I seem to be on a roll with this fic at the moment so I'm going to keep going while it's in my head :)
Thank you to everyone that voted on the poll, it is pretty clear at this point that the majority want no, so I will be taking it down shortly after posting this chapter.
Before you read this chapter I will say that you need to remember that the Titans now know that he has abilities, so he won't be trying to hide them as much as before.
Also I went back and fixed what I could of the last chapter, it's not perfect but it is the best I can do :)
Enjoy the chapter :)
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Disclaimer- I own nothing :(
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Chapter 9- NOT a Morning Person
"Wind Style: Concussive Force Technique!"
From between Naruto's hands a small bullet of air shot out towards the two Leaf-nin, almost invisible to the naked eye, before stopping in the air about five foot away from them. It seemed to be creating a high pitched buzzing sound and for a moment nothing happed, the small ball of compact air just hovering. Then the noise started to get louder and higher in pitch, the air inside it seeming to spin faster and faster as if building up to something. His eyes widening as he realised what was happening, Kakashi quickly grabbed Lee by the back of his cloak and jumped away, trying to put as much distance between them and the ball as he could.
The Titans watched as another of the seals on the blondes back flashed and not a second later the barely visible ball of air exploded outward, still keeping to it spherical shape, and pushing everything it touched outwards.
Realising that they were still in range of the technique, Kakashi and Lee braced for impact, right before they were thrown of their feet, despite the fact they were using chakra to hole them rooted to the ground, before smashing into one of the buildings that lined the street. The force of the jutsu had destroyed almost the entire street, the buildings looking like they had been hit by a bulldozer. In the centre of the destruction was a shallow indent in the ground with a circle of completely empty space around it for about a hundred feet in every direction. Stood at the very edge of the destruction was Naruto, staring at the two ninja embedded in the wall in front of him, his face completely blank of all emotion.
The six teens behind him could only look at the damage the blonde had caused in complete shock, that fact that it didn't even seem to tire him out scaring them more then anything. Were they really this weak compared to Naruto? It was like he was on a whole other level to them. The sound of rock crumbing drew all their attention back to the two masked men as they pulled themselves out of the wall, falling to the ground on their hands and knees because they were too weak to stand, panting heavily.
For Kakashi and Lee their thoughts were surprisingly similar to the six Titans. How had Naruto, the dead last in the academy, the loud mouthed idiot that always made them laugh, become so strong? They had been cut off from the Elemental Nations ever since arriving in this world, having to rely on the jutsu and fighting styles the silver haired jonin had copied over his years as a Leaf-nin to continue their training, but that was more then the blonde had. Yet Naruto had completely outclassed them at almost every turn. Looking up as the sound of footsteps echoed around the silent street, they watched as the whiskered teen slowly walked towards them before stopping a few meters away.
"I gave you two warnings to leave me alone; this was your last strike. It's time I send a message to the rest of your team."
Instead of the seals on his back flashing like the last time he used a jutsu, this time the blonde used his hands to make the seals.
"Fire Style: Great Fireball technique!"
The large blazing ball of heat charged at the two injured Leaf-nin, who were unable to move out to the way, the Titans starring in horror at the spot they had been before they were blocked from view by the smoke that covered the erupted on contact. But when the smoke cleared nothing was there, the two masked men seeming to have disappeared into thin air. Then they saw where Naruto was looking and followed his gaze to the top of a building that had survived his last attack to see two more masked figures holding the two that had moments ago been about to be cooked.
For a moment nothing happened, Naruto and the two uninjured figures just starring at each other in complete silence before without warning the two on the roof disappeared in a swirl of wind and leafs.
After a few second had passed and he was sure they had gone, Naruto let out a deep sigh, his expressionless facade disappearing in an instant to be replaced by his usual calm one, as he turned to look at the six teens that were all starring at him with mixed expressions of amazement and fear. The only exception to this was Raven, who had a thoughtful look on hers.
Shrugging his shoulders, Naruto closed his eyes and smiled at them all.
"Well, that was fun."
