Challenge by The Sith'ari

Jump City's Saiyan

Chapter 6

As Naruto sat in the living room he couldn't help but frown at the stares and reactions from the other Titans as Barbara sat beside him. The reason for this situation was due to Barbara and him being caught laying together on his bed by Starfire and Blackfire who came to wake them.

Blackfire had been upset to see the sight while Starfire took it as an act to be celebrated and proceeded to excitedly tell the others, hence why the Titans were looking at them in varied ways.

The boys were more or less fine with it for the most part.

Robin didn't seem to mind but Naruto noticed he couldn't look at Barbara without blushing a bit and coughing into his fist. Cyborg was the most laid back but his smirk told him the half robot was going to use it as ammo to tease him. Beast Boy looked nervous and embarrassed but the slight nosebleed he got at times when he gained a daydreaming face made Naruto want to snap him out of it.

The girls on the other hand were much more varied.

Blackfire seemed upset and pouting, hmph-ing whenever he looked at her with a childish pout that he felt was more due to Barbara having taken his first time before her. Kara seemed more annoyed and on the brink of scolding or lecturing him but every time she opened her mouth she blushed and stomped away grumbling something under her breath. Starfire was a bit confused as she thought it was something to be celebrated but she noticed how others were seemingly upset and didn't understand why.

Raven thought was the most difficult to really pin down. She wasn't visibly upset but she refused to meet his eyes or look his way, focusing more on reading, but the various screens and glasses that became shattered whenever he looked her way told him she was upset about it.

"Okay we can be civil here can't we?" Naruto asked as he stood up and looked back to the other Titans who were scattered throughout the living room. "Yes me and Barbara had sex but it wasn't just some senseless thing. We did it cause we care and love for each other" he said as he noticed another screen crack nearby and Raven twitch ever so slightly.

"Plus it's not like we were irresponsible. I'm on birth control and he wore condoms" Barbara said before they all watched Beast Boy pass out with a slight nosebleed. "Plus were adults in the sense we look after ourselves and whatnot. I don't know why you all are acting like this" Barbara said as Robin sighed.

"It's not that we are upset" he said before Blackfire cleared her throat. "Okay correction: it's not that most of us are upset it's more just jarring. Sure we expected this with the dating but expecting and having it happen are two different things" Robin said as Cyborg shrugged his shoulders.

"I mean they are hormonal teens, not too surprising but I'm more confused why you're so upset" Cyborg said as he looked to Blackfire who frowned, crossing her arm under her chest.

"Because I wanted his first time!" Blackfire whined before everyone sweat dropped at it.

"Oh but sister we too will undergo the ritual of mating in time! Naruto wants to make it most special for us as he did with friend Barbara" Starfire said as she flew over and hugged her sister from behind and nuzzled her cheek against hers.

"I have already done the research and have noticed larger Grebnacks are desirable so we will be able to make Naruto most happy" Starfire said as Naruto blushed and buried his head in his hand.

"Um what are Grebnacks?" Barbara asked in a whisper as Naruto looked over to her.

"Breasts…she's talking about her and Blackfire's breasts" he said as he was just thankful no one else knew Tamaranean. "And I only know that cause of Blackfire" he quickly added making Barbara nod with a smirk before Kara grumbled and ran her hand through her hair.

"Whatever! Just don't do anything reckless and keep it behind closed doors" Kara said before she stomped out of the room.

"I do not understand though. The ritual of mating is a celebrated thing on Tamaran so why are the faces of friends so glum?" Starfire asked with a frown, her head resting on Blackfire's shoulder as Raven closed her book and took a long calming breath.

"Sex and stuff in the bedroom aren't to be spread around Starfire, not on earth anyways. Those things are private and should stay private" she said with a flat look as Naruto nodded.

"Remember what I told you that day you woke me up? It's that kind of thing" he said as Starfire tilted her head in confusion before blushing a bit as she seemingly got it.

"Oh…then I am most sorry friend Barbara. I thought it was a joyous occasion to be celebrated" she said with a frown before Barbara waved it off.

"Its fine Starfire as it didn't do any damage really" Barbara said before Blackfire hmph-ed again and looked away from her.

"Oh come on Blackfire don't be like that please?" Naruto asked making her frown before she floated over to him and sat next to him.

"Fine I will forgive you but!" Blackfire started to say before she held up a finger with a smirk. "When my own or Starfire's turn comes around, depending on who is first, you must include the other, meaning we get to have you together" she purred out as Naruto blushed and Barbara hugged him from behind.

"Oh that'll be needed given his stamina" she said with a smirk as Naruto groaned as Blackfire grew a mischievous smirk.

"I expect the full details given you, me, and Starfire have the day off" Blackfire said as Barbara smirked and nodded before Naruto had the smarts to run off as Starfire joined the two girls on the couch.

As he flew out of the living room he grunted as he bumped into someone and fell down on his butt to see he had bumped into Raven who had seemingly slipped out during it all. "Whoa, sorry there Raven I was trying to escape being stuck between Blackfire and Barbara" he said as he helped her up before she pulled her arm away with a frown.

"Its fine" she said curtly which made him frown as she walked away.

"Did I do something to upset you? Cause if I did I'm sorry. I'm the first to admit I can be dense but I try my best not to step on toes" he said with a frown as he knew sometimes even he was unaware of some things he might accidentally do.

Raven looked at him for a second before she frowned and sighed. "It's not you...it's just me and something I need to get over on my own" she said before she turned around.

