The Shinobi of Republic City

"Hello" - (Normal Talking)

"How does he do that?" - (Thinking)

"What's this kid gonna do now?" - (Flashback)

["What's the plan?"] - (Spirit's Talking)

["This guys a moron"] - (Spirit's Thinking)

{"Sir, can you hear me?"} - (Communication)

"^It's a knockout!^" - (Radio and speakers)

"\Hope that I see you soon\" - (Reading)

Chapter 7

(The Rising Tide)

It had been a few days since the Equalist attack just on the pro bending stadium, along with the Wolf Bats losing their bending.

Naruto was reading a newspaper at the counter, while Kurama sat next to him on the counter, eating a steak for breakfast.

Will then came out with some orders, and after she delivered them she looked at Naruto, who had an annoyed look on his face. "What's up?" she asked curiously, as she walked over.

"Tarrlok is calling for Lin to retire, and he's now making threats to lock down the city if they don't bring in Amon soon," Naruto said with a scowl.

"They do know doing that, might get Amon more non-benders on his side, right?" Will asked with a scowl of her own.

"Yeah, but that's politics. Damned if you do, and damned if you don't" Naruto said with a sigh, as he closed up the paper and put it down.

As he did this, Ru walked into the restaurant, and made her way to Naruto.

"Hey Ru, it's about time you decided to visit our restaurant" Will said with a smile at the non bender.

Naruto smiled at this, glad that Will was being nice to Ru, after she had helped him back at the Equalist attack.

"Um, hi" Ru said with a nervous tone, as she hadn't talked to Will at all before now.

"Now now, no need to be nervous. I don't bite….unless it's in bed" Will said with a grin.

"Will, go get Ru some food" Naruto said while Ru sputtered and blushed a little, before she hid behind Naruto.

"I'm on it. You like nachos Ru?" Will asked with a smile.

"Um, what are those?" Ru asked Naruto nervously.

"Yikes. I think you will like them" Naruto said as he nodded at Will, who nodded back and went into the kitchen.

"Now, what brings you here?" Naruto asked Ru, as she sat down next to him.

"Not much. My house is really tense right now, since the other night" Ru said with a frown, as she absently scratched Kurama's head, who laid down with his head on his paws.

Naruto frowned at this. "Is your sister still complaining about her bending being taken away?" he asked her.

Ru nodded at this. "I didn't think my mom and sister could hate non benders more. But Amon taking her bending has made my mother start pushing for curfews for all non benders, and mandatory searches of all non benders homes" she said.

"She's that mad?" Naruto asked, as she could see that Ru was getting nervous.

Ru nodded again at this. "She wants to push for a kill on sight order for Equalist's, but Tenzin is fighting her hard on this" she told him.

"It sounds like your mom is a cunt, looking for an excuse to take revenge for her daughter losing her bending, and her husband to non bending thieves" Will said, as she came out with a plate of nachos and a drink for Ru.

Ru said nothing to this, as she frowned, before she reached for her drink and nachos to try them.

Naruto smiled as he watched Ru eat, and saw she was enjoying the food.

As this was happening, Asami walked into the restaurant.

"Hey Asami, what's happening?" Will asked with a grin.

"Oh, not much. I wanted to invite you, Naruto and Korra to my place this weekend. I figured after all this stuff with the pro bending arena, you all could use a break. You all like pool parties?" she asked Will and Naruto with a smile

"Oh, looking to show off your assets to Naruto, eh? Not a bad plan" Will asked with a grin, as she wiggled her eyebrows.

Asami laughed at this, as she shoved Will playfully. "Oh, stop. Oh, Ru! I'm glad you're here. I stopped by your place to invite you too, but your mom said you ran off after an argument you were having with your sister" Asami said, as she frowned at Ru.

"Yea. My sister hasn't been happy lately. I tried to be there for her, but she just snapped at me saying I don't know what it's like, since I have always been weak" Ru said with a frown.

Asami frowned at this. "Well, you're not weak with those moves you pulled on those Equalists the other night" she said, as she placed her hand on Ru's shoulder.

