Welcome back, everyone, Godo here with a fresh new chapter of KitsuneX!
Well, I got some interesting reviews last time, and I hope everyone enjoyed that last chapter's fighting scenes. This time around, however, we lay off the fighting scenes, and go for some more story progressive scenes. Because I am NOT about to stop this chapter until we get to METROPOLIS!
Yep, that's right, this time, we are going to get to Metropolis, and everyone who has wondered why Superman hates KitsuneX will soon figure out the answer. (not THIS chapter, but later on of course.)
Also, I have officially moved into my new place of residence. Which seems to be doing me a great amount of good when it comes to getting my stories done. I guess the mountain air is giving me a higher amount of brain power for this stuff. Let's hope shall we?
Enjoy!
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Donna, Wondergirl, groaned as she held her arm, bringing the team into the relaxation room. Connor, Superboy, was carrying Wally, Kid Flash, in behind him as well. And by the looks on the entire teams faces, they weren't exactly happy with the outcome.
Starfire and Virgil, Static, flew in with Raven and Cyborg, Beast boy behind them, and Starfire just sat in a huff. She wasn't very happy to see X get away. "We finally hurt him, and he still gets away. How can he be this TOUGH!" She roared and blast the window out with a raging star bolt.
Donna put her hand on Starfire's shoulder. "Easy. Look, we knew he was strong, he is stronger than we can imagine. The fact Kid Flash and Superboy managed to make him use one tail of that damn cloak alone, and breaking his back, is a testament that we are much stronger than he thought possible. The thing is, he also helped his own team grow to the point we are almost evenly matched."
Starfire sighed heavily and sat down at the counter near the kitchen area. "Still, I was hoping to finally catch him. We have worked harder than ever to match him, even Dr. Light is too scared to break out of prison now."
Beast Boy grabbed an ice pack and held it to his back. "Yeah, but we can't just go after X, we also have to take on his team. Star, if we all go after X, his team will still be stealing stuff, or they will interfere and make us separate to take them down. It's all we can do to take a few of them down."
Virgil was helping Cyborg with the dented shoulder. Using a super charged magnetism and a charge of static he UN-dented the shoulder. Cyborg checked his systems after that, whilst Virgil also recharged the batteries. "All systems clear, nothing's pinched or anything. Thanks, man. Donna, need me to update the system on the Pandora team?"
Donna sighed and started to get to her room to rest. "If you're offering... But listen, anything going on you tell me, ok? We may be taken out a bit, but we are still capable of taking on anyone who thinks they can commit crimes."
Connor let Kid Flash sit on the couch, and went to get something to drink. "X isn't exactly subtle anymore. It was like he WANTED us to catch him in the act. And he brought the entire team, not just a few."
Raven noticed that too and turned to him, nodding. "That is a strange thing, not to mention Jinx was tougher than normal. What it seemed like.. was a test."
Connor sighed, grabbing a coke. "That's the thing... He said he was dragging his fight with me and Wally to let the other battles get finished first. Had a clone standing by watching until it was time."
Beast Boy perked up at that. "Hey! I got attacked by a clone! Out of nowhere I get hit, I thought it was one of the others, but it had to be the clone!"
Wally looked back at everyone. "He said, I think, that he had gotten all the information about the other battles from one of his damn clones."
Cyborg seen his power was good enough to get going for awhile and got up, fist bumping Virgil. "You're the best man. How's the leg?"
Virgil shrugged, smiling. "Nothin' I can't handle. Had worse before, just can't seem to stop getting hit. I can still fly though, and help whatever I can."
Cyborg nodded and went to the computer, pulling up the files and started to update them. He looked back to Connor, who was checking over Raven's wounds. "Yo, Connor, how's that bike handling?"
Connor looked up at Cyborg, having Raven the all clear. All that happened was a badly bruised Chin, but nothing to severe, and being kicked in the stomach, but Raven said it was fine. Connor smiled at Cyborg. "It's handling like a Charm. You know your stuff, that's for sure. I never would have guessed the bike needed a dual exhaust, not a single."
Raven got up and patted Connor's shoulder before walking off. "Thanks, Connor. See you for the next lesson?"
