Challenge by The Sith'ari
Jump City's Saiyan
Chapter 4
It had been about a week or so since the Thunder and Lightning incident and things had gotten somewhat back to normal in terms of no Slade.
Livewire had also left a few days after he recovered but not before teasing him absolutely mercilessly for his three girlfriends after Starfire had innocently told her about them. All in all while the prospect of her dropping by more did worry him it also showed she somewhat cared for him.
Right now though he was more annoyed as he, Batgirl, Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Raven were busy fighting a new villain called Doctor Light as he tried to rob an armored truck. The villain part wasn't the annoying aspect of it all but the fact the man felt the need to spout sayings referring to his power suit or light in general.
"Split up, try and draw his attention so maybe someone else can take him down" Batgirl said as Naruto and the other Titans nodded and split up, avoiding a blast of light from Doctor Light.
"Your pathetic skills can't outshine the brilliance of Doctor Light!" Doctor Light yelled as he fired another blast at them but the blast allowed a dust cover, allowing Batgirl to dash at him and throw several baterangs at him from on top of the armored car that was on its side.
"Fast," Doctor Light said as he was barely able to blast them out of the sky before they hit him "but I doubt you'll enjoy moving at the speed of light!" he yelled, opening his chest blast to fire a bigger beam at Batgirl, sending her flying up towards the rooftop behind her.
"Batgirl!" Naruto yelled as he quickly caught her, watching as Beast Boy was taken down with several flashbangs.
Setting Batgirl down gently, due to her still being disoriented, he quickly flew towards Doctor Light. "Hey Bulb head! Flash this!" Naruto yelled firing a Ki blast at him from behind, sending Doctor Light skidding before the man threw out a device that landed under him.
The device activated quickly, trapping him in a bubble of light while Doctor Light seemingly fused Cyborg together with the van while he was trying to escape.
"If nobody minds, I'll be taking the gold" Doctor Light said as he walked towards the rest of the van.
"I mind" Raven growled out with a glare. "Azarath Metrion Zin-Ah!" Raven tried to chant before she was hit with a blast and sent skidding back.
"Bit of advice: find shorter magic words" Doctor Light said as he charged up his hands again, Raven turning around with a glare while her eyes glowed as they always did when she used her magic.
Doctor Light was unfazed as Raven threw a nearby motorcycle at him as he blasted it and blasted her again, sending her flying back.
Naruto grit his teeth as he tried to get out but the device was shielded so he couldn't blast it as his normal ones had no affect and anything bigger had the danger of filling up his prison and hurting him. He didn't know why but he felt something terrible was about to happen and he had to stop it.
"Don't come any closer" Raven whispered out as she looked away from Light.
"What's wrong? Afraid of the light?" he taunted before Raven quickly turned around and growled at Doctor Light, he eyes replaced with four red glowing eyes as her cloak grew and tendrils of shadows shot out from under it.
Doctor Light quickly decided to do the smart thing and run as the tendrils shot after him before they grabbed him and started to pull him towards Raven.
"S-Stop! Y-You win! I surrender!" Doctor Light yelled as he started getting dragged under Raven's cloak.
"What's the matter!? Afraid of the dark!?" Raven growled out, her voice sounding darker as Doctor Light was fully pulled under.
Naruto, deciding it was enough, burst into Super Saiyan and was thankful that the shockwave from it was enough to free him before he flew towards Raven. "Raven! Stop!" he yelled out, wrapping his arms around her as his voice and touch were enough to snap her out of it.
As she reverted to normal her eyes widened and her cloak receded, showing Doctor Light in the fetal position as his suit had turned from black to dull grey and was partially destroyed and what he thought to be chewed on given certain parts were crumpled a bit.
He quickly let go of Raven, setting her down as she seemed to work on collecting herself. The others worked on consoling the utterly frightened Doctor Light as he muttered to himself and rocked a bit.
"Dude, Raven. What did you do!?" Beast Boy asked with a frown as Raven turned and growled at him, her eyes turning red again, making beast Boy scream before Raven stomped off into a nearby alley.
"What's her deal?" Beast Boy asked as Naruto just shook his head with a sigh.
"Beast Boy, you should've just not said anything until she was more collected or just not said anything at all" Naruto said with a frown as he walked after Raven.
"Raven…we'll see you at the tower right?" he asked, more worried about her running off than anything.
"Y-Yes…I just need to be alone" she said as he nodded, completely understanding as after something like this she needed to collect herself.
"Do what you have to do and see you in the morning?" he said, a bit unsure as she looked away for a second until she turned back and nodded ever so slightly at him before continuing into the alley.
