A/N: Hey everybody!! This story is going to be a crossover with the show Ronin Warriors (also known as Samurai Troopers). Ronin Warriors is a great anime series that was produced in 1988 about a group of teenagers that save the world from an evil demon warlord after they receive mystical samurai armors. The Ronins' names and powers are as follows: Ryo Sanada bears the Armor of Wildfire(fire), Sage Date bears the Armor of Halo(light), Rowan Hashiba bears the Armor of Strata(air), Kento Rei Faun bears the Armor of Hardrock(earth/stone), and Cye Mouri bears the Armor of Torrent(water). Let me know if you have any questions about it and I can try to answer them. I was just sitting around watching it when the idea for this came into my mind, so, let me know what you think!!! Please enjoy!
Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing of the Teen Titans or Ronin Warriors. I promise that I am not making any money off this, so please don't sue me, I am a poor college student.
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Chapter 1
Titans Tower, Jump City
Five teenaged super heroes sat around a table in the kitchen of the giant T shaped tower on the small island of Jump City eating a hearty breakfast of pancakes and orange juice. Beast Boy and Cyborg were glowering across the table at each other after having their traditional tofu/meat argument interrupted by Robin's temper as he was uptight about having to travel to Steel City to meet with the Titans East as soon as he and Cyborg finished their breakfast.
The two teenagers managed to escape from Jump City and actually make it quite a ways from the city limits before the blaring horn and flashing lights of the alarm went off in the relative quiet of the tower. Quickly Raven, Starfire, and Beast Boy flew from the doors of the Tower towards the source of the alarm. Their flight was short and led them to a small site of an archaeological excavation just south of the city limits. At first glance, there appeared to be nothing wrong that would cause the alarm to go off. It was just a hole in the ground that was muddy after the rain that had struck the area the day before, and near the edge of one of the sides, a small pendant that seemed to be made out of some form of smooth crystal caught the light of the morning sun and reflected it into Beast Boys green eyes. As soon as the teens landed however, circumstances quickly went downhill.
As soon as the very tip of Starfire's purple booted foot touched the dirt floor of the shallow pit, the ground around them erupted and they were surrounded by dozens of beings with glowing red eyes and wearing dark forest green samurai armor carrying a variety of weapons from kusarogami (a scythe on the end of a chain that can be used for both long-range and close attacks) to swords and spears. All of the bristling soldiers and iron surrounding them set the three young Titans on their guard. As soon as one of the hostile strangers made a move that even resembled an attack, Raven's black power became visible behind her and she said, "TITANS GO!" in a slightly louder monotone than normal signaling a counter attack.
Altogether the soldiers in the dark green armor seemed to go down fairly easily, but getting them to stay down was another story. If they were lucky, they caught sight of a wisp of black smoke leaving the armor only to have it fall onto the ground uselessly, but more commonly the soldiers just picked themselves off the ground once more and continued to fight against the heroes.
"Dude!!," Beast Boy exclaimed loudly after trying taking down the soldiers with a T-Rex's teeth. "It doesn't matter what we do! These guys just keep getting back up!!!!!"
"Friend Beast Boy is correct, Raven," Starfire joined slightly out of breath, "What shall we do?"
"Keep fighting," Raven replied tonelessly, "We can't give up."
The three kept fighting as hard as they could with their waning hope as the soldiers seemed to do nothing but multiply in front of them. As an experiment, Beast Boy attempted to ram into the soldiers' chests as a large mountain goat ram, but only managed to slam himself into the wall of the dig pit…right where the crystal pendant was sitting, sparkling in the sunlight happily.
Suddenly, the fighting paused as the sound of clanging metal rent the air causing the soldiers to become incapacitated by the sound, and a bright, clear green light began to pulsate in time to the clanging in the air. Soon the light became to bright to look at with even superpowered eyes, and the three titans shielded their eyes as the world around them was overtaken by the brightness of the green.
Slowly the brightness of the light faded and the titans opened their eyes cautiously only to be surprised by what met their sight. The dark armored soldiers were no longer visible where there had been dozens so recently which was enough of a surprise in itself without what else they saw. Suspended in the air between the still glowing pendant and the wall of the pit was an unconscious figure wearing a full suit of emerald green samurai armor. As the crystal's glow slowly faded so to did the elaborate armor covering the stranger until it disappeared altogether leaving the now apparent boy in jeans and a pale blue button down shirt to crumple limply onto the ground with the pendant landing on his chest.
"Duuuuude…." Beast Boy breathed out in amazement.
Starfire stumbled forward to look at the young man. "Star, be careful," Raven instructed monotonously, "We don't know who he is or what is wrong with him."
The beautiful alien girl knelt at the side of the young man fascinated by his hair that was the color of captured rays of the sun and styled so that it covered most of the right side of his face. She gently straightened his limbs and body until he was laying on his back and worriedly looked up to Raven. "He is injured and seems to be having trouble breathing. We should take him back to the Tower to help him."
"B-but Star!" Beast Boy stuttered running up to Starfire's side, "We don't even know who he is! What if he's some dangerous super villain that is only pretending to be hurt in so he can trick us into taking him to our home and attacking us there." Both Starfire and Raven turned their eyes to Beast Boy and stared unbelievingly at this outburst. "What! I saw it in a movie this one time…"
Raven joined the other two by the side of the young man to see if she could sense any ill intent from him. As she placed a hand on his shoulder a low moan of pain escaped past his lips as his breathing became shallow and labored and his face paled even further. Raven's eyes widened as her empathic powers sent the young man's confusion and pain running through her mind briefly before his mind could reconstruct its barriers. She immediately recovered herself and summoned her powers to determine his injuries. Seeing that all of his ribs were broken clean through and threatening to puncture through his lungs to pierce his heart, she immediately used her powers to set his ribs. "Star, carry him to the medical center in the Tower quickly and lay him on one of the beds, Beast Boy and I will follow you. Just hurry as fast as you can without moving his ribs too much."
