3 Chapter 3
"How about we decide this battle through a game? See this broken kunai, if you can steal it then you win but I win if I can steal what you designate as the target." Naruto explained as he stood in front of the team after finishing up with breakfast and planning his moves
"Let's limit it so we aren't forced on a hunt around the island. You have to keep it on your body and we will keep this fork on our person." Nightwing limited the requirements to something reasonable while giving his team the edge as Naruto would have to check everyone of them
"Haha, I like it. So I will go this end of the island and you guys on the end. We start once you guys throw the sign."
"I will release an explosion so it will be loud and clear." Nightwing replied as Naruto disappeared from his sight and he turned to his team
"Are we really doing this?" Superboy asked in disbelief as he thought that Naruto wouldn't even survive a battle against him, he was the original Young Justice and part of the Teen Titans for a time so his experienced and power backed up his confidence
"Connor relax, he is a new guy that just wants to learn if he has what is needed to survive in the world. That is real goal along with letting us know about his abilities since he volunteered to help."
"And that's why brain is important Muscle brain" Lagoon boy commented causing Connor to glare
"Not like you saw through his words so you aren't above us either." Wondergirl spoke up for Connor as she didn't like anyone disrespecting her crush
"Guys chill, we can't embarrass ourselves like this in front of guest." Batgirl stopped them from fighting as she sighed at the boys always getting violent
"So who is keeping the fork?" Tim Drake the current Robin asked
"Meghan, you keep it and stay invisible while the rest of us move in teams. Robin, Lagoon boy, Beast boy, Blue Beetle and Bumblebee as Team 2 while the others are with me."
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'This is the first time for us to test our true powers so let's play with them.' Kurama said as he sat inside the seal space comfortably
'I am eager to know the level of power these young heroes hold and my own power. This is really an important step for our future so I hope they don't disappoint or take us out with one hit.' Naruto replied as he sat beneath the ocean surface and at the bottom while covered in golden energy that was mixed with nature power
Naruto had entered bijuusage mode, a mode that combined Kurama chakra mode with sage mode to give him an enormous boost in power.
He was already so powerful but Naruto sat in a meditative pose to absorb more nature energy to increase his strength while he sent out five clones to take on the team.
These clones were made with excellent chakra control giving them high level of durability and high chakra reserves to use in battle.
Plus all of them were in bijuusage mode so kind of an overkill if the team had difficulty fighting even one of them.
"So clone 2, how should we do this?"
"I think we take them together."
"That sounds boring, let's take them one by one. I want to test out my power alone." Clone three said his piece and the last two agreed
"Okay with majority vote, we all separate and attack the teams alone." Clone concluded and three clones went towards Conner's team while two went towards Robin's team
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"I found him, he is inside the ocean." Lagoon boy smiled victoriously he found the target while submerged into the water as the team decided to stay at the edge of the island
"Sorry but I also found you." Naruto's voice entered their head and they couldn't react before they were all trapped with a dome of golden energy
"These guys are too weak." Clone 4 complained as he finished them off with just one move and they couldn't perceive his arrival
"Don't complain, you at least got something." Clone 5 hit his head as he only got to watch
"Sigh, I will take them while you get the girl." Clone 4 said as he walked away from the place with the team trying their best to break the golden ball
"It's useless to struggle so just sit tight and we can enjoy a good show." Naruto said as he walked through the forest casually while the team felt that this was the worst battle ever
They couldn't even put up a resistance.
'Supergirl's warning was right, only Wondergirl and Superboy can fight him.' Bumblebee thought as she looked at Naruto's back and touched the golden energy with her hands but it was too strong for anyone of them and they couldn't even use explosives
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On the other hand, Nightwing and Batgirl got taken out instantly as Naruto clone appeared behind them with substitution with a falling leaf.
With the weak humans taken out, Clone 1 and Clone 2 attacked Superboy and Wondergirl causing an explosion at the point of impact.
"You hit like a girl." Connor said with a smile as he felt the impact
"Really then I will increase the heat as I wasn't sure you could handle it." Clone 1 said in a serious tone making him regret his words as he was sent flying the next moment
Connor felt his arms tingle from the last kick as Naruto used his full power against him but he stopped in the air and flew.