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The moment they got back to the warehouse both Kakashi and Lee were rushed to the makeshift medical wing they had built, at Sakura's insistence, and were lay down on two of the four beds. Seconds later the pink haired medic-nin came rushing in, Hinata and Ino right behind her, and started to run diagnostic jutsu in order to determine the damage as the two figures that had saved them removed there masks to reveal Sasuke and Shikamaru.
Lee had a broken nose, four broken ribs, two cracked ribs, a punctured lung, a minor concussion and several bruises on his arms and legs. Kakashi was in an even worse state, five broken ribs, four cracked, a punctured lung, internal bleeding and a burn on his right arm from the fireball that had been fired at them before they were saved at the last minute.
While the three girls rushed around the room getting what they needed to help the two injured Leaf-nin, Sasuke watched them with an unreadable expression on his face as the lazy Nara crouched down in a corner of the room and put his hands into a familiar seal, his eyes closed as he tuned out everything that was going on.
The plan had been simple, have Kakashi engage Naruto so that they could get an estimate of his skills and use a shadow clone with an explosive bomb attached to it as a decoy as a backup plan, they would have used the 'Great Clone Explosion Technique', but apparently that was one of the few Jutsu Kakashi didn't know. The exploding tag was supposed to have enough power to disorientate the blonde, giving himself and Sasuke enough time to swoop in and grab the teen while Kakashi and Lee made a quick get away. But the seal had been stronger then they were expecting, the only jonin of there team having just enough knowledge in the sealing arts to create a basic exploding tag. He could only assume that a mistake in the seal matrix was the cause of the larger then planned explosion.
The biggest problem was that now Naruto thought they were trying to kill him in stead of capture, a perfectly reasonable assumption given the circumstances, but the fact that he had went for the kill shot meant that any restraints he had been using before were gone.
Then there was the fact that Naruto had apparently found a way to use jutsu without handseals with the use of Fuuinjutsu which, while impressive, was also very dangerous. Though he didn't miss the fact the blonde had used handseals for the 'Great Fireball'. They knew from what Sasuke and Hinata had told them that he could use wind manipulation without handseals to at least some extent, but this was beyond anything they were prepared for. The fact that his already impressive healing ability had increased so much was just a bonus
That just left the question of how he had learned so much about seals. He knew for a fact that the blonde would never have been able to learn about such a complicated art in Konoha, as much as he and the others hated the way he was treated it didn't make a difference right now, which meant he had learned it in the last three years since being in this world. But how was that possible, had he been going between worlds to steal scrolls, not likely, if Kakashi couldn't use summons then neither could Naruto. Had he stolen them before leaving the village, again not likely because they would have been told about it before being dispatched to bring him back. That left option three; Naruto already had the scrolls before he left.
It was the most logical answer, though where and why he had them to begin with was something to think about at a later date, and with his clones passing on everything they learn back to him Naruto could read and learn almost anything. What would take most ninja years would only take him hours if he made enough shadow clones, and with his higher then average chakra reserves he could make as many as he wanted.
The only other thing Shikamaru had noticed was that, with the exception of when he was using KI, Naruto seemed to be in complete control over himself. He had seen the blonde right eye change to red, just like Sasuke had said it did, right as the smoke had cleared before turning back to normal. That meant he had better control over his other personalities then they thought he did.
When he put all of the information together it all added up to one thing, they had underestimated Naruto, severely so. For all they knew the blonde teen could be at Kage level by now, though that was a bit of a stretch, and they had no real way to determine his true level because of his clones, and the fact was that until they did they had almost no chance of beating him without lethal force.
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Sitting on the couch in his fake living room Naruto couldn't help the sweat that was poring down his forehead. He had gotten lucky after the end of the fight, Robin and most of the Titans having stayed behind to talk to the police and look for clues as to who the five, them not knowing that the man that exploded had been a clone, people were and where they went. That was where his luck had ended because while the others had stayed behind Raven had decided to come with him back to his apartment.
