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Chapter 4 The Enemy Below part 2
Demon voice
Dreams and flash backs
Thoughts
(Arthurs input)
In Atlantis
The captain of the Kings Personal guard was about to be stabbed. But the solider that was over him fell down with a sword in his back. A man picks up the captain "are you okay sir?" he asked.
The captain turns his head "how many are left of the guards" asked the injured captain. "Were the only five left we have to get you and her highness to the underwater docks." said the solider.
As two of the soldiers help their captain to the docks ten more of Orm's men intercept them. The fight was short but the five guards we're able to take out the ten soldiers. The Captain and the queen manage to leave on the ship while the remaining guards cover their escape.
In the ocean next to a cliff Aquaman was chained to the cliff's wall and Orm was doing his generic evil brother stuff of getting rid of the king and his son. "Well brother it looks like you have been murdered by the surface dwellers and I will avenge you in a grand war against them." He said. Aquaman snarls "you won't be king, the next person to the throne is my son." Said Aquaman. Orm smiles "yes that would be a problem but I solved it already." Said Orm as he takes out a bundle of cloth and opens it to reveal the prince. Aquaman eyes widen as he starts to struggle against the chains holding him. Orm takes a knife and stabs it in to the cliff and props the prince up by the holder on the cloth. Orm then shoots the ground and it opened reveling to be lava that is rising.
"So long brother I have to avenge your death by the evil surface dwellers" said Orm as he leaves on an underwater jet ski
Near the U.N building
Just handed the assassin over to the authorities "we have to get Aqua he's in more danger then I thought." Said Naruto. Superman nods "very well, I think that we should head to the hospital we place Aquaman in." said the Man Steel.
Green Lantern walks up "don't bother, his royal pain in the ass just left." Said John
Naruto shook his head "how did that happen." Asked the ninja
Flashback
In the hospital room John was sitting on the bed while Aquaman was pacing "how long will it take to capture this assassin?" asked Aquaman
John sighs "be patient your highness, everything is under control." Said John
Aquaman turns with his back facing John he swings around fast slugging John in the face knocking him out.
"You assume too much." Said Aquaman as he leaves to hospital room.
End Flashback
"Troublesome blond" said Naruto who if it wasn't a serious situation he would smirk at the irony of the statement
In the past in Konoha
Shikamaru sneezed "troublesome, I am pretty sure a certain blond is talking about me." Said the lazy genus as he is checkmated by his father in Shogi (sorry had to do it, I had never done a troublesome reference before.)
In the present
Naruto eyes widen as he pulls out an ear piece and puts it on "what up?" he asked. The next things you hear are "yes, okay, thank you and stay safe." From Naruto. Naruto turns around "damn, I just receive word from my spy network in Atlantis." Said Naruto. "It's seemed as Orm, Aquaman's brother just captured him and has usurped the throne." Said Naruto
The heroes are worried by this news "We have to stop Orm" said Superman as he looks at the assembled heroes
"Everyone but Wonder Women and I must head to Atlantis. Be on guard if Orm is in command then don't expect a warm welcome" stated Naruto as he hand a tri pronged kunai to Superman
Everyone leaves but Diana and Naruto. Diana turns to Naruto "why are we staying Naruto?" she asked.
Naruto looks at her "I am waiting for someone, according to my sources the queen was able to escape and she got an injured soldier with her." Said Naruto.
Naruto creates a clone "I need you to find Aquaman and rescue him" said Naruto to his clone
The clone salutes his creator and jumps in the water.
Naruto walks to nearest water sources. He then releases some chakra to send vibrations thought the water in mores code. After waiting for an hour an Atlantian vessel appears. Naruto walks up as does Diana. The cockpit opens and Mera steps out with the injured and unconscious captain in the passenger seat. Naruto bows the Mera "welcome Queen of Atlantis" said Naruto diplomatically. The queen looks relieved "thank you for singling us, but my body guard is hurt we need to take him to a medical facility." She said.
Naruto nods his head and carry's the captain out of the ship. Naruto lays him down and looks at his injures "He's hurt badly but no vitals were hit. He'll live but won't be able to fight we can get him walking at least." Stated Naruto.
Naruto's hand glow green and places it on his side where he was injured. Soon the wound starts to close and he transfers some energy to the captain. He then starts to wake up There you can walk but you're still weak so you won't be able to fight right now." Said Naruto.
In the water
Superman and J'onn are swimming towards Atlantis while John is inside his protective green barrio. They enter the city and are immediately attacked by the army. Superman takes out a few with some punches while J'onn becomes intangible making the soldiers hit each other. Green Lantern creates a green fist and punches the soldiers. But they are soon overwhelmed by sheer numbers. Green Lantern is the first to fall by a stray shot form a shock gun that the soldiers use. Superman is the next to fall by being shot with the trident by Orm. J'onn is over powered by to many soldiers and is shot by the trident. The three are now knocked out and are being dragged to the holding cell.
