Time went by as Naruto officially moved into the Titans tower and became an official member. The only thing he didn't like about the tower is that everytime a villain appeared, the alarm was in everyone's room. He actually broke his a few times, but Cyborg kept fixing it. That's something he had a problem with, Cyborg and Beast boy kept going into his room whenever they wanted to so he got them back. When Cyborg was sleeping, Naruto went to his room, took him apart and put him together all wrong.
As for Beast Boy, Naruto simply strapped him to a chair and made him watch videos of animals dying for 48 hours. Needless to say Cyborg and Beast boy stay on his good side. Well, Cyborg does. Beast boy keeps messing with him and Naruto had to be restrained a few times by everyone else before he killed Beast boy.
Starfire and Naruto got along just fine. She was like an innocent little sister to him. She was from the same dimension as the Titans, but she wasn't from earth. She didn't really understand everything earth related, so they always had to explain things to her. Whenever Naruto was angry, Starfire always managed to cheer him up with her bubbly attitude and innocent demeanor. The only thing he complained with about Starfire is her cooking. She made a lot of weird food combinations and Naruto tried it once trying to be nice and nearly died.
Now Robin was a different story. He didn't agree with Naruto's views on how he handled some villains. Naruto killed a few, but only when they were killing innocent civilians and refused to stop. Naruto basically told him if he had a problem then handle it himself. Long story short, Naruto kicked Robin's ass. They were always at each other's neck for some reason. It got to the point where Naruto actually quit the team for a while and just disappeared.
He was still helping Raven with her training and she can now make kunai and shuriken projectiles without a problem. Naruto had her making spears and different kinds of swords now which was harder than the first thing she had to do. Their relationship was weird to say the least. When they were alone, Raven wasn't her usual broody self. She actually laughed and joked around with Naruto. She kissed him again on multiple occasions, but never made it clear to what they were.
Since Naruto joined the Titans and became well known, he's developed quite the fan base and even had fangirls. Some of them would ask him out on dates or randomly come up to him and give him a hug or a kiss. Everytime it happened, Raven would use her powers and separate them while saying they didn't have time to sit around and chat with fans. Everytime it happened Naruto would try to talk to Raven at the tower and she would ignore him while staying in her room. This time it got so out of control that she gave him his Hiraishin kunai back.
He kept up with his training and the only thing he didn't use was his Mangekyou sharingan. He still had 45 percent of his eyesight and didn't want to swap his eyes yet. It's not like he could right now anyway since the only person who could do it currently wasn't speaking to him. Speaking of training, they all watched him train one day and he started before the sun came up and didn't stop until the sun went down. The training he did made Robin, Cyborg and Beast boy all step their game up.
He got around to using his sword finally and was able to find a sword master on his time away from the group to train under. If Naruto had to guess, the guy would be considered a Kage level swordsman if he were back in his dimension. Since Naruto didn't really use his sword his skills were rusty, but his master was able to bring his skills up to his level. He was currently on his way back to the Titan tower as he was returning from a self imposed vacation away from everyone. He was flying on Sokudo when he saw a familiar head of blonde hair flying on a rock towards Titan tower.
"Sokudo, fly over to that moving rock." Naruto said
"You got it." Sokudo said and flew next to the rock
"I take it you're heading to Titan tower." Naruto said and scared Tera
"Holy crap! Don't sneak up on me like that! But to answer your question, yes I am." Tera said
"Do you have control over your powers now?" Naruto asked
"Yeah. It's why I left." Tera said
"You shouldn't have handled it that way. It was obvious you couldn't control your powers." Naruto said
"It was that noticeable, huh?" Tera asked
"I think my baby sister noticed you couldn't control them." Naruto said
"Naruto. I need to get back to my world. The new hatchlings are coming and I need to be there for them." Sokudo said
"Sure, no problem. I'll just catch a ride with Tera." Naruto said and jumped onto her rock
"I'll see you later." Sokudo said and went up in smoke
"Your bird can talk?!" Tera asked
"Yes." Naruto said
"Woah. What else can you do?" Tera asked
"A lot more than that." Naruto said
"Like what?" Tera asked
"Secret." Naruto told her
"Do any of the Titans know about your skills?" Tera asked
"Nope. They'll find out when I need to reveal them." Naruto said and he was hit in the head with something
"A volleyball?" Tera asked
"It came from the roof." Naruto said and Tera threw the ball back on the roof while floating up
"So, which team are we on?" Tera asked as she reached the roof
"Tera!" Starfire said
"Tera!" Beast boy said
"Tera!" Starfire and Beast boy said at the same time as they were running to give her a hug. Starfire eventually won when she shot Beast boy with some star blasts
"Tera! Hello long lost friend! Do you remember me?!" Starfire asked hugging her to death
"Of course, Starfire. I still have bruises from the last time you hugged me." Tera said and Starfire released the hug as Beast boy run up to her
"Tera you're...I mean I...how's it...heh...what's up?" Beast boy asked and fainted when Tera gave him a hug
"Well if it isn't my favorite rock and roll." Cyborg said as he and Robin walked over to them
"Cyborg. Robin. What's shakin?" Tera asked as she gave Cyborg a high five
"Good to see you again." Robin said shaking her hand
"GOOD? Is he kidding?! It's great to see you again! I didn't think I'd ever see you again!" Beast boy said
"Could you make your feelings for her anymore obvious?" Naruto said sitting on the edge
"Friend Naruto! I did not see you there! Have you returned from your vacation?!" Starfire asked giving him a hug that didn't bother him
"Yeah. I'm back." Naruto said
"Wonderful!" Starfire exclaimed
"Good to have you back." Robin said
"Sure." Naruto said
"Raven, wake up! Tera and Naruto's back! Isn't that awesome?" Beast boy asked
"Super. Help yourself to anything in the fridge and don't forget to lock the door when you leave." Raven said not even looking in Naruto's direction
"Actually, I kind of didn't plan on leaving this time. I'm ready to take you guys up on your offer. I wanna be a Teen Titan." Tera said and everyone just looked at her
"Uh." Beast boy said rubbing his head
"Got it. Sorry. I didn't know the offer had an expectation date." Tera said and walked away, but Robin stopped her
"The offer didn't expire. We're just concerned." Robin said
"Yeah. It's because well last time when you kind of freaked out and ran away, you didn't exactly Uh, you weren't completely.."
