Welcome back, to KitsuneX! Last time we seen Ravager's plan... go for broke, and get busted. Konoha flunkies go down, and Ravager's now putting up a fight against our favorite blonde. Who will win?... WATCH AND FIND OUT!
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Naruto and Ravager landed after clashing swords for the third time. Naruto looked at his shoulder and seen she had gotten a cut in this time, but only cutting the titanium cloth and the dragon skin, not making it through the plate of steel imbedded in the dragon skin.
He turned to her and Ravager smirked. "You're very skilled, but you will never hit me with those moves. And here I thought after all the hype, after all my research, you'd be a tougher opponent."
Naruto hummed. She was skilled, very skilled, but he knew he was more skilled than this. Something was off, really off, he just needed to figure out what. He charged in again, and Ravager got ready. Naruto ducked in under and put a hand on the floor before twisting and swinging both legs up into Ravager, who stretched backwards and was in a crab walk stance, and when he got back on his feet when they came full circle he tried to cut her feet from under her.
It failed as she kicked off the ground and stood on her hands, her feet in the air. He didn't take the chance of her trying to catch him off guard with an unorthodox move, so he jumped back a few feet, and she had already pulled her legs down and stood straight, holding her swords casually.
Naruto was confused. She knew his next move even without seeing it, as if she felt it was gonna happen. Was she truly that skilled and was holding back? If so... So was he. He gripped both his swords in his hands tighter. "You're good. I'll give you that, but don't forget, I haven't even begun. Seeing as you're a dual Katana wielder, and someone who thought they could tie ME down with a bluff, I give you credit, but I did underestimate you at first. That won't happen again. Now, I will get faster, stronger, and use more of my skill to beat you with every passing second."
Ravager huffed. "You're going to use some of those powers right? The fox cloak, or those Jutsu?"
Naruto chuckled and grinned. "Not at all. I'm going to only use my true hand to hand skills and nothing more." Naruto put one sword in front of him and the other to the side on it's side, pointing to Ravager. "You should know, I always hold back... And slowly show more. The day I have to show every single skill I have to beat an opponent, is the day I will start training in new skills and get even better."
Ravager silently cursed. She knew he was better than he let on and all, but she wasn't a slouch. Her father could take Batman, and so could the man standing in front of her, she had to be skilled enough already to take on Naruto and even better with her future vision.
How wrong she was, but she would find that out soon. Naruto rushed in and thrust his back sword straight for her stomach. He knew he wouldn't really hit her, the cut he could have made would be non lethal at best, but he also knew she was going to try to dodge it.
Ravager saw the strike coming in fast and prepared, bringing her swords up in an X formation and stepped back a big step, catching Naruto's thrust in her swords and pushed the thrust away and she also slide to the side a bit before using the right sword to keep Naruto's thrust away from her, and the left one swung under and up to cut into Naruto's armor again.
Naruto saw this as her next move and blocked it with his other sword. Ravager used that other sword's block against her as a way to slash upwards and kick Naruto's thrusting sword up above her, freeing her other Sword from blocking.
Naruto may not have seen her being able to do that kind of move, but quickly compensated by using the front sword to quickly block her slash coming for his neck. He swung up hard and their swords clashed and both parried each other.
Naruto tried to quickly slash down into her shoulder, knowing it had armor to withstand a slashing blow, but Ravager wasn't taking the chance and used both of her swords and swung up, blocking it and forcing it to the side and down. She jumped back fast as Naruto attempted to slice her in half with a quick step forward and slashing the back sword then forward sword in a single line sideways.
Ravager put both her swords in front of her in an X block, and she huffed. She was breathing faster, but not tired, just the adrenaline of him able to counter her every strike after her own tries at countering his own strikes. He was actually better skilled than she first imagined.
