Lena was quite happy as she walked to her home. She was quite happy that she had made a new friend today. As she pushed open the door to her house she called out, "Mum! Dad! I'm home!" She announced. From the hallway of her house, a woman in an orange blouse and slacks appeared. It was quite obvious to tell that this woman was Lena's mother as both looked quite similar to one another. The only differences were that the older woman had blonde hair that had longer spikes to it compared to Lena along with blue eyes. Her name was Martha.
"'Ello dear. How was your day?" The woman asked. She carried in her arms a potted plant which she placed on a stand next to the stairway.
"It was great, mum. I made a new friend today. He's this nice blonde yank." Lena stated as she followed after her mother into their kitchen.
"That sounds nice, Lena. So what did you and this little yank do today?" Marhta asked while she walked over to the stove and opened it. The smell of chicken assaulted Lena's nose which made the girl realize that she was quite hungry.
"We went to a bunch of places." Lena chirped out. Martha placed the pot with the chicken in it onto the kitchen counter before she pulled out two plates from a cabinet above. This caught Lena's attention as she thought that her father would be home by now. "So where is dad? I thought that he would be home today." Lena asked. Martha looked at Lena with a slightly sad look.
"I'm sorry dear; your father is stuck at work today. He said that he probably won't be home for dinner tonight." This disappointed Lena as she had hoped that her father would be home for dinner tonight like he promised. Guess it was just another way that her father would disappoint her again.
Lena just smiled in order to mask her unhappiness. "It's fine mum." Lena replied. The woman set plates onto the kitchen table that had the chicken and a few vegetables on it. Both ladies sat at the table and began to eat their food.
"So tell me about this yankee boy you met. How did you two meet?" Martha asked as she cut her chicken up. Lena stopped eating her food and looked her mother in the eyes.
"Well, we met when I heard some commotion in an alley and I saw this boy defending an Omnic from these people trying to beat it up." Martha's eyebrow raised in a look that told Lena to go on. "The boy was really wicked! He beat all those men up," Lena said while punching the air to demonstrate, "but then this guy came up behind him and hit him in the head with a pipe." Martha gained a worried look on her face.
"Please tell me you didn't…" Martha said.
"I snuck up behind him and hit in the back of the head with a pipe I found!" Lena exclaimed. Martha rubbed the bridge of her nose and sighed in exasperation.
"Lena, that was quite irresponsible of you to do that." Martha stated. Lena groaned at her mother's protectiveness. "So tell me, did you at least save the day in the end?" Lena looked up at her mother and grinned.
"Yeah mum! We even brought the Omnic to it's home." Martha smirked and ruffled Lena's hair which caused it to spike up even more than it already was.
"My little hero. So what's the yank's name?" Martha asked.
"His name is Naruto Namikaze." Lena stated. Martha put some more chicken into her mouth and chewed it before quickly swallowing. Martha really had no opinion on the man who created the Omnics or anyone related to them. Though some of her family members' opinion definitely differed.
"And is he cute?" Martha asked with a grin. Lena's face turned red and she sputtered.
"W-what are you talking about, mum? He's just my friend." Lena replied quickly while her face burned red with embarrassment.
"Well then, you'll have to invite the yank over for dinner one day." Martha stated.
"W-will do, mum. I even got his address." Lena stated as she ate the rest of her food before slamming her fork and knife onto the table. "Done!" Lena stated.
"That was quite quick, dear. Seems like you were hungry." Martha said as she finished the rest of her food. "Now you should get cleaned up for bed. I'll be up to check on you in a few minutes." Lena smiled and walked away from the table. Martha could hear her daughter rush up the stairs. Before she got out of her chair and put the plates into the sink. The faucet was turned on and she began to clean the dishes before she heard the front door open. A minute later she heard footsteps resound behind her.
Martha felt arms wrap around her waist while a chin placed itself on the crook of her neck. "Hello Martha. I'm home." The voice said in her ear before nipping her on the lobe of her ear. Martha grinned and leaned into her husband's ministrations.
"Daniel, not here." Martha said with a smile. Daniel quit his teasing and chuckled.
"Work was a nightmare. The boss was making us do double duty with designing the jets today." Daniel said before letting Martha go. He walked over to the cabinets and pulled a plate from one of them along with a fork and spoon. Then he walked over to the pan with the chicken and vegetables before setting his plate on the table and sitting down.
Daniel had shaggy brown hair and wore a messy brown suit with a red tie. His brown eyes were covered by a pair of glasses. "At least you made it home, that's all I can ask for." Martha replied.
Daniel grinned and began to scarf his food down. "So how was your day?" Daniel asked between bites. Martha finished washing the dishes and took a seat next to Dan.
"It was fine. I managed to make Tonya quite happy with my article today." Martha replied.
"And what was your article about?" Dan asked as he finished eating the rest of his food.
"It was about the Omnics and their mourning of the anniversary Minato Namikaze's death. They have all been converging in London near the underground because of it. It's quite fascinating in how they are all reacting to the death of one man." Martha said as she began to think about her visit near the entrance of the underground. When she was last there she managed to spot dozens of Omnics entering the underground together. "You should probably go upstairs. Lena was really upset that you weren't here for dinner."
