"So, how long has Waller been holding your secret over your head?" Fury questioned as he and Naruto walked on a S.H.I.E.L.D helicarrier. Naruto glared at the back of the man's skull harshly.

"Around twenty days. Give or take a few. I've lost count." The blond replied, causing the dark skinned man to chuckle.

"Amanda is… eccentric. She goes too far with things. She makes it a point to coerce who she wants into doing what she wants doing whatever it takes and without taking into consideration how it makes the person feels. She thinks she's invincible, but you and I both know that's the opposite of the truth." Naruto narrowed his eyes as they came into a large control room where Fury walked to his chair.

"You're doing the same thing."

"Why? Because I said 'Shinju'?" Fury questioned. "No. I said that to get your attention. And now I have it."

"You were there with Waller."

"She was there to see you. I was there to see you and Stark. We weren't there together." Fury replied as he walked to a control board and began typing on it.

"So what's keeping me here? If you're not holding my identity over my head like Waller, how are you going to get me to play along with whatever scheme you have brewing?" Fury smirked slightly at the words and chuckled.

"A different type of coercion than what Amanda uses. You want her to leave you alone, and I can help with that."

"She's your family." Fury chuckled once again as he turned and faced Naruto.

"You don't pick your family. But you do pick who you trust your life with. Amanda's been digging her grave for a long, long time. There's nothing I can do to stop what will happen to her when karma finally catches up to her. As far as this situation goes… You haven't done anything wrong. A few mistakes, but you have to learn at some point. She's treating you like she treats criminals. I'm going to help you fix that. If you want?"

"I get payback." Naruto replied evenly. "You help me get out from under her thumb and I get a little payback. You stay out of my way when it comes to that." Fury frowned at the words.

"You can't kill her. I'll help you get payback. But you can't kill her." He returned. "As for now, we'll start working together. You help me with things, I find a way to get you away from Amanda and we both win." With those words, Fury lead Naruto to an armory.

"So what do you want?" Naruto questioned as he looked around the inside of the armory of the helicarrier he stood inside. "As in, why are you contacting me now? Despite the fact that you are prepared to help me get back at you cousin, you seem to have a similar personality. You wouldn't have revealed your hand if you didn't need me." Nick Fury looked to Naruto with his sole good eye before nodding as he handled a precariously large gun.

"You're right. I wouldn't have. But S.H.I.E.L.D has a problem that only someone like you can take care of. An assassin with incredible powers. So, when I hacked into Amanda's filed and found your file, I couldn't let the opportunity slip through my fingers. This isn't just about you doing a mission for me. I want you to be a member of S.H.I.E.L.D."

"What do I get out of it?" Naruto questioned as he looked around.

"You get amnesty for crimes you commit. You need to do your work, we can clear your name. We can make sure that your name never even gets dirty. You have a great friend in Tony Stark. A man that can make just about anything you ask for. But a lot of what you might need is right here. On this helicarrier." Naruto looked around the room once again before looking back to Fury.

"What about money? I may do what I do to help the world, but I have to survive to do that." Fury stared at him with his one good eye before chuckling.

"You'll get paid the same as everyone. It's not a bad deal, kid. You get to do what you want without getting in trouble for the vast majority of it. S.H.I.E.L.D can help clean up the mess. I'll help you get one over on Amanda. And you'll get paid for it all. On top of the fact that you'll still be able to operate as an assassin due to your special situation." Naruto frowned at the words for a long time before nodding.

"Okay. As long as you keep your word to me, I'll work with S.H.I.E.L.D." Naruto stated as he reached out and took Fury's hand, shaking it. "But I swear to God, if you ever cross me, you'll regret it." Fury stared harshly into Naruto's eyes at the words.

"I wouldn't expect anything less. But I'm a man of my word. Your first mission is a strange one." Naruto raised an eyebrow at the statement.

"I'm the one to ask then." Fury nodded as he continued to search through the weaponry and armor they had.

