Chapter one: CODE BLACK

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Naruto could tell it was going to be a bad day when his monitoring alarm went off at 5 AM with a gang of idiots being led by Riddler. Naruto beat the living crap out of Riddler and snapped his cane over the villain's head. Then a new gang called the Freaks was stealing organs from hospitals. It was just another day in Gotham for Shinobi. The gangs had gotten even bolder since Commissioner Gordan died, Naruto was still sore from last week when killer Croc broke out of Blackgate and he and Red Hood had to slink through the sewers hunting the monster down before he killed anybody. He just finished classes for the day and thought. ‘I think I'll head to Dad’s and cook for him and Alfred before dad goes on patrol tonight. He was gonna head back to his place and take a quick nap and guzzle a few energy drinks when his phone beeped. Not the phone that was in his hand currently but the black one he kept in his secret jacket pocket. He hefted his groceries onto his right arm and slipped his phone into his jacket pocket, pulling out his Bat-phone as he and Tim called them.  he looked at the black screen with only two words in white. At that moment, his heart shattered into pieces, and he dropped to his knees, his groceries falling to the ground as tears poured out of his eyes. A blonde-haired woman wearing a leather jacket and torn denim jeans saw the familiar face. She was gonna call out to him and maybe get a nice meal for the first time in forever when she saw him drop to his knees. She rushed to his side and hugged him. “Naruto what’s wrong? What happened?” The woman was Dinah Lance, a semi-famous musician, and hero called Black Canary. Naruto said nothing but held his phone so she could see it. As she read the words, she gasped. As a seated member of the league, she knew what they meant. CODE BLACK. It meant that Batman was dead. “Will you come with me?” He asked as he stood up shakily, forgetting his groceries. Dinah nodded her head and said. “Yeah, my bike is on the corner there.” Naruto nodded and said. “Good cause I don’t think I can drive right now.” his hands were shaking bad. They got on Dinah’s bike and using the secret shortcuts that the vigilantes of Gotham had made over the years got to Wayne Manor as five others arrived. A black town car was already there, and Alfred Pennyworth was searching through the rubble. Naruto jumped off the bike the only one of them aside from Dinah not in his hero costume. Naruto tapped his phone to try and trace the last signal that came from Batman’s gauntlet. He found a large pile of rocks and ripped them from the ground with one hand chucking the 200lb boulders like they were pebbles. “Naruto calm down.” A male voice said as a guy in a black costume with blue accents came to his side. He had a sleek blue bird on his chest and wore a blue and black domino mask. Dick Grayson or Nightwing was the oldest by a year. Tears streamed down Naruto’s cheeks as he turned to face his adopted older brother. “It’s not gonna do any good just chucking rocks around like that. We already found his killer. It was Ra’s Al Ghul.” Naruto gritted his teeth as he crushed another boulder just gripping it. A hand garbed in black and red gripped Naruto’s shoulder, and he looked up to see the red bat-adorned chest of his younger by 18-month brother Jason Todd in his Red Hood suit. “We’re gonna find him.” Jason said, his voice muffled by his full facemask. Carefully, the three moved more rocks until they found him. His right hand was in the air and his semi-broken cowl was on the ground beside him. Naruto gathered up his tattered cape, cowl and gently removed the gauntlet from his wrist. “I’m so sorry Dad. I'm sorry....” He said softly as he hugged his dead father to him. The others stood tears streaming down their faces. Naruto set Bruce back down and stood up. He wiped the tears from his eyes with the cloth Alfred handed him and said. “You four need to get going now. We Reconvien at the Belfry now according to dad’s plans. We'll look through his cases as soon as we can. Dinah and I will have to speak with the league. I’ll leave the League for a bit so we can work on dad’s cases.” A woman in a dark purple and black bat-suit nodded and said. “I’ll head there as soon as I can and get everything up and running and make a list of anything we need to upgrade or replace.” Naruto nodded and said. “Good thanks Babs. Tim go with her and help clean. Alfred, should I inform Grunkle Jake?” Alfred looked to the young man and could help but compare him to the de-aged 7-year-old that arrived in the Batcave so many years ago. “Yes, let's do that first while Miss Lance deals with the League.” Naruto turned to Dick and Jason and said. “Jason go see Lucius and see if he can spot us some gear and supplies for the Belfry, he should have gotten the notice as well but make sure he knows.” Jason nodded and went off on his bike the roar of his engine getting fainter in the distance. Naruto turned to Dick and said. “You’re our leader now Dick. But just remember I'm right behind you.” Dick smiled and hugged Naruto close to him. “And I'm right beside you little brother.” He said softly. “You’re in charge now, I know dad wanted both of us to take charge of Wayne Industries but I'm still in school. I can take care of some things, but I'll need your help with the meetings. I don’t do well with old farts telling me what to do.” Dick smiled sorrowfully at the blond- and red-haired young man, Naruto was the only one of Bruce Wayne’s adopted kids that called him dad. For Barbra and Tim it was informal because they had fathers. Tim’s was Never around, and Barbra’s was of course Commissioner Gordon. Alred wistfully remembered a 9-year-old Naruto crying as Bruce Awkwardly handed the boy adoption papers. He was so proud that the boy from another dimensional plane was making sure his father’s legacy continued. Dinah smiled at the younger man as Dick went off to call a board meeting. Naruto turned to Alfred and said. “Dad still has the penthouse built below the Belfry right? Could we get that habitable? You and I will need a new place to live seeing as I can’t keep a butler in my dorm rooms. They barely let me keep Kurama how would they react to seeing you in my dorm?” Alred chuckled and they made a list of what was needed before the dutiful butler went off to get their new home ready. After Alfred left Naruto went back to his knees as the police and EMS showed up. Dinah stayed by him the entire time even when his aunt the commissioner. Catherine Kane jumped out of her car as she told her husband what happened. She saw her great Nephew with a blond woman near her nephew’s body and her jaw clenched. she knew she had to be the hard tight-faced police commissioner but this young man who was broken down crying was her family and he needed help. She snapped her fingers, and an officer led the two blondes away from the body before she approached them. “Naruto I know this is hard but do you know what happened?” Naruto shook his head and said. “It’s Friday and I usually come home to make dinner for dad and Alfred. I was getting groceries when I got the call from Alfred about the explosion. I don’t know what happened or who the man in green is Aunt Catherine. I just talked to dad this morning. He was getting at me about dating again... like he was one to talk.” Catherine patted his shoulder before heading off to talk to one of the CSIs. “Come on, let’s stop by and grab your car, then go pack your dorm.” Naruto took her offered hand and intertwined her fingers with his as they left his destroyed home. As they walked back to Dinah’s bike, he looked up and said. “I promise you, dad. I’ll step up and be Gotham’s protector, I'll be the knight the city needs. Even if that knight is a ninja.”

(AN: the suit up top at the start of the profile is his hero suit but his face is covered by this but the Uzumaki swirl is where the rose would be and it covered the whole face.)

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