Chapter 2: Blackest Night
Demon Voice
Dreams and Flashbacks
Thoughts
In Metropolis
Naruto just got back from the watchtower and is now in a rural part of Metropolis. "I have to find some way to not be discovered,"thinks Naruto. Naruto smiles as an idea comes to mind. "I know, I guess I can fall back on my degrees that I have accumulated over my life," he says to himself.
He reappears in an alley way wearing blue jeans and a black shirt. "Might as well look for a job while I'm not on patrol," thinks Naruto as he heads to a paper stand and looks over the wanted ads. "Looks like nothing I am interested in," he says. I still have my royalties coming in from selling my own book based of Jiraiya's book tale of a Gutsy Ninja," thinks Naruto. His book is called Tale of the Gutsy Disciple and he remade Jiraiya's first book as well earning him a few million bucks.
A little known fact is that living for centuries Naruto has been able to get a degree in about everything with different aliases.
"I guess I can take a job as a guard or teacher at a school," Naruto mumbles to himself. Naruto goes back home to Metropolis and looks up some schools for work.
After a week of filling out several applications, Naruto gets an interview.
Naruto goes to Metropolis Middle School and walks into the office. Naruto walks up to the secretary and coughs. The secretary looks at him. "School is still in session young man," she says, making Naruto's sweat drop.
"I am actually here for the History teacher position," he says.
The secretary fumbles around. "Sorry I did not know," she says as Naruto looks at her.
"It's okay," he says.
The secretary finds his application. "Right this way, Mr. Uzumaki, Principal Meer will see you now," she says.
Naruto walks into the office and sees the principal, who is a tall, black haired woman wearing a gray skirt and top.
"Principal Meer, I am happy to have this opportunity to be interviewed," says Naruto.
The Principal extends her hand. "Welcome to Metropolis Middle School, Mr. Uzumaki," she says, as Naruto shakes her hand.
"Shall we get started, Mr. Uzumaki?" she asks. Naruto nods his head and sits down. After about one hour of interviewing, the principal gets up. "You are just what we're looking for. You can start next week on Monday," says Mrs. Meer.
He walks out of the school and sees Hawk Girl crashing into a building. Naruto rushes into an alley and changes his clothing with a transformation and teleports to the battle zone. He sees Hawk Girl, Flash and J'onn fighting three red robots carrying staffs.
"What do you want?" asks Naruto as he narrows his eyes.
"John Stewart, The Green Lantern where is he?" asks the robot
Naruto secretly puts Shurikens in his hand from a holster in his sleeve. "Why do you want to know?" asks Naruto.
The robot raises his staff and points it at Naruto. "That is not your concern," says the robot.
Naruto lets his Shurikens fly at the androids bouncing of them. The robots begin to fire lasers at Naruto but miss as Naruto keeps substituting with other objects; he finally gets close to one and punches it with a chakra infused punch sending it back a few feet but otherwise unharmed. Naruto does some hand signs not giving them a chance retaliate. "Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu," says Naruto as he blows fire out of his mouth hitting the three robots. The robots come out burned but intact. "Damn what are they made of?" says Naruto as he gets shot in the chest by a laser, causing him to kneel on the building he's on. The robot is ready to fire again when it gets punched by Superman.
"That is enough, what are you doing here?" asks Superman.
The robot stands up. "We are here for John Stewart," it says. Just as Superman and the others are getting ready to charge forward, a green shield comes out and blocks them.
Everyone turns and sees The Green Lantern. "Are you the Green Lantern, John Stewart?" asks the metallic voice.
John nods his head. "I am," he says. The robot extends his hand. "Your power ring," it says as John takes off his ring and hands it to him.
Naruto stands back up. "John, what are you doing?" asks Naruto.
Stewart looks at him. "This does not concern you; don't get involved," he snaps at Naruto. Naruto looks down as Stewart and the robots head out.
Naruto looks up and smirks. "No one saw the seal I placed on that robot when I punched him," he thinks to himself. The rest of the Justice League minus Batman and Wonder Woman gather on the roof top.
