-Previously on Happiness-
Leaning over to Raven, he asked, "Can I talk to you for a minute?" She looked confused but nodded nonetheless. Standing up, she led him out of the comm room and towards her room. He was surprised when she actually invited him in. Before he stepped inside, he gave her a questioning look to see if he really was allowed.
"Are you wanting to talk in private?" Naruto nodded, "Then this is the most private place in this whole tower."
Stepping inside, Naruto glanced around Raven's room and laughed a little as he saw piles of books and candles sitting on top of them. Her entire room was dark in both lighting and decoration. "You really are a goth, aren't you?" he asked her.
Raven never liked that word. So she liked dark things, who cares? Going over to her bed, she sat on the edge with Naruto joining her. "What is it you wanted to talk about?" she asked.
"After everything that happened today, it made me realise something," Naruto began, surprising Raven at how serious he was. "I didn't want to tell you my past because I just wanted to forget about it and live my new life here. But with what happened, I realised I was just running away from my problems."
"What do you mean?" Raven asked.
Turning to look her in the eyes, Naruto said, "I'm going to tell you everything."
-Story Start-
"So, let me get this straight," Raven said, having just listened to Naruto tell her about where he came from. "Like me, you are from another dimension where almost everyone can use chakra, and then use it to do practically anything from walking on water to raising the dead?" Naruto nodded to confirm she had his story right so far. "Your world also has Shinobi which is the main military system and you were a low-level Shinobi, a Ganon?"
"Genin, but yes," Naruto corrected with another nod. "And that's about the gist of it."
Raven continued, "You told me a lot about your world but you didn't really tell me anything about your life and you didn't tell me how you managed to cross dimensions. Did you use one of your techniques or something? Like how I use portals to travel?"
"I told you about how the Shinobi system works and how I was placed on a team with two others to form Team 7. My teammates were Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha, both were top of the class while I was at the bottom. We were placed with Kakashi Hatake who mostly tried to teach us teamwork." Naruto laughed a little, "Our teamwork was terrible. Sasuke always did everything himself, Sakura did nothing but follow Sasuke, and all I did was try to show off to Sakura."
"Did you have a crush on her?" Raven asked without really thinking. Naruto gave her an amused look as she looked away with a slight blush of embarrassment. "It just sounded like it, that's all!"
"I did for a little while," Naruto admitted. "But after our first official mission outside the village, I realised she never really cared about me. Sasuke and I got hurt and while we were resting in our client's house, Sakura tended to Sasuke while ignoring me completely." A thoughtful look appeared on Naruto's face, "Now that I think about, I wasn't as injured as Sasuke was. He could barely move after having a couple of dozen needles stab him in a bunch of pressure points. I was just tired from using too much chakra."
Raven coughed a little, "I think you're getting off topic a little."
Blinking when he realised she was right, Naruto grinned a little, "Oh, sorry. Anyway, during our first mission, Sasuke unlocked a special ability that only people in his family can acquire, the Sharingan." At this point, Naruto's smile faltered, "Sasuke was always looking for power, he was desperate for it. When he got his Sharingan it was like his obsession got even worse. And then during an exam that would have allowed us to become Chunin, we were ambushed by a man named Orochimaru."
"From the way you said his name, I'd hazard a guess and say you don't like him," Raven said, having heard the venom in Naruto's voice.
Snorting, Naruto nodded like what Raven said was obvious. "That's an incredible understatement. The man's a sick freak that experiment's on children for fun. He even kills anyone if he knows he has no use for them anymore. And all so that he could obtain immortality. Which leads me to why he ambushed us in the middle of the exam. We did everything we could to fight him but we were badly outclassed. It turns out that Orochimaru was after Sasuke the entire time, just so he could give him the Cursed Mark."
"Cursed Mark?"
"I don't really know much about it. All I know is that increases chakra levels, strength, speed, all that sort of stuff. It also poisons the person mind every time the person uses it. When Sasuke used it, he became addicted to it and began to believe that Orochimaru was the only person that would give him the power he needed. It didn't take long until Sasuke decided to defect and run away from the village. When we found out, myself and four others were tasked with bringing him back."
Hearing him go quiet, Raven grew concerned and asked, "Are you alright?"
Nodding, Naruto said, "Yeah, I'm fine. One by one my team stayed back to hold off an enemy while I went ahead. I eventually found Sasuke and tried to convince him to come back. But in the end, he was far too gone and we fought. The fight was bad. We destroyed a lot of the Valley we were in, using every Jutsu we knew just to stop each other. But in the end, it wasn't enough, so I put all of my chakra into my last attack with Sasuke doing the same. I'm not sure what happened, really. When he slammed the attacks into each other, everything went white. Next thing I know, I'm waking up in one of Gotham Cities hospital, not able to understand what anyone was saying."
"So you don't really know how you got here?" asked Raven in surprise.
