Upload date: 9-7-2016
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PS. Anything that isn't in English was made using google translate due to lack of Japanese translator or dictionary
Really surprised by the following to this after one chapter. 20 reviews, though some I will ignore due to lack of relevance, 97 favorites, 118 follows and 1,493 views as I post this. Current choices for pairing that are explained: Poison ivy, Katana, Duela Dent from Earth-3, Death and Paula Nguyen from Earth-16
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Metropolis, Delaware; 9:42 pm, September 30th, 2016
"I'll talk! I'll talk!" a man screams in the night as he is slammed against a wall rather roughly. Johnathon Quinn was not the brightest criminal in Metropolis but he was bright enough to know that if he played the game carefully he wouldn't get caught by the police. Crime soared in the months following the death of Superman and he wasn't about to be cut out of this prime opportunity. Occasionally you'd hear stories about the Bat passing through but he couldn't be in two places at once, otherwise he'd be here more often. Tonight was supposed to be like any other night. Soon as it gets dark he'd slip out and meet up with one of his buddies for a job they were hired to do, they'd finish before the cops show up and then they get paid. Easy right? Wrong. He had just gotten out of the museum they had robbed when this guy in a mask caught him.
"Good, tell me what you know about Leslie Willis." The masked man growled.
"T-the radio chick? She was struck by lightning back in February right?"
Johnathon was pulled toward the man and then slammed back into the wall. "If I wanted basic information you could find online I would have googled her you moron! Now TALK!"
Johnathon swore he could see the guy's nails become sharper as he roared in his face "Okay! Okay she goes by Livewire now! She was looking for some guys to cause a few robberies so she could do something big without being disturbed!" he was crying now feeling the nails dig into his skin through his shirt "That's all I know, I swear!"
The masked man dropped him unceremoniously to the ground and brought a finger up to his ear "You get all that? This doesn't seem right, whole thing is too far out of her area of expertise…I know…I got him right here for pick up, shouldn't have more than a few thousand dollars' worth of valuables in his briefcase…Thing is heavy-duty, most likely a larger supplier than Willis could get herself."
Johnathon had slowly been crawling away from the man as he spoke to someone. He knew this guy wasn't the bat but his methods matched some of the rumors he had heard about him before. He rolled over as he began crawling faster before bumping head first into a pair of large legs.
"Look what I caught." Croc growled as he picked the man up "Trying to run? I can't help myself when you run, might just…have a sample."
"Put him down Croc, we're done with him and the police are only five minutes out." The masked man says as the large, Croc, man drops him to the ground "Don't feel bad though, he won't be going anywhere."
Johnathon awoke five minutes later tied and gagged with the briefcase at his feet and five officers standing around him. He didn't care what they did to him, just as long as he never met those two again.
Several blocks away on a rooftop Killer Croc and his partner were taking a short break as they waited for the signal to proceed to the next phase of the mission. They were tasked with gathering information on Leslie Willis, an individual who had an encounter with Superman in the months prior to his death who also went missing shortly afterward. Rumors said that she now had powers and was beginning to become a threat to the public of the surrounding area. Waller already sent Deadshot and Flag to Gotham to investigate there and in Flag's case see if he could meet with Batman on the matter. Katana and Boomerang were currently shadowing a possible contact of their target by the docks.
"So, how long do you think we'll have to wait for the signal, Naruto?"
Naruto chuckled as he removed his blank ANBU mask "Don't know big guy. Could be minutes or hours depending on who screws up this time. No doubt in my mind that it'll be Boomerang."
Croc snorts in amusement as he shakes his head. Considering the delicate nature of this mission he wondered if Harley should have come instead but given that Gotham was where they'd be it wouldn't due for her to be anywhere near the Clown again. "Can't be too long then; Boomerang won't be able to resist showing off for Katana."
Naruto grumbled something to himself as he mentally counted down to when the idiot would screw up. Kurama chuckled alongside Croc as the blonde seemed to be a little agitated by the Aussie's open affection for the team's samurai. Naruto's head snapped to attention as he received the coded message.
"Time to move."
"We got her then?" Croc stood up beside Naruto "Where are we going?"