Naruto got back into his original stance, back sword to the side on it's side pointing at her, and the front sword facing forward with a slant pointing towards her a little. Naruto took a deep breath. "You're good. Really good, almost too good. It seems impossible for you to be able to do what you do without knowing my moves before I even try them, because those last 2 strikes I tried to get you with were NOT planned. They were reactions."
Ravager narrowed her eyes. "He's sharp, like they said, I know all too well, but It's a greater advantage to me if I keep my little secret just that... a secret." "Either that, or I am just that good to know muscle definition to see you reacting and take a guess."
Naruto narrowed his eyes too. Both of them focused. Naruto hummed. "High level fighters can always do that with precision, but still somewhat with a partial twitch of clumsy instincts to survive the next attack. No one is able to one hundred percent accurately guess the next strike like that and move without some kind of opening."
He knew there had to be more to this girl than meets the eye, all he had to do now was figure out what it was. He needed to observe every moment of her form and movement, find the key openings she would leave. He knew he was more skills, he knew he was faster, stronger, and she was pushing him back. Naruto wouldn't allow this to stop him from winning.
Naruto thrust forward again, this time twisting and rolling his sword down and arching back up, where Ravager stepped to the side and blocked it with one sword and thrust forward at Naruto with the other. Naruto didn't care what that other sword was going to do to him, he just used all his strength and dashed forward, swinging with all his might.
Ravager expected this, but she was shocked to actually be in the middle of the strike, as it slashed hard into her chest and blown her back, her own sword, which had pierced into Naruto's armor and between the plates to cut into his shoulder under it, was pulled out as she was thrown back.
Naruto just stayed still, keeping a sharp eye on her. Ravager hit the ground and gasped for air a bit before rolling on her side and coughing. The strike into her chest was hard, having compressed her chest inward and knocked the wind out of her, but thankfully her Kevlar and chain-mail armor prevented anything further than the cloth on the outside being cut open.
Ravager stood up, holding her chest as she coughed, recovering. Naruto stood straight. "I put a little extra in that one, I hoped for it to hit, but I didn't expect you to get up again. You are a bit tougher than I first thought."
Ravager smirked. "I've got more than enough strength to take you on... See, just as you are skilled and have enhanced capabilities, I too have some greater abilities. Stronger bones than normal, tougher skin, better reflexes, enhanced speed, strength. I was trained by my father, and that makes me even greater than YOU!"
Ravager rushed in and Naruto didn't expect her to try and strike him again with that blow he JUST dealt her not ten seconds ago. He tried to block, but it was with his wounded arm, and he grunted in pain, unable to bring up a total block, which caused him to witness her strike hitting home.
Ravager, as she got up, was trying different scenario's in her head, witnessing each one until she found the best one to finally deal greater damage against him. She had rushed in and slashed for his harmed shoulder. Naruto's attempt to block fell short because of it, and she slashed through the armor, between the shoulder plate and bicep plate and cut into his shoulder even more, then ripped her sword back, slashing deeper and to the bone.
Naruto hissed and growled in pain and jumped back, grabbing hold of his shoulder. He glared at her as she jumped back and grabbed her other sword, getting ready. Naruto looked at his shoulder, seeing the blood starting to seep from the wounds.
Naruto looked back at her. He actually smirked. "Well, I severely under-estimated you... Ravager, was it? You are the first one to use actual skill against me, and get a clean hit in, actually wounding me. I respect that. That does it, the gloves come off..."
Naruto tensed his entire body and raised both arms, ignoring the pain in his arm and got into stance once more. This shocked Ravager, seeing him ignore the pain, the blood gushing from his wound, and still willing to fight with all he had.
She smirked as well, and because she only had a mask over her eyes, and not face, Naruto seen it. "Doesn't matter either way, I will still win!"
Naruto rushed in this time, and this time, he wasn't about to break apart from their struggle until she was hurting. Naruto slashed hard down, and Ravager backed off and parried with one sword, and this was where she was not going to be able to risk any wasted movements.