"So what are we going to do now?" asks Flash. Naruto walks up to them. "When I landed the punch, I was able to place a tracker seal on it so we can locate them," says Naruto. Everyone nods their heads and head back to the Javelin and go after the robots and John.
On the Planet Ajuris 5
In a court room, three heads are seen on a monitor. "Bring in the accused," says one of the heads. The three robots bring in John Stewart. The female head looked at the former Green Lantern. "Do you have anything to say in your defense?" asks the female judge.
"No, I don't," says John.
On the Javelin
J'onn is using telepathy to try and find the exact location of John; meanwhile, Naruto is meditating in order to keep the seal active, so they can find the robots sooner. The Javelin is currently heading towards Ajuris 5. Just as they are able to get there, a beep is heard on the console. "Looks like we have company, I will try to open a communication channel," says Superman. "Unknown craft identify yourself; this is the Javelin. Come in unknown craft," says Superman.
All Superman gets for a response is a blaster shot from the unknown ship to the hull. Hawk Girl grabs her mace as Superman and J'onn head outside to battle the space fighters. Naruto puts on a space suit and shunshines to the closest fighter and drags a kunai to the wing tearing it off. He sees the Javelin going into a space station. Naruto shunshines to the space station and sees the Flash walking out but gets surrounded by reptilian soldiers. Just as they are getting ready to fire, Superman flies in and knocks them down while Naruto attacks in Taijutsu taking out several with a Konoha Senpu. They finish the fight and go deeper into the compound.
Naruto motions a halt and turns to them. "I can teleport us now that we are closer to the marker I placed. I can use the Hiraishin to get us there faster," he says.
The heroes grab on to each other and they disappear in a flash. They reappear outside the court room and they barge in; well Superman and Hawk Girl barge in, Naruto walks in and raises an eyebrow. "Is this a trial?" he asks as Flash runs in and the three start to engage the robots. One of the judges motions the guard to stop the disturbance. "Enough escort these intruders out of the courtroom," says the judge as two reptilian guards move in. Naruto steps in between the two opposing forces.
"That is enough, we are not here to fight," Naruto says as Superman steps up.
"We're sorry to interrupt, but John is our friend and we would like to see the charges," says the man of steel. The judges' heads look at each other. "This is a public trial; you can stay but no more outbursts," says one of the judges. The five members of the Justice League sit down in the front row. Is it one judge with three heads or three different judges?
"Your next witness, Prosecutor?" asks the male judge head.
"I would like to ask Ken'ja Ro to come to the stands to testify," says the prosecutor. An alien comes in; he is wearing a body suit and has sharp teeth
"State your name and occupation," said one of the three judges.
"Ken'ja Ro; I'm a pirate," he says hesitantly.
The judges look on emotionless. "You are a criminal and you come to witness another's trial," says the female judge.
"I may steal but it's nothing compared to what he did," says Ken'ja Ro glaring at John; just then, the light comes above Ken'ja Ro. "Can you tell us you're encounter with Mr. Stewart?" asks the prosecutor.
Ken'ja Ro talks about how he was smuggling weapons to a resistance group and was intercepted by John Stewart; in the small skirmish, Ken'ja Ro was brought down on a moon by John's beam. Then he had several of his friends engage John and a stray beam from John bounced off the shield of one of the crafts and hit the Planet Ajuris 4 destroying it. "Three billion, that's how many were killed," says the pirate. Everyone was shocked at the number of casualties.
"This is disturbing," said one of the judges. "We'll hold a small recess," said another as the hologram disappears.
The Justice League members go to where John is being held Flash gets there first. "I see you surrendered yourself in order to clear your name," says the scarlet speedster.
"Go home; I told you to stay out of it," says John.
Hawk Girl adds in her comment, "It's obvious that pirate is lying. Give me five minutes and I will get the information out of him," she says.
John shakes his head frustrated. "Listen all of you; no one is lying, you see that," he says pointing to the space debris. "I did that, I am guilty," says the former Green Lantern with his head down.
Naruto shakes his head and walks to Superman. He says something to Superman and walks to where the guards are.
