This is Ryu Kotei apologizing for the long wait as I was stuck in a bit of a rut called Writer's Block and have been busy as well. Hopefully my bout of Writer's Block is over...for now.
On a final note, I do not own Naruto, Justice League, or any other DC character used in this fanfiction.
"I'm the Reaper." normal speech
"Who is the Reaper?" thought/mind speak
"(Reaper!)" language transition
Chapter 3
Caribbean sunlight was shining inside the room and into Livewire's face as the villainess was stirred from her slumber. She got up from her bed to reveal the dark blue nightgown that she created by altering the electrons of her clothes before changing them back. She was wearing the clothes that Reaper had given her which consisted of dark blue pants, an ocean blue top, a black vest with a lightning bolt design on the back, a long blue scarf, and leather boots. "Mmm, that was a good night's rest," said Livewire as she stretched the knots out of her back, "much better than the beds back at that prison."
"I'm glad you had an enjoyable rest," said a voice as Livewire looked to see Naruto Wilson holding a silver tray that had a bowl of cereal, a plate of light-golden toast, and a glass of orange juice, "I spared no expense to ensure that all my guests are comfortable."
"Holy shit!" the villainess said as she jolted fully awake, "You're…you're…Naruto Wilson!" Naruto chuckled as he then said, "And you, Livewire-chan, are a guest of my lovely abode." Livewire saw Naruto set the tray on the nearby desk as she said, "I thought this place belonged to Reaper? Where is he by the way?" The blonde gave the villainess a smirk as he brought out a tannish skull mask from behind his back…the same mask as Reaper. "Believe it or not, Leslie," said a familiar voice as Livewire looked to see Giganta wearing a leopard print two piece bikini with a red towel with tropical designs on it around her waist like a skirt, "Mr. Wilson here is indeed our savior, Reaper."
"I see you came back from your trip to my little part of the beach," Naruto said with a small smile on his face, "Hope the locals didn't give you too much trouble, especially the paparazzi." Giganta chuckled and said, "The locals here seem to like you as even some of the children kept the paparazzi at bay. But I'm here to talk about our that offer you gave us last night." Naruto hummed before he said, "Ah, yes but how about we wait until Ms. Willis has freshened up before we go into any further detail."
"No need," said Livewire with a small hidden scowl on her face, "since I can transform into electricity, which is insanely hot in temperature by the way, my body's clean enough that you could eat right off of it since I'm constantly disinfected." Naruto raised an eyebrow as he also heard the villainess mention about never having a relaxing bath anymore before he said, "Anyway, I'm sure that you would like to have your breakfast in peace before we talk about my offer."
"I don't mind," said Livewire as she picked up a small piece of toast while handing another piece to Giganta, "So what was that offer as you never really explained that much last night." Naruto's face took on a stoic tone as he sat on the nearby chair and said, "The offer I have for you two is actually quite simple: I am looking for a small alliance with those who are willing to combat the Justice League under my orders. So far it is just myself and my fiancée so I am searching for those who would willingly join us and follow my orders." Naruto looked at Giganta as he said, "Giganta, with your size manipulation you would mostly be part of the more combative team that will occasionally serve as a diversion so that the covert team can cause the real havoc. Of course, once I gather more members you will be placed on a three-man team with others and the teams will be adjusted to cover any weaknesses of the members." Naruto then looked at Livewire as he then said, "Livewire, your ability to not only manipulate electricity but to transform into electricity makes you perfect for the more covert missions as one of my spymasters. You could use your abilities to gather information and go from one place to another through wires to be the perfect spy. While you would mostly gather information, you will see some combat as you are a walking taser since you can incapacitate any foe into submission."
"So what is all this for?" Giganta asked as she took a bite of her toast. "Just a little project I have planned for the Justice League," said Naruto with a small smirk on his face, "You don't have to take up the offer right away, just think about it for the next few days or so." The blonde then got up and said, "I'll be around should you ever want to talk, but think about what I have told you." After Naruto exited the room, Giganta looked at Livewire and said, "So what do you think? Should we join him?" Liverwire brought a hand to her chin as she said, "Not sure. I mean, I would love to get back at Supe' and his buddies, but would I be able to work for him as a spy?" Giganta shrugged her shoulders as she said, "Well it wouldn't be much different than working with Luthor or Grodd with me as I couldn't do any of that covert stuff." Livewire leaned back as she thought more about the offer before Giganta surprised her as she said, "He is kind of cute though."