"Well if you feel you want to talk about it or anything you know I'm here" he said as she looked back at him and nodded with a slight smile.

"I know" she said before she continued walking back towards her room.

'Well after that somewhat awkward breakfast and everything last night I could for sure do with some training' he thought as he headed down to the training hall as he decided he needed to master 20 times gravity so he could finally move on to either 30 or 40 times gravity.

As he got down there to see Kara lifting an incredible amount of weights with a furrowed brow. "Wow, really going at it aren't you?" he asked as she looked over at him before looking back up.

"Yeah I guess you can say I have a need to get my mind off the fact that one of my friends who I was close to had sex with my best friend" Kara said making Naruto frown a bit.

"You were okay with us dating so why does sex, the next step, bother you so much?" he asked with a frown before she pushed the weights up and locked them in place before she sat up.

"I don't know!" she yelled as she groaned and sat up. "Guess it just made this whole relationship with multiple girls seem actually real and shows just how weird this situation is" she said with a slight frown as he gently gave her shoulder a squeeze.

"I know but the way I see it this makes it like one big family" he said making her frown lessen before it became a slight smile and she rolled her eyes.

"I guess I can see that since it's you. If it was anyone else I'd call them a pervert but with you I know otherwise" she said as she lightly slugged his arm which still made him wince a bit with a chuckle.

"So we good?" he asked as he didn't like the idea of his friend being upset with him before she nodded and smiled at him.

"Yeah we're good" she said before she hugged him and he hugged her back. "So while we are here do you maybe want to spar a bit? It's been a while since we have" Kara said with an excited smile as, besides Clark, he was the only one to give her a real challenge.

"Oh I'm down for sure. I could use a nice spar" he said with a smirk as he was grateful this room was built to be the sturdiest in the tower.

By the time their spar was over, it having lasted a surprising amount of it, the results were them panting in exhaustion with some bruises and scuffs. But, unless they wanted to actually destroy the room, they both had to hold back from full power which always resulted in a tie – Clark's Fortress of Solitude being the only place they could actually go all out and even then the results always varied depending on the day and who got the upper hand at the time.

"Titans! We have report of Slade's men being seen in the tech sector. We predicted their target so we must hurry! All Titans on call arrive at the front door now!" Robin ordered, forcing their communicators to answer due to the emergency of it.

Naruto frowned as they quickly dried off and changed before meeting the others on call and heading off towards where Robin predicted they'd go. He flew holding onto Robin's hands and letting him hang as Kara did the same for Cyborg while Raven flew in between them.

"Any idea what they are after?" Naruto asked as Robin shook his head.

"No but if Slade wants it then it could be dangerous. We need to prevent him from getting it at all costs" Robin said before they arrived at the location, seemingly before Slade's men which allowed them to ready themselves for an ambush.

As they waited in the room hidden in darkness, the light of the field containing a hovering red chip, it didn't take long for someone to drop down. The person was dressed in all black, a metal collar on their shoulders, clawed gauntlets and metal boots. Their orange circle on their face being the only color on them besides the white eyeholes on their mask.

Once the man reached out towards the chip Robin quickly dropped down and glared at the man. "Tell Slade if he wants this chip to come get it himself" Robin said before he leapt off his line he was hanging from and kicked the man, sending him skidding back before the lights turned on to show the rest of the Titans.

Robin though had to quickly jump back as a beam shot down from the ceiling only for them to watch as it circled a bit and a circular cut out fell from the ceiling and created an entrance for more of the commandos to dive through.

They wasted no time, making Robin leap back to dodge a laser before they started to surround them and each Titan leapt into battle.

Robin blocked and dodged the attacks of one as it went after him before he landed a solid kick which it blocked with its arm before pulling out its laser weapon. He easily rolled and dodged the beam as for being a laser it seemed hard to move around, allowing Robin to get in close and kick it hard across the face to send it crashing into a nearby wall and fall down.

Kara was having no trouble with hers as she quickly slammed her fist into the chest of one that dove at her before another leapt off the first's tumbling body to get air. It quickly used its laser to slice off a bit of a nearby massive light, the massive debris almost crashing down onto her before Naruto pulled her away and they landed on the ground.

"Watch out, these guys are wily" Naruto said as the smoke from the falling debris faded away to reveal five commandos, all pointing their lasers at them. Naruto clenched his fists, summoning Ki in his hands before a massive block slid across, crashing into them and sending them into the wall.

"Amazing what you can do with computers these days" Cyborg said with a smile, dusting off his hands as Naruto and Kara smirked at him before he went off to fight some more around them.

Naruto narrowed his eyes as he quickly saw Raven knocked down, a solider pointing its weapon at her as he dove at it, grabbing its head as he slammed it to the ground. "Leave my friend alone" Naruto growled as he fired off a Ki blast point blank that kept it down.

"You okay?" Naruto asked as he offered a hand to Raven who smiled ever so slightly and nodded, accepting the hand and pulled herself up.

"Yeah I'm fine thanks" she said as she dusted herself off, not liking how she let herself get overwhelmed but thankful Naruto dove in to help.

"Of course, I've got your back just like I know you have mine" he said before he heard the sound of a laser charging to turn around just in time to see Raven smash one commando between two blocks, knocking it out. "See, got my back" he added with a chuckle which made her smile a bit more clearly before it went away and she flew off to clear out a few more.