"Katana and Boomerang have confirmation of Livewire being in Gotham, all we need to do is catch her by surprise. Grab on, it will be faster if we do this my way."
Croc growled in dissatisfaction "You using that teleporting thing your old man used?"
Naruto smirked at the crocodilian as he grabbed his shoulder. Vanishing in a yellow flash that cut off all protest of his teammate the two were transported to their teammates; specifically Katana since Naruto didn't trust Boomerang with the formula for the Hiraishin.
Gotham City, New Jersey; 10:00 pm, September 30th, 2016
Naruto landed perfectly beside Katana while Croc crashed into Boomerang. The thief was not overly fond of his new position underneath the scaly giant of a man…thing. Croc got up with a slight groan, throwing a quick glare over his shoulder towards Naruto's chuckling form, he pulled Captain Boomerang up off the ground.
"I thought you had worked that out?"
"I only said it wasn't as bad as my first attempts Croc, never said you wouldn't go flying for a few feet." Naruto snickered before Katana jabs his ribs with her elbow.
"Focus." She says. Since first working with the squad she had been learning to speak English, though with Naruto's arrival and translation seal she had less need to learn but continued all the same.
"We just waiting for Flag and Deadshot now?" Naruto asks noticing the lack of said leaders of the team "I could just swarm the place with my Kage Bunshin, but that's just my idea."
"That won't be necessary," Flag speaks up as he and Deadshot approach the group. "Plan is simple; our objective is to contain and capture Leslie Willis, before we enter this warehouse to capture her the power to this section of the city will be cut leaving her with no means of escape."
"And how are we supposed to stop her from shocking us?" Boomerang, the ever present panic button of the squad, asks "In case you haven't noticed none of us are made of rubber."
Deadshot holds up a collar. "Boss lady made these, says they can shut down a meta-humans powers including hers. All we need to do is get this on her and she'll be easy to handle."
Boomerang rolled his eyes "Like the last two? Those guys didn't have any powers but they weren't exactly easy to handle."
"Blame Naruto for not being there for them."
"Oi!"
Deadshot tosses the collar to Naruto. Flag checks his watch for the time "Mission begins in five, get in position, nothing leaves this place unless it's one of us."
Naruto created a small army of clones, roughly thirty or so, and had them scatter to different positions around the warehouse. Katana and Boomerang stood watch over the front entrance, Croc got in position between the bay and the back door while Deadshot and Flag stood by the door. Naruto jumped up to the roof, looking for a skylight one of his clones had found, he stayed poised to drop in and strike.
"Ten seconds." Flag updates over the radio. "And try to keep property damage to a minimal this time Naruto."
Naruto rolls his eyes as the lights in the sector go dark. Grinning he and his clones enter the warehouse. Landing in a crouch in the dark would normally be a problem for Naruto, if it weren't for him being able to sense negative emotions thanks to Kurama that is, but he could see clearly every living thing in the warehouse now. Up on the catwalks and just as confused as everyone else as to the power outage were a few armed thugs. Naruto could sense a total of twenty plus their target. Moving silently his clones began systematically taking down each thug between them and Livewire.
"Who turned out the lights?" Naruto dropped from his perch behind two thugs, employing what he remembered of Zabuza Momochi he and a clone killed both silently "Ricky! Johnny! If you two bozos are messing around I will fry you!"
Naruto signaled his clones to move in. Unfortunately one of the thugs was a bit jumpy and swung a fist wildly, hitting a clone in the back as it grabbed a potential victim. Naruto cursed under his breath "Get to cover!" he hissed the warning into his radio for Flag and Deadshot, knowing that now they'd be wise to his advances. He jumped back up to his perch as several more clones were dispelled in the brief moment of surprise. Livewire was backing up against the wall, a few thugs surrounding her as they opened up on his clones and the rest of the trash.
"Could they make any more noise?" Deadshot asks as a bullet flies past Flag's head. He looks over their cover, a large wooden crate, and fires a few shots at the closest thugs, dropping them. "That girl isn't going to be easy to get behind now. How much longer will the power be out?"
"Few minutes at best. We have to clear a path for Naruto." Flag pops up, firing his pistol he drops two more thugs. "Suggestions?"