Connor smiled as he looked to her. "Looking forward to it. Can't believe I've got heat vision now." Raven had figured out that his Telekinetic powers, and his Kryptonian powers were connected, to the point that they don't just grow separately, but together. So as his Tactile Telekinetic field grows stronger, so does his Kryptonian powers, and Vic versa.
Virgil flew up to Wally and had the controllers for the game system fly over to them. "I know what will make ya feel better, speedster, race me one?"
Wally grabbed the thing and smirked as he selected the game on the screen. "You betcha! If it's one thing I know, it's speed, and racing will be a great way to let off steam after that debacle."
Starfire just stared at them. She sighed as she got up and flew to her room. Inside she sat on the bed, looking around. "The team is doing well, better than expected, and Friend-Donna is an exceptional leader. But.. I cannot help but feel left alone, without Robin... If only he could return, and everything will be alright."
Starfire was on the verge of tears as she looked at the only picture of them she had together. She held it to her chest. "Dick... I miss you so... Even if it is not as Robin, please return to us, so I can finally be happy that my greatest friend is by my side." A few tars formed and fell from her lashes as she felt the pain of losing a friend for so long.
XxX Pandora HQ XxX
Gizmo paled a bit, looking at the sphere in his hands. "LEX? You have to be fucking KIDDING ME!"
Naruto turned to him and groaned, taking his helmet off. "No joke. If I don't get the signal that thing receives from Luthor, it's bye bye jump city. That building we were in? Was basically a disguised nuclear super bomb. I don't get the signal, Boom. I try to leave, Boom. Basically we got 'paid' to do a job for him, and we are threatened to not refuse."
Shego looked horrified as she stared at him. "You're not serious! Then why not have us run as fast as we can, we can make it out and not be blown up!"
Naruto glared at her. "You want the death of an entire city on your conscious, go ahead, but whether we run away from this or not, we can't escape. Lex is obviously gunning for us, and I doubt he is leaving any wiggle room to get away from. Look, all you have to do is stay put, enjoy the new stuff, and as soon as I get the call I rush to him and get the job done. Easy as pie. But if I DON'T get that signal, we can kiss our butts goodbye."
Everyone was shaking. In disbelief, in horror, and uneasiness. It was a hard pill to swallow, that was for sure, but it was Blackfire who came up, grabbed the thing and started outside. "Need it to gain a signal? It won't in here. I'll be a sentry."
Naruto looked at her as Gizmo stopped her. Gizmo grabbed it back. "Sorry, no can do. Naruto teleported back here using that damn yellow flash thing, for one purpose as to keep our base hidden. I'll work the thing to get the signal without letting Lex know where home base is."
As he flew off, Jinx came up to Naruto. "If you need ANY help, whatsoever, I will join you and help your work for Lex."
Naruto nodded but looked over everyone. "Listen up. Whatever I get called to do in Metropolis for Lex, I don't want any of you there beside me."
That got everyone in a riot. Everyone before him was yelling at him in shock as to why he would risk being in metropolis alone, he shouted them to be quiet before taking a deep breath. "Listen. Carefully. Whilst all of you are getting very skilled in hand to hand combat, some of you even stronger than you can imagine have been before I even tried to train you all, one thing is for certain. NONE of you are capable of facing off against the biggest Hero of all. Superman could wipe you all out pretty easily. Not to mention his partners, Powergirl and Supergirl. Hell, SuperBOY is a heavy hitter already and he's not nearly as good as either of them."
He set his helmet on the table. "If things get nasty, I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I got you guys in over your head to the point you'd be locked up in a prison I cannot get you out of. It's just safer for me to go it alone. I haven't even begun to show my true strength, so I at LEAST have a chance to stand up to the Super squad."
Blackfire frowned. "Hey, I have the Kryptonite helping me regain my powers, I could help out!"
Naruto sighed at that. "I understand you have their weakness, as well as the fact you are super strong, durable and fast, however, one thing I also understand is that we have no idea how affective that shit will be against them. Think about it, if Kryptonite was so effective, wouldn't Lex and a few dozen other criminals attempt their hand at taking Superman OUT! Even if it weakens them, they aren't so easy to beat even with their weakness driving them back."
