Hours earlier…

"Toneri, One day...One day come back to earth." Hinata said.

"The moon will never approach the earth. Never again..." Toneri painfully decreed before leaving Naruto and Hinata forever. Afterwards Naruto and Hinata dived into the mysterious portal that bridged the Earth and Moon, though Hinata stopped Naruto once again.

"Naruto-kun, there's something I have to ask you." She started.

"What is it?"

"Your scarf...who gave it to you."

"Oh, this one...?" Naruto reached inside his pouch and pulled out a striped scarf. "My late mom made it for me." Naruto recalls Konohamaru giving it to him. The 3rd Hokage had kept with his belongings before he died.

"Huh? I see...I seem so silly." Hinata embarrassingly replied.

"Hey, nee-sama!" Hinabi interrupted. "How long are you going to chit chat? I'm going on ahead of you."

"Hurry up, the passageway is starting to disintegrate." Shikamaru warned before departing along with Sai, Sakura, and Hinabi.

"Let's go home." Naruto took Hinata's hand.

"Okay." She replied. They slowly made their way to the other side of the passageway.

"Hinata?"

"Yes...?"

"Back in the academy, when we were asked who we'd want to spend our last day on earth with...I couldn't write anyone's name down. I didn't know my parents, and I didn't have any friends. But now, I know exactly who I'd choose. I want...to stay with you. Now and forever, until I die. I want to be with you Hinata."

"Naruto-kun...!" Hinata cried out in joy. As they went, the very space around them started to crumble and all matter exploded at the touch. Naruto was still sure they could make it out in time. The whole process was slow to him and Hinata so he didn't worry about that.

That was until his arm started to disappear.

"Augh!" Naruto cried out in pain as his body was being violently ripped apart and disappearing. "Hinata run!" Naruto yelled at his love but he was too late...she also started to disappear.

"Naruto!" However unlike Naruto, Hinata disappeared in an instant.

"Hinata! No!" Naruto reached out to where she was and there was nothing there. Naruto still in pain, blacked out seconds later.

'Don't give up!' Kurama shouted. Kurama decided he would have to save both of them. So he forcibly took control of Naruto and put a protective cloak on what remained of Naruto's body. Kurama paused for a bit to ponder an evil presence he sensed but decided against pursuing in order to save Naruto.

Soon everything in the passageway was dust...

...then nothing.

Naruto explained to the Justice League his version of this story, only leaving out Kurama's involvement on account of him being unconscious.

"{I'm sorry to hear that.}" Batman said. He and the rest of the JL members were shaken up by his tale. Each not knowing how to respond or continue the interrogation.

"{How did you guys even find me?}" Naruto broke the tension by getting some answers of his own.

"{Your appearance caused an anomaly in space and the source was Infinity Island. Naturally we followed thinking Ra's al Ghul was up to something.}" Martian Manhunter answered.

"{Is he your enemy?}" Naruto asked.

"{Yes, he is.}" Batman replied.

"{What is it you people do anyways?}"

"{I can answer that.} Superman came forward. "{We're the Justice League, we help people who can't help themselves, we fight villains, and save the world on occasion.}"

Naruto smiled. "{So you guys are heroes huh?}"

Superman extended his hand, "{The Justice League are at your service Naruto Uzumak-}"

"Wait. I'm not done." Batman interrupted. He let go of the lasso to talk to the Justice League. "I want J'onn to link us together. He couldn't read his mind before and I want to know why."

"Seriously bats!" Green Lantern shouted. "As far as i'm concerned he passed Wonder Woman's lie detector with flying colors. Not even the will power of any Green Lantern can beat it."

"I agree. No one could overpower the Lasso of Truth. Not even a god." Wonder Woman argued as she took the lasso from Naruto and put it by her side.

"Be that as it may we still know nothing about this him. I would like to call in a vote. All in favor." Batman raised his hand.

"{Well looks like we'll have to wait a bit.}" Superman whispered to Naruto.

"{Why what's going on?}" Naruto asked curious about the argument.

"{Batman is well a complicated fellow. He has a hard time trusting anyone.}"

"{So Batman doesn't trust me? Why not?! I held the stupid string!}"

"{That's not it Naruto...ok...maybe? But despite his paranoia he has always been the person I can count on the most. I trust him even though he doesn't always trust me. Batman has his reasons.}" Naruto stayed quiet as the members decided his fate. Superman also waited for the league to make a decision without him.

