A/N: I want to point out I started this, story earlier in the Fall than I did with my other crossover: Arashi Uzumaki of the Blue Plague, but still no where in the beginning, so if you want to know what happened in Blue Plague series before the point I used, you got to read the actual books. Just don't let kids read it.
I'm also censoring curse words as it's too many used in more than just saying usual ways that I can't ignore them all. At least with censoring I'm not going against my usual way of avoiding curse wordsof the Blue Plague series Tomas W. Watson, whose wife is Tina Watson. I should also tell you Watson always based a character after himself in his books, and in the Blue Plague series that's Bruce.
Finally, I don't own the Blue Plague series or the Naruto series or it's characters. But I do know the wife of the writer of the Blue Plague series Tomas W. Watson, whose wife is Tina Watson. I should also tell you Watson always based a character after himself in his books, and in the Blue Plague series that's Bruce.
If you haven't read it yet, read this first:
Blue Plague's Nine-Tail Fox's Son: The Fall
Bruce Gives a Three Day Speech About Men
Naruto and his team got up early for their usual training, but this one was quick as they were going on outing today. After the Genjutsu release training, Naruto got Moegi and Udon he got them started using that training to help them in mastering advance jutsus. They also been advancing at the gun range they begged to be let out on the field so they can start fighting Blues.
Finally, Naruto did talk to Bruce as he was making teams for Blue Hunting, since most hunts were on rooftops. Unless Blues started climbing on buildings, Naruto thought this would be the closest thing to C-rank field mission for them.
That day, the team was divided between Mike Nancy, Debbie and Bruce who were team leaders. Since Bruce's team was all women, Moegi was assigned to him with Buffy, Stephanie, Maria and Mindy—one of the girls they rescued from the gas station. Naruto was with Mike, Konohamaru was with Debbie and Udon was with Nancy. This way the trio can learn to work with others that can't use ninjutsu. Bruce even agree that as long as the team Naruto is on isn't being pressed hard by blues he can pop over to other teams to check on the trio and transport any needed items between teams if one team need something another team needs.
Everyone except for Paul was eating as Bruce was working on his notepad. Paul was standing beside the table looking at Bruce, who wasn't paying attention until Mike gave a fake coug.
"Something on your mind, Paul?" Bruce inquired.
"Why am I not on a team?" Paul asked, looking at Bruce.
"I have to leave someone here that can run the farm and protect it. The garden needs to be tilled for the fall crop. If something happens to us, you're in charge here. After the Strykers leave, we will have no other backup. You're to seal the gate and ride out the storm. You can turn over responsibilities to Jake and Matt when you feel they're old enough to take them," Bruce said in flat voice.
Shocked to the core, Paul just looked at Bruce with his mouth open for several seconds before speaking. "I really don't want that kind of responsibility. Why not let me take one of the wives' place?"
"You run this farm better than we do, and you have military training. You're our best bet if something happens to the teams. The clan needs you here just with your farming knowledge alone," Bruce replied, looking at Paul.
"At first, I thought I wasn't good enough to go out," Paul said, looking down.
"Paul, if that was true, from what I heard about how this mess started, you and your family would of been dead before we got to you guys," Naruto said.
"Naruto is right. You're good enough and then some. I would have to take two team leaders off, and we still wouldn't have the farming and architectural knowledge you have. So I really didn't have much of a choice. Everyone in the family has been trained as a sniper and to speed shoot."
"I'll do my best; you just make sure that everyone comes home," Paul said, heading to the dining room table."
Mike spoke up next. "Bruce, I think we need to take more ammo and each person needs to have one other assault rifle. If the mobs get pretty big, we're going to have to worry about the barrels overheating."
"Why? Naruto will be with us and he can transport more gear to each team if needed," Bruce said.
"Maybe so, but what if more than one team is attacked while Naruto is on his rounds or pressed hard by a large group? He can create shadow clones, but he can't duplicate guns and ammo we need if something happens."
"He has a good point, Bruce," Naruto said. "Isn't that why you had everyone carry their own gear on the way here?"
Bruce nodded as they had a point. "Okay, how do you suppose we carry the extra ammo cans?"
"We're staying in one place, and a truck will drop us off. We don't have to haul it in by hand. They will stay as we climb up the roof of the house we are assigned. If a team has to run, leave the s- behind. Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it," Mike replied with determination. "We are going out to draw in blues. They come out of the woodwork, and if you add the population of the little villages and small towns close to us in a twenty-mile radius, it comes to over sixty thousand. That means over forty thousand infected easy. The large group that is still to the south of us is that many alone."