"I would like to speak to the honorable judges if you'll let me see them," says Naruto. The guard nods his head and takes him to the back.
Back with the remaining Justice League, the four are talking. "Three billion, I can't believe it," says Hawk Girl.
Superman thinks for a moment. "Neither can I; I would like to take a closer look at the planet that was destroyed," he says.
"Why; no one is disputing it not even John who admitted it to doing it," says Hawk Girl.
"Maybe I am. Call it an…" Superman doesn't finish.
"Intuition," finished J'onn.
Superman smiles. "Exactly," he says.
Superman and J'onn leave.
The judges come back in with Naruto standing beside John. "The court will now reconvene. John, your friend Naruto has agreed to defend you at the penalty of death," says the judge.
"Would you like to cross-examine the former witness?" asks the judge.
"I would," says Naruto as the pirate is sent back to the stand.
"Ken'ja Ro tell me, who shot first in the ensuing skirmish?" asks Naruto.
"I did in order to prevent getting captured," says Ken'ja Ro.
"One last question; how strong is the shield on the fighter that was hit?" asks Naruto. The judges' eyes went wide after this question as did the prosecutor's.
"Objection," shouts the opposing lawyer.
"On what grounds?" asks Naruto.
"Relevance to the case," says the prosecutor.
"Overruled," said one the judges, "you can answer the question Ken'ja Ro," says the female judge.
"It's stronger than most shields and can withstand a blaster from a power ring," says Ken'ja Ro.
"Is it stronger than a planetary crust or shield?" asks Naruto.
With Hawk Girl in the Stands
"Naruto is buying time for Superman, I wonder if I can get some support from some of the lanterns," says Hawk Girl to Flash.
"Better hurry," replies the speedster.
Hawk Girl leaves to find the Lantern Corps. She finds them at the cantina drinking.
She walks up to them. "Aren't you going to watch the trial?" she asks. The one with a round body stands up. "Who can tolerate what was going on? John is a disgrace to the Lantern Corp," says the Round Lantern.
Hawk Girl glares at him. "So much for the loyalty of the Lantern Corp," she says.
"Don't get high and mighty with us lady or else," says the Lantern.
"Try it," Hawk Girl goads as she swings her mace hitting the round man.
"Please no weapons," says the bartender.
Hawk Girl throws her mace to a nearby wall. "I don't need this to take out some weaklings," she says as she charges the Lanterns.
Back at the Courtroom
The prosecutor finishes re-examining the witness Ken'ja Ro. The judge screens where the heads appear turns to Naruto. "Do you have a witness, counsel?" asks the judge.
Naruto nods his head. "I would like The Flash to come to the stand," says Naruto.
Flash runs up to the witness stand.
"Name and occupation?" asks the judge.
"The name is Flash and I am a hero and member of the Justice League," says the fastest man alive.
Naruto stood beside Flash. "Can you tell us your relation to John?" asks Naruto.
"John and I usually work in a team due to our ability to get in and out. He also puts a stop to my brashness which has saved my hide more than once," says the Flash.
Hawk Girl in Cantina
Three of the four Lanterns that fought Hawk Girl are knocked out. The only one who is left is the round one who started it. He finally charges but gets punched into the other Lantern who was sitting down not fighting. The big Lantern who has pink skin and sharp teeth catches him.
"That's enough, Hawk Girl is right; John is one of us and I am going to help him," says the Lantern as he walks out.
Hawk Girl turns to leave, but sees Ken'ja Ro getting paid by the robot.
Back in the Courtroom
"Tell me you first encounter with John Stewart; Mr. Flash?" asks Naruto.
With Superman
Superman and J'onn look at the destruction of Ajuris 4 "See anything?" asks the Man of Steel.
"Where do you want me to begin; the loss of life, the debris or the emptiness of the planet?" asks J'onn.
Superman points his finger to the asteroids circling the remains of the planet. J'onn's eyes open. "It can't be," he says as he is cut off by a blaster shot from a ship that is being piloted by Ken'ja Ro.