That got everyone thinking. It was true, Superman faced off against Metallo hundreds of times, and his heart is made of Kryptonite, making Metallo a guaranteed winner against Superman, however that was not the case, it was opposite.
Naruto put a hand on Private Hive's shoulder. "I need you to give me a list of every SINGLE one of Superman's rouge's." He turned to everyone else. "I am going to give you guys every single ounce of training possible so when I go, you guys can go and steal whatever you want whilst I am gone. Till then, we were successful today so rest up."
He kisses Jinx's cheek and went to see Gizmo. As he came in, Gizmo was already setting up something. "Either you figured something out, or you are trying to figure IT out."
Gizmo scoffed. "Lex is a genius. There's no way I can just build something to get the signal without him bugging us, so of course I am trying to figure it out. So, what you need? Besides me doing this."
Naruto nodded and came up. "When you are done with this, I need every single blueprint of every single building in Metro, ready to be put in the HUD of my helmet so whatever I have to do for Lex, I can be as stealthy as possible."
Gizmo zapped the table and set a fire, screaming in shock as he did and Naruto put it out quickly. Gizmo looked to Naruto as if he grew an extra head. "You NUTS? You realize how many BUILDINGS are in Metro? It's a hundred times what we got here in jump, and you want me to get it all ready for input to your helmet's HUD?"
Naruto sighed at that. "If you can't do it fine, but if I don't know everything about Metro, Hive is getting the rouge's list by the way, then I am screwed over by those Super Assholes."
Gizmo looked at Naruto a moment before groaning in frustration. "Crud, damn it all, fine. I'll see what I can do. Seriously, do you really think this is best? To just be Lex Luthor's lackey for an indefinite amount of time when he calls?"
Naruto groaned himself, shrugging. "I'm not sure at all, but it's either this, or bomb explodes, and it's not like I have any other choice, so yea. This is the BEST option, so I have to go through with it."
Gizmo sighed at that but nodded. "I understand, but still. It's crazy how he even found out about you."
Naruto nervously rubbed the back of his head. "Let's just say I made a SMALL mistake on my escape... I forgot about the window sensors and activated a camera that caught me on my way out."
Gizmo gawked at Naruto in surprise. Naruto sighed heavily at that and Gizmo ranted on how he shouldn't have been caught, no matter what.
After explaining how it was possible and why, Naruto went off to get some shut eye... He didn't know how long till the call came in, but he wasn't gonna just stand on end till it rang.
XxX Two months later XxX
To say Pandora was inactive was both Accurate and Inaccurate at the same time. Criminal activity may have stopped until further notice, but their training was pushed to a whole new level under Naruto. Gizmo finally managed to get everything done, hell he got the little ball to receive signal's after two days of no sleep.
The day was starting to draw to a close, the sun still up but almost going to set along the shoreline. That was when the little ball in Naruto's room, in a secret container that could allow the signal in without interruption, suddenly screamed out in alarm.
He rushed in and opened the container inside the wall and got in, picking the thing up. He pressed this button that appeared on top of it and the small object started shifting around until it was a small platform in his hand.
The four corners shown lights and the lights combined to show a holographic head of Lex Luthor. "I see even though I couldn't locate the sphere, you were always watching. I suppose you didn't want me knowing your base of operations. Fine by me, as long as you do me that favor."
Naruto nodded. "Name it, let me get it done, and our business concludes. I would rather Metropolis NOT lie in a crater."
Lex chuckled at that. "Whilst Superman has the ability to do just that, he's too much of a boy scout to actually go through with that to stop anyone."
Naruto frowned. "He might have to go through with it to stop ME. I'm pretty damn strong myself. I may not look it, but if I can take all the titans alone, considering their growth so far, I think I will be hitting Superman quite hard. Now, give me every detail, and don't you DARE hold back a single one, I get this done for you, you come out on top, and we end this bomb threat."
Lex nodded, smiling intensely. "Good to know we are on the same page. Now.. Here is what I need you to do..."
XxX The Next Morning XxX
Naruto was suited up and ready to go, inputting everything into his HUD: Superman's abilities so far, his villains, and lastly Metropolis inside and out. HE went into the main room and seen everyone waiting for him.