Dan nodded in acceptance. "I got it." He stood up from the table and leaned down in order to whisper into Martha's ear, "And when Lena's asleep, would you care to join me in the shower?" Martha smirked before nodding. Dan left the room and Martha quickly washed the dishes.
Lena had finished brushing her teeth and was now in her pajamas. After putting away her toothbrush, she walked out of the bathroom and into her room where she jumped into her bed and pulled the sheets of her bed up. She expected her mother to come into the room to say goodnight but was pleasantly surprised to see her father standing in the doorway smiling.
"Hey princess, how are you doing today?" Dan asked. Lena pouted and folded her arms before turning away from him with a huff. Dan could understand his daughter's frustration with him being late for dinner. Luckily for him, he had a backup plan.
When Dan entered Lena's bedroom, he looked around to see the shelves of her room filled with different types of airplanes. All of them were from different eras of time. Dan could easily line up Lena's plane collection in a line and it could create a massive timeline of evolution. There were still a few planes that the girl was missing but Dan figured out extremely easily that he could bribe the young girl with a new plane in order to get out of trouble, which he was about to do now.
Dan walked over to Lena's bed and kneeled besides it. "So Lena, did you have a good day or a bad day?" Dan asked. Lena didn't answer but Dan expected this. "That good, huh? Well, if you don't want to talk then I guess this gift I got for you will just have to collect dust…" Dan trailed off. He saw Lena turn her head towards him slightly when she heard this.
"I mean, it was quite a nice gift but I guess since you don't want it…" Lena's full attention was on him now.
"You were late again, dad." Lena stated while holding a glare that was slowly lessening.
"I know, princess. It's just that we had to work on this new jet design today and I was held back from going home. Otherwise I would've been here for dinner." Dan said. Lena's interest was peaked. Dan could tell this due to way that her right eyebrow raised slightly just like her mother.
"You were working on a new jet? What was it and how fast can it go?" Lena asked.
"Pretty fast. It can go mach three in twenty seconds. It's supposed to be a new fighter jet that should trump most others in the field." Lena appeared excited at the prospect of this jet. "But I also managed to pick up something from work that I think you'll be excited about."
"What is it?" Lena asked. Dan smirked as he knew how to play his daughter like a fiddle. Slowly from behind his back he pulled out a model plane which caused Lena's eyes to widen. "That's the Wright Flyer I!" Lena exclaimed as she studied the first plane to ever fly off the ground. Dan handed the miniature plane to Lena that looked like something constructed by sticks and canvas.
Lena held the plane lovingly in her arms before she slowly got out of her bed and walked over to her bookshelf and placed the plane on an empty space. She quickly rushed over to her father and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Thank you, dad!" She said. Dan ruffled his daughter's spiky hair while he chuckled.
"Your welcome, princess. Now it's time for you to go to bed." Dan ordered which Lena complied by hopping into her bed. "So what did you do today?" Dan asked now that his daughter was much more likely to comply.
"I made this new Yankee friend today by saving him from being beaten up by these older boys!" Lena replied.
"And did my princess fight these foes off like a hero?" Dan asked.
"Yeah! Well…maybe just one. Naruto fought off the rest of them. But I helped!" Lena finished off.
"Of course you did." Dan looked at Lena's clock and then back to her. "But now my little hero has to go to bed."
"Aww, but I'm not tired." Lena said.
"You may not feel tired but you'll probably want to hang out with your friend again tomorrow, am I right?" Dan asked. Lena nodded. "Then you'll need to get some rest."
"Fine, dad." Lena said. She then laid onto her back and pulled her covers up to her chest.
"Then goodnight little hero." Dan then kissed Lena on the forehead and the turned her lamp off before exiting her room and closing the door behind him. Dan walked downstairs where he saw Martha smiling at him.
"Ready for our shower?" Martha asked with her eyebrow raised.
"After you my dear."
'Alright brat, we are at fifteen minutes in our tailed mode. Let's try to make it to seventeen.' Kurama told Naruto. It was the early morning and this was the time that Naruto and Kurama trained in order to master their abilities. Naruto was as of right now, lifting a large set of dumbbells in the training room of the warehouse while being covered in red Hard-Light.
"I can do this!" Naruto exclaimed as he kept all of his concentration on the task at hand. He looked at his arm to see the Hard-Light beginning to waver but he kept on pushing himself to keep the dumbbells in both of his arms above his head. Each weighted over eighty pounds.
'We have made it to sixteen minutes. One more to go!' Kurama stated. Drops of sweat began to bleed down his face. His arms were now shaking as his muscles began to scream in pain. It was just a little bit longer that he needed to hold these things up. He looked once again at his arms and saw that the Hard-Light was now beginning to recede into his body.
"I can't hold it anymore." Naruto said.
'You have ten seconds to go.' Naruto closed his eyes and counted down in his mind. After counting to ten, Naruto let the weights drop out of his hands and jumped back so that the weights wouldn't crush his feet. As he did so, the red Hard-Light dispersed which made Naruto feel like a great weight was just pushed onto his shoulders.
"Did it." Naruto moaned out.
