Industrial District: Two weeks from last chapter
Naruto woke up feeling a weight on his chest and looked to see Cindy on his chest with a content smile on her face. Over the past two weeks, she had been quite the tag along and helper around his little base of operations… after she finished blushing and stammering an apology after the first morning of waking up on his chest.
After about the first week, he noticed Cindy stealing glances at him and it got more frequent after he finally decided he could trust her enough not to wear his mask around her, which then gave her another reason to blush. He could tell that she had a crush on him by her actions, but wasn't going to bother with pursuing it especially since he didn't know how long he'd be sticking around in the world. One may wonder why that was, but it was rather obvious in the fact he didn't trust Yami or Shinigami to keep their word and until he got some form of proof he wasn't intending to stay around for good or at least a couple of years.
A small bell chime got his attention and he saw his phone next to the bed lit up. He picked it up and saw it was a text, (Hey Uzumaki, book's doing great and can't wait for the others you've promised. Stop by some time so I can properly show my appreciation for my new author). It read from his editor, Jessica Rabbit.
(Sounds good, but I'll be out of town for a week or so… Yes, I'll have my laptop so I can keep writing so don't freak. I'll call when I'm back in town). Naruto texted back as he set his phone to the side and laid back.
As a stable source of income, Naruto began writing some books on his relationships with his wives. His first book was entitled The Maelstrom and the Cherry Blossom about two people who were friends since they were five, grew up friends, faced down the trials of their home and families, got together, fought through everything that tried to separate them, then for a vengeful enemy of the Maelstrom comes to tear the Cherry Blossom from him but he saves her and they continue to be happy.
It was going to be the first of a running series for people of all ages, which in the book world meant teens and up since some of the fights weren't for the children, and he was even better for the company because he promised a second book series for adults entitled Icha Icha.
His next few books for the first series were The Maelstrom and the Legendary Medic, The Maelstrom and the Habanero, The Maelstrom and the Snake Mistress, The Maelstrom and the Crow, The Maelstrom and the Pale Eyed Queen, and The Maelstrom and the Paper Angel. Jessica was enthused about the synopsis he gave for each and was looking forward to them, though they started a bit rocky when he suggested the adult books since she doubted his ability to back up what he wrote and became enthused to try him out after she was pulled against him once after she nearly fell and felt his 'equipment.'
After that she stopped doubting his talents and was eager to see his work both in books and in real life. Naruto was tempted of course, he had taken a couple lovers just to release tension and stress, but none were ever serious despite his wives' constant words ringing in his head to find other loves before they were gone. The only issue was that until he was sure Kami wasn't a threat anymore he couldn't quite risk taking a normal girl as a full lover.
Naruto shook his head as he felt Cindy stirring and she looked up at him and smiled, "Morning boss." She stated with a smile having taken to calling him boss over the time they were together since he was the boss so long as she stayed there.
"Morning Cindy." He stated as he sat up making her pout since she wanted to lay on his chest more.
"So what's the plan for today?" She asked as she stood and stretched not bothered at all that she was just in her pink bra and panties that barely covered her assets or if she bent over her ass was on full display for him.
"We're going to Metropolis and then possibly Gotham, one of the men after you is going there to meet some of his contacts and I'm going to ensure he doesn't leave alive. You're going because you said you would be bored and miss me too much, plus I figured you could use some fresh air." He stated making her think before smiling.
"Sounds good boss. You going to find anyone else to join in this little group of ours?" She asked with a smile as she got her jacket and denim booty shorts on. She wanted to at least try a relationship with him, but she could see he wasn't sure if he wanted one at all and given how romantic and in love he was with the Cherry Blossom (she wasn't naïve enough to think he just came up with that story from nowhere), she could understand it and the fact he had a series meant he lost a lot of women he loved and was loved in return so she was willing to be patient for a long while. The snippets she got from his Icha Icha book also made her interested and willing to wait.
Naruto snorted before he stood in just a pair of pants showing his bare chest with two massive burn marks at each shoulder, front and back, and he grabbed a shirt as he popped his neck, "I didn't intend to keep you so long but with the fools getting even smarter and more afraid to show themselves, they aren't going to be easy to remove quickly. Though as you've made perfectly clear, you won't be leaving even after I kill the other two." Naruto stated making her smirk and saunter over to him.
"You got that right honey, you're stuck with me from now on. It's the least I can do to repay you for everything, plus you're way too cute to lose out on." She stated with a smile as she poked him in the chest and went to get her boots and hat.
Naruto chuckled seeing the resemblance between her and another his former loves since she had given him the same talk and had the same results as he was sure this one would. He then dressed in civilian clothes and waited for Cindy to be done while also creating some clones to keep pressure on the cartels, keep his projects going, and advance some other plans he had to not only improve the standing of the city, but help quite a few people out.
Once Cindy was ready, she walked up to him and wrapped her arms around his torso, "Ready honey, where to first?" She asked with a smirk and Naruto rolled his eyes with a smile.
"Metropolis, not only would it do me some good to see the local talent but also to see if any of these so called heroes are up to my level of worthy. However, we may make a stop in Vegas either on the way to or from since I could use the extra money." He stated making her smile.
"Sounds fun, I haven't been to much outside of LA so this will be fun… that is so long as you promise to have fun while away." She stated then pouted and he rolled his eyes.
"I'll relax my way." He stated before the disappeared in a Shunshin and appeared inside a garage where there was a black Chevrolet Avalanche, but unlike others it was made of all armor plating, bullet proof glass, enhanced V8 engine, electrical failsafe to block theft, enhanced shocks, breaks, accelerator, collapsible roof, and more to make it an ultimate performance vehicle that can take a beating and keep charging through while also allowing defense for the user. Naturally, this was his "civilian" mode of transportation, his hero transport was for another time and situation.
Once they were in and buckled, a door opened in front of them and Naruto drove out leaving a small garage a few miles from the warehouse and began the long road trip ahead of them.
3 Days Later: Metropolis
Naruto was sitting on a bench with Cindy beside him both just relaxing with a drink and fries having already ate the burgers that went with the previously mentioned items. Nothing was different about the two other than Cindy now had a new pair of thigh high heeled boots that accentuated her legs.
After leaving California, Naruto drove straight to Vegas deciding Cindy needed some relief before he went back to business and just drove with the roof down. Upon arriving in the city of sin, they took a room in a hotel/casino and Naruto proceeded to clean the place out starting with Blackjack and showed he wasn't cheating since as soon as he was starting to get looks from security, he'd just move to a new table with the dealers giving fresh decks and when that got old he went to poker, roulette, craps, and the slot machines till the Pit Boss offered them a grand suit and all expenses paid IF Naruto stopped gambling in their establishment.
Naturally, Naruto was happy to agree and both he and Cindy enjoyed the high life of the city before he went on a "run" in the city and it was there he met Zatanna, the magician extraordinaire, and the two had had an interesting encounter. Naruto had just arrived and stopped a bank robbery when Zatanna showed up only to fall to her knees since apparently she was a sensor type hero and, even contained/restrained, Naruto's Darkness was emitting nothing but pure power even if it wasn't exactly friendly feeling.
