Hello my faithful readers and welcome back to another installment of this story. This chapter is quite long, so I hope you enjoy it.

As always, I'd like to thank the amazing support the previous chapter has received. Your kindful comments are the reason why I work hard to update fast and give you guys good reading material.

A quick announcement that I think will make you all happy: I have decided to add Natsuki into the Harem, since I really like the pairing and most of you have been asking me to include her. I have some good ideas regarding her, and I feel like they will not disrupt the flow of the story.

Explanations and whatnot can be found at the end of this chapter, so be sure to read them before you leave!

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Chapter Four : Gotham City

Natsuki, along with Shizune and Kakashi, had been watching in silence as Naruto stood there, eyes blank and immobile as he seemed to have his mind elsewhere. As soon as he'd touched the box, a strange light beam had made contact with his forehead, projecting the same shield from the plate on his skin.

From that point onwards, she'd tried calling to him, even touched his shoulder, to see if he was okay. He didn't respond nor did he move at all, standing still in the same position as before. Kakashi had told them that they should wait for whatever Naruto was experiencing right now to be over, and then find out what happened.

For what seemed like the longest minutes of her life, Natsuki could do nothing but wait. Her anxiety was nearly overflowing, as she didn't like being in the dark about something that involved her most precious person. And especially now after her brother was told to be some kind of an alien that had come into this world in a strange looking space ship.

A part of her still refused to believe Naruto was not a normal human being like the rest, trying to hold onto logical reasoning which had long ago been overpowered by Kakashi's explanations and contundent evidence — said part kept getting weaker as Naruto continued immersed in a trance, only to be eventually replaced with nothing but a deep desire for answers.

She, as much as Shizune and Kakashi did, wanted to know what was going on with her brother.

It was only when the light beam receded into the box that Naruto came back, and blinked several times, trying to process what he'd just experienced.

"Oniichan!", Natsuki felt relief flowing through her body as she approached his side with a worried look. "Are you okay?"

But the blond didn't answer. Instead, his eyes traveled downwards to stare at the ship, where he slowly placed the plate he'd been holding. His sister's face dropped slightly at that, but when she tried to place a comforting hand on his shoulder, he opened his mouth. "It was the Hokage..."

"Naruto-kun?", asked Shizune, not clearly getting what he said as his tone was barely audible.

"It was the fucking Yondaime Hokage!", Naruto suddenly snapped, angry eyes turning to glare at a speechless Kakashi. "I saw him! And a red haired woman who seemed his wife standing by his side at a strange looking place that was clearly not Konoha! What the hell is going on here!?"

The silver haired jounin immediately recoiled under his student's anger. He then raised his hands in a soothing manner, "calm down Naruto. You know that's not possible. Yondaime-sama and his wife, Kushina Uzumaki, have been dead for a long time now."

Despite being the first time said girl learned about her deceased mother's name, she didn't even react to the news (especially since she knew who her father was) and instead, took a step back, trying not to interfere with his brother who seemed clearly pissed.

But mostly shocked.

"Oh yeah!? And how do you explain both talking to me in a different language!? Was he from another world too!?"

"Naruto", Kakashi began, slightly taken aback, "Minato Namikaze was born and raised within the village, serving it as a loyal shinobi and eventually a Hokage until his death. He's never been missing in his life as a ninja, less abandoned Konoha. Kushina Uzumaki arrived at the Leaf during her childhood and as the previous Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi she protected it like her husband. What you're saying is impossible."

This time, it was Shizune who decided to interfere before things could get out of hand. "It's true Naruto-kun", furious sapphire eyes turned to look at her, but she didn't stop. "I met Yondaime-sama a few times during my adolescence, and I know he's lived all his life in Konoha. Maybe what you saw was someone that looked like him and his wife."

Much to both adults relief, Naruto seemed to calm down at that, but he still looked a bit overwhelmed by everything. "I know what I saw. And those people were Natsuki's parents", he shook his head with an ironic smile before turning to leave. "Not mine. Mine are dead."

"Oniichan..."

Naruto ignored Natsuki and turned to leave. However, and before he could do that, he was interrupted by the sound of the vessel being sealed. The blond looked out the corner of his eyes and noticed that his sensei was presenting him with the same scroll that carried everything which he was supposedly the sole owner of.

"Here. This belongs to you."

Without uttering a single word, the blond snatched the scroll from Kakashi's hands and put it in his jacket. Then, and after zipping the tent open, he stuffed his hands in his pockets and left Tsunade's rest room.

Kakashi let out a tired sigh and placed a comforting hand on Natsuki's shoulder, who was clearly at the brim of tears.

"K-Kakashi-sensei?", Natsuki moved her blue eyes from the tent's entrance, to the Jounin.

"He just needs some time alone. Time to process everything that he's seen and learned about himself. After all, he has just found out he may actually be an alien from outerspace."

His words seemed to have an opposite effect on the girl and even on Shizune, noticing how they frowned at him all of a sudden. "If this is true, why didn't you tell him sooner?"

Kakashi shrugged. "Sandaime-sama thought it'd be wiser to wait until he was older to give him the news. Though, as time went by, I didn't feel it would be necessary to tell him at all, given the fact he'd barely shown himself to be different from the rest."

"You didn't feel it would be necessary to tell him who he really is?", Shizune repeated, clearly not pleased at all with the scarecrow's decision. "That means that if he hadn't shown any different, you would have decided to keep silent about the whole deal?"

