One thing about having a massive amount of information be installed into your brain at once was the massive headache afterwards that was causing a large amount of problems for Naruto. He groaned as he slowly pushed himself out of bed. "Kurama, pourquoi ma tête tellement mal?" Naruto asked as he rubbed his temples.
'Naruto, getting a whole dictionary shoved into your head would cause anyone problems. Personally I would recommend that you lie back in bed for a while and let the information sink in. After all, you are right now slipping into French.' Kurama stated. This confused Naruto. He was speaking English, wasn't he?
"Maintenant que c'est tout simplement ridicule, Kurama. Je voudrais savoir si j'étais sp- je pense que je comprends ce que vous dites maintenant. Pourquoi n'est-ce qui se passe?" Naruto replied as he understood what Kurama meant.
'It's fine. Just sit back and relax, the speech centers of your brain are trying to comprehend what I just shoved inside of it. You'll be back to normal in no time at all.' Naruto nodded and collapsed back into bed at his partner's recommendation. Maybe he would begin to talk normally after a good rest. He just hoped that grampa didn't wake him up early.
It would be another hour before Naruto awoke to Kurama coaxing him out of his bed. 'I think I just fixed everything, Naruto. Try to speak.' Kurama said.
"We get into the weirdest situations. Wait! I can speak English again! Yes!" Naruto cheered as he jumped up and down in his bed. "But wait, what about the French? Will I still be able to speak it or will I need your help in order to do it?"
'You'll need my help in order to speak it but you'll be able to understand whatever is said. All in all, I consider this a success. Now you should go and get something to eat. It's going to be a big day for you.' Naruto nodded at this and quickly pushed the covers of his bed off and hopped out of it. Then he ran out of the room and towards the kitchen. He noticed a good smell that was being emitted from there.
When he walked into the kitchen he noticed that only Amelie was there in a blue shirt, tight black spandex pants, and an apron. She was bust cooking some breakfast which made Naruto drool slightly from his mouth.
"Hello Miss Amelie." Naruto greeted. Amelie turned around and smiled at Naruto.
"Good morning, Naruto. How was your sleep?" Amelie asked.
"It was really good. So what are you making?" Naruto asked as he looked at the pan that the older woman was diverting his attention to.
"This is just a bit of bacon, eggs, and toast. Just to let you know, Jiraiya and Gerard went out a little while ago. They said that they would be back soon." Amelie stated while removing the pan from the stove.
"That's cool," Naruto said as he walked over to the table and sat down. "So are we the only people here?" Naruto asked. Amelie nodded.
"This base is a newer one. It still needs some staff and soldiers to man it but Gerard and I do what we can." Amelie said as she pulled the pans off the stove and put the food onto two plates. She walked over to the table and set a plate in front of Naruto and then sat down across from him with hers. "I will say though, it does get a little spooky from time to time here. Especially when the spiders start making their nests here." Amelie shivered slightly before eating her food.
"You're scared of spiders. That seems a little ridiculous." Naruto said as he ate some of the eggs.
"No it isn't. They have eight eyes and legs, are hairy, make webs that capture insects which they then eat, and they crawl everywhere. They are definitely terrifying!" Amelie replied.
"Okay." Naruto said. He wanted to move the conversation to something else so that Amelie wouldn't possibly have nightmares about her phobia. "So, what do you do for a living?" Naruto asked.
"I'm a dancer." Amelie replied.
"So you just dance around all day? What do you dance? Or do you dance like Jiraiya told me about in which you use a pole, I think." Naruto asked. Amelie started giggling at this. She knew that she should be slightly offended but this was a kid and kids were known for being stupid at times.
"No, definitely not like that. I perform ballet which is much different. I could show you what I do if you wanted to see." Amelie replied.
"Sure! That sounds cool y'know." Naruto stated.
"You are very enthusiastic for a child."
"Enthusa-what?"
"It means that you're very excited to do something." Amelie said. Naruto nodded in understanding.
"Thanks. So do you have any idea of what we should do?" Naruto asked as he finished eating the rest of his food. He picked up the plate and brought it to the sink where he set it inside and began to wash it.
