(Titans Tower, a few days later)
Naruto and Terra were walking through the hallway, and saw Beast Boy and Cyborg dragging in a big wooden crate.
"What's up guys?" Terra asked curiously, upon seeing the crate.
"No idea, we found this thing outside the tower" Cyborg said with a shrug.
"Yea, and it's addressed to us" Beast Boy said, pointing out the label that said Titans Tower.
"No return address?" Naruto asked with a curious look at the crate.
["I smell a trap"] the nine tailed fox commented.
"Oh, just shut up already," Naruto thought to the demon fox.
"Well, if it's addressed to all of us, we should find Starfire and Raven, before we open it," Terra said.
Naruto nodded at this, as he and Cyborg worked together to move the crate.
They soon made it to the common room, where Starfire and Raven were. Naruto saw that Raven was meditating, while Starfire was floating behind her.
"Friends! I'm most happy to see you. It was lonely" Starfire said with a large grin.
"What's with the crate?" Raven asked flatly, after she got up.
"I think it's a present from a fan of ours," Naruto said with a shrug.
"Is this like that fan mail from the evil fan girls, that Terra burned on the roof?" Starfire asked curiously.
"Wait, Terra did what?" Naruto asked in surprise.
"Nothing!" Terra said quickly.
Cyborg and Beast Boy giggled at this, as they had evil smiles as they looked at Terra, who blushed and hid her face with her hair.
"Let's get this open, and see what's inside," Naruto said, as he pulled out a kunai, and used it to try and pry open the lid.
Soon enough, he had the lid free and opened the crate.
everyone looked inside and saw a bunch of packing peanuts
Naruto reached inside, and soon found something, which he grabbed and pulled out, showing what looked like a little puppet of himself.
The others looked inside the crate, and saw that there was a puppet version of each of them.
"Interesting" Raven said flatly, as she looked at the puppet version of herself.
"Pretty good attention to detail" Terra said, noticing that her own puppet even had her equipment pouch that she liked to wear.
"Are you kidding? I'm way more handsome than this" Beast Boy said, looking at his puppet with a frown.
"Cool, mine actually has an electronic eye," Cyborg said with a smile, as he switched it on.
Starfire giggled at her puppet. "I have never seen such a device before," she said.
Naruto nodded at this, as he looked at his own puppet. "You want to play with them a little?" he asked her.
"Oh, that would be most joyous," Starfire said with a grin. She then turned to Raven and Terra, and asked "Would you two like to join us?"
"Knock yourself out" Raven said, as she tossed hers over before walking off.
Terra shrugged at this. "Sure, I'm game," she said, as she walked over.
(Later that night)
Naruto was sleeping, but was having trouble as he was having a nightmare.
Naruto heard what sounded like manic laughter, and a roar of a demon, before he woke up in a cold sweat and panting.
["Kid, you need to get over that incident"] the nine tails said with a sigh, as he saw what Naruto was dreaming of.
Naruto said nothing, as he got up and tried to focus on something else.
He then got up, and headed out of his room.
He then heard movement behind him, and turned around quickly and saw Starfire and Raven.
"Friend Naruto!" Starfire said with a smile.
"Why are you two up?" Naruto asked them curiously.
"I could ask you the same thing," Raven said with a raised eyebrow at Naruto.
"I'm fine. So what's up?" Naruto said quickly, waving his hand in the air.
"We heard some noises, and wanted to see if we had an intruder," Starfire said.
They then saw some glowing eyes down in the hallway.
"Starfire, a light," Naruto said quickly, sensing that something was wrong.
Starfire made a starbolt in her hand, and made a bright light which showed it was Beast Boy and Cyborg at the end of the hall, but their eyes were glowing green and their faces were emotionless.
Before Naruto could respond, he was slammed into a wall by a wall of earth from below, and was then restrained by some earth.
Terra then approached, with her eyes also glowing green.
"Friends, why do you attack us with the creepy eyes?" Starfire asked, as she dodged a swipe from Beast Boy, who was in a tiger form.
Before Raven could respond, she was grabbed from behind by Cyborg, along with Starfire and held tightly, so that they couldn't get loose.
A small puppet then approached. He had a king's crown on his head, and wore king-like clothing while holding a controller of some sort.
"Who are you?" Starfire asked him, as Cyborg held her and Raven in place, while Terra had Naruto bound with some earth.
"I am the Puppet King, and soon I will have all the Titan's bodies under my control" the Puppet King said, as he held up the toy puppets of Terra, Beast Boy and Cyborg.
"Let us go, you woden freak!" Terra's voice said from her puppet.
"Yea, this Chucky soul stuff is creepy!" Beast Boy's puppet said in agreement.
"Yea, fight fair!" Cyborg's puppet yelled out.
"Let them go, you freak!" Naruto growled out, as he finally focused.
"Be silent. You won't have any say in anything soon" the Puppet King said, as he held up what looked like a puppet controller that glowed as a colored aura appeared around Naruto, Raven and Starfire.
Raven groaned as she felt some powerful magic from this puppet. "Azarath metrion zinthos" she chanted, which made her powers go off, and sent the Puppet King and his puppets flying from them.
The two now free girls groaned slightly, before they both grabbed Naruto and they ran off.
"After them!" the Puppet King yelled to his puppets, who all took off after them.
(In the city)
Starfire and Raven were hiding in an alleyway, with an unconscious Naruto laid between them.
"This is most horrible! Our friends are being controlled by an evil toy!" Starfire yelled…..from Raven's body.
"Star...fire?" Raven asked, from Starfire's body with wide eyes.
"Raven?" Starfire asked from Raven's body, before a car nearby exploded.
"Oh, this is just great" Raven groaned, as she looked at her now orange skin.
"What is going on?!" Starfire yelled in a panic, as more things nearby exploded.
"I think my magic made us switch bodies, when that freak tried to take control of us," Raven said.
"What about friend Naruto?" Starfire asked, as she looked at Naruto's prone form.
"We should wake him up, to see if there is any change," Raven said.
Starfire nodded at this, and tapped Naruto's shoulder. "Wake up, friend Naruto. We are in the biggest of trouble" she said.
Naruto groaned and woke up, showing he had red eyes instead of his normal blue. "Will you let me sleep, damn it?!" he said in a deeper and gruffer voice, as he sat up.
