Lightning on the Seven Seas

by Seven Swords Kliq

My name is Nathan Curry. I woke up in this world with memories of a life I'd left behind, a life as Naruto Uzumaki. I grew up with an adoptive father. Nowadays I work as a publicist out of Gateway City. But with powers from a sky father and a sea mother, I now seek to do the one thing I still can from my past life. Protect those that can't protect themselves.

2. Chapter 1

Wow. I'm kind of blown away by the pretty positive reception of the first chapter. It's a pretty awesome feeling for me. Kind of made my whole day(especially since it was a shit fest at work). Anyway, thank you to everyone who read through the chapter, favorited, followed, reviewed and all of that. Definitely made me want to try to get some more content out for you all. By the time I get this chapter out, if I haven't settled on a hero name for Naruto, I'll try to have a poll up so if you want to vote check that. I'll put something at the end of the chapter when I know for sure. I'll go ahead and answer as many reviews as I can:

LightninXX: I don't know what you mean exactly but I can try to go a little more in depth with what I posted at the end of the first chapter.

Powers-

Hybrid Physiology: Because of his lineage he has supernatural powers and superhuman attributes, which pass others of his species due to his mixed heritage.

Superhuman Strength

Superhuman Durability

Regenerative Healing Factor: Though it may be difficult to do so due to his physiology it is possible it injure him. However, he heals at an alarming rate.

Superhuman Speed

Superhuman Reflexes

Superhuman Agility

Superhuman Stamina

Superhuman Senses

Enhanced Vision: He can see in darker environments as his eye reflect all available light.

Longevity: He is not immortal as he can fall in battle. However, his lifespan is far beyond what a normal human could ever comprehend.

Amphibious Adaption: He can survive on both land and water for as long as he wants without any hinderances to his performance.

Aquatic Respiration: Due to his heritage he has, essentially, invisible gills that allow him to breath underwater and talk to others underwater as if he was on land.

Marine Communications: He can telepathically communicate with sea life and induce them to ally with him.

Hydrokinesis: He is freely able to manipulate water. Underneath water he can force the element to bend to his will. And on land he still retains the ability to do so. Using his memories from his past life he has learned to will water from seemingly nothing similarly to the Second Hokage, force it to create an almost impenetrable mist covering the are in the likeness of the Seven Swordsmen and of the Hidden Mist and even drop its temperature to use ice attacks such as Haku's abilities, among other things.

Lightning/Electricity Manipulation: He can summon lightning from the skies for lethal attacks and seemingly generate the element from within his own body, though he can manipulate the power of other electrical outlets. He can use this power for long, medium and close ranged attacks as well as forming armor of sorts around himself. Again using his memories he has based many of his attacks around them as his source of inspiration.

Weather Manipulation: He's able to induce storms, able to manipulate both the lightning and rain. This ability may be branching off into Wind Manipulation as he has grasped an idea on how to control the element in some ways. He has even been able to replicate some of the abilities he used in his memories.

Flight

ServantDreamer: In his current state Naruto is able to manipulate the water inside others to some degree, but not to a lethal level. It's something that he hasn't trained in to reach those heights, but may be something that becomes more relevant as the story continues. And who trained him indeed?

Guest1: I'm going to attempt to keep Naruto as upbeat as possible and only drag him to dark places when the plot absolutely calls for it. My intention is to keep Naruto as close to Naruto as possible within the confines of the idea that I had.

Guest2: Perfect timing then! What did you think of the movie? I had a few issues but overall I enjoyed it.

Otsutsuki no Yami: I completely understand your viewpoint. I entered into this story knowing that taking the chakra away from Naruto would be a big turnoff for a lot of people and could only hope that it wasn't the downfall of the story. Truth be told, this isn't my first account. I used to write and all of my stories focused on Naruto traveling to another world, mostly comic worlds, through some means or another, with his chakra in tact. Of course that was years ago, but I remember having this feeling of writing, essentially, the same story over and over again because I always have new ideas and it was pretty much always the same power base. So, coming into this, I just felt that if I was going to start writing again that I wanted to do something different to what I had done before.

That being said, I'm extremely happy that you think that there's, at least some, potential in my story. It gave me a certain, I don't proud maybe, feeling to know that you started off thinking that it was crap but had at least a little interest in it by the time I had finished the chapter. I plan on keeping Naruto as much Naruto as I can within the confines of the idea I had. I don't want to change his personality up so throughout he will be upbeat, sometimes he will be clueless, he'll have his obsessions(just not played up to the extreme amounts I've seen in other stories), and he'll just be Naruto. As for your suggestions, I'll definitely take a look at that story. And the idea of basing what he does off of his memories was what I always intended. It's why I was drawn to the idea of him retaining his memories, to use them in this new world in the same way that he saw and did in his own. There are a few things that are out of his reach, for the time being, but there are some things that I want to do down the line and I think they may be suited to your liking. I may be wrong, but hopefully I'm not. Anyway, thanks for your review and your suggestions. I appreciate them, and I appreciate the concern/constructive criticism you brought up. I hope the promise you see in the story lives up.

Run0nSentences: I haven't added a story cover to this fanfiction. As of right now I haven't found one that I feel suits the story. That's my profile picture which, I believe, the story cover defaults to if you don't upload one.

lil26jay: He will be getting the trident down the line. It's something I'd like to build up to, though I don't know if he will don the classic Aquaman armor. Just like his hero name, his permanent hero attire is something I have yet to settle on. And yes, he will definitely be going to Atlantis at some point in the future.

Guest3: You have quite a load of questions. Unfortunately, I can't answer either for not being entirely sure of the answer as of this chapter or not wanting to give too much away about the story. But, at the very least, it could make now make more of an interesting read for you.

General Response: I'm not going to try to touch on anything here that I have in my other answers. As far as pairing goes, it seems the general consensus is most people want a singular pairing. I understand this as I've seen stories derailed by Harem pairings. As such, I'll be approaching pairings in a more realistic light. There may be get togethers, break ups, love triangles, one night stands and that sort, but there will only be one actual pairing at any one time for Naruto. And it seems that my not so secret secret of Naruto's Earth Thirty-Eight parents is out. Yes, his parents are Thor from the MCU and Atlanna from the DCEU. Ah, but if Thor is not of this universe, and seems to no longer be there, how did he get there? How did they meet? Where did he go? Hm…

Chapter 1: Whirlpool

Naruto stood on top of CatCo Worldwide Media's roof with his arms crossed over his chest as he stared at Kara. "First, thank you." She spoke causing her fellow blond to cock his head ever so slightly to the side.