"Where did that come from?" Livewire asked with a bit of a blush on her face. "Well, he is a celebrity and is quite the charmer," said Giganta with a teasing smirk on her face, "but I prefer the strong, alpha-male type honestly." That's right, Livewire thought as she remembered something about the woman next to her, you're a genetically engineered ape. "Well," said Livewire as her mind was still on the blonde, "I think those whisker marks make him sexy and he is more hospitable than most celebrities are." Giganta chuckled as she thought, Well you better remember about his fiancée, Leslie as I am sure that she would also fight for his love.
In the Watchtower's medical bay, Wonder Woman was lying in bed with her injured leg in a cast after having two bullets removed from it. "This Reaper," Batman asked as he had never heard of Deathstroke having an apprentice, "what did he look like?" Wonder Woman looked at Batman and said, "He was wearing a raggedy black cloak and a face mask over a skull-like mask. The suit he was wearing had to have hidden compartments under the wrists that allowed him to get me with pepper spray and he knew a thing or two about poisons as he used something to make me feel weak." Batman nodded as he looked at Superman as the Man of Steel said, "I couldn't get much of a look as he held Diana in front of himself and I…" A small blush was seen on the Man of Steel's face as Batman and Wonder Woman had gotten the idea.
"So how are we going to deal with Reaper?" Wonder Woman asked as she crossed her arms, "I kind of want to get him back for that cheap shot." Batman looked at Wonder Woman and said, "We will handle him, Diana, while you rest." The injured woman grumbled a bit about having to stay here as the two heroes left the medical bay. As they were walking through the halls, Superman looked at Batman and asked, "What are we going to do about Reaper? He was taught by Deathstroke and he's a feared assassin. Going by what Reaper had said to me and John, I take it he has it in for us…especially you." Batman continued walking as he said, "Wouldn't be any different if he was taught by Joker or Poison Ivy. I've handled Deathstroke before, so his apprentice wouldn't be any different." I don't know, Superman thought as he remembered last night, He could just be better than what I saw.
On Earth, Naruto was at his beach house on the Caribbean Islands when the phone rang. "Talented Mr. Fox speaking," Naruto answered with a small smile on his face. "Yo, Foxy," said a voice on the phone, "It's me, Sparky!" The phone sparked a bit before a small bolt of electricity shot out to reveal Livewire wearing navy blue body suit and a matching vest with multiple pockets. "Any information, Inazuma-chan?" Naruto asked as his face became stern and professional.
It has been a week since he saved Livewire and Giganta from the Justice League and offered them temporary sanctuary at his beach house. The celebrity-turned-assassin also offered them to work for him in fighting the Justice League, but the only one who took his offer was Livewire as she sort of wanted to help take Superman down a notch or two. Since then, Naruto had Livewire, whom he had dubbed Inazuma when she worked for him, use her ability to travel around the Caribbean Islands using her powers and gather information.
"Aside from a lot of bullcrap on the internet," Livewire began as she sat in the chair next to Naruto, "I did get some credit card digits and bank numbers." Naruto poured some grape wine in a cup before putting a lid and straw on it and handed it to his accomplice. "Anything else?" Livewire shook her head as she said, "Nothing too important as this place here is practically a resort." Just some petty thievery, Naruto thought as he took a sip of grape wine from his glass. "I tell ya I never would have thought about using my powers for all this spy junk," Livewire said as she took a sip of the soda, "I could have REALLY messed with Supe' so many times."
"And now that you are working with me," Naruto said after taking another sip of the soda, "we can mess with all of the Justice League, thanks to you, Inazuma-chan. Too bad Giganta couldn't take the offer and left when Luthor-san arrived." Livewire chuckled as she used her powers to change her outfit into a dark blue two piece bikini that hugged her curves and said, "Her loss." Naruto leaned back as he decided to relax a bit before going out to mess with the League some more as he got a nice view of the villainess tanning before him until the phone rang again.
