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Author's Note: Hello everyone, here we are with the next chapter. Please read and review generously. I hope you all enjoy it. I thank all who have taken time out of their busy lives to review and favorite and follow; it all helps.

Now begins a small pre-season 1 arc that focuses on Black Manta and him going after Naruto. I hope you all enjoy it. It will be less than 10 chapters.

Also, I am humbled by your kind words in my previous story update. Please do not fear, I am planning another Naruto/House of the Dragon story and a Naruto/Game of Thrones Anthology series. You all and your kind words have motivated me to give it another try.

Without further ado, let us begin.

Chapter Seven- Vengeance and Parents

Sleep, the pleasure and joy of food, and the zest and zeal for life had eluded the man known as David Hyde. He was no longer the valiant pirate, the man who took no prisoners and killed whoever he pleased without a thought. No, he was a shell of a man, brought low by the death of his father at the hands of the one known as the "Aquaman."

David had never been beaten so badly in his life then on that day. Despite his experience, his weapons, his armor, his pride was crushed and he was duly humiliated by an individual who was beyond his reach. And to add insult to injury, he did not even take the fight seriously. He simply toyed with them and defeated them. David had to watch his father die and it filled him with rage.

The people who hired him, the Atlanteans who lived beneath the sea, the ones whose existence was the stuff of myths and fables, refused to help him get revenge. And he could not start a war with them, they were beyond his power and reach.

All he did now was train and train, sharpen his reflexes and hone his physique for a rematch that would never happen. Even if he trained for a thousand years, he was not confident that he could defeat the "Aquaman" in a life-or-death battle.

Lying on his bed, holding the knife that was once his grandfather's, passed to him from his father, David observed it as he wondered about its legacy. His grandfather was one of the stealthiest men in existence, so stealthy that he fought in the war and was given the name, "Manta". After the war, his country forgot about his service, and with this very knife and his wits, he carved out a living on the sea.

He threw the knife away, realizing he could never live up to such a reputation. As long as the "Aquaman" lived, he could never find peace and happiness. He could not rest knowing that man was still out there, living and breathing, and happy. How could he let his father's killer live in peace when he was robbed of it?

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Sleep eluded him once more as a spear was sent through his window, embedding itself into the wood. David woke up in alarm as he was greeted to silence. He walked out his home/workshop to see no one out there. When David walked back inside, he noticed there was a note attached to the spear.

He unfurled it to read its contents. The note was for him and it was from the same man who had hired him to make a mess near Atlantis. He wondered what the man wanted from him. He refused to help him before, so it seemed that something had changed.

The note had clearly stated that he would arrive tomorrow during the day to speak to him of a matter of grave importance. He was asked to hear him out and then make his decision regarding the matter.

David realized that this could either be a golden opportunity or a trap that was inviting to his doorstep meant to tie up a loose end. If that was the case, he would go down swinging. Perhaps, he would be able to meet his father in the afterlife and look him in his eyes if he did.

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David's eyes had opened from the sound of a knock on his doorstep. He had gotten up and grabbed his grandfather's knife and held it behind his back as he looked out his window. There was indeed a man, one man waiting outside his door. There were no guards, no soldiers, nothing out of the ordinary. Then again, he knew the man who hired him was not someone to be simply trifled with.

David calmly opened the door with a bored expression on his face as the man known as Orm Marius stood in front of him, in the flesh.

Orm was not wearing his ceremonial armor or even had his father's trident beside him. Orm chose something different to wear. David noticed the man's hair was slicked back. Orm also wore a suit, something extremely fancy and expensive, something that would cost the average man a great deal of money. The aura that Orm had extruded felt stuffy, regal, and aristocratic. David scoffed as he thought Orm came dressed for a grand business meeting on Wall Street.

"May I come in?"

Orm spoke calmly and politely as David let him in. Orm walked in like he owned the place and chose a seat as David simply shrugged.

"I would offer you something to eat or drink, but you won't be staying long. Say you peace and get the hell out."

Orm smiled. "And here I thought we are friends."

"You know very well we are not friends."

Orm nodded. "Yeah, that is true. I would never lower to myself to befriend a member of the surface."

David rolled his eyes. "Get on with it."

Orm smiled again. "Yet, I would make sure to do my research an on enemy. You know the saying you surface dwellers love to use, keep your friends close but your enemies closer."

"Wow, you can read. Isn't that nice?"

Orm continued to speak. "I did my research on you. Why all this hate for the one known as the Aquaman?"

David looked at him in anger. "I recall clearly telling you that he killed my father."

"Yeah, and?"

David clenched his fists in anger.

"Listen, you and your father are scum. You were pirates, glorified mercenaries for hire. You raided and pillaged and took what you desired without fail and without a care in the world. You ruined lives and you did it with a smile. I mean in your last raid, you killed someone for speaking against you."

David clenched his fists. "You make it sound like we are monsters."

Orm shrugged. "Well, you are. I am sure you and your father, if you truly wanted too, would have murdered everyone in that submarine like the murderous savages you are. Your father raised quite a fine man indeed. Why, I feel he deserves a medal for all his troubles. Oh, I forgot he died to the Aquaman. My sincerest apologies."