"I have a few ideas about how it happened but I'll probably never know," Naruto said with a shrug, not really caring. He had tried to figure it out years ago and even tried to attempt it but never could.
"It sounded as though your last attack and Sasuke's were so powerful that it might have torn open a rift in your world to this one. If that's true, then you're lucky you didn't die because that amount of power would have torn your body apart."
Naruto gave a small laugh. "You have no idea," he said before pulling his collar down to reveal the scar Raven saw when they first met. "This was given to me by Sasuke during our final attack. That plus all my other wounds, I shouldn't have survived crossing dimensions. But I was covered in 'demonic energy' as you like to call it, and that only just protected me."
"What about that energy? What is it exactly?" Raven asked. The more Naruto told her of his past, the more she wanted to know, and that energy was what she wanted to know about the most. Just like any other time she mentioned that particular energy, she could see Naruto visibly hesitate. It was obvious it was difficult for him to talk about but she was starting to get desperate. Plus he did say he would tell her everything and she was hoping he would keep his promise.
After a few seconds, Naruto sighs as he knows he should just tell her and stop hesitating. "That energy isn't demonic in any way, it's just chakra. Very, VERY potent chakra, but chakra nonetheless. It's chakra from a being called a Tailed Beast, which in my world, there are nine of. Each is more powerful than the last, with the strongest having nine tails. I... I hold the strongest, the Nine-Tailed Fox, Kyuubi," he said, hesitating at revealing his most dangerous secret. He knew it was ridiculous to be worried about it in this world but it was something he feared ever since he first learned about it.
"How do you have the Kyuubi?" Raven asked, unconsciously feeling relieved at the thought of Naruto NOT using demonic energy. Her eyes widened as she gained a small blush, watching as Naruto lifted his top to reveal his stomach and a six-pack, which Raven had a hard time looking away from. "What are you doing?!" she shouted, managing to look away from his body.
Laughing at her reaction, Naruto just channelled his chakra, making familiar black markings appear on his stomach. "This seal, which was placed on me on the day of my birth, imprisons the Kyuubi within me. It cannot escape no matter what and it gives me the ability to draw on its power. But I can only draw a little at a time because I can't control it."
Raven didn't even bother trying to understand the seal. If he didn't just explain to her what it was, she would have honestly just assumed it was a tattoo. Taking a quick glance at Naruto's face, she could see that he looked worried. That look confused her a little until she realised it. "Did you think I would hate you for this?"
"For as long as I could remember, almost the entire village hated me and I didn't know why. They would call me monster and demon, throw stones at me, hell I've even had mobs chase and beat me a couple of times a month. But they never gave me a real reason why they hated me," Naruto said to a shocked and disgusted Raven. "I finally learned that they all hated me because I contained the Kyuubi. I guess I was scared that if anyone learnt my secret, then they would hate me no matter what." He looked away, feeling even more worried about what Raven's reaction would be.
Then, to Naruto's surprise, he felt Raven lightly touch his arm. Looking at her with wide eyes, he saw the girl giving him a gentle smile with a look of understanding. "I don't hate you, Naruto. You're my friend, as well as Starfire's and the others."
He didn't know why exactly, but those words made Naruto happy. Grinning, he suddenly pulled Raven into a hug. "Thank you, Raven."
Not used to giving hugs, Raven awkwardly put her arms around Naruto and patted his back a little. "Rachel," she said as he pulled away, with Naruto giving her a confused look. "My real name is Rachel Roth."
-A Few Day's Later, Afternoon-
"So, remind me again what the plan is?" asked Cyborg into his communicator as he carefully moved a large piece of debris. The only reason that no one has been to Slade's hideout since the explosion was because the building was still classed as dangerous. Thankfully it has been a few days so the worst was over and the clean-up crew were scheduled to take care of everything tomorrow. Robin had sent Cyborg to get any evidence he could find.
He heard a sigh before hearing Robin reply, "You are to go to Slade's hideout and see if Naruto really did kill him or not. And while you're there, you are to try and see if you can salvage anything of use. Understand?"
Rolling his eyes, even though Robin couldn't see it, Cyborg said, "Yeah that I understand. What I don't understand is what you're doing."
"It's simple. I'm trying to gather information on Naruto. After what happened the other night, I want answers."
"And by doing that you're following him around?" Cyborg questioned.
At first, Robin didn't answer before finally answering with, "It's a legitimate method of gathering information."
"It's called being a stalker and no one likes that," Cyborg said as he opened a door, while Robin was stuttering and making excuses for himself. "Okay, I'm finally in the hideout. Just from looking around I can tell I'm not going to get much."
"Can you see where the fight ended?"
Walking over, Cyborg looked around before seeing some destroyed machinery on the side of the room. It looked different from the anything else as it looked damaged from an outside source. "Found where it happened and Slade's body isn't here. I don't know if I should be relieved or terrified."
