New York City held a special place in Naruto's heart, it was the first place he visited when he was 13 years old and had freed himself from June's grasp. Sitting in a park, the pleasant late summer breeze felt great on his skin. He had a blue and orange Mets had on his head, a plain black hoodie on, over a pair of black joggers. A pair of navy blue sneakers with an orange logo on the shoe.
He looked like everyone else in the city, it was easily his best ability as far as he was considered. Blending into plain view was worth its weight in gold for anyone who did the type of things that he did.
Sitting on the park bench, he didn't say anything as a pale man with shaggy brown hair in a grey hoodie and slacks sat down next to him.
"Lightning strikes more than once" whispered the man and Naruto nodded
"You have a mission for me?" questioned Naruto
"Of course," replied the man
Rolling his eyes, Naruto replied, "Then you know the price"
The other male pulled a small yellow envelope from his big hoodie pouch, his eyes still trained forward.
"10 thousand now and 10 thousand when you finish the job, as Jessica said" whispered the man
"That is my going rate, you understand that there is no going back right? I will kill this man no matter what and you will not get this money back. And if you decide not to pay me, I will kill everyone you love and then you in short order" replied Naruto
"I got the message" said the man, before he slipped the bundle of cash and a small photo to over to Naruto as discreetly as he could.
Naruto's hand blur out and snatched up everything before he laid his eyes on the photo and he growled.
"What the fuck is this?" asked Naruto
"That is the target" replied the man
"I know whom it is, what is the meaning of this?" asked Naruto
"That child is the heir to the Sterling-Harley fortune left behind by my brother and his wife, if anything happens to him, it all goes to me" explained the man
"Yeah, you got me fucked up bro, I don't kill children" spat Naruto as he stood up and flicked the photo back at the man, "Find someone else"
The man caught the photo and looked at the back of Naruto who had started to walk away from him, "Hey, give me back my money"
Naruto glanced over his shoulder, "Kiss my ass"
"Hey fuck you man, I paid you to do a job and you're fucking running off with my money. Either do the job or give me back my money" snarled the man
Naruto froze mid-step and the man relaxed slightly before he watched Naruto's form simply vanish from sight.
Whirling around he found himself looking face to face with Naruto, surprised by the youthfulness of the man he was about to hire, he gasped at seeing the teenage appear behind him.
"You should watch your mouth" tsk'd Naruto, "You paid me to kill someone, nobody said anything about that person being a child"
"Clearly there is no honor among assassins" countered the man
"Matthew, I've given you multiple chances to watch your mouth, but dumb people need to learn things hand it seems" said Naruto as he shook his head
Matthew only had a moment to mutter 'huh' before Naruto's right hand shot out and grasped Matthew's left arm, before jerking to the side and snapping the limb like one would a twig.
Naruto's left hand was over his mouth before he could even scream, the pain of the limb being broken sent spasms throughout his body and he felt himself lose the strength to stand.
"Shhhh, there there buddy" said Naruto as he forced the man to sit down on the bench, "I am going to walk away with your money ok? If you anything to fuck me with or that child, I am going to use your skull as a centerpiece on my coffee table, okay?"
Matthew nodded
Naruto smirked at him and his crystal blue eyes flashed blood red with a slit pupil and suddenly Matthew was in a sewer like setting and a massive fox was upon him, ripping him to shreds with a series of sharp claws and teeth.
Matthew flinched and his arm throbbed as he found himself sitting on the park bench alone, nobody around him. Naruto was gone and thankfully, there was no fox anywhere in sight.
Naruto was happily whistling as he walked through the streets of Forest Hills Queens, his breathing was slightly heavier than normal, but racing from Manhattan to Queens in a little above 3 minutes was still quite a distance, even for him.
He approached the building, glancing up at the top floor before using his strength to force the building door open and slipping inside, climbing the stairs until he reached the top floor, making his way along the hallway until he came to the door which had a faded 709 on it. The last apartment on the floor.
He knocked on it, feeling someone come to the other side of the door and check him out through the peephole, he couldn't resist smirking when he heard the click of the door being unlocked before it swung open.