Once he calmed the woman down enough to get across he wasn't going to hurt her, he helped her stand up where she promptly moved his mask and took him into a lip lock. Despite being stunned, Naruto wasn't going to be idle and calmly kissed her back before she pulled away with a blush.
After apologizing profusely, and explaining that his power kind of sent her body a jolt like a mild aphrodisiac so suddenly that she momentarily lost control, she asked about why he was there and he simply informed her that he was just passing through on chasing down an enemy he wanted to put down. Now since Zatanna hadn't been a stranger to the darker things of Human kind, especially when magic was involved, she wasn't as adamant on the no killing policy a lot of heroes had and quite frankly some of the evil people did die when she interfered. She didn't directly kill them technically, but since she knew that disrupting the ritual, banishing the demon, breaking the artifact, or whatever would kill or cripple the caster/summoner/user, she caused their deaths. Hence she was basically in the category of, "I'm not killing you, I'm just not going to save you." So, with that in mind, the two parted ways on good terms and Naruto even gave her a card to look him up should she go to LA anytime, which she took with a blush on her face.
Afterwards, Naruto went around the city for another two hours just taking out some of the scum of the Earth that were past their expiration date before going back to his civilian clothes and hit another three casinos… just not as hard as the first one. By the end of the night he had over $10 Million in cash ready to be used as he pleased and knew it would go a long way to helping him in his objectives and future projects. The night ended with him laying on the massive bed of the suite with Cindy laying on his chest in her bra and panties only before going to sleep himself.
The next morning was calm as they got room service, watched the news, and then proceeded to hit the road as Naruto drove the whole way until they reached Metropolis, with minor pit stops and breaks of course, and went to one of Naruto's safe houses where they promptly went to sleep, though Naruto only did so at Cindy's urging and request to sleep the entire night with him there.
Which brings us to the here and now as the two were just relaxing after sightseeing. Naruto was going to patrol shortly while a clone stayed with Cindy since his contacts knew the target, Rafael "Chuco" Diaz, was passing through Metropolis on his way to Gotham within a three day period and Naruto was already a day late. Regardless though, he didn't want to chance Diaz seeing Cindy and trying to grab her when he wasn't watching. Once the two were done eating, Naruto walked off and changed to his hero appearance before sending normal clone to stay with Cindy while he went on a morning style patrol.
Naruto was running and leaping across rooftops not really finding anything major to catch his interest yet as he explored Metropolis. He paused briefly as he sensed a powerful chakra at the Daily Planet and raised an eyebrow before heading over there.
Upon arriving and walking up the building to the 30 something floor, he saw he was at the editor's office and said editor, named Perry White, was addressing his reporters, "Alright people, we got already aired footage of this new Hero calling himself Kage, from what we know he's one of the heroes that actually kills some enemies and I want as much information on him as possible." White stated as he the different reporters murmured and one Clark Kent frowned heavily. What only Naruto noticed however, was that one woman, named Lois Lane, was actually eyeing his picture with deep interest.
Deciding not to be too rude, Naruto knocked on the glass causing everyone to turn and see him before they all gaped at him as he waved, "Wow, and here I thought reporters weren't ever supposed to show surprise." Naruto joked as he crouched on the glass, "So, these are the top story people of Metropolis? Huh, figured their would be more of you and your not exactly impressing since not one of you has bothered to grab a camera since I let you know I was here." He stated making Perry break out of his stupor and quickly grab a camera and snap a pic of Naruto waving at them.
Before Naruto could comment further, there was an explosion a short distance away and several sirens, "Whoops, looks like that's my cue. Later." He stated before winking at Lois, making said woman blush a little, before he jumped off the building making the reporters rush to see him land, which he did making a slight crater before he took off across the rooftops.
Perry then turned around to address his staff and saw Clark was gone and assumed he had gone to see what the explosion was and Lois was already leaving too. Shaking his head at his two most stubborn employees, he turned and began addressing his other staff.
Back with Naruto, he arrived at the scene to find a bank robbery in progress only difference from the one in LA was that these guys had some high-tech stuff, evidenced by a cop car suddenly being vaporized after one of the crooks shot it.
Frowning to himself, he quickly Shunshined down there and smashed one of the crooks into the wall cracking it before he then threw him out into the open. Naruto then held his hand up making a swirl of darkness rise up and block the other crooks shooting at him before he sent the swirl towards them making them jump out of the way except the last who couldn't move fast enough and thus was slammed into another wall and rendered unconscious.
Naruto then dodged an over the head attack from an attacker with a stun baton and quickly grabbed the wrist holding the weapon and shoved it into the man's chest making him scream as the volts of electricity coursed through him before Naruto tossed him out into the open. Naruto then twisted and threw two pitch black kunai down the barrels of the guns the other were aiming at him and the kunai sliced through the guns and took a finger from each one making them scream in pain as the kunai lodged themselves into the stone behind them.
Naruto then tossed them out with their friends after smashing their heads together knocking them out. As Naruto walked down the steps of the bank with the cops cuffing the robbers, he examined one of the weapons and saw it was a Lexcorp weapon. Frowning to himself, he turned his attention to the three people who just landed beside him: Superman aka Clark Kent, Supergirl aka Kara Kent, and Steel aka John Henry Irons, "A bit late for the party guys, try to be a bit faster next time." Naruto stated with his voice being warped as he began looking at the gun again before he paused, "Put that hand on my shoulder and I'll show you that steel isn't all that great." He stated as Superman was about to put his hand on Naruto's shoulder.
Superman paused momentarily at the authority and anger in his voice before he decided to lower his hand, "You're taking things too far, you have no right to kill anyone just because they don't follow the law." Superman stated with a hint of anger surprising both Kara and Steel.
Naruto merely snorted, "First off, I can do whatever I please when there aren't enough good people to stop the evil ones. Second, what the hell are you going to do about it? In case you forgot we're both doing this outside of the authority of the law. Third, there's no warrant for my arrest so what are you going to do? Beat up and then lock me in one of your personal prisons against my will? That's called assault, kidnapping, and holding someone against their will blue boy. Fourth, maybe make sure the people I'm helping actually want you to stop me before you do anything otherwise not only are you breaking the law but you're not even doing it with public support. So why don't you leave me alone and let me do my work? I didn't kill these five did I? They didn't deserve death like the others." Naruto stated as he kept examining the gun making Superman grit his teeth while Steel and Supergirl had to concede his points since they weren't exactly government sanctioned and there was no warrant for his arrest.
It didn't help them that even the cops around them didn't want Superman to try anything either. Naruto then tossed the gun to Steel, "You should probably question Lex Luthor about why these thugs have his tech." Naruto stated before popping his neck and started walking off before pausing, "You can stop trying to see Superman, your so called vision can't penetrate my mask." Naruto stated surprising Superman as he was trying to do just that as Naruto kept walking before disappearing in a swirl of darkness.