"Harsh," Naruto said.
"How much more are you takin about?" Bruce asked Mike, afraid of his answer.
"Double at least. I really want thirty-six thousand rounds," Mike answered.
"Alright, we take thirty-six thousand rounds per team not counting the basic load. It's not like we're saving them for Christmas," Bruce said, and Mike let out a huge sigh.
Nancy looked at Bruce and said, "I'm not to critique your plan, but your team is the least experienced, yet you have taken the south. Care to explain why?"
"My team has six. I know I don't list Buffy, but she goes where I go. I really think if would leave her somewhere without me, she would go into convulsions. Stephanie is very good with a weapon—as is Maria. Danny says Mindy will be okay, and Naruto reassures me this be the closest thing to a C-Rank Mission, which will be fine with the trio." Bruce added the last part involving Konohamaru and Udon since all three received the same training before coming to this world. "To be honest, with what Naruto told me about how missions work back in his world, I have to agree. This is a sit and wait hunt, not a running gun battle. My only concern is one of us being hit by a gang as we we're laid out on a roof. I want my team out back so I can go through equipment and get the truck loaded. Remember, you're not to make noise until the drop off team has been gone for twenty minute." Bruce stood up and kiss Debbie and PJ then the twins then headed outside."
"Moegi, Udon, Konohamaru, I want you to listen to your group leaders and do what they tell you," Naruto said.
"Right boss. Don't worry," Konohamaru said.
"Yeah, we'll be fine!" Moegi continued. "Not like the Blues can climb up walls, right?"
Naruto fought down a shiver as he had a feeling that saying might comeback and bite them in the future. Naruto came to know humans in this world couldn't walk on walls using chakra, but he also know you don't need chakra to climb without chakra.
Although, Stephanie's report says that Blues have the learning ability of chimps, Naruto can't help but think that's only because Blues are more like newborns and are learning what they're capable of doing just as humans are.
"Maybe so, but like Bruce said. we still have to worry about gang," Naruto said. "There's still weapons we don't know about in this world, and I'm sure there's gangs out there that knows how to use those weapons."
"Yes, sir," all three responded.
They finish eating and Naruto check over their supplies before heading out.
By time they got outside, Matt and Bruce just pulled up with Bruce's new truck Bruce got at the bridge before rescuing the kids, with Matt driving. By time they stop, Bruce rushed out, grabbed the keys from Matt and climbed in the truck, driving it around the property.
Naruto had learned long ago that vehicles in this world were loud, but Paul had put a shroud on the bottom of the engine and made the muffler quieter.
Finally Bruce pulled back up to the patio where everyone was watching him.
"I never got to drive my new truck," he told them, calling his team over as Connor drove the Beast over. Although it wasn't the first time Naruto saw the beast since they made it back to the land, Naruto was still amaze by the armored vehicle. Naruto would be lying if he said he wasn't tempted to go full size and step on the Beast just to see if the Beast can be crushed.
Connor got out of the Beast, "What on Earth possessed y'all to build this?"
"We wanted an armored car, and that's the best we could do," Bruce replied, stopping to look at him.
"Oh, I'm not complaining. I feel safer in that than I do a Hummer. This thing has some serious power. I went over it, and f- a duck does it have some armor. Y'all even put a v bottom on it," Connor said, looking at the Beast?.
"Yeah, we like the Beast. It has almost a ton of half-inch steel on it. The engine has aftermarket twin turbo chargers, giving you almost eight hundred horses," Bruce answered proudly as the family came outside.
"What?" Udon asked.
"I think he's saying it's well protected, and built for speed," Naruto said.
"How much, money do you have tied up in this?" Conner asked, still looking at the Beast.
"Not much," Bruce answered quickly, seeing the wives taking an interest in the conversation.
Bruce started going over his team's packs and was amazed by how well Moegi's was set up. He can tell Moegi was taught to pack for days of travel as there were even room for more items to include later.
Bruce also approved Buffy having her hair in a ponytail and Moegi's pigtail standing up. He told the rest of the group to put their hair in ponytail like Buffy as he don't know how Moegi's hair is style like that as it keeps the hair out of Moegi's eyes.