"You couldn't control your powers." Raven said
"Hello, that's why I left. You said I needed practice, so I've been practicing. Check it out." Tera said and started flying around showing off her new skills
"Glorious!" Starfire said
"Dude she really has gotten better." Beast boy said
"She learned a few tricks. Doesn't mean she's any less dangerous." Raven said and Tera landed after a few more demonstrations
"See. I've got everything under control." Tera said
"What about when you get angry?" Naruto asked still sitting on the edge
"What do you mean?" Tera asked
"What I mean is when you get angry do you have enough self control to keep your powers from going wild?" Naruto asked
"Of course I do. I left because I needed to control my powers no matter the situation." Tera said
"Good." Naruto said and then the earth started to shake causing everyone to look at Tera
"It wasn't me." Tera said waving her hands and everyone went inside
"Earthquakes. Small ones, but they're happening all over the city." Cyborg said pointing at the screen
"Too many to be natural." Tera said
"That's because they're not earthquakes. They're a trail. Something is moving under the city. We need to find out what. Titans! Go!" Robin said and everyone left except Tera and Naruto
"Are you coming or not?" Robin asked
"Does this mean I'm on the team?" Tera asked
"It means we could use your help." Robin said and Tera ran past them causing Raven to have some kind of vision
"Is everything okay?" Robin asked her
"I can't tell. Are you sure it's safe to have her around?" Raven asked
"Not entirely. But everyone deserves a second chance." Robin said and left as Raven sighed
"Are you coming?" Raven asked Naruto who was standing there looking at the screen
"Who me?" Naruto asked
"You're the only person in here besides me." Raven said
"I figured you were talking to somebody else since you haven't spoken to me in over a month." Naruto said and vanished making Raven sigh as she left
A few hours go by and Naruto is sitting on the roof of Titan tower. He decided to sit this problem out since he just got back from a vacation. As he was relaxing and just looking up at the stars, the area around the Titan tower started to shake again and this time it was stronger than before.
All of a sudden he saw 3 metal worm like creatures with drills on their heads shoot out of the ground into the air. They connected to each other to form some kind of ring and started to spin around extremely fast while shooting lasers into the ground. He saw Beast boy, Cyborg and Starfire appear from under ground and went over to them.
"What the hell is going on?" Naruto asked
"It's Slade. He's trying to sink Titan tower." Cyborg said
"Where is he?" Naruto asked
"Robin's handling him." Beast boy said
"No. Slade is distracting him. He's taking Robin out of the equation because he usually comes up with the plans to stop this thing. Where's Raven and Tera?" Naruto asked
"They're down below trying to stop whatever is causing this." Cyborg said
"You left Raven alone, with Tera?" Naruto asked
"Yeah." Beast boy said
"I'll be back. Try to stop that thing." Naruto said and vanished
Underground
"Why can't you just trust me?!" Tera asked as she and Raven were struggling over a rock since Tera wanted to smash the machine and Raven was against it
"Because you don't deserve it. I meditate everyday to keep my powers under control. I'm supposed to believe you can suddenly control yours? Trust is something you have to earn." Raven said
"How? How do I earn it?" Tera asked
"You can start by trusting me." Raven said
Tera thought about it for a second and stopped her powers from controlling the rock. Raven stopped her powers as well and they both rushed over to the control panel. The lasers managed to cut off a huge chunk of earth and it fell onto the machine and caused it to malfunction. The lasers grew even bigger and picked up speed as they started rotating faster, sinking the earth even more.
"Okay. Maybe smashing the computer was a bad idea." Tera said
"We have to go. There's nothing we can do now." Raven said
"Yes there is. Trust me." Tera said
She used her powers to try and push the sinking earth back up. Raven stood next to her and used her powers as well. They managed to push it back, but it was going slower than they hoped. All they saw was a flash and then a huge light blue warrior was seen pushing the earth up as well. They looked closely and saw Naruto standing in front of them inside the gigantic warrior they were looking at. Soon enough the tower started to rise up again and when it was completely above ground, Tera used her powers to fix the damage that was done to keep the tower from sinking. Naruto released his Susanoō and collapsed to a knee. Tera was about to say something to him, but he just disappeared.
"What was that about?" Tera asked and Raven didn't respond
Titan tower
"So, friends?" Tera asked Raven as they were walking
"Close enough." Raven said
"We kind of got off to a rocky start." Tera said
"Actually. I thought things went pretty well. Took me a year to stop hating Beast boy." Raven said and they chuckled before entering a room that was completely dark
"Um, where are we?" Tera asked
"Your room." Raven said and turned on the lights
"Surprise!" Cyborg, Robin, Starfire and Beast boy exclaimed
"You guys did all of this, for me?" Tera asked
"Yeah. Since you helped save our home and all, we thought you deserved your own room." Beast boy said
"You also deserve one of these." Robin said and gave her a communicator
"So I'm..."
