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"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Kurama Talking"

(Jutsu Translation)

The Hokage Of The League

Chapter 5: Invasion Part 1 - Battle at San Francisco

A month has passed since Naruto's appearance in Gotham. After his fun game of tag with Selina, Naruto had left Gotham the next day. Their game had been quite amusing seeing her try to catch and unmask him. He idly wondered if Kakashi ever had moments like these when people wanted to see his face. Well the game had gone on for about an hour until Selina finally caught Naruto off guard when she secretly had Isis jump on his back startling him and making him slip his guard which allowed her to finally catch him after the long chase. Little did she know that Naruto purposely let her unmask him for the benefit of deepening their friendship. Though, he did take in great amusement from her expression.

As promised Naruto showed her his true face and he laughed when he saw her reaction. She had been left in awe when she saw his face, especially his whisker marks. She had asked if they were real or just tattoos and to her surprise he said they were real. Naruto had visibly blushed when Selina caressed his cheeks and rubbed her hands on them to see what they felt like, and then to her own amusement Naruto had unintentionally purred in her touch which made her laugh as she called him a big soft kitty in black clothing.

He knew she was not going to let him forget this. So after saying goodbye he returned to San Francisco where Naruto toned down his activities outside of San Francisco for a while to catch up with his activities inside the city, as well as to escape the still stalking government agents that he had spotted on his tail. Almost as soon as he got back he was hounded by his editor for more orders on his Icha Icha book series. It took a bit to translate the entire collection but with his clones he managed to finish the entire set and gave it to his editor to get him off his back. Of course all transactions were done through Naruto's Henge (Transformation), and even then he had only used a pen name for his works just in case.

As of now he had a firm grasp of the basis of the five major elements and was now moving on in his training. Kurama had suggested that now may be a good time to try something new, such as learning the art of Kenjutsu (Sword Techniques). The idea appealed to Naruto as he had actually been meaning to try his hand in Kenjutsu at one point, but he was hampered on time back with the Akatsuki crisis. In his spare time Naruto had his shadow clones study the arts of the sword smith. Once he had enough knowledge Naruto carefully crafted his own custom made Katana sword. Naruto took to using the Katana in memory of his former teammate Sasuke, who he always held some respect for despite his defecting of the village.

Gathering the right materials to make the sword had been a pain as it was difficult to locate the necessary materials to forge the blade. Once Naruto had the right materials he immediately began the long grueling process of forging the blade. Thankfully this process had gone smoothly with the help of a few extra hands from his clones. Despite not having the knowledge of the process to make swords like what the Seven Swordsman of the Mist had used, Naruto and Kurama had decided to experiment. Naruto specifically made it with the chakra absorbing metal so that he could easily flow his chakra into and enhance its performance. Similar to how the Samurai channeled chakra into their swords to increase their sword capabilities. Kurama had even made an interesting suggesting of giving the sword some level of sentience like Kisame's sword Samehada (Shark Skin) had.

Yin chakra is the spiritual energy that governs a person's imagination. By pouring Kurama's Yin chakra into the sword, theoretically in time the Chokuto would gain a self-conscious of itself. After all, Kurama himself was technically a sentient being made from chakra. The only setback was that the process of the Chokuto accepting and adapting to Kurama's chakra would be a long process that could take months before it showed any signs of sentience.

Another issue they had to worry about was that both Naruto and Kurama only had limited knowledge concerning Kenjutsu techniques. To compensate he had to rely on this world's knowledge on sword techniques, which turned out surprisingly informative. This world's people may not use many shinobi skills but they still retained a portion of Taijutsu (Body Techniques) and Kenjutsu (Sword Techniques). Adding to that, Naruto also put in his past experiences with Kenjutsu users back in the Elemental Nation. Sasuke was a prime example, as well as Killer Bee, Sai, and any of the samurai that Naruto fought alongside of in the 4thShinobi War. The style of fighting was new to Naruto but one that he liked, and it fit his style of fighting considering he still preferred close quarters combat.

Training had not been the only thing on Naruto's agenda though. Throughout the month, Naruto had occasionally spoken with both Pamela and Selina about the cleaning of their criminal records. The process was slow and difficult; both had similar issues and personality. Selina would have a tough time adjusting to a life without thievery, considering that was what she had been doing for most of the entirety of her life. That; and her parent's death and lifestyle had affected how she communicated with people. She may be a calm person most of the time, but whenever it involved the safety and security of animals that's when you had to watch out for her claws. She didn't often converse with many people other than a select few such as Batman, her assistant, Bruce Wayne and now Naruto himself. Thankfully she already had somewhat of a head start considering she was serving her probation.

Pamela's situation was another case in its own; much more complex. Unlike Selina, who was only charged with thievery, Pamela was being accused of attempted murder and much collateral damage. These charges made it difficult for her to change as she was not entirely loved much by the people and Government. Her issues with humanity, particularly with males did not help much either. She wasn't the most sociable person that's for sure. In fact, even before she was changed by the experiments done to her, she admitted to being a shy and somewhat withdrawn person. Besides Naruto, the only other person Pamela had formed some kind of relationship with was Harley Quinn, which spoke volumes of how anti-social her personality was.