"Your reactions are too slow." Connor heard the voice from behind as he was hit by a glowing giant fist but this time he managed to form a barrier to stop the attack following it with release of force around his body
"Your attacks aren't fast enough compared to your eyes." Naruto muttered as he fell down as the attack went past him before substituting with another one of the small clones he had made in the shape of bees
This time he went with a small rasengan and hit Connor in the back, sending him flying with the force of the attack.
Connor managed to release a heat beam towards Naruto while breaking through the rasengan with some force.
"Not bad" Naruto muttered as he easily took the heat beam to the body without a scratch
It was hard to tell if the attack was supposed to be strong or not but the foe's durability was first class as that attack was as affective as his normal Rasenshuriken just without the small blades.
"Your fighting skills are still lacking and your use of flight is really annoying so let's end it." Naruto muttered as Connor tried to bull rush him but Naruto appeared behind again with a large rasengan this time
It was the size of Connor and covered his body completely as he was sent crashing into the ocean floor causing an explosion that knocked him out.
It was a mountain destroyer and unlike Superman, Superboy couldn't take that kind of hit directly to his body.
'I couldn't use much force with him or skill. I think I will have to ask Superman for a rematch.' Naruto thought as he wasn't satisfied with the skill level of his foe but the power was definitely impressive since without Kurama, this battle would have been very hard as Connor would have been really fast for his sage mode and only his strongest attack would take him down
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While Clone 1 fought Connor, Clone 2 was busy with Wondergirl and unlike Superboy she was very skilled in close combat.
Sadly for all of them, Naruto had danger sense and life force sense so he could easily predict any attack coming at him.
Naruto punched Cassandra in the face and she tried to dodge it but the attack still hit her body, sending her crashing into trees before she stopped her flight.
'What was that?' Wondergirl thought as she had definitely dodged it
Once again she engaged in close combat and this time she tried to take him down with grappling but Naruto managed to slip through her attempts.
Naruto sent a kick to her head and she blocked it but got hit by a fist that appeared above the leg and got slipped from beneath by another energy arm.
'This has to be the worst battle ever.'
"Can't you fight properly?"
"Properly? We fight in a way that guarantees a win there is no such thing as honor in battle where you have to limit your imagination." Naruto replied as he was forced to dodge the lasso with lightning
"Now you got something interesting" Naruto smiled as he found danger from this thing
This thing was gifted by Ares and her lightning blessed by Zeus flowed through it, which was further enhanced by her frustration from this battle.
It was too difficult to fight as the opponent in a tricky manner and she couldn't keep watch of all the places where his limbs seem to appear plus his attacks were undodgeable.
Naruto extend his hand forward and large claw projection grew forth towards Cass, dragging her across the ground as she hit the thing with her lasso and breaking it.
'I was right that she can harm me with that thing.' Naruto thought as he placed his hand on the ground as projections of his clawed hands appeared around Cassandra and crushed her between them before another hand appeared with a large rasengan held between its palm
With nothing to block the attack Cassandra was hit cleanly and hurt but not bad as Connor since she had natural resistance to magical energies but the force behind the attack caused the damage.
Rasengan caused physical damage by grinding so her resistance cancelled the explosion part but the grinding affecting her body.
Clone 2 walked closer and picked up the lasso, 'Can you see anything from it?'
Clone 2 asked Kurama since he had been helping out during the battle or it would be impossible to use limbs like that without experience.
'Feels like a powerful artifact but I can't get anything else from it. I don't know everything Naruto so asking these things is useless.'
'I was just asking to see if you could learn anything from it.'
'The only thing I learned from it is that we might need a proper weapon just in case chakra attacks don't affect the foe much like her.'
'Yeah, you are right. Kunai feels too useless by this point.' Clone 2 thought as he looked at Nightwing
"I win"
"You still don't have the fork."
"I do" Clone 5 walked back with Meghan in his hold
"This is why you didn't mind it being the whole team."
"Yes, because I always outnumber everyone." Clone 2 smiled as all of them disappeared and the original appeared in their place
He was glowing with immense power that caused cracks to appear beneath his feet and the pressure almost descended on the team but Kurama helped him contain the energy properly.
