Capítulo 10: Chapter 10 : Unexpected(1)
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Sorry about all the mistakes in the last chapter, I tried to get as many as I could.
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It was another week before Terra was back to full strength, through she was still a little weak and she had to be put on a special diet that Naruto had given then to help her gain weight. He had just written it down on a piece of paper the day he had given her the book before leaving. The fact that he seemed to have memorised a diet for severely underweight teens had sent several alarms off in Robins head but he couldn't for the life of him figure out way.
Ever since the blonde had given her the book Terra had been reading almost none stop, sleeping with it held to her chest and never letting it out of her sight as if she were afraid it would disappear. They could all understand why. For Terra that book was a way for her to control her powers and even learn why she had them in the first place.
She had spent years wondering around deserts trying to figure out how to control her abilities, staying as far away from civilisation as possible in fear of hurting people, but with the book that would all change. The information Naruto had found not only explained how to control it, but also the best ways to use it.
Unfortunately she hadn't started training yet, Naruto having told her to wait until her body was healthy enough to handle the strain or she might end up back in a hospital bed. But not even having to wait could not put a damper on Terra's sprit and she had agreed without much complaint.
Ever since Robin had called him the week before Naruto had made a habit of stopping by whenever he had time to spear, as long as the Titans weren't off fighting crime. He would spend a few hours talking to Raven, normally in the privacy of her room, before hanging out in the common room with the rest of them.
It had been driving both Robin and Cyborg mad trying to figure out how he was able to get to the island that Titan Tower had been built on without ever being picked up by their security systems. At first it had been a bit of a blow to the mechanical teen's pride that the blonde seemed to be able to get passed anything he set up but after a while he started to think of it as a challenge instead.
Unfortunately all it did to Robin was prove he was hiding more then he had told them and to the masked teen that was dangerous. Naruto was an unknown element; something unplanned and unprepared for that he had next to no knowledge about. To him something like that was scary, it scared him that there was an unknown hanging around him and his friends.
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As he sat at his desk, the glow from his computer screen being the only source of light in the otherwise dark room, Robin frowned at what he was seeing. Despite his promise to Raven that he wouldn't the boy wonder had done a background check on Naruto and the information he had found made him more worried. It was all there, Birth certificate, School records, past living address, all the information that you would expect to see. But he had spent years with Bruce, learning to tell fakes from the real thing and even though they were good he could tell they were all fakes.
Whoever he had gotten them from was a professional and knew what they were doing, but they had made several mistakes, a few holes in the history that should have been covered, a misspelled word here or there that wouldn't have been present in an official document, all little things that added up into one big thing.
The problem was that even through he new something wasn't right with the blonde there was nothing he could do about it.
First was the fact he had helped Terra, something none of them had been able to do. Second was his relationship with Raven, even if they both denied they were dating the masked teen could see what was going on and knew it was only a matter of time before they were. And third was the fact he wasn't sure he wanted to.
Despite his best efforts to keep his distance from him Robin had found himself drawn to Naruto like the others were. There was just something about him that made you want to trust him, made you want to be his friend. It wasn't something that could be explained but it was there. He knew there was more to the blonde then he let on, him admitting that he was collecting dangerous books to keep them out of the wrong hands was only the tip of the iceberg.
In the end he decided to put all the information he had found on Naruto, including his suspicions on the fake documents, and sent them to Bruce in an email asking him to do him a favour. He was too close to the situation and a fresh, unbiased set of eyes could be just the thing that was needed.
Letting out a tired sigh Robin turned his computer off and moved to lay on his bed, still in his costume and staying above the covers. He would worry about what to do about Naruto later.
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Naruto was walking through the bookshelves of his store with a content look on his face, his arms full of books as he took his time placing them in the appropriate section. He love doing this, just spending time in his store, doing normal things without having to worry about someone trying to stab him in the back at any minute. He would never have been able to do something like this back in Konoha that's for sure. Even if it wasn't burned to the ground the day it opened no one would buy anything from the 'Demon'.
Just one more thing that proved he had made the right choice when he left.
It was a slow day, only a handful of people coming into the store to browse through the books on the shelves and none of them were there to look at his privet collection so he had enough time to restock the shelves while it wasn't busy. He was a little surprised to see Cyborg walking through the door. From what Naruto could tell the mechanical teen was alone, none of the other Titans being with him and the moment he saw the blonde a large grin spread across his face and he made his way straight over to him.
"Just the guy I was looking for"
Raising an eyebrow at the larger teen Naruto gave him a small smile.
"I doubt it was hard to find me, you know the only days I take off are Wednesdays and Mondays and today is Saturday."
Grin still in place Cyborg let out a sheepish chuckle and rubbed the back of his head with his hand.
