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A/N: The Shinobi poll of if Naruto should get a Devil Fruit or not is up and will stay up until the 1st (Jan 2023) so make sure you vote if Naruto should have one or not, The choices are of course Yes. Or No, his jutsu and Sage chakra/mode are enough plus no time to really train with it.
OK, here's a Christmas present for you all, an update of all my stories. I did think of doing this tomorrow (24th) But figured you all would be busy with company, or going to visit family yourself and decided to do it tonight instead.
So I hope you all have a safe Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or whatever you celebrate, and if I don't update a story you'll read by then (I'll try to get Shinobi up before the 31, and the next Hero Rising will be on the 30th.) I hope you have a safe and Happy New Year.
Beta: Chaos-PSD.
Chapter LXV: The Ninja-Verse Part I.
Last Time.
The building glowed as it started to rise before going down to see that Inferno caught Ghost. Later, after taking pictures with them, Naruto bid the two goodbye before hearing Kurama. "Think her powers work on her chest and ass?"
"Of course, you'd go there."
"Like you weren't thinking the same thing."
Next Day Tri-Carrier.
Shinobi appeared on top of the carrier to see his new team with Spider-Man and Cho out of his suit with Ka-Zar as well as Dagger. She ran to him to explain Cloak was stuck in the turbines as he saw Taskmaster with Goblin and Vulture flying to the other carrier as it started to split. "I'll get Cloak, Spider-Man, go after Taskmaster." Doing so, Naruto looked at the blades before looking at Venom. "Can you slow them down?"
Nodding Venom shot black tendrils to slow the blades as Naruto dropped down, turned, and threw a tri-pronged kunai before falling and appearing with Cloak. "OK, if you're up for it, let's get the villains," Naruto said before seeing Beetle, Doc Ock, and Scorpion before attacking them.
Later, Spider-Man was explaining that Goblin escaped with the Siege Perilous. Naruto looked at his old and new team before Fury spoke up. "There's not enough room here for both your teams so I figured you can use a place of your own." Fury then brought a hologram of a skyscraper building by the water with a base around it. "The Triskelion, S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters."
"Then Teams… Welcome to S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy." Naruto said, turning to the teams.
Now.
New York, Morning Old Heli-Carrier.
Shinobi and Spider-Man swam down to the old base after spending several days tracking Goblin. They dropped into an air duct and came to see Goblin talking to Electro in his new form. The Siege Perilous was floating in front of them as a map of the universe spun around them "You want me to believe that this is a doorway to other worlds?" Electro asked pointing at the Siege Perilous
"This thing, Electro, is the Siege Perilous. A mystical key allowing us to enter universes parallel to our own." Goblin explains picking the Siege Perilous up as the map disappeared. "Picture the possibilities. I'm talking about parallel worlds. And Spider-Men.
"More than one Spider-Man? He's the last guy I want to see." Electro shrugged and went to leave.
Only for Goblin to touch the Siege Perilous on his back and sucked him in and created a blue portal. He got on his glider and went to go through before Spider-Man attacked having both go through.
"Spider-Man!" Naruto yelled before running just as the portal closed.
And went into another one on his left as the other two went to the right. "(Sigh) Where the hell is this go-" He stopped as the portal opened and he went through it
New York, Earth-199999.
"-ING AAH!"
Naruto fell from a story off the ground and hit a trash can. "(Groan!) Son of a bitch!"
Standing up he rolled his right arm before seeing a Caucasian woman with black hair walk into a building. She's wearing a gray scarf, leather jacket, and blue jeans with black boots.
"Is that Jess?" Naruto asked, remembering running into a PI several times.
She was followed by a Caucasian man with short brown hair, and stubble wearing a brown suit, circular red sunglasses, and holding a white cane.
"Matt?"
Naruto sighed before taking off his mask and quickly ran over as there wasn't anyone on the street to see Matt grab the woman. "Murdock!"
"We need to leave now."
"If you grab me like that again, I'll punch you so hard, you'll see."
"Am I interrupting something?"
The two turned to Naruto before Jessica's eyes widened. "Shinobi? Why are you here? And are you younger? Why the hell are you in a new costume?"
"… What?"
"Look, Jess, I've been here before," Matt said to her, having Jess turn her attention to him.
"Why are you following me?"
"And you're in serious danger," Matt said, scoffing.
"What kind of lawyer are you?" She asked as he just stared.
"This case you took, it's leading you toward something truly sinister."
"Okay, you are the most full-of-shit lawyer I've ever met, and I think we should appreciate the magnitude of that statement."
"Let's talk about this somewhere else," Matt said in a whisper.