Naruto knew that it could take some convincing and much time, but he was confident that both Pamela and Selina could do some significant good in the world. Superman had heard of Naruto's appearance in Gotham and asked Batman of the details. Batman told of his brief contact with the ninja; from his discussion with the Hokage to the events with Poison Ivy and Harley. They still knew very little of the Hokage and his origins, but the man's behavior led them to thinking that he was someone that could be trusted for now. The Hokage's actions in his attempt to change Catwoman and when he helped the Bat-Family further added to that conclusion. He could've just left Batman to fight Ivy while the poison slowly killed Tim and Barbara, but he decided to intervene and assist Batman. In fact, all criminal activity involving Catwoman and Poison Ivy had suddenly died down. Not once had either of the two caused trouble in the past month, which both relieved and made Batman wary, especially with Poison Ivy since he could understand Selina at least trying to stay out of trouble, but Poison Ivy was a different story. For now, all he could do was observe the city of Gotham for any activity concerning the two and hope for the best.

XxX

In the middle of the night Naruto slept soundly, dreaming of the good times he had with his friends back in the Elemental Nation. His dream however suddenly began to shift into an unfamiliar scene. Naruto stirred uncomfortably as his face began to sweat profusely.

Images and screams of people he didn't know flashed and distorted all around. As quickly as the visions came they stopped. Naruto gasped as he awoke. He clutched his face, taking long calming breaths as he slowly began to regain his composure.

"Damn, just what was all that. It felt so real, almost like actual memories but I don't recall any of that." Naruto's eyes widened slightly. He put himself in a cross-legged position as he contacted Kurama.

"Hey Kurama! What happened? Those images felt like pieces of someone's memories."

"You're correct in that assumption. I felt a foreign chakra attempt to invade your mind as you slept."

"Did you manage to locate the source of where it came from?"

Kurama grumbled in slight irritation. "Unfortunately no. The connection was cut off before I could trace it back to its source. Though, at the very least we now know what their chakra signature feels like in case we meet them again."

Naruto hummed in thought. "Those visions bother me. I feel like it may have been a warning of some kind."

"I got that impression as well. Though, as to what that warning is I don't know."

"Hmm, well then I guess we can take this as a sign to prepare. I think it's time we finally upped our training."

Kurama didn't say anything but he grinned. Finally, there was something to stall his recent boredom.

XxX

The next morning Naruto started doing stretches to prepare himself for his new training regime. To begin his training Naruto applied gravity seals on his entire body, making it increasing more difficult to move. This method of training was a different variation of the method of training his friend Rock Lee had used. Whenever he felt that his body had adjusted to the current level, he'd up the pressure to the next level. The pressure from the seals would help increase his natural strength, speed, and stamina. To train in multiple fields Naruto used the Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Multiple Shadow Clone Technique) to create hundreds of clones. He divided them into large groups that worked on a different subject.

One group went to study and practice chakra control, which Naruto still found to be a major flaw that he had. Because of his massive reserves in chakra, it made it increasingly more difficult for him to control his chakra. That is why he had difficulty in the academy with using the Bunshin no Jutsu (Clone Technique), because of the low amount of chakra that was need to use the technique. Seeing Naruto's struggles the fox suggested a possible solution to his problem.

In Naruto's mindscape…

"You have a solution?" Naruto asked hopefully. He had been making his clones practice different methods of chakra exercises. None of which were providing the results that Naruto had hoped for. He had even resorted to practicing the academy's leaf concentrating exercise.

"Possibly. The original Sage of Six Paths had the gifted ability of controlling both the Yin and Yang releases."

A confused look appeared on Naruto's face. "Yin and Yang release. Wait, I think I remember Yamato-sensei talk about that in passing once."

Kurama hummed, "The Yin release relates to spiritual energy and governs imagination, while the yang release relates to a being's physical energy and governs vitality. When perfectly harmonized together it is possible to achieve a high chakra control that even exceeds that old bat Tsunade Senju's level of control. In fact you have already become proficient in the use of Yang release when you go into Nine-Tails Chakra Mode."

Naruto's face lit in understanding, "So when you say harmonizing, it's kind of like when I gather the necessary positive/negative chakra ratio to form the Bijudama (Tailed Beast Bomb)."

Kurama grinned; he membered when everyone had to constantly dumb down explanations for Naruto to understand them. The brat had made major improvements since back then.

"In a matter of speaking yes, the two go hand in hand. But it's a lot more complex than just that."

Naruto's brows furrowed in slight worry. It had been difficult to learn the Bijudama. Now Kurama was saying that this was more complex and difficult. Oh well, he always had the knack for doing the supposed impossible.

"How complex are we talking here?"