Everyone in the group except for Bruce had two M-4s with suppressors and night vision. Even Moegi had an extra M-4, as Naruto made it clear Moegi doesn't know all the jutsus he knows and will need the rifles until she know some range jutsus. They twenty magazines on them and twenty more in each pack with two days' worth of food in each pack. Moegi also had her kunai knives, shurikens, paper bombs, wire, food pills, chakra pills and everything else a genin could need.
Bruce himself was carrying his SCAR with the sixteen-inch barrel and the grenade launcher plus his AR-10 with twenty-five hundred rounds. He also had his night vision and his thermal mount, along with an extra thermal for everyone.
On the back of his truck, Bruce even had thirty-six cans of ammo tied together with ten feet between each of them, and next to Bruce, two duffle bags full of food and water for three days. Only one who needed more added was Mindy, and she only needed a knife, which Bruce had Jake bring her a Marine K-Bar to attached to Mindy's vest.
After he got the K-bar for his dad, Jake headed over to Mary who was with Danny and Matt at the Patio saying good bye. He was hoping to slip in a good bye to Mary.
Bruce interrupted their good bye with a reminder that they had work to do. Jake hugged Mary and Danny hugged Matt, although they tried to do it in secret, although Bruce noticed it.
Bruce keyed his radio causing everyone to stop.
"This is Big Daddy One. Remember your training, don't do anything stupid, and listen to your team leaders. If you follow these rules, you'll be fine. I want a copy from everyone," Bruce said, and everyone replied. "Naruto, go get the ladder and put it in the back of the truck."
"Right." Naruto did as he told. He guess that's what everyone minus those who can use chakra to climb onto the roof.
Everyone came out to tell the first away team goodbye. Debbie had PJ, and the twins were walking toward Bruce then took off running and crying.
"I'm surprise those two haven't started calling him daddy yet," Naruto muttered.
"Don't go," they said in unison, hugging his legs. Bruce knelt by the twins.
"I have to go and kill monsters, you two. Mama Debbie will be leaving later today, and I'm counting on both of you to help Lynn take care of PJ while we're gone. If you go to the room with the radio, we will tell you good night every night, okay?" Bruce said, looking at the girls.
Emily looked at him. "The monsters are mean."
"I'm meaner than they are, Emily, and I have taught the family how to be just as mean," Bruce said, pointing to everyone around them before stopping at Naruto, "Except for Naruto. He thinks he can scare any monsters with his fox form."
Naruto was about to say something but Mike stopped him and quickly explained to him about Ranger Bantering which was a Army Ranger form of friendly teasing and that Bruce didn't mean anything hurtful.
Emily and Sherry wrapped their arms around Bruce's neck.
"Who will protect us at night? Ms. Lynn can't," Sherry asked, crying.
"Jake will protect both of you while we're gone. He is my son," Bruce told them as the twins pulled back looking at Bruce.
"Really?" they said together.
Bruce looked up at Jake. "Jake, the girls will sleep with you while we're gone," Bruce said in a tone that demanded compliance.
Jake looked at his dad in disbelief, mumbling, "Yes sir." The twins ran over to him and hug his legs. Jake looked down at the girls, and some of the agony left his face.
"You think those two realize they have new older siblings by now," Konohamaru said.
"I'm sure they're still adjusting," Naruto said. "Remember, they haven't been here for over a week. Besides, they been around Bruce and Debbie more than the rest of the family."
As he said that Debbie had brought PJ over for a good bye and Bruce teasing PJ.
"Yeah, I noticed that too," Konohamaru said. "Back on the island they wouldn't leave Moegi Udon and me alone unless Frank helped us out. It was a relief when they started following Bruce."
Bruce walked over to the truck after saying goodbye as Buffy, Maria, Moegi, and Stephanie came back from goodbye hugs. Mindy was still beside the truck looking at the ground crying as she thought she didn't have anyone to tell her goodbye. Bruce noticed this and walked over to her and stood in front of her until she lifted her head, still crying.
"They're waiting on you to hug them bye, Mindy," Bruce said, and shock appeared on her face. Mindy looked behind Bruce, not knowing who he was talking about; there were over thirty people there. Bruce turned her face to his and said, "Mike, Nancy, and Debbie are waiting on your goodbye hug. They were going to come over here, but since you didn't hug them, they thought you did not want one."
Joy spread across Mindy's face with the thought that someone cared for and loved her. Mindy took off at a dead run and almost knocked Mike on his butt as she hugged him. A shocked Mike returned the hug from the teenage girl crying in his arms. Then, Mindy ran to Nancy, hugged her, and then moved to Debbie and PJ as Bruce walked over to them. Mike looked at Bruce with a questioning look. Bruce just dragged his index across his throat, signaling no questions.
