AN: First chapter is here, and for those who love twistedly humorous violence, here it is.

Disclaimer: I no own Naruto or Batman.

Chapter 1
-Trickster-

You ask me why I never smile. Why I never laugh with joy. Why can I never find happiness in simple things?
Why can't I just be normal?
I laugh.
You say it sounds like a hyena with a throat full of blood.
I frown.

You ask me to feel the energy of life. You say to just open, to let it all in. You say to dance with the wind and listen to the birds music.
I tell you there is no wind. All I hear is sorrow. All I feel is pain.
And you frown.

I lock myself in, my palms are sweaty. Your pounding at the door, yet I hear nothing.
Why can't I be normal? I make the incision.
Why can I never find happiness? I drive the blade deep.
Why don't I smile? The door crashes open. How you scream.
I smile.
Oh how I smile, with my new Glasgow Grin.

Naruto bounded across the rooftops of Konoha, enjoying his crazed state to the point where he was always grinning. It had been three days since his first burning, and to say he felt free would be an understatement, he felt deep retribution. Every year they took away his morale and humanity, why not repay them in kind with burning down random buildings. His lighter was kept within his coat along with wire and a myriad of explosive tags, due to his quick healing he had to repeat the process of applying a glasgow grin. He didn't mind, it felt great to escape his reality and wreak havoc in the moonlight.

The police force had tried in vain to capture the elusive preteen, only to find the pursuers found in the morning with knife wounds and glasgow grins carved into their features. In all honesty, Naruto thought they should have just smiled a little more often. Chuckling he approached his next random target, a bank that was still open. Giddy with excitement he crashed through the glass doors and met the surprised looks of a few civilians and workers.

"Evening bitches and bastards, I am your entertainment tonight. Let us begin with some introductions. My name is not important and neither is yours." He spoke whilst bowing and walking forward.

A few of the gruff workers laughed haughtily before walking towards the small preteen. "Very funny brat, now go home to mummy before you get hurt." He said towering over the grinning kid. A few of his buddies behind him smirking casually.

Naruto grinned more before motioning for the man to come closer, complying he knelt down smiling normally. In a flash the preteen pulled out one of his small blades and rammed it into the mans neck, blood spraying out onto the floor and kids coat. "Oops, must have slipped, here I'll take it back for you." Gripping the handle the killer clown twisted it before slicing upwards and out through the lower jaw.

"See, it's out now!" He smiled merrily before watching the man fall holding his throat to try and stop the bleeding. Whistling the child walked past the other horrified men with a skip to his step. "Now where was I... Hmmm... Oh well! The point is I'm going to burn everything and everyone in here in about six seconds!" He explained gleefully. Pulling out a trio of explosive tags, he also popped out his lighter. "Five..." The civilians scrambled to get out. "Four..." He flicked the lighter on. "Three..." He lit the notes as the workers all fled the scene. "Two..." He threw the notes onto the walls near the vault. "One..." He leapt out through the glass window before saying the final word. "Boom..."

The explosion sent jewels, notes and coins flying sky high as Naruto rolled on the floor in laughter. "Everything burns! Everything burns! Everything Fucking BURNS!" He screamed through fits of laughter. Fleeing from the scene he cackled madly just as the Police force arrived, staring in slight horror at the destruction the psychotic child had concocted this time...

Landing on the Yondaime Hokages' head, Naruto stared at the destruction he had caused on the way here, two clothing stores, a food market and private school. All up in flames with the civilian populace running around screaming, it was all so funny really. All of this random mayhem caused by a child with marginal Shinobi training. Just think about it, a ninja village, with an army of the Shinobi forces, unable to stop or capture a twelve year old with explosives.

This caused a new laughing fit for the clown. He didn't even stop when a trio of Jounin surrounded the child with Kunai at the ready. "Did you cause all of this?" One asked dangerously, watching as the laughter died down.