"Glad to hear that. As you know, there are beings out there that aren't humans. Metahumans, Mutants, Aliens, we both know that they exist. There's one particular mutant in particular you need to focus on. He's been around for a long time. He was part of an unapproved government raid on an island. He left the unit he was in after the mission, but just recently he came back in. His bones were coated in adamantium."

"Is that supposed to mean something to me?" Naruto questioned.

"Adamantium is the strongest metal in the world. He broke out of the facility he was in after some issue. That means that we have a bad motherfucking mutant running around."

"So, what? You want me to go kill him?"

"No." Fury returned quickly. "I think he's one of the better guys. He's going on a warpath to find the man that made him like he is. A man named Stryker. I want you to join up with him and help him take out Stryker. But be careful. Files show that Stryker has some type of dangerous mutant protecting him."

"Right. When do I leave?"

"Not so fast." Fury replied. "I'm not shipping you out on your own. I'm not Waller. I'm not trying to get you killed for selfish reasons. I'm sending one of S.H.I.E.L.D's best agents with you." Fury stated as he indicated behind Naruto. The young man turned and found a redheaded woman in a black suit walking toward him.

"Natasha Romanoff. Codename is Black Widow." The woman introduced herself as she came to stand near the blond. Naruto raised an eyebrow and looked to Fury.

"So… She's like my partner now?"

"For the time being. That's my only stipulation as far as our deal goes. Anyway, are you both ready to go find your target?"

"I am, sir." Natasha returned.

"What's his name?" Naruto questioned out of curiosity, prompting Fury to smirk slightly before he responded.

"He goes by Wolverine."

Chapter 4

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

"So, what all do we have on this guy. Wolverine…?" Naruto's voice questioned Natasha as they sat across from each other in a diner. Naruto wore a brown bomber jacket over a plain white tee shirt with a pair of black gloves. He also wore a pair of light blue jeans and a pair of black combat boots. Natasha wore a blue long sleeve shirt and a pair of black jeans with black shoes. The blond whirled the coffee that sat in front of him with a stirring stick. His eyes conspicuously moved around the diner, attempting to find anyone watching them.

"He's a mutant with the abilities to produce bones from his knuckles. He was in a task force a few years ago. Walked out on the unit because of whatever it was they were doing." Natasha replied as she leaned on the table they sat in, her arms crossed. "He fell off the map for some time. Years. Then something happened. People on the task force he was part of started dying. We have hunches as to who it was, but no proof. No evidence. Then, his girlfriend showed up dead. He joined forces with some silent part of the government.

"Adamantium was bonded to his bones. We don't know why it happened, or how. We also don't know what happened within that time frame but it set him off. He's been filled with rage ever since and he's been on a warpath. He's been tracking down whoever was behind what he's been through. We're to help him, but we're also doing this to find out what S.H.I.E.L.D doesn't know." Naruto nodded in response to the statement.

Moments later, the sound of glass shattering rang throughout the diner as the building rocked. Naruto blinked as he looked into his glass of coffee, watching the liquid shift from side to side. "I'd place a bet that that has something to do with the man that we're trying to track down…?" Naruto questioned his red headed tag along, who chuckled in response.

"It's not coincidence that there's a ruckus in the place I decided for us to stop at." Natasha shot back as she and Naruto stood to their feet, rushing from the interior of the diner to a nearby alleyway. There they found the sight of a lifeless man lying upon the ground, lifeless, two rather burly men standing across from each other and a third man standing somewhat between them. The man wearing a long black overcoat stared at the number of people that had arrived on the scene before he began to slowly back away.

"Victor!" The other man replied as he stalked forward after him, only to be hit in the face by a staff wielded by the third man. The man chuckled slightly as he grabbed his lower jaw and cracked it. "Nice stick." He stated as three metal claws extended from between his knuckles on his right hand before turning to one. The third man smirked in reply as he brought his staff up. The claw sliced through the weapon as Naruto and Natasha rushed forward.

Naruto's knee slammed into the man's abdomen violently, prompting him to double over in pain. Natasha grabbed the other man, who Naruto was presumed was Wolverine, by the arm as he made to attack the new arrival. He jerked to the side, out of her grasp as Naruto grabbed his former opponent around the neck, flipping him onto the ground. "Who the hell are you, bub?" The man questioned angrily.