'Good job. We'll be charged up in twenty minutes. Probably faster if you eat some food now.' Kurama said. Naruto thought that this was a good idea and trudged off the training mat and out the room so that he was now in a hallway. He walked towards the end of the hallway which was where the kitchen was located. He walked over to the fridge and pulled out some waffles from the freezer and dropped them into the toaster. Then he walked back to the fridge and pulled out from the fridge a few slices of ham which he quickly ate. Before walking over to a chair and sitting down. He could hear the thumping of footsteps as Jiraiya walked into the kitchen in a shirt and boxers with half lidded eyes. Jiraiya pulled out a container of milk and began chugging it straight from the carton before setting it back on the shelf of the fridge and pulling out a chunk of beef that was cooked from the night before.
"Hey Naruto." Jiraiya greeted.
"Morning grampa." Naruto said in reply.
"Any plans today, kid?" Jiraiya asked. Naruto nodded just as the toaster popped open with steaming waffles.
"I'm going to go hang out with my friend Lena." Naruto replied. Jiraiya grinned at this.
"So does that mean that it's going to be a date?" Jiraiya asked. Naruto's eyes widened at this as he began to blush.
"No, we are just going to be hanging out. That's all grampa, y'know!" Naruto replied quickly. Jiraiya just rolled his eyes. He remembered how much fun he had messing with Minato when he was Naruto's age.
"Whatever brat. I hope you have fun today. I'll see you tonight for some training." Jiraiya said as Naruto grabbed a plate and put the waffles onto it before drowning the plate with syrup. Jiraiya would never get over how Naruto could eat all that food so quickly as it looked quite horrifying.
Naruto put the plate away and ran off which caused Jiraiya chuckle. This left the old man alone in the kitchen where he cracked his neck and walked out of the kitchen and into his computer room where he sat down at his desk and began to type on it. He checked his messages which showed that his contact Henry had messaged him.
Al has said that he is going to party in Rio. Mexico ran out of booze to drink.
Henry always said things in code. The party in Rio meant that Vishkar was turning their attention to Brazil while running out of booze meant that there wasn't anymore information to learn in Mexico. Jiraiya clicked out of the messages and was about to turn his computer off when he received a message from his contact Cypher.
Cypher was one of the contacts Jiraiya had here in London. She was the best that Jiraiya had here in this city and getting a message from her now meant that something was happening here in London. Jiraiya opened the message and only saw three words.
Tower of London
Jiraiya already knew how he would meet with his contact. He did it the same for each of his contacts unless he personally told them that the meeting rules had changed. He would come to the location while acting like a tourist in his red leather jacket. The contact would then grab his attention and have him follow them to a more private place. Jiraiya shut his computer down and stood from his chair.
He then walked to his bedroom where he found his clothes and quickly put them on before walking out into the entrance of the safehouse which caused him to notice that Naruto had already left. Damn that kid was quick. Jiraiya thought.
He walked to his weapons table and picked up his pistol and shoved it into his jacket's holster. Then he grabbed his two other pistols and shoved them into his sleeves where he heard the click of them attaching to their holsters. Jiraiya walked out the door and shut it closed behind him.
Jiraiya walked towards the tower where he began to walk around hoping that Cypher would find him soon. He really hated waiting for his contacts to find him. It sadly took five more minutes before he felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around to see a figure in a blue sweatshirt with the hood pulled up and a pair of jeans. The person didn't wear shoes; instead it was a pair of metal feet.
Yeah, Cypher was an Omnic.
"Follow me, Mr. Namikaze." Cypher whispered. Jiraiya nodded and waited a couple of seconds for Cypher to walk through the crowd before following after her. After wading through the tourists here, Jiraiya and Cypher's journey came to an end as they both stopped in an alley.
"Hello Cypher." Jiraiya said. Cypher pulled her hood down to reveal a flat silver metallic head with two gray antennae that popped up from the back of her head. "So what is the important news that you had for me?"
"There has been a problem that has been slowly arising in the city." Cypher stated.
"And what problem would that be?" Jiraiya asked. He decided to lean his back against the brick wall and crossed his arms.
"There has been word of a large group of humans that plan to invade the underground and cause some trouble if you know what I mean." Cypher replied. Jiraiya let this run through his head. He knew that tensions between humans and Omnics here had been tense since the war but still, attacking the underground. Jiraiya managed to notice how Cypher was giving a longing look at the people walking by the alley.
"I can help if you wish. But can't you just contact the police for this?" Jiraiya asked. Cypher shook her head sadly at this question before looking back to Jiraiya.
"I have tried to contact the authorities beforehand but they completely ignored my pleas for help. Sadly enough, I expected this from the humans." Cypher said. Jiraiya placed his hand on the Omnic's shoulder.
"Well I'm here right now and I will do all in my power to help you." Jiraiya stated.
"I thank you for agreeing to help, Mr. Namikaze. I just, I wish that everything was like it once was. I used to be able to walk these streets without having to wear any of these clothes. Now I can't walk five feet without having rocks thrown at me." Jiraiya felt saddened for the Omnic before him.
"Just tell me the when and the where and I'll be there." Jiraiya said.
