Maelstrom Fox: Friend or Foe

by Namikaze09

What do you after you cheat death and enter a different dimension where villains and heroes thrive? For Naruto Uzumaki's answer it's to kick ass, take names, make new friends, and hit it off with a couple of sexy ladies be it human, demon, or alien. Harem, Anti-Hero Naruto and Satsuki Uchiha, Good Ivo and Fem. Superboy.

2. Let's Rock Uzumaki Style

Maelstrom Fox: Friend or Foe

Hey fans I'm back with another chapter for my new Naruto Young Justice fic. I was very impressed with how many people liked the first chapter of the story which consisted of 50 reviews. I'm impressed and I got my muse back^^. Now then the harem so far is these girls/women.

Satsuki

Ravager (Rose Wilson)

Ultragirl (Fem. Superboy)

Starfire (OOC)

Miss Martian

Poison Ivy

Dinah Lance

Cheshire

I'll be working on the potentials but it'll be awhile before I truly finalize the story but it'll e interesting as I plan on adding mixes of other parts of DC in like I mentioned in the last chapter and if anyone can give me suggestions let me know.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything affiliated with Naruto, DC, Metal Gear series, etc. except for what I create.

Chapter 2: Let's Rock Uzumaki Style

In the lab the sounds of a beat down echoed through the area, Aqualad cried out in pain as he was sent flying through an empty tank and into the wall before sliding down, groaning in pain and losing his bearers. Kid Flash attempts to rush Fox using his super speed only to get snatched by the back of his collar, spun around and slammed into the ground. Before he had the chance to get up, his quarry planted his foot onto his chest hard, making him gasp out as the wind was knocked out him.

The cyborg warrior sighs in disappointment while his crimson colored blade rested on his shoulder. "You do realize I'm not even trying right?" He informed the pinned speedster who tried to pry his foot off his chest. Robin flings several batarangs at him and he nonchalantly cuts them down with a few lazy swings, though the last one erupted into smoke. Taking this opportunity Robin leaps into the smoke in an attempt to blindside Fox but to his surprise, a black and white armored boot shoots out and strikes him directly in the gut.

The protégé of the dark knight gasps as he flew off and crashes into the ground, clutching his stomach in pain and trying to prevent himself from letting out what he had for breakfast. As the smoke cleared it revealed fox yawning in a bored fashion, placing his foot back on the floor remained on a wheezing Kid Flash who looked like he was gonna pass out if the hint of blue on his face was a notice.

Aqualad sprung back to his feet and rushes as Fox with his electricity arching around his arms, only to be on the receiving end of a volley of what looked like glowing senbon hitting him in none vital spots but he cried out in surprise and a little pain due to his physiology being more durable than normal human skin and hits the ground and lays there, unable to move his body due to the electricity numbing his central nervous system.

Satsuki landed beside her partner, glancing at the down heroes. "So what should we do with them?"

"H-how a-about letting us go?" Kid flash requested with what little air he could muster due to the armored foot nearly crushing his lungs and ribcage.

Fox on the other hand smirks at the lame request, "Nice try kid but" He would said more but he was tackled hard by a white blur and sent crashing into the wall hard, freeing Kid Flash from capture. Satsuki's eyes widened and leapt back in order to avoid a flying fist and landed next to Fox.

"Ow…" He muttered, rubbing his head in pain from the impact that felt like he was hit by a high speed tank. He got up to see what hit him and it was none other than the angry form of Supergirl.

Wally sat up catching his breath before smiling and approaching the female Kryptonian. "Thanks for the save beautiful, that guy nearly crushed me." He said gratefully, reaching out and placing a hand on her shoulder. As soon as she felt contact, she backhands him in the face and once again he's in la la land.