"You can call me Shinju, Mr. Wolverine." Naruto responded as his foot slammed onto the down man's chest, his eyes staring intensely into Wolverine's own. "And this is my associate, Black Widow. We've been tasked with the job of helping you out."

"By who?" Wolverine questioned in his gruff voice. Naruto opened his mouth to speak, but Natasha spoke first.

"That's none of your concern. What is your concern is that we're here to help you on whatever adventure you've found yourself on. As for why, well that's simple. We get something out of it too. That, also, is none of your concern." Wolverine stared at them a moment before he began chuckling.

"I don't care about your agendas, chick. I don't need anybody's help, except for the guy you have under your foot there, bub." Naruto narrowed his eyes at Wolverine. He doubted he would be able to strongarm the man into letting them tag along with him. It was obvious that he was a headstrong man and if he pushed too hard would no doubt end up on his bad side. At the same time, it definitely wasn't an option to just follow off behind him.

"Then I guess it would be able to get his help," Naruto spoke menacingly as his foot pressed harder in the man's chest, "If he's dead." Wolverine snarled harshly in response to the statement, his six claws coming forth from his knuckles.

"You don't want to do that, bub." The dark haired man stated harshly, stalking forward. "Because I'll turn you into a shishkabob." A gun pressed itself solidly against the side of Wolverine's skull, prompting him to halt in his tracks. He glanced to the side, finding Natasha standing there, a pistol held firmly in her hand.

"Don't take another step."

"Go ahead. You're not getting rid of me. No one is until I've done what I set out to do." Naruto chuckled at the man's statement as he lifted his arms upwards.

"Same here, bub." He remarked, mocking the man's verbal tick. "We're here to complete a mission that's been assigned to us. And you're not going to get in our way. It would be easier for everyone if you just went along with us. Nobody would have to get hurt until you found whoever it is you're on the warpath after. Mr. What's his face under my foot wouldn't have to get his chest caved in. What do you say…?"

Wolverine panted heavily, his breath revealing the primal side of him as his claws disappeared back into his hands. "You two stay the hell out of my way." Wolverine growled in a guttural tone as he reached down to to the ground, grabbing the man who Naruto's foot sat on by the shirt before pulling him up, out from under Naruto's weight. Then, he violently threw him against a nearby brick wall, where he held him there.

"And you, you little shit. Listen to me good. You're going to take me to this damn island where I'm going to kill Creed, Striker and pretty much everyone you hate in this world, you understand?" He questioned, prompting the man to smirk slightly as he panted.

"You're really gonna' kill 'em?" The man asked in a Cajun accent.

"Hold off on that answer." Naruto interrupted as Natasha placed her pistol back in its hidden holster. "Creed, Striker, who are they?"

"You don't need to know-"

"Don't make this harder than it has to be." Naruto grit through his teeth. "Remember, everything will go smoother if we can all just cooperate with each other." Wolverine glared at him from over his shoulder before returning his gaze back to the man in front of him.

"Creed's someone I've known a long time. Someone I trusted at one point in time. He killed the woman I love. Striker's the man behind it all. The man whose made my life a living hell." The dark haired man stated. "And as long as you stay out of my way." He continued, referencing everyone left in the alleyway, "I'm going to cut their damn heads from their shoulders." With that, he slammed the shoulders of the man he held into the wall behind him, causing him to grunt in pain. Naruto glanced to the man before following after Wolverine.

"So what's the plan?"

"We fly." Wolverine stated.

Naruto flew through the air next to a small plane dressed as Shinju, using one of the last powers he had acquired during his time in the Shinobi Era. Black Widow sat on his back, her arms wrapped around his neck as there had only been room for two people inside of the plane: Wolverine, and the man known as Remy. "You okay?" Naruto questioned over his shoulder, somewhat unsure if his voice had been lost to the wind, and if she had even heard him. She had.