Naruto has swung up with the other with rapid succession after his first strike was parried, and Ravager was forced to use both her swords to block it and push to ti the side. Naruto evened out his swords level with his chest and stepped forward fast, slashing with both swords at the same time.
Ravager ducked under them, but her eyes widened as she seen the mistake she made and jumped hard back,skidding along the ground, as Naruto stopped his swift cross slash and leveled the swords with the sides of his body and slash down to cut into her shoulders, but she had jumped back before his strike could land.
Naruto seen this, seen her react before he even attempted to change direction, but didn't stop. He rushed forward after her and thrust both swords at her, but she quickly turned her body sideways in between them and tried to stab for his heart.
Naruto seen this coming and twisted his body to the side, crossing his hands and wrists in order to block with his swords in the shape of an X and push the stabbing of Ravager's sword over his shoulder. Naruto slide his forward sword up closer to the hilt of Ravager's thrusting sword, and the back sword closer to the tip before twisting his body facing the same direction as her and stepping forward.
Ravager had let go of her sword to allow Naruto to take it from her, and twisted around behind her, swiftly swinging her sword for Naruto's back. Naruto seen this and let her sword free from his sword's holding it, and swung both down and behind him, blocking her strike fully.
Ravager grabbed her sword that was falling that she let go of and tried to twist it and stab it into Naruto's heart. Naruto twisted and put his back to her as he dodged the thrust to his heart, and got close enough to grab her arm and with all his might, throw her forward.
Ravager expected this and let him throw her, slashing hard and fast as she flipped in front of him and attempted to cut under his arms. Naruto had flipped back and got back into position, and Ravager did the same, both staring each other down.
Naruto stood straight again. "I see now... you aren't predicting my moves by looking at how I move... You're actually seeing what moves I make before I even use them."
Ravager narrowed her eyes at him. "How do you think that? It's impossible to see the future after all. You think I am not skilled enough to fight you equally?"
Naruto grinned. "I've seen magic, alien energy shooting at me, someone who is half machine, a boy who can change into any animal on the planet, I don't think seeing the future is impossible... In fact, I think that's exactly what is going on. You're reacting to my moves before I even do them, such as when I cross cut and stopped mid-slash to swing down and cut your shoulders. Before I even stopped mid strike, you had moved to jump backwards, when in a normal situation I was wide open to any attack."
Ravager cursed and growled a little. "You assume much, but that does not mean I am lower in skill than you are!"
Naruto chuckled. "You misunderstand me... I fought Batman, and got a small bruise, you actually cut into my arm and drew blood. Twice even. You are very skilled, but you're advantage of knowing the future is now out of the bag, and no longer going to be giving you the advantage over me."
Ravager yelled as she rushed him, slashing down, then twisting around to slash down again with the other arm, both of which were blocked by only one of Naruto's swords, and Naruto soon slashed hard and fast, faster than she could predict, and cut into her chest plate again, this time pushing her back only a little. She held her chest a bit.
Naruto stood still. "You see, you know the white haired guy, and the duck haired little asshole, both of them have the same red eye augmentation, the Sharingan... Able to predict an opponents next move one hundred percent of the time by watching for any twitch of any muscle in the body. There is still human error, but I do have the ability to know what you will do now. Evening the field."
Ravager looked surprised. "You have that eye too?"
Naruto grinned. "Yep, I stole it from this one guy who seemed to be a long lost ancestor of the duck haired guy. The white haired man? Got it from a friend of his who was part of the same family with augmentation eyes as a birthday gift when the friend died. Now, get ready for punishment... Cause I'm just getting started!"
Naruto ran forward again, this time faster, which Ravager saw and jumped back, but Naruto seen this and reared his sword back, slashing at her legs. She pulled them back, but she cursed in mid-air as she landed and lost all balance.
That gave Naruto a bigger advantage as he slide along the ground to trip her, but she kicked off the ground to dodge him, and cursed harder as she put both blades behind her back, Naruto slashed both his swords at her back, and because she blocked, she took no damage, but the force made her fly up and stall in mid-air.