Bruce was standing behind Mindy when she let Debbie go and kissed PJ. Mindy turned around to see Bruce standing there. Bruce looked at Mindy. "We're your family here, your clan. We will love you, fight for you, kill for you, and die for you if need be. This is your family now. Let me show you." Bruce was about to turn to Paul when he thought of someone better. "Naruto!"
"Yeah?" Naruto responded.
"Will you fight and die for Mindy?"
Naruto gave a big grin. "I doubt I can be killed, but I'll take as many bullets as possible for Mindy, just like I would for anyone here!"
Bruce nodded as he look at Mindy as she realized she was loved and not alone."
Everyone now understood why Mindy came over to hug them. Mike came over and picked her up, squeezing her tight followed by everyone else in the clan. Even Naruto joined in.
"I seen what loneliness can do to a person," Naruto told Mindy. "It's not something you want to wish on anyone. That's why it's important to find those who do care and keep them close."
Mindy nodded. "Thank you." Then she looked at Bruce and ran at him with open arms, hugging him.
Bruce heard what Naruto said and lifted Mindy's face up to look at him. "Now we have to go and protect those that love us. Danger is out there threatening them."
Mindy stepped back, wiping tears off of her face, and said, "Let's go and kick something's a-." Then she took off to the truck and jumped in the back with Moegi following.
Bruce motioned Debbie, Nancy, and Mike to him and whispered, "Make sure everyone knows they're part of this clan. I don't want anyone out there thinking if they die, nobody will care."
Nancy promised, "That's going to be taken care of right f- now."
"Wait until we leave please." Bruce said.
"I'll make sure," Naruto said walking up. "This clan is part of my family now, after all."
Bruce nodded and ran for the truck.
Bruce jumped in the back as Matt drove off. Conner was driving the Beast in the lead and had two others to help guard while the team got in position. Bruce told jake to get the UAV up as they pulled around the house. Before the trucks cleared the gate. Jake replied he had eyes on them and was moving forward.
When the team was halfway to the house where they were going to set up, Jake told them he counted an easy thousand within a mile. Bruce replied that was good because he was not in the mood to sit on a hot roof and wait too long.
When Matt reached the house, he pulled into the driveway and backed up to the front of the two story house. Conner and his crew got out to protect the team as they climbed to the roof. It took less than ten minutes to get all the gear up. Bruce was the last one up as Conner and his team jumped into the Beast after helping Matt lowered the ladder back down. The two vehicles slowly pulled away, leaving the first team out.
The roof was not steep and had no windows that opened to it. Bruce told everyone to move the gear up to the crest of the roof as Jake called over the radio. "Have a mob of several hundred moving down the road toward you. I think they heard the trucks," Jake reported.
"How far away and how long until contact?" Bruce asked.
"Two miles. I figure you have four to five minutes. They're not running," Jake replied, and Bruce told him to keep the UAV close for now then turned to his team.
"If that group gets past us, they'll hear the trucks when they take off with the next group and find the farm."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's kill us some blues." Moegi said.
Bruce shook his head at Moegi's determination. He took off his pack and laid it on the roof then took out a knife, driving it into the roof. He then put one of the straps of his pack around it so it could not slide off. Then, he took out his extra magazines.
The rest of the team copied him, Moegi helped Buffy with her knife. It was only eighty-nine degrees, but the roof made it a lot hotter.
Bruce turned to look down the road, hearing roars coming toward him. The house they were on sat a hundred yards off the road. With the exception of a few trees in the backyard, they could see at least four hundred yards in every direction. Lifting his rifle and looking through the scope, Bruce could see movement about three quarters of a mile away on the road heading toward them.
"Remember, they can't get us here unless a s- load come. Just don't fall off. Moegi, when it clears, I'm going to show you how to make some safety lines and you can do the rest. When they're four hundred yards away, I'm going to hit them with a grenade to get their attention," Bruce said.
"Bruce, if you want, we can just throw my paper bombs at the infected," Moegi said.
"We'll save that when we can," Bruce said.
Everyone nodded. Buffy was just looking down the road, waiting. Moegi sat beck so she wasn't in the way, but the rest were shaking badly.