"They said that it would happen at three p.m. at the entrance of the underground. All I have heard has mostly been speculation but it's rumored that there would be…EMP devices used." Cypher said with a slight shudder. She had seen a few of these devices used on her friends before.
"I'll come with you to the underground so don't worry." Jiraiya said with his hands held out in a placating motion. Cypher nodded and seemed to appear less tense than she used to look before.
"Thank you, Mr. Namikaze. Shall we go now?" Jiraiya nodded and Cypher threw her hood over her head. Both figures then walked out of the alleyway and towards the entrance of the underground Omnic city. Both had no trouble getting to the location as most people these days avoided it for human Omnic relations were still unstable.
The entrance of the underground had one large bulky Omnic that stood before the tunnel entrance. When Jiraiya and Cypher approached, the six guards turned their heads at Jiraiya. It took ten seconds for all the Omnics to stand down as they recognized the man standing next to one of their own.
"Mr. Namikaze." The Omnic stated before stepping aside to free the entrance for the duo.
Jiraiya looked at Cypher before grinning. "Seems like security is a little tight."
"It has been upped for this period of time." Both were silent for the rest of the walk into the underground. Around them, they could hear the voices of Omnics echoing around the area.
"So I was thinking that if this place is attacked, then I should be outside as the first line of defense. After all, the EMPs that they will be using could be very disastrous for all of you." Jiraiya stated.
"Understood. I will be introducing you to your partners first for this defensive operation." Jiraiya gave Cypher a look.
"What partners?" Jiraiya asked with confusion. Cypher didn't speak and instead stopped at a trio of tunnels that split into different directions. This was a place that Jiraiya didn't like. There were too many hiding places for someone to hide and backstab him.
The whispering in the tunnels quickly fell silent as Jiraiya and Cypher approached these tunnels. From the middle tunnel, multiple sets of glowing blue eyes blinked into existence. The came closer and closer until three Omnics stood before Jiraiya. Two looked quite similar with slightly bulky designs that were reminiscent of the Omnic Crisis. The third was much smaller than the other two and seemed to be designed for recon.
"So, these are my teammates?" Jiraiya asked. Cypher nodded. She then pointed to the two bulky Omnics.
"The first one is called A. The second is called C." Jiraiya pointed towards the third Omnic.
"And what's this one called?"
"Beta." The third Omnic spoke up in a slightly ragged voice. From it's neck a few sparks erupted which caused Jiraiya to wonder what the issue with this Omnic was.
"So what's up with the…" Jiraiya pointed towards his own neck and mimed the sparks that animated the Omnic.
"Pen stabbed into my vocal processor." Beta responded in a bored tone. A few more sparks lit the area.
"One hell of a pen. So, what type of weapons do we have for this little fight?" Jiraiya asked. The three Omnics each pulled out pistols.
"Rubber bullets." Beta responded. Jiraiya pulled out his gun and released the cartridge which fell into his hand. A pulled out a cartridge from his chest plate and tossed it to Jiraiya who caught it in his hand and loaded it into his pistol.
"And why are we using rubber bullets? It would be so much easier to just knee cap all of them with regular bullets." Jiraiya stated.
"No death. Otherwise retaliation is inevitable." Beta replied.
"Guess we better take positions. A and C, can you take position near the entrance?" Jiraiya asked. A and C both nodded and stomped past him. "Beta, can you work with me as my backup?"
"But I must." Beta simply replied. Jiraiya leaned over to Cypher.
"So, is he always this talkative or is it just me?" Jiraiya asked.
"Beta has always been less sociable than others. Please do not take offense." Cypher replied. Jiraiya grinned and cracked his neck.
"Guess we better get cracking."
Naruto and Lena had once again spent most of their afternoon hanging out with one another. And just like their last time hanging out together, they were on the London Eye looking out at the city below them.
"So I have a question Lena," Naruto started. Lena stopped looking at the sky and turned to look at Naruto.
"What is it?" Lena asked.
"Why did we come back up here again? Not that I have any problem with it!" Naruto finished quickly. Lena looked back at the skyline and grinned.
"Well, I always wanted to be a pilot, ever since I was little. I could always see those planes flying in the sky and I wanted to be there. The sky is so open and free and well…" Lena stopped for a moment and tried to find a way to explain her thoughts, "being on this wheel is the closest I can be to flying. I-I hope that it isn't too weird for you." Lena finished with a blush.
"I don't think it's weird." Naruto replied which made Lena to look at Naruto.
"Really?" Lena asked with disbelief.
"Really. It's your dream. Follow after it and don't let anyone tell you that you can't do it." Naruto stated. Lena smiled at Naruto before playfully punching him in the shoulder. Naruto comically overreacted and grabbed his shoulder. "Ow!" Naruto shouted.
"You pansy. You're so over the top. But I like that." Lena said. Naruto stopped pretending to be hurt and leaned over the rail of their seat.
"So you think that when we get down, we can get some food?" Naruto asked.
"Sure. I heard there was a burger place that opened near the Omnic underground. If we rush then we can probably get there before it closes." Lena stated.
"When does it close?" Naruto asked.
"At four." This made Naruto slightly confused.
