An:Sorry for the delay people, been staying up too late, sleeping for at least a whole day in my bed, realizing i spread myself too thin with my multiple stories. Yes people i am contemplating giving some of my fics away since i made them when i was inexperienced and want them in other capable plans because i dont think i can keep up with the shifting flow of work and it's kinda driving me up the wall.
An2: Also another reason is because i have a difficult time remembering how the game Arkham Asylum went since i haven't played it since i was 16 and am now just starting to play Skyrim which can be very distracting considering how good it is, DARK BROTHERHOOD FTW! Anyways this next chapter shows the next grim adventure of Arkham Asylum's deadly corridors and super villains on the loose, will Naruko's dark cynical cold sense of punishing criminals cause the tension between the Immortal Kunoichi and the Dark Knight? Hold onto your seats and get ready for the 2nd chapter of SWORD OF GOTHAM!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Batman Arkham Asylum or any other DC comic, game or characters enjoy!
Chapter 2: FOX AND BAT TEAM TOGETHER
Naruko sighed to herself with irritation jabbing her electrified stun baton at Victor's left ass cheek getting shrill screams of agony from him just as he woke up for the upteenth time and went back to la-la land, "Cash get this animal out of my sight so i don't end up splattering his brains over my boots." She drawled apathetically getting several flinches at how toneless she sounded, Batman had to keep himself from frowning at the unneeded brutality from the Head Security Guard. "Is there something you want Batman...or is it the fact i'm not what you call hospitable to murderers, pedophiles and rapists?" Batman flinched upon meeting her gaze and her words, he knew feeling compassion for scum like Joker and Victor did not earn any favor with his companion and equal in more ways than just combat and intellect.
"No...it's nothing...i've just never seen a woman such as yourself be so...apathetic and...cold..." Batman admitted carefully, Naruko grinned a bit showing a fang poking from her upper lip making some of the prisoners in their cages shudder as did the Dark Knight himself. "I'm only a monster and demon to scum like them Batman-san, it's only nature running its course..." Her voice turned rough, gleeful and sadistic making Batman pale slightly but he rebuked, "That way of thinking will just prove to others you are just as worse as them!" Naruko's laughing stopped just as the screen behind them clicked on but the woman on the screen as did along with everyone in the vicinity, "That's very funny Dark Knight-san...to have the gall to compare me to these...filth..." Batman found himself paralyzed from the gaze of the woman's eyes now a scarlet red with a black atom symbol connected to three enlarged tomoes with concentric lines while the other was an ominous purple with several rings around the pupil and tomoes aligned along the rings but the way they glowed with power made even him step back.
"Who are you to judge me Dark Knight, you are not me never will you be me I am what this city needs someone who is willing to put down scum like that baka Joker you basically let destroy many innocent lives all just to for some twisted sense of closure!" Naruko growled snatching off her facemask showing her baring a mouth of fangs with malice and her rectangular extended whisker marks upon her cheeks.
'T-this sheer presence and intent to kill radiating from her! how did i not sense this from her when i was in close proximity earlier?' He sweated a bit but held his ground.
"Hey are you idiots done yet!" Naruko turned her head slightly as did Batman in direction of the wide screen upon the wall though the black haired silver streaked girl narrowed her eyes with an eye twitch seeing the visage of that pink haired bitch Sakura.
'Even in this life you fucking annoy me bitch!' She growled in irritation and sensing that bitch Vicky was about to speak without looking she pulled out a long barrel pitch black S&W magnum, *My OC gun Yami* pulled the hammer back and pulled the trigger.
BANG!
The screen exploded into electric sparks and glass, Batman glanced at her with an amused half smirk half scowl which she returned with a cheeky grin, "Ok seems we're locked in this room, but Vicky was never that bright..." Batman snorted in agreement but filed away Naruko's familiarity with the pinkette for later reference ripping a grate off one of ventilations, "C'mon let's go we should be able to get to another part of the prison." Naruko would have responded if her comlink attached to her ear didn't beep along with Batman's.
"Yes?" Both of them replied at the same time causing the two martial artists to narrow eyes at each other.
