Maelstrom of the Marvel Universe

by choejhulkp9

After an accident that sends Naruto flying through dimensions into a new world, he gets found by a billionaire, playboy, philanthropist and alcoholic. With his help, Naruto makes a new life for himself. Guess that portal wasn't that bad, it also gave him some new powers. He'll need them because fate has a lot in store.. DISCONTINUED AND UP FOR ADOPTION

4. Chapter 3

Here is the next chapter. With Tony staying in California to deal with all the major heat after his big reveal that not only revealed his secret but Naruto's too, Tony sends Naruto to New York to start working on the zoning and project for Stark Tower, the east coast section for Stark Industries. While he is there, he has some serious explaining to do with Linda and he meets New York's web slinger. Enjoy!

A Spectacular Spider what?

September 17th, 2010

After the media blow out from Tony revealing that he was indeed Iron Man and Naruto was the glowing man from the news, things went crazy. Media coverage on the two of them blew up with some media calling them heroes while others questioned their effectiveness and if they should be monitored. Politicians and the military also put their two cents in, by saying that maybe the Iron Man armor should be handed over to the military and that Naruto undergo testing to replicate his powers. The government was vocal about that, especially General Ross, wanting to use Naruto as another Super soldier, but Naruto refused and Rhodey was able to help with that.

Speaking of Naruto, he had arrived in New York and was staying at the Plaza hotel in Tony's usual room for the time he would be in New York. He settled in his room, brought his armor and mask and his phone with Jarvis as well. He sent out emails to the city zoning office about spots for the now unnamed Stark industries tower and research center and they had found a spot. It was on 58th and Broadway. Naruto sent Tony and Pepper the contract for the zoning and as soon as it's signed, they would begin construction.

So for right now, the only thing he had to worry about was going to see Linda and apologizing to her. He picked up some stuff to make sure she didn't kill him. It was about 3:30pm so her last class should be out by now. Naruto brought flowers, her favorite flavor of frozen yogurt and a Vampire Diaries season 3 DVD set to try and ease her rage. He drove to NYU using one of Tony's rental cars he would use when in New York. It was an 2008 Ford Mustang GT Premium, the one car Tony never drove, so Naruto decided to use it.

He drove to the campus and waited in the main quad as students and teachers took photos, seeing the hero from the news at their school. They didn't bother him though because he seemed to be waiting for someone. He was wearing a black shirt, his dark orange button up, blue jeans and converse with his leaf buckle. He then saw a whole bunch of students walk out of the history building and he saw Linda talking to a classmate.

"Linda!" Naruto shouted as Linda saw him but huffed and walked away.

"Wait, Linda!" Naruto said as he ran after her, holding the three gifts. "Wait, sorry…I came here…watch out…to explain…sorry, pardon me…about the press conference…" Naruto said as he kept walking to keep up with Linda and not run into another student.

"You know him?" Her classmate asked.

"He is my best friend. But best friends don't keep secrets from each other." Linda said as she kept walking.

"I am your best friend. If you'll just let me explain about why I was so hesitant about not telling you who I was, you can never speak to me again if your not happy." Naruto said as Linda just huffed.

"Fine. That's how you want to play it." Naruto said as he created a clone to take the stuff. He then walked up to Linda and grabbed her shoulder. "I'd hold on if I were you." Naruto said as he glowed blue and flew up in the air, holding onto Linda.

"NARUTO! What ARE YOU DOING?!" Linda shouted as she struggled out of his grasp and he flew through the city.

"Taking you someplace where we can talk." Naruto said.

"PUT ME DOWN!" Linda said.

"You sure about that?!" Naruto asked as Linda looked down and saw she was about 10 storied up.

"NEVER MIND!" Linda said as she crossed her arms and Naruto flew her to the top of the Empire State building. He stopped and put her town at the top where some chairs and tables were set. She threw her bag down as Naruto landed down as well.

"Ok, now we can talk." Naruto said.

"Talk about what? How my best friend for 6 years has been keeping the biggest secret of his life from me? When I have been nothing but honest with you?" Linda asked.

"Yes, and I understand why you're angry but you have to understand that this wasn't a secret I could just share with anybody. Tony and Pepper were the only people who knew until recent events." Naruto said.

"You mean the fight at Stark industries?" Linda asked.

"Yes. Rhodey knows as well and I did some thinking and I think that having a secret about who I am is too much for me. It's something that I wasn't comfortable with for years so why hide who I really am." Naruto said as Linda still huffed.

"I'm still mad at you." Linda said.

"And you have every right to be. But I want you to know that I wanted to tell you who I was for a long time. I didn't like that I was keeping a secret from you." Naruto said as Linda cracked a smile.

"Well, I guess me reminding you that I wanted to write a big story didn't exactly help." Linda said.

"Not really. But I'll tell you anything you want to know now." Naruto said.

"Ok, tell me everything." Linda said.

"Well, it's going to be a long story." Naruto said.

"Like what? You're from an alien planet?" Linda asked.

"No, I'm not a comic book character." Naruto said.

"Ok, you were in a freak accident when you were a kid?" Linda asked.

"Yeah…no." Naruto said.

"You're a military experiment?" Linda asked.

"Nope." Naruto said.

"Ok, then start from the beginning." Linda said as Naruto told her everything. Where he was from, where he grew up, how he grew up, his journey as a shinobi, his battle with Sasuke that led to his new world, how he first met Tony and Pepper, his new powers and abilities, how he looked for Tony in a new suit and how he helped Tony make the Iron Man armor.

"And now I'm here in New York apologizing to you and working for Tony." Naruto said as Linda swallowed it all in.

"Wow, that's some tale. So, you're from a different dimension where you were trained as a ninja, you have a mystical 9 tailed fox demon in you, you fought your teammate and sent to a new dimension where you got new super powers and you helped Tony become Iron Man while you've become Maelstrom." Linda said.

"Pretty much." Naruto said.

"Wow. So you've got some amazing powers,…and a really bad past. I'm sorry, Naruto. It couldn't have been easy telling me that." Linda said.

"It's ok. You're the only one besides Pepper, Tony and Rhodey who I trust with all my secrets." Naruto said.

"Oh, so I'm that important to you?" Linda asked.

"Of course." Naruto said.

"So, if I were to say…jump off the Empire State Building, you'd catch me?" Linda asked as she stood near the railing.

"Linda, I don't think you want to—" Naruto was cut off as Linda jumped from the railing and fell. "LINDA!" Naruto shouted as he jumped and flew down to catch her. Linda fell towards the ground as Naruto glowed blue and then grabbed her and flew through the city as pedestrians watched him fly by.

"Don't scare me like that." Naruto said as he stopped near Trinity Church. "Seriously that was not—HMPF" Naruto was cut off as Linda kissed him on the lips. Naruto was a bit shocked but then closed his eyes and returned the kiss. He always had feeling for her, he completely trusted her, she was the only one who got him…and she wasn't unattractive, and he didn't not like her. Guess it was a time to take a chance on love.

After a few more seconds, the two separated. "Wow. That was some thank you." Naruto joked as Linda chuckled and leaned into his chest.

"I guess years of fooling myself were enough. You're mine, whiskers." Linda said.

"Happy to be." Naruto said as she smiled. "Besides, something tells me being a known superhero will be a bit difficult getting a girlfriend who likes me for me." Naruto said as Linda punched him in the chest.

"Way to ruin the mood." Linda said.

"It's what I do best." Naruto said as he picked her up and flew through the city. "So, how's New York been treating you?"

"Not bad. I actually managed to get an internship at the Dailey Bugle." Linda said.

"That's awesome. So you writing any stories?" Naruto asked.

"No, just fetching coffee and sorting letters. But it's a start. So what else bring you to New York besides me?" Linda asked.

"Well, besides seeing you and avoiding the massive media blow out that would ensue with Tony and I were together, Tony wants to start the construction of an east coast hub for research and development. So, he sent me here to get the zoning done and to recruit some capable scientists." Naruto said.

"Oh, then you should talk to Dr. Conners." Linda said.

"Dr. Curt Conners?" Naruto asked.

"You heard of him?" Linda asked.

"Yeah, he's a famous scientist in genetics and biochemistry. How do you know him?" Naruto asked.

"Well, he teaches my physics class once a week at NYU. I met him once, he's a nice guy." Linda said.

"I thought he was at ESU?" Naruto asked.

"He is. He teaches one class a week at NYU as part of a program. But he said he has a lab at ESU, maybe you should talk to him." Linda said.

"Not bad. I'll look into it." Naruto said as he then heard shouting of someone in need. "Uh…I got to go."

"A heroes work is never done. Go get 'em, whiskers." Linda said as Naruto smiled. Naruto created a clone to take Linda back to NYU while Naruto flew in the direction of the scream of help.

He flew through the streets as he saw some guy in a flying bird-like suit, holding a man in a suit and then some guy in a red and blue costume came swinging by on ropes that would shoot out of his wrists.

He saw the red and blue costume dude save the man and drop him by a police station while he chased the guy in the flying suit. Naruto decided to stop them both. "So, beaky have you ever heard the phrase with great power comes great responsibility?" The man in the red and blue costume asked.

"How about no!" The man in the flight suit replied as he used his wings to cut the rope and causing the red and blue costume dude to fall. The flight man laughed but he then ran into Naruto. The man looked up to see a blue glowing Naruto hovering in mid air.

"Hi." Naruto said as the man was nervous. "You know I was having a peaceful day until you decided to kidnap someone, bird suit. Now, we can settle this one of two ways: 1), you either surrender now and I'll have the cops go easy on you, or 2), we fight and you get hurt…badly."

"How about 3?!" The man in the suit shouted as he tried to claw Naruto with his feet talons but Naruto just grabbed his feet and looked at the man in disbelief.

"Wrong answer." Naruto said as he then punched the guy in the face and sent him flying to the ground fast. "Whoops, too fast." Naruto said as he caught the guy with his chakra hand before he hit the ground.

Naruto then took the guy to the police station where a few officers were outside to see Naruto hovering down to them with some guy in a bird suit. "Got this guy trying to kidnap someone. You might want to put him in a bird cage." Naruto said as he ripped off the wings and handed him to the cops.

"Thank, Maelstrom." The cops said as they took him inside the precinct.

"And thus ends the reign of beaky." Naruto heard as he turned to see the red and blue costume guy behind him, hanging upside down from some kind of white rope.

"Nicely done there, glowy." The guy said.

"Thanks, and you too, up until the point where he cut your rope and you fell down." Naruto joked.

"Yeah, well what can you do. I thought you were settled on the west coast?" The guy asked.

"Settled here for the time being. Who are you?" Naruto asked.

"Me? I'm just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Please to make your acquaintance glowy. Got to go." Spider-man said as he swung away.

"Spider-man, ehh, not bad." Naruto said as he flew back to his hotel.

Line Break xxxxx

After making sure that Linda got back to school, Naruto got his car back and drove to Empire State University where he would talk to Dr. Conners. He parked in the visiting parking lot and walked to the science lab that was owned by Dr. Conners. He walked in to see Dr. Conners with his wife, and three kids. The tall one in the black jacket looked like he was Naruto's age while the blonde girl with the glasses and boy with no shoes looked like they were still in high school.

"Hello, can we help you?" Martha Conners asked.

"Sorry, hope I'm not interrupting, but I was hoping to talk to Dr. Curt Conners." Naruto said.

"Yes, who are you?" Dr. Conners asked as Peter, Gwen and Eddie recognized the guy.

"No way. Are you guys seeing him too?" Peter asked.

"We are." Gwen said.

"I can't believe it. Naruto Uzumaki is actually here." Eddie said.

"Naruto Uzumaki? Oh, the new hero from California." Dr. Conners said, now remembering who he was.

"Just Naruto is fine. And today I just come to you as a fellow scientist and potential friend and partner." Naruto said.

"Well, it's nice to meet you Naruto. You know me. This is my wife, Martha. Our assistant Eddie Brock and our two new interns from Midtown High, Gwen Stacy and Peter Parker." Dr. Conner said.

"It's nice to meet you." Martha said.

"Hi." Gwen said as she shook his hand.

"It's nice to meet you guys." Naruto said as he shook Peter's hand and then Eddie's.

"So what brings a super hero to Empire State University?" Peter asked. "You think of enrolling as a student?"

"No, actually I was hoping to talk to Dr. Conners about an opportunity." Naruto said.

"What opportunity?" Dr. Conners asked.

"Well, I'm here for another reason. Tony has been thinking of opening a new research and development center here in New York City. No guns or weapons, obviously but more focused on science and technology. So I was hoping that Dr. Conners here would like to join." Naruto said.

"Really?" Dr. Conners asked.

"Why Dr. Conners?" Gwen asked.

"Well aside from the fact that he's an accomplished scientist, I think he can help a lot of people. I've read some of your papers on genetics and your theory on limb regeneration. Amazing, and I think it can help a lot of people if you can do it." Naruto said.

"Thank you, Naruto." Dr. Conners said.

"So would this be like a partnership?" Peter asked.

"Exactly, but with him having more of a say. If Dr. Conners would like to, he can work with the available resources that Stark Industries has to offer to help further his projects and he can help other scientists as well. But should he prefer, his work belongs to him and only him. We'd just like to help. Tony doesn't want to make weapons or privatize science, he just wants to offer others a greater chance to make a difference. I think it's sort of a lasting legacy thing." Naruto said as Dr. Conners seemed to like the idea.

"Well, Naruto, I have to say that it sounds very tempting and nice. If it's possible, I'd like to discuss this idea further with you." Dr. Conners said.

"I'd be happy too." Naruto said as he and Dr. Conners talked while Martha helped Eddie give Peter and Gwen a tour of the lab.

"So, what can you tell me about this project of yours so far?" Dr. Conners asked.

"As of right now, you're the first scientist I talked to. Linda Park, one of your students at your class in NYU told me that you worked here in ESU." Naruto said.

"Linda. Yes, she's a pretty good student. I didn't know you were friends." Dr. Conners said.

"Best friends…and sort of dating. But she told me you worked here so I decided to come an visit." Naruto said.

"So would working with Stark Industries change my obligations here?" Dr. Conners asked.

"If it's up to me, it wouldn't. It's not a new job or relocation, but an opportunity to further your research. You can split your time between here and there however you want." Naruto said.

"That sounds perfect. If we had a contract, I'd sign it by now." Dr. Conners joked.

"I might have something that might work." Naruto said as he took out his new Stark Industries touch phone. "Jarvis, record that Dr. Curt Conners has almost accepted Tony's offer. You should probably sent Tony a message."

"As you wish, sir." Jarvis said.

"Who is that?" Dr. Conners asked.

"Meet Jarvis. Tony's personal artificial intelligence and the best computer out there. Say hello, Jarvis." Naruto said.

"Hello, Dr. Conners." Jarvis said.

"Hello, Jarvis." Dr. Conners said.

"So what are you working on now, Dr. Conners?" Naruto asked.