When the group was four hundred yards away, Bruce brought up the grenade launcher and sighted on the leading edge. Bruce pulled the trigger and heard the plump as the grenade left the tube. A few seconds later, he was rewarded with a small explosion, and a few on the front row went down. Then, they were run over by those behind as the group broke into a run.
"That's all that d- thing does?" Stephanie blurted.
"Yeah," Bruce replied with his feelings hurt. He liked his grenade launcher.
"In the movies, that d- thing blows up buildings. It's just a wimp," Stephanie said, looking at the grenade launcher with disappointment.
"I got to agree. My paper bombs can do a lot more than that," Moegi said.
"It can blow up buildings if it hits a box of dynamite inside," Bruce replied in a wounded tone.
"Bruce, I was just saying—"
Bruce held up his hand. "I'm not talking to you or Moegi right now, Stephanie. Both of you hurt SCAR's feelings. The mob is almost here. Engage when they hit two hundred yards. My wimpy weapon and I are moving to the end of the roof," Bruce said, walking off and loading another grenade.
Moegi remembered back in the academy when her classmates make a big deal out of someone making fun of their jutsus, and Bruce reminded her of them.
"Must be a boy thing," Moegi muttered.
Bruce fired another grenade at the mob at the two hundred mark. Bruce turned to his team. "Are y'all going to send them invitations or something? How about shoot 'em like my wimpy gun here," Bruce snapped.
All the girls except Moegi were sitting on the peak of the roof with their weapons on their knees as they open up with single shots. The mob quit running in front of the house. Stephanie even let Moegi use her rifle to practice with since the blues just stopped, looking around as the team continued dropping them. The mob could hear the suppressed shots and looked at the house but did not come toward it.
Bruce swore he saw several blues look right at him but then just kept looking around. He lined up his sights and dropped two dozen in thirty rounds. He changed magazines, and the mob just kept standing there, looking around. Moving his scope from head to head, Bruce continued to drop blues until his bolt locked back. Then several started taking off down the road. Bruce yelled as he replaced magazines, and ones leaving stopped. Then as one, the mob turned, moving to the house.
Lining up his sights, he started squeezing the trigger as his crosshairs settled on a head and continue firing quick single shots. As his bolt locked back, he dropped his magazine and loaded another one. There were only eight left in the mob, and they were just looking around the house, sniffing the air after stopping halfway down the driveway. Bruce yelled, "Cease fire." As soon as the words left his mouth, the remaining infected started running toward the house. Bruce raised his rifle and fired a grenade at the group. It hit right in front of them, showering their legs with shrapnel, causing six of the eight to fall. Bruce snapped off eight shots, smiling at his weapon. "You're not whimpy," Bruce said, patting his rifle.
"Buffy, ask Stephanie why they acted like that," Bruce said over his shoulder, and Buffy relayed the question.
"I'm right here, Bruce, and I'm not sure," Stephanie said as Bruce just sat there. Stephanie and Buffy looked at each other. Then, Buffy turned back to Bruce and replied, "She's not sure."
"Buffy, tell her I think that the heat off of this roof confused their vision. Since man is a predator and sight is our primary sense, next is hearing. They could not see us since they have a type of thermal vision. We made a noise that they understood and connected to prey, like voice, and locked on to us," Bruce stated, and Buffy relayed.
"Bruce, you are acting like a five-year-old, but I think you are right about your conclusions. But I think you are acting immature, taking offense with me disrespecting your weapon. It's an inanimate object," Stephanie yelled, and Buffy relayed every word.
Bruce called the farm over the radio. "Spook One, this is Big Daddy One. Come in."
"This is Big Daddy Two. We were about to send Naruto over when you called. What went on there? Over." Mike asked.
"I do believe that the blues couldn't see us on this roof because the heat up here masked us. I have relayed this to Stephanie, and she agrees. We dropped almost two hundred, and they never charged until they heard us talking. I fired several 40mm grenades, but they didn't even try to follow the sound down," Bruce reported. Then, he heard Mike yell for someone to go and get him some 40mm rounds. He was shooting some too.
"Wait, I thought Stephanie was with Bruce's group?" Bruce heard Naruto asked.
"This is Mama One. What do you mean 'relay with Stephanie.' She's right by you on the roof; I can see her," Debbie said.
"I'm not talking to her or Moegi right now," Bruce replied, sullen.
"Moegi, what did you do?" Naruto asked.
"Nothing. Stephanie and I just called his grenade launcher wimpy," Moegi replied.
"Why in the h- would you two do that?" Debbie yelled.