"Naruto?" Raven asked curiously.
Naruto blinked at this, and looked around then at his hands, before he slowly smiled and started to cackle.
"Oh, this is hilarious! That little freak gave me control of that brats body!" Naruto yelled out, as he laughed. (While the nine tails controls Naruto's body, we'll refer to him as Naruto.)
"Friend Naruto, are you not feeling well?" Starfire asked him.
Naruto looked at Starfire, and laughed. "Oh great. He switched you two around too huh?" he asked.
"Yes indeed. That evil toy switched me and Raven's bodies" Starfire said with a frown while crossing her arms, as a trashcan nearby exploded.
"Well, at least the only difference with you two, is the alien now has the bigger ass and the goth now has the bigger rack" Naruto said with a laugh.
Raven stopped at this, and blushed at this before she scowled. "Ok, who the hell are you?" she asked Naruto with a glare.
"Piece of advice, you're not intimidating in the aliens body" Naruto said with a smirk.
"He's not Naruto?" Starfire asked curiously.
"You might call me Naruto's tenant, and that wooden freak had us switch places," Naruto said.
Raven frowned at this, as she folded her arms. "Can he hear us?" she asked.
"Oh sure. He hasn't stopped screaming about how my cell sucks, and he hates the sewer" Naruto said with a snicker.
Starfire gasped at this, and glared at Naruto. "You will free him, now!" she yelled in Naruto's face, causing many things to get destroyed.
"Ok, two things. One: you're not suited to make threats, if you want to be taken seriously. And Two: I have no control over this. Blame the wooden freak" Naruto said.
"Who are you anyway?" Raven asked with a glare.
"I don't exactly give out my name to anyone. Heck, the brat doesn't even know it" Naruto said as he picked at his ear, looking bored.
"Well, I'm not calling you Naruto," Raven said, with a hard look.
"Me neither. You are not friend Naruto!" Starfire yelled out, causing a traffic light to explode.
"Whatever" Naruto said with a shrug, before he spotted a green eagle in the air, and scowled. "Looks like your friends found us" he said, as he stood up.
Raven and Starfire looked in the direction he was looking, and saw the green eagle flying towards them.
Naruto grabbed Starfire and Raven and ran towards a alleyway but was blocked by a raising wall of earth
Naruto growled at this, and looked around and saw a sewer grate, then smirked as Cyborg and Terra dropped down, followed by Beast Boy in a tiger form.
Naruto raised his hands, and fired some red energy at the three attacking Titans.
The energy turned into what looked like goop, and covered the three possessed Titans, binding them to the floor.
"What was that?" Raven asked in surprise.
"Talk later, escape now emo" Naruto said, as he fired another energy attack from his palm at the three possessed Titans which made red binding tape which covered their eyes
Naruto then opened the sewer grate, and threw both Starfire and Raven down into the sewer, and quickly followed after them.
"Ok, now what the heck was that?" Raven asked, as Naruto led them through the sewer.
"Indeed. Did you use some evil powers to bind our friends?" Starfire asked Naruto, with an untrusting look.
Naruto scoffed at this. "No, you idiot. I used the gadgets in this stupid suit of the brats. Thank kami that bat freak made it, so this thing is powered by chakra" he grumbled out.
"Charka?" Raven asked, surprised.
"What, the brat didn't tell you?" Naruto asked with a smirk.
"It would seem friend Naruto doesn't tell us a lot," Starfire said with a frown.
"Well, duh. That kids been through hell since he was a kid. Of course he keeps secrets" Naruto said.
"Oh, and I'm sure you had nothing to do with it," Raven said with a glare at Naruto.
Naruto paused at this, and chuckled. "You're too smart for your own good witch," he said, before they continued walking.
"This is not helping. We need to find a way to help the others" Starfire said with a frown.
"That's impossible sunshine. You two don't know each other's powers, and I'm limited to the brats' chakra and not my own, since the brat can't give me access to my chakra, since he has no idea how" Naruto said with an unhappy look.
"Then we should try and explain each other's powers" Raven said with a sigh, as she knew this would require her actually telling Starfire about herself, which normally she wouldn't do but this was a desperate situation.
Starfire nodded in agreement, as they both sat down on the ground.
"Good. Now, while you two talk, I'll meditate and touch bases with the brat" Naruto said.
"Naruto meditates?" Raven asked curiously.
"Plan a date later emo" Naruto said with a scoff, as he sat down on the cement and started to meditate.
Raven blushed at what he said, before looking away.
(Naruto's mindscape)
The nine tails smirked, as he looked at the cage that represented the seal, and saw Naruto in it.
["Not so fun on the other side, huh?"] the nine tails asked with a large grin.
Naruto rolled his eyes at this. "Yea, well don't get too used to it" he said, as he crossed his arms.
The nine tails smirked at this. ["Oh? And what makes you think I'll help fix this?"] he asked
Naruto held up three fingers. "Three reasons, fur ball" he said.
The nine tails quirked an eyebrow at this.
"One: you have no access to your chakra like this," Naruto said.
The nine tails scowled at this
"Two: you would be stuck as a human forever, and we both know you hate humans" Naruto said
The nine tails growled at this.
"Oh, and three: IF YOU DON'T HELP FIX THIS, I SWEAR THAT I'LL ANNOY YOU FOREVER!" Naruto yelled out, as he grabbed the bars to his cell and started shaking them.
["Oh no please, I'm a demon fox you can't be that annoy -"] the nine tails was saying, before he got interrupted.
Naruto then picked up a tin cup, and started to slam it across the bars over and over, making a loud clanging sound. "I know a song that'll get on your nerves, get on your nerves. I know a song that'll get on your nerves, and it goes just like this" he sang, while off key.
The nine tails slammed his paws on his ears, and groaned. ["Oh kami, make it stop!"] he yelled in pain.
"Then fix this, you fleabag! Or I continue singing" Naruto yelled, not stopping his clanging with the tin cup.
["Alright already! The seal is better than dealing with your girlfriend's anyway!"] the nine tails yelled.
"They are not my girlfriends!" Naruto yelled out, as he lightly blushed.
["Yea, not yet. I give it about, say six months tops"] the nine tails said, before he disappeared.