"So what if I did? Whatcha gonna do? Arrest me for." He cleared his throat whilst grinning. "Crimes of terrorism against the immediate civilian populace. Please, can't you jackass's take a joke these days. C'mon, laugh it off with me!" He entered another fit of laughter.

"Listen you insane little shit, we have orders to detain you under all circumstances. So quit your freakin rant and come with us." Another yelled with a lot less patience.

Naruto wagged a finger and shook his head, "Looks like someone's' on their period. Plug up your pussy and get over it Ms. Impatient." He giggled at his own twisted humour.

"Why you little-"

"Oh, before I forget, you seem to have something of mine on you." He smirked as he pointed to the mans stomach.

"What?" He looked down and back only to see the kid charge with an unsheathed Kodachi. The gleaming blade slicing cleanly through the Jounins chest. Before slapping on a lit explosive tag to the mans forehead. Leaping back he deflected the Kunai and in return threw a pair of his flick-blades, in shock the man could not avoid the blades and they pierced the chest firmly.

Landing with a bow he spoke with a grin, "It's been fun bastards, however I must bid you goodnight." Allowing himself to fall backwards he narrowly avoided the large explosion that rocked the monument. Falling down whilst cackling madly he pulled out a length of twine and attached it to his Kodachi. Tossing the blade it swiftly connected to a highly perched tree and embedded itself into the trunk. Holding the twine tightly he swung up into the tree and cackling loudly enough to be heard over the explosion.

"Those guys were too serious! At least now they see the Funny Side of things!" He bellowed out whilst pulling out his Kodachi and sheathing it along with the twine. "This village needs to lighten up a little... And I think I'm the Psycho for the Job! Where do I sign up!" He cackled again to the village as he threw the Explosive notes all around him...

Naruto strolled through the chaotic streets of Konoha at around four in the morning, humming to himself he subconsciously walked into a Shinobi store and retrieved a jar full of a purple poison. In all honesty he didn't even know what poison it was, only that the price was a ridiculous amount that he couldn't afford. So it was deemed that an explosive distraction was needed... or a couple.

Casually walking into the apartment complex he climbed up the many stairs to his residence and not passing anyone as he twiddled with one of the blades between his fingers. Entering his room he locked the door and closed the blinds, now came the worst part of the day, the start of a new one. Tossing off his clothes and discarding his boots he head for the shower to wash off the paint, and in essence, his freedom.

Turning on the cold water he allowed the liquid to flow over his frame, the paint washing away quite easily. Sighing he felt the side of his lips and was reminded that the Glasgow grin was almost healed, another hour and it would be gone until re-applied. Exiting the cold shower he wrapped a towel around his waist before entering his room, with all of his night-time garments strewn across his bed.

Smiling sadly he set to work on properly maintaining his armament by polishing all of the blades and sharpening his Kodachi. The explosive notes and lighter were placed neatly in a small wooden box that was then hidden under his bed until the following night. His coat, vest and pants were cleaned before being hung up in his closet for the day, the twine included. Finally his boots were placed beside his bed for the day. Grunting in mild annoyance he slipped on his orange jumpsuit and blue sandals as well as his green goggles.

To him, daytime was a series of Bad Jokes in that he was ostracised from his own village. Being beaten and made the class clown were like the punch lines of the day that he would then mock with his own Stand Up Comedy. This was the cycle for the past three days and it would continue for quite a while.

He was an undertrained Shinobi in that he only knew two Jutsu and stealth techniques. Along with moderate Taijutsu and speed he could be classed as Low Genin at best. At worst he was E-Class Bandit with no training and brute force only. However that didn't mean that he had no brains, street smarts and quick thinking were his hard earned gift that he used quite frequently.

Heading outside after locking his apartment up he felt like observing how his mayhem was holding up. Without the paint and the scars there was no reason to leap over buildings, the morning was the time to enjoy the fires of the nights ruckus. The Police Force and ANBU black ops were everywhere holding up a captured frame of the alleged Terroist of Hidden Leaf. Throwing explosive notes whilst grinning madly, it was a fearsome picture.