"Wow that poor kid just can't catch a break and neither can I." Fox mumbled as picks himself and his gaze meets the enraged ones of the female kryptonian. The stare down lasted for a few seconds until a smile crept up Fox's lips. "Heh, nice eyes." That compliment resulted in Supergirl snarling like an angry tiger and charges at them both, Satsuki shunshins to the left while her partner remained in a loose stance, ready to draw his sword and contemplates on how he should handle her.

He could incapacitate her with his blade but he didn't really want to deal with The Light or that prick of a doctor to bitch about him breaking their weapon and mentally sighs and sheathes his weapons. She throws a punch at him, but he jumps over it and does a front flip over her form, resulting in the ravenette's fist slamming into the wall, creating a large crater in the process while the whole room shakes.

"Damn if she had blonde hair then she'd be a teenage version of Tsunade-baa-chan." He thought as she pulled her arm out of the crater she caused. She glares at him and rushes at him again swinging a series of left and right hooks that he dodged and weaved around, sporting his smirk which infuriated her more.

"Rah!" she swung another right hook which Naruto avoided but this time he wrapped both hands around her wrist and judo flips her over his shoulder and send her crashing into the crystal tank she was previously in and reducing it to nothing.

She gets up again snarling in anger at the blonde warrior who chuckled at her. "You're gonna have to do better than that missy." He taunted. She rushes at him once again and swings another wild punch at his skull which he somersaults over and lads behind her. She attempts to backhand him but he ducks and knocks her off her feet and Supergirl hit the ground.

"Come on little girl if you're gonna hit me than hit me." He says. Satsuki on the other hand was watching this one sided fight with boredom, sure the cloned female kryptonian had all the powers of her donor but she lacked control and without control, bystanders would get killed.

Supergirls eyes glow red and fires two red beams at Fox. The hooded blonde draws his blade and deflects the twin beams which cut through the floor like a hot knife through butter. "Beautiful eyes, deadly gaze." He commented before taking off in a burst of speed and vanishes. He appeared before a surprised Supergirl with his right hand reared back, grabs her face, and slams her heads first into the ground. "But terrible aim." Fox picks her up and throws her into the vault door the young heroes entered through.

She shakes her head from the impact and glares as his smirking face and all it did was piss her off more so she hovered in the air, turns around and grabs the valve. The sound of metal straining echoed through the room as Supergirl slowly pulled the large steel door out until she successfully did so and held it over her head.

At first Fox was surprised at the level of her strength as she held an object ten times her size but then sported a serious look with Satsuki appearing beside him with her chokuto drawn and her sharingan activated. The duo glance at each other and nodded and the female Uchiha channels lightning chakra through her blade to increase its cutting power and Fox draws Kushinada and it glows red.

"Grah!" Supergirl throws the vault door at them like it was a pebble. Satsuki and Fox vanish and appear as the vault seem to fly pass them with their blades drawn and the 10 inch thick steel door was reduced to chunks of metal that clattered everywhere, leaving the girl of steel stunned, unaware that Fox was gathering energy into his right palm which took the shape of a spiraling ball while Satsuki's entire left arm was coated in lightning.

They descended to her shocked form and thrust their arms forward.

"Rasengan!"

"Chidori!"

Their signature attacks slam directly into her torso. Electricity and waves of energy dance around the lab from the colliding attacks and Supergirl is jettisoned out the lab and into the hallway. The duo land on the ground as they hear a crash rock the place and they sheath their swords. Fox whistled lowly at the damage they caused before turning his gaze at the entrance and sighing in annoyance.

"Why am I not surprised?" He muttered. Satsuki blinked in confusion, wondering what he meant and turns her head in the direction he's looking only to see Supergirl slowly trudge back into the lab. She didn't look worse for wear, minus her hair being a little ruffled and messy, as well as the rips in her solar suit especially around the torso where it was torn, revealing her flat and toned stomach.

Aqualad, Kid Flash, and Robin were slowly regaining consciousness from their beat down by the hooded blonde. "Aw man, did someone get the number of the freight train that hit me?" The speedster asked while rubbing his throbbing jaw from the sucker punch delivered by Supergirl.

