(Here I am once again with my next installment for you all.)
One night in a village, twelve year old Naruto was currently a top a building doing some exercises with a dozen copies of himself. Off to the side was Jiraiya, Optimus, Megatron, Rattrap, and Terrorsaur. Optimus spoke to the toad sage, "That shadow clone jutsu you taught Naruto will certainly be useful to him not only in combat but training as well."
"Yes, some ninja who know this technique don't quite grasp of how much it can help in physical training." Jiraiya confirmed.
"And because of his high chakra reserves he can create this many clones, and even more. Yessss." Megatron put in.
"Dealing with one Naruto is one thing, but more is an outright nightmare." Rattrap groaned.
"Oh, quit your bellyaching." Terrorsaur scoffed.
After Naruto and his clones completed their exercises, the real one dispelled the clones and he sighed in relief, "That felt good," he turned to his spectators, "So you think we should head back in now?"
"A moment, Naruto," came Oracle's voice as, her hologram appeared out of the communicator, "As you know it's been years since you and Master Jiraiya left Konoha on this training trip."
"Yeah. So?" the boy asked.
"And you're aware that it is almost time for you both to return to the village. Before that I wish to put two more transformers under your command." Oracle said.
"Really? Who am I getting this time?" Naruto asked excitedly.
"I am transporting them now." the A.I answered, as two creatures appeared before them.
One of them looked like a giant black widow spider, and the second was a giant fire ant. Naruto looked the two over before speaking to Oracle, "More insects? Tarantulus and Waspinator are buggy enough."
Rattrap laughed, while falling backwards and kicked his legs, "Oh, that's a good one, Naruto!" the other three transformers next to him shook their heads in embarrassment.
"Naruto, may I present to you the Predacons, BlackArachnia and Inferno." Oracle introduced him.
Naruto raised a brow, "Preds must really love the insect look."
"Not all of them." Megatron reminded the boy.
"So what're their stories?" Naruto asked the program.
"Well, as you know several stasis pods fell from the Maximal's ship upon landing on the planet. Tigatron and Airazor awoken as Maximals, but two pods were founded by the Predacons," she began, "Tarantulus discovered a pod and discovered a black widow spider nearby devouring another spider. Inspired by this, he reprogrammed the transformer as a Predacon and made it scan the DNA of said Black Widow and thus BlackArachnia emerged. Though when Tarantulus introduced her to Megatron, the Predacon leader questioned the choice in beast mode and felt Tarantulus had ulterior motives. But he disregarded it because all that mattered to him was that she was a Predacon."
"So how was she as part of Team Pred?" Naruto inquired.
"Despite being a sultry femme fatale, she was smart, sly, and dangerous. Like Terrorsaur, she was also a rebellious soldier if she saw the perfect opportunity to take something for herself. If there was one thing she valued most was her independence and freedom. And would rather be deactivated than be a slave."
Jiraiya whistled, "Sounds like that girl knows exactly what she wants."
"What sort of things has BlackArachnia done as forms of treachery to the Predacons?" Naruto asked Oracle.
"Aside from leaving her fellow Predacon soldiers hanging to save her own spark, she also took control of a floating island called the Brigadoon and used it's defenses to attack the Maximals. Fortunately for them Tigatron destroyed the energy source causing it to crash. She even made several alliances with Tarantulus who was also scheming behind Megatron for his own reasons."
Naruto looked to BlackArachnia, "You weren't kidding when you said she was dangerous," he turned to Inferno, "And this guy. Inferno was it?"
"Correct. This Predacon however was different from the other ones mostly because of his mindset." Oracle explained.
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked curiously.
"When Tarantulus and BlackArachnia were sent to recover it, they were able to reprogram the transformer into a Predacon, but it had already scanned for organic life. Tarantulus was hoping to make another spider out of it."
"You don't say?" Naruto asked, while crossing his arms.
"When Inferno awoke, he saw the two spider bots and attacked them for invading his 'colony'."
"Colony?"
"Though he was a Predacon, his beast mode dominated his logic circuits making him think he was more ant than transformer."
"You're kidding, right?" Naruto asked in disbelief.
"I'm afraid not. After being blown by the Maximals, and the destruction of his stasis pod which he referred to as his colony he joined the Predacons and referred to Megatron as his Queen, before switching to The Royalty. Though with mind of an ant, his loyalty to Megatron was unquestionable even willing to go on suicide missions, and would eventually become Megatron's second in command replacing Scorponok."
"Replacing Scorponok as second in command?" Naruto asked in shock, "But why would that happen?"
"A story for another time, Naruto. Now then, you know the routine." Oracle answered.