Superman grit his teeth before taking off with Supergirl following him and Steel ensuring the people in the area were alright. Superman was flying through the city trying to find Kage and stop him from doing anything else with Kara trying to catch up and keep him from doing something stupid.
Truth be told, she never understood her cousin's constant "no killing ever" rule. While she could understand not killing every crook and wannabe villain they fought, some just had to be put down or they risk more people dying because of them. That may sound bad to some people, but on Krypton it was law that if you did the crime then you paid the appropriate punishment which was prison, death, or being sent to the Phantom Zone for all time. Kara was too afraid to count how many people were dead because of the likes of Luthor and how many would still be alive if Clark had just put him down.
She broke from her musings as Clark headed straight for a building where she could see Kage holding a man over the edge and the man was kicking his legs frantically as he struggled against Kage's grip. With their super hearing, they could hear the discussion, "Last chance before I start making you talk, where is Chuco?" Naruto demanded as the man kept saying he didn't know.
Naruto then shrugged and dropped the man making him scream as he fell three stories and before Clark could shoot down to catch him, the man suddenly stopped and was sent back up right back to Kage's hand, "That was 30 feet of wire, I am going to keep dropping you for longer the more you don't talk and keep in mind that eventually I will run out of wire or you're going to hit the pavement. Now where is Chuco?" Naruto informed then asked again and the man continued to say he didn't know.
Naruto dropped him again making the man scream as he fell 40 feet this time before being yanked back up while Superman and Supergirl were shocked at the strength that the wire had. Naruto caught the man again, "You want to take a bet on if you survive the next fall or not since I don't think there's much wire left?" Naruto stated and the man gulped.
"I swear man, I don't know where he is. All I know is that he came here to get some business with Luthor done and then was leaving to meet some of our networkers. That's it man that's all I know, I swear!!" The man stated making Naruto narrow his eyes before nodding.
"Alright, then you get mercy." Naruto stated before breaking his neck quickly and left him on the rooftop after closing the man's eyes and took off again before he dodged midair as Superman tried to tackle him, "Easy there blue boy, you really don't want to get involved in this and you certainly don't want to get in a fight with me." Naruto stated before dodging another punch and jumped on his back before kicking off and pushing Superman away.
Superman got up and was about to charge when he felt two pairs of arms on him and saw both Supergirl and Powergirl, aka Karen Starr, there holding him back, "Kal stop it! You can't do anything about what he's done and fighting him won't do any good at all." Powergirl stated putting a strong grip on his shoulder to show him she was serious.
"You should listen to her, boy, a simple Kansas boy shouldn't take on someone who can keep up with any powered being on the planet." Naruto stated shocking them enough to freeze, "Relax, I'm not going to reveal your secret since there would be no point and it doesn't gain me anything. Just stay out of my way and I'll be out of your city within two days." Naruto stated as he disappeared in a swirl of darkness again.
Clark shrugged off his cousins before flying off, but not at the same speed he did before, and Supergirl sighed before following while Powergirl flew off to the side crossing a few buildings. Once she reached the fifth she stopped and just stood at the edge, "You can come out, Naruto." She stated as Naruto came out of a nearby shadow looking at her.
"Impressive, I wasn't hiding my presence that much but still impressive. Then again, you've been following me all day with moderate stealth skills so it shouldn't be that surprising. The fact you know my name means you know quite a bit since my companion only called me boss and since you're from another universe, you knew that universe's version of me." Naruto stated as he let his voice go back to normal and simply walked beside her with his arms behind his back.
Powergirl merely nodded, "Yes, he was my lover along with his other lovers. We all shared our love for him and each other as if we were in a relationship with everyone else in our group and not just sharing him." She stated as a small sad smile came to her face.
"I see, but you have to know I'm not him even if we possibly have similar backstories and lives and trying to convince yourself that I am him is unhealthy and even if you don't want him replaced he would most likely want you happy. I am not opposed to talking with you if you would like, but I am not sure a relationship is available right now." Naruto stated making her smile.
"I figured you and that girl were involved, but if it's because your worried I'll interfere-" She started before Naruto shook his head.
"It's not and she and I are not, despite her wishing we were. There are some things I must sort out and learn if they are true or not before I can contemplate pursuing a relationship with anyone." Naruto stated as he gazed at the city.
"I see, well be prepared since even if I can't have what I had in my universe, that doesn't mean I wouldn't like a friend or new lover." Powergirl stated with a small smile as she reached for his face and he stopped her.
"Maybe another time." He stated making her nod before he vanished from her sight and she smiled as a few tears went down her face.
Powergirl then flew around for a while completing a patrol before going back to her home and went to a drawer before opening it finding a single picture inside that was clearly old. In the picture was a grinning blonde man who resembled Naruto only he was wearing an advanced combat armor and around him were about 15 or so women all smiling and leaning against him or each other with some being easily recognizable to many of the world such as one feisty red head who loved plants, a grinning blonde with a large mallet, a black haired woman one would normally see having a notepad and doing a report, or one electrifying blue haired woman. The three closest to him were Powergirl, a busty blond with a diamond on her forehead, and a girl the same age as Naruto with red hair.
She smiled at the photo, the only photo her family had taken together and one of her few treasures. She brought the picture to her lips and kissed as fresh tears went down her face, "I miss you all so much, but I remember what you told me Naruto." She stated as she spent several minutes reminiscing about her family and their adventures before putting it away and going to sleep.
Back with Naruto, he was back in his civilian attire and was casually walking around getting anything he saw from the local shops that could be useful for him since Metropolis had quite a technological franchise going and only Wayne Enterprises could beat some of the stuff available. However, he didn't take too long since he wanted to get back to Cindy and make sure she was doing alright with things. Just because his clone hadn't dispelled didn't mean that she was ok.
He got back to his place and found Cindy curled up in a lingerie nightgown with a book and a glass of bourbon, naturally the book was on vehicles. She smiled seeing him come in and moved her legs to let him sit before turning and laying her head on his lap, "Have fun boss?" She asked as she intentionally gave him a direct view down her cleavage and her panty clad womanhood.
Naruto chuckled, "A bit, met some of the local talent and I'll be patrolling again tomorrow and we'll be going to Gotham the day after since if I don't find Diaz tomorrow then he's already gone to Gotham." Naruto stated making Cindy nod before she snuggled into his lap and kept reading her book.
"Cindy, you know how I-" Was as far as Naruto got as Cindy put a finger to his lips.
"Look boss, I trust you'll tell me about yourself when you're ready and I get that there were women in your life that you loved and still love. I'm not asking to take your heart for myself, but I do want to at least get a place in it." She stated with a smile and Naruto sighed.
"You women are all the same when it comes to me." Naruto sighed as he leaned back on the couch and Cindy giggled.
"Well if you stopped being such a great catch then this wouldn't happen." Cindy stated as she went back to her book.
