A young man walked into a bustling city in the early morning. He was garbed in a slim black suit with a orange vest underneath the jacket and an orange tie. He had blonde spiky hair with bangs that covered his forehead and crystal blue eyes with three pairs of whisker marks on his cheeks.
This was Naruto Uzumaki, Hunter Extraordinaire. The Hunter with not really specializing in any area of hunting. He is one of the top ten richest people in the world and perhaps the best user of Nen this planet has ever seen or what they thought what was his Nen.
Naruto was on his way to Yorknew City on this fine August day to reclaim something that had been stolen from him. He would get it back..no matter who had to die for it.
-Break-
Naruto walked around the city he still had time before the auction started so he took to looking through what Yorknew had to offer. His attention was grabbed when he saw a crowd of people huddled around three teens.
"Hey, did you hear? No one has been able to beat the boy and win that ring yet." He overheard a conversation between two men.
"I heard he beat over 100 people and hasn't taken a break yet."
Naruto was intrigued and made his way to the front of the crowd and saw a young boy who reminded him strongly of Ging Freecss and another boy about the same age who looked to be of the Zoldyck family.
'Hmm what a strange pair.' Naruto thought as he pulled 10,000 Jenny from his wallet and made his way to the man with the microphone and glasses.
"Oh we have another challenger!" He announced with a smile as he took the 10,000 Jenny note from the blonde man.
Naruto took a seat on the crate across from the black haired boy and placed his right arm out and the boy mirrored his movements. They clasped hands and the host declared for them to start.
In an instant, the boy started to use Nen to enhance his strength but was getting nowhere against Naruto's natural strength.
"I'm pretty strong, you know? You're going to need more than that to beat me." Naruto said as he smirked when he saw the three boys tense up.
"Go ahead and let loose, you won't win without it." He offered as the boy started to increase his strength.
Naruto noticed that his hand started to move towards the table by at least 20 degrees, which was impressive even if the boy was augmenting his strength. He let his hand go slack and felt the boy slam his hand into the table.
"Oh, seems like I've lost. A shame, my wife would have like that ring. Thank you for the contest..." He trailed off asking for the boy's name.
The boy seemed to miss out on this fact but was elbowed by the Zoldyck boy. "Oh my name is Gon."
"Well thank you, Gon Freecss." He said as he walked away. He could practically feel the shocked looks on their faces.
He continued to walk until he saw a huge hulking man with elongated earlobes and a smaller man with dressed in all black with a high collared trench coat on.
'Hmm interesting. Their Nen is incredible, I wonder what they can do.' Naruto pondered as he passed the two men. They glanced in his direction as he passed and watched him go. As his back disappeared from view, they shared a look.
The looks said it all, 'That man is dangerous!'
They saw Shizuku walking back to them without the diamond ring she wanted.
"Well?" Asked Feitan.
"I lost, he's strong. I kinda wanted that ring." Shizuku said as she turned back to look at Gon.
"That little boy?" Feitan asked as he looked at Gon with calculating eyes.
"You should have used your left hand." Franklin said as he placed his massive hand on top of her head to comfort her.
"Yes, why didn't you use your stronger hand?" Feitan asked in his usual quiet demeanor.
"Oh, he reached out his right so I did the same." She answered as she smiled a bit. "I would like to challenge him again."
"There's no time, we have a job to do." Feitan said as they made their way to their destination.
"Besides bidding and buying would be wrong for us. We're theives." Franklin said.
"If we want something, we take it." Feitan finished his thought.
-Break-
Naruto was currently walking towards the huge skyscraper that held the auction from the Mafia. He saw a lot of shakers and movers in the lobby but he doubted anyone would be able to recognize him.
He saw that the doors had finally opened and that the auction was about to start. He got to the door, he was stopped by a Mafia grunt.
"Sorry but I'm going to need to see a pass for tonight's proceedings."
Naruto just looked at the man and then pulled out an pass. "Thank you, sir, enjoy the auction." He said as he let Naruto pass.
Naruto walked into the lobby and instead of walking into the main area where the auction was taking place. He instead chose to take a right and go to where the merchandise was located. He expected some resistance and some guards but he pretty much could walk through without a problem. That concerned him a bit but not too much to deter him.
Naruto sensed the use of Nen from multiple sources and gunshots going off. "Doesn't really concern me." He shrugged and kept walking.
He found the safe and a bloody and beaten body to the side of it but that wasn't the interesting part. What interested him were the people surrounding the safe. There were four of them but what really interested him was the girl.
