Chapter 14 : Unexpected(5)
Realization came to Terra's face, thinking about how she had been depressed before she met the Titans because of the way people treated her and from what Naruto had said the day before thought that maybe Gaara had been through the same thing.
"So you were depressed?"
"No, homicidal, the first time I met Uzumaki I almost killed him."
At his words Robin, who had just been taking a drink from his glass on the table, coughed with his mouth full of water and spite it out all over the floor in shock.
"What did you say?"
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Naruto had known he moment Gaara explained how he had arrived in this world that the other must have come too, they had been closer to him when the Jutsu had gone wrong after all so it only made sense that they would have been dragged along with him. But even knowing that he wasn't expecting to run into them so soon after Gaara had turned up on his door step.
As he made his way across the room to the three girls sat at a table with Beastboy he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at the fact they were wearing grey school uniforms with small skirts and red ties, though he took note they each had their Konoha headbands tied around their wastes like belt.
Letting a smirk cross his face as he closed the distance the blonde made a note of the fact Beastboy seemed to be trying to flirt with the blonde haired girl sat next to him with little success and made a note to tech him a few things later. Next to her was a girl with bright pink hair and green eye that was looking at the green teen with slight amusement in her eyes mixed with an odd nostalgia and sat on the end was a girl with a shy look on her face and dark blue, almost black hair and eyes that looked milky white.
In other words Ino Yamanaka, Sakura Haruno and Hinata Hyuuga, three of the last people he wanted to see.
Deciding to just get it over with he sat down next to Hinata, his hat casting a shadow over his eyes slightly and a large grin on his face. The moment their eyes fell on him they all let out a gasp and every muscle in their bodies tensed in preparation to fight if the need should arises.
"Well look what the cat dragged in. I must admit I didn't expect to see you three again anytime soon, or at all for that matter."
Getting a confused look on his face from the blonde's words and the reaction the girls seemed to have to him, Beastboy looked from the still smirking Naruto to the tense girls. The girl with the pink hair, Sakura if he remembered right, had actually stopped her hand halfway to her mouth with a glass in her hand.
"Oh hey Naruto... you guys know each other or something"
"You could say that, hey Beast-san why don't you go and find Cyborg -san, I think he said something about a burping contest downstairs. I need to talk to these three for a while."
Casting one last look at the three girls the green teen gave a hesitant nod and got up from his seat.
"Yeh sure thing man, I'll see you later."
The moment Beastboy was out of earshot Naruto let out a sigh.
"Poor guy, he's been a bit depressed since Terra-san told him she only thinks of him as a friend. I need to remember to give him a few tips on how to talk to girls. Reminds me of how I use to act."
Turning his attention back to the three girls sat at the table and noticing they were still stiff; through he took note of the dark blush on Hinata's face, and let out a small chuckle.
"Relax; I'm not going to do anything unless you start it. Were at a party, enjoy yourselves."
Sakura quickly shifted her eyes to Ino before locking them with the blonde. After taking a moment to take in his new appearance, including the way she could now see his lean muscular frame that wasn't covered by his hideous baggy kill-me-orange jacket and simple yet expensive looking clothes, the pink haired put her glass down with a frown on her face.
"What are you doing here Naruto?"
Raising an eyebrow at her cold tone, though the smirk never left his lips, the blonde ex-ninja tilted his head up just enough to let them see his eye from under the brim of his hat.
"Like I said it's a party, I was invited."
The smirk still hadn't left Naruto's face and it was starting to worry the girls that he was being so calm, they were still trying to catch him after all. But everything about the blonde teen in front of them screamed confidence, the smirk, the look in his eyes, even his relaxed posture were yelling out that he wasn't the least bit worried by their presence. He had always been confident, overly so, but now it didn't seem forced like it used to be.
"You need to come back with us, it's been three years Naruto-baka, you've had your fun and now it's time to return to Konoha."
The smirk only grow at the pinket's words and even with the hat shadowing the top part of his face the three kunoichi could tell he had raised one of his eyebrows at her in amusement.
"Do you even know why I left, or care... no of course not, why would you, it's not like any of you care. You have your orders to bring me back and that's all that matters, right?"
"What the hell happened to you Naruto; this doesn't sound anything like you."
Fixing his eyes on Ino, the whiskered teen folded his arms behind his head and leaned back in his seat.
"I thought the scarecrow would have told you by now, I basically told him that night three years ago, I must have given him too much credit."
Sighing to himself Naruto stood from his seat and, chuckling slightly at the way the three kunoichi stiffened at his sudden movement, started to head back to the table he had left Gaara and the others, throwing one last comment over his shoulder.
"You should stay and enjoy the party, have a few drinks, dance, have some fun. I've created a life for myself here that I never could back in Konoha and have no intention of giving it up."
Turning away from the three kunoichi, Naruto didn't see Ino making a hand sigh and aiming it in his direction.
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