August 2001, LaGuardia Airport
Naruto got his duffel out the trunk of the car, and closed it before he looked to Natalia who was frowning, "Hey." Naruto said dropping the duffel before he brought her into a hug, "Dont be sad."
"I'm going to miss you." Natalia said
"I'll write to you every day, but listen, you may not like it but I want you to promise me something."
"Anything." Natalia said
"If something happens to me, I want you to live your life."
"Don't think like that." Natalia said shaking her head
*Just for me, please. Word has been getting around that I'm some kind of Superman. I need you to know that if shit gets crazy and I can't make it back to you, that you will go on with your life. All I want is for you to be happy." Naruto said causing Natalia to frown
"I will if you promise me that same thing."
Naruto smirked, "Fine." He said before they kissed and hugged, "I want us to grow old together and I will do anything to make sure that, that happens."
2004, Hell's Kitchen
Naruto's eyes opened as he sat in his car, covered in blood before he drove away while the Dogs of Hell's biker gang clubhouse was in flames with their members all beaten to death before he drives off
A man in a car saw him pull off and made a call, as he followed Naruto
Naruto cleaned the blood off his face, and noticed this but kept driving to Central Park, before he walked over to the table he and Natalia sat at over a month ago, watching the moon,
Losing track of how long he had sat there Naruto looked over to a man sitting at a bench watching him, "Nice night." The man said smiling, as Naruto stared at him unblinking, "I'm not alone."
Naruto ignored the men walking forward as the man sitting spoke, "You wanna come with us? Or you wanna make a mess?" He asked revealing his pistol,
Naruto stood up along with the man before they approached each other, and the man tried to draw his gun but Naruto grabbed his arm and twisted amd, and grabbed the man's pistol and aimed it at the other men, "Don't shoot! We want him alive!" The man said as his wrist was twisted behind his back and he was being used as a meatshield
"Who, who needs me alive?" Naruto asked with a glare
"Drop it! Drop it! Drop it!" The men demanded
"Calm down! Everyone, calm down! No one shoot!" The hostage said before Naruto opened fire and shot the man behind him in the head and used his hostage as a shield to take bullets meant for him and dropped his hostage before he put two into their head, and looked to his right when 7 more men came armed with tasers except for one ex seemed to be in charge,
"Well, thanks for thinning out the herd." The unarmed man said as Naruto aimed at the other men backing up, "You're surrounded, son. Now be a good lad and drop the iron."
Naruto with narrowed eyes shot one and ducked and rolled as they fired tasers before he got to his knee and shot the men trying to grab their guns
The unarmed man looked shocked before he began to back away but a bullet to the kneecap ended that,
"You son of a whore!" The man yelled whining in pain, before Naruto stomped on the wounded knee causing him to scream, "Now I have a question asshole and you're going to answer it. Tell me who else was here in that shootout a month ago, Who killed my fiancee?"
"Your fiancee?" The man asked
"Yeah." Naruto growled
'Who cares."
"You're about to." Naruto said tossing the pistol and drawing his knife before he stabbed the man who screamed in pain, "I've always had in-depth knowledge of the human body, don't know where it came from but I'm thankful that I know how to cause intense levels of pain in pieces of shit like you while keeping you alive. Now, who?"
Naruto stabbed the man again, and again only asking Who.
The man was whimpering as Naruto began to cut off fingers, and he began to thrash trying to get his hand away, "Okay, okay, his name is Dutton! He called all of us to the park but refused to show up and tensions were high between the ga-"
Naruto shot the man in the head and walked off
Morning
Naruto was going through the NYPD database searching for Dutton, and he frowned as he read the information on him, Dutton gained a reputation as a powerful and feared drug dealer in New York City, killing anyone who had attempted to surpass him, unfortunately, he had been arrested days after the shootout,
If he wanted that information, then Naruto needed to take a trip to The Bronx
Rikers Island
Under the cloak of darkness, Naruto crossed the bridge to get onto the island and quickly hid from a spotlight that passed by the area, quickly he climbed the fence and paused before he touched the barbed wire and clenched the fence before he kicked and pulled himself up in one go to go over the fence as he flipped to land on the other side,
Naruto continued to hide from the spotlight, as he made his way to the prison, and entered a side door, sneaking into an office as the guard on watch, was asleep, silently he began to type in Dutton's name and found his location and with narrowed eyes left just as the guard yawned and awoke,
Cell Block A
A guard was standing at the gate, as Naruto watched from his hiding spot around the corner, watching as the guard was slipped a shiv by an inmate,
The guard walked toward Naruto's position and when he came around the corner Naruto was gone, as the guard kept walking Naruto fell from the ceiling and put him in a sleeper hold, before he snapped his neck, leaning down Naruto took the shiv and the keys, before he let himself into Cell Block A, and ignored the inmates in their open cells, as they hung out with their backs turned or their view being blocked by other inmates not seeing or hearing him as he walked by
Dutton was with his right hand who was standing over watching him count money, "Prick's 200 light. Rat-faced son of a bitch."