"Let's talk about it never. Unless you wanna tell me how a blind man moves the way you do."
"Oh, so you two don't know each other then?" Naruto asked, having the two look at him. "Jess, you're super strong and Matt here can still see in a way with his other senses being well, almost Superman level." Suddenly, Matt turned his head. "What?"
"Gunshot."
"Where?"
"In the penthouse."
"Let's go!" Naruto put his mask on as Matt took Jess' scarf.
"I need that." He took his glasses off and put them on over his head covering the top part of his face.
He and Naruto walked to the stairwell and walked in the door before seeing a man blocking the door with a cart of carpets. They jumped on it and ran past the man before going up the stairs. They got to the top floor before going out to the hall to get to another stairwell for the penthouse floor and had another cart blocking the stairs.
They then placed one hand on it to quickly vault over it before going up the stairs and into the hall where the elevator by them opened to show Jessica. "You look like an asshole."
"It's your scarf," Matt said with a shrug as they walked down the hall.
"He's got you there," Naruto said as he walked beside her before being flipped off.
And had a muscular African-American man burst through the wall with another in a suit. He's wearing a black jacket over a yellow T-shirt, and jeans. He's bald and has a mustache-goatee combo.
"Luke?" Jess asked as Naruto turned to the man.
"Luke Cage?"
An Asian man in a suit walked out before a Caucasian man with short curly blonde hair and stubble also wearing a gray suit walked out. "Danny?"
Danny looked at Naruto and raised an eyebrow. "Look, we have to get out of here."
"Who's he?" Jess asked Luke as they started to walk down the hall. Matt stayed still.
"Long story. Who are they?"
"For me, I'm Shinobi from a different universe," Naruto said before Matt spoke.
"Wait. There's someone else coming. Something else."
A woman wearing a red ninja-like outfit with black pants, red knee-high boots, and shoulder-length gloves turned the corner twirling a katana.
"Who's that?"
"Bad news. We gotta go." Jessica said before turning to see another group of men with retractable batons.
"My luck sucks!" Naruto yelled before taking his tonfas out and flipped him against his forearms.
The group ran at him, having Jessica throw one away as another ran past her into Naruto who brought his forearm down on the man's collarbone before hitting the side of his head. Naruto looked up to see Luke throw another man against the wall as Danny ran ahead, and put his right foot on the wall to kick off to punch another man.
Naruto then glanced back to see Matt get hit through a glass wall by the woman before he heard fighting as the others started to knock out more men that ran before Naruto went to the elevator just as it opened having another man come out. And was hit by the long end of Naruto's tonfa before Naruto hit him in the back of the head with the other forcing him onto the floor.
He then walked into the elevator and repeatedly pressed the open door button as the others jogged over and walked in.
"Who are you, people?" Danny asked as the door closed.
Later, the group went into a closed Chinese restaurant having the owner look at them. He informed them that he was closed, as Matt and Jess dimmed all the lights they could, barracked the doors with furniture, and closed the blinds to the outside windows. Danny spoke to the owner to convince him to let them stay in the restaurant.
Cage and Jones briefly conversed with one another, asking about their condition and their lives since their last meeting. Murdock soon approached them and questioned their friendship with one another. Rand, too, came forth and informed them that they were allowed to stay, admitting that he promised to pay their rent.
"So…" Naruto said getting their attention before taking off his mask and having the other's eyes widen. "What's the plan?" He asked before the waiters brought out plates at a table.
"What is that?" Luke asked, seeing the plates.
"Oh. Um, as, uh… as part of the deal, he made me order four of everything." Danny replied as Naruto shrugged and walked to the table
"We're not here to eat," Luke said as Naruto turned to him.
"So you're not hungry? We could be here all night as far as you'd know."
"Uh, are those pork?" Danny asked, pointing to a plate by Naruto.
"No, they're shrimp."
"Oh."
"Oh. This guy's got pork." Matt said as another cook walked out with two plates having Danny walk up.
"Ah, great!"
"God, you're weird," Jess said to Matt as they walked over before Danny started explaining.
"The Hand is an ancient criminal organization."
"Define ancient," Luke spoke before Danny looked over mouth full.
"They live forever."
"You wanna try that again?"
"(Sigh,) easiest explanation is they're like the League of Assassins from comics," Naruto explained eating another mouthful.
"They live by a fanatical ideology, and every member is willing to die to protect it," Matt explained, walking over and looking down.
"So they're terrorists?" Luke asked as Naruto shook his head.
"No Luke. Terrorists want the world to know what they're doing. This is something more secret, more evil. At least in my world."
"And they're global." Danny finished holding a dumpling.