"Will she be okay?" Batgirl asked as she had already called the cops and paramedics for Doctor Light.
"We'll see, right now I think she just needs her space" he said as he knew he'd have to tell Robin about it and explain things. He knew Raven had some issues of her own and while he wasn't going to push her for any kind of answers he hoped she was handling them well.
-Next Morning-
Naruto groaned as he walked into the living room, still exhausted from the late night fight with Doctor Light. He didn't get to see or check on Raven when they eventually got back to the tower as Raven's door was coated in her magic, a telltale sign of her not wanting to be bothered in the slightest.
"So what's for breakfast?" Naruto asked as he sat down next to Barbara before Blackfire quickly swooped in for the spot next to him, Kara sitting next to her, as Starfire was on the other side of Barbara.
"Don't worry, I got you all" Beast Boy said with a smile as he dished up the food.
Cyborg was quick to scarf down his food before he coughed it up with a disgusted look on his face. "That's not eggs, that's that tofu stuff!" he yelled as he tried to wash it down with milk only to spit that out as well. "That's not even real milk!" he yelled again as Naruto groaned.
"Beast Boy, we support your vegetarian lifestyle but seriously not everyone likes tofu and soy" Naruto said as he hovered out of his seat to get some cereal as he too didn't really enjoy tofu.
As he walked in the kitchen he heard the door slide open to see Raven walking in and towards the kettle of tea that was steaming on the counter.
"Hey Raven, want breakfast?" Robin asked as Starfire was testing out the taste of the tofu eggs.
"It's good~! Wakey-wakey tofu eggs and bacey~" Beast Boy sang out as Naruto handed Raven the kettle of tea which she nodded in thanks at him for.
"Herbal tea" she said, as Naruto knew she didn't like tofu at all and after last night tea was probably for the best.
"Come on, one little taste. You could use a little food after the way you cooked Doctor Light" Beast Boy said making Raven tremble in rage before she turned around with red eyes.
"No!" she yelled as her magic made the tofu eggs on the pan explode into the air before she walked out of the living room, most likely back to her room as Naruto could only look at Beast Boy with an exhausted look.
"Beast Boy, what the hell was that? Did you seriously just say that?" Naruto groaned out, not believing the green skinned boy actually said that after the way she reacted to him last night.
"Maybe you should go apologize" Robin suggested as he walked over to Beast Boy with a bit of a frown.
"Me!? I'm not the one who turned breakfast into a battlefield!" Beast Boy defended with a frown as Cyborg walked by with the extra plates.
"Yeah but with the weirdness that went down last night you should know better not to go messing with her" Cyborg said while Blackfire nodded along as she floated over to Naruto.
"You have the worst habit of poking at stuff that shouldn't be poked at Beast Boy" Kara pointed out, making a tick mark grow more on his forehead from it all before she followed Naruto's example and got some cereal.
"I was trying to be nice! No matter how hard I try she still treats me like tofu eggs!" he said as Naruto rolled his eyes as he sat on the counter and enjoyed his cereal.
"Maybe because you keep trying to push your way to try and get her to open up. Not everyone is so open about things. Hell I kept my Great Ape form secret because I was afraid how you'd all react and if you'd see me as a danger" Naruto pointed out with a frown as everyone had their secrets and the right to keep them secret.
"Whatever…do you know she hasn't once laughed at any of my jokes?" he asked as Cyborg chuckled.
"At least she listens to you, I just kind of tune you out" he said making Naruto chuckle a bit.
"Raven is…complicated. There is much about her we are not meant to understand" Starfire pointed out as Blackfire nodded along at her sister's point.
"How are we supposed to deal with her? How can we even trust her? I mean-she's our friend" Naruto said, interrupting Beast Boy as he was a bit tired of this talk about Raven and how Beast Boy felt almost entitled to her secrets.
"Yeah, what more do we need to know?" Robin said as Barbara nodded.
"People in our profession are all about secrets Beast Boy. We tell people the most we want and whatever we hide isn't because we don't trust those around us but because of personal reasons. Hell people in general always keep secrets and they have a right to just as Raven does. I mean are you willing to come clean about everything about you since you want Raven to?" Barbara asked as the grimace on Beast Boy's face answered her question.
Naruto continued enjoying his cereal as Beast Boy walked off. "Seriously he needs to understand the concept of privacy" Naruto grumbled as Blackfire nodded as she hung off him and floated beside him.
"I know, I'm trying to help with it" Robin said as Beast Boy had to understand to let people open up as they grew to trust them on their own.
