A/N PLEASE READ: I'm Back again with another chapter and thanks again for all the support. I saw a few people commenting on the length of the previous chapter, and all I can say is that's all I could write at the time. My chapter lengths will vary depending on how good I'm feeling with the chapter I'm writing.

To the reviewer who complained about Naruto being nerfed, I get what you're saying and why you dislike it, but I hate OP characters, (hence my apathy towards all things Superman) and Naruto by the end of the series is OP as all hell.

Disclaimer: Don't own any of the properties used in this story

Chapter 3

Naruto was briefly surprised by Batman's decision to give him his own mission, but a quick thought about the situation, and knowing what he knew about the dark knight, Naruto was feeling decidedly less surprised. Especially considering his lovely escort. Speaking of, Black Canary was only a few steps behind him as the two jumped from roof top to roof top

'Hm, very clever Bats. Giving me a little test, of both my abilities and loyalties. And who better to send with me then Dinah, some who already knows me, who already trusts me. Automatically making me less suspicious about the true nature of the mission, or at least one of the objectives.'

The objective or target of the mission was equally if not more shrewd. The two heroes were sent to investigate possible League of Shadows activities in Star City.

'Batman knows two things for certain about me: one, I seemingly came from out of nowhere; two, I have prodigious combat skills. I being a League of Shadows operative is not a bad guess.' Naruto could only smirk under his mask. That man really was something else.

What Naruto also knew though was that Batman wouldn't waste resources on some fake test, which meant that this was the real deal.

"Penny for you thoughts Naruto." Dinah spoke up, breaking the long standing silence between them since their mission began. They had yet to make it to the docks the target area for the mission.

"Hn, how about two mill' and you'll have yourself a deal." Replied Naruto

Canary could only shake her head. Typical Naruto, always divert attention with humour and that flippant attitude of his.

"I heard you had a heart to heart with the bat." Said Dinah

"Oh you did, did you?"

"Yes I did and from what I can gather he seemed, well I wouldn't say pleased, but he does seem somewhat less suspicious of you." Dinah continued wanting to see what his reaction would be to the news.

"Is that why he sent me on a mission to test both my abilities and loyalties?" questioned Naruto looking back at Dinah for the first time, and seeing the obvious surprise on her face.

"Oh come on don't look so surprised, you guys are a hundred years too early to pull the wool over my eyes." he finished, focusing his gaze back ahead.

Dinah was quick to get over her initial surprise, she wasn't told anything about this being a test. But if she thought about it did make some sense. She was a bit insulted that Naruto presumed she was in on it, but instead of focusing on that she decided to change track with the conversation.

"He also mentioned something about two great men you admire. One apparently killed his whole family. Not what I would think of as great role model material. So, do you wanna talk about that?"

"Depends on whom I'm speaking to. My friend; the Justice League member; or the shrink…"

Okay, Naruto was really starting to piss her off with that attitude of his. First thinking she was spying on him for Batman and now this.

"….Anyway we should be focusing on the mission not having useless chit chat."

'Okay, that's it!' Dinah thought her patience with Naruto finally running out.

As they leapt to the next building Canary tried to knock Naruto's head off with a spinning back kick. Naruto saw it coming though and brought his hands up in time to protect his head, though the blow did send him skidding back. Once he regained his footing Naruto voiced his displeasures at his fellow hero's actions.

"What the hell Canary. What the fuck do you think you're doing pulling this crap on a mission?!"

"No! What the hell are you doing you arrogant asshole! Where do you think you get off with that goddamn attitude of yours? I'm supposedly your friend but yet….but yet, you treat me like I'm the enemy sometimes. And this isn't the first time. Green Arrow and I have noticed that you do this all the time. Anytime we try to help; anytime we try to get closer, you just completely shut us down. You treat us like…you treat us like children, like we couldn't possibly understand!" she finally finished shouting out the last word of her already loud tirade.

While Canary was getting her breath back Naruto began to walk towards his noticeably upset friend. At first Canary thought he was going to hit her, but instead he just walked straight up to her, put his hand behind her head and brought his forehead to rest on hers.

"I'm sorry Dinah, it's just difficult. You and Oliver come from an entirely different world than my own…."

"Well why can't you just let us help you?"

"C'mon Dinah, you're the smart one here, you know that sometimes it's a lot more complicated and difficult than that."

Before Canary could speak up again Naruto pulled away and spoke up instead.

"Come on Canary, we still have a mission to finish."

As he and his partner began to get going again a niggling voice in Naruto's mind spoke up

'It always about the mission for you.'

'You use not be like this.'

'Shut up, Shut up, Shut up!' Naruto responded, quietening the voices as he and Canary got going again.

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Perched on a rooftop overlooking their target location, but making sure to stay out of sight, our two heroes examined the scene below.

