Capítulo 26: Chapter 25 : Chances(2)
Before any of them could ask what was going on Naruto turned and stomped out of the room, slamming the door behind him, the pressure disappearing a moment later as they all took in deep breaths. They all stayed on the ground for a few minutes, none of them being able to shake the fear that had gripped their harts only a moment ago, before Gaara stood and walked over to Robin.
"You are lucky."
Shakily getting to his feet, not quite able to look the red headed teen in the eye after what had just happened Robin took several deep breathes to help calm his nerves before looked the quiet teen straight in the face.
"What the hell was that?"
Eyes narrowing slightly at the tone, Gaara motioned for Robin and the other Titans, who had all regained some of their composer by now, to sit down before he started talking in a flat, emotionless tone.
"Where we are from certain people are taught special skills, one of the skills we learn is called KI, or Killing Intent, the stronger the person the stronger the KI. What you just felt was Naruto's anger and, if he decided to do so, his conviction to kill you."
The six teens starred at Gaara in complete shock, not sure what to make of his words Naruto had being willing to kill Robin just because of what he said? It didn't match up with what they new of the blonde teen that would come to the tower to hang out and laugh with them. Then again neither did the blonde that single headedly defeat the three Hive students within seconds without seeming to try.
Getting over her shock before the others, Raven reached into a pocket in her cloak and pulled out a piece of paper with a sketch of the leaf she had seen the night before and held it out to Gaara, making a note of how his eyes widened slightly when he saw it.
"What does this mean?"
"It is not my place to say, it is for Uzumaki-san to tell you and I will not betray his trust, I owe him too much. From what he has told me he has been giving you clues in an attempt to let you figurer it out yourself, all I can say is that you need to think back on everything he has told you since you met and eventually the answer will come to you. Unfortunately, because of Robin-san, he is probably back at square one and it will take some time before he is willing to talk about his past again."
Looking up at his name, Robin frowned as he stood up from his seat.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
Turning a slight glare on the brightly dressed teen, Gaara shook his head before letting out a sigh.
"Where we are from Naruto was a, as you would put it hero, to some at least, including myself. Unfortunately because of something out of his control, he was also seen as something else. Despite the way he acts Naruto-san has had a hard life, in many ways harder then even my own, and a few years ago something happened. Or a more accurate explanation would be that he discovered something which finally made him reach his breaking point. Instead of becoming a 'Villain', or 'Bad Guy', he left and came here, disillusioned as he called it, with the world and humans as a whole. Since I have been here I have been slowly trying to bring him out of his depression like he did me and now that he has started dating Raven-san I thought I was getting close, but then you had to open your mouth and remind him why he left that life behind in the first place! you have ruined weeks worth of hard work!"
By the end of his rant Gaara was practically shouting, showing the most emotion any of them had ever seen from him since they met and causing them all to stare at him with wide eyes as his words sink into their heads.
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Walking down the corridor with a blank expression on his face as he followed the older man past the cells, Naruto took note of just how may of them seemed to be made to hold particular people, some that seemed to make sense to him and others that just seemed plan wired. They didn't speak as they made their way to the three cells at the end that seemed to have large windows instead of bars on the walls facing the corridor. Inside the three cells were the beaten and bruised teens that the whiskered blonde had knocked out for throwing a car throw his store, each in their own specially designed straight jacket.
Mammoth, the large red headed teen who had thrown the car, had a straight jacket made out of metal, looking more like some kind of ceasing, with steel bolts holing it together. Gizmo, the baby like teen with the fowl mouth, was in a standard white straight jacket and finally Jinx, the pinked haired girl that seemed to be the leader, was held in a jacket covered in four leaf clovers and horse shoes and was surrounded by a circle of salt.
When they saw the blonde looking at them from the other side of the glass, the policeman that had lead him to their cells already walking away, they glared at him with hate filled eyes, though when compared to the looks he had as a child they were tame.
"What the do want, come to gloat?"
Turing to Jinx, his face still expressionless, Naruto leaned against the opposite wall, his hat casting a shadow over the top of his face but leaving his eyes still visible.
"I just paid all your bails and got the police to agree to let you off with 'community serves'."
After taking a moment to get over their shook at his words, the three teens all took on the exact same expression of suspicion at the same time, impressive seeing as they could actually see each others, before Jinx once again addressed Naruto.
"Why would you help us?"
Smirking slightly, Naruto stood back up and walked forward stopping so that he was only a few feet away from her cell.
"Oh don't get me wrong, when I'm done with you you'll probably wish they sent you to prison, but the fact is you three are going to fix my store and work off all the money you now owe me, that's your 'community serves'."
"And why the hell would we do what a crud munching shit face like you tells us to do?"
Turning to face the small teen, Naruto let a too innocent smile cross his face that sent shivers down the spines of the three villains. But a moment later the smile was replaced by a serious expression as the pair of blue eyes took each of them in one by one.
"Tell me something, why are you 'villains'?"
Looking at the blonde in confusion, none of them having expected the question, Jinx answered for all three of them.
"What else could we be? Heroes? Mammoth is clumsy and because of his strength he destroys almost everything he touches, Gizmo can make stuff sure, but he needs money to get the materials and equipment to make them and no one is willing to give a teen that looks like a toddler money. As for me, well I'm a jinx, I create bad luck wherever I go, what else could I be if not a bad guy?"
Letting a genuine smile cross his face at the answer, Naruto looked each of the three teens in the eye before he spoke again.
"What if I could give you an alternative?"
Chuckling at the confused expressions on their faces, Naruto first turned his attention to Mammoth, the large red head that had thrown the car into his store.
"As you saw earlier I am very strong, despite my looks, and I can teach you how to control your strength so you don't have to worry about hurting people and breaking things all the time.
Seeing the way the giant boys eyes widened at his offer, Naruto next turned his attention to Gizmo.
"Over the last three years I have accumulated a decent sized fortune, most from my dealings in rear book, and am willing to offer you funding for your projects. You will have several restrictions of course and I will want to be kept in the loop for all your projects, but you will for the most part be given free range. If you get to a point in time that you wish to sell any of your inventions I will of course want to who they are and what they want it for, along with 15% of the profit seeing as I will be funding it."
The only reaction he got from his words was a hopeful look hidden behind one of scepticism before he finally turned his attention to the last teen. But before he could even get the first word out Jinx spoke.
"So what are you going to try and offer me? I can tell you now that there isn't any point, you can't change my powers and no one can, I'm bad luck and that's not going to change."
Taking a moment to processes her words, Naruto let another small smile creep onto his face before answering her.
"I can offer you several things actually, starting with a safe place to live and a steady job with good pay, at least after you pay off your debt. Secondly, I can help you to both understand and control your gift. Also, providing my theory is correct; teach you several things about your abilities that you didn't even know."
By the end of his speak Naruto was met with not one, but three stunned faces. Both Mammoth and Gizmo knew how hard it was for Jinx to control her powers, even the slightest thing could throw all her control out the window and there was nothing she could do about it. The idea that the blond in front of them might be able to help her was almost too good to be true.
After several minutes of silence had passed, in which Naruto just stood in the same spot waiting for their response, Jinx managed to choke out one word in little more then a whisper that he almost missed.
"Why?"
Tilting his head up so that they could see his whole face, Naruto gave them a small smile.
"Because no one has ever given any of you a chance before now, and I think it's about time you were."
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