"Come on in asshole" greeted the pale raven haired girl who owned the apartment, "Take off your shoes, I can smell the saltiness of the pathetic tears that have landed on them"
She had a tall, lanky frame that gave a slight feel of awkwardness, like she was out of place even in her own home. She was wearing a well-worn pair of jeans, a plain black t-shirt under an oversized varsity style red and black jacket, and scuffed sneakers. She had always preferred comfort over style and never cared much about fashion as long as he had known her. Her posture leaned toward a slouch as if she was trying to make herself as small as possible.
"I can't even tell if you're bullshitting me or not" admitted Naruto as he kicked off his blue sneakers as he slipped inside the apartment. She emerged from the kitchen with a cup of water in one hand, before she randomly threw a knife at him that shot at him at nearly 100 mph.
He grabbed the knife buy the handle before it could hit him and he blew her a kiss as he handed her back the knife.
"I thought that you were meeting that Matthew Sterling guy?" asked the girl as she sat down on a couch that had clearly seen better days.
"I did" confirmed Naruto as he tossed 10 thousand dollars at her, "Too bad I had to break his arm for trying to get me to kill a kid"
The girl winced, "Fucking idiot"
"I will do a lot of things to a lot of people, but I don't fuck with tots" admitted Naruto as he plopped down on the couch beside the girl, "But tell me Miss Jessica Jones, what the fuck kind of vetting was that?"
"Oh, shut up" countered Jessica, "I found you a client that you got 10k off of without ever lifting a finger"
"Well, you can keep it" dismissed Naruto
"You do this so fucking often, you got the money, keep it" insisted Jessica
"For what? I have money, I actually have a big contract coming up" admitted Naruto
"Big like big or BIG?" asked Jessica
"It is a 5 million dollar deal" said Naruto
"Who is the target?" asked Jessica
"Can't say just yet, but he's a billionaire" replied Naruto
"Oh you've fucking lost it and gone full retarded" said Jessica with a sigh as she slipped the money into her pocket, "It was good knowing you"
"Relax, I don't have to kill him. Just put him in a position for easy pickings" added Naruto, "It will take some time, so don't worry about it"
"I'm not worried about your dumb ass" said Jessica with a roll of her eyes, "I'm more worried about losing my source of income"
Naruto scoffed, "I'm your best friend, you would miss me"
"Maybe, you wanna come to the CUNY party with me tonight, bunch of drunk and hot college girls are gonna be there" said Jessica with a wag of her eyebrows.
"That sounds very tempting" admitted Naruto, "But I have a couple things I want to close up loose ends on"
Jessica slid off the coach and pushed Naruto back down with her super strength, he could easily have resisted the force but when she manhandled his pants and underwear down, gripping his growing manhood, he allowed it.
She drew her face closer to it, looking up at him with pretty brown eyes as her pink lips were a breath away from planting a kiss on his tip.
"Come one Naruto, you know how much fun we have when we go out together" she said in a sultry voice, "Let's go find a little pretty thing for us to share"
Naruto opened his mouth to answer, but all that came out was a stuttering moan, but Jessica took that as a yes.
With Natasha: 1 week later
Being a spy meant that you did a lot of things that you didn't enjoy doing all that much, sometimes it was seducing a rather ugly man or pretending to be a stripper to get close to someone who had the information you were looking for. This time, she was the one who was sent to talk to the man in the chair. Knowing that no matter how hard she tried, he would worm his way into her mind, peaking through all her dirty laundry.
Professor Charles Xavier was a man who was timelessly stuck in his mid 50's despite being close to 80 years old at this point. The bald man was waiting for her at the gate when she arrived, because of course, he would know she was coming.
"Ms. Romanoff, to what do I owe the pleasure you coming all the way up to my school?" asked Charles
"Fury sent me here to ask some questions about a possible enhanced individual" answered Natasha, "But I'm sure that you know that already"
Charles gave her a polite smile, "No, I have been rather busy with new students. Too busy to simply go around reading minds at a time like this"
Yeah, whatever you say
If Charles had read that thought, he didn't say anything or show any sign of having heard those thoughts.
The gates swung open and Natasha crossed the threshold of the school, all negative emotions fading form her being. It was a surreal feeling to suddenly have no doubts, no nervousness, no anxiety, no guilt.