"I didn't know how he would handle the truth", Kakashi patiently explained, although it seemed nothing he said would appease the angry kunoichi before him. "Look, both Sandaime-sama and myself wanted Naruto to live a normal life, without considering himself as a different being from his friends, his sister and the rest. How would you react if you found out you come from space and weren't born on Earth?"

That semeed to calm Shizune and Natsuki somewhat, as they understood the scarecrow's reasons for deciding to hide the truth from him. Still that didn't justify Kakashi's decision to not tell him at all, since Naruto and anyone else in his same situation deserved to know something of such importance.

"I still think you should have told him sooner. Oniichan has lived his whole life wondering who his parents were, and why he was never given a last name", Natsuki pouted sadly at the memories of a young blond waking her up at night to tell her about his dream, which involved him meeting his uknown parents. "Naruto would have understood. I know he would have."

And without speaking any further, the blonde beauty left the tent, her mind going through everything she had learned so far.

For the past few hours, Naruto had been aimlessly walking round the village, ignoring almost everyone he came across. It was dusk already, with the sky growing dark in the distance and yet the blond teen seemed in no hurry to stand from his seat at the very same place he had gone when he found his old sensei, Jiraiya, was dead.

While his eyes remained fixed on the ground, his mind was working non stop to try and comprehend what he'd been told so far — Kakashi claimed he was actually an alien send to Earth fifteen years ago in a small space vessel. Yet, if that was true, he couldn't quite understand the reason why he'd be send to that planet and why his parents (whoever they were) had made that choice.

His mind travelled back to his encounter with a man that looked exactly the same as Minato Namikaze (except for his attire) and a red haired woman who he was sure was his wife, Kushina Uzumaki. From the way both spoke to him, they seemed to know him, even if Naruto couldn't understand a single word of what they said.

Maybe Kakashi was right and those weren't the actual Yondaime Hokage and his wife but aliens that looked just like them. But then, how in the world? Could it be that those two were his... parents?

Naruto let out a silent sigh before leaning against the back of the seat. This was just too complicated for him to understand; maybe if both "aliens" actually spoke his language in the vision he had, he'd have understood their explanation and the reasons why he saw them after touching the wooden box.

"If only there was something that could help me understand..."

The blond's eyes suddenly widened in realization and he moved his head around, first to the left and then to the right. After making sure nobody was around, he pulled out the scroll Kakashi had given him, placed it on the floor and opened it. Taking a deep breath, Naruto made some hand signs and channeled chakra into the seal, making the same rocket from before appear before his eyes.

He then allowed his hands to roam the interior, pulling an old blanket and the wooden box from before aside as he sought for something that could have remained hidden in the ship ever since Kakashi found it. Yet, as his hopes greatly decreased at not finding anything below the matress, Naruto came in contact with a surface that was smoother to the touch than the metal the ship was made from, and he accidentally moved his finger over a pretuberance on the surface, making it move to a side with a 'click' sound.

Immediately, something inside the rocket started to hum, quickly turning into a sonorous rumble. Naruto had barely time to remove his hand, afraid of what was going to happen, before a blinding light forced him to cover his eyes behind his palms so as to protect them.

Several seconds later the light and the rumbling noise faded away, but Naruto and the rocket were nowhere to be seen.

[AN: From this point onwards, characters speaking in Japanese in DC's universe will have their dialogues highlighted in black]

When Naruto finally managed to take his hands off his eyes, he blinked several times to adjust his blurry sight. Upon getting his bearings back, he took a look around and rubbed his eyes, repeating his previous action once again.

He soon noticed that he was seeing properly and couldn't help but wonder: "W-Where am I?"

It was clear he was not in the same place he'd been mere seconds ago; upon opening his eyes he'd found himself in some sort of alley, with a wired fence behind him connected to two enormous looking buildings at both sides. A kind of metallic stairwell on the left building's wall led to different windows as it reached a spot near the top of the building.

The alley reached some kind of... road at the other end, one that the blond noticed it to be as dark as the night above. From his position he could see that same road being illuminated by lamposts at each sides, and even some people walking down the streets, completely ignoring him.

Naruto blinked in confusion and decided to use one of his newfound powers — focusing his sight on the building at the right, he narrowed his eyes and looked past the surface, examining the interiors of the house. Everything was dark inside, and yet he could distinguish most of the furniture thanks to a nearby window that allowed some light to filter in.

Apart from some devices that he hadn't really seen before, everything seemed similar to what he had back at his apartment.

Yet he knew this was not Konoha, something that got even clearer when he focused his hearing and caught dozens of voices speaking at the same time, but in a language that was practically the same to the one he'd heard the Yondaime and his wife speak in his vision.

Such discovery greatly unnerved Naruto, and filled his mind with more questions than answers. The one that puzzled him the most was: "How did I get here?", he knew the vessel must had been the reason why he arrived there, yet his mind couldn't find a possible explanation for what happened.

'Maybe if I ask around, someone will be able to help me', the blond doubted that would be case, but what else was he supposed to do? Sit there and wait for something to happen? 'It's worth a shot.'

Shrugging, the blond took a deep breath and took a step forward...

...Just to realize the very same rocket he'd been inspecting before that blinding light engulfed him had somehow come to that place as well, yet the scroll which Kakashi would often use to seal it was nowhere to be seen. After he frowned for a moment, beginning to suspect that he had accidentally activated something that resulted in his current predicament, Naruto decided to seal the ship inside a small scroll that he conveniently carried in one of his pockets.

After all he couldn't let someone see or steal it while he was busy taking a look around.