"Well, as of right now, the lab is working on a new clean bio-electric energy source. We're using genetically altered electric eels as a new clean power source." Dr. Conners said as he showed some of the papers.

"Wow, impressive. These eels could put out an impressive voltage." Naruto said. "And the lizards?" Naruto asked, referring to all the lizard cages.

"It's a theory I'm working on. Lizards adapt to re-grow lost limbs. If we can harness that, then who's to say that humans can't do the same either." Dr. Conners said.

"I like the idea. And I'd love to work with you on it the idea of cross species genetics." Naruto said.

"Well, perhaps a fresh pair of eyes might help." Dr. Conners said as Martha walked up to them.

"You geniuses getting along?" Martha asked.

"Very much so. Naruto here has quite the scientific brain." Dr. Conners said.

"Growing up with Tony Stark, it sort of comes with the territory. I'm really impressed with what you have been working on. I hope we get to work more in the future." Naruto said.

"I think that'd be a great idea. Why don't you come tomorrow and help with the eels? I'm sure my husband would like that." Martha said.

"I'd be happy to. I'm sure Jarvis could help as well." Naruto said.

"I'm happy to help in anyway I can." Jarvis said.

"Well, we'll see you tomorrow." Dr. Conner said as he bid Naruto farewell.

Naruto then decided to meet up to Linda for a bit at her dorm before calling it a night.

Line Break xxxxx September 18th, 2010

The next morning, Naruto got a text from Pepper saying that Tony signed the zoning papers and they would begin construction of the tower as soon as they were ready. Naruto then met with the city zoning officials and the head of the construction crew that Pepper hired at the spot were the building would be. It was the empty lot at the intersection of 58th and Broadway.

Naruto met with them as they discussed the construction schedule and the city zoning officials about bringing in the cranes and construction tools necessary to build it, as well shutting down the 58th sidewalk for the time being. Naruto also said he would help with the construction, moving a lot of the heavy stuff and setting up the supports. As Naruto was working, he got tapped on the shoulder by the construction head.

"Excuse me, but there's some guy here who wants to talk to you." He said as Naruto saw it was Norman Obsorn, head of Oscorp Industries. A great company, but always second best to Stark Industries.

"Mr. Uzumaki, it's a pleasure. Norman Osborn." Norman said as he shook Naruto's hand and they walked away from the busy early construction.

"What can I help you with, Mr. Osborn?" Naruto asked.

"I just wanted to see the sight of the future Stark Tower. I must say, Mr. Stark's decision of having an east coast branch definitely raised an eyebrow." Norman said.

"It is a bit sudden, but this place will do some real good. A place were some real scientific good can happen." Naruto said.

"I see. And will you will one of those scientific goods?" Norman asked.

"I'm sorry." Naruto said.

"Well, a young man such as yourself with such unique abilities, could be a great scientific marvel for the entire world. If we manage to unlock the secret to your DNA, this country could have a force that would ensure it's safety. A line of super soldiers, as the military has been saying." Norman said.

"No, Stark Industries doesn't deal in weapons anymore. Non-human or otherwise." Naruto said.

"Then maybe you'd offer my scientists at Oscorp the chance to run some tests. I'm sure I can make you an offer that would seem more than appropriate." Norman said.

"Thanks, but no thanks. My secrets stay with me." Naruto said.

"Now, Naruto be reasonable. Your powers are unique, and they can help benefit mankind." Norman said.

"One man's breakthrough is another man's weapon. Not going to happen." Naruto said as he left and got in his Mustang and drove away, leaving an angry Norman Osborn.

Naruto needed to cool his head, hanging out with Linda would do the trick. She didn't have classes today so she was at the Dailey Bugle. Why not go surprise her? He drove to the Dailey Bugle and parked in the parking lot and entered the building. As he entered, he took one of the newspapers and read the headline that read, Money for Pictures of Spider-Man!

Naruto took the elevator as he was reading the paper. He got off at the top floor where Linda was stationed to help Ms. Brant and Mr. Robertson. He walked out of the elevator and saw the whole place was busy. "Wow, talk about busy." Naruto said as he kept walking forward and some people saw him and began to whisper and take pictures. He then walked up to the table that read, Betty Brant.

"Excuse me, I'm looking for Linda Park." Naruto said as Betty Brant looked up.

"Oh, Mr. Uzumaki. Of course, Linda ran down to the copy room, she'll be back in a second." Betty said.

"Just Naruto is fine. And thank you." Naruto said as he sat down in the chair next to her desk. "So, what's all the commotion about?"

"Well, it's been a pretty busy news day. With more amateur photos of Spider-Man and with your new tower being constructing. So, care to comment on what the tower is for?" Betty Brant asked.

"It's a new R&D facility for the east coast. New scientific projects and inventions that will help the world. No more weapons." Naruto said as Betty smiled and took some notes.

"Oh, here she comes now, with our editor." Betty said as he saw Linda walked into the room with Mr. Joe Robertson.

"Linda." Naruto said as Linda saw him.

"Naruto. What are you doing here?" Linda asked as she walked up to him and hugged him.

"Just thought I'd drop by for a visit. See what happens at the biggest paper on the East coast." Naruto said.

"Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Uzumaki. I'm Joe Robertson, editor here at the Bugle." Mr. Robertson said as he shook Naruto's hand.

"Pleasure to meet you, and it's Naruto. So would you guys like a comment on the new tower being constructed?" Naruto asked.

"Sure." Mr. Robertson said as he took out his pad and pen.

"Well, as I was telling Betty, the new Stark tower will be a hub for R&D. New scientific projects will be headed there, and only projects that will help benefit mankind. No weapons or secret projects." Naruto said as Robby took notes.

"And what kind of projects will you be working on?" Robby asked.

"Well, as of the moment, I'm going to be working with Dr. Curt Conners of ESU labs on several projects. So, should you have any questions ask him." Naruto said.

"So will Dr. Conners be under the employ of Stark Industries?" Robby asked.

"No, it's a partnership. That's something I stressed to Dr. Conners. This isn't a new job but an opportunity for him and other scientist to help benefit society by giving them more opportunities to develop their projects." Naruto said as Robby kept writing when the editor in chief door slammed open and J. Jonah Jameson ran into the room.

"Robby! Where's my page one exposition, I wanted it on my desk 4.5 seconds ago!" Jameson shouted as he walked up to Robby and then pointed at Linda. "And you! I asked for these copies 12 seconds ago!"

"And you!" Jameson said as he pointed to Naruto. "I wanted my cappuccino and bagel 15 minutes ago!"

"I don't work for you." Naruto said.

"That's right, because you're fired!" Jameson yelled as he pushed Naruto into the elevator.

"I'll see you later, Linda." Naruto said as the elevator closed.

"Maybe you should go see him." Betty said as Linda nodded and left.

"Now, where are we on the new Stark Tower?! I want a personal interview with that Naruto kid on my desk in 30 minutes or someone is in big trouble!" Jameson said.

"It's right here, Jonah." Robby said as he handed Jameson the notes.

"How you get this?!" Jameson asked.

"That kid, you just kicked out, was Naruto Uzumaki himself." Robby said as Jameson went wide-eyed.

"So what are you standing around for?! Get this printed asap! And I want those Spider-Man pictures, pronto!" Jameson shouted as he went to his office.

Naruto walked out of the Bugle building just shaking his head. I guess it was true what they said, Jameson is a hot head. Naruto walked to his car as Linda walked out of the building with her purse.

"Whiskers, sorry about that. Jameson is a hot head." Linda said.

"It's all right. He may be a hot-head but he's must be good at his job if the Bugle does well. So, you done for the day?" Naruto asked.

"I think I am." Linda said.

"Then how about we get some lunch, my treat?" Naruto asked.

"All right, you got yourself a deal." Linda said as Naruto opened the car door and let her in. He then drove to a nearby pizza place and they got a pie. They then drove to Central Park and enjoyed a nice lunch in the park.

"Ah, this is nice." Linda said as they sat near the lake, watching people walk by. She took a bite out of her pizza as she leaned into Naruto's chest as Naruto took a sip of coke.

"It is, some peace and quiet." Naruto said as he took a long breath of fresh of air. "With all the chaos of the city, it's nice to relax here."

"Yeah. So how goes the construction of the tower?" Linda asked.

"It's just starting. I did talk to Dr. Conners and he seems on board with working with me. I'm going to see him later." Naruto said.

"Cool. He's a really nice guy." Linda said.

"Yeah, he is. So what's going on with you? Is everyone still treating you ok now that they know you know a hero?" Naruto asked.

"It's been all right. It's hasn't been too crazy. Some of my girlfriends want to meet you. I said no." Linda said as Naruto chuckled.

"Jealous?" Naruto asked as Linda looked up at him.

"No, but I've fooled myself from 4 years, I'm not letting go now." Linda said as she kissed him.

"Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere. But, I want you to have this." Naruto said as he took out Stark touch phone. "It's yours. If you need me, or if there's an emergency, just call me."

"Thanks, whiskers." Linda said.

"No problem, Linda." Naruto said as they enjoyed their peace.

After their nice lunch, Naruto drove her back to school because she had some homework to do. After dropping her off, Naruto thought he's go talk to Peter and Gwen, Dr. Conner's interns about them working on some of the upcoming projects. From what Dr. Conners said, they're both brilliant young minds, and…Naruto wanted to see something. When Naruto had first met Peter, he was the same build and height of Spider-Man, not to mention he sounded just like him. And he remember from reading some reports and papers on Dr. Conners lab, Peter was in an accident a few months back, getting bitten by a genetically altered spider. Put two and two together, he might be Spider-man.

Naruto drove to Midtown high were Peter and Gwen were Juniors. He parked in the front of the school and got out to wait. He saw the students walk out as the school bell rang, signifying the end of the school day. He then saw Peter walk out of the building, he was about to wave but then saw some football players in the window with water balloons. The blonde football player was about to throw when Peter froze for a second and leaned down to check his shoe, so the balloon missed him.

Naruto raised an eyebrow, that was pre-cognition awareness, Peter knew that balloon was coming.

"Hey, puny Parker!" the football player shouted as he threw another balloon but Peter rolled out of the way. He then backed up and jumped to avoid three more. He then moved his head at the last second and spun to avoid the fourth one as everyone was amazed he could do that.

"Oh yeah, he's Spider-man." Naruto said.

"Whoa, check out Parker." Some of the kids said as they began talking about what he did.

"Ugh, secret identities reek." Peter though. "Come on, quarterback. Can't you complete a single—" {SPLASH} Peter was cut off when he was hit with four water balloons. He was a soaking wet mess and everyone was laughing.

Gwen saw what was happening and decided to step in when Flash threw another balloon but before it hit Peter, a glowing blue hand caught it. Peter looked to see the water balloon freeze in mid air and everyone wondered what was going on.

"Now that's just rude. What are you, 7?" They heard as they saw Naruto Uzumaki walk into the quad. He was glowing blue as he was controlling the blue arm. He then stopped glowing and took the water balloon.

"You know, I guess it's true what they say about football players. All brawn, no brain." Naruto said as the student laughed. "Peter, Gwen. You guys need a lift to Dr. Conners Lab?"

"Uh, sure." Peter said.

"That'd be great." Gwen said.

"Come on." Naruto said as they walked away when Naruto stopped. "By the way, what's his name?"

"Flash Thompson." Peter said.

"Yo, Flash! This is how you throw." Naruto said as he threw the water balloon back at Flash and hit him square in the face, knocking him on his back and causing him to drop the other water balloons, getting him soaked. Naruto, Peter and Gwen left as the students laughed at Flash.

"Peter, there should be a towel or something in the back seat." Naruto said as Peter found it.

"Thanks." Peter said as he began to dry himself off.

"And thanks again for the ride to the lab, Naruto." Gwen said.

"It's no problem. It's a good thing I showed up when I did otherwise Peter would need a change of clothes." Naruto said as they chuckled.

"It's all right, I like water." Peter joked. "So, how goes the work on your tower?"

"It's starting now. So while it's being constructed, we can get to work on some projects." Naruto said.

"We?" Gwen asked.

"Sure. You guys may be interns but that doesn't mean you guys can't contribute. I'm working on a new project and I was hoping to get some help. I've heard that you guys are very brilliant for your age." Naruto said.

"Thanks." Gwen said as Naruto turned the corner into ESU and parked in the parking lot. They got out as Naruto went to the trunk.

"So what's the project you're working on and does it pay?" Peter asked.

"Strapped for cash?" Naruto asked as he popped open the trunk.

"Yeah, got bills to pay." Peter said.

"Believe me, I know." Naruto said, remembering his childhood, how difficult it was with money. "We'll see."

"So what's the project?" Gwen asked.

"Have you guys heard of cogeneration?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah, it's the repurposing of waste heat given off by electricity production." Gwen said.

"It's a principle of thermodynamic efficiency." Peter said as Naruto smiled.

"You guys are brilliant." Naruto said as he grabbed some papers.

"So what's the idea?" Peter asked.

"Well, New York City is the city that never sleeps. Obviously, it was hard to fall asleep last night. But the power plants that keep this city going give off an average of 400,000 watts of electricity. So, why don't we work on repurposing that heat and electricity into power that the city could use." Naruto said.

"Sounds like a good idea." Peter said as they walked in to see Dr. Conners, his wife and Eddie working on some projects.

"What's a good idea?" Eddie asked as he then looked at Peter. "And why are you wet?"

"Flash and his water balloon surprise." Peter said as he squeezed some water out of his shirt.

"Naruto gave us a ride here and he was telling us about a project he wants to work on." Gwen said.

"And what's that?" Dr. Conners asked.

"Well, along with your eels bio-electric energy source, that still could take some time to get working on a massive scale. So in the meantime, why don't we work on using the energy sources we have available." Naruto said as he took out some papers on his cogeneration project.

"Cogeneration." Dr. Conners said, looking at the papers. "Brilliant."

"Yeah. New York gives off a lot of excess heat and electricity, so what better way to use it then to repurpose it for energy for the city." Naruto said.

"That's a good idea. All we need is some thermal efficiency calculations and then we'll need to test it." Dr. Conners said.

"Then how about we make a prototype and fit it here at the school's generator." Naruto said as they all agreed.

"All right, let's get to work." Peter said as they all got to work.

Line Break xxxxx

The work continued on for a few hours as they were now done with what they could do on the Cogeneration project and now working on the bio-electric eels project as the eel tank was being checked over by their resident electrician, Max Dillon.

"In Nature, everything is connected. As scientists we explore and expand upon those connections, for the benefit of society." Dr. Conners said as he put on a special rubber glove and took a tool into the tank to make sure the eels were ok.

"If we can successfully harness the power in these genetically altered electric eels, then we can produce a new clean power source for the whole world to use." Eddie said.

"It sounds great, but you might want to clean the tank." Peter joked, tapping on the tank.

