Chapter 2:
Fireworks & Molotovs
{WARNING THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS THE USE OF RACIST AND SEXIST LANGUAGE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR MINORS}
USA- New York- Manhattan
It was late and the full moon was out and the Statue of Liberty could be seen in all of its glory.
"A cloudless night, great for sightseeing terrible for stealth though," N'Azzari mumbled as he looked towards the tall cityscape. "This is it, my first time outside of Wakanda. I got time to explore, the conference isn't until tomorrow," N'Azzari said as he began scanning below to find a safe space to land.
"So, this is New York, it's tall I'll give it that." The undercover prince mumbled as he was flying over a large green area looking for a safe space to land.
'This will do nicely.' N'Azzari thought as he turned the ship back around and prepared for a landing.
After slipping into more locally appropriate clothing donning an orange hoodie with black highlights, some black combat shorts and a pair of black boots.
"No labels, easier to blend in. Shinobi rule number 23," N'Azzari whispered as he packed a small pack with some supplies.
'Let's go exploring, time to see what all the fuss is about, I wonder if I can find some ramen?'
The boy only biologically 14 years of age was wandering through the streets after making it out of Central Park which was bigger than it looked from his ship.
'I will say this it doesn't smell like Wakanda,' N'Azzari thought to himself as his nose wrinkled as he breathed in the New York air.
"Enhanced senses sometimes you can go fuck yourself like such bs," N'Azzari cursed slightly as he remembered how enhanced senses will be great for tracking and combat could also be a major hindrance and weakness to exploit.
The prince carried on walking with no actual destination in mind until a familiar scent crossed under his nose.
'Ramen? That's definitely ramen!' N'Azzari thought as excitement flowed from the prince as he looked around at all of the vendors, and shops. The designs of the shops all fit a similar theme.
"What in the world?" N'Azzari looked around to see the area he was in was super busy and crowded.
'So many people all celebrating together, all ages, so many ethnicities.' N'Azzari thought with a small smile on his face.
"It's Chinese New Year," a new voice spoke up from behind the young mutant.
"Huh?" N'Azzari said as he turned around to face a girl similar in age to him with pink sunglasses, a pink tee shirt, some jeans and a yellow rainproof trench coat.
"It's Chinese New Year ya tourist."
"That obvious huh?"
"You tell me you are standing in the middle of the street gawking at everything."
The prince smiled sheepishly as he subconsciously scratched the back of his head.
"I guess I am pretty obvious, I was just overwhelmed by the smell of food."
"What kind of food are you looking for?"
"Ramen," N'Azzari spoke up in an instant no time for hesitation.
Slightly taken aback by how fast and seriousness of that statement the young girl hesitated before responding.
"I know the best place to ramen in all of Chinatown."
"Well then what are we waiting for," N'Azzari said in an excited tone before he reached out to the young girl and grabbed a hold of her wrist.
"By the way what's your name?"
"Oh right, my name is Jubalatleeeeeeeeeeee!" the young screamed out as he was suddenly being drug around by some random kid she decided to help out as he looked quite lost.
"What was that?" N'Azzari laughed as he glanced back as they were whipping through the almost endless crowds of people, dragging his new acquaintance around with him.
Around five minutes passed before the orange and yellow blur came to a skidding halt.
"This the place?" N'Azzari asked simply as he let go of the girl.
The young girl after catching her breath looked up to see Inugashi's Ramen in bright red colours
"H-how did you know this was the spot?"
The young teen just smirked before raising his hand to his nose and pointing with his thumb.
"The nose knows."
'Sometimes enhanced senses are a beautiful thing,' N'Azzari thought as he just followed his nose to best smelling ramen in the air and followed the scent.
"It's been 14 long years," N'Azzari whispered as began walking towards the store.
'Oh, he's just leaving me,' the girl thought as she frowned at the boy's back but just as he reached the door he paused, looking back towards her.
"You are coming right? Jubilee,"
"Duh, I got to show what's the best ramen on the menu." 'Shit what was his name again?' the girl began to panic.
"The names, N'Azarri, in my excitement for ramen I forgot my manners, my apologies." N'Azzari introduced himself with a smile as she took in the boy's features.
'Cute,' Jubilee thought as a warm blush came across her face.
"So, definitely not American are ya." The girl mumbled as she had noticed the type of African accent, but she couldn't pinpoint it.
"I can tell you all about it over a bowl or two," N'Azzari said as the pair entered the restaurant together.
