So I tried updating some of my other stories and I've got some progress done, however, this story has quickly become my favorite and I'm glad so many of you like it as well. Also many people have given me member suggestions and they're all taken into consideration. I may not be able to get to everyone since I do get questions on other stories but know that I do see what you have to say. Anyways I think I've rambled long enough let's get onto the chapter.
-The following Day-
Naruto headed down to the base to check on Morrow's progress. When he had given him the description of what he wanted the man had begun his work. When he reached the now supercomputer he saw that the man was already continuing his work. On the desk were two pieces of white metal stacked on top of each other. If Morrow noticed Naruto approach he didn't show it.
Deciding to take a better look he picked one up and inspected it. It was about 4.5 inches in diameter and had a wide star pattern as he requested in the front. Overall he was impressed. "You painted them?" He asked having first noticed the metal was white.
"Yes, I thought they looked better." He was right they did look better white.
"So what did you do to these?" Naruto asked genuinely curious.
"I made sure to use those rods you gave me to make the frame of the medallion, then made sure to leave enough space for exactly two ounces of Kryptonite. That gives off enough energy to bring Superman down while still being a small enough quantity to not have any effect on anyone else.
The only way we'd be effected is if we had them on all the time for the next ten years. They're strong enough to have superman stomp on them and still be scratch less." He explained with some pride in his own craftsmanship.
"I knew bringing you was a good idea." Naruto comments. "So how do we activate these?"
"Just apply some pressure anywhere on the medallion and hold it out in front of you." Holding it away from his face but pointing up he squeezes lightly. He watches as the star on the front glows green and the Kryptonite's energy shoots out from the five points of the star before retracting.
"Morrow you are a genius" Now very impressed. The inventor had surpassed his expectations with this. He saw that he was working on another one but hadn't yet placed the Kryptonite in it yet. He had thought about something the night before and he needed to get something done.
"Morrow hand me the one you have in your hand." He ordered. Raising an eyebrow, the man does as he's told and watches as Naruto creates another chakra rod. Though he doesn't break this one and notices that it has a sharpened edge as opposed to the other ones he gave him.
Carefully, Naruto carves six Kanji into the metal on the inside of the star. Once done it reveals to read 'Phantom Dragon Nine' or the same kanji used by the Akatsuki to remove the Tailed Beasts. Being a sealing technique it should apply to any form of energy wishing to be sealed.
He hands it back. "What did you just do?" Morrow asks looking at the Kanji, he could only make out some of the characters but wasn't fluent enough to know what it actually said.
"I merely added a bit of an upgrade to it. This one will be mine, continue making this one like you did the others, just make sure you put it aside for me. I have some things I need to do so you probably won't see me around for about an hour or two. Good work." He says and leaves the man to continue.
He walks back up to the house and heads out to the pool area where he knows Killer Frost likes to lounge around. He sees her in the pool with her back turned to him and notices she doesn't have a top on. Hearing his footsteps, she turns her head and smirks at him.
"Hey, care to join me? The water is perfect." To her, perfect water is at the point of almost freezing.
"As much as I would love to, and believe me I would love to." He says trying to see if he could see anything. "it's going to have to wait, I have a mission for you." He says finishing with his leader voice.
This got her attention. It was her first official mission. Of course she noticed that he didn't say it with his usual playful banter voice she hears when they talk. "What's the assignment?" She asks in an equally serious voice, showing she can be serious when the time calls for it as well.
"Get out of the pool, clean up, and meet me in the base and I'll fill you in."
Half an hour later she showed up in her usual clothing ready to be briefed. "I'm going to take you to Gotham and you're going to recruit Poison Ivy." He heads over to the desk Morrow is working at and opens a drawer. He pulls out a phone and hands it to her.
"Once you're done call me and I'll go get you." She nods and goes through the phone then asks
"What are you going to be doing? I know Morrow is working on those medallions you want and Deathstroke is off doing who knows what."
"I'm going to head to go talk to Sinestro in DC after I drop you off in your apartment." He replies
"Sinestro is in DC?" Pitches in Morrow still working.
"He's being kept in a special cell underneath the Hall of Justice."
