When worlds collide

~Chapter 8~

First-person

Yukia's POV

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The steaming hot water washes over me, making my body slowly begin to relax. At the soothing warmth, a small knock came at the door

"Friend Yukia, here's some clothes." Starfire's voice rings from the other side of the door, I hear the door open slightly before quietly shutting back again

"Thank you, Starfire," I reply in a low voice. If she heard me, I would be surprised.

Reaching out I turn the water off pulling the curtain back and grabbing a towel to dry myself of with, stepping on to the soft Matt underneath my feet I twirl my toes around the Matt's Fabric, it was so soft, I reach for the clothes sitting on a stand beside the sink, and quickly get dressed, a scowl comes to my face when I realize what I thought was a T-shirt actually turned out to be a long dress, the dress was a light whitish color with a ribbon on both of the sleeves it went all the way down to my feet, it was actually quite comfortable if i where honest, though I still wasn't too fond of it I did not like dresses.

My blue eyes look up into the mirror, a smile barely placed over on my lips. My long red hair was now wet and pressed against my body, almost like glue. I turned to head out of the bathroom and down the narrow hallway to where the Titans sat in the small living area, each having a sort of bored look on their faces.

"Hey guys," I great as I walk towards the long couch, taking a seat beside Raven and Cyborg.

"You feel better?" Cyborg questions a mysterious grin coming to his lips. What was that look for? I raise an eye brow slightly at him. "When your hair is wet, it makes you look so much shorter than usual." He teases a chuckle coming from his lips.

Jumping up of the couch, I jab a finger at him, an anime vein instantly appearing on the side of my head.

"Hey, it's not my fault." I bark in a jokish tone, another chuckle escaping from the robotic teens' mouths

"If you would shrink, I would be taller than you," I put in, crossing my arms over my chest. how dare he make fun of my height!! I mean, come on, I came to Beastboy's shoulders at least. In human form.

"Even if I did shrink, you would still be shorter then me," Cyborg shoots back with an amusing look coming over his face.

Robin and Beastboy also seemed to be laughing, but where trying desperately to hide it behind couches, I deadpan at Cyborg's statement.

"You're so mean," I pout childishly as I turn my back to him. Now facing the wall.

"Awe man, that really hurts." Cyborg puts in. His hand going over his heart as a hurtful expression crosses his face.

"Don't sweet Yukia, you're only a few inches shorter than me," Beastboy points out cheekily. Causing me to deadpaning at that, how was that supposed to make me feel better? He was still saying I was short.

"So not far, two against one. " I continue to pout anime, tears continuing to spill from my eyes. One of Beastboy's arms slings around my neck, and his other hand ruffles up my wet hair, at which I'm quick to swat away. A chuckle escaping from the green boy's lips as I glare up at him.

"I will bite you both," I threaten darkly, my fangs sharpening a little in my mouth.

Both of them blink at each other before gazing back at me. I guess trying to figure out if my threat was true or not. Beastboy pulls his arm back from around my neck with his green eyes gazing down at me. Cyborg grins brightly a knowing look coming to his face.

"You wouldn't do that," he decides, finally his arms crossing over his chest. "You love us too much."

"No, I don't," I snap back. "That's all in your heads,"

"You love us," Beastboy sings pointedly. "You would leave us if you didn't."

"I could just be pretending," I point out mysteriously.

"Yeah, right." Robin speaks up suddenly, a small grin coming to his lips as I deadpan towards him. Now he was joining in, dang it.

"I'll bite your legs off and make you shorter," I murmur, flashing my teeth at the three boys, the idea sounding good in my head.

"You would not," Beastboy states, shaking his head back and forth in silent protest.

"Besides my legs are made of metal," Cyborg smartly points out. I lower my head, having forgotten about that.

A thinking look coming to my face, as I try to think of a come back to that, at the moment nothing came to mind a low sigh escapes from my lips, before all three boys suddenly burst out laughing. At which I roll my eyes good naturally. I'll show them.

I focus some of my energy into my body, my eyes turning a light blue color as three little energy bubbles pop up around me floating a second around my head before rushing towards the three laughing boys. The blue bubbles Gently pushing them backwards.

Cyborg and Robin easily keep their balance their eyes, now glaring back at me playfully, with an innocent look playing on my face as I stare back at them. Beastboy, however, stumbles a few meters backwards before finally tripping over his own feet and falling to the ground with a small thud. A low grunt coming from his lips.

"That was Smooth" Raven mumbles in her monatoned voice, her eyes glancing over to Beastboy who was still on the ground a cheekish grin Crossing his lips as he gazes back at her, rubbing the back of his head.

"Yeah, Beastboy's now shorter than me." I cheer, jumping up and down excitedly. A playful scowl crosses the green boys face as he stares back at me.

"That was not far," He pouts as he gets back to his feet and pretends to wipe invisible dirt from his clothing,

"All fair and love and war, my friend." I chuckle sarcastically, getting a slight eye roll from the green boy.

Putting my arm around his neck, I lock him up in a head lock, with Beastboy immediately flailing his arms wildly behind him. Trying to get free from my grasp. My other hand ruffled up his dark green hair. Releasing him, I step away from him. Hearing him grumble something under his breath.

"Friends, this is so fun." Starfire chirps loudly, a couple of giggles coming from her lips as she jumps up and down her beautiful hair bouncing on her back.