Naruto nodded in agreement at this along with Will, as Kurama barked at this, showing he agreed.

"Anyway, I hope to see you all at my place this weekend," Asami said, smiling at them.

Kurama barked at this, looking annoyed at Asami.

"Yes, you can come too Kurama" Asami said with a chuckle at the kitsune, as she left.

"Hey, if we skinny dipped in the pool with Naruto, would your dad be pissed?" Will asked with a pervy grin.

"Hush Will" Naruto said, as he poked her in the forehead.

"Um, I don't think we should go," Ru said, as she finished her nachos.

Naruto and WIll raised an eyebrow at this. "Why not? Can't swim?" Will asked her curiously.

"Um…." Ru said, as she hesitated to talk.

"Hey" Naruto said, as he took her hand into his. "It's ok, you can tell us."

"Yea. If its cause Asami is rich, don't worry, she's not a snob cunt like your mom" Will said, trying to help.

"No, no. It's not her its….her dad" Ru said.

"Mr Sato? He seemed pretty nice to me" Naruto said, as he recalled meeting him back at Tarrlok's party.

"Back when I was an Equalist, and we were getting more equipment, I heard his name being whispered among the inner circle" Ru whispered to them.

"Did they steal from him or something?" Will asked with a raised eyebrow.

Ru shook her head at this, as she frowned.

Naruto's eyes widened slightly at this. "Oh jeez. His wife was killed by a bender" he said, as realization hit him like a ton of bricks.

Will frowned at this, as this did sound like good evidence. "We should tell Lin," she said.

"We don't have proof, and I don't think Mr Sato is dumb enough to keep Equalist equipment at his mansion," Naruto said, as he shook his head.

"I have heard where his secret warehouse is," Ru said.

"Perfect. Let's go tell Lin, and end this" Will said with a smile.

"Will, if we do that, Ru will have to tell Lin how she knows this," Naruto said with a frown.

Kurama and Will winced at this, as they knew if Ru talked, then it would be public record that she was an Equalist, and that her family would not have a good reaction.

"It's fine," Ru said with a firm tone.

"Ru, are you sure?" Naruto asked, wanting Ru to be sure before she made this decision.

Ru nodded at this. "I knew when I joined them, eventually it would get out. This isn't exactly how I figured it would happen, but if I can help end the fighting, I will help" she said in determination.

Will nodded at this. "Ok, you just got a lot cuter with you being all brave" she said with a smile.

"Will, stop being a pervert, she's innocent" Naruto said with a roll of his eyes, while Ru hid behind him again.

"Hey, I'm not some floozy looking to make her your love slave or anything" Will said with an annoyed tone, before she saw a female customer looking at her, aghast at what she'd just said. "What? I just said I'm not doing that, ya prude!"

Kurama snickered at this, while the woman dragged her child out of the restaurant.

(Metal Bending Police HQ)

Lin was inside her office, looking over some paperwork, which were mostly calls for her to resign, which she was promptly throwing out the window, before shredding them to pieces with her metal whip.

{"Um, captain?"} her lieutenant said over her intercom.

"What is it? If it's Tarrlok, tell him to get out. He's not getting rid of me that easily" she growled.

{"Actually miss, it's Mr Uzumaki and his crazy girlf -"} the lieutenant was saying, before he was cut off.

{"Who the hell are you calling crazy?!"} Will was heard yelling in the background, before some crashes were heard.

"Send them in," Lin said with a chuckle, as she kinda liked Will from what she had heard. She didn't take any nonsense, and actually followed the law.

The door to her office opened, and Naruto, Will and Ru who had Kurama on her shoulder, were let in by Lin's lieutenant, who looked nervous as Will gave him a smirk.

"Ya know red, if you weren't working at that restaurant of yours, I'd offer you a job here" Lin said to Will with a smile.

"Are you offering?" Will asked with a grin, as the lieutenant paled slightly at this, before he left.

"Ha! Ok you three, what brings you lot here? And why is Ru with you? Her moms been making me nuts with demands to bring Amon in, preferably dead" she said.