"Bruce! Naruko! you're not going to believe this but Joker's broadcasting that he's planted bombs in Gotham City at this moment!" Oracles voice crackled over the comlink getting twin sighs from both crime fighters.
Naruko licked her lips a bit with a thought, "What if he's just making up a lie to excite panick to keep reinforcements from coming onto the island? I'm sure Bruce agrees with me" Batman raised an eyebrow behind his cowl at her knowing his real name, "How do you know my real name Miss Uzumaki?" He heard sniggers from Oracle over the com link.
"Bruce just like you're a multi-billionaire so is Naruko-chan she's the owner and head of Bijuu Maelstrom Productions of Art, Music and Research, she's just alot more discreet since she wears a mask when in public with interviewers and the press." Bruce just stared at Naruko with evident surprise but twitched at that cheshire knowing grin.
"I should've known you were more craftier than normal Miss Uzumaki." Bruce drawled and crawled into the vent with a perky amused Naruko following suite more than once did Naruko's radio spark and crackle with chatter from having a link to every guard radio but one thought ebbed at her mind, 'Why hasn't Gordon and Boles responded to my calls...' She began to get a bad feeling as she began hearing cries of distress over her radio along with gunshots and mad cackling of glee and sickening euphoria. Batman noticed the feeling of growing murderous intent from his temporary partner and hoped he wasn't the target of her ire at the moment.
Seeing another grate up ahead, Batman moved quickly and silently and with one strong kick the grate flew from it's bolted prison crashing to the ground with a grating noise. Both spotted a guard bypassing the locks on the door leading to the Processing Corridor and jumped from the ventilation making way to follow the guard only to skid to a stop seeing three objects on the floor but, their eyes twitched dangerously seeing they were wind up chattering teeth. "I am going to ask again why did you leave that clown alive?!" She groaned in exasperation and sheer murderous annoyance and Batman just answered just as frustrated as her, "Believe me i kept wondering that myself!" Pulling out three Batarangs and threw them with pinpoint precision slicing them into two halves and continued onward.
"Commander Naruko! Batman!" A guard shouted from the glass shield he was gazing through hopelessly, "At ease what's going on here?" The guard swallowed taking deep breaths pointing through the glass shield making both vigilantes grimace seeing the room filled with ominous green gas but both knew what kind of gas this is courtesy of a demented pale skinned clown.
"Joker Toxin...seems the clown's bringing out all the stops..." Naruto's soft mutter got agreeing nods from Batman and the distressed guard, "This clown is just giving more and more reason's to break his fucking spine in two, Bats let's get the guards out of there." She jumped up to the ledge above with ease shocking the Dark Knight again while the guard chuckled albeit darkly with fervor, "Commander Naruko is going to rip these bastards a new one especially that animal Joker..." Batman glanced at the angered guard but didn't bother to chastise him and followed after Naruko using his Grapple gun shooting up the shaft spotting an open ventilation and proceeded to crawl through.
Reaching the exit of the ventilation he spotted Naruko pulling up a guard dangling on the edge of the ledge with a med-kit out bandaging his wounds, currently checking his eyes with a flashlight, "You're going to do fine, i've stopped the internal bleeding and fixed the cracked ribs you should be fine." The guard smiled thankfully and stood albeit with difficulty saluting his commander who nodded with a smile, Batman smirked at this filing this away for later thoughts at the not so cold Head Commander and jumped across the ledge with Naruko following, both saved another guard dangling from a ledge while Naruko was allowed to administer first aid again and finally they reached the last ledge where a prisoner that luckily escaped was hanging from a ledge for dear life.
"Well well well another rodent in a rigged mouse trap isn't this cute..." Naruko mocked coldly earning whimpers from the fearful Arkham inmate while Batman sighed pinching the bridge of his nose in irritation, "Naruko just handcuff him already so we can get a move on." Naruko just scoffed and pulled the man up ignoring the thankful look only for his skull to meet the steel grate from a blow to the head knocking him out painfully.
"Hn stinking sniveling cockroaches..." Growled an annoyed Naruko retracting her fist popping her knuckles slightly with minor irritation and Batman just threw a batarang full swing hitting a red button near the fan setting it to reverse watching with a nod as the Joker toxin drained out of room.
