Shinobi Otaku
By Moonraker One
A/N: Okay, I goofed a bit last chapter. I just noticed it now. First of all, Sakura said that it was nine years since they were twelve, yet Naruto is currently nineteen in this story. I apologize for this error. Also, many of you may have mistakenly read in the author notes that Konohagakure is the Village Hidden in the Mist; this is another mistake. It is the village hidden in the leaves. I believe I corrected the latter error. In this chapter, a "jutsu" is a ninja spell. Furthermore, I apologize for the sheer shortness of this chapter, however, I must say that I felt the place I ended it was a good place.
CHAPTER TWO
Manipulating his chakra perfectly in his feet, Naruto dashed across the surface of the water separating the rest of the city from the small island upon which Titans Tower sat. Also, he made use of an invisibility jutsu that he had perfected which allowed his presence to be completely hidden from detection. Neither an outline of his figure could be seen, nor the sounds of his limbs making contact with solid objects around them be heard. It was quite a ways but by making use of the chakra of the nine-tailed fox demon within him he burned away a very tiny portion of the total chakra he had.
I just hope that I can learn something useful about Orochimaru's whereabouts from these 'Teen Titans.' His singular thought was about the mission and the enemy that stood in his path of freeing his best friend and comrade Sasuke. No doubt, he knew, Orochimaru would have his subordinates watching Sasuke while he was missing in this world.
Stepping onto the island, he took notice of a drainage pipe leading just slightly under the island, which he estimated to lead up into the water system of the structure. He made a shadow clone using his trademark jutsu and sent him under the water's surface and into the pipe. The clone, swimming into the entrance of the pipe, noticed immediately that a very short ways into the pipe, there were a series of laser detection beams that were obviously meant to detect intruders. He circumvented this problem by morphing via his transformation jutsu into a small fish that just barely fit through the cracks. Once through the primary alarm system without detection, the clone swam up the pipe until the water ended and the filtration system began. Inside the large filtration unit in the basement of the tower, there sat on the unit's underside an exit valve for fish swimming up the pipe to be removed into a separate pipe system. He changed back into himself and exited into the basement. When he looked around and saw no further means of detection, he disappeared and the real Naruto followed the same pathway into the tower.
The doorway which served as the entrance to the basement was locked from the outside, so he took two hairs from his head and hardened them with his chakra, and used them to pick the lock and open the door. On the outside he used the same method to relock the door, and he moved invisibly and inaudibly down the hall. Up a few levels he saw a pair of girls walking down the hall talking to each other. Rather, the conversation was somewhat one sided. Naruto took mental notes for when he had to impersonate one of them.
"Friend Raven!" Starfire said cheerfully to the pale-complexioned part demon. "Are you feeling as though you would be willing to venture to the shopping center with me at a later point in the day?"
Raven almost rolled her eyes. "Uh, Star, you're asking if I want to go to the mall with you?" Starfire nodded. In a tone that could not possibly have been more uninterested, she replied, "Sure. I don't have much else to do."
Starfire gave her friend a hug. "Thank you, Friend Raven!"
Starfire separated and walked towards her room, while Raven headed to the main living room area. Naruto noted the personalities of each girl. One's like a mixture of Sasuke and Shikamaru and the other is…like me, he noted. Bizarre. He corrected himself. And on that note, the one called "Starfire" uses very formal language, as though maybe she does not know enough of English to speak it in a slang way. These Titans were quite unusual; he wondered what their abilities were. He snuck by each of them very carefully, making sure not to disturb the wind very much. Upon passing Raven, he followed closely behind Starfire, matching her footsteps exactly; in doing so, the chances of her sensing a difference in floor pressure sank.
Starfire opened the door to her room. She took maybe two footsteps into the room and shut the door when an invisible…something, struck the back of her head (it was in fact, Naruto's fist). He did not hit her hard as he estimated instantly the exact amount of pressure required to render her unconscious without doing permanent damage. Pulling an acupuncture needle from his pocket, he coated it with his chakra and stuck it in the back of her neck near its base, so that the chakra on the needle tip would keep her body alive but prevent her conscious mind from being able to control her movement and speech functions until the needle's removal. Once she was incapacitated, he put his palm over her forehead and, by analyzing the neuron connections in her brain, read her long-term memory.
There was nothing about Orochimaru. His hopes sank partially, but what mystified him was her abilities. She had the power to fly as well as throw "starbolts." The flight he could easily duplicate by means of forbidden jutsus, but the "starbolts" on the other hand, those were likely her inborn ability, much like Sasuke's Sharingan eye. Duplication of a bloodline ability, he knew, would require practice and use of Kyuubi. In the meantime, however, he had pressing concerns to worry about. Namely, he had to study the rest of the Titans in order to see if they really did know anything at all about Orochimaru or his actions.
Immediately before leaving the girl's room, Naruto stuffed her in the closet under a pile of clothes, giving her a small opening in the pile through which she could breathe. Through his jounin expertise, he estimated that she had exactly eleven hours before she had to regain control of her body before permanent damage occurred. So carefully he made another mental note and left the room. Before entering the hall, he utilized the henge jutsu to transform into her.
He made his way over to the room which, according to the mind-read of the girl, belonged to Robin, the leader of the group. Stealthily he turned the handle and pushed the door open. Apparently, his ability to sense chakra was unharmed by his entering into this dimension; his determination that no chakra was in the room was correct, meaning that the room was devoid of people. He slid his gaze across the room, analyzing everything he saw, scanning every bit of anything with his demon-enhanced eyes so that not even the smallest detail escaped him. Nothing at all, however, had any info about Orochimaru.
Almost as an afterthought, before turning to leave the room, he happened to see a small computer desk with a small chest below it. He squinted in confusion. What the hell? he thought. He knelt and reached under the desk, effortlessly pulling it into the center of the room. Flattening his hand, he delivered a single chop to the base of the lock on the crate, forcing it to open without damaging it. Eager to see the contents, he lifted the lid of the crate.
On top of a large pile of others of the same kind, was a single graphic novel, the latest issue in a series. Emblazoned on the top, in bright print, was his name. A picture of him battling Kabuto—which was a perfect photograph-like image of the battle he was just in a few days ago—took up most of the front cover. With his demon power he read the book in a matter of seconds, and found himself frozen in disbelief.
Wait a damn minute here, he argued mentally, in THIS dimension… he struggled with the impossibility of it, …I'm just…just a character in a MANGA!