"Well I'm going to make sure he doesn't do anything more stupid. We don't need him angering Raven even more" Naruto said, giving Starfire and Blackfire a kiss on their cheek, hopping over to the sink to do the same to Barbara before Cyborg stopped him from heading off.
"I'll come with you as I want to make sure he apologizes at least" Cyborg said as Naruto nodded and waited for Cyborg to finish up before they headed off to Raven's room to see Beast Boy standing in front of it.
They watched as he lightly knocked on her door, not hard enough to even make a sound before shrugging his shoulders. "Well, no one's home" Beast Boy said, trying to walk away only to run into Cyborg and rub his forehead from it.
"Might want to knock a little louder" Cyborg said, directing Beast Boy back to the door before he knocked, making three loud knocks before the three of them watched the door fall down.
"Now we both have to apologize" Beast Boy said as Naruto rolled his eyes.
"Uh, Raven. Sorry about your door. Raven?" Cyborg said, trying to see if she was inside before Beast Boy smiled a bit.
"Dude, she's not here. Come on" Beast Boy said as he walked in her room.
"What do you think you're doing Beast Boy?" Naruto asked with narrowed eyes as if he was seriously about to go through her room he was going to have to teach him privacy by throwing him out of her room.
"What? This is our big chance to get to know more about her" Beast Boy said before he felt a hand on his shoulder to see Naruto angrily glaring at him but before he could throw him he quickly changed to a mouse and jumped further into her room.
"Come on Naruto, let me look! I need to know more about her like…this beauty mirror! Who knew Raven spent time sprucing?" Beast Boy asked himself as he looked into it. "Ah! Is that a zit?" Beast Boy said with a gasp as Naruto walked towards him with a glare only to widen his eyes as a claw made out of dark energy shot out of the mirror and grabbed Beast Boy.
"God dammit Beast Boy! I swear I am going to kick your ass for this!" Naruto yelled as he grabbed onto him, Cyborg then in turn grabbing onto him before all three of them were sucked into the mirror.
-Nevermore-
Naruto grit his teeth as he spun around and went down a spinning vortex tunnel of dark energy before he, Beast Boy, and Cyborg landed on solid earth once they were spat out of it. As he pushed himself up he couldn't help but widen his eyes a bit as he found himself on a floating piece of earth in what looked like space with dark red stars around them with other floating islands around them.
"Oh man" Cyborg said from the view and from the fact the portal that dropped them in here had disappeared.
"I knew we shouldn't have gone in her room" Beast Boy said in a tone like he was scolding them before Naruto had enough and blasted him with a ball of Ki, sending him falling onto his back.
"Just shut up Beast Boy. We wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you messing with her stuff!" Naruto yelled, having enough of Beast Boy's attitude for this morning before he turned to Cyborg who was busy tapping away on his arm.
"Please tell me you know where we are" he said in a hopeful tone as Cyborg shook his head.
"You're asking the wrong robot as my scanners say we are still in Titan's Tower" Cyborg said with a frown as Beast Boy sat back up.
"Right….so how do we get back?" Beast Boy asked as Cyborg pointed ahead of them.
"Guess we start walking" Cyborg suggested as Beast Boy looked like he was about to argue until he noticed a pathway forming on the rock they were stranded on, allowing them to walk forward down it.
"If sending us to weirds-ville is Raven's idea of a joke then I am so not laughing" Beast Boy said before Naruto and Cyborg both groaned.
"She didn't send us here! You're the one who went snooping in her room despite Naruto telling you not to and popping zits in her magic mirror" Cyborg pointed out as Beast Boy frowned.
"Who booby-traps a mirror!?" Beast Boy asked as Naruto rolled his eyes.
"Raven is all about magic! Do you expect things not to have some kind of trap on them that activates when others beside her picks them up?" Naruto asked with a sigh as Beast Boy faltered a bit. "Hell this mirror is obviously a portal to somewhere so either this is somewhere important to her, or somewhere she goes to so she can train" he added as he expected the latter as despite her look and vibe he didn't feel like this fit the idea of Raven's home.
"Turn back~" a soft voice spoke out, several others joining in with it as the three of them stopped only to see the voices were coming from baby red eyed crows.
"Sweet! Bet you they can tell us how to get home" Beast Boy said as he walked towards the perch they sat on.
"How do you know they aren't a threat?" Cyborg asked, trying to act as Beast Boy's common sense as Beast Boy rolled his eyes.
"Hello? Remember me? Beast Boy. If they were a dangerous I'd know" he said as Naruto buried his face in his palm.
"Hey little guys, my buddies and I were just…" he started to say before he noticed they were gone only to jump back as he found them right in front of him, continuing to say 'turn back' over and over again.
