I OWN NOTHING

I watched the show with as an unbiased opinion as I have. It seriously needed an editor. And many things it does were done before and better, and its strengths aren't shown often. For example, Glimmer's moments as a leader are very few and her potential is pushed to the side for jokes.

Obviously, everybody has a basic pitch for how they would do stuff better when they encounter bad media and I'm no better. However, rather than outright rewrite everything with Naruto added in, I'll get creative as I go. Things will get crazier after this and the next chapter.

Also, I'll unapologetically make some of the girls sexier. No regrets.

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The roll of dice is a capricious thing. One minute you are born with a big fate trusted upon you. Another, gods playing with lives like toys on their hands. Choosing great fates and changing them on whims. Exactly a mirror of any game of dice. Regardless of choice, one is always thrust into a life they must make theirs or let others choose it for them. When one lives that is how they show their worth.

A shadow found one worth looking into, "Ah, such a sweet-looking child she carries..." said a feminine voice in a mockery of motherly affection, "Full of power, one she has yet to tap, but to keep in check." A short cackle, "Yes, yes, her child should do. Once the infant is born, he and Adora could, no, will be a good key asset. All I have to do is learn enough of this world before my leave..."

Betrayal, murder, loss, despair, foolishness, and a pitiful attempt to save a boy whose cries were all that their parents would know. Everyone had lost something. A traitor his chance to claim power and destroy the place he despised. A mother her chance to live a happy, fulfilling life loving and tending for a child. And a father his wish of seeing his son turned into a hero, although...

A woman stood before the newborn, smiling under her mask, "My dear, sweet boy... It is time you met your sister. We will leave this world now that the fools after your power are gone." She sighed in fake sadness, "Alas, your foolish father believed you'd be a hero? No. No, that wouldn't be with that fox inside you... But worry not, Shadow Weaver will teach you how to tame it, and you'll be a good boy, Naruto..."

And so, time passed, leading to some bonds that would forever be intertwined:

"Sniff…sniff…hhhannn…"

Silent sobbing could be heard in a room, a blanket covering the head of a small feline girl. She sniffled, rubbing her eyes until something slid down from the ceiling behind her. Two hands raised up, then pushed her onto the pillow. She sprang up with an angry yowl, until she saw a foxy-faced boy giving her the world's biggest shit-eating grin.

"Why the long face? You're supposed to be a cat."

"Go away!" She took a swipe at him, only to be tangled up in her own blanket.

The youth jumped into the sheets with her, pushing his face against hers with a sad look, "Old lady Shadow Weaver tore strips from you, didn't she?"

"Sniff…y-yeah." She rubbed her eyes, giving him a tearful nod.

He embraced her in response, letting her cry on his shoulder, "It's okay…she's not too nice to me either…"

"She doesn't yell at you like she does me…" her words made him frown.

He lifted his shirt, revealing a network of bruises, "And she doesn't hit like you like she does me," his sad grin emphasized the fact that between the two of them, as a man he bore the brunt of how harsh Shadow Weaver could be when 'training' him, "for…training." The way he stressed the last word said it was not just sit-ups.

"…we're s-so messed up…" she cowered at the sight of them, hugging him tightly while he rubbed her growing mane of brown hair.

"We're all each other have. And Adora…"

"Makes three!" A blonde girl with a gap on her teeth leapt into bed with them, hugging the two tightly in either arm.

"Hey, I'm supposed to be cheering her!" he argued with a mocking grin, "This is a gang of losers, not of favorites."

The cat-girl giggled, though did so through a sniffle, "Y-yeah, you have to be a loser to join us..."

"I don't mind." The gap-toothed girl said, "I prefer being a loser than a winner with no Naruto or Catra around."

"Well, I won't be a loser for long... I'm gonna show that Shadow Weaver a thing or two." The tiny cat said, wiping off her tears.

"And I'll make her eat her words." The blond smiled, "After all, according to her I have to keep you safe, Adora."