"How do you know my name?" Luke asked the ninja who looked up.
"In my world, I'm training you and Danny to be heroes… You're also graduating high school now… And you still have hair."
Jessica snorted at that before Luke looked at Danny. "So what do they do?"
Danny shrugged at that. "Everything."
"Including the recruitment of young men in Harlem?"
"Possibly," Naruto spoke up, taking a drink. "You get the young kids when they think being in the group would be better isn't too much of a stretch.
"They're in New York for a reason, but I don't know why." Danny shook his head after Naruto spoke.
"What do you mean, "fanatical ideology"?"
"Gonna sound crazy-"
"What do they want?"
"Immortality."
"See?" Naruto asked, raising his hand. "Just like Ra's."
"They want power and influence at every level across the world," Danny explained before looking down. "And I think they want me."
"For your money?"
"No. I'm the Immortal Iron Fist."
"Come again?" Matt asked before Naruto stood to speak.
"Sworn protector of a city called K'un-Lun. Think of it like he's Captain America. They choose a protector every so often and give them powers to protect the city from those that want it or its secrets for themselves.
"So, who was the woman with the swords?" Luke asked as Danny shook his head.
"Look, I'm not sure, but I fought her in Cambodia."
"Yeah, and she showed up at my doorstep," Jessica replied hands on her hips.
"She's the one that came after your client?" Matt asked, looking over.
"Yeah. Why? Do you know her?"
"No."
"Well, she sure knew what she was doing."
"The Hand trains fighters to be merciless. But whoever she was, man, she was something else." Danny explained as Matt sighed.
"This is a mistake. I gotta go."
"Where?" Naruto asked, looking at each one. "If this Hand is half as capable as the one I encounter, then they already know who you all are and have agents at not only your houses but friends and family waiting for you to get there. So either we help each other and stop them, or a lot of people will get hurt."
After a minute, Matt took off the scarf and handed it back to Jessica, "My name is Matthew."
They all then sat down as Matt explained he was Daredevil. "I heard he just disappeared," Luke said as Matt placed his hands on the table at his empty plate.
"That's not exactly how it happened."
"It just doesn't make any sense. What do you mean you're Daredevil?" Danny asked as Naruto looked up.
"Accident as a kid blinded him and gave him super senses."
"That's it?" Luke asked as Naruto smiled.
"He can tell you're lying by hearing your heartbeat, can hear you whisper through a soundproof door. Also has superhuman agility, reflexes, and balance. The one from my world has trained his body so well he can tip over a limo without effort."
Luke stayed silent as the others continued talking. "More importantly, it's a secret I keep not just for the sake of protecting myself, but also for the people that I love."
"Okay. I get that."
"Look, guys, we need to come up with some kind of plan here," Luke said before Jessica leaned over.
"The only plan is how do we get these people off our backs? Ideally, in a way that doesn't incriminate us."
"Incriminate us? What are you talking about?"
"None of us are on the police payroll. What we did back there was trespassing, aggravated assault, and vigilante bullshit."
"So there are no heroes here?" Naruto asked, leaning as well. "How do you know me then?"
"There's the Avengers but that's about it," Jessica explained before Matt shook his head.
"There are more people with powers, just the Government doesn't trust them very much."
"Guys, there's one cop I think we can trust. I think we should bring her in." Luke spoke up after eating some noodles as Matt sighed.
"No. You'd be putting her in danger. As will anyone who goes up against the Hand."
"And as for doing this any 'legal' way… Well, look, you saw what happened when we tried that." Danny explained as Naruto nodded.
"Yeah, it makes sense they'd have people high up in places too. Could have people in every law firm, as judges, or officers, we tell anyone who works on law and the Hand could be tipped off."
"I know firsthand that's true," Matt said. "Some dirty cops worked with Wilson Fisk."
"I promise you, you cannot fight these people. Not even with whatever it is your hand can do." Matt said as Naruto snorted.
"Please, I've fought people who had powers to be gods, some even claiming they were one… And he destroyed my village, almost as big as Manhattan in a second.
"And It's chi," Danny said after Naruto did.
"What I'm saying is, going at them head-on, that'll get you killed."
"Only if we do it alone." Danny raised his hands at that.
"No," Jessica said after a moment.
"Look, these people took everything from me. I'm gonna take them down, one way or another." Danny explained before Luke dropped his chopsticks.
"I wanted to help one kid. One family."
"I'm the first to admit when I'm in over my head, and this is way past my threshold," Jessica said as Naruto sighed and palmed his face with both hands.
"What are you talking about?" Danny asked before pointing to each of them. Bulletproof. Blind ninja. Avenger. Whatever it is you are. You are an Avenger right?"