That was an even bigger dis-advantage, as Naruto got up and jumped at her. She tried to turn and lessen the damage of the next blow, knowing she wasn't going to dodge or block this one. Naruto slashed under Ravager, and hit her back, hard, which made her spin in mid-air.
He flipped to the ground and took a few steps back as he faced her. Ravager fell on her side and groaned. She slowly stood again and held her shoulder, which was hurt back from the slash earlier connecting along her shoulder blade on her back and her shoulder in general.
Naruto pointed one sword at her. "You're very skilled, after all that, my speed and skill increased another level and using the Sharingan, you STILL managed to block or dodge my attacks until that last strike. I applaud this, but I guarantee you this, you will not be able to for much longer... Before I attack again, I have one question to ask... Do you want me to either go the fastest I can as I am now, or build to that point? The former will make it quick, but the latter will make you suffer..."
Ravager narrowed her eyes and waited. What she waited for was a single moment where his moves would be unable to dodge her next strike enough to cleanly cut him once more, a vital area to make him stall just enough for her next barrage to start. She waited for five minutes, and not a single weakness in his breathing.
Naruto was still, tense and ready yet relaxed and eager, narrowing his eyes. "I believe you know what I am going to say now... but then again, how can you know if I won't say it? If I don't even think about saying it, how can you know I will ever say it at all? You may be able to predict my reactions, but here is a fatal flaw I found... If I act without acting, if I do or say something without doing or saying anything, you can't predict it. Am I correct?"
Ravager cursed, trying to predict what he was going to say. Just as he was talking she figured it out. Naruto smirked. "I see, so now you figure I would say it... I can see just how eager you are to know, so here it is... What is your answer, because I will have to chose for you. Do I go slowly up in speed and skill and make you suffer, or do I go all the way and make it quick?"
She had no choice now, either answer he he does, and she KNEW his answer... he wasn't about to get cut again. She figured to hell with it, and went for it, bringing her A game until one of them was unable to fight anymore.
Ravager raced forward, slashing at Naruto's feet. Naruto brought a foot up to keep her from getting a strike in and let it down again, she growled and slashed up hard with both swords, only for Naruto to twist and block with his own.
She didn't stop, slashing back down the opposite way, but Naruto spun opposite as well, even coming back in on her and then slashing hard and fast, slamming into her shoulder. Ravager groaned as she was forced to take a knee, but she jumped through his legs as he stabbed both swords down into the ground where her shoulders would be.
Ravager rolled onto her feet and jumped back hard, slashing fast for Naruto's back, but Naruto hard flipped up over them and slashed down into her stomach and forcing her back to the ground, and he landed, one foot between her legs, the other behind him.
Naruto rose both swords up, and Ravager pulled both feet up and kicked hard up, but Naruto blocked them both with his front leg, and slashed hard down. Ravager was hid hard in both shoulders as Naruto swung the blocking foot to kick her legs from kicking him. Ravager looked horrified as Naruto was suddenly lightning fast and stabbed both swords into hr hands, pinning her as he put a foot against her chest.
Naruto leaned down a bit. "Now, before I knock you out... You are going to tell me why you have such a grudge against the Titans. Normal villains only wanna make trouble, which usually leads the good guys to them in the first place, but you are actively trying to provoke them."
Ravager growled. "It does not concern you! ARG!" Naruto stepped harder on her chest. "It's none of your business, so don't even try to ring it out of me! GUH!"
Naruto pressed harder before lightening up on the pressing. "You threaten me and my friends, you try to control me, and you have those assholes that you were working with work with you and try to kill me for not accepting to do your bidding, I think I have the right to know why. Now, you WILL talk, even if I have to pull out my greatest interrogation weapon..."
Ravager snarled "Nothing you do will make me talk! And even if what you say is true, its my grudge not yours!"