"What are you doing, Naruto?" Amelie asked.
"Washing the dishes. Why?" Naruto asked.
"I'm asking because we have a dishwasher right next to the sink." Amelie said while pointing at the machine. Naruto followed Amelie's finger to the machine before he chuckled to himself.
"I have never really used a dishwasher before. Gramps and I would wash them in the sink." Naruto replied. Amelie finished the rest of her food and walked over to the dishwasher and opened it before she placed her dish inside.
"That is perfectly fine. Sometimes being old-fashioned can be quite useful. So, do you wish to go out? I was going to pick up some food for dinner tonight if you wish to join me." Amelie asked. Naruto nodded as he did wish to see more of Paris. Amelie smiled at this answer. "Great. I'll see you at the front door in a few minutes." Amelie walked away and Naruto ran to get a change of clothes and some shoes.
Two minutes later and Naruto stood at the front door wearing his jacket, pants, and sandals. Amelie had put on some gray tennis shoes and put her long hair up into a ponytail. "I'm ready, Miss Amelie." Naruto stated.
"You don't need to call me Miss, or would you like for me to call you Mister as well?" Amelie said.
"Sorry Amelie." Naruto apologized. Amelie shook her head with a smile.
"You don't need to be sorry. It's nothing to be sorry about. Now how about we go out and about?" Amelie opened the door of the base and Naruto walked out with Amelie closing the door behind them. Both of them began to walk away from the base and towards the front gate where Amelie pressed a few buttons on a console located near the gate. When she was done the gate opened and the two walked out onto the street.
"This way Naruto." Amelie said as she pointed to the right. Both of them then began to walk in that direction and past the people. Behind them the gate to the base closed up.
"So, were you born in Paris?" Naruto asked.
"Yes. Gerard on the other hand was born out in the country. What about you, Naruto? Where in America do you hail from?" Amelie asked. Naruto was quiet for a moment as he hadn't thought about his home for years. It hurt to do so since he was still reminded of his parents and their deaths.
"I was born in Virginia. We lived a few hours from D.C." Naruto replied. The words felt bitter as they left his mouth. "But since my parents died, Gramps and I left for Scotland for fives years. Then we went to London which was where I met Lena."
"Oh, I'm sorry for bringing up these memories, Naruto." Amelie apologized. Naruto waved her off in response.
"You didn't know. But what about you and Gerard? How did you guys meet and get into Overwatch?" Naruto asked. Amelie regained her smile and shook her head.
"Gerard is in Overwatch. I just tagged along. By now though, I feel like I have somehow become apart of it what with everyone accepting me into their group. We managed to meet most of the members stationed around the world which terrified me at first. Gerard was always much more of a people person than I was. Though he was a stuttering mess when we first met one another." Amelie said with a giggle. This made Naruto smile in amusement.
"Where are we right now?" Naruto asked as they entered into a crowded area. Around them were shops and vendors selling food.
"This is the shopping district, Naruto. I come here in order to get food."
"And you do this every day?"
"No, Gerard also comes down here for the food as well." As she said this her phone rang. Amelie reached into her pocket and pulled out her phone and smirked. "And that's him right now." Amelie stated. She put the phone to her ear and began to listen. "Yes. But we are already here in the market? Why? O-okay." Lena put her phone away and turned to Naruto with a slightly scared look on her face.
"What is it?" Naruto asked. He had some concern in his voice as he hadn't seen Amelie scared before.
"We need to get out of here, the-" An explosion occurred near the area.
Amelie groaned as she began to open her eyes. She had a slight headache and noticed that she was covered in dust. After taking a quick scan of the marketplace, her jaw dropped at the destruction in the area. There were buildings that had been destroyed from the explosion and the people that were crawling through the rubble.
Amelie looked forward and saw that Naruto was unconscious and there was blood pooled near his head while a portion of cement near him had blood on it. Amelie pushed herself off the ground with some effort while she ignored the burning pain that wracked her body with her movement. All that mattered to her was that she got to Naruto.
