This is a Naruto and Marvel Crossover Fanfiction Only.
Other Franchises will be included.
As she drove Natasha decided to ask Naruto some questions as she drove, "Say Naruto what exactly do you do for a living? I am currently on vacation myself, you must have a pretty cushy job or be on vacation yourself." Naruto told her that most of his work is rather chaotic, he takes jobs where he can get them, which allows him to set his own schedule and travel as much as he likes. "I work as a freelance contractor, people got problems and I fix them, I have done all kinds of things."
This made her nervous that freelance contractors are another way to say either contract killer or mercenary, "So Naruto what exactly are you going to do in Las Vegas?" Naruto told her he was going to make some money, play some games, and have some fun. If she was bored on her vacation she could always join him.
"Well if I get too bored I might take you up on that offer, take this card, it has my personal number on it, but can you write your phone number, or do you simply want to call me?" Naruto told her that he doesn't need to, and handed her a black business card with a drawing of a nine tails fox on the cover and the letters were orange colored. Naruto told her that is his personal and business number, and should she ever have a problem she needs someone to deal with it.
As he got out of the car he smiled at her as she began to drive away, he went towards one of the best hotels in the city, and as he entered the lobby he was asked to come to the front desk, "What can we do for you, sir?" He simply looked at the young woman and smiled, as Naruto told her that he had a permanent reservation in their hotel, and as soon as she heard this she asked him for his name and proof of identity.
Naruto pulled out his wallet and took out his driver's license, as soon as the young woman saw the name and checked she immediately asked for the manager. As the manager walked towards Naruto he began to wonder why is the front desk staff acting like this to a guy who didn't look any older than his own son. Maybe the punk was causing problems and that is why he was asked to come and help deal with him.
"Sir, this is Mr. Uzumaki, and I am told Mr. Uchiha is also staying at our hotel, I thought that you want to greet such high-profile clients." The manager told her that more than likely this guy was sent to prepare the room for the actual client and that they didn't need to worry at all. "Sir, for security reasons, mind telling me who it was that made you a VIP guest at our company hotels?" Naruto without even wasting time simply said it was his friend Howard, Howard Stark that did that after a sizable investment in his company to branch out and establish the entertainment and resort side of the company.
One of the ladies asked if he was the son of Mr. Uzumaki to which Naruto told her while smiling that no, he is actually the VIP guest but he understands if they are doubting him because he doesn't look that old. "I would like my usual suite, and I would like to ask you, are there any fighter tournaments I can participate in and bet in? The manager looked at him and began to nod his head, and told him there are several such tournaments but the one that actually is the most rewarding is an underground arena, and it is accessible to members and by invitation only.
The man asked him if he planning to bet in these tournaments or participate? Naruto laughed and told him both actually. He will however wait for however long it takes for him to be given access to the arena, and while he waits he planned to go and play some poker in their casino. The manager looked at the young man and simply said it should only be a day or two and he will be given access to the arena. They just need to do some background checks, for security reasons.
So Naruto went to the gambling floor and indeed began to first watch some of the people playing to see what sort of poker style these tables play, and as soon as he saw that it was basically Texas holdout poker, he sat down on one of the tables and this made the other people think the kid is way too young to be swimming with poker sharks so they wanted to beat him as fast as possible to get rid of him.
Except that every single game came up with the other playing losing and the guy who they considered a young punk putting on airs winning, more and more money. As this happened the guys who had to retire from the table complained about how some punk is clearly cheating, there is no way that a punk his age could be winning like that, which caused the people around that guy to become interested and so after a few hours there was a crowd of people watching Naruto play poker, the card dealer had no clue how the hell is this happening.
The dealer switched decks, he tried giving all the crappy cards to the guy, and somehow a kid that is as old as his own son is winning at that poker table like they are watching a master picking apart some rookies just for shit and giggles. As the day was over he simply walked over to the restaurant and ordered his food, the waiter asked what he would have, A1 beef steak, mashed red potatoes with gravy and butter, corn on the cob with butter and four rolls, and a glass of peach schnapps with pulp-free orange juice.