"Yeah," Deadshot shoots a thug as he tried to make a run for the door in the chaos "Don't let them out."
Livewire extends both arms, frying several shadowy figures with her electricity. The smoke clouds that followed were odd but these guys weren't a challenge for her and her powers "Going to have to do better than that! I don't know who you are or how you found me but I gave the big blue boy scout trouble, what makes you think you can handle me?!"
Naruto grinned as he dropped behind the woman. The grin on her face was wiped away as she felt the cold metal of the collar wrap around her neck and lock in place. "Sadly for you, it was no trouble at all." The cold taunting voice made her whirl around. She felt so much rage in that instance she intended to fry the man when she grabbed the sides of his head and yet…he laughed at her. "Surprised? You should be."
Livewire backed away in genuine fear of the man before her. Never had anyone actually withstood her powers before, sure Superman wore rubber gloves that one time but still. She was so focused on this man she hadn't noticed the fighting had stopped even as she backed up into someone. A pair of hands grabbed her by the shoulders and pulled her close.
"Good work. You managed to only scare the target this time." Flag compliments as Deadshot keeps a tight grip on the target "Leslie Willis? You are under arrest."
"Make it sound any less dramatic there Flag?" Naruto says with a roll of his eyes.
Flag ignored the blonde as he called it in. Target captured without any physical injuries, shaken up due to shinobi sneaking up and intimidating her. Overall not a bad night.
"Deadshot, escort her outside, our ride should be here soon."
The assassin jerked the depowered meta-human towards the door "Come on, we got a nice comfy cell waiting for you back home. You'll fit right in with the others."
"Hands off buddy, I don't do cells!" she growled as the collar actually shocked her "ow! What the heck!? This thing just shocked me!"
"Real observant you are." Floyd mutters as he pushes her outside.
Flag shakes his head. "Waller wants you to leave the clones behind, she sounded pretty curious about who was setting this all up. Clean up, get the Intel and then we go home. Copy?"
Naruto nods his head. His clones already getting to work cleaning the place up in the dark. "Give them five minutes, you won't know we were here."
"Good. Come on, we got a plane to catch." Flag leads the shinobi to the door "What's your take on all of this?"
"If you are asking me what I think about catching meta-humans like this…I don't know." Naruto confesses "Livewire I'll admit is a piece in a much larger puzzle but as for Icicle and Mr. Freeze, those two were just growing too big for their turf. As for Mirror Master," Naruto shrugs "that guy is a fruit loop and the Flash has to be lucky if all his villains aren't as dangerous as the rest."
The Suicide Squad took their prisoner to a private airfield outside Gotham. As they began boarding their flight back to Belle Reve Naruto winced violently. Images flooding his mind as each of his clones was dispatched with relative ease by someone or something in the warehouse. He meditated on the flight back, hoping to sift through the memories for something solid to identify his attacker.
'Seems you should have let your clones go all out. Eh, Naruto?'
Naruto frowned in his mindscape as he watched the memories play out. Power was cut, much more forcefully according to one clone before it was dispatched, and they were ambushed much more quickly than Naruto and his clones had done to the thugs they were posing as. It rubbed him the wrong way. They had been ordered to stick to being as much like a civilian as possible and yet…not one could see or even touch the assailant.
"Something isn't right with this. Even against small time thugs and villains with no powers I could hit them if I held back like that. Whatever attacked my clones had to either have a power or was incredibly skilled." Naruto deduced seeing one clone be cut down the middle and the other shot in the head "Still…the efficiency is worrying. They don't even look as if they had to think, look at how fast they dispatched these five clones…incredible."
'You sound awe struck. New hero to worship?'
Naruto shook his head "No, that isn't a hero. I'm not even sure if it's human."
'I will deal with sorting through these, you should focus on dealing with your team.' Kurama growled as he forcibly kicked Naruto out of his mindscape.
Belle Reve, Louisiana; 11:15pm September 30th, 2016
Naruto blinked as he came face to face with Katana. 'Dick move Kurama, dick move.' He thought as the samurai waited for him to speak. Grumbling to himself he stood up from his seat "I missed the landing didn't I?"
"Hai."
"Anything happen while I was out?"
