Hey everyone, I'm back with another chapter. Let me just say that even though there's only three chapters so far of this story the fact that there's already almost five hundred of you that are following and many giving ideas is mind blowing to me. For that I thank all of you. Now many gave suggestions as to the group name and I've taken them into account. Though many messaged me with one specific one that was the most common. I'm sorry if yours wasn't picked and I hope that doesn't turn you away from the story. Anyways that's all I have to say right now let's get on with the chapter.
Naruto didn't have any trouble locating Morrow's signature. Naruto could honestly say that he was impressed that Morrow had survived this long in the Rocky Mountains. As he continues to trace him he realizes that the man is actually inside one of the mountains. For a few minutes he walks around the area seeing if there was a way to enter without using force. As it turned out, there wasn't.
Using a small wind Jutsu he cut open a small part of the mountain in order to enter. He walked in quietly and noticed that there was computer equipment and all sorts of different robot parts scattered around.
" How did he get electricity in here? " he wondered to himself looking around. The man was a genius so he guessed he would have found a way. He found the man he was looking for at one of the computers on the far side of the cave with his back turned to him. He was so engrossed in his work he never noticed Naruto walk up to him.
"You know for any regular person it would be damn near impossible to find you Morrow" He says out loud letting himself be known. He's amused when the man jumps a bit and scrambles away from him. "How did you get in here?!" He yells looking for the nearest exit.
He hadn't expected anyone to find him. He's been hidden for a long time now that he felt no need to really keep his guard up and it had cost him. Now a member of the Justice League had found him and he knew he was in trouble.
Naruto just watched patiently as the man continued to look around him not even trying to hide his intentions. Finally, his eyes stopped on a gun he had built. Naruto noticed but decided he wouldn't stop him, it would help his cause in the end.
Morrow jumps for the gun, takes aim, and fires a red blast heading straight for the blonde hero. Knowing it's time for a demonstration he stands still and raises his right hand allowing a truth seeking ball to pass through his hand and form a shield in front of him. The blast hits the shield and the explosion creates a giant smoke cloud in the mountain.
Naruto knows Morrow is still there because he can sense him in the same spot. Once the smoke cleared out Morrow was shocked to see that there was only a black square that then deteriorated showing a scratch less Naruto.
"Are you finished Morrow? I'd like to talk to you if you don't mind." Naruto says now a bit bored with the situation.
"What would a Justice League member want with me?" Naruto mentally groaned. You'd think with all these computers he'd know by now that he wasn't a member anymore. What was he doing on these things? "You here to take me away?" The man asked
"Hm, yes and no." Seeing Morrow's face scrunch in confusion he elaborated. "Yes, I'm here to take you away, but not to jail like you may be thinking. See, I'm not a member of the Justice League anymore and I've been recruiting members to form my own group, and I'm extending an invitation for you to join."
"Why me?" He asks.
"Well for starters you're a genius. I mean look at this. You got computers running inside a mountain by yourself. I'd like to put your genius to good use. What do you have to lose? You can build your workstation at my base and I can offer you protection from the Justice League and anyone else. I'd also be paying you. Not a bad deal eh?"
" I can't really refuse can I? " morrow thought to himself " If he's no longer a member of the justice league then there's a chance he could kill me if I refuse. Plus, he's offering me protection and pay and I'd be able to get out of this mountain. " He thinks to himself. He wasn't a genius for nothing he quickly deduced that Naruto wasn't a hero anymore he could kill him.
Sighing he replied "Alright deal."
"Good choice, grab anything you think you might need that's small enough for you to carry and let's go." He ordered. Things were moving smoothly. Once Morrow was done he came back and Naruto put him on a platform created by a TSB and using the camouflage technique they took off.
Sometime later they arrived to his Switzerland home/base and headed inside. As they walked Naruto noticed Morrow looking around making sure he wasn't being set up.
"Relax, no one is going to jump out and ambush you. Come on let's get you to your new work station." They headed down to where the real base was. When they arrived Morrow's attention was quickly caught by the computers and monitoring systems.
Taking a seat, he began typing and Naruto saw some codes popping up on screen. "It's a bit less than what I use but it shouldn't be too hard to build this into a super computer that I can use." The man comments. His paranoia all but gone the moment he sat down.
He turned around still in the seat and asked "So what now?"
"Now we're gonna get you to choose a room upstairs and rest. Tomorrow I want you to give me a list of supplies you need to build the computer and you'll meet the others. The upstairs has all the rooms. The master bedroom is mine, knock on any door, if no one answers then it's free for the taking. I'll see you tomorrow." He says as he heads up to his room.
As he walked he realized that there was something that they would need on the off chance that they ended up facing the justice league. " I'll have to call Deathstroke tomorrow. "
As he walks in his room he blinks at what he's seeing. There on his bed was Killer Frost dressed in nothing but a pair of his boxers and one of his shirts that was obviously way too big for her.
"Not that I'm complaining but what are you doing here?" He asks
"Well I saw the other rooms and this one was much nicer. Then I remember you said you wouldn't mind sharing so I decided to move in. Hope you don't mind the company." She replied
"No not at all. But if I remember you said I was a goodie goodie, so why would you take me up on my offer?"