"A Teen Titan. Glad to have you on the team." Robin said
"Aww yeah. Very nice." Cyborg said
"This is the best thing that's ever happened to me." Beast boy said
"Welcome new Titan!" Starfire said
"Congratulations, Tera. You earned it." Raven said
"Alright. There's only one thing to commemorate such an occasion. Waffles!" Cyborg said
"Perfect!" Starfire said
"Can they be non-dairy waffles?" Beast boy asked
"Sounds good. I'll catch up in a minute, okay?" Tera asked as they started to leave her room
"I don't believe it. They actually trust me." Tera whispered and some of her hair fell over one of her eyes
Rooftop
As the celebration went on inside, Naruto found himself sitting on the roof once again. Soon after he helped save the tower, he quickly masked his presence and just watched the stars. He put his hand up in front of his face and it was blurred. He just sighed as he knew using the Susanoō wasn't the best move, but it was the only option.
"40 percent left." He thought
"Friend Naruto. Do you not wish to join us in the celebration of our new team member?" Starfire asked as she flew up to the roof
"Sorry, Starfire. Parties aren't really my thing." Naruto said
"Is it okay if I join you?" Starfire asked
"If you want." Naruto said and she sat next to him
"I do not know if I am being the nosey, but do you have any other family besides your mother and baby sister?" Starfire asked
"I do. My mother of course. Then you have Mito, Kurenai, Anko, Shizune, Itachi and Shisui. The people that I was born with are Menma and Narumi. The person who helped give birth to me is Minato." Naruto said
"Since you were born with them doesn't that make you family?" Starfire asked
"No. Blood doesn't make you family. It just means you're related to somebody. Up until I was 7 or 8, the only people I would consider family were Itachi, Shisui, Shizune, Kurenai and Anko. My mother didn't start to notice me really until around that age." Naruto said
"What happened to them?" Starfire asked
"Kurenai, Anko, Shizune, my mother and Itachi are all alive. Shisui committed suicide when I was young to help prevent a civil war from happening." Naruto said
"That is sad. Perhaps I should make you a tamaranean dish that is meant to cheer you up." Starfire said
"Umm no thanks. I'll be fine." Naruto said and it started to rain
"Perhaps we should go inside so we don't catch the cold." Starfire said
"I don't get sick. I'll come inside in a few minutes. Go enjoy the party." Naruto said
"Cyborg has made waffles and I shall cover them in mustard and barbecue sauce." Starfire said and went inside
"I know you're there. You can come out now." Naruto said and a man appeared from the shadows
"How did you detect me?" The man asked
"Why are you stalking me? I've known you were following me all day." Naruto said and the man was shocked
"I go around worlds hunting the most skilled creatures and kill them for their abilities. My recent kill was somebody who can turn intangible. You are next on my list." The man said
"What's your name?" Naruto asked still not looking at him
"I am known as the ability stealer. Just call me copycat." The now known copycat said
"Yo! Why are you setting off the alarms in my tower?!" Cyborg asked as the teen Titans arrived
"I'm only after him. It won't take long." Copycat said
"That's not happening. Titans go!" Robin said
"No. I'll handle this." Naruto said and everyone stopped
"A man that likes to fight his own battles. I'll be sure to remember you specifically after you're dead." Copycat said
"If it's a fight to the death, then I have no problem with that." Naruto said
"I've read all about the Teen Titans. Killing isn't how you operate." Copycat said and then turned intangible as a lighting javelin nearly killed him
"I'm not like the other Titans. If I have to, I will kill you. You are one of the people I have to kill." Naruto said
"He's not going to really kill him, is he?" Tera asked
"He is." Raven said
"How do I know your friends won't interfere?" Copycat asked
"Because if they do then I'll deal with them myself." Naruto said
"Very well." Copycat said
"Let's go." Naruto said
Naruto activated his sharingan and faster than Copycat could see, Naruto kicked him over the edge of the building. Naruto jumped after him and was followed by the Titans who wanted to see this fight. Naruto landed and then Copycat phased through the ground. Naruto rushed forward and Copycat did the same. Naruto knew how intangibility worked so he would cast a small genjutsu on Copycat everytime he would try to use his intangibility. They separated and Naruto was just staring at him with a blank expression.
"How are you beating me?!" Copycat asked as he was bruised
"I'm better than you. You may have killed people for their abilities, but I can tell they've always been weaker than you. I'm way better than you." Naruto said
"Just one hit and I'll be able to kill you instantly. My original ability is only needing one hit to destroy every nerve in your body." Copycat said
"Naruto you can't take that risk!" Tera said
"I appreciate the fact that you're worried about me, but it's not needed." Naruto said
"You're seriously taking that risk?" Beast boy asked
"Yeah man. Let's just team up and take him out." Cyborg said
"Cyborg's right. We can handle him better as a team." Robin said
"Please. Let us help you." Starfire said
"I got it. Now let's finish this." Naruto said and pulled out a tri-pronged kunai
"With pleasure." Copycat said
They stared at each other waiting for the right moment to make a move. After 10 seconds they both ran forward and had no intentions of stopping. The Titans watched on with baited breath as Naruto threw his kunai at Copycat. To their surprise the kunai looked like it hit, but phased right through his head. Once they were close, Copycat threw a punch at Naruto intending on ending the fight. To his and everyone's surprise, Naruto vanished and was soon up above him with a rasengan in his hand. Naruto slammed the rasengan into his back and he was drilled into the ground. Raven looked and noticed Naruto had his kunai back in his hand and her eyes widened.