Robin cursed a little at hearing this before saying, "I should have figured he'd somehow survive that."
"At least Naruto isn't a murderer," Cyborg said with relief.
"Still doesn't excuse the fact that he tried to kill Slade. There's also the fact that he didn't seem affected by killing Slade like he was used to it or something."
As he checked over the computer by Slade's chair, Cyborg broke open a panel and grinned. "Boo-yah! The hard drive is still intact!" he said as he carefully unhooked it, carefully checking over the small amount of damage on the casing. "I'm going to take this back to the Tower. It might be encrypted or it might be a trap with a virus. Either way, I have the perfect equipment for this at the Tower."
"Alright, let me know if you decrypt it. I'll keep on Naruto until- What? Argh!" Robin began to say before he suddenly shouted.
Immediately worried, Cyborg shouted, "Robin?! Robin, what is happening?!"
-With Robin, A Few Seconds Earlier-
"Still doesn't excuse the fact that he tried to kill Slade," Robin said into his earpiece as watched Naruto in his apartment from the roof across the street. So far, the blond has done nothing other than fixing his wall and cleaning up the mess that was made when he first attacked Slade. "There's also the fact that he didn't seem affected by killing Slade like he was used to it or something."
Using a pair of binocular's, Robin kept a close eye on Naruto as he walked out of his kitchen with a drink and sat down in front of his laptop. From what Robin could tell when he searched for any information on Naruto, the man was an author to a popular book series called 'True Confessions', a series he's never had any particular interest in but he has seen Raven reading his books from time to time.
"Boo-yah!" Cyborg suddenly shouted, making Robin jump as he wasn't expecting the sudden outburst. He sighed in relief when he saw that Naruto hadn't noticed him. "The hard drive is still intact! I'm going to take this back to the Tower. It might be encrypted or it might be a trap with a virus. Either way, I have the perfect equipment for this back at the Tower."
Happy to have a potentially substantial lead on Slade for once, Robin smiled. "Alright, let me know if you decrypt it. I'll keep on Naruto until- What?" Robin said as he heard a noise. Turning around, he saw that there was no one else on the roof with him but just as he turned back to watch Naruto, he was suddenly hit on the top of the head by something soft and was now covered in water. "Argh!" he shouted in surprise as he jumped and scanned the roof again, still not seeing anyone.
"Robin?!" he heard Cyborg shout. "Robin, what's happening?!"
"It's okay, I'm fine," Robin said with a frown, shaking his head to get rid of most of the water. "I think I got hit by a water balloon somehow."
Cyborg didn't say anything but began to laugh at his friend's expense. "Ha! Some kid got the drop on you?! I'm so telling the others!"
His face glowing a little red out of slight embarrassment of being laughed at, Robin shouted into his earpiece, "No one got the drop on me! I'm on the roof and no one else is here with me!" Cyborg only continued to laugh, angering Robin a little. "I'll see you at the Tower," he said as he took out the earpiece. He just knew he wasn't going to hear the end of this from the others.
Remembering why he was there, Robin crouched and looked at Naruto's apartment, frowning when he couldn't see the blond anywhere. Glancing down at the street below, he spotted Naruto past a few buildings. Idly wondering how he got over there so fast, Robin used his grapple and landed on the next building. He continued using this method as he followed after the blond, making sure to stay out of sight along the way.
Not even a half hour later and Robin was seen walking into the comm-Room. Each Titan there glanced at him, idly wondering who had entered, before seeing the state their leader was in and each of them began to laugh hysterically. Even Raven, who was simply sat on the couch and reading her book, had to hide her face behind the book to hide her snickering.
Robin, their fearless leader who trained under the legendary Batman, was covered in bright neon orange paint, completely tied up from head to toe with rope, was missing a shoe, and his utility belt was nowhere to be seen.
It took a while before his friends stopped laughing and began to help him, with the exception of Beastboy who was still laughing and comparing Robin to pumpkins and oranges. "What happened?" Cyborg asked with a small laugh, wiping his hands to get rid of some of the paint.
Clearly annoyed, Robin answered with a huff, "I don't want to talk about it." Once he was free from the rope, he shook his arms slightly to get the circulation back. "Have you gotten anything from the hard drive yet?" he asked, desperate to change the subject.
"Not yet," answered Cyborg with no surprise in his voice."I don't know how long it's going to take."
"And it's not gonna like, infect the tower with a virus or something?" asked Beastboy with concern.
Shaking his head, Cyborg beamed with pride as he said, "Not with my system it won't."
"You said that before but Gizmo managed to hack his way into our home," Raven pointed out, making Cyborg feel less pride than he did a second ago. "I'm pretty sure that was just after Mammoth threw Beastboy around like he was swatting a fly."
"That's not how it happened!" denied Beastboy with a shout.
"You were literally a fly and Mammoth was trying to hit you with a door," replied Raven, shutting Beastboy up. Robin, thankful for the distraction, took this opportunity to walk away to clean himself up.
