Journey of the Maelstrom Rider
Chapter 6: Subway Conflicts
It was late in the afternoon in Manhattan and people were preoccupied with their daily activities but the same couldn't exactly be said for the studio as the residents inside were going about different ways to learn more about the new world they're in right now.
Yamato was reading an encyclopedia about the world and was quite interested, seeing that there are a lot of continents compared to their own world which has only one that they know so far. Hinata was also reading a book on botany and was quite interested in the type of flowers and herbs, making plans to visit a flower shop to see if she can purchase some seeds and seedlings to bring back home. Rock Lee on the hand was sitting in front of the tv and watching the sports channel, being rather taken by the kinds of sports of this world and right now is watching a boxing match.
"Amazing, such footwork…such postures and finesse!" Rock Lee watched with sparkling eyes at how the boxers faced each other in the ring "I must let Gai-sensei know about the existence of such activities and fighting styles of this world! This will definitely help us reach greater heights!"
The front door to the studio opened and Naruto came inside with a bag full of groceries, turns out that he went out to explore the city and see the sights before passing by the supermarket to buy some things on the way back.
"Man, there's a major difference between being in a city and being in a forest. No wonder why they call cities concrete jungles because of the severe lack of vegetation, I doubt I can get any natural energy for Sage Mode while I'm here," Naruto commented while taking the groceries to the kitchen and beginning to pack the food into the fridge.
Yamato looked up from his book "Had fun while on your walk?"
"Yup, I even took several pictures while I was at it," Naruto pointed at the camera hanging from his neck "Just need to take the film to the dark room and develop it,"
"I can help," Hinata put her book on the table and rose from her seat.
Naruto smiled in response "Thanks, let's head to th-,"
Everyone's attention was disrupted when they heard the sound of an unfamiliar tune and traced the source to the T-Phone that Donatello had given them last night on the table.
Yamato picked it up and answered "Hello?"
The screen lit up to display Donatello who replied {Hello Yamato, we're calling to let you know that we'll be coming over tonight with our father and friends}
"Very well, we'll be expecting your arrival tonight,"
{Great, see you soon!} Donatello ended the end afterwards.
"Sounds like we'll be having visitors," said Naruto with a quirked eyebrow.
"Then we will give them a proper reception!" said Rock Lee, then heard a commotion from the tv "After this match,"
"Alright then, let's head to the dark room and develop the film," Naruto and Hinata went towards the aforementioned room to do just that. Yamato simply shrugged his shoulders and resumed his reading.
Later that night, Naruto and the others were sitting in the main room to wait for the arrival of the turtles and their friends. Soon enough, they heard the sound of knocking from the backdoor. Hinata went to open it and saw the turtles along with a rat wearing a deep red kimono and carrying a wooden walking stick along with a teenage girl with ginger-colored hair while wearing a yellow-and-orange striped t-shirt, blue jeans and a pair of sneakers.
"Greetings, may we enter?" asked the rat politely.
"Of course, please come in," Hinata stood aside and allowed everyone to enter.
Needless to say, Naruto and the rest were surprised to see the rat since they were expecting the turtles' father to also be a turtle but eventually shrugged it off especially when the rat spoke up.
"Greetings, I am Splinter; the father of my sons," the rat introduced himself, Naruto and Yamato couldn't help but compare the likeness of Splinter with Hiruzen.
The girl waved at them "Hello there, my name's April and it's nice to meet you all,"
"A pleasure to meet you as well, no doubt your sons have told you about us," said Yamato.
Splinter nodded in affirmation "Indeed, though I wish we would have been able meet each other under more preferable conditions,"
"Or maybe it's good that it happened this way, sounds to me that this Shredder guy and his ninja clan are up to something bad and you could use the backup," said Naruto.
Raphael shrugged his shoulders "Anything that guy and his cronies do is bad, but the way he's going about this one is different from usual,"
"Is there anything you can tell us?" asked Rock Lee.
Leonardo nodded in affirmation "Donatello and April have been picking up numerous reports from the police about the crime spikes that the Foot are responsible for,"
"And considering that we're going up against a whole clan trying to take over the city, we're pretty much spread thin," Donatello added.
"Which is why I advised that we meet the Shredder's overwhelming numbers with stealth and cunning," said Splinter "But I am unopposed to receiving aid if you're willing to give it,"
Naruto stepped up with a foxy grin "Say no more, we're here to help. It's why I'm on this journey through worlds, to learn what it means to be a Kamen Rider,"
"He's right, it is not in our nature to look the other way when so many lives are at stake!" Rock Lee declared with his eyes burning with determination.
"Aw yeah, this is so happening! Ninja Turtles teaming up with otherworldly ninjas, it's like a comic book crossover, dudes!" said Michelangelo excitedly.
Raphael bonked Michelangelo in the head "Cool it, Mikey,"
"We're grateful for the help," said Leonardo in gratitude.
"The question now is where do we begin?" Yamato inquired.
April was the one to explain "Before coming here, we picked up reports of destroyed switchboxes throughout the subway system. Someone's deliberately sending the trains out of control,"
"Sounds like we have an objective; head to the subway and stop the destruction of switchboxes along with learning more of what's going on," said Naruto.