"Hey, Old man! I'm bringing in a customer for ya," Jubilee shouted to the back as the pair sat down.
Several hours had passed and there were 7 bowls of ramen between them. The tourist went through five bowls insanely fast trying each special but soon after that the ramen was forgotten and the two just sat there talking about each other. The young man had yet to reveal his top secrets, but they did talk about their favourite superheroes.
'So, her favourite hero is some kind of ghost spider.'
'His favourite hero is a Black Panther, maybe they are some kind of African superhero.'
"Hey, kids you're gonna miss the fireworks if stay in here on your little date." The Ramen chef called out from the back where he was washing the dishes and bowls.
The actual New Yorker's eyes widened as she lost track of time she didn't even realise before blushing at the idea of spending so much time with a stranger and even enjoying it this much.
"You're right old man," Jubilee hopped out of her seat quickly beckoning her new friend up.
"We got one more stop."
"Fireworks? Cool." N'Azzari smirked as he joined his friend on his feet. "Thank ya old man, that is the best Ramen I've ever had in this world man phenomenal." Naruto praised while doing the chef's kiss motion.
'This world?' the chef thought as he smiled at the praise from the young man.
As the pair made their way to the New Year fireworks display, they got caught in the crowd and swept up in the parade.
The teens witnessed the many dragons marching along with human legs kicking out from underneath, cheering and merry people keeping the party going. The whole time this was going on Jubilee had grabbed a hold of N'Azzari's hand and hadn't let go. N'Azzari just figured it would best not to get separated.
Breaking free of the crowds the duo finally made it to where the main display was to be held.
"Looks like we made it before it all goes off."
"Is this normal? The busyness I mean." The undercover prince asked as his guide turned to face him before answering.
"I mean yeah pretty much," Jubilee replied as the countdown timer began.
"10!" the crowd counted along with the timer.
"9!"
This time Jubilee joined in.
"8!"
The crowd seemed to settle slightly but the air was filled with excitement.
"7!"
N'Azzari was gearing up to join in with the chanting crowd before the hairs all over his body stood on edge.
"6!"
'What is this feeling?' the former shinobi thought to himself. 'My senses are in overdrive, something is about to happen.'
"5!"
In the span of a single second, everything changed the peace and tranquillity, the shared love for the other came to a screeching halt.
"4!"
Reaching out for his companion's shoulder the prince interrupted her next shout.
"3!"
"We need to leave now!"
"Wha!?"
"2!"
An orange light illuminated the crowd below catching several people's attention including the unlikely duo.
'Is that a firework?'
'Shit Molotov,' N'Azzari quickly recognised the bottle and flaming rag combination. Tracing back the trajectory the young teen saw where it came from.
"DEATH TO ALL MUTANTS" was the war cry that was heard coming from the approaching mob.
Eyes widened but before screams could go off the lit Molotov smashed into the crowd igniting the first few people it came into contact with.
"1!"
All hell broke loose as the fireworks display began shooting into the air. Firearms were going off, and the crowd were scrambling for a semblance of safety. Chaos had been unleashed.
"Shit it's the Purifiers. Time to go, like right now!" Jubilee shouted as the crowd began to scatter from the violent mob who were swinging at anything that moved.
Nodding along, N'Azzari just nodded as he began to follow his friend dashing in between the crowd to avoid getting stuck the duo ended up running down an alley.
As the pair began to make it towards the other side of the alley a bright light flashed in the teen's face causing the boy to glance away from the sudden brightness the girl fell on her backside and skidded across the damp ground as she saw what the torch was attached to.
"Looks like we got ourselves a couple of mutie freaks!" the gun-toting man smirked at his partner as he raised his firearm to aim.
"No wait!" Jubilee cried out as she waved her hands in front of her face.
In the stress and panic of the situation Jubilation Lee awoke.
A spectrum of light appeared in the girl's palm glowing brighter by the second.
As the world appeared to slow it could be said four people stood in that alley.
The world stood still for another second, and then a flash of light.
As the world began to turn once more three people stood in that alley.
The three still standing turned to the fallen gunman, his eyelids seemingly seared closed. Smoke still wafting from his corpse.
"Ahh shit Freddy!" the remaining gunmen turned to the girl who had just blasted his partner. "You dog-eating mutant cunt you're gonna pay for that!"
"Now that's just racist!" N'Azzari as he kept his eyes closed not wanting to risk being blinded by that high beam his friend could produce and relied on his other senses.
Leaping in front of his downed friend just as the psycho was about to shoot at a child.