As soon as the doors shut, Raven's communicator beeped a couple of times, alerting her that she had a message from someone. Flipping it open, she slightly raised an eyebrow at the message from Naruto and asked, "Can someone please look up the video 'Orange Birdy'?"
As he was doing as he was asked, Cyborg asked, "Why are we doing this?"
"Naruto sent me a message asking me to," Raven answered.
Hearing this made Cyborg and Beastboy grin, making Raven already regret answering them. "I forgot you two were dating," Beastboy teased, with Raven glaring at him, her eyes turning red. "Already shutting up," he said meekly, gulping in fear with Cyborg doing the same. Starfire wisely chose to hide behind the couch, knowing not to say anything to her friend when she was like this.
"Good," Raven growled, her eyes turning back to normal.
A video began to play on the massive tv, grabbing everyone's attention. For the next few minutes, four of the five Titans watched a montage of Robin being pranked with water balloons, traps, wires, and paint. It was clear it happened all throughout the city, with time-stamps showing that it all just happened minutes ago. "Holy crap, the video has already gone viral," Cyborg said with laughter. Beastboy was too busy rolling across the floor, holding his sides. And while Starfire was concerned for Robin, she too couldn't help but laugh at what she was seeing.
The video finally ended with a black screen and a message saying, 'Never mess with the Fox!', with a large red spiral behind it.
"It terrifies me that he was able to do this," commented Raven in disbelief.
Beastboy then grinned as he looked towards his best friend, "Hey, let's go show Robin, see what his reaction will be."
Cyborg matched his grin as they both ran towards the door, "Robin! You're gonna want to see this!"
"Thank God they're gone," Raven said as she got herself comfortable to read another book from Naruto.
Hearing the door open, Raven didn't bother to look as she figured it was just Beastboy or Cyborg getting food. What she didn't expect, however, was for Starfire to suddenly squeal and shout, "Friend-Naruto!"
Naruto, who only just opened the doors to the comm-room, shouted in shock as an orange blur suddenly latched onto him. Looking, he saw it was Starfire, "Star! Holy crap you scared me!" he said with laughter. It was very rare for someone to get one over him, but he'd let it slide for now. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Raven stand up from the couch.
"How did you get here?" Raven asked as she walked over to them.
"How did I get in the Tower or how did I get on the island?" Naruto asked, wanting her to clarify.
Raven only shrugged, "Both. And Star, you please let him go so he can answer."
Starfire nodded and let go of Naruto, but she also managed to drag both him and Raven to the couch, where the two girls sat on either side of him. "I walked over from the mainland to the island," he answered honestly with Raven believing him as he had told her about his people being able to walk on water, among other things. Starfire looked confused at what Naruto said but didn't question it. "And as for how I got in, the front door was open."
"That I can believe," Raven said, knowing that Beastboy and Starfire had a bad habit of leaving the doors unlocked, and judging by how sheepish Starfire looked, it was probably her. "But what are you doing here anyway? As soon as Robin finds out you're here, he won't be happy."
"Well, the main reason I'm here is to return this," Naruto said as he pulled out Robins utility belt from somewhere behind his back. "I was going to put it up online to see who would buy it but I figured not to... yet," he said, muttering the last word.
"Probably for the best. Robin's not exactly your biggest fan right now."
Naruto gave a small tut, "So he saw the video huh? I would have loved to see his reaction to it."
"Oh he hasn't seen it yet," Raven said, getting an evil looking grin to appear on Naruto's face. "You're too late, Cyborg and Beastboy have already gone after Robin to show him the video." Now Naruto's grin turned into a pout, which made Raven smirk a little in amusement.
-Later That Night-
Cyborg randomly typed a few keys into his computer as he drank some his juice. He was currently in his room and has been there for a few hours, trying his best to crack into Slade's hard drive. While it was difficult, which was impressive and something he'll never say to Robin, it wasn't impossible. The only issue was that it was time-consuming.
"Could have been using this time to whoop BB's ass on that new game of his," the man grumbled half-heartedly. The program he designed could have decrypted the hard drive by morning time but Robin was forcing him to work on it to speed up the process after he and Beastboy showed their leader the footage of him being pranked all over the city. Granted it would mean the hard drive would be unlocked faster, it was still annoying.
Just as he looked away from the screen in front of him, Cyborg heard a few beeps. Taking a look, he gave a triumphant smile while saying, "Finally." Instead of a loading bar, which had been on his screen for hours, a small handful of files appeared on the screen, each labelled differently from the other with names of both heroes and villains.
Knowing he should just call Robin, Cyborg was about to grab his communicator until he saw his own name. Curiosity getting the better of him, he clicked on the file. Documents and photos appeared in front of him. He raised an eyebrow at how the photos showed him fighting all the villains he had helped fight ever since he joined the Titans. But each photo was also taken from a distance. "That's just creepy," Cyborg said, realising that Slade was more of a stalker than he thought. He read the files next, with the first one having a lot of his personal information on it, such as his real name and the entirety of his high school career. It even mentions the accident he was in that made him this way.