"Talented Mr. Fox speaking," said Naruto as he kept his eyes Livewire as she tanned. "Hello, son," said the voice, revealing itself to be Slade Wilson, "I heard about how three of the Justice League Members were ambushed by someone named Reaper and he escaped with two criminals in tow." The blonde chuckled as he said, "Wow, they must be getting sloppy considering how Wonder Woman was ACTUALLY shot twice by the guy. I have also heard that one of the criminals have gone missing for about a week, but I'm pretty sure Livewire-chan is snooping around somewhere in the electrical system." A chuckle was heard from the other side as Slade then said, "I better go before this piece of shit phone decides to cut me off. Before I hang up, could you bring me a blue Thunderbird?" Naruto smiled as he said, "Sure thing, Dad." The line went dead before Naruto hung the phone up and said, "I think we should pay my mentor a visit as he wants us to bring him a Thunderbird." Livewire chuckled as she thought, Boys and their fast cars.
Wonder Woman was hobbling through the halls on crutches towards the mess hall after a few days of bed rest when she saw Batman's protégé, Robin, talking to his mentor. "He sounds like Slade," the Boy Wonder said with a bit of anger, "I wouldn't be surprised if he had gone for a third apprentice. In fact, before Reaper appeared, the person who stole my Red X suit had vanished along with the suit." Batman hummed at the time his apprentice had gone undercover as Red X before someone had stolen the suit before disappearing sometime ago.
"Greetings," said a bright and jovial voice as Wonder Woman looked to see one of the other members of the Teen Titans, Starfire, "You must be Wonder Woman, I am Koriand'r, but everyone calls me Starfire." Wonder Woman chuckled at the girl's energy and said, "It's nice to meet another member of the Teen Titans as all I have ever seen was Robin. Where are the others?" Starfire floated next to Wonder Woman as she said, "Cyborg had gone with J'onn J'onzz to check the system of the Watchtower, Beast Boy had gone to the hall of mess, and Raven is with Dr. Fate and Jason Blood."
Starfire saw Wonder Woman's leg and asked, "May I ask what happened?" Diana saw the girl looking at her cast before she said, "My team had a bit of a run-in with a new villain calling himself Reaper. He's pretty manipulative as he held me hostage; even shot my leg twice before threatening to kill me or make me suffer." The alien girl sighed and said, "This Reaper sounds similar to Slade as he had also manipulated Robin and a few others to do his bidding. I would not be surprised if we had met Foe-Reaper before." Starfire might have a point, Wonder Woman thought as she and the Tamaranean journeyed towards the mess hall, Who knows how long Reaper's been around.
In the Village Hidden in the Leaves, Minato Namikaze was on his family's training ground as he worked on trying to perfect the Rasengan by adding his elemental nature to his invention. Twelve years, Minato thought as he tried to catch his breath as his mind drifted to his lost son, It has been twelve long years since you left us, Naruto. The Namikaze had tried his damnedest to try and bring back his son as he tried different space-time formulas and even consulted with the Toads for advice on finding Naruto. The Toads were pretty pissed about how Minato didn't give his son any time or day because Naruto couldn't mold his chakra. Minato also remembered that he gave a special test for a ninja, Rock Lee, as the boy showed great promise even without the use of chakra…Lee passed with flying colors.
After the attack during the Chunin Exam and some problems caused by Arashi during the exams, Minato decided to step down and name Tsunade the Fifth Hokage. It took so much tears, blood, and even begging from the former Hokage to convince the Slug Sannin to return as Minato had even bowed and cried in front of others before Tsunade. Out of all of us, Minato thought as he let out a sigh, you loved Naruto more than we have, Tsunade.