"Think he'll join?" Asks Frost
"Possibly, Sinestro is a strange one. Enough about that, let's go." He and Killer Frost leave the base and head out to Gotham. It took forty-five minutes to arrive at her apartment. Before leaving he spoke once more, "Don't forget to put on your glasses."
With that he flew off to DC. As he flew he formulated a three step plan to make sure everything went smoothly. He was able to reach DC faster as he was now by himself and could fly at full speed. He landed in an alley way away from any prying eyes.
He created three shadow clones and had them henge. One turned into a common street thug, the second turned into a young woman he had seen on some TV show, and the final one turned into an identical copy of Spawn, though with a different color scheme.
" Time for Phase one " He thought to himself. He nodded at the Spawn lookalike and he flew off in the direction of a tall building. He used his camouflage technique to stay hidden and watch his plan unfold.
"HELP!" the female clone yelled as the 'thug' pulled a knife on 'her' and pushed her to a wall.
"Shut up bitch no one is coming for you, now hand over all of your money." The scream was loud enough to draw some attention and in no time at all a hero had arrived. Naruto was actually surprised to see it was Green Arrow. He didn't know what the man was doing here but he didn't care at the moment.
He landed and punched the 'thug' into a wall. That was the last thing he saw before his world went black. Naruto had taken the opportunity to chop the back of his neck effectively knocking the man out. His clone having done its job dispelled.
" Time for Phase two " He thought waiting for the signal.
The Spawn clone had flown over to a tall building in the far side of town. He broke through the window startling all of the workers.
"If you all want to live drop everything in your possession and leave the building immediately." They didn't have to be told twice and left screaming. They attracted the rest of building who soon followed suit once they realized what was happening. In five minutes he sensed that there was no one left in the building or in the nearby area.
"Great Clone Explosion." He glowed a bright white before blowing up. The blast was strong enough to destroy the top three floors and set fire to the building.
Back in the alley Naruto watched as the building exploded and got the memories of his clone. Everyone was out of the building so no one got hurt.
" Any minute now " he saw about eight heroes flying towards the explosion and knew it was his chance. Grabbing Green Arrow by the back of the shirt he flew towards the Hall of Justice.
He held the man upright as the scanner went up and down his body before allowing him access to the main hall. There was no camera's there as there was usually always someone there. Though with the massive explosion that just occurred he knew it was empty.
Once he used GA to be scanned again for access to the prison he threw the man off to the side and headed in. Not wasting any time, he flew down the corridors until he found the person he was looking for.
Sitting in a glowing room was none other than the red skinned former green lantern. The man's eyes were closed then abruptly opened when he realized someone was here.
"Sinestro" Naruto said
"Ashura. To what do I owe the pleasure of your visit? I've never had anyone down here." He says
"I have a proposition for you." The man raises an eyebrow and nods. "I let you out and in exchange you lend me your strength to help keep the world safe."
"I'm not interested in joining the Damn Justice League" He denies immediately.
"Of course not. You'd be a part of my own newly formed group. You'd be in charge of making sure that no villains do as they please with the innocents. Even if it means killing them." Naruto said seriously. He knew Sinestro was a protector at one point but his methods were frowned upon.
Sinestro stays quiet and just stares at Naruto, or as he knows him Ashura. Wondering just how much things have changed if a now former member is trying to recruit him. Even with all of this in mind he responds, "no, while the idea of keeping those in line is appealing I don't exactly feel fond of being under someone else's control."
Naruto knew that not everyone would be swayed so easily, Sinestro was one of those people. "Think about it, there's no doubt that we will eventually clash with the Justice League, which includes green lantern, over who's method truly works best. You don't have to decide now, but think about what you can do on the outside alongside us." Naruto says as he leaves.
He knows that he hates green lantern and is hoping that his hate of him will sway him over. If not, then he's going to have to 'convince' him through a display of power. Having said his piece that will surely have Sinestro reconsidering he left with his camo already on.
He henged some regular clothing onto himself and put his glasses on and walked around DC, having noticed that someone was following him when he left the building. He continued walking until he came across an unfinished construction area and walked inside. The building itself had been finished but the insides still needed to have some final touches done.