'Aww, they didn't get my Good Side.' He restrained a giggle at the thought, now was not the time to bring attention to himself. Casually walking past the armed men and women he eyed one of the pictures on the floor. Quickly looking around he swiped up the picture and stuffed it down his shirt, a little souvenir of the nights events. Smirking he turned down an alleyway on a route to a certain Ramen stall...

As it was Saturday there were no classes at the Academy... that and some of the classrooms were on fire. Including the small library containing chakra control exercises, but that was just a distraction so the blonde could retrieve some extra lessons. Entering his apartment he went to the bookshelf that was filled with many books, maps and scrolls. Deciding to have a lazy day he pulled out a scroll on techniques involving bladed weapons and twine.

He mentally shrugged at the fact he was being lazy, no one really gave a damn about what he did regardless. Unravelling the scroll across his bed he set to work on learning reading whilst polishing his kunai and shuriken set. The first one involved setting a trap of non reflective, razor sharp wire, the user was to tie the wire to the holes in the but of the kunai. Then throw each kunai to either direction, allowing the weapons to stick into two solid objects.

Naruto had to admit this one had promise as a very simple trap to deploy. However it also had its flaws, if an opposing nin saw one of the Kunai they would possibly stop to investigate. However, it could also provide a slight diversion for a secondary trap that could be quite a big bang. Chuckling he continued to read only to have his mind nag over to a somewhat more important issue. What should he call himself, it didn't seem right to cause all of this mayhem if he had no public name.

There was The Joker, but it seemed a little too insane for himself to be. Bane was also an option, however it seemed he would be giving himself away to easily, he was the bane of the village. Until it hit him, The Trickster, it seemed to suit both his personalities perfectly, by day he was the Prince of Pranks. By night he performed multiple Tricks for the village that went out with BANG. Smirking he decided to get to work making an insignia, forgetting about the scroll and heading towards a friendly fabric store.

Naruto cackled at his new set of insignia, his shoulder patches were a pair of 'T's designed to be made out of knives. Whereas the logo on the lower back of his coat was a magicians top-hat with a pair of bombs and knives being pulled out. It was late afternoon and he was giddy with the Performance he was about to reveal to the village tonight. Until he bumped into one Sasuke Uchiha while turning a corner, both of the preteens falling on their backsides. Sasuke glared at the blonde whilst said blonde grinned madly at the well known 'Uchiha Prick.'

"Watch where your going baka." He growled at the 'dead-last' of his class.

"Same goes teme." Naruto retorted before jumping up and bounding off with a gleeful smile plastered onto his face. Sasukes' eyes followed the blonde curiously before shrugging it of as some form of idiocy.

Quickly reaching his humble abode, the blonde quickly pulled out his coat along with a needle with red silk. Working expertly after constantly keeping his old clothes in good repair for many years, he finished patching on the insignia in no time at all. Admiring his handy-work he looked outside to see that it was nearly sunset. Barely able to control his excitement, he entered the bathroom and pulled out the kunai.

Quickly creating the Glasgow grin he pulled out the paint and smeared it on into its rough positioning. Dipping his blonde hair into the green he noticed that he would need to acquire some new paint soon. Shrugging it off he skipped into his room and adorned his attire and armament to match, only this time he had an impulse to bring a kunai. Not seeing a problem with this he stuffed the blade down his right boot for safety.

Cackling loudly he leapt out of the window as was the usual routine and landed on a rooftop. Throwing explosive tags in random directions, "Let the Act begin!" He screamed as a myriad of explosions signified another night of hell for Konoha.

The Police force were immediately upon him throwing Kunai and shuriken, smirking ruefully, the kid flung out a myriad of knives to deflect the kunai and then slapped an explosive tag onto each of his pursuers. Their screams drowned out by another amassed explosion, Naruto leapt towards the Uchiha estates with no more Shinobi chasing his person...

Sasuke always slept with a pair of Kogatana under his futon, it made him feel safer at night from his brother. Sasuke lay awake on his futon in the early night hours, wearing nothing but a air of blue boxers and sleeveless white shirt. He often had sleepless nights, and he felt this was going to be one of them as he had retired a half hour ago.