Letting out a small chuckle and turning to the shelf in front of him the blonde teen went back stocking the shelves. For a few minutes nether of them said anything, Naruto just walking around with his arms full of books and stopping at seemingly random places to put a book on a shelf. Cyborg just followed him, obviously wanting to say something but not sure of how to start until he let out a sigh and just said it.
"Are you doing anything Friday night at 9?"
Stopping mid-step, the books in his hands almost dropping to the floor from his surprise, Naruto turned to his fellow teen with wide eyes.
"Not that I'm not flattered, but I don't bend that way"
"What... NO! That's not... I'm not... that's not what I meant! It's Robin's birthday on Friday and we're throwing him a surprise party at Pizza Corner, I was asking you to come for Raven."
"Oh! That makes a little more sense. But if it's Traffic light- san's birthday why are you asking me to come for Raven-chan?"
As they were talking Naruto made his way to the counter to deal with a customer.
"She isn't exactly the most social of people you know? We just thought that if you were there maybe she would have more fun."
After taking a moment to think about what Cyborg had said the blonde nodded his head and smile.
"Ok I see where you're coming from, I'll be there."
After that Cyborg left, saying something about needing to get back to help the others plan. Shaking his head Naruto went back to restocking the shelves, or he would have if not for the person he saw waling through the door out of the corner of his eye and this time he did drop the books in his arms, letting out a small gasp.
The boy that was standing in the open doorway had short red hair, pale skin that was so white it looked unhealthy and stood with his back straight and his arms crossed over his chest. He was wearing a thick brown leather coat that ended just above his knees, dark blue jeans that looked a little too worn and had the bottoms tucked into a pair of bulky brown boots. He had on a pair of brown leather fingerless and a burgundy scarf wrapped around his neck and a pair of black tinted goggles on his forehead.
He was drawing a lot of attention because of his warm clothes when it was over 30 degrees outside yet he didn't even look like he was sweating.
But the two things that stood out the most were the dark rings around his eyes and the scar on the left side of his forehead in the shape of the Kanji for 'Love'
"...Gaara?"
His red haired friend just stared at him with a blank expression, though he could see the way the corner of his lips twitched slightly.
After he got over his initial Naruto quickly made his way around the store apologising to the few people that were still looking around and saying that he had to close early for the day. When it was only the two of them Naruto locked the door and without a word lead Gaara to his fake home behind the store. When they walked into the living room Gaara moved straight to the couch and sat down, watching as Naruto started to pace the room in front of him with a serious look on his face.
"You shouldn't be here, how is it possible that your here"
Raising a none-existent eyebrow the red headed Sand-nin locked eyes with his friend.
"I was hoping you would be able to tell me that. 3 years ago I was sent to deliver a scroll to Konoha. While I was walking through the forest I senesced a group of chakra signatures and decided to investigate and when I arrived to at the point they had stopped I had just enough time to see you and a group of other Leaf-nin before I blacked out. I woke up in a desert not far away from this city and I've spent the last 3 years trying to find you. Now that I found you I'm not surprised it took me so long, a book store is the last place I would have expected."
Taking a moment to digest what he was told and choosing to ignore the comment at the end, Naruto let out a breath and sat next to Gaara, slouching down and running a hand over his face and told his friend what had lead to him being chased by Leaf-nin, though he did leave out certain details like his voices.
"I'm so sorry Gaara, it was only supposed to take me to the toad mountain but I made a mistake. I can't even send you back even if I did know how, summons don't work here for some reason."
They sat in silence for several minutes, Naruto not looking at the red head and Gaara just starring at the blonde with his usual blank expression. After a while Gaara placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder and let a small smile cross his lips.
"I don't blame you, if anything I should be thanking you. The only people in the Elemental Nations that would miss me are Temari and Kankuro. Without me dragging them down they will be much happier. My village would never have accepted me after all the blood stained on my hands and this new world is like a second chance, for both of us."
Giving his friend a sad smile Naruto nodded his head before getting a curios look on his face.
"If you've been looking for me for the last 3 years how have you survived? From your clothes I assume you at least know the langue."
Looking down at himself for a moment Gaara let another small smile spread across his face.
"Indeed, I learned from several books and after that found someone that could make the necessary documents that needed in this world. I stole these clothes and have been living in the desert. I was only able to find you because I saw you with that group walking into a cave and I followed you here, I was waiting to make sure it was you before I approached."
Nodding his head again, at least that explained why Gaara was wearing all the think clothes. It could get quite cold in the desert at night. He could also tell that the red head didn't spend as much time around people as he himself did from the think accent he had when speaking English.
"Well we can't have that, you can stay with me from now on, it's better them living in the desert and I could use the company."
Standing up and looking around the room Gaara looked back at Naruto.
"It's a little small for two"
Patting the red head on the back with a large smile on his face, Naruto lead him out of the room and to the wall at the end of the hallway.
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