Beaming, the blonde girl chortled, "I'll keep you safe, then, so you won't worry about me and Shadow Weaver doesn't do anything to you."

It was an odd friendship, but one that slowly grew to more.

Much, much more...

Every day brought odd new experiences, some that they would treasure a lot.

As tiny cat girl bared her teeth at her reflection angry tears ran down her eyes, "Stupid Shadow Weaver, I'll show you..." she sniffled again.

"Catra..." Adora's voice made her go stiff while she kept her back to the concerned, gap-toothed blonde.

"Don't...y-you know how to knock?" the feline girl grumbled.

"What happened?" Adora asked, holding her hand and rubbing circles on it with her thumb.

"Shadow Weaver s-said I was weak, so I did my best to make her eat her words..." she hissed angrily as tears ran down her face, "I-I went to face some of the strongest guys, but..." she turned to show she sported a black eye. Anger swelled in Adora, she wanted names!

Before she could ask, a door opened, and in limped Naruto, bruised, missing a couple teeth, and beaming like an idiot, "Hey girls..."

"What happened to you!?" A concerned Catra asked.

"Did Shadow Weaver make your training tougher!?" Adora shook in worry and tried to help him, but he waved her off.

He panted and leaned on the wall, dragging his shoulder along it to his bunkbed, much to their shock, "I...I think I'm not good at making friends..."

"What?" they asked in unison.

He kept smiling as he plopped down on his butt, "Anyone who dislikes you two, I will pummel. I told that to five really big guys twice my age and size..." he grinned and groggily lifted a fist, opening it to reveal two broken lizard teeth and two human ones. "I still won..."

Catra gasped, "Did you..."

"Yep, I heard how they were also badmouthing Adora, too." He chuckled.

"Wait, then you fought them because of me." the ponytailed girl turned to her feline friend.

Blushing, the black-eyed cat-girl looked away, "They were saying really stupid things. I went to kick their butts after Shadow Weaver scolded me." she wiped her tears and forced a grin, "But don't worry. Next time, I will not need Naruto to help me. I'm going to wipe the floor with them and Shadow Weaver."

"Well said..." the groggy boy said, "Now...can you help me to my bed? I can't feel my...everything..." with that, he dropped like a sack of potatoes, getting the girls to giggle as they helped the sleeping boy to get a much-deserved nap. But after Adora covered him with a blanket, Catra smiled at his sleeping form.

She liked Adora a lot, but what he did earned him a kiss on the cheek, "One day, I'll make Shadow Weaver pay, and we can rule everything."

Despite her youth, she was ambitious.

-Many years later-

"Catra, where are you?" asked a tall, athletic, blonde girl. She had her hair in a ponytail with a pompadour of sorts atop her head, blue eyes and narrow brown eyebrows. She wore a long-sleeved white turtleneck with red accents. Over her shirt was a red jacket with quarter-length sleeves, and a popped collar. She also had gray pants and a brown belt with a Horde buckle.

In the middle of countless hexagonal green panels was a training session for her and other soldiers with similar outfits. One of which was a skinny boy who had easily been disqualified, a large lizard man, and those she hoped to see soon. One of which had grinned upon seeing the first to fall and took his weapon in a blur of speed, leaping like a frog all over the place as large spherical robots chased the others.

Once finding his target, he landed silently beside her, walked quieter than a mouse, and grinned as he gripped her shoulder, "Missed me, Adora?" his laidback tone got a yelp from her.

"Don't scare me like that, Naruto!" she nearly jumped out of her skin and punched him, or tried to, as he leaned to the side to dodge her strike.

"You look too cute when flustered, Adora." He smirked with an eye closed, giving himself a foxier look while keeping a carefree grin and voice. "No wonder Catra enjoys this."

"You both could stop ganging up on me." she said, eyeing him carefully. He had a spiky mane of golden combed backwards, deep blue eyes, and three lines on each cheek, birthmarks resembling whiskers. His pleasantly smiling face and two-inches-taller stature gave him a far more mischievous appearance than a kitsune of legend. Adora knew he wasn't to be underestimated, though.