"For what?"

"Last night. You came to help me. And for what you said. That I wasn't alone." Naruto seemed to think about her words for a moment before shaking his head.

"No thanks needed. I believed in you. You didn't need my help beating him. You did doubt your abilities though and you just needed someone there with you in that moment. I… know what that's like. I also know what it's like to be different. To be looked down upon because you have power that others don't like. To essentially be pushed aside when all you want to do is help, protect… to prove yourself and reach your dream." Kara became somewhat enraptured with Naruto as he turned his head to look out over National City, seemingly losing himself in his thoughts. "It's important to believe in yourself and what you're capable of, Kara. Even when no one else does.

"Following your heart… it's never going to be easy. There are always going to be people who doubt you, who discriminate against you for who and wait you are and who just want to see you fail. You'll never win everyone over. But you have to stay true to yourself and what you believe in. Slowly peoples opinions of you will change, even if it isn't everyone. You have to keep believing in yourself and pushing forward to reach your dream. Never give up, no matter what. Even if things look bleak, and you think you've lost, find something… unpredictable to turn the tides." Kara looked down at the red blanket in the box she held before finally closing it.

"Wow… Thank you… for the advice. It's kind of exactly what I needed to hear. It seemed very… heartfelt." Naruto turned his gaze back to the Kryptonian and gave her a wide smile.

"Memories, you know? I guess they just tend to pop up." The blond female nodded in response, looking down as he chuckled.

"So, what do you plan to do now? I mean, I know that you didn't plan to reveal yourself to the world, but you have and there's no going back on that now." Naruto pondered her question before giving a slight shrug.

"I have a few things in mind." He returned as he walked to the edge of the building to fully take in the sight of National City, even though he had already done so after his arrival. It was truly a beautiful city. "I'll be keeping a watchful eye on Gateway City. It's my home after all, and I want to keep it safe. But I'll also be coming back here to help Supergirl fight off enemy forces. That's what they've dubbed you, right? To sum it up, I just plan to protect. Because that's what people like us do, Kara. We fight for our loved ones. Use our bonds with them to to make ourselves stronger so that we can always protect them. Besides that there's the DEO. I made a promise to your sister and I don't go back on my promises. It's my… way of life." Naruto caught himself before he fell back into old catchphrases. "Speaking of which, I'll still be here in National City next week because of Saville. I believe that I have to take some sort of 'test' for the guy that doesn't trust us. What about you?" Kara smiled in response to his answers and seemed to be lost in her own thoughts for a moment before shaking her head.

"Oh. Well, like you said about Gateway, National City is my home so I'm going to do everything I can to keep it safe. I'm also going to make it my goal to apprehend everyone of the beings that escaped Fort Rozz. It was my fault they escaped and I'll make sure that they go back. And, the same as you, I have a test of my own for Hank." Naruto nodded. Her answers were exactly what he had predicted he would get.

"Probably shouldn't linger here too long." Naruto spoke after a few moments of silence. "Especially talking about this. We don't want to attract any unwanted attention." He pulled out his wallet before producing a business card from within its confines. At the top it read, 'Nathaniel Curry, Publicist' in bold orange print. "It's my business card. I usually give it to potential clients but it has my cell phone number on it. In case you need me." Kara reached out and gingerly took the card from between Naruto's index and middle fingers. The whisker marked man smiled at her before turning and beginning to walk back across the rooftop.

"Wait." The woman spoke up, causing Naruto to halt momentarily. "I know this is sudden, but would you like to… go to lunch with me today?" Kara's fellow hero looked over his shoulder and offered her a smile.

"Sorry. I mean, I would love to, but I have a few appointments out and about. I'm looking into some… Asian Artifacts." Kara's features fell slightly at his answer.

"Oh. Looking to add more onto your museum already?" She did the best she could to hide her disappointment. She had really been looking forward to learning more about him.

"Something like that. But I should be done before dinner if you'd like to go out and eat with me then." The Kryptonian superhero looked up, smiling as blue eyes stared into blue.

"That… would be great. It should be fun." Naruto nodded with another smile as he pulled his phone out of his pocket, waving it in the air.

"Text me your address and a time. I'll come pick you up then later tonight." With that he left the rooftop, quickly making his way through the CatCo office and taking the elevator down so that he could exit the building. Once outside he rolled his right shoulder and headed towards his car. As soon as he was inside and had closed the door he quickly went to his contacts and pressed the first name that showed before lifting the phone to his ear. The tone sounded a few times before someone picked up on the other end.

"Danvers?" Naruto asked as he looked out of his driver side window. "Yeah, Nathaniel Curry. Have you gathered together everything that you mentioned? Great. I'm leaving my current location right now to head that way. I'll be there soon." With those words he pulled his keys from his pant's pockets, placed them in the ignition and started his Camaro before putting it in drive.

DEO

"We don't normally do this for people who haven't become actual members of the DEO yet." Alex Danvers stated as she stood next to a doorway, from which Naruto appeared as he made his arrival into the same building he had restrained in not too long ago.

"Let's be honest though, the only reason I'm not right now is because I'm something of an 'otherworldly' being. Same for Kara. Right now our status with this organization your in is currently static solely based on your higher up's reluctance in partnering with us. Besides, this has nothing to do with my status with the DEO. I made you a promise, besides just watching Kara's back, and in return you made me a promise. I help the DEO, in turn helping Kara, and you keep me outfitted with anything that I might need for that task." Alex held Naruto's gaze for a short while before motioning for him to follow after her. "Speaking of Hank Henshaw, I'm surprised he isn't here to tell me I'm not welcome here, though somehow in a more insulting way."

"You don't like Hank. When you say his name you say it in an odd way. And, if you must know, Hank is currently looking into some important matters dealing with extranormal activity." Naruto cleared his throat as he looked at passing DEO agents.

"It's not that I don't like him. Well, that's kind of a lie, he hasn't given me any reason to like him and has gone out of his way to insult me. But that's not the issue. The issue is that everything isn't always what it seems, is it? Your boss has a certain way of being off putting." Alex glanced at the blond for a second before turning her attention back in front of her.

"You're right. Everything isn't always what it seems. Hank is rough around the edges, I'll give you that. And he has a very particular way about going about things. Despite the presence he might give off though he truly is trying to do the best that he can to help the world. I know that's probably not any real reassurance for you, but it's true." Naruto made a humming noise as he let that specific conversation piece drop, their footsteps becoming the only sound as they navigated what began to feel like a maze of hallways towards their destination.