Robin was too busy looking at the destruction caused by their quarries. "Guys I think we're in way over our heads with these two and a tactical retreat is in order." The boy wonder states.

"Agreed." Aqualad replied.

"What he said and all we have to is… get… passed… them… damn…" KF muttered in the end due to Fox and Satsuki standing in between them and their hope for escape along with Supergirl.

"Persistent are we?" Fox questioned the growling clone who looked ready to charge and would have if a G-Gnome hadn't hopped on her shoulder and used it's telepathy to make her freeze up and stand at attention with a blank expression on her face.

"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!" Desmond shouted as he, Dubbilex, and Guardian entered what's left at the lab and the mad doctor looked like he was gonna blow a blood vessel. "I TOLD YOU TWO TO PROTECT THE WEAPON NOT FIGHT IT!"

"Shut your pie hole you old coot she woke up cranky and angry when I was duking it out with the brats!" Fox retorted back.

"Hey we're not brats!" Kid Flash shouted but his mouth was covered by Robin's hand.

"Probably not a good idea to piss off the guy who can chop us up into hamburger." Robin growled through his teeth.

"You two imbeciles were given orders to watch the weapon but you can't even follow that!" Desmond exclaims as he approached them. "When the board gets notice of this incident it'll be your heads they take and not mine!"

Fox's brow twitched dangerously due to the man poking him in the chest and if there was one thing he hated was some pencil neck prick talking down to him like he was lower than dirt. "Poke me again and that arm will no longer be attached to your body." The blonde said quietly in a tone so dark it would make even the dark knight shiver which the doc did, taking a slight step back before glaring at him.

"Just deal with those intruders." He says, getting a nod from the blonde. Aqualad, Robin and Kid Flash tense up when they watch him turn around and draw his blade.

"Sure just do me favor doc," He twirled his blade a few times before pausing. The others wondered why he stopped until he spun around and thrusts his blade towards the middle of Desmond's chest.

*Squelch*

"AAAAGGHHH!" Everyone's eyes widened in shock or horror from Fox's action as he ran Kushinada through the middle of Desmond's chest cavity and out his back. The man's body trembled as he stared at the blade impaled into his body and back up to see the hooded figure's eyes.

"Y-you… you can't…" He coughed up some blood and fell to his knees, feeling his vision fade and life blood staining his clothes.

"You know the only reason you're alive is because your bosses still had use for you, I on the other hand just don't like you so it's no skin off my nose." He pulled the blade out of the soon to be dead doctor and kicks him into a terminal and approaches the still form of Supergirl. "Okay little guy let her go." He gives the G-gnome a gentle pat on the head and its glowing horns recede.

Supergirl and Guardin groan as they attempt to regain their senses. "Uh… wha…what happened?" she wondered.

"Whoa, it can talk!" Kid Flash stated, only to be on the receiving end of a glare.

"Yes, 'she' can talk." Supergirl growled at the yellow and red clad speedster.

"Word to the wise, don't render someone who can melt your head off with a glare or snap you in two like a twig in that term," Fox advised "Now what to do with you three." He rubbed his chin in thought as he pondered on their fates before looking at Satsuki who shrugged her shoulders.

"How about letting us go with our limbs intact?" Kid Flash suggested. The hooded blonde gazed at him and the other two for a while until his lips curve upwards into a smile.

"Okay."

"If you think we're gonna let you gut us open like you did that other guy then you got another thing com-" Robin paused in his rant and blinked rapidly at the guy. "Wait, what did you say?" Robin asked and Fox's smirk grew.

"I said okay, on one condition though." Fox requested.

"And that request is?" Aqualad questioned with narrow eyes and watched him approach the ravenette who blinked in confusion as he set a hand on her shoulder.

"Take her with you," Fox turned her around and gently pushed her towards the three young heroes "Even though my orders from my clients were to guard her, I think she'll be better off with you three than spending the rest of her life as a weapon until her use is no longer needed isn't that right Dubbilex?" Naruto questioned to the human sized genomorph who nodded in agreement.