Even though the battle took more than 2 minutes, he was unable to even absorb 10 percent of the nature energy.
The rate of absorption was too slow for speed battles as the enemy would have killed his clones and killed him soon after with that timing.
'Even though the process is slow, this power is too potent and I don't know how powerful it is.' Naruto still didn't know how powerful his bijuu mode and the stronger forms were at this point as he didn't have a conclusive evidence for it
"I hope you guys aren��t hurt and sorry for any insults exchanged during battle." Naruto said as he looked at them as he was still glowing with energy
"Are you not going to come out battle mode?" Barbara asked as he didn't remove his cloak even after the battle ended and they were shaking hands for no bad feelings
"This is my training so I will be staying in this for some time." Naruto replied
"You are very diligent Naruto, I am impressed that you didn't underestimate us and came at us with numbers instead of fighting alone." Nightwing commented as he knew that Naruto had also been training yesterday
"Thanks but are you guys sure about this hero business. You guys are just normal people and if I hadn't been careful, your bodies would have disappeared from the movement of my body."
"We know the dangers Naruto and thank you for your feelings but it is our choice to fight for what's right. We can't live while knowing that crime is happening out there and we can do something about it but are sitting home and doing nothing. Will you sit by and let your friends get hurt if the enemy is too strong?"
"Of course not"
"That's the same way we see the people around us. We don't care if they are strangers or not as heroes are there to bring hope to everyone."
"I can understand but I think you need to atleast arm yourself with something that could at least scratch me. Can't you get some weapons of that caliber?" Naruto pointed at Wondergirl's lasso
"Are you interested in it?"
"Yes, I am also interested in gaining a powerful weapon that can keep with my current level as these things are kind of useless now." Naruto spun a kunai in his hand and stabbed in to his hand for it to break into pieces on impact
It barely survived the speed even with enhancement.
If the base wasn't strong enough then Chakra enhancement can only do so much.
"I see, we will let the League know about your recommendations." Nightwing replied and all of them got teleported back to the base while the barrier above the island finally disappeared and none knew it except Nightwing
Inside the base they came face to face with an intruder that was eerily similar to Kid Flash.
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"What do you guys think?" Superman asked as they sat in the tower watching the battle between the team and Naruto
"Clearly experienced in battle and too powerful for the kids but for an accurate reading it's better to fight him personally as we can all see that he held back and he was a lot more powerful at the end." Diana commented as she was unable to grasp his true skill level as Connor and Wondergirl weren't good enough
"Agree with Diana, the kid really knows how to fight using projections but the only flaw would be that he can't fly." Green Lantern commented as he smiled after watching the battle as it was kind of amusing
"Not even Kid Flash would have changed this result as speed would have been useless here." Flash said as it wasn't like he could teach his nephew how to harm people by vibrating through them
That was a powerful move and wasn't supposed to be in the hands of hormonal teenagers especially those who were walking out of the hero gig.
"I think he would take me down with that speed and power. Why don't you invite him to the league?" Aquaman chuckled as he looked at Superman
"He is sixteen and still two months away from his birthday."
"I think it would be better to let him join Supergirl instead of the team since she is still operating alone." Hawkgirl added as she didn't think it would be good for the growth of the team to have Naruto present
"He is too powerful for them and covers too much so others would lose their purpose. Sometimes its better not to have someone join a team and it's this kind of person. He can carry out missions alone as he showed skills that were combination of many of the members."
"Can't we just let him change his appearance for the public and let him join the league since the age is the problem?" Shazam suggested
Batman looked at the kid and felt he was right since they were already letting a kid join them then why not a teen on the verge of adulthood.
"Do you trust him?" Batman asked
"He hasn't shown anything suspicious yet and even informed me about his new transformation before the battle. He is very open and kind from our interactions yesterday and the talk at night but just in case we can let him accompany Supergirl and act as support for the team in case of emergencies." Superman replied after a thought
"With that we will put his name on the potential member list as he can be very useful in different scenarios." Batman concluded to the group while Superman informed Kara about the decision
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