"Yep, though I'm training younger heroes at the moment," Naruto replied before
"I tried being a one-man army, and it failed. But this… This feels like something else is at work here. The five of us show up to fight a criminal organization at the same moment? How obvious does it have to be? This… This cannot be an accident." Danny finished before Matt leaned forward.
"OK. I know you mean well, but we're not whatever you think we are. Alright? We're four very different people, and while we might all have been trying to do some good, we need to be rational about how we proceed…" He trailed off before looking to the back. "Oh, you gotta be kidding me."
They got up as Naruto put his mask on as the others stared at him. "… Force of habit." Naruto took it off as he saw an elderly blind man walk in holding a katana and missing his right hand.
And saw that he was also blind. "This... is one shitty excuse for a hideout."
"Stick," Matt spoke up with a sigh.
"Matty."
"Who the hell are you?"
"The guys who trained Matt," Naruto said as Stick chuckled.
"The guy that's gonna help you save New York." Stick then put the blade in the sheath on his back
"How did you find us, Stick?"
"He's one of them, aren't you?" Danny asked Stick as he walked over to them.
"The Hand?"
"No. There's another organization." Danny said as Stick turned to them to speak.
"We call ourselves the Chaste."
"Ugh! These names are killing me." Jessica groaned before Stick continued.
"And we're the only reason the Hand hasn't already won the war. We follow the elders of K'un-Lun… and the Immortal Iron Fist." He finished bowing slightly at Danny.
"The Chaste is my army?"
"Was. They're all dead now. Everyone, except me."
"How come no one told me?" Danny asked, pointing at himself.
"There are things I don't know."
"Why are you here, Stick?" Matt asked, hand on the table.
"Because this one, the Immortal Iron Fist, living weapon and protector of the ancient city…" Stick walked to Danny and reached into his jacket to pull out a cell phone. "Is still a thundering dumbass. New rules, kid. Shit like that… Will get you killed." He finished dropping the phone and stepped on it.
"I tried to call Colleen. I told her where I was. Where is she?" Danny asked Stick.
"Safer than we are. Small mistakes. Personal ties. These are what they'll use to end you."
"What happened to your hand?"
"Ah, I cut it off to free myself. Now, I need your help." Stick replied, having Matt chuckle.
"Yeah, here it comes."
"Here what comes?" Luke asked him, having Matt look over.
"This is what he does."
"How do you know him again?"
"You saw me fighting? I learned it from him." Matt replied to Jessica's question.
"You're a blind lawyer, you're Daredevil, and you're a member of the Chaste?"
"No, uh-uh. I never joined his war. Hey, Stick, you and I need to talk." Matt looked over at Stick before turning to walk away.
"Anything you gotta say, you say in front of us."
"This is between me and him."
"Hey, we are all in danger."
"I don't know you very well, Mr. Cage, you seem like a good guy, so trust me when I tell you that with this old man, nothing is sacred."
"Already sounding like a team," Naruto commented before Stick looked at him.
"Don't I know you?"
"Maybe this world's me, I'm Shinobi."
"Ah, one of those heroes in tights that stopped that robot recently."
"Again, I'm from a different world."
"Kid, it's not just one of us this time. It's the whole goddamn city we're talking about." Stick turned to Matt at that, having the lawyer sigh.
"We're talking about their lives, Stick. We're talking about the lives of their loved ones.
"Those tremors that shook up the place, they're nothing compared to what comes next. The Hand's done it Before. Pompeii, Chernobyl. Events the history books like to call catastrophes, just cover-ups. 'Cause New York is next. And the only thing keeping Manhattan from crumbling to a pile of dust… Is the four, well five of you."
"Alright, I am done with this tin-foil-hat shit," Jessica said, turning to walk.
"Whoa, where are you going?"
"I tried to hang in, guys. I did. But whatever this guy's selling, I ain't buying."
"Jessica, I told you they have agents at every house and business you ever set foot in even if just once to either take your friends, family or you if you show up so sit down and shut the hell up! Because if you walk out of that door now, people will die." Naruto said as she scoffed and turned.
"Prove to me you're a hero." Naruto continued having her stop. "And not Killgore's puppet. Helping people will help wash that guilt away."
She then left before Luke walked out after her. After several minutes, he then walked back in and sat down as Stick spoke. "Nobody knows when it started. Centuries ago. Millennia. It doesn't matter. But a long time ago, the elders of K'un-Lun gathered to study how to harness their chi. The energy of life itself. They wanted to use it to heal. But there were five heretics among them, people with darker intentions."