With that in mind Amelie moved over to where Naruto was lying and slowly rolled him over. He looked quite serene with his eyes closed but Amelie ignored this and instead checked his neck for a pulse. It took her a few seconds before she found it as she hadn't done this before, only saw it in movies. Naruto still had a pulse which made Amelie breath in relief.
Sadly though, she knew that it wasn't safe here as the group that did this was still here. The KOSs had managed to blow this place up and she was given warning by Gerard before it happened. This still meant that the group was still possibly in the area which meant that she had to get out of here quickly.
Amelie moved to gently pick Naruto up when she noticed that her left forearm was bleeding profusely. She ripped the bottom part of her shirt off and wrapped it around her arm in order to staunch the bleeding. Then she picked up Naruto and moved as quickly as she could away from the area. As she did so, she could hear some people scream which was then followed with a quick succession of gun shots.
Amelie felt a chill go up her spine when she heard this. That definitely wasn't the sound of any rescue. No, that meant that the KOSs were still in the area. She felt even worse when she heard a few gun shots at the other exit of the shopping district as that meant that there wasn't a way out. Both Naruto and her were trapped. She looked around the Shopping district for a place to hide. She saw and alley with a dumpster and as there were no other options, she ran for it to hide.
In her head she was praying to any deity out there to let Gerard and Jiraiya find them before these psychopaths did.
Twenty Minutes Earlier
Gerard and Jiraiya had earlier been given a tip by an anonymous person on where the KOSs were. They took this information with a grain of salt though as they had no way to verify the information unless they actually went to the location. That location was the sewers. When they had gotten the information that the KOSs were hiding out here, it just sounded way too good to be true.
The sewers were spanned out throughout the entire city and had entrances near many major places; a couple would be the banks that were robbed. All the cops would be looking at places above ground level which explained why the group was never caught. The other glaring fact about this location would also be a deathtrap. It was just straight tunnels with no cover. The first question that Jiraiya asked Gerard nullified a few of their exploration concerns.
"Do we have drones?" Jiraiya asked. Gerard replied with a yes which eased the older man's fears. "How big are they?"
"They are small enough that they won't be noticed. Why? Do you have an idea?" Gerard asked with a grin.
"Yes, so how do you feel about tight spaces?"
"I really hate this idea, Monsieur Jiraiya." Gerard said as he trudged through the sewers. It smelled terrible and probably destroyed his boots. Ahead of him floated a small drone that checked around corners for him when needed. Even though it was much safer with the drone flying ahead of him, it did not mean that he enjoyed it. "So why did I have to come down here instead of you?" Gerard asked.
"I've been an agent longer than you and I'm older. When you get to my age then you can have someone else do this. Until then, quit whining!" Gerard sighed at this. He had heard tales from other agents that Jiraiya could be quite lazy when he wanted to be. This was just one of those moments unfortunately.
"You owe me new boots after this." Gerard said as he stopped near a corner and waited for the drone to check the corner for him.
"Clear." Jiraiya said into the earpiece. Gerard quickly turned around the corner with his Skorpion SK-790. It was much newer compared to other guns but it was light, compact, and packed a punch. It also helped that he had upgraded the weapon himself.
Gerard continued his movement forward. His nightvision goggles illuminated everything in a bright green as he walked. A few feet ahead of him there was a group of rats eating what would appear to be a…sandwich.
"Seems that someone has been here recently." Gerard stated.
"You must be getting close. The GPS says that you are near a marketplace." Jiraiya replied. This slightly frightened him. If the KOSs hanging out near the marketplace that he and Amelie used then they might have to find a new place to shop for food.
"Yeah, I know where we are." Ahead of him he noticed that there was a light coming from twenty feet around a corner. "You see this?" Gerard whispered.
"I'm on it. I'll check, try and stay silent." Jiraiya said. Gerard nodded and slowly followed after the drone that was rounding the corner.
"There is a man by a ladder. The ladder goes up into some building. Do you know about this?" Jiraiya asked.
"It was an old shoe factory that was condemned over a decade ago. I guess these guys are doing something there. Guess that tip really paid off."
"Got your silencer on?" Gerard pulled the device from his pocket and screwed it onto his gun. He flicked off the safety and smirked.