"Correct" Dubbilex answered "Sister your purpose is not to live in the darkness like we have to, you have the opportunity to leave and create your own life."

"But… Cadmus is my home." She replied back, only for Satauki to shake her head in a negative fashion.

"A home is a place where you feel safe and not locked away like a lab rat," She replied to the cloned Kryptonian "But it is your choice to either stay here or feel what it's like to be free."

Supergirl looks at Fox first, then Satsuki, Aqualad, Robin, Kid Flash, Dubbilex and the other G-Gnomes that gathered. "I choose… freedom." She answered and got a nod of approval from her 'brother'. Fox smiles warmly and pulls down his hood revealing his face to the others and Supergirl's cheeks turn slightly pink from seeing his handsome yet feral facial structure.

"Then go and find your purpose out in the world Supergirl but know this, somewhere in your life you will come through a crossroad on what you truly desire so don't let others choose your life, you must do so yourself." He advised and got a nod from her "Though having friends to help you would be beneficial. Now get going, the exit's not too far from here."

The young hero carefully pass Fox, just to make sure he wouldn't stab them in the back but Supergirl stops and looks back at him before joining up with the others. Once they were gone Fox walks over to Guardian who was still feeling the migraine in his cranium and pats him on the shoulder.

"You're gonna need a whole bottle of aspirin to get rid of that headache buddy." He joked with the armor clad hero smiling weakly.

"Make it two, my head will be throbbing for weeks." He muttered while slowly getting back on his feet. "So what will happen to Cadmus now that Desmond's out of the picture?"

"Beats me but I think you would be better taking charge of this kami forsaken place so long as you don't permit any illegal experiments." Fox answered back as he placed his hood over his head again.

"Noted, but the only issue is the genomorphs. I don't want them to be terminated, they were just following orders from Desmond but I don't want myself or the associates who work here to be under control."

Fox rubbed his chin in thought for a bit until an idea popped in his head. "I think I might know someone who would be interested in having some little helpers around." He answered. Satsuki noticed the gleam in his eyes and sweat dropped.

"Is he thinking what I think he's thinking?" She thought.

Guardian gave the hooded blonde a questionable look, wondering who he had in mind. "And who exactly would be interested in us Mr. Fox?" Dubbilex wondered as the blonde's grin grew even bigger.

XXXXX

"I can't believe I allowed you to talk me into this Naruto." Ivo says as he watched the Genomorphs work on the underground city being constructed. G-Trolls were working on moving large pieces of debris and clearing out the area while the G-Sprites were lighting up the ceilings. The G-Gnomes were communicating with them via telepathy while the Elves were moving the smaller pieces of debris.

"Well I couldn't just leave them to fend for themselves Ivo." Naruto said as he adjusted his shades. "Plus Satsuki-chan made a new friend."

Sitting on the female Uchiha's shoulder was a G-gnome that was purring happily due to Satsuki stroking its chin in a gentle manner with her fingers. Apparently when they were transferring the genomorphs to Ivo's underground bunker where he keeps all his top secret projects, the little grey creature hitched a ride in Naruto's coat pocket. Naruto figured they deserved a place to call home after being used as tools by the now late doctor and Guardian remained in charge of Cadmus and assures the genomorphs that wish to stay at Cadmus, though his clients weren't too happy when they were informed of the incident.

Flashback

"This is most unsettling Mr. Fox," Luthor says behind the light visage "Killing Desmond is one thing but allowing the sidekicks to take Project Kr is another." Fox and Satsuki were in a darkened room surrounded by several light screens.

"Desmond was more of an annoyance but as for your precious weapon, I was only informed to guard her and nothing more and also you have the now late Desmond and yourselves to blame for giving her the option to think for herself." Fox replied back in an even tone, showing he was not afraid to speak his mind before them. "Besides sooner or later she would've gotten out of your grasp and nothing short of Superman would be able to stop her and the results would've been bad if the Justice League got notice of Cadmus's activities."