"Alright, unless you want me to force you out I suggest you come on out." He called out to seemingly no one. Out of the shadows came out none other than Cheshire.
"How did you find me?" Naruto asked. He had left the building while invisible.
"It was a bit tricky, I noticed some objects moving when there was no one there and my mask has a thermal vision so after turning that on I followed your heat signature." She explains.
Well that answered that question, but there was still another. "So what is it you need from me?"
"My leader Ra's Al Ghul wishes to speak with you." She says. Ra's wanted to meet with him? He couldn't say that he wasn't curious they did have some similar goals. Perhaps he'd humor the man.
"When?"
Cheshire reached into her robe and pulled out a slip of paper and handed it to him. "Meet at this location in Gotham in a 5 days. I will meet up with you there and take you to him."
"Very well, I'll be there." She nods and disappears into the shadows once more. He glances at the paper and memorized the location that was marked. As he doing this his phone vibrated. Pulling it out he knew saw it was Killer Frost. "She must be done." He said to himself and answered.
-With Frost after being dropped off-
After Ashura had dropped her at her apartment she went to her old room and grabbed a small duffle bag and placed her blue one piece and boots in it. She changed into regular black jeans and blue shirt along with some regular sneakers and headed out. Though before she left she made sure to put on the glasses Ashura had given her.
She still wondered how people didn't recognize her all because of some glasses. It's not like they were magic or anything. Shaking her head, she started walking down the street. She knew that Poison Ivy had her own garden underneath Gotham. Though the only way for one to reach it would be through the sewers.
She walked down a specific path for about twenty minutes. Along the way she couldn't help but roll her eyes at the men that would shamelessly ogle her as she walked by. She was tempted to freeze them but knew that her new boss wouldn't be happy about it.
Finally, she reached a residential area and found the man hole she was looking for. Taking a quick look around she stomped her foot over the lid and froze a piece of it allowing her to break enough for a handle.
She picked it up and headed down the ladder being sure to put the lid back on the top. She walked through the piping making sure to freeze pieces of water to not actually get her shoes wet. She knew she was getting close when more and more plant life began to show up along the walls.
She was glad that she was getting near as she was disgusted that Ivy would be down here. She didn't even know why Ashura wanted Ivy, but she wasn't in a position to question him. She found the Botanist sitting on a makeshift throne made out of plants. Ivy wore a green one-piece suit similar to her own along with light green pantyhose and green boots. Her red hear was left flowing down her back.
As she approached she found herself wrapped up in plants trying to squeeze her. She wasn't fazed, she merely allowed the plants to freeze before breaking them. No sooner had more started to try and ensnare her.
"Killer Frost, what a pleasant surprise." Says Ivy as she watches amused as her babies tried to capture the ice woman.
"Yeah, yeah, can you call these fucking plants? They're annoying me." She says scowling, her patience running thin.
Ivy frowns at what she had called her babies but still calls them off. "What do you want? No one has heard from you since you broke out of Arkham."
Dusting herself off and giving one last glare at the plants she looks back at Ivy. "I didn't bust out, my new boss got me out." She clarified.
This was new news to Ivy. "New boss? Don't tell me you're working for someone like the Penguin or Dent."
Frost scoffs "As if I'd be working for those two morons. I'm working for Ashura."
Well now this was interesting. Ivy had heard that he had left the Justice League but to think he'd be the one to break into Arkham and bust Killer Frost out surprised her.
"Ashura." She started before lightly smiling "Now that is the perfect male specimen." She drawled out slowly. Frost narrowed her eyes at the woman.
"He's a little young for you don't you think?" Frost shot back taking a jab at the 28-year-old. Ivy frowned before she was hit with realization. She knew the tone of voice the woman had used.
"Not at all, It's my understanding that young men love older women." She replied keeping an eye on the ice villain. She was pleased when she felt the air get colder knowing she was getting under her skin. She held up her hands in surrender and lightly laughed.
"Now, now, don't worry I won't try and seduce your little love interest, but I am wondering what exactly it is you want." She finished seriously.