"Despite the act that I'm hundreds of feet from solid ground, over water, and clinging onto a flying man's back, I'm perfectly fine." The red headed S.H.I.E.L.D agent returned. "Besides, it seems that I'm much better off flying on your back than in that plane." She stated, indicating to the flying craft that bobbed up and down through the air, almost as if it were unsure if it would continued flying, or if it would crash.

Moments later, the thick cloud that had formed around them gave way to reveal an island that resembled a nuclear reactor site. "I guess that's our destination." Naruto stated, prompting Natasha to nod in response, though the blond was unable to see the reaction.

"Hiding it in plain sight. No one would want to go digging around in a Nuclear Reactor. They're too afraid that it's going to do some kind of harm to them." Naruto grimaced at the statement as they followed closely behind the flying plan that Remy manned.

"If what the two in that plane said are true, there's no telling the kind of harm that's fallen on the ones who were unlucky enough to be forced in there." With those words, the side doors of the plan opened, revealing Wolverine as he yelled back and forth with Remy inside the plane. Naruto couldn't exactly hear the words spoken over the roar of the engine, though he understood the gist by what he could decipher from Wolverine's mouth.

Then, the grizzly man launched himself from the side of the plane to the water below as the plane left him behind, circling around and away from them. Naruto shot forward, grabbing the man by his jacket. The weight caused Naruto to dip in the air for a moment before regaining control of his flight. "We're going to have to land." He stated with gritted teeth as they edged closer and closer to the water. "He's too damn heavy."

With those words, they connected with the ground of the island. After taking a few seconds to regain their bearings, Naruto and Natasha followed Wolverine, who had planned his escape out with a map Remy had made of the island. They dodged and weaved through the island before quietly entering a building. They hid in the shadows of a room where men in white lab coats resided, two dragging a blindfolded boy to a cell.

They moved quickly, and quietly, to a squared spiral staircase where Natasha and Wolverine began the slow descent up. Naruto launched himself from the ground floor to a railing. And then from that railing to the next and so forth. As they reached an overlooking room filled with monitors, cells, men and women dressed in white surgeon clothes and a man with greying hair wearing a white doctor's coat, Wolverine's expression became ominously dark. Naruto's intellect automatically deduced the man in the coat as either 'Creed' or 'Striker'.

The men dressed in white, who had previously been performing some type of operation on someone, began halting in their process as they noticed the new arrivals on their level of the building. "Logan." The man stated, prompting Wolverine and the two behind him to halt. "Welcome back to the world. I see you've brought new soldiers with you."

"Before I gut you," The dark haired mutant returned, his lips somewhat quacking, "I want to know why."

"I needed your powers for the pool."

"For the what?" Wolverine, or Logan as he was also apparently known as, questioned, his dark visage never changing as Naruto and Natasha absorbed what information they could for S.H.I.E.L.D.

"The mutant killer." The lab coat wearing man returned. "Deadpool. You see, Logan, believe it or not you, in a way, made Weapon Eleven possible. I asked if you wanted to help, but you said you wanted to live the quiet life. Well, I've learned that nothing motivates the men in your family like… revenge." With those words, the man sat on a desk, looking past the three. Naruto and Natasha turned first, finding a woman standing behind them.

"Who are you?" Logan questioned.

"Oh she's real, old friend." The lab coat wearing man stated. Logan bent down to one knee, obviously disturbed by the woman. Naruto's hand inched close to the pistol on his hip. He was growing rather tired of the banter coming from the man. He just wanted to see the end of the mission, to hold up his end of the bargain so that Fury would do the same. "Did you really think that we would just let you walk away?" The man questioned Wolverine. "You're a dangerous man. We like to keep an eye on dangerous men. Tell him about the day you died."

Naruto's eyes narrowed as a revelation passed over him, just before the woman spoke. She was the woman that had caused Logan to go into the rage filled fit he had. She had been his girlfriend that was supposed to be dead. "They gave me a shot of hydrochloric ioside. It reduces the heart rate so that it appears to flatline."