"Nani mo arimasen. Anata ga anata o nayama rete iru mono ni tsuite hanashi o suru baai o nozoki?" She replied, Naruto assumed with a quirked eyebrow under that mask was.
"Who says anything is troubling me?" he asked with a slight frown.
"Baka" Naruto's eye twitched as she walked off, exiting the aircraft, with that same stupid nickname.
'Looks like you are still as much of an idiot as ever kit.'
'Not my fault she acts like a female Sasuke!' he raged mentally 'Try and be nice and look what happens.'
Kurama chuckled deeply in his containers mind 'You're just upset she won't lighten up like you hope.'
'As if!'
Naruto kept grumbling to himself as he walked into the prison. Guards had been giving him a wide berth since he arrived, not afraid of him for what he contained; not that they knew about Kurama, but for what Naruto could do to them or in general. So caught up was he in his own thoughts that he had nearly walked pass his favorite inmate. Lex Luthor. Poor guy. Finally killed his nemesis Superman, only to end up in prison for endangering lives with his mad scientist ways. In Naruto's completely unbiased and not paranoid opinion he was the Orochimaru of this world.
"How many days left now Lex? Twenty? Thirty?" Naruto teased the now bald man.
In his stay at Belle Reve, Lex Luthor went from being a scraggly pre-adult man to a bald well-built adult. A true transformation though his demeanor had become more…dark. The negative emotions rolled off the guy in waves, always plotting in his cell and working on his speaking ability. Guy was a nut.
"Ah, Naruto, I was wondering when Waller's new pet would see me today."
"Feeling okay there Lex?" Naruto got closer to the bars "You sound different."
"Different? I've never been better." The grin unnerved the shinobi, and that didn't happen easily.
"Whatever you say. So, we still playing our little game during the next recess or are you going to try your luck getting to know our new resident?" Naruto folded his arms. He and Lex would play a game of chess, not even close to shogi, and chat about the inmates and staff as if they were the weather.
"Sadly I won't have the chance for either."
Naruto stood up. Being nice to a criminal was one thing. Letting one like Luthor out or even hint at it was another. "I didn't think you were being released so soon."
Luthor sighed dramatically "Well, between my company flourishing slightly without Superman, and the public only knowing about my experiments almost killing some people, I am still in the limelight as a good man."
"Good man or good at manipulating?"
"What do you think?" Luthor smirked "I'll be out of here well before our weekly game, no hard feelings I hope?"
Naruto shook his head "None. Without your nemesis, you are harmless." Naruto started to walk off "But, you should know, if we cross paths and you are hurting people…I shouldn't have to explain the rest."
Luthor watched the masked blonde walk off. His unofficial rival in this accursed prison was right. He did know just what would happen if they met again in his current state. A secret identity was useless to the man since he didn't exist but to Luthor it could be a powerful tool should Naruto say…form any attachments.
"Don't worry, when we meet again I will have just the thing to finally defeat you."
(Wallers Office)
"So you are telling me that I should have left him out on his own to do whatever he wants?...I understand he can be dangerous, especially since Superman isn't around to stop him but Naruto Uzumaki is no Deathstroke or Joker. Unlike you he can interrogate a criminal without causing serious bodily harm…I already have a contingency should he go rogue but you have a better chance of becoming a criminal than he does of crossing that imaginary line you have made for yourself." Waller was not in a pleasant mood. Not that any of her other moods are ever pleasant. Her current mood was brought on by a call from a particular Dark Knight of Gotham. She was tempted to say that if she wanted to, she could have Naruto go and kill him but the blonde wouldn't go for it so easily. "Need I remind you that he has thus far done every mission I give him to the letter and all casualties are limited to criminals, not civilians?"
Flag stood on the other side of the door with Katana in tow, both hearing only the words Waller shouts at whoever was on the other end of the line. Flag tugged nervously at the collar of his shirt. Last time he interrupted one of her calls he had to run the perimeter of the parish grounds for a few hours…or until he finished ten laps. It was murder to do then and it was murder to do now.
"I hope whoever she's talking to knows what they are getting into." He mumbles to Katana "I do not want to be on the receiving end of her wrath again."
Flag waited until he couldn't hear anymore shouting, then gave it a few more minutes to be sure she was done with her call before knocking on the door.