"He teleported to his kunai." Raven thought
"How did you do that?" Copycat asked as he had a hole the size of his head on his back
"Hiraishin level two. You never stood a chance from the moment you started to follow me around." Naruto said as he activated his Mangekyou sharingan
"It appears I have underestimated you." Copycat said
"Yeah, you did." Naruto told him
Amaterasu
Naruto used his flames to burn Copycat who was screaming out in pain and agony. The Titans all looked away and Beast boy actually threw up from the smell of burning flesh. It didn't take that long to burn the body and Naruto cancelled his Amaterasu. He turned of his Mangekyou sharingan and quickly wiped away the blood from his eye.
"That was so cool!" Tera said
"I'll let the killing slide this time." Robin said
"How aren't you the least bit disturbed by killing somebody?" Beast boy asked
"Did you forget where I come from? I already killed multiple people before I was 8." Naruto said and grabbed his left eye
"Are you okay?" Starfire asked
"Yes. I'm fine." Naruto said and left in a swirl of fire
"That was cool." Beast boy said
"He's not fine. Raven, you knew him longer than us. Do you know why he grabbed his left eye?" Robin asked
"No." Raven said lying to them
"We need to figure this out." Robin said
Naruto's room
After the fight with Copycat, Naruto went to his room to shower and relax. He never knew somebody like Copycat existed. Having the ability to steal someone's powers after you kill them and use them as they were your own is dangerous. The bright side is that Copycat seemed to only be able to use his original power and only one power he stole. He looked in the mirror and noticed his eyes were nearing blindness and just sighed.
"I can't afford to use the Mangekyou anymore. Not with that stupid prophecy on Raven's birthday. I'll need my Mangekyou for that day. I'm sure of it." Naruto said and then there was a knock on his door
"Friend Naruto, it is Starfire. May I enter?" Starfire asked and Naruto opened the door
"What's up Star?" Naruto asked as he let her in the room
"We are all worried about you." Starfire said
"I'll be fine Starfire." Naruto said
"I have come to understand that being friends and lying to one another is not nice. You are not being nice right now." Starfire said
"I guess it's not. You can't tell anybody it's a secret. Only Raven knows." Naruto said
"Friends do not keep secrets from friends." Starfire said
"This is more of a family secret that I never should've told Raven, but I trust her." Naruto said
"So you trust me? What about Robin, Cyborg and Beast boy? Do you not trust them?" Starfire asked
"Yes, I do trust you. I trust the others as well, but I can't tell them. Beast boy can't keep a secret. Cyborg will try to run tests on me and Robin, well he's Robin. We don't really see eye to eye. He'll try to have me sidelined and that'll cause me to quit the team." Naruto said
"What about Tera? Is she not a friend?" Starfire asked
"I come from a world where people like Tera are always leaving and then coming back. I'm still on the fences about her." Naruto said
"On the fences?" Starfire asked
"It means I don't really trust her. Granted I can be wrong, but I've seen people turn on their friends before." Naruto said
"So I should not trust her?" Starfire asked
"You can trust her all you want. That's just my view on her, for now. It might change in the future, but for now I still have my doubts." Naruto said
"Then I shall trust her." Starfire said with a smile
"Good. Now, do I have your word that you'll keep this a secret between me, you and Raven until I'm better?" Naruto asked
"Will you ever tell the rest of the team?" Starfire asked
"When the time comes, I'll tell them." Naruto said
"Then I shall give you my word." Starfire said
"I'm slowly going blind." Naruto said and Starfire gasped
"Why?" Starfire asked
"It's because of me using this over the years." Naruto said activating his Mangekyou sharingan
"What is that?" Starfire asked looking into his eyes
"This is called the Mangekyou sharingan." Naruto said
"How do you obtain this Mangekyou sharingan you speak of?" Starfire asked
"When someone close to you dies. Shisui, one of the people I told you about is the reason I have this. He was attacked back in our village because of how powerful is eyes were. He could control somebody's mind without them even knowing. He was severely injured during the fight and later on he killed himself. I tried to help him during the fight, but I was only seven and I wasn't strong enough to help. I found out the next day that he killed himself to stop the man who was after his eyes from getting them." Naruto said
"That is terrible." Starfire said
"I know. As for why I'm going blind. The usage and activity of the Mangekyou sharingan places a great strain on whoever uses it, wearing out their body and causing deterioration to their vision until eventually over-usage leaves them blind. I've been using my Mangekyou sharingan for almost 11 years. I'm almost blind, but I can still see well enough." Naruto said
"Is it that bad? Perhaps we can somehow give you a new pair of eyes." Starfire suggested and Naruto smiled at her
"I have probably about 40 percent of my eyesight left after tonight. As for the other pair of eyes, I already have them. The only way to reverse the blindness is to transplant another pair of Mangekyou sharingan eyes into me." Naruto said
"Then why do you not get the transplant?" Starfire asked
"Because the only person who can do the transplant, is currently not speaking to me. That and I don't want to do the transplant just yet. I'm giving it a little bit more time." Naruto said
"Do the eyes you have belong to this Shisui you spoke of?" Starfire asked
"Yes. Typically the transplant should be between someone of blood relation, but since nobody I'm related to has the sharingan, mine was tweaked to be able to use anybody's Mangekyou sharingan." Naruto said and deactivated his eyes
"I do not think it is wise for you to use the Mangekyou sharingan anymore." Starfire said and Naruto chucked
"I know. That's why I'm not using it anymore after today. Now remember, you gave me your word to keep this a secret." Naruto said
"I shall keep my word. Perhaps in the morning we can celebrate this secret by having a tamaranean feast and I shall teach you some of our tamaranean culture." Starfire said and Naruto paled
"Why me?" Naruto thought with a groan
"Sure. We can do that." Naruto said with a forced smile
"Excellent! I shall go and rest before setting the feast." Starfire said and left the room
"Well, tomorrow I'll see if my healing ability can actually handle this or if I'll actually die." Naruto said and as soon as he laid down, somebody knocked on his door
"It's me, Tera. Can I come in?" Tera asked
"I'd prefer if you didn't." Naruto said and the door opened
"I'll just let myself in." Tera said and sat on his bed
"I'm really tired. You have 5 seconds or I'm throwing you out." Naruto said
"Grumpy much. I just wanted to ask how you did what you did today. It was so cool." Tera said
"I'm not telling you." Naruto said
"Why not? We're on the same team." Tera said
"We may be on the same team, but I still don't trust you." Naruto said
"Why not? The other Titans have trusted me since the day we met. Raven gave me some of her trust earlier. So why can't you trust me like Raven?" Tera asked
"Because I'm not Raven. With powers like yours, there's no way you have this much control over them now after being gone for a short while. Somebody trained and helped you with your powers. I could be wrong, but for now my abilities will remain a complete secret from you. Good luck checking the database to. All it will say is I'm skilled at hand to hand combat." Naruto said
"You'll trust me sooner or later." Tera said and left the room
"I wouldn't count on it." Naruto thought
As he closed his eyes there was another knock on his door. His eyes snapped open revealing his sharingan and he got out of the bed to open the door.