"This is what has been taking up all of my mental power" said Charles as he noticed the effect of his mental barrier was having on Natasha, "A lot of my students are victims of trauma, they find out about their abilities in manners that do not leave the best impression or even a favorable reference point of discovering their powers. So, whenever I get a bigger class of students, I go out of my way to ease them in peacefully"
"That's a rather kind thing to do, the world is full of so much chaos and anger, this is like a slice of paradise" commented Natasha
"Yes, but you did not come all this way to comment on my efforts to make the lives of outcasts better" replied Charles as they slowly walked around the grounds.
"Do you know anyone who goes by the Sly Fox?" asked Natasha as she pulled out a photo of the hoodie wearing Naruto, handing the photo to the wheelchair bound professor, who took it with one of his hands and narrowed his eyes in thought as he looked at the photo.
"This young man does look familiar, but I cannot recall who he is" admitted Charles, "I know him from somewhere, but it's like trying to pull a single drop of water out of a vast ocean of memories"
"Interesting, I thought you had complete control of your memories" noted Natasha, "Do you think he did something to mess with your memory?"
"If he did, it is more advanced than anything I have encountered before. Perhaps we could use a bit of help on this matter. While I will not allow for any of my students to venture off these grounds, I believe a real life practice should be interesting" said Charles as he closed his eyes for a moment.
They made a loop to the garden and standing there was a young pale girl with fiery red hair, she wore a formal set of school uniform. Grey sweater over a white buttoned shirt, a pair of grey slacks, black dress shoes, with black socks. She couldn't be any older than 11, but she looked supremely confident, but Natasha could see the tense shoulders, the locked knees and the subtle twitching of the left eye. The girl was a live nerve of anxious energy.
"You have a lot of anxiety also" said the girl to Natasha, causing Natasha to mentally lock down which only caused the girl to laugh.
"You can't keep me out, the only one who has the slightest chance is the Professor here" giggled the girl,
"Jean, it is frowned upon to invade the minds of guests" tsk'd Charles, but his words were undercut by the proud smile he wore on his face.
"Natasha Romanoff, pleasure to meet you" said Nat as she extended her hand towards the young lady
"Jean Grey and I knew who you were when you were about 100 miles out, I could feel the guilt coming off you in waves" said Jean as she shook Natasha's hand
"Charming" replied Natasha as the handshake ended
"Jean, behave yourself" warned Charles
Jean nodded and Natasha couldn't help but ask, "Why is she here?"
"Jean is the most powerful Mutant I've ever had the pleasure of meeting" answered Charles with a fond tone, "She can do everything that I can do but with the potential for more"
Jean beamed with childish pride but Natasha couldn't blame her, if the most well known psychic in the world had complimented her like that, she'd be over the moon as well.
"Now Jean, I need you to look for any sign of this young man in my mind" said Charles as he handed Jean the photo of Naruto
Jean nodded before glancing at Natasha, "You're right, he is kind of cute, especially those whiskers"
Natasha let out a blast of air through her nose, but smirked all the same, "When you get older, the bad boys will always wiggle their way into your heart but hopefully not your pants"
Charles cleared his throat, "Whenever you're ready Jean"
Jean nodded and closed her eyes as she slowly put her hands on Charles' temples, and Natasha felt a mild shockwave of psychic energy pulse out of Jean.
Natasha felt her mind drift away from her body and she was part of the melting of minds, she found herself standing on the ground outside of the school, all by herself. Looking around, she could see puddles all over the ground. Peering down into them as she passed them, she could see flickers of memories, Charles as a child, Charles as a teenager with a pretty blonde woman, Charles chugging a bear at his post-grad celebration.
These were all cute, but they were nothing more than superficial surface memories and emotions, they told her nothing about the man in the chair. Glancing back up at the large manor that was the school, she was willing to bet that was where she would find the darker thoughts and memories. Slowly made her way inside of the school, entering the main hall, she found a frozen Jean just standing there in the middle of the hall.
Natasha's hand on her shoulder took her out of her trance and Jean looked really pale and nervous.
"Did you see anything?" asked Natasha
"I didn't get a chance, it was so fast" muttered Jean, her tone full of fear and panic, "I should be in control of this place"
Natasha's eyes bounced back and forth as she tried to prepare herself for something to attack them, but nothing came at them and after a couple of minutes, she glanced back at Jean.