If there was one thing he had learned from the pervert of a sannin it was that, no matter how strong you were, no matter how many Jutsu you knew, when faced with a pissed of women it made no difference what so ever. The moment they had arrived he knew he was screwed, and not in the good way. She had just been stood there for the last five minutes, starring him down with a frown on his face as several things in the room would suddenly be covered in black energy before exploding.
Finally, after what felt like a life time to the blonde, she spoke, though he was honestly surprised at the words coming out of her mouth.
"I still have two questions, right?"
Nodding his slowly, not sure where she was going with this, Naruto sat up in his seat and waited for her to continue.
"I've been thinking about a lot of things since yesterday, what you can do, the symbol that was left on your door, the fact you have so many secrets. I don't care that you have powers, it doesn't make any difference to me and the fact is everyone has secrets, me included, and I can't be mad at you for having them. I know that you will tell me in time, when you are ready, or at least I hope you will. But that doesn't mean I can't be mad at you for not telling me that there are apparently people that want your head!"
Flinching slightly at her shout, a lamp exploding in the corner of the room, Naruto tried to put on a charming smile that came of more nervous then charming.
"In my defence until that bomb went off I thought they only wanted to capture me."
Ravens glare only seemed to intensify at his explanation, before she let out a sigh, her features easing back into her usual stoic expression, before crossing her arms under her chest.
"My second question is this, and before you say anything everything I ask for the next few minutes will count as one, so don't even think about trying to use a loophole. Who were those people and why did they try and kill you?"
Letting out a sigh of his own, Naruto stopped trying to smile and let a serious expression cross his face as he nodded for her to sit next to him. When she did, he leaned forward and rested his elbows on his knees with his head on his hands, looking everywhere except her.
"They were from my village"
"Why did they attack you?"
"...Because I left"
Frowning at the short answer, the purple haired teen was about yell at him for the short answer, when she saw that his hands were shaking. Fidgeting slightly, Naruto continued.
"I told you before that Konoha is a very militaristic village, what I didn't tell you, is that the...soldiers...are trained from the age of five and start active duty at twelve. They are sent to the academy for the first seven years and trained in the basics, hand to hand combat, weapons, biology/anatomy, stealth, and anything else they will need to know in the future. Then when they graduate they are put in four man teams, three students and an experienced soldier of high rank who will train them until they advance themselves, to go on missions for the benefit of the village..."
"You mean like...mercenaries?"
"...yeah"
He waited several minutes after confirming her question, giving her time to process what he had told her so far, before moving on.
"One of the laws of the village is that any orphan that meets the requirements to be a soldier is sent to the academy because they are considered wards of the village, therefore it is expected of them to join to repay the 'kindness' of the village for taking them in."
At this point Naruto looked to Raven out of the corner of his eye and saw the realisation that came to her eyes, as if something she already knew had just been confirmed.
"You were forced to join the military like the other orphans."
The only answer she got was the blonde nodding his head, and then something else came to her mind.
"What about Gaara, you said he was from another village? But he was obviously trained too."
"There is more then one village, though five stand out from the rest, Konoha, Iwa, Suna, Kiri and Kumo, the five great hidden villages that were in a constant state of war. Gaara was from Suna, who are allies of Konoha."
Nodding her head in understanding, Raven decided to get back to her main question.
"You still haven't told me why they attacked you."
"It's because I left the village, or abandoned it you could say, and by law that makes me a criminal. So they sent a team to bring me back. At least that's what I thought; I guess they were told that if they couldn't bring me back then they needed to kill me so I couldn't be a risk to the village later on."
For the next few minutes neither of the two teen spoke, Naruto waiting for her reaction to what he had told her, and Raven thinking about everything he said. He had confirmed a lot of what she suspected, he was a soldier, well mercenary, and the people that had attacked him were from his village. She was worried about them trying to kill him but if she had anything to say about it, which she did, that wasn't going to happen. But even with all the things he had explained, there was one thing that still didn't make sense to her.
"So is Jinchuriki what you're village calls its military force? I mean what with them training kids and all, is that why they call themselves 'the power of human sacrifice'?"