Naruto watched as Kara, with her heat vision, and Cyborg with cannon were trying to blast down an especially difficult to hit commando before it dove towards them, using Cyborg as a springboard to leap and grab the red chip.

Robin wasn't having any of this as he threw a birdarang at it, knocking it out of its hand which gave Naruto an opening to fly at it to catch it.

"Got it!" Naruto said as he slowed down, it safely in in his hand before he heard the sound of a laser charging but this time nothing stopped it as it blasted into his back, sending him to his knees and the chip out of his hand which another solider quickly picked up.

The commandos grouped up before a smoke bomb was thrown down by one to allow them all to escape.

"Naruto you okay!?" Kara asked as she pulled Naruto up while he nodded.

"Yeah I'm fine, we have to go after them" he said as they nodded and chased the commandos down the only path they could have gone down. That was until it led to a hexagon shaped room, meaning they had five paths they could have gone down with five commandos having escaped.

"Naruto can you track them?" Robin quickly asked as Naruto shook his head with a frown.

"I think they are robots so no Ki" he said as he had his thoughts about them being robots before given they were able to take a powerful beating before Kara frowned as well and groaned.

"And this place is lined with lead so my x-ray vision is all messed up. We just have to split up and take them all down" Kara said as they all nodded and all took a path.

Naruto was quick to reach his commando as he charged and fired a Ki Cannon at it, the beam piercing its leg and making it fall down with sparks as he leapt at it and grabbed its wrists, looking for the chip only to find it empty. "Great, you're useless and the wrong one" Naruto said as he blasted its head off before his communicator went off.

"Attention Titans, I found the chip and took down my commando. I'm returning it to the lab's officials and we can head back to the tower. Meet at the front entrance" Robin said, his tone revealing he was unhappy about something before he hung up and Naruto frowned before he made his way back and they all headed back to the tower.

-A Few Hours Later-

With the sun having finally set, Naruto sighed as he collapsed on the couch between Raven and Blackfire, Starfire on the other side of Raven with Kara and Cyborg on the other side of Blackfire while Barbara was at a table working on a bit of school.

"Okay all work and no play makes me a dull Beast Boy" Beast Boy said as he walked in front of the couch. "So my fellow couch potatoes, what'll it be? Super Ninja Showdown 8?" he asked holding up one VHS tape with two ninjas on the front "Or Maniac Fury: Attack of the Protozoids?" he asked holding up another VHS with a Godzilla type monster on the cover.

"Gee they both sound soooo good" Raven said in a monotone tone sarcastically as she looked up from her book while Cyborg rubbed his chin in thought as he looked at them both.

"Personally I'd rather watch something that makes it easier to cuddle up against Naruto" Blackfire said as she hugged onto his arm, making him blush a bit as Raven subtly looked to his free arm before looking away a bit embarrassed and secretly jealous.

"I could go for some action so whichever is better in that area is my vote" Kara said as after those commandos she was still in a fighting kind of mood.

"Yeah they're really hard to pick….want to watch them both?!" Cyborg asked excitedly as Naruto sat up a bit with a raised eyebrow as Raven rolled her eyes with a sigh as honestly that was the answer she expected from him.

"Wait 'all work and no play'? Weren't you off duty today?" Naruto asked curiously but Beast Boy avoided answer as he was saved by Starfire who perked up with a smile.

"Perhaps Robin would enjoy potatoing the couch with us? Tell me is he?..." she asked before Beast Boy nodded with a sigh and roll of his eyes.

"In the same place he's been since the mission and his little chat session with Slade? Uh, yeah" Beast Boy said, having been filled in after Robin told them.

"As much as I don't promote this obsessive behavior of Robin's bugging him will only make things worse. Batman gets like this from time to time but Robin will stop once we get a solid lead. Just have to wait for it" Naruto said with a sigh as Barbara nodded behind them.

"If he gets really bad I can knock him out of it but for now just let him be. Hopefully he'll be better tomorrow after some rest" Barbara said as that was really all they could do as forcing him to do anything would make things worse.

-A Few Days Later-

Despite a few days passing things were still a bit odd, Robin being holed up in his room focused on Slade, only leaving to grab food and return to his room, use the bathroom, or go on solo-missions he called 'Slade-meets' where he followed leads he came up with to see if they panned out.

Robin still went on missions with the rest of them but not as much as before. Barbara had tried talking to him about it but not even that seemed to really work with him still being the same.

He frowned a bit as he, Raven, Beast Boy, Cyborg, Starfire, and Barbara stood on a nearby roof that was close to the tech lab they were at a few days ago. "I'm working a Slade-meet on the far side of town, you sure you can handle it on your own without me?" Robin asked over the video screen on Cyborg's arm.

"No problem, we got one more than usual so whoever this is better be prepared" Naruto said as Cyborg nodded as well.

"Yeah man, we got this" he said before Robin hung up just as the figure they had gotten a quick description of appeared stepping out of a rooftop window.

The man looked their age with his height, wearing a full black bodysuit with a white skull face, a red 'x' on his chest, backs of his hands, and on his forehead, a grey utility belt, darker grey gloves that had serrated edges like a buzz saw, and a long black cape that went to his ankles.

"You looking for Slade? Cause I'll tell you what, your outfit, really screams shady" Naruto said as he summoned his Ki to his hand while everyone else got ready for the fight they felt was coming.

"Red X works alone" he said in a gravelly voice before holding up his hand, his palm pointed towards them to reveal a red x on his palm that quickly lit up before an X was fired at them causing Naruto to reflexively fire a Ki blast to destroy it.