"Does your sister like ramen?" He asked, absent minded as he began to grow tired of the long walk. The question caused Alex to come to a stop and spin herself around to face the superhuman man that had been following behind her.

"What did you say?" Naruto's brow furrowed slightly in slight confusion as he also halted before giving a half shrug.

"Kara and I are getting dinner together tonight and I just wanted to know if she likes ramen. I haven't been able to really get some for a while." Alex tilted her head slightly in an almost baffled manner.

"So you and my sister are going on a date?"

"Date?" Naruto returned as he squinted at the red head in front of him. "No one asked anyone on a date. Kara asked if I wanted to go to lunch with her, I said I had plans today and then I asked if she would rather do it tonight. She said yes so I gave her my number and said I'd pick her up later."

"That's a date." Alex stated slowly. "How have you ever had a girlfriend?" Naruto shrugged in response, choosing not to really mull over her words.

"It's always just kind of happened."

"That explains a lot." The DEO agent muttered as she turned around and began walking once again, Naruto quickly falling into step behind her. "But to answer your question, I don't know. We've never got together and said, 'Hey, let's go get some ramen'." Naruto pondered the answer as he kept pace with the red head.

"Follow up question: do you know any restaurants that make ramen?"

"Just use a GPS to find one."

"I tried that, but it only gave me suggestions of soup places and didn't specify if they actually sell ramen or not. Okay, better question then: what does Kara like to eat?" Alex shook her head but kept her eyes in front of her, not bothering to look at the whisker marked hero.

"I can't believe that I'm helping you come up with a place to take my sister out on a date to. Or that I'm going to be helping her find an outfit later. She likes pizza. Sticky buns from the Noonan's restaurant. Oh, and pot stickers." Naruto glanced to the ceiling in thought before his eyes seemingly lit up.

"Pot stickers? Perfect! That's just Jiaozi, so I'll just find an Asian restaurant. She gets pot stickers and I get my sweet ramen."

"Great Solution." The female spoke with a flat tone as she finally came to a halt in front of a set of thick metallic doors. Reaching up she placed her palm on a hand print scanner. A red light shone brightly beneath her appendage for a few seconds before there was a swift beeping noise. The metal doors jolted violently before snapping open to allow Alex and Naruto inside the room they had kept locked away. "Alright, here we are." She walked towards a metal table where an assortment of weapons were scattered about.

"Where did you get them?" Naruto asked, his demeanor changing ever so slightly. "I mean, I assume that the DEO don't normally have these manufactured and distributed to their normal agents, and I don't think that your boss likes me enough to have them commissioned for me." Alex nodded as she pulled out a DEO tablet, signing in and pressing the screen a few times before placing it on the table alongside the weapons to allow the blond to look at it.

"The DEO were tracking one of the beings that escaped from Fort Rozz. Long story short they had stumbled across some sort of secret organization. Assassins. Our agents killed a number of people in a face off to eliminate the threat of the escapee, but he still escaped. We haven't had contact with the group of assassins since, and we aren't any closer to uncovering their identity, but we did recover some of their weapons, armor and tools. You know, that look in your eye says that you're familiar with this stuff… beyond just simply knowing what they are or having observed some before." Naruto nodded in response as he glanced over a few blurry photos on the tablet before turning his attention back to the weapons.

"Yeah, you could say that." His voice reverberated solemnly with remembrance as he began to pick the items on the table up. "Normal kunai knives. Designed for cutting and stabbing, but they make very decent projectile weapons as well. The ones next to it are curved inwards on one side. That means that that they're aimed more towards stabbing and thrusting. Three pronged kunai knives. They're a bit heavier than your normal kunai knife, but they're more lethal in melee combat. These are double bladed kunai. They can disconnect into two separate kunai knives, potentially giving you an edge on the enemy. This is a typical four pronged shuriken, they're projectiles. I mean, they can be used for close combat too if necessary, but it wouldn't be very efficient. Those are Fuma Shurikens. They're larger, but you're able to fold them and they're highly lethal. Three pronged shuriken, essentially the same just a different style than the normal four.

"The ones there are special shurikens that have bent and curved points. It adds more damage because it's never a straight pierce. And eight-pointed shurikens. Again, same dynamic as normal but those are likely to puncture more than once. This is a hidden kunai mechanic. Basically it's a spring loaded wire that allows you to extend and retract a kunai knife from your sleeve. It's for getting the drop on your opponent. These here are kunai and shuriken pouches respectively. Pretty much what you think they would be. And finally, this weapon here is a Tanto. Essentially a small katana. It's main purpose is stabbing with it, but it can be used for slashing too. A few notes. The pouches seem to be small on the outside but on the inside everything has been done to maximize the amount of weapons to be carried in them. As for the weapons themselves, the manufacturing of them is essentially perfect. Whoever made them knows exactly what they're doing. This isn't something that someone picked up recently. It's definitely been perfected over generations. Also, the metal they're made out of. It's not normal metal. I can't tell you what it is, but I can tell you that it's made to puncture things that are very hard to puncture." Alex seemed to be thoroughly impressed by his break down of the items laid out before him.

"You sure seem to know what you're talking about. I mean, it's not anything that we haven't already figured out or knew before, but it's still impressive. You're not secretly in leagues with this group of assassins, are you?" Naruto simply glanced to her with a chuckle.

"I had a life before your group started stalking me, you know? Just because your boss has done a lot of digging into my background doesn't mean that he knows everything I've done and everywhere I've been. He seems to think that he has a good grasp on who I am and what I know, but he has no idea what I've witnessed. Take this tanto here." Reaching out he grasped the hilt of the blade, lifting it into the air and holding it in front of Alex, allowing the light in the room to shimmer off of the blade. "I once had two very special friends that each had a tanto. Their names were Gamabunta and Gamakichi."

"Odd names." The red head quirked causing Naruto to give a half smile.

"Asian."

"So you're telling me that you've been to Asia?"

"I didn't say that, even though it's a possibility. When I'm not on business I like to travel by the sea or sky after all. I said that I had two friends that had Asian names and that they both owned a tanto. As a matter of fact," Reaching over Naruto grabbed the scabbard for the weapon and sheathed it for glancing down at the table, "I've known people, in some form or another, that have used each and everyone of these weapons. Kind of sentimental to me in a way, so I'm going to take it all off of your hands." Alex as he slid her tablet across the table to her.

"All of it?"