Closing the folder as he didn't want to be reminded of that day, Cyborg realised something. If Slade had this much information about him, information that wasn't public knowledge, then what did he have on Raven and Robin, the two most secretive members. Grinning at the chance to learn more about them, and secretly hoping for embarrassing stuff, he clicked on Ravens file and frowned in disappointment at the lack of information. Everything he read he already knew.
"Wait," he mumbled, seeing another file attached to Ravens. Clicking on it, it brought up the picture of her infected with the probes. "Why did Slade keep a copy of her's but not mine?' Cyborg thought as he continued reading, wondering if it was the same for the others. The more he read, the more his eyes widened in shock. "No way..." he gasped out, staring at the screen.
After a few seconds, he clumsily grabbed his communicator and quickly called Raven. "H-Hey, uh, Raven. Could you... Could you please come to my lab as soon as you can?"
Not even a minute later and he heard a knock at his door, which opened to reveal Raven. "I still don't understand why you keep calling this your lab when it's just your bedroom." Ignoring that comment due to the matter at hand, Cyborg closed the door behind Raven and made sure it was locked in case of anyone barging in. Raven just rose an eyebrow at her friend's odd behaviour and asked, "So why did you ask me here?"
"I managed to get into Slade's hard drive," Cyborg began, deciding it would be best to start at the beginning. "Turns out Slade has been keeping tabs on everybody and has tried to get all the info he could about them."
"That's disturbing," Raven said with a frown. "But what does that have to do with me?"
"When Slade infected all of us with those probes of his, they did scans of our bodies," he explained, getting a disgusted look from Raven which he could agree with. "While I don't know if he kept all of our scans, he kept yours for a certain reason."
Raven stared at Cyborg for a few seconds, having a bad feeling about all of this. "And the reason is what?" Cyborg hesitated, not exactly sure how to put it. Growing impatient, Raven almost yelled, "Just tell me already!"
"You're pregnant."
Now Raven stayed silent with a look of shock. She had expected the scans to reveal that she wasn't exactly human, or if the probes were still apart of her. Hell, she would have expected the scans to reveal what she had eaten that day. But not that.
A look of anger appeared on Raven's face as she glared at Cyborg. "This isn't funny," she snarled, "You and Beastboy need to stop with these pranks or else I'm going to-"
"Just look for yourself," Cyborg interrupted out of fear. Moving, he allowed the smaller girl to approach his computer and read her own file. Slowly, the colour began to drain from her face as she gained a look of horror. "I want to do some tests," Cyborg quietly said, noticing that Raven was completely still with shock. "I just want to make sure this isn't a mistake or something."
"..." Raven still said nothing as she stared at the monitor in front of her, her eyes focused on the word 'PREGNANT'.
As much as he wanted to ask how this happened or who the father even is, Cyborg kept quiet as he brought out a few small pieces of equipment. The tests were done within minutes but the results took a bit longer, and each passing minute was nothing short of nerve-wracking for Raven. Reading what he already knew, Cyborg told Raven the same thing he had told her not five minutes ago. "You are pregnant."
Raven sat there, staring into space with a hand on her stomach. A million thoughts were running through her head, making her more and more terrified with each passing second. Not knowing what to do, Raven said, "I have to go." Before Cyborg could say anything, Raven quickly sunk into the floor and disappeared.
She didn't know where she was going. Whenever she used her abilities to travel around, she would alway's picture the location in her mind and then she would eventually appear there. This time, she didn't picture anything as she travelled. So it came as a surprise when she saw she had travelled all the way to the door of Naruto's apartment. The surprise didn't last long as the thought of her pregnancy returned full force, distracting her from the door opening before her.
'I'm pregnant,' Raven thought to herself with her hand to her stomach. She didn't bother asking herself how this happened as it was incredibly obvious. And it's not like the first thought she or Naruto had was to use protection when it happened, especially when she gave into her Rage and Passion while Naruto reacted with the Kyuubi's chakra controlling him. Raven honestly didn't know what terrified her more. The thought of being a mother, wondering what Naruto's reaction will be, and she also wondered if her father was going to take advantage of this. Obviously, that last thought was the most terrifying to her.
Raven was snapped out of her thoughts by Naruto snapping his fingers an inch from her face. "Finally got your attention," Naruto said with a smile, getting an annoyed look from Raven. It was rude to snap your fingers in front of someone like that. "What were you thinking about that made you distracted?"
As much as she believed Naruto should know about her pregnancy, something told Raven to hold it off, for now, to gather her thoughts as it was all so overwhelming. "I'll tell you later," she replied. Naruto easily heard the guilt in her voice but decided to ignore it for now. Naruto walked back into his apartment with Raven following after.