"I am cautious of this boy as well." Martian Manhunter raised his hand. "This would surely eliminate any doubt." Wonder Woman and Green Lantern were still unconvinced they needed to continue the interrogation.

"Mind reading is an invasion of privacy. I don't want bats betraying the kid's trust in us because he's being paranoid. Flash back me up...Flash?" Green Lantern looked at where flash appears to be standing. Upon closer inspection Green Lantern realized the problem. "Dammit Flash. beep Barry get back in here." Half a second later Flash entered the room.

"Oh is my afterimage still up?" Flash said eyeing his fading image.

"This isn't the time Barry. How long were you gone?"

"Since Superman started talking to him. I've been watching this entire time and I don't know if you know this...but I'm apparently the only one who doesn't speak Japanese here!" Flash furiously yelled.

"Ok, sigh Bats wants J'onn to read the kid's mind because he doesn't trust him even though we have nothing stating otherwise that Naruto isn't a absolute good guy." Green Lantern summarized the interrogation. "So yay or nay?"

"Seeing as I don't know Japanese and have not been following this interrogation. I decline to vote and leave the tiebreaker to Superman. I'm going to get a snack, i'll be in the mess hall if you need me." Flash zipped away and the rest of the Leaguers turned to Superman.

Superman looked towards the four heroes and raised his hand. "I side with Batman...on one condition."

"Name it." Batman sternly replied.

"J'onn links me with Naruto instead. I'll decide for the league if he's to be trusted."

"Better Supes than Bats." Green Lantern added.

After a short time considering it, "Fine." Batman finally answered. Batman was against the idea of anyone but him reading Naruto's head...but he bit his pride and agreed. In truth he wanted to know Naruto's powers in order to be ready in case it comes to a fight. Superman turned to Naruto to explain what was going to happen.

'Now the hard part.' Superman thought. "{Naruto, I'm going to have to read your mind if we're going to help.}"

"{Eh! Why?}"

"{This isn't up for debate. We have to do this. Now will you let us or not?}" Naruto was taken aback by his tone. Superman took a deep breath and calmed down. "{I'm asking a lot out of you, I know. We just want to help get you home and in order for us to do that, we need you to take the biggest leap of faith and let your mind be open to Martian Manhunter.}" Naruto pondered the league's request. They've taken him to their base, talked to him, and heard his lowest point. Kurama decided to give his two cents.

'Kid, if you want to do this I won't stop them but know that once they're in, they will know everything about you.'

'I'm not hiding anything...there's no point. Thank you, Kurama.' "Sooperman {I'll do it.}"

"{Ok.} Hal set up a table for J'onn, Me, and Naruto." Superman ordered.

"Sure thing." Hal constructed a round table and three armchairs. The three men sat down and closed their eyes. The rest of the Justice League waited patiently for the outcome.

"{I will now link you two. You might feel a slight sensation but that's normal.}" Martian Manhunter concentrated on both minds. J'onn entered into to mindscapes simultaneously. One was Superman's, the other, Naruto's. Once he entered both, the Martian merged both mindscapes into a new amalgam version where memories and history traveled freely between both Shinobi and Boy Scout. A few seconds later, 'Link established.'

An oasis of memories flooded Clark Kent and Naruto Uzumaki. Each one getting the full details of their life up to this point. Each discovering more about the other in an instant, receiving an answer to their one question.

Who is Superman? - Who is Naruto?

Kal-El Last son of Krypton - Naruto Uzumaki, Hero of the Hidden Leaf

Who is the Last Son of Krypton? - Who is the Hero of the Hidden Leaf?

Clark Kent, Reporter of the Daily Planet - The Child of Prophecy

Who is Clark Kent? - Who is the Child of Prophecy?

Symbol of Peace - Savior of the Shinobi World

Who is Superman?

Doomed Planet. Desperate Scientists, Last Hope, Kindly Couple.

Who is Naruto?

Doomed Village, Desperate Parents, Last Hope, Demon Child.

What had been seconds felt like a lifetime as Martian Manhunter concluded the link.

"{Thank you Naruto, for letting me in.}" Superman said with tears running down his face. "We're done." Superman stood up and looked at the league smiling. "Naruto is a hero. He deserves our help." The members in the league, except for Batman, smiled and acknowledged Naruto as a true hero.

Naruto on the other hand, was still processing the man that stood before him. A paragon of truth and justice unlike anyone he has ever met. He was truly at a loss of words. Superman once again extended his hand to him.