"Ru is here, cause she has some info, that could help you take care of the Equalists supplier of weapons" Naruto said, as he patted Ru on the shoulder.

Lin sat up straight at this, with a firm look on her face. "And how does she have this information?" she asked firmly, as she looked at Ru who looked nervous, which caused Kurama to growl at Lin.

Naruto held her hand at this to comfort her.

"Relax Lin, she's nervous enough already" Will said, as she patted Kurama to keep him from growling at Lin.

Lin sighed at this and nodded. "Well, let's hear it kid. And depending on the situation, I'll try to help you too" she said, as she got a pen and paper ready.

Ru looked at Narutom who nodded at her and squeezed her hand.

(One explanation later)

Lin sat back and took a breath, as she massaged her head.

"I can see why you were nervous about coming forward, kid. Your mom and sister don't exactly make the rest of us benders look good" Lin said, as she rubbed her head.

"So, you're not gonna lock Ru up?" Naruto asked.

"Well… she didn't actually do anything technically after they were declared enemies of the state, and she's come forward with valuable information. So technically, I would be arresting a valuable asset in this case, wouldn't I?" Lin asked with a small smile at the group.

"Awww, you do have a soft side" Will said with a smirk at the police captain.

Lin simply tossed a piece of paper at her, which Will easily dodged.

"So, what's the plan for Asami's father?" Naruto asked curiously.

"We will raid this secret warehouse, and take him in, if it ends up being a weapons factory for the Equalists" Lin said.

"If you need help, I can call Korra and we can help you," Naruto said.

"Hmmmm. Well, I suppose I can allow that" Lin said as she nodded.

"I'll go too. I can help, since I was one of them" Ru said, ready to help in anyway she could.

Lin nodded at this, and looked at Naruto. "I'll let you know when the raid is," she told him.

"Should we tell Asami?" Will asked, as this was a big secret to keep from her.

Naruto frowned at this, and after a few moments he shook his head. "No…..I'll tell her myself" he said, knowing he should tell her.

Lin sighed at this. "You better be sure, kid. We don't want her running to her father before we're ready" she said.

Naruto nodded at this, as the teens and pet left the office.

As they left the police headquarters, one of the Metal Benders noticed Ru and quickly made a call.

(Later, with Naruto)

Naruto parked his motorcycle in front of Asami's workshop, where Will said she showed her and Korra her Satomobile's, and made his way to the door before he knocked on it.

After a few moments, the door opened and Asami was there, wearing her goggles.

"Naruto, what are you doing here?" Asami asked curiously, surprised to see her boyfriend as she lifted the goggles to rest on her forehead.

Naruto held up a bag, which had his restaurant's logo on it. "I figured I would show up, and spend time with you. I brought you lunch too, in case you got hungry while working" he said with a smile.

Asami smiled at this and pulled Naruto into her workshop. "Will's right, you are a sweet sap" she said, as she closed the door and led Naruto to a table she had set up for eating delivered food, and sat him down before she sat across from him.

"I hope you're ok with burgers and fries," Naruto said, as he took some burgers out of the bag and passed one to her, before handing her a paper bowl of fries and a drink of lemonade.

"I love fries" Asami said with a smile, as she didn't expect diced up potatoes to be so good, when she tried them before with Will.

"Well, I know it's nothing fancy like what you're used to," Naruto said, as he helped himself to some of his fries.

"Nonsense. I would rather eat this with you and relax" Asami said with a smirk, as she swallowed a fry, before taking a sip of her drink.

"So, what are you working on?" Naruto asked curiously, as he drank some of his lemonade.

"I'm looking over one of the shock gloves taken from the Equalists" Asami said, as she took a bite of her burger.

"And what did you find?" Naruto asked her.

"It's well made, and if it wasn't being used by the Equalists, I would recommend having these around for non benders to defend themselves against thugs, like the triads. I even added my own upgrade to this one" Asami said with a smile, as she gestured to her work bench.

"Oh? How so?" Naruto asked curiously, wondering what Asami was doing.

Asami walked over to her work bench, and took the shock glove before putting it on. She then held her palm out, and pointed it at a hanging target nearby.