"It's clean. The fluid, I call it sludge, increased the eels bio-electric signature." Eddie said.

"But it also does raise a safety concern. Those signatures are becoming much stronger." Naruto said.

"Which is why we're taking steps to upgrade the tanks bio-electric filters." Dr. Conners said.

"We?" Max asked.

"Ok, I stand corrected, we're forcing Max to upgrade our system." Dr. Conners said.

"All I'm saying." Max said.

"Curt. I need to get Billy to bed." Martha said as she walked in with their son, rubbing his eyes.

"Oh, right honey. Guess I lost track of time." Dr. Conners said.

"You, no. I'm shocked" Martha said sarcastically. "But I think you should send Peter and Gwen home too, it is a school night."

"Right. You two head on home, we'll pick up where we left off tomorrow." Dr. Conner said.

"I'll call it a night, too. Good night." Naruto said as he left with them. "Come on, I'll give you two a ride home."

Naruto gave Peter and Gwen a lift home, not knowing that if he had stayed behind, he might have prevented the birth of a villain.

Line Break xxxxx September 19th, 2010

The next morning, Naruto woke up, went to the construction sight to see how they were doing and tell Tony of the progress. He also decided to keep his armor and mask in his car should he need to suit up to rescue someone or fight crime. After going to the construction sight, he also went back to the hotel room to work on his laptop on an updated version of his armor. Just making some adjustments, like a holographic computer pad on his forearms, new vision modes for his visor such as infrared and night vision, built in mask filter for dangerous environments, and other little goodies.

While he was doing that, he was also looking over amateur and news footage of Spider-Man. He had to admit, if he couldn't fly, web slinging would be amazing. He also saw the webbing he was shooting and the suit, maybe Peter could do with an upgrade.

Speaking of Peter, he had raced to Midtown high after stopping a breaking and entering and he was late. He quickly got changed and discreetly walked into Mr. Warren's biology class.

"Spider-man in action!" Flash said.

"It's not what you think!" Peter replied as he covered his suit and put his shirt down.

"Yes is it." Flash said as he showed Peter the Bugle headline. "Says so right here. The Dailey Bugle is offering major fundage to whoever catches a photo of Spider-man in action."

"Oh, then it is what you think." Peter said as he then realized something. "Hey, wait! That was my idea!"

"Looking foolish in biology class?" Gwen asked.

"No. That spider bugle thing. I told that big mouth Jameson to—" "Take pictures of someone famous?" Harry interrupted. "Yeah, that is revolutionary."

The bell that started class rung as Mr. warren was now going to hand back test scores.

"Ok class settle down. Now I know you're all eager to get yesterday's test back." Mr. Warren said as he handed some tests back and the students groaned. He handed Flash his test that read C-.

"C-. Sweet! The Flash completes another pass." Flash said as Liz Allan got her test back and she got a D-. Mr. Warren then handed Peter his test back.

"Nice job, Mr. Parker. Another A+." Mr. Warren said as he handed Peter his test back. Flash growled and then saw his football. He picked it up and prepared to throw but Peter's spidey sense kicked in.

"Whoops." Peter said as he dropped his test and ducked to pick it up as the football sailed past his head and hit Mr. Warren.

"Mr. Thompson!" Mr. Warren shouted as Flash hid behind the Bugle paper.

After chewing out Flash and giving him a detention, Mr. Warren preceded with his class. An hour later, after the class ended, the students left but Mr. Warren stopped Peter.

"Hold on a moment, Mr. Parker. Ms. Allan, a moment please?" Mr. Warren asked as Liz was about to leave with Flash and Sally. She stopped and walked up to Mr. Warren.

"If you want to bring up your grade you'll need a tutor. And I'm recommending Peter for the job." Mr. Warren said.

"Ugh, nerd is so not the accessory this year." Sally said.

"Quality time with puny Parker? I'd rather fail." Flash said.

"Study with Petey? {Scoff} I don't think so. Can't Flash tutor me instead?" Liz asked as Mr. Warren was not amused.

"I think you're mistaken. We want your grade to go up. I'd think twice about working with Mr. Parker here. He is quite the brilliant young man, even has attracted the attention of Mr. Naruto Uzumaki himself, a brilliant man and, what is he, oh yes, a superhero." Mr. Warren said.

"Yeah, you remember him, right Flash?" Peter joked as Flash grumbled.

Mr. Warren left as Liz just huffed and left while Peter felt depressed. Peter arranged for a study session with Liz near the coffee shop in the city. Naruto was working on a new suit for Spider-man, just for fun when he got a call. It was from Dr. Conners.

"Hey, Dr. Conners. What's up?" Naruto asked.

"Naruto, there's a situation and we need your help." Dr. Conner said.

"Sure, what is it?" Naruto asked.

"There was an accident after you, Peter and Gwen left last night. Max was electrocuted and exposed to the eels last night. We sent him to the hospital, but his body has been altered. He is now generating a constant stream of high voltage electricity. We managed to put him in a containment suit but he's not doing well. Eddie was with him but he said that Max left the hospital. He's dangerous out there, we need to get him back to the hospital." Dr. Conner said.

"Right." Naruto said as he got his suit case that held his armor.

"I figured given your powers, you'll be able to sop him." Dr. Conners said.

"I'm on it." Naruto said as he hung up and suited up. He strapped on his chest armor and forearm guards and then his boots. He put his mask on and activated the HUD.

"Jarvis, you there?" Naruto asked as his HUD turned on.

"For you sir, always." Jarvis said.

"Dr. Conners said Max was fitting with a containment suit to control the excess electricity but his body should still give out an impressive voltage. Jarvis, tap into the city's power grid and find any slight fluctuations in the electrical grid. That should give us a general location of where he should be." Naruto said as Jarvis got to work.

"Running scans. I've found a series of small electrical surges on 65th street. Much more powerful than typical surges." Jarvis said.

"That's where Max is." Naruto said as he flew out the window and flew to 65th Street.

As Naruto flew through the streets, he got an update from Jarvis. "Sir, I've gotten another surge, more powerful than the previous ones going down 67th Street." Jarvis said.

"Thanks, Jarvis." Naruto said.

Naruto flew down the streets and saw flashes of bright light and some bolts of electricity fly as from the street and people screamed. He quickly turned the corner to see Spider-man get blasted into a building by a bolt of electricity and some guy wearing a suit but his face was exposed showing it was bright yellow and his eyes were blue. His head was emitting constant zaps of electricity.

"Max." Naruto said as he flew down.

"You really shouldn't have done that." Max said as he gloves retracted and his hands began pulsing electricity. Naruto then landed in between Max and Spider-man.

"Max. Calm down!" Naruto said as he deactivated his mask. "It's me, Naruto."

"Naruto?" Max said as he calmed down a bit.

"It's me. Look I heard what happened to you. Dr. Conners is working on a solution, you've just got to give him a bit more time." Naruto said.

"I can't! Look at me!" Max shouted as some electricity surged out from him and hit some buildings.

"Whoa, Electro sure has some voltage issues." Spider-man said.

"I know. I understand how scary powers can be, but you've just got to adjust yourself to them. Head back to the hospital and just wait, please." Naruto said.

"I can't wait. I need to be cured now." Max said.

"Maybe we should just tackle him." Spider-man said as he hung upside down next to Naruto.

"Sure fire way to get shocked." Naruto said.

"I need a cure!" Max said as his electricity kicked up in intensity.

"I know, I want to help." Naruto said as he walked closer. Max pointed at Naruto, and by accident sent a blast of electricity that sent Naruto flying into a parked car, leaving a nice dent.

"Bad move, Electro. Time to shut you down!" Spider-man said as he jumped to tackle Electro but got hit by an electricity blast. He quickly got back to his feet and swung away to avoid getting shocked again. He then webbed a mailbox and threw it at Electro but Electro's electric field destroyed the box.

Naruto got back to his feet and saw Max fighting against Spider-man but also saw the blasts of electricity Max was sending out. He then saw two civilians who were still around taking cover. Naruto ran to them, picked them up and flew to the next block.

"Go, get to safety." Naruto said as they did. Naruto re-engaged his mask and flew to Max.

He then tackled Max to the ground as his blue cloak protected him from the electricity. "Max, calm down! I want to help!" Naruto shouted.

"Leave me alone!" Max shouted as he let loose a huge surge of electricity that had enough force in it to knock Naruto back.

Spider-man swung by as Electro tried to blast him. Spider-man chilled on a wall as he then got a call on his phone. Naruto blasted Max with his energy blasts, making sure not to hit him too hard but the electricity field around him acted as a shield. Naruto then saw Spider-man on the phone.

"Are you on the phone right now?!" Naruto asked.

"Sorry, aunt called." Spider-man said as he jumped to avoid an electric blast.

Max kept firing more and more electric blasts as Naruto used his blue aura cloak to absorb or deflect the electric blasts. Spider-man kept dodging and blocking them as he took cover behind a sign. "Max, calm down!" Naruto shouted as he fired an energy blast with enough force that it blasted through Max's electric field and hit him in the chest and knocked him to the ground.

"Sorry, Max. You need to go back to the hospital." Naruto said as he walked up to Max.

"No!" Max shouted as he let loose a huge surge of electricity that was so bright that it blinded and short-circuited Naruto's HUD. It rebooted after a second but Naruto saw that Max was gone. He couldn't see him.

"All right, Electro! Time for round…" Spider-man said as he came out from behind the sign he was hiding behind. "And he's gone."

Spider-man then jumped down next to Naruto. "Jarvis, track Max's position again. He needs help." Naruto said.

"Sir—It appears…{ZZZ} That my system…{ZZZZ} shutting down…{ZZZ}" Naruto heard before his HUD shut down and his mask retracted.

"Great, Max's electric surge short-circuited my gear. I need to make sure my next one is able to take the voltage." Naruto said.

"You buy that retail? Anyway, did you say his name was Max?" Spider-man asked.

"Yeah, Max Dillon. Remember, the guy who was helping fix Dr. Conner's tank." Naruto said as Spider-man froze for a second.

"Umm, sorry. I don't understand." Spider-man said.

"I know it's you, Peter. You can drop the act." Naruto said.

"Uh, my name is not Peter. It's Spider-man, says so on my birth certificate." Spider-man said as Naruto just kept staring.

"Nice try." Naruto said.

"Dude, how'd you know?" Spider-man asked.

"Well, you and Spider-man are the exact same height, build and your voices are the same. Not to mention you were the one bit by the spider. Anyway, I'm not going to expose you, one hero to another." Naruto said.

"Thanks, Naruto. But what happened to Max?" Spider-man asked.

"There was an accident after we left last night. Max was exposed to the eels and is now…Electro. I got the call from Dr. Conners to try and send him back to the hospital, but that didn't work out." Naruto said as they saw the destruction their fight caused.

"Aw man. I should have seen it was Max." Spider-man said.

"It's all right. Don't blame yourself. But Max is getting more unstable by the minute. We need to get him back to the hospital or find him a cure." Naruto said as he saw Peter looking at phone for the time. "Tomorrow. I'm guessing you got a curfew?"

"Yeah, my aunt will kill me if I don't get back soon." Spider-man said.

"Go ahead. Without Jarvis, I can't track Max. So we'll have to call it a night. Come visit me sometime at the plaza, I got some possible upgrades I think you'll like to see." Naruto said as he flew away.

"Sweet, I got a billionaire superhero friend." Spider-man said.

Line Break xxxxx September 20th, 2010

Naruto got back to his apartment to get some sleep. When he woke up, he spent the whole morning and part of the afternoon, rebooting his mask and fixing up Jarvis. Naruto was working at the hotel room desk connecting his mask to his computer and rebooting Jarvis.

Naruto finished rebooting his mask and it was done but Jarvis still needed some work.

"Jarvis, how are you?" Naruto asked.

"Fine sir, most of my functions have been restored but it seems that sometimes I say the wrong cranberry." Jarvis said as Naruto raised an eyebrow.

"Maybe I should let you take the day rebooting." Naruto said as he kept Jarvis in reboot mode to fix the problems. Naruto grabbed his suit and put it in his suitcase. He was going to head to the ESU labs to make some adjustments. It was just a precaution for when he had to fight against Max again, he needed to protect his gear from short-circuiting and flying back to Malibu to work in Tony's Workshop would take too long. Naruto had sent a clone back to work on a new updated version of his suit, but he needed a solution now.

Naruto drove to Dr. Conner's lab to work because working on his suit in his hotel room might raise some problems with the staff and maybe Dr. Conners had come up with a way to help out Max by now. Naruto parked his car in the parking lot and walked into Dr. Conner's lab to see him, Martha and Eddie working.

"Naruto." Eddie said.

"Naruto, did you find Max?" Dr. Conner asked.

"I did. Unfortunately, there was a misunderstanding, a fight broke out that involved me and Spider-man fighting against him." Naruto said as he placed his suitcase on a table.

"What happened?" Martha asked.

"He disappeared. I would have tracked him down, but the electrical blast he shot at me, short-circuited my mask and Jarvis. I can't track him down until Jarvis is fixed." Naruto said.

"How was he?" Dr. Conners asked.

"He's growing unstable. He needs a cure badly. How are we doing with that?" Naruto asked.

"We're trying our best. The containment suit only contains him. To reverse the effects, I'd need to run tests on his blood and body but that could be difficult." Dr. Conners said.

"Well, we need to do something. It won't be long before the police get involved." Naruto said as he opened his suitcase and took out his mask and activated it.

"What are you doing?" Eddie asked.

"I hope it's not too much to ask, but I need to borrow some equipment here. I need to adjust my mask so it doesn't short circuit again." Naruto said.

"No, go ahead." Dr. Conners said as Naruto got to work.

Naruto got to work taking off the mask's metal cover and adjusting the wires and circuits inside. He also placed some copper wire in the free spots where he could. He closed that back up and then used electricity to magnetize the copper so that the magnetic charge would prevent Max's electrical field from disrupting his gear.

Naruto worked on that for a few hours as Peter and Gwen showed up to try and help. It had started to pour and thunder as everyone was thinking about how to help Max. Eddie was running some calculations as Naruto finished fixing his suit.

"Could we put him in a tank? Use a bio-electric filter to siphon off his electricity?" Gwen suggested.

"No, won't work I'm afraid. Eels adapt to live in aquatic environments, Max didn't." Dr. Conners said.

"That suit is his equivalent." Naruto said.

"And with the voltage he's currently generating, you don't want him anywhere near water." Eddie said.

"Petey." They heard as they saw Liz Allan walk into the lab.

"Petey?" Eddie asked.

"Liz, you came." Peter said.

"Yeah." Liz said.

"Hey, Liz." Eddie said.

"Hey, Eddie. Gwen." Liz said as she walked in. "Mr. Naruto."

"Please, Naruto's fine. Nice to meet you, Liz." Naruto said.

Liz talked to Eddie and Gwen as Peter talked to Dr. Conners. "I'm sorry. Maybe this is a bad time." Peter said.