Naruto nodded and spoke to the two Predacons, "BlackArachnia! Inferno! Awaken!" And upon command, the two insect transformers shifted into robot mode.
"Finally. I thought I'd never come back online." BlackArachnia began.
"Indeed. It seems we are finally needed once again." Inferno noted.
"Right you are, Inferno." Megatron answered, as he and the other four Transformers approached
"Megatron. Optimus." BlackArachnia gasped at the two leaders.
"My Royalty." Inferno bowed to Megatron.
"Yes-yes, I know. Though I am no longer the only Royalty you serve. That goes for you too BlackArachnia." Megatron answered.
"What do you mean?" the lady Predacon asked.
"Meet Naruto." the Predacon leader motioned to said boy.
"This kid is our leader?" BlackArachnia asked skeptically.
"I find this also questionable, sir." Inferno admitted.
"You doubt I am a capable leader?" Naruto crossed his arms.
"Nothing personal, kid. But I'm just not seeing it." BlackArachnia answered.
Naruto squinted, until they heard screaming down below. They looked at the edge of the building to see the town was being ransacked by a mob of bandits.
"Well, this night just turned interesting." Rattrap said.
Naruto turned to Jiraiya, "May I?"
Jiraiya smirked, "Go ahead and have a little fun."
"Thanks," he turned to the transformers, "Ready to stretch your robot legs?"
"I could use it." BlackArachnia admitted, as they jumped down from the building and landed on the ground.
"First thing we need to do is grab their attention," Naruto began, as he turned to BlackArachnia, "Think you can cause a diversion?"
"Watch and learn." the spider woman answered, as she did her job.
As several bandits continue to loot from shops and homes, they suddenly heard a whistle sound. They looked over and saw a feminine figure peeking out from behind a building, "Hey, boys." she flirted, and the bandits couldn't help but be attracted to her charm. She motioned them to come follow her, and they did.
As they came to the corner of the building they looked and suddenly got caught in a web net courtesy of the Black Widow Predacon. BlackArachnia and the others came out and looked down at the captives, "That was too easy." BlackArachnia boasted.
"Maybe for them, Legs. But we ain't done yet." Rattrap motioned to several more bandits at large.
"We'll split up and take them." Naruto ordered, as they split up.
Optimus and Megatron took out a couple of bandits, while Rattrap spotted a wagon carrying many big logs. Smirking he blasted at the restraints causing the logs to roll out and ended up hitting the back of the bandits feet making them fall back, "Watch your steps." he chuckled.
Terrorsaur flew around shooting at several bandits who were scrambling for cover, until they met BlackArachnia who used her eight spider legs to shoot at them forcing them to retreat back.
"Hurry, to the wagon!" one of the bandits told the others as they ran for a wagon only for it to suddenly catch fire causing the reigns to keep the horse in place to break allowing it to gallop away.
The bandits saw Inferno standing close by while holding his fire gun, "I'm sorry, but your chariot will not be waiting for you tonight." the Ant Predacon spoke.
"What the hell are these things?" one of the bandits asked another.
"Freaks is what they are!" he answered.
"Excuse me?" came Naruto's voice, as the bandits spun around to see him approach, "No one calls my friends freaks."
"What're you going to do about it kid?" one of the bandits mocked, making the others laugh in mockery.
Naruto smirked, "Oh, I was hoping you'd ask." he formed a hand sign, "Shadow Clone jutsu!" he summoned multiple clones who stood ready.
The bandits were taken aback by this, and suddenly felt nervous, until the lead one spoke, "Get them!"
The bandits attacked the group of Naruto's who used their Taijutsu skills to disarm and taken down the bandits one by one.
Later on all the bandits were tied up by BlackArachnia's webbing and left in the center of town, before they were eventually picked up by Anbu from the nearest ninja village.
Naruto, Jiraiya, and the transformers watched from atop a roof, as Naruto spoke to BlackArachnia, "So, what did you think?"
BlackArachnia smiled, "Not bad, Naruto. A girl could get used to fighting along side you."
Inferno got down on one knee and bowed his head to the blonde, "I also pledge my loyalty to you, My Queen." Naruto face palmed, as Jiraiya and the other Transformers laughed.
Jiraiya looked at Naruto while thinking about how far he's come since he began training with him, and thought to himself, 'Oracle is right. Naruto is just about ready to return and become the ninja is was always meant to be.'
(And there you go. Now BlackArachnia and Inferno are under Naruto's command. And next time he returns to Konoha and enrolls midway into the ninja academy so he could graduate and become an official ninja of his home village.)