"They didn't want to heal. They wanted immortality. Power. To never face death. To regenerate themselves again and again. The elders saw this as an aberration. And so, like Lucifer from heaven, the five were banished from K'un-Lun forever. They became the five fingers of the Hand."
"I came face-to-face with a woman at Midland Circle. She said she was the Hand." Danny said from his seat.
"She's had a lot of names throughout the years. In my lifetime, Alexandra. And she's led them since the beginning." Stick continued his explanation. "When they dispersed, they all went back to their mother countries, each finger ruling over its domain. Growing in power and influence."
"Madame Gao?" Danny asked, having Stick nod.
"She's one."
"She helped set up my parents' murder." Danny leaned forward and sighed.
"She set up a lot of murders. Then there's Sowande, African warlord, gunrunner, you name it."
"The one I followed," Luke spoke up from his seat before Stick looked over.
"Don't follow too closely. With a couple of moves, he'll slow your pulse till your heart fails. Then there's Bakuto."
"He's dead," Danny interjected. "At least the last time I saw him."
"Oh! Finally, some good news.
"Who's the last one?" Matt asked Stick and had him continue.
"Murakami. The guy who pulled the strings behind Nobu. Maybe the most secretive, but when he comes out… An evil piece of shit."
"It's nothing we can't handle together," Danny said as Matt leaned forward.
"That's great, Stick, but why are you here? What are you expecting us to do about it? Don't bullshit me. I know when you're lying."
"Maybe you should just back off a bit," Danny said from his seat. "In the past few minutes, he's given me more information than I ever got from K'un-Lun."
"If he's like the Stick the Matt from my world told me, he's right to be distrustful… The Stick from my world's OK with killing kids if it helps him with his mission." Naruto spoke up as Matt nodded
"He did that not too long ago. You don't get second chances with these people, all right? If you're not careful, the next thing you know, you're dead. Or worse, you're holding the people you love the most in the world and… You get the privilege of watching them die. All right, maybe this city is at stake. Maybe this fight is Important. I get that. I'm just saying, imagine knowing for the rest of your life, you only made it worse by Getting involved. Jesus."
Matt got up and walked to the window after speaking.
Later, Danny was eating, propping his feet up on another chair and showing dirty sneakers. "How are you still hungry?" Luke asked as Danny smiled.
"It takes a lot of energy to summon my chi…" Luke stared at him before Danny continued. "What? Come on, you've seen It in action. Twice now."
"I liked it better on my side of the fight and not the side of my face.
"Yeah, me too," Danny said, taking another bite.
"Don't get too used to it."
"What? We make quite a team."
"Oh, let's not use that word," Luke said as Naruto walked over.
"Believe it or not you do… You two are probably the tightest on my team… Besides me and my girl that is."
"You're dating a student?"
"We're both 18," Naruto replied, putting his plate down before seeing Matt looking out the window.
Nodding to Danny he got up and had the owner and waters go out the back door before walking over to see a van out at the corner, lights on. "You think it's them?"
"It's hard to tell."
"How'd they find us?"
"It was a matter of time," Stick spoke up before Naruto looked at Matt. "Who's inside?"
"Weapons. A couple of guns, fully loaded."
"How about the woman with the swords?"
"I don't know. I can't... I can't tell."
"You fight with a weapon?" Naruto asked Matt who nodded.
"Modified billy club now."
"Then the same." Naruto opened a pouch on his arm and pulled out a small scroll. He then unsealed a metal black billy club. "I try to keep extra weapons in case we all gotta fight without our costumes."
"Well, I'll be goddamned," Stick spoke, having them turn to see a woman sitting at a table at the back.
"This wouldn't be my first choice, but I am a sucker for fortune cookies. You know, I thought it would be a good idea if we all talked this over… Like adults."
Stick walked over to the woman before speaking. "What do you want?"
"You surprised me, Stick. You've become so resourceful in your old age." She said standing and walking to Stick.
"What have you become in yours?" He asked as the others walked over, Naruto readying his tonfas.
"Determined. Mr. Rand, I'm sorry your exit from our meeting was so abrupt."
"You tried to kill us."
"Oh, them maybe. Not you." She said to Danny as she walked to him. "My organization has always had a great deal of respect for the protector of K'un-Lun."
"Your respect means nothing to me. My only purpose is to take you down."
"Something you've repeatedly failed to do. Perhaps it's time to consider some alternatives."
"They didn't have me," Naruto spoke before she looked at him.
"You look like that one Avenger… Are they getting involved?"
"I'll be surprised if they don't if you go too far."
"What do you want Alexandra?" Stick asked, having her look over.