"Monsieur Fox does make a valid point," Brain stated "We should've been more thorough with Desmond in her programming and become our greatest asset against the heroes, no?"

"Indeed," a deep baritone voice said "The loss of Supergirl is just a minor setback and we will get back on schedule. Were you able to retrieve the formula during the 'tour' of the facility?"

Fox shuffled into his coat pocket and pulls out a small square case and pops it open, revealing several vials of a light blue liquid that was contained in several cylindrical glasses. "Yeah I got the vials and they're in good condition as promised."

"Heh, so the Fox manages to get something done right!" A snooty/arrogant voice said in a gleeful fashion which annoyed the blonde and his partner.

"Watch it witch boy, I have no problem shaving you or that demon cat of yours." Fox warned while patting the hilt of his blade.

"Wha- oh you've got some nerve you cocky-"

"Enough, we didn't come to start meaningless squabbles," A calm collected voice says and ignores the grumbling of the witch boy "Before this meeting ends, I'm curious why you two didn't kill the sidekicks? Your combined skills would've been more than enough to eradicate them off the face of the earth."

"I have a good reason for that. One: I don't need the Justice League targeting us and while I am capable of taking down 4 or 5 of them, the whole group would've been a problem even for us," Fox answered "Two: They possess a lot of potential and can prove to be a challenge for us in the future and lastly they didn't pose a threat to your motives."

"Not now they don't but they could prove to be an even greater threat than the league and should they then you two will be held responsible." The female voice advised.

Fox chuckles darkly before pulling down his hood and looking back up at the screens revealing his demonic eyes that glowed red and smiled viciously. "Don't make threats you can't keep lady, I'm the last person on this planet you want to piss off." He said in a tone so dark, his clients remained silent though a few were cringing from his murderous gaze.

"Now if you'll excuse us we have some business to take care of." After placing the case down on the floor, Fox and Satsuki walked into the shadows while the screens dissipated as well.

Flashback end

That aside, the bio engineered creatures seem to be taking their new home well and had more freedom than they did in Cadmus so all seemed well for now.

XXXXX

Las Angeles Docks

Three thugs were swerving wildly inside a moving truck with the tires screeching as the large vehicle made a sharp turn to the left.

"Damn it, that hooded clown took out three of our guys with no problems!" Thug one seethed as the driver decided to slow down a bit.

"Yeah but I think we lost him." Thug two said in relief.

"Same here, I think we're good" Unfortunately for the thug they weren't okay. Zipping around the opposite side on a red and black Yamaha Motorcycle was Fox who took off towards the truck at high speeds. "Oh shit there he is!"

"Run him over!" The third one shouts. The driver nods and presses his foot down on the accelerator. The trucks speed increases as it revved across the road with the intent of crushing the blonde. Fox smirks as he approaches the large vehicle and once they were close enough, he swerves quickly to the left and draws Kushinada swiftly and slashes through the side. The left side of the truck tilts and skids across the road, turning sideways and crashing into several wooden crates with the men inside screaming in fear.

They were unaware of a large square containment unit flying out of the cargo hold and tumbling on the ground until it came to a stop while the truck crashes into a barge. Fox brings his motorbike to a halt as he watched the truck crash and parks it before strolling over to the thieves with his blade perched on his shoulder.

One thug came falling out of the broken door, groaning in pain and trying to shake the cobwebs out of his head, unaware of Fox approaching him until he looks up at the man's smirking face. His eyes widen and notices his gun laying a few feet in front of him. He was pondering on whether to grab it or not only for the hooded blonde to crush the weapon under his foot.

The thug looks up and gulps as he saw the man inspect his crimson colored blade in a nonchalant fashion. "A little late for shopping don't you think? Trying to make a quick buck out of whatever you were trying to steal or did someone hire you to rob a truck fully of advanced technology?" Fox questioned as he still kept his eyes on his blade.