"Enter."
Flag took a deep breath as he and Katana entered the small office. It wasn't like her personal office in D.C. or like her home office. This one was smaller, built originally for the early wardens of the facility before she took it over. The African-American woman sat behind her desk with her hands folded. To Flag it was not the face of God but that of the Devil.
"Sit down, both of you." She ordered "As you can imagine I am not in a good mood, so, I would hope that you both have something that can change that."
Flag gulped. "We have our reports as you asked for ma'am."
"Good," she held out her hand "I will check them over later, I want your personal and unbiased reports now."
Flag handed her the files "Yes ma'am."
"Colonel Flag, what is your opinion on Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze?"
"Naruto shows great loyalty to his comrades and the cause, he is thorough in his work and does as ordered almost to a fault."
"Almost?" Amada raised a brow "Not completely?"
Flag could feel the sweat rolling down the back of his neck "Y-yes ma'am. He displays the capacity to be a great soldier by following orders but questions them should he perceive any risk to civilian life."
"What of his abilities? Has he shown any signs of weaknesses or new skills he neglected to mention?"
Flag shook his head "Over the past month he has only shown his Shadow Clones. Any jutsu he has used other than that or his teleportation I have not witnessed. As far as weaknesses go he doesn't have any that I can find. So far there seems to be nothing he can't handle in a combat situation, ice, electricity, fire, water, he has a counter for everything. My best guess would be someone of Superman's level being the only one who could defeat him."
"And what about you Katana, being the only one on the team who could stop him, what is your opinion of him?"
"Naruto wa... Fushigidesu. Kare wa watashitachi no sorezore ga, mada hoka no jutsu o shiyō suru koto o kyohi tatakau tame ni nōryoku o motte iru koto o shimeshite imasu. Watashi wa kare ga watashitachi kara kare no hontō no nōryoku o kakushite iru to shinjite, demo wa kagetsumae nomi enmakudeshita." (1)
Waller turned to Flag for a translation. The Colonel shifted nervously under her piercing gaze "She believes that his uh…demonstration was a smokescreen."
"So it's as predicted then."
"Ma'am?"
"What is said here does not leave this room under any circumstance, is that clear?" getting nods from her two subordinates she continued "With Superman dead Naruto is now the largest threat to the planet. Currently what we know of him and his world is limited to what he says and shows us to be true. We know there are five main villages with individuals who are possibly at his level. Of his techniques we have only seen four truly be used thus far, that is not to say anything of the others he may know. As for ways to counter him there is no meta-human whose abilities could surpass or match his that is living and no materials on Earth currently are capable of stopping his jutsu or chakra."
"What about the collars?" Flag asks "Surely those could work on him, right?"
"That is a possibility we would only have one chance to test. If we use one on him to test if they work he may start to be cautious around us all and won't give us a chance to get that close." Waller explains "And before you suggest drugging him we tried that when he injured himself working on one of those symbols of his. He didn't even get drowsy."
"Permission to speak freely?"
Waller gave him a curious look as did Katana "Granted."
"Naruto is no threat to Earth. After seeing what he can do and how he handles himself I believe that he is as he claims; a hero. I know that he is hiding things from us, things you'd say we need to know, but…" Flag hesitated for a moment "I think that we will need him, whether you want to admit it or not we need this man from another world to protect our own world."
Waller leaned back in her chair. She had known Flag for years through working with his father and then his early career in the military. The man was a talented soldier, something that ran in his family, and he followed her orders to the letter when needed. It was shocking to have him come to the defense of a man he had only known for a month but then again after one mission with the Suicide Squad he stood by them any time he could. "Do you feel…as strongly as Colonel Flag, Katana?"
"Hai."
Waller sighed. Typical. The two she needed as insiders on the team were going against her own plans. No matter, she wasn't the only non-meta-human that could give the Batman a run for his money for nothing.
"Very well. I won't make a move against Naruto for now, but, should he step out of line you both are to blame. Now, onto Lex Luthor, he is being released back into the world on Friday. I don't need to remind you both of what he almost did in Metropolis, I will be keeping an eye on him should he step out of line again in which case you both should be prepared for anything."
