The Jinchuriki Avenger
"Hello" - (Normal talking)
"What now?" - (Thoughts)
"How did that happen?" - (Flashback)
"Rasengan" - (Techniques)
\"What do you want?"\ - Technology Talking
["Yeah what?"] - Tailed Beast Talking
["What is he doing?"] - Tailed Beast Thinking
{"What do we do now?"} - Communication
*"Can you hear me?"* - Telepathy
/What do you want me to do?/ - Sign Language
Chapter 2
This story is a spinoff of Meridian Jinchuriki, and I recommend that you read that first. Hope that you enjoy the chapter, and all characters belong to their rightful owners. I only own any OC's that might appear.
(The Collectors place)
The Collector was walking around, as he admired his collection of valuable creatures and making sure the locks were all secure on their glass prisons.
Naruto was sitting cross legged, with his eyes closed as he meditated while waiting for the right moment to escape from this place, along with anyone that wanted to go with him.
As Naruto meditated, he then sensed some people approaching and he was able to sense that one of them was powerful and that they were carrying something that was just as powerful. He was also able to sense nature itself as though it was personified, and given a sentient form.
After a bit of waiting they saw a group of four approach; one was what looked like a human male, one was a green female (that was a shade lighter than She Hulk) with red hair.
The last two were the most strange in his opinion; a walking tree man and a raccoon that was walking on its two back legs.
Naruto smiled as he saw Cosmo growling at Rocket, who just growled back trying to be just as threatening.
Naruto waved at the tree man, who looked at Naruto curiously and a little bit of interest.
"Since when do you collect regular humanoids Tivan?" The green woman asked, seeing Naruto in his glass prison.
"This is not a regular hunioiod my dear Gamora,'' the Collector told her.
"Looks normal to me" the raccoon said, sounding bored.
"I am Groot," the tree man said with a smile.
"What do you mean he has an energy similar to you?" The Raccoon asked him, sounding shocked.
"Well for one, he's actually made friends with some of the other specimens in my collection" Tivan said.
"It's easy to make friends if you're not an asshole," Naruto said, looking at Tivan with a hard look.
"Ha! He's got you there" The raccoon said laughing. "I like you blonde."
"Focus Rocket, we are here to get rich" the human male said.
"I am Groot,'' Groot said.
"You want to buy his freedom?!" Rocket yelled shocked that Groot wanted to use his cut to do that.
Naruto gave a smile, as he said "Thanks buddy."
"I am Groot," Groot said, giving a smile in return.
"So what have you brought me?" Tivan asked, as he rubbed his hands together in anticipation.
"Show him Quill" Rocket said, as he gave a nod to the male.
Quill held up a metal orb, before he then dropped it and quickly picked it up, as though nothing had happened.
"Wow what a dingus" Howard said as he laughed at Quill's clumsiness.
Tivan grabbed the metal orb and had his equipment start to scan it, and he soon explained what it was.
["Oh hell, this thing is more powerful than me"] Kurama said to Naruto, actually feeling fear.
"Yea that's my que" Naruto said, as he made a Rasengan and slammed it into his glass cell, freeing himself.
"What are -"Tivan was asking before Naruto grabbed him by the throat, and lifted him into the air.
"New deal asshole; you free me, my two friends and hand over the stone, and I won't cut you to pieces, like you deserve" Naruto said as his eyes glowed with Kurama's chakra.
Tiven was very nervous, and scared that Naruto would follow through with his threat. "Very well, you have a deal. I assume your friends are the dog and duck?" He asked as Naruto put him down.
"Cosmo and Howard asshole" Naruto said as he grabbed the sealed up power stone.
"Hey! We were gonna get paid a fortune for that!" Quill said.
"It can destroy planets with a touch asshole. It obviously needs to be locked up, with the key thrown away" Naruto said, as he placed it in one of his pockets.
"He's got a point Peter," Gamora said with a thoughtful look.
"Hey whiskers, tell your friend to stop growling at me would ya?" Rocket said looking at Cosmo, who was just freed along with Howard, who was stretching his arms and legs out.
"Cosmo, they are potential friends, try to not let your instincts control you" Naruto said to him.
"*Very well Naruto*" Cosmo said telepathically so everyone could hear him.
"Woah a telepathic dog?" Quill asked surprised
"*I can also move things with my mind, and make force fields with my mind human*" Cosmo said to Quill.
"Uh guys?" Howard said, as he pointed outside as a bunch of ships were approaching, while some green bald man with red lines on him, was laughing about finally having his revenge.
"Who's the meathead?" Naruto asked, as he cautiously looked at the ships.
"That would be Drax," Gamora said, while rubbing her head from the headache she had.
"That idiot called Ronan!" Rocket yelled.
"I am Groot?" Groot asked, with his head tilted.
"Obviously he's here for the stone. So let's try getting out of here so people don't get hurt in the crossfire" Naruto said, making everyone look at him in shock.
"You can understand Groot?" Rocket asked, not expecting to meet anyone else that could.
"I'm a sage, plant and animal life like me" he replied with a shrug.
"Well let's split up, and head for my ship. It's that one" Quill said pointing out a ship with orange and blue painted on it.
"Cosmo, Howard you're with me" Naruto said as he took off, and slashed one of Ronan's men as he passed him with a kunai.
"What can the Duck man do?" Quill asked not seeing how useful he'll be"
"*He's a crack shot with any firearm*" Cosmo said to him.
"And I know quack fu" Howard said as he struck a minion of Ronan's in the stomach, and took his blaster from him.
"Sounds stupid, but at least it gets results" Rocket said with a shrug, as he blasted any that were coming at them.
Naruto was heading to Quill's ship, and was almost there when he jumped back as a bald blue skinned woman with cybernetic parts attacked him.
"If you want a date, there are better ways to ask" Naruto quipped at the woman, as he dodged a punch.
"Is he really hitting on Nebula of all people?" Gamora thought in surprise as her sister never attracted anyone, with how she acts around everyone.
Nebula attacked Naruto again, and Naruto caught her fist holding her in place. "Hand over the stone" she said with a glare, as she tried to pry her hand from his grip.
"Sorry I would usually oblige to a pretty face, but I can't with this" Naruto said to her, with a genuine smile.
Nebula glared at Naruto and tackled him into a building.
"Whiskers got much better game then you Quil" Rocket said while snickering, as he ran from Ronan's soldiers.
"I am Groot!" Groot yelled, as he dragged Drax with them.
"Let me go you mutt!" Nebula yelled, as she was being levitated by Cosmo away from Naruto.
"*Very well*" Cosmo thought, as he threw Nebula into Ronan himself, and they both went flying into a building.
"Jeez the dog has some moves," Quill said, sounding impressed.
"Everyone on the ship!" Naruto yelled as they all ran on.
"Everyone take your seats, put your seatbelts on, and make sure your tray tables and seats are in the upright position. This is gonna get messy" Quill said as they took off.
As they flew out of Knowhere, Naruto noticed something peculiar.
"Why are they not following us?" He asked out loud.
"No clue, we have the stone right?" Rocket asked him.
"Yea we should" Naruto said as he patted his pockets but felt nothing. "Oh hell, that blue cyborg chick actually got it from me" Naruto said, sounding impressed that she was able to swipe it from him.
"Great, maybe if you didn't hit on that freakshow, that wouldn't have happened" Quill yelled at him.
"I may not know you, but I know a man whore when I see one. So I don't wanna hear it from you" Naruto said back in reply.
"Ha! He's correct, you are a manwhore" Drax said laughing at Quill.
"And you! Why the hell did you call Ronan?!" Quill yelled in frustration.
"He killed my wife and daughter! I refuse to flee from him!" Drax yelled in rage.
Naruto grabbed Drax, and slammed him to the wall of the ship.
"If you really loved them, you wouldn't throw yours or your friends life's away by fighting a fight you can't win,'' Naruto said, getting in Drax's face.