"{The Justice League are at your service Naruto Uzumak-"

BOOM

The entire watchtower shook to everyone's shock. "What the fuck was that?" Green Lantern yelled.

"Sounded like a boom tube." Wonder Woman deduced.

"Darkseid?!" Superman yelled.

"Everyone stay calm. beep Flash run to the monitors. Get us a visual on the source." Batman ordered. In a microsecond Flash made it to the monitors and revealed the true threat.

"beep Oh my god, it's Brainiac." Flash yelled.

"beep Get him on screen Flash. We need to know where on earth is he?"

"beep Bruce...look outside. He's not on earth." Batman ran to the window. Nothing could have prepared him for an attack on this scale.

A massive skull shaped ship was clearly visible outside the watchtower. Brainiac's ship dwarfed the earth threefold. Earth's heroes never felt more powerless.

Naruto saw the League's reaction and knew they were in trouble but before he could say anything, Flash arrived to send a message.

"Clark, Brainiac wants to talk." Everyone quickly arrived at the monitor station while Naruto aimlessly followed still a bit confused by the situation.

"Greetings, Kal-El." Brainiac's robotic monotone voice echoed through the screen.

"Brainiac. Why did you come to earth?" Superman asked.

"If you assume I traveled for your cities. I assure you that is not why I came. I came to study a new energy I found outside our multiverse."

"Let me guess, it's on earth." Superman stated.

"Wrong again Kal-El. HE is right next to you." The League turned to Naruto. Each of trying to figure out Brainiac's agenda. "Deliver him to me within 5 minutes and I will leave this system. Or I shall be forced to take him and your world. Earth is in your hands." Brainiac ended the call leaving the them to ponder Naruto's fate.

Superman was quick to respond, "He's not taking Naruto." Superman proclaimed. The League nodded in agreement without hesitation. They were heroes first and foremost. Heroes who would not sacrifice an innocent life even with the threat of war.

"What do we do?" Flash asked. The heroes then turned to batman.

"Call everyone leaguer in. Flash, you and anyone else who can't breathe in space stay in the watchtower by the zeta tubes. Be ready to teleport squads to high interest locations. Hal, bring cyborg here to protect against Brainiac's viruses and then call in the other Lanterns. Destroy anything Brainiac launches at earth. Superman, Wonder Woman, and J'onn, get to Brainiac prime and destroy him. Destroy the entire ship if you have to."

"Should I get the sidekicks?" Flash asked.

"No, they're not ready to face something like this." To which flash nodded knowing his sidekick was out of Brainiac's league.

"What'll you do bats?" Green Lantern asked since he didn't hear him mention himself.

"I'll help cyborg break into Brainiac and try to destroy him from the inside. Now go we have 4 minutes." Each member then went to their separate missions, leaving Naruto and Batman alone in the Watchtower.

"{What's going on?! What is that thing?}" Naruto screamed pointing out the window to Brainiac's ship.

"{That is Brainiac. A technological being who steals cities to in order to obtain knowledge.} Computer playback video." The screen played Brainiac's threat again. "{From what I gathered, Brainiac may be the reason your stuck on this earth.}"

"{What? How? Why}" Naruto was furious. Now he had someone to blame.

"{I don't know how but from what I gather he's after the source of your power. Whatever that may be?}" Batman deduced although he carefully finished with a question to get a response.

"{He's after my chakra! That bastard!}"

'Chakra? That's the source?' "{Brainiac wants to take you and leave and if we don't give him to you in 3 minutes. He'll attack the earth.}" Batman informed Naruto. Naruto was angry. A war for him reminded him of Madara and the fourth great ninja war over the bijuu. The idea that he brought a war to an innocent earth sank deep in his core.

'It never stops. Someone always wants jinjurikis.' Naruto thought.

'Someone always wants our power.' Kurama added.

"{I understand. I'll g-}" As he was ready to surrender, Batman interrupted.

"{We went with the latter.}" Batman stated as he started typing on the watchtower computer trying to create a virus capable of taking out all of Brainiac. Naruto was dumbfounded.

"{huh? W-Why! You hardly know-You don't even trust me.}"

"{True, but I believe you haven't lied to us about anything so far. Also, we're the Justice League, we'll help anyone who needs it.}" Batman responded truthfully. Superman's words echoed in Naruto's head, 'despite his paranoia he has always been the person I can count on the most. I trust him even though he doesn't always trust me.'