"Ashura created his own group and sent me here to recruit you. He says the Justice League has failed to properly protect the citizens of the world by refusing to get their hands dirty. Says he won't make that mistake so he's gathering a select few to join him." She explained crossing her arms.
"And why does he want me to join? And what do I get out of this?" Ivy was interested in what she was hearing but wanted to know exactly why she was being sought out.
"Your power can be useful. You can create toxins to render people immobile and can use your plants to do your bidding. As what you can get out of this, protection, pay, a place to live, I can even talk Ashura into letting you build a greenhouse in the back yard.
And it's no surprise you hate the joker for how he treats Harley Quinn, you'd get a shot at killing him once and for all and setting your friend free. So how about it?" She asks
That actually sounded good, all of it not just the killing the joker part. She could start her own greenhouse above ground and get out of this sewer. She had her answer, thought she was curious about something.
"And if I refuse?"
Killer Frost smiled, though it wasn't a pleasant one. It was one that promised pure pain. "Then Ashura or I will kill you the next time you're out committing a crime."
Well that answers that. "Looks like I'm going with the first choice then." She says. She waves her hands and the plants retract, soon leaving nothing but a regular sewer pipe.
"Good choice" Frost says as she reaches in her pocket. She takes out her phone and dials.
"Hey, mission accomplished. Yeah I'm underground near the nice residential over on 5th ave." She hangs up the phone and turns to the plant woman.
"He'll be here in a minute."
Ivy nods. "Speaking of this team, who's a part of it?"
"Ashura, me, Deathstroke, T.O. Morrow, and now you. Though he's got a meeting with Deadshot today." She says. Ivy, just like her was shocked that he had managed to get Deathstroke to work with him.
They heard steps and looked over and sure enough Ashura had come through. "Hello Ivy, glad you decided to join us." He said as he shook her hand.
Taking one look over at Frost she couldn't resist a chance to torment the younger woman. She walked closer to him and rubbed a finger up across his arm. "Oh believe me I'm glad I joined too."
"Damn it's cold in here." Ashura commented "Come on let's go." He grabbed both of them and they left the same way he showed up, through the hole he had made in the ground with a TSB.
The three arrived back at base in about an hour. Having two people really slowed him down.
"Nice place." Comments Ivy as she looks around the area. "Thank you, this place will be your new home from now on so please try and make yourself comfortable."
"Killer Frost mentioned to me that you wouldn't be against the idea of me having a greenhouse in the backyard." She comments to him. Naruto glances over at Killer Frost as they walk and notices her gaze is still straight.
"It's fine. Frost show her where the rooms are and let her pick one." As they head upstairs he goes down to the main base.
"Ah, Ashura glad you're back." Deathstroke was leaning casually against a wall "We've been waiting for you." The man nods in the direction or Morrow. Looking over he saw a man with a mask on showing only one of his eyes. The other having a red sight over it. He had a pair of dark earphones over the mask covering his ears and a black and red jacket.
The mercenary Deadshot was here.
Back in the Watchtower the League was having another meeting. It seemed that they've been having a lot of those these days.
"Earlier today a building in DC was destroyed." Batman showed footage of the building blowing up. "All eight heroes that were occupying the Hall of Justice headed out to investigate after reports of a strange person were reported.
Once the fire was out and the man was nowhere to be found they came back and found the unconscious body of Green Arrow."
Superman stepped forward and spoke out "We checked through the whole building and nothing seemed to be tampered with, nothing was stolen, and no one was killed. This was a premeditated assault."
Batman took over once more. "Whether they meant to draw Green Arrow out or not is unclear but the first step was most likely to capture one of the heroes. Then the explosion to draw the attention elsewhere, and finally, entering the building. I'm going to be going over surveillance camera's from all over the city to see what I can find.
Someone is directly trying to get our attention, be on guard." He left the meeting room and needed to go to the Batcave. Something wasn't right here.
So I'm going to stop the chapter there. Poison Ivy has been recruited and finds amusement in getting under Killer Frost's skin and Sinestro has initially turned down the invite. Deadshot is here and Cheshire made contact with Naruto. If you have any potential recruits you'd like to see don't hesitate to say them. Anyways if you guys have any other suggestions for the story feel free to leave them in a review or PM me. Later.