"The same thing I've always wanted. To bring light into the dark. To bring life where there is death."
"For all your talk of life, you sure kill a lot of people," Luke said from his spot.
"I don't think we've been properly introduced."
"Let's keep it that way." He said, crossing his arms.
"I can see you've formed a kind of bond here. And while that might give you some comfort, I promise you, it's temporary. They will disappoint you." Alexandra said to Danny who stared at her.
"They haven't yet."
"They will not make you stronger. And if I might give you some advice, the more connections you have, the easier it will be to break you."
"What do you want to do with him?" Stick asked her as she glanced back.
"Well, I can't disclose that. But I'll tell you what I'm willing to do for him. I'll assemble all the resources my organization has to offer. You remember the last time all the fingers of the Hand came together, don't you, Stick?"
"A goddamn culling."
"Hmm. And New York is so densely populated."
"What are you talking about doing?" Danny asked as Naruto walked up.
"That they plan to kill all of New York."
"Think of how many lives you can save if you just come with me," Alexandra said with a smile
"What do you want?"
"Kid, don't even think about it," Stick said as Naruto nodded.
"Yeah, they still plan to kill the State… I'm good at telling how people feel and I'm great at reading their faces. She's lying when saying that last part."
"Mr. Rand… You need to think this through." She said as Luke narrowed his eyes.
"And you need to leave… Now."
"Oh, they're just like you, old man. The only language they speak is violence."
Crack!
Suddenly the door was kicked in before the woman from the building walked in wearing a long black coat and holding two katanas.
"Go on, my child," Alexandra said, walking over to her. "Serve life itself."
She walked out as the others got ready to fight the woman before a car crashed through the window and hit the woman. Jessica walked through the wreckage and looked at the others before walking to stand with them. "Who missed me?" She asked as the woman got up to stare at the group.
The woman ran over as an Asian man holding tonfas dropped down. "Who's this?" Danny asked before Naruto turned the man to hit him upside the hide with his left tonfa and then again with the right.
Naruto then spun one to have the grip hook around the man's head and brought him down on his knee before spinning to hit him again. The man spun and flipped before hitting the floor and had Naruto drop his knee down knocking him out. "Someone who needs a hospital."
Meanwhile, Jessica and Luke fought the woman dodging her swipes. After a minute of fighting, the woman ran off as Naruto looked to see a group of men walking up holding guns with silencers on them. "Get down!"
All but Luke dived down as the men opened fire at the shop. "Now it's a goddamn party," Stick said from being a beam.
"Who are these people?"
"They want Danny."
"Then why the fuck are they shooting?" Naruto asked from behind the counter. "Screw it!" Naruto reached into another pouch and pulled out a grenade and tossed it out. It beeped before tasers shot out of it hitting each man and knocking them unconscious.
Matt ran to the woman and tackled her out of the room as an elderly Asian woman was outside.
"Get over here, guys!" Stick said from the back exit as Naruto created a wall to block the reinforcements. Once outside they saw Matt looking around before going into a manhole. "Smells like shit. It's our only way out."
Dojo.
An Asian woman in a black coat and pants punched a punching bag before looking back to see Danny running in.
"Danny!" She ran over to hug him.
"Man, am I glad to see you."
"Where've you been?"
"I'll explain everything, but first... We have company." He said walking to the window.
"Company?" She asked, turning to see Luke walking in with an African-American man on his shoulder followed by the others. "Hey! Whoa!"
"I said I'd bring him back," Stick said to her as the others stopped in the middle of the room.
"What happened?"
"The Hand attacked us," Danny explained looking out a window.
"How do you know they didn't follow you here?" She asked before Matt spoke.
"We're clear."
"What?"
"No place we land will stay safe for long," Stick said as the woman walked to look out as well.
"We can't keep running forever," Danny said walking to another window as Jessica looked at him.
"I'm not running, period."
"My company owns a building not far from here."
"We don't need another hideout. We just need for this to be over."
"You're oversimplifying it," Matt said to her, having Jess look over.
"Oh, am I?"
"Or am I the only one of us who isn't in this for a cheap thrill?"
"Jessica."
"And the last time we did have a plan, but this one left us to go fight that chick in the spandex," Jessica said pointing at Matt as Danny nodded.
"Yeah. Just like he did in Midland Circle."
"I made a mistake."
"Look, we got one of their guys," Naruto said, getting their attention. "Let's see what we can find out."
Later, they had the man tied up to a chair blindfolded in an abandoned theater, "How long do you think he'll be out?" Danny asked before Jessica looked up.
"Not much longer."
"How do you know?"
"Because this is happening." She replied, punching the man awake.