Drax's eyes widened slightly as he realised Naruto was right, as Naruto put him down.
Suddenly the ship shook, which sent them falling to the ground.
"What now?" Howard groaned in annoyance, as he picked himself off Cosmo.
"Oh great Yondu" Quill said as his ship was caught in a tractor beam, as the others got to their feet.
`0o0o0o0`
(Abroad the Ravagers ship)
"Well well well you have quite the crew with you don't you boy?" The man called Yondu said, as he looked at the crew.
"Can I ask what this is about?" Naruto asked in a bored tone.
"Well ya see, I was promised a hefty amount of money for the power stone. And my boy Quill here stole it before we could" Yondu said quite unhappily. "You know we don't steal from each other boy" he said getting in Quill's face.
"Look, Ronan has it now, and he's gonna destroy Xandar and the Nova Corp," Gamora said as she tried to get between the two of them.
"And that's my problem, how?" Yondu asked as him and his crew shrugged.
"You guys mercenaries?" Naruto asked getting an idea as he activated his Rinnegan.
"That we are my boy" Yondu said with a proud smile.
"Then I want to hire you guys, to help us try and stop Ronan" Naruto said, as he made a basketball sized green gem appear in his hand via Creation of All Things.
Yondu whistled impressed at the size of the gem, and took it to inspect it properly. "This is worth a lot, boy" he said as his men smiled.
"And when the job is done, you get two more," Naruto said, making Yondus men start to chatter with excited grins.
"My boy you have got a deal" Yondu said as he struck his hand out which Naruto took as they shaked hands in agreement.
"Would this clear Quill's debt to you?" Naruto asked him.
Yondu looked at Quill and thought about it.
"Add another gem, and it's a deal" Yondu said as he needed to appease his men.
"Done," Naruto said, tossing another gem to Yondu's men, where they fought over who got to hold it.
"Show off," Quill said as Naruto walked over to them.
"Your welcome" Naruto said as he could tell Quill was grateful for the save.
"So what's the plan?" Naruto asked Gamora who looked thoughtful, before she told them what she had planned.
`0o0o0o0`
(The next day on Xandar)
The people of Xandar were all enjoying a normal day, when suddenly they saw a massive ship entering into their atmosphere.
This caused them all to run and scream in fear, as the Nova Corps ships took off to try and block Ronan's ship from attacking the city.
The Ravagers ships suddenly came, and started shooting at Ronan's ship when suddenly one of the ships slammed into the bigger ship entering inside it.
`0o0o0o0`
(With Naruto)
"I'm working with a bunch of idiots" Naruto grumbled under his breath, as Drax laughed from how great the crash was.
"Yes but they grow on you" Howard said with a smile, while carrying a shotgun.
"*Yea like mold*" Cosmo said sounding dazed
"Let's just get inside, and take this jerk out. I need to get back home before my girlfriend gets too worried" Naruto said, as they all went into the ship.
"Wait, you already have a girlfriend?" Quill asked, surprised.
"Well, two actually" Naruto replied, holding up a picture of Will and Jennifer in her transformed state.
"Woah what a woman" Quill said looking at Jennifer but Gamora smacked him upside his head.
"And you call quill a man whore?" Rocket asked him.
"Hey watch it I don't go after anything with a rack, and it's not just a booty call to me" Naruto said quite crossly to him.
"Ah your an Alpha" Drax said with a nod of understanding.
"So why hit on Nebula?" Gamora asked him, curious to know the answer.
"She looks pretty to me. Plus, she looks like she could use someone that actually cares about her" Naruto replied as he shrugged his shoulders.
"Hey I care about her, she's my sister" Gamora said.
Suddenly Nebula attacked Gamora in a rage, as she pushed her against a wall.
"Fuck, you guys go after Ronan while I break up this sibling spat" Naruto said to the others
"More likely just to watch it happen" Rocket said snickering.
"Just go trash panda!" Naruto yelled at Rocket.
"The fuck you call me?!" Rocket yelled as Groot dragged him off. Rocket then said, "Wait what's a trash panda anyway?" before they turned the corner. Quill's laughter could be heard from around the corner.
"What's your problem Nebula?!" Gamora yelled as she blocked a strike from her sister aimed at her chest.
"You left to betray Thanos" Nebula yelled at her, as she leapt and brought her leg down at Gamora's head.
"Why do you care? You hate him even more than me" Gamora replied, as she jumped back from the kick.
"Because you didn't take me with you!" Nebula yelled, as she struck Gamora who was shocked at her admission.
Nebula was about to strike Gamora down, but Naruto grabbed her arms as he stopped her.
"That's enough," Naruto said, as Nebula struggled in his grip.
"Stay out of this!" Nebula demanded as she struggled.
"No way, you two are siblings and I'll be damned if I let you two kill each other" Naruto said, as Gamora cautiously walked closer.
"I had no idea you would want to leave with me Nebula" Gamora said as she approached her sister and hugged her, making Nebula freeze up.
Naruto let go of Nebula's arms, but was ready to grab them again if she tried anything.
Nebula's mind was going a mile a minute with emotions that she hasn't felt in years, but eventually she hugged Gamora back a tear falling from one of her eyes
Naruto smiled seeing this, but suddenly the ship shook which almost sent them to the floor, before they rebalanced themselves. "As great as it is that you two are sisters again, we need to take out Ronan once and for all" Naruto said to them both.
They nodded in agreement, before the three of them ran off to where the others and ran off to.
Once they arrived at the door to Ronan's room, they saw it was open and that the others were barely making Ronan try to fight them, as he easily sent them flying with the power of the stone in his hammer.
"Guys we need to grab that hammer, and keep it away from him!" Naruto said to them, as the three ran over.
"Any help you can provide would be nice then!" Rocket yelled back, as he struggled to get up.
Naruto approached Ronan and went into Sage Mode. "Let's do this, you murdering asshole," he said as he charged at Ronan.
Cosmo, Howard, Rocket and Groot felt calm, and relaxed as soon as Naruto was in Sage Mode.
"You dare strike Ronan the Accuser?!" Ronan demanded as he was sent flying from Naruto.
"I dare a lot asshole," Naruto replied as he kicked Ronan into his throne, as he took his hammer from him.
"Give that back to me!" Ronan yelled at him, as he threw off bits and pieces of his throne.
"You can have this instead," Naruto said, as he made a Giant Rasengan and rammed it onto Ronan.
Ronan screamed in pain, as he was torn to pieces by the jutsu.
Naruto turned back to normal and started breathing heavily, as he'd used up all his Sage chakra in that jutsu, just to make sure it killed Ronan. He was about to fall forward, but surprisingly Nebula caught him so he stayed on his feet.
"Knew you liked me" Naruto huffed with a smile.
"Idiot" Nebula said as she shook her head, with a small smile on her face.
"She can smile?" Rocket asked, surprised at this turn of events
"I am Groot," Groot said, with a pleased look as he placed his hands on his hips.
"Yea being a hero does feel kind of cool" Rocket said, as he nodded in agreement.
"We should do this more often" Quill said, as he had to admit this felt better than stealing.
"You guys will need a team name" Naruto said, as Nebula helped him sit down on the steps.
"Any suggestions would be much appreciated," Gamora said with a shrug.
"How about the guardians?" Quill suggested with a thoughtful look.
"Of what?" Drax asked him.
"The Galaxy, of course" Howard said as the whole galaxy needed a hero at some point or other.
"Guardians of the Galaxy…. I like it" Quill said with a smile and a nod.
"Well then, Guardians of the Galaxy, looks like you just took down your first bad guy" Naruto said as he gave them a smile.
"First, let's get that Stone to the Nova Corps" Gamora said, as she wanted that in a very much safe and very much secure location.
`0o0o0o0`
(Next day)
"Wow, nice ship" Naruto said as he looked at the ship the Nova Corp gave him so he could get home.