"Is that all, ma'am?"
Amanda nods her head "You're both dismissed."
-With Naruto-
"So what is this exactly?" Naruto was confused. Kurama had pulled him into his mindscape as soon as he laid down on his bed. The image he was looking at was blurry even for a memory. One of his clones managed to catch a glimpse of their assailant, an orange blur, and another could make out what looked like armor of some kind. "Kurama, no offense but what have you been doing all this time?"
'Going through each clones memories frame by frame.' The beast growled 'Need I remind you that it was your idea to have them hold back?'
"Geez take it easy." Naruto went back to looking at the blurry orange in the memory "So who is this? We know it's not one of the Squad, I doubt Katana could do all of this and she wouldn't be caught dead in orange."
Kurama snorts 'Those files you 'borrowed' spoke of few humans here that are in this range of skill. That speed could be the Flash.'
Naruto shakes his head "Not possible. Flash doesn't use weapons or knock out the power to a specific building. The speed is interesting, and stealth is not in the repertoire of most meta-humans."
'What about Superman?'
"Dead."
'They believe.'
"Have an explanation for that?"
'What if Superman were still alive? The few reports all said he was dead, a body was never found, he could be alive if only barely.' Naruto hummed in thought 'He has the speed and strength to do real damage to you.'
"True…but why use the sword? Or the shuriken and explosives? He has super powers to do that with."
Kurama huffs 'Fine then! Who do you think it could be?' he growls 'Unless you're hiding more from me than those ningen then we are out of ideas.'
"I think our time here is about to get more interesting partner, just wait, soon we'll be able to have a real fight and see what these people can do." The grin he gave only made the fox sigh in defeat.
'We are doomed.'
"Stupid fox," Naruto mumbles to himself "I know you well enough by now Kurama, this isn't just to update me on our new 'friend', what do you need?"
'It's about that man you fought before arriving here,' Kurama stands up 'I've been thinking of ways for us to get back to our world.'
"You have!?" Naruto was a little surprised. For the past month he had believed that it was impossible. He hadn't copied the jutsu with his Sharingan, or seen enough of it he believed to be able to replicate it "That's awesome!"
Kurama shook his head 'It cannot be done. To replicate the jutsu we would require the man's knowledge of the technique, something that is well beyond us now. Replicating it now could be catastrophic. This world could be torn apart, you and I could be split an atom at a time or we could be sent to a different world.' Kurama sighed with genuine sadness and looked at his container 'Naruto, I am sorry but we will never be going home. Not with what we have.'
Naruto sighed "It's alright Kurama. I know what you mean though, without knowing how it worked the best I could try is Kamui and I don't even know if I have that. I know you hate them but I want to train with the Sharingan some more. I feel like we might need that in the future and I would rather be prepared now than later."
'Fine, but those blasted orbs are off limits.'
"I know." Naruto said as he felt the spot on the back of his neck where the seal was. To prevent himself from going over the edge and wiping out the world Naruto had used a shadow clone to place a seal that would be strong enough to suppress certain abilities of his such as his Rikudō Sennin Mōdo or Six Paths Sage Mode. The seal itself was designed in layers, the basic seal looked like the Rinnegan, and each level had three tomoe's, and was able to hold back his more dangerous abilities. The only way he could unseal it was to use chakra from each of the tailed beasts and there was no way he could do that since Kurama would know what he was up to before he did it.
Naruto left his mindscape and took off his mask. Unlike the animal designed masks the ANBU wore his was blank and bore no marks distinguishing which village he was from. He placed it gently on a small table he may have 'borrowed' from a store once on a mission. He had to figure these things out and fast. A new piece is on the board as it were and he didn't know which side it was on. According to the files it was highly likely that the heroes of this world could form a team within the year if they could work together instead of clashing egos.
Wayne manor, Gotham City, New Jersey; 11:45 pm, September 30th, 2016
Multi-million and possibly billionaire Bruce Wayne sat in his study going over the files laid out before him with a fine comb. Being rich had its perks, he could go on vacation whenever he wanted to tropical locations, travel the world for a few years visiting unique places and learning various skills from the locals and experts. He even had a large cavernous lair under his mansion. Alfred, his loyal butler who had been with his family for years, placed a tray of tea down on a table a few feet from his workspace.
