Naruto left Gotham the day after collecting the book, making sure that everything was going well with his 'official' reason for being. The project was going well and they already had homeless people coming from all over the city signing up.
After another five hour drive back to Jump city he just wanted to lock the book in the Vault and get some sleep, but the moment he walked into his store Naruto knew it wasn't going to be that easy. The reason for this was that their were about ten identical teens in red jumpsuits walking around the shelves putting books in their place, and a blue skinned boy with red eyes and black cloak stood behind the counter serving customers.
Letting out a deep sigh, the blonde teen turned to his left to find Gaara stood next to him with his usual blank expression on his face.
"Do I even want to know?"
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Shortly after Naruto left for Gotham
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For the first few hours after Naruto left everything was going fine, the shop was quiet, the city wasn't being attacked, and Gaara was keeping himself busy with the hobby he had picked up after coming to this world, whittling. Though that might not be the right word for it considering that he didn't actually use a knife. It had actually been Narutos idea to begin with, using his sand to wear down pieces of wood and shaping them in different ways, and over time the red headed teen had discovered that it was quite therapeutic.
His hobby room, which his blonde friend had added after he moved in, was lined with shelves, most of which were full. Some of the carvings he made were based on things he had seen in this world like animal, machines, and even people he had met. But most were things from his old world, like battles and villages; he even made carvings of each of the tailed beasts.
He like the fact that his sand, which had caused so much pain in the past, could be used to create things as well as destroy them, it was a nice change.
He was in he middle of carving a hawk he had seen a few days ago flying above the city, his sand swirling in front of him with the block of wood inside it, when his concentration was broken by a loud bang, followed by the room shaking. Staring at the pile of sawdust on the ground with a blank expression, Gaara slowly stood up and made his way to the 'Lab' that Naruto had created for Gizmo.
Unlike when the room had first 'appeared', it wasn't empty anymore. Almost every surface was covered by machines that the red headed teen was clueless about. The walls had been lined with metal sheeting, a precaution Naruto had taken after the first three explosions, and cables covered the floor and roof in seemingly random patterns.
As he walked in Gaara wasn't surprised to find Gizmo sat in front of one of his work benches, his face covered in black soot with rings around his eyes where his goggles had covered his face. On the table in front of him was a half melted...thing, which seemed to have been the cause of the explosion.
Walking over to the diminutive teen, Gaara could hear him muttering curses under his breath as he pushed the failed project aside and started on another. Unfortunately for Gizmo, Gaara hadn't made any sound as he approached so when the red head tapped him on the shoulder it made him jump so high that he ended up hanging off of a cable above their head. Calming down seeing who it was, the small genius sent a glare at him which had no effect at all.
"What hell is the matter with you? Who the sneaks up on people while they are working like that!"
Waiting for Gizmo to get down, which ended in the baby like teen falling on his ass with a few more swear words, Gaara raised an eyebrow as he spoke.
"Something blow up"
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