"Looks like the Bat was right, something fishy is definitely happening down there." Stated Naruto in a hushed tone.

"How can you tell?" questioned Black Canary.

"The camera's on the warehouse are too new, too modern, too expensive and stick out like a sore thumb in comparison to the others. Also the guard doing the rounds maybe dressed for the part of ordinary security but the way he moves, the way he's aware of what's going on around him at all times screams highly trained." Naruto quickly summarized.

After confirming a plan of action the two heroes made their way towards the warehouse, taking out any patrolling guards on the way. When they were within a hundred metres of the building Naruto gave the signal for Black Canary to move forward. Sprinting ahead and ignoring the cameras, as Red Arrow had already taken them out with trick arrows, Dinah stopped at the side of the building and waited for the signal.

The signal as it turned out was the doors of the warehouse being blown open courtesy of some explosive arrows from Naruto. These were quickly followed by smoke arrows. That was Canary's que as she ran round to the newly opened entrance and let loose an ear-splitting Canary Cry. With their opponents now deafened on top of being blinded, Canary and Red Arrow stormed the warehouse taking out their struggling enemies who were still trying to regain their bearings after the lightning-quick opening barrage.

While the stragglers were taken out quickly and with brutal efficiency, others put up a better fight as Naruto showed the full range of his agility, timing, and power whilst Black Canary showed just why she was considered one of the best practitioners of hand-to-hand combat in the Justice League, second only to Batman.

As Naruto was finishing off yet another grunt he noted something approaching him out of the corner of his eye and was forced to take quick evasive action lest he be lacerated by the shuriken that were now embedded in the wall behind him.

"Tsk, Tsk Red. You weren't supposed to dodge those."

Naruto could only internally groan at the sound of that voice "It's good to see you too Cheshire."

"Hah, you lie about as well as you fight." Remarked the now identified Cheshire.

"Well that doesn't seem to stop me from routinely kicking your ass." Naruto shot back.

Jade Nguyen, known more commonly as Cheshire is the daughter of the super villain Sportsmaster and a highly skilled assassin in in her own right with ties to the League of Shadows. Naruto and she have come to blows more than once since his arrival in this world, with it usually resulting in her making use of a distraction to escape. Why Naruto was less than happy to see his old sparring-buddy, besides the fact that she was one tough bitch, was Cheshire's habit of either attempting to mock Naruto or flirt with him every time their paths crossed.

"Dream on big boy, the only thing you do to my ass is stare at it every chance you get."

'And there it is' Naruto thought. 'At least this pretty much confirms the League's involvement in whatever was happening here. Must be something pretty important too if they sent Jade here to keep an eye on it.'

As these thoughts were going through his head Naruto quickly had to bring his bow up to parry a strike from one of Cheshire blades. Using his superior strength Naruto tried to knock the woman off balance but Cheshire was quick to retreat to a safe distance.

Dinah finishing off the last of her opponents quickly got behind Cheshire, making the assassin stop in her tracks and forcing her to keep moving her head on a swivel to keep an eye on both heroes.

"Two of you ganging up on little ol' me. Not very heroic of our two righteous heroes."

"Give it up Cheshire, there's no way you can take us both on so tell us exactly what the League were doing here in Star City." Demanded Black Canary.

"Oh Honey I have no intention of taking you both on." Replied Cheshire as she flung a smoke bomb to the ground.

When the smoke cleared the two heroes watched as Jade was hoisted by rope ladder onto a helicopter, via a hole in the roof.

"I'm sorry I can't stay around and chat, but you know how it is, we're all busy people after all."

Before the helicopter could escape with the female assassin, Naruto notched an arrow and fired at the escaping Cheshire. The arrow ended up narrowly missing her head, something not lost on the woman.

"Oh so close. Better look next time Red!" Shouted the clearly amused Cheshire as she escaped, with the helicopter flying off into the night sky.

Seeing Dinah was less than thrilled at letting the bad guy escape, Naruto walked over to her.

"Don't worry about it Canary." Said Naruto taking a mobile device out of a pocket on his costume. "She only thinks she got away."

Naruto then showed the device to Black Canary who could only smile as she noted that Naruto had managed to land a tracker on the chopper.

"You really are something else Naruto." She exclaimed

"Heh, don't praise me, it was Oliver who developed the new tracking arrow. Fires a tiny device from the cylinder on top the arrow head." Naruto explained.

"Anyway it looks like whatever was going on here was coming to an end. We caught them as they were packing up." Black Canary surmised.

Naruto nodded his head in agreement "Let's see if we can get anything out of one of the grunts, and after that report back to Batman. Mission complete."

A/N: I hope you all enjoyed the newest chapter. As ever I can't promise anything in regards to the next chapter. So until next time, favourite, follow, and review.