"Then we will have to split up to cover more ground and react quickly," said Yamato.
"How about I tag along with Leonardo and the others? Pretty sure, I can help them out," Naruto suggested.
Hinata expressed her concern "Are you sure, Naruto-kun?"
"Yup, I'll be fine,"
"I'll serve as a navigator for both teams, I can also call a friend of ours to guide you through since he knows his way around just as much as the turtles do," April pointed out.
Yamato hummed in thought before finally "Very well then, exercise caution while you're out there,"
"Please be careful, Naruto-kun," said Hinata worriedly.
Naruto nodded in affirmation "Don't worry we got this!"
"Ditto!" said Michelangelo, excited with the team up, this wasn't even in his bucket list and yet it's happening!
Sometime later, Naruto followed the turtles down to the subway junction called the West Village Station. The blonde ninja was also given a T-Phone and T-Glasses for long range communication and scan his surroundings which can be best described as an artificial dojutsu, he had always wondered what it'd be like and is now getting an opportunity.
Leonardo suddenly called out to him and the others "Guys, look over there," he gestured for the group to see Foot ninjas down at the terminal and destroying the subway trains by setting the place on fire.
"Geez, who would have thought that the Foot hate trains so much to the point of torching them," Michelangelo commented.
"Well they're gonna hate something else even more…my fists bashing their heads," Raphael retorted.
"Either way, we need to put a stop to this," Donatello pointed out.
"Then what are we waiting for?" Naruto took out a pair of kunai from the holsters on his thighs "Let's get to it!"
Naruto and the turtles immediately leapt into the fray and began the Foot ninjas, taking them completely by surprise but quickly regained their wits to fight back.
Naruto himself was engaging several Foot ninjas and easily taking them down when he sensed a Foot ninja rushing towards him with a spear in an attempt to impale him through his back. Channeling chakra to the soles of his feet, Naruto waited until the last moment to perform a 180 slide along the ground to get behind him then sped through a set of handsigns "Wind Style: Air Bullets!" he took in a deep breath whilst concentrating chakra into his lungs before opening his mouth to spew bullets of air rapidly which blasted the ninjas away from him, crashing into the pillars and losing consciousness upon impact.
Michelangelo was using his agility to evade slashes from the Foot ninjas' tantos whilst spinning his nunchucks to build up momentum before swinging to strike them in the heads, knocking them all out. Leonardo skillfully deflected the blades then countered by disarming them of their weapons before knocking them with several effective kicks. Donatello utilized tactics and careful attacks of his bo staff to defeat his opponents with as little moves as possible. Raphael's aggressive personality can be reflected in his fighting style as he overpowers his enemies with raw strength but not uncontrolled. Soon enough, everyone had cleared out the West Village Station
"I guess that's all of them," said Naruto, looking at the defeated forms of the Foot ninjas tied up with Paralysis tags placed on them to immobilize.
"Maybe so, but I can't help but feel that there's more to it," said Donatello with a thoughtful frown.
Suddenly, everyone's T-Glasses began ringing then a screen appeared on their HUD and displayed April who appears to be rather concerned.
{Guys, I intercepted the enemy's comms. It sounds like they're planning to destroy the Central Park Station, you need to head there and put a stop to them before it's too late} April reported.
"Okay April, we're headed there now," said Leonardo before the transmission ended.
"But how exactly do we get there?" no sooner did Naruto ask that they heard the blaring sound of a train horn.
"By hitching a ride, that's how," said Raphael.
Now understanding what they meant, Naruto and the Turtles jumped on top of the train after the latter made sure that it would take them towards their next destination. Naruto was a bit nervous when it comes to trains considering his past experience with one which chased him down while he was carrying a princess on his back during his earlier Genin days. They soon reach the station and jumped off the train to begin scouting the area.
"Dudes, over there!" Michelangelo called out for the others to see what he was pointing at. Sure enough, there were Foot ninjas but they weren't the only ones as they also humanoid beings with skin seemingly made entirely out of stone while wearing military camo pants and boots, some wielding large hammers and others being unarmed.
"What are those things?" Naruto inquired curiously.
"They're called Rock Soldiers, genetically created warriors that serve the Kraang and occasionally the Foot Clan though it seems like the latter in this case," Donatello explained.
"Well don't look now but those rockheads are running demo around here," Raphael pointed out as the Rock Soldiers were destroying anything and everything in their sight.
"We need to stop them before everything's destroyed!" said Leonardo urgently.
"Need I remind you dudes that those are literally walking rocks? They can take hits and keep on going," Michelangelo pointed out to the others.
"In that case…," Naruto channeled chakra into the seals inscribed into his armguards, making them glow faintly "I should be able to deal with their strong defense,"
"What did you do?" asked Donatello curiously.
"One of my customized seals, designed to enhance my punches to the point of shattering rocks, it was inspired by my teammate and her sensei. I call it the Booster Seal," Naruto explained.
"Nice, could sure some of those down the line," said Raphael.
"Remind me to look into that after all this,"
"Guys, clock's ticking here," Leonardo pointed out to them.
"Right, let's do this!"