Just like the last time she had asked him about the word, Naruto's entire body stiffened, his breath catching in his throat as he turned to look at her with wide eyes, his words barely above a whisper as he looked at her in...fear?
"How do know what it means?"
"Cyborg downloaded Japanese into his brain and translated it, so am I right or not?"
Looking away from her, his eyes on the ground, the blonde teen slowly shook his head in the negative.
"No, that's not it"
After a few minutes passed and he still didn't continue, Raven let out a sigh knowing that he still wasn't ready to tell her the full story yet. Leaning into her blonde boyfriend's side, the two sat in comfortable silence, the tension that had been between them moments ago gone as they just enjoyed the simple human contact.
Reaching into her pocket, Raven pulled out her communicator and handed it to Naruto, who raised an eyebrow at her.
"I'm still not joining the Titans"
"Maybe not yet, but until I can convince you I just want you to have it encase of an emergency."
Hesitating for a moment, Naruto took the communicator and slipped it into his pocket, making a note to have Gizmo disable the tracker before he took it downstairs with him.
Then something else he had said before came to her mind and she looked around the small apartment with a confused look on his face before looking at the blonde.
"You said that Jinx, Mammoth and Gizmo are staying with you and Gaara, right?"
Without thinking Naruto nodded his head.
"So where are they, and how can so many people live in such a small apartment for that matter?"
Sweating, Naruto quickly went through several different excuses that he could use that would satisfy her, before quickly looking at the clock on the wall and jumping to his feet.
"Wow, is that the time, I got to go and do the thing at the place, see you later Raven-chan!"
Before she could ask what he was talking about, Naruto disappeared in a bright flash of light, leaving a frowning Raven on his couch.
"NARUTO!"
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Braking news
"This is Summer Day and I am yet again standing outside the book store of Naruto Uzumaki, confirmed boyfriend of the dark Teen Titan herself, Raven. It seems that Mr Uzumaki has been busy since the last time we saw him, not only has he convinced three of Jump Cities three most well know villains into fixing the damage they have caused to his store, it is also confirmed that just yesterday he was seen fighting three unknown villains. At this point we do not know the full details on who these people were or what they were doing, but from what we have been able to gather from eye witness reports one of the villains actually used explosives that were apparently hidden on their body in an attempt to kill both him/herself along with Mr Uzumaki."
"After the incident yesterday we at channel 3 news did a little investigation into Mr Uzumaki and found out that he is more then he seems. It turned out he is actually the richest man in all of Jump City. Along with his book store Mr Uzumaki also owns 53% of the building firms in our city, along with several smaller businesses. On top of that he is the number one donor to the Orphans fund, the Children's hospital, the Veterans fund and several other charities."
"Their have also been several rumours going around that both Mr Uzumaki and the newly identified 'Sabaku no Gaara', who we met the last time we were here, are the newest members of the Teen Titans. Unfortunately neither the Titans nor the two in question have been available for comment, but today we will try and correct that."
"This is Summer Day, with channel 3 news."
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It was the day after his fight with Kakashi and Lee and Naruto had just finished watching the morning news, which was the reason he was now repeatedly banging his head against the wall, while Jinx, Gizmo and Mammoth, the large red head eating a bag of popcorn, watched him from the couch. Gaara was yet to get up, so he wasn't there to see the blonde leaving a decent sized dent in the wall.
How did they find out about him being rich, he was so carful in covering his tracks damit! They even found out about his donating money to charity, which he had done without giving a name. It didn't make sense! As if all the attention he had been getting from dating Raven wasn't bad enough the fact that he was the richest man in Jump City was going to make it even worse because now he would be getting people coming to him to ask for money all the time!
After several minutes had passed, Naruto let out a sigh and just leaned his head against the wall before, his head never leaving its spot in the wall; he called to the three teens watching him in a flat voice.
"Can you go and let Gaara out, he should be awake by know."
Shrugging their shoulders, the three Hive students got up from their seats and made their way towards the large metal door that was Gaara's room, leaving Naruto to his thoughts. When they got there the three stopped for a minute when they saw that the light was still red. Turning to the other two, Mammoth scratched the top of his head with one of his large fingers with a thoughtful look on his face.