Naruto's eyes widened, as the palm of the glove started to hum, before it shot a blast of electricity out and destroyed the target. "Woah! You can fire blasts from that thing now?" he asked, surprised at this.

"Yea, but it has to rest for a few minutes between each blast" Asami said with an annoyed frown.

"Well, I'm just glad that the Equalists never thought of doing that with their gloves," Naruto said in relief.

"Well, just getting this one to do it was a lot of trial and error. Would you believe it sent me flying into the roof the first time I tried?" Asami asked with a sheepish chuckle.

"Well, if I was there, I'm sure I'd have catched the damsel before she hit the ground," Naruto said with a grin.

Asami laughed as she took off her glove, before she turned to Naruto and hugged him. "You are so goofy, but sweet" she said, as she smiled at him.

Naruto smiled back at this, but frowned a little, remembering why he was here.

"What's wrong?" Asami asked, seeing this.

"Asami, you know Ru was an Equalist, right?" Naruto asked, as he sat down again.

"Yea, I know. And I'm proud of her for quitting" Asami said with a nod, wondering where this was going.

"Asami, she told me and Will who has been making them weapons," Naruto said firmly.

"Well, that's good. Who was -" Asami was saying, as she slowly realized what Naruto was getting at. "No. No. My dad wouldn't -"

"Asami, Ru says he has a secret warehouse, where he makes weapons for Amon and he's doing it to get even for losing your mom" Naruto said, as he got up to comfort Asami.

Asami's eyes widened at this, before she let Naruto help her sit down.

"Look, Ru told Lin and she's gonna raid his warehouse," Naruto said, as he hugged Asami.

"She told Lin?" Asami asked, looking at Naruto.

"Yea, and she knows it's a risk, if her mom finds out. But she knows this is going too far, and if your dad is involved, we need to stop him" Naruto said with a nod.

"If my dad is involved, I'll -" Asami was saying angrily, before she got cut off.

"He's still your dad. You don't need to be there for this" Naruto said to her.

"No, I do. I need to see this for myself, and if he is involved I'll help stop him" Asami said with a determined look on her face.

Naruto blinked at this, before he chuckled. "You know, I was expecting you to either cry or dump me for telling you this," he said.

Asami shook her head at this, before she paused. "Is that why you brought fries? To try and butter me up?" she asked with a slight chuckle.

"Well, is it working?" Naruto asked with a grin.

Asami chuckled at this. "I'm fine Naruto. But I reserve the right to cry later, and you can comfort me then" she said.

"I'll keep my shoulder dry for your tears only," Naruto said with a smile.

Asami smiled at this, before she pulled Naruto close and kissed him, as Naruto wrapped his arms around her, and kissed her back.

(A few days later)

It was now nighttime, and Naruto, Will, Korra, Asami and Ru were on their way to the secret warehouse.

"Are you sure you're gonna be OK with this?" Korra asked Asami with a raised eyebrow.

"I'll be fine. I have to know" Asami said with a firm look, as they approached a massive warehouse, where Lin was waiting, along with her Metalbenders and also…..

"There you are Ru!" Liling said, as she and Yaling spotted Ru with Naruto's group.

Ru gained a surprised look at this, while Kurama who was on her head, growled when he saw Yaling, making her jump a little, remembering how the kitsune had attacked her before.

"Where have you been?" Yaling asked Ru with a frown.

"She's been with us, miss bit - ow!" Will was saying, before Asami poked her in the forehead, as she had seen Naruto do this with her before.

"Oh….well, at least it's with good people, not like the trash Miss Lin is gonna lock up" Liling said, as she turned to look at Lin and nodded at her.

"We should leave one conscious, so we can make them talk about where that freak who took my bending is," Yaling said with a scowl.

"Also, why is she here? How do we know she isn't leading us into a trap?" Liling said, as she noticed Asami was with Naruto's group too.

"Cause I don't judge all non benders, like you do. So watch it, before I get mad" Naruto said with a glare at Liling.

Lin nodded at this. "Ok, let's do this. Open it!" she ordered her men, who all used their bending to force the doors open.