I smile back at her, silently glad she was enjoying herself despite all the joking being aimed at me, I really did love these guys with all my heart, they really knew how to make me feel better. I don't know where I would be without them, possibly dead if I was honest.

"And friend Yukia, you look great in that dress," Starfire points out randomly

"Thank you," I reply as I gaze down at the White dress, I can't help the scowl that crosses my face. I still didn't like the stupid dress too much and possibly never would, but for now, it would have to do since It was the only thing clean I had To wear here, I take in a breath and look over to the window watching as bright sunlight casts in through the blinds.

"I can scents Naruto," I murmur rhetorically. Though the blonde was outside, I could still recognize his scent pretty well from up here, possibly due to the window being slightly opened. High scents really came in handy.

"He's at that small ramen shop again," Robin puts in, having seen Naruto disappear into the shop earlier.

"Does he ever get tired of that stuff?" Cyborg wonders loudly He liked the ramen he tried a few days ago, it was great, but he wasn't crazy about it, not to the point where he would eat it all the time like the blonde seemed to.

"I'm going to go see him," I mutter with a smile at my friends before turning to head out the door, waving a hand back at them.

"Be careful, Yukia," Robin replies, his masked eyes gazing over at me from the window

"I know, I will don't worry," I say as I exit the room, shutting the door quietly behind me.

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Third person

Sitting down at his favorite ramen shop, Naruto glances over the menu in front of him, having been to the small ramen shop millions of times he already knew what he wanted. Quickly placing his order, he sits back in his chair impatiently, waiting for his bowl of ramen to finish, his blue eyes reading over the menu again.

"Hey Naruto," a kind female voice comes from behind him, causing him to jump.

The blonde turns his head, glancing over his shoulder. a broad grin crossing his lips when he sees Yukia standing there, her arms crossed over her chest. She walks over to him and sits down beside him.

"Hi Yukia chan," He greets, just as his bowl of hot steamy ramen was placed down in front of him, causing his mouth to water

"Are you doing ok?" Yukia asked her head, gazing down at her lap, a quilty look crossing over her face. Naruto peeks his eyes over at her.

"I'm doing great," Naruto answers brightly, grabbing at a pair of chopsticks and easily pulling them apart.

"I've actually, never felt better, when I woke up, I was in the hospital but my injury, it didn't hurt even when I moved" He says trailing of to take a bit of his ramen. A sparkle seems to come to his eyes as he continues to talk. "Sakura told me you're the one who healed me, I really should thank you for healing me, Yukia chan. I didn't know you could heal. "

"You don't blame me for Debalo trying to kill you?" Yukia asked unsurely, her upper lip beginning to bit down on her lower lip nervously. Naruto swallows a mouth full of ramen, his blue eyes going to look over at her. Really, that's what was bothering her? She was blaming herself for him getting hurt.

It was her so-called uncle that hurt him after all. Not that he knew the relation she shared with that evil man. No one did..

"No, I don't blame you, it wasn't your fault I left my self-open to an attack" He says smartly, a ramen noodle sticking half way out of his mouth causes Yukia to chuckle her hands going uo infront of her mouth suddenly feeling absolutely amused.

"What?" Naruto questions his eyes, looking down to try and see what she was quacking at.

"NARUTO" a female voice yells furiously, Naruto swallows hard and turns around in his seat only to end up getting punched in the jaw by one of Sakura's powerful chakra filled punches, Naruto falls from his seat, with a dizzy look in his eyes.

"You were supposed to tell me when you left the hospital, you idiot." She growls, pulling the blonde up to her face tear drops coming from the boy's eyes as she continues to scowl him

A sweet drop forms on the side of Yukia's head. She had never seen the Pinkett being so angry before

"But Sakura chan, I feel fine," Naruto pouts once Sakura finally releases him, her hands on her hips. Animated tears rolling down his cheeks. "Yukia-chans healing is great,"

"Well, you still should have told me." She growls, anger clearly heard in her voice.

"Yukia-chan," Yukia question with a small tilt of her hand he'd been calling her that a lot lately, and she honestly wasn't sure what it meant.

"It means friend," Sakura explains, the anger falling from her voice when her eyes turn to look at Yukia.

"Sorry, he snuck out of the hospital again," the Pinkett explains. Naruto stood up, still rubbing at his head.

"Understandable hospitals can be horrible," Yukia says with a bright grin. Only to sweat drop when Sakura sends her a small glare.

"You don't like hospitals either?" She asked with a sigh, escaping her lips.

"Correction, I hate hospitals." The young red head points out, getting an eye roll from Sakura. And a nod of agreement from Naruto, glad someone shared his dislike for hospitals.

"Anyways Kakashi is waiting on us to meet up with him" Sakura says her green eyes shifting back to Naruto, grabbing the collar of his shirt Sakura starts to pull Naruto behind her a few more tears streaming down his cheeks.

"But Sakura, my ramen," He whimpers as he tries desperately to get away from her. His arms flailing out in front of him.

Yukia watches as both young ninjas vanish into a huge crowd of people, a few more sweat beads forming on the side of her head. As she lets out a low chuckle. These young ninjas were really something.

Instead of going back to the hotel room, Yukia decides to keep on her walk, wanting to be to herself for now anyway. She'd go back to the hotel room later.

"It's going to rain," she mumbles randomly

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