"As you would say, 'lock and load'." Gerard pulled near the corner and took a peak. Standing in the center of the tunnel system with a ladder behind them was a soldier. Their uniform was a mismatch of armor that did well in disguising the gender of the soldier. Gerard took aim and a burst of four bullets rocketed out of his gun and hit the soldier in the chest, neck, and two bullets went into their head.
The soldier fell to the ground and Gerard pushed his way through the tunnel in order to check the soldier. The KOS member was a woman who might have been beautiful if not for the scars and two bullet holes on her face. He looked up to the ladder and noticed that the door that the ladder led up to was open. The drone flew up and he was given a clear by Jiraiya.
Gerard let the gun fall to his side and bang against his leg due to the strap connecting it to his chest. He began to climb up the ladder and entered into the dusty factory. There wasn't anyone in the factory that he could see which confused him greatly. On a table Gerard noticed a file which he grabbed. Then he turned around. Why is it that this place was so empty? And also why would the group leave a file… he saw in the center of the factory a large silver suitcase that was opened and facing away from him.
He jogged over to it and his eyes widened. "Oh merde…"
"What? What is it Gerard?" Jiraiya asked. He was worried about his young friend. Gerard began to quickly run away towards the sewer entrance where he quickly jumped inside. He pulled out his phone and called Amelie as he ran through the sewer.
"Come on, come on, pick up mi cherie." Gerard said. He thanked whoever was out there when Amelie picked up her phone. "Are you and Naruto going to the market?" Gerard asked quickly as he ran towards where Jiraiya would be.
"Yes. But we are already here." Gerard's heart sunk when he heard this.
"You need to get out right now!" Gerard quickly climbed up the ladder with the phone by his ear.
"Why?"
"There's a bomb near the market!"
"O-okay." Amelie said and the call ended. Gerard put his phone away and made it to the sewer entrance where Jiraiya was waiting with a confused look on his face. Gerard threw the file into the back of the truck and pulled out some ammo which he used to reload his gun.
"Why did you-" The sound of a large explosion rattled from their position. Jiraiya looked incredulously at Gerard. "That explains a lot actually. You think we should get over there?"
"Yes. I think that would be a good idea." Gerard replied. Both then got into the truck that was near the tunnel.
"You smell like shit by the way." Jiraiya remarked as he turned the truck on and began to drive. Gerard sighed at Jiraiya's sense of humor.
"You owe me new boots and a drone."
"We can talk about this after we deal with the marketplace."
"That is a question that has been bothering me. Why did the KOSs attack the market instead of bank like usual?"
"Well the group is made up of psychopaths. It hasn't been that out of the ordinary for them to attack a civilian populace because they wanted to get their rocks off on it." Jiraiya quickly drove past another driver who was going too slowly for his tastes.
"What does getting their rocks mean?" Gerard asked.
"You know the euphemism of getting off?" There was a quick turn with the wheel while Gerard looked at the smoke coming from the marketplace.
"Yes, and that is extremely disgusting." Jiraiya pulled up by a large amount of traffic which annoyed the older man who began to honk the horn of the truck. When he received no response in return other than the horn blowing from the person in front of him, he turned to look at Gerard.
"Well, I've got nothing. We will need to travel on foot if we want to make any headway here." Jiraiya stated. Gerard nodded and opened the truck door and left it.
"Lock my truck before we leave." Gerard said. Jiraiya turned the truck off and exited the truck as well."
"You sound like an old lady when you say that." Jiraiya pressed the locking button on the keys which sounded a beep from the truck. With that both men began to move forward. Jiraiya with his revolvers out, and Gerard with his submachine gun. They ignored the looks they received as they entered into the rubble covered area when they were fired upon.
Jiraiya hid behind a destroyed car while Gerard hid behind rubble. "Real nice day, huh. Didn't you say that this would be a walk in the park, earlier?" Gerard called over to Jiraiya.
"Shut up, kid. Watch and learn." Jiraiya took a quick peak over the car and saw three soldiers firing at them. Well, even if they were bad shots, they at least were persistent. Jiraiya heard their guns click empty so he rolled out from behind cover and fired at two shooters that were busy reloading. One shot hit the person's throat while the other hit them in the head. The person who was shot in the throat grabbed the wound and began choking.