Naruto sighed as he came up to them. "I will return, so don't look worried. As long as I am as stealthy as possible, Superman won't touch me. It's a simple snatch and deliver and I am on my way back instantly. I may have made a mistake that lead to this, but I am not about to make another."
Jinx ran up and hugged him tightly. "Just be careful you idiot. If you get caught or worse, I won't be able to live with myself knowing I couldn't help you when you were in Metropolis, or can't help you get out of it."
Naruto hugged her back and smiled. "I know. But don't worry, I will return. I'm Naruto, KitsuneX, I can't be beat. And... I love you too Jinx." He let her hold him till she felt ready to let go for him to leave. After a few hugs and handshakes and saying 'see you soon' a lot, he was off. He teleported away with his Hiraishin, as the orb he was given to by Lex was with him. He was told to bring it back.
XxX Titans Tower XxX
"HA!" A harsh yell and pounding thud resonated the training room, as Starfire and Donna were sparring together. Right now, Donna was showing some new moves and managing to finally get to Starfire's new level of development. Starfire was on the ground as Donna pinned her and twisted her arm, shortly after tossing her to said ground.
Beast Boy was trying to up his speed as a Wolf on the treadmill, hoping to outdo the beast he chose, all whilst watching Cyborg lift the heavy lifting machine he created for himself that gave heavier loads, currently twice the amount of weight he was able to do when facing Atlas in the past.
Virgil and Wally were trying a new combination run, where Virgil super charged Wally's ability to run faster, and it was working as Wally was flying around so fast he was a blur everywhere in a single second.
Raven was meditating as usual, but as she did she was lifting heavier object that she placed around her, even one of Superboy's heaviest weights. Connor himself was practicing some new martial arts moves he was learning from the web, hoping to get a little more skill under his belt as a fighter.
Just then, however an alarm went off in the tower, and that got everyone's attention real quick. This alarm wasn't the usual alarm, it was the new one they had made a good while back to determine when KitsuneX or his team were doing anything at all.
They ran into the control room, and turned the computer's alarm off, checking the new information. What happened was NOT what they expected. A simple message popped up, but it was one everyone was in awe at.
"KitsuneX has been seen coming into the city limits of Metropolis"
"Turn around, and meet the new me."
"Nightwing"
The Titans all turned, and their looks of shock and surprise were pretty self explanatory, as a well toned individual was leaning against the wall right beside the door. His suit was dark, but not pitch black, and it looked to have armor on it of some kind, some very visible on his shoulder's and chest, even his legs and arms.
The individual also had a symbol on his chest, a blue winged bird, and the tips of the wings went up and arched over his shoulders, and behind him in a blue V, but at the shoulders the blue line went down both arms all the way and covered the middle and ring fingers of the man's hand.
This man had dark hair that was a bit messy, but had an organized combed look, a bit spiky but let down a bit, almost to his shoulders. The man smiled as his bird-like mask that was over his eyes clearly showing his need to keep his identity a secret.
The man rose a hand up as to say hello. "Long time no see. It's good to be back." Everyone suddenly ran up to him, but it was Starfire who flew at him first and gripped him in a very tight hug, which she made sure not to crush him with, but kept tight.
Nightwing hugged back and smiled. "Missed you too, Star." She was crying as she held him tight, and Nightwing let her down. As she collected herself she let go so the others could hug him and shake his hand. Even with the new costume and everything, his new height, he was still Dick, the former Robin, to them.
They let him go and he came up to the counter of the kitchen and put a box on it. He looked to everyone. "When I left, I took off my old costume, removing the Mantle as Robin. However, I return to you as a new hero. You can call me Nightwing. But whatever name I call myself, I will always be a friend to you all. I actually, on my travels, found some interesting items, made some as well, and as my welcoming home gift, I will give the team what I made for them. Helping you guy and making YOU all happy is what I live for."
He reached into the box and pulled out a pair of shoes, tossing them to Wally. "I had a talk with the ORIGINAL Flash, the retired one. He gave me the amount of friction needed to stop running at super speeds without slipping or sliding. You always did have that problem, Wally. These shoes have a super gripping bottom with padded souls to keep your feet protected as well as able to make you're ability to stop much greater. Also, love the new look, a little armor goes a long way."