Stephanie and Moegi jerked back and Stephanie replied, "After he shot a grenade, it made a little bang, but on TV, they blow up a whole buildings, and I said that it was wimpy."
"I only agreed because compare to paper bombs, it was," Moegi said.
"She has a point there," they could hear Konohamaru said.
"It don't matter. Stephanie, baby, you don't do that. It would be just as bad if you p- on their car. When we get back here, you and I are goin' to have a talk about boys," Debbie said.
"They get mad if you pee on their car?" Stephanie asked, not understanding the opposite sex at all.
"Should I send someone to take Moegi's place?" Naruto asked.
"No, Naruto, Moegi will be fine. Stephanie, don't say anything else. Bruce, I love your grenade launcher on big SCAR. When we get back and you're on guard duty, just you and I will clean it together, okay?" Debbie said.
"Really?" Bruce inquired, perking up.
"Yeah, stud muffin. Now, you have more coming. Mike is fixin' to leave, so the UAV is moving off. Stephanie didn't mean it, baby. You and big SCAR forgive her for me. I will meetcha in the fort for guard duty."
With a grin on his face, Bruce was thinking about calling and asking someone to put him on guard duty Thursday when he got back in three days. Then he heard Mindy ask, "Who's big SCAR, Mr. Bruce?"
Bruce held up his rifle. "This is big SCAR. It has a sixteen inch barrel, and little SCAR is at home, and it has a fourteen-inch barrel," he replied.
"Do all of your weapons have a name?" Stephanie asked, and Bruce never even turned around. Stephanie walked over and sat down beside Bruce. She reached over, patting his assault rifle, saying, "I'm sorry, big SCAR."
"See, that's all you had to do. Now, come here," Bruce said, picking her up and sitting her between his legs and putting the rifle up to her shoulder.
Stephanie was caught off guard. As soon as Bruce pulled her close to him, he showed her how to aim he grenade launcher. It was Heaven to her, feeling his arms around her, holding her close. When Bruce put his chin on her shoulder, pulling her face next to his, showing her how to aim down the sight, Stephanie almost stopped breathing. It was over a hundred on the roof, but Stephanie felt chill bumps on her arms. Bruce told her one was coming down the road and to take it out. He wrapped his legs around her so she wouldn't slide down the roof.
When he did that, Stephanie's heart almost stopped. If she died now, she would be happy. She smiled to herself. Bruce moved with her, aiming down the road at a lone blue walker. When the blue was two hundred yards away, he told Stephanie to pull the trigger, and she did, having no idea what she was shooting at. The grenade arced toward the blue, hitting it in the chest, blowing him apart.
"You blew him apart!" Moegi yelled. "Bruce I take back what I said about Big SCAR if I can go next."
Bruce kissed Stephanie on the cheek.
"That was f- awesome," Stephanie said in a dreamy voice as Bruce helped her stand up. When she got to her feet, she wobbled, drunk with excitement.
"You okay, little red?" Bruce asked.
"Just got a little hot. I need some water," Stephanie said, walking to the supplies, trying to cover her emotions.
"I'm sorry. I forgot how hot it was. Lay down for a second. I'll set up the tarp." Stephanie wanted to tell him it could have been below freezing and she would still feel this way but kept her mouth shut.
Bruce set down his rifle and pulled a tarp out of one of the bags with several poles. He took out a hammer and nails and made a tent on the back side of the roof in front of the chimney. Bruce then nailed down a blanket and made Stephanie lay down. Then, Bruce took her boots off, loosened her vest, wet a towel, and placed it on her neck. She smiled at im as he went over to shoot several more blues coming down the road.
"Bruce, I think Stephanie has feelings for you," Moegi said causing Stephanie to turn red and Bruce to shake his head.
"Not you too," Bruce muttered to Moegi.
Moegi wasn't wrong. Stephanie had loved Bruce from the moment she first saw him. He treated her like a person, picking and joking with her, making her laugh. She was a little annoyed about the wedding ring, but then she met Debbie. Debbie was just a female version of Bruce. Stephanie liked her and grew to love her, knowing she would never hurt Debbie. That would kill her soul. Not that Bruce would ever cheat on Debbie. Stephanie had seen many women try, but none ever succeeded. Bruce belonged to Debbie and Debbie alone. Stephanie would watch Bruce stare at Debbie like a kid in school day in and day out. This only made Bruce better in Stephanie's eyes. Stephanie would just follow along. Being close to him was enough for her.