Naruto blushed at this, as he tried to ignore what the demon fox said.
(Outside Naruto's mindscape)
Naruto soon woke up, and saw Raven and Starfire talking.
"You two figure out each other's powers yet, or do I have to do everything myself?" Naruto asked, as he got up.
"Indeed. We have some understanding of each other's powers now" Starfire said.
"Though, there are no guarantees," Raven said with a sigh, as she tried and failed to make a starbolt appear.
"Well, it's better than nothing I suppose. Now, let's go save your friends" Naruto said.
"Is Naruto OK?" Starfire asked, worry on her face
Naruto waved his hand in the air. "Don't worry bimbo, he's fine," he said.
"Fine?! I'm alone in here, and bored out of my mind!" Naruto yelled from the seal.
Naruto rolled his eyes at this, and led the two heroines back up from the sewers to the surface.
"Don't try anything. I'm watching you" Raven said to Naruto with a glare.
"I'm so scared, fat ass," Naruto said with a smirk.
(Later)
Naruto, Starfire and Raven were outside an abandoned warehouse, where they could see Cyborg, Terra and Beast Boy were guarding the outside, with Beast Boy as a doberman.
"This guys an idiot," Naruto said with a scoff.
"Yea. If he wanted to hide to complete his plan, he would keep them inside to guard" Raven said, rolling her eyes.
Naruto chuckled at this. "So, the brat is right. You are the smart one" he said
Raven blushed at this, and floated a little off the ground.
"What's he say about me?" Starfire asked curiously.
"Something about you being as pretty as a sunset," Naruto said, without thinking as he watched Cyborg, Terra and Beast Boy patrol.
Starfire smiled brightly at this, but this caused a truck nearby to explode.
The possessed Titans instantly ran over to the parking lot, which was pretty far from the building.
"Let's get in quickly!" Naruto whispered, as he ran forward with Raven and Starfire close behind him.
Raven flew ahead, and slammed her fist into the door, destroying the door so they could enter.
When they entered, they saw the Puppet King holding the puppets of Cyborg, Terra and Beast Boy over a cauldron that had a small blue fire in it.
"Take one step, and your friends die," the Puppet King said.
Naruto held out his arms to stop Raven and Starfire from moving, and looked at the Puppet King as he smirked. "Go right ahead," he said.
Raven and Starfire looked at Naruto with looks of shock, while Terra, Cyborg and Beast Boy all yelled at him.
The Puppet King glared at Naruto, and dropped what was in his hands.
What he didn't notice, was that at the last second the puppets were switched with his control that was on his hip.
The control fell into the fire, and exploded in a burst of magic, which sent the Puppet King flying back.
"No! How?!" the Puppet King yelled out.
"Easy toothpick. I used a technique to switch the puppets with your control thing, which I noticed you were very protective of" Naruto said with a smirk.
In a burst of magic, three colored lights flew out of the puppets, and flew outside.
Raven and Starfire glowed, and two lights shot out of them and went into the other.
Naruto sighed, as he felt himself being switched back. "Well, it was nice to have some freedom for an hour at least" he said, as he closed his eyes and fell to the floor.
"Naruto!" the now normal Raven and Starfire yelled, as they ran to Naruto.
(Naruto's mindscape)
Naruto looked at the nine tails from the other side of the seal, as he felt control return to him.
"Not bad fox. Very clever way to win" Naruto said with a smirk, as he folded his arms.
["Well, I am a fox"] the demon said with a prideful smirk.
Naruto chuckled at this, and nodded as he turned around to leave but paused.
["What do you want now?"] the nine tails asked in annoyance.
"You said you had a name…..what is it?" Naruto asked curiously.
The demon fox paused at this. ["You…..actually want to know?"] he asked in surprise.
"Well, we are stuck together and you aren't that bad, since you helped my friends. When let's be real, you didn't have to" Naruto said, as he looked at the demon over his shoulder with a grin.
The demon looked at Naruto with a contemplative look. ["…..Kurama"] he said simply.
Naruto smiled at this. "Glad to finally meet you Kurama. I hope we can actually be friends in the future" he said, before he disappeared from his mindscape.
Kurama looked at the area Naruto disappeared from, before chuckling a little. ["Good luck…..Naruto"] he said, as he laid down to take a nap.
(Outside Naruto's mindscape)
Naruto groaned as he woke up, and saw his friends around him.
"Hey dude, you ok?" Beast Boy asked, with a look of worry.
"Yea, you were acting weird, even for you" Cyborg said, with his arms crossed.
"I am fine guys" Naruto said, as he got up.
"You are not the mean one, who called me bimbo and Raven a fat ass?" Starfire asked.
"Naruto called you what?" Terra asked in surprise, as Raven blushed in embarrassment.
"It wasn't me!" Naruto yelled out instantly, waving his hands in front of himself.
"Then who was it?" Raven asked, with a light glare at Naruto.
"Yea. This isn't some split personality stuff, is it?" Beast Boy asked curiously.
"How the heck do you know what a split personality is?" Cyborg asked with a quirked eyebrow at Beast Boy.
"Moon Knight, duh" Beast Boy said, holding up a comic book of a man wearing a white version of what looked like Batman's suit.
"Focus!" Raven yelled out her patience at its end, after dealing with Kurama's mouth tonight.
"Yea, what's going on?" Terra asked Naruto, folding her arms.
Naruto paused at this, and started to panic a little, as he didn't want to tell them about this so soon.
Starfire looked at Naruto, and saw he was getting nervous. So she grabbed his hand to comfort him. "Naruto, it's ok. You don't need to be scared of telling us" she said, with a small grin.
"Yea dude, you're our friend!: Beast Boy said with an encouraging smile.
Cyborg nodded at this, and gave Naruto a thumbs up with a smile.
"Yea, you helped us. Nothing will make us turn on you now" Terra said with a smile.
Raven sighed, and calmed herself before she nodded at Naruto. "What they said" she said simply, trying to be comforting.
Naruto looked at his friends, and saw that they were serious and soon smiled lightly before he nodded. "Ok, the one you all encountered was called Kurama" he said.
"Cool name," Beast Boy said.
Naruto nodded at this. "And no, he's not a split personality. Like he said to Starfire and Raven, he's the prisoner and I'm the warden" he said.