Superman and J'onn go after the ship, but before they can get to it, another ship fires at Ken'ja Ro. This ship is being piloted by Hawk Girl. After a short engagement, Ken'ja Ro's ship is grounded by a laser blast. Hawk Girl's ship lands after a few more minutes. Superman and J'onn walk up.
"What brings you up here?" asks Superman as Hawk Girl walks up to him
"I was in the Cantina when I saw this scum plotting something," she says.
Back in Court
Up in the witness stand the Lantern that walked away from the fight is talking about how John saved his life. "So that is how John saved my life," says the pink skinned Lantern.
Naruto comes up to Kilawog. "Tell me, has John done anything for monetary or self-gain?" asks Naruto.
"Never," says Kilawog.
"Last question, how would you describe John's integrity?" asks Naruto.
"John is probably the most honest person I know, he would never strike first and has shown great restraint when dealing with criminals," says The Lantern.
The prosecutor steps up. "Mr. Kilawog can you tell us what a Lantern does?" he asks.
"That's easy, we catch bad guys," says the Lantern. The prosecutor smirks. "That's good and all but how do you know?" asks the prosecutor.
"We just know," says Kilawog.
"Who gave you the right to decide?" shouts the prosecutor.
Naruto was sweating. "Shit, the prosecutor is screwing my defense up by questioning Kilawog's credibility. I don't know any way out of this,"thinks Naruto.
Before Naruto can salvage his defense, a voice is heard. "We did," says a voice as three short pink people appear.
Naruto raises an eyebrow. "And you are?" he asks.
"We are the Guardians of Oa and we give the Lanterns their power rings," says the short alien.
The prosecutor glares at the three newcomers. "So if the Lantern does something wrong it's not your fault?" asks the prosecutor.
"You misunderstand, we give the ring to the Lantern because we trust their judgment," says the Guardian hoping to save his credibility in the court.
"Enough; I am tired of the stalling, I demand a decision," says the prosecutor.
The judges take a moment. "We will now make a verdict in one moment," says one of them as their video screens turn off.
"Sorry John, I tried ever trick in the book to help you," says Naruto with a crestfallen look.
"I wish you hadn't," states the former Lantern.
After waiting for five minutes, the judges' screens come back on. "We have reached a verdict. John Stewart is found guilty of involuntary genocide. His punishment is death along with his lawyer," states the judge.
Naruto's head goes down as he and John are escorted to a dome shaped building. Naruto starts to meditate as he controls his breathing.
Gas starts to pour in, John looks at Naruto "Why are you trying to delay your death?" he asks. Naruto sighs. "Because unlike you I have faith in myself and our friends and I don't give up," says Naruto calmly.
John starts to swagger back and forth as Naruto is trying to control the amount of poison that goes into his system. John falls down while Naruto smirks. "It's about time they came," he says lowly as Superman busts into the chamber and releases the gas by spinning fast letting it go into the air to dissipate. Superman grabs John as Naruto jumps out.
"Sorry I'm late," says the Man of Steel.
Naruto nods his head. "Better late than never," says the ninja as guards surround Naruto, Superman and a knocked out John. Superman stands up. "John Stewart is innocent," he boldly declares. He reaches for his ear piece. "That's your cue Hawk Girl," he whispers in the mouth piece that is attached to his ear piece.
Back at the giant projector, Hawk Girl destroys it revealing an intact Ajuris 4.
The courtroom is shocked as J'onn brings in Ken'ja Ro. John who just woke up sees him and throttles him. "You, why did you do it?" he demands with venom in his voice.
Ken'ja Ro shakes. "For money," he says scared.
"Who's?" asks John. "The Man Hunter's," he says. The Guardians and John look shocked.
The three Guardians start to rush out, but Naruto runs up beside them. "Mind telling me what is going on?" asks the Sennin.
The short Guardians continue to walk. "We don't have time," one of them says just to be intercepted by Superman.
"What's this all about?" asks the Man of Steel.