"Th-this is our gig… we wanted to make some cash with the stuff we took and-" He did continue due to the blade planting right beside his head while Fox shook his head in disappointment. He crouches down in front of the trembling thug and gave him a look of annoyance.

"You if you're gonna lie at east good at it," Fox chastise "I know you're not bright enough to pull this off so tell me the truth or having your skull rammed into a steal wall will be the least of your worries tonight." The thug paled in fright especially when Fox's blade glimmered in the light.

"N-no, no I swear this is all our" A beeping sound was heard and the two turned their heads and noticed it was coming from the containment unit. It stops blinking and hisses, releasing some steam from the box. The top half splits open and separates, releasing what looked like an orange skinned muscular being that was folded up in the fetal position until it raised its head and it's eyes glowed read.

"What the hell is that?" The thug questioned.

"Your cargo" Fox pulls his blade out of the ground and turns from the thug. The hulking creature exits out of the crate and stood at its full height ranging up to 8'2. It's upper body was a dark orange color minus the green arm bands around it's forearm and sporting a Mohawk like hairdo while it's lower body was fully green with black around the ankles. The second thug crawls out of the broken window and also looks at the muscle bound android.

"What is that thing?"

"Amazo, a highly advanced cybernetic android with the ability to replicate the powers of super beings." Fox answers as Amazo took two steps forward.

"What kind of super beings?" Amazo grabs the hull of a barge and lifts it over its head with one arm and rears it back.

"Big ones." Amazo chucks it at Fox and the blonde easily leaps over it as it passes by. Unfortunately the goons weren't as lucky due to them screaming in terror and getting crushed by the 20 ton barge along with the truck and a fiery explosion occurs as Fox lands back down on the ground. He glances at the fiery scene and grimaces at two of the now charcoal bodies coated in fire. "Uh… poor bastards," He mumbled before turning his attention back to Amazo "That wasn't very nice you know?" The stone faces robot didn't say anything and started to slowly walk towards his new target.

"Okay… the memo was to keep Amazo from being stolen and acquire the head… when the android was inactive." Fox mutters as he twirls his blade a few times and gets into a basic kendo stance. "This might be fun."

Metal Gear Rising OST: Rules of Nature

"En Guard!" Fox declares and dashes at the bulky android, performing a horizontal slash that the android blocks the strike with its forearm but the edge of the blade manages to slightly dig into the fake flesh of the droid. Amazo rears his right arm back and swings downwards at the blonde who jumps back. The punch makes contact with the concrete and leaves a decent sized crater from the impact.

As soon as he landed on the ground, Fox brings his sword against the concrete and dashes forward as his blade grinds against the concrete, leaving a thin trail as he approached his target and swings upwards. Amazo was able to leap back with only a small cut under its chin. Fox glances back at the bot and his lips curve upwards. "You're smarter than the average machine. Ivo really spoke highly of you until you malfunctioned."

Amazo didn't reply back but instead brought his hands up, raises them into the air and brings them down onto the ground, causing a fissure to sail towards Fox. His blade glows red and raised it in the air, waiting for the earth based move to get closer and swings his sword down, releasing a gust of crimson wind that tears through the ground and cancels out the fissure. Unfortunately for Amazo, it kept coming until it made contact and sent him sailing through the road and inside a barge, leaving a decent sized hole in it along with a series of slash marks.

"Hmm… maybe I over did it." Fox wondered as he stroked his chin until the barge started to rise up a little and was chucked at him. He instantly swung his blade downwards and splits it in two before smiling again. As he saw Amazo's glowing red eyes. "Then again, I could be wrong."