"So who's coming with me?" Naruto asked them.
Cosmo walked over to Naruto and sat next to him.
"Howard?" Naruto asked, looking at his friend.
"Thanks buddy, but I think I will be a guardian" Howard said with a shrug, as he walked over to them.
"No problem Howard, but here take this" Naruto said, throwing him a Hiraishin kunai.
"Thanks bro, stay out of trouble" Howard said as he caught the kunai knowing what it could do.
Naruto and Cosmo boarded the ship and were surprised when Nebula was seen in the pilot seat, with her feet propped up on the controls.
"You aren't getting rid of me that easily," Nebula said, looking at Naruto with a slight grin.
"I figured you would prefer going with your sister," Naruto said with a shrug, as he sat in the co-pilot's seat.
"Me and her can stay in contact, besides she told me to do what makes me happy" Nebula said as she took her feet off the controls.
"And being with me makes you happy?" Naruto asked with a smile.
"Idiot" Nebula said, rolling her eyes at him, as she started up the ship.
"Yea but I'm your idiot" Naruto said as he sat next to her.
Nebula sputtered in surprise, but composed herself and drove the ship towards earth.
"*Humans are weird*" Cosmo said to himself as he watched this, before he laid down to get some rest.
`0o0o0o0`
(Half a day later)
"Man, it's good to see earth again" Naruto said as they approached the planet, with Naruto looking at it fondly.
"Why is there a building on that moon?" Nebula asked him, while pointing it out.
"There's a what now?" Naruto asked, as he looked over in surprise.
Suddenly the alarms went off, as a laser was shot at them from the moon hitting the ship.
"Oh come on! I just got this thing," Naruto yelled as the ship started to fall to earth. Naruto could see that they were falling towards somewhere in Africa.
"Hope this helps cushion the crash" Naruto thought as he made a chakra cloak around the ship, as they crashed into something and they all blacked out.
`0o0o0o0`
(The moon)
"Why did you fire on them?" A woman with long floating red hair asked a man sitting on a throne.
The man signed with his hands, /Their ship noticed our home. I couldn't take the risk of them telling people on earth./
She gave a sigh, as she said "I wish we didn't have to hide from earth."
The man nodded in agreement, as he sighed.
"Your majesty, they survived the crash" a man who had hooved feet said as he entered the room.
"Then send someone to bring them here" the woman said.
"Miss Crystal already took Lockjaw to go find them" the hooved man said.
The silent man sighed in exhaustion as he knew Crystal was fascinated with earth, and how she'd sometimes venture there, and was most likely using this as an excuse to go to earth.
"Keep an eye on her, just in case she gets into trouble" the woman said to the hooved man.
He bowed his head, as he replied "Of course, Queen Medusa."
`0o0o0o0`
(With Naruto and the others)
"Ow, what hit me?" Naruto asked as he woke up and saw he was in a very high tech cell, along with Nebula and Cosmo. He looked at his hands and feet, noticing they were chained together and that the others were the same. "Oh great, I just got home and I'm already a prisoner."
"So you are from earth?" A female voice asked over an intercom.
Naruto looked around, as he said "I hope that I'm not just hearing a pretty voice, and that you're real."
A male voice was heard laughing, but was then replaced with a sound that sounded like someone being hit on the arm. "Quiet brother" the female voice said in clear embarrassment.
"If I'm gonna be interrogated, I would like to at least see you," Naruto said.
"Very well" the female voice, said as a holographic window appeared in the cell, showing an African woman around Naruto's age, and an African man a few years older.
"Wow, your voice didn't prepare me for your beauty" Naruto said, with a smile.
This made the woman blush, as the man was silently laughing and trying not to show it.
"Wait I recognize you, aren't you Sage from the battle of New York?" The woman asked him.
He gave a bow of his head, as he replied "Guilty as charged my dear."
"At least now Guardian will calm the hell down now. She's been looking for you ever since you disappeared, with that nuke" the man said, with his arms behind his back.
"Man, Will is gonna kill me" Naruto said, knowing how she was.
"Most likely" the woman said smiling, as she saw from her research that Will was a hothead, with quite a temper to boot.
"Can I ask your names?" Naruto asked as he was curious about their names. "As I don't really want to call you just Miss Beautiful, and Mr Brother with a death wish."
This made the woman blush even more, at being called beautiful as the man finally lost it as he held his sides as he laughed at his sister's reaction. He didn't mind what Naruto said about him, as he was okay with it.
"Brother I swear I'm gonna kill you," the woman said, glaring at the man.
He eventually got his laughter under control, as he gave a grin while saying "I'm prince T'Challa and this is my sister Shuri" the man said in greeting.
"Ah a princess that explains the beauty" Naruto said with a smile, making her blush some more.
"Keep it up and she may want to keep you all to herself" T'Challa said with a smile.
"As tempting as that is, I need to get home so what do you need?" Naruto asked them.
"Sadly my father, the king, wants to talk to you," T'Challa said.
"No problem, I'm more than happy to answer some questions from your king, since I'm guessing we crashed in your land right?" Naruto asked them.
They both gave a nod at that, which caused Naruto to let out a sigh.
"Well let's do this" Naruto said, as he held up his now free hands surprising the siblings.
"Wait there, and we will send an escort" Shuri said
"And I thought the beautiful princess would be my escort" Naruto said with a grin, as he was having fun teasing her, and the look on T'Challa's face said he was enjoying it too, as he laughed again but was then slugged in the gut by Shuri as the screen went black.
"Is this normal on earth?" Nebula asked him, as she'd been awake the entire time but was pretending to be knocked out.
"With me, most likely," Naruto said as he sat with Nebula to wait.
"So you hit on all women that you meet?" Nebula asked him with a raised eyebrow.
"Nah, they have to have something special about them to get my attention" Naruto said as he gave her a sidelong look.
"Oh really? And what makes me special?" Nebula asked as she scooted closer to Naruto.
Naruto gave her a shrug, as he said "Well I think that you have a great drive to accomplish whatever you want to do, and making sure that no one gets in your way as you strive to achieve it."
Nebula was touched by his words, as she leaned her head on his shoulder.
"Plus I think your eyes are pretty," Naruto said as an afterthought.
This made Nebula blush, as no one else had ever found her eyes to be pretty. She was about to say something, when the cell door opened showing a bald woman holding what looked like a high tech spear.
"I take it that you're the escort?" Naruto asked, looking at her.
She gave a nod, as she said "Yes the king wishes to see you, and your… companions in the throne room" she said looking at Nebula and Cosmo with wariness.
Cosmo sniffed the woman and wagged his tail. "*I like you, you have a calming aura*" he said to her.
The woman's eyes slightly widened in surprise, as she didn't think the dog was intelligent or could speak.
"Well if Cosmo likes you, ya can't be all bad" Naruto said with a smile, as he got up while helping Nebula.
"Come the king awaits, my name is Okoye" she said as they left the cell.
"Man, this place is the most high tech place I have ever seen, and I have been in the Fantastic Four's tower," Naruto said, impressed, as he looked at everything.
Nebula looked around and silently agreed, as she didn't think any human would have tech this advanced.
"Indeed, Wakanda is the most advanced in the world and we take pride in our accomplishments" Okoye said, with a proud look and smile.
"Wakanda? I thought that was a third world nation" Naruto said, as he had heard of it before. His eyes then widened, as he said "Unless…wow, you guys have been hiding and letting the world think you have nothing."
Okoye laughed, as she said "Indeed. I see why the princess is interested in you. Your not stupid or boring at all."
"Well if I don't know something, I'll admit it easily. But I am observant at least and a quick learner if need be" Naruto said as they approached a big door.
"We are here, please show respect when you meet the king and queen, as I wouldn't want you sent back to the states in pieces" Okoye said before she opened the door.
"*She's kidding right?*" Cosmo asked as Okoye walked by him and petted him as she let them in.