Naruko jumped down with Batman, she suddenly quickdraws Yami firing two shots at the opening door leading to the transfer loop area and got two cries of agony before hearing thuds. "Great shot as always Commander!" Naruko sighed exasperatedly seeing two armed inmates with shivs and sledgehammers, "Why did you kill them?!" Batman demanded growling at her threateningly and he only got a cold glance before gasping falling to his knees holding his throat feeling the air leave him, "This is not your prison Wayne...Sharp-oji left me in charge of Arkham Asylum should anything happen to him and he specifically said that if any inmates try t escape to cause more harm to gotham city get rid of the problem permanently...are...we...clear...?" The immortal kunoichi said harshly glaring into his eyes with frosty intent, Batman nodded with gritted teeth and restraint as the pressure vanished and he gasped greedily with air finally back in his lungs. Naruko strode past him stopping a few meters away from him, he tensed when she raised her foot and brought up his hands to block a kick to come his way only to feel a stream of heat whiz past his head.
He opened his eyes warily as the smell of boiling steel entered his nostrils got his attention and saw from the corner of his eyes bubbling steel on the rail behind him with flickers of silver, blue and ominous green flames much to his shock and fascination but went back to gazing at Naruko who's form walked leisurely through the door leading to the Transfer Loop section and soon he heard it.
That demented obnoxious cackling laughter...
He knew both of them heard it and in a feat of sudden speed dashed past Naruko who's features just hardened suddenly and like a vampire from movies afterimages sped past him which did nothing to stop the foreboding chill run down his spine. Two inmates attempted to block Naruko one went down from a two finger poke to his neck and the other got a gut wrenching spinning low elbow sending him into a blood and spit hacking cough before going night night.
Batman followed after her and soon entered a room where Naruko stood silently, and followed her line of sight to the Prince Of Crime himself standing atop a portable prisoner cell grinning mad, "What took ya so long Batsy!" Joker sneered arrogantly, Batman responded pulling a Batarang quickly getting a mocking 'Ooooh' from the pale skinned green haired criminal and with a swipe threw it like a buzzsaw only for the man to duck quickly cackling.
"It doesn't matter where you hide Joker i will find you!" Batman declared coldly getting a hidden smirk from Naruko but that smirk from the clown faced bastard sent alarm bells in her head ringing.
"Oh i'm counting on it...JUST NOT YET!" Joker stomped his foot and they felt a change in the wind current and flipped backward a distance when a large grotesque overly muscled creature landed in the spot they formerly occupied snarling at them like a wild bloodthirsty animal but the leer at Naruko however got a narrowed glare in return.
"Ezekiel Mcdonbar, age 32, Spanish nationality, former sex slave ring lord, a big time rapist and former U.S. military private...i recognize him because i locked him up two years ago he was one of the cockroaches that attempted to collect Harley and Barbara when i wasn't out patrolling a year ago." Batman glared at the monster in front of them with deep sudden rage, "Let's take him down and get Joker." Naruko grinned eagerly and viciously reaching behind her and pulled out a long pair of trench knuckle knives and crouched in a boxer's stance.
(Play: The World Calling by There For Tomorrow)
"ROARRRRR!" Ezekiel snarled animalistically and ferally seeing his prey spread apart, Batman scooted cautiously to his left an open hand while his other held a Batarang, Naruko scooted to the right in a tense stance but both looked extremely serious and cold looking.
Ezekiel snarled and with a loud bellow charged rampantly big footsteps shaking the ground only for his vision to flash up in pain from a batarang striking his face, moving a hand up to his face gripping it in pain he didn't see Batman and Naruko roll out of the way when he smashed into a wall stunning him.
"Hit him fast Bats!" Naruko dashed in quickly as a Cheetah and jumped in the air up to the beast's shoulder height, Batman took the lower half hitting with crippling blows, a flying kick followed by a reverse elbow to the upper chest earning a groan of pain and anger from the recipient but Naruko however did more worse than the masked vigilante did. "KACHU TENSHIN AMAGURIKEN!" Even in his animalistic feral mind the amount of blows raining upon his face were far too many to count or attempt to block.