Naruto groaned as the crows suddenly turned vicious, gaining fangs on their beaks and an extra set of red eyes before he pulled Beast Boy back. "Word of advice: you turn into animals, you can't talk to them or sense their intentions" he said with a glare as he threw him back towards Cyborg.
"Look little guys we aren't here on purpose, we just want to get back home" Naruto said, trying to reason with them before having to blast them with Ki blasts as some flew at him with the rest going after Cyborg and Beast Boy.
"God dammit!" Naruto yelled as he flew backwards, continuing to fire blasts of Ki before he watched Cyborg, while riding Beast Boy as a llama, destroy the ground they stood on and almost fall down. He barely made it in time to catch them, planting his feet as best as he could to not be pulled down with them due to their weight before a female's chuckle made him stop.
"What's up?" the voice asked as Naruto watched Cyborg look over from where he was before he fell over and onto the other side of the platform while Naruto felt blood rush to his head. "You coming too?" the voice asked as a pink cloaked Raven looked over the edge at him.
"R-Raven?" Naruto asked as he flew onto the other side, a bit surprised to see her in pink, smiling, and laughing at Cyborg and Beast Boy.
"Wha-How-Who-….Why are you wearing pink?" Beast Boy stammered before finally asking her a question as Raven looked at Beast Boy like the answer was obvious.
"Because it's my favorite color, duh" she said before she walked up to Naruto with a smile. "It's nice to finally meet you" she added as she hugged his arm, making him blush a bit as he felt her bust press against his arm.
"Look, I'd love to talk fashion but I don't suppose you know of a way out?" Cyborg asked as Raven nodded.
"Yeah, through the forbidden door. It is the only way out but you really don't want to go there, not right now" she said with a bit of a frown before looking up to Naruto. "How about you stay here for a bit and we can talk~" she purred out, making Naruto raise an eyebrow at before Beast Boy walked up to her.
"Yes we do want to go there, like right now" he said as Raven frowned but shrugged her shoulders.
"Fine, don't say I didn't warn you" she said as she started to pull Naruto along towards the stone archway ahead of them.
As they passed through they found themselves somewhere entirely different as it was full of vibrant colors, an orange sky, and trees with pink leaves.
"Whoa, okay this place is definitely odd" Naruto muttered to himself.
"Yeah it looks like the place air-fresheners are born" Beast Boy said, making Raven laugh with a smile.
"Nice one!" she said making Beast Boy widen his eyes and stop in his tracks.
"Wait, you're laughing? At one of my jokes?" he asked as Raven nodded.
"Yeah I always thought you were funny but hey! Looks aren't everything" she joked with a laugh as she rushed ahead, pulling Naruto along with her while Cyborg and Beast Boy stayed back a bit.
"Look I can't stay here too long as I have to go ahead but, I just want you to know this" she said, stopping as she put her hands on his cheeks and pulled him in for a kiss which entirely surprised him and made him freeze up.
Plus the fact she was using her tongue didn't help.
"I want you to know I really like you Naruto. You are always there for me and understand me more than you think. I don't mind this harem thing as long as I can be with you" she said as she pulled away with a smile. "I'll see you later when you all catch up with me" she said, giving him one last kiss on the cheek before she rushed ahead just as the other two showed up.
"Yo, where is Raven?" Cyborg asked only to see Naruto frozen in place, making him wave his hand in front him which finally snapped him out of it.
"W-Wha?" Naruto asked as Beast Boy frowned.
"We asked where Raven went, she's out guide" Beast Boy said as Naruto shrugged his shoulders, still a bit out of it.
"She had to go on ahead, I'm sure we'll find her if we keep going to the next archway" Naruto said, Raven's confession still replaying in his head as it had honestly floored him.
"So she ditched us!" Beast Boy asked with a glare before Naruto and Cyborg sighed at him.
"She didn't ditch us, she had to go on ahead" Cyborg said as he noticed something up with Naruto but chose not to say anything as he figured he was surprised by Raven hugging onto his arm like that.
Beast Boy continued to grumble before they passed the next archway, the scenery changing again back to how it looked when they first arrived.
"Wait, so are we back to where we started?" Cyborg asked as Naruto shook his head.
"No, just a portion of it that is in the same area rather than the last" Naruto said before another Raven popped up, shocking them, as Naruto noticed that this one was wearing a grey robe.
"Where were you!? Shopping for robes!?" Beast Boy yelled, making Raven cower and even start to cry before Naruto slapped him upside the head and walked to her side only for Raven to fly at him and cling to his chest, burying her face in his chest.
He could only frown as he pet her head, consoling her as Cyborg decided to move past Beast Boy's blunder.