"No, it's all right. I've got to check on some results in my office." Dr. Conners said as he walked into his office.

"So, Eddie. You quarterbacking for ESU?" Liz asked.

"No, hung up my Jersey back at Midtown. I'm strictly a nerd now." Eddie said.

"We're all nerds here. You can be too." Peter said.

"Wonderful." Liz said with dread.

"I'm serious, Liz. You're smart, you can get this stuff." Peter said as he put on the glove and walked up with Liz to the eel tank. "You just need to look at it in a different way." Peter said as he put his hand and tool into the eel tank.

"Petey!" Liz said.

"In nature, everything is connected. As scientists, we explore and expand upon those connections. Maybe as people we should do the same." Peter said.

"Thought you said this stuff was boring." Liz said as she began to see Peter in a new light.

"You're lucky to have Pete as a tutor, Liz. Guy knows his stuff. Probably a Nobel prize in his future." Eddie said as Peter smiled.

"And he'll be making some serious impact on some future projects Stark Industries will be working on." Naruto said.

Then the lights began to flicker as the electrical breaker box on the wall exploded and a huge bolt of electricity blasted the door to the lab open. Liz gasped as she stayed close to Peter and Gwen stayed close to Eddie as Naruto got in front of them. They saw Max run in.

"Conners! Where's Conners?!" Max said as he smashed some lab equipment to the floor. "You really don't want to keep me waiting, kids! Now where's Conners?!"

"Max you got to calm down." Naruto said.

"Max, I'm right here. Try to stay calm." Dr. Conners said as he put a jet injector with some fluid in it, on the table.

"Calm?! We left calm behind a lifetime ago, Doc! I can't take it anymore! You caused this, now cure it!" Max shouted.

"We're working on that, Max. I promise, we just need time." Naruto said.

"I don't have time! Cure me, NOW!" Max shouted as he fired a bolt of electricity at the wall. "Before I really get upset."

"I know you can do it, Doc. All you need is the proper motivation." Max said as he walked up close to Curt and Martha.

"I'll distract him." Eddie said.

"Wait, Eddie!" Naruto shouted as Eddie ran at Max but Max shocked him and knocked him back, with his electricity also hit the jet injector.

"Sorry, Max." Naruto said as he glowed blue and made a charka fist. He ran up to Max and punched him out of the lab and into the rain.

"Get out of here, Peter. Get them to safety." Naruto said as he grabbed his mask and suit and ran out.

"Come on." Peter said as he, Gwen, Liz, Martha and Curt left the lab.

Naruto quickly put on his suit and his mask and ran outside to see Max getting up. "Max, I don't want to hurt you but if I have to I will. Please, calm down. We're trying to help, we just need more time." Naruto said.

"You're lying!" Max shouted as he fired an electricity blast at Naruto, but he absorbed the electricity.

"Whoa, guys. I know it's not a cure but how about some chill pills." Spider-man said as he swung down next to them.

"You!" Max shouted as he tried to blast him but Spider-man jumped away.

"Yeah, me. Look I messed up before but now I really want to help." Spider-man said as he walked up to Max.

"You want to hold my hand?!" Max said as they did and Spider-man got shocked and knocked away as Naruto caught him.

"I'm not Max Dillon. I'm Electro!" Max shouted as he let loose a huge surge of electricity and his mask came off.

"All right, Electro. You want to vent, then vent!" Spider-man shouted as he webbed a mailbox and hurled it at Electro as Electro's electrical field blocked the mailbox.

"ARGH!" Electro shouted as he began blasting Naruto and Spider-man. Spider-man web sling away as Naruto absorbed the electricity and fired his own energy blasts back at Electro.

Naruto then saw a college student try to take a photo of Spider-man but missed seeing an electric blast heading straight for him. Naruto flew to the student, and grabbed him, just in time so he didn't get zapped. He then put him near a building.

"Go!" Naruto said as the student left and Naruto flew back. He then Max jump onto the school's radio tower, channeling his electricity into the metal tower and firing at both heroes. "I need a plan." Naruto said as he looked at the nearby swimming building.

"That'll work." Naruto said as he dodged another electric blast and grabbed Spider-man.

"What's going on?" Spider-man asked as Naruto flew around so they weren't zapped

"Cannon ball into the swimming pool?" Naruto asked as Spider-man saw the pool.

"On you're go." Spider-man said as Naruto grabbed Spider-man and then threw him at Electro, knocking him off the radio tower and through the roof of the swimming pool and into the pool, causing Max to short-circuit and use his electricity to evaporate all the water, and leaving Max extremely warn out.

"And down goes Electro." Spider-man said as they heard the cops coming.

Line Break xxxxx September 21st, 2010

The next day, Peter was walking through the halls of Midtown high, a bit bummed that he couldn't do more to help Max. They took him to Ravencroft institute for the criminally insane for isolation and therapy. As he was walking he saw Liz.

"Petey, what were you thinking last night?" Liz asked.

"Um, that I should try to help." Peter said.

"And did you?" Liz asked.

"Me? No, guess old Petey is useless huh?" Peter said.

"Well, I wouldn't say that." Liz said with a smile as Peter smiled too.

"Hey, what's puny Parker doing here?" Flash asked as he, Kong, Randy, Glory and Sally were there.

"{Scoff} Leaving I hope." Liz said as she grabbed Flash's arm.

Peter looked at her and walked away. He slumped his head with a gloomy look on his face as Flash and his posse chuckled and walked away. Liz looked back at Peter and was depressed at how she acted to him.

Peter walked down the hall to Gwen and Harry. "Peter Parker. Another victim to the wild undomesticated species known as the cheerleader." Harry said as they watched Liz and others leave.

"It's her loss, Pete." Gwen said.

"And hey, if the job was to learn, at you least you taught her how to fold at peer pressure." Harry said.

"No big. I reached my hand out and she smacked it away. Don't let yourself get down, the trick is to never stop trying." Peter said.

With Naruto, he was at the private wing at Ravencroft visiting Max as the guards escorted him to his cell. With him was Dr. Ashley Kafka, the head psychiatrist and she would be working with Max. "We'll have two sessions a day with Max. In isolation until Dr. Conner's manages to come up with a cure." Dr. Kafka said.

"Keep me updated on his condition and if you need anything, don't hesitate to call." Naruto said.

"Don't worry, Naruto. We'll keep you updated." Dr. Kafka said.

"Thank you, Dr. Kafka." Naruto said as he was sad to leave Max like this.

Naruto left Ravencroft and got a call on his phone and it was Linda. "Hey, Linda." Naruto said.

"Hey, whiskers. I heard what happened, are you all right?" Linda asked.

"I'm fine. Just upset I couldn't more to help Max." Naruto said.

"I know, but sometimes even with all your powers, you can save everyone." Linda said as Naruto took a deep breath.

"You busy, right now?" Naruto asked.

"No, not really." Linda said.

"Good, you want to go out?" Naruto asked.

"Sure, whiskers." Linda said as Naruto went to go pick her up.

Naruto had a great date with Linda, eating lunch on top of the Empire State Building. After that, he kept working on the construction of the Stark Tower and was almost done with his Cogeneration project and managed to convince the ESU board and dean to install his cogeneration machine in the school's electrical plant, so the school was now getting more energy and fuel and costing the school less in energy bills.

His cogeneration plan was working well and NYU and Columbia University now wanted to discuss about implementing the cogeneration plan into their schools. Naruto was feeling good, about that and about Linda. He and Linda were doing great, not keeping secrets from her was great and he liked being honest with her. The two would go out to lunch, dinner or hang out at his hotel room or her dorm room. More at his hotel room since heading there could sometimes be a madhouse. But she had classes and her internship so she was busy some days. But Naruto also kept busy, working on the tower sight, working at the lab and also working on upgrades for Peter.

His clone returned from California with a new upgraded suit. It was lighter and more durable, shock resistant and electric proof. His new mask was smaller when it was retracted and much more durable, protecting it from electricity, cold, or heat and from large impacts. It also had built in filters and new vision modes including infrared and night vision. His suit had a holographic computer pad on the forearm guard so he could connect to the computers back at Stark Industries and he could connect to the Stark satellites if he needed to. He also added a belt which held little stuff like tracers, mini-surveillance drones, zip-cuffs and restraints, as well as remote hacking devices, small usb ports that would connect Jarvis so he could hack into computer systems. And the biggest improvement he made was the plates and armor retractable now. His retracted armor took the appearance of a small backpack on his back that had a buckle that looped around to his chest and had a button with a leaf symbol on it and when he pressed the button, his armor fit around his body and his mask deployed. It was a lot faster than having to go change and put his armor on.

Anyway, two days after the Electro incident, things had quieted down. Naruto had begun going out to patrol New York at night and it felt good. He could tell that the people of New York felt better with him there and he liked stopping crime. He had returned to his room and fell asleep, not knowing that at Dr. Conner's home, Conners had tested a regenerative formula on himself to great success…but was it too great?

Line Break xxxxx September 24th, 2010

Naruto drove to ESU labs after picking up Gwen and Peter. It had become a regular thing and it saved the two teens on bus fare. Naruto had met Captain Stacey, Gwen's father after stopping some car jackers one night and he was ok in Stacey's book, and he felt more comfortable now that Gwen was being looked after by a superhero. Peter, Gwen and Naruto walked into the lab and saw Eddie sweeping with a broom.

"Bout time. The Conners are due back any minute. Here bro, start sweeping." Eddie said as he tossed Peter the broom.

"Save it for tomorrow, Eddie. Today, we celebrate." Dr. Conners said as the Conners Family walked in with Dr. Conners pushing in a cart that had soda, food and cake.

"Oh, cake." Gwen said.

"Chocolate." Martha and Billy said.

"What exactly are we celebrat—" Naruto stopped when he realized he was shaking Dr. Conner's right hand. "Your hand! Your right hand!"

"I know, our regeneration formula worked! I tested it on myself last night and my arm re-grew!" Dr. Conners' said as everyone was ecstatic.

"That's amazing!" Gwen said.

"Doc, you did it!" Eddie said.

"Well then what are we sitting around for, let's celebrate!" Peter said as they all dug into cake, soda, chips and pizza. In a bit of friendly competition, Dr. Conner's and Eddie arm-wrestled and Eddie won.

"Ha! Oh, sorry." Eddie said.

"What are you joking? Do you know how thrilled I am to lose at arm wrestling?!" Dr. Conners said as he rubbed his right hand.

"Doc, this is huge. The new lizard formula is the cure for every lost limb and amputee out there. We're talking guaranteed Nobel Prize." Eddie said, excited.

"This is just the kind of press we need to help bring in more scientists for the new Stark Tower." Naruto said.

"Now, easy boys. One step at a time. Bad enough my husband used himself as a test subject now—" Martha was cut off when she saw something on her husband's neck. "Uh, Billy. Eddie installed Space Whacko's 2 on the office computer."

"Whacko's?! Wicked!" Billy said as he ran to the office.

"If you're going to raise the volume, close the door please." Martha said as Billy closed the door. "Dear, take off your shirt."

"What, are you kidding? It's freezing in here." Dr. Conners said as he saw his wife was serious. "All right."

He took off his lab coat and shirt and everyone went wide-eyed. They saw that on his neck and down his right arm, Dr. Conner's was starting to grow scales…lizard scales.

"Oh my god." Naruto said.

"What?" Dr. Conners asked.

"Doc, you need to have a look." Naruto said as he showed Dr. Conner's a mirror.

"Oh no." Dr. Conners said.

"Scales." Peter said.

"Dr. Conners, where's the formula?" Naruto asked as Dr. Conners handed him a vile. He began analyzing it and everyone got to work on reversing those effects. As they were working, Dr. Conners began to further mutate, growing more scales around his entire body.

Martha was working on the computer to analyze what happened in the formula, while Peter, Naruto and Gwen were trying to come up with ways to stop the mutation.

"Lizard DNA is more primitive than human DNA. As a side effect of the serum, it's generating reptilian cells in his body at an exponential rate, affecting his body and mind." Naruto said as Dr. Conner's was writing some calculations on the board when he pressed too hard and snapped the chalk.

"I can feel it. I'm…regressing." Dr. Conner's said as his pupils began to slit like a lizard. "ARGH!"

"Curt, please, you need to keep a clear head." Martha said as she and Naruto tried to help him calm down.

"No, you need to hurry. I'm losing control." Dr. Conner said.

"Jarvis, how did the initial scans do?" Eddie asked as he was using Naruto's Stark Phone to use Jarvis.

"Initial scans show that lizard cell production is increasing twice as expected." Jarvis said.

"I'm not sure how we can knock them all down." Eddie said.

"Wait, bro. What if we worked from the other end? Add in human DNA to knock out the lizard DNA. Like the noise canceller on headphone?" Peter suggested.

"Yeah, nice try bro. But—" "No wait!" Martha shouted. "That's a brilliant idea. A gene cleanser."

"So it will remove any non-human DNA." Gwen said.

'Even Spider.' Peter thought.

"Jarvis, could it work?" Naruto asked.

"In theory. But it will have to be created from the same basis of Dr. Conner's original lizard formula, so it is successful and doesn't give the chance for further mutation." Jarvis said.

"Then let's get to work." Naruto said.

"ARGH!" Dr. Conner's shouted as he bent over, in pain as his body convulsed. Martha and Naruto tried to help him as his hand began to mutate and grow claws. "I've…made…a terrible mistake…ARGH!" Conner's shouted as he began to grow in size and more scales grew at a faster rate. The scales turned green and his eyes grew larger and yellow in color. He was growing in size, ripping his lab coat and clothes, his shoulders grew in size, and his hands began to grow sharper claws. His hair disappeared and his skull began to shift and his teeth grew sharper and his nose elongated to show a lizard snout.

"Martha, get back!" Naruto shouted as he pulled her back as Conners' grew a green tail and his feet grew claws as well.

"{ROAR}" Conners shouted as he was now…the Lizard. He swung his arms and tail, knocking over lab equipment and tables as the Lizard jumped onto a table and roared.

"Curt…Curt, do you recognize me?" Martha asked as the Lizard jumped to the floor and slowly crawled towards her.

It then roared and tried to bite her as Naruto blasted it in the face with an energy blast, not hard enough to seriously hurt it but enough to push it back. The Lizard then roared and jumped up the wall and through the ceiling light and ran away.

"Not good. Finish the gene cleanser. Jarvis can help you and then have him call me when you're finished!" Naruto said as he ran out the door and to his car for his backpack.

Naruto quickly got suited up and put his mask on and flew through the city, following the trail of destruction that the Lizard left. Destroyed cars and light poles littered the street as Naruto flew to the ground to make sure no civilians were hurt and luckily there weren't.

He helped a family out of a wrecked car. "Are you all right?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, we're fine." The dad said.

"Did you happen to see where the large Lizard went?" Naruto asked.