"I mean, you don't need it." Naruto stated with a flat tone as he began loading the kunai knives and shurikens into pouches. "Right now all they're doing is wasting away in this base because they're slightly connected to a group that may or may not be working with extraterrestrial beings but also were only sighted once or twice and haven't been seen since." Straightening himself to his full height with his new possessions held firmly in his grasp Naruto flashed the woman a bright side. "I appreciate you living up to your end of the deal. I have a lot of respect for people who keep their word. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to plan for dinner with Kara. Or 'our date' if that's what you still want to call it." Alex watched him turned and exit from the room before producing her phone and looking at the screen. She had three missed calls from Kara.

"Great."

National City

Naruto drummed his fingers against the steering wheel of his Camaro, bobbing his head along to the drums of the song blaring from his radio. "So there's assassins running around out there. Not anything that I didn't already know." He spoke out loud to himself as he glanced into his rear view mirror. "I mean, it's pretty common knowledge that people pay other people to kill. I figure that that'd be common on any world. Still, the fact that they're running around using shinobi style weapons in on an Earth where aliens openly fly through the skies is weird." The blond's eyes dropped slightly to where his phone sat on his dashboard. The screen had lit up and his ringtone was clashing with the song on the radio. Reaching up he grabbed the device and pressed the answer button without checking the caller id before lifting it to his ear. "Hello?"

"Nathaniel!" He quietly breathed through his nose. It was Harrietta. He definitely should have taken a second to check before answering so he could say that he had just been busy when she called. He had no idea what she wanted and, likely, he wasn't going to want to hear it either.

"Ms. Saville, it's good to hear from you." He stated, lying through his teeth as he hoped for any reason to end the call. He'd even opt to get pulled over and given a ticket than hear what new publicity scheme she had been plotting. "I hope that everything's been going okay with the museum?"

"Of course it has, but there's no time for that!" The publicist could tell that something had her in some kind of an excited state. Whether that was a good or a bad thing he didn't know. "You haven't left National City to come back home yet have you?"

"No. I'm still here in National City, driving right now. I'm still waiting on any calls from Cat Grant about those events that you told me about. Haven't heard a word yet, but I did have that interview with her assistant, so that's a positive."

"Yes, yes, that's all well and good Nathaniel, but that's not what I'm calling you about. Have you been watching the news to keep up on Gateway City?" He raised an eyebrow at the question, slightly confused about where she was going with this.

"Can't say that I have been. I mean, I've looked at the news but it's covered with those new superheroes that popped up here and I haven't gone out of my way to check the news for Gateway on my phone or anything like that. Things have just been kind of… hectic since I got here. Feels like I haven't had too many chances to be alone really."

"That means that you don't know then?"

"Don't know about what-" Naruto trailed off, his brow furrowing as he squinted his eyes to look out of his windshield. "Hey, Ms. Saville, I'm going to have to call you back about this later."

"What? Nathaniel-"

"Sorry, it's just… I'm pulling into CatCo Worldwide Media's parking lot right now. I'm going to go see if she's in to see if we can talk about those events. The quicker I can get in touch with her the quicker we get more publicity after all."

"Nathaniel-"

"Talk to you soon Ms. Saville." He interrupted the woman once again before severing the connection between them. She'd likely yell at him later, but that thought was pushed to the back of his mind as he pulled over to the side of the road and looked out of his driver side window at the spectacle that had caught his attention. A number of civilians were crowded around one area where the sidewalk seemed to be completely shattered and a portion of one of the buildings sitting off the side of it was completely missing. Ravaged by some object that now left the infrastructure weak. Naruto unbuckled his seat belt and exited his vehicle before briskly walking across the street to the decimated area. "What happened here?" He whispered to one of the random bystanders as everyone talked among themselves. In the distance he could hear sirens. Police were on their way, which meant that whatever had happened hadn't happened too long ago.

"You didn't see it?" The man questioned as he looked into the blond's eyes, bewilderment written on his face. "A man came running through the streets. A prisoner transportation bus flipped over a couple of blocks that way or something. Some cop tried to stop him, but the guy had like a giant metal ball on a chain and it was like… his body changed to what that was made out of if you can believe that. The cop got lucky because he starting swinging that big ball around, messed up that building and the sidewalk. He took of down the alley and the cop ran after him, but that's pretty much all any of us saw." Naruto nodded, soaking in the information.

"Wow. That sounds crazy." He responded, playing the role of bewildered citizen as best he could. "What did he look like? The guy with the ball and chain?" The other man scratched the side of his face as police cars began to filter around the corner of the street they were on.

"I don't know. It's one of those in the heat of the moment things where you think you're paying attention but you really aren't. I guess he was pretty tall and he was really bulky. Like, he had a lot of muscles on him. He was bald. Had those white and gray prisoner pants on if you know what I'm talking about. Can't really think of much else." The blond looked back toward the damage that had been left behind before moving himself away from the crowd and back to his car as police came to disperse all those that had gathered and tape the crime scene off. Getting back inside his Camaro he quickly pulled away from the area.

He didn't drive long before pulling into a parking lot and leaving his car before rushing into a nearby alley. Naruto looked around a few times, checking to make sure that there was no one around before he shot upwards into the sky. His mouth was pulled into a tight frown as he scanned the area below him with his enhanced eyesight. He knew what direction the assumed escapee had come from, and he also knew what alley he had gone down. He didn't know where he had gone from there though, and that was an issue. He flew around for a few moments, following the different paths the criminal could have taken from the moment of contact before his eyes narrowed. Down below he could see a police officer propped up against a wall. Naruto could only assume that this was the officer that had chased after the escaped convict.

Quickly descending from the skies, and making sure to draw his water mask over his face, he rushed over to the man and knelt down beside him. "Officer? Officer can you hear me?" The young man questioned urgently as he reached out. The man was warm, and his pulse was still very strong. He didn't seem to have any lethal wounds either. As the blond was inspecting the police officer, the male's head shot upward, startling Naruto as their eyes stared at one another.

"What are you doing!? He's still here! Get out of here!" Blue eyes widened as Naruto's ears picked up a rattling noise behind him, causing him to spin around abruptly.

"What-" His voice failed him as a gigantic ball attached to a chain slammed into his right side causing him to fly through the air before colliding with a wall. Naruto wasn't sure what the ball was made out of, but he was sure that it was a sturdy metal because it left his whole side hurting.

"Think I'm going to let some mook just fly down and force me to go back to jail?" A male's voice questioned angrily as his figure emerged from the shadows. The description that bystander had given Naruto matched, but he felt the size of the man had been understated. This escapee was huge by anyone's standards. "Not happening. I don't belong there."