"What did Naruto say about the red light again?"
Shrugging Gizmo walked up to the door with a bored look on his face as he grabbed the handle.
"Who cares, let's just wake the bastered up already, what's the worst that could happen?"
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Naruto was brought out of his self pity by the sound of three screams, followed by running feet and what sounded a lot like a roar. His eyes widening, the blonde looked up just in time to see Jinx and the others run into the room and slam the door shut behind then, which was almost broken off its hinges a moment later when something slammed into the other side of it. Turing to look at the whiskered ten with wide eyes, Jinx let out a panicked yell as the door was once again slammed by the unknown force.
Running to help them keep the door shut, Naruto grit his teeth when he felt the all too familiar demonic KI that Gaara gave off whenever he was possessed by the One Tail.
"You opened the door while the light was red, didn't you!"
"We didn't know that he was going to go insane!"
They stopped talking as they were forced to brace themselves as the door was hit again, this time with almost enough force to throw the four teens back, before Naruto turned to the three again with a serious expression on his face.
"I need to get him out of here before the transformation is complete. I should be able to get him to the surface but I won't get far because of the energy he is giving off messing with my own. When were gone get to the surface as quickly as you can!"
Nodding their heads, the three tens backed away from the door as the blonde motioned them too and stood on the other side of the room. Not a moment later the door flew open and a dark shadow slammed into the blonde. Before they could get a clear look what it was the two disappeared in a bright flash of light.
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They reappeared in the middle of Jump City, Gaara's demonic chakra messing with the seals Naruto used for the 'Flying Thunder God', making them land there instead of the outskirts of the city like he had planned.
Quickly separating himself from the out of control Jinchuriki, Naruto looked at his friend with concerned eyes when he saw how far along the transformation already was. The sand had already covered the right side of his face along with his arm, which was now in the form of a giant claw with purple markings on it, and a long tail trailing behind him. His right eye and changed from its usual blue to yellow with a cross shaped pupil and black sclera, and his teeth on the right side had sharpened into demonic fangs.
One look at the boy was enough to send everyone within seeing distance running several letting out screams as they went. Unfortunately for them, the sound attracted the red heads attention and he turned to chase them before being slammed into a wall by Naruto.
"No you don't!"
Gritting his teeth as he was thrown back, Gaara's full attention now directed at him, Naruto watched as several pieces of glass fell from the windows above his friend that had been shattered by the force he had used to slam the teen into the wall. The moment the glass it the floor, Gaara used his demonic right arm to pick it up and absorb it, the glass turning into sand at his touch and spreading over more of his body. When all he glass was gone the only thing left of Gaara's face was his left eye and the scar on his forehead.
Letting out another blood curdling roar, the possessed teen made a fist with his right arm and sent it towards the blonde, making it stretch. Jumping out of the way just in time, Naruto's eyes widened when the arm kept going and slammed into the wall on the other side of the street, knocking more glass lose in the process which was again absorbed into the sand.
Puling out a seal tag from his pocket, Naruto was about to charge forward and slam it on his friends head when the Teen Titans arrived, Gaara to far transformed for them to recognise, and without thinking attacked.
Starfire and Terra drew his attention by sending starbolts and rocks at the strange creature, which turned to glare at them in hatred, before he was wrapped in a streetlight that Raven had bent around him, holding his arms at his side. This was followed by Beastboy turning into a rhino and charging at the sand monster, slamming him into a wall, before Cyborg used his arm cannon and sent a beam straight at the spot he hit, sending dust into the air and obscuring their view of the creature.
"Booyah! Direct hit, whatever that thing was, its toast now!"
The other Titans gathered around, thinking that the fight was over and discussing what they thought the creature could have been, none of them even realising that Naruto was there. What the six teens didn't notices was that Cyborg's canon had shattered all the glass on the side of the wall it had hit, causing it to fall to the ground right on top of Gaara.
Turing angry eyes on the teens, Naruto made his way over to the group, getting their attention, before practically growling at them.