Lean muscle, strong pectorals and a six-pack, was hidden under a form-fitting red hooded jacket with the sleeves covered by black gauntlets. Its collar hid his nose and mouth, covering half his face with the hood. A belt with the Horde emblem was around his waist. He had black pants with the legs inside red greaves, giving them a ballooning effect. And on his hands were two batons, his and the stolen one.

"Where'd be the fun in not messing with you?" though he just looked relaxed, he asked with playful teasing to her previous statement, to which she narrowed her eyes.

"Where's Catra?" she asked with a huff.

"Sneaking around as usual." He playfully bowed to her, "After you."

"Don't get cocky." She told him, "Stick to the walls and shadows, give me backup, and..."

"Make sure she doesn't get in trouble?" he asked casually while twirling the batons in his hands, "When does she not?"

"When do you two not?" She replied and ran forward, dodging falling platforms and keeping her sights on the big target, a larger droid. Off to the side, the boy climbed up a pillar by running on its side, upside down at a 70-degree-angle! But there was another with him, already waiting at the top as he flipped on it with a large smile plastered on his face. Seeing a cat-tail swish had him grinning.

"I told you to keep an eye on her."

She had very messy brown hair with black cat ears on top and a red cat-shaped mask above her forehead. For her uniform she had a sleeveless dark red shirt, a brown belt with the symbol of the Horde, another but only thin, and dark red pants with holes on the thighs, the heel and for the toes where dark claws resided. She also had heterochromia, her right eye was blue and the left one yellow.

"I prefer to keep my eyes on you." He admitted and sat down without a care in the world. He took a moment to look at her wide hips and round behind before looking up when her head turned, just in time to lock eyes with her. Small or not, her perky breasts almost distracted him, but he managed to keep looking at her face which had a grin as mischievous as only a naughty cat's could be.

"Flattery is overrated." She didn't lose her confident expression.

He struck a mock-pensive pose, "I thought it worked, Adora has you wrapped around her finger with it."

"Is that how Shadow Weaver taught you to talk to her?" she retorted.

"Ouch, that's unfair." He put a hand on his chest to fake pain, then waved the other hand without losing his smile, "Anyway, plan?"

"Yeah, wanna bet?" she asked and showed her clawed hands.

"You know me well." He responded with a grin.

"What's the prize?" she asked.

"Whoever gets the best of Adora..." he drawled out, then smirked with a lazily cocked up eyebrow. "Do we need another reward?"

"The usual, then." She concluded, and he nodded, twirling the batons and reversing his grip on them.

Both widened their grins as Adora approached a robot and spoke as one, "A full week not bothering the other when messing with our fair maiden."

As soon as said fair maiden got cornered, the two leapt into action. Naruto threw his baton at the android's lens with a smirk and zipped up his collar, leaving only his eyes to be seen. As the robot's vision suffered malfunctions with a crack on its lens, the boy leapt and caught his baton as soon as it bounced off. Catra on the other hand landed on its back and started to claw at it savagely.

Spinning the batons in his fingers, the blond used an inverted hold, an icepick grip, to strike the limbs with fast strikes that damaged the joints. Once it fell with Catra still ripping open the hard metal cortex as well as ripping out cables like they were guts, he turned around and stabbed its back. Both batons were aimed at one of the gashes Catra left, and the incoming shock had her yelp.

"Jump!" he told her soon, he wasn't going to just let her fry.

"Hey, are you trying to kill me!?" she snapped like a gator and jumped off.

"If I did, I wouldn't have warned you before doing this." He told her nonchalantly before delivering a palm strike which sent the baton right through the robot's body.

It short-circuited, which could've fried Catra, "What was that about!?" Adora asked furiously.

Catra's swishing tail and the way Naruto's collar curled in the form of a grin showed they planned everything, "It worked, didn't it?" he started, "Anyway, Catra, did I mention I won?"

"Only because I opened it like a rusted can!" she hissed at him.