"Not that I mind the company, but why are you here?" Naruto asked as they both sat down, with Raven sitting on the couch and Naruto sitting on the armchair next to her.
"I... I wanted to get away from the team for a little while," Raven said, trying to think of an excuse. "They've been annoying me a lot more lately."
"I'm guessing Robin has been bugging you since earlier today?"
Giving a nod, she said, "He doesn't want to talk to you just yet because he's still trying to figure out how you did all those tricks against him. But I'd be ready if I were you. He'll do everything and anything he can to get answers." Raven then gave a small smirk of amusement, "Now that I think about it, he'll probably try to make you apart of the team."
"No thanks," he said with a frown, "I had enough of playing the hero." Raven nodded at that, understanding his reasons.
"Did you ever go to that museum?" Raven asked suddenly.
If he was surprised by the suddenness of the question, he didn't show it as he answered with a shrug, "Haven't had the chance. I've just been too busy this past couple of day's."
"Why don't we go now?"
This time, Naruto gave a surprised look that almost matched Raven's. Clearly, she didn't know where that question had come from either. Glancing at the clock on the wall behind him, Naruto gave a frown. "Are you sure? The museum might be closing soon, either that or it's already closed." Seeing a slow hesitant nod, Naruto stood up. "Alright, let me just-" Before he could finish his sentence, Raven stood and used her magic. They both sunk into the ground and, before Naruto it, they were no outside the museum. "-Lock up," he finished.
Raven blushed, feeling a little embarrassed at what she just did. "S-Sorry," she said in a low, apologetic voice.
Naruto smiled and nudged her a little to get her attention. Once she saw his smile, she lost the embarrassed look she had but kept the blush. "Don't worry about it. I'm in a good neighbourhood so I doubt I'll be robbed." Turning towards the museum, Naruto's smile grew a lessened a little. "Oh, looks like they're about to close."
Looking for herself, Raven saw the museum guard guiding people out. "Sorry," she apologised again, looking even sadder than before, "I guess I'll just take you back to your home."
"Hang on," Naruto said as he placed a hand on Raven's shoulder. With a grin, Naruto ran up to the guard and Raven saw the two exchange some words. She almost missed it, but she saw Naruto hand the guard some money. Running back over to his friend, Naruto had a triumphant look, "Let's go!"
He reached to Raven and gently took her hand in his without either noticing. "What? Did you bribe the guard?!" she whispered loudly.
"Yes," he answered honestly, nodding to the guard who nodded back with a smile. He opened the door for them and locked it behind them before leaving. "I gave him a hundred to let us in."
"But why did he leave?" Raven questioned as she glanced around. "He's going to have to let us out at some point."
"Not really. Once he realised who you were, he knew you could just teleport us away at any time so he didn't have to stick around," Naruto explained as they walked towards a map. "Let's see. Look's like... We need to go upstairs and then go left. Is there any place you want to look at while we're here?"
Taking a look at the map, Raven's eyes scanned it completely. Nothing really stood out to her and she wondered what Naruto wanted to look at on the floor above them. "I don't really see anything. Maybe if we pass something we can take a look." Still unknowingly holding hands, they casually walked through the museum, talking about anything that caught there eye.
"Tell me, why did you want to go to the museum so suddenly?" Naruto asked once they got up to the second floor. "We could have gone at any time and your friends could have joined if you wanted." Suddenly remembering the reason for all of this, Raven gained a very nervous and worried look. Seeing this and not wanting her to have a panic attack, which Raven looked like she was about to have, Naruto pointed and changed the subject. "Here we are."
Thankful for the distraction, Raven looked to where Naruto pointed and raised an eyebrow. "'The history of Japanese Mythology'? Why do you want to go here?" Naruto didn't answer her as they walked in. They were surrounded by portraits and statues but Naruto didn't look at any of them for any longer than a second. That is until they came across a painting. As soon as he saw it, Naruto's stared at it with an intense focus, something that Raven easily noticed.
It was a breathtaking painting, even Raven had to admit that. It showed a large blood-red creature with multiple tails, standing over a vast forest with a fiery orange sky as the background. Idly counting the tails, Raven quickly realised why Naruto wanted to see this painting in particular. "When I first saw this picture," Naruto softly said, his eyes still on the painting, "I didn't know what to think. It reminded me so much of my home that it scared me."
"So, does that mean that..." Raven trailed off.
"That is the Nine-Tailed Fox, Kyuubi," he answered, staring into the creature's eyes. "A terrifying beast that can cause tsunami's, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions with just a flick of its tails." He then laughed a little, "The painting actually makes the Kyuubi look nice as it's just standing there. The real Kyuubi is a lot more aggressive. And because of it, my life was a living hell," he finished quietly with Raven just hearing him. "But, if it wasn't for everything that happened, I wouldn't have wounded up here," when he said this, he turned and looked Raven in the eyes.