"I think I saw the lizard go down the subway tunnel." The little girl said.

"Thank you." Naruto said as he created clones to help the other civilians and ran down the subway entrance as people were screaming and running away.

"Don't panic! Just run to the exit!" Naruto said as he jumped past the people as they ran away.

The Lizard was on a rampage as some people were clawed and thrown around the subway. A woman hid behind a wall as she prayed the Lizard didn't find her. Her prayer stopped when she felt a drop of liquid hit her cheek from the ceiling. She looked up to see it was drool from the Lizard, who was on the wall above her, growling at her.

Before the Lizard could bite her, Naruto ran by and tackled the lizard off the wall and to the ground as the two tumbled down. Naruto put the lizard in a headlock as the lizard chomped and growled.

"Come on, doc! Snap out of it!" Naruto shouted as he tried to keep the doc on the ground but the Lizard used it's tail and grabbed Naruto by the neck and threw him off.

Naruto flipped back to his feet as the Lizard charged at him, but before it could get to him, Spider-man swung by and kicked him to the floor.

"Sorry, pal. No eating in the subway." Spider-man said as he stuck to the wall.

The Lizard then picked up a bench and threw it at Spider-man but Spider-man jumped over and swung away. As the people were running away, Eddie had arrived to try and help Naruto keep an eye on the Doc. He helped some people run out as Naruto grabbed the metal fence that was used when the subway was closed. He ripped it off the hinges and then threw it at the Lizard, trapping the lizard against the wall.

Spider-man then shot some webs to keep the fence on the wall. "Dr. Conners, we need to get you back to the lab. Dr. Conners, can you hear me?" Spider-man asked as the Lizard growled and bit through the metal fence so his head peaked out.

"Ok, maybe not." Spider-man said as the Lizard used it's enhanced strength to rip the fence off the wall and then threw it at Naruto but Naruto grabbed the fence. He threw the fence away as the Lizard charged at Naruto but Naruto jumped over and grabbed the lizard by the tail and threw him down the subway tunnel. The lizard then climbed onto the wall of the subway tunnel and crawled away.

"Hey, wall crawling is my thing!" Spider-man shouted as he and Naruto ran after the Lizard. "You start shooting webs and I'll sue!"

The Lizard jumped onto the train that was heading to the Bronx as Spider-man shot a web-line and Naruto jumped onto the rail car. He then did a spinning kick at the lizard and nailed him across the face as the lizard swiped at Naruto with his claws but Naruto ducked and dodged and then punched him in the gut, head-butted him in the snout, and then roundhouse kicked him, sending him over two subway cars.

The lizard growled as it chomped it's teeth and charged at Naruto, so Naruto started firing off energy blasts as the lizard was moving fast and was able to avoid the energy blasts. When it got close enough, the lizard leaped at Naruto but Spider-man flipped onto the subway car and shot a web net onto the lizard and Naruto then quickly spun to the side and grab the edges of the net and closed it, leaving a nicely caught lizard.

"Nicely done there. Maybe we should give up crime fighting for a life of animal catching." Spider-man joked.

"Sure, if I need a fallback career." Naruto said as the lizard got an hand free and began tearing through the top of the subway car.

"Hey, lizzy, stop it." Spider-man said as the lizard kept doing it and Spider-man and Naruto saw he was making holes and scratches in a near perfect circle. Then they heard the metal crack.

"Oh no." Naruto said as the metal gave way and they fell through the subway car.

Peter and Naruto groaned as they got off the ground and pushed chunks of metal off of them. Civilians took photos as Naruto got up and saw the lizard run down the subway cars. Naruto jumped through the roof and ran after him as he saw the lizard run down the cars. Naruto tried to blast him but the lizard ducked between the cars as Naruto ran after him. He looked down to see no one but then felt the cars slow down and saw that the subway cars were cut off as the lizard roared and ran through the tunnels. Spider-man jumped next to Naruto and saw they were falling behind as the two fly and web-swung after the lizard.

Naruto then got a call from Jarvis. "Jarvis, what's up?"

"Sir, the gene cleanser is nearly complete. I suggest you return here to collect it." Jarvis said.

"I'm sending someone." Naruto said as he turned to Spider-man.

"Pete, head back to the labs and grab the gene cleanser. I'll try and stop the Doc." Naruto said.

"On it. I'll be back soon." Spider-man said as he web swung away.

Line Break xxxxx

Martha and Gwen were at the labs, as they finished with their first batch of gene cleanser. "Are you sure it will work?" Gwen asked.

"We followed everything in Curt's notes. The only thing left is to test it." Martha said.

"I've run simulations based on the data I have, the cleanser will work. However the only problem I have found is that Dr. Conners skin is now too dense for any normal needle or syringe to pierce." Jarvis said.

"Then we'll have to make him drink it." Martha said.

"Maybe you can ask for help from a guy in a spider themed suit." They heard as they saw Spider-man rappel upside down into the lab through the broken skylight.

"Spider-man?!" They said.

"I get that reaction a lot." Spider-man said.

"How did you know we needed you?" Gwen asked.

"Our mutual glowy friend Maelstrom send me to help." Spider-man said as Martha handed him the gene cleanser.

"Don't worry, we'll cure him." Spider-man said. "Just need to know where to go."

"Dr. Conners is now at the Bronx zoo. Naruto has been tracking him there." Jarvis said.

"Good to know." Spider-man said as he left.

Naruto had tracked down the lizard to the Bronx zoo and was using his visor's new thermal heat tracking vision to track the lizard's foot print. He slowly made his way through the zoo, following the foot prints left in the ground as Naruto saw that they made their way to the Reptile House. He saw a snake slither on the ground and knew the Lizard let loose some family members.

Naruto walked in to see all the glass displays and cages were smashed open as all the lizards were walking around. Naruto just ignored them and tried to following the Lizard's footprints but will all the other reptiles walking around, the tracks were muddled and unclear. Naruto disengaged the thermal vision and returned to normal vision as he made his way to the crocodile lake.

He jumped down onto the dry ground of the crocodile lake and saw that crocodiles walked away and left him alone. Naruto guessed he was somewhere in the lake. He walked onto of the water, looking around as his visor scanned around for the lizard's signature but due to the high humidity of the reptile house, it was taking longer. Naruto stepped forward as he saw the crocodiles slash around and swim away when he was suddenly grabbed from below and pulled under the water by the lizard. He elbowed the lizard in the gut and then punched him across the face, luckily Naruto's mask was keeping out the water.

The lizard recovered fast and swiped at Naruto as Naruto blocked the swipe and then kicked the lizard away. Naruto then glowed blue and sent out a chakra hand and grabbed the lizard and threw him out of the water. The lizard flew out of the water and rolled onto the ground as Naruto jumped out of the water and hovered in the air. As the lizard got out, the other crocodiles got out and began to fight against the lizard as the lizard roared and fought back.

Naruto then saw Spider-man swing by and landed right next to him. "I got the gene cleanser. All we need to do is make him drink it." Spider-man said.

"All right. First we get him out of his family house." Naruto said as he charged at the Lizard and glowed blue. He then formed a large battering ram using his aura powers and it formed around him as he tackled the Lizard out of the Reptile house and into the zoo grounds.

He then ran after the Lizard as he saw it was slowly getting up. Naruto ran up to it and grabbed him from behind and used his powers to create extra arms to keep him in place.

"Now!" Naruto shouted as Spidey swung by and jumped on the Lizard's shoulders.

"Brought you a present, Lizzy. Gene cleanser. Guaranteed to get out your toughest stains, grease, mustard even lizard DNA." Spider-man said as he poured the liquid down the lizards throat as the lizard growled. After 30 seconds the lizard began to calm down as it screeched and roared in pain. He began to grow shorter as the scales and muscles disappeared. The tail vanished and his claws receded. His right arm disintegrated and he grew back to his normal size and his scales were gone as the lizard returned to being Dr. Conners. Dr. Conners passed out as Naruto caught him.

"Easy, doc. Lizard is gone." Naruto said as the doc was sleeping.

"Will he be fine?" Spider-man asked.

"He'll be fine." Naruto said as Spider-man breathed a sigh of relief.

Line Break xxxxx September 25th, 2010

Naruto got Dr. Conner's back to the lab and after that, Martha sent Eddie and Gwen home for the night as she and Naruto looked over Dr. Conner's and made sure he was ok. Naruto ran a blood test on him just to be safe and he was fine, no residual lizard DNA in his system. After a nice night of rest, Eddie, Gwen and Peter returned to the lab and Eddie was pissed, why because of what the Daily Bugle had published today.

It read, Spidey and Maelstrom vs. the Lizard, and it showed a picture of Spider-man and Naruto fighting against the Lizard, or Dr. Conner's at the Bronx zoo.

"Pictures and everything." Eddie said.

"But who could have taken these?" Martha asked.

"Check the by-line." Eddie said as the by-line read Photos by Peter Parker.

Everyone looked at him. "Uh, did you see? I zoomed in to make sure I didn't show any proof that Dr. Conners was the Lizard." Peter said.

"And that's suppose to make it all right?!" Eddie shouted, pissed. "Bro, you ditched the antidote effort to win a contest."

"Eddie, it's all right. Besides, I'm not in a position to throw stones." Dr. Conners said as he left to be alone in his office.

"Peter, your young. And young people faced with difficult choices, sometimes they make difficult choices." Martha said.

"Thanks for understanding." Peter said.

"I understand you. But I can't trust you. You're fired." Martha said. Eddie and Gwen looked away and left as Peter tried to protest.

"But—" "Peter, not now." Naruto said as he pat his shoulder and nodded. Peter nodded back and Naruto escorted him out. When Peter left, he climbed to the top of the roof and grabbed another gene cleanser vile with his webs.

"I hope you're not thinking of doing anything rash." Naruto said as he and Peter were in the parking lot near his car.

"Why, because all of my other decisions haven't been? I never asked for these powers! I never asked for some bruised ribs, a sharp 9pm curfew, no job, and now friends who think I'm scum! It's all just a twist of fate, bad luck. A simple bug bite, and now it ends." Peter said as he uncorked the gene cleanser.

"I don't think it is." Naruto said as Peter looked at him.

"Why, this is the best thing that can happen right now. New York doesn't need me when they have you." Peter said.

"Except I won't always be here, Peter. Something tells me that in the future I'm not going to be able to spend all my time here in New York, which means if you take away your powers, New York will be doomed." Naruto said.

"The city was fine before I came." Peter said.

"Maybe, but you've made an even bigger difference being Spider-man than as Peter Parker. Dr. Conners is alive and well, he can be with his family because of the work you did." Naruto said.

"I still screwed up big time." Peter said.

"And if we're going to keep doing what we do, then we're bound to make mistakes. Tony has definitely made mistakes, but he doesn't let himself quit. If he did, he would have died in that cave than make his armor and escape." Naruto said. "The trick to this is knowing that you're going to make mistakes…you're just going to have to pick yourself up afterwards."

"Did you read my mind? I said that a few days ago." Peter said with a smile.

"Well you needed to hear it. It's not going to be easy living with a secret identity, but come on, it can't get much worse." Naruto said as Peter looked at him.

"You probably shouldn't have said that." Peter said.

"Don't worry, I got your back. Come on, I want to show you some stuff." Naruto said as he and Peter left for his hotel room.

Peter and Naruto arrived at the Plaza hotel and Peter followed Naruto up to his hotel suite. When they got in, Peter whistled at seeing such an awesome room. "{Whistle} Man, this place is awesome. I guess it helps to be the adopted son of a billionaire inventor."

"Yup. And if our cogeneration profits and success are any indicator, I may be able to form my own capital." Naruto said as he went to his closet and took out a briefcase. "After seeing you in action, I got some inspiration for a few upgrades for you."

"Well, I suppose some help would be nice. Do I get a suit?" Peter asked.

"No, but I'm making a new costume for you using new material. I'm guessing you're using regular fabric?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah, regular fabric and spandex. I sewed them together and added a belt to hold my web cartridges." Peter said.

"What's your webbing made of?" Naruto asked as Peter reached into his backpack and took out his web shooters and a cartridge.

"I made it from some chemicals to make an organic strong web fluid. I got the idea from one of Dr. Conners old papers on organic nylon cables. I made some adjustments and I got something similar but it was more elastic like webbing. Then I made some custom web shooters that shoots the web out from the spinneret when I press the trigger with my two fingers." Peter said as he showed Naruto how it worked and shot a web line across the room and made a hammock swing and sat down.

"Not bad, and it's organic and disintegrates after an hour, right?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah, how'd you know?" Peter asked.

"I managed to take a sample of your webbing after our fight with the bird-man so I analyzed it. Not bad, for the resources that you have." Naruto said.

"Thanks." Peter said as Naruto opened the briefcase to show cartridges similar to Peter's in size. "Oh…what's that?"

"My own improvement for my own version of a web formula. It's made of a special liquid adhesive polymer, so it acts just like your webbing. But the special polymer makes it so the webbing is a lot stronger. About the strength as the high tensile steel cables they use on bridges." Naruto said as he threw Peter a cartridge and Peter replaced his old cartridge with this one and it fit.

"Nice." Peter said as he fired a web line in the room to test it. He grabbed it and it felt much stronger but still stretchy. "Just a stretchy."

"Yup. The special polymer keeps it stretchy and lets you swing but it's also a lot stronger. And it holds about 600 meters of the webbing in a single cartridge so you don't use as much." Naruto said as he handed Peter 10 other cartridges. "Those are the ones I have now. I'll make more later."

"Thanks, so what kind of suit are you going to make me?" Peter asked excited as Naruto got his laptop and opened up the file he had on Spider-man. It showed scientific data on Spider-man's speed, height, and possible strength and new designs for webbing, web shooters and his suit.

"Right now, I'm working on new web shooters for you. The shooters will be able to hold more webbing, they're a lot more durable, and have some added features. By adjusting the nozzle and pressure you put on the trigger, you can shoot out web bullets, web nets, web parachutes and even impact webbing." Naruto said as Peter looked at the schematics for his new web shooters.

"And they'll be on the outside of my costume." Peter said.

"Yep, or the webbing wouldn't be able to get through." Naruto said.

"Sweet, and the suit?" Peter asked.

"Not ready yet either but I think you'll like it. Right now, I'm making you a Polymer Kevlar weave suit. It's twice as strong as your current suit, 20% lighter and can carry 15% more gear for you." Naruto said as he showed the designs of the suit and new concepts, to change up his color scheme. "I'm also thinking of updating your look, a new color scheme and maybe a larger spider symbol."

"You had me at twice as strong. I can't tell you how annoying it gets to re-sew my suit." Peter said.

"Well that shouldn't be too much of a problem now. The suit is a lot stronger so a bullet or knife won't pierce, but you're not bullet proof. Too much sustained fire and it'll pierce." Naruto said as Peter nodded.

"Thanks, so when will it be ready?" Peter asked as Naruto got up and went to his backpack.