Fists flew with the speed of sound and the force of a bullet train, a crunch indicated a broken nose, another followed by a shatter cheekbone. Suddenly growing enraged he grabbed at Naruko catching her only for her to flip one of the trench knuckle knives into a standard grip and ran Futon and Raiton chakra through the blade extending a blade of lightning and wind and swung true.
ShinK!
Thud!
Ezekiel bellowed with another roar of agony and pain from one of its hands falling off, raising his foot he aimed to crush Batman beneath him but the Dark Knight rolled forward between the opening of his legs. Spinning on his left leg Batman pushed forward aiming for the knee joint with a full force arrow punch.
Crack!
Snap!
Roaring in pain again Ezekiel collapsed to his still working knee and backhanded Batman with a quick spin getting a pained grunt otherwise he felt nothing but a slight bruise because of his training as a Ninja and the toughness of his suit. Shaking cobwebs from his head Batman looked up to see Naruko raining blow upon blow relentlessly while managing to avoid the grabbing hand of Ezekiel.
"Had enough yet!" Naruko roared stabbing her thumbs into Ezekiel's eyes brutally crushing the eyeballs that were once in the sockets much to Joker's shocked fascination and Batman's horror hearing the beast's pained pleads and shrieks. Naruko ignored this removing her thumb raising her bloodied hand and whispered.
"Raikiri..." The jutsu belonging to the deceased Copycat Ninja flared to life but with a dull roar and was crimson red with black flecks yet Batman felt this jutsu of her's looked more devastating than it looked for a lightshow. "Say your prayers PENDEJO!" A chakra chain extended from her shoulder coiling around Ezekiel's throat. Jumping off she grabbed the chain mentally tightening its grip getting a choked roar but then with inhuman strength she swung the massive enhanced inmate like a wrecking ball nearly hitting Joker a few times and flung him into the ceiling above just as he impacted Naruko shunshined in front of him with a dark smirk and shoved her electric hand straight through his chest getting wide eyes when the beast lit up like a christmas tree for a few minutes.
Naruko stopped leaving a charred cooked carcass, removing her hand now drenched up to her elbow with blood she shunshined back to the ground floor and the body fell down with a crash beside her retracting the chakra chain back into her body.
(End Song)
Batman kept quiet not saying a word just glaring at Naruko with hot anger at her blatant killing again, Joker however cackled but sighed, "Sighs, note to self: find stronger test subjects..." Naruko pulled out Yami aiming at Joker who grinned yet inwardly he sweated shouting about he was going to Die!
Batman sprang into action jumping to Naruko backhanding the firearm from her hand with his forearm using his other arm to deliver a crushing uppercut knocking her head back along with her body but her body stilled as her feet planted to the floor, her army beret landed softly behind her. Joker used this moment of distraction to activate the crane escaping further into the prison taunting the dark knight with his back towards him.
Batman tensed when Naruko chuckled quietly chilling him ominously as the laughter grew in loudness and malice and derision, watching in morbid fascination Naruko stood up her hair loose from it's ponytail allowing it to fall around her back reaching down to her calves. He however sweated when it floated in the air twitching as if alive. Twin pupilless crimson eyes stared back from the shadows of her hair but the wide mad dark fanged grin upon her face would have made Kurama proud along with a certain Snake Mistress.
"You've made a very big mistake...Bruce Wayne..." Her cold voice made him feel like someone stepped over his grave and coffin and the feeling intensified when her killing intent flared more dangerously causing the air around her to thicken and crackle with power.
"I think it's time i showed you what happens to wannabe hero's that challenge my authority on in my prison..." Naruko grinned wider dropping into her personal style Mishima style karate and Batman his Ninjutsu style.
End Chapter
Hope you guys liked it, hope i got the scenes from the game correctly.
What is Batmans intention from stopping Naruko from offing the Prince Of Crime? Doe's Narukos sudden malice and darkness run deeper than before. What of Harley's mission to keep watch on the Joker, will Batman have to be taught a lesson in humility or experience pain like never before.
Stay tuned for the next chapter of Sword Of Gotham!
Shinku Kami No Arashi out!
RESPECT DA COLA!
Next chapter: Fox V.S. Bat, Quinn's findings