"What are you doing in New York?" Naruto asked, leaning down.
"There's nothing you can do to make me betray my own."
"I'm up for the challenge."
"Don't bother. The fingers were cast out of K'un-Lun. Which means he trained with the same monks that raised him." Stick said finishing with a point at Danny.
"So?"
"They put us through brutal trials," Danny explained as the man smiled.
"It's called discipline."
"It means he won't crack," Colleen said as he stared down. "Not by force."
"You know nothing of the power of the Hand. You are mice who fell into a well. Believe me, this will drown you."
"What do you want with our city?" Matt asked as he stood behind the man.
"Your city? This place belongs to the Hand. It always has." The man smiled as he moved his head around.
"What do you mean, 'always'?" Luke asked before Jessica looked over.
"I traced it back to 1820."
"That's all?"
"Why do you want Danny Rand?" Naruto asked the man.
"Nothing you can do can make me serve you. Do you understand?" Danny asked after Naruto spoke.
"Do I understand? You are the dumbest Iron Fist yet." The man chuckled as Danny narrowed his eyes.
"Tell me what you want with me."
"We want the Fist. You are nothing. Danny Rand failed an entire city. The place he was sworn to protect. The same way the unbreakable one let that boy die in a jail cell. Afraid and alone. The same way the woman couldn't save the architect. What's wrong? Have I gotten in your head the same way he did long ago?" The man asked before Luke held Jessica back as Naruto took his energy knife and stabbed the man's knee, making him groan.
"Low blow, even for a piece of shit like you."
"(Groan!) What about the ones you still love? What will become of them once you are gone? Who else must die because of you?" The man asked as Luke looked over.
"What are you talking about?"
"The nurse. The woman on the radio. They'll come for them next. How many mice must drown with you?" He asked as Naruto sighed then punched him in the face with a red chakra-covered fist sending him back several feet, blood dripping from his mouth, and knocked out.
"He talked too much. Go to the ones he talked about and move them somewhere safe."
Later, after getting the people to a precinct, Naruto looked to see Matt had his glasses on. He then turned to see Stick taking Sowande's blindfold off. "I was wondering when I'd see you again." He said to Stick who moved to stand in front.
"Me, too," Stick replied before waving his hand over his face. "Guess it won't be today."
"That army you used to fight alongside… The Chaste. They captured me once. This was years ago. Long before you were born. I had been captive for three days when they heard my soldiers approach. The fortress fell silent. The gates remained locked. The Chaste couldn't comprehend it. But the soldiers outside were following my orders. They sealed the gates, and allowed no one in or out."
"On the third day, your soldiers turned on each other. By the fourth, they'd run out of water. By the sixth, no food. I believe it was the tenth day that they knelt before me. Begging to make it stop."
"Well… if I kneel before you right now, shithead, will you shut up?" Stick asked in sarcasm.
"It won't be long before your plan comes apart. Before this chair I'm in becomes a throne."
"I've heard that many, many times in my life."
They turned to see Naruto walking up. "Anyone I was able to beat, some having the power of leveling cities as big as New York with a flick of their wrists. One who couldn't die but inflicted the injuries he got on the one that attacked him. And another who was immortal by stealing the organs of his victims to survive for close to 100 years... I beat him in one move myself. Your little band of misfits doesn't come close."
Later, Naruto saw Matt was in his hero outfit, a red and black armored suit and cowl with horns on it.
"The scarf looked better."
He turned to see Jess walking in and looked at Daredevil. "Nice ears."
"They're horns."
He walked out holding his red metal billy club before having it detach in the middle and threw it revealing wire as the end wrapped around Sowande's neck and pulled it taught. "So cool," Danny said looking at the weapon.
"I mean, it's... it's kind of cool." Luke said from beside him as Daredevil spoke while walking slowly as the wire wound back in the end.
"I'm gonna make this real simple. You're gonna answer our questions or shit's gonna get dark in here."
"What do they call you? The Devil of Hell's Kitchen?" Sowande asked with a slight struggle. "Even if you could kill me, it wouldn't make a difference. Cut off a finger… you can still use your hand. We will win. We have armies. We have our weapon."
"We have a Hulk." The others stared at Naruto who shrugged. "Again, a force of habit."
"Let's talk about your weapon. What did you do to her? What did you do to Elektra?"
"Elektra?" Sowande asked, looking at Daredevil who tightened the wire as he got closer.
"Yeah. You dug up her grave. And what did you turn her into?" Daredevil asked the man who looked at him.
"The body you knew was merely a vessel, waiting for its purpose. She's ours now."