"Ah, if I have dishonored you..." he started, then took a stance, "We can settle this with a duel like the-" he paused when his foot sunk, "Oh come on, just when it was about to get good." He looked up to see both girls had already started to run off, "Typical, I make a little fun, and they leave me hanging." The platform collapsed with him on top, but he wasn't fazed.

Extending his right arm, a wire shot from his wrist and latched to a nearby beam. Mechanisms hidden in his gauntlets pulled him up quickly and detached the wire. With the two girls running away to safety, he had his sights on another beam and fired his left arm's grappling hook. Gravity and momentum helped him swing like a monkey with jungle vines to catch up to the two girls he was fond of.

Catra's ears twitched as he closed in, "How's it going up there?" she was amused.

"I am terribly hurt you forgot little old me." he quipped back with a grin to match hers.

The cat-girl smiled wider as he landed beside her and Adora, "Shadow Weaver's fancy-talking lessons don't matter if you can't think on your feet!" she said as the trio kept running.

"Fancy-talking would do you good, Catra," he countered. "Case and point, Adora."

"Oh please, I'm not as needlessly elaborate as you are!" the ponytailed girl shot back with a huff, leaping over a gap, "And you only talk that way to annoy. Even if Shadow Weaver wanted to keep me from talking like you two, at least I don't use her lessons to be a pest."

"True, but it feels honest that way." Catra commented, somersaulting between two falling pillars, "Being a people-person's your specialty, mine's clawing things in our way."

"And mine's being a colorful pest, so we're pretty much balanced out." He quipped and used his batons to swat aside a piece of falling debris, "I anger them, you try to soothe them, and when they're distracted, Catra can use them as yarn for the evening." Adora giggled at his latest quip while Catra frowned.

"It was just one time!" she huffed, "Let it go or I tell Shadow Weaver what you've used that wall-walking trick of yours for!" Naruto's smile disappeared.

"You wouldn't..." he started, but her frown turned upside down. "Alright, fine."

"Wait, what do you use that for other than stealth?" Adora asked.

"Oh, you know, research..." Catra answered casually.

In truth, she had coaxed the boy into sneaking on the girls' sides of special facilities without the cameras noticing. Of course, she helped him not get caught. However, she could feign ignorance and blame it all on him. Knowing how one-sided it was, he kept his trap shut. Although he knew she was just like him for her only request was pictures of Adora undressing and in some more risqué poses.

"I shall engrave 'I regret nothing' on my epitaph, if you're curious." He told Adora with a devil may care smile.

The ponytailed girl blanched, "You two can get so weird..."

Upon reaching their destination, a large lizardman instructor was there to congratulate them for their hard work and tell those who messed up a thing or two. Catra got the brunt of it for her usual attitude of lone wolf antics. Adora could try and vouch for her, but knew she was showing off as usual. Naruto did too, but he at least was in place as asked and expected of him. At the lockers, things got steamier.

Not in the sexy way, the arguing way which Naruto knew to not get caught between as he walked out to bump into... "Ma'am." He said curtly with a straightened back. Dark red robes, a red mask with shadowed, glowing white eyes, and wild black hair flowing over her head. A name like Shadow Weaver fitted her like a glove.

"Dearest boy, why did you allow Catra to almost thwart today's training session?" she asked with an elderly woman's voice that while sweet-sounding was anything but.

A clawed finger poked his forehead, the nail scratching it slightly as he remained firm, "You know me as well as I know her. We had her back."

"And yet you let her get cocky, once again." She withdrew her finger and turned her back to him, "I expected better of you as Adora's guardian."

"You know I'm willing to protect her, and you saw Catra and me do so." He argued politely.

"Like your father tried to?" she saw him tense up and dashed at blinding speed behind him, a hand on his shoulder and her mouth next to his ear, "Leaving someone to fend for themselves in the care of those who don't know better? Trying to claim the status won't change what mongrels will think, what dangers they represent to a child's limitless potential..."