The young man, as soon as the ship was secured, decided not to waste any more time and exited the alley, allowing his eyes to bask in the new sight that greeted him. An enormous city stretched in all directions, with huge looking buildings and stores that sold different kinds of products (some similar to the ones he used to see being sold at the village, others completely new to him) and had different looking signs, all written with letters of a strange and mysterious alphabet.

Apart from some people that walked by his side and on the sidewalk opposite to his, mostly ignoring him, his frenetic eyes took notice of metallic kind of boxes with different shapes transporting people over the dark road that lied between both sidewalks and stretched to the right and to left, in and out the city. Said... transports, as he couldn't think of a better way to call them, made noises whenever they moved, and from what he noticed the people inside them seemed to be controlling them by moving a wheel and a kind of handle below.

Naruto was greatly astonished by what he saw. 'Could this be... the future?' He thought, eyes still moving all around, trying to inspect everything at the same time. A different theory materialized itself in his mind, and the boy wondered about the possibility of the people he saw in his vision being some futuristic version of the Yondaime Hokage and Kushina Uzumaki from his world.

Yet he immediately discarted that theory, as his surroundings were still different from the place where the wooden box had taken his mind. 'Hmm... I wonder...'

The blond shinobi hummed thoughtfully as he moved his head to a side, deep in thoughts. He was quickly pulled out of his reverie when he noticed a very pretty girl younger than him with shoulder length red hair and azure eyes casually walking in his direction, apparently talking to no one in particular as she held a small, rectangular shaped box to her ear.

"Excuse me!", Naruto called to her, trying to see if she could provide him some of the valuable information he so desperately sought. The shinobi walked up to her and smiled politely. "Can you help me? I'm kind of lost."

Said girl suddenly stopped as she noticed someone had decided to stand on her way. Frowning in annoyance, she said, "hold on Sue, there's an idiot here that's walked up to me. I don't know, he's probably thinking he can hit on me", the girl groaned before adressing the guy in front of her. "Hey, would you please move out of the way? In case you don't know, it's not polite to... walk..."

Whatever she wanted to say next died in her throat as, immediately after she pulled the cell away from her ear and looked upwards, her eyes met with a pair of the most beautiful blue eyes she had ever seen. A pair of puzzling globes that were attached to the masculine and dreamy face of a young man a bit older than her, and one that looked confused and... lost. 'Cute', she thought, putting a strand of red hair behind her ear before smiling cutely. "Oh, hi there! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be so rude to you. I thought you were... someone else."

Naruto blinked at that and tilted his head to a side, not getting any word she'd spoken to him. Yet, he decided to try again. "Hi, can you understand me?"

Non-surprisingly, the girl frowned slightly at that, as if confused. "I'm sorry? Is that chinese or something? 'Cause I don't know how to speak it."

"Oh... I guess not", Naruto's features dropped upon coming to the conclusion that probably everyone in the place he was now spoke a different language from the one he knew. The pretty girl seemed to have noticed his disappointment, as she tried to speak at a slower pace, in hopes of helping him understand. "Man, this is getting a bit annoying."

"You don't know how to speak english, do you?", she hummed in thought, trying to come up with a possible solution. "Well... you seem kind of lost. The worst part is my father is at work, and I can't really bother him... He may be able to help you, though."

As she continued to speak, mostly to herself, Naruto's head suddenly snapped at a point behind the girl from where a sudden sound hit his ears: a scream, a loud piercing yell apparently calling for help that seemed so close yet the boy somehow knew it came from somewhere far away from his position.

"Someone is in danger."

"Huh?"

"I've to go. Sorry to have bothered you."

And with that he suddenly jumped out of the girl's sight, elevating and disappearing into the night. He barely noticed the height he'd reached only by jumping, and less the scream of shock of the red haired girl that watched him leave.

For a few seconds, said girl just stood there, gaping at the fact she had seen a boy slightly older than her make an imposible jump into the sky and disappear from her sight shortly afterwards. The loud noises coming from her cellphone broke her out of her reverie and she pulled it to her ear again, shaking as she heard her friend still on the other side.

"Barb! Baaaaarb~!"

"I'm here", the red haired girl eventually mustered enough composure to answer back, and immediately let out a sigh when she noticed that, somehow, nobody else around seemed to have seen the strange blond doing what he did.

"Finally! Where were you? I heard you speaking to someone", her friend, Sue, paused for a moment. "Was it that weirdo that walked up to you?"

Barb bitted her lip before she resumed her walking. "Can we meet at my house in an hour? You'll never believe what just happened to me..."

Naruto landed on the roof of a building nearby with feline grace and immediately dashed forward, moving at darting speeds towards the place where he'd heard the voice calling for help. His legs transported him from building to building, and in just a few seconds he found himself in what seemed to be a poorer area of the city, with less stores open and almost no people walking down the deserted streets.

All houses and buildings around were closed, with windows covered with wooden planks that hid the dark interiors from sight. In general, the place looked abandoned, but a quick use of his especial vision allowed Naruto to see some people around; some dressed in worn out clothes gathered around fires burning inside cilindrical objects, and others resting inside decrepit houses with little to no furniture.

It pained him to see people living in that kind of condition.

Another scream, this time a muffled one, brought him back to his current task and he shook his head, vowing himself to try and help those people after he found some answers and information.

Naruto kept on moving through the city as he reached the place where he'd heard someone in distress. Looking down from the edge of an abandoned apartment complex, he saw a kind of alley which was barely illuminated by the moonlight and by a lampost at one end of it. Yet, what made his blood boil in anger was the group of four men that surrounded a naked woman, her clothes nowhere to be seen and her hands tied to her back.