"If she's your vessel… Why hasn't she killed me yet? Twice now, she could've taken my life, but she hasn't. Why do you think that is? Huh? Your weapon is defective." Daredevil said to Sowande as he got in front of him.
"Then she will be destroyed."
Daredevil pulled the wire tight as he put his boot to Sowande's chest and tipped the chair back. "Not on my watch."
"Hey, stop. You can't undo this." Jessica walked over only to be stopped by Naruto.
"They come back to life at the very least we'll have one less to deal with for the time being."
"Admit it. Elektra's still in there. You failed." Daredevil spoke as Sowande looked at him.
"You're the one who failed. Elektra died on a rooftop in your arms because you couldn't protect her."
Daredevil screamed and dropped Sowande and his club before turning to walk away as Sowande fell on his back. "Shit."
"Is he dead?" Danny asked Stick who checked Sowande's pulse.
"Eh, unfortunately, no. Passed out. I think it's time to tell them the truth, kid."
Daredevil took off his gloves and cowl at that. "I was willing to work with you. But how can I trust you?" Danny asked as they walked over.
"I still trust him," Naruto said walking over.
"Her name is Elektra. She was raised by him. Trained to fight the Hand." Matt explained pointing at Stick who walked over.
"Which she did, with me."
"Until they convinced themselves she could serve another purpose and killed her."
"She looked pretty alive back there," Jess said as Naruto stopped by her.
"And the guy Danny said was dead is alive again, they have means of coming back to life."
"I was holding her when she died," Matt said looking down.
"Elektra died," Stick said, getting their attention. "That thing we've been fighting, it's something else."
"She was resurrected." Danny mused as Luke looked at him before Matt nodded.
"Right."
"How come you didn't tell us?"
"Wait a minute. What do you mean, 'resurrected'?" Luke asked after Danny spoke
"His ex-girlfriend." Stick continued. "Now he thinks he can save her."
"That's why you nearly got us killed?" Luke asked as Matt sighed.
"When I said her name, she recognized it. She knew me. I think whatever they did when they resurrected her, I think I can get through to her."
"Okay, to be clear, we've now used the word "resurrected" three times," Jess said as Stick sighed.
"It's what they do."
"We agreed to put everything on the table, Matt," Danny said to Matt.
"If we're gonna defeat the Hand, we gotta take her out."
"No, Stick. I won't allow it."
"Do you know how hard this is to believe?" Luke asked as Sowande started stirring.
"It doesn't matter what you believe, at the end of the day… Whatever she is, she's a problem." Stick explained walking forward.
"Lying is a problem."
"I didn't wanna lie. I was trying to protect her."
"Well, I'm not," Luke said as Danny walked to Sowande. "Now the people I care about are held up in a precinct because you got me protecting some woman you used to know."
"Don't oversimplify it. I'm trying to help."
"The truth is simple, Murdock."
They heard fighting before turning to see Sowande get up and holding Danny with a shard of glass at his throat. "Don't move. Let's not kid each other. This is personal for every one of us. But now I have the Iron Fist. The key to what the Hand seeks. The key to life, to our salvation. The war is over."
He turned only for Stick to slice his head off. "Oh. Not yet."
Outside, Elektra was standing on a building as the wind blew before turning to walk away to a large apartment beside her. As she walked into it, she went to the bedroom and looked around before sitting on the bed and laid down.
To Be Continued.
A/N: Thanks for reading and let me know of any mistakes.
Beta: Chaos-PSD.
The Shinobi poll of if Naruto should get a Devil Fruit or not is up and will stay up until the 1st (Jan 2023) so make sure you vote if Naruto should have one or not, The choices are of course Yes. Or No, his jutsu and Sage chakra/mode are enough plus no time to really train with it.
Alright started the Multiverse Arc I'll try for at least 10k chapters so it wouldn't be too long. And as you can see I'm not doing a Naruto future, cartoon animal, Noir, genderbend, or Ultimate versions... Mainly as that's where Spider-Man went and I would like those to be 100% canon. And used the Netflix Defenders since it had Danny and Luke in it.
Any worlds/media you'd like to see feel free to send it
OK, here's a Christmas present for you all, an update of all my stories. I did think of doing this tomorrow (24th) But figured you all would be busy with company, or going to visit family yourself and decided to do it tonight instead.
So I hope you all have a safe Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or whatever you celebrate, and if I don't update a story you'll read by then (I'll try to get Shinobi up before the 31, and the next Hero Rising will be on the 30th.) I hope you have a safe and Happy New Year.
Again, the Next to be updated will hopefully be Shinobi but maybe Hero Rising next Friday.
Nothing else to say.
Talk To You Later,
Lone Wolf Out.🐺