"Best not to test our luck, so behave" Naruto whispered to them both, as they nodded.
They approached the thrones, and saw on the thrones a man and a woman sitting there.
"Greetings Naruto Uzumaki. I am King T'Chaka, and this is my wife Queen Ramonda" the man said to the group.
Naruto bowed his head in respect along with Nebula and Cosmo who followed his lead.
"It's nice to meet you, your majesties. I'm sorry we crashed into your kingdom unannounced, your lovely guard Okoye said you had some questions for me" Naruto said.
Okoye was blushing at being called lovely, and was doing her best to hide it. The other guards that were dressed the same as her, were each trying to contain the smiles and giggles they had.
T'Chaka smiled at Naruto, glad that he showed respect, even if he had power. "Yes I was wondering how your ship was able to break through the barrier around our nation as usually when something hits it it's destroyed
"I have no idea your majesty, and speaking of the ship I hope that it's not too badly damaged" Naruto said.
"Actually my daughter Shuri has been examining it as she's the head of our nation's science department. But to answer your question, it should be fixed within a few days" T'Chaka said.
"Beautiful and smart, I like that in a woman" Naruto said, as Shuri blushed with T'Challa silently chuckling as his shoulders shook.
"*I may have an idea on how we made it through it, if I may speak your majesty*" Cosmo said, stepping forward.
"My goodness a talking dog" Ramonda said, surprised as she didn't know of any dogs on earth that could do that.
"Fascinating," Shuri said, walking toward Cosmo to inspect him, as she activated her kimoyo beads to scan him.
"What's your theory Mr?" T'Chaka asked, wanting the dog's name.
"*Cosmo your majesty*" he replied, with a slight bow of his head.
"Cosmo the space dog, it's like a children's book" Ramonda said with a smile, as she found some humor in that.
"*I believe the aura of Chakra Naruto used to protect the ship, slowed us to pass through your barrier*" Cosmo said
"That sounds like a plausible idea," Naruto said as he used a great amount of chakra to protect them and the ship.
"Charka?" T'Challa asked curiously, not at all familiar with the word.
"Oh, it's what I use that powers my abilities. It's like an energy source all living things have, you just need training and the knowledge to use it" Naruto said to them.
"Could you possibly teach me how to use it?" T'Challa asked him, eager to learn something new.
"Well I could, but I would need to be sure you wouldn't abuse this as it's a power that can easily be abused" Naruto said in warning.
"Very wise of you, but since you and your friends know the truth about Wakanda, now we need something to ensure we can trust you to not tell anyone about us" T'Chaka said as he leaned forward a little.
"Hmmm very true. Look I can tell you just want to protect your people, am I right?" Naruto asked, as he got a nod from T'Chaka.
"Then as long as you only pass this knowledge to your most trusted warriors, then I'm more than willing to tell you in exchange for our freedom to leave and your friendship" Naruto said.
T'Chaka stood up and walked over to Naruto, and said "You are very reasonable for one so young. I accept your terms, as long as you promise not to expose us to the world leaders of the world."
"Deal" Naruto said with a smile, as he held out his hand showing he had freed himself from his restraints, shocking everyone in the throne room.
"How did you -" Shuri asked before Naruto interrupted her with a cheeky grin.
"I'm a man of many tricks my dear princess" Naruto said as he shook hands with T'Chaka.
"When can we get our ship back?" Nebula asked as she was freed from her restraints along with Cosmo, who shook himself.
"It should be in working order in 3 days. We would have it ready sooner but it's new technology even for us" Shuri said, as she walked away from Cosmo after scanning him.
"3 days? I'm impressed with your intelligence, if that's all the time you need" Naruto said in an impressed tone, which made Shuri blush at his praise.
"Flattery will get you far with her, as my sister has an ego the size of Wakanda itself" T'Challa said with a grin.
"Until your ship is fixed, you will be our guests here" Romanda said, as she stood up from the throne.
"Thank you, your majesty. Wait, I can teach some of your warriors the beginning stages of chakra manipulation, and when I leave I will leave notes for you" Naruto said.
"Fascinating, I have never met a cyborg before" Shuri said as she scanned Nebula, to see what she was made out of and could do.
Nebula glared at Shuri, as she was getting to close in her opinion.
"*Uh wrong subject princess, she's actually self concusses about that*" Cosmo said hoping to avoid Nebula killing or wounding the princess
"Oh!" Shuri said in realization. "Please forgive me. I meant no disrespect Miss?" She asked, hoping to get a name.
Nebula looked at Naruto, and saw him ask her to please be nice with his eyes. "Nebula" she said, in as nice a tone she could manage.
"Whoever did this to you, is a monster. There were plenty of ways to do this to you, without causing pain" Shuri said as she looked at the results on her beads.
Nebula smiled hearing that, as she agreed that her father was a monster. "You and I will get along fine princess" Nebula said, as she held out her hand.
"I could add some nerves to your robot hands, so you could feel again with them if you like," Shuri said, as she shook it.
"That's possible?" Nebula asked, surprised that was even an option for her.
"Of course, follow me to my lab and we can get you all set up," she said, grabbing Nebula's hand as she led her away.
Naruto shook his head, glad that Nebula would be able to feel things again with her hands. He turned to T'Challa, as he said "While the girls are bonding, me and you can get started with charka lessons."
"May I join you?" Okoye asked as she approached Naruto.
"Of course, that way you can teach your fellow warriors," Naruto said as him, T'Challa and Okoye left to go train.
"Interesting that young man, he not only has the attention of Okoye but Shuri as well" Ramonda said with a smile.
T'Chaka nodded in agreement, as he added "And it's good that Shuri has another girl to talk to, that isn't part of the royal guard. And with T'Challa, I think Naruto could help him become a great Black Panther."
"*Excuse me, your majesty, but do you have any food?*" Cosmo asked as he was hungry.
"Of course follow me to the kitchens" Ramonda said with a smile, as she headed off in that direction with Cosmo following her as he wagged his tail.
`0o0o0o0`
(3 days later)
Over the past three days Naruto, Nebula and Cosmo had seen a lot, despite the fact that they couldn't leave the Royal palace.
Naruto had been able to teach T'Challa and Okoye chakra, and they were both walking up walls already. They both found this useful, as now they wouldn't have to use the magnetic footwear they sometimes used.
Naruto also sparred with T'Challa and Okoye, and he found them both to be very capable warriors without chakra
Nebula along with Naruto had befriended Shuri over the course of three days, with Shuri asking them all kinds of questions. They answered them as best they could, and asked her a few in return with her answering what wasn't too secret or private. Naruto would also tease her at times, as he enjoyed making her blush.
Cosmo was enjoying himself, as he was being pampered like a Royal pet.
They were now getting ready to leave on the repaired ship.
"Don't worry Shuri, we will keep in contact" Naruto said as she was sad to see them leave.
"Yes I promise" Nebula said as she patted Shuri's shoulder with her upgraded hand.
"*Yeah, and thanks for all the lovely food too*" Cosmo said, as he got onto the ship.
Shuri nodded as they got ready to leave, glad that she made some new friends.
Okoye soon approached Naruto, as he got ready to board the ship.
"What's up, you want another spar?" Naruto asked her, when suddenly Okoye picked him up by his collar and kissed him surprising everyone there. Shuri's mouth almost fell off, as she didn't think Okoye would do something like this.
Soon Okoye put Naruto down, "Keep in touch" she said with a smile at his stunned look on his face, as he nodded dumbly before he climbed the ship's ramp.
Nebula shook her head at Naruto, being stunned at this development. "Idiot attracts women like bees to honey" she thought with a sigh, as they followed Cosmo onto the ship.
"I hate you" Shuri grumbled at Okoye as she was still smiling.
"Too slow your majesty," Okoye said in a sing-song tone, with a smile.
"Oh quit pouting little sister, he had multiple girlfriends already" T'Challa told her.