"I'm sure that whatever you did definitely means you belong there." The superhero shot back as he pushed off of the wall, leaving an indent and causing his target's eyes to narrow.

"I suggest that you go ahead and turn a blind eye water boy. I've been born again with these powers and I don't mind bashing your blond hair in with them." Naruto stood at the ready as they slowly began circling one another. Out of the corner of his eye he could see the police officer coming in and out of consciousness. He definitely wasn't in a life threatening state, but he had been hit at least one good time and if Naruto didn't take care of this criminal then the situation could become life threatening for the man.

"Sorry, I don't give passes to criminals. I'm here to protect the innocent, and you're definitely someone that they need to be protected from." The opposing man snarled in response before launching himself forward, swinging the massive ball in his hand once again. Naruto quickly dodged to the side, allowing the ball to barely miss him. He struck out with his elbow aimed at the side of the man's exposed chest. However, he didn't plan on the man's body turning into the same material as the weapon in his hands. The criminal slid across the ground from the impact, but remained upright as Naruto's elbow bounced off of him.

The chain holder's now metallic hand roughly wrapped around Naruto's throat, slamming him back into the same wall he had hit before. The blond grit his throat before thrusting his hand forward. Water formed from the air in the visage of a dragon that collided with the metal man, forcing him away from the blond and slightly down the alley they were battling in. When the water dragon died away the now metal prisoner still stood on his feet with his arms crossed over his chest forming the letter 'X'. "Right, new plan."

Naruto rushed forward, dodging away from the anticipated ball that was swung his way, before launching himself into the air. His foot planted itself into the other man's chest before he kicked off into a back flip. The force of their impact caused the man to stumble slightly, but not to the extent that Naruto had expected. Slamming his feet into a wall, the blond's body flew through the air to slam into the escapee's own. Again he stumbled slightly, but was otherwise unaffected. Reaching out Naruto grabbed hold of the man's shoulder. Raising his hand to the sky, lightning struck down towards his opponent as he emulated the Raiton Hiraishin. The metallic man stood in place, taking the full impact of the attack.

Yet, as the lightning slowly faded, he continued to stand. The his arm cut through the air, sending Naruto flying once again. The blond grit his teeth as he mauevered his body so he would land back on his feet. "What the hell is that thing made out of?" He questioned angrily, causing the other man to give a proud smile in response.

"Isn't it obvious? Titanium."

"Titanium… Water doesn't have the same effect on it as it does other metals and it's a bad conductor for electricity." Naruto spoke in realization. The man said that his powers were new which meant he likely wasn't an escapee from Fort Rozz. That caused the issue of where the powers come from as well as the fact that he seemed to understand them fairly well. That meant that he had been practicing them before his escape.

"Well, well, look who knows a little bit about their elements. Too bad that's not going to help you now!" Naruto ground his teeth, moving swiftly as the ball swung a little too close to his head for comfort. Striking upwards with his leg caused the titanium prisoner to slide slightly. Thrusting his elbow upwards caused the man's head to snap backwards.

"Don't get cocky!" The blond called as he spun and planted his foot into his opponent's abdomen. The other man released a grunt of sorts as he took the full impact of Naruto's strength. Quickly reaching out he grabbed hold of the hero's ankle before launching him through the air. Naruto quickly flipped his body, allowing himself to hover in the air as he moved his arm through the air. A second water dragon, though larger than the first in size, formed in the air before launching itself at the escapee at a break neck speed. Naruto's assailant was taken head on and was pushed farther back than he had been before.

"You've already tried that!" The man called mockingly as he stood tall. "Don't you have anything new!? You're not making it out of here alive like this!" Naruto gave a half smile in response as he pointed his index and middle finger at his target, his palm facing up, before jerking his fingers into an upright position. Behind the escapee the water now on the ground surged through the air, becoming almost needle like ice cycles that punctured into his body throughout his back side.

"I told you not to get cocky. Electricity isn't going to do much to you, and water is just going to knock you around. But you're so caught up in how strong your power is that you're not worried about the full extent of what I can do." The escaped prisoner grit his teeth before he slammed his fists down into the ground and ripped a large portion of asphalt up. That's when Naruto heard the footsteps pounding on the asphalt heading in their direction. The police on the crime scene had likely heard the commotion and waited until, finally, backup had arrived. Now they were moving in on the disturbance. That meant that there were now more variables for Naruto to account for if he wanted to keep everyone in the vicinity safe.

Naruto rushed forward and leaped through the air, turning his body so that the titanium ball aimed at him would sail directly overhead. However, he didn't expect his very large opponent to rush forward underneath him with startling speed causing the chain to curve and slam into his body, slamming him down into the ground. Naruto grunted as he the cement of the alley embraced his body. As more police officers began filtering into the alleyway the large piece of asphalt that had been uprooted was launched through the air, slamming into them and cutting them off from their destination. "I'm not going back. No one is taking me back." The escapee yelled at the police officers before turning to face the blond he had brought down.

"Don't take your eyes off of me!" Naruto's voice filtered through the air as his arm, covered in aggressive lightning, caught the titanium man with a lariat. This attack launched its target backwards, slamming him into a wall where he slid to the ground, off of his feet for the first time since the battle had begun. "You've been tanking everything that I've thrown at you… but I'm not someone who just gives up. I don't care how strong your body is. I don't care what else your powers can do. I'll bend your body until that titanium cracks. Since your body's so tough I'll break all of your bones to protect innocent people."

"Getting violent, are we?" The other man questioned as he pushed himself off of the wall to stand back up, grabbing his chain with a death grip. "Then I guess it's time to end this. I can tell you're strong. And now that you've gauged what I can do I can tell that you're ready to stop holding back. But I'm not getting taken back into custody. You should have gone all out from the beginning because I don't care what the cost is." Naruto moved forward to intercept what the man had planned, but it was already in motion. His ball of titanium slammed into a building causing it to begin crumbling downward.

"Shit." The blond cursed as his head snapped to the side to where the police man had been propped up against the wall. He was still there. As debris began falling from the building Naruto rushed to the law enforcement officer, sliding across the ground as he he took on a crouched position. Envisioning a water wall the hero covered the other man's body with his own just in case his protection failed. The debris collided with the water within seconds and began falling around the two men it covered, rattling the area around them violently. Naruto waited until he was sure that the last of the debris had settled before sending his water propelling upwards, forcing a hole to form in the wreckage of the aftermath. Clearing away rubble, he grabbed the police officer before taking to the air.