"{Thank you, Batman. If you need me, I can help.}"

'Show me what you're capable of.' "{Hmm...Can you breathe in space?}"

"{Yeah!}"

"{Go outside and help Superman.}" Batman ordered. Naruto turned into his Six Paths Form and flew around the watchtower. Flash appeared with the rest of the League's members.

"Got everyone Batm-, What the?!" Flash exclaimed as he saw Naruto flying at super speeds around the watchtower. The average human could not see the speed at which Naruto was moving but to Flash he was still as slow as a snail. "Hey stop that!" Flash ran in front of Naruto who stopped instantly at the appearance of him. "What are you doing?!"

"{I'm sorry what are you saying? I'm trying to find the exit.}"

'I hate this kid.' Barry ran and retrieved Zatara. "Z, Can you make a spell that can translate everything's he says into english. Just...can you make a translator spell?"

"Of course. May I ask who is this boy?" Zatara waved his wand towards Naruto.

"He's the guy who Brainiac is after. Naruto."

"Etalsnart gnihtreve ot siht yob." Zatara's eyes glowed purple briefly until the spell took effect. "Done. The spell should hold for about a week." Flash grabbed Zatara and embraced him in a hug.

"Thank you! You have no idea how much this means to me! He's so annoying!" Flash complained while expressing his gratitude awkwardly.

"Uh...eveal em enola." Zatara teleported away.

"Did you call me annoying?" Naruto asked, confused that Flash and Zatara suddenly knew japanese.

"Whaaat...Nooo. I would never call you annoying. I don't even know you." Flash defended himself.

"Oh, so you do know Japanese?"

"No kid, I just got our resident wizard to give you a translation spell. Anyways, Why are you flying around the base for?!"

"Oh, Batman told me to help Superman since I can breathe in space. He didn't tell me where the exit is."

"Is that it? It's-"

BOOM

beep "Brainiac has begun the invasion. We're behind schedule. Cyborg still isn't here and the Lanterns aren't at the perimeter. Brainiac has is sending his ships to major cities. Flash get teams to these coordinates." Batman informed through the communicators.

"Look, follow the two people that look like Hawks. They'll also be going to help Supes too." Flash said as he got into position to deploy squads around the world. Naruto looked around the crowd of heroes and saw a group with Hawkman and Hawkgirl going through the airlock.

'That must be them.' Naruto followed and went outside the watchtower to confront the massive ship. When he got in closer, the fox spirit felt a familiar energy.

'Kid, I have to talk to you.' Naruto heard Kurama tell him but ignored it. 'Naruto stop!'

'Can't it wait Kurama! I have to help them.'

'No kid. It can't. I want you to concentrate your chakra on the skull. Do you sense anything?' Naruto listened to his friend and observed Brainiac's ship carefully. Then he felt something he thought was impossible. Tears ran down his cheeks.

"Hinata..."

'Yeah kid, I feel her chakra. It's weak but she's in there. Your new friends might attack her by accident. You got to get to her first. Save the girl!'

Naruto wiped his tears, 'Thank you again, Kurama.'

'Anytime kid. Also, that Batman fellow was right. After you passed out, I sensed this Brainiacs presence before we ended up on that island.'

Naruto entered the mindscape and the two gave each other a fist bump.

'Let's go!'

"Incredible, your biology is unlike any other species I've encountered. Is everyone like this on your earth?"

"{Yes.}" The specimen responded.

"Your powers replenish and grow. I wonder if there is a limit. I'll have to test that at a later date." Brainiac's mechanical tentacles probed and prodded. "Fascinating, your entire body seems to rely on you having this energy. If i'm correct, should you perish the energy would disappear. That should be impossible but yet I calculate it so. This new form of energy...I wonder what will I call it?"

"{Chakra.}"

"Chakra...is that what you call it in your universe? How did your humans evolve in such a way?"

"{From Kaguya, The Mother of all Chakra.}"

"Hm...if I could travel into your multiverse, I would seek her out. Unfortunately, I was only able to exploit a weak point in your reality where you happened to be traveling between space. A fragile plane that once I interacted with, your reality started to disintegrate. That is when I teleported you here. I miscalculated the other being and it sent him to the place I despise in all of existence, Earth." Brainiac rambled, to himself mostly but his semi-conscience experiment was also listening.

A girl with white eyes laid on an alien table. A girl not in control of her actions. A girl with Brainiac's symbol branded on her forehead. Forever branded. Forever his. Or so he believes.

'Naruto-kun, help me!'