"Why does it close at four? That seems a bit early for a burger place to close down." Naruto remarked as he leaned back into his seat.
"The place is located near the Omnic underground and most people don't like to come near the place at night. So, they close down early in order to save money, or at least that's how my mum says it." As she said this, their basket was on the ground and they hopped off.
"Then we should run. What time is it exactly?" Naruto asked.
"Two fifty, love. We can cut through the entrance to the Omnic underground in order to get to the place faster!" Lena stated.
"Race you there then!" Naruto took off down the street.
"Wait for me! No fair!" Lena shouted after Naruto as they ran down the street. They passed many buildings as they raced one another. Lena eventually managed to catch up to the boy and they were neck and neck to one another.
As the duo ran through the streets, Naruto noticed how there were less and less people walking around the closer they got to the underground. The only thing odd that Naruto noticed were a couple men in all black that were hanging out near an alley together. He assumed that Lena probably didn't notice them but he did and they gave him a unsettling feeling in the pit of his stomach.
"How far is this place, Lena?" Naruto asked.
"Not very far. Just a few minutes." Both fell into a comfortable silence as they let their legs carry them down the street.
That was, until Naruto heard something that surprised him greatly.
"Naruto! What are you doing here?! Get out of here!" Jiraiya screamed. Naruto's eyes widened and he heard an explosion. Within the blink of an eye, Naruto tackled Lena and shielded her body with his. Another explosion went off and Kurama projected Hard-Light over the two in order to protect them.
Jiraiya was getting set up with Beta as they took cover behind two roadblocks place in front of the tunnel. About twenty feet ahead of them, A was taking cover behind a truck while C had hidden behind a brick wall. Now there was only one was to get into the tunnel and that was through all of them.
Jiraiya turned to look at Beta. "So, why are we the only ones who are actually going to fight against these guys? I would think that there would be more battle ready Omnics around here." Jiraiya pondered aloud.
"We wish for this to be a small show of force. Large scale retaliation could create fear within human public and instigate larger conflict against us. You helping us helps to mitigate that fear with the imagery of Humans and Omnics working together." Beta replied.
"Well at least it helps to know that I'm wanted." Jiraiya cheekily replied.
"Indeed." Beta stayed still for a moment before becoming animated once again. "A and C have just reported that there are two lifesigns approaching. Shall we engage?" Beta asked and aimed his gun at the entrance.
"Hold it for a moment. Let's see which poor sap we are about to shoot to kingdom come first." Jiraiya replied and clicked the safety off his pistol.
"If you were against shooting someone, than why did you take the safety off your pistol?" Beta asked.
"Don't be a smartass." Jiraiya said.
"Bite my shiny metal ass." Beta retorted. Wow, and Jiraiya thought that Beta was always a stiff. At least he had a sense of humor to him. Sadly though, Jiraiya thought that this was as animated as Beta was going to get.
In street, Jiraiya could hear the patter of a pair of footsteps running against the brick streets. For most in this situation, they would probably shoot first and ask questions later. Jiraiya on the other hand was at his most calm in the dawn of battle. This was where he felt most serene and whole in a sense.
Was it bloody, yes. Did this take a toll on his sanity at time, definitely. Still, Jiraiya elected to enter situations like these as this was what drove him. He thrived in a fight and at time it absolutely terrified him. He never told Minato or Naruto. The only person who knew was his wife Tsunade, and she had taken that secret to her grave.
The shadows of the two runners trailed in front of the opening and a second later they appeared. Jiraiya's eyes widened, "Naruto! What are you doing here?! Get out of here!" Jiraiya shouted.
An explosion sounded off near them and Jiraiya noticed how Naruto tackled the girl who was with him before coving himself in his Hard-Light form. Another explosion rocked the area and the brick wall that C was hiding behind collapsed atop the bulky Omnic which pinned most of his body except for his head and right arm.
A group of men began to march over the fallen brick wall after this happened. A pulled out his gun and began to fire at the men. The rounds managed to hurt the men quite badly but two men in the back of the group took out their own hand guns and fired at A.
The Omnic stood through this hail of bullets and continued firing at the men while landing headshots on each of them. It seemed more like a war of attrition as while the rubber bullets hurt, they did not kill. The metal bullets left dents in the Omnic, yet it did not stop the hardy machine.
"Time to get involved." Jiraiya said while he took aim and fired at the men. Some collapsed in pain and made no motion to stand back up while others continued with raining their hail of bullets except that now their attention was also upon Jiraiya.
"Y'know, I thought today was going to be easy, just get some coffee, food, and most importantly, get working on my novel. But no, life just doesn't like to be nice to me." Jiraiya whined as the bullets tore at the road blocks that they hid behind.
"They say that you should always look upon the brighter side of life, Mr. Namikaze." Beta stated.
"Aren't you just the practical joker?"
Lena opened her eyes after being tackled and her eyes met with the crimson eyes of Naruto. He looked much more bestial than before but even with the markings on his face and the angry red of his eyes, he was still the friend that Lena had made.
"Naruto, are you okay?" Lena asked. Naruto turned his head towards the gunfire and looked at the men in black who were shooting at some defenders in the area. He turned back to Lena and nodded.