"Well as I've said before you already have a basic concept of how Yang chakra works because of your use in the Nine-Tails form, but Yin is the complete opposite. In order to train in the Yin release one cannot train the physical body, but the mind. Using Yin chakra requires you to train your mind's imagination, to create something out of nothing. For example…"

Naruto felt a shift in the room they stood in as the entire scenery morphed into what Naruto would describe as a paradise. The area had changed into a jungle habitat area with plenty of floras and even a waterfall. It reminded Naruto of Mount Myōboku (Mysterious/Exquisite Tree Mountain) where all the toad summons hailed from.

"With just one's imagination, the user can accomplish so much. But it's when combining the Yin and Yang charka together that you get the best results. The Rikudō Sennin (Sage of Six Paths) had such mastery over the two that he use Yin to make his dreams to take form, and Yang to make his fantasies become a reality. It is also how the Tailed Beast came to be, and is the source for non-elemental techniques such as medical Ninjutsu and Genjutsu. Think you can handle that whelp?" Kurama mocked after finishing his little lecture.

Sweat had formed on Naruto's forehead as he took in what Kurama had told him. It was he said was true then he could potentially achieve better chakra control than even Tsunade had. He smirked, now was the time to see if his he knack for doing the impossible and possessing incredible luck held true.

XxX

6 months later…

To Naruto the past half year had flown by. Training was coming along quite nicely. Many began to wonder of his absence. He occasionally gave an appearance in San Francisco in case the crime rate began to act up, but most of his activities had ceased in the public's eye. Naruto had not shut himself from the world but he had died down his activities in and out of San Francisco. He still watched the city from afar though, as well as to keep up with the world's news. About a month in his training the protest for the disarmament of all weapons of mass destruction was being pushed more. More and more people began to protest against the idea ever since U.S Senator Carter gave his support to the protest.

The World Assembly could no longer ignore the protests' as they set up a meeting to discuss the disarmament of the weapons. The meeting was publicly broadcasted worldwide for all to see. Japan's government supported the idea and sided with Senator Carter. Many from the military highly disagreed and opposed the idea against the disarmament against nuclear weapons, while many other government factions were still indifferent. The military argued that nuclear weapons were the only weapon they had to protect themselves against a worldwide threat.

Senator Carter disagreed with that assessment and boldly proposed the idea of holding Superman as Earth's protector against any threat to humanity. He firmly believed that Superman was both more reliable and capable of handling any kind of threat to Earth as he had proved time and time again against all super villains, crooks with high tech weapons and when Darkseid first attacked Earth which the military couldn't stop but Superman did. Of course despite these valid reasons the military and other sources still disagreed labeling the idea as ludicrous to allow a single person to be responsible for the entire planets safety.

Unfortunately for them, more people appealed to the idea of having Superman as the Earth's protector as they believed it safer for everyone. It wasn't long before Senator Carter's disarmament plan was ratified and Superman had begun disarming the world's nuclear weapons. Other heroes from the community remained skeptical to the idea that one man could protect the whole planet by himself, even someone as strong as the Man of Steel.

Even the Flash commented that he himself couldn't be at five different places at once. Naruto couldn't help but agree with assessment, but at the same time he could see both sides' arguments with or against nuclear weapons. Although Naruto actually preferred the disarming of the nuclear weapons since he knew how devastating those weapons were to the planets environment. It was no wonder Ivy was so into protecting nature. The shear destruction and devastation just one of those nuclear warheads could cause appalled him. With weapons like those there'd be nothing that could save nature from eternal destruction. They were basically weapons of pollution and death and Naruto didn't like that at all.

XxX

Superman had been awoken from another wave of images again. This time though the images felt more urgent as if they were warning him that something was coming. He walked to his bathroom, turning on his faucet. Warm water filled the sink; cupping his hands in it he splashed his face with it. He let out a tired sigh as he dried his face.

Beeping noises met his ears, immediately putting him on alert. That was the signal for the signal watch he had given to Batman half a year back. With great speed he changed into his uniform and flew out his window to the source of the signal. The signal led him to what looked like an abandoned Star Labs.

He flew down to the back door opening it. As he walked inside the barely lit room he spotted much too his horror, an unmoving Batman crushed under a fallen stack of bookshelves. Lunging to the dark night's side he hefted the book shelves off him. Clark used his x-ray vision to examine him for injuries. A few bruised ribs, but luckily he was just knocked unconscious.

A screeching sound grabbed his attention as he looked at the rooms windows. What appeared to be a large meteorite streaked in the skies above Metropolis, leaving a trail of fire and smoke in its wake. The large flaming rock crashed into the nearby Central Park, luckily without hitting any buildings on its way down. Clark flew Batman over the meteorite and left Batman with a nearby medic. The fire department quickly began working on washing out the flames while spectators and reports observed the flaming rock. Once the fires were put out steam began gushing out of the rock. What looked like a large and sharp white leg broke through it surface as they almost crushed a few police men. Luckily Superman swooped in and carried them out before they could be impaled.

The rest of the creature rose from the rock. It stood on three of those long legs and its body gave the appearance of being both organic yet machine at the same time. What looked like its eye observed its surroundings before turning its attention to the mass of people on the ground. Its red center 'eye' compressed charging an energy beam. Superman caught on quickly to what it was about to do and rushed to take the blow for the wave of people it was aiming at. The invasion had begun.