Naruto snorted since he wasn't doing anything in particular, he was just being himself. Deciding not to bring that point up, Naruto just leaned back and turned the TV on as the two just sat/laid there for a while before turning in for the night.
However, Naruto didn't sleep much as he felt the more passionate and… well… for lack of a better word, perverted side coming back to the front since they hadn't exactly been on his mind for a while since his last true lover died. One might think it was Cindy's doing, but it was actually that he could feel his loves again and that was a very good indication that Yami and Shinigami weren't screwing with him since Kami had basically thrown them into a hell so deep that even Naruto couldn't find them and thus lost his connection to them slowly but surely till they were lost entirely. It was that connection that usually led to his more loving side to come out as he could feel them wanting him to find more loves and be happy even if they weren't a part of it.
Now that it was returning, it meant that the two gods were keeping their word and were slowly bringing his loves out of the pit they were thrown in and it was only a matter of time before he could see them again. With that in mind, he slowly drifted to sleep with feelings of his lovers calling out to him again letting him do so peacefully.
Next Morning
Naruto was jumping across the rooftops looking for any trouble while awaiting word from his clones on if Diaz was still in Metropolis or not. He paused on a roof as he stuck his hand up stopping a lightning bolt that came at him and he turned to see one of the villains of Metropolis, Livewire, standing there with a cocky smirk and her hands on her hips, "Well what do we have here? The newbie hero is-" Is as far as Livewire got before a lightning blast was shot from Naruto's fingertip and she was knocked across the roofs and hit the one roof that was four roofs away from where she was standing.
Naruto jumped and landed beside her and squatted down as she groaned and held her head, "You think your powers are at their limits? You haven't even scratched the surface of what lightning can do and your control is shit. If you'd stop being a bitch to people, then I may consider helping you when I'm back in LA but for now, see ya." He stated before disappearing in a burst of lightning surprising Livewire.
Naruto appeared in another part of town and was about to continue exploring when an explosion went off a distance away. Shrugging to himself, he began jumping from roof to roof heading over to that area. Upon arriving, he found Superman, Supergirl, Powergirl, and Steel facing off against an android with fake skin across half of its body and torn clothes. Naruto knew this android, named Metallo, had a bit of a grudge against Superman and would fight him every chance that arose. The other noticeable thing was that Steel's armor was dented in some places and the Kryptonians were looking exhausted.
Naruto saw the reason for the latter when the android opened its chest cavity and showed a green glowing rock known as Kryptonite. Rolling his eyes at the blatant weakness that the Kryptonians allowed, Naruto launched a pitch black pike out of his hand and watched as it impaled the android through the shoulder like it was made of paper.
The onlookers were shocked at the sudden attack as Naruto landed between the android and the heroes. The android sneered at Naruto before releasing a blast which Naruto just batted away as he started walking towards Metallo. Metallo growled before leaping at Naruto only for Naruto to catch him by his neck and stop him in midair before Naruto slammed him into the ground. As Metallo tried to reorient himself, he suddenly shut down as Naruto slammed his foot through the Kryptonite shattering it into small pieces before Naruto moved away and set Metallo's body on fire using black flames.
Naruto then picked up a shard of Kryptonite and frowned at it before he quickly crushed it, "Fucking idiots using radioactive material." Naruto muttered while shaking his head before looking at the Kryptonians, "You really need to either put down some of your enemies or take away their finances." Naruto stated shaking his head in disappointment,
"What the heck does that mean?" Kara said frowning and Naruto sighed and grabbed the last sliver of Kryptonite.
"Let me put this simply: This is rare and highly expensive correct?" Naruto asked making her nod her head, "Then how is it that all your enemies keep getting their hands on it when someone destroys the rocks every time except for a certain bat who keeps one brick on ice in case of that whole brainwashing thing again?" Naruto asked making Kara blink as she didn't know, "Answer: Someone really rich and vindictive is buying every bit they can find and is giving it to people who want to kill you." Naruto stated simply making Kara and the others widen their eyes, "Hurray, they've finally caught up with the rest of the class." Naruto stated shaking his head as he broke the sliver he had into powder and flicked it into the wind.
"I guess it doesn't matter much since each time the person gets it they are slowly killing themselves." Naruto commented against as he made sure there were no pieces of Kryptonite still usable.
"What do you mean?" Steel asked since as far as he was aware the Kryptonite could only harm a Kryptonian.
"Kryptonite gives off radiation just like everything else, while it kills a Kryptonian quickly, it slowly poisons and kills other races such as Humans. Meaning the person who's been buying all the Kryptonite will be dying slowly and painfully if the effects haven't been showing themselves yet and since it's a radiation poisoning that comes from an almost unidentified material, there isn't any cure or anyone working on the cure so they are pretty much shit out of luck as at best they can slow the poisoning." Naruto stated as he finished inspecting the area before dusting his hands and walking off just as the reporters began flooding the area.
"Kage! How can you justify killing criminals that you fight?"
"Kage, are you working with Superman and the other heroes?"
"Is it true you take your victims' hearts?"
"Do you plan to kill the criminals of Metropolis like you've been doing in Los Angeles?"
"Kage, what did the men that you killed do to warrant their deaths?" Lois asked through the crowd and Naruto paused and turned towards her and Lois froze slightly feeling his one visible eye boring into her soul.
"You're a smart and resourceful woman, miss Lane, I'm sure you could find out." Naruto stated as he turned and kept walking away before moving as Superman tried to put his hand on his shoulder, "Look blue boy, we talked about this already, I don't have a warrant for my arrest so you can't do anything to me since no one is pressing charges and the only ones willing to are criminals that the police would sooner arrest then me." Naruto stated getting annoyed with the boy scout of heroes not getting it into his head that he couldn't do anything to Naruto.
"You're going to stop this now. You have no right to kill them." Superman stated not willing to quit on making him stop killing people.
Naruto glared at Superman, "Who the fuck gave you the authority to tell me what my rights are? I know fully well you even threatened Batman with bodily harm once if he didn't stop. You have no right to tell anyone that they can't do something to help since you're no better than him or me. You both act outside the law without the express consent of the city government and without being deputized by the police, so you were breaking the law just as much as Batman was, but just because you're an alien with powers you think that gives you the right to dictate what we can or can't do. Well go fuck yourself since you're not the ruler of this planet, you are not the sovereign authority or anything that gives you the right to tell us what we do with our lives if it's helping people or not. The police and civilians of Los Angeles support what I'm doing as they are tired of the constant killing and criminals getting off scot free." Naruto growled out making Superman grit his teeth while the reporters backed up but kept different cameras rolling while others were taking notes.
Kara, Karen, and John were going to pull them apart when Naruto spoke again, "And at least with me the enemies can't get free and cause harm again unlike you and the Bat. How many people would still be alive if you had just killed Luthor when he first tried to take over the city?!?" Naruto growled with his one eye glowing while Superman grit his teeth and Naruto looked to the onlookers, "Let's ask them, how many of you all think he should have let Lex Luthor continue to cause misery, death, and destruction by doing his war profiteering, helping the Joker fight Batman, selling faulty equipment to the Police, and all of his other crimes when he knows fully well that Lex will just buy off people to get himself a reduced sentence or get out of jail entirely just to do it all again since no one will strip him of his funds and assets?" Naruto asked and many people began murmuring and refused to look at Superman.