"WHAT?" He yelled with his sharingan spinning rapidly
"U-Um I-I just wanted to know if you wanted to play video games with me, Cyborg and Robin?" A terrified Beast boy asked and Naruto slammed the door in his face
"I just want to get some damn sleep." Naruto mumbled as he got back in bed
As soon as his eyes closed the alarm went off and he quickly got out of bed and changed his clothes. He ran to the main room and saw everyone standing there.
Main room
"What is it now?" Naruto asked
"Beast boy ordered a veggie pizza! I hate veggie pizza!" Cyborg said
"You sounded the alarm over some pizza." Naruto said with an eye twitch
"This is a serious issue man! I need my meat on the pizza!" Cyborg said
Naruto released a lot of chakra and the building started to shake. Everyone looked at him and he launched himself at Cyborg with every intention of killing him. Before he reaches him Robin, Beast boy, Starfire, Raven and Tera all use their powers and gadgets to restrain him which was easier said than done. It took a while for Naruto to calm down before he was eventually released and able to move again.
"You do this one more time and I'll install a virus into your system." Naruto said and went back to his room
Naruto's room...again
Naruto made it back to his room and let out a sigh as he placed a silencing seal on the outside of his door. Whoever stood outside his door couldn't see it because it was so small, but it was there. Now if somebody knocked he wouldn't hear it. He was about to go to sleep when a puff of smoke appeared in his room revealing a small red snake that has black rings running down intervals on its body. It has a pronounced forehead with a single left eye while the right is scarred over.
"This must be important since you shrunk down to this size." Naruto said
"It is. Orochimaru has been killed." The snake said and Naruto sat up
"By who? He isn't somebody to die so easily." Naruto said
"Sasuke Uchiha killed him." The snake said
"Impossible. Even with enhancements and forbidden drugs, Sasuke shouldn't be at Orochimaru's level." Naruto said
"He isn't. Apparently Orochimaru has been sick and weak since his body was giving out on him. Sasuke took advantage of this and killed him in his weakened state." The snake said
"That sounds like something Sasuke would do. Anyway, with him gone does this mean the civil war among the snakes is over with?" Naruto asked
"No. We still have Manda to deal with and those loyal to him. Lady Amora has been fending off Manda and soon once our forces are fully recovered, she wants to launch an all out attack." The snake said
"Hopefully everything goes well. Take care of yourself." Naruto said
"I will. I still remember the last time I was careless." The snake said as went up in smoke
"So Sasuke is finally making his move. I hope you know what you're doing, Itachi. This will either help Sasuke learn his way or it'll fuel his desire to kill." Naruto thought and then threw a kunai up at the ceiling causing Raven to come out
"Oh, it's you. What do you want?" Naruto asked
"We need to talk." Raven said
"Last time that happened you let your anger get the best of you and almost released your inner demon. That was 2 months ago if you forgot." Naruto said
"I know and I'm sorry. It didn't help that you basically left and didn't take your communicator with you." Raven said
"That's because my communicator never rings. Now, I'm tired. What do you want?" Naruto asked
"I need you to show me your hammer you create with lightning." Raven said
"Why?" Naruto asked
"I just need to see it." Raven said
"Fine." Naruto said as he held out his hand and created his lightning hammer (Thor's Mjolnir)
"So I did do it right." Raven said and created her own
"That's good. Now throw it at my wall." Naruto said
"Okay." Raven said and threw it at his wall, but it went away before it reached the wall
"You need to condense it some more." Naruto said
"I will. So are we cool?" Raven asked
"Answer me this. Why are you getting mad at me over something I can't control?" Naruto asked
"I don't know. A voice in the back of my head is telling me to do it. When I hear the voice I feel a certain way that I can't explain and then I act out." Raven said
"It's jealousy. Which is weird because we're not together or anything. I mean yeah we had that one night together and kissed a few times after, but that's just it." Naruto said
"I don't get jealous." Raven said
"Now you're in denial. Don't forget Raven, I can hear your thoughts from anywhere. I can also feel your feelings thanks to one of my abilities. It's pointless to lie to me." Naruto said
"I'm not lying. I'll see you tomorrow." Raven said and left
"She'll come around." Naruto thought
Time went by quickly ever since the day Naruto fought Copycat and Tera joined the team. He met some of the other Teen Titan candidates when Robin, Cyborg and Beast boy were all transported to another dimension to see who the best hero is. Naruto briefly wondered why he wasn't chosen, but then realized that has actually killed people. He figured that disqualified him from the hero tournament since everyone who was there hasn't killed anybody.