XxX

Seagulls screeched as they flew by the coastline near a beautiful beach. On the shores two women rode on their horses. One of the horses neighed loudly as a beautiful raven hair woman gently patted the horse's head.

"Easy girl, easy." She looked into the sky for a moment frowning.

"These omens don't bode well mother. Mankind may be facing its darkest hour."

The blond haired women next to her bristled at the mention of those dreadful men. "Then mankind shall face it alone.

"How can you say that mother?" While her people secluded themselves from mankind's world that didn't necessarily mean that they should just abandon them when they faced such evil.

"Whatever happens beyond these shores is not our concern." She spoke with finality, motioning her horse to travel back into the jungle behind them.

"Here the gods will protect us."

The daughter looked back into the skies. Whatever was attacking mankind's world gave her an uneasy feeling. "I hope your right mother" she whispered softly to herself as she motioned her horse to walk in another direction along the sands of the beach.

Seeing this, her mother asked. "Where are you going Diana?"

"I feel like taking a longer walk around the shores of Themyscira. I'll rejoin you shortly after that".

Hippolyta nodded. "Very well but don't stay out too long. You have some training scheduled later and I don't want you missing it".

"I know mother, I won't be out long" Diana replied as she rode her horse down the shores while her mother rode back towards their home.

Diana had walked her horse for a few minutes as her eyes wandered back to the horizon where man's world lays ahead, thinking back to the bad omens she felt. It was always a sign that something horrible was happening and she had a feeling that Mankind was in dire peril. Knowing this Diana felt a little torn, she had been raised on Themyscira since she was born and had been trained as an Amazon warrior while also being taught about the horrors of men. However Diana was different from the other Amazons, while they loathed Man's world Diana found it mysterious and always wondered what it was like over there. It was why she felt kind of bad that she was doing nothing to help them. After all there were also women who lived in Man's world too so it also felt like she was abandoning her fellow sisters. Diana stopped her horse near the jungle and sighed. "What should I do?" she asked herself.

"You may just get your answer Diana" a mysterious male voice said surprising Diana.

"Whose there?!" Diana shouted, jumping off her horse into a defensive position. The voice was not feminine in any way, suggesting that the unanimous person was male, but then how did a man find Themyscira.

"Easy there Diana, don't tell me you've forgotten me already." The voice chuckled lightly as the figure flew out from the nearby jungle, revealing himself.

The figure was a man who wore a toga with a large belt around their waist with spheres attached. He also had on a golden helmet with lifelike wings on the top and shoes with similar wings attached as well.

Seeing the figure Diana's demeanor instantly changed as she recognized the person. "Hermes" she said in a somewhat happy tone to see an old friend again as she bowed respectfully. "I didn't expect to see you here. How may I help the messenger of the Gods?"

Hermes floated down in front of her. "Actually Diana it's not me you may be assisting." He said earning a confused look from Diana. Seeing this Hermes scrimmaged through his satchel of scrolls for the one he was looking for, until he found it and held it in front of Diana. "This here is a message from Zeus requesting your help for an assignment he is offering you".

Diana was now in a more serious state after hearing this. Zeus had never requested anything from the Amazons since the day their island was made but now it seemed something had earned the mighty God's attention.

"What kind of assignment? Diana asked.

Hermes unraveled the scroll and read it out loud. "By decree of Zeus, father of Olympus has requested the aid of Amazonian Diana of Themyscira for a special assignment. Diana of Themyscira shall journey to Man's world to locate a mysterious new figure that is believed to possess a high potential of power and has shown signs of demonic energy as well. If you are successful in finding this being, then you are to report back with an assessment of the threat potential this being presents to them and the world.

Diana raised an eyebrow at the request. "Does this new being really pose such great power that it warrants special attention from the Gods themselves?"

Hermes nodded. "Correct, about a few months ago Zeus sensed a great power spike suddenly appear on the planet, but as quickly as it came the power seemed to vanish. It wasn't until these recent few months that he's sensed glimpses of this same power for brief periods of time before it vanished again. This was repeated until that same signal was just sensed again, except this time the power signal isn't disappearing. Zeus suspects whoever this new unknown entity is; it is most likely engaging against the enemy that currently threatens Earth as we speak."

Diana couldn't believe what she was hearing. "So then…he wants me to…"

Hermes finished for her. "Basically he wants you to head over to man's world to find whoever it is that is in possession of this power and see if he is to be considered a threat."

Diana looked uncertain. "What is this power he sensed like?"

Hermes. "Even Zeus is not certain of that. He mentioned that it felt like a demon lord's power but other times it felt to be more of a natural pure energy like a Gods. What really garnered his attention was how well the being has been able to avoid our detection so far and is suspected to have power that could rival a God. Though, this is still undetermined as of yet."

Now that startled Diana. A mortal being with the potential power to rival some of the gods, such a thing was completely unheard of. She could now see why Zeus felt it prudent to send someone to investigate.