"Like who?" Shuri asked, wanting to know who else was his girlfriend.
T'Challa activated his beads, showing pictures of the woman interested in Naruto. Shuri was surprised at how many there were.
"I didn't know the Hulk had a cousin," Okoye said in interest, looking at She-Hulk's picture.
"Hmmm, maybe I should give Naruto ambassador privileges," T'Chaka said with his hand on his chin in thought.
"Ah, so he can have multiple wife's legally, right?" T'Challa asked with a grin, knowing Okoye and Shuri would like that.
"Indeed, it would be sad to see them all fight for the right to marry him" T'Chaka said as he nodded. "It's decided, it will be done within a week."
Shuri blushed so hard she passed out, with a smile on her face.
"I'm glad I'm recording this," T'Challa thought as this was too funny to him. "Great blackmail material in the future."
`0o0o0o0`
(With Naruto)
"Wow, Shuri went all out upgrading the ship" Naruto said as he read a note from Shuri he found. They also found some kimoyo beads, along with instructions on how to use them and to make sure that none of the Wakandan tech falls into the wrong hands.
"Armor, a stealth mode and blasters that can destroy anything. If I didn't know any better, I would think the princess is spoiling you" Nebula said with a small smirk, as she read the note over his shoulder. She gave a laugh, at seeing the x's and o's at the end of the note.
"*We are near your restaurant in New York Naruto*" Cosmo said as he activated the stealth mode with his paw, so they wouldn't scare anyone.
"God, I hope Will does not freak out when she sees me" Naruto said as he walked down the ramp to jump down to the street in front of The Rising Tide.
Suddenly he was tackled by a blur, which sent him toppling to the ground.
"Where the fuck have you been?!" Will yelled as she hugged Naruto as tight as possible. Laura also came out of the restaurant, as she walked over and gave him a hard glare for making them worry.
"Would you believe in a space adventure and a hidden nation?" Naruto asked her, as he rubbed the back of his head after she let him stand back up. Laura gave him a punch in the arm which made him wince, before pulling him into a hug to show she was glad to have him back.
"Well, the blue hot chick backs up the space part," Will said looking at Nebula but she then smiled as Cosmo walked over to her. "Oh he's so cute!" Will squealed in delight as she knelt down to give him a hug.
"*Thanks Miss Will. Naruto talked about you often*" was Cosmo's reply.
Will's eyes widened in surprise, as she realised that the dog had telepathic abilities. "Well that explains the space suit on you" Will said as obviously this dog was from space.
"Would you believe he's not the weirdest thing I saw in space?" Naruto asked her, before he led them all into the restaurant so that he could tell Will everything he'd been up to in space.
"Oh please how weird could space get?" Will asked him.
"Would you believe a talking raccoon and tree man?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I stand corrected," Will said in slight surprise. "So who's this?" Will asked, looking at Nebula curiously.
"She's a friend I made in space, she decided she wanted to come with me when I got a ship back home" Naruto told her.
"Ah he swept you off your feet huh?" Will asked Nebula with a smile.
"Well actually, I was trying to kill him when we met," Nebula said flatly.
"Ooh kinky, I like you already" Will quipped with a laugh at Nebula's small blush.
"It's great to be home" Naruto thought with a smile, as he really missed this place.
`0o0o0o0`
(A week later)
It had been a bit of adjustment getting used to being known as heroes, since Naruto got back from space.
Naruto had also found out, through Will, that Tony had faced off against some lunatic from his past calling himself 'The Mandarin' and had officially got together with Pepper. He also learned that Steve had joined SHIELD to help them on missions, and that his old crush Peggy was still alive in an old people's home with Steve meeting her at times when not on missions.
Laura would also stay with them a few times, but she mostly stayed with X-Men so that she could learn a few things from Logan. And she even helped them out with whatever missions came up at times. And right now, Laura was helping the X-Men make sure that no one else was trying to eliminate mutants from the world.
"So how is it being famous?" Will asked Naruto, as he walked into the apartment with groceries with Nebula close behind. The three of them were wearing the Wakandan kimoyo beads, and they'd talked to Shuri, T'Challa and Okoye nearly everyday. Will had found Shuri and Okoye to be fun to talk to, and had even given them some tips in how to catch Naruto's attention some more
"Who knew helping save New York from Aliens would get you swamped by fangirls when you just want food" Naruto said as he put some bags down with Nebula doing the same.
"Great, just what we need!" Will growled as she hated those kinds of girls.
"Relax, I sent them all running with a glare" Nebula said with a smile in her direction. Thanks to Naruto teaching her how to use chakra, she was able to use the Transformation Jutsu to look like a normal human.
She'd kept her normal eye colour, and went for a tanned skin tone with long ginger hair that went about past her shoulders. She only used her cyborg form to fight against criminals, thugs and anyone else that actually deserved it.
After they'd put all the shopping away, they all then sat down to have some eggs and bacon when suddenly they heard a knock on their front door.
"Are you expecting anyone?" Naruto asked will as he got up to answer the door
Will shook her head, before she lightly growled out "If it's fangirls again, I swear I'll -" she was saying until Nebula interrupted her.
"It's not fangirls, as thanks to my cybernetic eye I can see through walls" she told them, while looking at the door.
"Then who is it?" Naruto asked her, as he got ready in case of a fight.
"It's Stark," Nebula said as she recognized him from TV, and from Will and Naruto's description of him.
"What does he want?" Naruto and Will both thought, before Naruto opened the door and saw Stark. "What do you need, Stark?" He asked him, while leaning on the doorframe.
"Stark? I am surprised, my friends usually call me Tony" he answered in a joking manner.
"Since when are we friends?" Will asked, sounding bored already.
"Since we saved New York together, sparky" Tony said as he entered the apartment. "Who's the smurf?" He asked, looking at Nebula.
Nebula glared, and her right arm turned into a blaster made by Shuri, before she pointed it at him.
"Woah! Nebula he's harmless and he's right, we are comrades at least" Naruto said as he calmed her down.
"I'm guessing she's a tag along from your trip to space?" Tony asked as Nebula put away her blaster.
"Yea her and Cosmo" Will said with a smile as Cosmo entered the room without his space suit on.
He gave a yawn, before noticing Tony as he said "*Who's this supposed to be?*"
"Tony Stark" Nebula said with a glare.
"*Iron man?*" Cosmo asked as he watched TV, when he wasn't napping.
"Wow I have a fan, that's a dog from space" Tony said as he didn't expect that.
"*I wouldn't say fan Mr Stark. I just know you are a fellow hero along with Naruto and Will*" Cosmo replied, before he went to get the food that Will had placed out for him.
"Well after New York, strange things have been popping up all over the place" Tony said as he sat down on the sofa.
"Define strange?" Naruto said curiously.
"Devil of Hell's Kitchen, man with unbreakable skin, detectives that can put you through a wall. Kung fu masters with a glowing hand, take your pick" Tony said as he pulled up holograms of news reports online.
"Seems like a hoax to me. Blurry pictures and only criminals as witnesses" Will said with her arms crossed.
"Yea, but it's worth looking into," Naruto said. "I'm guessing since we live near Harlem and Hell's Kitchen, you want us to take a look around?" he then asked Tony.
"Well that, and something else" Tony said as he pet Cosmo.
"What's that?" Naruto asked, hoping it was good news.
"I wanted to help you guys out a bit, since you saved New York from that nuke so here" Tony said, throwing a key and an envelope at Naruto, who caught them.
Naruto opened the envelope, and was surprised at what he saw inside it. "You bought us a condo nearby?! He yelled showing it was a deed.
"Actually, it's the whole building," Tony said with a smile, showing he was glad to catch Naruto off guard.
"We wanted a bigger place, but jeez Tony a good whole building in Hell's Kitchen?" Naruto asked.
Will nodded her head, as she said "It's just not what we were expecting."
"It will help you guys, as a base of operations since it's near Harlem too" Tony said.