"No, but she's not like that..." he clenched his teeth and fists.

"Let that anger sink in and remind you not to lose them." She whispered, "Or do you want them to be like those you could have been like? Shunned for a misfortune? Or what about that boy who grew to be loved only by playing the perfect role model for his jailors?" her fingers dug into both his shoulders, "Do you know why I tell you this?"

"To not be a fool like my father." He answered firmly, "To not believe everything will be alright by believing blindly on others or letting them control me."

"Exactly, because I can't bear to think what could have really happened to you, unlike him." She let go and stood before him, her fingers lifting his chin, "Naruto, you have endless power yet to awaken. And for you to be Adora's age and found by me can be no mere coincidence. Both of you are destined for greatness, but those weighed down by simple emotions cannot claim victory."

"Understood." He answered lifelessly.

She patted his shoulder twice in an affectionate manner, "Go rest now that you've earned it, child. I've prepared a good speech for those two."

She was leaving, but he had to say something, "Catra kept her safe, you have to admit that, ma'am." And with that, he disappeared.

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Lying flat on his back on one of the balconies with his face exposed, Naruto playfully tossed up and down a throwing knife. He had picked up his gear for practice and was bored after it. His black belt had matching pouches resting around his waist, dozens of knives in each pouch with nearly every inch occupied by a knife pocket. Memories of Shadow Weaver's words echoed in his mind, all regarding Catra.

"Do not bother yourself with such a troublesome child." Was one he disliked, but not as much as, "Such a child will be a hindrance if you get attached to her." For his favorite there was, "You are worthy of being at Adora's side for you are the only one to keep her safe. That brat should be glad to be held in such high regards by her."

He nailed the ceiling when a shadow that looked like the woman passed by, "You're not subtle, old witch." He growled and extended his hand, expecting gravity to lower the weapon.

Suddenly, a claw appeared and caught his falling knife before he could have done so, "It's dangerous to play with these things." Said a playful but surprisingly well-meaning voice.

Looking up, he saw a towering young woman with arms like anacondas and legs like tree-trunks in tight red pants. Due to the curvature of her hips, slim waist and round behind she was female. He knew under her sleeveless shirt was a set of bandages to keep a surprising amount of breast flesh in place over killer eight-pack abs. However, the scorpion tail and arms made her stand out.

Kind features in her rectangular face could confuse some people with the contrast of exterior toughness and kindness, but anyone who knew her didn't mind, "New lipstick?" he asked noting the black on her mouth, though his next question would've been about her hair in case her short, spiked-up white hairdo had changed at all.

"Yup, chose a new coal black instead of the regular tar black." She beamed and returned him his knife.

"I see..." part of growing with girls like Adora and Catra was knowing as little as any man about makeup basics. At least they told him it was best to try and guess and play it off as teasing if he made any mistakes. A good advantage of having lady friends, even if they lacked feminine traits due to their upbringing as soldiers for the Horde.

"Did you see Adora by any chance?" she asked, "Shadow Weaver wanted me to take her to the Force Captain meeting."

"You guys have meetings?" he asked, then furrowed his brow and jumped to his feet to stare at the far, far taller scorpion woman, "She's captain?" despite his smarmy attitude, he was surprised.

"Shadow Weaver promoted her!" the buff young woman exclaimed happily, then clasped her claws, "I mean, I knew she would be, but I was hoping all three of you got it at the same time! Anyway, I really hope we can get along when you get it!" she put both claws on his shoulders to pull him closer, "Meetings, fighting together, beating princesses up, and-"

"Wait, where is she?" he cut her off with a hand on her lips, "I would like to congratulate her...and have my feet back on the ground, Force Captain Scorpia."

"Sorry!" she exclaimed when noticing his feet dangling off the floor and dropped him.

Dusting his jacket, he smiled, "It's alright. You're at least the most honest of us here, even more than Adora and that's saying something." He hummed in thought, "Catra..." his mumbling didn't go unnoticed and his personal bubble was part of Scorpia's when she leaned close to him, "Excuse me, have I got something on my face?"