"Just one question before I accept Hermes. Why has Zeus chosen me of all people for this mission?"

"Zeus always knew of the curiosity you held for Man's world. Besides you were blessed by the Gods to possess some of the greatest attributes of your people. We also took into account of the fact that you are one of the only Amazon's who do not harbor true hatred for men, as you have never been affected by them as your fellow sisters were all those years ago."

This was true as besides Diana, her sister was the only other Amazon to not have contact with Man's world, thus they were never experienced their atrocities or betrayal like her fellow Amazonian sisters. They would most likely reject the offer for such a mission as they were still very bitter towards Mankind, her mother included.

"So when do I leave?" Diana asked, coming to a decision.

"You are to leave tonight. Although if I were you I'd tell your dear mother about this since you'll need the armor of Athena in case you run into trouble and with how things are in Man's world that's clearly going to be the case.

"Why didn't you give me this message when I was with her just minutes ago?"

Hermes shrugged his shoulders. "Come on Diana you know how she gets when it involves you and I was in no mood to get into a disagreement with her".

Diana sighed before she took the scroll and got on her horse again. "Tell Zeus I have accepted his mission and I shall find whoever has him concerned".

Hermes smiled before bidding her farewell and good luck, heading back to Olympus and leaving Diana to begin her ride back home.

On the other hand she now had permission to leave Themyscira and help Man's world like she wanted to, especially after she had lately been having those strange vivid dreams that seemed to warn her about an impending danger. She didn't understand the dreams since they weren't clear but she was certain it had something to do with what was happening currently happening in Man's world.

Now as Diana began returning home she wondered how she was going to tell her mother about this. It was never easy telling her something she knew she was going to dislike and Diana was not entirely looking forward to it.

-Break-

1 hour before invasion…

In a forest area outside of San Francisco Naruto sat cross legged, meditating on a concrete square plate that was balanced on a thin but sharp spike. On his forehead and fingers spun green leaves. They all spun in different directions switching off every five minutes.

The leaves suddenly stopped spinning and began falling slowly to the ground. Naruto's eyes opened to reveal his toad like eyes which indicated that he was in sage mode. He looked up to the night sky frowning. An enormous evil chakra was steadily coming toward Earth, and judging by its distance and speed it would arrive within the hour. The thing Naruto noticed was that this chakra was divided in multiply signals meaning it wasn't one chakra signal but an massive army of them numbering in possibly the thousands, dare he say even more.

Jumping off the spike he grabbed the wooden board he was sitting on and landed on the ground softly. He walked over to his coat that he left lying on a nearby branch. He made a single ram seal. A shadow clone poofed into existence next to him. The clone gave its creator a nod before speeding off through the forest at high speeds. Now that that was settled it was time to head off. His hand held his neck as the neck joints popped.

Time to put all that training to good use.

XxX

San Francisco 1 hour later…

Night had set in and the city's people went about their business. An object in the sky grabbed a few of the people's attention. The objects in question turned out to be large meteorites that steadily grew larger as they plummeted down in the center of the city. Flaming Meteorites streaked the skies above the city. Some people stared to gaze at the falling rock while others ran out of its path. It skidded a few buildings on their way down until they eventually crashed into the ground creating a giant trench in its resulting crash landing.

Flocks of people crowded around the site to get a better view of the burning rock. Police and fire departments rushed to the scene forming a perimeter around the rock to keep civilians away from it while the firemen hosed it down to extinguish the flames.

Before they could finish putting it out a giant long legged machine broke through the rock's surface. People gawked at the giant machine that towered over them. It didn't look human made and gave the appearance of an alien design.

Whispers broke out in the crowds of people, many of them were unsure of what to all just hoped that these aliens would come under the banner of peace, rather than escalate into another Darkseid incident. Oh how close they were to the truth.

Police officers readied their firearms in case the machine was hostile. Unfortunately they were unprepared for what was to happen next.

The machine's red eye swiveled around taking in its surroundings before focusing on the police. Its eye compressed charging an unknown energy, before firing a powerful beam of crimson energy at the unsuspecting officers. The area where the beam hit immediately exploded on impact, sending both gravel and police officers flying. All police officers opened fire at the now hostile machine in hopes of stopping it from firing another beam.

Their hopes died as the machine's armor merely shrugged of the bullets. In retaliation the machine shot another volley of energy beams at the officers. People panicked, running as fast as they could from the alien machine that repeatedly pelted the surrounding area with energy beams. Cars and pieces of buildings were blown up, sending people and debris flying in all directions.

Amongst the chaos a middle aged woman held her baby close in her arms as she frantically ran for her life. People who ran next to her accidently shoved her as they brushed by, knocking her down. The woman cried in pain from the fall. She tried to get back up but winced as she felt a sharp pain in her ankle. It seemed to have sprained badly from the fall. A stray energy beam was fired in her direction. With her injured leg there was no way she could evade the beam in time. She cried silent tears as she held her baby close to her, waiting for her expected death.