Naruto sighed. "You force my hand..." Naruto suddenly took her face mask off. He hummed. "Not a bad looker. Still, you're insane... Why the eye patch?"
Ravager was still snarling. "That is none of your business either, bastard!"
Naruto nodded. "Well, business of mine or not, you WILL tell me... one way... or the other." His lid on the mask opened and he showed the Sharingan eye, and instantly, they were in his Tsukiyomi.
Ravager looked around in shock. "Where is this place? What the hell did you do? TELL ME!"
Naruto's voice echoed in the air, a black moon showing with red all over. "Demanding.. So demanding, and yet will not answer me..."
Ravager gripped her swords, but soon the just dissolved into the air like wisps. She took a fighting pose and looked around. Before long a figure was walking towards her, and she rushed it, yelling. "COME AT ME YOU BASTARD!" "Is that any way to talk to your father, young lady?"
Ravager's eyes widened and she stopped, the shadowy figure coming into full view, and she seen someone standing before her, not Naruto. He wore a suit, similar to her own, black with orange. Orange Calf boots and orange gloves, orange cargo shorts with a mask, half orange and half black on either side of the face, the orange side showing the eye and not the black, whilst the rest of the suit was scaled Kevlar, black. He even had a belt wrapping across his chest from shoulder to hip, full of bullets, and a gun on his back and a small pole as well.
Ravager stood shocked. "No... No, it can't be... Father, you are alive?"
The man came up to her. "Of course I am, you silly girl! You forget who you are talking to! After you failed me, you dare call me father?"
Ravager backed away. "No... no, you can't be here, you died! I watched the video cameras as the lair fell into lava! YOU DIED!" The image of her father faded away and she was on the floor crying. "No, you died.. you were murdered, by that damn woman, that Titan!" "Ahh... There it is.."
Ravager looked shocked hearing Naruto's voice and looked up to see Naruto standing over her, the world turning normal. "So... you have a grudge against the Titans because you think one of them murdered your father by tossing him into Lava?"
Ravager was still shaken up, unable to speak. Naruto glared at her. "There's no way a Titan killed him. They don't do that, there's never been reports of them doing such a thing."
Ravager cried harder and snarled now. "THEY DID! THAT FUCKING TERRA MADE THE LAVA UNDER THE BASE ERUPT AND KILL HIM! I HAVE PROOF, TAPES EVEN!"
Naruto stepped on her again. "I don't know any Terra, she isn't on the Titans anyway, there's not been another Titan from my knowledge. You give up this grudge, or it will destroy you."
Ravager struggled as she gasped for breath. Naruto kicked her stomach. "STAY DOWN! From what you remember of him, he ain't a very good father, he pretty much told you he disowned you! That was from your memory of him, not some fabrication I made up! Get it through your skull that your father was a bastard and lead away from his path, or I guarantee, his fate will be yours as well!"
Naruto pulled back hard and fast, pulling his swords from her hands and putting them back in their sheaths in the armor along his arms, and started walking away. Ravager cursed, crying out of her single eye. She gripped her swords and slowly got up. She ran at Naruto and roared, screaming. "DAMN YOU BASTARD! DON'T YOU DARE TALK ABOUT ME OR MY FATHER IN SUCH A WAY!"
Naruto suddenly caught her by the throat, slamming a knee into her stomach with such force she dropped her swords, and he pulled her close to his face. "You were the one who made this personal, bitch. Making deals with the assholes I used to call friends, who are now just bastards and bitches, and trying to force me to do your bidding just by trying to blackmail me with the lives of my friends. I can call you and your father anything I damn well please. Sleep, and think on this before you try and face me again, because I promise I will not leave you with stab wounds in your hands as being the only wounds I leave."
Naruto bashed his head into her own and she fell over knocked out. Naruto huffed. He gripped his shoulder. "Damn, she was tough... If only she wasn't such a bitch, maybe she could be even better, and actually fun to fight." with that, he left and went back to base.