The girl had pink hair not unlike someone he used to know. She was dressed in a short sleeved uwagi with black bicycling shorts with long pink leg warmers and tabi boots. She had her hair done into a ponytail with a blue ribbon holding it in place. Her form was lithe and she wasn't the curviest woman he had seen but she was still beautiful.
"Oi, Oi, who is this now?" The man with the sword and topknot asked out loud.
"I don't know but he looks like he's with the Mafia. We need to take care of him." The huge man with spiky long hair and the bears skin clothes smirked as he stepped towards Naruto.
"I would like if you could move out of the way. I'd rather just get my belongings and leave if it's all the same to you." Naruto said as he walked towards the safe.
The three men in the room either started to laugh or had smiles on their faces while the girl remained impassive.
"This guy must be crazy! To say something like that with a straight face!" Uvogin laughed out.
They all turned when they heard footsteps and saw Shizuku, Franklin, and Feitan coming down the stairs.
"Oh, did we miss one?" Shizuku asked as she readied her Nen.
"No, we killed everyone in the room." Feitan added.
"Yeah, this one wandered down here and said he just wanted to get his belongings and leave. Funny, right?"
"So he's with the Mafia? Why is he still alive?" Franklin asked.
"Good question. He won't be for long." Uvogin said as he dashed towards Naruto with fist raised and Nen prepared. They were all shocked however when he just disappeared in a yellow flash.
"Where did he go?!" Uvogin yelled out as he turned and looked all over for Naruto. They heard the safe being opened and saw that it was Naruto opening it.
"How did he get over there?" Shalnark asked.
That was put on hold as they saw the contents of the safe or rather the lack of content, it was totally empty.
"The safe is empty." Machi stated.
Naruto glanced back at her and them to the body next to the safe. He picked up the man one handed and slammed him against a wall.
"Where is the merchandise?" Naruto asked calmly.
"I-I don't know." The auctioneer stuttered out. The seven Spiders just looked in curiosity, maybe this guy wasn't with the Mafia.
Naruto sighed and shook his head, "Why do you lie to me? Now I have to hurt you."
"D-Do your worst. I'd rather die than sell out the Mafia."
"We'll see. These guys roughed you pretty bad but there's something I can still work with." Is all Naruto said before his hand lit up with electricity and he plunged it into the man's shoulder. The man screamed to the heavens as he was racked with pain.
"Where is the merchandise?"
"G-Go to h-hell!"
Naruto removed his hand from his shoulder showing that it pierced it all the way to the wall. He dropped the man but his feet never touched the ground as a purple ethereal skeletal hand grabbed him.
He started to yell in pain as the hand crushed his body and he could feel his bones start to break.
"Where is the merchandise? I won't ask again."
"F-Fuck you."
"Maybe I'm losing my touch in torture and interrogation." Naruto wondered as the hand fully clenched and the man was turned into a bloody paste.
"You bastard! We needed him to tell us where the merchandise went!" Uvogin yelled as he charged forward but everyone was struck when the blonde turned around and instead of the blue eyes he had moments before, he now had red eyes with three ellipses that crossed to form an atomic symbol.
"I know who took it but I don't know where he is. His name is Owl and he is a Shadow Beast." Naruto said as he walked forward.
"I believe our goal is the same, no? You want the merchandise and I want a particular piece of it. I also want the Mafia dead for even beginning to think of stealing it from me but I can do that myself later. So can we work together?" Naruto asked prepared to wipe the whole room out if need be.
'This guy is strong. That was barely a glimpse into his power but it was so overwhelming.' Feitan thought.
'Back in the street was nothing compared this now but is this even his full power?' Franklin thought.
"You can come with us but try anything and it won't end well for you." Feitan said as they prepared to leave.
"Shizuku, could you clean up the mess that... I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name." Shalnark said to the blonde.
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki."
"Naruto Uzumaki?! The Hunter? Why would someone like you want to get involved with the Mafia?" Shalnark exclaimed.
"You know this guy, Shalnark?" Nobunaga asked lazily.
"I'm not surprised you don't know him. He's one of the best Hunters out there. Some say he might be the best Nen user in the planet right now. He is an elusive fellow though, he fell off the face of the planet five years ago."
"Seems like you know a lot about me. To answer your question: the Mafia stole something of mine and I want it back. We should get going, the response to your massacre upstairs should be arriving any moment now. I will brief you of what I've learned when we get airborne." Naruto said as he started to make his way to the stairs.
"How did you know we were going to take an air balloon?" Machi asked, she didn't trust this guy and he had info that he didn't need.
Naruto merely raised and eyebrow, "The Mafia would close off the road exits as standard procedure when they see the missing goods. The only way out is by air and I doubt any of you know how to teleport to an airfield. The only conclusion was a vehicle that could fly and not make much noise upon start up such as a hot air ballon."