"Hey, that's the forbidden door right Raven?" he asked as he could see a large door in the distance past another archway as she nodded, looking at him from the side as her face was still half buried in Naruto's chest.
"Then come on ya'll! We're almost-whoa!" Cyborg said before he was surprised by a wall rising up right in front of him, blocking their path and multiple others rose up alongside them all.
Beast Boy frowned as he quickly turned into a bird, trying to fly above only to get zapped, causing him to fall back down and Cyborg's attempts to blast through the walls didn't work either.
"I-It's a maze…you can't get out…you have to go through" Raven said nervously as she still clung to his chest before he gently pet her head.
"Do you know the way through?" he asked, Raven pausing a bit before she nodded.
"Yeah but by the end you won't like me anymore…he already doesn't like me" she said while looking towards Beast Boy at the end making Naruto frown as he made her look but at him again gently.
"That's not true Raven, I promise nothing at the end could make me not like you" he said, making her smile ever so slightly before she pulled away and gently grabbed his hand to guide him and the others through the maze.
The maze, as Raven guided them, was very confusing and Naruto was sure if they didn't have Raven they wouldn't have possibly been able to make it through. He though was a bit confused about her as she was timid where the last was bubbly, not to mention the change of robe and whatnot.
As they reached a dead end, after what felt like possibly an hour, they were surprised as Raven touched the wall and it opened up, revealing two single armed four eyed hooded statues.
"I-It's the end b-but be careful" she tried to warn them as Cyborg and Beast Boy rushed ahead only for the statues to move and combine together, making a two armed statue that in turn gained an extra set of arms and two swords in the lower set.
"I-I told you that you wouldn't like me when you got here" Raven said, looking back at Naruto who merely smiled at her and shook his head.
"This doesn't make me like you any less Raven, I promise" he said before she let go of his hand and smiled softly before running off.
"Well you two, I don't know about you but I'm ready" Naruto said as he flared his Ki and cracked his neck before flying at the statue. "Let's see how it likes this! Shotgun Blast!" Naruto yelled as he blasted it in the face and sent it staggering back a bit from the force of the blast.
He didn't let up as he continued to blast it with Ki blasts, noticing how Cyborg's sonic cannon had little effect on it before it quickly caught Beast Boy in its hand.
"Yo eight eyes!" a voice yelled out before Raven, clad in a green cloak leapt out of nowhere, kicking it in its face before landing next to Naruto.
"Sup there handsome, wanna fight a monster with me?" Raven asked, winking at him as it finally clicked where he was and decided after he finished this thing off he was going to kick Beast Boy's ass.
"Sure thing, you go close and I'll cover you from afar" Naruto said as Raven nodded with a smirk as she rushed forward, weaving through the statue's sword slices.
The swords didn't last long before they were destroyed by two Ki Cannons and Raven ran her fingers down the statue from head to two, causing it to seemingly be cut in half.
"Woo-Ha! High fives! Come on!" Raven cheered, throwing back her hood before she walked over to Naruto and pulled him in by the collar of his shirt for another kiss, using her tongue much more vigorously before she smiled up at him as they parted. "Damn, never knew a kiss after a win felt so good~" she purred out before she stepped back as Cyborg and Beast Boy caught back up with them.
"W-Whoa! What is going on! First you nuke breakfast, then finally laugh at my jokes, then you're all weepy and clingy to Naruto, and now you're a marine?! Make up your mind! Who are you!?" Beast Boy yelled as the grey and pink robed Ravens appeared alongside the green robed one all with their hoods down.
"I'm Raven" they all said in unison as it confirmed Naruto's suspicions.
"Happy, Timid, and Brave right?" Naruto asked them as they nodded. "Great, we aren't just anywhere Beast Boy, that mirror you touched took us into Raven's mind!" Naruto yelled, making Beast Boy flinch a bit.
"And I want you out" Raven said as she landed in front of the others, only this one was the real her by the color of her cloak as she stared at all of them and the others faded away. "That mirror is for meditation for a portal into my mind! Not a toy!" she yelled at Beast Boy, making him cower even more.
"My bad" he whispered as Naruto buried his face in his hand before stepping up to Raven.
"Just so you know I tried to stop him but he leapt further in when I tried to stop him then he got dragged in here. I am so sorry for this accidental invasion of privacy and I want you to know it was in no way intentional" Naruto said as he felt terrible being in here without her permission as with someone as closely guarded as Raven was this was probably a dangerous level of betrayal.
"…I know since I know you'd never do this intentionally" Raven said softly as she looked up at him. "But you all need to go now" she added as the birds behind them shot up and started to caw.