When he returned, he seen everyone was back, and Blackfire was wearing some street clothes. He smiled. "Least someone had fun."
Jinx turned to him, as everyone did, and she noticed the blood on his shoulder. "What happened, Naruto?"
Naruto took his helmet off. "Some girl. She called up saying she killed Kid, had you three girls tied up and knocked out, and that if I did not go see her for errands, she would blow you all up. I figure it was a lie, and knew so after sending a clone to find out. We ended up fighting, she cut my shoulder... twice. Pretty deep too."
Everyone went to Medical, and when Naruto took off his suit, they seen he was bleeding pretty bad, and Jinx was worried. "What the hell did she do? How did you even get hit like this!"
Naruto sighed. "A girl, her real name I didn't ask for, but she said to call her Ravager." That got the attention of Private Hive and Gizmo.
Gizmo first. "WHAT THE FUCK! You're telling me you met that bitch! That's just not right! How the hell did she even call you without us knowing!"
Naruto looked to him. "She's been slowly hacking, apparently, making sure to exploit every crack in the system without making anything go off for you to notice... So you know her?"
Private Hive came up. "I know of her... She's the daughter of a very well known villain, and Merc. Deathstroke the Terminator."
That got the attention of the rest. Mammoth looked at him. "You're kidding me, that guy? No way! He had three kids I heard, but one died one ran away and the third hasn't been seen."
Gizmo was scratching his head furiously. "Damn it! Ravager is a heck of a girl to mess with. Her father would have trained her, and he was able to stand up against Batman a few times, hell he's faced off against a few of the big names in the JL, if that's anything to go by, Ravager could be pretty damn good too."
Naruto nodded as Jinx and Shego healed his arm. "Yeah, she was. It was insane, she was blocking and dodging everything I started out with. I figured out why too, she has the ability to see the future."
Gizmo looked shocked. "You're joking right? FUCK! She knows the future?"
Naruto nodded. "Yes, but not very far from present time. If I had to guess, she can see ahead for about thirty seconds... It's pretty harsh to deal with, especially sense she told me she also has stronger bones tougher skin faster reflexes and more."
Private Hive. "Deathstroke could have given her some kind of enhancement drugs to make that happen... he was known to experiment in making himself stronger and better to match his own skill. Who knows if he did the same to his Daughter."
Naruto sighed. "Guess we know now... Gizmo, keep a lock on the systems, make damn certain that don't happen again. Also, I think the Titans are pretty banged up too.."
Blackfire looked to him now. "And why is that?"
Naruto sighed. "My old friends... Apparently she made a deal with them. She gets me, they get the titans, she has a big grudge on 'em. She says they killed her father."
Jinx frowned. "They don't kill... But Slade, who is Deathstroke, was always trying to get apprentices, he had Robin as one, but that was blackmail, similar to how Ravager got you, and Robin turned on him. Then a girl, Terra, she was part of the Titans for a small time, but she helped Slade take over Jump, and when the Titans returned, after they got their butts kicked, there was a very bad earthquake, a little bit like a Volcano tried to erupt under Jump. Then Slade isn't anywhere to be found nor heard from."
Naruto hummed. "Then the story she told me was true... But it must have been an accident, who knows what happens to people during earthquakes..."
Blackfire walked up more to him. "So your old friends?"
Naruto nodded. "They are not as strong as me, nor as skilled, but they aren't weak by any means. Guaranteed, one or two of them will be out of it for awhile."
Jinx finished patching it up after Shego stitched it. "There, as long as you don't move it for awhile, it won't open up again."
Naruto nodded, but he looked serious. "I don't think this is the last of our troubles... by the looks of it, Ravager was only a stepping stone to something even more disastrous..."
They all looked to him as he stood. He took a deep breath. "I think soon... Really soon, I will be facing off against a gauntlet of hell. Something I don't think I can complete without being beaten to a bloody pulp."
