Awakening of the Omnitrix

A Worthy Successor (Part 2)

Naruto was surprised to see such a peculiar man standing in the Hokage's office.  He seemed so out of place, although he couldn't put his finger on what exactly made him that way.  The man was wearing a dark green Chinese frog button jacket, navy blue jeans, and a pair of combat boots.  It wasn't that the outfit itself was what made him look out of place, it was more to do with his posture, the overall energy he gave off.  It just felt like he didn't belong here.

"Hello, Iruka, Naruto... to what do I owe the pleasure?" Hiruzen asked, shyly glancing towards the man who immediately perked up at the mention of the young shinobi's name.

"Sorry to bother you Lord Hokage, but wanted to bring Naruto in, as I'm sure you're aware of his actions earlier today."

"Yes, I'm aware.  You can step outside, Iruka.  I would like to have a word with Naruto."

Iruka nodded, and stepped out of the room, shutting the doors behind him as Naruto glanced at this strange man standing by the Hokage's desk.  "Naruto, feel free to come closer."

As he did, he noticed Hiruzen become rather serious, unlike previous encounters before.  "Am I in trouble?"

"I suspect you'll be cleaning up your mess after we're done talking, so... no, not in the sense you're worried about." Hiruzen stated, earning a sigh of relief from Naruto.   "First off, I'd like to know how your graduation exam went today.  Well, I hope?"

"Yes, sir!" Naruto pulled his hitai-ate out of his pocket and showed off the village's symbol prominently on the forehead protector.

"Congratulations, it's been a long time coming," the Hokage smiled.  "Secondly, as I'm sure you're aware of, I was in the middle of a meeting with this man before you came in.  We were talking about you, as a matter of fact.  It's a coincidence that you came in at the time you did."

"You were talking about me?" the blond asked, glancing towards this man, unsure what the topic could have been.

"Yes.  Naruto, this is Ben Tennyson.  He's a part of a group that the village has been allied with for many years.  It's been an alliance that's lasted since the Second Great Ninja War."

Ben waved at Naruto with a smile, although the young shinobi was nervous about this stranger.  Something just screamed at him that something was not quite right about this.

"Really?  What group?"

"I'll go into that in a moment, but I think it'd be better to just ask you one question.  Naruto, if you could help people, more than what you could right now, would you?"

"Of course."

"Hmm," Hiruzen grunted in approval.  "Ben, would you like to take over?"

"I suppose.  Nice to meet you, Naruto.  Heard a lot of things about you, mostly good."

"Hi," was all the blond replied with.

"So, this is gonna be really weird to understand, especially seeing how things are around here.  I'm not from around here.  See, the Hokage mentioned that I work with a group your village is allied with.  They're called the Plumbers."

"Like, toilet plumbers?"

"No... this is why it's going to be weird.  What I'm about to tell you is extremely confidential and not a lot of people know.  In fact, we try to not have anybody know, but for this to go the way it needs to, you need to know what I'd be asking of you."

Naruto nodded.

"Alright, here goes.  This part of the planet we're on, it's only a small part of the rest of the planet.  Where I'm from, the technology and weaponry we have are far more advanced than what this continent has.  The Shinobi land, as many call it, is a part of the planet that's been hidden from the rest of Earth.  The Plumbers, it's a intergalactic police force."