"Yeah. We need to get out of here though. Think you can walk?" Naruto asked. Lena moved her legs slightly from under Naruto's frame and felt no pain from them.
"Definitely. So how are we getting out of here?" Lena asked in a peppy tone. Personally she thought that this was exciting. She also thought that the red Hard-Light covering the boy was wicked. It seemed like it was alive even though she didn't understand how. Behind the boy waved nine red tails that each moved by themselves.
"Don't worry, I can get us out of here. Just stand up with me, alright." Naruto ordered. Lena nodded with a grin and Naruto closed his eyes. The red Hard-Light cloak that encased the boy glowed slightly brighter while it appeared as if it bulked up. Then Naruto stood up while pulling Lena off the ground with him. Naruto then picked Lena up in a bridal carry and the blood red tails encased her.
They gave off a comforting warmth and reflected some of the stray bullets that flew into their path. Lena could hear Naruto's heart beat quickly in his chest. At least one of them was scared. Eventually the two children made it out of the area and took cover in an alley where Naruto set Lena down and both let their backs hit the brick wall of the alley before they slid down into sitting positions. The cloak covering Naruto faded away.
"So…about the red stuff covering you…" Lena started.
"I'm a little different." Lena's eyebrow rose at the obvious statement. Naruto coughed into his hand before looking away from Lena's accusing eyebrow. "I may have had some nanobots installed into me." Naruto stated quickly.
"Is that all?" Lena asked unimpressed. Naruto felt really awkward during this.
"There is also an A.I. installed into my brain." Naruto finished. Lena then patted Naruto on the head.
"Good boy. Now do you feel good for telling the truth?" Lena asked. Naruto rolled his eyes at Lena's question before grumbling. "See, telling the truth is always a good idea." Lena said with a grin.
"You are taking this pretty calmly." Naruto remarked. Some hair fell into Lena's eye which caused her to use her mouth and blow air up at the hair that was obscuring her vision. Lena held her finger in front of Naruto before taking a deep breath.
She let that breath go.
"Oh! My! God! You're a superhero!" Lena said before running at Naruto and grabbing him in a hug before she lifted him off the ground and started spinning the boy. Lena felt excited that her new friend had wicked superpowers. Now all she had to do was invite him to her house for dinner one day.
"I guess I am." Naruto replied while smiling.
"But what else can you do? What was that red stuff covering you before? Did you always have these powers?" Lena would have trailed on and on with her question but Naruto put his fingers on her lips in order to silence her. Next Naruto held his hand up and an emitter appeared on his hand before the red cloak of Hard-Light revealed itself.
"This is Hard-Light. All I can do now is cover myself in the stuff. I don't know what else I can do yet." Naruto said. Lena nodded before slowly moving her finger towards the Hard-Light and touching it.
"It's like its moving." Lena remarked.
"Yeah, that tends to happen." Naruto said before he let the cloak fade away.
"So have you ever tried to do anything else with your superpowers or was that just it?" Lena asked.
"No, not really. I only got these powers four years ago. I still need to figure out everything." Naruto replied. Lena nodded at this answer in satisfaction.
"Then I'm gonna do all I can to turn you into a superhero! And when I do, then you'll be my sidekick!" Lena stated with her hands on her hips in the pose of a superhero. Naruto looked at Lena as if she was crazy.
"I'm going to be the sidekick? But I'm the one with the superpowers…" Naruto whined before turning away from Lena in order to sulk.
"But I'm the one with the brains. I even have names for us. I'll be the Fabulous Lena while you will be my faithful sidekick, the Red Man." Lena then ran at Naruto and jumped on his back. The boy was barely able to keep himself upright due to the sudden attack from behind. "Now ride my faithful steed! Ride to the burgers!"
"But Lena…"
"Hush my faithful steed!"
"But what about that battle behind us?" Naruto asked.
"Well we can't just enter the battle. Sadly enough, sometime people come down here in order to attack Omnics. And while I think that this is terrible, what can we do against a bunch of guys with guns? Besides, I don't want anything to happen to you Naruto. First we need to get better at fighting the bad guys, and then we can go save the world. Alright love?" Lena finished up while whispering the last sentence into Naruto's ear.
"Fine. But after today, I'll teach you how to fight. Is that fine with you?" Naruto asked.
"Perfect. Now let's go my steed!" Naruto chuckled under his breath and took off with Lena cheering from his back.
Jiraiya was breathing heavily as he finished tying the last set of zip ties onto the final attacker. It had been a close battle due to him being unable to kill these asses. Both A and C had managed to survive the battle except that C was badly damaged. The bulky Omnic's legs had been crushed under the rubble which caused A to be require to assist C.
After dragging the damaged Omnic inside, Jiraiya turned to look at Beta. The small Omnic had shown which it had such a small frame as he managed to hide in the smoke that was raised due to the explosions earlier and take down multiple opponents.
Cypher had come out of the tunnel after the commotion and handed Jiraiya some zip ties for each of the pricks here. Jiraiya thought that it was quite sad that the Omnics were prepared for situations like this. It just showed how the stigma against the Omnics was still strong and alive in the world.