Cyborg was quick to follow up, firing his sonic cannon at Red X, the character being agile enough to repeatedly dodge out of the way as more blasts tried to take him out. He continued to fire, Red X being hard to hit before he had to run to dodge a barrage of x's being fired at him.

With his focus on Cyborg Beast Boy dove at Red X, leaping into the air as he turned into a lion to take him down only for Red X to quickly turn and fire an x at him that quickly turned into some kind of liquid that stuck to Beast Boy and knocked him back. Beast Boy quickly found himself stuck as he tried to rapidly change into other animals only for the gum like substance to still keep him stuck to the ground.

Naruto decided he wasn't going to wait any longer, charging at Red X as he flared his aura and Barbara right behind him. Red X focused on dodging, using the occasional blast from his hand to deflect hits or blasts of Ki. It was a bit of a stalemate until Barbara leapt over him and started throwing batarangs at him which he also deflected with x shuriken that he suddenly threw out.

"I don't have time for this" Red X said as he pressed his belt, seemingly disappearing before Naruto let out a scream of pain as he was being electrocuted only to turn to see Red X's hand on his tail where a small x was wrapped around it and zapping him.

Barbara was quick to react, diving at Red X only for him to fire an x at her which quickly bound her arms close to her before firing another which covered her belt in the same goo Beast Boy was still stuck in and also served to trap her on the ground.

As Naruto fell to the ground from repeated zaps Starfire and Raven were the next to charge at him, Starfire's blasts sending him backwards as Raven used her magic to make a giant bird claw try and grab him, only for Red X to evade it all.

Starfire was the next to get take down, her arms bound in a larger version of Barbara's x trap and as Raven started her spell the x he shot at her blocked her mouth, stopping her from being able to fight.

"Got you now!" Cyborg yelled as he landed behind Red X, going to grab him before Red X leapt back and slammed an x on his back, surprising Cyborg as his back opened up. "Whoa! Hey! Who told you how to shut me down!" he yelled in protest as Red X quickly fiddled with him and made Cyborg fall to the ground, his body unable to move.

"Don't think I'm going to let you go so easily" Naruto growled as he pushed himself up, his aura flaring wildly as he powered through the electric zaps to stand up. "You will return the chip as I'm not going to let it leave with you" Naruto said as he rushed towards a surprised Red X.

With Red X surprised Naruto was able to land a good few solid hits on him before Red X got over it and went back to dodging. Seemingly getting tired of this Red X started teleporting around him several times before Naruto felt another x get placed on his arm, sending more volts through him.

This still wasn't enough to take him down as Naruto roared, turning Super Saiyan to turn to attack Red X before the addition of two more x's and more electricity was enough to take him down. Just before he blacked out he could hear the sound of Starfire and the others yelling out his name and Red X looking down at him as if he was sorry before he disappeared and Naruto blacked out.

-Few Hours Later-

As Naruto rested on the booth style seats, the sun having risen already by the time they got back, still exhausted and somewhat twitching from the voltage he sighed, his head on Blackfire's lap as she refused to move from his side. "I swear if I see this Red X I will break him" she growled out as she pet his hair consolingly to try and be there for him.

"I had no idea Red X would pose such a threat. I should have been there" Robin said, having arrived back an hour ago to see the aftermath. Thankfully with Raven still able to move she had been able to free Starfire who in turn helped the others, him requiring to be carried back since he had been still unconscious even after the electrical x's had been removed.

"You bet you should have been there! Look what he did to my doo! I'm looking at two months of bad hair days!" Beast Boy complained as Starfire helped cut out bits of his hair that still had red goo in them.

"How would you have known who was robbing the place. It was the first time the guy ever seemed to show up" Naruto pointed out as Robin nodded with a bit of a frown before Raven pointed to her still covered up mouth and mumbled, still trying to talk. "Here, come on over I'll help you get it off" he added as he sat up and she walked over to him.

He was careful as he peeled it back, smiling at her as he did so. "Thankfully this is the most you got hit with, could've been worse right?" he asked as he started to peel it off her mouth, her skin underneath a bit red from the adhesive.

"Yeah, could've been worse…" she said with a frown as she looked down at his tail at where the first x had been before quickly standing up and looking over to Robin. "Even if you had been there Robin, it probably wouldn't have made any difference" she said as Barbara nodded, still cleaning out some compartments of her belt.

"This Red X knew how to take each of us down from taking care of Beast Boy's skill of breaking free of bindings with transforming, having something strong enough to take care of a Tamaranean and keep them from breaking out, and enough power to taser a Saiyan who has trained and fought against a woman made entirely of electricity. He also took me down Robin, you would've just met the same fate" she said as Kara frowned and crossed her arms as she leaned against the counter.

"You think he could have a tool for me?" Kara asked as Naruto, who had been allowed to sit up as long as Blackfire could hold onto his arm, shrugged his shoulders.

"Maybe, I wouldn't put it past the wily bastard to have something for you. I mean he knew how to shut Cyborg down and that isn't something well known" Naruto said as he frowned and rubbed Blackfire's hand after he twitched a bit, her flinching a bit at it as she didn't like it still affecting him.

"Do not feel guilt, we are mostly undamaged" she said as she frowned over towards Naruto who smiled softly at her to try and ease her worries. "We though are all eager to hear what you have discovered about Slade" she added trying to get some good news and move away from the somber topic.