As time went on, Tera kept trying to get him to trust her, but he wouldn't budge. She tried to spy on him to watch him train, but to her he would always sit there meditating and she would leave. What she didn't know was that he was trying to use his sage mode quickly without having to stop and sit still for a few minutes. Naruto knew something was going on with her because she started to act suspicious and all she would ask him was for a demonstration of his skills. He politely told her to fuck off one day and she nearly destroyed the Titan tower.
He actually kept his word with Starfire and she had the feast for both of them as she taught him about some of her culture. He learned a few words from her and had to admit that they'd come in handy if he wanted to insult someone and confuse them at the same time. He learned that personal affection is permissible, but it apparently must not be shown in general public, or at least to strangers. Starfire told him that only her guardian has ever shown her kindness. Weakness is also frowned upon and he figured that's why she was so skilled in combat. He learned that she has nine stomachs which creeped him out a bit.
She told him that what humans call puberty, they call it the transformation. Tamaranean table manners are basically first come first serve and all you can get, which he said was the equivalent to pigging out. She told him that marriages among the citizens are apparently arranged, though this may simply be the case only for Tamaranean royalty and the noble classes. That is something he couldn't agree with since he was never a person that liked arranged marriages.
He was currently in his room laying down staring up at the ceiling. He had a feeling something was off, but he couldn't put his finger on it. He used his sensing abilities and everyone was in the tower. Then he felt everyone's emotions and Tera seemed to be doubtful and stressed for some reason. He narrowed his eyes since she had no reason to be stressed right now. He was brought out of his thoughts when he felt someone close.
"I know you're there, Raven." Naruto said and Raven came out of the ceiling
"One of these days you're going to do that and I'll be completely naked." Naruto said and smirked when Raven blushed
"Whatever. Can you stop thinking so much? It's giving me a headache." Raven said
"Sorry, but I have a feeling something isn't right." Naruto said
"Maybe you're paranoid." Raven suggested
"No. This is a legit reason." Naruto said and then his head snapped towards the window
"What's wrong?" Raven asked
"Why are Tera and Beast boy leaving?" Naruto asked
"Maybe they're going on a date." Raven said
"Tera turned Beast boy down earlier. I talked to him after it happened." Naruto asked
"Maybe she changed her mind. You need to relax. It's not good if..." Raven was cut off by an explosion
"I knew it!" Naruto said
They ran out of his room and they were attacked by Slade's robot army. Naruto unsealed his sword and began cutting and slashing at every robot that came after them. Raven was right behind him using her powers to take them out and even demonstrated her new skills by having kunai and shuriken made from her powers to launch and destroy robots. They eventually made it over to where Cyborg, Robin and Starfire were being held off at.
"Somebody wanna explain how almost 300 armed robots got through my security. I can't access the computer. We're locked out!" Cyborg said
"They are too numerous to fight. What should we do?" Starfire asked
"Fight anyway. Titans go!" Robin said
"Hang on. I'll clear a path." Naruto said and Robin nodded
Wind style: great breakthrough
Naruto breathed out a huge gust of wind towards the robot army and managed to take out about 50 of them. He nodded at the others and they began their assault. Robin quickly went forward and was soon followed by Cyborg and Starfire who also began taking out the robots.
Naruto was next to Raven and created his lighting hammer. He had Raven add a layer of her powers over it and once she did, he threw it into the army of robots and watched as Raven controlled it. She took out maybe 20 robots with it before the attack wore off. Naruto winked at her and pulled out a kunai then vanished.
She noticed the robots coming out of her room and got pissed off. She used giant sections from the wall to take out more of the robots and even used her powers to destroy the floor and mistakenly caused Cyborg to fall through the floor as well. Cyborg was ganged up on by multiple robots and after a brief struggle he wound up taking them all out.
Starfire was also struggling when multiple robots ganged up on her. They dog piled up on her and after a few seconds, green energy blasts could be seen coming from the pile. Starfire blasted her way out of trouble and then went on to take out the next group of robots. Robin took out some robots that were trying to detonate a bomb in the building and then suddenly every robot lost its head. Everyone blinked and looked around trying to figure out what happened.
"Uh, what was that?" Cyborg asked
"That was me." Naruto said as he appeared
"You mean to tell me that you could've done that this entire time!" Cyborg said
"No. I needed all of them to gather in one area. We needed to take out a good chunk of them before I could make my move." Naruto said
"Let's not worry about that. We need to clean this mess and figure out how they all got in." Robin said
"I already know how they got in." Naruto said
"How?" Cyborg asked
"Tera." Naruto said
"No way." Robin said
"It couldn't have been her. She's not even here." Cyborg said
"That's my point. She rejected Beast boys offer for a date earlier and then had a change of heart out of nowhere and left with him. The instant she leaves, we get attacked. None of you haven't noticed that she was always asking about your skills, but I did. That's why I kept blowing her off. The signs we're all there. She left having no control over her powers and then she just shows up a short time later with this much control over them. She's been acting strange ever since she joined the team, but all of you were too busy trying to be her friend to realize what she's been doing. She's been giving information to Slade about all of you." Naruto said
"What does that mean?" Starfire asked
"What that means Starfire is that Tera is a zarbnarf." Naruto said and Starfire gasped
"She's a what?" Raven asked
"A bad person." Naruto said
"We'll deal with that later. Let's clean this mess up." Robin said and it took them well into the morning to clean up most of the mess
Naruto's room
"What's wrong Raven?" Naruto asked
"I knew it! I knew we shouldn't have trusted her!" Raven said pacing around in his room
"I know this isn't the time, but I told you so. You need to calm down." Naruto said
"I can't." Raven said
"You need to. Your chakra gem is starting to glow and I'd prefer if I didn't have to fight your inner demon after the night we just had." Naruto said
"I know, but her betrayal is all I can think about. It's just making me angry thinking about it." Raven said
Naruto grabbed her and pulled her in for a kiss. Raven was shocked at first and even tried to fight it, but her eyes slowly closed and she wrapped her arms around his neck to deepen the kiss. This went on for about 5 minutes until they separated and just looked at each other.