Hearing this, Raven realised something. Naruto had told her everything about his life, even mentioning what he went through as a child. With what happened to him when he was younger, and how he was willing to help her since they met, she realised that there was nothing to fear about telling Naruto that she was pregnant.
Finally gaining some courage, Raven said, "N-Naruto, I need to tell you something." Seeing how serious this was, Naruto didn't say anything and made it clear that Raven had his full attention. "I'm... I-I'm... Naruto, I'm-"
She never got to finish her sentence as there was a loud crashing sound from the end of the hallway. Running to the corner, both Naruto and Raven glanced around the side and saw a man with golden armour walk through a smashed glass door. "Something tells me he isn't a security guard," Naruto whispered.
"If I wanted to hear terrible jokes, I'd be listening to Beastboy right now," Raven whispered back as she pulled out her communicator. "I need to let the others know about this."
"Okay, while you do that, I'm going to follow him," Naruto said as he walked after the stranger. Raven tried to stop him and cursed when he disappeared out of sight. Easily keeping out of sight, Naruto watched as the man examined random paintings and statues before moving on, clearly looking for something specific. 'It shouldn't take too long for the Titans to show up, maybe ten minutes at the most,' he thought, ducking around another corner.
Obviously, the man found what he was looking for as he examined a clock of all things. "'The Clock of Eternity', valuable in the past, priceless a hundred years in the future."
'A hundred years in the future?' Naruto repeated in his head with narrowed eyes. 'He's from the future? That's smart, finding items in the past that are worth more in his time.' Seeing the man raise his arm to get to the clock, Naruto decided to make his move. "I wouldn't do that if I were you," he said, making the man spin around in surprise, "Do you know how much it costs to replace those cases?"
"Who are you?" the man demanded with a glare. "You're not one of the Titans and I don't recognise you."
"While I am technically friends with the Titans, I'm not one of them. But that doesn't mean I'm just going to let you steal that clock."
The man's glare turned into a smirk as the armour on his shoulders shifted, "And how do you plan on stopping me?"
"Why would I ruin the surprise?" Naruto replied with his own smirk, "Good luck getting the clock."
Slightly confused by Naruto's words, the man turned and gasped at the missing clock. "What?! How?!" he shouted in anger, aiming his weapons at Naruto who held the clock in his hands. "Unless you want to die, I suggest you give that to me now," he growled. Seeing that Naruto wasn't moving, the man snarled, "Fine, have it your way!" His shoulder-mounted blasters fired at Naruto, who avoided the lasers by jumping to the side. Deciding to have some fun, Naruto put the clock under his arm and created two clones, each nodding and running in different directions, already knowing what to do.
"So, do you have a name or something?" Clone 1 said from behind, surprising the stranger as he never saw Naruto move.
Spinning around, the man fired another laser, this time from his wrist but still managed to miss the clone. "You may call me Warp," he answered through gritted teeth. "Not that it matters since I'll be done with you soon enough."
Clone 2 picked up a piece of glass and threw it, hitting Warp on the side of his head and getting the man's attention. As soon as he turned, Clone 1 sprinted to him and kicked him in the back. Clone 2 followed up with a punch to the stomach before slamming his fist onto the back of Warps head. If that was anyone else, they would have been knocked unconscious or at least be rattled with a bad headache. But Warp somehow managed to get back up as if nothing happened.
"Armour must be stronger than I thought," Naruto muttered. He watched as Warp stood before pieces of debris were encased in black magic and thrown at the man. "About time you joined in," Naruto said, seeing Raven step up next to him.
"The others will be here in a couple of minutes," Raven answered, frowning as Warp destroyed the debris thrown at him with his lasers. "You can make copies of yourself?" Raven asked with interest, seeing one of Naruto's clones dodging another attack from Warp.
Nodding with a bit of pride showing, Naruto answered, "Yep. Its called the Shadow Clone Jutsu. Usually, we were taught how to make regular clones which are nothing more than illusions, but I had too much chakra and no control to do that. This jutsu was perfect for me as it requires a vast amount of chakra and it makes solid clones that can help in fights."
As she was about to ask how many he could make, a voice drew their attention back to the fight at hand. "Uh, boss! We're in a bit of a situation here!" Clone 2 shouted as he and Clone 1 were encased in ice. A second after they were frozen, they both disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Since when could he use ice?" Naruto asked out loud. Turning just in time, Naruto saw Warp throw a disc in their direction. "Look out!" Naruto shouted, pushing Raven away as the disc stuck itself onto his back. The next thing he knew, he was that he was being electrocuted and the current wasn't stopping. Gritting his teeth through the pain, Naruto tried to reach for the disc but the electricity was making it impossible. Warp had a grin on his face as he took the clock from Naruto's hands.