Moments ticked by as she waited, and continued to wait. Confusion hit her; she had assumed that she would have at least felt something, yet she felt nothing! Slowly she opened her eyes, only to be shocked that not only she wasn't harmed from the blast but the city's hero Hokage was standing in front of her.

Naruto glared intensely at the alien machine that wreaked havoc on the city. His expression softened as he turned towards the injured woman.

"Are you and your child alright?"

The woman took a few moments to collect her thoughts, "Y-yes were fine, though I think my ankle is sprained."

Naruto knelt down to check her wounded ankle. Seeing it sprained he was really starting to wish he knew medical jutsu to help her but unfortunately he still hadn't even begun learning them yet and using Kurama's chakra was dangerous on regular civilians. The average human's body in this world had not adapted to using chakra, so their chakra coils would not cope well if Naruto administered Kurama's pure chakra into them. Even Kurama's purified Yang chakra could be toxic to their body, and would react badly to the foreign energy. Chakra poisoning was a very painful way to die, and Naruto was not one so subject that amount of pain on an innocent person.

Deciding not to waste any more time Naruto created a clone which startled the woman before she was gently picked up. "I'll deal with this thing." He jerked his thumb towards the alien machine.

The woman nodded slowly in appreciation, her eyes misty with unshed tears. "Thank you Hokage. Be careful." The clone curtly nodded to the original Naruto before it started to run, carrying the woman and her child to a safe place.

Naruto turned his full attention towards the hideous looking alien. The thing looked like it those tripods from the movie War of the Worlds. For now he dubbed it as a Walker because of its long legs. He went through a few hand seals and pressed both his hands on the ground.

"Doton: Ganchuusou!" (Earth Style: Stone Spikes).

Pieces of rock and gravel broke off the ground, forming into sharp spikes. The spikes sailed at the Walker, pummeling its surface. The attack was ineffective as the rock spikes crumbled on impact. Though, it did get the tripod's attention. Its eye locked onto Naruto firing an energy beam at the blonde ninja. Naruto pumped chakra into his legs, moving to the side to avoid the energy beam.

'Hmm, its skin is pretty tough, a lot denser than Metallo's.' He cracked his knuckles anxiously; the kid gloves were off now. In the back of his mind Naruto could feel Kurama's growing excitement. It was time for some sweet destruction.

Electricity began to surge around Naruto's body as he took off with even greater speed, shattering the ground where he jumped from. The alien Walker tried to blast Naruto with his beam but he was moving too fast to get a good shot at the blonde shinobi. Naruto used his superior speed to get in close to the tripod's legs, making a series of hand signs.

"Raiton: Chidori Eiso! (Lightening Release: Chidori Sharp Spear)".

The distinct sound of a thousand birds chirping filled the air as Naruto's arm filled with electricity. He thrust his arm forward at the Walker's legs extending the Chidori's reach, and piercing into the machines armor. Thankfully Naruto added more chakra and increased the thrusting power to increasing his attacks cutting potential. The Chidori pierced though the leg severing the entire thing off with only minor resistance.

With the loss of its appendage, the Walker became imbalanced and toppled over. Naruto moved out of its descending path as it fell to the ground hard, though still operational and moving. Taking advantage of the tripod's compromising position he went through a long series of hand signs.

"Doton: Hasai Kabe!" (Earth Release: Crushing Walls).

Two massive walls of earth rose from the ground on both sides of the fallen Walker. In a swinging motion Naruto brought his palms together as the walls slammed into each other with the Walker in the middle, effectively crushing the machines body. Synthetic fluids and circuits spewed out of the machine's crushed form.

Witnesses to the scene cheered for the Hokage while others gawked at the powers he had only just displayed, but Naruto was still on alert. He knew that couldn't have been the extent of this attack. Sure enough, three more Walkers broke out from the meteorite, their attention focused on Naruto.

"Round two eh?" was all Naruto was able to say before he was bombarded by a barrage of energy beams.

'They seem more susceptible to lightening style jutsu because of their organic composition. Average techniques don't seem be able to really damage them.' Naruto surmised, formulating a plan.

Naruto ran along the wall of a building attempting to draw their continuous fire away from the more populated areas. They weren't making it easy to get in closer this time. Every time he tried he nearly got hit by an energy beam. Had he not had enhanced his speed by stimulating his nervous system through lightening style chakra, then they might have actually gotten a hit on him.

In the corner of his eye he saw a small family taking shelter in what was most likely their house. The problem was that they were in the direct line of fire of the Walkers. Naruto cursed as they fired another volley of energy beams toward Naruto who couldn't move or else the beams would hit the family. The family watched in horror as the blonde hero stood his ground and took the energy beam for them.

The beams hit their mark as the area around the blonde ninja was exploded, sending smoke and debris everywhere. Eventually the smoke cleared to reveal a circular dome made of rock that appeared to have taken quite a beating from the blast. The Walker's made to investigate the dome but before they could a wind chakra infused kunai flew out from the dome, piercing into the side of one the Walker's skin.