"Are you calm now?" Naruto asked and Raven nodded
"Yes." Raven replied
"Good. Now don't worry about Tera. We'll deal with her the next time she shows her face." Naruto said
"How do you know she'll be back?" Raven asked
"Because if my guess is correct, then Slade will send her after us. He has knowledge on all of your skills and weaknesses. Tera may come after all of you individually." Naruto said
"What about you?" Raven asked
"Slade's not going to risk losing Tera. He has no knowledge of my skills or how to counter them so he'll tell her to leave me alone." Naruto said
"We need to tell the others." Raven said
"You can do it. I'm tired." Naruto said and got in his bed
"I'm tired too. Let's do it later." Raven said
"Alright then. I'll see you later." Naruto said and Raven just stood there
"Is there a reason why you're still here?" Naruto asked
"My room was destroyed." Raven said
"Well, you're more than welcome to sleep with me." Naruto offered
"This better not be one of your schemes to get me in bed." Raven said
"It's not. Even if it was, we both know you enjoyed it." Naruto said
"No I didn't." Raven said
"I can hear your thoughts. I know what you think about at night. You can grab some clothes out of the dresser." Naruto said
"I don't like you." Raven said as she grabbed some clothes
"That's a lie." Naruto said
"Shut up." Raven said
She went to his bathroom that he had installed in his room to get changed. He had it installed because he hated using the bathroom after beast boy. He asked them what's the point of having a huge tower with only one bathroom. Needless to say after use of shadow clones and his skills he picked up since arriving in jump city, Naruto had his own bathroom that came with a shower, a toilet and a double sink with a mirror the size of the wall. Raven came out of the bathroom wearing clothes from when he was younger and the shirt did nothing to hide how well developed she was.
"Well don't you look nice." Naruto teased and she blushed
"It was the smallest thing I could find." Raven said as she climbed in the bed
"Don't worry. It looks better on you than it did on me." Naruto said
"Do not tell anybody about this." Raven said
"Raven. If I haven't told anybody about the kiss from when we're little and everything we've done since I found you again, I'm not going to tell them about this." Naruto said and placed a seal on his wall that started to glow red for a second before fading away
"What was that?" Raven asked
"A barrier. It keeps sound from getting in or out. It's the reason why you all can never wake me up sometimes. Only way we're waking up is if it's us waking up or if the alarm goes off." Naruto said
"That's why I can never get in your room in the morning." Raven said
"I sleep naked so it's probably a good thing you couldn't get in." Naruto said
"I suppose it is. I don't need to see that." Raven said
"You already have." Naruto said
"Shut up. Your clothes better stay on while I'm here or you're dead." Raven said
"The only way these clothes are coming off is if you take them off. Again." Naruto said
"Wait. What do you mean by, again?" Raven asked
"You were the one who started it. I was perfectly fine with just kissing you, but you started to take my clothes off so I did the same and well you know what happened." Naruto said
"I don't believe that I started it. You must've taken advantage of me." Raven said
"I'll prove it to you." Naruto said and activated his sharingan showing her the events of that night causing a huge blush to form on her face
"I don't know what came over me." Raven said quietly
"I think your passion and bravery emotions took over. Let me ask you something. Do you regret it?" Naruto asked
"Regret what?" Raven asked
"That night." Naruto said and Raven sighed
"No, I don't. It's just that it was so unexpected and it was the first time we've seen each other in over 10 years. From what I saw, it must've been great since we did it more than once. I enjoyed it." Raven admitted with a blush
"Good. So did I." Naruto said and gave her a kiss on the head
"This is nice." Raven thought as she cuddled closer to Naruto
"I know." Naruto said and pulled her closer to him
"I forgot you can hear my thoughts." Raven mumbled
"It's a good thing only I can hear them. Your passion side really takes over at night. The things you think about are naughty." Naruto said laughing
"Shut up. That mainly happens when I'm asleep. I can't control which emotion takes over." Raven said
"Well, passion sure does take over a lot. Let's go to sleep. We have more cleaning to do later." Naruto said and after a few more minutes of talking they fell asleep
Raven's mind
"So, dear daughter. I see you have quite the friend. To bad he only has a limited amount of time left alive. Enjoy him while he lasts." Trigon said
"You will not succeed in your plans. We will stop you." Raven said defiantly
"Even you know that it's impossible to stop me. You let that boy fill you up with hope. I'll make sure to save him for last." Trigon said
"Whoa. I knew Raven's mind would be dark and gloomy, but this is just weird. Oh, hey Raven. Who's the big guy?" Naruto asked
"That's my father." Raven said
"No it isn't." Naruto said
"Yes he is." Raven said
"But he's huge and your mom is shorter than me. How did they, you know?" Naruto asked doing hand signals
"I don't know! I don't want to know!" Raven said
"So the boyfriend finally shows himself." Trigon said
"I like to prefer the term once in a while bootycall. Now, I finally get to see the thing that's been in my dreams for the past few years. I'm not seeing why you're feared by Raven and other demons." Naruto said
"I am the greatest and most powerful demon known to man. I will have my time and I will destroy all forms of life and rule this world." Trigon said