Amazo steps out of the hull with several deep cuts around its body and oil slightly dripping from its chest cavity. Fox brings his arm up and does a 'bring it gesture to the bulky android who responded by charging forward with its thunderous footsteps echoing throughout the area and once it closed in it proceeded to attack Fox with a series of left and right hooks that his foe either weaved around or blocked with his blade and did it all with a grin on his face. If Amazo had any way of expressing emotions it would be extremely pissed off at the moment and then attempts to back hand the armor clad warrior but Fox backflips away and leaps high into the air and lands onto a barge.

"Heh, you don't look so big from where I'm standing!" He declared but then his eyes widened when Amazo jumps up and flies into the air towards Fox. "Whoa it can fly?" But that's not all it could do. Its eyes glowed red and fired two laser beams from its eyes, resulting in Fox dodging the blasts but ended up with two holes in his coat. "And fires lasers? Damn it Ivo did you give enough firepower?"

He hops to the left as the beams cut through the barge and up into air to avoid two more blasts. Amazo was suddenly upon him with its fist reared back and strikes him in the chest hard enough to send him flying back at neck breaking speeds and crash through several crates and slide through the ground.

Fox groaned as he tried to regain his bearing in the pile of wood and sat up rubbing his head and shake the cobwebs out only for a wooden crate to fly towards him and he was forced to roll to the left as it shattered against the truck it hit. He sprung back to his feet and cut down two more and Amazo came zipping down and landing hard on the ground, firing another round of beams that Fox deflects and this time redirects the blasts back at Amazo'a eyes, causing it to stagger back as its eyes were permanently damaged.

Fox Took this opportunity leap towards Amazo with his blade positioned back and swings forward.

*Sling*

The head came flying off its shoulder and into the air while Fox landed back with Kushinada extended outwards. He stands back up and slowly sheathes his blade and with a click, the body falls like a rock and he catches the head in his hand.

(Music Ends)

"All this trouble over a head," He mumbled while pulling a kunai from his sleeve and flicks it northeast of his direction. A gasp was heard and a blur leaps out of the shadows and lands in front of him and it happened to be a female with a young woman with a slender, but fit build. She has thick black hair and grey eyes, as well as olive colored skin due to her heritage being Asian. Her outfit consists of a dark green colored kimono with shreds and rips along it and tied around her waist, where its length reaches just above her knees and wore a black body suit under it with black knee length boots that seemed to designed as ninja footwear. Completing her outfit was a white mask, resembling a cat's head with red stripes and a wide grin, in relationship to the Cheshire Cat.

"And speaking of trouble who might you be?" He questioned as the assassin stood up on her feet.

"The names Cheshire and I'm here for that head." She answered.

"Uh which head?" He questioned getting a slight chuckle from the Assassin.

"Cute, but I'm here for that android's head. I have clients that are interested in the data it contains and want to exploit it so we can do this the easy or the hard way." She drew one of her Sais and pointed it at him.

"Hmmm…" Fox pondered on this for a bit before putting the head into his coat but secretly put it into a storage seal to keep it from being damaged, "Bring it." He challenged and Cheshire responded by throwing a kunai directly at his face but he caught it in between his finger.

Cheshire then dashes at him and thrusts her weapon forward which Fox manages to dodge and blocks a knee strike to his chest. She pivots her foot and twists her body around to deliver a spin kick to his head but he ducks and flips over her form with no trouble and lands back onto the ground. "Nice combination," He complimented before pulling out his sheathed sword off his belt "But you can do better than that."

Cheshire narrowed her eyes at his mocking expression and decided to wipe that look off his face so she sheathed her Sai and drew two collapsible katana from the back of her belt. "You're right, I can." She declared getting into a dual sword stance while Fox threw off his coat. "Nice face by the way." Fox smirks at the compliment and twirls his sheathed weapon a few times.

"Thanks, maybe I'll see yours in exchange." He teased and knew for some odd reason she was smiling slyly behind her mask.

"Only if you can remove this mask from my face." She replied back before she makes the first move by twirling her blades in a fluid but quick fashion in order to catch him off guard but she notices the focused look in his deep blue eyes and knew this was going to be an interesting fight.