Naruto turned back to Superman seeing his shocked expression, "See Superman? They're ok with your way until a better one comes along and I will kill Luthor if he dares to come to my city and pull his stunts or maybe I'll just tear away his money, his company, and everything else he holds dear and then I'll kill him. This bullshit of letting people get away with crimes that should have them be scheduled for execution ends now! To hell with rehabilitation, to hell with them being certifiably insane, and to hell with them having influence in the government! If the courts won't get off their asses and do it then I will, the victims deserve closure in their killers, rapists, and monsters being removed from the same world they live in and getting true punishment. Anyone who wants to try and stop me is welcome to try, but you may find yourself standing alone on that moral high ground you covet so much." Naruto stated as he began walking away again before he vanished in a black swirl.
Superman grit his teeth before taking off while Lois narrowed her eyes at him since his reaction was a bit too much and aggressive. Kara and Karen both looked at each other before taking off after Clark and Steel hung back to supervise clean up… and keep everyone from nearing the still burning body of Metallo.
"Kal you need to stop. You can't handle him and I'm not going to help you ruin half this city in some stupid fight you don't even need to be involved in." Karen stated as she knew what Clark/Kal-El was doing.
"She's right Clark. That guy tore through Metallo like he was nothing and even when he's not using Kryptonite you struggle against him." Kara added since she didn't want her cousin to tear the city apart in a fight she didn't even know if he could win, "Plus that fire of his destroyed Metallo entirely and you dropped him into an active volcano once and he still survived." She added as a reminder while both she and Karen knew that Clark wasn't going to help the reputation he was trying to rebuild by taking on Kage since they looked into it and he had the support of NUMEROUS people both in politics and in normal life for what he was doing. It only became clearer why when they learned that he was taking on the three cartels in LA and seeing the long list of things the cartel had done really didn't make them feel bad for the assholes.
"It doesn't matter, he has to be stopped!" Clark growled as he looked for Kage only to have to stop as Karen got in front of him.
"And who the hell made you the one who can decide he needs to be?" Karen stated glaring at Clark, who had the decency to flinch, "You are not in charge of keeping the Earth safe and dictating what is acceptable methods! There is no one in the country that can or will prosecute him for what he's done so you can't do anything Kal. You've always preached about acting within the law and that means you can't touch him until someone wants to and will arrest him. Anything else and you are no better than him: Just taking down someone you decide needs to be taken down regardless of the protocols and channels we normally have to go through." Karen stated with a glare making Clark grit his teeth and look away knowing she was right.
Clark sighed and nodded and was about to fly off before a scream was heard and all three flew towards it. Upon arriving, they found Livewire on the ground smoking with part of her outfit torn and burned, Volcana in a similar state not too far from her, and Naruto was standing in front of Parasite with their hands locked almost like they were in a grapple. They started to panic that Parasite would absorb Kage's abilities before Kage started laughing and what happened next shocked them.
Two Minutes Ago
Naruto was jumping from roof to roof before he suddenly moved his head as a blast of lightning went past his head and he turned and saw Livewire there again but this time she had the feisty pyro red head named Volcana and the purple metahuman Parasite. Naruto rolled his eyes seeing Livewire glaring at him and waved them at him as he jumped down to the street landing without a crater while the three villains followed him immediately making the street clear except a reporter or two in the area.
Livewire and Volcana quickly blasted their respective elements at him only for him to swing his hand through both destroying them with some refined Wind Chakra since if the wind was strong enough it would overpower the fire. Naruto then ducked and backhanded Parasite, who was using the attack as a distraction to attack Kage from a blindspot, and sent the metahuman flying into a lamp post making it bend nearly in half.
Naruto then turned back to Volcana and Livewire, "You really don't know what you are doing with those elements do you?" He stated as he raised his left hand and it began crackling with different colors of electricity while his right hand was engulfed in different colors of fire surprising the two, "Like I said, Livewire, you haven't even begun to tap into the powers you hold. Now I'm going to give you a free lesson using one of the best teachers… PAIN." Naruto stated with his voice taking a darker tone scaring the two females before he blasted Livewire with the electricity and Volcana with the fire.
Before the two could dodge, they were struck by the attacks and screamed out as the attacks hurt their bodies in ways they never imagined as the electricity went into Livewire and Volcana was almost cocooned in flames. Livewire felt her nerves, skin, muscles, and bones being hit with different electrical currents and Volcana felt hot, cold, burned, washed over, and hit like a ton of bricks. Naruto continued this for almost a minute before stopping dropping their bodies to the ground just before he turned and caught Parasite's hands trying to grab him.
He saw Parasite smirk thinking that he could drain Naruto's powers and Naruto felt a tiny drain but not anymore than he usually used when making 100 clones. Naruto laughed and grabbed Parasite's hands tightly glaring into the man's very soul with his blood red eye, "You want my power? Well fine, here take some I don't mind sharing." Naruto stated with cruel smile on his face as his arms began to glow with a dark energy making Parasite widen his eyes as the energy felt like he was staring into the deepest pit of Hell itself and something just wanted to pull him down into its depths.
Parasite tried to get away as the feeling and terror creeped on him more and more as more energy began funneling into him and he even saw his arms start to turn pitch black, "What's the matter? Aren't you enjoying the meal?" Naruto asked tauntingly knowing full well that his power was his no matter if it left his body or not and Darkness was not something that liked to be taken from its home and master, "Maybe you're not happy with how slow the food is coming? Well let me help you." Naruto continued and began pumping more power into him making Parasite panic more.
"No! No more, stop! You… You can't do this. You're not Human." Parasite stated fearfully. Even if the power wasn't so dark and cruel he wouldn't want this to continue since no one actually helped to feed his power and abilities, they tried to make him stop.
"Oh? But you were so eager to have my power a minute ago? I insist, have some more." He stated as he pumped more as the darkness crept up over all of Parasite's body making him struggle more. It was futile of course as his whole body was being overtaken making him let out a blood curdling scream as it reached and consumed his head.
Once the screaming stopped, Naruto released him letting him fall to the ground unmoving and with a look of pure horror on his face before Naruto grabbed his face and lifted him drawing his power back and turning Parasite back to normal, "Stupid boy, if I hadn't wanted to truly punish you I would have just force fed you till your arms exploded." Naruto stated before the last bit of his power was taken back and he dropped Parasite who had a blank look in his eyes.
Naruto dusted his hands off and suddenly the lamp post flew to his hands and he wrapped it around Livewire and Volcana tightly ensuring they wouldn't go anywhere before he knelt down to their ears, "I know you can hear me, when you're ready to truly learn how to use those powers, not be a threat to anyone, and most of all show blue boy he was wrong about you, come find me and I'll help you." He stated before standing and popping his neck and turning to look at the Kryptonians that were there.