This gained curious looks from everyone.
"He's the one who gave you that boost, when you finished the fire monster, isn't he?" Raven asked with wide eyes, remembering that fight.
"Yea, that's him. The seal that keeps him inside me, let's me borrow his power from time to time" Naruto said.
"So, what exactly is Kurama?" Terra asked curiously.
Naruto sighed at this. "He's a nine tailed demon fox" he said, knowing it was best to just say it.
Raven's eyes widened even more at this. "Wait, 'the' nine tailed demon fox from folklore?" she asked.
"Kinda. He's not exactly some yokai, who are only known for tricks" Naruto said with a shrug.
"Yea, I got that from his mouth" Raven grumbled out, as she crossed her arms.
"So, you're possessed by a demon?!" Starfire asked with wide eyes.
Everyone groaned at this, with some face palming.
"I told you that exorcist movie was a stupid idea" Cyborg said to Beast Boy
Beast Boy chuckled sheepishly at this, as he rubbed the back of his head.
"No Star, I'm not possessed. He can't control me, as the worst that happens, is he makes stupid comments sometimes" Naruto said with a smile, trying to comfort his alien friend.
["Love you too brat"]Kurama said with a snicker, from Naruto's mindscape.
"Enough from the peanut gallery" Naruto thought to Kurama, before looking at his friends. "Ok everyone, let's head home. We've had a rough night" he said to his team.
They all nodded in agreement at this, and followed Naruto as they headed back to the tower.
(A few days later)
Naruto and the others were outside the tower, at the beach. They had seen off a new ally that they made, by the name of Aqualad, after helping him defeat an enemy of his called Trident.
"I'm still surprised you were able to work with him, to stop that Trident guy, without letting your ego get in the way," Cyborg said to Beast Boy.
"What can I say, maybe I'm growing up" Beast Boy said with a smile, as he shrugged his shoulders.
"There's the ego again," Raven said flatly.
"Oh, let him have this Rae. He did help stop a big villain" Naruto said with a smile.
Suddenly their communicators went off.
"What's the situation this time?" Terra asked, as Naruto took out his communicator.
"Looks like Wayne tech is being robbed. Something tripped the alarm" Naruto said, as he closed his communicator.
His team nodded, and were ready to go and followed Naruto.
"Remind me to make a land vehicle," Cyborg said.
"What about a flying one?" Beast Boy asked.
"Why not do one that can do both?" Terra asked with a shrug.
"I'll order the parts from Bats," Naruto said, as they left the beach.
"Bats? Ha!" Beast Boy said as he laughed at this.
(Wayne tech)
Inside a big vault, a single computer chip floated on a pedestal and a group of robots approached it. But before one could take it, a red spiral struck it, making it back off.
"I'm gonna guess you work for Deathstroke," Naruto said, as he and his team dropped down to confront them.
The robots said nothing, as they charged at them.
"Titans, they are robots, so don't hold back!" Naruto said, as they all attacked.
Starfire charged at a robot, and charged a starbolt in her hand, as she slammed her fist through its head, then fired her attack at another robot destroying its head.
Beast Boy turned into an armadillo and rolled up, while Cyborg kicked him towards a group of robots.
As Beast Boy flew at the group of robots, he turned into a Rhino and crashed into the group, slamming into a wall.
"Whoo! 10 points!" Beast Boy cheered at how many robots his and Cyborg's team up move took out.
Cyborg smiled at this, as he fired his sonic cannon at a robot, dropping down at him from behind, sending it into a wall.
Raven and Terra were back to back, and they both attacked the robots with a barrage of earth and equipment nearby, thanks to Raven's magic.
Naruto was using his kunai to cut through some robots, and saw one grab the chip and take off.
"Hey!" Naruto yelled upon seeing this.
The robot flew off, with its jet boots. But before it could get far, its head exploded from a gunshot.
"What the?" Naruto asked in surprise, seeing the robot fall to the ground.
"Getting sloppy kid" a voice said, getting their attention.
They saw an older man up in the rafters, with a sniper rifle aimed at where the robot was.
He had a red helmet that covered his entire head, while he wore a dark brown jacket over a bulletproof vest with blue trousers and black combat boots. He also had a utility belt around his waist, and two pistols holstered on either side.
"Anti hero alert!" Beast Boy yelled out, recognizing this guy.
"Red Hood," Naruto said with a sigh.
"Relax kiddos, I'm on your side" Red Hood said, as he jumped down to greet them, while putting the sniper rifle over his back.
"Your body count doesn't exactly give us confidence," Cyborg said with a frown.
"Smart, but if you paid attention, I only off criminals. And the really bad ones at that" Red Hood said with a shrug.
"Relax guys, he's part of the bat family. Well kinda, as it's complicated" Naruto said.
"So, you're a friend of Naruto's?" Starfire asked curiously.
"Huh, and I thought it was Nightwing who had an alien with him," Red Hood said, as he looked at Starfire.
"Let's take this back to the tower" Naruto said, as he put the chip the robot took back on the pedestal.
Red Hood nodded at this. "Lead the way, little bro" he said with a teasing tone, as he gestured towards the door.
"You're only 4 years older than me!" Naruto yelled out.
"Like I said: little bro" Red Hood said with a chuckle, as Naruto led them all out.
(Titans Tower)
"So, what brings you here?" Naruto asked Red Hood, as they entered the common room.
"Oh, I just wanted to check on you, meet your new team. Nice base by the way, way better than the brooding cave" Red Hood said, as he looked around.
"Didn't Kachan keep you updated?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow.
"She told me you lost to some witch, with bad luck powers" Red Hood said with a slight shrug.
Naruto groaned at this, making Cyborg and Beast Boy laugh and Terra to scowl lightly.
"You have to have a reason to be here, beside's checking up on Naruto," Raven said with a slight glare at Red Hood, while folding her arms.
Red Hood looked at Raven, and tilted his head. "So, you know his name huh? This one your girlfriend, or do you share that information with your whole team?" he asked Naruto, as the others could hear the grin in his tone.
Raven's eyes widened at this, and all the windows shattered, thanks to her powers.
"Jason….stop. Raven is right, you could have just called. So what are you here for?" Naruto said with a firm tone.