Wally smirked as he tried them on and ran around at super speed down the hall and back, stopping instantly without sliding much at all. "Wow! I can't believe you made these, cool! Thanks man!"
Nightwing nodded and threw Connor a jacket with a modified S Shield on the back. It had a blue lining for the shield and the S but also a blue background in the shield. The blue also was glazed in a way, so when Connor moved it would shine and ripple like water. He put it on and it fit comfortably, but he noticed something with his multiple visions. "Is this steel?"
Nightwing smirked playfully. "Close the jacket and press the S Shield on the chest." As Superboy did, the whole Jacket suddenly jutted armor through creases that were unseen by normal eyes till now and the blue scales of the armor contorted just right for maximum flexibility, and the front even portrayed the S Shield like on the chest of his shirt. "I thought I'd give you a little extra protection against anything NON physical, like magic. It's got special runes I had Zatanna come up with on my travels. She made it so it had a magical resistance, but also, seeing as it uses magic, it has a special seal on the inside that would stop the magic of the jacket from doing any harm to YOU."
Nightwing pressed a small button on the cuff of the sleeve near Connor's hand, and the armor collapsed back into the jacket, as if it wasn't even part of the jacket. Connor smiled side. "You're always looking out for your friends, not gonna change even with a name transition I see, that's good to know."
Nightwing nodded and threw Beast Boy a white costume with red stripes down the sides, which had a different color scheme of his black and purple from the Doom Patrol. Nightwing smiled. "It's got a very unique spell enchantment with it. See, when you change into an animal, the cloth will become armor along the body of the animal you pick, do it's essentially able to shape shift just the same as you. I thought you'd enjoy the color scheme as well."
Beast Boy grinned and was tugging on the fabric as he tried to see how durable it was. "Dude! That's awesome! I can't wait to see how good it really is when I change into a cheetah, dude!"
He nodded and tossed another item to Cyborg. "You may wanna take a look at the contents before thinking it's too small a present."
Cyborg looked at it real quick, it was a disk. He hummed and plugged it into his head. His circuitry flashed and he was standing tall in shock, as for a moment his whole body lit up a bit. As it died down he smirked, griping his fists. "Whoa yeah! That's the stuff. How'd you figure my system's would need a boost? This thing just enhanced my power systems. Enhancing the processing speed of my cybernetic implants and using less power from my battery both just walking around AND using my sonic cannon! I don't know how you did it, but this is the best thing I could imagine happening!"
Nightwing chuckled at that. "Thought that would work... Actually, I had a little help from a guy I met along my journey, turns out his name is Steel, and part of the League. Said he knew everything about cybernetics and how it all worked, so I asked for help making something to help you out."
He chucked another item Static's way. "You always seem to get knocked out of the sky and not have your flying disk on hand... This will help you out."
Static caught the boots given to him and he looked a little confused. Nightwing grinned. "Charge them with your electromagnetism. Put them on, feet together, and put a charge through them, you will see."
Static quickly changed to the new boots and put a charge through them with his feet together, and he seen in wonder as the boots made half disks together before turning and clicking locked. Static shifted his feet along the line of the half disks and seen he could shift his stance along it just fine without any trouble. "That's amazing! How you managed to make these I don't know, but they are wicked man, thanks a lot!"
Nightwing tossed him a thick fabric of some kind and Static looked confused, but seen Nightwing had that same wide grin. He wondered if this worked the same way. He held the end of it and out a charge through it, only for everyone and himself to look amazed as the fabric went taught and ramrod straight into a staff, and Nightwing grinned more. Static pulled the charge back and rolled it up, looking at it in his hand. "Ok, this is officially the greatest gift ever. I never even knew this material existed!"
Nightwing nodded and tossed Starfire a pair of gauntlets. She looked in surprise. "What are these for?"
Nightwing smiled wide. "Put them on, and you will see." She nodded and did, the purple colored gauntlets fitting snugly on her arms and hands. She clenched her fists and seen it didn't make any of her movements sluggish. Nightwing fished the box and she seen a small target plate.
Nightwing stepped back a few steps and held it up. "Fire!"
