mode, his body is coated in yellow chakra with his clothes undergoing the same thing and emanating like that of flickering flames. Two front spikes of his hair pointed upwards to resemble horns from the hood, six black magatama markings around the collar of his jacket with a prominent swirl design over the stomach, and various other archaic lines extending along his body. Naruto used his heightened empathic ability to sense her emotions and was surprised to discover that she wasn't angry but scared, then he noticed that she wasn't attacking but staring with slight wariness.
The alien girl was about to attack again when she saw the masked being suddenly transform into a fiery entity, then she sensed his energy and was surprised that his aura radiated kindness, calming and warmth. She then saw the being reached for his mask and took it off along with pulling down his hood to reveal a partially covered face and blue eyes which exudes the same warmth.
Naruto sensed that she wasn't scared anymore but now curious about him "Good, perhaps getting those cuffs off will further prove that I'm not an enemy," he raised his hands above his head and slowly approached the girl who continued to watch his every move, Naruto reached for the handcuffs then he combined his sage mode and chakra mode to rip them apart without hurting her. Next he tried to use gestures to try and communicate but all the girl did was tilt her head in confusion which he inwardly found cute "Oh man, what do we do now?"
"Normally I would suggest the Martian but we both know that he isn't available right now," said Kurama.
"Yeah I know but…hm?"
Naruto noticed that the alien girl was now making gestures of her own, she was pointing at her lips then his which caused him to quirk an eyebrow in confusion at what she's trying to say. Next thing Naruto knew was that the alien girl reached for his face to pull down his facemask and pressed her lips against his for a deep kiss. Let it be known that Naruto had broken his personal recording for the largest eye widening as he stood there in the midst, they finally broke apart with a trail of saliva between them as Naruto covered his mouth with his hand and his face completely red as his chakra mode was deactivated.
"And I wasn't expecting that either, but at least you got something good out of it," said Kurama with a smirk, though he noticed that she had absorbed a bit of Naruto's chakra but not to a harmful condition.
Naruto snapped back into attention and ended up speaking in his native language "W-w-w-w-what was that all about?! Why did you kiss me all over a sudden? Not that I really mind,"
"I apologize for the sudden action but it is how my people of Tamaran and I learn languages," said the alien girl in perfect Japanese.
Naruto stared at her blankly and uttered one word "Huh?"
"We Tamaraneans are capable of assimilating other languages through physical conditions, so I kissed you in order to learn your languages so I can speak with you," said the girl with a smile.
"O-oh, I was just taken by surprise is all," Naruto pulled his facemask and hood back up and was about to ask her some more questions when he heard the sounds of police sirens drawing close to their position "We need to move from here and avoid any potential misunderstandings, will you come with me?"
"Okay," the alien girl nodded in affirmation, then she began to hover in the air and Naruto saw that the ends of her long hair actually ignited into flames.
"Okay, Sigmis let's go!" Naruto called out, then the flaming phoenix swooped down for him to jump onto its back as he took the lead with the surprised alien girl following after him "By the way, what's your name?"
"Oh, my name is Koriand'r but you can also call me Starfire," said the girl.
"Well mine's Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, but you can just call me Naruto. But I request that you call me Zenko for now," said Naruto.
"Okay Zenko," said Starfire as they continued to fly from the outskirts of the city.
This is Hussbek online with the latest chapter, Naruto appears with the members of the Justice League to meet a trio of robots who were ever seeking out Green Lantern but refuse to reveal the reason why hence resulting in a fight with Superman soon joining in, but then Green Lantern appeared and actually allowed himself to be arrested by the robots much to the surprise of the heroes. Superman and some of the members go after them to find out why with Naruto choosing to remain behind to backup Batman and Wonder Woman.
Things were normal for Naruto as he even partnered with Wonder Woman to stop a bank robbery but then things got weird when he went patrolling at night, he encountered an alien girl who apparently had escaped from captivity but is yet to reveal the reason why. From what Naruto and Kurama can tell, Starfire isn't evil but the question still remains.
Stay tuned to find out in the next chapter.
This is Hussbek from Ghana.
Signing out.
