New Titans
The boy stood on the streets of the city, he was about seventeen with spiky brown hair and a red hooded sweatshirt really nothing about him was distinguishing except for the katana scabbard on his back.
"So this is the home of the legendary Teen Titans," he thought to himself as he noticed the giant 'T' tower. Then he reached into the pouch of his sweater and pulled out a piece of paper and headed of in a certain direction.
At an apartment a certain teen was stirring in a large pasta pot and checking a clock every so often.
"I hope he gets here soon," thought the boy. With that a voice in his head replied,
He's never been in this city Will you can't expect him to find his way here right away
"Shut up Nikoro" the boy, said
Just trying to help the voice said sarcastically. After a few minutes there was a knock at the door,
There he is said the voice,
"Yes Nikoro I realize that" stated Will. With that he headed toward the door and opened it.
"Hey Kid" said Will
"Will how goes it" queried the spiky hared teen
"Oh it goes" sighed Will after an awkward silence Kid spoke.
"So are you going to let me in or what?"
"Oh sorry" said Will sheepishly letting him in, The apartment walls were a dark turquoise and floor was covered in dirty clothes pizza crusts and god knows what. Show tunes were playing and right now it was "Luck be a Lady Tonight" from guys and dolls, the t.v. Was one of those 70's sphere t.v.s and the antennae was replaced with a coat hangar the couch was moth eaten and grungy, the only real clean place in the apartment was a corner where a shrine stood, incense burned and picture of a man wearing a Chinese peasant hat (you know the ones there on t.v. all the time) and a cloak. On noting Kid broke the silence
"How is the crazy spirit that possessed you all those years ago,"
"He's fine…annoying but fine" sighed Will. "So your probably wondering where to sleep well my friend the couch (and he gave the couch a tug) folds out into this lovely bed" the mattress was old stained and a spring was poking out. Kid sweat dropped and said
"Maybe we should get a new mattress"
I agree spoke the spirit through Wills mouth.
Meanwhile at Titan Tower the Teen Titans were enjoying a day off, Cyborg and Beast Boy were playing video games, Raven was meditating, Robin was watching them while Starfire pattered away with no one listening. Suddenly the alarm great,
"Great" said Beast Boy "I was winning too"
"No you weren't I so had you beat" argued Cyborg.
"Oh yeah…well" but the argument was drowned out when Robin called the Titans into action.
"Looks like trouble downtown lets go" and with that they were off.
Downtown the trouble was just starting as a large man wearing what looked liked samurai armour and was carrying a bag full of jewels.
"This was to easy for a warrior of my caliber" spoke the criminal as he charged away. Suddenly the Titans stopped him in his tracks.
"I don't think so," said Robin.
"You fools you are no match for Sam R. I.!" Yelled the crook as he did a nimble jump over all of them and ran off,
"Titans lets GO!" yelled Robin as they charged after him.
"So what is there to do around here?" asked Kid as they watched the miserable reception on the t.v.
"Well we can…" Will stopped to think, But before he could finish the window and part of the wall smashed in as Starfire went through it. On the other side Sam R. I. stood laughing
"Foolish girl you cannot match my abilities and skill" and with that he ran off.
"What was that?" asked Will as he tried to get Starfire Conscious.
"I don' know but no one wrecks my t.v. Viewing" said Kid and in a flash he was off running faster than Will could imagine (in fact he was running so fast he could run up the sides of walls for a good long while)
Sam R. I. Was confident not one of those brats could stop him now as he jumped roof top from roof top well away from any Titan, when suddenly his train of thought was interrupted by a sword tip pointing at his face.
"Going somewhere," asked Kid.
"What who are you" stuttered the thief,
"You can call me Kid Samurai and I can tell by your quote skills you have not had any real samurai training"
"You little brat, I'll show you training" with that Sam R. I's. Sword was drawn as he brought it down but only for it to be calmly blocked by Kid Samurai.
"Your technique is sloppy and undisciplined if you were a real samurai I would have actually had to think about trying"
"You conceited little punk take this" and he brought his foot up in a kick but Kid easily grabbed the foot and threw him to the ground his sword clamored near the edge of the roof they were on. Kid glanced at the crooks sword and in a blink of an eye kicked off the edge of the building,
"Try this," yelled Sam R. I, as he threw three shrukiens at him. Kid deflected all of them without a thought,
"You are a fool" stated Kid "Give up now,
"Maybe but I highly doubt you can deflect a bullet:" and he pulled out a gun,
"No but I don't think you want to shoot me with all five Titans around you" sighed Kid. The crook stammered and looked seeing Raven and Starfire in the air Best Boy, Robin and Cyborg on the roof ready to attack. Sam R. I, dropped the gun and got on his knees as Robin handcuffed him.
As the police paddywagon drove away Robin walked up to Kid,
"I saw your battle it was impressive maybe you'd like to join the Teen Titans"
"Okay but my friend has to join too" stated Kid, Robin sweat dropped
"Uh sure whatever."