Another large group came down the road and was wiped out. This time however, Bruce let Moegi throw a paper bomb, and they quickly learned to go to the opposite side of the roof when Moegi does that. The explosion nearly knocked everyone down, and according to Moegi, that was low setting paper bomb. Soon they were attaching paper bombs to the grenades launched by the M-203 grenade launcher to get the explosive power Stephanie was hoping earlier. Bruce even taught the girls how to fire a grenade launcher, Moegi being second since Stephanie got to go first after apologizing.
Although Bruce brought hand grenades that could do as much damage as the paper bombs, Bruce admit he didn't want to test combining the two since hand grenades can only be thrown.
Naruto popped by between mobs only to see that Bruce's group had the whole area went through miniature versions of Pein's attack that crush the leaf as there were craters everywhere with only the house they were on standing.
What the heck did I miss? Naruto thought.
At 6 p.m. Bruce was showing Mindy, the last of the group, how to shoot the M-203. When Bruce put the weapon on her shoulder and pulled it back, Mindy turned around. "Mr. Bruce am I ugly and dirty now?" she asked. The question caught Bruce totally off guard, and he did not know what she meant.
"Mindy, you're not ugly, and you have sweated some up here, but we all have. If it will make you feel better, you can wash off. I'll stay on this side of the roof," Bruce replied, looking at her.
"That's not what I meant, Mr. Bruce. Those men you rescued me from did things to me, so am I ugly and dirty now?" Mindy asked. Bruce jumped back in shock at the question, but Mindy took it the wrong way. Seeing that, Bruce leaned forward and hugged her tight as she quietly sobbed. Bruce pulled her face to look at him.
"Mindy, your question caught me off guard, baby. You're not dirty or ugly. Now, I'm going to tell you some secrets about boys. You have to promise to never say anything I'm about to tell you to any man, okay? I will get in trouble." Bruce looked oat her as she nodded. Bruce turned around and saw the other four looking at him. "That goes for you too," Bruce told them, and they also nodded.
"First, those were not men who took you. They were subhuman, c- s- pieces of s-, and each time I drove a knife into one, I almost had an orgasm," Bruce said, and Buffy interrupted.
"Daddy, what's an orgasm?" Stephanie turned beet red and almost put her hand over Buffy's mouth, not wanting the information to stop. This was classified info Bruce was fixing to give.
"Ask you mother when you two are alone," Bruce answered, and she sighed. "Now before I start, why do ya think that you're ugly or dirty?" Bruce asked.
"In high school, all the boys would ask me out and hang out with me. But now at the farm, they act like I'm not even alive. They just play with guns, lift weights, and train to fight," Mindy said, looking at Bruce for an answer.
"Sounds like typical boy stuff to me," Moegi said.
"Hold that thought, girls. First, Mindy, when you asked me, how did I respond? I thought you were talk'n about here and now, not the past. This is how boys think. I jumped back because boys don't like talk'n about stuff that will make us sad or cry. We think it makes us weak. I know it's stupid, but this is boy stuff. I'm being honest; even if you think it's stupid, I don't," Bruce said. "Now, let me say you're beautiful, Mindy. I've seen several of the boys lookin' at you at the farm. You don't see it because they are doing it out of the corner of their eyes, reflections off a window, things like that. Because if we get caught looking directly at a girl, we get embarrassed, and boys don't like being embarrassed. Next, what happened to ya. Every boy at the farm would love to kill those people again. They care that those men hurt you but could care less what was done. By that, I mean boys don't think less of you. No one sees ya as dirty, Mindy."
"Now, when boys are together and have lots of toys, we do tend to be single-minded. I know guns 'n stuff aren't toys, but to boy, they are because we're very simple. We love our toys, and they're important to us. I'm not saying girls aren't important to boys, but girls are a mystery to boys because y'all are very complicated. Toys are very simple." Bruce continued through the night, stopping only when blues came around.
If Bruce had been paying attention, he would have noticed the girls were shooting the blues at incredible distances just to put them down so Bruce would keep talking about the male half of the population. He had talked all through the night and even during engagements. In the early morning, a huge mob showed up and could see the team fairly well since the roof had cooled down, and it took most of two hours to put them down.
Then just as Bruce was about to start up where he left off on his speech, Naruto showed up, only to have rubble empty bottles and everything else the girls could find and threw at him. When Naruto check on his remaining teams, he had to explain why he look like he was used as a target practice, which wasn't much of an explanation as even he had no idea why the girls did that.
