I might make Gaara OOC in this chapter. I'm definitely going to make Sasuke sound lame though. I really just don't like him. He has no originality. He copies everyone's jutsu, and thinks he's all that and a bag of chips. Show off.
My mind also sorta freezes sometimes, so if I get a little off track, don't bite my head off.
And I also hate Robin, so he's going to be a jackass as always.
F.Y.I. Maniac, Gerard, Reese, Jason, and Cyborg are all old enough to drink. So don't get all bent out of shape.
Maniac was confused beyond reason. After that fight with that Kabuto guy, the air had been icy amongst the group. Between now and then the 3 strangers were invited to the tower to explain the situation.
"Is this making any since to you guy?" The blonde asked.
"Yeah… I'm like really bad with names, what are they again?" Beastboy asked.
"How many times do we have to go over this? My name is Naruto Uzimaki (how do you spell it exactly?), remember it!"
"Oh yeah, it's all coming back to me now," Beastboy said smiling sheepishly.
"So… um, who wanted tea?" Raven asked softly, holding a cup in her hands.
"Alcohol," Maniac said randomly. Hopping over the back of the couch she made her way over to the fridge.
"I would like some, please," Gaara mumbled.
"Hey, I'm missing a pack and 1 other!" Maniac cried upon inspection of the refrigerator.
Maniac stood back up holding her once six pack in her arms. "I only have 5 here, I should have 12, where's my others beer?"
Gerard, Marik, Beastboy, and Jason whistled to themselves. "Oh you wants to be taking this outsides then."
The guys bolted for the door all at once with Maniac hot on their heels.
As soon as the doors shut, Robin skimmed the rest of the room.
"Now that the annoyance is gone," Robin stopped when he looked at Reese. She smiled. "Most of it, let me get this straight. A ninja is after one of my teammates?"
Reese snorted to herself. "Sorry," she said turning away from Robins glare.
"And, you have come all the way from a village in Japan (I'm making it Japan, if Naruto takes place anywhere else you people can kiss my ass) to protect her."
"Yes," Sasuke said calmly. His eyes hadn't left Gaara for a while now. Why did this girl like Gaara and not him? Usually they all liked him, but she didn't. She was only interested with Gaara.
'Don't understand it. I have a million girls ready to give their left hand to go out with me, yet she doesn't act like I exist. Why do I care? Just cause some pretty girl like Gaara and not me.'
His cheeks turned a violent red as Raven handed Gaara a cup of tea. She' had been too nice to him since he saved her. He could have saved her to. Gaara just got there first. That wasn't fair. And he got rid of Kabuto. Not like Naruto did anything, but she was nice to him to.
"Hey Sasuke!" Naruto snapped.
"Huh?" he said absently.
"Been calling your name for a while now, you like, dazed off."
"Yeah, that's nice."
"Then after we go extreme bungee jumping I thought we could shave off our hair and paint our heads blue."
"Great."
Naruto cocked his head to the side. So he was starring at the happy couple a? Sasuke was jealous. Naruto furrowed his brow. Stupid Sasuke. Why shouldn't Gaara have a girlfriend He could have any other girl, but no. The only one Gaara liked. Not to mention Sasuke still ignores Sakura, and Sakura ignores Naruto.
"Need anything?" Reese asked, popping up from the back of the couch.
"A down sizer for Sasuke's head."
"Don't think we have that. Hey, it looks like ya 3'll be stay' in here for a while. But you'll have to share a room."
"That's cool. We can't really go back to the village until our mission is done anyway."
"You know, if you still want to deflate that kids head, I can always get Maniac on it. He just might need his ass kicked is all."
"No. Sasuke's jealous."
"Of what dare I ask?"
"The Raven girl we're protecting, and Gaara."
"The red head dude with the gourd on his back? Why?"
"Cause Sasuke always has girl foaming at the mouth for him and when one is finally likes someone else and not him, he's jealous."
"Jelly? Oo."
"He'll get over it," Naruto mumbled.
"Why are we whispering?" Maniac asked from behind Reese.
"Shh."
"Alright team, we need to secure the area. It is obvious that we are out matched greatly. We need to train, and in the mean time, I don't want Raven to get out of your sights, got it Raven?" Robin snapped.
"Nag, nag, nag. You are such a kill joy. ASAP!"
The team appeared before her in a flash, Gerard and Jason looking ragged as ever.
"You know the drill. Little Bo Peeps looking for his sheep. This sheep ain't gonna be wagging her tail behind her is she Rae?"