"Mr. Namikaze." Cypher said from behind. Jiraiya stood up from the kneeling next to the zip tied man and turned around.
"Yes, Cypher?" Jiraiya asked.
"Thank you for all of your assistance. We don't know what we would have done if you weren't here." Cypher answered.
"It's fine Cypher. You're my friend and I would never forger any of my friends." Jiraiya held his hand out to the Omnic and Cypher shook it with hers. "I'll see you again some day." Jiraiya said as he began to walk back home. The humans around him were groaning in pain which Jiraiya thought was quite funny. These men all got what they deserved. Starting fights against those who simply wanted peace really ticked the older man off.
One of the men glared at him from the ground. Jiraiya ignored the man as if he was an ant, no, he was less than an ant. At least ants had a purpose besides total destruction. No, this man and his ilk were a virus. They infected others with their hateful ideals and used that hate to destroy those of peace.
What a waste.
Jiraiya kept walking. As he did so he thought about how Naruto and that girl he was with had managed to escape from this area. Naruto was probably fine; after all, he had Kurama and that Hard-Light cloak so they were probably going to be fine. While most adults would look down upon him for having so little concern for his ward, then those adult had never dealt with a kid who could easily crush trees in his hands.
Even though the battle was exciting, Jiraiya knew that he would definitely be feeling the full brunt of the myriad of injuries on his body. This mostly consisted of bruising from rubble that had made contact with his body.
His legs began to burn from all the stress that he had put on his body. In a few years he knew that he wouldn't be able to fight like he could now. He was getting old after all, that was the natural process of life. Then there was the secondary problem with getting older and that was due to one of the rules of Overwatch which made retirement Mandatory when someone got too old.
Torbjörn would definitely be laughing his ass off at all the thoughts that were going through his head right now. Sadly Reinhardt was approaching that age where he would have to face mandatory retirement. One day the three of them would have to go out for a drink.
Now though, Jiraiya would look around the area for Naruto and that girl. They probably didn't go that far. Now, if he was Naruto, where would he go? Where would Naruto go after running like a bat out of hell from a war zone in his Hard-Light cloak?
Food. That is where Naruto would go first. He knew that he would hate having to walk around the area for the blonde brat but he wanted to make sure that the boy was still kicking and breathing. It would be ten minutes of pain filled walking that Jiraiya managed to find a restaurant in this deserted area.
It was a damn burger place called Bill's. After trudging for another minute, Jiraiya walked up to the front window of the building and saw much to his happiness that Naruto and the girl were inside eating burgers together. Both of them looked quite happy as they were.
Jiraiya walked to the front door of the establishment and entered it where a bell was triggered. Then, Jiraiya slowly walked up to the table that Naruto and the girl were eating at before he knocked on the table which attracted the attention of the two kids. Jiraiya smiled to the two.
"Hey kids, mind if I join in?" Jiraiya asked as he pushed Naruto aside at the table and sat down. Naruto stared at Jiraiya in shock while Lena had awe on her face. Earlier in the morning she had looked up the Namikaze family on the internet and what she read about the reclusive member of Overwatch known as Jiraiya was certainly amazing.
"How did you find us, grampa?" Naruto asked. Jiraiya chuckled and grabbed Naruto's burger off the plate and took a large bite out of it, much to the distress of Naruto. "Hey that's mine!"
"Calm down brat. I just came from a battle which I am happy that you ran away from. So, what convinced you to run away?" Jiraiya asked. Naruto grumbled and pointed to Lena who gave a smile and a wave. "And who would you be?" Jiraiya asked.
"'Ello there Mr. Namikaze! I'm Lena Oxton." Lena replied.
"So, have an interesting day?" Jiraiya asked as he took another bite of Naruto's burger which thoroughly annoyed the boy.
"I found out that Naruto has super powers and I was involved in a gun fight." Lena stated with pride. Jiraiya was already beginning to like this girl. At least she was accepting of Naruto and his situation. And he was also quite happy to notice that this girl would probably be quite a looker when she got older. He'd file that away in his mind for later though.
"So besides the random gunfight, what did you two do today?" Jiraiya set Naruto's burger back onto the plate and passed it to the boy. Naruto took the burger gladly before scarfing it down.
"I took him around the city and showed him my stomping grounds." Lena replied. "So is it true that you once took down an entire terrorist group all by yourself?" Lena asked quickly. Jiraiya smirked at this. Another fan, too bad she was too young for his books. Maybe he'd give her some in the future.
"Well, it wasn't all just me, I also had help on the inside as one of my agents infiltrated their group. You see, I was working on this job for about three months, planning everything to the finest detail. One of my agents had been in the group for around five months scouting ahead for me. Then one night when all of them were inside their little base, I shut off all the lights for their base before I took down each and every single one of their members." Jiraiya finished with a massive grin of pride.
"That's wicked." Lena said.
"What's really wicked is that I did all of this with a plastic butter knife." Jiraiya stated. Lena's eyes widened.
"Why only a plastic butter knife? Couldn't you have used guns?" Lena asked.