The three survivors of Krypton stared in surprise at Naruto doing that to Parasite and Clark and Kara were surprised at him handling three of their villains with relative ease since he didn't have a scratch on him and the only damage was the street lamp. Now the man who did this was just staring at them and only Karen wasn't intimidated by him, "Bit late to the party." Naruto stated as he cracked his neck and began walking.
"What did you do to them?" Clark asked as he looked at the three villains.
"Oh, just showed Volcana and Livewire that their current power level aren't even nearly as good as they could be and Parasite, well I just gave him a taste of what happens when you mess with power beyond your understanding. He'll live, but he'll never be the same again." He stated with a smirk as he moved again but was stopped by Kara.
"What did you mean by them proving Superman wrong?" She asked curiously and Karen frowned since she knew.
"Oh, didn't your dear cousin tell you? When Livewire first gained her powers she wanted to help people like a hero, but old blue boy here demoralized her and belittled her when she made a rookie mistake, which was understandable since she was still learning her powers, and when she got mad and tried to hit him he took her down and had her imprisoned for the damage she caused and she's hated him since. Volcana here just wanted his help bringing down the people that wanted to turn her into a living weapon, he said no and she was kidnapped and tortured before she got free and turned the facility she was in to ash along with her captors and he took her down and brought her in despite seeing the evidence of what they did to her and how she was technically acting in self-defense. From that point on both decided the only person they could count on was themselves and have stuck by that since with a hatred for old blue boy, who was no better when he was starting out as a hero. So you now have two big names of Metropolis' criminal underworld all thanks to blue boy's pride and idiocy so I intend to correct it rather than let them keep going down the wrong path because he's too stubborn and prideful to admit he was wrong." Naruto stated shocking Kara before she glared at Clark, who wouldn't meet her gaze, and Karen just continued frowning since she had heard this before and it still pissed her off.
Karen and Naruto were the only ones who noticed the reporters writing things down including the recently arrived Lois Lane all of whom were shocked at the information given, "Well I think that's enough of airing blue boy's dirty laundry. If you will excuse me, I have some business to finish in this city." Naruto stated as he faded from view and the cops came to take Parasite, Volcana, and Livewire away.
Kara merely glared at Clark for him being so cold to two people who either wanted to help or needed help and he turned his back on them and then locked them up when he didn't want to deal with them. She decided to take off before she did something that both would regret especially in front of multiple witnesses and Karen quickly did the same leaving Superman standing alone as the three villains were taken away.
Other side of town
Naruto stood on a warehouse roof looking down on a meeting between some of Diaz's Easy Riders and some local talent with Lex Luthor himself. Naruto had already incapacitated Luthor's chauffeur/bodyguard/assistant Mercy Graves and had a clone with her on standby since he planned to sway her to his side with something that may attract her attention once he was done with this little mess while letting her witness everything. He wasn't going to kill Luthor today, but humiliate and intimidate him, hell yeah.
"So it's agreed, you'll fund us in eliminating our problem and in return we send you plenty of abled men that you'll arm to the teeth to kill Superman and if any of our men are captured you'll get them out of jail if the boss says we need them out?" One of the Easy Riders stated and Lex smiled and nodded.
"Yes, a deal is a deal. However, if any of you turn on me then I turn all of my records of our dealings over to the government and they come down on you and your people like you were a band of terrorists, which means they shoot first and demand your surrender later." Lex stated standing there like he had 50 guns aimed at them ready to kill them should they pose a threat or he decided they were too insignificant for him to care about.
"That goes both ways, Mr. Luthor, as we have our own records as well and bills of sales for the weapons you supplied us. Only difference is that you may get into prison but you'll be struggling to survive day and night not just with the prisoners but with the guards too." The Easy Rider replied not at all intimidated by the man in front of him.
"Yes, but like I said a deal is a deal: you hold your end of the bargain and I will hold mine." Lex stated and as they were about to shake hands the windows and door ways suddenly went dark leaving only the few lights inside the warehouse to give any… well… light*. Naturally they all drew guns while the local talent formed a protective circle around Luthor.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here? A bunch of cockroaches thinking their actually relevant to the world and not simply something that needs to be squished?" Naruto taunted watching them from the darkness surrounding them.
"Show yourself coward!" One of the Easy Riders demanded making Luthor want to strangle the man for provoking an unknown enemy.
It only confirmed his suspicions as dark chilling laughter echoed out through the warehouse, "But if I did that, you'd be afraid and it's so much more fun taunting you and watching you sweat as you worry where I am, where am I going to attack next, who is going to die first." He stated with the room filling with bloodlust making them all feel cold chills of fear go down their spines, though Luthor was better at hiding it.
Before anyone could react, a black pole launched out and skewered a thug through the chest killing him and making everyone turn their guns in that direction and fire seeing flashes of something moving in the dark before another thug was suddenly grabbed by something and dragged into the darkness where a blood curdling scream echoed along with sickening SQUELCH of something piercing or splattering meat on the ground and walls.
The thugs weren't doing so well handling their fear now while even Lex was starting to sweat a little. This wasn't one of those heroes who just gave you some recoverable injuries and then locked you up, this was someone who, if you crossed them, put you in the ground… if there was enough left of them to be put in the ground. Lex knew fully well that if they didn't get outside then there was no chance of surviving for anyone, "The door, if we can get outside we have a chance." Lex stated quietly and the voice just laughed at them all.
"You think getting outside will help you? Please. Whether you stick together or divide yourselves there is no escaping me, you're either one big target or several little ones and I can end you all very easily without any challenge." Naruto's voice stated from around them before a thug gasped and they turned and widened their eyes in horror as his entire chest cavity was split open with his heart missing and the thug had enough function left to look down and look on in horror as blood spilled from his body before he fell to the floor dead.
"Just shoot everywhere as we move!" Lex shouted as he began just firing in all directions taking care not to hit his meat shields as he was viewing them right now and the thugs followed suit and began firing all over trying not to leave any openings. However, that proved faulty as one was suddenly headless and another was pulled up into the rafters before his body fell to the floor in pieces.
Nevertheless, they kept firing as they neared the door leading out before two more fell to the ground and screamed as they were dragged into the darkness and died. Lex, getting too nervous, shot a thug in the leg making him fall while Lex sprinted for the door with the other thugs following him with the whole "I don't have to outrun the bear, I just have to out run you" scenario going through their heads as the man screamed for help only turn into blood curdling scream as Naruto got to him and the lights began going out the closer they got to the door.
As Lex got to the door he quickly turned around aiming wildly towards the dark and fired a few times using the shots to illuminate the darkness a bit, but he saw nothing and his secondary plan of not touching the door first proved fruitful as a thug grabbed the door only to scream as he was electrocuted into nothing but a pile of bones and ash. Lex quickly grabbed one of the bones, his adrenaline burying his disgust at the moment, and pried the door open as the bone stopped the electricity while the thugs kept firing and screaming as more and more were taken.