The third person who was busy reloading looked at his fallen comrades and back at Jiraiya. That was the last image that he saw as Jiraiya shot them in the head. "Should have chosen a better career option." Jiraiya said as he pushed himself off the ground. "Now kid, that is how you take care of business."
Gerard popped out of cover and shot a fourth person who rushed at Jiraiya with a knife from behind. "You should learn how to finish your work." Gerard replied with a smirk. Jiraiya looked at the woman who was bleeding out behind him.
"Still only counts as one." Jiraiya replied.
"Oh spare me." Gerard jogged over to Jiraiya and both began to walk forward. "Hold on." Gerard said as he took cover behind rubble and pulled out his phone. He dialed a number and put the phone to his ear. "Amelie, where are you?" He asked with relief evident on his face.
"In a dumpster with Naruto. He got a really bad hit to his head and I think he needs to go to the hospital." Amelie replied.
"Don't worry, we'll be right there. You are in the alley, right?" Gerard asked.
"Yes." Amelie replied.
"Just wait right there, I love you." The call ended after that and Gerard relayed the information to Jiraiya who just chuckled and shook his head.
"He'll be fine. I guess that he'll be up in a few minutes." This shocked Gerard at how callously Jiraiya treated a life threatening injury to his grandson.
Gerard shook his head in slight confusion. "Why do you think that Naruto's injuries are not threatening?" Gerard asked.
"He has a high healing factor that makes it really hard to take him down for good. Now let's go find Naruto and Amelie." Jiraiya took this time to reload his revolver while Gerard did the same with his gun. When they were ready they walked forward and saw another soldier who was busy firing at another civilian. Gerard took his turn to aim and shot the person. "That would be three for me and three for you. We're tied."
"There are still four left. You haven't won just yet." As he said this, a woman's scream came from his left which made Jiraiya turn just in time to see a woman with machete's running at him. He used his revolvers to block the strikes of the machetes. The wild look in her eye from when Jiraiya first fought her was still there.
"Oh yes, Jiraiya! Do you wish to dance with me again!?" She asked seductively.
"I was always taught to never stick my dick in crazy." Jiraiya replied. He tried to maneuver his guns so that he could get a clear shot on Cat but she wouldn't let him in this fight.
"So Jiraiya, how does it feel to be alive after your son died? He was quite a looker but I guess he wasn't much if he was killed so easily." Cat said with mock hurt. Jiraiya ignored her taunt and tried to trip her but she jumped over it quite easily.
"I feel quite great. What about you, how does it feel to be most likely in your mid thirties with no kids? Have your ovaries dried up yet?" Cat's manic grin shrunk at the taunt.
"I will make you suffer beyond belief for that." Cat quickly backed away from Jiraiya and before he could shoot her, she was gone. As that happened, Jiraiya heard a few shots from behind him and turned to see that Gerard was hiding behind rubble. Fifteen feet ahead Sean O'Brian fired at the younger man with his gun arm. Gerard returned fire but Jiraiya couldn't spend his time looking after his associate as Cat came rushing back at Jiraiya with a scream.
Jiraiya ducked under her first swing and rolled away from her second. While the woman was extremely fast, she wasn't that tactile about her attacks. All she did was run and swing in every random direction in some hope that she would hit Jiraiya. The last time he had fought her and the KOSs, he had been alone which gave Sean the ability to pin him down with cover fire. Now with Gerard here, he didn't really need to worry about Sean all that much which meant that Cat was a lot less dangerous.
Jiraiya spun away from another one of Cat's swings and with a second of aligning his shot, he hit the crazed woman in the leg. She stumbled and tripped over some rubble at this new situation. Jiraiya took it as his chance to shoot the woman in the spine before he turned to look at Sean.
Gerard on the other hand took a peak from his cover and noticed another one of the KOS soldier trying to join in on the action. It was really quite sad when he had to kill a crazy person with a gun who had no experience if shooting. Either way, he still took the potshot at the soldier which brought him to the ground before ducking back behind cover as Sean began to fire at him.