She was kneeling against a wall, with her mouth duct taped shut and her legs spread for all the rapists to have a clear sight of her rear. From his position, Naruto noticed how one of her captors held a knife to her throat as another began to pull his pants down, getting ready to rape her first. The others surrounding the trio watched as the woman shed desperate tears and chuckled evilly, most likely waiting for their turns to arrive.

"Not on my watch."

Naruto gritted his teeth in pure anger and disgust and took a step forward, allowing his body to fall from the apartment and head straight to the ground behind the group. The young man landed a second later, making the ground shake and crack under his weight and sheer strength.

Sudden yells of surprise made the boy smile as he crouched on the ground, his vision obscured by his own hair.

"What the-!? Who's that punk!?"

Said "punk" slowly stood up and glared at them, watching with barely concealed fury as the man about to rape the woman hurriedly pulled his pants on and screamed something at the others, who pulled some kind of plastic weapon from their vests.

"You better leave before things get ugly kid!", warned who seemed to be the leader of the group, a man in his late forties with ragged jeans, a pair of brown shoes and a black jacket over a white shirt. "You won't be getting a second chance!"

After a few seconds in which Naruto stood still, face unchanging, the group exchanged looks of temporary disbelief and then chuckled at the blond's stupidity. They even ignored the fact that merely instants ago said kid had jumped from the building above and cracked the ground with his strength.

"Looks like we've got ourselves a brave one boys! Let's take care of him and have some fun with our beauty over there!"

Naruto's anger just increased as he watched the one holding a knife to the woman's throat smirk and lick her face hungrily, understanding the meaning behind the leader's words as his henchmen seemed to yell excitedly at what he shouted before.

They were planning to kill him and then have their way with the victim. Unluckily for them, it was going to be the other way round with them dead by the end.

He was broken out of his thoughts as what appeared to be tiny cillindrical objects made of some sort of metal flew at high speeds at his body, moving faster than an untrained eye could follow. But Naruto was a shinobi, and as such, he could see them being fired from the plastic weapons on the criminals' hands in slow motion.

Naruto just tilted his head to a side and heard the whizzing sound of the objects flying past his ear. When one of them was aimed at his chest he'd simply tilt his upper body out of the tiny object's way, not moving at all from where he stood.

Soon, the firing sounds stopped, and Naruto watched with a smirk the looks of utter shock and disbelief on his opponents' faces. It was clear that they weren't expecting that outcome at all, having thought they could easily take him out with their weird weapons. Yet they were no ninja, and only a ninja or someone equal to him in power level could go against the blond and hope to win.

"WHAT!? How... How did he do that!?"

"Just keep firing dammit!"

And after shaking their heads to get rid of their previous shock, the rapists aimed their weapons at him and resumed their firing. This time, instead of just dodging, Naruto suddenly dashed forward, vanishing from sight only to reappear a moment later and slam a punch to the leader's face that send him flying onto a nearby wall; the force of the impact knocked him out cold, a sight that made everyone else stop and recoil in fear.

Big mistake.

Before the other two criminals that stood next to their boss could comprehend what was going on, they were taken down in an instant, with Naruto kicking the one to the left in the stomach and elbowing the other, who had his nose broke in the process. The two of them were thrown away by the force of the impacts and now lied unconscious on the ground.

Yet, Naruto did not relax. There was one rapist left.

"Y-Y-You...! Don't come any closer or I'll kill her!"

The blond turned his head towards the frightened man, who was seemingly about to piss his pants in fear. He was now standing against a wall, with his arm around the woman's neck and the same knife still on her throat. Naruto watched with renewed anger as the naked woman continued to sob, her desperate eyes meeting his own sharp ones.

Naruto felt his anger reach new levels as the disgusting rapist smirked devilishly and used his free hand to grab one of her breasts quite roughly, making her squirm in pain and embarrassment. The shinobi gritted his teeth in pure rage as he felt his eyes burning, like they were set on fire — without being able to think clearly, Naruto let out a powerful scream before two beams of red light erupted from his orbs, heading at high speeds towards the criminal.

The rapist had barely time to react as the beams hit one of his hands, forcing him to instantly drop the knife he was holding as he felt his skin burning painfully. As soon as he took a step back, holding his hand and crying in pain, Naruto was by his side; he grabbed him by the neck and raised the man a few inches above his head. The woman fell to her knees as her captor's features turned into a shocked expression, and Naruto watched in bitter pleasure as the rapist gasped for air and tried to pry the boy's hand off his neck.

"W-W-What... are... you!?"

With his eyes and mouth wide open, the criminal soon found himself loosing counciousness as his pained lungs tried to get some air. The last thing he heard before passing out was the voice of the teen speaking in a different language.

"Shinobi."

Naruto had to refrain from ending his life right there and then as he knew the woman was watching; instead, he released his hold from the man's neck and took a deep breath. As the last of his opponents fell to the floor, Naruto's mind finally registered what had happened: from his eyes he had fired some kind of energy which, even if it only burned the skin on his enemy's hand, was something clearly related to his supposed alien's heritage. It seemed that, apart from the abilities he'd developed so far, there were others that he'd yet to discover.

The fact he apparently possessed such powers greatly thrilled him, and Naruto couldn't help but stare at his hands, no longer willing to believe he was a mere shinobi born in the Elemental Nations. After everything he had lived in such a short amount of time, it was clear Kakashi and Sarutobi were right to think of him as an outworlder.