Within moments, Lex had the door opened, only to freeze as he realized the shooting had stopped and quickly tried to get out of the door not bothering to turn around only to scream as a black spike went through his leg making him fall and scream in pain. Lex grit his teeth and tried to get to his car only to pause as he saw Mercy there with her hair down and she was pinned to his car by her hands via a black spike and her chest torn to apart with her heart missing, "You should be proud, even after I offered to spare her she didn't give up which warehouse you were in." Naruto stated pressing his boot down on Lex's injured leg making him scream.
"Look! We can make a deal! You obviously have issues with Superman! So do I! We can come to some arrangement to remove him and just forget this whole mess, you seem like a more capable sort than the ones I was doing business with. I won't even be bothered by the money you cost me." Lex stated trying to control the pain going through his body and not even bothered by Mercy being dead in front of him.
"Oh? You're just concerned about the money? Not at all what I did to your loyal subordinate?" Naruto asked curiously and with a hint of humor giving Lex the impression that he found his offer amusing.
"She was expendable and replaceable. I admit I am impressed by how long she lasted, but I can always get another Mercy from anywhere and possibly one that didn't have some foolish notion that I would be in a relationship with her or love her if she stayed by my side. It was her job to stay there and aid me however I wanted, nothing more nothing less." Lex stated making Naruto smirk as he knew he just got him another asset and ally.
"Hmm how utterly deplorable, but I don't care for that. If Superman crosses me he'll feel my wrath just as you're about to." Naruto stated with venom and cruelty in his voice as he dragged Lex back into the warehouse with him screaming and begging like a child before said screams became blood curdling and terrifying to everyone nearby.
A few minutes later, Naruto came out dusting his hands off and stood before Mercy, "I did warn you my dear: He simply viewed you as an expendable asset that was to think of him and nothing else." Naruto stated waving his hand making the spike disappear and Mercy turned back to normal while opening her eyes showing fresh tears going down her face.
"I devoted my life to him. I devoted everything I am to him and his safety, happiness, and success and he just decided I was expendable at any time he felt like it on a whim." Mercy stated as tears flowed from her eyes as Naruto knelt before her and cupped her cheek making her look at him.
"I know, but now you can be free of him and can join me. I will protect, appreciate, and take care of you and all I'll ask for is loyalty in return and I will do all I can to make sure you feel those things every day you are in my service." Naruto stated with his now blue eye staring into her own drawing her in with his promise and commitment.
Mercy simply stared into the eye of someone who had experienced betrayal, pain, love, happiness, heartache, and many other things that shined clear as day to her. She found herself so entranced that she stared into his eye for over a minute before she nodded, "I am at your service, sir." She stated as he helped her stand and he eye smiled at her making her feel… happy and she returned the smile.
"You've made a wise choice my dear, now come let's go since the police will be here along with a certain blue boy and they will not be entirely happy to see me here nor you." He stated making her nod before he pulled her to his chest making her blush before they disappeared in darkness.
A few minutes later, police arrived and the heroes arrived a couple of minutes later to the sight of a few officers emptying their stomachs a ways off and struggling to contain their stomach contents for others. Confused, Clark had the others stay back while he went forward and saw some of the veteran officers looked green after coming out and Clark slowly entered before he paused getting hit with something smelling like copper and having a distinct iron quality to it.
He frowned since he knew it was blood, nothing else had that particular smell, and he hesitantly entered the warehouse noting the pile of ash and bone at the door only to widen his eyes at the massacre before him. Around the floor and crates was blood splattered everywhere to one side dismembered limbs were laying on the ground both near and away from the bodies they belonged to; to another side bodies were split open at the chest cavity with the hearts clearly missing; to another area the bodies were impaled through the mouth and out the lower area and stabbed into the ground via a pike or spear; and still a few others looked like they were torn in half.
However, all of the had one central thing in common: The heads were all gone from the bodies. Now you may be asking where they were, well, they were all mounted on pikes around a bare chested Lex Luthor who was alive but pinned to the far wall by spikes through his hands and feet in a spread eagle position and on his chest was a large spiral burn mark like he had been branded. Above him was the word "Lucky" written in blood and Superman had to fight not to let his stomach empty its contents right then and there as he could now smell the burned flesh off of Lex.
Superman quickly moved outside and braced himself against the wall of the warehouse surprising the other three and he stopped them from entering or tried to as Karen merely walked in. She did widen her eyes slightly, but she was no stranger to death and carnage due to how her world ended and she came to this one. She, her lovers, and her friends had butchered just as badly if not worse when Darkseid invaded her home as the fury and heartbreak just made them hit and fight harder and tended to block the pain out as they unleashed everything on their enemy obliterating them from existence and with each precious person that fell they got more brutal and effective at killing. Being in this world gave her back her restraint and she at times was close to snapping at an enemy that crossed lines that she deemed too far, just one quick pulse of her heat vision and the problem would be no more but she couldn't… at least not yet.
Turning and leaving the warehouse, not at all feeling bad for Luthor, she came out to the others only to stop as she saw Naruto standing on a telephone pole as the reporters came around the area. One woman in particular, Lois, stopped and looked to where Powergirl was looking and saw Kage there with his hands behind his back as if he was amusing himself with the way things were playing out before him.
Naruto noticing that people were beginning to take notice of him merely gave a two fingered salute before vanishing from sight as the reporters began questioning the police and trying to get shots of or inside the warehouse.
Powergirl smirked and walked off while Lois decided to follow her along with Kara since Superman and Steel were too busy trying to help the police. Karen flew off to the far end of about 5 buildings to see Naruto there sitting in a meditative position while Kara was floating between the buildings and Lois was down below climbing the fire escape to get a better angle.
"You certainly did a number on Luthor and the thugs didn't you." Karen stated more than asked as she merely stood behind him knowing full well he knew she was approaching him before she got within 300 feet.
"No less than what he and the other deserved, but I decided to let Lex live for a while longer to let him live in constant fear of the shadows wondering about just when I will come back and finish the job or perhaps what I will take from him next since I've already taken his public image and now he'll slowly crumble especially since I convinced his right hand to join me instead." He stated not at all bothered by the fact he had two eavesdroppers since after his chats with Cindy and the pull he hadn't felt since his wives were alive let him be more open to things again.
"Oh? So Mercy joined you and ditched Luthor? I have to admit I'm not overly shocked but thought it would take something substantial to do it." Karen stated knowing the woman was probably teetering on the edge of loyalty at times depending on how Lex pushed things.
"Does hearing Lex openly state she meant nothing to him and was simply a tool he could replace at a moment's notice count as substantial?" Naruto asked making Karen blinked since that would probably do it.
"Uh, yeah that works. So does that mean you have two beautiful women traveling with you till you go home?" She asked with a smirk knowing that if it was true then he was opening up.