"Come out, come out ya right bastard! I got a bullet with your name on it!" Sean screamed out with a cackle at the end.
"Jiraiya, are you done flirting!" Gerard screamed as he blindly fired at Sean from behind cover. A gun shot went off and Sean's laughing stopped.
"Yes." Jiraiya replied as he walked over to Gerard. Jiraiya was covered in dirt and he had some slices on him.
"Cut yourself shaving?" Gerard joked with the older man.
"No, just had to deal with an annoying bitch. Now we have one member to deal with, so where could they be?" As Jiraiya said this, a pitch black helicopter began to take off much to the confusion of the two Overwatch members. One thing that Gerard noticed was that the helicopter had a single marking on it. A red stylized scratch mark.
"What in the world is that?" Gerard asked.
"I don't know. We'll worry about it later, let's just find Naruto and Amelie and deal with Crocket if we need to." Jiraiya replied. Eventually after a small amount of time making their way through the destroyed buildings, they found the dumpster where Naruto and Amelie were hiding. Naruto was awake much to Amelie's shock but that was soon eased once Gerard pulled her out of the dumpster and kissed her on the lips.
Naruto leaned over to Jiraiya and whispered, "Adults are really gross." Jiraiya chuckled at the boy and the group of four began to leave the area when the police began to arrive. After Gerard managed to clear up the situation and after an hour of questioning for the group of four, they were finally let go so that they could head back to the base.
"I do have one problem with today," Gerard began.
"And what would that be?" Amelie asked.
"Where are we going to shop now?" Amelie playfully smacked Gerard up the head. Even though he tried to ease the tension of the day, Gerard still was worried about what he had seen earlier and where Crocket had disappeared off to. The police after investigating the area had not found a single sign of the person known as Crocket.
But he was really worried about why a helicopter was in the area to begin with? And what was with that symbol on it? Either way, he would be looking quite deeply into this.
On a helicopter, Crocket sat with one leg crossed over the other. Across from Crocket was a woman with dark hair in a tight suit sat in her seat. "Did you acquire the information we wanted?" Crocket nodded in response before handing over a file with a flashdrive attached to it. Mikoto opened the file and looked at schematics of a gun arm while under it was a pair of schematics on leg augmentations.
Mikoto closed the file and gave a fake smile to the being across from her. "You have done good work Crocket. We'll have to reward you for this work. So, did you take care of your former associates?" Crocket nodded.
Crocket had definitely taken care of the former associates. While they had been quite…entertaining, they were only useful for helping TALON's goals. Their final use was when the secrets of their augmentations were discovered. After that, Crocket no longer had a use for the unhinged group and so sent the two Overwatch agents that were located in the city a message on what was happening today.
And the two agents had performed wonderfully. All of Crocket's former comrades were killed by those two. Now Crocket just needed to think about what else needed to be taken care of? Oh yes…upgrades.
Still, it felt like there was something that was forgotten? Who knows, memory had become a little fuzzy lately. It would probably need to be fixed. Everything needed to be fixed eventually. Crocket remembered fondly the first time it fixed anything and that was in a hospital. Things and people sadly broke all the time though. Things could be fixed quite easily and remain in that state but people. People always needed repairs and fixes. It was a never ending conflict that would never resolve itself and this in the closest description of Crocket's feelings…annoyed Crocket.
That was why Crocket loved to enter into buildings in order to fix the people inside. It was the closest thing to what Crocket could consider to be pleasurable. Thankfully TALON allowed Crocket to fix a lot of people.
People needed to be fixed after all.
Gerard and Jiraiya both looked over the file that Gerard had found in the factory. What both had found inside was an eye opener to say the least. Jiraiya had heard about a group called TALON that was beginning to appear throughout the world, this just proved that they were a threat. A whole plan on robbing from a military base in the U.S. would certainly be a real eye opener for Overwatch who would now be looking into this threat due to Gerard faxing it to the Overwatch HQ in New York.
"We really are getting in deep, aren't we?" Gerard asked.