"Don't be angry with her." The lab coat wearing man spoke again, his tone mocking Wolverine. "She's a real credit to her species." He stated, prompting Logan to look at her in shock. "Did you know that her sister has diamond hard skin? Kayla's mutation is tactile hypnosis. She can influence people as long as she touches them. Quite a useful tool in seduction. It was never real my friend." He stated, causing the woman to walk forward.

The man pulled back his coat to reveal a gun, halting her. Naruto's eyes narrowed. "Big mistake, dumbass." He stated, his gun training in on the man. "You might want to put the gun away before I blow your fucking head off." Wolverine glanced to the man before glancing back to the woman that had been his girlfriend.

"It was real for me."

"It was real for me too." She stated, obviously feeling safe due to the weapon Naruto had trained on the man. "I never used my powers on you. Not even once."

"That's enough!" The man cried as he made to draw his gun, only for Naruto's bullet to pierce through his upper body, very close to his heart.

"Happy now?" The blond questioned. "You played an idiot and now you're going to bleed out. You have, maybe, fifteen minutes left with that wound." He stated as he squatted down, Natasha drawing her own weapon and firing at the employees within the room that made to converge on Naruto. The blond placed his finger in the man's wound, twisting it around and causing him to scream violently. "And I'm going to guess that the info Fury really wants is what this Deadpool thing is. So go ahead and drop the details before I make those last fifteen minutes the most miserable of your life."

A crash drew Naruto's attention away from the man as the figure that had been in the alley when Naruto and Natasha had found Wolverine burst through the wall. He held Logan's ex's throat in his hand, his eyes switching between her and his other fellow mutant. "This time, bitch…" He spoke, his grip tightening. "You die for real."

"Let her go." Logan stated, prompting the man to smirk. "Victor!" He cried in a primal rage as his claws exploded from his knuckles and he rushed forward. Logan plowed into the mutant known as Victor where a short struggle ensued. Wolverine knocked the man's legs out from underneath him before he found his way back to his feet. Logan rushed forward, stabbing his claws into his enemy as they plowed through a large glass window and fell to the ground below.

Naruto's eyes narrowed as he and Natasha rushed to forward, dropping from the window as Wolverine placed three of his claws at his target's throat, said man beginning to laugh. "Feels good, doesn't it?" He questioned. "All that rage. Do it."

"Logan!" His ex girlfriend cried from the window. "You're not an animal!"

"Oh yes you are. Do it. Avenger." Logan was quiet for a moment before his withdrew his claws. Then he released a scream of rage before punching his enemy in the face, knocking him unconscious.

"Oh for god's sake." Naruto stated, walking forward and drawing his gun as Logan's ex made her way to the ground. "I am so sick and tired of people not killing these guys because of morale codes."

"Logan, they have my sister!" The woman called as Naruto pointed his gun at Victor's skull. Logan made to stop him, but as he pulled the trigger a man dressed in a red and black suit appeared in front of him, deflecting the bullet with a katana sword.

"And Deadpool makes the save today!" The man stated in, what Naruto deemed, an annoying voice. "Hey-o Mr. I'm gonna' steal Deadpool's shtick before he has the chance to take it in this fic, you can't go around killing these guys, because, well you know I'm supposed to protect them… and shit." Naruto furrowed his brow at the man.

"Who in the hell are you?" He questioned.

"Wade… is that you?" Logan questioned, prompting the man to look at him.

"Oh, hi there Logan-poo. Didja' miss me? Aw, don't answer that. I know you missed me."

"You're Deadpool?" Wolverine questioned. "I guess Striker couldn't quite find a way to shut you up, could he?"

"Not in this fic he couldn't! 'Cause, you know, my counter from this movie sucked balls."

"What the hell is wrong with this guy, Wolverine?" Naruto questioned.

"His name's Wade Wilson. He's slightly mental." Naruto made a noise from the back of his throat before indicating to Natasha.

"Widow, go with her. Help the mutants. I'm going to stay here and kill this mental piece of shit." Deadpool chuckled in response.