"Yes, but Mercy hasn't decided what she wants exactly other than to have the things Luthor would never have given her." Naruto stated with Karen nodding in understanding before he turned and walked towards her making her blink in confusion before his mask changed to a onyx face mask with blue gem in the center of the forehead showing he had a pure red eye and a pure black eye. The mask covered his face and framed his mouth while not giving away any detail to his face*.
Before she could question what he was doing, he pulled her to him and kissed her making her widen her eyes before she quickly wrapped her arms around him and returned the kiss. She then moaned as he began running his hands on her thighs and giving her ass a light squeeze since she loved when her lover had groped her ass before.
The kiss continued for a minute or so, with Kara blushing since she could hear and see what they were doing, before Naruto broke the kiss, "I'll be seeing you Powergirl, my target has moved on and I need to get back to LA within the week." He stated giving her on last grope before disappearing and reappearing next to Lois and made her freeze as his hands went to her sides and began stroking them while his face was near her neck and she felt his breath tickle it as he spoke in her ear, "It's not polite to eavesdrop miss Lane." Naruto stated making her shiver as his breath caressed her neck and ear.
"I… that is that I." She tried to state before gasping as his hands cupped her ass and kneaded it slightly before going up and down her legs sending shivers up her spine.
"Maybe if you're a good resourceful girl, I'll give you a private interview with me." He stated making both Lois and Kara blush while Karen grinned as her lower regions grew hotter. Lois tried to stammer out a reply only to widen her eyes as he turned her head and kissed her and didn't have time to react before he pulled back, "Maybe you'll get more of that too." He stated teasingly as he vanished and appeared behind Kara, who immediately turned around and jumped him with a kiss forcing him to catch her by her ass or fall to the ground.
Kara merely moaned feeling his hands on her ass and ground her ass against him. She didn't know why, but ever since she had laid eyes on him it had been like a pull towards him and it was getting hard to ignore. Maybe it was because she knew that he was someone that Clark couldn't try to intimidate to leave her alone, maybe it was his brutality and fearlessness, hell maybe it was just what he had done to Karen and Lois a moment ago that turned her on. Regardless of what, she wanted to be near him more and it was driving her a little mad to not get to just keep him right there in Metropolis for the foreseeable future.
Naruto broke the kiss a few minutes later, much to her saddened annoyance, and smirked at her, "That's certainly unexpected, but not unwelcome. Seems you three have some common interests and it's not going to be easy on any of you from here on out." Naruto stated jokingly at the beginning before turning serious at the end and Kara shook her head.
"I don't give a fuck. I want you badly, I don't know why or how, but I want you in my life permanently." Kara stated huskily since it was not easy for a Kryptonian woman to be around a man she wanted and not get EXACTLY what she wanted when she wanted it.
Naruto merely chuckled, "I see, but you will have to wait and earn my trust enough that I allow you to be with me since I can't just have every woman that tries to jump my bones begin a relationship with me." Naruto stated making Kara narrow her eyes at the challenge, "Ah, I see that fire in your eyes that Powergirl has, good. You'll need it and perhaps you should speak to her about controlling your hormones and emotions since you're certainly not doing a great job right now." He stated since she was leaving quite the wet spot on him ever since he grabbed her ass.
Kara blushed brighter than her cape and Naruto smirked before releasing her, "Hate to flirt, make out, and run, but I have someone waiting for me and I have someone I need to track down." Naruto stated before leaving making Kara pout before she went to Karen to talk and offered to take Lois to her home, car, or the planet if she wanted.
Naruto's Safe House
Naruto entered the house to the sight of Cindy lounging in her pink thong and bikini top and Mercy was even relaxing in just a pair of black panties and bra with her stockings and heels still on and her hair down. Naruto merely whistled approvingly making them both blush a bit, "I see you've gotten comfortable Mercy." He stated with a smirk and Mercy blushed.
"We-well, miss Cindy told me to be comfortable while my clothes are cleaned and told me I had no available clothing here." She stated blushing wildly while Cindy winked at Naruto making him shake his head in amusement.
"Mercy, there are clothes in the bedrooms, Cindy just wanted to give me an excuse to see you nearly naked." He stated making Mercy blink and give a halfhearted glare at Cindy, who merely smirked with a look saying 'don't deny you like it' and went back to her book as Mercy got up and went upstairs. Although, she did "conveniently" have to bend over completely to grab something she dropped giving Naruto a full view of her perky luscious ass and slender legs before she climbed the stairs an extra sway in her hips.
"You know she's gonna get you back for that, even if you did mention to her everything you know about me." Naruto stated making Cindy give a shrug.
"It was worth it, plus she isn't going to do anything damaging to me physically and you've already shared a bed with me and seen me naked so what can she do to me honey?" Cindy asked with an amused eyebrow and Naruto smirked back.
"She could ask me to let her train you in self-defense." He stated making her blink then pout since that was a possibility, "Which is a good idea, but we can do that later in LA since tomorrow we're going to Gotham so I can finish hunting down Chuco." He stated as Mercy came down wearing a black night dress that hugged her body.
"Sounds like a plan sir, shall I be driving?" She asked professionally and Naruto smiled.
"No need to be so stiff around Mercy, and no, I'll be driving so you can just relax and enjoy the ride." Naruto stated as he changed into a pair of pants and a wife beater making Mercy blush at Naruto's handsome face and physic.
Cindy smirked, "Trust me hon, he looks better out of them." Cindy stated since she had accidently walked in on him in the bathroom and got a full view and it nearly knocked her out from the nosebleed she got. After that she "accidently" walked in on him a few more times and even "accidently" got in the shower with him once.
Mercy merely blushed while Naruto rolled his eyes, "Yes, something you've pointed out and requested quite a few times when you slept in the bed with me." Naruto stated with a smirk making Cindy smile and nod like it was obvious for her to do that.
It wasn't long before they went to bed with Cindy convincing Mercy to join them in the bed of the master bedroom, much to her embarrassment as she could feel his solid muscles and the warmth he gave off. The two women drifted off to sleep easily while Naruto stayed awake a bit longer enjoying that he could feel the connection to his wives returning each bit by bit the more dark essence and hearts he consumed as well as sending souls on their way. He just needed a good jump start and luckily Gotham was the place to be for that.
Done! Hope you enjoyed the chapter, next time will be Naruto in Gotham and maybe the road trip back to LA.
*1: I don't know if the power exists in the Darkness Universe, but as far as I know I took this from a fantasy book series where the Dark Elves can drop an impenetrable globe of darkness over an area and you literally can't see anything and no light gets in or out. In this case Naruto put it over the Warehouse till Lex got the door open and it didn't fill the warehouse because Naruto wanted them to have some light to add to the horrifying effect.
*2: Think Maximus' gladiator helmet from Gladiator for the face area to get the general idea of Naruto's new mask.
For those questioning Naruto's sudden change in demeanor, now that he knows his wives are connecting to him again he's much more open since he couldn't open up really when he was still weary of being stabbed in the back by Yami and Shinigami.
That should be everything, so please review since it does help me at times.