Naruto stabbed the shiv beneath Dutton's right hand's chin and pushed him forward as Dutton got up but Naruto grabbed his mouth and pushed him into a wall as he kept him quiet, "You and me, we gotta talk."
Naruto glanced outside the cell before he glared back at Dutton, "Now, you make any noise, anything at all, I'm gonna open you up like a bag. I'll watch you bleed out all over this floor. Now, you nod if you understand me." Naruto threatened getting a nod from Dutton before he released his mouth but kept the shiv at his throat, "Stanton massacre. The carousel hit. I hear you were there."
"What if I was? You're a goddamn lunatic." Dutton said
"What the hell were you doing there?" Naruto asked
"Drug deal. I was brokering between three groups of assholes who barely spoke the same language."
"What happened?" Naruto asked
"What do you think happened?" Dutton asked
"Tell me who started the shooting."
"What?"
"You tell me who pulled the trigger. Who made the order?" Naruto glared
"It went south."
"What do you mean, "It went south"? It happens."
"What does that mean, "It went south"? What do you mean?" Naruto growled
"It means we're not as dumb as they thought we were. We realized what it was."
"What was it?" Naruto asked
"It wasn't a massacre, asshole. It was a sting.
"A what?" Naruto asked confused
"My source warned me. The feds infiltrated one of the gangs. I'm not sure which. They found out how big the deal was. Massive exchange. A real game-changer. But they weren't after any of us. They were after the man in charge, the man who organized the whole damn thing."
"Who's that? I want a name." Naruto demanded
"I never met him. He never showed his face. All I know is he had a line on pure heroin. Shit shipped from the Middle East. They called him the Blacksmith. The whole thing should've gone by the numbers, but he got wise.
He stayed away. And when they realized he wasn't gonna show, someone started shooting. That's all I know. I swear to God."
"If it was a sting why didn't they clear the park?" Naruto asked
"Some bitch DA, greenlit the operation, didn't want to tip us off but we still figured it out." Dutton said
"How did you get in contact with the Blacksmith?'
"Guy name Chaney handled communications between us, you can find him at a Diner, 51st & 3rd." Dutton said
Naruto grunted before he took the shiv from Dutton's throat and stabbed him in the heart, pushing the corpse to the floor Naruto left the cell only for a man to come out of his cell and see him with the bloody shiv, "Yo, he shanked Dutton!" The inmate yelled
Inmates flooded the hallway, and saw Naruto and rushed him, "You're dead!" They all yelled
Inmate1 reached Naruto first but Naruto stabbed him in the chest, then slit his throat and spun around him and stabbed inmate2 in the arm and dragged the shiv down through his forearm and slashed him across the face
Naruto sucked his teeth when he saw the shiv got stuck in inmate2's face before he rushed inmate3 and jumped kicking him in the torso, chest then the face before he landed and leaned his upper body back to dodge a slash for his face by invade 4 who wielding a large shank before he punched the man's elbow causing his arm to bend at an awkward angle before Naruto took the large shank and slit inmate4's throat and drove it through inmate 3's eye, ripping the shank free Naruto spun and used the shank to parry a stab of a shiv from inmate5 as he kicked inmate6 back before he ducked beneath a slash duke inmate5 and stabbed him in the torso
Lifting his forearm Naruto blocked a kick from inmate7 before with a twirl of his arm he locked the leg to his side and shanked inmate7 in the nuts, and pulled him into the path of inmate6 who stabbed inmate7 in the liver before Naruto pushed inmate7 into inmate6 and took a blow from inmate8 which he shook off as he kicked inmate8 in the kneecap causing the man to fall forward into Naruto who stabbed him in the torso repeatedly before he pushed the corpse into inmate6 and stabbed the large shank through inmate8's chest into the throat of inmate6
Naruto looked up when guards armed in riot test arrived and quickly ran and unlocked the door to the cell and closed it behind him before racing away with some guards pursuing him while others checked on the bleeding out or deceased inmates
