Three hundred follows on the story is amazing. I honestly can't believe you guys liked it that much. Anyways I've been asked by a few people why Killer Frost is the pairing choice. The answer is because I like her attitude. She's not sweet and innocent and I just like her character overall. I'd also like to thank cerxer1 for pointing out the mistake in the story, Naruto is Ashura's descendent not the other way around. I usually get time to write pretty late in the night so I'm sorry for that mistake. Anyways that's all for now let's get on with the story.
Bruce Wayne was not having a good day. First one of their strongest members of the Justice League goes rogue, then kills a criminal on live national television, and to top it off he had to keep his regular image by going over countless business reports. Needless to say, all of this did not add up to a good day. On the bright side things couldn't possibly get any worse.
[ Ring ]
The sound of his cell phone went off. Looking at the caller ID he had a feeling that this wouldn't be a social call.
"Hello"
" Bruce, I've got some bad news. Killer Frost has escaped from Arkham. " Looks like he stands corrected, this day could get worse. It seemed that anytime Clark Kent called him it was never just to say hi.
What could Killer Frost be planning by breaking out of Arkham this time. Rubbing his chin in thought he answers.
"Meet me in Arkham in an hour, I've got to take care of a few things here and then we'll see what this is about. No doubt she has something planned."
" Alright I'll see you then " the man says and hangs up. Once everything was taken care of on Bruce's end he quickly went home and dawned on his uniform and headed out. Upon arrival at the gates of Arkham he saw the man of steel himself waiting for him.
"Batman, glad you made it." The bat nods and they head inside. There was much more security patrolling the area than there had been in a while. They were led inside by the head of security and taken to the main wing that housed Killer Frost.
They went inside and office and saw a man in the typical security uniform talking with commissioner Gordon who seemed to be everywhere.
"Batman, Superman, I'm glad you're here. We've been looking into the breakout but the security footage shows nothing out of the ordinary. None of the security seem to know what happened either."
Batman steps forward and stands in front of the man. "What happened"
"I was on my lunch break when all of a sudden I remember being hit in the back of the neck and everything went black. I woke up and saw that Killer Frost's door had been opened and she was gone. I tried checking the camera's but they didn't catch anything." He explained.
Being the kinder of the two superman intervenes. "Do you mind if we check the cameras?"
"Go ahead, they're already set to early morning when they started recording."
Batman being the more technologically savvy of the two took it upon himself to view the footage. He fast forwarded the first few hours of the day and skipped ahead to an hour and a half ago. He wasn't the world's greatest detective for no reason, he managed to see an inconsistency with the tape.
To any normal person they'd be hard pressed to see it but upon closer inspection he could see the tape had been looped perfectly. Stopping the footage Batman narrowed his eyes in concentration, " someone managed to sneak in and loop the security camera's to not be filmed. But why would they only free Killer Frost? Why not free the other inmates as well while they were at it? "
It didn't make sense. Clicking the button on the right hand side of his cowl he activated his infrared vision and looked around the room.
"You got something Batman?" Asked superman. He had continued asking the security questions about the night when he saw Batman activate something and his eyes light up.
"I'm using infrared to see the tracks left by whoever was here. And I just found them."
The two leaguers follow the two sets of prints left by frost and her unknown accomplice to the outside. "There was no trouble on the way out, the footprints are steady the whole way down, they literally walked right out the front door." Batman comments. This put him on edge, his mind going through every possibility trying to figure this out.
"The footprints stop right here." Superman looks around and sees that they're still inside Arkham.
Superman's face scrunches in confusion. There was nothing around, how could the footsteps just stop here? Then it came to him. "Whoever got her out could either fly or teleport. It's the only way for them to just stop here like that."
Batman mules over superman's words. He mentally goes through each of Killer Frost's associates who has the ability to fly and or teleport that could have a reason to break her out. She's been here this long obviously she didn't have too many allies. Unfortunately, he couldn't come up with anyone that could fit the criteria.
Deciding that he'd talk to the league about this, he and Superman left Arkham. Looks like there was another meeting to be held. Something about this breakout just didn't sit right with him.
Somewhere in Tibet in Gotham City there was a smaller meeting happening. Two men dressed in black were kneeling in front of a man hidden from sight. If one were to look closely enough they would see a tall and daunting man with green eyes. He has black hair with gray streaks. He has a long black mustache and wild, black eyebrows.
He dresses in a regal manner, with the majority of his clothes covered by a high-collared green cloak with large gold buttons. Underneath, he wears a black vest with gold hems, a white undershirt, and a golden sash. He wears black pants and knee-high black boots.