Naruto and the turtles swung into actions as they rushed to attack the enemy with the blonde ninja targeting a Rock Soldier wielding large hammer which he swung at him but the Leaf Shinobi evaded it by performing a somersault overhead and landing behind him before countering with a powerful that actually caused cracks on the soldier's body which shocked him. The rock soldier spun round and tried to attack with a swing of his hammer, but Naruto swiftly dodged by ducking underneath the incoming attack and attacked with an uppercut to the chest, this time shattering the rock soldier into pieces and scattering all over the floor.
Naruto looked at the glowing seals on his armguards and smiles "Working like a charm, just need to work on the energy consumption and output for it to be perfect," he heard the sounds of guns powering up and looked back to see several more rock soldiers with blasters taking aim at him, having seen what he had done to one of them and deemed a great threat "I get the feeling that I'll be having repeat encounters of these in the future…whoa!"
*Pew**Pew**Pew**Pew**Pew**Pew*
The sounds of laser fire rang throughout the subway as Naruto dashed around to avoid getting hit and weaving through a set of handsigns "Wind Style: Dance of the Fujin!" he unsheathes his chakra blade and channels wind chakra into the blade to take on the form of an elongated sword then he lunges at the enemy with a barrage of sword strikes combined with twirls, spins and somersaults before leaping away to seal them fall to pieces before moving to face the next opponent whilst the turtles were also dealing with their own side of things.
"Hey Mikey, how about some bowling!" Raphael called out.
"Oh yeah, coming your way!" Michelangelo leapt towards Raphael and grabbed his hands and was being spun around several times before being thrown, then Michelangelo pulled himself into his shell and slammed into several ninjas before they could react in time, the turtle popped his head out to grin childishly "And Mikey rolls a strike!"
{Guys, I've located the enemy's computer terminal close to your position, extract the intel from it so we can find out what the Foot clan planning} April reported.
"That's my department, gonna need you to cover me while I extract the intel from their terminal," said Donatello.
Leonardo nodded in affirmation "Do your thing, Donatello and we'll do ours,"
The ground descended to the lower level and soon came across several Foot ninjas guarding one that was operating on the terminal that April was talking about. Naruto and the turtles engaged them while Donatello connected his T-Phone to the terminal and began typing rapidly on the keyboard to crack through many security levels and extract the needed data. There were a few close calls when some of the ninjas tried to attack the intellectual turtles but ended up getting blown to the side whenever Naruto and co catches sight of them and intercept.
Eventually, Donatello was successful in extracting the data "I got it, sending over to you April,"
{Thanks Donatello, I'm looking at it now} said April.
"How are Yamato-taicho and the others doing so far?" Naruto inquired curiously.
{They're also dealing with the Foot at the other stations and dealing with them quite effectively, especially Hinata and Rock Lee}
"Good to know,"
{Oh no, I'm seeing major activity in the South Street Station, please hurry!}
"Consider us there," said Leonardo.
They jumped onto another subway train and rode it to the South Street Station, but they soon discovered that they weren't the only ones riding the train as several Foot ninjas appeared atop the train. The group immediately engaged the enemy while making sure not to fall off especially when it goes around the bends at highspeed. Soon enough they arrived at their destination and discovered that the Foot were setting up bombs to blow up the place.
"First fires then hammers and now bombs? This is getting crazy, yo!" Michelangelo exclaimed.
"What would you expect from these guys when they follow a leader who's just as crazy as they are," Raphael retorted.
"Don, you're gonna have to work fast and disarm the bombs while we cover you," said Leonardo.
"Sure, no pressure…," said Donatello albeit nervously.
"Let me even up the odds a bit, Shadow Clone jutsu!" Naruto crossed the middle and fingers of both hands together and channeled his chakra before there were several puffs of smoke around him that dissipated to reveal many copies of himself.
"Geez, talk about a one-man army…literally," Raphael commented.
"Are you kidding, imagine what I could do with this jutsu!" said Michelangelo excitedly.
"Uh guys, bomb disarming first and talking second," said one of Naruto's clones, snapping everyone back into focus.
The shadow clones aided in fighting off the enemy while others went the extra mile by locating the other bombs and bringing them over to Donatello which really ease the turtle at all, given that he's being surrounded by ticking timebombs after all but he was successful in disarming all of them.
"And to think the movies and video games make it look so easy too," Donatello grumbled to himself.
"April, we've dealt with the situation over here as well. Is there anything else?" Leonardo inquired.
{I've been searching through the data that Donnie sent to me but I realized that it's incomplete, but I was able to gather sufficient info to learn that there are more enemy terminals over at the North Avenue Station and that the one in charge of this operation is none other than Rocksteady}
Raphael groaned at the name "Of all the pains in the shell, it has to be horn head Rocksteady,"
"Who's Rocksteady?" asked Naruto curiously.
"He's a rhino mutant and Bebop's best friend, I was wondering why he didn't show up at the bank that night," Michelangelo explained.
"Well to get to the North Avenue Station, we'll need to double back to the East Square Station and go the rest of the way through the tunnels," Donatello pointed out.
"Then let's get a move on, the sooner we bop horn head the better," said Raphael.
Leonardo nodded in affirmation "Alright, let's go,"
Riding a train back to the East Square Station, the group made their way through the aforementioned tunnels and soon arrived at their destination then discovered about five of the enemy's terminals but the major problems were that they had to watch for the trains that were speeding around as well as the Foot ninjas and Rock Soldiers to oppose them. Like the first time, Donatello was the one to extract data from the terminals while the rest protected him from the enemies.