Red Hood sighed at this. "Ok ok. Look, I followed a mark to this city, and since I know you wouldn't want some trash from Gotham to infest your territory, I decided to ask you and your team to help" he said.
"Woah, a Gotham villain is in the city?" Beast Boy asked, surprised at this.
"Not good" Terra said, as she knew a Gotham villain was a bad thing to have in the city.
"Which one?" Naruto asked.
"Cobblepot" Red Hood said, as he sat down at a table.
"Oh good, one of the least crazy ones," Naruto said with a sigh of relief.
"Why is that, friend Naruto?" Starfire asked.
"Penguin is only an arms and information dealer. So, he's more predictable than the other villains in Gotham" Naruto said.
"I'm gonna guess he's looking to expand into Jump City, to try and avoid Batman?" Cyborg asked, as he leaned against the wall while folding his arms.
Red Hood scoffed at this. "Yea. He figures dealing with a green hero team would be much easier than Batman" he said.
"I don't understand. The only green one is Beast Boy" Starfire said with a confused look.
"He means that we are new heroes," Terra said to Starfire.
"Man, the one with Nightwing is smarter. Though, she's making him and Batgirl nuts" Red Hood said with a chuckle
"Ok, that's twice you mentioned that. Nightwing has an alien with him now?" Naruto asked.
"Oh yea. She's called Blackfire, and I'm gonna assume she's from this one's home pl -" Red Hood was saying, before he got interrupted.
"My sister?!" Starfire yelled in surprise, as she got right up close in his face. "Where is she? Is she okay?" Starfire asked him.
"She's fine kid. She's in Bludhaven, being a hero with Nightwing and Batgirl" Red Hood said, waving his hand dismissively.
Naruto quirked an eyebrow at this, and looked at Cyborg who nodded and opened his arm communicator, and after pressing a few buttons, several images appeared on the giant monitor.
They saw what looked like news pictures of Nightwing, Batgirl and Blackfire fighting some criminals, and helping citizens of Bludhaven.
Starfire smiled at this, seeing that Blackfire actually looked happy.
"Well, looks like your sister is just fine," Naruto said with a smile at Starfire, knowing she was worried about her sister, despite knowing she can take care of herself.
"As fun as it is to put your alien teammate at ease, I think we should try and find Cobblepot and find out what he's actually doing in your city," Red Hood said.
Naruto nodded in agreement at this, before he looked at Red Hood with a firm look. "We can head out into the city right now, but I wanna be clear on something first: this is my city, and you're not gonna be killing anyone while you're here. Got that?" he said with a slight glare
The rest of the team nodded at this, as they agreed with this.
Red Hood nodded at this. "That's fine by me. Cobblepot is good to keep around for his information anyway, so don't worry. Now, stop imitating the old man kid. You're not suited to act like him" Red Hood said.
Naruto nodded at this, and turned to his team. "Ok everyone, we are gonna split up into teams, and patrol the city for Cobblepot aka the Penguin" he said, as Cyborg made an image appear on the screen of a short older man.
He had a thinning head of receding black hair, while short in stature and hefty in weight, with a beak-like nose. He was wearing a custom brown coat with a collar that was lined with white fur over a silk button up shirt, along with black gloves, pants and shoes. He was smoking a cigar and carrying an umbrella, with the handle looking like a bird's head.
"Ugh, and I thought Plasmus was ugly" Beast Boy said with a cringe.
"Yea, I think he's even shorter than you," Cyborg said with a smirk.
"Don't let the looks fool you. He's got a temper, and will shoot to kill. So if you find a lead on him, you call in the rest of the team" Naruto said with a firm tone, to show there was no negotiations with this.
Everyone nodded at this, as they all split up and headed out of the tower.
Naruto was teamed up with Red Hood while Starfire, Raven and Terra were a team, with Beast Boy and Cyborg being the third team.
(Later in the City)
Naruto and Red Hood were making their way across the rooftops, as they searched for any leads on the Penguin.
"I gotta say, you have a pretty competent team," Red Hood said, making conversion.
"Yea. I train with them all the time, so they work well together and get better with their powers" Naruto said with a nod.
Red Hood nodded at this in approval. "So…..you dating any of those girls on your team?" he asked with a teasing tone.
Naruto groaned at this, and ignored his big brother figure as they leapt over rooftops.
"Ah, so Selena's theory of you being into that thief, and wanting to redeem her is true?" Red Hood asked in a tone, where you could tell he was smiling behind his mask.
"I'm ignoring you!" Naruto said flatly, not enjoying this at all, as Red Hood laughed.
Soon, Naruto's communicator went off, and he and Red Hood stopped.
"What's up?" Naruto asked, as he answered his communicator.
{"I think we have a lead"} Cyborg said.
{"Yea, we spotted some goons with Penguin masks reentering a warehouse at the docks"} Beast Boy said.
"Is there any confirmation he's there?" Naruto asked.
{"No, but my thermal scans show a big group is in there, waiting for something to happen"} Cyborg said.
"On our way. Stay put and observe them from afar" Naruto said, before he cut communications and called the others.
(Later at the docks)
Naruto and Red Hood arrived on a rooftop, where the rest of the team were waiting, across the way from a warehouse, where they could see a group of people with guns on the roof of the warehouse.
"Any sign of movement?" Naruto asked, as he and Red Hood approached.
"Some figures entered from the back door a few minutes ago. So I think old hook nose is making a deal with someone" Beast Boy said, grinning at what he called Penguin.
"So, what's the plan?" Terra asked Naruto.
"We take out the men on the roof, and then observe who is there, making a deal with Cobblepot," Naruto said.
"Sounds good to me" Red Hood said, as he took out some pistols and gave them a look over.
"Those better be non lethal" Raven said with a glare.
"Don't get your leotard in a twist, they are non lethal" Red Hood said, as he undid the clip to his pistols, to show that they were tranquilizers and not bullets.
Raven glared at Red Hood at this, but said nothing as they all made their way stealthily to the warehouse.
"How do we take out their guns?" Terra whispered to Naruto, as they all made their way.
"I'm on it," Red Hood said, as he pulled out what looked like a mini grenade launcher, and fired it at the group of goons.
The item he fired landed near the group, and looked like a metallic ball. And when it landed in the group of goons, it opened up and let out a high pitch screech, which caused the blasters they were holding to malfunction and start to spark.
