Hey, just wanted to say a few things before you read the chapter.
First for those of you that weren't sure why Batman wasn't being his usual demanding self with Naruto, the reason is because Naruto is a relatively unknown to him. All he knows is that he has powers and Robin warned him not to get him angry, so he is being carful until he knows more about him.
Secondly, for those that got confused as to why Batman suddenly knew that Naruto was immune to the books mind control, he just deduced it from the brief conversation. Sorry if that didn't come across right.
Sorry about all the mistakes in the last chapter, I have gone back and tried to fix as much as I can.
Also just to warn you all that the story isn't as interesting as you might think behind Naruto's new workers, just a warning.
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Getting back to his feet and dusting himself off, Gizmo frowned before turning back to the table.
"Yeah but its not my fault, I was working on a new scanner that should be able to penetrate five feet of steel when I sneezed. Fucking thing overloaded and blow up in my face."
Nodding his head, and not wanting to get caught in another of Gizmos rants that he didn't understand, Gaara left the lab and decided to go check on Jinx in the shop above ground. When he got there it was to a strange sight.
Jinx was sat at the counter talking to two strangely dressed teens, one in a red jumpsuit and the other a long black cloak with light blue skin. They didn't notice him at first, too interested in their conversation, well two of them were, the one in the cloak didn't actually speak so much as just nod or shake his head.
"Who are you?"
Jumping slightly at the sudden interruption, causing Gaara to consider wearing a bell or something so people wouldn't jump every time he entered the room, the three turned to look at the red headed teen. The two unknown teens looked very nervous, while Jinx just gave him a small smile and was about to explain why they were there, but was interrupted when the one in the red jump suit stepped forward.
"Erm, Mr Uzumaki, my name is Billy; Billy Numerous and this here is my good friend Kyd Wykkyd, just Kid for short. Well the thing is that Billy wants to get out of the villain business and seeing as y'all were good enough and willing to give Jinx and the others a chance, Billy was hoping y'all could do the same for us? We is hard workers, and if y'all just give us a chance Billy is sure y'all wouln't be disappointed."
Looking from the strange teen to the one next to him nodding his head, Gaara then looked to Jinx with a raised eyebrow and saw that she had a hand cover her face and was shaking her head at the fact they thought he was Naruto. When he finally looked back at the two, who were looking at the ground nervously, the red headed ex-nin took a moment to think about what his friend would do in this situation, and the answer made him smirk inside.
"First of all, my name is Gaara; Naruto-san left me in charge while he is away on business. You can stay in the back room until he gets back and pay your rent until then working around the shop; Jinx-san can show you both what you need to do. Though I will warn you now that if you cause any expositions, natural disasters, riots or anything else along those lines he will fine a way to punish you, as it stands when he gets back Gizmo-san will be spending several days working in the shop dressed like a baby."
At his words, after getting over the embarrassment of mistaking him for someone else and the worry about the punishments thing, Kid smiled gently and nodded his head in agreement. Billy on the other hand was a little more open with his feelings and, letting out a yell, split into two exact people and high fived himself.
The moment he saw that Billy could make solid clones of himself Gaara was already thinking about the headache this was going to cause him, but more importantly, Naruto.
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For the first few minutes after he heard the explanation Naruto just stared at his best friend with a blank face.
"You know if I didn't know any better I would think you developed a sense of humour while I was away."
His response was a blank face and a raised eyebrow.
Shaking his head, the blonde teen let out a sigh, he was doing that a lot lately, before turning to look at the two new additions to his 'family'. The now identified Billy was easy enough to figure out, he was a self cloner, but the other one, Kid, wasn't so easy.
"What can you tell me about them and their powers?"
"As I'm sure you have noticed Billy-san is able to clone himself, from what I have seen he has a hive like mentality that gets stronger the more clones he makes. He is also about five times stronger then his body type would suggest and when you mix that strength with his clones he is very useful. Like Mammoth he needs to consume several times more calories then the average human, so I gave him a few of those bars you made for him to try and they seem to do the trick, you might want to consider selling them commercially or something. From what I have seen he is a decent guy, a hard worker, and was pushed into being a villain by society for being different."
Nodding his head, Naruto turned to look at the blue skinned teen stood behind the counter, smiling at people as he worked.
"Kid's power is actually quite unique, and something I'm sure will interest you. He is able to teleport anything that is caught in the shadow of his cloak, himself included, and is able to manipulate his shadow to a minor degree. The other thing I have noticed, though I am not sure he is aware of it, is that he is unable to make any noise; everything about him is silent, his footsteps and breathing are non existent, he's not even able to speak. From what I have seen he is actually a pleasant young man, but because of the way he looks and the slightly uneasy feeling he gives people by not making sound, he was alienated by those around him."
Again nodding, Naruto walked forward and introduced himself, before he and Gaara made their way into their hidden home, the blonde telling his friend about the Jashinists while the red head told him about how his training with Terra was going.
They had started the week before he left for Gotham, though Naruto wasn't really sure what they did, they would go off into the dessert for a few hours and when they returned Terra would be dead on her feet. But whatever it was it was already showing results, between the book he gave her and Gaara's tutoring the newest Titan was moving in leaps and bounds.
The moment they reached the underground cavern Naruto made his way over to the vault, Gaara at his side, and after disabling the security quickly sealed the 'Book of Jashin' into one of the many steel draws that lined the room. With that done, and the Vault locked back up, the blonde teen turned to his friend again with a tired look on his face.
"I'll make a few clones start on the remodelling before I go to sleep, I was thinking about making a few changes anyway. They should be done by morning and I'll have them make a few maps when they are finished to give to everyone. Tomorrow we can bring Billy and Kid down."
Nodding in agreement Gaara watched as his blonde friend summoned twenty clones before walking towards his room, not needing to give the clones orders. He watched as the clones spread out and started to walk off down different corridors for a moment before turning and heading towards his own room.
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