"Hold up, what's going on?" Cyborg asked as it felt like something was about to happen.
"Last night something…got loose. Something bad" she said as Beast Boy walked up to her.
"Oh no you don't! I've had it with this mystery girl routine! I want to know exactly what we are talking about here!" Beast Boy yelled before Naruto had enough and chopped his neck, knocking him out and tossing him to Cyborg just as a roar sounded out behind them.
Naruto watched as the birds melded together before forming a massive red four eyed being with white hair. "Hatred shall rule!" it roared as Raven frowned.
"I have issues with my father" she muttered, just loud enough for him to hear as he felt like that was an understatement if that was supposed to be the personification of her father in her mind.
"Cyborg! Get Beast Boy out of here!" Naruto yelled as he pulled Raven out of the way of an eye blast from the massive being.
"Got it!" Cyborg yelled as he started to run towards the exit before the giant noticed him and tried to fire again.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Raven chanted as she and Naruto flew to intercept the blast and she created a dome shield around them which shuddered under the force of the prolonged blast.
"Get out of my mind now!" Raven groaned out as she focused on shielding them.
"And leave you alone with that!? Not gonna happen" Cyborg said before Naruto frowned and held his hand against Cyborg's chest, blasting him strong enough to shoot him into the exit but not actually hurt them.
"Look I'm not going to leave you here, I shoved them out and I think you know why" he said as Raven frowned.
"My happiness told you I know but-but nothing" he interrupted her softly as she looked over at him to see him frowning at her.
"Look Raven I know you keep your emotions close and I'm not going to push to know if what happiness told me was your real feelings but I'm not going to just stand by and watch you struggle. You've confided in me a bit when you come to me asking to meditate and you seemingly like me according to your hidden emotions so…please let me help" he said as he transformed into his Super Saiyan form.
"If I lose you'll be trapped here forever" she groaned out as he shrugged his shoulders.
"I'm willing to risk that to help you Raven" he said as a powerful blast from Hatred destroyed the barrier. "Now let's take this thing down" Naruto said as he formed a Rasenha in his hands and fired it, the power behind it allowing it to send it flying back a bit before they flew after it.
"So have you ever defeated your Hatred before?" he asked as Raven fired blasts at it and he did the same.
"No…that's why I meditate, to seal it away but Doctor Light's annoying attitude gave it a window to break out from" she said as they quickly evaded several blasts from Hatred.
"And now it wants control of you?" he asked before he summoned a Rasenha in his hands, quickly using it to counter a blast from Hatred.
"Yeah, it's been trying all my life" she said as she used her magic, quickly throwing a boulder at it which broke its concentration to allow Naruto's blast to break through and collide with Hatred's chest and send him tumbling back.
"We need to find some way to take it down, like a weakness of it or maybe a way to seal it away again" he said as they moved down, using the dust cloud as cover to regroup a bit.
But they didn't get too far before Hatred fired a blast from within the dust cloud. The blast ended up hitting her directly and zapping her as Hatred prolonged it until it stopped after Naruto's blast interrupted it.
He acted fast, chasing after her and catching her before flying off to hide somewhere. "Raven come on, one little blast can't end you" he said softly as she groaned and opened her eyes.
"See this is why I wanted you to leave…I don't want to lose you if I lose here" she said as he helped her sit up.
"You won't lose me, what about those other versions of you? They can help possibly can't they?" he asked as she frowned and shook her head.
"None of them possess the power needed to finish him off. If we can't finish it off then it'll win" she said as she frowned and looked down at the ground and clenched her hands, upset she would lose here and bring him down with her.
"If not alone then what about together" he said as he gently took her hands in his, smiling softly at her as he looked in her eyes. "They are you so you have their strength. You keep your emotions locked up but what about opening up to them and letting them flow to fight your hatred?" he asked as he knew she had it in her as every other part of her had the potential to be stronger than her hatred if she let it be.
"I-I guess I can try but I have no idea how long this might take. I don't feel right leaving you alone to fight it" she said before he smiled at her and squeezed her hands again.
"Don't worry about me Raven, I promise I can hold my ground until you finish preparing" he said as she nodded before he stood up and watched as she opened a portal under her, taking her somewhere else to prepare.
"Okay then Hatred, let's see how you handle the power I gained from the thrashing I got during my Great Ape fight" Naruto said as he flared his aura even more before his muscles started to grow in size rather a lot, making him much more bulky as he was thankful his clothes were moderately stretchy enough to handle the bulk up. His hair had also started to spike outwards even more with his aura more flailing outwards with the occasional bolt of electricity bursting from him.