'If that's true, then my arrival at this place must not have been mere coincidence', the blond thought, balling his hands into fists with renewed determination. 'I feel like I'm going to find answers for what I'm really am here.'

Naruto suddenly let out a sigh, calming his rising enthusiasm. Before he could do that, he knew he'd have to deal with the criminals after he checked on the woman who was kneeling on the ground behind him, a look of clear shock written on her face. Yet, as he decided to approach her, her widened eyes suddenly turned to look at him, transmitting a sense of fear mixed with incredulity. Naruto gave the lady a calm smile and knelt in front of her, showing his palms to her.

"I'm not going to hurt you, miss", said he, and even if the woman didn't seem to fully understand him, she seemed to relax somewhat, allowing him to untie the ropes and gently remove the duct tape from her mouth. Despite a low moan of pain she emitted when the tape was removed, she felt relief flooding through her, as she finally realized she'd been saved by a mere teen who prevented those monsters from raping her. "There. Are you okay?"

Naruto had just finished putting his sleevless black jacket over her naked figure when the woman threw herself at him, hugging her body to his in desperation, as if fearing he'd leave her alone. "Thank you... so... much... for rescuing... me!", she repeated those words again and again, sobbing uncontrollably.

She didn't seem to notice that she was in her birth suit and hugging a male teen, who instead was very aware of the feeling of her body pressing against his mesh shirt. The young man blushed at this, but soon found himself smiling.

Thanks to his actions, this lady was saved not only from being raped, but also from the post-rape trauma and memories that would have haunted her forever.

Naruto eventually pulled himself away from the woman, his face and hers glowing brightly red as the boy zipped his jacket, which covered her body barely below her crotch. Then, he stood up, and was about to turn around when the young woman in his early thirties grabbed his forearm, a pleading look on her reddened face with cheeks traced by dried tears.

"Don't worry, as soon as I finish with them I'll take you somewhere safe."

Even if they both spoke in different languages and she didn't understand what her rescuer was about to do, she did know she could trust him. After all, he'd managed to defeat her captors with little to no effort, something that was not shocking at all to her as the world was filled with superheroes. Each with his/her own unique abilities and powers.

Meanwhile, the blond had pulled out a kunai from the holster at his waist, intending to finish the criminals as quickly as possible. If possibly hiding his actions from the woman; he didn't want her to watch as he did so, as it'd scare and most likely scar her mind — being that the reason why he held back while hanging the disgusting rapist by the throat. He'd drag the criminals into the darkest area of the alley and silently end their miserable lives. But as he decided to kill the leader first, his trained ears picked up the sound of someone landing silently on the ground just behind him.

"That's enough."

"Watch out!"

Naruto didn't need to be told twice as he side stepped just in time to avoid an incoming punch originally aimed at his neck. He then ducked low enough to evade another attack this time in form of a kick that headed straight for his head and instead of getting away, the shinobi roundkicked his new foe, managing to throw him off balance.

Though, as the young man stood and tried to side kick his foe's chest, his opponent jumped backwards and threw a sharp double edged knife at him that slightly reminded the shinobi of a bat. Naruto just caught the weapon by the middle between two fingers, holding it close to his face.

His opponent, however, didn't seem impressed at all.

"Are you here to help your friends finish what they started?", asked the blond, his eyes starting to glow red as he focused onto the weapon he was holding.

Both him and his opponent watched as the metal started to melt around the area Naruto was focusing his eyes on. Yet, and before the heat could spread to his fingers, the blond let the blade fall to the ground, moving his once again blue eyes to the person in front of him.

His new foe didn't take his sight off of him, though Naruto did notice the shock in his weird white eyes, something that, along with the strange suit the skilled warrior in front of him was wearing, made him curious.

His outfit consisted of a kind of strange, dark grey body suit with the figure of a huge black bat on the chest. The man also wore dark blue boots and gloves, along with an utility belt around his waist filled with strange looking tools about which Naruto could only try to guess their functionality and usage. Apart from the black, long cape that hung from his shoulders and reached just above his ankles, his new opponent wore a kind of helmet with pointy ears and a mask that covered every aspect of his face except from his lower and part of his upper jaw and lips.

Naruto gazed into a pair of bright white eyes that seemed to be staring at his very soul, and inwardly wondered who could be hiding under that suit that looked tight, yet flexible and reinforced. It seemed more of a combat suit now that he got a look at it, though he didn't see the need for it.

Unless, of course, he was not a trained ninja like him; which seemed to be the case.

As he decided to use his enhanced vision to see through the mask, he got the sight of a man in his early thirties with short, almost crippled dark hair and strong facial features. A pair of blue eyes stared back at him, as if the man knew he could see him.

"I'm here to save her", the masked warrior eventually said, having recovered from his previous shock.

While the man in the combat suit gestured towards the silent woman, who was still kneeling on the ground, Naruto's eyes widened as he found himself understanding what his opponent previously said. In spite of his initial surprise, he suddenly smiled at the prospect of finally having some of his questions answered by a person who could speak his language.

"...Who are you?"

Naruto decided to ignore the man and instead retorted with a question of his own. "Where am I? What is this place?"

"You're in Gotham. Gotham City", he answered, feeling his own patience grow thin. He didn't have time for games. "Who. Are. You?"

Once again, the blond teen opted to avoid giving him his name. "And where's that? I've never heard of something like Gotham City before. Is this place far away from Konoha? That's where I need to go."

"...Wrong answer."

