Chapitre 34: Chapter 33 : NOT a Morning Person(2)
Sitting on the couch in his fake living room Naruto couldn't help the sweat that was poring down his forehead. He had gotten lucky after the end of the fight, Robin and most of the Titans having stayed behind to talk to the police and look for clues as to who the five, them not knowing that the man that exploded had been a clone, people were and where they went. That was where his luck had ended because while the others had stayed behind Raven had decided to come with him back to his apartment.
If there was one thing he had learned from the pervert of a sannin it was that, no matter how strong you were, no matter how many Jutsu you knew, when faced with a pissed of women it made no difference what so ever. The moment they had arrived he knew he was screwed, and not in the good way. She had just been stood there for the last five minutes, starring him down with a frown on his face as several things in the room would suddenly be covered in black energy before exploding.
Finally, after what felt like a life time to the blonde, she spoke, though he was honestly surprised at the words coming out of her mouth.
"I still have two questions, right?"
Nodding his slowly, not sure where she was going with this, Naruto sat up in his seat and waited for her to continue.
"I've been thinking about a lot of things since yesterday, what you can do, the symbol that was left on your door, the fact you have so many secrets. I don't care that you have powers, it doesn't make any difference to me and the fact is everyone has secrets, me included, and I can't be mad at you for having them. I know that you will tell me in time, when you are ready, or at least I hope you will. But that doesn't mean I can't be mad at you for not telling me that there are apparently people that want your head!"
Flinching slightly at her shout, a lamp exploding in the corner of the room, Naruto tried to put on a charming smile that came of more nervous then charming.
"In my defence until that bomb went off I thought they only wanted to capture me."
Ravens glare only seemed to intensify at his explanation, before she let out a sigh, her features easing back into her usual stoic expression, before crossing her arms under her chest.
"My second question is this, and before you say anything everything I ask for the next few minutes will count as one, so don't even think about trying to use a loophole. Who were those people and why did they try and kill you?"
Letting out a sigh of his own, Naruto stopped trying to smile and let a serious expression cross his face as he nodded for her to sit next to him. When she did, he leaned forward and rested his elbows on his knees with his head on his hands, looking everywhere except her.
"They were from my village"
"Why did they attack you?"
"...Because I left"
Frowning at the short answer, the purple haired teen was about yell at him for the short answer, when she saw that his hands were shaking. Fidgeting slightly, Naruto continued.
"I told you before that Konoha is a very militaristic village, what I didn't tell you, is that the...soldiers...are trained from the age of five and start active duty at twelve. They are sent to the academy for the first seven years and trained in the basics, hand to hand combat, weapons, biology/anatomy, stealth, and anything else they will need to know in the future. Then when they graduate they are put in four man teams, three students and an experienced soldier of high rank who will train them until they advance themselves, to go on missions for the benefit of the village..."
"You mean like...mercenaries?"
"...yeah"
He waited several minutes after confirming her question, giving her time to process what he had told her so far, before moving on.
"One of the laws of the village is that any orphan that meets the requirements to be a soldier is sent to the academy because they are considered wards of the village, therefore it is expected of them to join to repay the 'kindness' of the village for taking them in."
At this point Naruto looked to Raven out of the corner of his eye and saw the realisation that came to her eyes, as if something she already knew had just been confirmed.
"You were forced to join the military like the other orphans."
The only answer she got was the blonde nodding his head, and then something else came to her mind.
"What about Gaara, you said he was from another village? But he was obviously trained too."
"There is more then one village, though five stand out from the rest, Konoha, Iwa, Suna, Kiri and Kumo, the five great hidden villages that were in a constant state of war. Gaara was from Suna, who are allies of Konoha."
Nodding her head in understanding, Raven decided to get back to her main question.
"You still haven't told me why they attacked you."
"It's because I left the village, or abandoned it you could say, and by law that makes me a criminal. So they sent a team to bring me back. At least that's what I thought; I guess they were told that if they couldn't bring me back then they needed to kill me so I couldn't be a risk to the village later on."
For the next few minutes neither of the two teen spoke, Naruto waiting for her reaction to what he had told her, and Raven thinking about everything he said. He had confirmed a lot of what she suspected, he was a soldier, well mercenary, and the people that had attacked him were from his village. She was worried about them trying to kill him but if she had anything to say about it, which she did, that wasn't going to happen. But even with all the things he had explained, there was one thing that still didn't make sense to her.
"So is Jinchuriki what you're village calls its military force? I mean what with them training kids and all, is that why they call themselves 'the power of human sacrifice'?"
Just like the last time she had asked him about the word, Naruto's entire body stiffened, his breath catching in his throat as he turned to look at her with wide eyes, his words barely above a whisper as he looked at her in...fear?
"How do know what it means?"
"Cyborg downloaded Japanese into his brain and translated it, so am I right or not?"
Looking away from her, his eyes on the ground, the blonde teen slowly shook his head in the negative.
"No, that's not it"
After a few minutes passed and he still didn't continue, Raven let out a sigh knowing that he still wasn't ready to tell her the full story yet. Leaning into her blonde boyfriend's side, the two sat in comfortable silence, the tension that had been between them moments ago gone as they just enjoyed the simple human contact.
Reaching into her pocket, Raven pulled out her communicator and handed it to Naruto, who raised an eyebrow at her.
"I'm still not joining the Titans"
"Maybe not yet, but until I can convince you I just want you to have it encase of an emergency."
Hesitating for a moment, Naruto took the communicator and slipped it into his pocket, making a note to have Gizmo disable the tracker before he took it downstairs with him.
Then something else he had said before came to her mind and she looked around the small apartment with a confused look on his face before looking at the blonde.
"You said that Jinx, Mammoth and Gizmo are staying with you and Gaara, right?"
Without thinking Naruto nodded his head.
"So where are they, and how can so many people live in such a small apartment for that matter?"
Sweating, Naruto quickly went through several different excuses that he could use that would satisfy her, before quickly looking at the clock on the wall and jumping to his feet.
"Wow, is that the time, I got to go and do the thing at the place, see you later Raven-chan!"
Before she could ask what he was talking about, Naruto disappeared in a bright flash of light, leaving a frowning Raven on his couch.
"NARUTO!"
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