His heart beating hard, Gaara ran back to the apartment after returning to his original bird form.

'Am I feeling sexually excited?' He felt foreign feeling, on one hand he was happy that he was still a guy and the other he wondered what he should do about such an opening in his defenses.

'No one has done this ever. I guess having such a title does make people wary and coming so close to touch me was impossible before. I shouldn't let woman touch me at their pleasure.' Gaara concluded

"You are late" Zatanna's voice was heard when he entered through the window

"Sorry, I was lost in my studies." Gaara replied once he changed back

"I am coming in" Zatanna said as she opened the door

Gaara understood she would want to check him personally for anything and trusting an unknown factor was too naïve.

"You went to a bar, are you drunk?" She said as she analyzed his appearance

"I just interacted with some people and drank but I am not intoxicated" He replied with a clear tone

Zatanna gazed at him and stood straight, "Okay, how was your outing?"

"It was informative, I learned a lot thanks to your help."

"Well that's good so you won't be needing dinner?" Zatanna asked

"Yes, I have already eaten"

"Okay, rest now and tomorrow you can show me what you got so I can later arrange things for you." Zatanna said with a smile in a friendly tone

Gaara nodded, "Good night"

"You too" She replied as he left

'He has traces of magic on him. What does it mean?'

Gaara lay down and fatigue overtook him, he had utilized his mental capability too much today. The next he woke up and freshened up, he found different clothing waiting for him. It had similar coloring to his clothes, a pair of jeans and a shirt along with a jacket.

'I guess I should put these on to integrate with the public.' Gaara thought as he put on the clothes and walked out to see breakfast ready.

"Come sit, do you like the clothes or do you want something else." Zatanna asked as she sipped her juice

"I am satisfied with them." Gaara muttered as he sat down

"Eat up and then we can do the test"

Gaara nodded and ate his fill, after which she teleported them to the desert area where there were no signs of humans.

"Okay, you can do your thing" Zatanna said as she looked at him with curiosity

Gaara didn't respond and just extended his hand, the sand around them changed shape. It was a beautiful sight as the sand took on the shape of castle then it changed to a flower field and finally it took on their shape. The shapes were extremely detailed and looked completely like the real things.

"Is this enough?"

"It's great; your control over sand is very good for you to make such detailed forms." Zatanna said excitedly

"Thank you, so what do I need to do for the performance."

"Hmm, can you make a small show or battle between beings with the sand" Zatanna said as he held her chin

'This way he might slip and show something from his home'

Gaara complied and showed two snakes fighting, it was an engaging battle and they felt completely real with their reactions.

"That's good. But let's try knights and dragons for more impact." Zatanna said with a smile, she hadn't given up yet as she believed he would slip one day or just tell her.

'It's not like I am forcing him.' She reasoned

"I will check it out"

"Good, let's go back." Zatanna said as she was satisfied with his compliance

'It would be better if he just told me everything else that I want.'

'That really sounds wrong, I should just let time do it's job.' Zatanna realized how her thoughts were taking a dark turn

The duo returned back and Zatanna left him alone to do his thing, so just like yesterday he visited the library transformed into a guy this time.

'Female form is too troublesome' Gaara thought as he went through the books but before going through the ones he needed, he checked the myth side.

He found them interesting, 'these humans really are creative coming with such things with no power or is it because of that they could think out of the limits.'

He went through some books on myths learning about the battles and especially the creatures, 'She might ask for more so let's do it now.'

After finishing that up within thirty minutes, Gaara walked to the geography side where he slowly poured over the books unlike yesterday. Before leaving after 5 hours, Gaara did go through some physic books.

'Nth metal, that thing really is weird and magical. I need some of it but where is it?' Gaara mused as he walked out heading into the city to see if he could learn from just roaming around

'I would have left but a promise is a promise and I might learn more by being on her side along with avoiding trouble.'

"Did you hear about the battle in metropolis?"

"Who hasn't, dude you got to be living under a rock for that to happen. I can't believe so many people died while on Superman's watch, guess even superheroes can't do everything."

"Yeah, it does break the illusion that with superman everything will be okay."

Gaara heard the conversation as he passed by a café, 'Superman?' That was his first time hearing the name as he hadn't looked through any news articles yet.

'What kind of person would this be? How strong is he? How can he be of assistance to mu cause?' Gaara wondered as he decided to check out the heroes

'I should also check for the villains, they might be useful' Gaara decided

'But where do I get the information' He was stumped; he didn't know where to go and sat down on the bench outside. He watched the fountain and contemplated his choices when he sensed that the place below was hollow.

"Oh"

Gaara was distracted and had his connect with the earth below and check it out, there were many pathways and he could sense human sized beings.

'What are they doing down there?' He was curious and couldn't find anything else to do so he decided to check it out.

Gaara walked away slowly and walked into an alleyway then rushed back to the place with full speed, sinking into the ground without anyone seeing him. He walked towards the location where he could sense the presences with a cautious gait. He sent his sand eyes ahead of him and he saw corpse like men ahead, 'What are these things? They are dead.'

Gaara concluded that when he couldn't sense a beat but his chakra sense did pick up an energy signature.

'What dark energy is that?' As he was contemplating going ahead, the zombies attacked him so by instinct he had his sand envelop them. He didn't want to have trouble so he had them sink into the ground and walked forward.

'It seems the leader is willing to meet.' He thought as he didn't meet any trouble

"Welcome to my humble abode" A man in a tuxedo and a ghastly face said as Gaara entered into a room which was filled with mystical things.

"What are you doing below the surface?" Gaara asked while he watched for any threat

"Not one for conversations, are you boy. I live under here where the humans can't disturb my job. So who are you?" The man said as he put something's inside a pot

"Gaara, who are you?"

"Eldon Peck, you are a foreigner aren't you. Never seen you before or heard about you, such an interesting ability. How about working with me Gaara?" He said in a friendly tone

"I don't know anything about you so I can't judge what kind of person you are. I am also busy with my own mission so I decline." Gaara answered politely as the man had shown no hostility

"Hmm, why not keep in contact and I will keep the offer open. You are staying here for a time aren't you?"

"Indeed, I will think about. Excuse me I have something to do." Gaara said as he turned around

"Why not run that something through me, I might be of assistance."

Gaara stopped and turned around, "Can you provide information about Superman, the other heroes and villains along with some information on the nth metal." He said what he wanted to know, not expecting much but Eldon just laughed.

"Gaara, that's a very simple thing. I can give you that information so take a seat and we can talk."

While Gaara was talking with Eldon, Zatanna was meeting her boss Benjamin Reymond. He was a handsome guy with money and all; he was knowledgeable about the occult so he was aware that she was a real mage.

"So you want me to hire this guy and you are saying he has unique magic. Hmm, to create story with sand or figures made of sand is interesting but I would like to meet him." Ben said as he sat in his seat

"No problem, thanks boss"

"Call me Ben, no need to be so formal."

"We are at the workplace so we need to follow the rules."

"I create the rules so do comply with my wish. For now, how about we go for dinner?"

"Sorry boss, I am busy today."

"Then tomorrow" Ben didn't give up in his invitation

"Okay"

A.N Hope you enjoyed and comment.