{Guys, thanks to your hard work I've found out where Rocksteady is hiding. Time for you to take the fight to him, sending the coordinates now!} April sent the GPS coordinates to the T-Glasses of the group, showing them where exactly they're supposed to go.
"Thanks for the assist, April. We're on our way there now," said Naruto.
With that said, everyone followed the directions and soon found themselves in an old abandoned subway station but there was no sign of their target which confused them, surely the intel April had analyzed didn't misdirect them. They were snapped out of their musing when a subway train was passing in front of them.
Suddenly, everything went into slow-motion right as the turtles and Leaf ninja caught a glimpse of the very mutant they were looking who has his large sledgehammer reared back with a menacing look in his eyes, their expressions uniformly changed into looks of shock as they barely reacted in time to leap backwards before Rocksteady came smashing out of the moving train and slung his sledgehammer on his shoulder.
Like the turtles described to Naruto; Rocksteady is a mutated anthropomorphic rhino, wearing an unzipped khaki green military vest over his hulking muscular body, camo printed pants, a pair of black metal studded gloves, a military utility belt, and a pair of pilot goggles. He was armed with a large bloodied sledgehammer and a heavy machine gun with grenade launcher attachment.
"Say yer prayers, toitoles! Same goes for your new friend too!" Rocksteady declared, then he rushed forward and swung his hammer with everyone scattering in different directions to avoid getting hit.
Music start:Yakuza Kiwami OST;Recieve You the madtype
"That does it, I'm never taking the subway ever again!" Mikey complained, spinning his nunchucks and swinging them to bash at Rocksteady's tough skin before darting back to avoid any retaliatory strikes from the rhino.
Donatello swooped in and struck at the rhino's joints then retreated with Raphael taking over with the offensive and Leonardo double-teamed with him "I think that the odds of running in a mutant rhino during your daily commute are negligible, Mikey,"
Raphael scoffed "What 'daily commute'? He just sits on the couch and plays video games all day,"
"You know, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones," Leonardo was not so subtly telling Raphael to not be a hypocrite concerning what he's accusing Mikey of.
"…ouch, man,"
Naruto interrupted them whilst rolling to the side when Rocksteady tried to smash him with his sledgehammer but missed when he dodged "Would you guys please pause that conversation? I'm trying to focus and not get smashed like a watermelon at a beach party!"
"Yer are gonna be crushed into paste!" Rocksteady brought his hammer down on the ground to rip large chunks of concrete and started launching them at the group like he was playing golf.
"Whoa!" Mikey ducked under one of the concrete projectiles aimed at him "And here I thought he was into baseball!"
"Leave this to me! Wind Style: Spinning Shield of Winds!" Naruto positioned himself in front of the Turtles and unsheathes the Chakra Blade while channeling wind chakra through it before twirling in front of him like a propeller at high-speed to form a spinning circular shield of wind which deflected the incoming projectiles.
Seeing this, Rocksteady prepared to rush towards the shield and smash it with his hammer when someone suddenly dropped down from the ceiling above and latched onto his head, revealing to be none other than Raphael who snuck up to him while he was preoccupied.
"Surprise horn head!" Raphael started punching Rocksteady's head while also struggling to hold on when the rhino mutant began flailing about in an effort to get him off.
"Get off me, ya stupid toitole!" Rocksteady raged.
"Nah, I'd prefer to be your headache for a little longer!"
"Get him while he's distracted!" Leonardo quickly ordered, everyone rushed in and whaled at Rocksteady with everything they got until Raphael lost his grip and had to jump away with the rest following suit.
Angered, Rocksteady unholstered his machine gun and aimed it at the ninjas "Eat lead, freaks!" he opened fire, causing everyone to run for cover.
"Excuse us, but we prefer to have our iron from other meals!" Donatello retorted while running to avoid the bullets shot at him.
Naruto sped through a set of handsigns "Wind style: Gale Wolf!" he held an open palm out for a spiraling sphere of wind to take form then four wolves made out of the wind emerge from the sphere before charging towards Rocksteady who tried to shoot at them but the bullets had no effect and was being attacked from different directions.
As the battle was ongoing in the abandoned station with the subway trains speeding by on both sides, someone leapt off from the top of a passing train towards the group with the familiar sound of a chainsaw before the person landed next to Rocksteady and revealed themselves to everyone.
"Youse are goners, shell brains!" Bebop declared as he stood back-to-back with Rocksteady while wielding his chainsaw.
Raphael groaned at how the situation has just gone from bad to worse "I knew it! Whenever old horn head shows up, pig brain is never far behind!"
"I bet he must have gotten on the wrong train like twelve times or so before finding the right one to get him here," Mikey guessed thoughtfully.
Leonardo was rather doubtful "Do I really need to bring up glass houses again, Mikey?"
The youngest turtle was quick to protest "Hey, that only happened once…this year…so far…,"
"You're not exactly helping your case with that statement," said Naruto with a deadpanned expression.
"You need to stop taking public transportation without supervision," Donatello added salt to the wound.