Starfire nodded and aimed one hand up,charging her star bolt. She seen the gauntlet radiate energy along the arm of it but ignored it, and fired. With amazing speed and power the star bolt hit the plate and blasted it to pieces without hurting Nightwing, and she looked shocked.
Nightwing came up to her. "They amplify your power. I had help from Steel in making them, they take your genetic powers and amplifies the speed and power in which you use them. Making you a MUCH tougher ranged fighter. How do you like them?"
Starfire smiled brightly and hugged Nightwing close. "I love them, thank you! Anything you give to me I will enjoy and keep. As you see, I wear your old cape, and it's helped me quite a few times."
Nightwing hugged her back and smiled, nodding. "I see that. I have one more gift to give, so, give me a moment."
She nodded and let him go. He didn't reach into the box, but rather he went to a package on the ground by the door he forget to bring over and he tossed it to Donna, who caught it effortlessly. She opened the package and looked in awe.
She picked up a big black shield that was round and had silver linings on it, looking like the night sky alone the shining face of the shield., and along the edges of the round shield were runes she knew to be ancient Greek, but nothing she ever found on the amazon home island. She hooked it on her arm and picked up the second part of the gift, a strange one at that, as it was hammer.
The hammer had an ornate handle to it, gold and black, and wrapped in leather in a small spiral to the top. The top of the hammer was most strange, it was steel, as far as she could guess, with runes of magic all over it, it looked like a bludgeon or sledge headed hammer.
Nightwing came up to her. "The Shield itself is like the one's used by the Spartans, I think. Best shield in history. Thing is, I found this during my travels, some old man I trained with told me he knew a better use for it, giving it to someone I knew. He shown it was completely bullet proof as well, so it works. The hammer, as you see, is very ornate. It has runes of magic on it to protect it from anything, so it's indestructible, and it's got a striking resemblance to the books I read, as Thor's hammer. I thought it would make a good present."
Donna smiled brightly and nodded. "Thank you. Though, Thor's hammer is even more ornate than this one, and has exceptionally greater power. This will do, though, for me. Thank you."
Nightwing nodded. He seen Raven sulk a bit and out to the hall. He turned to everyone. "Be right back everyone. Gotta talk to Raven. Enjoy and talk amongst yourselves, I will be right back." He booked it to the hall and the door shut. He caught up to Raven as she reached her door and stopped her. "I didn't wanna let the others know about the one secret we have... Raven, I also got YOU a gift, but it would have scared everyone to know what it was... It's on your bed, go look."
Raven opened her door and seen a decent sized book. She went and lifted it up, as Nightwing leaned on the door frame, waiting. She brushed the dust off a bit and looked at it, then her eyes went wide. "Azarath... the book of my home, everything about it... and the secret to..." She opened it and gasped, slapping her hand over her mouth. She looked to Nightwing, and he smiled.
Nightwing walked up to her, putting a hand on her shoulder. "When we first put this team together, you took me aside one day and told me about him.. Your father. You told me that he would come to earth and destroy the universe, stopping at nothing to conquer. I did more reading, and found this book. Actually, it happened to be part of a sacred library of Dr. Fate's, and he accepting me having it. I know you are afraid of him, your dad. But this book will help you control him, to make his influence of you nothing but a small voice in your head you can make shut up. I got you this book because I know how much you like reading, and this is about your home. I got this because I care about you, you are my friend, and I would never leave you left without a single thing. We will stop him, and everything will be ok."
He smiled at her and Raven smiled back, hugging him suddenly. "Thank you, Nightwing, you are a true friend."
Nightwing nodded and he left the room. He turned to her. "Put it up and get back in the main room. I have an announcement to make." And he walked out.
Raven smiled and held the book close. "You are a true friend. Thank you." She put it up and rushed back out, and seen everyone gathered around him and the computer as he pulled something up, an image.
Nightwing sighed. "X is in Metropolis. And he is doing something for Lex Luthor, or so it seems. He went into Lexcorp's main office and there wasn't even a sound of an alarm. Meaning he is working with Lex. Since X is our problem, we are going to go and back up Superman on this, we know the tricks X uses, so it will be better for us to give chase... I know how you feel about this Connor, you have the choice to stay."