He quickly flew to where the other members of law enforcement had been blocked off due to the cement thrown their direction by the titanium escapee. There he dropped the man he was carrying a short distance into his comrade's waiting arms before taking back to the skies, looking every direction in quick succession. He checked for any sign of the man he had, just moments ago, been battling but found none. "He's good at hiding." The whisker marked man whispered to himself as he observed the ground below himself. "I didn't see him when I went into the alley. I mean, that could have been because I was focused on the police man, but if he can change into any substance it'd be pretty easy to press against a surface and hide. Plus, there's no telling what building or sewer he's thrown himself in." Reaching into his pocket he pulled out his direct line to DEO. "Agent Danvers." There was some silence as he waited for a response before the technology crackled back with a response.

"Go for Agent Danvers."

"I know this isn't yours or the DEO's forte, but I need you to do some research for me. There was a prison bus that overturned, at least one of them escaped. I need you to look into, see what prisoner or prisoners that haven't been accounted for yet."

"You're right, this isn't our forte. We aren't concerned with normal prisoner escapees. Mostly those that are from Fort Rozz."

"Well make an exception this time. This isn't a normal prisoner. He's able to change his body into different substances. At the very least titanium. I didn't witness any other transformations besides that. He's strong and he's fast. I was holding back to gauge his strength, but his hits hurt. He wrecked at least two buildings and put multiple people's lives in danger." Alex stayed quiet for a brief period of time before answering.

"I'll see what we can do, but I'm not promising any miracles. It's not a lot to go off of. Did you get to try out those weapons you know so much about?"

"No. I didn't have time to get ready, I just kind of stumbled into the whole situation. Next time he won't be so lucky."

"Right. Listen, we should about this idea you have of holding back. It's dangerous. Someone could get seriously hurt because of it."

"And only idiots rush headfirst into battle and throw everything they have at an enemy, even if they're not holding back for the same reason that I am." Naruto retorted as he pulled his phone from his pocket and looked at it. "We'll classify this conversation as 'to be continued'. I'm getting a call." With that he severed his connection with Alex before answering his ringing phone. "Nathan here."

"Hey Nathan, it's Kara."

"Oh, hey. What's up?"

"Nothing really. I'm at my apartment, trying to get everything ready so I can go out tonight. Alex is here helping me." Naruto raised an eyebrow as he scanned the streets below for a sign of the escaped prisoner once again.

"Oh, how's that going?"

"It's going good. So you went to the DEO today after you left the rooftop?"

"Yeah. I would've told you, but we weren't exactly in the most secure location."

"And the escaped convict?"

"To be fair, I just came across the scene and didn't really have time to call and tell you that I might be needing Supergirl's help."

"Alright. Where are you though? Maybe I can fly over and help you find where he went? It could save us a lot of time." It sounded like a good idea, and Naruto though about it, but ultimately he frowned with a shake of his head even though his fellow blond couldn't see him.

"I mean your sister can track my current location and send you this way. But if he can change his body to different elements besides titanium like I think he can he could be lead right now for all we know. Plus, he's probably long gone by now. He took his opportunity and ran with it. I don't see any sign of him down there and it's not for lack of trying." There was a moment of silence and in the background he could hear Kara and Alex talking.

"Alex says the same thing. I'll try to find out anything that I can too. I have a friend who can probably intercept some police radio waves, I'll just have to give him a call."

"Then go ahead. I'm going to get out of the skies. Everyone can see me right now and if anyone wanted to take a shot I'm pretty much a sitting duck. I'll fly around and head back to my car. Let me know if you find out anything."

"Will do. Oh, and you can pick me up at eight. I should be ready by then."

"I'll be there." Naruto responded as he blurred through the air, ending the call with Kara, before coming back to the ground in an isolated area where he allowed his mask of water to drop. Straightening his clothes and wiping off any plaster that remained from the debris he had been surrounded by he walked back onto the streets and made his way back to his Camaro. Once there he quickly found himself inside and driving the roads once again. He still had a few more things to do before he went back to his hotel and got ready for dinner.

National City

"This place is nice." Kara spoke from her seated position at their table as she looked around the restaurant they were in. Naruto enjoyed it because it did remind himself of the home from his past life. It was very Asian in decoration with seemingly no Western influence in sight. He smiled at Kara as he too glanced around him and took in the atmosphere.

"Yeah, I've never been here before but I'm really enjoying the visual presence."

"So why this place then? I mean, I know that you've never been here to National City so you haven't really been to any of our restaurants, but why this one?" He gave a half shrug in response to the questioning.

"When I was at the DEO I asked Alex what you liked. She said that you enjoy Pot Stickers, which is just Jiaozi, and I wanted to get ramen so it just seemed like a good choice." Kara nodded her head and smiled across the table.

"It was a good choice. I went out the night we," Kara paused slightly, glancing around to make sure that no one was listening to her before leaning across the table to whisper, "saved the plane." She leaned back to her original positioning before she continued to talk. "I ended up getting taken to a bar and it wasn't really a good time." As she finished speaking their waiter came to their table with their orders, Jiaozi for Kara and a few bowls of ramen for Naruto.

"Can I get you anything else?" The two blonds shook their heads almost in unison causing the waitress to smile at them before moving on to her next table.

"Are you going to eat all of that?" Kara asked Naruto who had already broken apart his set of chopsticks and started in on his first bowl. The whisker marked man looked up at her, slowly slurping his noodles into his mouth before smiling.

"What can I say? I really like ramen. So, I figure that you had more in mind than just having a meal together. What is it that you wanted to talk about?"

"Am I really that readable?" Kara spoke as she scrunched her nose for a moment before continuing. "I just thought that, if we're going to be working together that we should get to know each other better." Naruto gave her something of a questioning look in response.

"What? You mean like likes, dislikes, dreams for the future and stuff like that?" He asked, naming off the same points as he remembered a former teacher doing so long ago in a different lifetime.

"Well… Yeah, I guess that would be a good start. I'll go first. I like pot stickers, sticky buns from Noonan's, pizza, singing, romantic comedies, musicals, NSYNC and Star Wars. I don't like operas and, if I'm being honest, I don't really like the name Supergirl. I feel like Superwoman would have been better. For the future I want to be an actual reporter and help people." Naruto scratched his cheek as he quit eating his ramen so that he could tell her about himself.