"We would need a car though" Will said, as flying around everywhere would get exhausting.
"Thought of that, Check the parking space across the street sparky" Tony replied, as he had a very proud smirk on his face as he tossed Will a set of keys which she caught.
The three of them did as he said, with Naruto and Will dropping their mouths open and widened their eyes in shock.
For in the parking lot was a red Jaguar XK8 convertible, that could seat about four people.
"You are trying to bribe us, to do this street hero investigation aren't you?" Naruto said, turning around as he gave Stark a hard look.
"Nah this is a gift to a friend, since I figured two Avengers should at least not have to worry about bills for a while" Tony said with a smile as he got up from the couch.
"Well thanks Tony, we really appreciate it," Will said, as he headed for the door.
"Hey Tony before you go, how about some pizza at our restaurant downstairs? Think of it as a way to say congratulations on finally getting together with Pepper" Naruto asked.
"Yea, I made a small fortune winning that bet with Happy" Will said with a smile.
"Wait, you and Happy betted how long it would take for me and Pepper to get together?" Tony said with a shocked look on his face.
"Yea, he lost by a week" Will said, laughing with her arms around her sides.
"We were gonna buy a car with what she won, but now we can relax a bit" Naruto said glad that they didn't have to buy a car at least.
"Let's go eat, so we can go see this place he got you" Nebula said, as she was curious what it looked like.
`0o0o0o0`
(Few hours later)
Tony was showing them around the condo, and to say that Naruto and Will were impressed was an understatement.
"You went all out didn't you?" Naruto asked as he looked out to the back patio rooftop and saw a pool, a hot tub that could hold a dozen people and a barbecue area.
"A pool!" Will yelled, excited as she loved swimming almost as much as she loved fighting the bad guys.
"Wow, you added security for the whole building "Nebula said as her eyes told her what security was in the building.
\"I would appreciate you not trying to hack me Miss Nebula"\ a familiar voice said.
"Stan is that you?" Will asked with a smile, glad to have a familiar AI as part of the security system.
"Yea, I saved him from being deleted by Fury. I figured you guys would like him as your AI butler like how JARVIS is for me" Tony said.
"That jerk tried to delete you?" Will asked in outrage.
"Well in his defense, he was using all of SHIELD's systems to look for Naruto after he disappeared. Plus, Fury's bosses were going crazy trying to get Fury to get rid of Stan from the SHIELD database for some reason" Tony explained to her.
"Probably some dirty secrets that they didn't want anyone to know" Will said, as she slightly calmed down.
"Game systems! You rock Tony," Naruto said with a smile as he saw a PS5, an X series Xbox and a Nintendo switch connected to a 4K TV, which also had Netflix and Sky TV.
"Nerd," Will coughed into her hand, with a smile as she didn't mean it.
"Ha! Your one to talk, Miss Master of Bayonetta" Naruto said with a smile, as Will played smash bros with him, and she found her inner nerd when she tried out Bayonetta.
"Bayonetta? I had her pegged more as a Zelda" Tony said.
"Don't let her fool you, she loves games too" Naruto said with a smile as he hugged Will with one arm.
"Well go nuts. I left money in your account, which should last you for a good while. I gotta go to dinner with Pepper" Tony said.
"We better get a wedding invite!" Will said with a smile, as she then added "And I hope that I'm a bridesmaid."
Tony froze and looked back at Will. "Your exhausting sparky" Tony said as he left, while shaking his head.
"He's not so bad," Nebula said.
"*Indeed*" Cosmo said as he sniffed around the condo.
"Well, let's go patrol and get started on finding this 'Devil of Hell's Kitchen' and find out what his/her story is," Will said, making air quotes.
"If we split up, we should be able to find something a lot quicker," Nebula said.
"Good idea. I'll take the south side, Will takes the north, Nebula and Cosmo you take the west and east side" Naruto said, as he used a seal to switch to his hero outfit along with Will, Nebula and Cosmo.
"*I will keep our minds connected, so we stay in contact*" Cosmo said to them.
"Good idea, good boy" Will said as she pet Cosmo, who gave a happy whine at the affection.
"This also stops anyone from intercepting our communications," Nebula said.
"When we find this devil, we call the others and we observe, until we get an idea on what's going on" Naruto said as the others nodded in agreement, as they all took off across rooftops thanks to their chakra training.
`0o0o0o0`
(Hours later at night)
Naruto was watching some thugs try to bully an old woman and he hated seeing this. "Hero time" he thought as the devil of Hell's Kitchen could wait.
Naruto dropped in front of the old woman, blocking the two thugs from her.
"Shit it's Sage!" One of the thugs said in surprise.
"Great, don't you have a city to destroy?" The other thug asked, sounding pissed.
Naruto grabbed him by the face, before saying "I don't take criticism from assholes, that pick on the helpless" he said, as he slammed him into a wall knocking him out.
Naruto turned to the other thug "You want some too or are you gonna give up?" He asked the guy.
The thug put his hands up. "I surrender, I'm heading to Harlem where it's safe" he said as he ran off.
Naruto turned to the old woman. "You ok ma'am?" He asked as he gave a friendly smile hoping to put her at ease.
"Thank you. Those hooligans were trying to intimidate me into moving out of my apartment" she told him.
"Race issue?" Naruto asked as he noted the old woman was Latina.
"No no, some developers are trying to buy the building. A rent from this was their latest attempt to make me accept their offer to buy me out" the old woman said.
"This could get ugly if it continues" Naruto thought, not liking this at all. "You gonna be ok?" He asked her.
"I'll be fine dear, now go help more people" the old woman said with a smile. "And may God bless you for your kindness."
Naruto pulled out a kunai and handed it to the old woman. "If they try anything else, please stab this into the wall or floor and I will be there instantly." he said
"Thank you" the old woman said with a smile, as Naruto nodded as he took off again.
"Need to look into that developer" Naruto thought, as he jumped roof to roof continuing his search.
"*Naruto!*" Nebula's voice called out in his mind. "*I may have found this devil but I'm not sure*" she said.
"Okay, whereabouts are you now?" he then asked her, before she told him.
`0o0o0o0`
(Half hour later on a rooftop)
"Jeez this guy doesnt play around" Will said as they observed a man dressed all in black, and a woman interrogating a man and the woman was following his instructions on how to cause pain without killing the man.
"He's obviously been well trained in how to do this," Nebula said. "I figured torture screamed devil, that's why I called the rest of you."
"*This man is determined, from what i can read of his mind from here*" Cosmo said, as he read what the man was doing.
The man in Black suddenly pushed the criminal he was interrogating off the roof, and the man fell into the garbage dumpster below.
"Jeez," Will said, slightly intimidated as that was a cold move.
"He's alive, but will probably be knocked out for a while" Nebula said as she scanned the man from afar.
The man in black spoke with the woman for a bit, before he took off.
"Let's follow for now, and see what he's doing," Naruto said, as the others nodded in agreement and followed at a safe distance.
They soon arrived at a building, where the masked man sneaked in.
"Great, no visual," Will said as she threw her hands up.
"I can see what's going on," Nebula said. After a moment or two she turned to the others, and said "You need to see this" Nebula said as she made a projected image of what she saw.
"Oh my god, he's fighting a dozen men on his own and he's hurt as well" Will said as she covers her mouth in shock.
"*Why would this man go so far?*" Cosmo asked, as he watched the projection.
"This guy is good," Naruto said, as even hurt he was reacting and using his environment like a true ninja.
They watched the projection as the man entered another room with a young boy, who was scared.
Cosmo suddenly growled as his hair stood up.
"Woah, what's wrong boy?" Will asked him, wondering what set Cosmo off.
"*I read the devil's thoughts from here, those men were gonna sell the boy to a slave ring!*" Cosmo said as he growled in anger as he showed his teeth.
They were all silent as the projection from Nebula ended.
"This guy is a hero, no question" Will said, sounding like she couldn't be convinced otherwise.