Connor looked at Nightwing, and thought about it. He sighed heavily. "If it's for the team, and helping catching X, then I will go. But I don't feel like talking to the big guy yet. Me and him are having a bit of a hard time understanding each other."
Nightwing nodded. "Understood. Titans, move out. We don't have time to sit back and wait for him to mess around with Metropolis on Luthor's orders, we have to go and find him now, before things get ugly."
Everyone got ready, making sure their gifts were ready for their newest task ahead of them. Nightwing smiled wide. "Good to be back."
XxX Metropolis, Eleven at night on top of Lexcorp. XxX
Naruto was standing on the tip of the spire adorning the skyscraper known as Lexcorp. He had been in this building once before, but this time he had to go inside to speak to Lex. Thing is, his meeting with Lex wasn't exactly clarifying to his task...
An hour earlier he had reached the building and went inside, and as Lex shown him around, he was being told what he was being shown, NOT why he was here.
Lex brought him into the main office finally and sat down, and asked him to do the same. Naruto stood still and sighed. "No, I think I will stand on this one. Just tell me why I am here, Lex. You needed a favor, I want it over with."
Lex smiled wide. "Good to see you are to the point on business. Thing is, this is rather... Difficult to understand. I need you to steal something for me."
Naruto resisted the urge to fall on his face anime style from the declaration. He was stoic and rigid, and his voice cracked as he looked as if Lex had grown a second head. "Y-You're joking. Right? You don't need me to create a distraction for Blue Boy, don't need me to, say, take out the police force here and disappear so I am chased around whilst you do what you need to do. You don't need to use me for an experiment, you just want me to use my talents as a thief?"
Lex leaned back in his chair, smiling as he nodded. "Yes, just steal something for me and you will hear from me no more."
Naruto looked skeptical and crossed his arms over his chest. "Alright, I will bite on this lure with bait, what is so important you need ME to steal it and you aren't able to."
Lex smirked. "Oh I could, but I've been getting some bad PR lately, my company is losing a bit of stock, so if I get caught as the one who stole this item, I will have to work harder than ever to make the public happy. So, I bring YOU in, so I do not get placed in the blame game. Keeping my company out of the line of fire, and getting what I want, I come out on top."
Naruto sighed heavily and rubbed his face mask as if it were his head. "Ok then, sounds logical I guess... What's the item, and where."
Lex grinned wider as he leaned forward, his elbows on his desk with his hands in front of his face. "What I need you to steal for me is quite valuable, so the only way you can complete it is if you do not get caught. The item in question is not from earth, it was found in a wreckage that Superman himself kept from everyone's I know he is hiding it within the city, but it's heavily fortified. I need you to go to the Metropolis Science Police HQ, the 8th Precinct. In a vault several stories underground holds the item in question. You get this for me, you can go home to Jump City and will never hear from me again, and in a weeks time that bomb of a building I placed shall be removed."
Naruto stood for awhile. H sighed and turned, walking off. "It'll take me three days. If they move it I will grab it instantly, if they don't then the 3 days will be productive to not get caught. Understood?"
He looked back to Lex before crossing through the open door. Lex smiled, nodding. "I'll accept that. Happy Hunting."
Naruto nodded back and walked out. Now he was on the spire at the top of the building, looking over Metropolis. "Alright, So, steal this item and be done with it. Simple enough. As long as the Titan's don't know I am here, I won't have any trouble during the three days I am stuck in Metropolis."
He leapt off the building and went into an alley way, making sure no one was watching as he took his costume off and put ti in a scroll. He walked down the streets and towards the science police station. "Time for some low profile recon."
What he didn't know, however, was that his first visit to Metropolis wouldn't be an easy one, it would be the toughest three days he would ever have in this city. And unfortunately for him, his hope for the Titans not being on his tail in this city was ill placed, because they were already on their way to find and catch him.
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There we go, we are, officially, in Metropolis! I promised I would get us there, and we are there!
I actually had to write the last part of this story with Naruto and Lex's meeting a few minutes before I posted this chapter, so this is a rare occasion where I did final minute writing before giving you a good read.
So. Thank you all again for reading, I hope you Enjoyed, and Review if you feel like it, and as always, I will see YOU in the next chapter. Bye Byeeeee!