"Not sure. Maybe in a week or two. It'll depend on how fast I can get the material here from Stark Industries without raising concern. Tony's shipping over equipment for the Stark Tower in a few weeks so maybe then." Naruto said as Peter nodded. He then saw Naruto write something down in a small pad and then ripped it off and held it out. "Here."

"Here what?" Peter asked as he looked at the paper and saw it was a check for 7,500 dollars. "What is it?"

"That's your initial check for you help on my cogeneration project." Naruto said.

"Naruto, I can't take this." Peter said.

"No, it's fine. It's your payment for your work on the cogeneration project. Thanks to your energy efficiency calculations, our cogeneration plants and attachments are working great. I've been getting more and more requests for installations and deals. This is the least I can do." Naruto said as Peter smiled.

"Thanks, Naruto. This is going to help so much." Peter said.

"No problem. And some of my future projects will help you rack in some more money as well. You've got a brilliant mind, Peter. You should be rewarded." Naruto said as Peter smiled and shook his hand.

"Naruto, I think this is the start of a long and beautiful friendship." Peter said.

Line Break xxxxx September 27th, 2010

Things were a bit tense at the ESU labs after the whole lizard incident and understandably so, because of what happened. Dr. Conners put his regeneration formula on a indefinite hiatus and tried to focus on other projects. Naruto had Jarvis delete any trace of the lizard formula from the ESU files, just in case and kept the only copy on Dr. Conners and his private server. Dr. Conners may have given up on the formula but Naruto knew it would work without the mutational side effect, it just needed more work.

Naruto had gotten a bit busier on more orders and requests for his cogeneration project. It was starting to become a lucrative business. He was also working on plans and early calculations for other early phase projects such as new medical technology and new consumer appliances. He was working on the schematics and calculations for a new deep tissue scanner system for hospitals and emergency room use. He got the idea when he used his visor's vision modes to track the lizard. His visor could track the heat and impressions in the ground from the lizard and the technology could be used for hospitals. He was also working on restraints and security systems for the New York Police Department. All in all, Naruto was beginning to gain a reputation of being a brilliant scientist and inventor, just like Tony.

While he was working late one night, he had no idea that a security truck was being hijacked. The hijackers had disabled the van's radio and were on a lonely street in the city. Naruto woke up early the next morning to work on Peter's new suit and web shooters and also the other projects. Stark Tower was also getting other notable scientists to join such as Dr. Miles Warren, who was currently overseas but would return by December. Various other professors, scientists and inventors from around the world were seeking interest like Professor Stern and he even got a message from Dr. Hank Pym, so Naruto was hopeful. But the biggest news was that he received a memo from Yashida Industries in Tokyo, the number one company in Asia in terms of new technology, medicine and it was considered the Asia powerhouse. This was promising for Naruto, since Yashida Industries would open up some new opportunities for Stark Industries to expand more into Asia.

Naruto was working on some calculations when he got a call on his phone. He answered it to see it was a video call from Tony and Pepper on a plane. "Tony! Pepper!" Naruto said, happy to see them.

"Hey, Naruto." Pepper said with a smile.

"What's up, kid. How are you doing?" Tony asked.

"Great, nothing too serious I can't handle. What about you?" Naruto asked.

"Oh, you know. The usual. Pepper and I just got back from a nice vacation." Tony said as Pepper rolled her eyes.

"We just got back from the Al-Salim Military base in Iraq. Apparently, Iron Man has been able to stabilize East-West relations." Pepper said.

"Oh, not bad, Iron man. Well, while you were busy playing peace keeper, I'm making some headway on Stark Tower. The construction is going as planned and it should be about done by June of next year if no other problems arise. Dr. Conner's and I are working on new projects and are expanding our Cogeneration projects into the city and I've got some other projects working too. And we've got some more scientists who want to work with us, so I sent you an email with all the people." Naruto said as he sent it and Pepper got the email.

"Nicely done, kid. I've heard that your cogeneration project is becoming quite lucrative. You're turning yourself into me, and I couldn't be more proud." Tony said as he comically rubbed his eyes to get rid of a tear drop while Pepper just scoffed.

"Well done, Naruto. And it seems that you've been keeping the peace as well." Pepper said as she turned her tablet so Naruto could see and it was the Daily Bugle headline of him and Spider-man fighting the Lizard.

"You're becoming a regular New York Superhero." Tony said as Naruto chuckled.

"Well I can't exactly not do something when I can make a difference." Naruto said.

"True. Stane was something, but a giant lizard is definitely weird, just like Spider-man." Tony said.

"Eh, you get use to it. But Spider-man's good, and the police aren't bad. They like me." Naruto said as Pepper smiled.

"Good Naruto. What you're doing is good." Pepper said.

"What do you mean?" Naruto asked.

"Well, the big wigs in the government have been getting pretty antsy and bitchy about us." Tony said.

"But I thought you just helped stabilize East-West relations?" Naruto asked.

"He has, but the government still believe that Iron Man should belong to the government, and even some big military leaders have started petitions to get you enlisted into the army or to have you undergo investigation and research to find out what happened to you that gave you your powers,…and since they found out that you were in the middle east when you freed Tony, they think you're a loose cannon." Pepper said.

"What dicks." Naruto said as Tony chuckled.

"But don't worry. Rhodey has been able to keep them at bay, and thanks to your recent heroic exploits, he's been able to convince a few that you're responsible with your powers. More so than most." Pepper said as she looked at Tony.

"So, just keep doing what you're doing, kid. Stay the hero and everything will be fine." Tony said as Naruto chuckled.

"I will." Naruto said.

"Oh, by the way. I started to send some Stark Industries equipment over to New York at our New York Warehouses, so when it's ready, we can start moving into the Tower. And I'm in talks to also restart the Stark Expo, so look forward to that." Tony said as Naruto nodded. He bid them goodbye and hung up.

While Naruto had woken up and was working, Peter was sleeping after a long night of patrol. He then heard his alarm clock go off and groaned as he sat up in his bed. He rubbed his eyes as his gloves got the sleepiness out of him. Peter got back late last night and he went to sleep in his Spider-man suit.

"Peter! Peter, are you up?" Aunt May called as Peter heard her walking up the stairs to her room.

"Uh, just a sec." Peter said as he covered himself up with the blanket as Aunt May opened his bedroom door. "Aunt May! I'm not decent."

"All right, calm down. There's breakfast waiting down stairs. I'll be a Mrs. Watson's." Aunt May said as she left and Peter breathed a sigh of relief.

He took a shower and got changed for school. Putting his costume on underneath his regular clothes and putting his web shooters in his backpack with Naruto's new web formula.

He went downstairs and was greeted by the delicious aroma of waffles. Peter sat down and began to dig in when he saw some letters stacked behind the fruit bowl in the cabinet. They were the recent bills for the house. Naruto's check managed to get rid of some of the long term bills they had and these were the most recent, problem was that Aunt May used up all of Naruto's check on the hold. How were they going to take care of this month's bills? Peter appreciated the payment for his work, but he didn't want to have to depend on Naruto.

He quickly put the bills away and sat down and continued eating as Aunt May walked in.

"Oh good your up. I've just been visiting with Anna and her niece, Mary Jane. A lovely girl. Peter you must meet her." Aunt May said.

"Um, what's she like?" Peter asked.

"Oh, she has a wonderful personality." Aunt May said as Peter shivered. "Oh, she's there now. Why don't we head over—" "I'd love to Aunt May, but I'd promise Harry I'd help him study and I can't miss the bus. Bye!" Peter said, leaving, not knowing he should have stayed to meet Mary Jane.

Peter stuck to a train to the city and swung to Harry's and his dad apartment while talking to Eddie. Naruto was in his car and was driving to Peter's house, wanting to talk to him about some up and coming projects and about some new upgrades, with a formal contract that would let Peter help Naruto with upcoming projects and provide a steady set of income for him, sort of like an apprentice thing. Naruto wants to do this to get Peter to help with Naruto's upcoming projects, but it's also a convenient way for Naruto to talk to him and give him his upgrades without raising suspicion.

Naruto parked his car outside Peter's address in Queens. He got his pack with the formal contract and papers about upcoming projects and walked up to the small house. He rang the doorbell and after about 10 seconds, a women in about her 50's with glasses and grey hair answered the door, Naruto figured it was Peter's Aunt.

"Yes, can I help you?" Aunt May asked.

"Hello, my name is Naruto Uzumaki. Is Peter here?" Naruto asked.

"No, he left for a tutoring session with his friend." Aunt May said as she realized who he was. He was the rich adopted son of Tony Stark who was working with Peter at the ESU labs. She had seen him in the papers recently about his work in the city and as his heroic work as well. "Oh, you must be that Naruto fellow I've heard so much about."

"I am. Sorry to bother you Mrs. Parker. I didn't know Peter had left." Naruto said.

"That's quite all right, dear. Oh, where are my manners. Come on in, please." Aunt May said as Naruto smiled and walked in as Aunt May escorted him to the kitchen. "Can I get you anything?"

"No, I'm fine." Naruto said.

"Are you sure? I have a fresh Banana cream pie I just made." Aunt May said as Naruto was tempted, it smelled good.

"Well,…it would be very rude for me to say no. Thank you." Naruto said as he sat down in the kitchen as May brought over the pie tray and they both got a slice.

"There you go. Now, what brings a hero such as yourself to Queens?" May asked.

"Well, I have a job offer for your nephew. I've been working with Peter for a while at ESU and he's very brilliant. After his unfortunate…termination at ESU, I would like to still work with him." Naruto said as he took out the contract and showed it to May as he took a bite of Banana Cream Pie. "Oh my god, this is amazing."

"Thank you." May said as she looked at the contract. "This is quite an opportunity. Peter is still in High School."

"I know but this is just him helping whenever he can. I know he has other responsibilities, but whenever he can help, he has a job with Stark Industries." Naruto said as May looked over the contract and smiled as she looked at Naruto. She could tell he was a nice boy.

"Well, I know that Peter will love this offer. I just want you to promise me that you will keep him out of trouble." May said.

"Promise, and I always keep my promises." Naruto said.

"And if he's going to be helping you. There are some ground rules that you should know. Rule number one, his curfew is 9pm sharp." May said as Naruto smiled and nodded. May then went on about the other rules with him and Naruto smiled, Peter was lucky to have Aunt May, if not for her, he would be a very different person.

Their conversation was ended when the front door opened and they heard a women's voice. "May, are you in? Mary Jane and I are ready to leave." They heard as Aunt May and Naruto saw a woman about the same age as May walk in. "Oh, sorry. I didn't know you had a guest."

"It's my fault. I sort of came to your doorstep." Naruto said as he finished his pie and grabbed his folders.

"It's all right. Naruto, I'd like to introduce you to Anna Watson, she's my neighbor. Anna, I'm sure you know this is Naruto Uzumaki. New York's newest brilliant billionaire." May said as Naruto rubbed the back of his head and shook Anna Watson's hand.

"It's nice to meet you, Mrs. Watson." Naruto said.

"The pleasure is all mine. So what were you doing here?" Anna asked.

"Well, I just had to drop off some paper work for Peter. He will hopefully be working with me more in the future." Naruto said.

"Oh I'm sure he will. That boy is quite brilliant." Anna said.

"Aunt Anna, are we going?" They heard a young girl's voice say.

"We're coming, Mary Jane." Anna said as they walked out of the house as Naruto grabbed his things. May locked her door as Naruto saw the Mary Jane Watson, a girl the same age as Peter and Gwen. Full red head hair and a beautiful young woman, boy was Peter in for a surprise when he meets her.

"Oh, didn't know we were going to be shopping with a celebrity." Mary Jane said.

"Mary Jane, this is Naruto Uzumaki. Naruto meet my niece, Mary Jane Watson." Anna said as Naruto shook Mary Jane's hand.

"MJ, please." MJ said.

"Nice to meet you, MJ. So do you go to Midtown high?" Naruto asked.

"Maybe. Still trying to see if that's the school for me." MJ said.

"I'm sure it is. Well, I hope to see you around. Thank you for the pie, Mrs. Parker and have Peter call me when he can." Naruto said as he bid them farewell and drove away.

"Well, things will get interesting." Anna said.

Line Break xxxxx

Peter had swung across town to Harry's place. He quickly changed in the alleyway and took the elevator up to Harry's apartment. Peter knocked on the door as Harry's dad answered it.

"Peter. Good to see you. Here to help Harry, huh?" Norman asked.

"We help each other Mr. O." Peter replied.

"Now, now Peter. Modesty doesn't become men like us. Smart, driven, responsible, self made." Norman said.

"At least your making progress." Norman said, looking at Harry. Harry just left for his room as Peter followed.

"Mind if I check my email?" Peter asked as Harry nodded and Peter sat down at Harry's computer. He opened his email to see some new messages. "An e-vite to Midtown high's fall formal."

"Which would rock if either one of us had, what's the word, uh…date." Harry said.

"Could probably ask Mary Jane Watson." Peter said.

"Mary who what now?" Harry asked.

"Oh, just some girl my aunt wants me to meet. Get this, she has a wonderful personality." Peter said as he and Harry shivered.

"I was thinking of asking Gwen. As friends, you know." Harry said.

"Actually I wouldn't know, because Ms. Stacy is currently not talking to me." Peter said as he got a new email. "From the desk of J. Jonah Jameson?" Peter said as he clicked the email.

"Whoa, publisher of the Dailey Bugle. Mr. Parker come in ASAP to claim check for pictures of Spider-man! Yes! Dude, I'll be back in an hour, two tops!" Peter said as he grabbed his bag.

"Wait, what do I do when you're gone?" Harry asked.

"Chapters 1 through 6 review!" Peter said as he left.

Peter swung through the city to the Dailey Bugle building. He landed in the alleyway and changed and walked in to the top floor. He saw it was very busy as writers and editors were busy working. Peter then saw J. Jameson talking to a woman he guessed was his secretary.

"What was this, proofread by a monkey?! I want this revised and put on my desk in 10.7 minutes! And where's my coffee?!" Jameson shouted as the woman took notes.

"Um, sir. Pardon, me. I'm—" "You're the no nothing who wasted 41 seconds of my day yesterday! Well I don't have 41 seconds today to spare!" Jameson shouted as he pushed Peter into the elevator.

"But, but—" "Brilliant comeback, kid." Jameson said as the elevator doors closed. "Now where is that Parker guy! I emailed him 76 minutes ago! And where is my coffee?!"

Betty then walked over. "Coffee, decaf. It's only been 20 minutes and I'm sure you just kicked Peter Parker out." Betty said as Jameson stood there for a second.

"Well don't just stand there, get him back!" Jameson shouted.

"Oh that was too humiliating. Wait, my money!" Peter said as he walked back in through the revolving door and saw Jameson's assistant walk out. She looked like she wanted to talk to him so Peter walked back outside but she walked inside and after one more round of revolving door tag, she pointed up. Peter nodded and took the elevator upstairs and to Jameson's office.