"I know, we gotta move forward, but I … I don't know what that thing was, it was like nothing I had ever seen before" said Jean as grabbed Natasha's hand and they slowly made their way through the school.
"Is this what a mindscape is usually like?" asked Nat
"Yes and no, yes in that it is usually the place that you feel the most peace. But also no, the Professor is one of a kind in his control of his mind, there are details here that I wouldn't notice in real life" answered Jean as they slowly climbed the stairs.
The ground shook as a rumble shook the entire manor and Jean closed her eyes, causing both to stop as she flexed her telepathic abilities.
"We're getting closer, it must be coming from his room" noted Jean as she pointed with her other hand.
Natasha mentally tried to prepare herself for what they would find on the other side of that door, what could the Professor remember that had to be this buried in his mind.
Jean put her hand on the door and it refused to move, even as Jean's strained herself, until it was as if all of the resistance was gone and the door let them in. They fell into a black void before slamming into place before the Professor in the middle of a ball room.
The Council of Genetic Research
The title of the event was written on a fancy banner, as scholars from all over the world sipped on glasses full of fine wines and stuffed their faces with elegant finger food.
"That door was a mental barrier, we broke through it" said Jean, "But I don't see what is so scary about this place that the Professor would have to bury it under lock and key. It seems like a normal snobby fundraiser for those people who spend their lives with their faces in a book, nothing weird here"
Natasha was tempted to agree when the lights went off and there was muttering as everyone tried to fight out what was going on.
Natasha watched as a slender black outline dropped from the ceiling, landing near the middle of the room, before silently walking up to a Dr. Edmunds from Oxford and casually snapping his neck with a mere twist of his hands.
The pop drew a bunch of attention and the figure pulled out a small thin curved sword, before he blurred away. Natasha looked around as she tried to figure out what was going on, before a spray of blood covered numerous people as a scream was heard. The lights came on and several bodies were littering the ground already, blood flowing freely from deep dashes.
Jean pointed at an red and black blur as it zig zagged through people before stabbing the knife into the mouth of the key note speaker, Infamous Genetic Research Dr. Murano who was known for pushing human trials forward much to quickly.
He was also a known associate of June's from the SHIELD notes that Nat could remember, the man gargled to death on his own blood in front of dozens of people before the figure who had been killing people exploded with a pulsing angry red aura and ripped people apart with his bare hands before he finally made it to the mutant section.
Logan and Ororo stepped forward to stop the animalist man, but he simply blurred past them and he was standing over Charles sniffing him.
"You're not on the list" growled the figure before the entire image in front was devoured by a giant fox and suddenly they were all standing outside in the garden once more.
Charles was panting as he bled from his nose, "I think we can agree not to broadcast that event to anyone Jean?"
Natasha nodded as well, it was one thing to be ordered to kill people. The Sly Fox had ripped people apart as if they were a square of toilet paper.
Furry would want to hear about this, it seems that the guy had some kind of list of people that he was going after. Which meant that the sooner they could locate even a single person on said list, they could get this Sly Fox guy to come directly to them and they could make a plan to deal with him.
With Naruto:
He sneezed randomly as he wore a thick traveling cloak to protect himself from the heat of the sun. As fun as hanging out with Jessica could be, he slipped away and left a shadow clone before with the girl. She would get a friend for a couple hours while he slipped away to hit a safe house he had recently gathered intel on for a job. It just so happened to be a place he was looking for, thus it made taking this job all the easier decision for him.
Someone must be thinking about you, that's what that meant back home
'I doubt it Kurama, nobody knows who I am. And if they do, we've taken measures to ensure they can't speak'
True, but this world like home, is filled with unique people who are capable of things that we would never see back home
'Perhaps, but none of that matters now does it? We don't have a way home'
Good point brat, I can feel the base up ahead on the right, it looks like they're using a sand dune to hide the entrance
Naruto nodded as he listened to his partner Kurama. The fox had been inside of him for as long as he could remember and Kurama had hinted on a couple different occasions that he had been with Naruto since before he was even born in a manner of speaking.