'If I'm going to fight something this big then Third Grade will be better for raw power. I'll be more durable so my lack of speed won't be too dangerous' he thought as after he had recovered from his injuries after his Great Ape usage his Zenkai had resulted in the increase of his power quite sizably.
He had found two additional side transformations of his Super Saiyan state which were Second Grade and Third Grade. Second Grade boosted power and speed while Third Grade greatly boosted his power at the sacrifice of his speed but right now speed wasn't needed.
"Hey Hatred! Eat this!" he said, charging his Ki in his hands before Hatred turned around to face him. "Blast Barrage!" Naruto yelled as he launched his attack, the countless blasts colliding with Hatred as the tall monster roared in pain and fell down onto one knee as the blasts continued.
Naruto roared, focusing on keeping his attack going before he couldn't pour any more blasts out. But he continued on with attacking, summoning a Rasenha before he fired it directly at Hatred's face, sending the tall being falling back with a powerful shake of the earth.
'D-Damn, I'm really not use to using this form all that much. It's more exhausting than normal Super Saiyan' he thought as honestly he had never used it in combat yet. He frowned as he saw Hatred shoot back up to his feet with a roar.
"Hatred shall rule! You cannot stop me!" it yelled as it slammed its fist down on him only for him to find it had been stopped by another hand.
"Don't touch him" a giant white cloaked Raven said, her voice booming before she blasted hatred back with a blast of magic.
"Glad I was able to last long enough to help" Naruto said, reverting back to normal as Raven nodded at him. "Give it hell for us" he added, making her smirk as she walked towards Hatred.
"You are going back where you belong!" Raven yelled as she shot out magic from her hands that wrapped around and bound Hatred's torso and hands.
"Never!" Hatred yelled as it struggled and broke free from its bindings and Raven narrowed her eyes before energy started to burst from her eyes and she summoned a massive blast to fire at him.
Hatred reacted quickly, summoning his own blast to match hers, resulting in the blasts colliding and fighting for dominance. "Come on Raven! You can do it! I know you can!" Naruto cheered her on, watching as she gave one last push, sending all of her remaining energy into it and sending hers and Hatred's blasts back at it.
Naruto watched as a red cloaked Raven was left behind after the beam tore through Hatred before it disappeared into red energy that flowed back into Raven, resulting in her returning to her normal self.
He quickly flew at her to catch her as she fell, exhausted from the display of power, as he held her in his arms. "You did amazing Raven, I knew you could beat it" he said as he floated down and gently set her down.
"Thanks for your help, I couldn't have done it without you" she said as she held her hand up to his cheek before blushing and scooting away.
"What's wrong Raven?" he asked she looked like she was afraid.
"I'm sorry it's just...I can't do this, not with how I am right now" Raven said, clenching her fists as she couldn't meet his eyes. "The way I am makes it where I can't express emotions or let mine slip out without the risk of hurting you or losing control. Being around you so much is already difficult because of how you make my emotions stir up due to how I've been trying to keep my feelings for you hidden. You make me worried when you are in danger, you make me happy when we meditate together, and you are even able to console me in your own way when I am secretly upset. Making me feel all that is dangerous given how I am…I do like how you show me utter respect in terms of respecting my privacy though" she said as some tears slowly trailed down her cheeks as right now after having fused with her emotions she was allowed a grace period of no consequences of showing more emotion.
"I do love you Naruto and it scares me. I want to be with you as you make me feel safe and calm but I don't want to bring ruin to you…I'm sorry but I can't bring myself to be with you" she choked out as Naruto gently took her hands, uncurling her fists as he held them softly in his.
"Raven don't ever feel like you need to apologize. I know your feelings and if you don't feel comfortable then I'm not going to force you into anything" he said with a comforting smile that brought slight tears to her eyes.
"But hey, if there is ever a time where you feel safe to be with me know that I will accept you as I care for you just as I do the others" he said making her eyes widen a bit. "Just promise we can still be friends and hang out like we always have" he added as she nodded but frowned a bit.
"But why do you like me? I'm not strong like them" she said as she remembered how Saiyans are attracted to strong women.
"But you are Raven. Not all strength has to be physical, you are strong in the sense you are always composed and can control yourself. Plus it's not just strength I'm attracted to but also looks and personality" he said with a smile, making Raven blush a bit and put back up her hood to hide it only to let him hold her hands some more.
"Thank you Naruto…it really means a lot" she said before she leaned forward and kissed him as if her emotions had then she needed to as well.
Naruto gently cupped her cheek as he kissed her back. The kiss was sweet and a bit sad but he savored in it before she pulled away.