Sighing he sat up from bed and rubbed his eyes before standing up and stretching, it was then that he heard the explosions in the distance. Looking out of his window he saw the flames rising with smoke billowing out quite easily. He frowned and saw more occur, it was well known that a terrorist had been around Konoha the past few nights. Setting many apparently random stores on fire, the body count thus far had been; eleven civilians, three Genin, six Chuunin, and five Jounin.

Sasuke had to admit that Konoha had a serious threat on their hands if this was left unchecked. As a precaution, Sasuke switched off the power to the estate. All of the lights and equipment were flicked off, Sasuke only cared for his heritage at the current moment. This estate was the only remaining heirloom from his family that he had inherited he would rather die than see any of the buildings damaged.

And to prove that point he leapt onto his rooftop, to watch for any intruders. The Uchiha had many enemies within the village, and as the ANBU were off tracking the madman. There were no other guards around to protect the clans many secrets and hidden Jutsu. Gazing out he then eyed a figure approaching, fast. Bolting inside he pulled out his Kogatana and went back outside, mentally preparing himself for a fight if necessary.

Sweating as the figure got closer, he calmed his heavy breathing and entered a basic stance. Though a Shinobi in training he had been in his fair share of fights against thieves. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it was only an ANBU.

The ANBU landed before the Uchiha his hand holding his own Ninja-Tou, "Uchiha-sama, I have been ordered to escort you to the Hokage Bunker by the council. Come with m-" He stopped and fell limp to the floor. A Kunai embedded deeply within the back of his neck, it was no wonder he died instantly.

A crazed chuckle then appeared along with the landing of Naruto in his psychotic, killer-clown, wonder. "Whoops, my bad, I meant to hit your head. But don't you worry there matey! I'll have it out in a jiffy." He then tore out the bloodied weapon and patted the corpse on the head. "See, no pain at all... For me that is." He giggled at his own joke before grinning at the horrified Uchiha. "Greetings there Uchiha-teme!"

"W-who the hell are you?" Sasuke gasped out whilst gripping his Kogatana more tightly. "What the hell are you?" He yelled out with slight fear.

Naruto cackled before wagging his finger, "Now that would be telling now wouldn't it. Can't do that teme. But what I can do is get rid of those itsy bitsy weapons of yours." He grinned before flicking out a pair of his flick-knives. The small blades knocking Sasukes' own right out of his hands. "Ya know, I need to produce the highlight of my performance, the pinnacle if you will... This place should do for now!" He threw wads of explosive notes into the many dark alleys surrounding their current location.

He then raised his arms and bellowed to the heavens, "Behold my finest Trick to date! The enlightenment of the infamous Uchiha compound!" The explosions made Sasuke stare in horror as his final heirloom was set on fire by the prancing terrorist. Tears welled up as he gritted his teeth in deep anger and hatred, he was going to make this, this-CLOWN! Pay for what he had done.

He flashed through the seals before taking a deep breath, 'Katon: Grand Fire Ball no Jutsu!' He then breathed out a torrent of flames at the clown only to hear the opposing preteen cackle before leaping over the attack. The green haired youth then slammed Sasuke onto the floor with his Kodachi at the Uchihas' throat.

He grinned again at the Uchiha heir, before speaking in a somewhat sombre tone, "Ya know Uchiha, you need to lighten up. But I bet that branch up your ass has other plans, all I know is that you better pull your act together as well as your temper. Just laugh it off like I did! Then you'll see the funny side of life!" He then stood up and gazed at the towering flames with unbridled glee. "My Tricks are a true feat of Freedom! Just look at how they create awe and beauty! After all, Everything Burns!" He continued whilst cackling at the sky.

Rubbing his throat Sasuke sat up, "You're insane."