The same thing happened again the next day, and people were already spreading rumors about this guy who looked so young but was a ruthless card shark so much so that by the end of that day when he sat down at a poker table people just got up and left. There is no way they would play at the same table as him, they knew they would lose all their chips in the end. The Manager made good and he did get him the location of one tournament, it turns out a heavy hitter for the mob had been one of the guys Naruto cleaned out at the poker tables.
This was his idea, he told the manager the punk would not be willing to pass up a chance to fight in that tournament given how much money it was the grand prize, and to make matters worse the guy thought that Naruto or the blonde menace as he called him, would not pass up a chance to bet some money, so this might help him get back some of the money he lost paying poker against him.
So Naruto goes to the exact place where he is supposed to be able to enter this rather exclusive tournament he placed a key into a way and opens the lock making him realize that the wall is actually a door that was made to look like the wall to hide the entrance. A burly man asked him if he was there to make a bet or participate. Naruto smiles, "I want to participate, but can I also make a bet?" To which the guy tells him sure he can as long as they don't bet on him losing.
Naruto sees how this could be a very reasonable thing, people making those bets probably bet everything they have and intentionally lose the fight to get money from the bet, which sucks for the people watching and for the arena, cause it can be exploited by anyone that can find the entrance, and anyone can if they can pick the lock on the hidden door.
"No, problem, I am betting a million dollars on me winning the tournament and another million on me finishing every single fight in a minute." The guy looks at him like he is just a wealthy guy's kid thinking he is going to lose, which is a good thing because they have been losing a ton of money thanks to him basically winning so much at the poker tables. The casino goes even further and stacks him against competitors who have won this tournament.
"Sure thing, I will write your bet, and let me show you where you will wait for your number to be called, you are number thirty-six, if you need anything, one of the attendants will be more than happy to bring you a drink or heal you if you lose the fight and can no longer participate in the tournament, cause if you lose one fight, you are out."
Naruto understood that but he was getting a little angry that this kid was treating him like he was some snotnosed brat, so he waited, and to make matters interesting while he waited, he asked one of the attendants to give him some water, making everyone think that he will lose all that money thanks to the water being poisoned. Not deadly but enough to mess with him making it easy for him to lose.
He of course drinks the water, tasting the poison but being immune to it Naruto begins to ask her about who owns the casino and why it feels like everyone was out to get him, "The Casino and many others are owned by the Stark Industries, even I have heard how you went and cleaned out all those poker tables like you are a world championship poker player. That might be the reason, by the way, that is not poisoned, it is cinnamon, I threw the stuff they told me to give you down the sink, I hate when they rig fights like that, I am sharing with you my own cinnamon tea, so I hope you liked it."
Naruto finally relaxed and continued to drink it, "A little bit earthy truth be told but other than that rather pleasant, thank you. My name is Menma, that is what they will call me once I win this thing, if I was you, I would place whatever money you got saved in a bet that I will win this thing, you could make quite a bit of money if you do."
She looked at him, "I am Liz, and just to be clear how sure are you that you will win that you can tell me to place my life savings that you will win this entire tournament?" Naruto laughed and told her there is no doubt, he will win, it is just a matter of time, so essentially it is not a question of if, but rather when.
As the tournament began fifty people were fighting in it, one by one they began to fight, and of course, Naruto and Liz watched them fight and Naruto came to a realization, ten of these fighters fight with the Taijutsu skill of a Jounin, but sadly for them, they don't seem to know how to use Chakra, even though the Chakra flow in the world has already been restored. As soon as his number was called Liz did as he suggested and placed all her life savings and those of her own mother as Naruto had suggested.
The fight was announced between them, and as this was done his opponent tried to frighten him, by making threats that he was going to break every single bone in his body, to which Naruto told him he only needs to use two fingers, his thumb and index finger as he said this the people watching began to laugh. The second the match started the guy began to run towards Naruto to punch him but the second he got close enough, he flicked him on the forehead causing him to be launched by the strength of the flick against a nearby wall knocking him out. He was declared the winner in forty seconds.
Upon his return, Liz asked him why did he choose to defeat him like that and not with a single punch or a kick? Naruto began to laugh and told her that much like his friend they hate bullies, and so he decided to take that over-bloated ego of his down a peg by defeating him like that. "I may look young Liz, but I have fought in more wars than I care to remember, these punks think I am an easy mark, an opponent that they can defeat easily, but they will soon learn to never judge a book by the cover. Thank you again for that tea, maybe you can teach me how you brew it."
