Naruto spent the rest of the daylight hours in his room, which considering the size, wasn't that hard. It was bigger then most apartments, with lush red carpets, a king sized bed, a mini bar and several other things that he didn't even bother looking at. But the thing that he liked the most about this room was the fact it had a large balcony that looked out over a large part of Gotham, the side that didn't have all the old and abandoned warehouses. Because he was in the penthouse he was on the top floor, which meant he could see over several of the other skyscrapers.
This was where he was stood now, a cigarette in his had and a serious expression on his face, as he contemplated how he was going to find the book. In most cases it wasn't actually that hard to find a class 3 or above, he would just have to follow the destruction, but this time it was going to be a lot harder. This time he was in Gotham city, one of if not the most dangerous place in this world and filled with some of the worst criminal that had ever been born.
Before coming here he had spent hours researching every known villain that call this place home, learning about their habits and behaviour, just in case he ran into any of them while here, he had even done his homework on Batman and Batgirl. Most of them he wasn't too worried about, he was all but immune to all poisons because of his healing factor, so the Jokers gas wasn't a problem, he was almost positive he was stronger then Bane and if not definitely faster. Batman, if he was anything like Robin, would be a pain in the ass to deal with, along with Batgirl but for the most part he wasn't worried about either of them.
The only one in Gotham that he was worried about was Poison-Ivy.
With his more...animal like instincts he got from having the fox sealed inside him, Naruto was more at risk from the woman's pheromones then 'normal' people, the response his body would have if exposed to such a thing being unpredictable. Add in the fact that because of his training with the toads making him more in tune with nature, he didn't want to even think about the possible chaos that could ensue. But the chances of him running into the self proclaimed 'Mother Nature', was small, Gotham was a big city after all, so he didn't spend too much time worrying about it.
Letting out a sigh the whiskered teen finished his
cigarette, take one more look out over the city, before walking back inside his room and grabbing the scroll he had left on his bed when entering the room.
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Naruto slowly made his way down the street, his hood pulled up to cover the top half of his face from view, and humming absentmindedly to himself as he went. He was back in one of the older parts of Gotham, meaning it was full of muggers and gangs, and was trying to make himself took like the perfect target for one of the men he could feel hiding in the side alleys waiting for someone to mug.
He didn't have to wait long.
As he passed between two broken streetlights, making it was darker then the rest of the street, the whiskered teen was pulled into an alley by two large men, one with a hat and the other with a large scar over his left eye, and was slammed hard against a wall, causing his hood to fall off in the process. Without missing a beat, the thug with a scar pulled out a switchblade and pressed it into his throat.
"Make a sound and I'll bleed you like a pig, give us your wallet and anything else you got on you."
The confident sneers on both men's faces was almost enough to make Naruto laugh, they had no idea of who they were threatening. What was worse was the fact that even if he did scream the knife wasn't even in the right place to do any major damage, this guy didn't even know what he was doing with the little scrap of metal the people of this world called a knife.
He was about to brake the scard thugs arm, forcing him to drop the knife in the process when suddenly the one with the hat jerked backwards and hit the opposite wall. Deciding to think about it later the blonde ex-nin used the distraction and grabbed his attackers arm, put just enough pressure on it to hurt but not break, and in a move too quick for the human eye to follow, twisted it into the thugs back and slammed him face first into the wall, the knife now in his hand and pressed against the mans jugular.
"What was it you said? Make a sound and I'll bleed you like a pig?"
He heard a small whimper escape the mans throat, the panic making his pulse increase making the vain he had the knife pressed to jump, drawing a small amount of blood when it grazed the skin. But before he could say anything else Naruto was interrupted by a stern, female voice behind him.
"That's enough, let him go."
Tearing his eyes way from the back of the mans head, being sure not to release the pressure he had on his arm or move the knife from his throat, Naruto looked at the person stood next to the other thug that was on the ground, his hands tied behind his back.
She looked to be in her late teens and was dressed in a grey bodysuit that clung to her form like a second skin, revealing a very well developed body, with black gloves and boots. She had a yellow belt with too many pockets to count and a yellow bat symbol on her chest. Despite the black bat shaped mask she wore over the top half of her face Naruto could still see the long red hair flowing down her to the middle of her back and the pair of stony blue eyes that were fixed on him. he also make a mental note of her scent, lavender, honey and for some strange reason a damp smell that he usually smelt on animals that lived in caves.
If it wasn't for the fact that Raven could beat the crap out of him, Naruto would have wolf whistled.
Smirking, the blonde turned back to the man he was pinning against the wall, before chuckling.
"As much as I would love to, I'm afraid that I still have a few questions I need to ask my new friend here, so I can't. But I'll tell you what; I'll give you what's left of him when I'm done."
Even though he wasn't looking, Naruto could practically feel the frown that crossed Batgirls face at his words. Before she could interrupt him again he turned his attention back to the thug that had tried to mug him, putting a little more pressure onto the arm he was holding behind the mans back, making him let out a small scream of pain.
"I'm looking for a man with a large, leather bond book, with an erratic personality. Tell me where I can find him or I'll do something you will regret."
The man's panic seemed to intensify at the threat, causing him to start shaking and if Naruto's nose was correct, piss himself. For the sake of the Sage of Six Paths he wasn't even using KI, just how pathetic could you get!
"I don't know anything!"
"I don't believe you..."
"I don't know anything!"
Sighing, Naruto pressed the knife a little harder into the thug's throat.
"Tell me what you know"
"I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!"
Before he could go any further, a black gloved hand wrapped around his wrist and pulled the hand with the knife away from the back of the know crying mans neck. He didn't resist it, though he could if he wanted to, and after the knife was knocked out of his hands Naruto turned his eyes back to the frowning face of Batgirl.
"Can I help you?"
Her response was little more then a growl.
"I said that's enough! I don't know who you are but I'm taking you to the police for questioning."
Pulling himself out of her grip, getting surprised look from the masked girl at his strength, Naruto stepped away from the thug and let him slump to the ground having fainted. Brushing imaginary dust off his shoulders and straightening his shirt, the ex-nin couldn't help the sigh that escaped his lips when he saw that Batgirl had moved into a fighting stance.
"You're almost as annoying as Traffic-light-san, though I guess it's understandable what with you having the same teacher. I have to wonder if the bat finds people like you of turns you into what you are."
Getting a confused look on her face at the strange teen's words, Batgirl was about to ask what he meant before the blonde just shrugged, gave her a little wave, before disappearing in a flash of yellow light that left her momentarily blind.
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