"That was before I found out you finally left that stupid group and killed Clayface. Besides this could be fun for both of us don't you think? So you gonna stand there all day with a stupid look on your face or are you going to join me and watch this movie?" She asked getting impatient. Naruto chuckled.
To anyone else she may seem rude but he liked her like that. She bluntly told people what she thought.
He decided to take a shower before joining her on his bed. They watched the movie for a few minutes with her leaning against him before Frost spoke up. "So were you able to get Morrow?"
"Yeah, he tried attacking me at first but it didn't go so well. Then I told him what I could offer him and he decided to join. Everything is going according to plan."
"Where is he?" she asks. "He's down at the base on the computers. It's not up to his standards so I'm gonna get some parts for him tomorrow."
"So who's next on your list for this little team?"
"Originally I had intended to go after Freeze or Poison Ivy next but I've changed my mind. I'm going to talk to Red Hood soon."
The conversation ended there and they watched the movie. Forty-five minutes later when it was over the two decided to go to sleep. Naruto noticed Frost was laying a bit close and she says "Don't get any ideas just yet. You're gonna have to work for it if you want anything"
"And what makes you think I'd bother?" He asks genuinely curious as to how she'd respond.
"Please, you think I didn't notice how you would look at me those times when we would fight back when you were still with the league? You're not as slick as you think you are, thought I'll admit sometimes those looks gave me the chills in a good way." She said laughing at the last part.
He joined her, even though it was a terrible ice pun he enjoyed it. "Tsk. Whatever, tease." With that he too followed her lead and went to sleep, he had things to do tomorrow.
The next day Naruto woke up in a pretty comfortable position. He was spooning with killer frost and it was pretty nice. Needing to check the time he subtly reaches over to his phone and checks the time and sees that it's ten a.m. " Deathstroke should be awake by now " he thinks to himself.
He removes himself from frost and sits up with his back pressed against the head of the bed. The phone rings four times before he gets an answer.
" Yeah? "
"Deathstroke, I need you to do something for me. I need you to arrange a meeting today with Lex Luthor. With your reputation I know he won't turn it down."
" I'm pretty sure I can arrange that. Though I'm curious are you trying to recruit him as well? Because if you are then maybe I overestimated your intelligence. "
"I'm not stupid you know. I'm not recruiting Lex Luthor, he just has something that we need. You'll all find out what it is soon enough."
" Right. Consider it done. While I have you right now I had a little run in with one of the sidekicks. Perhaps you know him, speedy. "
"Green Arrow's sidekick? yeah what about him?"
" He and the others were fighting against captain cold and in an interesting turn of events he shot him with a sharp blade arrow through the knee incapacitating him. Then proceeded to mention how you had the best results being brutal. "
"I see. Though I get the feeling you're not just telling me this to gossip."
" You're right. I confronted him after that and beat him. I told him about the watchtower and how the league doesn't trust them and told him if he wanted power and respect to seek me out. No doubt he'll confront the league about it and will most likely quit. "
"So you've got a recruit. He's got potential, I've seen him in action before. If he ends up seeking you out let me know. Good work."
They hung up and Naruto decided to get up. " Speedy has potential, if he's trained under Deathstroke he could be a formidable opponent and core member in the future "
As he's getting dressed a voice calls out to him. "Where are you going?"
Frost had woken up a few seconds ago and noticed that her bed mate was gone. Taking a look at her he made a decision.
"WE are going to a meeting today. Take a shower and then meet me in the base. Where did you live before you were sent to Arkham?"
"I had a place in Gotham believe it or not. Not the best place to be but it worked."
"You have any formal clothing?"
"Yeah from before what happened."
"Good, we'll stop by and you'll need to put them on." He went through one of his drawers and put something in his pockets.
An hour later they were both ready. Killer Frost was dressed in usual outfit while Naruto was wearing a button up black shirt and black slacks. He needed to dress the part.
They headed down to the base and to neither of their surprise Morrow was already on the computer.
"Morrow, Frost and I are headed to a meeting. When I come back I'll have something important for you to do." The man nodded not even looking at him, too engrossed in whatever he's looking up.
"Wait, here are the parts I'm going to need. You can pick these up at any computer store, I'll tinker with them myself once I have them." shaking his head, they head out.
It didn't take long for the two of them to reach Gotham. He really had to thank Jiraiya for teaching him the camouflage technique before his death. They were in the not so friendly part of town where Killer Frost's apartment was. It was in a rundown building that looked like it hadn't had any actual residents in years.
True to her word she did have formal clothes. She changed into a black pencil skirt with a light blue button up with the top two buttons unbuttoned. She also had on a pair of black closed heels along with her hair down.
"Not sure why you wanted me to put this on. People know who we are." She said
"Yeah, but that's what these are for." He said as he pulled out two pairs of glasses from his pockets.
She raised an eyebrow at the specs. "Glasses? You think that by putting glasses on we're suddenly gonna be unnoticed?" She asked as if he were stupid.