Inside the Namikaze-Uzumaki mansion, Kushina was looking at old pictures of her family and only noticed how the pictures after the day Arashi came into contact with the Nine-Tailed Fox that Naruto was slowly fading away into the background…like a ghost. Naruto, my little maelstrom, Kushina thought as tears formed in her eyes as she watched the smile fade into a stoic look on her son's face before seeing how Naruto's body was slowly melding into the background of each photo. She could name Arashi's flaws, favorites, and even the red-head's embarrassing secrets while with Naruto…she couldn't even remember the sound of the blonde's voice without crying as she would remember that day.
Kushina's own students had disowned her for abandoning her own flesh and blood child. Anko, Kurenai, and Yugao had turned their backs on her with just cause as even Kushina would have done the same if the shoe was on the other foot. Wherever you are, my little maelstrom, Kushina thought as a tear fell on the last happy picture with her and an infant Naruto being held by Kushina's now former students, I hope you can forgive me for what I have done.
On Training Ground 7, Chunin Arashi Namikaze-Uzumaki was breathing hard after a long solo session of training to let off some steam. "I'm 19 years old and I'm STILL a damn chunin!" the young red haired man said as he looked at the scarred area, "This is all Naruto's fault." Ever since Naruto had to tried to show their parents that he is worth something, things have gone downhill very fast. Arashi's father had passed a pathetic ninja who couldn't even mold his chakra as Rock Lee showed 'great promise and determination' during that special test. Then during the Preliminaries of the Chunin Exams, Arashi decided to use the Nine-Tailed Fox's powers to show Lee that he would never amount to anything as a ninja that only uses taijutsu. The taijutsu expert would have died if Minato and the senseis didn't stop Arashi, but Lee's chakra and nervous systems were completely fried beyond recovery…ending the boy's career. Then Arashi was paired against a Hyuga girl that had a crush on his brother and again, Minato and even the ANBU stepped in when Arashi once again used the Fox's powers and gave her an awful one-sided beating before frying the girl's eyes out with demon chakra. The Hyuga clan was never more pissed than before.
After the invasion from Sound and Sand, the council had deemed Arashi a danger and a threat and would have been executed for his actions were it not for Arashi being the son of a great war hero. The council had voted to strip Arashi of his rank and sealed his chakra for three years before going before the council once more after a psyche evaluation. He had barely made it as Inoichi noted Arashi's hatred towards his missing brother, but the council decided to unseal his chakra and give him back his rank with the added addition of not only having ANBU watch over him, but have an ANBU that had the Mokuton ability to act as a leash should the red-haired ninja step out of line.
"Arashi," said Yamato as he was keeping an eye on the red-haired man along with the other ANBU members hidden in the trees, "I believe that is enough training for today." Arashi stuffed his hands in his pockets and walked off as it would be best to comply before the ANBU had to cart him away…again. Mark my words, Brother, Arashi thought as he left the training grounds with the ANBU following him from the shadows, I will make you pay for this.
At one of Deathstroke's lairs, Naruto and a disguised Livewire entered where Deathstroke and a young woman, about 19 or 20 years old, wearing blackish-green pants and matching jacket that hugged her body with what could be a blood red shirt under the jacket were waiting. She also had blonde hair that reached down to the middle of her back and a very long sword was strapped onto her back. "Is that…" Livewire asked in shock, "Talia al Ghul? A member of one of the most feared assassin groups and one of the ones behind that Arkham City Project?"
"Hey Grim," said Talia with a strong and refined voice, "Haven't seen you since your time on Carson's Corner. Can you believe that Jacobs Carson was doing drugs before the show?" Naruto chuckled as he said, "Shocking, isn't it…and he even had the gall to attack me. You just don't know people, do you Yurei-hime?" Talia smirked as she knew what was hidden behind that faux disbelief as she knew what was really said: I done it just to give those 'heroes' a message about their ideals.
"Who's the new girl?" Talia asked as Livewire removed her disguise, "Livewire? Why did you bring her here?" Naruto chuckled as he said, "She is working with me as my personal spy by using her unique ability of electrokinesis to travel any form of electrical system and gather information. I had even set up a little training schedule for her as she accepted the offer." Talia smiled and said, "It's nice to meet Grim's new spy. As you have already know, I am Talia al Ghul and Naruto's fiancée. I can tell you have a thing for him, don't you?"