Naruto arrived at the smooth metal trap door hidden in the shade of the false sand dune and he felt the memory of the last time he had been here.
1993:
An eight year old Naruto squirmed in place, the metal bards that his hands and feet were tied to giving him no ability to dodge as the whip ripped through the air and connected with his back, ripping the skin open and leaving behind a nasty gash that immediately started healing.
Crack!
Crack!
Crack!
The whip connected time and time again and Naruto felt his pain slowly giving way to anger and he could feel something coursing through his body. Eventually he let out a groan around his gag as he heard a whisper in the back of his mind;
You're going to let this pathetic insect continue to harm you, allow me to guide you child
Naruto looked around for the voice as the feeling of what was coursing through him intensified and he dripped the metal poles that his arms were tied to clear out of the wall and whirled around and slapped the man who was whipping him with the pole.
The other men in the room readied their guns, screaming at Naruto, while the sole woman in the room called out for them to all stop, to lower their guns as she became interested in the blond young boy.
"You did something that grown men cannot do, tell my child., how is it that you managed to ripe metal out of concreate with such ease?" asked June
Naruto shrugged and June's face twisted into a smirk, "Unknown abilities, this means that we get to break you to figure out what makes you tick. Enough play time boys, let's break him"
They unleashed fire onto the form of Naruto's whose body tanked the spray of bullets for the most part, until he got hit in the forehead and fell backwards, knocked out.
Naruto's hand grasped the grove the trap door on the ground and ripped the door off the hinges as he dropped down into the secret base, his fall and landing as silent as a cat. Chakra flowed through his eyes and the world looked normal to him even in the darkness. There was a soft pop and a trio of Naruto shadow clones ran off in the other directions as Naruto walked forward, into the more familiar areas from his memories of his time here.
What do you think we will find down here?
'Hard to say' admitted Naruto, 'They had me down here for months when I was a kid, I remember being sliced apart a lot, but not much else'
You would do well to stay on your guard, June had a weird manner of worming her way into the head of her victims
Naruto mentally nodded and his ears twitched as he heard the jingle of keys coming around the corner, blurring out of view, he appeared behind a guard and clamped his hand over the man's mouth as his blue eyes morphed into an angry blood red with a slit pupil.
The guard whimpered in panic as he was forced to turn around, his scared brown eyes meeting Naruto's.
"Shhh!" said Naruto, "Just nod or shake your head and I wouldn't twist that pretty little neck until your head pops off like a dollar store toy"
The guard nodded in agreement
"Do you know who I am?" asked Naruto
Nod
"Do you have an idea of why I'm here?"
Nod
"Is the layout the same?"
Nod
"Is there more than 5 of you?"
Shake
"Just you?"
Nod
"Should I let you go?"
Nod
"Are you gonna tell anyone what happened here with me?"
Shake … shake
"Good boy, I am going to knock you out now, but you should be happy that you still have your life"
A soft scared nod before Naruto slammed the helmet wearing guard into the stone wall, knocking him out.
You are too kind at times
Naruto ignored the dig, he could be nice at times. Just as he could be the most ruthless person walking the planet. It all depended on mood … his mood to be precise.
He made his way downstairs until he hit the bottom floor and walked down the hall until he reached the dead end before pushing open the false wall, opening the lab hidden.
Memories of being stabbed, poked and prodded, sliced open, organs ripped from his body as a child filled his mind, but he pushed past all of that, it didn't do anything but motivate him to finish off the rest of the Double Helix Association.
The Double Helix Association or DHA was a shade organization that operated all around the world, mostly kidnapping children in hopes of experimenting on them to perhaps give them a chance to gain abilities. Mutants, Genetic accidents, or any aliens that they could get their hands on were a massive plus to these people. Thus, despite not being an Earthling, Naruto was rather compatible with Earthling DNA, hence why he was their favorite test subject.
You could unleash one or two tails of my power and level this place if you want, I wouldn't even think about taking over. This place is where our friendship started after all, I would hold back as much of my influence as I can muster.
'I wish I could do that Kurama, but we aren't just here for our little walk down memory lane, we have a mission'
Naruto stopped in front of a stasis pod, peering through the glass as he saw a form similar to a child version of himself inside the pod. Glancing at the tablet hooked up to the machine, this was the only stable clone of his that they had, his DNA was too difficult to clone in mass without a ready supply of it.