"What the hell?!" one of the goons said, before Naruto dropped down on him, causing him to get knocked out.
The rest of the Titans and Red Hood soon attacked, and in a few moments the goons were all subdued.
"Jeez, these things are high tech blasters. They could take out an armored tank easily with these" Cyborg said, as he scanned one of the blasters.
"Which is why I disabled them, though the EMP grenade only works for a few moments," Red Hood said.
"Whoever Bird Boy is meeting with, is probably looking to buy them" Terra said with a frown, as she crossed her arms.
"Ok everyone, we are going in. But keep to stealth mode, just like we practiced" Naruto said.
"That's double for you elf" Red Hood said, looking at Beast Boy who he could already tell was most likely to blow this.
"I'll stay as a mouse, so relax Red Riding Hood" Beast Boy said with a grin.
Red Hood scoffed at this. "Don't compare me to that childish fairy tail" he said with a huff, as he crossed his arms.
Naruto snickered at this, as he fist bumped with a smirking Beast Boy, as that was a good one.
(Inside)
Naruto and Red Hood were in the rafters of the warehouse, while the others were taking different corners of the warehouse, just in case when things went bad, they could block any escape attempts.
They saw that Penguin was sitting on a wooden crate, as he waited and didn't look happy.
"That Deathstroke is late" he growled out, as he tapped his fingers on the box impatiently.
"Shit" Naruto thought, as he was afraid of this.
"*That maniac is in your city?*" Red Hood signed to Naruto with his hand
Naruto sighed at this, and gave Red Hood a thumbs up, showing that yes Deathstroke was part of his rogue gallery.
"*Well, at least it's not the clown, thanks to you*" Red Hood signed.
Naruto's eyes widened at this, as for a moment he heard the cackle of someone he wished he could forget about.
Naruto shook his head slightly, and glared at Red Hood.
Before even Hood could respond, the warehouse doors opened up, and a group of Deathstroke's robots entered, along with Ravager.
Penguin scoffed at this. "So, Deathstroke is sending a young bird to make his arms deals now?" he asked, as he hopped off the crate.
Ravager unsheathed her sword, and pointed it at one of Penguin's goons with a hard glare. "Don't test me, or I'll leave your lackys in pieces for you to clean up, you fat flightless bird" she said.
Penguin chuckled at this. "It seems old Deathstroke has you trained right at least, so let's deal" he said, as he clapped his hands together before rubbing them.
Naruto scowled at this, and looked at his teammates from nearby before he nodded, giving them the signal.
Cyborg nodded back, and activated his tech to hack the power, and take out the lights.
"What is this, some kind of backstabbing?!" Penguin yelled out, as he looked around.
"It's not me fat boy, so stay alert" Ravager growled, as she readied herself.
Naruto and Red Hood soon dropped down, and quickly took out Penguin's men, with Naruto binding them to the walls with his suits red binding goo, and Red Hood's tranquilizers.
Cyborg and Beast Boy were able to take out the robots Ravager had brought with her.
Starfire was firing a star bolt at a hanging girders rope, which made it fall and crush some robots to pieces.
Terra used her powers to make the earth swallow up the rest of penguins goon up to their necks.
Naruto looked at this, and gave a slight shiver. "Reminds me of when Kakashi used the Headhunter jutsu on me" he thought to himself, before dodging some bullets from a robot.
Raven instantly grabbed Penguin with her magic, and had him bound in place so he couldn't use his umbrella.
The lights then came on, showing what happened within seconds to the Penguin and Ravager.
"So, you did leave the bat…..Fuck" Penguin growled out.
"You came into this city without confirming that?" Red Hood asked with a slight laugh.
"Ha, talk about stupid" Beast Boy said with a grin.
"Well, he is D list C on a good day" Naruto said with a smirk, at how easy this was.
"Yea yea, laugh it up. You gonna do me in, like you did the clo - ugh!" Penguin was saying, before Red Hood slugged him in the jaw, then covered his mouth with a metal clamp, so he couldn't talk.
Naruto nodded at Red Hood in thanks, before he turned to Ravager. "You wanna do this the easy way, or the hard way?" he asked her.
"And we have 7 reasons you should give up now" Cyborg said, gesturing to himself and the team.
"Hmmmm, I prefer….the fun way" Ravager said, before she pressed a button on her wrist.
Suddenly, the roof brust and what looked like purple sludge dropped down into the warehouse.
"Shit!" Naruto cursed, as they all scattered to avoid attacks from the sludge .
"Is this a villain of yours?" Red Hood asked, as he pulled out a shotgun and an SMG.
"Yea. Meet Plasmus" Terra said with a scowl, as she made an earth wall to block his attacks from herself and the others.
"She's getting away dudes!" Garfield yelled, pointing out Ravager running off.
"Beast Boy, not all of us are the dudes you speak of" Starfire said, as she rained down starbolts on Plasmus.
"Let her go, we need to contain Plasmus. Raven, you get Penguin out of the way, and bind him somewhere" Naruto said, as he threw a few kunai at Plasmus.
Raven nodded at this, and floated up to a hanging hook, where she hanged Penguin there, by his feet which she tied together with a nearby rope. "Stay still, my rope tying isn't the best, so you might fall if you drop" she said with a flat tone.
Penguin yelled at her through the clamp on his mouth, obviously swearing at Raven.
Raven ignored the villain, and helped her team fight Plasmus.
Red Hood fired his shotgun at the sludge monster, while Cyborg attacked with his arm Cannon
"Does this walking pile of goo have a weakness?" Red Hood asked, as he hid behind a crate to avoid some sludge from hitting him.
"I believe if he's asleep, he will go back to human Mr Red Hood" Starfire said, as she fired some starbolts at Plasmus.
"So ice him up, or knock his ass out" Terra yelled out, as she threw a large rock at him, which he just opened a hole to let it pass through.
"And me without some of my heavy artillery" Red Hood said with a sigh.
"On it" Naruto said, as he pulled out 6 kunai, with what looked like plastic red balls attached to the end of the handles.
Naruto had three in between the fingers of each of his hands, and threw them at Plasmus, who swallowed them up.
"Bad move, sludge monster" Naruto said, as he made a hand sign.