Starfire caught the urgency in her generally expressionless voice, and gently picked up the blonde stranger to cradle him in her arms carefully. She quickly took off and began frantically flying to the Tower while Beast Boy and Raven followed behind at a slower pace.
Starfire broke through the doors of Titans Tower only minutes later, rushing to the medical center and lay him down as gently as possible, but still causing moans of pain to pass from his lips that were beginning to become tinged with blue as he was having difficulties breathing due to the pain from his ribs. She managed to place an oxygen mask on the lower half of his face to help him breathe before Raven returned to heal the stranger. She was about to sit down worriedly by his side when she heard her communicator ring. Jumping she answered it, and tried to appear happy because she felt certain that it would be Robin on the other end.
"Greetings, Robin," Starfire said answering her communicator happily.
"Hey Star. Just thought that I'd let everyone know that Cy and I made it Steel City without any problems," Robin said in return almost carelessly before his eyes widened when he saw that Starfire was standing in the Medical center. "Star!" he exclaimed, "What happened? Why are you in the medical center? Are you hurt? How are Raven and Beast Boy?"
"Robin, please calm down, we are all fine," Starfire began in response to the Boy Wonder's questions. "None of our friends are injured and I am fine. There is no need for you to worry about us."
Robin's eyes narrowed in suspicion, obviously not believing that Starfire was telling him the complete truth. "Are you sure, Star?" When she did not answer his question, he shrugged trying to look careless. "Has anything happened since we left?"
"Nothing very important, Robin," Starfire answered too quickly for it to be convincing. "I will tell you all about it tonight after you return." She smiled brightly and closed her communicator before Robin could ask her anymore questions. She sighed deeply to herself as she turned to find that Raven and Beast Boy were just walking into the room walking over to the bed side of the injured blonde. "Thank goodness that you are here now. I am very worried."
Raven placed her hand on the young stranger's head and her powers glowed darkly from her hand briefly. The young man groaned in response and shifted his position, painfully groaning in response to his voluntary movement. She looked up quickly the worry she felt plain in her lavender eyes. "Help me get his shirt off. Now."
Starfire gently stumbled forward and gently unbuttoned the small buttons of his shirt, pulling it back away from his chest. All three of the Titans hissed in empathetic pain as they saw the dark blossoming bruises across his chest. With all three of their hands they managed to get the shirt off of his body with as little movement as possible but when they tried to take the green crystal pendant off of where it still lay on his injured chest, it was as if someone had used super glue to attach it where it lay.
"Dude! what is with this thing?" Beast Boy whined in frustration, "First it goes all freaky glowing when I touch it, brings this guy here, in armor, and now it's stuck!"
"Can you not heal him, Raven?" Starfire asked sadly.
"I will try, Star," Raven answered quietly, "But I won't be able to heal him all the way. At most I can reduce the breaks until they are cracks and then when he wakes we can bind his ribs so that they can finish healing." She placed her hands over the bruises on the sides of his chest, and when her dark energy went fort the bruises gradually lessened until they were like soft kisses across his pale skin. Immediately his face lost the look of pain that had been present since they first saw him, and he seemed to rest peacefully. Raven stepped back and staggered from exhaustion.
Beast Boy caught her arm to steady her and led her to her bed to rest to recover her strength. Starfire sat next to their mysterious guest and found herself hoping that Cyborg and Robin would return quickly from Steel City.
Just outside Toyoma, Japan
Four teens collapsed hopelessly in rickety wooden chairs around a well used matching dining table, completely silent and lost in their own thoughts. Each young man was as different from the others just as their fingerprints were completely unique. One's attention was first caught by the bright blue hair and matching eyes of the smartest of the group. His name was Rowan Hashiba, the bearer of the Armor of Strata, who was currently staring off into space with such intensity that it would have taken a catastrophe to break through his thoughts. Next to him sat the red-headed and sea-green eyes of Cye Mouri, the bearer of the Armor of Torrent. His eyes were filled with sorrow as he messed with the hem of his shirt, his mind on other matters. Next to his understated worry his best friend with ash colored hair sat simmering in barely contained silence. This was Kento Rei Faun, the bearer of the Armor of Hardrock, his anger close to boiling over. Last of all came the almost tangible self-blame of the long black-haired youth that was Ryo Sanada, the bearer of the Armor of Wildfire, leader of the small group. He once again believed that the disappearance of the fifth of their small company, Sage Date the bearer of the Armor of Halo, was his fault.
Suddenly, a pretty woman in her twenties with long auburn hair and expressive green eyes came into the room, and was surprised by her young friends' appearances. They seemed to have lost all the hope and confidence that they had gained during their fight against the demons of the Nether World. "Don't worry guys," she said softly, words not quite relieving the tension that was in the air of the room, "We'll find Sage. He's strong, he can take care of himself."
"Mia," Cye said in his tenor voice with its lilting English accent, "You don't understand, he just disappeared! We were sparing and suddenly he got this pained look on his face and his armor just started flashing before he disappeared into thin air! There were no traces left behind. We can't find him at all!"
"We can solve this Cye," Mia returned, "If his armor reacted to something, maybe the cause was something magical. I'll check on all the connected legends that I can find." She then turned and walked back out of the kitchen, leaving behind four upset teenagers in her kitchen.
A/N: There you go. What do you think? It will get better, I promise Please Review and let me know if its worth continuing writing! Thanks