Chapter3: It Was a Compliment I Swear!

Naruto threw a quick punch at Superboy's face. Superboy ignored it, a smirk on his face, Naruto wanted to laugh! This fight would be too easy! Then, his fist connected. "Ow!" They both yelled. Naruto shook his hand out, that felt like trying to split a diamond with his fist! Superboy meanwhile just rubbed his cheek in surprise. He clearly didn't expect Naruto's punch to hurt; though it didn't seem to do much.

Superboy glared then threw a punch back. Not expecting such a quick recovery, Naruto didn't have time to dodge. Superboy was faster than he looked!

Naruto blocked it, trying not to wince. Superboy clearly had almost no technique and telegraphed his attacks. However, he hit even harder than Sakura! "Wow! You hit almost as hard as Granny Tsunade!" Naruto exclaimed cheerfully. He meant it to be a compliment. After all, Granny Tsunade was the strongest woman he knew!

Superboy didn't take it too well. That gave Naruto an idea though. "Did you just say I hit like your grandma?! Just for that, I won't go easy on you!" Superboy growled, tossing out another, faster punch.

Naruto ducked under it, but he caught a punch to the ribs thanks to his blind spot. He felt his ribs groan and crack under the force.

He quickly took a step back trying to catch his breath. His ribs would fix themselves within a few days to a week, two weeks at maximum. Times like this made him really grateful for his healing factor. This would take a normal person months to heal!

Though this meant if he wanted to win, he couldn't hold back...as much. He liked to keep his cards to his chest. After all, he didn't know these people. Any of them could possibly have an ulterior motive. He learned that the hard way when Sasuke betrayed the Leaf Village. If he kept the rasengan a secret until they're fight at the valley, he may have saved Sasuke that day. Not to mention he didn't trust many people to begin with. His upbringing in the Leaf made him suspicious of seemingly nice people, at least until they proved themselves.

Superboy charged and Kage opened his sharingan, first there was the pain. A second later everything became clear, though the pain didn't fade. He ignored what felt like magma being poured on his nerves, in favor of the fight ahead of him.

He could see Superboy's powerful and dense muscles tensing under his skin, preparing another attack.

With ease Naruto dodged it. He could almost see the moves before they happened. Kakashi-Sensei's eye showed the purpose of each of muscles and how they were mkst likely going to be used.

Superboy glared at bright haired teen. It looked he wasn't taking him seriously still!

"You're a metahuman?! Take me seriously, damn it!" Superboy yelled, about to charge. "I am taking you seriously. I don't like using this eye much." Naruto explained placatingly. "It hurts to use. Only a little at first. Then, it gets worse. It's a very great pain. It's...agonizing!" He continued, struggling to explain why he couldn't use his sharingan unless necessary.

"Fine, I don't need to know your entire damn backstory. Just stop holding back, or I'll seriously hurt you." Superboy warned and Naruto understood he didn't mean it as a threat. His body language gave it away. The sharingan let him see every muscle twitch and even the slightest displacement of air from Superboy's heavy breathing.

He didn't say anything though. He waited for Superboy to attack again. He didn't have to wait long. Immediately he began weaving around his attacks like a leaf in the wind. "Are you even trying to hit me?" He taunted, blowing a raspberry, He ducked under another sloppy but dangerously fast punch.

"Stop scre.." "screwing with me!" Superboy started but Naruto interrupted. "What.." "are you doing?" Naruto lazily predicted the tall boy's words. He then giggled before taking out an orange book! The title, 'Make Out Paradise'. "Don't mind me, I'm about to find out what Mikoto is going to do her husband when he says he likes like octopus shoved in his..." He trailed off giggling.

He could feel Superboy's eye twitching and then the enraged Superboy threw his hardest punch expecting to put the blonde boy in the hospital, but Naruto could still see his every move. He put a seal on his book to make it transparent but just on his side. He doesn't read porn in public like a creep!

Superboy's super strength worked against him today. He had gained a massive amount of momentum, something that Naruto could use against him.

And he did, Naruto grabbed the dark haired boy's wrist and using his momentum, flipped him over.

"I think I win this one." Naruto gloated, then let Superboy's arm go.

The rest of the team winced as Superboy landed his first and hopefully only solid punch on Naruto. "That was not asterous." Robin pointed out, wincing a bit. Naruto didn't have any visible armor, so he probably felt the full force of that one!

"But man can he take a punch!" Wally exclaimed, quickly running off to fetch some popcorn. "It was not a good idea to taunt Superboy like that though." M'gann said worriedly.

"Maybe not. However, he may just be a cunning tactician. He seems clever, letting his opponent think him incompetent while getting him riled up, so he'll make a mistake. Perhaps even giving him a free shot to lure him into a false sense of security." Aqualad suggested.

"Or more likely he's just reckless and lucky." Robin countered cynically. He gaped a little as Naruto began to read porn in the middle of a spar! "I'm not sure whether I should be impressed with his courage or just grossed out." He said, still in a state of shock.

"Both." Aqualad suggested, his face stony.

"He might be a reckless tactician." M'gann offered, not quite understanding what Naruto was reading. She thought it was just normal taunting. She watched in interest though as Naruto suddenly used Superboy's momentum against him.

"I'll admit though. He's got some skills." Robin conceded. "Aww man! I missed it!" Wally exclaimed, seeing Superboy on his back. "Too slow." Robin teased, chuckling at his friend's misfortune. "And man, it was so asterous! Too bad you couldn't wait to get popcorn." He continued watching his crestfallen friend's exaggerated frustration. "What else happened? Take out a nude magazine in the middle of it?" He asked sarcastically. "Basically." Robin agreed witj a smirk. He inwardly counted, '3, 2, 1.' "WHAT?!" Wally yelled in shock!

End Chapter 3

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