Chapter 3
Den of Snakes
Welcome back guys. Time for chapter 3. But first, on to the reviews.
Dragon45: I PMed you about this. But for everyone else. A mixture of several different Batmen including Bale Conroy and Romano.
SPark681: Actually, I had Hinata lined up for Catwoman from the beginning.
Guest: Thank you.
61394: Yeah. I knew I'd have to make sure that Sasuke wasn't on Naruto's trail.
Alright then... Let's kick it up.
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Namekaze Manor. A massive palace of a building found just outside of the Konoha city limits Deep beneath the manor, inside a large underground laboratory (Think the Arkham Asylum Batcave.) sat Naruto wearing a black turtle neck looking over a database of the crime bosses in Konoha.
"Master Naruto." Naruto heard the voice of Kurama behind him as he rubbed his eyes before turning around. "Sir. Might I remind you, you do have a press conference in the afternoon. You might want to rest before it." He said.
"The press conference is at three o clock, Kurama. I'll rest come sunrise." Naruto said before turning back to the computer.
"Sir. It's nine in the morning." Kurama said. "Now are you going to get some sleep or do I need to knock you out?" He jokingly asked getting a chuckle from our hero.
"Alright. It will take a while for examination process to tell us who hired this Red Hood character." Naruto said before he and Kurama walked to a nearby elevator, walking out of the other point in Naruto's office behind a grandfather clock before Naruto headed for bed.
A few hours later Naruto was tossing and turining in his bed the sounds of gunfire being played in his head before he woke up in a cold sweat gasping for air before turning to his night stand and grabbing a picture of his eight year old self standing between a man with shoulder length blonde wearing a black suit and a yellow tie and a woman with blood red hair wearing a green dress.
Naruto then got up and went down stairs to see a waiting Kurama fixing breakfast.
"The nightmare again?" Kurama asked as Naruto sat down at the kitchen counter and Kurama placed the plate of bacon and eggs in front of him before pouring him a cup of coffee.
"Is it ever any different?" Naruto asked sadly. "Every night for sixteen years." He said as his anger began to rise.
"I wish there was some way to ease your pain." Kurama said in sympathy for his master.
"My pain will be eased when this city no longer needs Batman." Naruto said before taking a bite of his food.
"And what happens in the mean time?" Kurama asked getting Naruto's attention. "Batman may be needed for a long time. Don't let Naruto Namikaze be swallowed up by him." He said out of concern.
"He won't be. I promise." Naruto said with a smile as he finished his food and went to get dressed for the press conference.
Three hours Later outside the Namikaze industries building:
Sasuke and Sakura were in a crowd filled with all the reporters that had been called to the press conference.
"Did he tell you what this was about yesterday?" Sakura asked.
"Nothing. He just said something about the needing to heal the city." Sasuke replied before several cameras started flashing as Naruto walked up.
"People of Konoha." Naruto greeted in a normal speaking voice. "Sixteen years ago I saw my parents killed right in front of my eyes." He said, getting sympathetic looks from his friends and a few of the reporters. "That event nearly destroyed me. I spent all that time thinking about it. About why it happened and I have finally figured it out." He said. "This city is sick. Sick with an illness that gave rise to the desperate man that killed my parents and like any sickness it needs to be treated." Naruto said before pressing a button which revealed a large housing development and several factories.
"I am proposing this building project for the narrows. These factories will construct energy efficient projects and medical cybernetics. The housing development will provide affordable living for all those in the area and in the center will be a homeless shelter that will be able to comfortably house several dozen people as well as give them clothes and a place to get back on their feet. With this, hopefully this city will stop being a breeding ground for criminals and will instead be a place of hope for all those who are down on their luck." He said before several reporters began to hound him with questions and he raised his hand to silence them before pointing to one of the reporters.
"Mister Namikaze just how affordable will it be to those not working in these factories of yours." The reporter asked.
"The rent would never exceed the needs of those living there. And rest assured all utilities will be payed for by Namikaze industries so that all they would need to pay for food, clothes and a small rent of only what the occupants can afford." Naruto said before pointing to another reporter.
"Mister Namikaze, why do this? What do you have to gain from the housing and all it would cost your company?" The other reporter asked.
"This city is my home and for too long it has been drowning in darkness. It has gotten so bad that we are now in need of a vigilante. That's why I'm doing this. So that the day may come this city no longer needs Batman to feel safe." Naruto said before his phone beeped. "That will be all for today. Thank you." He said as several more reporters began to ask questions before Jiraiya came to the podium.
"Mister Namikaze will be taking no further questions at this time." He said as he looked back to see Naruto walking away while looking at his phone.
A few moments later, Sasuke felt his phone vibrate and he took it out to see a bat symbol. "How the hell did you get my number?" He asked.
"Hello to you too, Detective." The distorted voice of Batman came over the phone. "I've found some information on the man who hired the Red Hood. One Kabuto Yakushi. Alias the Python." Batman said.
"He's one of the biggest crime bosses in the city. He supplies weapons to every criminal in Konoha. But we can't get anything concrete to convict him. He runs a bar on the south end called..." Sasuke began.
"The Snake Den. I know." Batman said.
"Why call me about this?" Sasuke asked.
"You're one of the very few good cops in the city. I need those like you to stand in the light while operate in the darkness to save this city." Batman said.
"What do you need?" Sasuke asked.
"It will take time to take down the Python. The Red Hood is a different story. Gather any cops you can and once I have his location, we're going after the Hood." Batman said before hanging up.
The Snake Den just after nightfall:
A man in his late twenties/ early thirties with silver hair and green snake like eyes wearing a black suit with white snake skin shoes and a silver snake shin tie was walking through the club and mingling with the faux high society types and gamblers before walking in to his office. Suddenly the lights went black before turning back on to reveal Batman standing in front of him.
The Python was quick to grab a gun only for Batman to his hand with the sharp end of a bat shaped shurriken.
"The famous 'Batman'. I was wondering when you'd pay me a visit." Yakushi said before stepping on a switch which caused a Gatling gun to descend from the ceiling only for Batman to quckly pull out his gun disrupter to jam it. Yakushi then dove for a red button on his desk.
"Don't bother. I disabled the alarm before you entered and I'm going to assume that this room is soundproofed." Batman said before in the blink of an eye grabbing Yakushi from over the desk and lifting him by the collar of his suit. "The Red Hood! Talk!" He shouted.
"Alright. Alright." Yakushi conceded. "He's at Leaf chemicals. Someone hired him to get some liquid helium. I don't know who.
"That's not enough. Who's behind that hood?" Batman asked.
"Nobody knows. His name his address. The only way anyone can contact him is by the numbers of the disposable phones that he mails them.
"Fine." Batman said before throwing Yakushi against the wall.
"This is is a nice club. You might want to consider making this your only source of revenue." Batman said in a threatening tone before the light went out again and he was gone.
Batman had returned to his car and was driving to the destination that the Python had told him about before he pressed in a button on the side of his cowl.
"Detective, did you manage to find some officers to help you?" He asked while driving in between cars.
"It wasn't easy. But I managed to scrape together five cops who aren't dirty." Sasuke said over the speekers in the car.
"Good. I've got the Hood's location. Meet me at Leaf chemicals." Batman said before exiting the car and grappling up to the rooftop across from Leaf chemicals building.
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Well, there you go guys. Hope you enjoyed the third chapter and incase it wasn't clear. Kabuto is this fics equivalent to the Penguin. Next time, I attempt one of the most famous scenes in Batman lore. Until then and as always... Keep on keeping on.