Connecting the Dots--A Naruto/DCAU crossover

Exhilaration

The shooting was a little more difficult that Tenten had anticipated. Firing a gun whilst leaping and jumping through hallways required a great deal more coordination than sitting in a chair and endlessly pulling the trigger. There were matters of kickback, coordination, and balance to deal with. The basics of aiming she had easily mastered, and factors such as reload time and weapon accuracy she had an approximate knowledge of, thanks to her time in the shooting range; but doings things in practice turned out to be much trickier.

Of course, that throbbing pain in her right hand (or rather, where her right hand used to be) wasn't helping matters. Nor, for that matter, was shooting with her left for a change.

Still. Details. At least she could somewhat brace the plasma rifle in her left hand with the stump of her right. And really, most of Luthor's guards seemed to be atrocious shots... they hit nearly everywhere except where she was. The only real danger came from her bleeding stump of an arm. If that continued, she would quickly become fatigued and pass out.

She had a little time left, though. Tenten had never KNOWN such a surge of adrenaline. Impatience bred from months of imprisonment had festered in her, the wild chance brought to her had allowed this impatience an outlet, and now, in the wild euphoria of battle, she received the ADDITIONAL excitement of a new weapon. The adrenaline would more than compensate for the blood loss for the next five minutes.

A black helmet caught her eye and she whipped her gun up into position. It recoiled appreciably and Tenten took a moment to savor the neat little holes appearing across the guard's body. A very clinical weapon—in and out. Very clean. Very fast.

Shouts and the racing tread of boots announced more guards, coming down the hallway. Too many to face, unless...

Tenten rolled over to the slumped body on the floor and checked him over. She didn't want the gun he had, the one she had now was FAR more suited to her needs. The armor looked helpful, or at least it would be if she hadn't already riddled it with holes. On the guard's belt were several "clips" of ammo, and several weird ball-like objects.

Ears alert to the approaching guards, Tenten picked up one of the objects and studied it. A weapon, obviously. The shape indicated it was meant to be thrown, probably like a gas pellet. The piece of wire sticking out of it was obviously extraneous and probably meant to be pulled out. However, Tenten could see no place to apply chakra.

The appearance of black suits around the corner decided the issue for her. Quickly she yanked out the pin and chucked the little ball.

BOOOOOM!

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"Damage to the city is minimal, but the kids themselves are in pretty bad shape. Several of them got shot, and the medics essentially sealed the bullets inside when they healed the surrounding tissue. We need to get them to proper medical care. Right now we're loading them aboard the Javelins."

"Good." J'onn nodded at the screen. "Any sign of the three anomalies?"

"If you mean the flaming fox and the giant statue that were here a moment ago, then no." Superman's annoyed tone broke into Green Lantern's report. "No sign of the robed lady either. The ninjas seem to know something, but they aren't talking."

"Batman seems to have an idea." Lantern objected.

A snort from Superman. "I imagine he does. But Batman I KNOW won't tell us about it."