"Master Bruce, I know you enjoy your nightly escapades but please try to remember that you need to take a break every so often. It isn't healthy to obsess over your work."
Bruce didn't look up to respond, he just kept scanning the information he had "Alfred, we've been over this before, I will sleep after I know what we are up against."
"I believe that Master Clark had given you a warning not to do this." The butler poured a cup of tea "Shall I give him a call and tell him that you are not taking his advice?"
Bruce winced. Feeling as if his ribs still hurt from their fight a few months back. Don't ask him how but Clark had survived their fight with that monster called Doomsday. He was bedridden with what he called 'a really bad case of the flu', a horrible joke in comparison to what was in his system. According to his mother Clark was able to walk but he claimed to feel more human than kryptonian.
"There will be no need for that Alfred, I am just checking up on a slight problem."
"Would this be a Bruce Wayne problem or a Batman problem?" he set the cup down "Maybe Master Clark could help with this?"
Bruce sighed. Alfred was right. Clark could help out on this, he wouldn't be able to handle it just yet, but he could give some insight or ideas. "I'll call him in a little bit, will that satisfy you?"
The butler smiled triumphantly "Indeed it would. Will there be anything else sir?"
"No Alfred, I am fine for now." Bruce watched his butler leave the study before turning his signature scowl onto the files he had. Waller had been more than generous in giving them to him but she neglected to mention anything about one Naruto Uzumaki. Asides from the obvious lack of a past or identity on Earth the only details he had in the files stated the few abilities they knew of and his skill set prior to his obtaining the files. All of this could be considered out of date. What intrigued Bruce after his call earlier was how much freedom this man seemed to have. Too much if you asked him. Bruce reached over his desk for the phone and dialed a number…."Clark? It's Bruce…yes I know what time it is…I was hoping you'd be up to help me with something, it would be right up your alley…just an idea I have…no it's not a rematch, I actually am planning something that is a bit riskier than that…try balancing several super humans in a small group…I'll be there tomorrow, say around 1:30 pm…get some rest alright?"
Bruce hung up the phone. With a heavy sigh he got up and packed his files up into folders. Tomorrow would be a busy day, he could feel it in his bones, and he would need the sleep.
AN: Before anyone says I am changing the characters or making them ooc, Naruto may be ooc at some point, will do my best to keep the Squad as in character as possible. On the subject of continuity: not a fan of BvS, concept is great, plot not so much. Superman is not dead, well they think he is, he is just sick with kryptonite poisoning. As for Lex's shift just think Jesse Eisenberg, Clancy Brown voice and classic villainous Luthor. On the subject of pairings….for the people who say harems, did you not see the part that said no harems? Really surprised to see Killer Frost mentioned, didn't think she would be asked for since she isn't a major female hero/villain in the dceu. I will not for the sake of my plot be using Supergirl (hasn't arrived on Earth yet), Powergirl (not in this universe yet), Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl, Lois Lane, Amanda Waller (yes someone asked this in a pm) or any teenage character. Mostly these characters I have plans for, don't suit the way I will be taking Naruto, and are too young. If you want an idea of time of events I have switched Jason and Dick in order of becoming Robin and with Barbara roughly a year older than Dick, she would be about 10 or 11 right now. And to the people who keep saying Naruto has said too much; no huge secrets were revealed by him. Nothing about Kurama even though it's obvious he would know something, no weaknesses that could be used against him like Kryptonite for superman, no vulnerabilities in his village's defenses or shinobi forces. All I have done is what makes sense to do. He is thrown into a world he knows nothing about, senses no hostile intent in the Squad, decides to work with them and earn their trust so as to survive. So get off my back, stop spamming a single review and pm and try to keep an open mind, okay? I haven't even gotten to the part where I show how crafty or intelligent, choose your word, Naruto is.
(1) Naruto is...strange. He shows that he has the ability to fight each of us yet refuses to use any other jutsu. I believe that he is hiding his true abilities from us, the demonstration a month ago was only a smokescreen.
Should I do this ^ for all translations? Idk, let me know what you guys and girls think. And bots, just so I don't piss off Skynet.