And without warning, the masked warrior dashed forward and tried to elbow Naruto in the stomach, only for him to realize the boy didn't seem to be affected at all by the attack. He then raised his right fist and punched the blond in the face... hard.

Though against all his expectations, Naruto stood still, blinking as he looked down upon his own abdomen. His foe's attacks hadn't hurt... in fact, he'd barely felt them at all. It was like his body was by some kind of reinforced armor which protected him from any kind of damage.

'Cool', the blond thought, smirking as he watched the warrior taking a few steps back and pulling something from his belt. 'This just keeps getting better and better.'

Before his foe could even prepare his next attack, Naruto seemed to teleport in front of Batman as he was suddenly slamming a fist into the suited warrior's face. Said man was sent flying backwards by the force of the impact but he, in comparison with the unconcious rapists, was stronger and more resilient, and soon recovered while still in mid-air and made a back flip, managing to land on the ground before he crashed into something.

The masked man narrowed his white eyes at the teen while his mind analysed what he'd just went through. 'It seems he possess super speed, strength, perfect reflexes, flexibility and on top of that heat vision and probably most, if not all of Clark's powers. Also, none of my attacks worked against him, which makes it clear who he is. I wonder...'

Naruto noticed that his opponent had taken a moment to think about something and it was then he decided to raise his hands up in a tranquilizer manner. "Look, I just want to know where Konoha is. I've just arrived to a strange place I've never been, less seen before and you're the first person that speaks my language."

His opponent's eyes narrowed even further at that for a moment, until he let out a silent sigh. From what he'd heard so far, the man felt that the boy was telling the truth, and he had no intention to hurt the woman kneeling in silence a few inches away from them.

But appearances can be deceiving, and the masked man knew better than to instantly trust this powerful teenager. Even if he didn't mean any harm, he clearly saw him walking up to his defeated opponents with the intention of finishing them. There was also the fact that the boy was very well trained in martial arts and knew how to defend himself in battle, something that made him even more dangerous than he was.

He had to give him credit, since the blond had managed to not only defend himself against his attacks, but also landed a few hits on him.

"If you want information, first tell me who you are."

Naruto raised an eyebrow before crossing his arms over his chest, "I guess I can do that. My name is Naruto."

"Who taught you how to battle?"

"I practically learned by myself. Since I'm a shinobi of Konohagakure no Sato, I have full access to the library where many books detail Taijutsu stances."

"Shinobi...", the man repeated with some disbelief. His japanese was not perfect, but he knew that shinobi or ninja were supposed to be a kind of secret warrior-clan which were highly trained for murder and to complete the most dangerous tasks. That did explain his abilities in combat, yet he'd no knowledge of a place called Konohagakure no Sato, or 'the village hidden in the leaves' translated to english.

Naruto nodded boringly at that before he said, "now it's your turn to introduce yourself."

"I'm Batman", he answered in a deep, creepy voice that slightly unnerved the blond. Though, it only lasted for a moment as the masked man, now identified as 'Batman', formulated his following question. "How did you come here?"

"Well, it's actually a long story...", Naruto shrugged before gesturing towards the immobile woman who perked up at seeing her savior point towards her. She had kept silent throught the entire ordeal as she didn't understand they were talking about, watching with widen eyes as Batman and the handsome young man fought against each other. "Shouldn't we take her to safety or something?"

"The police will take care of her...", Batman then pointed at the unconcious men that were still in the same place Naruto had left them, "...and the criminals you were trying to kill before I stopped you. Even if you protected her, you can't take the lives of her agressors. Only murderers do that, and while you stay here, you will abide by the rules or I'll make you."

The masked vigilante's strict and menacing tone had Naruto scoff instead of recoiling in fear and nod his head obediently as Batman almost expected him to do. He wasn't afraid of someone who claimed to be a better person because he was too weak to apply real justice. "Those people who rape, kill or even hurt innocents should be punished accordingly. Most people don't really change, especially criminals, with the majority of them tending to go back to their evil ways after a short period of 'being good'."

Batman didn't seem to share his ideals, but he'd to admit the boy had a point. "Even so, by killing someone you end up becoming someone like them... or worse. It's a hero's duty to bring true justice and abide by the rules, which means we do not take the lives of defeated criminals."

The blond just rolled his eyes and frowned, looking as though he wasn't willing to continue with the discussion. Naruto was a shinobi, and as such, sometimes he had to take the lives of his opponents, even if he actually disliked it. He knew some people could be redeemed, like when he had faced Nagato and convinced him that he was going to put an end to all wars and bring peace to the Nations.

People like him that could be redeemed did bad things but for the greather good, seeing no other way to have their goals and dreams accomplished.

Naruto shook his head to get rid of his thoughts just in time as Batman started to speak, this time to someone the blond couldn't see. Yet, as he focused his enhanced hearing, he noticed that a voice was coming out the masked man's ear, probably from some sort of earphone or something. He knew about those as Konoha's shinobi tended to use them during missions as it facilitated team's communication.

"Understood. I'll meet you there", he heard Batman's answering in the language everyone else seemed to speak there, but what barely managed to surprise Naruto was the fact that the masked man had never stopped looking at him during the entire ordeal. He didn't seem to trust him, especially with all the things they had spoken about until then.

Naruto was about to ask another question when suddenly a distant sound caught his attention, and he snapped his head towards the direction it came from. What the boy found was a really annoying sound soon grew louder, making him scowl.

Something was approaching, and fast. "What's that?", he wondered aloud, only for Batman to ignore him.