In a flash of yellow Naruto appeared a top one of the Walker's, seemingly unharmed. Though, if one looked closely, Naruto's skin took a dark charcoal color as it slowly receded back to its normal color. Taking advantage of their confusion Naruto went through another quick series of hand signs, ending with the Uma (Snake) sign.

"Doton: Semento Kuikuu Kansou (Earth Release: Quick Dry Cement)"

The surrounding ground that the Walker's stood on softened into a small lake of wet cement. With no stable surface to stand on, the Walkers slowly sank into the ground as if it was quick sand. The Walkers squirmed as the cement began to solidify, encasing them into the ground. Before they could possibly shoot their way out with another energy beam, Naruto made to finish them. Naruto channeled a large amount of lightening style chakra as he flashed through more hand signs.

"Raiton: Gian! (Lightening Style: False Darkness).

Two powerful bolts of lightning struck the cemented Walkers, causing considerable damage. When finished their bodies were left charred black and singeing. Naruto inhaled and exhaled slowly, that was a close. These things energy beams sure packed a punch in them. The force from the beams had enough power to nearly break through the defensive jutsu Naruto used; Doton: Sekimori (Earth Release: Barrier Keeper). Thankfully the Koka no Jutsu (Hardening Technique)had been in effect before the beams partially broke through. Satisfied with his work Naruto jumped off the Walkers' carcass.

'Those six months of training sure paid off. Had this been a few months prior these things might have been more troublesome to deal with.' Naruto thought as he admired his handiwork.

Naruto's senses picked up activity coming from above him. The sounds of a jet's engine could be heard as a squadron of the U.S. armies' aircraft fighters flew by. Judging by the direction they appeared to be heading toward, their destination seemed to be the Golden Gate Bridge.

'Looks like the military has stepped in.' Naruto thought.

Unfortunately for them, a wave of enemy alien aircraft fighters intercepted them, igniting a viscous aerial engagement. Naruto prepared himself to help them but before he could his attention was caught by a downed police car near him.

The car's radio was still functional as someone's voice cracked through the transmission. There was some static and gun fire in the background but the message was understandable. U.S. military had arrived but they were being held up near the bridge by alien forces. Their situation didn't sound too good judging by the slight distress in the voice. The voice had requested for additional assistants from any of the surrounding areas military or police before the line abruptly cut off.

Seeing how dire the situation was, Naruto summoned a large mass of shadow clones to help the city's people and to finish off any remaining Walker's before speeding off to his new objective.

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{Themyscira}

After speaking with Hermes, Diana immediately made a bee line to her mother's location to tell her of the mission she had received from the God Zeus. It was not long before she had found her mother in her studies room. Hipolyta grew a puzzled look when she saw her daughter's expression. It showed of a growing anticipation, which Diana only had when something worthy of notice caught her attention.

"Diana? Aren't you scheduled for your training exercise now?" Hipolyta questioned, curious as to what had her daughter so riled up.

"Forgive my sudden abruptness mother, but I just received a surprise visit from Hermes. What he gave me takes precedence over my scheduled training.

"Hermes? Now that was a figure that had not been seen in these parts for some time now. Hipolyta gestured for her daughter to explain. It must have been important for the God's messenger to have been sent to Diana on official business.

For the next few minutes Diana had told her mother of the mission that Zeus had requested of the young Amazon and all its details. Hipolyta was momentarily shocked as she slowly digested the information that Diana had told her and of the letter she had been given.

It took some good prodding, but eventually Hipolyta had given her consent for Diana to take the mission. Though, she had done it reluctantly so, as she knew that the mission would be dangerous and she worried for her daughter's safety. True she had been blessed by the Gods and had been a gifted child in nearly all the Amazon's arts but Diana wasn't in the same league as the gods which was why she was worried. If this mysterious figure really possessed powers that could rival a God then Diana might be in over her head if she has to fight him.

On Herme's recommendation Hipolyta gave the armor of Athena to Diana for her to use on her journey, along with the Lasso of Truth. Once Diana had gathered all the necessary items she would need on her journey, her mother, along with a group of her fellow Amazonian sisters bid her farewell on her journey. Before Diana took off, her mother gave her one last piece of advice.

"Now my child, you are fully prepared for whatever awaits you on your mission, but before you leave I wish to give you some last words of advice."

"And what would that be mother?" Diana inquired.

"I am not fully aware of just how much has changed in Man's world after all these years, but with hope man has changed for the better. Even so, remember to always stay cautious when in the presence of a man." Hipolyta spoke with all seriousness.

Diana gave her knowing smile, before hugging her mother one last time. She waved to her sisters as she flew in the air towards her destination. "May the God's watch over you my little wonder." Hipolyta softly whispered to herself as she watched Diana's figure slowly fade from view in the skies.

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{San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge}

Gun fire littered the air as both human and alien alike shot at each other. The U.S. military managed to hold the alien resistants' for a while, but now they were steadily being overpowered. The alien's weapons technologies were superior to their standard bullet projectiles. Though, that did not mean that they were necessarily useless. White fluid-like aliens slowly advanced through the human military's defenses.