"Oh..." she fidgeted as a scorpion would, bumping her claw tips together, "You know Catra, right? Cool, aloof, strong, and all-around great Force Captain material, right? When you become Force Captain along Adora I bet you two could promote her to become one, right? I could even help, right? And we'd be a great foursome of terror, right?"

Her enthusiasm was tiring but endearing, "Right." his simple answer and somewhat forced smile made her nearly squeal, "Listen, Force Captain, do you mind telling me if you've seen them. I'd like to congratulate my friend and talk to both." He felt tempted to invite her but imagining Catra's reaction was enough.

"They went to the docks." She pointed a claw to the outskirts, "Oh, and there they are." Like she said, they were on a stolen ship.

"What?" he exclaimed, grabbing the rails with a hiss, "Dammit, Shadow Weaver's going to kill Catra if Adora's got a single hair loose..." he turned to Scorpia, and smiled softly, "Force Captain Scorpia, would a little celebration sound good for you with the three of us? Just, you know, let us find my two friends first."

"Yes, all of my yes!" Scorpia squealed.

He sighed in relief, and then yelped when promptly carried over a hurrying scorpion woman's shoulder, "You sure are eager, captain." He sighed.

"Of course, we can be best friends forever, and get friendship bracelets, perhaps even go to a prom, or-"

"Captain, the docks."

"Yes, right!"

Quickly flying over to the forest outside Horde territory proved dangerous. Scorpia kept herself on her toes while driving her own ship. Meanwhile, Naruto kept tossing a knife up and down.

Landing with a soft thud after jumping down, he examined the place, "Whispering Forest...or was it Woods?" he asked for confirmation to Scorpia.

"Whispering Woods." She answered with an innocent grin.

"Thank you, now let's just find them." He answered as she leapt down and followed him.

"Hey, so, Shadow Weaver's teaching you in private, right?" she started. "People say she's playing favorites with you and Adora, but I think she's underestimating Catra."

"You and me both, and those aren't rumors but the truth." He answered tiredly, not wanting to go on with that topic, "What she teaches me is stuff from my world. One far from here that the Horde is planning to take over once they gather the resources needed for that."

"Why not get them to do like my people and agree to work for the Horde?" she asked innocently.

"Apparently, people there pack quite a punch, which is why when my father left me to my rotten luck Shadow Weaver took me in." he grinned before zipping up his collar and putting on his hood, "It's perhaps the thing I will truly be most grateful to her. That and learning how to interact with people."

"She kidnapped you?" Scorpia asked while moving aside a large branch in her path.

"Pretty much, but better that than being targeted for my father's mistakes or letting a village mold me into an ideal soldier." He turned to her, "Not much different than here, but at least I'm smarter thanks to Shadow Weaver." He said and stopped before a large boulder on their path, staring at it with a dull stare.

"Leave it to me, I can lift it with no effort." Scorpia said, wanting to show off to the cute boy even if he wasn't as cute as Catra.

"No, let me." He said as his right hand was infused with azure energy, "After all, you're the captain. Now, let me show you what Shadow Weaver's been teaching me."

After a quick karate chop and the boulder was split in two, both halves falling to the sides, "Whoa, she can do that!?" Scorpia gasped as the path was cleared with a stone gate.

"No, only those from my world can do this." He said, "Another reason Lord Hordak keeps me around and has Shadow Weaver train me."

"To have an inside man, right?" he was surprised, but the smile she kept said she still meant well.

She was sharp when needed, "Pretty much. If you're interested, I can give you tips on martial arts from that place, captain."

"Yes, please!" she was starting to grow on him.

"First we find my friends."

"Alright!"

Flashing lights immediately point the way, blinding them briefly, "It seems our path's sparkling crystal clear." The blond said amusedly.

"Are you sure? What if it's a princess?" Scorpia asked, running after him.

"Knowing us three, the more dangerous means the more likely we're there." He retorted as charmingly as he could as he was ready to fight, only to be disappointed.

