AbhorsenSabriel87: Hey there, everybody! This is my first time doing a Teen Titans fic, but I think it'll go okay.
Yuki: --looks over expectantly-- Are there any more of us?
Sabriel: --looks over-- Any more of whom?
Yuki: Any more OC's?
Sabriel: Sha, just one for now. --looks to readers-- This is Yuki, a ½ arctic hare ½ arctic kitsune demon. My friend kitsune-kun created her and based her off of me.
Yuki: Hiyas. Sabriel doesn't own Teen Titans.
Sabriel: --shakes head-- Nope, I don't. On with the fic.
((--Chapter 1: Falling Star--))
Yukikurete ... ... ... ... Overtaken by darkness
ko-no-shita kage o ... I will lodge under
yado toseba. ... ... ... . the boughs of a tree.
Hana ya koyoi no ... . Flowers alone
aruji naramashi. ... ... host me tonight.
"A Flower at a Traveler's Inn" – Japanese death poem and translation
---It had been nearly a year since that day, Raven recalled as Cyborg drove the Titans home in his car. Almost a year since Slade returned from the dead, since her father tried to destroy the world. They had defeated him then, but she knew that he would return to try again this year. He would be stronger still, having had his loss ten months ago to fume about for so long. He knew their weaknesses and strengths now; the new strengths they had gained might not be enough.
---Even still, the Titans had had a memorable year. They were retuning from a rather unique mission this time, one taking place in Tokyo, Japan. Though all turned out well, it was a rather draining mission for Raven. The others seemed happy enough; Cyborg seemed glad to just be getting back home, Beast Boy was using the on-board laptop to check all the e-mail he had received from his loving fangirls in Japan, and Robin and Starfire sat on opposite sides of him, each smiling an almost secretive smile reserved only for those in love.
---Flicking her violet eyes to the clear night sky filed with stars, Raven wondered not for the first time why she was still here on this planet. If she stayed, they all died, but if she left, they would only follow. Thought it meant she had to stay, she was glad to know that they were behind her. Still, they had to be ready this year. If they were caught off-guard again…
---"A shooting star!" Starfire's glee and awe filled exclamation snapped Raven's thoughts away from the future and back to the present. Slowing the car to a stop, Cyborg unlocked the doors and everyone stepped out onto the bridge, watching the streak of silver in fascination. It was odd, but it didn't look like a falling star anymore; more like instead a-
---Raven's mind then picked up the surge of psychic power, and she knew that it was no star. It was one of her people. Running past Cyborg and a startled Robin, she leapt off the bridge and flew top speed, shifting into a shadow raven to decrease the wind resistance.
---"Raven!" Robin called after her, barely missing her cloak by inches. "Raven! Where are you going?!" When he received no answer, he turned to the others. "Starfire, you and Beast Boy follow Raven," he ordered, his tone sharp yet worried. "Cyborg and I will meet up with you once we get the let from the Tower." The two aliens nodded and flew after their comrade, the green ones shifting into the form of a crow. Immediately, the two remaining Titans jumped into the car and drove off, flying down the road at breakneck speeds.
---Why did Raven take off like that? Robin wondered to himself, worried about his teammate. And why didn't she say anything before she left?
---As Raven flew towards the "falling star", she was asking herself the same question. Just because the mass had a psychic conscience didn't mean it was one of her people. In fact, it could be something entirely different and much more dangerous. As she watched, the silver streak dropped even faster, speeding towards the park like a comet. In moments, it fell among the trees, crashing into the ground with an earth-shattering noise and raising an enormous cloud of dirt into the air. Using her magic to part the dirt around her as she floated into the center of the cloud, Raven searched for whatever caused this. After a moment, she swept her hands from the center of her body outwards, dissipating the cloud with her magic.
---A huge crater as deep as it was wide, maybe thirty feet in diameter, lay before her, tree branches and clumps of grass strewn about carelessly. Fortunately, it seemed whatever had crash landed her hadn't gone as deep as the subway system or the sewer pipes. Floating gently down, Raven narrowed her eyes as she saw something glint in the mound of clumped dirt and stone. Touching her feet to the ground, she walked forward to examine the area where the glint had come from.
---"Raven!" Starfire called out, seeing the other girl ahead of her in the crater. Raven did not turn, either not hearing her or just ignoring her. Instead, she continued her careful descent into the heart of the crater. Starfire and Beast Boy landed on the edge of the cavern, the green creature shifting into his more human form and whistling. "Dang! What could've made an impact like that?" he mused aloud as Raven knelt next to a strip of silver cloth. Reaching out, she tugged on the cloth to pick it up… and pulled a hand and arm up with it. Gasping, she gaped at the discovery as Beast Boy exclaimed, "Whoa! There's a person in there?!"
---"Then we must help them!" Starfire interjected, jumping into the crater and running down to help Raven, who was currently using her dark magic to move the dirt and stone away. She finished before her fellow alien got close, but couldn't do anything but stare as she approached. "Is there something amiss, Raven?" Starfire asked, looking first to her friend, then followed the shocked gaze of her ally. Gasping, her hands flew up to her mouth in awe.
---Laying before Raven, dressed in a shimmering silver outfit kin to her own, was a young man, skin as pale as snow and hair as silver as his clothing. His battered body was tall and lean, muscles easily seen through the fabric of his shirt and pants. Much of the clothing was torn, and a tattered cloak of silver lay beneath him as if to serve the purpose of a blanket against the ground. Even if the women were not in awe at his physical beauty, they were even more amazed when he stirred and opened his eyes as Beast Boy came down and stood next to Starfire. With eyes of cloudy mercury, he looked to Raven and smiled.
---"Raven…" He whispered her name softly, as if it was the most pure word to ever be spoken in Azarathian, and reached his hand to her face. "I've finally found you…" But his eyes closed then, and his hand dropped before reaching her face.
---"…Raven, you know him?" Beast Boy asked tentatively, almost afraid of her answer. But she was just as shocked as he was.
---"No," she muttered, still amazed herself. "I've never seen him before in my life."
((--End--))
Sabriel: Okay, short, but it's kinda like the show that way. You get a small teaser at the beginning, then the intro, then the commercials, and then the main story.
Yuki: So, do we play the music here?
Sabriel: Actually, we're the words from the sponsors.
Yuki: So when do we get the intro?
Sabriel: …Um… Right after the last line and before the ANSectional?
Yuki: Oh… okay! --smiles cheerfully--
Sabriel: --grins-- Anyway, please review all who like!