"What?" Raven retorted. Naruto could admit that he too was vaguely confused. He wasn't feeling too good about the situation at the moment.
"I said keep it on the down low. You got yet another evil villain on your butt, again. We'll handle this no sweat," Maniac said confidently.
"Dude, I'm not liking this right now," Beastboy said nervously.
"We couldn't even touch the guy," Cyborg agreed.
"Could you rephrase that?" Reese asked jokingly.
"Yeah, and that's not true, what about when we got slammed to the ground, how do you think he did that. He had to be touching us then," Maniac pointed out.
Cyborg growled.
"Anyway, Titans-"
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Robin. Unless we want our semi decent record to be jacked up even more, we will get better and less lame," Maniac interrupted.
Robin scowled.
"Now I propose fondue," Maniac finished.
"Cheese!" Reese added.
"I'm in," Jason said quickly.
"Fondue?" Naruto questioned. "You guys need to take this seriously! Orochimaru is dangerous! If he gets a hold of Raven it's bye-bye. We aren't even on the same level as him. And you guys were having trouble with Kabuto, you don't stand a chance against Orochimaru at this rate!"
"We take a break before getting serious," Maniac said coolly.
"A long break," Reese chimed.
"But then we get intense. Besides, you haven't seen me at my fullest. And I have a feeling that Rae was holding back weren't Raven?" Maniac queered. Maniac tossed a glance at Raven's direction and noticed she had disappeared.
"Oh no! Orochimaru got her already!" Naruto cried.
"No dufis. She's probably in her room or something. I'll check. Um, what's your face, Gaara was it, check the roof, the elevator goes straight there," Maniac said absent-mindedly. And with that Maniac turned and left the main room.
Gaara watched her leave before standing and following the same suit.
…
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos."
It was steady hum. A rhythm she knew well. And at the moment, Raven needed to concentrate. There was something about the red head. His name was Gaara, that she knew. Who was he? And why did he save her life so suddenly? He didn't seem like the type that would… he seemed like her sort of. Dark, depressed, confused, miss understood. She had a feeling that he was different then the other two. Naruto and Sasuke, who she was fully aware of liking her. But Gaara was still different. Something about his eyes. They were like hers. Full of pain. Confusion. Loneliness.
At that moment she sensed someone else on the roof. Her mantra stopped abruptly and she slowly floated back to the ground. "Yes?" Her words weren't harsh, yet curios. Again he was coming to help. That, she could sense too.
Gaara was quiet. Instead of and answer he came to her side and sat down and the ledge with her. Raven stared at him for a moment, as if she expected him to answer. When he wouldn't, she sighed, relaxed, and let her legs dangled off the edge of the roof.
"You know, I hadn't really… what I mean is… well, Maniac is the one who usually comes up here, not that I have a problem with it… I guess, uh… so… what I mean is."
"You're welcome," he said randomly.
Raven looked over the edge slightly embarrassed.
"So… have you found where you'll be sleeping yet? I could show you, or something."
"I don't sleep."
"Oh, why not?"
"I can't."
"Insomnia problems?"
"No, it's… dangerous."
"Oh… right, I guess I understand."
There was an awkward silence for several minutes after that.
"I don't sleep because I guess you could say that I'm like you."
"I wouldn't say so. I'm kind different."
"I know. You're the daughter of Trigon."
Raven's eyes widened. She hadn't expected him to know that. She hung her head slightly in shame, no wonder he didn't talk to her much.
"I don't mind."
Raven gave Gaara an odd look.
"That is to say, I don't think that is makes you a bad person, being half demon in all."
Raven sighed in relief. Though she didn't know why, she didn't want Gaara to reject her like everyone else.
"Because… I have a demon inside of me to. Thanks to my father."
"Oh." That's all she could think of. Oh. All she could say was oh. She felt like an idiot. "I guess… you understand after all, I mean…"
"I've been wanting to talk about it for a while now. I thought that maybe you could relate."
Raven blinked. She could relate. "I can relate. Relate to the feeling of loneliness. The pain. The confusion. Never knowing what you're supposed to be."
"Maybe, you want to talk about it?"
"I think… I might."
Dum dum dum. Uh oh, what will happen, don't worry, I'll update soon.
If you want to dictate over the pairings be my guest. I've already made my decision. But you won't know till later. Right now it's Gaara and Raven, It might change later, or it might stay the same. Or it could be a love triangle. You won't know till I update again.