"Sorry about that, Parker. Was expecting someone old enough to have, you know armpit hair. Now those two costumed freaks sell papers so I want another set of pics in my hands by deadline, you got two hours." Jameson said.

"I'll do my best—" "What are you still doing here?! GO! Get out! OUT!" Jameson shouted as Peter walked out of his office.

"I'll cut that check for you, Peter." Betty said.

"Thanks, Ms. Brant." Peter said.

"I'm Betty." Betty said, introducing herself.

"So, Betty, how do you work for a walking embolism like Jameson?" Peter asked.

"Mr. Jameson is a nice enough man, down deep." Betty said.

"We talking Marianas trench deep or Dante's 9th circle deep?" Peter joked as Betty laughed.

"See you soon, Peter Parker." Betty said as she handed him the check. Peter left and swung through the city, feeling amazing.

"YEE-HAA!" Spider-man shouted as he swung through the city. He then saw two thugs rob a convenience store and leave in their getaway car. "Talk about a crook with bad timing."

Peter followed the car as the crooks drove through the city into a garbage center. They drove the car into the holding bay for the garbage trucks, got out and waited for Spider-man. Peter stopped on the roof and saw it was Marko and O'Hirn waiting for him. He took out his camera and webbed it to the roof and set it on a timer.

"Two hours till deadline. No sweat." Peter said as he took out his check. "Oops. Don't want anything to happen to this." He said as he put it away in his pants.

Peter shot a web and pulled in Marko. "Marko? How many times do I have to put you down? And where's your charming partner, O'Hirn?" Spider-man asked as he kicked Marko away and then jumped to avoid a crowbar to the face.

He then kicked Marko in the chest, kicked off and webbed O'Hirn's hands and feet. "Look, we have got to stop meeting like this. People are starting to talk." Spider-man said as he shot two web lines at Marko and then jumped over and threw him onto the car and then webbed him to it. "About how idiots you guys are."

His spider sense then went off as he was then blasted by a powerful sonic vibration blast that knocked him hard and sent him flying into a garbage truck. Peter groaned as he looked up to see some guy in a yellow and red combat suit with weird gauntlets.

"I reckon that came as a bit of a shocker, aye bug?" The man said. "Well good, so will this." He said as he fired another blast but Peter jumped out of the way and the blast tore through the garbage truck.

He kept firing more blasts as Peter jumped and rolled to avoid being blasted. "Ha, hold still son so I can put you out of your misery!" He said as he fired another blast as Peter swung to dodge.

"How about you put me out of my mystery? Who are you?" Spider-man asked.

"Call me…well, how's about Shocker?!" Shocker said as he fired another blast.

"How's about toast?!" Spider-man said as he swung to kick Shocker but as soon as he connected to Shocker, he was thrown back by a repulsive field and sent tumbling to the ground.

"Either you got less kick than a three-legged mule or this here suit does a lot more than protect me from my own powers." Shocker said as he picked up Spider-man. "Guess clothes do make the man." He said as he blasted Spider-man and sent him flying.

Shocker then moved out of the way as a garbage truck came hurling past him, with O'Hirn driving it and he drove right into Spider-man, and crashed into him until the truck stopped in a pile of garbage.

"Did I get him? Tell me I got him." O'Hirn said.

"The only thing you got was on my nerves." Shocker said as he blasted O'Hirn. "Now stay out of this boy, the grown ups were talking."

Spider-man then landed on Shocker and grabbed him from behind. "Don't get mad at O'Hirn. He just gets cranking when he misses his nap." Spider-man said as Shocker's suit then vibrated and pushed Spider-man off. Spider-man then did a sweep kick and knocked Shocker to the ground but Shocker blasted him and sent him flying.

Spider-man got stuck in some garbage near the compressing station so Shocker fired a small blast that activated the machine and sent him to the compressors and Shocker watched as the compressors squished him. "Goodbye bug. That should satisfy the big man. Extraction." He said as Marko spoke.

"Hey, a little help." Marko said.

"I'd leave you for the cops, but I'm in too good a mood." Shocker said as he fired a blast and freed Marko.

Shocker than was extracted by a helicopter and O'Hirn and Marko left as a large block of garbage fell out of the compressor. It squirmed as it then fell apart to show that Spider-man had survived by hiding in an old refrigerator. "{Exhale} Talk about your tight spots. But I'm alive. {Sniff & Gag} And I reek." Peter said as he jumped to the ceiling to get his camera. He pulled out his check to see it was torn to shreds. "And my paycheck is ruined."

Peter grabbed his camera and left, heading to Naruto's place to talk to him. Naruto had just finished some paper work and was just about finished with the final prototypes of Peter's new web shooters. He screwed in the last bolt and soldered in the final piece of metal and let it cool in the air. The new web shooters had two special hairline triggers that were smaller, sturdier and but even more sensitive so that Peter could adjust the pressure on the trigger and shot a variety of webs from straight lines, to nets and web bullets. The web shooters wrapped around Peter's wrists and had cylinders all around that held the special impact webbings that Naruto invented with a special nozzle on the edge of the band at the back of his hand, so Peter would fire them when he made a fist. It had 12 cylinders with the special impact webbing and the new web shooters could hold two cartridges, so when Peter used up one, it would eject and the second would be activated.

Naruto was brought out of his thoughts when he heard a knock at his window and saw Peter in his Spider-man costume. He walked over and opened the window and Peter jumped in.

"Hey, Peter. Patrol go well?" Naruto asked as he sniffed and gagged. "Ehh, dude were you at a dump?"

"Yeah, and got my butt kicked by some crazy guy in a yellow and red super suit, calling himself Shocker." Peter said as he took off his mask. Naruto then sprayed him in the face with air freshener and then sprayed the rest of Peter.

"Thanks." Peter said as he wiped his face with a tissue.

"Sorry dude. So what's this about a guy in a suit?" Naruto asked.

"Some new villain showed himself when I had O'Hirn and Marko pinned at the dump and began blasting me. And man does he pack a wallop, he's got some kind of tech that controls sonic vibrations." Peter said.

"Hmm, a suit that controls vibrations. I think I may have something." Naruto said as he sat near his computer. "Any idea who the Shocker is?"

"I think so. It sounded a lot like an enforcer I fought a few weeks ago. Montana, I think I remember one of them saying." Peter said.

"Most likely a code name. That won't get us anywhere, but the suit might. Captain Stacy sent over some police files for me to look at and one in particular peaked my interest." Naruto said as he found the file on his email. "Here. Apparently an armored truck carrying TRICORP advanced weaponry was hijacked late last night. The drivers were drugged and the cargo was stolen. It's doesn't say what the weapon was, but I have a feeling it's this suit."

"Why do you think that?" Peter asked.

"TRICORP handles in advance weaponry to the highest bidder, in other words mercenaries. I'm guessing that shockwave suit is one of theirs." Naruto said.

"So how do we bring down a guy I can't get close too. Those shockwaves keep me fighting at a distant and I don't have long range weapons." Peter said.

"Well we'll just have to outsmart him. Here, these may help. Your new web shooters." Naruto said as he handed them to him. "Stronger, more durable, lighter and outfitted with new impact webbing launchers."

"Sweet." Peter said as he put them on.

"Right now we got the advantage. He thinks your dead and there are two of us. So, next time he shows himself, we'll have the upper hand." Naruto said as Peter nodded.

"Thanks, Naruto." Peter said.

"Don't mention it." Naruto said as he looked at the clock and saw it was almost Peter's curfew. "Oh you better get going. Don't want to be late."

"Right, I'll see you later." Peter said as he put his mask on and left.

Line Break xxxxx September 28th, 2010

Peter spent the entire night and even the next morning, showering and trying to get the smell from the garbage yard out and it slightly worked, but he still smelled. He was happy to see the contract Naruto had dropped off and was thinking this was going to be a big payday for him. With this and his Dailey Bugle free lance job, he and his aunt would be ok. Now all that was left was to fix his relationship with Gwen and deal with the heat about ditching Harry to study. Man, being a hero a hard job, why did Naruto make it look so easy?

Currently, Peter was in gym class trying to talk to Harry about what happened. "Harry, I'm sorry." Peter said.

"Sorry? You totally left me hanging. I know you can do Calc in your sleep but I've got a lot riding on this test. Maybe I should ask Gwen?" Harry asked, seeing Gwen and the other girls in the class play volleyball.

"No, I'm down for tonight, I swear. Um, carpe ropum." Peter joked seeing it was Harry's time to climb.

Harry exhaled as he grabbed the rope and managed to climb about 1 foot off the ground before he lost his grip and hit the ground hard. Flash and his goons laughed and Peter was about to race Flash in a race and trounce him but Peter's garbage stink was still pungent and he was sent to the lockers to change. After that, Peter finished school and headed to the Dailey Bugle to go get a replacement check for the one Shocker destroyed and to drop off some new photos. He walked into the Dailey Bugle building and up to Betty who was talking to a girl about Naruto's age.

"Hey, Pete." Betty said, seeing him and then sniffing him. "Uh, Pete? Are you wearing perfume?"

"Uh, it's a long story. Uh look Ms. Brant—I mean Betty. This is embarrassing but could you replace my check, it got trashed." Peter said.

"Well sure." Betty said. "While you wait. You should meet some of the other Dailey Bugle Staff. This is Linda Park, one of our best interns. Linda, meet Peter Parker, our resident Freelance photographer."

"Nice to meet you, Linda." Peter said.

"Likewise, Peter. Nice shots you took of Spiderman and Naruto. I have to say you caught his good side." Linda said.

"Thanks. Uh, you know him?" Peter asked.

"Yeah. Definitely more than most. Whiskers and I grew up together." Linda said.

"Whiskers?" Peter asked.

"It's my pet nick name for him." Linda joked as Peter chuckled.

"I can't imagine he likes that." Peter said.

"Oh, he's grown to love it. I may even add it when Jameson asks me to write an exposé on Naruto." Linda said.

"You write for the Bugle now?" Peter asked.

"I do, just nothing big. Mostly page 27 type stuff like obituaries or announcements. It saves Jonah some money having an intern with some journalism background write than an actual reporter." Linda joked as Peter chuckled.

"That sounds like Jameson." Peter said.

"Oh, and here's our editor and chief, Joe Robertson. Joe Robertson, meet Peter Parker." Betty said as Peter shook Joe's hand.

"The photographer? Call me Robby. Any new shots?" Robby asked as Peter pulled out some of the photos and handed them to Robby as he looked through them.

"Uh, do you know a Rand Robertson?" Peter asked.

"Well, there is kid by that name who lives in my house and eats all my food. You in Midtown?" Robby asked.

"Yes, sir." Peter answered.

"Good school. Look Peter, the fact now that you've twice got usable pictures of Spider-man is amazing, but the photos themselves. You got your camera on you?" Robby asked as Peter took out the camera he used.

"She's kind of hard to keep in focus." Peter said.

"This won't cut it. You want to be a Bugle freelancer, you take that check and invest in a serious camera." Robby said as he handed the picture back but Jameson came by and took them.

"Garbage, garbage, literally garbage. Gar—wait. Oh!" Jameson said as he saw the picture of Shocker with Spider-man in the dumpster.

"Uh, wouldn't you want to use one where Spider-man is winning?" Peter asked.

"Shows what you know. Nobody likes a winner. The people are our market and the people want their heroes to fail. It makes them feel good about themselves. But nicely done, Parker. I'm going to need you again to cover the press conference for that new Stark Tower being constructed by the Nara guy." Jameson said.

"His name is Naruto." Peter said as he took back some of his photos.

"Whatever. He's making an announcement about the tower and I'll need photos." Jameson said as he finally caught a whiff of Peter. "Oh, piece of advice kid. Perfume doesn't cut it. Tomato juice. Only thing that does it after taking pictures at a dump."

Peter cashed his check and went to go buy his new camera, after a tussle with Marko and O'Hirn. After that it was smooth sailing. He quickly changed and got home just before curfew. He walked in to see Aunt May sitting at the kitchen table going through some of the last bills with a calculator.

"Hey, Aunt May. I'm home before the new curfew." Peter said.

"Well done, Peter. I'm almost done here. Go wash up for Dinner." Aunt May said.

"Whatcha doing?" Peter asked.

"Just finishing paying the rest of the bills. Finally, no squandering and choosing which bills to put off, they are all paid." Aunt May said as she finished signing the last bill and pressed a few buttons in the calculator.

"Awesome. How'd you get the bills paid?" Peter asked.

"Oh, I saw you signed the contract that Naruto left for you so I sent it in to him and he sent back some papers he'd like you to look over and gave you a signing bonus check." Aunt May said as she handed it to Peter and he went wide-eyed.

"That's a lot of money." Peter said as he looked at the check for $100,000.

"Yup and after a lot of the bills paid, you have plenty leftover." Aunt May said as Peter looked at her and smiled.

"That we will keep for the bills and other necessities." Peter said as he put the check back on the table.

"Peter, this is your check and you can use it as you see fit." Aunt May said.

"And I'm going to use it to take care of you. I have my Dailey Bugle photos to use for any disposable income, while the check I get from Naruto can be used to keep the house and you comfortable." Peter said as Aunt May smiled.

"Thank you, Peter. And I'll agree to that only if you take a portion of your check from Naruto and put it in your college fund." Aunt May said.

"Deal." Peter said.

"Good. Now go wash up and get ready to eat. Helping Harry must have left you hungry." Aunt May said.

"Oh, Harry!" Peter said, realizing he blew off Harry again.

Line Break xxxxx September 29th, 2010

Peter went to school and Harry tore him a new one for ditching him again, causing Harry to flunk his test. Peter felt like crap. His whole school day was bad while Naruto's day was actually going nicely. He was currently at Dr. Conner's lab working on some calculations for his deep tissue scanner system for medical use but he was also there for another reason. He was currently looking at Dr. Conner's lizard regeneration formula, the one that turned him into the Lizard. Naruto analyzed the serum and he believed he could get the regeneration factor to work without the mutational after effect.

Naruto was looking at the formula and realized that it wasn't as effective unless it was electrified, or energized by electricity. It needed the electricity to be more potent. Max's attack on the lab must have electrified the formula. Naruto began to look at the formula and was doing some preliminary tests with reducing the electrical exposure, and even the amount of the formula. It was something he was having Jarvis run simulations on and something he thinks could really help Dr. Conners and help people around the world.

Naruto spent the rest of his time working on the regeneration formula, hoping to have that and the deep tissue scanner to present as some of the advancements he could present at the press conference tomorrow. The press conference was Tony's idea to get some press for the tower and he left it to Naruto to speak, of course. Just like Tony to have Naruto do the hard work but something in Tony's tone of voice when he talked to Naruto seemed different and Naruto wasn't completely uncomfortable speaking. He just needed to make sure to keep his cool and have some good things to say…he needed Linda with him.