Naruto perked at that and glared at Sasuke with a deep rage. "No, insanity is following what others tell you! Insanity is seeking to harm your own kind! Insane is allowing injustice to happen when you can end it right there! Insanity is being afraid when you have the blood of killers flowing through your veins! I am perfectly sane I assure you teme!" He stalked towards the cowering clan heir. "When you finally end the vicious cycle of being kamis' pet, only then will you be very sane!"

"What in the hell are you talking about?" Sasuke screamed as Naruto pulled out one of his knives and smirked insanely at the cowering teen.

"Ya know, I've been tired of your being an utter emo for awhile now. Time to show you..." He leaned in real close to the Uchiha, "A little taste of being sane!" He drew the blade to the Uchihas' cheek and pressed down hard but slowly. And then carved a 'T' into his pallid skin, very slowly. So slow in fact that Sasuke screamed for a full five minutes before passing out in pure shock. "Know this teme, you are the first true victim of my war. The first to be marked as insane to The Trickster!" He then allowed the knife to fall onto the Uchiha's chest, his new insignia of a bladed 'T' engraved into the blade.

"My encore is about to commence, I must get going back to my complete audience!" He then leapt away back from the ever growing fire and into the forest. Just as the ANBU arrived and retrieved a still unconscious Sasuke and transported him to the Hokage Bunker...

Naruto felt quite proud of his work as he crouched on a randomly tall building, overlooking the destruction which he had caused over the night. Grinning ruefully he heard multiple figures land behind him and giggled at the fun he was already having. Turning his head he saw a man wearing a black suit and circular glasses, using a katana as a cane. The men behind him wearing green kimonos with a red dragon imprinted on the back.

Naruto waved casually whilst pulling out one of his blades, "Nice to meet some of my honoured audience! Admiring my Tricks I see, you all have good taste." He clapped to exaggerate the point of the half hearted joke.

The man smirked whilst nodding his head, "You do seem to enjoy creating massed mayhem. I applaud your dedication for distracting the Police Force from us, the Red Dragon Gang. I was hoping we could use your service for our own use." He gestured out his gloved hand as a sign of good faith. "You would be paid quite handsomely with many benefits we could offer."

Naruto smirked whilst roughly grabbing the mans hand and shaking it. The man smirked until their hands parted and he realized their was an explosive tag attached to his hand. Naruto then cheered out happily, "My latest Trick! I'm going to make your arm disappear in Three... Two... One... Gone!" And before they could react a controlled explosion tore off the mans arm along with a scream from the gang leader. "See the magic of my Tricks, they are quite permanent though it seems. Oh well! Can't be a perfectionist all the time, know what I'm sayin'?" The henchmen all grabbed hold of hidden weapons.

Naruto then wagged his finger with an all knowing grin, "A Trickster is forbidden to reveal the techniques behind performances! As with this right here!" He charged forward and sliced open the throats of the first henchmen before stabbing the next two in the ribs, stopping he grinned at the remaining members. "Want an encore gentlemen!"

They fled only to find knives lodged in their skulls after a few steps. Naruto cackled as he allowed the blade in his right boot to shoot out from the back. Strolling back to the leader he twisted around and performed a roundhouse slamming kick that let the blade slice through the mans skull with ease. "You common magicians have no finesse, no hidden agenda. Always scheming and sticking to the plan like good lapdogs. Where is the fun! The Excitement? Where is the motherfucking Comedy?"

AN: A couple of things you should know about him, he thinks of everything he does is some feat of skill, or a Trick as he puts it so kindly. So in saying this, it reveals why he is referencing evreything as some form of public theater, odd yes, but planned... definitely. Remember he is meant to be insane in this fic.

Another thing is why he is so damned powerful, well that's just the thing, he isn't. Whenever he kills opponents its from sheer surprise. I mean C'mon, who takes a small clown with a knife seriously. Also his grins distract the Shinobi from his body posture, gaining him the advantage of surprise. Not so dumb now is he.

And finally this chapter, and the next few will be more like the prelude to the main plot. Don't like it then leave and never come back... ever.

R&R Zenzeigan