With that he walked to the door. "Everyone get some rest... Tomorrow we start training again. This time, something skill and practical in fighting."
That made everyone nervous, but Jinx gripped her fist and stood up. "He's right. He's taking all the risk, all the hits for us, and we're laying about relaxing. We may be thieves, and want an easier life, but I don't think it should come at the cost of one of our friends. Especially Naruto."
Gizmo scoffed. "You're just saying that because you love the bastard!" Jinx blushed and pouted but looked at him hard. He sighed. "but you got a point... He's helped our lives be this easy and relaxing, we should help him... a vote... all for training into the ground to help Naruto?"
After a few seconds of looking at each other, it was almost instant but everyone raised their hands. Blackfire smiled. "I can hardly wait to see what kind of moves he really has." With that, they all got ready and relaxed till Naruto told them it was time.
XxX Extra Scene: Gotham Chronicles, Part two. The Future XxX
Many years into the future, an old Bruce Wayne was looking at all the toys, gizmo's, and artifacts that he took from some scheme or plan one of his old foes attempted, a playing card from the Joker, the giant Penny from a robbery, hell even Scar-face had his own pedestal.
As he walked through the cave that night he passed by the old uniforms of all the soldiers he had in his army in the fight against crime and injustice. His first suit, Nightwing, Batgirl, Robin, or the one Tim drake used to wear anyway, as an adult version of the Red Robin sat in it's own case, with a red helmet and two guns places below it. The plank saying many things; Jason Todd, Robin, Red Hood.
He passed them all as he went to a special pedestal, one he set up not five years before he finally retired. On the pedestal sat a sword, broken into three pieces. It was a straight edged Katana, a weird color, and made of one of the toughest metals that ever existed. The plank on the thing had three words, and each weighed his heart with pride every single time. 'Victory over KitsuneX'.
Suddenly an alarm was set off within the Batcave and he closed his eyes. "Computer, Alarm shutdown, authorized access for this time only." The alarm shut off and he opened his eyes, looking at the sword again.
He noticed someone stand by him, and smiled. "Been awhile. I still think you're part Kryptonian for being in your prime at THIS age."
The man chuckled deeply, his helmet making his voice mechanical and menacing. "I keep telling you, if I was Kryptonian, I wouldn't have bled when Ravager cut into me so many times, hell as I recall Superman can stand still as a normal person punches him, and when you struck me it was like a damn sledgehammer."
Bruce turned, looking at the one beside him. "I guess you have a point. If you were Kryptonian, I wouldn't have finally taken you down with my fists alone. Still, after all these years you only grew more powerful, and I need a cane."
The man beside him turned and the helmet finally visible, a fox with a red X on it. KitsuneX, Naruto, was standing beside Bruce. "I told you, in my world there are bloodlines. I have my mother's blood in me, the Uzumaki blood. I told you this bloodline is basically giving me longevity. I don't die easily, I heal quickly, and I will live for a full two lifetimes before I finally die of old age."
Bruce nodded. "It's amazing to think that your blood is so amazing to give you that much, and I was able to beat you. Be glad I respected you, taking you here to keep your record going."
Naruto took off his helmet, sighing as his blonde hair shifted in the air, some of it turning gray. "Not once have I been put in jail. Gotta thank you for that."
Bruce nodded. "You know how it would have gone though. No birth certificate, no blood relatives of any kind, nothing. You are not even supposed to exist and yet here you are. I figured instead of going through that bullshit process, I would just keep you here."
Naruto chuckled. "At least you were a bit nicer after finally beating me. You really had a grudge on me..."
Bruce turned and walked away from the sword. "What I had a grudge on you for was that you were beating us. Causing more people to be like you. Criminals trying to steal just to show they didn't care."
Naruto frowned. "Hey, you had those fucking Sons of Batman, and kept them around. More Vigilantes? No thanks."