"Do you have any idea what you just did?"
Grinning at the blonde, Beastboy gave him a thumb up as he boasted.
"We just totally kicked that things ass is what we did!"
Glaring at the green teen, the others finally noticing his irritated mood, Naruto grabbed him by the front of his shirt and lifted him off the ground.
"You just made it worse! If you had stayed out of the way I could have put the bloody seal on him and he would have woken up, all you did was piss him off!"
Before any of the Titans could ask what he was talking about, the blonde teens heard something coming from the dust cloud. Eyes widening, Naruto was able to push Robin out of the way just in time as a large arm made out of sand slammed into the ground where he had just been stood. The dust clearing, they could all see what looked to be a giant raccoon made out of sand with purple markings and human feet starring at them with yellow eyes.
Before any of them could react, the raccoon leapt at Starfire and backhanded her into a building, doing the same to Terra with its tail, before trying to slam both its hands on to Naruto and Robin, who had fallen to the floor when the blonde pushed him out of the way. Rolling out of from under the fists just in time, the two teens stopped next to Raven and watched as the raccoon turned its attention to Cyborg and Beastboy.
Quickly getting up, Robin turned his attention to the blonde with a serious face.
"What the hell is that thing?"
Stuffing the seal back into his pocket, Naruto frowned as he saw Beastboy avoid being caught between the raccoon's giant hands by transforming into a humming bird, before turning his attention to the brightly dressed teen and his girlfriend.
"We don't have much time, the longer he fights the stronger he will get. If I had gotten the seal on him before you arrived it wouldn't be a problem but now he's too far gone. Any minute now he's going to finish transforming."
Floating to stand next to Robin, Raven frowned at the idea of the creature getting even stronger.
"What to you mean finish transforming?"
Before he could answer the threes attention was pulled back to the creature, who had caught Cyborg's right arm with his own and had covered it with sand. The reason they had all turned to look at the two was that moments after his arm was covered up to his elbow the mechanical teen let out a shocked yell and fell away from the creature, his right arm now ending just below the elbow where the raccoon like creature had crushed it.
Rushing forward Naruto kicked the possessed Gaara away before he cold get a hold of Cyborg again with a frown on his face. Crouching down next to the metal teen, the whiskered blonde being carful not to turn his back away form Gaara, and rested a hand on his shoulder.
"You ok?"
"...yeah, it only got robot parts."
Nodding, Naruto sent a quick look towards the raccoon before turning back to Cyborg with an apologetic look on his face.
"Sorry about this"
"About wh-!"
Before he could even finish the question Naruto grabbed onto Cyborg's shoulder and, spinning on the spot, threw the metal teen back towards the rest of the Titans that had regrouped. Not a moment later the raccoon slammed into him, making the blonde skid back despite his strength, before they stopped in a grappling position. Quickly braking apart before the sand had a chance to cover him, Naruto sent a double kick into its chest before back flipping to the Titans, once again sending the raccoon into a wall.
Looking around, Naruto tried to think of a way to wake his friend up, plan after plan running through his head as he tried to think, then it hit him. The last time he had woken Gaara was when he was at his strongest, but also when he was the most venerable. Turning to the six Titans, a small smirk on his face, Naruto stepped away from the group.
"You're going to want to cover your ears!"
"Shrieking Banshee Technique!"
Pulling in a deep breath, his chest visibly expanding to a degree that was obviously impossible for a normal person, Naruto held it for about three seconds before letting it out. The air was filled with the sound of a blood curdling, high pitched scream that echoed all over the city. The Teen Titans had just enough time to cover their ears before the sound could take full effect and burst their ear drums but unfortunately for Beastboy, whose ears were more developed then those of his friends, it still made them bleed from the noise. Luckily it also had an effect on Gaara, his demonically charged ears amplifying the sound tenfold in his head, insuring he was in too much pain to attack.