BANG
BANG
BANG
"No, N'Azzari!" Jubilee shouted in fear, she could see smoke floating in front of her friend.
"You were about to shoot a child," Naruto said as coldness entered his tone.
What Jubilee couldn't see was the bullets stopping short of their target blocked by an invisible wall.
The undercover prince leapt into action as soon as the gunmen realised the bullets had been stopped. After a couple of seconds of confusion, N'Azzari sprung like a loaded spring launching himself knee first knocking the rifle from the man's hands, before rotating his smaller framed body with back elbow to the nose making sure to feel cartilage break.
'Fast.'
"Gahhmynose!" the man wildly grasped at his face, his arms flailing around.
Taking advantage of swinging free limb N'Azzari rotated his body once more wrapping his hand around the man's wrist and turned using the man's weight against him, judo throwing the older man over his shoulder.
Making sure not to use his full strength when the man was falling to the ground just before his head could make contact with the ground, N'Azzari cocked his fist back "Blast away!" the former shinobi shouted as he let a left straight fly clocking the enemy straight in the solar plexus. Following a gasp for air and the release of spittle, the grown man was launched out over Jubilee's head and out of the alley the way the two teens, came from.
"b-bbbut how?" Jubilee stuttered at what she just witnessed, as she attempted to stand up but as she tried to stand up straight the world turned upside down.
"Here we go," N'Azzari said as he scooped up the girl into his arms. "Looks like you hit your head."
'That's a lot of blood pouring down her face, head wounds can be deceiving and must always be checked over shinobi rule number 17, and I learnt that again hear from the General,' the prince thought as he couldn't immediately find the source of the bleed.
"It's got to be in her hair shit ok," 'I want to help stop this madness but I can't expose myself.' The former Hokage and current Prince thought of the consequences of his potential actions before a weak cough snapped him out of his current thought process.
Glancing down at his acquaintance who had quickly turned friend.
"Jubilee, you still with me yeah?"
"Mmmooowhat."
"Come on stay awake for me now yeah. You're in shock, you've hit your head and have lost a lot of blood, we need to get out of here." N'Azzari quickly shifted the jubilee up slightly in hopes of waking her up. After taking one deep breath the prince stepped over the still-smoking shell casings from the shots earlier and began to leave the whole area.
Stepping out of the alley as they originally intended Naruto began to sprint back towards his ship as his friend was drifting in and out of consciousness. The prince was moving at full speed, cursing the fact that he hadn't figured out how to teleport with other people yet.
Skipping over covered cars on the road N'Azzari was picking up speed with every stride not focusing on anything else he was just moving. Subconsciously the former shinobi hopped onto a moving car before leaping further into the distance. Every step accompanied a burst of burgundy coloured energy propelling the teen even faster.
'Focus, don't fuck up,' N'Azzari thought while he boosted his speed passed superhuman limits, he was simultaneously using infinity to hold Jubilee completely still so his speed wouldn't rattle her skull at all.
The further away from the ruckus the safer his friend would be. Thankfully a lifetime and 10 years of training in this life has sharpened the mind of the warrior prince, and as he was heading back to his ship leaping from lamppost to traffic light and back just like he was tree running through fire country as a shinobi.
"We're almost there," N'Azzari said as he could see the trees come into sight it took one more leap and the duo landed in the trees and disappeared.
'Stop!' A voice rang out.
Instantly on edge, N'Azzari came to a skidding stop.
'I didn't hear anything.' The prince thought. 'My senses, my hearing would have picked that up, but there was nothing that was in my head.'
'You need to run the Purifiers are approaching you,' the same voice from earlier spoke directly into his head.
'Purifiers? What is a Purifier? Never mind that who are you? And how are you in my head.' N'Azzari thought back hoping for a response.
'No time, move now!'
Looking ahead from his position he could see men with guns and taser batons sparking in the distance.
'Run? Why would I run,' the prince thought as he placed his friend down on the ground.
"Don't you go anywhere now ok," N'Azzari spoke softly as he placed his companion against the side of a car.
'What are you doing you idiot there are too many,' the voice cried.
"Don't worry strange lady in my head, I hope you got some good seats wherever you are."
Glancing around his eyes began to emit a bright amber glare. His connection to infinity solidified as space itself became a part of his dominion.
'Wh-aaat arrrre ouu alking ab,' the voice tried to talk but something was interfering with the connection
"Down with mutants!"
"Rise up our fellow Purifiers!"
The chants were getting louder as this new group approached.
N'Azzarri stood there completely calm.