"Yes well, they had at the front of their base a metal detector and because of that, I was forced to leave my weapons behind so as I snuck into their base and entered into their cafeteria first. I looked around for weapons but I only found plastic sporks and knives. I took a bunch of the plastic knives and snuck around the base. I won't go into detail but each of those men fell to me and my kitchen utensils. I still have one of those knives at home."
"Wicked…" Lena said in awe. Jiraiya noticed how Naruto tried to look angry but he too was interested in his stories which made him quite happy.
"Would you kids like to hear another story?" Jiraiya asked. Both Naruto and Lena nodded together and Jiraiya took a deep breath to recount one of his tales to… Australia.
Gabriel Reyes walked into a room with both of his shotguns aimed forward, ready to spray out a hail of metallic rain at any who walked into its path. The building he had just busted into was slightly rundown but that befit the gang that called this place their base. The arid heat of the desert that base was located in caused some sweat to trail down his face.
He walked towards the hallway and took cover by the doorway. Gabriel grinned as he pulled out a flashbang from his belt and tossed it into the corridor. The ensuing bang elicited multiple shouts coming from the left of the corridor. Gabriel grinned as he leaned into the corridor and pulled the triggers on his shotguns which fired out multiple lead bullets at the three men who were blinded.
Elsewhere inside the building, Gabriel could hear Jack and Reinhardt leading their assault on this building. Gabriel knew that he could take this whole place by himself but Jack insisted on him receiving backup. This thought caused Gabriel to scowl. While he did all this work on tracking down and locating this gang, Jack would receive all the credit like he usually did.
The bastard.
It didn't matter right now though, recently he had received an offer from a senator to add another sect to Overwatch which he would lead personally. He didn't know exactly if he wanted to take the offer but he wasn't exactly sure just yet.
A few footsteps echoed from behind him so he turned and blasted his shotguns at two gang members. These were just small fry. They dealt weapons and military hardware illegally which was becoming quite an issue.
Gabriel stepped over the bodies of the dead gang member while he reloaded his shotguns and dropped the spent shells onto the gang members as he reloaded some new shells. Two cocks of his shotguns later and he was back in business. There was probably a faster way to reload these guns but he would figure that out later.
A shout emitted from another part of this run down shack of a base and some screaming occurred quickly afterwards. Well, Reinhardt was having fun at least. Another door blocked his way so he did the only thing that he could think of. He blew the hinges off the door and kicked it down.
What stopped him from shooting the next gang member was that this was a kid who was holding a shaking revolver in his hands. "D-don't move or I'll shoot. Got it?" The kid said nervously. Gabriel cocked an eyebrow in curiosity at the balls on this kid.
"Do you really wish to test your small pistol against my shotguns?" Gabriel asked. Every movement the kid made showed how inexperienced with a situation like this.
"I'll shoot ya mister!" The kid replied in a deeper voice to hide the obvious fear that his body was displaying.
"Well, well, well, seems like we are at a Mexican standoff. Now tell me, do you really think your little gang will watch your back or help you in this situation. We have the building surrounded and we are in the process of clearing out this place. I'll admit though, you certainly have balls for standing up to me. I can respect that. But now," Gabriel pulled the hammers back on his shotguns, "are you sure you can use that little pistol against me?" A crack appeared on the wall to his right which drew Gabriel's attention.
Two shots resounded through the room and Gabriel felt his shotguns rip out from his hands. He turned back to the boy whose revolver's barrel was smoking. The situation had just changed.
"Those were nice shots, boy. You realize that what you have there is a talent." Gabriel stated. That boy would be an amazing addition to Overwatch with his aim and speed.
"P-put your hands up, mister." The boy ordered. Gabriel complied to the demands while smirking.
"Now that you have me in this position, what are you going to do? Your group is going to be taken down soon and you'll have no protection. No income, no food or shelter. What will you do then?" Gabriel asked. The gun in the boy's hand began to shake violently. "But if you were to surrender right now, place your gun onto the ground, then I could help you." The boy looked at his gun and back to Gabriel before making a decision.
His revolver dropped onto the ground which made Gabriel smile. Good choice. Gabriel then leaned down and picked up his shotguns before putting them back into their holsters. He stood back up and noticed that the boy's eyes were following him during the whole process.
Gabriel waved the boy over and the boy complied and walked right up to Gabriel. "Smart boy. Now just put these on for now and I'll deal with you later." Gabriel said before removing the set of handcuffs from his belt and handing them to boy. The boy put the cuffs on and looked up at Gabriel.
"So tell me kid, why did you join these guys anyway?" Gabriel asked.
"I didn't have a choice." The boy replied. Gabriel put his hand on the boy's shoulder and began to march him out of the room.
"So before we leave, what's your name kid?" Gabriel asked.
"Jesse, sir. Jesse McCree."
And that is a wrap folks. We are doing pretty well and I'm enjoying all the comments. It feeds my comment monster in the basement.
Now some of you have been asking, how old is Lena/Tracer? She is ten years old, same age as Naruto. Also, the other main question was if Widowmaker was going to be in a ménage à trois with Lena and Naruto. Sorry to tell you guys but I don't do that. Unless I'm making a joke.
Still, I enjoy all the support and I thank you all. Stay frosty my friends.