His hand punched through the glass as Kurama's burning chakra covered his hand and his nails turned into claws as he punched his hand through the face of his clone, leaving a fist sized hole through the young clone's forehead.
Brain matter oozed out of the gapping hole before Naruto took a deep breath and a small steady stream of fire exited his mouth and burnt the corpse of his clone into ash,
You didn't want to raise a mini me?
'Fuck that, there will be no clones of me running around unless I make them'
Naruto moved to the next pod and he instantly knew this was the girl that he had been hired to rescue.
Lorna Dane, known to the world as Polaris, was impossible to miss. Her long hair, a striking shade of emerald, cascaded over her shoulders, catching the light in a way that made it seem almost otherworldly. The vivid green hue framed her face, highlighting her sharp features. Naruto was sure that her hair would draw attention to her piercing eyes which were said to be the same intense green that seemed to mirror her magnetic abilities and her hair.
Even inside the stasis pod, she stood tall, around five foot eight, with a lean, athletic build that spoke of her life as a fighter. Her body toned and strong, the kind of strength that came not just from physical training but from the burden of responsibility she carried as both a mutant and a hero. Her skin was fair, almost pale, contrasting sharply with the deep green of her hair and the darker shades of her costume.
Polaris' attire was as distinctive as she was. She wore a form-fitting suit, primarily green with black accents, the design sleek and modern, as if to mirror the sharp precision of her powers. The material clung to her like a second skin, allowing for ease of movement Naruto was sure, he had worn similar clothing before in the past.
Looking around for any more pods, most of them were empty and the only other one that wasn't was labelled Jimmy/Logan
Well Naruto wasn't hear for a Jimmy or a Logan, thus he turned his back on that pod and used his enhanced strength to rip the door of the pod holding Lorna.
Lorna slowly blinked herself away, revealing those stunning green eyes as she looked at Naruto in confusion.
"Who are you?" she asked as he extended his hand out to help her out of the pod
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, your father sent me to come get you" answered Naruto as he pulled her out of the pod, causing an alarm to go off throughout the hideout.
Swearing Naruto, guided her through the back exit of the Lab and into the armory for the hideout. He was about to exit when he felt a tug on his chakra and he found a curved 2 foot blade calling out to him. Upon touching it, he could tell the metal had been filled with his chakra, most likely an experiment from his time here that he had repressed.
Slipping the blade's strap around his waist, he was happy with the feeling of the sword resting across his lower back, the handle sticking out perfectly for a quick grab.
"You said my dad sent you?" asked Lorna
"Yup" said Naruto as he lifted her onto his back and leapt up to stand on the ceiling before starting to crawl with her stuck to his back to avoid a squad of heavily armed guards. He couldn't risk her getting hurt.
"You know my dad is like a terrorist right?" asked Lorna
"His money is still money" replied Naruto as he quickly scaled the wall of the staircase like a monkey … or some kind of man spider.
"I've never heard anyone say that so casually before" admitted Lorna
Naruto kicked through the ceiling of the hideout, punching their way into a small room of a storage building, they slowly made their way into the front entrance room of the building, the building closed for the day as it was getting late.
Putting her down, Naruto shrugged.
"You're a superhero, how did they even catch you?" asked Naruto as he pulled out a small sat phone and dialed the pager number that he was given.
"I was helping rebuild an orphanage when something bit me on the neck and I felt really tired, everything went black after that" replied Lorna
"Interesting, do you remember any of your time down there?" asked Naruto as he plopped down on the ground, he would know when his contact was arriving.
Lorna sat down across from him, "Bits and pieces, they wanted blood and skin cells from me. I think they just really wanted some of my DNA to study. I am one of the rarer double mutants"
"I know, you have the same ability as your father" replied Naruto, "I didn't get a reporting on the other one"
"Yeah, my father and I share a base line of powers, but I also have the ability to control, detect, enhance, and absorb all negative emotions" admitted Lorna
"That sounds like it could be a headache to deal with" commented Naruto
"Sometimes it can be, but if I were to fight you, I could rip all of that negativity that you carry around in your stomach and become the most powerful person on the planet" said Lorna
Naruto chuckled and he was suddenly behind her, "You could try"
Lorna blinked her green eyes and Naruto felt his throat close up and he gasped as he couldn't draw any air in.