With Aquaman
The Lava starts to rise as Aquaman tries to break the chain holding him. The prince starts to cry as if knowing he was going to die. Aquaman manages to release one arm and he grabs a dagger from somewhere and tries to release the other. He sees it's pointless as the Lava rises. Aquaman looks at his son then his chained hand and he thrust the dagger down.
On the surface
Naruto looks at Mera "We have to take the fight to Orm. Can you take us to Atlantis?" asked Naruto. Mera nods "yes I can take you there, but you must promise not to reveal were it is." she said.
"Agreed, my lips are sealed." Stated Naruto
The three people minus the captain who was ordered to not go due to his weakened state went to the ship and took off. The captain was being guarded by a clone so he doesn't try something to hurt himself further.
Naruto was meditating when his eye opened suddenly.
Five minutes previously with Naruto clone in the ocean
The clone is swimming to where he sensed Aquaman "good thing I can sense life force of living organisms." Thought the clone as he swims he senses a drop in life energy of Aquaman. He speeds up to get there in time.
The clone gets there and sees blood around the area. He tries to sense where Aquaman is exactly. He picks up two sources but their moving. The clone finally catches up to Aquaman. But gasps when he sees Aquaman injury. Naruto gets in front of Aquaman "Naruto what are you doing here?" he asked surprised to see the ninja. Naruto looks at him I was able to figure out what was going on. I am glad to see you're somewhat okay." Stated Naruto. "What happened to your arm?" asked the Ninja as he looks at the stump.
I had to sever it to save my son from death." Stated Aquaman. The clone nods his head "we have the queen she is save and is leading my original body and Wonder Women to Atlantis we better head there so you can take the throne back." Said the clone as they continue to swim.
Outside Atlantis
The sub carrying Naruto, Wonder Women and Mera arrive at the same time as Aquaman and the clone arrive. After thinking of a plan they enter the city and just like the heroes that came before are attacked. Naruto blows a huge gust of wind out of his mouth sending them at the wall on the opposite side of the loading dock. Aquaman starts to beat the crap out of the soldier with one arm while Wonder Women flies into several soldiers knocking them out. Mera is protecting her son with a dagger killing the soldiers that come near her. Naruto turns and see a soldier take aim at Mera. Naruto disappears in shunshin and reappear behind him. Naruto taps his shoulder as the man goes for a punch only to be blocked then have his larynx cut by a kunai killing him instantly. They continue to fight their way to the holding cell. After disposing the guards they see the three members of the Justice League and three of the King Personal Guards in the holding cell.
Naruto release the justice league while Aquaman releases the guard. The three guards bow "I am glad to see that you are okay sire." Said one of the guards. Aquaman nod his head "are you the only ones left of the guards?" he asked.
We surrendered after the queen and captain left. Since our initial mission was successful we thought we should give up so we can live and fight another day." Said the one of the guards.
Aquaman turns to Mera "Where is the captain?" he asked. Naruto stepped up "He came with the queen but he was injured; I was able to heal his wounds but he still too weak to help us so I had a clone to keep him from aiding us so he doesn't die. " said Naruto
By the way, do you know why Orm would want the Subs core?" asked Naruto. Aquaman looks surprised "I believe I do, we have a reactor that would be used should the surface world ever invade Atlantis.' Stated Aquaman.
"What does it do?" asked Superman. Aquaman sighs "it will melt the polar ice caps in the north pole. It was meant to be used as last defense. I never armed it." Said the king
John steps up "Orm must have armed it with the reactor from the Sub." Stated the Lantern. Naruto thinks for a moment "we have an advantage." Said Naruto. Everyone looks at him "Orm think he has killed Aquaman and his son as well as capture some of us already. We have the element of surprise on our side; if we strike quickly and decisively we will win." Stated Naruto.
Everyone nods their heads in agreement. Naruto looks at Aquaman hand anyway we need to get Aquaman a replacement for his lost limb." Said Naruto. "Mera do you have a personal medic you can call on?" asked Naruto. Mera nods "Yes I called him the moment I saw my husband's arm of lack of it. He'll meet us at the infirmary" She said.
Naruto and the other go to the infirmary to get Aquaman a replacement. In the infirmary Aquaman is laying down while the doctor is attaching a hook on his hand. In the waiting room Wonder Women looks shock "to go to that length." She said. John shakes his head "I knew that man was crazy." He stated. Naruto heard that and unleashed some killer intent at John. Naruto stood up to speak with John shaking "I will overlook that comment because you have never lost a loved one in war. You might have lost comrades while in the marines but you have never lost a relative or family member in the battlefield." Stated Naruto glaring at John but lowering his killer intent. "Remember this John physical pain is nothing compared to emotional" he finished with a saddened look.