The others gave a nod of agreement, as only a hero would go this far.
They watched as the man in black carried the boy out of the building.
"*He's on the brink of collapse*" Cosmo said looking at Naruto.
"That's our cue then" Naruto said, as he could heal him easily.
"Great, let's go meet this Daredevil" Will said as she grew her wings, and took off.
"Daredevil huh? Not a bad name" Naruto said as he liked it.
"I like it," Nebula said, as it was a name that could scare criminals everywhere.
The man in black had just left the boy with a police officer, and sat down to rest and get some strength back in an alleyway, when he looked towards Naruto and the others sharply. "Who's there?!" he yelled, as he shakily stood up.
"Wow, his senses are good," Will said as she barely touched the ground, before he reacted.
"Relax, we are allies. Do Sage and Guardian ring a bell?" Naruto asked, as they slowly approached the man.
The man slightly relaxed, but not by much. "What do you want? he asked them.
"*Well for starters, to heal you. You need medical care, and that was before your fight in that hallway*" Cosmo said as he approached the man.
"Is - Is that a dog in my head?" The man asked in shocked surprise.
"*Indeed Mr Murdock*" Cosmo said, as he sat down.
"Stay out of my mind!" the man yelled, clearly upset.
"Relax, only we can hear him," Naruto said, as he tried to calm the man down.
"Who else is with you?" the man asked, as he was curious who else was there.
"You may call me Nebula, though the papers call me: The Blue Warrior" Nebula said with a scoff.
"He couldn't recognize her, when there were pictures of Nebula in the news,'' Naruto thought as he suddenly realized something. "You're blind aren't you?" he asked with realisation in his tone.
"Ok, you're way more of a badass now" Will said as she found that to be amazing.
"Here, let me heal you Mr Devil," Naruto said, trying to be friendly.
"Fine if you can do it then go ahead, but please don't call me that" the man said in a clipped tone.
"*Would you prefer Matt?*" Cosmo asked trying to sound friendly
The man looked at Cosmos' location with a hard look.
"*Apologies*" Cosmo said as his ears went down.
`0o0o0o0`
(Half an hour later on a rooftop)
"So, you are both a vigilante and a lawyer" Naruto said as Matt nodded.
"You and Jennifer should start a union" Will said with a smile, as she could just see how helpful that would be to people.
"Ah She Hulk, heard she was a good defense attorney" Matt said nodding his head.
"Though with your abilities, to tell if someone is lying you may give her a run for her money with finding good clients" Naruto said
Matt chuckled as he couldn't deny that. "Thanks for your help healing me," he said as he felt much better.
"Anytime we are neighbors after all, us heroes should have each other's back" Naruto said.
"So, you are choosing Hell's Kitchen as your territory?" Matt asked him.
"Well, that and Harlem for now. But all of New York is under our protection" Will said. "So feel free to ask us for help anytime you might need it."
"What he needs is an actual hero suit" Nebula said, as what Matt was wearing was completely unsuited for this kind of thing.
"We are not all Tony Stark" Matt said with a sigh.
"Give us a week, we can help ya out with that" Naruto said.
"Yea, and you can trust us to keep your identity a secret" Will said to Matt.
"Very well. Any suggestions for a theme and name?" Matt asked them, as he was open for any ideas.
Will smiled as she already had the perfect name.
`0o0o0o0`
(Two weeks later)
{"Looks like the Devil of Hell's Kitchen got an upgrade"} Tony said over the phone, calling Naruto as he figured that was Naruto's doing, as this new hero had a new suit and equipment all red and he actually went with the devil motif in full force.
"He prefers the name Daredevil" Naruto said, as he was making some lunch.
{"Cool name, you see him as Avenger material?"} Tony asked.
Naruto gave it some thought, before he said "Probably as a reserve member."
"Yea, he prefers to help the little guy" Will said with a smile, as she helped Naruto.
{"I can see that, he did good with that Fisk asshole"} Tony said.
"Yea he's lucky I didn't get to him first," Naruto growled as the old lady would have died from some junkie because of him, if Naruto hadn't given her his kunai.
{"Anyway, I have a report about that detective with a mean streak. It's your friend Miss Jones"} Tony said, which made them look at each other in surprise.
"Jessica has powers?" Will asked, surprised.
{"Yea, and she's hellbent on hunting a guy down called Kilgrave"} Tony said.
"Why?" Naruto asked, as he felt there was more to this than meets the eye.
{"I'm sending his file to your security screen"} Tony said, sounding sad.
Naruto looked at his security screen, and started reading along with Will.
As they read the file, Naruto's eyes silted and he grew claws from his silent anger, and the power started going on and off from Will's anger.
"IM GONNA KILL HIM!" Will yelled in rage, as Kilgrave had done the unspeakable to one of her best friends.
"Get. In. Line." Naruto growled out.
{"Naruto, Will don't do anything ra -"} Tony was saying until he was interrupted.
"Stay out of this Tony" Naruto said in a tone of voice that promised pain if he tried to stop them, before he then hung up the phone.
"*What's wrong?*" Cosmo asked as he entered the room, as he could sense that they were furious about something.
"Remember our friend Jessica?" Will asked, trying to stay calm but failing.
"Read that and you will see why she's the way she is" Naruto said pointing at the monitor with Kilgrave's picture and information
Cosmo read the file, and started growling. "*When do we start hunting this man down to bring in?*" Cosmo asked them.
"He's not a man, he's an animal and those get put down for good" Naruto said as he, Will and Cosmo suited up.
`0o0o0o0`
(Docks near the train station)
Kilgrave was running, while a bunch of his puppets were slowing Jessica's pursuit of him down.
He was almost at his yacht, when three figures blocked his path.
After getting over his shock, he noticed that two of them were Naruto and Will which caused him to give an evil manic grin.
"I order you two to -" he was saying before Will slugged him in the jaw which broke his jaw and sent tears to the floor when he landed on the ground.
He nursed his jaw, before looking up at them with rage in his eyes and on his face. "I demand tha -" He tried to sputter out before Naruto stabbed him in the shoulder.
"If you want to live a moment longer, I suggest you shut the hell up. Or I may just let our friend Cosmo rip your brain in half with his mind" Naruto said while glaring down at Kilgrave.
Killgrave looked at Cosmo, who was growling and baring his teeth at him. "*Give me an excuse asshole,*" Cosmo said, with rage clearly heard in his voice.
Killgrave looked at them, before he was grabbed by the neck by Jessica from behind.
"This ends now" Jessica said, hatred in her voice. Before she could snap his neck, Naruto grabbed her hand, stopping her.
"Stay out of this!" Jessica yelled at him.
"No. I refuse to let you become a murderer like him" Naruto said to her, as she struggled to get out of his grip.
"Yes, plus we have a much better idea" Will said with an evil grin, which unnerved Kilgrave.
Naruto grabbed Kilgrave, and put a seal on him as he passed out.
"So what, the bastard sleeps forever?" Jessica demanded to know.
"Worse, he is gonna be tortured mentally by his victims, until I remove the seal which I'm not ever gonna do" Naruto said.
Jessica looked at Naruto in shock. "Damn whiskers, I didn't know you had such a mean streak" she said.
"He hurt you, he deserves worse" Will said, as she kicked Kilgrave hard in the stomach.
"You are done putting yourself through hell, at least alone" Naruto said as he grabbed Jessica's hand.
"I don't need your pity whiskers" she said, as she took her hand away from him.
"It's not pity Jessica. You're our friend, that's all I need to know to help you" Naruto told her.
Jessica started to cry a little hearing this. "Damn it whiskers" she said as she hugged him, while crying her eyes out.
"We have plenty of room in our building Jessica. You don't need to be alone anymore, otherwise this bastard still wins" Will said as she kicked Kilgrave again, this time in the nuts.
"Will, he can't feel that," Naruto said.