"Thanks. Hey Will we have a new place you won't have to pay your landlord for repairs!" yelled Kid
"Alright!" shouted Will as he ran off with the rest of the Titans.
The next week was hectic as the Titans had to deal with the habits of their new teammates. With Will talking to himself and Kid being well Kid i.e. sarcastic and rude. And after pestering and pestering Kid finally convinced Robin to install an Zen garden for him to meditate in.
"So Will what exactly are your powers?" asked beast boy as they played a game of basketball in the gym
"You really want to see Beast Boy?" asked Will
"Sure"
"Okay" and with that he started to concentrate and suddenly a white flame like thing appeared around him and a cloak was suddenly around his neck,
"Woah what did you do?" asked Beast Boy,
"I released a fraction of Nikoro's power," said Will
"Who's Nikoro?" queried Beast Boy,
"He was mighty Chinese warrior" and told him all about he and Kids trip to China and him getting possessed by the spirit,
"So what happens if you let out all of his power?"
"We combine bodies and become a spirit warrior,"
"Cool can I see"
"No,"
"Why not"
"'Cause if I did your Tower would have a huge hole through it"
"Have you ever had to use it"
"Only once."
In Kids Zen garden the young samurai sat perched on a rock legs crossed deep in meditation. He had made the walls around it sound proof so the only thing he heard was the dinging of chimes and the alarm incase it went off. He didn't hear the door open and the footsteps walk across the garden towards him,
"Mr. Kid?" he recognized the voice as Starfire's
"Yes"
"I have a question"
"Yes"
"What planet are you from I've never seen these constructs on Earth before."
"That's because you have only seen the west, in Japan these gardens are very common"
"Oh…"
"Good bye Starfire" at this Starfire got hurt, though Kid had not meant to be rude he just wanted to keep meditating and Starfire was being distracting.
"Good bye Mr. Kid" she said and walked off.
After awhile Kid was done meditating and started to wander around the tower, he played a few video games with Cyborg kicking his ass of course, then he decided to see what Raven was doing. So he went up to her door,
"Knock, knock" he said no answer
"Hello?" he peeked his head inside no one in so he looked around then there on the desk was a plate of.
"COOKIES!" he squealed then walking up to them when he was about to scarf one down he had a moral dilemma
"I shouldn't eat these there not mine" he then looked around.
"She won't mind if I have one" and with that he took one and chowd it down,
"Maybe one more won't hurt," he said eating another one
"This one is my last," he said after eating about five, after awhile Raven came in to see Kid eating the last of her cookies. She wasn't happy
"HEY!"
"Oops, now Raven don't get mad I had a perfectly good reason for eating these cookies I was testing them for…Poison yeah poison I had to make sure no one had poisoned them."
"So you ate all the cookies BEAST BOY made for me to see if they were poisoned," Raven said fuming
"Well you can never be sure just eating one and I didn't trust my initial instinct"
"GET OUT KID!" Raven yelled. And out scurried Kid very fast; he didn't stop running until he got into the gym,
"What was up with the yelling?" asked Will
"Oh nothing"
I think he made some bad choices with a certain female titan said Nikoro
"Hmm, Nikoro has a point you fucked up with Raven again didn't you"
"Hey first of all I NEVER fuck up and second" he was about to finish when Robin burst in.
"Titans Trouble,"
Downtown was in chaos a large group of what looked like ninjas were demolishing the town, except something was different first the skin around the eye slot was a bluish colour and their eyes were yellow, and they were popping in and out of the shadows them selves. The police could do nothing and they where getting dropped like flies.
"There they are" said Robin pointing to a group of them,
"No way" thought Kid "shadow men?" they finally landed near a the small group,
"Alright who's in charge here!" Robin asked the Shadow men just stared at him,
"They won't answer you Robin" spoke Kid as he drew his Katana "they're just like puppets…puppets that can kill, Will you ready,"
"You bet!" with that Will powered up and the cloak appeared around his neck but now his dirty blonde hair turned black. Then the attack was on Kid and Will rushed them so fast the rest of the Titans missed it then they saw how well they were doing, Kid had already cut two in half and wasn't letting up. Will had knocked three through a wall using an energy blast, Robin was dumbfounded before he finally spoke.
"Titans lets go!" and the rest ran in and started to help Kid and Will. Robin pulled out his pole and gave a Shadow man a, what he thought was a crippling blow to the head but it just got back up and rushed him. Robin wasn't ready as three others mobbed him.
"Arrgh" he yelled as he was pulled to the grown, one shadow man whipped a pair of steel 'claws' and was about to slash when he stooped suddenly he sagged and a large amount of black burst out of his back.
"What the" as Kid pulled him up,
"You have to puncture the cloth or incinerate them," Kid said as he sliced the head of two that jumped out of nowhere.
"What are these things" Raven said she was back to back with Will as they shot blasts of energy at the attacking Shadow men.