Suddenly, 6 red flashes appeared in Plasmus' body, and suddenly several powerful explosions went off, sending pieces of the sludge flying.
Everyone took cover, thankfully avoiding the sludge that was sent flying.
When they all looked over their cover, they saw what looked like a man in his underwear asleep.
"Jeez, I didn't expect you to be packing C4 level stuff" Cyborg said, looking at Naruto with wide eyes.
"He can take a lot of punishment. Plus, I did research on this guy, so I knew it takes more than that to beat and kill him" Naruto said with a shrug.
"Not bad kid," Red Hood said, patting Naruto on the back.
Starfire flew up to Penguin, and carried him down. "Now, what do we do with the man of penguins?" she asked, as she dropped him on the floor.
"I'll escort him back to Gotham, and dump him in Arkham," Red Hood said.
"Good. I want this piece of trash out of my city" Naruto said, with a nod at Red Hood.
"Are you sure you don't want me telling the old man that you're dealing with Deathstroke kid?" Red Hood asked, as he picked up Penguin and slung him over his shoulder.
Naruto nodded at this, and looked at his team. "No, we can handle it" he said, as his team gave him a thumbs up and nodded in agreement.
Red Hood nodded at this, and looked at Naruto's friends. "Take care of him ok? The rest of the bat family worries" he said, before he turned to leave the warehouse.
Naruto rolled his eyes at this, as Red Hood left.
"Wow, Bats sure keeps you on a short leash, doesn't he?" Beast Boy asked.
"Not really. I just grew on them all within four years," Naruto said with a smile.
"Of course you did, friend Naruto. Anyone would be lucky to have you as a friend" Starfire said with a bright smile.
Naruto smiled more at this, and nodded. "Ok team, let's head home" he said.
His team nodded at this, and followed Naruto out of the warehouse, so they could head back to the tower.
(With Deathstroke)
Deathstroke and Ravager were in their hidden base of operations, watching footage of the incident at the warehouse.
"Sorry about that deal falling. Though, I didn't expect Red Hood to follow after Cobblepot, and alert the Titans" Ravager said.
Deathstroke said nothing to this, as he observed the footage of Red Hood silencing Penguin
"It is fine. It seems I have a lead on something, involving young Kitsukage's past" Deathstroke said, as he then pulled up an image of a news article from Gotham, that said ":Old Arkham ruins destroyed:" and had a picture of the destroyed ruins of the old asylum, along with the Justice League there, taking questions from the press.
"Interesting" Deathstroke said while rubbing his chin in interest, upon seeing an image of a body bag in one picture, that had only the initial J on it.
(A few days later, with Naruto and the Titans)
Naruto groaned, as he woke up and realized he was bound to a chair.
"What the?" Naruto said in surprise, as he pulled on his arms, trying to free himself.
He looked around, and saw that his fellow Titans were with him in their own chairs and bound to them, like he was.
"You guys all ok?" Naruto asked them.
"Yea, I'm OK" Terra said, as she tried to free herself.
"How long have I been asleep, and who was the first to wake up?" Naruto asked.
"I was the first to wake up, and you were asleep for a few minutes," Raven said, as she tried to focus her powers, but her chair zapped her.
"Sorry my little duckies, but I can't have you using your pesky powers to escape" a cockney voice said.
The Titans all looked, and saw a man on the top of a staircase. He was wielding a walking cane, while wearing a Union Jack Mod Jacket, with a black shirt underneath, white pants, tan Chelsea Boots, and a white neckerchief. He also has cherry red hair that was in a mod cut with sideburns, is tall and skinny, and wears blue shades
"Who are you?" Cyborg asked, as he tried to get loose, but his clamps were very strong.
"I'm Mad Mod my duckies, and you're all now in my school for do gooder teens" the mad man said.
"Why have you abducted us?" Starfire asked with a frown.
"Because you all have been a thorn in the sides of many hard working villains. So, I decided to bring you to my school, and teach you all a lesson. It was very tough too filling your tower with knockout gas" Mod said, as he spun his cane.
"Oh great, another D lister for my villain files" Naruto said with a groan.
"This made Beast Boy, Cyborg and Terra smile and giggle.
"That's mean dude…..he's at least a C list" Beast Boy said with a smile.
Mad Mod scowled at this. "You all won't be laughing once I start your lessons" he said, as he approached them.
"Can I get a last request first?" Naruto asked.
"I suppose, since you're one of the Bats' little students I can grant you that" Mad Mod said, as he leaned on his cane.
"Can you please yell 'very shagadelic baby' for me?" Naruto asked with a smirk.
This caused the other Titans to start laughing loudly, and Mad Mod to face fault at this.
"He does look like the Austin of Powers!" Starfire said with a giggle.
"Oh God, I can never take this guy seriously now!" Beast Boy yelled out, as he laughed while kicking his feet in the air.
"I know right?!" Naruto yelled, as he laughed.
"Oh man, I can't breathe!" Terra yelled, as she laughed hard while gasping for air.
"That is enough!" Mad Mod yelled out, rage on his face.
Cyborg made his shoulders open, and the song soul bossa nova started playing.
This caused the Titans to laugh even more, with tears appearing in their eyes.
Mad Mod pushed the ruby on his cane, and made the Titans all fall down a hole, separating them.
"I'll get you Powers!" Naruto yelled dramatically as he fell, which caused the others' laughs to echo from their holes.
"I'm gonna enjoy making you pay, you brat!" Mod yelled, with his face red with rage.
(With Naruto)
Naruto was in what looked like a classroom, but he was the only student.
"Ok, time to get loose" Naruto said, as he tried to focus and get free.
He then felt a rush of chakra, which caused him to break loose from his chair.
["You're welcome. Now, go get him Dr Evil"] Kurama said with a smirk on his face.
Narutosnorted at this, as he headed for the door. "If I'm Dr Evil, does that make you my mini me?" he asked.
["Well, it's better than being Mr Bigglesworth"] Kuramasaid with a shrug, as Naruto opened the door.
He then saw what looked like a lake of acid form on the floor.
"Great, he's a fan of booby traps" Naruto said, as he chakra jumped and jumped over the acid and made it to the door, before he opened it and got free.