Naruto kicked the door off its hinges and ran as sniper fire tried to gun him down, he grunted as he was shot in the back of the shoulder and jumped into the East River as officers ran to the edge and began to shoot into the water, as Naruto swam away wounded,
Next Day, Queens, NYC
All across the country footage of a masked man breaking into Rikers Island and killing 10 inmates and a guard and escaping began to circulate sending a chill down everyone's spine,
A woman sat at her kitchen table watching the video when there was a knock at her back door, frowning she got up and cocked her SIG-Sauer P226, placing the gun to the door she opened it slightly and sighed relaxing as Naruto stood there before she opened the door
Moments Later
Naruto was sitting in a chair with the woman behind him as she dug the bullet from his shoulder, "So is this your plan? Wage a one-man war on anyone that had something to do with Central Park? Even the ones already in jail?"
"That's the plan." Naruto said eating his pancakes
"Natalia wouldn't want this." The woman said causing Naruto to pause, "You promised her to keep moving forward with your life,
"That's what I'm doing," Naruto said
"Really? You broke into prison without a weapon, killed an entire cell block and a guard."
"Claire, that guard was dirty, and Dutton had Information I needed," Naruto said
"The president made you a private detective for the Secret Service, you could've got Dutton moved from Rikers to question him. Did he tell you anything?"
"Some guy called the Blacksmith was involved and he has some guy named Chaney who frequents with a diner. I'll be going there tonight.' Naruto said as Claire removed the bullet,
'Do you plan on dying doing this?" Claire asked beginning to stitch up the wound
"Not until the mission is completed." Naruto said causing Claire to pause, "How have you been?"
"Like you, I've kept myself busy, got a job at Metro General."
"Dating?" Naruto asked
"No, why?"
"Wouldn't want your man to come in and find me here without a shirt and you in one of my old shirts and panties." Naruto said smirking slightly before he hissed when Claire punched his wound
"All done " Claire smirked standing up as she grabbed her supplies, "Get some rest.'
Naruto grunted as Claire walked away, before he stood up, and walked over to the couch before laying on it,
Claire walked back in 30 minutes later to see Naruto asleep and smiled slightly as she walked over and placed a blanket on him before she kissed his cheek and left her house after placing a key onto the table with a note telling Naruto to keep the key,
Nightfall, Diner
Naruto was sitting in a booth with his hoodie on as he looked out the window before the waitress walked over with a pot of coffee, "Coffee hun?'
"Tea." Naruto said getting a nod before she left and walked back over, "I'm told a guy named Chaney frequents here."
"You a friend of that asshole?" The waitress asked
"Not at all, "
"He's usually here at 9:00, why?"
"When he gets here you and the cook need to be gone, things will take a violent turn. Here." Naruto said handing the waitress $3000
"You got it." The waitress said taking the money before she put the pitcher of tea on the table and walked around back, as Naruto sipped his tea
20 minutes went by and Naruto stayed seated after the cook and waitress left, as he saw a Buick pull up and 2 men entered and he frowned as he thought they looked familiar, but he couldn't place their faces
Chaney and his friend entered and walked to their normal booth but saw a man with a hoodie on in their booth before t man took his hood off and revealed himself to be Naruto causing the two to curse and reach for their weapons but Naruto with his gun beneath the table shot Chaney in the knee
Chaney's friend Speed got his gun but as he drew it was shot in the head by Naruto who walked over to Chaney who was clutching his knee and trying to get his weapon but Naruto shot him in the shoulder, "Where is the Blacksmith?' Naruto asked
"Go to Hell." Chaney said
"Ok." Naruto said before he crouched above Chaney and put the gun in his waistband before he began to repeatedly punch Chaney in the face,
Right, left, right, right, left, right, left, left, right, right, right
Chaney's face was bloody and his nose was broken a few teeth were also missing as Naruto grabbed his collar and put the gun to his throat, "Where?"