"Yes we are. I'll need to speak to some of my contacts about this. Still, we accomplished a lot today and we should be proud." Jiraiya began to walk away from the younger man but stopped. "Gerard, try to get some sleep tonight."
This confused Gerard. "Why do you say that?"
"Because whenever I am about to do some late night work, I usually look like you, slightly cold, distant, and staring too long at a screen." Jiraiya replied which made Gerard slightly chuckle.
"Alright vieil home." Gerard replied with a grin.
"I know you probably insulted me right there but I'm going to ignore it because you are a young, stupid kid." With that, the older man walked away and left Gerard alone. He looked back at the file and then towards his computer screen. Guess tonight would be extremely busy. As he thought this he felt a pair of arms drape over his shoulders and a familiar chest lean into his back.
"Are you busy? Because I wondering if you would like to come to bed with me?" Amelie asked in a sultry voice. Gerard smiled at Amelie. Guess tonight would be busy for a different reason.
"Oui."
Lena, Martha, and David were all sitting on the couch together while watching the news. Originally they had watched about what was happening in London but then the news changed to a breaking new in Paris.
"Hey, that's where Naruto is!" Lena stated with nervousness.
"Paris was bombed today by a terrorist group known by the UN as the KOS group. While many were killed in the bombing, the group was eventually stopped by two Overwatch members: Jiraiya Namikaze, and Gerard Lacroix."
As the reporter said this, a picture of Jiraiya and Gerard appeared on the screen. Both appeared beat up and rugged but they held a certain type of pride in their stances. Next to them stood a woman who Lena didn't recognize and…
"Hey look, there's Naruto!" Lena said as she pointed at the screen. Her parents slightly chuckled at their daughter's reaction.
"While this horrifying action destroyed a part of Paris, the people here will not bow to the terror that unleashed and will grow stronger because of it. That is all, See you again, John." The reporter finished.
"Well, your friend certainly is becoming busy." David said.
"I hope that he doesn't get into too much trouble. I would hate having to worry about the yank." Lena remarked to her parents. Martha put her arm around Lena's shoulders in order to reassure her daughter.
"He'll be fine. Just you see, love." Martha said as calmly as she could. While Martha knew that Lena could put on a tough front, underneath the girl could be quite scared. Yet that was still a good sign as Lena would always put bravery and daring before fear and cowardice. David also could worry about the yank as well since he had noticed the effect that Naruto had on Lena which Martha approved of. Lena sadly enough didn't have many friends and that was after Naruto arrived. Maybe Lena would make some more friends when she got back to school?
It was a few weeks after the battle and both Naruto and Jiraiya were enjoying their stay in Paris. While they were called in with Gerard to deal with a few issues, they spent much of their time training, especially on his new Hard-Light form which Naruto wanted to be able to use like his tailed form. This led up to Naruto being able to use the form for over seven minutes which he was proud about.
At the moment, Naruto and Gerard were watching Amelie perform one of her upcoming dance routines. It was quite entrancing to the two for quite different reasons. Naruto found it amazing with how she was able to move so fluidly. She was like water with how she danced about the training grounds which slightly reminded him of Lena.
Gerard on the other hand was enchanted by his fiancé's beauty and how she could dedicate herself so much to this art. Even though both of them were young, they shared a love for one another that could not be dissuaded. They knew one another in both a physical and mental manner that no else could possibly understand and it was what held them together. One could not be without the other in their minds.
After Amelie performed a final spin and a jump, she fell back onto the tips of her toes and bowed to the two. Both males clapped at her performance which made Amelie smile. Gerard tossed Amelie a towel which she used to wipe off all the accumulated sweat on her body.
"You were amazing, Amy! Y'know!" Naruto shouted which made the smile on Amelie's face grow. She walked over to the two and sat down.
"My recital is in a week so I am a bit nervous. I still don't think that I have truly mastered my spin at the end." Amelie said in a deprecating tone. Gerard just hugged Amelie with one arm.
"You will do great, my love. I believe in you, and so does Naruto. Now let's go get something to eat." Gerard said as he stood up with Amelie, Naruto followed quickly after them. While Gerard would normally think that something was wrong because Jiraiya didn't want to attend a beautiful woman dancing, he knew that the older man was busy researching anything he could on TALON.