For some strange reason, Liz blushed when she heard that and Naruto wondered why that was, as he fought round after round, he defeated each of his opponents in under a minute and each time in new ways, some he used taijutsu, some he used the very arena by punching the floor and sending a piece of it flying and hitting the opponent, one time he simply knocked out a guy by simply poking him three times with his finger.
That that mocked him suffered not only due to the defeat and losing their chance of earning some serious money, but those that mocked him lost in such humiliating and embarrassing ways, that it made the other people participating in the tournament never, ever insult the guy they knew as Menma. Liz turns out to be a major war history fan and one group that she was a fan of what as a band of soldiers that was called the Howling Commandos. This made Naruto laugh as he was declared the champion of the tournament and he was told his winnings will be placed in his bank account.
As he was ready to leave, he smiled at her as she told him that thanks to that winning she and her mother would be able to buy a home and be able to go back to study to become a history professor, the only reason she stopped working there was that the tuition at the university was simply so high. Naruto looked at her and smiled with his thumb in the air much like he once remembered Might Guy doing the nice guy pose. "You like the Howling Commandos? Well, I will let you in on a little secret but don't tell anyone, I and my friend were Howling Commandos."
So as he was leaving the place she asked him why did he tell her not to tell anyone? to which Naruto simply told her that he didn't want such a nice person to be mocked because people would not believe her. Liz told Menma that if he ever goes to New York and meets a girl named Elizabeth Toombs or Allen tell her that her auntie is proud of her.
As he made it back to the Hotel he was informed that he was now eligible to enter the high rollers section of the casino, it seems that management was still quite sore with him about winning so much money at the poker tables, or it could be that nobody is going to play on a table if he did. As he heard that he felt like might as well make the manager regret that by going to first eat something and then go to the high roller poker tables.
As he went back to the casino and entered the high rollers section he asked one of the attendants where the poker tables were, to which he was happy to guide him to the table and handed him a card, telling him if he needs a loan to call the person on that card for a great loan, if he happens to run out of money and wants to try and win some of it back.
The table had some rather interesting people playing, one had this absolutely beautiful woman sitting on his lap, Naruto knew that for some strange reason, the one that was actually playing was actually the woman and the guy was doing as she wanted him to do. As Naruto began to get into the game all the players actually were treating him like he was going to be easy pickings, but after a couple of hands they knew this wasn't the case.
"So kid, tell me where the hell did you learn to play poker like that?" He looked at the man who asked and smiled as he told him first he ain't no kid, and second, he has been playing poker for years, so any idea that he is a novice might as well forget it, cause to him this is no game, and he is in it for the money. As he played people realized that he wasn't kidding and he kept winning over and over again.
The fact is that he pretty much beat every person at one table and moved to another one, till he went from one table to the next and continued to play poker, as he did more and more people began to follow him and watch him play rather than play themselves, he was drawing quite the audience as time went by. Until one man tapped him on his shoulder, "Excuse me, but my boss has sent me to ask you to come and play some poker with him and his friends, but don't worry, there is a two million buy-in to enter that game, but my boss is willing to pay it for you."
He got up and left the table, making the players who were on the table think that since he is no longer playing maybe they can win back some of the money they lost. As he walked towards a door in the back of the casino floor the man looked at him, "You must be the guy who has been cleaning out all the poker tables, I sort of figured you be older, I am Harold Hogan, I am in charge of security around here, my boss the one that asked me to invite you is really looking forward in playing some poker against you since he heard what you been doing at the poker tables on the main floor and on this one."
Naruto looked at the man and asked him who exactly is his boss? Harold was quick to ask him if he knows who Tony Stark is? Naruto simply began to shake his head and wished his friend was here with him, he wouldn't believe what his precious godson was getting involved in. "I don't have a clue who you are talking about, I never heard of a Tony Stark, I was good friends with a Howard Stark." This made Harold begin to smile almost having a hard time not laughing as he heard Naruto say this, as he whispered that Pepper was going to love hearing this.