"I have more than just my father's abilities, I am also the continuation of them. I can take them further than he can in different ways. I might lack the pure raw strength that he possesses, but I am not defenseless" said Lorna as she pat Naruto on the check as his breathing returned to normal
"That is quite the ability, have you ever thought about becoming a mercenary like me? You would probably make more money than any of us with an ability like that" suggested Naruto
"Nah, I rather save people than take lives" dismissed Lorna
"I guess we all have our quirks" shrugged
"I think you mean morals" countered Lorna
"I take jobs to save people, I took this job" said Naruto
"Why did you take this job?" asked Lorna
"I … I may kill people for money, but I don't do children" answered Naruto
"I haven't felt a spike of negative emotions that powerful in my entire life, something happened to you" said Lorna as she felt the darkness swirl around inside of Naruto before her eyes widen in understanding, "You … you've been here in that place before"
Naruto nodded as his body tensed
"I'm sorry"
"You didn't sell me into slavery or being a child soldier" waved off Naruto, "And the guy who did, he's gonna be in a padded white ceiling, reliving the nightmare that I brought to life against him as payback"
Lorna frowned, "You know, you could have been one hell of a hero based on how powerful you are"
Naruto made a face, "A hero? Those guys running around in their pajamas and tights? No way I could ever be one of those pussies"
Lorna rolled her eyes, "I'm one of those heroes, do you not like me running around in my tights?"
She struck a playful pose and Naruto nodded, "Yeah, you make it work"
Silence fell on them and Naruto's pager buzzed, revealing a simple message: 7
"How many people do you think you've killed?" asked Lorna as the silence got to her and she became more curious about the person who had saved her
"In my entire life? 7 or 8" mused Naruto
"That's not that bad" noted Lorna
"Thousand" finished Naruto
Lorna's face twisted into a look of shock, "7 or 8 thousand, how is that even possible?"
"I was a child soldier, a soldier who could heal from any wound in a matter of seconds, unkillable. I was thrown in the direction of enemies like a grenade and simply picked up after I tore them apart" replied Naruto
"You're a victim" said Lorna
"I am a survivor, I have done everything I needed to be here today. You think I am the only person to be experimented on by those people? Nope. There was always others down there and the other locations I had been held at, but they didn't have the will or the stomach to do what was needed" declared Naruto
Lorna nodded, "I can see how you came to be"
She slid a bit closer to Naruto, her green eyes peering into his blue ones, "How old are your?"
"I'm 17, why?" questioned Naruto
Lorna gave him a gentle kiss on the lips, silencing him for the moment. The kiss was not the hungry ones that required tongue wrestling like with Jessica, nor was it as passionate as one that he would have with a one night stand. No, it was more careful, and he could feel her lips part slightly as she took one of his lips between her and suckled it ever so slightly before pulling back.
"I wanted to make sure that you were old enough for me to do that" answered Lorna, "I'm only 20, but I was always told 3 up and 3 down age wise"
Naruto nodded and Lorna continued, "Plus my father is arriving any second now"
Naruto felt the metal roof of the building bend and split as a figure floated down through the freshly created gap.
He wore an all-black robe, a sleek reddish-purple helmet, and despite being almost 72 years old, a middle aged face that held a stern look.
"Lorna" greeted Magneto with a voice that trembled for a brief moment, "You seem to be okay, is the appearance matching the actuality?"
Lorna nodded and Magneto turned to look at Naruto, "You did manage to uphold your part of the deal, thus as agreed"
Magneto pulled a small fist size emerald from a pocket of his robe and handed it to Naruto before with a glance at Lorna, the father and daughter both flew off. Naruto held the 25 pound emerald in his hands, imagining the payday this thing would bring him when it hit him.
"Wait a fucking second, she can fly? Why didn't she just fly off the second she got free? She let me carry her on my back on the ceiling and up the stairs" whined Naruto
A/N: More and more Naruto lore is being revealed. Remember this is Marvel (Comics and MCU) and Naruto, allow for additional plots to take place please and thank you.
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