This man is Ra's al Ghul, the leader of the league of shadows. Their ultimate goal was to eliminate the injustice in the world by killing those who threaten peace.
"Report" Commands Ra's
"Sir, it seems that Ashura of the Justice League has decided to go rogue. He killed Clayface and said that criminals who kill the innocent would not be given a second chance." One of the two men stated, still looking down.
"Interesting" Ra's murmered as he looked at his two subordinates. Though he was actually deep in thought.
" Young Ashura left the league and plans to kill the criminals of the earth? I didn't expect something like this happening, though it couldn't come at a better time. He shares goals similar to ours. Looks like a meeting will be in order, he may be the one I'm looking for. " He thinks to himself. A small smile threatens to appear on his face at the thought but keeps his composure. Seeing as they spent most of their time training they didn't catch the newscast, so hearing about something like this was incredible.
"Anything else?" he asks with his face still without emotion.
"It seems that the sidekicks of the core members of the Justice League are meeting up more. Robin and his 'Titans' seem to be close to disbanding. We believe a new group of sidekicks might be in the works." The other reports.
"I see. Thank you, you may get back to your training. I'll send other scouts in your place." Once the two disappeared Ra's spoke to seemingly no one.
"Cheshire" In a moment a young woman wearing a green battle kimono and a mask that looked similar to a grinning Cheshire cat appeared in front of him. She also had two Sai's with her.
"Yes sir?" She asked while kneeling in respect for her leader.
"I have a very important mission for you. I need you to get in contact with Ashura and tell him that I would like to meet with him in a week's time." Cheshire was one of his best members and was a great tracker. He had no doubt that she could get the job done.
"Right away"
Alone in his chamber Ra's couldn't be happier with how this day turned out. He may have his successor soon enough. He's waited over 700 years; he can wait one more week.
Two hours later Deathstroke was minutes away from Jump City. Having one's own private jet gave him luxuries not anyone can have. As he's relaxing his phone goes off. Seeing that it's one of his men he answers.
"Yes?"
" Sir, Robin and the sidekicks of the other superheroes are currently engaged against Captain Cold on the outskirts of Jump City. The Titans are not with them though. " The man says.
It seems Naruto was right about the league forming a separate team. "Send me the coordinates, I'd like to see this new team for myself."
" Right away sir " Who knew that earlier in the day when he told them to report about anything Robin was doing that they'd get something so fast.
He landed five minutes later and immediately headed to a spot far enough away to watch the battle undetected but close enough to hear what they were talking about with the help of his helmet.
The group consisted of Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, and Speedy. The Sidekicks of Batman, Flash, Aquaman, and Green Arrow.
Captain cold shot a blast of ice using his gun at the team, though he looked exhausted. Clearly the battle has been going on for a while. The team jumped away and Robin took the opportunity to shoot three bird-a-rangs at the villain.
He managed to dodge them by rolling onto his side but didn't see the kick the side of his ribs coming by kid flash. He tried using the gun as a make shift bat but wasn't fast enough to catch the speedster who just vanished.
A whip of water almost hit him in the head as Aqualad used his power over water to create whips. While he was distracted with the whips he didn't see the exploding arrows coming at him. They hit the ground in front of him and detonated on impact sending him flying a few feet back.
Standing up and shaking his head as to get himself back together he decided to cut his losses and retreat for now. There was no way he could take on all four of them in his current state. He used his gun to create a wall of ice to use as an obstacle for the team to buy him time to run away.
What nobody saw however was Speedy pulling a sharp blade arrow from his quiver and pull it back. He shot the arrow and it easily pierced through the ice wall and implanted itself into Captain Cold's leg which dropped him where he stood. The man screamed in pain as the arrow entered one end and came out the other.
"Well what's this?" Deathstroke spoke to himself. He was a bit surprised to see one of the younger heroes having the balls to take a shot like that. It was common knowledge to the people that both the heroes and sidekicks made sure that the villains weren't injured that badly.
"The kid looks pretty pleased with himself but the others don't look too happy."
"What the hell speedy?" Robin exclaimed, his eyes widened in shock at what the sharpshooter had done.
"What? He was about to get away so I stopped him. Let's go round him up and turn him in." Speedy said as if it were no big deal. To him it wasn't, he stopped the criminal from getting away and left him alive. What more did they want?
"We're about to be full-fledged league members Speedy, we have to show restraint. We can't just go around crippling every villain we come across." Said Robin heatedly.
" They still don't know that they're only going to be a subdivision of the league. Their reaction would be fun to watch. "
"Ashura was a member of the league and he was brutal." Speedy countered now frowning at his friend "He got results, you know why? Because he didn't hold back." It always kind of disturbed Green Arrow that Speedy seemed to idolize Ashura. Not that the archer had a problem with the kid but he was too brutal for any of their liking.