"The Man Hunters were before we founded the Lantern Corp; they were peacekeepers but we found out they had faulty programming so we regulated them to lesser duties: hunting, guarding and retrieval, they didn't seem to mind," says the head Guardian.
"Not out loud," states Flash.
"What could they be after?" asks Naruto. "They are after the power core on Oa; we have to stop them," says the head Guardian.
The Justice League, minus Hawk Girl and the Guardian, rush to Oa.
Surface of Oa
An army of Man Hunters attack the fortress of the Guardians while the cannons on the fortress shoot some down but become overwhelmed a little later.
Naruto and Flash are inside the green bubble of John Stewart. While Superman and J'onn fly out to engage the Man Hunter army. Naruto and Flash land on the surface and start to fight off the invading hunters. Naruto goes through some hand sign and blows out wind out of his mouth shredding the Man Hunters to pieces. "They thought I was going all out on Earth, they don't realize that a ninja's great weapon is deception," shouts Naruto as he sends another gale of wind to the robot advancing on Flash.
Naruto gets shot in the arm but is saved by the Lantern reinforcements that were gathered by Hawk Girl.
Naruto sees the head Man Hunter enter the building. Naruto signals to John as he heads to the core while John stays outside to fight. Naruto stops in the core and sees the man Hunter enter it. "I am the power," he says as he grows big.
Naruto forms a clone and it starts to meditate it gets markings under his eyes; it then disappears giving Naruto the effect of sage mode. Naruto goes through some hand signs. "Bijuu Summoning Ichibi no Shukaku," shouts Naruto as the raccoon with one tail is summoned. "I need you to assist the Lanterns on the ground," says Naruto to his summon. The one tail bows. "Of course Juubi-sama," says the demon as he goes to fight.
Outside the Lanterns see the demon and prepare to attack but the head Guardian stops them. "He's on our side, it looks like the Rikudo Sennin decided to summon an ally to help us," says the head Guardian. Just then, energy starts to leave the Lanterns and the Guardians. The Guardian starts to fall down. "All is lost," he says. John gets up. "Not while I'm around," he says as he uses the last bit of energy in his ring to fly up and gather more power.
"In blackest day. In Darkest Night, No evil shall escape my sight, For those who worship evils might beware my power green lantern's light," shouts John as he sends a beam of green light at the Man Hunter, while Naruto forms a Rasenshuriken and throws it at him vaporizing the Man Hunter.
The battle was over, the Man Hunters were destroyed and the Lanterns and their allies gathered. "Thanks Naruto for defending me," says John.
Naruto smiles. "No problem that's what friends are for," says the ninja.
The Lantern Corp is talking to Hawk Girl. "You sure can fight, but we already knew that," says one of them.
The Lanterns turn to their last member. "Sorry John, we should have known better," says the short one. John turns around. "You should," he said with disappointment in his voice. John gathers the Justice League and flies them to the Javelin and they head home.
Metropolis Middle School
One week later, Naruto is in the classroom talking about the Civil War. The students are listening to every word due to the detail he describes the events. He has been getting praise for his teaching methods by having the students learn hands-on by doing activities either by reenacting a battle using rulers and rubber bands or having mock trials on historical figures or some other activities. He gives out few essays and writing assignments.
Naruto still helps the Justice League on occasions; he has become just as famous as Superman or Batman for his bravery and honor. He is known by the moniker Sennin of the League.
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A/N: Alright to clarify, since Naruto has the Juubi, he is able to summon any of the tailed demons as an ally. They refer to him a Juubi-sama because once Naruto absorbed the Juubi he practically became the Juubi. The Guardian knows of Naruto due to them being Guardians of the universe so they know who he is. Naruto was good in the courtroom because of experience in his younger life defending himself from the council. Didn't he get a law degree? You said earlier that he got almost ever degree there is. The last thing is I took Naruto's teach style from a former middle school teacher who did the same thing. We had a mock battle when studying the French and Indian War and we acted like a show from Jerry Springer during the American Revolution. It was fun. Sorry for the long wait, I had to gather up my thoughts and yes I took the opening sentence of the filler I started on but erased the rest. Just to make things easier.