When the scream hit its apex it was joined by another sound, the sound of breaking glass. Every window within a miles radios of the blonde shattered into thousands of pieces, falling to the ground like rain, glittering as they fell when caught by the light of the sun. As suddenly as it had started the sound was gone, the whole city seeming to fall into complete and total silence with the exception of the ringing it left behind in peoples ear. Then without warning the shards of glass started to lift into the air and start to flow toward the raccoon like creature in streams, flowing into Gaara and turning into sand on contact.
Turning to look at the Titans, spearing a sorry look to the green teen on the ground holding his ears in pain, Naruto slowly stepped back from the possessed Gaara, the glass still being absorbed into him as he started to grow bigger and bigger.
"This is the part where we run away!"
They watched in confusion as the blonde ran passed them in a blur, grabbing Raven's hand as he passed and dragging her with him. Robin took the time to look back at the creature they were fighting, seeing his growing form with the millions of shards of glass flowing into him, before lifting the still immobilise Beastboy onto his shoulder and following Naruto with a shot to the other three members of his team to follow him.
They were about three streets away when they stopped, the sound of a humungus creature roaring filling the air, and turned to see a giant Raccoon with purple markings over its entire body standing as tall as several skyscrapers.
Turning back to the whiskered blonde, Robin handed Beastboy to the one armed Cyborg before running up and grabbing the front of his shirt.
"What the hell have you done?! Why did you make it BIGGER?!"
Frowning at the boy wonder, Naruto pushed him away with ease before pointing at the top of the now rampaging creatures head. Following the direction he was pointing, the Titans saw a small dot on the creature's forehead. Using his bionic eye to zoom in of the dot, what was left of Cyborg's skin went pale.
"Is that Gaara?"
The others turned to Naruto with shocked faces, hoping to see the blonde deny the question, but to their further shock he just nodded his head. Turning to her boyfriend with her usual stoic expression mixed with a small amount of confusion, Raven grabbed his arm to get his attention away from the giant raccoon.
"What the hell is going on?"
Letting out a sigh, Naruto quickly looked from the possessed Gaara that was in the middle of destroying a building, then back to the purple haired teen several times before running a hand through his hair.
"Gaara's powers are complicated, he can control sand but at the same time it acts automatically. While he's awake he an control it, but when he falls asleep his power takes over his body and goes on a rampage and turns him into a bloodthirsty raccoon made of sand that will destroy anything it sees. I created a special room that he could sleep in that would absorb his power while he slept so he didn't lose control, but unfortunately he got out."
"Then why the hell did you make him bigger? If you knew he could turn glass into sand then why shatter it with that freaky screaming thing and add fuel to the fire!"
Turning to the robotic teen, Naruto once again pointed to the sleeping teen on the giant's forehead before pulling a seal out of his pocket.
"Because you guys showed up and pushed him over the point that this would have worked! If I could have gotten this seal on him before he absorbed so much sand I could have stopped this from getting this bad. That left me with only one option, while in this form Gaara it at his strongest, but at the same time he is the most venerable. If I can get up there all I need to do is wake him up and that creature will disappear."
Frowning, Robin looked at the giant Raccoon before turning his attention back to the blonde before giving him a begrudging nod.
"So how are you going to get up there?"
Taking a moment to think, Naruto looked from Shikaku to the skyscraper next to him that had yet to be destroyed. Nodding his head, he turned back to the six teens.
"I need you to draw his attention while I get up there, whatever you do don't touch him! If you get caught in his sand you'll end up like Cyborg-sans arm."
Not giving them a chance to ask anymore questions, Naruto ran off towards the skyscraper before jumping onto the wall and, to the shock of the teens, continued to run straight up it. The five teens, Beastboy having just regained consciousness, turned wide eyes to the dark Titan, who just shrugged before lifting into the air and throwing a street light at the raccoon to get its attention.
Luckily, or unluckily considering the situation, it work. The giant raccoon turned it head in their direction, its golden eyes shining with insanity, and started to walk towards them. The rest of the Teen Titans sprung into action, minus Cyborg and Beastboy, the robotic teen because of his missing arm that would normally be used as a canon and the green teen because he wouldn't actually touch the giant raccoon without risking being caught in its sand.