"What insight." Franklin stated a little awed by the blonde's thought process.
-Break-
They made it to the roof and into the sky with ease. Naruto then briefed the group about what he learned from the auctioneer.
"The Mafia must have known that someone was coming to rob them because a Shadow Beast, codenamed Owl, came before hand and left with the merchandise." Naruto stated.
"How do you know this?" Shalnark asked.
"Do you remember my eyes and how they changed color? That was a special ability that my friend had long ago. Before he died he gave me his eyes so he could see through me and it happened to come with some special abilities. One of those abilities is to extract information through the use of illusions."
"How could illusions do such a thing?" Machi asked. She had seen Hisoka use illusions and misdirection many of times but never for interrogation.
Naruto just stared at her and his eyes bled into red with three tomoes swimming around. Machi's senses started to go haywire but it was too late
"What is your name?"
"Machi." She answered almost instantly.
"What is your Nen category?"
"Transmutation."
"Hmm."
Naruto eyes returned to their regular shade of blue as he ended his illusion. Machi blinked a couple of times as she realized that she wasn't under his spell anymore and glared at the blonde.
"So how was it, Machi?" Shalnark asked.
All he recieved was glare in response, he wisely turned his questions towards Naruto.
"So you are a Manipulator? We have something in common."
"I guess you could call me that. I can do a lot of every category so maybe I'm just a Specialist." Naruto shrugged. He didn't mind telling these people his 'Nen' type, if they turned on him he would just have to kill them all.
"Hmm just like Boss." Shizuku chimed in.
Uvogin pulled out his phone and called the boss, he divuldged the situation they were in. How the Mafia somehow got the drop on them and the exsistence of the Shadow Beasts. He also explained that they picked up a straggler, to say the boss was curious was an understatement.
Uvo expressed his concern for their being a Judas among them and Naruto felt all eyes on him. He sighed but he can't blame them for being suspicious, he is the odd man out in this little group.
The boss seemed like he had a good head on his shoulders as he talked through the situation with the giant man. Uvo grinned savagely and laughed ominously.
"Can we let loose?"
"Naturally. Put on a show and draw the Shadow Beasts out."
-Break-
They landed the got air balloon in the Gordeau Desert and in a matter of moments, the Mafia all but filled the plateau below them with plenty of men and cars.
"Come down here, we'll even let you decide how you die!" One person yelled while shooting rounds from his pistol into the air.
"Haaa, there's a whole crowd down there." Shalnark remarked with his hands on his hips.
"I don't have to suck them up too, do I?" Shizuku asked.
"No, they don't matter." Feitan said quietly.
"Hahaha! You all stay out of this." Uvogin declared as he prepared to slide down the rock formation.
"If you don't mind, I would like to join you." Naruto said as he took a step towards Uvo.
Uvo looked down towards the well dressed blonde.
"Tch, whatever. You better not get in the way!" He said as he slid down the rocks.
Naruto took of his suit coat and neatly folded and placed it on the ground. "Could one of you please watch this? I doubt this will last long though." He said. He then took a leap from the rocks they were standing on.
He landed down next to Uvogin without making a sound and he found he had already snapped one poor guy's neck.
Uvo looked over to him and smirked, "Took you long enough. Say.. want to see who can take out the most?"
Naruto grew a small smile on is face, "You're on!"
After the end of his sentence, he vanished into thin air and appeared in the middle of the mob of his victims with a glowing blue sphere the size of a basketball.
He thrust the orb into one of the grunts and it literally crushed the poor soul into the ground and it didn't stop there. The ground beneath the grunto was reduced to rubble that shot up and hit the surrounding grunts.
That's when all hell let loose as Uvo made his way through everything in his sight. With his brute strength and iron hard skin, there was very little the Mafia could do to stop him. Bullets didn't work and their blunt instruments didn't either.
"His philosophy is to be the strongest of them all." Nobunaga said as they observe the massacre from up above. "A normal gun couldn't scratch him."
"Physically, he is the strongest." Feitan added.
"It's like watching an gorilla crush ants." Franklin added watching the massacre transpire.
"If he's an gorilla, what does that make the one fighting with him?" Machi asked.
She watched as the blonde rushed towards the next unfortunate Mafia member. They tried to shoot him and the bullets hit their mark but he kept running through it before the man had his heart ripped from his body.
He turned and saw that there was only one person left standing equidistant from both Naruto and Uvo.
"I've kept count and it seems that this will settle who wins!" Uvo said as he rushed toward the frightened man. Naruto just smirked as he didn't plan on losing.
He rushed forward at the same pace as Uvogin with his left arm out as he mirrored Uvo's movements.