Raven ran to Naruto, using her magic to throw random pieces of debris at Warp, who jumped away to avoid being hit. Once she made it to her friend, she quickly saw the disc on Naruto's back and used her abilities to destroy it. "Are you okay?" Raven asked.
"That was very unpleasant," Naruto muttered, the electricity that coursed through him reminding him of Sasuke's Chidori. While Warp's attack wasn't on the same level, having electricity pushed through you was still a pain.
"Titan's GO!" Robin shouted as he and the others finally arrived, getting a groan out of Naruto and a sigh of relief from Raven.
Starfire flew in first, firing multiple starbolts at Warp. These attacks were useless as Warp easily deflected each bolt and sent them all back at Starfire who wasn't expecting the sudden attack. Beastboy was next to attack as he shifted into a lion and charged. Seeing the green beast running at him, Warp aimed with the weapon on his wrist and waited until Beastboy was close enough. As soon as the lion was within range, Warp attacked as he shot Beastboy with electricity, shocking him back to his original form.
"This is pointless," Warp said with arrogance, just as Cyborg fired with his Sonic Cannon. At the last second, Warp managed to create a barrier, blocking Cyborgs attack. "I've studied each of your tactics from the records in my time," he said, throwing a disc at Cyborg. It landed on the teen's chest before it began to shock him. "There isn't anything you can do to stop me!"
Robin shouted as he charged with his bo-staff. Warp merely side-stepped, grabbed the staff from Robin's hands, and threw the Titan leader away. While in the air, Robin turned and threw a few discs at Warp, who threw one as well. Warp's disc sliced through each of Robin's before exploding once it flew into the wall behind Robin.
Without seeing any of the Titans in his way, Naruto saw his chance as he readied his Rasengan. Running at the armoured man with Raven throwing more pieces of debris, Naruto reared back his arm. Seeing the attack coming, Warp quickly created a barrier as the Rasengan made contact. For a second, nothing happened until the Rasengan and the barrier exploded. Thrown back, Naruto slammed into Raven and both fell onto the ground, with Naruto managing to land with Raven on top of him.
"Enough of this!" Warp shouted, using this chance to leave. His chest-piece glowed white before it opened a portal in front of him. "It's been fun Titans, but I have a very bright future ahead of me."
"Think again!" Naruto shouted from right next to Warp. The man gasped in both surprise and horror as the clock in his hand was replaced by Naruto in a puff of smoke. Out of the corner of his eye, Warp saw the clock in Raven's hands. With Warp distracted, Naruto punched the man in the face, finally landing a damaging blow as all other attacks were useless.
"No!" Warp shouted, blood dripping from his mouth thanks to his cut lip. Making for a hasty retreat, Warp jumped into the portal as Naruto grabbed his leg. But the portal was stronger than Naruto thought as he too began to fall through it.
"Naruto!" shouted Raven with wide eyes, seeing the blond get dragged into the portal as well. Everyone ran for the portal but it closed as soon as Naruto was through. Everyone was quiet as they stared into the spot the portal closed at. "Naruto?" Raven called out but she received no reply.
Opening his eyes, Naruto groaned as pain radiated through him. "What the hell happened?" he asked out loud before noticing how cold it suddenly got. Sitting up, Naruto stared in confusion as he saw that he was surrounded by snow in a very run down looking Jump City. "What the hell happened?!"
-Author's Note-
Once again, I am so SORRY. I promised that I would do my best to upload it at the end of February but I never did. I just kept getting distracted with other things and then I kept getting confused at what I was writing for this. But better late than never, I suppose.
There you have it, Naruto has told Raven everything about his life. I had a bit of a difficult time trying to figure out when Naruto left his own world and I even had to go back to change a few things. Didn't know that updating the other chapters would alert some, if not all, of you, so I am sorry for that confusing alert.
Naruto left his own world when he was trying to bring Sasuke back so he left before Shippuden. This will also explain as to why he didn't beat Slade more easily. While he has more power, Slade has more experience and skill. I hope that will answer some of your questions.
Yes, Raven is pregnant. Quite a few of you managed to figure it out a couple of chapters ago. This is what I had planned from the start, I just had no idea how to get here. I'll be honest, I have no idea how people would react to being pregnant so I hope I did it well for Raven. I already know the gender of the baby and its name so I don't need suggestions, thank you.
The next three-to-five chapters are going to be difficult but I have something great planned. I'll be taking my time to make sure I do it right. Also, sorry if the final fight scene with Warp felt rushed. As I said, I'm terrible at fight scenes and I kinda just wanted to get this chapter over with. The only reason Naruto didn't beat Warp so easily was that the other Titans kept getting in his way. That's about the only excuse I have for that.
If I have written something in this chapter that doesn't add up to what I've written before, please let me know and I will fix it. I re-read what I've done and tried to fix it so that this chapter would work.
Thank you all for reading. If you have any questions/suggestions/complaints, please feel free to PM or leave a review and I will do my best to answer.