"If you destroy all forms of life you won't have anything to rule, dumbass." Naruto said
"Naruto, do not antagonize him." Raven said
"I'm not. I'm just making a point." Naruto said
"What point would that be? I'm curious to know what goes on in that feeble little mind of yours." Trigon said
"The point I'm making is that the day you arrive, I'll be waiting for you. The day you arrive will also be the last time you're alive." Naruto said
"Such bravery. I can see why Raven is drawn to you. However, when I arrive through the portal, I'll personally welcome you to try and stop me." Trigon said
"I'll be waiting." Naruto said and Trigon faded away
Real world
"What did you just do?!" Raven asked
"I let him know that I'm waiting for him." Naruto said
"Are you out of your mind?! He's unstoppable! You heard him yourself. He's the most powerful demon there is!" Raven said
"No he isn't." Naruto said
"Yes he is." Raven said
"Do you remember the story of the tailed beasts?" Naruto asked
"Yeah. What about it?" Raven asked
"Trigon may be the strongest demon in this dimension, but he wouldn't stand a chance against any of the tailed beasts except for maybe the 1, 2 and 3 tailed beasts in my dimension. I've already beaten a tailed beast. I'm pretty sure I can defeat Trigon. I've gotten a lot stronger since then." Naruto said
"Trigon has gotten stronger since the last time I've seen him. He's been doing nothing except preparing for this moment. His powers are like mine only a lot stronger." Raven said
"Then if that's the case then I'll use my powers as well." Naruto said and activated his Mangekyou sharingan
"No! You are not doing that." Raven said
"I'll use it if I have to. I'll be fine." Naruto said and deactivated his sharingan
"It's just. Never mind." Raven said as looked away
"What is it?" Naruto asked
"I don't know. I can't explain what I'm feeling about you." Raven said
"Is it similar to that day?" Naruto asked
"Yes." Raven said
"Love. That's what you're feeling towards me." Naruto said and she sighed
"I just don't want anything to happen to you. Think about it. You were my first friend. My first kiss. You were the first person I've shown my emotions to and you were my first time. I don't want to worry about you dying once the prophecy happens." Raven said
"I'm an Uzumaki. I'm too stubborn to die. It'll take a lot more than some prophecy to kill me." Naruto said
"How are you so positive that we can win this?" Raven asked
"Because I know that you'll be there to help us win." Naruto said
"No I won't. I'm the portal, remember?" Raven asked
"You may be the portal, but neither you, your mother or Trigon have said anything about you dying after he comes." Naruto said
"There is a chance that I die." Raven said
"Then if you die I'll make sure to kill your father for you." Naruto said
"Naruto." Raven said
"Yes?" Naruto asked and Raven gave him a kiss
"Thank you. Thank you for giving me hope." Raven said
"You're welcome, Raven." Naruto said
"How bad is your eyesight now?" Raven asked
"I'm fine." Naruto said
"That's not what I asked. How bad is your eyesight?" Raven asked again and Naruto sighed
"I'm down to 40 percent." Naruto said
"You need to tell the others." Raven said
"I told Starfire already. The rest will have to find out later or not at all." Naruto said
"Why did you tell Starfire?" Raven asked
"Because she was close to unintentionally figuring it out. I decided to tell her and for her to keep a secret I had to have a tamaranean feast with her." Naruto said
"You're still alive? How?" Raven said
"I don't know. I did learn about her culture though." Naruto said
"How come it's easier for Starfire to be happy and show emotions?" Raven asked
"Because she doesn't have an inner demon that feeds on negative emotions. You were taught and trained from a young age to suppress all of your emotions, even the good emotions. You only show emotions to those you are comfortable with." Naruto said
"Like you? I've only shown this much emotion to you and my mother. I want to know what we are, but I can't. I have to worry about my demon escaping, the prophecy and what everyone else would think." Raven admitted
"Then how about after everything is dealt with, we sit down and figure it out? Sounds like a plan?" Naruto asked
"Sure. We can do that. Thank you. Not just for that, but for always being there for me. Even when I was ignoring you. You've saved me a lot on missions." Raven said
"No problem. It's what friends do for each other." Naruto said
"Yeah. Friends." Raven thought sadly
Even though Naruto heard her thoughts, he didn't make a comment about them. He knew how she felt, but due to her current situation, she was unable to relay those feelings to him. He just looked at her and noticed she was staring at him so he just leaned down and have her a kiss on the lips that she returned. They broke the kiss and Raven put her head on his chest falling asleep rather quickly. 10 minutes later, Naruto was sleep as well and due to the barrier he set up they didn't notice Robin knocking on his door.
Azarath
"I'm happy for you Raven. You seem to have found love which is something I could not do. The portal will open, but I think Naruto will and your friends will make sure the prophecy is not fulfilled." Arella thought
She was watching them talk and had to admit, Naruto had quite the effect on Raven. Arella could tell that Raven's inner demon was struggling to get even the smallest amount of control over Raven whenever she was around Naruto and it was a good thing. Arella knew from when they were both little that they'd find each other again and would be together. All she wanted to know was if their combined might would be enough to stop Trigon when he arrives.