"Shadow men, Raven they're super assassins from the 'NightWorld' and they wouldn't be here unless…no he's banished, Kid beat him years ago"
"And who is 'he'" Raven asked as she flung a shadow man into a big window display.
"Shaddox, he's the leader of the Shadow men, a human with powers like mine but darker"
"You mean he can change hair colour and fire energy blasts while talking to himself at the same time" she asked sarcastically,
Hey was that directed at me? Nikoro asked
"No Nikoro" Will sighed "anyway he can fire energy blasts but he can also phase through solid objects, he's also a skilled swords man"
"I've never seen you phase through objects before"
"Oh don't worry you will" he thought as he kicked the head of a Shadow man then blowing a hole through its chest.
Suddenly the attack stopped and the Shadow men backed off when a figure appeared on top of a large building,
"Well, well, well," he scoffed "Kid Samurai and William the Spirit Warrior how pleasant." He stopped then jumped of the building and landed on his feet right in front of them,
"I see you Teen Titans have met my Shadow Men," he said laughing,
"What do you want Shaddox" hissed Kid,
"What do I want my dear Kid you should know the answer to that…REVENGE! For five years I sat in the total darkness of the NightWorld the world you banished me to" he stopped for a moment before he put his hand up, "Kid you can't win all the time" and with that a black energy ball appeared in his hand. Then he fired. Kid was blown back into a wall where he then passed out.
"Hey!" said Will as he charged Shaddox. He swung a punch at him but the leader of the Shadow Men ducked and fired a blast of his own flinging Will into the air.
"Hey no one does that to our team!" yelled Beast Boy as he transformed into a large elephant and charged Shaddox,
"Stupid boy" said Shaddox as he phased and Beast Boy ran right threw him. Shaddox then turned and opened fire on the confused Titan. It was Robins turn as he threw a flying sidekick at Shaddox. Shaddox caught the Titans foot and slammed him up against a wall, knocking him out, Cyborg fired one of his own blasts at Shaddox but he sidestepped it and rushed Cyborg punching him in the face and drop kicking him. Then he turned his attention on Starfire, he threw a few blasts at her but she dodged them and fired a star bolt back at him knocking him into a wall,
"Impressive you're the first one to actually touch me" he laughed "now try this…DARK VORTEX" and a spiral of energy appeared out of his hands and Starfire wasn't quick enough to get away and was sucked into the abyss.
Meanwhile Will was quickly falling downward he was unconscious and couldn't stop himself Nikoro had to do something,
Will wake up! C'mon Will nothing so he had to try an unorthodox approach
Will, look a parade! yelled Nikoro, suddenly Will sprang up
"A parade!" then he noticed that he was spiraling toward the ground,
"GO NIKORO" there was a brilliant flash of light then nothing,
Shaddox walked toward Raven who had previously pinned him down with a 1987 Buick skylark but he quickly threw it off of himself,
"Naughty little bird" said Shaddox as he got closer, "now if I may quote the raven, you shall be on this world…nevermore!" but before he could summon up the dark vortex a foot connected with the side of his face, Shaddox flew back before he got up. And what he saw made him stutter,
"Nikoro," yes before him was the combined bodies and minds of Nikoro and Will, he resembled the picture at the shrine in Wills old apartment with the hat and cloak but this time the eyes were covered with a mask. The spirit warrior surveyed their surroundings and they were not happy at what happened to his friends,
"Naughty little Shaddox" teased the spirit warrior,
"You bastard Nikoro" and Shaddox threw an energy blast at him, but Nikoro just threw it back at him. Shaddox barley missed getting blown apart by the blast. As he ducked out of the way,
"You can't win Shaddox, give up"
"Die Nikoro!" as Shaddox rushed him and delivered a kick to the warrior's stomach, making him keel over,
"Ouch that kinda hurt" laughed Nikoro as they got back up, then their attention turned to Raven.
"Raven get the others out of here" they said "I have some business to attend to" Raven didn't need to be told twice and she got what Titans she could and flew out of there.
"Now Shaddox where's Starfire?" asked Nikoro, Shaddox laughed before he answered,
"You'll never get her, she's with all my…Shadow friends" and he laughed some more this made the spirit warrior angry and they fired a blast at the dark figure before him. Shaddox didn't see it coming and was blown backwards into a brick wall. But before he could get up Nikoro was on him picking him up and slamming him into another part of the same wall.
" Didn't make us very happy saying that, now we'll ask you once again…where is Starfire!"
"I told you fool" Shaddox spat "she is in the NightWorld and I would suggest you get there before time runs out," Nikoro was conflicted what should they do? After a while of inward debating they came to a decision, with a gesture a vortex appeared before them and before he left he said one thing.
"We'll be right back don't go anywhere" then he gave Shaddox gave him a chop on the neck knocking the evil person out and dropped him to the street below.
"We're coming Starfire hang on" and with that they entered the vortex and the city was quiet,
A/N: wow my first titan fic cool huh, any way really long but more chapters coming up, so hang and have fun, any way plez review and yah that's aboot it enjoy! TTFN