"Oh, I don't think so. The reader's love me far, far too much for me to die and are probably having orgasms cause I showed up to save this story!" Naruto narrowed his eyes. Then he lurched forward, firing multiple bullets at the red and black suited man. The man made over exaggerated martial arts movie screams as he blocked the bullets with his swords. "Not in my fucking house! Get that shit out of here!"

"Sorry, Wade." Logan growled as his claws extended once again. "But you have to go down." Deadpool jumped away as Wolverine made a vicious swipe for him. He landed on his feet, laughing maniacally.

"Cain't touch this, dun nun nun nun-" Naruto's combat knife slammed into Deadpool's back multiple times as he used the man's seemingly ADD moment to stop him in the back. Then, he spun him around, the knife slicing through the masked man's arm. The man screamed as he stumbled backwards. "My arm! Oh my god my arm! You took my arm off, man, my fucking arm! Holy shit my ar- Nah." He stated, laughing as he grabbed the appendage and bounded away.

"I'm just kidding you. It kinda tickled really." He stated as he began pressing the severed pieces of his bleeding arm back together. "Now… how did this shit go together…? Oh yeah!" As Naruto rushed forward, the man jumped away, grabbing the katana he had dropped with the loss of his arm, revealing that his arm had been returned to its attached state.

"How in the hell-"

"You see that shit?" Deadpool questioned, indicating to his reattached arm with one of his swords. "You can't beat that type of shit. Because people love me and want to see all in one piece, kicking ass and stuff, Ain't that right guys?!" Wolverine's claws plowed into Deadpool's back, causing him to actually giggle as Naruto produced his gun once again and fired a round between the man's eyes. He continued to laugh. "This is fun." Wolverine snarled as he ripped his claws from the man, knocking him away.

"We can't kill him. He has a healing factor that heals faster than we can hurt him." With those words, Deadpool flew through the air, his sword slicing across Wolverine's back and causing him to cry out in pain.

"Booya! Score one for Deadpool! I get a chimichanga now, right?" He questioned seemingly to no one as he quickly pulled a handgun and shot Naruto, though his bulletproof vest took the entire force of it. Naruto's released a harsh noise from the back of his throat as he stumbled backwards, his eyes beginning to glow violently, red and purple.

"Fuck you." He snarled. "Amaterasu!" He cried as blood dribbled from his eyes. Black flames shot through the air. Deadpool released a girly screech as he jumped away, the flames seemingly passing by him.

"Said you can't touch this-" The flames returned, consuming the red and black costumed man. He cried out as the flames licked away at his costume and subsequently his skin. "What the absolute crap!? Fire can't do that! Fire don't live! Alright, screw this! This was not in the contract! I will return when I'm not fucking on fire!" He cried out before pressing a button on his belt. He disappeared in a flash.

Naruto panted as he held his eye. Even though Sasuke's eyes were as strong as they were, that specific attack continued to take a toll on Naruto. Black Widow appeared in the room, looking around. "They're freed. We need to get out of here before anyone comes digging around to find out what all the commotion was about." Naruto nodded in response as he stood. He walked a few steps towards Natasha, then paused. Spinning, he aimed his pistol and fired a shot off into Victor Creed's skull.

Blood immediately began pooling from the mutant's skull as Naruto's eyes fell from him to Logan. "Leave him." Naruto stated as he walked forward, slightly staggering. "Our deal with him is over. He can take care of himself from here. Let's get back to Fury so we can be done with this bullshit."

"So, the top secret project that's been circulating in the government was this… pool?" Nick Fury questioned as he sat on a S.H.I.E.L.D helicarrier with Shinju and Black Widow.

"That's exactly what it was." Naruto replied as he grabbed his lower mask, removing it from his face. "He seemed unkillable. No matter what damage we did to him he just kept regenerating. When he teleported off he was burning in a fire that doesn't stop burning until it has completely destroyed what it was sent to destroy." Fury grimaced at the words as he placed a hand under his chin.

"I see. That's disconcerting… It seems that I don't really have an option but to begin the recruiting phase now."

"What are you talking about?" Naruto questioned.

"Shinju, Black Widow… Let me explain something to you. I call it, The Avenger's Initiative..."