"Ah…um…I…" Livewire said nervously as she tried to think of something before giving up, "I…kind of do. Foxy has that charm about him and those whisker marks make him sexy." The femme fatal chuckled as she turned toward Naruto and asked, "Grim, is it alright if I show it to her and talk to her about something?" Naruto nodded as he said, "Of course, Yurei-hime, but if a fight is about to break out, please do call me as I really don't want to miss a thing." A small giggle was heard from Talia as she escorted Livewire through the halls.
As they traveled, the electrical villainess looked at her guide and asked, "I guess you're going to tell me that Naruto's off limits? I can take a hint." Talia gave Livewire a glance as she said, "We'll talk about that later as I am going to show you his Wall of Victims." Sort of narcissistic, Livewire thought until she and her guide reached a small room. "This is Grim's room," Talia said as Livewire was sort of shocked to see different kind of guns and bulletin boards hanging on the walls, "at least here anyway."
"Over here," Talia continued as she pointed to a specific bulletin board near a small desk, "is his Wall of Victims." Livewire examined the wall to find newspaper trimmings, but instead of people Naruto had killed or ruined, they were clippings of other villains…on the days their lives were forever changed by certain heroes with Batman having far more than Superman's as the Caped Crusader even had his own bulletin board! The electrical villainess scanned the newspaper clippings until she found two certain articles…the day she had the accident, which had read "Shock Jock Shocked: Superman At Fault?", and the day she was captured, the night after Livewire was born which read "Shocking New Villain Arrives".
"Why," Leslie asked in disbelief, "Why does he keep newspaper clippings of those days when we became criminals?" Talia walked towards the woman and said, "He keeps them as those trimmings remind him of why he dislikes the Justice League as he once told me that most monsters are created by the very heroes that are praised and loved. Joker, Two-Face, you…Grim even has a recording of Lex Luthor telling him about the day Superman had ruined his life." Leslie looked over some of the other trimmings from Batman's personal bulletin board that Naruto had set aside; the Caped Crusader had created more of his adversaries than even the very Man of Steel that sort of created Livewire.
"Naruto had told me of a philosophy about the many heroes that make up the Justice League," Talia said as she sat on the bed and motioned Livewire to sit next to her. After the electrical villainess took the offer, Talia continued, "He told me that there is always a boundary line between good and evil that only the public sees while that line doesn't even exist. He even said that there is no true hero that will not sacrifice personal beliefs and leave the chains of the public that bound them to bring real justice. In order to bring that justice, blood of the guilty must be shed and even though that blood is shed, there will always be injustice in the world as one man's justice is another man's injustice." Livewire looked at Talia as she remembered the very day that Livewire was born; Superman had pushed her away after she had verbally bashed him and she became a freak and a criminal while he became a loved hero.
"He has even proved it as he had tried to attack Batman during Project Arkham," Talia said with slight anger in her voice, "Grim's bruises had bruises and a few broken bones when he was attacked by Batman and Bane." The femme fatal looked at the ceiling as she then said, "I have never heard a philosophy ring so true in all of my life that I sort of fell for him. Seeing how Batman treated him, I couldn't even see what I saw in that bastard! Batman once trained alongside us and this is how he uses our teachings like this? Disgraceful!" Livewire also felt her electrical blood charging in anger towards the Caped Crusader at the sheer audacity.
"Which brings me to you, Leslie," Talia said as she looked gently at the villainess next to her, "What do you think about Naruto?" Livewire swallowed a lump in her throat as she said, "Well, at first I thought he was a cruel bastard who enjoys making people suffer, but over the week I had stayed with him, I learned that he's actually a pretty cool guy as he helped me get better control of my powers while letting me stay with him. I swear we didn't do anything except for looking at each other with a few of those thoughts; we even had bedrooms that were separated by another floor!" Talia chuckled as she said, "I believe you as Grim has told me about you living with him since you became his spy now. Seeing how much you love him, we are willing to give you a try."