"Nothing" he said bluntly with somewhat narrowed eyes and a frown. "Lead was a dead end, I should get back to work" Robin said as he walked off briskly before anyone could say anything else.

"Nothing is becoming the norm don't you think" Naruto said as he frowned a bit while Barbara nodded along with a matching frown.

"I'll try to talk to him but for now we need to rest, or more specifically you need to rest" Barbara said as she looked at Naruto with a serious look.

"What? No way! I need to get him back for zapping me and messing with us. I'll be fine whenever he comes back around as that zapping wasn't that bad, Saiyans recover quickly" Naruto said with a frown, hearing Barbara sigh before he noticed Raven subtly storm out which made him frown worse.

"I think you better go talk to her" Barbara said though as she saw Naruto already walking after her before she even finished her sentence it showed he didn't need to be told.

"Raven wait up! What's wrong?" Naruto asked as he caught up to her with a frown as she stopped outside her door.

"You'll be fine?...It wasn't that bad?" she asked softly before she turned around with a glare on her face. "You were zapped by four of those things! Cyborg told me that one was enough to take down a normal man and four was easily enough to potentially kill you if I wasn't able to move around an save you!" she yelled, surprising Naruto as a burst of her magic made him slide back a bit.

"Y-You need to worry more about yourself. I know you worry about us, always being sure you can be there to help us when we struggle but if you don't look out for yourself you'll get really hurt and…I don't know how we'd handle that" she said as she turned around at the end, her hand rubbing her arm as she crossed her arms with a clear tone that showed how nervous she was about it.

He frowned as he walked up to her and hugged her from behind, his arms wrapping around her chest as he tried to calm her down, already seeing her magic flickering around her. "I'm sorry Raven, I didn't know I scared you that much. I guess it's a side effect from being around a man of steel, you get it in your head your tougher than you really are and I'm sorry I worried you" he said as her tension eased slowly, making her put her hands on his arms as he hugged her.

"Just…be more careful….please" she said as he nodded, them both staying like that before he stepped back and rubbed the back of his head nervously.

"Sorry about hugging you suddenly like that" he said quickly as he didn't like invading her space and knew she didn't like it when people did it with or without warning. Though he was reassured she wasn't upset as she actually chuckled a bit as she looked at him and shook her head.

"It's fine, I honestly don't mind when it's you" she said with an ever so light blush on her cheeks which was matched only darker on his cheeks from her smile. "I'm going to meditate a bit and you need to rest. I'll see you later" Raven said, walking into her room before he could respond.

As the door closed Naruto couldn't help but chuckle with a blush still on his face from Raven. He of course was doing his best not to pressure her to going into anything before she was ready but he couldn't deny he liked their moments like this together.

"So when should we expect Raven to join us?" Blackfire asked as she hugged him from behind, her head resting on his shoulder with a smirk while he rolled his eyes with a smile of his own.

"Not my place to say Blackfire, I do care for Raven but rushing her isn't good. Let her do it when she is comfortable" he said while Blackfire nodded and moved to his side to hug his arm, pulling him back towards the living room.

"Okay I won't pester her but the others are waiting for us, they don't want you up and about too much right now" she said with a frown as he sighed and relented, nodding as he let her pull him along back to the living room.

As he sat down Starfire immediately sat beside him, happily nuzzling against his side as Barbara, along with Cyborg, continued to look over his vitals. Thankfully by the end of the day was declared to fine after his violent electrocution the previous night.

Though as night fell, and they all went to bed, their day of recuperation ended when they were awoken late at night by the blaring alarm that always signaled something was going down. After changing into their outfits they quickly ran to the living room.

"Okay Robin what's the...?" Cyborg said as he walked in first only to see it was empty, not knowing where their leader was as normally he was the first to be there.

"Robin?" Barbara asked as this wasn't like Robin at all as since forming the team he was never the kind to run off alone like this.

"You mean 'Captain Research'? He's probably filling out notecards at the public library" Beast Boy said drowsily, yawning as he was still slumped over and half-awake. He always did have the most trouble waking up at first when alarms like these woke them up in the middle of the night.

"I was" Robin said as his image appeared on the massive screen that was composed of the front windows and startling Beast Boy a bit "but then I spotted Red X pulling a robbery in the tech sector. I'm on it, get here as soon as you can" he said before hanging up.

"Come on you heard the man. Since Red X took us out earlier we need all hands so be careful" Cyborg said as they rushed out, Naruto noticing Barbara's frown as she stared at the screen.

"What's wrong?" Naruto asked as he put his hand on her shoulder, somewhat bringing her out of her thoughts and making her look towards him.

"Oh it's nothing, we should get going" she said as he frowned but nodded as he figured if it was something important she'd mention it before they rejoined the others and all made their way towards the coordinates Robin had sent them.

As they arrived, not sure where Red X and Robin were, Cyborg was the first to notice and pointed out as Robin and Red X dropped down from a nearby rooftop.

Robin was gaining ground as he chased after Red X before the masked villain turned behind him and threw a red netting that enclosed around Robin, trapping him. "Robin!" Cyborg yelled, unsure whether to give chase to Red X or help Robin.

"I'm fine! Get X! Go!" Robin yelled as Naruto nodded and quickly burst off after Red X, giving chase to Red X with the others following behind him as Red X ran down into a subway entrance. Although they all didn't notice as one team member stayed behind to check out her suspicions.

As the entered the subway station Naruto frowned as he couldn't see Red X anywhere as the others were on guard as they too looked around. "Naruto can you sense Red X?" Kara asked as Naruto shook his head.

