Explanation

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 Several hours later, ten very confused Konoha nins filed out of one of the JLU's briefing rooms. They said nothing, and each one of them was obviously very concentrated. Naruto, in the lead, seemed to be pacing almost mechanically with no clear desitination in mind, and the others simply followed him. Though a few heroes sent them puzzled and even hostile glances as they passed, none tried to stop them... the word had been sent out.

Halfway across the emergency hangar toward the medical bay, Naruto finally paused in thought.

"That." He said. "was pretty weird."

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"Well, thank you all for meeting like this." The caped man offered a nervous smile to the entire table. "I realize we're not all on the best of terms, but hopefully we can straighten everything out and figure out what's going on."

Naruto didn't know if he shared the man's optimism. For some reason, Sakura and the one lady at the table seemed to have a death-feud of some kind going on, and the rest of the table wasn't doing much better. Neji, Chouji, and especially Lee were all glaring at the stretcher-bound man (Sakura was doing that too, but she seemed more focused on the woman); and Kiba kept nervously glancing around and growling at anyone who came too close. The only really relaxed people seemed to be Shino, who was being, well, Shino, and Hinata, who was glancing at dark-haired lady at the end of the table. Sai seemed fairly relaxed too, but something about the way he was twirling that pencil around his fingers bothered Naruto.

With a cough, the caped man recalled their attention. "First of all, I'm Superman, one of the founding members of the Justice League, and protector of Metropolis." He turned to Naruto at this juncture. "For starters, I'd like to apologize for the battle we had earlier. I acted hastily, but your attack on Stargirl and the others convinced me you were hostile."

Feeling a trifle embarressed, Naruto rubbed the back of his head. Now that he had learned more of the situation, the whole incident was horribly awkward. How he could have thought the girl was shouting out a jutsu when he hadn't even understood her... Naruto silently vowed (for the twentieth time) to think more before he started blowing things up.

Apparently encouraged by his expression, Superman continued, "I suppose an 'I'm sorry' doesn't quite cover my beating you to an inch of your life, but if you..."

"It's okay." Naruto interrupted, hoping to get past the issue already. "You'd be surprised how often that sort of thing happens."

Superman blinked, taken off guard "Well... thank you. We'll proceed then with giving you guys some background." Nodding to one of the others, he sat back down.

The dark-skinned man rose and pressed a button on his wrist. Instantly a glowing orb appeared above the table, it's green-blue surface glowing faintly in the dim room. Naruto eyed the man with reverence. He must be QUITE a ninja to pull off even a minor genjutsu like that without any hand seals whatsoever.

"This," said the man, "is Earth. You are currently in the nation of the United States..." the image zoomed in, "in the state of New York..." again it zoomed in, "in the city of Metropolis." One final zoom brought the city into focus. "The building you are currently in is called the Metro Tower, one of two facilities the Justice League operates."

Huh?

"Metropolis" Naruto understood, thanks to Hinata and a few other talks he'd had. "New York" was a new one to him, as was "United States." But what really threw him off was this "Earth" idea.

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