"I like ramen, a lot, the color orange, being in the water, being in the sky, training and rock music. Dislike… the time it takes to heat up instant ramen because, honestly, I just want it right then, liars, bullies, just people that likes to flaunt their power of those that are weaker in general… and as for my dreams for the future, well, they've changed some over time. Right now I just want to help protect those that can't protect themselves, like my dad." Kara gave him a smile as they both resumed eating.

"So, what was your childhood like?"

"Pretty normal. I've always had a similar childhood as others, just with a few differences here and there… What about you?"

"I had about the same childhood as others from my… family. But when I was adopted things became a lot more mundane." Naruto nodded and the two blonds dropped into comfortable silence for a while.

"What was he like?" Kara asked suddenly causing Naruto to look up into her blue eyes.

"Huh?"

"Your dad, what was he like?" The male superhero smiled slightly as he placed his chopsticks down into his bowl and leaned back in his chair, two blond men flashing through his mind.

"Well, my biological dad… What can I say? It's like he was there and then… gone in a flash. I never got to spend too much time with him. But I did get to know him a little. He was an honorable man who only wanted the best for everyone that he loved. He would give his life for anyone under his watch. As for my adoptive father, Tom is great. He's a hardworking man that took me in and he did everything that he could to raise me like I was his own. I respect him a lot."

"What about your mom?" This time the images of a blond woman and a red haired woman came to mind.

"Mom… was strong. She was someone to be scared of because when she loved something she refused to let anyone or anything threaten it. Even dad was scared of her when she got angry. But she was also had a kind heart. Only people that didn't know her or ended up on her bad side for some reason or another would be the only people I can think of that would say a bad thing about her. Like I dad I only got to know her for a short time. She was so loving… I just wish I could have had more time with her. My dad too of course, but whereas my dad was focused on protecting everyone… my mom always had just me in mind and it was nice to have that feeling. She was ripped away from my life because of something out of everyone's control. I miss them."

"I'm sorry Nathan." Kara spoke sympathetically as he reached across the table to grab his hand prompting him to give a sad smile.

"It's fine. I have faith that they'll find their way back into my life somehow." The phrase 'all of them' drifted through his mind, but he opted not to vocalize it. He hadn't revealed that he remembered a past life to anyone in his life yet and he definitely didn't feel like this moment was the right one to start doing so. "Anyway, did you talk to your… police friend earlier?" He finally spoke again as he set in on his last bowl of ramen.

"Wow, bringing business to dinner?" Kara asked jokingly. "Yeah, I did. He said that the bus that tipped over was a prisoner bus that was transporting convicts from Gateway City here to National City."

"Really?" Naruto questioned as he raised his eyebrows. "From Gateway? What are the odds?"

"Right? Anyway, he also said that they were rounding up the prisoners in quick succession. But there's still one prisoner that hasn't been accounted for and is still on the run. He said his name was… Carl Creel, I think." Naruto's eyes widened but he quickly made them return to their normal size. He was sure that Kara hadn't seen his reaction due to the fact that he had been looking down at his bowl as he finished his food.

"Carl Creel… Oh, I know who that is."

"You do?"

"Yeah. He was a boxer over in National City. He was really good. Everybody called him 'The Crusher' because, well, he just crushed his opponents. But he was in with some bad people. Part of some gang. They called him The Crusher too, but for different reasons. I guess the gang wanted to make quick money, so they had him break into the museum to steal from the new exhibits. He was apprehended but not before we lost multiple lives. It's what finally made me actually start going out and helping people."

"That's… terrible." Kara returned in horror as the waitress came by and placed their check on the table. "My… police friend said that he caused a lot of damage escaping. Was he able to do the same back then?"

"I saw the damage on the news." Naruto spoke as they stood up, dropping money on the table and making sure to leave a decent sized tip for the waitress. "He wasn't able to do that when he broke into the museum. He just had a lot of weapons and goons with him at the time. I have no idea what changed. Anywhere you want to go before I drop you off at home?" Kara shook her head.

"I wish we could, but I have work early tomorrow and I'm sure I'll already be up late." Naruto smiled in understanding as they entered his Camaro before setting out into the night. The cogs in his mind were already turning. He would drop Kara off at her home, make a quick stop by his hotel and then he had a brief trip to make tonight, either by sea or by air.

Gateway City

Carl Creel glowered at the National Archaeological Museum of Gateway City. The last time, when he had been apprehended, he had simply been doing a job for a local gang leader. This time it was personal. This museum had caused him to be caught for the first time and now he wouldn't be allowed anywhere near a boxing competition, let alone with his new abilities. That meant that he'd have to make money some other way now, and what better way than stealing from the establishment that had caused his downfall?

"Going to have to turn you away from the museum tonight." Carl heard a male's voice state firmly. "It's still closed for construction on the new exhibits." Carl slowly lifted his head to look into the sky where he found a sole figure hovering over him. It was a male with blond hair and blue eyes. His lower facial features were covered with a black half face mask that traveled down into his upper clothes. On his upper body he wore a layered, black collared, black armor vest with three dark silver plates on either side. Coming from the armholes were long orange sleeves that had black trim around the wrists. He also wore black pants and black boots that come up over the shins for protection. Attached to the back of his pants was a somewhat bulky pouch, and strapped to his right leg was a different type of black holster. Finally, a tanto sat, sheathed, horizontally on his lower back.

"Well would you look at that? Water boy shows his masked face again. Bold of you to follow me here."

"Bold of you to show up in my city." Naruto shot back as he lowered himself to the ground while staring heatedly at the man opposite him.

"From this city? Never seen you here. Just in National City."

"Started after what you did."

"So I'm the catalyst? Well I'm honored water boy. But I'll be even prouder to be the catalyst for your death." Carl spoke angrily as he grasped his chain aggresively, his body returning to its titanium form.

"I hope you've learned more tricks since earlier because you'll definitely be needing them." The blond returned as they both charged forwards. Naruto ducked underneath a punch thrown by Carl before throwing a kick to his side that sent him sliding across the ground leaving a deep indention in the dirt. Carl grit his teeth harshly as he swung his titanium ball towards Naruto who created a water wall which collapsed from the force of the attack but did its job in protecting its creator from being hit. "Safety gloves are off this time tin man." Carl glared dangerously at his opponent before wrenching his chain and ball back towards him.

The younger man moved forwards once again, dancing around Carl's long ranged attacks before launching himself through the air, planting his knee firmly into the convicts jaw. Carl stumbled slightly but caught the fist that Naruto attempted to follow up with. The escaped prisoner twisted the blond's arm before slamming his head into Naruto's own. He then slammed his elbow into his enemy's back sending him into the Earth. Naruto planted his hands into the ground as it cratered around him, launching himself through the air and back to his feet. He watched as Carl's titanium ball slammed into the exact spot he had just been in.