"You know I can't leave you alone by yourself...", Batman said slowly, as if still weighing the options he had. "You could go rampage."

The masked hero momentarily thought about sending the self called shinobi to S.T.A.R.S labs in Gotham, where they could run some tests over him and determine the full extent of his powers. Maybe even find out more about his situation.

But there was no way for him to make sure he'd not attack them or destroy the lab, even though he felt no ill will from him. The boy truly seemed lost, like someone from a different place; that he spoke japanese and claimed to be a ninja only added more questions to be answered.

Besides... he doubted the branch of the labs at Gotham which specialized in weapons would have someplace strong enough to hold him down. The only other place he could think of was Arkham Asylum, but he wasn't a criminal nor seemed to have psychotic disorders.

Of course Batman could call his fellow league member and friend, Superman, and have him take care of the boy, who he suspected to be a kryptonian if the powers he had seen Naruto using so far were of any indication. Yet the question whether he was dangerous or not still remained, and Batman liked to be prepared for any possible contingency that may present itself in the future.

On the other hand... He knew Clark would be delighted to meet a fellow kryptonian.

"Please", Naruto practically pleaded, knowing this weird guy that called himself a hero could very well be the only person right now that could provide him with the information he needed. Or part of it, at least. He now knew where he was, the question was how did he get there and how could he go back to Konoha? "I just need some answers. I promise I won't cause any problems."

By then, the annoying sounds which were in fact sirens, had grown loud enough for Batman to know that the police was getting near. He had to make a choice.

And he chose to assist the shinobi... for now.

"Follow me."

Naruto smiled in gratitude and watched as Batman pulled a weapon from his belt that reminded him of the ones the rapists tried to use against him. Then, and after aiming it at the roof of a nearby building, a rope attached to a hook flew at it, pulling the hero up as soon as it hooked to the roof's edge.

The blond kept on looking as the masked man disappeared in the shadows and was about to follow him, until a femenine voice forced his head towards the source. "Wait!", the woman blushed as she shakily stood up, walking up to him with a smile. "Thank you."

With a long kiss to his cheek, Naruto's face reddened like a tomatoe, and he akwardly rubbed the back of his head. He quickly recovered from his state as he realized Batman was probably waiting for him and waved at the woman, before jumping high into the sky and disappearing from her sight.

As the police arrived and immediately went to check on her, the woman kept on hugging Naruto's jacket, only now noticing that he'd left it behind.

"Kakashi-sensei! Oniichan is gone!"

The jounin leader of Team Seven froze for a moment, before his visible eye looked at Natsuki in disbelief. Even Sakura, who was there as well that morning, looked at her as if she had grown a second head. "Calm down Natsuki", Kakashi instructed, as said girl was nearly hyperventilating by then, probably having looked for her beloved brother everywhere. "Now then, how do you know that...?"

"Oniichan didn't not come home last night!", Natsuki all but shouted, her nerves growing stronger with every minute they spent there doing nothing. "I thought he'd show up as he wasn't at Ichiraku or at the Hokage's monument when I left Tsunade-sama's tent. But he has gone missing since then and... and!"

While Kakashi's visible eye seemed to narrow at that, Sakura moved her head from her sensei to her teammate. "Wait, did you guys have a secret meeting that I wasn't told of?"

"Have you checked everywhere?", the Jounin asked, opting to ignore a fuming Haruno. "He couldn't have left the village. Kotetsu and Izumo would have immediately notified me or Danzo if he'd tried to leave..."

Now that Danzo had been appointed as the main choice for Rokudaime Hokage since Tsunade wasn't in any condition to exercise her role as leader, Kakashi and everyone in Konoha were forced to report to him. Though he felt like informing the old man about Naruto's supposed disappearence would only bring more trouble.

"Yes, everywhere! I even used my Kage Bunshin to ask around the village. But nobody has seen Naruto since yesterday. And even then, people told me they saw him inside Konoha..."

"Hey! Don't ignore me! Can someone explain me what's going on?"

"Later, Sakura", Kakashi shook his head. "If my suspicions are true, Naruto must still be inside the village. If not, he has managed to evade the guards at the entrance and head out..."

The Jounin was beginning to feel a headache coming by just thinking about the implications this would bring along. They needed to find Naruto, and fast; Danzo was supposed to leave later that day for a Five Kage Summit that was to be held in the Land of Iron.

Apparently, the Fourth Raikage wanted all villages to unite against Akatsuki, who had seven Tailed Beasts at that moment and were planning to capture the remaining two: the Hachibi and the Kyuubi, the latter being in Natsuki's possession.

He wondered for a moment if the five Kages would reach an agreement to fight the organization and, at the same time, protect both Jinchuurikis by hiding them somewhere safe. But with Danzo in charge of Konoha... he doubted that would be the case.

"This is all your fault!", Natsuki suddenly snapped, breaking Kakashi out of his reverie. He looked at her and saw that non-surprisingly, she was blaming him for Naruto's disappearence. "If you had told him the truth from the very beginning all of this could have been avoided!"

And without giving him a chance to reply, the girl growled at a shocked Hatake and shunshined away, intending to keep on searching for her brother. Maybe the Kyuubi would know where to find him...

Kakashi meanwhile just stood there, blinking as he wondered why everyone got angry at him as of lately. Sure, he knew Natsuki had a point to get pissed, but he'd decided to wait to tell his student about his origin when he was old enough to handle the truth without having a mental breakdown or something.

That he'd gone missing right after finding out that he was from outer space just proved his point.