A Sergeant took cover behind an over turned car as energy beams flew over his head. The marine beside him fired at the enemy from the side of the vehicle only to receive a nasty hole between his eyebrows, where an energy beam had burned through his skull.

Cursing, the Sergeant keyed the com-system to get in touch with command headquarters. "Headquarters we need backup on the double! We're being held up on the Golden Gate Bridge. Where's the Air Force squad I asked for?!"

Static buzzed on the com before a voice spoke. "I've just confirmed that the squad you asked for was intercepted by the enemy's aircraft fighter. The closest additional forces are also being held up so backup won't arrive for at least an hour. You're on your own for now, good luck soldier." With that the com went dead, leaving an extremely peeved Sergeant.

The Sergeant cursed loudly under his breath. By the time reinforcements would get here he and his men, along the bridge would be overrun. Just what the hell were they gonna do now! With a numerical and technological disadvantage there was only so much he and his fellow soldiers could do before those alien bastards killed them and blew the bridge. His mind went into overdrive, searching for some possible way to beat these things. He needed a miracle and he needed one quickly.

As if the heavens had heard his silent plea, a figure suddenly materialized next to Sergeant was surprised to see this city's resident super hero, the Hokage. Like most people the Sergeant had heard of the blonde hero's many exploits. Now some people were prejudiced against meta-humans and heroes alike, but the Sergeant didn't care about any of that. If the man was here to offer his help then he'd be more than happy to oblige him.

Naruto's eyes moved all around, surveying the surrounding area before focusing his attention on the Sergeant."Heard you guys could use some help. What are you and your men's status?"

The Sergeant was momentarily surprised; not because he offered help though. He already suspected he would. It was the way the man carried himself, like he had been through a war before. He brushed the thoughts off. Now wasn't the time to be wrapped up in his thoughts.

"These bastards are setting up demolition charges to blow the bridge. They've already blown one of the support beams. If another one is destroyed then this bridge will most likely collapse." He paused to catch his breath.

"I'm running out of options and men. We don't have enough fire power to push them back and backup won't make it in time."

Naruto frowned. The situation was direr than he thought. His mind quickly took in the information, trying to come up with a strategy to take out the aliens on the bridge. He could use the Kirigakure no Jutsu (Hidden Mist Technique) to cover the bridge with a heavy fog, and take them out one by one. No, there were too many chances for error with that plan. For one it would not only confuse the enemy but the human soldiers as well. Not to mention that it could take too long to take them out individually, before they set off the bombs.

"I can't use any destructive jutsu here, or else I risk destroying the bridge and killing any allies. I've gotta hit them hard and fast. That only leaves one option left."

"Tell your men to stand down and give me some room. I got a plan and I can't have you guys getting caught in the crossfire."

Before the Sergeant could give a reply, the blonde shinobi jumped a top of a nearby car, getting the attention of everyone on the bridge. Naruto pulled out a three pronged kunai and held it with both hands, bearing it in front of him. Human soldiers off to the side shouted for the blonde to get his dumbass out of fire, but their pleas fell on deaf ears as the aliens fired at the unmoving shinobi.

What happened next was something that every witnessing person to the scene would never forget for the rest of their lives. In a matter of seconds all the mucus-like aliens that were about to fire at the blonde shinobi were suddenly dropping to the ground one by one. Silence fell around the bridge as every witnessing person tried to register what had occurred.

The Sergeant himself was stunned at what he had witnessed. He barely blinked for but an instance and all the aliens were taken out, just like that!

Naruto stood with one foot pressed on top of a fallen alien's backside as he twirled a Hiraishin kunai in his left hand's fingers while holding his custom made Katana in the other. He took a calming breath as he sheathed his sword. Had this been a few months back Naruto wouldn't be sure if he could've pulled that feat off. It was only after months of practice with the Hiraishin no jutsu (Flying Thunder God Technique)and its speed and maneuverability that he could use it so effectively. Hell, right now he theorized that he was either just as good, or possibly even more proficient with the technique than his father, who created the jutsu.

Many of the soldiers gawked at him but he just shrugged off their looks of amazement and slight fear. He may have saved the bridge and stalled the alien forces, but that didn't mean that it was over, not by a long shot. Other parts of the world were probably invaded as well and who knows when they would send another wave down to San Francisco. Naruto felt that this was just the beginning.

End…

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Sorry if the military scenes seem a bit off in anyway. I'm afraid my knowledge of military operations and speech are lacking so I apologize if I got anything wrong in that department.

Someone asked me how strong is Naruto in this Fic. For me, he is as strong as he needs to be. I would consider him to be high up there with the most powerful DC heroes, but that does NOT mean that he is invincible by any means. He can still be killed through other methods, such as what was shown just last chapter with Poison Ivy's toxic poisons. Even with Naruto's clans vitality and Kurama's healing factor, I doubt that would be even to shrug off the poison if he had inhaled enough of it. Maybe in small doses, but certainly not in large quantities.

Hope you guys enjoyed the changes I made to this chapter. If you have any questions at all, either pm or review. That's all for now, till the next time. ^_^