"Throughout my shinobi career, I didn't have that much of a body count compared to other Kages but that was then is now."
After one last deep exhale the prince dashed forward. In a single bound, the boy barely 14 summers old descended upon a mob of racists.
"What the he!" was all on man dressed in all white said as the sole of a sneaker just an inch from his face before it the sole stamped down, to which crumpled the man as he immediately lost consciousness.
"Oh my god! Did he kill Kenny?" Another one dressed in white, the first to speak from a stunned silence.
"I'm Kenny asshole. That was Greg."
"But Greg had a family."
"Kenny, Greg, it doesn't matter to all I see is fools and dead men." N'Azzari threatened as his eyes looked almost molten.
"Look at his eye, he has got to be one of 'em." Another shouted from within the crowd.
"And he is a filthy mutant nig-" The man shouted before he felt a presence behind him, As the man turned right into a back fist at rocked his jaw.
N'Azzari didn't bother to duck as a wild swing was thrown his way it just stopped short of his face.
"Ohh close but no cigar," The prince paused. "They do say that in this country right it has been a while since I've been on foreign soil."
"You will pay for that!"
'No, no I won't. You stand before Royalty!' the prince thought before narrowing his gaze.
"SO, KNEEL!" when one hears such words you normally have a choice in the matter this time the whole mob all obeyed. Every single person who surrounded the second son of King T'Chaka, collapsed to the ground from the pressure.
N'Azzari just spoke once and chaos erupted his hands back in his pockets as his eyes were still emitting light.
'It fucking worked, yeah boy!' N'Azzari cheered mentally. bending space on itself without accidentally tearing space apart was hard but through the folding of space onto itself, I can make anyone bear the weight of an ever-expanding universe.
The hidden audience watching and observing the young mutant jaws dropped.
"What's that kid doing?"
"That's got to be like 60 plus people, is he telekinetic?"
"Oh, stop being such punks that weight you're all feeling is only point 5 times our normal gravity!" N'Azzarri chuckled as he looked down upon these so-called Purifiers. "Let's bump it up a notch, shall we?"
Raising his power output slowly the prince could see the sweat pouring off of these so-called purifiers forms.
"2.5 Earths normal gravity," N'Azzari stated before flexing his power once more. This one flex forced all remaining purifiers who were trying to fight off of their knees against an invisible weight. Smashing their heads face-first into the tarmac on the road.
"Right now, it should feel like your entire body is being crushed, your skeletal system is fracturing under the weight," N'Azzari spoke with a jovial cockiness. "Now guys just don't leave or go anywhere I'll be right back." The prince finished with a clap of his hands right before vanishing from the spot where he stood.
"What did we just witness?" an observer who was watching the incident unfurl.
The young prince appeared back by his friend's side. As he leant over to scope her back into his arms, he let go of his power only maintaining his spatial control over his friend.
'Finally, I'm through, are you and your companion ok?'
'Ah your back yayyy,' N'Azzari responded as he rolled his eyes at the returning voice.
'did you just roll your eyes!? You know what Never mind, stay where you are the X-men are en route to your position.
A fog began to roll into the area, putting the prince's instincts on edge, his shinobi and warrior training cranked up to eleven his power on the tips of his fingers ready to burst free, and his hearing was focused and ready.
"What is that?" the prince whispered, in response to some kind of roar. "A jet engine and it's slowing down, right on top of me." N'Azzari sighed dropping his head. "Well I always did love an adventure, didn't I." he laughed as the Jet descended stopping just above him.
BAMF
An explosion of black smoke appeared right in front of the young teenagers.
'Why do I smell sulphur.'
"Hey man, the Name is Nightcrawler I'm an a." "An X-Man right?" N'Azzari blinked at the blue-skinned man with pointed ears.
'Is that a tail?'
"I'm to collect you and Miss Jubilation Lee back on board," Nightcrawler pointed up towards the ship.
The prince slightly shifted Jubilee a little bit making sure she was secure, "Let's get to it but if you try anything." N'Azzari said with some edge to the tone leaving for no room for confusion. The threat was issued and fully understood.
The blur-furred humanoid reached forward slowly to not make any sudden movements. Extending his three-finger hand he gently took hold of the young teen's shoulder.
"I should warn you, 1st-time teleport can leave you queasy, so my apologies."
"I think I'll be ok," N'Azzari smirked before glancing towards the ship above them.
BAMF
Gone were the three standing on the street below in a plume of black smoke.
Almost an instant later.