Orm gave a mocking bow as David stood there gritting his teeth. While he hated Orm with a passion, he could not do anything to hurt him and Orm knew that fact clearly. Orm's technology was greater than his. Not to mention the fact that he could kill him with a mere finger and walk away smelling like roses. The only thing he could do was grit his teeth and take it.

"You see, I had a father too. And he was a great man, better than yours. He was always meant for greatness and for rule. He was to marry my mother, but she ran away like a coward. She sullied herself with some surface dweller, and gave birth to my half-breed bastard of a brother."

"Of course, she never could truly run away. She was forced to return to her home, lest she desired a bloody, prolonged war with the surface. She married my father and gave birth to me. She was a good woman. Yet, she died as well. My father discovered her sins and executed her. Even my mother was a fool. She should never have sullied herself with a surface dweller and flout the traditions and rules of our home. In the end, she paid a terrible price for her actions."

The sheer venom and coldness in his voice unnerved David. David shook his head and realized that Orm was crazy, perhaps cruel. He and his father should have tried to understand who they were dealing with.

"Does this story have a point?"

"It does. The point is I love my parents, but they were fools. I loved my father, but I hate him as well. Yet, he passed a very important lesson to me. The surface is dangerous and for decades they have poisoned my waters and endangered my people. The oceans boil and burn while they wage war with one another and I have finally decided to do something about it."

David narrowed his eyes. "Where is all this going?"

Orm lost his casual smile as he spoke again. "This… is where it is going."

Orm snapped his fingers as a large white case materialized and he plopped it onto a table and opened it. David's eyes widened it as he observed the contents. It was white armor, intricately designed and there was also a large sword in the center. All of it was placed under water. However, it was the large laser like weapon that had caught his attention.

"This is armor created for the next generation of Atlantean soldier. Of course, it is a prototype, but it is fine work. And this beauty is our crown jewel; a weapon that converts water into beams of energized plasma."

Orm picked up the weapon and casually placed some water inside of it. The weapon began to glow and hum and then a blast of red energy emerged from the weapon vaporizing half of the house as it hit the sea, generating an explosion.

"Are you fucking nuts?"

Orm placed the weapon on the table and smiled. "You will have to be nuts if you wish to triumph over the Aquaman. This concludes our meeting. I am off now to do some better things."

Orm began walking to the ocean when David's voice stopped him.

"Wait… why are you helping me? I am going to kill your brother with this. You don't care about your brother? He may not be your father's son, but he is still your family."

Orm turned around and looked at David with such venom and hate in his eyes that David shook his head. He may be a hypocrite, but Orm Marius was not right in the head. This guy was not worth keeping alive in the world. He was up to no good.

"I told you, he… is not a part of my kind. Do not ever think to mention him in front of me again!"

"Now, as for why I am helping you, call it, entertainment. Maybe you will win, maybe you will not. Either way, it will be fun to see what happens."

"Listen carefully surface dweller. My father was right about one thing. You surface dwellers are scum. You cannot get along with one another and you start pointless, bloody wars and shed each other's blood and cause chaos just because you can. And in doing so, you all have endangered my oceans and my people. That will all end."

"I was originally content in watching you all self-destruct and bring about your end. However, you all are taking too much time… and why should you all have the fun? I think the timetable for the end of your kind needs to happen sooner."

"A war is coming to the surface. And I will bring the wrath of the seven seas with me. If you are still alive on that day, I wonder what you will do? Will you join me, or perish along with the rest of humanity? Either way, I look forward to the war that is to come."

Orm walked away laughing as David clenched his fists. Orm was crazy, possibly psychotic. He was a hypocrite and a pirate, but Orm wanted to murder people who absolutely did nothing to him. David had made up his mind.

He would reconfigure the armor as best as he could with his own flavors and then hunt the Aquaman and gut him like the fish he was. He would show him the same mercy his father was give. And then, he would rid Earth of Orm Marius. That thing was bad news, and David Hyde was not going to get let some genocidal maniac attack the surface. If he had to destroy Atlantis to stop Orm, so be it.

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Chapter End

That is the chapter everyone. Please read and review generously. I hope you all enjoy it.

I apologize for this chapter being short. I wanted to get something out, as the next story update will be after August 6th, as the first week of August, I am slammed with lots of shifts at the pharmacy. I apologize in advance.

Orm and David have had an interesting conversation. Orm is crazy and feels war is the only way to protect his people. David wants to kill Naruto, and after that, he will kill David to protect Earth. Let's see what happens.

This is the first chapter of the pre-season 1 arc. The next chapter will be longer. If you have ideas for this pre-season 1 arc, do share them. The Wonder Woman will join Naruto on this arc as David Hyde will go up against Naruto and Princess Diana of Themyscira. David is going to try to actively hunt them as he has some tricks up his sleeve.

Stay safe everyone and see you all in the next update. I hope you all have a great summer. Well wishes to you all.