"Whatever tech he has in his suit also blocks me from sensing his Ki which is surprising since not too many people know about the latent Ki signature they give off" Naruto said as Cyborg tapped the side of his head.

"Don't worry I've adjusted my ocular implant to scan at multiple sub-harmonics of the EM spectrum" Cyborg said as Beast Boy rose an eyebrow confused as if he was speaking an alien language.

"Okay…do you come with subtitles?" he asked as Batgirl sighed at him a bit as she walked forward.

"It means he will be able to see him even if he's invisible" she said as she and Batman had a pair of goggles that did the same thing with other settings mixed in.

Cyborg nodded to show she was right as he continued to look around before he was sent flying backward skidding backwards.

"Its him" Raven said, summoning her magic as a red x glowed in the air once Cyborg got off the ground, now keeling, Red X still being invisible attached the x to Cyborg's back. This time, unlike last, it had no effect.

"You'll have to learn so new tricks dog" Cyborg said with a smirk as he had closed that opening on himself after the first time since he wasn't going to be fooled twice. He quickly grabbed at Red X's shirt, grabbing a handful of his suit before he threw him towards the others, Red X landing in a crouch.

"Oh you are so going to pay for hurting my dear!" Blackfire yelled, her eyes glowing purple, as were her hands as she charged at him.

Red X was quick to start dodging, being pushed back a bit, knowing her punches would hit hard if they connected before he tried to fire an x at her. Only his attempt was stopped by a black small barrier from Raven that shielded her and allowed Blackfire to grab his suit.

"I hope this hurts" she said, her hands glowing brighter and brighter violet as Red X tried to back away only for another pair of hands to press on his back.

"Oh it will" Naruto said as his hands were coated in Ki, the two of them letting out powerful blasts into Red X which he was sandwiched and stuck between them unable to dodge.

Sadly this wasn't enough to take him down despite the holes in the front and back of his suit, showing damage was done. Red X was quick to teleport away though once they let him go, them both a bit stunned by each other's blast despite being able to handle it due to their alien physiology.

"You won't get away that easily" Supergirl said with a smirk, being the first to react, hearing him come out of his teleport as she turned and threw a punch at him, only for an x to wrap around her wrist, the red quickly becoming the telltale glowing green of Kryptonite.

"Starfire, Raven! Help Supergirl!" Naruto yelled as he recovered, charging back at Red X, blasting more Ki blasts his way which he continues to dodge as Starfire works to free the Kryptonite from around her wrist with Raven following quickly.

"Really? Going for another round? Do you want to be electrocuted again as if four wasn't enough how about one as strong as six" he said rushing under Naruto's punch between blasts of Ki, a hand against his chest. Only, like Cyborg, they were prepared with Batgirl throwing a pellet at Naruto just as Red X went up to him, covering them both in a cloud of dust.

"High quality electric resistant silicate dust. If it worked against a woman made of electricity and lightning then it can work against you" Naruto said with a smirk as this time he put his hand against Red X, firing another Ki blast into him, hitting the same spot that Blackfire had blasted into.

Red X groaned as he was sent flying back again, tumbling before he righted himself and came to a skidding stop. He though was seemingly ready enough to leap over a Beast Boy ram formed charge and hit Beast Boy hard in the face once he shifted back to send him down to the tracks.

Beast Boy wobbly got to his knees, a bit dazed from the hit and like a deer in headlights as the subway drove towards him, horn blaring. Naruto was prepared to fly after him to save him only, to his surprise, Red X dove in to save him.

Though once the train passed through Red X was seen running up the stairs and a beaten but safe Beast Boy was seen lying down with Starfire and helping him up. "Beast Boy! You are undamaged?" Starfire asked as Naruto helped Kara get up, Barbara having put the broken pieces of the Kryptonite x into a lead case.

"Yeah I'm fine but just who is that guy?" Beast Boy asked as he was shocked to see, despite all the hits they got on him, he had been elusive enough to still get away with another chip.

"Don't worry, we'll find out and next time we will take him down. We even did better than the last time" Naruto said with a smile, looking to Raven who subtly smiled back before he sneezed from being covered in dust.

"But first let's get back to the Tower so Supergirl can rest and Naruto can bathe" Barbara said as they nodded before Starfire perked up a bit.

"What about Robin?" she asked, remembering their bound teammate up above.

"Don't worry, he's one of Batman's students. I expect him to be waiting for us back home. Here, Blackfire why don't you help Kara so she doesn't get coated in the dust as well" Barbara said as Kara draped her arm over Blackfire's shoulders before Barbara kept Naruto back a bit as they made their way back to the Tower.

"We need to talk when we get back" she said in a low whisper as Naruto confusedly nodded and they moved back towards the group, eventually making it back to the Tower.

As Naruto got out of the shower, a towel around his waist and another laid on his head to help dry his hair, he walked back towards his room to see Robin walking down the hall. "Hey Robin, glad to see you got free" Naruto said with a smile before he notice Robin looked a bit winded and sore. "You okay?" Naruto asked as Robin put his hand to his chest a bit with a hiss of pain.

"I'm fine, I'm going back to my room to rest and try and look into this Red X character and possible connections to Slade" he said, making an excuse to go back to his room before Naruto frowned as the door closed.

Once Robin went away Naruto returned to his room to see Barbara waiting for him and sitting on his bed. "You know one thing I'm kind of disappointed in is that you don't have any porn hidden away" she said with a smirk, teasing him as he rolled his eyes and started to pull out a clean version of his hero outfit.