Meanwhile, each girl would ask a question to make sure Bruce would keep information coming. Including Moegi, because although this was a different world, she's finding that males in this world weren't much different than back home. No one was tired the next day as Bruce kept answering questions about boys. It was late the next evening that Bruce told them he needed a nap. The girls let him take a nap as they gathered in a circle, going over what had been said then came up ith more questions. They would stop and shoot blues when they showed up, p- off that their conversation was interrupted.
They woke Bruce up at 1 a.m. when a large mob showed up. After it was put down, the girls took a short nap in shifts. At least one was up asking questions, usually Stephanie, and the days flew by. Oddly Naruto stopped checking on Moegi after being used as a target. Thursday morning, the last day, the house was surrounded by bodies for over two hundred yards. The smell beyond bad, but they had become accustomed to it now.
Looking around the house in a daze, Bruce did not remember killing so many. They used over twenty-four thousand rounds, all the 40mm rounds, paper bombs, and there was no more ammo for the AR-10 sniper rifle, and yet they still had plenty of hand grenades. The girls could clean a rifle in record time, and clearing a jam was now second even Moegi learned a lot about different types of guns and ammo (as well as about males). Bruce could only guess at the count, but he was sure it was around sixteen to eighteen thousand bodies around the house. Looking at the bodies, Bruce was very glad they brought more ammo. He told the girls to keep watch as he took down the tarp and for them to pick up what brass they could and give it to Moegi to put in the empty ammo cans.
The girls went to the other end of the roof picking up brass and decided to keep this information to themselves. It was too valuable to just tell everyone. Then, Stephanie pointed out if boys found out girls knew that much about them, they would probably change. Everyone agreed that they would only tell their daughters, or if Moegi ever becomes a Jonin instructor, the kunoichi of her students.
As the little group broke up to grab their equipment, Stephanie stood up. She did not believe she would ever have kids, so the information would stay with her. She smiled to herself, understanding Bruce now in a whole new light. She knew she would never disappoint him again. Stephanie would tell Debbie because she did love her, and Debbie needed to know this stuff. Stephanie figured Debbie knew most of it anyway, but she would make Bruce happier, and that would make Stephanie happy.
Bruce called over the radio, telling them to bring the RG and that even it might not make it through the bodies. Bruce turned to his team. "I'm very proud of each of you. Moegi, remind me to tell Naruto to let you and your team on hunts more. I can't wait to see how well Konohamaru and Udon will do compare to you. Now, remember, no talkin' about what we talked about on the first night, okay? Boys would really hate me for that."
"But Daddy—" Buffy started as Mindy yelled. "Is that a blue running?" This caused Bruce to turn around to look where Mindy was looking. Leaning over, Stephanie whispered in Buffy's ear not to say anything. Bruce never realized that he talked about boys the entire time. Buffy understood and shook her head as Bruce turned back around.
"Probably one we wounded. Now remember; ya promised," Bruce reminded them.
Maria answered. "We have sworn to each other never to tell anyone but our daughters."
"I might tell any kunoichis I train if I become a Jonin instructor," Moegi said.
Bruce liked both answers as long as the boys don't find out. He had really enjoyed the time up there with the team. When he heard the big diesel, he told everyone to grab their stuff. Then, Buffy looked up at Bruce, not noticing Stephanie was looking like she was about to cover Buffy's mouth.
"Daddy, does Mama know that stuff about boys?" Buffy asked him.
"BB, I'm a boy, and your mama knows more about boys than I do," Bruce said, watching the big truck head into the field, driving over piles of bodies. It pulled up to the house, and they just stepped onto the top of the RG an then climbed down the back, Stephanie positioning herself between Buffy and Bruce and enjoying the drive back to the farm.
A/N: This isn't the end of Bruce's speech. It will be brought up more than once until the 4th story. That's why I worked on this chapter.
And Bruce does have Attention Deficient Hyperactive Disorder. In fact his character is basically the definition of ADHD.
I was planning to do more crossovers with other stories made by Thomas A. Watson, but I found some of my usual anime used in crossovers would be overkill as one was CME/EMP event that knocks out most electronics known as Dark Titan series, and the other is a global Depression worse than the one in the 1940s that help led America into civil war-Forgotten Forbidden America series, although the series involving CME/EMP might as well be leading to a combination of civil war and non-nuclear WWIII.