"So how do you shell brains want to meet your end; pulverized or sawed to pieces?" Bebop inquired darkly.
"I'd like to exercise our right to refuse both options," Donatello responded.
"Looks like a chance for me to introduce another aspect of myself," Naruto reached into his ninja pouch and took out the Decadriver which he strapped to his waist and took out his signature Rider Card "Henshin!" he inserted the card into the Decadriver and closed it as it then announced
[Kamen Ride: Decade!]
Multiple grey figures surrounded Naruto before converging into him as he transformed into Kamen Rider Decade.
Mikey watched the transformation with sparkling eyes "Dude, that's straight out from the comics! I'm so jealous!"
"Interesting, I wonder what sort of technology is used for this," said Donatello.
"But why is it pink? That's so girlish!" Rapheal commented.
For some reason, Naruto felt irritated to hear that "It's not pink but magenta!"
"He's right, the shade is slightly darker," Leonardo pointed out.
"Thank you,"
Rocksteady scoffed "Youse think that a fancy suit's gonna change anything?"
"Why don't you try and take your best shot then? I won't move from here," Naruto retorted.
Both Rocksteady and Bebop aimed their firearms towards Naruto with the latter sneering "Your funeral, buddy!" then they began to open fire.
Naruto already took a card out from the Ride Booker to insert into the Decadriver then closing it with the device calling out.
[Attack Ride: Barrier!]
A large circular shield of magenta pixelated energy appeared front of Naruto and blocked the incoming barrage of bullets with hardly any issues even when Rocksteady switched to using the grenade launcher attachment of his machine gun to launch grenades at the shield. Feeling that it's his turn to attack, the blonde ninja/rider dusted his hands before opening the Ride Booker and took out a Rider Card which he then inserted into the Decadriver and closed it
[Attack Ride: Blast!]
Naruto took off the Ride Booker from his belt as it transformed into its Gun Mode then aimed it at his targets and pulled the trigger with magenta colored spectral copies appearing around it and firing rapidly alongside the main weapon, the speed and power of the shots destroyed both of the mutants' firearms and rendered them to be slightly less dangerous.
"Go for the little piggy while I deal with the horn head!" said Naruto before charging towards the aforementioned horn head.
Rocksteady held up his sledgehammer as he saw Naruto approach him "You think a freak like you can handle me on your own?"
"Let's find out," the ninja/rider retorted.
Naruto rolled to the ground to duck underneath the diagonal swing of the sledgehammer and countered with a kick to the gut, making Rocksteady stumble backwards in pain and was shocked to realize that the attack was much stronger compared to before he donned the odd armored suit. The rhino mutant tried to fight back fiercely but Naruto had faced many enemies back that rely solely on raw power and used to be the same way in the past, so he knows exactly how to whittle him down.
Upon landing an especially powerful haymaker punch to the side of the end, Naruto leapt backwards and noticed that Rocksteady was momentarily dazed then saw this to be the best opportunity for a finishing move. He inserted yet another card into the open Decadriver and closed it with the device announcing.
[Final Attack Ride: D-D-Decade!]
A row of large holographic golden cards appeared between himself and Rocksteady, then Naruto leapt through with his right hand clenched into a fist as his speed and power increases with each card he passed through. Rocksteady recovered from his daze and looked up only to see Naruto pass through the last of the cards then punch him powerfully in the chest to the point that he was actually sent flying and crashed back first into a wall before falling onto the subway tracks.
Over with the turtles, they were also wrapping things up with Leonardo making it vocally known "Alright guys, let's finish this!"
Leonardo somersaulted into the air above Bebop and landed behind him in a crouch whilst slashing him with his katanas, Michaelangelo dashed past and bashed Bebop with his spinning nunchucks, Raphael followed up with a diving kick from above at the warthog's chest to make him stumble, Donatello kicked off Leonardo's shell to propel himself into the air before descending to land a twohanded strike on Bebop's head with his Bo Staff, effectively stunning him.
"SHELLSHOCK!"
*WHAM*
All of the turtles rushed in from all four directions then slammed their shells into Bebop, inflicting a large amount of damage from the simultaneous attacks which defeated the mutant as well.
Music End
Rocksteady and Bebop groaned in pain as they struggled to rise to their feet while Naruto and the turtles looked down at them, not letting their guard down in the cause that the two mutants would try anything against them.
"Sorry about spoiling your fun, but aren't you two a little too old to be playing with trains?" Raphael taunted, pointing his sai at them.
"Fun? Ha! You all ain't seen nothing yet!" Rocksteady retorted.
"He's right, we haven't even started the fun part of things!" Bebop added.
"What exactly do you mean by that?" Naruto inquired curiously.
At this point, Rocksteady and Bebop are already back on their feet with their weapons in hand, then the former spoke up "Nah, chumps. No spoilers…especially now that the fun is just getting started!"
They prepared to attack with the group standing at the ready only to be surprised when they suddenly jumped backwards right as a subway train zipping by in between them and went away only to reveal that Rocksteady and Bebop have disappeared.
"What the…where did they go?" Raphael tried looking for them but to no avail.
"They must have hitched a ride on that train when it sped by," Naruto guessed.