While Raven and Terra, the blonde girl using a large rock to float in the air, used their powers to throw rocks, cars and anything else they could at the creature's midsection, Starfire threw her starbolts at the raccoons head and Robin aimed several exploding disks at its feet. It worked in getting the raccoons attention, though beyond that all it seemed to do was piss it off, no matter what the teens did the creature would just use its sand to heal any injuries .
It was then that Raven caught sight of Naruto, still running up the side of the skyscraper, and realised that he wouldn't be able to reach the unconscious Gaara on the sand monsters forehead with the distance between him and the skyscraper. She was about to fly over and help when without any warning the blonde kicked off from the top of the building, twisting in the air as he went, and cleared the distance between the skyscraper and the possessed red head in one big leap.
Pulling his arm back in preparation as he approached his target, Naruto braced himself, took a deep breath, and punched his best friend in the face. The effect was instantaneous; the red headed tees eyes shot open, the giant raccoon let out a roar of anger and seemed to melt away as it lost control of the sand that made up its body. Eyes locking, Naruto saw the confusion on his friends face turn into sadness before it was covered up by impassiveness. Then the next problem arrived, they were hundreds of feet in the air, and the sand monster that had been holding them up had just dissolved.
Luckily Raven and Terra were there to catch them, the purple haired teen grabbing her boyfriends hand while the blonde brought a large stone under Gaara to use as a platform. The four slowly made their way to the ground, the red headed demon container keeping his eyes on the ground as the other Titans approached.
The moment his feet touched the ground Naruto thanked Raven for catching him before running over to his friend and placing a hand on his shoulder in comfort. For a few minutes nothing was said, the Titans just looking at the two, waiting for something to happen.
"...Did I-?"
"No"
Nodding his head, Gaara turned to look at the six teens, his face completely blank, and gave them a small bow in respect.
"Thank you for helping to stop me, if not I might have destroyed the city without even realising it."
For a moment they all just stood their, staring at the scared teen unsure of what to say before Robin let out sigh and stepped forward, his eyes moving to Naruto before turning back to Gaara with a small smile on his face.
"It's ok, no one was hurt, somehow, and you couldn't help it."
Naruto raised an eyebrow at the brightly dressed teen's behaviour, considering the way he had been acting lately the half expected him to try and arrest Gaara not that he would have let him of course. Seeing the look Robin let out a small sigh before nodding his head and turning away, walking back to his friends.
"Come on guys, we need to get back to the tower and have Beastboy checked out, plus Cyborg need to get another arm from his room."
Nodding in agreement, all of the Titans except for Raven headed back to the Tower. Walking over to her boyfriend and his friend, the dark Titan waited for a moment was Gaara made to walk away, stopping only to look back at the blonde.
"I'm going to make my way back on my own; I need same time to myself..."
Nodding, Naruto watched as the red head walked away until he turned a corner, and turned to face his girlfriend.
"Well that's one way to start the day, let it be said that Gaara is NOT a morning person."
In response to his joke Raven slapped him in the back of the head in the same way she did Beastboy on a daily basis, before letting out a sigh when he turned to her with wide, sad eyes and a quivering lip, looking away from the pure cuteness that was being aimed at her. She couldn't help the small smile that crossed her lips at his antics, turning back to the blonde teen, rolling her eyes at the smirk now on his face.
"You're almost as bad as Beastboy"
"Yet you're still my girlfriend."
Placing his arm around her shoulders and pulling her into a one armed hug, Naruto continued to smile as they walked down the street towards, the blonde leading them.
"Speaking of you being my girlfriend, how about a second date, right now?"
Looking the blonde up and down, taking in the fact that he was only in tracksuit pants and a sleeveless shirt, Raven raised an eyebrow.
"You're not exactly dressed for going out in public."
Smirking, Naruto leaned down so he could whisper in the purple haired girl's ear so that no one else could hear.
"Well if you like I could take them off, if you agree to help, of course."
He couldn't elp but laugh as a letter box exploded as they passed it, Ravens face practically glowing bright red from the intensity of the blush on her face.
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