"Kakashi-sensei..."

The silver haired jounin sighed tiredly at the tone Sakura used to call him. The pink haired girl sounded angry as well, yet the Jounin could understand why. Even if this had nothing to do with her, she was part of Team Seven and she deserved to know.

But not now when Naruto needed them.

"I'll explain everything later Sakura", and before the girl could even open her mouth to retort, Kakashi was already making hand seals. "Kuchyose no Jutsu!"

The Hokage's office had seen better days, though since Danzo had taken the seat of Hokage for himself the decoration had changed significantly. No longer did the numerous stacks of papers fill almost every inch of the wooden desk, and the old war hawk had taken care of the bottles of sake Tsunade-hime used to hide in the drawers.

The most notorious change in the room was the omniscient darkness that loomed about, as Danzo had the windows covered with dark curtains with the kanji of "Ne" written on them. He liked privacy and secrecy, believing in those terms as some of the main principles for a successful rule. Having his shinobi follow his every command without knowing the reasons behind an order would ultimately lead to peace, as he believed morals and ethics should be placed below the village's interests.

At the moment, Danzo Shimura was sitting behind the wooden desk, the Hokage's hat sitting proudly atop his head as part of it hid his facial features. Without it, the tiny smile on his wrinkled lips would have been visible for all to see.

"Danzo-sama."

The old man barely seemed to acknowledge one of his anbu's arrival at all, shifting in his seat ever so slightly. "Fū", Danzo finally spoke, keeping most of his visage hidden below the pointed hat. "Have you succeeded?"

The young anbu with short, orange hair tied into a short ponytail didn't answer right away, showing some relunctance at first. He quickly overcame his doubts and decided to face the incoming consequences, if any. "I have managed to spy on Kakashi Hatake and the Kyuubi's Jinchuuriki, as you ordered."

"And?"

"Not even Kakashi-san seemed to know about the Jinchuuriki's brother's whereabouts. He seemed as surprised as the girl was when learning about the news."

Contrary to what Fū was expecting as a reaction from his master, like him being disappointed at his lack of success and therefore deeming him worthy of punishment, Danzo let out a snort. He then proceeded to raise his head in order for him to look at the best anbu under his command before saying, "good."

"...Danzo-sama?"

"The boy may have gone missing, yet his departure could not have occurred at a better time. Without him around, we can fool the Kyuubi's Jinchuuriki and manipulate her so that she can be used as a weapon against Konoha's enemies", the candidate for Rokudaime Hokage gave his anbu no chance to reply as he stood up from his chair, grabbing a wooden cane lying next to his seat with his free hand. "Wherever he is, he'll not be able to interfere with my plans for the time being."

"I take it Torune has informed you?"

Danzo merely nodded. "I've been aware of the boy's true identity for a long time. However, I never expected that... thing to teleport him somewhere else."

"Do you think he is still here, in the Elemental Nations?"

As the old war hawk supported the weight of his body on the cane, he shook his head thoughtfully. "I highly doubt it. The artifact was too advanced for us to understand how it worked at the time, but I believe something in the boy's DNA must activated some sort of mechanism that took him to wherever he came from. Nevertheless, this is only mere speculation."

Fū inclined his head as Danzo walked past him, before stopping right in front of the exit door. His head tilted slightly in Fū's direction. "It's a pity we won't be able to use the boy as well, as he was one of the best shinobi that Konoha ever produced. But matters not, my plans will succeed", the old man smirked at the prospect of securing Konoha's position as the most powerful village above the others. For that to happen, though, he knew he'd have to deal with Akatsuki... and then with the rest of the Kages.

They would vow to follow his command, or be replaced by others who could be easily manipulated.

"Let's get Torune. I have a Kage Summit to attend to."

Kai! Soo... we've reached the end of chapter 4, the longest chapter I've written so far. As you can see, things are finally getting interesting and Naruto has met Batman and a young Barbara, which of course will be in the harem. What do you think will happen next?

Now, some author notes:

N°1: As I said before, Natsuki WILL be in the harem. I just love Naruto x fem Naruko stories, and I've great plans for Natsuki. In fact, Jebest4781 has been helping me with great ideas about her, so expect her to be involved in this story more often.

N°2: Regarding TBM10's review, he stated: "sakura and tsunade superhuman strength is a chakra technique not pure physical strength", which is actually true, hence why Sakura gets so impressed and wonders how Naruto can do that and why he possess such strength, as he didn't show it in his battle against Pein. Such a technique would be difficult even for Naruto with multiple clones to master in just a couple of days, being that the reason why she gets surprised. I kind of forgot to explain that in the chapter. As for Superman, he begins developing his powers during his adolescence, or so was explained in the Animated Series which is where I took some events like Brainiac's betrayal and later escape from Krypton. Anyhow, thank you for reading and I truly appreciate your support.

N°3: The cover for this story was drawn by my mum 4 years ago, and I kind of lost the original. Luckily I had it uploaded to fanfiction, yet I couldn't find the drawing anywhere. If I do, I'll scan it and update the cover.

N°4: Last, some readers have been summiting ideas for Naruto's superhero name. I'll keep every idea in mind, though I personally like his old name better. It's cool. Don't worry though, as I still have time to decide as there will be a couple more chapters before we get to the point of having him think about a hero identity, so feel free to suggest any name you feel like would suit Naruto.

One last thing, I don't know if I'll be able to update next chapter in two days. I'm still struggling with it a bit, so it may take me more time to get where I want to go.

Until next time, Karai.