Naruto was looking through the lens of a microscope as he tried adding in some chemicals to the mutagen that would negate the mutational effect. He was so wrapped in his work that he didn't hear the noise of the lab door opening and two people walking in.

"Naruto?" Naruto heard as he looked up to see Eddie and Gwen.

"Eddie, Gwen, hey. How was school?" Naruto asked as he wrote down some noted and replaced the slide.

"Fine. What are you doing here? You haven't been here in a while." Eddie said.

"I've been busy. I've got a press conference I've been preparing for tomorrow and being a hero, I'm trying to keep the people of New York safe." Naruto said as he looked at the slide.

"Yeah, my dad said something about giving you some evidence on some cases." Gwen said as she put her backpack away.

"Tell him I sent those files back. I'm getting somewhere on the stolen weapons from TRICORP but the other cases were easy. Essentially: accidental death, suicide, kidnapped from a bakery and the murderer was most likely the girl friend." Naruto said, listing off the cases and the people responsible in the crime or circumstance. "I went into more detail in the file."

"I'll tell him that." Gwen said as she put on her lab coat and walked over to Naruto and saw the calculations and chemical formulas he had written. "What are you working on?"

"Stuff for the press conference tomorrow. My calculations and basic prototypes for the deep tissue scanner I'm going to present. Along with the energy calculations for the electrical eel energy source, and the cogeneration plants." Naruto said, never taking his eyes off the microscope.

"Nice." Eddie said as he walked over to Naruto. "Where's Dr. Conners?"

"He and Martha went out to a spend some time with Billy. Given what happened, I think it was a wise decision. They didn't really need anything done today, you guys can go home. I'll clean up when I'm done working." Naruto said as he replaced the slide on the microscope.

"And what are you working on?" Eddie asked.

"Something I believe to be important." Naruto said.

"And that would be?" Gwen asked as Naruto just kept working.

"Nothing." Naruto said as he kept working.

"This doesn't really look like nothing." Eddie said as Naruto just kept working. Gwen then took the vial that was opened. It had a small dropper in it. She looked at the vial and it looked kind of familiar.

"What is it?" Gwen asked as Naruto looked up and saw what she had.

"{Exhale} That's the experimental formula that Dr. Conner used to re-grow his arm." Naruto said as Eddie and Gwen were shocked.

"What are you doing with it?" Eddie asked as he looked at the vial.

"I'm trying to understand it. I think that this formula could be a big break through." Naruto said.

"It turned Dr. Conners into a giant Lizard and he went on a rampage. You had to stop him. Why would you even think of using something like this?!" Gwen asked.

"Because it can help him." Naruto said as Gwen and Eddie looked at him. "I'm not trying to use his formula to create an army of lizards. I know that this kind of formula can be used horribly, but I'm certain I can fix it so the limb regeneration works with no mutational side effect."

"Sounds kind of hopeful." Eddie said.

"Yes but I've got some of the greatest minds working with me here. I'm not going to lie, I'm smart since I've grown up with Tony ,and I know a lot. A lot about engineering, mechanics and just generally everything, but Bio-organics is a little out of my wheel house. I need your guys help to crack this problem. If we do, we can help Dr. Conners and the world." Naruto said as Gwen and Eddie looked at him.

"{Exhale} How far have you gotten?" Eddie asked.

"I've just gotten some basic information. The formula needs to be electrified in order for it to actually work. If its not, then it's basically useless. But when the formula is electrified, the mutagenic properties in the serum are intensified. It allows the regenerative properties to take effect but also causing the genetic mutation." Naruto said as Eddie and Gwen thought for a moment and looked at Naruto's notes.

"Well then we'd need to figure out a way to neutralize the mutagenic properties except for the limb regeneration." Eddie said as Naruto moved over and looked at the microscope.

"I've been trying that. I'm working on some chemical compounds that neutralize certain bacteria and viruses, but it hasn't been as effective." Naruto said as he looked over his work. Gwen then looked at the vials of gene cleanser they made when the Doctor mutated.

"What about the gene cleanser?" Gwen asked.

"I'm not sure that will work. We designed that to write in human DNA to get rid of others." Eddie said.

"Wait, that's actually not a bad idea." Naruto said as he thought for a moment. He then grabbed a vial of gene cleanser and put a small drop of it under the microscope. "Hmm…"

"What are you thinking?" Gwen asked.

"Maybe we can rewrite the gene cleanser to get negate the effects of the mutation but keep the regenerative qualities active for a short burst." Naruto said as he began to think of some idea.

"You mean have the cleanser act like a shot of adrenaline?" Eddie asked.

"Sort of. If we can figure out a way to get the gene cleanser's effects to work only for a short bit after the limb regeneration, it'll keep the limb regeneration qualities active while destroying the other mutagenic properties. It'll take some work." Naruto said.

"Then let's get started." Gwen said as they began working on the new formula. They tinkered with idea such as monitoring the amount of voltage the serum should be exposed to and the amount of gene cleanser they should use and even a slightly diluted version but it was all preliminary stage work. They would need to run simulations and tests.

There work continued on for hours as it began to get dark. Naruto looked at the clock and saw it was about 9 o'clock. He looked over to see Gwen and Eddie tired. "All right, guys. I think we should call it a night." Naruto said as he stood up to put some stuff away.

"No, we're {yawn} we're good." Gwen said.

"No. We've done a lot of work today. Really good work that is getting us moving in the right direction. I'll have Jarvis run some simulations of the new serums we began designing so hopefully tomorrow we should have a single one we can focus on. But until then, you guys get some sleep. You've got school in the morning." Naruto said as Eddie and Gwen nodded. Eddie and Gwen left while Naruto finished cleaning up in the lab. He went to his car to put his notes and research away when he got a call.

He look at his phone to see it was Peter. "Hey, Peter. What's up?" Naruto asked.

"Naruto, I'm at the Bugle. We've just got some reports about seismic activity in New York. The seismic centers make a straight line heading straight up town. It's Shocker." Peter said as Naruto nodded.

"All right. Can you triangulate where he's heading?" Naruto asked as he got in the car.

"Already done. He's heading to an abandoned theater. I'll text you the address." Peter said.

"All right, I'm on my way." Naruto said as he hung up and drove to the address.

Naruto drove to about 5 blocks away from the abandoned theater and parked. He got his armor on and activated it as he then flew over to the theater and landed on the roof. He hovered in the air as Spider-man then swung down next to him.

"Sorry I'm late. Traffic was terrible." Peter said as he lowered himself to the ground. "Here, Shocky, Shocky!" Peter called out as he then swung forward to avoid a sonic blast from Shocker who was hiding behind the stage.

"Really thought I ended you there, son. But you got more lives than a bag of cats. Still I reckon we can remedy that situation." Shocker said as he fired another blast but Spider-man jumped to avoid it and stuck to the second floor galley of seats. "One good blast at close range ought to do it."

"You know Shocky, you may have a high-tech super suit that controls vibrations but you know what I got that you don't?" Spider-man asked as he jumped to avoid another sonic blast.

"Amuse me, bug. What do you have that I don't?" Shocker said as he prepared to fire another powerful sonic blast.

"Friends." Spider-man said as Shocker was confused. He then felt someone tap his shoulder. He turned around to see Maelstrom, in his armor right behind him.

"Aw crude." Shocker said.

"Hiyah." Maelstrom said as he then sucker punched Shocker across the face and sent him flying across the theater and into the wall as it broke and some debris fell on him.

"Nice shot. How much effort you put in that punch?" Spider-man asked as he jumped down next to him.

"Eh, about 20%." Maelstrom said.

"Geez, remind me not to get you angry." Spider-man said as they heard some wirring noise. Spider-man then jumped in the air to avoid a powerful sonic blast but Maelstrom stood his ground and absorbed the energy, with the impact moving him back just a foot, but it didn't hurt.

"I was paid to take out the bug. But I reckon the big man will happily pay me whatever I want to take you out, Stark!" Shocker shouted as he fired a powerful sonic blasts at Maelstrom but Naruto just stood his ground and absorbed the energy. Shocker kept firing a constant stream of powerful sonic energy as Naruto kept absorbing the energy.

"That all you got, Shocker!" Maelstrom shouted as Spider-man fired a wed line and hit Shocker's gauntlets and then yanked them hard. This caused the stream of sonic energy to smash into the building and destroy chairs and parts of the wall.

"Geez, Shocky you aren't that good at taking out Superheroes are you?" Spiderman asked as he then flung some chairs at Shocker but Shocker just blasted them. "Lets see how you like my new impact webbing!" Spider-man shouted as he fired two large blobs of impact webbing and they hit Shocker, covering up his body with the sticky web substance. Spider-man's gauntlets then ejected the spent impact webbing cartridge and loaded the new ones.

{Groan} When I get out of this." Shocker said as he managed to vibrate his gauntlets free and began blasting all over the place.

"Geez, with Shocky here the city doesn't even need a wrecking ball." Spider-man said.

"Well the place is condemned." Maelstrom said as Spider-man nodded and they left through the ceiling while Shocker just kept blasting to get himself free. After about a minute of blasting, he finally managed to free himself of the webbing and looked around to see Spider-man and Maelstrom gone but heard the entire building starting to creak and give way.

"Aw crude." Shocker said as the place began to fall apart and collapse. Shocker activated his vibration force field but it couldn't take the force of the falling building and gave way burying him in the debris. After the building collapsed, Naruto hovered down to the wreckage with Spider-man handing upside down, sticking his feet to Naruto's feet.

"And that's how you bring down the house." Spider-man joked as Naruto chuckled.

Naruto hovered down as Spider-man jumped to his feet and landed on a destroyed column piece. Naruto moved through the debris and pulled out Shocker whose armor was a bit wrecked and his mask was destroyed.

"Out cold." Naruto said.

"Well that's what happens when a building falls on top of you." Spider-man said.

"I was hoping for some info. He said that someone named the Big Man paid him to take you out, and would pay him anything if he took me out. Who's the Big man?" Naruto asked.

"Uh, I'm guessing a big guy." Spider-man said.

"Well this guy wanted you out of the picture. We're going to have to figure out who he is." Naruto said as Spider-man nodded.

"So shall we dress up Shocky for the cops?" Spider-man joked as Naruto nodded. When the police and reporters arrived, they were greeted with the sight of a destroyed old movie theater, a guy in a web net hanging from a street light, the shocker super suit folded up nicely on the ground and two cards. One said, Courtesy of your Friendly neighborhood Spider-man and the other said, Sorry about the building, will re-reimburse city for it, Naruto.

Naruto and Spider-man were moving through the city, with Spider-man swinging high and fast while Naruto flew with him. "WOOOHOOOO!" They shouted as the crime-fighting duo and friends traveled through the city.

While they were having fun, at the high-end apartment complex home to the Osborn family, Harry was getting home after having a horrible day at school. He exited the elevator with an angry expression on his face and threw his backpack across the room and knocked over a flower vase. Harry's father, Norman was in the hallway and saw the little show of anger.

"You seem troubled, son." Norman said.

"Troubled? Gee, you think? I failed my Calc test because Pete abandoned me. Flash's crowd won't cut me a break and—" "Enough!" Norman said, getting his son to stop his complaining.

"You're parked in a no whining zone. Take some responsibility. Peter's not the reason you failed and not the reason you should be blaming him. You want to past a test, study. You want to be popular, be popular. Take control of your destiny, boy. Harry, life is pretty simple. You cowboy up and do what you have to do." Norman said as he left and went to his office.

"Thanks, I will." Harry said as he got an idea.

Inside Norman's office he was having a business meeting. Standard fare for a corporate executive like him but he was conducting the meeting with Hammerhead, one of the city's mob lieutenants. Bad company often flocks together.

"My apologies for the interruption." Norman said.

"Eh, kids today. What you gonna do? New topic: Spider-man and the Stark kid. We want them gone. You care?" Hammerhead asked.

"I'll admit, seeing Naruto gone from New York would make my job a bit easier. No doubt Stark's push to the East coast will cause some problems, but not my business." Norman said.

"Really? That kid saved your hide." Hammerhead said.

"I have no affiliation with him or Spider-man. I wouldn't have tipped you off to that Tri-Corp shipment if I had." Norman said.

"Why did you tip us off?" Hammerhead asked.

"Not that Stark has gone legitimate and stopped making weapons, Tri-Corp was my sole competitor in the super weapon business. If their prototypes go missing, everyone wins." Norman said.

"Which brings up an issue my boss would like to discuss." Hammerhead said as he pulled out an encrypted cell phone. "Go ahead, Big Man." Hammerhead said as he put the phone on speaker and put it on the table.

"Mr. Osborn we have a proposition. When Spider-man and Maelstrom battle the likes of the Vulture, the Lizard and even our Shocker, they are too busy to interfere with my Empire. We would like to hire you to create more…well, let's call them super villains." The Big Man said.

"What's in it for me?" Norman asked.

"Ample funding and a ready supply of human guinea pigs for your more, questionable experiments." The Big Man replied as Norman smirked.

"I believe we have a deal. On one condition. Should any of our super villains manage to capture or obtain a DNA sample from Naruto, I take full possession." Norman said.

"Agreed." The Big Man said as Norman cracked a very sinister smile.

"Then I do believe we have an accord." Norman said.

End of Chapter 3

Hoped you guys like the chapter. If you couldn't tell, it'll follow the animated Spectacular Spider-man show which, not counting the 90s animated series, was the best. I'll also have elements from the movies and other shows. So Naruto will be in New York working with Peter to keep the city safe, while also working on his own reputation. He'll face some new villains, deal with some issues coming up and begin to make a name for himself.

Also, think of Naruto's retractable armor like the armor Iron Man uses in Iron Man Armored Adventures. The armor that looks like a backpack when it's not active but then quickly forms around him when needed. That's what Naruto did. Also send me some suggestions about which Spider-man outfit I should make Naruto make for Peter. I want to stray from the suit used in the show and go with a different one. If you got an idea, send me a message or leave a review.

And again, Naruto is not underpowered in this fic, he just hasn't faced people and villains that make him use his powers and skills to the max. So be patient, I'll adjust some of the villains to be make them more of a threat. Also, if you got any ideas for other marvel characters to introduce send me a message or leave it in a review, always looking for inspiration.

And if you see any cool drawings of Naruto/Marvel crossover stuff, send me a link.

Naruto's Abilities

Alter Ego Name: Maelstrom

Abilities: Enhance speed. Enhance strength. Accelerated healing. Superior intelligence. Enhance senses. Excellent fighting skills and combat adaptability. Chakra system and Jutsu's from home world. Superhuman durability and resistance to stimuli. Chakra aura cloak, which increases strength, speed, durability and reflexes. Energy projection blasts, capable of stunning and destroying. Capable of aura constructs. Capable of absorbing energy. Capable of Flight.

Weaknesses: Concentrated plasma weapons, magic

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Marvel properties, both belong to their respective owners, I'm just a big fan.