"Come again?" Livewire asked in confusion, "Did you just ask me to…have an affair with him?" Talia shook her head and said, "No, but mind that if you do, I will personally make you regret that decision. What I'm asking is if you would like to date Grim while he's with me." Livewire blinked before she said, "You mean as in polygamy? Isn't that illegal?" Talia smiled a bit as she said, "There are television shows that feature polygamy and extended families, what difference is there? We're criminals anyway, so why not?" Talia wrapped an arm around Livewire's shoulder, feeling a slight charge from the electricity, and said, "Look, we are not going to force you into this. You can try this for however long before making your decision. How's that?"
Livewire thought about what she was offered. Yes, she did like Naruto to the point that she would even admit that it was full-blown love. But this…it would feel awkward and weird and even a little frightful as she wouldn't be sure if Naruto loved her as much as she does and favor Talia or any other girl that might join. "We are going to keep it at us two so that Naruto wouldn't worry too much about having to make time for other love interests," Talia added as she saw a bit of confusion on Livewire's face. The electrical villainess smirked a bit as she said, "Alright, I guess I could give this the old college try and see how things turn out."
"I'm glad you're willing to give this a try," said Naruto as he appeared in the room, "I knew Yurei-hime would be best to talk about this. While we do have a few ground rules, I'm sure we can work this out. I do have to admit that you both have lovely bodies and I know I can trust you." Naruto looked at Livewire and said, "While you are new and willing to give this a try, I will let you know that I have my complete trust in you. That means that if you want to talk about backing down, we'll be fine as long as you are completely honest." Livewire gently smiled as she said, "So does that mean I can still call you Foxy?"
"Only outside of the workplace," said Naruto as he gave the villainess a happy smirk, "Hibana-hime, my Spark Princess." Livewire blushed a bit at the little nickname and said, "I'll think of something, Bonehead." The trio then spent the rest of the time going over memorable fights and even just idle small talk as they welcomed a new person in their lives.
In the Watchtower, Cyborg, J'onn, and Ray Palmer were looking over a few Zeta tubes and other transporters as they continued some of their discussions. "Sounds like Beast Boy and Flash would make great friends," said Ray Palmer as he looked over some minor details in his shrunken form. "That would be horrifying," J'onn added as he levitated some tools to Cyborg. "Now that you think about it," the Teen Titans member said as he picked up a small welder, "if Flash starts to eat tofu and loves it as much as BB, then that would be a REAL nightmare." The Zeta tube that the trio was working on it suddenly sparked to life as they back away.
"Whoa! What did you do?" Ray asked in slight fear of an explosion. "Nothing! I was just welding a few things together!" Cyborg said as he stared at the Zeta tube. The transporter showed an image and a man similar to Naruto Wilson, save for the whisker marks, wearing a blue shirt with matching blue pants and a dark green vest. "(What the…?)" said the man in shock as he stared at the trio before the Zeta tube flickered dead, causing the image to vanish. "Oookaaay," Cyborg asked as he wasn't sure if he should be shocked or confused about what just happened, "What the hell just happened?"
In the Namikaze-Uzumaki Mansion, Minato blinked in confusion at the image one of his space-time experiments brought up: a man in a red and blue jumpsuit, a young teen in weird-looking armor that almost looked like it was fused to his flesh, and a green-skinned man in blue underwear. "I hope I didn't goof up again," said Minato as the last time he tried to recreate the seal, he ended up getting a beat down for accidentally peeping in the women's side of the hot springs, "but I do have a feeling that I'm getting closer this time."
What did Minato, Cyborg, J'onn, and Ray stumble onto? How will Naruto handle dating both the Queen of Assassins AND a literal Shock Jock? Now as for what Talia mentioned about how some of the heroes have created a few of their villains, it is true in a way depending on the villain of that universe. Take Livewire for example, as in Superman: The Animated Series, the Man of Steel did inadvertently create Livewire after 'pushing' Leslie away. The same can be said for some of Batman's villains as well like Joker, depending on which universe you look at, and Two-face if you squint in a few universes. Sometimes it's the heroes that create their villains. Don't forget to rate and review.
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