"41st Street. The pier. I can take you." Chaney said only for Naruto to shoot him
Pier 81
Men guarding the shipment were dead, as Naruto stealthily took them out and boarded the ship, to see crates of heroin, before he began to drench the drugs and the ship with gasoline
A man on board opened the door and saw Naruto who shot at him but missed causing Naruto to curse and duck
Standing Naruto shot the man before cars approaching got his attention and his eyes widened when he saw men from his old unit beneath Schoonover
"Long time no see Naruto!" A man said smirking, "Light his ass up."
Naruto shot one and jumped back as the men ran toward the ship firing at ship, unknown to them Naruto went overboard into the water just before the ship exploded killing the men and destroying the drugs
Later
Ray Schoonover frowned as he walked down the road to his shed, his men were dead, and Naruto recognized them, meaning he was on his way,
Naruto walked down the road loading his Para 1911 G.I. Expert, before he paused and saw Ray enter the shed, and made his way toward him
Ray opened a secret hatch, revealing an M60E4, a Barrett M82A1, and TDI Vector, Sentinel Arms Striker-12; SIG-Sauer MPX-P-9; Glock 17 (Two-tone); KRISS Vector GEN II SMG and an M1 Carbine among some of the weapons in the cache
As Ray reached forward Naruto entered the shed and swept his feet from beneath him Sending the old man to the floor before Naruto leaned back dodging a shot as he grabbed Ray's wrists and snapped it with a sharp twist causing him to scream
Naruto placed his gun to Ray's face, causing the man to sigh, "You should be at the bottom of the Hudson. Losing $100 million in heroin would've been worth it to take you down."
"But here we are, huh?" Naruto asked causing Ray to chuckle
"You could've been part of it, like Gosnell. You could've been richer. And maybe you could've taken your girl to the Bahamas instead of Central Park, huh?"
Naruto slapped Ray across the face with the gun causing the man to groan as he spat blood, "You think this all of this is about a bad drug deal?"
"That's what you see. You're losing your touch, Naruto."
"Yet you're the one on the ground about to be shot."
"Your girl, at the park. That's never what this has been about. It's about what happened with you. With all of us. Kandahar. You think they would ever let that go?"
"If it was about me you should've finished the job," Naruto said before he shot Ray in the face
Naruto sighed before he looked to the weapons cache and smirked
2 days having tracked the last two members of the Dogs of Hell down, Naruto obtained a van and chased them to rural Alabama, where he disabled their motorcycles with his shotgun, causing the bikers to fall off their motorcycles and onto the road.
Naruto then proceeded to drive past his targets before turning the van around and running the bikers over, killing them instantly.
Naruto then tracked down the last member of the Mexican Cartel to kill him. He fled to Juárez, Mexico, where he received a hero's welcome. Naruto arrived in El Paso, Texas where he took aim at him from a sniper rifle. As Cartel Sicario was celebrating, with prostitutes he was shot and killed by Naruto from the Mexican border.
Naruto caught a flight back to New York and as he landed at the JFK airport he saw Mickey O'hare the last member of the Kitchen Irish and followed the mobster to one of the men's restrooms, where he had locked himself in a stall and called a contact from his cell phone. O'Hare, who was unaware of Naruto's presence, told the contact he had booked a flight to Dublin, Ireland and would soon be boarding.
At that moment, Naruto burst into the stall and punched O'Hare, who tried to persuade Naruto into letting him go, but Naruto began to strangle O'Hare with his tie and didn't release the tie until he had strangled O'Hare to death, and left the mobster's corpse in the stall and proceeded to leave the restroom and the airport
Naruto made his way home and sat on the couch as the dog he named Kurama jumped onto the couch and laid on his lap, as Naruto smiled and began to pet the pit
Looking at a picture of Natalia, he smiled, "I got them. I'll keep my promise now." He said