บท 40: Chapter 38 : Don't Purr!(2)
When she returned to the training area it was to the sight of Terra sat crossed legged on a rock in a meditative state with her eyes closed and several smaller rocks floating around her in a circle, one of the exorcises she had read about in her book. Beastboy was shifting between large animals and small animals over and over again as fast as he could, while Robin and Cyborg spared with Starfire floating in the air to the side of them watching.
After a few minutes of trading punches with Cyborg, Robin caught sight of Raven out of the corner of his eye and called for a timeout. Walking over to the blue clocked girl, the boy wonder frowned when he saw Naruto hadn't come.
"Naruto turned down the invitation then?"
That was one of the things that had change after their little fight; Robin had been less of a pain when it came to Naruto. He didn't push her for details on whenever she got back from hanging out with him anymore, which was a relief.
"Not exactly, he came to let me know he'd be out of town for a few days, but said he'd stop by when he got back."
Nodding, the masked teen turned back to continue his fight.
Raven moved to stand to the side and watch, placing a hand to her head as a headache started to form.
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It took Naruto about five hours to drive to Gotham, the scroll with his stuff in it strapped tightly to his belt, and the only sound being the roar coming from the engine of his bike. He had tried driving a car, several in fact, but they all made him a little claustrophobic. He was used to moving at great speeds under his own power, the wind rushing passed him as he went and the world left bare. That's how he ended up with a motorbike.
It wasn't exactly the same, but it was the closed he could find and he like it. The bike itself was black with red highlights, custom made; being rich had its advantages. He wore a thick leather jacket with the same colour scheme as the bike over his usual clothes to help protect him from the wind, not that it actually bothered him but he didn't want to attract unneeded attention and normal people needed to cover up from the cold wind, with similar pants and fingerless gloves. The thing that stood out the most about him though was the helmet.
Again custom made, it was designed in the shape and colour of a blood red fox's head, with the screen set inside its open mouth and with red slighted eyes glaring at anyone that looked at it. The helmet was a bit conspicuous compared to the rest of it, but it also had the effect of unnerving people so that they left him alone.
Despite the fact that it was the afternoon the part of the city that he was currently driving through was dark, the dilapidated warehouses casting shadows on the street below, giving it an ominous atmosphere. It was an older part of Gotham, one that had been left behind as it was expanding and was now full of junkies and gangs that took advantage of the unused buildings.
The sight of it made Naruto shake his head in disappointment, it was places like this that made it so easy for villains to hide in Gotham, not to mention the waste of space that could have been used for something else instead of just being left to rot because it was cheaper to just dig up new land outside the ever growing city instead of knocking down the unused warehouses.
Before long he moved out of the older part of Gotham and into the newer, cleaner part. It was like stepping out of one world and into another. The buildings and towers were all new and shinny, the streets were packed with people of all ages and ethnicities, the road was full of cars, it was the complete opposite of were he had just been.
Naruto didn't miss the looks he was getting form the people that saw him either. Mostly they would look at him for a moment before quickly walking away, some frowned, and a few even looked jealous. He just ignored them all, not bothering to give them the time of day and just continued on his way.
Eventually he came to his destination, the Gotham Luxury Hotel. Like most of the buildings in Gotham it was a large skyscraper, stretching high into the sky to such a degree that it was all but impossible to see the top when stood in front of it, with white marble steps leading to the front door.
Without saying a word the blonde pulled up in front of the hotel, not missing the raised eyebrow the valet gave him, and after paying the man to take his bike made his way toward the lobby. The front lobby was big, a lot bigger then it would ever actually need to be that was for sure, with marble floors and crystal chandeliers that looked pointlessly expensive in Narutos opinion. The front desk was set at the back of the room, right next to several elevators that had a guard stood next to each.
He had barely stepped through the door when one of said guards walked towards him, a thin man with brown hair and dressed in a pure white uniform next to him, and when the two men had got closer to him Naruto was able to see a badge proclaiming him as the manager on his chest.
"Whoever you are you need to leave, I will not have someone like you dirtying this hotel, and you are upsetting the guests."
Raising an eyebrow at the man's words, taking a moment to look around and notice that everyone in the Lobby had stopped what they were doing to stare at him, Naruto frowned.
"Someone like me?"
"Yes, someone like you, we don't need thugs in this hotel."
Smirking, Naruto moved his hand towards his belt, not missing the way everyone in the room stiffened at the action, or the way the large guard next to the manager moved his own hand to the clearly visible gun on his own belt, the blonde teen pulled out his wallet. He started flipping through the pockets, thinking aloud to himself as he did.
"A thug you say, well I see what you mean, can't have a thug dirtying you're hotel..."
Finally finding what he was looking for, Naruto pulled out his ID and handed it to the manager, whose face suddenly went very pale as his eyes flicked from the ID to the whiskered teen in front of him several time, his hands shaking. His smirk growing, Naruto put one hand in his pocket in a lazy way, showing that he was completely at ease.
"If this is the way you treat you're guest's maybe I should go somewhere else, after all I wouldn't want to 'dirty' you're hotel with my presence..."
If it was possible the mans face went even more pale, confusing the people that had stopped to watch what was happening before he handed to ID back and gave a low bow to the blonde.
"I am very sorry Mr Uzumaki; I did not know it was you, please forgive me!"
Sighing, Naruto walked passed the man, making his way towards the front desk with a bored expression on his face.
"Whatever"
Inside, he was laughing.
Before he had left Jump city Naruto had called the hotel to book a room, hiding the fact that he was rich was pointless now seeing as the media had found out, and book the penthouse suet. The man's face, along with everyone else's reactions, had been priceless. So was the one that the receptionist gave when he told her who he was, apparently his name had been giving to the staff because he had booked the most expensive room in the hotel.
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