"Whoa, just like a cute magician's bunny! Except that these bunnies are a psychopathic rhino and warthog!" Mikey commented.
"And what did those psychos mean by the fun is just getting started?" Donatello inquired.
"Let's meet up with the others first, then we'll try to figure things out," said Leonardo.
Nodding in agreement, Naruto and the turtles waited for one of the subway trains to pass by then hitched a ride on the roof to return home.
The next day, Naruto was relaxing in his room at the studio since he didn't have anything going on as of now. Yamato had gone out to explore the city, Hinata went to the library in search of something which he doesn't know since she's not telling him, and Rock Lee went to a gym to interact with the exercise machines there but a part of him dreads the Taijutsu Enthusiast wanting to purchase a large collection to take back home. He was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard the T-Phone ringing and picked it up to answer.
"Hello, Naruto here,"
{Hey dude, it's Mikey!} the cheerful turtle spoke up through the T-Phone.
"Hey Mikey, what's up?" asked Naruto curiously.
Mikey groaned in response {Bored to death if you ask me; Leo's meditating with Master Splinter, Donnie is with April at the computer doing stuff that don't involve video games and Raph's gone to bed, leaving me alone with nothing to do. What about you?}
"Pretty much in the same boat; Yamato-taicho is out exploring the city, Hinata-chan is at the library studying stuff and Bushy Brows has gone to workout at the gym,"
{The gym, why?}
"He's a major training nut, there's not a time I've ever seen him NOT training," Naruto explained.
{Talk about hardcore} Mikey muttered, then he had a thought {Hey dude, have you ever skateboarded before?}
Naruto hummed in thought "I can't say that I have, but I've seen those guys on TV or when I'm out doing so. Why are you asking?"
{Trying not to toot my own horn but yours truly is a pro in skateboarding, how about you come over and I can teach you how to do a couple of tricks? I got a couple of boards here with me}
"Hmmm…sure, why not? I've always been curious about it,"
{Sweet! I'm sending you a GPS to an abandoned underground pumping station in the sewers, that's where I often go boarding when I can't do so during the day!} said Mikey excitedly.
"Alright Mikey, seen you soon," Naruto ended the call and got ready to head out but not before leaving behind a note to inform the others of where he's going to.
Sometime later, Naruto arrived at the aforementioned abandoned pumping station and took notice that several plyboards have been set as makeshift ramps as well as other random items serving as obstacles.
Mikey was sitting on a large discarded pipe reading a comic book when he heard Naruto arrive and turned to speak to him "Good to see you dude!"
Naruto smiled in response "Well I came here to be taught how to skateboard, so let's get started!"
"Coolio! By the time we're done, you're gonna be pulling off tricks that no one has ever seen before!" Mikey reached inside the pipe and brought out two skateboards then tossed one over to Naruto who caught it in his hands "Okay dude, I'm gonna get us started with the basic. First; I'll show how to ride on a board which I'm pretty sure that you'll get it in no time then I'll teach you how to pop an ollie, kickflip, revert and a few others…,"
Mikey guided Naruto on the basics of skateboarding with the blonde ninja proving to be quite the quick study since he always excels in practicals compared to theory. About an hour later, Mikey and Naruto were playing a game of 'Follow the Leader' as the former would perform tricks and stunts with the latter having to emulate them as well.
Mikey grinded along a large sewage then jumped off while performing a 360 Method Air before landing on a metal catwalk and doing a Manual along it then going into a Kickflip and returning to a Manual, then finished up with a Pop Shove-It at the end of the catwalk and landing back on the ground. He looked back to see Naruto performing the run too without any trouble and soon landed next to him.
"Nice one, it's like you're born to be a skateboarder!" said Mikey in awe.
Naruto kicked the board into the air to catch it in his hand "You taught me well, not to mention that my ninja training and past experiences helped me learn quickly. Here's your board back,"
"Nah man, keep it,"
"Are you sure?"
"Totally, consider it a graduation present from me. Just do me a solid and take pics of you doing tricks in the other worlds, that would totally rule!" said Mikey.
Naruto hummed in thought, finding the idea strangely appealing to him "Sure, I don't see why not,"
"Yes! What say we go and get some pizza on the way? I know a great place and an awesome guy that runs it!"
"Lead the way, Mikey,"
Later in the night, Mikey wearing clothing that conceals most of his body to disguise himself led Naruto to a pizzeria called Rupert's Pizzeria at the back door where he introduced the blonde ninja to a guy called Woody, he told Naruto of how he and the others met Woody when they used to scavenge for food and he encountered. Instead of freaking out by their appearance, he rather offered food to them for free. Naruto respected Woody for being kindhearted and openminded, it's like the Turtles have their own version of Iruka in this world for them.
"Man, I'll never get tired of this cheesy goodness," said Mikey as he took a bite of his pizza slice.
Naruto chuckled in response "I can say the same for ramen, NOT eating it is a taboo to me,"
"Preach on, bro. I'd better head back home before the others come looking for me. What about you?"
"I think I'll go for a short run before returning to the studio, gotta make sure that the pizza is well digested,"
"I hear ya, catch ya later bro," Mikey located a sewer lid in an alley nearby and opened it to enter the sewer then closing it afterwards.