{"So, you do have powers"} Mod's voice said over a intercom
"Yup, so you're gonna need more than traps and mini robots" Naruto said, as he threw a kunai at a robot that looked like a bust of Mad Mod, which struck it and destroyed it.
{"You may be free, but your little alien friend won't get free, in time to save herself" Mad Mod's voice said with a cackle.
Naruto then heard Starfire's screams, coming from behind a door up ahead.
Naruto instantly ran over, and opened the door.
He saw that he was now in what looked like a chemical lab, and saw that Starfire was in her chair, while a falling ceiling was making its way to her, squishing the empty chairs in front of her as it got closer.
"Starfire!" Naruto yelled out, as he ran to her. As he ran over, some robot busts that came to life, and prepared to attack him.
Naruto growled at this, and slashed at them with his kunai, instantly destroying them.
He then ran to Starfire, and freed her arms with a slash of his kunai.
"Are you ok Starfire?" Naruto asked her, as Starfire blasted the manacles in her legs and got free.
"I am unharmed," Starfire said with a smile, as she hugged Naruto.
Naruto smiled at this, and hugged Starfire back. "Look Star, we need to find the others quickly. They may be in traps like this" he said, as Starfire pulled away from him.
"Indeed, we must save our friends from Austin's traps!" Starfire said, as they made their way to the door.
Naruto snorted at this, and smiled as he followed his alien friend.
They made it to what looked like a main room, and saw that Cyborg, Raven, Terra and Beast Boy were already there.
"Oh thank goodness, you are all unharmed" Starfire said happily, as she floated over to greet her friends.
"Yea, not for lack of trying though" Terra said with a scowl, as she rubbed her shoulder.
"What did that moron do to you all?" Naruto asked curiously.
"He put me into the computer lab. His computer almost gave me a virus!" Cyborg said with a shudder.
"He put me in the study hall! Oh, the horror!" Beast Boy yelled.
"That idiot put me in swim class, so I had no earth to fight back. I'm lucky Raven saved me!" Terra yelled with a scowl, as she crossed her arms.
"What did he do to you Raven?" Naruto asked her with a raised eyebrow.
Raven opened her cloak, and showed she was wearing a gym uniform, that was a size too small, and showed off her body. "Gym" she said with a flat tone, that showed she was very annoyed.
"Woah" Naruto said, as he blushed upon seeing Raven's body, but quickly composed himself.
"Looks like Naruto doesn't mind that you did Gym Raven" Beast Boy said with a snicker.
Raven rolled her eyes at this, as she used her magic to switch back to her leotard. But deep down, she was actually glad Naruto found her attractive.
"So, what's the plan?" Cyborg asked Naruto.
"We find this moron, and end his lesson plan" Naruto said, punching his fist into his palm.
"Yea, that moron won't get one over on me again, with his hypno screens!" Beast Boy said as he walked away, but his path was blocked by a hypno screen, which caused him to be hypnotized and start to groan and drool.
"Well, that didn't last long," Raven said flatly upon seeing this.
"Cyborg, you help Beast Boy. The rest of you, stick together. This moron obviously doesn't want us working together" Naruto said.
Cyborg approached Beast Boy, and burped in his ear loudly.
Beast Boy then snapped out of it, and laughed. "Good one!" he said, before he blinked in realization. "Oh man, he got me again!" he yelled with a frown.
Mad Mod then appeared behind them, surprising them.
Naruto jumped back, and pulled a kunai while the others prepared themselves to fight. "How the heck did he sneak up on me?" he thought, as he observed the villain.
Mad Mod then twirled his cane, as he summoned some robots to attack.
"Titans go!" Naruto yelled out, pointing at Mad Mod.
Terra stomped her foot, and made several boulders rise from the ground. and block the path of some robots.
Cyborg charged at some robots, and slugged a robot in the head, destroying it, while he fired at the robots with his sonic cannon arm.
Beast Boy turned into a T- Rex, and roared as he charged at the robots, and swung his tail at them, sending them flying into a wall where they broke apart.
Starfire flew around, throwing star bolts at the robots, shooting them down.
Raven used her magic to raise the floor in front of the robots, and trapped them before crushing them.
Naruto charged at Mod, easily avoiding some robots, before he took a swing at Mod who expertly dodged.
"Ok, I call bullshit on this guy. Disney has the build of someone who's trained more like that" Naruto said, as he observed Mad Mod stand on his own cane with a smirk.
Starfire, who was above them, blasted a big robot making a flash of light.
Naruto saw that Mad Mod didn't make a shadow, while his form became slightly see through.
"A hologram" Naruto said with a smirk, at finally figuring it out.
He then ran at Mad Mod, and ran right through him.
Mad Mod saw that Naruto was making his way towards a wall, which Beast Boy had torn open, thanks to slamming one of his bust robots that had a chainsaw into it and scowled.
"Not so fast!" he yelled, as he made more robots appear, to block Naruto's path.
Naruto made a cross sign, and in a burst of smoke made a small army of Shadow Clones that attacked the robots.
In all the chaos, the real Naruto made his way through the opened wall.
(In a hidden room)
In a hidden room, an old man was pulling on some levers, as he watched the Titans fight his robots on his monitors. This was the real Mad Mod
"Keep trying you brats. I have plenty of rob - wait, where is Kitsukage?" Mad Mod asked, seeing that all of the Shadow Clones were gone, and there was no sign of the real Kitsukage.
He then felt someone grab him by the back of his neck, and slam his face into his control panel.
Mad Mod groaned, as he looked behind him and saw Naruto had him by the back of his neck, and had his arm in a hold.
"Game over baby," Naruto said with a smirk.
"Stop comparing me to that stupid movie!" Mad Mod yelled in a rage.
Naruto said nothing at this, as he slugged Mad Mod in the face, knocking him out.
(Later outside)
"Well, that was annoying,'' Raven said, as they all made their way outside, and saw that they were on what looked like an abandoned oil rig.
"Yea, don't worry. I'll use my tech to get the T sub to come to our location, so we can get home" Cyborg said, as he opened his scanner on his arm.
"We can drop this idiot off at jail, then we can go get pizza" Naruto said with a smile at his team.
"Wonderful! I am most hungry" Starfire said with a smile.
Naruto nodded to this, as he looked at the sunrise as they waited for the T sub to arrive.