BAMF
In another cloud of smoke, the three from the streets below were back inside the ship above.
Glancing around the prince saw several people scattered about civilians who looked terrified. 'Mutants not just civilians,' N'Azzari thought to himself.
"Follow me we have a doctor checking over the injured."
"Whatever you say Nightcrawler," N'Azzari playfully teased the code name while walking after the blue teleporter.
It took less than a minute to reach the back of the ship where a makeshift curtain was set in place. But the prince's shinobi brain was hardwired into his soul, written in his very essence.
'So, they are the X-men, interesting outfits. They definitely would blend in with my Wakandan colours that's for sure.' N'Azzari thought as he glanced at the adult dressed in a bright yellow and blue outfit with the cowl removed showing off his mutton chops. 'He smells like death and cigars, yuck.' The prince shook his head before glancing at the older teen with some kind of crimson visor with a blue and gold motif. 'Well, he looks kind of boring.' Moving onto the next suited-up stranger was a girl who was talking to the visor guy, a girl with bright red hair, and green eyes and was rocking a green and gold combat dress and boots. 'An Uzumaki? Not possible but still, such a pretty shade of red.'
As the prince continued to follow the one called Nightcrawler he did get a chance to look at the piloting of this archaic jet.
'Well archaic compared to home,' N'Azzari thought as they had come to a stop at the rear of the plane in front of a black curtain.
'Probably for privacy, I guess.'
"Kurt my boy you have returned that was quick." A deep and powerful voice spoke up.
'I know that voice,' the prince muttered as his eyes widened.
"Beast we got a couple of new ones."
Nightcrawler waited just before the curtain as another blue-furred humanoid stuck its head out to address the teleporter.
"Dr Hank McCoy, I'm a big fan of your work in the field of genetics," N'Azzari spoke up excitement entering his tone for the first time since the apparent rescue.
"Ah, a fan or a fellow geneticist?"
"A bit of both to be honest."
"Well, young man place your friend on the table and once we get safe we can have a full catch-up."
"Right," N'Azzari walked further into the makeshift emergency room and placed Jubilee on the table.
Nightcrawler show?"
"N'Azzari."
"Show N'Azzari where he can strap in."
"Right," Nightcrawler nodded before guiding the younger man back the way they came.
"I need to speak to pilots."
"We'll see if they ain't too busy we got two more mutants to rescue."
"Thank you, by the way, it's my first time in the city I was kind of lost in the chaos." N'Azzari thanked genuinely as he followed back towards the nose of the plane where he saw platinum blonde hair and white from the back of their heads.
"Storm, Frost our latest guest would like a word if that's alright?"
"Send him over, we're just waiting on the signal from Iceman," Emma responded.
Nightcrawler turned and signalled the young teen over, as he stepped away.
N'Azzari's eyes widened at the sound of the voice.
"You? You were in my head." Naruto spoke as she turned her seat around after removing her headset.
'She's young, only a year or two older than me.' N'Azzari thought as he looked at the young teen with platinum blonde hair white crop top, some white jeans and white boots.
'I think she likes white as much as I love orange.'
"You, how did you do that?"
N'Azzari just looked puzzled.
"How did you block me out? Are you a telepath?" the girl questioned.
"Nah not a telepath, and I have no idea how but if blocks people peeping in my head then note to self, master that later."
"Told ya I was strong, didn't I?" N'Azzari started but lost his train of thought as he saw the other pilot's chair as it turned towards him.
Familiar white, sun-kissed black African skin dressed in similar garments as the other X-men.
N'Azzari's eyes began to glow as his vision focused all of his attention on his lost friend. Emotions threatened to spill but the prince knew there was a time and place.
"Ororo!?"
THE END
Now this chapter is longer than originally, the 3rd and the 1st chapters were all originally one but I thought breaking them down would be better for pacing. What do you think three chapters 5000ish each or one mega chapter looking at 15000-17000ish chapters?
Also showing off more of N'Azzari's powers I think its kinda obvious at this point but I'll do an actual stat bio for him at the end of the 3rd chapter.
Jubilee same background as the comics just she ran away and has ended up in New York.
What are your thoughts on the budding friendship between the two young mutants?
Naruto/N'Azzari are not at their peak not by a longshot
Also chapter 1 Destiny's prophecy what are your thoughts on a possible future to come?
Leave a review it feeds my engine of creation!
Ororo has been found but what has she been doing with the X-men why did she not come home find out next time on A Marvellous Horizon!
Chapter 3:
Danger Room Vs Infinity