The duel started with her swinging her blades simultaneously in perfect sync while her foe blocked each strike with the sheathe. Each time she pressed on with the attack, he only took a few steps back and stopped in place to block or weave around her blades. She drew he blades back and attempts an X slash with both blades but he manages to block them both and stand his ground.

"Not bad… you're well taught in the art of swordsman ship," Fox complimented with a smile of approval but then it changes to one of seriousness "But you're technique lacks something." He pushes the sheathe upwards breaking her stance, spins around and strikes her right in the torso with the tip of the sheathe. Cheshire gasps from the blunt force that entered into her stomach and made her skid back.

She grits her teeth and glares back at the blonde swordsman who still kept his weapon undrawn. Once she recovered she dashes at him again and engages him in combat. "This can't be right," She swings at his head yet he blocks it before bringing it back and thrust the second blade towards his chest but he knocks it away with a lightning quick kick."We're fighting on even terms yet he hasn't drawn his blade once."

"If this is the best you've got you better leave missy as I don't have time to play with you for long." Fox stated and Cheshire responds by crouching down slightly with her remaining blade drawn back. He sighs and shakes his head before strapping Kushinada back in the loop and drawing it. "Fine, I'll humor you and show you the difference in our level of skill. En Guard!" He dashes towards her and thrusts his blade forward, forcing Cheshire to avoid the tip of the crimson O-Katana that 'lightly' grazed the side of her mask and made her jump back but Fox wasn't having it. He swung his blade in an arch that clashed with her blade but the force behind it came close to making her lose her balance and she was now put on the defense due to the series of slashes and thrusts he unleashed.

She got a few close calls in getting nicked by the sharp edge of her foe's sword. She pushed up against a wall and curses to herself and has to tuck and roll in order to not get cut in half as the blade sliced through to wall with no form of resistance. Cheshire got back up panting with her sword up ready to face him again only for Fox to sheathe his weapon and casually walk back to his coat and pick it up. "Where do you think you're going?" She questioned.

Fox looks over his shoulder with a bored expression on his face which upset her at the fact that he seemed to look down on her like she wasn't even a decent challenge. "I have no need to answer a pawn." Was all he said and simply walked off, infuriating the young woman who brought her sword up and threw it at him with all her strength at the back of his head.

Fox simply deflects it with his armored forearm. "Some people never learn." He mutters before vanishing and appearing before Cheshire with his blade raised over his head and brought it down. Cheshire's instincts screamed at her to jump away which she did while Kushina slammed into the ground hard enough to actually leave a wicked slash on the concrete.

"You missed." She says only for the blonde to smirk at her. Cheshire wondered why he was smiling until she felt a breeze hit her body and an article of clothing dropped. A thin line split her mask in two and the face wear fell in two pieces to the floor, revealing her shocked face. "H-how did you?" She wondered until another breeze hit her bare skin and paused. "Wait… bare skin?"

Cheshire looked down to see her sash holding her kimono closed was cut in two and on the floor, revealing a two piece body suit she wore that hugged her figure like a second skin against her c- cupped breasts, flat yet toned stomach, curved hips, and nice firm ass that wasn't too big or small. "Ah!" She covered herself with her arms, blushing in embarrassment and glared at Fox with all the anger she could muster while he chuckles at her.

"Consider that little stunt I pulled a lesson free of charge." Fox says to the angry assassin while sheathing his blade.

"If I ever see you again I'll kill you." Cheshire said in a deadly tone before pulling a smoke bomb out and throwing it to the ground, releasing a smokescreen. Once it cleared, she was out of sight.

"And I look forward to it Neko-chan." He says while gathering his coat and vanishes from the site in a flash of yellow, completing his objective for Ivo.

And Cut! Here's the next chap for my version of The Swordslinger's fic Masked Kitsune. As always give me your thoughts on the story and what ideas you have for the next chapter. Until then Peace out and Happy Mother's day to all the moms out there^^.