They met at the exact same time, unfortunately for the Mafia grunt, as his head popped off instantly. Uvo looked stupified at tbe result of his bet.
"Looks like it's a tie." Naruto said as hhe relaxed his stance.
-With the Troupe-
"That was.." Nobunaga was at a loss for words.
"That cross lariat should have destroyed that guy's chest and sent the body and the blonde flying. That guy is just as strong as Uvo." Feitan explained.
"Oh.. more of them showed up." Nobunaga noted.
"The rushed over here just to be killed." Franklin sighed and shook his head. What a waste of life.
"Watching isn't any fun. Let's play cards." Shalnark suggested as he produced a deck of cards with Shikuzu and Machi agreeing.
"Don't you want to see what this Naruto can do?" Feitan asked.
"Yeah but it's not like we can't look up from the game and see if he does something spectacular." Shalnark said as he sat down and started to shuffle and deal out the cards.
-Naruto and Uvogin-
Surrounded by countless bodies of Mafia grunts stood Naruto and Uvogin.
"Man, that wasn't enough to warm me up for the Shadow Beasts." Uvo complained.
He looked over to Naruto and smiled, "Maybe we could spar for a bit. I thought you were kind of weak looking but to stand up against my raw strength is a feat in itself."
"I will take you up on that offer after we get rid of the pest that just arrived plus that sniper in the rock formations over there." Naruto said as he looked right at the sniper, who flinched at being found out.
"A rifle shooter? Trying to take us out from afar?" Uvo growled out as he picked a small rock.
He winded his arm back and threw it with expert precision as it went right through the scope of the rifle and into the eye socket of the shooter. The man's head snapped back as blood spouted out of the wound before his body finally dropped dead.
"Yeah, bullseye!" Uvo cheered with a fist pump.
"Nice shot." Naruto commented
"Stop right there!" They heard a voice and turned towards another Mafia grunt with a bazooka in hand.
"Don't get too cocky, you monsters. This super bazooka is strong enough to take out a tank. You'll be blown pieces." He declared as he readied to fire at the duo.
Uvogin just smirked and placed a hand out in front of him while preparing his body with Ten, "How sad. You're comparing me to some tank."
"Die!" The grunt exclaimed as he fired the bazooka.
The rocket projectile hit the two and they were caught in the explosion and black smoke enveloped their position.
"Did I get them?" The man asked eagerly.
The smoke finally cleared after what felt like hours, they saw that the postures of the men had not changed and that they had only lost pieced of clothing.
"That kinda hurt." Uvo said with a smirk
"I think I got a piece of dust in my eye." Naruto said as he rubbed his left eye.
The Mafia grunts turned and ran away screaming for their lives. Uvo's smirk just grew, "None of you will leave alive!"
Uvo then went on another rampage but noticed his partner for the moment wasn't partaking in the fun.
"Oi, are you not going to get on this? We still have a bet to settle."
"Oh, I was just letting you have a head start because I don't plan on tieing again."
"You bastard!" Uvogin yelled as he threw the poor man he had in his grip at Naruto who just backhanded the man away like a fly into the cliff causing spiderweb cracks to form.
"That wasn't nice." Naruto stated with a frown but it was soon replaced with a vulpine loke smile.
"But if you are in such a hurry to lose, I'll end this now." He finished as a giant sword appeared from a puff of smoke. The thing was massive and resembled a large black cross. It had a longer than average crossbar with jewels encrusted into it on the hilt and the blade itself was a pitch black with a strong sheen. The sword was a single edge blade with a slight curve at the tip. The sword was a full foot taller than Naruto himself standing at about 7 feet tall.
Naruto leaped into the air and directly in the front of the fleeing group of men. He struck three men down with one slice upon landing.
"You should jump, Uvogin, or you might get hurt." Naruto spoke as he reached the sword back and channeled chakra into it and swung it in a wide arc. The result were instantaneous and gruesome, all the men that stood before Naruto were bisected and erupted into a fountain of blood that would go on to stain the ground red.
"Black Blade Single Flash." Naruto whispered out as he stood to his full height and placed the sword on his back.
He turned to the now landing Uvo and smirked, "Looks like I win."
-End-
Hey, how is it going? It's been awhile, huh? They have me working a lot of overtime at work so I'm sorry for not updating lately.
On the other hand, my cousin introduced me to the greatness that is Hunter x Hunter and I love it. I didn't want to write this because I felt like I would ruin the perfection that is the story of the anime but I decided to because I noticed not many of the crossovers make it to the Yorknew City arc and that is a shame.
But here is my first chapter, hopefully you like it and if you do I will continue this story.
Please review.