Everyone went inside, and saw that it was empty.

"They must have already cleared out of here, and hid somewhere else like the rats they are," Liling said with a scowl.

"Let's look around, before you show how good your people skills are," Will said with an annoyed tone.

"These freaks are taking the bending of others from them, and lowering them to their level" Liling said with a annoyed look at Will

"And once I get my bending back, I'm gonna crush this Amon guy to paste," Yaling said with a scowl.

"Okay, how do you know he can do that? And two, what makes you think Amon will do it anyway?" Korra asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Well, it's not like I can depend on you to do anything, along with the rest of your stupid group!" Yaling yelled.

"Enough! I think I found something" Lin said, before she stomped her foot, and revealed there was a hidden stairway.

"Good, then let's go" Naruto said, as the Metalbenders led the way down.

The stairs led them down a hallway, and soon they came up to a massive room that was all dark.

"Korra, Will, Kurama, can we get a light?" Naruto asked, as they all looked around.

But before any of them could make a light, the lights above them turned on, illuminating the room, showing they were all surrounded by what looked like giant mechs. Each mech had treds to help them move about, claws for hands and glass over the cockpit.

"We have been expecting you, Avatar," Mr Sato's voice said from inside one of the mechs.

"How did you know we were coming?" Korra asked, as everyone took battle stances.

"After your little informant stopped showing up, we figured we should be ready for you," Mr Sato said.

"Informant? What informant?" Liling asked, as she stood ready to fight with Yaling behind her.

"Oh? Nobody told you? I'm not surprised you never noticed. If I was your daughter, I wouldn't want you to know either" Mr Sato said with a smug tone.

Liling and Yaling looked at Ru at this, and noticed her not meeting their eyes, which caused them to realize what Mr Sato was saying.

"You were one of them?!" Yaling yelled in a rage, as she looked at her sister.

"You didn't exactly give her many options" Will said, as she stood at the ready to fight.

"Fight each other later! Fight these mecha tanks first!" Lin said, as she and her men tried to bend the metal, but they were surprised that nothing happened.

"This is 100 percent platinum, Chief Beifong, it's completely immune to your bending. Not even your renowned mother could bend a metal so pure. Take them to Amon, except for my daughter" Mr Sato said, as the mechs all charged at them

"Well, if metal bending doesn't work, what about fire and lightning?" Will yelled out, as she shot a blast of lightning at a mecha tank.

Kurama barked at this, before he jumped off Ru's head, and in a massive burst of fire, he grew to the size of a bear and roared, letting loose a flamethrower on one of the mechs.

One of the other mechs shot its arm at Kurama, grabbing him, before it started to shock him, making him yell out in pain.

"Dad, why are you doing this?" Asami yelled to her father, as she protected Ru with her gauntlet.

"These benders took your mother from us, and they all abuse their power. Especially your friend's mother and daughter" Mr Sato said, as he gestured to Yaling and Liling.

"The actions of the few don't affect the actions of the many" Naruto said, as he dodged a giant disc, before using Airbending to send it towards another mech, where it sent out some wires and once it hit the mech, it caused the mech to spark as it shut down.

"If the rest of you can't keep the bad seeds in line, you're just as guilty" Mr Sato said firmly, as his mech charged at Naruto and swung at him.

"Sir! We are having trouble with this spirit!" one of the Equalists yelled, as he and another Equalist in a mech yelled, as they tried to keep Kurama pinned.

"Then up the voltage! Amon doesn't care if he is hurt!" Mr Sato yelled, before Naruto sent a massive blast of air at him, sending him slamming into a wall.

One of the mechs pinned Kurama down to the ground, and started to shock him with even more power, making him yell out in pain.

"Hey, back off!" Will yelled, as she made some lightning. But before she could fire, the mech backhanded at her, but thankfully Naruto used his Airbending to pull her away from the mech.

Kurama soon stopped yelling, and soon he growled as his fur stood up and his eyes went red, and he started to grow even bigger, and soon the mech's arm holding him broke.

"Everyone out! He's gonna bring down the whole base!" Lin yelled, as the base started to crumble from Kurama getting bigger.