Everyone looks at Naruto with different thought.
"He still a child compared to me. He couldn't have fought in a war; the last war was the Persian Gulf and he would have been underage to fight in the battle." Thought John looking down in shame at what he said knowing Naruto was right.
"Who are you Naruto, he knows a deity fighting style that should not be known outside the Amazonians or Olympian Gods or Goddess. There is only one person who trained with the Gods but he would have died from old age unless he was given a demi-god status from Zeus. He is also very smart and a trickster on the level of Dolus and as brave as Apollo. Is he the warrior who helped the God a long time in that war. He just looks older then he appears just from that statement." Thought Diana
"I sense many emotion most of them negative as if he has suffered numerous loses. There is saddens, regret, and self-loathing. Naruto is very complex then most humans when it comes to emotions" thought J'onn.
"He has more wisdom then most kings it far exceed his age." Thought Mera
The three guard look at each other
"He is a harden veteran in battle." Thought one
"He has killed apparently by how easy he took out Orm's men but still has respect of life." Thought the second soldier
"He is nice one moment, brutal the next, and philosophical after that. He is different from most surface dwellers" thought the last soldier.
Damn why did I snap at him. But it's true he doesn't have a clue about losing his loved ones in battle." Naruto thought as he remembers the family that he lost and pictures Jiraiya, Hinata, Team 7 members and the Third Hokage appear in his mind.
Naruto walks out and pulls out a communicator "Batman do you read?" asked Naruto "I am here Sennin." Said the Dark knight. Check on the status of the North Pole and let me know if there is any anomaly in terms of increase heat." Said Naruto. "On it batman out." Said the caped crusader.
Naruto walks back and goes to John "Sorry about snapping but you have got to stop being a marine all the time." Said Naruto extending his hand to John
John gets up "Sorry if I offended you in any way as well as Aquaman. I will try to control my impulses" Said John as he shakes Naruto's hand.
Just then Aquaman comes out with a brand new hook. "Let finish this." Said the King. A beep was heard and Naruto picks up the communicator "What did you find out Batman?" asked Naruto
I am heading to the North Pole. I didn't read any rising heat signatures but he might have not put the core in." stated batman.
"When you get there place the kunai there I will teleport myself to help." Said Naruto
Naruto turns to the assembled heroes "I am going to have Batman throw a marker to the ground so I can get there faster. I need the rest to get started on to the North Pole" said Naruto
With Batman
Batman is currently over Canada flying to the North Pole as he land on the opposite side he take the marked Kunai and throws it. Naruto appears in a flash of light. He and Batman nod at each other and they head to the fortress made of ice that holds the reactor. The bust the door down and see Orm walking up to the weapon he is just about to place the core in when it's knocked away by a batarang. Orm turns around a smirks "well looks like I have proof of the assassination of our king and attempt on his brother." Stated Orm. Naruto hold his hand out "I will handle this, you must get the core." whispered Naruto. Batman nods his head and races to where the core landed.
Naruto looks Orm in the eye. "Orm I challenge you to the ritual Agua Duellum in the name of Arthur Curry." Said Naruto. Orm's eyes widen "how do you know of that?" he demand. I have lived for centuries so of course I will know of this ritual. When it's invoked you must except or the throne goes to the invoker or the man he represents" said Naruto smirking.
Orm is sweating "damn he's got me there but my men don't care about tradition. I can use that mantle against him." Thought Orm smiling "I accept." Orm get the trident "I am sure you know that no one can interfere and it's to the death. Just weapons and hand to hand fighting. In other word you can't use your powers." Stated Orm.
Naruto nodded "I don't need my power. You have already lost due to your over confident nature." Stated Naruto as he takes out something from his pocket. It looks like a handle of a sword but with no blade. The item unravels itself from a short handle out of the front to form a short sword. (Think of box cutter coming out of its sleeve)
Naruto goes into a stance the sword in a horizontal position to his chest. Orm points the trident at Naruto and fire a blast that is blocked by the sword. Naruto goes in for a swing but that is block. Orm jumps back and shots the blast out of the trident but is blocked as Naruto advances in a fast pace hoping close the distance. Orm continues to shot while backing up but can't hit. They finally exit the fortress into the snow.
Naruto finally reach Orm and knocks the trident away "surrender Orm you have lost this fight and the duel." Said Naruto pointing his sword at Orm.