"Yeah I know, but it makes me feel just a little better" she said, as she gave him a shrug. "He's lucky I don't stomp his head in too."
"Let's drop his sorry ass with SHIELD, so that they can figure out how his powers hopefully work" Naruto said.
"No way, I don't trust SHIELD. Let's take some blood, and dump him off at a nuthouse" Will said.
"Jeez red, that's cold, even for you," Jessica said as she looked at Will, while still hugging Naruto.
"You gonna let him go soon?" Will asked her, with a raised eyebrow along with a knowing look.
"Nope," Jessica said with the first real smile she's had in years.
"*Humans are weird*" Cosmo said, as he just finished peeing on Killgrave's head.
"So you guys do have a psychic dog. I thought that was a tabloid rumor" Jessica said as she patted him on the head, and scratched him behind the ears.
"Good boy," Naruto said before they picked up Kilgrave, and walked off to drop him off at a nuthouse.
`0o0o0o0`
(A week later)
It had been a week since Jessica had moved into Naruto's building, and he had set up a floor for her to reopen her detective agency, and now she had more clients coming in since she was associated with Naruto and Will.
Right now, they were doing research into what was currently going on in Harlem, since right now it was practically a war zone with the crime boss Cottonmouth trying to get rid of Luke Cage.
"Man, Luke is making him go crazy huh?" Will said, as she liked Luke's style of just getting things done.
"If he keeps this up, he's gonna make Cottonmouth hurt civilians, just to get to Luke" Naruto said as he didn't want that to happen.
The others gave a nod, as they hoped nothing like that would happen either.
"The problem is, the corrupt cops in Harlem and that this guy can hide his activities" Nebula said with an unhappy look.
"*I propose that Will hacks the records of this Cottonmouth, and leak it all online anonymously*" Cosmo said, with the others liking the sound of it.
"Ha! See him recover from that" Will said with a smile.
"That would expose the corrupt cops too," Naruto said, loving this idea more and more.
"I bet he keeps his information in his night club" Will said as this guy sounded overconfident, thinking he was untouchable.
Naruto nodded, as that sounded plausible.
"I'm gonna assume a stealth mission?" Nebula asked as she was good with stealth.
"Yup, you and Will sneak into his office and grab all his info. Meanwhile I confront him giving you an opening" Naruto said, with the girls nodding in agreement.
"*And me?*" Cosmo asked with curiosity in his voice.
"You come with me, I may need information that's only found in his head" Naruto said.
"Let's go clean up Harlem," Will said with a grin, as they took off to Harlem from the patio.
`0o0o0o0`
(Cottonmouth's club)
"Uh boss, you have a visitor" a worker of the club said to Cornell Stokes also known as 'Cottonmouth'.
"Is it Cage again?" Stokes asked, sounding pissed.
"Uh no, it's actually - " the guy was saying, before he was shoved out of the way by Naruto.
"It's way worse asshole" Naruto's voice called out, as he entered the room with Cosmo following.
"Ah Mr Uzumaki or do you prefer 'Sage'? Stokes asked, trying to sound friendly like a legitimate business man.
"Save it for your corrupt cop friends Stokes, you can't fool me" Naruto said as he poured a drink at the bar.
Stokes' smile disappeared, as he didn't like the idea of an actual Avenger being in his club, let alone his office upstairs, helping themselves to his drinks.
"And what proof do you have?" Stokes asked, sounding both angry and slightly worried.
"*Well for one, I read your mind and I know everything now*" Cosmo said, making Stokes and his men jump in shock at hearing the dog talking.
"I suppose the space dog stuff is true then," Stokes said, sounding calm despite what Cosmo said.
"A dog's testimony won't be worth much to the judge's boss" one of Stokes men said, as he gave a laugh.
"Very true, and that would be a problem if I wasn't a distraction," Naruto said with a grin as he took a drink.
"A distraction?" Stokes asked as they then heard a voice call out "All done!" And Will floated down from his office with a victorious smirk, as she landed next to Naruto who offered her a drink he'd just poured.
"What did you do bitch?!" Stokes yelled upset.
Will took a sip of the drink, before she replied. "Oh nothing much really, just asked your computer to post all your secrets online" she said.
"Y - you what?" Stokes asked them, as he wasn't getting it.
"Interesting tidbit about Guardian here, she can bring electronics to life. And whenever she does, they are always friendly, and are willing to do favors for her" Naruto said with a smile, as he drank some more from his glass with Will doing the same.
"Uh boss?" One of stokes thugs said as he held up his phone, showing the breaking news on every news site.
"You leaked everything?!" Stokes asked in total shock.
"*Yup, even your list of corrupt cops, and politicians*" Cosmo said as he yawned, as this was boring to him.
"There's no escape from this Stokes, so you have two choices: you come in quietly or we take you in the fun way" Naruto said as he finished his drink, with Will not far behind him.
"Please pick the fun way, as it's fun for us" Will said, sparks forming in her hand.
"You are DEAD!" Stokes yelled as he pulled a gun, but soon dropped it as a kunai went through his wrist, cutting off his hand.
"AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!" he screamed in pain, as he grabbed his wrist.
"Anyone else want to be stupid?" Will asked, looking at the thugs who dropped their guns, before raising their hands in surrender.
"*Good now sleep*" Cosmo said, giving a mental command, with his powers to which made the thugs fall to the floor asleep.
Suddenly, the doors busted down with a black woman, and a dozen police officers came in holding their guns at the ready.
"Ah, Nebula got you guys here just in time," Naruto said with a pleased smile.
"Yea we were just wrapping this up" Will said, as she shoved Cottonmouth over to them.
"My boss won't like that you took his hand Sage" the woman said, as one of the other officers wrapped it up with a cloth, to try and stop the bleeding.
"Miss Knight, he pulled a gun on us. He's lucky I didn't shove a Rasengan in his gut" Naruto said with his arms crossed.
The cops there shivered hearing that, as they saw the news footage of that attack from the battle of New York.
"Touché" Misty Knight said with a smirk, as she was glad Stokes and his cousin Maria we're pretty much done.
"Glad we could help, now if you excuse us we have one last piece of business to attend to" Naruto said as they left.
`0o0o0o0`
(Pops Barber shop)
"Well I'll be damned" Luke said, as he was watching the news with his friend Danny, and they saw that Stokes and Maria were going to jail along with everyone they had paid off.
"Wow, those guys get a lot done quickly" Danny said with a smile, as he was glad the gang violence would hopefully calm down now.
They heard the front door ring, and when they looked they saw Naruto enter the barber shop. "Luke Cage and Danny Rand?" Naruto asked them.
"That's us" Luke said with Danny giving a nod of his head.
Naruto looked at the tv, "Oh good you know" he said with a smile.
"Oh we definitely know," Danny said with a smile.
"Why are you here?" Luke asked, as he wanted to know why an Avenger got involved with this.
"I saw that things were reaching a boiling point, and decided to lend a hand" he explained with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Cottonmouth's men will still be out there," Luke said, thinking of Shades, as Danny nodded in agreement.
"And that's why Harlem still needs you guys. Just know, you can ask me for help anytime" Naruto said as he handed Luke a business card
"The Rising Tide?" Luke asked reading the business card.
"That's our restaurant, feel free to drop by anytime. First meal is free" Naruto said as he left the barber shop.
Luke smiled, as he put away the business card for now, glad that they had an ally that could help if things get messy.
The harem is: Will, Natasha, Jennifer Walters, Colleen Wing, Okoye, Jessica Jones, Rogue, Shadowcat, Daisy Johnson, Crystal, Nebula, Emma Frost, Shuri, Spider-Gwen (Gwen Stacy of Earth 65), X-23 (Laura), Trish Walker, Wanda Maximoff, Mystique
Hope that you all enjoyed the chapter, and that you're all obeying the rules concerning COVD 19. Thanks to Kfbanime87 for his help in writing the chapter.