Everyone ran out the way they came, and soon they were all outside again.

Just as they all ran out, the warehouse burst and Kurama's head burst out, as he climbed out and roared loudly, his tails waving behind him, as the area shook from the sound of his roaring.

"Well, at least none of us got taken," Korra said, trying to find a bright spot.

"Yea, but Mr Sato got away along with his Equalist friends" Naruto said with a scowl.

"Uh, I hope this isn't a permanent size for you fluffy" Lin yelled up at Kurama, who looked down at her with a grin, making the other Metalbenders nervous.

"Kurama, enough" Naruto said, rolling his eyes at Kurama showing off.

Kurama tsked at this, before in a blast of fire, he shrunk back down to normal and ran to Will and jumped onto her shoulder.

"You're definitely getting in the paper for this one, fluffy," Will said with a chuckle, while Kurama snickered.

Before Naruto could respond to this, he saw Liling with Ru nearby, her hand raised and in an instant, he was in front of Ru, catching Liling by the wrist.

"Let me go, you -" Liling was saying in anger, before….

SNAP!

Liling screamed in pain, as Naruto snapped her wrist, before kicking her in the gut, sending her to the ground.

"Do you know who I am?!" Liling yelled at him, a look of rage on her face as she cradled her snapped wrist, with Yaling helping her stand up.

"I know your a piece of trash, who treated her non bending daughter so bad she thought she had to join the Equalists to feel like she belonged" Naruto growled, as he glared at Liling with some of his killer intent

Yaling's eyes widened at this, as she looked at her sister, who looked down at the ground. "Was it really that bad for her?" she thought.

"I never want to see you again, you pathetic traitor!" Liling yelled at Ru, before she walked off, with Yaling looking at Ru for a moment, before she ran to follow her mother.

"I don't know if that was a good move or not, whiskers. She'll make your life hell" Lin said, as she crossed her arms.

"I don't care. You raise a hand to one of my friends, and it's gonna cost you" Naruto said with a scowl, before he looked at Ru. "You ok?" he asked.

Ru said nothing to this, but tears were running down her face, before she hugged Naruto with her face buried into his shoulder.

"Hey, hey it's OK" Naruto said, as he patted her on the head.

"Yea, you can stay with us. Don't worry, you don't need them" Will said, wanting to comfort her.

Kurama barked at this, and patted Ru on the shoulder with one of his tails.

Korra nodded at this and looked at Asami, who was looking at the destroyed warehouse. "Are you gonna be OK?" she asked.

"Yea. My father made his choice. Don't worry, I'm with you guys" she said firmly, as she looked at the group.

Naruto nodded at this, and continued to comfort Ru, while he tried not to think about how things were probably gonna get worse from here.

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See you later folks: P.O.M said with a sigh, while Kfbanime87 cackled madly. Oh, and before I forget, to those that ask me when I'm gonna write one of my fanfics, listen closely, cause I'm only gonna say this once; the order I do my fanfics in is this: first is my Digimon fanfic, then Pokemon, next is Fairy Tail, after that is Justice League, followed by One Piece, with Avengers after that, with Avatar: The Last Airbender to follow then Avatar: Legend of Korra to finish, before starting all over again

Hope that you all enjoyed this fanfic and that you're looking forward to the next chapter. I also hope that you're doing what you can to avoid getting this COVID by following the rules, while any and all flames are no longer welcome. Also, for some reason, if I get a PM from anyone, it wouldn't show me the number(s) on fanfiction (so if you send me a PM, and I reply to it late, that's the reason why). Let's hope that now the vaccines are all done, we can rest a bit easier.

I would also like to point out that this is the last new fanfic that me and Kfbanime87 will be writing together until we finish one, as writing too many fanfics takes up too much time.

The harem is: Will, Korra, Asami, Opal and Ru. And don't worry, we have a plan for who to have Bolin pair with (which I'm sure will leave many of you shocked). Hope that you all enjoyed this fanfic, and once I've helped Kfbanime87, I'll be updating Jinchuriki Tamer next.