Bruce smiled a bit. "Guess I see your point. Still, you kept beating me, the Titans, most of the Justice league as well. Some new guy around beating every single one of us trying to bring justice to the world. Superman wants to break your limbs and make you suffer still, you realize this."
Naruto chuckled nervously. "Hey, it's not like I had the strength to stop what happened. II mean come on, you knew that day I went to Metropolis, I may not have went to jail, but I didn't have any strength left afterwords to fight back. So, I figured I would just enjoy it."
Bruce shrugged. "It's not like I can judge. I had a kid with the daughter of a villain of mine."
Naruto smirked. "And I must say, Dick was pretty good about training him when he took over for a few years. Damien was pretty wild though."
Bruce sighed as he sat down in the computer chair. "But I regretted not being able to help him myself. Still, Dick did an excellent job... Even after all I did to him back then, he still understood the mantle of batman, whilst actually helping. Guess I went about it all wrong."
Naruto smiled softly. "Hey, don't blame yourself... You had how many years of training alone to be batman after you're parents died? You took Dick in nearly the day after his own did, he wasn't alone when he became a hero. I think he understood that, and kept respect."
Bruce smiled a bit. "Thanks for that. You may be a Thief, but at least you're a good one. Bet you were happy when I finally retired."
Naruto scoffed. "Which time? You retired three times dude. Once before you turned into an old man, you're supposed death, then you come back and finally end it. The only time I was happy you retired was the last time though, mainly because I didn't feel right beating you when you were coughing and wheezing."
Bruce chuckled. "True..."
Naruto looked at him a little seriously. "You know, you never did tell me why you retired the first time... I understood you came back after those Mutants were becoming too big a problem, and you had help with the Sons of Batman, but you never truly explained to me the reason why you retired that first time..."
Bruce took a deep breath. "You wouldn't wanna hear it." Suddenly they heard the Batmobile fly in and Bruce hummed. "Guess he heard the alarm. You wanna get going?"
Naruto put his Helmet back on and sighed. "So much for talk of the good old days. We don't get to talk very often thanks to the kid."
Terry flew up and growled. "Why are you here, come to take Bruce prisoner?"
Naruto chuckled at that. "Please, I may be at my prime, unlike him, but that cane is dangerous. I'd rather not fight him again. Besides, there's a reason I came here..."
Bruce looked serious. He knew that if Naruto was staying when Terry came back would mean he had something to say. "What's the news you got for us? Wouldn't be here for a serious talk without it being dangerous."
Naruto nodded. "Those three bitches I have been facing? They are coming after me full force now. They won't give up."
Bruce hummed. "You mean the X's?"
Naruto nodded. "Yeah, my Ex's. My two daughters want to join me against them, so I want Terry here to stay out of it."
Terry growled. "Like hell, if you're going to mess with the city again, I am not about to let you run amok."
Naruto narrowed his eyes at Terry. "If you have a death wish, be my guest! These Ex's of mine are not about to let anyone in their way live! I may not kill, but these bitches do. All I came here to say was stay back and out of it, this will get beyond messy. It'll be Metropolis all over again... The fight with those girls happens tomorrow night, best keep your distance."
Naruto vanished and Terry clenched his teeth. "I'm not going to stay back! I'm going to catch him one way or another!"
Bruce tapped his cane. "It's your choice, but I think you would do better to watch from a distance. X is formidable, and you've not even landed a hit on him yet. Keep a sharp eye... When he beats those three girls, he will be tired, making an opportune moment to strike. Most likely won't work, but at least it'll give you a chance."
Terry sighed but nodded. "Fine. But whilst we wait for it, I'll try and get those Jokerz behind bars. See you tomorrow." Terry went to change out of uniform and get back to his wife to be.
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There we go everyone! I did my best, and it's getting late... You know how hard it is doing 9 chapters before Christmas since LAST update? That's twenty days to complete them all, and I'm not even done with 4 chapters yet!
Anyway... Enjoy, and Merry Christmas!