"Naruto?" A disheartened Adora asked, "What are you-"

"Forget about me, how did you think it was a good idea to come here?" he asked with a finger up. "Especially considering Shadow Weaver's in a worse mood than usual."

"Isn't that every new day for her?" Catra retorted, then frowned, "Why is she here?"

"She has been soothing my aching soul with deep conversations..." he waved his hands around for theatrics, then he finally answered, "...and she also helped me track you down."

"Hello!" Scorpia greeted, "Naruto needed me to come and get you. I'm Scorpia. Nice to meet you."

"Oh, Force Captain Scorpia, I'm so sorry, it was my idea." Adora started, surprising Naruto.

"Yours?" he turned to Catra for verification, "Did you two change souls while I wasn't looking?" and she merely shrugged with a smirk.

"When she has spunk, she's got it to match mine." Then the cat-girl frowned again, "Though it seems she's lost it."

"I'm fine, I swear..." Adora argued, but none believed her.

Although Scorpia was more forgiving, "It's alright. I can turn a blind eye on this since your ship's not damaged." Then she winked, "That's what a cool captain does."

"She's very friendly as you can see." Naruto explained, "And, like me, wants to congratulate you on your promotion."

"Oh no, I wanted to tell you, but..." Adora turned worriedly to Catra, who shrugged.

"Hey, we know him since long ago, you can tell him." Then she turned to Scorpia, "Only... could you give us some privacy?"

"Sure!" Scorpia smiled and left without further incentives to do so.

"She's so weird..." Adora whispered, but was interrupted when Naruto cleared his throat, "Oh, yes, to explain this... Shadow Weaver-"

"That name's enough information." He retorted, "I met her before she went to see you girls... How bad was it?"

Adora wanted to speak, but closed her mouth uncomfortably looking at Catra, "It was...the usual."

"Hey, you get used to it." Catra shrugged cross-armed. "In the end, she's just teaching me how to better brush off empty words."

"Want some good news?" Naruto asked, then hooked a thumb to the way Scorpia retreated to, "Scorpia's eager to promote you to Force Captain. She's hoping I get the promotion after Adora so us three can do it and be a big gang." His words surprised Adora, who went slightly slack-jawed at the idea.

"That's...surprisingly too kind for someone who works in the Horde." She admitted.

"Shame, though." Catra didn't uncross her arms as she chortled through her nose, "I'm going to make Shadow Weaver hand me that promotion herself and enjoy the look on her face. And I'll do so without you two or anyone else's help." Her smirk made the blondes feel her confidence burning, making them happy to see their friend back to her old self.

"Looks like she's going to land on her feet regardless of what we do." Adora said relieved.

"Stole the words right out of my mouth...did you read my mind?" the blond joked, getting the other two to feel more at ease.

But things couldn't be that easy, as the tense Adora looked at a currently empty clearing, her hands trembling unnoticed by her retreating friends.

X-X-X-X-X

And that's my rap!

Being honest, the show's lacking in several parts I really want to like. Catra as a villain needs to really explain her motivations. I feel it's obvious she wants to overthrow a certain pair, but we don't see why she wants to do so or what motivates her to stay with the Horde, which pretty much abuses her. Other than her, I like the comic relief characters more, mostly Scorpia.

Like I said, I regret nothing giving her a huge rack, Scorpia is best girl, fight me. Blame Totally Spies and a certain episode for making me like beefy women. Seriously, if you ever watched the show as a kid and now have a fetish, watch it again to find the reason for that kink. However, I am mad about voluptuous muscular girls, and making her bustier scratches that itch.

Anyway, back on the matter of Catra's motivations, I feel like I could try to flesh her out. At least with my head-canon. As for Naruto here, he will be a very self-aware guy. Shadow Weaver taught him too well, and thus he can realize her hypocrisy. As you've seen, she's taught him how to use wind-chakra from early on, but she doesn't know of his other teacher.

Swordslinger out