Seeing his friends get heated Aqualad joined the conversation. "That's true, but from what I've been told they only allowed him to join because they wanted to keep his brutality at bay. Better to have him around where they can keep an eye on him than having him go crippling everyone."
Speedy was not deterred and responded. "Who cares how brutal he was, he didn't kill anyone and got the results. I may be Green Arrow's partner but it's no secret to anyone that Ashura had the best success rate. He didn't do it by being lenient on these guys. The guy never missed a target.
Green Arrow and I had a lot of villains escape us because he wouldn't let me take certain shots. If I had, we would have been able to bring them to justice. If he was like Ashura maybe, we would get a bit more respect."
Robin was flabbergasted and his facial expression showed it "Are you really idolizing the guy who just defected from the league then went on to kill Clayface?"
Speedy had enough of this conversation and turned his back "Whatever, the league will see I have what it takes when they see my work. I'm out of here." With that he left.
" It seems that someone is following in your footsteps Naruto. He might be of use. " Thinks Deathstroke to himself as he decides to follow the archer. Once they were far enough away he makes his presense known.
"That was quite the shot you used to take down Captain Cold Speedy, I'm impressed." By instinct the young man turned around with a bow drawn and ready to fire.
"Great, Deathstroke." He said not feeling good at all. "What do you want?" He asked his arrow still ready to be shot.
"Now, now, I'm just here to talk." He insisted while taking a step forward. That was all that was needed for Speedy to attack. He shot a sharp blade arrow right at Deathstroke's head. The man, seeing the arrow coming just moved his head to the right and let it sail right passed him.
"Well it seems you want to fight, alright, I'll humor you for a second." Deathstroke pulled out a katana and went on the offensive. He had fought some of the strongest people so this was nothing to him.
He got close and slashed at the young man's bow and cut it in half. With his main weapon out of the way Speedy flipped back, trying to get away from the world's best assassin. Speedy knew he was in trouble now.
He managed to duck underneath a horizontal slash but couldn't block the knee to his chin. His head flew up as the knee connected and then felt the wind taken out of him as a fist embedded itself into his solar plexus.
"Now then, are you willing to talk now? Or should we continue?" Deathstroke asked as he placed the tip of his katana on his neck.
Getting his breath, the young man just glared up at him "Don't have much of a choice now do I?" he asked sarcastically.
"No I guess you don't" He replied amused. "That first shot you took at me, you were actually aiming for my head with a sharp arrow rather than the ones you regularly use wasn't it?"
Not giving Speedy the chance to reply he continued. "I can see why the Justice League would finally decide to make you a member."
With that being said it was time to start his plan. If all went well he would be making a potential member of whatever Naruto wanted to call this little team of theirs.
"So they're finally taking you up to the watchtower?" He asked.
" Watchtower? " Speedy thinks in confusion. Seeing the look on his face Deathstroke was inwardly pleased. It seems the sidekicks didn't know about the real base.
"The giant satellite the Justice League has orbiting in space is the Watchtower. It's their true base of operations. You didn't know about it? It seems they don't trust you enough to tell you yet. Well in any case I'll be going now. But before I go, if you ever want to be truly powerful seek me out. I can see your eager to prove yourself, I can make you strong and I can have people show you the respect you deserve. You have what it takes, you're just like Ashura was at your age."
With that he walked away. " The seed of doubt has been planted. Knowing kids his age he'll call them out on it and when he finds out the truth I have no doubt he'll eventually seek me out. "
Speedy was still standing watching the retreating form of Deathstroke until he was completely gone. He was angry with himself at how easily he had been beaten. But he had also learned something. Without his bow he was useless.
Something else plagued his mind though. It was everything Deathstroke had told him. " He has to be lying. The hall of Justice is where the League always gather. Why else would they be there if it wasn't their main headquarters? Another thing, how did he know how Ashura was at 18 if he was recruited by the league at 20? He was just messing with me, he had to be. There's no way the League would treat us like children like that. "
With that he too left to sort out his thoughts.
Well that was chapter three. I've changed it so that Speedy finds out about the main HQ by someone other than Green Arrow. Next chapter will have Naruto recruiting Morrow as well as more interactions with Killer Frost. The meeting between the leader of the League of Shadows and Naruto.
Next chapter will also reveal the name of his group which I still haven't decided on, so please give your suggestions if you have any.
Anyways as of now the members are as follows:
Naruto, Killer Frost, Deathstroke. Soon to be members T.O. Morrow and Speedy/Red Arrow
Anyways if you have any suggestions or comments leave them in a review or PM me. Later.