"W-We should get going" Raven said as she stood up and looked towards the exit.
"Your right, I've invaded your privacy too long" he said, smiling as she gently took his hand in hers as if to enjoy what little bits she could for now.
-Real World-
As they returned to her room she was thankful to see neither Beast Boy nor Cyborg were inside. "Again I'm sorry for invading your privacy and having to enter your room to try and stop Beast Boy" he said as she shook her head.
"It's fine Naruto but before we leave I want to show you something" she said as she walked over to her bed and pointed at her headboard, showing a black raven stuffed animal sitting beside some candles.
"Aw, you kept it and put it there?" he said, smiling as he was happy she actually liked it.
"Of course, as even a girl like me enjoys a present from the boy she likes" Raven said before she coughed into her fist and gently took her hand from his although the look on her face showed she didn't necessarily want to.
"Well I'm still glad you like it and as much as being in your room is nice I think we should leave to not let the others worry" Naruto said as Raven nodded before they headed towards the door to see Starfire and the others waiting outside for them.
"Oh that is where you have been" Blackfire said as she let go of her sister who had been seemingly trying to knock on Raven's door. "Does this mean little Raven here might join the group?" Blackfire teased as Naruto rolled his eyes and smiled as Blackfire hugged his arm.
"Don't be like that, I just grew worried and checked on Raven. She invited me in to talk a bit, time just went by faster than I thought it did" he said, smiling at Raven who nodded with a soft smile of her own.
"Yeah and I want to say you won't have to worry about me losing control like that anymore" Raven said as Robin nodded with a smile.
"Don't worry, none of us were worried. We knew you had it under control" he said as Starfire happily clapped her hands.
"Oh joyous! To celebrate how about we try the breakfast again and prepare another feast!" Starfire said excitedly as Naruto looked to Raven who nodded to show she was okay with it.
"Well a bit late for breakfast bur we can try brunch" he said as Starfire excitedly put her hands on Raven's shoulders and led her back to the living room with the others following them until it was just him, Cyborg, and Beast Boy left.
"Sorry about blasting you out but-don't be" Cyborg interrupted as Naruto looked at him.
"We were all intruders in her mind, Beast Boy most of all, and you didn't want us to forcefully find stuff out about her. I also knew you'd be able to help her more than we would have been able to" Cyborg said as he kept Beast Boy beside him.
"I also know Raven trusts you and is okay around you so she most likely was okay with you being there. I also talked to Beast Boy here to explain why he was knocked out" he added before Beast Boy nodded.
"Look I'm sorry I tried to force my way to learn about her. It's just she's so moody and secretive" Beast Boy said with a groan.
"And you have to respect she has reasons for being like that Beast Boy. Look I'm not mad or anything I just don't like people forcing their way into other's privacy. Also you shouldn't be apologizing to me but Raven instead and do it when she's alone as to not draw attention" Naruto said as he walked off to join the others.
As he rejoined the others he couldn't help but smile as he saw Raven next to Blackfire and Barbara while Kara was working on breakfast. A small smile from Raven was all he needed to see to know that all was okay with her and if that ever changed she knew she could come to him.
-Chapter End-
Surprise to see chapter 4 so soon after chapter 3? So am I but honestly I was just on a real powerful roll that I didn't want to interrupt lol
I know I am somewhat bashing Beast Boy this chapter but he needed it. In Nevermore Beast Boy acted like he was entitled to Raven's secrets and how it was bad of her not to tell them to him. It really just personally got to me as it just seems really messed up
I won't be like it all the time but some things I have to kind of smack characters for, you know?
Also I really loved this chapter, hence by the fact I was able to write this so fast after the last one as I've been dying for the Raven confession. And although she isn't in the pairing yet, due to her being afraid about her dad, she does love him which should be evident by the two emotion clone kisses and the real Raven kissing him
I feel giving Naruto Super Saiyan Third Grade works but it drains him even faster than normal Super Saiyan and will do so until he masters Super Saiyan 1.
All In all I'm super happy with how this chapter came out and how easy it was to write as it means I'm getting back into the flow of things. Next chapter will be based on 'Switched' which is another episode I am really excited to do
Pairings:
Naruto x Supergirl, Batgirl, Raven, Starfire, Blackfire, Kitten, Argent
Beast Boy x Terra
Cyborg x Bumblebee
Robin x Ravager
Ages:
Terra: 14
Raven and Beast Boy: 15
Starfire, Robin, and Kitten: 16
Argent and Naruto: 17
Cyborg, Blackfire, Batgirl and Supergirl: 18
Hope you all liked it
Until Next Time
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