"So what did you need to talk about?" Naruto asked as he didn't really mind her watching him getting dressed given the two of them have had sex. Though her licking her lips as she watched did make him blush a bit.

"Robin is up to something" Barbara said bluntly with a frown as she looked him in the eyes, a serious look in hers as he frowned while he looked back at her.

"What do you mean? I thought you said he was just obsessing over Slade" Naruto said, unsure what Barbara meant as he did seem to be trying to learn about Slade who was quickly becoming a troublesome foe.

"I mean the Robin we saw chasing after Red X and get trapped in a net was a hologram" she said with a frown. "When you guys went ahead I stayed behind to help him only to figure that out. Plus I'm sure you saw him and noticed his chest being hurt, in the exact spot Blackfire blasted Red X at with you hitting him again in the same spot" she added, having also seen him a bit after they returned to the Tower and was quick to notice it.

"What are you saying? That Robin is Red X? Why would he do that?" Naruto asked, shocked and not quite seeing why he'd do that or what his reason behind it.

"You already answered that in a way, it's because of his obsession with Slade. He's been taking the chips trying to lure Slade into something. Plus it all makes sense for how Red X knew how to take each of us down" Barbara explained with a frown, not liking how it all made sense to her.

"No! I refuse to believe he'd do something as stupid as that just to get one villain like Slade" Naruto said as Barbara sighed and nodded.

"I don't want to either but it all points to him Naruto and I need you to tail him when he leaves, be covert and tail him as far away as you can before he puts on his suit. His suit I've found runs on Xenothium, it's an extremely rare and equally dangerous compound. Thankfully while not radioactive it still gives off readings which my suit picked up on" she said before she tossed him a black bat shaped compact computer. "Track him with that when you are unable to track him from his Ki and tell us when he stops moving. I'll tell the team you got a lead on how to track Red X and are looking into it tomorrow" she said as she stood up with a long sigh.

"Are you going to tell them about it being Robin?" Naruto asked, unsure how some of them might take it.

"Only after we get it settled and figured out. The sooner the better as this is a crap situation. For now let's just get some rest and see what happens tomorrow" she said, walking out of his room to inform the team, minus Robin, that he was going to be leaving to try and tail Red X.

Naruto ran his hands through his hair with a sigh and a groan, still not wanting to believe Robin decided to do something so stupid and hoping it was all coincidence as he clipped the bat computer to his belt.

As the next day came he went about it normally until he felt Robin slip out of the tower, undoubtedly through an exit he had in his room, and from there he tailed him once the sun had set.

Normally sensing people at a large distance was hard given to be sensed they had to give off a large power level but if he fine focused on one person while they were in range he was easily able to continue sensing them as they left his normal range.

Robin, like any student of Batman, did a lot of backtracking and random paths, most likely to throw off anyone who might be following him or to potentially catch them. This wouldn't work with him given he stayed in place for the most part, far away from Robin so there'd be no way he'd figure it out.

From where he could feel Robin going Naruto felt he was actually seeming to be researching things. That was until his energy disappeared, making Naruto frown as he really hoped there was another explanation for this as he pulled out the device Barbara gave him.

It seemed Robin was actually casing out the location of the last chip when he had been 'researching' as once the signal infiltrated the compound Naruto signaled the team.

While he waited in position he frowned, hoping Robin had a damn good reason for doing this besides just wanting to learn of Slade's plan. Plus with the aura of intelligence Slade gave off, something that reminded him of Luthor, he had a bad feeling of Slade not being as in the dark as Robin thought he was.

It wasn't long thankfully as everyone else showed up. "So where is Red X?" Batgirl asked as Naruto pointed below him.

"He just got to the main chamber that the chip is in. We have permission to break the ceiling as doing so should lock the room down" Naruto said as Cyborg nodded, charging his Sonic Cannon before looking to the others who all nodded to show they were ready as he broke the ground below them and they dropped in.

As they fell Naruto frowned as he Red X surrounded by Slade's commandos and other robots. "Titans, go!" Naruto yelled as they landed, Cyborg already going after Red X before Naruto noticed Slade in the back of the room, the door in the back being destroyed so the lock down wouldn't effect it.

"Got you!" Cyborg yelled as he grabbed Red X's cloak, keeping him in place.

"Let go! Stop him!" Red X groaned as Naruto and the others worked to destroy the robots around them. "He's getting away! It's me!" Red X yelled before he took off his mask, holding it in hand to reveal it really was Robin.

"W-What? Robin?" Starfire asked in shock, the others just as shocked as Robin tore off his cloak at ran ahead.

"Slade's getting away! Come on!" he yelled as robots continued to surround them.

"Naruto follow after him, we'll handle these guys" Batgirl said as the others nodded, Supergirl already mowing through a bunch with her heat vision.

"We can handle the small fries, you go take care of Slade and make sure Robin doesn't weasel out of things as we all want an explanation" Supergirl said as Naruto frowned but after nods of confirmation from the others he nodded and burst off, flying after Robin and blasting any commandos that tried to attack him.

As Naruto made it up onto the roof, having been able to follow Robin's energy again, he frowned as Robin was dangling from the edge of the roof across the way with Slade walking towards him. "Not so fast" Naruto growled as he quickly held his hands together in a 'C', energy quickly collecting between his hands.