"Trust me, I know someone who as soon as he puts glasses on, no one even recognizes him." He was of course talking about superman or Clark Kent. How people didn't recognize him despite the fact that it's the same exact person just with glasses boggled him.
"Just put the glasses on and let's go. We have a meeting in ten minutes and we need to be in metropolis." Not wasting any time, they once more took off.
Deathstroke had once again come through, and gotten him the meeting. The receptionist at Lex Corp didn't even bother asking for their names as they had the only appointment for the day. They walked into the lavish office where a bald man in a black suit was sitting at his desk behind a computer screen.
"Ashura, Deathstroke told me that you wished to speak to me about something, though he wouldn't specify what it is you wanted. I was unaware you were bringing a guest, who might this be?" Lex asked.
Killer Frost for the most part was actually shocked, Lex Luthor was a genius as well and couldn't tell who she was because of a pair of glasses?
"Doesn't matter who she is. There's something that you have that I'm interested in." he stated
"Do tell."
"I'm looking to get my hands on some Kryptonite." Naruto says
"Well you've definitely come to the right person. I can get you as much as you want, thought like anything else in the world it's not free." He says
"I figured, so how about this in exchange for, say, ten pounds of Kryptonite I stay away from whatever your next plot is? We both know that it would end very badly for you if I caught you doing something you weren't supposed to." Naruto said.
Lex wasn't stupid he knew what the blonde was saying. Give me the Kryptonite or the next time I see you I'll kill you. He reached into his pocket but found his hand couldn't move, and it was starting to get cold.
Looking down he realized that his hand was turning blue. He looked up and saw the woman Ashura came with smirking at him.
"You can't be that much of a dumbass to actually try to attack can you?" That's when it hit him. The foul language, the mad smirk, and ice powers. Ashura had brought Killer Frost with him.
Not seeing much of a choice he replied. "Very well" He pressed a button on his phone and a minute later one of his secretaries brought in a black brief case. Placing it on the table he opened it to show a big glowing brick of Kryptonite.
"This good enough for you?" He asked Naruto picked it up and looked it over. He knew that prolonged exposure to Kryptonite even for humans could be lethal, but luckily he had a plan.
"Perfect." He says standing up. "Come on Frost, we have to go. Pleasure doing business with you Lex." With that they were gone.
Luthor sat back in his desk and laced his fingers together. The only reason he could think that Ashura wanted Kryptonite for was to fight superman, but he wouldn't need ten pounds of the stuff. Just what is he planning? He also now knew that Ashura was the one that broke Frost out of Arkham if she was with him. But for what reasons?
He'd have to watch his back more carefully now.
Naruto and Frost went to the nearest computer store to get the parts Morrow wanted. Frost took the list and read out loud.
"A four micro ATX motherboard? Micro ATX power supply? What the fuck is all this?" She asks not understanding a single thing on the list.
"Who knows but Morrow says It'll help him so we're getting them." It took them about an hour to find everything the mad genius wanted but in the end they got everything. Another hour and they were back at base, thank the heavens for his flying and wind manipulation.
Down at the base they noticed that Morrow was still on the computer, though parts were laid out all around the floor.
"Did you get the stuff?" He asks. Naruto just hands him the bags and the man nodded and began opening those up too.
"Alright, listen up. I have a very important assignment for you." He proceeded to create about twenty black Chakra rods and dropped them in front of the man. I something specific I need you to build.
I need about twenty circular medallions with a wide star pattern on the inside. I need it to be able to emit energy from a source I'm going to give you." He put the brief case on the ground and opened it.
"Don't worry, the material I gave you will protect us from its effects. Use only as much as needed in case we need more once new members join." Morrow looked at the metal and found it was very light but stronger than anything he'd ever used.
"It'll take a bit but I'm pretty sure I can have it done." He comments.
"Good, once they're done every member will carry one. I realized that if anyone but myself at this point in time were to fight superman they'd be beaten. This will even the score."
"So that's what you wanted it for. I was wondering why you wanted ten pounds of the stuff." Commented Killer Frost as she looked at the brick. Amazing how this rock could stop the man of steel.
"Yeah, once we have Deadshot, Sinestro, Freeze, and Red hood with us it'll be time for the Sternritter to make themselves known to the world."
"Sternritter?" Asked Killer Frost, she had never heard this word before.
"It's German for Star Knights. How did you come up with that?" Morrow asks
"People look up at the stars knowing that the justice league is up there watching and protecting them. We will be the true protectors that people will thank the heavens for." He comments. Now they realized why there was a star on the medallion.
"Very well, I'll get started right away. Good, I'm going to go train. Frost feel free to do as you wish for now." No point in getting rusty with what is to come.
So thank you all who recommended names for the group and I'm sorry if yours didn't get picked. Many people either knew I was a big fan of bleach or it was just a coincidence that they suggested the name but I liked it. I know I said that they'd meet Ra's Al Ghul but I decided I'd put that with next chapter along with Deadshot appearing.
Anyways if you want to know what the medallion looks like just google 'Quincy Medallion' and there you go. Anyways if you have any suggestions leave them in a review or PM me. Later.