Orm smirks and his single with his hands. Naruto seeing this turns around and manages to block a blast from a soldier and starts to fight Orm's men as they fire their blaster at Naruto. Naruto continues to fight back by blocking the blasts with his blade then killing some. Naruto turns around in time to block a thrust by Orm. Naruto starts to tire and a luck shot hits him in the left leg and left arm causing him to drop his sword and kneel on the ground. Orm smirks thinking that victory is at hand. "You lose boy. I will finish you off." He said as two soldiers grab Naruto by the arms and host him up. Orm takes aim with the trident "I think I will torture you before killing you. The voltage on the trident will hurt you nervous system but you will live until I kill you." Stated Orm. Naruto smiles "get on with it or you will die, you already incurred the death penalty cheating during the ritual." Said Naruto. Orm narrows his eyes "then I will kill now. You've earned some of my respect for your bravery. But now it ends." Stated Orm.
Just as Orm was about to execute Naruto when he drops his trident. Next one of the soldiers is thrown back by a punch. Naruto sees the chance and hits the other one in his chest with his right elbow. Naruto stumbles but is caught by John "you look like crap Naruto." Said Lantern. Naruto smiles weakly "I have had worse injuries but my left leg and left arm is paralyzed for the moment." Said Naruto. John nods his head "how long will it take to mobility back?" he asked. Naruto flex his fingers "I am starting to get feeling back in my finger give me five minutes can you hold them off for that long?" asked Naruto.
Wonder Women takes out an Atlantian water ski but save the soldiers. Superman takes out a handful of foot soldiers. Batman is fighting an Atlantian Officer on his ski. The three guards are holding the reinforcements back.
Five minutes later
Batman just knocked the officer out. One of guards is down and the other two is covering him. Just as one of the soldiers takes a shot at the down guard he is killed with a twisted neck. Behind him you see the captain with a sword on his back as he being to fight to get to his men. Naruto gets up after getting back some movement and being to join in the battle along with John
In the fortress Aquaman is fighting his brother on an icy bride over a gorge. Orm who has a trident tries to stab Aquaman repeatedly but Aqua man has proven to be a superior fighter and manages to knock the weapon out of his brother hands. Aquaman grabs the trident and point it at Orm "surrender and you won't be killed." Stated Aquaman. Orm sees the short sword that Naruto dropped and grabs it then lunges at Aquaman. Aquaman sidesteps Orm and knocks him of the bridge to his death. Aquaman shakes his head and grab the blade and walks out. The rest of Orm men are rounded up and taken prisoner.
Back in Atlantis Aquaman is sitting on his throne with his wife in a chair next to him with their son and the captain and Naruto on opposite sides of the two. The rest of the justice League stood of to the side ready to act should it be necessary. The generals that turned against the crown are in front of him Aquaman "explain yourselves and it better give me a reason not to kill you for treason." Said Aquaman with a glare.
The generals shook in their places "Orm captured are families and to be honest we were only following orders." Said one of the general.
Aquaman blood boiled "take them away" he said calmly but inside he was seething with anger at the spineless cowards. Aquaman looked at his wife and son in the chair next to him. We lost a lot of men most of them traitors but they were Atlantian soldiers" said Aquaman to his wife. The wife nod "yes but we are stronger for it; because we endure the hardships." She said smiling.
End
Arthur notes: Okay this chapter is done. I will skip injustice for all because I did not like that episode. Now Some one brought up a good question in a review in reference to the last note I had. brnmac560 asked if Naruto has lived from his time to now...what happened to the gods from his time? did they change their names or die out? And if they died out how is Naruto still alive as the Juubi?
I will answer this as best I can "The God Kami and the other from Naruto's time are still around. They were one big family to speak but then were numerous schisms forming what was believed to be The Olympian God Uranus and goddess Gaia, the Norse god Odin and the Egyptian god Ra as well as their wives. They formed their own religion and beliefs they soon spread out with sons and daughters. So the four major pantheons of Gods were born. That is probably the most plausible explanation I can come up with and this is not my belief it's just there to close some plot holes I created. So Naruto still has the Juubi but it only allows him to live for 1000 years. The question is how is he alive for over 2000.
Now I want to show that Naruto is troubled by his past still because of all the death he has on his hands. I also want to show a slight foreshadowing of next chapter by having Wonder Women compare him to someone in Amazonian lore and I wanted to show some tensions with John and Naruto because Naruto thinks John is too serious and John still thinks that Naruto is too inexperienced. John doesn't know the whole story. Now the duel I made up is a duel for succession of the throne of Atlantis. The rules are it's to the death, no special skill, just hand to hand and weapon combat. Normally it's one on one and can't be stop. Orm would have been executed because he had his men intervene and fight Naruto during their match. I did change something's from the show because I haven't seen the Cartoon in a while and I am going to watch reruns later so I know the general idea.
Apollo: Greek God of the sun and I think hunting twin brother of Artemis
Dolus: Greek Spirit of trickery