Naruto waved his arm below himself, surfing the waves that formed underneath him. The water slammed into Carl as he attempted to pull his weapon back. Riding the waves upwards, Naruto's foot met his chin as the blond back flipped away. As he landed on his feet he slid forward across the ground on a layer of water, crouching down under a punch from Carl as he produced a seemingly normal kunai knife and sliced through the side of his opponent's leg. Carl released a shout of pain as blood dripped down his titanium leg. Twisting his body, Naruto jumped towards the other man's back. As he flew through the air he split his kunai into two separate kunai knives that he pierced into the titanium criminal's shoulder blades.

Using the kunai knives as a point of contact he kicked off of Carl's lower back, vaulting over his head and ripping his weapons out of the man's back. As his feet touched the ground again he weaved away as his enemy swung his chain and ball in complete circle to ward him off, screaming in both pain and rage. "How did you do that!?" Carl shouted prompting Naruto to give a half smile underneath his mask.

"Because you're complacent with your powers. You only care about focusing on them now that you have them. Me? I have skills beyond my powers. I don't need my powers to win a fight. It doesn't hurt that these weapons are made specifically to pierce elements that are hard to pierce… like titanium for instance." Carl narrowed his eyes in anger as the younger man taunted him.

"Hope you don't think this means you're beating me. I'm going to leave your head on a pike for the police!" Carl lurched forwards, throwing his titanium ball towards Naruto who quickly moved to the side. His opponent anticipated this and moved to his other side, sending his chain towards the blond's abdomen. Reacting quickly Naruto launched himself into the air, unsheathing his tanto. As he sailed over the chain he slammed his tanto down, piercing the Earth and pinning the metal down. Carl as jerked backwards due to the sudden jerking of his chain. As he spun around he threw his arm up to protect himself from a kick aimed at his face. As Naruto's body went to land back on the ground Carl grabbed him by the face and slammed his body into its unforgiving terrain.

Before the blond could regroup the convict began slamming his fist into Naruto's face over and over. The superhero's head whipped side to side as Carl kept him pinned down by his throat. Naruto kept producing water over his head to protect him, which softened the impact somewhat but didn't keep his opponent from striking him. Picking Naruto up by his throat he threw him through the air, his body rolling as he touched the ground. "I won't be denied this time!" The bald headed convicted shouted as he stalked back towards his ball and chain.

He was cut off as a water dragon sailed in his direction. He jumped backwards, being missed by the water attack. Carl quickly found that he wasn't safe, however, as water rushed around him covering the entire area in crushing waves. The convict shouted as the waves violently threw him around slamming him into the Earth and various other surfaces. He landed on the ground, coughing as water had filtered into his lungs from the assault. The water moved swiftly around him, forming a giant sphere of water and Carl. He stood to his feet but found himself to be relatively sluggish in speed.

"It's a water prison." Naruto spoke evenly from where he stood on the outside of the sphere holding his hand to the water. "The longer I hold it the more you drown. I don't want to kill you." He continued as he stepped into the water prison. "But I will if I have to. You killed people, and if it means that you never killed again I will end you right now." Carl moved as quickly as he could, away from Naruto and towards his ball and chain. His opponent followed at a regular pace behind him. "Run all you want. This is now a Water Prison Shark Dance. It's centered on my location. As long as I stay on you you continue drowning." Carl reached his ball and chain. He grabbed the chain aggresively, using all of the strength he could muster to launch it through the water.

Seemingly surprised by the speed at which the man was able to throw the weapon Naruto launched himself backwards, breaking through the water and causing it to disperse among the ground. "I'm not getting caught again you bastard! You think that your water is going to stop me!? You've been throwing it around but all it's done is piss me off!" Naruto rolled his shoulder as he eyed his enemy as he reached to touch his tanto. He was planning on changing element to that of his weapons. Hook. Line. Sinker.

The water that had accumulated on the ground from all of Naruto's water attacks rose up quickly in a thick mist that was essentially impenetrable by normal sight. Carl's hand still touched his intended target and he allowed a smile to settle over his features as he willed his body to change elements. "End game." Naruto's voice echoed through the mist as Carl's body began changing before drifting away into the surrounding mist. "You should have thought about your situation." He continued as storm clouds began forming overhead, lightning flashing in the skies as thunder boomed. "I control water in all forms. Liquid, ice, mist, you name it. I can even, say, coat a tanto in mist and begin freezing it. Once you touched that to change elements it was all over. You belong to the wind now, Crusher."

With those words a large whirlpool of wind swung down from the overhanging storm clouds, centering around Naruto. The wind whipped wildly, dispersing the surrounding mist into all directions and sending it far away as the whirlpool dispersed violently. Naruto stared down at the ball and chain that had been left behind with a frown on his face. Walking forwards, making sure to regain his tanto and sheath it, he grabbed the chain and lifted the weapon off of the ground, observing it closely. "Good luck reassembling yourself. You might be back… but not for a long time. By then I'll be sure that I'm certain there's a way to keep you safely locked away." After dropping the titanium ball and chain Naruto's feet left the ground before he sped off through the air back towards National City.

National City

Naruto sighed, walking down the hallway of his hotel to his room as he rubbed the side of his face. He was feeling the aftermath of the punches Carl had landed on his face. He hoped not, but there was an extremely high possibility that his face would be bruised in the morning. Reaching his door he pulled his keys from his pocket, shifting through them until he found the one given to him for his room. He quickly unlocked the door and threw it open before stepping inside.

His eyes narrowed as soon as he set foot in the room. Something was off. There was a presence within the darkness of the small living space. Blue eyes shifted to yellow to allow the blond see in the darkness. His sight immediately landed on a figure standing with their back to him, looking out the window of the hotel room. Naruto slowly closed the door behind him, making sure the figure remained where they were.

"Hello Nathaniel. Or is that your true name?"

End Chapter

Well there's chapter two. I'm currently finishing this chapter at 4 am in the morning. I have work and I'm tired so I'm not going to say much down here. I haven't settled on a hero name and I probably won't publish this chapter until I get home from work at 10 pm so I'll try to brainstorm some hero names and throw them in a poll around the same time. Also thinking about running two stories at once. Haven't decided if I will yet because I don't want my work to lack, but we'll see.

Quick update: I got promoted today so my schedule is going to be changing. I'm not sure how it will effect the rate at which content comes out but we'll see as it goes.