"Oh well, time for my run,"
Naruto looked around to make sure that no one's watching as he pulled up his hood to conceal his face then ran up the side of an apartment building to reach the top. The blonde ninja did a few stretches before crouching slightly then dashing forward to leap off the edge of the rooftop to the next one and continued to do so across the several city blocks under the cover of the night sky with the pale full moon shining down from above. While on the move, a certain part of Naruto wanted to try using the skateboard that Mikey gave to him and try and combine his ninja skills which sounds way too cool to overlook.
"Hmmm, imagine if I were to apply the Tree Walking technique with my board for a wallride…Mikey would be so jealous. Maybe I can apply some seals to the skateboard to give it enhanced durability, and some to the wheels so they can emulate the ability to stick to vertical surfaces and stay above the water too. Can't wait to get home and start tweaking new seals!" Naruto muttered excitedly, he recalled Minato's chakra echo telling of how Uzumaki excel in Fuinjutsu and his mother Kushina was the reason for him being able to create the Hiraishin Seal which later earned him the title Yellow Flash of Konoha.
The blonde ninja was suddenly snapped out of his thoughts when he caught movement from the corner of his eyes, making him stop to perch on top of a water tower and looked to see black humanoid silhouettes leaping across the rooftops like him. It seems to him that a majority of the silhouettes were in pursuit of the singular one ahead of them which piqued his curiosity.
"Those movements…traits of ninja training and the only ninjas I know so far are the turtles and the Foot, it's obviously not the former since I just saw Mikey off and I counted more than six of the silhouettes which means that it's the latter. So the question now would be who are they chasing and why? Might as well follow them and find out for myself," Naruto proceeded to do just that as he went in the direction where he saw them go.
The targeted silhouette tried its best to escape its pursuers but they more than proved to be relentless, doggedly refusing to let the target escape until finally cornering it at the junkyard after inflicting a lot of injuries during the pursuit. The target leaned back against a scrapped car, an arm on a bleeding shoulder while trying to figure out a way to escape as the pursuers approached with clear intent to kill.
*Thunk**Thunk**Thunk**Thunk*
Suddenly, several kunai struck the ground in between them then someone landed afterwards for a confrontation though they couldn't see who it is due to the person wearing a hood to conceal his identity.
"Hey guys, I saw you jumping around earlier and couldn't help but follow so I can learn more about…you…all…," Naruto trailed off now that there's enough lighting for him to clearly see who they all are.
First is that the pursuers were obviously Foot Ninjas but they were dressed differently; they wore sleeveless ninja garb with red wrappings around their waists, their arms are wrapped in white linen reaching all the way to the shoulders while equipped with long razor-sharp claw gauntlets, and they all wore red masks that cover their entire heads.
Second is that the pursued happens to be anthropomorphic mutant snow fox with a long bushy and appears be a female judging by the body shape, she has grey wrappings around her arms, legs and waist whilst wearing a brown tattered scarf around her neck. The most defining feature of her would be the patch of blue fur around her eyes which give off the impression of a mask.
Naruto took note of the bleeding wounds all over her body and frowned then turned towards the ninjas "I may not know what's going on but I do know a few things; you guys are obviously from the Foot Clan and that already makes us enemies, attacking her means that you're not her friend, and finally…," Naruto took out a kunai and pointed it at them "I don't need a third reason to beat you guys up since your clan has been causing problems for this city,"
"Be careful…," the vixen called out, wincing in pain from her wounds "They're high-level assassins from the Foot Clan,"
Naruto nodded in affirmation "Thanks for the warning, just leave the rest to me,"
The Foot Assassins lunged at Naruto and began to jump around him swiftly, purposely making it hard for the blonde ninja to focus on any let alone one of them. However, Naruto was aware of this tactic as he employed it alongside his shadow clones and so knows several ways to counter it.
One of the Foot Assassins suddenly attacked Naruto from behind with their claws towards only for the blonde ninja to react quickly by leaping high into the air. But this action was in accordance to their plans as another assassin leapt towards Naruto and attacked with claw swipe with the confidence that he won't be able to maneuver in midair. Naruto cried out in pain as the claws pierced through his back and out his chest, but the assassin was taken by surprise when he suddenly burst into white smoke and reveal a wooden log in his place with the claw embedded in it. Naruto reappeared above the assassin and sent him crashing to the ground with an axe kick then followed up by dropping down to drive both knees into his stomach for a severe knockout.
This action placed the other Foot Assassins on edge as Naruto has just proven himself to be a massive threat which must be eliminated for the sake of their master. Naruto's eyes narrowed, seeing the assassins cautiously position themselves to surround him. All of a sudden, the Foot Assassins threw black pellets at Naruto's feet that exploded into black smoke then rushed inside to attack while his vision is currently obscured.
The mutant fox watched the ongoing battle with worry, she fought these assassins before and they were the reason why she was put into this wounded state. She tried to stand up and try to help the unknown stranger but her current condition is making it impossible to do so. Hearing the sound of metal clashing against each other, the vixen turned to the dissipating cloud of smoke and shocked to see four copies of the stranger blocking the claws of the Foot Assassins before knocking them back with kicks to the torsos.