The energy quickly started to form an orb, the energy in the orb starting to spin and rotate as he kept it contained. "Ra….Sen….Ha!" Naruto yelled as he fired a beam of energy at Slade, the beam connecting as Slade held up his armored forearms to try and block it before the beam started to spin and rotate like a drill.

The beam continued to spin, picking up more and more speed as he put more power into it, going past his usual limit that he kept at when fighting non-superpowered enemies to start pushing Slade back even more before the beam pierced his arms and went entirely through him before exploding out the back.

Once Slade, or the robot he had sent in his place, had been sent flying and crashing back into the sign nearby, unmoving on the ground, Naruto quickly saved Robin and tossed him on the ground to walk towards Slade to take off the mask.

"Ah Naruto, not the one I expected to take my robot down but equally as pleasing" the real Slade said over the screen under the mask.

"I knew it, you wouldn't come to this. Not when you only went after the chips to try and goad Robin" Naruto said making Slade chuckle.

"Am I that transparent?" he asked as Naruto scoffed and rolled his eyes at him.

"You remind me of Luthor so it's easy to see something like this being your plan. Lets just hope you end up like him when we meet in person" Naruto said as Slade chuckled again.

"You mean paralyzed and bed ridden from your rage filled beating you gave him? I do say for a hero you are quite violent. But don't worry, and be sure to tell Robin this, but we will meet face to face soon enough" he pointed out as Naruto stared him down before a countdown stared from five on the screen, making Naruto grab it and quickly throw it hard into the air, letting it safely blow up in the air.

Naruto narrowed his eyes as he picked up the chips and walked over to Robin, offering him a hand which he took before Naruto sent him back onto the ground with a right hook to his face. "That is for being fucking stupid like that" Naruto said as he glared down at Robin.

"What the hell were you thinking?" Naruto asked, uncaring that the others had arrived on the rooftop.

"I-I thought if I could gain his trust I could learn what he was planning" Robin said as he rubbed his now very sore jaw.

"Slade isn't stupid Robin, a man offering him something he had fought a hero team over wouldn't fool him. Men like him don't trust anyone but themselves and the first suspicion that comes to mind is undercover heroes, especially since you were never around when Red X was" he said before Barbara stepped in.

"And don't give the 'but I had a hologram double' excuse as if I saw through that someone like Slade easily would have" she added making Robin shut back up.

"Your plan was stupid Robin, your obsession with Slade is dangerous. He didn't trust you, you failed, and you ruined your trust between us" Naruto said as he walked away, handing Barbara the chips. "I'm going back to the Tower to train, letting my anger bubble won't be helpful" Naruto said as Barbara nodded and they let him fly off.

As he flew he focused on deep breathes before deciding he'd keep an eye on Robin to ensure he wouldn't lead to ruin with this obsession. He wasn't going to let Robin go down a dark path and if he failed and Robin did land himself in a dark path then he'd ensure he beat it out of Robin no matter what.

For now he needed to blow off a lot of steam under a lot of gravity until he calmed down, hoping things wouldn't turn out as bad as he felt they would in the future.

-Chapter End-

(Please read all of my notes, I have stuff to tell you all in terms of pairing changes, YJ idea, and why things have been slow for me)

Woo~! I was finally able to get a chapter written despite my insanely annoying writer's block-esque situation. For me it isn't that I don't have ideas, its more my brain goes blank when I try and write at certain points and my writing speed is either at 0 or super slow. Imagine it like squeezing out toothpaste out of an empty tube, trying to get small drops. That's what my writing speed has somewhat been at.

This is all due to my household becoming a massive mess since my brother and nephew moved in with me. The kid is a monster and my brother is a crap parent and it's stressing me out and making me a bit depressed but hey, I'm able to write a tiny bit at night and whatnot

Before I talk about the chapter I want to run something by you all! I have a current interest in possibly doing a Naruto/DBZ/YJ version of this in the future. He'd still be a Saiyan and Superman's 'sidekick/protogee/apprentice' but he'd be 19 so a good deal older than the rest a bit. I also have a lot of things planned to make it different from this one in some ways such as pairing, some powers, universe he is in, and whatnot. Let me know what you think about it as I'm real excited about it

So this chapter was based off Masks, I felt I did it well given I feel Batgirl would definitely notice Red X having specific tools to take them all down (no Robin wouldn't have actually killed Naruto with electrocution as they'd turn off once he passed out). Plus Batgirl for sure would have checked out Robin before chasing after Red X as with the number of Titans she knew it wouldn't do any harm, plus she felt suspicious with Robin being 'at the public library filling out notecards' so late at night.

Next chapter will be Mad Mod as I have some fun outfit idea to put the girls in since Raven did get put in her basketball outfit. There will also be some tension on the team since this isn't something to be forgotten in a day. It'll also help lead things up to the two part Apprentice episode which might or might not be a two part chapter

FYI, just so you know, I use Kara and Barbara's superhero names in combat and whatnot, once combat is over I switch back to their normal names as truthfully I feel it works best that way to show when the action is done. Hope it's not confusing

Pairings:

Naruto x Supergirl, Batgirl, Raven, Starfire, Blackfire, Kitten, Argent, Jinx, Terra

Beast Boy x Kole

Cyborg x Bumblebee

Robin x Ravager

Ages:

Raven, Jinx, and Beast Boy, Terra: 15

Starfire, Robin, and Kitten: 16

Argent and Naruto: 17

Cyborg, Blackfire, Batgirl and Supergirl: 18

I hope you all liked it

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