As he walked to a private room in the casino, he saw some people that he recognized, one of them had actually been watching him fight in the tournament the other day. He knew who several of them were, one being a boxer who was a championship boxer, Floyd Mayweather, and a very respected NBA player, Kobe Bryant, he knew that this man was very much loved by his fans, Elon Musk the man who was heralded as a tech genius, and Dr. Mason Andrews who Naruto once knew off thanks to his old contacts he still keeps in touch with from the days he worked on Project Rebirth.
He was greeted by a guy who was smiling and looking at Harold, "Looks like you got him, great job Happy, hey kid doesn't worry I can pay for your fee to enter this poker game, so don't worry about it. I have been hearing how you have been cleaning out poker tables and I was curious how skilled you actually are. That is why I sent Happy here to go and invite you here."
Naruto looked at him, and he once again asked him who was he, because he has never once heard of anyone named Tony Stark, there are only two people that he knew were named Stark, one was his friend Howard, and the other would be a little girl by the name of Antonia Stark. That made Tony get serious and looked at him, "Antonia happens to be my sister, mind telling me how you know my dad and my sister?" Naruto could tell that he was an overprotective brother.
"Oh, wait, you must be Anthony Edward Stark, well that makes more sense, I of course know the Stark kids, Howard worked for some time with me and my friend. We were there when we worked together as part of the SSR. We sort of lost track of him after a few years, and we haven't heard much from our old buddy or his wife, as a matter of fact, my friend, Sasuke was named your sister's Godfather of course, I was named the Godfather of you. Now that is cleared up, let's play some poker, and don't worry about paying for me, I got more than enough money to pay the buy-in on my own."
Kobe asked him where in the world is he getting the money to pay for it, as he smiled and told him that he made more than enough money from the games he won on the other poker tables, not to mention he won quite a bit of money both from participating and betting in a fighting tournament. Floyd hearing this began to laugh, "It wasn't much of a tournament, this guy beat every single opponent he faced in under a minute, and I could be wrong but I get the feeling that he was taking it easy on them. He fought and knocked out Lucas Cage with a flick to his forehead that sent him flying and smacking a wall in the arena. I think he might have broken a few bones."
He looked at Naruto, "Man I wish you had told me you were going to win the entire damn thing like that, I would have made some serious dough if I knew." Elon was more interested in what he said about being part of the SSR, which to the man sounded like weapons-grade bullshit, the kid must be kidding, he was probably not even born when WWII happened. He had to say something to make it clear that he shouldn't take credit for something he didn't do.
"Look kid, me and Tony here have been working in tech for a long time, and I happen to know the SSR was made during WWII, there is no way a kid like you was born back then, much less worked as a member of it, you must mean your father worked at some projects in the SSR." Naruto cleared his throat and looked at Elon, "You may believe what you want to believe, but please don't call me kid, I am the oldest person in this room. I have been around since this place was called the American British Colonies. I would love to tell you what I did in the SSR but sadly I can't, it is something that has been classified as national security secrets, so until they are declassified, I can't talk about it."
Tony asked him if he had any friends that he missed, he asked trying to get Naruto to mention a few names to tell if this guy was serious about what he was saying, "Do I miss anyone? Well, there was my buddy Howard, then the guy who I worked with Abraham Erskine, Stevie had a hard time getting recognized, and who can forget a beauty like Peggy Carter. Yea, you end up missing a lot of friends, colleagues, and people you can consider brothers in arms when you live as long as I have."
As he sat down and people still didn't believe him, he began to play poker with them, and sure enough, it didn't take long till they saw that what he did to the other poker games was not either exaggerated or made up, he beat them all and in the end, some of them wonder how in the world did he do that? He clearly didn't cheat because if he even tried that on any of the tables, the floor manager would have been told and he would be kicked out of the casino and flat on his ass never being allowed back in.
"As for the bet, don't worry, I am not going to take your money, after living as long as I do, I am not hurting or need the cash anyways. I sometimes even give back some of the money I earn if I can tell the casino is not rigging or trying to trick players, so since you guys were honest with me, I will let you guys keep the money you started playing with unless you want me to keep a couple of millions from the bet."