Naruto weaved through a set of handsigns "It's my turn to attack now, Wind Style: Sonic Step!" his body radiates a clear aura before he disappears in a blur. The assassins started looking around frantically for the enemy and the next thing they knew was that they were getting knocked around the junkyard like pinballs by the blur that is Naruto who skidded to a stop at a short distance away from them after purposely positioning them in one place with his highspeed barrage of attacks and was already weaving through another set of handsigns.
"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" Naruto took in a deep breath which made his stomach swell slightly and then unleashed an immensely powerful gust of wind from his mouth that blew the Foot Assassins off their feet and were sent crashing into various heaps of garbage before being buried underneath them.
After making sure that they were all unconscious, Naruto turned around and began walking towards the mutant snow vixen. While approaching, Naruto saw the vixen starting sniffing the air and her eyes widened in shock, not only that but he also felt a tingle crawl up his spine and he quickly ducked to the ground right as a metal claw swiped at where his head used to be. While on all fours on the ground, Naruto lashed out with a rising back kick which knocked the formerly hidden Foot Assassin into the air.
"Wind Style: Air Bullets!" Naruto takes in a deep breath whilst concentrating chakra into his lungs before opening his mouth to spew bullets of air rapidly to attack his falling target until he crashed to the ground. He made double sure that there aren't anymore assassins trying to surprise him before reaching the vixen who was understandably wary of him, having seen his combat skills and powers.
"You don't look so good with all those wounds, hang on while I get my First Aid pack," Naruto reached into his ninja pouch for the aforementioned pack.
"Why…why are you helping me?" asked the vixen warily.
"The obvious answer would be that I don't have a good enough reason not to help you plus I don't have it in me to look the other way while someone's life is in danger," Naruto managed to find the First Aid kit and started dressing the vixen's wounds by first stopping the bleeding.
"But I'm a mutant, a freak to others…,"
Naruto paused with a frown on his face before resuming "Please don't call yourself a freak, just because your origins are different from others doesn't mean that you don't have a place in this world, it's rather what you do with this life of yours that truly defines who you are. Believe me, I and a few others had to go through the same thing,"
"…," the vixen didn't respond or rather couldn't respond to his words which were spoken from his heart with no trace of deceit, she simply sat there and watched him apply bandages to her wounds.
"There…I've patched you up, just need to get you to the studio for Hinata-chan to fully heal you," said Naruto, surprising the mutant with his words.
"You have already done enough for me, there's no need to force yourself. And I don't want to involve you and friends any more with my troubles,"
Naruto waved off her excuses "If you're talking about the Foot Clan then don't worry, my friends and I have been facing them for a while as they were the ones responsible for the massive surge in criminal activity. Like the saying goes 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend',"
"But…,"
"We can talk more later, let's get outta here," Naruto placed Incognito Seals on the vixen and himself to make it difficult to be track before carefully carrying her on his back so as not to irritate her wounds "By the way, I didn't tell you my name; it's Naruto Uzumaki. What's your name?"
"…my name is Alopex," the mutant vixen introduced herself.
"Alopex, that's a nice name,"
Mutant snow fox smiled softly in response to the complement "…th-thank you,"
"No problem, now hang on tight. We'll be taking the route back via the rooftops to avoid the onlookers,"
"Okay,"
After taking several running steps forward, Naruto applied chakra to his legs for an enhanced jump into the air and stick to the side of an apartment before running to the top and was soon leaping across rooftops with Alopex being shocked by his prowess and wondered how come no one heard of him and his friends all this time until now.
"Maybe…maybe he can help me," thought Alopex as she slowly fell asleep on the blonde ninja's back.
This is Hussbek online with the latest chapter, Naruto and the Konoha ninjas met with the Turtles and their family as they explained the going ons between them and the Foot Clan before the aspiring Kamen Rider agreed to aid them with whatever the enemy is up to. Later on, the group learnt of destructive activities occurring in the subways and immediately went there to investigate. There the group located the spear headers of the operation which were Rocksteady and Bebop then put a stop to them, but the two mutants made their retreat but not before vaguely warning them that 'The fun is just getting started' which served to make Naruto and the Turtles confused as well as wary.
Later on, Naruto was alone bored in the studio when he got a call from Mikey who was also in a similar situation and had the idea of hanging out with Naruto while teaching him how to skateboard. After a short snack stop at Mikey's favorite pizzeria and seeing him off, Naruto went on a rooftop run when he took note of dark figures running by and went after them out of curiosity. Sure enough, he realized that the figures turned out to be elite Foot Ninjas in pursuit of a female mutant snow fox for unknown reasons but he didn't hesitate to get involved and rescue her. After tending to the vixen's wounds and learning that her name is Alopex, Naruto decided to take her back to the studio to receive further healing from Hinata.
After reading through the earlier issues of the comics and playing the game several times, I decided to add in the secret bosses into the story as well as characters from the comic series starting with Alopex to make things more interesting. I also went with the Rider Punch version of Decade's signature move and had the Turtles use their Super Move from the Injustice 2 game as well. I'm not exactly the most knowledgeable when it comes to skateboarding and the tricks so I referred to the Tony Hawk game series to get some ideas. I'll see about making the TMNT arc as interesting as possible so be sure to look forward to it.
This is Hussbek from Ghana.
Signing out and staying alive.