Both of them had been trading off on researching the organization for multiple weeks as they both wanted to figure out this mystery of why they were doing what they were doing. Why they were associated with a group of terrorist. Luckily a few other Overwatch members had managed to stop the TALON raiding plan on the military base in Nevada. It was there that a new division of Overwatch was revealed, Blackwatch.
All that Jiraiya or Gerard truly knew about it was that it was led by Gabriel Reyes and it contained a large group of mercenaries. Even so, they managed to stop the group but they were unable to retain a prisoner as each TALON member died due to a small explosive in their helmets.
It was quite messy to say the least at least that was what Reinhardt and Ana said. The mission was quite a success though, even if there were a few injuries on Overwatch's side. One member of Blackwatch for instance lost an arm to the battle. The person could get a replacement for the arm eventually though so there was no point in worrying about it now.
Over the weeks that Jiraiya and Naruto had been in Paris, they had managed to find a way into both his and Amelie's hearts. Jiraiya was quite a teacher as he helped to make Gerard into a better soldier while also acting as a confidante for his more personal issues.
Even if his perverted nature displayed itself to Amelie, she treated the man as if he was a grandfather and both of them would usually drag both him and Naruto into new situations that could be considered to be quite embarrassing.
Naruto on the other hand was like the little brother that both Gerard and Amelie never had. He may have been hyper at some points but that was to be expected of a ten going on eleven year old. His birthday was in a few weeks after all.
Gerard would say that in two weeks, his life would be at its greatest due to finally marrying Amelie then. The Overwatch members would be arriving eventually so that they could attend the wedding as well.
Personally Gerard found it to be an extremely busy time and it could be a lot easier if the wedding was smaller, but as the saying went, a happy wife meant a happy life. He would do anything for Amelie after all. Now if only she could stop worrying so much about the wedding.
Then again, Amelie was always a bit of a worrier; she complimented his calm personality perfectly. Now all that needed to be done was to make sure that the food arrived on time and to have a bachelor party. At least that is what Jiraiya and the other guys planned to do.
Gerard was a little terrified whenever he was involved in one of Jiraiya's plans. One of the older man's plans had involved him going into a sewer and needing to get a new pair of boots and a new drone. And Gerard really liked his old boots.
Well, plans would work out in the end; he just needed to make sure that he could get there first.
Gabriel Reyes looked over Jesse with a stony expression. While most would consider this his default look, there were a few that could see right through it. One was Jack, the next was Ana, and the final one was sleeping in a bed before him. He was full of fear, shock, and worry at Jesse who was in a bed.
The reason that Jesse was in a bed instead of training at this time was due to the massive injury he sustained on his first Blackwatch mission. Gabriel saw this as a complete disaster. He knew he should have made the kid stay behind because he wasn't ready yet for field missions. The kid was good, there was no doubt about it, but he still was young, stupid, and extremely cocky.
That had managed to lose him an arm when it was blown off with a shotgun after Jesse let his guard down. Gabriel considered himself at fault for this as Jesse was under his care. He was the closest person that he had ever let near himself in years and this was how that was rewarded? The loss of an arm from the shoulder down.
No, Gabriel vowed to himself as he stood over the comatose form of his protégé that he would do better, he owed the kid that, not that he would ever admit it.
First would be to get Jesse a new arm. The doctors were going to work on that in a few hours. He would be damned if Jesse would be held back by an injury like this.
Now that Gabriel realized it, he was getting too attached to this kid. Why would he care about a little punk like this so much? He only really took the kid in because he wanted someone to join Blackwatch. At least that was what he thought. Things had become confusing over the past few months and he would never say this aloud, but it frightened him.
The best he could do now was to let the kid rest, and later, start to distance himself from the boy. That was if he could.
And we are still going strong everyone. Things are starting to happen, explosions, gun fights, issues, and a hot chick in a catsuit. Let's see what happens next, shall we? Stay frosty my friends.
P.S. I hope that you guys like the new cover. I thought it matched the story quite well, don'cha think?